9 COAL SHORTAGE STOPS BUSINESS D aily ASHLAND C L I M A T E , W ITHOUT TH E AID OF M EDICINE, CURES NINE CASES OUT OF TEN OF ASTHMA. irn r r n r r Y U L U A lh , i i Successor to The Sem i-W eekly Tidings. Voi. 43. ID1NGS M ALARIA CANNOT SU R ­ VIV E T H R E E M ONTHS IN THE P U R E OZONE AT ASHLAND. T H E P U R E DOMESTIC W A TER H E L P S . NUMBER So ASHLAND OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1919 MAY DECLARE WAR ON MEXICO -9 9 » * 9 9 > 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9-< 9■* (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) W A SH IN G TO N . Dec. 3. — F o u r h u n d re d th o u s a n d ra ilro a d c le rk s, s ta tio n em p lo y es a n d fre ig h t h a n d ­ le rs w ill receive s u b s ta n tia l w age in ­ c re a se s u n d e r a n a tio n a l a g re e m e n t now b ein g n e g o tia te d . T h e n e g o tia tio n s w ill be co n c lu d ­ ed w ith in te n day s, u n io n le a d e rs said . T h e a g re e m e n t w ill in clu d e tim e I a n d a h a lf fo r o v e rtim e a f te r e ig h t h o u rs. Tt also ca lls fo r a 26 d ay m o n th . * FARM ERS CON VEX E (By the United P ress) (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) W A SH IN G TO N , Dec. 3.— A co n ­ c u r r e n t re so lu tio n d ire c tin g P re sid e n t W ilso n to se v e r all d ip lo m a tic re la ­ tio n s w ith M exico im m e d ia te ly an d ■withdraw re co g n itio n o f C arra n z a w as to d a y in tro d u c e d in th e s e n a te by S e n a to r F all. T h e re so lu tio n w ould also p u t co n ­ g re s s on re co rd as b a c k in g up th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t’s ac tio n in th e J e n ­ k in s case. It w as re fe rre d to th e fo re ig n re­ la tio n s co m m ittee. S e n a to r F a ll d e c la re d t h a t ev i­ d en c e h a s been o b ta in e d w hich will a s to u n d th e c o u n try w hen publicly p re s e n te d . H e said . ‘T c h a rg e lh a t th e M exi­ c a n em bassy in W a sh in g to n , th e M exican consul g e n e ra ls in New York a n d San F ra n c isc o a n d co n su ls alo n g th e b o rd e r a re c o n s ta n tly s tirrin g p p re v o lu tio n and B olshevik ideas, a n d th a t C a rra n z a is beh in d th is p ro p a g a n d a . S e n a to r S hields d ec la red th a t A s h u rs t’s re so lu tio n d ire c tin g th e w a r d e p a rtm e n t to send tro o p s to th e b o rd e r does not go fa r en o u g h an d t h a t it sh o u ld be ch a n g ed to d ec la re w a r on Mexico. “ F o r th e la s t five y e a rs th e re h as b een am p le ca u se fo r th e U n ited S ta le s to go to w a r.” S h ield s said. P re v io u s to S e n a to r F a ll’s ac tio n , p e n a io r A sh u rst had in tro d u c e d a re s o lu tio n d ire c tin g th e w ar d e p a rt­ m e n t to m a in ta in su ffic ie n t tro o p s on th e b o rd e r to p ro tec t life an d p ro p ­ e r ty in view of re p o rts th a t C a rr a n ­ za w as m assin g so ld ie rs p e a r th e lin e. S e n a to r F a ll said . “ W e ou g h t to p a v e su ffic ie n t tro o p s th e re to re- p*d a tta c k s o r invasion from th e M exican side. I am receiv in g m any te le g ra m s and le tte rs from th e b o r­ d e r w hich I do not feel a t lib e rty to d isclo se n o w ; hu t u n less ju d g m e n t a n d p ru d e n c e a re em ployed th e re Will be a re p e titio n of th ese o u t­ ra g e s .” T H E D A LLES, Ore*, Dec 3.