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Bain tonight and
K 8PAY, D S C 1, 1926
Seven aad sixty-eight '.end-
hundredths laches of rata toll
in Aahlaad during the month
of November, 1188. which Is
the third k u f l M t amount of
rain that has fallen 1« any ea h
month since 1882, or In «
BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.—
‘{ U N )—-W ith the legal phases of
Hotel Is Beene c i Gay Party tbslr war la this section against
When Golf Enthusiasts the Pacific coast rum ring com
pleted, federal officials conduct-
Gather
fag the campaign arc transferring
Ju rors Announced
PRIZE8 ARE AWARDED thetr activities to Southern Cali Claim
They
Ea-vor Aoqnittal
fornia, where developments of a
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Putting Contests for Both Men highly sensational nature' are an
ticipated.
WORRY OYER WITNESS
Forty-two men and two women
are being sought on warrants Is
AmldM a galaxy of colorful sued here ns the resu lt-ef feder
decoratmu, one hundred apd fifty al grand Jury Indictments charg
Ashland golf enthusiasts gathered ing a gigantic conspiracy to vio
At the L ith la Sprigs hoteLend en late prohibiUonpfews.
joyed the first Golf Dinner' dance
Mrs. Mabel W elker
W Ule-
to be held In thia city, last night. brandt, ^assistant United States
The a ffa ir which started with an attorney general, left for Los An
excellent dinner, n t seven o’clock, geles tonight to go before a grand
nnd ended nt midnight, after a Jury there w ith evidence which
couple of hours of dancing waa was expected to result In Indict
highly auceeaaful, w ith these at ments against nearly 100 persons,
tending Joining in the spirit of including several prominent offic
Ike occasion w ithout
reserve. ials.
Victor Mills, vice-president o f the
The retsrn of the indictments
chamber of commerce and chair here came early Tuesday a fte r a
man of the genera^ arrangements 10 hour special session o f the
committee of tho dinner dance? Jury. Mrs. ' W illsbraudt, after
presided, and In his usual genial presenting a huge "quantity of e ri-
manner called tor the introduc left the Jury room at 12:00 a. m.
tion of guests and briefly out Six minutes later the blanket In
lined some of the things that Were dictment was voted and la anoth
to take place throughout the er three minutes had been return
evening-
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court, f r h t r t I t waa plqeed on the
guests were given time to Inspect secret file.
the many golf exhibits e f local
Names of those Indicted were
merchants which were placed on guarded sealoualy although It was
both the lobby, and aesaaalne conceded that they Included Joe
floors.
These exhibits showed Parents, San Francisco bootlegg
much work and Interest on the ing king; J. W . W ard, millionaire
part of 'local merchants and did British Columbia liqnor dealer,
much to make- the party a success end a number of officials o f the
ful one.
Coaaolidated Exporters, ltd ., of
Following this inspection tour, Vancouver, B. C.- Bell in most
contests were staged la the ball cases was fixed at 020,000.
room of the hotel, under the dl-
rectlon of BUly Selkirk, profes
or heart disease before the case
sional for the club. The ladles
coaid be brought to tria l again.
had a putting coptast of tÄ 0 r
.¡ijiR tW
the testjinoay pf the
the man participating. . Winners
in the ladled contest were, Mrs.
c . 9. Rand, ftrpu' fi eupwp uf one
golf lessons, given*by B illy SeF-
klrk. Second prise, Mrs. Conrey,
a pair of golf stooklngs from Mc
Gee«. Third prise, Mrs. Louis
Dodge, golf stockingc from End
ers. Fourth prise, Miss H all, a
course of golf lessons, donated by
the L ith la Springs Hotel. F ifth
prise, Mr. Bacus, a pair of golf
(dockings from Isaacs.
Winners in the men’s division
were, First, O. M. F ranklin, P a t
ting disk from Provo Hardware.
Second, Earl Crow, Golf Sweater
from M illers Toggery. Th ird E. C.
High, Cap, Golden Rule Store.
R. H. Price, a ro ll of adhesive
tape from the Lithla Pharmacy.
Following the contest,.. B illy
Selkirk, gave a demonstration
of sotfie of the shots made la
golf, as well as etiquette to be
followed while on the course.
President of the G o lf Club, Louis
Dodge and secretary, O. W inter,
were in tro d u c e . at 'the banquet,
and both expressed themselves as
being well pleased w ith the* pro
gress befhg made locally. Mesle
throughout the dinner hour as
well as foL the dancing wad fu r
nished by th e Loveland-Provost
orchestra.
