.per for Over Fifty Years
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MONDAY, June 6, 1927
Aulremonl
Court
F lorida To
W ashington
WATER, F E U D
ISRESU1M
Ranchers Dynamite Another
Section Of Los Angeles*
Aoqueduct'
TWO WOMEN
M URDERED
L ith iq P a rk
Bodies Brutally Assaulted
Found In Fashionable
James T. Jenkins, a spot
“Hoofing" It through from
deputy
sherriff of Coos com
Apartment
Florida tb Spokane, Washington,
Ashland Boas, 8 Medford, 0.
Klamath Palls. 12, Grants Pass 1
Games Next Hnaday
land at Grants Pass,
math Palls at Medford
Ashland Boas defeated the
Pearpickers from Medford 2 to
0 In a baseball cíasele played
Sunday at the Jackson Hot
Springs park.
Hughes and Robbins In the
second Inning pulled a triple play
wAlch la scarcely, seen more than
once In a lifetime.
With two Pearpickers ea bases,
and Adolph up to bat, and no
outs, everything seemed to he
setting pretty for the Boses to
score.
^Adolph,knocked a difficult fly
into the right field which Hughes
at first bane caught, putting the
batter out, then threw to Rob
bins wkei* put Karkto out M so-"
cond. Robbins returned the hall
a n eighty-year -o ld traveller,
B. P. Nusbaum weary from 83
days on the road on his long
Journey, spent Sunday In Ash
land.
“I was born January 1, 1847,
and I’m the youngest old man
you ever saw" said the old man
whose brisk walk belled the age
lines of his face. In spite of his
advanced years, tpe old man
moved briskly and declared he
enjoyed the long hike,
“I lost everything I had in
Plorlda during the dtorm there
a year ago," he said.
He does not get offers, of
“lifts” so frequently as a young
man might because motorist don’t
think of an otf man travelling
so far, he said.
During the 8& days he has
been on the road he has worn
out three pairs of shoes. He
carries very little Inggage with
him and spends his night "where-
ever dark may find him."
Travelling over the many hun
dreds of miles, the old fellow
said he never had seen a more
beautiful spot than Llthla Park
He spent most.of the day there
yesterday.
'
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McAdoo To Lead Forces
Against Al Smith Con
spicons Wet
“nultttteatlen." At Maeeo, Ga.,
he wjll speak on the topic: "Obed-
. lence to Law to Liberty.”
At
Greenville, Tenn., he will make
• "a plea for courageous leader-
M AN RESCUED
FROM D EA TH
Spent 72 Honrs In Water In
Bottom Of 40 Foot
Well
MARTINEZ, CAL., June 8—
(LP)— After stand lng three days
In water In the bottom of a 40
foot abandoned well Into which
he accidentally fell, Fred Wal
ters, «8, was rescued Sunday
afternoon
when
Picknickers
heard his call for help. He Is
staving off pennmonla.
He
spent 72 hoars In the water
which was knee deep.
BABB STILL HITTING
NEW YORK, June 5.—(LP>—
Babe Ruth went ahead of his
1821 home run making pace Sun
day by bitting his 17th home ran
of the season in the sixth inning
of the game with Detroit. The
Yankee slugger had 16 home runs
to his credit at thia time alx years
ago, when he aet his record of 58
for the season.
used in the work.
Lack of up-to-date equipment
at the quarry makes the task a
heavy one.
There 1a a sufficient demand
for the granite from the Ashland
quarries to work to a capacity
constantly all of the equipment
now there according to Mr. Blair.
The finest granite to ba found
In the world,, the only granite
that compares favorably with that
found in Barry, Vermont, the
criterion by which all granites
are Judged, to to be found la
thia quarry, Mr. Blair said. > ’
There to however, a grant used
at the local quart? for np-to-date
equipment which makes the cutt
ing and handling of granite slabs
mack easier and ellmatee tbe pre
sent waste which results from the
old method of quarrying.
