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Pan American Trip
Ckmntrr Store Feature W ill
be Big Event at Spring
Openinff
First Road in America. Bal­
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I t opens tomorrow night nt 8
o’clock.
I t ’i the big Spring Opening at
the armory.
I t ’s more than a spring open­
ing; I t ’s a vaudeville show, an
anto show and style show com­
B A LTIM O R E , Feb. 28.— (U P )
— State and city officials Joined
w ith repreeentatlves of the B alti­
more A Ohio Railroad here today
In the celebration of the hun­
dredth anniversary of the grant
of a charter, to the railroad to op­
erate the first general freight and
passenger line on thia xentlnent.
On Feb. 88, 1827, the state of
M aryland authorized a newly or­
ganised company to construct a
railroad from the city o f B altl-
more. to some point on the Ohio
River. This grant was the begin­
ning of railroading on the West­
ern Hemisphere. ,
bined.
n
The founders of that first ra il­
road project were
faraeelng
enough to realise the value of a
rati connection between the sea at
Baltimore and the great mld-con-
tlneatal waterways transportation
system which they .planned to tap
at the Ohio R iver. But perhaps
the moat sanguine of those first
Two Beautiful Trees A
railroad builders could not have
Added to the Wonders
dreamed that the United States
of Lithia Park
was to f ill the continent from At­
lantic to the Pacific w ithin less
t^aa a century w ith a speed that
Booths AH Ready
eras largely due to the rapid de­
Members of the legion commit-
velopment of ra il facilities which seedling Sequoip trees ini the Llth-jjteo yesterday completed the work
were to bring Baltim ore almost
la P ar^S atu rd ay afterneon. *T ta^ o f betiding th e akhihtt booths and
then was to Boston.
The Baltimore A Ohio Railroad
project took shape as swiftly as
any modern undertaking. A group
o f business men of Baltimore, re­
alising that the city whs losing
some of its port advantages dne to
the development of other lines of
transportation such as the Erie
Canal met on Feb. 2, 1927.
Hold Conference
Ten days after that first con­
ference certain business men who
were most Interested were sum­
moned to meet at the residence of
Gorge Brown "to take into con­
sideration the best means of res­
toring the City of Baltimore that
portion of the Western trade
which has lately been diverted
from it by the Introduction of
steam navigation and by other
causes.**
At this meeting W illiam Patter-
son was made chairman and Da­
vid Winchester secretary and a
committee consisting of Philip E.
Thomas, Benjamin C. Howard.
George Brown, Talbot Jones, Jo­
seph W . Patterson, Evan Thomas,
and John V. L. McMahon waa ap­
pointed to consider the- problem.
On the 19th of February the
committee recommended that a
railroad be built to connect Balti­
more with the Ohio River. Mc­
Mahon, a member of the state
legislature, was asked to draw up
a charter. This charter waa ad­
opted February >8, Just 28 days
after the question Was first con­
sidered. I t Is this same charter
under which the railroad Is still
operating.
Capital Stock
Capital stock in the company
was eagerly purchased, there be­
ing 22,000 subscribers In the
city of Baltimore. Shortly there­
after the state of Virginia con­
firm ed the charter and construc­
tion surveys and plans got under
way.
Construction
was
actually
started on July 4, 1828. Charles
Carroll of Corrolton, last surviv­
ing signer of the Declaration of
Independence, assisted in the cer­
emony « fla y in g the " f ir s t 8tone".
Upon occasion Carroll said:
“I consider thta among the inost
Important acts of my life, second
only to my signing the Declaration
of Independence, If even It be
aecond to that."
The first stretch of the B alti­
more and Ohio Railroad waa oper­
ated without steam locomotives.
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Over a Thousand Doljars is
Taken From St. Mark’s
Episcopal
PORTLAND, Feb. 28. — An
epidemic of ( church robberies Is
being investigated today?
A collection estimated at near­
ly 21000 was stolen from the St.
