A8HLAND climate, without the aid * * of m edicine, cures nine cases out o f ten of asthm a. This is a proven fact. A shland D aily T idings (International News Wire Service) VOLUME 3 the Semi-Weekly Tiding«, Voi. 43) M ALARIA germ« cannot survive three months in the rich orone r.'. zMihland. Toe pure domestic wa- <6/ nulps. s HLAND,- OREQßN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1921 No. 93 q EYE WITNESS BACKS WATSON CHARGES FIRE DESTROYS E Wife oí China President Held For Ransom SHANGHAI, Dec. 20.— M adam Sun Y at Sen, w ife of th e p resi­ Bayonets Halt Irish Riot; 2 Children Die in Flames dent of th e South C hina republic, has been k id napped and is being DETECTIVE FLU E BLAMED POR FLAMES DESTROYING HOME OP CHARLE E. MORTON, COR­ NER OP ASHLAND AND RUCIAD Severed Telephone Connection De­ lays Fire Alarm; Loss Estim ated a t $3500; P artially Covered by Insurance; May Rebuild on Lot. , V F ire th o u g h t to h a re s ta rte d from a defective flue a t 1 o’clock th is m o rn in g com pletely destro y ed th e resid en ce and house fu rn ish in g s ow nd by C harles E. M orton, a t th e c o rn e r of A shland s tre e t and E uclid avenue. Mr. M orton, an em ploye of th e S o u th e rn P acific com pany, will a rriv e from th e so u th today, follow ­ ing a te le g ram se n t by Mrs. M orton, w ho s ta te s th a t th e loss is betw een $3500 an d $3800. A lthough th e hom e w as in su red , Mrs. M orton was u n a b le to s ta te th e exact am o u n t. A tru n k , ta b le and c h a ir w ere th e only a rtic le s saved from th e fire. B esides Mrs. M orton, those p res­ e n t in th e house a t th e tim e of th e fire , w ere Mrs. Clyde W illiam son, d a u g h te r of Mrs. M orton, and Mrs. W illiam son’s little d a u g h te r, Jan e. Mrs. M orton is q u a rte re d tem p o ­ r a r ily a t th e D. P. Blue hom e, 500 A sh lan d stre e t. Mrs. W illiam son, w ho w as ill an d u n d e r th e care of h e r m o th e r, has re tu rn e d to h e r borne w ith h e r d a u g h ter. Mrs. M orton s ta te s th a t she and h e r d a u g h te r had re tire d a t 10 o ’clock. Soon a fte r m id n ig h t, Mrs. M orton sm elled sm oke, b u t was u n ­ able to locate th e source as com ing from o th e r th a n a dying fire in th e stove. S hortly -afterw ard she w as awakened* by th e c ra ck lin g of flam es and, opening th e tra p door to th e a t­ tic . discovered th e w alls and roof in flam es. Mrs. M orton trie d to call th e fire d e p a rtm e n t, b u t could not g et c e n tra l, because th e fire had b u rn ed off th e telephone w ire. W hen th e fire d e p a rtm e n t arriv ed , in response to an a la rm tu rn e d in from th e S o u th ern P acific ro u n d ­ house w o rk ers, who saw th e flam es from th e ra ilro a d yardb— fire had n early destro y ed th e house, th e roof having a lre ad y caved in. Mrs. M or­ io n was very anxious th a t th e ir c h ick en house be saved, as It con­ tain ed m any v alu ab le p u reb red chickens. Mr. and M rs. M orton cam e to A sh­ lan d a little over a y e ar ago, from S e attle, W ash., p u rc h a sin g th e de­ stro y e d hom e and m ak in g m any im ­ provem ents. Mrs. M orton in tim ated th a t a new hom e m ay be re b u ilt on th e property. M rs. M orton is a F renchw om an who was b orn in th e A rg en tin e Re- 1 ublic. H e r fa th e r fo ug h t th e G er­ m ans u n d e r M arshal Foch in 1870. H er g ra n d fa th e r w as p o stm a ste r of B ordeaux fo r fn a n y years. W hen M arshal Foch passed th ro u g h Ash- 1 »nd on his special tra in D ecem ber 2. Mrs. M orton ta lk e d w ith th e g re a t F ren c h m a n in his n a tiv e tongue. P u b lic u tilitie s of O regon will p a y ' ta x es th e com ing y e a r on a to ta l \a lu a tio n in th e s ta te of $4,447,- 7 94.76 m ore th a n last year. T he full \D u e fo r 1920 was $181.057,534, i nd fo r th is y ear, $185,504,795.29. held fo r a h alf m illion d o llars ransom in th e m o u n tain s, it was learn ed today. Harding Thinks KILLED IN FIGHT Conference Has ST, Dec. 20.