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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUTAr 1:1, 1922
NO. 96
M
E
NEXT MOVE
RAIL STRIKE
BY HARDING
Unions Carry Case to White
House 50,000 Motor Ve
hicles May Handle Mails
Jewell Places Blame On
Railroads Violence Offic
. tally Deplored.
Tlio Strike Situation.
President Jewell of the shopmen
telegraphed an appeal to President
Harding stating that the executive's
proclamation of July 11 was based
on "Incomplete information."
Postmaster General Work Inform
ed President Harding that fifty
thousand motor vehicles could he mo
bilized within 24 hours to move the
mails.
Railway and union officials and
rail labor board members appar
ently suspended peace activities tem
porarily. '
It was announced that strike
orders are being sent out to the clerks
on the Chesapeake and Ohio.
Baltimore and Ohio annulled eight
trunk line passenger trains between
Chicago and the east.
WASHINGTON, July 13. (By the
Associated Press) Post master Gen
eral Work today prepared a letter to
President Harding notifying the
executive that a Burvey prepared by
all departments of the government
showed that a thoroughly organized
fleet of 60,000 motor vehielee could
hA mnhilfzed within 24 hours should
the railway shopmen's strike further
Interfere with the movement ot
United States mails.
CHICAGO, July 13. (By the As
sociated Press) The .striking shop
men carried their case to tho White
House today, .
The move marks a new phase ot
the nation-wide suspension, now In
its fourteenth day, and gave prom
ise that the next step toward a set
tlement might be in the form of ac
tion by the president. 8uch action as
was taken by the chief executive in
the conl strike is suggested by the
new move of the shop crafts leaders.
WASHINGTON, July 13. The re
sults of the survey were forwarded
to the president as a matter of in
formation, hut there was no official
indication that the use of motor cars
to carry mails was being seriously
considered. ...
The prevailing belief In Washing
ton was that should the president's
warning against interference with
the mails be disregarded, stronger
measures were contemplated, .
The postmaster general planned to
notify the president that a fleet of
motor trucks could be set at work
transporting the mails at short no
tice and that the governors of the
different states would be asked to ar
range matters so that every state
owned machine and government ve
hicle would be placed at .the com
mand of the postal authorities.
There are eight co-ordlnators Iden
tified with the bureau of tho budget
in different parts of the country, and
these federal officials may be asked
to co-operate with the postal authori
ties. So completely have arrange
ments been perfected that postofflce
department officials feel, they said,
that the strike no longer can cause
Annoyance so far as mall move
ments are concerned.
CHICAGO, July 13. B. M. Jewell,
head of the railway employes depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor today sent a telegram to
, President Harding, replying to the
president's proclamation on the
strike situation and opening a new
phase of the grievances of striking
railway shopmen.
The telegram which was signed by
the six international" presidents of
the railway shop crafts declared that
ha .Hrilron, h.H WnlUeH Ollt hCCaUSC
wages fixed by the labor board were
in violation of tne provisions vi in
transportation act and because of the
viblation of the labor boards position
by the railroads.
. Union headquarters of the shop
men issued a statement deploring the
,ann ,.oln-o In connection with
the walkout and declaring that the
organized, union strikers .were con
ducting an "orderly,' well disciplined
The Btatoment threw the blame for
any lawlessness or Irresponsible per
sona, aggravated by the presence of
t.nnn, fa 1 1 i-sin ,1 "pimitipn" and Unit
ed States marshals. The strikers
sought the support of public duc
tals and the press In preserving law
and order, the statement said, con-
flnitlntr
"No violence, was the first and Is
the standing order of -tne employes
organization. The railroad rhanago
ments have responded with armed
guards, federal marshals carrying
guns and injunctions, and the milltia
ririoa anil machine guns.
"The hands of our 400,000 men are
empty. The work they are ready to
do for a fair , wage Is denied them.
but their hands are Clean, ine
(Continued on page flX.J
Elks Close Reunion
With Great Parade,
Cannon Marches
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July
13. The fifty-eighth annual re-
union of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks ended today
with the Installation of newly
elected officers and the usual
-spectacular parade late this after-
noon.
