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Newspaper Page Text1 EDFOK Weather Year Ago Maximum 103 Minimum 52 Daily Seventeenth Tear. Weekly Fifty-Second Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AlWST 7, 192:! NO. 117 The Weather Prediction Fair Maximum yesterday 93 Minimum today ...50 TRIBUNE D W A FINAL CALL END STRIKE t IS ISSUED Prest. Harding Again Orders Strikers to Return to Work S and Railroads to Assign Them to Work Leave Seniority Rights Up to R. R. Labor Board. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The strike leaders showing unmistakable signs of dissatisfaction with the president's new proposal were under- stood to bo deliberating on whether to lane iinai action on acceptance or rejection immediately or to leave the decision to the general strike com mittee at a meeting in Chicago. The executive representatives who Joined Messrs. Jewell, Johnston and Noonan in conference were H. E. Wells, representing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Paul Stephens for the Brotherhood of Ilailrond Trainmen and Arthur J. I.ovoll of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Englnemen. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Presi dent Harding today called upon striking railroad shopmen to return to work, requesting the railroads to assign them to work and asked both the workmen and carriers to submit the disputed question of seniority to the railroad labor board. The president sent telegrams to B. M .Tp.wnll. hpnri nf the rnilrnnH nhnn. fS men's union and T. Dowitt Cuyler, cnairman oi tne Association or itaii way Executives, outllnging the -plan which he hoped .would result in speedy termination of the strike; The text of the telegram sent to Mr. Jewell follows: "I had your communication in which you and your associates, speak ing for the striking railway shopmen, pledged your agreement to the pro posals which I submitted to the rail way executivos and your organiza tions for the settlement of the pend ing railroad strike. Inasmuch as I was acting as a voluntry mediator, seeking th.e earliest possible settle ment, I confess .to you the same dis appointment which I have conveyed tu the executives that the terms were not unanimously acepted. As you are already aware, the execu tives of the. carriers declared their inability to restore seniority rights unimpaired. . Ilccogni'o R. R. Hoard "It is exceedingly gratifying, how ever, that in responding to the terms ? which were proposed, both tho spokesmen for the carriers and the spokesmen for the employes have pledged that they 'will recognize tho validity of all decisions by the rail road labor board and to faithfully carry out such decisions as contem plated by the law.' Moreover, spokesmen for the carriers and em ployers have approved the second paragraph of the proposal and in ti-eir approval have agreed that 'rail road labor board decisions which have been Involved in the strike, may be taken, in the exercise of recog nized rights, by either party to the rellroad labor board for rehearing.' "Inasmuch as the employes have agreed to all the terms proposod and he executives have agreed to two r-f the bases of 'settlement and rejected thethlrd, there remains only the question of seniority covered in par agraph three in dispute to bar a set tlement. Return to Work . "Mindful of the pledge of both the ' (Continued on Page aix.l BIG PACIFIC LINER JITS ROCK OFF COAST, PASSENGERS ARE RESCUED SEATTLE, Aug. 7. The steamship H. P. Alexander of the Pacific Steam ship company, which struck Cake rock near the Washington coast in the Pacific ocean shortly after midnight. Is expected to arrive here tomorrow morning. The Admiral Schley, sent from this port soon after the accident, was to meet the Alexander in the Strait of Juan de Fuca this afternoon snd take off the nearly 300 passengers, none of whom are reported injured. V The Alexander, after discharging crgo here. Is expected to shift to a ( drydock for a survey. The Alexander was off her course in dense fruj when she hit the rock. The Admiral Schley reported by wire this Settlement of Coal Strike Is Predicted Wednesday Meeting CLEVELAND, Aug. 7 (By As- sociated Press). A definite pro- gram for ending the coal strike on a national basis, it was learned today, will be proposed here Wed- nesday when operators from all parts of the country are expected to join In conference with the leaders of the striking miners. Details of the plan for settle- ment were not disclosed here when the operators and union men met for their first conference which was scheduled to adjourn until Wednesday to await new arrivals among the operators. The plan, it was said, had the approval of enough operators to insure settlement of the coul strike. f 4. 