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Newspaper Page Text.VOL LXI NO. 19,232 tntrd at Partita lOrwn PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922 26 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS r iii i rr iiniriu Tim I LONG CUTS LEAD $16,000 LEFT DOGS; 'CTPIIfrPC ftPPTDT I $500,000 PROPERTY RANGER KILLS YOUTH IN ROW OVER FIRE JIM VAXBIBBER GOES 50 MILES TO GIVE SELF UP, KLEPPER RETAINS CLUB 'PRESIDENCY 0 rxlLLLU VVnLIM IUU WILL IS CONTESTED UMIIULIIU nUULI I IS BELIEVED SOLD IS BLOWN TO PIECES OF REEO TO HARDING'S OFFER CAKETAKEK OF 3 CAXIXES WANTS $75 MOXTH. EAST FIRST STREET TRACTS REPORTED TRANSFERRED. SEW YORK HARBOR SCEXE OF AWFUL- EXPLOSIOX. KUN MEMBERS U r Rural Districts Reduce Senator's Margin. W. H. SPROUL, KANSAS, WINS Campbell, Rules Committee Chairman, Is Defeated. OKLAHOMA RENAMES SIX Mi's Alice Robertson Renoml giatrd; Senator Sutherland of West Virginia, In Lead. PRIMARY RKSl tTK IX KOI R STATES Sl'MMARIZKD. In Missouri, senator Reed's lead over Ereckenrldge Long for democratic nomination for Mni( was cut to 7744. R. R. Brewster wit leading William Sacks for republican nomina tion. In Kansas. Representative Campbell, republican, chair man of house rules committee, was defeated by W. H. SprouL TV. T. Morgan Increased his lead over W. R. Stubbs for governor nomination. In Oklahoma, representa tives from six of eight con gressional districts. Including Miss Alice Robertson, appar ently renominated. In West Virginia, returns increase lead of Senator Suth erland, republican, over H. C Ogdea of Wheeling. ST. LOUIS. Aug. J (By the As sociated press.) Senator James A. Reed made a gain of S votes when a telegraphic error In re turns from Bates county was recti fied here late tonight, and is now leading Breckenridge Long, former third assistant secretary of state in the Wilson administration, in the race for the democratic nomi nation for United States senator by S913 votes, on the face of returns from 140S out of 3S4S precincts In Missouri. The vote: Reed. 185.380; Long. 17C.445. The senator's lead, which reached more than 15.000 this morning, was rteadlly whittled away as belated .elurns from rural districts where the Long strength laid came in. Throughout the day Mr. Long main tained a consistent gain with an verage lead of approximately IS votes per precinct In the country districts. Brewster Victory Evldrat. If this ratio is maintained In the 08 precincts to be heard from Mr. Long- has a chance of winning, prob ably by less than ?0OO votes. In the republican senatorial race K. R- Brewster of Kansas City, in dorsed by the regular organisation, probably will win by 30.000 to JO. 000 Totes. The outcome of the Reed-Long race, feature event of yesterday's primary, probably will not be known until virtually the complete vote has been tabulated. Scattered precincts In many counties are included In the more than 704 missing, along with the entire vote of Oaark and Stone, two Isolated communities In the Ozark mountains, far down in the southwestern corner of the state. On the basis of the returns al ready received Reed's lead in the Kansas City and St. Louts districts may not b sufficient, if Mr. Long maintains his present ratio In the country districts, to win. An anal ysis of the returns shows that the present ratio, if maintained through out the missing precincts, would give Loaf a plurality of approxi mately 1800. Raral Districts far Brewster. Sacks polled K tremendous vote In St. Louis, his borne city, but as the rural districts came in Brewster be gan climbing. Thirteen Missouri representatives, 1 - of them republicans and one a democrat, have been renominated by their parties, while the fate of two others, one a republican, and the ther a democrat, remains In doubt. Psrtial returns Indicate they have teen defeated. Representative W. W. Rucker, democrat. In the Id district. Is run ring nearly 4000 votes behind Ralph F. Loiter, with returns from all but 40 precincts In and apparently has been beaten. In the 16th district Representative I. V. (Dick) Mcpherson, republican, is running nearly 2000 votes behind Joe J. Manlove with 102 out of 2J0 precincts reporting. Seven Are laesaesed. Republicans renominated sitting r.reeentatlves In the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth districts, seven of them without opposition. The democrats renominated the present representa tives In the eleventh (St. Louis) dis trict. Mrs. S. Claire Moss of Christlsn J Relatives of Late Chicago Woman Start Legal Battle to Get Property. ISr Chios,) Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO. Aug. 2. Mrs. Carrie Bashaw, who has charge of the three dogs which were left 114.000 by the will of Mrs. Margaret Howard, has filed a petition In the probate court asking 175 per -month ttr the