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A shland D aily T idings ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919 VOL. XLIII <i> MEXICANS MAY STRIKE O BECAUSE YANKS FIRED <t> ---------- V MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4.— <$• The e n tire force of th e Mexico <i> City E lectric com pany, o p erat- <$> ing th e local stre e t railw ays, w a te r and lig h t p lan ts, th re a t- *> ens a s trik e today because five <S> of th e A m erican em ployes who j <£ have held responsible positions 1 3> fo r m any years, w ere dis- ' <£• charged w ith o u t reason. B rit- ■$> ish in te re sts own th e com pany. <i> * (Special to T he T idings) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— T hat the A m erican arm y a irp lan e fired upon by M exicans on th e b o rd er ■when C aptain McNab was w ounded, w as a t no tim e over Mexican te r rito ry , an official rep o rt to th e w ar d e p a rtm e n t from L aredo, Tex^s, a s serted . The rep o rt declared th e plane was n o n e a re r Mexico th a n th e riv er alo n g th e border. T he m achine w as flying a t a h e ig h t of 500 feet w hen L ieu ten an t Jo hnson, th e observer, noticed th a t a M exican tow n on th e o th e r side o f th e riv er contained an unusual n u m b e r of people. W hen th e av iato rs descended tr 100 feet above th e river to observe th e tow n, th e M exicans fired on the p lane. 1 (By th e U nited P re ss) PA RIS, Sept. 4.— The peace con feren ce today g ran te d A ustria an -extension of tw o days for her con- ■ ideration of the peace tre a ty . The A u stria n delegates will probably eig n th e tre a ty Septem ber 12. R R Men Reject 4-Cent Raise (B y th e United P ress) W ASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— The ra ilro a d shopm en voted overw helm in gly today to reje ct P resident W il s o n ’s proposal for a four cent per h o u r increase, b u t also voted to leave th e m a tte r of a s trik e in the h a n d s of th e ir n a tio n a l officers. The railw ay dep artm en t o f th e Am erican F e d e ra tio n of L abor .announced the r e s u lt of th e vote. T he vote was 345,000 to 25,000 t o reje ct th e four cen t Increase, It is a n n o u n c ed . \ “ T h ere will be ’ no im m ediate s tr ik e ,” said P re sid e n t Ryan of the sh o p m en 's union. “ W e will give th e governm ent a rea so n a b le tim e in which to show r e s u lts in its a tte m p t to low er liv in g costs.” MURDERED BY MEXICANS (By th e U nited P ress) 4. — LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 4.— LAREDO, Texas, Sept ■Charges th a t C arran zlsista soldiers m u rd e red Jo h n C orrell, an A m eri can ranchm an, n ear Tam pico sev e ra l w eeks ago a re confirm ed in special dispatches from Tam pico. PRESIDENT MAY NOT EAT (By th e U nited P re ss) OMAHA, Sept. 4.— P resid en t W il t o n m ay have d ifficulty in g etting b re a k fa s t when he arriv es here on M onday m orning as several hundred cooks and w aiters stru ck today, de ■sanding recognition of th e ir union and b e tte r w orking conditions. FI SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.— F o l low ing a re San Francisco m ark et .q u o ta tio n s: BU TTER— E x tra, 61c; F irst, 57c. EGGS — E xtras. 66c; F irsts, S S t t e ; P u lle ts, 5 6 ^ c . and POULTRY— Broilers, 31c 32c; hens, 28 and 34c. CA TTLE— T op steers, 10 and 10% c; seconds, 9c and 10c; cows, h e ife rs, 88 H e ; calves 8c and 10c. HOGS— Top, 16 H e ; bulk, 16c. S H E E P — Ewes, 6 H e and 7c; Wethers, 8 H e and 9c; lam bs, 10c BARLEY— Feed, >3 and 13.05; Ihipplng, > 3.07H and > 3.12H <$> <e> «> <$• <»- €> <S> <•> $> Frightened By Bear, Pony Wilson Says No Breaks neck To Third Term ABOARD TH E PR ESID EN T'S SPECIAL, Sept. 4.— P resid en t W il son, invading th e w est in his cam paign for an unam ended ra tific a tion of th e peace tre a ty , cam e into contact w ith th e “ plain fo lk s” a t Dennison, Ohio, for th e first tim e on The p resident was on th e obser vation platfo rm of his p riv ate car, when th e special h alted to change engines. A crowd of 40 persons had g a th ered and one old m an, who said he had lost tw o sons in th e w ar, asked W ilson to fix th in g s” so he would not have to lose th e th ird . The president then s ta rte d h a n d shaking. T hird term ta lk ap p aren tly re ceived a blow in a b it of re p a rte e betw een P re sid e n t W ilson and a ma nin th e crowd. “ Dennison voted a g ain st you th e last tim e b u t we will vote for you in 1920,” th e m an shouted. W ilson laughed and shook his head. “ Oh, no,” he said. A v aluable pony belonging to F re d W. H e rrin was killed th e fore p a rt o f th e week, according to news th a t cam e in to A shland from Mr. H e rrin ’s sheep ran c h yesterday. R o b ert H errin a n d R o b ert W arn er w ere o u t h u n tin g , a n d h ad tie d th e ir horses n e a r w h ere they m ade cam p. In th e n ig h t th e pony ridden by young H e rrin becam e frig h ten ed a t a b ear, according to th e rep o rt, and in a tte m p tin g to b rea k Its te th e r, drew th e rope by w hich it was tied, so tig h tly th a t th e an im al w as s tr a n g ulated. \ MINT BRINGS $430 ACRE (Special to The Tidings) ALBANY, Or., Sept. 4.