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LONDON. Oet.
tA.-— (Ul
New»)— O ut iato the ethor
l ( a n ito destination, tha
tag message sputtered f»OBS’
government wireless stetlofa
direction of the sender, D r. Mane-
field, a prominent spiritualist
who paid for his Interplanetary
message at the rate of S I cents a
Rugby promptly
Wednesdays
word, or a total of t l O . l t . tor
the 28 words, and, the address., .
Dr. Robtnon’a message waa pre
faced by tote letter' "M " repeated
nine times and then
“OBR”
which ia Rugby’s ball station.
at
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“ Opestl tolpitta s e c o » !» .’’
O F F IC Z R B U N D Z R TIRE
These three word», alta*»
be a part of' the M artin latori
were repeated fiver time« tar
Conspiracy Case tn O toaao RM*
eral Gonrt Produces
,
BY H . O. HOUSER ’
United News Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Oct. 88. — Behind
the story of how 816,000,000
worth of sacramental wines trick
led down unidnctlfled throats ]
here In 1084 was aa amasing
tala of g raft and cormptlou in
the ranks o f the dry slenths, so- (
cording to testimony against for
mer Prohibition Director Percy
B. Owen and State Senator Lowell j
B. Mason, on tria l for conspiracy
to violate the Volstead act.
This side of the picture was ,
told from the stand today by
H arry < R. Schlau, a bathhouse
proprietor and admitted ‘‘go-be
tween’'' man for wine dealers
who sought to slake the thirsts
of their, “congregations," and
Owen who issued thO sacramen
tal wine permits.
Grand Ji
a t San Tran-
Crooks Gives Jobs
liete High-
To snip the nsual red taqe In
Union Officers
volved with the issuance of a
permit, Schlau eaid, aides of the
SAN FRANCISCO, CaU Oct. 88
wine rin g w en given jobs as dry ,
sleuths to investigate the stead- ,
ing of applicants for permits. i
Invariably this meant approval <
of the -permit gad the collection ,
of a 8300 fqe by Louis Abeleou, |
a “Oxer,” who divided with the i
Abeleou, who also
s t e a d , corroborated ' Staten”'
story with the - exception of ac-
casing O w e n an d that he Pieter
who frequently caaitoaed tea
boys “ to bp sure a ll transactions
were leffhl.**
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Scheme O M Iteed
mb
The business began eerty In
1984, when Schlau aald ka slip
ped Owen 859 In a glove. I t was
Abelson who s u g g e s t e d “the
racket” to him, Schlau said, and
by the end of the year fees were
coming In- amounts as "high as
81.690. Ahelson’s scheme as out
lined by Schlau was to line up n
lot of wine dealers w illing to pay
money for sacramental wine per
mits. S c h l a u , as n friend of
Owen’s was to Induce the prohi
bition director to cooperate; with
Owens help friendly. Investiga
tors could be appointed, and
then It would be nil over but the
collecting.
j
,
Price Is Raised
Bach dealer paid 8100 for a
pernjit which entitled him to
distribute 2,000 gallons of wine.
Later the fee was rajsed tq 8400
as the business progressed to
great proportions and greater
risks, according to Schlnn.
So far no direct testimony has
been Introduced to show «hut
Mason, the “dry” csar,' shared In
the graft.
th e case is declared by federal
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CHICAGO. Oct.
t i : — (United
J l i r i j r ^ A merchant p r I n c e *g
philosophy. Of wealth wan revealed
poafkamouefty here when the will
of John O. 'Shedd, late head of
Marshall Field and company, dis
posing, of. 816(816,000, was filed
for ppobate.
D uring *hte'life time, while he
wan still yoeng enough to enjoy
the fruits of good work Shedd
gave millions of dollars to charity
but of the vast fortune that ha
left at his neath sot a cent goea
to charitable objects.
ff-;»« Big Aquarians
Oae of the gifts« that made
Shedd a nationally k'nown phil
anthropist was the 88.090,000”
which he gave tq Chicago for the
oonatruction of a large aquarium
la Grant Park.
"D aring my life I have made
what I regarded as appropriate
gifts to charity,” Shedd wrote ia
his w ill, app aren tly. explaining
why a ll of -his estate was being
deft to frietode and itoletivea.-
PO RTLA N D, Ore.. Oqt. 2».—
( U P ) - A f t e r he had entered thq
J. C. Roudy hon»e and frightebyd
the occupants tete the street, '-to'
man giving the nam e of Axel
M ikklesea. was arrested here and
held in eonnectfon wfh PorttaslTb
three mystery deaths early today.
