I
MALARIA
GERMS J
Cannot survive three months in
the rich osone at Ashland. Pore
domestic .watet helps.
A SH LA N D CLIMATE
Without Ö
i use
J lu
seo o J f m edicine on
nine ca y 6c \ of ton of
This i
/on f a c t
Ä'cwsrnpcr For Nearly Fifty Years
Be en 'AMamtfa
W ire Service)
vou axxx
H
to tha Semi-Weekly Tidlngn, Fatarne 41
HOUSES
WASHED INTO
RAGING SE A S
Body of Murdered
Girl Held to be
Member of Chorus
POLICE SEEK
KILLERS; RUM
PLOT W E D
NEW YO RK , Feb. IS 8
— Another Broadway hut- 8
te rfly has flattered too 8
dose to the fast burning 8
candle.
8
Unprecedented H igh Tides
The body of a mur- 8 B ootleggers Are Suspected
in Brutal Ohio Double
A t San D iego Osase
dered girl found hidden 8
Murder Oase
Considerable Damage
in » snow bank In East 8
64th street In the heart 8
ARB
SL A IN
B U IL D IN G BU LK H E A D S
of the theatrical district, 8 COUSINS
was identified today as 8 Liquor War Thought to be Re
Citisene W o rk
F rantically 1
that of Miss Elsie Regan, 8
sponsible for Slaying of
Efforts to Sore Property
23, a chorus girl.
The 8
Ohio Pair
From Storm
Identification was made 8
by Eva Davis, her room- 8
YOUNO8TOW N, O.. Feb. IS —
SAN DIBGO, Cal., Feb. 13*—.
mate. The dead girl had 8 (U .P .)— Police today were cen
(U .P .)— Unprecedented high sets
been playing In cabarets 8 terlng their search on suspected
washed several homes In the
recently.
8 bootleggers in an effort to ap
•Mission Beach sei^icn into the
prehend the murderers of Dom
sea today; A number o f otbor
inic and Ruaaarlo Russo, cousins,
dwellings were threatened by
who were slain early this week
high tides which have been
In what to believed to have been
pounding for several days.
a warfare between rival boot
Hnndreds of citizens, aided
leggers.
by city employes, are working
The bodies of the two men
frantically in the construction
B lack and W hite were discovered beneath a robe
of bulkheads to hold back tbe “ The
of their abandoned automobile
R evue” WU1 be Given
heavy seas. Unless th ese.b alk-
which
had been stalled on a
Here
in
March
heads are speedily constructed
country road four miles north
heavy property damage w ill re
Ashland post No. 14, Am eri of here. Their necks were bound
sult along that section of the
can
Legion, is going to stage a together w ith rope and both
d ty .
big
home
talent show during the had been brutally beaten about
Many residents of the Mis
first
week
of March. This was the head and body. They had
sion Beach district are moving
decided last evening when the been suspected as being im pli
their household goods and otbor
property to higher ground for entertainment committee of the cated In illic it liqnor traffic for
fear that it w ill be washed post met w ith Jack Coyle, theat some time.
rical director, and arranged for
Police are working on the
away by tha heavy sega
the production.
theory th a t hrlval bootleggers
"The Black and W hite Re waylaid the pair or enticed them
vue" to the title of the show to some unknown place and then
which the ex-service men w ill tortured them to death.
The
pat on under Coyle’s direction. bodies then were driven to the
I t w ill be comprised chiefly of spot where the abandoned auto
vaudeville turns and sketches.
was found, the police believe.
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M r. Coyle recently directed
Interesting Program A rrang an American Legion show at
ed 'fo r Function N ext
Roseburg and comes hero highly
Thursday N igh t
recommended by the Roseburg
post, as well as by tbe Cavemen
An interesting program has
at Grants Pass.
been arranged fo r tbe annual
. The committee w ill m e e t w ith
meeting and banquet e l the
him again Monday evening to
Ashland *#. M. C. A . to be held
complete final details for the Owner o f flsloon, H eld in
nt the L lth la Springs hotel next
D eath Probe* Slashes
production.
