• »•< * h » • w» mi B . /M A LA R IA GERMS Cannot survive three months in the rich ozone at Ashland. Pure domeatio water helps. ASHLAND CLO U TE Without the use of medicine eures nine cases out of ten of (his is a proven fa ct TZie Tidings Has Been Ashland's Leading A euxvaper. For Nearly Fifty Years (United Pfte» Wire Service) NO. 186 MODIFICATION DEATH SENTENCE IS IMPOSED IS HELD BOON FOR DRY LAW WOMAN DOCTOR D“ * ~ d MANY THOUGHT IS STRANGLED In Love Affair DROWNED, WHEN VESSELS B AT HER HONE » « AUBURN, Wash., April 9— With pretty 19-year- old Vivian Russel burled, the f)eud between her father, Rayont Russell, and her sweetheart, Clark Hughes, was ended today. Because of parental objections, police said. Miss Russell ended her life when her father at­ tempted to end her friend­ ship with Hughes. Meet­ ing at the bier, the father attacked Hughes with his fists and was only stop­ ped when the police ,n- te r fe r e d . Repenting, Russell yesterday request­ ed Hughes to attend the funeral of bis daughter. During the course of the services 4jye young wom­ en were overcome by their emotions and had to be carried from the ehnrch. Business was halted •here . while the services for the dead girl were being held. Members of the 1925 class of Auburn high school, of which Miss Russell was a mem­ ber, attended the funeral in a body. » « c Oreg X .«.eway. Sigi^ ^Financing BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April • der the terms of the trust and __(U .P .)__ Frederick H. Boarid-it the money now becomes available tt man, newspaper man, known ia j fcr giving treatment to the sis- tt » tnany parts of the world, placed ter, which physicians say may I tt » himself on trial and after tU restore her health. The sister ; District Attorney Buckner j Mississippi River is Scene Mrs. E L. Phinney, 83, is » » of New York Offers weeks, during which he analysed I is said to be in a sanitarium of Big Disaster at Victim of Brutal Los tt tt Testimony his own life In the smallest! i„ the state of-Oregon at present. New Orleans Angeles Murder tt « detail, sentenced himself to tt IS WORST IN HISTORY death, It was revealed here yes­ The story came to light to COOPERATION NEEDED » day when realtlves came from ROBBERY IS MOTIVE tt tt terday. N»‘W York to claim Uoardmnn s Committee Told Change in tt » Water is Mass of Flam es Follow ­ Then he carried out the self- body. Body Badly Disflguhwl by Slayers; Volstead Act. Would lie tt « in g Explosions uni I Nephew Disco v«rs imposed sentence by shooting Rational tt a had worked on Collisions Boardman Crime himself to death. » a B y*his death, a trust fund newspapers in Europe, China WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9. tt a NEW ORLEANS, April 9— of $15,000 left jointly to him South America, Hawaii and in ! — (IP) — Modification of the Vol­ LOS ANGELES, April 9— (U. » (U.P.,— From yesterday after­ a and his sister was released un- many American cities. P .)— The b o d y 'o f Mra, E. L stead act would be a good thing tt noon until daybreak the Missis­ a Phlnaey, 83-year-old recluse and for prohibition enforcement. Dis­ » sippi river near here was shot a retired physician, was found trict Attorney Emery Buckner of » Mrs May Coggins a with flames, following a serieae stuffed under her bed here Tues­ New York told the senate pro­ » a of explosions caused by two ship day, the Victim of a strangler. a W ins H igh Praise hibition investigating committee » disasters, the gravest in the his­ The grewsome find was mnde ; yesterday afternoon. « tory of this port. a by Mrs. A. C. McArthur, niece of ---------- ' Buckner argued that coopera- tt Thirty-five men are dead or the slain woman, who had slept a A recent issue of the Univer- tjou between states and the fed- tt missing. At least 58 are badly a three nights on the bed be- tt Injured, and five vessels are Plans for 1926 Convention of 811 y ot Oregon Extension Mon‘- oral government was necessary. neath which te r murdered J tor, published and highly corn- and thnt he believed If congress « either burned or damaged. Western Owners Now aunt’s body was ^rapped In bed mended a poem by Mrs. May wouid permit his state to define tti The tragedy began when the Being Made sheeting. Coggins of Ashland, submitted in tj,e alcoholic content of beverages, tt vessel O. T. Waring, In drydock. The face of the aged woman the line of her work as a stu- tjle 8(ate would help enforce the BEND, Ore., April 9. — Bend, tt was rocked by a series of ex­ The was horribly disfigured. dent In advanced writing In tho )nw located near the center of the » plosions. TweAty-nlne men are fiend who attacked her crammed .