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STEEL STRIKERS DIE WHEN CARS COLLIDE A shland D aily T idings » H 1»* >*■♦»■» « » > » e> <b » •« » « < « » ♦ » « ♦ ♦ » k »«■»« » i ÉB » VOL. XLIII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, J919 NUMBER 22 * T H O U S A N D S O F A C R E S B U R N E D -T O W N S T H R E A T E N E D THAMES OARSMEN SALUTING THE ROYAL BARGE SAN BERNARDINO. Calif., Sept. 25.— Five th ousand fire fig h ters are being organized here to fight the fires which are now raging in the San B ernardino m ountains. More th an 500, including all the boy stu d e n ts of the San B ernardino high school, fought fire th ro u g h o u t th e night, and it is planned today to close all stores here th is afternoon so m en can go out and com bat the flam es. A to ta l of 40,000 acres has been laid waste. R efugees arriv in g h ere rep o rt th a t H orseshoe Bend seem s doom ed, and th e in h ab ita n ts a re gath erin g th e ir possessions and p rep arin g to flee. C ouriers rep o rt th a t th e flam es n o rth of Pinecrest are so fierce th a t th e ro a r sounds like th u n d er. How to Keep 'Em Problem (Special to The Tidings) ROSEBURG, Sept. 25.— Daniel E. P erk in s and W illiam F. G ordon, auto thieves, who escaped from th e jail here by unscrew ing iron plates, break in g steel b ars believed u n b rea k able, and rem oving a num ber of bricks, have been recaptured a t G lendale, and the local a u th o ritie s a re in a qu an d ary as to how they are to be kept in custody. They practically w recked th e jail in m aking th e ir getaw ay and it is possi ble th a t they will be kept under arm ed guard u n til th e ir cases can be disposed of. (By th e United P ress) REDWOODS ARE BURNING SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 25.— The g rea t forest fire in Big Basin is “ ab solutely out of c o n tro l,” and if the fam ous redwood tre e s th ere are to be saved tb« sta te m ust im m ediately supply "all the fire fig h ters possi SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2 ' — A b le,” .according to F ire W arden telegram dem anding th a t th e S outh Dool. ern Pacific com pany g ra n t them a conference was sent to W alter D. Hines, United S tates railroad adm in istra to r, by rep resen tativ es of the barge and riv er boat tra n sp o rta tio n (B y th e U nited P ress) w orkers' union, which is on strik e in MONTREAL, Sept. 25.— At least San Francisco, Sacram ento and seven persons were in ju re d w hen an' Stockton. The union was joined in acetylene ta n k in th e w elding room the dem and by the m aster m ates and of th e V ickers Shipbuilding com pany pilots’ association and th e m arine p lan t exploded late th is afternoon. engineers' association. E m ployers said an effo rt would STE EL ON M ARKET be m ade to break th e strike. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.— The Union rep resen tativ es said they w ar d ep artm en t today threw on the had asked for a quick answ er from m a rk e t eleven m illion pounds of raw Mr. H ines in o rd er to m ove the tons and p artly finished steel of d ifferen t of perishable foodstuffs now tied up classes, bids for which will be open- here and a t S acram ento and San ed soon. Joaquin valley points. Woman Has . Many Names »wiiv m usr j u n it ie s p u a e a u i , pnoiograpneu rrom vaoogau pier a tc n e ls e u . oars" as a salute to King George as the royul barge passed. 99 Steel Industry "Rotten Apple of U. S. Industrial Situation Declares Spokesman of Labor «»i i «. (By th e U nited P ress) WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.— The steel in d u stry ’s “ open oppression of i labor is th e rotten- apple of th e in- i d u strial s itu a tio n ,” C hairm an Fitz- P atrick of the s trik e rs ’ com m ittee told the sen ate lab o r com m ittee to- !day Seven Hurt 7.7..' 7 - (By the U n ited (P ress) PA RIS, Sept. 25.— P re m ie r Clem- I enceau today told th e cham ber of deputies, “ You have th e rig h t to ac- ! cept or reje ct th e tre a ty as a whole? w ithout am ending it.” The prem ier declared th a t th e tre a ty , as a whole ’s a S°°d one. ljl|l||/r ■ fl B lf All A y ’ 7 7 7 ' • • • • o I ltli\t mA I IE A FIGHI TO FINISH (By th e Unoted P ress) DENVER, Sept. 25.