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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 19J0.
No. 104.
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Officials of St. Louis Concern Glvo
Up Sensational Five-Year Battle
With Unions and Consent to Closed
Shop This Is Case Which Gave
Prison Term to Gompers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 'JO. Of ft
cIiiIh of tlio Buck Stovo Si Rnngo Co.,
whono HWiMitionnl five-year fight
against union labor culminated in
bringing jtill sentences for PruHidviit
Siuuuul Uompors, Vice-President
John .Mitchell anil Secretary Frank
Morrison of tlio Amoricnu Fodorntion
of Labor, admit toilnv that they linvo
given up tlio long fight. Hereafter
the open-shop policy of tlio Duck
company will not be adhered to and
union labor will be cmployud.
A statement to tbiH effect wan in
sued in Cincinnati by President
Qomporo. Todnv tlio company bends
declare that this statement !h correct.
The change in policy followH tin
death of J. V. Van Clcnvc. who wan
formerly prcudout of thy compAuy,
and who, ns head of the National
Manufacturers' iiHHociation. mado his
fight against the employment of un
ion labor country-wide.
In hit finli I ugniuht tlio uiiioiiK Van
Cleave M-curcd an injunction against
the publication of the name of the
Buck company in the American Fed
crAtinuiHt'H unfair list. It was for
violation of thin injunction that
GomjHirx, Mitchell mid Morrison were
sentenced to jail. Appeal in thin
cane in still pending in the federal
court h.
Van Clcnve's fiulit against union
labor, which he cnlled the "miiHcle
trout," has been carried on sinco
1005.
CINCINNATI, O.. Julv 'J0.-"Tho
Agreement settling the Huck Stove &
Range coinpaiiy'H fight with union la
bor in no way nffects the eaco
ngninwt John Mitchell, Frank Morri
mhi and myself," said President
Samuel GomperH of tho American
Federation of Labor, today. Mitch
ell, vice-president, and Morrison,
secretary of tho federation, are un
der jail sentences with Oompers for
hjiviui.' violated n federal injunction
by publishing the name of tlio Huck
company in an unfair list.
"Tho only clinnco will ho thnt the
Huck company attorneys; will drop
out of the ease," Gomporx continued.
CROWDS FLOCK
10 HATATORIUM
Ladies' Day Finds a Full Tank
More Than a Hundred in Plunge at
One Time Today There Is Dane
Ing and Thursday Ladles' Day.
,, The innnngoment of tho Natato
rlum Ib hnvlng Its hands full taking
caro of all Ub patrons those hot days.
Monday afternoon, tho first ladles'
day, Hiero wero more than 100 ladles
in tho plunge at ouo tliuo, nnd ovory
session, afternoon and night, finds tho
pool crowdod. Yostordny tho spring
boards wore InBtnllod and furnished
tho contor of attraction Inst night.
Tho rings, trapeze nnd toboggan
slldoa will bo Installed as rapidly as
comploted,
Tonight, Wednoadny, thoro will bo
dancing nt 0 o'clock nnd Thursday
will bo ladlos' dny again, when tho
plungo will bo reBorvod for IndleB
from 1 to 5 p, m.
In a modem storo ovory day iH a
now day every day witnesses new
overturning of stocks, reprieincs,
regroupings of bargains, now idoiiH in
u. . ..;..! o..i,.u e i... ..i ii..
"u nil niliun. uu null, lliwiiys, WIO
ads should reflect this store lifo and
mako it interesting to outsiders.
BUCK
LOSES FIGHT
Wl LABOR
RAIL CHIEF
MURDERED
BY BURGLAR
President Rawn of Monon Route is
Killed In Strunglo With Thief In
Dlning-Room of Home Evidently
Shot at Intruder Assailant Sup
posed to Be In Hiding.
"
CHICAGO, July 20. Thnt
Ini tt. Rawn, president of the
the Monon railroad, was not
killed by a burglar, but was
murdered In cold blood, Is the
belief of private detectlvcH
- who today liavo been Investl-
gntlng tlio strnngo death of
f tlio railway magnate. Tlio
-f blood stains found after duy-
light thlH mo nil me JiiHt out-
-f nldo tlio window through
which the sutmoHod burclar
f escaped ended abruptly nt the
f curb. Detectives employed on
f tho cane think the murdorer
-f cMcaped lu an automobile
which wan waiting close by
f tho house.