— B ritish sol- Been Success j ; tXers BELFA cleared th e F a lls ro ad of lo o t­ W ASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 20.— P resid e n t H ard in g considers th e dis­ a rm a m e n t conference successful, it was sta te d officially a t th e W hite H ouse today, in th e course of tho p re s id e n t’s bi-w eekly conference w ith n ew spaper co rresp o n d en ts. 'y ie executive th in k s th a t if th e conference w ro u g h t n o th in g con­ crete, th e effect of it w ould still? be one of tho m ost beneficial th in g s ov­ e r given th e w orld. $18.245,821 SPENT ON STATE HIGHWAYS DURING PAST YEAR T h ere has been th e supervision expended under ers and sn ip ers a t th e p o in t of th e b ay o n et today. It was a re g u la r b a ttle c h arg e w ith cold steel. T he sn ip in g becam e so g en eral d u rin g th e day th a t p ractically all th e s tre e ts becam e u n safe for tr a f ­ fic. M any sto re s .w ere p lu n d ered w hen th e looting b ro k e out. One person was k illed an d a n ­ o th e r w ounded ¿luring th e heavy firin g w hich co n tin u ed th ro u g h o u t the night. Mary Pickford A.« e.i- <■*." -N2» f i In o rd e r th a t th e C ham ber of C om m erce have a t least one d e­ fin ite plan to land s o m e th in g 'fo r A sh lan d th e com ing year, we » w ould su g g est th a t th e b an k ers- d ire c to rs be calletl to g e th e r to co n sid er raisin g a bonus to g et a fu r-lin ed m unicipal b a th tu b . T h a t I th in k , w ould b est su it th e ir highbrow n ecessities; besides, n^aybe th ey can get so m eth in g we d o n ’t need b e tte r th a n th ey have succeeded in g e ttin g w h at we do need to p u t th e tow n forw ard. R ig h t now, th e C ham ber of Com­ m erce needs so m eth in g to w arm it back to life, and a fu r-lin e d b a th tu b m ig h t do it. Seem s th a t n o th in g else will. HAZ K1K. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 2 0 .— Har­ old, 12, and H ilving, 10, children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hilgren, livin g on a ranch near here, were burned to death last night when the fam ily hom e caught fire dur­ ing the parent’s absence, and was raxed to th e ground. The tragedy' is an indirect toll exacted by the freezing weath«#- experienced here, the parents having been calld to a neighboring ranch to aid in the thaw ing out of w ater pipes frozen yesterday afternoon. The H ilgren hom e w as envel­ oped in flam es when the fire was discovered. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained. way d e p a rtm e n t d u rin g th e y e a r of 1921 ap p ro x im ately fiscal $18,- 245,821.37, a cco rd in g to a re p o rt p rep ared by H e rb e rt N unn, s ta te highw ay en g in eer. » Christian Workers Arrange Program Xmas, Co. Farm T hese fu n d s w e ll diveded as fol­ low s: A special m eetin g of th e C h ristian S ta te fundb .................$15,031,655.14 W o rk e rs’ Band was called recen tly F e d e ra l co-operative fo r th e p u rp o se of a rra n g in g fo r a fu n d s ...................... 2,181,956.65 p ro g ram and tre e a t th e co u n ty farm C ounty funds ............ • 985,831.42 next T h u rsd ay n ig h t. A sm all fund R ailw ay fu n d s .......... 