W / MALASIA GERMS Cannot survive three months in the rich ozone at Asíland. Paré domestic water helps, ; The Tidings Has Been Ashland'a Leading Newspaper Far Nearly Fifty Years (U al tod VOL. XLIX BIG LEAGUES ■TODAY START PENNANT RACE Both Major Organisations Get Under Way With Plying Colors PREDICT GOOD SEASON Pittsburgh ami Washington Are Still Held to tw the t . Favorites By H E N R Y L. F A R R E L L (United Press Sports E ditor) N E W YO R K , A pril 13— (U .P .) — The old war-cry; "Play b a ll!” splits the a ir today. The season is on in the major leagues and in the American and Southern Associations. Thousands upon thousands of fans are ready with the frenzied urge to get tbelr favorites off to a flying start for the next w orld’s series. grandstands, bleachers and bands ere dressed In their sum­ m er’s best to do justice to the opening of the country's great­ est show. And, says Jolfn Heyd- ler, It w ill be "bigger and better than ever.” Unquestionably s "top-notch Mason,” echoes Com­ missioner Landis. D ew ee Attends Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volerne 41 “Wire service) NO. APRILjff, 1926. ASHLAND, OREGON;? INSPFÍTÍÍR OF Drunkenness Is DANIEL F. STECK WINS OUT; p j SENATE CONTEST; GIVEN Greater Than In W J I1 A /1 U R U 1 Old Saloon Days PLACE HELD BT BROOKHART i 33 W A S H IN G TO N , D. C., It A p ril 18— ( U P . ) — Drunk- 33 enness has beegme more 33 widespread than ih the 33 days of the open saloon, 33 Stanley Shirk, research 33 director for the New 33 Y o rk Moderation League. 33 told the senate prohibl- 33 tlon committee today. 33 Opening tHe final stage 33 of the wet case. Shirk 33 revealed cases In a na- 33 tional survey showing 33 that arrests for drunken- 33 ness had IncreaMd from 33 240,000 in 1020 to 550,- 33 000 In 1924. 33 The drys are continu- 33 lng to marshal their 33 forces and confidently ex- 33 pect to wipe away what- 33 ever Inroads the wets 33 have made during the 33 presentation of their tes- 33 tlmony. The wet case Is 33 now almost at an end and 33 the drys are soon to have 33 their Innings. 3» » 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 3» 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 V. HI. U. PUNS FOR FULL K O F F !» Ashland May Have Secre­ tary Regularly Starting Next September Vice President Dawes having warmed up his personal pitching member, w ill give W hite Housn , Directors of the Ashland Young approval to ithe opening by Men’s Christian association are tossing out the ball in Washing­ seriously considering the employ­ ton’s opener. Scores of thousands of aunts, ment of a full-tim e secretary for uncles and grandmothers w ill the coming year and a definlte conveniently die for the day to decision is expected to be reach­ give the office boys their chauce ed early in May, The directors, to participate in the proceedings at a recent meeting, went on re­ cord as favoring a fu ll time sec­ throughout the land. The umps after several months retary and they are now giving of vocal training and preliminary the m atter careful cpnsideration. In ' this connection, it was an­ w orkout* In the southern Samps, nounced that the Y . M. C. A. of­ are IB better voice than ever. ficials are expected here w ithin The team clowns have dusted off some brand new acts and re­ a few weeks to make a survey of furbished a number of old ones the Ashland district. so that all who go may laugh. A ll in all It looks like a great year and the clarion call to arms this afternoon w ill be music to the ears of fandom from coast to coast. The United Press has ----------- -t k . made arrangements for thou­ sands of miles of special wlroa Masonic Bodies of Oregon to carry the scores and stories Expected to Meet There of the big game during the sea­ Next Summer son. K— B ig Y e a r Ahead A STO R IA , Ore., A p ril 13— Heydler says It w ill be a bet­ (U .P .)