MALARIA
GERMS
Cannot rorvive three months in
the rich osone at Ashland. Pure
domestio water helps. *
A shland D aily T idings
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VOL. XLDE
Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 42
ASHLAND, OREGON , WEDNESDAY, FEB 24, 1926
W E » TOWN’
FORCES WIN IN
SEATTLE FIGHT
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Mrs. Bertha Landes Leads
Field in Mayoralty
Primary Election
MAYOR BROWN SECOND
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Theee Two WU1 Oppose Each
Other in the General
Election, March 9th
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SEATTLE, W uh., Feb. 2 4 -r
(U.P.)— Seattle women had their
day In politics yesterday when
Mrs. Bertha Landes, twice a
member of the city council and
at preseat president of that body,
led the primary field by over a
thousand rotas in the race for
nomination as mayor.
Her (nearest, opponent was
Mayor Edwin J. Brown, who
will oppose her In tbs general
election on March 9.
The primary was a clear cat
fight between the two all the
way, with the “open
town“
forces backing Mayor Brown and
the “closed town“ faction sup
porting Mrs. Landes.
CHAMBERLAIN ADD
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Oregon Men Sick in National
Capital Are Mnch
Better Today
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24— Re
porting that their patient . was
slowly gaining, physicians at
tending former Senator George
E. Chamberlain are permitting
him to sit up for longer- pertoM
and feel that he Is maklhg ex
cellent progress.
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Representative Hawley, con
fined to his bed for several
days by grip and
bronchial
tronble, sat up today and hopes
to retfirn to his office by the
end of this week.
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Street rumors flyirig
about Medford last night
and this morning to the
effect that Ashland high
school had cancelled its
two remaining basketball
games with Medford high
school next week were
branded as entirely false
this morning by B. C.
Forsythe, princlpall of
Ashland high school.
“It snch rumors arc in
circulation (n 'Medford
they must have orlginat-
ed there,” declared Mr.
Forsythe. “So far as we
are concerned there has
not even been a sugges-
tion of snch action, and
we certainly Intend to
complete our schedule.“
The Medford rumors
were started as a result
of local criticism of the
¡“ stalling’' tactics employ-
ed by the Medford team
to win both Its /am es
against Ashland.
Al-
though “stalling” is In
evqcy way legal under
the basketball rules, lo-
ca( Partisans take the po-
sltlon that It is unsports-
manlike and for that
reason have been free in
their criticism of Coach
Calllson of Medford.
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COUNIY m s s
W M E Ilf
Assessment Date Change
From March 1 to Jan. 1
ie Proposed
SALEM. Ora?, Psb, 24— (ILP.)
—County assessors of Oregon In
conference here today with the
state tax Investigating committee
went on record as favoring a
change in the date of assess
ments from March 1 to January
1. They believe the change will
go far toward correcting the
Inequalities which now exist.
H R IN EAST
INFLUENZA TAKES
TAKES FAST DROP
IT
thususm T RUNS
ENTHU!
ELECT MCGEE CLUB TO BE "‘■ORGANIZED SOON; HEAVY STOMI
ADJUTANT OF membership C ampaign starts IS RAGING AT
CRATER LAKE
LEGION POST
GOLF
Marked enthusiasm w;
last night at the org
meeting of Ashland golf
lasts at the Llthia Springe
Will Succeed Elwood Hed and a campaign for mem
berg, Who Submitted
will be started at once.
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His Resignation
The report of the site commit
tee, which selected the Elltott
ANNOUNCE SHOW PLAN tract south of the city, waa *<*•?*-
ed without a dissenting vote.
“The Black and White Revne’
Definite organisation plana will
to be Staged at Hilt on
not be completed until the mem-
March 10th
bersnlp drive gets under way. *
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sident of the
E. V. Carter, president
Andy McGee was elected ad First National Bank . waa onajof
jutant of the American Legion the most enthused of tb
Post No. 14 of this city at the
post’s
regular
meeting
last ed that Ashland should have
night, following the resignation a golf course five years ago.
of Elwood Hedherg, who was
elected for thia year. Mr. Mc
Gee has been one of the most
active members of the poet and
his election was a popular one.
