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Ltv, "at, -rr nn The Weather Prediction: Fair and warmer Maximum yesterday 80 Minimum today 382 RIBU Weather .Year Ago Maximum 83 Minimum' 46 Oillv Seventeenth Tear. Weeklv Fifty-Second lot, MEDFORD, ORKGOX, FRIDAY, SKPTRMBEll S, 3922 NO. 145 7 MEDFORD m m a it NE W A Alt HOPE FOR 47 MINERS ABANDONED Rescue Crews Give Up Fight and Depart Recovery of Bodies Now Left to Coimy Authorities Fear It Vilill Be Fully a Week Beore Bodies Can Be Reached. , ; JACKSO', Cal., Sept. .y (Uy tlto AssoelntMl Press.) .1 most thorough investigation iTjilleiUcs tlutt no signals ever h:v been hrajrd. front Die 47 ciiKnnlH'tl miners In tho Argoivliut nUuo who wore trapped time bj a lire August 27, initio (Vfleiuls im nount'tHl toxlas. Soinds believed to have bcicn, signals must have IXM'n olthei- maKlimlioii of the .- rescuers u 'visa nojws in the Kennedy liifnc-, front which tho rescue tvoif. is lH-ini attempted. JACKSO:, Cal., feept.. 8. Hope for the entombed .rgonnut miners seems to hjlve died'complotely. The people of uckBon; with calm resig nation now await the removal of bodies. Very (Tiscouratelng progress, .has been maijo durUig the past twenty four houAi In tbe attempts to reopen old drift j leading to the lower levels o the jgonaut from the '3600 and 3900 focit levels of the Kennedy. In ' stead cf opeJning up as .the crews slowly Jlig heir way forward, the JJ, drifts liive been found worse clogged ? ' ' than eier. .. ' The'rescUe crews which flocl;ed"to JacksJn following tho. spreading , of reports that 47 men were entombed it! a hurling mine are now bundling up their; oxygen helmets and depart ing or their respective homes. Hence for'ii the attempts to reach the en tor j bed miners will be in the hands of 'ttaa Amador county mine yewa, asfisted by expert advice from the California industrial accident com nr.ssibn and the United States bureau cf ml lieu. Jirnes Spiel's,' superintendent of the Cennedy mine, said this morning 'thi report is very discouraging. On thef3GO0 foot level of the Kennedy thef- cannot see ahead at all any ' mtie. The drift seems to be blocked wiih timbers and muck and very Hide progress was made." j .Miners coming off shift this morn J1iS stated that but nine feet has been made during the night on the 3600 foot level, while conditions on the 1 900 foot level were fully as dls f eouraglng. Unofficial estimates place the time of breaking through to the Argon- ' nut fully a week hence. By that time nearly three weeks will have ' passed since the disaster occurred. In the meantime 'the flames which are still burning In the Argonaut shaft are known . to the creeping slowly downward and the gas fumes undoubtedly will begin to, penetrate the lower levels. Ainc-iiruns Are Safe. WASHINGTON. Sept. S. All Americans In the interior of Anato lia were reported snfe In A dispatch received today nt the Btnte depart ment from nn American vice-consul, unofficially stationed at Angora, Tur key. HOWARD OF SALEM, . Ore Sept. 8. George Howard, 25, convicted murderer of George Sweeney of Vale, Ore., drop ped to his death on the gallows at the-l Oregon state penitentiary here this morning at 8:13. He was pronounced dead exactly ten minutes later. "I'm very sorry for everything I've done. I forgive everyone heartily. Goodbye to you all." That was all Howard mumbled in response to Warden Lewis' question concerning a last statement. He was In the death room only one minute before the trap was sprung. Howard was accompanied to the scaffold by Father Buck, of Salem, and Father Rubis of Lebanon. A short prayer was offered before the noose was placed over his head. v Howard was committed from Mai nour county on January I. 1921. uriginnny ne was aemenceu lo uie on c.kI. i i., -,,. nniin was granted' pending the outcome of an nnpeal to the supreme court. He told the story of his crime as a witness at his trial. He related how WITH REGRETS FOR MISDEEDS GEORGE French President Escapes Assassin, Who Fires at Car PV.RIS, Sept. S. ( By the As- si( :!nted Press.) George Salem, nil ; Egyptian student, fired a flip't at an automobile In front 4- ;tt, the palace of the Elysee to- (lily, believing the car lo be ,' President Mlllerand's. The shot V went wild. (President Mlllerand it U'no at hta minti'V raoMnnnn fit A ltambouillet. 