Delegates from more than 1000
lodges, scores of bands, patrols
and "hello Hills," In colorful cos-
tuine will take part In the pa-
geant. A number of members of
congress' who are also members
of the antlered herd ate expected
to march, among them "Uncle
Joe" Cannon.
STATE HIGHWAY
I
Widely Scattered Rumor Is
False More Road for Ore
gon Caves Gov. Olcott
Returns to ' Salem Party
Leaves On Tour.
Highway Commissioners R. A.
Booth, chairman w. A. Barrall of Hep
pner and J. B. Yeon, of Portland, ac
companied by Roy Klein, secretary of
the commission, Governor Ben. W.
Olcott, John Kelly, representing the
Oregonian, R. C. Johnson, of the Jour
nal, H. C. Frye of the Telegram, and
District Engineer K. M. Hndgman ar
rived in Medford Wednesday evening
from the Oregon caves, and spent the
night In Medford. The commission left
early this morning for Klamath Falls
over the new Green Springs mountain
road now under construction, which
they, will inspect. The newspaper boys
went to Crater Lake early today and
will join the party at Klamath Falls
and proceed through the eastern and
northern partpf the state to view
roads. Governor Olcott returned to
Salem from Medford.
The commission decided to construct
3 miles more on the road to the Ore
gon caves between Robinson's corner
and Kelly creek, to be graded and
macadamized at a cost of (35,000. This
will extend from the present newly
graded road to connect with the coun
ty road, which will make a good road
to the caves.
They decided to instruct the engi
neer to furnish estimates for the estab
lishment of a road from the Grants
Pass-Crescent City road to KIrby and
up the Applegate river.
The report that Commissioners
Booth and Yeon are going to resign is
absolutely without foundation, much
to the delight ot the people of the
Btate.
.o.
EMPLOYEES ENDED
LOS ANGELES, July 13. Donald
G. Means, Indicted on charges . of
fraud and extortion by a federal
grand Jury In Oregon and arrested
here Inst Tuesday night, has been dis
charged after a hearing before a
United States commissioner.
Means was accused of having
fraudulently obtained money from
postal employes In the northwest, but
he satisfied the commissioner he had
only borrowed it and, in some cases,
had already repaid it. Ho promised
to repay all.
Means formerly was a postofflce
inspector and railway mall clerk.
FINAL RATIFICATION J
OF" YAP TREATY
- WASHINGTON, July 13. Secretary
Hughes for the United States and
Sadao Saburlo, counsellor and charge
of the Japanese embassy, today ex
changed final retificatlons of the Yap
treaty and the convention will be put
Into effect Immediately. This treaty,
signed during the arms conference,
recognized on the part of the United
States Japan's mandate over the
Island of Yap and confirms to the Unit
ed States full privileges of equality In
the maintenance of wireless and cable
stations on- the island. I
BOARD
VISIT
WILL NO
IN
CP REFUSES
LOWE PETITION BOOTLEGGERCAS
J - ' ' " ' ,v
Holds Petitions for Recall
... Candidate Do Not Comply
With Law, and More of
Recommendation Than a
Nomination.
Chaunccy Florey, county clerk, to
day refused to uccept tne petitionn
filed Wednesday, nominating L). M.
Lowe, farmer und fair exliiht col
lector, an A recall ' candidate against
Sheriff C. E. Torrill, on the groundM
"that they do not In any particular
comply with: the la w being more of
a recommendation than a nomina
tion. The ! petittonn are ntill in my
office, but I will not consider them.
I supposed thnt on n recall election "
said the county clerk, "that the nomi
nation should be filed with tho recall,
and I am jiow looking up tho legal
end of this 'question. As it stands
now wo have a recall, but no candi
date. The law provides that a can
didate run at a recall election, so the
vacancy can be filled."
The papers in behalf of Iowo were
filed by Jack Schrader, a detective of
Ashland, who now runs, or did run
an agency known as the "Southern
Oregon Identification Bureau." He
is a finger print expert, and assfsted
the sheriff's office In collecting evi
dence in the first iUirk Evan's trial.
He was accompanied by George Iver
son, a local carpenter. .
