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A shland D aily T idings
STEEL PLANTS BEING FORTIFIED
VOL. XLIII
ASHLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
NUMBER 18
ÜB
Passenger Steamer Founders
in Storm; 300 Passengers and
Entire Crew of 150 Missing
the passengers and th e crew.
Divers will e n te r th e ship and
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 0 .— Repre­
search for th e bodies. The passen­
sen ta tiv es o f th e V albaneras’ ow n ­
gers a re believed to be entirely Span­
ers today received an o ffic ia l report
ish or Cubau.
o f th e sh ip ’s loss in a private cable- !
The V albahera was bound from
gram , w hich read: “ Valbanera sunk Spain for n 4»" O rleans, via H avana.
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(By th e U nited P ress)
o ff R ebecca sh oals,
no
trace of
sh ip ’s crew or passengers."
(By th e U nited P ress)
KEY W EST,« F la., Sept. 20.— i
W recking crew s and divers left to­
day to exam ine th e wreck of a sunken .
vessel, reported to be th e Spanish
ste a m er V albanera. It is believed
th e ship sank in th e h u rric an e which
sw ept Cuba ten days ago.
T he V albanera, which carried 300
p assengers and a crew of 150 to­
g e th e r w ith a valuable cargo, has
been m issing since Septem bor 0.
w hen she arrived off the h a rb o r of
H avana and put to sea again because
(By th e U nited P ress)
sh e learned it was dangerous to e n te r
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.— P ete Per-
th e h a rb o r d u rin g th e storm then kovich, the first Seattle m an to face
raging.
a first degree m u rd e r charge since
Ensign R oberts, com m anding the
capitl punishm ent
was
re-estab ­
su b m a rin e chaser No. 203L stated
lished in W ashington, was freed a f­
upon th e a rriv al of th a t vessel here te r nïne h ours' deliberation by the
la te -yesterday* th a t he had plainly
ju ro rs last night.
s e e n 'th e nam e plate of th e vessel on
The law provides th a t th e jury
a ship sunk in 40 feet of w ater off recom m end th e death sentence.
th e Rebecca Shoals lighthouse. 40
Perkovich claim ed th a t he stabbed
m iles from Key W est.
P ete Covack d u rin g a d ru n k en orgy
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N othing is know n of the fate of
only a fte r he was him self attacked.
T w enty-nine citizens refused to
sit on th e ju ry because they disbe­
lieved in capital punishm ent.
Liner With
2000 Troops
Hits Rocks
KIRK W A LL, Scotland, Sept. 20.
— A lin er carry in g tw o thousand
troops from R ussia is reported to
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.— The first have gone ashore off th e Orkney
convictions on charges of partici- islands. A ssistance is being rushed
p a tin g in the race riots here in July to the scene of the reported disaster.
w eer today imposed upon W alter I
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Colvin, aged 16, and C harges John-i
P o rtla n d — D epartm ent sto re here
son, 18, both negroes. They were erects ten story w arehouse out of
given life sentences for having killed its retail profits and going into
a peddler.
‘ w holesaling.
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Companies Preparing
for Fight to a Finish
<e> GRUBBS
WERE
GRUBLESS
<?> OKLAHOMA CITY, S e p t..20.
<$■ — Mrs. Madge O rubb is not con-
<?• ten t w ith th e nam e only. She
<§> asks a divorce from Joseph
<$> G rubb, ch arg in g non-support.
(By the U nited P ress)
ST. PAUL, Sept. 20.— Senatoi
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,
^ J o h n s o n today »uefinitely announced
4 abandonm ent of his stum ping trip to
<ê> th e Pacific Coast, y e will end hir
j jo urney in oppx^Ition to th e Leagu<
■«- of N ations w ith speeches in the tw it
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cities today.
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COLUSA, Calif., Sept. 20.—
<$> W hen a local farm er found
<8> boys in- his m elon patch last
<$> night he did not use a shotgun,
Instead he invited them to th e
<8> house w here he forced them to
eat m elon u n til they begged
for m ercy.
WILSON AT LOS ANGELES
(By th e U nited P ress)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20.— Presi
dent W ilson arrived shortly a fte r 1
o’clock th is m orning a fte r spending
the n ight on his special tra in which
George W illiam s, son of Mrs. J. D. was placed on a siding a t D elm ar, i
W illiam s of Soda Springs, is a t the few m iles from San Diego. A bij
S anitarium su fferin g from a frac­ crow d m et him.
tu re d jaw bone and skull a6 th e re­
su lt of an accident on th e Green
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Springs m ountain
T hursday.
Mr. i <g>
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W illiam s was saw ing wood th ere, t
THE WEATHER
when a large log becam e dislodged <•>
and stru ck him on th e head. He was
F o r Oregon— F air.
b ro u g h t into A shland fo r tre a tm e n t <$>
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 20.— The
and is .in a seriQyg. condition.
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tric t is th reaten ed w ith destruction
by a furious forest fire, and can only
be saved if a large num ber of fire
fig h ters a re sent im m ediately ac­
cording to an appeal for help re ­
ceived here today.
