A shland D aily T idings
VOLUME J
Successor to The Sem i-W eekly
T idings.
Voi. 43.
ASHLAND OREGON, MONDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1919
NUMBER 55
ALL IS QUIET IN COAL STRIKE
Great Power
May Be Given
(B y th e I n ite d P ress)
• WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— R epre-
se n ta tiv e B urke today p resented a
resolution in th e house au th o rizin g
th e president to seize and o p erate
th e coal m ines as long as th e presi-
dent deem s necessary.
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(By th e U nited P re ss)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— Secretary
of the In te rio r Lane today said th a t
at th e next cabinet m eeting he will
“ call a tte n tio n to the proposal of
The B rotherhood of Locom otive En-
gineers for the appointm ent by th e
governm ent of a com m ission to deal
.with th e coal s trik e and general in
d u stria l situ a tio n ."
Lane said he reg a rd s th is proposal
as an endorsem ent of the offer th e
p resident m ade to the m iners to su b
m it th e ir dem ands to a com m ission
to be appointed by him.
It is considered likely th a t the cab
in et will recom m end to th e president
That he nam e such a com m ission, pro
vided th e coal m ine s trik e is first de
c la re d ended.
NEW MEXICO HAS CAV’ALRY
, GALLUP, N. M., Nov. 3.— A squad-
son of United States cavalry a rriv ed
here today for duty in event of dis
o rd ers in the New Mexico coal fields.
G overnor L arrazola requested the
troops.
TKOOI’S TO UTAH
SAN DIEGO, No. 3.— A com pany
of reg u la rs is speeding tow ard the
U tah coal fields today from Camp
K earny. O ther troops are held in
read in ess to leave a t a m om ent’s no
tic e if needed.
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MORE GUARDS OUT
(By th e U nited P re ss)
DENVER, Nov. 3.— W ith ten m ines
already under th e protection of sta te
troops. G overnor Shoup today or'
dered ad d itio n al guardsm en to all
th e principal m ines of the S outhern
C olorado coal fields.
TREATY VOTE
Nine of th e nineteen Colorado Fuel
and Iron com pany m ines have opened
w ith police protection. T hirty-tw o
percent of th e norm al w orking force
¡s On th e job, th e com pany an-
nounced.
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S H IP NO MOKE COAL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 .,— Coal
shipping operations have been tem -
P orarily suspended by th e shipping
board due to the coal strike.
W ith th e exception of 25 ships
Pai'tly loaded no cargoes of coal will
leave th e United S tates now, it is
anpounced.
(B y the U nited P ress)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— The a d
m in istratio n forces today decided to
ask a final vote on th e peace tre a ty
T hursday.
Voting, under th is proposal, would
be continued u n til 3 n. m., S aturday
when, if no resolution of ratificatio n
had received the necessary two-
th ird s gote o th e r business m ight be
t a ^ U XIP'
The te n ta tiv e agreem ent which will
be presented by S enator Hitchcock
•has th e follow ing clauses:
The senate to m eet each day a t 11
a. m., no se n ato r to speak m ore th a n
once, and no longer th a n fifteen
m inutes on each question.
All
am endm ents to th e tre a ty will be
vited on a t to d ay 's session. T om or
row and W ednesday will be devoted
(By th e U nited P ress)
to consideration of reservations.
If th e tre a ty receives th e neces-
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.- -M rs.
F red M orely was killed today w hen s a ry tw o -th ird s vote th e president
an autom obile h er husband w as driv- sha11 be notified. If it does not re-
ing plunged off th e San Bruno road. ceive th e required m ajority, F riday
The two w ere pinned under th e Prim e object, one of th e first concrete
m achine for several hours.
era tio n of th e o th e r resolutions of
Morely was unconscious when res- ratifica tio n which a m inority of the
cued. W hen revived he told of sen ate foreign relatio n s com m ittee
vainly calling for help w hile his bas Proposed, these to be voted upon
young wife lay dead beside him.
no ,a te r than 3 P m - S aturday. •
Adeuse fog caused th e accident.
Under the dem ocratic
proposal,
final voting on the resolution of r a t
M orely’s in ju rie s are serious.
ification would begin next T hursday
an
dif no resolution proposed received
PASTORS OPPOSE HIGH FARE
th
e
necessary tw o-thirds vote by Sat
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(By the T’nited P ress)
urday
evening the
sen ate would
BOSTON. Nov. ; — High carfa re s
th
en
consider
itself
deadlocked
and
are discouraging church atten d an ce,
tu
rn
to
consideration
of
o
th
e
r
busi-
in th e opinion of prom inent m inis
te rs here, who ad v o cate a five-cent ness-
fare on Sunday. The present fare
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in Boston is 10 cents.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.— E ffo rts
Rev. George R. Sail-, D. D., a Bap- t0
a lim e for a vote on th e peace
tist pa s to r, advocated a system sim - tre a ty failed in the senate. Pro-
ila r to the plan now in effect by Posals by S enator Lodge for a vote
which stu d e n ts pay a five-cent fare.
