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CHARLES A. BROWN LOSES LIFE
FIGHTING FIRE WHEN LIVE WIRE
ELECTROCUTES HIM AT SUNDAY BLAZ
Charles A. Brown, manager, of tlio
Medford Ice & Stornto company, met
dentil by clcrlrorutiun, nml the lives
of u score of people menaced huudny
afternoon nliout ft o'clock during u
lire on South Front street at Thir.
tecnth street, that destroyed a bnra
hclonpnj; to Jagper Ilannn of Trail
The blare caused a los of $200 and
threatened pthcr property. An in
ipiest ocr the death of Hrown i be
ing held this afternoon to fix cnu-e
and blaino for death, if any.
The. death of Hrown and incidents
leniliiiK to it were told fubtnntinlly
as follows by Jack Dent to the coro
iii'r'rt jury this afternoon.
Wlicn Uent reached tho fire, he, as
n member of tho olunteer bripidc,
Jisbiuued chartje, finding Hrown and
othorH stretching tho ice plant hose.
Ho issued instructions that more, hose
be connected, and when Drown took
off tho nozzle he was drenched with
water. The firt; by this time had
burned away tho cross arm and the
lio wire with 2300 volts hung sus
peuded, the end about four feet off
tho ground. Denl and Hrown and
others dragged tho hope to protect
tho Ilockcmmilli barn ami went
driven back ly the heat. They pass
ed the live wife, l)nt warning njjnin-t
lliu dancer. As Dent turned around
ho heard Hrown uttex a wild cry of
agony and crumple head firet to the
ground. As ho fell his hand flecked
Dent's sleeve, civin him a boveri'
shock. I To realized tho danger and
prevented tho crowd fiorn taking
hold of Drown. Mr, Cole, n brother
in-law of Hrown, in desperation at
tempted to release the body and with
burned on tho thumb and finders.
Drown in passing lio vir. struck it
and ffrnted it involuntarily, two
fingers being clutched around the
carrier of death.
Tho fatality was marked with a
ghastly finale. Itcscun of Dioun
meant, death until tho clccdie current
was bioken. This was accomphshid
by Superintendent Kloddard and
Foreman I.oder of (ho power com
pany cutting tlio wiro on each side of
tho body, Jtrown's tight hand was
burned to tho bone, his left nrm
scared and cooked by tho terrifh
heat; and his back binned black.
When finally released, lifo wns ex
tinct. Tho air was heavy with tlio
boent of scorched human llenli.
Mrs. Jlrovvn, clobo to tho scene,
was stunned with grief and Iho hvvift
death of hoi mate, Drown six wcukir
ago took out an accident policy for
iKiOOO ih Iho 1'ciiii Mutual, ami 0. N.
prison, local ugcut, leligiiipliud llic
tiluimi imuedinlcy fur caily nelllc.
limit. Tho Masonic lodge vull con
lunt (ha fiiiicial bcisices n( Oi'iiiiIh
Vttm Thiiiiluy,
The flw mtpuiribh) for lliu hor
r(r U minmwl lo lma oiiiuulcd
turn Ui iWiiIiiwjh4 coihIhuiIiui of
jtfttftN 'my it IhM bum h Ion of i'ii
tdftiU bK ht lh Ml, 'J'lio Frtuik
lUy wpxifuU b4 LiriNMvd n4
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sparks ignited a bam throe block
awuy. A tramp, under liiiur't pell,
was hauled from thu latter place by
Ruoell Kdmeade.
Tho fire nnto reached the fire eight
or ten minutes nfter the alarm, due
to an accident at the fire station.
Highly corrosive ncidi ucd in the(
chemical tank had slopped out and
onto the wire leading to the magneto i
battery, eating awav the wire that
broke at the start. A new battery
had to bo installed before a start
could be made. The bam was in
ruin when they arrived.
