A shland D aily T idings
MALARIA GERMS
Cannot «arrive three months in
the rieh ozone at Asftand. Pore
domeatio water helps.
The Tidings Has Been Ashland's Leading toewspuper For Nearly Fifty Years
(United From WIro 8w vlco)
VOL. ZLIX
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general contract. He has agreed
to do the work, which Includes
the construction of two addition
al wings, for »44,499. The next
lowest bid was for »47,500.
‘ Other contractors who sub
mitted bids were John AlmOter
and son of Portland. Hedges and) g
Hulls, Clyde W. Frailer, Wil
liam Hilton and R. I- Stuart.
YREKA, Cal., April .26.
.— For eloping with a 17
year old Mt. Shasta school
girl, Frank Westlake, Mt.
Shasta for hire driver,
who fled with the girl to
. Tijuana before he was
caught and returned, has
received a fine of »500 and
a sentence of one year in
the county jail.
Westlake was, jointly
charged with Milton B.
Mason of Mt. Shasta with
debauching the girl. Mil-
ton elected to stand trial
and in the middle of It,
his discharge was asked
for by District Attorney
Charles E. Johnsbn, who
declared that he could not
believe his own witnesses.
W es 1 1 a k e evidently
thought that the testi
mony taken in the Mason
case favored him to a de
gree but, when he pleaded
guilty and ft was shown
that the girl’s parents bad
to bring her back from the
Mexican town, he receiv-
ed the sentence from
Judge Charles J. Luttrell.
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ASHLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APR IL 26, 1026.
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FLIERS START
Sentenced In
MB HIGH Elopement Case IN SEARCH OF
LEI BY BOARD
ARCTIC LEADER
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 26.
— (UP)— Bent on locating Cap
tain George H. Wilkins and Pilot
Ben Eielson, the' monoplane De
troiter of the Wilkins arctic ex
pedition was scheduled to take off
here today.
Captain Wilkins and his pilot
have been missing for 11 days on
a flyjng trip from here to Point
Barrow which should have taken
them but a few hours. Not a trace
of them has been found since they
left here with a supply of provls
lous, and the general belief pre
vails that the plane was damaged
enroute nnd the fliers were com
pelled to make a forced landing In
some remote place.
The monoplane Detroiter plans
to cruise about the frozen area be
tween here and Point Barrow In
the hope of finding some trace
of the missing expedition leader.
This remarkable cam era study of Brig. Gen. Smedley
B utler of the Marines was taken as lie was testifying in
court m artial at San Diego. Cal.- of Col. Alexander W il
liams, whom he had arrests! on charges of intoxication.
ATTEND CONVENTION Shipping Halted
FIND NO TRACE OF
OF EPWORTH LEAGUE
Because of Riol
ESCAPED m
Annual Session at M edford
LONDON, April 2 6 — (U P)—
All shipping in the port of Cn'- Harry Fisher, Trusty at
cutta, India, is at a standstill
Salem, W alks A w ay
today, according to messages re
From Prison Farm
ceived here. The Hindu-Moslem
riots have caused the suspension
SALEM. Ore., April 26— (UP)
of business.
— No trace had been found today
of Harry H. Fisher, aged 21,
state prison trustry, who escap
ed Saturday. He had been using
a tractor on the prison farm and
failed to show up at roll call. He
i m
i is m
was serving a term from Lane
county for forgery.
ASUUKO REALTY CO.
S M K M
CAUSE OF 6 DEATHS
Governor Pierce
Visiting Klanialh
Revival Service
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., April
26. — Police are searching for
Henry Miller, south Sixth street,
employe of the Big Lakes Box
company, who has been missing
for the past week.
Miller’s room mate, C. P. Baty,
reported to police tlfat Miller had
disappeared, leaving his effects
and falling to call for a pay check
at (he lumber company.
Miller came to Klamath Falls
froln Southerlln, Ore., accompan
ied by an Indian prize-fighter,
known as “Boston.’’
Advertise In The Tidings
yj»,
aqgne. The large crowds, en •
thnsiasm
and
high
interest
shown Indicate. a successful re
vival, said officers of thé church
today.
