Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 07, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmail Tribune The Weather Prsdiction: Fair and warmer Maximum yesterday 103 Minimum today - 65 Weather Year Ago Maximum 99 Minimum today 91 Dally Seventeenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Second rear. MEDFORD, ORFAiOX, FRIDAY, JULY 7, .1022 NO. 91 CITIZEN jmebforb STATEMENT ISSUED ON CONDITIONS Petition to Withdraw Names From Sheriff's Recall Issued in Interest of Harmony, Good Government and of Economy Widely Signed Charges Recite Activity of 'Certain Society' Leave Issue to Organized Courts, is Appeal. A Citizens' committee, formed fol lowing the announcement of Governor Hen W. Olcott, instructing the attorney I general of the state of Oregon to pro ceed with the prosecution of outrages committed in Jackson county during the past four months, today Issued a statement and started the circulation of a petition appealing to all citizens to resist the proposed recall of Sheriff Charles E. Terrlll and urging those who had signed to withdraw their names from the recall petitions at once. The statement sets forth "that the courts are not only open, but are ready and the law 1b adequate to reach the f situation," If guilty of any of the charges filed against him by a cam paign of gossip. The statement Is as follows: On the announcement of the filing of the petition to recall Sheriff Teriill, a Citizens' Committee was organized without respect to party affiliations and It issues this statement in the In terest of the voters. There Is no occasion for a recall. If the sheriff has been derelict in his duty, he can be removed by the gover nor, as has been done In Ihe past. If be is guilty of malfeasance in office, he can be prosecuted. If one-third of the whispered stories told in circulat ing the petition, no mention of which appears in the petition Itself, are true, the courts are not only open, but are ready, and the law is adequate to reach the situation. For several months past' It has been generally known that the activities of a certain organization in Jackson coun ty were the subject of federal Investi gation, and since May .2nd It has been quite generally known that the attor- ney general or me itnueu Dimes mis requested a state investigation and prosecution in these matters. It has been reliably stated, and can ' be easily established, that a certain prominent member of the National Guard, at Medford, urged upon the members of the society mentioned to fill up the vacancies in the Guard. It is known that several of the mem bers of the police force and other offi cers in one of the principal cities of jackson county are members of this secret society. It is also known that constables and other peace officers of various communities In the county are members of this order.' The removal of the sheriff at this time would give a society organized for depriving citizens of their constitu tional rights a free hand to do with citizens what they would. No call for help or aid to a law enforcement offi cer would be heard. - , During the last Besslon of the grand A jury an effort was made by a member ' of the grand Jury, who is reliably "re puted to be a member of this secret society mentioned, to compel the sher iff to divulge the names of such depu ties as he had appointed for the public protection and for the Investigation of certain outrages charged to this secret organization. The disclosure of this Information would have rendered these deputies Buoject to being called in am- (Continued on Page Three) TAFT OUT OF WORDS 10 EXPRESS HlSIf JOY AT WARMTH OF ENGLISH GREETING CAMBRIDGE. July 7 (By the As sociated Press) Chief Justice Taft, neartns the end of his visit to Eng land, has asked the Associated Press 1 to inform the American people of the splendid reception and glowing hospitality he has received from the British. Before leaving tonight for Aberdeen, Scotlnnd, where he will re ceive another honorary degree, he said: M. P. Kinkaid, Veteran Member Of House, Dead WASHINGTON, July 6. M, P. Kinkaid, member o'f the house of representatives from the sixth Nebraska district died here yes- terilay. The death of the Nebraska con- grcssman occurred at Gurfteld hospital here and resulted from a complication of diseases ' from which lie had