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MALARIA GJ3BMS
Cannot survive three months in
the rich ozone at Ashland.. Pure
domestic water .helps.
VOL. XLIX
The
Ft
Has Been Ashland's
Successor to Ute Semi-Weekly Tidings, W>lsme 41
D aily T idings
Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Years
T O L A N D CUMATE
W it//
ie use of medicinç cores
! uin '■ ís out of ten of asthma.
Tr i f a proven fact.
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ASm,AND, OREOQN, Wtr>NK8DAY, AUGUST 11.192G
NO. 29Q
COUNCIL ORDERS WATER IMPROVEMENTS
CRIMINALS . IN WOUNDEB ROBBERS- HAIL MURDER
A H BEING SOUGHT
W COUNTRY AFJER GUN BATTLE PROBE AGAIN
ARE ORGANIZED
STRIKES SNAG
PROSECUTION I M M
¡VOTERS
CHOSEN DIRECTORS
ATTEMPTS i TO AT LAKE 0’ WOODS BE ASKED TO
SHOW MOTIVE
GIVE ANSWER
li ¡ajo
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Two Men and Woman Flee
to Timber After Garage
‘Holdup. Today
Noted Detective Tells Jewel
er«’ Convention About
System
>r. Norris Killed
Family of
#äfe-.',r
Irving E. Vining and Mrs.
Jack Edwards Named
by Association
VaTSdTiSii
'•SLölpliSi
BBW
Cd-S-S-i
LöiäiiiLi
Witness on Which the State
Relied Denies Story
‘Previously
Told
f
.
Sensational Evidence Sought
to be Given in Gaines
Murder Trial
Garence II. Underwood, Klam Four Projects to Give City
Adequate Supply Ap
ath Falls druggist, was elected
proved by Council
president of the Lake of the
Woods
Association
during
a
meet
PROTECTION 18 URGED
BITTERLY CONTESTED
ing of the 66 permitees Sunday ACTION IS UNANIMOUS
S£- "X- «(*
Underworld Government in Hard
afternoon
at the Lake.“:."
Defense Block» Every Effort to
i Si Si Si .y ' i
. g a ■ i
to Combat, Declare«
Other officers to be elected Storage Dam, New R eservoir,
Show Any Vnnatnrnl Ixive
More "Irrigation W ater
Speaker
were Mrs. H arry Ackley, of Klam
Affair
A re Suggested
ath Falls, secretary, C. E. Gates . f
Medford,
Irving
E.
Vining
and
P H IL A D E L P H IA . Au».
11.—
üsí S í P- ,
SEA TTLE, Wash., Aug. 11.—
( U P )— There are two govern
(U P ) — Forced by the defense to Mrs. Jack Edwards, both of Ash
Ashland was assnred of
ment« in this country, the govern
Itattle every inch of the way, the land. were named as directors.
an adequate water, supply for
f t ;
D. B. Campbell of Klamath many years to come when
ment of the law-abiding and that
prosecution In t-he Gaines murder
of the underworld, «aid Herhert
case today sought to Introduce Falls is retiring president of the the city council, by unani
X
8. Mosher, of Pinkerton’« Nation
; testimony to show that Wlallace association.
mous vote last night, ap
Lake of the Woods Association proved
al Detective Agency, in an add re kb
Gaines had an unnatural affec-
of four separate
here today before the annual con
• tion for his daughter. Sylvia, and was formed five years ago when water iiqprovenient projects
vention of th% American Nation
that this affection was the motive those who were given permits which it will submit to the
front the forestry service banded voters at the general elec
al Retail Jewelers’' Association.
jS iÄ s
I for the killing.
§ 0 »
Mosher emphasized the thor
This line of questioning follow together in order Lo obtain im tion in Npvemher.
ough organization or criminals,
ed a ruling by the court that evi provements" and concessions for
Here are the four proiects
pointing out they spend months
Here is the family of D. E. Chipps, Fort Worth (Tex. dence concerning alleged improper th«^ lake. It is necessary for peti on which the peonle will he
planning Jobberies and making
lumberman who was shot Io death by Rev. .J. Frank relations could not be introduced tions to pass through the associa asked to make a final decis
every arrangement in advnnce,
unless it is directly
connected tion’s hands before granted by the ion;
Norris, evangelist, in the study of Dr. Norris’ church. with
even to the extent » of securing
forestry service, one Of the sum
a
motive
for
the
murder.
