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MEDFORD, 0 R KG OX, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 192
NO. 98
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EARLY PEACE
RAIL STRIKE
. UBINu
Railroads Refuse to Restore
Seniority Rights to Strikers
Loyalty to Be Reward
Negotiations Cease Plan
Trucks to Carry U. S. Mails
CHICAGO,, July "15, Virtually
abandoning hope 'of an early settle
ment of the railroad strike, follow
ing the failure of last night's confer-
ences, railway executives today pre
pared to make a determined effort to
reopen shops with non-union em-
vployes, according to a high official of
the United States railroad labor
board.
This official, who declined to be
quoted directly, said peace moves
would bo suspended for the present,
as the carriers and strikers were
unable to find any common ground
for starting negotiations when Chair
man Ben Hooper sought to get them
together yesterday.
The stumbling block In the path of
settlement, it was said at the railroad
board was the union's demand for
restoration of seniority and other
privileges to tho strikers.
The roads indicated to Chairman
Hooper that the men who have stuck
by their employers and the new em
ployes enlisted will be protected in
the seniority they have thereby at
tained. .WASHINQTON, July 15. Inaugu
ration of tho use of motor trucks to
transport the mails, due to the in
ability of the railroads to move mail
matter on account of the shopmen's
i strike, was announced today by Post
master General Work, who said it
had been determined to use . motor
transportation between Bedford and
Switz City, Ind., between which two
points, .all mail trains had been an
nulled. WASHINGTON", July 15. A White
House statement issued after a two
hours' conference between President
Harding and E. F. Grable, head of
the malntainence of way unions said
that Mr. Grable and Fred L. Feick,
legislative representative of the
union, who also participated in the
discussions both expressed a hope for
an early settlement and declared that
"propor conferences would end In
such a settlemetn." Tho president,
it was asserted, assured hlB two visit
tors that "every possible conference
was being sought."
M'ASHINGTON, July 15. Presi
dent Harding, according to the state
ment, took the position during the
conference that any inadequacy in
the law must Do corrected by con-
gross and cannot be effected by Inter
rupting railway operation. Mr.
Harding also declured that non-compliance
with decisions of the railroad
labor board on the part of tho rail
days had not been brought to his at
tention until the strike was declared
CHICAGO, July !1 5. Mr. Jewell
today issued a statement charging
that the United States railroad labor
JJoard "has been persuaded to reduce
labor costs, on a theory that the
cost of living would then fall .to the
new wage level."
This action was actuated, the state
ment asserted by 25' interlocking
railroads and bank directors "the
general staff of tho American 'junk
ers,' who have been' campaigning
ever since the war to put labor in its
place, or In still plainer language, to
establish a system of industrial feud
alism." t' Mr. Jewell characterized the strike
of. the federated shop carfts as "a
struggle between man power and
money power, between 'organized
greed and orgariized labor.
"The genoral staff of the Ameri
can 'Junkers' knows that It must win
to hold its power,"' Mr. Jewell's state
ment '.i concluded. "The shopmen
know they must win not only for
themselves and for their families, but
for the benefit of all those who live
by labor."
AT
BLACKLIST BY
COEL'R D'ALENE, Idaho, July 15
The effect of Illicit liquor upon
country dances was discussed at to
day's session of the joint convention
i of Pacific northwest sheriffs and
peace officers and the Idaho state
association and resolutions later were
passed advocating strict regulation of
the rural dances and legislation
giving county sheriffs authority to
Editor Weekly for
Veterans Held for
Baseball Lottery
SEATTLE, July 13. War
rnnt for tlio arrest ot W. P..
Kick, editor of the American,
Veteran Weekly, of Seattle, on
a charge of "proposing a lot
tery," on Pacific Coast Baseball
league and other baseball games
was Issued today on complaint
of the prosecuting attorney of
King county and federal post
flcials here.
Kick, it is alleged, has been'
distributing $500 weekly to
persons who pay 25 cents for a
coupon which allows them to
guess on the baseball games,
the lucky guessers dividing the
purse.
MEETS REVERSE
Rejected in Senate Committee
But Will Go On Floor of
Senate for Final Settlement
No Unconditional Accep
tance of Ford Plan.
WASHINGTON", July 15. Henry
Fold's offer for purchase and leace
of the government's project at Muscle
Shoals, Ala., was rejetced by the
senate agricultural committee today
by a vote ot 9 to 7.
