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The evening world., 1920-05-28
accuse RAILROAD
men OF SHARE IN
100000 ROBBERY
Enc Crew Alleged to Have Left
Z Car in Lonely Spot to
Be Looted.

One Of the boldest railroad rObber-
3es In years. Involving some twenty
men, one a high official in the en-
pioy OF the Erie, was uncovered when
fwo alleged conspirators in a plan to
rob a freight car of woollen goods
valued at 100000 were held by
United states Commissioner Hen
Erickson In Jersey CITY
The men arrested are: George Bar
rons an Erie conductor, OF No. 227
Manhattan Avenue. Jersey City. and
danes r, Carlough. No. Si5 Wood
vide Avenue. Newark. a member Of
hin train crew.
Barron vas held in Sa5, 900 bail and
csrlough in $1,000 for the Federal
brand Jury.
Detective Sergeant George J. Dun
hon OF Jersey City Police Headauar-
iers. and Detective William ,Howe,
who has had the unravelling OF the
myeierlous theft. are seeking mas
Ter mind" among those involved.
The men arrested are on Official OF
the railroad ten men who operate auto
Trucks and remove goods from cars
Rnd three alleged receivers" in Man
battan They say that nearly a dozen
more arrests will be made and the
booty located and recovered within
twenty four hours.
: According TO the police. Conductor
Barron and his crew took an Erie
freight train from the Croxton yards
70 Great Notch. y. J. on the way
they switched back 70 Soho. n. j.,
Rhere 1t is alleged the carload Of
f0oilens for mems clothing was left
pn a siding. Two big automobile
frucks pulled up near the siding
The evening world., 1920-05-28
GEORGE W. PERKINS ILL.
Capitalist In CntSkiIIs with Eerv-
Ous Breakdown,

George W. Perkins Il suffering a
nervous breakdown. II was stated by
friends here to-day and II ls doubtful
II he will be able to attend the Repub. .
l!can National Convention at ChlcaE,.
Mr.. Perkins has not been In good health
for year. He ls resting In the Cats
Kills
An associate OF Mr.. Perkins said his
physicians had found nothing orSani.
oauy wrong With him and that his
breakdown. believed TO be temporary.
was due to hard work
The evening world., 1920-05-28
Accents DrooI4Iyn Pn.,orn,r.

GREENWICH. Conn. May 2s.-The
Rev. Raymond H. Mcdonnell. Of Green
wlch. who has been working as dlreo-
tor OF the Y. NJ. c. A. In New York,
has accepted call to become the
pastor OF the South Congregational
Church, Brooklyn. which has t,lb0
members.
The evening world., 1920-05-28

Coney Island Beat service May 70.
Regular daily and Sunday steamboat
service between New York and Coney
Island viii be resumed by the Iron
Steamboa Company's safe and com
modious fleet Of steamers on Saturday
May 20, leaving from foot OF West i29th
Street and from Pier No. I North River.
New York only. landing at Steeplecha se
Park Pier. Coney Island
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08

partridge, Franklin grouse or fool
hen, bob white quail, swan, wood
duck, wild turkey, least sandpiper,
western sandipper, solitary sand
piper, semipalmated plover, snowy
plover and all other birds of any
kind, except those on which there
is an open season.
The open season on ducks,
geese, rails, coots, Wilson or jack
snipe and greater and lesser yell
lowlegs-0ctober 16 to January
Is of the following year, Chinese
Observation-Disclosures l to October
81; Sooty or blue grouse, ruffed
grouse or native pheasants-Oc-
tober l to October 81. Quail
Closed in Lane county. Doves and
pigeons may be killed September
l to October 81, and during the
same dates, silver gray squirrels
also, according to state law, but
the federal migratory bird act
steps in and prohibits the shooting
of doves.
The game laws further state
that ANY person killing any
mountain sheep, mountain goat,
antelope, elk, moose or beaver.
may be fined from 5000 to 81, 900
and imprisoned not less than sixty
days nor more than six months.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
NEW THERMOMETER
TO SAVE BIG LOSS

