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(X)LD H IL L JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SE IT . 5, 1914
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NO. 24
ALLIES MAY FALL BACK ON FRENCH CAPITAL
Paris Preparing for
Second Great Seige
VICE-ADMIRAL JELLIC O E| I GERMAN CROWN PRINCE |
Trio of Tragedies in
; Valley During Week
London.—Tw enty-nine killed and
81 wounded w as the price In men paid
by th e B ritish for the naval action
agaln at th e G erm an» In Heligoland
water».
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A n official atatem en t aaya th a t of
T h e second d e a th h r accidental
i T ired of trap p in g , w eary of life,
1000 men com poalng th e crew a of the
elec tro cu tio n a t M edford w ithin the
m orbid and Insane from so litu d e in
w arship» Bunk off Hellgoluud, only
week o ccu rred M onday a fte rn o o n , th e
th e deep w oods, E arl H eim s elected
330 were aaved.
victim being C h arles A. Berdan, a
,to q u it th e w orld. H is body w as
T he B ritish atta c k on the G erm an
■ young housem over. B erdan was e n ­
found in his cabin th th e A ntelope
F aria.—It la officially announced fleet off H eligoland waa in itiated by
gaged In m oving a bouse to G rape
d is tric t on S a tu rd a y la s t by J , E.
th a t th e m ilitary governor baa o rd er­ i Ilrltlah destroyer», according to ac­
j »treet w hen th e heavy voltage w ires
R um m el. a fo rest ra n g e r.
ed all realdunta of th e to n e w ithin ac­ counts given by the crew a of th e vea-
of th e pow er com pany claim ed his
H um m el saw th e body th ro u g h *
tion of th e clty'a defending forta to 1 sela which took part. T h e d estro y ers
life. H is body w as discovered on tb s
window of th e cabin and in stead of
evacuate and deatroy th e ir houaea got fairly close to th e G erm an ships
roof of th e b u ild in g , frig h tfu lly
in v e stig atin g
f u r th e r
im m ed iately
- before they w ere discovered. Then a
w ithin four daya.
b u rn ed an d lifeless.
,c a m e to M edford, n o tified th e au -
T ha o rd er for the olearlng of th e oannonade from the O erm an ship» and
T
he
sto
ry
told
by
A
lb
ert
B
erdan,
: th o rttie s an d accom panied U nder-
to n e for the guna of th e th ree llnea ' forta was opened on them , and they
b ro th e r of th e dead m an. Illu stra te s
, ta k e r Jo h n P e rl to th e scene of th e
of forta com prising the defenaea of ' gradually drew th e G erm an cruiser»
th
e
pro
b
ab
le
m
a
n
n
e
r
In
w
hich
he
m
et
j trag ed y la s t night.
the F rench capital, la regarded by m il­ j tow ard th e »ea.
his fate. A lbert w gs w ork in g w ith
itary obaervera aa decidedly omlnoua
T h ree n o tes le ft by th e dead y o u th
For a tim e th e G arm ana w ere In a
his b ro th e r a t th e tim e, being on th e
com ing aa It doea on the h erla of re ­ , position which gave them th e advan-
In d icate th e te n o r of m ind th a t Im­
Vice-Admiral Sir John R. Jellico»,
ground.
porta of unexpected gaina by th e Oer- j tags, B ritish d estroyer» having to bear
pelled him to self d e stru c tio n . T hey
Crown Prince F»ed»rlck Wilhelm,
who Is commander-ln-chlef of the
“ We had stopped p u llin g th e house re a d :
mnu Invader» In the no rth and ru m o r­ . the brunt of th e battle. During one British fleet which Is blockading the tha kals*r’s eldest son, who commands
and w ere blocking It w hen my b ro th ­
ed advance of an o th er O erm an c o l­ of th e h o ttest p h ases of th e fight, two North Sea.
“ I th in k th a t If a few m ore crazy
one of the German armies invading
e r w ent to th e to p to see w hat c o u ll
umn through Alaace In th e direction Ilrltlah d estroyer» got in betw een two
fools w ould do th is th e w orld w ould
France.
be done to a w ire w hich w as too low be b e tte r off.*
of Relfort.
