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Newspaper Page TextM The Weather Prediction: Fair and Warmer Maximum yesterday 100'2 Minimum today aa EDFOR - Weather Vear Age Maximum ...... 95 Minimum 51 Oally Seventeenth Tear. Weekly Klfty-Beoond Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, TIlUliSDAY, JULY (i, 1922 NO. 90 STATE TO riiMnn fll A TT ' P"r& TITBIT TTk Tim- D IMAUU J. JK1JD U 1 Hi PfiGSECUTE NIGHT RIDER PROSECUTION IS ORDERED Governor Olcott, On Advise of U. S- Government. Instructs Attorney General to Take Charge of Cases in Jackson County Government to Assist Call Grand Jury. SALEM, Ore., July 0. Following an extensive investigation by the United States government Into alleg ed outrages committed by night mobs in Jackson county a number of months ago, and advices to Governor Olcott from United States Attorney General H. M. Daugherty that no fed eral statutes would apply to the crimes committed but such crimes essentially must be prosecuted in the state courts, Governor Olcott today forwarded to Attorney General Van Winkle of Oregon a direction' for his office to take charge of the cases in Jackson county and push prosecution on them. So far local officers in Jackson county have failed to act. In advising Governor Olcott that federal statutes would not apply but prosecutions must be conducted In the state courts, United States At torney General Daugherty, however, & extended to the state of Oregon every assurance of cooperation and assist ance. """-",''.'""' In a telegram to Governor Olcott under date of May 17, Attorney Gen eral Daugherty .said: "Referring to your telegram yesterday, prosecution would lie in state courts. This depart ment will offer every possible assistance including mass of in formation on local conditions', also general organization tac tics, etc. Data on local situa tion Medford and Portland being compiled here and will be for warded promptly. Should you desire assistance this depart ment in preparation of evidence please wire me and instructions will issue immediately." . In a subsequent letter under date of May 20, In which the federal gov ernment turned over to the state all the data it had secured through weeks of Investigation through Its secret service department, Attorney General Daugherty further wrote , Governor Olcott as follows: "In responso to your tele grams, 1 have had prepared, for your confidential use, and have the honor to transmit herewith, a summary of all of the inform atlon In the possession of this department, covering the activi ties of the Ku Klux Klan in the state of Oregon. I shall take pleasure in transmitting to you any additional Information . re ceived from time to time and sincerely trust that, in the event this department can be of any , assistance whatever, you will so indicate to me. I assure you we will cooperate with you in every possible way." As a result of the evidence submit ted through the federal government's investigation and from other sources, Governor Olcott sent the following letter of direction to Attorney Gen 1 eral Van Winkle: "In compliance with the pro visions of law of the state of Oregon I hereby direct you to at tend in person or by one of your assistants the present term of the circuit court of the state of (Continued on page eight! KIRBY AND RATHIE CELLS, AWAIT SALEM, Ore., July 6. Elvle D. Klrby, alias Jim Owens, and John L. Rathle were waiting today in their death cells, realizing that they must nang at an early hour tomorrow, un ess they get an eleventh hour re prieve. Klrby and Rathle are to be exe cuted for the part they played In the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor of Uma tilla county on July 25, 1920, when he)', together with Nell Hart, Floyd Henry Ford Offers To Haul Coal for Detroit Industries DETROIT. Mich., July 6. my the Associated Press.) Henry Ford has offered to lease that part of the Louisville and .Nashville railroad extending be tween Dannerfork and Corbln, k'., and from Corbln to Cincin- natl und operate it with the present force of railway em- ployes "in order that coal may ne moved to Detroit. It became known Mr. Ford made the offer to tho president of the Louisville and Nashville after the railroad company had informed him it was unablo to move 8,000 cars of coal con- signed to Detroit industries be- i- cause of labor troubles. HALL RECOUNT DEMAND FILED, ED Defeated Candidate Charges Illegal Voting in 500 Pre cincts, Miscounts in 500 More Jackson County In cluded in List of Suspects. SALEM,' Ore., -July C. Governor Olcott had no announcement to make today regarding the course he would puraue in the- matter of the petition filed by Charles Hull, defeated can didate for the republican gubernato rial nomination in the recent primary election, asking a recount of the votes cast in certain precincts in Hi Oregon counties on the ground of illegal voting. Jay Bowcrman, of Portland and Itoy Shields, of Salem, are acting as attorneys for Governor Olcott. Charles Hall, through R. R. Coster, secretary of the Public Defense league, as nominal complainant, has filed the long expected demand for a recount of tho primary vote on the