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.1 Rain i<i west portion tongiht |nd Frdiay. Increasing « southerly ▼inda. QUIPMKNT \ purchasing order to give Has Usen Ashland's Newspaper For Nearly Fifty Y ta r a Wirt Service) VOL. L ASHLAND, OREGON, RSDAY, SEPT, 30,1926 THAT THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW Superior Judge Hardy. Gall ed as Prosecution w it ness Today CASK NSAR8 Those Who Have Failed Register Must Do So This Week Northern Pacific and Great Northern Disclose Their Plans CLIMAX APPROVAL PREDICTED Mrs. Kennedy Collapses During Dramatic ) Moments of Case Wednesday President Donnelly of Jf. P. Haya Decision, Will ' Colne .... Shortly > " LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 30. —(IP)— Superior Judge Carlos 8. Hardy will be summoned as a prosecution witness at the pre liminary bearing of Aimee Semple McPherson op charges of con spiracy, it was announced today by District Attorney Keyes. Judge Hardy was legal advisor for the evangelist during the of ficial probe of her disappearance. He is expected to testify concern ing two “letters of Instruction’’ signed by him and found on the body of R. A. McKinley, blind at torney, who had been employed by Mrs. McPherson to aid in find ing her asserted kidnapers. ter| PORTLAND, Sept. 30. — Con- i taructlon of a Joint Northern Pa- at j clflc - Great Northern line from lu-|Bend to Klamath Palls probably or | will be carried on, regardless of If-jany agreement with the Southern ist Pacific for the use of sections of id- the Natron cut-off which paral- :er lei the proposed route.* accord- m- Ing to Charles Donnelly,’ presi dent of the Northern Pacific. Donnelly, who was in Portland Wednesday with a party of other ' officials said that the Interstate commerce Commissioner Attchl- U son had not given np hope of, ' • getting the railroads to come to i an agreement in central Oregon.! &- Donnelly said that a confer ence of various officials of the Interested railroads would be held In New York soon, but he refused p- to predict the outcome of It. □1 He recalled, however, that in io, the order permitting recent ’ i s ; Southern Pacific development i there was an Intimation that should the Great Nprthefa and Northern Pacific be refused the right of using Southern Pacific trackage in central Oregon, then the Northern Pacific and Great Northern would be permitted to build their joint line independ ently. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 30. — An ominous not of doom settled over the courtroom here» Wed nesday as the last of trio of prosecutors for the state droned out the monotonous recital *of Aimee Semple McPherson’s own story of her kidnaping. Perjury by testimony for the first time took Its place alongside the charges of conspiring to de feat justice as the trio of prose cutors, like three automatons, read into the court records more than 100 pages of the 176 page document transcribed after Mrs. McPherson had* sworn to “tell the troth, the whole truth, and noth ing hut thAtnUk*’ J o Ake ghtad j errors last July 8. ’ Mother Wreaks Down. The nerve wracking pressure of the monotonous, unemotional re citation, which came back like a Miss Florence. Hollmeyer Be boomerang to throw the defense comes Bride of George into confusion,, brought about the Converse collapse of the evangelist’s moth er, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. Although the audience «didn’t Every one of the 176 pages oc suspect it, Dsn Cupid was assist cupying the attention. of the ing st the organ last evening at court can be made a separate the Vining theatre. count In the charge If any detial , Which is to say that George D. Mrs. McPherson is found to have Converse, popular organist, was perjured herself In her story to patting a bit or extra feeling in the recently discharged grand Convicts Convicted of Mur to the music he was providing Jury. der,Are Re-Sentenced at the theatre patrons.. Salem The third day of the trial came And over at thq State Automo to a close with a melodramatic bile Association office in the climax as Deputy District Attor Lithia Springe hotel, Miss Flor ney Dennison objected to the ence Hollmeyer, Ashland manag calling of a defense wtlness. er, was Indulging in frequent day Garbled Statements . J dreams as she gave out road In “Your honor this defendant is formation and other auto tourist a powerful woman,” - Dennison data during what seemed like the • told the court. “The testimony of endless hours of the day. thia witness will give her a mag- 1 But late In the afternoon they* nlficant opportunity to" make a 1 each walked with nonchalant air! out of their respective place of (Continued On Page Three) employment and speeded and west by motor to Jackson-[ ville. From Jacksonville they tra versed the highway back to Med ford, and there, i t St. Marv’a Episcopal church, they were unit The Ashland hotel will give an ed in marriage. informal dance In the dining room Rev. P. K. Hammond of the Wayne W. Wells, biol tmoorrow Arenlng, the music be local Episcopal chnrch, had been ogy Instructor nt the ing furnished through the cour apprised of the plans and met Southern Oregon state tesy of Elhart's book store. A