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Mebford ml Tribune . The Weather - Prediction Fair Maximum 8'J -Minimum 47 Weather Year Ago Maximum Minimum .69 .43 aliy Kvintnentli Tr, MEDFORD, ORISON, -MONDAY, S A V JJ, irj NO. ,r)8 M 1 SIN KILLED ON COLUMBIA Smoke From Forest Fires Re sponsible for Fatal Crash Steamers Welsh Prince! and lowan Collide Off Al toona, Washington Three i Men Arc Seriously Injured. PORTLAND. Ore, .May 29. 8eVn anlliira were killed ami tlum firemen were Injured In tha coIIIhIoii last niKht tn tlm Columbia river off ,loona, VSaMi,, between tlio ateum eta Wih Prince and tlu luwan. no cording to liifurinallon atiillnldo early today ut the naval radio Mutton nl North Iliad. The tcaiuir low an v ia reported to !c on her way up tlm Columbia rlvi-r early tliia morning Under hrr u n attain. The turn killed In tlitt collision warn: J. II. I-ukr, Uonkr) inun, Portland. C. M. Ji'iiwn, able mniui, 1 1.- n dtra. lxnmork. Joel llurkwaltcr, I'urllttnd. 'n . W, J. Htokt-y, ulilu luiniin, I'oit Ittnd. Ore. J. I'. Claikr, rliilit Railroad atrrrt, lliitoii-oii-Tyiir, England. II. lurd. Hiintol. Knaiuiid. Knuto IVimlnd, I'oiilutid. Oia. Tti nullum who were killed irr nMeep in Ihu furciitatte of llm XX't-IMi 1'rlrtee whi'n the ioIIIhIoii wcurml at 0:4t Ittht nltrlll. The V Ull Prince, which was bound -down h riffr from Portland, IuMiiii l ti lii-ri' ) ralrrdity, inllidd Willi tliv lowun, . wlih h waa i n route u,t tlir liver. s Tlio Wvlah I'rln'-i' went down l.y ' tb head and rally toOny thirty f.Nt ut her dii-ro wn nportrd iliklnu out tf the wator. Itadlo liienwia'i'a from the low nn Have the tlmt newa of the mi lil ul. and the Iiik Oneniiin waa mm (roin Aatorla. to Klve awiimanre. Three In jured men were put ubonrd the tun lid taken lo Aatorla. Two were re turted aevrrely 'lit and bruliied and A third man leva aerluualy hurt. Al tha point where the eullialotl oerurrfil. the rhnnin'l rumi rlum al'iriKhiire after muktiiic a ahnrp turn from the Cieaon to the ttjiHhhiKtnii aide. A denae a reen of anioka hiinu ulonn the river from ti fortxt fli and iniirlnn men think thla tuny huve rauiHd the ticeldeni. The Welah I'rlni'o of t hn Kurneaa r"rlnr line lift here for Hi" Far Kant wtih a full rwruo of liiniber. Th atnamer luwan o( thu I 'aniidlnn Hawaiian line nna duo here Itila mornlDK from New Vork with 400 tana of frelKht. Hhn wua tmoked to dopnrt for I'.uropM with n on run of whrat. flour and 2 iXi.immi feel ut lum ber. Thu WiIhIi 1'iiiKO In a Hi ton Iron aeiew rhlp, npernlid by Hillly and eonipnny out of llrhlK" water. Kntilaml. EXPECT BONUS BILL WILL BE PASSED tVAHUINdTON, May 29. The Mi Cumlier aohllerti' 'iuiiiih phin appar ently commanded n majority In tin' Ktlhntft flnnnoe commlttei' todiiy, but o format vole waa deferred until Wndueadiiy to Rive (("nutora n rhunro to cmiHlder Hiiino nniendmeutN Hint Wfre HUKKi'Nled. Chnlrmun Mcfunthur rxpivamlo confldenrn after tha aeNnlon that li 1m ln il . W'hlrh follow oloaely the Iioiimi' hill except thnt the hind Hettlnmi'iit faftturo hua been ('Unlimited, would lie. approved and In thla doinut riitb' mirmberH of the committee imieed. SNERAL' CHANG'S TROOPS MUTINY JOIN FORCES OF VICTORIOUS LEADER HARBIN, Manchuria, May 29.-(Uy Asnovlatod 1'resti). Thn Holdlnra of (lenernl Chung Tho Un iilonir tlm Chi ne,Ho eaatorn ru II road hiivo mutinied und declared In favor of General NX'u Pol-Kit, who ilofontoil Chung In tho re cent battles around PoklnK. Almoat tho ontlro railroud Is In tho hnmls of troops who have revolted nRtilntit the Mane.hurlnn dictator and aro support ing Oonorul Wu, noy In control In Chlhll. Sovoro flglitlng occurred at novonil stations Along the railroad, reault Ing in the dorent of Chnnil Tso l-ln'u forcea. . ' . The mutiny la spreading among the cjvll employes, , Honeymoon Saves Soldier