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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935.
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AS HOSTAGES IN
)AL PIT
(Continued from Page One.)
outbreak of fighting In the damp
darkness of the Kamuui prison coal
mine where 380 prisoner went on
strike today and defied officials.
Guard O. N. Johnson and three
other guards In the gun cage at the
base of the mine air shaft were rush
ed by yelling convicts who sought to
capture the post only outlet from
the mine In the hands of prison offi
cials The gas-masked guards fired tear
KM and drove the attar Iters back into
a tunnel on the 730-fodt level.
I!otnges Safe
The aaaault came about 40 minutes
after Robert Murray, mine superin
tendent, who had gone alone Into the
mine to negotiate with the convicts
and obtain their demands, had re
ported "everything Is OK" and that
the 11 guards held as hostages were
safe.
Murray, who haa been popular with
the convicts, reported after a 4-hour
pltence no one had been Injured and
that he soon would report the miners'
demands.
Prison officials at first thought
Murray had returned to the gun cage
to report to the surface by telephone
but a checkup disclosed he had tele
phoned from a station nnthe main
shaft, which was In the hands of the
convicts.
Assistant Deputy Warden A. J.
Oraham said it was possible "Murray
had some one around him" when he
reported ail "OK."
Guard Johnson sent word he be
lieved he and the other three guards
cot ild hold the gun cage.
"We are In no -danger," Johnson
telephoned, "unlem they again rus'j
ua with many more men.'
Guards Ready
Guards on the surface were lined
up and given gas masks, for rendlness
In going to the aid of Johnson and
his companions, If necewiary.
Meanwhile, the guard around the
prison waa strengthened, although
other convicts had not Joined the
miners in their demonstration,
Determined to "wait them out."
Warden Lacey Simpson tTils afternoon
dispatched a. crew of eight heavily
armed guards down the air shaft to
barricade It against attack from the
lateral tunnel.
The convicts, the warden explained,
are In command of throe electric loco
motives in the mine and the guards
were to barricade the shaft In such
manner aa to prevent the convicts
driving the engines into the air shaft
to block the one useful elevator cage.
The eljiht men. drciwed In overalls
and wearing miners caps with Inn
terns, carried pUtols and repenting
shotguns. They did not carry gas
equipment. One of the eight, the
warden said, had never been in the
f
mine before, all being tower guard.
"W could send a force of men
down to go after the strikers." War
den Simpson said, "but It would do
no good because we couldn't chase
them down the long tunnels."
C OF C PROGRAM
A. H. Banwell. manager of the Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce,
outlined to the members of the Med
ford Rotary club the accomplishments
and alms of his organization at
luncheon meeting at the Hotel Med
ford today. Mr. Bun well pointed out
as one of th major accomplishments
of his organization establishment of
the Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce in place of the old Medford
organization, tying In with all south
ern Oregon communities toward the
mutual improvement of marketing
conditions, expansion of county in
dustries and promotion of tourist
travel. He stressed particularly ef
forts of the chamber in Investigating
markets and organizing commodity
groups.
A comprehensive five-year plan,
which Is now the program of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce, waa outlined by .Manager Ban
well. In concluding he urged the
whole-hearted co-operation of every
person in the county, both moral and
financial, so that the ambitious five
year program might be realised. His
talk was enthusiastically received by
the Rotarlans and guests.
HARDER ELECTED
VICE PRESIDENT
(Continued from page one.)
PREPARE EOR CCG
A group of 30 men are busy at the
site of the proposed Roxy Ann CCC
ramp, preparing for the erection of
the new buildings, The men are from
Camp Wlmer, and are merely doing
preliminary work. Trucks and men
have been busy for the last four days
hauling lumber to the site, and con
structlon1 hsa already begun.
The carpenters have not yet start
ed their work, but it Is assumed that
they will be on the Job in the near
future.
When the ca,mp la completed it will
be manned with new recruits, taken
In upon the expansion of the Civilian
Conservation corps, built around a
nucleus of a cadre of men from Camp
Cooe Head. According to the CCC
headquarters here, each new camp
will have Hji own ffroup of seasoned 1
men from the other camps In order to 1
facilitate organization. I
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ductlon were held to be a major ob
jective, was commended for Its ac
tion as a great portion of the In
dustrial life of the state la depend
ent upon the lumber Industry di
rectly and Indirectly.
Through the Insurance committee,
the executive council also approved
the tentative plan for old age pen
sion or retirement Insurance for
member banks of the association and
went on record as endorsing such
a program. The executive commit
tee waa authorized to take such ac
tion as may 1 be deemed necessary
when a definite plan Is submitted
by the brokers who have been work
ing with the committee.
Officers Elected
Eugene Courtney, of The Dalles,
was elected president of the asso
ciation for next year. Other officers
chosen were B. E. Harder, Medford,
vice president; George D. Brodie,
Dufur, treasurer; executive commit
tee, A. K. Parker, La Orande, chair
man, Chester M. Cox, Salem. C. E.
Williamson. Albany. O. A. Houglum,
Eugene and Frederick Greenwood,
retiring president, member ex-offl-clo.
Selection of a secretary, a posi
tion held by T. P. Cramer, Portland,
for the past seven years, was left
to the executive council. !