care of the canines. Mrs. Bashaw ha a had the care of the dogs since March, when Mrs. Howard died. By the terms of her will the 14.000 Is to go to the Arkansas Home for Children at Little Rock after the death of the dogs. Mrs. Bashaw's petition set forth that ITS per month Is a fair, reasonable and customary charge In the city of Chi cago for the support and malnte n: --- of three dogs. "These dogs are an awful care." said Mrs. Bashaw today. I have to give them baths and keep them In the house for fear some one will poison them. I have had to hire a woman at f ( a week to help care for them." Mrs. Bashaw's predicament de veloped because various factions of beneficiaries have become so ex cited over the court battle concern ing the will.' Two alleged wills of Mrs. Howard figure in the legal bat tie which Is set for hearing on Sep t .nber 28. At that time the will will be probated and Mrs. Bashaw': claim considered. One of the will favors the dogs. The other favors the relatives. HUGE FIRJL0G SHIPPED West Coast Lumbermen to Exhibit Stick at Big Convention. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.) A monster fir log cut at the Sad dle Mountain Logging company's camp was taken out of the water at the port terminals last evening and loaded on two flat cars for ship ment by the West Coast Lumber men's association to Peoria, 111., for display during the coming lumber men's convention. The stick was 81 feet In length, nearly six feet in diameter at the small end and slightly more than eight feet in diameter at the butt. It weighed 95.850 pounds and contained ap proximately 22,000 feet of lumber by scale measure. To transport the timber two spe clal f lit cars was required, ' one being 45 feet Ion and the other 42 feet long. DRINK PRECEDES DEATH Seattle Pastor Believed to Have Taken Poison for Medicine. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 2, Rev S. Cameron Morrison, pastor of the Church of the Epiphany, died at his home here late this afternoon after partaking of medicine he had just bought at a drug store tiearby. Cor oner W. H. Corson is investigating the death on the strength of a re port that Rev. Morrison drank pol son handed him by mistake when he purchased cough medicine. Rev. Mr. Morrison Is widely known in the Episcopal church. He Is survived by a widow and an adopted daughter. His brother is bishop at Dubuque, Iowa. ' BOY CAUGHT IN ASPHALT Bend Lad Narrowly Escapes Death In Sticky Mass. BE.VD. Or.. Aug-. 2. (Special.) In a pit of half-melted asphalt left by a paving contractor last year. Hollis Noonchester, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Noonchester of Bend, was slowly sinking when he was rescued by employes of ths Bend Concrete Pipe company. But for the fact that a playmate was with him when he attempted to walk across the seemingly solid surface, the child would -have been drawn down to his death within IS minutes more. Harold Rollins, . tried to rescue Hollis until the trap ped boy bad sunk to his waist, then he ran for help. SUIT FOR CHILD FILED Baby Declared Held Illegally for Board Bill. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 2. Gen evieve. 15-raonths-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lindaey Gibson, is un lawfully detained until her board bill la paid, according to complaint filed in superior court here today. The Gibsons alleged they recently went on a trip and left the child with Mrs. John Schiller. When they returned they went for the baby, but Mr. Schiller refused to give it up until her board is settled. The suit to recover the child was set for hearing Friday. OUTLAW IS GUILLOTINED French Train Robber Pays Pen alty for Notorious Performance. PARIS. Aug. 2. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Mennlslaa Charrler was guillotined today for his part in the only train holdup on record in France, which took place August 1. 1921. The holdup attracted much noto- .I ,.. k.ln ,.rii n Kv , . as "a real American wild west train 1 robbery as depicted in the motion Good Faith Pledged by Union Chiefs. PAST ACTIONS DEFENDED Carriers Breakers of Labor Board Order Is Claim. ISSUE PUT UP TO ROADS Men Declare Operators Will Be to Blame if Peace Does Not Result From Plan. CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (By the Asso ciated Press.) Full acceptance of the peace proposal submitted by President Harding was voted tonight by leaders of the striking railway shopmen who, however,' gave their own interpretation of each of the three suggestions. "We accept reluctantly. It is true, but commit ourselves to carry out the terms of the settlement in ut most good ralth and in aid of the general welfare," said the message of acceptance sent to President Har ding tonight. "If these proposals fall to bring about the results which