Ashland’s Leading
ed N r o Wir« to rro »
RDAY, MAY 14, 1927
A SH L A N p,
Farmer’s Death
j...'. Is Investigated
MYRTLE POINT, Or«.. M*X 1 |.
—(IP)—<
<■ W. Hermann. 66, well
Interstate Commerce Ct
Pacific C
known Broadbent farmer, . died
121,000
mission Orders Mew
suddenly this morning at 6:30,
Road B uilt
believed to have been the victim
ATLANTA, Qa., May 14.— Lat­
Little more than two-thirda i f of uolaoa, aalf-admlnlstered. al­
WASHINGTON. May 14.— An
est nuaors ragardlag the fate of
91.lSl.eeo quota of the Paetfle though officials have not as yet
attempt to settle the controversy
Captain Nungesaer aad <T 0 I 1,
eoaat area for • the M Isslsnlgti determined cause‘of death and no
between the Great Northern,
misdlng French fliers developed
Valley flood relief fund,. . MAs motive tor suicide can be learned.
Northern Pacific and Oregon
here today when 3. E. Eubanks,
been subscribed, according . ¡to Hermann’s son, Eugene, 22. told
Trunk railroads on one hand and
19, operator of an amateur ra­
information sent ont from ' Na­ that he had found his father at Continued U nsettled W eath the Southern Pacific on the* oth­ W alter Davie is V ictim
dio station said ha received a mas­ Break in Levees Cause the tional Headquarters at Washing­ 5:30 this morning in trout of the
er was made by the Interstate
Stick-Up Men
Flood Dangers to
sage saying they walked into
Commerce Commission, vacating
ton D. C. With a total subeerte- Hroadbent school house on his
N ear H ere
-
hands
and
knees
and
in
a
very
Trinity, Newfoundland, after their
a previous order, the commission
tion of 923,7S5.Se, Oregon hqs
plane «an forced down through
subscribed lees than one-half f f weakened and nauseated, condi­ BYRD GLAD FOR DELAY authorized the Oregon Trunk line RELIEVED OP MONEY
fuel shortage. Officials declined PR O PERTY L O 88 H EAVY the >83,8S0 quota for thlr state tion. The man had last strength
to build a new line from Bent to
to venture to confirm the authen­
Klamath Palls.
The number of flood suffefram enough to murmur something
H old-lp Took Piare M Highway
ticity of the report. Eubanks
A previous order was for the
in the stricken areas continue tp about poison before he died, the
North of Thia
mid he thought the message was
conditional conversion of Joint
Increase as constant rains caatf Bon said. Hermann has been a
City
resident of this section for many
from A Canadian station bat was
use of tracks between Oregon
further
breakage
in
levees.
Ash­
COURT ROOM, Loa Aagolee.
Trunk and Southern Pacific. The
land has not quite com plete years and was highly respected.
Walter Davis, Medford, w a s
May 14.—<IP>—Bmotjons that
GARDEN CITT. N. Y., May 14
NEW-ORLEANS, La., May 14.
reaching her quota of
I BED He Is survived by a wife and sev­ — (IP)—Atlantic storms gather­ order today resulted from In­ robbed of 946 by highwaymen
the state claims drove .Paul
—(IPS—A great lake. 300 miles
subscription, according to M a. eral children.
ing In the path of the New York ability of the roads to agree on shortly after jnldnlght Friday
Kelly to tho "hare knuckle mur­
long aad from 60 to 100 miles Sam McNair, bat further aaS-
*
to Paris flight kept the compet­ plans of construction. The Ore­ night.
der” of his husband-rival. R^p
wide, was forming Friday night
gon Trunk line must start work
scriptlons are being received^
The
holdup
took
place
on
tho
ing
camps
at
their
Long
Island
Raymond, wore revealed to the
plerelng the heart of Lonslana
Ashland-Medford highway, Just
Alrdonnes busy studying weather on new line within 60 days.
fro» Its northern border to the
north of Ashland, as Davis was
reports today. Doubt that any of
Gulf of Mexico.
returning
to his home after,
the three entrants In this moat
Thirteen parishes In the north­
spending the evening here.
haaardoua
of
trans-Atlantic
race*
eastern part of the state, includ­
The stick-up men were travel«-
would find It feasible to take oft
Youth Recovers H ie Spirits ing the rich farm lands of the
ling
In a Hudson touring car,
, W hen Given a Larger
Tensas basin section, already are
Reservations for Chamber for another 24 hours waa ex»-
northbound,
according to Davis*
pressed by Lloyd Bertaud and
under water from levee breaks
Banquet Should be
report
to
Chief
of Police George
other pilots.
