Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 22, 1928, Image 7

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Newspaper Page Text4 CHINESE ARE -HANGED, FIFTH IS GIVEN 'LIFE' STATE PRISON. FI.ORKNOR. 1 Ariz., Jun 2. iPt Kmir L' Mines ! mounted the gallou-R here c-arly to- day anil paitl with their lives for the niui-iler itf Tom Kiim. a Ktnj;- man, Ariz., roMiuurunt owner. A fifth Chivs, also convicted of t'". -"iii-if i- hjnl his sentt-nce com- muted to life Imprisonment yes-; tfnlsiy. The four hanged were B. J Sun, Shew Chen, Jew liar ami (; Kinjc I.onfr. Tliey paid the penalty hetwoen i and ij it. in. Kins was alleged to been killed )y them in n lont? , jvar, . 4 i 4 'ttrfj ,n WiiH the first to die. Ho J had to he carried to .ho uallows. i - trap was sprunc nt " a. in. and ! fifteen minutes nftr he was pro- ; nounced dead. Shew Chin was m-M. The trap was sprunn at ' !i:24. ile was dead at 5:43. Jew -J I :i r smoked a eiRarette as he ; film bed the thirteen steps to the ! allnwH and declared he was inno- , cent of the crime. The trap was sprung at 5:47 and he was pro- j nnunced dond at ti:Oti. flee Klntz also said he was inno- I rent. Ho wiih declared dead at (1:31. The trap was sprung at j ; : 14. i (ice KhiK also said he was inno- i cent. lie was declared dead at i:.'il. The trap wus sprung at C:14. . The four men were alleged to ha ve I ioc n m e ni hers 1 1 f t h e VJi n g ; Kong long while King, their victim J was a member of ihe Hip Sings. Wong Lung, the fifth convicted j of the crime, escaped the death ' penalty hy reason of his youth. He ' is seventeen. i SAN FRANCISCO: June 22. tP) California orchard isls will receive S42 a ton for number one vnt Rartlett pears this year. 'This was eon firmed today as the( net ion of the annual price-arrival meeting of the California Pear Growers as yoeiatlon here this week. Tim price of river I tart let Is. whleh brought the growers $.10 a ton last year, wan fixed at H4H a ton for this season. The crop is estimated at 2 U 0,000 tons with more than so per cent being first grade fruit. Last year's crop of nearly 200. 00a tons was sold on a $44 a ton basis for the numher one coast I'.artlctts. Picking this year will start the last week of June. Frank T. Sweet, association manager, pre dicted, with the peak being reacli i d in August. EX WIFE OF CAROL TO LIVE FOR SON lU'CHAREST, Rumania, June 22. A3) Free of her wayward hus band, farmer Crown Prince Carol, Princess Helen intends to devote her life to her adopted country nnd to inakii;-? a good king of her six-year-oltl hop, Michael. Although the decree of divorce from Carol, whom she married In Rl-'l, was absolute and she is tree io remarry, she does not intend to. Princess Helen showed no signs of exultation when informed that her petition had been granted. She seemed instead to he stricken with sorrow at the position of exile and ostracism into which Carol has heen plunged since he eloped with Mngda Lupescu in 192a. ' Caiol may appeal within five I days on the ground of fncontpeten-1 vy of the court but his lawyer said j after the divorce was granted that appeal would he futile. Neither i Carol nor Princess Helen was pres-j out nt the proceedings. -Al YRTLtf POINT Presbyterian! rhtirrh capacity will be doubled. Picnic Hams Ham?flf r Lean Bacon Per Pound wiLole . Per Pound , Per Pound 0 0 18c , 30c 28c FRYERS CHICKENS RABBITS Veal Roast " Veal Steak Beef Steak Per Pound Per Pound Per Pound 20c 30c 30c In our delicatessen age Cheese Olives CITY 121 North Central . NEXT SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATURE SAf.ry, ore.. June 22. tA Willi thd pledcN of three liu-mhers ut the him .Marlon H-ounty legisla tive delegation forwarded to him My telegraph today, Keprosentntive R. S. Hamilton of Hend has the pledgee of enough member to elect him speaker of the -x house