— Avowedly ready for a finish fight on th e tre a ty ratifica tio n , P resid en t W ilson today carrie d the cam paign into Colorado, th e hom e sta te of Senator Thom as, who has ju st declared in favor of res ervations. W ilson says th e fight is centering on A rticle Ten, which he reg ard s as th e h e a rt of th e docum ent. It is considered th a t he issued a challenge w hen he said in Cheyenne th a t he, as president, would deem the tre a ty rejected if congress adopted th e pro posed reservation on A rticle Ten. This reserv atio n stip u lates th a t the U nited States assum es no obligation to execute any of the provisions of A rticle Ten and sta te s th a t the U nit ed S tates will not use troops under any article w ithout the consent of congress. P resident W ilson’s answ ers to the • objections to th e league covenant a re in substance, “ The covenant says .io iiu c u ».I n _____ o th in o g ......... in it shall be w construed as affecting th e validity of th e Monroe a . - - _ do ctrin e.” “ We can w ithdraw from th e league upon two y e a rs’ notice, •when we please.” “ T here is nothing In th e covenant to in te rfe re w ith the r ig h t of self-d eterm in atio n .” “ The covenant expressly excludes in te rfe r e n ce w ith dom estic q u estio n s.” “ One A m erican vote in th e league council o ffse ts six B ritish votes in th e league assem b ly .” The cutters are seen “tossing their (By the Unoted P ress) LONDON, Sept. 25.— The confer ence of governm ent officials and rep resen tativ es of th e railw ay union a d jo u rn ed today w ithout reaching a decision. (By th e U nited P ress) LONDON, Sept. 25.— A fter several h o u rs’ d eliberation executives of the n ational railw ay union today decided to accept th e governm ent’s invitation to hold a conference in an effo rt to av ert the th re a te n e d strike. The press unanim ously condem ns th e railw ay men for w hat is described as an atte m p t to “ hold up” th e new m inistry of tra n sp o rta tio n , pointing out th a t th ere a re still th re e m onths before th e wage scale expires and th a t th e re is no ju stificatio n for im m ediate action. C ritics of the governm ent blam e th e situ atio n on Sir A uckland Ged des, m in ister of reconstruction, ch arg in g th a t a tactless le tte r from him was construed as an ultim atum from th e governm ent. ROSEBURG, Sept. 25.— County E ngineer M. B. G erm ond has begun work on th e plans recently a u th o r ized by the county court for building a county dock and w harf a t the town of S cottsburg to replace th e old pub lic dock a t th e low er riv er city which is now in th e last stages of decay. The m em bers of th e county court, who recently re tu rn e d from a trip to th e Scottsburg and low er river section, exam ined th e project while th ere and w ith plans definitely in mfnd have set about th e w ork. Ac cording to th e engineer th e new dock will be about 40x25 feet in dim en sions and will have a covered portion (By the U nited P ress) f ° r s to rin s and handling freig h t and OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 25.— an open section for the lum ber hay O . 1 , as _ _ passen _ _ More sex crim es a re being com m itted and f 1 o V th er M fre a « ig t- h 4 t as — ... well gers. in O akland now th an a t any o th er tim e in its history, according to Cap DUBLIN.— W est of Ireland pro tain of Detectives W’a lte r P eterson. cess servers have notified th e coun A wave of sex crim e is sweeping ty court judges th a t failing an in the e n tire country, he said, and pro crease in salaries, they will strik e hibition is th e cause. and tie up th e business of th e civil “ Alcohol deadened d esires,” de courts. , clared Peterson. “ Since the passing ---------------------------- J MB mf alcohol sex crim es have g reatly An inventor has patented a trough increased.” shaped ash sifter m ounted on two P o rtla n d strik e of lau n d ry w ork wheels, which sifts ashes by g ravity Clam ps on th e back of a new ch air e r s backed by team sters and barbers. as one end is raised. stre tc h th e w rinkles from tro u sers. Says Prohibition Causes Sex Crime ® <$ TOO BIG FOR JAIL, * SENT TO HOSPITAL ------------- <$> ( By the United Press) GARY, Ind., Sept. 26.— Twenty- five strik in g steel w orkers were In ju red in a head-on collision of two stre e t cars a t th e G ates A m erican Sheet and T inplate plant here today. (Special to The T idings) PORTLAND, Sept. 25.