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MEDFORD WSTD .TRIBUNE. BEDFORD. ORKCJON, TLUTRNDAY, 'AUGUST 10, 1915.
lLOST LINER IN
UTGAY AT ;
"Little Old Man of the Links" Retires
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FEAR DF ATTACK
NEWS OF FALL OF
RUSSIAN FORTS
BY
FRANK'S DYING
REQUEST; RETURN
WEDDING RING
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ATLANTA, Oa., Auk, 19 Gover
nor UnrrlH today conferred with llm
state prison coiunilsfllon before Ink
Iiik further itctlon on tho Invcutlfiii
(Ion or the lynching of Leo M. Frank.
The Kovornor cxikjcIb to kIvo out n
statement later.
"TIioch TcportH hnvo no known
foundation of fact nnd should not
he given credit," Oovornor HurrlB
wild.
O. II. Keolcr, a newspaper man em
ployed In Atlanta, hut residing In
Marietta, In a published article today
Bays that Franks' wedding rliiB was
dotlvcred to him at his home last
night by a man unknown to him.
Kcelcr says a nolo In an envelope,
with tho ring, read:
"Franks dying request was that
his wedding ring ho rIvcii to his wife,
Will you not spo that this request la
rarrlod out? Tho nolo will ho do
llverod to you by a man you do not
know nnd who docs not know you.
Make no effort to find out his Iden
tity. You are expected to destroy
this after reading It."
Kooler stated ho would havo tho ring
delivered to Mrs. Frank.
TEN MILLION DOLLARS LOSS.
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lltiltl.lK, viii win-lci-H to Siiyvtllo,
Aiifr. II. "Kurlv in III" moniiiiit yen.
tordu.v lliiKS mostly Aimtrinn. worn
Iiiiiik out in honor of tin liiilliiluy of
Ktiijicror Frnneis JoHcpli of Aimtrin.
At nbout 11 o'clock rumor Hpriuitl
like wildfire tliut tho Kouio fortu
luul hcen euptureil hv torm with, uti
immense umount of wnr iiuiteiinl. ;
"A grout celebration hegsin nlii'ont
inunediatcly. (lennnn mid TuiUhu
HngH were Imtir out with the Aus
trian colon until the city iippcnrcil
like mi ocean of wuviii'' hntitiiiir-
Troop oT frmilry and artillery
marched to the LtiHtmuteii mid in
front of the innsHivc did llohcnollcru
ciihIIc, in the heart of the city, fired
u hulute."
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man, woman nnd child had nmplo
tlmo to seek places of safety.
Fires began to break out at tho
height of tho storm. It was impos
sible for flromon to work. Panics
worn prevalent among the thousands
who had taken rofugo In tho business
section but tho fires burned thorn-
reives nut nnd tho city was pinged In
darkness.
At 10:30 o'clock when tho Asso
ciated Press man loft tho city tho flro
was confining Itself to tho Pnbsl
Kenlty company, sovoral buildings
near tho wharf, and to tho Swift and
Armour packing plants.
Tho largest losses wore to the two
packing plants which wero estimated
at J T.'.O 00 each, tho Ilium Notion
company, r0,000; .1. H.'Holsholmor
and company, 1 10,000; Pabst Healty
company, $40,000, and tho Direct
Navigation company, $20,000. Ton
largo steamers, It Is estimated, wero
torn from their moorings nnd woro
blown ovor Ualveston bay. Seven of
them nro aground. Some woro blown
from three to eight miles, Inland by
tho forro of tho hurricane nnd water.
Tho statoment from tho citizens of
Oalvcslon received hero In a telo
gram to tho Associated Press Into
last night was ono of optimism In
spite of tho ravages of tho hurricane
through which tho city hns success
fully passed, to quoto from tho state
ment, "tho city duo to the ndamantlno
resistance of tho sen wall, has sus
tained comparatively small loss of do
structlon of property and but six
lives hnvo thus far been reported
lost," the telegram snld.
Tho most pressing need of tho city,
according to reports brought by ref
ugees, was drinking water. Measures
for ratification are under way.
lletweon 400 and fiOO women and
children from Toxns City will he tak
en to Houston. Major (icneral Hell,
V. H. A., In command of tho nrmy
ramp ut Texas City, arrived at Hous
ton last night to mnko tho necessary
rrrnugciuonts.
Little was known enrly today of
the loss to shipping nloug tho gulf
coast. Few vessels wero known to
have been In tho path of tho storm, iih
balling of many had been delayed
iipon tho receipt of storm warulngB.
According to Information nvnllablo
last night, tho deaths wero recorded
as follews:
Virginia Point, 30.
Toxns City, 18.
(lalveston, 11.
Morgans Point, 11.
