’<; • MALARIA GERMS ' '
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland. Pare
domestic water helps.
ASHLANDCLIMATK
Tk« Tiding» Hat Been A M * # »
Without the use of medicine cures-
nine cases out of ten of asthma.
This is a proven fact.
Newtpaper For Nearly Fifty Year»
s Wire Sarvtca)
ASHLAND, O]
ESftAY, AUGUST 3, 1926
Man Who Boasts of Number
of Arrests Adds An
other to List
Dispatches From Mexican
Town Say Several
Killed in Fight
PRIESTS ARE HANGED
u*JT «UPwM h/W reral protestant
Mexicans NMfe been killed In the
town of Irapuato and the houses
of several others burned. So fat
there has been no confirmation of
a report that Catholic priests In
the town had been hanged and the
church burned.
NAOALES, Arlz., Aug. 3. —
(IP) — Former President Alvaro
Ohregon said today that the re
ligious conflict in Mexjfo would
disappear when directors of the
Catholic Church In Mexico an--
nounce they are ready to obey
the laws. Obregon blamed high
officials of the Catholic chnrch for
the present trouble.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 3. — <U>)
— Aside from the reports of
trouble at Irapuato, no further
disturbances were reported here
or elsewhere about Mexico today
as a result of the religious dis
turbance over the new laws which
became effective this week. Au
thorities, however, are keeping a
close watch on the situation as it
Is believed that further trouble
will start before the end of the
week.
New Premier Declares Re
ported Repudiation is
Not True
PARIS, Aug. 3.— ’’There Is ab
solutely no question of the repu
diation of our debts, Premior
Poincare told the chambej of de
puties today in discussing taxa
tion.
«
“Foreign countries must know
that France never dreams of re
pudiating her, engagements.
'The declaration was made after
the chamber had voted confi
dence In the premier by agreeing
to Immediate discussion of the
governments financial projects
380 to 160. Communists and So
cialists had Joined in attacking
the measures.
Gainés Trial at Seattle
Show Faster Progress
Than Expected
SEATTLE, Wash., Ang. 3.—¡
(U P )— With unexpected speed
12 tentative jurors were, seated
today for the Wallace Oalnes
murder trial. Tty Jury Includ
ed one woman, Mrs. Grace Ketch-
am. Both state, and dpefnse now
have a right to exercise preemp-
tory challengee. The defense can
remove' 12 tentative jurors and
the state elx.
Theatrical D eal
F inally "Closed
/ PORTLAND, Ore,, Aug. 3—
new era in motion pic
ture preaentatlen In the north
west la anticipated with the com
pletion of - the deal whereby 37
theatres In Oregon, Washington
and Montana ware1 »old by the
Jensen Von Herbert Interacts to
the North American Theatre«,
Ine. A cash consideration of |5 ,-
•00,000 la said to have been in
volved.
Railroad Advertising Men
Favorably Impressed :
With This Section
Walter Pierce Says He Will
PORTLAND, Ore.,- Aug. 3.—
Take Matter Into the
(U P )— George Thompson, ? who
Courts
boasts that he has been arrested
In every state of the Union, was
COMMISSION F L A Y E D
Siren the opportunity to add Ore
gon to his list when he wgs ap
prehended at Union Are., and
Weidler street by Motorcycle Pa
trolman Joe Hammerely on a
charge of falling to stop at a
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 3. — (IP) —
through thoroughfare.
Intimating that unfair charges are
Thompson’s car was decorated being made through high valua
with license plates and city slo tions. and expressing a lack of
gans from 48 states and several confidence on the Oregon public
hundred cities, but Thompson- and service
commission.
Governor
his five eompanlohs, two of them Walter M. Pierce announced here
women, were unable to raise more that he Intended appealing to the
than »5 when asked to put up commission for action which
ball of 110. After a conference, would result In lowering telephone
they were allowed to go for |5 , rates for Oregon.
The party is said to be a tyflcaj
The governor’s intention to takfc
auto hobo organization.
such action was revealed when he
Spath Dakota Rancher Plan
• ning for Big Time Next
November
8ALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Ang.
2-— (U P )— In emulation of the
wild west days, the last big buf
falo hunt of the age will be stag
ed In November on Antelope In
land, « jagged uplift in Great Salt
Lake, where grazes in a wild state
a herd of bison numbering 350
and which was sold last fall to
the Scott Phillips buffalo ranch.
Fort Pierre, s . D.
President A. H. Leonard of the
Scotte Phillips ranch announced
i^buffale hunt of the primitive
type, including cowboys and In
dians. Hal/ of this remnant of
the big northern herd that roam
ed the plains of Utah, Wyoming,
Idaho and Nevada more than 50
y®ars ago will be slaughtered.
