C H R IS T M A S S H O P P IN G N U M B E R — H E L P F U L H O L ID A Y H IN T S
D aily T idings
VOLUME I
ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1919
NUMBER 92
SECRETARY LANE TO RESIGN
ON PEACE TREATY
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By L. C. M artin
(U nited P ress S taff C o rresp o n d e n t.),
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— An un­
official com m ittee on conciliation is
a t work in the sen ate in an effo rt
• to com prom ise th e tre a ty controvei-T
sy. This com m ittee is composed of
one republican and one dem ocrat.
In seeking to n eg o tiate a basis
upon which th e ra tific a tio n m ay he
a rran g ed
it is ig n o rin g S enators
' Lodge and H itchcock, th e republican
and dem ocratic leaders.
Th first step of th e com m ittee is
to .sound out th e sen tim en t am ong
th e senators of both sides in an ef­
fort to crystallize th e ir views into
com prom ise proposals to he used in
fram ing the reservations.
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P rogress along th is line has been
slow but, according to one m em ber
• of the unofficial com m ittee, encour­
aging. The com prom ise sp irit Is
stro n g e r am ong dem ocratic senators
th an has been since th e tre a ty failed
, Novem ber 19.
S enator H itchcock said the demo-
» c ra ts are going to a rra n g e a eom-
' prom ise if they can and ‘ ta k e a
chance” of W ilson accepting it.
A rticle Ten is the big stum bling
block in th e way of negotiators,
Hitchcock said.
Underwood, who took the lead in
advocating a com prom ise, m ade it
plain he is for a tre a ty ratificatio n
even if it involves leaving th e League
of N ations covenant out of the pact.
World Not to
End, But Will
Be Disturbed
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.— Prof,
A lb ert P o rta , sicentlfic observer and
fo recaster, is stan d in g pat on his p re ­
dictions of a general m eteorological
tu rm o il th a t will affect th e ea rth
d u rin g th e period beginning today.
“ The w orld is not going to end,”
he said. “ Only th o se who disto rted
my o riginal prediction are resp o n se I
b le for th e seem ing w idespread fear
t h a t th e end of t h e w orld has come.
But I am very well satisfied to let
th e tu rn of events prove my co n ten ­
tio n s.”.
E a rth q u a k e s, th u n d e r, rain and
o th e r severe d istu rb an ces will accom ­
pany th e " sto rm s ” which P o rta fo re­
casted, he declared. The said quakes
and volcanic eru p tio n s will affect
Italy. Jap an , Ja v a, A laska, Califor-
nit, Hawii and C entral Am erica,
“ I never once predicted th e world
would come to an end,” P o rta re­
peated. “ But the Pacific coast will
be visited with the m ost serious
storm s in its h isto ry .”
UNFOLDED TALE
OF
WANT SIZE OF
(By the I nited P ress)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17.— The
story of two y e a rs of life in th e
sam e house w ith her hu sb an d ’s di-
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(Special to The T idings)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.— Appeal
to new spaper publishers th ro u g h o u t
- the country to m ake an im m ediate
reduction of 10 per cent in the size
of th e ir publications, due to paper
sh o rtag e, was m ade by the house
postoffice com m ittee today. Such ac­
tion is necessary to prevent th e “ de-
t stru c tio n of a large num ber of news-
- papers in sm aller cities Änd towns,
and inflict irre p ara b le in ju ry on com ­
m unities served by th e m ,” th e com­
m ittee declared.
' Welt Known W m an
Died Last Night
Mrs. L. H. S ettles died at her
hom e on E ig h th street at m idnight
..la st night, a fte r a lin g e rin g illness.
About two years ago Mrs. Settles had
a stro k e and had been in delicate
health ever since. She was a well
known and highly esteem ed resident
of th is city and has a large num ber
of friends who m ourn her demise.
F u n e ra l services will ta k e place to­
m orrow . T hursday, from the Stock
u n d e rta k in g parlo rs at 1 p. m. Tim
deceased is survived by h e r husband,
a d au g h ter. Mrs. W ine, and a son,
O rval Settles.
leged a ffin ity was unfolded by Mrs.
John F reem an today. The husband
as th e resu lt, was jailed, charged
with co n trib u tin g to th e delinquency
of his m inor children. Miss Dorothy
C haster is being kept in a hospital
to answ er a sim ilar charge»w hen she
recovers from an illness follow ing
ch ild b irth .
Mrs. Freem an
charges she was
forced, by th re a t of death, to n u rse
Miss C haster a t the b irth of still­
born children of which, she alleged,
h er own husband was the fath e r
The last tim e, she declared, was Sat­
urday night:
She claim s F reem an and the girl
met in C algary, C anada, two years
ago and m ade a m arria g e contract
w ith the g irl's m other, prom ising to
care for her as his wife, and sim ul-
taneously refusing to divorce Mrs.
F reem an. whom h e m arried sixteen
years ago in England.
“ D orothy and my husband would
come home from th e th e a te r at night
and tease me. Mrs. Freem an claim ed.