you desire, the responsibility of failure will not rest upon the representatives of the organized employes." On the proposal to restore unim paired seniority rights to the strik ers, which was rejected by railway executives ' at a meeting yesterday In New York, the message declared: "It would certainly be a wholesale Injustice of unparalleled extent if hundreds of thousands of experi enced men who have given tour to 40 years' service and whose value to the transportation industry is proportioned to the length of their service should be placed in a posi tion of Inferiority to a limited number of men who have been em ployed as '-substitutes for the expe rienced railroad workers." Carriers Are Accused. Replying to 'the president's sug gestion that railroads and workmen agree to abide by decisions of the railroad labor board, the reply said the shopmen had always taken the position that so long as they con tinued to render service they should abide by the rules and working conditions and accept the wages agreed upon by proper negotiations or determined by the labor board after a hearing of a dispute. "Violations of the law and re fusal to abide by decisions of the board, have been exhibited only by the railway managements," the reply said, and asserted that suspension Concluded en Pace 12. Column t.) V sA Vou RE. OUT flN i 5fcV WITH Z&Vs Whisper Is Abroad That Southern Pacific Is Acquiring Land Near Own Main Line. Claude D. Starr, broker, true toy deals would be d 2 on muctf of tr , Portland realty promises that .mmated August .st-slde property took options, be- which he rece gan closing transfers of the deeds in his t ;e In the Concord building ye ay afternoon. In SDite of the -o . that several prop- erty owner J ire known to have received hf O rtified checks drawn on the Ty Trust company for the deeds Starr refused to give out detaf w II is impossible to estimate the total valuation of the property which has changed hands since the options on the property ere taken, but Incomplete details obtained from owners Indicated that nearly half a million dollars is involved. Mr. Starr began taking options on the property nearly three months ago, according to property owners. New light was thrown on the speculation yesterday when It was found that In some Instances the property which Starr is acquiring is leased for a term of years. This would seem to Indicate, according to the owners, that the purchase was purely a speculation. Some time ago the theory was advanced that the Southern Pacific was acquiring the property to prevent any compet ing line from acquiring It. for It has been pointed out that all of the property concerned lies along East First street at various intervals be tween Hawthorne avenue and East Burnslde street, adjoining the main tracks of the company's southbound line. POLL-TAX UP TO VOTERS Repeal Measure to Go on Ballot In Washington. OLTMPIA, Wash., Aug.' 2. The initiative measure designed to re peal the poll-tax law will be on the ballot this fall, according to Charles A. Foster, superintendent of the elections division in the secretary of state's office. Final check of signatures to the petitions was completed today. The bill carried 53,089 names, of which 8739 were uncertified and 1062 duplicates, leaving 43,288 valid signatures. All bills require 39,941 it-gal signatures. 10 per cent of the gubernatorial J vote at the last election. Check has not been completed on the 30-10 school apportionment measure. MANY PISTOLS STOLEN High-Powered Automatics , Miss ing From Government Stores. NEW TORK. Aug. 2. Government agents announced today that 875,000 to 8100.000 worth of pistols had been stolen within the last few months from the United States appraisers' stores. Many of these high-powered auto matics of foreign make were be lieved to have come into the posses sion of the underworld. HOW MUCH LONGER? Mother of Slain Young Man Said to Have Attempted to At tack Slayer With Ax. . CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) Jim Van bibber, a ranger In the Washington state fire service, today shot and killed Carl Kerorick, a young man living on Green moun tain, three miles south of Rlffe in eastern Lewis county. Vanblbber Immediately came to Chehalis and surrendered to the sheriff. Sheriff Roberts, Coroner Coleman and. Pros ecuting Attorney Allen left Chehalis this afternoon for the scene ot the shooting. As the distance to Green mountain Is about 50 miles over some steep mountain roads, the party will be unable to return until late tonight. Information as to the trouble' Is meager, as Vanblbber declined to talk for publication. It is under stood, however, that the trouble arose over the ranger's efforts .to prevent the setting of a slashing fire. It is said that the young man's mother attempted to attack Van blbber with an ax and that at the same time Hemrick made a motion as if to draw a revolver and Van blbber fired. JUNE BUG DITCHES AUTO Two Go to Hospital When Insect Lights on, Woman's Shoulder. