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'o O o o o o o o 'Medtord'IailTr' o. Tbm WeathM- Weather Yv A Prediction Generally cloudy unsettled Maximum , ; 76 Minimum 3tt Mailrtumi yesterday Oft I today IH.5 00r Twtntleth Ter. ttsAlT MKy lourth Iw, FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY MEDFORP, ORTXION", Fl'l DA V, Q TOBKI' 2. W2"t N(". ICG E Robert and A. C. Smith, Spec i ial State Prohi Sleuths; Ar- rested for Bribery, Selling Moonshine and Using Booze "Culprits Sons of Former ; Pen Warden Smith. j PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2. (A. V.) -'-Robert Smith and A. C. Smith, said 16 be special state prohibition agents of Governor Walter M. Pierce, were wrested here today on secret federal Indictment charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition law, with seiz ing liquor and taking It for their own Use, with demanding money to keep from making arrests of law violators, and with selling moonshine taken in a raid on a still in Marion county. Robert and A. C. Smith are sons of former Warden Johnson Smith of the Oregon state penitentiary. They sur rendered today to United States Mar shal Hotchkls and were released on 200 ball posted by Wilton A. Miller and Dr. A. W. Morrow. Arthur Chrlstensen, former federal prohibition agent, and said to have been acting as special agent in Asto ria was Indicted on the same charges as those facing the Smith brothers. An additional charge of transportation Of liquor was lodged against Chris tenson. Chrlstensen was already un der arrest on another charge and was out on $500 ball. His bail was in creased to $2000 under the new '.ehnrireH. There are four counts in the in . dietments returned against the Smiths . and Chrlstensen, formally charging them with demanding money to keep from making arrests for liquor l";w tjrJolations. with holding meetings with moonshiners to arrange ior " v payments ior proimu, iui liquor tor tneir own use, uu i ' alleged acts coming In under the conspiracy charge. It is set forth in the indictment that in Portland on May 31 last - Christensen received $250 from Roy : Moore for protection On July 7, 1S25, the indictment .states, the three accused state of- fleers found a large still near at. I Paul, Ore., and that they toog , from there a quantity of moonshine whiskey, which they sold for their own benefit In Marion county the next day. . It Is also charged that the three state special agents had in their pos- session unlawfully a lot of liquor on July 11. Wall Street Report NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Stock prices soared to higher levels today on an . enormous volume of buying influ enced by indications that federal re . serve authorities, through retention I; of the Shi per cent rediscount rate at New : York were satisfied with the soundness of the country's credit "position. Standard Industrial shares E moved forward under the vigorous leadership of United States Steel, -'Which rose more than two points ... xo aoove u.t. nie hluuk muiivei. . .nianiiesieu iiiuinereiice 10 wie uoi-, tome of the French debt funding ' Negotiations which contributed to the TjirBBkness of French francs and! "bonds. i The closing was strong. Buying V continued In undiminished volume in the flnnl dealings, pushing total - sales up to around 2.250,000 shares, the largest single day's business since i early In the year. Prices continued i. to advance rapidly, with gains of 4 1 to 6 ',j points embracing General As- ,, com,"" v'""'m- 1 Raking n. Mack Truck, Texas Gulf r Sulphur, Hloss Sheffield Steel and !,New Voik Shipbuilding. Ten shares :i of Michigan Central were sold nt 600 on advance of fifty points over the i -lust previous sale In September. J NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Disappoint- .hient over the failure to reach a per- Jnonent settlement of the French debt TWO PIERC AGENTS MK-IODISOHWEO I o ENGAGED ID PARIS, Oct. 2. (A. P.) A pos-Jfrom n close companion of Mrs. Wil de romance, .king the names 0": ,,h , thPnollcv mil .; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson nnd Dr. 8ter- llng Ruffin of Washington, D. C l. lately has been the subject of much .simulation 9 uoneva ana i-ans. -j- Mrs. Wilson visiting