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,-j V I tit SiV rtt- f ' M PAGE SIX. lUEDFORD MATT, TRIBUNE. TODFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. OOTOHWU 7, 1!)1. NEGRO CONFESSES 10 MURDER OF SCIENCE HEALER BURNING 0 NK SAN 1)1 KOO, Cal., OH. 7. Con ftutaing to two murders ami lo sev eral oilier orinic., Hurr llnrrfc, n L09 Anji!los negro urrctcd here on Sunday on n charge of having mur lcrc1 Mr. Uoliceca P. (lay in n l.o Augclo liuildlug (ra tlays ago, made n dean breast of nil liis crimes to Cnplnin of Detective- Meyers and two Los jiRi'les detective hero today. "I nover ltncw Mrs. Oay ami H1 not co In the Hellman Imildttnr to find her, said IlnrrtM. "I just wanted to kill sonio woman. 1 look tlio gnsnipc from my hack yard and went to tlio lmilding and up on the 11 till floor I .xuw her name on the door. 1 knocked and when she op ened it I asked if n Mrs. Wallace won? there. I did not know any Mrs.' Wallace, and just asked the question to pain admittance. Ileal I.lfo Out of Her "Just ns she started to answer nic the telephone hell ran and she turn ed to her desk to answer it. I fol lowed her into the mom and hit her over the head with the piix?. She fell to the. floor and I then heat the life out of her. "I tried to throw lier hody out of the window, but it was so heavy tha' I could not handle it, so I laid it on the floor and piled books and lit crnturo over it. I took $2."i which she bad in her purse nnd went to n )laco near my home, where I chang ed clothes. I buried the ones I look off." Harris also confessed to the mur dor of n Mrs. Ilaskins in Los An geles two years ago. Murdered Second Woman "At that timo I did not know her, cither," sho said. "I just had that desire to kill some, woman. I rode to her hotiso on my motorcycle and went to Ihe front door and asked for n llr. Meyers.' Sho said she didn't know any Mr. Meyers and I didn't, cither, for that matter. I then nsk-d her for n drink of water, and -he said for mo to go around to the back door and she would give it to me. 1 went to the back door' and when di went to give mo n drink I shot her. I then pot on my motorcycle and rode nwny. "I sent the poisoned enndy to the Pierce children, nil right. I did ill because I had had n quarrel with -Mr. 1'jcrco. Sent Dynamite Ilomb "I also sent n dynamite bomb to tho Ilcrshy Anns company because I had had some trouble with them, ami wjien th:.t didn't do the work I set fire to the Coronado hotel, whi--li is next door to tho 1Ienhy Arms company." Throughout bis cntiro confession, Harris was calm nnd cool, nnd did not seem the least excited or inter ested except to get the facts st might ened out. ;EXPLODES;SCATTERS L FIRE OVER SAX I)!K(10, Cal., Oct. 7. Pol lowing an explosion last niuht of n JflO.OOO gallon gasoline tank at llu Standard Oil company's works here, firemen today, reinforced by volun teer firv-figliters. are attempting to save the lumber yanw of the Hti ehanan Lumber company nnd the Whiting Mead Commercial company. Tho explosion came after the con flagration had Waxed through the Standard Oil plant for thirtv-siv hours, destroying millions of gallon" of keroeiiu, naptlm and distillate. Tho shock was felt in every part of tho city ns the immense pillar of flamo shot skywanl, scattering fin in exery direction. Immediately ut ter tho explosion the burning oil and gasoline spread out over the hay, threatening building all along the walcrfront. Victims of the explos ion, sporched nnd burned, were mar ooned on the wharf of the Standard Oil company, where thev were re- cued by launches nnd sailboats. A rollcall of tho firemen todn showed that all were Mtfo. Half a doxen firemeo who were working di rects under the gasoline tank a few moments before the explosion escap ed miraculously with their lives. Thousands of spectators, standing outside tho fire lines several hundred yards away, fled, shrieking for their lives. People living within a few (docks of the fire were thrown out nf their beds; the shock of the ex plosion nwoko residents of Misio Hills, five miles