lEDFORD M
IBUNE
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 85.5
Minimum 53
Dally Seventeenth Tear.
Weekly Fit ty-Second Year.
MEDFORD, OHtiOON, MONDAY, JUNK 20, .1922
NO. 82
The Weather
Fair and continued warm.
Maximum 102'2
Minimum S2'j
1C
F. G. OWEN
KILLED IN
HOTEL FALL
Well Known Medford Resident
Victim of Accident in Chi
cagoFalls From Sixth
Floor of Michigan Avenue
Hotel Death Instantan
eous On Business Mission
CHICAGO, June 20. F. G. Owen,
36, a lumber dealer from Medford,
Ore., plunged to his death from a
sixth floor window of a Michigan
Boulevard hotel early today. , Owen,
with his uncle, S. F. Owen of Port
land, Oregon, had been a guest at the
hotel for two days. .
They planned to start for homo this
morning. The uncle said ho was un
able to account for his nephew's
death. The two played cards until
10:30 last night, when tho uncle re
tired to another A-oom.
F. W. Brunkor, a passing motorist,
who saw Owen fall from the win
dow, said he fell feet first to the
Michigan boulevard wal. Owen's
neck and back were brok'en.
Tho dead man Is survived by a
widow and two children In Medford,
the uncle said.
G. E. Anderson, secretary of John
S. Owen lumber company of Medford,
who accompanied Owen and his
uncle here, and hotel investigators,
were of the opinion that Owen had
stumbled against the window screen
and forced it out. 'He said he knew
of no troublos that might havo wor
ried Owen and believed tho fall was
accidental. ,
The news of Mr. Owen's death came
as a great shock to, his family and
many friends in"Mcdr6rd and the
Rogue River Valley;
He had been a resident of this city
for the past seven years, having lived
on one of the cltys most, beautiful
homes at the end of East Main street.
He took much pride in the residence
and was an enthusiastic fisherman
and hunter, as well as a business man
of unusual ability.
He took an officer's prellmtntnary
training during the war, but did not
see active service. An indefatigable
reader, well informed on current
events and devoted to his family, Mr.
Owen though never active In a public
way, took great interest in the devel
opment of Medford and southern Ore
gon, and was a most devoted father.
Mr. Owen had many friends In lo
cal sportsmen circles, all of whom are
of the conviction that his death was
accidental as he had made plans for
a fishing trip and the purchase of a
summer home on Pelican Bay upon
liis return from a several weeks' busi
ness trip in the east.
Owen represented the Interests of
the John S. Owen Lumber company
in this district. The company is one
of the largest lumber concerns in the
country and holds vast tracts of tim
ber In the Butte Falls district, In ad
dition to 75 miles of redwood lim
ber along the coast near Brookings,
where the mills of the Del Norte and
the C. & O Lumber companies, con
trolled by the John S. Owen interests,
are located.
Frank Owen was born In Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, In 1884 and Is sur
vived by .Mrs. Owen and two children,
Barbara and Shelby, who reside In
this city. Mrs. Owen leaves this even
ing for Chicago.
' Oregon Shingles Lose.
WASHINGTON, June 26. The
senate voted today 4 9 to 18 to retain
shingles on the free list, senators
from Washington and Oregon losing
a fight to have the house duty of 50
cents a thousand restored to the bill.
CHIEF U. S. DETEC1IVE
"IS CAPTURED BY
MEXICO CITY, June 26. Mystery
today Btlll surrounded the kidnaping
and holding for ransom ot A. Bruce
Bielaski, former chief of the bureau of
investigation of the American depart
ment of Justice during the war and of
Manuel Uarcena, an attorney, near the
hacienda de San Gabriel. In the state
of Morelos.
Mrs. Bielaski has merely stated that
J&e holdup occurred yesterday and she
Ipfraded physical exhaustion as an ex
wise from making a lengthy statement.
She declined to name the sum of ran
som demanded or to give out any other
information, merely stating that all
matters were In the hands of the 1'nit-
ed States embassy. ' '
Washington Crew1
'Second to Navy in
Poughkeepsie Race
POUGHKEEPSIE, Juno 26.
4- Tho Washington crew opened the
eyes of eastern experts today
when it enme In a close second to
tlio Navy who won the big rowing
classic after one of the hardest
finishes In the history of the
sport. The Navy started in the '
lead with Washington far in the
rear, Cornell second, but the wes-
torncrs gradually passed Syra-
cuse then caught all the crews
and passed them with the excep-
Hon of the Navy which refused to
be headed.