5 OF OLYflPIA. Wash., Sept. S. Armed losses are on tho trail todty of a man who late lust night assaulted Mrs. Harry O'liura, a widow, her five chil dren, and Joe Dobson, a young neigh bor and left them lying unconscious on the floor at the O'Hnra home, eight miles west of Olynipia. Two of his victims may be fatally wounded, police officers say and all are in the hospital here. Tho victims are Mrs. O'Hara, Agnes O'liura, 22; Teresa O'Hara Frances O'Hara, 10; Joe O'Hara, Eva O'Hara, 12, and Joe Dobson, The skulls of the mother and 45; 20; 14; 21. Eva O'Hara are believed to have been frac i tured and their injuries may prove fatal. The assailant is said by the po lice to' have remained In the O'Hara home from ten o'clock last night until 2:45 this morning, torturing his vic tims, and then before leaving struck each one of them over the head with the butt of a heavy revolver, rendering tliem unconscious. Heis alleged to have attempted an assault on ..Teresa and falling, turned on the twelve year old girl Eva. . ' , Part of the story was told county and city officers by Teresa and Agnes. Teresa nnd Joe Dobson returned to! the home from Olynipia last night at , . . . rtl,fll.a,i a ,,n lu y,.. u..u J in the hands of a masked man when they entered the yard. ; Teresa was commanded to tie Dobson's hands with a piece of cord the intruder supplied and then he marched them into the house and up to the bedrooms where Mrs. O'Hara and j her other three daughters and son were sleeping, Tere sa was ordered to tie the hands of all with strips of sheeting, and then the assailant bound heT wrists. The man is said to have demanded money and received a small amount, after which he attacked Teresa and when she repelled him turned on her younger sister, according to the police. The story told by Agnes and Joe O'Hnra set forth that the man naa 'stayed in the home for more than four hours, torturing his victims. ROGUE RIVER FAIR ALL DAY MONDAY Monday the Hogue River Commu nity cluli fnlr will bo held at Kogue Itlver with Walter M. Pierce, demo cratic candldnte for governor, as the ohlef sneaker and a program consist Ing of an nthletic show and musical numbers. There will be household and f:irm exhibits and n baby show The fnlr will last one day, with no admission fee, and nil are invited. A. K. Brashear, president of the or ganization visited in Medford today. FIEND ATTACKS WIDOW AND AMY VALE-DROPS 10 HIS DEATH he bad made a deal with: Sweeney for tho purchase .of an automobile and came to Vale September 13 td com plete the transaction. They went for a drive, and when a snort distance from Vale got Into a uarrel. He struck Sweeney a blow in the face, he said, when Sweeney called him a ljar.5' Sweeney struck him In the breast and Howard picked up a wrench and struck him a blow on the head which killed him. Later he started for WaUon where his parents live and on the way put the body in a trunk. After dark he sunk tho trunk in the Owynee river. Fearing the body might come to the surface he dragged the body ashore and burled It. Two days later he drove members of his family to Star, Idaho, where he remained until ar . , . C1 ... . , . v. , v rested. After Sheriff H. Lee Noe had engaged in an extended search fr the body Howard furnished the offi cers with a diagram of its location anil they dug It up. . . . , ' SEJIEEINI RAIL STRIKE PROGRESSI'G Administration Officials .Be lieve Separate Agreements Will Be Reached 0i? Many Roads at Meeting in Chi cagoCar Shortage Big Problem for Time Being. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 Adminis trative officials who have kept In close touch with the situation declared- today that settlement of the Hhopinen's strike on a number of railronds was "probable" as a result of conferences in Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. 8. Illy the As sociated Press), ii. M. Jewell, head of tho federated shop crafts, Wil liam H. Johnston, president of the International Association of Ma chinists and Martin P. Ryan, presi dent of the International Brother hood of Railway Carmen of America, arrived in Chicago this morning from the . cast and were served with the notice of the temporary injunction granted the government last Friday. