0r"9on u, , Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Maximum y.storday Minimum today W, Predictions Cloudy and warmer. m m jjilluli (tally HlntMtndi Yntr. wniy Kiriy-Urm Year. . MEDFORD, OREGON', THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1922 NO. 2G8 FORD S OFFER BEFORE CONG. Secretary of War Refuses to Make Recommendation for Or. Against Acceptance Advantages and Disadvan tages Pointed Out Appro priation May Be Required. WASHINGTON. Fob, IJlanry Ford's. B-rot-osal fur the gavtrnmcnt proj-ert. at Muscle tho-n, Ala., wa Emitted today to congrena by Becre tary WM for "awn action a con gr. may demu appropriate..' The i!y suggestion contained la the let ter of trajumlsilon related to specific clause In tho contract and tho deslr ability or amendment which would, In tho event th propoital be accepted by congr., further enfeguard tho gov ernment's Interests. fHhrwU, the wic rotary or war camfully avnlda reference to congres sional action Involving tho ultimate acceptor or rejection of tho otter a submted. Appropriation Required "In th event Mr. Ford's proposal U accepted," ho declared, "lha govern ment mtiel nmkit new approprltttlnna amounting to 140,000.000 to IM.OoO.ooo oT which Mr. Ford will have the beno flt for approximately loo year at four per cunt." In the event the offer be rejected," tho secretary gave It aa hie opinion "that the number two (Wilson dam) ahould be completed by tlm govern ment and that th power requirement for commercial purpose, the benoflu to navigation aa well a the ponslblo (. of tha government would war runt thla expenditure." "If thla worn douo," bo continue, "tho government may Itself undertake o sell tho priNlurt U tho best ad van !. In auch rao tha amount (if tha government's present propoaad Invest nient would bo very mntorlally reduced bxraua dam number three coating from Il8,noo.o0 to 82S.OOO,000 would i't bf built." and It would nut be noc- Mkftkrv trt hiilm Ihn full In. I IIhI l.m -. I power plant on, tha Wilson dam until tbn markr-t reinilred auch lnittallnnvn. Save IJ.OOO.COO "Thla panUI lnntnllfttlon," ho plain, "would i-ffnrt a aavinK of pra l lnvcntmint In nt toat tha auui of .l.0(Ki,0OO. leaving, accordlun to tho chli-f iiKinix'r'a catlmatn, not to ft- coed 123.000.000 to bo Invested y " ' government at thla time lnntead of $10,000,000 to ISO.OOO.OOO." Tho question of unemployment is Hhools queatlon. "At thla time," he points out, "when there Is a largo amount of unemploy ment It la not without luiportanc to consider the advantage to the nation of tho employment of the Inrgo amount of labor required In undertaking this! development." The Hocrotnry explains his action In sending tho offer to oongreaa by dc . during he I without authority to ac cept Mr. Ford's offor or "dispose of the property as ft v.hol eithor by salo or by Icaao." Ha points otil tho necessity for de termining "whether tho advantage to tho governmont to hnve nitrate plant number two maintained In readiness for the manuractt.ro of explosives and In actual production of fortlllcer to Bcthor with the ln.provon.itut to navi gation la of Hurriclont importance to Jiistiry the propoHd departure from tho prosont policy or tlus law in regard to doiUlug with the wator power ro itourcos and to warrant loosing to Mr. Ford government property for ao long a period. Favors 60 Year Limit "I believe It would be better policy," he wrote,, "to limit- tho contract to a terra of fifty years (InHteod of 100 years) to conform with tho eatabllshed policy of tho fudnrol government ns not (Continued on Page six.) WILLIAM TAYLOR, WELL KNOWN FILM MAGNA IE IS MURDERED AT LOB ANOELE8, Fob, 2, William D. Taylor, director In chief of ono of tho largest film companies operating hure unci nutlorially known in tho mo tion pcturo Industry, vcn found dead tit liU home hero today, under condi tions' which tho police sold indicated murder. Ho was shot through the O't, .. . , Senator Jones Views ! With Regret Spain's Snub of Dry Iceland WA8JUNOTON. Fob. 2,-Seno, tor Joutt, republican, Washington today Introduced a resolution umlor which tho sonata would express lla "profuunl r'Krut" at Uo repotted threat or retaliation by flpalu ttnulnul Iceland because of adoption or prohibition by the Inland. 