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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1915)
i H I 1 m PAOT! SIX MT5DF0RD MATT. TUTBTOni!, ltfTCDFOKD. ORKOON. TIIl'WHDAY, JULY 8, 1913 DEATH ROLL OF MBSOUR STORM PLACED AI SEVEN WIND AND AN CAUSE I REE DEATHS DIM HANGING DAY;PUBLIC PICNIC TO iSEEFIVE MEN DIE HT. LOUIH, Mo., .Iillv 8.-WcportH ciuly lodity from ennUim AHmhoiiM, Mllifilt wiih HWepl li v a lomtido Into yesterday, shun tttnt won pumotiH were killed nnd Hcvorn! seoto injured. Tlio dniniijje (o biiildinp mid crop1 i'h cHlimalcd at between $fi00,0()O mid $1,000,000. One of tlio icmnrkulilu fen Hues of tlio tonmdp wns tlio munll number of dcntlis considering tlio untitle of the property dniiinue. Tints in tlio eity of St. Clinrlos, Ifl'J 8o.iinro bloekx worepnrtiiillv demolmlied,biit not ne life wiih loat there. Kmtv of the fdxlv building which formed the town of St. Peter were blown to frntr jtieiit, but only friiplit iitjiiriim woio reported from Hint place. Oilnioie, Jlo., wob wiped out abi'osl eomplcto ly, yet only one iniiti wiih found dead there. Hot ween (lilmoin and Wenta ville, n Wabash pimciiKor train, known ns tlio Colorado Limited, crossed the path of lin storm and tlio firHl four eoachei ill the rain wero neatly picked up hv the wind mid laid to ono Hide of the rijjltl of way. Nol a person wiih in hired ner- ioiihIv in lliiH aeeident. Those in tlio ditched enrH ran buck to the five pim fioiiKof coaeheH left ntiitiilinu on the tiaekH. TIu'ho were coupled to the tender mid the train proceeded on itn journey. Two miles west of OTnllnn tlio wind lifted a bnV off the mad, ear ried it with tlio burse, and lhrcu on oiipantH through the air for 12(10 yards and then hurled it to the ground. Dan Mino, the driver, enenp cd with a few brnincs, lint IiIm wife and their ono child were kilted. At Dardenue, Mo., tlio home of 'riionuiH Fin he rlv wiih demolish) d mid in it died Mrs. Flaheitv mid (heir two child) en, while her IiiihIihikI eHcaped with n few ciiIk. Kifly other homes in this town were reduced to splinters mid Iniek piles. PR FISHWAY AI INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 8 'I'lie wind and rain slottii which swept ccnl ml and Hoiitliem liidiaiin hint niitlil caiixed three fatnlitiun, ttimi.V injuiicH mid much property and crop diiiniiKC Indliuiiipolis, Hrnzil, llieknell, Miir tiiiHille, Teiie Haute, Ureeneiml!, ViucentKM and Muticic felt the florin most. J n nil llie.se eitieto an tinpre eedented rainfall wiih repoited, ac companied hv hlh winds. Streets were Hooded, telephono polos blown down mid in ninny iimtmieon houses wieeked. At ViuccuticH a brewery mid a Fur niture factory collapxcd under the (tnle and near Viiieennoi, the faini home of Tom Kiley, wits blown down and Riley's datiKbter killed. Silnc Mellon, ni'ht engineer, wiih ciiulit beneath the. falling wiiIIm of the brew ery mid fatally injiiied. At (Ireeneitslle, u priHoner in the Htate ieiial fann was struck by lijjht ninc while walking in a field mid killed. Two companioiiH ueie htiiiin ed, hut were rcived. At Martinsville, Floyd Oaken, mi electrician, wiih electrocuted while repairing n broken wire. The storm knocked out the lifjhtint,' system mid left the city in darknoNM. llieknell, Ind., tepnrted that houses were unroofed ami Iree weto up rooted there. , Torre llaulo mid Muiieio repoiled no Iohh of life, but much propoity daniii:c. The village! of Toad Hop, near Torro llaiile. was under five feet of water,' but all the residents were reniowd. At Liifayulto tlio Minimi railtoad reported a 1000-foot landslide over Hh ti iicKm nour Lomi, Itural soul ions detail ibtmiiKes to the miiii crop and to wheat in the Hhoek. Mississippi Gallows to Be Worked Overtime While Girls and Doys, Mothers Willi Babes In Their Arms Stand by to Watch Death Wrllli Iiiqs of Hanrjman's Victims. HV MttiMIUtICK H. NKW