LOS ANGELES. - Inaccurate
thermometers have caused citrus
growers so much loss that the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
according to DR.. Ford A. Carpen-
ter, of the department Of meteor
ology and aeronautics of that in
stitution, has decided to open a
new department where the instru-
ments may be tested.
The chamber has received from
Washington, D. c., thermometer
which was in the testing room six
months. With this as a standard,
instruments sent in by citrus
growers will be tested for each
degree from "a to 100. The vari.
ance at each point will be noted
and recorded for the benefit Of
the grower.
1t is said that the chamber will
be the only station outside of
Washington, d. c., giving this
service, and it is expected many
growers throughout southern Cal
ifornia and perhaps in other sec
tions OF the state will take ad.
vantage Of 1t.
"The loss of an entire crop may
result from the faith of the grow
er in a thermometer which Is reg.
istering freezing point when 1t
may be colder" said DR.. Carpen-
ter.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
THAT NOISE NEXT DOOR

II you hear terrible screeching
and blarings and squeakings and
wailings as if OF souls in torment
coming from the house next door
or across the street, says super
intendent OF schools of a distant
city, don't report them to the po-
lice. Try to observe what hour
of the day they usually issue
forth, and do your marketing
then or go sit on a distant friend's 5
porch. 1t is probably the neigh
Dor boy or girl learning to play
an instrument for the school band
or orchestra, and the whole future
Of American music depends on
the students getting a good start.
One of the reasons that Ameri-
can music did not advance much
for many years is that American
children did not learn to play or
chestra or band instruments.
Those who took music lessons"
took them most perfunctorily and
specifically on the piano. II is
even now virtually impossible to
recruit a good orchestra from ma
tive American players. String
players have slowly been increas-
ing, but players Of the wood wind
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
SATURDAYS NEWS
Surprise Birthday Party

Friday evening, September 8,
the residence OF Mrs. r. Good
year on Church street was the
scene of an enjoyable social gath
cring Of her neighbors, making 1t
a lawn surprise party in honor Of
her 7ith birthday. A delicious
lunch was served under the old
apple trees, consisting of sand
wiches, salad, coffee, cake and
ice cream. Two delightful cakes
were presented 10 her by Mrs
Bolton and Mrs. McWilliams. The
jolly crowd fingered thruout the
evening as memories of good old
times and friends were brought
to mind. Those present were:
The new bride and bridegroom,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goodyear,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bolton, Mrs. and
Mrs. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Greer,
Mr.. and Mrs. McWillams, Mrs.
Brush, Mrs. N. Jensen. Mrs. Ger
trude Mullet, Miss Lennart,
Miss Kathryn Miller and Miss Ma
sic Rose. The party broke up at
a late hour, all wishing Mrs. X.
Goodyear many more happy birth
days and the bride and BRIDE
groom many years of happiness.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Watermelon FrOlic

The Sunday school class of Miss
Jessie Thatcher held their annual
watermelon frolic at Gold Hill
Sunday afternoon. The young
girls in the class were taken to
their destination in one of the big
transfer trucks of F. F. Whittle.
They stopped along the way and
loaded up with watermelons from
the patch of Fred Rapp near Tai
ent, of which no other better mel
ons are grown in the world, and
with their load Of luscious fruit
continued their journey to the
river where a happy afternoon
was spent. Those attending were
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Whtttle, Miss
Jessie Thatcher, MIS-. Walter Kit
to, Josephine Barber, Catherine
Pratt, Mildred Scott, Elsie Kitto,
Minnie and Josephine Sullivan,
Ruby Powell, Virginia Whittle,
Rose Leavitt, and Irma Bess.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
MAN FOUND DEAD
BESIDE II. II. TRACK

The dead body Of Ed Forgie,
a resident of Ashland for several
years, was found lying by the rail
road track near the new station
Of Foliage, south Of Ashland yes
terday. From appearances the
man had either been struck by a
train while walking on the track
or had been killed in attempting
to jump off a train. His body was
found near a switch, and had a
bruise on the head Forgie had
been employed for some time on a
section crew, but had been away
from Ashland this summer. The
body was brought to Ashland and
ia being held until some knowledge
of his presence in that vicinity can
be learned. He was about 60
years of age.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
ASHLAND WEEKLY r1DINGs

penses. The local Woman's Re-
lief Corps gave $40 to their fund,
because they believe the Scouts
are developing PATRIOTISM of the
highest kind.
The whole summer colony at
tended their Sabbath school and
evening services on Sunday.
Professor Wilson, Rev. C. A.
Edwards and Rev. ]. w. Hoyt
were pleasant helpful visitors dur
ing the outing.
H. E. Badger, assistant scout
master of Troop 2, who is super
intendent of the Presbyterian
Sunday school, conducted Sunday
school each Sunday.
Raymond Badger drove out
Monday to the lake and Joined
his father for a hunting trip in
that region.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Announce Marriage