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CHICAGO, III.. July 20. Police
today arc scouring tho north shore
suburbs and tho negro (pinrtcrs of
Chicago for tho burglar who (odpy
shot and killed President I. W.
Ituwn, of the Chicago, Indianapolis &
St. Ioui8 railroad, the Monon route,
in his homo in fashionable Winnetkn.
Posses scouring the suburbs bnve ar
rested a number of negro suspects.
Tho police of Winnetkn believe that
tho burglar wns n negro and have
asked the Chicago authorities to help
them in their search.
Itawn was -killed in the dining room
of his home. Early this morning ho
heard n noise and, going to the first
floor of his residence to investigate,
saw a burglar putting silverware into
a bag. Itawu rushed at the burglar
and it is supposed that he slipped,
tho noise warning the burglar that
some one was in the room. The two
men grappled, it is believed, from the
sounds that aroused the other mem
bers of the household. The burglar
shot Rnwn twice. The two shots
were distinctly heard by several
members of the family.
Ralph Coburn, Hawn's son-in-law,
was the first fo reach the dining
room. He found Rawn on the floor
with two wounds in his body. Rawn
was unconscious and died before
medical aid reached him. The mur
dorer leaped through n window and
fled.
A hasty investitgagtion showed
maiks of a jimmy at u side door
tviuro the burglar evidently had en
tered. Tho intruder in his flight left
tho sack in which ho had intended to
carry away the plunder. This is tho
only clew tho police- hnvc.
WHITE GIRLS VICTIMS OF NEGRO
RELIGIOUS FANATIC IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 20.
Tho pollco today took chnrgo of three
whlto girls, two of whom aro dying
nnd tho third nearly Insnno, who aro
allcgod to bo victims of tho mysto
rlouH mnchlniitloiiB of Rev. Jonnh
Studovaut, a nogro now cervine a
term In tho jail at Dnltlmoro for
bigamy.
Hilda Johnson, a Norwegian, whom
tho negro recently married nnd who
was recently n mothor, Is dying at a
local hospital,
Oortrudo Monson, also a Norwe
gian, was found dying In n George
town liospltc.1 and Addlo Codding,
nonrly Insnuo from hunger was
found In n furnished room ovor n
nogro hovol. Tho Monson girl, tho
pollco declnro, Is dying ns a result
of long fasting nnd tho strnngo pun
ishments sho had Inflicted on hor
solf In tho bollof thnt tho mysterious
iucnntatloiiB in oomo way would re-
President Elect of Brazil to!
Spend Month In United? States.
J" f J 'WWwMfo W
wr7 -rMffm
Marshal Hermes H. de Fonseca, president-elect of Brazil, who bus
been withcbsing the army maneuvers in Germany, will sail for tho United
States on July HO on the steamer Maurctnnin. He 'will spend one month
in this country. Ho will bo inaugurated on November 15.
OF
IOWA ARRESTED
Indicted by Polk County GranfrJury
on jCharge of Criminally Libelling
John Cownle, a Progressive, Who
Planned to Be Candidate.
DBS MOINBS, In., July 20. Gov
ernor Carroll was today Indicted on
a chnrgo of criminal libel by tho Polk
county grand Jury.
John Sownlo, a progressive, for
mer chairman of tlio board of con
trol of state Institutions nnd promi
nent politically, was recently romov
ed from offlco by tho governor, who
charged Cownle with mismanagement
and Immorality. Tho Indlctmont 1b
based on thoso charges.
Cownle, it was oxpected, would
seok tho republican gubernatorial
nomination this fall. Ho later aban
doned tho Idea.
Moses Cohen, attorney for Govern
or Carroll, furnished bonds for tho
chief executive. Tho trial will prob
ably tako placo In Soptombor.
PUERTO PLATA, Santo Domingo,
July 20: Tho Dominican press today
is demanding capital punishment for
a woman captured near tho Haytien
frontier, who, it is alleged, has con
fessed to having murdered several
infants nnd cntcn them.
suit In the liberation of Surdovnnt.
