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MEDFORD. ORKCiOX. SATl'l.'DAV. FEHltlTAIiY 14. 19'jr
NO. 278
EXPECT Ifl
Oregon, Valentine of
Union, Celebrates ,
Her 66th Birthday
Cupid, God of Love, Rules on February Nth
3 White Men Are
Killed By 2' Negroes,
Feeling Runs High
A O SHOW
, FIND MAN
i-f TOMORROW
Seven o'clock Sunday Morning
Is Time Set for Finding of
Cave Explorer Pinned in
Ljving Tomb for Over Two
Weeks Shaft Within Ear
shot of Lower Cavern.
CAVE CITY. Ky.. Teh. 14 (My tlie
Associated Press.) Definite hopes
ftiat Floyd Collins, imprisoned cave
explorer, would be rescued by 7 o'clock
tomorrow morning at the latest, were
voiced today by officials in charge of
the Sand cave rescue shaft.
The supremo effort of the diggers
was set to start tonight when the last
section of shaft cribbing was to be
placed, with the digging from then on
expected to strike almost Immediately
Into a nine foot cavern. Hope runs
high that Mils will lead to Floyd
Collins. '
. Further tests of sounds between the
shaft and the original Sand caVe liolo
today convinced engineers that the
shaft or the tunnel now Just below It
will lead directly to the rock full which
shut off Collins from the world on
February 6, the day he was last fed
and the last day his voice was heard
until moans came up through a fissure
in the shaft yesterday morning.
The 65-l'oot wooden casing of the
Bhaft was firmly anchored at the sur
face of the ground today to two huge
logs so that It could not slip down
when the cavern was reached. The
diamond core drill's explorations have
Kiven the engineers strong hope that
the cavern will prove to be a firm
solid limestone tunnel Into which tlio
rescuers can huston In search . of
Collins.
Sounds Are Heard." "
1i CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 14. Men In
? the natural passage to Sand cave
j talked to men In the roscue shaft
' being sunk toward Floyd Collins, en
tombed cave explorer, while making
3 soundings at 11 o'clock this morning.
J "H. T. Carmichael and Albert Mar
r ii shall, a miner, went to the bottom of
r the shaft and held distinct conversa
, ."' Hon with Ed Brenner and two other
" men who were in the passage as far
' . as the cave-in," said an official state
: ment. . "It is estimated that we will
, reach Collins In approximately 20
: hours, provided no other difficulties
occur. We still have six more feet
before we reach the original limestone
top, believed to be the roof of the
cavern leading to Collins."
! ; The shaft, according to Mr. Car
- michael, will tap Sand cave between
: 1 ColliiiB and the point where the cave-.
In occurred in the natural passage
-': last week. The point between the
c ( cave-in und Collins whs estimated at
20 feet!
The penetration of Sand cave will
lie in front of. Collins. Previously it
: had been believed that it would be
behind Collins.
Digging will continue until 3 o'clock
J this afternoon, when a new section of
i timbering will be lowered into place,
' one of the diggers said at noon today.
f'This will take until about 8 o'clock
tonight and when the digging is com
.' menced we may cut through Sand
j cave any minute," he added.
LIQUOR FOR FRIDAY THE
13TH BIRTHDAY FATAL
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Find
ing her mother dead In bed, a fifteen
year old girl early today led a police
raid on a saloon where she Bald her
mothor had obtained a pint of liquor
last night. The bartender was ar
rested. '
The girl, Sara Kilfcather. said that
her mother had purchased the liquor
for a "Friday the thirteenth" party.
Coroner Tatton declared that should
death be found to'be from alcoholism,
the vendor of the liquor would be
held for murder.
-Bran King Acquitted.
ALBION, N. Y.. Feb. 14. Lewis E.
Sands, "world bean king." today was
acquitted' of grand larceny by a Jury
which deliberated twelve hours.
THEM GOLD COINS
,' OUANA JATO, State of Ouanahuato.
Mexico, Feb. 14. Threatened with
capture In a running chase after a
payroll robbery near here, the bandit
carrying Hthe loot threw gold pieces
In the path r.f his pursuers, who
halted to plrk up the glittering coins.
