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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919
DEC 1 5 -
NUMBER 88
WARTIME PROHIBITION LAW
DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL
Ashland Marooned
By Heavy Snowfall
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HOPES OF THE “WETS"
Release of Americans
Demanded of Mexico
(By the U nited P ress)
A shland received her sh are of th e down. Many tre e s are reported down
WASHINGTON,
Dec. 15.— The dis
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rto rm th a t has been raging th ro u g h in th e park, while rose bushes, berry
patch
of
a
new
note
to Mexico re
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The refusal of th e c o u rt to agree
o ut th e country for th e p ast two days, b u s h e s 'a n d
all orn am en tal sh ru b
questing
the
C
arranzista
governm ent
P
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THE
BIRDS
to any of these contentions m akes *
beginning W ednesday m orning with bery is badly dam aged. These la t
(By th e U nited P ress)
io
cause
the
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ediate
release of
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a heavy rain th a t fell all day. The te r can probably be helped by in te n
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— W a r the decision so sw eeping th a t liquor j <S>
th
e
two
A
m
ericans
th
e
V
illistas
have
W
hile
you
are
hovering
over
rain tu rn e d to
snow
W ednesday sive p runing and be little th e worse tim e prohibition is con stitu tio n al, the in terests, it is believed, have no way
im
prisoned,
was
announced
by
Sec
th
e
fires
com
plaining
of
the
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evening, and th is cam e down in th e by a n o th e r year.
suprem e co urt decided today and out w ithout knocking th e law.
re
ta
ry
L
ansing
today.
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order
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cold
w
eather
think
of
the
little
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The arm istice signing of the peace
good old fashioned way. W hether or
Several autom obiles were stalled have ordered the enforcem ent of the
ports
said
the
tw
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A
m
ericans
w
ere
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feath ered friends who a re ex ❖ j
not any one stayed up to see it snow, in the heavy snow when they a t act to continue u n til peace is pro tre a ty a t V ersailles, the c o u rt defi
cap tu red in a raid on Muzquiz.
is not chronicled, b ut suffice it to tem pted to m ake th e ir first trip over claim ed. This decision is a sweeping nitely declared, did not co nstitute ' «' posed to th e elem ents and which
»ay th a t w’hen daylight approached th e unbroken stre e ts, but before noon victory for prohibition and th e gov th e “conclusion of the w a r.” The «> are ju st as unused to zero
EAGLE PASS, T eras, Dec. 15 —
th e whole e a rth was buried under a fairly good tra c k was opened and ernm ent, and m eans th a t m illions of decision of th e court is unanim ous. ;«> w eather as hum ans are. Re ^1
F
red
Hugo, th e A m erican th e V illis
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m em ber th a t th e ground, the
a M antle of snow, th e like of which jitn ey service opened betw een Ash gallons of liquors stored th ro u g h o u t
tas cap tu red in the Muzquiz raid, is
I ♦ bushes and weeds from which
ha* never been seen by the “oldest land and M edford.
the country, valued a t about a bil
I*. the birds a re used to get th e ir ^1 being held in the Elpino m ountains,
in h a b ita n t.”
F ifteen and one-half
lion dollars, will he near a total loss
according to word reaching here.
food are covered with a deep
inches of snow had fallen d u ring
unless peace is proclaim ed before
snow, and unless th e people in
the night, and th is is actually the >
MEETINGS CLOSED
-S>¡ co n stitutional prohibition becomes
& the
neighborhood
rem em ber
heaviest fall of snow at this season -#•
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♦ effective J a n u a ry 16.
them and sprinkle crum bs out
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• f th e year for th e past tw enty years. <$> Owing to th e severe cold
The suprem e co urt held the w ar
for them th e re will be no birds
The e n tire city was practicaly iso y w eather, the
deep snow and ♦ tim e act provision sta tin g prohibi
•<S> in sum m er to gladden the lives
lated. Telephone w ires were down
lack of lig h ts th e revival serv- ♦ tion shall end a t the conclusion of
of th e city in h ab itan ts. Many
ahi over th e city, th e electric power
ices th a t w ere to continue ♦ th e w ar can have no o th er legal
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birds will no doubt lose th eir
wan entirely sh u t off, tra in s were
th ro u g h th is week in the Meth- ♦ m eaning th an tha proclam ation of
lives by cold and h an g er, and
Mew in coming in, and in some in
odist church have been po»t- ♦ apaaa.
