LYI
Cannot surrive three month« in
the rieh ozonp i t Ashland. Pure
domestic water helps.
AS]
Without
nine
This
Fpr Nearly Fifty Years
TOU XWX
to the
Volute 41
lir W
AY, ÀUQIJST 13, 1926
e
r
NEW YORK HAS
Pl
IT BIG OUTBREAK
WITH LAWLESS
n
HIT BY AUTO
Kenneth Cohrs, Aged
Years, Almost
Inst
_ Insta»
Killed Here
Log Angeles Fruit Man Vic
tim of Police System
Below Border
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13.— J. H,
Grande, an American, and owner
of the Grande Fruit company hf
DRIVER EXONERATED Loa Angelee. la in Jail here. on
chargee of fraud, having been
Max Crowaon Not to be Held for held incommunicado between Au
gust 3 and August S.
Death o f Prineville
Tenth
Grande was arrested on charges
Sy the Mexican Banana company
Leanotli Colirn,_6-year-old that he defrauded that organisa
»-son o$ * R. E. Lee of tion in the sale of nine carloads
step-S<m
Prinevifls. w as almost in- of bananas. After the sale had
•atantly killed nt 5 o ’clock been made he came to Mexico to
last evening when he wnsr make new arrangements and was
arrested while signing a contract.
struck down by an automo
The American
consulate is
bile driven by Max L. Crow- working on the case, as the law
son of 253 E ighth street. Tile permits a prisoner to be held In-'
tragic accident occurred a t
only
hour,
« . . . 72
7» .____
NO. 292
HONORS » u s sh W HERI R. GREER
Of M SPELLS
WINS TRIBUTE
ARE CAPTURED
FROM YIHIHG
BY AUXILIARY
SHALL BOY I S M U n
t
D CLIMATE
Jé o f medieine cures
it of ten of asthm a.
ovèn fact.
Lone Pine District to De
juan I Water Now Being
Held in Storage
Three Police Officers Are
Killed Within Past
>lx Days
BANDITRY ~RUNB RIOT
Publisher of The Tidings is
Loving Cup Awarded Ash
land Unit Because of
Splendid Record
BEND. Aug. 13.—-(U P )—Thetr Given Credit for Bandi ng
2000 acres of ■cultivated laud fac
Lithia Park
ed by ruin unless they secure wa
ter, settlers of the Lone Pine ir NEED MORE PROGRESS
OTHER PRIZES GIVEN rigation
district of Crook county
Burglaries, Slayings, Holdups and
Mrs. J. E. Builets and Mrs. C. E. rill make an effort to secure the ¡ Conservative Element Hurtta*
sto ra g e which they a ré e n title d 1
Other Crimea Are
Ashland, Saya Speaker ;
Shinn Badk Freni Marshfield
to in the North Canal com p an /j
■ ItaiMwteil
.
Other Matters
Session
reservoir at Craino P rairie, It was)
here today.
*
A man who lies hovering be
i Ashland’s American
Legion learned
NEW YORK, Aug.'13.— On one
The Lone Pine district origin- ¡
tween life and death in a Cali
of the summer's hot. sticky day«
Auxiliary leads the state.
a policeman’s bullet killed a gun
Such waa the
information ally held its water rights from fornia hospital, making the final,
brought l»ack from the state con the Central Oregon Irrigation hut what appears to be the losing
man, and gunmen's bullets killed
district?; Thfs was transferred ta battle of his career, was given
one policeman and
seriously
vention at Marshfield by Mrs.
the Norfli Canal company by the' earnest and sincere praise for his
wounded another .while an offic
John E. Enders hnd Mrs. C. B.
C.
O. I„j and failure of the canal’ vision and progressive spirit at
er, slain Saturday night by sus
Shinn, who represented the local
company
to store' water at Craine the Kiwanis club luncheon today
pected robbers, was buried. In
auxiliary at the state-wide gath
*“
Pratrts has resulted In the pres noon.
ering.
the
8|X ’*“*■ three police have
ent situation
That man is Bert R. Greer, pub
been shot and killed.
