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RSDAY, JULY 29, Ï926
NO. 279
GRAND JURORS S es lostsin
WILL REOPEN
AIMEES CASE
NOTED MURDER
_. raw» CASE REVIVED'
em m erest
BY OFFICIALS
All Results of
Rounds Are
Seattle Murder Suspect is
Denied Petition by
Superior Judge
Toáaj
Joe William» and Charles
at
Foster In to Custody
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Chiloquin
ESTABLISH
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IDENTITY
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Indian Agent« Arrest Pair When
Caught Stripping Car of*
3
Tires
K L A M A T H FALLS. Ore.,
2«.-^-’ (U P ) — Joe WHliams,
July
Hi«
Interest ld.alill keyed to a high
pitch- in the Lithia Park tennis
tournament, and the spectators
yesterday were treated to some
fast garnet and close scores dur­
ing the qualifying rounds.
Results Wednesday were as
follows:
j ,
Keoior doubles—
Bailey of Medford defeated- D?
Joy,
B. Joy, Akhland, defeated. Purd­
in, Medford.
Bennett, Grants Pass defeated
Fitch, Medford.
De Gene suit. Grants Pass, de­
feated Condlt, Grants Pass.
Ramsey. Ashland,
defeated
Ketch, Ashland, in the second
round.
Women's Singles»-;
termer, and Charles Foster, serv;
ing flv e y e k rs for burglary, who
escaped from the . Oregon state
penitentiary at Salem last Mon­
day, sire held In the county Jail
here following their capture 20
miles from Chiloquin, where In ­
dian Agent C. A. Mlddiebusher
caught them stripping a govern­
ment car of tires and stealing gas­
oline.
Miss Hughes, Roseburg, de-
The Hudson car in which the , feated Miss Lancaster of normal
two convleta made their escape > school by default-.
Miss HUghes defeated Mrs. Do-
had run out of gas five miles up
the rive rabove Chlloquiq and the remug of Medford.*
Men's singles—
two fugitives were attempting to
replenish their stock when appre­
Alien. Ashland, defeated Bogg.«,
Medford.
hended.
Stout, Medford, defeated Dore-
The Indian agent telephoned
Sheriff Burt Hawkins that be had mus, Medford.
B. Joy, . Ashland, defeated
captured two auto thieve« and,
when sheriff's deputies arrived , Ketch, Ashland.
Bailey, Medford, d e f e a t e d
at the scene they discovered th e '
(
men were the two fugitive con­ Franklin, Ashland. •
D. Joy. Ashland, defeated Do-
victs. They are being held here
until prison authorities arrive to voe, Medford.
return them to Salem.
Men's singles— second run—
Ramsey, , Ashland,
defeated
Gregg, Ashland.
Bailey, Medford, defeated D.
Joy, Ashland.
tyahan, Medford, defeated B.
Joy, Ashland,- ■> .
Allen, Ashland, defeated Stout.
J
K B M B
FOB TEXAS MURDER
Rey. J, Frank Norrib Accus­
ed of-Slaying of BOsi-
»S Man
FO R T WORTH? Tex., July 29.
— ( U P ) — Rev. J, Frank Nor.-ts.
pastor of the Baptist church, t o ­
day was indicted for the murder
of D. E. Chipps, well known buci-
ness’ man. The grand Jury re­
turned the true bill after an In­
vestigation which continued, for
several days. Chipps wag slain In
the study of the Baptist church,
J u ly . 17 th.
Judge George E.
Hosey said the hail bond would
be 110,000 and the trail probably
would be held in September.
*
SUMMER
Medford.
*
Men's doubles—
Beeson and Stout defeated Ma­
han and Doremns.
Joy and Joy defeated Penney
and Devoe of M edfoj£0*
Senior doubles—
Ramsey and Ketch defeated De
Geneault and Dennett.
Condlt and De Geneault defeat­
ed Ramsey and Ketch.
FOB BÄND M U R E
Local Musical Organisation
to Give Park Program
This Evening
Mrs. Edward Hall, Widow
of NSw Jersey Preacher, ,
Under Arrest ’•
WAS
.
second i
Another Inquiry W ill be Start t^I attempt to recover bloodstained Miami Itt'pvrls Heavy Damage;
clothing and oilier effects held
at Los A agelee ou -
Business Demoralized for
by- the state.
»
Tuesday
Present
j
»■
ri luutl
A fter he »»»«
had iviuovu
refused « a * p
petition
LOS ANGELES, July S').— (U -'b y Gaines' attorneys in which they
S O M E R V IL L E , N. J„ July 26.
