SEVEN
'DON'T BE FOOL
fiery tar in every direction and as
it rained down upon the water it
(spread and continued to burn,
j 1'iiur men on a barge bcneai h
1 1 he pier wen- forced to dive into
'the bay in their effort to ee:ipc.
.Olllv oile of these reappeared.
The survivor, l'nul Wesleu, who
saved himself by swimming under
water, expressed the bi lii f that Un
til her I tirec workmen hail die I
under the blazing surface of l lie
bay. Three of the missing are
, Harry Sowers. "Shorty" Johnson
ami Andrew Anderson.
; Small craft moored near the
pier eaimhl fire and several fire
men sustained injuries in putting
out the blaze.
"As I dived Into Hie waler I
caught a glimpse of the other
I three men hurtling through ihe
'.ill.' Westell said. "I swam under
water as bmg as 1 could and then
came up for air. On reaching the
surface my head poked through a
mass of burning tar. Despite agon
izing p.iill I dived again. Tills
rinu- I sv.um a good distance and
thought I wmtld lie out of the;
burning area. Jltlt 1 eame to Hie
surface again only lo find myself
still surrounded by fire. .My third
dive carried me out of danger. If
1 bad not l.crn abb- to swim under
.;iter I never would have made It.
I am aiYii-l the other fellows are
gone."
The "Pull" That Failed
RUTH SAID AS
A FIERY DEATH
ID
AY
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7. W
Sevenly-fivo t"naiits of the NiXun
apartments here left their rooms
in night clothes shortly after mld
n lit when fire broke out in ; Hi"
apartment house.
Pour lire companies quickly ex
tinguished the flumes. Damage to
tli building ami contents was esti
mated by fiie department officials
at Mrnll. The fire started, it was
said, when a tenant dropped Ji
lighted rhrarette on a davenport.
DI:K1:1'"h:L1). .Mass. I'nltarlnn
.Ministerial union adopted resolu
tion declaring religion no dismiali
! fieation for eaudidates for office:
! deplored statement of Dr. Albert
! t Diffenbnch, I'nltarian clergy
j man and editor of Christian Ueg
isler, that no Catholic should bo
Heeted to the preshleney.
Atlantic Flyerette Chilly and.
Cruel, Hubby Alleges j
Worker Swims Beneath
Flaming Waters, When
Hot Tar Rains After Ex
plosionFear Three Lives
Lost Experiences Re
lated. Lost Weight and Sleep-
Miss Edler, Nee Womack,i
Medford 's Leading Store Since 1S94
Pay Less Dress Better
Indifferent to Divorce.
. StEDFOIi'D" SfATL TRTBTJITO, flrflTVroTH), OftEfiOy. FRIDAY. SF.PTT.MTtr.rt 7. 1D2S.
BALK
A . H - W U sg5
KISS IS REFUSED
M R
fVv I ' I More TrtAM A ) If H
! "'mWVi ' '' ( Jack aw to ,1 ! ;
fflSY.fco GET HIM OUT iKtousAN
',Tv,., OF THAT A I'h
. 1
IIAI.UOA. Ciinul Zone, Sopt. 7.
(I; l.ylo Wumnck liopi's to obtain
an Interhu-uUiry decree of divorce
In December from Until Klder,
who "cho.se it career rut her thitn
be ji housewife."
Her fiillure to kiss hijm upon
her return lo Xew York after al
most Hying aerosts the Atlantic lw
cited in his petit Ion for divorce
as a cause of much embarrass
ment. Ho (.buries that at that
time she said to him in an under
tone: .
"Don't be a fool."
Cruelty is charged in the peti
tion and Womnck understands his
suit wJll nut be contested. Al
though an Inlerloeutory decree
may be obtained in December un
der i he laws a full divorce can
not be nmnted before next .J tine.
Wumack's petition says his
weight has been reduced, effici
ency for work lessened, and health
and reason c n d a n k c r e d. He
uhai'Kes that his wife's trans-At-fiintic
flight attempt caused htm
many sleepless nights. .
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Kept. 7.
tjpy Jtuth Klder will not contest
the divorce action filed against
her in Balboa by Lyle M'omack.
"If he wants a divorce there
must be a good reason," she said,
in announcing she would not op
pose his move.
Miss Klder, in answer to Wu
mack's charge of neglect of her
home, asserted he hail provided
no home. She expressed surprise
that her husband had not inform
ed her previous to taking action
against her.
SAN PIIANC1SCO. Sepl. 7. uVi
Pour workmen today were be
lieved to have perished under a.
sheet of blazing hoi tar whieh
oo.ed out over a portion of San
Praneiseu hay as the result of an
explosion. Three others were in
jured and the woodwork on a
SlMKMt.OOii pier under construction
wan badly damaged.
