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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1913)
Lakeyiews Ideal Trad ing Place and Mail HCBViMSKB3BBBDBSBDBHBBE3DiBHHDriS3BVBi Order Store We pay the Parcel Post Charges on anything in the house, delivered to any Post Office (excepting groceries.) Send for Samples and Price List. Free on Request. LAST CHAPTER IN NOTED ALLEN GANG Last of Mountain Feudists Pay Death Penalty For Crimes Overwhelmed at last, after a century of mountain feudal tryanny the power of the Allen gang was forever put to! an end March 28 when Floyd and ! Claude Allen, father and son, died in the electric chair fur the QUin Up 6 murder in the Hillsville court house, on March 14, 1912. Just a year and a fortnight after their desperate effort to avenge the conviction of a kinsman by a mere court, they entered the death chamber after all avenues of possible reprieve tad bten barred against them. When a jury foreman tremblingly announced a verdict of guilty against Victor Allen on a charge iif periury in a moonshining case, the rage of the patriarch of the clan vented in itself in a pistol vulley, in which other mem bers of trie family joinen. Judge Thomas L. Massie, Commonwealth At torney Thornton L Foster and Sheriff Lew Webb were carried from the court room dead or d.,ing. Juror Fooler and Miss Elizabeth Ayres, stenographer, later dud from wounds. When the greet needle had swung slowly backward for the last time that day and the current wus shut off after , had stampeded for the dot r re eivcd dealing death to the "patriarch of the . slight wound-!. But the Aliens save Allen clan" and his son. Justice bad i Floyd, escaped unscathed, triumphed after a century of rule by a j Good staggered after the Allans, and family whose power dated back for ! as they turned and fire ion him from generations, and which took unto itself i the square, where their horse- were the domining over life and death, i tied. Floyd Allen, with a tul et rid Time and again the Aliens nave dpfied j died foot, disda;ned escape. He went the law, and as their power grew they j calmly into an hotel and went to bed. became more irsolent. It waa their j Victor soon joinel him. Extra depu boast that none of their breed show ties were hastily sworn in ard Moyd any law, sav; God's and their own. and Victor Allen were arrested. Floyd So when a jury found Victor Allen ' Allen, wild with chagrin at being lock- guilty, the clan made good its boast. There was a flash of steel, a volley, and whtn the shrieking spectators who had fled, cringed back again they GUARANTEED to be equal to any Beer brewed. Bot tled and on draught at all leading saloons Reno Brewing'Co. Inc. found Judge Massie dving, Sheriff Webb dead and Prosecutng Attorney Foster mortally wounded. Victor Allen a few months before had teen a government witness in a moonshining case. He whs su'len, ami the testimony he gave was decidedly in favor of the defendnant. A few weeks afterward Allen was arrested for periury. Floyd Allen assaulted the officers when they seized his eon, but they managed to take the young man mad with rage, to jail. On March 14, after a trial of two days on the periury charge. Judge Maasie instructed the jury, l he little court room was packed, and as Pros- l-lllin(r A t tnrnnu Thnpnlnn I Kftctar rinrvti tn uTi.nrinto Tint nntu tho lt f .5 n :dant, but his father the crowd gasped in surprise. When the iury returned there was a quick movement toward the judge's bench, and h en the foreman of the iury announced a verdict of guilty, with a screaming oatn Floyd Allen whipped his hand to his pocket. The other Aliens crowded closr and j "ourhed ith spurting weapons. Sheriff Lew Webb, who has drawn when Floyd Allen maoe his deadly move, dropped ai the first volley. Ihen came paoderronium Screams, the rush of terrorized men, 'omen and children and the crack of pistols, min gled with the oaths of the Alien:), as they scattered, leaving the little room empty, save lor its dead. Floyd Allen was shot through the foot; Clerk of Court Uexter CJood, who snot him, re ceived a bullet through the jaw : nd hi coat whs nearly burred off by lhe near fire: jurors and spe.