ffwnds nere but Dr. Ruffin was a passenger on 11 iitenmer Majestlo which sailed fO New I orK, nepirinwr 4.0. t i Rumors of the Impending engage- ment of Dr. Ruffin and Mrs. nson evoked the. following itutcmcnt today Ben Turpin Ends Ten Months' Vigil; Wife Passes Away HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Oct. 2 Ben Turpln's Ions vigil at the bedside of his invalid wife was 4 at an end today. The motion picture comedian abandoned bis work at the studio when Carrie Lemleux Turpin became seriously 1 ill last December and the call of the camera was unheeded month after month as he cared for the woman who would accent no other ministrations but his. Yes- terday death ended her suffp.r- ing. The Turplns were married in Chicago about 18 years ago and Mrs. Turpin worked with her busband on the legitimate stage and later in pictures. They were brought to Hollywood ten years r ago by Charlie Chaplin. SHE SET FIRE TO Maid in Bend Home Who Told Story of Attack By- Tramp Admits It Was Fake Of ficials Declare Girl Insane. BEND, Ore., Oct. 2. Bessie Keenan, maid at the Tracy Fairchild home, who Monday told a' sensational Btory of an attack by a tramp who fired the house after she refused him food, last night confessed to officials that her story was a fake and that she fired the house herself. Her purpose was to discolor the 111' terlor with smoke bo that Mrs. Fair- .,., ,, ;,, ,i, .v. ho i wa8,,ea the woodwork in the living roonii &B ,ier mBtreBg just before leaving for Portland for a few days, nB(1 tollI jler to do The story came calmly and simply from the 21-year-old girl's lips as she sat in the district attorney's' office last night and was plied with ques tions by Prosecutor A. J. Moore and H. H. Pomeroy, state fire marshal, She displayed little embarrassment What resistance she may have pre viotisly felt had been erased in long grilling at the hands of Pomeroy and Thomas Cnrlon, Bend fire chief, yes terday. The two spent about seven hours with her, getting a full oral con tension. Last night s interview was It0 make of it a matter of record, the confession being witnessed by three local newspaper men and several 'others, among them city officials and physician That there will be no criminal prosecution is a practical certainty. District Attorney Moore Is convinced that the girl is mentally unbalanced Pomeroy is of the same opinion, Wild Horses to Be Turned Into Soap By Portland Firm PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2. Wild horses, estimated to num ber a quarter of a million, rang ing on the wild lands fo the Pa cific northwest, are to be round ed up nnd sent to Portland to be rendered Into fertilizer and soap fats. A Portland concern Is erecting ft two story concrete building for the operations. Auto Freight Rate Cut. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. (A. P.) A reduction in freight rates on unto- mobiles and automobile parts moving ,, n, .,... . ' ,, ,.. ., from Detroit territory to all points on the Northwestern Pacific north of Wllllts, Cal., was ordered today by the interstate commerce commission. was expressed today by an Initial break of eight points In tho French franc to 4.G6V4 cents and a decline In all the French bonds listed on the New York stock exchange. NEW YORK MB GIRL CONFESSES FOOL MISTRESS she has followed since she vfts In the White House Qd refuses to confirm or deny any newspapur reports con cerning her." O O WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. (A. P.) Dr. Sterling Ruffin of this city, said he hod "no comment to make." when his attention was called Inst night to reports from Paris or a rumored Im pending engagement between himself and Mr. Woodrow Wilson, o M TCHELL ROGERS Commander of PN-9 Takes Direct Issue With Stormy Petrel Navy in No Way to Blame" Everything Done That Could Have Been Done Every Precaution Taken. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. (A. P.) Taking direct issue with Colonel Mitchell's charges, commander Kodgers, a witness today before tlto president's- air board, Issued a dial lenge to anyone to "make a Just criticism" of the arrangements for the Hawaiian flight of the PN-9 No. 1. Colonel Mitchell previously had told the board the preparations for the flight which was commanded by Commander Rodgers, looked like the work of "bungling amateurs, Without mentioning Mitchell by name, Rodgers declared the navy adopted the "proper tactics" and that he was fully satisfied with the crew und personnel assigned to the flight "I cannot see," Rodgers continued. how the navy department could be held responsible for the failure of the flight. "Everything was done that could be done. The secretary of the navy per sonally visited San Diego and order ed the bureau of aeronautics to give us everything that we asked for. "This was done." Rodgers said he was given author ity to arrange the flight plans, which statement flatly contradicted Mitch ell's charge that preparations were handled by. "non-flying officers.'. "So far as the navy department was concerned," Rodgers continued "It went the limit In providing all that was desired. "The planes were tested. The tests showed them capablo of the flight "We would have reached Hawaii, had the wind not been against us, or if the plane had given the same mileage It did on the tests. "Had we found a rescue ship on tho first day we could have gone on. "I was fully satisfied with my crew," he declared. "Kverythlng was In my hands, Ro gardlcss of whatever mistakes were made before -or after, I challenge anyone to make a Just criticism of the Hawaiian flight." Rodgers was aBked If this nation could be attacked by a foreign power with airplanes capable of crossing either ocean with 2000 pound bombs. No, be answered, "and unless .some new engine is developed.lt is not probable that this will ever be true," v This also differed from the Ideas of Colonel Mitchell. New Department Needed. Rodgers told the board thut de velopment of tho airplane had made necessary the establishment of a de partment of national defense, which would include both the army and the navy. The need for a proper scientific organization of the national defense, he said, was plainly apparent. The commander of the Hawaiian night, however, opposed either united force or a separate air corns such as had been urged by various witnesses before tho board, declar ing the problem engaging the study of the boord was one involving es sentially a revision of present organi zations. 80 fnr as aviation Itself was con cerned as an Interior problem ho believed the question might be satis factorily solved for the moment by proper establishment of an aviation budget, by Improvement of person nel situation, fixing by law the re tention of officers in tho line of the navy on a special list, und by "es tablishment of a strong aviation sec tion In operations, "For a permanent nnd final solu tion," he udded, "appoint the strong est man obtainable as secretary of the national defense, give him a good staff, let him work out the or ganization required. Costa Too High. "New, Inst but most important, a point wnicn 1 reel safe In assuming that no aviator has heretofore men tioned defenso by the air is no cheap thlngO as seems to bo the i....u,r opinion, x nave not me fig- i u exist, nut I nave aH'onvlctlon they $3.38; choice II.M to 1.0B; average would not be pleasant to look upon. $ .C3. 6mice I ft ears, poor extras "Ways and means must be found lino to i: average I1.8H; fancy $1.70 to reduce this cost. The matter of to 3.20; average $2.69. Hose, one costs is one which it seems to me car exlra $3,311 to 4.6S: average $3.07: you must face before j-ir duties are bartletts two curs extras $2.75 to completed In this committee. ij.60; tops $'.'.3n to 2.(15; nvernge "Home such great re-organlzatlon $3.29; fancy $2.55 to J. 45; tops $2.K0i as 1 have suggested Is necessary to overage $2.90. permit aviation to take Its proper. place In the national defense wlth- CHICA'iO. Oct. 2. (U. H. Hurau out breaking the United Slates treas- ' Markets.) Friday pear market: ury." Two cars illfnrnla: two Colorado! , Of the Iltkwallan flight he said h threeIlllnom; two New York; one eould not see lw any "possible Oregon; one I'tnh; fifteen Washlng stretih of the imagination" could at- ,oni V Ml'blgun by boat. Oregon blll'ttetts 020 boxen, choice $1.35 to (Continued on page U.) Z.CO ; mostly around 3. Beautiful Widow Reweds. pf: . - Three vcur engagement of Catherine Calvert, noted stage nd screen uctrrst, and George A. CrrutliVrs, multl-uillllonulrc Cana dian sportsman, will culminate latr In October with tliulr mar rluHC. 