Thursday evening a t 7 o’clock.
W rists in J a il
J. W . Palmer, Portland enter
SAN D IEG O , Cal., Feb. 13-
tainer and Y. M. C. A. official,
(U
.P .)— Luto Amgdor, proprietor
w ill
be
the
chief
speaker.
of the Oakland bar, held In the
Other talks w ill be given by lo
Tla Jnana Jail w ith Chief or
cal Y . M. C. A. officials, de
Police Llamos as principal sus
tailin g the progress made by the
pects
In the Peteet fam ily shams
Ashland association during the
suicide pact probe, attempted to
past year.
Harry Garbutt P ays Extrem e
end his own life last night by
F or tbe past two years the
Penalty at San Quentin
slashing hla wrists.
The at
Y, M. C. A. here has been con
Penitentiary
tempt
was
discovered
In time
ducted on a part-tim e basis by
to
prevent
death.
SAN Q U E N T IN . Cal. Feb. 13
Clee V. Howell, teacher of bi
LEGION POSI 70
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m
o mo
ANNUM. M E M
mum m
i
ATTEMPTS a m
« mm
sung
H ESJW G M IW S
ology in the public schools, and
has proven entirely satisfactory.
Approximately 140 boys are In
terested In tbe work, including
the numerous boys* clubs and
Roy Scouts.
Tickets fo r the dinner w ill
be placed on sale the first of
the week, and the demand Is ex
pected to be brisk, according to
members of the attendance com
mittee.
The committed arrang
ing for tbe a ffa ir is composed
of H. C. Oaley. J. H. Fuller, V.
D. M iller and 3. O. Rlgg.
■(U .P .)— W h ile rain beat the
gray walls of San Quentin peni
tentiary, H arry Oarbntt, for
merly of Chicago, went to his
death on th e gallows here to
day.
The trap was sprung at
10:42 and prison physicians pro
I M S PISSES
nounced him dead 14 minutes Senate Approves Measure in
later.
Late N ight Session;
Garbutt was hanged for the
Plan Confs
terenoe
murder of Mrs. Dorothy Lee
W A SHING TO N, D. C., Feb. 18
Hnnn, w ife of a Chicago Ink
manufacturer, in Pasadena In — (U .P .)— The federal tax re<
ductlon bill was passed In the
September, 1924.
senate at 11 o’clock last n ig h t
Carrying a reduction of 2466,-
000,000, the measure now goes
to a conference committee of
both house and senate.
Committees representing these
two bodies w ill meet Monday in
an effort to reconcllq the d if
ferences 4n the bill as passed by
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 13 each body.
— (U .P .)— Three bandits In a
closed car today robbed Ben
B lack,, collector for the Brad
ford Baking company, and es
caped w ith 22600 in cash. They
drqve in front of Black’s car
The volley hall teams repre
and forced him into the curb,
senting
the Ashland and Grants
where they took the money at
Pass
hanks
enjoyed a fierce en
the point of gnna. They made
counter last night at the old nor
tlkSilf
1ft HtB
Of
mal school building, with the lo
hour traffic.
cal bankers carrying o ft the hon
ors. The members of the local
teem were: F. 8. Engle, V. O.
N. Smith, J. H . Wanner, and J.
W . McCoy
Asserts Big Tax
. Auto Bandits Get
Cut Impractical $2500 in Daring
Daylight Robbery
"nr W A SHING TO N, D. C., Feb. 12
- ( U . P . ) — C haracterising* t h e
$464,000,000 tax reduction bill
as "the most Impractical thing
in the world,” Senator Smoot,
Utah, assured President Coolidgo
today that he was confident .the
bill wonld be cut to a safe fig
ure before congress has finished
w ith It.