From Hearing Own Funeral Oration NKW VtHtK, May at. If An thony I'l'iiiolii timi mil hacu in hlrt honeymoon today hn would liuvii attended tho ceremony hold ly Mil American UkIoii post In Brooklyn upon Din unveiling of a tniiniiiiii'iit In aoldlcr who ill'il In llii wnrlil war. For An- Ihoiiy'snnmn w ild roimplcuoUil among: llu.m cut mi the face of I tin iniirlila, lit iim.irl a I IV Two weeks aiin. Juat before hi marriage Anthony attended nn unveiling In Prospect park. '"" "am" ti --! nuni from r I no mi). I li iricil to convince tlm speakers on that orctalotl that hn wan Anthony Peutnla, I (ul they wouldn't believe Jilm I and ho heard how bravely li i liad died In Franco A member of Company (', inth K'Kth dlvbdou. A..K. I,, IViitnln wni wounded at Cam- In lu. II was carried w ith other niiMi til an ambulance. A ahcll burnt, tlin n in iMtln n n wan wreck- cd. au Idciillf Icallon taic bearing Anthony'! namo wan found bo aldo a leaa fort u unto comrsdn. "And that." nabl Anthony, "la how It came about.' H)UTUAM. On-.. May Stun ned by tlio aiinuunct-uinnt i f the declv ton of Jinln i.nndlh, hlRll rctunila loner of liuaohall In the Kenworthy caae, makliiK rrealdent XV. II. Klep- per und X h n I'rifaldeiit Janiv.1 K. MrewKtor t'f tlio I'urMand i luh of tho I'll elf l t'ouat lenRue Ino'lKiblo, and liikliiK XV, J. Kenworthy entirely away from the Portland iliili, and maklntt him tho iroTty of tlm loamic, haan hall clnlea huiu weru awaiting the next tnoc. I'realdent Klcpper hus reUeated I'realdcnt XX', II. McCarthy of tho Coaat Icbkuo to cull a meet In next Friday at Kan I rani ;wo to consider tint dei lalon. Kli'iper Intimated that the i'hko would b taken to tho civil courts If neccaaury. to determine whether Judge l-nndia haa the rlnlit to mnko Niii h a draatlr declHlon. If tlm declMlon la hlndlnK It will fur ro K'oppnr and Itrawater to retire from arllve maiinReineiit of the l'ort- Jlatid club. Thiy iiiuat dlHiiae t.f ther Mix k . ' Kcnwurthy la not only deponed of tho iiiatiaKement Of the rliih, hut la Htiappiided aa a plnyer until '.2i with the privlno, however, thnt he may he roinatattnl hy AuKuat I, 192, pro vided Klepper and Urewatcr have, re tired by that I lino. JuiIko I a nil Ix haaed his dcclhlon nppnrontly on (he. ronvb tloi that tho Cortland offlelnla worn guilty of et Iiik Krnworthy to hold nut from ac cepting the management of tlm Kent- tin hiiaehnll j:luh. AcritrdluK I" thru edict, Klepuer Khali be placed on The Ineligible Hat until .) miliary I, 1925, und ltrowatcr mull January 1, I Hit. In rognrd lo Kenworthy, If Judge I. mill In la convinced thnt Kleppt'i' ami HrewHter have currtod out his ilechi lon by retiring. Kenworthy will ho permitted In piny hut not to niunuKc a club, utter AukumI 1. lie has been I allied over to tho I'ai'lfic Coaiit leugiio dlrei'tora for (llapoaHl, which nmaiiH that ho nuiy not play with rortlnun, under any clrcumHtunccH. Marty Krttg, who wna traded by I'ortlnnd to Souttlo for Ken worthy ami wua later Bold to tho CIiIciiko Cuba for $i!,000 by Sciittlo, l declar (Continued on page all.) TIKN" TSIN. Muy 2N. (Hy Asaoclal cd Pi'fHa). Ten thoiiHaml of (icnorul XVu rot lull's army of Chlhll soUlloi's havo piiKHud Tong Sluing on their way to I.unchow. Another dlvlnion Iim boon ordurod to tidvancc. General Chung Tso Un, It has been definitely ONtnbllHhod, haa re-nccupled C'hangli Thirty thouftulnd Chlhll troops are inovinn overland toward Yung l'lng Fu obviously for un outflanking move' mont, N'lne thouaund Chlhll soldiers have crossed tho great wall moving In the direction of Chinchow. Their lead ers confidently expect a reaumptlou of hostilities within threo or four days. . LAND1S RULING HARD BLOW TO panumcujB GOV'T WINS R. I ACTION U. S. Supreme Court Declares Southern- Pacific Must Give Up Control of Central Pa