been ill since early in May. Funeral services will be held at O'Neil, Neb., Ills home. Mr. Kinkaid who would have completed twenty years of contln- nous service in the house next March, recently announced Hint he would not seek re-election. Me was chairman of the committee on irrigation? of arid lands and wds author of the Kinkaid home- stead act.. ' FIREJIANGERS Virtually EveryTimbered Area . of Northwest Menaced All Western Washington Log ging Operations Stopped No Relief From' Weather. SEATTLE, July 7. Forest fires are raging in virtually every timbered area of the Pacific northwest and hundreds of men were being rushed this morn ing to augment the crews which have been working to control blazes con stantly growing In number and size for the last week or ten days. With the weather forecast holding no hope for relief the forest protective associations of owners worked men all 'last night and telephoned to labor cen ! ters for more fighters. Fires are burn ing in every county of western Wash ington from the Canadian line to the Columbia river. The situation is so serious that log ging operators of western Washington !have with a few exceptions abandoned all effort to work in the woods lest they add to the danger of setting new blazes in the tinder-like areas. Appeal by Governor Hart that they suspend operations until a rain re lieves the fire menace has been met by I most of the loggers many of whom did not start up after the Fourth of July ! holiday. The principal exceptions are opera , tor3 furnishing logs to mills which would have to shut down without their daily supply. The situation in Skagit and Whatcom counties was reported to be growing more serious hourly. In eastern Thurston county a fire last night had beyond control of the' crew fighting it and was racing toward one of the largest stands of virgin Douglas fir left on the coast. In the spruce stands of Clallam county crews were working to keep in check blazes which have been burning for several days. From Grays Harbor, Wllllpa Bay, Cowlitz, Snohomish and Pierce coun ties came reports of new tires or old ones kept within control by difficulty. In many cases the fires have been over old burns or have been confined to areas once logged off. In almost every case, however, the efforts have been to keep the blaze from reaching valuable tracts. I josepn irving oi Everett, presiuent I of the Loggers Information association declared last night that the fire men lace is the worst in many years. "My greetings have been so gener ous and so sincerely cordial that I am unable to find words adequately to convey my gratitude, hut, I cannot help feeling that England's warm mnifestations were not toward me an individual, hut toward the mil lions of Americans overseas." Mr. Taft will receive the honorary degree of doctor of civil law from Aberdeen university. MEN RUSHED TO COMBAT FOREST BOTH SIDES RAIL STRIKE PREPARE FOR DEADLOCK Roads Advertise for Workers to Fill Vacancies 90 Per Cent Effective, Says Union Chiefs l rattic Is Not im perilled No Sign of Peace CHICAGO, July 7 The nation-wide strike of the railroad shop workers entered its seventh day Friday with the conclusion that the walkout had settled down to a "holdout" struggle Kailrond offlcluls continued to advor tise for men to replace the striking employes and union officials carried on in the work of organizing the suspension. Reports as to the actual effect and completeness of the tie-up were con flicting and altogether indefinite. Some railroads reiiorted that sufficient forces of shopmen were at work to enable them to keep abreast of the nor mal repair demands of the road, with prospects for Increasing forces as time went on. Union leaders, on the other hand, reiterated previous claims that the strike was approximately 90 per cent effective and professed no anxiety over the claims of the roads. Events of the week have made cer tain that ilie rail lines have deter mined to fight the strikers, such action being indicated by nation-wide adver tising for workers to enter the desert ed shops, and the placing of guards around strategic plants throughout the country. One roadi the Great Northern, already has attempted to negotiate with the new employes as an organiza tion supplanting the shop crafts union outlawed by the federal labor board on