- P ra c tic a lly every c o u n ty in O regon an d S o u th e rn Id a h o is re p re s e n te d by d e le g a te s w ho cam e h e re y e s te r­ day to a tte n d th e co n v e n tio n of th e O regon a n d S o u th e rn Id a h o divis- ion of th e F a r m e r s ’ E d u c a tio n a l a n d C o -o p erativ e I nion of A m erica. This is th e n in ttr a n n u a l m eetin g ot th e o rg a n iz a tio n . T he sessio n s w ill last th re e days, P ro m in e n t ed- sp e c ia lists a re u c a to rs a n d farm (B y th e U nited P re s s ) s p e a k in g at th e m e etin g s on m a tte rs W ASHINGTON , Dec. 3.— In fo rm a ­ of v ital co n cern to fa rm e rs an d top- tio n re ach e d W a sh in g to n to d ay of ics of n a tio n a l im p o rta n c e . th e k id n a p p in g of N o rm an Row e, a B ritish s u b je c t, by M exican reb els who h eld him fo r ran so m . B ritish official» im m e d ia te ly p ro ­ te ste d an d th e C a rra n z ls ta g o v ern ­ m en t im m e d ia te ly effec te d R ow e’s release. Come Back But Died Once More (B y th e U nited P re s s ) TO K IO , Nov. 1.— (B y M all.) — F ield M arshal C o u n t T e ra u c h i, who is now tru ly d ead , c re a te d a g re a t se n sa tio n in J a p a n by com ing back to life a f te r he had* been o fficially p ro n o u n ced d ead an d a f te r th e h e a rs e h ad been o rd e re d fo r th e fu n e ra l. T he count m ade th e in cid en t of h is recovery all th e m ore re m a r k a - bie by jo k in g w ith m em bers ot th e fam ily, e a tin g ice cream a n d d rin k - Illg wine. ‘‘1 am so rry to have given you so m uch tro u b le .” he told th e co u n tess, co m m en tin g on th e fact sh e had been a “ w idow " for tw o days. “ My m en ­ ta l d ia ry is a b la n k for tw o d a y s,” he said. T he co u n t w as re s u sc ita te d by use of c a m p h o r fum es. H e died a few d ay s la te r. (B y th e U n ited P re s s .) A M ERONG EN, Dec. 3.— S ho u ld th e re be an allied a tte m p t a t fo rci- i)|e rem oval of th e fo rm e r k a is e r tYom H o llan d , h e will tr y a d ash to G erm an y , it is believed in D utch cir- cles. It is kn o w n t h a t W ilhelm vyilj m ak e every e ffo rt to p rev en t« h is p ro ­ posed tria l. S u th e rlin v alley a p p le crop sh ip ­ ping la rg e pack ea st. General Strike of Socialists In Italy (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) RO M E Dec 3 T h re e p erso n s w e re killed an d at le a s t a dozen in- ju re d , m an y severely, in rio tin g re- s u itin g from so cialist d e m o n s tra ­ tio n s at th e op en in g of th e c h a m b e r o f d e p u tie s, M onday. Tw o w ere killed at* M ilan w hen c a rb ln ie rs fired in to a crow d of w o rk m e n ‘D e m o n s tra to rs fired on R om e c a r- b in ie rs w ho re tu rn e d th e fire , k illin g one an d w o u n d in g six. R om e is pla- c a rd e d w ith m a n ife sto s p ra is in g Bol- shevism a n d u rg in g th e w o rk e rs to e s ta b lis h soviets. T b e so c ia lists h av e called a tern- p o ra ry g e n e ra l s trik e in R om e. Mi- la n a n d F lo ren ce. T h ' p rin te rs q u it, le a v in g th e city w ith cn lv tw o new s- S ocialist le a d e rs d ec la red th e gen- ten d d e e d d to o ra l s tr ik e w ill be e e x x ten to a a k in g d o m -w id e w a lk o u t u n less p ro tec