Sturdovnnt, tho pollco say, Is tho
leader of a band of rollgtous fanat
ics and has gathered llttlo bands of
people nbout him In Now York, Phil
adelphia, naltimoro and Newport
News, as woll ns In Washington,
When sho hnd boon enrod for, Miss
Codding dofonded tho nogro preacher.
"I hnvo boon cnlled by tho Al
mighty," sho said. "Slnco tho ago
of 17 I have Intended, In response to
that cnll, to go to Afrlcn. I shall
go now ns soon bb I can. Brother
Sturdovnnt recoivod a rovolatlon. Wo,
knowing this, followed him. Ho hnd
boon Imprisoned, but our sncrlflcos
will open tho doors."
GOVERNOR
Sturdovnnt, It Is doclarod, had a I If yonr 8toro is lwco ag totorest
nogro wifo In Baltimore whon ho inR ft pft00 n8 ono mt j3 twico nfl
worried tho Johnson girl. It Is for effectively advertised make your nds
this thnt ho has boon put In Jnil. fvioo ns interesting ns tho nds of
according to tho police. (he other 8tom
n
mmt:mwM-
MADRIZ ORDERS
PRISONERS SHOT
Intercepted Telegrai .Reveals .Bar
barous Method of Nlcaraguan Ex
ecutive Who Wants All Insurgents
Slain.
NEW ORLEANS, U., July 20.
President Madrlz of Nicaragua has
ordered nil revolutionary prisoners
shot If nn Intercepted telegram pur
porting to have been sent by him to
Genernl Roberto Gonzales Is authen
tic. Gonzalez Is In command of tho
Madrlz forces at San Ubaldo. Many In
surgent prlsonors aro known to bo
under bis charge.
Tho Intercepted message read:
"I trust Into your hands tho sal
vation of tho fathorlnnd and the giv
ing of a severo lesson to tho revolu
tionaries who aro In your neighbor
hood. Shoot without fear or consid
eration tho revolutionaries whom you
mny capturo by attack and the pr!s-
onors whom you mny have-. Glvo or
dors to leaders of your patrols to
watch. Thoro Is dnnger In tho road
from San Ubaldo to Acoyapa.
"MADRIZ, Commanding General."
Tho tolegram fell Into tho hnnds
of tho rebel geiiernl, Mona, who de
clared that off tho Bamo dny two
Insurgonts wero executed nt Chnrco
Murto,
A copy was sept to Provisional
President Estrada's local representa
tive to bo forwarded to tho American
stnto department.
JACK JOHNSON MAD
OVER BEING PINCHED
NEW YORK, July 20. Jack John
son, th colored champion, must ap
pear In tho West Sldo court today to
nnswor tho chnrgo of recklessly driv
ing his enr for tho "stoonth" tlmo.
This tlmo Jnck is mad. Ho says ho
is bolng hounded. Tho pollco, ho Bald,
deliberately arrested him attor bo
lng told to "got" him whonovor tho
opportunity offered.
His nrrest at 47th stroot and Eighth
nvonuo occurred, Johnson said, sim
ply becnuso ho was following Instruc
tions from Inspector Walsh, who told
him nfter lonvlng tho thentor to got
awny as quickly ns ho could from tho
admiring crowds. Whllo ho wns
"getting away" ho was pinched.
Johnson furnished $100 ball.
WORST FOREST FIRES IN
HISTORY SWEEP NORTHWEST
15 MILES OF
FUME SWEEP
TIMBER RE6I0H
Hundreds of Men Fighting Fire in
Northern Washington and Idaho,
But Rain Is Only Hope Home
steaders Flee to Mountain Tops.
SPOKANE.W ash., July 20. Be
yond control, forest fires today are
rushing toward tho British Columbia
boundary from Idaho and Washing
ton, devouring all In their paths,
threatening mountain villages and
the lives of the Inhabitants.
Some of the fires are new, while
others have been burning for several
days.
Tho little town of Ryan, Wash,,
was swept away yesterday, accord
ing, to reports reaching here. The
town was In Stevens county on the
Cola river.
Extent of Fire.