46,378.16 The most popu>ar •‘movie” star, raised a t a recen t box social, au g u - Besides th ese a m o u n ts th e s ta te Mary Pickford, looked like this a few highw ay d e p a rtm e n t has supervisèd years ago. It was in the days before m en ted by g ifts from th e y o ung peo­ th e surveys and location for m a rk e t she even dreamed of a future in film ple’s societies, will be used to fu rn ­ Gen. Armando Diaz, commander in roads, for which m oney is av ailab le pictures. The picture shows her as ish d eco ratio n s and th e u su al candy she appeared w.heh playing a small and n u ts. T he p ro g ram will be chief of the Italian armies and one to th e a g g re g a te of ap p ro x im ately of Italy's delegates to the arms confer. part back in 1103 in “The Fatal Wed­ larg ely d raw n from th e c h ild re n ’s $2.000,000. ding.” exercises to be given by th e v ario u s ence- D u rin g th e y e a r th e com m ission ch u rch es in o rd e r to affo rd th e old has finished c o n stru ctio n of ap p ro x i­ PRANCE WILLING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE people th e unw onted a tm o sp h ere of m ately 188 m iles of pavem ent, 499 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TO COMPROMISE childhood a t th e C h ristm as season. m iles of m acadam and 504 m iles of UNION IN MEETING ON NAVAL RATIO C arols will be su n g also. g rad in g , o r a to ta l of 1191 m iles com pleted. It also has com pleted W ASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 20.— A m eeting of th e executive com ­ 98 b rid g es a t an ap p ro x im ate to ta l F ran c e is w illing to accep t th e n av al m itte e of C ra te r L ake union, C hris-! cost o r $1,444.180. tia n E n d eavor, was held Sunday a t T he o v e rh e a d |cost o t^ o p e ra tin g ra tio of 1.75 as com pared w ith th e M edford. th e s ta te highw ay d e p a rtm e n t; as 5-5-3 ra tio of th e U nited S tates, R ep o rts of various com m ittees set ou t in th e re p o rt was 5.98 per G reat B ritain and Ja p a n , only in so w ere h eard , and plans for th e next centum of the to ta l a m o u n t of m oney fa r as re la te s to cap ital ships. F ra n c e By FLO R E N C E W ILSON expended. T his ' included th e ex­ i can n o t accep t a n y th in g lik e th a t r a ­ Miss D o reth ea A brham an d some few m o n th s w ere discussed. tio re la tin g to a u x ilia ry c ra ft and All E n d e a v o re rs should rem em ­ pense of th e highw ay com m ission of th e J u n io r high g irls so ld candy I su b m arin es. and sec re ta ry , legal d e p a rtm e n t, a t th e high school S a tu rd a y even­ ber th e C h ristia n E n d eav o r conven­ This is th e gist of P re m ie r Bri- au d itin g , cost keeping, te stin g m a­ ing, fo r th e P a re n t-T e a c h e rs’ asso­ tion w hich is to be held a t Salem , a n tl’s m essage to S ecretary of S ta te F e b ru a ry 16-19. te ria ls, road m aps and in fo rm atio n ciation. . .. e Crater ra te r LHKe o u ia ne Lake union union sn should be rep- rep- rep o rts, brid g e designs for counties, H ughes, Jit was o fficially revealed rh e first six' g rad es of th e J u n io r ♦ .,* * * .. .. „ , today. :» I en g in eerin g w ork fu rn ish ed to coun­ high a re going to com bine and have ties, surveys, an d e n g in e e rin g fo r th e C h ristm a s p ro g ram in th e low er / 110 m a rk e t -roads, s ta te su rv ey s fo r co­ PREEZING SNAP hall, F rid a y a fte rn o o n . I PREDICTED FOR ! STATU LAWMAKER« o p erativ e co n stru ctio n , all e n g in e e r­ he sixtli A, sev en th and e ig h th TO CONSIDER 1025 PACI PIG COAST ing for c o n stru ctio n on s ta te and co­ g rad es w ill have a p ro g ram F rid a y : FAIR LEGISLATION o p erativ e ro a d i, and su p erv isio n of in th e assem bly. T h ere is to be a I ______ PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 20.— In tho m aintenance. play, “ T he R uggles F a m ily ,” a n d , SALEM, Or., Dec. 20.