of representatives. l- W. Settleniier of Woodhurn. the only memljer of the, next .Marion county delegation who served In the 1927 session, some time ago pledged himself to Ham ilton. The other three, all of whom will he new members, with held their endorsement of any can didate pending develop m e n t s. However, they told Hamilton that whenever any candidate hud suf ficient pledges that their pledge added would be sufficient to ilcct him they would he a unit for that candidate. Today Dr. W. Carlton Smith, one of the three, received a letter from Hamilton, saying that he had the pledges demanded by the .Mai'ion county n.en nnd asking for their votes. Making good their promise, Ir. Smith, i.ee McCallister and Romeo Con h-y. the three whose votes apparently' have swung the speakership to Hamilton, sent the lientl man a telegram jointly nign-' ed promising their support. HOOVER IS TOLD FALL IS CERTAIN WASHINGTON. Juno 22. (VP) Socrotary Hoover, republican presi dential nominee; willdepar( lor his heme at Palo Alto, Cal., between July 2 and July 5. It was tenta tively decided today. He will in terrupt Ins journey, it is believed, to . visit President Coolidge at Hrule, Wis. Leaders of the republican presi dential campaign began active work as soon -as they reached their desks. Secretary of the Interior Work, republican national chair man, joined Franklin W. Fort, the committee secretary, in searching for offices for national headquar ters. They looked over various of fice huihliiiKH hut reached no de cision. Senator Moses, lepublican, New Hampshire, who was permanent chairman of the republican national convention, predicted to Secretary Hoover certain victory in the na tional campaign. Moses made his iirst call today. The senator., referred to state ments' on prohibition made by Nor man K. Mack at Houston and by Governor Smith in New York. "1 have always said that for ev ery wet republican. Al Smith could get he would lose two dry women democrats," Moses said. "Oh, yes. the subject was men tioned to Secretary Hoover." As convention chairman. Senator Moses will lead the national com mittee to notify the presidential nominee. He remarked that Aug ust in. Secretary Hoover's 55th birthday, was a very likely date for the ceremony in California. REPORTS GAINS NKW YORK. June 22. (Pi The lumber industry as a whole made further progress in the week ended Jpne Hi. it is shown In re ports from J:17 mills to the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers' as sociation. The. soft wood mills showed a decline in new business but the gain o nthe hardwood side pit she dthe industry as a whole a little further along. Shipments of soft wood lumber increased, but production decreased sharply. Unfilled orders of 2.1G southern pin eand west coast mills were T4ti.4!Mi.l?l feet .against 7 .14. .137. 8lM for 2" mills the week In-fore. The Open Front Market SATURDAY SPECIALS department Pressed Ham Summer Saus- ' Pickles Boiled Ham Etc. MEAT MARKET Free' Delivery Phone 324 "' MMIH.l(Hlll,MAIITUIIU!MI,"MklW1,(UIU. BELIEVED DEAD PORTLAND, Ore., June 2 2. T'n yearn agi June 21. I SIX two Ani'-rietin soldiers stole out of a trench in northern Frame to set out across "No .Man's Land" on u mission of considerable im portance. They were Corporal Harold Rockwell and l'rivct Charles K. Davis. . An hour .'later they encountered a Cerman "patrol, and after a fight Rockwell !ivM taken prisoner and Davi was left for dead. Today Harold Rockwell of l.os Angeles and .Mrs. Rockwell and two Utt'- Rockwells halted their automohUe at a service station in Portland i i fill up with gas. They were hound for Rainier national park. An other car drew up alongside ot theirH. Charles E. Davis of Reltinghnm. Wash., a salesman for a tobnico firm, no'ted something familiar about the face of the man in the other ar. although he had never