M ALAEU GERMS
Cannot «arviva three month« in
the rich oaone at Asfiland. Pore
domestic water helps.
The Tidings Has Been Ashland’s Leading Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
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VOL. x u x
All Members Urged To At
tended and Take Part
in Open Meeting
WILL OUTLINE PLANS
Got Diamond Ring
At 15 Cent Store
Bride Now Claims
DES MOINES, April 27
— Claiming misrepresen
tation of his ' resources
before their
marriage,
and saying that she dis
covered her “diamond”
wedding
present
was
only a cheap imitation
“like they sell in the 15
cent stores”, Mrs. Walter
Sclsson hgs applied for-
divorce from her hus
band, Henri, who she
said, posed as a French
scion of nobility.
Mr.
Scisson also decamped
with many of the valu
able wedding presents in
cluding a cheok of $500
from her father, she says.
Plans for the chrrent year
will be outlined and reports of
officers and committees for the
past year will be received at an
open meeting of the chamber of
commerce directors at the city
hull tonight. The meeting will
start at 8 o’clock.
President O. F. Carson of the
chamber will announce the per
sonnel of all standing commit
tees at tonight’s meeting, and
..the membership of the cham
ber as a whole will be asked Citizens of Tennessee Pledge
to assist the directors in formu
Unrelenting Warfare
lating a program of activity for
At Once
the coming year.
PARIS, Tenn., April
27.—
One of the matters to be taken
up will be the reopening of the Two thousand citizens of Hen
Southern Oregon Normal Sfhool ry county were pledged today to
during the latter part of June. carry on unrelenting warfare,
The chamber has been asked to with the aid of state law en
assist in completing suitable forcement officers, against a
housing arrangements for stu band of moonshiners estimated
dents and faculty members, and to number 25, -who, It is alleged
- It ..
is expected that this m atter'havo •Pread terror through this
will be placed in the hands of a j con,munltjr- murdered one man
committee for some immediate | and coerced seven other citiz-
ens to flee from their homer
and definite work.
All members of the chamber in fear of death.
A reward of $1000 has been
are urged to be in attendance at
the session and take part in posted for the arrest of the slay
the general discussion which will ers of Tom Evans, killed from
ambush a week ago, after lie
be held.
and seven other men had raided
a number of stills.
UNITE 10 POT DOWN
CBPCD H 1 OPPOSE
K A M M E NC SHRINE SPECIAL
Paul B. McKee Arrives in
Washington to Attend
Friendship Tour F i n d s
Hearings
Marshfield and North
WASHINGTON, April 27,.-— R.
Bend Celebrating
E. Bradbury, president of the
Klamath Irrigation district, and
Lawrence Liijeqvist, representing
the state of Oregon, have arrived
for hearings on the McNary-Sln-
nott bill to authorize a court test
of the 'validity of the California-
Oregon Power company’s contract
for development of power in con
nection with the Klamath pro
ject.
Paul McKee, representing the
power company, also is here, and
will oppose the bill. Members of
the Oregon delegation the last few
days have received, numerous pro
tests against the measure from
users of power. It is planned to
hold joint hearings of senate and
house committees on irrigation.
Erring Clergyman
Is Under Arrest
OAKLAND, Cal.-, April 27.—
(UP)—The Rev. A. C. Luffman,
late of Humboldt,
Saskatche
wan, has been arrested here by
officers who are investigating
phases of his entry Into this
country from Canada.
It is charged that Luffman en
tered the United States illegally.
It Is also asserted that the clergy
man deserted a wife and son
in the Canadian city.
Pioneer AsblancT
Resident Passes
(United Free*-.Wire Service)
Successor to the Semi-Weekly Tidings. Volerne 41
CHAMBHt WILL
BEET TONIGHT
AT CITY BALL
Work for Ensuing Year to be
Mapped .Out t to Name
* Committees
A shland D aily T idings
ASHLAND CLIMATE
Without the use of medicine >
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
a proven fact.
NORTH BEND, Ore., April 27.