Tile explosion occurred shortly
' lief oi e iiiidmglil last night while
;a crew of about men was apply
ing the heated lar to the pier. A
j blow torch which was being used
ignited a cauldron of tar.
The ensuing blast threw I ho
Woman's Dream
Comes True
At last you find a new wonderful
face powder that keeps ugly shine
away. Will not enlarge the pore;,
ami spreads so smooth !y ih skin
(looks like a pencil. .M KLL(-( 1 LO
: is made by a new Prencli Process
1 and slays on longer. Oood looking,
well groomed, women simply love
lids niiirvelons ivw Pace Powder
! .MKLLO-dLO. Heath's Drag Slore.
REALTORS NAME A. W. PIPES FILES BERRYDALE ASKS
COMMITTEE FOR ! FOR MAYORALTY FOR FORMING OF
DISPLAY AT FAIR
ONYX
POINTEX
HOSIERY
For Women $1.95
SSTRIGT
TO TAKE JOB. AS
A FREIGHT ELERIte
i ' As un uftermuUi of the nnnuuiu'o- j
, ment Jiublished recently in this
1 newspaper that efforts were lieing
, 1 I made by business men and others ;
At a well attended and eml.usl-! '? l. A. W. I'lpes, owner of '
'astle niectllii; of the llealty Hoard 1 , l """" " of
! today at the' Hotel .Medford, ( eanu.uau! ' """ " ' evcnii.K
! question of a booth at the .laekson j ?.oral cleetion, to yeph.ee Mayor , .,,
ieounty fair, whieh beuins next : ,, , ' ., ,"' , to elreulate petitions for presenta
. ...,.., ...... ...... ..
At a meeting held by residents !
the Lerrytlale section last
at the Howard school, ;
was unanimously readied
Wednesday, September 1
l cussed pro and con.- ......
an I McOonald, a member
was dis-;
to the county court for th
j authorization of a water- district
j in order that the Herrydale see-
NPPL'JtroU, Wis., Sept. 7.
John Coolldge expects to go into
the railroad business, making his
start in the
j fused to run for the office again
the c undid any, "f Mtt Pipes was
the fair board, was a cuest at the i . I Hn may have a water system
luncheon and slu ed that space n colltaln about 200 names.
iPl i Kltv JJIllllM MUM OUCH tlllUttll illl
reserved and
ihe fair will
indications arc thatj
The candidacy of Karl H. Fnhl
be a record-breaker.
for mayor was filed some time ago
- freight department ofj1'1 every way
the Xew York, Xew Haven & Hart
ford railroad, it was leurned to
day.' Although Prtsident Colidge's
son has not as yet closed with any
definite position, it is understood
be has ,maiie up his mind to take
up such a job unless unfurseeu
circumstances arise. lit expects
to he stationed in Hartford, Conn.
Possibility of his taking such a
position was first discussed Ihis
rummer when Thomas Cochran, a
partner in the banking firm of .1.
P. Morgan & Co., and an old friend
of Mr. Coolidge', came to spend n
night at Cedar Island lodge. Coch
ran, who also is a director in the
. railroad in question, suggested, it
is understood, that John take such
a position.
'ihe dale when he is likely to
start on his new duties is not!
known. It is understood this will;
depend to a lariA1 extent upon j
which plans he will develop after 1
meeting Mins Florence Trumbull. '.
daughter of the governor of Cou-
necileul. whom he has gone cast
t o meet on her ret u rn from Ku -rope,
and n guest of whose family
he will probably bo for some time
in .Maine; where Governor Trum
bull has been spending the summer.
unri, with Mr. Pipes.' candidacy filed
yesterday, this makes two candl-
Freo admission tickets are being ;,n(B nllt fnr thni ni firft tIiafp
distributed today to out of state ; havc ))een rumm.s of the possible
luunsis nom i res a oil uu- souin
to Huthcrlin on the north, in or
der that the affair will be widely
advertised and hundreds of peo
ple attracted to attend who other-
candidacies of two other men for
j mayor, which have only proved rti
1 mors so far that have neither been
j nffb'med or denied by the princi
nals involved in them.
wise might not feel able to afford I City Recorder M. t Alfovd and
the trip. -City Treasurer Herbert Herrhui
The following committee was ap-i iiav.e also filed as candidates for
pointed today to arrange the ex- j re-election to their respective of
hlblt and select space, either nti rices. Although four new city
the Merchants' building or hi a conneilmcn arc to bo elected at the
separate booth on the grounds, in! fall election, no councflmtmic cun
the event that the ltealty Hoard ' didacies have Vet been filed.
enters a display: K. C. Corn. I Amoni; othorH, J. U. HuhhrII has i
chairman: Charles Winr. A. C. ) been mentioned as a possible can
llarncs, Kd AVhite and Carl Teng-didate to succeed Councilman A. C.
wald. The board may cooperate j Hubbard, who refuses to run for
with the Chamber of Commerce In ' the office a-yain.
distributing literature and in other!
ways interesting visitors in the in
dustries of the Koguc Piiver valley.
for domestic use, with the Med
ford's million dollar water system
as tile source.