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Aug. 2. A June bug which alighted on a young woman's shoulder while she was at the wheel of an automobile last night caused an accident which sent the two occupants to a hospital. The car was being driven by Miss Mattle Seldmaa. Jules Urbaln was riding with her. While driving near the home of J. Ogden Armour, in Lake Forest, the bug landed on Miss Seldman's shoulder. The bug so frightened her that she lost con trol of the machine and it went Into a ditch. TRAIN BURNS, 200 DEAD Zionist Pioneers Among Victims of Railway Tragedy. RIGA, Aug. 2. (Jewish Tele graphic Agency.) Two hundred passengers perished when a five- car train was burned between Kiev and Schepetowka, says a report from Kiev today. Among the victims were eight Zionist pioneers, who were proceed ing to join their group on the way to Palestine. FLIER IN BRITISH INDIA British Aviator Circling Globe Encounters Monsoons. AMBALA, British India, Aug. 2. Major W. T. Blake, the British aviator, who is attempting to circle the globe by airplane, has arrived here, having flown from Lahore. The weather in northern India is very unfavorable for flying, owing to monsoons. Great Victory Scored by Beavers' Head. STATUS RULED ON DY LANDIS Dealings Limited to Purely Internal Corporate Affairs. KENW0RTHY FREE AGENT Player Must Report to SIcCarthy to Obtain Freedom -or Be Put on Black List. BT L. H. GREGORY. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Z. (Spe cial.) This was a day of baseball wonders. First, William H. Klepper won by a knockout in the last round of the Pacific Coast league directors' meeting, adjourned over from yes terday to finish up if possible the job of finishing Klepper. Second, he will continue as presi dent of the Portland baseball club and will do it with the approval of Judge Landis himself. Possibly the judge's approval doesn't include flowers and hurrahs, but it's in the records, anyhow. , Third, W'illiam J. Kenworthy, the good old "Iron Duke," will return to Portland. The duke, of course, cannot play in Portland or in the coast league until 1924 under the Landis' decision, but he will be come the baseball property of Port land just the same. It will not cost Portland even the 81 that was of fered, either. The league declared Kenworthy a free agent, so he is now free to sign a new contract with Portland which he unques tionably will ao. Court Action to Be Filed. Further, Gus Moser, league direc tor from Portland and attorney for the Portland club and for Klepper and James - R. Brewster, will file action in the future against Judge Landis in Chicago or elsewhere in the east, carrying the fight right Into the judge's home country, to restrain him fro'm enforcing that portion of his famous decision as it relates to the inellgibilty of Klep per and Brewster. The coast league, by reason of today's happenings, will not be a defendant in the case. Fifth, the finish of William H. McCarthy as president of the Pacifio coast league, was made certain by events today and yesterday. That first became apparent yesterday when league directors split four and four in support of Klepper and against him. The linep didn't come out in any test vote today, for no test vote was taken, but it was there, just the same. Had there been a test vote Portland, Las An geles, Salt Lake and Oakland would against have been found voting to gether against San Francisco, Sac ramento, Seattle and Vernon. Re-election Held Impossible. McCarthy may be able to stick out his term as president, which has another 'year to run, but he certainly cannot, be re-elected, .and something may occur before the year is out that would force him to retire, for the four anti-McCarthy directors are very, very anti, in deed, while some the pro-McCarthy side are not over-enthusiastically pro. The thing that took the wind right out of the McCarthy sails today - was Judge Landis' reply to the telegram sent him yesterday asking for an interpretation of that part of his decision relating to the ineligibility of Klepper and Brew ster, as to whether it was to be construed as meaning that Klepper must get out as president of the Portland club, an Oregon corpora tion,, provided he had no official dealings with the coast league, with other leagues or club owners or with ballplayers. Landis Telegram tuoted. The request for an interpretation had been telegraphed the judge at the suggestion of Cal Ewing, one of Portland's friends, following the de feat, four votes to four, of a resolu tion introduced by San Francisco requiring directors of the Portland Baseballc Tub immediately