tio n is a ffo rd e d th e so cialists. T he s tr ik e s in R om e, F lo ren ce a n d M ilan w ill be co n tin u e d to d ay , it is u n d er- as a m odel fo r m any th a t th e Ser- b ia n g o v e rn m e n t is p la n n in g to build. S ad n w> o m o d ern or- » « “ «• ^ erb r o m ia h .mo ...vu«,... p lian ag e s p re v io u sly , b u t it h a d a b o u t 00,000 o rp h a n s. All th e c h ild re n a r e ta u g h t voca­ tio n s. w hich is q u ite a new idea in S e rb ia n o rp h a n w ork. B ru sh m ak- in g is one of th e p rin c ip a l v o ca tio n s ta u g h t a n d th e c h ild re n h av e show n such a p titu d e th a t th ey h av e received Way Ask Cloture on Railway B ill DES M OINES, Dec. 3.— Realiza- • tio n of w h a t th e fuel fa m in e m eans to in d u s tria l life is b e g in n in g K daw n upon lo w an s. S ev eral of th e la rg e s t cities of th e s ta te a re o p e ra tin g or. a six h o u r b u sin ess d ay, n o n -e sse n tia l in d u s trie s a re closed an d tra in a n d s tre e t ra il- way serv ice is cu t to a m in im u m , T h e re is no im m e d ia te re lie f in sig h t, ------------- CHICAGO, Dec. 3.— F a c in g th e m ost se rio u s s itu a tio n since th e g re a t t-jre C hicago w as to d ay o rd e red to ad opt th e m ost sev ere re s tric tio n s in c o n se rv in g coal. O ffice h o u rs an d b u sin ess h o a rs w ere cut to a six an d one-hall' day, tra in sch e d u le s w ere p ru n e d , th e a te r p erfo rm an c es lim ited and all u n n ec­ essary illum ination stepped. ---------- - NEW YORK, Dec. 3.— B u n k e r coal will be re fu sed fo reig n steam - sh ip s a t all A m erican p o rts a f te r 1 a. m ., D ecem ber 5. T his an n o u n c e- m e n t is m ad e by th e fuel a d m in is tra - tio n as one ste p in coal co n se rv atio n . (By th e United P ress) PA R IS" Dec. 3.— The- su p re m e council to d ay n o tified G erm an y th a t h er arm e d forces exceed th a t p e r­ m itte d hv th e te rm s of th e peace tre a ty and m u st be red u ced b efo re th e tre a ty can be d ec la red effective. SÂY THERE IS 0 (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) SALEM . O re., Dec. 3.— J a m e s Ogle, W a lte r B a n a ste r a n d llav td S m ith , who w ere b ro u g h t to live p en ­ ite n tia ry h e re last F rid a y to begin se rv in g life te rm s fo r second d eg ree m u rd e r, a r e re p e n ta n t a n d re m o rse- fill. A X T /A il ( rig!»» > > 0 AM - - .») i 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 26 BILLIONS W ASHINGTON. Dec. 3.— A d eficit of m o re th a n th re e b illio n s will show on th e g o v ern m en t hooks at th e close of th e fiscal y ear. J u n e 30, 1020, S ecretary G lass e s tim a te d to d ay in his a n n u a l re p o rt to co n g ress. He also e s tim a te d a d eficit of one and o n e -h a lf b illio n s lo r th e fo llo w ­ ing fiscal y ear. T h e w orld w a r cost th e U nited S ta te s tw en ty -six b illio n s, seven m illio n s, exclusive of lo an s to th e a llie s to ta lin g n in e b illio n s fo u r h u n d re d six m illions. T he g ro ss public debt w as tw en -i tv-six b illio n s, tw o h u n d re d te n m il­ lions five h u n d re d th ir ty th o u sa n d at th e close of b u sin ess O cto b er 31.