The resolution introduced by
Chairman Norrls calling for opera
tion of the projects by a government
ownod and controlled corporation
also was rejected, the vote being 9 to
5. Voting for rejection were Sena
tors Caper, .Keyes, Ladci; Smith,
Ransdnll, ' Kendrick, Harrison, Hef
lin and Caraway, and for acceptance
were Norris, McNary, Gooding, Nor
beck and McKinley.
Despite the adverse votes the Ford
proposal will be presented to the
senute for final decision through mi
nority reports, it was explained by
Chairman Norris.
Those voting for rejection were
Senators Norris, Page (by proxy);
MaN'ary, Keyes, Gooding, Norbeck,
Harreld, McKinley, all republicans,
and Senator Kendrick, democrat,
Wyoming.
Those voting for a favorable re
port wore Senators Capper and Lad
dy, republicans and Smith, Ransdell,
Harrison, lleflin and Caraway, dem
ocrats. Senator La (Id, republican.
North. Dnkola, who ordered the
Wright bill, calling for unconditional
acceptance of the Ford offer, was au
thorized by the commission to sub
mit one minority report urging the
senato's acceptance of the Ford pro
posal, i '
The second minority report will be
drafted for, the senate by Senator
Norris.. 'proposing his bill for devel
opment of the shoals properties by a
government owned and controlled
corporation.
WASHINGTON, July 15. The sen
ate today rejected 36 to 32, the pro
vision of the tariff bill proposing to
continue the existing dye embargo
for one year, following the passage
of the bill.
By unanimous agreement on the
bill of Chairman McCumber of the
finance committee, there was elimin
ated the further provision in the
bill under which the dye embargo
might have been continued for an ad
ditional year by the president upon
satisfactory showing ot the necessity
for such a step.
Thirteen, republicans joined with
me solid democratic majority in op
posing the provision, Senators Borah
Capper, Cummins, Harreld, Johnson.
Keyes, McCormlck, Moses, Nelson,
Nicholson, Norbeck, . Norris and
Smoot.
DANCES PUT
T
grant and cancel licenses for public
dances.
Other resolutions favored a four
year term for'sheriffs, regulation of
the parole system; insurance for
families of peace officers killed in
performance of their duties and
establishment of reformatories for
first offenders of Immature years in
Idaho, Montana and Oregon.
FORD S OFFER FOR
MUSCLE SHOALS
The World's Greatest Radio Station at Neuen, Germany
From eutn, Germany, to Riverhead. Long Island, in the wonderful time of l-20th of a second, such is
the record of tho radio station near Jterlin. I'hoto shows the sending room with tho giant uccumuhitor.
TO
QUELL STRIKE AT
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., July 15.
The sheriff of San Bernardino county
and the mayor of San Bernardino to
day telegraphed Governor Stephens re
questing him to send state troops to
control the strike situation here.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 15 An
appeal for state troops to (protect rail
road property at San Bernardino
against the attacks of striking shop
men this afternoon was received by
Governor Stephens from Sheriff Wat
ter A. Shay of Snn Bernardino county
and from the mayor of San Bernar
dino.
t
Governor Stephens, who arrived at
the capital shortly after noon today
from Los Angeles, replied to the ap
peal with a telegram to Sheriff Shay
asking him what steps he has taken
to maintain order in the county.
American
Won.
St. Louis 4 9
New York 4 9
Chicago ....43
Lost.
36
37
40
Pet.
.577
.5(19
.5 IS
At New York R. II. IS,
Chicago 3 1 li
New York 2 10 3
Batteries: Leverett, Schupp and
Schalk; Mnys and Schang. . Twelvo
Innings were played.
At Washington R
II.
St. Louis 0 8 1
Washington 2 6 1
Batteries: Wright, Danforth and
Scvereld; Mogridge and Plcinlch.
At Boston B. H. E.
Detroit 2 7 0
Boston - 0 5 1
Latteries: PUlette and Manlon;
Ferguson, Piercy and Ruel.
At Philadelphia R. H. E.
Cleveland r 8 v0
Philadelphia 0 3 ' 3
Batteries: Coveleskio and O'Notl;
Rommel!, Sullivan and Druggy.
National
At Pittsburg
R. II. E.
Brooklyn 2 S 1
Pittsburg 3 12 2
Batteries: Reuther, Smith and De
berry; Adams, Glazner, Morrison
and Gooch.