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Fraley have
received the announcement of the
marriage of their son Floyd, who
is an American Y. NJ c. A. athletic
director with the Roumanian army
at Constantza, a city of 5000 on
the Black Sea, and Miss Gabrielle
Mason, a charming French girl
whom he met in Paris while pre-
viously abroad with the Amerl-
can army. Their marriage took
place at Bucharest, July "a, the
civil ceremony preceding the
church wedding, at which Rev.
Mr.. Hill, an English clergyman
from the Moody Bible Institute
in Chicago officiated. There
we're thirty English and American
witnesses to the marriage, most
ly Y. M. c. A. men and women.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fraley expect to
come to Ashland next year.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Legion Ball Planned

Ashland Post, No. IA, American
Legion, at a meeting in the Ar
mory last night made arrange.
ments for a big dance which will
be one of the social features in
the near future. This will take
place before the members 20 away
to college for the coming year,
and will be q most attractive af-
fair. At the meeting last night
DR.. X. l.. Burdic was appointed
chairman of the quartet and music
committee, and John Anderson Of
the dance committee. Other
plans will be made later. The
Post will also give a big member
ship banquet in the Hotel Austin
shortly, the date to be fixed later.
The committee in charge of this
affair has not yet been appointed.
but it is expected invitations to
upwards of 100 members will be
issued. Boxing bouts, speeches,
ETC., will be features at this pan
quet.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Playground Closes

Mrs. Homewood. supervisor OF
the children's playground, closed
her seasons work in that capac-
ity yesterday. The leading fea-
ture of the closing day was an
attractive parade staged by the
children, who were Mrs. Home
woods close companions through
out the long summer days. These
children arrayed in tasty garb and
headed by a drum corps marched
from the park to the Vining the
ater where an attractive little play
was put on, and which had been
composed by some of the older
children of Ashland. Both the pa.
rade and play were largely attend
ed by the kiddies, who were anx-
ious to assist in anything pertain
ing to the Joys of the playground
The past season has been one Of
unqualified Joy, both to the chii-
dren and the supervisor. and will
be a bright spot in the memory
OF all.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
FORD COLLIDES
WITH INTERURBAN

An automobile accident occurred
about 2:30 this afternoon this
side of Talent on the highway
when the steering gear Of a Ford
refused to work while the car was
passing an interurban car. A
head-on collision resulted and a
number of passengers in the in
terurban were cut and bruised.
The interurban car contained
nine passengers, mostly women
and children from Talent. These
were taken bac kto their homes
where their injuries, consiting
chiefly of cuts from the broken
and windows of the
big car, were dressed. Both cars
were much damages. the Ford be-
ing almost a total wreck.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LOWERS
FREIGHT ROAD MATERIALS

SALEM, Ore.--A reduction of
ten cents per ton on shipments of
road building material consigned
to the state highway departments,
county courts or other municipal
tiles as requested by the public
service commission, and involy-
ing a saving of thousands of dol
lars annually is granted by the
Southern Pacific company in let
ter received by the commission.
The reduction will not be shown
in the tariffs 1t is explained, but
will be taken care of in billing.
The reduction is effective imme-
diately.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
$1,000 CREAMERY PRIZES

A thousand dollars-$500 fol
high scoring butter and $500 for
cheddar cheese-will be distrib-
uted to creamery product exhib-
itors at the state fair. The money
will be divided pro rata on points.
Special diplomas will go to the
highest scoring products. Outside
will be received, says w.
D. Pine of 0. A. c.. superintend-
ent of the dairy building at the
fair, and Oregon producers are
warned that they will have to hus-
tie to keep the prizes at home.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08

Good Morning to You" A duet
wherein the singers backed into
the room bowed backward, sang
a doleful ballad from finish to
start, brought 4 hearty encore.
Several backward guessing
contests and a spelling match
completed the fun, and the social
committee welcomed them all out
of the front door. Five dollars
each to county work and to for
eign missions have been given
this summer. Attendance at all
meetings has been good, even
through vacation. The Misses
Lotta Morthland, Lille Policy,
Edith Herrin and Pauline Cliff,
who will soon go away to college
or to teaching, were special
guests, as was also Miss Mabel
Wilcox of Albany.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
TEACHERS GIVEN
PLACE IN SCHOOLS