the young couple in .Medford. normal, school, has re new Brunswick Panatrope wiU The only attendants were the cently come into posses be used, feautring fox ttots, bride’s mother and Rev. and Mrs. sion of a real live tarant waltxes and others of the latest William B. Hamilton of Medford. ula which was captured in dance records. Both yonng people are popular California by Walter Red Ashland people are Invited to in this city, and although it had ford, another faculty come to the hotel between 7:30 been known they were to be m»». member, on a vacation and 10 o’clock. A limit of 60 ried some time this fall, they trip south. • couples la necessary and for that made every effort to keep their The tarantula appar reason admission will be by ticket. marriage yesterday a secret. ently has gone on a hung Following the ceremony they Free tickets can be procured by er strike and Mr. Wells’ asking for them at Elhart’s music left on a wedding trip for tho chief problem st the pres north by motor, stopping last department. ent time Is a suitable diet night rft .Grants Pdas. They will be gone About fix weeks. for one of the species of Lycasldae. The students of Mr. Wells’ classes are evinc ing much Interest and he hopes to devote some lit HONG KONG, Sept. 80.— (UP) tle time to a discussion of tt the giant spider, - tt — A large part of the Yeung Mr. Wells said that » Keng fishing fleet, composed of during the first few days tt /ISO vessels and with 8000 per the tarantula appeared i l sons jiboard, are believed to have very ferocious bnt now is tt been destroyed in the typhoon apparently resigned to Its tt which struck thlk section last It Monday. . ' I fate. 1 Hunger Strike is To Hold Dance in On; Big Tarantula New Dining Room Refuses All, Food Fishing Vessels Attendance For . Aye Thought Lost Fair is Broken During the past summer months — and even today — the people of Ashland have learned to their sorrow and financial loss that the present municipal water supply is inadequate. Parched lawns, burned-up home gardens and.drooping fruit trees stand out today as living skeletons of tile drouth which Ashland has experienced. Ashland needs a better supply of water. On* this-point there is a unanimity of Opinion among a vast majority of the jieoplo in every part of the city. ' - » • ; ' - " Responding to an insistent demand for. action,' the mayor and members of the eitya'onncil have worked hard and ineessantlv durincr and enlargement o r/b e city’s water supply. This program ▼ Il be placed before the voters at the general elec tion on Nov. 2 in t te form of a bond issue of $465,000. Competent engineers have bet n employed to investigate every phase of the water situation. T lf .mayor ami members )f the council are placing l>efore the voters th< <e projects which, in tJieir judgment, are urgently needed. The people of Ashland wnnt adequate water facilities, but they want to know how ajnl why and where theiivmoney is being spent. It is* their.right to knoA these things before they are called upon to pass judgment on the various water projects covered in this half million dollar bond issue. « Constituting Rself as spokesman for the people of Ashland, the Daily Tidings has asked the mayor and members of the city council for complete information concerning the water problem. It wanted to know all facts aboutieacli and every project. It wanted the full reports and recommendations of the engineers. It wanted detailed information on all estimates. In other word?, The Tidings asked the mayor and council to lav their cards on the. Iff Me—face upward. — And that re q * s| has been granted. The books have been- thrown open. ’Every step of the water program has been made available. The mayor antbeouncil have agreed that the public is entitled to all the facts-, and they haw asked that they he given the widest possible puhlicijy. j With this information nt its disposal, The Tidings is glad of this opportunity. Starting next Monday afternoon, it proposes to go into even’ phase of the Water situation and the remedies which flic major and council are offering to the voters in the half million dollar bond Each day for in indefinite period, The Tidings will to,its readers official facts and figures concerning the various projects which are embraced within this program of improvement. The mayor and council, their corps of engineers and experts, will stand hack of every statement contained in this series of articles. The Tidings lielieves it will he performing a public duty in pre senting this water question in its entirety to the people of Ashland. It is glad of this opportunity to be of service. It wishes at this time to express its thanks to the mayor and members of the council for their courtesy is so promptly responding to this request for complete in formation. The Tidings urges each and every citizen to read this series of articles through to the end. It is tke belief of this newspaper that the future of the city rests upon a proper solution of the water situation. IVe N ever C?t H u ng ry Any M ore • WOÜUhT AHRP IF W p serve up se w eiw a APPBÏÏZlMq o c e h a vwiue sSÂMS OLP foü lC Ä L linotype Machine and Heavy Dutv Saw to Arrive N«xt Week