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T'GB TEN JIEDFORD MfflL TRIBUTE. 3IEDFORD, OREGON'. SrSDST, SEPTEMBER I, 1935. 2 ASHLAND MEN GET PRISON TERM FOR DELINQUENCY Johnson Refutes Claim tie Is 'Railroaded' Social Standing No Excuse for Crime. Bar Johnson, middle-aged Ash land resident, who plead guilty to a charge of contributing to the delin quency of a minor, was sentenced to serve not to eiceed three years in state prison Saturday morning by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton. There have been strong repre ientatlons," the court said, "urging clemency In this case because of the atandlng of your family, and your . ..nutation. You have many de- lenders. The court will state that your high social atanaing i -recommendation for clemency. Be cause of It. there la grounds to ex pect a higher regard for the moral code. It has been claimed by some of jour defenders that you are being railroaded'," continued the court. "1 want to ask you, la the statement joll signed the inlt." Johnson replied: "It Is the truth absolutely." "Then those persons who claimed you were being 'railroaded' were mis taken," the court concluded. A petition, signed by a number ol Ashland residents, asking clemency tor Johnson was filed with the court. Peter Jackson Fry, attached to the Anne Springs CCC camp, charged lao with contributing to the de linquency of a minor, and who en tered a plea of guilty, was sen tenced to servo not more than four jears In state prison. "This 1 the worst case that- has Ter come to the attention of the district attorneys office." said Dep uty District Attorney Oeorgo Ncll aon. "For the protection of the children of .Ashland and Jackson county, we urge that Fry bo given the heaviest possible sentence." The court, In passing sentence on Try said: "Your case Is particularly repre hensible more so than that ol Johnson." Both men will be aubject to the Oregon parole laws. Both made lengthy atatemeuta, admitting aordld action Involving minora. A relatlvo of Fry. In a statement to the au thorities. Blleged Fry had a long record for moral turpitude. K. O. Walters, a young man, who entered a plea of guilty to burglary In a dwelling, waa sentenced to lour months In the county Jail. Fred RoBeborough. who plead guilty to the larceny of a calf was meted a similar sentence. - I L GUILTY 10 F Bilks Number of Valley Youths With Job and Flying Lure Sentence Pending. RETURNS TO FIND HOME RANSACKED Burglars are atlll busy In Medford. apparently. Iva Dobba Murry. who has been out of the city slnco Aug. 14. returned to her home at 1033 West neventh atreet Frlady night and found the back door unlocked, and the houeo ransacked, slie told city police. A large amount of women'a cloth tog waa taken, and acme men'a dom ing. Suitcases, a pen and pencil set. and other articles comprised the rest of the loot. Chief of Police Clatoua McCredle repeated an earlier warning yesterday, that houses In the city, whether left for vacations or at any other time, should be carefully locked. The city la awarmlng with transients at the prwent time, and burglnrles will not be checked until the public becomes aware of the fact, and homes are kept locked. PEBBLE BEACH, Aug. 31. P) etuart Hswley of piedmont and Jack Gaines of Loo Angeles will fiffht It out tomorrow In the flnr.ls of the California state amateur champion ship. Both Clalnes and Hiwiey won the right to play In the 3a-hole fin ale tomorrow by each eliminating this arternoon their respective opponents. Frnte Pleper of Ssn Jose and Harry WeAbrook of IjOS Angeles. Charged with fraud In the en rollment of aviation students in a mythical aviation school, Howard T. Johnson, who operated In thlj city and county, under the name ol Virgil DeVon Whltcsell, h'as entered a plea of guilty. Sentence lias been held In abeyance, pending official Investigation of his prevloua police record. If any. Johnson operated by the Inser tion nt want ad. In newspapers, reading: "Opportunity to young men Interested in aviauou, a uioui-b make 5 a day and board. Must have $20 deposit. If Interested write." According to the district attorney. H. L. Nichols. 