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Assur ances have been given by Attorney General Daugherty, according to in formation today from administration leaders' that the meeting next Mon 'day at Chicago of the striking rail road shopmen'' s committee would not be interfered with by the government under the federal court's restraining order. Meet In Chicago. CHICAGO. Sept. 8. (By the As sociated Press) President Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad met na few western 'executives in confer ence in the Chicago club this after noon, presumably to discuss ; .pro posals for' a basic, settlement of- the Htrike of shopmen on certain roads by Individual agreements. No an nouncement that a conference had been arranged or what it was expect I - l" uvLouipiiMii whs inuue, anu nil . rtica ma,ntaned sence. So far as learned only a few of the western roads had planned to send epresentatives. President Byram of the Milwaukee system was known to bo at the meeting. Both he and Mr. Willard earlier had refused to dis cuss the conference and its subject matter, although Mr. Byram had said his company still would discuss sep arate agreements if a satisfactory settlement basis could be found. Car Shortage n Problem. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 8. CIorc co-operation between shippers if the rnllroads of the country are to handle coming traffic with their present car shortages, Charles Dillon, nsslstant to the chairman of the Western Com mittee of Public Relations of the As sociation of Railway Executives, de clared in a speech before the Kl wanis club hero today. " "The last three months of 1021. Vhlppers of forest products nlone used 47,693 mor"e freight cars than would have been necessary if the cars had been fully loaded, he said. In the first three months of ' this year, under loading accounted for 2,598 enrs In the same industry which might have been used for some other purpose, he added. ! "If 200 000 cars were loaded with coal every week and two tons were added to every car, the country would have 400,000 tons of extra fuel a week In the. same number of cars, or over twenty million tons of conl a year moved without extra equip ment," Mr. Dillon said. "The thing to do is to get the most and best service out of every car obtainable." Priority orders on conl, the rail- wny shopmen's-strike and the bumper crops everywhere in the country have contributed to the car shortage, he asserted. Mr. Dillson denied hnt the rail roads aretrying to break labor unions. If .the " railroads were compelled to pay a minimum annual wage of $2637, which ho said B. M. Jewell, head of the shop crafts told the Unit ed States labor board was what all should cccive the payroll of the roads would exceed their total. reve nue by at least a billion dollars with nothing- for fixed charges, dividends of Interest, he declared. "One difficulty," Mr. DIHon Baldj "Is caused by tho widespread habit of considering all railroads in terms of the most prosperous lines. Kates have been reduced a total of more than 140,000,000 since last January, while the wage bill has been cut only about J135.000.000. Wages are fixed without regard to local conditions so that in many cases the differentials arc unfair, nfc only to the roads, but to a part of the men also. But re gardless of the scale decided by the labor board the roads have paid." He declared that employes should accept the decision of the board re ducing wages, just as the railroads accepted1 the same authority when wages were Increased over 1700,000, .000. Mrs. J. D. Eaton, manager of the Stylecrafl Shop, is again managing after a three weeks vacation spent in northern California and in the valley. Mrs. Harding Taken Seriously III Last Night, Better Today Mrs. Warren G, llnnling WASHINGTON Sept. 8. Serious complications developed in the ill ness of Mrs. Ilnrdinff, wife of l'resi dent Harding, last night, but they were "slightly abated Ibis morning and the patient Is resting more easily," Brigadier General Sawyer, the physician in attendance, said to day In a statement issued at the White House. Mrs. Harding's condition is still ro gnrded 'with much concern, the state nient says, adding that Dr. Carl Saw yer of Marlon, Ohio, who was nsso elated with his father In attending Mrs. Hnrding during a previous ill ness of similar nature, had arrived here for consultation. Mrs. Harding was snid to have rested well last night and to have shown decided improvement over her condition of yesterday. The pros ent attack, according to Intimate friends, is the first Mrs. Harding has suffered since tile inauguration of her husband. A similar condition developed during '-his term ns sena tor, hut responded quickly to treat ment. - N BASEBALL SCORES ' A incrlca n League. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8. George Slsler of the St.