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V O U XLIX«
Successor to the Semi-Weekl y Tiding*. Yoluas AS
MARKSMANSHIP
OF BATTERY B
IS HELD BEST
Ashland Troops Win Na
’ tional Trophy for Work
. With Rule in 1923
HIGHLY
COMMENDED
Major General Hammond Ilrniwa
Captain Malone and Men of
Company
Battery B of Ashland won the
national trophy for excellence In
marksmapshlp for the year 1925,
according to official announce­
ment today by Captain Clyde
A . Malone, commander of the
battery. •
A ll rifle organlzatlods of the
state compete annually for this
trophy, which remains In the
custody of the organisation win
nlng It for one year, or until
such tim e It is won by some
other organisation.
Along w ith the trophy the
Ashland battery has received a
le tte r of commendation from
M ajor General Hammond.
This
letter to Captain Malone follows
“ I wish to extend to you and
the members of your company
my sincere congratulations for
winning the National Trophy for
excellence In marksmanship in
your state daring the year 1925.
The award of this trophy is In­
dicative of the high value of
the
marksmanship
Instruction
given In your organisation and
of the keen interest of its per­
sonnel In this important phase
of the training of a soldier
The desire to excel In any com
petition Is an Incentive to great­
er efficiency and your, organi­
sation, by winning the National
Trophy, In competition w ith the
other units of yonr state, has
demonstrated such a desire.
I
urge you to consider this suc­
cess, not as the ultim ate goal,
buttas one step in the direction
of future achievements and to
continue to bend every effort to
keep alive the present high ln-
• terest of your command
in
marksmanship.
“I sincerely trust that the
fu tu re w ill hold many more sim­
ila r successes to reward the
members of your organisation
for their continued efforts."
Four Re-Elected
As Directors Of
Ashland Chamber
In a (closed and spirit­
ed election contest, four
retiring directors of the
chamber
of
commerce
were re-elected and two
new electors were chosen
In the balloting which
closed last night.
The new members of
the board are H. 1*
Claycomb and A. E. Kin­
ney. The four old mem­
bers who were re-elected
are W . M. Briggs, George
W . Dunn, .V . V. Mills
and Fred Homes. Senator
Dunn led the field by a
slight plurality.
Just a few votes sep­
arated the lowest man
on the ticket of 12 nomi­
nees from the winning
director who polled the
highest vote.
A tabula­
tion by judges showed
that 101 of the 300 mem­
bers of the chamber of
commerce voted.
FIRE IS SWEEPING
T(
Loss at Mount Vernon Had
Reached $125.000 up to
Today Noon
LOCAL DELEGATES
ATTEND CONVENTION
Lithians To Meet
On Friday Night
Oregon and Washing­
ton— F air
tonight
and
Wednesday:
cooler, to­
night; light frosts Inter­
ior;
iresh
northwest
winds on const.
British Family Seeks Where­
abouts of Wandering
Son in Northwest
AWAITS
HIM
John Massey Krrltngton May
Become- British Baronet if
Hr Is Found
OREGON C IT Y , March 23. —
(IP) — Somewhere In the Pacific
Northwest. John Massey, Errling-
ton, known as "English Slim ," is
following the hardy occupation of
a lumberjack, little dreaming that
an English title and estate may be
awaiting him.
This became known here today
when inquiries from London were
received by B. F. Llndae, local at­
torney, asking that Errltngton he
located.
Involves E state
WORK ON COTTAGES
NEARLY COMPLETED
m s m a s n
MEET IN MEDFORD
THE W EATHER
BEING SOUGHT
ESTATE
Many Steelhead
Egg: s Are Taken
Nearly 4,000,000 steelhead eggs
have been taken from the Rogue
river to fa r tb it season, accord­
ing to reports received hero by
Roy Parr, deputy state game war­
den. The eteelhead run i t still In
progress and more egga w ill be
taken before it Is over.
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to r Nearly Fifty Years
Wire Service)*
NO. 171
SPA Y , MARCH 23, 1926
A IM AGED ALASKA MILLIONAIRE
JL iri,
FAMILY REUNION IN
The case Is said to involve an
extinct baronetcy, and an estate
near Ascot, scene of the wdrld re­
nowned Ascot gold cup race, which
has reverted to the crown.
This occurred years ago w ith
the death of Sir John Massey E rr-
First of Auto Park Cabins llngton.
Will be Ready for Oc­
"English Slim " claimed this
cupancy Next Week
city as home for years, working
in logging camps here and In
Rapid progress is being made
other localities.
