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VOL. XLIX
Successor to the 8eml-Weekly Tidings, Volume 49
JURORS FIND
RON RUNNING
gouty
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Captain Pamphlett of Pes-
cawha and Mea Con.
vioted in Portland
SENTENCE 18 DILATED
Court
Groats
Thirty
Days
in
Which to File tor Another
Trial
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PORTLAND, Ore., Peb. 2«—
(U.P.)—Captain Robert Pam-»
phlett, Jacob Woltte and five
members of the ere* of the rum
runner Pescawha and other de.
fendants were found- guilty of
conspiracy to violate the pro
hibition law In a verdict re
turned in federal court late yes
terday.
The defendants were
convicted
on
11 conspiracy
counts.
The court granted 30 days
In which to prepare a motion
for a new trial and delayed
the passing of sentence until
this motion is filed.
The Pescawha was captured by
a coaat gnard cutter inside the
10-mile limit while it was aavtng
the crew nt a- boat during a
raging storm.
The case at
tracted wide attention because
of the bravery shown by Cap
tain Pamphlett and his crew,
who faced almost certain death
to make the heroic rescue.
ANNUAL TAX MOW
CiNBE PAID KM
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Ashland taxpayers who want
to pay the first Installment of
their 1928 taxes can do so now
instead of waiting until March
dr April, declared Sheriff Ralph
Jennings who was in the city
last evening on official business.
Sheriff Jennings has completed
his tax rolls for this year and
is now ready to receive the tax
money.
As in former years a deputy
tax collector will be stationed
in Ashland during April in or-
-der to convenience taxpayers
who do not wish to go to Med
ford.
The first half of the
annual taxes will be due on or
before May 1, and the deputy
collector will have an office in
the city hall here up until the
date of delinquency, said Sheriff
Jennings.
Drunken Driver
Given Shackles
In Kansas Q ty
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Peb. 26
•—(U.P.)— Kansas Clty'a police
court has adopted a new method
of dealing with drunken auto-
lets. Burnes V. Moore, convict
ed of driving whUe drunk, was
ordered placed in shackles auu
confined in the county jail for
a period of 90 days. He also
was fined 9100 for falling to
render assistance after an ac
cident.
Klamath Dentist
Near Death From
Ten-Day Fasting
R lamath palls , ore., Peb.
26— Pred Westerfelt, Klamath
Palls dentist, was reported In
a serious condition today, fol
lowing a 10-day fast for tho
purpose of benefiting his health
Westerfelt collapsed at a meet
ing of the Kiwsnls club yester
day noon just after. he had
made a short talk describing ths
effects of his fasting. Physicians
today said be probably would
be forced to undergo aa opera
tion.
Woinan Pays For
Marriage License
At Man’s Request
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PORTLAND, Ore., Peb.
8 2 6 — ( U P .) — It’s still
8 leap year in Llnnton, ac-
8 cording to John 'Easter,
8 head of the marriage li-
8 cense department in the
8 county clerk’s office.
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Easter tells the story
8 of a man and former wife
8 who appeared at the win-
8 dow yesterday for a II-
8 cense to re-wed. “Thia
8 will cost you 93.” Easter
8 remarked, after the cue-
8 tomary information had
8 been filed.
The man
8 -calmly turhed to the
8 ‘woman in the case.’
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‘‘Well, if you want to
8 get married, yon’ll have
ti to pay for the license,”
8 he Baid. Easter is well
8 on hie way to recovery.
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H I BADGES WON
BI A M D S O TS
Four Boys of Troop Two
Pass Hard Tests and
Receive Honors
Ten merit badges were packed
home last night b f four scouts
from Troop Two from the Boy
Scout Court of Honor for this
district which meets at Med
ford once each month. Wesley
Hoxie passed for cycling and
marksmanship; James Hartley
for cycling and ijithflnding;
Lloyd High for signaling, flre
manship and cycling;
Marion
Prost for cycling, flremanship
and interpreting.
In addition
to the above mfrit badges, Har
ry Borah took first class and
Clarence Woods the second class
The cycling test which was
taken by all four of the merit
badge applicants from Ashland,
involves a 60-mile bicycle ride in
one day and also taking the bi
cycle to pieces and putting it
together again under the eyes
of an expert in that line. The
signaling test requires speed and
accuracy in both the Semaphore
and Morse codes as well as the
making of a buzzer, or a wire
less outfit for the sending of
Morse code.
