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Newspaper Page TextPJWE SIX MEDFOTED M7C.TL- TTtrBWE, flrEDFOUD, OftEQOy, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1C, 1928. RESULT y T Race So Close That Official ; Count Next Week Must ; Be Awaited Before Win ners Can Be Known . ; Fraud Is Charged. : colum wps. Ohio. wg. JC !) The official count on the race be tween Craham 1 Hunt, Cincinnati and Senator Cyrun JjOcIim, of Cleveland, for the demoer a t i c uhort term Hcmttorlal nomination, apparently muni determine the winner. With only fifteen pre cinctH in . Jefferson county niinnlnii today, from the unofficial Htate wide tabulation, Loeher had a lead of 107 votc. On this IiukIh, ' the unofficial tabulation by the Associated IVosh showed ocher had 'J2,!9$ votcH against y:fclfl for Hunt. ' CLEVELAND, Aug. 1C A mistake of 10,000 vc'oh in favor of Senator Cyrus Loeher in tho count in Cuyahoga county vn tln covered today, when tho official count of votea waa made. The unofficial vote, an tabulated hy commlttflionerH yesterday khvc Graham Hunt of Cincinnati (wet) 26, 244. Today It was found Hunt'a vote In CuyahoKa county wua lti, 224. Locher'a unofficial vote in the county was 12.089. ThlH dlH crepancy cut Hunt's margin of victory to nut more than a hand ful of votes. The vote, uh changed by the Cuyahoga figures, wan: 7 Hunt, 88.100; Locher, 88,172. V Announcement of the dlHcovery of' the erroneous total In Cuya hoga county enmo after Iocher h end quart era Indicated tho secre tary of state would bo uskod to Investigate the county vote. , COLUMHUS. O.. Aug. 1 0.-(flT) With Myers Y, Cooper, Cincinnati republican, and Congressman Mar tin L, Davoy, Kent, democrat pick ed, by Ohio votors to make the November race for governor, polit ical observers already are predict ing' a buttlo of even greator In tensity than that witnessed hi the republican prlinnry between Coop er and Congreus'inaii JamcH T. Hcgg. Sandusky. The neck-and-nock raco for tho ropublican gubnrnatorlul nomina tion' between Cooper and licg;jr went Into Ohio political history as one of the most Hpectueular on rec ord, with tho final result still ques tioned by supporters of the San dusky congressman, who uwult the complete official returns from the lecrotary of slate. It is doubtful h'hether ttm official vole for each candidate wilt bo known before next week. Wet hi Poor Tbl ill. - Complete unofficial returns com piled by tho Associated lresH gave Cooper, a Cincinnati businessman supported by the Ohio Antl-Haloon league, a plurality of 6,r(18 votes over Hegg, who also had dry back ing. Attorney-Clunerul Ifldward C '.Turnup, who openly attacked the Antl-Haloon league and certain liuhllc utility Interests which he charged had Joined with the len whr a poor third In a six-enruered rmee. ' Tho final vote stood: Cooper. 259,725; Hcgg, 264, J.&7; Fred Koh ler, former mayor of ClovHaud, 26,115; Horry A. Shanley, Clove land, negro publisher, 0,840; Hur ry c. Smith. Forest, Ohio, farmer. 16,181: Turner, I0,23fl. Congressman Davey of Kent, .wns the choice of Ohio democrats In approximately 80 of th mme's 88 counties, leading Peter Wilt, former Cleveland traffic commts Hloner. by a comfortable margin In a field of five candidates. Nomination of the republican v caudiduto for lieutenant governor Mill hung in the balance today us George C. Uraden. Warren, and Wtttto ItcpreHcntatlvo John T. Itrown, Champulgn county, author 1, of tho Ohio gasoline tux law," con tinued the mi inn Vneck-anU-nnuk" "battle that Coopur and llegg cur ried on yesterday, 1 1 row n hebl a lead of Bflfi votes enrly today. Iturton Win. Congressman Theodore R Uur lon, Cleveland republican, und (ira 1mm 1. Huno, Cincinnati attorney, democrat, were chosen to fight It out In November for the four-year unexpired term of tho lato Senator FNA OHIO PRIIV1AR NOW IN D I J U B Frank 11. Willis. Congroasmun Hurton, who retired from tho non nto In HH5- without seeking re election, only to return tu WuhIw lngton as n member of tho lower house, defeated Chief Justice t'ar-l ringtail T. Marshall of tho Ohio1 nuprenio court with n plurality In! excess of 140.000. Five candidates ! sought the republican nomination. Although Senator Cyrun Locher., Cleveland, apparently was defeat ed lty Hunt on the basis of unof ficial roturns, He: ifsued a tate ment hinting fraud In tho count ing of his .votes, particularly In Cuyahoga (Cleveland) counly, and ,lndlcallng that n mtuto Inventlga Hon might bo requested. Hunt's 'Unofficial plurality with about 700 precincts unreported, was U'.4S9. tocher, who had tho tiupport of the . Anti-Saloon leaguo. claimed a loss of bin home county by approxi mately 5.uf0 rather than the more han 10,000 votes announced. lry If lW'atm. ; Henator Simeon 1. Fewi,- Yellow sSpringH. renominated , on the re publican ticket without Opposition, will have Charles V, Truax, wlfo Concentrated hta cumpulgu upon the farm relief Issue and endorse ment of the principle of the Mc- Nnryf-Haigen Mil. , apptarrd to ttvea plurnHty of moro tlmn 10,- . W iv ; ' ' I OUU votos today ovor former Con j ifrfKfimiin Clt'OfK Whlto, Marietta, who had the backing of the AntJ ! Saluon lcuKUO. ; Anions tliuKQ who went down to I defeat In Humllton eounty was ! OhiirlcK I. Tuft, II. f hoii of Chief JUHtieo William H. Taft, tlio cHI j zens' republican committee cundl- date fur renoniinatton uh county prosecutor. Prosecutor Taft lost ' to Nelson Schwab .the oratiiza ; tton renublii'iin candidate by 1 0, 175 votOM with one precinct iiiIkh- ins. Taft not only lost the nomination for county nroHecutor, but alo was' defeated for republican pi -reluct I committeeman In his homo pi e- j clnct. j ER OFFICERS E ST. LOUIS, Aug. (PJ Three additional warrantH against Hoy C. Toombs of Chicago, president Of International Life insurance Co., were issued today by Circuit At torney Howard Side nor. Kach charges Toombs with procuring a false certificate for 3000 shares of stock with Intent to Issue It. ' ST, JiOUIS, Aug. 1 0. (IV) Ktrt ton Shurlel, attorney general of .Mlusourl, today announced he had instructed his two assistants here to prepare an information ugalnst Dr. E. F. Morgcn alien of Chicago, vice president of International Life Insurance Co., making a chargo similar to that in a warrant issued yesterduy against ftoy C. Toombs, president. Tho Toombs warrant charges grand larceny of $104,000 of TexuH and Montana County bonds, a part of the $3, GUI!,!) 52 alleged to have beon removed by Toombs from the Insurance company assets. Morgonstlern Is director of per sonnel of the International Life and tho closest adviser of Toombs. Ho Is a handwriting expert and character analyst. He is a Ru manian anil Is said to have served professionally In tho Ituss i a n czar h court. Tho attorney general's decision followed testimony given by Bee llarelay, asslstunt financial secre tary of the insurance company, that ho and Toombs went to the deposit box of the company las' October 1 , at the instance of Toombs, and took out ? TiOO.OOO bonds. The bunds . were taken to Toombs' office, Harclay said, and Morgcnstlc rn and H. O. Mc Key fi elds, Hon of T. J. McHcynolds; an other vlco president, took them awuy. It' was Itarclay's unit -standing that Morgonstlern and U. O. McHuynolds went to New Vot'K. Barclay said ho never heard any thing more of the bonds and he luid received no proceeds from them. . IS ON PEACE SPEECH SLTPKHfOlt. Wis., Admiral Charles l of naval operations, today ' and went to Aug. 1(1. (AM Hughef. chief arrived here Cedar Island lodge for a conference with I 'real -ldent Coolldgc, who was fishing on the Itrule river. When the admiral arrived ho returned. It was announced .at the execu tive offices that President Cool ldgc would go to the Apostle isl ands August 22, motoring to Hay ffeld and boarding the ship Nell wood, owned by II. T. tiray of Kansas City. After a cruise about the Islands, n plcuiu lunch will be served and in the early afternoon the president will visit the Unry entitle, on Madeline Island. The re turn trip will bo mudo the sume day. Numerous telegrams wero ' re ceived by tho president today com mending his speech at Wutisnu yesterday before the Wisconsin stale convention of the Amerliau Legion. These were scanned with Interest by the chief cxcautlvo who awaits editorial reaction for an In dication of how (he country re ceived his stand on tho outlnwry of war. OFF A YEAR AGO: HER KI.INT. Mlcb., Auk. 16. (V) Tlio memory of Miss Mlldrod IXirmi, "flylntc MIolilKan school mn'rm" whu wns lout on tho IHlo rH;0il to Honolulu lnt yonr, wnB officially honored horo lodHy. Finns on tho city woro at Wlf t it IT. iniiuy hoinoH ami husincMS lilticca decorated nnd plnns were under way tu doroto tho reguhir weekly (iruyer meet'.ni; nt the church xhc attended to a memorial Bcrvlce tonlKht. The pew she once occupied will bo the gathering plHce of relative. William F. MallOHka, promoter of the III fitted flight of Mian Oornn. ordered that Ills office and nil of hla airing of aiilliie filling atn tlong bo eloaed for a half hour lato today. Tho flight atnrtod from Oakland. Cal.. a year ago today. 