1001 DELAYS IE PROBE E Utah Senator Blocks Demo crats in Effort to Investi gate Alleged Scandal Con spiracy to Ruin Sugar Growers, Smoot Charges. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Denying! charges that he had proposed curtail ment of the Cuban sugar crop to 2,500,000 tons this year In return for a reduced tariff on sugar, Senator Smoot republican, Utah, read today , to tho senute a statement from the president of Cuba that no proposal for a limita tion of the crop had come from the American government officials. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Efforts to bring up the Harirson resolution proposing in investigation that American government officials sought to have Cuban sugar producers cur tail their crop this year in return for a reduced tariff duty on sugar were blocked today In the senate by Senator Smoot, republican, Utah. Senator Harrison asked unanimous consent to call up the resolution but Senator Smoot objected and then Senator Olson, (republican, Colorado, mado a motion that the sugar sched ule be laid aside until there had been an investigation. A point of order tiy Senator Smoot that the motion was out of order, wos upheld by Sen ator Cummins, republican, Iowa, who was presiding. Senator Nicholson declared that "very serious charges," had been made in articles read to the senate Saturday by Senator Harrison and that he felt the senate should not proceed with the consideration of the sugar schedule until there had been an Investigation. Refiners' PrnpuKitndn Senator Smoot said he wanted the senate and the country to know "that this propaganda that has been spread from one end of the country to the other is a continuation of the fight against domestic sugar producers by the sugar refiners." "They have made up their minds," he added, "never to be content until they destroy the sugar producers in. the United States. If they succeed. the American people will pay dearly," Declaring the reffners' profits un conscionable, Senator Smoot said they sought power to lower sugar prices when the domestic crop comes into the market. With the aid of a Wall street banking group, they are (Continued on Page six.l afternoon from the strait that she had encountered thick fog all the way out. The Alexander struck at 12:25 a. m. on Cake rock, Giants Graveyard, in the Pacific ocean, about thirty miles south of Cape Flattery. She stove a I hole in number one hold, but within half an hour backed off with numbers 12, 3 and 4 holds injured and took up her Journey to Seattle. The holds arc separated by strong bulkheads and the slowness of the Alexander's speed is understood here to have been set by her captain, K. P. Flartlett, so as to preserve hold number two intact. The Alexander is carrying nearly 300 passengers and has a complement of 225 officers and men. SENA SUGAR CHARG Latest Newlyweds of the Stage Jack j m v;mtrs rev m ,-xijK.Awj.avarfiftV.NW,w m w a. ...X....V v... Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pick ford, who were married at the homo of Mr. and Hills, Cal. The little girl shown with them is Charlotte Mary Pick ford, da Jack's Bister. This photo was snapped on the lawn of the Ambassador Jioi Marilynn had stepped Irom the California Limited. E DRIVE IRELAND DUBLIN, Auk. 7. (I3y the Asso ciated Press) The national army troops are pushing their campaign in southwestern Ireland both from the Limerick sector and from the region of Tralee, where they landed Inst week in a turning- movement, accord ing to reports from th fighting front. Tho flanking parties from tho coast are pushing Inland and tho fall of Ltstowell Saturday wns a re sult. The irregulars rotreated thence in a southerly direction to Abbeyfele, county - Limerick. Boforo -leaving Listowoll they burned the barracks, the workhouse and the postoffice. In the Limerick area the fall of Kilmal lock, Adare and several other places held by the irregulnrs seems to have put thorn to rout in east and west Limerick. Adare' was taken after a few shells had struck tho head quarters of the Irregulars in a local hotel. Tho freo state troops had one killed and three wounded. In further fighting on Sunday, the nationals, still advancing, took Kath kcale, Bradford, Askealon and Bal lingarry. 