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A shland D aily T idings . ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919 VOL. XLIII NUMBER 3 PROBERS BADLY MISINFORMED Was Framed, Says. Witness r " Mexicans Justify Shooting of American Aviator -------- (By th e United P ress) PORTLAND, Sept. 3.— G eneral Disque* testifying before th e congres sio n al p ro b ers of th e spruce pro duction scandal, declared th a t th e subcom m ittee had accepted the gro ssest m isrep resen tatio n th a t ever app eared in a public record. "F alsehoods th a t I can disprove,’ Is a n o th e r way he referred to th e testim ony of some of th e w itnesses a t previous hearings. His Btaments indicated th a t he h a d consulted law yers reg ard in g the possibility of ta k in g action ag ain st th e m en he accused of filling the e a rs of th e congressm en w ith libel ous sta te m e n ts because they "h ad a grudge of some k in d .” “ T hom as Sweeney testified th a t h e had w arned Disque th a t a combi- « n a tio n w as being form ed to “ trim th e governm ent.” He said " I told him I was giving him a tip and th at h e was e ith e r in on th e ‘fra m e ’ or jvas being played for a su c k er.” Declare He Was Over Soil of Mexico Car Strike to Greet Wilson | (By th e U nited P ress) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 3.— P resid en t W ilson will find a street railw ay strik e in progress here when he arriv es tom orrow for th e ope’n ing address of his to u r. One th o u san d stre e t car employes stru c k early th is m orning for a new wage scale and b e tte r w orking con ditions. No s tre e t cars a re ru n ning. (By th e U nited P ress) LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 3.— T hat j C aptain McNab was one k ilo m eter j across the Mexican b o rd er and fly- j ing over M exican te rrito ry w h e n 1 shot yesterday by Mexican soldiers was declared by G eneral Garza com m ander of th e C arran zista g a r rison a t Nuevo L aredo today. G eneral G arza, in a sta te m e n t i m ade public th ro u g h th e M ex ican ! consul in L aredo, a d m itted th a t t h e ! shooting was done by soldiers of a j C arran zista outpost. (By th e U nited P ress) G arza's sta te m e n t declared th a t im - ' BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 3.— The m edately on lea rn in g of th e in c id e n t! radical elem ent am ong th e 15,000 th e general proceeded to th e spot, railro ad shopm ent here a re reported n e a r th e m outh of San Isabel creek, (By th e U nited P ress) (By th e U nited P ress) to be rapidly gaining control. De on the Rio G rande, w here th e shoot NEW YORK, Sept. 3.— The m or spite th e effo rts of union leaders a SACRAMENTO, Sept. 3.— C. L. ing occurred. Soldiers of th e out- general strik e is anticipated here be tality ra te which A m erican life in tra v e lin g post ad m itted th e shooting, th e o u t - 1 M acDonald, an Om aha fore th e week is ended. surance com panies had to m eet in post’s com m ander being absent at > I m an, w as killed, Mrs. L aw rence The Depew shops of th e New York I 1918 w as about 33 per cent g rea ter th e tim e. ! Barkovich, of San Francisco, se ri C entral a re closed, th e thousand C aptain McNab is restin g easily j th an in 1917 and 14 per cent high ously in ju re d , and L aw rence M oran men employed th ere strik in g y ester I and it is declared th a t th e bullet e r th an the average death ra te for a day. and Miss A. A ndrew s of San F ra n wound in his neck is not serious. score of years according to a sta te Follow ing a m eeting last night G eneral Garza said th e soldiers cisco were h u rt early th is m orning m ent m ade in a sum m ary in th e fi th e men issued a sta te m e n t saying: stated th a t they had received m any when M oran’s care rashed into an nancial press, m ade public today, “ We m ight as well starv e w ithout com plaints of A m erican av iato rs au to tru ck . review ing life insurance d istrib u (By th e U nited P ress) as w ithin th e shops.” M acDonald, whose skull was frac tions last y ear by in su ran ce o rg an i flying over Mexican soil and frig h t WASHINGTON. Sept. 3.— T hat ening livestock. He said he had tu red , died a few m om ents a fte r th e zations operatin g in th e United th e “ round ta b le ” conference be protested ag ain st A m ericans flying accident. M oran declares th a t his S tates and C anada, including the NON-COMS TO COLLEGE tw een cap ital and lab o r will be held over Mexico, but th a t his protests car was ru n n in g not over 20 m iles tra n sa c tio n s of th e Am erican Bu CAMP LEW IS, Sept. 3.