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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1916)
' -rtggfr1' tfVqafcfWl i. .. ,. f T'Afifc arx; MRTn-'oriTi fr Tiffp.rvf-'. wiurouu, oi.M-.f.ov tti-xoav, renin a it .rug il ill r flMNM u4 e St " CANTON SECURED SUTTON'S MONEY T LAffAfiff MONUMfiMf EVER nUILT HOW DCINfi ERECTED IN HONOfl OF U S HEROES RAGEDY RESULTED A palbetie incident ronnepfed with lhs MrieMe f John Sullen nt Hcnglo Mertday forvMon is fetfnd in the tmimer In tcbtoh he placed implicit eenfMcnee hi W. J. Canton, hi nt twrney, In the laltor'a effort to ob tain the M man' money. Diannr mfflt proceeding to ponding; ngnint .Cnnton on neeount of kin conviction for nn unnatural crime nml he di nppowrcd Inat mimmor after lim par don hv Governor WHItycornbo when hfa Hjtfonl for n now trial had been denied by thr Mipromo Hotirl. Button hud Agreed in writirtjr to ae oopt 1600 ni damagca from Twohy Bros., in whoso employ he wan injur cd in nn explosion in tho quarry nbout four years agu near Jaekaon vlllr. Ho obtained the tnonoy in full iicttlcinent of all claim on account of bin injurim. Ho uiivo thix mini into tho ouslodv of tho Snored Ilonrt hospital in conmdomtlon of his h-iripc koiit tho romnindor of hin life in that iiiHtitution. Ho won then Oil year old. Later Attorney W, J. Canton in duced tho old man to reopen the choc njrniiiMt tho Twohy Hros., alleging that ho eould obtain a much more Hnthifactory aottlomont. To do thin lie Hold he would need the money Htitton then had on ilepoait with the hospi tal. The old man got it end turned it over to tho attorney, way Sutton' friendn. J Disappeared Willi III" Money. Canton took tho money, knowing it wan nil tho old man hud in tho world, and that he had nheii up liix homo ut tho hoxpital. Iho atloruoy akip- cd out. That won aliout n year nico. Since that time Sutton linn em ployed every mount in Iiih power to locate Canton. ruiully, ho ooufesoed that lie could do no more. Diahonit eued and hroke, ho talked ahout em! injr ljiH life. ,A rift in thu cloud of dchpair, howexer, appeared when .1. A. Iilreh offered to take him jih pmt ner in the conduct of tho Outline place, ahout thico milea from Hoojjlo. Tho two began tho woik tojpither; but they mndo little proion ami despondency npiin ovoYonme tho old mnn'M courage and ho was frequently heard to way that ho would kill liim aolf and OHcapo further worry. lliruh did all ho could to uucourKo Sutton, referring- frequently to tho Intlor'a ten ohildieu in I'ounaylvuniu and to tho poNHibility that another crop wouui cnnuic nun to aovurn money enough to go back to (hum and re main. Unnldo to Woik Murli. During tho past few weokH, how ever, Sutton had been more than uh ually deawindent. Hi iujuiiow orin plod him. Ako wnH creeping into hU life rapidly. lie wax down to bin hut dollar in money. Canton' con tluut preyed on hi mind, Instead of dowtroying himself, ho said ho would kill Canton if ho uould find him but ho couldn't find him. .Monday morning Sutton didn't ho out to work with Itireh. The latter van uuodny nbout bun, but wont out Jo bin labor at. tihiiul. Ho rotutned wrly before noon. Sutton wan not at tho houae. Ho then went to the barn, opened the door and tlieie found Sutton dead, with n bullet hole in Iho center of hi foieliead, idiot from a .HS-calibcr title. A telephone iucNago lo Cm oner John A. 1'crl culled him to tho ranch, twenty-five tniliHt distant, lie bronjthL Hit) body tu Medford Monday night, llurial will not take place until in atniotion ahull have been received from tho Miieido'a