(By th e U nited Prese)
! «- it behooves every honseholder
stances failed to arriv e a t all. Tele-1 ♦ poned. E ver since the »now ♦
Due to th is decision th e govern
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— A great
8*aph com m unication» w ith the out-, ♦ fell the pastor, Rev. C. A. Ed- « m ent will lose $4^0,000,000 revenue p o p u lar dem and for th e raitfication ; <î> to do th e ir p art in feeding
them as long as the snow lasts.
md» world were suspended nearly <4 ward», and hia assista n ts have
♦ from whiskey alone, unless the ban of th e peace tre a ty is developing
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aW day. T hursday no wire» reached ♦ tried to conduct service» under ♦ islifted before Ja n u a ry 16. This de th ro u g h o u t the country, i» believed
A talan d over any of the lines until ♦ the moat discoaraging oircam - ♦ cision m eans th e clam ping down a t th e W hite House.
nrening. This is one of the w orst ♦ stances, and on account of the ♦ again of the lid in all sections w here
P resid en t W ilson ie »till “ w atch
•terras th a t S outhern Oregon has ♦ continued bad w eath er it ha»
it
waa
lifted
by
federal
court
in
ju
n
c
fully
w aiting” for th is deam nd to
♦ i
•vnr experienced.
♦ been decided to close tha ia»et- ♦ « tions and shbjects all who th u s sold become stro n g enough to be felt by
Mach dam age i» being reported ♦ inga for tha present.
oposition sen ato rs and is depending
♦ liq u o r to prosecution.
(Speeia) to The T idings)
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Ju
stice
Brandei»
deviating
from
on voter» to force » n q aalified ra ti
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SBATTLE.
De«. 15.— Coal m ining
tité » of telephone and electric light:
his usual custom in co u rt, did not fication.
.
will
be
resum
ed
in th e sta te W ednes
paie» were down all over the city,
keep th e large crowd in suspense
A W hite House statem en t, issued
day.
Six
thousand
men who stru ck
aarf business depending on electric
until a fte r th e reading of th e opinion yesterday, said P resid en t W ilson re
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Novem
ber
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will
receive
an increase
paw er was suspended.
The public;
before announcing hie decision, but fused to m ake any concession.
(By th e United Press)
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of
14
per
eeat
pending
the
final set-
••to o ls w ere closed all day T h u rs
im m ediately announced; “ The decis
LONDON. Dec. 15.— B urgom aster ' tlem en t by the eonamission to be
day. At th e Senior high the shut-;
ion of the Louisville court ia reversed
TRANSPORT BURNED
N eum ann of Vienna has appealed to ; appointed by P resident W ilson. This
I m p off of th e electric c u rre n t in
and th a t of the New York court is
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.— F ire com- 1 the m ayors of New York. Chicago , was decided a t the conference of
te rfe re d with the heatin g ap p aratu s,
affirm ed .”
, pletely gutted th e U nited States ' and “ o th e r Am erican cities" for a representatives of the m in ers’ union.
w hile the snow was th o u g h t too deep
F o u r contentions of th e liquor in tra n sp o rt Dekals, form erly th e Ger loan with which to purchase food
ta anil out th e school children.
terests. which th e co urt swept aside m an ra id e r “ P rinz E itel F rie d e ric h ,” stuffs, raw m aterials and coal, ac
T E R R E HAUTE. Dec. 15.— Indi
An im m ense am ount of dam age
(By the United Pre««)
as not having legal foundation, w ere; early th is m orning, w hile a t anchor cording to a rep o rt from th e Aus
an
a
coal m iners a re back on th e ir
te feared to the fru it trees and sh ru b -'
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 15.— Tw en “T hat the w artim e prohibition law in the H udson liver. The crew was tria n capital.
jobs
practically 1 (Hl per cent strong,
bery. All night th e snaping of tre e s, ty-five w ere in ju red , several serious deprived citizens of th e ir property rescued.
according
to reports received here
was heard as they gave way under ly, when a tractio n c ar o v erturned w ithout ju st com pensation in viola
N EG ROES LY N< IHED
today.
th e weght ot' th e wet snow. The today.
