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The Weather
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Sunday.
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Weather Year Ago
Maximum ..40
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Oaily Eighteenth Tear.
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-J1EDF0RD, OREGON",
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SATURDAY, MAlvCII 8, 1921
NO. 298
N UTAH
iUNE
75
miners
hEPORTE
RULED
LITTLE HOPE
0 RESCUE
OUT
t-.
Castle Gate Experts Fear En-
tire Force Utah Fuel Mine Is
Rilled by Explosion or Fire
Rescue Teams Rushed From
Salt Lake : Explosion Is a
Terrific One.
CASTLE GATE, Utah, March 8.
(By the Associated Press.) Lit
tle hope for the safety of 175 men
entombed today In coal mine No.
2 of the Utah Fuel company here
by an explosion was held out by
mine officials this evening.
Rescue parties entering the
man-way at the rear of the mine
have been able to penetrate but a
quarter of a mile and have found
no trace of the men.
The man-way was badly dam
aged and littered with debris.
CASTLR GATE, Utah, March 8.
(fly tlio Assndated Press.) One hun
dred and seventy-five men employed
In the day shift of the Utah Fuel com
psny mine No. 2 were entombed by an
explosion at nine o'clock this morn
,D ...
TIlO DvnWInn fa l.nllntrail (n l.nt.n
been' caused hy an accumulation of
dust. Smoko and (Inst fiitf pouring
from the mouth of the mine here at
the present time, but It has not been
determined whether the Interior of the
mine Is afire.
The explosion In the mine win fol
lowed hy a series of smaller blasts,
according to company officials. The
force of, the first explosion was so
groit that the entrance to the prop
erty which is a slope mine, was block
ed by debris.
The rpscue crews still are at work
endeavoring to clenr the entrance or
the mine in order tT pttnok tho In
terior of it. It. Is the general onlnlon
of residents of Castle Onto that fie
entombed men have ben 'lled eithnr
by the explosion nr tho nftrHnMi.
The force of tho b's's wro"keil the
fans used for numnlns n'r Into the
mine but the resell crews have suc
ceeding ii repairing one and that now
Is In working order. Tho majority of
the men entombed In the mine are suld
by company officials to be foreigners.
According to word received at the
offices of the Utah Coal comnany here,
one rescue crew has entered the mine.
Tho mine Is located about one mile
and a half from the comnanv's offices
here and messengers are being em
plyoed to carry Information to the
company headquarters.
The : mine was operating with a
normal force' of 175 men on tho day
shift, according to Mr. Carnley. the
shift having entered tho mine at 7:30
o'clock this morning.
Castle Gate is llfl miles southeast
of Salt Lake City. Word or the disas
ter has been sent to Salt Lake and a
call issued for all available doctors
and nurses. A special train bearing
the doctors and nurses has left that
place for Castlo Gate, according to
word received at the company's of
fices here. The train Is not expected
to arrive until after noon.
A call also has been Issued for a
mine rescue car from the bureau of
mines, according to tha company of
ficials. The mine Is said to be the largest
Individual coal mine in the state of
Utah.
P. T. Barnum, late famous snow
man. Usued passes to clergymen to
Illustrate to them the morality of his
ahows. j
IS AMPLE CAUSE FOR A DIVORCE
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 8.1
Is plain ordinary "cussing" valid
ground for a divorce? "No," said j
Judge Erwin M. Owen of Los Angeles.
In refusing a divorce last Wednesday.
"Yes." said Judge T. O. Chambers i
of Oklahoma City, In granting a di
vorce to Mrs. Cora Beckett from A. J.
Beckett In district court here.
U. S. Senator, Victim
Dry Agent's Bullet,
Out of Bed at Last
WASHINGTON, March 8. Sen-
ntor Greene of Vermont, who was
shot In the head several weeks
ago during an encounter between
a prohibition enforcement party
and suspected bootleggers, was
ablo today to leave his bed for
the first time. Paralysis which
developed in his left side, it is
said, lias steadily subsided.
1
PLEADS GUILTY
LIQUORCHARGE
Republican State Chairman Ad
mits He Had Liquor in His
Possession Girl Case Is
Pending Will Not Be Can
didate Again.
McMINNVILLE. Ore., March 8.
Shortly after being indicted by the
grand jury here on a charge of ios
session of liquor, Walter L. Tooze, Jr.,
republican state chairman for Oregon,
and J. W. Templln, a garage owner
here, pleaded guilty yesterday beforo
Judge Robert Tucker. Sentence will
be passed Monday afternoon.