At Chicago n. H .E
Philadelphia 2 8 1
Chicago : : 15 1
Batteries: Weinert and Peters,
Helnlne; Kaufmann and O'Farrell.
At Cincinnati: R. H. E.
Boston - 2 6- 0
Cincinnati ' 3 5 2
Miller, MrNamara and Gibson;
Luque and Wlngo.
Second Loot Exams.
WASHINGTON, July 13. Final
examinations for appointments as
second lieutenants In the regular
army, will be held at all army posts
beginning September 4 and open to
all eligible citizens between the ages
ot 21 and 30 years.
' Hephaistn Wins
EMPIRE CITY, N. Y., July 15.
Hephalstos won the Empire City der
by today, covering the mile and a
quarter In 2:07, and defeating Let
terman by two lengths.
TROOPS ASKED
BASEBALL SCORES
STRIKE ISSUES
TO Bt HANDLED
IN NEW BILL
Transportation Act to Be
Modified and Penalties Pro
vided for Future Ignoring of
Labor Board Decisions By
Unions and Curators.
WASHINGTON, July IB Healings
will be held soon by the senate inter
state commerce committee to initiate
I DUILU i:uiuiuei uu cuiiiiiiiueu u luiuuiu
revision of the transportation act and
deal with problems developed by the
present strike, 'Chairman Uummins
stated today.
Tho first effort of congress, Sena
tor Cummins said,, probably would
bo to amend the law so ns to guar
antee a fair living wage to railroad
workers. I-ater, but probably not
during the present strike, he said, an
effort would he mado to provide pen
alties for violation of orlicrs of tho
railway labor board.
Senator Cummins, who had a long
conference last evening wllb Presi
dent Harding snid he was convinced
that nmendmftit of tho transporta
tion net In these respects was neces
sary. Ho said the committee hear
ings which "will be designed to secure
nil possible aid In drafting a new for
mula on railroad wages would begin
soon, but would not interfere witli
the present striko negotiations. Tho
chairman did not believe, possible,
that tho aniendmcntory legislation
could be disposed soon enough to be
a factor In tho present strike, his
thought being that corrective legisla
tion would prevent future trouble.
"The men undoubtedly are entitled
to a guarantee of a living wage, In
asmuch as the transportation act at
tempts to define wage standards,"
said Senator Cummins. "1 do not
mean a nation-wido standardized
wage, but the law should be so
amended ns to guarantee) a living
wage, under a betftjr formula of law
than the present transportation net,
which will be capable of better ad
ministration by the railway labor
board."
loiter, according to Senator
Cummins, who is a co-author of the
present law, must come legisla'tion to
make tho board's decisions enforce
able. "They arc binding now on both
Hides, but not enforceable," said Sen
ator Cummins. I think we must have
nn nmendment which will make them
enforceable by providing penalties
against conspiracy among railway
workers and also fines' and imprison
ment penalties against railway offic
ials for violating the board's orders."
CLUE 10 LOOT III
H1LLSBORO, Ore., July 15. Elmer
Mays, hanker of North Plains, Ore.,
started for San Francisco today to
Identify $2500 worth of Liberty bonds
stolen In a bank robbery December 31,
1920; The safe crackers robbed about
twenty safety deposit boxes containing
savings stamps, a lot of jewelry and
the Liberty bonds.
Nothing was uncovered to give a
clue to the robbery until a few days
ago a person In San Francisco asked
for quotations as to the market. value
of the bonds. The San Francisco offi
cers were Instructed to hold the per
son making the inquiry. The bonds
belonged to Mrs. M. E. Mays, wife of
the cashier of the banking house.
ALL AVAILABLE FOR
FIRE FIGHTING GO
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 15. Tho
shortage of fire fighters lias resulted
in all available men being placed in
those sections whero largoS fires are
threatening green timber, State Fores
ter Fred 10. Pape said today. Conse
quently many small fires of no particu
lar consequence are adding to tiie gray
haze In the atmosphere.
A new fire was reported 18 miles
east of Bucoda in this county this mor
ning which Is burning into green tim
ber. Practically all reports, however
are from old iircs which are blazing up
again and spreading.
Two blazes are threatening in Mason
'county, one near Arcadia which has
t burned parts of four sections, and the
other near Williamson, l'he. Jackson
prairie fire in Lewis county, which
burned into the new state park south
of Centralia yesterday, has neon tem
porarily checked.