— Pleading The cars, crowded with workers en not guilty to charges of bigam y and route to the mill to receive th eir larceny b rought by Anthony Dolecki, pay, collided under the subway. who was her husband for a day, Mrs. ANOTHER STRIKE VICTIM G ertrude de Snell, arre ste d a t the (By the Unoted P ress) home of her supposed husband in FA RREL, Pa.. Sept. 25.- Butte, M onut., told P residing Judge Gtens, in superior court, th a t her s trik e r was killed and a n o th e r se ri real nam e was E stella Cam eron, th u s ously beaten in a gun fight with the adding a n o th e r nam e to her list of sta te police here today. The police aliases, which include G ertrude raided a house from which it was de W right and E. M arie Overton. Mrs. clared men were “sniping” a t th e de Snell is said to have played the steel plant. leading role in a num ber of m atri t- GUNS KEPT BUSY m onial ad rom ances, although she is 52 years of age. (By the United P ress) PITTSBURGH. Sept. 26.— A score of shots were fired today a t three employes of the C lairton Steel plant and policemen en route to the miy. The men were carry in g $200,000 to be paid o ut as wages for th e w ork ers. No one was injured. SEEKS HIS WIFE STEEL MEN HIT BACK (By th e United Press) - CHICAGO, Sept. 25.— The steel m ills began a com eback in the Chica go district today. At Gary, Ind., the plant began lim ited operation of th e slab m ill, using w orkers who had dribbled back in the last two days. The steel com pany officials a t Indi ana H arbor, east of Chicago, said the men a re appealing for m ore po lice protection so they m ight re tu rn to th e ir jobs. i •$ YORK, Sept. " > NEW o c p i' 25.— <$> BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 25.— H. C. î f m ° ry ™ m an ’ ° « m h° Wil8° " h&S W ritte" l ° th ® 1OCa’ P° ' ® for passing w orthless checks, <$> lice, asking them to find his wife, <» couldn’t be put in because he *> Mrs. Inez W ilson, and send her to <?> weighs 608 pounds and the <•> him./ <$> doors of th e jail cells a re too <$> To m ake th e ir job easy, Wilson <§> sm all. So he has been put in 4> sent her photograph to the cops, $50 <»> a hospital under guard. with which to pay her fare and the inform ation th a t he ‘ has stru ck it , ' "" rich in oil and can now give her anything she w an ts.” He was th e first w itness in the hearin g authorized by th e senate Tuesday, when it passed th e Kenyon resolution. “J u s t as a ro tte n apple wiH con tam in a te an e n tire barrel, so th e steel in d u stry is doing to the e n tire labor situ a tio n ,” he declared. >««« h He said th a t is the reason why the steel in d u stry m ust be organized now. Bad conditions in th e steel industry, he said, w ere being used to prevent b e tte r w orking conditions in o th er occupations. (By th e U nited P ress) C hairm an F itzp atrick told of the BATAVIA, N. Y., Sept. 25.— slaying ( of Mrs. M innie Snellings. He B lackhanders a re believed responsi- said it was done by a mill guard, ad- ble for the w recking by a bomb of ding: “ T hat is the system of ter- a tw o-story dw elling, killing three rorism they (th e steel com panies) ' and in ju rin g four. use. They m ade an exam ple of M r s . _________________ _ Snelling to put th e fear of God into PAPER CHANGES HANDS the h e a rts of th e s trik e rs .” (By the United P ress) ASTORIA, Sept. 25.— The Budget, BURTON, 'W ales. — Shooting at an aftern o o n new spaper here, has crows c h a tte rin g on the housetop, been sold by th e G ratke b ro th ers to John Clark shot his wife, who was th e publishers of th e E ast Oregon- looking out of th e window. ¡an, effective O ctober 2. ie « »♦♦♦♦♦ » i i i h h i i m in 1 1) ♦ « I l l » « ........................... ITALY TENSE OVER CITY SEIZES Hyphen is Treaty’s Greatest Opponent T (By th e United P ress) EDMONTON, A lta., Sept. 25.— The city today took over the local power plant in ord er th a t public utilities DENVER, Sept. 25.— “ H yphens! He said he w ants th e senate to m ight not be paralyzed, th e owners having refused to work the plant, are th e knives th a t are being stuck flatly reject or accept th e tre a ty , and due to rejection of a iequest for in into th is docum ent, P resident Wil- not leave th e issue in doubt w ith r e s - . son charged in his speech here de- ervations. W ilson said th a t in m ak- creased rates by th e public utilities com m ittee. m anding acceptance of the peace ing th is dem and he th o u g h t he was treaty . speaking for th e people of th e Unit- He em phatically alleged th a t “ out- ed States, side th e legislative h a lls,” th e only A dem onstration which continued organized opposition to th e tre a ty for several m inutes, w ith people comes from the sam e forces th a t fa- jum ping on ch airs broke out when vored G erm any d u rin g the w ar. the president said he believed he had j T here is no question of reserva- the support of th e people of the SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.