seen the moustache before. Rock well looked at Davis. "Haw; Haw!" laughed Davis finally. "You cant fool me with a moustache. Thought the Her mans got you," "And 1 thought you were dead," 'replied Rockwell. The reunion that followed was loud and hoist rous, and business at the filling station, was lied up for iiilo n while. i CAMP CLATSOP, Ore., June 22. (A1) A lar-'je crowd Is expected here tomorrow to at lend the re view of the Snd infantry brigade. Oregon National (imird. The re view will bo held before Urigadier General George A. While, Governor Pallet son, Major General Hines, Mayor Maker of Portland, city and county commissioners and promi nent citizens from ail parts of the state. ! The review. In which about 3000 men in uniform will participate. will begin at 2 p. in. Immediately Jafter the review a demonstration will he given of a war strength hat '. taiion of Infantry. , The public is welcome to attend ; tomorrow's program. ASHLAND, June 22- M Irk Pearl W right left on Tuesday for .Icn I nings Lodge. Oregon, to attend the summer conference for the young : people of the t'ongregati o n a 1 ' churches of the state. Miss Wright ' will go to itoriug, Oregon after the I close of the conference to visit swith relatives during the summer. Mrs. Delia Dodge of Medford I was an Ashland visitor on Thurs ' day at the home of Mrs. .1. P. t Oodgc at ft HO Roulevard. J Attorney and Mrs. ('. K. Roberts Jand daughter of Myrtle Point, Ore. jaro spending a few days in Ash I land with relatives. Mr. Roberts is brother of Attorney L. A. j Roberts of Ashland and Mrs. Roh- erts is a cousin of Mrs. Fred t Homes nnd Miss Tin Myers. I Mr. and M rs. Very I llarnt house I and daughter, of Ktu ninth Falls, I spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. Ilartnhouse's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rnrthouse on the j Boulevard. M rs. W. II. Dny who lives on Rauni street, recently broke her j ankle. She is reported to he doing : nicely and Is able to be about as ; the injured ankle has been placed in a cast. Miss Josephine Price, daughter of Richard Price, manager of ("ra it e r La k e lodge, was an Ashland I visitor on Wednesday at the home jof Miss Fdilh Dodge on the P.oule j vard. Miss Hiilis McCall of Klamath Falls is ill at her home with n severe case of tonsilitis and the mumps. Miss McCall has been n student at the Southern Oregon Normal school for the past two years and just graduated this ASHLAND , ! I month. She has made a laig jc ircie of friends while in the city. I (. W. Foilmillt-r has returned ! fi-'vn Albany where ho was hur : t iedly called on Friday on account ; of the serious lllne of Mrs. Koli f miller, who is visiting in Albany.. ' At Ihe home of her pa rents. Mrs. ! Foifcniller Is reported to be much better. Frank Dickey on Allison street left early in the week for Colorado Springs for a visit with his brother , ami tdster whom he has not vcen for a long time. Kenneth llobson. turn of Mr. and Mis. Fred llnh.-nn on Sherman , street, left on Thursday for West . Point military academy, where he will enter for a four year course , o training. Kenneth received the appointment early in the year nod was successful in his preliminary I examination, which he look at , Camp Lewis. Ile does not expect an opportunity to visit home folks : for two years, when he will be i granted a furlough. Miss Mary Matties, daughter of ; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matties, who I formerly resided in Ashland, has 'received her degree of M.D. fiom Stanford university. Miss Mulhes ! has been given a plaee on the staff of a hospital in San Francisco, i Mr. and Mrs. P.lmer Magnuson nt Santa Monica, fa lit'., are making jan extensive trip thruotit the I'nit 1 ed States. Mrs. Magmison was for ' merly Miss Lena Casey of this city, 'and is well known here by older j residents. Mrs. R. R. Ralls and daughters. !the Misses Janet and (ienc were (visitors in Medford Tuesday tit the 1 Louis Rrown home, j Mrs. Frank Dickey and lur nephew, John Kd wards are at jhome again on Allison street after spending several days at Vale. Ore., where M rs. Dlrkoy was called to iUttend to business matters, I Alpha chapter No. I. . K. S.. t met on Tuesday evening in' the ! Masonic hall. Mrs. Helen McCaU ! leu. worthy matron, gave n most i n t crest i n g repo n of the g ra n d ehapter which was recently held in t Portland. 