(UP)— A 10-car train bear
ing over a hundred shrlners
from Portland, including a band
and drum corps,, arrived here to
day on a friendship tour of
Coos Bay.
An elaborate pro
gram has been planned during
the stay of the shrlners. with
both Marshfield and
North
Bend in gala attire.
SUES H I T DOCTOR
ASHLAND, PREPON,
SHIPPING MEN*»«
SEE CRISIS IN
ADMIRAI SALE
EIGHT
Mr. Coolidge Indicates He Will
Bid Settled,
Time
SEATTLE,
April. 27.— The
question of the shipping board
disposing of its fleet plying be
tween the Pacific northwest and
the Orient is in a worse muddle
today than ever before, shipping
men here at the hub of the
situation say.
Something is bound to happen
in the next 10 days before the
senate commerce committee at
Washington that may or may not
dispose of the proposed sale of
the Dollar interests wf the Ad
miral-Oriental
line, operating
between Puget Sound and the
Orient.
Meanwhile the conflict is go
ing on quietly In Seattle and
Portland between shipping inter
ests seeking to build up influ
ence one way or the other.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27
- (LP) — Immediate appointment
.of a member to the United States
shipping board to succeed Bert
E. Haney of Oregon, who recent
ly resigned, was urged on Presi
dent Coolidge today by Senator
Charles McNary of Oregon.
Senator McNary attempted to
persuade the president to make
the appointment before the re
organization of the board.
President Coolidge previously
Indicated he wished to delay the
northwest raan’H appointment un
til the administration reorgani
zation measure is passed by con
gress.
Whether or not Senator McNary
made any headway in his con
fè r e n t with President Coolidge
today was not Indicated, although
it is felt here that the seat will
remain vacant for the time being
Seven Rescued
From Speedboat
Take No Action At Thia
Dollar vs. Shipping Group
Panther Scares
terday afternoon while a feroc
ious panther ran about scaring
citizens and causing women and
children to faint.
The beast
was finally cornered in an alley
by Constable Strong on a motor
cycle and was killed. x The po
lice are puzzled as the animal
attacked no one.
Gov. “ M a” Ferguson of Texas proves that she can p er
forin the offices of govem oi just ns well as a man. How?
By throwing out the first ball nt Dallas, Tex., when Dallas
and Fort W orth opened th r Texas League season. Be
side her is Eugene Smith, fleeretary of the state highwny
commission.
Just 35 Cents Is
Involved In Suit
N m »O Sp i
F i d « .OF “S i ”
Klamatb Secretary
Visits In Ashland
Will Probe Case
’ Against Skipper
SEATTLE, April 27. — (LP) __
A warrant for the arrest of Police
man C. S. Stanhope on charge*
of "malirloids prosecution” • was
VICTORIA, B. C., April 27. —
issued today at the request of E.
The British Columbia government
D. Colvin, King county prosecut
today started an lnveatigation In
CHICAGO, April 27.— After
or, as the outcome of jealousy be
to the action of (he United States
tween the prosecutor’s office and he had collected money from federal court at Portland, Ore., in
many credulous folk in dark- sentencing Captain Robert Pam
the police department.
town, on promises to Intercede phlet of Vanconver, to two years
with heaven, and claiming to lie In prison and $6,000 fine. '
pie new Messiah, Andrew Bolllntr.
colored barber, was caught
he was getting away on the -eve
Of a promised miracle. He « 1
mobbed, and rescued-by police,/,
CALCUTTA, India, April 17.
— (UP)—Gangsters today raid
PHILADELPHIA, April 37.—
NABS WRIST WATCH
ed the general postoffice in the
KAN8A8 CITY. Mo., April 27. Until another democratic presi
heart of the city, shooting the
-While Mist Annette Moore dent gets in the White House,
high ranking police officer. A was banging to a strap in a Solomon Greggs can not shave.
large section of the city is iso street ear, a thief removed a This is part of the conditions
lated as a result of the Hindu- watch valued at $500 from her of a $1,000 bet which he ie try-
Moslem riots.
wrist.