G erm an cru isers, which feared to fire
fo r th e h o u se to pass u n d e r. As we
The unexpected atren g th displayed ! upon the B ritish ers lest they hit each
“ P lease give th e se books to m y
»'¿re eng ag ed In p u ttin g ro lle rs un­
by the G erm ans, th e w onderful cele ri­ other, while four o th er d estro y ers en ­
fa th e r. A. M. H elm s, S an g er, C all-
d ern eath C h arles a p p a re n tly a tte m p t­
ty of th e ir nw vernenta, th e unaccount gaged a third G erm an cru ise r and put
ifo rn ia , R. F. D. No. 3, box 55. I
ed to ra ise th e w ire. W hen reaching ¡have tw o horses, also a pack sad d le
able abandonm ent of Lille, th e Intim a­ h er out of action.
tion» of evacuation of Boulogne, to­
Finally th e B ritish b a ttle cru isers News Brevities of the Week From Rogue River Valley Cities for It I suppose he lo s t h is balance an d rid in g sad d les o v er to
Andy
iand fell a g a in s t tw o w ires, n e ith e r of
g eth er w ith many o th er developm ent» and light cru ise rs arriv ed on the scene
B ak er’s, and som e o th e r u n k ."
Oregon City.—S ecretary O. E. Frey- which w ere In su lated , s trik in g his
T he d e p arted m o n th w as one of
have led m ilitary men to believe th a t and quickly p u t an end to th e fight.
" P le a se p lan t my bones up h e re In
th e d rie st In so u th e rn O regon h isto ry , tag. of th e O regou City com m ercial back on o ne and closing his h and on th e Jungles.— E a rl H elm s.”
unie»» fresh force» a re brought Into
the field In the north by th e aille» th e Account of Battle Says German Ves­ .w ith n ev er a drop of rain . T h e h o t­ club, is displaying several sta lk s of th e o th e r. W e did n o t see th e acci­
H elm s h ad been liv in g alo n e in
test day w as A ug u st 12th. w een tho corn 12 feet tail, with ears in pro­ d ent w hen it occurred b u t It could not th e h ills fo r som e tim e m t k b « a p re­
G erm an» will m ake fu rth e r rapid prog­
tel» Were Overpowered.
portion,
to
prove
th
a
t
Oregon
Is
a
have been over th re e m in u te s before
ress In the direction of th e capital.
Copenhagen.—A dispatch to the p rc sp lrln g m ercu ry II m in d up to 105.
cario u s living by tra p p in g a n d sh o o t­
Pari» defenses cover a xone of 400 W olff bureau from B erlin says:
T he next a n n u al T e a c h e rs' I n s ti­ corn-growing sta te equal to th e best i he w as found by Mr. B ru m b le.”
ing an d it is supposed th a t loneliness
In
the
Union.
A ccording to th e C alifornia-O regon
aqunre mltea. They Include som e o f
•'During p a rtly foggy w eath er sev­ tu te will he held Jointly w ith Jo se ­
an d p riv a te had preyed upon his
; P ow er com pany th e w ires w ere fo u r |
the moat beuutiful subu rb s In the eral sm all B ritish cru isers and two p h in e county at M edford, O cto b er 12,
m ind u n til he decided to m ake way
Crop
P
est
W
ar
Is
On.
feet
low
er
th
a
n
th
e
top
of
th
e
house
world
flotillas, com prising about 40 deatroy- 13 an d 14. A school o ffic e rs’ co n ­
w ith him self.
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Pendleton.—T he farm er« of E m a- and th a t It could n o t have been m oved !
H e had a p p a re n tly h eld his s h o t­
London.— A dispatch from P arle ers, appeared in the N o r'h sen n o rth ­ v en tio n Is p lanned fo r th e sam e tim e. .tllla county have declared w ar upon w ith o u t th e w ires b eing cu t. I t Is
gun in both h a n d s and fired th a
A shland lia s In stalled novel speed
aaya the French w ar office announce» w est of H eligoland.
“A d esp erate Isolated engagem ent {ilcns o n th e hig h w ay s a p p ro ach in g m agpies, squirrels and Jackrabbits and i also d ecla red by th e com pany th a t j c h a rg e n e a rly blow ing o ff his Heck.
It has d irect Inform ation th a t th e R us­
S
tate
Game
W
arden
E
vans
has
d
irect­
they
had
n
o
t
been
in
fo
rm
e
d
of
th
e
j
T h e dead m an bad few frie n d s b u t
sian arm y ha» com pletely Invested ensued betw een them and o u r atnall th e scenic city. “ W elcom e to Ash ed D istrict Game W arden Edgar A ver­
m oving of th e house.