Mark's Episcopal church Sunday
and the First Methodist church
was also entered but nothing was
found missing.
Five hundred dollars in the
St. Mprk's church was overlooked
but the alms box there was stolen
a few days-ago.
Merchants Cooperate
The Founders
from Mariposa Park, California,
by l l r . John E. Orlbbel of Med-
ford, a member of the State For-
est Service, and. are now a year
old. On opposite sides of the
path Just above tbs rose garden
across from the tennis
courts,
these trees w ill grow into the
cone-shaped Sequoia
Washing-
tonlans, the same species that
produced the giant In the Cali-
fornla park through which a
road-wide tunnel has been cut.
In M r. Grlbbel’s yard, at 129
Kenwood Ave., Medford, Is a tree
which was set out from similar
seedlings In 1912, which now
stands 81 feet high.
Those who took part In the
planting were: Mayor Pierce of
Ashland, Mr. Grlbbel, M r. Homer
BUIlngs, Scouts Newcombe, John-
son. and Grlbbel of Troop 6,
Medford, and Scoots Borah. Tor-
rance,. P ratt, Edgar Blake, David
Blake, Smith, Yeo, and Callxow,
of Troop 2, Ashland. M r. Harris
Dean of the Park force chose the
place for the planting and pre-
pared the ground.
Kick Uncovers
Can of Money
OAKLAND, Cal., Feb. 28.— A
small fortune In gold was uncov­
ered bj a well placed kicked from
a member of a wrecking crew
which was tearing down the old
Southern Pacific station here.
The workman who booted an
old tin can found in the debris re­
ported that he nearly broke hia
leg but that 400 five dollar gold
pieces tumbled out of the rusty
reoeptlcle. The most recent date
on any coin waa 1888.
Noted Doctor to
Speak Thursday
W ASHING TO N, Feb. 2'8.— The
Pa« American Goodwill flight
wOl continue despite Saturday’s
tragedy at Buenos Aires, whlcli
coat two Urea.
, , The W ar department has cab-
Supreme Court Holds That
Jed , JMA}or Dargue telling him
Doheny Hae no Right
'le coptlue. -President Coolidge
to Rich Oil Leases
has cabled his condolences on
the accident which killed Cap-
FRAUD IS SUSTAINED
tain Woolsey and Lieutenant
Benton, noted flyers.
Court Also is o f the Opinion
That the F inding of Fraud
Should be Sustained
And the first night promises to
be a W O W !
There has been a lot of talk
about the country store feature,
but not Until you get to the arm ­
ory tomorrow night w ill you un­
derstand the magnitude of this
event.
Practically .every merchant of
Ashland has contributed one or
more prises for the country
store. And *they’rs regular prises,
tod. Sack things as sacks of
flour, sacks of sugar, clocks, silk
umbrellas, sets of dishes, smok­
ing sets. In fact nearly everything
conceivable.
Thera are nearly 260 of these
prises to be given away without
any extra cost to those who at­
tend. Any one of these articles
Is worth the price of admission
and many of them are worth sev­
eral dollars. That's the sort of a
country store they’re going to dis­
play tomorrow night.
to dealers started today to pht
their exhibits in place, and the
merchants w ill tlx up their booths
thia evening and tomorrow. Bv-
erythlng w iy be in readiness
when the doors swing open > t
7:80 tomorrow night.
The big Spring Opening will
get under way promptly at 7
o’clock with tbs free street fea-
tures. Dickey’s orchestra w ill
furnish music up and down the
streets while people view the
spring windows which the mer-
chants w ill-have In readiness,
Thrilling Aerial Stunt
Shortly after 7 o’clock "Dare-
devil” Dean, straightjacket ex-
pert, will mount a truck in the
Plata block where he w ill be
strapped In the regulation govern-
ment straightjacket. Led by the
orchestra he w ill then be driven
to the Blks building where he w ill
be hoisted aloft, dangling head
first from a rope almost to the
top of this four-story building.