OKLHANS, La .lit ., duly 8. A ct min ol protqst is Koiug up it II ovor of li KANSAS CITY GREETS OLD LIBERTY BELL J. II. Drlccoll, deputy district emtio warden, microiixor to Ham Kamlry, Is lu tlio city today on official html licfiH, HtepK towardH mippreHsliiK fUli poachers aro under way, tlio vlolntorn aloiis tlio lower rlcr resortltiK to most any ineaiiH to cntch Null. He pa I rB aro bcliiK iniulo to tlio flohway at Anient dam, po Hint a largo flow will bo available durliiK tlio low water porlod. Tlio rnpnlra aro boltiK made on the north atilo, and will bo competed today and tlio flidiway then reopened. Mr. Drlncoll In mnktiiK his headiiuartorn at Aaliliutil for the pren-out. ROCKEFELLER CELEBRATES SEVENTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY , i ,MI t NKW YORK, duly H. John 1. Hockefeller celebiated the 7ith aniii vernary of Ins birth toda on ho e lale at l'oeantiro HilU, Tnrr,town, K. Y. Mr. Kockelcller planned to pla a round of eoll' on In own links, dine ulh In children and Kraitdchildtcn mid spend a ipnet da with Ins fam ily and friends. KANSAS CITY, July 8 Tlio Llb- ert Hell arrived hero today, IIh roni liiK belnjj iimiQiincud by tho IiIowIhr of wnlgtlu8',aM over tho city. Tlio ear upon which. the relic In makltitf Hit eroHH rountry trip wiih drawn nto tho InuliieHH Kocllon on a Hiding whoro coroiiioiilim In Itn honor wero hold, (lovornor Major of MlBBottrl and Major Jotit or Kiiuhiih City par ticipated lu tho oxorclxoH with many otherH, prominent mnoiiK whom woVo dencondantH of nlKiierH of tho Decla ration of Independence. AI Reich Bests Tom Savano Ni:V YOIIK, July 8. AI Itolcli, tho local liouvywolKlit, by a remark able flnlKh In tlio limt round, out pointed Jim SnviiKo of OratiKo, N. J., lu their ten round bout hero liiBt ulKht. Kolrh welshed L'OU and Sav iiko l!)!l poiiudH. NOTICI'I I'aBBoiiKer ami uioitmiiKor Hervlco by auto Medford to KiikIo Point and return, leaving NiihIi hotel 8::t() a. in. and 0 00 p. m. Hotiirn from KiikIo Point at convenience or passeimorH. Trip via Central Point If requested CbarKOH roaBouable. W. I. MapCH, roKlRtered chaiiffour. HI Minsissippl and other pu'rln eouiitrv over "hniiKiiiutf day," nut 0, in thin njate. . On lhat'dt.Y fivo murderers ,fi pay the death penalty, two of (hem mo white men, the other me no KrocH. On August f miothur negro will be handed. Six liniiKiiipi in two days in Mi iMippi am every ono will bo a holi day event. The exeeutiotiH will be in broad daylight, there will be no limit on tho number of person to attend and any one can witneHH the Ki'iiesmne ovciiIh. Scratch of I'eu Will Kino Tho.ic Jlen Tlie Horatcb of a pea in the liuuils of (lovornor Karl Brewer of .IiiekMui, Miss., cmi save all these men, Strnui; appeals me hciuj; piepared by frientlH mid rclutiwn of the con demiied men to have him commute I fie M'tilences to liTe imprisonment, their main nriiiiicnt Ikmiic that the whole sale executions will he ns uiiieli of u stuin on the hislory of Mississiipi an tho Iiiiiiciiik of Leo M. Flunk would havo been on (lent gin. The two while men scheduled to die on the pillow are S. L. .lolinsnn, eonvieled of the murder of a man named A. F. lit ewer in duly, lOLl, mid J. 'I'nbor, civil war veteran, con victed of inuideriiiK his dniijjhtcr-in-Inw. The negroes ure: Diiuymi Wal ker, eonvieled tdnyur of Tom Scales in .IcfferHon county, September, lll; Peler Uolen mid II. Sealed, Hlayora of Will Taylor in Oktibbeha county, October, 1111 1. The man who will hang August 5 is Will" Pelluiore, negro, who wiih eon icled of killing his cousin, Kn'w I'ellmore, mid wounding two oilier rclutivoH. The execution will bo stag ed in Port (libson, Miss. So bntlpiroiiK liave been iiuiny of the leceiitilyuiiebiugH and so Mtrougly luiH moh spirit ruled at public exeeu tiotfs that a wave of sentiment against "liiingings" already is being fell in this part