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0, tlldn ... Medford Majdl Tribune The Weather Msrlmuro yesterday 3i Minimum today 2. Predictions Rain. tinny HKti-Mttl) Yrur. W.ikiy-t i"y-Hri Vr. MKDFOM), OKKGOX, TUKSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922 NO. 2G6 TREMENDOUS QUAKE FELT, NO DAMAGE Most Severe Shock Since San Francisco Disaster Is Re corded by Seismographs in Various Parts of Country Experts Believe Center in Pacific, Olf Oregon. CAMlWUIHiE. Mas.. Jn 31. Tho earthquake rarcrd'd In all pari cl tb I'nlifd Bui today probably occurred under lh Pacific orsan off tho coast cf Washington cr Oregon, It laid after thorough reckoning at tho Harvard university today. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. St. An earth tremor a fell her early to day. Thn oscillation waa faint and continued (or several second. No itamaitn was dona. FI'OKANF., Jan. 3 1.- Earthquako shock, umanallng. It waa reckoned. r.ii h hnlni TOO m Hid ar ulhemt of IhU rlty. worrf recorded by tlm ! iwiraph at Goniaga university to- day. They started at 5:19 a. m- and continued until 7:05 It wa slated, with heaviest (hock at from & : 2 1 to -; 2 4 . r'KATTl.l. Jan. 31.- - A pronoune earth (hack reuiurlng probably v rral thouaand ml leu tn a southerly dl roc i Ion from Heattl. wa recorded on tho (Kinmocrapu at thn i niversity oi Washington here today, Tho record ttM,,iy ijimH.i of Columbian pushed began at &:1 a. m.. rearhod It max-j,n(.lr investigation of the KnicUor linum at 6:2$ and ended at 7:23 a. barker diamer and tho senate ' m. '8o Violent waa the dlturlanee exported to take nrtton on the roaolu at tho maximum that the needle of tlon at Kenator Capper. republican, the wUmogrsph win llflod from the Konono. proposing an Independent In recording drum for wvoral minute uu'ry by that body. WA8IIIN0TON. Jan. 31. An rarlhuako of tcroat lutonilty, proba- bly I.&00 to 1.800 mil" ruth of Wuihlnicton, waa ngiirea eany la- 1)Pmiinic tho ounomo of thooo by day at tlm Georitctown (lamocraph- j,,,i nuihritl. Iral oboorvatory. Tlia quako brnan a rr-t-hcrk of tho di-ath Hot by thi- at about K:;.'i a. m. and ton minute puili-o today ohowed that tho final latr tho tremor had, bwmo oo total. utld the expected death of j.ronouncod a to throw tho relator- "lur,-d. of hl.h thero are now lt. nnmlloo nff tl aolo three, probably would bo reilu. cd to In noodle orr he acio. . Thn quako alao wa. rrcl. iwd cn ' ()f (h) foU ()f , lnJulfd tho aoUmoicraph cf tho weather bu- 6, r,,m!,llm, , hlM.,,llnl- toly. with reau. official of which deacrlbod It B rrllor,,.,i i rritical condition M "inonatrnu." The Rev. KrancU 1; ,t HhuiiKlmcaoy. oecotid noolotant Tondorf. director Cf tho Georcetown ppotmaoter aencral. althuuKh Includ (oloUK'Kraphlcnl oborvtory and one ed anionic tbeoo, wa aald tlll to b of tho foremost oarthiiuako authcrl- ohowInK Improvement today. Hot of tho world, aald thn quake wal In addition to an cxhnuotlvo Invc. 'piiormou." both machloo woro atlll Uaatlon of tho dloaoter being preooed regKtorlng tho quake at ton oTlock. " " ' Columbia rommk , dinner the federal grand Jury which vi'u vaiiv T. n r:i.. 'vWlod tho eno of th ocaluolrophe NhU . OI1K, Jan. 31.r.oelo- M (no fu.Kt , ,nv,.Bt ,,., pint. In Now ork (oeklng to locato Tcntiy to(Jny ,0 cftU th flrHt Iho oarthquako which today ahatter- Mri)lt,.B ln , ,.ff0rt to fix tho blame. od (nlamoftraph In Vrlon part of tho coroner1 Jury, aloo inveHtlKatln tho t'nltod Htatoa, catlmated that the tho cauoe of the denth had requeatod ahoc.k trlKlnatod alonR the woat coant tho war department today to naolKn of South Amorlca ' aomewhnra bo- army engineer to ninku n atudy of tweon the" l'unama canal rone and tho atructuio of Mho motion picture Ecuador, DENVKR. Jan. 31,-Tho Mliino- Kraph at Reg-I coIIoro hero today roglBtonul tho moat (evme quako r- cordod In the lnat flflenu ai(, nc - cording to Kothnr Fcoatall. Tho quuko (tartod at 6:20 . m. and con- tlnuod without abatement until 7:30, tlm maximum Intennlty bolim rocord - fd botwoon :30 a. m. and CMO a. m., at which tltno the tremor wa so se vere that tho recording needlu was forcod off tho drum of tho Instru ment. . ' The disturbance was declared by Fathor Forestall to bo about 1,300 miles south of Denver. Tho shock was oven groater than that registered ho re at thn tlino of the Snn Francisco earthquake. (Continued on page six.) 1 AFTER SHOOTING HOSTON, Jan. 31. Sixty patrolmen armed with riot