Good attendance marked t
along tho Mississippi. .
__
Maria Monday
McNabb.
One
man
relieved Davia
Rain, cold, fog and bead winds
Six more parishes lay In the presentation of the class pi
of
hta
wallet
while
another
poked
htened
H
o
r
s
e
s
R
u
n
direct path o f flood waters re­ given by the seniors of tbe 19;
All those desiring to attend the were reported to the contestants
a
gun
against
his
side,
the
chief
Iw
ay
W
ith
Sprayer
three-cornered arelal
leased Into the "Sugar Bowl," graduating class Friday evenii
Chamber of Commerce dinner to In the
said.
Outfit
at the senior high school audi­ he held next Tuesday evening at derby.
eountry by new breaks.
There « a s gloom In tbs hang­
ihe Llthia Springs Hotel, honoring
Mere than 1,000,000 acres of torium.
Susan Kelts, 11-year-old daugh- yor<j
The play "A Full House” a Gçvernor and Mrs. I. L. Patter­ ar of the little Bellanca plane in tar of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kelts, op^n
fertile farm land with between
40,000 aad 60,000 farms now are comedy sparkling with wtt aad son, are requested to make their which Bertaud and Chamberlin 369 Granite street, escaped unin- Aahli
under flood tide or doomed to be humor, is especially well adapted reservations Monday or at least are ready to fly at the first sign Jured early Saturday morning, stopp
for amatner production. The by Tuesday noon, by 3. H. Fuller, of favorable weather.
within tbe week.
when a team of horses, hitched to for
The second of the entrants, a spray outfit on which she was came
cast,
coached under the direction Chamber secretary. Reeervatlona
More than 150,000 persons—
men, women and children—have of M |s Irene Berg and Miss Mil­ are to be made at the Chamber of­ Capt. Charles Lindbergh, figur­ seated, became frightened and ran fide,
ed that the day’s delay gave him away.
been forced to migrate from dred Crain, were well coached fice.
just
a
better chaace to start even with
A general invitation Is extend­
their homes to refugee camps, or and presented their work In a
The run-away started near the aCcej
ed to attend the dinner. Because the ,H ellenes outfit. Lindbergh’s Ashland camp grounds on Win- (0
to relatives* hove outside the ar- pleasing manner.
The character acting of Lyttn of thia general Invitation the com­ Ryap monoplattp la much faster burn Way.
The girl was alone their
Property damage will be more Neely, and Jannita Ross, as the mittee is uncertain about the num­ than that in which Bertaud and on the sprayer outfit, when the The!
•
than 91.000,000, according -to, maid from 8ioux City, waa well ber which may attend, and an ap- Chamberlin will- be flying.
horses, for some unaccountable ed to
The
third
entrant,
the.
giant.
proximate
knowledge
la
quite
nec­
done,
the
two
with
their
comody
Btote Osttnrisaioner of AgrienL
reason, beeame frightened and pantz
."American,” la which Command­ started to run. They spray ont- unab
getting frequent laughs.
~ essary.
place—but- since I haven’t re- '
ture Wilson.
•
. .. Tho jievt e v e n t in th e SChAA- ~ Dinner tickets cast 9
«•elred any more J didn’t know
.Govern­ er Byrd will join the race to tU w a a drawn .Into a fence and. mea.
what to thlak— then your first 1
or Patterson will be the principal Paris, needs tuning and testing, wrecked, and one of the horses
NEW ORLEAN8, May 14—(IP)
letter nearly drove . mo craay—
speaker
and a worthwhile pro­ and welcomed the delay.
broke away and started to run.
— The series of breaks along the
gram
la
assured.
Mr. Fuller states.