They called me a little old hen.
and a ‘little old w ife.’ D orothy would
say. The past was yours, but the fu-
tu re belongs to m e.’ ”
(By th e U nited P ress)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.— Fol
lowing a re m ark e t q u o tatio n s :
EGGS E xtras, 7 8c.
B IT T E R — E xtras, 6 8 ’¿c.
POULTRY— B roilers, 38c; hens,
36c.
CATTLE— Top steers, 1 1 ’¿c.
(By the U nited P ress)
HOGS— Top, 14 % c.
PORTLAND, Dec. 17.— News has
SH E E P — Ewes,
61£c;
w ethers,
leaked out th a t the fish and game 10c.
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com m ission, at a secret m eeting F ri-
BARLEY— Spot barley, $3.45.
*day, discharged S tate Biologist Fin-
. ley, to be effective Ja n u a ry 1. Fin-
LONDON.— Fam ily w ashing hang-
ley was given no chance to defend ing out to dry in th e gardens of
him self and was not inform ed of m ansions on P ark Lane. L ondon’s
th e action u n til he received a le tte r m ost exclusive and
richest stre e t,
from the office sta tin g it had been evidences the revolt against the pres-
declared vacant.
ent high laundry prices.
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W E BIOLOGIST
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Germany to
Receive Note
This Week
(By th e U nited P ress)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— Secre­
tary Lane contem plates resigning
from th e cabinet, b u t has not sent
his resignation
to the
president,
n e ith e r has he discussed it w ith
P resid en t W ilson, Mr. Lane said
in a form al sta te m e n t today.
Secretary L ane's sta te m e n t issued
following th e reports th a t he had
laid his resignation before the pres-
¡dent sta tin g th a t he wished to leave
th e cabinet due to differences w ith
the president and o th er cabinet
m em bers.
The statem en t follows:
“ W ith reference to my talked of
resignation, I have not sent it to th e
president, nor even w ritten it, but I
do contem plate going o ut of th e
cabinet. I have w ithheld talk in g to
th e president about it because I did
not w ant to add to his burden or
w orries a t this tim e, nor do I know
when the tim e will come when I can.
“ This is a full sta te m e n t of all
facts. I have th o u g h t it unkind to
say an y th in g to th e president about
the m a tte r and th a t any m ention of
th is now by anyone would be a need-
; less annoyance to him .”
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Want Government
to Retain Railroads
(By th e U nited P re ss)
PA RIS, Dec. 17.— The peace con-
ference expects to subm it its final
note to G erm any th is week, fixing
the tim e lim it for the signing of the
protocol, it was learned today. Some
disagreem ents have arisen betw een
th e allied and G erm an experts re-
garding th e am ount of com pensation
G erm any is able to pay for th e sink-
ing of th e Scapa Flow fleet, it is
learned, h u t these a re not expected
to prove serious enough to delay
signing th e protocol.
The suprem e council has decided
to g ra n t A ustria a loan of seventy
m illions. Each ally will be asked to
con trib u te.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— The plea
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th a t the C um m ins railro ad bill now
SNOW
before congress be w ithdraw n and
governm ent control be extended a t .
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least two y ears w as m ade by Sam uel . ,
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WASHINGTON,
Dec. 17.— F o r the
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betw een A shland and Chicago. It $ Knox has m ade an unsuccessful at-
of railro ad b ro th erh o o d s and officials „ ,
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not a rriv ed and
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tem pt today to get the senate to con-
ot several
several farm
farm ers
who appeared b efore th e sen ate in-: . i
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T s' der his resolution on th e ratifica-
te rs ta te com m erce com m ittee to d a y / ;
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* * exi> ana Ion ia
tion of the tre a ty w ithout th e League
The delegation, n u m b erin g 25, called
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of N ations covenant.
S enator Me-
K ellar, dem ocrat, objected and Knox
at the W hite-H ouse la te r in an effo rt
• a re often sorely disappointed.
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th en ° ffered h is resolution f° r sepa-
to induce P resid en t W ilson to re ­
’ rate Peace w ith G erm any. Senator
tain th e roads two y e a rs longer, it
Nelson, republican, and S enator Me-
is announced.
K ellar both objected to this. Mr.
P resid en t Gom pers, who led th e a t ­
Knox then began a speech support-
tack on th e Cum m ins bill before the
ing
th e m otion to re fe r to the first
senate com m ittee, severely criticized
resolution
of the foreign relations
th e a n ti-strik e provisions, declaring
com m ittee.
they would m ake law b reak ers out
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of p a trio tic citizens, who would not
obey it.