Husband Com plains
Construction of a storage
The son’s name is Elliott.
counsel *and bail in case they are
mer home owners explained yes
The city council by unanimous
In
spite
of
this
sensational
line
James Mills, husband of tbe
dam
in Ashland creek can-
arrested.
vote last night decided to purchase
of evidence which « the state is terday.
murdered Woman, complained last
von
which
is expected to
Crooks are Smart
At present there are 66 permit-
1 1 -acres of land southeast of the
seeking to bring Into the case.
night
that
Henry
Carpenter,
double
the
present
output .of
“ The crooks get the lay of pie city from Archie M iller. The land
Gaines continues tq maintain his ecs and almost that many cot
brother of Mrs, H all, bad never
ci
tv
water.
laad. study the protective fea- w ill be used as a city garbage
spirit, outwardly at least, and tages or summer homes. When
been
questioned, when
those
New Resemoir
tnree, calculate the chances of ground. The land was offered to
feels confident that the state a permit is obtained from the for
questioned four years ago, are
Construction
of an auxil
getting caught, and frequently ar the city for 11-600 on easy pay
will be unable to produce any ma estry service it is necessary to
now being examined by state po
iary
reservoir
on
Crowson
range fo r the sale of-the loot,be- ments. The city attorney was fn-
terial evidence which might tend build a home within a year on life
lice. and State Senator Alexander
hill,
which
would
equalize’
fore the Job 1« pulled.” Mosher I structed to draw tip the necessary
De Armond Property Near Charlee B. Rifner .Native of to show any unnatural love af- j land or the permit 16 revoked.
the present pressure und
said. “ This calls for a business ; legal papers. Council members i Simpson, the special prosecutor,
f
a
ir
J
4wtween
fath
er
and
daughte
r,
j
Oregon, Dies After Short
Swan Lake Threatened
Would likewise provide ad
Testimony that Gaines quarrel
organization and has resulted in have inspected the land and de appointed by Governor Hurry
Illness
by
Forest
Fire
Moore
to
ferret
out
the
fact«
and
ditional fire protection.
ed with his daughter about a|
the setting up of the so-called clare it to be'an ideal site for the
present them to the grand jury.
Extension,
replacement
month
before
the
slaying
was'
government of the underworld.
purpose.
K L A M A T H FALLS, Ore., Aug.
Charles D.
Rifner, aged 70
Twelve witnesses were quest I I . v - (LP) — W ith a fortune Igji^gars. pioneer resident of J^ckRon •given this afternoon by Andreas:
and enlarging of present dis
"This underworld government
The-council authorize^ the con-
tribution system in, order to
hks its mere* cedes of communi stvtietion of a - short sewer on ioned ineisdfn*’ Jam«« Mills, h as- tlmbwr and the De Armond sa w ; county, died at « local hospital to- Nacgli. a druggist, who- declwred I
take ertre of the increased
cation from one city 'to another Coolidge street.
H. O. Wolcott ba«d of Mrs. Eleanor Mills, - the m ill threatened, a crew of 260 day after a brief illness. Funeral he had seen Gaines pull Sylvia!
supply and provide the city
and often arrangements are made and O. F. Carson askpd to sub dead choir singer, and after sev men is fighting a forest fire in the arrangements have not yet been from an automobile.
In advance for counsel and bail In m it bids for the purchase of * lot eral »others are questioned Simp j hills near Swan Lake, about eight complete«!.
with adequate mains for the
Cyril E. Johns testified that
Evangelist Not- Decided
the event of arrest.’’ •
future.
from the city a t ' the corner On son’s official review of the case miles west of here.
M r. Rifner was born in Oregon Gaines was a heavy drinker:
She Will Go to Arizona
will close.
'
sometimes drinking straight alco
This organization of the un Third and A streets.
Purchase of 400 additional
The Are line-is from 10 -to 15 and ,had spent most of bis life in
Again
Seek
New
Ix-juls
hol. Johns further testified that
derworld can only be.coped with
feet
of water from the Talent
miles long and a narrow road Jackson county. His parents cros
The testimony will be compar
one time Gaines, in referring to
by equal cooperation on the part
Irrigation
district.
LOS ANOELES, Aug. 1 1 .-
separates it, from the De Armond sed the plains to Oregon by ox
ed with that of.fo u r yeata ago for
his daughter, said' “ I get so mad
o f the pnblic, Mosher said.
