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MOTOR STRUCK
BY LOCOMOTIVE
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INJURED
Helper Etifllno Smashes Into Roflue
River Motor Car at Ament Dam
Broken Arms, Ribs, Bruises and
Cuts Amend Passengers Results.
Motor on Schedule Time Badly Dam
aged but Engine Running Light,
Escapes Injury To Probe Cause.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Mny 24.
Sovcn of tho fifteen passengers
aboard Southern Pacific motorbont
No 32, running from Ashland to
Grants Pass Inst night were moro or
loss injured when n light engine
struck tho motor in tho mar, tho ncci
dent occurring threo miles east of
the city, nt Sanders' station. The
injured are:
Mrs. Emma Daniels, Butto Creek,
arm broken.
Claudo Harden, Grants Pass, two
ril fractured.
Mrs. Mike Calvin, Grants Pass,
two ribs broken.
Sam Ellis, Grants Pass, leg badly
bruised.
W. F. LcClnirc, Grants Pass, ar
tnbruiscd.
Mrs. Moore, Grants Pass, cuts in
head.
Mnrtin Brown, tcctb knocked out
and cut and bruised over body. Brown
was thrown twenty feet through a
window of the motor.
Engineer Gocttsche, of the motor
wax cut in tho forehead and scalp
and has a sprained back.
Tho motor hnd stopped at Amcnt
dnm to take passengers and wan just
getting under way again when the en
gine, running light to assist No. H
over tho hill, struck it in tho rear.
Tho motor was on time and the stop
was a regular one. Tho engine wm
'only slightly damaged. Engineer
Denning and his fireman both es
caped injury. The rear trucks of
the motor were thrown from the track
and Conductor Hall was hurled from
tho motor but was uninjured. A
board of inquiry' will probe the cause.
ASHLAND JAIL YAWNS
FOR FAMOUS AUTO SPEEDERS
Tho Mail Tribuno is in receipt of the
following telegram from Ashland:
Ashland, Ore., May 24.
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.
Hon. E. V. Carter, Col. F. I). Wag
ner, Major G. S. Butler and Lieut
FJoyd Dickey, chauffeur, left Ash
land Plata at 8 o'clock this morning
on n trip to Sun Diego, Cut., via tho
Siskiyou route by nutomobile in or
der to compare notes in favor of re
duced grade over the mountains. He
ports from city recorder's office
state that the party exceeded speed
limits ere leaving the boulevard mid
on their return will bo held amend
able to municipal statutes.
COMMERCIAL CLUH.
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The rapid flro gum of rollicking
humor will be primed and ready for
action next Monday, May 2G, when
Eddie For, III seven merry children
and his big company of Broadway
girls open their engagement at tho
Page theater In tho new musical
TO FLY FROM PADUCAH
TO ST. LOUIS BY AEROPLANE
PADUCAH, Ivy., May 21. Aun
(nr Anthony Jantius ascended here at
0 o clock this morning in n hydro
plane for n flight to St. Loui. If 4
followed the Ohio river to Cairo, ex
pecting to complete tho two hundred
and five miles in four hours.
Juunus planned to sto at Cape
Ghirardcau for fuel. He was ac
companied bv n machinist.
FLOOR GIVES IN.
(Continued from page 1.)
when the floor collapsed, talking to
n policeman, who fell into the hole,
Topphnm barelyescnping. Toppham
said to a United Press reperter:
'The scene was awful indescrib
able. Without an instant's warning
tho whole section of tho floor gnvo
way, and amid wild cries of women
BUD ANDERSON
FIRST OF THE
'IS?!
BUD WILL HEAVE ONE WITH
Medford Ball Park
MFDFOTCT) MATL' TttTBTJtfR,
Scene From Eddy Foys "Over
farce, "Over tho Hlvcr"
Mr Foy has been surrounded b a
cast of unusual excellence nt Worbn
and Luescher, his producing man
agcrB. are great liullcvers In cut hit:
their various companies' with talent
of the very beet reftnrdlcus of tho size
y- i " m - mw
nud shrieks of mun, the htniggliug
muss of humanity shot downward to
the sands below.
Kllletl by TlmlH-m.
"Many were killed by striking the
timber which support the auditor
ium. Others were emptied to death
under tho muss of human bodies
above them. Three Long Honcli p
li"emeii went in with the crowd, one
was seriously injured, the other two
escaping.
"We worked for an hoar to remove
the bodies. I feel Hint u mistake was
made by Homebody in keeping the
auditorium door locked until after
the pnrado resulting in a mast of
leoplc rushing into the building ut
once.
Twenty little flower girls barely
escaped death in the catastrophe.
Thoy had ju-t passed over the section
of floor that caved in when the crash
cainc.
The injured arc scattered all over
Medford vs. Central Point,
THREE-GAME SERIES FOR A
BATTERIES- Medford"Anderson Hurd and Hill; 'W "-V-" -:
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MEDF01TO, OKEflON.
the River"
of the salary roll. Tho nnulcal num
ber nro typically modern and of a
nature to hold tliolr lilting swing
long In memory of tho auditor, Aa
In all of Werba and l.ucscher's pro
ductions, "Over tho Hlvcr" hns been
treated with a lavish hand In the con
tinuing and general vecnlc effects.
l.ong Poach in private residences,
hospitals and tcuiHirnrv hospitals.