1 lag to contest In the courts.
Colored “Messiah”
Mobbed By Dupes
Gangsters Murder
' Calcutta Officer
Would Call Off
His Foolish Bet
Civic Organizations Decide
on Monster Celebration
This Year
WILL BE NO PAGEANT
burning of the negro
church and the exiling of
many negroes.
The trouble
started
with the murder of John
Carroll, a prize fighter«
and the stabbing of Ralph
Johnson in a street brawl
Sunday afternoon.
General Committee Believes Time
Too Sliort; Panda Are
Sought
'I A committee, composed of
i delegates from various civic or-
I ganlzations of the city, decided
■ at noon today at the Lithia
i Springs hotel that it would not
I be advisable to stage a pageant
I here this Fourth of July, but
that a general celebration should
be held.
The question of the pageant
was thoroughly discussed, but
practically everybody present
Seven Hundred Men Put to was of the opinion that the
Work to Protect For
event would require too much
ested- Areas
work and be too big a finan
cial risk at this time.
MISSOULA, Mont., April 27.__
The tentative program for the
(UP)— With 700 patrolmen at
day Includes two or thrde bands,
work a new record for early fire
with concerts In all parts of the
hazards in forest reserve dis
city, baseball games, parade, fire
trict No. 1 was established to
works in the evening and other
day when patrol forces departed
stunts in the park.
for the field, fully two months
The celebration will be con
ahead of the normal schedule for
fined to one day, Monday. July
such precautions.
5th. A resolution, requesting
This district comprises eastern
the
chamber of commerce to
Washington, northern Idaho, an-li
place In their budget for this
western Montana, and early out
year $1,000 to cover the cele
breaks of fire? have been report
bration, was passed. The cham
ed, due to the unusually dry
ber was also requested to se
weather.
lect an executive committee to
handle the celebration.
Winning -Director in Des
chutes County Faces
Those attending the luncheon
Election Contest
today were: V. D. Miller. Dr. C.
E. Shinn, Randall Woods, F. F.
BEND, April 27.— (U P )— The
Whittle, J. W. McCoy. J. h '
election of Carey S. Stearns ns
Fuller, Carl Loveland, Mr. and
a director of the I-a Pine school
Mrs. Wm. Briggs, Mr.'hnd Mrs.
district, was contested by W. Man Accused of Murdering Hal McNair, S. E. Peterson, Jr.,
G? Fordham, who filed a com
Workers in Big In
Dr. Haines, Dr. Bardic, J, E.
plaint in circuit court here, al
surance Fraud
Enders, o. M. Green, C. B. Ev
leging that Stearns violated the
ans, Henry Galey and C. L. Clay-
PIKEVILLE, K y, April 27. — comb
corrupt practices act by election
eering at the polls on election (LP) — William H. Turner, former
dny. and by making promises as mine superintendent, went on
to appointments.
J.
Frank trial here today charged with mur
Bogue was the defeated candi dering two miners and mutilating
their bodies in an attempt to de
date.
fraud insurance companies out of
$85,000. A partial confession has
been admitted as evidence.
FIRE F I C K IN
FRAUD IS CHARGED
5RFAICQAL STRIKE
■ IHREAIBIS ENGUNO
HILLSBORO, Ore.. April 27,—
•
(UP)— Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Premier Baldwin is Again
displayed a willingness to flglit
Seeking to Halt Serious
for a principle here when a suit
Labor Revolt
was on' record today designed
LONDON, April 27.— (UP,—
to prevent Washington countv
from enforcing a lien against Premier Stanley Baldwin agaPn
their property for 35 cents.
I has intervened in an attempt to
threatened
coal
The sum involved is a county prevent the
charge for testing a tubercular strike in England which would
cow.
involve hundreds of thousands
of workers.
A peace between warring fac
tions must he arranged if a na
tional walk-out is to be staved
off. The head of the British
government' has called a Joint
meeting of operators and miners.
