Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 09, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLiln ary WEATHER Maximum Yosicnlay 92; Minimum Today 53; rrci-iyitution .00. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow Tartly Cloudy. EBFORB RIBUNE Forty-seventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD OREO ON", SATURDAY, .TUNE 9. 1917 NO. 68 MAILT 200 PERSH II 1 NE DISASTER AT BUTTE BLAZE CUTS OFF MINERS FROM RESCUE 212 of 415 Employed in Speculator Copper Mine Escape 36 Bodies Recovered and 167 Men Missing Breaking of Power Cable in Lower Levels Causes Fire Which Fills Workings With Smoke and Gas, Cutting Off Miners at Work. KUTTE, .Molilalia, June 9 Will: ltd known cloud ll7 men missing, and 2 1 2 saved as the result of a fire which broke out in the Speculator copper mine of the North Hullo district lusl night, Butte is today wrosliing with the worst mining disaster in its his tory Tl'f fire broke out in the lower levels of the Speculator mine at 11 :4." last night as the result of a broken power cable that carried electricity to the underground pumps. Lower levels of the mine quickly filled with smoke and gas. There were -ll.") men employed on the night shift of this mine. Of these 212 escaped thru the levels connecting- with oilier mines. The gas spread to the Diamond mine and took a further toll of life in that property. Iloscuers at Work. Helmet men, mine rescue crews mid safety first squads from all the mines in Unite are at work this morning seeking to penetrate the gas-filled workings of the Speculator, the Dia mond and High Ore mines, in the hope of finding the larger bodv of miners for whom hope of rescue is not yet given up. Kven if alive, it is believed that these men are helpless lie'-uuse of the smoke and gas. Officials at the High Ore believe that if the 1117 missing miners are not found to have made their way to the adjoining High Ore V'orkings, they are doomed. Physicians and nurses had, during the night, been summoned to the Speculator and all adjoining mines and scores of men were treated. Many have been taken to Ihe hospitals. Scores of men were rescued in a semi-conscious condit ion. Fire Spreads Jtapldly. The fire, which started on the -2-111(1- foot level, communicated quickly to other galleries, cutting off all es cape from the men below. Denc smoke, which poured from tin; shaft in great clouds, rclu riled Ihe re-cue work. Miners from adjoining prop erties, ordered from underground as a precaution, went to work ns res cuing gangs, aiding national gu.irds- men who had been called to the scene. Because of the smoke ami danger. they were able to do little until the arrival of safely first ears from lied Lodge and Colorado Springs, uliieh were sent for at the outbreak of the r:.... naming of danger eiiine in lime to permit men on the upper levels to e cape. They immediately formed re cue parties ami attempted to go down the shaft to the men 'below, who are, if is thought, cnlombed Their efforts were fruitless and Title could be done until the arrival of the bureau of mines safety first car-. which - carry gas and smoke proof helmets Sucked Air Ilov John Coffemetlcn and John lloyoe. who were the first two men to be taken from the shaft alive, told a (Continued on page six.) LONDON", June n. --foreign Se re lnry Balfour arrived at a I'.iiti-h port this morning on his return from his trip to America at the head of the British mission. Mr. BnlfVuir nt once departed for London, arriving here this afteiuuon. BODY OF BABY FOUND IN ILL DESERTED FARM Remains of Stolen 14-Months Old Son of J. Holland Keet, Rich Spring field Banker, Found Partly Decom posed in Well Kidnapers Removed for Safety as Lynching is Feared. Sl'iilNTIKIKLI), Mo., Juno 9. Lloyd Keet is dead. The finding ol the Ixxly in an old well today ended a nation wide search beun May 110 when the child was taken i'rom his cradle by kidnapers. J. Holland Keet, wealthy banker, and. his wife identified the body of their son, which was wrapped in the same blanket in which the child slept en he disappeared. This was cov ered bv u woman's underskirt. i The body was found on a nearbv ileserted farm which previously had been searched on information that it was the headquarters of an 'abdue-i tion syndicate," which also had plan ned the kidnaping of a rich Spring field jeweler and a St. Louis muni-j tion manufacturer. Killed by Drowning. A. coil of wire was tied around the body and death apparently was due to drowning. There was a slight bruise on the face probably sustained when I lie