ohildron in I'linn Nylvniiia. A married daughter named Mr. Clara Ilrown lica near I'uelid, that atate. Sbe waa notifieil. Nine other children, it i Maid, reaide iu the oaat. Known n Good Man, Mr. Coffmnn of .Inckhonvillo iol 9i)iontj to Covo;ur l'erl tlii mom $ that button bad loft a number of lottem aud paper auionir other thing at her bouko, wbero ho form orty lived. Mr. Tori wont to Jack Miuvillo thik moitiiiiK to iuvetttiKuto tho matter. Mm. CoffniHH i a atHlnttkter of duoonbod. NothiHK new naa de el oped. ' Thoho who knew Sutton t-iienk well of him. both ut Jucknoimllc and iu Medford. UEACK CNOSg KWOCKCD OUT IT VILBUKff SAYLOR CIC1N.VNATI, I'ob 2. - Mllburn Suylor of Indlunapolu knocked out J. dob Cro$ of NiW York here to night In tho f If 1 As round ht a sched uled Ian rognd bout. It was Sa lor'a fight tlirouE'ont. 0 tho third (n tgpk tho count of uo three t)me Croaa laiiQl throiiRh tho fourth 'v ollnohttjg, whllo In tho fylW round, after g knoeked down twe, Ids cjndn threw up tho sponge at t)i ftrnt of ij&e wltluCroM on the floor . . TL.. il.. .. i.Trlilrt t e ituii iL J- 15 DRY STATES UNITE TO HELP T WE VIRGINIA The national memorial that i- buns ereitid In the liut'd Statii of Amenoa in the nail 'pal eitueterv at ArlinKton, a., in coinnieniorntion of (bo jmtnotisin and wilor of Atnerii'n'i mddierv and smlors who died for their countrv i th IarKc-t monument that an nation but tier erected to it- heroes. MEDFORD SCORES N ;t o. a. c. Mcdfoid held H- breath while the local high school team of basketball toMhcr met the Mar nwtroitntiuu from the 0. A. C. on the local floor hint uiuhl. The local boys weiu iu n m AM OF CONSCRIPTION Xi:V VOHK. Feb. --'. The op. position to univerMd oldinator- mili tary vcnivu iu the I'niled Stntim, de clared Dr. lhuid Jnyno Hill, form- whirlwind iiiixuu with Iho Hiwitlv " 'Mwnemi ami.abauiior to uerun, bunch that trounced tho Stanford "' " "lf"" t'"' national com- univoritv Iwm icccnllv in a UH-O '1ltt,, ,r H"' Ainenenu Dcfeiihe ko- contcHt. ' It wn an exhibition ipimo ''i,,,v- proeeeda rnim ahcfr ignoriince nml it wnn mi iivliil.iiion w.hIi of the facta and of the law. NCdiug. At the end of (hi; battle the Neoro atood 'J2-I1 nml everybody yelled, for it una a heller locord than the local hoy ueic expected lo ninko in a Ktnuie with the cotiat elianipioiiH. Tho 0. A. C. boya enrnohllv pruic- ed tho locnl team for its apocd and Kkiu. t wna aevera hard woik before the nixed up thoir ooiuiwtitorM ami sol a lino nn their game, during which per iod tho vinilor-H Mm red ID NiintH. Then the Itoxiiea came up with apiril and hcirnu to bunkol a bull oeeacion ally IheiimelvcH. The line-up: O. A. C- -l,owe, puurd; Mix, RUiinl; JoIiiim, Kiiaid; MIuku. eenler; lllake ley, forward, KicliurtN, forwaid; Friodmau. forward. MedfiMil Younir, (ruuinl; Torney, Kiinrd; Itrnndou, center; NnrrcKan, center; Thotnaa, forward; William hoii, forward; Finh, torward. TROUBLE OF RAILROADS WAS SELF-CAUSED "It ia not true that universal ob liimtory militarv sen ice in an inno nliou." said Dr. Hill. "On the con trary, il is disliiictlv provided iu the eighth srelioii of llu" lir-l niliele of the fcdeial i-oiisiitiiiiou." NKW YOUK, lVtt 2 - Formor I'roNldeut Wllllum lloard Taft In an addroM hero hint nlahl at the tenth annual liniuiuut of ti Trnffle club of New York, dtN-laretl tiit Iho rnll roada of tho I'nltod Hliitea h;i thomanlvea lo Ulnmo for tlm "ham poring loaulatloaa with which tbvy find thamcalvea enmoahod" "Tltay lnt thinia)lva to tha buil ding up of Induclrlal monopollea by tha Krantlnn of rebate