The indictment follows closely a pre
vious Indictment on a chargo of con
tributing to the delinquency of a mi
nor. When the two were arraigned
for trial, however, the indictment was
thrown out as faulty. The case grows
out of an incident in which Tooze and
Templln wero charged with giving
liquor to a minor girl.
Tooze's term as republican state
chairman expires next month and he
has announced that he will not be a
candidate for reelection.
BRUNSWICK. Maine. March 8.
Kenneth R. Mclean, liowdoin college
sophomore, and his wife, pleaded not
guilty to manslaughter today in con
nection with the death of their one
year old daughter, believed to havo
been smothered at a hotel hero ten
days ago after' the arrival of the
mother from Tacoma. Wash.
Hearing was waived, probable cause
was found and they were ordered to
furnish bail for their appearance at
the May term of the superior court.
They were taken back to Portland,
Maine, where arrangements were to
be made for bail, $U0.000 for MacLean
and $10,0000 for his wife.
McLean will not return to college.
BUENOS A IRKS, Mar. R. Luis
Angel Firpo. "Wild Hull of the Pam
pas." turned back the Invasion from
Italy by knocking out Krmlnio Spalla
In the fourteenth round of their fif
teen round go here. Thirty thousand
persons saw the fight. '
I'S
Judge Chambers qualified his opin
ion, however, by stating that he did
not consider swearing itself sufficient
reason for divorce, but that he took
info account the effect It had on the
nerves and sensibilities of .Mrs. Beck
ett who said she Is a church worker.
She declared she could not live with
ber husband "and put up with his
swearing about the house."
WALTER
HE
1 A
DENIED BY
Editor Bennett Recalled to the
Stand Refutes Senator's
Story Claims G. 0. P. Whip
Asked How Paper Would
Stand on Oil Probe More
Telegrams Are Explained.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Senator
Curtis of Kansas, assistant republican
leader In the senate, came voluntarily
today before the oil committee to re
fute the testimony of Ira E. Bennett,
that he was the person referred to 'in
the "principal" telegram.
TIiIb telegram, sent by Bennett on
January 29, to his employer, Edward
H. Mclean, publisher of tho Washing
ton Post, and a central figure In the
oil disclosures, said that Bennett had
seen the "principal," and aded there
would bo "no rocking of the boat and
no resignations," but that a reaction
was expected from unwarranted po
litical attacks.
The Kansas senator, tho first mem
ber of tho senate to take tho witness
stand was sworn and immediately be
gan an oral statement to the commit
tee similar to that he submitted yes
terday in the senate in denial of sev
eral features of Bennett's testimony.
So far ns he could recall, Senator
Curtis did not see Bonnott until the
day Sonator Norrls, republican, Ne
braska, made a speech mentioning a
member of McLean's ramily. That was
on January 30, the day after the
"principal" telegram was sent.
Wanted Daugherty to Resign
Later Bennett ,testifiod that Senator
Curtis had advised President Coolidge
Immediately after he came into ofrice
to ask Attorney General Daugherty to
resign.
Francis T. Homer of Baltimore, took
the stand and denied the statement in
one of tho McLean telegrams that he
had suggested a direct wire between
Washington and the McLean cottage
at Palm Beach to give "quick and
easy acceBS to the White House."
On the day of the Norris address,
Bennett came to Curtis with refer
ence to having Senator Norris with
draw his remarks.
Before that Senator Curtis testified
ho already had suggested to Senator
Norris that the remarks be expunged
from the record. Later he saw Ben
nett in the lobby and told him the
statements would be withdrawn.
Senator CurtlB flatly denied that
Bennett had delivered any message to
him from McLean.
He added that he had not talked
with Bennett about ioliticaI aspects
of the oil Inquiry.
Curtis Claim Denied
Bonnett then was recalled and asked
if he cared to make any further state
ment. "Certainly." was his answer.
"Senator Curtis." he went on, ap
parently has forgotten one and prob
ably two additional conversations I
had with him."
Bennett said he did not want to re
late the conversations as they were
somewhat personal.
Pressed as to the conversations he
ssld he would not answer unless com
pelled to. as he did not want to Bpreaa
"scandal.
"I hope wo won't have any mystery
about it," Senator WalBh Bald, "go on
tell us about It."
Bennett again refused unless com
pelled to do bo and the oommlttee vot
ed unanimously that he should an
swer.