The animal want full speed down
,or
..cowy* letters nsvef take i
levee front at Bib Bend were
the place oPa phone call— moah-
Wlnbnrn .Way aad attempted to
discharging flood waters ever the
talns are made ont of mole hills 1
round the curve at the Park store
farm lands of lowsr Avoyelle
BIG FUND RAWED
In a few written words—almost ’
onto Main street when it skidded
Parish at the rats of 900,000 cu­ BUYS GROCERY IN EUGEN K
LOS ANGELES, May 14.—(IP)
drank myself to deatk-^thls Un’t ’
and fell, sliding a distance o( >0
— Receipts at Jack Dempsey’s re­
bic fsst a second, the state’s en-
for sympathy Dear—Juetto ahoV 1
feet, almost into tbe path of an
glpeer’r«ptflcerher« estimated Fri­
cent benefit performance here
BOSTON, Mhss., -May 14— (IP) automobile.
.yon what a dpmned fool I am.”
were not being confused with the
day afternoon.
Further on Kelly v r o t je, 1
G. M. Frost saw the animal fall
92.60Q.000 "gate” that ’"IVx” A package of dynamite addressed
This flow, engineers s a i d ,
to
Governor
Fuller
has
been
seiz­
"Thursday’s and Friday’s letter
and
caught It before It could rise
Rickard
la
confident
the
re­
would soon Completely inundate
came and Oh Boy! I want to
BERKELEY, Cal., May 14.—
match with Gene Tunney, heavy­ ed in the mall by postal authori­ to its feet and start on again.
the lower parish and
before
ties here. Governor Fuller only a
tell you I can Tick a cop.* 1
Tbe girl was badly frightened (IP)—After mingling with the*
weight champion, will draw.
nightfall the tide would begin
was terribly happy Dear — to
envelopiQg the lands, of St. La^> .building,
Tho Cables Beach club turned few days ago received from Chi­ by. the accident, but outside of a friends of her 18-year-old danfcb-
think that yon— of all people,—
over
to tbe locpl Mississippi Flood cago a death threat In connection I few scratches escaped uninjured. ter as a student at the Unlvara-
dry parish southward.
stock of
it y of California, Mrs. Charlotte'
could think of me and get relax­
Relief cototoittee Checks for .13,- with'.¿he Saccovanzettl murder The wagon was badly damaged.
It was predicted the crest of bungaloi
Chanay finds herself In-disagree*
ation— well, God bleea yon— I’m
204,92, ;thU-gross receipts for the case which he la now considering.
the Mississippi might be check- The Say
meat with all theories that the.
on top o f the world—I love you
Manassa mauler’s three round
ed several Inches by the' aerfeg poasessle
Yamhill county growers sell
youth of today la treading a path
and adore yon.’* ■
' (
,
bounts with-Tony Fuente and Ben­
of breaks. Yesterday the crest and exp,
pool
of
mohair
and
kld’a
hair.
of
frivolity aad folly.
ny
Hill,
heavyweights.
of
the
flood
waa
at
a
point
on
pleased
'
"Oh, I have something to tell i
Mra. Chaney followed h a s
the river 60 miles south of Nat-
‘
yon," the letter went on. "The i
daughter to the university here
cbex, Miss.
other Friday night when the "Old i
after the latter had finished high­
lady* called you Up it waa from 1
school
last year. Doris and h et,
my bouse. Did you hear toy i
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. May 14.
mother are taking Identical;
voice— please tell me and if yon I
—(IP)— A tick of the dock today
together
io
" 1
1
1
f changed Edward Kehoe, local courses, keep house
knew who It was. I had gotten 1
and
enjoy
the
same
friends.
so drunk after reading your let- i
garbage collector. Into a man
“The bualneaa-llke way these
ter— I slept on the conch In toy 1
of affluence when the pend-up
youngsters
go about t h e I <
clothes and she slept In my room. <
waters of the Tanana river broke
studies
la
anything
but ’alarm­
I know you trust mo—and her— I
the annual lee jam and sent the
REDFIELD, S. D. May 13.—
ing.’
said
Mrs.
Chaney.
“There
(or 1 can’t see and don’t want <
mass past Nenana at 6:42.
(IP)—Walter Chryaman, farmer-
la
neither
dallying
nor
frittering!
anyone hat yon."