governor in the Marion county circuit courtx In his petition, which is, filed Marion county because that Is the county In which the contestce, Ren Olcott, resides, it is set up that there hns been miscounts of the vote cast for governor In some BOO precincts of tho state, while it is also alleged thai there has been Illegal voting by Illegal voters in some 500 other precincts of the various counties. Wants Boxes 'Opened, It is demanded that the ballot boxes be opened In about 500 of the precincts in order that the alleged Irregularities may be checked. It is the contention of the tho com plaint that the recount, when held will show a gain of from 2000 to 2.100 votes in favor of 'Hall and against Olcott. The complaint alleges no fraud ox cent in a relatively few precincts, some 50 In all. and all of them are located In Multnomah county and in Marion, the principal one there being the Mount Angel precinct. It is the Hull contention that the alleged errors are those of fart and law on the part of the election indires and clerks, such as counting voles written for Olcott on the Demo cratlc ballot on the Republican tally sheet. Kight Not Affected. The eight counties In which no Ir regularities are charged are Curry. Josephine. Lane, Umatilla, Wallowa. Tillamook, Douglas and Yamhill. Specified precincts in all other coun ties of the state come within the alle gations of the complaint. The official count of tho Olcott Hall vote, gave Olcott a plurality of 521. SIT IN DEATH HANGING T Henderson and Irvine L. Stoop, es caped from the Umatilla county jail and in so doing fatally wounded Sheriff Taylor. Taylor was shot by Hart, whoso real name was Emmett Bancroft. He was hanged December 3, 1920. Hen derson and Stoop are serving life sentences In the state prison. The five men were captured by a posse at Toll Gate In the Blue mountains, af ter a man hunt of several days follow ing the killing of the sheriff. I FRAUD CLAIM QMORROW Union Officers of tho United Mine Work ers of the Horrin district shown from left to right; are, A. T. Pace, and Hugh Willis, members of the board: Alleged Declaration By" Great Emancipator Opposing Dry Laws Admitted Fake By Anti-Prohibition Director Merely Campaign Swindle. CHICAGO, July 6. Denial that Abraham Lincoln had once declared himself as opposed to prohibition was made here today by the Rev. Duncan C. Milner, associate minister of the Presbyterian church, a Civil war vet eran and chaplain of the Loyal Le gion. In a statement Intended to refute the statement of "certain wet or ganizations, that the Immortal Lin coln had ever lent a hint of approval to the liquor traffic," Dr. Milner made public an affidavit signed by three nationally known men setting forth that an alleged quotation from Lincoln which was used In a local option campaign In Georgia in 1887, was an admitted fraud. The following is the affidavit: "That the Rev. Sam Jones, Henry W. Grady, this affiant, (Rev. Sam Small) and many other speakers then openly denounced the purported words of Abraham Lincoln to be a flagrant forgery, defied discovery of them In any recorded utterances by Lincoln. and offered a reward for proof of their genuineness, but no one produced any such proof. "That Borne time after the excite ment of the campaign had disappear ed, this affiant in conversation with Colonel John B. Goodwin, who had been the director of the anti-prohibition forces In said campaign was told by Colonel Goodwin that he him self devised the circular In question, composed the alleged words of Lin coln so as to attract the adhesion of the colored voters and had done so as to win them was the forlorn hope of the 'wets,' the county at that time being under prohibition law." The words credited to Lincoln but since admitted to be those of another were": "Prohibition will work great In jury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of Intemperance itself for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that It attempts to control man's appetite by legislation and In making crime out of things that are not crimes. ' "A prohibitory law strikes a blow at the very principles on wblch our government was founded. I have al ways been found laboring to protect the weaker classes from the stronger and I can never give my consent to such a law as you propose to enact. Until my tongue be silenced In death I will continue to fight for the rights of man," - i LINCOLN SWORD ON PROHIBITION RANK FORGERY Officers of Hernn F. C. Hushes, Vice President: Wil liam CI. Davis, Secretary. Seated are Fred Cooper and Senator William J. Sliced. Insert. William J. locator. HEADS UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION James C. Davis as director general of the railroads of the United States has one of the really big jobs in Uncle Sam's service and settles disputes aris ing out of federal control and has the authority at any time' to make com plete inspection of railroad systems. American NEW YORK, July 6. Babe Ruth today knocked out his fourteenth home run of the season, when In the third Inning of the game against Cleveland ho sent In three men ahead of him with a circuit clout. Second game n. II. E. Cleveland 3 8 2 New York 11 14 0 Latteries: Chaute and O'Neill; Shawkey and Hoffman. First game R. II. Cleveland 3 10 New York 10 13 Batteries: Mails, Hagby and O'Neill; Bush and Hoffman. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Chicago 1... 9 16 4 Philadelphia, G 7 0 Batteries: Scupp, Hodge and Schalk; Ilelmach, Yarrison and Per kins. St. Louis-Boston games postponed; wet grounds. National At Pittsburg R. H. E. New York 6 11 0 nttsburg I 3 5 1 Batteries: (Nehf and Smith, Sny der; Adams, Cooper ahd Gooch. Still Going Down NEW YORK, July 6. The price of German marks which has been on the toboggan for several weeks fell today to a new low record. One hundred mar,ks were quoted in this market at between 22 and 22 cents. The nor mal, or pre-war price of marks was 23.8 cents each. District President of the Herrln Mino Com pany, was turned back when 20 miles from Horrin. Ills relatives and friends were among the massacred men. SUBWAY TRAIN CATCHES FIRE, E Spectacular Accident Occurs in New York Subway When Express Catches Fire Fuse Blows Out Mayor Hylan Directs Rescue Work NEW YORK, July C. (By tho As sociated PrcsB) About 150 pursons were overcome by smoke today when a northbound Jerome express caught flro near Lexington avenuo and 61st struct. Dozens of ambulances were summoned from neurly every hos pital in tho city and Mayor Uylan ar rived to direct the rescue work. Tho accident occurred about 75 feet underground. The fire started in the motormnn's box after a fuse had blown out. There was .a flash of flame and the umok'o swept through the crowded train. When the emergency brakes were applied nnd tho train came to a grinding halt, guards threw open the doors and tho passengers made a mad scramble to escape. Those unable to walk were carried from the cars to the 50th street station." Fire ladders also were dropped through iron grat ings at 61st street and unconscious women lifted to tho street. A tempor ary hospital was organized and 14 pulmotors were put Into operation. The crowd of spectators soon became so dense that police reservos had to be, rushed to the scone. Fire lOxtingnlNlicd. Men, womon and children filled the ten car train. (limi-ris attempted to fight the flames with and extin guishers, but failed. When tho fire men arrived, however, they soon suc ceeded in quelling the blaze, which In Itself was small. Many of the firefighters Wfjro overcome. llcsides tho doctors who hastened to tho sreno In ombulances, many other physicians Jumped into taxi cabs, in many cases bringing their of fice nurses with them. '' , Hloomingdale's department storo at 51th stroet nnd Lexington avenue promptly organized a fire brigade of 76 employes, who dashed into the subway to aid in tho rescue' work. Tho Htore's drug department was raided for supplies and pulmotors. Many firemen were overcome us they tried to descend the subway Bteps. Members of the rescue squad donned their gun masks to attack the flames. Mayor Hylan, one of the first city officials to arrive, was driven back by tho fumes when ho attempted to enter the subway. He directed thnt experts be summoned from the fire department and the department of water supply, gas and electricity to make a thorough investigation of the blaze. Patrolman Frederick Norman took charge of the train when It .halted. Ho commanded the pnssengers to re main quiet. Then he dirocted the guards to open the doors and began dragging half conscious men and women from tho train. Then, he too collapsed nnd had to be lifted to tho street, but was re vived soon. 1 50 0VERC0N1 Governor Olcott to Visit Medford On Highway Inspection PORTLAND, Ore., July John 11. Yoon and W. U. Hurrett, state highway commissioners, with Governor Hen W. Olcott and fed- eral officers of tho highway Her- vice, started today over the Pa- clfic highway on inspection of tho state road system. It. A. Booth, third member of the com- mission, will Join them at Eugeuo. A tour of all districts Is con- tomplatod. The party will go to Crescent City, Ca! to attend the Inter-state road mooting sched- uled for Monday. Grunts Puss. I Medford, Klamath Fulls, Lake- View, Hums und Ontario lire In the itinerary following tho Ores- cent City visit. A conference will be hold at Ontario with state of- ficials of Idaho regarding a bridge over the Snake river. staie mm Prominent Pioneer and Deeply Beloved Citizen of Jackson County Succumbs to Opera tion Had Long and Dis tinguished Career. Hugo G. A. von der Hellon, for many years prominently identified with the lKiIiticiil and educational life of Oregon and one of her most widely known and beloved citlzons died at the Portland Surgical hospital at Portland Wednes day night at !:30 o'clock, following un operation from which he nover fully rallied. The funeral services will be held from the Elks Temple tomorrow after noon at 2:30 o'clock, and the body will arrive in the morning. The Rov. W. II. Hamilton will deliver the funeral oration. Hundreds of Bouthern Oregon people who knew the departed, will feel a tinge of sorrow at the passing of a charming gentlomnn of tho old school whom they knew 'affectionately as "Senator." The end was not unexpect