201 West Jacason street, was "Interested," and gave Johnson the 20 deposit. When no reaulta or Joba were forthcoming, he protested, resulting In the arrest ol Johnson. Correspondence turned over to the authorities, Indicate Johnson also bilked other youths of the valley with a desire to fly, or be aviation mechanics. Some of the letters were under the heading: "The Central Point Flying Hawk club." It was first thought that two men were involved In the acheme, but later It waa revealed that Johnson used two names. nt. trior. Attorney George A. Cod ding said that It haa been brought to light that six youtna were and possibly more. Officers were tipped off to tho scheme when Whltsell sold courses to two brothers, and algned the ro nt. h. different names, police said. A check up among the brothers revealed that the Jonnson ana " rrniiin. iaiiaturea must have been written by the same man, and the police were notified. whitM.ii was nBbbcd at a Table Rock district farm house, according to offlcera, In the act oi pacains his luggage for a trip Into northern Oregon. He admitted the fraud, po ur niri. hnfc nromlsed to pay back every cent taken, Bbout 47. Of that amount, he had 2u In uia posses sion when arrtsted. He told police that the Idea of me alleged hoax occurred to him several yeara ago, when ha himself was bilked out of 50 on a aimuni scheme. Police said that he waa not without customera for hi deal, In that several followed him about 'or soveral days trying to sign for the minor the ImDresslon. given out by Whltaell himself, that the "flying club" waa to be exclusive, as membera. He told soveral that there were only threo openings left, police atated. Eu gene Golfer Meets Simmons in Quarter Finals visitors occupy SPOTLIGHT FIRST ROUND GOLF MEET Elmer Owen Peters. 33. of Phoenix. la In the county Jail on 1010 bona, on a charge of forging checks. For the n..t Mvml months, according to state police who made the arrest Fri day night at Phoenix, retera na oet-n forelna checks signing vne names m prominent Medford men. The state police have five of the checka allegedly forged by Peters, each In the amount of 10. He has waived preliminary hearing, and his case will be next referred to the grand Jury. Suite police said yesterday that Pelera haa admitted having been In rfifriotiltv ahnut. 10 veara ago. having Just finished 10 year parole on the charge. SOLON, O., Aug. 31. (PI h. 8. Pratt, aa. sporting good ator clerk of Indlnnapolla. Ind.. took the throne today as America' all-bore akeet champion. He won his laurel In the first natlonsl tournament ever atag ed by the skeet fans, breaking 344 of 250 targets to lead a field of 114 by a pair of clays. INSURED SAVINGS! As Regularly As Pay Day! Bring a part of your savings for in vestment in shares of tills Federally supervised thrift institution. Four typos of shares to fit riny Sav. ings Program. Write or call for Free Booklet. mi -xi-.i. . w-wsi i l tPt by September Mill GjU M'Sffiil MEDPORD IIMIWirt ! W t&J ulll receive dltl- t(j B Timl" -'' JMmJ F sri- gj iederalSavings " J WAND LOAN AJJOCIATION 12K E' Main' Phon9 105 s5i Eddie Simmons Defeats Tom Emmons In Close Tilt Hammond Jr. Gives Thrill. OUST SEALS BOSS Bob Near of Butane, who la favor ed along with several other outsiders to ae final competition In the South' rrn Oregon golf tournament, Mil miet die Simmon, young title defender. tod.iy In the quartei fnali of the championship flight. Golfers from out of town occupied the spotlight In the first rounds of the championship flight Saturday, with Near turning In a 2 and I win ever L. Hamilton of Grants Pass; Ce cil Stevens of Portland defeating Earl Tumy of this city 3 and 2, and Eddie Hnlaeht of Portland defeating Arnold Inmnn of McMlnnvllle. 