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ASHLANQ C L I M A T E , WITHOUT THE AID OF MEDICINE, CURES NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OF ASTHMA. — “ VOLUME 1 — — U 1"™ » g A shland D aily T idings VIVE TH R E E MONTHS IN THE PU RE OZONE AT ASHLAND. TH E P U R E DOMESTIC W ATER HELPS. II W Successor to The Sem i-W eekly Tidings. Voi. 43. ASHLAND OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1919 NUMBER 67 WOBBLIES BATTLE WITH POSSE » » » » > > •« > ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ » •♦ ♦ ♦ • t ► « « ♦ » ♦« « > > I , m t » Conference May End Coal Miners' Troubles (By the U nited P ress) OLYMPIA, Nov. 17.— The first de ta ils of th e fighting about a cabin in th e dense tim b er 23 m iles n o rth e a s t of C entralia on S aturday a fte r noon when W obbly gunm en, who w ere barricaded th ere, repulsed an a tta c k by a posse of L egionites and deputy sh eriffs was given today by Ben K ing, deputy gam e w arden and a m em ber of th e posse. He said a posseof eight m en ap proached w ithin a hundred and fifty y ard s of th e cabin, when a fusillade of shots m et them . John Haney was sh o t th ro u g h the bead and probably in sta n tly killed. K ing’s h at was shot off, but he was not h u rt. Every effort was m ade by th e re m ain d er of th e posse to reach Haney b u t each atte m p t was m et by a vol ley of shots which seem ed to come not only from th e cabing b ut from behind nearby trees. A fter several such a tte m p ts the posse decided to wait for m ore men and supplies. H aney’s body, says King, lies be tw een two la rg e tre e s a hundred and fifty y ard s from th e cabin. ine faces th e m iddle west. W ith the strik e of coal m iners e n te rin g its th ird week and the reserve supply of coal grow ing sm all, the pinch is being felt in m any cities. Appeals for coal from th e D akotas, M ontana and the N orthw est generally have flooded the offices of the re gional fuel adm in istratio n . The railro a d s' supply of coal is re ported low. The Chicago, M ilwaukee and St. P aul railroad today announced can cellation of four tra in s leaving Chi cago. Several o th er tra in s leaving Mil w aukee and o th er cities along the ro u te were also cancelled. SPOKANE, Nov. 17.— Two heavv m achine guns and fifty high power riot rifles have been ordered for the police d ep artm en t. Police C om m issioner Tilsley ex plained th is as a precau tio n ary m easure. The tw o n ational guard com panies (By tn e United P ress) called out for duty last week have WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— The su dem obilized. T ilsley today form ally asked the prem e court consented jto h e a r on council to re-establish th e rock pile N ovem ber 20 cases from th e New York federal courts involving the co n stitu tio n a lity of w artim e prohibi tion am) th e V olstead enforcem ent act. The cases which cam e up from de cisions by F ederal Judges Hand and Knox, who upheld the two laws, will be heard along w ith sim ilar cases from Louisville w here the c o u rt/h e ld against th e w artim e act. ted States. Sam uel Gom pers, p resi dent of th e A m erican F ed eratio n of Labor, governm ent officials and pub THE CAUSE OF IT ALL. lic delegates were invited to gath er î> <$> w ith the congress in a final hope of <4. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17— Indus- bringing w arring capital and labor • • tria l troubles of the nation are to an understanding. $ <$> the fau lt of: <§> Minimum level of production <8> Findings of the N ational In d u stria l •• of coal, m etal and oil, w ith g Conference, held in W ashington m axim um costs for labor, sup- ♦ th re e weeks ago, will be put before th e gathering. T*he decision of the piles and tra n sp o rta tio n . United Mine W orkers of America, • <$> In flatio n of n atio n al cur- reached at th e recent Cleveland con • ■ rency. • vention and proceedings of th e Coal • C ontinued dem and of labor W age conference in Buffalo also will <«> radicals for n atio nalization of <i, be considered. These will form a ♦ basic in d u stries, and <?> w orking basis for the conference. <4> L ab o r’s dem and for sh o rte r • Seeking a d ju stm en t of ind u strial <•- hours to prevent idleness. conditions, the following program T hat is the sum m ary of the * was announced as a guide for (be «» situ atio n as outlined in the call 4 conference: <$■ for th e “ unofficial” round tab le • Proposed nationalization of in d u s A peace conference which opened • try. 4> here today. In d u stria l relations. * R elation of m ining to labor. R elation of m ining to governm ent — s ta te and national. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17— A djustm ent R elation of m ining to national fi of th e difference betw een the soft nance. F reight rates in relation to indus coal m iners and operato rs seemed in th e offing today as m ine operators try. and m iners’ representatives g a th e r C onservation and protection of w asting industries. ed here for arm istice negotiations. N ational blue' sky laws. Peace in all the in d u stria l world Public lands and w ater power. was seen as a possible outgrow th of th e sessions being atten d ed by A m er In te rn atio n a l petroleum situation ican F ederation of Labor officials, as related to the United S tates and rep resen tativ es of capital, the public Mexico, and governm ent officials. Increased production in m ining The new “conference of V ersailles" and oil industry. opened in conjunction with the 22nd The R ational Exposition oT Mines annual convention of th e A m erican and Mining,, expected to be the la rg M ining congress. The convention will est held in the m iddle west and a be in session five days. national gold conference of W ar The Am erican M ining congress M inerals Producers will he held d u r rep resen ts th e large ow ners and op ing the week in conjunction with e ra to rs of m ines th ro u g h o u t th e Uni- the congress. ► >< ♦ » » »4 GLASS TO I5E SENATOR OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.— The Red River boundary dispute, involv ing oil lands w orth $200.000,000 m ay u ltim ately be settled in such a way th a t n e ith e r of th e contesting s ta te s — Texas and O klahom a— will get th e te rrito ry . And the land m ay revert to its tru e and o riginal ow ners, th e W ich ita Indians. At least th a t will be th e decision if the suprem e court ju stices follow th e suggestion of Joseph P. T hoburn, secretary of th e Oklahom a H istorical society. T he tro u b le sta rte d several years ago when a Texas judge fined and jaile d Tom T esterm an, an O klahom a s ta te se n ato r and oil op erato r, for p e rsistin g in d rillin g on th e land a fte r th e court had issued-an in ju n c tio n p ro hibiting it. The land is ju st so u th of the present Red River, w hich has shifted its course a mile and a half no rth of th e original ch an nel in th e last century. O klahom a a u th o ritie s appointed a receiver to tak e charg e of the lands, w hich, by the m eandering of the sh ifty little stream , had become ap p a re n tly Texas property. Texas b rought suit to prevent O klahom a ta k in g over the land, and finally, a f te r an arm ed clash was th re a te n e d , th e case was tak e n to th e United S tates suprem e court, w here it is now pending. But, according to Thoburn, nei th e r Texas nor Oklahom a has any claim on th e land. It rig h tfu lly be longs to th e W ichita Indians, he says, because they first inhabited the land pnd since being driven from it have not been paid for it hv e ith e r Okla hom a, Texas or the federal govern m ent. T herefore, T hoburn asserts, th e Indians still hold clear title to th e country. “ The ancestors of the W ichita In dians have lived on both sides of Red Ri.ver for a thousand y e a rs,” said Thoburn. “ F o r five hundred years they have occupied th a t part of the country along Red riv er w here it trav erses th e B urkburnet oil fields. “ The right of the W ichita Indians to these lands has never been extin guished by purchase, exchange or otherw ise, though sta te and federal governm ents have seem ingly proceed ed on th e theory th a t th ere was no such right. From th e tim e of its foundation, th e federal governm ent alw ays paid due reg ard , at least in form , to the extinguishm ent of title to lands which were claim ed by the several Indian trib es u n d er ab o rig inal occupancy. The one exception to th is seem s to be th e case of the W ichita Indians “ In IS IS , certain chiefs and w ar riors of the Quapaw- tribe, in council at St. Louis with United States com m issioners, entered into a tre a ty by the term s of which they ceded ail the lands in Oklahom a and Texas be tw een the A rkansas and Canadian rivers on th e no rth and Red riv er on the south to the governm ent. The fact th a t th e Quapaws lived In Ar kansas and had never exercised anv ow nership over lands w ithin 200 m iles of th e region occupied by the W ichitas did not seem to have enter- ( Continued on page four) V? ~ — 1 , Miners and Operators Plan Wage Scale (By the United P