Workmen Renew Efforts to Headed by King Oeorge, gov
ernment leaders, workmen and
Bring Underseas Craft
the English people generally are
To Surface
demanding that the prospect of
NEW LONDON. Conn., April: what promises to be a national
27.-—Balked by the elemen's catastrophe be ended,
last fall in its efforts to. rnbe
the submarine 8-61, rammed
and sunk by the 8. 8, City of
Rome, September 24, 1925, the
navy today renewed attempts
to bring the sunken vessel to
the surface. The local submar
c . D .' Chorpenlng of Klamath
ine base, the naval base at New Falls, assistant secretary of th«»
port and the Brooklyn navy yard Klamath county chamber of com-
have combined their resources mlerce, was in the city today on
for a final attempt to wrest the a brief business visit. Mr. Chor-
submersible, believed to be the pentng will have charge of the
grave of 33 men who were Klamath county exhibit and In
trapped in It, from the bottom formation booth at the junction
of the sea.
of the Pacific and Ashland-Klam
Authorities hope to raise the ath highways, and IS now putting
sunken vessel and tow her tin up the several buildings which
der water to>Brooklyn If tie will lie needod for the project.
w eather.is favorable to salvak«
lng operations.
SARTARET,
N.
J.,
April
27.— (UP) — Fol
lowing a night during
which five negroes were
reported beaten by mobs,
authorities today were
alert against a . possible
continuance of the dis
orders which reached a
climax: yesterday w ith th e
Both Portland and Seattle Are
Anxious ht Have Dollar
The struggle centers between
R. Stanley Dollar on one hand
and a group of Portland and
Seattle shipping men on the
other.
When the shipping board an
nounced it had decided to sell
the five passenger vessels run
ning out of Seattle, to Dollar
on his bid bf $4,500,000, it Im
mediately brought, forth critic
ism »from Dollar’s competitors,
who asserted that “the Dollar
flag will rule the Pacific.” Dol
lar operates the ‘round the world
service and private line between
San Francisco and the Orient.
Chamber and Mclfery
This criticism crystalised In
the form of a formal complaint
from Portland’s chamber of com
merce and resulted in Senator
Charles McNary, of Oregon, in
troducing a resolution, which
passed, asking the shipping board
to reconsider Its decision and
readvertlse the vessels for sale.
The fact that the combination
interests, represented by W. B.
Keene, former vice-president of
the emergency Fleet corpora
tion, submitted a bid for $4.-
800,000 influenced this action,
although it was the contention
of the shipping board that the
latter bid was late and Irregular.
ire CELEBRATION
"»• B L BE HEED
ON JULY 4TH
Whites
REQUESTED TO,“ ^
FILE VACANCY
NO DECISION REACHED
CITIES
7 _________
N'
Beaten \ 7 y
RIVAL
Lumber Company Prosecutor Has
Police Arrested
Is Made Target
Thomas Long, aged 73. and
a resident of Jackson connty
for the past 43 years, died early
last evening from ailments Inci
dent to advanced age. The fun
eral will be at 2 o’clock tomor
row afternoon from the Stock
chapel, with burial at Ashland
cemetery.
The deceased Is survived by
three brothers and two sisters.
CLEARWATER, Fla., April 27
They are A. M., Frank and M. — Seven persons adrift In a
N. Long, Mrs. Rebecca Smith and speed boat were rescued yes
Mrs. S. Brown.
terday when the veseel was
found stranded on a coraj reef
Classified Ads Bring Results. ten miles off shorts
IC'Many
Throws
Senator McNary Wants Bert
Haney’s Successor Nam
ed At Once
Motion Picture Actress De VICTORIA, B. C., April 27.
clares She Was Given
— (UP)— Pandemonium
broke
Ugly Red Noee
out In the business distriit yes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April
27.— (UP)— An
ouster
suit
against the Long Bell Lumber
Company for alleged violations
of ite charter privileges in build
ing and promoting Longview,
Wash., was filed In the supreme
court today. The petition was
handed in Saturday but tho
$10 filing fee was not paid un
til today.