The new district, which Is to be
known as the I ierrydale-Howard
wati-r district, would float a bond
Issue of fliii.UUO. . committee lias
been at work on preliminarv plans,
t for some time and little .trouble
is expected In bringing water to
this growing section, which will
have 1 2Ii water users.
The question of Installing large
hydrants jfor fire .protection was
al.so discussed, but no definite de
cision was reached.
SCORES SUCCESS
lUNTICKS ANUKY
A "That Awful Difference," eom
IV cdy drama by Miss Helen Xoriis.
flli V broadcast last night over K1() at
High School Students
Take Piano Lessons for
CREDIT
Register at once with
Ncel L. Erskine
.Accredited .Piano Teacher
Studio 611 W. 8th St. at
Laurel
Phone 934-X
WE DEVELOP
FILMS FREE
West Side
Pharmacy
"The Rcxall Store"
(Continued from Pago One.) .
For the purpose of acquainting
newcomers in this city with Hie
activities of the community and in
other ways aiding them
' into the citizenship of
keeping the deer hunting season;
closed until September 0. unless'
there shall be a heavy general rain J
before thnt time. The season nor-1
mully opens September 10. und
many hunters are already in the
woods, prepared to start hunting
on that date. i
The governor's proclamation!
provides further that If there is no
rain before September 20, . thOi
hunting ban will be extended be
yond that dnte.
The governor's order was Is
sued after a conference with P. A.
Elliott, state forester: Harold Clif
ford, state game warden- It. L.
jChapler. representing the Oregon
Forest Plre association, and C.
I. Starr, representing timber
owners.
Game Warden Clifford contend
ed that deer hunters do not add
In fitting ,to the fire menace. That the woods
Medford. nave been full of vacationists for
E
Oakland at 7 : :i 0 o'clock is report
, to be one of the best of her
j several splendid phtys, according
to -Med fot fans, who listened in
! on the clever performance,
f For the benefit of Miss Xorris'
' Xext Monday night's meeting of jm.my admirers who were unable
j the local American 1-ogUm post to get KflO last night, the pla.v
will be a big one. judging from' 'lll ,be .repeated next Tuesday
I all present Indications. This wllljn'K"1- September JI. at the KM Mb
be the last opportunity to nom-; f,u"'"' fnim ! to 10 o clock, with
inate officers for the coming year Karl nvls In charge. The pro-
and some interesting political de- U'nim will be sponsored through
i
I
velopments are looked for. With
the annual election only two weeks
away, the "political pot" is begin
ning to boll and competition for
post offices promises to be keen.
All local legionnaires are urged
to be present at this Important
meeting.
1
the courtrsy of Copeo.
Wall Street Report
NKW YOJlK. Sept.
m
plans Hre under wav to form a club ! months, and strongly opposed the; Trading facilities on the stock
exclusively for men who have lived i proclamation. exchange were mvamped today by
here less than five years. The
first meeting of a group of the pro-
ipoters was held this week at the
Hotel Jackson and another meet
ing is scheduled for next Tuesday
evening at the same place.
. Five weeks ago a similar organi
zation, known as Cradle No. 1, was
However, the governor had re-lone of the wildest bull markets in
ceived telegrams from .various! history. Prices of active slocks
were up 'i to nearly $0 a share
nH steady streams of buying or
ders poured over the wires from
all sections of the country, from
ships at seu and from European
capitals.
Despite the abbreviated quota
tion system, tvorkcd'at Toil rnpno
fty by relays of operators, the
parts of the state urging that the
season be not allowed to open j
Two of thse came from the Iakr
county court ahd the Lake County
Fish and Game association. Other
came from eastern Oregon coun-
completed and a club of tho same .ti. several being from Iji Grande
nature is now being formed at Clifford said that 5000 hunters
Klamath Falls. plan to enter the forest thin sea-
in editorial in the Oregonian son and thnt the state game com-1 stock tiekpr fell more than half
witiiin the past few weeks com-' mission will lop thousands of: an hour behind the market before
mended Grants Pass on tha new! dollars In license receipt hy rea- j midday and never caught up.