1 Irving L. Vining will lie the (speaker at the Kiwanis club on ' Friday, when ho will speak on i Types and Tendencies. I Mr. and Mrs. (. A. Slums and Miss Klsio Aelxander returned ' lately from Cottage f I rove when jthey visited at the home id' Mr. (and Mrs. John Finuet-ou Rohhy McMnhon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McMnhon of Multnomah, I has arrived In Ashland to visit al i the home of his grandmother. Mrs. Moltou, mi Church street. Mr. and I Mrs. McMahon will be in Ashland J later in the summer. ; Among the Ashland people who j were in Medford on Thursday I evening to enjoy the pipe organ j recital by Frank Sealy were M Iks j Rerna Jlaight. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Strange and Miss Frances Strange. .Miss Helen Anderson. Miss Leona ; Marsters, Miss Lillian Ornves. Miss ( Kathi-i'iiie Vincent and a number 01 tue Annual Ktuuents. Miss Fthel Relil. a teacher In t be Ashland Junior high school, has gone to Kugene, where she will be a student at the summer session of the state university. Mr. and Mrs. W. I). Wlu-elei M iss Mar.iorie Wheeler, and M rs. Alary Mathews of Medford visited early in the week al the home of M is. ( ! ra co A n d re ws on Vim rch street. i Miss June It Skins, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. II. S. Aikius. has gone to Kiddle. Oregon, to spend the summer with her grandpar ents. Mr. and M rs. C R. Sweet and son Harry, and .Mrs. J. S. Sweet of Santa Jtosa. Calif., arrived in Ash laud last Friday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. (i. (I. Kuhunks on V!mT street and with Mrs. Julia Coodyear on Church street. U. L. nurdle has returned from Portland, where he met Mrs. Hur dle, who was making a visit in Portland. Knroute home Mr. aul Mrs. liurdlc stopped In flr.ints Puss for their three boys, who have been visiting their grandparents there. The city fire chief, Clinton fSuughman, has been directing a crew of men iir burning off the vacant lots of the city, ' where the growt h of wild grass and weeds has become' a fire hazard. The plan is to clean up the vacant lots before the Fourth of July, when thei'c Is unusual risk. A small charge Is made on property owners for the work. Miss Lorraine Span- nnd Adena Joy left early Thursday morning with It. i. Fowler, county agent, for Corvaltis. where they will at tend the closing days of the boys and gii ls summer school. 4 IIOPI-: roit AMINDSKN KM US (Continued from Pag On,) Frgent instruction;, however, have been wired to the cruiser i Wtrashouiv; to make all hasto norlh jwatd. It probably will leave Cher 1 hourg during the night while the I dispatch boat, Quentin' Roosevelt, i which nlHo has been ordered north, ! 1h duo in Bergen this afternoon. j KOMK, Italy. June 22. p Mil 'jors Muildnlena and Penzo, Kalian airmen, made a reconnaissance ovor Ihe Nubile party off North ;easi land today, refound the six stranded men nnd dropped addi tional Mupplies for them, j News of the second trip to the ; relief of Nohile and his five com ! panions was received from the base I ship Cltta dl Mflano at Kings liny I and was tuude public by the offi cial news agency Htofanl. ! The sealer Isbjoern arrived nt i Kings I lay from Trontsoe, Norway land reported that nothing had been I seen of Amundsen's Uano. The i sealer traversed the waters over (which the plane must have paused, j The Hvalbard. which in ihe ov ievnor's boat, left Advent bny to Idny for Houth Cape to seek Home trace of the Amundsen partv. 