Local Volley Ball
Team Wins Contest
Many Arrested ip
Alleged Greatest
Alcohol Combine Lumber Company
Plans New Plant
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 11— A
gigantic alcohol rin g which to
declared to have done 972,000.-
000 worth of business during
the past tWo years was uncov
ered here today by federal op
eratives.
I t to thought to be
the largest liqnor ring In the
United States.
Allen Sqnlres, employe of a
Wholesale house, to under nr-
rest here «s the reputed dis
tributor.
Thera are said to he
| 6 others-under arrest la Cleve
land and Duluth.
.,5
Thg
Owen-Oregon
Lumber
company w ill atari construction
of a naw 2600,000 saw m ill,
according to announcement In
Medford. The m ill w ill be elec
trically operated throughout and
w ill have a capacity of >27,000
feet for two eight-hour shifts
f f expects’ to be In operation by
BDAY, FE B . 13, 1926
A SH LA N D , OBEGO'
Coos Editor Found
Dead This Morning
M Y R T L E PO IN T, Ora., Fab.
12— (U . P .)— J. M. Bledsoe,
former editor of the Coos County
American, was found dead in
bed today, a victim of apoplexy.
the first of nex( year, and He also had published papers la
when completed w jll give em Eastern Oregon and Southern
ployment to an additional 260 Idaho. The Jtody w ill be shipped
men, according to officials.
to Boise Sunday for burial.
• .
SCOUTS ENTERTAIN FATHERS;
" PÀTOIOTIC PROGRAMMS HELD;
ARIES
3 BANDITS FAY
OBSERVED DEATH PENALTY
AT DAWN TODAY
A group of Ashland dad*
came Into their own at P lo n & r
H a ll and L lth la Park last night
when they were guests of their
sons, members of troop two, B#y
Scouts, at a combined Scout an
niversary and Lincoln Day P*>
gram.
I t was the sort of
which brings dads cl<
their boys and the boyi
to their dads in that i
spirit
of
comradeship
wh«th
makes fo r better citizens.
A t the hall the boys staged
an Inter-patrol tournament with
firs t aid work, knot tying and
other Scout activities, w ith the
fathers serving as judges.
Adjourning from the
ball,
they went In a body to the
Lincoln statue at the park where
a brief patriotic program was
staged. A short talk on Abra
ham Lincoln was given by Rev.
H. F. Pemberton, pastor of the
Methodist church. Marion Frost,
a Scout, gave a brief talk on
the life of Lincoln. The meet
ing closed with a renewal of
the Scout oath and the sounding
of taps as the Scouts and their
fathers stood with hared heads
under the shadow of the Lincoln
statue.
Homer Billings, scoutmaster
for Troop Two, was in charge of
the program.
FAST BASKETBALL
GAME ON II
Egg8 Like Toadstools
If They Are
Eaten When Angry
Illinois Takes L ives o f Two
Cowboy Bandits And
One Other
SE N 8A T IONAL
C R IM E
Leaders of Drake Hotel Robbery
Hanged in Cook County
Jail
Proposed SiK
For Golf Course
Given Inspection
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W ith the return to the
city early next week of
H arry Tomlinson, It 1s
expected that a definite
announcement
w ill ‘ be
made as to the location
of the golf course for
the
proposed
Ashland
Golf club*
R.
McPherson,
golf
professional at Medford,
was here yesterday after
noon and made an inspec
tion of the several pro
posed sites In company
with W ill Dodge and H.
C. Oaley. members of the
site committee, together
with C. A. Malone, one of
the leading golf enthu
siasts.
Mr.
McPherson
waa
loud in his praise of the
E lliott tract, 5 1-2 miles
north of the city on the
Pacific highway. He de
clared It would make one
of
the
finest
18-hole
courses in tho northwest.
The club proposes to
start first with a 9-hole
course and add to It lat
er.
Members of the site
committee will take no
action until Mr. Tom
linson returns and has an
opportunity to study the
report of Mr. McPherson.