Demonstrating conclusively Two Prison Inmates Dig Heroic Deaths in Fight- s their faith In the continued growth and prosperity of Ashland ing Big Fire and its surrounding territory, contracta were signed, yesterday by The Tidings managment call PRAISKD BY GOVBRNOB ing for the Installation of a new Rxecnthrn Declares Mea H Model Eight Linotype machine, Moro Than Paid Debt to and a Miller Heavy Duty saw. Society The Linotype machine i8 the lat est made by the Merganthaler company, and will augument the -CARBON CITY. Nev.. Sept. 50; present equipment of the Tidings — The two state prisoners who to such an extent that this publi lost their lives fighting a forest cation will take equal rank with and brush fire which burned t£ some of the larger papera on the the outskirts of Carson City w ilt coast. Advertisers will be given be bnried with nil the .honors of a larger assortment of type faces a state funernU Oovernor Scrugham issued a than they have had at their dis posal heretofore, and the paper statement this afternoon declar will be enabled to handle a larg ing that J. E. Mitchell, serving a er volume of newa than has been state prison term for assault with intemt to kill, and George' Brown, the custom In the past. The layman has ordinarily lit convicted burglar, had “paid thelf tle conception of the cost of debt to society,” and that because equipping a modern newspaper they died protecting Nevada’* office, but some Idea of the In capital from destruction by fire' vestment necessary to give Ash "society ig now In debt to them.'! Public Burial land an up-to-date paper can be The burial will be In a publio realised when It Is known that the new machine*alone entails a Cemetery and not behind prison cost of nearly »5000, exclusive walls. of freight and erection charges. Three were killed by t h j The contract calls for the In flames. In addition to Mitchell stallation of the machine not and Brown. Ralph Morse, Indian »«ter than the middle - of next section hand, perished when trapi week. A special factory repre* ped between rushing walls of Two others were seriously burned. Showers late today put an end to the forest and brush fire men* ace so far as the Navada state capital was concerned, bnt 80«: ings. The mechanical suparvls Indian boys from the Carson City Ion will be under Emmet Indian school Ware wa/cklng the Gillings, machlnst - operator oi fire araa to prevent further out tok « Tidings, fftperintondoM Barg of the meohanloal depart The blase had {extended! to ment made the selection of the within half a mile of the county model and type faces, poor farffi and to a point lew* j The new saw will greatly facil- than a mile from the Indian | itate the work In the mechanical school. department and will play afi In tegra! part in the general ’me chanical efficiency of the Tidings. While these two pieces o f ma-1 chinery art the largest that pres ent plans call for they are bnt a a fore-runner to other purchases that are to be made In the near future. » I Appreciation of the snpport accorded the Ashland Y. M. C. A. as well as the general Improvement In The Tidings is given in a letter received bv ’he Tidings this week from W. Walter, general secretary of AU 43 Miners at Ironwood the local Y. M. C. A. His letter follows: Mich.. Brought un From Ashland, O n. Oave-in Shaft Sept. 87, 1888 >pt. SO. Mr. C. J. Read, ' starved Ashland Tidings, 1 night Ashland, Oregon, irly six My Dear Mr. Read: sir mine Too often we are prone to t under- express our appreciation of through many things and many men la onr community, until it is too late. I feel it my duty to ex press to you my appreciation for the two very A m editorials . recently appearing in yonr . ppaer regarding the work of The Young Men’s Christina Association. These editorials show a keen insight into the Frederick Stelwer. republican fine work being accmopUshed candidate for United States sen by the Y. M. C. A., and are ator, la expected to be the chief very timely and to tke point. speaker at the Kiwanis clnb Not only do I wink to iTgnen luncheon tomorrow noon at the my appreciation tor these edi Lithia Springs hotel. Mr. Steiw- torials alone, but I like the er will he In this section of the I whole tone o f the* paper, -tke state for the remainder of the booster spirit, tke many added week a n d ’the KIwnninns will ex featares, and many otker tend to him an Invitation to ad- chan gee, which give Ashland drsss the club. Some special mu a paper to he pro«« of. and sic will be provided for the one which speaks the Aakland luncheon. spirit. I f^r one am anxious to offer my services to hank you In thia fine spirit.' and policy, and I covet for yon tko solid snpport o f those in tkul city who believe in Ashland, I and who wnnt a paper that to-1 MINNEAPOLIS^ Minn., Sept. 30.— (U P ) — Senator Borah of fleets as Tke Tidings d«M, tka I spirit of tke city. I Idaho, chairman of tha senate Cordially yearn, Zl foreign relations committee, to W. F. WALTER, i I day charged that France Is us ing money rightfully due the United States for a militaristic program. , 1 Appreciation Given Tidings By Local Man Steiwer May Talk To Kiwanis Club ^fPbSLtCAr* afetiKciAT*» France Spending Monev for Armv