His present
on the construction o f . the first
whereabouts is unknown.
two
double
cottages hi
the
May R egain Title
L lth la Park auto cantp, and the
He is asked ta communicate
first of these cottages is expect­
with Llndae at once, as It is said
ed to be ready for occupancy
that jr o o f
has been obtained.
by the latter part of next week,
linking him as the direct descend­
members of the park board said
ant of the last baronet, and his
today.
The second cottage will
chances of gaining the title are
be completed a short time later
possible.
- W ith perfect spring weather
W h ile here F rrlington is said
prevailing, auto traffic through
to
have told ft tends of jUs titled
AdhfAad is much heavier than
ever before a t this season of relativae, but th ey never ba’ieved
the year and the cottages will him,
be In heavy demand as soon as
they are completed.
SE A TTLE, Wash., March 23
— (U .P .)— Mount
Vernon,
50
miles north of Seattle, is threat­
ened by a fire which at noon
had destroyed the Windsor hotel
and cafe with a loss of >125,000.
High winds and lack of water
are making the fire fig h tin g
Medford to be Scene of Next hard, although fire departments
Get-Together Session,
from nearby cities have been
is Announcement
ruqhed there. No casualties had
Another get-together banquet been reported, up to noon.
and conference of peace officer.'*
of Southern Oregon wilb be .held
at the Medford hotel on* April
15, it was announced today by
Terry Talent, state officer.
A
similar
meeting
in
Ashland
about six weeks ago brought of­
ficers from all parts of the Several Ashland Women in
state.
Portland for State D.
A good program is now be­
A. R. Session
ing outlined -fo r the Medford
The D. A. R. holds a conven­
meeting, at which it is expected
at least 60 officers w ill be tion In Portland Thursday, F ri­
day and Saturday of this week.
present.
Mrs. Gordon MacCracken of Ash­
land Is a candidate for State Re­
gent and Mrs. H. O. Anderson a
candidate for Corresponding Sec­
retary.
Those attending the
convention from Ashland are,
Miss
Elizabeth
Palmer,
Mrs.
-
A —
fe w v ev w ssA m sn A
of The Lithians w ill be held at M ark Real. Miss Blanche Hicks,
the Masonic hall Friday, evening, Mrs. Gordon MacCracken, Mrs.
according to letters malted this H a rrie t Fielding, Mrs. C. W.
morning by John H . F u ller, sec­ Hanson, Miss Carrie Mitchell,
retary.
Matters of Importance Miss M ollie Songer, Mrs. Yï. O.
affecting .the organisation dur­ Anderson and Mrs. Chas. Gard­
ing the current year w ill be up ner of ‘Talent.
for decision.
There w ill be a
dinner starting at 6.80, which
Will precede the business ses­
sion.
P N fJ K H
D11ULDI1
ASH LA N D , OREGON,
ASHLAND C UM ATB{i
Without the use of medicine cures I
nine cases oat of ten of asthma. |
This is a proven fact.
IFOSLI
PRECINCTELECTION
UPPER PL R
MEMORY O f HIS LOVED ONES OF
DWELLING
DESTROYED
TA M PA, Fla., March 33— A t
a table set for five person«*
Jack Evander, an aged m illion­
aire, sat alone at his a n n u l
fam ily "reunion" in •
local
hotel.
Thus he commenorated the
day twenty-eight years ago w h e*
he kissed hie wife and three
children goodbye and went to
hunt gold in the Klondyke.
Evander carved out a fortune
in the Klondike but the lure
gold cost him his fam ily and
happiness.
Today he would give ail J 2
wealth to find -his kin. He
an epic tragedy of the Alaskan
gold fields.
Evander lived in Seattle. He
had everything to make him
happy except wealth.
He set
out for Alaska to get that. When
he returned to Seattle in triumph
like Rip Van W inkle, his fam ily
had gone no one knew where.
Annually
he
commemorates
the day when he kissed them
all goodbye and started to seek
wealth.
Evander
holds
fils
lonesome “ reunion” alone.
He
happened to be in Tampa when
the anniversary fell due. Evan­
der reserved a table for five,
ate his dinner alone and sadly
departed.
O WK
Will Prosecute
Marine Officer
P M
ON TRAIL OF LOST
Money Taken In Series of
Robberies Sought in
Safe Deposit Box '
N E W Y O R K C IT Y . March 33
— (U.P.«— Police today were stiH
seeking a safety deposit vault
in which it is thought nearly
>500,000 In loot w ill be found.
The loot, it is alleged, is a
part of that taken in a serie»
of eastern robberies by the gang
headed by Richard W hittem ore,
ex-convict. •
W hittem ore Is now under
rest here on robbery charges. He
also is wanted in Baltim ore on
murder chargee.
