FAGB THRU
AND WEEKLY TIDINGS
nls on test. The average per
.552 pounds of milk and 26.35
.' E. B. Poyer again heads the
with an average of 50.14 of
'd 1031 of milk. An average
6 of milk and 39.37 of fat was
T tho 16 Jerseys owned by
jbison of Talent.
OL. VXL
ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 9, 1922
BLIND CAN READ ORDINARY
ROOKS WITH THIS DEVICE
Trying Out the Lie Detector
STEALING CHICKENS COMES j
HIGH PRICED IX REDDING.
1 Jen high cows are.
fal l Nil
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. An instru
ment by which the blind are en
abled to read ordinary books Is de
scribed in the August Mentor Maga
zine. It Is Hit optophone, the Inven-
REDDING, Calif., Aug. 8. Henry
and . Emery M iLanghlln, brothers,
pleaded guilty of robbing the hen
rooht of Mrs. Oon;e E. Barney, near
Anderson, on July 18, while she was
attending a poultry meetln? in town.
Judse J. A. Dunham sentenced
them to the counts Jail for three
BE
IS
Hon of Fournier d'Albe, a British i
READY 10 ACT
sclent Int. By use of selenium, the
instrument translates prlntod letters
Into musical sounds, which the blind
CHINESE COAS
Tnoiit ia encli. Mrs. Barney lost 60
blooded pullets.
ASH
Mil WANTS
i
!!!!
RAGING
CRISIS IN' RAIL AND COAL
STRIKES UPSETS 3-DAY
RECESS PLAN
President Ordure Telegrams Sent to
Representatives to. bo on Hand
When Congress Reconvenes Aug.
15th nnd to Continue in Session.
DONT WAN
I
FORMER DISTiLlER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Presi
dent Harding wants a complete cou
eress assembled In Washington, and
ready for action, In view of the grave!
industrial situation involved in the
ra 1 and coal strikes, and to that
end he has directed
CONGRESS
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 8. Any
"wet" and "dry" contests In Illinois
this fall are expected to be over-
congressional j shadowed by the fight in the six-
leaders to cancel any plans for-re-j teenm congressional aismci, wnere
cess after the house reconvenes onW. E. Hull, republican, an admitted
August 15. This Ib in accordance! "wet," und Jesse Black Jr., demo
wlth an official announcement from) crat. a "dry,", are entering what
the White House. their proponents claim will be the
Congressional leaders had planned , big battle of the state on this issue,
a series of three-day recesses, which Mr. Hull is a former distiller and
would allow members to remain! a former member of the HUnoU leg
away ' from Washington until the' islature. He resides' in Peoria,
senate was ready to report on the where he has extensive business in
tarlff bill. terests. Mr. Black is an attorney
The house sergeant-at-arms has of Pekin.
fltBpaicnea telegrams 10 cuii6'ct- -o
men requesting Ihem to be In their
seats on August 15, in compliance
with the- president's requost.
Ad unfavorable reaction to the
presid nt's latest program by the
strike leaders has considerably
dampened the confidence heretofore
existing that the railway strike was
on the way to settlement.
HUNDRED 1
HAY STACK BURNS
KLAMATH IKES
APPROPRIATION
F
OR ROAD IRK
ON MURPHY RANCH
i y;s 4. r&jsJZ&
LT -"-'
10 MB 101
OF raCK GOES
11 DISCARD
Here are two Illustrations of
(he "lie detector" in use. In
the top picture you wn Dr.
Idirw-n making an actual tost
of an alleged criminal. The
lower photo shows the instru
ment attached to the arm of
the mun uin whom the tent
was nuido. FoUunntcly, the
machine proved the absolute
innocence of this man, whose
name is withheld for obvious
reasons.
1 t'li-i v
5 sp--"8"
--4
KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 8. Ap
propriations for highway construc
tion totaling $118,000 have been
made hv the county court.