Wants Power to
Jail Profiteers
(By th e U nited P ress)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— Judge
Ames, a ssista n t to the a tto rn ey gen­
eral, today w rote C hairm an H augen, 1
of th e house a g ric u ltu ra l com m ittee
urging th e im m ediate passage of
am endm ents to th e L ever food con­
tro l bill, providing a ja il sentence
for profiteers.
A cting for A ttorney G eneral P a l­
(By th e United P ress)
m er, Ames took th is action a fte r the
labor d ep artm en t announcem ent t h a t 1 SEATTLE, W ash., Sept. 20.— Her«
food prices had increased one per is th e way the King county divorc«
cent d u rin g A ugust, reaching th e m ill w orks:
highest level yet know n.
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"A nd my husband stole my bab)
The am endm ents, upon w hich; and took it to C alifornia, leaving mf
Ames asked im m ediate action, haveI w ithout a cent-------”
been before congress for m ore than
“ Divorce g ra n te d .”
a m onth, and a re now in conference
“ -------and she flirted w ith a got
betw een th e house and senate. ’
rig h t under my nose; God know«
"R e p o rts continue com ing to this w here she is now’; she left me a yea,
d e p a rtm e n t indicating p rofiteering ago------ ”
in shoes and o th er articles of wear-<
“ Divorce g ran te d .”
ing a p p a re l,” said Ames. “ Pending
“------and my husband sim ply uy
passage of th e am endm ents, th e de­ and left for M ontana.
I support
p artm en t is pow erless to deal ef­ my baby and m yself— not a cent ot
fectively w ith such rep o rts.”
alim ony— I never w ant to see oi
Making
It Easy
J i g g e r s , th e C o p !
High Priced Land
Is a Farm Factor
PITTSBURG, Sept. £0.— Prospects
of trouble, w ith possible clashes, are
beginning to grow as plans and prep­
a ra tio n s for the big steel strik e pro­
gresses.
W itli two com panies of Pennsylva­
n ia ’s fam ous state police, hated by
every union ipan, ordered out, and
10,000 deputies being sw orn in by
th e steel corporation, borough presi­
dents in the steel tow ns about P itts ­
burgh have announced th a t steps will
be tak en to prevent m ass m eetings
of the steel w orkers Sunday.
(By th e U nitea Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.— P re p a ra ­
tions for a gigantic in d u strial battle
a re being m ade here w ith a strik e
of the steel w orkers practically cer­
tain.
The unions deny any intention of
force, b ut the steel com panies, dot­
ting the e n tire Chicago ind u strial
d istrict, are tak in g no chances and
a re fortifying them selves for a
siege.
Food in huge quan tities is being
tak en behind th e high wooden b a r­
ricades which su rro u n d m ost of the
plants.
Company officials assert th a t only
a m inority of th e ir employes will
strik e and they expect to keep the
loyal w orkers inside the plants as
long as necessary.
T here a re 30,000 w orkers in the
Chicago
steel d istrict, and in addi­
The Redwood park is one of the
tion
hundreds
of concerns depending
oldest, and largest p ark s in the state
upon
th
e
ou
tp
u t of steel for th eir
and the trees th ere a re am ong the
operation.
larg est in th e world.
If th e strik e continues for any ;
length
of tim e production of a g ric u l-1
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 20.— A
tu
ra
l
tools,
autom obiles, factory m a - ,
i
call was received from Redwood park
chinery,
wire
fences
and
num
erous
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today for men from Stanford uni-,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.— The
versity to aid in saving th e giant o th er articles will be ham pered.
i th re e largest shipbuilding com panies
trees th ere from a forest fire which
.
i in the Bay d istrict today refused to
Is gettin g beyond control. The men MILL I It A TO O PERA TE
W ITH LOYAL EM PLOYES sign the new wage scale and work-
a re w anted to relieve the night force
(By the United P ress)
I ing agreem ent sum itted to them by
fire fig h ters who a re nearing ex­
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20. — Steel the w orkm en.
haustion.
com panies here are reported to have ’ All th e men will be called o ut Oc-
rented all halls in the B r a d d o c k to b e r 1, according to a sta te m e n t is-
i h e a r of him again
Homes district in th e hope of pre- i sued by th e Pacific Coast Metal
“ Divorce g ra n te d .”
venting m eetings of the steel work-1 T rades Council.
Several thousand
" -------and I m arried her up in ers a fte r th e strik e next M onday.
I men will be affected.
Nome in 1906; picked her up to give
h er a home, m ore than a year ago,
your honor, and a fte r I gave her
alm ost all I had-------”
"D ivorce g ran te d .”
“ Yes, h e ’s ju st n a tu ra lly shiftless
and no good. W ell, the last black
eye was sim ply
over
nothing,
judge-------” •
“ D ivorce g ra n te d .”
