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Hm, librarian' 7 T V" DINGS . ASHLAND, OREGON, JBIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, i9')9 NUMBER 11 M. Ii. Dm ! vol. XLiii . . . ... , . ; . r "IfPFdPIF MMflPRTAMfl TRFATV I ii i i 111 i i iiiiin 111 1 1 ni ii i i in n i II IT WILL BE : SAYS By L. C. Martin, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. "If the lenate understands, and American people understand tbli treaty It wilt be defeated." This, according o William Bullitt, testifying before the senate Foreign Relations Committee today, was the statement made blm by Secretary of State Lansing on May 19. Secretary Lansing, he declared, continued, "But I wonder If they will understand what It will let us in for. It it my personal opinion that Sena tor Knox probably will really under itand it and Senator Lodge will, but Lodge's position would be purely po litical. Senator Knox might instruct the people." . . Previous to bis testimony concern ing Lansing's alleged utterances, Bullitt bad shown the committee a document which he said wa sthe original of President Wilson's League of Nations draft, written by WlUon personally. , He also presented copies of Gen eral Smuts' original proposal. Lord Cecil's orlginul plan and the presi dent's second proposal. He said these original drafts soon gav way In the Paris discussions to the plan drafted by the British Com mission ol International Lawyers. Bullitttwaa chief of the division of current Intelligence for the Unit ed States Peace Commission. , , . Bullitt also showed ' committee copies of other original drafts, tes tified about bis trip to Russia to got from Lenine a declaration on which fighting would be stopped. ' Concerning the proposed Prinkipos conference among ,all, Russian- fac tions, Bullitt testified that French opposition defeated the plan. , He ald the copy of Wilson ' orig inal League of Nations draft was written on the president's own type writer and 'given to'hlm by Colonel House. The document bears the In scription "For William Bullitt, in ap preciation of jour help in an hour of need." ' Senator Knox asked Bullitt what be regarded as the president's great est contribution to the League cov enant, and Bullitt replied that as far as he knew the only proposition of the president which remained fairly Intact was Article. Ten. LA.N'SINO -WON'T TALK ; HENDERSON HARBOR. N.' Y.. Sept. II. Secretary Lansing said today that he hud no comment to make on William Bullitt's testimony before the senate foreign relations committee. . . By Hugh Bnlllle . . (United Press Staff Correspondent.) ' RATHDRUM, Idaho, ..Sept. 12. In" chill and drilling rain, Presi dent Wilson left his special train here at 9 o'clock 'this morning tor an automobile, trip to Coeur de'Alene, where he was to speak. Dr. Grayson,' the president's physi cian, saw to 'it that, the president was well bundled up and that every precaution was taken to prevent him from taking cold in the " sudden change of temperature ill T The Talent Mi-'E. church has closed Its year With a clean slate, so far as any ' Indebtedness Is con cerned. Last Sunday Rev.- C. A. Ed awards, acting district superintendent, conducted quarterly conference, at which It was planned to unite this church with Wagner Creek and pro cure a minister tor the coming year. The Talent church had been under !'the charge of M. C. Reed for sev eral years, until he. left a year ago 'to join the Ellison-White Chautau qua company. Since then the charge , has been ably -taken cnre of by Mrs. ' Reed, who leaves this month with - Jer husband for New Zealand. - illDAHO m CHURCH I FROM DEB S I W IV defeated; SEC. LANSIN FLEET E :K. S (By the United Press) ; SEATTLE, 8-pt. 12. The flint Hhlp of the Pacific fleet arrived here at 10:150 followed by 4 Pacific de fender. Thro hundred thousand people lined the water front. . . . . (By the United Press) VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 12. The United States battleships New Mex ico and Arkansas crossed the straits of Juan De Fuca this morning oh their way to join the remainder of the .fleet entering Puget Sound. , HE IW BOURNEMOUTH, Eng., Sept. 12 Nine British, French and Italian seaplanes