- << . <
A silver loving Cup was pre
the corner of East Mam and I
________ _______
lisher of The Tidings, whose life
While gunmen and police were
sented to the Ashland auxiliary
hangs In the balance.
shooting it oat in Manhattan, a
for having the largest Increase in
courtly bandit, directing three
membership during the year of
Vining Lauds Publisher
any unit in Oregon.
rough looking assistants, held up
The bleeding and 'uncon
The tribute to Mr. Greer came
a bank la Queers and got away
Cl tat Ions Given
scious boy was picked up by
from the eager lips of Irving E.
with 313,000.
A citation from Washington, D.
R. E. Detrick who carried
Vining, who turned back a few
On top of this came a report
C., and another from Salem were,
him upstairs to the office of
pages in Ashland’s civic history
One
of
Heirs
Demands
$10,-
that
a
safe
in
Brooklyn
^had
been
given the auxiliary for meritor Man Held at Santa Barbara and retold the history, of the
Dy. F. G. Sweden burg. The
000,000 in New York
is Lunatic, Asserts
opened a few days ago and 3000
ious servjce during the past year.
fight which culminated in giving
boy died in the physician's
Litigation
-
Prosecutor
In
cash
takfen.
The Ashland auxiliary car in
to the people of Ashland the pres
arras a moment after he had
FLETCHES the HUSBAMO
It was tbs worst crime outbreak
the big convention parade was
ent beautiful Lithia Park.
reached the office.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.— John
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Aug.
awarded second prize from among
It was Bert R. Greer who con
According to versions given last H. Perry, attorney representing In New York In months. Those
Fletcher.
He
threatened
Horrl-
13.—
(U P )— Philip H.
Brown,
scores of entries. The car was
night to District Attorney Qhaaey, Mbs. Josephine Scirppe of Mira charged with law enforcement im
ceived the park idea. It was he
gan
with
a
gun,
burned
him
with
mediately got into action.
decorated by the two delegates suspected strangler of landladies
Coroner Conger. Clilef of Police
matches, struck him with a whip, and was on the same line as the will b«v examined Ity an alienist' who had the vision and courage
mar. Calif-, today announced here
Gene
PJerce,
i
30-year-old
ne
McNabb and other officials, young that he had filed a claim at Ham-
and heat him* with his fists, after car which won honors in. th« and probably placed in asylum. It to turn- his dream into a reality,
gro who admitted killing John M
Crowson was driving east on*
binding him. One of Horrigan’s Fourth of July parade here this was announced late yesterday af and it is men of progress and vis
Maia street and had almost taken"! nt°?I ° h,° ’ aRa,nBt the ®atate ®?‘ Singer an automobile squad de-
ion, such as Bert R. Greer proved
ed The t a t X X , ^ 2 L 1 l the
E W 8<'r'PP*> founder tectta .'a t police headquarters,! , n&iW H FLfKMBO tta W ir t
eyes is closed, as a result of the year.
ternoon. The alleged strangler,
to he that Ashland needs at the
, Intersection when the- of the Scripps-Howard newspa-
Because they attended all ses qccused of attacking and choking present time, declared Mr, Vin
Walker H. Fletcher, St. Paul, beating. Horrigan and Mrs. Flet
Cohra lad, in compady with two
-w -i-w ’•■w - was indicted for first degree mur
cher
deny
Fletcher’s
charges.
How
several womett In various coast
othar children, started to,cross the,
The claim aaserta that 310 - der seven hours after his arret*, (Minn.) manufacturer, tied Ed Fletcher tied Horrigan and tor sions of the convention, Mrs. cities, is held here In connection ing In his glowing tribute. ,
ten
hours
after
the
shooting.