K oenlgahnrg aud occupied A llensteln, {prees. Small G erm an cru lsv rs steam- Innd," say th e sig n s, "Slow dow n to ill to a ss ist th e te rm e rs In exterm inat- ' Mr. B e rd a n 's body w as b a d ly ! w a s 'g e n e ra lly lik e an d w as not in­
clined to be m oody o r m elancholy.
both in Host P russia. T h e G erman» ed w estw ard a n d on acco u n t of the 15 m iles p er h o u r," an d "C om e log th e pests. T he dam age to crops
i b u rn ed , one leg being b u rn e d to th e ,
oonilnue to re treat, according to the sh o rt d istan ce r a m i Into co n tac t with a g a in .”
by th ese anim als h a s been serious bone and h is back w as b adly scorched. (
several lurge E nglish cru isers. T hus
report.
A g en u in e am en cam p -m eetin g , of th is son ton.
Dr. E. B. P ickel w as called,
t h e ' C hief of P olice P o rte r, of A shland, ha
th
e
cru
ise
r
A
riadne
u
u
a
attack
ed
at
T he R ussian advnnce In e a st P ru s­
th e so rt In sp iritu a l vogue 20 y e a rs
body b ro u g h t dow n, still w arm , an d ’ got on th e tr a in a t M edford w ith th e
sh
o
r’
range
by
I
wo
large
cru
isers
of
sia gave rise to th ree day» of prolong­
ag o , will he held a t th e D ensm ore
e v e ry th in g done to re s to re life w ith - j tw o hoboes an d m ade th e trip la
ed and stubborn engagem ents In th e th e Lion e lm s an d sunk a fte r a glor­ ran ch , on th e Dead In d ian ro ad n ear
com pany w ith them . As th e tr a in
o u t avail.
ious
fight,
l
h
a
m
ajority
of
the
crew,
vicinity of Soldnu, A llensteln and Ml-
A sh lan d , betw een th e d ates S ep tem ­
C o ro n er A. E. K ellogg im panelled w as pulling in to th e s ta tio n an d ho
schoffsburg. w hore th e enem y had num bering 250, w ere saved.
a ju ry th e follow ing a fte rn o o n , and had ju m p ed off, th e tw o hoboes h ad
"T he d estro y er N-87 was bom barded b er 3d an d 13th.
co n cen trated the arm y 'c o rp s which
T h e p reced en t of w alk in g o u t from
by
a sm all c ru ise r and ten d estro y ers
th e finding w as a v erd ict of accid en t­ preceded him , and as h e g o t o ff one
retre a te d from Qtim blniien and some
th e Jo se p h in e co u n ty h astlle a t any
al d eath . C h arles A. B row n, of Med­ o f th e men said , " H e 's a d e m n e !
fresh troops. A llensteln h as been su c­ and i ink. S he w ent down firing her
E v ery fru itg ro w e r, g a rd n e r and j ford, w as e le c tro c u te d th e previous s p o tte r." a n d th e shot en su ed w ith ­
guns. The mall cru isers Koeln nnd old tim e is well e sta b lish e d by p riso ­
cessfully occupied by th e R ussians.
1 fa rm e r In Jack so n CQunty s h o u lj he
out w arning.
K oenlgsburg Is a strong ly fortified Malax are m issing, nnd according to n ers. T he F arlo w b ro th e rs, held specially In te re ste d In th e Ja c k so n i w eek, w hile fig h tin g a fire th a t had
the
R
euter
d
ispatches,
w
ere
sunk
a
f­
fo
r
booze
p
ilferin
g
,
av
ailed
th
e
m
­
C hief P o rte r reach ed th e sp o t w ith ­
severed
high
tension
w
ires.
seap o rt of P russia and the cap ital of
C ounty F a ir and P e a r show to be j
in a few m in u te s a fte r th e sh o o tin g ,
th e province of east P russia. It con­ ter an engagem ent with an enem y of selves of it T uesday m o rn in g . C h ar­
ley Bigelow, of Gold H ill, h eld on h eld in M edford S ep tem b er 9 to 1 2 .j
b u t th e tw o m en had m ade th e ir e s­
ta in s ninny notew orthy stru ctu res. su p erio r force.”
th e sam e ch arg e, lik ed th e place and sh o uld get a prem ium list If th ey i
cape. T he w ounded m an describes
T he Industrial estab lish m en ts Include
London.— Field M arshal S ir John d eclin ed to accom pany th e escap in g have not a lre a d y d one so an d m ak e j
on e as being of d a rk com plexion and
locom otive w orks, iron foundries and
French, co m m an d er of th e B ritish ex­ kin sm en .
an ex h ib it. D on't Ray o th e r peo p le’s
th e o th e r a s lig h t. He says no tr o u ­
flour mlllB. The population Is about
peditionary forces on th e C ontinent,
S iskiyou cam p e rs com p lain th a t p ro d u cts a re b e tte r th a n m ine.
ble took place d u rin g th e ride.