The o p erato r said th e car tion of the fifth am endm ent. T hat
NEW CABINET FORM ED
(By th e U nited P ress)
peach tre e s seem to be p a rtic u la r was approaching a sh arp curve and it becam e void th ro u g h th e cessation
i Special to The Tiding»)
HUNTINGTON, W. aV., Dec. 15. I COLUBMUS. Ohio, Dec. 15.— The
su fferers, in m any o rchards a large he was unable to slacken speed due ot' hostilities. T hat it was reepaled
LONDON, Dec. 15.— A dispatch — Two negroes, alleged to have production of coal is resum ed in Ohio
a w o u n t of th e tre e s being broken to th e frost on th e rails.
by the provision of the co n stitu tio n al from W arsaw rep o rted M. Skulski and killed E dw ard Neek of Logan coun
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, » ♦ « » « » « , am endm ent allow ing liquor in terests form er Mayor Lodz have succeeded ty, last night, w ere tak e n from the on nearly its norm al basis, according
to reports from th e m ajo rity of th e
a year in which to dispose of stocks. in form ing a new Polish cabinet fol tra in and lynched by a mob a t Chap-
la rg e r fields in th e state.
T hat it expired w ith th e term in atio n lowing th e resignation of P rem ier inansville, according to rep o rts re
of dem obiliaztion.
Paderew ski.
ceived here today.
Wilson Hopes
Ratification of
Pact Demand
VIENNA APPEALS
10 U. S. FOR LOAN
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Germany's Reply to
Note Is Conciliatory [
T e e t e r - T o t t e r
'ILL INCREASE
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(B aited P ress S taff C orrespondent
PARIS, Dec. 15.— The G erm an re
ply to the allies' note dem anding
th e sig n a tu re to the peace tre a ty pro
tocol was subm itted today.
Baron
voa L ersn er handed th e note to Sec
re ta ry D utasta of the peace confer-
eace. w ith whom he discussed the
re a te n ts . The note declared G er
m any's in ten tio n
to
execute th e
tre a ty . It tak e s note of the allies’
prom ise to re p a tria te G erm an war
prisoners, then develops G erm any’s
desires reg ard in g th e Scapa Flow in-
eadent. It is understood the reply
is m ost conciliatory th ro u g h o u t.
w hile still holding out a g ain st the
fa ll rep a ra tio n dem anded by th e a l
lies for th e vessels sunk a t Scapa
Flow , the im pression is given that
a solution will be easily found.
fBy the United P ress)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.— In d icat
ing the increased a tte n tio n political
leaders are giving women in politics.
R epresentative Fess, chairm an of th e
R epublican congressional com m ite,
j will today introduce a resolution in
th e house providing for two women
m em bers of the civil service com m is
sion.
He proposes to increase the m em
bership from th re e to five.
(B y th e U nited P ress)
BERLIN, Dec. 15.— The press,
com m enting on the ‘ unofficial peace
conference” in London, a p rticu la rly
C lem enceau’s activities,
denounces
th e new entente.
K reuze Z eitung
declares Clem enceau is striv in g for
a new ‘w estern E uropean alliance
a g ain st G erm any."
The Boersen C ourier says the con
ference will have an evil effect
th ro u g h o u t th e world.
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W EA TH ER FORECAST
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Peace Conference
to Be Resumed
(By th e U nited P ress)
LONDON, Dec. 15.— The “ unof
ficial peace conference” will be re
sum ed a t an early date, Lloyd George
announced in th e House of Com
mons yesterday afternoon. -die said
the A driatic and T urkish questions
will be disposed of next. R egarding
the Russian situ atio n he said th e
conferences on th e decisions were in
accord with th e statem en t he had
previously m ade in fne House of
Commons of indicating the w ith
draw al of the support from Denikin
and K olchak.
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Yon L ersn er h as announced a ♦
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group of G erm an technicians will a r ♦
F o r Oregon— Not so cold; -
rive tom orrow to tak e up th e conver
fail east, rain west.
sa tio n s w ith allied rep resen tativ es
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re g a rd in g the Scapa Flow. The im
pression prevails th a t th e G erm ans
ATTEM PTED MURDER FOILED
will sign the protocol to change the
(By th e U nited P ress)
ra tific a tio n s of th e tre a ty before the
CAIRO. Egypt, Dec. 15.— An a t
e»d of th e om nth.
tem pt was m ade to assassin ate the
E gyptian prem ier as he was driving
M cM innville apple packing plant to th e m inistry. T h e attem p t was
suspends fo r lack of cars to ship.
unsuccessful.
J
G resham brick and concrete w are
house com pleted.