— The s e n a te ' severe sto rm s now sw eeping in from i th e P acific ocean, th e w e a th e r N ju - le seventh A g irls w ill give a d rill. an(j t jie h 0U8e ways a n d m eans com-! ere wi be re c ita tio n s and a Bible m itte e have decided th a t only em er-j reau sees so m eth in g th a t will b rin g T k e S' ee s’ng gency leg islatio n w ill be considered a heavy sn o w fall to th e P acific 7 7 « i N o rth w est o r else send th e m ercu ry a t th e special session before C hrist- below freezin g point. Several p upils of th e low er g rad es m as. T he sto rm w arn in g flag is flying have been sen t hom e because of T he jo in t m eetin g of th e two h av in g chicken pox. all a lo n j the P acific coast. houses, sch ed u led th is m o rn in g to Junior High Notes W ASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 20. >—T he Spanish m in ister of w ar will release all A m ericans in th e foreign legion on condition th a t they re tu rn th e bonus given them a t th e tim e of th e ir en listm en t, th e Spanish am b assad o r inform ed th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t today. EX-SOLDIER CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN TWELVE MEN HANGED IN PRANCE; CITES INSTANCE OP ILLEGAL COURT MARTIAL- George Taylor, of Philadelphia, Of­ Experts Urge fers Photographic Evidence of Three H angings in One Day; B a n k ru p tc y lY-ench Officers Condemn A m eri­ can "Without Trial. For Germany WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dee. 20.— LONDON, Dec. 20.— R eccom m en- dations th a t a receivership in b a n k ­ ru p tc y be appointed fo r G erm any If an indem nity m o rato riu m is g ra n t­ ed, w ere m ade to P rem ier George and Brianc*. p re m ie r of F ran ce, by experts who have been stu d y in g th e re p a ra tio n s situ a tio n In G erm any and th e financial condition of th a t country. * GEN. ARMANDO DIAZ of th e s ta te h ig h ­ “Really, My Dear Watson—” r H a z IÇik Spain to Release Americans For Foreign Legion M EDFORD, Or,, Dec. 20.— A m eet­ in g 'o f th e F r u it G row ers league was held S a tu rd a y a ftern o o n in th e pub­ lic lib rary , a t which th e follow ing officers fo r th e com ing y e a r w ere elected: P resid e n t, H al W. B ingham ; first vice p resident, E. W. C arlto n : second vice p re sid e n t, W illiam H. B rayton; secretary , H a rry R osen­ b erg ; tre a s u re r, D. R. W ood; board of d ire c to rs; class of 1 9 2 4 —Hal B ingham , Guy C onner, F. C. R eim er. C arl Tengw ald, E ric W old, G ordon V oorhies; class of 1 923— H arry R os­ enberg, D. R. Wood, W. C. Moore. B. M ueller, C h ester F itch , H albert D euel; class of 1922— F. N ew hall. F. C. K enley, W illiam B rayton, A. A. S chuchard, P. S h earer and B ert An­ derson. Tho league was organized in’ 1914, when th e necessity of securing a man to fill th e place of P rof. F. J. O’G ara, who was a t the tim e county p ath ologist, arose. A fte r th e o rg a n ­ ization of th e league in 1911 It was quito active for several years under th e a d m in istra tio n of W. A. Sum ner, m a n ag e r of th e P o tte r P alm er o r­ chards. In te re s t of th e grower« In th e league lagged for tw o o r th re e y ears and th e body was inactive u n ­ til th e sp rin g of 1920. A tth a t 4lm e iab o r problem s, th e blight situ atio n and o th e r v ital questions calied Im­ p erativ ely for action, and on May 29, 1920, several of tho forem ost grow ­ ers of th e valley m et a t th e Hotel M edford fo r th e purpose of form ni:; an o rg an izatio n fo r th e protection of th e o rc h a rd ists of th e Rogue Rivet valley. This m eeting took over the sk eleto n of th e fo rm er league and decided to co n tin u e it. electip c » p resid en t, a sec re ta ry , a tre a su re r, and a board of d irecto rs. L ahod was scarce and th e league estab lish ed an em ploym ent bureau In additio n to seeing th a t th e o r­ c h a rd ists of th e valley w ere re p re ­ s s e d a t the county c o u rt and th a t th e county p a th o lo g ist and hom e Twelve A m erican soldiers w ere hanged a t Camp W ilson, n e a r ls- su r-tllle, F rance, w hile he and bis buddies, fo rm er privates of th e T w enty-eighth division, looked on, G eorge T aylor, of P h ilad elp h ia, te