asialnat tha law," ld Mr. Taft;, "they took part Ih pollllra and rorrupled eouuilln and loRialaturoa. and the) weio oim of tho obimonta In thu community threatened thla country lth pltitoc SS.EWS DEDICATE TEMPLE AI TACOMA TACOMA. Wash.. IVb. :'J. Fine weather marks asuiii:ion'H birth day, with uniform piiiado bv Flk, in cludiiijr Msitunt dvlcKatious from i'ortluud, Seattle nnd other cities- to imrticipatc in deilieation of the .fllJO, 000 tcinpltt this alternin.il. State troop hIso (Miroded. DeleKatea aro here to constitute n state camp of tho Fat riot ie O-der Sons of Amer ica. They will attend a bunquct to night with Chief Justice Morris of Ohinpia as the orator of the occas- 10l. BALL TEAM AND MINE BOOSTED BY BUSINESS MEN Tho 1'ahruar.v meeting of (be Jack, noil County Uualneaa Meua aaaocla lion waa bald iu Rt.Mark'i hall Mon day evening, tha ladloa of St. Mark'a guild brvtng a inuitiioui r.'tickon dinnar. Owing to a meeting of thu Ulka and tho banket tall game tho alon waa a abort ona. Tha nronoaltlou of tha county fair waa dlaciiatil aud th eomiultteo w bleb aakad to completo tho organUalloii a mwn aa pwaalblf. racy. When a mild effort aaa made to regulate them In tho firat lutr atata coaimerce law of 1 SS7 they laughed at tha law, flauulod tha Mr. Chapman appeared Intforo the aeaoclatloH and aald there waa a movement an foot to nrganlie a com pany, purrttate the Sunuyaldo Coal authority of the commiaalou, dindlncd ' company property Horthoaat of MihI to protont their real dlfferoncea iu ! foul, how Iu (he lianda of a reoolvor full to tho rommUalon, aud rolled on ,and operate the aanie. lie aakod tho the delaa In the court to defeat tha i cooperation of the uaaoclatlou anil It puriwae of the law. mot with heart) approval. Mr Chan- "It took the people twenty yeara to niau atnted fJO.ooo aent out of acriire the leglalatloa needed to bring ' Medford earb eur for coal that could the rallroada completely under con trol In the act of 18 to and when any. ono aoeka to blame othera for the en nctmout of that legislation he la nlw llvlouv lo the cdiuea that miide It In evitable. IteKUlatlnn Ih. therefore be kept at home. It, 1.. lowing ataled the organlaa tlon of a good ball team for thU year had been aturtcd and that thoy would endeavor to net! enough aeaaon tickets at i" eatli to hel fiuouce hero to atny, uulesx a more radical the iroioIUoa The ussocUtlon ot atep and one iiiomI ileidoraMe of kov- ' cd In rwtr of I lie mime wild ngreed orumeut ownerhl. la resorted to"lto IchI nil the aiipport iossllc n MiiM'iii1 'I!.. ' i J i in C'tl Til I ' ii 'i' iii ' i ii weire .I 1 1 "Thii tfatuwl Shortemas Cottolcnc la ready for use wlvm you take it from the pail. It mixes readily with flour ami creams nivttly with sugar. Cottolene has tio equal for shortening or frym. I'ooda preiMirinl with it lvt.ve a delicious flavor and are teniptipt in nipeaniic. Arrange today with your grocerfor renular auppliea of Cottolene, tha NJtural Shortening. It u pat i:; in pads of con ven ts' kueu. CHE5XFAI RBANKS5HSZ1 iiWLifWJ L I I P.xffi!!lZr "j mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-j9lmmmHmmiii lawwawniiMimi 5tea3 'CQitqkrw mafas wrf sookln abetter M UAKIIINOTON, I'ob 22 Attor tiov genornl of ffflcch atntea today filed with tho auprnmo court a joint argument In aupport of the consti tutionality of tho Woat Virginia liquor law prohibiting tho rccolpt nnd poMOMlon of Intoxicating liquors for personal usa and of the federal Webb-Konyon liquor law prohibit' Ing (ho Hhlpmont of Intoxicating llquora Into atntrs for imo In