guns, buttled more than an hour early today against Ronxy Murray, a negro, who barrlcml ed ln his homo In the south end, shot ond sorloiiHly wounded two patrolmen, a nagroHS una a negro, nnd set fire to a bed In which an tufant lay. Murray mirrondorod uninjured when n dozen pollcemon broke down tho door cf tho hmiHo. Tho trouble bognn when Manny cjocted Mrs. , William . Jackson, a NEGRO SURRENDERS Woman Bandit Fells Widow, Crabs $240 From Hose, Escapes . NKW YORK. Ja 31. A worn- an bandit yesterduy titrd ft buirhi.r lu). felled Mm. Rebecca Dull, thn widowed proprietor with tlio butt of a revolver, Uxik $240 from Mr. Hull's staking and escaped. Mr. Hull wait found uncon- atioua an hour after tlm holdup. DEATH LIST IN REDUCED TO 97 Official Report On Knicker bocker Theatre Disaster Is Issued By District Columbia Authorities Some On In jured List Still in Danger. WASHINGTON. Jan. Jl. Ninety seven liroim. according to a final and official list loaned today by tho Motrbt of Columbia authorities loot XMf llve ln ,t, ,.0imo Saturday 'iaht. under n burden of anow uf tho i Knickerbocker thcuter roof. Ai'V addition to the Hot, it wa said. would result from th ratal urnnno it tlon of Injuries ut.tuliit-d by other vic tim. WAHIIl.NtJToN. Jan. Jl- -Whlle ,.. ,...,, huru.t of ito dvad uln win. miulln In tho houou, l thouah Iti'pr-'iiillve Mondrll, n- publlian rndT. hn announced thut hoiy Wl)Ul, , nutlU)rUo inquiry. thefltll, deduction li! tho death list, which " . Z. , T.5 " VH ,; r rlht nnmtH for whl(,n h0 polu, h(lV0 1(ocn unal)l0 t0 nd rmy udilrcme. They nre: I). M. Wnlah, Mr. M. K, Wuloli, Wr, and Mr. KiihhkII Maine, Albert Itnker. I'aulu Uimby V. M. Crawford nnd jK - "" In addition to theHo Mio U'ertrudu Taylor ot WaMhlngton wa found to hnvo been reported dead by error, nnd Ernesto Natlello, who wa killed, was found to have been listed again a Erneat Martello. These ten ellmlnntlona would reduce tho total to HO. Knghtml Cliulli'iigCN Again. LONDON, Jan. SI. (ify the Asso ciated Press) Tho lawn tennis asso ciation announced this afternoon that the Ilrltlsh Isle had challenged America for tho Davis cup. I 4, TWO SERIOUSLY negress tenant, nnd fired several (hotB at her. Patrolmen Dalton nnd Me- Shane attempted to enter tho house and McShano was shot tu tho stomach. Another bullet wounded Dtilton In the check. Mrs. JackBon's husband, holding his tinby In his arms, was shot twice by Murray. The child foil on n bed nnd Murray sot fire to It, Juclison sold. Tho Infant was rushod to a hospital suffering from burns. , Mrs. Julia Scott, a neighbor, wns Btruclt jn tho hand by a bullot, MOVE COLLAPSE UNHUR RAPPE DUE TO San Francisco Physician De nies III Health Cause of Tragedy in Arbuckle Case If Drink Could Cause Fits, Country Would Have Gone Dry Long Ago- BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. Dr Rufu RIdon, Ban Franclaco phydclan Kavo proaocutlon rebuttal testimony toxlay In tho ae-coiti: trial of a man ulnuchtor charito axalnat Roacoe C (Fatty) Arbucklo that bladder all menu of the nature caualna; the death of Mlu VlrxlDla Rappe mlxbt not tioccHarlly be related to visible evl donee of lllneoH shown by Ml RPIe. Tho charge against Arbudtle grow out of the death of Ml Rappe through bladder rupture. Tho proaocu tlon contend that the rupture wa caused by force. Tho defense claims that It waa tho climax of a chronic condition. Defense testimony held that the chronic condition evidenced Itself In fainting and h)torla at certain per iod when Ml Rappo partook of In toxicating liquor. "Drinking could not have produced such evidence," Dr. Rlgdon testified, "otherwise we would have had prohibi tion long KO because of tho preva lence of chronic bladder complaints." L ROME. Jan. SI. (Hy Associated Tress ) Interest ln the church of a successor to Tope Benedict Is increas ing ns tho time draws near for assem bling of tllo sacred conclave and many nttompts to flud an indication of the result are being made. Cardinal Laureutl, secretary of tb congregation of tho propaganda, al though rend to tbo purple only last year Is understood to be favored by at least thirty of the cardinals. Tho name of Cardinal Rnttl, arch bishop of Milan, mentioned previously a favored by the "peace" group, head ed by Cardinal Gasparrl, Is not heard no often now- and the section beaded by Cardinal Merry Del Val, which had boon credited with favoring Cardinal Maffi, archbishop of I'lsa, Is reported as ready for a compromise