4 'I? 4 S 4 't t 't' 4 4 4 5 i 4
JOY OF TRIAL
RESULT FATAL
Wife of Illinois Governor,
Acquitted Saturday Graft
Charge, Succumbs to Apo
plectic Stroke txcitement
of Trial' Too Much.
i
KANKAKEE, III., June 26. Mrs.
I.cn Small, wife of Governor Small of
Klinois, died this morning.-
Mrs. Small was stricken with apo
plexy Saturday night during the ex
citement incident to the celebration by
friends and fellow townsmen of the
governor's acquittal that afternoon at
Waukegan,- Ills. With her at the time
of her death were the governor and
her three children, Leslie and-- Budd
Small and Mis. A. E. Inglesh, all of
Kankakee.
The long trial of nine weeks at Wau
kegan, where the governor was charg
ed with conspiracy to defraud the
state of Interest on public funds during
his term as state treasurer several
years ago, had been a heavy strain
both on tho governor and his wife.
Mrs. Small, however, had borne up
under the strain exceedingly well, it
had appeared, until she was stricken
and sank Into the governor's arms as
the noise of the celebratora filled the
neighborhood about their home at the
joyous home coming Saturday.
Physicians who attended Mrs. Small
offered no hope for her recovery, and
throughout Sunday and last night she
lay in a coma as the governor and
their sons and daughter watched by
the hedsido. The governor refused to
leave her.
Mrs. Small was born December 17,
1861, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Moore of Kankakee county and
had lived virtually her entire life in
this county. Mrs. Small and the gov
ernor were married November 21, 1883.
Besides the governor and the two
sons and their daughter, Mrs. Small is
survived by her mother, Mrs. Moore;
a sister, Mrs. Geo. Vaughn, Sr., both
of Kankakee and two brothers, Bert
Moore of Walnut Creek, Cal., and
Claude Moore of Pompeys Pillar, Mont.
Governor Small Is publisher of the
Kankakee Republican.
CHICAGO, June 26 The charges
made against Governor Small and of
which he was acquitted Saturday led
to Mrs. Small's death, Samuel A. Ettel
son, corimratlon counsel, declared to
day when Informed of the demise of
the governor's wife. Mr. Ettelson, who
with Mayor Thompson of Chicago had
been a close friend and political sup
porter of the governor, declared that
politics was behind th prosecution of
the governor and that politics therefor
was responsible for Mrs. Small's death.
One rumor clrcnlated here was to
the effect that Mr. Bielaski was ah
ordinary prisoner of the civil author
ities In some obscure village in More
los. Another was that he was being
jheld at the instigation of his personal
enemies, gained while acting in his
! official capacity with the United
States government.
I Mr. Bielaski, who Is no longer con
nected with the American government
is now vice president of Richmond
levering and company which has ex
pensive oil holdings near Mexico City
'and Tompico. Mr. Carcena Is an at
'torney connected with racing enter
prises at Tia Juana.
TO MRS
"Whiskawuy lending Morvich and
won by a scven-lenRth lead over tho
GREETS VETS
SAX FRAiXCISCO, June 2G.
America's not' forgotten nor will she
forgot the living portion of hor cas
ualty list in the great war, Gov. Win.
D. Stephens of California said at the
opening session here today of the
second annual convention of the dis
abled American veterans of the world
war.
Governor Stephens presented to the
delegates the name of Sorgeant Phil
ip Katz, San Francisco, as the state's
hero in the "living hall of famo," an
outstanding -leature of tne conven
tion. It is made up of tho state he
roes of a number of states, and will
appear for the first time In the big
convention parade tomorrow.
Governor Stephens called attention
to legislation passed in California for
veterans' welfare; saying that a $10,
000,000 bond issue would be voted on
in November to make the legislation
operative.
"My heart goes out to each and
every one of you here today," Gov
ernor Stephens said, ."because when
I gaze upon these empty sleeves, or
note that this or hat one has lost a
log or an eye, I know that there is a
gripping story of heroic sacrifice and
dauntless valor back of every casualty
and I want to'lay my hand upon the
shoulder of every one of you and say:
' "American will not forget.' "
10
FAIR-MOUNT, W. Va., June 26. A
march of striking miners and their
sympathizers from Monogha, a min
ing village near here, to Fairmont,
was prevented today by C. Frank
Keeney, district president of the
United Mine Workers of America, ac
cording to reports to city and county
authorities.
Mr. Keeney, who came here Satur
day to Investigate a strike disorder
near Clarksburg, was advised of the
reported march and he left Immedi
ately for Monagha where he persuad
ed the men to go home. Keenely la
ter returned to Fairmount and told
Prosecuting Attorney Frank Amos
that lie was confident there would bo
no further disorders.