The bandit on his overburdened horse
Jmproved the time thus gained to
'reach a tortuous canyon, from which
he vanished Into the mountains,
, The eicape was the climax of on
BANDIT ESCAPES PURSUERS BY 1
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14.
Oregon, the valentine of the
union, was celebrating her own
birthday today the 6Gth.
A banquet by the Sons and
Daughters of Oregon Pioneers
tonight will feature the observ-
anee here. An Immense cake
with CO candles will be on the
table. Judge Fred W. Wilson of
Wnsco county circuit court, will
be the prlnclpul speaker.
H. M.Jill
FINALLY CHOSEN
FOR OTP.
Agricultural Expert, Ex-Cow
Puncher and Dirt Farmer Is
Selected By President Cool
idge' and Name Is Sent to
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. William
M. Jardine,- president of the Kansas
Agricultural college, was selected to
day by President ciolldgo to be sec
retary of agriculture.
lie Is to take office on the retire
ment of Secretary Gore, who - on
March' 4 becomes governor of West
Virginia.
Along with Mr. Jardine's nomina
tion the president today sent to the
senate the nomination of Frank B.
Kellogg of Minnesota, now ambassa
dor, at London, to he secretary- of
state after Secretary Hughes leaves
the cabinet March-4.
This action leaves three cabinet ap
pointments pending before the senate,
that of Charles B. Warren to bo at
torney general, having been sent to
the capitol a month ago but, delayed
by opposition.
MANHATTAN, Kas., Feb. 14. (My
Associated Press.) Dr. William M.
Jardine, president of the Kansas State
Agricultural collego here, selected to
day by President Coolidge to be secre
tary of agriculture, will bring to the
cabinet a first hand knowledge of
agriculture and a personality with a
rugged western background.
Once a oftwpuncher, "a broncho
buster," rail cutter and ranch hand,
Dr. Jardine has a sympathy with the
farmer and ranchman and a compre
henslno of his problems through Inti
mate experience. He is said to be the
best authority in the country on dry
farming and the growing of wheat
and the grain sorghums.
President Jardine has been an out
spoken advocate of the farmers' in
terests. , In public speeches he has
declared' that only ten per cent of the
troubles of the farmer can be reme
died by legislation, that the other
ninety per cent must he solved "by
the farmers themselves and their Im
mediate associates, the business men
of each agricultural community."
He gained considerable attention
when, In the spring of 1924 he voiced
opposition to the McNary-Haugen
price-fixing bill. He reviewed the
plan as based on unsound economic
theory, saying that what the farmer
wanted was to be let alone.
Dr. Jardine was born .at Cherry
Creek, Oneida county, Idaho, January
16, 1879. He spent the first seventeen
years of his life on his father's ranch
in Idaho. lie performed the usual
tasks on -a western ranch, "punched"
cattle, broke bronchos at 25 cents
each and attended a district school
three or four months each winter.
Dr. Jardine was graduated from the
Utah Agricultural -college In 1904. He
wns active In college sports and activ
ities and was a member of the Utah
football team for four years and cap
tain In his senior year.
Bruce Dennis Sells Control.
t a nnAmw. ore.. TTeb. 14. Frank
B. Appleby, formerly a newspaper
publisher of Washington, jowa, nu
purchased a controlling Interest Id the
t rcmnriA F.veninij- observer, the
newspaper announced today. Stnto
Senator Bruce Dennis, lormcr cuiior
and owner, retains a minor Interest.
FROM PAYROLL LOST
attack by a band of a dozen robbers
upon the paymaster of tne luoo
Mining and Milling company, who was
n rniite In thin ritv wlttf A half dozen
armed guards. Although mortally
wounded, one of the guards Killed two
the the bandits before succumbing,
while his rompanlons who had scat
tered when ambushed, Joined In the
pursuit of the robber who bore away
the paymaster's sack containing 6000
pesos, gold.
