* THE WEATHER Rain, with moderate southerly” inds FOR BOYS' MEETING NARINES LEAVE SAN DIEGO ON A CRUISE TO CHINESE WATER WYOMING NOW NASS OF RUINS trglll in his place in his line-up Would Like to Become the toward the end of the season. 1926 line-up— Blue ? lb, Standard Bearer in Na George Moriarty should be a ush, cfr Gebb, rf, Heilmann Iff. tional Campaign success as a manager/This is the O’Rourke 3b, Gehrlnger 2b, Ta»- NEW YORK. April 7.—(IP)-- first requisite of a successful soa- erner ss, Manion c. CHICAGO, April 7.—Pollyanna William C. Durant, the most on for Detroit. The pitching staff 1927 line-up— Taverner sa, Mc ■Ings the praises of William Hale spectacular figure In the Ameri Busy Time Planned for Old Manus 3 b, Manush cf, Fetherglll always weak, should be better Sixteen Are Dead and Seven Thompson and 50,0(H> or more can, automobile industry, has set Hj.au it was In 1926. It must be. of er Boys’ Conference Are Seriously Injured If, 'Heilmann rf, Blue lb, boys are, boarding the bandwagon, out at the age of 65 to challenge course, If the Tigers are to finish to be Held Here By Explosion c, Gehrlnger 2b. lest their political hopes be among the leaders. Soviet Grounds Are Consid the billion dollar General Motors Here is a club which has lost dashed by its steam roller move ered Most Strategic Point corporation for supremacy in the WILL S T A R T FRIDAY the greatest all-around ball play Club morale is the most import REFINERY BLOWN UP ment, but there is more behind Nearly 3.000 Military M4u motor trade. ant consideration Detroit has (o r in Defense Plans Are On Board Ship, er of all time and looks 100 per Big Bill's” victory than local Behind an announcement to Chamber of Commerce to be contider, and there is evideitee Property Damage to the .Tow n politics. China Bound - t . cent stronger therefore. H o sts.a t a Dinner Friday and plant E stim ated at that this has been improved great BUILDINGS ARE RAIDED day that Durant has resigned The Detroit Tigers have been The outstanding thing is that Evening all his other positions to »build ly under Moriarity. Half Million slipping, year by year, lower and Chicago's new mayor, who was FORM NEW REGrIMENT Chinese Police Are Occupying a up what is to be known as Con Take first base, Lou Blue could lower In the final standings of the elected over Mayor William E. Marines Are Being Rushed From Everything Is in readiness for Portion of Ground« Which solidated Motorfc, inc., is the same not play ball fqr Cobb, who wor PARCO, Wyo., April 6.— (LP)-— American league. This year, un Dever by 83,072 plurality in the Were Kidded Yesterday daripjt^and determination that the three day session of the All Porta of tjie United ried him to distraction. Moriar Sixteen men are dead, seven more less all signs fall, they are due to hottest local election ever held, Southern (%egon District Older have made his name a byfrord in ity has appointed Lou field cap were seriously injured and Par- States to Han Diego always has had warm ambitions PEKING, April 7. — (IP) — Wall street and Detroit, the Boys’ Conference which opens of rebound out of the second divis tain, and expects to make him the eo, "The city beautiful o^ Wyom to shinfe nationally. It was not . The American legation here may scenes of some of his. most amaz ficially tomorrow, according to ion. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 7. — best first sacker in the league. ing’ was a scene of ruin today as The loss of Ty Cobb Is Irrepar those in charge. The program take over the defense of the ing financial coups. Marty McManus, obtained frein the.result of a terrific explosion .surprising that he beamed With <LP) ‘— Marines comprising the able, which probably is a good satisfaction Wednesday when he 6th regiment aboard the trans western portion of the Soviet Durant's challenge to General as outlined follows: the Rrowns, has strengthened the at the Producers artd Refiners thing for the club. “The Georgia received this telegram: 2:00 to 5:00 Registration and embassy grounds if anti foreign Motors, the organization which port Henderson will begin the 23 tflfeld immeasurably. Although plant herp. peach,’’ not only was a failure as Thé American party, Chicago day cruise to Shanghai from San disturbances break out. It was was conceived in his own genius assignment of delegates. the ideal combination would be The blast occurred early in the advises you that you are the log Q:00 to 6:30 Rally for dele a manager, but for all his great McManus at second and Taverner pointed out that the soviet back in 1908, takes the form an mofning when two high pressure ical standard bearer oU American Diego tomorrow morning at 8:45 ness his legs were failing hfyn In grounds would be a vital point In announcement that he has given gates and their leaders in the o’clock. abshortstop, Moriarity has yet to stills exploded. Two process oil p ♦ the defense of the foreign quarter up directorates and chairman Presbyterian Church. Discussion 1926, his batting eye was growing find a fourth man to round out storage tanks, one of 1,000 barrels principles in 1928 for the 20,000,- Laden -with fhllltary equipment dim and he was forced to swallow ¡0 0 Americans no# .being or- in case of trouble. ships in half a dozen dther