nwav. SCENE FROM "THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS," AT PAGE, OCT. 10 i - 1 1 i ii fHHH1 ' li'fff vv -f f& -: lfovnKvnL v "W 3Hk'V Y&xBlHi IiThmi Ti V 'Hint mt i T F "sr J f h - .JTMf UU(W NOME SCENE OF DESOLATION AFTER SI ID IRE 13-YEAR-OLD GiRL jUTTLE SHEPHERD " OF DILLS COMING KOMI-:, Alaska, Oct. 7. -Noitio to day Is a hcoiio of dovitMtatlon and ruin following jester.Viy'H storm and the tiro which started late last nlnht, (U'atro)liiK almost all of tho lalneXn district and much ot tho residential section of tho city. Tlio storm ln pan Sunday ulr.ht and continued Mon day, cutting off olortrle lights, telo phono and teleRratdilc ncnlro and destroying tho onicrgciicy power plants of tho wlreleus company no that communication was Imposslhle. Tho great stock of winter supplies, which Is the only means ot provision In1? Iho camp for tho winter Is par tially destroyed and only a fow poo- plo will winter lu Nome. The steamer Victoria will unload Its supplies by small boat today and tho steamer Cor- win which was also lu Iho offing will taud Its carx" of provisions. , The property loss Is estimated at admit Jl.r.00,000. Only ono llfo In known to have been lost, that of n man sleeping In a cabin. PI MAREL'ILD FOR COUNTERFEITING PUBLIC LANDS ARE RESTORED TO ENTRY Thrco-rjunrters of a million nerct of jmblio lands wero restored to en try last month. These restorations wero based upon recommendations mnde by tho United Slate Gdogfe:n Survey n n result of itn classifica tion work in the western states. The only area withdrawn was one of 2:t.r ucios in California, temporarily ro Forvcd from entry becnuso of its jos feibilitioH for developing water pow er. Tho largest restoration wa in Montana, whero 525,747 acres wero restored to public entry ns the result of coal classifications completed. In addition to this, setoratious of coal land invdving 214,742 acres were made in Colorado, New Mexico, North Dukola, Utah nnd Wyoming. In California, Tdsho, Oregon and Washington 7,821 ncros heretofore reserved or wnler power wero re fitorcd, examination having indicated that they aio not valunblo for tho jnirjwiSQ for which tljoy were with drawn. About 8.1,000,000 acres of bind linvo now been classified as to their coal content; 01,484,002 acres have been classified hh nonconl land and Jiss thnn 20,000,000 ncres have been classified a coal land and values of over $700,000,000 placed upon them in nccordaui'O with tlio provisions of tho coal land law and department regulations, Tlio remainder has been restored without classification. Tho survey hns nlso classified as non-irrigahlp mid designated for en try under thu onlnrgcd homostend nota more than 200,000,000 acres of lauds in tho western slates to which iho 1120-ncro homestead principle has teen extended by congress, I -XKW YORK, Oct. 7. Or. Murct, tho demist accused of running n counterfeiting plant in partnership with Hans Schmidt, confessed mur derer of Anna Aumulier, was ar raigned hofore United States Judge Hunt today. "I am not guilty," snid Mnret. "I have no money and no friends." Judge Hunt nppoiuted ex-A-it-nnt United State District At:orncy Michael Hynie to defend the pris oner, whom he sent back to jail to await trial, in default of n .flO.iVJO bond. AUCTION PRICES FOR Sales of fniit by auction Monday in eastrn markets were as follews: Cloirgeaus, $2.75; Cornice, 2.05; fqur cars Oregon pears, Cornice, $2.74; halves, ,2.0ll; Hoc, $2.81; Anjou, $2.81, Clairgcau, $2.15; few California Noli, $1.25 to $2.15, av erage $2.00. Cincinnati Wiuttr Xclis, $3.25 ATTEMPT TO SLAY OF VIRN.VA, Oct. ".That an attempt was made Saturday to amasslnato King Frederick of Saxony, ono ot tho Gorman states, was rumored horo to day. It was ald two men fired on tho ruler as ho was hunting In the woods and wero arrested. Tho re port lacked confirmation. II. II C'nfN, the Central Point orchnrdi-t, law receied pajwrs from his hunie town, reinumoro, Wim-oii-.