— Although the m atter ter season than last year .be- w ill not be fu lly decided until cause the teams are so closely Thursday, Bend, apparently, has grouped in the big leagues. And the call for the 1927 convention the competition makes the in ­ of the York R ite Masonic bodies terest which Increases the clattor of Oregon. The Rpyal Arch Ma­ of the dollars In the tills. sons last night selected Bend In the ’ American League St. for the convention and thi« Louis w ill open at Chicago, action is expected to be con­ Cleveland at Detroit, Philadel­ curred in by the Royal and phia at Washington and NeW Select masters and Knights Tem­ Y o rk a t Boston. plar. The delegates seem anx­ In the National League Pitta-, ious to accept the Bend ' invita­ burgh w ill open at 8t. Louis, tion. fchleago at Clnclnattl, Brooklyn at New York and Boston at P hil­ adelphia. Competent critics are almost unanimous In the opinion that four clubs have to he considered in the National League— tho O A K LAN D , Cal., A pril 13. — champion Pittsburgh Pirates, the (IP) — Edmund C. H ill, Jr., aged New York Giants, the St. Louis 3 years, has the right Idea even Cardinals and the Cincinnati If it did cause the police consid­ Reds. The champion Washing­ erable annoyance. A four-year- ton Senators, the Philadelphia old g irl playmate gave Edmund a Athletics and St. Louis Browns sound spanking so the boy sent rank as the foremost contenders In excited calls to the police sta­ in the American League. tion fo r help. The shotgun squad 10 N A M E K tO R MASONIC MEETING Youngster Calls Cops To Aid Him MILK IS HELD 1 0 BE NEEDED Misa Neveu O. Betz Urges Closer Supervision of Supply and Sale ADDRESSES LUNOHEON Other Talks Given at M eeting Conducted H ealth Unit Forum by Residents of Ashland were urgently requested to maintain a closer supervision over the supply and distribution of their m ilk, in an address before the chamber of commerce luncheon today noon by Miss Neven O. Betz' of the American Child H ealth association. Miss Betz traced the wqrk ac­ complished during a m ilk sur­ vey here and elsewhere about the state last November, and declared this survey showed the people, and particularly the chil­ dren, of Ashland are not d rin k­ ing sufficient m ilk. She said the only way the m ilk supply can be guarded is to employ a fu ll time inspector to analyze and grade the m ilk of every dairy a t least once each month. H is salary, she pointed out, could be paid under a system ef licenses on all regular dairy­ men who sell m ilk products to the consumers. In an entertaining manner, the speaker went deeply Into the m ilk question and told of the results of numerous clinics throughout the country which proved that good, wholesome m ilk and plenty of It is ab­ solutely necessary to the grow­ ing child. L. 8. Leech, deputy state food and dairy commissioner, spoke briefly and urged local super­ vision of the dairies. D r. V. 8. Geary, county health officer, introduced the two speak­ ers and also told of the Im ­ portance of the child health work and proper supervision of the m ilk supply. He explained that the plan Is to have an In­ spector appointed to supervise the m ilk supply of Ashland, Medford and Grants Pass, and have the license fees from all three cities pay the Inspector’s salary. The luncheon today noon war the first at which O. F. Carson, newly elected president, presid­ ed. H e* outlined some of the things which the chamber hopes to accomplish during the coming year. The tourist travel, land settlement work and publicity w ill be stressed, he said. Advertise The W A SHING TO N. A p ril 13— (tl. i In the 1924 election after Brook- p .) — Daniel F. Steek, Democrat, hart was given the election by was awarded the seat of Junior Iowa state officials on a plural- Unlted States senator from lo w .:, ity of 817 votes. « The recount late yesterday by vote of the according to a 10 to 1 m ajority senate. l report of the senate election« Acting In the election contest committee, showed Steck had arising from the 1924 senatoria! won the election by a plurality race between candidates, t | i ' of 1420 votes and the senate In- senate deolded that Steck hh SCRANTON, A pril 13 — ’A l­ though he 1« ’lik e ly to receive re­ ducing exercises and diet for t» year, or so to come, the treat­ ment came too late to help Oscar Bates, who was caught by Police­ man M. J. Barry. I t seems that M r. Bates, who Is an