Community singing
under the direction of Lou Han
son did mudh to enliven-the din
ner hour program.
*
Those present last night are
looking forward to andtksr event
sponsored by the chamber o f com
merce, and sim ilar to last night’s
festivities on the evening o f De
cember 21 at the H otel Ashland.
D.O.K.K. Ph
Ceremonifil
Extensive preparations are be
ing made fo r the D. O. K .. K i
eeremonial which, w ill he held
here on the afternoon add eve
ning of Dec. 11th, according . to
plana announced today. <Mea>-
bers ef the order from a ll,. sOc-
ttona of Southern Ofegen aad
Northern California w ill ha h e n
for the gathering. r '
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There w in he a banquet at Odd
Fellows hhll (nithe early evening,
w ith the ceremonial s OS St sa and
initiation to be held dk UW »dr*
mory following the banqnet. I t
to expected that at least M P wlU
be here for thw eerestM lak ' 4
yeatW.
according
to
Loup»
Dodge, local weather observe?.
la November, 1185, P.P in
ches o f rain toll In Ashland
and In 1*01, the record fo r the
month was P.1P laches. Last
year, daring the month o f No
vember, l . M inches fell.
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Adminiptmtion of M ilitai
Dollar Bstato is
Settled
LOS»ANGELES, Dec. 1 — (UN)
— An ancient one pound Swiss
watch carried everywhere by a
cattleman over his vast Montana,
cattle lands half a century ago
proved an important factor in
court battle here today, that re
sulted in Mrs. Rose Story Hogan
'Leipg named adm inistratrix > of
the famed 11,000,000 Story edr
yfriaally Impossible..
j Due to the fact that many ln-
rcuirlea have been made, ee to
iwhat constitutes
a navigable
stream, deputy game warden Roy
Parr, asked fo r and, secured a
definite ruling from the attorney
generals office. This ruling Is as
fellows:
«
h “ It Is sufficient If It Is capable
Lot floating veasels, boats or other
craft, or rafts of logs, or logs In
^quantities to make It of commer
cial value. And it has also been
held that a stream though too
small to float lofis, la navigable
.If it is large enough to float
shingle bolts after heavy rains
ejid during freshets which Occur
with periodical regularity In the
spring and ta ll o f each year.**
Mr. P arr haa also announced
that during the winter months
the legal also for salmon or
trout is a minimum length of 15
Inches,
tats.
* The watch, together w ith ISO.,
000 In bonds was Introduced aS
evidence th a t the late Nelson
Story, cattle baron, owned pro
perty in Los Angeles, thereby
making Mrs. Hogan, his daughter,
admissible to letters of adminis
tration. The contestant. General
W alter B. Story, the veteran cat
tlem an’s eon, declared his slater
unlawful In her request to admin
ister the estate on the grounds
that th e ir father was a resident e f
Boxeman, Montana, and waa In
Loa Angeles merely to vlalt. .
The first rancher to drive a
herd of cattle over the plains Into
Montana, the elder Story purchas
ed the bulky wateh because of Its
<on< attachment, enabling him to
ascertain the time at any hoar
d u riu g 4he a ig h t w hen lig h t w a f
.“ib-vom au" Simpson himself unavailable.
admist conviction o f the widow
«ad Stevena brothers would
be
W ill A ssist Bril
There Are
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in Event
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The defeasq, moreover, would
vigorously oppose a second tria l
add wduld soak to ' Mock any
P O R tL A ^ D , Dee. t — (T N ) r r -
move qn the part of the proee-
Pollee o f ttoo Pacific northwest
cutqr to. hare a .m is tria l declar
cities fife ¿entering attention oh
ed at- the present tim e.
a hunt tor a human fiend who
selects;middle aged women fo r hja
victims ado strangles them tb
death au4 Who tai thought to have
killed U^e women, four In Port*,
land and fihb In Seattle.
Portfafiff-was the last place be
The aanual Basaar of the A l
struck,'■bothering out the life
pha Embroidery club, of the East
of Mrs. Blanche Myers. 4S, some ern Star which closed last night,
time Monday afternoon.