The- fam ily called the police after
the man entered the hopse and
was found upstairs in bed.
’ ’,
I t was skid a t police headgear-
ters that his description answers
test of the man seen, about the
home« of the three women who
died mysteriously leaf w o G t**J r
Negroes Protest,)
Academy Rumors
N E W YO RK, Oet. 1 8 —H Baited
News)— An alleged r e f lu ii by
B the United States naval acadatay
football tpqm tp play Coleste na-
’ lesa Ray Vaughan a colored plajp
• er, was kept on the bench, le
condemned fa» p p ro le » forAatd«
» ed to t» e BnctnOgry # the- Navy
W ilb e r, by the KptloitoÎ fi «tonie
tiim df Óslotad
7
'D YUS' admitted hors (hat f i /
I
Marshfield Boy
Killed By Auto
prosecutors to Involve one of the
M A R S H F IE L D . Or«., Oet. 88.
largest liquor conspiracies yet nn- -AHom er Jarnos, 9, son of Mrs. 8.
cov©r©d in th© middle w©*t.
Jambs, M illington, was almost in
stantly killed on the
hlghwgy
near here lqte Tuedday afternoon
when he waa struck by a car d riv
en by Mrs. Bessie McElkern of
North Bend.
.. /
According to wltneeaee, the lad
wae coming homo from, eohoo)
SACRAMENTO. CgL. Oet. 28. and had beef hanging on tha
— (United News)-—Gold mining hack of a track. He- suddenlv
is still profitable in Cnllternla.
dropped off and Mrs. McElkern,
• Using a dilapidated automobile -driving behind the Other vehicle
engine for power, W . D. W ilson could not stop In time to avoid
extracted 21144.worth of <Old ia. : t>0 aocWent.
>z..' t
”
four days.
Wtlsqn’s claim is
known ns the Rainbow » la p , and.
is located In the Indian erebk ¡¿na
tion of .the. mother lode regtoa.
GoldMinhig
Still Profitable
Bids On Sty
To Be I
t P O R T L A N D . Ore., Oct. 28.-*-
Saunders Funeral ' (,UP).—
W hether the j . O
Bril!
Plans Announced bid nt I b 6 .||l. tor thy Ptioknr
stern« to Qregpn or two neb bids
Funeral aowtcee* fori Man* >. B. wUl fan accepted w ill be teeltted
nndnayteod to A ?
SbundOrs, who paaaod snray'Mon-j Nfftodkr,
day a fter a lingering IH qow , blM . by„^edncal JAdge Benn. The Pe-
ternoon fr o » the JzP . Dodge «tod poet o! the redOlver on Oei. i l ,
be held nt 1 o’elnuk tetnorrosr nf- recommended that the B rill bid
Sons chapel. Burial will ha In be accepted h a t'e la te thrti two
new bids hhve
received
Ashland cemetery. «.
been
HEARING N E A R S CLOSE
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 88. —
(United Prune) — F. M. C lark
of Philadelphia, chairman o f the
executive board of the Portland
Electric Power company, appear
ing before Senator McNary In
Reports Received tot Capital the election Investigation now
Say That 8000 Lost
under way, today denied a report
Lives
/
that hie company had paid The
Oregonian 836,000 to cduee the
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. -87.
defeat of Senator Stanfield.
■— (United News) —- An uncon
“The company is not In poli
firmed report from Erivnn, Rus
tic s /a a affects .candidates,’’ M r.
sian Armenia, says that 6,000
Clark said.
people were killed during the
earthquakes last week end In that
D E N IA L M AD E
section. ,
W
ASHING
TO N, D. C„ Oct. 28.
It says that the towns of Alach-
Ir. Echmladxln. Uenihayaxid and — (United Press) — W alter
Gheumrl were completely de Hayes, .vice-president of the Na
stroyed while phrts of Alexand- tional Securities company? today
denied that he ever charged.that
roplls were demolished.
the Portland Electric Power com
pany gave 836,000 to the Port
land Oregonian to cause the de
feat of Senator 'Stanfield.
“ I never heard of the com
pany,. hO” sat*,
,
There
E ligible
to Cast Ballota in
Oregon
SALEM, Oct. 2 8 — A total of
369,836 voters in Oregon have
registered to cast their ballots Ja
the coming election, according to
Secretary of State Same B. Kospr
The list le compiled by the pis'
ju rt ^ f the oouaty ^clerks o i
EXPENSES LIS T E D
W ASHING TO N, p. C„ Oct. 88.