child was thrown into the well. The remains were found by friends of the Keet family acting on private information. The belief was general that the baby bad been thrown into the well when abductors, fearing for their own safety, were forced to abandon the child. ' Federal authorities today juincd in the investigation of the alleged ab duction plot activities of the seven persons being held in connection with the kidnaping in the belief that they may have been concerned in German 'ion plots to lie up the munition traffic. I'ai tly Ihoomposcd. The body, wrapped in a woman's underskirt, was partly decomposed and apparently had been in the well two or three days. Paul O'Day, county prosecutor, later went to the farm and identified the body as that of the Keet child. Fearing possible mob violence, seven prisoners held in connection with the abduction here, have been taken hurriedly out of the city, their destination not having been announc ed. lr'rtMl Farm. The Crenshaw farm, eight miles from here, recently was searched by authorities after it had been named in alleged statements given by seven suspects under nrre-d here. An old house there, descried several years, was said to have been chosen as the headquarters for the alleged "abduc tion syndicate" which planned to kidnap ('. A. Clement, wealthy jew eler, here and a St. Louis munitions maker. The Keet baby was stolen from the family home here the niirlit of May Ml). His parents had gone to a dance and the baby was left with a nurse and an older son. Three men were believed to be the abductors and it is aMitiH'd the took the huhv from his crib and escaped in an automobile. SHOWS A DECREASE WASHINGTON, June 9. Rcglstra tion returns from IS states and the District of Columbia toduy showed '2, ti'29, 09.1 registered, as compared with 2,91,1,627, tho census estimate of ellglhles, a loss of about 15 per cent, a rate which would make the total registration of all states some what less than nine million. Indicated exemptions were .IS per cent or 1.477,99:.. Of those regls- tered, 1.761,1 1 were white, 519,7.1." ! ere colored 199,321 aliens and 37,- ;0oi were alien enemies. These fig tires do not Include aliens and alien enemies from West Virginia, not re 'ported. MISSOURI BABE WHO - ,. . v u v u -t3wss,f' "SSST . GENl RAL P0WERS7SENATE FAVORS BY KING GEORGE LONDON June 9. General Persh ing was received this morning at Buckingham palace by King George. He was presented to the King by Lord Brooke, commander of the Twelfth Canadian infantry brigade. General Pershing was accompanied to the palace by his personal staff of twelve officers. After tho audience the officers paid a formal call at the United States embassy. The afternoon was taken up with conferences at the war office. Tomor row General Pershing and his staff will nttend a service at Westminster Abbey. The general will dine with Ambassador Page on Monday, at which time he will meet Premier Lloyd George and his chief assistants In the1 cabinet. On Tuesday evening members of tho British cabinet will give a dinner to the general. After the formal reception the king shook hands with General Pershing and the members of his staff and ex pressed pleasure at welcoming the ad vance guard of the American army. LONDON, June 9. Kmpcror Wil liam was with field Marshal Von Hin denburg, Prince Kltol Freldrieh and other members of tho German em peror's staff Inside tho St. Peter's station at Ghent, Belgium, when It was bombarded by entente allied air men the other day, according to a dis patch to the Kxchango Telegraph company from a Dutch frontier cor respondent. The emperor's party was unhurt but three army officers near by were killed. FORCIBLE FEEDING FOR DRAFT PLOTTER KANSAS CITY, Mo Juno 9. Klea Luboschez, a photographer arested a week ago on a chargo of anti-draft conspiracy, last night was forcibly fed at tho county jail. Luboshez since his arrest had refused food, tho an abundance was placed In his cell. He was held, a tube forced Into his mouth and a pint of milk and three eggs administered. WAS KIDNAPPED AND MURDERED ..- tfUft&efelSSfff. . , i. " sCv- HOLDING THREE (CorrPHPomloncn of llin Associated Press.) AMSTERDAM, May 15. The cen tral powers now hold nearly 3,000, 000 prisoners of war, according to official figures published in German newspapers. Germany has 1,690,731 prisoners, including 17.4 74 officers; Austria- Hungary, 1,092,053; Bulgaria, 67, 5S2; and Turkey, 23,903, a total of 2,874,271 prisoners, of which 27,620 are officers. Tills total is mado up of tho following nationalities; Total. In Germany Russian 2.0S0.699 1,212,007 French 368,607 367,124 Serbian 15 1,630 25,879 Italian 9S.01 7 Rumanian 79,03.1 10,157 British 45,241 33,1 29 Belgian 42,437 42,435 Montenegrin .... 