obeee per­ sonage, was trying to emerge from a partly opened window w ith an arm fu ll of booty. But by an error of judgment, he did not open the window Wide enough to permit the egress of his portly person. Hence disaster. ASHLAND CLIMA Without the use of medicine nine cases out of ten of This is a proven fact A rth u r Foster of th ^ state land settlement bureau le ft this morn­ ing for RoMburg where he w ill advise with the Douglas County Land Settlement committee this evening. He w ill be met at Rose­ burg by Mrs. Foster who w ill ac­ company him back to Ashland. Mr. Foster w ill leave the la tte r part of the week for Los Angeles where he w ill remain for a week or ten days In the Interests of the land settlement, work in Ore­ gon. Mrs. Foster will* accompany him. Six in All Have Been Taken Following Sensational Delivery N A S H V IL L E , Tenn., April 18. — Two more of the 17 convicts who escaped from the Tennessee penitentiary Friday night «l-’re captured early today. Six now have been captured. W . A. Craig, serving a life term for murder committed in Memphis, and James Oliver, serving* 21 years for murder, were caught when three city de­ tectives found them asleep In an abandoned farmhouse near W nw w . lx a n i k l w r H m l e They were exhausted after wandering for hours in a driv­ ing rain storm, and surrendered without resistance. 'PLAZA GROCERY GETS NEW REFRIGERATION The Plaaa Grocery has install­ ed a modern Iceleas refrigerai ion system, whleh w ill give the store the most perfect refrigeration for their m ilk, butter and other pro­ duca. M r. R ill has made several Improvements In the store recent* ly and reports that he has en­ joyed a splendid bnsiness since he returned to Ashland and pur­ chased th e * store from H. A* Stearns. ORCHARDISTS FACE SEVERE CHERRY PEST: Fruit Fly or Cherry Maggot . Makes Its Appearance in Western Section WARN LOCAL GROWERS 8. D. Taylor Hays Hpraylng M ost Bo Done or W hole Crop W ill Re Ixiet Rogue River valley fru it grow­ ers are threatened by the cherry fru it fly. it was revealed today by S. D. Taylor, manager of the Ashland F ru it and Produce as­ sociation, and he warns grow­ ers that immediate steps must be taken if they would save the cherry industry of this section anit of Western Oregon. "The industry, In this section is doomed unless tho cherry mag­ got is controlled," he said. "Canners and other buyers of this fru it lost considerable money last year due to this worm. They are prepared this year to Klamath Falls Woman, De­ refuse all cherries infested with these maggots. This means that serted by Husband nothing but sprayed fru it in Overcome by Hunger Western Oregon will be m ar­ PO RTLA N D, Ore., A p ril 13— ketable. (U .P.,— Mrs. Jack Van Ryder, Easy To Control 25, of K lam ath Falls, carrying “The Cherry F ru it F ly or a slx-months-old baby in her Cherry Maggot is an easy pest arms, fainted In the lobby of to control. It passes the winter the central police headquarters in the ground, emerging & b & yesterday. , lacy-wing fly in June about the Mrs. Van Ryder was in the time the Royal Anne takes on act of reporting to Patrolman its first color. In a short time W illiam T u lly that her husband, this fly lays her eggs just be­ Jack Van Ryder, 26, had desert­ neath the skin, in the flosh ed her in K lam ath Falls last of the cherry. The egg soon week and that she had been hatches out and proceeds to eat without food for the last three ana grow fat. days. In doing field work, last Police revived her a n d . sent year, for the Bagley Canning her to a hotel to he cared for Co., I found no evidence of thia un til arrangements could be pest, though I found many cher­ made for her support. She tolri ries infested with codling moth, police that her husband drew but it is useless for us to ex- out what money she had in the 1 pect that we w ill not be vlsltod bank, then deserted her, Apt 11 by this pest, when It Is all 6, sad two or three days la te r 1 over the W illam ette Valley. If she received a letter which s aid 1 we allow It to get a foothold that Van Ryder was going to here we might as well dig up his mother’s home near H