“ If m en cannot obtain ju stice in
any o th e r way they are going to stop
w o rk ,” he declared. He cited the
federal in junction in the coal strik e,
saying: ‘ The in junction h as not pro­
duced one ounce of coal. The object
ot- sucb m easures is to in su re the
continuance of th e production, but
experience shows they do not ac-
com plish it
I am not. and have not
been an advocate of governm ent own-
ership
j beHeve how ever tb at tbe
E Chinese Students
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LAW RENCE, K as.— T he fate of
R ufus King, held for tria l in the
trip le m u rd e r skeleton m ystery, may
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be decided on the basis of d a ta re-
fSpecial to The T idings)
garding th e supposed skeleton of
TOKIO, Dec. 16.— (D elayed) —
of John W oody, alleged “ m u rd e r Follow ing a m eeting of the cabinet
farm " victim , which has been pre- council Torikichi O jata, m inister
pared by H ubert Shepard of th e Uni- plenipotentiary to China, was direct-
versity of K ansas d ep artm en t of cd to m ake a stro n g p ro test to th e
anatom y.
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P eking governm ent
regarding the
K
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tria
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scheduled
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th
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ti-Jap
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ese
activities
of Chinese,
roads ought not be retu rn ed to pri­
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term
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a
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Lyndon,
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notably
am
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Chinese
students,
vate ow nership u ntil a tho u o g h test
in peace tim e has bepn ma(]e
K as.
which en d an g er the friendly relations
At th e continuance, Shepard ap- betw een China and Jjrpan.
O ther w itnesses took su b stan tially
peared
ready to present w hat may be
The p rotest, it is understood, has
tb e sam e view as Gom ners. although
s e w ra l declared o u trig h t for O.QV_ deciding evidence reg ard in g age, sex, to do p articu la rly w ith difficulties
height and n atio n ality of th e sup- at Foo Chow and th e boycotts against
e rn m en t ow nership.
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posed John W oody.
The skeleton Japanese m erchants.
was sent to th e K ansas U niversity
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school of m edicine, a fte r being un-
Cables recently received from To-
e arth ed last A ugust a t Maple Hill, kio told of two vigorous protests
Kas., on property form erly occupied forw arded to the Tokio governm ent
by King.
from P eking regarding the Poo Chow
Two o th e r skeletons u n earth ed on trouble.
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property said to have been used by
The Japanese new spapers declare
K ing m ay he sent to th e university China is wholly to blam e w hereas
(By th e U nited B ress)
for identification.
They a re sup- P eking dispatches place all blam e
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.— The coal pro- posed to be the bones of Reuben for th e Fow Choo riots on the Ja p a ­
duction is nearing the peak, accord- G utschall and W illiam F. R inger.
nese.
¡n g to a sta te m e n t issued by th e op-
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Japanese w ar vessel« have been at
e ra to rs today. M iners a re w orking
MUNITIONS PLANT EXPLODES Foo Chow since the rior in which
w ith a will, they said, indicating a
(By the United Press)
several Japanese were killed and one
desire to observe th e ir agreem ent.
LONDON, Dec. 17.— B erlin dis- A m erican wounded. The riot result-
K ansas In d ian a and Iillinois m ines patches sta te 43 w ere killed and ed when Chinese stu d en ts boycotted
are alm ost back to norm al in num - m ore th an a hundred in ju red in a Japanese, goods. It is traceable to
her of men and production.
m unitions explosion a t W ilhelm sha- th e S hantung aw ard.
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ven today. The property dam age is
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(By th e U nited P ress)
WEATHER FORECAST
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LONDON. — “When strik es die
LONDON,
Dec. 17.— Bolshevik
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<i> they will get up a s trik e in H eaven forces captured K ieff and K upvanak,
F o r Oregon— Rain west, snow 3> till they get a 47 h our week a t gold- in southw estern R ussia, from th e
<?• e a st; not so cold,
en h arp -playing,” declared a prom i- anti-B olshevik forces today, accord-
<g> •§> <«> net Salvation Army preacher.
ing to a Moscow wireless.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— This is
the day th e world is scheduled t a
come to an enif because five planets
range on one side of the sun. “The
end of the world w eather" as re-
ported to the governm ent forecaster
here, is featured by below norm al
tem p eratu res in nearly all sections,
b ut forecasters have no advices in-
dicating terrib le storm s scouring th e
earth , as unofficially predicted. The
juxtaposition of planets had n o th ­
ing to do with th e\co ld wave, it was
stated.
Boycott Japanese
The board of directors of the Ash­
land A m usem ent association, with
a. num ber of stockholders, m et last
night and legally dissolved th e o r­
ganization and cleaned up all busi­
ness connected w ith it. This so fa r
as the association is concerned winds
U1’
Rogue River R oundup in
Ashland, which has been such an at-
n a c tio n here for the past th ree years.
The d irecto rs settled all past debts
and were able to retire with all o u t­
stan d in g obligations wiped out.
ELECES
The city council m et last night and
tran sacted the reg u la r routine busi-
ness which cam e up before it. Among
the most im p o rtan t fea tu re s b ro u g h t
before th e body was the nom ination
of lib rary tru stees by May or Lam kin
which was confirm ed by the council,
These tru ste e s a re as follows- Mrs
F. J. Shinn, Mrs. E. V. C arter H. S.
Palm erlee, H. T. Elm ore and F. E.
W atson.
An ordinance was passed by th e
council d irecting the recorder to cer-
tify th e delinquent liens to th e coun-
ty clerk and county assessor for col-
lection.