*jt would be a perfectly nat’on- plateau rangelands of the mid­ Extension department, which has » thought to have burned to death paper down her throat and wrap­ quite a class in Ashland. Mrs.: aj 8tep jn prohibition enforcement » on the Dutch tanker Sllvar.u; state country Is to be the 1928 ped a sheet about her neck convention city of cattlemen and Coggins’ writings have also r" to modify tile Volstead law to tt which drifted down the rivet which he tightened' by means of cently appeared in the Oregon- dangle such a bait before the horse raisers of Oregon. The 13th » after a collision with the Stan­ an automobile tire tool. , annual convention of the Oregon iun as well as In the Tidings. , 8tate8 t„ Ret their cooperation,” » dard Oil tanker Thomas H. Cattle & Horse association will Police believe robbery was the he said. » Wheeler. The vessel caught fire be held here on May 28 and 29. slayer’s motive. “National Scandal’' after a head-on crash and a Plans for the entertainment “If the 1-2 of 1 per cent pro­ fountain of flames covered the program of the convention are be­ vision of the Volstead act were river. Those who escaped swam ing made by the Bend Commercial eliminated and the state permit­ under the water which was club. Charles J. Shelton, secretary ted to define what is an intoxi- blanketed with fire. of the association Is arranging ---------- ’ gating beverage, I believe you for speakers. • ! Qran^ e Files Initiative Mea- * ould develop the necessary part nership between the federal gov­ sure; Would Assess Dr. W. B. Hinson, Noted ernment and the state.” Report of State Health Of­ i Baptist Divine. Succumbs National Banks Buckner amplified ills proposi­ ficer Shows Conditions At His Home SALEM. Ore., April 9— The tion for modification upon furth­ Generally income of national banks is er questioning by the committee, PORTLAND, Ore., April 9. — Influenza still leads the diseases under a proposed state ; He said he thought congress might taxable (IP) — Dr. Walter B. Hinson, of the state according to the Income tax bill filed In tb e l8et a maximum figure for alco- Convicts go to Salem for pastor of the Portland East Side weekly report of Dr. Frederick (D. Varietv of Crimes; Two Special Sale Celebrating offices of the secretary ot state ¡ hoUc content, but would offer no Baptist church, and one of the Stricker, secretary of the state t Bootleggers her« today by the Qregon atate suggested figure 16th Year Starts To­ best known evangelists in the borad of health, although ; the Then, he said, the states could grange and the farmers’ union. morrow Morning west, died at his home late yes­ ASTORIA, April 9. — (IP) — number has fallen from more than permit beer and light winos If The new bill is a substitute terday afternoon following a The largest single delegation to 200 to but 8T. McGee’s store, with all d»- for a somewhat similar bill they wished. stroke of apoplexy which he suf­ leave Astoria for the state peni­ There wdTe three cases of cere­ Buckner said the average sal­ fered last Saturday morning. His tentiary in years got on the road partments cooperating, will start filed by the grange and farmers’ brospinal meningitis In the state ary of a prohibition «gent In New condition had been critical for thia morning, when Sheriff H. J. an anniversary sale Saturday to union a few weeks ago. one of them in Jackson county. York Is-$2000 a year, and a man celebrate the 16th anniversary of, The new bill also provides that several days and his death was Slushed and Deputy Clem Ingalls Chickenpox claimed 20 persons, cannot live with a wife and child the McGee store. j In case all revenue of the state not unexpected. left for Salem with four convicts. dlptheria 28. measles 41, mnmps, This Is the first anniversary exceeds the 6 per cent limitation on that salary. They were Oliver Clevlnger and 45, pneumonia 21, acarlet fever In the new store building and because of the operation of the Ernest Cannon, one year for pos­ 33, smallpox, 20, tuberculosis 24 Mr. McGee stated that the bar­ Income tax law, such income session of stills; Harold Smith, 18 and whoping cough 43. gains offered were as an in­ would be legal. months for possession of narco­ There is no typhoid fever in the ducement to get everybody ac­ tics and Robert Adams 2 years state now, said the report. quainted with his new store. The on a statutory charge. j shoe and millinery department I are also offering special bar­ New York Banker is Placed gains. Three Pacific Coast Lines C H ILE ASSOCIAI»« H l MEET IN BEND SISKIYOU MAY W ill Be Planned GET COLLEGE SAYS REPORT Delegates from the chambers of commerce of Klamath Falls. Grants Pass. Medford and Ash­ land will meet here next Tuesday to discuss ways and means of financing the construction of a largo "Oregon Gateway" sign at the top of the Siskiyous, just over the Oregon line. A design for the pro­ posed sign has been drawn by Colonel Thom­ son ot' Crater Lake na­ tional park and it Is thought that this will be the one selected. The dtssiKn shows a large drawing of Crater Lake, with this legend be­ neath: "You are now entering the land of Crater Lake." Lynn Sabin of the Klamath