The witness then testified that Sen
ator Curtis had been asked for advice
as to what the policy of the PoBt
should bo with regard to publishing
mattors concerning the oil Inquiry.
E. S. Rochester employed In the
ofrice of Attorney General Daugherty
was questioned about his telegram to
McLean on January 16, saying Inves
tigation was being made of McLean's
financial affairs In reference to his
testimony about $100,000 In checks.
"That telegram was purely person
a," Rochester said, "and had nothing
to do with my connection with the dc-
partment of Justice.
Rochester Bald he obtained his in
formation about the Investigation from
' roTinatwrmpn
"I did not," Rochester said when
aEked If he had received a sugges
tion from within the department or
justice about his messago.
Itt
16 Year Old Olcutt Zarn, Youngest Winner or
American Dog Derby, with Speedy Team Leader
Vmmn 7n rn wnn Ihn nnnnal doe
derby at Boloe. Idaho. In 2 hours,
22 minutes, 40 seconds. Hts vic
tory was somewhat of a surprise
as he was competing against vet
FRERPORT. III., - March 8. What
Is happening in Wellington "Is mere
ly a part of the government system I
am going to smash," Senator Hlrom
Johnson of California, candidate for
the republican presidential nomina
tion, doclared In nn nddrcss here.
'There are men In Washington who
bellovo it'B their right to exploit tho
government. They have allied them
selves with the men who control gov
ernment. To fire nn individual from
the cabinet or other part of the gov
ernment hero and there does not break
the nlliance. The American must
smash it.
"There is presented to tho repub
lican party todny an issue of greater
import than any other of recent days,"
Senator Johnson assorted. "It is an
issue of public service efficient, re
liable, public service It Is In Its other
aspect an issue of just common honrs-
tv and tho republican party must
sweep Its house and sweep It clean."
Ho declared hlmseir in ravor ot an-
Justcd compensation for "tho men
who fought the war." saying adjusted
compensation had been applied to the
railroads, firms nnd companies im-
r war contracts, and oven to civil
ian employes during tho war and aft
erward. The farmer, he nnlrt. "Is entitled to
tho same generosity tho government
extends to manufacturers and rail
roads."
If governmental action enn bring
him rclatjvo prices between commodi
ties ho produces nnd thoso ho pur
chases, he should have It.
Tho HcNary-Hiuigi'll bill, pending
In congress, bo said, approximates
this and strikes at tho rest of tho ag
ricultural troubles.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
NEW YORK, March 8. Samuel
Gluckman, a tailor, was hackod to
death today with an axo by his wife,
Edith, in his sleep.
"I loved him and I couldn't bear to
have him go around with other wo
men," the police quoted her as saying.
"Suicide Boy" Returns
to Portland After
Phone From Mother
PORTLAND. Ore., Mnrch S. Logan
P. Roe. 1 8-year-old bank messenger,
who disappeared scvernl days ago aft
er writing suicide notes to his par
ents, returned homo last night, accord
ing to his mother. Tho boy was trac
ed to. Iloseburg nnd thon to Mnrsh-
flcld. where his mother got Into tele
graphic communication with him and
he agreed to return home. Tho boy
ran away after his parents had made
him return a newly purchased auto,
Fair nnd Rainier
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. Weather
outlook for week beginning Monday
Pacific states Generally fair, but
with, probability of rain along north
coast; normal temperture.
JOHNSON SAYS
HE'S IHE MAN 10
MAKE CLEAN-UP
erans. . "Smoky" Gaston lost
year's victor, finished third. Zarn.
Is the youngest driver who everj
tried for honors in this event.
VANDALS WRECK
SANTA FF TRAIN
ENGINEER KILLED
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 8. A posse
of Indlun trailers and deputy sheriffs,
headed by Sheriff W. P. Mahonoy of
Mohave county today began nn organ
lzed hunt for vandals who last night
dernlled Santa Fo passenger train No,
42, northbound, In the desert 72 miles
north of here, causing the death of one
trainman and sorious injury to nn
cthor.
Railroad officials reported earlier In
the day that an Investigation had re
vealed that spikes were pulled from
tho, railroad right of way. The loco
motive, baggage car and a passenger
car hurtled over the embankment.
The Injurod trainmen, James Tar-
ney, engineer; and Charles Taylor,
foreman, wore removed to the hospital
In Phoenix early today. Tarney died
Inter. No passengers were hurt in the
wreck.