The threatened injunction against
the county clerk to enjoin him from
taking any steps towards holding the
special election July 29th did not
materialize, being still in course of
construction. The application will be
based principally upon the lack of
specific charges against the sheriff.
The county clerk said the report
had gained circulation thnt he had
sent out circulars and cards urging
voters to- withdraw their names from
the recall petitions.
UX-- havftbftenr accused of sending
out circulars In behalf of Sheriff Ter
rili," said Mr. Florey. "The first I
knew of It was when I received let
ters condemning me for it, I had no
connection with it whatsoever."
. The letters and circulars referred
to were mailed out by the Citizen's
league.
DEMOCRATS FAVOR
H.
TO BUY SHOALS
WASHINGTON, July 13. Demo
cratic members of the senate agricul
ture committee completed plans to
day for presentation to the commit
tee at its meeting, tonight of a mo
tion to report favorably tho offer of
Henry Ford for purchase and lease
of the government's property at
Muscle Shoals,' Alabama. Such a mo
tion, if pressed, would bring the first
vote in the committee on' tho Ford
proposal. u.f' .if ".
It was not ;expected," however, by
the senators thaW the -motion would
be presented until .fter tho commit
tee had concluded ,its, final examina
tion of all bidders 'or their represen
tatives who have submitted offers for
Muscle Shoals development. It was
learned -that J. W. Worthington
chairman of the executive committee
of tho Tennessee River Improvement)
nssociatloa wouTd appear for Mr.
Ford, and .acting upon instructions
from' Detroit would inform tho com
mittee thnt Mr. Ford's proposal can
not be further modLfled. in any .essen
tial detail by the committee with the
makers npprova.1 or consent.
Je"t v . r
ay1
LONDON, July 1'3. (By Associated
Press). The provisional Irish free
state government's decision to concen
trate its energies on overcoming the
republicans and establishing order
throughout the country before sum
moning the new parliament Is taken to
Indicate that military operations on a
considerable scale are Impending.
The republicans since their defeat In
Dublin have strengthened their posi
tion In the southwest and now are
prepared to put up a big fight. They
are reported to have taken a line from
Waterford across the country to Lim
erick as a defensive front, entrenching
themselves In preparation for the. ex
pected free state assault
Meanwhile the national army is re .
ported to be strengthening dally, re
cruits constantly being sent to the var
ious depots for Intensive training.
IRISH REPUBLICANS
HEPJDER,
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1 1
JUSTICE' BOUGH! FEDERAL GUARDS
AND PAID FOR IN
IE
Pair Offered to Pay $2000 Per
Month for Dismissal of
Cases Trap Laid and
Works Prohibition Agent,
Involved.
LOS ANOKI-.ES. July 13. I'nUed
States district attorney- here an
nounced today that J. 11. Johnson, ar
rested yesterday with Morris Orsatti
on li'oharge that the two lad at
temptcij) tp bribe Hahold Dolley, 'pro
hibition, agent, had confessed, his
stat4jmnt fully corroborating Pol
icy's story.
Johijson.and Orsatti were arrested
yestenhiy.' According to the state
ment of the federal authorities, the
two were taken into custody Just, after
they had delivered $7f0 to Dolley in
a room in a downtown hotel as pay
ment for the dismissal of some fede
ral bootlegging cases which had been
dismissed a few .minutes earlier in
the United States district court. The
dismissal was nrranged by tho Unit
ed States district court. The dis
missal was arranged by the Unified
States district attorney as a step to
completing the rase against the sus
pected men, and oday new charges
were, filed in the cases and two of
the defendants re-arrested.
Doltey, the agent who accepted tho
bribes, told S. F. Rutter, prohibition
director for California that ho had
been, offered $2000 monthly for his
assistance and' that he had received
in all $1700 in a series of payments
since July 1. He reported tho situa
tion as soon as. it arise, It was ex
plained and his later activities were
directed by the district attorney mnd
the prohibition director.
Orsatti is at liberty on , $25,000
bond. Johnson . arranged bond, but
it was not completed and he was still
in custody today when he made his
statement. .
