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Orc gon--Pair with fogf
Minimum
coast W<Tier.
Over Fifty Years
JULY 27, 1927
A BIT 000140*
Sojae relief from . the in-
tenee hekt which prevailed
for several days we« found
Tuesday night when the mer
cury dropped to 60. Tues
day was not gulte so warm as
was the two days previous
when the maximum tempera
ture reached was OS .the turo
degrees lees than that of Sun
day and Monday. "
LINDY HAA
ALBANY, N . \
, / 17.
—(IP) — Charles\ ^ndbergh
arrived over the Albany air
port at 2: OS today in the
wake of a violent thunder
storm. He is on the seventh
le g . of his cross country
flight.
KLAMATH VETS
ASK FOR ATO
LITHIA WATER
George L. Baker, Mayor of
Portland is Mentioned as
TO RE FRESH
Possible S u c o e s s o r to
Maurice Orumpacker —
funeral for Deceased Con City Water Department to
gressman to be Held fri*
Eliminate “ Creosote
day.
Taste”
PORTLAND. July 27.— (LP) —
Political turmoil existed In the
third congressional district In
Oregon today aa asplririg persons
eyed the seat In congress vacated
by tbe death of Maurice Cram-
packer.
Doubt still prevails as to the
filling of this office. Word from
Governor Patterson at Salem gave
no Indication be intends to call a
special election.
The governor declares tbe mat
ter fs to be decided by leaders of
Multnomah county as a special
election would coat |45,000 and
there is not that much money in
the county emergency fund and
such expenditure would be a
serious dralh on the general fund.
No candidates have yet been
announced but there ore many
prospective candidates, including
In an effort to get rid of the
•‘creosote taste” which has spoiled
the Litbia Water fountain supply
for several weeks. city employees
under the direction of Earl Hos
ier, superintendent of the water
department, are laying pipe line
from city males. to he naed In
flashing the spring water line.*
“Just like a water main little
used. If the water Io.not carried
through the pipe It becomes stale.
Through flushing the spring va
le / from the lines, once or prob
ably twice each week, we hope to
keep fresh spring water In the
lines and eliminate the disagree
able taste,” Mr. Hosier said.
Considerable complaint regard
ing the unpleasant taste of the
water has been registered. New
pipe lines were laid to the foun
tain sereral months ago.
TWTDMA, Wash,, July 27—(IP)
—Said by police to be a federal
proh Ihition officer of Seattle, -W.
H. Thompson was shot in the
head and probably fatally wound
ed here today by .Motorcycle Of-
ttoer,'Wm. Nerhonae. Nerbonne
Sx-Hiuband Beats FoAner beat Thompson to the draw df the
guns when the federal man re
sisted arrest.
Waunette Snow, 22. Seattle
girl
with Thompson when the
Charged with assanlt with a
shootfag
took place, was taken to
‘dangerous weapon, Frank E. Hal-
the police station but refused to
ll4t. Portland, was arrested by
talk.
Chief of Police Oeorge McNabb
Tuesday evening and held for
Oregon City authorities who are
expecter to arrive thia evening
to take the accused man hack to
that etty for hearing.
*With Halliett^ was Mrs. E. C.
Davis, divorced wife' of E. C.
s. Coolidge Ta
Davis, who swore the warrant ont
to Honor Prett
against Halliett.
Halliett and
om:ng Bri
Mrs. Davis, in company with a
brother and sister-in-law of Mrs.
NEW CASTLE, Wyo.. July 27.
Davis, and seven * children were
travelling in Dodge, Essex and — (LP)— In a ceremony witnessed
Star automobiles, enroute to San by Mrs. Grace Coolidge, wife of
Francisco, to visit with a rela the president, and high officials
of the state, Miss Dorothy
on-
tive in a hospital there.
del I, daughter of the former Re
According to Halliett, he was publican floor leader late Tuesday
sleeping on the ground when
became the bride of Alex W.
attacked by Davis whom he states Gregg, chief counsel for the in
had followed the party from ternal revenue bureau.