—-Four h u n d red a n d fifty d o llars an acre is th e r e tu r n received th is y e a r by E. B. W allace in m int grow ing. Mr. W allace has e ig h t acres in m int on his farm a b o u t e ig h t m iles e ast of Albany, on th e Santiam bottom , and from it secu red 360 pounds of m int oil. T his is sellin g now for >10 a pound. Mr. W allace has been raisin g m in t sev eral years. JAPA N PLANNING GREAT TUNNEL UNDER STRAIT PERSHING PROMOTED (By th e U nited P re ss) (By th e U nited P re ss) TOKYO.— (By M ail.)— Officials W ASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— The of th e im perial governm ent railw ays Senate today nnanlm ously confirm ed have decided to ru n a subm arine th e n o m in atio n of G eneral P e rsh tu n n el th ro u g h th e Shim onoseki- ing to be a full general. Moji stra it. The w ork will be s ta r t ed th is year, and it is expected it will req u ire nine o r ten y ears to com plete it. At p resent th e railw ay system s of H onshu, which is th e m ain island of th e em pire, and Yyushu a re con nected by ferry. The cost of th e tu n n el, it is e sti m ated, will be about 20,000,000 yen. Its co nstruction will be a tten d ed by g re a te r difficulties th an in th e E ng lish channel, w here geological for m ation is sim pler and b e tte r u n d er stood. E xperts and w orkm en who will be em ployed on the u n d e rta k ing will be sent to E urope and (B y th e U nited P ress) A m erica to study sim ilar engineer GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 4.— ing feats. The Mexican consul here officially announce today th a t F rancisco Villa, w ith a Bmall force of m en is s u r rounded in a canyon In th e D urango section by federal forces. The C arranzi8tas, w hile pursu in g V illa’s m en, killed, w ounded and captured 275 in tw o engagem ents, th e sta te m e n t added. (By the U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— The M INERS PR EPA R IN G FO R R epublican m ajo rity in th e Senate IM PORTAN T CONVENTION foreign relatio n s com m ittee has practically com pleted its work on (By th e U nited P ress) the peace tre a ty . The reservations CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 4.— The which will be presented to th e sen m ost im p o rta n t convention ever a te have been agreed upon as have held by th e U nited Mine W orkers of th e proposed am endm ents to th e A m erica will begin here next Sep tre a ty . All th a t now rem ains is to tem ber 9 and is expected to continue hold a form al session o r tw o, re m ore ’th a n tw o weeks. W age cording th e votes o rdering Senator scales and re a d ju stm e n t of w orking Lodge to lay th e tre a ty before the conditions in various ways will come senate. up fo r consideration. Am ong o th er The D em ocratic m inority on the th in g s a resolution asking n a tio n a li com m ittee, joined by Senator Mc- zation of th e bitum inous industry, Cumbe.r, R epublican, expects to p re which th e session will rep resen t, sent a rep o rt, probably in th e form probably will be in tro d u ced and of a resolution for th e unqualified adopted. ratifica tio n of th e tre a ty . Seventeen h u n d red accredited delegates from all sections of th e SOUTH AMERICANS HAVE U nited S tates will be present, and UNIQUE FORM O F GRAFT in addition th e re will be th re e h u n (By th e U nited P re ss) dred g en eral officers and officers BUENOS A IR ES.— (By M ail.) — of local unions. M any o th ers also The tra v e le r abroad, p articu la rly th e will be present. They w ill present N orth A m erican, daily ru n s across 400,000 m iners of bitum inous coal. exam ples of original and fearfully Jo h n I. Lewis, actin g president, am azing g raft. One of th e sim plest will preside in th e absence of and m ost a sto u n d in g exists here, F ra n k J. H ayes, who is in a hos and w orst of all, even th e natives p ita l n e a r In d ian ap o lis recovering fall fo r it. from a nervous breakdow n. A bout n ightfall betw een th e tea and d in n er hours, it is a general cus WOMEN NOMINATE tom to hire a “coche” and drive (By th e U nited P ress) about P alerm o park to look over th e ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 4.