200,000. T he distan ce from Koonigs-
You d o n ’t know , you m ay have i
estim ates th a t th e B ritish casu alties v an d al bears, of e n o rm o u s size an d
Tw o m en w ere d etain ed in Chico
herg to B erlin Is 388 miles.
from August 23 to 21! w ere betw een ap p e tite , raid th e cam p p ro v isio n s th e b est th a t w ill be show n.
Two unk n o w n hoboes, one of whom yesterday by S h eriff T hom as th a t a n ­
F irst C anadian T roops Sail.
5000 and 6000.
D on't say It's too m uch tro u b le . : fired th e sh o t th a t se n t Steven J. M ar-" sw ered to th e ir descrip tio n , an d will
w ith p ain fu l frequency. On th e C ra­
M ontreal.—T he P rin cess P atricia
Field M arshal French rep o rts th at
te r L ak e ro ad , d u rin g a n ig h t trip , It will only ta k e a s h o rt tim e to p re- i tin to th e h o sp ital, c ritic a lly w ound­ be cross exam ined.
Gnundlan light Infantry, first troops
the G erm an losses in b attle from Au­
M artin was o p erated upon S atu rd ay
an au to m o b ile collid ed w ith a cou­ p are a n ex h ib it and If you win you i ed. a re b eing so u g h t by th e police of
from N orth A m erica to leave for th e
g ust 23 to 26 w ere out of all propor­
g ar. A bucolic je s te r n e a r T olo has will be am ply rep aid and th e n you j so u th e rn O regon and n o rth e rn C ali­ n ig h t a t th e A shland S a n ita riu m , b u t
E uropean w ar. sailed, 1000 strong,
tion to th e B ritish losses, owing to
th e b u lle t could not be found. It e n ­
rig g ed a dum m y d e e r n e a r th e road will be h elp in g ex p lo it th e reso u rces fornia.
aboard th e W hite S ta r lin er M egantlc,
th e G erm an a tta c k being m ade In
M artin, a b ra k e m a n fo r th e S o u th ­ te re d in th e abdom en an d m ade six
antld gala scenes, for a secret d estin ­
— it Is rid d led w ith th e b u llets of urn- of th e county. T h e re sh o u ld be fa r
dense form ation.
Between 800 and
ern P acific, had a tte n d e d th e circus incisions in th e bow els. It Is th o u g h t
ation.
b ltto u s sp o rts. S o u th e rn O regon Is l e t t e r ex h ib its th a n last year.
000 dead or w ounded G erm ans w ere
F o r g en eral d isp lay of all k in d s or a t M edford, an d w as re tu rn in g to he w ill recover.
a g re a t gam e co u n try , by gum !
counted In one street.
Namur Stormed In Fog.
fru its , th e prizes a re , first, $25; se c ­ A shland on th e firs t section of th e
S unday m o rn in g th e rev o lv er was
Earl K itchener, th e B ritish secretary
London.—A dispatch to th e T ele­
show tr a in . He w as not on d u ty at found a s h o r t d istan ce from w here
Dallas H opgrow ers a re busy In ond, $10; th ird , $5.
for
war,
gives
in
detail
th
e
part
play­
graph from Folkestone say s th at sev­
F o r best display of apples, th re e th e tim e.
th e sh o o tin g occurred. It w as an
prep aratio n for picking. The crop all
eral Belgian cyclist soldiers who have ed by troops In the op eratio n s hi Bel­
v
a
rie
tie s o r m ore, one box of each,
A ccording to his sto ry , as to ld to Iv er Jo h n so n , old style. 32.
over Polk county Is going Io be short
gium
nnd
France.
T
hese
operations
arrived th ere from N am ur say (hut
th is year. In m any y ard s th e crop v ariety $15, $10 a n d $5, w ith firs t
th e fall of th at city w as mainly due extended from August 28 to AugURt
will only be 50 p er cen t of th e usual and second prizes of $5 an d $3 on
to th e presence of a heavy fog, under 26. The condition and sp irit of the
yield.
In som e yards H ip yield will single boxes, all k in d s and $3 and $2
cover of which the G erm ans attack ed . British troops at tho front are dcscrib
be
norm
al. Owing to u n settled con dn p lates.
cd as excellent, nnd reinforcem ents
On g en eral display of pears, two
T he R ussian arm y in enst P russia
German Aviator Drops Bomb on Parla. have been re n t up to m ore th an fill dll ions in Europe, hopgrow ers are
Most slgnificent is th e official an ­
v a rieties o r m ore of th re e boxes e a c h , and G alicia continues Its inarch nouncem ent by th e Frei ,h w ar office
lotvklng for a high price this year.