It w»s announced last night
that the Legion show, “The
Black and White Revue” wou'd
.,af I
be staged in Hilt at the Com
munity Club house, March 10,
la an effort to convince Klam
following the two engagements ath Falls business men of the
at the Vining theatre here. Jack unfriendliness of establishing' a
Coyle, the show director, and braach office and information
R. J. Woods motored to Hilt re bureau at the junction of. the
cently and reported that they Pacific and Ashland-Klamath
were promised a “packed houso" highways, a committee from the
by those sponsoring the show in Ashland chamber of commagge
the Northern California town.
motored to Klamath Falls this
Bowers Chosen
morning where It will meet wRh
Jim
Bowers
was
elected the Klamath chamber director,
treasurer of the “On To Paris” this afternoon.
club, which will operate for the
According to report, Klamath
creation of a fund to send one not only la seeking to establltli
of the members of the post to the branch Information bureau,
the Legion convention in Parts bat la likewise attempting - to
la 1927. '
get the “Oregon Gateway” eif-
Earl Crowe, Delsman and flee located at the highway Junc
linker were appointed a com tion. The local committee will
mittee to investigate the feasi seek to iron out these
bility of publishing a monthly ences and get the two cpmm
er pamphlet for the ties on r better basis of coo;
tlon.
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Those who represented the
Ashland chamber are R. E. De
trick, J. H. Fuller, V. V. Mills,
Jack Milton and J- C. Hopper.
Ashland Chamber 1
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Sends Committee
To, Klamath FaBs
. F D M D A N G » LASSEN PEAK AGAIN
Mafia Warfare Causes Dras
tic Police Action; 100
BLOWING UP SMOKE
Are Arrested
CHICAGO, Feb. 24—As a re Volcano in Northern Cali
fornia Above Redding
sult of a sweeping drive to rid
Shows Activity
Chicago of Mafia warfare, more
Mercury in New York Town 0. H. Nickerson Dies This than 100 Sicilian terrorists and
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Teh. 24
Tumbles 80 Degrees in
Morning Following a . alien gunmen were In Jail to — Lassen peak was again active
18 Hours
day.
City police and United
Brief Illness
lqst night, according to long
TUPPER LAKE, N. FY., Feb.
24— What la believed to be a
weather record was established
here yesterday when the tem
perature dropped 80 degrees in
18 hoars. Balmy weather was
being enjoyed when the mer
cury started tumbling and con
tinued untU it had reached 30
degrees below SfrO.
C. H. Nickerson, well known
Ashland carpenter, died here
this morning from a brief Ill
ness from flu which attacked
his heart Funeral services will
he held at the Dodge chapel at
2:30 tomorrow afternoon. The
body will be shipped to his for
mer home at Middlefield, Ohio,
for burial. It will be accom
panied by his daughter, Mrs.
Lepechat, who arrived yesterday
from Portland.
Mr. Nickerson was 61 years
old and had lived here for the
past 18 years. He was In good
health. np until last Saturday
Federal Official Announces and h»d been employed on the
normal school building. He was
He W ill Ask Congress
a member of the Elks' lodge
to Change Law
and was taken suddenly ill while
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24 in the lodge rooms last Satur
— (U.P.)— Assistant Secretary of day evening.’
the Treasury will recommend
that congress pass a law making
jail and prison sentences the
only punishment for violations
of federal llqnor laws.
This
radical change was announced
By Mm to d ay. H e WWW» n t
Panl Soberer of Jackson coun
would Play a big part in curb
ing illegal trafficc la liquor., , ty was elected a director of the
Oregon Sportsmen's league at
Its meeting this week in Port
land, according to word re
ceived here today. Dr. J. CI.
Van DerWort of Bend was chos
en president of ths league for
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24 the current year.
j — (U.P.)— Count Salm von Hoog-
straten, who came to thia coun
try on the pretext that he wish
ed to visit his estranged wife,
nee-Millicent Rogers and their
infant son, may be' ordered 'out
DBTRpIT, Mich., Feb. 14—
of the country on the grounds
that hs has no visible means of Five hoars after hs arrived to
support.
This was Indicated give a recltgl hare Tuesday
here in official circles today fol night, Benjamlno Gigli, ahted
lowing the count’s arrival from Italian tenor, fled from ths city
because o f a “blackhand threat."
