Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 22, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text. TTrrj'TiV-1TrT:-"'if M"rltiliT8,lM - r PAOESDC MEDFORD MATE TRIBUTE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, 7 tTN K 22, 1015 HARROWING IK OF WASHINGTON, Juno 21. How inirrowly Miws Dorothy Conner of Medford, Or., enciped drowning when the I.iisitfiinii wan (iirKiloi(l and mink U related in n letter written liy JItos Connor' brother-in-law, Dr. Howard KMier, to his Ron, living in Wii'diiiiKton. This letter bun ,junt lieen niiido publie h.V tho on mill de tnils Home of Minn ConnerSt experi ences whieh who iliil not relate in her letters. Dr. Kishor'n letter in part 1h ns follews: "Fiidny, May 7, wiih i heiuttifnl diiv. All trunks went ordeied on deek liy JO p. in., so I told Dorothy thnt I would pnek mini) in tint morning nnil pet it over with, The trunk was pack ed with Home difficulty nnil delayed mo, so that I was late K''ttiiif,' to lunch. Dorothy mid I had just fin ihhed entiim ,llr stpiah when hunt,'! came a rather dull sound like u soft Mast, a slight shock, and in a few seconds a listing of tho ship to the side on whieh we worn struck. Dor othy Hiiid, 'What is thatT' I le plied, 'That is what we mine after, a torpedo; wo must go on deck.' liv erybody rushed on deck (second cahin, third cahin and HleoniK"), and mine pouring fonvard, it seemed. IltHMil Full In Water 1'iwldo Down "Not an officer was in siht and everything was confusion. To say them wnw a panic is not the truth. Within I vii feet from where 1 stood sonic, people, were trying to lowur a lioat. ilea .jumped on women and rluldicn, trying to get into it. I would not let Dorothy try it, nor did she wish to. Shu liehnvcd lieaulifully. It was fm lunate, for there wiih no one who knew how to miiungn it, and tho limit full into the sea iisido down, spilling and huitling as it full on those struggling in the water. "A second hoat was next died and the same thing happened, only hy a miracle it righted itself and so got iivvny safely. Those two wore the only hunts that were cast loose from my side. No one tried a third. When saw the hoats were of no use I posted Dorothy and then rushed he low to gel life hells, l.lfo Pn-MTwrs limit to Find ".My cahin deck was ulicady flood id, so I lctiirned to the deck ahoe, rushing here and there in the dark, for the ulcctile lights had gone out, tr.Miig open cabins tor u chance life belt left behind hy its owner. I found one and then in the topmost deck I found a second one. The ship was so hndly listed that I had some trou ble, hut finally rushed up the stair way to he greeted hy some devol who tried to snatch one of my hells. Me did not get it. In five minutes from the time we had our hells on the water was at our feet and 1 called Domthy to jump for it. I slipped through the mil into the sea. Dor oth hail to climb over it. "It pas nhvus to keep cool. .So said to myself as I went dewn: 'Now, if mui can only keep our wind long enough, if notlnnp entangle vou or strikes you, you will he all right.' 1 went down ami down, twisted and turned, like a hug in a whiilpool, al vii.h wondentii; if 1 could last it out Oiue I slid acios a lopo ami puhed iu-elf fieo ftom it, to go still lowei, mid then 1 started upwsrd as tap )dl as had gone down, Ntnmulo lU-noutli Kin face Avoided "1 had nearly leached the surface, for the sunlight wiu strong through in closed ojc, when some on Kt'itp pled with me. Not wishing lor a struggle in tho water, 1 sank again, it was a second only, and so cume lice to the surface, turned over on m hack, got my wind and stiuek out fr hii overturned best some twentv fivo Minis away. 1 had a lightl hmo-cd eo and two seiatches, hut thev did not bother me in the los-t and 1 have no idtm where 1 got them unless 1 wan kicked while under wa ter. "The upturned hoat had some '.! people on it bofuiu 1 lull it. Had 1 known the old ship wtnild go down so soon Dorothv and I would have jump ed sooner and so mvvmih free trom the iictinu. "We staed whole we wet because some ottleoi mm Ike wind that tin ship would right itself. Kruui tin tune site was Mruek to nor going