THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
Fair in the santi), unsettled
is a potential pay roll for
Ashland
A M a n tf s Leading N
(United Newa Wir« Servie«)
ASHLAND; 01
the north, with showers.
per far Ove^ Fifty Years
id
(U nited Presa W ire Service)
•T5SIUY, APRIL 26, 1927
ARDENT BASEBAIL FAN BEGINS
TO FEEL A tB O M E ONCE MORE
Otis 0 . Helmut is Celled
After Illiness of About
Two Months
Far Reaching Program is
Manned-Out bv Hoover
and Other Officials
RED CROSS IN CHARGE
M E M PH IS, Tenn., A p ril 26.—
(LP)— The giant Mississippi river
flood relief organization moved
swiftly and smoothly today in its
work of caring for 150,990 per
sons driven from their homes by
the disaster.
„
A far reaching prograni of re
lief and rehabilitation was map
ped out bare today at -a confer
ence attended by H erb ert Hoov
er. secretary of commerce, H eary
M. Baker, national director of
disaster relief work for the Red
Cross, and others.
Hoover placed Baker in charge
of all relief work and gave him
dictatorial powers over govern
ment agencies assisting in the
Otis O. Helman, aged 53 years,
passed away this morning at his
home on Lqurel street, following
an illness which has lasted for
the past two months. Mr. Helman
was born and raised in Ashland
and has spent nearly all of his
life in this city.
The deceased Is survived by a
wife, ohe sòn, four brothers, •Lin
coln and Grant Helman of Peta
luma, Cal., John and Butler H el
man of Ashland and two sisters,
Mrs. J. E. Niles of Alturas, Cal.,
and Mrs. Jane Carter of Ashland.
Funeral services w ill be held
from Stock’s Undertaking par
lors Thursday afternoon at 2:30
p. m. and w ill be conducted by
the E lk ’s Lodge, of which M r. R ei
man had been a faithful member
for m arp years. His brothers Elks
w ill assemble at the Elks Temple
at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, and go
in a body to the parlors.
One Hundred and Fifty At
tend Three Days Epworth
League Conference
INTERESTING PROGRAM
Annual Epworth League Institute
Lasting One Week Will be
Reid on McKinxle
Laughing, talking, joking, old
acquaintances renewed,
n ew
friendships formed;
such
was
the scene last Friday evening at
'the Methodist Episcopal church
when 150 young people gathered
here for the annual District Con
vention a t the Epworth League
for a three-day conference.
A
delicious banquet was served at
Which Rev. Joseph
Knotts
of
Rosebnrg acted as toastmaster.
George Mason, president of Ash
land ¿hapter, gave a word
of
N S W T O R N . A p ril 26.—TM game's best loved veterans yield
arden type of baseball fan, v M ed to youth and found them
root« fo r ' the established ordefl selves, comfortable corner seats
o f things in the national pastime In their respective dugouts. Peck-
Is beginning to fell at home orfhg Inpaugh could not keep up with
more.
’ the pace required of the W hite
A t the end of the firs t ta r ij Sox Infield, and old Max Carey
W ilb ert
night of the 1IS 7 season. «H was benched by Uncle
Robinson in a shakeup of „ the
game has h it its stride.
The leading sloggers of the Brooklyn dub.
Yet Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker,
m ajor leagues have begun W
find the range of the
varioed the whitewash twins. long rivals
greatest
of American
fences. Age has claimed its to n as the
of 40
year old veterans V M league outfields, both are close up
time
started the season as blithely as to .350, earning, for. the
being at least, the price of scan
yearlings.
Babe R uth has been passed* a dal.
John McCraw's silver jubilee
score of times in half «■ m ap*
.327,
games.
Roger
Peckinpaogh‘0 club's batting average is
legs have given out, and
th<[ enough to delight even the most
veteran warms the bench
one* exacting of managers. But h it
more; Umpire "B rick ” Owen has ting against the pitchers of Bos
ordered the entire Washington ton, Philadelphia and Brooklyn
is something vastly different
from facing the brilHant hurt
ing staffs of Pittsburgh, St.
Louis and Chicago.
Bib Jess Haines, who was the
two time winner for the _ 8t.
Louis Cards in last year’s world
series, has begun the 1927 sea
son in b rilliant fashion. On
April 14 the big farm er
boy
pitched the first shut out of the
year when he stopped the Chi-
welcome to visiting
delegates;
and. a response spoken by R utji
P ratt, District Treasurer and o f
Grants Pass.