Enders and Mrs. Shinn were pre
ward Horrigan, his life - long
Too Many Conservatives
*<reet. As they walked out irons ( 107,334 la dne th« Mtate of thP
Magistrate Bowers Increased friend. In a chair and , tortured tured him la shown lp the large sented with a myrtlewood garel With the murder of Mrs. Ollie B.
The speaker referred, too, to
behind the parked car. they were ,atp Jamea o Scrlppa from that
Russell.
bail from 3500 to 35,000 for a him for five hours because, Me photo, which was posed by report and base.
the Lithia Springs hotel which or
almost directly 1* the path of the of „1. father. , t ig baaed on an I j prisoner
charged with carrying a said, Horrigan had kissed Mm ers.
.Brown is plainly insane accord iginated in the minds of pro
AU of these trophies are now
on-coming machine.
alleged agreement made by the concealed weapon without a per ---------------------------------------------
on display at the Raggedy Ann ing ■ to District Attorney Clarence gressive business meh of the Ki
, Tried to Save Tad
elder Scripps with his sons. James mit, when Assistant District At
Ward. Officials are also'lnvesti wanis club. He spoke of the au
Sweet Shop>
I
The two other tots scurried and John, now dead, by which
gating to learn whether or no( he to camp, which he termed a pres
Special Guests
back to tafety, but the Cobra boy they would receive 50 percent of torney White attributed the recent
killings
of
policemen
to
gun
tot
, Ashland's two delegates were was in Seattle at the 'time Sylvia ent disgrace because of the lack
raw headlong Into the street ah J ' | be promts a«4 increments Of the
em.
,"•-•■
highly gratified with the snceesu Galne* wsAmurdgred. .
e f suitable cabins. There are too
was struck down by the ahfo.| J getippa
Scripps enterprises
enterprises from 1908
Follows
Report*
of the local auxiliary as manifest
many conservative business men
Mr. Crowson told the investiga 1 when James became manager of
Ironically enough the crime
ed through the rewards. Both
In this city who will not keep
tors he made every effort to avoid i the Scripps newspapers.
women
were
special
guests
at
a
outbreak came after publication
step
with the march of progress,
striking the lad, but was unable to
Former Employe of Mrs.
luncheon aboard the destroyer
Wednesday of a statement of War
he declared-
swerve sufficiently to one side
WOODMERE, N. Y., Aug. IS.—
Hall Wi ithhoiding Evi
Paul7 Hamilton in Coos Bay hsr-
den Lawes o f Sing Sing, who said Three'armed bandits today held
Mr. Vining declared that the
because of the parked autos. In
dence, is Claim
bord, and also attended the sea J
that killing is safer than robbing up the Hewlett-Woodmere Nation
Kiwanis club has perhaps the best
bis Veport of the * tragedy, be
under the present laws. The war al bank here and escaped with an
opportunity to do things of anr
placed the blame .with the cars
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Aug. 13. food dinner on .the lower bav
which was attended by 2700 dele Scottish Rite News Bureau club on the coast, because the Ki-
den
pointed
out
that,
where
pun
which were parked too close to
estimated total of between 320,- — (U P )— Mrs. Louis Geist Rlehl,
ishment for robbery may ran as 000 and 330.000. There was no former maid in the home of Mrs. gates and visitors.
Assails Stand Taken by, wanians, all of them progressive
the street Intersection.
Mr. Enders and Dr. Shinn were
high as 40 years imprisonment, a shooting. The bandits arrived in*! Frances Stevens Hall, today was
business men, must combat the
Catholics
After the officials made a
conservative element which is
thorough investigation last night Firpt Year of Ownership Un- second degree murder sentence is a aedaa shortly after the bank had shown a dispatch from San Fran delegates from the legion post,
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 18. keeping this city too far In the
only from 20 ¿ears to life.
they decided an Inquest would not - der Thomas Hill Shows
I opened, and Just after the door jf cisco in which Henry L. Dickman, and although they did not Tara so
—
(UP) — A statement assailing background of civic development.