faced . the starter' here when the International oversea race for the Jacques Schneider trophy and a I500O prise was resumed after an Interval of five years. The last con test was held at Monte Carlo In April, 1914, when Howard Pixton, on a 8op with seaplane won the trophy for Great Britain. Modern advances In seaplane con struction have led to alteration' of the conditions of the contest, which Is now held over a course of '200 nautical miles. The course selected by the Royal, Aero Club . embfjiCM Bournemouth, Swanage ana vhrisi Church. Euch country Is entitled to three entries, the British tilers be ing supplied by the Sopwltb Aviation company, the Avro company, and the Supermarine Aviation company. The British Motor Boat club sup ply marine police and patrols. SSAY MAGNATES . (By the United Press) , -NEW YORK, Sept. 12. No mor short seasons! That's the cry of the magnates In both major leagues. The 140 game season, tried this year has the club owners standing on their ear when they figure the money that has been lost through the departure from the usual 154 game schedule. . The plan, suggested and pushed through by Ban Johnson,, president of the American League, was adopt ed to safeguard the club - owners against the slump in sporting Inter est that some pessimists had predict ed as an aftermath of the war. But ft worked Just the other way. Sports are on' the. biggest boom of history. Especially has the revival of inter est been noticed In baseball. Crowds have Jammed the yards of all the ma jor "league teams. Cincinnati, Cleveland, New York, .Chicago and Detroit have been unable to take care of the Sunday and . holiday Detroit' and Cleveland are partlc-1 ularly sore at the short season ar rangement as they both have a chance for the American League flag and might make their way into world's series coin if they had the usual fourteen more games to go! y COUSINS CAN'T WED, . SAYS IRATE FATHER OK BRIDE , YEREKA, Calif., Sept. 12. Claiming that they were cousins and could not marry, D. A. Lyons of Jackson, .Oregon, last, week tele phoned to County Clerk Wltherow of Shasta county and forbade hlra to Issue a license to Ervin D. Renojlet and Georgia Lyons, . his daughter, who claim Dunsmulr as their resi dence. The bride's father was an hour too late, for the llcenso had been Issued when he telephoned. He then interviewed the sheriff over the wire and. demanded the arrest of the bride and groom. He was Informed (hat he would have to secure .a war rant. The bridal couple have disap peared. . ' Dublin. Illicit dietlllinc la becom Ing more prevalent In Ireland as a I result of the whiskey shortage. Huge seizures of "potheen" 'are , reported In the West. , ... NTERS M I I RACE NEVER AGAIN!" I M hiss BID Baby. Vilson WiectstoMrs. Wilson's Kiss ' By Hugh Balllee, (United Press Stat! Correspondent.) ABOARD THE PRESIDENT'S TRAIN IN IDAHO. BepC 12. Presi dent Wilson today went to the con stituent of Senator Borah, the lead ing opponent of the peace treaty, In an effort to convince them that the Diet should be ratified, when be In vaded the. Panhandle of Idaho for a speech at Coeur d'Alen with the object of t arousing Borah's "folks at borne' to such an extent that they would make thlr desires known at the capltbi. ' ' 1 .Warm weather was encountered late yesterday and last night and the president resumed bis black, silk suit and cap which ha wort durln tha first beat spell of his trip. Othe members of the party appeared Ir Palm Beaches and Panama hats which made then tha object of con siderable Interest to- th dusty mountaineers who had driven for mile through the hills to see Wil son, ,;..' ' . ' At one station a 'woman held op a baby for tha presidential party to see. . Mrs. Wilson reached over and took It In her arms.