ress) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— Actual work of draw ing up a new m iners' wage scale for the central com peti tive field, the g reatest soft coal dis tric t qf the country, was today s ta r t ed here. Com m ittees representing em ployers and w orkers met to draft a schedule. R epresentatives of o th er districts will la te r agree on a wage scale, based on the scale a rran g ed for the cen tral field. The m iners have not entirely re ceded from a five day week and a six hour day, but they show a disposi tion to be conciliatory. Indications are th a t an agreem ent, even though tem porary, will be reached. R eports a re being received th a t m iners are re tu rn in g to work in in creasing num bers, although in m any places hundreds are refusing to re turn. Troops are being w ithdraw « from the coal fields, all fear qf- riots having di sappearp'J. (By th e United P ress) INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17.— Arrest of several d istrict and local officials of th e United Mine W orkers on a charge of violation of the coal strik e injunction is expected today or to m orrow , federal officials here indi cated. D epartm ent of justice agents have gathered rep o rts of injunction viola tions by officials who are alleged to have attended a m eeting of the m iners and m ade speeches urging them to rem ain on strike. If th e officials are a rre ste d they will be charged w ith contem pt of court. • ■ FOILS AGAIN (By the United Press) WASHINGTON. Nov. 4 ?.^ -T h e governm ent today \you its fight in the supreme, cqurt to ta k e from the Southern Pacific railroad valuable oil lands in the Elk Ivlin.. The governm ent charged th at ra il road ag en ts sw ore falsely to obtain title to the disputed lands, co ntrary to th e act of congress which granted th e road certain sections of lands provided they did not contain m in erals. The Southern Pacific answ ered th a t its agents had no way of know ing th a t the land contained oil, and questioned w hether oil w as. m ineral w ithin the m eaning of th e act. The d istrict co urt decided for the governm ent and th e appeals court for th e road. “ These lands a t the tim e th e p at ents were issued were known to be valuable for oil, we believe,” the suprem e court stated in its opinion upholding th e governm ent. OAKLAND, Nov. 17.— Irene Jo h n son, 23-year-old girl bandit, and Bert WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— The G arrett, her sw eetheart, both w anted governm ent' today m ade urgent rep on various charges in C alifornia c it resen tatio n s to Mexico for im m ediate ies, are under a rre s t here. release of A m erican Consul Jenkins Irene adm itted th a t she single i at Puebla, a rre ste d bv the Mexican handed bound, gagged and robbed a | a u th b rities, the sta te dep artm en t an Richm ond p hotographer of $335 at nounced. his studio S aturday night. Jen k in s was arre ste d on a charge “ I w anted to show Bert I w asn’t of having conspired with th e b an yellow ,” she said. « (By the United Press) dits who recently kidnapped him, bis “ It was my first job and a fte r I MULLAN, Idaho, Nqv. IT.— P. P. alleged m otive being to split the re pulled it he patted me on the back G rant and E npl Hayko, m iners, are ward. ‘ and said: Irene, you’re a w onder.’ ” believed buried alive in the H unter The sta te departm ent und erstan d s She said she came here from Ore m ine here. Rescue parties are dig th a t peons m ade the charges but th a t gon. A stolen gown which Iren e ging feverishly to reach them . they w y e baseless. wore, seen on her by the woman A cavein occurred Sunday on the Jen k in s was released w ithout bail from whom it was stolen, led to the tw enty-seventh floor. two hours a fte r his a rre s t but was c ap tu re of th e pair. W hatever the men were crushed ia forced to ¿em ain in bis home. d eath o r m erely im prisoned is un known. Socialists Lose in French Elections PARIS, Nov. 17.— Sweeping rep u diation of socialists characterized F ra n ce ’s p arliam en tary elections la /t Saturday. W hile th e com plete re sult will not be known for some tim e indications are th a t the coalition and republican p arties won a sm ashing victory. The cam paign centered largely on vindication of the w ar policies of P rem ier Clem enceau and his actions in th e peace conference. The socialists, who opposed m any of his m easures, m ade a stren u o u s cam paign to d efeat his supporters. Conservative SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.