5,607 The British prisoners of war not In Germany aro divided between. Bul garia and Turkey. AMSTERDAM, Juno 9. A Buda pest dispatch says that King Charles has entrusted the formation of a new cabinet to Count Moritz Ssterhazy. Count Moritz Kstorhazy, who suc ceds Count Tlsza as Hungarian pre mier, is affiliated with tho liberal element, under the leadership of Count Julius Andrassy, has been gen erally credited with anti-German tendencies. A Splendid Opportunity to Save and to Invest In nskini.' oil to buy n Liberty llond, Ihe 1'nili d Slates (lovcrn im nl does nnl nsk you to spend your money. II oi lers you a splen did oppoi tunit.v to save and to invest. The effect of the successful subscription of the Lilicrly Loan, nnd the huce purchases contemplated liv Hie (lovcriiment ami nr All ies in this country, will create a siliiiitiun where every iniin nnd every woman who is capable of Working-, is uoin- to have more work limn lin y ever hud before in their lives and nl food pny. The great selling ciimpiiicu now licing curried mi t, sell Liberty lionds will stimulate more tin il l nnd more siivintf by the American people. The result will lie that yon, who now buy Liberty H .nils from your current savings, will find vou lire neqniriiii,' I In- S.ning Habit, ami von need have no fear that your income will j,e i-iirluilcd dining this period. The increase in savings deposits in all Ihe belligerent nutiniis dur ing the war is complete proof of the above. BUY A LIDEIiTY MONTJ TODAY AT YOUK RANK or I'OSTOlTIfE AND HIS MOTHER. A HEM WAR TAX WASHINGTON., Juno 9. Tho sen ate finance committee today adopted Senator La Toilette's plan for a tax of ono per cent on tho original soil ing prico of automobiles, paid by owners, as tho basis of a new sched ule of taxation. The proposed tax on confectionery was wholly abandoned. Reduction of 10 per cent for each year's uso of automobiles up to fifty per cent Is provided. Tho new automobile tax rates as approved by the committee would he: Klvo dollars for automobiles costing J500 or less; $7.50 for those costing between $500 and $750; $10 on those from $750 to $1000, with an addi tional tax of $5 for every $500 In the cost in excess of $ 1 000. Tho cominlt too estimated that from $35,000,000 to $10,(100,000 In revenues will bo taken from 3,600,00 automobilo own ers. A now tax on cabarets of ono cent for each ten cents or fraction paid for admission, estimated to raise $2,000, 000 and $3,000,000 was adopted by tho committee. The tax will bo paya ble by persons patronizing them. Tho publishers and excess profits tax were discussed nt length today by tho committee, which adjourned until Monday without a decision. Senator LaKollctte today proposed a tax of 10 per cent upon publishers receipts In lieu of proposals for tho postal In crease nnd advertising taxes. LONDON", .June l. A full her con tingent ni' Aineriejin olTicers arrived :it ii Mrilinh port liidnv on Ihe .sli-inncr llml liriiulil r'urcinn Scerelury llul four. The officer were mcl by rep-ro-entiitivos ol' the Aincriciin emhaH- KV. PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY STRICKEN QUAKE REGION Communication With Salvador Still Cut Off but Advices Indicate Com plete Destruction of Many Cities but Loss of Life Comparatively Light American Minister Safe. CORINTO, Nicaragua, Juno 9. Telegraphic communication with Sal vador Is still cut off and no authentic Information Is available as to the loss of life and property caused by tho earthquake and storm Thursday night. Such advices as have roachod Corlnto Indicate that groat property loss was occasioned. It Is reported that Santa Tecla has been destroyed and the surrounding countryside for a radius of thirty miles devastated. Tho city of San Salvador has been dam aged badly, according to a current re port. The earthquake occurred at 9 o' clook Thursday night. It was nccoin- anied by a high wind and heavy rain. Dispatches yesterday from San Juan del Stir said San Salvador, San ta Tecla and neighboring towns had boon destroyed but that tho loss of 11 fo was small. Information was re ceived from San Miguel that only 100 houses woro left standing in San Sul vador. A dispatch from Panama lust night said reports reaching thero Indicated that hundreds of lives had -been lost in San Salvador. Suburbs Lose Heavily. NEW YOUK, Juno 9. Damago dono by tho earthquake to tho