Superintendent G. A. Brlscoe
OF the public schools has been
busy the past week or so placing
his corps of teachers in the vari-
GUS positions which they will fill
on the faculty board during the
coming school term, and organ
izing the years work. Thirty
four teachers will be employed
In the three schools Of Ashland
this winter. Teachers have been
supplied for all these positions
with the exception of one, that of
history in the Junior high school.
Not one has been secured yet to
fill this position, but it is expect
ed a teacher will be employed by
the time school opens next Mon
day, or shortly after.
The instructors and the posi-
tlons they will occupy are as fol-
lows:
Senior High School-B. c. For
sythe, principal; Elsie Aver, math-
ematics; Minnie Policy, Latin;
Eyangeline Policy, household eco
nomics; Mabel Bay, English; Ev-
elyn Merrill, English and teach
ers' training; Callie Vogeli, short
hand and penmanship; Grace
Knopp, Spanish and history; Ger
aldine Ruch, biology; Walter
Hughes, physical training and
science; Myrtle Farrar, book
keeping and typewriting; Fay
Carver, physical training.
Junior High SCHOOL,. c. Viii
son, principal; Nellie Beaver,
English; Winifred Spencer, math-
ematics; Ruth Voruz, household
economies; Caribel Morehouse,
grammar and music; Ethel Reid,
geography and agriculture; Hill
da Ohde, reading and arithmetic;
-, history; Nellie Ross Sixth
grade; Ray Van Slyke, fifth
grade; Vetris McCredie, fourth
grade; Hazel Bruner, third
grade; Kathryn Miller, second
grade; Isabella Wattenbarger,
first grade.
Hawthorne School-Ila Myers,
principal, sixth grade; Florence
Aelln, fifth grade; Alta Nor
cross, fourth grade; Ruth Brown,
third grade; Mildred Million,
third and fourth grades; Vera
Mannel, second grade; Mabel
Quire, first grade; Eugenia Car
son, first grade.
There are many new corners
among this list, but all come well
recommended, and the board of
education feel elatcd in securing
such a strong corps of instructors
who will have charge over the
youth of Ashland for the coming
year. School for the year 1920
1921 opens Monday, September 6.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
012707
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Roseburg, Ore
gon, July 81, 1920.
NOTICE is hereby given that
MRS. LULU A. DE CARLOW,
whose postoffice address is Pine
hurst, Oregon, did, on the 1st
day of June, 1920. file in this Of
flee Sworn Statement and Appli-
cation, No. 012707, to purchase
the NWh SWA, Section 4,
Township 4OS, Range AZ, Will
lamette Meridian, and the timber
thereon, under the provisions Of
the act of June 3, 1878, and acts
amendatory, known as the Tim
ber and Stone Law" at such value
as might be fixed by appraise-
ment, and that, pursuant to such
application, the land and timber
thereon have been appraised.
$4,000, the timber estimated
10000 board feet at $1.00 per
NJ, and the land $4,000; that
said applicant will offer final
proof in support of her applica-
tion and sworn statement on the
sth day of October. 1920. before
F. Roy Davis, U. s. Commissioner,
at Medford. Oregon.
Any person is at liberty to pro-
test this purchase before entry.
or initiate a contest at any time
before patent issues, by filing a
corroborated affidavit in this Of
flee. alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
w. II. CANON,
Register,
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
SEATTLE HIKERS
REACH ASHLAND

A party of tourists consisting
of Mrs. Margaret Wallace and
daughters, Dorothy and Hazelle,
arrived in Ashland this morning
and will remain in the auto camp
for q few days. These women are
walking from Seattle to Los An
geles, and have reached this far
on their journey in 32 days. They
average about IS miles a day,
do not accept any rides along
the way and sleep and camp in
the open. The journey was start
ed for the benefit of the health
of the young ladies who We're i'll
with influenza last winter and
did not make a satisfactory re-
covery, so the hike and out of
door living was tried and is meet
ing with great success. Accom-
panying the pedestrians Is
Prince" an English setter, who
attached himself to the party
somewhere on the beginning of the
Journey and has been their faith
full friend all along the road.
1.-THE only adventure we have
had to speak Of" Mrs. Wallace
stated this morning, was being
chased out of a pasture where We
camped for the night by a bull.
We made our escape, and some
farmers came to the rescue and
drove the angry animal away so
we could go back and get our be-
longings."
Each hiker carries light pack
ON her back, and is dressed in
outing clothes and stout boots.
They expect to remain for a day
or so in the Ashland auto camp
and will explore the canyon while
here.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08