down wh jtiot wtitltttioH minute. How is thai for jour wutertitfbt cHUuirt iiiuiiU f Two in Water 'I'lici-o llfiiint "We uoro thus kuwi-s t:i tkn wlr, mid it ktmuitnl thnt I ner would ! warm and that we would HovtM net hack to Quwenstowiu 1 fend to kIuhc my pipe with two dirty Uor from the hiisitaniu. Whoti I ierlid tk hotel it was so IhIo thev could uuly give me a place on the floor iir fire, where a drunken lawut-d hwh talked ull night mid kept evervhodv iivvnkc iirotb I found next moiu ng ujituiu ii bed. Miv hud iviiii' m MISS CONNOR AS LUS1TANIA SANK T ADVERTISIN 5 VALUE CIHCA(H), .lunc 122. I'rcsent dav iinvvqmptirH are a better ailvcitising medium than ever because thc have a more gripping nalioual power a power that should ho studied by ev ery thinking advertiser, .Joseph II. Finn of Chicago told delegates at (ending the jiuuiiiil convention ol the Associated Advertising I'hihs of the Woihl here today. Mr. Finn spoke of (he "newspaper, tho ndveitiser and the ailvcitising agent." Ho declared thnt advertis ing is the news about merchandising and thnt there was nothing closerl to the hearts of the leading public than the "live news eonccining buy ing opportunity." I, oik Is nimlnatcil '' "I believe in the efficiency of newspaper advcitisiiig because I have seen what it can do in such a variety of lines, covoiing such a di vcrL'cnco of propositions that the possibility of luck or accident must he eliminated fioui consideration." It is the paper which publishes the true news that pays the ndvortiser best, the speaker said. "Ocnernlly speaking, the best newspaper is the one which securcH the best advertising," Mr. Finn con tinued. "And the best advertising is what helps make it thn best newspa per. Truth is the slogan of this con vention. Truth is the slogun of the newspaper that hopes to win the most lusting success the widest inllii enee. "1 have seen almost overnight newspaper advertising and merchan dise successes that would have been deemed incredible ten years ago. And these successes wore solid they stayed put. Advocates lloostlng I'olley "Wiidoubtedlv tho greatest thing thill uewspapcis ciiu do for udver lisers for the business world, for humanity is to spread the gospel o optimism, to chart a straight course of confidence. A newspaper thai deals in umpiicling rumors, that dis penses gloom mid thnt is always on Ihc hair-trigger of uncertainty, de feats the advcitiser and defeats it self. "It is the Jrulli that good times and had me each largclv a matter of psychology. In this respect the power of the new simper is almost be yond reckoning, lloost and keep on boosting." l'KTHO(JUAl), .lunc J'.'. It i of ficially announced that Itussiau miIi- uuiiiuc huve sunk ii huge steumei and two sailing vcels belonging to the Turks, in the lllaek sea, between 1'iegli (a seapoit 1'JO miles cast of the Itosphorus) and Kcfkcu nlaud (sixty miles wc-t of F.rcgh). s LONDON, .lane ' The llntish steamer Carisbrook of Olasgow, from MoiiIichI for l.cilb, .Scotland, whs sunk bv gun tiie from h Ocrinnu sub marine on .lunc '21, l'oit miles ninth of K'nnmiid's Head. Kleven member of her crew weie saved, Tim teen uie as vet nunc counted for. The ('Mrikhrook whs .1011 feet loan and of '2XVJ gross tons. She was built Ht Sundeilsnd in U)7 and 'n icMirled ut Mont leal the begtnniiiii of June. PALMER WINNER IN SCHOOL ELECTION It. J I'slmcr, eiiilors(l b the I'lirent-Teneherti iisnorlntlou, whs tho Hiioetuwful (MUdlilate In the annual city Bohonl elfctlos Mouila) nftor niHin. Mr. 1'nlHier rerelvtsl 17 of the XS3 vuts CAfct. Though ho nil iiouiicvmI tbnt ho wuulU not do n cun UlUuto, J II. CoehrsH. rotlrlug dlroc tar. wm given It) votwi. K V. Mo- ilviwkl rtMHilvod VT vt. lutonmt In tho ulurtlun wi ullght. bout 10 . wkW I got in at 1 H. M. "I'oor girl, she ki tturrow . cim, and hr w itrk ui untnui scious. Sh' UIU vttll lutH. Ihuuch kt ht - lilllr nurlt. A. lor , 1 v- tUi.v i-uiUartl ft hud eoM. NiilkiT uf u uor ov ..Of i-U vhI a -in. Ii i lutliiii. n..i 111X111111.' '' v ini v '. l w , U ,r i . - b NEWSPAPERS BES STATES ADVERTISER R AN 1 I VESSELS OUT ON STREETS WITH LONDON'S MILLIONS AT MIDNIGHT DURING ZEPPELIN