LOSKESMS'
MYSTERY ON TAP
LOS ANGELES, July 13. Clues to
the hammer wieldcr who beat a young
woman to death late yesterday on a
hill road In. the northern residence
section of Los Angeles are being fer
reted out today by the police. The
murder, in which a woman believed to
be about 25 years of age was brutally
mutilated In being crushed to death by
blows on the head by a hammer and a
fifty pound rock, was committed with
in an hour and a quarter of the discov
ery of the body. : '; .
! Efforts to Identify two men are be
ing, pushed today. A piece of paper
and strlngi which apparently had been
wrapped around a new hammer,' the
murder instrument, the broken ham
mer handle, tracks of a small car and
Information that at leasty one person
saw .the man believed to be the mur
derer driving at a ast, reckless pace
from the vicinity of the crime, ; are
clueB in the hands of the officers.'' '
LOS ANGELES, July 13. Frank
Webber, 40 shot his wire, Myrtle Web
ber, 32, four times, in her room at a
hotel here today and then turned the
gun on himself, according to a report
to the police. Occupants of the hotel
found. Webber dead In the room and
an attempt is being made at the emer
gency hospital to save Mrs. Webber's
life. " .-. i
The couple are said to have been
separated. Webber left a note giving
details concerning the disposition ot
his body and that of his wife.
National Lcaeue.
At Philadelphia: ' R.. H. "B.
Detroit ........ 4 11 ' 2
Philadelphia 9 13 2
Khiuke and Manion; Hasty ' and
Perkins. '
At Cincinnati: ! H. H.
E.
Brooklyn 4 11 1
Cincinnati 3 8. " 0
Vnnee, Smith and Deborry; Couch
and Wlngo.
' American Lcaeue.
At Boston: It, H. E.
Cleveland 4 9 7.1
Boston ' 2. 6 2
L'hle. I.indxey and O'Neill; Collins,
Quinn nnd Hue!.
St. Louis-New York postponed.
Rain.
Cashier Locked Up.
OMAHA. Neb.. July J3. A lone
hnmlifc held up the Commorclal State
Bank of Florence near here about
noon tndny, locked the enshler In the
vault and escaped with f 1600 in cash.
BASEBALL SCORES
OROVILLE
Mob Pulls Workers Out of Bed,
Pistol Battle Follows One
Fatally Inured Master
Mechanic, Object of Wrath,
Escapes Guards Missing.
O ROY t LUC. Cat.. July 13. Sixty
Imported shop workers brought from
Arizona and started lo work in the
Western 1'acific railroad shops herq
yesterday, early today werV dragged
from their beds in their , sleeping
tiuarters by automobile raiders, esti
tim t (Hi to number from 50 to 75. nnd
beaten severely. One man, Koadmas-
ter Tom Wilkinson, was so badly
beaten with clubs that the outcome
of his Injuries is doubtful.
The raiders, who arrived in Oro
vllle in automobiles said to have
numbered about a dozen, dispersed
the suddenly awakened strikebreak
ers, who fled in all directions, after
which the attacking party descended
in force on the roundhouse, where
the guards were stationed. One re
port says 200 shots were exchanged
between the guards and tho rulders.
but early today no reports of bullet
injuries had been announced.
In the roundhouse tho attackers
nnd attacked fought in semi-darkness
caused by the. shooting out of the
lights and tho windows. Clubs were
used freely and tho guards took many
shots at their assailants, but finally
they were overcome and also beaten.
Eaiiv reports that four guards were
missing and were believed to have
been kidnaped could not be con
firmed. -
Wilkinson, the injured rondmastor.
was caught In a small cabin near the
roundhouse. . "
T. A. Andrews, master mechanic of
the Svestern Pacific shops at Sacra
mento, who has been in charge here
during the. strike, appeared to bo the
special object of Jhe irato raiders.
He' was In the roundhouse with the
guards and saved himself ' at the
point of a pistol, he said afterward.
"Tho party would havo been i
complete success If- wo had only got
Atujrews," ono of the attackers Was
quoted as saying.
WHEN WAR SHELL
WATERTOWN, N. Y., July 13.