'I'lie bride-1 be Is tlie widow uf 1'aul Armstrong, noted jiluy. rtjfht ("Jiumiv Vulcntine," etc.) TUNNEL CAVES IN. TRAIN CREW BURIED ALIVE jiiUHMiiiMU, u., uct. 1. . of a work train crew, are believed to King, attorney for Tom Murray, who hnve been caught 111 n caveln In- a was schodulod to go on trial In circuit Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tunnel court hero next Monday morning bl under Jefferson park here shortly be- (ho IlllPB0(1 ,,.,, ( ciuurds Milt lore iKOU U eiui:n nun- amrinuwn mm it is feared many lives have been lost, The fireman on the train, badly In jured, crawled out of the tunnel at tho eastern entrance and was rushed to a hospital, lie declared the work train had been raiight In the cave-In, that there were a large number of men on the train but ho did not know how many hal been caught In the deb ris. Ke said ho feared the engineer had heen killed ns he had not seen any- thing of him since the crash. ' The western entrance to the tun nel which caved in shortly before 3:30 o'clock, is located directly under Jef ferson park. Many houses nre situnt ed near tho summit of the hill under which the tunnel runs. , Several ambulances wore hurried to the" scene. The entrance was blocked, how over, and the sliding continued. The depth of Ihe tunnel beneath the hill Is estimated nt 1G0 feet at tho deepest point. It is about a mile long. Tho work train was west bound through tho tunnel, which caved In from the western entrance. The slide begnn shortly after the train entered I the tunnel, which Is estimated to bo a m"0 lnK The railway's official statement follows: "At 3:20 p. ni. the west portal of Church hill tunnel enved In fpr a dis tance of 270 feet. F.nglnn bundling work train In tunnel had Just cut off Its cars and was caught when coming out. "About .fifty men were working In this space. Not known nt 4 p. m. how many persons Injured or killed. One man escaped with n broken arm, the only one seen to this time. Relief crew Is working through the east entrance." Wire Report on the Pear Market ,NRW YORK. Oct. 2. (U. S. Wu renn nf Markets.) Thursday near nmrijpt; Twenty-four cars California; 3 New York: 21 Oregon; 13 Wash ington; 1 New' York by bont; Oregon- nnjous S',4 enra. I'.xtnis, poor $2.r0; fnpv 13 to 4.10; few small $2.70 L S FOR DELAY IN , salkm, Ore., Oct. 2. Will R llolnmn and James Sweeney during Ihe break of Murray, KIlBworth Kelly and .lames Wlllos from the state prison August 12, this afternoon filed motion with Juilgo Percy R. Kelly nsklng postponement ot tho trial until tho "first day of the Docembor term of this year, or such further time as the court may deem suitable." In the petition King alleges that it Is Impossible for him to properly de fend Murray without being permitted to make "a full examination of the prison grounds, prison cells, ospeolal ly Including what Is known therein as tho 'bull pen'," nnd that requests for permission to inspect the "bull pen" havo been repeatedly denied by Warden A. M. Dnlrymplo, who on one occasion remarked that "a personal Inspection of the bull pen' is not per mitted." Tho petition also recites that the attorney for tho derenso has reason to believe that other prisoners In the penitentiary. Including Wlllos and Kelley. ure In a position to offer val uable and pertinent evidence for tho defense, und asks an order giving him authnrlly to interview said prisoners, under proper safeguards against their escape but with freedom from eaves dropping by guards and others. i King alleges that Dalrymple has re fused him permission to Interview theso prisoners except In tho presence of one or more guards. He further charges that ho has not been allowed to Interview or consult with Murray except through locked steel doors. ' Warden Dalrymple is also accused of ri fiislng-lo allow delivery of letors addressed King as counsel for Mur rey from other prisoners and an or der Is iiHkcd compelling the warden to surrender all sin h letters so far In tercepted and to compel delivery of all such letters In Ihe future. American, At Philadelphia R. New York 0 1-hlludelnhla 10 It. 0 IS Itruxton, Pennnck and Hengough Ituumgnrlner and Perkins. O Boston R. H. V- Washington 0. 