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SAYS GANGSTER
UPON GALLOWS
Birger, Smiling, Dies Byj
:,;Noose His First Wife,
Portland Woman,' Last
. Visitor .Shakes Hands
With Friends On Death
March.
BENTON, III., April 19. CP) j
diaries Birger, notorious southern ;
Illinois gang leader, was hanged at
9:B2 a. in. today for the murder of
JIayor Joe Adams of West City.
Birger was pronounced dead four
minutes later. Nearly 600 spec
tators were crowded Into the
stockade.
Mrs. E. Aarons, first wife of Bir
ger, was one of the last to visit
him' in his cell last night. She
came from Portland, Ore., with her
husband several days a';o.
Arrangements were made yester
day for taring for the body at an
undertaking establishment here.
Nathan Hlrger, the former gang
leader's nephew, had a hearse on
hand to convey the body to St.
Louis, where it was to be taken
tn the home of Mrs. Ray Shamsky,
Blrger's sister, and held until the
Itinera! Saturday.
Erect and nonchalant, almost de
I
bonair, Birger walked to his death
Kn iwas acconiDunled by Kabul
K. Jlazur of East St. touts, and
several denuty Bherlfts. Ho moved
at an easy pace, stopping to shake ;
hands with several persons on the ,
way through the siockaue to iuu
gallows, a distance of 100 feet.
The condemned man mounted
the steps unassisted. Smiling, he
pointed a finger at Borne man In
tha crowd and wuved his hand,
i'bll lluiina. Volunteer hangman
who: has participated In t2 previ
ous executions, stepped up to him
while the rabbi read a prayer.
They shook hands and conversed
for. a few seconds.
Birger nodded and closed hlB
eyes an Instant. Quickly the black
cap was slipped over his head.
Hanna stepped up and adjusted the
noose. He stepped back and the
trap was eprung.
Birger died without confessing
his guilt other than to admit he
was an accessory after the fact In
the murder.
On the way to the gallowB Bir
ger had stopped to thank the wife
of Jailer Lovan for the kindness to
him. As he mounted tile scaffold
ho snid loudly:
"Beautiful. world."
SinnliHi: out a friend In the
crowd, he called out:
"Well, good-
bye. Boo.
Tnralni, tn HlB C T O W it. Hl.5CrIWO OMier roSOlllllOHS linil lieen
nt,t- "I have not a thing in the
world against anybody. I forgive resolutions cover all points at is
everybody. I was able to do tltntjsue between the national offlcei-H
through this wonderful Jewish nnd tho committee of protest led
rabbi," and he pointed to Hnbbl,i,y Mrs. Helen Tufts liallle.
Mazur. I
jWlth a quick gea litre linger
turned to the hongmnn and depu-1
lies: "Let's o," he exclaimed. As
lltey were adjusting the cap, he
tuld; "Make it fust." Those were
like lust wonls. J
The gang leader. It waB declared,
had tried twice to commit suicide
Id his cell In the Franklin county
jlli He tried to hang hlmsulf with
istfip of blanket yesterday morn
ing. . The guards found him in a
semi-conscious condition and re
vived him. Last, Sunday he ad
mitted takhlg poison in another ef
fort! at suicide, but the attempt
resulted only in
case of indl-
'
gestlon
! nlmABi nhnnlnri IbA nn nwn "
he Jtuld. "I'll find a wny to bent Lola, while Carrie 1h away on a I drowsy at the wheid uf thn auto
it yet." . i lecture tour. Ills entertainment j mobile, and the car turned over
f :endH for both of them in the n the hifchwiiy. Salkeld was
IMIUTIV A (it'll 1ft iT TtuKn '
April 19. P) ""iWk.iin. lie telephones James
Ruth hit his first home run of the I .
Wit scaxon In thn fifth inning of1
the Yankees-Hoston afternoon!
uamc here today. Kulh was first ;
up In the inning.
POUTl.ANI). Atbine shops will
build 2400 I'nlon Pacific frelKhti
ram this year.
t'ortland will pay about
$70.000
for hii:h-presMiiro fire engine.
You cannot be attractive
without a clear skin
EVERYBODY wants to be nt
tractive. It is a great and
' lust ambition. But no one can
be attract! vo without a clear
. ikln you know that.
, Do you rcalizo tho importance
of pure, rich blood in preserving
tha health, and thut the source
of most skin disorders is in the
. Mood?
: Remove the cnu?c, which is
'not In the akin itself, and pim
ples, boils, eczema and thut sal
low complexion will disappear.
':. You may have tried many
, things without relief. Why not
try S.S.S.T
nli 8.S.S. Is extracted from the
fresh roots of medicinal plants
' and herbs, and rives to Nature
i what she needs in buildine you
op so that your system throws
on the cause.
' " ' For more than 100 years S.S.S.