A platoon of I,os Angeles police is
guarding tho building. A special
train bearing physicians nud nurses
from Los Angeles, accompanied by
Mayor Alexander, has arrived nud
assistance is being rendered.
GERMAN USES FAIR
AS CLUB ON TARIFF
BERLIN, Mnv 21. A moxement to
oppoo Gorman participation in the
Panama Pacific cxKisitiou in Kan
Francisco in 101." if the clause in the
Underwood tnriff bill giving five por
cent preference to goods iuinlcd in
American bottoms is enacted, was
started here this afternoon. Gorman
manufacturers arc behind the moxe
ment. '
It Is said Mrs. Lesllo Carter Is go
Ing vaudovlllo next season In it new
playlet.
V,ClllicU A UlIlLr-lYllIlLy IC O.UUL YY USUJL1 y ;P v
HIS RIGtyT AND
Sunday, May
SATURDAY, MAY 21,
MARTY 13 FIRS!
CHAMPION LOSING
LIFE IN THE
SAN FRANCISCO. Cnl., May 21 -
The death In tho ring of Luther Mc
Carty Is tho first tlmn In t,hn hlntory
of pugilism that a world's rhnmploti
has lost his life In such a manner.
No champion, no far ns the records
go, has even been seriously Injured
In a ring bout, cither In the days ot
baro fists or under modern rule.
McCarty, It Is said, had been llv
lug a fast life ulneo he heal Al "ulior
In Los Angeles and that wlimi h mit
Jim Flynn In lMilJulolphlu a fnw
weeks ngo and later Frank Mortin u
New York, he was far from tho rug'
god man ho was when he defciitei'. Al
Knuftunn and Al I'alxer.
McCarty sprang Into fnmo a little
less than two years ago, wh he
knocked out Carl Morris In six
rounds. After meeting two or thieo
novices ho mot Jess Wlllanl In New
York and was outpointed in 10
rounds. Ills next bnttlo of Impel
tnuro was with Al Kaufman, winning
by a knockout In two rounds.
Jim Flynn was his next vl.tlm
Flyiiu being so badly beaten th-U ilio
fight was stopped. Al I'nUor war
defeated In tho samn manner, the
victory clvlng .McCarty the title of
heavyweight whlto rcinmplon of th-
world.
McCarty was born In Lincoln, Ne'i
March 17, IS!)!!, and was of In Una
Irish imrentsge. Ills first HkIiI 'tool;
place on January 7, 101 1, and unco
then, Including today's fatal bout,
ho had participated In 25, winning
15 of them by knockouts.
Pclkoy, the new hinvvcli;!it
champion of the world, Is a big,
strong follow, fnU and clever. Ho
was born In a Canadian hnnjlet 27
j ears nRO, hut was rnlsed and has
mado his home In North A .In inn,
Mass., slnco Infancy. He Is a steam
filter by trado and began 'U'ltltu,
two years aj;o. Ilo recently louulit
a six-round draw with Tommy IIimh
who then took him In chnrg.
Pclkoy claims a 10. round declnloa
over Jess Wlllard, knocked ouruily
Morrls In two rounds. Soldier Kenrns
In soven rounds, and has defeated r.
number of lesser lights. Ho 's ji! i
to bo a qulot. gentlemanly fello-v, and
s married.
LOW WAGES PAID DOMESTICS
LURES GIRLS FROM COUNTRY
8T. I.OUIB, May 21-That tho
work of waitress Is Just employment
for girls; that thu low wages paid tho
domestic servants In the country Is
ono reason why country girls seek
employment In tho cities and girls
In steam laundries work In such In
tense heat they often faint was testi
fied today before the Missouri senate
Investigation committee
Tho testimony as to the relative
desirability of work In restaurants
for women was given by a girl In a
local restaurant who said sho re
ceived $7 por week and meals and
averaged a dollar a day In tips. Hov
oral girls; testified to working In de
partments storos for from three to
six and eight dollars per week.
TO
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Sunday May 25
ONE WITH HIS
1010.
PAGE THEATER
Monday, May 26
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PRICES CO CENTS TO $2.00.
Tickets now on snlu nt tho llox Off Ire. Open Hiiuday,
When you tire of
rough, strong, high
proof whiskey try
the new Cyrus Noble.
pure, mild
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yf, J. Viin Schtiyvcr & Co., General Agents
Portland, Orcjon
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Hltunted tit tho flub of tho Principal
Theater ami Hhopplng IMMrlrt
Recently Itrdcrornti'd nuit Itcfumlihcd Throughout,
and 'letter Kipilppcd Today than Kvcr lleforo
Kiirox'nii Plan
ltoonm ultliotit Imtli, f 1,00 per day nud up
llooiiM uith hath, $2.00 ht dur and up
(J. J. KAl'I'.MANN, .Manager.
N. K. CLAUKK, AsM. .Mgr.
PITCH
$500 SIDE
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25, 3 P. M.
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and mature
R?rlIancTy famous Hotel
Ho cd for the excellence-
of i t$ Cuisine. European plan
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