The gang la
thought to be responsible fer
three murder» in this city.
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Head of British Foreign Of
fide Under Fire on '
Treaty Question *
Portland Banker
W ill Be Speaker
Recent performance» of the
Finn», the Swede», German» and
other “ fnrrlnera" suggest that
the supremacy of the United
State« in the track and field
event» may be In serious danger
in the next Olympic games.
leuibw
nt T a O
A. Q Wilhite Is
New Auto Dealer
Tbe General Motors, manu­
facturers of the Oakland and
Pontiac automobiles, are an­
nouncing In today’s Issue of
The D ally Tidings the appoint­
ment of A. C. W ilh ite fts local
agent fo r these two popular
Mr. Wtthtte bsv
established headquarters at the
Robison garage, >1 J3. Second
street, where he has several of
the machines on display.
MaCready’s Altitude Flight
Falls Sh ort of French­
man by 2000 Feet
W A SHING TO N, D, C., March
23— ( U .P .) — Lieutenant John A.
Macready failed to recapture the
altitude record in his
the navy department.
A call-
brhtlon of Instruments showed he
reached a height of 37,579 feet.
M. Callizq of France holds the
record with 39,586 feet.
EMBEZZLER TAKEN
AT KLAMATH PALLS
Former Official in Texas is
' Taken Back to Face
Serious Charge
•
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K LA M A T H FALLS, Ore.. March
23. — (LP) — Handcuffed to a
Texas sheriff, Harry Johnson, al­
leged embezzler, left here yester­
day for Childers country Texas,
where he is wanted on a charge
of embezzling >22,000 of county
funds.
Johnson was arrested here in
company with a married woman
of Texas, who is said to have de­
serted her husband and babies.
Johnson also is said to have left
a wife and family in Texas. He
was working here as a railroad
mechanic.
AT $2000
Fire Apparatus Haves Remainder
of Home Through Prompt
Action
Newcomers And Old-Timers
Have Interesting Im­
promptu Debates
LIVELY MEETING HELD
V isitors Hpeek B riefly and En­
ter Into Spirit of Lively
Session
Fire, starting from the chim­
What wag conceded
to be one
»
ney, destroyed the top floor
of the peppiest and liveliest
of the three-story dwelling ol
chamber of commerce luncheons
H. H. Leavitt, 440 Chestnut
in many moons was that staged
street, at noon today.
A brisk
at the Litbie Springs hotel to ­
wind fanned the flames on the
day noon when the Newcomers
dry roof, anfl the entire upper
and Old-Timers engaged in a
part of the "house was a mass of
series of Impromptu debates,
flanrcs when fire apparatus a r­
with honors about even at tbe
rived.
close.
Speedy work on the part of
The spokesman for the N ew ­
the firemen halted the flames
comers’ club gave briefly the
and saved the roinainder of the
alms and purposes of the organi­
dwelling, although the roof and
zation and gave assurance that it
top floor were almost a total
is not a mythical club as some
Kenneth McKintosh of Su­ have supposed.
loss.
,
preme Court Suggested
Fire Chief Baughman esti­
Mayor Johnson was called up­
For McCamant Post
mated the loss would be in tbe
on to defend the Newcomers but
neighborhood of >2,000.
he slipped one over on them
WASHINGTON. D. C„ March
The house was fully insured
and said he didn’t like the idea;
23— (U .P .)— Judge Kenneth Mc-
through the Billings Agency.
he thought the work they were
Klntosh of the Washington su­
doing was all right, but didn’t
preme court was proposed to
like to have them* keep their
President
Coolidge
today
by
identity a secret.
Senator Jones, as a successor
M ills Spokesm an
to Wallace McCamant of P ort-1
Vic Mills, spokesman for the
land on the federal circuit court
old-timers, denied that the cov­
of appeals.
ering on his upper lip was moss,
McCamant’s nomination was
Arthur Foster Arrives in rejected by the senate after he and said he found the old-timers,
or many of them, equally as
City to Take Charge of
ha,] served a recess appoint­
progressive as the newcomers.
Summer’s Work
ment prior to the convening of
Cap Malone, city manager, de­
congress. Judge McKintosh has
nied he was a member of the
A rthu r Foster, manager of the
served on the Washington su­
Newcomers club although there
land settlement department of
preme bench for the past i t
were some who doubted his
the Oregon state chamber of
years. He formerly was prose­
veracity In this particular In­
commerce, arrived In the city
cuting attorney of King county.-
stance.
last evening and today opened
open
his summer headquarter«" lit v; h *
Jxck Milton; fo r fbs neweora-
chamber of commerce offices.
