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NATION-WIDE H m I I ) > m I «»♦««♦»»» ♦ » I m » > n ) I M ««) I I H ON MONDAY .................................................. ....................................... .. ......................................................................................................................................... . ...................................... .. A shland D aily T idings VOL. XLIII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919 ♦ ♦ ♦ I M i l l l » n , » NUMBER 16 .............................** 1 .. ................................... w .............» Crew Starving; Storm-Tossed Schooner Reaches Port Robbery Pulled Off in Regular Wild West “ Thriller” Fashion (By th e U nited P ress) QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, C anada, Sept. 18.— Several posses a re today Bcouring th e d istric t so u th of M o n t-! m agny, 50 m iles to th e south of th is city, in an effo rt to c a p tu re five bold b andits who stole $75,000 from th e! m ail car of th e “ Ocean L im ited ,” ! (By th e U nited P ress) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.— which left M ontreal last night. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— Con- A ntonio L aurenco of Sacram ento The robbery, th e first of its kind ■ gress told the w orld today who won cam e here for a visit. He m et in this section in m any years and th e war. It was “ Black Ja c k ” P e s h -‘ a e and Billie a t a dance one of th e boldest ever p e rp e tra ted jug. hall and as both said they were in the province, was carrie d th ro u g h The reception given th e retu rn ed { stra n g e rs here from Los Angeles, in re g u la r “ wild west m ovie” style, | head of th e A. E. F. broke all roc-' Tony readily agreed th a t they The tra in was leaving H a rla k a ords for enthusiasm . should tak e a stro ll to dispel lone- sta tio n when it was boarded by five j Cham p C lark .presenting th e gen- som eness. m asked men who forced th e ir way eral w ith a resolution of th an k s, re- They sa t in Union E q u are and into th e m ail car and ordered the ferred to him as th e “ m an whom talked. W hen Tony reached his clerks to hold up th e ir hands, which | one hundred and ten m illion men a re room he was m inus $140 which they quickly did when an im p o sin g 1 proud to claim as a c o u n try m an .” j he carried in a money belt under a rra y of a rtille ry was pointed a t,1 S enator Cum m ins, rep resen tig his sh irt, he told th e police to- them. V ice-President M arshall, who could day. T he m ail clerks were th en bound not a tte n d , greeted G eneral P ersh in g a n d gagged, while th e robbers went as th e m an “ who led th e m ost im NEWSPAPER SUSPENDED th ro u g h th e m ail and express m at pressive spectacle in all the an n als of LONDON, Sept. 18.— The Cork te r. They secured bags containing w a rfa re .” E xam iner in Irelan d , p rin tin g a page $75,000 in silver and left the tra in ad v ertisem en t of the Sinn Fein loan a t th e next station. has been suppressed by th e B ritish a u th o rities. Troops occupied th e p lan t today. CONGRESS TELLS ¡“BILLIE" GOT ALL THE WORLD Establish Big Game Reserve Heads of 2h Unions Now in Conference ♦ BUTTONS TO REPLACE 3> DOMESTIC HELP 3- ¡<8> NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— j 3> — B uttons in th e wall will re- 3> place th e serv an t girl and end <$, th e hired help problem , accord- 3> ing to electrical experts who ; 3> are planning th e E lectrical E- 3> position, to be held in G rand <§> C entral Palace, New York, be- , 3> ginning Septem ber 24. 3> A model hom e will be con- <$> stru c te d a t the exposition w ith , 3> b u tto n s in m any places which ® will control electrical contriv- 3> ances designed to do an y th in g . <$> a serv an t can do, from serving i <$> b rea k fa st to dusting. i 3> The idea o riginated w ith A r- 3> th u r W illiam s, F ed eral Food 3> A d m in strato r for New York, 3> who is also head of th e Elec- 3> tric al Exposition, 3> ® (By th e U nited P ress) 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.