Hitchcock, 7.
La Porto, 7.
Port Arthur, 7.
Lynchburg, 3.
Sylvan Ileauh 3,
ricabrook, 3.
Houston, 2.
Property loss oatlmnteH were vague
except In a few Instances. Houston,
Toxns City and Port Arthur ndvluus
gave fairly deflnlto figures for thoso
places, but most of tho other towns
reported In sunh phrases ns "consid
erable," "vory heavy," nnd "not jot
cstlmatod."
Some of the ostiiuates wero as foleows:
,..1B,OOQ,000
2.00Q.O00
qUKKNSTOWN, Aug. 10. T-
stcamors arc expected hero In two
hours time, bringing about 100 sur
vivors of tho Arabic,
It Is prcsumod that all havo been
rescued.
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LONDON, Aug. 19. Tho Norwe
gian steamer Magdn, 10C3 tons gross,
wns torpedoed InBt night by n German
submarine; Tho enptalu nnd crow
woro landed today nt Falmouth.
STEAMER ARABIC TORPEDOED.
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By Brown Unimex.
Walter J. Travis, the "Little Old
Mini of the Link," Is through. He
lms announced he will not piny in
the national ehumpiouship .totiriiu
nieut ul Detroit, Mich., next inoiilli.
The tourney will he the first Ids
one in your without the entry of the
little mini who has watched golf grow
from a gumo scorned iih n puNti'iuc
only for the (Mowed to u uport ho
pi'l'mnr mm in iiiuny ciiic.h uie
coin-hcs nro fur too fow to iiceoininn
(Into tho ilcmiind of both young mid
old.
iriivis Iiiih competed in poll tour- most every day for years, reduced
Miimcnts '22 yvnri). Ho was III when
ho begun competition play. A little
more Hum it month ago, ut the uge of
fit!, he won the Metropolitan cham
pionship, ,
Jerry Travers is" the only golfer
who hns won mole litlis Until the
"Mill., mi. i xr.... i M' : it...
,I1.IU WU l,T, I 111) IP1 HUN 111(1 ,1 ,. t . . . . , ,,
Mel. i,mJwl,i..T : 'ni" nnlioiml meet is typical ut
-- jr"tiir 4 wii inn -rr, ni
national champion mid in 111(11 won
Ihu British championship. Ho was
the only Yunkeo to ever carry away
mi Kuglish golf title.
Travis hv being on the links nl-
llie guine to u hcience. Ho knew to
within u few fee, tho currying dis
tnneo of cndi of hi- sticks. He
played ss'olf u yood deal like a chess
champion plays chess.
Travis' reason for staying out of
his
fairness.
"It would not he right for Tab," he
suid, "to stnrl fresh nnd possibly
eliminate some good man, then weak
en mid allow some one el-e, with not
much chiineo of winning, to remain
in. I'll just knock around for fun
hereafter."
The tourney will not scent right to
golfers und fans who, year nftcr year,
have watched the "Little Old Man,"
in his traditional uniform of Oxford
jacket nnd knickerbockers, rhewiiijr
on a black cigar, playing his wny
into the semi-finuls and finals.
"I've had my day. I'm willing now
to step nside for the younger (le
nient," was the stntenunt of tho
"Little Old -Mun" ns ho closed his
tournament career.
Galveston .
Houston ...
Texas City ...
Port Arthur
Suabrook .....
Kublno .........
Hablno Pass
Kcnifth
100.000
200.000
100.000
100.000
100,000
iu.qon
Xnstnot, off wnleh tho Arable Is
roportcd to havo gone down, lies
close to tho lane of steamship traflc
ttetiveon Knglnud nnd America, It Is
about 10 miles wost of Old Head of
KliiHalo, near which tho Lusltnnia
was sunk. Cerman submarines ,hava
boon active In thoso waters slnco tho
declaration by thu Gorman govern
ment In February of n naval wnr
ono around tho Itrltlsh Isles.
Tho Arabic, n twin screw steam
snip, arrived In .New York on her
maiden trip on July fi, 1003, having
ii on launched at Belfast on December
IS of tho previous year. At that tlmo
b!io was ono of tho largest steamships
engaged In trans-Atalantlc trado.
The Arabic's tonnage is l.r,K0l
gross mid 10,011'.! net. .She is (1011
feet long, (15 feet beam mid 17 feet
in depth. She wns built in Belfast
in HMKI by Ilarlaud and Wolff.
On her last eastward trip the Ara
hie arrived in Liverpool on August
(I from New York.
Following thu receipt ul u cable
gram announcing her sale uriivul,
the bureau of combustibles nf New
York City allowed the fuct to become
known Unit two slick of dynamite
hud been dineovered on hoard on
July 127, the night bct'oie bbo sailed
from New York.