Of this amount $121,000 is for last week, the men on the Murphy
The J. J. Murphy ranch was
thought to be very fortunate last
week when the grass fire which
burned over so much territory east
of the city, was kept out of the
large hay stack, containing over 100;
tons of good quality hay. But the
good luck did" not last, for the stack!
caught fire Saturday afternoon about !
4 o'clock, and the efforts of the men
employed at the ranch were not suf
ficient to save any of tho hay.
At the time the big fire broke out
By ELLIS H. MARTIN
I. N. S. Staff Correspondent
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 8.
What will the invention of the "He
detector" mean to criminal investigation?
employing the device, and In whose
department it was worked out by
Dr. J. A. Larseu, one of Vollmer'g
super-cops, who Is a univerlsty
graduate and a scientist.
"It will eliminate conviction of
the Innocent and Injure the convic-
This question was asked Chief option of the guilty," Raid Chief of Po
Police August Vollmer, head of the I lice Vollmer.
only police department In the world! "It will put an end to Bpurious
wills and eliminate the long and
costly legal contebts which ensue in
such cases.
"It will assist In putting an end to
forgery of documents and materially
aid in settling civil cases in which
deception figures
"IF It works out."
And It Is upon this IF that Dr.
Larsen in now working.
ASHLAND
STANDS
tho 16-mlle section of The Dalles
California highway between old Ft.
Klamath and the Deschutes county
line. The appropriation was made
with the understanding and condi-i
ranch gave their attention to sav
ing the big stack, and were success
ful In backfiring all the way around
the stack, and about 25 yards from
it. The fire burned all the grass
! -11 . 1 !..! . . t. . I. A. .. .1
tion that a federal appropriation, on an sme leaving omy mo -)iu
equal to 50 per cent of the cost anddi'de Immediately around the stack,
a state appropriation equal to 25 pernd the hay was thought to be safe,
cent of the cost be forthcoming. I But it seems a smouldering ember
. The other appropriation was $27.-1 near the remnlnlng dry grass was
.nnn tnwnrrt construction of the An-. Mown to a blaze, and with no one
SOLIDLY BEHIND
S.P.
RAILRAY 0
S, Veatch and F. J. Cormolly, who
hold positions as conductor and en
giner respectively on the Southern
Pacific lines, were in the city yes
terday, passing among the business
men of the city, and Inquiring as to
their attitude in regard to the un
BASEBALL RESILTS TODAY
National Lchkuo
At Brooklyn 1; Chicago 4.
At New York 3; Cincinnati 7.
At ' Philadelphia 8-3; Pittsburg
lfl-7.
American Lwigun
At Detroit 2; New York 1.
At Chicago 6; Philadelphia 4.
At Cleveland 6; Boston 15.
jia creek road from the boundary of , on guard, caught tho stack before it, mergIng of the southern and Cen-
Crater national park through and. was aiscovereci
io. a point near Fort Klamath. Fed-
eral and state aid is also expected
for this road.
I
PENALTY
ID
S
AT
UGAR
1.48
FAME A FLEETING THING,
PARTICULARLY IN MOVIES
Fame la a great thing, especially
If it comes through hard work in
motion pictures. Norma Talmadge,
who is at the Vlnlng in "Smiling
Through," Is one of the best known j
of film stars. The First National
tar comes from a family of act
resses, Constance and Natalie Tal
madge, also film celebrities, being
her sisters. Her brother-in-law,
Buster Keaton, is also a celluloid
satellite.
Regardless of one's personal fftmej37 tQ J5
one Is sometimes known by ones;
relatives. Recently Norma Talmadge j
was working on a street scene in the HEALKR-1 EVANGELIST
heart of Hollywood. A large crowd j . COMING TO ASHLAND
had gathered to see the star per-
form before the camera. At the meeting of the locaj Minls-
"Who's that working there? ' terlal association last Monday after-
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. The sen-
jate ended the three-day fight overj
the tariff on sugar, by adopting a
j rate of $1.48 per hundred pounds onj
i Cuban Importations. The vote was
I tin I Pacific systems.
