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Medford Mail Ti The Weather prediction Hnln Maximum yesterday 51.5 Minimum !IH Prcclpltutlou Truce Weather Year SSgo Maximum .. 51 Minimum 41 Daily Nineteenth Tear. Wetfcij Filty-tbird Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1921 NO. 189 uBUNE I BY LAND SLIDE Conservatives Sweep England in Greatest Victory Since the Reform Bill Liberal Party e 1 . . . uoes uuwn vviui L.auui Lloyd George and Churchill Win Seats. LONDON, Oct. 3t. (Hy Associat ed Press.) Only twenty seats ot the 015 In tho British house of commons were not accounted for In tho reca pitulation of the results of yesterday's general election made public at seven o'clock this vecning. Tho lineup of parlies was: Conservatives 393 (gain 149); labor 149 (loss 40); liberal 40 (loss 110). Othor parties 13. Total 695. LONDON, Oct. 30. ny Associated I'ress.) The cahlnot of Hamsay Mc Donald Is expected to resien forth with because of the overwhelming victory of tho conservatives In yes terday's British elections. It is understood Premier Macdonald will como to London tonight and call an Immediate cablnot council to consider the government's position. LONDON. Oct. 30 (By the Asso ciated Press) The people of Great Britain have put a crushing end to their first experiment with a labor government by returning the conser vative party to power in parliament with one of the strongest majorities recorded during the last century. In this sweeping political change, the liberal party , has sunk to the weakest position It has experienced Blnco the realignment of British poll-1 ticul parties more than ninety years ago at tho time of the reform bill. Tho conservatives continued to take scats away from tho liberals and the laborites- without, losing any to either of these two parties as returns from ycslorday's general parliamentary election continued from tho country districts and smaller cities today. Entire Country Itcvolts. Geographically the changes cover ed tho entire country. Meanwhile the liberals and laborltes gained nothing oither from tho conservatives or from one another, Frank Hodges, civil lord of the ad miralty in tho Macdonald government, was defeated In the Litchfield divis ion of Staffordshire by his conserva tive opponent, It. R. Wilson, who polled 14,588 to 12,512 for the labor leader. Attorney General Patrick Hastings, whoso conduct of the Campbell prose cution was the Indirect cause of tho downfall of the labor government, re tained his seat at Watlsend, polling 17,276 votes against 16,627 for his conservative opponent, S. Howard. lAuly Terrmstoii Ilea ten. Lady Terrington, liberal candidate for the Wycombe division of Buck inghamshire, was defeated by Gene ral Hlr A. C. Knox, conservative. Sho polled 12,526 and General Knox 20, 820. Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer In the Macdonald cab inet retained -his seat as member for the Colno valley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Duchess of Atholl was re-elected for the Kinross and Western division of Pcvth and Binross. . ' - Winston Churchill, contesting as a constitutionalist candidate in the Ep ping division of Essex was cloctctd to tho house of commons. The severest blow for the liberals was the defeat of Mr. Asiiuith, whoso loss to tho laborito, Mitchell, in Pals ley broke the liberal record o 92 years in that constituency. CARNARVON', Wales, Oct. 30. Former Premier David Lloyd George, liberal, was re-elected to the house of oemmons, polling 16,053 votes to 3401 for his labor opponent, professor Zim mern. GLASGOW, Oct. 30. (By tho As sociated Press) Forcer Premier As-, quith who was defeated by the lubor lte candidate In the Paisley constitu ency in yesterday's parliaments ry elections, sid up leaving GVh gow for London today that he did not in tend to retire from public life. " Iwill stand again," he declared. Lady Astor Wins. LONDON, Oct. 30. (By the Asso- (Continued on Page Six) fflD MEN DIE IN I BR 0 CRUSHED TO SAVE CARLOAD OF RACE HORSES EL PASO. Texas. Oct. 30. Herbert (Ike) Tullett of San isioro. trainer for the Tarn O Shanter racing stable, and "Buck" Murray, assistant to Tullett. died in the El Paso county hospital early today of burns received in a fire which originated In an ex press car