Free transportation will be
provided for those who are un
able to walk to the church If
they will call 378J. A free
nursery will be provided for
the children in order that moth
ers may be free to enjoy the
services.
Other young people’s organ
izations of the city are planning
to put on special nights In addi
tion to the regular preaching
and singing by the church trio.
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The first annual convention of
the South half of the Southern
District Epworth Leagues in the
Oregon
Conference
of
the
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
came to a close last evening at
the Methodist church in Med
ford.
Rev.
Joseph
Knotts,
President of the convention and
pastor at Roseburg, gave the
farewell address.
On Friday evening, the open
Thousands of Gallons of Li
ing day,a banquet was served in
quor Confiscated, Bays
the recreational hall by the
State A gent
Ladies. Aid of that church. Rev.
Knotts officiated as toastmast
SALEM, Ore., April 2«.—There
er "of the
evening.
Clarenco were a total of 465 arrests for
Phillips responded with a toast violations of the state prohibition
to the Medford Chapter,
fol laws reported to the state pro Many Homes and Small
Farm s Change Hands
lowed |>y. the address of wek hibition department during the
come given by Rev. T. H. year 1925, according to figures
D uring P ast 30 Days
Temple, pastor * at
Medford. given out here Saturday by Wil
Orren Daniel Payne of the
Short toasts were given by liam Levons, state prohibition di
Ashland
Realty Co., reports
Gladys Bridges of the Medford rector.
business
extra
good nnd the
chapter, Helene Storey of Wolf
A total of 74 stills were i»n-
Creek, and Sanford Wagg of flscated and fines were collected In following property sold the list
Myrtle Point. A varied pro the amount of »65,151. Jail sen thirty days by his firm.
The 25 improved acres on
gram entertained the Leaguers tences aggregated 14,69 4 days.
the
old highway belonging to
until
7:30
when
Rev.
H.
F.
Approximately
25,800
gallons
of
W ealthy Women B elieved
Pemberton, local pastor, gave mash and liquor were destroyed. Mrs. W. S. Howard, In Section
Taken in L avish N ew
the address of the evening.
The officers confiscated 21 care. 24, Township 39.
York Vice Den
Seventy acres belonging to
Mr. Levens said that while the
D espite Summer W eather, mBÌ ! urd7 ’8 8e88'°nK
Mrs.
II.
T.
Lyman
near
reports
received
at
his
office
did
NEW YORK. April 26.— Six
Tragedies Are Less
y
*dd,res9e’ ”y Dr. s. j
the
Meado-land
Golf
links.
not
cover
the
entire
state,
they
woman, believed to be the wives
Than Ordinarilv
I chaney- district superintendent.
The house and lot at 570 Fair-
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: Rev. Temple, Rev. J. B. Coan, Indicated that every effort was
of wealthy Chicago and New York
view
street, belonging to Mr.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April Rev* Omer Idso- department being made by the officers to en
business men
were
arrested
E.
B.
Shaw.
force
the
prohibition
law.
when
headquarters detectivos 26.— (UP)— Despite the call of i forumB- chapter reports, busl-
The 5 acre home on the Bouh-
raided a lavish mid-town apart summer ■ only six automobile neB8 meetlng, and a hike and
vnrd
belonging to Mr. L. Mlksch,
picnic
supper
given
by
the
Mod-
ment and confiscated a roulette deaths were reported on the Pa-
in Bellview district.
wheel, card tables, cards and i clflc coast over the week-end. ford Chapter.
A small 4 room cottage on
Sunday was given over to
poker chips.
Seventy persons were Injured,
Lenard
street, belonging to Belin
The women were released af some perhaps fatally, The death Sunday school and sermon by Dr.
D.
Hart.
Chaney
In
the
morning.
A
fel
ter they had given their respec toll from all causes moirtited to
Five aud half Improved acres
lowship meeting* reserved the af
tive names. It was said to be fifteen.
from
the Ever shady auto park
ternoon while the local chapter
KLAMATH FALLS, April 2« —
first roulette wheel' seized here
on,
the
highway at Pheonlx, be
had /Charge of the Epworth Governor Walter M. Pierce is here
In seven years. Bills totalling
.
longing
to L. D. Hamilton.