' has keen giving relief in thou-
f 7 pep
the great tome
tINCI
clear skin comes from within
a
Blnoe W J, Oregon hV .nve.,e
FROSH CHOSEN "AGGIE" PRINCESS
"J
I . , , . I " '-' V x 'A ,
Students at Oklahoma A. and M. college, Stillwater, Okla., have
elected Miss Nell Martin "Aggie" princess at the institution. She
'is;a member of the freshman class.
D. A. R. BLACKLISTiJURIST ASKED
OF NOTABLES HIT
BY RESOLUTIONS'
WASHINGTON. April 19. (IP) POHTI.AM). Ore., April. 10 tP)
A resolution giving tho various In "n !'" '"Icr forwarded today
. . . i . t John lj. Hand, chiuf Justice of
chapters of the Daughters of the,.. . .
1 ithe Oregon supreme court, Senator
American Itovoltltlon tho right to (jeorge W. Josenh. a member of
invite whatever stieakers Ihey tho state 1)nr n8HOCiIltion railed '
choose without restrirtion from i umn ,h(. Jul Kt , make a full and i
the national organisation has been : pulillo explanation of his "ilealings 1
filed with tho committee on roso-,Ilnil transactions" with Judge K. j
lutlons of the society's lilennlal w. Wiekey und Thomas Mannlx. I
convt-ntion. Wickey was plaintirr and Man- '
This announcement was made nix tils counsel In the Wemme en
today by Mrs. Stonier Hoy, a dele- ilownicnt fund case. The purpose
gate from Kort Scott. Kansas. of the suit was acquisition of the
The resolution Is the result of a 1 endownient fund devised by tho j
protest from some of the daugh- ; lute K. Henry Wemine for a mater- I
ters at tho alleged Issuance of a ' nity home for unfortunate girls. I
"black list" which was said to Tho Portland Telegram reported
have specified a number of prom-' "omo tli"i airn ih Chief Jntio, I
incut liiitivliluals as uiulor ban as Knml, who presided In tho argu
speakors before chapter organ!- i iiu-m, va:, iuaiic-miuii uiui w ,c,y ;
nations.
Mrs. ltoy also announced that
filed with the committee. Tho
Domestic Troubles j
At Rialto Today
"Domestic Troubles" Is n tun-
Kled tale nf twin brothers, playe l
by the liUmlttihle tittle Jneknnapes
iof the screen. Clyde Cook, lie In Karasbk, Hussum light-heavy-!
Horare, the nifty brother and j weight wrestler, wero sliKhtly hurt
auain James, the docile. Kaeh
has it wife. norace is married
jtn Carrie, a strontf-nilnded feml -
jnlnlHt. James is married to (Iraee,
a muierny. who nas a ynuiiKj
! Hhiek nn i be side. I
1 orai e noes for a uv r de w th
go and Impersonate ntmseir
wit h ( 'a lire. 1 n ,1 a mes absence
' Horace. Is freed and goes to Grace.
I So the merry mil-tip continues,
i IO nine Kazendn has never been
quite so funny, and the compll
. cations which Graham liakcr has
( written Into the story nnd Kn-
right brought into life are ludl-
1 crous In the extreme. tn short.
tit's a farce yon mightn't to mis.
the dwcit of- a clhti s)ifi
9
sands of cases, as testified to in
unsolicited letters of gratitude,
"S.S.S. cleared my skin of
pimples nnd blnckhcads. I think
it a most wonderful blood medi
cine. Several of my friends aro
taking it for the some reason
I did." Miss Margaret Fryo,
Lapel, Ind.
All drug stores sell S.S.S. in
two sizes. Get the larger Size.
It is more economical.
Strength
c7f an the
ahiny
b ( 1
TO EXPLAIN HIS
WILL SUIT ACTS
;and Mannix in a mining deal, re-i
suiting In Hand s withdrawal from
I
I
IN AUTO CRASH
ElTiKXR, Ore., April 19. (ZD
i Tex S;ilkeUI, lutxinK munHKr und
, wrentHim referee of Portland, was
' injured about tho body, and Al
; In un outomohilo accident three i
i miles north of Myrtle Creek at 8:ItO
1 o'clock this moruhiK, according to
word received here.
'". '"""""'h " v...hD
Godfrey, Southern Pacific station
Hgem at .iyru i rceh, oeeunm
; lcop in the back seat, and sun-
mmm a omik u mi nm ihu-k uu
dislocated shoulder.
j Kuraslck wont on to Med ford.
; have to make up work missed,
DERBY FOR DAY
JorMN. Mo.. April 19. (T) j
, HeachtnK his homo state early this i
j afternoon, another favorite son in
j ihe cross-country marathon step- j
j ped into the limelight when John i
Gober of Moheity. Mo was first to i
traverse the tri-state control from
Miami, Okla., In ft:3f:H.