* S e c re ta ry G lass in d ic a te d th a t a le d u c tio n of ta x a tio n is not to bo c o n sid ered a t th is tim \ T ax re v is­ ion, G lass u rg e d , sh o u ld he alo n g th e line, of p re v e n tin g p erso n s w ith la rg e incom es d o d g in g fe d e ra l tax es by m ak in g v ast in v e stm e n ts in ex­ em p ted m u n icip al bonds. H e also u rgod rep eal of th e excess p ro fits tax. R eceipts e s tim a te d by G lass a re on th e b asis of th e w a r tax law s u n d e r w hich tax es will he co llected d u rin g th e re m a in d e r of th e c u rre n t y e a r u n less co n g ress m ak es sw ift ch an g es. T h ese law s. G lass sh ow ed in his re p o rt, en a b le d th e g o v ern m e n t to m eet m o re th a n 43 p er cen t o f trs w a r e x p e n d itu re s p u t o f c u rre n t re ­ ceipts. T h e w ar d eb t will lie com p letely re tire d in 25 y ea rs u n d e r th e c u m u ­ la tiv e sin k in g fu n d act. Gold coin, bullion in th e U n ited S ta te s to ta le d $2,872.525,1166 on No­ vem b er 1 o r “ ab o u t o n e -th ird of th e w o rld ’s m o n e ta ry sto c k ." R ising co sts of lab o r and m a te ria l “ re n d e re d gold m in in g p ro g re ssiv e ­ ly less p ro fita b le ," th ere b y d ec rea s lug p ro d u c tio n . G lass said , “ th o u g h any a p p re c ia ­ ble re d u ctio n in th e am o u n t of rev en u e s from ta x a tio n is not to he th o u g h t of d u rin g th e fiscal y ea r, w hen th e g o v e rn m e n t's c u r re n t dis b u rse m e n ts will exceed its c u rre n t re ­ ce ip ts an d w hen co n g ress is consid e rin g v ario u s m easu res c a rry in g vast a d d itio n a l a p p ro p ria tio n s , it is th e d u ty , 1 believe, of co n g ress to study ta x a tio n w ith a view to rev isio n o f th e re v en u e act on lin es w hich will pro v id e n ecessary re v e n u e from :■» m in im u m of in co n v en ieu ce a n d in ­ ju s tic e .” Lady Astor Gets A “ Call Down” (By th e U nited P ress.) LONDON. Dec. 3.— "I n e v e r saw a place w here a w om an was needed m o re .” L ady A sto r, firs t w om an m em b er of p a rlia m e n t, said to d ;,' w hen ask e d fo r im p ressio n s of h e r firs t day a s a m em ber. She got h e r first “ call d o w n ” Iasi n ig h t w hen sh e co m m itte ed th e o f­ fe n se of ta lk in g to a m em b er " w ith ­ in th e h o u se." T he s p e a k e r tw ice ra p p ed for o r ­ d e r b efo re th e v isco u n tess h ea rd him She im m e d ia tely step p ed o u tsid e th e b a r of th e h ouse a n d c o n tin u ed th e c o n v e rsatio n . J u s t a w eek b efo re th e s e m en a r- STUDENTS TO DIG liv ed h ere to becom e “ n u m b e rs .” (B y th e U nited P re s s ) th ey robbed 25 g u e s ts at tin, t'ia re - LINCOLN. Nell., Dec. 3.— Fix m o n t ta v e rn , n e a r P o rtla n d , an d one h u n d re d U n iv ersity of N eb rask a d ia l of tlp.in, d u rin g 1he ro b b ery sh o t m in e rs a re w a itin g a su m m o n s to a n d killed S ta te H ighw ay C om m is­ dig coal in n e ig h b o rin g coal s ta te s , sio n e r J. N. B u rg ess an d G eorge E. ill re sp o n se to G o v ern o r M cK elvie’s D e rrin g e r (if P e n d le to n , Ore. appeal. ’’C rim e d o e sn ’t p a v .” B a n aster, » *« ♦ ♦ ♦ « •♦ a lia s “ D u tch ” H erm an , said to d ay . “ T h e re 's n o th in g in it. W h a te v e r you get as a re su lt of crim e does no good. It all goes for booze, w om en o r a fa st life .” Ogle and S m ith a g re e d w ith Bail­ a ste r. “ F ast life ,” said S m ith , “ lead s y o u n g fellow s to th e ir h e ll." B ootleg w hiskey, Ogle declared?