After having passed over tho en
tire business section of the town,
they made the statement that every
business house had expressed Itself
as being back of the Southern Pa
cific company In its tight to main
tain the present organization.
Mr. Veatch and Mr, Cormolly are
old employes of the company, and
are making the . rounds over the
country in the interest of fair play
and to see how the business people
feel In regard to the separation of
the two roads.
BIG STREET CAR
STRIKE COMES TO
IN
BANK TELLER
S
II
S3U0O
EMBEZZLEMENT
REDDING, Calif., Aug. 8.A11
freight, express and passengers for
the Mountain Copper company are
now directed to Mathewsou instead
of Keswick. The historic smelting
town, Mathewsou, is three miles
north of Keswick on the Southern
Paciric, and an automobile road has
been built from Mathewsou to the
company's Hornet mine aud over
this an auto passenger service has
been established.
What remains of the town of Kes
wick has been placed In charge of
a watchman.
TWO MEET DEATH
s IN BATTLE WITH
MOONSHINER
PORTLAND, Aug. 8. Earl E.
Patterson, a teller In the Luinher-
; men's Trust company bank. Is under
$34, BOO, and J. C. Osier a used cur
dealer, is sought by the police for
complicity.
STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 8.
Two men are dead today as the re
sult of a raid on a moonshiners' still.
W. E. RorlBon, deputy sheriff, of
Vancouver, Wash., and Paul Hickey,
moonshiner, are the victims. J. A.
Morgan, federal prohibition officer
for Washington, who conducted the
raid on Hlckey's camp in the hills
nesr here Into yesterday, was ser
iously wounded, but Is expected to
recover.
Accompanied by John Piggott
federal prohibition director, Morgan
and Rorisou were recotmolterlng
neur Hlckey's camp, when the own
er slopped out from the brush. Mor-
jiiui ordered Hickey to throw up his
hands and fired over the moonshin
er's head. Hickey, Instead of sur
rendering ns had been expected,
fired point blnnk at Morgan, serious
ly wounding hlin, Itorlson opened
fire nnd fatally wounded Hickey,
but the latter, before ho fell, direct
ed a fatal shot at Itorlson. Director
AWlllGR KTORM THREATENS
TO CAISE GREAT LOSS
OF 1,1 IK
Is Sweeping South Alorifr the Coast
And Hum Wrecked a Vessel Off
Shanghai AVUh Ixss of Three
Hundred Lives.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 8. The worst
typhoon in years Is raging from
Shanghai southward along t Chin
ese coast. It Is feared that this
storm will add to the great disaster
at Swatow, where, according to
Hongkong dispatches, at least 1 0,000
lost their lives In the typhoon which
destroyed that city several days ago.
Physicians and nurses are being
rushed from here to Swatow, where
great suffering is reported to have
been left in the wake of the typhoon.
A heavy loss of life is feared In
today's typhoon. Three hundred
Chinese are known to have been
drowned off Shanghai in the wreck
of a coastwii.e vessel.
MOVIE MEN TO LOCATE
FIIM IN KLAMATH CO.
KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 8
John Griffith Wray, director for tho
ThoniRs H. Ince Btudlos, of Los An
geles, seeki'i a location for a big
speclr.1 Ince production, will arrive
here from Los Angeles Wednesday
evening.
STRIKE MAY TIE
mm
m orvsnn
111 IVILAIUU
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Advices
received here by the American Fed
eration of Labor indicate as immi
nent a railro.id tleup in Mexico.
Action ia reported by Mexican
railroad employes which will lead
to a cessation of all International
transportation within a day or two,
if the shop ciafts strike in this coun
try is not settled.
CARAVAN I'ROM PORTLAND
TO IIOOST UfSi FAIR
CHICAGO
Patterson made confession to
President Robert E. Smith and Vice l'lolt '""-'' P".
President Carl Doterlng Saturday,! 0,1 rrtr,lln' r"umJ HlckeJr ""'!
after having successfully manipulat
i ed things so that the defalcations
had been unobserved through sever-
i al bank examinations.
' to death.