League
meeting
at
7:00.
Rev.
today
attending
a
state
forester’s
»425 were In front of the oper M a n y A t t e n d i n g
The 2 acre home of J. Briggs
Knott’s sermon concluded the session which convened this nwrn-
ator when the game was raided
”
convention.
lng.
This afternoon he Is In on Clay street, Bellview district.
The five-room cattage at 110
Over 150 delegates attended specting the Malin and Shasta
the convention.
View Irrigation projects, wli»se Morton stroet, belonging to W.
Yesterday marked the open
bonds were approved and certifi A. Freeburg.
Eight acres with modern 5
ing of the young people’s re-
ed by the state. The governor
vlval at tha
Named Manager Of
Marshfield Hotel
J. G. Klefaber, who for the
past three years has been man
ager of Crater Lake Lodge for
R. W. Price, has been appointed
manager for the new Marshfield
hotel, according to word receiv
ed here today by his Ashland
friends. Mr. Klefaber has -alao
served as assistant manager of
the Multnomah Hotel In Port
land.
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Army Officer to Probe Sensation«I 0
Affray in Lobby of
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Relieve Captain Wilkins And Pilot
Eielson May Have
Perished
Draws D elegates From
Many Cities
H
Captain Olampitt Slapped in g
Face by San Francisoo
W
oman .
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Off Today Looking for
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M issing Pair
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T. H. Sim ps* of the Simp 19463308
son Hardware company won the
contract for installing the plumb
ing with a bid of »4165.00. Pro
vost Brothers, with a bid of
»3350, were the next lowest
bidders for this work. Five Patented D evice Makes H it
W ith Citv Officials in
other bids were received by the
Tryout Here
board.
Keyser and Schmldli of Port
Purchase of a Simplex paint
land ware given the contract for ing and marking machine for
installing the heating plant, with city streets is expected to be
a bid of »711ST Provost Brntu- made by the city council tomor
ers of Ashland were also the row night. The machine is the
next lowest bidders on # this
invention of M. B. Sanderson,
work, with a proffer of »7400. of Vancouver, Wash., who is In
Ready September 1
the city and who demonstrated
The contract with the success
the utility of his machine Sat
ful bidders stipulates that the urday.
work must be completed and the
Mayor Johnson. City Manager
building ready for occupancy by
Malone and council
members
September 1.
Mr. Young an
were delighted with th e . speed
nounced that work on the gen
and simplicity of the machine
eral contract would get under
and indicated they would order
way next week. ,
one tomorrow night. The ma
With only four more weeks
chine costa but »125. It is op
of the present school term, the
erated by one man, and accord
board decided Indefinitely not to
ing to those who saw It in ac
move the Hawthorne pupils to
tion, will do the work quicker
the new Lincoln school
this
and* hotter than any other meth
year. The contractor can get
od yet attempted.
his work unde( way without de
Traffic lines
and
parking
lay and not hamper the work of
markers wvere painted on the
the school during the remain
streets Saturday by Mr. Sand
ing weeks of the term.
erson In demonstrating his ma
chine.
Many cities of Oregon
have purchased the
machines
during the past two months.
Another Klamath
Man Is Missing
NO. 200
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SIX SOCIAL LEADERS
A BΠSJB IN RAIDS
ASIILAND CLIMATE '
Without the use of medicine cures
nine oases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact.
likew ise Is doing a bit ef vuau
fn n n
h a il—
at
C n /U w n tl
W i.lt.
palgning for the democratic nom ington, belonging, to B. B. Smith
of Ashland.
ination for * governor.
i
Mr. Payne skys, while the call
/ f
»
for property has somewhat slow
ed up, there are quite a number
of inquiries from strangers for
houses and he has placed a good
ly number of tenants.
Legionnaires To
Go To Initiât ion
A large delegation from the
local American Legion post will
go to Medford tonight to wit
ness the public Initiation of a
large class of candidates of the
Medfora P«»t. The meeting sad
Hillsboro— City will pave op ceremoplee will be held at the]
Oak, Third and Ninth streets, Medford armory, starting at 8 ,
this year.
o’clock.