Cupid, the mischievous little love god, occupies a tlirone of hearts on one. day In the year";
February 1 1th. Hearts and cupids, then, are the most fitting decorations for the entertainment plun
ned for this duy which is dedicated to all true lovers and bear the name of the gentle Saint
Valentine. A simple but effective treatment of the refreshment table and lights is shown. Also the
decoration of the doorway leading to the dining room or place of entertainment and some suitable
costumes. , These latter may be easily and cheaply made of crepe paper in shades of red und white
Ti
LINES TO SEATTLE
"VVASHINOTON, Feb. 14. The
Inter-Btate commerce commission to
day authorized three railroads which
operate between Pugct Sound cities
in Washington and Portland, ore.,
to consolidate passenger train service
in the interests of economy.
Iloads concerned nre the Northern
Pacific, CSroat Northern and Oregon
Washlngon railroad and Navigation
company. ' They will run Joint trains
from Seattle and Taeoma to Port
lund and will divide earnings.
At present thero are six passenger
trains operated each way over the
route. After consolidation there will
be five. One of the trains will he a
fast train, meeting demands of the
cities served.
Competition between the steam
lines and" automobile bus and su
burban lines made the consolidation
advisable,- ihe commission said.
The authority to issue the order was
given the commission .by the trans
portation act of 1920, but has never
before been exercised.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
CHICAGO, -Feb. 14. Two 18 year
old mothers, charged with taking their
babies with them on several night
holdups were held today with four
men alleged to have been their accom
plices. Mabel Robertson jind Genevieve
Watler, the women, admitted, police
said, that they kept their husbands In
Ignorance of their operations which
they said they did "for fun."
CHICAGO,' Feb. 14. Flfty-flvc
taxl drivers wore' arrested and 1500
served with summons In a police court
roundup of criminals operating taxi
cabs without licenses.
Thlrty-flvo were arraigned in night
court. Nino were sentenced to the
workouso for operating without li
censes Fines of 125 and uO were
Imposed against the others.
All available men on the force
were pressed Into servico to Inspect
the 15.00 cobs in the city. Many
drivers learned of the roundup In
time to evade the police net. some
drivers abandoned their cars' In the
streets. Others hurriedly drove their
cars to garages.
Morn Kaln Pir-diitcd.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 14. The
weather forecast for the week bcRln-
nlng February 15, was announced here
today by the I'nlted States weather
bureau, as follows:
The outlook Is for much cloudiness
with normal temperature ami with
rain In Washington. nnd Oregon, north
and central California and possibly In
southern California. ,
MRS. ONGWQRTH
GIVES BIRTH TO
Daughter . of Ex-President
Roosevelt Is Mother of Seven
Pound Girl Papa Not Pres
ent, Is Given Noisy Recep
tion in Congress.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. (By Associat
ed Tress.) A daughter wan born to
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth at tlio Chi
cago Lying .In ho.iptial at 10:30 thin
morning.
Physicians in ajlcndanco said both
mother nnd baby were "doing well."
.Mrs. Theodore Kuostsvelt, widow of
the former president, uccompunicd
IIo was not thero
her daughter, Mrs. Longworth. to the
hospital, as did the latter'B brother,
Kermlt Roosevelt.
Representative Longworth had
planned to be here too.
The child is the first born of Mr.
and Mrs. Longworth and Is an addi
tion to the grand children of Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Representative Tongworth of Ohio,
was in Washington, but Is expected to
nrrlve here tomorrow by fast train to
he with his wife ami their first child.
The baby weighed six pounds and
84' ounces, the nurses announced,
and was a normal, healthy Infant.
The mother, too. was in good con-
(Contlnutd on Fi Blx)
BABY
DAUGHTER
IT
PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 14. An
Indian youth, Harvey Strong, who
gave his age as 17 and his home as
Toppenisli, Wash., confessed last night
to Sheriff It. T. Cookingham, Deputy
Dennett and railroad operatives to
placing obstructions on the O.-W. R. &
N. tracks that resulted in the wreck
ing of a big Mallet freight engine, the
tleing up of traffic for 12 hours on the
main line and the Injury of Conductor
Maxtor of the freight train.
Strong admitted fouling the switch
at Cayuse, but stated that his com
panion had placed the railroad tie and
fence post which the east-bound
freight hit at a point three and one
half miles west of the switch, where
the Mallet jumped cross-wise of tlio
tracks.