In the El Paso union depot yards at one o'clock thin morning. Russians Refuse to Lower Flag in Honor Of U. S. Counsel Bell PICKING, Oct. 30. (lly the Associated Press.) All foreign flags, excepting tho Russian na- tional colors, were at half-mast here today while the entire dip- loniatio corps gathered at the funeral of Edward Hell, American charge d'affaires, who died slid- denly on Tuesday. After simple funeral services at the home of the American minister, the body of tho diplomat was placed In a vault pending Its removal to the United Statos. DEATH TOIL OF NEW YORK, Oct. 30 A fifth vlu- tom of tho mysterious gas poisoning In tho research laboratory of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey at Bayway, N. J., died today. Herbert Fuson. 29. of Elizabeth was tho latest victim. Before his death ho had Ho bo placed in n straight jacget. Tho last three victims nave cueu at approximately the same hour on three successive mornings, an u coming violent before death. Eleven additional men are suffer ing from the strange poisoning. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Only ten of tho 45 workers In the research laboratory at the' Bay way plant ot tho Standard Oil company have failed to show symptoms of loss of reason to date, it was learned today. Eleven more sufferers from tho mysterious gas that has caused four deaths and has robbed a scoro of others of ineir sanity wore brought to Reconstruc tion hospital hero yesterday, bringing the total number ot victims undor treatment to 31. Announcement at the hospital that an antidote hud been discovered for the gas brought hope to the families of the sufferers, whose alarm earlier in the day had been heightened by the death of William Krcag, 29. Dr. Maxim in Touart, was given credit for the discovery, which was said to In volve tho injection of hypo-sulphate of soda Into tho veins of the suf-. ferers. It was believed tho antidote would save tho life of '.Herbert Fuson of Elizabeth, who was near death when tho treatment was given him, but who showed slsns of improvement afterward. That the federal government would tako a hand in the investigation was revealed by an announcement that , experts of the bureau of mines will ', study tho nature of the gas. TROJAN TACKLE SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30. Ques tions of football eligibility wore ex pected to be settled at a triangular meeting here today among represen tatives of the University of Southern California, tho University of Califor nia and Stanford university. Fac- i.lt.. mnmhnra frnni tlln three inSti- tutlons had arrived this morning for .1.. The matter was precipitated earlier in tho week when California, made a formal protest against Hill Cole, slat ed to play tackle for Southern Cali fornia in tho crucial game at Ber keley next Saturday. It was charged that Cole had received money for coaching a high school tetam. Infor mal Inquiries Into the status ot sev eral other players on the California and Southern California teams were said to have followed. President Asks for Names. WASHINGTON", Oct. 30 President 'Cool idee late Itloday publicly.' called upon officers of the farmers' union, the federated farm bureau, the na tional grange and the American Na tional Livestock association Tor recom mendations for the vacant post of sec- retary ot agriculture.' FLAMES T Tullett and Murray were sleeping In the car which alM. contained sev eral thoroughbred horses .en route to Tijuana. Aroused by the trampInK of the animals In tneir irrgni, ine m fnuirht the blaze as best they could. but exit from the car was barred be cause of the unlmals, several of which perished In the fire. GAS GROWS AND SCORES INSANE Corn husking and pumpkin season conjures up Hallowe'en and the mischievous sprites that have their way on that eerie night. Above is a table set for the Hallowe'en frolic with witches, bats, goblins and cats disporting on the paper cloth, and a huge Jack Horner pie to hold the favors made of twisted petals in orange and red drcpe paper. Black eat cut-outs are mounted on 'wire and a row of pointed petals pasted to the back of each, the wire being concealed by twisted black crepe paper. These are inserted in Hie pie for "flowers.'