A program
was
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H as A uthority
Baker w ill have authority to
requisition government boats and
charter private craft if necessary.
Army and * Navy planes were
placed at his disposal and he
was given supervision of the dis
tribution of food, clothing and
la the flood aqea glsen out by
Hoover while in MempUa showed
there are now approximately 29.-
999 homeless refugees in the
NORFOLK, Va., April 11.-—
Clerk Refuses to
Accept Petition
atus.
■
■ Saturday morning’s devotions
were led by Rev. E. B. Horseli
of W ilderville. He presented in
a remarkable way that the Ep-
worthlan's task was not to die
for Christ, bnt to live for Him .
Committees on resolutions and
nominations were then appointed-
A t 9 o’clock D r. S. J. Chaney,
district superintendent, continu
ed Rev. Horsell's topic by speak
ing o n / "Do It.** He pointed out
many instances in the
Bible
where charcaters did something
worthy Instead of just, thinking
about it. Then came a summary
of "Our Institute'* by Rev. T. H.
Xemple of Medford as he held
his hearers in suspence waiting
for thq announcement as to
where the Institute
this
year
would be held. Epworth League
Institute lasts for the duration
of the week and is a course e f
study in Methodism, life Work,
evangelism, League methods, Bi
ble study, recreation, and many
other festures combined into *
summer camp.
Fin ally
Rev.
Temple of a sudden declared that
plans were in favor of a site on
the McKenxle Rive'r 59
miles
from Eugene. I t was pronounc
ed as an ideal place for the In
stitute. A capable faculty is be
ing selected.
M fiD FO R D , April ' 26.— (LP)—
Miss Delilah Stevens, county clerk,
Song Contest
has refused to accept the petition
As was form ally announced, a
submitted by the Jacksonville
song and yell contest was held
county seat club, calling for a
in which all Chapters would par
special election June 28, submit
ticipate with one original song
ting house b ilf No. 192; passed by
and yell. The winning ones to be
the last legislature, removing the
need at naxt Institute.
N e lr
county seat from Jacksonville to
noon, the judges brought in a
Medford to a referendum.
decision in favor of M yrtle «Pólnt
Legal action may be brought
winning the song prise sad Ash
against the county clerk in an ef
land the yell.
A discussion of
fo rt to compel her to accept the.
League methods which has al
petitions and call a special refer
ways been of great value in ta t-
endum election, according to a re
,fer conventions, was
presented
port from Jacksonville.
at 11 in which the first depart
ment work was reviewed by Mr.
Newbry of Talent. This depart-,
ment has* as Its leading task the
promotion of the Sunday devo
tional meetings. He emphasised
the devotional period as
most
Important to the lite
of any
SALEM, A p ril 29. — (LP) — An League.
Christian leaders
ara
alternative w rit in mandamus developed through the efforts ex
proceedings, filed hers recently pended in the devotional moat
to compel Marlon county to pay ing. The second department, as
to the state a portion of its given by Wade Harmon of Grants
share of the 0 ., and C. land "Pass, specialises in evangelism
grant tax refund, la returnable end to this department ta ll the
May 9, according to an order study coarse and also of making
j issued today by Judge L . H . Me
Land Grant'Case
Be up on May 6th
large number of people hgya tirg-
ed that it be repeated, so the cast,
w>lch Is Intact at present, haa ex-
pressed a willingness to take part
again.
The play Is being sponsored by
Clara Huck, teacher of the Soda
Springe school, and the proceed«
w ill he used for playground appar-
policy
is E xplained
Newspapers Who U njustly Attack
Foreign Policy Come in for
Criticism
N E W YO RK. A pril 26. — (IP)
— President Coolidge’s speech
at the twentieth anniversary din
ner of the United Press last
night in which he defended the
administrations policy abroad and
presented his view of conditions
in Mexico, Nicaragna, and China
was regarded by political observ
ers as being his most important
pronouncement in recent months.
T h e p re s id e n t addressed an
audience of a thousand made up
for a large part of newspaper
executives. He. pleaded for a fair
American press and criticised the
newspapers who he said had at
tempted
to
inflame
opinion
against foreign nations, and those
who unjustly attacked the ad-
ministration for defending Amerl
can lives and property.
Mahan.
FLOCK OKESR-WKEN
A large flock o f gease1 were
seen on the Rogue river Bhnday
by Deputy Game W arden Roy
Parr., The geese attracted much
attention as it was the firs t time
that any had been sekn id this
vicinity so late in the season.