s­ tified before th e sen ate com m ittee in v e stig atin g S en ato r W atso n ’s ac­ cu satio n s th a t A m erican soldiers w ere Illegally executed 'and In h u ­ m anly tre a te d overseas d u rin g th e world w ar. “ On A pril 25, 1919, t saw th re e men hung in one d ay ,” testified T ay­ lor, who said he offered W atson a p hotograph of th e hangings. "T here was a w hite serg ean t, n a m ed Blod­ g e tt. A girl was th e accuser of Blod­ g e tt. b u t B lodgett told me th a t she cam e to his room a t n ig h t and asked him fo r m oney. He denied his g u ilt to me th e day before be wan h an g ed ." T aylor told of ta k in g B lodgett to th e c o u rt m a rtia l, all m em bers of w hich w ere F ren ch except one. T ay­ lor said th a t B lodgett had no counsel to re p re se n t him d u rin g th e tria l. T ay lo r claim s th a t som e w ords w ere spoken In F ren ch by th e F ren ch officers and B lodgett was then o rd ered ta k e n back to th e guard house. “ The next day a F ren ch m an came and spoke to m e in F re n c h ," te sti­ fied Taylor. “ W h at doos he m ean*“ B lodgett asked me. ’He says you a rs going to be hung to m o rro w ,’ I told him . ‘W hy, I h av en ’t been trie d yFT — I ’ve not h a d a chance for my life,’ he re p lie d ." T aylor said th a t a fte r th e h a n g ­ ing he saw th e m a jo r of th e medical corps cut out B lodgett’s b rain s and h e art. TWENTY-THREH DROWNED RUSSIAN ICR BREAKER RAUS STEAMER SAARBMAA HELSIN G FO RS, F in lan d . Dec. 20. — T w enty-three passengers of th e steam ship S aarem aa w are drow ned today when a R ussian ice b re a k e r ram m ed the vessel. Home front C ollege— E arl Beigel and B arton W innie have re tu rn e d from college and a re spending th e holidays visiting A sh­ land friends. Aut;« Accessoric i Taken— W. A. C. C onner, ou Glen View drive, re p o rts th a t his garag e was en tered F rid ay n ig h t by a sneak thief, and his cur strip p ed of tlree and o th e r accessories, m aking a to ­ ta l loss of approxim ately $75. Words Coat $10.— W illiam H art, who op erates a re s ­ ta u ra n t on F o u rth «treat, yesterday paid a $10 fine In Ju stic e of Peace Gowdy’a c o u rt for using “ rile an obscene la n g u ag e ” on D ecem ber 14 T he alleg ed lan g u ag e was used In! Stevens’ re s ta u ra n t In connection w ith paying a bill fo r.m e a l« p a r­ ta k en of by Mrs. H a rt. Senator* Thomas E. Watson of (Continued on Page 4» Georgia (po rtrait herew ith) certainly started something when he said in debate in the senate: “How many senators know that The C h ristin a s vacation w ill s ta r t c o n sid e r th e proposed 1925 fa ir leg­ Married Today— a private soldier was frequently shot S a tu rd a y , th e tw e n ty -fo u rth , and i s l a t i o n , w as postponed u n til th is •>y his officers because of some com­ W hen Glen L. In m an an d F lo ren ce school w ill com m ence ag ain Tues- a ftern o o n , plaint agaiust officers’ Insolence; and Oordell Hull of Carthage, Tain., M ustier, p o p u la r A shland young p e o ­ day, th e th ird of J a n u a ry , 1922. G.at they had gallows upon which men was chosen chairm an of the Demo­ ple, w ere ta k e n o u t of tow n th is Ijadies’ Aid Society Meets— ■».ere hanged, day a fte r day, without cratic national committee te succeed m o rn in g by H ow ard G ear, an old START D R ILLIN G POP, T he L ad ies’* ^Aid society of th e .. I'urt-m artlal or any other form of George W hite of M arietta, O., follow­ shoe w as observed tied behind th e. :>rial? How many senators know that? O IL IN SAMS VALLEY M ethodist E piscopal c h u rch will ing refusal -of Edward F. Goltra, com­ auto. F ollow ing th is slig h t clew*, it J had and have the photograpli of on? hold a social m eeting a t th e parson- i m itteem an freia Missouri, to resign .of those gallows, upon which 21 white was learn ed th a t