ED . R ILEY
D IE D S U N D A Y
Kids P lan To
Go Sw im m ing
M R$. FOSTER
BADLY HURT
~
M onster S labs O f G ranite
R em oved From B lair Quarry
Workmen at the Blair granite
quarry near thia city are en
gaged in quarrying elabe tor an
28,000 private mausoleum to he
erected In a Portland cemetery
for the Mayo family of that city,
according to, Walter Blair, super
intendent of- the quarry.
- A new quarry, 300 feet higher
than the old quarry has boas
opened for this Job which ra-
quires ons nine ton slab lor the
roof of the building, and two
other root «tones 18 feet lohg,
four feet and six inches wide and
10 Inches thick, weighing mom
than six' tone each.
It to a monster task to move
these hugh a l^ s of granite from
the quarry to the finishing eked
where polishing and hammering
to done. BIX teams of horses,
18 msn and heavy trucks are
D EM M IESW ANT
D R Y PLATFORM
JA Y GODDARD
GETS NEW JOB
to Hughes who tagged the first
hag putting Bishop out.
The whole play was made In
the quartet of a minute and was
dene with such perfect teamwork
and speed that the crowd aearce-
ly realised what had occured.
In the first five Innings of the
ganSe neither team scored al
though on two occassions the
third out for the Boas occured
when two bases were occupied.
In the sixth inning Robbins,
first to bet, died at first base
when be grounded to Boston who
threw to first. Miller made a
second out when he hit a long
fly io Beebe In the left field.
Hughes bunted'and reached first
safely. While Force was at bat,
Hughes stole to second and when
Force grounded and reached first
base successfully, Hughes reached
third. Davis was next at bat and
hit a three-bagger scoring Hughes
and Force. The third out was
made by “Dolly" Gray who died
at first.
A third run was scored In the
seventh Inning when "Duke"
Marlow, who had failed to reg
ister when a pinch hit was need
ed, with the bases empty knocked
a homer far into the left field.
The crowd was noisy in its ap-
„ DETROIT, June «.—(IP)— Mur
der of a 10-year old widow, Mrs.
Mlnni May an<V her lodger, Ma-
qureen Oswald. 28, whose bodies
were found last night, were
sought today. The women are be
lieved to have been killed Wed
nesday.
Their throats
were
tightly bound with cords and
were found in an apartment in the
fashionable part of town. Both
had been assaulted. Mr. Noro>h
Vhandra .Atorthy, native Hlndo
who married the younger woman
In 1825 is sought for question
ing. Wm. D. Sinclair, an insur
ance agent is under survlalence.
LOS ANGELES, June
(LP4—
Tbe long-standing feud between
Owens valley rancher« and the
Los Angeles aqueduct, 15* miles
and Thomas D. Pee, A. J. Mi
south of Lone Pine, was blown «p.
and P. D. Nelson, all of Bead
The action marked the third
Oregon, visited a few hours
time
within two weeks that the
Ashland Sunday with Chief
aqueduct,
which carried water to
Police George* McNabb.
more than 1,000,000 people In Loa
The local officer? showed I
Angeles and vicinity, has been Chamberlin And Levine Uninjured When Broken Propel-,
visitors some of the beauties
Alleged Slayer Outwardly dynamited.
ler Forces Landing—Lindbergh Record Of Distance
Llthla Park and they enjoyed l
It marked the sixth act of vio
Cheerful As Ordeal Comes
Llthla waters before they 1
And Time Broken—Were In Air 40 Hours And 35
—No C h a n g e In Legal lence since the start of the fend
for home.
Minutes.
14 years ago.