-in. telling of the victory of a III-year-old girl in the stnte -polling con test, making her champion speller of Wisconsin. Ihe victor is the gnind-dou;hter of uu old friend of Mr. Cntft, who for iwnny yBr wn bis neighbor. The homo nwwpapcr comments as follows; "Mi-..s Jfddred Outweiler, the 111- year-old daughter of Otto Outweiler and wife living four miles uorthciu-t of Fonnimorc, who represented Orant county at the statu contest at Milwaukee held in connection with the state fair, enme out with flying colors, winning tho big contest from tho representatives of twenty-five other counties nnd being awarded tho gold medal. It is a great ac complishment for the young lady who "spelled down'' the ei.tire list of county contest winners, u-ing up two. books nnd almost exhausting tho list of words selected for the uintet. "The contest was between the win ners of tho vnrious county coat (Ms held Inst spring in Wiseoiisin. Mil waukee won the Grant county con test at Lancaster. "Grant county is proud of its lit tle champion who has brought such honor to its schools. She whs a pu pil in joint district No. 2, taught by Urban Smith, and got her school di ploma in June, nnd of course the school, relntives and mny friend are ourjoyod at hur feiiceM. She is an exceedingly bright girl. Mi.iid.n sho re-entered the I'cnuimoro li.uli school." Tho success of Harold Molt Wright's novel, "Th.' Sh. jherd of the i IIUls" made Into a play by Its au thor In collaboration with Klsliery W. Mcynolds U proving just as big on tho KM at In book form It does lu tho book storos. It will bo sen at the I'ak Friday, October 10. Tho story of tho play Is baod on a somewhat dramatic plot of mystery. An unknown comes Into tho Oiark mountains and because of lit a clerical bearing and readiness to orMclato for tho roRtilar pastor of the mountain- eors, a portion ot bin disguise Is pene trated. Tho uiountaluoers who live so much to themselves are willing to let the man llvo tho llfo of a partial rccluso. Uo in. ikes friends with ono family and volunteers for tho place of shephord. In this gulso ho at tempts to oxplato tho wrong-doing of his son, who several years previously had cotno Into tho mountains and wronged ono, ot the young women. Hor father has vowed deadly vong oanco on tho betrayer of his daughter, but ho has dliappzarod leaving no traces ot his whereabouts. It Is gen erally supposed that ho Is dead. The good sttopherd wins the love and re spect of tho mountaineers, though at ono time his life Is umtatigorod by a lawless baud ot mountaineers who suspect ho Is a revenue offlcor. Out Our .1 "rices on What WOOD Von Will Wnnl for tlio Winlor ' ' ' TIER, CORD AND OAR LOTS VALLEY FUEL CO. Suet'csHor.s lo Iv'oicli.sleiii. Cor. Fir and Second St. West. Tol. 70. BALL GAME SPECIAL TRAIN FROM KLAMATH FALLS Tho Klamath Falls F.vonlug Herald will run a special train lo this city to seo tho OlantB-Whllo Sox exhibition gnuio In Now tuber. Tho 8. V. has offered a special rate, and about C00 fans wltl make tho trip. With Mcdford trafr-ts Mcdfonl mailo. R. Kim McCordy The Insurance Man Has Moved to the SPARTA BUILDING The Same Phone Number LJrfy tHKiiv:K ALASKA IN SENATE WASHINGTON', Oct. 7.- Tho fol lowing nominations were sent to the ftennto toduy; John Hiindolph Tucker to bo Unitul States judgo for the second district of Alusku, and K. M. Tuxton to bo United Stales district nttoruoy fur the gaino district. SANTA ROSALIA IN HANDS OF REBELS WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Tlio cap turo of Santn Hosulia, Mcx., by fed orul troops was officially reported to tho btato department todav. Tho rebels, it was Muled, withdrew iGr ward Torrey after cvncualing Snnlft Husulia. MAGGERT.LEADS IN BATTINGiON COAST SAN rUANCIS'CO, Cal, Oct. 7. Ilarl Mnggert of Los Angolos, easily tho most coneMoiit butter of tho season, is loading the Pacific coast league with tho htick. Mnggert is batting .318, which gives him a load of threo prints over Heine Spoas of Portland, who has not played in half as many gnmes iih Mnggert. Spcn is two point abend of Dick I)nylcH of Venico, who comos third in tho nvorages. Jimmy Johnson, with 100 stolen bases, easily loads tho base stealers. Maggert is second with .7!) and Hill Leard is noxl with fiO. Walter Car lisle loads tho league in ruiw scored. Maggert is second with 111 and LOVE-CRAZED YOUTH HA SHOOTING LOS ANGKI.KS, Cal., Oct. 7.