The interpreting
test taken by Scout Prost Is
probably the fir st'o f Its kind
in the Crater Lake Council and
Is a ‘practical application of the
Spanish taken by him in High
school.
iY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926
ASHLAND. OREGON,
Auto Caravan Due to Reach
Here Sunday, Accord
ing to Report
BURDEN HIGH ENOUGH
Pierce
Proposal io Make
Four Cents W ill Be
Contested
Tas
A caravan of auto dealers who
are staging a protest against the
proposal to increase 'the tax
burdens of automobile owners,
will arrive in Ashland some time
Sunday, according to Informa
tion received here today by lo
cal dealers from Eugene.
Pollowing the announcement
this week in Salem by Governor
Pierce that he will seek to In
crease the gasoline tax from
three to four cents, the state as
sociation of antomotfile dealers
evolved the caravan plan, and
the long string of cars will leave
Eugene Saturday afternoon head
ed for Southern Oregon.
According to reports received
here, the caravan will seek the
support of automobile owners
generally in electing legislators
who Will agree to safeguard the
interests • of automobile owners
and to prevent an increase* in
the gasoline tax
It was indicated that the car
avan would reach Ashland short
ly after noon Sunday and would
remain here for several hours.
Pollowing the trip into Southern
Oregon, the caravan will invade
Eastern Oregon.
BALTIMORE BANDITS
STAGEMD HOLDUP
Trio Shoot Down Cashier
and Policeman and
Escape With $16,000
BALTIMORE, Md.. Peb. 26—
(U.P.)— Police today were still
without clues as to the Identity
of the three bandits who staged
the most daring holdup ever at
tempted in this city. The three
men shot down an assistant cash
ier of the Maryland Daid com
pany, and a policeman who was
guarding him and then escaped
with a satchel containing ,916,-
000 of company money.
The cashier and policemen are
both expected to recover.
south of the city.
The - Hilt course is
being
built on property back of the
Hilt hotel, and will give the
little lumber town the distinc
tion of being the smallest town
on the Pacific coast with Its
own golf course.
Local enthusiasts declared this
morning they would be glad to
stage a tournament with the Hilt
golfers just as soon as the two
courses are ready for play. The*
local membership committee is
making good progress In Its
quest for members and it Is
expected that an organization
meeting will be held early next
week.
Now comes Hilt to make
bid for fame.
The little lumber town'
over the California
line
starting work on a nin
golf coarse, which, when
pleted, will he complete' to
last detail, according to
brought back to Ashland la
nlgl^t by Roy Parr, deputy
game warden.
The lumber company emplo
at Hilt are all enthused ov
the project and even now t
are said to be framing a cl
lenge to Ashland golfers, wl
are looking forward to the co:
strtfetion of the golf course
the highway a short dial
E. F. CARLETON TALKS TO
ASHLAND KIU A M S CLUB AT
WEEKLY LUI iCH TODAY NOON
Guide the reading of you*
children in the home and you
will have an influence in the
building of their character which
will be secondary only to thij
influence wrought by the moth»
er, E. P. Carleton, of Eugene,
who is a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for staid
superintendent of schools, told
the Kiwanlans at thdir regular
luneheon meeting today at the
Lithia Springs hotel.
Mr. Carleton stated the great
nUed
wave of crimes In the Uni
States and the lack of roe,
•pect
for laws in many sources
created a cynicism whieh cj
on« of the greatest dangers U|
the boys.
„ Talks On Locks
—• T. H. Simpson, local
war« dealer, took as the eu8jert
of Ms. talk “Looks.” 'Qa* would
think that locks would form a
K. F. Carleton
Body Is Shipped
Tp Former Home
BOLTON FUNERAL
A different and improved
council chamber will greet city
officials and Ashland residents
Tuesday evening when the coun
cil holds its next session.
Mayor Johnson this week has
been supervising a complete re
arrangement of the room in or
der to promote better efficiency
and more expeditious handling
of ,the city's business.