9 DEAD, FRICK COAL EXPLOSION. 20 ENTOMBED Fear Expressed That All Men ,h hou,w wy nd meanv r commlttvv. j Caught in the Pennsylvania turMouirb.rVcf,cribr; M- . a., i d-end upon the furrlan debt for fl- me Disaster Are Lost uncing the i.roPo.d -five way a iii i r jUMted compenaatlon plan because tha HeSCUCrS WOrKing rCVer- r.v..nuo from that source U problem- ishly to Reach Shut-in Men. Th' .um.ti or revenue from sprclul aourcva were made by the sec 1 1 retary: L . . . .J One cnt Inrreaso In first class OATC, Pa., Fab. 2. All hope for powUre 170.000.COO. tho mlntrs Imprlsonsd by an ouploslon Incrad second class postage to In tho Oatoa mine of tho H. C. Trick wine out deficit In that branch of the Coke company hero today were abaiv potoffl department HO.000,000. don.d at two O'clock p. m, when' Increased cmarett. tax. the In raacuoeraw. earn, acroa. ..van bod... " 10 nfty "nU n' i n thworklno. .ff.et.d by th. blast. Nino bodies previously n.a men I brought up to th. surface. 'on, 140,000.000. OATKS. To., Feb. 2. The bodies of A license tax of fifty cent a horse Dine miners, killed In an explosion In power on automobile 1100.000.000. Ibe Ual.-s mine of the II. C. Trick Coke The total estimated return from ... i.... ,.,i ....rht the taxea was. JQO.000,000. to the surface at noon, from the miry m and a half mll- from the foot or the shaft, where the accident occurred. Twi-nty uion. It was stated, were still tn tho mine and eiperlunced miners working fovcrlnbly to reach tbum ex- preksod the opinion that all were dead, (i.VTES. ra., Feu. I. Hnven men are . known Ut have lu kiiiix ana a others arc entoml.d In a nwtn lv, Utile twm tno DIOUID or tno l.aies mine of the II. C. Frtrk Cuko comjany here, as the result or on explosion early todoy. Trained rearuo crewa from all parte of the ConnvUvllle flnld aro working In relays trying to reach the shut-in men. The bodies were located In an entry and tnken to the foot of tho shaft. It..lrts which came to the surface from 8otu Urown, superintendent lu. rhargo of the mlno, said that such pro-1 ere waa belim mndo bv the rescuers I through the f,Ulnn earth and rock that ho expected to reach the' entombed minora by noon. There was nothing, ,h, rlwir,. .,r , i,u,.. wh.-thnr tho men were dead or alive Hundreds of persons assembled from nearby mlnee and a dotall of ten state policemen waa aout to tho shaft to hold tiium back. In tho crowd were snld to ha ninny members of tho turn-llli-M or the dead and missing miners. Tha mlno Is ouo of tha largest in this vicinity and normally cmploys tion, t 1000 men. It lias been working day and night shifts and a largo num ber of men were In the entries and rooms when the explosion occurred. Tho mlno shaft la 080 feet deep aud tho explosion occurred In a section so fur back In the workings that the force wiw spent before It reached the bottom of the shaft and damaged the holutlng machinery. East! Gets Control of N. W. Fruit Exchange BKATTL1C, Feb. 2. Headquarters of the North wontorn Fruit Kxchnngo. one of tha largo distributors of boxed commorclal apples will remain In Seal tie, It wuh announced today rollow lng a special meeting of stockholders at which five or the former directors and officers resigned and control of tho organization passed to eastern commission and financial Intercuts, Tho body was found near a desk' DESK in his room, upon which thero wasi nav-j- t0 Knn,jg fro(,t tomorrow u cancelled check. Tho wound, nc-'mornnfl( may