--Victims of a ilienpiioiutcd suitor, lleiilah Gibkou, u pictty lelepbone operator of Shu Pedro, ami Cliiulcs Stout, her sweetheart, aru near death today of ballot wounds. Frank Pillsbury, who fired tho shots, vent n bullet into his own lungs nnd is in a critical condition. Tho uhooting occurred on tin jwroh of the young woman' homo at San Pedro Into lust night. Pillsburv, hiding nearby, booamo infuriated when ho saw Stout euibrco the girl And "j;iwt her good night." Shrieking wildly, Pillsbury m-Iim! upon (ho porch, shot Stout us he nl tempted lo defend tho girl, ii:.t wli-ii Stout fell, sent another bullet into Miss Gibson's body. Ho shot him volf after puiiiiiug nnnther bulhi into tho IniigH of liic prostrate Stout. In Pillsluirv'x poohot was found n nolo Hint read: "I nni doing this, for .nmniy joiinson is third with 102. I can stand it ni lomer. I lovo McArdlo leads the sacrifice hitlers j lleiilah, I cir 't Ktauil to seo her with 17 to his credit. 'with him. Good byo nnd good luck." NOSE UNO HEAD STOPPED OP FROM COLD OR CATARRH, OPEN AT ONCE My Cleansing, Healing llnliu IiisUuit-lgrant balm dissolves by tho heat of ly Clears Nose, Head and Throat fitopd Nasty Calarrbal Ulscbargcs. Dillt Jlcadacbo Ooes. Try "Kly's Cream Halm." Got a small bottle anyway, Just to try It apply a little In tho nostrils and Instantly your clogged jiobo nnd stoppcd-iip ulr passuKes of tho hoad will oponj you will breatho freely; dulluesB and hcaducho dlsapoar. hy morning tho catarrh, cold-In-head or catarrhal soro throat will bo gone. Knd such misery now! (Jet tho small bottle of "KI.v'h Crca,m Halm" at any drug store. This sweot, fra-br catarrh will surely dluappear. tho nostrils; penotrntcH and heala tho Inflamed, swollen membrane which linos tho iioso, hoad mid throat; clears tho air passages; stops nasty discharges and a fooling of cleansing, soothing relief comes Immediately. Don't lay awako tonight struggling for breath, with hoad stuffed; nos trils closed, hawking and blowing. C'utarrh or a cold, with its running noeo, foul mucous dropping into tho throat, and raw dryncua Is distress lug but truly needless. Put your faith Just onco in "Kly's Cream Halm" nnd your cold A. t T ? r r r T ? ? t y ? ? ? ? t T T T f ? i i X I z I I The Time to Quit Kitchen Drudgery Is Now A modern (LS KANCII'l is ono of llu; best domestic (rou-blo-clia.sor.s on earth. I'nelw'd by the splendid jfas service or our company? it is economical to operate and a comfort, to use. Why not let tin? gas company build your fires and carry out your ashes? It costs less to equip your kitchen for gas than to buy any other modern household improvement. Call f)2( for full information. Every gas patron has his ga3 measured by an accu rate motor on his promises. Do you ovor seo tho scales that measure your coal and wood? Oregon Gas 6 Electric Co. x 5 x v j x r r r x x x r x ! "! Patronize Home Industries THESE GOODS ARE MADE IN THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. KEE P THE MONEY AT HOME Wo have changed our name, hereafter Iho Mission Puruituro "Works will bo known as The Pacific Furniture and Fixture Factory rJotno of the "Pacific" Cedar Chest. E. G. TROWBRIDGE, JR. Proprietor 113 South Holly Motiford, Oregon, Medford Iron Works E. Q. Trowbridge, Prop. General Foundry and i Machino Works Pacific 401 ; TTomo 2(i3L. Res. Pac. 0031; Home 227L. Cement Drain Tile Irrigation Pipe ETO. "It's Strongest and Evorlasting" MEDFORD CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION CO. Factory N. Riverside Avo. Phone M-652 For tho best of EVERYTHING MADE OF WOOD Seo us. Wo mako n specialty of OFFICE FURNITURE and FIXTURES, MANTLES, SCREEN DOORS and WINDOWS, Etc. Factory Corner South Fir and 11th Sts. Both Phonos MEDFORD SASH AND DOOR CO. t ? V V ? ? y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y t y y y y y y V f y y y i. vt