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D aily T idings
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1919
NUMBER 15
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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
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Head & of Steelworkers
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Says Strike Coming
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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.
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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 .)
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SINTON, Texas, Sept. 17.— More
A
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'llsappear,!d
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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
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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 $7, and leave 2 a. m., tio n .”
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October 4^;; arriv e. R osebqrg 9 p . m.,
Testim ony to th a t effect giverf at
October 1 i^feqd. leajv^ li>;45 p. m. the San F ranei$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
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(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.”
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.