-tators who ed up, attempted suicide by cutting his throat, but inflicted only a slight wound. But the Aliens for once had gore too far. Virginia massed her forces, ard On sale this week Corset Covers trimmed in lace and embroidery, sizes 34 to 44, special value 35c each, 3 for $1.00. Ladies Shirt Waists, a large variety of styles 1913 models, Lhe best values in town at. $1.50. Kabo" Corsets. The live model corsets. A perfect fitting and satisfactory wearing corset at 75c, $1.00, $1.2 5 and $2.00. Ladies' Summer Union Suits. A splendid garment, at 35c or 3 for $1.00, also Swiss Ribbed Union Suits exLra value at 65c, 2 for $1.25. NUMBER OF LIVES OVERJSTIMATED Devastated District Ex tending South Into West Virginia It is with much gratification that we learn that the first reports f the loss of life in the Middle West flood district was largely over estimated. Ke vised estimates show that in I'syton, I'hio, where the greatest loss of tew was sus tained, instead of the S.'OO d ad the number has been decreased to a few hundred. Onuha, Neb. and Columbus, Ohio probably comes in with the next heaviest uetitii toll while likely enough deaths were caused in Indiana and other affected purtn of the storm swept districts to bring the entire total to a little less than in (HI lives, lhe prop erty los is almost in possible tn esti mate, suffice it to Buy that millions up on millions of dollars worth of property were dtstroyed. CreBt damage was done to crips along the rich river bot toms which will no doubt hhvu u last ing etfect upon the country. The stories of Fullering connected with the territle dsiaster are most pitiable, although the munrcr in which the entire Union came to the sufferers' rescue with money and provisions ia most commendable, l'resident Wilson threw open the resources of the Feder al Government to the homeless thous ands and gave instructions for all pos sible government aid without the at tendance of ar.y "red tape" whatever. Latest reports state thbt in Dayton and Omaha especially the debris ia being cleared from the ttreets and that work of rehabilitation will begin at onoe. The Ohio River is yet overflowing its banks as far south as in Kentucky, and it is reported that the flood's can- sualitit s are reaching n.to that state but with far less loss to life and pro- ptrtv than in tr.e first stricken district Lakeview was aiijong the towns that sent contributions to the victims of the floods and tornado, the local Masons having subscribed liberally toward a fund to be sent to the homeless. Churchill Is Chosen J. A. Churchill, for z') years superin tendent of the city schu ils of liakir, aa appoii.ted by Governor West to succeed L. R. Alderman as state super intendent of schools. Mr. Alderman, who has acceptt d the superir.tender.cy of the Portland schools, will remain in his office in Salem ui.til July 1. Mr. Churchill is considered one of the ablest and most progressive educa tors in the state and will go into his new office with tne hearty indorsement of Superintendent Alderman,. The Baker achool board have offered Professor J. Churchill the same salary as that of state superintendent to re main at the nead of the Baker schools. Churchill has not vet decided wheth er to accept or reject the offer. The action of the board ia in keeping with the sentiment of the entire community. decreed that the man hunt should be gin. Then began a selge in the Blue Ridge mountains that has r ever been equaled in the wildest fiction. After a week of man hunting and trailing Sidnu Edwards was raptured at night in a mountain pass. Half starved, he offered no resistance. Then in succes sion came the capture of Friel Allen and Claud? Allen. Both gave up with out rooru Ughting cowed at last. Sd ria Allen and Wesley whom the bunt era wanted moat of all ua wielder. of the ftal guns, wr cnofjrd six non' 1 " 'iiir.ii 'i t'"? ia clue whicn Kdwaid s sweetheart un ) wittingly furnished. WORLD'S GREATEST FINANCIER DIES J. Plorpont Morgan Suc cumbs In Rome at Age of 76 J. Plerpont Morgan, the Now York financier, died In Rome Monday, March :tl. For months his health lim boon de clining, hut the symptom icrame greatly aggravated about a wee bo fore his death and since that time he hud been in a semi com stone condition. Tne official statement prepared bv the linaneior'a physicians indicated that a gradual general collaprc followed a condition of nervosa prostration which prevented the digestive organs from porformirg their funct ions and affected the mental faculties. The latest re ports contained no news of tho arrange ments to bling the body to America but it ha been suggested that the re mains will tie brought to this continent un a warship. Immediately after the rows of his death was received in New Y"rk an rouncement was made at the office of J. V. Morgan & Co. that