MIAMA, Fla., July 29.— (UP)
P ) — Almee Semple McPherpon's sought
*" ‘ to ""
-
have investigators
s u r-j— As the tropical hurricane which
— ( U P ) — A murder m y s t e r y
which rocked the nation nearly
kidnaping case w ill be taken up rendor the clothing, superior i swept the Carrlbeau sea and the
four years ago was revived here
again by the grand Jury next court Judge Robert M. Jones de­ Southern Atlantic coast Abated,
Tuesday, It was announced today nied another motion by counsel check up of the territory showed
today when Mrs. Edward W. Hall,,
by District Atorney Asa Koyes. for authority to Inspect the evi­ the known death toll to be 1-0 per­
widow of Rev. Edward H . H all,
was held without bail in the coun­ Disillusioned by tUe sharo/h 00115 w o o d S lauiOUR l o v e . He said this action would ‘r,e tak­ dence and have It impounded with sons with property damage at
ty Jail here charged with the m ur­ making, Red Grange, famous football star, is back home en “ tp determine if perjury lips the eounty clerk.
more than $15,000,000.
“ The court can well see that to
der of her husband and Mrs. Elea­ in. Wheaton, 111., ready to take up his old job <>n the ice been committed by witnesses ”
Eighteen persona were killed
nor Mills, a choir singer.
The decision to reopen tl e case rra iu this motion, w h tch m effect In the Baham Islands. Two line­
wagon. This picture show»-' him wearing a marvelous
wac reached at a conference at­ would reveal details of the state’s men« were killed in Miama. Hun­
.»Complaints were filed against
girls, it is to l»e noted, still tended by all leading raemehrs of evidence, might jeopardize the en­ dreds of boats sank, bridges and
the widow,'charging her with thé new hat, on his arrival.
murder of both her husband and find him interesting.
the district attorney’s staff.
It tire case,' the court said.
roads were washed out and power
lines were tora down.'
Is understood' that eypry person
Mrs. Mills.
She was arrested
who attended was sworn to se­
I t will lie many weeks before
shortly befora^midnlgbt last night
crecy.
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the property damage. LAustalned as
at her home in New Brunswick,
N. J.
The new and damaging evi­
a result of the hurricane can be
dence lending to show that the
repaired and business brovv’it
The murders of the prominent
back to a normal basis. Mauv
New Jersey minister and his pret­
noted evangelist occupied a cot­
tage at'C arm el tt the same time
homes on the outskirts of Miama
ty choir singer occurred in 1922.
Kenneth Hrmiston, her former ^a-
were almost totally wrecked by
Rev. H all had been shot in the
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.— dlo operator, was at the same Secretary of Political League the hurricane, while plantations
head but the woman was shot
W H IT E P LA IN S. N. Y ., July
Wanted $6000 for His
likewise suffered a heavy loss.
four times and her throat hod 19.— Word o f ,the New York crime A return to thp vigilante spirit cf cottuge, is thought to be the chief
Support
early California without any vio­ reason for reopening the grand
been slashed.
wave has reached Denver.
M IA M I, Fla,, July 2$.— (U P ) —
The lifeless bodies of the pair
In • letter received by the sher­ lence that was connected with, Jury investigation.
CHICAGO, July 29.— The first Practically every home In Beralnl-
were found in a small grove. On iff of Westchester eounty, W illia m that ISth century form of la«ft
story of alleged vote buying was
the rum runner’s paradise, was
the ground about them were scat­ Richardson of Denver, offers to enforcement is urged by Dr. H. M.
told the senate committee today
levelled by the hurrican this ween,
tered fragments of love letters.
come to New York to clean up Adler, Illinois state criminologist
after a fast moving session ,n according to word reachli^; here.
A t the time of the first investi­ Yonkers “and other crime cen­ who addressed a luncheon club
which one witness wns cited to the
here.
'
Two'churches and a liquor ware­
gation of the doulile murder, Mrs. ters.’’
senate for contempt.
house were destroyed and several
This^can be done. Dr. Adler de­
H all was under suspicion and. was
“I have been sheriff in Colo­
Tlmohy McCarty, East St. Louis rtihi boats In the harbor sank.
of
closely watched for many months rado and shoot two guns at the clared, through cooperation
newspaperman, charged t h a t
but tentative charges against her same time,” writes Richardson. law-abiding citizens in leading More Than a Mile of Forest
Charles Scendry, secretary of the
finally were dropped.