HEYDAY
BANQUET GETS
RECORD CROWD
More Than 300 Attend An
nual Republican Function
A t Medford
0. A. MALONE ELECTED
Ashland Man N »m «l President;
Edgar n . Piper Chief
Speaker
Clyde A. Malone of thto city
was unanimously elected preqK
dent of The Jackson County Lin
coln club at the anniversary ban
quet in Medford last night at the
Medford hotel, when more than
300 leading citlaens of Jacksop
county and visitors from all parts
of the state gathered to do hom
age to the Great Emancipator.
Other officers elected were: C.
C. Lemon, Medford, vice president
and Elmer Wilson, Medford, sec
retary treasurer. Paul McDonald,
Ashland H igh School W ill
president of the club presided and
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C LEVE LA N D , O.. Feb. 8
M eet Central Point
Introduced Irvin g E. Vining of
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Squad
this city, who acted as toastmast
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hard-boiled
egg
when 8
er. Rev. T. H. Temple, of Med
Ashland high school’s friends 8
angry, produces the same 8
ford, delivered the Invocation.
and supporters w ill be ont In 8 effect as eating a toad- 8
M r. Vining Presides
stool, ' according to Dr. 8
force tonight when tbe speedy 8
In assuming the placet as toast
basketball quintet w ill lin e U p 8 H ilto n Ir a Jones, noted 8
master, Mr. Vining stated it was
against the clever Central Polht 8 chemist and phychologlst. 8
very fitting
that on Lincoln’s
"T h e poison In toad- 8
high school teem at the ar 8
birthday, 117 years after the
mory.
Central Point has been 8 stools Is a chemical sub- 8
birth of the martyred president,
stance celled muscarine," 8
winning its games this season 8
the spirit of fa ir play should pre
w ith almost unfailing regularity 8 D r.
Jones
said.
The 8
vail In the settlement of the great
and the game tonight promise* 8 greeter part of an egg* Is 8
coal strike In the east.
Frank
of
colIn,
a 8
to be speedy and closely con 8 composed
Van Dyke, a Medford student, de
8 harmless substance.
8
tested throughout.
livered Lincoln's famous Getty-
A prelim inary game w ill he 8
"W hen
a person to
burg speech.
staged between the girls’ team 8 angered, the acidity of
Edgar B. Piper, editor of The
of the high school and one re 8 the stomach Is Increased, .
Portland
Oregonian who was the
Probe Discloses F ive Separ
cruited from the high school 8 oxidising the colln. When
main speaker of the evening, was
ate Fire Plants in
alum ni.
The first game will 8 oxidised )he colln of the
Introduced by Mr. Vining as the
Damaged Home
start promptly a t 7:30.
editor who h u brought national
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egg becomes muscarine,
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the poison lq toadstools. a 8
PORTLAND, Or»., Feb. . 1 3 - recognition to Oregon news and
» has dona
8 T h at is why the effect to
Discovery of five sepdfMs and eptnlone, • man
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the same.’*'
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distinct plants of paper and as much as say other individual
kindling In the partially burned to bring prosperity, development
Oregon
home of Sennle Kleth In the and happiness to the
Reception to be Held at Alberta district, led to his ar country.
Episcopal Parsonage
Lincoln a Miracle
rest on a charge of attempted
Mr.
Piper
In his introduction
For Church Leader
arson, following an Investigation
A shland W oman Passes —
by deputies of the fire mar stated: “The miracle of Abraham
Bishop W alter Taylor Sumner
Lincoln to hnexplatnable unless
Funeral W ill be Held
shal’s office.
we
face and declare the truth
at Los A ngeles
A roof fire at the home of of the Episcopal diocese of Ore
K leth was unable to give a
Mrs. M. B. Riley, 141 High gon w ill arrive in the city late good account of his actions on about it — inspiration. I t may
Mrs. Elisabeth Starbuck Clev- itre e t brought out the fire ap this afternoon and w ill be honor the night of the blase, and he have been Inspiration from w ith
eager, age 66 years, passed away paratus this morning, but the guest at a reception to be held
I w ill not
was ordered held to the grand out or from within.
at her home, 690 Allison street, blase was extinguished before at the parsonage thto evening*
quarrel
with
anyone
about
that.