Monday. With the labor board adhering to its announced policy of hands off and the crafts leader, D. M. Jewell, seeking conference with neither the roads nor the board, there seemed to be not even a promise that peace might come other than by a slow woering out of one of the parties to the dispute. Railroads declare traffic is not im perilled. Several trains have been suspended in several sections of the country, and freight runs have been consolidated in an effort to conserve equipment. I IN STRIKE BELT ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 7. J. M. Kurn, president of the St. Louis rail way, today Issued a statement that "strikers snoot-eded In driving off (13 men with threats of lynching" at the road's shops in Springfield, Mo., and that "another lot of 28 men were taken away by the chief of police of Springfield shortly after they had been unloaded at our barracks." National At Cincinnati) R. II. E. Philadelphia 3 It 0 Cincinnati 15 1 Batteries: Meadows and Henllne; Luque and Wlngo. At Chicago , , j , R- II- E- Boston 6 6 2 Chicago-, .,.....:....(.... 7 13 1 Batteries: Miller, Marquard and Gowdy; Alexander and O'Farrell. American At Washington 1st game: R. H. E. qetrolt 7 13 2 Washington '6 11 3 Batteries: .Cole, Holllng, Olson, Oldham and Bassler, Manion; John son and PIclntch. At Boston 1st game: R. H. E, St. Louis 1 8 1 Boston 0 9 0 Batteries: Shocker and Severeid; Pennock and Ruel. i At New York R. H. E. Cleveland 0 6 1 New York 15 0 Batteries: Morton and O'Neill; Hoyt and Hoffman. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Chicago 3 8 0 Philadelphia 6 9 1 Batteries: Blankenshlp, Court ney and Scbalk; Yaryan, Rommel and Perkins. Stewart and Woman Accomplice Held J"V'.: S - i 1l i i Lort, Donald II. Stewart, former Presbyterian mlnlater anil reformer, who is being held by the police of Los Angeles for tho police of lioston on the charge of fraud. . (Kight) Mrs. Klliel Turner OhImiIiIchUhi, who is being hold, charged with being used by Stewart as n love lure and ac complice in polygamous inarrhiKes anil embezzlements. LA TOILETTE IN SPEECH SEES G. O P, DEFEAT 'Little Giant' 'Declares Pas- sage of Tariff in November and in 1924 Fish Items Disposed of After Cloture Fails. WASHINGTON, July 7. Opening his attack on tho administration tar iff bill Senator LnFollette of Wiscon sin, a republican member of the fi nance committee declared today in the senate that passage of the meas ure would mean the defeat of tho re publican party in tho election In No vember and In the presidential elec tions in 1 924. After defeat of the cloture motion the Semite rapidly disposed of a num ber of fish items .adopting the com mittee reduction from 3 cents l 1 V4 cents a pound on dried fish: a rate of 2V4 cents on smoked herring: a reduction from 1 cents to 1 cent a pound on pickled or salted herring, and mackerel: a rate of two cents u pound on fresh, frozen or iced hali but, salmon and sword fish and an increase from 26 to 30 per cent ad valorem on fish In oil. WASHINGTON, July 7. Tho re publican move to enforce cloture on the administration tariff bill failed today In the senate. The vote on the motion to enforce the existing rule "was 45 to 3a, or 9 less than tho required two-thirds ma jority. Weather Near Zero In North Dakota and Minn., Light Frost MOORHEAD, Minn., July 7. Temperatures not far from the freezing point were record- ed In this section during the last 24 hours, according to R. E. Spencer, United States weather observer. Minnedosa, across the Cana- dlan border from North Dakota showed 36 degrees, and Bis- marck, N. D., 40, with light frosts. A minimum temperature of 30 degrees was reported at Na- poleon, N. D. Coal Strike Tactics GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, July 7. Armed union miners from Pomeroy Bend to day attempted to stop non-union min ers at work In the mines at Cheshire, Ohio, ten miles east nf here. The sheriff and his deputies were called to the scene. 