- In a moment it burst Into protest. "Is It a boy or girl?" asked the first lady' of tha land while trying to calm It, "It's a boy,", suddenly spoke up tha proud father from the background, ''and It's nam Is Wil son." ' : .ThU brought a hr from.tbaraar platform crowd. Boston Situation Now Hand but , BOSTON, Sept. 12. The city to day la orderly and th seven thou sand troops petroling tha streets ap parently have the situation well In band. There was no rioting during the night. Henry Crote, aged 18, was shot and killed by tha soldiers, how ever, in a raid, on a dice game. Whether a general strlk of all labor will be called in sympathy wfth the striking police is still uncertain. Delegates representing all of tho trades unions voted on the general strike question at a meeting of the Central Labor Council last night but the result of th vote has not been made public. ' -The matter of calling a general strike, if voted, remains-, In the BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. Fol lowing aramarket quotations: '. : . dui in auras, o, , ' EGGS Extras, tio; firsts, 67 Vie; pullets, 6714. v POULTRY Broilers. 82c; hens, 6o. . i: CATTLE Top i.eers,' 10 He; scc- OiiJifvSHc; cow,, heifers, t He; calves. 8c. ; HOGS Top,' ile. ' 1 ! ' ' : SHEEP Ewe. : 7o;; wethers, 1c; lambs, 10. . BARLEY Feed.. IJ. II tt: ship- plniAfS.ttc. ' I ft 41 . PEARS 5.BO A BOXf , tuwii' Djyi ivwius for pear prices were broken when a car of Bartletts from th Bear Creek orchard was sold through tb Stew art' Fruit company, agents of the Bardwell Fruit company, at an aver age of 15.20 a box. Another car of Bartletts from the Dillon Hill Com pany averaged 15.00 a box and a mixed car of Bartletts and Howell was sold through the same company at an average of $4.90 per box. SUGAR STORTAGR HURTS . ROSEBURO, Ore., Sept. It With only two retail stores in Rose burg having any sugar on band, the situation here Is troublesome. Fruit canning is at Its height and th su gar shortage Is causing a great In convenience. Shipments of limited quantities only are expected. , .Many person sare using syrups In can'njng fruits, but th practice Is held xpenslv. '; , . . t . , FRISCO MARKETS. IIUI UM UE-lllf If II 1 1 VI ILL I Li II IIS IIUIILU ; R P0l!flllF5T PRP.WNTWlllJ n M "! u, ; iu m n ra n t. i MAT N. UIMIL IIJVUIL 111 nin-.Tpr.Tw 1 By Fred 8, Ferguson, (United Press Staff Correspondent,) BT. LOUI8, Sept. 12. Now square ly on Wilson's trail and receiving cheers for his criticism of the League of Nations from the same locality which heard Wilson's rpeeches, Seh ator Johnson Is developing a very definite line of attack on tha presi dent's demand ,for unqualified ac ceptance of tha treaty. j' Insisting that the treaty is drawn ourely on tb lines of the secret en gagements entered into among the big Dowers before before America en tered the war, he points out that Ar ticle Ten of tha covenant means that the United 8tates guarantees this se cret bartering of peoples and terri tories for all time. . . The big crowd, packing every Inch of Tomllnson's hall,' Indianapolis, last night, rose and shouted Us- ap proval of the senator's statement that America would not be a party to such infamy. - . .1 He asked the crowd tf It was wit ling, since the othar powers of the world are bankrupt, that American boys should go out and police tbi world. His answer was a resounding "No" that fairly shook the pudding. HELP IN UP READING SOUGHT (Special to Tbe Tidings.) SALEM, Ore., Sept. 12. E. 8. TllllnghasU superintendent of the school for deaf, has received a tele- gram from the board or vocational, training at Seattle asking whether, the Oregon Institution was in- posi tion to Instruct disabled soldiers. In Up reading. Mr. Tlllingbaat will sub-, !mlt the Inaulry to? tha state board j of control at its next meeting. - I General hands of the executive committee of the Central Labor Union. , j City, officials and the striking po licemen are apparently no neurer an agreement than when .the strike started, and leaders of the police re Iterate that they will bold out for recognition of their union. The death list sine the strike be MISSION COMES Strike - T".H;l:lliri- I 1 A mission, whose object Is to secure from congress home rule for the people of l'orto Illco, will spend the next several mouths hi the United States. In the group' are Cordova Davlln, delegate to the house of representatives Irom Porto Rico; Antoulo It. Barcelo, head of the mission ; Enrique Bird, iecretary of "the mission; and Frank Martlues of the Porto Itlcah' senate. '. ' .' Tomorrow the Last Day . To Save That Dollar; '. 