before bal loting begin. , Suffocated By Heat In Refrigerator Car SPOKANE, Jan. 31. William Mul- lor, aged about 24, wns suffocated by tho charcoal heater on a refrigerator car, his body being found after tho car reached Spokane today from the south Roceipts found In his pockets indicate that bis home is ln Spirit Lake, Idaho He had apparently climbed ln the car to come to Siiokaue, entering through a hatch ln the top which he closed after him. The zlnc-linod compartment was empty except for tho heater nnd the body. Would Be Rescuer of Woman In On Deal , TACOMA, Wash., ' Jan. 31. John Bechtold confessed today he assisted In the robbery ot Mrs. Hazel Green last week, ns ho was escorting her homo from the grocery store where Bhe Is cashier. When two holdup men suddenly appeared, Bechtold ap parently put up a valiant battle, but Mrs. Green was relieved of $143. ln his confession, accordlug to the police Uuchtold Involved 'Pearl, Fred and D. R. Roberts, nil of whom are under arrest. 1'orliaps This Wuh tlio Quako. SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 31. -Explosion? of a bomb early today shattered tho windows of a tcnoniont housa oc cupied , by eight Italian families on Tolegraph hill bore. No one wns In jured. Pollco said a flro ot niysto vIouh origin threatened tho houso two weeks ago. GARD1NA LAURENT! FORGES AHEAD RACE FOR VATICAN Bankers Wife, Child, Chauffeur and $1,000 Gone I I' A nation-wide aearch ha been start- ed by tho iollce of New Jersey and : New York for Mrs. Aubrey H. nulI,jMrf- WOO from the bank her . . .... . . .i"u. wHwioer wim ner aaugnier, leti Costa, a chauffeur, who have disai j OMAHA, Jan. 31. Large crowds of; former packing house workers gath- ered at employment offices ln the i packing plant district seeking re employment according to reports from that section today, following the call ing off of the strike In the Omaha dis trict. A considerable percentage of the men had to be turned away, but ac cording to C. R. Orchard, a member ot tho packers' publicity committee, they will be taken back In accordance with whatever demand for their services Is made as a result of conditions. Two hundred former employes were put to work last week, he said, and there were prospects that increased business would necessitate further addition to packing plant forces. Commenting on the termination of the strike In Omaha, Jacob H. Davis, president of district council No. 5 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's union said: "The packing house workers of Omaha have received a temporary set back, but the spirit displayed through out tho Ight weeks of struggle nnd sacrifice will encourage) workers in all lines ot Industry by its show of soli darity." Davis added that it was up to tho packers by their future treatment of employes to say whether there w ill be a second strike. According to Davis, a conference of international butcher workmen heads was held In Chicago last week, when it was agreed that strikers In each city where a strike was. In progress should have power to terminate it. Guilty Contributing To Delinquency Wife CHICAGO, Jun. 31. Found guilty of a charge of contributing to the delin quency of his wife, Emmalino Reavls,' aged 16, Guilermo Plana, 22 years old, Filipino luw student at Depau univer sity yesterday was sentenced to one your In tho house ot correction. Plana and tho girl had eloped. Counsel for Plana contended there Is no law whereby a man could be found guilty of contributing to the de linquency of his wife. Famous Sculptor Dead STAMFORD, Conn.; Jan. 31. Solon H. Porglum, nn artist of nation-wide renown aud head of n school of sculp ture hero Is dead. Ho was born on December 22, 18C8 in Ogden, I'tah, and was a brother of Gutzon Uorgluni, him self a noted sculptor. His five colos sal busts of Civil war generals which nre In tho Vicksburg national park, and hiB statue, "The Pioneer," exhibit ed at tho Sou Francisco exposition in 1915, wore among hia best known works, OMAHA STRIKERSMN WHO STOLE QUIT. MEN RUSH HAM AGREES TO TO REGAIN JOBS Ifo&AvJtx'ey H- Ball AaJ d&utki'tr. OrutrtJAfi. Cost. peared from the borne of Mr. Bull at Rldgewood, N. J. On December 31 wealthy family at Rldgewood. STERILIZATION YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 31. John Hill, reservation beet laborer, was to day sentenced to from six months to 13 years in the penitentiary when he pleaded guilty to stealing some hams from a