The men were so wel! pleat
Array—List Of 100 Spe According to reports of water
with the beautiful country (u
cial Jurymen Called For bureau officials, a large section of
BERLIN, June 6—(U P)—Clarence D. Chamberlin
that they expressed their Inti
open concrete eoaduit wee blow«
Duty On Grounds.
tlon of coming Shck dt vafcatJ
and tTiftrtes Arfcevtne attem pt to fly from *New York “To
out this morning. Water was Im
time with their families.
mediately shut off and a repair Berlin ended today in the swampy ground near the For
Hugh D’Autrembnt. alleged crew started to the scene. Dam est of Prussia, eighty miles southeast of Berlin.
train dynamiter and train robber, age. according to officials, will not
The monoplane “ Columbia” was forced down there
went on trial today tfor the sec be heavy.
and
the propeller broken after a 'non-stop record was
ond time, charged with first de
gree murdyr, held responsible for
established
Pioneer P o s t a l Telegraph the death of Charles O. (Coyle)
Neither Chpmberlin nor Levine were injured.
of Ashland.
Operator Stricken Enroute Johnson
The
non-stop flight ended at 7.40 o ’clock tips morn
John Collier associate counsel
To California ' '
ing, Berlin time, at Helftn, about 100 miles from here
for the defense declared the whole
trial
a
farce
because
Jackson
when the fuel supply of the plane was exhausted.
Ed Riley, 78, for the last 12
Swimming instructions under
county
had
no
county
seat.
He
After re-fueling the flight was continued as far as
years an operator at the PoatAl
the auspices of Miss Fay Carver,
Telegraph office In this city died said the state law directed the director of the city playground, the forest.
shortly before midnight, Ban- county seat to be moved to Med will be started Wednesday morn
t The monoplane had been in air on basis of unofficial
ford February 7 of this year and
day, Jane 5, 1887, on board
ing at the Helman natatorlum, ac
landing time at Helfta for 40 hours and 35 minutes from
Southern Pacific train, shortly (he other day the supreme court cording to Miss Carver.
,
upheld
that
law
and
a
codici«
before the train reached Redd
Instruction for the girls starts the time it left New York. This was 11 hours and five
added that Medford be the county
ing, California.
at 9:30 o'clock and the boys are minutes longer than the time Lindbergh was in the air.
His death was sudden. He seat after July 1.
Instructed to b<( at the pool at The distance covered b y Lindbergh was beaten by 400
Judge Thomas denied the mo 10:30.
worked Saturday night, was re
miles.
lieved at 8 o’clock Sunday tion made by Collier for blanket
I-ast year more than 35 boys
dismissal.
morning, for a week’s vacatioa
and girls became quite proficient
BULLETIN
and after sleeping daring the _ Hugh apepared looking pale, swimmers while under the-dfrec-
GOTTBUS,
Germany, Jene
listless
and
downhearted.
day, left here shortly after J
j j f f i- g t .MUt. C A m r .,, Hatoimlng
Three
men
were
IB
the
Jury
box
o’clock for Long"
Cali
'nstructlons are to be given each
this afternoon, tentatively accept-
fornia. He was apparently la
Wednesday and Friday mornings,
toturod Hip I» Feared
good health;— According te w Or d od. their qualifications to torve on
received here he dropped dead i the D’Autremont case unchalleng the children take thoir pwn bath-
Is Patient At Mercy
as. he was walking through thg e d by either defense or state at tog suits with them and 25 If ther
Hospital, Roseburg
puilman.
secure suits at the bathhouse.
Those tentatively accepted were
Mr. Riley was a wdll known
B. M. Wilson. Medford; E. M.
WON’T BLAME HIM
Mrs. J. C. Foster, Injured Fri
Dennis and M. P. Carney.
LOS ANGELES, June 6.— (IP)— day in an auto wreck near Rose
Eleven tentative jurors had
Howard T. James, Los Angeles burg, suffers from two broken
been excused.
June 5.—(IP) — Safely across
fireman, has come to the divorce ribs, severe bruises and a possible
Through Intensive questioning
the
ocean, Clarence Chamberlin
of Larry J. Shade, as to whether courts with a brand new cause of fracture of the hip, according to and Charles A. Levlqe, in a little
action, according to his complaint reports received here. Mrs. Fost
or not he would vote for the
now on file.
er Is 67 years of age and her con monoplane, "Columbia,” w e r e
death penalty on circumstantial
brothers
His wife, Mrs. Glenna James, dition is considered quite serious. heading south by west over Eur
evidence, the prosecution indicat
,. Riley,
bleached the hair of their year old Mr. and Mrs. Foster were enroute ope Sunday night jn quest of a
ed that the life of the youthful
(. Riley
baby because she "didn’t want from Ashland, where they have new distance flight record.
suspect would be sought.