Novem ber 12 were rejected by
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H itchsock. whose suggestion for a
Wool grow ers get $1.50 fo r fleece vote th is week, in tu rn , opposed bv
in average suit of clothes.
Lodge.
D espite num erous pleas for prom pt
action, th e tre a tv situ a tio n was left
in its previous indefinite stage.
H tichcock said his plan would
“ do away, w ith th e idea th a t a m ere
m ajo rity can pile up th e resolution
of ratificatio n , and and th a t if th is
is lost th e tre a ty is k illed .”
I.odge reto rte d th a t th e constitn-
tion gives one-third of th e senate
power to defeat a tre a ty but th a t it
does not give it power to control the
form of ratificatio n .
.» “ T hat is a m a tte r reserved for th e
m a jo rity ,” said Lodge.
Japanese Prestige and
Interests at Stake
(By th e U nited P ress)
TOKIO, Oct. 8.— “ J a p a n ’s prestige
and in terests a re at stak e in the
W ashington labor conference,” was
P re m ie r T ia ra ’s sta te m e n t at a lunch
eon today when he e n te rta in ed Uhei
M asum oto anil o th er m em bers of the
lab o r delegation, about to leave for
th e I'n ited States.
The reference m ade by the Ja p a
nese prem ier to J a p a n ’s prestige was
tak e n bv m any to refer to h er com
m ercial ability to undersell A m erica
on account of low er production costs
’th ro u g h cheapen laboi.
,
T he g re a t co v en an t u n d e r w hich
th e forthcom ing labor congress will
be held, will become an absolute law
w ith the ratifica tio n of th e peace
tre a ty ,” the prem ier said.
The dpi-
egates of all co u n tries will, no doubt,
b rin g forw ard propositions based on
conditions in th e ir countries, and
th e re is absolutely no reason fo r the
differences in th e conditions of v a ri
ous co untries affectin g any country
in th e least,
“ In th e peace c o n fe re n c e 'a t P aris.
Ja p an has been sittin g as one of th e
five g reat pow ers and it is a m atte r
of course th a t th e sam e rig h t and
Jbsition will be accorded th e Jap a-
nese delegates to th e W ashington
conference. It will be a m a tte r of
F ra n k Dodge, a b ro th e r or Mrs. C.
L. Loom is and nephew of J. P. Dodge
of A shland, died F rid ay n ight a t his
home 4n K lam ath F alls a fte r a very
sh o rt illness, due to pneum onia. His
wife was visiting a t h e r form er
hom e in D illard when ridings reached
h er of
D odge-S illn e ss
She
sta rte d for hom e im raediately with
^ jrg
Loom is and Blaine K lum of
M edford in th e la tte r ’s car, but failed
lo reacb bei- h u sb an d 's bedside before
he died
Ml, Dodce
w.ls fQrmer
S o uthern Pacific agent at D illard
a n d . was well kR< wn jn A shland
Rumania Must
Answer Quick
(By tne United P ress)
PARIS. Nov. .3 .— The suprem e
council of th e peace conference to-1
day decided to ord er R um ania to re
ply to th e council’s note of October
12, a t once.
The in terallied tra n sp o rts com
m ission has b e e n .o rd e red to Poland
to open the railw ays betw een G er
m any and Poland.
^
Louis A lbert Banks, D. D., of Del
aw are, Ohio, who will speak in the
M ethodist church tom orrow , T ues
day, evening, in th e in te rests of n a
tion-w ide prohibition, is well know n
on th e Pacific coast w here he began
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his work in the m inistry. At th e age
of 16 he began to preach the gospel
in W ashington te rrito ry , and re
ceived his first reg u lar appointm ent
as a m in ister in th e M ethodist church
a t P o rtlan d . Since th en Dr. Banks
has served rem a rk a b ly successful
New Conference
Now Proposed
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(B y th e United P ress)
WASHINGTON, Nox. 3. — P resi-
W ilson and o th er officials are
y considering th e calling of a
new in d u stria l conference, following
proposals from th e B rotherhood of
Locom otive E ngineers th a t an “ in
d u strial com m ission” be set up to
settle capital and labor disputes.