cific, Held Since 1885 Organized Baseball Wins Over Federal League. XVASIIIN'UTON. May29. Thu gov eriiinriit won today In tlm aupruma court lu ita tult to liava tha Southern I'aclflc company! ownomhlp of the Central 1'uciflc railway declared uu lawful. Tho court In deciding the caaca de elded the laal of the great diatiolution acaea brought to the aupreme court reveraed tha (I'tIhIoii of thn federal court lu I'tah, which hud held agaluat tha government Thn dectalon of tho aupreme court, Juallco luy ntuti'il. meuna that the Houtburn I'aclflc will be required to dlveat liaelf of all atock ownerahlp In tha Central I'aclflc llnea or other con trol It haa held a I tire lHXj by leaae and 19 by purrhnac. Juatlco Ikty delivered the opinion of the court relating In detail the h In lory of the nitiatmctlon of thn Centrul and I'nlon Pacific rallroada and the rueth oda by which the latter obtained con trol of tho former, bidding thnt tho Sherman anti trust act waa effective In dlacloalng any comniuiiicatlona which by atoek ownera' pleaa or other control oonalltuted monoiady of triiat whh h enngreaa prohibited by the Slier man act. The decree Of the court covera do talla of the aeparatlon which itiimt be followed and which will be neceaanry to protect tha vuroua parlies to the case. .Neither Juntlees McReynolda nor Cramlela pnrtlclpated in the cane. Jua tlco McKenna delivered a diaacntlng opinion. The chief jiiatlco acting for tho court accordingly entered an order loduy modifying tho plan of dlaaolution hy a departure from tho contract provialona of tho general mortgage and other par-j ticul,ira. The court alao declared that In tho original declalon It waa round that thn general mortgngo waa the un lawful inHlriiinenl to rcatrain Inter atnto commerce. Organta! ItanclMill Wins XVASIIINtiTON. May 29. t)rganli cd baseball, as, conducted by profes sional clubs under tho national Agreement, the supremo court held today. Is "not Inter-state commerce and tho rluba not liable under the Sherman anti-trust laws." . The decision of the court was vic tory for organized baseball against the claims of the Haltimoro club of the defunct Federal league and seta aaiiln'tho verdict of the Platrlct of Columbia supreme court awarding the Hnltlmore iluh damage of 2 4H.00H agnhiHt orgaulicd hnachull. Justice Holmes, In rendering the opinion, declared that personal efforts not related to production nro not In ter-state commerce. War Issue Settled XX'ASHINUTON, May 29. Hecld,- lug a mutter which had been diaputed in urmy circles since the world war the supremo court held today that It is not necessary for tho president to review and spprovo personally each Individual case to make effective the work or tno retirement nonra in re moving officers of tho nrmy from the executive list under the national do fenno net. Tho declHlon wns handed down In ensea brought by John 'XV. French and William F. Croury, who sought lo hiivo revoked their forcible, iuvolun tary removal, tho former by retlro' iiient and the latter by (Uncharge, on tho ground thn secretary of war nnd not the president had approved, of tho findings of tho boards. WASHliNOTO.N, Muy 29. Tho fed- oral government Is not llnblo for Iohhcs alleged by coal companies to have, boon suffered on coal requisi tioned by the fuel administration dot ing tho war, H was held today by tho Huprumo eosrt In a caso brought by tho MorrlHdulo Coal company. Wages Are Inoroiuicd. AKRON, O,, May 29. Announce nient of a ton per cent' wago in erenso In factory employes wan nmdo today at the offices of tho Fl rent otto Tiro nnd Rubber company. A short age of skilled employes was respon sible, It was announced. IIONOUJLU-John Weltumtllor of Chicago, broke the world's record for swimming 100 yards back-strike. His time was one mJimto 4 4-5 seconds. AGAINST S.P Miss McCormick L Kill IS i' It ? i ' w a. : v.. . W- X V - ' ) L ' Jhf- -Miaa Matllde M Cormlck, Ciirngu helrew. nnd Kranddauht. r of John Kix ki fi Her. la nhowii hero' cnlovlnc her niraiin,, ,. 