— Incom w ell-know n beauty * and chivalry plete re tu rn s indicate th a t A tlan ta 'rtie c a rria g e is caught in a jam of women, voting in th e m unicipal pri tra ffic and an obviously otherw ise m aries fo r th e firs t tim e, nom inated unem ployed youth sidles up to th e all th e ir can d id ates by overw helm conveyance, uses all of tw o perfect ing m ajorities. ly good m atchs to light th e lam ps of th e hired hack, then presents th e - PRESIDENT ON WAY inevitable open palm to th e fare. (By the United Press) The only reason to u rists from th e COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4.— The good old U. S. A. come th ro u g h is president left for Indianapolis at 1 because they cannot help adm iring o’clock. He stood on th e back p la t th e la d ’s nerve, or because they a re form of th e tra in w aving his h a t to too surprised to do an y th in g b u t th e crow d a t th e sta tio n a s his tra in Pay. palled out. * ■fe-k Wilson Predicts Another World Conflict if Treaty Not Ratified (By th e U nited P ress) COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 4.— T h at a new e ffo rt a t conquest will be m ade by som e natio n as soon as th e last w ar is recovered from unless th e U nited S tates ra tifie s th e peace tre a ty , including th e league of n a tions, P resid en t W ilson declared here today in th e first speech and his ratifica tio n cam paign today. ‘‘The league of nations is th e only safeguard a g ain st m ore w a rs,” he asserted, and fu rth e rm o re , he said th e league m ust be ratified by the U nited S tates to m ake good ou r prom ise to th e A m erican soldiers who w ere called upon to fight to end a ll w ars. The p resid en t predicted th a t peace will be b ro u g h t into contem pt w ith o u t th e league and th e said tre a ty rectified age-long w rongs in E urope, w hich had been fertile sources of w ars for generations. His audience, which packed the hall to th e roof, listened for the m ost p a rt in silence, w ith occasional b rief o u tb u rsts of handclapping. P resid en t W ilson m ade no o ra to r ical e ffo rt b u t explained th e tre a ty w ith p a in sta k in g detail, like a lec turer. He said th e tre a ty is “ shot th ro u g h w ith th e A m erican p rinci ple of lettin g th e people pick their g o v ern m en t.” This bro u g h t loud cheers. The tre a ty contains the “ M agna C harta of labor, a th in g un heard of u ntil th is in te restin g year of g race,” declared th e president. He said th e in te rn a tio n a l labor con ference will be held in W ashington next m onth u n d e r th is clause. “And let me tell you one th in g ,” he ad ded grim ly, th ru s tin g o u t his jaw, “ th a t conference will m eet next m onth no m a tte r w h eth er tu e tre a ty is ratified by th a t tim e o r n o t.” He declared th a t arg u m en ts ^g ain st th e tre a ty are based upon m isu n d erstan d in g s and asked his h e a re rs to use every local influence tow ard the acceptance of th e treaty . “ And when th is tre a ty is accepted, as it is will be accepted, the men in khaki will not have to cross the seas a g a in .” P resid en t W ilson rode to Mem orial hall th ro u g h th e principal streets, cheered by ra th e r sparse crowds. This s tre e t car strik e pre vented m any people from getting down town. He was greeted by the (By th e U nited P ress) singing of “ Dixie” as he entered DUBLIN, Sept. 4.— L arge m ilitarj th e hall and was loudly cheered for forces arrived in the T ipperary dis several m inutes. tric t today, follow ing fu rth e r evi dences of differences Mi betw een th< The president was escorted to the residents ot th e d istric t an d the hall by a com pany of in fa n try while B ritish a u th o rities. airplanes m aneuvered overhead. He One co n ta rb u la ry sergeant wat entered th e au d ito riu m a t 11:30. shot in the head and killed and an T here was one e a rsp littin g yell, and o th er constable seriously w oundef then a confusion of noise as the Tuesday n ight by an assassin whi people se ttle d them selves to hear fired from th e shrubbery by the his speech. roadside. F o rm e r G overnor Cam pbell, in troducing th e president, referred t< him as “th e first citizen of the rounc w orld." W ilson in s ta rtin g his address af te r th e ovation declared th a t for : long tim e he had desired to “ go ou and rep o rt tb my fellow citizens o peace.” He said th e “ only people Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k Brown am owe a rep o rt to a re you, and you children of G resham s tre e t ha< fellow citizens of th