bo cxpectod in South- cording to tho police, indlctitod that California and the' Sacramento, It was fired from behind Taylor by stinta cinra and Haji Juan valleys, ac- some person mantling up while Tay cording to tho Unltod States weather lor apparently was seated before tho bureau hero. In tho Ban Francisco desk examining tho check. The bul- buy district tho now familiar meteor let wont through tho neck ranging ologtcal refrain "contlnuod cold," downward and penetrating tho hourt. sounded onco again, 4 MELLON FOR BONIISTHRU BET TAX! Secretary of Treasury Sug-j gests Special Tax on To-j bacco or Increased Postage Rate to Finance Soldier's ai uompensauon uppose xne Sales Tax. 41 lUtlTVAftAU t!k Tk anL iin.Ml.wiun, I dlr'a bonua ahould be paid out by enH-lat tasra. auch aa ln. r-U flrrt and a-ond cla po.U. and totacco Uvle. gocretary Mvllun declared today j. ba(.0 Us two cenU m poulld i,000.000. Increawd documentary stamp tax- rout HU.0.000 a year for the first j two )eara and told the committee that It could extend the list of taxable source, to mane up tne aeitcu-ncy. i h ruade It clear that he was oot "recommending" any of the taxes suggested. The treasury socrlary oppce, a - - ,ltA rmt ,n,l rilffl.-ultv fif .ilnilnl.tr.. - - . 0ucltlonw, by RpprewntnUve f,, ,.,.,.,, u-in.in .. in th. h.jdn for tn8 m,,,,, of m eoKt 0f u&o.OOO,- ouO for tho bonus the flret two years. Mr. Mellon said this was the aMump- tlon that half of the former service men would take cosh. Mr. Frear. aaked the secretary hi views on va rious special tax. Tho secretary objected to any further changes In , R W0U)J r(,UrJ hualni; FATTY' ARBUCKLE JURY STILL OUT BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. i The Jury In the second trial of Koscoe C. Ar bucklo on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of Miss Vlr- glnla Kapie returned to Us delibera Hons at 10 a. m. today after having boon locked up since 11 o'clock last night. There waa no Indication of how the Jury stood, but forecasts that the trial would eud in a disagreement were being freely passed about the corridors. The Jury roturned to its dellbera tlone today, fortified with the re reading of the full set of final Instruc tions by the court and the testimony of Josephine Keta, chambermaid at the Hotel St Francis who testlflod to hearing a woman's agonlxod criee at the time Arbuckle was supposed to have been Inflicting fatal iujurtea on Miss Rappo while they were alone in bis room. Both Instruction and test!, ut its roquest yesterday after it had retired. Tho rcaueBt came as a nur r.. .nd -.f.H Hn.utfn to - - w how the jury stood. WARMER WEATHER IN 2. The 8AN FRANCISCO. Feb. weather man relented today so far as Washington and Oregon aro concern-1 ed and scheduled warmer woathor.l accompunlod by clouds, rain or snow in those states, but ho continued to i'ilfn hffl ni-liHlnllntiM nl Pnllfnenl. ith ,, ,.,, Ford Conferring Muscle y m 1 KiiWiWiiW)fif . y ,y . ' tZ . Mr ft I jffl'" r : i I. . I,,,--, , H urn mi n an ie iiii.i in ii'WiniiiJiW hi "r mil mu m ttmwn vr"-i,;,n- i, r-. J .v c rr the purt-he and operation of the government', nitrate and waterpower !" Uu,cl Hhul , II Mr. Kort'n ambition to build up a cannot full. - f OF A NEW POPE BY END OF WEEK Secret Session to Name Bene . diet's Successor Starts General Belief Is Decision Will Soon Be Reached New Names Suggested. LONDON, Feb. J. The Rome eorro- spondenl of the Tliuee telegraphs tuat. when the numerous opinions aa to who wlit 8UCCned poue inedlct are alfted. Dame( whJch eUn, w n, ul EXFEC E M Cardlnala Casparrl. Ratti. Maffi. , ' lctory Io.na wlfi federal cur-' fr en of Butte Falla. He was Immedl-;11 - , ' ,. F-onUlne. Lmaldl and Granlto. t ani ,c'or' ,loan9 ,w , . ,f e , J. ! ..aIv rushed to the Sacred Heart H waa commiseloned a first lleu- rtlth the exception of Cardinal rCDcy Mr ,owaru - Men foret fte Xl r" ' n?.rAH thit t't th" thirteenth railway en mia tra nieiium oi v-arum nrintini ni-ea and too hospital where it was discovered that , ., , .,w ,h-. Lafontalne, (W Granlto. all of theru hava Imn cnnelat ently mentioned aa possible choice, Cardinal Granlto la Bishop of Albino, , -0 year old and was raised to the pUrpje j jjj ' LONDON, Feb. 2. The successor of Pope Benedict, late pope of the Catho-! tic church will be a man of "fearless faith." according to a prophecy of the succession of the popes, in the posses sion of Archbishop John J. Olennon of 8t Louis, This prophecy, written in Latin, describes some circumstancea In the life of each pope or alludes to some extent to each pontiffs life, with such correct prognostication that It attained prominence during the last three centuries. Malachlas, archbishop of Armakh and a close friend of St Bernard, la credited by somo historical writers with the authorship of thla prophesy, while others attribute It to Arnold deVlon. a Benedictine mouk, who pub lished the work in 1535. Characteristics of six more succes sors to the pope yet to be chosen are given In the prophecy. "Pasto et Nauta," (Shepherd and Seaman) is the description given to the poutiff to suo ceod the next pope. The author concludes with the pro phecy that "after the last persecution of tho holy Roman church, the city of the seven hills (Rome) will be de stroyed." ItOME. Fob. S.-(By the Aseodat- ed Prena) -The conclave of the sacred college which Is to choose a succeiwor to Popo Benedict XV. began e-t-tnga todny. Tho fifty-two car- dinal. who are In Rome wont into so- elusion lost night, and when the great " " . I" . ouk barrier at the entrance of tho .... .... . ... J. ?om? u"" wun wun mo ouiaiau wwia unui inoir "T""" , t . . cabinet to have a eulogy of the late Tho balloting Is not expected to p Benedlct read from the tribune consume more than two days and the b President DeNicola of the'eham next pope. i tho concensus o( opinion fce aa hlJQ becn proml8ed, , in Vatican circles, will come from among the moderate section of the sacred collego. Neither the "irrecon rllables" nor tho party which favors closer relations with tho Italian gov ernment Is understood to havo a 'chance to elect Its candidate, the moderates holding tho buluneo of power. Crowds Gather, Crowds gathered today in St. Petersburg square to watch for tho tell-tale smoke wreaths from tho .kl.... K. aluttnn nkannl -a-hnw ,. .v. ,, . h.t 4kn tn tho morning and evening of each day tho conoluvo is in session and tho amoko puffs aro tho only indication to the watchers as to tho progress made, AVhcn no election is effected, a little straw Is burned with the voting papers causing the smoke to assume I I (Continued on Plto hIxj ; With Weeks on Shoals . i.- x.. E RESTS UPON R. R- COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 2. Radicalism will Increase In the event of delayed agricultural economic adjustments, J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, declared In an address today at Farmers Week at Ohio State university here. "The agricultural conference called by President Harding laat week show ed at the start a wind current toward the farmer-labor movement,' be said. "My mall brings me daily proposals from all quarters demanding auch ex pedients as the government making direct real estate loans to the farmers at two or three per cent by currency i .i it-- .ii t iim. little lntrlniic value Is at the seat of ; Europe's trouble today and that1 asslgnat' helped provoke the French revolution.' "Personally," he declared, "I ap prove that constructive radicalism which provokes serious thought . It compel, progress. I will go to the limit regarding cooperative marketing and government supervision of all public utilities, an 'ism' But I must draw the line on that is destructive and not' constructive