Mrs. W'atlcnburg suffered bad
bums on her face, rescuing John
Orlh's cow from the blazing struc
ture. A crowd of 1000 gathered to see
the fire. Very few knew at the time
of the tragic death.
The coroner's jiirv invo-t'gating
the dea'h of Charles Drown bv elec
trocution will recommend, upon ad
vice of Prosecutor Kelly, that tho
city install a fire alarm in the Cali
fornia-Oregon Power company to
ring alarms, the panic ns at tho fire
station, to safeguard life in th fu
ture, and also that the city refrain
from arresting power employes rac
ing to iires. Delay wn experienced
Sunday in reaching linemen. Live
wires have long been a menace to
tho lives of fire fighters.
PRISONER PRAISES
PARIS, Aug. 21, 0:30 a. in. The
Matin (piotes today a Herman pris
oner nt Montpelicr as follews:
"Your French artillery is admir
able. Jt destroyed in a few minutes
cntienchineuts which wo spent thieo
dujs in making. Tho greater pait of
our men were killed, while others
rushed lo the rear with frightened
cries ns if some supernatural forco
had intervened against them.
"I am glad to bo a prisoner; it is
better than being under Iho voko of
German officers."
YEAR'S RECORD IROUT
The recoid sfccllicnd (tout for tho
year, caught with a Jly, was landed
Kiiuilay J rout Koguo river near VAU
dice); by CIiiii.Io Mile. H vwiuhed,
umlrised, twelve pound, mid twi u
jcinaikalily liiiuiUonio Jlhii, m iuIii
how Mtipi'w shovvlinf briHhlly.
With UvitoiA Ua(H UHluri w4
MEPFORP MATE TRTPUNE,
THE (GERMAN EMPEROft IN THE
THREE Bl ARMIES
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KOTTKRDAM, Aug. 24, via l.on
ilon, noon. AccorUIng to tlio best
Information obtainable here, tho dis
position of tho German forces in licl
glum Is broadly as follews:
"Tho right flank, occupying the en
tire terrain Immediately south of Ant
werp, Is moving southwest In tho di
rection of Lille. A second force M
moving on Maubougc, GO miles south
east of Lille, In tho Department of
Nord, and a third Is occupied at tho
reduction of tho Namur forts, which
consist of nine defenses of steel and
concroto surrounding the city. It Is
estimated that these threo columns
together comprise nearly a quarter of
a million men.
The main northern German army
is advancing slowly with Its front ex
tending from Glvct, France, lo Dlo
denhofen, In Lorraine. Tho French
defenses from La Fero to Helms aro
thought to tho objective of this army,
which Is believed to number 300,000
men.
Tho main body to tho south Is di
recting Its efforts on tho Verdun
Nancy lino of dofenscs and now occu
pies Strassburg.
Travelers returning from Germany
say that troop movcnionts In the
western part of tho empire have sub
sided considerably and tholr mobili
zation evidently hag hcon nchlovcd.
The railroads are now principally oc
cupied with tho transportation of
munitions of war. Most of thoso aro
passing through DusHuldorf, Coblentz,
Mainz and Itastatt.
MUELHAUSEN AGAIN
IMSDL, Switzerland, Aug. 21, via
Paris, 10:22 a. m. According to re
ports received hero from different
points In upper Alsace, tho Gorman
troops aro making another offenslvo
movement against tho French army
occupying Muclhnuscn, and environs.
LONDON, Aug. 24, 4:25 a. m.
Tho Ontond correspondent of tho
Dally Mall says that Gorman columns
aro marching south-townrd Valencien
nes on the Scheldt, 31 miles south
east of Llllo, ono proceeding by way
of Nlnovo and flrammont and Los
slues, Ilelglum, und tho othor going
by way of Hal, Ilralnolo-Cointo mid
Moiih, IKiIkIuiii, Thoy Uru moving
with great jntoil,
BELGIAN LOCOMOTIVES
ARRIVE AT PARIS
I'AWR, Auk, 21, .'MO ii, iii.-TliM'a
bundled Imtmmilivi'M Imhii Ilia rail
road of Hrlgiiim wt'ii brought 1"
PnrU (oilay jo jirvwnl I heir riK
dual by lliu (Itumuin,
OF GERMANS MOV
AAINS
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MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY, 'AUGUST 2-t.