e United State: quite a narrow escape from seriou All th e speeches on th e tre a ty h in ju ry the first of th e week whe had read threw no .lig h t on tlr th e ir c ar in which they were driv tre a ty , he stated , and asserted tha ing o verturned on a grade on th the treaty , in th e first place wu1 m ountains. The Brown fam ily ha. designed to punish Germ any, ad been visiting in C alifornia w her ding: “ The term s a re severe bui they had purchased a new autom c ju s t.” bile and were re tu rn in g home in il Tipperary Invaded by Britishers Livestock Men Declare High Cost of Meats a. “ Serious Menace Affer Villa Once Again PEACE TREATY UP TO SENATE NUMBER 4 (By th e U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— D eclar ing th a t th e steadily rising cost of living is “a serious m enace,” th e A m erican L ivestock association m ark e t com m ittee has addressed a le tte r to P resid en t W ilson, o u tlin ing the follow ing program of relief: The placing of tw o hundred m il (By th e U nited P ress) lion acres of public grazing land u n d e r fed eral control to increase PA RIS, Sept. 4.— B oth th e S er m eat p roduction; prom pt com ple bian a n d R um anian peace delegates tio n of th e d ep artm en t of agricul- have announced th a t th e ir countrie.< tu r e ’s survey covering th e cost o f , will probably refuse to ratify the m eat production, from th e farm to I peace tre a ty , due to th e charactci th e consum er; enactm ent of legisla- of th e g u a ra n tee s w hich it gives to tio n looking tow ard federal cpntrol th e racial m in orities. T hese coun of th e m eat in d u stry , sim ilar to tries contend th at the proposed th a t proposed in th e Kenyon and peace settlem en t im pairs th eir in K endrick bills now pending in con- te re sts in th e B alkans. gress. I RATIFY PEACE TREATY, Ratify Treaty at Once Says Labor Leader ( • (Special to T he T idings) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 4.— Im m ediate ratifica tio n of th e peace tre a ty including th e league ot n a tions, w as dem anded by W arren Stone, g ran d chief of th e B ro th er hood of Locom otive E ngineers, in an interview here today. He said, The w hole country is in a tu rm o il and u n rest is perm eating th e land. The U nited S tates sen ato rs should stop playing p etty p a rtisa n politics and ra tify th e peace tre a ty im m edi a te ly .” F IR E FIG H TER S TO CONVENE (By th e U nited P ress) PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 4. — M embers of th e executive board oi th e In te rn a tio n a l A ssociation o F ire F ig h te rs m et h ere today to m ake plans for th e a n n u a l session of th e association, which will be held d u rin g th e week beginning Septem ber 8. D elegates from 225 local o rg an i zations in th e U nited S tates and C anada a re expected here for the convention. E ach local will send from one to five representatives, tc th e to ta l num ber of 1000, it is a n ticipated. Near Delta, Calif., they had to mak a d e to u r on account of road coi stru ctio n , and in negotiating th rough road th e car went over th< grade, spilling out th e occupant: and badly sm ashing th e machine By alm ost a m iracle no one was hui but th e fam ily was compelled t camp th ere until th e car could b repaired. JAPAN IMPROVES PLAN (By the United P ress) W ASHINGTON, Sept. 4 .— The Senate and H ouse labor com m ittees unanim ously approved in joint ses sion today President W ilson ’s ca ll, ing o f an industrial “ round ta b le” conference in an effo rt to ad ju st present critical conditions. (By the U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.— F orm al congressional approval of P resid en t W ilson’s plan for an in d u stria l con ference next m onth was considered today in a joint session of th e house, senate and labor ¿committees, which took up, am ong o th er things, th e Poindexter-K elly resolution, in tro duced in both houses several weeks ago. Replying to th e criticism of a St. Louis business m an, C enator Poin- lexter m ade public a le tte r today leclaring th a t som e men of prop erty “ a re not even a w a re ” of th e lan g er of a revolution in the United States. The lette r, which was sent to th e St. Louis C ham ber of Com m erce, :ontinued: “ A pparently it is nec- 'ssary for th e governm ent to devise ways and m eans for p ro tectin g .hose who a re not only able to pro- ect them selves, but a re not even w are of the danger which confronts them . “ Your idea of paying no a tte n tion to th is d an g er on th e p a rt of he federal governm ent w ould be ery delightful if it w ere not for the act th a t the federal governm ent is he only agency able to cope w ith his revolutionary m ovem ent." SEIZE KIEFF FOR TRAINING ARMIE. (By th e United Press) TOKYO.