Portland. Davis bsed a club In
After the ceremony, performed
heating him over the head and by Bishop Nathaniel Thomas of
repeatedly struck Mrs. Davis as the Wyoming-Idaho episcopate,
she attempted W prevent him the couple left on a honeymoon to
from beating Halliett. Anxious to a mountain camp north of Sheri
reach San Francisco and avoid dan, Wyo. From there they will
publicity in the matter, Mr. Hal return to Washington to reside.
liett said he determined not to
Mr*. Coolidge, accompanied by
swear oat a warrant against Colonel Blanton Wlnshlp, thi
Davis. When the party reached president’s aide, and secret ser-i
Ashland Tuesday evening, how vee men, motored 80 miles from
ever, they wehe halted, a war the summer White House to at
rant for Halliett’s arrest having tend the we&ding.
been sworn out by Davis in a
Justice court at Oregon City.
The entire* party of 11 spent
the night here aJM win return to
Oregon City.
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SATURDAY LAST DAY1
* DAILY TIDINGS
other of Croom Hurls Din
ner Plates at Photograph
ers as They frantically
W o r k for'P ictures of
Unique Event — Back-
woods fo lk and Society
Mingle at Party.
GRAND ANSE, Quebec, July
87.— (1P>— Lena Wilson, a little
Canadian girl of bumble par
entage, and Janies (Bud) Still
man, son' of the multi-millionaire
New York banger, were married
by a Catholic priest in the pret
ence of 600 oddly assorted guests
at the Stillman ledge at Grande
Anae Tuesday afternoon.
Complete reconciliation of the
families Of the bride and groom
was signified by the appearance
of Lena’s mother on the arm ot
Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, who act
ed as master of ceremonies.
After the wedding, Mrs. Still
man, angered by the activities of
the photographers hurled at them
three dinner plates Intended to
serve the huge wedding cake.
The plates missed the photo
graphers but smashed a window
In the ogice of James A. Still
man, the groom’s father.
The wedding under the watch
ful guidance of Mrs. Stillman,
mother of Bnd, was carried out
as scheduled. It was a glorious
day from'the moment the royal
Highlanders band, resplendent In
plaid and kilts arrived and start
ed playing on the lawn of the
Stillman camp* through th e‘ try
ing moments of the wedding, and
when Just ns the wedding cake,
was cut Mrs. Stillman let fly
wltg the dinner plates, and the
daqce, whifh followed.
The woods of the Grand Ante
echoed with the songs of the na
tives, the music of the 30-plece
band, and the whine of accord
ions.
Lena Wilson had all the poise
of one of the most seasoned vet
erans of the drawing room as she
knelt before the altar and be
came theewife of Bud.
The bridegroom was more ner-
volis but smiling.
The fact that married life of
Lena and Bud started with the
hurling of crockery did not mean
It was not a happy wedding.
SAND CLOGGED
MANY DITCHE!
Workers Spend Two Days
in Clearing Water Car
riers in Bellview
Sunday Afternoon’s rainstorm
caused Talent Irrigation district
ditches In the Bellview dlstricf’to
overflow and become clogged with
sand, preventing the flow of« wa
ter into ditches In this district.
Workmen were engaged Mon
day and Tuesday in clearing the
ditches la order to get water
through for lrrlgatloh purposes.
The clearing was completed Tues
day evening and the flow of wa
ter came through la good shape.
No ditches in'Ashland were
clogged up, according to Superin
tendent of Water Earl Hosier, but
flow of water through the ditches
here was stopped by the' clogging
up of the ditches in the higher
district.
More Pictures
Added To Old
Ashland Group Band Meeting
Friday N ight
Four valuable collections of
pictures and other momentoes of
old Ashland are in th e collection
started by Chtef*of Police McNabb
eOvuiil «days age. Nellie Dickie,
local attorney, (a the latest con
tributor to the collection— an old
pea picture of Ashland In 1824
belftg ,the contribution made.