Record •
weli
as
their
wives
In
the
matter
He also revealed that not one , the vault had swung open.
be necessary as the tragic affair
former state trooper. Intimating
of awards, they reported that the Knights of Columbus for at
John M. Throne, lieutenant
o f’the killers of six policemen in
appeared to have been unavoid
that the house maid is withhold
Thomas Hill, proprietor of the! NeW York tb„ year bad 5een gen.
Ashland had received special tempting to force Intervention in governor of the Kiwanis clubs of
able. It was said that young
ing
Important
information
in
the
Plaza Grocery, is today celebrat tenced to the electric chair.
Mexico’s religious dispute was is this district, spoke briefly, giving
Crowson was not driving at an ex
Hril-MUls mufder case. She de mention on exceeding its member
ing his first anniversary as owner
ship
quota
and
for
other
services
sued
here by the Scottish Rite his idea of a true Ktwanlan. He
cessive rate of speed.
Robber Killed
led she kiiew anything that has
•
of the store. Mr. Hill sayq^that
rendered the legion during the News Bureau. T h ez statement also urged a good attendance at .
Live at Prineville
n
left
untold.
It
was
an
The
first
of
Wednesday’s
the business has increased 400
drew a reply from J. J. Flaherty, the district convention at Eugene^
The boy’s mother and step-fath
nounced today that the war de past year.
percent since he took over the deaths came -when Patrolman
supreme
knight, who said that next week, as did Henry Enderr,
The
four
delegates
returned
er liv e at Prineville. The step
partment will be asked how soon
ownership of the store and he is John P. Cook killed Michael Mc
members of the Knights of Coliiro who gave an outline of the pro
home
last
evening.
father la a painter employed by
highly gratified with conditions Donald, who was In flight from Richard Reese Whittemore Dickman can he brought here as
bus in Mexico are entitled to pro gram and told members what they
the Union
Oil
company
he Is a prisoner in California for
- ...- .«
—
-~...■'--y and has
'“ generally In the city. Mr. t Hill a chain grocery, where he had
Hanged
at
At
Baltimore
Baltin
tection.
might expect in the way of «ai
been here for several days doing. *
'
desertion from the army.
This
Mi
Morning
says that his steady advertising in been frustrated in a robbery at
glons
and entertainment.
painting work for the local oil
The Tidings has done much to tempt In the course of which the
Gordon Claycomb gave a piano
stations. .
manager of the atore was shot.
BALTIMORE, Md„ Aug. 13.—
swell his volume of business.
solo and Orville Hall gave a
The body was. removed to the
Cook hifaself was wounded by (U P )— Richard Reese Whitte
couple
of vocal solos. The enter
undertaking establishment of H.
the bandit.
more, bandit leader, was hanged
tainment of the boys was round
Speaking
last
night
at
the
Ash
C. Stock, deputy coroner, where
■ John Hutchinson, manager of here today. With his death the
ly applauded.
land Chautauqua on “Three Red
it le being prepared for shipment.
the store, was treated for- a bul last of the Whittemore gang
O. F. Carson, president of the
I
Symbols”
Evangelist
Barney
It will he taken back to Prine
let wound In the chin.
which stole over 31.000,000, paid
— :—
1
chamber
of commerce, urged a >.
Moore
said
thaY
the
great
red
v ille tonight for hnrlal.
Alleged Relations W it h
A short time after, Police Com the penalty for their crimes. More Than 30.000 Acres in
big delegation to attend the Tra'l
drafon
of
the
twelfth
chapter
of
Daughter
to
be
Basis
of
Police declared last night that
missioner John R. Laughlin learn Death, disease and prison have
Path of Timber Flames,
to Rail celebration at Eugene on
Revelation was the devil and th it
in their belief the head-oh sys
Another Trial
ed of the shooting, and issued a, claimed the others. Whittemore,
is
Report
August 19 and 30.
at
one
time
he
had
been
a
mighty
tem of parking Is largely re Former Chauffeur for Jackie statement saying he would de who was 28 years old, wenl to his
Jack Edwards will be in charge
angel
but
pride
got
into
him
i
a
SEATTLE.