1ii u,.t-i.,. ..i,.- to bi-r return toHwIta rland and her NKW YORK, liar 23. NUm M: j'uUd0 Mrformlck, of Chlciig.i. jtrand- oaumuer or Jolitl 1. Kmk fe lor wboae engagenicaj .to ' Mn Oner. Swlaa rldinu maater, has boon ,in nouncpd. will nail for K iropj tomor row, ahn aaid today. " I have nothing further to say ui.d I don't want to hn bothered by qucs tiona," she added. BASEBALL SCORES American ST. I.OC1S, May 28. Kenneth X il- llama of the Hrowns, knocked his thir teenth homo run of th season In the third inning of today's game with De troit. Three men were on bases. NKW YORK, May 29. Uing Miller of the Athletics hit his twelfth home run of the soason with two out in the ninth, In the game with New York today, tying Kenneth Williams of the St. IaiiiIs Hniwnn for tho home run leadership of tho American league. At Boston. R. If. 7 K XX'ashlngton Iloston (i 1 l Katteriea: Krickaon and Ciharrit.v; ii I ti it and Ruel. Second game. R. 11. K. Washington $ s .' ItoHton 9 li! IlatterieB: tileimon. Phillips, Francis and Picinich, (lliairity: Piercv, Karr. rullerton and Ruel. At Cleveland. R. II. K Chicago '. 5 12 1 u Cleveland 8 9 Butteries: Schtipp, IIimIko Schalk; Covelesklo und O'Neill. anil At New York. R. 1 Philadelphia 4 New York v 7 1 Batteries: Harris, Morris nnd kins; Mays and Sdning. K. (I tl er- Natlonal At Philadelphia. R. II. K. New York 3 K 2 Philadelphia Oil 0 Butteries: Douglas, Shea and Smith; Ring, Belts and llenllne, lVters. At Drooklyn. R. II. Boston . 5 ! Brooklyn 4 S Batteries: Miller, Fillingim Gowdy; Ciidore nnd Deborry. F. n 1 nnd At Pittsburg. Cincinnati Pittsburg Butteries: Donohtie, R. II. 2 8 6 10 F. 0 nnd 10. Schnoll Wingo; Glazner tmd Uooch. At Chicago. St. Louis Chicago Batteries: II 2 9 2 4 it 0 Atnstnlth. t North ami Jones, Kauffmun and Wlrth, O'Farroll. San Francisco Markets SAN FRANCISCO. May 29. (II. S. Tl.. - VI.. .b.lnV Tft & . - "UM-U ' ,26V4c: extra firsts 2Gc; oxtra pullets 22Hc: undersized pullets nomlnul. No Jexchttngo tomorrow, to Sail Tomorrow ridiiiK-maMer fiance.- MIhs McCormick, daughter of the wealthy harvester manufacturer, will be accompanied by Miss Julia Man gold, at one time beekkeepef to Osar. who came from Chicago with her. Previous 'reports had quoted Oser as saying he expected to come to America in June. Miss McCormick declined to confirm or deny these re ports. - ' EDITOR GUILTY GRAFT OF LONDON. May 29 (By the Asso ciated Press.) Horatio Bottemley, former, president of John Bull, was found guilty by a jury on the charge of misappropriation of funds belong ing to the Victory bond club. Ho was sentenced to seven years penal servi tude. The Bottomley case bas been excit ing intense interest in Fngland for several months since the defandant, a member of parliament, first was charged with fraudulently converting tunds of tho X'ictory bond club, a war time orgaufalion of which ho was the founder and president. Bottomley swore that ho never had made a penny out of hK various clubs or Improperly taken any ametiu. Troth the club's funds. Bottom ley's pubHention. John Bull, wus noted for its frnqiicut attack on America und things American. ' Immediately utter the sentence was passed Bottomley served notice that ho intended to appeal the case. He has been otto of the most prominent and picturesque figures lit tho public eye for niiiny years, principally ns ed itor of John Bull. IN LIBERTY LAKE Sl'.OK.XNK, May 29. '"our per Mns are believed to have been drowned in .Liberty lake near here yesterday evening when their row boat, became overturned or sprang a leak. Following an all-night m-urch the body of Mrs. XX'clconie Ferguson was