big Group leaders will meet at the ranging from 75 millimeter can and another of 7,500 barrels were ganized.” his pride and put young Feth- •- (Please Turn To Page Five) The United 8tates Legation in concerns to devote all of his time same hour. non to small fighting tanks- and set afire. Flames shot high into It is not far fetched to think 6:30 to 9:00 Conference Ban formed the Chinese police who to development of his new auto the air and for a time threatened that Thompson harbors any White trucks, the Henderson when it' quet. arrested Mrs. Mildren B. Mitchell mobile— the 8tar six. sails out of San Diego harbor to destroy the town. House illusions, and his election will carry nearly three thousand Invocation, Rev. H. T. Mitchel- And Wilbur Burton, Americans With 'this product as a nuc Twenty-three men were at work certainly has had an effect on na that fhe pair must be released by leus Durant intends to organize more. military men. including a large in the plant at the time Sf the,ex tional politics Singing led by Henry Enders, tonight unless formal charges Consolidated Motors, inc., (he force of bluejackets.. z ______ “ plosion. were filed. They are alleged same as he used Bulck as the Jr. Loading the transport was The charred bodies of. the dead : -— ,.i ( » t t THE DALLES, April7.—Driven propoganda agents for the Can keystone of General Motors near t Call to order by Conference practically completed last night. by a terrific wind, flames early to were removed during the after * tonese. The Chinese ^police still ly 20 years ago. Although an president. Ail the personnel of the 6th regi Many Activities Are Re day swept through the Wasco, noon to Rawlins, where they will Toastmaster, V. O. -N. Smith. occupied portions of the Soviet nouncement does not say what ment were aboard ship and >only vealed in General Re Oregon general store doing a dam fre prepared for burial. The injur Address of welcome, Geo. A. embassy grounds and buildings other companies he hopes to ab the completion of a few minor port From Secretary age estimated at seventy-five ed were taken to a Rawlins hos which, were raided yesterday. sorb, It is reported in Wall street Briscoe. repairs to the vessel’s machinery pital. thousand. A large section of the Welcome from boys, James that he has in mind such con The reports of the standing down town district wps threatened delayed departure until tom or-, Conduct Iinvestigation Real Struggle cerns as Jordan, Chrysler and Nutter. committees on various activities Officials of the oil plant Wed Forty One Million Dollar row morning. Response by Clifford Beckett, are so complete that any lengthy but quick work saved the other nesday night were still investigat WASHINGTON, April 7 — (IP) Hudson. Gain in Assets is Record Start I«ong Trip buildings. The cause of the fire —China's real struggle, (he ontf Durant's move, typical of his Medford. for the Year or detailed report ot the Secretary was unknown. Captain Robert Morris,- com ing to establish the definite cause Solo by Ralph Church. which will be most decisive in aggressive style, was not wholly Is superfluous. We" have en mander of tho Henderson, stated of the explosion. Three theories BOSTON, April 7. — (LP) — Special music by High School deavored to make the money eo wortd affairs, is not the fight unexpected. Two weeks ago he have been advanced so far. Eith Henry Ford’s wealth is rapidly that at exactly 8145 a. m. to with the foreigners, but the one told the press that he would Girls Ukelele Club. generously contributed by the in er pressure was too high or low in forging ahead of oven the leg morrow he would start the long Address of evening, Dr. U. G. dividual members and business which is going on ^fnong the have an important announcement the tanks, officials believe, or wa- endary figure of a billion dol jburney. Chinese nationalists themselves. to make on April 7. Not until Dubach of O. A. C. men of the organization go just as Just as the last man of the er backed Into the tanks. lars, it was revealed when the 9:10 to 9:30 organization of far as possible. It is most important because Wednesday afternoon, however, Property damnge to tho plant Ford Motor company declared an sixth regiment left ’ the marine LOS ANGELES, April 7.—Geo. it is a struggle between the mod did the nature of the announce discussion groups. Our advertising activity has ex- and town has been estimated at item of nearly half a blRlon dol base for the transport, a special L. Dennison got tired of being The banquet is being provided erates and the bolshevists, to de ment become known in “the tened to every part of the country train from Puget Sound with a 8500,000. lars as Its cash balance. through the generosity of the through literature sent in . the "the horrible example’’ in his termine whether the new China street. - detachment for the new third Parco, “the- dream city” of The figures set down in the regiment arrived. nightly street corner Ber- Ashland Chamber 06 Commerce mails in answse to direct Inquiry wife’s will be a progressive) country or w< Frank E. Kistler, head of the Pro and is being cooked and served les and selected lists forwarded’®1' one, he told the court here Wed ducers and Refiners corporation, Ford Motor company's balance an extreme communist state like Thia Puget Sound detachment, sheet for December 31. 