Three tables will take the
place of the one table. At the
center table the mayor will sit
with Miss Gertrude Biede, city
yacordor
T hree cnuncUmen will
sit at the table to the left and
three other councilmen with re
porters at the table to the right.
The change will be greatly wel
comed by all concerned.
CHICAGO, 111., Peb. 26— It
Martin Dnrkln, notorious mail
bandit and police killer, es
capes the noose he will have
plenty of trouble awaiting him.
A Chicago grand Jury yesterday
Indicted him on five separate
charges of automobile thefts.
All are alleged offenses against
ths federal government.
ORIGIN
IS
UNKONWN
Loss Pluretl at $500,000— Hafle-
Blowers May Be
Roe ponsi ble
NORTH RENR, Ore., Peb. 26
— (U.P.)—Fire early this morn
ing destroyed the big.sawmill of
the Stout Lumber company here,
with an estimated loss of 9600,-
000.
The cause of the fire Is un
known but authorities think an
attempt to blow open the safe
In the Southern Pacific office,
a short distance from the mill,
may be linked with the disas
trous blaze.
The fire throws 500 men out
of employment and will likewise
curtail logging operations of the
company, said officials.
Be-'
cause of the lack of wind the
fire was confined to one build
ing, and not over 5,000 feet of
lumber was destroyed.
The
blaze continued
for several
hours and could be seen for
many miles.
Measure Gets Executive Ap
proval Today; Big
Saving Effected
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The body of C. H. Nickerson.
Ashland carpenter, who died
here this week, was shipped last
night to his former home at
Middlefield, Ohio, for burial. It
was accompanied by his daugh
ter who came here from Port
land.
Funeral services were
held at the Dodge chapel prior
to the departure.
Fire Burly This Morning
Razes Plant of Stout
Lumber Company
FEDERAL TAX LAW
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WASHINGTON, D,
Pel,. 28
— (U P.) — T*h e 9387,811,000
federal tax reduction bill be-
cam' a law today. It was sign
ed at 10:22 this morning by
President Coolidge, after having
passed both branches of congress
yesterday.
ARMY CHAPLAIN TO
TONIGHT FACE CIVIL CHARGE
Auto Camp Problem to be
Will Be Tried For Mann Act
Taken Up; Colonel
Violation if Acquitted
Thomson to Speak
By Army
The Lithians, Ashland’s prem
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Peb.
ier booster tprgtanizatlon, are
expected to take definite action 26— (U.P.)—Charges of violating
concerning the need of cabins the Mann white slave act will be
in the auto park when they filed against Chaplain Orville I.
convene for their regular month Clampltt, U. 8. Army, If he is
ly dinner *at the Lithia Springs acquitted by the army court
hotel this evening, starting at I martial now in session here.
This was thp announcement to-
6:30.
:
day
of department of justice
Colonel Thomson, superlnten-1
officials.
Chaplain Clampltt is
dent of Crater Lake national
on trial for the alleged betrayal
park, and an honorary Lithlan,,
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will be the chief speaker of j ° f LucUle Swallow, Kansas girl,
tozmi
JVlrS. S k een W ill
Be Buried Sunday
The
Funeral services for Thomas the auto park situation.
K. Bolton, prominent Ashland Lithlan quartet will furnish some
druggist who died yesterday, peppy music.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rina
will be held at 2:30 tomorrow
Josephine Skeen, daughter of
afternoon, from Block's mor
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Keeton, who
tuary, with burial at Hargadlns
died in Klamath Palls yesterduy,
cemetery.
will be held from Stock's Under
taking Parlor Sunday afternoon
at 1:30.
Interment will be In the Moun
tain View cemetery. Mrs. Skeen
Members of Med-O-Land Golf
Is also survived by her husband
and country club will get a lit and two children.
MULVANE, Kansas, Peb. 26— tle action next Sunday when five
Dave Alley, 80-year-old frontiers temporary holes will be ready
n ai
. tho new
mode W» ttvlnc to» U e »to p e r s
coarse
near
Talent,
according
to
killing buffalo, died here yes
announcement
today
by
J.
L.
terday from an attack of In.
fluensa. He was 80 years old. Ketch, manager of the club.