Police are searching'this city for artil
lery shells retained as souvenirs of the
world war, after the explosion of a
three-inch shell resulting in the death
of eight children. The big shell, be
lieved to be a' "dud" picked up during
the" war time targot practice of tho
104th field artillery on the Pino Plains
range, near here, was used as a screen
door, check on the rear imrch of the
Edward G., Workman house. In the
.Intense heat,, the T. N. T. charge ex
panded, according to Madison barracks
military officials, Snaking the shell
liable to explosion nt reduced concus
sion. It Is believed that one of the
children playing croquet, struck the
shell with a mallet or ball.
Carpenters working nearby said they
heard the children laughing at their
game and then a terrific explosion.
Hushing to the Workman yard they
found the bodies badly mangled, cro
quet balls and mallets blown to bits,
the concrete of tire Workman homo
crumbled to powder and a gray pall of
concrete (lust settling over all.
Fragments of clothing ,nnd flesh
were suspended from trees and house
tops for yards around and two automo
bile tires placed near the shell on. the
rear porcb.were found -on. a root 200
KM
THE' HAGUE, Vhily 13. (By Associ
ated Press).' "The non-Russian biid-
commfssion on private property of the
conference on Russian affairs unanim
ously adopted today a resolution de
claring that In the light of the views
oxpresscd yesterday by the Russians
concerning the restitution of foreign
ers' property In Russia, It would "serve
no useful purpose to continue the
meetings with the Russian commis
sion."
LONDON, July 13. (Hy Associated
Pfess). Prime Minister Lloyd George
told, (he house of commons this after
noon he was afraid a deadlock had oc
curred at The Hague, but he had no
Information that there had been a
breakdown of tbe conference on Rus
sian affultB.
Gov. Olcott's Lawyer
Debate Legal Points
Hall's Recount Plea
t- i-
PORTLAND, Ore., July 13.
Attorneys for (inventor Hen W.
Olcott were in cession here this
ufternoon to consider legal
phases .f the petition filed in
.Marion county on behalf of
Charles Hall, candidate for the
republican nomination for gov
ernor at the state plrinary in
-May contesting the nomination
of Governor Olcott. Whether a
technical legal reply is to be
made or whether an attack shall
be made on tho alleged facts set
forth in the complaint was tho
main tiuostion to bo decided.
APPLE CROP, AND
PLENTYOFSPUDS
Oregon Estimate Placed at
1,451,000 Barrels U. S.
Output at 10,000,000 Bar
rels Potato Production Is
Biggest Since 1917.
CHICAGO, July 13. Immonso pro
duction of apples and potatoes in the
United States this season Is expected,
according to a statement Issued here
today by the federal-bureau of agricul
tural economics. .
The apple yield looked for exceeds
by more than 10,000,000 barrels the
crop gathered last year, 1'otatJ pro
duction indicated Is the largest since
the bumper crop of 1917.
Predictions of the apple crop In the
lending states ore:
Washington 7,470000 . barrels; New
York 5,651,000; California 1,023,000;
Michigan 1,512,000; Virginia 1,622,000;
Oregon 1,451,000. The total commer
cial crop is estimated at 31,313,000 bar
rels, compared with 21,204,000 barrels
In 1921.
An approach to half a billion bushels
of potatoes Is the forecast of tho com
ing crop, the actual 'estimated total be
ing 428,007,000 . bushels, as against
346.823,000 bushels In 1921.
The output of the five leading states
In 1922 Is calculated as follows:
Mlnnesotn 42,905,000 bushels; Mich
igan 36,510,000 bushels; New York 34,
71,000; Wisconsin 34,538,000; Maine
25,676,000.'
I
LONDON, July 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Tho Bank ot England
today lowered its discount rata to
three per cent, -a reduction of bnr
half per cent from the. flKuro. estab
lished on June 15.
The reduction of the official mini
mum furnished another of the pe
riodical surprised which the Bank of
Enluml has given the money market
during tho past yeur.
It was anticipated when the fede
ral reserve hank rate In tho United
States was lowered that the lower
hank rnto here would follow, but
hope for this vanished, with the
tightening conditions in tho money
market nnd tho collapse of mark ex
change, as well as heavy borrowing
by the government from tho Bank of
England. .