— (United press) — Frederick
8teiwcr, republican candidate for
senator from Oregon, reported
receipts of 81000 from the state
committee, 88600 from ’ the an-'
tional committee a n d '8688 spent
personally In his campaign. He
also ackeoAlqdge *82760 c h is to
? was spatot'Vy.fcty, ehmpatga-com-
NEW PO R 'h R. I j Oet. 8 8 ^ - ?
-(United N ew s)^-G loria
Morgan
Vanderbilt, widow ot the late Reg ’ PO RTLA N D. Oct. 28. — On
inald Claypole Vanderbilt, t h e ' their bid of 24.160; thq W illam et
“ prince of spefiders,” will have to te Iro a and Steel works of this
city was awarded tee’ contract for
he satisfied with a paltry legacy 1
of 888,qOO, -.,••••
■ J fish screen fq r the turbines at
Savage rapids d a » on the Rogue
Reginald w/ded through a for- 1
tu n e 'o f'm o re than a million dol
lars And died just 8276,000 :n
debt. After all the debts were
paid, two handsome estates and
the furniture, there waa le ft |8X .-
000 .to r Mrs. Vanderbilt.
The village council of Porta-
moujh, where VanderM lt’s pala
tial oou a try house was leeated,
sat as a probate court this after
noon, aad granted the «M ow
882,000 In the final wind ap of
u
the affairs of the estate.
,
MHJHL 0<u.
(United
Prodsj^rBehafw’ jam ss A. ROed.
chairman of the senatorial In
vestigation committee, today an
nounced he would ask Senator
McNary of Oregon to Investigate
N EW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.—
expenditures made in the Arisona
( U F j — The -ItentnOhip \LoOlslana
primaries
was sunk at South Paas, near the
mouth of the Mississippi river
early today ia a collision with
The bodies of 60,000 eats,
tha.steamer Madison. - The ouly
casualty listed ergs a‘-panic htylck- which are destroyed by the B rit
oa Member of the crew who leap ish S. P. C. A. annually, Sire
ed overboard add was .drowued. turned over to a fur dealer In
return for a fixed sum.
The Madlso’n was undamaged.
W«»/_
LOB ANGELES, Oct. 18.—
(United Nows)— -Carl Dane; for
mer
carpenter,
whose rote
of “Slim” in “The Big PaTade ’
brougfat him fame and fortune lu
the movies overnight, secured a
divorce here Wednesday from
B »m a Dane.
B U C R A lt
18.— (Unit
ed Neyrsl— Hope tept RamiLntsto
risii pii resources. »Oy >e uaod op
security' fbr a tytott steOet loan to
this noontry has been egpro«ty)l
by MIntstOr of Financo Impedite
la aa fexclneive interview
with
The letters were Judged on
their excellence ns gennine boost
er lOtter» for Ashland, giving rea
sons, why, in the opinion of the
writers, persona In other sectlqnj
should visit this city.
D ETR O IT, Oct.
88.— (United
News)— Frank
Ttnney,
black
face comedian, , ia establishing
what doctors here believe may be
a record fqr seml-conSctonsness.
Tin nay. who was brought to
the St. M ary’s hospital oa Octo
ber 2, suffering with pleurisy, has
bepn In a coma for 25 days.
“It is the longest I have ever
seen a man remain In this state,"
Dr. L. F. Hysllp, Tlnney’s physi
cian, said tonight.
Tlnney seems to he regaining
his physical strength, but does
not appear to be working out ot
his semi-consciousness.
the Mystic Shrine, whose member
ship is spread over all Southern
Oregon, Is to make a pilgrimage
and stags a ceremonial at Rose
burg, oa Thursday, November 18,
(or which extensive preparations
are In the making.
“Slim” b Given'*
Divorce Decree
F 0 R T IA .N D , Oct. 82 — Thdmas
K. Campbell, chairman o f . the
Oregon public Service oommlssiofi,
died hpre Wednesday. He was
for many years a-teadev In the
regelatMd of railroads aud oth
er utilities. ’ *
,
t
Another defense wltseea., Lea-
lie Swan. handwriting expert, is
scheduled to precede young Wine-
man and point out symptoms oP
"doctoring“ in ten penmanship of
speclmebs found It the. Carmel
cottage and at Ocean. Park beach,
where Mrs, McPherson prepared
the notes tar her naw famous
“light and dnrknesa" sermon.
