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.-¿ fr I "M t I l l l l l l l l l l l l ll. « * ♦ « * < * '» « ♦ ........................................................................................ .. ...................... ............... '♦ ♦ « » « ♦ «■.»■»■• » » ♦ • ♦ « » » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » » ♦ ♦ ♦ » ♦ • ♦ I ♦ ■ D aily T idings VOL. XLIII ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1919 NUMBER 15 » ♦ ♦ » » ♦ « ♦ » « » > » » < »e » « > ♦ » » > > > > » ♦ > » ♦ > ♦ ♦ ♦ » » Big' B r e w e r s C a lle d B e fo r e F e d e r a l C ou rt », u Head & of Steelworkers 9 Says Strike Coming I» » <$> SALEM, Sept. 17.— G overnor 4> Olcott today issued an appeal <$> to O regonians to rally to th e <$> relief of strick en Texas. He <$• has appointed Mayor B aker, W. <8- B. A yer and Max H auser of <s> P o rtla n d to tak e charge of the relief work. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Sept. 17.— “Financial aid is needed imme diately. We need the aid o f all who can help. Former Mayor Brown, chairman of the relief committee, made this appeal today through the United Press. CORPUS CHRISTI DEATH LIST REACHES 197 (By th e u n ite a P ress) CORPUS CH RISTI, Texas, Sept. 17.— The death list here from th e h u rric a n e and tidal wave of Sunday h as reached 197, according to re p o rts today. P ro p erty dam age is es tim ate d a t from ten to fifteen m il lions of dollars in th e five devas ta te d counties. T he bodies of 27 additional dead a re reported held a t tw o ranch houses in this vicinity. R efugees a re housed in ten ts and supplied w ith clothing from th e first relief tra in s which arrived last night. Many of th e refugees a re in a pitiful condition from exposure. Soldiers aiding in relieving th e u n sa n ita ry conditions have buried scores of head of livestock which w ashed ashore. The soldiers a re patro lin g th e de v astated a re a while lab o rers from (By th e U nited P ress) th e co tto n fields have been b ro u g h t | All u n identified bodies a re m uti- PITTSBURG, Sept. 17.— Delegates in to qlear away th e debris. I lated beyond recognition. a tte n d in g th e conference of steel The tem porary m orgue in th e c o u rt A relief tra in from H ouston ar- w orkers in th is d istric t adjourned house is crow ded w ith fra n tic rela- rived th ia m orning and proceeded to th e ir m eeting a t 2 p. m. for lunch- tives endeavoring to identify m issing C orpus C hristi, a fte r p a rt of th e eon- They wil resum e a t 4 p. m. m em bers of th e ir fam ilies. ■ w orkers had d e tra in e d and w ent to C hairm an F itz p a trick sta te d that Oil from destroyed tan k s covered th e n o rth shore of Nueces Bay. no announcem ent would be fo rth m any of th e bodies washed ashore, com ing “ u n til probably la te r to m o r m aking them alm ost unreconizable. row .” A STORMY PETREL In m any cases it was im possible to He said, “ Postponem ent of th« CORPUS CH RISTI, Texas, Sept determ ine even th e race of th e vie- 17.— A pparently u n in ju re d as a re- s trik e of steel w orkers is a dream ; tim s, so badly m u tila ted w ere th e BUlt of its voyage over th e storm fu rth e r th an th a t I have n o th in g to bodl(?8' i sw ept bay in a sm all wooden boat, a say. The strik e is going ahead aa p e a rly all th e c ity ’s u n d e rta k in g baby waa re8Cued here today A per schedule.” estab lish m en ts w ere destroyed and : re iief p a rty saw a box floating s h o re - ! th e coffins w ere w ashed aw ay so th e w ard, w aded out and reacued the recovered bodies w ere buried in child. It is belng cared for here un. , wooden boxes. U n d ertak ers who til identified came from H ouston have been u n a ble to care for all of them . EYEWITNESS TELLS STORY Several p atrol boats of th e Texas OF FLOOD AND STORM fish, gam e and oyster d ep artm en t (By th e U nited P ress) a re m issing and it is feared some SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 17.— o fth e w ardens m ay be drow ned. The first eyew itness descriptions of Joe W illiam s and H arry Raym ond, th e gulf storm in th e P o rt A ransas (By th e U nited P ress) w ardens, of A renas Pass, have not vicinity w ere told here today by A. H. PARIS, Sept. 17.— The suprem e been seen since th e storm and th e H ertw ig of A ransas. council of th e peace conference to w reckage of th e ir boat was found The w ater began a risin g early Sun day definitely approved the^ Bulgai on th e beach, A ustin dispatches re day and reached its height when a peace tre a ty which w ill, b a handed ported today. ***" g re a t wall of w a te r rushed over the B ulgarians a t th e F rench fo r G overnor Hobby has ordered 100 M ustang island and fa r inland a t eign office F riday. T here will bt additional Texas guardsm en to mo about 4 o’clock in th e afternoon, no cerem ony. bilize a t San A ntonio and proceed H artw ig said. to Corpus C hristi im m ediately. T b ^ w in d continued to increase in Relief funds have been s ta rte d in velocity all day and early Monday all th e principal cities of the state. was estim ated a t 100 m iles an hour. GET THEIRS <B.y th e U nited P r e s .) ‘. T SINTON, Texas, Sept. 17.