r a r 1* ’I I' J j 1 . L.1J ■■■' * H a*« Fair tonight i mqàk change W f . No< iperatujre. .. fé] H l ’ * < B-« ■ . “ g Gisnjtìe' winds. /yewnpopec For RECEIVED IT? S A MESSAGE SPIRITUALIST ■ * .• r « j } Ä REAL MONEY AND IT COST ! Am&sing Tale o f Graft and Corruption R evealed at T rial »; 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 mite » “ 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.** • 4 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 ■ <»». 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 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 0e 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 * j H 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