TO
TAKEN IN CELL
EUGENE, April 10. Potassium
cyanide, one of the quickest poisons
known to the medical profession,
caused the death of N. E. Hemphill,
the Medford man who was found
deud in the Lane county jail Thurs
day night after his arrest on the
charge of arson. Dr. F. I Shinn,
professor of chemistry at the uni
versity, after analyzing the contents
of a cup from which Hemphill had
drunk, declared that the coffee which
the prisoner had poured from a bot
tle contained enough of this deadly
poison to kill several men. The cof
.'jfc' in the bottle which came from a
restaurant was also analyzed, but
nothing injurious was found.
How the poison was concealed by
i Hemphill is not known by the ol'fi-
cers. When he was locked up he was
carefully searched, and after he had
told Deputy Sheriff Elkins that he
was very despondent and to "look
out for him," the deputy made a fur
ther search, believing that Hemphill
intended to take his own life. Hemp
hill had worked in a mine near Med-
ford and had probably secured there I
a (inantity of the jxiison, which is
used in treating ores. The tiniest
speck of the poison, if swallowed will
cause death, say physicians, and it
would not be difficult for Hemphill
to have concealed a small quantity
of the powder.
It is learned from the officers that
Hemphill had made a full confession
of the dime of setting fire to the
Striekfaddcn residence in Ashland
one night last mouth. He is said to
have told the officers that Mrs.
Striekfaddcn and her sister, Mrs.
Dryfoos, of Seattle, planned to burn
the house to get the $501)0 insurance
money. Ho said that Mrs. M. M.
Garwood, who was arrested with
Jemphill here, arranged with him to
lire the house, acting for the owner
and her sister. Hemphill is the one
who placed the "plant" and fired it,
according to the confession.
WASHINGTON, April 16 Re
cruiting for the navy is bringing in
more than a thousand men a day un
der the press of war emergency. Of
ficers of the fleet are highly pleased
with the character of the recruits.
"They are a fine lot of young
men," said a letter from the com
, maiidcr of a battleship, made public
''today at the navy department;
cheerful, patriotic and eager to
learn, and they are getting knowledge
in large doses and assimilating it.
Results can be seen from day to
day."
The record for Saturday's recruit
ing was a net gain of 1124 men,
bringing the enlisted force that much
nearer the 100,000 mark Secretary
Daniels expected to reach by May 1.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
A fine tribute to the Medford boys
in the army aviation corps is paid
by the veteran, Corporal Koss, of the
U. S. army, who passed through
Medford on Sunday en route back to
the Vancouver barracks from .San
Diego. Koss bad charge of trnns
jlirting the large party of Medford
aviators last week from Vancouver
to the nrmy aviation training station
at San Diego.
"In all my seventeen years' ex
perience in transporting recruits to
various points," said Coivoral Hos.
,"I never encountered such a fine all
round set of intelligent, wcll-bchnved
fellows ns these Medford hoys. They
were the best bunch I ever handled.
While they are full of life and pep.
yet they are gentlemanly. During all
that long trip last week not n one
of them caused me the least bit of
worry and trouble.
"When I left San Diego they were
' nil in gund health and spirits, and
eagerly taking hold of their tasks in
learning to become tinny aviators.
If wo ever get into active warfare
with Germany or any other enemy
you're hound to hear from this buti'di
of flyers from Medford.
"ISy the way, that was n great
demon-tration at the d"pot here last
Tuesday by Medford p"ople in honor
of the boys, nr.d the lads were great
ly plrnx'd over it. I bit they're
(till talking about it, fur it was their
chief topic of conver-ation nil the
way to Frisco nna Sun Die;;o." i
MEDFDRD ICE
T
In anticipation of a bumper fruit
crop of probably 'JU00 ears ii: the
valley, this season, the Medford Ice
& Storage company is at work on ex
tensive improvements and alterations
at its Medford plant, which, when
completed, will double the capacity
of the present plant, giving it l."0,
000 cubic feet of space.
These improvements and ' altera
tions, which will be rushed to com
pletion within eighty days, will givj
an ice-producing eaacity of eighty
tons, daily, and the largest single ice
storage room between Portland and
Sacramento. This room will hold
3000 tons of storage ice and will
have close to two miles of one nno
one-quarter inch pipe in coils.
A ncvv thirty tons daily refriger
ation machine will be installed to re
inforce the two twenty-five tons
each daily machines now .in use.
Included in the improvements will
be a 500-foot platform for icing
fruit cars, equipped with conveyors
and other apparatus, which yill en
able the plant to ice ten cars at n
lime.
Tho main new building, which will
he for storage ice only, will be 70x
70 feet in dimension with a thirty
foot ceiling. Another new structure,
which will be used only for cold
storage of perishable commodities
such ns eggs, meat and fruit, will be
30x.'l0 feet and two stories high. '
The company docs nll,thc icing of
cars for the Southern Pacific, rail
road between Roseburg and Ashland,
in addition to supplying the valley
with ice for ordinary consumption.