ills -, our trees as we w ill be barred dale In order to borrow money j from Interstate shipping and with which to obtain a divorce.. ai80 from the canning market. She coluld give no reason for certainly behooves the growers his departure, she said. ! to be on the alert for this peRt ! and to report at once, to I’ rof. ' Reimer, any indication of Its I presence in the valley. SMALL BABY FAINTS JN POLICE STATION cüban T mbqzíer CAU6HT « DENVER Sw eet Spray " I t can be controlled and erad­ icated by a sweet,poison spray. ----------- consisting of Arsenate of Lend. Young Bank Clerk Who Ad- Molasses and water, applied m ite Stealing $48.000 several times each season. This ' Paces Jail Cell : 8Pr®y cannot be applied with ----------- | the pumps used for other sprays. D EN VER , Colo., April 13— as the lime-sulphur Is repellent (U .P .)— T. F. Alalza, flashily to them and they w ill not eat dressed Cuban embezzler, was poison containing any trace of pacing a cell In the city jail it. W e w ill be glad to advise here today awaiting some where growers as to mixing this spray, from Cuba, where he is wanted time of application, etc., and to for the theft of 348,000 from a do all we can to prevent tills bank where he was employed as pest from getting started here." an accountant. He was ar­ rested after local bank officials became suspicious of the mupty bills which he presented to be cashed. Alaiza Is said to have made a complete confession of the theft after his arrest, and has PO RTLAND, April 13. — (IP) agreed to return to Cuba to face — Duo to heavy shipments there punishment without extradition. are fewer logs in the Columbia and W illam ette river than for years. The Long-Bell Lumber company cut 28,000,000 feet of lumber during March. This was the largest monthly cut in the history of that m ill. Logging Business Is Slowing Down Stanley Dollar Offer Accepted WASHINGTON, D. C., April IS — (U .P .)— The United 8tates shipping board today voted to accept the 84,600,000 hid of the Stanley Dollar Interests for tho Admiral-Oriental line which op­ erates from Puget Sound to the Orient. Baby Clinic Will Be Held Thursday Hastens Home To Prevent Divorce Officer T St BULLET i Trouble SAN DIEOO, Cal., April 13— (U .P .,— Colonel Alex­ ander W illiam s had itom - ach trouble on the night of March 6th and was not drunk, as charged by General Smedley D. But­ ler, according to the ac­ cused officer’s testimony which was started today at his court m artial here on charges of intoxica­ tion. General B utler’s charges which were hurled In the open court m artial, were denied by the testi­ mony of defense w it­ nesses who declared that Colonel W illiam s had a sudden attack of stomach trouble at the Hotel Del Coronado which neces­ sitated his being assisted home. General Butler had charged he had to be as­ sisted home because he wns drunk. a Josephine Pokorny, Aged 16, n Commits Suicide at Home in Pinehurst BETRAYED BY LOVER School Girl Sende Bullet Into Her Brain Because of Despondency Despondent, beeouse the man she loved had betrayed her, 8 Josephine Pokorny, aged 1ft, No1 Lii««. MR MAIL SCHEDULE IT Leaves Farewell Note Pacific Northwest Will Have Daily Afternoon Deliv­ ery, is Plan PORTLAND. Ore., April 13 — (U .P .— Aq air mail schedule whereby the Pacific northwest w ill have afternoon delivery in California, and Los Angeles will have afternood delivery In Pa­ cific northwest cities, is being worked out by Verne C. Qorat, president of the Pacific Aid Transportation, It was announc­ ed here today. * Gorst has the government eow- The girl lived with a step­ father and step-mother at the small sawmill settlement ad­ jacent to Pinehurst. H er step­ parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. E l­ liott. , To them she left a farewell note, saying she h ad , become despondent because of 111 health and named a man named W h lt­ zel as being responsible for her condition. Whttzel is said to .live In another state, and the authorities will continue an in­ vestigation as a result of the facts related in her farewell note. W hltzel and the girl had been corresponding since she had been at