The flyers who hopped off from
. Balti-
him to look like his father,” resided for many years, to their
Roosevelt
Field, N. T., at dawn
James
explained.
new home in Bandon when the
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Saturday
and
followed the aky
accident occurred.
trail
biased
by
Capt. Charles A.
Mrs. Foster to a patient at the
Lindbergh
a
fortnight
ago, wero
Mercy hospital at Roseburg.
reported off Lixard Head on the
southeastern tip of England at
8:33 p. m. Sunday.
BEAUTY RUINED, CHARGE
Tbs Columbia was some hours
behind the time of a trans-Atlan
LOS ANGELES. June 5.— (LP)— tic flight made by Lindbergh In
Charging her sight was Impaired the “Spirit of St. Louis,*’ but was
and her skin infected with septic heading for some distant Europ
enem a through unskillful appli ean capital—believed to be Ber
cation of “beauty restorers,” Mar lin— In a daring effort to eclifeee
garet 8. Van Orsdol has filed suit the young soldier-flyer’s achieve
for 250,580 damages against Mr. ment.
and Mrs. J. E. Anderson and Ar
When sighted over Cornwall,
chibald Freebalrn, assorted pro
prietors of a beauty parlor.
Fire T hreatens .
Fram e B u ild in g
City firemen extinguished a
roof blase at tee Meikle pro
perty 182 C. street, shortly be
fore noon today. The building,
a two story frame structure,
unoccupied was threatened by
fire which started on the
shingle roof. The fire started
from sparks from an Incinerator
It was discovered ny employees
of the tavern cafe. Fireman laid
200 feet of hqse and In A few
minutes had the fire under ebn-
rol.
This was the first city call
answered by tbe (Department
since March 16. During tbe 80
day« since that time not a
single blase occured In the city.
One false alarm «as sent In re
garding an auto nl Llthla park.
RUM RUNNER FIRED ON
. AND IB BADLY CRIPPLED
BELLINGHAM, WASH., June
6 (LP)—Withstanding a fusillade
of 800 shots fired by four coast
guard officers on shore patrol at
Neptune beach, 18 miles oarth-
eaet of here this morning, a high
powered rum ship Mmpod away
badly crippled, escaping Into
Canada waters.
Groans were
heard as the ship moved away
Aren’t We Progressing
ÎR 1 9 0 0 ABŒf VtóRTED
À OKSANDA GAL
m 1920
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A hda g
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C. C. B oosts Playground, Band,
Spring F estival This W eek
Chamber of Commerce activities morrow.
- The Playground
for the week will be verted and of
A Chamber of Commerce ad
considerable importance, accord
visory committee to assist Mies
ing to J. H. Fuller, secretary.
Fay Carver In the park play
Fnrnm Tomorrow
Tomorrow the entire forum pro ground work 1s to be appointed,
gram will be glyen over to the according to Mr. Puller. Mrs. O.
members of the fire caravan 8. Butler has already eoaseated
which will vialt here In the morn- to serve on this committee and
lng-and present a fire drill. Jay other members will bo announced
Stevena, prominent In firemen's soon.
associations, and Clair Lee, state
fire marshall will be the princi
pal speakers on tbe program.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce to urging all Cham
bers to assist In prssent fire pre
vention propogsnda
especially
daring the
s p r i n g , sea
son when carelessness causes
forest fires with the subsequent
extensive loss. This program to
morrow, arranged by Fire Chief
Clint Baughman to in keeping
with this work.
Chief Baughman. V. D. Miller,
Ed Staples and H. Claycomb are
In charge of the attendance to