Wash.,
Aug.
13.—
sponsible for the fatal accident.
BEND, Ore.,’Aug. 13.— (UP) —
Coogan Family f Kil
ills
mand imprisonment for life for death uamovad. He was hanged
of
the program for next week.
As soon as the lad walked put
Himself
any one who shot at a policeman. for the murder of Robert Hottman Three large forest fires covering he fell as recorded In Ezekiel and (U P)— If Wallace Gaines Is found
other
books
of
the
Bible.
"He
nays
not guilty of the charge of mur
from behind the angle-parked cars
Word reached
headquarters a prison guard.
approximately 30,000 acres are
that every drop of blood ever shed dering his daughter. Sylvia, he
he was directly in the line of traf
SAN DIEOO, Cal., Aug. IS .— that another murder had been
burning fiercely in Central Ore-i
fic. Had parallel parking been (U P )— Hunted on a charge of at committed. John Imbergano was
gon timber. They are out of con-1 in the earth was caused by the will be prosecuted on grave charg
in vogne, they say the motorist tempted murder, Herman Shipley killed in the hallway of his tene-
'trol end sweeping through valu great Adversary, and that the es Involving the girl, it was an
could have avoided striking him
alias John McRae, former chauf-1 ment, and his wife, Concetta, was
able yellow pine and fir, covering reason for the red flag of Russin nounced here today by Ewing D.
feur for the family of Jackie Coo- shot in the leg.
an entire township near Super and the terrible carnage that h.*n Colvin, state prosecutor. He said
gan, was found dead with a self-
Pine mountain In Northern Klam been going on there and is start-[ evidence concerning Gaines* re
When Detective Singer was. shot
inflicted rifle wound at the Coo- questioning Pierce in police head
ath county. In the dry Fort Rock tag anew is that they— the peo-i latlons with the girl convinced
SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Aug.
gan ranch near Campo late yes quarters Pierce had been arrested
district of the Deschutes national pie of Russia, turned away from him ho should be punished re
13.—
A little more than a ysar af
gardless
of
the
outcome
of
the
Ood
and
worshipped
the
devil.
|
terday. Shipley had engaged in a in connection with an automobile
forest the fire rune through five
ter
Santa
Barbara’s earthquake,
present
tfi»l.
Rev.
Moore
believes
that
Mus
gun fight , with Joseph Block, theft. The questioning was in
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 13. miles of privately owned , and
the city is about to realise a fur
solini
is
going
to
get
more
power
1
nfghtwatchman at the Coogan terrupted when Pierce, with Sing — For years Moaes Armstrong government
timber.
Another
ther benefit from that dlsaeter.
-
WORCESTER, Man., Aug. 13. home, last Tuesday.
er’s permission, had stepped to hoarded his savings against his is reported to have Jutdped the than even the Kaiser ever dream
The city council has Just adopted
ed
of,
and
is
going
to
unite
torn(
—Ernest T. Trachan, barber,
the other side of the room for a old age and fear of the poor house. Metolious rtyer and la * raging
zoning law from which there
France,
Russia
and
Italy
and
merged his shop with that of Miss
drink. When Pierce returned But ee he got very old his mem through timber oq the Warm
can
be no appeal. The law has
other states preparatory to the)
Jane A. oche, beauty expert. The
Singer was leaning over his desk. ory deserted him, and his hoard, Springs reservation.
no relief clause.
wielding
of
his
great
dictatorship
j
business merger merged into m»’ -
His back, with the service re moved from place to place la
ALBANY, Ang. 13.— Susanne
over natlony.