2 and 1. Sim mons gnlned his berth In the quarter finals by grinning 7 and 8 from Tom Em mens. Those expected to make the strong est bid for the title were Simmons, Near, H. B. Bentley of Ashland, who defeated Bud Simmons, S and 3. and Leland Clark, who won low medal score In the qualifying rounds, and edged George Harrington out of the first match by the narrow margin of ore up on the 19th. Harrington card ed ten straight pars when he started the 18 hole contest, and wm two up with a 36 on the first nine, halving No. 10 with another par perform ance. Harrington won No. 11 with a blrdte to be three up, but Clark shot one under par for the next six straight, and halved No. 18 to come out all square. On No. 10 the life In surance man captured the match with a par four against Harrington's five. The low medalist Jinx, failed to keep Clark out of the running, but he will have a tough assignment In his match today with Dr. B. G. Bark will. Ashland's leading contender. Gchtf low medalists were Stevens and Bimtley, who tied for second with 7A, i,nd Ed Simmons, who carded a 77. The moat unusual match of the day was tho reak second-flight con test of Bob Hammond Or., and Har ry McMahon, which ended with Ham mond one up on the 19th, disting uished with having used only three clubs, during the remarkable per forms nee. Hammond discarded the rest of his regulation 12 clubs due to the fact that most of them went back on him in the qualifying rounds. In which he failed to earn a place In the championship flight. As he was qualifying, an unplayable lie and sev eral other penalties robbed him of every chance to make a good score. Coming up on the green on No. 8 Hammond found himself stymied on the rim of the cup with McMahon'a ball, but he used a follow -shot such aa trick bllllardlsts employ, chivying McMahon'a pellet out of the way and rolling Into the cup. Coming up on No. 10. Hammond clubbed a shot Into a tree, where the ball still remains, costing Hammond one stroke and dis tance. Mrs. J. C. Thompson, who was wo men's low medalist with an 89. de feated Mrs. R. W. Myers of Oakland In the championship flight Saturday and Is paired with Mrs. Aletha Vaw ter of this city today. Ninety-six men and 18 women teed orf Saturday, a faster field than ever In the history of the tournament, ac cording to Pro Jack Hueaton. Results Saturday were as follows: Championship Flight Lelond Clark defeated George Har rington 1 up on the 19th. Dr. B. a. Barkwilt of Ashland de- 8 AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (TJP) Indefinite suspension of Charlea (Gabby) Street, manager of the Mis sion Reds baseball team of the Pac ific Coast league, waa ordered today by Hyland Baggerly, president of the league. Street allegedly assaulted Paul Panning, one-armed umpire, last night at Seattle, where the Missions are playing. According to Information received by Baggerly, Street knocked Fan ning'! mask off and shoved him around the field, following a close decision by the umpire In the sixth inning. Spectator gathered and disorders were feared. Street, however, was hustled to the clubhouse and Se attle players restrained Panning, who was Intent on following Street. The length of Street's suspension will be determined, It was said to day, after Bnggerly receives a full statement from Panning. Street managed the pennant-winning St. Louis Cardinals In 1930 and 1931 before coming to the west coast to assume managership of the Reds. GAME HURLED BY Vernon Kennedy Reaches Baseball Hall of Fame, With Cleveland Indians the Victim. feated J. B. Kirk, 4 and 3. Leonard Harding defeated J. Wood, 3 up. Cecil Stevens of Portland defeated Eart Tumy, 3 and 2. Ed Simmons defeated Tom Em mens, 7 and 6. Bob Near of Eugene defeated L Hamilton of Grants Pass, 2 and 1. Eddie Halseth of Portland defeated Arnold Inman of McMlnnville, 2 and 1. H. B. Bentley of Ashland defeated Bud Simmons, A and 3. - Second Might Dick Sleeter defeated Dave Wilcox. 