Florida.
PRISON TERMS FOR
BOOTLEGGERS URGED
Jackson County
Man Is Director
Count Salm May
. Be Ordered Out
Blackhand Threat
Cancels Concert
States Immigration Inspectors
last night combined to stage the
raid.
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Without warning the raiders
swooped dowh on the gangster
strongholds In thq heart of Chi
cago’s little Italy and 14 places
were raided almost simulta
neously.
No shots were ex-
changed.
distance reports
A slight eruption,
was visible for
after darkness.
located about 60
Redding.
received here.
mainly smoke,
miles around
The peak is
in lies east of
FIFTH NURSE DES
IN POISON MYSTERY
FRENCH WAR PILDT
Dakota Hospital Au
VICTIM OF TRAGEDY North thorities
Unable to
Trace Malady
Leon Collot Attempts Has-
» ickinson , n . d ., Feb. 24—
ardous Stunt on Bet
,(U.P.)—The body of the fifth
With Americans
nurse to die from a mysterious
PARIS, Feb.
24— (U.P.)—
Leon Collot, French war pilot,
was burned to death today when,
on a bet with American friends,
he attempted to fly his machine
through the 150-foot high arch
of Eiffel tower. The machine
came down In flamee which ap-
parently started By contact With
overhead power wires.
malady In 8t. Joseph’s hospital
here was removed last night to
an undertaking parlor while a
coroner’s Jury Is Investigating
the cense of the deaths of the
four others. Hospital authori
ties believe the nurses died from
some subtle poisoning. Eleven
other nurses are under observa
tion
Reserved Meat tickets for the
Ashland-Klamath
Falls ' high
school basketball game here Sat
urday evening will he placed on
sale tomorrow at the Rote
confectionery. The K l a m a t h
team Is the winner of (he Klam
ath county championship and
for that reason the game here
will be of more than usual Im
portance.
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HIGH;
with the site selected south of
the city he prophesied it would
be In every way an Ashland in
stitution and would prove of great
benefit to the city os an advertis
ing medium as well as for the
pleasure it brought to its mem
bers.
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Worst Snowfall in History
is Reported by R.' W.
Price and Party
GET MOTION PICTURES
Others were equally impressed
with the site and with the pre Winter Scenes at National Park
Obtained by Oregonian
liminary plans, and those sponsor
Man
ing the movement believe they
will gain a sufficient membership
One of the worst snow-storms
to carry on Ute project within a
in the history of Crater Lake
few days.
national park was encountered
Another ^meeting will be held by Richard W. Price and party,
as soon as the membership drive who battled' their way to the
shows satisfactory headway.
lake on skils Sunday, two
months earlier than the trip
had ever before been negotiated
So severe was the storm that
for more than 12 hours, C. 8.
Piper, cameraman for The Ore
gonian screen review, was un
able to take any pictures of the
lake. It was not until afternoon
Church Congregation Agrees yesterday that the storm abated
to Leave-Taking of
sufficiently to permit takinff
Rev. Oldfield
clear pictures of the lake itself
PASTOR ACCEPTED
At a-meeting of the congrega
tion of the Congregational church
last night the resignation of Rev.
W. J. Oldfield, the pastor, was
accepted. It was agreed that he
would1 remain here) until Mfcy.
Rev. Oldfield has been paator of
the local church for nearly five
years. •
GWIN S. BUTLER
. IS CRITICALLY ILL
Loqfil Resident Battles for
U fein R o g p iU ilS ritew -
ing Operation
G. 8. Butler, prominent Ash
land resident, was reported in
a critical condition at Commun
ity hospital this afternoon, fol
lowing an operation this morn
ing on his fractured kneecap,
which he 'sustained a week ago
Sunday at Klamath Falls.
It was reported from the hos
pital that there is grave doubt ns
to whether or not he will sur
vive, and even though he should
live there is a possibility thst
amputation might be necessary.
