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Oregon — Generally
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Temperature in
ASHLAND,
URSDAY, JULY 28, 1927
SECOND. A ST
SCHOOL TALK
Felix Payant is to Discuss
Odor at Civic'House
Tonight
Convicted of Daughter’s
Death Justly, Court
Ruled
The relation of color to busi
ness. dress and hone decorations,
w ill be discussed this evening at
8:18 o'clock at the Civic club
house by Velis Payaat. member
bf the Ashland Summer school
faculty.
Mr. Payatat trill develop his
r.ubject from a new and different
angle to make It Interesting,
amuping and at the same time
practical, according to Belle
Cady White, director of the
school.
The talk by Mr. Payant Is the
second of a series of talks to be
given by members of the art
school faculty. A cordial invita
tion Is extended to the public to I
attend.
Control of Million Dollar
Mother—“ She
Un-Christian
Charge.
OLYMPIA. Wash., July 88.—
Conviction of Wallace Gaines of
Seattle, convicted a year ago 'of
the murder of his daughter, Syl
via. was upheld to<Jay by the state
supreme court. Gaines appealed
on the grounds that he did not
have a public trial" as spectators
were barred out of the court,
sentence nullified at the time by
the appeal was nullified. Gaines
will be taken before Judge
Jones again and resentenced tq
death on the gallows.
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Sylvia Gaines wgs found mur
dered on the Green Lake shores.
June 16. 1926. The father„was ac
cused of Improper relations, and
was tried and convicted, although
he maintained his innocence.
RESERVOIR IS
AGAIN FILLED
HOT TANGLE”
ANTICIPATED
Water Department Finds
Task of Perfecting Big
Tank is Great
It may be fall before the new
Crowaon reservoir la actually
ready for uae. according to Earl
Hosier, city water superintend
ent, who reported Thursday that
the big cement equalization reser
voir la again being filled.
. “The reservoir is half fnll to
day but it may be necessary to
let the water all out again to
morrow." Hosier said.
“Lenka
la the cement are found each
time the water Is turned In.
“There is nothing
unusual
about that. It is always the case
with cement reservoirs. It will
simply take weeks and probably
the rest of the snmamr before all
of the leaks are plugged up," Hoq-
LOS ANGELES, July 2«.—(IP)
Angelus Temple, the Four
Square Gospel which it houses.
Almee Semple McPherson. Its
flamtng-baired mouthpiece, and
Mrs. Minnie “Mother" Kennedy,
generally considered the power
behind the throne, threaten again
to reach the spotlight of public
Thia time, however. Instead of
the group against (ho law, it
w ill be mother agntast dnnghtev.
lastead of defense of reputation.
It will be for control ot the mil
lion-dollar Gospel seat.
Incidentally the present dis
turbance threatens to bring into
review the former court bearing
which arose from evangelist’s al
leged kidnapping and In which
Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. McPher
son faced charges of conspiracy
to defeat Justice.
For among the barrage of
charges and counter-charges hurl
ed Wednesday, Mrs. Kennedy in^
tlmated that her mind had never
been clear concerning her daugh
ter’s disappearance in the ocean,
and her* subséquent reappearance
In Douglas, Artsona, with a story
of kidnapping by a “ Rosie and
Steve."
W ith rumors, '.charges and
denials floating around the world
wide known Temple |he following
facts stapd out:
Mrs. Kennedy and her noted
daughter evidently have come to
the parting of the ways.
Temple forces are d i v i d e d
among themselves with a major
ity supporting Mrs. McPherson
and one small minority advocat
ing a new and separate organisa
tion.
The possibility that the strange
disappearance of Mrs. McPherson
last year may again be aired.
' ’In a scathing statement Mrs.
Kennedy said, “Sister" McPher
son had treated her as she (Mrs.
Kennedy) would not treat any-
one, that she had been refused
entrance to her daughter's hotqe
and likewise permission to a
hearing, unless In the presence
SMITH HOME
Oakland Welcomes Civilian
Fliers Today — Ban
Francisco Tomorrow
SAN FRANCISCO. July 28.—
(IP)— Ernie Smith and E m o r y
Bronte, first civilians to make
the California-Hawaii flight re
turned to San Francisco today on
the S. 8. President Jefferson.
The City of Oakland, f r o m
whose airport the flight started,
had charge of welcoming' exer
cises after the ship docked, while
8an Francisco’s reception will be
held Friday. ,
FIRE BURNS
OVERBLOCK
Backfire Started After Blaze
is Discovered and “ Fire
Trap“ Made Safe
Hopes of the Smith-Bronte flyers for a round trip fltg
tree on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. Their gasolini
of landing in the ocean, as they thought they wouldj
brought to Los Angeles by ship and*sent to The Tidi
DROWNED IN JAR
EMMETT. Idaho?July 28.