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Indict ments were returned today by the special grand jury Investigating al leged war . frauds against' Ernest C. Morse, former director of sales of the war department; Everly M. Davis, president of tho E. M. Davis Chemical company of New York and Aloxander W. Phillips, associated with Davis. The three men, all of whom lived in New York, were charged In the indict ment with having defrauded the gov ernment out of more than a million dollars in connection with the sale of the war-built plant of the Old Hickory Powder plant, near Nashville, Tenn. FAILS AT THE START JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aur. 7. A soft spot in- the sand of Pablo beach hero brought Lieutenant James TJoo littlc's attempt to hop to San Diego, Cal., with a single stop for fuel at San Antonio to an abrupt end last night within 550 yards of the start of his 2000-mile ' trip. The specially equipped plane did not get into the air at all. It swerved from its course along the beach at the gateway, nose dived Into a roller and stopped with a wing nnd the propeller wrecked. The army flier was unhurt. Just how badly the plane was damaged had not been determined early today. ST. LOOS WILL HAVE KXPEXSIVK BIRD HOUSE ST. LOUIS. Mo., Aug. By I. N. S.) A nice steam-heated blrdhouse. costing $140,000; will he built to house birds at the fit. Louis Zoological Gardens in this city. An artificial Ice plant to "fool" the Arctic bears, also will be constructed. Hi Polar bears have been purchased to road on tho Ice. Old Mnn Passos Away. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 7. Philip Christie, aed 102, died at his home nenr Custer todny. He had lived In this country thirty years. BASEBALL SCORES ST. LOUIS, NAug. 7. Kenneth Williams of tho St. Louis Browns to day went into the lead among major home run batters by knocking, out his, 29th circuit drive of tho season off M'ogridge with one man on base In the sixth inning of today's game between Washington and St. Louis. Williams now is one homer ahead of Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals, champion home run slug ger of the National league. Williams hit his second homer in tho sixth inning off Erickson, who relieved iMogridge for Washington after the Browns had batted around. Jacobson was again on base. H was William's 30th homer. ' National' At Philadelphia. U. H. E. Pittsburg 17 21 3 Philadelphia 10 15 2 Batteries: Cooper, Carlson, Glazner and Schmidt; Weinert, Singleton, Hub bell and Henline. At Boston. R. H. E. St. Louis 8 13 3 Boston 9 9 31 Batteries: Haines, Barfoot, Shordell ! and Ainsmith, Clemnns; Watson, Mc Namara, Oeschger and O'Neill. Chicago-Brooklyn postponed, rain. Cincinnati-New York postponed rnln. American At Chicago. R. II. E. Philadelphia 6 15 1 Chicago 12 17 0 Batteries: Rommel, Sullivan, Ketch am, Yarrison and Perkins, Bruggy; Levorette and Yaryan. At Cleveland. . R. H. E. Boston 0 7 0 Cleveland 7 9 1 Batteries: Forguson, Fullerton, Plercy and Walters; Uhle and O'Neill. At Detroit: n. II. E. Now York 4 11 1 Detroit 3 5 1 Katteries: Jones and Schang; 1M1- lette and Bassier. A $50,000 FIRE PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7. Fire, believed to have been of incendiary origin here early this morning de stroyed the Hawthorn stables, three houses and badly damaged a garage. Adjacent apartment houses were set on fire by the heat but the flames were extinguished without serious damage. The combined loss was es timated at approximately $50,000. WOMEN FIGHT TO WIN MEN, DOCTOR DECLARES (By International News Service). LONDON, Aug. 7. "Men no longer fight to win women, but women fight to win men," said Dr. Josiah Oldficld, well-known doctor and lawyer, in a lecture to the Eclectic club. "Women put on bright colors to win the favor of sober-hued and coy man. Since woman cannot imitate the supreme radiance of a bird's plumage, she docs the next best thing and dons jazz jumpers, dazzling dresses and scintillating silk stockings, sur mounted by an Indefinite variety of hats of every hue." and Marilynn Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks at lteverly UKl'tfi of I-ottio Mary l'ickford, tcl in Los Angeles, ten minutes after SUN YAT CRAZY, LONDON, Aug. 7. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, former bead of the southern Chi neae government, is suffering from a mental troubio which has already required the attendance of two for eign brain speefaliKts, sayH a Hong Kong dispatch to tho Daily Tele graph; The correspondent describes Dr. Sun as exorcising Impotent authority from tho cruiser Wingfung, anchored off Shamlcn, in Canton harbor, but depending not only for his restoration to power, . but for his very cxlstonco upon the succeHRful return of hi northern expeditionary foi-rn, which Chen-Chiung-Ming slowly is break ing up. The correspondent who has JUHt completed a three months Journey of observation from Peking to Canton draws a hopeless picture of condi tions, nnd say Sun Yat Sen's disap pearance from tho nrena will avail little. Predicting years of chaos and Turmoil, he declares: '"No