Twenty-five bulla and cows will
be selected as a nucleus for an
other heard and the balance will
be sold to public parks for ex
hibition, according to Leonard's
plans.
The Antelope Island herd of
buffalo was started upwards of
50 years ago and has remained
in virtually a wild condition ever
since. The big killing announoed
for next November is the second
made public the contents e f a tat
ter to Colonel A.'E. Clark. If the
commission faild to acf, the gov
ernor - intends to take the con
troversy Into the courts, th e let
ter stated.
His letter to Colonel Clark
charged that moat of the stock
of the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company sad the Western
Electric company Is owned by the
American Telephone and Tele
graph company, and that the lat
ter concern pays huge dividends
through high charges for leasee
and egulpment. His expression of
lack of confidenceIn the state
public service commission was
contained in the statement that
these utilities are almost permit
ted to fix thetr own valuation and
he believes an Investigation will
disclose that they are teo high.
05354387
New Laws to Limit Cam
paign Expenses Proposed
by Probe Body
INQUIRY IS RENEWED
Illinois Primary Coats for Candi
dates Coder Pire Again
T od ay.
Seven people weré killed
ville, W. Va. It was ero
at one side broke and the
positioif, spilling its ocoi
M a store more hurt when this bridge gave way at Wliites-
led with people watvhing* a water earnival when the cable
k>r of the bridge, ns shown in the picture, fell to a vertical
aits into the river below.
Sea Birds W ing
W a y U p P t ó f ic
• Coast in Floe
Roy Frazier is
'
Given Lease o n .
Service Station
Local Friends Receive Mes
A8TOR1A, Aag. 3.— <CTO-r sage This Morning From
The "sea pigeon” are on the w in *
Oxnard, Oal.
Uncounted thensands of B C in S
waterfowl, known locally as "and
Reports from Stf John’s hospi
pigeons,* are winging their w a j tal at Oxnard. .Calif., today are
Northward np the coast, f lf h g that B. R. Oreer, publisher of The
just outside the breaker».
, f Tidings, is still In a serious con-
The long, black bands of blvdk dltion.
appeared o ft the Clatsop beaefceg
A group of local business men
Saturay and mantalnod- tnternM- sent a message' of cheer to Mr.
gratloa without interruption nfl Greer yesterday and telegraphed
day Sunday. Those who have a big bouquet of flowers to the
watched the birds in former y ea it sick room. This morning they
declare that the aerial em igra received a message of thanks from
tion may continue for several both Mr. and Mrs. Greer. It
days.
reads:
The birds fly well outalde the
“We certainly appreciate your
breakers, not far above the water, message of love and cheer and
and In incalcuable numbers;
the beautiful flowers. If anythlng
could have m a d eu s more home
sick. it was a message of th*t k'-nd
from our old town. We hope to
return there when able.”
Engineer Also Injured When
S. P. & 8. Goes Into
Well Known Ashland Wo
Ditch',
man Succumbs; Funeral
Tomorrow at 2:30
Clara Belle Barrett Gives up
Attempt to Make Haz
ardous Swim
DOVER. Bag., Ang. S.— (UP) For Third Time Within a
Clara Belle Barrett today admit
Year Bandits Steal
ted the English chaanell’e ability ,
From Pope
to defeat her when »he abandon
ROME, Aug. 3. — For the third
ed her effort after swimming
. within. tufo mile» of her goal. The time within a year a theft in the
official time w w 21 hour» and 10 Vatican has occurred. This tlrae
minute».
The actual distance .the thieves got away with (000
, covered will never be known as lira from the safe of the director
, there were so many cross tides. of the gardens In addition to 700
! The plucky American girl said she lira belonging to the director.
would never try again.
Grand Jury W ill
M ontana Forest
,
To V isit Crater
«KW YORK, Aug. 3.— Andrew
Ferrlarlo, 27, was shot and killed
yesterday by an unidentified wo
man In the pawnshop if m . Bruck
heimer and Sons, Brooklyn. The
woman escaped. Police believe
she was angered because Ferrlarlo
ha ¿pawned a gift ring and was
unable to redeem It.
Taxicab Strike
S till G ontinues
PORTLAND, Ora., Ang. 2.—
(U P )— The taxicab strike dead
lock continued In Portland today.
Union officers reported that 175
men have signed np and the situ
ation looks favorable.
General Wolf, personal repre
sentative of Director of the Na
tional Budget Lord, will be at
Crater Lake next Monday on a
tour of the weet for the federal
government. General
Wolf la
looking over all government
parks and other propertle» so that
he may better determine the need
for ^appropriations at the next
session of congress. During bis
visit to the northern part of the
state he will be the guest of the
Portland cham*ber of commerce,
and on his trip to this section will
be the guest of the Crater Lake
National Park company.