■aid it was the province
Mr. Foster’s chief duty is to
of the newcomers to criticise.
Interview all auto tourists com­
But he thought he bed been
ing through the Ashland Gateway
here long enough to atop his
and find whether or not they
criticism and get in the har­
are thinking of locating per­
ness w ith the old-timers to work
manently in Oregon. If they are
for the betterment of Ashland.
prospective settlers he furnishes Los Ancreles District Attor­ He volunteered his services In
ney Talks on Famous
them with all information con­
any worthwhile undertaking fo r ,
Taylor Mystery
cerning any section of the state
the benefit of the city.
in which they are most inter­
CHICAGO, 111., March 23—
(Continued On Page Three)
ested.
«
(U
.P .)— The murder of W illiam
Mr. Foster predicts this will
be the greatest year in the his­ Desmond Taylor, motion pic­
tory of land settlement work In ture director, four years ago
has narrowed down to two
Oregon.
things: love and drugs, said
District Attorney Asa Keyes of
Los Angeles, who is here today.
He said he expects to solve the
Billy Stepp of Portland Says
mystery soon.
He will again
Beavers Look Like
question Mabel Normand soon
Real Ball Team
after he returns to California
WASHINGTON JURIST
MAY GET JUDGESHIP
MURDER CASE WILL
BE SOLVED SHORTLY
New York Judge Advises
Youth to Read Fifth
Oommandment
DAVIS DECLINES TO
El
BANDON. Ore., March 33. —
(IP) — Freddie Rlchsrt, aged 9
tears, died yssterday from bhrns
received last week when be at­
tempted to light a fire in tbs
kitchen stove iw lth the Use of
kerosene. Tbe boy was pouring
the oil from a can when it ex­
ploded, enveloping him in flames.
VISITS IN ASHLAND
SON ATTEMPTS TO
GET MOTHER JAILED
N E W YO RK . March 23.— " I ’ve
given her enough chances. Now
I want her sent to Jail," said John
Nichols, 24 years old, a taxicab
driver of Brooklyn, appearing in
the West Side Court today as com­
plainant against his mother, Ade­
line Nichols, on a charge of in­
toxication.
Mrs. Nichols, a frail, shabbily
dressed little woman, Is a self-
supporting factory worker.
She
nays she Is 45 years old. but she
looks nearly 60.
H er husband,
Secretary of Labor Will Not to whom she bore thirteen chil­
dren, is In the K ing’s Park Hos­
Seek Office in State of
pital for the Insane.
Pennsylvania
"Now, young man," the magis­
SHARON, Pa.. March 23. — trate said sternly to Nichols. " I
James J. Davis, Secretary of the am not going to give your mother
United States Department of La- a jail sentence, but I am going to
gbF, Ran declined fo enter (lie race givg you some advice: Buy a Bible
fbr the Republican nomination and read the F ifth Command
for Governor in Pennsylvania. Hs ment.
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*
made known his position In a let­
te r tonight
to Frank .G ilbert,
Mayor of Sharon.
<,
Fuñera) Service
Burns Are Fatal
For Infant Held
To Bandon Youth
Funeral services for little Mil­
dred M arie Davis, who died yes-*
terday from pneumonia, were
held i t 2 o’clock thia afternoon
from the Dodge chapel*
burial in Mountain View cerne*
tory. The baby was the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. BJ
Davis.
LOSS FIXED
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar.
23— (U .P .)— The
Port­
land anti-fdateitnity plfdge
was banned here today
"when Circuit Judge John
H. Stevenson ruled . that
the public school author­
ities have no right to
force students to sign
pledges saying they will
not join fraternities or
' sororities.
The decision does not
luvolve the state
law
prohibiting secret frater­
nities in public schools,
but hears only on the
matter of enforcement.
Sam Pierce, deputy dis­
trict attorney, announced
he would appeal to the
supreme court.
PEPPY FORUM
LUNCH DRAWS
BIG RESPONSE
LAND SETTLEMENT
OFF I W
OPEN
10 B M H M D
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN
ATTACKED BY G E O R G E f c ^ . x
LONDON, March 23— (U .P .)—
David Lloyd George sought to-j
day In the house of commons to
and If possible to drive
Voters Do Not Name Dele­ censor
Sir Austen Chamberlain from
gates to Convention in
the foreign office in connection
Many Precincts
w ith secret agreements of Lo­
Nothing tangible resulted In carno which caused the collapse
this city in the election of dele­ of the league of nations efforts
gates to the Republican pre- to adm it Germany last week.
prim ary convention to be held
In Medford Tuesday, March 30,
except In Precinct Two, accord­
ing to information received by
The Daily Tidings this afternoon.