The Coweman fire in Cowlitz county
has snreud nearly to tho divide be
lt woon the Coweman and Kalama rivers
having covered at least 12,000 acres.
PITCHED BATTLE IN
TEXAS RAIL YARD
EiN'NIS, Texas, July 15. First dis
orders here In connection with the
shopmen's strike occurred shortly
after midnight this morning when
more thun a hundred shots woro ex
changed between alleged strikers and
sympathizers and 30 guards in the
Iloutston and Texas Central (South
ern Pacific yards.
Tho trouble started when a cat In
spector went Into tho yards to luspoct
a southbound passenger train. Union
officlnls claim the first shots were
tired by railroad guards.
ASLEEP AT WHEEL,
HITS PHONE POLE
ItKJJJNC; HAM, WiiHh., .July 15.
J. J. Donovan, vice-president of the
Itloedcl-Donovnn mlllH, Ih In the hos
pital here today BUfferitiK from Inju
ries sustained in an automobile acci
dent rarly thlK morning us ho wan
driving to Belllngham from tho
company's lumber camp nt Haxon.
Apparently falling UHleep, Mr. Dono
van drove his ciir Into a telephone
pole. HIh face was cut by kIhhh and
ho was bruised, but his Injuries are
not confiidered serious.
BAMBERGER IS
SALT LAKE CITY. July 15.
Ernest Bamberger, republican na
tional committeeman for Utah was
unanimously chosen" ns tho nominee
for l.'nltcd States senator at the state
convention of his party hero yester
day. Bamberger Is a resident of Sal1
Ikp City, and won over William H.
Wnttis of Ogden, J. Keuben Clark of
Salt Lake and former Governor Wil
liam Spry, tbrf latter now commis
sioner of the Ihntl office at Washington.
Contest Over Will
That Left Gloria's
Mama Estate, Ends
I.OS ANGELES, July 13.
Hearing of the-contest over tho
will of Matthew P. Burns.
wealthy shoe merchant, who
married the mother of Gloria
Swanson, Him actress, was com-
pleted today and arguments be-
fore the jury will bo started
Monday afternoon. Relatives
of Bums aro seeking to pre-
vent probating ot the will by
which tho bulk of tho estate is
left to Mrs. Adeline Lew lSimiB,
the actress' mother.
ft
Miners' Union Chief Favors
Flat Refusal to Arbitrate
Reason Given As Failure to
Force Operators to Accept
Mediation Offer.
WASHINGTON, July 15. (By the
Associated Press) Tho general pol
icy committee of the miners' union,
tho body having full power to docldo
for all of the coal workers now on
strike, hold, a two-hour session to
day during which John L. Lewis,
president of the 'organization, recom
mended that President Harding's
arbitration proposal for strike set
tlement be unqualifiedly rejected.
WASHINGTON, July IB. '"The
meeting was behind closed doors nnd
the miners' representatives were no
ticeably serious as they went Into tho
session and aa they came out.
JnineB Lord, vice president of the
mlnig section of tho American Fede
ration of Labor and n considerable
number of union officials who are
not members of tho policy committee,
sat with that organization.
President Lowls explained his
reasons for recommending rejection
of tho president's arbitration offer.
These in general Involved tho union's
objection to accepting tho proposal
unless tho government would assure
that all operators In the partially
unionized fields nnd In some of the
former non-union fields whoso ope
rations tho strike has interrupted,
would submit their wago scales to the
arbitration, along with tho operators
of union fields now closed down.
Mr. Lewis was also understood to
havo recommended that tho union re
fuse to submit to arbitration any of
the working conditions established
under tho former contracts with the
operators and now protested. This
Includes tho check-off system of col
lecting dues for tho union from the
employers' payroll.
T
OMAHA, Neb., July 1 B. Warning
to peace officers, of Long Pino and
Chadron, Neb., wero telegraphed to
day by Governor McKelvIo that
unlcus they take steps to get tho
strike situation well In hand there
for protection of human life from
violence the stato stood ready to
send state troops to take charge of
tho situation.
The Weather
' Tonight and Sunday fair; modorute
westerly winds.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Weather
outlook for tho wook beginning Mon
day for Pacific states: Generally fair,
normal tomperaturns with probability
of local showors In Washington and
Oregon by tho middle or latter part of
the week.