discovered today. The bodies of tho other threo occupants of tho boat had not been found. The others in the bout were Henry Blttner and bis nephews, Boyd Bitt ner, .18 mil) Walton Hit titer, 8. The parents of the Wys, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Blttner, had been rowing tn another boat and started for the shore about 6:30 yesterday evening. When tho boat with tho other mem bers of tho party did not arrive, seurch wns instituted. An amuse ment park at Liberty lake -waa open ed for the season yesterday. FAMOUS ENG H 1 FO DROWNED 1 Uses Blow Torch Under Car, Woman Burned to Death BAUrJ.XI, Ore., May 29. Mra. Uora Kather Crawford, who re- aided on a farm near here, died Sunday morning a the reault of neve re burn received when her huahand, W. Harvey Crawford, tried to heat the clutch of his 4 automobile Into better working order with a blow torch Hatur- day night. Almoat aa aoon aa Mr. Craw- ford crawled under the car and applied the torch the automobile broke Into flames, trapping Mrs. Crawford In the car. Mr. Crawford was severely burned on the hands and arms in attempting to rescue his wife. NKW YORK, May 29.,Tbe ambition of every Jockey to ride the favorite In the famous Kngllsh derby will realized by an American this season. YANKEE JOCKEY 10 RIDE DERBY FAVORITE, ID On the historic Kpaom Downs course I the nlirota ,abon uoj. Tne orur XVednesday afternoon George Archi- affecls 400,oo men. bald, an American-born and bred rac- Thla order Ue io,000,00 slash of ing pilot, will have the mount of Lordlia8. juv M(1 11(,niiine ordr. affRcme Queensborough s St Louis already quoted as favorite for tho classic of the Kngllsh turf. St, Louis, a three year old son of Louvois, out of Princess Sterling, sen sational winner of the thousand guin eas slake on Newmarket, April 26. is estimated to have an excellent chance of winning wiUi Archibald la the sad dle'.' if the book-makers' odda can be I ! take any criterion if Archibald succeeds in riding St. Ixmis home ahead of the field fame and honor will be his. ' About 37 years ago a little bit of a lad first saw the sunshine of Califor nia through the windows of an Oak land bungalow. Little did his parents think at the time that this frail bit of humanity would be the gnest of kings and queens of Europe; that his ser vices would 'be In such demand, his need so urgent that airplanes would be brought to speed him to the scenes of bis occupation. George was hauling water and han dling feed tins In the stables of the old Oakland race course before he w as fourteen years old. That supreme grand and glorious feeling came over him. his friends assert, when Daggie Smith, who owned a few racers there asked the youngster if he would not like to try his hand as an exercise boy. In a few months he was given his first mount in a race and experienced the joy of winning. A determined spirit carried Archi bald to Kuropo where his success has been spectacular. In less than a month his skill was recognized and was so pronounced that ho headed the" list of jockeys for two or threo years. In Spain ho rode for the most formidable Btables, including that of the king. Between Spain, Austria. France and India ho has . divided his attentions for tho past three years in a nip ami tuck race with Frank O'Neil for pre mier honors. A few weeks ago ho and O'Neil were given mounts in ono of the Kngllsh classics and they finished first' and second with Archibald in tho lead. Now ho la scheduled to rido the favor ite in the Kngllsh derby nnd Kngllsh eyes nro looking upon him with as much favor as they did tho much be loved Danny Maher. Should St. iouls be ridden to victory in the Wednesday classic. Native Son Archibald will havo earned the undis puted title of world's champion. BILL KIM COAST 10 SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. Wil