— F o l lowing are m ark et quotations: , Candidates Win EGGS— E xtras, 8 6 ’¿ c . (By th e U nited P ress) ROME, Nov. 17.— C onservative candidates ap p aren tly have succeed ed generally in overcom ing the th re a te n e d socialist sweep in the p a rliam en tary elections.. C andidates of th e Catholic parties seem to have scored heavily. A lthough violence and rioting Mrs. Agnes H erndon of K lam ath m arked the cam paign th ro u g h o u t the F alls come over last evening to pay e n tire kingdom , election day itself passed quietly. a visit w ith A shland relatives. BUTTER— E xtras, 67c. POULTRY— Broilers, 44c; hens, 36c. CATTLE— Top steers, 11c. HOGS— Top, 16c. SH E E P— E w es,'7c; w ethers. 914c. BARLEY — Spot feed, $3.45; shipping, $3.30. ’ TO FINISH NOW will be presented and be disposed tlf tom orrow and th a t a vote on the (By the Tinted Tress) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— The ratifica tio n m easure will follow im m ediately. Lodge reservation program received its first reverse in the senate today WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— P res. when reservation fourteen was de W ilson today o rdered defeat of th e feated by a vote of 64 to 29. lesolution ratify in g the peace tre a ty The defeated tre a ty resolution containing th e Lodge reservations, would have prevented acceptance by the United States of any in terest in according to Senator H itchcock, fol th e disposition of form er G erm an lowing a conference w ith the presi dent. colonies. It is said W ilson will pocket th e Forty-one dem ocrats voted against tre a ty if ratified with th e Lodge res the reservation. ervations, m eaning he will refuse to accept it. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.— The The president has pow er to pig most critical week in the tre a ty fight eonhole it, sim ply laying ratificatio n opened today. The ta te of th e res aside and ignoring it. olution of ratificatio n , now being A pparently W ilson is proceeding d rafted by th e senate, sittin g as a on the theory th a t th e opposition will com m ittee of th e whole, is expected' not d are to kill th e whole peace se t to be settled at a conference P re si tlem ent by refusing to let m ore r a t dent Wilson and Senator Hitchcock ification reso lu tio n s be introduced a re holding th is m orning. a fte r th e first one is rejected. 1 nless th e president reverses his Lodge appears to have m arshalled previous stan d he will decree defeat bis forces for th e final fight. A te n for th e ratification if it contains tativ e plan was adopted a t a confer the. Lodge reservation which rhe ence of all the republican factions, president holds nullifies A rticle Ten. it was sta te d , by which the republi Hitchcock then plans to present a can m ajo rity will vote to declare the resolution of s tra ig h t unqualified tre a ty rejected in event th e Lodge ratification which th e opposition will resolution containing the reserva probably defeat. Hitchcock believes tions is defeated. a com prom ise will follow. But Lodge and o th er opposition leaders plan to resist any endeavor to introduce a new ratification re s olution if th e one now form ing is beaten, They assert defeat of th is reso lu tion will kill th e treaty . They would then have congress pass a resolution declaring th e w ar ended. A rrangem ents for negotiating a WASHINGTON, NoV. 17. — The sep arate peace with G erm any would president is m uch b etter, he is “ full then be tak en up. of fig h t,” said S ecretary T um ulty to The senate today considered m ore day. A fter the conference wit I t of the Lodge reservations. Hitchcock the president rode in t h ‘> It is expected the e n tire reserva W hite House ground in a wheel tion program , including the propos chair, his first time, out of doors als of o th er senators besides Lodge since early in October. FULL OF FIGHT «1 WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.— Secre ta ry of the T reasury Glass will re sign to accept the sen ato rsh ip from NEW YORK, Nov. 17.