HAND WILL RUN
FI
Get Good Picture«
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The party was forced to mako
thq last 12 miles to the lake on
skits and was unable to get to
the south entrance by auto.,
®On the trip Into the park
many splendid action pictures
were taken, and it Is believed
the motion pictures this year
will be better thaji any ever be
fore taken. At times the snow
beat down so severely it clogged
up the motion picture camera,
while the face of one of the
guides Was partially froten in
making the return trip back
from the rim of the lake to
Anna Creek Springs.
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Included In the party were
R. W. Price, managing director
of Crater Lake lodge, C. 8.
Piper of The Oregonian screen
review, Judge Lawrence McNary
of Portland and John Maben of
Aahland,
Mr. Price said that two and
a half feet of snow fell Mon
day and Monday night and the
depth at the rim la now 12 feet,
which is about the average for
thia season of the year.
PARALYSIS TAKES
VETERAN PITCHER
Eddie Plapk, Once Famed
Moundsman, Dies Today
in Pennsylvania
Retiring Shipping Board
Member to Return to
OETTY8BURO, Penn., Feb. 21
Portland Shortly *
— (U.P.)— Eddie Plank. once
WASHINGTON, D. C., Teh. 24
— (U.P.)— Bert E. Haney, re
tiring member of the U. 8. ship
ping board, will leave here next
week for his home in, Portland
to confer with friends over the
advisability of his entering the
senatorial race for the seat now
held by United States Senator
Stanfield.
.President Coolidge is said to
favor Marshall Dana, Portland
newspaper man, for Haney's post.
While Haney refuses to discuss
his course of action, his friends
here say It is certain he will
enter the race.
Non-Union Mines
uin
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 24
— With the arrival of national
guard troops, tent here by Ad
jutant General William Kern-
ahner at Indianapolis after a
conference with Governor Jack-
son, virtually all non-union
mines In the Southern Indiana
coal Held were reported to be
OLYMPIA, Wash., , Feb. 24— operating at full blast today.
(U.P.)— Local trappers In Wash
THE WEATHER
ington are robbing federal, state
Oregon—Pair
and cdld-
and cooperative predatory sal«
ey
tonight;
Thursday
mal hanters. declared Dr. Glenn
fair.
Washington— Fair
R. Bach in a monthly report
In east portion; cloudy
here.
Dr. Badh Is leader of
west portion. Thursday
the control work for the U- P.
fair; -older tonight. Di
biological survey. It Is claimed
minishing westerly winds 8
that IS coyotes were stolen from,
8'
along conit.
traps during January.
Trappers Robbing
Reserved Tickets
Federal Hunters
For Falls Game
Asserts Official
WiU Go On Sale
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Medford Rumor Of
Canceled ¿Game Is
Branded As False
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine <
nine cases out of ten of
This w a proven fact
star pitcher for the Philadelphia
Athletics, died here today from
paralysis with which he was
stricken Monday. The veteran
moundsman had not recovered
consciousness since last night:
His father and mother, wife and
sou were with him at the time
of his death. He was 61 years
old.
New York Banker
Is Brief Visitor
In City Today
Charles E. Mitchell, president
of the National City'Bank, the
rgest financial Institution in
the United States, was a visitor
in Ashland for a shdrt time thia
morning. He visited Lithia park
and expressed amasement that
a city of thia also should have
such a wonderful natural park
within her borders. He drank
deeply of the darned Lithia
water. He traveraed the busi
ness section and indicated a
sincere interest In everything he
saw.
Traveling south on his pri
vate car, the New York bank
president was met in Medford
by Vernon Vgwtqr of the Jack-
son county bank and brought to
Ashland by automobile for the
brief visit.
He boarded his
car here and continued his Jour-
nay south.
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DELAY ACTION
By Man - Woman
■ ON CHANCE TO
CITY MANAGER
Mose Barkduli, promt-
nent Medford capitalist
and politician, faces a
charge of driving while
intoxicated and Mrs. John
oiweii, former Jackson
county resident but now
a resident of New York
City, is held on a charge
of drunkenness as the
result of an alleged auto
mobile escapade on the
Jacksonville-Central Point
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road last night. .
The pair were arrested
by State Agent Terry Tal
ent and Federal Agent
MeCreedie after they are
alleged to have wrecked
a car in a wild ride over
the road.
Complaints
against them were filed
last night In Justice Tay- ‘
lor’s court at Medford
and the trials are sched
uled for Monday morn
ing.