Absconding Teller
Said to Have Fled
With Young Girl
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 8. Spen
cer Courow, young assistant mana
ger of the local branch of the Bank
UlIUAliU. All?. N I'll nnirn rnr
riders greeted restoration of normal1 Ho a8ked ,0 br!ns "ler 1,1 t0 f0"
transportation with Joy today after! ,lrm hls 8,0ry' Bc,or0 t,,e exl(!nt of
the surface and elevated lines.'1'0 wa8 Ieft Blone ln PrMl,le,,t
Thousands were happy to hang on ,!""' off"-e fnr 8 mln' 01,(1
strap again. I dlwippeored.
Car men. who went out on strike! This morning nothing had yet
last Tuesdav. accented . ,n I been seen of him and his wife denied
j,,.,,.. , ., , . , all knowledge of his whereabouts or
auction of 10 cents n hour und re-' , , . ,, , ,
!, .ha .... ..... .... 'his dealings with Patterson.
v fv,,( V1IU cif, f i nun i ua y a nit iui
CANDIDATE KILLED
IN IV. VIRGINIA
ELECTION FIGHT
mer working conditions.
LIC.HTNIVO KILLS WOMAN,
- RIPS SHOE FROM FRIENDj
BELVIDERE, N. J., Aug. 8. a!
bolt of lightning struck down a tree'
on the banks of the Delaware river.
then leaped a distance of ten feet
to the porch of the summer home
!,
asked one of the crowd, pointing to noon, It was decided to extend a call, of California, who disappeared last0f Mrs. Thomas A. Borkey, of East-
to the Rev. Charles S. Price of Loal, ween leaviug m hmuuuu j on, ra., ana instantly killed her. A
Miss Talmadge.
"Oh, thafg Buster Keaton'g sis-4er-in-Iaw,"
replied another visitor.
Such is fame, folks!
KORT MAV, W. Va., Aug. 8.
One man was killed and two serious
ly wounded In un election brawl to
day at Webb. W. Va., 18 miles south
of here.
I D it A waiter copisy,. tue repuoucan
III I UfflullU I nominee for pioserutlug attorney.
j was shot to deaeth, and Lee Curry
'and It n he Wanilace, election otfi
POflTLAND, Aug. 8. Buyers', cers, were wounded.
Buyers Week
Opened Today
week opened here today with a large'
attendance, estimated at fully 25 1 KLAMATH FALLS WOMAN
Calif., to conduct an
campaign in Ashland.
evangelistic; short, Is probably fleeing with a Ta- friend, to whom Mrs. Berkey was! P4"" cent greater than last year. To-
An.n I .oo i.AVoalo1 trtitatf hv ' ...11.1 ,k I i , .... . 'nfirlit f fin vtultri.'a tullt t.n tjAlrninoil .
vih wm " taming ai 1110 nine, semea um iwu, ..."' .. w j
ARRESTED AS SIIOPIJFTER
WEED, Calif., Aug. 8. A woman
A caravan com posed of 30 or 35
cars, carrying from 125 to 150 Port
laud business men, will leave that
city Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock
for a 1200 mile trip over the state
of Oregon In the Interest of the 1925
exposition. '
The caravan will be headed by
Mayor Baker and Is routed first up
the Columbia highway, going as far
east as Pendleton, then south and
west through tho central part of the
state, coming out at Klamath Falls,
and then to Ashland, from whence
the party will drive north along the
Pacific highway and the coast.
The trip will cover nine days, and
the party will take In all of the moro
Important towns in the d fferent
sectious of the state.
FA'GENE CAVIN DIES
AT RAKER CITY, ORE.
Word has been received in Ash-' as Mrs. McPherson herself,
land of the death of Eugene Cavinj In order to bring this matter In
at Baker, Oregon. Mr. Cavln is the full detail before the public of Ash-
famous Mrs. McPherson, and also j boudlng company detectives working
her chief helper, conducting meet-, on the case,
lugs with seemingly as great success
It was disclosed that a glri book
keeper of the bank, described as
beautiful and from a prominent lo
cal family, vanished last Friday, 36
Ing ripped off, but escaped with
burn on the heal.
of Sain Cavln, of 728 Iowajland, a union meeting of all the de-jhourg after Conrow disappeared.