.' Upper left shows a girl's favor of powder puff pasted on pumpkin cut-out. Upper right candle holder and place card with black candle, pump kin seal with wire arms holding candle. BOARD REFUSES P A 1 1 I fi Rfl R TO GIVE DEPUTY ' Znii nmn TO MULTNOMAH UNIUNtUNIl t I - SALEM, Ore., Oct. 30. The stato emergency board today held that an additional deputy district attorney for Multnomah county to handle juvenile caHes is unnecessary and refused to appropriate $200 to pay his salary for the remnlnlng months of the year. Tho deputy has not been appointed, but District Attorney Stanley Myers proposes to make tho appointment, which ho is authorized to do under the law. The board held that an ap propriation of $4X1.80 to meet a de ficiency In tho $190,400 appropriated by the 1023 legislature to pay sala ries of district attorneys. , The sum of $10,305 wa appropriated to moot a deficiency of the stale livestock sanitary board caused by foot and mouth disense preventatlon activity and $3000 was appropriated to meet a deficiency In the $9ii,000 appropria tion to pay the expenses of circuit Judges while traveling nn official duly outside their own districts, also while In nnnniicH of ihclr own districts, but outside f their residence counties. I to show before tho Chicago section of The total appropriation today wnsjtho senate campaign committee that I13.R76.4G. Relative to the additional 'deputy district attorney for Multnomah rutin ty to handle juvenile onsen Iv. K. Kublt declared (here was nothing for Huch a doputy to do hut "stund around and look wine.' Dr. C. J. Smith imnerted that to au thorize the expenditure would niako tho appointment a permanent one. which he contddered unwarranted. Disapproval of this item was by unanimous vote as was tho approval of the other items. IN EINAL RADIO CHICAGO, Oct. 30 President Cool idge would make a final appeal to the voters by radio Monday night through a coast-to-coast ch'ain of broadcasting stations, under plans of the republican national committee. Udder the plan the president's ad dresB would be an urgent appeal (o all qualified voters to exercise their franchise at the polls. Twenty-odd radio casting stations throughout the country will Join In the broadcasting of the president ! words. Acceptances from 23 were re ported received up to today by assist ants of William M. Butler, chairman fof the national committee. The presl dent Is scheduled to start at 10 p. m.. teasiem tun, aiouuhj uikih. iio nm J speak, from the While House. WANT PRESIDENT Harvest Time Conjures Hallowe'en Sprites ! " " I!) ulUULUtu . i President of Railroad Con ductors Forced to BrOthCrhOOCS Are Aiding in Financing LabOllette rlOnt Borah Refuses to Uphold Untermeyer. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Through K. Shoppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, counsel for the I republican national committee, sought "the I-aFollette campaign Is subsldi'. ed by the railroad brotherhoods." Khrppard objected to being ques tioned regarding letters he had writ ten to members of his order. Includ ing one to Fred Stewart of Oakland,' Cal., saying that he wanted protec tion from the committee going Into matters that might cause controver sies within his organization. Weymouth Kirkland Insisted on having tho correspondence saying ho though the committee should be in terested in getting, nt the facts and that he thought It would bo lntorost- Ing. Ho added that he wanted to show that tho railway labor organiza tions were interested in future legisla tion aa to government ownership of the railroads and "laws affecting tho use of the injunction in labor dis putes." Hamucl Vntermycr. New York law yer and a supporter fo John W. Davis objected, and he and Kirkland had several sharp tilts with a result that Chairman Horah said the committee might have to conduct the Inquiry ex clusively and Indeuendently of coun sel. Senator Borah took over tho ex amination. Kheppard said his organization had been active politically for some timer supporting candidates for con gress and state offices. Ho cited that It had been behind a republican candi date for Renntor In Nebraska and a democratic candidate for governor in that state. In the present campaign the Order nf Conductors has field workers out. They have reported a total of $318 and in addition $302 