of tho country. Take the public executions at Hay Springs, Miss., and Abeidecu, Miss. Kxriirslons to h'co .Men Hanged You would have thought the towns were holding n county fair or slice! earuixal instead of hangings. Vo pie entne fiont ever' diieelion. Kiom Laurel, Miss., a dozen miles or so from Hay Springs, an excursion train wiih run. It earned neaily 1000 per nous. The negro in the ease wits Meno Johnson. He had hold up and nibbed a lumber company pay ear, shot and killed tho paymaster mid wounded two other while men. Houses on reli ed mid searched. A deputy sheriff stumbled over him in the woods near the scene, of (ho crime. He had bur ied .f'JIKlll mid was digging up some of it "fo Kin." Thiit night in the Hay Springs jail Sheriff ('.. dime and twenty deputies stood gun rd. At midnight a mob came from Lau rel and demanded that the negro he Mil tendered. The sheriff told the mob to "conic and get him." Alter an hour's wait he scut out a zss w " " " ' i: vy " "" m. " Wbeiv flxo men will Ik liangel! Scene at a public execution a( Hay Kprlngs, .MKs. Tlio cnntil as as Joilal as If at a plenle. Nolo (be noinaii xxillt a baby In her alius ataiiillng In (lie fotvgiound. nie.Hsenger with a nolo that tend like this; "Say, I'm getting tiled of wniting. I xvnnt to go to bed, nnd if you fel lows aro going to get Moho you'd hot tor hurry up." . Tho HJierirf bluffed 'em out. A week later, after a fair trial, tho negro was condemned to death. i A scaffold was oreeled in the cotiil house yanl and the boniirof superL visora of the county ordered a pubf Iki execution. Oramerev men mid hoys in an auto mobile went to St. JnuiON o.xluimed tho bullet-riddled body. A rope wns tied around tho feel and the olhor end to the rear of the auto. Through St. Juntos onto tho ferry nnd through the streets of Hnimercy, a town of 8000, the gruesome proces sion weiit at high spoi?d. Tom to slirudB, tho corpse finally uiih buried on (ho river bank. The (Iramerey horror wim almost l'lotiruox and J. M. Ma.s, a police juror of Greenwood, and two deputy sheriffs woio in the mobs. It was also brought out that Miss Heo Alexander, u manicurist, lode in tho "murder auto" that took one of tho victims front the Shrexeport jail. On tho witness stand she said she saw preparations for burning the tie gro at tho stake, hut, sickening, turn ed away as the flames fhired'up. Sex en Thousand See mil wi uiiRlng Seven thousand men, women children, Hunio bnjiios, xyyro IIUSHOH. I.. .J .. .ii il. t It nisi a wcck aiior uie nay opnnga ease the morbid got another "trcat' negro nuir-y ","" A 10,(1 nt Aberdeen, Miss . . .. uerer, eouiiemncii (o.ileatu, lcll in a fniul two days beforo tho day of liis execution. 'Unices were built on the scaffold lo hold his unconscious foim while the trap wiih set and bpiuug. Mote than ,r)000 persons saw thai horror. Some of tho recent lyncbings mid oxen executions in Louisiana mid Mississippi huyo been revolting. J Here n one in iarlieular. II oc furred at St. James, La., across the rivor from Grninorey, La., 6n Mav 8, HIM, and the loxoltiug details lone never before been published. Tito ni'iero in the ease, Sylvester Washington, shot and killed u deputy sheriff at Gramercy and escaped to the woods aetoss I lu river. The uo.xt afternoon a mob corner ed the fugitive hiding under a corn crib on a plantation, A pitched battle followed. When the fugitive's ammunition gnvo out, someone in (he mob crawled to the crib and set il afire. Ciiivvil Has No Mercy for Condemned Thu negro came from hi hiding place mid everyone look a shot lor luck! The body was buried mid the mob dispersed. That evening sevetnl lu the inxostrguTToTPTTV'rsTnte- ,iuu paiisb officials of thu wluilesale l.x itching-, Dr. A. llerold, pmi-li cor oner, swore that l)r A. I) Iletiberofl L Deafness Cannot Be Cured Iit lfM'al ni'l'llrnllcm". as ttirr rannut ri'orti tin