— Removal V irginia, it is stated a u th o ritativ ely of six women public school teachers CHICAGO. Nov. 17. — G eneral from th e W hite House. for alleged m em bership in the Com w age increases fo r m em bers of th e m unist p arty was today sought by R ailroad B rotherhoods m ust be in ................................. í. i, Î, î, «, W illiam E ttin g e r, city school super cluded in th e offer of Rail D irector »> WEATHER FORECAST -4» intendent. G eneral H ines or it will not be ac- ---------- * <S> C harges ag ain st th e teach ers are pected. P resid en t Shea of the R ail ♦ F o r Oregon— Rain west, fair based on papers seized in recent way F irem en, declared today in a <î> east. > taids. T hree of them a re said to sta te m e n t. have confessed affiliation w ith the Bolsheviki and th e ir belief in com m unist m anifesto, which officials de? elated co nstituted crim inal anarchy. Indian Tribe May Regain Lost Domain » • • • » « ♦ ♦ » « » ♦ » ..................... Ashland Hiqh Beats Medford at Football A shland triu m p h ed over h e r old rival, M edford, on th e high school football field S aturday afternoon by th e narrow m argin of one point in a gam e which held every variety of th rill which a football gam e could hold. J u s t as “ W ho won th e w ar” will probably be fought out aro u n d fire places for years to cqrne. “ Who won the gam e” is one of those unan sw erable questions. Did ‘ Dom ” Provost, who b attered his way th ro u g h th e M edford line tim e a fte r tim e and who caught Bry a n t’s long pass and went over for th e score, o r “ Deek” B ryant, who certainly used the old bean in a m an lier which would have done credit to a v e te ran college qu arterb ack and who accurately placed the afo re said th irty -y ard haul, o r did Burton W inne who, w ith C aptain Young, stopped the plunging M edfordites in two out of every th re e plays and who overcam e a handicap of tw enty yards in an eighty yard sp rin t to catch a M edford half w ithin six yards of A shland’s goal? Ju st as th e w ar was won by the allies, th e gam e was won by th e Ashland team . A ssuredly the Ashland team got away for the most sensational play in football, a beautiful long forw ard pass, for th e ir touchdow n. That m ight be called “ lu ck .” But on the o th er hand, M edford’s touchdow n came a fte r a m easurem ent had shown them to have m ade fourth down and kept possession of the hall on the Ashland one-foot line, by a m argin of inches. “ Dom” Provost booted A shland’s goal, the hall going about eight inches inside the goal posts. The M edford kicker d id n ’t even come close. P robably if a record of yardage had been kept, Medford would he found to have carried the ball twice as far as Ashland. The red and w hite, on *he o th er hand, w orked a dozen passes to M edford’s one and B ryant outkicked his rival on every exchange. The big th rill of th e game came in the second q u a rte r when a Med ford half got aw ay from his own forty-yard line and w ith excellent in terferen ce went clear th ro u g h the A shland prim ary and secondary de- tense. W inne, who is th e fastest big m an around these p arts, saved a touchdow n with a sp rin t as h eretofore recorded. Then ju st to show that he d id n ’t intend to have all that pood effo rt wasted he drove th ro u g h th e M edford line th re e tim es in suc cession and nailed the M edford backs: for losses, giving A shland th e half and a chance to kick out of danger. This boy, who did not play a t the Pass or in th e Falls game here on account g d ' arm y in ju ries, will cer tainly m ake it hot for G ran ts P ass next Saturday. M edford held on th e ir own th ree yard line in th e la s t q u a rte r just to show them selves capable of th e stone-w all stuff. A shland’s score cam e as th e re sult of a p retty com bination of passes interspersed with enough line- bucks to keep the M edford defense- guessing. M edford scored on s tra ig h t foot ball w ith one or two short passes to heln along. C aptain Y oung of the hom e team injects a w orld of pen into his meir and is him self a te rro r at breaking tin nlays and blocking punts. In cidentally he is the most a c c u ra te passer the w rite r has ever seen in a high school center. He used th - technically difficult sniral pass in sending the ball to the backs from scrim m age. Onlv two or th re e penalties for technical fouls were assessed T here was not even a hint of roughness to m ar the gam e although the terrific nace set and the b a tte rin g ran» sm ashes resulted in a num ber of “ tim e o u ts” while th e “ b a tte re e ” got his bearings. “ Dom” Provost bore th e b ru n t of thp Ashland a ttack an I also sm ashed up th in g s considerably on th e defence and was about all in. by the last w histle hut is none the worse for wear. A shland lined up with Young at center. Neeley and Carlon guards. W inne and C larke tackles. Schuerm an and Beeson ends. Bryant q u arter- hack, Provost fullback, Jones and W olters halves. Small went in fo r Neeley in the last q u arter. Next S aturday A shland goes on’ for revenge against G rants Pass and (Continued on Page Four)