In Precinct Two, A. C. N la-
R. M. Alton, Portland bank­
inger, .precinct
committeeman,
held a short meeting in the city er, w ill be chief speaker at the
h all, with himself, Mrs. D. Per­ monthly banquet of the South­
ozzi and Cash W alker, in at­ ern Oregon Bankers’ association
tendance. Others, not legal vot­ at 6:30 this evening at the
ers in that precinct, also at­ L lth la Spring» hotel. About 35
bankers from Jackson and Jose­
tended the meeting.
Cash W alker and Mrs. Sue phine counties are expected to
V. O. N.
Pracht were elected delegates to be In attendance.
attend the Medford convention, Smith, cashier of the Citizens
with Oscar Bergner
and
Ike Bank of Ashland, w ill preside as
Fridegar as proxies.
Nininger toastmaster.
was given power to appoint al­
ternates.
E. T. Staples, who is a voter
In the Oak Street precinct, stat­
ed he had gone to the voting
place, but that he had found It
was closed. Voters from other
precincts stated they had not
been notified in any way of
meetings in their respective pro-
clncts. Confusion seemed to have
marked the idea throughout the
city.
In precincts where no
meetings were held. It is un­
derstood the committeemen have
the power to appoint delegates.
Mr. Staples stated that he did
not intend to be disfranchised
and that be considered himself
elected as a delegate to the
convention, since be had gone
to the place where tbe meeting
had been scheduled for and had
made every effort to procure
representation.
W ASHINGTON. D. C., March
23— (U .P .)— Secretary
of
the
Navy W ilbur today ordered a
¡court m artial to try Colonel
Alexander W illiams for drunker.-
iness as a result of General But­
ler’s charges made following
W illia m ’s
reported
"cocktail
party” where Butler was a guest
at San Diego.
Flames Sweep Through
Third Story of H. H.
Leavitt Residence
|Anti Frater
Pledge ^ X \a led
F** a by Judge
FI
WITH O H K
Portland Tire Factory Gets
Contract, According to
Word Today
The ClAycomb Motor company,
Ford dealers, today received word
from the Portland branch to the
effect that alt Ford cars assembled
hereafter a t the Portland branch
will be equipped with C-T-0 tires,
which also are Portland made.
The contract for these tires was
signed in Portland last Saturday
and w ill mean an immediate en­
largement of the Portland tire
factory. This is the flrst time in
history that a western-made tire
has been used as standard equtp-
Pioneer Ashland
V
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W
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l i av»
n i * i ’ ll* .- “ t i a til
s s a tk
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ment for any motor car.
This Fellow Wins
Gold H ill People
Stinginess Record
Cleaning Up City
V
'V—
GOLD H IL L , Ore., March 23.
— Gold H ill Is going to qlean her
front yard and her back yard to­
day and tomorrow, as these two
days have been officially proclaim­
ed as clean-up days by the city
councilmen. * The city is paying
the cost'of removing rnbbish and
garbage from all homes in order
to get th a 'little city in readiness
for the summer season.
Portland this year has every
prospect for a pennant winning
baseball team, says' Billy Stepp,
versatile sporting editor of the
Portland News, who was a visit­
or in the city last evening, en­
route home after giving the
Portland players the once-over
at the spring training camp a t
San Jose.
President Tom Turner of the
Beavers has a new bunch of
faces this year and they’re all
regular ball players, said Stepp.
Stepp Is a former ball player
himself and is one of the few
sporting writers who don the
spangles and work out with the
players each spring.
Mrs. Stepp accompanied hinj
to and from San Jose.
N E W YO RK. March 2 3 .—
Seventy cents Is too much spend­
ing money for a wife, in the opin­
ion of John Marynlck, 23 years
old, of Yonkers, who was arraign­
ed before City Judge Broderick
on a charge of assault brought by
4»ls wife, Martha. "He slapped me.
Judge, when I asked for 70 cent»
weekly ajlow anc«" Mrs. M ary-
nick told tbe court.
Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Johnson,
80 years of age. died at her
home on Walnut Street at x
quarter after four this morning.
She was born > In Galesburg, I l ­
linois, December 9, 1841 anti
had been a resident of Ashland
for the past twenty one years.
Burial Is In charge of J. P.
Dodge and Sons, funsrai direct­
ors, and funeral arrangement«
w ill be announced later.
She
Is survived by her husband, A L
bert Johnson, and two
tors, Mrs. O. a Vaa Ma
Mrs. Gilbert, all of Ashh
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