3 ! ' JAPAN TO SEND T BANDITS WARNED Danger From Bandits in Chien Tao Region May Bring Action Postoffice at Pao Ting Fu Safe, Is Pekin Report. TOKIO, July 7. (lly tho Asso ciated Press.) Japan has warned the Poking government that, owing to danger from bandits to .fa panose resi dents at Chiontuo, If China falls In her duty to protect Japanese In the Chlcn Tao region, the necessity of do ing so might "compel reluctant Japan to dispatch troops" to the affected territory. , An Associated Press, dispatch from Peking yesterday reported that laptino3e Minister Olnitu ut Peking hud protested to the Chinese foreign office against a bandit attack on a Japanese consulate near Chientao June 2S, which resulted in tho burn ing of a portion of the consulate and tho deaths of two Japanese. TIEN TSIN, July 7. (By tho As sociated Press.) Tho Chlneso post office hero received thlB morning a telegram from Plio Ting Fu, in the province of C'hlhli, saying: "Offices hero safe." tNothlng further had been heard from Pad Ting Fu when this dis patch was filed. There was no ex planation of tho message, but It nat urally was Interpreted horo as mean ing there was trouble around Pao Ting Fu, probably a mutiny among Chill troops. Scriptures Predict a ; ' New War, Say Prophet LONDON, July 7. (I. N. 8.) "All devout students of prophecy agreo that there niut be another war," says Rev. E. L. Langston, preacher and historian. "The 1914-191S war," he . states, "changed the whole face of Kilrope and the Near East and has altered the politics of tho world. That war, If prophecy is read aright, Is only a preparation for tremendous develop ments. "The Scriptures Btnto that there are likely to be two Leagues of Na tions, and the situation Is more thrill ing because of the entente between Russia and Germany at Genoa, Wind Saves Town VICTORIA, B. C, July 7. Further danger to the town of Morville, a sol dier settlement on Vancouver island has been averted by a shift In the wind, according to latest Information here. The death list stands at two, all other residents having been accounted for. n ROOPS IS Evaporation Hootch From Ky. Plants Under Fed. Probe WASHINGTON, July 7. The federal prohibition enforcement division has launched a nation wide campaign against distiller ies with unexpllcably disappear ing stocks of liquor. It was learned today. Investigation is being made all over (ho country and espe cially in Kentucky, officials said, into the slocks of liquor held by distilleries and wherever thnro nro foil ml to be shortages tho plants are being seized by prohibition agents. Dublin No Longer Battle ground But Loses Seven Hotels Cloyne Castle Gar rison Surrenders General Dockery Killed in Action- DUBLIN, July 7. (fiy the Asso ciated Press.) Approximately 700 irregulars wore lakoii prisoner by tho national army during the struggle In Dublin which was brought to a vir tuul close by the surrender of the remnant of the republicans in the Sackvillo street area Wednesday. Dublin toduy showod signs of Bot tling down nguin after the prolonged period of destructive hostilities In the heart of the city. In the week's hostilities . Dublin lost no less than seven of her hotols and now has 20 less hosterltes than In 1914. BELFAST, July 7. (By tho Asso ciated Press.) All of the Irish mid lands are now under control of the provisional government forces. The fighting ut Cloyne castlo at Belvlii; county Westmeath, ended with the surrender of the republican garrisons to Captain Conlon of the fiee Btute forces. The prisoners were removed to tho Mulllngar barracks. A lorry' load of ammunition was tnkon from both buildings, Including s;ioks of bombs, gelignite, 40 revol vers and 100 rlries. Plans bIbo were discovered for tho dlstructlon of bnr racks and bridges. Boyle, county Roscommon, was taken by national troops under Ma jor General McKeon aftor an attack lasting several days. The republi cans, driven from pillar to post, made their last stand In a hotel. No trains have yet reached tho west form Dublin. Four weekly newspupers which aro printed In Boyle were not published this week. It is learned that In tho fighting at Boy'.o, Brigadier General Michael Dockery of the government forces was shot dead. CORK, July 7. (Bv the Associat ed Press.) The regular communlaue Issued from tho renubllcun hadouar- tors at Mallow claims the lrrei?iilnra aro making rapid progress In south ern Ireland. Those Included Mount Bellow, cotintv Galwav: t.illnnnnv. Sllgo; Balllnamore, Lei trim; Ennls- corthy, Wexford and Urllngford on tne is.iiKenny-1 ipperary border. , The republicans also profess to have hold former government posts at LIstowel, Kerry and FOyne, New