th o couple was to make way fer Breckinridge Lwag Thg S e a ttle O il and Gas com pany a Ee to m orrow a fte rn o o n a t 2 :3 0 ilatys had already been executed at bound fo r G ra n ts P a ss w ith m a tr i- : has ta k e n over th e leases in Sam s o’clock. of St. Louis and Washington. D. C. si arise when the photograph was Mr. Ix»ng and Mr. Hull were the only m onial in te n t. They w ere m a rrie d V alley, fo rm erly held by th e V u l c a n ! ---------------------------- • t a k e u ; and there were others w aiting two all factions agreed npon fe r the th is a fte rn o o n a t th e B ap tist p a r­ Oil company and w ill s ta r t o p e r a - Y e s t e r d a y — »»» the camp jails to be hanged morn- chairmanship. sonage in th a t city, a t 3 o’clock. The tions w ith a d rill capable of g o in g ' Mr. and Mrs. W. O. D ickerson and la g a fte r morning.” Mr. Hull is a law yer and a former exact tim e of th e ir re tu rn c an n o t be to a d ep th of 1000 feet. T his lig h t D onald D ickerson left by a u to for Senator W adsworth of New York, judge. He w a ^ a member of eongrea? a sc e rta in e d , b u t th e ir frien d s a re o u tfit will be su p p lem en ted by a i C alifo rn ia y esterday. • hnlrmun of the m ilitary affairs com­ from the Sixtieth to Sixty-sfrrh eon- p re p a rin g a w arm w elcom e, and» are la rg e r one if prospects ju stify . T he: m ittee, demanded th a t Senator Watson —---------------------------------- greeses. He is a Spanlsh-A in.ria,« w atch in g both ra ilro a d an d highw ay.! w ork w ill be s ta rte d on th e Sm ith L ooking for Acreage— >;j.pcar before th a t committee and sub- veteran and is wtimarrled. He has M: n tiate his statem ents. The Geor- T he new lyw eds expect to occupy and Tow nsend p ro p erty n e a r B eag le,| been a member of the national com­ Mrs. C. A. O verton an d tw o c h il- h 1.“ «, re? Hedn h^ ? efled the “d e ,n an d ” He would debate it out in ! Miss M astier’s house, 180 H a rriso n m ittee tig h t years. Thn new chair an ti w ill fu r th e r extend th e hole, d ren a r r ived S a tu rd a y from Stock- ‘ »7*° Tt 6 nt Iuated that 1,e had « a confidence In the committee and stre e t. Miss M aetier has been s ta y ­ m a s’s policies are briefly outlined In now dow n to th e d ep th of 280 toet. ton an d is living in a p a rtm e n ts in .• r J ted ¡oe?nX sri°Ui hl A fter debate 8 special committee was the following s ta te m e n t: J e.fu ck v Wil s of^m i r rge8: Braude*ee of Connecticut, E rn st of ing w ith Mrs. Sm ith, m o th e r of V. O. A good show ing has been m ade. A th e A1,en block u n til she buys a “The first step in admlnlaterlng ^ ^ n e r a Y P ershin. n 7 ? ^ ™ Of North G arodaa and Shields of Tennessee. I N. S m ith, and used to be em ployed n u m b e r of local people a re in te re ste d h ° m e- She Is looking fo r a place of the affairs of the committee will be - K - 7 ! g niade a statem ent declaring the W atson charges to be in th e B illings A gency office as a in tho p ro ject. three to five acres, close in. to pay off the present Indebtedness u u h o u t foundation.” The Georgian warned Pershing th a t a general who sten o g rap h e r. and create a good atm osphere In «•aI cd a senator a liar eould be called before the senate and reprim anded SALEM, Or.— The Associated Oil W asco county w ill spend $65,000 which to work. We shall try to pay all debts at an early date. 7 e* tendlng over 6everal days, the situation was apparently A $400,000 hotel is being pushed company w ill build a 50,000 gallon on roads to Antelope and Bakeoven “We shall make every possible effort to develop the Democratic national » U M g h t« H oot to that Senator Watson wUl go before the special c o m ^ X ? to com pletion at Astoria. committee Into the most m ilitant and efficient organization within oar powee." storage tank at this point. this com ing season.