Paris. -A G erm an aeroplane flying th e gaps created by casualties.
$25. $15 and $10, w ith $6 and
(¿rough e a st P russia and conf'rm s th t th a t th e m ilitary governor of P aris
at a height of 6000 feet over Paris,
The report Indicates th at th^U rltlB h
on sim ile boxes of all k in d s an d $5 statem en t it has invested KoenigRber; hns ordered ail residents w ithin the
Albany Has Open Forum.
dropped a bomb which landed near losses were suffered uot because of
Albany.—Albany will hove an "o pe n and $3 pn p lates, w ith $10 a n d $5 and taken A llensteln. R ussian troops zone of action of the fo rts around
L 'K ftt railw ay station, off the Bonle any fault of m orale, bill because a p ­
on the A ustrian fro n tier a re engaged P aris to evacuate and raze th e ir
¡be discussion fo r b est display of plates.
vnrd Magenttt, which was so named parently th e G erm ans did them the forum ” once a week
T h e re a re lib e ra l prizes a lso w In a general b attle on a front of 156 houses w ithin four days
from thi> bpttle of M agenta
Tho honor of m assing an overw helm ing of public questions by rep resen tativ es
m iles betw een the V istula and Lem
bomb did no damage.
force against them , U nder th is pres- of d ifferent pblltlcal p arties or fac­ peaches, p ru n es, p lu m s a n d all o th e r
It is already realized th a t th e te r­
berg, the cap ital of Galicia.
k
in
d
s
of
fr
u
its
and
b
erries.
tions.
They
will
be
held
In
connection
s u r " the relatively ftniall B ritish force,
rible struggle on land is only nt its
T
he
steady
advnnce
of
th
e
v
ast
R
us­
T h is asso ciatio n o ffe rs m ore nnd
T hese rep o rts declare th at troops snys Lord K itchener, wau crum pled with th e reg u lar W ednesday evening
beginning and th a t the G erm an plan
la rg e r prizes on fr u its th a n any sian arm ies through e a stern P russia of cam paign to strik e th e sw iftest
In g re a t num bers a re being w ithdraw n up. The G erm ans arc dc scribed aa public hand co n certs here.
Is
giving
concern
to
th
e
G
erm
an
gen­
o th e r in O regon. L ib era l prizes on j
I'om the linns along the French fron­ m aking a lavish expenditure of men
and stro n g est blow a t F rance, reg ard ­
eral staff. T hat the kniBer's em pire
Five Die As Auto Dives.
th o u s a n d s of o th e r kinds.
tie r nnd a re being rushed northw ard to Insure success at this point.
less of Belgian n eu trality or any other
N orth Bend.—Five persons w ere
Get n prem ium lis t'f r o m th e pub-1 is really m enaced by th e hordes pour­ hindrance, and then, when F rance is
through Belgium. M essages declare
ing
Into
Prussln
and
G
alicia
Is
prac­
An offer of $200 for th ■ Je rse y cow killed outrig h t when nn au to driven lie m a rk e t. C om m ercial club o r S.
th a t 1(10 train loads of G erm ans passed
I
a t G erm any's feet, for G erm any to
through Belgium. It Is presum ed th at giving the best yield of b u tte r a t the by J. Bluford Davis w ent thro u g h th e B row n, se c retary In M edford o r from tically ndm itted by th e m ilitary com ­ tu rn h e r a tten tio n to the R ussian a t­
m
anders
if
rep
o
rts
received
from
Am­
railing
on
th
e
county
bridge
across
they are being hurried tow ard P ru ssia | Oregon sto le fnlr has been m ade by
th e n ew sp ap er offices In any tow n in
tack, Is boiug carried through ru th ­
sterdam a re true.
Pony Point n.id dropped 20 feet.
th e O regon Jerse y C attle club.
to meet tip- Russian, advance.
Ja ck so n county.
lessly.
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v
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'ijt .
Heavy righting on
Russian Line; Sea
fig ht Won by
British
Medford Man is
Youthful Trapper
i Slain by Live Wire
Takes Own Life
Southern Oregon’s Shortstories
Medford Fair on
Sept. 8th to 12th
Brakeman Shot
by Two Hoboes
Brief Notes From Europe’s Stage e f War
Don’t Miss the Silver Salmon Bake, Served Without Price to Gold Hill’s Guests, September 1S