3 and 2. Bob Hammond, Jr.. defeated Harry McHahon, 1 up on the 19th. Scott Hamilton of Grants Pass de feated Homer Marx, 5 and 4. A. P. Mansfield defeated H. A. Johnson, 3 and 2. Bob Maentz defeated R. B. Ham mond, 1 up. ueorge sarcnet defeated Jean Eb erhardt of Ashland, 3 and 2. Geo. Phythlan defeated Wm. Hath away, 3 and 2. M. Clark defeated Karl Bennett of Grants Pass, 3 and 1. Third Might H. Lomons of Oakland defeated T. S. Johnson, 2 and 1. Oeorgo Snider defeated Ed Good man of Eugene, by default. Art Latng defeated Lee Watson, 5 and 3. William McAllister defeated Ward Beeney, 2 and 1. George Henselman defeated A. S.V. Carpenter, 8 and 6. E. L. Childcrs defeated C. Dawson, of Grants Pass, 6 and 4. Stem West defeated Ivan Harring ton, 3 and 2. Harry Rsvlzza of Klamath Palls de feated W. Beer of Areata. 3 and 1. lVomrn's Championship Flight Mrs. J. C. Thompson defeated Mrs. R. W. Myers of San Francisco, 6 and a. Mrs. Aletha Vawter defeated Mrs. W. S. Thurlow by default. Mlas Roxane Ruhl defeated Mrs. Larry Schade. A and 3. Mrs. Georgia Cowdln of Grants Pans defeated Mrs. R. G. Bunch. 4 and 2. Mrs. O. Woods defested Miss Mar garlte Boyle. 3 and 1. Mrs. Scott Hamilton of Grants Pam defeated Mrs. Hal McNelr of Ashland, 7 and 8. ' Mrs. Havard defeated Mrs. E. C. Jerome, 2 and 1. Mrs. D. R. Wood defeated Mrs. Georpe Codding, 7 and 5. CHICAGO. Aug. 31. 7P( A no-hlt no-run game the first In the major leagues since Sept. 21, 1934 and the first In the American circuit In four years today admitted twenty -six year old Vernon Kennedy of the Chi cago White Sox to baseball's hall of fame. Ha blanked the third-place Cleveland Indians, fi to 0. Only four Indiana reached first base, all on passes. Kennedy com pleted his brilliant pereformance by striking out Joe Vosmlk. the league's leading hitter,' with the count 3 and 2 and Earl Averill, who had walked, on first base. There were only two hard ,-iIt balls during the entire contest, Al Sim mons making a spectacular diving catch of Galatmr's hard emash In the ninth and Washington taking a line drive off the bat of Roy Hughes in the eighth. Paul Dean of the St. Louis Cardin als pitched the last no-hltter in the major leagues, stopping the Brook lyn Dodgers without a safety last September. The last Amerjcan league hurler to turn the trick was Bob Burke. Washington southpaw, who beat the Boston' Red Sox cn Aug. 8, 1931. R. H. E. Cleveland 0.0.1 Chicago 5 10 0 Hudlln and Phillips; Kennedy and Sewell. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 31. VPj The De troit ' Tigers capitalized on Jack Knott's wlldnesa today -to hammer across a 5 to 1 victory over the league trailing St. Louis Browns. It was the second triumph for the leaders In their four-game series which closes tomorrow. R. H. E. Detroit - 5 7 0 St. Louis I 10 0 Crowder and Cochrane; Knott. Walkup and Hemsley. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Be hind Jack Russell's four-hit pitching, the Washington Senators today won the first of a two-game series with the Boston Red Six. 3 to 1. R. H. E. Boston - 14 2 Washington 3 7 0 Welch. Walberg and R. Fen-ell: Whltehlll. Russell and Redmond. Starr. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 31. D The effective elbowing of lean Lefty Gomez and 285-pou.nd Walter Brown enabled the Yankees to take a d"U bleheader from the Athletics todsy. 8 to 2 and 3 to 1, and ran the A's losing streak to six straight. First game: R. H. E. New York - 6 7 0 Philadelphia - 2 8 3 Gomez and Dickey; Blaeholder and Berry. Second game: R. H. E. New York 3 8 2 Philadelphia 17 0 Brown and Dickey; Doyle. Marcum and Richards. OLYMP1A. Wash., Aug. 31. (API Henry Woods, 135, Yakima negro, outpointed Frankle Monroe, 1347 Portland, In a 10-round main event here last night. Woods had Monroe In a bad way In the sixth, but Frankle managed to weather the storm. CARDS BEAT REDS TO KEEP SLENDER HOLD TOP PLACE CIKCINNA'fl, Aug. St. P) Ag gresslr from ths start, the St. Louis Csrdlnl protected their slender hold on first place In the natlonsl leazue tonight by defeating the Cincinnati Reds, e to 3. It vas' the last night game of the 1933 major league season, and 20,872 fans paid to see the contest. K. H. E. St. Louis 