The defense will attempt tq
have young Wiseman brand fata»'
certain details of hie mother’s
journeys to Salinas and Carmel
la her role aa prodneer of “ Mias*
X .’’ He accompanied his mother,
on several such expeditions, it*
was developed from her teeth
daoay.
It was Indicated that argu
ments would be In order before
Thursday's session was coacladi
ed, ,but no intimation of thelf,
length was to be had from elthm*
side.
Hillah Temple
Plans Session Mussolini Says
Italy Is Solid
Hillah Temple of Ashland ot
«ABO TWV
Thomas C
M esin torthuid
Lyle Ashcraft, a student at the
Southern Oregon State Normal
school, won first prise In the let
ter writing contest as conducted T}w
by The Ashland Tidings.
,
Mrs. Albert Segsworth won sec-
ond prise end Mrs. Mamie Dudley
yron third prlie.
These awards were announced
today noon by Jthe judges' who
read the letters submitted their ,, .
findings. The Judges were J. K.
h
H ardy, president of the Kiwanls * ‘
club; O. F. Carson, president of P . .
the chamber of commereo; G. A W
B r is c o e .
superintendent o f
Schools; J. A. Churchill,
pr,esl- the
dent of the normal school, and two
Mr». P. K. Hammond, vlce-presl- ca le
dent of the Women’s Civic club. wral
The Judges also asked that Ted
Kinney, a normal school student,
11
e given honorable mention for that
la letter, which they said was of
exceptional merit.
fenBI
The oantest created ' clty-wlde menl
Interest as was evidenced by the w*tn
large number of entries, and the tMtt
judges fennd it a difficult task to been
eliminate many letters which they
regarded almost equal to those
A
which they placed as the three dran
highest.
leng
Thq three prise winners will be old
special guests of the Kiwanls club ed t<
tomorrow noon nt which time the We
eaah awards of f l l . 210 and 15« man
the
Collision Sinks
River Steamship
Screen Ordered
B E R L IN .
Oct.
28.— (United
News)— The Telegraph Union has
published a dispatch fr o » its Bel
grade, Jugo-Slavta correspondent,
In which he quotes Bucharest re
ports that the health of King Fer
dinand of Rumania has taken a
most serious turn, nocesMtatlng a
cable to Queen Maris, which re
quested her to dlscoatinse hoi
American trip and return home
immediately.
f
■, Confirmation
of the report
from other, sources is’, lacking.
W itnesses T
N ot PM
definite objection to Vaughan’s
playing-was-Jn the h an d s -a t the
asaoclatiah.
W idow of "Prince df Spend
ers” W ill Receive Just
<
$82,000
i
Queen Marie May be A sked
to Return to , Rumania
Normal Student Hig
Letter Contest; Oth
Winners Named
I AJCVSK P P
S££
á&W/WWf AS
mucrs X ffas
O N
Parept-Teacher
Congress Opens
ROME, Oct. 88.— ( U n i t e d
News)— No force In the world
and especially no external force
can break the unity of fascist
Italy, Ptemlsr Museoltdl said
Wednesday In a message sent tjie
newspaper Tribune as his com
ment on Thursday’s fourth anni
versary of the fascist march od
Rome.
SALEM, Oct. 88.—
(United
N ew s)— Nearly 800-
delegates
from all sections ot Oregon were
in attendance nt the 21-et aannal
convention at the Oregon. Oou-
V k V tV H . 111., Oet. 88.— (U P )
gress of Parents aad Teachers,
which opened here Tuesday night Several hundred poseeaaen are
eearchlng the countryside today
for a four day session.
for three »embers of the gang
who entered the postefttee -here
ebrly today »ad shot Harry Swan
son* mall slork. who wan alone nt
tha time. Swenson Is believed td
be fatally Injured.
Posse Searching
For Mail Outlaws
W r j-
VA
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Comedian Is Sued
By Pretty Dancer
Shubert comedian, has been given
nn opportunity to ‘laugh off a
100,000 damage suit summons
served by attortoeys for Kathryn
Ray. another Broadway favo<ite
hitherto billed a» tew “»oat beau
tiful woman
Ute world:“
b
Londob'i' dtoltWna eoftti
500.000 tods o f ' tehhteh
year, removal of which
700.00« pohada.
Bids Are
,.r- ‘F ori