Jury following a 'p relim in ary
on Frid ay afternoon at 3:30, af sertouj damage had been caused. He w ill be the guest of Rev. P.
I
t
may
well
be
true
that
Abraham
K. Hammond during his stay ini hearing In municipal court. Fire Lincoln was nurtured in the
te r a week’s illness w ith pneu
Sparks from the chimney fell
authorities allege his house was
bosom of Divinity ltdelf and that
monia. The body to being ship to the roof where they started the city.
over-insured.
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Bishop Sumner will preach at
the door of fate was opened for
ped to Los Angeles for funeral a smouldering fire In the moss.
him by the mysterious and com -:
services end burl»!, J. P. Dodgo The damage will not be more the morning services tomorrow,
polling band of Omnlpttence. But
and Son, Funeral Directors in than 225, according to Fire Chief and w ill occupy the pulpit at the
to It needful to say so much for
Episcopal
church
In
Medford
to
charge.
Baughman.
morrow night.
another and a higher Influence
She was born In Randolph
and so little for Abraham Lin
County, Indiana on June 7
coln himself? I t to not necessary
1860. She was a teacher In In
to think that he was. from the
dlana for seven years before
Former O r e g o n Senator date of his obscure and unnotio-
her m arriage to James B. Clev
Steadily Improves Since
ed birth In the squalid bed of a
enger. in 1912 she went to Los
FARGO, N. D.. Feb. 13. — (IP)
rude Kentucky home, prepared
Recent Stroke
Angeles, then to Ashland four
— Objections to the geographi
for and dedicated to a partlculas
years ago. She leaves one son,
cal designation In North Dakota’s
W A SHING TO N. D. C., Feb. IS
C. P. Clevenger, of Ashland,
name are cropping up again.
Raymond Lutman is Near — (U .P .)— George E. Chamber (Continued On Page Three)
and three daughters, Mrs. H. B.
Charles Russell, of Devils Lake,
lain, former United States sen
D eath as Result of
Smith, of Titusville, Florida;
backed by a home-town commit
ator from Oregon, continues to
Stabbing
Affray
Mrs. Charles 8tarbuck, San Jac
tee, w ill argue before the Great
■how marked Improvement since
into, C alifornia, and Mrs. Letta
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 13— (U he was stricken with paralysis
er North Dakota association that
Eastburn, of Ashland.
the word "North" suggests a cli P .) — Raymond Lutiftan, 17, w a r more than a week ago. He pas
mate that does not exist here In a critical condition here to sed another restful night last
where the golf courses and auto day as a result of being stabbed night and* showed no tempera
mobile roads hre open for 12 by "Cotton" G arrett In a street ture today.
His complete re
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13—
months and where the robins are fight here Thursday night.
covery is expected by attending The Port of Portland commis
Garrett 1s about the same age physicians.
seen in January.
sion has been requested by the
but considerably
Russell would have the Associa as Lutm an,
Portland chamber of commerce
tion offer a prise for a new name. smaller, and Is said to have
and from other sources to can»
qH IC A G O ,
III.,
Feb.
13-
drawn a knife when he realized
vert Swan Island, a huge piece
D alry and poultry products will
he had no chance in a fist fight.
of wasteland In the lower har
bring big prises during the pres
Authorities
indicated
today
bor, into a flying field.
ent year, according to a forecast
that G arrett would he charged
Investigation has shown that
Issued today by the U. S. De
with murder If Lutm en’s wounds
CHICAGO,
III.,
Feb.
13— with material from dredging
partment of agriculture.
The
prove fatal.
H ere’s a welcome valentine for operations the Island could easily
demand for these products will
Pullman .porters throughout the he turned Into a flying field
country.