6 9 0 Cincinnati 3 7 0 P. Dean and Davis; Holl!ii?r rorth, Brennan, Scnott and Camp:;, NEW TORK, Aug. 31. (AP) The Giants continued tn r1bj.Ii Intn dwindling lead of the nr.. Tuf. Car dinals today when they belted over me rnmies v to 3 in the opening game of their series. The trlumnh nut the ni.nt. nni a half game behind the Cards pend ing the outcome of the 8t. Louis Cincinnati flodllght encounter to- nignt witn a chance to tie for the lead should the Cards lose. Hal Schumacher hH in tin.. ringing up hi lath -Ictory of the season as his mates rslabored three pitchers for 18 blows. Score: , n. h v. Philadelphia . 3.7 0 New Yorlc g in o Bowman. Rlvln. MnWh. .nrf rr..i. Schumacher and Mancuso. PITTSRTmrm. a,, h The suddcnlv lnsDirat pitteh,,P(.t. buccaneers kept up their galloping I uuwn tne national league pen nant stretch today by bowling over the Chicago Cubs, 8 to 0. for their tenth consecutive triumph. Sli of these victories have hMn taken from the peace-making Giant. Cardinals and Cubx. u-hii. th. im have lost only four games In their iasi u. mey now are 3!i games be hind Chicago In third place, and 8 behind New York. Score: SEALS KEEP LEAD SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. The San Francisco Seals won their fourth out of five games here today, defeating the Oakland Acorns 11 to 7 In a free-scoring game, to retain their league lead by a slim margin R. H. E. Oakland 7 13 3 San Francisco 11 13 2 D arrow and Kels; Denvmore and Becker. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 31. fH Sac ramento easily vanquished Los An getea 5 to 3 today in a game devoid of thrills. Koupal of the visitors held Loa Angeles runless until the final Inning, when Carlyle'a single brought In Oglesby and Meaner with the An gela' two runs. R. H. E. j Sacramento B 15 0 Los Angelea 3 10 1 HAL IE, PICK CORVALLIS, Ore.. Aug. 31. (UP) Hal Moe, former Oregon Stats backfleld star and later with the professional Chicago Cardinals, will have charge of freshman football again this fall, It was announced today by athletic director Carl Lo dell. Moe previously had been named varsity backfleld coach under Laurie Walqulst, while all freshman ath letics were put In charge of George Scott. The later recently accepted appointment aa Oregon State alum ni secretary, leaving the freshman coaching Job open again. Ose Mall Tribune ant ad. R. H. E. 0 6 3 H it n French, Kowallk and Hnrtnotf. Birkofer and Fadden. Chtcatro Pittsburgh BOSTON. Aiicr. .11 Am rpU. Braves drove rookie Tom Baker from tne mil with a ninth inning rally to day but scored onlv nn m w Brooklyn won the series opener 5 to 2. Oeorgo Earnshaw, Brooklyn start ing lnu-ler, suffered a broken finger in the third Inning. score : Brooklyn R. H. E. a ii Boston 3 7 2 Earnshaw, Baker, eLonard and Lopez; MacFayden, Betts and Sooh- rer. DARTMOUTH. Rnc A,, ii (API The Ainerlnan vinht capsized today In the nrtmo,,fh . gatta but all members of the crew were saved. The accident ended the race. SIGNED FOR BOUT The lightning like "Toots" Estes. champion of the Hawaiian islands who last Thursday unravelled Pete Belcastro In convincing style, has been signed by Promoter Mack Lll lard for another main-event perfor mance next week, he announced last night. Estes proved one of the most popular manglers seen here In some time. Another btg-time boy who has been signed Is Danny Savlch of the Uni versity of Utah, who also proved pop ular last week In his match with Joe Hubka. Savlch and Estes will not meet, however, but will be billed sep arately on a double header. Aa yet no opponents have been named, but Lit lard Is maneuvering to get the fa mous Canadian strongman. Rocky Brooks for an appearance here. In the opening embrogllo. Bob Ken aston. Gold Hill marine will encoun ter Toy Aho, Portland Finn who has been dusting canvas with opponents regularly In the northern part of the state. 1 KEEP COOL and ENJO? meals and fountain service at the What Not New air conditioner. 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