" I ’m ready to clean up in New their criminally-inclined brothers
Destroyed bv Warm
foreign voters league, had agreed
away from lawlessness.
York.”'
Springs Blase
to support Frank L. Smith, repub­
“ Americans have high moral
The offer has not been accept­
lican nominee for $6000.
ed.
standards as la shown by the
BEND, Ore,, July 29.— (U P )
a
a. Bnt they are too semt- oevstojrtatfYiwpi M «malt h i t « to }
In less
,
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mental to enforce them,” he said. 1 a racing conflagration
than an hour; forest rives which
Exposition Head Fined in
started on the Metoiious river to­
Police Court for Oper­
day had eaten through a mile of
ating Sundays
timber on the Warm Springs res­
Evidence Against
P H IL A D E L P H IA . Pa., July 29.
ervation. The fire first was spot­
iris’ Character
— Pennsylvania’s Sunday
bine
ted
late
yesterday.
Belief
was
ex­
Redding Officiala Ask Ash
is Given
Chamber of Commerce Has
laws 6f 1794 have been sustain­
pressed that It will be controlled
land
Police
to
Look
Other Business at Noon
ed anA E. L. Austin, director gen­
by tonight.
*T IA JUANA, Mexico, July 29.
Out for Pair
Session
era] of the sesqui-centennlsl ex­
— Climaxing the defense o f - the
Dapper Slayer of Prison
four Mexicans here at the out­
While California peace officers position, was fined four dollars
A t a meeting of'the chamber of
Guard Must Die On
were out scouring the hills for! and c®atB ,n a magistrate’s court
growth of the “shame suicide” commerce directors at the Lithia
•• Scaffold" Aug. 13th
Georg« White and W. H. LaneJ
The
of violating th<
of the Thomaq M. Peteet family, Springs hotel today noon It was
Sunday
law
by
operating
the expo­
fugitives
frt>m
the
county
Jatl
at
a deposition was read from Jo­ voted to accept the new Lithia
B A LTIM O R E, July 29.— Rich­
Redding, the two enterprising sition on Sundays were brought
seph W . Kelly, a special Investiga­ Park electric sign from the con ard Reese Whittemore's last move
prisoners returned
to the ja il by members of the Methodist
tor for the American Federation tractor. . The sign la now in place to /«vade the noose was defeated
when ! P la n
garage and stole a truck, In which Men*8 committee of 100.
of Labor, in which the two Pe­ at the Junction of the plaza and late Tuesday afternoon,
t U
Colorado Sheriff • Vigilante Spirit
Urged by Leading
Would End Crime
Criminal Expert
In New York City
VOTE PURCHASE BY
CANDIDATE ALLEGED
IBER FIRE
IS RAGING IT BEND
f f l i l OF M O H S -
B H I M
RNNSKWANIA BLUE
STATUTE JS UPHELD
«
ARE HEADED NORTH
I M
M l
FOBMAtLY ACCEPTED, XMIEMORE LOSES
IASUEGAL EIGHT
I f KLAMATH FALLS
teet girls whom the four Mexi­
cans are accused of having at­
tacked, as “common prostitutes”
an “ heavy drinkers.” K elly was
•'“ ’Red
make the investigation
for the sake of harmony between
Amerlcan and Mexican labor or-
ganizations.
The probe w a s
made in Kansas City, the former
home of the Peteets.
SEJILERS ARISING
Convict Injured
/ Playing Handball
nesday afternoon In his
Held for Slaying Her Pastor-Hos-
,
band and Pretty Choir
Another splendid -band concert
will l»e staged at Lithia Park th is'
evening by the Ashland m unicipal'
Oregon City Woman Order­ baud, to which the general pub­
lic and Ashland visitors are invit­
ed to State Hospital at
ed.
Salem
Following is the program which
OREGON C IT Y , July 29.— was announced today by Director
(U P )— Mrs. Charles W arren, who Carl Loveland.
March— . “Los Angeles
Imperial
shot and killed her mother, Mrs.
__
Melissa Bolton. 73, early yester-: Review”— Carpenter,
day, w ill not be prosecuted. Af-<
From the Land of Bird - “ The
ter an examination by Dr. Frank Ea®,e”— Klein.
Selection from “Going Up”—
W . Wallace, county health offic­
er, she was pronounced insane Hirscb.
Men From Other States Are
Serenade’ — “Amid
Honey­
and ordered to the state hospital
Planning to Buy Homes
at S&Jem.
suckle and Roses”— Miller.*
in Oregon
Popular fox trot— “ H I Ho the
Merrlo'1— Brown.