In his earlier days Alley la Within another week two more
said to have killed as many temporary holes will be In readi
ness, he said.
as 100 buffalo In one day.
Old Frontiersman
Is Victim of Flu
Five Temporary
Holes Ready At
•Med-O-Land Club
LUMBER RAIES ARE
HELD UNREASONAEtEE
Durkin Indicted
Workmen Injured
Film Star To Wed
For Auto Thefts Pinehurst Opens
In OU Well Fire
New Post Office
London Resident
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BIG S Â Ï H lL t i^ Look Z FÇ rook CREDITORS OF
ÀUTO DEALERS
WILL PROTEST " . CHALENGES ¿SHLAND GOLFERS ON COOS BAY In Big Robbery A. 9 WHITLEY
IS DESTROYED
GASOLINE TAX
Local Squad Expects Easy
Victory Tonight; Girls
More Tables and Better Services Will Be Held From
Also to Play
the dinner. Irving E. Vining al-
Facilities Provided for
Stock’s Mortuary To
so
will be present and probably
Future Sessions
morrow at 2:30
wHl have something to say on
Ashland high school's basket
LONG BEACH,» Cal.. Peb. 26
— Two workmen were seriously
burned in a fire which started
when an oil line gave way fol
lowing the bringing in of a new
well In the Long Beach oil fields.
A long stream of fire swept
down Pacific avenue, menacing
a number of wells. The fire
toss was estimated at 9125,000.
NO. 150
HILT BUILDING GOLF COURSE
" LUMBER TOWN GETTING BUSY; ’
PLAY GRANTS PASS
ball squad will go to Grants
Pass this afternoon where it
will meet the Grants Pass team
there this evening. The local
basketeers defeated Grants Pass
handily here Monday evening
and expect to repeat again this
evening.
Grants Pass has a good pass
ing team but it Is woefully weak
on basket • shooting, but the
Ashland quintet, if it is In good
form will have no trouble In
winning.
The girls’ team also will go
Pass and play th e
Grants Pass girls In a prelimin
ary game. The Ashland girls
won their game with Grants Pass
here the first of the week.
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine cures
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact.
The newly established po»t
office of Pinehurst, Mrs. Lula
DeCsriow, postmistress, opened
for business tod$y. The Ashland-
Klamath, Palls stags leaving the
Ashland postofftoe kt 8:80 a. m ,
supplies the new office and wilt
bring the mail in from Pine
hurst daily at 4 p. m.
REDWOOD* CITY, Cal., Feb.
>4— (U.P.)—With ' a
carious
crowd packing the court room,
Constance Talmadge. film star,
and A. W. Mackintosh of London
today got a marriage license for
their wedding tomorrow at San
Mateo.
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Interstate Commerce Com
mission Orders New
Schedule Today
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Peb. 26
— (U.P.)v-Tha interstate com
merce commission ruled. today
that the present rates on lum
ber and related commodities from
Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia are unreasonable and pre
judicial, and ordered the rail
roads serving that territory to
prescribe new rates which must
be effective before May 17.
CHICAGO, ifl., Feb.
26— (U.P.)—Chicago po
lice today were continu
ing their search for Otto
David, who is suspected
of the robbery here Tues
day of Moody Tabernacle,
at which time 97.670 in
cash and bonds were tak
en by four masked ban
dits who
bound the
watchman.
Dnvld went to the pas
tor some weeks ago and
said he had been a crook
all his life and wanted
to reform. He has con
fessed two murders and
numerous other crimes.
Believing him, the pas
tor gave him a Job as
Janitor. But David failed
to show up for work af
ter tho robbery and has
been missing ever since.
IB
10 HAVE BANQUET
Ashland Attorneys Will At
tend Function at Med
ford Tomorrow
All the members of the bar
of Josephine, Jackson and Klam
ath counties will meet at a
banquet to be held at the Hotel
Medford, in Medford, Saturday
evening at 6:30 p. m.
William M. Briggs, chairman
of the program committee, an
nounces that It is to be a ban
ner meeting, as Chief Justice
Thomas A. McBride, and As
sociate Justice John L. Rand,
of the Supreme Court of Oregon
are to deliver addresses.