Btreet, and lived for many years in
this city. He has a w'de circle of
acquaintances here who will be
sorry to hear of his death.
Mr. Cavln is survived by his fath
er and one brother, Minor Cavin.
and one sister, Mrs. Otto Elliott.
The father left here last week to
go to his beds'de. although it was
not thought at that time that his
londltion was anything serious.
nominations of the city has been' Officers are working on the the
called at the Presbyterian church' ory that before Conrow vanished he
for Sunday evening. August 13, at 8; arranged a meeting place with the
DRY
LAW DEFENDANT
GETS A SPEEDY TRIAL
Multnomuh hotel. This is the pro
gram for tomor-ow af'er th- cus
tomary registration visiting buy
ers:
7:30 p. m.-
VANCOUVER MAN PRAISES
ASHLAND AXD VICINITY
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Clarke and
Mrs. Louis Elengriu, of Vancouver.
Wash., ate visiting In Ashland for
a few days. Mr. Clarke Is manager
of the North Coast Power company,
which operates electric railways In
Vancouver and Clarke county. H)
s loud - In his praises of southern
Oregon in general and Ashland In
particular. They will leave In the
morning on their return trip via
Crater Lake and the Oreuou caves.
They are spending tonight as tho
guests of R. E. Detrlck. who was a
Dr. Price is the manager for the, federal secret service operatives and.feet from her, had a shoe and stock-iwlth b'B receptlcn nd ball in th-', giving her mime as Marie Smith, and
her residence as Klamath Falls, was
arrested In tho Weed Mercantile
stealing a dress valued at $45. In former neighbor in Vancouver.
visi'ior women as- the Justice court she was found
YREKA, Calif., Aug. 8. The Jus- omble In Buyers' Week h idquar- guilty and sentenced to 30 days In
tlce court here, presided over by!'"". Oregon building, to meet 't- Jail or to pay a fine of $30.
Judge Charles E. Johnson, set a lo- 'ies' reception ronrni'tm for the-
cal record for speedy trials In the -ter party I MEXICAN WATCHFl'L WAITING
case of Henry Oscar, accused on a I "P. ni Smoker, men only. Roar-i DRIFTS IX RIGHT DIRECTION
The missing banker left a wife! misdemeanor charge of furnishing in Camp, Municipal auditorium. I WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The ad-
whiskey to an Indian. j 1 'ministration regards the Mexican
A Jury was chosen, the case tried; Dl'BI.LV, Aug. 8. Ten republican situation as "drifting In the right dl
and a verdict rendered in the short, irregulars were killed In a battle root on." It was officially stated at
shop Is-time of 55 minutes. The defendant , with Free State troops at Newcastle the White House today. The devel-
glrl.
o'clock.
At this time speakers who are! and young son here.
familiar with the work of Dr. Price) : 1
and Mrs. McPherson both as to heal- Ruying Fall Goods
I Thn Hararrnva mllllnerv
Itlff n n ,1 avanffall.m nrlll linaa 1 m
portant information to impart. . ; closed for a few weeks while the was sentenced to six months In thn West, Dear the border of Limerick opments, It was learned, have been
Everybody is urged to be at this, proprietor Is away buying fall and county Jail, and sentence wag sus- and Cork. The Free State troops 'satisfactory to President Harding
meeting. I winter goods. pended undsr certain condltloas. captured ths town. jaod Secretary Hughes,
ALASKA RANK GOES OX
SMALL CIUNGE RSM
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 8
The First Natloual bank of Fair
banks, the last bank In the Tnited
States to get off the "tv. bit" basis
of small change, went on a "nickl
and dime" basis on July 3. as a
result of the coming of the railroad,
which brought transportat'on. com
merce and flm ace alike to the need
of using smaller cbaate than a
Quartsr.
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