Deputy Sheriff Tlennett left Inst
night for Toppenisli after the second
Indian youth.
Young Strong was captured shortly
after the wreck occurred, hut after a
grilling that lasted most of Thursday
was turned loose by the officers.
Later Deputy Bennett with a railroad
operative returned to Cayuse and
found the Indian youth and faced 111 in
with evidence that tracks had been
seen on the right-of-way near the two
obstructions and had been positively
Identilied as ills, whereupon the young
liullun confessed. .
FATE OE COLLINS
RECALLS TRAGEDY
OE 30 YEARS AGO
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Fob. 14.
The plight of Floyd Collins, whose
fate in his underground tomb at Cave
City, Ky., is being speculated, haB re
called to old residents here a cave
tragedy of 30 years ago.
The victim was John Ooshorn, mem
ber of a prominent' local family. Un
able to marry the girl of his choice
because of his povorty, Ooshorn loft
his job In a country store and went
to Tennessee, where he heard of a
mountain cave, supposed to -contain
vast sliver deposits. With ten days'
rations he started into the cave.
Weeks passed and he did not reap
pear. Finally, his brother organized
a posse and stnrted Into the cave af
ter him. ,
Several hundred feet unocrground
they came to a steep cliff which they
descended by a rope. At Its foot the
posso found Ooshorn's body.. He evi
dently had died after a fnll.
The only silver found In the cave
was In the frame of a picture of his
sweetheart that Goshurn clutched In
hi) Ilfelcao hand,
OUANOI), Texas, Feb. 14
Three white men are dead as the
result of a quarrel between two
of them nnd two negroes here
today. Those killed were Joe
Prejean, about 4fi; Dollaa Morris,
about 22, and Ilasll Stakes,
deputy sheriff. Two negroes are
p tinder arrest. Feeling is running
high. A business deal quarrel Is
.- said to liavo precipitated thn
trouble.
'
BRITAIN
1
(ISA TO CALL A
SECONDPARLEY
Winston Churchill Leads in
Move to Have Another Dis
armament Conference in the
United States President Is
Favorable.
LONDON, Fob. 14. Hopo by the
Hrltlsh government that a now dis
armament conference will be called
bofore long and preferably by the
United States, Is believed to be caus
ing tho cabinet to delay Its decision
regarding fresh warship construction,
The treasury Is resisting an increase
of nearly 10,000,000 pounds in tho
naval estimate's, said to have been
demanded by the admiralty. It Is
stated that a cabinet committee is to
examine the whole question of lmpe-
rati defense bofore the fioul decision
is taken.
WlnBton Cht('WU, cliancelloir tijf
the exchequer, who Is credited with
opposing the udmlrnlty's demand for
an increased building program Is said
to be banking on the prospect of an
other disarmament conference to
strengthen his viewpoint, which, It Is
stated, has the support of several of
his colleagues.
The question of Amorlcnn partici
pation In the conference Is regarded
as of paramount Importance. Politi
cal writers emphasize this point and
refer to recent statements in the
American senate as hopeful auguries.
(A rider to tho naval appropria
tion bill passed by the senate and
signed by President Coolidge this week
contains a request for the convening
of another arms limitations confer
ence). WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 Presi
dent Coolidge Is favoring a waiting
policy toward tho problem of further
armament limitation, hut he iH watch
ing conditions abroad carefully and
will be ready to act whenever he
considers a move toward an arms
conference would be opportune. Thus
far he has not dopartcd from his an
nounced Intention of permitting the
European powers to develon what can
bo accomplished toward disarmament
through the project. launched last year
at Oenev uunder hte League of Na
tions. Ho announced in his message
to congress in December thnt he would
do nothing until thnt project had
reached a point indicative of suc-
cefs or failure.
If Oreat Britain should take tho
view that more could be accomplished
inrough a ronferonco called by the
Dnlted Htates, that develonment
doubtless would have great weight In
any rc-nssessmcnt of the situation
which might bo. undertaken hero.
Only Slapped His Face,
With a Black Jack
TATUS, Feb. 14. A magistrate has
taken under .consideration charges
preferred against Carlos Espclo, sec
retary to Illusco Vlncente Ibanez, as
a result of a clash with Caballoro
Andaz, another Spanish writer who
Espclo claims sent an insulting let
ter to Ibanez. .