thinking Chinese today sees any ray of hope." By David M. Church, International News Servlco Staff Correspondent. LONDON, Aug. 7. Anglo-Ameri can relations ure a bit strained, not officially, but unofficially. W. E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson is the roason for the most recent public outburst of antl-Amoricanlsm. When "Pussyfoot" Johnson arriv ed in England he attracted tho wid est attention and probably his return to this land of thirst has caused more comment than thearrival of any American pilgrim sinco the time some years ago when the first contln gent of American "Doughboy3" sol foot on English soil. "Pussyfoot" la decidedly an un welcome visitor from American shores. If tho newspapers Interpret tho public opinion of England. In his coming tho English pcoplo see a forthcoming attack upon their liber ties. They fear "Pussyfoot" and tho newspapers have given long and blat ant editorials that they will have none of his "meddling," nnd there have been some rather pointed re marks with regard to American at tempts 'to force American reforms down those English throats, which are now moistened by beverages of alcoholic content. ' The English people don't want pro hibition, nnd they aro loud in their protest against it, but they seem to fear that "Pussyfoot", has somo magical charm which will sway the people and bring about a reform against tho will of the majority. I-ItEXfI TROOPS REPLACE YANKS ALONG KIIIM'.LAM) PARIS, Aug. (By I. N. S.) A regiment of French infantry and another of artillery are on their way to Coblenz from Upper Silesia, ac cording to recent military advices. These troops aro to replace American units which havo already left Ger many, and will bring the French gar rison in the A. F. G. headquarters city up to 3000. BELLING HA M, Wash., , Aug. 7. Floyd E, Dow, 30. of Clear Lake, was killed late yesterday when his nuto- mohllo went over a 30-foot embank ment near Clear Iike. PUSSYFOOT CAUSE BRITISH UPROAR ON SECONO VISIT Pretty Tacoma Girl Disappears, Believed With Missing Banker TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 7. I Spencer Conrow, young assistant manager of tho local branch of the Bank of California, who dls- appeared last week leaving his accounts JH00O short is probably fleeing In company with a Taco- ma girl it was revealed today by fedoral secret service operatives and bonding company detectives working on the case. It was disclosed that a girl bookkeeper of the bank, describ- i cd as beautiful and from a prom!- nent local family, vanished last Friday, 3(1 hours after Conrow disappeared. Tho girl was questioned before she disappeared. "I love Spenco and he's crazy about mo," sho Is alleged to have asserted. 4- REACyiOOO Desolation Hovers Over the Ruined City and Horror Haunts Its Streets Looting , of Dead Is Stopped U. S Consulate Damaged. HONG KONG, Au. 7. (By Associ ated Press). Casualties in the typhoon and tidal wave which last Wednesday swept tho port of Swatow, 260 miles north of here, now are estimated at 10.000. ' ( Another British steamer, in addition I to tho two, previously reported ashore 1 was bound from Hong Kong to Sluing- I hat when she met the fury of the typhoon and wns wrocked, but her pas sengers wero saved. Desolation hovers over . the ruined city and horror haunts its streets. As detailed reports reach Hong Kong, the full extent of the disaster is being re vealed. In the native city hundreds of corpses nnd the carcasses of animals are mingled with the debris. Human remains protrude from the uncleared wreckage. It is estimated that more than 75 per cent of the city's buildings were destroyed, including the silk knit ting factories and the old Gorman con sulate. Tho Amorlcan consulate and the Standard Oil company's godown, or warehouse, were slightly damaged. Looting Is Stopped Ghoul-like, some Chinese attempted to loot tho wreckage, but the native police stopped this promptly. A Swa tow Chinese newspaper howovor, re ports that lawless elomcnts raided the houses of typhoon victims and held up passers-by for plunder. The. police frustrated an nttompt to loot the offices of the llnnque Indus triolle de Chinese, nrrestlng two men. At midnight Wednesday fire broke out In a Chinese hotel, gutting It and adding to the terrifying experiences of the Inhabitants. Tho destruction was almost com plete. With the exception of the Chi nese postoffice, a new three story building, no building escaped damage. To all appearances Swatow presents the scene of a war-ravaged town one heap of ruins. The tidal wave which swept the Bund, or road along tho har. bor, at the height of the typhoon, in fllcted considerable, damage to the waterfront buildings. Losses wero heavy in