MEDFOTiD MfrTL TRTRrXE. MEDFOTiT), . PRECOX, FRTDAY. MAY IS, 1928.
any
HELD IN N. YORK
NEW YOKK. May IS. ( I'o
lire today announced that Willanl
W'nlliins. an escaped California
convict, had confessed to tile mil:
of Kofoert Hastiut;;. church or
Knniui. and Kern collector, who w:
fi:und stranslcd In kin apartment
at the Hotel Adrlenne.
Four diamond iIiiks correspond
in "-4 to the descrl ption of riiif-'s rc
luirtetl as p.irt of a $5,000 collec
t:..n whk h had disaiJiieared at the
lii.ie i.t lIio hllliiiK. was found on
Wuikius, pullco said.
ittolna 92S.0UD worth of genii misD
iliK fi'"in hits t-ootu.
;.( U ; lis lit llii d 1 1 1 : 1 1 lit- i;id
ititiiuH-tion with ilu- killing
u.linltUHl lu whs In tin- orxuiiixt'g
! room tho niulit of tin- murder.
I l-'oui' dtaliiomt rinc-i. iiTt'iuml- '
. ini; to rliiji.1 itils.sipK from Hastings'
. i-..lli' lliiii were found in Wat kins'
possession.
l'olii-e say Watkins conlVsst . lu- '
was one of four men w ho escaped
from the ;an Joatpiin county jail.
November 10. l:i;ii ;1nd that he
served st-ini-nees at Itii hnujiid. Va.,
San yuelllin. fal.. and I'oi U.md
Ore.
CAUSE OF ARREST BUSINESS MEN
, OF 3 SUSPECTS HELD AT ROSEBURG
AGAIN TO
E
PAGE SEVEN
Ity hi daughter lit Novnih'T.
At that tiiii'. although
years of ne. lie imiiruiit'd ho w.ts
uilvciituriMB with the MxU.ui
fotvi-K.
Tho late ( iror.t:
tui nia poet ami p
a.s Kiv-ii two
li.ipp-ar.ini tv ( J
1 1. '1.1
Si filing. CMi-
U-av ol llu-l.r.
liHls t.f thf
Ii'orKl. K. Wivhs,
spmnlent. toKI
X::V YuKK, May I S. Ti Wil
lanl Wntkin.s, 3 1 years old. who '
K-ild 1m wiiH an iir:;itant pressman
en a New York intwspa per. was ;
I.eUl l.y polite on n charm of i
hniniehle today in connection with '
the death of Hubert HastiiiRs. an :
Hi-Ran 1st and Kvm i-ulh-ctor. Hast- I
Injrs was found in his r-xmi at the
jl"tel .Adrienne, sininK.,1 death I
l'OKTLAXU. Ore.. May U. iAN
WilUrd WntkiiiK record in J'ort
land allows that he was arrested in
tHiuhtr, litis, fnr bui-KliuixiiiK the
Hm Selling stt.rc and paroled, lie
was then arrested here fn Octoher.
1!23. as II. It. Caswell, wanted in
l'ondloton for burglary. Km- this
offense lie was tried and senteiutd
to four years in the stale peniten
tiary. A circular is now in the
hands i.f tin- police sent from
Stoiltion, Calif., where he escaped
from Jail with three other prison
ers un November 3, lltJG.
I 'h i-enee is to
published by M.
and son.
have a apr.
D. Morgan, wife
MeMinnvillo spends Sso.dOn
'"'"'U'o dnin on Hawkins ereek.
Yul'XOSToU X, Ohio, May i s.
NciKlibora of Mr. ami Mrs.
Mux It. Hosonbaum, whose 10-year-old
daughter, lleatrue. was been
missile; lour days, were called by
police today to learn whether they
could identify any of the three sus
pects us tin man who drove infay 1
with the Ktrl early Monday morn-'
Tho last trace of Hen trice, sub-;
normal mentally, was furnished by
neighbors, who said they saw her
wet In a car with a at mime man
about s::i' o'clock .Monday morn-
ing near her home. Meaner tie-
scriptions of the man said he was
about 40 years old and was driving '
: a small car.
! KoSeubuum belleven hiB daughter;
. miht have been kidnaped tor ran
som by someone who mistook the
. father for one of his five brothers,
all of whom ire aueeessful Younjis
town business men.
KoSKltl lKI, tire . May is.
Pi The aaie convention of the
Oregon l-Yderation of liusiness
and Professional Women's clu'is
is siliedllled to open here this
afternoon at three oYlork. I tele
nations bean arriving last niRbt.
private ejus, stages and trains
briiiRln additional visitors this
morning so that by the time Ibe
session opens this afternoon, it is
expected that there will be more
than :tuo women from all parts
ol" the state present.
