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Maximum yesterday 103
Minimum today - 65
Weather Year Ago
Maximum 99
Minimum today 91
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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."