2 11 4 lloston Ml 1 Kelly. I.yle nnd TateQKhmko and Illscboff. QNullonnl At Chicago. St. Louis Chicago . ......... It. 12 4 Itatierles: Sltlnrrnnd Vlck; Alexan der, Cooper and Hartnett, Vo No1 to Worry.llowpvor. NEW YORK. Insurance on an ex ecuted murderer need not be paid, tho Into courts have ruled. KING ASK MURRAY SIRlAL BASEBALL SCORES John 7. McNamara Sentenced to Term In State Prison INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 2. (A. P.) John J. MeNanmm, lnbor leudor, was sentenced today to 0110 year in priHon and fined 11000 for blackmail. Ho wa convicted last week on tho chargo which aroso from a controversy between labor union nnd non-union men over the construction of tho Klkft home hero In litiM, T SALEIVI BANK T BE L George Putnam Wins in Suit to Have State Bank Head quarters Moved From Port land to State Capital Law Is Mandatory rciTOHNB. Ore., Oct. 2. Demurrer of Frank C. Hrnmwell, superinten dent of banks of tho state ot Oregon, to the application for an alternative writ of mandamus brought by George Putnam of Sulem, Is overruled In an order handed down this morning by Judge O. F. Sklpworth, who heard the case recently at Snlem. Putnnm, In his action, Is seeking to compel Bramwoll to maintain bis office as superintendent of banks at Salem, lnstcud of Portland. "There nre two principal questions urged by tho attornoy for the defen dant," the opinion of Judge Skip- worth declares, "first, that lleorge Putnam has no legal capacity to maintain this proceeding Inasmuch as tho superintendent of banks and the expenses of his office -is not miilrr-J Mlineu inrougn luxuuoii umi inure fors tho plaintiff, George Putnnm suffers no special or pecuniary loss through the removal of the office of superintendent of banks from Salem to Portland, and, seednd, that tho courts should not Inlet-fere with the discretionary acts of an officer. Relnllve to the contention ot the defendant in tho demurrer that the plaintiff has no legal authority to bring action, the opinion states: "Tho general rule is that whore private or corporuto rights aro af fected the relator must show an In terest. However, tho rule is estab lished by a preponderance of author ities that where the question is ono of public right nnd tho object of the mandamus is to procure the enforce ment of a public duly, the relutor need not show thnt ho has any legal or speelul Interest in tho result; It being sufficient thnt he Is Interested as a citizen In having tho law execut ed and the duty In question enforced." "Tho second question thnt another action is pending botween the same parties for the same cause may be dismissed with the statement that such fact does not appear upon the face of tho alternative writ of man damus," tho opinion declares. On tho question of Interference of the courts with an officer In the exer cise of dlscretlonury powers, tho opin ion says: "The court has no quarrel .with counsel on this question and will concede such to bo the law; but In this case there is no discretion, The stututo says that the superintendent of banks shall maintuln his office In Salem ... and he may, when con sidered by him to be expedient and convenient, eslnbllsh branch offices within tho city otj'ortlnnd. Tho court has no control over tho superinten dent of bunks on the establishment of brunch offices within the city of Portland; . . . but the court does hnve the power to sny to the super- intendent of bunks 'you shall not move the prlnclpul office ot the bunking department from Snlem, the place where It Is provided by law 1 shall be maintained, to Portlnnd,' ' llrlefly thu court holds that the relutor, (leorge Putnam, has tho legal cupa'clty to maintain this action. Second: That the court by mandnmus can compel the superintendent of bunks to maintain his principal of fice In the city of Sulem. "The demurrer to the alternative writ should be overruled." REPORT FOR WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. (A. P.) Colonel William Mitchell has been ordered by tho war department to report on Monday to the Inspector general of the army In order that Investigation of his conduct