Toppenlsh store because he had been unable to find work and his wife and five children were starving. Hill Is a Russian peasant, of poor education, and at 4 0 is the father of five children born during nine years ot married life. The court suggest ed that be submit to an operation to Insure himself against again becom ing a father of children, whom he could not support. The court ex plained the operation ln detail and Hill expressed his entire willingness tu undergo It at the expense of the county. Tho court then suspended Hill's sentence and gave directions for having the operation performed. Recently an habitual criminal was sentenced to imprisonment and steril ization, but Hill's case Is a precedent for its kind. BE TRIED FIRST WACKEGAN. M., Jan. 31. (By the Associated Press.) Circuit Judge Edwards today granted a tdo tion for separate trials of Governor Len Small and Vernon Curtis, Grant Fark banker, charged with conspir acy to embezzle Btate fundB. The court overruled the motion filed by the governor and granted a similar motion filed in behalf ot Mr. Curtis, the decision having the ef fect of putting the governor on trial first. Judge Edwards called for the gov ernor's plea and Charles C. Leforges, speaking for Mr. Small, pleaded "not guilty." The state agreed to accept a plea by counsel for Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Leforgo entered the same plea. Mr. Curtis Is confined in his home by quarantine. E BLOWS UP, 4 DEAD P1.NEV1LLE, Ky.. Jan. 31. Four miners wero killed, two were injured seriously and two are missing as a result of an explosion In tho Layman Cnlloway coal mine at Layman, Ky., 20 mllos from here, last night, nceord lnn to reports received here today. So far as has boon determined only the night crew of eight to ten men wns in tho mine at tho time of the explosion. ' GOV SILL TO KENTUCKY IN Only Man to Answer Edison's Questionaire Wins Sister-in-Law NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Wnen Thomas A. Edison, formulated bis famon and much-abused questionnaire last spring he hod no idea that the only man who would annwer It correctly would win bl way into tho Edison fam- lly. but such Is the case. Samuol A. Halsoy of Newark, N. J., will tonight marry MU Charlotte W. Hawkins, lster-uv law of Charles Edison, son of the Inventor. Mr. Holsey, who Is now man- 4 ager of an Ed loon concern la this 4 city, was one of the first to get 4 4 the famous questionnaire issued 4 4 last year. He answered It cor- 4 4 rectly and advanced to the post 4 4 of chief of the personnel staff, 4 4 where be met Miss Hawkins, who 4 4 wo doing welfare work In the 4 4 plant. 4 4 PRES'T PLEASED Chief Executive Confirms Be port That An Agreement Between China and Japan Has Been Reached End of Conference Believed Near. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.(By the Associated Press.) Much gratiflca lion that the. Shantung controversy had been settled was expressed at the White House, where officials said President Harding felt that the agreement reached was one of the Important accomplishments of the Washington negotiations. The White House comment was the first official expressison confirming formally that the Japanese and Chi nese had reached a complete accord although it bad been generally in dicated that they were virtually ln agreement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (By the Associated Press.) Virtual settle ment by the Japanese and Chinese of the long debated Shantung ques tion and final agreement on the text of the five-power naval limitation treaty brought the Washington con ference very near to the conclusion of Its labors today, with some ot the delegates expecting to be on their homeward Journeys possibly by the end ot the week. Prediction that the last details of the plan for restoration to China ot Shantung province would be settled at today's meeting was made by Dr. Koo ot the Chinese delegation, fol lowing an agreement reached last night between the Japanese and Chi nese covering all principles required as a basis for disposal of the Tslng Tao-Tsinan railroad question. The basis ot settlement is understood to have been the compromise plan sup ported by President Harding. Meantime the naval committee ot the whole was meeting today to give final approval to the text of the naval treaty as completed yesterday by agreement in the naval committee ot fifteen on the Pacific fortifications article. The treaty tomorrow