He Will then attempt to free him-
self from this straightjacket,while
hanging in this precarious condl-
Trail of Adventure Ends in
the Arms of Her
Mother
W A SHING TO N, Feb. 28.— The
United States Supreme court to­
day cancelled B . . L.
Doheny’a
leases on the famous E lk H ills .Oil
reserves in California.
These oil rights, worth millions,
were granted to Doheny by the
former Secretary of the In terio r
Fall and Secretary of the Navy
Denby.
The court also handed down an-
opinion regarding the Senate oil
Investigation apd the opinion said
the finding of a fraud in the case
is sustained.
Local Legislator Says Much
Good Accomplished in
Last Session
Flooded
LIN C O LN . Meh., Feb. 98.— 4n
response to an appear from Gov
ernor Adam McMullen, the U. g
army post at F o rt Riley, Fjnsds
has dispatched an airplane |c
bomb the Ice pack which hsd
caused, the river water to flood
tha town with three to four feet
Annual Carnival Attracts
Many People to South
American City
R IO D E JA N EIR O , Feb. 28.—
(
U
P ) — Thousands o f. .persons,
Nearly l t . d M acres of rldfi
farm land was under water near moat of thorn visitors from points
Waterloo bht the crest o f the In the Interior, slept on the streets
flood had ’ beet» reached Friday e f Rio De Janeiro last night af-
aoon and two hoars later, the iter the thoroughfares were clear­
water had receded eight inches. ed of the.crowds that packed the
down town section on the opening
night of the annual carnival.
. ' -EXO N E R A TE SENATOR
Those who went to bed on the
W A SHING TO N. Feb. 98.— The pavetaienta and sidewalks had no
exoneration o f Senator A rthu r other place to sleep. Many of
R Oould, Republican from Maine, them had walked long distances
of old bribery charges Was* voted to “R io fo r the opening of the
by thè Senate Privileges and cafalval.
The m ajority brought
Elections sub-committee today.
t h d r savings of the year, and
The cofnmlttoe adopted un­ those who had any money left af­
animously ' a report dismissing ter their first fling could not
the cage and recommending that "have paid for a bed, had they de­
Oould. be permitted . to continue sired to, for every lodging house
in his seat,
I in the city was packed.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 28. •—
(UN) — The trial of adventure
which took 15 year old Kasla
Mahoney, daughter of a aupreme
court Justice, from her home In
New York recently,, subjected Hope Now to Make Three-
Power Pact With Italy
her to adventures with bootleg­
and Japan
gers and random motorists while
police of several states bunted
her, led tonight to the shelter of WANTED FIVE NATIONS
her mother's arms In the execu­
O riginal Plan Called fo r F ran ce
tive mansion of Governor A1
anil Ita ly to Join W ith
Smith.
Others
Kasla had had her fling and
was glad of parental forgiveness
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. —
'and the warmth of the govern­
Great Britain today
accepted
or’s home, comparing as It did
President Coolidge’s proposal for
with the cold, unfriendly walls of
a five-power Naval Lim itation
a Cohoes jail.
conference. In making publle
The girl whose departure stir­ the British note, state department
red the state to a widespread officials said that they considered
search since Judge Mahoney re­ this a categorical acceptance.
ported her disappearance last
The earlier' refusal of the plan
Monday had traveled In a straight by France and Italy has turned
line up the east bank of tb * 1 Ifty a toward a three-power pact
Hudson, headin'
the United States, England
ents’ suitt Or«8°n ¿«dta«*1* * — and Japan.
Placid.
1
..au "bummed”
rides, borrowed from a bootlegger
when her slender store of funds
was exhausted, and Anally sought
shelter in the jail at Cohoes
when she could go no further.
Kasia had done it for adven­
ture^ Just as hir parents had
suspected.