— More A T 'llsappear,!d »» turn _______I in th e floods and baled cotton ait s t t Ban two h u n d red and fifty p e rs o n s ' j to be load d o V s ^ p g w a aw s 'lo ife rd e a d as th e re su lt of Sunday’s! . P lo st' gulf storm and tid al wave, M ayor PLANE CAUGHT IN STORM Sparks of th is city estim ated th is (By th e United P ress) m orning. The m ayor’s figures in LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 17.— A elude th e dead a t Corpus C hristi, the U nited S tates arm y a irp lan e which n o rth shore of Nueces Bay, A ransas left E agle Pass, Sunday, was caught Pass and vicinity. in th e tropical storm b u t landed safely a t a ranch 30 m iles above La redo. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.— W elcom ed by th e noise of cheers, steam w histles and sirens, P resid en t W ilson arriv ed in th is city today to c arry on his fig h t for th e ratificatio n of th e peace tre a ty . SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.— P re sid e n t W ilson has contracted a slight cold, A dm iral Grayson a n nounced today. The p resident will rest th is aftern o o n , u n d er G rayson’s orders, cancelling his scheduled trip down th e P eninsula. “ Tire .president is only threaten ed w ith a slig h t cold,” said A dm iral G rayson, “ but his trip down th e P e n in su la was called off because it was feared th a t th e roads w ere so dusty th a t they m ight in ju re th e RELEASE IN VENICE CHICAGO, Sept. 17. — Federal Judge L andis today issued subpoenas for th e com m anding officers of the Blatz, P ab st and M iller Brewing com panies of M ilwaukee to appear for an investigation of charges of "b eer ru n n in g ” between Milwaukee and Chicago. MILW AUKEE, Sept. 12.— United States M arshal R andolph today served an indectm ent on Albert Blatz, presidentof the Blatz Brewing (Special to The Tidings) com pany, on a charge th a t his com PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 17.— The pany sold beer in violation of the schedule for th e S outhern Oregon w artim e prohibition act. visit of th e P o rtlan d jobbers, bank ers and large business concerns has been announced. The p arty will num ber 125 and will trav el in a spe /» • cial tra in of seven cars. The sched ule follows: Leave P o rtlan d , 7:45 p. m., October 12; a rriv e M edford 9 a. m, October 13, and leave 12.01 a. PORTLAND, Sept. 17.— F orm er m., O ctober 14; arriv e K lam ath F alls G overnor W est today m ade light of 9 a. m., October 1 4 , and leave 1.01 th e rep o rt th a t- he and his p a rtn e r, a. m., O c b ^ p r 1T5; a rriv e Ashland 9 Claude McCulloch, had “ in terested a. m., October 16, and leave 2 a. m., them selves financially in th e #ov- October I^; a rriv e G rants Pass 9 a. e rn m e n t’s a irc ra ft spruce produc m., O ctb l^ r $7, and leave 2 a. m., tio n .” J October 4^;; arriv e. R osebqrg 9 p . m., Testim ony to th a t effect giverf at October 1 i^feqd. leajv^ li>;45 p. m. the San F ranei$co; typing th e sam e day.* a rriv in g a t P ortland congressional' sufecblhfnktee 7 a. m., October 19. a ay by L ieutenant K errigan, ' telligence officer, btri*ed t h a t g l and McCulloch received $24,00t)/^ DEAD AFTER THE WAR; NEVER KNEW THERE WAS ONE “ I earnestly hope th a t is true,'* HOUNSLOW, Eng.— Though sev com m ented W est. “ For years I havu e ral of her relatives died in a c tiv e ' decided on being tied up on some service Miss C harlotte F riday, w h o , thing th a t was real m oney, only to has passed away a t her home hereI aw ake in the m orning and find aa a t the age of 100 years and eight; o v erd raft in th e bank. If th e in m onths, was kept by m em bers of vestigation com m ittee can get me her fam ily in ignorance th a t there tied in on som ething good, I w ill was a w ar. greatly appreciate its efforts." SCHEDULE Wish It Was So, Says West 1 * J (By th e U nited P ress) SALEM, Sept. 17.— B arrin g th e »ale, use or possession of c ig a r e t t e s In Oregon is the purpose of an in iti a tiv e petition p rep ared by D. E. F ro st of Oregon City, and filed w ith th e S ecretary of S tate today. If th e proper num ber of signa tu re s is received the voters of th e s ta te will ballot o ntb e bill in No vem ber, 1920. T he m easure provides th a t T'iny d e a le r or person selling cig arettes be fined not to exceed $100 for th e first offense and up to $500 and a jail sen tence for th irty days for th e sec ond offense. Greece Asks For Tharce (By the U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 17,— The question of the disposition of T hraee is expected to come up in th e sen a te tre a ty debate which will be re sum ed on F riday, follow ing a two- day senate recess. R epresentatives of Greece have appeared before th e foreign relatio n s com m ittee p ro testin g ag a in st the cession of T hrace to B ulgaria, and a rg u in g th a t T hrace is Greek. T reaty su p p o rters point out th a t ta k in g T hrace from B ulgaria would leave th a t co u n try w ithout a sea p o rt which, they say, would m ean fu tu re tro u b le in th e B alkans. It is understood th is was th e chief a r gum ent th e peace conference ad vanced fo r th e aw ard of te rrito ry Jo B ulgaria. MORE TOWNS DAMAGED (B y th e U nited P ress) LAREDO, Sept. 17.