A
E. Reames, prominent attorney
of Medford, is to read a paper
on “The proper method of mak
ing a record for appeal.” •
Inasmuch as the speakers ob
tained are among the foremost
jurists of the west every mem
her of the bar of the counties
mentioned will be present.
Those who will attend from
Ashland are Nellie Dickey, W.
J. Moore, L. A. Roberta, E. D.
Ilrlggs and William M. Briggs.
SEATTLE MAN HELD
: e
Local Customers Semiring
Whereabouts of Missing
Piano Man
RECORD DECLARED BAD
Watchmaker
Leaves
City
For
Parts Unknown; Police
Active
Police today began receiving
inquiries concerning the where
abouts of A. W. Whitley, watch
maker and erstwhile manager
of the Whitley piano house.
Whitley left the city two nights
ago and has not since been
seen, although he la reported to
have told some of his creditors
that he would return within a
few weeks.
That the piano house has been
in financial difficulties for the
past two weeks was known to
the police by reason of Whit
ley’s efforts to bring about the
arrecst of his son-in-law in
an argument over the company’s
business affairs.
Family
Argument
The police, however, refused
to interfere with what appeared
to be a family argument, and
District Attorney Chaney like
wise declined to take action af
ter Whitley had lodged com
plaint with him.
According to reports received
from the police at Sedro Wooly,
Wash., Whitley left there sud
denly about two years ago, leav
ing his wife and family In a
destitute condition.
His wife
later procured a divorce. Po
lice here say an investigation has
disclosed Whitley’s business deal
ings to hsvH buen unsavory in
several other towns where he
located prior to coming to Ash
land less than a year ago.
Police were informed that sev
eral watches left with Whitley
to be repaired by lecal custom
ers have not been returned to
the owners, but none of the
owners thus far has lodged «ny
formal complaint with the auth
orities.
NEW CHARGE TIED
aeainsefrakcer
Charles Ponzi Sought on
Federal Warrant Charg
ing- Mail Fraud
Love Trianarle Ends With
Cafe Owner Killing
JACKSONVILLE, Pis., Peb.
26— (U.P.)—Charles Ponsl, erst
W ife’s Alleged Lover
SEATTLE, Wash., Peb. 26 —
(U.P.)—A Charge of first de-
gree murder was filed here to
,
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day agalnsf- Prank; J.^Parley
cafe owner, who admitted killing
Edwin J. Manus earlier this
week as the result of a love
triangle in which Farley’s wife
is alleged to have figured.
Parley told police he fol
lowed his wife to a hotel and
found Manus In the room when
the door was opened. He im
mediately shot and killed Manus.
Farley Indicated he would plead
the unwritten law.
Portland Actor
Robbed Of Cash
PHILADELPHIA, Peb. 26-
( U.P. f—-Jack M cCarthy of P o rt
land, an adtor playing in a mu
slcnl show here, was held up
hers today by two men and
robbed of 9400 In cash and
Jewelry. McCarthy was on hla
way to his hotel from a restau
raat party when he was robbed
VETERAN TELEGRAPHER
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass.. Peb.
26— (U. P .)— Slxty-slx years a
telegrapher, and still at the koy.
le the record of Elisha Ryder, op
erator at Buzzards Bay station,
who will celebrath his 77th
birthday next month.
Ryder learned telegraphy at
the age of 11, and he’s been
at It ever since. He considers
160 messages a small day’s work.
while financial wizard, is In for
more grief. It was revealed here
last night when federal postal
Inspectors procured a warrant
for hla arrest charging him
with using the malls to defraud
in connection with his land
selling operations In Florida. He
Is now at Liberty under bonds
on' state charges growing out of
his operations in Florida.
California
And
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Oregon To Meet
In Hard Series
BERKELEY, Cal., Peb. 26—
(U.P.)— The basketball teams
of tbe University of Oregon and
University of California are all
primed for their two-game aeries
which starts tonight at tho
Oakland auditorium for tho Pa
cific coast conference champion
ship.
Oregon has a patched
lineup due to the Illness of Al-
West ergren,
while
California
presents a solid front. In tenet
here is at a high pitch.
Legion Dance To
Be Held Tonight
Members of
glon are expecting
of pleasure
dance thia 4
land armory,
nlshed by Loveland's