1926 nesday, when he was granted a di by members of the domestfc to us by the 8tate chamber. soviet Russia. was built at a cost of 210,000,000. were of such gigantic proportions commanded by blent. W. W. science department of Ashland Already it is a foregone con We have endeavored to direct vorce from Mabie Maude Denni It was chartered officially in Davis, number 85 men. Two other that an Increase of more than battalions, numbering more than high school under the sur* vis the traveler end tourist to our son. clusions that the Chinese nation 1925. 341,000,000 In assets over the 1,000 men Iett>New Orleans an^ "I didn't mind It so much ion of Miss Helen French. alists will soon be in control of superior hotels end auto camps A Model City preceding year was almost lost Quantico yesterday for San Diego. around the house,” Dennison ex- The Saturday program is: all China south of the great wall. through literature, magazines and It was designed as a model city. In the array. -plalned, “but one night I 9:00— General Assembly. It is also a foregone conclusion Airplane, Automobile and billboards. We have placed signs Arriving here they will be merg All -hotels, stores and public The balance sheet was filed ed with the hattalion.tt the base, Singing led* by Ralph Church. in our city directing to oar Lith- passed a corner and there she was buildings conform to an attrac that nationalists will continue to Speed Boat Used to Pianist, Aubrey Hahn. insist bn wiping out foreign con ia Park and mineral springs. We preaching from a soapbox. She tive type of Spanish architecture. with the commissioner of cor forming the newly created third Catch Ship porations and It listed the Ford regiment. trol of customs, extra territorial -------— <d have advertised our central loca was yelling to anyone fliat would The city is located nine (Please Turn to Page 3) yille® J Motor company’s total assets as listen that I was a drunkard and rights and foreign concessions. tion for visiting Crater Lake, Lake New Commander SAN FRANCIS,CO, April 7. — east of Rawlins and is considered S erious Quest ion of the Woods, Oregon Caves, the had dragged Ijer». down to the the one spot of beauty on the arid f $784,208,080. A year ago tl ty Colonel Henry Davis 1 b coming ’ (LP) — After a spectacular dash ¡were $742,913,588. The overshadowing question, from Loa Angeles, Horace E. Redwood Highway. Through our depths, but that she saw the light plains of southern Wyoming. here to take over its command. I It Is regarded as significant of and came back. still in doubt is the ultimate Dodge, son of the late motor Information bureau we have di Colonel Snyder, early today All business houses were closed "Judge,” Dennison confided, in Parco Wednesday, the sashes the accumulating wealth of the received the following telegram character of the nationalist re magnate, is on the high seas en rected and assisted not hundreds Ford Motor company—the larg gime. Will it moderate as Ker route to Honolulu. but thousands who stop at this of- “it was kind of embarrassing.” twisted, the plaster cracked and est but by no means the only from Mayor W. Freeland Kend The court agreed and granted ensky tried to make Russia? Or ricks of Philadelphia: He was reported to be seek business pouring wealth into the (Please Turn to Page 2) the decree. (Please Turn To Page Five) ..will it go over to the extreme ing a reconciliation with his "Regret I was unable to see coffers of the Michigan Midas, you off. Sickness prevented. God radicals as Russia did in sub wife, who sailed for Hawaii last First Game of Season Will that more than half its total speed, good luck and best wishes mitting to the communist soviet. month after filing a divorce suit be Staged Here To assets are carried in its caoh to yourself and your command.” Chiang Kai-shek, the national in Detroit. morrow Afternoon balance time. This’ figure was ist military leader, is the leader Colonel Snyder was la com Dodge breezed into San Fran-' $413,709,361, Including patents The High School Bastball team of the moderate wing, with Eu cisco from the south Wednesday, mand of the marine barracks at anfd trademarks, securities own Philadelphia from June, 1926, gene Chen, the nationalist foreign nearly two hours after the liner will play the Mpdford team at ed and bills receivable. the High School field tomorrow minister, active in the more ex Wllhelmlna was scheduled to de until his departure for foreign afternoon at three-thirty. treme wing. duty last tfeek. General Smed- part for Honolulu. But the ship The prospects this year are The central excutive commit was held in the stream until ley Butler, commander of all tee of the nationalist party, the Dodge, after using an automobile very bright and the players be marine forces on Chinese duty, kuomintang, appears to be tak and a speed boat in rushing from lieve we will have a successful was the director of public safety Five lettermen, Kan- ing cpntrol and it is a question the landing field, climbed aboard. season. at Philadelphia, under Mayor asto, Abbott, Gandee, Katzer and now which faction will dominate Kendricks. The millionaire, reeking to within the party council. hide his identity