- Louik Americans singled in the first inning today in the game with Detroit making 37 . consecutive games in which he has lilt safely. If he hits in the next three game.4, he will have tied tho major league record, set by Ty Cobb of Detroit in 1911. At New York: R. JI. E. Washington 1 9 8 New York 8 13 1 Batteries: Johnson, Erickson and Piclnlch: Mays and Schang. At Chicago: R. IX. E. Cleveland 2 8 2 .Chlcngo 7 10 0 . Batteries: Boone, Lindsny nnd L. Sewell: Leverett and Yaryan. At Boston: It. IT. E. Philadelphia 1 6 2 Boston 2 4 1 Batteries: Rusty nnd Perkins; W. Collins nnd Ruel. Natloiinl League. CINCINNATI, Sept. 8. Rogers Hornsby today knocked out his 35th homo run In the fourth inning of the Cardinals-Red ,game her today. It was a new kind of a homer, the bnll hitting the right field bleachers and bouncing back so far that ho mnde the circuit befnro it was recovered. At Cincinnati: R. H. E. St. Louis , 0 8 2 Cincinnati ...1 0 3 Batteries: Pfeffor nnd demons; Couch, Gillespie nnd Hargrave. At Philadelphia: R. II. E. New York ..4 10 3 Philadelphia t8 15 1 Batteries: Nehf and E. Smith; E. Meadows and Henlinc. At PlttHburg: R. IT. E. Chicago 10 15 0 Pittsburg ...7 13 l Batteries: Aldiidge. Chceves, Kaufman and O'Farrell, Wlrth: Ham ilton, Carlson, Morrison and Oooch, ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE SPEAKER 10 DELIVER ADDRESS AT TALENT W, J. Herwig. superintendent, Anti- Saloon League of Oregon, will occupy the pulpit of the Talent Methodist church, Sunday morning,- September lflth, taking for his subject, "America's Opportunity In Present Crisis." It is expected that Mr. Herwig will nave something or interest to say about the enforcement of law. The first duty of every American citizen is to respect law and order. Abraham Lincoln, when president, ad monished the people never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. This Is the spirit that must dominate. if there Is to be a wholesome respect for law and order, AIIUfAl INK flLL IILnLIIIU DIVINE SAYS C0A3I D. D. Pacific Coast Synod Presents Resolution at Portland Con vention Declaring All Heal ing Mind and Body Divine in Character. PORTLAND, Ort,., Cept. S. The matter of divine healing was brought before tho triennial convention of the il'rotestnnt Episcopal church to day by the Uev. J. Wilbur Uresham of San Francisco who presented to the house of delegates a resolution on behalf of the synod of the Pacific which was referred to tho commltteo on divine healing without debate. Dr. GreBham offered the following rcsoiuuuii: "That all healing, whether of body, mind or spirit, is divine In its character and resultant of the Ufe- gtviug spirit of God. "That distinctively Christian heal ing Is the manifestation of that life through Christ who hath life abiding in him and who iiulckeneth whom He will. "That this lifo may operate Indi rectly through tho healing agencies revealed to men in the science of ma terial medicine and surgery, or di rectly in response to prayer and faith. "That these agencies are compll mentary in their nature, the healing lite of God operating In and through them and lifting all processes of heal lug to the plane of the divine. "That Jesus Christ, in the midst of the sacraments and ministry of the church, the snmo yesterday and to day and forever, is tho medium of contact with that healing and'-re' deeming life, forgiving the sin and heuling the infirmity of hellevers." II. K. Mason of Chicago presented a resolution which the house of depu ties adopted, commending the work of the hostesses of the army and navy during the war and that con gress make provision fori the con tinuance of the work. Rev. Dr. C. H. Wllmer of Atlnnta, Ga., presented a resolution asking that the commission on tho revision of the prayer book make alterations clearing up ambiguities in the'terms "everlasting life," nnd "eternnl life, and carrying out the Idea that the benefits of "eternal. life" may be en joyed now Instead of only hereafter. This resolution was referrod. BE Work on Medford'a new 180,000 armory which will seat 3000 persons with modern stage, along with mili tary features, will soon be begun and tho project completed ready for use In three or four months. Tho armory will bo one of tho finest nnd best ar ranged for its size in tho state nnd country, nnd Its locution at the In tersection of Hartlett, Jackson and Third sts., In tho central part of the city, will be a welcome to Medford and tho valley. Tho above news came 'out ''last night through the vb.t here of George A. White, adjutant general of Oregon; John IT. Huntzlger of