viola tion of state lawn, Tho fltntos represented worn Ari zona, (Jeorgo, Idaho, Iowa, Kansa, Mlsalaslpid, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, (VKon, Bouth Carolina, Tonncssec, Vlrwlnla, Wash Ington nnd Alabama. Tho decision of tho court In tho West Virginia cases now beforo tho court for oral argument in expected to bo the most important adjudica tion In the fmriKe fight In a detnrfe. "It Htom string ( fftto MM dn"T," th nitnftm tmertft ff(N (0 t court in their brief. "i hir (Mlsi mndo that the stale fld na(trMl t&Y ernmenta kuaramef t n cltlMM (he right to peaaea and rMelre ItqMr for personal ue and (o drink the same In unlimited quantltle If such (had been the eve l l difficult to sen how anv sort of prohlMtorv law rMid Jiafa Mer i" u'alid, ln all at Hum Ht ' tmlimrr te mtim w mt im ' '- fHtramH) ni I1 of "" FTWUflt (afrg by (he preettS (h trntnimptim f IbIoiIWM. TWa nrpMf kM found repent pra SlOH III adjudged ra"c " Medford ftootcr Smoko Tho Mcd'-iri or 1 M" Pitt Cigars can ie nroi-Jfl ' "!"? ggv an -11 TMA9C Vtt.V. HBMIMlV ftelleve oiirelf of tM allmenf rtt home K- ( us ',l!!l Itioroughly dependable Kuld onl b- us i0 nnl $1 '" MHmftftM-! An Old, Family Cough Remedy, Homc-Madc i:nlly Prepareii Coal Xtrr Mlllr, lint Ih rrorapt, lur ml KfTccilTe WHZm?'- IggHaBBBBBBBBBHi aBaVlgi aaHlBiBBBBB()llgr lffirW aMSiMgTOgSlCTgK PisigffiKigHglgKT -mi immt A- mWKm Copyrlgbt Uart Sdisffocr k Marx H444-M4- llv making this pint of olddlmo cough avrup at home vou not only save about i'i, as compared with tho rcadr-madn kind, but ou will nlm have n much more nruiiinl nml notltlvc rrmcdv In everv wav. It overcomes the unu.il cnigli, thro.it and i enem, oiiun in -1 Hours relieves rvrn whooping rough milckly and Is excellent, too, for bronchitU, bronchial asthma, hoarseness nnd spnmnoilic croup. Oct from 1111V drug store li ounces of Plncx (fid cents worth), pour it into a pint bottle and till tho bottlo with plain grnmilnted sugar syrup, l'ull directions wlti 5'lncx. Keeps perfectly and taites good. You can feel this take bold of a cough or rnld in a way that means husincM. It quickly loosens the drv, hoarsn or pain ful cough and heals tlw intlamed nirni lirnni'P. It nNo linu n remarkable rfTevt In overcoming tho iMTHlxlent looso eough bv slopping the formatlnn of phlegm In the throat nnd bronchial tubei. Tlio rlTcet of Pine on the membranes Is known bv almost everv one. Pinex Is n moNt valuable concentrated compound of genuine Norway plno extract combined with uualncol nnd other natural healing pine elements. Thero are manv worthless linltotlntisj of this famous mixture. To avoid dis appointment, nik our druggist for ""i ounres of Plncx," nnd do not accept any thing else. A guarantee of nbsnluln satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with this preparation, 'iho 1'incz Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Washington's Birthday, February 22 A RARE combination of statesmanship and military genius; an unusual embodiment of tenacity, unshakable courage; a keen and militant sense of justice; these were the great virtues of George Washington. They represent the spirit of fairness which we should strive for in our business relations which should manifest itself in the sale of good merchandise, in the giving of values, in the guarantee of satisfaction. In that spirit we are trying to run this store. The home of Hart, Schaffncr & Marx clothes f- Mr. and M) rf at yoiir service TODAY i' i i $m , i ,- f'$ i o O Ws -o TT 0 rO o cr " y TT r "fjf"'myrp tsr m o o o , J" flnnvJHarviiij i.'u jy