— (IP)— Palling In a ,10-gal-
lon jar, which was used as a
coptainer for drinking water,
Robert Overmyer, 2, drowned
Tuesday at th efanrily home
near here.
There was only eight in
ches of water in the Jar.
ORGANIZATION
.
IS EFFECTED
Officers Named
uige for Fall
R. G. Fowler, county agent,
was Wednesday evening elected
temporary chairman of the Coun
ty Grange-organisation yrhich will
make preliminary plans for an
exhibit of Jackson co. products in
connection wljh the 4-H clnb, and
¡school exhibits to be held In
September. C. T. Baker of Med
ford was named temporary sec
retary. ~
Dates of the exhibit will prob
ably be named at a meeting of
the executive committee which
Is to be held Monday evening.
The executive committee Is com
posed of a representative from [
each of the Granges In the conn-|
ty, three members of the Medford
Merchants Association, a repre
sentative of the Southern Ore
gon Rabbit Breeders’ Associa
tion and each of the various or
ganisations in the county which
will .lend support to the enter
prise.
A committee was named to
make an effort to secure the sup
port of 'the county court, direct
ors of the county (air, county
fruit inspectors, and county path
ologist in the exhibit.
County Superintendent SusannZ
Homes Carter was present at the
Wednesday night meeting and
outlined plans for the boys' and
girts’ club and school exhibits.
Sunday Game Should be
Pitcher’s Battle, Say
Dopesters
[com Oakland, Cal,, to Honolulu were*shattered in a Kiawe
Ipply exhausted, the flyers were forced down, but instead .Commenting o n 'th e game be
Iv came down in the famous leper colony. This photo was tween the Ashland Boas and
Grants Pass Cavemen Sunday a
by aid of telephoto.
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE
COTTON CROP
IN INDIA IS
Fishing in the Rogue Riv
er is fine according to Earl
Hosier, city water superin-
tendent who with R. E. De-
trick started fishing at 5
o’clock Wednesday evening
and at dark returned with
three targe steelhead. The
summer run is on now and
the Rogue* la an angler’s
Loss of Life Reported
.. Bombay District •
Suffering Great
LONDON. July 28. — J W
Heavy rains have submerged tile
whole cotton district in India1
have- isolated many places, United
Press dispatches from > BombiA
announce;
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Damage to the cotton crop has*
been, heavy, and the moat Optim Maximum
enrollment
istic reports are that it w ill be
Normal School Will
only 50 percent of normal. Some
Be Excelled
are that it w ill be a total fail
Second term of summer school
ure.
There are several reports of w ill start next Monday, August 1,
loss of life, of which there Is no at the Southern Oregon Normal
confirmation.
The Exchange school.
The maximum registration of
Telegraph Bombay correspondent
sgys 1,000 persons were drowned 275 students in the first term
when a reservoir at Baroda broke » i l l remain for the next six weeks,
according to early registration
and overwhelmed villages.
The Punjab mall train, on the made at the school.
route from Bombay, has been ma
rooned at Itola since Monday, and
a relief train has been sent to
Klamath Falls — OH prospect
rescue passengers by trolley lines w ill build large plant building
and boats.
here.
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SATURDAY LAST DAY!
V Ï & X TIDINGS
DUBLIN, July 28.— OP)— Ire
land paid nnusual honor Wednes
day to Frederick Sterling, first
minister from the United States.
Sterling was given a military
escort and proceeded between
rows of buildings decorated with
American fjags, when he went to
L. O. Batts and Ted Larsen,
present his credentials to Gover
both of Medford are to appear be
fore Juetice of the Peace Q. O. nor-General Timothy Healy.
Taylor at Medford to answer to
WATER FIGHT FRIDAY
a charge of driving trucks with
The water fight over the pro
Improper license plates. They
wars arrested Thursday morning posed lrrigatlon-rate~ralse In the
by State Traffic Officer C. P. Hopkins lateral is to be fought
Talent, operating
commercial out Friday night. Water users are
tracks, with Washington license to meet with company represen
platen. They were arrested on the tatives to discuss the proposed
raise.
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Pacific highway near Phoenix.
Used Improper
License P lates
FIRES ALL OUT
Forest fire situation In the
Crater National forest la satis
factory, according to forestry
headquarters. A blase above Un
ion Creek, and a stubborn fire In
the Bessie Rock region were the
last to be brought under control,
following the electrical storm of
last Sunday.