T H E W EATHER
• W ork of the local land settle­
Overture — “ Light Cavalry”__ ment bureau under the direction
Oregon— F a ir tonight and F ri­ Supe.
of A rthur Foster is bearing fru it
day except jdoudy in eastern sec­
March — “ Indian Guards”__ for Oregon during the present
tion. W arm er In Southern Ore­ K ie fe r..
month, it is Indicated in the many
gon.
The Stas Spangled Banner.
prospective .settlers who Bare com­
ing into the state with a view of
ioeatjng here permanently.
Among those who have stopped
off
In Ashland during the past two
is distributed gratis to* the
days and notified Mr. Foster they
guests of The Lithia Springs
are planning to locate in the state
and Ashland Hotel and to the
permanently include: ■
campers at Lithia Park and
J. J. ih u ii of Nebraska, who la
Jackson Hot Springs camp
’ CHICAGO, J illy 2». -u. Robert
going
to Taft, Ore.; E. C. Ruther­
grounds— £ total of approxi­
Scott, sentenced to life imprison­
mately 200 copies each day—
ment for the murder of Joseph ford of Fresno, who will buy a
In order that Ashland’« visit­
Maurer, drug clerk, today was farm either 4n Klamath, Or H ar­
ors may know something of
knocked unconscious while play­ ney counties; 8. Vandergee of
our city.
ing Indoor baseball at the Cook Eagle Rock, Calif., who will lo­
cate at Cottage Grove;
W aiter
count> Jail.
* '
Ashland Natatortun'
.Scott, brother of Russell Scott, Hampshire of Los Angeles, who
Ths California Oregon Power
condemned to die October IB for w ill live either at Albany or Leb­
Company
the . same crime, slipped and fell anon; R. H. Elkins *of El Peso.
Lithia Springs Hotel .
headlong against an Iron screen. Tex., who plane to locate in
Hotel Alhlsnd
Douglas county.
,
He was rushed to the Jail hqspltal
Lithia Park Board
where his condition
was pro­
Jackson Hot Springs
Nothing has the laside dope
nounced serious.
,
City of Ashland
/about the pulse of the people
Talent Irrigation Dlstrict
like the wrist watch.
Adventes In Tim Tidings
THIS ISSUE
New Evidence Thought to be
Ten Lives Lost and Loss of
v Reason for Further
i STATTLE, July 29.— (U P )—
at Least $15,000,000 is
Wallace C. .(Bob) Gaines, accus­
Probe Into Story
. Recorded
ed of murdering his daughter,
PERJURY
SUSPECTED' Sylvia, was defeated here Wed­
BUILDINGS WRECKED
LOVE TRIANGLE
Hipgei- ,
BIO PROPERTY
LOSS WROUGHT
FROM STORMS
to Iriclude Diamond
Governor Ritchie refused to com­
they headed north, according to
Lake in Orator Park
word received here today by Chief
mute the bandit’s sentence to life
Comes up Aug. 4th
Imprisonment for killing a prison
of Police McNabb. Local police
guard.
K L A M A T H F A L L 8 , Ore., July were asked to be on guard for the
The "candy kid”- Is scheduled 29.— To preside at a hearing ov­ (wo escaped prisoners.
The men broke Jatl during the
to die in the early morning of er the proposed Inclusion of Dia­
Friday, August 13.
mond lake with the Crater lake absence of jailors, and when ft
For two hours Edgar Allan Poe national park. President Cool- wa./found they were gone, a pos­
W hittem ore’s attorney,
argued
_ _. Idge's eommltee on parks and se started after them. The pair
that If the leader’of the gang be-1 forests will arrive in Klamath ! are thought to have doubled back
to Redding where they stole the
lleved to have stolen $1.300,000 • Falls August 4. It was announced
la Jewels were hanged It would! here yesterday by Colonel C. D. ; truck and set out for the Oregon
be a "legal lynching." He to ld , Thomson, superintendent of th e 1 line.
the governor the Maryland law park.
provides that the “slyaing of a
The comtnlttee is composed of
penitentiary guard during an es­ Stephen Mather, director of na­
cape shall be defined as second tional parks;
Colonel Greeley,
degree murder.”
c h ie f
forester; Congressman1
Stunningly gowned, Margaret Temple,
Pennsylvania;
A rth u r;
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Whittemore, known as “Tiger Ringland, secretary of the com-'
M r‘ ad Mra- J- Wilhelm who
H I,” the condemned man’s wife, mlttee; George Gillespie, San I,vo on th® Ashland - Klamath
stended the hearing, listening in­ Francisco, a member of the com- Fa,,B hl* hway. w«re badly cut and
tently to the attorney’s argu­ mlttee; Barrington Moore, repre- bru,sed
yesterday afternoon
ment.