particularly it destructive of that greatest of all human agencies personal initiative. Two things must happen In the way of a solution of agricultural Ills, Mr. Howard said the development of new an., cheaper lines of transportation and the greater development of elec tricty, 83 that it may be applied to transportation fully. ITALIAN CABINET FORCED TO QUIT ROME. Feb. 2. (By the Associat ed Frees) The cabinet of Premier Uonomi. which took office last July, presented its resignation to the cham ber . of deputies nt 7:03 this evening. TUo ablnet decided" to when at a cab,net councl, thu mornlng ,t developed that important groups in h,w , Whih h mwm. nient ha(1 pou,, for eupport had pa8lied ovor to the 0pPoalUon becaue , ..., ,., Even the Cathollea had been supporting the ministry thrnuirhnut tho crisis of the past few days, were u,,.j , k ,iinr. a k uuounvcu uc a, ua v vt vtiu a m w v v SANTA ANA. Cal., Feb. 3. In con nectlon with tho alleged murder of Marco Guerrerro near here eleven years ago, Luis Rod arte was iu tho Orange- county jail today because deputy Bheril't'a said, he displayed peculiar clump of white hair on top of his head. Rodarto is held on suspicion that he may be a man known as "White Feftthor," HOP AN MURDER WILL OUT FEATHER TAKEN Governor Olcott to Extend Reprieves to Kirby-Rathiet et al SALEM, Ore., Feb. I Governor Oloott announced thla morning that he would extend the re- 4 prtevee granted El vie Klrby, John Rathle and Dan Casey, con- detuned to bang here, unleaa the supreme court handed down a de- clalon on Klrby' a appeal, attack- 4 4 lng the constitutionality of the 4 4 Oregon capital punishment law, 4 4 today. The repiievea originally 4 4 granted by the governor expire 4 4 tomorrow. 4 F OF BUTTE FALLS KIllEDJ TREE Fallina Limb Crushes Skull of . , ... , n u J Timber Worker RUSnea 10 Medford and Operation Performed Conscious for HOUr After ACC'dent. " , . , .... ., Frank, E. Tretren of Butte FaUa died this morning at nine o'clock as a result of Injuries received yester- . . . v day afternoon when he waa struck by a falling limb while working In the timber near Butte Falla. The Injury occurred about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and af- tar. h.lnr tinrt Trnfren waa conscious tor more than an hour and was able to -converse with friends.' He then lapsed Into unconsciousness and a doctor waa called from Medford to RANK MM attend him. Trefren was brought to wTlen ,ut fifteen year, old he became thla city via the Pacific and Eastern tjcket .gent at Elgin, 111., for the Chi railroad and arrived about 10 o'clock Cago and Northwestern railroad, and lint nleht accomDanled br several subsequently superintendent, leaving i - . . . . . rnpniia and a nromer. ueorKe ire- he had suffered a very serious rrac- tu re ofthe skull, extending from me top oi nis neaa io iue ran o mo BIUll in iroui oi ana wunui uib cjo. An operation waa performed in an efrort to save his life but due to the seriousness of the Injury practica'ly . 1 " or M recov7 , "8 "' "u'""l"s,""ul w" j sclousnesa. in8 TOajr 13 la ur80 wl nl Conger of thla city. Funeral ar- rangemenia wut oe annouueeo. luier. - FATAL TO THREE SANTA ROSA, Cal.. Feb. 2. Father, mother and son loet their lives from botullnius poisoning caused by eating home preserved beans according to physicians in attendance on Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Pas tores and Joseph Pas tores, Jr., all of Healdsburg. The par ents died during the night and the son at noon today. Russian Population Decreases 18000 J0OO WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. A de- crease of about 18.000.000 In the pop ulatlon of soviet Russia as compared with pre-war estimates is reported by , the. bolfiheviat nress. according to a statement issued today by the com- merce department For lszl, tne statement, saia, mo