has been contributed by locnl labor organizations. Kenator Itorah pressed for thn ap proximate total contributions of the 17 labor organizations to the national campaign. ' (Continued on Page 81z) OF OIL SCANDAL GAINS VICTORY TORONTO, Oct. 30 H. S. Oster, president of tho dissolved Continental Trading company, today lost his fight to thwart attempts of United Statos offlclnls to Investigate his possible fconnoction with tho Toapot Donio . lease to H. V. Sinclair. I Alloa PntimrnDA nrwl Ownn .T T?nh. ACimU'eitR, United State counsel In the In- Ivnntieniinn of thn nil Iphrpr. nnptc tf) Iraco through Ostor $90,000 in liberty ' bonds alleged to have boon dollvorod to Albert It. Fall, former American secretary ot tne interior, ot tne conn hental Trading company. This concern was said lo have made large profits In nil transactions with Sinclair's Mammoth Oil company and to have paid dividends to stockholders in liberty bonds. OVER 4 INCHES OF SALEM. Ore., Oct. 3n. Italnfall for the past 24 hours totalled .97 inch, making a total for the past throe days of 4.23 Inches. Tho Wil lamette river ha risen B.6 foot and Is still rising an Inch an hour. Xtaln continues. BEND, Ore., Oct. 30. Snow which had been falling all morning turned to rain at noon following a rise In temperature. Tho snow which had fallen during the morning was rapid ly melting. Make Chickens Chew Tobacco to Combat Intestinal Disease SEATTLE, Oct. 30. The to- bacco habit has been rccom- fr mended by Professor John Oub- erlet'of the University of Wash- ingtnn zoology department for chickens as an effective way of confbatting n destructive Intes- tlnal worm of which he has Just completed an Investigation of five 4 years' duration. "I've found that a pound of to- hncco fed to 100 chickens Is a good menns of preventing the development of the worm." said Professor Ouberlet. Stanford Co-Eds in Favor of Cutting Down On Smoking J t 4 fr J fr STANFORD Cal.. Oct. 30 - IWIVKKSITV, Kt'HotutlonM a.nk- Ihr that h;inkiriK amoiiR Ktixlonta ! of Stanfnril unlvorslty be HtmnptMl out whtM'ovor it may ho found and that tlio drinking sources bo HUimuarlly dealt with, worn adopted today by tho nHoeiated fr women HtudentH of the univer- Hity in a meeting here. Another renolution commended ro-eds for cutting down in their Kinoklng last eanou and urged that l hero be Btill further de- creaso in tlieir us of tobacco. TIME FUSE IS FOUND IN C.P.R. M'ONTREAU Oct. SO. An alarm clock with part of a dry hnttory in a ruined satchel was found in an exam Inatlon of a car In which an explosion yesterday killed eight at Knrron, B. C, imid a report today to H. C. Coleman, vleo-president of the Canadian Pacific railway. NKLSON', II. C, Oct. 30 A blast, thought to ho caused by either a bomb or from the jarring of dynanilto car-j WRECKED COACH riod In u guiinysack, killed eight pas- given as tno cause or tne lire ensas sengers and injured la. five severely.1 er. A portion of the , , ii .ft,, .lapsed while tho tanker was beintf yesterday aboard a Canadian Pac fie uWa ,,,,-ough a pipe line. Electric railway train while It was speeding wll.M Hl,.unK nion(t the wharf were between this city and 'Grand Forks, I mii,.ci down .and fell on the running D. C. Aiuong tho dead was Potor Vnregln, who came to Canada from oxile in Siberia in lnfflno lead a Doukhobor colony in SasHatehewan province Hallway and police officials believed that Vorogln's use of modern appll - laneoa on farms and In tho homes of tint Ooukhobor oolonv was taken ns u m,,tivo iiv. n nnnmv in nt rlil of him by placing a bomb undor his scat In the passenger- coach. Investigations wore to be conducted along this theory today by rail officials und government authorities. Offer Postmaster ship . For G. O. P. Support WASHINGTON', Oct. 30. Tho sen- ato compalgn fund coniniltteo was n-l.fnn Imliiv a rlvll unrvlcn runnrt 111 B1"" T.,,,,1, w 'PoTl.hpl i-onii i can national committeeman for South Carolina, wne'eharged with having offered the poBtmastershlp at Helton, 8. C..to Howard .1. Littlejobn. "If your heart and pocketbook will got right." The roixn't was submitted by J, T. Doyle, socrotary of the civil sorvlco commission, who niado the Investiga tion. Ho said Llttlojohn refused to pay. i.J. Ne wYork Stock Mkt. Takes Another Brace NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Tho stock market shook off Its recent apathy and prices forged sharply nhead on a buying movement. The advance was accentuated by short covering, appar ently Influenced by lower money rates und a rally In sterling. Sales approximated 700,000 shares. rjovnnimrat Ends Case. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 30. Tho Kovernment today rostcd Its caso against tho Pun-Amoricun Potroloum company for cancellation or lis leasoo. Tho unexpected oomplotion ot mo tostlmorlv found soverart witnesses snhnoenaod bv tho government, but not heard. Trnco Yeggs to Portland. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30. Foul men who yesterday .hold up Miss Mil dred Bcnoist, assistant cashier of tho Aurora Stale bank at Aurora and ob tained $600 in caBh and checks, wore traced by tho police to Portland. STOCKTON Cal., Oct. 30. With heads shaved 'and wearing hall and chnin, two enterprising JJavis aggie students who essayed to fire the Col - lege cf Pacific's huge woodpile in the stilly hours this morning, will grnco the Pacific Tiger's bonfire rally to night. Tho farm school students who quietly arrived at the "enemy" cam pus by machine, stole up close to the fifty foot pyre, playfully tossed a couple ot phosphorus bombs past STUDENTS WHO FIREO WOODPILE WEAR BAIL AND CHAIN, HEADS ARE SHAVED 6 KING IN $3,000,000 WHARF FIRE Fear Crew of Tank Steamer Killed in Blaze Caused By Wood Borer at Martinez, California Oil On Water Is Ignited' By Broken Electric Wire. MAUTINKZ, Cal., Oct. 30. Tho tank steamer Ahlen Anderson of tho Associated Oil company .was ' still huinliiK today after having been for most of tho night the center of a spectacular flro which destroyed the superstructure and below deck works of the vessel, a long section of tho compnny's wharf, several thousand cases of gasoline nnd a big warehouso ontaillnp a loss estimated at between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. Six mem bers of tho crew are missing from tho tanker nnd may have perished. A flro tug had placed a cablo aboard tho burning tanker today nnd plans wore mndo to tow her to a point where she would not bo in dan ger of breaking away and menacing navlgnlion, or to noso her fast into the mud nearby. The ravnges of a little submarine wood borer known ns the teredo aro oil, Ignltlnirit. This flaming oil con- ! tinued on its way into tho tanker. A big lighter alongside, on which the gasoline was loaded was also Ignited , .h.t the mlBslnB n,,,,,,!,.,, n,av have . bcon ' p(.kcll u) y a river., bnnt and brought to San Francisco. A careful ohock hero fallod to rovcal theli nrcHonco. Oscar Plorson, nn oiler, one of tho men roportod missing lasl "''.".. "S'Jt . unhurt today, but another oiler, Tho mas Cownor, cannot be found. I r.t Mi,,,, Htr r n- Oft An on. i i,liftvrjinif, w., uui. uv. . plleatlon for an Injunction to restrain - ' """""". lector, from making public the income rocorus lur u.o v-.u.o....... was donled by Federal Judge D. C. Westonhaver lato today. The appli cation was fllod yostorday by Attornoy J. PravlB. "The plaintiff has neither properly rights nor personal rights In hia In come tax returns," the judge said. "There 1b no right of personal privacy in these records. They are tho prop erty of tho govornmont. Tho Injunc tion la denied." Tho income tax records for the Clovoland district will not be mudo public, dospite tho court ruling. GLENCOVE, N. Y., Oct.' 30. Two chrysanthemum exhibits entered by John W. Davis, democratic candidate for president, took prizes at the un nual chrysanthemum show held by Nussau county horticultural eocicty. One ot tho Davis exhibits took a first prize, while another was awarded a fourth. The President Votea. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Presldont and Mrs. Coolidge marked absentee voters' ballotB this afternoon and mailed them to Northampton; Mass. tho cordon on guard and attempted to beat a-retreat. The culprits, who refused to divulge tholr names, were j captured nnd are being closely guarded. it tonic the Bood offices ot me city fire department to put out the blazo kindled. Tonight's rally precedes the Paciflc Agglo football game of tomorrow which will serve to dedicate Pa cific's new 21,000 capacity athletic bowl,