) Goiter's elupscd time of 44!i:4S:
01 ior the i.litl.ti in ties from Los
Angeles puts him In 4 1st place
among the seventy-odd runners.
Andrew Payne holster! up his
j lead In the race by finishing In a
dead heat with Phillip Granville
and Thomas Kills, both of Hamil
ton. Out, Payne bails the race
with the olapwd time of 29 4 : 1 ii : 1 H.
Granville's elapsed time la 3l'9:37:
30, nnd Kilts' 4!lf.: M :0:.
GIVEN CONTRACT
SACItA M KNTO, Cnl., April 19
il! The state highway commission
yesterday opened a bid for the
Binding and surfacing of T.S miles
between Klamath liver nnd Wilson
creek. lel Norte county and con
struction of four timber bridges
from Vonder llellenr, Pearson nnd
l.omin, Mcdfnrd. Ore. for fifio.I.NT.
The engineeir,' estimate wai $2TB,
m.
'SINCLAIR CLOSES
FALL DEPOSITION
! WAHH.XOTO.V. Apr l.-!
'Both the defense and the govern-j
- me nt rested their cases today in
I the trial of Harry-P. Sinclair, ac-
: mined with Albert B. Full, of hav
. ing conspired nKinst the gov
: ernment in the leaning of Teapot
, , Dome.
The defense rested without In
troducing the 100,000 word depo
sition made by Fall recently in Kl
1'atto, and which was to have
1 been used by the oil man. Nei-
ther did it put Sinclair on the
j stand. The government requested
I the court's permission to com
! ment on the failure of Sinclair's
j lawyers to place the bulky docu
t ment in the record and Justice
'. Ituiley reserved his decision until
j 9.30 o'clock tomorrow morning,
i Meanwhile he asked each side
I to umit Its argument: to three
I hours, starting tomorrow. In order
! thnt the Jury might be charged
j Saturdiiy and the case nut In Its
, iiunas ny noon or mat day.
BIRTHS
A seven nnd one-hnlf pound
girl was horn April 18 at th
I'uiui'ker Mnlernliy home to Mr.
and Mrs. U. K. Marshall.
HUSH AVK i()KS BACK
(Continued from Vage One)
! iii . , .
Mm nnd his two shipmates on
their long flight. The weather was '
inmiy.b,lld,l!''?,,l',,,,ll,,fh,ere,werel
some s t r e t c h e s of risky Hying 1
through fog.
Most of all ho and Captain Koehl
and Huron von Huenefeld are Inter-:
ested in the thirds their flight did !
iiit-it-uMw me siore oi Knowieuge
about oceur, flying.
"Wo feel thut we've learned
some interesting stun." the major
said, "but I can't tell you about
it until we. have discussed It fur
ther." Semi'Dress
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pin stripe. Best of workmanship, with
cuff bottoms. Sizes 33 to 44 waists;
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Union Suits 51.00
Three-season medium weight union
suits, sizes 3(5 to 44.
Dress Shirts $1.00
Neckband Style
An assortment of fancy pattern dress
shirts, values up to $3.00, Saturdav
only $1.00.
Blue Bib Overalls $1 00
A pood quality blue denim overall.
Suspender back, lots of poeUets. Full
cut. This is a real bargain.
Engineer and
Fireman Socks
5 pairs for $1.00
Colors black or brown. Medium or
heavy weight.
Lumbermen's Mitts $1
Kxtra heavy, sewn with rivets.
Neckwear $1.00
We offer you the finest array of spring
neckwear for ifl.00 that you will see
any where. Plain and faiiev colors.
I It may be, he Indicted, that the
flight of the Bremen will help to
1 solve the tragedies that befell the
I pioneers who perished on the way
j westward over the North Atlantic,
j Major Kitziuaurice will visit this
I village and Murray Bay umil after
j the Bremen Is repaired. Iater he
i hopes to see Montreal. Quebec and
; Ottawa. His reception here, he
said, made him want to see more
of "the most hospitable country he
ever visited.
j Other details of his flight were
t en "XndVanother
little Icebound settlement between
here and Greenly Island.
! "Va forfalnlv vara nnt tnroeA
down without knowing where we
were." he said. "We knew Just ex
actly where we were and we de
cided to land on that lake at
Greenly Island. If we hadn't gone
through the ice we could have
taken oft' again and at least
reached some place where we could
get enough benzol to take us on to
Mitchell field."
The first part of the flight over
water was just plain flying, he
said, but when the Bremen headed
Into the heavy weather off New
foundland, the fliers were forced
to reconnoiter for a long time be-
I fore they oculd fix their position.