The wrecking of the train was re
ported to local authorities by Sheriff
W. P. Mahoncy of Mohave county, who
was a passenger on the train.
WHISKERED MEN
SPOKANE. Vnah., March 8. For
mn orirnrJwitlnn of tho "Hobetto
rlulj" with a HiemhorHhlp of 117 boh
hoJrcrt women iiliMlgnd to wear tholr
hair cut for t hnu throe yoarfl, wan
announced lnre today by MIhs Mar-
;ii-ct HroiiK'T, tbo vice president. Tho
pledge taken by members. he Bald,
includes a promlpe "not to dance, flirt
nor (fo to a show with any man, old
or young, who wears whinkers. bellov-
inK that whiskers on n man's fnr.o arc
as unsanitary as long hair on a wom
an's head."
Members promise to pay tip to $1
a year for tho purposo of helping ntip
port any girl who may lose, her em
ploy merit becauHo Hhe has had her
hair bobbed, and agreo to tiso tneir
fnflueneo In combatting antagonism to
bobbed hair.
"This club Is not a Joke," Minn
Florenro Hurd, tho secretary, declar
ed. "We even hopo to bo able to tako
Into court some of the managers of
business houses who aro making life
miserable for their bobbed hulred. em
ployes." E.
GREECE, CINE! FALLS
ATHENA. Mar. 8. (Hy Associated
Press.) Tho cabinet of Premier Ka
fandarls has resigned.
ATHENS, Mar. 8. (By Associated
Prs.( Eleutherlos Venlzclos, former
Oreok premier ho decided to leave
Greece next week, where it Is expected
s. republican government will be
formed to make return of King Georgo
30,950 Acres, Lake
County, Oregon, Are
Opened to Settlers
"WASHINGTON, Mar. 8 Open
ing to homestond entry of 323,000
acres In five western states-
the largest area to be sot asldo
for that purposo in a year was
announced today by tho interior
department. Dates for filings
will bo announced lator.
The areas includo 1 10.700
acros In Carbon and PhlUlpB
counties. Montana; 69.000 acres
in lender and Pershing counties,
Ntfvnda; 66.500 acres In Otero
county. New Mexico; 65.000
acres in Ban Juan county, Utah,
30.950 acres in Lake county,
Oregon, and 27.950 acres In
Piuto county, Utah.
MEDFORD W
WINS TITLE OF
With Roseburg Leading at End
of First Half 7 to 2 Local
Tossers in Great Rally Sweep
Opponents Off Their Feet by
Score of 14 to 10. '
Tho- jMoclford ir?l school txinkotbn.ll
tonm, Is champion of tho,.,southern
OroRon hltfh school basketball con
ference with tho rlKht to piny In tho
atato tourney at Kalom, by vlrluo of
hor thrilling rlofeat of tho Kosobunr
hlph school flvo at ltosehiirg, Friday
nlKht by tho aeoro of 14 to 10. Tho
local team won tho hard fought, rough
and tumble contest In tho last quar
ter, by a display of tho unconquorablo
fighting spirit that hnH cnrrlod them
to victory all thru tho soason.
Coupled with this quality 'was the
mental ability to grasp every advan
tageous opportunity, and perfect
physical condition.
Fifteen hundred pooplo saw the
gamo, and twice that many, Including
scores of long-faced fans from this
city, wero unable to get Into the Btnall
gymnasium, and had to be contont
with enjoying the battle via tho tolo
pathlc systom Judging tho tldo of
battlo by tho sounds from the rooters.
Both teams played a brilliant gamo,
marked by flashes of roughness, and
unchecked by highly technical rulings
from tho referee Hngar, coach of
O. A. C. basketball teaniB.
When the final gun wns fired, and
Modford had been doclared the victor,
300 Joyous supporters of tho local
Bquad paraded tho streets of tho
Douglas county motrdpolls, cheering,
singing, tooting nuto horns, and ex
ploding flrocrackors, whllo tho team
wont to bed.
At the end of tho first half, tho
scoro was seven to two In favor of
Roseburg. IJoth Bquads wero nervous
at the start, nnd Chastaln failed to
cage four chances for polnfs. Neither
team could throw fouls with any Ac
curacy. With tho slim margin of flvo
points, tho Iloseburg team started
passing tho ball In tho center of tho
floor, to tho groat gleo of tholr adher
ents. When tho stalling was at Its
height. Roseburg players mado facos
at their rivals. When they did shoot
for a basket It was from out of the
danger zono, tho flvo man defenso of
Medford keeping them from their
own territory.