Tho government haj. slneo repaid
Virtually all this indebtedness und
ns tho foreign exchnngo situation is
admittedly less strained, tle hank has
given traders further help hy taking
one-half of one per cent from tho
minimum. The reduction nlso Is ex
pected to stimulate the buying of
government securities on the Block
exchange. '
BATTLE NARCOTICS
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, July 13
Police officials nnd sheriffs from
all over the northwest were here to
dny for tho Joint conference of the
Northwest Association of Sheriffs and
Police and the Idaho State Sheriffs'
association. The meetings will con
tinue threo days.
Federal prohibition agents .from
four states are on tho progrnm, which
Includes discussion of narcotic and
liquor evils, with special attention to
steps taken for prevention ot crime.
Addresses of welcome, and routine
organization huslnexs occupied atten
tions of the delegates during this
morning's session.
RECORDBREAKING
ENTIRE LID
IN GRIP OF
GAS TRUST
Standard Oil Divides Country
Into 11 Marketing Districts,
and What Court Tried to
Abolish Flourishes Inter
locking Companies Blamed
for Situation-
WASHINGTON, July 13. Assert
ing that "monopolistic situation"
with respect to gusoltno prevailed
over the entire country due to the
fact that Interlocking stock owner
ships In the several Standard OH
companies, "ha?e perpetuated the
very monopolistic control which the
courts sought to terminate," the fed
eial trade com mission recommended,
in a report to congress today the en
actment of legislation prohibiting
"common Btock ownership In corpora
tions which have been members of a
combination disolved under the Sher
man law.
Dealing specifically In the report
with conditions In the gasoline trade
In .Montana and adjacent states,
where the aommlssion declared the
crude petroleum producer and the
gusoline consumer were "both at the
mercy of the Standard through a mo
nopolistic system created In 1910,"
the commission comes to the conclu
sion that "concerns In other sections
of the country are not radically dif
ferent. . ' .'(., r - , 'j
. "Today the entire country," the
report asserted, is divided into-'
eleven Standard gasoline marketing
territories in which a standard mark
eting company Is the dominating
factor and In which there la no real
competition botwoen the '.. various
Standard units. This monopolistic
situation is possible under the terms
or the Standard Oil dissolution de
cree by which the different Standard
companies are for legal purposes sup
posed to be strangers to each other,
but there Is generally known to be
an Interlocking Btock ownership in
the different concerns which has con
tinued the very monopolistic control
which the courts sought to termin
ate." .
WASHINGTON FIRE .
IN TIMBER AREA
UNDER CONTROL
OLYMPIA, Wash., July. 13. With
tho return of warmer weather and no
sign of ruin, fear was expressed today
by State Forester Fred E. Pape that
the forest fire situation -i Is again as
suming serious proportions. While re
ports received are satisfactory and In
dicate that the fires for the most part
are under control, a bad Wind, would
send the forested areas of the entire
state ablaze, Mr. Pape said.
Two new fires were reported In thlB
county but they are not particularly
damaging, It was said. One was seven
miles southeast of here and the other
nine miles northeast of Olympla. The
first fire was reported by a stute high
way motorcycle patrolman.. Both are
being taken care of by state fire war
dens. . . , , .
Almost 18 square miles in an area, of
400 square miles have been burned
over In western Lewis county, C, B.
Joy, chief warden of the Washington
Forest Fire association, announced to
day on his return from that district.
Although the flames are under control
at present, he said, the tires are attlt
pressing and a slight wind would
create havoc. Very little valuable tim
ber ban been destroyed although - a
great deal ot young growth has been
burned over.- . ,
TACOMA, Wash., July 13. Harry
Stelnholdt, 26, a member of the Na
tional Guard now stationed at Mur
ray, Wash., will read his bible. In Jail.
He purchased it with a bogus check,
according to the police.
Stelnholdt, who was paroled from
Monroe reformatory one yen r . ago,
accrdlng to the police, will be return
ed within a few days to complete his
sentence. '
PURCHASES BIBLE ;
WITH BOGUS CHECK:
, . . .