Meters Undecided
( U P )— Amlhe Semple McPhera
m ill where 200,000 "feet of lum team. He saw the first railroad
some times I could ohoke her.”
¡ discrepancies and
possible new
"Citizens who shirk Jury duty
These four proposals, to-,
train go through Ashland.
\
on. evangelist, states that she
ber are now stored.
leads which may help in the solu
and w ill not aid the authorities in
gether
with a -fifth, were
bad not. definitely decided wheth
He was married to Gertrude
tion of the baffling mystery.
prosecutions are playing into the
submitted
to the council hv
er
she
would
go
to
Douglas.
Ariz..
Haskins in 1886. His wife died
hands of crooks," be declared. “It
“This time the guilty ones are
Oct. 29( 1909.
He is survived^
to Inspect the newly found cabin Councilman JJa^lqx—jphe one
is your duty to give your police
Bellview Community - Club going to get theirs,” Mills said,
in which she claims she was held proposal on which members
by two daughters,
Mrs.
Paul
and prosecuting authorities all the
upon leaving state police head
Function Brings Spon
captive by three kidnapers foi of the council were not
Gulley, with whom he made his
help you can to have criminals
quarters here. “ I can’t n a / any
sors Tidy Snm
lowing her disappearance May 18. agreed was the installation
home, and Mrs. Claude Downing
convicted and after conrlction yeu
thing about the case now, let us
“I haven’t made any definite of water meters throughout
of "Alhambra. California. He also
should use your Influence to see
Old-time dances - were erijoyed wait awhile and see what hap
Is survived by a sister, Mrs. M. Esoa^M Li’uatic in Califor decision regarding a trip to Doug the city. This is a nnestion
that the prisoner is not given a by Ashland folks and many from pens."
Ruler of Trail to Rail Cele H. Schroyer of Long Beach, Cal. nia Thought to bp Sought las.” Mrs. McPherson told the which will come up for fur
parole or pardon.”
surrounding
districts at Ltthia
ther consideration nt a later
Strangler
United Press laRt night.
bration Will be Crowned
The deceased was widely known
Protection Necessary
Park last night at the benefit
meeting.
“
At
the
moment
I
am
confront
throughout
the.county.
He
spent
at Jubilee
Mosher urged the Jewelers to dance given for the Bellview Com-
SAN B ER N AR D IN O . Cal.. Aug. ed by my church duties."
The cost of these various
much of his time at his home
i
take more adequate measures to munity club.
A tidy sum was
11.
— (LP) — P. H. Brown, nn
EUGENE, Aug. 11.— The cere stead ranch in Johnson Prairie.
projects
and other engineer
protect their establishments point realized ^for the fund which w ill
escaped inmate from the Patton
mony of Queen Zusanna, ruler of
ing
features
will he workod
ing out that crooks of today nev
insane asylum here, has been, par- i
be used In the construction of a
the T ra il to Rail celebration, will
out
by
the
engineqrinsr
staff
er take unnecessary chances.
ttally Identified by Santa B arbara!
club house.
«,
,
be held on the campus of the Uni
ns
speedily
as
possible
in
“I f a Jewelry store, or any
authorities as the slayer of Mrs. |
Members of the club announced
versity of Oregon, August 20, and
order
that
everv
phase
of
the
other place of business, is pro
Ollie B. Russell. Mrs. Russell was |
today that construction of the Voters May be Asked to w ill be In the ndture of a mem
projected water improve
tected, the crooks w ill let It
strangled to death on June 24th
hntlding would
get under way
orial
serVice
to
Henry
Villard
ment
plans can be laid he-
Authorize Purchase of
alone,” he Bald. “That is whv
of this year.
Brown denied ho
early in September and would be
pioneer
railroad
builder
and
ber.e
'ore
the
voters several weeks
New Truck
more than 94 per cent of,the 6,000
factor of the nniverslty.
completed In time for the fall •
was implicated in the murder of Advertising Man and Young prior to the November elec-
-
menlbers oj the Jewelers’ Secur
club and social activities. •
Governor Pierce .and William Son Finds Mutilated Bodies Sylvia Gaines at Seattle ns dis
Daughter Lose Lives in
Ashland is in ■ need of new fire
ion. The«» engineering re
ity Alliance have not been moles
patches
from
there
intimated.