Once before since the beginning o
the wnr, the Arabic had a close call.
A cnhlo inessuge from London on
March 127 mid the steamer had been
purmicd by u (Icrmun Mihiuuriiic in
the Irish Sea, on the voyage which
ended on that day,
LONDON. Aug. UL- The Central
News says the crew of the Arablo suc
ceeded In launching 1 1 life boats
which picked up many passengers. It
has not jot been ascertained, this
agency says, how ninny wero drown-
ed,
The Kxchnngrt Telegraph company
says that a reselling steamer has four
hundred porsous on hoard.
Weather conditions were favorable.
AT
BRAZOS LIFE STATION
FltfcliPOKT. Tex., Aug. 19. Nino
teen persons wero drowned at tho
llrozas Drilled States llfo saving sta
tion In the storm Monday night, ac
cording to rcportH received hero. Tho
only-dead, most of whom nro said to
be excursionists, wero the wlfo nnd
children of Captain John P. Steln
hart, keeper of tho station.
OF
OF
THE ARABIC LANDED
NKW YOKIC, Aug, 13. Tho Whlto
Star lino announced Into today that
tho captain of tho Arabic has roport
cd to tho lino nt Ulvcrpool that tho
vessel had been sunk without warn
ing. It wns nlso announced that 350
burlvlvors had landed nt Quccnstown,
Vlth Medford Trulls Mmlford Mart
IN FLOOD DISTRICT
ISKAUMAJN'T, Texas Aug. II).
Itcports of 120 deaths at Analnmc, in
Ohumbers county, during tho storm,
were brought here today. Two thous
and refugees aro hero from 1'oit
Arthur. There is one onto of small
pox, hut little danger of u upload of
the disease.
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OPEN GOLF TITLE
CU ll'ACIO, Aug. m Tom Me
Namnra of Boston with, 101 strokes
todnv won tho western open golf
championship at tho Glen Oak club.
M. J. Brady, despite a second 70
in the third round, finished with HO!).
A. Cunningliiini of Wheeling scored
:i()(I for the "U holes, while George
Sargent of Washington made 107.
NKW YOKIC, Aug. II).- The Ara
bic, one of the few Junto WJnto Star
vessels lemnining in the trans-Atlantic
service, sailed on her last out
ward voyage from this port on July
J8 Inst. She had aboard 188 pas
sengers and nboul 10,000 tons of
cargo almost all of which was war
supplies. Aeroplanes and automo
biles formed the chief portion of the
cargo.
Attack by a Gentian submarine
apparently was feared when tho ves
sel left New York, for around her
steering gear there wero piled num
erous sand bags as a protection
against gun fire. This also Mir
taken ns un indication that in caso
she was sighted by a U boat, tho big
liner intended to lake a chance at
getting away, trusting to her speed.
Tho crew, usiinlly consisted of
about '210 men. It wns assumed to
day Hint sho hud this number aboard
when sho left Liverpool yesterday.
All tho crew, it wns said, were of
foreign citizenship.
Captain Will Finch commanded tho
ship.
Fifteen boat londs of tho Arabic's
passengers nnd crow have been saved,
nccording to a cable despnteh re
ceived here at 2:110 this afternoon by
the Whito Star line.
RUMOR GERMAN SPY
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WASHINGTON, Aug. !!). Attor
ney General Gregory reported to
President Wilson today that investi
gation into ehntges of activities of
German agents on this country had
so far disclosed nothing to lead to
action by the department of justice.
Approve Marine Purchase.
NUW YOKIC, Aug. 19. A fodornl
court order today approved tho pur
chase of flvo Pacific Mall liners by
tho Atlantic Transport company of
West Virginia rovenlod tho fact that
tho steamers cost tho Atlantic Trans
port company $0,20,000.
LONDON, Aug. 10, - A message re
ceicil y the White Slur hue this
nfteinoon sn,s it is Imped tint many
or most of the pussengor on the Ara
bic and the ciew were suvctl. The
message follows;
"The Arabic was sunk this iiuiiu
iug, Fifteen or sixteen boat loads
are making for Qtiecnslown."
arabicIaIieho
first class list
LONDON, Aug. 10. The White
Star company announced that the
Arabic hud on board 170 second mid
thiid class passenger". There wei
1M0 men in the crew, making u total
of -1 10 perxnns mi board. She suited
from Livciponl nt I o'clock yester
day afternoon.
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Merchandise that satisfies the consumer is the best good-will insurance we can carry.
1 is the only kind of Merchandise we can afford to sell. No matter how low your price is
you expoct the articles you buy to give satisfaction. A ridiculously low price does riot atone for the
disappointment you oxporionce in gotting a poor piece of merchandise.