Pinehurst, it was said. tract for coastwise air service to start between May 15 and June 1. Under a tentative H ad Been Morose schedule, a plane w ill leave Se­ The girl had been attending attle at 4 a. m., and arrive at the Pinehurst district school and Los Angeles at 4 p. m. It will was to have graduated Into high stop at Portland and San Fran­ school within the next few cisco. On the same route a j weeks. She was said to have plane w ill leave Los Angeles at been bright in her studies ul- 3 a. m., and arrive at Seattle though she had been of a mor­ at 3:30 p. m. ose disposition during recent FI BENEFIT OF DOUBT months. i Funeral arrangements i not yet been completed. father and mother are dead, but she Is survived brother ana a half-brother, i living at Pinehurst. have Her both by a both Man Who Cashed Govern-;.— _ , ment Check Will Not be Brandenburg Sent to Prison PO RTLAND, Ore., April 13. — .— Because the government attor­ ney and Federal Judge Wolverton chose to 'give him the beneflt of the doubt, Edmund T. Sumpter, 22-year-old youth of Starbuck, Wash., today escaped a jail sen­ tence when he admitted the for­ gery of a government check. In ­ stead. he was paroled for one year to the United States mar­ shal’s office on condition that he repay Mrs. C. C. Durfey, Hermis­ ton hotel proprietor, the 3124.66 which she had to make good after she had been kind enough, to in­ dorse the check. Judge Wolverton gave him 9Q days in which to pay back the money. May Show Films Here Early Next Month An effort w ill be made to in­ duce George Brandenburg, secre­ tary of the Oregon 8tate Motor association, to present his motion pictures before an Ashland audi­ ence shortly after he returns from the east. This was the word brought here today by H. E. Gale of Grants Pass, district manager for the association. Mr. Brandenburg is now In the east where he has been showing several reels of Oregon films to people in various eastern cities, including Washington. These films depict vacation scenes throughout the state and are de­ signed to attract the tourist travel here this summer. EXPEDITION FAILS 10 SIGHT MUSHERS Former Ashland Attempts of Captain Wilkins in Plane to Find Over­ land Party Fail F A IR B A N K S , Alaska, April 12 — (U .P .)— A. Malcolm (Sandy) EDM ONTON, Atta., April 13 — Smith, his mushers and his doga Lord Cheylsmore, wealthy British faced possible starvation today peer, Is hurrying to London to ’ as they pressed on toward Point forestall hts Wife, a former actress Barrow, last outpost of the De who Is suing him tor divorce. His trolt-A rctlc expedition. Attempts of Captain George H. lordship had a suit of his own for divorce started here, when he W ilkin s and Pilot Ben Blelson learned that Lady Cheylsmore to locate the men from the air­ plane, the Alaskan, and drop might best him to the verdict. them food were unsuccessful, the airmen reported when they Moving— H. C. 'O aley and family are returned here late ysterdey. The baby clinic meets Thurs­ day afternoon at the Civic Club House with D r. V. 8. Geary and members of the County Unit, and Miss Ada Brewster, county home demonstration agent, pres­ moving from 670 Fairview street to 187 Sherman street ent. TRAGIC pact or fina, , shot and killed herself at her horn«« near Pinehurst on the I Grw-n Springs highway early lust evening. A bullet from s small calibre weapon pierced her brain and she is believed to have died almost instantly. Coroner (Jonger and Deputy Sheriff Lewis of Medford made an Investigation at Pinehurst last night ana brought the g irl’s body to Ashland where it was left with Deputy Coroner Stock, The coroner announced today that it Is probable no lnqnest will be held. “ Classified Ads Bring Resalte. Girl Is Married Mrs. L. A .. Phillips received an announcement of the marriage ef her niece, Mias Ernestine Edwards to Dr. F rite Julius Swanson ea Friday, A p ril 1 at 8t. Paul’s church. New York City. Mias E r­ nestine Edwards w ill he remem­ bered by many Ashland people. Oregon end ton— Fair tonight, Wed- « needay fair except »n- E settled west porttoa Wash- • tagtoa and northwest por- • tlon Oregon. Light vart- tt h* f