H er was one of the most successful In
body wag found early Tuesday the history of the organisation ac
morning under the bed tai an up cording to officers of the club.
per chamber, w ith the nose, find Large crowds attended throUgh-
mouth tightly bound In a narrow . out the day and In the evening,
atrip of white d o th .
the remaining merchandise on
The moat important clues left, sale was Boon purchased by the
according to police, are large many visitors. The evening Was
blood-smeared fingerprints
In also given over to dancing and
various plaees la the gore spatter the awarding of prises, the w in
ed room. Tho only other direct ners of which were ns follows:
evidence is the statement o f Alex- Hope Chest, Mrs. H. O. M o o n ;
andr M uir, owner of the house Comforter, Eve W hite: Embrold.-
which Mrs. Myers ranted. H e had ered Bed Spread and Bolster, Mlsa
lunch with the woman and her Schmidt, Blue and W hite Q uilt,
eon, Lgwrence, 18, Monday, noon Mrs. "Duncan.
apd bpM that nfteq the boy had
le ft a man called to look at a
C IT Y BLOCK BURNS
.
mom she had for r a n t,, Upon ra-
EVANSTON, III., Dec. 1. (U N )
tvrning», he told police, she re
— Almost an entire city block was
marked:
burned down Tuesday as flames,
“I don’t lik e his looks, bttt It Is
believed to have started la a huge
better than having a vacant
pile of celluloid In the plant of the
room.”
Flosay
Dental
Manufacturing
A ll fen r strangulation cases In
company, eaneed damage estimat
Portland, and the one la Seattle
ed at more than 8800,00Q.
are very similar. In each case the
Several buildings. Including a
women hfid advertised a room for
garage w ith 18 machines, were
rent and this caused officials to
rased.
suspect that the strangler uses
the pretense of wanting to rant
THE TIDINGS’ NEW SERIAL
the rooln to gain entrance to
homes.
“Tracked by the Polios,*’
1 Another similar Circumstance
one of the most Intensely Inter
Is that personal JOwsrly has besa
esting fiction stories ever pnh-
taken from the bodies i n
each
lished, w ill start la tomorrow’^
Tlfilngs. This stogy has to <|o
with the papular police dog.
and to taken from the’ pictnrto-
atipn of the novel by W arner
Brothers in which Rln Tin T in
was cast Id the lefidiag role.
Reod this story of a police
dog. Follow him through the
many thrilllpg experiences he
undergoes. I t starts tomorrow
while s summary of sack chap
ter w ill he given, to thoroughly
enjoy the completer story, start
with the first chapter. * )
ual Bazaar
s Huge Success
O il Tanker Canses Damages
mty Game Warden Pi
leoeivee Bnttaff Prom
Attorney General
British residents of Hankow
applied to the consular officials
there several years ago, asking
that ships be In readiness for
them In case of einergency.
Two hundred British marines
w ill be sent from Shanghai to
Hafikow immedlateley.
' . I j»ss than 500 applications for
J 0-7 automobile license plates
have been received by the state
Automobile department, although
Application blanks were mailed to
towfters Aurlng the first week in
November, saya Secretary of State
XosSr. Unless the automobile
British officials In London have
owfiers speed up their applica- suggested that a naval demonstra
jtioRs a . congestion w ill
result
tion by the United 8tates, Japan
Around the firs t of the year, says and Great B ritain may be neces
sary In Chinese waters a t this
tim e as a protective measure.
Another Hot One
Estimated at $60,000
Yesterday
Bi?
General Expansion Program
" is Prohibited by State
Commission
TO BUILD DORMITORY
W ILM IN G TO N , Cal., Dec. 1.—
( U N ) — W ith two seamen expect
ed to die as the result of bunrs
suffered in a spectacular fire
which followed a series of explo
sions aboard the Union Oil com
pany tanker Warwick in the har
bor here Tuesday, an official
prdbe Is under way to fix respon
sibility for the blase which did
»SO ,000 damage.
,
Burns suffered by Second Mate
S. Sandberg and Boatswain W .
Oxen, both of San Francisco, are
expected to prove fatal. wMle
Captain Halvorsen, commander
of the vessel and five other mem
bers of the crew received less
serious injuries.
The tanker was loading gaso
line for San Francisco when the
In itial blast occurred. The first
explosion, which was followed by
a series of heavier blasts was
caused, it was reported by a
seaman cleaning his trousers with
gasoline.
The fire spread through the
bplff of fhe vessel, where 10,000
barrels of gasoline were stored.
A number of separate tank com
partments were exploded, but
firemen battling the flames in
the suffocating fumes, brought
the fire under control before the
main tanks were endangered.
Claim Pail
W ASHINGTON. Dec. 1.— (UNJT
— Government proeecutors piled
up layers of evidence in the F a l£
Doheny tria l today, seeking tpr
show. Albert B. Fall as thé one
who pushed the Doheny oil leasee
to completion.