— H er <8 topm asts carried aw ay by storm s and I <8 m anned by a crew weakened by lack <8 of food ,the schooner Jew ett arrived <8 in port today a fte r a 160 day journey <8 from Sydney. <8 H alf a sea biscuit and w ater m ade (By th e U nited P ress) <3 up th e daily ratio n s of C aptain Ol WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— P resi <8 son and his crew of 12 for th e last dent W ilson, in a telegram m ade <3 15 days of th e trip. public here today, cam e out flatly <3 T errific storm s carried aw ay the against the policem en’s form ation <8 topm asts two weeks out of A ustralia, of a union w ith th e view to “ using <3 and it was only b ya m iracle th a t p ressu re ” to obtain th e ir dem ands. -8 th e ship was saved from founder W ilson said he w anted to deal with <8 ing th e police in “ a ju st and generous 8 His provisions ru n n in g low and way” b ut declared a g ain st any as 3 th e crew exhausted from th e ir storm y sociation of the police of any great Q experience, C aptain Olson ran the city w ith a view to bringing “ pres <3 Jew ett into a M arshall Islands port su re ” on th e public th a t m ight en 3 to replenish his supplies. danger th e public peace or em barrass <8 H ere he found th a t owing to a the m aintenance or order. 3 condition of sta rv a tio n prevailing W illis Browniow, Police com m is <8 there, food supplies being alm ost ex- sioner of the D istrict of Colum bia, 3 - hausted and m any people dying of read the p resid en t’s telegram before 3 I hunger, only scant supplies could be the senate com m ittee which is con 3 ’ obtained, so he was com pelled to put sidering a bill to w ithhold th e pay t to sea and run for th is port. )i the W ashington po'ice who (By th e U nited P ress) PITTSBURG, Sept. 18.— “ The men a re going to strike. I can see th a t nothing now will atop th em ,” declared C hairm an F itzp atrick of the ste. 1 m en’s com m ittee, as the heads of 24 unions went into conference here th is m orning. The m eeting today, F itz p a trick said, was not to discuss whether th ere should be a strik e, but to lay out a program and establish strike details. Asked as to how m any men would respond to the strik e call. Secretary F o ster of th e com m ittee said : ”1 am not m aking any estim ates, but you can bet we will have a quorum .” (By th e United P ress) PITTSBURG, Sept. 18.— The 2« in te rn atio n a l presidents of tbs steel w orkers unions are still stan d in g firm for the strik e. C hairm an F itz p a trick declared th is afternoon. iated w ith th e A m erican Federal)' ,i of L abor. . ■, . _ FOUR GET AWAY DALLAS, Ore., Sept. 18.— F red PORTLAND, Sept. 18.— S ugar N. Stum p, A. J. R ichardson, J. H. continues unusually scarce in P o rt- Tbu„ to n Mar,,” V. P ra th e r and M, ,„ „ d> a n d (here „ ,lttle la d k a tio a N. P ra th e r, a ll larg e land holders of relief before J a n u a ry 1, when the in th e so u th e rn p a rt of Polk county, new cane su g a r will be re a < ^ for filed papers w ith County Clerk Moore d istrib u tio n by th e refineries, ac last week placing th e ir lan d s to talin g cording to P o rtla n d jobbers. Re som e 2183 acres in a big gam e re ta ile rs in practically all p a rts of th e serve. . .. a . city co n t»nue to lim it th e ir sales to ? e S t a t e ° f : ten 1)Ounds t0 th e custom er, while Oregon th e above-nam ed m en ag ree the jobbers are d istrib u tin g w bat lit. tor 7 T'a iOr Wi,d biFdS tle q u a n titie s they receive to th e ir , ,° DÛT VOIE II. S. IN NATION LEAGUE Reds Lack Space For Big Games S- inv 1 a h COatraCt year iS SOme hG land ' c u st° ™ r s w ith a view to apportion- X « 7 , , ° f i in s to each dealer his s h a re > a n d th e finest farm in g land in th e coun- providing eacb section Qf the ty and is an ideal breeding place for w ith a n eq u itable supply. ^ ea!T ; 8’ 7 7 a2 th e Pr6Sent tim e ’ Sonie beet su g ar m ay be received abound in th e big d istrict. The birds ( in P o rtlan d a fte r O ctober 1 it is a re becom ing so tam e about S u r e r , hoped, alth o u g h th e refineries are th a t t hey feed w lth th e farm e r s ’ busy now filling heavy orders re- X being" * haS sent to the , S | L ast year a num ber of o th e r farm ers in th e Suver neighborhood placed th e ir farm s in a gam e reserve a n d with the above listed lands th e re s practically no h u n tin g on any farm s in th a t com m unity. n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 , L, , . . . . . . , equalization board a t New York ask- ing th a t P o rtla n d receive a portion Of th e governm ent su g a r at this tim e in o rd er to tide ever the period betw een now and th e tim e when governm ent co n tracts will have been filled. . 