illm,t'il imrlloii of tho cor TIhtm U onlr ' y to cum drafiimn. mul Hint 1 y rnflitllutlMiv il rrtnrllp. Dufni-m In rmonl tir mi InHmnpil romllllon of I lio mucu llntta of lix l:u(rhlnn TulM-. Whfn tills lulxi l Infliini'il )nn lini rumMIng muimI vr lniTfrrt lirorlne iii'l Vthrn t l rntlrt'lr rliionl IK-afnmi l llir h-iult. anil mli'u Hid liillimuiiitlnn run Ix tnken out nl lils tiitH miurnl lo lt ixirinnl cotnlUloii, limr tilt lll Is, ilntnqrrit forrrrri nine co nut l en arc raiifil T X'atarrli. nhlrh la nnllilne but n Indiirncl mmllllnn of (tin muruua aurfarra. Wo will Bin' Ono lliiiiilrnt IMtlara fur any ( Tif 11,'afiiPM (raui-il lr rnlarrli) that raiinot tx rurril Ijr Haifa Oatarrb furr. Hon.l fur clrcu ""- '."' I" J rilKNI'.Y i. CO., Toledo, O. M'l liy OrnuRltla, 7So Take Hall a Taullr 1111 for nnatlatluD. TENNIS CONIESI FOR CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTHERN OREGON The Medford Golf nnd Country club aniiounecH that the uiinnal open tennis tournament for the ehampiou ship of southern Oiegon will bo held on their court on July '21 and follow ing days. This louruainent is held under the ntispieeH of tho National Lawn Tennis association, of which the club is a moiVher, nnd will he open to all players, whether residents of Oregon or not. The events will bo men's open sin gles, men's open doubles, men's sin gles, consolation, men's double eon. solution. Suitablo prizes will bo given in nil of tho events and tho winner of tlio men's open ningles, in addition lo iceeiving a hnnilsonio trophy, will havo hm name inscribed on the challenge trophy. This trophy will become the property of any pla.xer winning it three times, not nec essarily in succession. Tlio present holder is Ernest Adams. All the tennis players in tlio Hogtio Hiver vnlley nro cordially invited to participate in this tournament and any persons desiring to watch (he piny during tournnnient week will ho welcome. Entries will bo $1.50 for men's open singles and $'2.f0 per team for men's open doubles. No fees for consolation events. Entries eloo nt 0" p. in., Wednes- day, July '21. Entries and all re quests for further information should bo nddressed to Houdinot Conner) room 12011, First National Hank build ing. Medford. Telephone Medford .1. S51 S.W0M lO oWT' rajffl l v&rvwgK?,'gt,l ffiSSS 7 & r . Smokers of Turkish Trophies Cigarettes fifteen yearn ago arc smokers of Turkish Trophies Cigarettes tociay i XfAfilh.4ut(ialeTuTitih enltffjnm Ujarattn mi wm j v" ,' '"5"15'X't "5 5 ' 5-v- $ j5 $ i v;;t t ? ? ? T V ? T V ? ? ; T V r ? T t ? r r r y f y v y r r T BUILD NOW No. 1 Lath $ 2.50 Li Dimension $12.00 Flooring . $15. oo Gold Hill Central Point Eagle Point and Talent Supplied at Y Corresponding Prices MONEY WITH ORDER MEDFORD LUMBER CO. y y v v ? V Y ? ? ? ? ? ? y y v y V t ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Y! T i A I Y Y Y Y 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 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ? Y Y Y t Y Y GOLDEN RULE MEDFORD, OREGON a. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Wlicro low prices prevail -at all times. Look over our prices and mako compar isons and you will soon seo that wo can save you money on your purchases. Wo X are not running sales, but wo aro making tho lowost overy-day prices that havo over Leon made in this community. A recent heavy purclmse of PILLOW TUBING enables u lo well it at about one-fourth less than usual. 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Q6 l-'our-iu-Hand Ties 136 Work Socks, per duz ....... SD6 S oz. Cotton Plannol Gloves tOt Sailor Straw Hats $1.00 Dress Hats 1.39 If you are not satisfied with your purchase, your money will be refunded. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y y Y ,Y Y f Y y y y y f Y Y Y Y Y Y y Y y Y Y Y t Y Y Y y Y Y y Y Y y 1 41 1 J.r r.aif ' .. i i . ( r ;WM;WW V , - a Mm