the death of the Senior Morgan would make no ; change in the fln.ncial world, and that business would be conducted aa here tofore. J. Pierpont Morgan was born April 17, lS;n. in a brick cot'age in Hartford, Conn Aa a youngster bis tendency to write poetry gave him the nickname of "Kip." When he was 14 Morgan was sent to Boston to the English high school. He showed a particular bent for mathematics, bJt had no gifts in dicative of unusual mental power. For two years after graduating from the Boston high school, Mr. Morgan was a student at (Jettingen, Germany. At 21 he embarked on hia career a a banker. Of J. P. Morgan, financier, and of his achievements all the world knows. hew men have been more widely feared, yet mire generally trusted. 'I hose who met him only in a business way saw a man rough, cmphatl" and Inaccessible as the emperor of Russia, when he chose to be known ns the worst man in the world to interview and as a man who believed al.tolutelv in himself. His friends, however, knew him as a simple unaffected companion, an in teresting conversationalist with keen and genial humor. Business was not all to the life of J. I'ierpor.t Morgan. His office hours were short and at the cbme of hia 1 us 1 nesa day he left his office ard hi Mi-'i-ness behind him. Woe to the person who then approached him on business ber.t. He cared little for society b'jt u.ts fond of a good dinner in a congen ial cotnpanv, of rare wines an I dig, black cigars. Wines ne partook of with moderation. To cigars he was almost a slave. Morgan's control over men und money was the dominant keynote of his life. Others, perhaps, were wealthier than Morgan, but he commanded his wealth Bnd ihat of oil-era. At the heighth of his power he is said to have controlled 13,0110,1X10,000. Mr. Morgan came from an old Puri tan New F.ngland family which dat.-s back in this country to lGliii. He waa torn in wealth. His father, Junius Spencer, left him $10,000,000 and he inherited important banking connec tions. J. S. Morgan had accumulated his fortune in the drygoods business with Levi P. Morton and later as an associate of George Peabody, merchant, bunker and philanthropist. Indictments Dismissed lhe indictments which had baen standing several months against Hun ter Savidge, Herbert Savidge and J. F. Ooeller for extortion and bribery in I conrection with the issuance of a saloon license in Klamath Falls, have been dismissed. Ot all the huge uproar that baa been going on in our neighboring County for the past several years, these cases are the only ones that have reached the Courts. Should others get that far, it is more than likely that the results will be the tame, or If a trial tikei place the verdict will no duubt be one of acquittal. Young People Wed Mr. Earl Uarrett and Misa Delia Walker were married Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne in this city. Justice of the Peace Wm. Wallace officiated at the ceremory. The groom la the younger aon of Mr. and Mra. Gordon Garrett of Lakeview, while the bride la the eldest daughter of Mr. an1 Mra. John Walker also of this place. The affair was a sudden surprise to their frienda and apparently waa en tirely unauspected. The Examiner trusts their matrimonial venture will end in happiness and prosperity. Mrs. George Harrington, nee Grace Oliver, baa been quite ill the past sev- leral fay t her home a few mile be ' low thir- Cry suffering from a serious r't'-o ' ! 'i !iin if 'he ."t'l-'.ic'i iir. t. U. riiniin ia attending her and 1 at this time ia reported aa improving. I rttrvr nnftrrrniiirp luuKi rKuiccuimuj i In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Lake Cmity. Monday. March 17, 111.1. Court convened pursuant to order for pecial term dated March t, JIMS, with olllcera present a follow: Hon. H. Daly, County Judge; F. K. Anderson and T. B. Wakefield, County Commla Liners: F.W.Payne, County Clerk and W. U. Snider. Sheriff. After checking book of tho County Clerk. Court adjourned to meet at nine o'clock A. M. March IS, l'JUI. County Judge. In the County Court of tho tftnto of Oregon for Lake County. Tuesday, March IS, 11)1.1. Court convene I pursuant to adjourn ment of March 17, I'.MX tho same otlicers being present when the follow ing proceeding were bad ; The report of F. W. Payne, Cointv Clerk of Lake County, Oregon, show ing that during tho months of January and February HMD, bounty hd in-cn ( paiil, through bis said office, on 71'.) coyotes and 17.1 Hub-ats, amounting to JH- l.TiO, coming on for consideration on this date and tho court, after count ing the required number of feet and scalps, finding the report to lie correct, approved tho same and destroyed the same scalp and front feet aa by law provided. Court adjourned to meet at nine o'clock A. M. March l'l, 191.1. County J ml lie. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Lake County. Wednesday March 20, HM.1. Court convened pursuant to adjourn ment of March 19. 1U13, the same officers being present when tho follow ing proceedings were bad: In the matter of claim against Lake County : The following clams were examined, allowed, and warrant or dered drawn in tho manner provide I by law in payment of the samo, as fol low, to-wit : Tote paid out of the General Fund of the County. ('outldue.ii next wwk To Improvo Park According to information given out! in Klamath Fall by G. K. Goodman,! V. S. Assistance F.tiginn-r, two hun- I dred men ami one hundred team will' be put to work on the road in Crater Lake National Park within the next ' thirtv days: an additional appropriu- j Hon of SHKI.000 for park improvements probably will be male liy the xrra session of Congress, called by Presi dent Woodrow Wilson to convene on April 7. The ultimato purpme of tho govern ment," said Mr. (ioodwin, "is to build sixty miles of road in the park pro per. The approximate cost of this work will be Si'.OO.OOO, or $10,000 a mile. Should the $11X1,01X1 additional appro priation fail to pas tho extra Kession of Congress, Mr. (ioodwin says, there is already available nuf)ii-ient fun Is to employ fifty men and twenty teams in road construction during the Summer. Forty miles of imtomob le roads from Klamath Falls to the Lava beds ex tending along the West shore of Tule lake will be constructed thi Summer if the tentative plana of several public spirted men of the county do not tail, aays the Klamatn Northwestern. Indian Motorcycles tffTTSpring is coming. Watch the fcl il lows with motorcycles and you will want one. The new Indian Cradle Spring Frame is the most reliable, easi est riding and most simple to operate. Demonstrations upon request. If in Lerested consult F. E. DUNTON, Local Agt. PHONE 843 Real Estate For Exchange $20,000 worth of Denver property, ;ipartnient house above stores below, to exchange for Lake County property. Business block in Keno, Nev., valued $12", 000, pays 8 per cent interest, to exchange lor Lake County ranch. 135 resident lots in O'Brien's Southbrae addi tion, Keno, Nev., 1 mile from P. ()., adjoining the Sierra Vista tracts, owned by Senator Nixon, in the choice part of town three blocks from $05,000 gram mar school, to exchange for Lake County property, ranch, or Lakeview property or timber for part or all on equitable basis. List your ranch property or timber with me. I am advertising in several of the Lastern dailies. 1 am in touch with buyers. H. A. UTLEY, Lakeview, Oregon SURVIVOR TELLS OF OMAHA FLOOD Writer Says Tonffuo Nor Pen Can Not Describe the Conditions "Omaha, Noli., March 2fl, M.I. "LakeCounty Examiner, "Lakeview, Oregon. "Gentlemen: Knclosed please find M. O. for l-.oo. You may consider me a live one until March LI. 1914. "I am one of the thousand who e (-aped Ust Sunday' tornado. It took lea than two minute to snuff nut the live of 1-.1 people and dratroy millions of dollar worth of property No words nor pen ran describe tho condi tions of the storm swept tcr' tory t. tending from 47th Street and Leavens worth to Cut OlT Lake. "I will mall you copies of tn papera and they will give you an of tho situation. "Your very truly "J. R. Power, 1923 local Idea Lea vrnaworth Neoraska. st., Omaha, In addition to the above the Kxam incr ia ludchto I to Mr. Power for a pouts! card, tho first ot a aerie of pic tures of the disaster promised ua. showing a street cene in Nebraska' nielropuli after being awrpt by the atorm. The street i strewn with deb ria while one houae, literally torn from il foundation, i shown lodged against another structure several feet away. 'I ho peculiar antics of the tornado I evidenced by tho appearance of ome building which apnarently remained intact while other n arby are almost completely demolished. Embroidery Shop V( ) M A N S' FA NC V V ) K K KXCIIANUI2 ltulimlilrry wttrk ltmi tn urilvr. Hfiitlt I fill tin.snrt litrlit nf fashions, Cm t its. S'irfs, Whllt' Llnm I'hfvs, tntrt-lliiT with full II m' of hull irtmf l.nstrr mul Silk tn wurk with, t'riH-hrt Ciittmi, frliiw; vtc. 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