Eu gene, who is tho stale architect and designer of armories and Colonel C. E. Dcntlor of tho regular army, who Is military Inspector of the Oregon National Guard. They came . hore especially to close up details looking to the erection of tho armory, nnd on this errand last night met with rep resentatives of prominent civic or ganizations, such as tho Chamber of Commerce, tho city council. Crater club, American legion and officers of Separate Company A, tho local Na tional Guard unit. The county court and representatives of women's or ganizations had previously been con sulted, as were others. Barring unforseen and Improbable complications tho bids for building the armory 'will bo advertised In a day or so. which must be advertised for two or threo weeks, after which the construction work will be begun probably the last of this month, and tho big building may possibly be finished in threo months. , General White stated Inst night that it was hoped to build tho struc ture of brick and that this would be dono providing suitable brick could be obtained within the cost estimato at n not too grent distance awayfrom Medford. Otherwise the structure will be built of concrete. Ho was muli encouraged to' learn Inst night of the brick, yard In operation at Jacksonville nnd .hoped that its brick could be turned nut In suitable quan tities that would pass the architect's Rebellion Breaks Out South Russia Red Sailors Mutiny LONDON', Sept. S. Rebel- lion broke out in South Russia, according to a Helsingfors dls- patch today to the Central News via Copenhagen. The Odessa Soviets have declared south Russia and Crimea Independent. There is fighting in many dis- trlcts between tho rebels and tho Soviets, the dispatch stilted. ! The crews of warships stationed at Sebastopol also were report- ed to be in a state of mutiny. BALLOT BOXES PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 8. With the 'bare possibility that the missing republican ballots cast in precinct 197 in the recent primaries mny be found In the bullot box containing the number of some other precinct with the seal of precinct 187, Clr cult Judge Knowlcs today ordered a complete search of nil boxes which have not yet been opened in the Coffey-Kirkwood recount proceed ings. x Shortly after noon a deputy sheriff and a deputy county clerk were put to work looking over all ballot boxes In the registration room of the court house. If none of the boxes Is found to contain the seal of the board of precinct 197, all the ballot boxes will later bo opened In the presence of the court In an effort to find the missing ballots.. Testimony to the effect that the ballot boxes were not opened upon dellvory to the county clerk's office tint! that everything was done nrcording to instructions was given by members of tho eloctlbli board of precincts 19 7. District Attorney Stanley Meyers asked that all 'ballot boxes be opened in the presence of the court, In the event that the seal of the election board of precinct 197 Is not found on any of them, and stated if the ballots cannot be found he would place the mntter hofore the grand jury Imme dintely. J;E Rattling Frlck of Medford and Philadelphia Jimmy Edwards boxed a four-round draw at the Medford Athletic club smoker last night. The pair aro evenly matched nnd both got In somo good socks, Frlck running Into a Jolt mouth first, without being able to land a return. The bout went four rounds. Chauncey Hooker and Joe ITarrell waltzed through four rounds to draw, the former being fierce looking nt critical stages, In un etroft to frighten his foe, who hnrbored the notion ho would like -to make the affair snappy with ono punch that he never landed. Benjamin Harroll boxed ft draw with Noble Everott, and tho two Draws kids did likewise. test. This matter will bo carefully looKod into. The changes nsked for In Architect Huntzlger's plans submitted here lo cally some time ago were all accepted by tho architect and state military authorities. . ' Those changes mnde tho proposed building more complete, and added an entire upper floor to the armory. Tho armory will ho constructed in accordance with a special law passed by tho state legislature over Inst year, and its cost of (80000 is borne as follows: Tho state, 40,000; tho city, 20.000 and tho county (20,000. This money Is now ready and avail able, It la announced. ACTION AGAINST ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 8. Inauguration of Impeachment proceed ings against Attorney General