1 , " " .';' After Saturday night al nine o'clock the . TtdlnflS wUl be $6.00 the year SAVE THAT DOLLAR I There will be no further extension ol the bargain price ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS ; s . .' Ground Floor Camp Building. ', . ,'! LI II II I U II I wlU" I IlLnl I I UUU lIUI (By the United Press) . . COPENHAGEN, Sept. 12. Raids- on food shops in -Glo- gan, Silesia, led to the death of ten pesona'and the wounding 4 of several others. If is ropord today.,) v :. J ." . .i TkA deaths were caused when troop' called to suppress. the disorders swept the streets with .machine guns. GROW ILL HERE Several year ago Julius Krut scbnltt sent to Ashland several cut tings of Delaware and Niagara grapes which were distributed among orchardlsts and 'gardeners'' here. Every year hereafter the Commer cial club baa reported on these vines which have apparently thrived on the soil In this section. This year a box of grapes was picked from the vines in tha garden of Station Agent G. N. Kramer and seut to Superintendent Flttgerald; who will forward them to Mr. Krutschnltt. The produc-1 tlon It good and Indications point, to the development of that variety of grapes for the Rogue River valley. Well in gan Is now seven,. Richard Reemts striking policeman, who was shot yes terday In an attack on two volunteer policemen, died during the night. it Is estimated that more than 100 persons were seriously Injured and hundreds received minor , Injuries during the riots .wblch have oc curred.;,' j jS- .'. ' ' ' FROM PORTO RICO ii : t i EASTERN GRAPES Feared (Special to The Tidings.) CAPETOWN, South Africa, Sept. 12. The Union of South Africa gen eral assembly ratified the paace treaty today by a vote of 84 to 19. General Smuts In defending Presi dent Wilson of the United States against charges of bad faith in con nection with his "fourteen points," declared that ' the American presi dent had done more than any other statesman toward restoration of world peace. OTTAWA, Can., Sept. 12. After a session lasting well into the night the Canadian house of commons rat ified the peace treaty. The motion for approval of the pact and cove nant of tbe League of Nations passed without a dissenting vote. . Tbe sen ate gav lta approval September 4. TO GET (By th United Press) .WASHINGTON, Sopt. 12. A rush to get their pet measures passed be fore tbey are sidetracked by the peace treaty has been begun by tut member of the senate.. . Ouc the treaty Is before tb senate othei neasares will have little cbunau un til It'ls disposed of. Senator Lodge's determination U take up tb treaty Monday cuusei supporters of the bill extending thi food control act to make despcrati efforts to get It pnssod today. A strong fight ; la being madi against It by senators who declan that the government has all nnces nury authority to cope with profiteer ing and has not used It. , . ,, FLU IN CHICAGO (By th United Press) CHICAGO, 8ept. 12. One deaf, and 19 cases of Influcnsa have beei reported to the health departinen in the last eight days, health Com mlssloner Robert announced to day. ' : Ill MED Mother' s Picture for '. General Pershing (By th United Press) LACLEDE. Mo., Sept. 12. "John ny'.' .Pershing is coming borne and Linn county I a . beehive. -'Knighted and titled by European crowned heads; honored and glori fied1 by - President Wilson and con gress land praised and feted by the nation, General Pershing will be welcomed back to his birthplace. The date, la ont definite. General I'ersh Ing, responding to Mayor Edmund B. Allen's cablegram, "Laclede, youi old borne, your boyhood friend. i and Linn county Is calling you," replied. "I haye heard the call. Will bt there soon after my arrival iu th,c United States." And then Laclede went to work preparlngt the home-coming. , When "Johnny" comes home to Laolode II will be a simple affair. There'll be ' Caesar's , victorious return ; to Rome.' r'He's going to be jul plain Johnny?' and that Is just what he will want to be," Mayor Allen said, giving 'the-keynote of the celebra tion. "Lord knows he's been 'gen erated' enough by this time, and johnny' Is going to sound powerful ly good to him." ' " " 4 Bo Laclede Is planning; singing. shdutltlg, handshaking and music and much oratory followed by a fried chicken dinner "on - the ground" when Johnny's In town. ; : " ;' I The Pershing family will reunite after the celebration. ' James Persh ing, a brother o? Chicago; their two sisters, MIbs May Pershing and Mrs. Bessie' Butler of Lincoln, Neb., will meet again In the old Pershing home, here.' ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' . 1! "Aunt" 8usan Hewett, who baked apple pies for the general when lie was a barefoot boy, will be a guest. Mont" Louis Warren, who officiat Ry Hugh Balllie, (United Press Correspondent.) COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Sept. 12. That the Germans are fraternis ing with the Russian Bolshevik! and seeking to dominate that country and gain strength for a new effort at conquest, -President Wilson warned here, speaking In a circus tent to a big crow. He. said America must guarantee peace to preventlhls. "Germany wants us to stay out of this treaty," the president declared. eKsrlng America's strength Germany wants to see the United State re main out of the League of Nations and become Isolated, he added. Wilson charged that pro-German propaganda Is now working to that end. . "tl was America that saved th world," stated the president, :and those who oppose thetreaty propos that after having redeemed th world we should desert the world." ' The treaty must be ratified to pre vent more war, he emphatically - serted, end If It Is lost, mor Amer ican boys will go out to die on the battlefield. His explanation of th arbitration feature of the League of Nations to prevent war, was applauded. Reservations to th treaty would necessitate sending it back to Ger many and the allies for considera tion, he said, and declared that b had no objection to congress Inter preting the clauses of thetreaty, but opposed the qualifications and con ditions being Inserted In it. He made it clear that b la not ugulnst making a statamaat of how America regards th different pro visions of the treaty. Much Interest was aroused in Wilson's declaration, this being the first time he had made himself clear on that point. He said America must ratify -th -treaty to prove she meant hat wid when she weut to war against 'iermuny to safeguard the principles for which the United Statea was set P. The president expressed : amate nent at the attitude of thoa whw ; want absolute rejection of thetreaty. "If America does not enter th now world arrangement there will b universal disorder as there la now iniversal unrest." he asserted. "And ' do not think America is Immune." he solemnly added. He cited the Boston police atrtk s an "intolerable crime against civ Illation." The Boston police left ' the city to be looted, he said. ' H :harged that America Is In daager of having a minority get control if the country's affairs. ed at the birth of Pershing and first bathed and colthed him, will be an other guest of honor. George F. Davis, aged resident of Qulncy, III,, will be another honored guest. Davis tave Pershing's father his first Job in Laclede that of section bos. Prof. Smith of Chlllicoth. Mo., the living member of the committee giv ing examinations when Pershing won ' his appointment to West Point, also will be a guest. Nearly a score of hoyhood chums will attend. ' Secretary of War Baker and gov ernors of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Oklahoma and Arkansls have been invited,, ' .' ... Gold swords from th world pow ers, crosses of war and other costly gifts of recognition will .be mer . vew-gaws and trinkets In the life of Pershing on home-coming day.f Ho . will receive a photograph and a re volver. The photograph faded and word and fifty years old was a pic ture of Pershing's mother. It ws found recently In an old album, be longing to J. H. Hamilton of La clede. . . j j Jordan Parks, a negro, will make the second presentation, . overshad owing ceremonies accorded by JPrN? ' wont Wilson, King ueorge ana m ner notables. Parks will return to Persh- ina an old-fashioned revolver given the negro when John Pershing left for West Point. ' ' "I've been offered as high as 1109 for It," mid Parks. I wouldn't hav trnded It for a rarm. ; ' THE WEATHER . i For Oregon Fair and warmer.