1 a (By th e U nited P ress) CORPUS CH RISTI, Tex., Sept. 18. — The death toll of S unday’s storm Is now estim ated at from 300 to 604. The arriv al of ad d itio n al relief tra in s from H ouston last night b ro u g h t m ore w orkers and supplies, and it is believed th a t clearing w eath er today will m itig ate th e su f fering. R ain yesterday held up co n stru c J e te r ’s confectionery and fru it tio n of a te n t city by th e m ilitary sto re on th e co rn er of A and F o u rth a u th o ritie s and prevented airplanes streets, was entered by sneakthieves from scouting the beaches for bodies. a t an early hour W ednesday m orning and quite a sum of m oney, w ith a (By th e U nited P ress) q u a n tity of tobacco and cigars was ARANSAS PASS, Tex., Sept. 18.— taken. The m oney till was em ptied M ore th an 3000 storm refugees h a v e : and th e haul consisted of $12 in been crow ded into this village, w ith | pennies. $5 in one-cent stam ps. $5 a norm al population of 3000 since j in currency and $7 In silver. En Sunday night. Supplies a re low, tran ce was m ade by b reak in g open a a n d su fferin g is acute. re a r window in th e sto re room a t H ousing is in ad eq u ate and clo th th e re a r of th e confectionery. in g and blan k ets a re needed im m edi T hat sam e n ig h t th e c a te rp illa r ately. engine belonging to th e sta te h ig h , The railw ays have been washed way com m ission which had been un aw ay and th e heavy rain s have ren- loaded on th e railro ad grounds west dered land trav el alm ost im p o ssib le .' of th e depot ready to move, was he tow n of P o rt A ransas is de- tam pered w ith and th e m agneto m olished and m any of its inhabi stolen. The la tte r a rticle was valued ta n ts lite ra lly d rifte d into th is vil- a t $150. The thieving is supposed lage on th e crest of th e tid al wave. to be the work of hoboes. M (By th e United P ress) VANCOUVER, W ash., Sept. 18.— W hen the jaile rs took b reak fast into the C larke county jail this m orning they found they had four m eals too m any, four of the prisoners having sawed th e ir way to freedom during I He said th a t th e league will have thp n i„ ht a n s i n e - t the h p f final in a l I , a now pow erfu leffect in in c causing ( resto ra tio n of S hantung to China and A SURE ENOUGH “DADDY” j th a t th ere was n othing in th e cove- (By the U nited Press) n a n t to compel Am erica to support NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— Ezra Hoi j E ngland in case of a revolt in Ire- loway, aged 142, a Mexican and Civil land. W ar veteran, becam e a fa th e r for One question asked th e president the sixteenth tim e today. The w as: “ W hat effect, if any, will the m other, aged 41, is th e th ird Mrs. league covenant have in h indering Holloway. or fu rth e rin g th e cause of Irish free dom ?” He answ ered: “ It was not possible for th e peace conference to act re g arding self determ in atio n of any te rrito rie s except those which be longed to the defeated em pires, but in th e covenant of th e League of Na tions it has set up for th e first tim e in A rticle Ten a forum to which all claim s of self determ in atio n which are likely to d istu rb th e peace of th e world o r th e good u n d erstan d in g be tw een n ations upon which the peace of th e w orld depends, can be b ro u g h t.” NEW YORK.