Senator Dennis Hi
Senator Bruce Dennis, former
publisher of The La Grande Ob
server, and now residing In
Portland, was a visitor in Ash
land this afternoon, enroute to
Klamath Falls tor a Brief visit.
He was accompanied by .Mrs.
Donnia.
O
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All civic organizations
in the city will be repre
sented at a luncheon to
he held at the Litbla
Springs hotel tomorrow
noon ut which time definite
plans for a July 4th cele
bration will be outlined.
The meeting has been call
ed by J. H. Fuller, chair
man of the Fourth of July
committee of The Lithlans.
Tin,
Lithians
three
weeks ago proposed an
historical pageant for Ash
land on July 4th, and It
was then agreed that all
Civic organizations of the
city would bp asked to aid
in putting thlB plan over,
or any other proposal
which It was decided would
be proper for that day.
It is expected that sub
committees will be named
tomorrow noon to work
with the Llthian committee
in completing arrange
ments for whatever cele
bration lg decided upon.
O
OUT NEW
■GOLT ■ COURSE
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Here Tomorrow to Start
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Temporary Course Will Be Rrady
Hoon ; New Members
Joining
SAN FRANCISCO, April 84*— „
Sam Whiting, widely known
(UP)—-Captain
Oiypie
I.
golf architect of San Francisco,
Clampitt, army chaplain, again
will arrive in Ashland tomor-
a i row to supervise the laying out
caught the attention of mllltaly
Investigators'today. General H.
g ; of the first nihe holes of the
D. Todd, oinmander of the ninth
g ' new Ashland golf course, ac
corps area, today ordered an In jj
0< cording to announcement to
Inquiry to determine whether y
0 day by Louis Dodge, president
Clampitt has been victimized qr 8
0 of the club.
Is really a home-wrecker.
jj
Mr. Whiting comes to Ash
0
This action followed a sen- jj
0 land highly recommended as a
Rational squabble In the lobby jj
0 competent golf architect and
of a local hotel yesterday. An 8
g one who will lay out the beet
unknown woman slapped
th» &
8 possible course on the club
army chaplain across the faca 8
property, three miles south of
the city.
with a folded newspaper while1
a man with her intimated that'
City Engineer Walker has
Clampitt Is a “home wrecker.” |
completed
all the surveying
Hotel owners today said It was [
work. • and with the golf archi
all a mistake, but in spite of i
tect on the job this week, mem
efforts to keep the affair secret, j
bers of the club expect to play
news of the affair leaked outj
on a temporary course within the
and army officials plan to insti
next few weeks while the perm
Many Head of Animals Per anent course Is being mapped
tute a thorough j>rbbe.
ish as Hot Rock Pours
Chaplain clampitt la^t week
out and Improved.
Down From Peak
was acquitted of undue Intimacy
Mr. Dodge also reported that
with a pretty Kansas girl, fol
several
new mdlnbers were
HILO, April 26. — Scores of
lowing a sensational army trial. head of rattle, trapped between signed during the week, sever
burning rivers of lava, have per al of them coming into the club
ished on ranch lands In the path without solicitation by the mem
of Manna Loa’s fresh discharge bership committee.
of molten rock nnd metal.
A hurried survey of the Mc-
Wayne, Allen and Robinson es
tates, whose fringes have been
W ar Debt B ody Insists That laid waste by the lava streams, re
vealed damage far In excess of
Annual Amounts Must
that caused in, earlier flows of
Be Larger .
Mauna Loa's eruption.
Portland Doctor Held For
WASHINGTON. D. 0.. ApHl
Numerous small buildings on
W hite Slavery Seeks
26.— (UP)— French Ambassador the three estates were consumed.
New* Loophole
Henri Berenger was requested
today by the American
Debt
PORTLAND. Ore., April J«.—
Funding commission to revise
Attorneys for Frank C. * Hart,
his offer for a settlement of the
Portland physician. who'"was
French »376,000,000,000
war
sentenced to five years at McNeil
debt to the United States. The
Island penitentiary and fined
commission decided that the
»5,000 for violating the white
first five annuities of »25,000,- Popular Resort Filled W ith slave act, have been allowed
thirty days to perfect an appeal
000 each must be Increased.