RAID With Desperate Courage People Stand and Walt While Enemy of the Air Drop Bombs That Are Only Warn ing of the Great Attack That Is to Come, Writes Mary Boyle O'Reilly. Mall Triliune Correspondent. (Hy Mury Iloyle O'lteillv.) LONDON, Kiiu., June '. I huvq just been out in the sheets with l.on don's millions ut midnight dining a Zeppelin raidl The friend who promised to take" me out kept faith with me. It wiih' near midnight last night when the tel ephone rang. "Zeppelins over London," whisper ed the eager voice. "I am waiting below with a molor." Thiee minutes later we weie glid ing (litough silent stleets under the ipiiet stars. Fast and west small shady parks intuit' recesses of deeper darkness. In the midst of each stood a shadowy scaffolding crowned with it sky pointing nil gnu. (Sun Ocvvs Await SIkiuiI In the moonlight I eonhl almost count the gun crews waiting and rendy. Their courage was not calmer than that of the crowds who cramm ed the streets. After long threatening the great raid had come. , The air throbbed with expectation and curiosity, but no fear. Hvery policeman was at his post, thousands of special constables on duty, hun dreds of first aid volunteers concen trated at strategic points with am btilunces or stretchers. Tin street cleaners who wash the pavements of London every night Mood ut attention, giant hose coil pled to corner hydiauts, firemen Hearing brass helmets lined up in the doors of their stations. The enemy was about to vvicuk his worst Lon don was ready ami waiting. On tho first alarm the majority of street lamiis were suddenly extin guished, hut moonlight flooded the wider streets. "A wonderful night, rl"ir, warm ami calm," said the citi zen constable. "We tire bound vj have a hundred such befoie thu aut umn npiinox. lint the war ol'ticc should put out that moon." Ilouili .Smashes Oiltbltvt Crush! A mile to the east u bomb smashed the cobbles, flinging blis tering fragments ugainst the nenruft houses. Instantly the motor sped into the echoes. Next woment towers of flume flashed up north and south. Two big lumberyards hud been siiiiul tuueously fired. Moth burned as pe 1 1 oleum bums, straight upward, with out smoke, gigantic torches under the arch of the daik. Kiicmv airmen could ask no better beacon, assuming that they knew the location of these sites. The mounting Humes illuminated great metis of the congested foreign cities which make up Fust Loudon. Hv that awful light I saw a thrilling thing the calm courage of the com mon people. For mile alter mile of city sticels :i,(HH),0(H) men and women heroes and heroine of whom the world will never hear stood m tho daikened stieets, icadv and waiting. Ileie and theie a rabbi, suctcd Talmud held to his breast, comforted his nervous people, everywhere pncts ami ministers leussiiied ipiiet, hut desperately anxious crowds. In Last Loudon alone are conceit tinted twelve ctaut K"s tanks. To hoinh these would poison, perhaps imperil ull Loudon. Thciefoie the citic of the poor arc the deadliest? point ot attack for luthlcs air-raid-ersi. UmiiIoii a Might) Target No human intelligence could fore see the piohuhihticft of the night. Loudon was a miglitv turgct for en emy airmen. Injutv was inevitable, catiiktioplie, even cataely-m, pos sible. Millions ot men and women eiowded into the almost silent streets, lealixed that for theui theie wits no CM-apo. Any wholesale flight from the threatened aiea was practically impoftsible. Tiemeudoii-. distances separate the great cit.v's boroughs Hint the big ti'Hin strike blocks ts.cn pe to comparative satety. A little group ot ctnlnble and sobbing women follow ml an ambu lance to the nearest hospitnl. Sam Schroder and her sifter, Yotta, mxi ttilorose stol (lerWHiis, had been wounded bv the trMgmenN of a bomb. The washing ciowtl ctmiwomUd softly. lluttdn-tl ImmI about their hoiisu doors, vvurk-woru ttgures bow ml bo- nuatk buMt))t- and bags of Ute istr trfasure thev ttoM-J to ave. Thoir wiut, MtiM4t face wrt half maskwU by buMo-wntie iesHnttun. No ohm sHtke f the Htwrbv fUk tauU wbttoe million-, uf galhtN dt fuais bomb wgrht uv wummmI re bMtM. Tb rv.erbraluMi of -mtt-iar enfl