— (U nited P ress.) — C incinnati has cinched th e N ational L eague pennant, b u t th e re a re a lot of fans in th e Ohio city who are w orried ab o u t th e w orld’s sereis. T here isn ’t a fan who doubts th a t the Reds will cop th e flag, b ut th e r a re h u ndreds of them who a re fear ful th a t they will not get to see the series. R edland Field, the hom e grounds of the’ M oran crew , will not hold the crow ds, they claim . The park is far from a “cheese box” a ffa ir, as it has a seatin g capacity of about 25,000. B ut it has been filled to overflow ing w ith Sunday crow ds d u rin g every big series since the C incinnati prides becam e a contend er. In view of th is fact th e yard will never hold the w orld’s series th rongs, th e bifgs howl. Suggestions w ere m ade to A ugust H errm an n , president of th e Cincin- m id-field of th e Sharonville auto speedw ay, ab o u t fifteen m iles o u t side of C incinnati. It was pointed out th a t th e stadium w ith a capac ity of ab o u t 100,000 would be ju st the th in g to accom m odate every fan who w anted to see th e big setto. But th e plan did not m eet with th e favor of th e Red chief. Lack of sufficient tra n sp o rta tio n to th e speed way and th e difficulty of laying out a field perfect enough for th e play ing of th e big classic we^e given as grounds for his disapproval. (By th e U nited P ress) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.— P resid en t W ilson m ade public to d aj th e questions of th e San Franciscc A ssociation for a League of Nationi and his answ ers th ere to , in which h< declared: ‘‘It is ont tru e th a t the B ritish em pire can outvote us in th e League of N ations, and th ere fo re control the league’s actio n .” “ He stated th a t in every m atter except th e adm ission -of new m em bers no action can be tak e n w ithout the unanim ous vote of th e rep resen tatives of th e sta te s which a re m em bers of the council, “ so th a t in all m atte rs of action an a ffirm ativ e vote of the U nited S tates is necessary, equivalent to a united vote of the representatives of the several parts of th e B ritish em p ire.” He denied th a t under a League of N ations, foreign countries can o r der A m erican troops into foreign countries. C arver to have s ta te bank with $25,000 capital. THE PROFITEERS ♦ ♦ ♦ » » » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ M l Roughnecks Try to Prevent President's Speech at Frisco (By th e U nited P ress) ’ some m en due to th e g reat jam . SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.—< j The "b u c k ” was . finally passed P resid en t W ilson in his cam paigi j to the president, who was introduced, for ratifica tio n of the peace tre a t) I W ilson did not a tte m p t to speak for and league of nations continued to 1 a 'c o n sid erab le period. He then day his e ffo rts to win over th e horn« s ta rte d ag ain st a handicap of din city of S enator Johnson, one of hii th a t kept his voice from reaching a chief opponents. ! th ird of th e crowd. Every effo rt is being m ade to al- , O rder grad u ally came, however, low th e president as m uch rest at and before the speech was half done, possible. His voice is fa ir but in a th e president had th e e n tire a tte n - precarious condition. tion of th e vast throng. The president considers th e recep tion accorded him by C alifornia th t CHURCH RUNS NO-PROFIT best of any since he left W ashing GROCERY STORE IN GEORGIA ton. ATLANTA, Ga., W ith a recto r at The g rea test audience ever gath th e cash reg iste r and parishoners ered in San Francisco m assed itsell I behind th e counter, th e first no- into th e A uditorium last night. There profit church grocery in th e United were 20,000 inside th e hall and a! States is m aking record sales in this Rev. C. A. E dw ards has re tu rn ed m an) m ore outside. | city. The store, which was sta rte d from K lam ath county w here he had The a rriv al of W ilson b ro u g h t a by th e Church of the In carn atio n , to been over Sunday conducting q u a r storm of cheering and hand clappini assist in th e dow nfall of living costs terly conference. D uring his a b th a t did not cease for fully 15 min- in A tlan ta, is receiving m ost of its sence Mr. E dw ards a tte n d e d a trib a l u te s' ; stocks from governm ent su rplus council a t th e K lam ath Agency a n d W hen M ayor Rolph trie d to b rin j stores. a t th a t tim e secured a fine tim b er o rd er and s ta rt the program th e re- 1 __________ _ claim belonging to th e M ethodist m ark ab le d em onstration tu rn e d int< ¡3'3>3>^3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3>3> church. He