All cars of fruit originating in the
valley are iced at the Medford plant
of the company, nnd all re-icing of
through cars of fruit and perishable
commodities is done at its Ashland
plant.
"Our company is spending much
money in backing up its faith in this
season's coining crops by getting
ready to properly handle them with
dispatch, and in general valley con
ditions," said 11. K. Tomlinson, man
ager of the Medford lee & SJornge
company, on Monday. Present in
dications are that there will be close
to 2000 cars of fruit to be shipped
out from the Rogue River valley In
coming season."
All of the stock of the company is
owned by citizens of Medford, Ash
land nnd the valley. It is understood
that plans are being considered for
enlarging and improving the Ashland
plant also.
ION 1NTEF
LONDON, April Hi An official
statement issued by the Turkish of
fico says that the American gunboat
Scorpion has been interned.
v.
WASHINGTON, April Hi. The in
ternment of the Scorpion has been
expected here for some time nnd is
perfectly in accord with the rule ne
cessitating such action for a bellig
erent war vessel not leaving port
within a prescribed time. About two
weeks ago the navy department,
through the state department, cabled
Ambassador Elkns suggesting that
the Scorpion leave Turkish waters
for the Hlack sea, but Turkey object
ed to this on the ground that the sea
was practically dominated bv Russia,
an enemy of turkey ally, Gcrmanv
Departure through the Dardenclles
was thought impossible, and ns a re
sult a part of the crew went through
Austria into Switzerland before the
break with the former country.
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WASHINGTON, April 10. Plans
for a northwot brunch of the federal
reserve bank of San Francisco with
three offices at SM,kane, Seattle
and Portland Portland, Or., nre un
der consideration bv the federal e
erve board. A definite pt-oosnl
will be made to the board within the
next ten days.
K-tablishment of the three
branches would be followed in n few
months, it is believed, bv the estab
lishment of n fourth branch of the
S.m Krnnei-r-o bank at Los Angeles.
The entire procrnm, it is said, is
in the hands of the San Francises
bank, but would have to be approved
by the board.
EFFECT OF SMUDGE
P.y DILLON It. HILL.
Orchardists and fanners of the
liogue Uivcr valley have wisely begun
a system of co-operation that will
surely result in great advantage and
increased profit to all who will avail
themselves of the favor of its condi
tions. rl am nmong thoso who wel
come this admirable innovation very
heartily. One of the features of dis
cussion in this new situation is the
use of means for the prevention of
frost damage.
It may ns well be conceded now
that, as long as danger arises to fruit
buds and bloom from frost, differ
ence of opinion will exist as to the
best means of meeting it most prof
itably. There is no divergence of opinion
on the fact that the opposite of cold
is heat; that the only way to combat
the danger from excessive cold is to
provide the danger zone with
warmth. Along with that concession
arises the problem of obtaining the
heating process, at n cost within the
reach of those whose orchards need
it. Inventivo genius is now engaged
in nlt'cnipting to solve that problem
all along the Pacific coast.
A Dangerous Substitute.
The smudge that envelopes the or
chards in a dense cloud of smoke
arising from imperfect combustion of
the fuel used has been the popular
means of prevention because it is the
simplest and, probably, the least ex
pensive, ho far as invention has de
termined the matter; but, since it
has been discovered scientifically
that -the real damage it entails is
greater than the good it does, the
problem of overcoming that fault be
comes interesting and of great im
portance. In tho citrus belts of California
the orchardists" have made greater
progress than have the fruit grow
ers of the northwest, because their
losses from frost have been greater
and, conversely, they have suffered
more from faulty means employed to
overcome the first loss. Hence, they
have gone to great pains nnd expense
to invent n process of supplying the
heat without the smudge. They have
made some progress and will event
ually succeed, I firmly believe, in
eliminating the smudge altogether.
Xo Doubt on Ono Point.
There is no doubt in the minds of
the foremost investigators in that
region that imperfect combustion of
oil fuel produces damage against
which they must make immediate nnd
permanent provision. They have dis
covered that the longer they use the
primitive oil smudge the greater and
more permanent becomes the dam
age, not, only to the fruit-bearing
boughs, but to the wood fibre itself,
until finally it will, if persisted in,
destroy the productive life of the
tree. The reasons for this condition
are wholly scientific They may be
traced practically in the orchards of
this valley from season to season so
clearly that, to the matter-of-fact
fruitist, there is no denying them.
They nre self-evident. The practical
cultivator may not be able to discern
them; hut, the scientific fruitist can
point them out so positively, mark
ing the stages of deterioration from
one budding season to another so
clearly that there ought to be no dis
putation over the fact that the
smudge works an absolute injury, not
alone to the orchardists who employ
it, but to bis nearby neighbors.
Tho rremlsc Laid Down.