Mnlfunl Ktnrta In
In tho second half, Medford started,
and Helchsteln hurled a basket on a
rebound from tho backboard. That
started a series of dazzling passes that
brought tho score to 10 to 0 in favor
of Iloseburg. Thon Williams threw a
foul that tied the score.
Knlps, forwnrd for Modford threw
threo long, baskets in succession, all
rnontlniiert on Pa Six)
SOUTHERN
ORE
S. P. BRIDGE ACROSS COOS BAY IS .
. WRECKED 8Y LUMBER CO. STEAMER
MARSHFIKLD, Oro., March 8. Af
ter carrying away a span of the
Southern Pacific brldgo across Coos
Hay, the lumber steamer Martha Bueh
nor this morning Is stranded in the
wreckage of tho steel structure about
half a mile from the Bhore of North
Bend..
Tho accident occurred shortly after
midnight as the vessel was coming into
the bay. It was reported that the
draw of the bridge had been opened to
let the steamer through and that the
CLAIM AIll
GEN. IN PLOT
WIT UN
Senator Wheeler Expects , to
Prove that Dept. of Justice
Sent Men to Aid in Smlig
gling Guns to Rebels in Mex
ico Sinclair and Fall Also in
Conspiracy, '
.
Leonard Wood, Jr., Subpoenaed
WASHINGTON, March : 8.
The special senate committee In-
vestlgatlns Attorney General
Daugherty today Issued a sub-
poena fjr Leonard Wood, Jr., to
question him regarding the story
of a deal involving a cabinet ap-
polntment propoe)f1 by oil lnrf
toresta at the republican con-
ventlon in Chicago.
Other prospective witnesses be-
fore' the Daugherty committee
Included Beveral Ohlonna. polltl
cal and other associates of Mr.
Danghorty of Columbus and
other cities. Their names ari
withhold. .,
'
WASHiiNUTUN, Marcn a. witness
es subpoenaed from tho southwest by
the , senate Committee investigating
Attornoy -General Daugherty will be
naked about the alleged activities of
American oil Interests In nromotlng
the present Mexican revolution. (
Sonator Wheeler, democrat, Mon
tana, said today he expected to prove
that former Secretory .Fall and tho'
Doheny and Sinclair oil Interests par
ticlnated in a cosnplracy to further the
revolution.
"Wo expect to provo," said Senator
Wheeler, "that the violations of neu
trality in the furnlshinjt of arms and
ammunition to the revolutionists was
done in pursuance of an agreement
between some of the revolutionary
lenders nrd the oil Interests In tlm
United States.'"
The witnessos will be asked, Sena
tor Wheeler said, whother these In
terests -participated In violation"! of
' A mn.rDn nAtltrflllf V hv tl.O Shlnmallt
of arms and ammunition across the
border. i .. ''
He declared former department ot
justice agents would teslfy that they
wer eordered from Washington ,fr
stop the work of breaking up gun run
ning across me ooraor. i-
A leak In Texas on the names of wit-.
nosBos subpoenaed Is bblng invest!-,
gated by the committee., Senator;
Wheeler said that undoubtedly the
committee's hand had been tipped
through disclosure of Information re
garding subpoenas which went throuph
the office of United States Marshal D. (
A. Walker at San Antonio.
A subpoena will probably be Issued
j today for Gaston B. Means, former de
partment of Justice operative. Indicted .
In New York yesterday on a charge of
conspiracy to bribe the attorney gen
eral nnd othors.
Wnlnh Iloscnt Criticism '.
ttt oiirvr.TAV Mar. H. Senator
Wash, democrat. M"chusetts, today
replied to the appeal or uovornor i-u
to repudiate baseless and reprehon-
.iki. .imnnraflr- ntfnrkn on PrOSldOnt
Coolidge by issuing a oti.i""' ;
which he denounced the governor s
action as extreme partisanship. ,
There aro 52.000 recorded cases of .
blindness In tho United States. -
ship got out ot her course and struck '
the adjoining span. The bridge Is out
of commission and all telegraph wires
Into Marsh field are severed aa a re-,
suit of the accident. The extent ot the
damage to the vessel has not been
determined.
The Southern Pacific officials an
nounced they would transfer as pas
sengers and freight from the north side
of the bay until the bridge Is repair
ed. The Martha Buehner Is owned by
the Stout Lumber company.
impossible.