It is understood l be president and
o th er offiPials believe an in d u strial
r code
ndp m
s t b be
o d draw
r a w n n
up
an d su b -
m u ust
scribed to by th e w orkers and em-
ployers, o r else m any serious strik es
will tra il th e steel and coal w alkouts,
and w ith no lesion betw een labor and
cap italists th e situ a tio n will become
steadily m ore acu te and in terferen ce
with production will become m ore
w idespread.
Since th e in d u strial conference
dissolved a fte r having split on the
question of collective bargaining, the
president has been considering calling
an o th er.
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It is learned his list of delegates
is alread y p artly m ade up.
The B rotherhood proposal gives
him an o p p ortunity to .act.
W hile d ra ftin g an in d u stria l code
acceptable to both sides would be the
prim e object, one of th e first concrete
problem s to be put before a new con
ference would be settlem en t of the
coal strike.
p asto rates in th e leading churches of
the largest cities from coast tq coast.
As an evangelist his itin era rie s have
been nation-w ide.
As an advocate of tem perance re-
form th e past q u a rte r of a century,
Dr. B anks’ nam e has been well nigh
a household word, and for the past
two years or m ore he has been giving
his e n tire tim e to th e cam paign for
nation-w ide prohibition as one of th e
natio n al lec tu re rs of th e A nti-Saloon
L eague of Am erica. He recently
com pleted a to u r to the Pacific Coast
and back, speaking daily, covering a
period of alm ost th re e m onths.
The lectu re platform contains no
m ore able, popular and successful
speaker. He is one of the tru ly g rea t
m en in the prohibition reform . He
has the sunny face, th e sp ark lin g eye,
th e h earty laugh, th a t puts his a u d i
ence in th e sam e happy hum or.
A shland is m ost fo rtu n a te to be
able to have th is m an speak and -his
nam e should in su re a large audience.
(By th e U nited P re ss)
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3.— L eaders
of tse strik in g coal m iners a re today
c o n cen tratin g th e ir e ffo rts on fig h t
ing th e legal b attle, sta rte d by th e
governm ent to in te rfe re w ith th e
strike.
A ttorneys a re co n ferrin g as to th e
best m eans of m eeting th e injunc
tion.
R eports from various p a rts of th e
country indicate th e re is no change
in th e s trik e situation.
(By th e U nited P re ss)
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov.
3.— The
SCT1 K i l l s coal m iners, th e op erato rs
and th e governm ent are all stan d in g
Pa t today while the public w atches
th e coal pile steadily dim inish,
. The m iners believe coal produc-
^'on bas been reduced 90 per cent
b^ th e strik e. Mine o p erato rs claim
th is figure is high.
Shortage of coal is alread y felt by
m any industries. It is reported th a t
the Oliver Plow W orks and o th er
concerns a t South Bend have w ired
to W ashington officials th a t they
will be forced to shut down if coal
is not forthcom ing.
Union officials claim th e s trik e
is “one hundred per cent effective."
R eports from im p o rtan t d istricts,
according to th e m iners' leaders, show
no decrease in th e num ber of m en
Ol’t S aturday, when m any men would
have observed a holiday anyway.
TH REATEN ANOTHER STRIKE
PITTSBURGH ,Nov. 1.— P ennsyl
vania is th reaten ed with a statew ide
strik e in event G eneral Sproul re
fuses the request of the S tate F ed
eration of L abor for a special session
of the leg islatu re to “ resto re consti
tu tio n al liberty in th e s ta te .”
This is a result of th e a u th o ritie s
refusing to perm it steel w orkers
m eetings.
Dr. Louis A lb e it R anks
(By th e U nited P ress.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— Discus
sion of th e eight h o u r day and 48
hour week will begin late today in
FAIR CASH IER SITS ON
the In te rn a tio n a l L abor Conference,
PAYROLL; FOILS ROBBER
follow ing the seating of th e Germ an
CHICAGO.— Miss Anna Weises sat
delegates.
down and thereby saved $1000.
D elegates rep resen tin g organized
Miss W eiss, 2 0, is cash ier of a
labor a re planning to begin a fight
branch sto re of a tailo rin g com pany,
before th e cred en tials com m ittee to
It was payday. Miss W eiss was put-
b ar from voting several n ations th a t
f*n S th e money into th e em ployes'
sent no labor delegates— only gov
envel°Pes.
She had filled tw entv-
f,Ve e,lvelopes’ and as fast as sbp
ern
m en t representatives.