4 A I, STATKS POSITION (Continued from Pnpf One) Xphranka and K.-inna. An thoy nee It. If lliey can ilrk up a hatch of votes from tinmc Htuir'H nomination of thfir favorite will he aHHiiretJ. Thn dynamic Meed will llirow hiniHelf wholeheartedly Into the fiBlu after his arrival and will have the assistance ot such mea of his okktioN, IMkvV, .u I organization as Sam Fot dyce. his , ' campaign manage:-, aud Charles Ho well of Human City, who js to place his name before tlu- c.mven- 1 linn. Reed Arrives Ited is not u dclev.aie to the t m ' vent ion, but some thought h:is been given hy his advisers l; the advis ability of having him take a seat by proxy, thus clearii: i the way tor :hfm to sit on the platform commit 'tee it he si wished and to address (the convention if the situation 'shaped up so that he would vcgaid this course as desirable. There have been Indii aiions. I owever. that this course will not be loiloued. definite decision awaits the arrival oi the fMissomiati and conferences he imtnedtr.telv will begin with his i-nlitical lieu tenants tnui his leading supporters in several stales. The candidates and leaders actu ally opposing Smith have vigorous support from the dry organizations ot the country, spokesmen for whom nvo mapping out a program of rallies for Sunday and Monday in an cflott to. influence the dele gates against the nomination of a candidate who ihey regard as wet. Another candidate besides Weed - wilt reach Hom.um today. He i;; (ieorge of Ceorgia. wl.o has the en dorsement of his state organization and is expected to draw some strength from Morula, Alalia tin. and perhaps Smh Carolina, and some oilier of the southern states, jlleorge will open headquarters at the It Ire hotel, where Smith, Heed ; and Cordell IJull ot Tennessee al leady have their main convention l offices. 1 Barefoot Sandal 3 ' 1 $1.49 All lent her Sandals, oak soles, buckle si rap fasten er. Sized I'loin the little one up to the largest. All line price. .") to $1 ,.0 (Haseiiiciil Dept.) Rubberized Aprons 25c 49c 69c Itcaiitif'ul shades of blue, ttreen. pink. tan. All sizes. I Itascllletil Dept.) I Pay Lces Dress Better I . Tomorrow' Is 'the Filial Day". I COME BUY rSAVE I n'i. l-j, ir',s. ANY TIME You Wish the CORRECT Time Just Phone 2 1 5-J LAWRENCE, the Jeweler Watches, Jewelry, and Silver of Quality Anything you desire in Silver or Jewelry, we have it or can very quickly secure it for you J. F. LAWRENCE Corner Main and Fir Established 1908 .-il Long Sleeved Voile Dresses' S5.45 and S5.95 Vino ,(iuilily voili.', dark MI'ihiikIc, sinnll l'iL.'iifpd, limp: sli'cvi'il. Jli'tlimii ami liti'tte sizes, . (Main Fluor) i Printed Wash Dresses S1.49 andS1.98 Fast cnloi'i'cl tape or Iai."j with ramlv trim. All sizes $1.40 niul $1.98. Women's Beige Shoes S4.85 S5.85 S6.45 New slylcs received this week Marked special lor this event. All Wiflt lis. ftxtra values. (Main I'Moor) Vomen's Patent Low Shoes S2.98 and S3.48 Komi styles, fancy or plain I rim. Sizes M In A. (Haseiiiciil Dept.) Women's Rayon Hose 39c A lnslrotis stin'kiiif;, schiiiIcks, nil summer similes. Sizes ' to l" 30c (liitsi'Iiii'iit Dept.) Turkish Towels 19c Ulxltli inches, perfeet lileneh, fast colored bor ders. A whopper vnl- '" 10 (Main Floor) Men's Socks 25c and 39c Men's rayon socks, fancy. Special inorrow 25 a 30 Men's Overalls $1 llih or waisl overalls, heavy denim. All sizes. Hxtr! special $1.-00 (Main Floor) Don't Forget to Ask for Green Discount Stamps Given with All Cash Purchases T'Aiil') SKVKN". lillllH" Boys' and Girls' Nainsook Union Suits 39c Onerously e it t, un breakable buttons. Siz ed 210 Hi years... 30 (Husement Dept.) ii 'U TSgZaH'!S:: o " -.ir ,.