A signed confession was ob
tained by Chief of Police McNabb
yesterday from W illiam Allen,
nineteen year old Detroit youth,
which cleared up the stealing of
the Grubb automobile Sunday
night. The confession declared
that the boy came into Ashland
on a freight train about ten
o’clock Sunday night. That about
g.:30 or 4 Monday morning, he
stole the car, and drove it to
Medford. Here he claims he pick
ed up two more boys. Jack L ltt,
19, of Chicago, and John Plttnor,
17, of Denver. They drove the
car to a point about eighteen
miles beyond Grants Pass, where
they attempted to sell the five
tires. They aroused the suspicions
of some of the residents there
and the Josephine county sheriff
was called and placed the boys
under arrest.
The
chief accompanied
by
Deputy Sheriff Jennings went to
Grants Pass y e s t e r d a.y and
brought them to the Jackson
county Jail, where they are being
Thirty Thousand Dollars
Worth of Bonds to be
Offered Public
Prosecutor Asks That Testi
mony Be Stricken From
Records
DENTIST
IS
ACCUSED
W itness Who First Thought Den
tist Was in Car * W ith Girl
Had Wrong Night
SEATTLE, April 2«. — The
State’s case against Dr. C. C'.
Dobbs. K irkland dentist, virtu a l!*
blew up in the Superior court this
mc-rning when Prosecutor Col
vin electrified the court room with
the admission that the two most
important witnesses, the Girard
brothers, were mistaken In the
identification of Dobbs as the man
they saw* on the SammamiaW
Slough bridge, in a car In which
was the limp form of a girl.
Dr. Dobbs Was being tried for
the murder of Letitla W hitehall,
fourteen year old patient. -"T h e
brothers, discovered,’* ColxJn said,
that it was not halloween nigh<
and he asked that there testimony
be stricken from the records.
This leaves the state w ithout
much evidence connecting,, Dobbs'
with the murder. The prosecutor
depended jipon the Gerard’s testi
mony to clinch the case.
A t a, meeting
Monday
ol
the board of directors of the Bag-
ley Canning Company Ralph E.
A snrpriee party was sprung
when state, county and pity of
ficials collaborated in t iM L n n .
bead lights. Motorists were lined
up for Mocks while the teet was
^asrlSS M t , and atcordlng-to the
Chief o t Poffes, seventy per cant
of those cars examined had head
lights that were not in compli
ance with the lew.
ceqtly, and in his Observations
gives some interesting tacts con-
corning the early life of this
Ashland citizen.
relief organization for hMp.
the following to eay:
Baker w ill retain headquarters
"Ashland is naiqne In many
in Memphis nntii the relief work ways, bnt the one feature that
has been carried to an end.
no stranger ever forgets is Lithia
Lend Supplies
Park and the L ith ia Park munl-
Food .supplies, medicines and clpal auto camp. I doubt if there
clothing are being harried to all is a more beautiful park any-
points where there Is need and where than L ith ia Park, w ith Its
reserve supplies are being gatfc- wild beauty. Tourists who have
ered at convenient ra il points traveled all over the United
for later nse.
States and who have visited most
Concentration camps fo r re- of the auto camps in America pay
fugees are in process of enlarge- tribute to L ith ia Park In the
ment in readiness for the hordes guest book in the club house in
of Inhabitants of the lower Mis- the park, saying that In all th^ir
sisslppi valley, who may yet be rambles they have never seen a
driven out.
more attractive park nor been
Arm y engineers have been de- better treated. The Southern Call
tailed to -d ire ct all water trans- fornia resorts would be w illing
portat4on and removal of refugees to spend millions to duplicate it,
by boat, working w ith the Missis- but the Ice-cold, crystal-clear
sippl river commission and dis- mountain stream, the rock ledges,
trlct engineers.
the mountain mahogany* and the
An engineering officer w ill be other natural features cannot
placed in charge of railroad be a rtificially reproduced. Ash-
transportation of supplies. R ail- land lb certainly one of the spots
roads are moving the supplies that erery tourist revisits with
without cost to the relief organl- delight.**
Play to be Staged at
Community Hpuse
A Thousand Newsnaper E x
ecutives Hear Him at
Anniversary Dinner
Bi-Plane That Was to be Seventy Per Gent of Head
lights Are Found to
Used for Non-Stop
Need Adjusting
Flight, Falls
to the park, the «rtU r.has
floqd victims can return to their
homes with the return o f normal
conditions. .
Every Red Cross chapter in the
flood regWn is aiding in the re
lief work, Baker announced.