Tho fire district In Washington ex
tends from the west bank of the
Cola river to Canada and from Boss
burg to Marcus. In that district a
sheet of flame 15 miles In length Is
rushing through tho dry timber near
ly as fast as a man can walk.
During the night a etlff breeze
(fanned the flames and aided the fire
to lay waste to several thousand acres
of splendid forest.
Meanwhile hundreds of Taen?m'
ployes of the government, of timber
companies and citizens of various
towns, have been fighting i: hopeless,
desperate battle to stop the fires.
Although they know that rain Is
their only hope, tho flro fighters con
tinue to battle doggedly against the
advancing firewall.
Thousands of acres of timber are
In ashes and Indications that thou
sands more will meet tho same fate
before the fires burn thomselves out.
Idaho Fires Raging.
Tho Pine creek, Idaho, fire still
rages and fighting reinforcements
have been sent Into that section by
tho county commissioners at Wnl
lnce, but the flames aro still far from
being controlled.
Tho fire Is burning In townships
47, range 2 east, and 47 north, rango
1 cast, nil of which Is owned by home
steaders from .Wallace and surround
ing towns.
This Is said to bo tho best timber
in tho state. Tho force Is now fight
ing the fires Is greator than over.
Advices from Pine Creek Inst night
say that tho flro may bo controlled
beforo night.
Nearly 12 miles of trenches hnvo
been dug, and tho fire practically
extinguished on tho north side.
UNCLE JOE TAKES A FEW SHOTS
AT THE
KANSAS CITY. Mo., July 20.
Declnrlng his bolief that his campaign
In Kansas has assured tho re-election
of Congressmen Miller, Campbell,
Roldor, Caldorhead nnd Anthony, all
regulars, "Undo Joo" Cannon ar
rived in Kansas Ctty today.
"I do not want tho Insurgonts shot"
said Cannon. "I never said anything
Hko thnt. This Is n campaign of
pence, not wnr. In war tho Insur
gents cortnlnly would bo shot, for
thby'ro guerrillas, fighting both
sides.
"If theso men w.anted to change
their party affiliations, why didn't
they omulnto Eugene Foss?" Cannon
continued. "Thoro's n man I admire.
When ho was no longor ablo to re
main a republican ho enmo out like n
man, hoisted his colors to the breezo
and said: 'Gontlomen, I cannot longer
bo a republican.'
"I believe in two partiee," said Can
THREE FORKS
DESTROYED DY
FOREST FIRE
Towns of Sandon, Baynes, Lake and
Jaffrey, In Crow District of Brit
ish Columbia, Reported Wiped Out
Mining Towns Annihilated.
NELSON, B. C, July 20. Reports
reaching here today say that tho town
of Three Forks has been totally des
troyed by forest fires and that refu
gees from the stricken districts have
fled to the mountain peaks to save
themselves from incineration. No
new 'fatalities aro reported. Uncon
firmed reports received aro that tho
thriving town of Sandon Is surround
ed by timber fires and doomed to des
truction. Baynes Lake and Jaffray,
In the Crow district, are reported
also destroyed. Forest fire fighters
succeeded In diverting tho fire on
Load mountain that threatened Nel
son. The Sliver King and Athabas
ca mines are right In tho fire belt,
bnt wero temporarily saved by the
wind veering. These mines are lo
cated five miles from Nelson, which
is shrouded n semldarkness from the
smpke even at midday.
Miner Found Dead.
Edward Lucas, tho missing miner
of the Lucky Jim tire district, was
found dead today In tho mouth of
No. 4 shaft, -where he retreated from
the running fire that swept the town
of Whitewater. The mining town of
Whitewater Is officially known to be
completely destroyed, and very little
Is left of McGulgan. Fire Ib still rag
ing at Kaslo and an army of fire war
dens Is resorting to backfiring. At
Moyle and vicinity the danger Is still
Imminent, but a large force of fight
ers has surrounded tho town, and If
the wind does not Increase the out
look is hopeful.
W. E. Zwlckey, general manager
of tho Rambler-Cariboo Mining &
Lumber company, Is leaving for Spo
kano today, where It Is expected a
meeting of directors will bo held. The
loss to the company will reach $55,
000. Both destroyed mining prop
erties In Whltewnter and Rambler
Cariboo will be Immediately rebuilt.