gu ftad ibroiirb li arb X tba dark Faint and tar bourn? mMind cil (lie mim. t ol t.illmg liuMle trv t'ouit's u lh' slnUi i'l fc-hvr ' "Knoiigli hlgli explosive ditch, twelve in the tenements along Commercial road, probably '100 upon London. All-croft Meruly Scouts "All non-explosive, that tells the story," commented an old stuvedore familiar with work in government dockyards. "These enemy air craft arc only scouts casting off range findeis. There nre hundreds of known explosives, some suie and sta ble, as lyddite, which can he struck with u hummer, some dangerous to bundle, as nitroglycerine, whieh noes off on tho least increase of warmth. "lint the most' perilous stuff is iodide of nitrogen, innocent looking tT"" ! ttf'M" 4 tor its work . - and its policies" 1 -V . I . .. - J T i t && coiitil Im carl led by ono such cpH-lls t as blown sugar, which u breath of summer wind will explode. "Knough iodide of nitrogen could he curried hy one Zeppelin to blow all Loudon into dust. That is what the air drcadnatights will carry. "These sharpshooters are sent to draw our fire to locate our air gun stations before the big Zeppelin fleet comes. Therefore our men should not shoot." "True right good !" assented thu crowd. Far up in the deep blue sky the bow light of an aeioplane dropped Iiko a falliiiir star. No ono could rec ognize whether it wus friend or foe. The Standard Oil Company (Cali fornia) has been awarded many honors for its high grade products exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, but the one it prizes most the one in which it feels the deepest sense of gratifi cationis the special award "for its' 'work and its policies." Gold Medal of Honor This means that its treatment of its employees, its dealings with the pub lic, its attitude toward competitors, its service to its patrons, its methods of producing, transporting, and re fining petroleum in short, the com pany's business morals and practices have been found worthy of the special praise of a great national jury -of awards. ? The company is justly proud of this ' signal honor as a recognition of the fundamental policies under which it has operated from the STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) w -Mtar - Mow all lionilon Into Dust" Of the Zeppelins cruising fiOOII feet overhead there was no trace. For the air raiders who plan to destroy London have not yet come. xoTien An Invitation has been extended from Adarcl Chapter JnckRonvlllo to the officers nnd members of flcamcs Chapter to meet with thorn July 1st in honor of their 31st anniversary. Thoao wishing to attend plcnso leave notice with tho secretary Wednesday evening, regular meeting night, or with J. F. Lawrence, worthy patron, 126 1'. Main, beforo Saturday after noon, June 2Cth. J .. beginning. A J O-A Btcelrut Coffeo was tho first to Bell nt IlDc. That's why It caught tho public fnvor five pounds now sold to any ono of any other 30c Btccl-citt coffees. 1-11). tin. Mb. tin., ,.H."c LANG & CO., I'OllTliANI) War Declared On all microbes, gerniH, dirt and snots. Our plant i3 modern, sanitary and wo know bow. Try us and bo convinced. Special attention to all classes of work. Phone 244 We Must Have More Butter Fat Highest Market Price Paid AT The White Velvet Ice Cream Co. 32 S. Central HORSES WANTED Will be at l)r Ilclin utablo Wed nesday, Juno 'j:td, to buy horsoH, .1 to 10 vears old, weight 1100 to 1.1U0 heavy bono, block tvno; must bo In Kood condition. For other Informa tion, call Dr. lleluiB, DOS. KARL McN'l'TT. WESTON'S CAMERA SHOP E08 East Main Street Hertford Tho Only Exclusive Commercial Photographers in Southern Oregon Negatives Madu any timo or place by appointment Phono 147-J We'll do the rest 1. D. WESTON. Prop. M I llii, Mai vrrnmir i'Nlrnt 250 KEARNY ST. Oct. Sutler and Biub SAN FRANCISCO A tnodon, fiie-pcool, up.t0.d4te Hotel, locitrd id the center ol everjthmg tod on 1 direct line to the EioiitKo Giouodj. RATES Det.ched B4Ut Mvate !H2'.!'ii2,inle W2 00 .Ingle M.50. 12.00 double 2 00,12 SO dcitlt I JO Kern ol 5U Cotat-E.trr Co.wu.tK. ;,"e"TUkSnt.Sj c ,rt I.KtS .i.Hu tNxih Or Tke "t'nlvtrmr Bin direct to Hotel III OB I wpp-l H h ,