— F irst a t th e W hite H ouse betw een October had repeatedly been ignored. He an h our and th a t th e tru c k had no reau of W ar Risk Insurance. Sergeant B urt E. Woody of M arion, 5 and 10, it w as announced today. said it had been reported th a t av i tail light. Ten persons died of influenza for Ky., who re-enlisted A ugust 19, P re sid e n t W ilson will invite <tbout a to rs took photographs of Mexican each A m erican soldier killed in bat- 1919, F irst Sergeant A nthony F. 40 delegates to a tte n d and th e pres te rrito ry . F ra n k George and fam ily of G rass i tie, the report declares, placing th e ; Schmitz, cavalry, and Ret. H arold L Id en t is now sending le tte rs to the His sta te m e n t m ade no effo rt to Valley, Calif., spent several days in n um ber of Influenza d eaths a t h a l f ! Gage a re assigned as a ssista n ts to U nited S tates C ham ber of Com deny the shooting but a tte m p te d to i the professor of m ilitary science a t th e auto-cam p last week w hile on a m illion. m erce, th e A m erican F ed eratio n of ju stify th e a tta ck on th e grounds Life insurance d istrib u tio n s in ’ O. A. C., a t Corvallis, Ore. A num th e ir way home from an autom obile L ab o r, rep re sen ta tiv e s of various th a t the a v ia to r’s alleged flights trip to P o rtlan d . They m ade th e th is country and C anada in 1918 ber of o th er sim ilar details a re pend a g ric u ltu ra l associations and in v est over th e b order c o n stitu ted a stop here to try the m ineral w aters. I totaled $1, 115,810,000 ing. m en t b an k ers asking them to subm it b re a c h ’ of in te ra n tio n a l law. n am es fo r his consideration. In addition to th e delegation th u s WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— High chosen, P resid en t W ilson will elect officials doubt w h e th e r th e -United o th e rs from th e country a t large S tates will be in a position to ta k e T h ese in v itatio n s, it is stated , will any action ag ain st Mexico. If it i: be sen t out by th e president while found th a t C aptain McNab who was b e is on his speaking to u r of th e shot yesterday, was flying over co u n try , w hich began today. Mexican soil. T here is no in te rn a Ten Died of Infnenza io One in Battle OCTOBER 5-10 President Starts His Campaign for Ratification of Peace Treaty No More W. S. S. (Special to The T idings) PORTLAND, Seut. 3.— Monday m ark e d th e passing of th e tre a su ry d e p a rtm e n t's w ar savings stam p o r g a n iz a tio n in Oregon. T he govern m e n t has w ithdraw n its prom otion of th e sale of th ese “ baby bonds" as a fe d e ra l function, and s ta te h e a d q u ar ters, m aintained for nearly tw o years In P o rtla n d , has been closed. County o rg an iz atio n s th ro u g h o u t th e sta te h a v e also been notified th a t th ere w ill be no fu rth e r need of th e ir e f fo rt, inasm uch as th e buying of sta m p s is to be left in fu tu re to per so n a l in iativ e and v o lu n teer effort. tional law governing such flying but th e custom in E uropean countries p rio r to th e o u tb re a k of th e w ar was to fire upon foreign a v ia to rs who crossed in te rn a tio n a l boundaries w ithout perm ission. This was due to th e co n stan t fear of spies. A lthough having this precedent before them th e officials pointed o ut th a t in th e case be tw een Mexico and th e U nited S tates it m ight be regarded differen tly be cause th e forces of both govern m ents a re searching for bandits. (By the U nited P ress) W ASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— P resi dent W ilson leaves th is evening on his 10,000 m iles speaking to u r of the U nited S tates in an effo rt to convince th e people th a t th e peace tre a ty should be ratified as it stands. He will a tte m p t to solidify public opinion in favor of th e tre a ty so th a t pressure will be b ro u g h t to b ear on th e opposition senators th ro u g h th e ir hom e te rrito rie s to change th e ir a ttitu d e . SCHOOL NOTICE • All pupils of Bellview School dis In th e endeavor to c reate an ir tric t will m eet a t th e school house resistible dem and for quick ra tific a prom ptly a t S:30 a. m., Septem ber 8. The jitn ey will leave at