We afford you the protection of knowing that when you buy our merchandise you will mako
a satisfied customer.
DRESS
GOODS
FOR ALL
Don't Halttj nettinn tho
LOCAL MARKETS
Washington Elks Meet,
BKI.LINGIIAM, Wash., Aug. ID. -The
tenth annual comeution of the
Wiikhinglon State Klks aKsoeiatiou
0Kiued hero today. The delegatox
wore welcomed by ConKrosmmi Lin
II. Dudley nt h biuiiie e.ion held
Hi iiiiouu. The convention will close
tomorrow niht.
I'or h Hpmliicil Ankle
If you will got a bottlo of Cham,
bcrlsln's Liniment and observe the
directions given therewith faithfully,
you will rc8Vr In much less tlmo
than la waaally requlrod. Obtainable
....,loi.o
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If you sit In h eold draft when nu
are nisuw ami got a stiff neck or
lame baek. you will bo lookliiH for
something thst will ojuo tho imlu.
IIALLAUD'S SNOW UNIMhVN'T and
don't be tulknd out of it because It Is
tho bost imlu rwllevlug lliitmeut nu
can get anywhere. I'rko 0e, 60u
and $1 GO pur bwtlo. Sold by th
Mottford PhurmHcy.
POH &I.K IHnho. hontiux tovt.
tables, ohnlm, kluhuu cabinet. Iron
bods, etc llouxe far rut Tel.
SIS-Y. C! W 1th St. 1.0
I'llit" l'ald by Dcnlei'H
POTATOBS new, 1.75.
ONIONS Hie por lb.
HONHY 12c Hir lb.
HKANS He per lb.
TO.MATOHS le por lb.
ItOASTINd KAItS-tSe dot.
K(U1S 20e and 'i'iViC.
Butter Dairy, two-pound roll 50c.
CIDKIt 26c.
BBTTIU Wholesale, 28c.
IIUTTKUIfATSKo.
HAAf 1(5-170.
SIIOULDHBS 18V4-13C,
BACON 13-180. . '
I.AIII) lOq.
IIMWP 0.12c.
1'OBK S-8M(C.
Live Poultry
TlMHCIiYS 13-lle.
DUCKS 7c. (ntra fat Ji-RVie.
HHNS large, Lie. ii)U 10o
BKOILKIIS lC17o; old roovters
cents.
Livestock
STKUKS S-IWic.
COWS l-5o.
11008 -6-6 ke.
VKAI Drowwl. 10-Ile.
IIKLOIAN 1IAUKS l-6e.
Hay ami Cniln
I1AU1.HV Wholo, ttl.
HAL drain, SIS: Alfalfa. 111.
OATS J9 aud S0 ton.
WIHJAT S5-D0e bushel.
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40 inch Silk nntl Wool Pop
lin, black, white ami nil the
lending Fnll shades 98c
40 In all Silk Crepe Dc Chine
nil new fall shades, season's
opening price $1,19
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RIBBONS
Wc have a large collection of plain and
Fancy Hair Bow Ribbons. Make your
selection here. Our special price 19c
NOTIONS
7 spools J. & P. Coats for 25c
3 Doz. good Safety Pins 5c
3 spools Darning Cptton 5c
2 Doz. Snap Fastners 5c
Aunt Lydia Thread 5c
I Ooz, good Pearl Buttons .4c
5 Silk Hair Nets with elastic all
colors 10c
Bias Seam Tape . . 5c
3 pair Dress Shields . 25c
3 pair Child's Hose Supporters 25c
SALE OF NEW SILK HOSIERY
Ladles' Pure Silk Hose, double knee,
high spliced heel, in all new shades,
our special price , 50c
50 Doz. INFANTS' SOX Per Pair 25c
We have them In all styles, white
with colored tops; also all solid colors
all silk; also silk Use, your choice 25c
UNDERWEAR SPECIALS
Boys' Poms Union Suits, sizes up
to 34 25c
Men's Jersey Ribbed Union Suit to
close ,89c
Men's Shirt ?.nd Drawers to close 19s
Ladles' Summer Union Suits, special
29c
t-w.
44 Inch "II wool French Serge, made in all staple shades; also black,
special quality . ., - ..J..., - 75c
Just received 20 pieces of 27 inch figured Crepe, suitable for Waists
and one-piece Dresses, on sale at r... j. ..T. . 15c
Standard Prints, only ... .. . 5c
Standard Ginghams, only .. ........ 5c
Standard Comfort Challies, only 5c
$3jOO and $4.00 Waists 98c
All Summer Waists to be sold. (JO
Special for Saturday only Ot
Pictoral
Patterns
Always in
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