<
KOhoe won the 325,000 yearly
bootlegger, who killed a federal
away of tin t. It’s a serious hna-
From the witness stand Miks *
Ice pool, which waa the blggeat
agent and a state deputy sheriff
lneas with them, this pnrsntt of
Mackaye explained that the "old <
In the history of the annual
early today, when a group of
knowledge.
lady” referred to was Mias Hel- t
gambling event, the "Kentucky
officers attempted to arrest him
"The critics who dolefully teR«
en Wilkinson, her young and i
Derby” of Alaska.
on his farm near here, ended hla
ypu that college time Is wasted^
pretty chum. .
I.
If the Ice had broken this
own life 20 miles from here
In trivialities shoatd look tato*
Frequent breaks In the letter
afternoon, tho pool would have tka library atndy kail say after«
shortly after noon when a posae
which the district attorney’s of­
been divided up between 100 or
was closing In on ‘him. He shot
noon."
fice designated as “code” were
more persona, who had laid their
himself In the head, palling the
Interpreted by Miss Mackaye.
beta and' picked 'a probable hour
trigger with his toe.
for tho break to come.
PORTLAND STORES ROBMMD
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo.,,May 14
Residents of every town In the
PORTLAND, May 14— (|P>—.
(IP>—Poplar Bluff buried
Its
territory Joined In the pool, la With a« old style revolver ia <ma
WANTED IN L. A. .
storm dead today. Business and
which Interest always ia -high. hand and a shopping bat
the
Through the California , Bur­
reconstruction were halted for eau of Identification Chief of Po­
Yesterday the ice jam still wqp other, two anappily dressed mea
an hour as community funeral lice Geo[go McNabb'has l e v i e d
solid hut the break came naex- made the rounds of throe Habhard
services were held for 40 real- that Jaa, W. Keating, "hop-
peetadly daring the night, sweep­ g ro c e ry stores today and robbed
dents kllled'by Monday’s tornado. head” held In the city jail here
ing tho tee down the river., '
them. They drove aa o9t ear aad
The death toll has mounted to last Sunday night, is wanted In
operated in <a nnhnrriad fashloa.
100. Twelve persona ptill are Loa Angeles on a hoi 4- up charge.
They disappeared completely be-
missing; and'are believed' bnrled Keating and a companion were
fore the arrival of poltoe.
in the ruins of the business 'dis­ released by local officers who
trict which was destroyed.
were unable to furnish ; t^dm
Eight of the Injured In hos­ with sufficient dope to keep them
BANDONt Oregon. 1
pitals are not expected tp recover. from becoming wild* '■;
* BLUEFIELD, W. Va.. May 14 O Pk^I. V. « M a ta r. 91
— (U.F.)— Bight miners are trap­ field Is near qedth M id
ped by an explosion in a Shannon salt of IkUteff ftoos Ok,
Branch tofne nOar hare today. ring lato ahallor^OOíir i
i
< GO ABROAD
«*•’ .
Rescue team» weye rushed to the
Bob Cohmkn, son of T. J. Coff­
stabs
of (hel blast Immediately.
man of Oakland, Cal., former
at
Senior Class
Play a Su
Governor’s Life
is- Threatened
Cojlege Life
Frank Fehige
\
Buys Big Ranch
A Self-Appointed Chaperon
F
t
Officers Killed
By Bootlegger
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Forty Tornado *
Victims Buried
Mipets Trapped
in Virginia Mine
Sixth District
, POKTJ*ANJ),( Mtky 14—(IP)—
Gilbert W. pholpfh<l9, judge M
tye qtyUr Judicial District, com­
prised o f . Morrow pad Umatilla
couatlqs. died,late Friday at Port­
land. Hla lllnees start'd ' • yapr
ago when he suffered, from parA-
lyala.
owner of tbe Hotel Ashland, tail­
ed from Baa, Francisco recently,
planning to spend tl^ aummer ip
Asia. Mr. and Mira. Coffman plan
to sail June 11 and meet thalr sop
In Hoa< Kong, phlna, and raturn
with him In December. Bob at­
tended school in Ashland for rnv-
aral years.
P O M NEGRI WBW»
Rplyalneowri. France, May
Ìq_.(U .J».)— Pela Negri be-
m ine Frincees Mdlvaaa at S
o’clock this afternoon when
she married Priace Serge
Mdlvana, a brother-la-law of
of ffae Mnrray.