- cau sed his d o w n fall, (S p ecial to T h e T id in g s ) “ 1 ea rn e d good m oney at my M EXICO CITY . Dec. 3. — T h e tr a d e ,” B a n a s te r c o n tin u ed “ I had M exican g o v ern m e n t h as not ch an g ed e v e ry th in g th a t an o rd in a ry felRov its a ttitu d e ill th e J e n k in s case, Act could w a n t. B ut hopze an d bad ing F o reig n M in ister M edina to d ay wom en got me. 1 w an ted m ore. I told th e U nited P ress in an ex clu siv e d o n 't know w h at pm th e ro b b ery in terv iew . in my head. I h av e been In tro u b le “ M exico’s po sitio n is th e sam e as b efo re fo r lesser o ffen ses am i ou g h t sta le d in h e r re cen t n o te to th e U n it­ to have learn ed th a t th e re is n o th in g ed S ta te s ,” he said. in crim e, 1 w an ted silk s h irts , $20 “ W e o u tlin e d th e fa cts th e n ; th e y IAV()W. P o lan d . — (B y M ail.G shoes, good c lo th es a n d jew elry , an d a re u n ch an g ed . It is tr u e re la tio n s 1 th o u g h t a ‘s tic k u p ’ w as an aagy A tra in lo a d of s ta rv in g a n d .d ise ase- arp d e lic a te bu( th e v a r e not 8O , <]<( way to get th em . But I know I was s tric k e n re fu g e e s h as a rriv e d h e re a t- : c ritjc a l as |-ia i elec tio n in M ichigan in P eople ju m p ed from th e tr a in to 19 j § ' sea rch in v ain fo r ro o ts o r g ra s s to __________________ m ak e soup. SIX S H IP S BURN’ Men, w om en a n d c h ild re n w e re , ----------- h u d d led to g e th e r in foul sm ellin g (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) fre ig h t ca rs. Som e h ad little b u n - B A LTIM ORE. Dec:. 3. — Tw o d ies of p o ssessio n s, b u t th e m a jo r- w h arv es of th e C an to n L u m b er Co. ity h ad n o th in g b u t th e few’- ra g s th e s te a m e r G o v ern o r M cLane a n d th ey w ore. F re q u e n t sto p s w e r e 'f iv e o th e r vessels w ere d estro y e d by n ec essary to b u ry th e d ea d . , fire ea rly to d ay . One m an is m issing. Hop, Skip and Jump stood. Jor about 300 children, but to serve shipping, $3.25. OMAHA, Dec. 3.— C o n fiscatio n of coal is in e v ita b le an d will s ta r t h e re in five d ay s u n less re lie f is in sig h t w ith in 48 h o u rs, F u el A d m in is tra to r S n y d er to d a y an n o u n c ed . (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) CHICAGO Dec. 3.— Below zero w e a th e r th ro u g h o u t a la rg e p a rt of th e m id d le w est is b rin g in g hom e t p e se rio u sn e ss of th e coal sh o rta g e . P ro m ised re lie f from e a s te rn h ard coal m jn e rs failed to a rriv e , Only eig h t th o u s a n d c a rs of coal h av e been a v a ila b le fo r th e th irty m illio n p erso n s in th e C hicago re ­ g jon d u rin g th e la st tw o w eeks, R a ilro a d s of th e so u th w e st a re re- p o rted esp ecially h a rd h it. P r a c ti­ cally all th e ra ilro a d s h av e cu t th e ir sch e d u le s to th e m in im u m and u n ­ less re lie f is received im m e d ia tely no tra in s w ill be o p e ra te d in som e sec­ tio n s a f te r S a tu rd a y . 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 By K. E. Couch ( U nited P re ss Staff- C o rre sp o n d en t. I (By th e U nited P ress) (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) W A SHINGTON . Doc. 3.