— Travelers arriving here today report that the tropical storm of Sunday severely damaged the towns of Benavide San Diego, a n d Alice, in Duval a n d H e lls counties. M any houses w ere unroofed, b a rn s destroyed an d th e cotton crop was ruined. (By th e U nited P ress) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17.— Laboi delegations seeking audience witl P resid en t W ilson when he arrivei here will co n cen trate on a deman« for release of so-called political pris oners including E ugene V. Debba form er socialist candidate for presi Springfield— M ontana Pow er com- j dent, it was announced here toda] pany in stalls light and pow er in by Upton Sinclair, a u th o r-le a d er d Peneville d istrict. th e m ovem ent. LONDON, Sept. 17.— The plot which resu lted in G abrielle D ’An nunzio’s seizure of F ium e was o r ganized in Venice, according to a d vices received here today. The P e r fect of Venice has been dism issed. F ium e is isolated today and little new s of recent developm ents is reaching th e outside world. Six regim ents of a rtille ry , it has been learned, were ab o u t to join the ran k s of th e raiders, but retu rn ed to th e ir b a rra c k s upon advice of th eir officers. Conflicting Thoughts (By th e U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. — T hat th e F ederal tre a su ry alread y faces a deficit of $3,591,273,345 for the present fiscal year, C hairm an Good of the house a p p ro p riatio n s com m it tee declared in a speech in th e house today. He sounded a w arning th a t “ th e actu al condition co n fronting the tre a su ry is so a la rm in g we m ay well pause and calm ly consider th e obli gations alread y existing, th a t m ust be m et before en terin g on enlarged program s which call for additional ex p enditures.” -/// ■ > PERSHING HONORED (By th e .United P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.— Gen eral P ersh in g today led and th en re viewed th e read g uard of th e A. E. F. F irst division, th e of 29 com bat di visions to leave E urope. Notice to Elks F u n e ral of B ro th er George N. G ray will be held from th e Tem ple tom orrow (T h u rsd a y ) a t 2:30 p. m. All E lks assem ble in club room a t 2 o'clock. J. EDW. THORNTON, Secretary. TREATY WAITS ,v \' 6RMMA I MOW WHERE TffE COW K l i t 6ET HER h\\N i .\\\i v ■ \v \ V V A V (By th e U nited P ress) CHICAGO, Sept. 17.— The govern m ent began today its second effort to bring five Chicago packers to tria l for alleged violations of th e a n ti tru s t laws, when Isador K resel, »pe d a l a ssista n t to A ttorney General federal grand ju ry to present evidence tend ing to show th a t th e packers had defied the governm ent law» prohib NEW YORK, Sept. 17.— At least iting form ation of a m onopoly con th re e m agazines of nation wide cir tro llin g food supplies. culation will suspend publication in New York and move to o th er cities 1 to avoid th e dem ands of union p rin t ers here, according to Secretary T hayer of th e New York P u b lish e rs’ association, who said th a t from 150 to 200 o th e r periodicals a re ready to suspend t£ the, wage inçrep#.^ p.nd o th e r dem ands of the p rin te rs aVe in sisted upon. -X \\\ ‘AW w \\ i '.w< • \ » \\ ,W\' •V »' *' *' . • >' v\\\ lE fb SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.— F ol lowing a re m ark e t quotations: BUTTER— E xtras, 64c. EGGS — E xtras, 68c; pullets, 59c. POULTRY — B roilers, 33c; hens, 35c. CATTLE— Top s.eers, 10 H e ; s »c- onds, 8 % c; cows, heifers, 8 ^ e; calves, 13c. HOGS— Top, 1614 c. SH E E P— Ewes, 7c; w ethers, We; lam bs, 10c. BARLEY — Feed, $3.05; slip ping, $3.12 %c. M arshfield— Sm ith m ills need 250 m en in logging cam ps. By L. C. Martin, (U nited P ress S taff C orrespondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 17— The m iddle west is aflam e w ith opposi tion to th e League of N ations cove n a n t in its p resen t form , S enator Borah declared on his re tu rn to W ashington from his speaking trip. “The dem onstration of American.- ism which the m iddle west is giv- in u g ,” said th e senator, “ is filling th e advocates of unqualified ra tifi cation of the tre a ty w ith feu* and forehoding. T hat is why they are try in g to rush the tre a ty th ro u g h th e senate. They are afraid of th e tid e th a t is sw eeping the c o u tn ry .” The tre a ty will not be considered today o r tom orrow because the seu- a te will be engaged in helping honor G eneral P ershing. S enator Reed wtU discuss th e tre a ty Friday.