liam hatnm, third baseman of tho Sun Francisco club In tho Taclflc Coast Baseball league has beon sold to tho Chicago club of the American leuguo for $100,000 and two players valued at $25,000, It was announced today by George A. Putnam, secretary of the local club. Kamm has been with the San Fran cisco club for threo years, graduating from a semi-professional outfit which played In Golden Gate park here. He Is 22 years old and is cred ited with being one of the most bril liant Inflelders In the country. He will play out the season with the San Francisco club. SOLD II RAILROAD WALKOUT EXPECTED Slashing Wage Reductions By Labor Board Expected to Result in Strike Order Wages Ordered Reduced By $40,000,000 Executive Council Begins Sessions. DETROIT, Mich., May 20. (By As sociated Preas). Belief that a strike vote would be ordered by the executive council of the United H rot her hood of Maintenance of Way Employes and railway shop laborers, waa expressed j today by E. F. Orable, grand president of the organization, as the r council a ' went into session to consider the wage reduction ordered yesterday by the I'nited States railroad labor board. CHICAGO, May 20. Maintenance of , way employes of the nation's railways face a 148,000,000 wago reduction July 1 aa a result of last nieht'a order bv t othpr rialllus ,f .hl, rar m- ratio of reductions, will place railroad labor back where it was before the . 1 1, At .A nnn i i iw.'w.wv mcrcaae oi Amy - t . impending decisions governing the wages m of 000,000. railway .shopmen, 200.000 clerks, telegraphers, station employes and other classes, were ex pected to follow closely - upon. : last night's order which cut the pay of maintenance of way workers from one to five cents an hour. ... While their settlement over work ing rules still is pending;, the "big four" brotherhoods and the switchmen are not yet involved in any wage cross dispute before the board. , These em ployes received a 12 per cent reduction last July, however. Immediate consideration of . last night's order by the executive council of the I'nited Brotherhood of Main tenance of Way employes was in pros pect today with the prediction by B. M. Jewell, head of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor that the decision will be rejected and submitted to a vote of the men. Brotherhood officials characterized the cut as "indefensible." . The three labor members of. the board returned a dissenting opinion to the order. .... Wages of maintenance of way em ployes, now ranging from 28 to 40 cents an hour, will affect July 1, range from 23 to 35 cents. Common labor suffered the biggest cut. Thla class numbers 187,000 employes, who faco a reduction of flvo cents an hour. I ! REFUSE TO OBEY t i . . 'S T X ICTOIUA, It. C May 29. A concerted movw against rigid en -forccmont of tho Lord's day act de veloped yesterday when forty atom keepers kept open house nnd hung' out 'business as usual" signs. Following a recent plebiscite on Sabbath enforcement, In which a majority voted in favor of a liberal interpretation of the Sunday laws, two of the threo police, comuibwlon ers announced they would contlnuo to enforce tho Lord's day net to tho letter. LEAGUE STAR iS According to Putnam tho deal la tho biggest ever negotiated but ween a major and a minor league club, and Ij approuchod only by the deal in which Jimmy O'Conuell, flrHt base man and outfielder for the San Fran cisco club, was sold to the New York Giants for $75,000. O'Connoll also wlU finish out thu season with the local club. "We could havo gotten moro' for Kamm had we agreed to deliver hint immediately," 'Putnam said- "We re fused to do so. In fact we would not let Kamm go for $500,000 cm an Im mediate delivery basis, became we . are after that pennant, OD DAY EDI X FOR $125,000