2000-m ile F light
PORTLAND, Ore., Ang. 3.—
(U P )— All records for long dis
tance flights were beleved to have
O f Drowned Y outh been broken when a homing pig
eon, belonging to R. c . Hamill,
local fancier, flew from Detroit,
PINBDROOK, N. J., Aug. 3.— Mlch.t to Portland a distance of
A highpowered diving lamp has approximately 2QP0 miles.
been used to assist in the search
of muddy waters of the Paaslac
fiver for the body of a 13-year-oId FOREST FIRES FANNED
hoy who drowned after rescuing
MARSHFIELD. Ora.. Aug. 3.—
(IP)—8trong winds over the week
end fanned five new fires in Coos
B utocM Visitor—
county. The fires for the most
Mr. Luce of Luce and Son, part are confined to small tim
Yreka, spent the day m Ashland ber and slashings and the damage
on business.
thus far has not been heavy.
Search for Body
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 3.—
(U P )— Forest fires raging In this
district claimed the first victim
when Nnln Nelson, section fore
man for the Northern Pacific, at
Bonner was horned to death.* it
was revealed yesterday when his,'
body was found near Turah, 12
miles east of Missoula.
Germany P lanning
To Grow Tobacco
BBRLIN, ASg. 2. — Tobacco
growing is to he encouraged In
Germany according U a plan of
the German department of agri
culture. Thl» pina of the depart-,
ment is In line with ita general
policy to make the Vaterland as
Indepenhent M possible from all
foreign Imports.
THE DALBSt Ore., Aug. 3. —
(U P )— The fireman on the S. P.
east-bound train No. 6, was In
stan t/ killed and Engineer Dutch
er seriously injured when the
train, plunged Into a ditoh three
miles west of Lyle, Wash., alhort-
tly before noon today, according
to meager report from Lyle.
The fireman was named Wheel
er. Both he and the engineer liv
ed In Portland. Two passenger
coaches went Into the ditsh. It
is thought the train went into an
open switch, although the exact
cause Is not yet known.
N ot Probe Ca&e
Fighter K illed
Federal Official
Roy Frailer, who formerly was
in the grocery buslnea» here with
his father, and who more recently
has been em poley- by the Union
Oil company, today announced
that he, ha« taken a lease on the
Union Oil filling station at the
corner of First and Main streets,
and will operate it for himself In
the future.
- Mr. Frazier Intends putting in
an oil and greasing rack and will
rontlnue the bnslness along the
same general lnes tut it has been
rondpsted by the oil company. His
lease rrtns for a term of years, it
was said.
Radio Dealers to
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 3—
(U P )— The county grand Jury
Stage E xposition
was advised today by District At
torney Asa Ifeyes that he is rot.
SAN FRANCI8CO, Aug. 3.—
ynt. ready to present further evi
dence upon which possible action (U P )— Radio dealers will be giv
on the McPherson kidnaping mys-‘ en full privileges at the third an-
ual Pacific Coast Radio exposi
tery depends.
tion to be held here August 21 to
23. officials have announced, it
V iolent -Temblor
will be part of the educational
campaign In conjunction with the
Strikes in Ja
exposition.
Heretofore, dealers were re
stricted to attendance during ear
violent earthquake shock struck ly hours of the Bhow before the
here today, sending residents public arrived, but this year deni
scurrying Into streets. The shock ers will be given season tickets.
was the most violent- felt since By this departure, officials believe
February, 1824. Transportation dealers will gather the fullest ed
end communication service has ucational value of the displays by
been disrupted. No injuries were ■observing the interest of the buy
ing public.
*
Cougar is Seen
.
Rome, Italy, Ang. 3— (U P )—
On Astoria Road
The Dirigible Bn 2 fell In the sea
near Oaetea today. Two persons
are reported to have been drown*
ASTORIA, Ore. Aug. 3.— (UP)
ed b u t othern on hoard ware saved' — A cougar loping along the pav
according to dispatches received ed highway near Yonng’a river
here.
fall», 10 mite from Astoria, was
encountered Sunday by Mr. and
Rainier— Heath reíd flnlahed) Mrs. H. Bell of thia city. The anl-
Thurston road* next to he rock- ttal was watched fo i several min
surfaced.
utes before it disappeared.
VISIT LITHIA PARK
While yog are a guest in our alty. ho certain to Yllstt Lithta
Park, a playgronad of many ffteres. with the main entrance
at the Plana, where Natfire’B deepest beauties are fdund
along the walks that lead yon through the forget horder-
R ail O fficial’s
Son is Wounded
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3.—
While surgeon» today prepared to
extract a bullet from the neck of
Walter C. Brewer, gon of a high
Santa Fe railroad official, poller
detectives hunted for a woman
witness to the shooting at the
home of James tC. Battle, local
attorney. Brewer claimed he shot
himself, but Battle, told the po
lice he ran Into one of the room*
In hie home and saw a woman
standing over Brewer with a gun
in her hand.
ft
Silverton— 2,000 acres of mint
flow planted In Willamette Valley,
more planned.