The
defense
has
insisted,
strongly that F all had nothing
to do w ith the granting of tho
leases, which Doheny said would
be worth 2100,000,090 to him.
Government
prosecutors.
in
trying to break down this de
fense, presented teattoaoay as foU
lows:
E. C. Finney, first assistant
secretary of the interior, testifi
ed that tbs first Hawaiian lease
was signed by him upon tele-*
graphie order from— F all, uhff
was at his New Mexico ranch.
Harry M. Daugherty, attorney
general while F all was secretory
of interior, testified be could not
remember t h a t F a l l ever asked
him to rule on the legality of
the leases, although hits point
Do Not Want to be Placed had been raised by oil men com
on Marriage Bargain
peting with Doheney.
Counter
F all’s son-in-law, C. C. Chase,
testified that during the senate
PA R IS, Dee. 1.— Young aciona
Teapot Dome Investigation F all
of European nobility are objecting
attempted to borrow* >100,000
. to what they term the American
from a Cleveland business man
. bargain counter tor marriage,
j "V They want’ to m aisp w i n and
J whom they please and object to
being married off to the daugh
ters of American society women
as shown by a statement prepar seeking prestige.
’ Documentary avldanee waa pre
Just as it became apparent In
ed and Just completed by Secre
sented showing that prior to the
tary of State Koser. This showft the section of the Sacra Romans Doheny leases which contained
that the state w ill face a deficit Rota that some American girls are the provision tor navy oil stor
of >981,353 on December 31, forced against their wish to marry age tank construction Secretary
which date marks the end of the titles, so too, are eligible young of Navy Denhy triad to get a
noblemen by their familiea often
biennium.
clause authorising such exchange.
I t was made plain In the state are urged to marry to build up Denby did nothing about It and
ment that the deficit may be again the family fortune.
.the validity of the leases waa
The youths are given a thor
slightly more or less than the
attacked on the ground that thia
statement figures, depending on ough education in the ways of the exchange waa Illegal.
the expenses between now and world, trained in equitation, polo,
Just before the first big Do
the first of the year, and allow bridge, dancing, languages and heny oil lease was signed the in
ing a possible leeway for avail parlor conversation, all In prepar terior department leaned a sec
ation for the day whan they can
able revenue.
be offered in marriage to a weal- ’ recy order, saying no Informa
tion waa to be given out regard-
thy daughter of America.
.
nlg oil leases because “the ne
From thair alxteenth year on,
they are carefully guarded. Thetr J gotiations are being handled bj(
bureaus of the interior and navy
friendships are visaed, and au es
but not tat a routine
pecially close tab la kept ou thetr departments
'
way and consequently no infor
woman
acquaintances.
Every
thing is done prevent a -“ lots >' mation can be given ont by de
officials.**
match*’ with an ambitious actress, partment
1
although occasionally, as In the
case of the young Count Stanislas
dels Rochefoucauld, who married
the Parisian actreas Alice Cocea,
the fam ily la foiled.
SAN A NTO NIO. Texas, Dee. 1.
— ( U N ) — Sixty aevea airplanes
w ill escort the live . Pan-Ameri
can amphibian planes which take
off here on December IB .for a
goodwill tour to tho other Ameri-
Mi
I
p .s
f. .
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L ’ 4:
Forty planes from Brooks field
w ill aceompasy the Pen-Ameri
can birdies» aa tar as Bpevllle.
a distance of 71 miles, nad 17
planes tram K elly field w ill prob
ably go a ll the wgy to Browas-
vllle? ’ apprastmateiy 800 miles
from here, w h e t the army’s pro
posed flig h t aroued South Ameri
ca begins.,
i
Headquarters of the flight pil
ots at Duncan field announced
Tuesday that Brownsville w ill he
the emphlbtaaa* first step. A /ter
a night’s rest, following the first
hop, the 87 escorts from Kelly
field w tll take the e |r aad eccotai.
peay the amphlbtoac for a short
distaaeu lato Mexioo before ro
ta reiag to Saa Aatoalo. „ > , ,
Postmaster Wagner asked the
Tidings'this early in thq Christ
mas season to remind the mailing
public again of the vital Import
a n t of a complete address oa a ll
mall m atter at all times, an<t
wishes to emphasise the added
Importance of It It efficient end
prompt handling he insured dur
ing the holiday rush whan tho
vo I u b n of mall
to sodfealy ad
greatly expanded. A complete ad-
firaas meaoa not oaly correct
name, including Initials la tho
case of individuals, hut street aad
number, la sate of delivery by
city letter carriers, rente number
and hex weather oa ra m i routes,