Charles Harris, Cliff Payne and
Sidney CaiTer have given old pho
tographs and prints of the town.
Two of the veoently contributed
pictures show the driving of the
Golden Spike, which marked the
completion of the Southern Pacif
ic into Ashland, and tha attend-
,ance at a masked hall held In
0ranlte hall In 1880.
Second re-organisation of the
Ashland city hand is to be at
tempted next Friday evening, ac
cording to Frank -Jordan who to
day requested that all bandmen
In the city meet at the city hall
Friday evening to difcuse the mat
ter. A neff leader la considering
locating In this city and taking
charge ot the band. The meeting
is to start promptly at 8 o’clock.
Every band musician in the city
Is requested to be present. If a
Eufflolsnt «amber respond the or
ganisation will he effected and
rehearsals start next Monday eve
ning.
V*
C e n e r à Conference
Hangs in Balance as
mal Statement of B
Naval Policy is He
Consideration.
Victor of July 21 Boat Ask
ed for Return fig h t to
C l e a r Controversy Re
garding fo u l Blow—fig h t
to be Held in Either New
SALEM, July 27—(LP)— A more
York or Boston, Promoter
liberal policy ou the part of the
Requests.
A state bonus loan commission to
Liberal Policy on Part of
State Bonus Commission
is Asked
u-
le
of
te
a-
RULING AIDS
aid world war veterans seeking
BO8TON, July 27.—(LP)—-Jack
leans in Irrigation districts w a s Dempsey has been offered 3300.-
sought by Klamath irrigation pro- 000 for a retnrn bout with Jack
Ject settlers today. A delegation Sharkey whom he defeated by a
conferred with the commission knockout in the seventh round
and asked that a policy similar to of a bout six days ago.
0- that of the federal farm l o a n
Tom Goodwin has wired such
if banks be adopted.
an offer to Dempsey, specifying
id
A. N. Thomas, secretary of the the match to be held September
district told the commission that 22, In either Boston or New York.
tW the Klamath project is settled
The promoter said he did not
to largely by world war veterans and think Dempsey should meet the
kt that they are handicapped because phampion Gene Tunney nnitl the
ie of restrictions of the bonus com-
present controversy Is settled. He
te mission. Application exceed the said he believed a return match
to present available supply of land, would be popular. .
s- he said.
Immediately following the fight
ter Baldwin*« absence big navy or
Sharkey
claimed Jack Dempsey
little navy men, comprising "die
hards" and moderates respective
ffeOnrdy Admita His ly. hold the balance of power in
t After Evidence
tho cabinet.
,
is Presented
American and Japanese gov
ernments should be able to de
duce from the statement whether Evangelist Resents Quest
ioning on Desert Enisode
agreement on cruisers have dif
By “ Brother”
fered Widely on what conatitntpd
Bachelor Ring of Bulgaria
minimum strength in “eyes of the
Off on Another Bride
LOS ANGELE8, July 27.—(LP)
fleet” necessary to defense.
Hunt
—Almee Semple McPherson, ti-
Great 'Britain wants a large
tian haired evangelist and busy
VIENNA, July 27.—ftP>—King
number of small cruisers, armed
rear-admiral, of the newly-found
with small guns, that could oper- ed Four Square Gospel Light Boris, III, of Bulgaria. Europe’s
ate from her-many naval bases to house Servjce, took time out from bachelor king, has gone to Sofia
oa another bride hunt«
protect her World-Wide * shipping
her work Tuesday to spike the
With conspicuous lack of suc
routes.
guns of “Brother” Galdwyn Nlch- cess, Boris In his search for a
Ajnerlrn wants a small number
ola. erstwhile “McPheraonlte” queen has covered as much terri
of big cruisers, able to operatefar
now head of the Philadelphia tory as this season’s trans-At
from home and armed with guns ohurch.
lantic fliers.
big enough to offset the large
“Brother” Nichols, who for a
This time he la making sort of
number o t armed merchantmen
rime se n W ar Angelas Temple
Britain could put on the sea aa radio operator in the place of a matrimonial grand, tour, his
itinerary iacludlng 8wltxerland.
auxiliary cruisers In war time.