will be au nounced to the world at a plenary session of the conference. The Far Eastern committee prob' ably will be called In session today to clear the collateral issues now re- malning in, that field which, with Shantung, it was expected would take but a few days. It was the expecta- OF BY LJ OVER SOLUTION OF SHANTUNG SENATOR KENYON FEOEA DOE WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Senator 'pressed appreciation of the president" Kenyon of Iowa announced today he action, which ho said would enable ,, . . , .. ' ,,, him to achieve his ambition "to sort would accept the nomination as fed- the federa, bench , eral Judge Tor the eighth circuit ten- Senator Kenyon after the confirma dered to him by President Harding tlon said he would be unable to leave aud sent to the senate. I Washington to take up his new duties , The senate soon after receiving the nomination confirmed it in jpen exec - utlve session, an honor only rarely paid to nominees. ' , The Iowa senator, who Is one of tho leaders ot the senate and chairman of the agriculture bloc of thut body in a formal statement issued upon receipt of Ws nomination by tho senato, ex - E Ex-Service Men Before House Committee Declare Five Op tion Bill Satisfactory Sen ator Simmons Withdraws His Measure On Request Refunding Bill Changed. WASHINOTON. Jan. 31. Imme diate passage of a soldier bono leg islation was urged today at a hear ing before the house ways and means committee by representative of war veterans' organizations. An estimate that It a bonus bill wero enacted 50 per cent of the war veterans would take it ln preference to insurance, vocational and home aid., and land settlement option was made by Daniel T. Stock. Ottumwa, Iowa, legislative representative ot the American Legion, if a bonus is au thorized, the committee was told, the American Legion expects to laansh an intensive campaign to "educate" former service men as to the most de sirable provision, with a view to hav ing a great number take advantage of options other than cash. Mr. Steck declared the passage ot an adjusted compensation bill, car rying five options incorporated ln the measure approved by the house dur ing the last congress, would " perma nently" satisfy able-bodied war vet erans. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. A pro Vision in the allied debt refunding bill which would have given the pro posed debt commission authority "to adjust and settle all claims the Uni ted States has or hereafter may have against any foreign government was stricken out today by the senate. Previously 'an amendment by Sen ator Simmons, democrat. North Carolina, which would provide that interest payments could not be post poned, for more than three years' without the consent ot congress was rejected 41 to 27. Senator Simmons offered his sol diers' bonus amendment but later withdrew It at the request of Sena tor Norris, republican, Nebraska, who asked that consideration be deferred until after the senate had acted on his substitute bill proposing to au thorize the secretary of the treasury to refund the foreign debt under conditions and terms laid down by the existing Liberty Loans act. Los Angeles Man Will Run Science Monitor BOSTON. Jan. 31. The Christian Monitor today announced the election by the directors of the mother church, of Charles E. Jarvis, formerly ot Los Angeles, Cal., as business manager ot the Christian Science Publishing soci ety. He succeeds John R. Watts. Mr, Jarvis has been clerk of the moU-er church for four years. '.TT-r r. irrrr7i tlon of officials that another plen ary session would be called tomor row afternoon following that for the naval announcement to permit for mal ratification of the dozen or more resolutions relating to China which have received committee approval only. The fortifications article, which has been holding up completion ot the naval pact for several weeks was settled yesterday by an agreement under which the fortifications statu quo in the Pacific Is to Include the I American Aleutian islands, a part ot I Alaska, as well as the Bonln Island J group ot Japan. T short of a week or ten days, 1 He expected, he added, to examlnfl ! senatorial precedents to determine whether after the confirmation he tan , vote. The cooperative marketing b H DEM OwA APPOINTED PREIDEN HARDING scheduled to take the next place the calendar of business, - Is one' I which he Is vitally Interested, 1 Kenyon said. .'' .... ...4