— S u g g es­ C A B IN ET R ET A IN E D tio n s w ere m ad e to d ay that. S e n a to r (By the U nited P ress) C u m m in s, in c h a rg e of th e ra ilro a d PA R IS, Dec. 3.— M adrid d isp atch e s hill, ask fo r a c lo tu re on th e m eas- to d ay said th a t K in g A lfonso h as de- tt re. T h e m ove is aim ed a t w h at is be- cid ed to re ta in P re m ie ’ T o ca’s cab i- lieved to be th e in te n tio n of sev eral n et w hich w as re p o rte d to h ave re- s e n a to rs to ta lk in d e fin ite ly on th e j sig n ed y e ste rd a y hill d u e to th e a n ti-s trik e p ro v isio n WILL LOOK INTO IT it co n tain s. (By the U nited P ress.) R ep u b lican le a d e rs aye a tte m p tin g W ASHINGTON, Dec. 3.— T h e sep- to get th e hill th ro u g h by C h ristm a s P re sid e n t W ilson is expected to a te to d ay passed a re so lu tio n o rd e r- as ing in v e stig a tio n of c h a rg e s th a t ear- ie tu r n th e ro a d s on J a n u a ry I, ta in fe d e ra l tra d e co m m issio n ers * ■,, ..............—— ■ ■ A sto sto ria ria to g et new $50,00 film h a v ® ad v o cated Socialism a n d Bol- A ¡shevism , th e a tr e « n u m b e r of c o n tra c ts in a d d itio n to th e la te s t o n e fo r $5000. T he p ro fits, co u rse, go to w a rd m a in ta in in g th e hom e, a n d very s h o rtly th e y w ill be su ffic ie n t to m a k e th e ho m e self- su s ta in in g , One way M iss L ew is in te re s te d th e c h ild re n w as to ta k e th e m all out ‘o a place on th e D anube, w h e re th e rig h t k in d o f b ru s h -g ra s s e s grew , a n d to h av e a picnic lu n ch a l t e r th e g ra sse s w ere g a th e re d . T h e c h il­ d re n w ere so d e lig h te d w ith th ese K ttle trip s , th a t m a k in g th e g rass- b ru s h e s becam e p o p u la r a lm o s t im - m ed iately . AMERICAN CHARGES GET BIG BRUSH CONTRACT (B y th e U nited P re ss) B E L G R A D E .— (B y M ail.) — T he c h ild re n in th e A m erican o rp h a n a g e (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) h e r e h av e ju s t received a c o n tra c t SAN FRA N C ISC O , Dec. 3.— F ol- fro m a D anube ste a m s h ip lin e for $5000 w o rth of b ru sh e s. All of th e low ing a re m a rk e t q u o ta tio n s : EGGS— E x tra s , 90c. w o rk is done by c h ild re n u n d e r ten B U T T E R — E x tra s , 67c. y e a rs of ag e in th e school room . PO U L T R Y — B ro ilers, 38c; hens. T h is o rp h a n a g e w as e s ta b lis h e d 36c. pom e m o n th s ago by Miss C lara C A T T L E — Top s te e rs , 11c. L ew is of C hippew a F a lls, W is., h ead HOGS— Top, 15c. of th e w a r o rp h a n s ' h u re a u of th e S H E E P — E w es, 7c; w e th e rs, 9 % c. Red" C ross h ere. It is a m odel o r­ B A R LEY — Spot feed, $3.47 V»; p h a n a g e . e s ta b lis h e d not only to c a re OUICKRELIEF (B y th e U n ited P re s s ) W A SHINGTON , Dec. 3. — T he A m erican s te a m e r K erw ood, e n ro u te to H a m b u rg , s tru c k a m ine M onday o ff th e co ast of H o llan d , a c c o rd in g to adv ices th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t h as received from A m sterd a m . R escue b o ats a re re p o rte d to h av e re tu rn ed w ith o u t fin d in g an y tra c e of th e vessel. > 9 9 -9 9 9 Mexican Government Stands Pat on Jenkins