HOTELS AT VICH
USED AS HOSPITALS
VICHI, Aug. 24, via Paris, C:05 a.
m. Tho presidential palaco and nit
tho hotels have been converted Into
hospitals and aro now fillod with
wounded. All branches of tho scrvlco
Ice nro represented, tho patients In
cluding artillerymen, Infantrymen,
Chasseurs, dragoons, and hussars.
Thoy aro a cheerful lot for men
who havo been curried from tho
fighting lino. Many mako llRht or
their wounds, Joke .nbout their ex
periences and all aro said to bo eager
to go back to tho field.
"Isn't that hard luck," said ono
with four bullets In hla thighs, "to
havo hooked all four? Still, that
may mean threo comrades left In tho
fighting."
Another was greatly exorcised for
fear fragments of a shell which had
struck his arm had obliterated a
tattooed butterfly, of which ha was
extremely proud. A gunner who was
In tho battlo nt Ilonhoimno Pass, told
this story of a comrade: "Ho was 8
marvellous pointer and got tho bull's
ejo every tlmo, but Jhoy got hi in nt
last. His legs were crushed, but ho
asked to bo carried to another gun
point for ono last shot."
In tho court of ono of tho hospitals
threo Infantryman with their heads
swathed In bandages wore found by
a visitor to bo playing marbles with
bullets extracted from tholr wounds.
OF HOUR IN PARIS
LONDON, Aug 21, 0:15 a. m.--A
dispatch from Puns to Hie Daily Mail
says : '
"Former Pri'iu.er Clemeiiceaii con
tinues his campaign anins( the gov.
eniiiient's policy of uilliliohliii" Iroui
tho ptiblin the whole truth in the war,
General Pan is Iho hero of tin hour.
Ho is 70 ears old and has only ono
arm, having lost thu oilier in thu war
of 1H70, IIu was recalled to active
service iu an advisory capacity and
appeared with Iho nnny in Alsace.
IIu seems to havo taken personal
cliaigii of (ho oncrntioutt ill Mnelliaii
sen."
You Oct Ilia lb!
Thero Is when you amok Gov, Joint
ion cigars and patronUs homo Indus
tries.
Get Your Must Milt ot
LOTHES
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WAR WOUNDED
IN THE GREATEST
FIELD.
JAP CONFESSES
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SAUNAS, Oul., Aug. 2l.-(leorgo
Kiidnui, n Japaue-o nhotogranher
under nrri'st here, ooiiTchm-iI to Sher
iff Xesbit today that he had mur
dered Helena Wood Smith, a New
York aitist, who hud been living in
tho colony of writers and painters
nt Caniiel-by-the-Sca. Ho told four
conflicting stories of the murder,
none of which the sheriff believes.
CAIIMFX-DY-TIIK-SFA, Aug. 21.
Tho body of Miss Smith was found
yesterday buried iu a sand dutiu near
hero.
Dcforo confessing Kodaut admit-
ted that ho knew Hie ouug woman
was dead, saving he hnd seen her
jump into tho bny. According to his
Inquisitors hu s.aid that lie had taken
a moonlight walk on (he beach with
the young woman and thai idio had
cried because the laws of California
stood iu tho way of their marriage,
"W'o fpmrrelcd," he is said to have
asserted. "Shu attacked me with a
knife. tSho was cray, mid I guess
I wns crazy too,"
Kodani's statement Is bitterly
resented by friends of Miss Smith,
who deny lliat she entertained any
affection for the Japanese.