«
NO. 201
Action of Senate Within
Next Ten Days Is
Anxiously Awaited
Victoria People
HOLLYWOOD, April 27. __
Estelle La Verne, motion picture
actress, iR suing Madame Kayane,
beauty specialist, for $5,000
claiming that facial treatment has
brought on dislflgiiration Includ
ing ,a red nose that prevented hér
from filling an engagement and
appearing in public for five weeks.
I-’ES DAY, APRIL-27, 1926
ON rent FOR UFF
Senate Ratifies
Belgium War Debt
WASHINGTON, D. C., April
27.— (UP)—The senate late yes
terday
ratified
$417,780.000
Belgium debt settlement, the
democrats joining with adminis
tration senators. The vote was
55 for ratification
with
20
against it
Claims Goat Ate
Up All Reciepts
COMMITTEE FAVORS
NEK SHOALS OFFEI
Bid of Southern Power Com
panv Gets Anurov&l of
• Probing Body
Investigation Of
WASHINGTON, April 27. —(IP
Explosion Starts !_ •The
Southern Power company’i
RICHMOND, Cal., April 27 —
(UP)— Investigation into
the
terrific blast which yesterday
killed four men at the filant
powder works, was Instltut ted to-
day by Contra Costa authori
ties. The only facts available
are the four mangled bodies.
Recklefcs Autöists
Not To Be Insured
joint bid for a lease of Musch
Shoals today was formally accept
ed by the special congressiona
leasing committee.
The joint committee, In a re
port to be submitted to boil
houses of congress, recommendec
that the government’s huge pow
er and nitrate project In Alabami
*be leased to the 13 affiliated pow
er companies In accordance witt
their offer.
Seven bids had been submitted
for the project and the govern-
ment has Invested more thaï
$100,000,000.
CHICAGO, April 27.— In a
claim to set aside court judge
ment for $6600. Joseph McLoed
states that the family goat ate
NEW YORK. April 27.—A
up receipts by which ho could
have proved that all moneys due new check on unfit and dang
to the estate ofUhis creditors, erous automobile drivers was* in
John B. Mellon, had been paid. stitute,] yestdrday when the Na
tional Rureau of Casualty and
Surety Underwriters announced
th*at henceforth Insurance would
Because of the general meet
not be issued to persons whose ing of the chamber of commerc
licenses have been revoked.
scheduled for the city coannl
chambers tonight, the connfl
will meet in the chamber of com
merce quarters, said Mayor John
son. Several matters of Import
SEATTLE, April 27. — (IP) —
ance
are scheduled to come hi
Running wild with a dead man nt
for*
the
council at the specie
the wheel, an automobile crashed
session.
Into a motor truck here and caus
CHICAGO, 111., April 27.—
ed traffic tleup on Elliot Ave.
His neck broken In the finale
Anard Lukken. 49. was tho of a comic vaudeville
skit,
autoist who suddenly slumped while the unsuspecting audlenee
over dead from a heart attack.
laughed Its approval, Ralph
Mackensie, an "old-timer” be
fore the. footlights, died here
Direct results of the publicit
yesterday.
campaign for electric signs a
coadacted the past 10 days h
the city of Ashland, were toon
HOLD PICNIC
today in the order of porcelal
Between 50 end 60 members steel eigne by the State Bank c
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. April 37.
------ One miner was killed and of the Southern Oregon RahbU Ashland and the Claydomb Mota
Bot
five others were entombed in Breeder's association visited In Company. Ford dealers.
an explosion
at the
Bivins the vicinity of Grants Paas Sun- algae will he here and Install»
mine toear here this morning, day inspecting the rabbltrles within the next >0 day«,
lag to F. O. ßtrtcklaad.
The body of Jesse Wilson, one of that section. They held
of the miners, has been recov picnic dinner at Savage Rapids engineer for the
trie Siga
dam.
ered.
Council Will Use
Chamber Quarter
Autoist Dies At
Wheel Of Car In
Congested Street
Broken Neck Is
Cause Of Death
Two Firms Order
Electric Sign
One Killed, Fiye
Miners Entombed