WING S OFFER
IN COAl SHE
NEAR REJECTION
AVIATORS ON WAY TO START FOREST "
FIRE PATROL IRK IN THIS SECTION
SAN FRANCISCO, July IS. Six
airplanes of the 91st aero squadron
of the nrmy departed from t'rlssy
field here at 9:45 a. m., today for
Eugene, Ore., to participate In forest
air patrol throughout Oregon. They
will ho Joined at Kngeno by two air
planes from Camp Lewis, which were
also ordered to start today.
The employment of tho army pa
trol Is due to big forest fires In the
state of Washington. Eugene will be
STONE AGE
I
Whereabouts of Phillips and
, Pretty Widow, Victim of
Wife's Fury Sought Ac
cused Murderess Former
Bathing Girl Refuses to
Answer Questions.-!
LOS ANGELES, July :iG. Whole
was Mrs. Alberta Meadows on . the
night before she was tho victim of
what has become known locally as the
"stone ago murder," because It was
accomplished with a hammer and a
rock? And where the same night was
A. L. Phillips, husbaha of the woman
accused of tho crime? These were
subjects of Inquiry toduy, according to
announcement by deputy sheriffs
working on the case.
Mrs. Peggy Caffee, upon whose testi
mony the Los Angeles county grand
jury yesterday returned an Indictment
charging murder against Mrs. Clara
Phillips, now held at Tucson, Ariz.,
declured that the night before she ac
companied Mrs. Phillips and Mrs.
Meadows on a ride in Mrs. Meadows'
automobile to the lonely spot where
the young widow's body was found
Wednesday evening, she and Mrs.
Phillips made a secret visit to Mrs.
Meadows' apartment and that Mrs.
Meadows was not at home.
Mrs. Phillips is said by her husband
to have told him before her hurried de
parture on the trip to El Paso, Texas,
that ended in her being tkaen from the
train at Tucson, that she killed Mrs.
Meadows because of Jealousy, which,
Bhe asserted was unwarranted.
And. according to the story of Mrs. '
Caffee, who was present during the .
alleged slaying Mrs. Phillips accused
Mrs. Meadows ot having been Intimate
with hor husband and ot having ac
cepted presents from the oil promoter.
Phillips has declined to answer the
point blank question of newspaper
mon: "Where were you last Tuesday
night?"
"I cannot answer important ques
tions of that nature," he Bald.
"Would you say you wore home
then?" they perslstod.
"I can't tell where I was," lie an
swored. "Where did you moot Mrs. Moa
dows?" "I can't sny."
"Is It mm that you had met her only
three times and then only in your
wife's presence, as Mrs. Meadows' '
father, Fred Tremalne, says?"
"That Is an lmjiortant question," he
answered with a smile.
Relatives and friends ot the dead
woman, who was only twonty yoarB old
and had been u widow only a tow
months, ralllod to hor dofonse and as
sorted that any aspersions on 'her
character and reputation had basis
only In "idle gossip." -i.i- ,,i
The coroner announced- the- Inquest
over Mrs. Meadows' body -would be
hold Monday. v :.!'
, Phillips has been detained as a ma
teria witness and will bo held as a
material witness and will be held aa
such, according to the sheriff's office,
at least until his wife Is brought back
to California.
W. I. Traegor, sheriff, Is In. Tucson
expecting to bring Mrs. Phillips back
with him. ' Phillips is not under arrest,
hut deputy sheriffs havo been detailed
to remain with him constantly.
Mrs. Caffee was permitted to go
after she had testified before tho grand
Jury. I
Mrs. Phillips, who Is 23 years old, is
said to have had a brief experience
with a comedy motion picture com-
pany as "a bathing girl." Sim also n
has been employed as u chorus glrLis b
-,-r-.: .-!'
TUCSOlX, Ariz., July lo.-VThroe
diamond rings were found In posses-!'
slon of the woman arrested hen as '
Mrs. Clara Phillips, charged with the
murdor of Mrs. Alberta Meadows at-..
: I
I Continued on page ilT.il
the base of operations and all of tho
national forest in the stato will be
kept under almost ronstnnt surveil
lance. The United States forest ser
vice hopes through this patrol to pre
vent any repetition of the Washington
fires. "
Tho forest service announced re
cently that there had been no appro
priation for forest fire patrol ' In
California. There Is no such patrol
In Washington. i
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