REWARD OFFERED
Reward of 8100 haa been of
fered for the finding of the body
of Roy Johnson, Grants Pass
business man drowned Monday
evening while fishing in the
Rogne River near Hells Gate.
no-hlt, no-run game against Med
ford. Sharrock held the Pelicans
from Klamath to one run. He
says he ran work better when the
mercury is near 100 and hopes to
emulate bavfo* record next Sun-
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- log the whereabouts of the stores
ULlVo
, a pi a t V
t AGAIN
they robbed in securing greeev-
but bo-
Heved they were la tfce vicinity of
Salem they stated. Three tires
ie* «<* other supplies,
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were stolen from tourist aafomo-
rer, B u d a n d biles and piled Into the rear ead
r °?n
o
t
the
*ar' 40 hr®T,<*e ior
aBy emergency. At one store rob-
bed they secured a large number
Quebec. July of pennies ettt of B casta register
D d A ll
’ re*un,*<’ Ito they said.
ice more up
Maurice river
days which
nax yesterday
and Lena W II-
ind Mrs. Anne
assorted Dres-
t sundry pho-
papers of Identification
about the automobile they des-
troyed when they stole the car.
they said, and local officers are
having difficulty In locating the
owner of the machine,
The fouths were "mugged” and
their finger prints taken hero be
fore they were turned over to the
lave exercised department of Justice officer to
newly-married be taken to Portland to aaswer
■ome unnamed to the charge which la to be plac-
Mrs. Stillman J ed against them In federal court
The wedding there.
GANG CHI
MUST
Convicted Sunday, Illinois
Man Sentenced
Wednesday
7 i
1 $
lit
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Military Escort Given Fred
erick Sterling—Flagg
Displayed
BEND. July 28.--ALP) — Dean
John Straub, veteran member of
the University of Oregon faculty
I g suffering from severe face
boras the result of scsMing^water
from the radiator of his automo
MTe? We waa treated after the ac-
cldent here ioday.
He 1» hot
cancelling his vacation t o u r
through central Oregon.
Attempting to break into the
Franklin Service Station at 1
o’clock Thursday morning. Rob
ert Grant, 2 j\ and Jimmy Moore,
21, both of Marrero, Louisiana,
were apprehended by State Traf
fic Officer, C. P. Talent.
A stolen automobile. 50 gallons
of gaso^ne, a stolen phonograph,
canned goods, groceries, w e r e
among the loot which the boys
admitted having taken on a wild
career of robbing which had cov
ered several weeks.
Pat Merriman, department of
Justice agent was In Ashland
Thursday and the two youth-
were turtaed over to him and wllf
be prosecuted on a federal charge
of removing a stolen automobile
from the state In which It was
taken.
The two youths talked freely
regarding the numerous theft«
they committed. They stole the
Nash touring car In which they
were travelling from Leaven
worth, Wash
they had
seen a man park the machine In
front of his home they stated.
They secured gasoline by siphon
ing from tanks of tourists camped
In parks along the highway. Two
large containers were carried In
the rear eqd of the car. \
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RIG DAMAGE SUIT FILED
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IRISH HONOR
NEW MINISTER
Badly Burned
By Steam From
Hot Radiator
Grants Pass writer anticipates a
"torrid tangle."
8harrock and Davis, probably
the two best pitchers In the South
ern Oregon league will make It
mighty hot for the boys who weiid
the hats.
Davis last Sunday pitched a
Louisiana Youths Apprehen-
ded in Attempt to Enter
Filling S t a t i o n W «
Travelling in Stolen Car
a n d Admitted Robbing
Several Stores.
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BENTON. Ul„ July 28.— (IP)
— Charlie Birger. Southern Illin
ois gang chieftain, was sentenced
to be hanged October 15. by
Judge Chas. H. Miller today.
Birger was found guilty of the
murder of Mayor Joe Adams, of
West City, 111., by a Jury here
Sunday.
Damages amounting to 880,980
are asked by Jess Millar, owner
of a service station on the Crater
Lake highway, in a suit filed
against the John Hampshire con
struction company and state high
way commission. M iller charged
the removal of 8,800 yards of
gravel from the Miller property
along the Rogue River ruined the
site as a tourist camp.
NEW CHURCH PLANNHD
Members ot the Rvangellenl
Lutheran church of Medford have
secured a building permit to r lk e
erection of a new 818,000 edifice.
The building Is to be constructed
of concrete, w ill be 80 by 00 feet,
end will have six rooms.
Medford Legion
To Hold Picnic
Ashland, Roseburg, Klamath
Falla, Grants Pass, and Medford |
American Legion Post members
and Auxiliary organixatlon mem
bers are planning to attend a big
picnic to be held August 8 at the
Elks picnic grounds at Medford.
The Medford Post W sponsoring
the affair.
The picnic is scheduled to start
at 8 o’clock and is to be followed
by an entertainment, now being
outlined by a special committee.
Dancing at the Elks open-air pe-
vllllon Is to follow.
TMing’o