BASEBALL SCORES
American
ROSTOV, June 26. Babe Ruth
knocked out his eighth home run of
the heason in the Yankee's game with
Boston today. He made the hit in the
fifth inning.
At Cleveland. R. H. E.
St. Louis :.. .... 0 6 2
Cleveland '. 6 11 0
Uatterles: Pruett and Severeid; Co
veloskie and O'Neill.
National
At Philadelphia. R. H. E.
Boston - 5 10 1
Philadelphia 9 15 0
Batteries: Miller, Watson, Braxton
and Gowdy, Gibson; Ring and Henline.
At Chicago..-,.- R. H. E.
Pittsburg Z.. 4 6 3
Chicago 6 10 1
Batteries: Morrison and Gooch;
S ten land and O' Far re 11.
SMALL GOV. STEPHENS
OF CALIFORNIA
Unbeaten Morvich Humbled at Aqueduct
i
tho field at the Aqueduct nice track. Junu 17th, inlho ruro which ho
previously unbeaten two-year-old M orvtch.
BREAK
RECORD
E.
Cornell Junior Crew Takes
Honors in First Event at
Poughkeepsie, While Syra
cuse Wins Freshmen Race
Washington Is Hopeful.
T'OUGHKEEPSIR, Juno 20. Cor
nell's junior var8ll fcrew captured
the first event o( tnu lnter-colleKlato
regatta on the PouKhkeupHlo course
this afternoon, winning by more than
a length with Columbia second and
Syracuse third.
THe two Pennnylvanla crews
brought up tho rear close together.
From tho shore it appeared that the
Pennsylvania junior varsity had fin
jshed in fourth place, with the 150
pounders last.
The official times for' the " Junior
varsities were: Cornell 0:45:4-5;
Columbia, 9:52:4-5; Pennsylvania
junior ' varsity, 10:13:4-5. Pennsyl
vania, 150, 10:29:4-5. Cornell's time
breaks the course record for tho jun
ior varsity1 which was set by tho
Cornell crew of 1915, when It finished
in 10 minutes and one-fifth second.
POUGHIfEEPSIE, Juno 26. The
freshman eight race started at 5:33
p. m. They were off to an even start
but In the first few strokes Cornell
went out ahead with Pennsylvania
second, Columbia and Syracuse in the
order named. At the first quarter
mile Syracuse had forged uhead, Cor
nell second, Columbia third and
Pennsylvania last.
Syracuse won the freshman race in
the intercollegiate regatta. The other
crews were closely bunched. From
the shore it appeared that Columbia
was second.
At a mile and a half Cornell and
Syracuse appeared to bo creeping up.
Approaching the in Ho and three
quarters, Cornell apparently dropped
back, Syracuse and Columbia fight
ing hard. Pennsylvania, nn the out
side lano 'hit up the stroke and was
battling with Syracuse for the lead.
Columbia falling back to third and
Cornell last. Syracuse had a length
advantage.
OLYMPIA, Juno 26. Governor
Louis F. Hart today added his bit to
the flood of telegrams pouring across
the continent to tho University of
Washington crew, which enters the
race at Poughkeepflie this afternoon:
"The folks at homo are wishing
you success at Poughkeepsie today,
but win or lose, I know the honor of
the stato of Washington will be up
held. We know you can win and ex
pect you to do it. Keep cool and
finish first," the governor said in his
wire to Captain George (Spike) Mur
phy. H.S. TEACHER IS
SALEM, June 26. J. A. Griffin,
manual training Instructor and direc
tor of athletics In the Dallas, Oregon
high school, died about 3 o'clock this
mornlnn in a local hospital as the
result of injuries received aliout mid
night last night when an automobile
in which he was riding left the road
and turned turtle three miles west of
Salem.
John Frleseri, who was with Grif
fin in the accident Is in a Dallas hos
pital, but is reported to be unhurt.
Griffin has a wlfs living In Belllng
ham, Wash, and his mother resides at
Morton, Wash.
N JUNIOR RAC
CORNELL
WNS
JAPAN
TO ADMIT
SEMENOFF. ALSO
TOK I O, J u no 2 (I. G regory Semo
noff, former attaman for tho Cos
sacks and later thu leader of auti
soviet army in Siberia, arrived hero
without a passport and has been ro
fused permission to land. He is pro
ccedlng to Shanghai.