this district. The British In Hong Kong have re mitted $10,000 to tho British consul at Swatow and are shipping rlo for dis tribution among the homeless. The Swatow municipality charitable ubbocI atlon is raising subscriptions for a re lief fund. Three Catholic sisters In charge of tho Ursiillno convent at Sawtow. one of the British, the others French-Cana dian, had narrow escapes from the (Continued on Page six.! T INTO OLCQTT - PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7 Will E. Purdy, candidate for democratic nominee for govenW nt tho recent primaries, this morning threw a monkey wrench Into tho recount machinery Bet in motion by Charles Hall, unsuccessful republican candi date. Purdy. who somo time ago, filed a petition asking that tho prl mnry he declared void on grounds that somo of his adherents had been CASUALTIES CHINA TYPHOON KLAN TRIAL LUS ANGELES IS 37 Members of Ku Klux Klan Go On Trial, Charged With False Imprisonment, Kid naping and Assault De fense Claims Men Were Called As Officers of Law. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. After ques tioning by tho judge, u jury box of sovon women and five men was turned over to tho defense counsel for examin ation today. Among questions asked by the judge was whether the talesmen wero members of the klan or had any relatives or close friends In tho order. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7. Tho Joint trial of 37 members of tho Ku Klux Klan on threo counts of a grand jury indictment following (ho raid upon tho Elduayen homo nnd bonded vinery at lnglowood, a suburb, April 21! Inst, opened today in tho Los Angeles coun ty superior court before Judgo Fred erick W, Ilouser. Of tho defendants, tho three who have attained the most prominence aro W. S. Coburn, formerly grand goblin or the Pacific domain of the Klan; G. W. Price, present king klengle of tho organization ill California and Nathan A. Maker, kleagle, or organizer, who Is said to have confessed having led the raiders. Tho remaining 34 represent as many walks of liro.ln the little city of lngle wood nnd Include men who follow such callings as druggist, engineer, painter, policeman, poultryniap,. undertaker and motion picture theater manager. they, are accused of false Imprison ment, kidnaping nnd assault With a deadly weapon with Intent to commit murder all as the result of the Ingle wood raid by a masked band of men, estimated to have numbered as many as 250, In the dark, on the home and winery of Fidel nnd Mathias Elduayen, brothers. Girls Were Insulted It was declared the women of the Elduayen household were subjected to indignities nnd that the brothers were dragged from their homes, threatened with death, maltreated and finally left several miles from homo after the offlcors In charge at police stations in two small neighboring towns had re fused to accept them as violators of tho Volstead act, as their captors asked. While the raid waB In progress, a report of It reached Frank Woerner, marshal of lnglowood, who responded on a motorcycle; was ordered to halt by masked men whom hu bolloved to be highwuyme wounded three in a general exchange of bullets, nnd Identi fied them ns M. II. Mosher, constable, vio died from his wounds, his son, Walter Mosher, a doputy constable, and Leonard Ruegg, a doputy sheriff. The latter two aro among the men who wont on trial today. An Inquest over Constable Moshor's body brought forth testimony that the raid had been planned nt a meeting attended by members of the klan, and that Its al leged object was to end the activities of the Elduayen brothers as bootleg gers, it having been asserted that county, stato and federal officers had failed to act. Against this, howovor, it was proved the Elduaycns operated a small winery under fedoral bond. Defense Is Presented Paul Ilarksdalo D'Orr, chief counsel for tho defense has declared the men who wero alleged to have participated In the raid contendod thoy were "called as -officers, or to assist officers of tho law In guarding tho placo, ob taining evidence and making arrests." He further declared the defendants said they wore "guilty of no moral or legal wrong, their consciences wpro clear and they believed they wero per forming a lawful duty." The stuto sums up its case briefly as follows: (Continued on Pago six.) HALL RECOUNT VOTE weaned away from the democratic party nnd induced between the time of the prlmnry and the campaign to take a "republican diet," today asked to intervene in tho recount. Judge Bingham took tho situation In liand, but announced he would have no decision concerning them to day. With 77 precincts in Multnomah county recounted, Hall held a gain over Olcott for the county of one vote.