noDtilation of soviet Russia waa praced at 130.707,000 by a bolshevik renlu. CANNED BEANS BALFOUR PLANS TO LEAVE MONDAY WHEN PARLEY WILL PROBABLY CLOSE WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (By the Associated Press) Its naval discus sions concluded and the results writ ton into treaty form, the arms confer ence turned Its full attention to the Far ' Eastern situation again today, ..j.t, ihn hnnn nt hrina-tnir the Wash Ington negotiations finally to an end this week. The famous "twenty-one demands" was the Immediate business before the Far Eastern committee and at the SUd'SY DIES AFTER HARD FIGHT Second Assist. Postmaster General Succumbs to Inju ries Received in Movie Theatre Disaster End Is Unexpected Sudden Heart Complications Cause Death WASHINGTON. Feb. J. Edward 1L Shaughneasy of Chicago, second assistant postmaster general, died here early today at Walter Reed hos pital from Injuries received in the Knickerbocker theater disaster Sat urday night. Although Mr. Shaughnesay's Injur rles were known to be of a critical 'nature, hi condition had shown 1m proVement up to yesterday and death ZZlTlTZlZ'S'l deata a audden bean coi- lapse shortly after midnight. Mr. Shaughneasr" wife and hta ten year old daughter, Ruth, both of whom are recovering from injuries received in the theater disaster, had not been ,nfortned of hl, death at . earty hour today. They are being treated at another hospital, the daughter hav lng had both arms broken while Mrs. shanghnesBy auffering Uom a (mo tured rib and shock, I The death of the second assistant ' pcmaster general brings the fatality llat of the catastrophe as now report- i" " V""-" Good War Record. ghneeey, second aaalstant postmastee enera,'Waa born in Chicago in 188 J. i . k. T l.l Q)f ... mwiaA K. ucn - - rtKlment. In FranCe he studied the rrench language and then prepared a book of rules adapting American , rallroaa rules to rrer.cn rneiauas. j He served aa superintendent of transportation at Chateau Thierry and later, during the St Mlhiel drive. . D-nnorfl 1 iinHnt0ndefit Of trane " rtatlVn t at Is-SurTllle. During the .Argonne offensive, he wa general manager of transportation in the xone of advance and by this time had been promoted to the rank of coloneL ; i Mr. Shaugnnessy was appoiniea 'second assistant postmaster general jby Will Hay to Improve facilities for rapid handling of the malls and to i worn Willi l,o I urn u-auo - - '-. ' i . . k.la. nnHlttnn. n Inn 17 till 'about better condition ! line. Patriotism Leads to Fracture Prohibition HONOLULU. T. H. Patriotism, led Mrs. Julia Bieochan Rivera Into the United States district courthere on a charge of violating the prohibition en forcement act, and led to a fine of 160 when she pleaded guilty. i According to her story, three of her brothers were drafted into the army during the world war. ' i "I vowed that 1 would wear nothing but black for three year and If the United States wpn the war and If my brothers came back safe, I would give a big celebration." she said. '"Tlo (Uncle) Samuel surely won the war and my brothers live. So I prepared tne ceioDration. wut wuai is eu-u celebration without something to cheer ..... .. .. t . - L J a...nU and warm the heart? I decided 1 would make something to cheer. The officer came and arrested me. He said 1 waa making Okolehao and that It waa against the law. I did nol it was, then I am guilty." I did not know It. ' If same, time a sub-committee met to try for a compromise on the Chinese Eastern railroad problem. Monduy tho delegation heads would gather in tho state department and formally sign all of the treaties re maining. , Arthur J. Balfour wlh - to leuvo Washington next Monday night at the latest, to sull oh the Aqultanta next Tuesday and within a few days thereafter, under present plans, all the delegations will havo, loft Washington, t ,