instruments (flute. oboe, clarinet,
ETC. are still almost non-existent.
If the school or the boys or
girls club starts an orchestra, en-
courage it. The sareechy period
does not last long. if the child
works hard. The violins will soon
sweeten up, the horns smooth and
soften their tones. Stand 1t as
best you can for a little while, and
when the orchestra really rounds
into shape for the school enter
tainment, or the Scouts bring out
their own band for the big parade
you will have right to be burst
ingly proud of it.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Aemrican Legion Ball

The American Legion is max
ing arrangements for their big ball
which will take place in the Ash
land Armory Friday evening, Sep
temper 10. The Imperial orches-
ira of six pieces will furnish the
dance music, and many entertain
ing features will be made promi-
nent at this dance.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
STARVING OUT NEWSPAPERS

A representative OF several
thousand Country papers" says:
"In my opinion not half of the
country press, numbering $4,000
weekly papers and 500 daily pa
pers, will survive the next six
months unless there is a drastic
change in the situation. The sit
uation is certainly serious. 1t re-
suits from the unprecedented
shortage of print paper, of which
five pounds are needed for every
four pounds now being produced.
Large numbers o. newspapers
have been driven out of business
already by this shortage-some
1900 Of them in the past year.
Many have succumbed to the high
cost of paper, which costs several
hundred per cent more than it
did three years ago. Many have
been starved to death by their in
ability to obtain paper at any
price. The present system of dis
tribution makes it far harder for
the small, remote papers to get
their supply than for the big city
papers, and they are abliged to
pay heavy price for it. Yet there
are people who criticise the small
papers for raising their rates. Ell
forts are being made to increase
the paper supply and some i'm
provement is reported but it is
very slight so far. 1t is said that
eny new measures taken to ease
the situation cannot show results
for nearly two years. Before that
time the death toll of country pa
pers may be tragic. There may
be supercilious readers inclined
to smile at this term tragic" but
such 1t is, not only to the publish
ers Immediately involved, but to
the public they serve. It is la
mentable that the American press
as a whole, the freest, most rep
resentative and useful press in the
world, should be crippled in this
way at time when its services
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
WON'T SCRUB PALACE;
WILL COST TOO MUCH

LONDON, England.-On order
of the king the summer cleaning
of Buckingham palace has been
discontinued because of the high
wages demanded by scrubwomen.
The regular staff of maids refused
to do the work. It was also de-
cided that there will be no inside
painting or papering until the
prices decline 25 per cent.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08

are needed more than ever be-
fore. 1t is particularly unfortu-
nate that the small city and rural
papers should bear the brunt of
the calamity, for as a class they
are nearer to the people, and can
be spared less, than the metropol-
itan papers.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
BOY SCOUTS HOME
FROM CAMP OUTI

The Boy Scouts returned safe
ly and happily from their first
annual encampment, yesterday.
The whole affair has been most
enjoyable and profitable for the
thirty-fiVe boys who went. Great
credit is due Scoutmasters Rigg.
Badger, Koehler and Mowat for
the skilful handling of the camp.
especially Mr.. Rigg, who stayed
through the whole expedition.
In testimony Of the manly. or
derly conduct of the boys. many
courtesies and kindnesses Of
other Ashland campers at the lake
were given them. ]. H. MeGee,
their nearest nelghbor in camp.
donated the price OF one boys e1-
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Young People Marry

The marriage OF Robert Good
ward and Florence Woodward,
both of Ashland, took place in
Medford Monday evening, Rev.
l.. Myron Boozer, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, officiating
After a short trip to Portland the
young couple will reside in Ash
land.
Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-09-08
Popular Couple Wed

James E. Kerr and Miss Laura
Gates, both of Medford, were unit
ed in marriage at the home Of the
brides parents Monday evening.
The ceremony was solemnized by
Rev. L. Myron Boozer in the pres
ence of the family. After a short
wedding trip to La Grande the
young couple will return and
make their home in Medford. The
bride is the daughter of Mayor
and Mrs. C. Z. Gates of Medford.