Falls chamber of commerce has suggested that the four cities in­ terested hold a tag day s I in u 11 nneously as a means of financing the project. Delegates who #111 be here for the meeting are W. W. McNeely, Klamath Fallp; H. O. Frobach, Medford, and Ed Miller, Grants Pass. Yreka Educators Planning New Drive Por State University Unit ARE MUCH ENTHUSED Establishment of Ashland Normal School May Help Californians “ YREKA, Cal , April 9. (Special) tt I — Siskiyou may have a Junior col- tt lege, the only branch of the Uni- tt versity of California north of tt Sacramento, before another year ® rolls by. tt Battered and bruised from the tt rejection of the project a year tt ago, the advocates have not lost tt heart that the educational Instl- tt tute would ultimately come to SIs- tt klyou and the board of supervls- tt ora at the meeting yeste. day voted tt unanimously to appoint a com- tt mittee to check up the approxl- tt mate cost of bringing such an in- tt sttu te to Siskiyou. tt • Comini tee Is Named L. S. Newton, county super.n tendent of schools; II. Rode, p n. clpal of the Etna High School; T. L. NeLon, principal of the Yreka High School and i ee R. s„ itzer, principal of the Dun mui High Schoo, were appointed n)a. hers of the commi.tee. They were instructed to concentra e their .nvestigations to the cost of erect­ ing the building and providing adequate equipment, using the cost of the lntroduc Ion of simi­ lar colleges in the state for com- ' parison, the cost of maintenance. Union Oil Company Farms the courses charted and the salar- Both Doomed. Reports ies of professors for such work Today Indicate and all general details that may be of help to the supervisors in de­ LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 9 termining whether the invest­ — (U .P .)— Seething çauldrous of ment will be profitable. boiling oil in the two vast .stor­ The committee was instructed age tanks of the Union Oil to proceed without delay and to Company of California were make its report not later than the doomed today. Fresh explos­ June meeting of the board. ions In the three hundred acre Work. » Year Old tank farm nt San Luis Obispo For several months a year ago has fired the entire field, and there was a determined, effort by the entire area is a mass of a large group in Siskiyou to bring flames. the Junior college to Siskiyou. Another 55-acre area at Bren, Shasta county had been casting fired by lightning yesterday, envious eyes in its direction and faces complete destruction today. Ashland to the north has Just been given the southern Oregon nor-, mal school, which will soon be opened. , Parents who wanted to give on Board of Directors of O ld-Tim e D ance Are Completing Merger, their children a schooling that Railroad extended beyond the high school Is Report Draws B ig Crowd H ighw ay Leader courses found themselves in line Attorney General of Oregon NEW YORK. April 9. — At a SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. April to pay heavily to send their chil­ Pleads for Lower Farm reorganization meeting here yes­ Nam es Bad Route 9. — (IP) —i A series of mergers Physician Declares Crisis terday, the directors of the South­ A large crowd of people from Products Rates YOSEMITE, Cal.. April 10. — dren to Berkeley and they wanted involving $2,000,000 and affecting (IP) — Even the Indian has yield­ to have the college come to Sis­ Not Yet Reached in Ashland and nearby communities ern Pacific railroad re-elected the WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9. three of the largest motor stage . ed to the power of the press. Plant Wizard’s Case AL8EA, Ore., April 9— Wade kiyou. seven mbmberg of Its executive enjoyed the old-fashioned dance — (LP) — Attorney General Van companies on the Pacific roast are given at Jackson Hot Springs Hampton Malone, highway com­ Several weekp ago members of committee and added one new SANTA. ROSE, Cal., April 9— nearing completion. The merger }he local Indian tribe began learn­ member, James 8. Alexander, pres­ last night under the auspices missioner, picked a poor right- Winkle of Oregon today filed a (U.P.)'—The crisis In the condi­ is to eliminate competition, mak­ ing the leg-twtattng, body-shak­ Deputy Marshals brief for that state In the western of-x^ay for a road as far as he of the Bellview Community club. ident of the National «Bank of tion of Luther Burbank has not ing lower rates possible, it- Is an­ ing -Charleston from the Sunday rate case before the Interstate Arthur Foster of the land set­ himself was concerned, but lie yet arrived, Dr. Joseph H. Shaw, Commerce. Make Inspection nounced. commerce commission. lie urges magazine sections. They danced The seven members re-elected tlement bureau called most of declared he would "practice whit his physician, indicated today. The companies concerned at the to the .tune of an old war drum. refusal of the carriers’ plea for the