No Invitations were received for j
the 1036 convention city and selec
tion will be made by the executive
committee in Jsnuary. Sam H. Baker.
Orants Pass, was chairman of the
nominating committee.
Following the close of the conven
tion, Oregon members of the Amer
ican Bankers' association held a
short meeting. Frederick Oreenwood.
Portland, was named a member ol
the executive council for three
years: D. W. Eyre, Sslem. state vice
president to serve one year; Green
wood, member of the nominating
committee, and C. C. Colt, Portland,
alternate member.
State vice presidents for various
divisions elected were J. A. Gorrian.
Klamath Falls. National bank; Dean
Vincent, Portland, Savings bank; C.
W. Utzlnger, Astoria, State fcank and
Loren L. Miller, Portland, Trust
bank.
production. Picketing of the plants
waa peaceful.
In addition, Frank Johnson, secre
tary of the Portland local of the Saw
mill and Timber Workers' union, de
clared : "We are negotiating right
along and the situation looks pretty
good."
Coincident with these two, develop
ments was an advertisement placed
by nine large Portland lumber opera
tors Inviting their employes to apply
for work.
"Former employes will be given
preference and may apply In person
by telephone or letter," the advertise
ment read.
E
Many passers-by enjoyed a new ex
perience In eating delicious hambur
gers today when Medford 's newest
and most up-to-date hamburger busi
ness opened at the attractive Maid
Rite stand at Sixth and Grape streets.
Drive -in service that gave promise
of much popularity was Inaugurated
exclusively for the tasty sandwiches
that are a meal In themselves, al
ways ready to be served and cooked
without grease. Only choicest ground
A round steak Is used and the Maid
Rite employes a special recipe for
the buns.
Proprietor of the new stand are
Lynn Mills and Murray Bell, who le-
eently arrived from the middle west.
where Maid-Rite's first business was
established.
rode Suit Dlfimled
PORTLAND, Ore., June 18. (API
Federal Judge John McNary yesterday
dismissed a suit filed by the lumber
code authority and the West Coast
Lumbermen's association to collect
$4472.64 code assessments from the
Cooe Bay Lumber company. The suit
was filed prior to the supreme court's
ruling Invalidating the NRA.
CAMP A. H. HANK INS, MURRAY
STATION, June 18. (AP) The 7000
men and 600 officers of the 41st Divi
sion National Guard units of four
Pacific northwest states were experi
encing the sensations of real war today.
Scottered over the broken prairies
of the 70 ,000 -acre military reservation
the troops were engaged In the seri
ous business of working out battle
problems. From the artillery range
the 15A millimeter guns roared omJn
cusly. It was the first time this year
that these heavy pieces had been
brought into action. The artillery
unite yesterday practiced on the range
with the 7fi millimeter guns.
Battalion and regimental problem
engaged some units. The present in
tensive training will be climaxed
Thursday with an overnight bivouac
on the Fort Lewis reservation during
which divisional battle problems will
be constantly In the fore. The condl
Hons of actual warfare are simulated
as nearly aa possible on these sallies
against an Imaginary enemy.
Training In the field today la vastly
different from that of a few years ago
due to the use of motor equipment.
The unite are transported from their
tent ctty to the field in vast fleets of
trucks. Constructed for rough travel,
the trucks can make 40 miles an hour
over ungraded land. Trailers with
four bunks each, running water, re
ingeration. eiectno lights and a gas
stove provide comfort for officers.
These are among the many new mo-
tor vehicles provided for the first
time this year.
WOODCOCK GUILTY
IN SALE OF MEAT
A verdict finding Joe Woodcock,
Gold Hill and Rogue River district
butcher guilty, of the charge of
transporting and sals of unlabelled
meat produce wae returned at two
o'clock this afternoon by a circuit
court Jury which started, delibera
tions this morning at 10:30 o'clock,
following Instructions of the court,
and the closing address of Deputy
District Attorney George W. Nellson.
Woodcock was charged with the
attempted sale of meat from a roan
cow, belonging to E, L. Richmond,
which waa assertedly killed by a
man by the name of Smith, after
the animal sustained a broken leg.
It waa contended by the defense
Woodcock kept the carcass In his
Ice-box for Richmond. The state
held Woodcock attempted lta sale.
The hide of the slain animal waa
an exhibit In the ease. The defense
was represented by Attorney Gus
Newbury.
Agronomists Meet.
PENDLETON, Ore., June 18. P)
Members of the western branch of
the Society of Agronomy began their
annual sessions here today, with
about 60 in attendance from most of
the western states and British Co
lumbia. Soil erosion and methods of
control comprised the principal topics
to be discussed.
GRACE MOORE TOO TIRED
TO SING EOR ROYALTY
PARIS, France. June 18. (API
Grace Moore, American concert singer,
said tonight she waa forced to cancel
her concert In Brussels June 20 before
the king and queen of the Belgians
on doctors' orderst because she was
"very tired."
GLOOM LIFTS IN
LUMBER STRIKE
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 18. ( AP)
A patch of blue showed through the
clouds of the Pacific northwest's
lumber strike here totlAy when three
local shingle mills swung Into full
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