(By th e United- P ress)
suffed th e envelopes she put them
U
nder th e ru les eacn nation is en
course th a t th e delegates for the em- on th e c h a ir n e a r the tab le T hat con-
GALVESTON,. Texas, Nov. 3.—
titled
to four votes, one each for
ployers should endeavor to protect tained th e money.
G eneral M anuel Palafox, Z ap ata’s
J^ieir in te rests and th a t those of th e
Suddenly th e ro u tin e of payday secretary principal lead er of th e labor and em PloJ'e r» and tw o for the
d istu rb ed . L T 1 hree
m
en Wltn.
w ith re- 7 _ ^ ^ x. , = x = Qn,i , _
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„ ,.,io
, C „ y , . governm ent.
-w orkers should do th e same.
It . was
. e One
L
nen
volvers had ” a entered.
stood re"
at ZaPa tls ta s - and E vardo Gonzales.
Za-
, hould bp borne
in m ind, how ever, the e n tran ce of the work room w here P i t a ’s successor, w ith all th e Zapa-
th a t in doing so they m ust not lose eighty-five em ployes. m ostly girls, tis ta troops rem aining
since the
ROUND UP BOMBERS
si.ght of the existence of th e state.
w ere busy m aking tro u sers. Pande- death of Z apata h im self. have been
NEW
KENSINGTON. Pa., Nov.
m onium ensued.
Our d eleg ates should rem em ber
Miss W eiss scream ed when one of caPtu re d in an old Soanish m ine in — S tate troops a re today rounding
Ja p a n s p restig e and in te rests which th e robbers cam e into h e r office and th e sta te of Morolos.
suspects in connection w ith th re e
; re at sta k e and a t th e sam e tim e then she sat
on th e tw enty-five en- Official advices to
th e Mexican bom bings yesterday in which five
>he\ should try to snti«fa c to rib ’ dis- 'e lo p e s. The m an stood guard while consulate here recount on of th e
hom es of steel w orkers were d a r:-
c h a re e th e ir m ission which is of an ° tb e r scooped up th e m oney on the m ost sen sational su rre n d e rs in th e aged. Two foreigners have been ar-
table.
w orld-w ide im p o rta n c e .”
history of Mexican revolutions.
rested. None w ere in ju red .
j And th en th e m en fled.
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Miners Fight
the Injunction
(By th e U nited Press)
LONDON, Nov. 3.— Unofficial Hel-
singfors dispatches today reported
th a t th e R ussian n o rth w estern arm y
evacuated G atchina, T hursday night.,
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A nti-B olshevik troops , captured
G atchina several weeks ago and
w ere using it as a base for th e ad-
vance on P etro g rad . E xacuation
was presum ably caused by a Bolshe-
vik co u n ter offensive.
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10 COT OUT
(By th e U inted P ress)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— Senator
Jones of W ashington today in tro
duced two bills settin g up a peace
tim e shipping program and, aim ed to
m ake the U nited S tates equal to o th er
g rea t powers in foreign trade.
Oq.e bill would abolish th e em er
gency fleet corporation which now is
building vessels.
The o th e r bill
would give to the shipping board
a u th o rity to build and sell ships and
tak e from th e board th e a u th o rity to
operate ships.
COMMISSION GETS POW ER
(By th e U nited P ress)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— The sen
ate today adopted th e conference
rep o rt on the Cum m ins bill re sto r
ing to the in te rsta te com m erce com
m ission its pre-w ar ra te m aking
powers.
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(By th e Uinted P ress)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— A ppoint
m ent- of a com m ission composed of
fifteen rep resen tativ es of as m any
countries to m ake a w orld wide
probe of the unem ploym ent question
was advocated today a t th e In te rn a
tional L abor C onference by V iscount
Deeza, head of the Spanish delega
tion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3.— F o l
low ing a re m ark e t qu o tatio n s:
EGGS— E xtras 89c.
BUTTER— E xtras, 66 ^ c .
POULTRY— Bloilers, 42c; hens,
36c.
CATTLE— Top steers, 14c.
HOGS— Top, 13.
SH E E P — Ewes, 7c; w ethers, 9 % c;
lam bs, 9% c.
BARLEY— Spot feed, $3.15; ship
ping, $3.10.
Consider Control
of Water Carriers
(By th e U nited P ress)
WASHINGTON,
Nov.
3.— The
house in te rsta te com m erce com m it
tee is now debating th e q u estion
of w h eth er control of w ater c a rrie rs,
including coastw ise ships should be
included in th e ra ilro a d ’s bill.
Because of the necessity of passing
this legislation as soon as possible
some m em bers of th e com m ittee fa-
vor leaving th e w ater c a rrie r regu-
latio n problem u ntil later.