In Own Timber.
Kaslo reports that tho fires are now
spreading Into tho green tlmbor. Thlls
indicates that tho fire wardens have
been unable to copo with tho spread
of tho flames.
Fires continue to destroy timber
nnd other property In various parts
of Kootennl though somo hnvo been
brought under control. Tho Kalso
district Is probably tho worst suffer-
(Continued on Pace R.)
INSURGENTS OF KANSAS
non. "Hell, we can't nil think alike.
Ideas and principles nro different
nnd this tnlk about a now party for
republicans nnd domocrnts mnkes mo
tired.
"Tho Insurgonts voting against tho
Payno bill voted in favor of high tar
iff. God knows 1 don't whether
theso Insurgents wero hired by In
terests, whichever thoy may be, to
oppose tho reductions, but to bo hon
est, I don't think thoy wero. If I
could get fair treatment from tho
newspapers, so that my thoughts
could reach tho voters from nn un
tnrnlshod pencil, thoro would bo a
wldor appreciation of tho situation.
But when can a mnn do whon what
ho says Is misrepresented?"
"Uncle oJo" admitted thnt ho Is
feeling wprso thnn for years. "I'm
tired out;" ho said. "After a short
stay In Danvlllo I'm going to Mack
inac to rest."
FLAMES FOUGHT
BY HUNDREDS
TO J AVAIL
Millions of Feet of Choicest Timber
Destroyed, Leaving In Wake Death
and Desolation Loss Already Is
Enormous Four Towns Burned.
PORTLAND. Or., July 20. Hun
dreds of men todny nro battling
ngainst tho worst series of forest
fires that have swept the Pacific
northwest nnd British Columbia for a
decade, according to roports reach
ing here.
In Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon nnd British Columbia numer
ous fires nro consuming millions of
feet of the choicest timber nnd aro
leaving in their wake death and deso
Intion. Tho loss already is enormous and
the end is not in sight.
Four towns hnvo been burned, ac
cording to dispatches, thrco of then
beinc in British Columbia nnd ono in
Washington. A large number of logging-
camps likewise hnvo been reduc
ed to ashes. Eighl persons aro
known to bo dead, n number nro un-.
accounted for nnd scores have been,
injured.
Tho fires that are doing tho great
est damage this afternoon nro burn
ing in tho Nelson nnd Kalso districts
hi British Columbia, north of the
Washington - Idaho international
boundary line.
In this district approximately 300
persons have lost their homes and
belongings, millions of feet of timber
have gone up in smoko nnd tho fire
iicud holds absoluto sway.
To tho eastward in tho Kootenai
district other fires aro devastating'
tho Canadian forests.
In tho Idaho Panhandle and tho
northeastern part of Washington nu
merous fires nro taking their heavy
toll of timber at homos. Theso fires
for the most part aro being- brought
under control.
In Montana fires aro burning on
tho Flathead Indian reservation and
in the Bitter Root. For tho most
part these blazes nro small. In
Western Washington a comprehensive
firo is consuming timber in the Grays
Harbor district in tho vicinity of
lloquiam. Othor fires aro burning
in tho vicinity of Seattle near Lake
Washington.
In Oregon, a big blazo has de
stroyed half n million fcot of logs
in tho tipper rays River district, not
far from Alaska, nnd is uow burning
in tho green timber.
Othor fires nro roportcd in South
cm Oregon.
NEGRO TO BE
TRIED jOSEBM
Master Fish Warden Tells of Arrest
' of Porter Who Hid in Lavatory,
Hoping to Get Out of the State
Without Detection
GRANTS PASS, July '20. S. M.
Reynolds, tho negro Pullman porter
who attempted to assault Josephine
Mo&s of this city, will bo tukon to
Roseburg tonight for trial, as the
crime is said to have bcon committed
in Douglas county. Reynold bus a
wito wlu lives in Portland. j
Mntor Fish Warden Clnntuii. who
spent Wednesday in Medford, tolls
a grnphio story of tho nrrost pf Rey
nolds in Grunts Pass Tuesday. Ub
states that tho nortor fled throiieh
several cars nnd hid in u hivntory.
ClnntonnndW'.Bv-Shorman of
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