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(By th e U nited P ress)
■ LONDON, Sept. 20.— Berlin dis­
patches quote rep o rts from M unich
and Laibach, A ustria, saying th at
th e allied com m anders have w ith- I
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d ra w n th e ir w arships from F ium e
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(By th e U nited P ress)
h a rb o r and issued an u ltim atum to ■
G abrielle D’A nnunzio dem anding his
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.— W hen
e v acu atio n of the port w ithin 2 4 the norm al conditions a re restored,
hours.
p u rch asers of high priced land may
If th e poet does not accede to th e
,
,
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.
.
.
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, 1 find they a re unable to m ake profit-
dem and
th e
allied
com m anders
th re a te n to bom bard Fium e. •
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able re tu rn s on th e ir investm ents.
This is the conclusion of th e Bu­
reau of F arm M anagem ent of the
D epartm ent of .AgricultuVe, a fte r an
investigation of speculation in farm
lands. Prices of land in som e sec­
tions have risen so rabidly th a t
(By th e U nited P ress)
serious consequences may be expect­
KLAMATH FALLS, Stept. 20.— ed, th e b u reau believes.
High prices for crops have been re ­
F ire yesterday to tally destroyed the
g re a t saw m ill p lan t of th e Pelican flected in th e prices paid fo r land
Bay L um ber com pany, located on and speculators, m any of them not
P elican bay. U pper K lam ath lake, ju st farm ers, have grown rich in buying
and selling a t high figures.
o u tsid e th e city lim its.
F a rm e rs have sold th e ir land a t
T he m ill, which is a to ta l loss, had
a capacity of 300,000 feet p e r. day, w hat seem ed good prices, b u t have
a n d w as owned by th e W eyerhauser been com pelled to buy again, losing
In te re sts. It em ployed 200 to 250 tho u san d s of dollars in the exchange.
m en, ru n n in g th re e shifts. A nother T his m ay cause em barrassm ent, said
m ill belonging to th e sam e com pany th e b u reau , if th e purchase is fi
nanced on credit.
y a a b urned ab o u t six y ears ago.
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(By th e United P ress)
Union officials insist th a t the m ea
will insist upon th e ir rig h t of as­
sem bly and will find places In which
to meet.
The Allegheny W est Pennsylvania
Mills a t B rackenridge suspended opy
e ra tio n s today to enable th e men to
hold m eetings a t which they w ill con­
sider the action they will tak e re ­
g arding the proposed strike.
The com pany will endeavor to op­
e ra te w ith loyal employes.
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SUGAR CROP IS LARGEST
HONOLULU, T. H.— The eager
crop of the te rrito ry of H aw aii thia
year will reach 605,000 tons. Thia
is above any previous estim ate by
several thousand tons and is based
upon th e late st calculations on
“ cleanups” a t several plantations.
The factories have shipped 446,-
000 tons and 31,000 tons m ore will
be sent to San Francisco prior to Oc­
tober 15. The to ta l o u tp u t from
original m ills will be 685,000 tong of
raw su g ar and 20,000 tons of refined
sugar.
SHIPYARDS
TO COT LIVING COST
It Pays
(B y the United Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.—
Surplus arm y food is to be placed
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 20.— on sale on th e Pacific Coast begln-
It pays to advertise, especially if n in S next Monday, according to an-
you know how to do it cleverly, ljjce! nouncem ent by M ajor F red A.
th is:
I Thom pson, zone su rplus property of-
A P o rtlan d m an who furnishes | ficer a t P o rt Mason h e re ’
window blinds for hom es.‘ has th e i T hree cars of frozen m eat a re now
on th e way from Chicago. M ajor
following sign on his autom obile:
Thom
pson said, and a n o th e r c a r is to
“ The blind m an drives th is c a r.”
s ta rt west soon.
A certain hard w are sto re sells
O ther supplies are also to foL
vacuum cleaners. In its window is
low and will be retailed a t reduced
a placard saying:
prices th ro u g h a larg e departm euc
“ Don’t kill your wife. Let the
store here.
— vacuum cleaner do your dirty
The sales, which is In th e n a tu re
w ork.”
of an experim ent, will, if successful,
be followed by sim ilar sales a t Loa
Angeles, P o rtlan d and Seattle. All
sales a re to be m ade a t coat plus a
sm all extra charge for w astage In
cutting. Cost prices given o u t a re ;
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.— F ol­ P o u ltry (ch ick en s), 30c per pound;
lowing are m ark et quotations:
pork loins, 25c; pork shoulder 22c,
BUTTER— E xtras, 64 ^ c .
and m utton 12c.
EGGS— E xtras,
66 % c;
pullets,
Sales of arm y su rp lu s s tu ffs to
61% c.
m unicipalities, discontinued A ugust
POULTRY— B roilers, 32c; hens, 18, will be resum ed M onday, in th is
30c.
d istrict, including the sta te s of C ali­
CATTLE— Top «veers, 10 % c; s >e- fornia, Oregon, W ashington, Idaho
onds, 844c; cows, heifers, 8 V « i and M ontana.
. t
calves, 12 ^ c .
Septem ber 25 is set as th e d ate
HOGS— Top, 15 %c.
for opening the retail sto re for th e
SHEEP— Ewes, 7c; wethers, 9c; sale of su rp lu s clothing and other
lambs, 10c.
com m odities.