city of San Salvador Is not as great as was first feared, according to cable mes sages received today by Bloom Bros. flsal agents In the United States for tho republic of San Salvador. The central and newer part of the pity was said to have suffered less than tho outlying portions nnd the suburbs. Benjamin Bloom, head of tho New York house, said tho messages showed tho principal loss of life had occurred In tho suburbs. According to the messages, few If any lives were lost In tho newer part of tho city. HAST LAS VKGAS, N. M Juno 9. . Boaz Long, American minister to San Salvador, Is safe from tho earth quake thero, according to a message received today by Judgo K. V. Long, his father. IN BELGIAN BATTLE DUBLIN, Juno 9.. Announcement wus niiido here today of the death of William II. K. Redmond, member of the house of commons, for the east Ivlslon of Clare. llu died from wounds received In action June 7. lie was a brother of John Redmond, Deader of the Irish Natlnoniillsts in the house of commons. OF STEEL DECREASED NEW YORK. June 9. Tho unfilled tonnago of tho United States Steel corporation on May 31 was 11.SS6, 591 tons, according to the report Is fiied today, a decrease of 296,492 tons from the April 30 figures which were the highest In the history of the cor poration, LONDON, June 9. Threo Ameri can survivors from tho British steamer Manchester Mller, torpedoed on Juno have lieen Inn. led. Two Amoriran firemen, Ashlev and Dan iels, lost their lives whrn the Man chester Miller was sunk. The vessel was laden with cotton. lASH AT LENS TAKEN BY BRITISH Haig's Forces Enter German Posi tions on a Front of More Than Two Miles South of Souchez, 20 Miles From Belgian Drive At Same Time Powerful Counter Attacks Along Whole Length of Captured Line Are Repulsed. Ocncrul line's determination to give the Germans no rest was oxem- plificd last night when tho British penetrated Gorman positions around Lens to n depth of mora than half a iliitl. The field of this nttnek lies from 1" to 20 miles south of that of the big drivo made by the British in Bel gium on Thursday, which resulted in the capture of commanding Wj'tsch-uetc-Mcssines ridge nnd its retention despite desperate German counter attacks. The two fields of nttack consti tute points from which tho great man ufacturing district of northern Franco centering in Lille, may bo subject ed to alternating pressure. - The British success today is taken to mean that the J'all of Lons, the great French coal city, is near, nnd that another great blow in about ready to be struck towards clearing the Germans from their long held and niitcli prized French possessions in this urea. . Moke Now Offensive, LONDON, June !). The British at tacked last night south of tho Sou chez river and entered tho German positions on a front of more than two miles, the war office announces, 'fhe (lerinau lino was penetrated to a depth of more than half a mile. Ilenvy disunities were inflicted on the Germans. The ullaek extended norlh of Ihe river, The slntenient says operulions were carried on with complete success on n wido front from soulli of Lense to La Basseo. The Germans Hindu a powerful coupler ul luck lust night over nearly I lie whole length of Ihe new front. They were repulsed completely, tho British redlining- all the ground cap tured. Itepulsu Counter Attacks. ll-'rom a Hliiff forresiiomli'iit of the As sociiile.1 Press.) BlilTISII IIL'ADQI'AUTKRS IN I'HANCI-:, .lime IK-Willi their over-, whelming weight of massed guns and in liand-lo-liiiiid fighting at some poinls, the British have beaten off all German counter attacks upon their newly won positions beyond tho Mes sines ridge. I'nissian and Bavarian troops, driven forward under u storm "f lire red upon them from nd- viiiieed British butteries positions, suffered frightfully. As this dispatch is written they hud succeeded in re capturing and holding only one Brit ish post, at Klein Zillebeke, which hnd been pu-heil well forward of the con solidated imi in British line. Beaten hack in the center, the Ger mans eviilenlly have massed towards Ihe flunks nf the front on which tho (Continued on Pag 8U.) MINNEAPOLIS. Juno 9. Dr. jr. A. Hatch was held by the police to day pending an Investigation of ttaa death of his office assistant, Miss L'sthor Peterson, 23, whose body wan round in the physician's office last night, the head wraped In a aheet saturated with chloroform. Some time ago Dr. Hatch was con victed of manslaughter In connection with tho death of a woman patient, and his npeal for a now trial atlll fa ponding.