Miss Moselle Hair, state presi
dent, i i presiding over the meet -ins,
whh h will be Riven over this
; afteriunm to reports of tho fede
! ration officers.
Tonisht there will he u JiuMic
reception at the Klks lodpe hall.1
; where a fine entertainment of
j music, readings and short talks
i will be presented.
l -t s A x ; k I .i:s. m ay l
An investigation is under w av
I" d' teriiiine tile fate Whirli befell
Ambrose I lien e. noted California
am lnr and join nails t, who disap
peared in Mexiio in when
the land was in the rovolutionary
-np of Francisco Villa, the ban
dit leader.
Mrs. Helen Isrhkr of Holly
Wood. C;,l.. the daiiRhter of Kier-,
fail today that the invest Irui ion
is beinjf directed by Colonel C
.1 . Yekardi of the Meviean army,
ni.l mm in Mexico City. Ueceiit
letters from him indieate. she
i-aid. a measure of success In
H-arir.R up the mystery.
I tierce, who was noted for his
i misiie wit and tales of realism
in the early days of California
journalism, was last heard from
litiR that be had learned that
llierce was l reaeherously shot by
a member of Villa's staff. All
ot her version bad it that after
V ilia's rapture of Chihuahua,
I tierce proposed to a peon friend
alter a period of in.uiion, that
lliey desert toitlle Cnrrunza forces
and Villa, learning; their plans,
had them shot down in the uiRht.
T
FRENCH 11 WINS
IUXSTANTOX. KiiRland. May
is. (V) .Manette Lelilan of
l-'rance won", the women's -Rolf
hampionship of Crent Ih liaiu
today, defeating Miss Sylvia Mar
rhall. three up and two to play,
in the final Hii-hole mat eh.
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
The Sensation of the Season
MELTZBROSBAND
iSli?iiil!i!lill!i;;lii!li!ailM lTllllllljlj
J y OPENS TOMORROW ,
Dance Music i Extraordinary
Saturday's program is to in
elude a talk ly i.r. Arnold Ben
nett Hull, of the University of
Oregon at the slate federathi
luneneon at noon, while Miss Lena
Madcsin Phillips, national presi
dent, from New York I'ity, will
speak at the national federation
banquet Saturday niRht, ;
NKW VolEK. Mav is. UM The
home of liohert Klliolt. offb ial ex
eeutt.oier for four :uates and the
man who pulled the dealh switch on
Saeeo and Vanzelli. was bombed
earlv this morniliR.
i:iloti. his wife and two children
were t hrown from then- beds by
the xplosiou, but were uninjured.
The house, located in ijm-ens bor
ourIi, l.om; Island, was damael
ronsitlei al'lv.
The front porch was torn nway,
the fi-ont door blown down and
every v indow shut tered.
Threats were received by Klliott
prior in the Saccn-Van.elti exe
vutton ami for ft bmi; lime a police
uard was maintained about his
house; alter the Ruanl was remov
ed the poiicimau on that beat had
instructions to keep a special watch
over the home.
KIHott expressed the belief that
the bnmbim; was dune by wmpa
thiers of Saeeu and Vanzetti, rad
intlM exeeuled at ISnsloil for thu
Hlayini; of a paymaster. A ii"W
police guard was ordered around
the home.
Polite were unable to find any
one who haril or saw those who
plared the bomb. Members of tho
bomb HUHd from New York head
MUititeis estimated the bomb had
a time fuse and bad been placed
either on the porch of the houso
or under it half an hour before the
explosion.
Klliott was appointed executioner
for New York early In lltjtf. At tho
time he was exeeu tinner far Massa
chusetts. New Jersey and Pennsyl
yama lb- is f.4 years old.
Special Sale
Saturday
$25
Portable
Victrolas
Palmer Music House
"We Sell Happiness"
Hilarity Hall
Organ Chimes and Marimba Zylophones
are Featured
A Dime Lets You In
Don't Miss This Music!
Dancing 75c
Mandell-McLarnin
Bout Again Put Off
Now Tomorrow P. M.
4.
NKW YORK, May IS. OP)
Tex li irk aid announced today
that Sammy Mamlcll will do-
fend his lightweight chain-
pionship aRuinst Jimmy Me-
Uirnin t o in o r r o w night i
- weather permitting. The pro-
motor was authorized by the
i boxing commission to again
defer the bout on account of i
rain. Originally scheduled for
v last night it was postponed -fr
until tonh:ht when clouds J
i gathered in the afternoon. '
The clouds were followed by j
a hard rain today. !