— F ol tions or am endm ents to the tre a ty . United States. lowing a re m ark et quotations: he said. The issue is flatly accept-1 Shouts of “ You bet, W oodrow, BUTTER— E xtras, 64c. ance or rejection. He declared th at we’re w ith you, old boy,” filled the EGGS — E xtras, 71 % c; pullets, acceptance m eans insurance ag ain st air. The cheers subsided and then 61% c. w ar- broke out afresh. POULTRY— B roilers, 32c; hens, T here was a trem endous dem on- “ You *are God’s chosen spokes- 36c. stra tio n when he said th a t he is un- m an ,” shouted a woman in the audi- CATTLE— Top < e e rs, 1014c; s»c- der bond to the m others, wives and ence. onds, 814c; cows, heifers, 8 V e ; sw eethearts of Am erica to do all pos “ If Am erica stays out of the tre a ty calves, 1214 c. sible to prevent a n o th e r w ar. “ The th is country . m ust have — — — th — e largest HOGS'—-Top, 16c. children a re my clien ts,” he cried, arm y in th e world, w ith huge tajees, SH E E P— Ewes, 7c; w ethers, 9c; Adding th a t the League of N ations universal conscription and a m ilitary lambs, 10c. m eans a 98 per cent insurance ag ain st governm ent, because you can not ru n BARLEY— Spot feed, $3.00; ship- w a r’ such a m achine w ith a debating so- ping, $3.10. “ If we do not have th is tre a ty , la- ciety,” declared the president. bor will be regarded as a p u rch asa W ilson was cheered by a crowd of WOMAN CONVERTED ble com m odity th ro u g h o u t the 11,000 when he entered th e a u d ito r 30 CENTS RETURNED w orld,” said th e president, draw ing ium to th e m usic of “ Onward, Chris- EUGENE, Sept. 25.— “ Because," a tte n tio n to th e labor provisions. tion ’ Soldiers,” played on th e g reat she said, “th e Lord has saved my “ If th is tre a ty is tu rn e d down pipe organ. soul and I w ant to m ake it rig h t,” a A m erica will deserve to forfeit the He spoke from a pulpit tow ering woman enclosed 30 cents in stam ps confidence of th e world. I chal 10 feet above th e heads of those seat- in a le tte r to F. E. Dice, grover, to lenge th e opponents of the tre a ty to ed on th e platform , He was in tro - pay, she said, for a yard of ribbon show cause why it should not be ra t- duced as th e “ first m an of th e stolen in 1915, w hen Dice conducted ifled,” he exclaim ed. world.” a store at Tacoma, Wash. i By ('amillo Cianferra, (U nited P ress S taff C orrespondent.# ROME, Sept. 25.— W ith all part* of the country aroused over the tenseness of the Flum e situ atio n , It aly is nervously aw aiting the decis ion of the crown council, which m et the first tim e today since 1882. A pparently only P rem ier N ittl and Foreign M inister T ittoni know th e proposals which will be m ade for the suppression of G abrielle dAa- nunzio, but it is believed they will be drastic. P rem ier N itti’s adversaries assert th a t his resignation would solve the Fium e crisis and quiet th e country. “ W e are not on th e eve of revolu tion; we arp not on th e verge of bankruptcy; we are not overtaken by fam ine,” said the C orriere Della Ser ra, today. "T he only alarm ing th in g in the whole situ atio n seem s to be the governm ent’s nervousness.” R eports of d ’A nnuncio’s success and popularity continue to reach Rome. T rieste dispatches rep o rt hi* forces have occupied Toguira, on th e D alm atian coast. Despite the blockade which th e Italian governm ent has established, provisions for d ’A nnunzio’s forces ilf F ium e are pouring in continually from com m ittees in the su rro u n d in g d istricts, the poet has announced in an official com m unique. He said, “ a constant stream of volunteers," is a rriv in g from all parte of Italy. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ <$> & THE WEATHER ♦ <$• F o r Oregon— F air. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ E xploration of C hina’s coal fields has led to th e belief th a t they c o n tain m ore fuel th a n all th e re st of th« world to g eth er. «