8AI.K.M. !lnn onlcri'd ftr pro. posed 3.'iO,no Oipltni View hotel. 13 MINERS DIE IN COAL MINE 136 ARE SAVED COAWORT, Pa.f Aug.' 10. (JP) The Hole Hurvivor of 11 men known to have been trapped in the number 3 mine of the Irvona uoai anu uoko company uy an ca plotilon late yt'Hterday afternoon, I today told the story while rescue workers from various districts cx plorcd the gas swept racings of i the mine for bodies which might j have been overlooked, j The survivor, Marina C'oceia, of j Coalport, owes his lifo more to luck than nnythliw; else, ho having I refused to follow a fellow miner I whose body later was 'brought from the workings badly mungled and burned. Coccla, one of ISO men In the mine at tho time of tho blunt, was with tho H In tho section where the blast occurred. The other 130, in another section of tho mine, es caped, their working place not hav ing been visited by the force of tile explosion. "I was with V. II. Mays about 11:15 .o'clock," Coccla said. "We heard a dull thud and thought the dynamo had let loose. Wo were thrown to tho ground and smelled gas and felt a terrific heat. .Mays, his face Ghastly, turned to mo and said. 'We'll die now. No ono but God can savo us.' "We ran toward the tunnel exit but were forced back and reach ing an entry .Mays dashed to the left. Something Bent me to the right. 1 escaped, poor Mays is dead." The bodlcB of tho 13 victims wore brought to tho surface short ly after midnight. Identifications were mado In each instance. Officials of the company said It was a dust explosion but refused to advance a cause until a further Investigation could bo made. Thin Investigation waa being carried on today ty Deputy Stato Inspector of Mines Ira H. Thomas of Harris bur.?. - Most of I lie bodies brought out were mangled and burned and with but two exceptions all were without clothing, denoting, rescue workers said, tho explosion wns of terrific force. The two bodies not mangled wore evidently suffo. ration victims, physicians stated. FOREST FIRES IN I E HPOKAN'lj. . Aug. -111. (P) Fires In the Clearwater national forest j of northern Idaho were burning) uncontrolled today, reports- re ceived here Indicated, with 117 ti men combatting, their spread. J One fire, on, , Johnagan . creek, j about fid miles cast ' of Oroflna, Idaho, had burned over 7000 acres and on Doris creek; ab'out In miles away, another fire was stilt being i fought. Its size was not known. Kires In the vicinity of Spirit Luke, Idaho, today woro reported as under control und dying out. ItUKMKUTOX, Wash., Aug. HI. Continuing to rage out wf mtrol despite efforts of 2Uo mei to hall It, a spectacular fire which burned over l-'Oli acres of logged off land yesterday afternoon and last night, began eating Into a great forest of grcon limber this morning. State fire fighting equip ment wart rushed to tho blaze from Seattle to help the crow of the McCormlek Lumber company bat tle the flames. No lives were reported in danger and no homes were in the path of the raging blaze. ' The standing timber was est!- ! mated lo cover moro than l'0 1 square miles, with one side of the stand backed up against the cltyl of Bremerton. Klreflghtlug off I- ; cials HHlll tllnf thn flnnm -Mf IwJ brought under control beforo they could reach tho city. 1IOOVKII JO:h KANT (Continued from Pago One.) At Kansus City tho nominee Will bo met by Muvor Beach and other officials during tho slay of j the train there. ' ' West Branch will bo reached on Tuesday morning In tlmo for breakfast, ui which Herbert Hoo-1 vor, Jr., who is now in the cast, ; will Join his parents. Tho day and night will be spent there and on Wednosduy und Thursday Hoover will bo, in Cedar llnptdsi for conferences with republican loaders from tho corn' belt and in! attendance upon a fttatc picnic und fair. 1 Xews of tho death of George . K. Morrlf, chulrmun of the Nuwj York stato republican committee. reached Mr. Hoover Into lat night and ha Immediately sent this iuch- sago to M lllium H. Hill, a repub lican leader at New Yoik city: ' "1 have Just learned of the, death of Mr, George K. Monis. Please extend to tho