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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
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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.!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. ' - »
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Appreciation
Given Tidings
By Local Man
Steiwer May Talk
To Kiwanis Club
^fPbSLtCAr*
afetiKciAT*»
France Spending
Monev for Armv