According to Sheriff Ncsliil, Ihc
STRANGULATION
ARTI
Patronize Home Industries
THESE GOODS ARE MADE IN TH E ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME
SCREENS
WINDOW SCREENS
SCREEN DOORS
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Miiko Thorn
If you want a good Porch
Swing, let us mako it.
Pacific Furniture
and
Fixture Factory
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JJa H, Holly Himi
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WAR IN THE HISTORY
motive for the hilling of Mim Smith
wns a check for '-Ji'J, which she had
in her nurse at Iho lime of her do
aiMM'arauce Auuust 12.
Physicians say Mi Smith wa
strangled to death with a eon!.
CITY WATER 0. K.
SAYS DR. PICKEL
According to I)r H. II. Picket, prenl
dent of tho state board of health, who
has had an analysts of tho rlly water
mado nt tho statu board of health nt
Portland, the water U absolutely puru
and enn bo drank without fear. Al
though It Is puru Dr. Plckcl advises
that people imo filters In their homes
as n means of draining tho water, Tho
analysis of tho water showed that it
contained no germs and Is entirety
healthful.
CONGRESSMEN ARRESTED
FOR SKIPPING SESSION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.- Speaker
Clark Issued nnolher Imleh of war
rants of arrest (inlay for ahcutc
members. Sergeants raided the hive-
ball park, cool cafes and oilier re
sorts lo bring iu enough congressmen
so that Iho house could go on with
business.
.Manufacture r's Sale of Samples.
Tho ladles of tho Presbyterian
church will hold n manufacturer's
salo of samples In tho storo room at
L'ornor of Main and Fir streets, Thurs.
day, Friday and Saturday, Augtift
27, 28, 29. They will hnvo all kliulJ
of groceries, candles, nonui dry goods,
and n great variety of ai tides on sale.
Co mo and sea tho dlspla). They
wjll also hnvo homo cooking. 132
Medford Iron Works
E. Q. Trowbridge, Prop.
Qonoral Foundry uud
Mnchino Works
Pacific 401; Home 298L.
Rob. Pac. 0031; Home 227L.
Keep Your Money at Home
Wo mako a HpooinHy or Door mid Window FnnncH and
fiwidn FiniHli. 'A Iho Dooi'h and WiudowH.
QIMMTV TJIK IIKKT. PRIONS JMCIJIT '
Vtwiwy Conior Klovonth and Fir BiritufM,
Medford Sash and Door Co
OF THE WORLD.
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PAIMS, Aug. 21, 12 U0 p. in.Ain.
hitHHiiilor llerriek spent today at lln
foreign office arranging for special
ffniiiH from Switcilnud to Paris and
then from Paris to llavio to facilU
Into iho movement of Americans In
the coast, lie is making arrange
ments aUo for two morn French
Menmorw to lake Americans home, lie
has sent to PIcitKnut A. Stoval, Ihc
American inliiiter to llenic, and lo
vnnoiis American consuls Iu Furope,
Ihc following Iclcgiam:
"Arrangements haw been made for
10,0(11) passengers to avn (Iciievn
Wcduodny, August 2ll, for DllHI
morn on Thursday, 27lh, for fiOO on
Friday, 2Hth, ami fiOO more on Satur
day, all prolmblv with a reasonable,
amount of bnggage.
"These passengers must bo made
to uudeislaiid that Piituco is nt war,
and Paris under military law. Tho
government is showing especial con
sideration for Americans not only iu
pcimllliug them lo havcrse Franco
in sneli large numbers, but iu piovid
ing them Willi trimporln!hiii by laud
and sea when all means of transpor
tation arc required for military pur-
PJIM'S."
Tlth Mcdford trnrto 1 Mfldford mart.
For
GALVANIZED
TANKS
OJL AND WATER
and
jRitrciATiNa ph'e
ao to J. A. SMITH
128 N. Grape St.
Tolophono 890
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AIO AMERICANS
IN SWITZERLAND
TO LEAVE COUNTRY
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