Renting the American Museum of when their n,,to «olllded with a
Natural History; and Duncan Me- hlg*,JraJr department gravel truck
C H E Y E N N E , July
29.— De
Kenzie.
on Green Springs mountain. The
d arin g that the inereaaing crimp
Wilhelm car is reported to have
wave la Intlm atsly allied with pro­
been crowded off the highway.
hibition, Ralph O. Brewster, Gov­
The Inured persons were brought
ernor of Maine, speaking at the
Into Ashland where they received
annual governor’s conference here
medical
attention.
Although
urged the extension of federal
their Injuries were painful
CHICAGO. July 29.— Alfred
police in ths field of state gov­ Nelson, 20. employe of a stair
were not thought to be serious
ernment.
manufacturing company, w e is
H. C. M erritt, senior member of ,
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The Main executive not only de­ burned to death here today when
the firm of M erritt and Son. own-
clared
th a t* such interference flames from a furnace door ig­
erB of the Tagus ranch at Tulare, i
would not be a violation of- state nited his oil-soaked clothing. Nel­
Calif., passed through Ashland
rights bnt that it was the only son was shoveling’wood shavings
yesterday enroute to Portland
way In which prohibition could into the furnace at the time. The
where ho will arrange to enter
he enforced.
plant was damaged $4QOO by the his purebred livestock In the Pa-
An exhibit
of **•”
the work
of me
the
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fire which spread from Nelsoit’s drift Internationa) Livestock' Ex- Hlud” ,t,, ftt the Ashland School of
Classified Ads »ring Results. body.
—
. . . fall.
. ..
position this
The Merrett A rt will be held tomorrow at the
, t
.
ranch is one of the best known Women’s . Civic club house. The
stock farms In California and is exhibit w ill start at 2 o’clock fa
engaged In the exclusive breed­ the afternoon and will be open
Soine
ing of thorohghbred cattle and again (n t|»e evening.
aplendid work has been dona by
While you are a guaet In our city, ba certain to vllsit Lithia
horsel
Park, a playground of many «eras, with the main (ntrance
the students daring the pfesent;
at the Plata, where Nature's- deegest beauties are fo«E^
term
and the exhibit should be of|
In a m ajority of cases the girl
along the Walks that lead yoa through the forest border­
interest
to all art lovers. The gea-
-.M
who kicks high thinks low. hef
ing on Aehland creek.
*
erai puhiic is Invited.
heels going, above her head.
Main street. The cost was about
$300 more than was expected so
the city council and park board
w ill be asked to help defray this
added expense.
A special c ommlttee composed
of President O. F. Carson. City
Manager Clyde Malone and Earl
Isaac, chairman of the advertising
committee, was named to pur­
chase and erect suitable signs di­
recting out-of-state tourists to the
chamber of commerce registra­
tion offices.
President Carson
was selected as the official cham­
ber of Commerce delegate to at­
tend the T ra il -to -R ail celebration
at Eugene on August 19-20.
Dog Hikes Many
Miles For Home
BENTON HARBOR. Mich., July
29.— Pal, a 4-year-old collie, dis­
liked Florida climate and to get
back to his home here, he hiked
1700» miles. Ths trip took four
weeks and the dog lost nearly 2®
pounds.
Autoist Injured
Kills Wife When
On Klamath Road
He Misses Rodent
Prohibition is
Cause of Crime
Laborer Burned
To Death in Oil California Stock
To Be Shown Here
Al’t L xH lbit T o
Be Held Friday
VISIT LITHIA PARK
♦
A TCH IN 8O N . Kan., July 29.—
W hile attempting to shoot a rat
with a shotgun. Joseph Fley, ac­
cidently killed his wife, who was
60 years old and the mother of 10
children.
S W IM M IN G
Pwo sanitary and delightful
»lunges are available to tour­
ists and others who visit Ash­
land daring vacation days. The
Ashland Natatorium, Jusi two
blocks below the new Lithia
Springs Hotel has two large
»lunges always available.
At Jackson Hot Springs
large open a ir pluaga
babbling mineral water.
Get the habit of a daily
In either of those pluaga
win keep yoy St dariat
summer days.
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