family my deepest sympathy. ills passing ; is a distinct loss to the republican i party, which he has served so ' well nnd so conscientiously." j llon't Want New lUillroatt. i PKNDLKTOX. Ore.. Aug. H j OV) Tho hf.ildlng of a railroad ' 'mo from Momestend o Lewlston. i M proponed by commercial asso-l editions and public service groups I In Idaho nnd Washington will be! opposed vigorously by the eastern Ortffon citizens' transportation committee, following notion at nj moettne li b r o, Itepresenjuttves from Tho Dalles, Arlington. Ui . Wiunde, Baker and .Pendleton' wei prevent aj thv mrethig here late yesterday. I 'Bicycle Trip Over Atlantic Ocean To Take Only 42 Days T ',V ,i'Vt Ci:. 11 A V EX, O e r m u n y, Aug. 16. (Pi Houdir and 4 illi-schbcrg, the two uble scu 4 men who are attempting to ctoxh the Atlantic in a "bl- cycle boat," left here today for Plymouth, Hllglunri. They 8 took ' five days for an un 4 eventful trip down the Kibe river '. from Hamburg, and hope to cross to America in 42 days. - ' . . , . . i , ; , , j. UNABLE TO ENTER CAMPAIGNSOON 8AJ.MM, Ore.; Aug.' III. (&) IJccausc of business ut home- tlrlng his official attention Sen-jThc ator Charles L. JleNary has .found It necessary . tg decline an lnVi- tatlon from the .-m.uhli.:m nn. I ilonal committee to attend 'tho Montana slate convention at Hel ena August 2u. Also the senator nays he will be unable to meet j Herbert Hoover at an erly date, as requested by the national com- miltee. I General .lad win, chief of tumv j engineers, is expected to arrive in j Oregon early next month-and has requested Senator McXary to uc company him on a visit tu scvo ral rivers and harbors projects. McNary is vice-chairman of the senate commerce committee, .lad win's visit to tho state will make It impossible for Senator McXary lo bave Oregon to participate In the national campaign be for o Sep tember in. Senator MeNary Is hopeful that the survey for deepening- the Wil lamette river between Salem and Portland will bo completed by September l and that the appro priation for the project can be included in tho next Irvers and harbors bill. Handltto Us, Folks FOR GIVING TO YOU THE MOST SENSATIONAL! OUTPOURING OF SUPER VALUES IN MEN'S WEAR Ever Befbre Offered the MEN OF MEDFORD-LAST WEEK YOU WERE JUBILANT-BUT FROM NOW ON YQU,WILL BE AMAZED at the Marvelous Bargains in Our $20,000 STOCK DISPOSAL FORCE YOURSELVES TO ACT NOW!! DE LAY MEANS LOSS TO YOU! Dress Pants All wool in every wanted fabric ana color. Sold at $6, $6.50 and V. $4.95 Canvas Gloves 2c Sold at this price only with a pur chase of S2 or more of other goods. Four pairs to customer. 1 Li OUR ENTIRE LINE OF NEW MALLORY AND FASHIONCRAFT HATS AT BIG REDUCTIONS $5.00 , $6.50 $7.50 HATS HATS HATS at . at at $3'95 $4.95 $.95 ANY STRAW HAT Left in Stock SATURDAY for , Broadcloth DRESS SHIRTS Two to Custoniof kC 301 30Q0I T rs. T L IE! IIASHLAND BOXER! ; Tonight's boxlntf smoker at the" Arnipry is atiractine titore than ; the usual interest as CJeno d'Grady juf Ashland, southern Oregon -yvol-jterw'elght champion, t; has f agreed ' ' to meet tho winner of- the- 'main event of ten rounds between Dick ftumlcs of San legd'and Jo Jewett of Portland. If plans arc carried through, O'Cirady will probably fight In Med ford some time early next month. Jewett and Kamles both are ready for to niKbt'H battle and both are deter mined to meet O'Cirady. The smoker Is being put on un der the auspices of the boxing commission, with CJus Hall, former member of the Portland boxing commission. as promoter . and re-!sailor Jack Wood as matchmaker. bouts will begin at 8:30 sharp "If!? Prt;lImina7 K'tween Jack IJII11)(!f:lt of r' Angeles and Kid wursnail oi Jiemoru, o.ioweu oy another preliminary between Bud die Thornton of this city and Battling Judd ot Portland. A '' semi-windup between Pat Padelford of this city and Summy Gordon of Portland will preccdo the main event. Padelford und Gordon will fight six rounds. -I Casualties of the Air Service j j ST. LOUIS, Aug. 18. (P) An ; unidentified passenger was killed J ami Alfred J. Kueehenmelster, a student pilot, and another passen i ger were seriously injured today when a Waco biplane from i-am- bert-St. Louis field .crashed on a farm. The Injured passenger was believed to be Dell Flanders, ubout IS years old. WHlOI-JLl'in. Mohlcr trestle I anil fill In hclng complotde. 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