un lar the name Bibby are back. Around this nuc Soldiers Dominate of "Jack Kennedy'’ arrived in leus Coach C^pe has built a Dismissal of English Teach Military leadership has always Los Angeles Tuesday. He char- team that has set out to swamp er Causes Serious carried political domination, with t'led an airplane there and dur- Med ford. Situation James Hartley is the catcher. it in China. Cluing appears will irg stops at Bakersfield and SUPERIOR, WIs., April 7. — ing to relinquish his control over Fresno, arrange] for passage on. Although this is his first sea son he is showing up fine. His the policy and limit himself to tin. Wilhelmina. (IP) — Forty two teachers con batting is good. Pussy Kanasto of State Refuses management of the army. tinue to hold the fort although Secret is tossing the ball from pitchers Ballot Anti-nationalists are trying to less than a hundred students re box. He has the experience of itle main to man it. The rest of cen make the most of the rift within two years behind him and -was tral high school, about 1,000 pu the kuomintang In the hope of SALEM, April 7.— (LP)— Man one of last years best batters. pils strong, has been on strike damus proceedings to* compel Sec wrecking the movement. But the Roy Abbott Is also pitching. He for four days 'because Miss Louis retary of State Sam Koser to pre fact that the party executive com BORGER, Texas, April 7. __ is also of^Jast year’s team, where Dickinson, an Instructor of Eng pare a ballot title for a measure mittee has taken control of the (IP)— State rangers are taking he filled his place welL Everett lish at the Institution for 23 designed to repeal the neW oseees- situation appears to .bridge over charge of the city, following the McGee is playing first base. Al I years, has been dismissed, this difficulty for the time being. ment law have been startd la the election Tuesday, and have de though this is his first year his j Superintendent of Schools Paul state supreme court. clared war on lawlessness here. great reach and hard word has j R, Spencer announced Wednesday b. B. Smith, Portland. Is the In Nearly 300 girls who have been made him a good player. He j that the classes would continue stigator i t the proceedings and given 24 hours to leave, the city, keeps boys busy chasing balls as long as one pupil attended. the court- will determine whether have begun a mach out of town. over the fence when he Is at bat, The strike has spread to East it may assume jurisdiction next Hundreds of slot machines High school, where 60 students Tuesday. Smith’s request woe re SALEM, April 7.—(IP)— Har have been taken by officers who Jimmy Nutter is playing second. This is his first year, but he is refused to attend classes Wed fused by Koser on the grounds riet Weatherson, convicted In have a dozen large trucks at their nesday after central students had that measures carrying the emer connection With the embezzlement disposal to haul gambling equip showing up well. - His batting is distributed circulars and urged gency clause cannot he referred. of funds from the Florence State ment tto police headquarters. A fair. Sonny Leedom Is also mak ing a good showing on second. (heir fellows to join in the sym Smith contends that the pres Bank, has been assigned to work considerable amount of, whiskey Billy Hulen is playing itiort stop. pathy stride. ence of the clause la a violation ot in the prison office as assistant has been confiscated. X Although It is his first year on Parents have been as indignant the constltatlonal provision bar to Joseph Murray, chief clerk. The city Jail here Is filled be the team, he is by no means in -•/I as their children and have In ring use of the emergency clause Miss Weatherson is regarded yond capacity and prisoners are experienced. He plays his posi dicated strongly their desire to on revenue measures. as a model prisoner. being rushed across the'Canadian tion well and is a good batter. stand by their sons and daugh A change in prison manage river to the county jail at Stin V ' Bud Gandee of last year’s team ters In the strike action. More ment was made today when nett. All dance halls have been than 1,000 parents attended eight Charles Wimer states that the George A. Robinson, principal ordered closed. Pool and Billiard is covering thlTd base. Come out and watch him do his stuff. He war meetings and denounced deal between blmeelf aad the Bar- keeper, was made Chapel guard rooms have been c.lospd in ac is a natural baseball player and Spencer. to brothers, which was mentioned succeeding Paul Frye. cordance with the order issued a l^elp to any team. Bus Moore In yesterday’s paper, rolled to ma- The efflce of principal keeper by Mayor Miller, who has joined Total of 209 miles of telephone terpilse and It.has net yet hem has been abolished. hands with the rangers. (Please Turn to Page- 3) ¡line was built In national (oraste cettled. CHAMBER SECRETARY MAKES ANNUM R E W ‘ Fire Causes Heavy Loss in Wasco Store FORD HAS A HA1F BIUON BI CASH Divorce is Given “Horrible Example” MOTOR MAGNATE’S SON IN S T O W DASH ASHLAND BASEBALL 1FAM M MEDFORD The Shock Absorber ir ARE OUT ON STRIKE ASSESSMENT LAW TO FACE NEW ATTACK Rangers in Charge Of a Texas City Woman Banker is Médel Prisoner V -W S O 'T; 'H- •« i I