Effective Feb. 15, a 1.000 feet wide and 6,000 feet
I’rltf* Recruiting Officers W ell Sat
follpwfngf Ih d «suai seasonal
10
per
cent
wage increase will long.
isfied W ith W ork Hera
coursa.
Among others who have
be given a ll Pullman porters and
This W eek
meld«.
I t affects 12,000 «m- commended such a move
F o u r Ashland boys w ill leave
Oakley
G.
Kt
ployez.
The starting wage will Lieutenant
tomorrow evening for Portland
range from >72.60 to >90.50 per commander of Pearson
where they w ill take final ex
month.
The maximum will he field, Vancouver, Wash,
aminations
for
the
United
_ _
from 292.50 to 9104’ per month. to an experienced flyer
States navy. The boys are W il
greatest feat was to fly scrags
LOS A N G E LE 8, Feb. 13—
bur T. Jordan, H. P. Porter, More than a score of new casos
the contlaent from Naw Y o f *
to San Diego, California w lthogt
LONDON, Feb. I I — ( U P ) — F. E. Darling and J. F. Selvey. of smallpox were reported late
slopping. In company w ith I W
The boys signed up for four yesterday In Los Angeles, ac
The BveAlag Star today deHarts
tenant John A.
Oregon and Washing
that the Prince of Wales' Per years In the navy through the cording to D r. George Parrish,
Port
ton— Partly
cloudy
to
sonal
bodyguard
has
bean naify recrultfeg officers who city4 health officer. Thto makes
to ba favorably
night and Sunday. Slight
doubled,( but does not stale the have been stationed at the Hotel a total of 22 naw cases slnco
» proposal.
Tha port
changes In temperature.
reasons, therefor.
Subsequently Ashland for the past three days. last Sunday, It was reported.
present engage
Moderate easterly winds
at St. James Palace, It was ex I t Is practically certain that «11
There have been 367 caeca
naw channel ar
plained th a t the bodyguard had Will pass their examinations.
since the firs t of the year, the
along coast
Prom thln^chaai
From
Portland
tha
boys
will
health records Mtoeiose.
Thus
waly bean brought up to tho
The Louvre has tha finest torial coaid ha
required strength and that there go first to the Orest Lakes naval far I I deaths have been at
Egyptian collection In the world. the Island. 8 wan
tributed to the epidemic.
was no significance In the move. station at Chicago.
MRS. CLEVENGER
Fire Causes
CALLEDBY DEATH Roof
Slight Damage to
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 13— (U .
P .)— Illinois this morning took
the lives of three murderers,
two In Chicago and ono In Jack
sonville.
Jack Woods and Joe Holmes,
cowboy b an d it^ from Texas who
participated In the spectacular
raid on the fashionable Drake
hotel last July, were hanged
together In the Cook county
ja il at dawn.
Alva Grlnett was hanged In
the county ja il at Jacksonville
for the murder of W illiam Steelo,
Nortonville merchant, who Was
shot to death last September.
The attempted holdup of the
Drake hotel was one of the
most sensational crimes ever
staged In Chicago. A group of
bandits entered the hotel and
cowed hundreds of patrons with
their revolvers.
Frank Rodkey,
an officer, entered the lobby of
the hotel during the robbery
and engaged in a gun battle
with the bandits.
Several of
the bandits were killed before
Rodkey fell mortally wounded.
It was for his murder that
Woods and Holmes today paid
the* extreme penalty. •
. M O S O N IS I
ßEHEfif rmmr
Mrs Riley Home
North Dakota to
Change Its Name
GRANTS PASS BOY
IS SERIOUSLY CUT
MÏ 70 MUÍ
SWAN ISLAND MAY
BE HYING FELD
Dairy And Poultry
Prices to be Good
Pullman Porters
-To Get Increase
FI
TO JOIN 0 . 1 NAVY
Prince of Wales
z
Guard Increased
Smallpox Epidegfeic
n Los Angeles On
ncrease; 12 Dead
THE WEATHER