Another dance w ill be given equipment, in the belief of Fire Sproule, president of the South
Flames
ports will be ariven by the
ted. When you stop' to think of
of Parents When He
Bro#n is alleged to have mur
before the building is started. Chief Baughman and Councilman ern Pacific company, w ill be pre*
engineer selectd l\v City*
Returns Home
ft. It Is really remarkable that 94
SAN LU IS OBISPO. Cal.. Au<_
ent
and
w
ill
take
part
in
the
cere
dered
various women In Pacific
This
will
be
an-old-tim
e
dance
at
Taylor. A t the council meeting
Manager Malone to make a
out of every hundred Jewelers
11 — (LP) — Nyles Hyatt, Bur water survey as well as City
mony.
*
, GARY, Jnd.. Aug. 11.— Anoth coast states.
who belong to this crime fighting Jackson Hot Springs on Aug. 31. last night, Mr. Taylor announced
lingame advertising man, form
er
grim
mystery
is
puzzling
po
that
he
is
seriously
thinking
of
ngineer Walker.
,
organization have not lost a dol
erly employed on an Oakland
lice here. The mutilated bodies
asking the council to place on the
Estimated Cost
la r to the criminal horde. More
newspaper, was burned to death
of Mrs. Nicholas Dobosan, aged
ballot a proposal to purchase a
Members of the cbunci,
than a third of those who sus
with his young daughter early to
* IP*'
48,
and
her
husband,
were
found
Combination
hosei
and
chemical
ast night appeared to'favor
tained losses were victims of win
day in an automobile wreck neqr
truck.
In their home here today, when
dow smashing« a fte r
closing
a site near the Winhnrn log
Atascadero.
their son, who had been absent
The present truck is getting old
hours.
'
M c M in n v il l e , or^.. Aug. n .
— (U P )— Twe men and a woman
who are believed to have robbed
a garage at Dallas early today are
OTHER DISCREPANCIES
being songht in the heavy timber
near here.
Neveral Others Connected With
They drove Into town after a
Case Seek to Shield Those
gun battle with local authorities
Accused
who were looking for them on
advice from Dalian.
SO M E R V IL L E . N. J.f Aug. 11.
They wrecked their car and
(IP)— Investigators of the H all
fled into the timber on fdot. It M ills murders were again block
is believed that one of them ie In ed tonight when Mrs. Anna W h it
jured.
•
aker, dessrlbed as a friend of
Mrs. Eleanor Mills denied she had
any knowledge of jealousy on the
part of
Mrs. Frances
Stevens
H all, charged with the mhrder.
She had previously been quot
ed by W illard Wiener, a reporter,
that Mr». Eleanor Mills, the choir
Eleven Acres Southwest of singer kiHed when the minister
City Bought Frpm
had confided she feared the effect
Archie Miller
of Mrs. H a ll’s feeling toward her.
It
GARBAGE BUMP SITE
X s iS I«
ut '
11
KLAMATH SAW MILL
IN PAIR 01 BLAZE
IÏ
OF COUNTY DIES
K
OLD TIME DANCE IS
EN JOYED BY C O D S
» A T S SI ÄYFR IS
o n M i l TO
REIGN ON ADG. 20
FIREAPPARATUSIS
DECLARED BIG NEED
Former Resident
Of Ashland Here
To Visit Friends
“These figures show that crim
inals, as a rule, act deliberately
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Andrews, of
and are not drug addict^ who rob Corona, C alif.,
are visiting In
while under the Influence of Ashland for several days. They
dope.”
‘
'
are located in the camp grounds.
M r. Andrews firs t came to Ash-
-land in 1874, and was connected
with the Ashland Woolen Mills,
and he aleo was one of thg^trst
to organise the Ashland Tidings.
There were 400 people located in
this city a t that time. In 1882,
M EXICO C IT Y , Aug. 11.— (LP)
he went to Klam ath county, where
— American officials here said
he worked for the government.
they had
received word
front
W hile there, he acquired tome
Guadalajara confirming previous land, which he sold to C. C. Cun
reports that between 60 and 60 ningham. who later becamg« the
persons were killed
In rioting mayor of Ashland-
when the religious laws ware
Mr. Andrews returned to Ash
made effective.. For the present land and worked again for the
all is reported to be quiet.