I That was where they used up a lot
nt fnol lleail winds rooked the
, 8nlp and tu wjnds spun her crazily.
the major said, and in the "bumpy"
; r over the Grand Banks the fliers
felt that thev were close to the
answer to the fate of those others '
who preceded them but never were j
beard from again. j
Pnr hnttr thA shin fnll-cht Its'
way through a Btorm of growing
ferocity and the men aboard her
thought each minute would be the
last. But the 11 r e m e n came
through.
At the southern end of New
foundland her lights went out and
tho crew tinkered in vain to locate
the trouble. Captain Koehl had to
"fly blind," trusting to luck. They i
I Aiis-tuftiscii iui iuu miitro until uanu
.. .h 1.1 i. n,.i
position
But now the gas was running
ow. A denB0 ,oe ,,WeDt n toward
I them and a blizzard howled
through the mist. Koehl and Fitz-
..j
thought they must be
somewhere
above the Strait of
Helle Isle, and when a hole finally
Ifroke through the fog, Greenly
Island was below and ahead.
SEW. VOItK, April 19. (P) The
amazement of Major James Kltz
niaurioe when told that the world
Saturday
at Medf ord's
Pants SI Sweater Coats $1.00
When You Want
GOOD LUMBER
OWEN-OREGON
hnd been following the trans
Atlantic flight of the monoplane
Bremen was related today by Lieu
tenant Robert S. Kogg, air mall
pilot, who with a photogrnpher
had greeted Fitzmaurice at Seven
Islands, Quebec.
. Fogg said he congratulated Fitz
maurice tmd then told him thut it
was hnrd to realize that they wore
seeing him.
Fitzmaurice asked wny, and
Fogg explained thut the whole
world had thought the fliers had
run out of gasoline and were lost.
"Fitzmaurice seemed surprised
that there was world-wide interest
In the fliers." said Fogg, "he
grinned when 1 said lie hud the
luck of the Irish." "
"Duke" Schiller, who had
brought Fitzmaurice to Seven
Islands, recognized Tom lingun.
tho photographer and grubbing
him. carried him to Fitzmaurice.
"Kitz." he said, "meet the first
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A fine quality sweater coat with two
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38 to 44. Saturday only, $1.00.
Porosknit Union Suits
Saturday Only $1.00'
Regular $1.50 values
All Wool Caps $1.00
, Made of good wool suiting patterns.
Fancy linings, leather lip sweatband.
All sizes.
Athletic Union Suits
$1.00
Men's athletic, checked nainsook V
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"Ironman"
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gray.
Golf Socks $1.00
A large assortment of lisle gulf
Fancy and plain colors.
SPECIFY
Trade Marked Stock
MADE IN MEDFORD
.Irishman in America to greet you.
His name is Hngan.
j "Glory be, nn Irishman." said
j Fitzmaurice. "Wonderful ns all
j these people have been to us, it
j seems good to meet one of one's
i own countrymen In all this desola
; tion. I didn't know an Irishman
; would nllow himself to get this
' cold to meet the ghost of Brian
! Boru."
STATE POLITICS TAXOLKD
(Continued from Pace One,)
The statutes impose no time
limit for the exercise of this meth
od of filling vacancies in party
primary election tickets and thus
it is argued that the republicans of
the second district may through
their central committee designate
a candidate at the May primary
and get this name officially upon
the ballot before they have been
printed or later through the use
Leather Work Gloves
2 pair for $1.00
A good wrist-style leather work glove.
String fasteners, 2 pair for $1.00.
Wilson Bros.
Night Shirts $1.00
' Plain white muslin V-neck middy and
button-style, one pocket. $1.50 and
$1.75 values, sizes 17 and 18.
Hickok Belt-o-Grams
Sterling. $2.00 value
Flared, 1.00 value 2 for
A safe-guard for your watch. .Every
man "should have one for each pair of
pants.
Fancy 2-Pices U'wear
Large assortment of fancy shirts' and
trunks. All sizes.
$1 .00 per Garment
Belts and Suspenders
Fancy all-leather tongue buckle belts
$1.00 each
Fancy silk web suspenders, neat pat
terns, $1.00 each.
Turkish Towels
3 for $1.00
Bleached, double thread Turkish tow
els, size lS.38, 3 for $1.00:
socks.
The Largest and Finest (Nothing
Store in Southern Oregon
lot stickers.
Should Sinnot nllow his name to
go on the primary election ballot ,
and secure the nomination before'
withdrawing the problem of tho :
republicans would be simplified.
The congressional committee could .
subsequent to the primary election
and the withdrawal without ques
tion designate n nominee to fill the--
vacancy In the general election.
Tho only opportunity for the '
democrats to get Into the contest
to elect a successor to Slnnott,
either prior to or after the pri
mnry, lies in writing the name of
a candidate at the prtmury or by
resorting to the assembly method
of designating a candidate for the
general election.
MT. AXOEL. Fred Schwab Co.
builds large new st orage ware
house. Oregon City, contemplates JS5,
uoo civic center building:
$i!oo
$1.00