Plans of the Red Cross Include
providing those refugees who
have bene left penniless w ith
enough furniture to start house
keeping again.
.Chief of Police Gets Signed
Statement on Recent
Auto Theft
Former Chancellor Says the
Coast Cities Expected
to be Customers
SAN DIEG O,. Cal., April 26.—
(LP)— Ggtmaa/ intends .Jo make a
powerful bid for the m aritime
shipping of the Pacific coast 'in
the Immediata future, Dr. W il
helm Gune, ex-chancellor of Germ
any, and the managing director
of the Hambur-Amerlcan S. 8.
line, declared today in the course
of an address made before a
chamber of commerce luncheon.
Dr. Gune declared that Germ
any is looking to San Diego, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland
and Seattle as valuable and im
mediate customers.
BEST DRESSED M AN
EUGENE. A pril 26. — (IP) —
Forest Alders Ehlers of Red
mond, Ore., today wore the title
of being the best dressed man
on the University of Oregon
cairfpus. '
A* contest to . choose the best
dressed «niversify of Oregon stu-
Ld e *t wqa . started two weeks ago
and terminated at the annuual
Portland — 975,000 Electrical
Seven Seers dance Saturday night
when one of six candidates was Products factory on Sandy boule
vard open May 1.
voted tor.
J. Ferns, vice-president and B. B.
-Ad a m so n , secretary and treasur
er, These officials with J. W , Mc
Coy and F. F. W h ittle constitute
the board. Organisation ot the
heard,and completion of tks nsw
incorporation were perfected, and
certificates of stock w ill now be
Issued to the stock holders of the
Ashland Preserving Co., In lieu of
their present stock. This is in ac
cordance with the consolidation
recently worked out with the
Ashland Preserving Co. stockhold
ers.
j
The new corporation in order to
complete the details of this amal
gamation and to provide funds for
the construction of a large con
crete warehouse w ill sell $30,000
worth of seven per cent gold
bonds. These bonds are secured
by first mortgage on the all ot the
company's holdings at Ashland
and Talent, and Inasmuch as, all
of the local banks have endorsed
this Issue and purchased 919,000
of the bonds it is expected that
the remainder w ill saon be taken
up by local investors.
Officials state that as soon as
these bonds are all sold construc
tion on the new warehouse will
begin Immediately, and
plans
made for one of the largest packs
of fruits and vegetables in the his
tory of the business.
Intimacies With Salesman
Are Told in a Frank
Confession
LONG IS LA N D C IT Y , N. Y.,
April 26.— The confession of Mrs.
Ruth Browq Sgydqf
the Jury in the triaT of Mrs. Sny--
der and Henry Judd G » y for the
murder of Albert Snyder.
In Frank term« it admitted her
intimacies with Gray and told the.
Story of bow a 19 year old girl.**
who, marrying a man several'
years her senior, had failed to find
happiness, although it specified
that Snyder cared for her w e ll,
financially.
George V. McLaughlin, form er
police commissioner, quoted h e (
own words to accuse her ot the
murder. He recited how tire .
Snyder and her lover had told him
of their illic it love and a plan to
get rid of Snyder and how he was
murdered as he slept. Both of
them have since repudiated thesa>.
confessions as (hey were obtained
under duress.
LO VELAN D , Colo., April 25.—»
(LP)— A freak jackrabbit with long
sharp horns, similar to those of a
steer, is on display here. The an
imal was shot by O rrtlft Moore,
who said he killed it east ot the
city after it had attacked and
LOS ANGELES, April 26.-MLP) gored his dog.
— A fter an absence of several
months, Aimee Semple McPher
son w ill return to the lawcourts
today.
,
She w ill not make a personal
appearance, but counsel for the
dynsmlc evangelist w ill go before
Superior Judge Hahn in support
of her dem urrer to certain sec
tions of the 91.099,009 damage
suit filed by Mrs. V irla Kim ball.
Mrs. •K im b all, who testified in
the hearing of conspiracy charges
against the evangelist alteged In
her complaint that Mrs. McPher
son was the companion of Ken
neth G. Ormiston in a cottage at
Carmel last spring and Mrs. Mc
Pherson aska that thia portion
of tba complaint be stricken o n t
Mrs. K im b all’s snlt charges that
Mrs. M'oPherson and her mother,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, slandered
her during their sensational hear
ing.
Aimee to make a
Return in Court
Astorta claims the longest mo
tor m ail route in United States,
Route A, 74.9 miles.