Pleasure Seekers; Plunge
to the United States supreme
Ambassador Berenger has au
Popular
court.
thority to act but it Is under
Following conviction an ap
stood he Is referring the de
A crowd of picnickers and
mands to Paris for a decision. pleasure seekers estimated at peal was made to the circuit
The commission also wants to 1200 people swarmed Jackson Hot court of appeals in San Francis
eliminate the security
clause Springs all day yesterday, taking- co, but that body upheld the
under which France Is exempt advantage of this popular resort district court here. Hart’s at.
from paying In cases of emer to escape the heat through the torneys then petitioned for a
gency.
re-hearing which was denied this
valley.
During the afternoon 300 peo week.
ple enjoyed a dip In the open-air
plunge, which Is an unusual oc
currence for this early in the sea
son. Many auto tourists, notably
I from California, halted at the
I springs during the day.
CATTLE TRAPPED BY
LAVA FROM VOLCANO
FRENCH ARE ASKED
TO REVISE PAYMENT
HART TO TAKE CASE
TO S U M COURT
AT JACKSON SPRINGS
Sailor Who Wed
Too Many Wives
Ordered To Jail
DURINR RACE B I S
New Jersey Mob DHve’ ;- - . .
— .
Colored People From
M o slem KlOterS
Homes This Morning
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 26 —
William Truesdale. 21. said to
be a navy deserter, was Satur
CARTARET, N. J.. April 26.
day sentenced to three months
(PU)— Incensed by the murder
......
of a white man and the shoot’ng
CALCUTTA, April 26.—-(UP) In the county jail by Pres'dlng
of another by negroes In
race Hospitals are overflowing
to i Circuit Judge Stevenson because
rioting here ye»terday, a mob of day with wounded Hindus or he had more than one wife.
"A sailor may have a sweet
white men from Cartaret
today Moslem rioters as a result of tho
burned the negro church
nnd fighting which took place In all heart in every port,” said the
judge, “but the law limits to
drove n hundred negroes, men parts of the city yesterday,
one wife at a time.’’
women and children, from their!
homes.
Truesdale, a street car man
married Helen L. Cunningham
August 25, 1924, and the couple
has one child. On January 30,
1926, he married Anna Shirley
Sheer, “to spite hie other wife,”
SEATTLE, ash., April 26
YREKA. Cal., April 26.—For! Precinct organizations pledged to he is declared to have said.
Truesdale, who was Indicted
the looting of a trail camp of thej°PP08c Gov. Roland H. Hartleys
Forest 8ervice In the Salmon I P°acles on education, reclamation April 3, pleaded guilty to polyg-
Fill Hospitals
Dishonest Cook
Is Sent To Jail
Organize Groups
To Fight Hartley
mountain country, Nfcnolaq Eff-' ’ "d highway development, w ill bo amy
man, formerly of Happy Cnnip.; f°rined throughout the state It Graham recommended
has been sentenced to serve 90 j was announced today, following a becduse of his youth.
days In the Butte county Jail, ac-
cording to Information received
here by Fred D. Douthltt. super
visor for the Klamath National
Forest.
Effman Is «aid to have pleaded
guilty before a federal magistrate
in Sacramento, April 12. He was
a cook in the trail camp And when
the supplies disappeared at an ex
traordinary rate, watch was kept
and it was found that Effman was
being lislted by a youth with a
pack mule. A caso of milk or a
sack of sugkr would then be tak
en away on vl>t mules back.
conference of republican leaders
and legislators from various parts
of western Washington.
WEATHER
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day. Continued warm In
interior. Low humidity,
gentle' north to east
winds.
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Forestry officials plant 150.-
000 pine seedlings on John Day
River.
leniency
BAD CHECKS FLOATHD
Chief of Police McNabb
waa notified by telephone
this afternoon that an
alleged bad check artist Is
putting out bad checks
in Medfora and
might
he expected to pose his
bod paper hero late this
afternoon. The man was
using the name J. M.
Walker and H. F. Walk-
ar to the cheeks ha to
eald to have passed in
Medford.
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