Espelo said ho merely slapped the
face of Anduz while Cubellero swore
that the slapping was dono with a
knuckle duster on one fist and a black
Jnck In the other.
PETE SULLI
SIM PATE,
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 14.
Pete Sullivan, accused as the actual
slayer ot Oscar Erlckson in a gamb
ling house robbery here last month,
was convicted of first degree murder
here early this morning. The Jury
deliberated less than three hours. A
recommendation for lite Imprison
ment accompanied the verdict. Late
tb.li morning Circuit Judge C, U.
KANSAS CITY
BURNPUP
Machines Valued at $1,500,
000 and Pavilion Worth
$650,000 Go Up in Smoke
in Early Morning Blaze
Aged Fireman Killed Cars
Were to Have Been Shown
On Coast.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 14. (By As
sociated Press.) Fire starting in
flimsy decorations, supposedly from
defective wiring destroyed automo.
biles valued ot ti, 500, 000 and the
American Roynl Livestock pavilion,
valued at $ii50,000 early today. All
of tho exhibits at the annuul Kansas
City Motor show were a total loss.
The show had closed for tho night
and no one was In tho building when
the fire broke out. The exhibits wero
to have been moved to Sun Francisco
for a showing there late this month.
Firemen were hampered In their
work because of the luck of water
plugs near tho building and it was
several minutes before they could
play streams of water on the building
which was a mass of flames when the
lire companies nrrivea. Tne expio
sion of gasoline tanks on the exhibits
also held the fire fighters in chock.
Within two hours after firemen
from the two Kansas cities wore
called to fight the blaze, the walls fell
In.
Captain John J. Crano, (15, tho old
est fireman on the department, was
caught on an Incline between the
annex and tho main building where
hu was attempting to work a hose,
and was burned to death,- Firemen
who had noted ' his " disappearance,
found the body when they penetruted
the ruins,
; Three hundred plensuro cars, ap
proximately 75 trucks and two air
planes were burned. In addition
the exhibits of about 200 accessory
manufacturers were destroyed.
Most ot the cars on display had
been shown earlier In the year at
New York, Cleveland and Chicago.
The fire started In tho last fleeting
minutes of Friday, the thirteenth and.
It was the 713th fire of the year here.
Jess Simpson, engineer of the pa
vilion, said the fire broke out In a
tiny blaze In the annex ceiling, "one
minute there was a little blaze and
the next it' was all over," he Bald.
Fire Chief Alex Henderson declared
the fire hud "an awful start" when
the fire apparatus arrived,
Tho ghosts ot the recently proud
kings of the motor world, it seemed
shrieked and moaned from the Inter
im whpn KlretiH nnd horns nn the ears
were set off us insulation burned
from switches and wiring.
NEW YORK.- Feb. 14. Elihlt Root
at a dinner tendered him last night
by the Union club of New York, ot
which he has twice been president,
declared that In retiring from public
life he had faith that the United
O.n.An nna..A. Hi ll r-IMf-OO CI , 1 1 ft II f
its prosent democratic form of govern
ment. The dinner was in celebration
of Mr. Root's 80th birthday anniver
sary, which will bo Sunday.
Eulogies of Mr. Root's career were
spoken by Charles Evan Hughes, sec
rotary of state, and James M. Beck,
solicitor-general of the United States.
Overwhelmed by the ovation, Mr.
Root could at first say only:
"I have done what came to my
hand to do as well as I could."
Mr. Root affirmed his devotion to
the United States government as it is
today and said that the American
people are more competent now to
carry out their duties as citizens than
they were when he first launched
upon a public career.,
ELI ROOT GIVEN
A GREAT ORATION
AT N. Y. BANQUET
SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM
Thomas, of Jackson county sentenced
both Sullivan and 81m Pate to life im- )
nrisonment In the state penitentiary. .
Pate was convicted ot first degree
murder last week In connection with
the crime.
John Taylor, whoso confession re
sulted in the arrest of three others,
will be sentenced Tuesday morning. .
Only one of the four men John
O'Shea waa acquitted