move. "If this southern Oregon son of the hunting ban. The gov
Idea should spread near and far, tojernor replied that this loss would
the betterment. of human relations. (be small, compared with the Iofs
this newspaper would not be in the ito timber ownern, should dlsas
least surprised. For there are jtrous ffres occur,
luncheon clubs with far less excuse I
for existence," states the .article, r WASHINGTON. Secretary of
Montgomery ward common
stock, which sold us low as $ 11 7
a sh a re earlier In the yea r, wa
the sensational Individual featuic
climbing $20 n share to a new
rich rerord at K242. The rise in
this stock wnw so rapid that the
Hans- hart, Iowa, brought Hoover op-1 . m, -h t-.i i
reports from the wt: tnr ti, .m.i, th
WASHINGTON. H. C.
broiKth. former republican senator timistic
from North Dakota who bolted to ; Ilepresentative Taylor. Tennessee,
Smith called upon Hoover to re
pudiate newspaper statements
eekinff In appeal to reliKlona pre-jti(cef
told the nominee his state safely Notice,
republican: Senator Sacktt. Ken- Dancln at Jnckson Hot Hprings
lucky, jmid campaign there nmnlug Club Saturday night, P;SO fo 3:00
smoothly. fi'j
I
FRANK'S
Comedians
IN
The Big Tent
Fri., Sat. and Sun.
The 3-act Riot of
I Comedy
U
Prices 25 and 50 cents
6th and Holly
Coming Tuesday
"Don't Tell My Wife"
My big purchases of
Fall and Winter Tex
tiles are marching in.
New Fall Fabrics of
the finest texture.
Rich colorings. Mel
low browns, pleasant !
grays, sturdy blues,
rich blacks, snappy
mixtures.
I
Come in and look
them over.
You know you don't
have to buy if you are
not ready, but I'll ap
preciate your opinion,
anyway.
Mm
Upstairs
C. A. MEEKER, Manager 1 I :
Charming Fall Apparel
Personally selected in the fashion centers of the Pacific coast by
our buyer, will be hero for your shopping visit tomorrow. Don't
overlook these autumn displays and note particularly the excep-.
tional values we are offering this season at the
ept. Store
Women's Fall Coats
M
Tomorrow Erings Some Extraordinary
Values in Women's Fall Coats.
Evrry coid lias extra value heavy fur sliawi
;-Iai-x and ruffs.' Kirli colored tans, blarks
and blues. Sizes 14 to 52.
$19.75, $24.75 to $32.50
New Satin Dresses
$9.85
The new fall dresses are a deliiilit to Hie
eye and accord new style and. r(inl'ort to
every wearer.
Such values can not be equalled. One lot
special tomorrow ij9.8!!
Always Popular Prices
.$14.75, $18.75, $24.75, $29.75
$32.75
Right Shoes
At the Right Time
At the Right Price
Xew fall Novelty Low
Shoes for women in all
wjilt lis anil combination
lasts. Popular prices.
$1.85, $5.85, $6.85
$7.85
Hotter slioes for. less al
ways at the .M M shoe de
partment. Enna Jettick
Health Shoes
$5.95
If you have foot trouble
Knna Jelticks will cure
them. A style for every
foot. Triple A to triple
I'j combination lasts.
Zephyr Prints
New Zephyr prints for school dresses.
These prints carry an absolute tiuaranlee
and are in both liht and dark color com
binations., yard 47
Ruffled Curtains
K'ulTled curtains to lit any bedroom color
scheme. Many with flowered borders in
voile and rayon $1.25 to $1.95
lied spreads to 'correspond with curtains
$5.95, $0.95, !8.50.
M. M. Store Specials
Novelty Table Cloths
l.'ayon table cloths are one of the new fall
ideas. Softer than linen but with all the
lovely sheen and outstanding patterns.
All white and white with colored borders
51 by 5 inches. Special $5.45
Silk Specials
Our 2.00 printed silks on sale Saturdav
lor $1.47
We are selling our 2.110 value flat crepe
Saturday for $1.47
All the new shades in costume velvet on
sale Saturday at $1.97
BARGAIN BASEMENT
Children's School Dresses 95-
Children's Rayon Alpaca Slips 98c
Women's White Muslin Gowns 61
Children's Waist Union Suits 79
Pillow Slips, size 42 by 36 A pair 45t
Girls' Gym Bloomers $1..9
Boys' Sox - fancy assorted colors 25
White Ruffled Net Curtains A pair 45r
Women's Patent Hi Heel Pump $4.45
Women's Patent One-Strap Pumps or Ties ....$2.98 to $,'5.95
Children's School Shoes $2.19 to $2.98
Boys' Shoes $2.49 to $3.49
Men's Oxfords -tan or black $3.29 to $3.95