According to the ar
resting officers. Barkdull’s
car Rkidded 350 feet over
a ditch and into a fence
and then broke down a
telephone pole before it
came to a halt. The car
was badly wrecked but
the occupants were unin
jured.
to Halt Definite De
cision Until Next Tues
day Night
OTHER
BUSINESS
UP
Smoke Nuisance Still In settled i
Incinerator Plans
Progress
Definite action on the or
dinance providing for the em
ployment of a city manager for
Ashland was delayed by the
council until next Tuesday when
in order to permit council
members to give farther study
to the proposal as outlined In
the ordinance prepared by City.
Attorney Briggs.
The ordinance was read for
the first time at the special
meeting last night but no mo
tion of Councilman Taylor, was
referred to the ordinance com
mittee with Instructions to re
port back at the next meeting.
Official« Favorable
Mayor Johnson and council
members held an informal dis-
cussion of the city manager plan
and appeared to be unanimous
In the decision to make the
change, although mill or fea
tures of the measure probably
will be changed before it Is
finally adopted.
The California Oregon Box
and Lumber company was given
authority to construct a saw
House Expected to Pass mill on Its present property and
Measure Authorising
was granted the right to unload
Big Appropriation
logs on city property fronting
the site.
it also waa given
WASHINGTON. D. C., Fob. 21 authority to maintain a log pond
— (U.P.)—Ths house Is expect
ed to tik e favorable action this
(Continued O b P»ge Two>
week on the Dowell bill author
lsing appropriations of1 |165,-
000,000 for rural post road
during the next two years. Of
this amount 116,000,000 Is for
roads and trails in national for
ests.' The bill was reported
favorably by the roads commit
Omaha Slayer Will Never go
tee.
BILL IS FAVORED
SNIPER IS INSANE
to Electric Chair Say
Examiners
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 24— (U.
P .)— Frank Carter, the farm
hand who killed two persons and
terrorised Omaha for a week,
will never go to the electric
Men Aboard Illicit Craft chair for his crimes, physicians
who examined him today de
Swim to Safety Through
clared.
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Heavy Breakers
Carter will be dead or a
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feh. raving maniac before* legal ma
24— (U.P.)— Members of the chinery putting him to death
orew of a rum running motor can be operated, the doctor said.
boat jumped overboard and swam
to safety through the heavy
breakers when a coast guard
cutter ran them down 20 mllos
south of the Golden Gate, prohl
authorities revealed here today.
The motor boat was forced on
the rocks during the chase. Tha
cutter confiscated 282 cases of Ohio > Authorit
Authorities Give This
in
bonded liquor.
Version of
CREW MAKES ESCAPE
INSANE GIBF KILLS
• M D M D S F IF
Small Town
Railroad Bill To
Come Up Shortly
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 24
— (U.P.)— The house is expect
ed to take up late this week fi
nal consideration of the Watson-
Parker railroad mediation bill
which would abolish the railroad
labor board and set up an in
dependent board of adjustment.
It will come up for considera
tion I f tfifid I F file fffiffW fflW
poses of the tax reduction bill.
SOLON. O., Feh. 24— (U.P.)
— Funeral services were held
here today for Mrs. Nacy Howell
and her daughter, Hasel, aged
28, who were found dead to
their home here Monday. Auth
orities believe that the daugh
ter killed her mother while the
latter was asleep and then turned
the gun on herself. Miss Howell
had been under observation tor
several weeks because of her
mental condition.
Fewer Drunks Are
Rum. Running Case Being Convicted
Is Nearing Close In New York Q ty
In Portland Court NEW YORK CltY, Feb. 24—
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 24—
(U.P.)—Judge Bean In federal
court today denied a motion for
a directed verdict In the con
spiracy charges against Captain
Robert Pamphlett and bis crew,
alleged rum rnnnere. The de
fense contended the vessel wae
outside
territorial
boundary
when it was sighted and cap
tured.
(U.P.)—New York courts
are getting more lenient or
drunkenness Is on the*
At least, these are the
plausible explanations
annual liquor report whleh i
loee people were
Intoxication last , —.
19M. The 1921 total
convictions amounted
persons, as agataat
1924.