TOKIO, Juno 26. Tho chancellor
of tho foreign offico has gone to
Vladivostok whore tho Japancso con
suls In Siberia will Join him soon to
discuss details of Japan's military
evacuation of Siberia. Among the
matte iH to bo taken up is tho disposal
of arms captured by tho Japanese
and now claimed by tho far eastern
republic at Chita,
The newspaper Klchi Nichl saya
tho question of indemnity for the
massacre of Japanese at Nikolaiovsk
and the recognition of Japan's vested
interests in tho northern part of Sck
halfen island will bo discussed with
the soviet government of Russia.
TIEN SI EN, Juno 20. Three
hundred and fifty Japanese troops
left here Saturday for Chinwangtao,
on the Manchurian border, to protect
Japanese military posts along tho
railway. It had been reported that
the Chill troops who recently Invaded
Manchuria wero interfering con
stantly with theso Japancso posts,
Orders nro said to have) been issued
from Paotingfu, the headquarters of
General Wu Pel-Ku, commander of
tho Chihll army, for the soldiers to
abstain from further interference
with tho Japanese.
I BY WIFE
FRKKPORT, Juno 26. Oscar A.
Hirsch, wealthy theatrical producer
in New York is In a critical condition
at a hospital, and his young wife,
Hazel, is under arrest charged with
having shot him following a quarrel
at the close of a lawn paity given by
Miss Reno Davles, actress.
Waiter S. Ward, 31 years old, of
Xow Hochflle. N. Y., surrendered to
Sheriff George Werner at White
Plains, N. v., surrendered to Sheriff
George Werner at White Plains and
confessed that he shot and killed
Clarence Peters, the ex-navy man.
whose body was found near the Ke
nlsco Reservoir about eight miles
north of White Plains. Ward Is sold
to have declared that he was the vic
tim ot a blackmail plot. ,
IN
I jj
Lloyd George Now
Ready to Stand Or
Fall On Irish Vote
LONDON, Juno 26. Winston
Churchill, secretary for the col- fr
onles, rising to make his pro-
mined stntomcnt on Irish affairs
In tho house of commons this
afternoon, said the government
desired the fieost and fullest do-
bato and one that could bo ter-
mimitcd by a division.
Mr. Churchill declared he did
4 not hesitate to say ttiat all the 4
horrors that had occurred in Hel-
fast wore due to tho organization
In that territory of two Irish fac-
tions and that continuous efforts
of pai tisaiiH of the south to
break down the Ulster govern-
ment and force Ulster against her
will to come under the rule ot
Dublin.
TO FILE Mil
RECALL PAPERS
IN AFEW DAYS
Backers of Movement Claim
2700 Signers Secured
Election Will Cost County
Between $2500 and $3000
K. K. K- Issue Involved.
Circulation of petitions for tho re
call of Sheriff Charles K. Terflll and
the nomination ot D. M. I.owo,
farmer and fair cxhllilt export to
mako tho race thereon, continue and
it Is claimed, unofficially that 1600
names wero secured tho first day,
Krlday, and, that tho Hlghers now
total 2700. Tho petitions will bo
filed with tho county clerk, ''In tho
next day or two."
Under the stato law, It Is provided
that to initlute a recall, 25 per cent
of tho vote cast at tho last general
election for supreme court Justico
must be secured In signatures. In
this case, it would bo 1235. After
tho filing of tho potltlon, tho official,
whoso recall Is Bought is given five
days in which to resign, and, falling
to do this, the county clerk must call
a special election within 20 days. Tho
cost of a special election ranges from
?2500 to (3000.
Most of tho signatures to tho recall
have boon secured, it is said, in tho
reHldenco districts of this city and
Ashland. Nono havo been circulated,
noticeably In tho business district of
this city. A petition in tho postoffico
nt Phoenix had no signers up to Sat
urday night. In the Talent district,
it Is claimed, 'they wero freely signed.
In this city, petitions wero circu
lated in a house to house campaign
by women. Among the circulators
wero George Ivcrson, a carpenter,
and Clay Walker.
Tho basis for tho recall are alle
gations of "malfeasance in offleo"
and "lax enforcement of the law."
Those are the wrltton charges, and,
people who havo been requested to
sign, report a verbal account, of
"renting stills, that havo been seized"
and other lurid charges.
Charge K. K. K. Move.
Tho backers of tho recall move
ment nro ostensibly tho Ministerial
associations and tho W. C. T. U. of
this city and Ashlnnd. Friends of
Hherlff Terrlll claim that tho Ku
Klux Klan Js the real power behind
the move, and that It Is animated "by
spite." ,
Asked this noon If the Ku Klux
Klan had any connection with tho
recall, J. J. Hoogstradt, one of the
local kleaglns, said:
'The Ku Klux Klan has no official
connection with tho recall of Sheriff
Terrlll. I might say for your Infor
mation, however, that the Klan looks
with more favor upon Mr. Jowc than
It docs Mr. Terrlll. The recall Is
(Continued on page sir.)