"I had a grand time." explain­ Glamour Surrounding Life
ed Kasla, not a whit ashamed.
of Bandit is Exploded
By Official
QUINCY, 111., Feb. 28.— (U N )
— A "white lie" told t<# a gaping
youth whose mind was filled with
the glamour of being a machine
gnnner for a bandit squad was
told while the tria l of Earl, Carl
Bernie Shelton waa on here.
No Eating is Allowed Un and The
three men, among the moat
til After Sunset, Then
notorious of the modern day gun­
Only Small Amount
men in Southern Illinois, were
convicted
of fobbing a Collins­
LONDON, Feb. 28. — (U P )
* — A t midnight tonight a (ftfarter ville. 111., mall messenger In one
’ of a billion people in all parts of of their daring exploits.
I t was a chance conversation
the world will begin the celebra­
tion of the Mohammedan thlrty- that led to the white lie. A
well-dressed man paused to buy
' day fast of Ramazan.
a
newspaper from a street corner
During this period from mld-
njght of each day to after sunset news boy who waa reading the ac­
of the following day no food or count of the trial.
"Say. mjster, thoae Shelton
water is taken by any good Mo­
hammedan. Neither is smoking guys ain’t guilty,” the boy said.
or drinking of anÿ beverages per­ “When I grow up. I ’m going to be
a gunman and no one like this
mitted.
Although thé eating and drink­ Charley Birger better snitch on
ing ban is lifted after sunset of me.”
stated
W ith deftness the boy wheeled
each day, believers are not per­
and using a folded up newspaper
mitted to indulge in excesses and
W. M. Breese of Talent was a
as a machine gun, such as the
visitor in this city this morning their nights are taken up with Southern Illinois gangsters are
shopping and looking after busi­ praying and attending ceremon­ wont to use, he went through the
ies. In some places, however, the
ness affairs.
motions of "covering” a number
modern festival feeling has be­
of men.
come a part of the season and
“ Yes, I want to be a gunman.
particularly in Stamboul, the old
I wonder what It’s like,” the boy
center of the Ramasan, Moham­
continued.
medans
leave their
religious
“ W hat do you want to know,
meetings in the native quarters
son? I ’m one.” the man replied.
only to go to the night life of
The youth was a bit awed but
the European quarters.
responded he wanted to know just
Formerly the celebration of the
how the gunmen lived and how
Ramasan meant sleeping during
they enjoyed their luxury.
most of the day, while business
"Son. It ’s a tough racket.
conducted Itself as beat It could.
When you’re not looking out for
In cities like Constantinople even
the law, you’re careful to see that
the government officials worked
no one is trying to shoot you. Ton
short hours.
Despite the new work hard. H alf the time you’re
holiday spirit which .w ill be con­
In danger— ”
stantly seen during the coming
The man showed a scar on his
month business houses will func­ right arm. which no donht had
tion as usual, while employers been made from a bullet.
press their help for more work
"Maybe I had better be a base­
even, on empty stomachs.
ball player or a Jockey then," the
On the seventh day of the fast youth replied and the man nod­
special hymns are chanted In ded.
celebrating the anniversary of the
The man was a United States
delivery of the sacred tablets to government operative who had
tha Prophet.
On the twenty- been successful In bringing the
seventh night special ceremonies Sheltons to trial.
w ill be held to celebrate the
’^Nlght of the A ll-Powerful” and
the night of the twenty-ninth day
w ill be mourned as the anniver­
sary of the defeat of the moslems
before Vienna.
Fightihg la prohibited by the
K o ran 'd u rin g the Ramasan and (
bandits and outlaw tribes retire j
to A e lr neats In the mountains (
knowing that the police will give ,
them peace for a month.
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A t midnight of March 30th
Bayram or feasting period begins. ,
Although It officially last for
seven days the feasting period I ,
during the first three days. Th< 4
constant watch by the police on
the "hodjas” ta relaxed and tha <
people are then free to eat, drink ,
and smoke as they please. Public (
dancing, sports and games will
than be the order of the period. a
A Boisterous Playmate