th a t tion of th e tre a ty , th e persident, it tim e. By o rd e r of th e School Board. was learned, will m ake only bald ____ 3-2 sta te m e n ts of w hat he considers the facts, ra th e r th a n o rato rical efforts. His itin e ra ry calls fo r invasion of th e sta te s of some of h ^ principal «j political opponents in th e senate, and m ost of his speeches will be de livered west of Chicago, w here the believes an tip a th y th e forest supervisor, forest ran g e r ad m in istratio n tow ard th e tre a ty is strongest. o r forest guard in whose te rrito ry Special a tte n tio n will be devoted they a re going to cam p, s ta tin g a p to th e Pacific Coast, w here th e peo proxim ately w here they will camp ple, according to th e ir senators, are and build th e ir cam p fires. There suspicious of th e Japanese and re Is an office of a forest supervisor in sentful of th e S hantung settlem en t, each o fthe follow ing places: w hereby Ja p a n gets im portant P o rtla n d . A lbany. Eugene, Rose- g ra n ts in China. In addition to his burg. G ran ts Pass, M edford. Bend speeches on th e Coast, the, president Baker, Pendleton. Prineville, John will review th e Pacific fleet a t 'S e Day and Lakieview . a ttle on Septem ber 13. One of W ilson’s principal a rg u m ents for th e ratifica tio n of the tre a ty will be th a t in d u stria l un rest and high prices cannot end u n til a real peace is established th ro u g h ratifica tio n of th e treaty . He plans to explain his reasons P o rtla n d .— A re g u la r m eeting of fo r com m itting the U nited S tates the W est Coast L um berm en’s asso to th e League of N ations plan, and ciation will be held a t th e M ultno in fact m ake a personal rep o rt to m ah hotel a t 10 o’clock W ednesday th e A m erican people on his P a ris m orning. More th an 200 m em bers work, tellin g them th e “ w hys” and of th e association in Oregon and w herefores.” W ashington a re expected to atten d , R obert S. Shaw of A storia, presi-j Mr. and Mrs. J. R. W allace and dent, will preside. N ational legisla Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Phelps of Mesa. tion affectin g th e lu m b er ind u stry Ariz., w ere cam ped a t th e a u to will be discussed a t th is m eeting. p ark recently. The p a rty left Mesa Special a tte n tio n will be given to Ju n e 1, and have m ade th e big swing proposed am endm ents to’ theincom e around the n orthw est. They spent a tax law as it applies to tra n sfe rs few days in Y ellow stone p ark and of tim b er lands. The lum ber indus cam e down th e coast th ro u g h W ash try in th e n o rth w est is being se ri ington and Oregon, and will re tu rn ously handicapped a t present, say hom e by C alifornia. Mr. W allace p rom inent o p erato rs, by th e exac drives a lig h t six Buick and Mr. tions of th e incom e tax law. Phelps a H udson Sapersiv. Campers on Forest Reserve Must Have Permits for Fires (Special to T he T idings) P o rtla n d , Sept. 3 — u u rln g th e m o n th o f Septem ber cam pers in any o f th e n atio n al forests of th e P a cific Coast sta te s will have to se c u re perm its for building cam p fires. T h is reg u latio n has ju s t been pro m u lg a te d by th e S ecretary of A gri c u ltu re and th e local office of the fo re s t service was so inform ed re cently. T his is a precatuionary m e a su re ta k e n to aid forest ran g ers a n d fire gu ard s in keeping tra c k of the location of cam ping p arties in th e ir d istric ts and to secure th e lis t in g of th o se who have occasion to m a k e cam p fires. Som etim es the lo o k o u ts on th e m o u n tain s detect a n d rep o rt fires which la te r tu rn oui to be only cam p fires. T his plan of issu in g p erm its fo r cam p fires will h elp th e ran g e rs to tell cam p fire pm okes from real forest fire sm okes T he woods a re now as inflam m a b le a s gunpow der a fte r these weeks of d ry , ho t, w indy w eather, and the go v ern m en t officials a re not going t o ta k e any chance of having pub lic tim b e r go up in sm oke and are ho ta k in g th is restric tiv e m easure U ntil th e d an g er -Is past, ever though it will be som e little incon venience to th e public. Those who are contemplating ■hmping trips during September hbonld w rite or apply in person to Lumbermen W ill Meet / Austrians Are Notifed That They Must Pay the Fiddler (By th e U nited P ress) SEATTLE, Sept. 3.