Woolen M ills nntll 1890,
iirhon
he went to Salem and helped to
THE WEATHER
•ta rt the Thomas Kay Weolen
M ills there.
•
• Oregon — F air in interior and
Ed Farlow, and Henry Emery,
cloudy along the fcoasfi tonight
Confirm Reports
Of Riot Deaths
and Thu reday.
were located In Ashland when Mr.
Mr. Andrews lived h efe
ESTRANGED COUPLE
IN DEATH MYSTERY
Prison Inmate is
Believer in Good
References Given
for several days, returned homo
and may break down at any time,
The «ouple had been estranged.
it was declared. The truck a few
week« ago broke down while re
JESSBY tCITY, N. J., Aug. 11-
sponding to a fire and it was — Piqued because she had been
several days before it was again given detailed instructions for
in service.
’ -
'
working fn the kitchen of the Es
To Refurid Money
On Talent Water
sex county penitentiary br Mr<''
Ferdinand Hogp, the matron, an
Inmate said:
**I hope you do not question
my honesty and integrity. Mf
you do I ahall furnish references
from the matron of every piece I
SEATTLE, Aug. 11.— (U P )—
have »erred.” The women had
Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
been arrested tor larceny."
Herbert Hoover
Will Come West
merce, will be in Seattle Ang. 21,
to deliver the principal addrers
kt the annual meeting of tHe Co
lumbia Basin Irrigation league.
PORTLAND., Aug. 11. — A
special invitation Is being extend
ed by the Portland chamber of
commerce, and Hoover’s vlist hete
is likely.
, -
r
Classified Ads m a g
IS 100 BUSY
10 FOLLOW DP CLUE
Tiding» Advertising Pays.
*
Ashland residents whose irrigat
ing N^fter is under the Talent dis
trict system and who have already
paid their water bills for August
wUl have the money for Irrigation
water refunded to them.
This
action was voted by the council
last night.
The Talent district
water will not be available dur
ing the present month.
VISIT LITHIA PARK
While yon are • guest in our city, be certain to vllalt Llthls
Park. * playgronnd of manv Ceres, with the main entrance
at the Plow , where Nature's deepest beauties are found
along tbe walks that lead yon through the forest border
ing og Atkload week.
Hubby Disliked
WifeTs Shingle
And Raised Cain
cabin for the storage dnm.
althpuarh this, of course, will
Tom Thumb Home be left to the rejxirt of the
engineers. The auxiliary
Sold; Was Great reservoir on Crowson hill
would cost between $30.000
and
$40.000, in the opinion o f
Märk Years Ago
Citv Engineer Walker. The
purchase, in perpetuity, of
M IQ D L E B O R O ,’Mass., Aug. 11. j jqq additicnnl feet of w stet
M EXICO C IT Y , Aug. 11.— Ang
ered because hl» w ife had indulg
ed In a "shingle bob,” Salvador
Urlble, of Taouba, attempted to
«have off her hair and then
threatened her with a pistol. She
escaped to her mother and »ent
the police to handle Salvador.
— The house which Tom Thumb fro m f h o T ftle n t ir r ic a t i o n
America'» greatest m idget- district would cost $40.000,
a U rlb le 'is cooltng off, and the
built half a century ago to serve while no estimate was made
w ife rags she is happy.
a » a memorial to himself after
of the cost of improving and
hl» death, la to be »old.
extending the distribution
mansion, built in tho hey system.
These fiirures, as
day \> f the dwarf's spectaculnrw e j| flg
eonstrnct.-
career, Is of English architecture,, j n<r
pforo(rp
modeled after the home of an i on|,Tn,’ t f ^
, Rf c r
N E W YO R K C IT Y . Aug. 11.— actress whom hie diet during on« f” poors.
( U P )— H arry O. Callahan and of hts tours of Great Britain. I t
Thqs council «"reed
Howard J. Porterm wanted nt contains eleven rooms. comMn- mate a personal ¡p?
Spoksns. Waeb., on charges of Ing midget features with those of
of Ashland Creek c»pv
stealing mall from
apartment ordinary proportions,
•
week from next Thi
hotlse boxee, were arrested here I
H a lf hidden by trees and sot
and
will devote the
today as tha steamer Msnchurlo far back from the street. It la
day
to
the work, in
arrived. They w ill be returned to one of ths show places of tbs
(Continued
On
town.
Spokan».
Suspected Mail
Thieves Caught