In this introduction I have submit
ted only the premise on which I de
sire to discuss the logical conclus
ions in subsequent issues of the Mail
Tribune, if its editor will generously
grant me the space. I feel that it is
a very important matter and one th.il
ought to be discussed dispassionately
and in n most friendly way among
those who tire so profoundly inter
ested in conserving the life nnd pro
ductiveness of the fruit trees of this
valley and the profit they ought to
bear to those who, at greet expense,
are maintaining them. Properly cul
tivated and protected from every
danger, including that from our own
faulty methods, the orchards of
Jackson county ought to be a source
of great wealth, the annual produc
tion of which should run into the
millions.
In another article I will undertake
to discuss the facts.
XOTH'K.
All members are requested to be
at Masonic linll at 2:3i) Tuesday to
attend the funeral of Itrothcr Jacob
Kllpncl.
OUT
COLDS
1ULSIM
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Sergeant W. M. Pore, who has
charge in southern Oregon of recruit
ing for the regular armv. calls atten
tion to the urgent need of obtaining
more recruits, lie has received by
telegraph a war department telegram
stating that the army is in need of
recruits for the infantry, artillery,
signnl corps nnd aviation sections,
nnd that men will enlist for the war
period only. After peace is declared
they will be freed from the service.
"This latest order should result in
inducing many young men now on the
fence to enlist," said Sergeant Fore
on Monday. "Under the law passed
a couple of months ago the regular
army enlistment was for seven years
three in active service and four in
the reserve. Quite a number of
young men in Medford and vicinity
have held back from enlisting because
they did not want to quit their jobs
nnd be tied up to active army duty
for seven years, when peace might
come in six months. Now that the
enlistment is for the war period only,
there should ho a rush of applicants."
Sergeant Fore's recruiting office
is at the Holland hotel, where he will
receive npplicnnts day and night.
Sunday he enlisted Charles A. Rog
ers, 18 years old, who has been work
ing in a mine near Medford.
Klamath Falls was in n fervor of
patriotism last week, according to
Sergeant Fore. "In the three days
I spent there T enlisted thirtv-seven
HOW do uou know
aooa cup oj cogj-ee :
So it is with
It has all the pure fragrance of the sunny "Blue
Grass" fields of Old Kentucky preserved by the
blending of tender, ripe Curley leaves, carefully
matured and scientifically packed. TUXEDO'S
pure fragrance is the perfume of all that is good
in good tobacco "Your Nose Knows."
3EZ
men," said Fore, "and Postmaster
Delzcll enlisted nine men for tho
navy. Last Tuesday there was a
big patriotic parade in Klaniatb
Falls with civic organizations nnd
the public school students in line.
The schools were given a half holi
day. "Several young business men en
listed with me, ns did the head of
the fire department. I didn't have
to do hardly any persuasive work to
obtain the thirty-seven enlistments.
Patriotic business men and citizens
generally just rushed the applicants
around to me. Manv more young
men of Klamath Falls have signified
their intention of enlisting in the near
future."
OFF IRISH COAST
NEW YORK, April Hi. The firit
ish tank ship Narragansett, a ship of
010(1 tons, and one of the largest car
riers of bulk oil ever built, has been
torpedoed and sunk somewhere off
the Irish coast, according to word
brought hero today by officers on a
Uritish ship.
The Narragansett was owned by
the Anglo-American Oil company,
represented here by F. A. Fames. At
the offices of the company it. was
said no word of the vessel had been
received, although several reports
that she had met with disaster had
reached here from unofficial sources.
The Narragansett was last report
ed when she left hero for n Hrilish
port on March ft. She was built in
1003 at Greenock, Scotland, was 512
feet long and could carry 11,000 tons
of oil.
It's the fragrance of coffee that appeals.
It's the pure fragrance of a good tobacco
that refreshes and delights you, and
"Your Nose Knows." Pure fragrance
is the indication of fitness the supreme
guarantee of satisfaction.
TliePerfect Tobacco ibrPipa end
Try this Test: Rub a little Tuxedo briskly
in the palm of your hand to
bring out its full aroma.
Then smell it deep" its deli
cious, pure fragrance will
convince you. Try this test
with any other tobacco and
we will let Tuxedo stand
or fall on your judgment
"Your Nose Knows"
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WASHINGTON', April 10. All
wtrclosa telegraph stations not oper
ated by the government were ordered
dismantled during the war today by
direction ot the secretary of the navy.
Failure ot owners to comply with this
order will result In confiscation ot
equipment.
Tho action was taken under the ex
ecutive order recently issued by Pres
ident Wilson directing that the navy
department take over all radio sta
tions. Tho department's statement
says:
"All licenses for radio stations on
shore are suspended for tho duration
of tho war. The secretary of the
navy has directed that during the
war all radio sending nnd receiving
stations, otlier than those operated
by the United States government be
closed. A station ts considered clos
ed only when its antenna is lowered,
coiled and sealed; ground connections
broken and tho apparatus dismantled
anil packed away. It is incumbent
upon tho owners themselves to close
their stations. Failure to close sta
tions will rosult In its apparatus Do
ing confiscated by the government.
The owners of a station operating In
defiance of this order will be under
suspicion of being nn enemy alien.
It Is requested that full publicity bo
given this notice in order that all per
sons may bo acquainted with these re
quirements."
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