Daugh erty as proposed by the New York Central Tratles and Labor council will be brought before the executive coun cil of the American Federation of Labor when It convenes here tomorrow it was announced today by Matthew WoII, vice president of the federation and member of the executive council. Despite the telegram reported to have been sent to the New York coun cil yesterday-by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation, promising his support in Impeachment proceedings Mr. Woll expressed the HUNT Mia UN T 9 ABDICATION GREEK KING IS RUMORED Paris Reports Constantine In tends to Quit Prince George Heir Apparent, Is Called Cabinet Falls New Commander of Greek Forces Captured By Turks. PARIS, Sept: 8. (By tho Asso ciated Press) Rumors that. King Constantine of Greece Intends to ab dicate are current in several Euro pean capitals. They are considered here to have been given some color by tho sudden recall of the Greek heir nppnrent. Prince George, to Athens from Bucharest. MALTA, Sept. 8. (By the Asso ciated Press) The British Cruisers Concord and Cardiff, under command of Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyr whltt, are under orders to sail today for Smyrnn. The entire British Medi terranean fleet Is now concentrated In nenr eastern waters. Greek Divisions Annihilated. ADANA. Asia Minor, Sept. 8. Tho town of 'Cassann, about 25 miles from Smyrnn, has been occupied by Turkish cavalry. ' An Angora dispatch says that the Greek northern army composed of threo divisions has been annihilated and Its remnants mado prisoners. I.ONON, Sept. 9. (By tho Asso ciated Press) Official dispatches from Constantinople Indicate the Turkish nationalist forces have ad vanced to within nbout 25 miles of Smyrna and nre advancing rapidly. ; ATHENS, Sept. 8. (By the Asso ciated Press) The evacuation of Asia Minor by the Greeks as a result of the , successful- offensive ' against their army by the Turkish' national ists Is accepted here ,ns j foregone conclusion, although It has not been announced officially. ' Greek Cabinet Falls. Meanwhile, the cabinet has resign ed as a result of tho Greek reverses, and a new ministry is in process of formation. King Constnntlno (laving asked former Premier Kalogeropou los to get a new cnblnet together. Actual orders for the evacuation for Asia Minor have not yet been given, it is said, but General Dous manos, chief of staff, Is studying tho problem so as to carry out tho ma neuver under the best conditions pos sible. The troops probably will be taken to the Islands of Chios, Mytlleno nnd Samos, In the Agenn sea, where It is expected they will be dimohollzed and disarmed, a part of them being sent to Thrace. Greek General Captured, A telephone message from tho Greek commnnder In the field says that Oenoral Trlcoupls, who had been appointed to tho command and gene ral Dlgenis, were captured by Turk ish cavalry while they were proceed ing to join the Greek corps at Ala shohr, cast of Smyrnn. The taking of theso generals with their staffs was not connected with the reported loss of their army corps, according to seemingly reliable information, this corps Eventually retreating toward Alashehr. , ' Tho Third army corps, which suf fered the' least from the nationalists' pressure, retreated toward Brusa and consequently doubt Is cast upon tho reports that Brusa had been evacu ated. That Brusa had been occupied by tho nationalists was denied hero today and It was declared the Third corps had given up Its position there. Refugees from Smyrna are already arriving here. Eight hundred were brought Into "IrncUB, the port of Athens. General Hadjanestis, the deposed Greek commander, hns been given permission to remain aboard two months. General. Polimenakos has been ap pointed commnnder in chief of the Oreek forces in Asia Minor, follow ing the rapture of General Trlcoupls. Reports that King Cpnstantine had left Athens are unfounded. T ATTORNEY GENERAL opinion that such action would be im practical. "To impeach Daugherty we would have to prove that he had been guilty of conspiracy," asserted Mr. ' Won. "There has been nothing in his actions to indicate that wa will be able to charge him with conspiracy nnd there fore I believe that any talk of impeach ing the attorney general Is . ill-considered." Several members of the executive circle as well as the presidents of International unions here to attend preliminary conferences of the lnbor chiefs, declined to subscribe to the attitude of Mr. Woll. r-.v,-'w