held services in the a painful incident. P erh ap s 40 “ ir 3> THE WEATHER <8> agency Sunday and claim s th a t it reconcilables” widely sc attere d il <$> _______ <§, is h ard to get down to preaching to galleries a t th e re a r of th e h a l ■ 3> F o r Oregon— F a ir and w arm er 3> o rd in ary w hite people a fte r conduct-j continued sh o uting in loud voices ' <s> norm al tem p eratu res. 3> ing services am ong th e Red b ro th e rs T h eir rem a rk s could not be h e a d a t th e agency. in th e general din. M ayor Rolpl trie d fo r 20 m inutes to get th e at- NOTICE Bend M ethodists prom oting $30,- ten tio n of th e crow d, but failed. Tht Helman baths will close for the 000 ehurch. I police could not reach the trouble reason Monday, Sept. 22. 16-1 CLAIM FOR CHURCH (By th e U nited P ress) NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— Mrs. M ar g aret R em ington C h a rte r “ discov- e re d ’5 A m erica d u rin g her 360« mile hike from Seattle to New York, she said here upon h er a rriv a l today, accom panied by her two d au g h ters, M arguerite, aged 21, and Phyllis, aged 18. The pilgrim s w ere on th e way flva m onths. Sim ilar journeys th ro u g h E ngland, Belgium , France, Ireland and H olland have already been ta ken by th e m other and d au g h ters. both m any good laws and sundry or ders of late given to all ju stices and (By th e U nited P ress) o th er public officers to reform such LONDON.— ( By M ail.) — P ro fit notable abuses, and th ere fo re wee eering and the H.C.L. is not a m odern cannot but charge and com m and you evil. Queen Elizabeth had to deal to cause diligent inquisition to be w ith it, and she adopted d rastic m ade in all p a rts of the country m easures ag ain st sixteenth century well as in towns, of such as do direct- profiteers, or “ bodgers,” as they >y o r indirectly th u s buy o r b a rg ain ; w ere popularly called then. An and th a t you shall apprehend such. E lizabethan proclam ation to lords- and tak e from them such as they lie u te n a n t of counties and local au- shall unlaw fully buy, and compel th o ritie s of, dated 1597, is in terest- them to revoke th e ir unlaw ful bar ing, if only for the stro n g language gains, and to send up to us som e of used by th a t au to cratic soverign, as th e most notable offenders • • • com pared w ith present-day legal Wee do w arn you all to have a spe phraseology. cial care, not only w ith sh a rp repre “ E lizabeth, By th e Grace of God,” hension to seek to reform them , but etc., says to ‘ b o d g e rs:” also to certify us of th e ir names, and “ W ee un d erstan d th a t upon the thereby to avoid th e ju st offence of late d e a rth of all kynde of grain, and the in ferio r so rt, who cannot but be of b u tte r and cheese and o th er v ic t-‘ grieved to see such co rruption in uals in th is Realm , although Al- the b e tte r so rt suffered w ithout re- m ighty God h ath m ercifully w ith- s tr a in t.” draw n His heavie hand w herew ith T h a t’s the s tu ff to give ’em ,” say we deserved ou r late punishm ent, the present day sufferers. and hath now yielded us a change to th e great com fort of all so rts of people”— (they evidently had wars, too) “ Yet th e re are seen and found a num ber of wicked people in condi tion m ore like to wolves or corm o SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.— Fol ra n ts th an to n a tu ra l m enr th a t do lowing a re m ark et q u o tations: m ost covetously seek to hold up th e BUTTER— E xtras, 64c. late g reat prices in corn and all o th er EGGS— Extras, 68c; pullets, M e. victuals by increasing th e sam e into POULTRY — Broilers, 33c; hens, th e ir private hands, barg ain in g be 35c. forehand for corn, and in some p a rts CATTLE— Top s.eers, 1 0 H e; ste- for grain grow ing, and for m alt be onds, 8 H e ; cows, heifers, 8 ^ « ; fore it is m ade, and for b u tte r and calves, 13c. cheese before it be ready to be HOGS— Top, 16 H e. b rought to o rdinary m ark et for to be SHEEP— Ewes, 7c; wethers, W ; bought by the poorer num ber. lambs, 10c. “ A gainst which foul c o rru p t fraud BARLEY — Feed, $3.0$; all»» and malicious greediness there are ping, $3.12 H e.