Kenneth O. Ormiston, leading France, Sweden, Italy. Austria,
So wide has. the divergence
figure or Mrs. McPherson’s court Hungary sad Csecho-glorakia.
been at Geneva.'and sq convinced
hearing last year, suggested that
It Is rumordd in diplomatic
has seemed each of the three ne
of Passenger Plane gotiating powers— Japan, is the Mrs. McPherson had never quite circles that there is to he a royal
cleared the matter of her now roundup In Switserland n e x t
third—of the Justice of its cause,
famous 20-mile trek across the month at which every effort will
Unknown
that it la ha*-d to tell Just how desert sands.
be made by members of other ^or
large a part “big navy” propa
Ho further
intimated that al families to find a candidate for
ganda from any quarter has play-
“For the good of their conscience the vacant throne beside Boris in
Mrs. McPherson and her mother, the Bulgarian capital.
Though nothing is said offic
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, should give
ially, it Is understood that the the public the truth about the
British have protested lo the state
asserted kidnapping that lead to
department against alleged dis
tho evangelist’s desert tramp
tortion by sortie American news
and subsequently a preliminary
papermen of the British case. It
hearing on charges of conspiracy
to defeat justice.
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tent Base for Pavement
Rear Admiral McPherson re
sented the reopening of the epi
m up for Water Mains, ,
is Started
sode, and denied her conscience
neeep clearing. 'Nichols maln-
Re-paving of sections of the
talnd he left Angelus Temple be
cause Mrs. McPherson was “too streets in the city, torn up by city r
employees In laying the new wa-*
worldly.”
ter mains waa->arted Wednesday*
ISN'T
mcruing, according to Earl Hos
ier, superintendent of the water
td ' dumk *
department.
'« s u e
Work was started oa B street
where the longest stretch of pave-
Four Women Are Killed in mnt is to ’be laid.
Fraak Jordan was recently
South American Storms
awarded the contract for lading,
—Many Homes Lost
the cement base for the black top
CARACAS, Venexuela, July 27. which la to be applied by efty em
■
— (LP>—Loss of many lives Is ployees.
Approximately three- qaartere
feared In great floods in eastern
of a mile of pavempnt ,ie to hd*
Venesuela.
Soldiers are aiding cltisens to laid.
raise, the dikes at Bolivar to hold
BEAT OOP: FINED
back the Orinoco river.
Frank Baker,, Quincy
The town of Zarasa Is totally
inundated after 44 days of Inces and Barton Baker, Kl
sant rain. Nearby plains have Falls, were fined IIS cash
been converted into an enormous they pleaded guilty to a M m
lake.
heating a special poltcaaaai
Four women have been killed
by lightning at New Barcelona,
portions ot which are flooded.
8ATU1DAY
WIFE SLAYER
GIVEN LIFE
County Assessor Says
fit Here as Result
Test Case
RED-HAIRED
AIMEE BUSY SEEKS MATE
.
FOR ROYALTY
LANE FALLS;
THREEKILLED
tails
street
P aving
STARTED TODAY
Everyone For Himself
FLOOD WATER
DOES DAMAGE
Last Day
Warning Was
Sounded But
Tiding*»
No Burglary
Visions of a daring holdup of
the C 11 I a e n ’a b a n k , ' ware
seen *y many at 7:18 o’clock
Tuesday evening when the burg
lar alarm of the hank aoanded.
The alarm sounded for several
minutes and a big crowd gathered
about the bank. Police Officer
Harry Ingling Investigated the
alarm and found tke dial regalat-
Ink the alarm had not been pro
perly Mt.