Castle. West Abhcfnnln. nrondfnrH and Bnlllngarry, all in county Limer ick. THE LADIES OF THE KLAN SIDE ISSUE, SALEM, Ore., July 7. The Ladles of tha Invisible Empire, the women's auxiliary of tho Ku Klux Klan, has filed articles of Incorporation for Oregon. Tho filing of the articles was made with the corporation com missioner late yesterday, with R. H. Sawyer, Luther I. Powell, Rush H. Davs nnd Fred L. Olfford, all of Portland and all listed as members of the supreme' grand council of the order. filffnrd Is the exnlted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon. SUIT NOW IN CONTROL -REGULAR FORCES PAIR PROTESTING E John Rathie and Elvie Kirby Go to Doom Cool and Col lected With Prayer On Lips Night Passed Bravely Spectators in Death House Faint at Ghastly Ceremony. SALEM, . Ore., July 7. John Uathle and Elvlo D. Kirby, convicted of participation in the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor, of Umatilla county during a Jail delivery at Pendleton in July, 1!20, lost their two year legnl fight to escape execution and were hanged at the Btnte peifltentlary this morning. ! liothr men wero cool nnd collected to the last, mounting tho thirteen steps to tho scaffold without assist ance. Kathlo was tho first to be hung. He arose as usual, dressed with caro and ale a hearty breakfast and was escorted to tho death chamber at S:2S o'clock. Asked by Warden James Lewis If lib had anything to say, Itatble replied from his place on the scaffold: "I know I nm Innocont of tho crime for which I nm hanging. T pray God to forgive the men who have sen tenced me. I forglvo everybody. I have no - hard feelings toward any one." . , As the hood was placed over his head Rathie murmured a prayer. Tho trap was sprung at 8:30 o'clock nnd he was pronounced dead at 8:34. lialblo slept soundly throughout tho night, according to Warden Lewis, but was tho more nervous of tho two tiftor entering ,the death chamber. Kirby was perfectly composed as ho entered tho death chamber and mounted tho scaffold. His only in dication of nervousness was shown during tho night when he rose from his bed twice and paced his cell. Like Itathlc, ho ate a hearty breakfast and walked to the execution room without assistance. Ho was chpwlng gum as ho dropped through tho trap at 8:f4. Tho physicians pronounced him dead nt 8:05. As Kirby stood beneath ' the cross liar of tho scaffold Warden Lewis asked if ho had a statement to make. "No sir," Kirby replied. Rev. Iilher L. W. Roche, assist ant pastor of Saint Joseph's Catholic church o Halem, who attended both of tho men during their last hours, leaned over and spoko to Kirby und tho condemned man added: "I'nm Innocent, everybody knows." Klrby's father nnl mother, who were with their son much of the time yesterday left Salem for their home near Yakima, Wash., beforp the hour of the execution this morning. About forty persons, Including the coroner's Jury, physicians, prison of ficials and newspapermen, witnessed the hangings. Two men fainted dur ing the proceedings. i The executions of Rathie nnd Kirby bring the number of hangings for the murder of Sheriff Taylor up to three. Neil Hart, who confessed to having fired the shot which killed the sher iff, was hnnged hero November G, 1920. Floyd L. Henderson and Irv ing L. Stoop, convicted of complicity in the Jail break, are serving life sen tences In the penitentiary. Rathie was 24 years old and a car penter by trade. He served overseas with the American army during the World war. His home was at Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was unmarried. He was born in Russia. Klrby's home was at Wapato, Wash., whero his parents reside. At tho time of his sentence' he was mar ried, but his wife since obtained a divorce. They had one child. Kirby was 23 years old and a farmer by oc cupation. He was born in Oklahoma. INVISIBLE EMPIRE' TO BE ORGANIZED The articles of Incorporation ex plain the objects and purposes of the organization as being "to develop tho physical and mental capacity of . its members and others: to promote bet ter acquaintance and closer associa tion between its members: to promote and preserve the Amerlcnn free pub lic school system; to presorve tho purity nnd supremacy of the white race and to unite, in one inseparable bond the protestant women of the world."