, i
,
. .f !
WASMlNtiTON, May 1 S. -lty
a vote of 1 S6 to IGR, the house
today sent the Kenn bill to re
apjiortion the house membeiH upon
the basis of the forthcoming lt:i'i
census back to its census commit
tee. The move Is construed ) to
preclude the possibility of enact
ment of any reapportionment leg
islation this session.
"The Open Front Market"
Opening Specials:
Frye's Cottage Butts
Per Pound
23c
Frye's Picnic Hams
Per Pound
18c
Frye's Wild Rose Bacon
Per Pound
30c
Frye's Delicious
Small Hams, per pound.
28c
Frye's Lard
Per Pound
16c
Frye's Compound
Per Pound
16c
Frye's Delicious Bacon
Per Pound
50c
Milk Fed Spring Lamb Baby Beef
Veal Pork Beef Hens
Spring Chickens Rabbits
Sausage Hamburger
ALL KINDS OF PICNIC MEATS
City Meat Market
New Location, 121 North Central
CON. DEVORE, Prop.
0 Phone 324
FREE DELIVERY
McCall Printed
Patterns
Make Home
Sewing
Easy They are
Here for Spring
.DEPARTMENT S'lbRB
C. A. MEEKER, Manager
Medford's
Leading Store
Since
1894
Pay Less
Dress Better,
Mm
mm
I-
at Prices You Can Afford To Pay
Shangtai Silk
$1.49
This silk is simitar lo -i
pongee but heavier,
comes In all lint sport
shades, suitable f o r
window drapes, dresses
or children's weur. ',2
Inches wide,
Ladies' Silk Dresses
S6.75
hist received a shipment ol'
new sleeveless lull silk and flat
en-pes. also tigM wcjht, Txit
any flannel dresses, good as
sortment of eoloi's sneli as or
eliil, yreeu. white, peaeh, rose,
maise. All sizes. l 7C
.Sjieeial for Saturday '
Summer Dresses
Another jroup of new dresses
both in lout: sleeve and sleeve
less style in
crepe and tub s
price for
Saturday
georgette, flat
lk at tlx; special
!$14.75
if
v"
Swimming
Suits
Siitiinlny we ni'i' i?iv'mj?
ii way KKKK a ruhbi-r ro
settes with evei'y Imtliini;
suit of ."1 or over. Set
this wonderful iissortnient
of llrmlley liiitliintr Suits,
all the latest styles ineluil
iiiK i'eter I 'an neek mill
two-pieee suit, also plain
wools in all the new
shades. AYc carry a full
line of children 'h and
t;rowii-us' batliinj; suits.
All Wool Suits in women's
priced from :l.4." to $8.50.
All Wool Children's Suits
$1.7.") to $:U".
ml
WOMEN'S
Silk Hosiery
Bargains
$S)7) pure? silk Slrutwear
hose (to)) to toe) (dose out
of broken s h a d e s and
sizes, sidling special Sat
urday $1.5?)
MISSES'
Three-quarter
Hose
AVe place on sale tomor
row 'V) dozen Misses'
mercerized; extra fine,,..
highly mercerized; extra
fine quality, at only, nor
pair 50
Munsing Rayon Underwear
for Women
Munsing Wayon Vests 08
Munsing liayon bloomers $1.98
Munsing liayon Step-ins $1.75
Munsing liayon Combinations $2.00
Many good reasons why you should wear
lunsingwear: "It's a quality product," and
"minimum price consistent with good
quality."
Full Line of Munsing Knit Union Suits for Summer Wear
Light Colored Tan Shoes
Special prices on the new summer
blonds and beige pump and strap
slippers
S4.85, S5.85, S6.85 '
Enna Jettick Health Shoes
Reduces Fatigue
Arch support and combina- CC QCt
tion lasts '. uJ. J J
Basement Bargains
Women's Plaited liayon Sport Skirts $1.49
Largo Sized Rubber Aprons 250
Children's I'antio Drosses 09
liovs' Wash Suits 75 and 98
Hoys' and dills' Oxfords $1.49
Men's Summer Kniio Union Suits 7?)"
Men's Work Shirts 49 and 79
Men's Dross Oxfords 9 $3.75 and $3.95
Women's bow Shoes $2.98, $3.48 and $3.95
BOYS'
Smoked Elk Oxfords $3.45
Joys' smoked Elk Oxfords, brown
trim, solid oak leather sole unci
counter. .Made for comfort and long
wear. Size .1 to !.. Price $3.45 nr.-
, Be Sure and Ask for ' '
Green Discount Stamps
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