ed, owing to the seriousness of the last Illness, coupled with advanced years. Senator von der Hellen was born at Kiel, Denmark, September 8, 1846, and was In the seventy-fifth year. Ills busy career took him to many lands. Edit cnted in the schools nnd university of his home town, at 17 he went to India, whore he was engaged for 18 years In the rice exporting business. At Ran goon, India, ho served with distinction in the diplomatic service. At the age of 35 years he moved to England, following the export and Im port business, nnd after two years moved to Germany. In 1888 he came to Florldn, and tho following year he came to Southern Oregon, purchasing a farm at Wellen, this county. Ho was charter member of the Medford lodge of Elks. Later ho entered the field of local politics and served one term In the house of representatives, and two terms in the state senate. At various times his name was mentioned for governor, and during his legislative career Senator von der Hellen was Instrumental In securing the passage of bills thnt were the forerunner of the present highways and good roads. Ho (Continued on page eight) T FIR VON DER HELLEN DIE PORTLAND STATE AGAIN BEYOND CONTROL OLYMPIA, Wash., July 6. An other sultry day with northeasterly winds rising has Increased tho forest fire hizard throughout tho state und slow f,,es ore blazing up everywhere, according to information received nt tho office of State Forester Fred E. Papo today. Reports are meager. but the general condition is declared to be very serious. The situation in Skagit and What com counties Is declared to be almo'it beyond control, the winds whipping the flnmes in all directions. Loggers In that country hnvo signified their Intention of following tho suggestion of Governor Hart to cease activities STRIKERS IN CONTROL OF ALTON SHOP Strike Breakers Cleared Out of ' Slater, Missouri, Without Violence Trouble Certain, However, if Strike Breakers Are Sent BackGovernor of State Appealed to. SLATER, Mo., July C (By the Associated Press.) Rnilroad offi cials today awaited word from Gov ernor A. M. Hyde before making further pluns for reopening the Chi cago and Alton Bhops here, from which a crowd of more than 500 strikers drove 18 strikebreakers yes terday. After the strikers had cleared tho town of strikebreakers, had drawn a dead line around the shops beyond which strangers were not allowed to pass, and had established guard posts at various points, they settled down to a policy of watchful waiting. Union chiefs and town officials are one in declaring they expect no trouble if the railroad does not at tempt to import strikebreakers.' Eighteen strikebreakers were taken from tho shops late yesterday in au tomobiles to the edge of town and told to "beat It and keep going." Ten more who escaped by hiding In' a foreman's car In the yards, Were plac ed on n Chicago train ' last night. Trains going through Slater were watched carefully by a crowd pf 150 strikers who took command of the railroad station and searched the trains to be sure they carried no strikebreakers. Won't Permit Strikebreakers Tho strikers say they want no vio lence and do not expect to have an v. They are frank to admit, however. mat mey ao not Intond to permit the opening of the railroad Bhops with outsldo labor. Railroad men control the local government and furnish most of the subsistence of the -town of which the chicr Industry Is the railroad shops. Tho mayor, a clerk In the shops, says he has not heard of any violonde. The only urrest has been that of a strike breaker who was later released by union men and told to leave town after being hold In jail for four hours. Tho Bhorlff of Saline county, John Logsdon, agrees with local officials In discounting the probability of any troublo developing. Ho spont only half an hour here last night, then went to his home In Marshall. His forco consists of two" deputies and, one office assistant. Acting on tele phonic advice of Governor Hyde last night, he endeavored to enlist a small forco of deputies, but declared he was unablo to find any persons willing to servo. ; Govornor Hyde appealed to yester day by railroad officials tor 100 sol diers to be used as guards, indicated last night ho did not consider the s'.tuutlon warranted the use of troops. Signal Men Not to Go CHICACIO, July 6. Sevoral rail roads onterlng Chicago today re ported that a majority of the men were still out on strike. Officials of a number of roads announced that after July 10 the men who do not re turn to work would lose all seniority (Continued on page eight) ' until rnln falls and It Is tho desire of many of the 'leading operators to make closing compulsory according to word from there today. The first fire In the storm zone of the Olym pic national forest was reported to Supervisor R. L. Frommc today. The blaze started along the Qt'eets river just outside tho federal forest, but It was threatening green timber and federal men Immediately brought It under control. Reports from the Duckabush fire In the national forest say that the blaze Is now under control with about 70 men working, in short shifts to keep the flames from spreading.