Mrs. Emma Lamm Thatcher,
wife of J. H. Thatcher, died at 2
o’clock this morning at the family
home, 107 Sixth street. She was
71 years ef age. Funeral services
will be held at 2:30 o ’clock to
morrow afternoon from the Dodge
chapel, with burial In Mountain
View cemetery. ,
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Thatcher Is survived by two sons
and three daughters. They are
Fred Thatcher of National City,
and Edward Thatcher and a
daughter of Scottablnff, Neb., and
two daughters in Ashland, Mrs.
Jesse Kruggel and Mrs. Etta
Kitto. The sons were here during
their mother’s last illness and will
remain over for the funeral.
BY PACT. R. MALLON
(IT. P. Stgff Correspondent)'
I.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3. —• Leglsla-
n tlon to limit primary campaign
'- expenditures and to strengthen
H the authority of senatorial Inres-
- tlgatlng committees is being form-
e ed by members of the senate pri
mary committee for introduction
- at the next session of congress.
r
Having uncovered >3,000,000
. spent In the Pennsylvania sena-
r tor la] race a n d | l . 000,000 in the
I Illinois primary, the committee la
- nearing the end of its senatorial
i inquiry with, the following devel-
> opments In prospect.
— A democratic attack against
seating of William 8. Vare, Penn-
■ sylvanie. and Frank L. Smith. Il
linois, republican senatorial nim -
I lneea It they win thetr November
fights.
2-—Legislation to prevent re
currence of the Pennsylvania and
Illinois expenditures,
limiting
amounts for any prospective con
gressional candidates and stipu
lating new election rules.
Preparing Lews
The legislation Is. being prepar
ed for introduction by Reed and
Senators La Follette, republican,
Wisconsin, and King, democrat.
Utah, who comprises a majority
of the committee. They hare In
dicated they would recommend to
the senate a m assure whteh would
set a limit upon the amount each
vote would cost candidates, rath
er than setting a flat sum.
The situation developed by the
refusal of Thomks Cunningham,
Philadelphia politician, to reveal
where he obtained |S 0 ,000 to *
contribute to the Vare campaign,
has prompted the majority trio to
contemplate p r o p o s e la for
strengthening authority or sena
torial Investigating committees.
The committee will reconvene
here to hear more details con
cerning the Illinois primary and
will finish up next week.
Tacoma Man Sent to Prison
For Term of From Two
to Five Years
TACOMA, WW., Aug. 3.— An
drew Halstead, who shot his for
mer wife four time» on July 33
and then wounded himself In a
suicide-attempt, wtU seyve from
Head of Navy Will Try Sal two to five years In the state re
mon Trolling in Alaskan formatory at Monroe. Sentence
Waters •
was passed by Judge Remaan af
ter Halstead pleaded gntKy to a
KETCHIKAN, Alaska Aug. 3.—
charge of second degree assault.
(U P )— Secretary of the Navy
Mrs. Halstead Is still In the hos
Wilbur, arriving here Sunday on
pital, but la out of danger.
his Alaskan Inspection tour, ex
pressed a desire to troll for sal
mon, and today probably will have
his desire fulfilled, as his destroy Eureka Y outh is
er left this morning for the
Q ever Rancher
Wrangel trolling grounds.- The
secetary arrived here aboard the
destroyer Decatur, and despite a
EUREKA, Cal., Ang. S.— (UP)
heavy rain squall motored thr$e — William Hunter 12 years old,
miles to Inspect the navy air son of T. F. Hunter, prominent
squadron of three amphibian rancher near here la probably
planes, now on a mapping expedi the youngest full-fledged mem
tion here.
ber of a cooperative market or
ganisation In California'.
Billy recently signed a market
ing
contract with the California
Eyeshade Burns;
Cattlemens* Association and haa
sold a number of hie own steer»,
Printer Injured the
fattest skipped from thia R a
tion thia year, to the organiza
SEATTLE, Aug 3— While light tion. The lad haa not m ined a
ing a cigarette, the eyeshade of Eureka market meetlne f»»r more
Walter J, Carr, printer, Ignited than a year.
and exploded, singing Carr’s face
and causing damages which he as
Oregon — Fair
say» a< 11000 in a suit filed
against a local store. The eye Wednesday in the
shade was made ef Inflammable cloudy near the co
m aterial,
temperature an* ll|