to oust Klepper as president on pain of a 8250 fine for every day's delay. I were is ine Lnais interpretation of his own decision: "May 24 decision dealt with base ball matters as distinguished from purejy internal corporate admin istrative affairs. It prohibits all players, officials, agents and em ployes of all leagues and clubs'from recognizing Klepper and dealing with him in respect to such baseball matters and in this respect it ap plies to officials, agents and em ployes of Portland and to players on the Portland team. "Therefore, Pacific Coast league is not required to cease relations with Portland If Klepper's activities as president are limited to purely Internal corporate administrative affairs. " "KENESAW M. LANDIS." Reading of that telegram stunned the anti-Portland faction. But a re- Boiler Bursts and Hurls Super structure High Into Air; Two Bodies Recovered. NEW TORK, Aug. 2. The harbor tug Edward was blown to pieces today and the five men of her crew were killed when her boiler ex ploded while she lay in her slip on the Brooklyn side of the East river, three blocks upstream from the Manhattan bridge. There was a heavy puff of smoke and clouds of steam, and through this was shot high into the air, the entire superstructure. When the steam floated away only oil was seen floating where the tug had been. The explosion hurled mud from the river bed, plastering the I sides of nearby buildings. Four men working nearby were injured by flying debris. Others were slightly hurt and many were splattered with mud and water. The captain of a barge only a few feet away was knocked elown. The mangled body of the skip per. Captain Charles McCaffrey, was found floating a block from where his tug blew up. One other body was recovered. Part of the .boiler fell upon a pier 200 feet away. The cause of the blast had not been determined tonight. NEW YORKERS SHUN PIE Thousands Fear to Eat Dessert That Caused Six Deaths. NEW TORK, Aug. 2. Pie, the better half of the noon-time meal of thousands of New York workers, today was an almost uncalled for article in the greater city's restau- rants. Fear, caused by the deaths of six persons who ate poisoned huckle berry pie Monday in a Broadway restaurant, was given by restau ranters as the cause of the pie market slump. Waiters in the lunch emporiums in the Broadway shopping and manufacturing districts said after noon today that the pie shelves had hardly been touched. CLOUDBURST HITS TOWN Boy Drowned; Property Damage Estimated at $100,000. SALT . LAKE ; CITY. Aug. 2. A cloudburst struck Magna, mill town of the Utah Copper company, this afternoon, causing the- death of Walden Ellis Yeates, 6 years old; $100,000 estimated damage, the flood ing of many homes and the tieing up of the interurban car service. The banks of the copper company's canal burst and several houses were car ried onto the water. The Yeates boy was drowned in his home, which was carried down the street, as the flood took every thing in its path. Many narrow es capes were reported. FELINE PUGILIST BEATEN Wildcat on Stroll "Cleans Up" on Marshfield's Champion. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 2. (Spe cial) A wildcat strolled into Marsh- field last night and at Johnson and Eighth streets cleaned up on the fe-) line champion in that district where he had held sway for two or three years with no defeats. The tame cat was strewn over tho best part of a city block when the visitor finished with him. An autoist got a glimpse of the one-sided fight by throwing his spotlight on the point of scrimmage. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 83 cegreea; minimum, 64 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. National. , Seniority in shops considered trivial point. Page 3. Domestic. ' Will leaving $10,000 to three dogs is con tested. Fage 1. Strikers accept Harding's offer. Page 1. Mayor of Chicago threatens bus system and traction company seeks strike set tlement: Page 2. Pacific Northwest. . . nna. thai, noHnnal nnn num. cwwiuu"" " " , fere nee at Oregon Agricultural coi- leue. Page 12. lege. Page Ranker kills drouth in row over fire. Page 1. One killed and 15 hurt in train wreck near Ia Grande. jr. fage la. Sports. Philadelphia Americans vanquish St. Louis, 8-4. Page 14. Pacific Coast league results: At Portland 3, Oakland 8: at Los Angeles 2. Salt Lake 4; at San Francisco 4, Sacra mento 3; at Seattle 2. Vernon 3. Page 14. Klepper retains club presidency. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Wheat scores advance In Chicago, but market closes heavy. Page 24. Optimism regarding strike sends prices higher. Page 25. European countries increase . hop acre age. Page 24. Chicago wheat weakened by profit-taking sales. Page 24. Foreign bonds weakest Issues in "New York market. Page 23. Columbia Pacific announces better serv ice to Chinese ports. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Rev. William A Sunday assails present day evils. Page 17. Fashion display at buyerrf week to be elaborate. Page 7. Chief of United States bureau of public roads visits Portland. Page 17. Personal contact is aim of buyers' week. Page 7. Cut in gas rates is due August 25. Page 20. Five hundred thousand-dollar property believed sold. Page 1. Who's who of America lists 142 Oregon residents. Page 11. TO BE INDICTED Medford Grand Jury Is Filling Out Blanks. 7 TO 10 BILLS EXPECTED Task Likely to Be Finished Some Time Today. STENOGRAPHIC AID ASKED Discussion or Alleged Outrages Begins in Morning and Lasts Throughout Day. MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) Indictments against promi nent members of the Medford realm of the Ku Klux Klan will be re turned by the special grand jury now in session sometime tomorrow. Just how many of them has not yet been revealed, as the indictments . will be secret. But members of the grand jury began drawing the indictments . shortly after 3 o'clock this after noon, and finding that it would be impossible to complete the task at a reasonable hour tonight, adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The jury resumed deliberations on the investigation at 9 o'clock this morning in the old Jacksonville courthouse. Throughout the morn ing and during the early afternoon the jury could be heard quietly dis cussing the case that had been laid before them. Stenographer Asked. Shortly after 3 o'clock this after noon members of the jury called upon District Attorney Moore to furnish a stenographer. After the stenographer had entered the grand jury room the district attorney was called and he made frequent trips into the room, each time remaining for a time. Alone about 5 o'clock the stenog rapher entered the grand jury room with a telephone directory, presum ably to aid the grand Jury in in dorsing each indictment with the names of the witnesses that ap peared in each case. Under the existing statutes each indictment must contain the name of every witness in the case, and this task alone Is one mi considerable time, and Is probably responsible for the delay hi the filing of the report that the grand jury will make to Circuit Judge Calkins on the case. Indictments Expected. While none ot tne grana jury members, nor any one officially con nected with the case, will discuss the possible outcome, it is generally believed that the jury will Indict -between seven and ten persons at this time. A report is current that the jury has decided not to indict certain persons against whom testimony, has been presented until the next session of jury for the reason that additional evidence Is desired. Sheriff Terrill, who defeated the effort to recall him by a total of 308 votes, was present in the court room all afternoon ready to take into custody any person who had been indicted. Inasmuch as the members of the Ku Klux Klan are the persons sup posed to have brought the recall, it was felt that Sheriff Terrill will get considerable pleasure out of his duty in placing some of these1 men under arrest. Suspects Are Scattered. Klansmen, whom Medford persons expect to be under indictment when the jury makes Its return, are scat tered in various parts of the state, and it may take Sheriff Terrill sev eral days to round them all up. It was presumed by Medford at torneys that the indictments will ba based on three or four statutes in the Oregon code. Among these are the riot statute, which carries a kiio w .. . .. enait y ot from three to 15 years OK " . . conviction; another statute, known as No. 2046, which prohibits the use of disguise with intent to either hinder execution of law or an at tempt to intimidate any person, the extortion act of the Oregon code, which provides a sentence of from six months to two years in prison for any person convicted of "intent to compel any person to do an act against hia will," and section 1923 which is the "assault with dangerous weapon," clause, with a penalty of conviction, ranging from six months to ten years. Three Cases Investigated. The cases which th special grand jury has investigated are that of the- "hanging" of J. F. Hale, ex Medford piano merchant; Arthur Burr, negro porter and bootblack, and Hank Johnson, the latter of Jacksonville. The Hale case is foremost In the investigation and between five and seven indictments are expected : i be returned on this case alon . Briefly, it was charged that Hi': was called out of his home early one morning and taken by a mob of nightriders to some point in the Siskiyou mountains and there "hanged." It is generally conceded that picture." I (Concluded on Page 12, Column 6.) (Concluded on Page 12, Column 4.)