T EVEREST BAFFLES ALL EFFORTS Oli
OF MAN, GENERAL BRUCE GIVES UP
LONDON', Juno 26. Mount Ev
erest has again battled the best ef
forts ot man. The Calcutta corres
pondent of the Daily Telegraph to
day confirms previous reports that
Brigadier General Bruce, head of the
present expedition,, has been forced
to the conclusion that persistence in
the effort to scale the peak would ro-
sult only In useless tragedy.
General Bruce was most reluctant
to abandon further attempts, but tho
condition In which the two last climb
ing parties returned, the' advice ot
his medical officers, and the certain
ty ot worse weather conditions daily
forced him to a decision, says the
writer.
Major H. T. Morshead was the
NO ARRESTS
AS YET IN ILL.
Wli HORROR
Local Authorities at Herrin,
III., Do Nothing State and
Federal Agents Start Inves
tigation More Details of
Horror Given Out Funeral
Is Held.
llHKrtlN, III., Juno 20. Williamson
county burled the dead In her latost
mine war yesterday, conducted an In
quest to determine the cause of their
death, and today faced tho responsibil
ity of bringing the guilty to justice.
With not a single arrest mado Blnca
tho massacre of last Thursday, when
at least 19 men wero killed after strike
Hympathlzci'8 stormed the Lester mine
and with county officials making no
vlslblo effort to place tho blame, tho
investigating is being done by state
and fcdoral agents.
Representatives ot tho department
ot justice, department of labor, tho
state nttorney general's office and tho
adjutant gonoral aro quietly delving
Into the clonk of secrecy which so far
has surrounded the identity of tho
5IKI0 men who marched from Horrln In
broad daylight, took more than SO un
armed men, marched them back down
tho road Into tho woods and there
lulled 19 and wounded nearly as many
more.
Inquest Is Held
Yesterday six men ot Williamson
county three miners, a merchant, nn ;
electrician and the superintendent of
tho norrln waterworks, wero solemnly
Impanelled, listened to tho evidence of
wltnosses called by Coroner William
McCowan, and returned their verdict. 7,
They found, and so recorded, that C.
K. McDowell, murdered auperlnton
dent of the Lester mine, killed a union
miner on Wednosdny, the day before
tho massacre. Of the other dead, 19 in
all, Including two other strikers, tho
jury found they came to their death by
gunshot wounds Inutcted by unknown
persons.
Dead Are Burled
Yestorday morning 16 unknown
dead, all non-union workers and guards
nt the Lester mine, were burled by the
county in potter's field. On a bleak
hillside, beneath a broiling sun, union
minors, led by Stnte Senator Wm. J.
Sneed, dug sixteen shallow graves
four rows of four each.
The bodies of the massacre victims,
In plain black baskets, wero placed
side by Bide on the parched grass.
Four Protestant ministers of Horrln, a
Methodist, a Baptist, a Presbyterian
and Christian, conducted the brief bur
ial service, while a hundred overall
clad miners shoveled the hard clay
over the rough pine boxes. No flow
ers graced the graves, but at tho head
of each the undertaker stuck a little
mntal sign with a glass coverod card.
On each card was a number and tho
date "June 22, 1922." For each num-,
bored card the undertaker preserved a
description of the men burled beneath.
If relatives should appear to claim him.
In the afternoon Joe Picavlsh, a
union miner killed In the attack on the
mine, was burled. Five thousand min
ers marched behind in bis funeral cor
tege and 115 automobiles brought up
the rear.
Victim Gives Evidence
The slate and federal Investigators
worked far Into the night following
clues which have reached them. At 1
o'clock this morning they visited tho
Herrin hospital to question Allen P.
Flndlay, 6304 South Halstead St., Chi
cago, timekeeper .for tho detective
agency which supplied tho 20 mine
(Continued on Page Five) ' '
worst sufferor from frost bite. G'.'L.
Malloy and another member of the
party also wero badly bitteu and sov
cial others less soveroly.
The correspondent quotes "one of
the greatest authorities on Hima
layas" as saying that Brico's "glo
rious failure" has proved conclusively
that tho summit Is almost unattain
able. The authoritative view In In-'
dla is that if an expedition started ear
lier in the season it might be barely
possible to reach within a thousand -feet
ot the top, but that the last lap
could be covered only by almost su
perhuman effort, under unprecedent
ed favorablo weather conditions and
by men who faced the certainty that
they would never return.