— Because his neighbor would not keep her dog from chasing his chickens, F re d e r ick Britz, aged 67, is in jail here, having confessed to slaying Mrs. F ra n k Sm ith a fte r w arning the wom an th a t she would e ith e r have to move or get rid of h er dog. Britz atta ck e d his victim last n ight in her kitchen, using a butcher knife. The w om an’s husband h e a r ing his w ife’s scream s, rushed into the kitchen and knocked th e knife (By th e U nited P res«) from B ritz’s hand a fte r th e wom WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.— Declar an had been severely slashed. Britz recovered the knife, it is a l ing th a t th e sen ato rs who dem and leged, and inflicted fatal w ounds on am endm ent of the peace tre a ty p r o Mrs. Sm ith, who died late r. z pose an insance in te rn atio n a l pol icy, “ in which poltroonery and fal O '® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® lacy are so mixed it is d ifficult to <?> see w hich p red o m in ates.” 3> REPORT THAT BOLSHEVIK 4 S enator H itchcock today opeead <$> FORCES SEEK PEACE 4 the fight for unqualified ratifica tio n ---------- <t of th e peace pact in th e senate. PA RIS, Sept. 3.— A Berne • A m endm ents will not only kill dispatch today rep o rts th a t an th e tre a ty b u t will involve th e U nit '♦> official announcem ent has been ed S tates in enorm ous losses a n d •• received th ere saying the Bol- • dangers, Hitchcock declared. Those <£• shevik forces on th e D neister • dem anding am endm ents, he said, fro n t have asked to negotiate <• ap p ear unaw are of the ad vantages 4> w ith th e R um anians. to be derived by trfe United 8 tatea «> <t th ro u g h th e peace settlem ent. “ Suppose th e sen ate should vote in favor of th e S hantung am end m ent o r any other, w hat w ould hap p e n ? ” he asked. “ Inevitably one of two things, e ith e r the president would refuse to go fu rth e r w ith th e tre a ty , o r he would subm it th e (B y th e United Press) am en d m en t’to th e nation sassociated ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 3.— Added w ith the United States in th e war protection against th e bomb thro w for consideration. er and c a rrie r of concealed weapons “ Does anyone believe they would is expected to resu lt from an am end accept it? m ent to th e penal law which becam e “ I cannot conceive th a t any in effective today. telligent and candid m an would as The provisions of th e new law are sum e such th ing possible,” said very strict. No boy u n d er 16 is a l Hitchcock. "A m erica would then lowed to carry a sling shot, while find herself out in th e cold and iso a person who c arries or possesses lated from th e rest of th e world. a bomb or bom bshell, or possesses “ The w ork of ratify in g th e tre a ty an explosive substance w ith Intern would proceed w ithout us and w ith to use it ag ain st th e person or prop in a period of a few weeks, a fte r erty of a n o th e r is guilty of a felony. F rance and Jap an had ratified the U nder th e new s ta tu te , aliens are tre a ty it w ould be in w orking o r not to be given perm its to carry con d e r.” cealed weapons. The new law de fines a weapon th a t can be con A c a r y from C orvallis cam ped in cealed as a blackjack, billy, club, the au to -p ark last week containing sandbag, m etal knuckles, bludgeon, E. D. Tway and fam ily of th a t city, dagger, d irk, dangerous knife, razor, and G. S. Irw in of Mesa, Ariz. Mr. stiletto , pistol or firearm of such size Irw in had been ou a visit w ith his th a t it can be concealed about the d au g h ter, Mrs. Tway, and they are person. tak in g him back to Arizona. SENATE PLEADS FOR LEAGUE New Curb Placed on Rabid Radicals (By the U nited P ress) PA RIS, Sept. 3.— T h at th e A us tria n s .although no longer under th e m onarchy regim e th a t caused the w ar, cannot escape responsibility for the conflict and m ust pay for its RENNES, F ran ce.