,
THM WEATHER ’
rtage. Tuesday the couple left on
volver stung over the hip, was to-, magpie fashion, is now lost He
’ a
Frager,
8-year-old daughter of
(Oragon—
Fgir
In
Interior
and
cannot
remember
where
he
plac
their honeymoon trip.
ward Pierce.
Mr. ahd Mrs. Sam Frager, was
’’Look ont,” some one shouted. ed it last time. Almost broken cloudy along the coast tonight
SPRINGFIELD, Maas., Aug. 13
fatally Injured when she wrs
hearted, Ira has gone to the poor- and Saturday. Warmer In the ln-
It
was
too
late.
Pierce
had
grab
— Thinking It easy to loot the
strdek by a cannery truck here.
lurase. while neighbors are hunt- tarior and humidity generally be-«
home of Dr. E. A. Oase In Jils abv bed the revolver, and there was a
tag
high
and
low.
>
low
normal,
(tontle,
winds.
sence on a call, While remember crack, of shots as the detective
H ----------- - t H r
—
r
SOMERVILLE. N. J.. Ang- » -
ing that only the crippled daugh feU.
—
Still carrying tne revolver the
— (U P)— Warrants charging
NEW YORK, Ang. 13.— A taxi
ter of the doctor was at hotae. a
men with the murder ef Rer. 1
burglar brokw into the place and negro ran out of the building.
cab is a public utility and its driv
MT. CARROLL. 111., Aug. 18.— was packing away the physician’s Three hours later he was caught.
er« cant’ pick customers who want
ward H. Hall and Mra j
Whilé you ata a gnsst ln our City, he oisrtata to vil«it Llthla
Startled out of Her sleep by. a cash box whan Mias Ella Gaze The tobbery dt th e Hewlett Wood-
long rides only, a tombs court
DAYTON, O.. Aug. 13.— Lien-j Mills wars tssM
Park. a playgronnd of manv ¿bree, wtth the mata entrance
mire
National
hank,
where
|1
3
,-
dream that hep home was on fire, wheeled Into the worn with a
magistrate
decided
when
he
fin
tenant
Barksdale, well known noon by Alexander I
at the Plaaa. Whers Nature'g vleepest beaatlee «re fonad
Ruth Ittenour, 33, suffered Intern pointed rirtrolveh The burglar 000 was etolen, was simple. Wast
ed Harry Llsbler |1 0 for refusing army aviator. was killed shortly lal proeecutor. I
along the Walka that lead yo« tbrongh the fortot hordsr-
tag on Ashland creek.
'
i
'
al injuries when she Jumped from made off. .The girl loat bar two ing no time the robbers herded I
to transport a police woman six i afler noon today when his plans veal the Identity >
(Continued On Pag« Two) *
ed In the warranto.
her second-etory bedroom window. limbs In a wreck feur years ago.
blocks.
I crashed, to the ground.
i
• ■■
S im la E i WILL BE
i W f l l J ASYLUM.
DEFENDANT IN SUIT
M EM
»» AW
CRITICIZE m i s
ON MEXICAN DISPUTE
THE I U M H J
NOTORWITS BANDIT ' „
PAYS LAST PENALTY
a
S E K FIBES«
BLAZING N M BEND
Evangelist Has
Many Prophecies
GAINES WILL FACE
CHARGE OF ATTACK
IE
Santa Barbara is
Law Within Law;
There’s No Appeal
Forgets Where He
Hides Wealth; is
Now in Poorhouse
Barber Shows He
Is Speedy Worker
____■ • ' A
Albany Child is
Fatally Wounded *
Legless Girl is
Robbery Heroine
Two Are Charged
With Hall Murder
Taxicab Driver
Given $10 Fine
Girl Injured in
Fall From Window
VISIT LITHIA PARK
/ •
I .
Flier is Killed )
When Plane Falls