with a view to disciplinary proceedings may be resumed. The oftler to Colonel Mitchell was given yesterday aftor tho air board had notified the war department that It had concluded Its examination of the former assistant chief of the urmy air service, but that It hud re COUR ARES MS AN IRE ARE FOUND I Two More Bodies Found in S-51 Engine Room Doors Open and Compartments Flooded Torpedo Room Is Only Place Not Visited Crane Called Off. ON ROARD U. S. S. CAMDEN, OFF BLOCK ISLAND, Oct. 2. (By Wlre les sto The Associated Press. The toll of the known dead ot the submarine 8-61' was raised to four today when divers recovered tho bodies of two of tho crew In the engine room compart ment of the ship. The men were Identified as Walter R. Lawton, electrician's mate, first class, Somerville, Mass., and B. D. Lindsay, englneman, second class, 627 Government street, Pensacola Fla. Tho bodies were recovered after divers had cut open the hatch of the engine room. They had determined definitely that this compartment won flooded last night when an exploring hole the size of a pencil was bored in tho hatch. Only a few air bubbles were emitted. Both ot the men were fully clad and evidently had been on watch when the submarine was rammed by the City of Roma Friday night.- The bodies which were in fair con dition, were taken aboard .the Cam den and were held ready tor shipment to the Newport naval hospital where tho bodies of two of the crew pre viously found had boon sent. Finding of the motor room flooded cut down Bhnrply on the slim chances that there are any of the orew still alive. The engine -room was found flooded last night and. two bodlea re- . Jovoj.ea- i jt this morning. . There Is still one .compartment re maining to be examined for any signs of life, that is the torpedo room In the bow of the ship. The divers, acting under orders from - Rear Admiral Christy, In charge of the rescue oper ations, plan to cut a small exploring hole In the hatch of the compartment to see whether it also Is flooded. The divers also plan to explore the motor room compartment to deter mine whether there are any bodies there. : Admiral Christy reported also that the door leading from the engine room to the motor room had been found open and the room flooded. His mes sage said: "Divers entered engine room hatch and found motor room door ; open. Plan to bore small explor- . Ing hole In torpedo room today to ' determine wether it la flooded or not. Recommend release Mon arch nnd Centrury as I can see no possible use of them in rescue op erations." The torpedo room referred to In the message Is In the tip ot the bow and Is the only compartment which has not been investigated. The bodies recovered today were those ot Walter E. Lawton, electri cian's mate, whd resided In New Lon don, and Brady D. Lindsay, engine man of Pensacola, Fla. Reports had been received earlier of the finding of a body In a navy uniform off Stonlngton, which led officials to believe that one of the men washed overboard from the 8-61 had floated In there, but Lieutenant A. If. Deerlng of the medical oorps, sent to Stonlngton to view the body reported that It was not that ot a navy man. It had been In the water about three weeks. The body was later Identified as that ot H. N. Ros tand of Noank, Conn. Mnry MnrSwIney Ruled Out. WASIIINOTON, Oct. 2. (A. P.I .The application of Miss Mary Mac- U...lnn. a ........ Kr... nt lha Trl-V, nnh. llcan party, for admission as a dele gate to the Inter-parllamentary union conference, was denied today by Ba son Theodore Adelswacrd, -president of the union. ' Chinese Strike Ended. SHANGHAI, Oct, 2. (A. P.) The strike of Chinese telegraphers which crippled communication throughout the country for several days, has been ended. . 10 DISCIPLINARY ACTIO!) quested him to prepare and submit certain data which he shouttt be ab1ito do by Monday. Colonel Mitchell will t directed tq report to the Inspector general ot the army in connection with Ui In vestigation previously ordered, a- to whether - language which ( he Ota ployed in a statement m puvte In San. Antonio, Texan, .; V ... precipitated the appolntrae, f the npet-litl nir uwiii, I'unmiuieo Own duct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, , IN U