— (By M ail.) — Lieuten a n t G eneral T anaka, m in ister t (By th e U nited P ress) w ar, is carrying out various plan BASLE, Sw itzerland, Sept. 4.— for th e im provem ent of technica U krainian forces occupied K ieff to- branches of m ilitary service. Th< lay a fte r violent fighting w ith th e a u th o rities have decided to raise th< Bolshevik defenders, official dle- sta tu s of the M ilitary, A rtillery a ir >atches sta te . E ngineering school and re-nam e i th e M ilitary Technical university ■IT. LOUIS NEGROES PLAN This, w ith th e M ilitary university OWN DEPARTM ENT STORE which is an in stitu tio n for officei (By th e United P ress) in active service, principally dealin ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4.— A co-opera- with tactics, will be the highest mil ive d e p a rtm e n t sto re organized, itary tra in in g establishm ents in th< nanaged and for negroes w as being em pire. Banned here today. The M ilitary, A rtillery and En A m eeting is expected to provide gineering school has so far bee’ unds for th e e n terp rise. Stock confined to the a rtille ry and engin m ounting to >25,000 has been sub eering services, but when extende. scribed and th e balance of >100,- into a technical university, student' 000 is expected to be raised to m o r selected from am ong those servin row. in any branch of th e arm y— infant Dr. B. G. Shaw, p asto r of th e ry, cavalry, a rtillery , engineers, ain M etropolitan A. M. E Zion church com m issariat— will be adm itted an- and p resident of th e Co-operativa ta u g h t the technical side of military Association of L iberty, is founder m atters. A new system will b >f the idea. “ We are going to sep- adopted w hereby the stu d e n ts of sci ira te ourselves,” he said today. “ I ence or engineering in th e im perii hink it is well for us to build up a universities who a re to do servic •vhole section com m ercially and o th in th e arm y in th e fu tu re will h erw ise.” given school expenses by the military au th o rities. FALLS FROM WINDOW’ AND BREKS NEC) (By th e United P ress) (If you don’t know SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.— Mrs m issed som ething) M artha Brew er, aged 45, fell fror today w ith nothing a window on the fo u rth floor of th and two bucks. Your Paisley hotel today and was instant ly killed, her neck being broken an. h er skull crushed. R elatives sa (Special to The Tidings) th a t she was subject to faintin GRANTS PASS, Sept. 4.— F. B. spells and probably fell while suf B arrick of Sucker creek is in th e ferin g one of them . She was cla«-' city in th e in te re st of im provem ent only in h e r n ig h t clothes. of th e Oregon Caves tra il on th e H olland side, on which his hom e is W e a re sending th e Daily th is week to all old subscribers of YAQITS KILL AMERICAN lated. He has w ritten to S enator th e Sem i-W eekly w h eth er they are in a rre a rs or not. Those in NOGALES, Ariz., Sept. 4.— A. P C ham berlain several tim es ab o u t a rre a rs will receive th e ir last copy of th e Daily S aturday evening Hennessey, an A m erican, was killed the m a tte r and th e se n ato r has been unless th e ir subscription is renew ed. The price of th e Daily T id yesterday, when Yaqui Indians at it w ork w ith th e forestry d e p a rt ings is 15 cents th e week, 50 cents th e m onth, o r >6.00 th e year. tacked th e tru c k H ennessy w ai m ent. D uring the spring Mr. B ar All who pay before S atu rd ay night m ay ta k e ad v an tag e of th e driving n e a r San Juiver, in Sonora rick placed a petition in a pro tect B argain W eek price, >5.00 fo r th e year. according to a dispatch today. Fou- e d place on the tra il and secured th e C arranzista soldiers were also sig n a tu re s of m ore th an a hundred killed. visitors to th e caves and w ith per sonal e ffo rt he secured on a n o th e r NOTICE petition enough sig n a tu re s to brin g If you desire to ta k e a d v an tag e of th e B argain W eek price for Dr. Saw yer has gone to Chicago th e n um ber to 300. Mr. B arrick th e Daily do not fail to telephone in you ro rd e r before S aturday to ta k e some p o st-g rad u ate clinic has been living on th e tra il for th e n ig h t. A fter th a t th e price will be >6.00 th e year, u n til then w ork, and h e r office will be closed past 16 y ears and he hopes to see >5.00 th e year. u n til Novem ber 1, when she will re th e wagon road extended an d the turn. l-4 t tr a il im proved. _ Bob W arn er him you have ju st got hom e but a too th ach e ante. NOTICE TO DELINQUENTS MR. MERCHANT