— (By M ail.) — consequences, is the m essage th a t is W hen a ru m o r spread th a t a certain being conveyed to V ienna by Aus late cow which had been slaughtered tria n C hancellor R enner, to whom and sold for food, had been su ffe r th e peace tre a ty was handed y e s te r ing from rabies a t the tim e of her day. death, th e population of this F rench At th e sam e he w as handed the village descended on th e doctor and | tre a ty R enner received th e allied th e m ayoi foi advice. reply to the co u n ter proposals of the Everybody who had recently eaten j A u stria n s. l t rejected th e A ustrian beef concluded th a t he o r she h a d ! plea fQr clemGncy th e a „ ies pointing contracted hydrophobia, and had con-j QUt th a t th e w ar wag precipitated b> sequently gone m ad. I th e u ltim atu m of tb e Austria- F o rty -fo u r of th e in h a b ita n ts ,H ungary governm ent to gerbla and bought tick ets for P aris, w here th e y j th a t th e A ugtrian people m ade no intended seeing th e best doctors. effo rt to curb the m ilita rist spirit But o th er passengers aboard the dom inating th e H apsburg regim e. (By th e U nited P ress) tra il rebelled a t th e idea of trav elin g ’ SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3.— T hat w ith people who m ight suddenly go p j Kooy and fam llv of H yland m ad and s ta r t snapping a t them , so In d ian a WGrG cam per8 in th e free th e Pacific Coast will soon see prac th e fo rty -fo u r w ere huddled in c a t auto-cam p fo r a few days during tical proof of th e contention th a t tle cars and m ade th e journey s ta n d th e past week w hile m aking a trip the navy* can bring resu lts for peace ing up,. th ro u g h th e northw est. They w ere as well as w ar, and th a t th e o rg an i A h u n d red m ore w ere g etting bound fo r Van Noyes, a suburb of zation of the Pacific fleet will bring ready to go when a m eat inspector Los Angeles, w here they will spend vast com m ercial developm ent such announced th a t though it was tru e th e w in ter w ith Mrs. Kooy’s sister as Secretary D aniels prom ised ves- th e cow had been infected th ere They had m any nice th in g s to say p o rd a y is confidently expected by w as no d an g er of it being c o n tra ct ab o u t th e A shland camp w hich they business m en everyw here. They point out th a t th e first re re p o rt to be th e best they have found ed. quisite to p roper m aintenance of the The panic subsided. on th e ir travels. fleet a s an efficient fig h tin g unit is good h a rb o rs.. The ships m ust have h a rb o rs fo r work and play, h arb o rs for repairs, h arb o rs for tra in in g statio n s and supply bases. This m eans h a rb o r developm ent. C hannels m ust be w idened and deepened, new docking facilities m ust be provided and preset facili < ► ties m ust be increased in capacity. T he follow ing special price will be m ade th is week to all old \ ’ Deepening of th e channels for th e T idings sem i-w eekly subscribers: navy will benefit the m erchant m a r ine as well and shipping interests DAILY TIDINGS ONE FULL YEAR $5.00 generally will be quick to tak e a d if cash accom panies th e order. vantage of th is developm ent. Those who have a credit on th e Sem i-W eekly will be allow ed '; th a t m uch off th e five dollars for th e com ing year. SYDNEY.— (By M ail.)— A new The b arg ain week ru n s u n til next S aturday. A fter th a t the crutch for th e use of those injured Daily will be $6.00 th e year. in th e w ar, designed to prevent cru tch paralysis, has been invented M erchants- having ledgar acco u n ts w ith th e T idings m ay te le by tw o Sydney m erchanicians. The phone in th e ir subscription a n d th e am ount will be added to th e ir new device, it is expected, will be October 1st bill. adopted by th e m ilita ry au th o rities. Ate Infected Beef; Town Fearèd Rabies Business Men Look ing For Improvement BARGAIN W EEK :: The Daily Tidings Will Be $6 Per Year - Portland Gels Gun Captured By Own Sons (By th e United P ress) PORTLAND, Sept. 3.— Portland’s c a p tu red G erm an cannon awarded for th e city ’s oversubscription to the V ictory L iberty loan was wrested from th e H uns by the m en of th e N inety-first division in the battle of A rgonne F o rest w here fell some of P o rtla n d ’s own sons. T he gun ought to a rriv e w ithin th e next thirty days. R obert E. Sm ith, d irecto r of the W ar Loan organization for the T w elfth F ed eral R eserve district, said ,‘The W ar D epartm ent has ad vised us th a t P o rtlan d will get one of th e guns th a t h er own hoys of th e N inety-first division so valiant ly w rested from th e H uns In the Ar gonne. O ur advices are that the gun has been shipped and ought to a rriv e w ithin th e next th irty days b a rrin g unexpected freig h t delays.” LONDON.— “ W ilson Peace” w ere th e C hristian nam es a luckless Finchley baby had to stan d for th ro u g h being horn peace year, ,