dances and added materially he preaches." "I hope for Mr. Burbank’s are Henry W. D Forest, chairman; Of Fire Hazards to the success of the occasion. In running the line of the an Increase In rates, but pleads California Transit company, the Savage yells bf their forefath­ recovery, but his condition is W. Sproule, president of the rail­ Motor Transit company and the for. a revision of rates downward ers,* long in semi-discard were re­ road system; A. B. McDonald, A feature Charleston dance was Corvallis-Alsea highway It w.w still in doubt," he said. Pickwick Stages. Stage services vived for the occasion to replace Pro­ found by surveyors that the logi­ on farm products." Walter Douglas, J. Harris Hard­ given by Carl Lovland. A complete Inspection of flro involved cover parts of Southern the music of modern popular com­ ing, Edward S. Harkness and ceeds from the function will go cal route was through a house hazards and equipment will be and Central California and the posers. toward the community club owned by Malone. Ogden L. Mills. under way here during the next Persons A dvised Roadhouse Waiter coast route from Sacramento to house In the Bellview district. Just as the reverberating roar few days by Cpptaln George W. "H that la where the road Portland. should * go the house shall be nf Yosemite Falls was beginning Stokes and Ed Wolfe, deputy To B urn R efuse Confesses Murder to ba rivaled by stamping feet of state fire marshals. moved,” said Malone. "I’ve ad­ P olice N early L et (the dusky warriors in their night­ vised other people to accept such A law passed by the last legis­ Persons who have refuse and Local Team W ill FREEPORT, N. Y„ April 9— Earth Trem or Is ly Charleston contest, along came lature provides that all rooming conditions, and I’ll do the same.’’ Crim inal Go Free other trash which can be burned Mrs. William Watson, said to 1 T *1 ,nore magazine sections describ- houses and hotels having more are advised to do so as the city Play Grants Pass have been the wife of "Sliding P e l t 111 JvlUUlltl ing a physical danger involved In than Id rooms must have fire, wagons will not haul it away next VANCOUVER, Was!»., April 9 Billy” Wutson, once well known ______ ¡the Charleston. gongs to warn guests In case o* Plan For Ground Monday during the clean-up day — (U .P .)— Police narrowly avert­ burlesque actor and Henry Now the poor Indian must re- fire and the two deputlea* Will A team of local bankers and April 9. — (LP) —•{ work, according to announcement ed freeing a man wanted in sev­ tnrn to the conservative dance of inspect such hotels and lodging W ork A t NorUlill Kothe were shot to death hero An MANILA, unflulatory earthquake shock, today by Mayor Johnson and eral states here today when business men will go to Grants j today. his forefathers. houses while here and make Pass tomorrow where they will Chtef of Police McNabb. . i The murders occurred at the was felt In Manila and vicinity a’ • Harry Leroy was about to be play a similar team of business recommendations. 8 :4 4 .p. m. yesterday. The trem­ Thw-^ragons will gather up only released after serving ten days . J. A. Churchill, president of ‘•Three Hundred Club,” a road­ SWEDISH WEALTH Both officials praised the work men volley ball tomorrow af­ ors lasted for 6 seconds. No heavy such refuse which can not be dis­ for carrying concealed weapons, the Southern Oregon Normal house of which the two were the SHOWS INCREASE Both offisials praised t ie work ternoon. Those who will play damage was reported. posed of in the flames, they an­ according to Sheriff Thompson school, and Prof. Peck, laud- proprietors. of Chief Baughman and the local on the Ashland tebm are V. O. nounced. scape authority of the Oreg’i First knowledge of the crim e[ STOCKHOLM (U P i — The fir® 8 »past men 11 aate eapseeaeA w . V i l l i i V i s y B p b I a . v J. IV s s s s . Agricultural College, will be her'* reached police when Earl average personal wealth of each pleasure over the recent pur Coy, Gerald Wenner, B. C. For tomorrow to decide on whit j Kleferie a waiter surrendered Portland Loses i i . u u , u i i u w iu u e c ia e on Swede Is 2.403 kronor or $644. chase of new fire righting equht- H igh Bridge Over K lam ath Farmer sythe and Dr. R. L. Burdlc. landscape work shall be done in ( and 8at(J he had shot thé two and nearly half of the popula­ ment by the city. Second Straight improving the normal sch ool,^ death. tion Still gets its living direct W ould B e Senator Crooked R iver Is grounds. from the earth, that is by agrl- Near C om pletion Road Im provem ent Aprll 9. — culture, fishing, or forestry, the Air Mail Plane PORTLAND,; Ore Y oung Fisherman SALEM, Ore., A p ril',9 — (U. (LP) — Portland dropped the sec- latest figures of the Royal Bu­ P .)— Samuel K. Brown of Chilo­ Peace Conference Is N ow U nder Way reau of Statistics show. Arrives A t Pasco Drowns . in Lake on d a‘ra,*ht