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IN COVERING THE CHICAGO REPUBLICAN CONVENTI ON NEWS THE EAST OREGONIAN HAS BOTH REGULA R AND SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED WIS!, DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Numbtr of copUa printed of yeatsrday The at Orotilan l is h 1 1 v 3,077 IbU paper li a member or and audited jr th Audit Uur.au of Circulation. latlon In Pendleton and Umatilla tw anr on w-if CITY OFFICIAL PAPEB COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9555 VOL. S3 a?, SC .AST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1920. tR SHORT SESSION; DEPEW LED REVIVAL TESTIMONIALS admrian aald atrm- CONVENTION ADJOURNS a. . JAMES OGLE, 493 VOTES WILL BE NECESSARY TO WIN NOMINATION Credentials Committee Seats 984 Members Making But Three Changes in Rulings Made by National Committee LOOK FOR AGREEMENT ON BIG POINTS TODAY Irreconcilables Will be Given Satisfaction for Allowing Lodge's Selection as Chair man; Deal May be Upset. (By United Praia.) CHICAQO, June 9. The creden tial committee of the republican na tional convention, completed at G o'clock thle morning the work of mak ing up the permanent roll of that body, attar It had been In eeaelon IS hours. After reviewing- J 38 content!. It made only three reversal of the national committee's flndlngn. 13 for 'l...i.-. These were In the fourth Cleorgla congreeional diotrlct, the fifth Mis souri, and the tenth Tennessee. The committee's action In overruling the national committee's action In the Missouri case again brought the con vention back to its normal personnel of 984, with t93 necessary for choice. Agreements Kxn-M-ted. The real work of the convention Is being done in the committee rooms and In quiet conferences. The reso lutions committee, It Is believed, will reach an agreement on the Mexican policy, the league of nations and labor plunks before night, Haiti uel lump ers Is here to fight for planks favor able to labor It Is reported that treaty Irrecon cilables will be given "reasonable sat isfaction" on the treaty plank In re turn for letting Todge have the per manent chairmanship, and Watson, the resolutions committee without a fight. The Borah-Johnson group de nied being in any deal and said they ould upset any coalition planned to squelch them. TRACTOR TANK ROBBED OF 50 GALLONS OF GAS The fifty gallon tank on a tractor owned by G. M. Morrison, well known Adams farmer, find a four gallon re nerve tank:, were drained of every drop of gasoline last nlKht. The trac tor waa standing beside the road near the Morrison ranch, and the tbcfi wan discovered this morning;. Evidence shows that nn attempt waa made to remove the tank from the tractor. Falling In this, the un known thief evidently decided to si phon the gas, for the gasnline pump hose waa cut Into two or three piece. There ia no clue as to the identity of the marauder. GASOLINE SHIP IS (By United Prmj TOKIO, June 9. Possibly GO Uvea were lout and d;inuige exceeding half a million waa done when flnmos en veloped tl lighters In Kobe harbor, loaded with over a million gallon of gasolylne Imported from Vladlvoatok by an American syndicate. The fire still menaced late toniffht and Strip ping waa menaced. We at ft Reported hy Major tee litoorhoW. weather observer. Maxlmua, 74. Maximum, 74 Barometer. 2.R5. M WEATHER FORECAST Tonlaht and Thurndny fair. at SSI BIG MAN OF CLAREMONT BANDITS, COSTS CHINAMAN $25 TO COLLECT FIVE CENTS . WITH A SIX SHOOTER An attempt to collect Ce ut the point of n gun this morn- tug coat Hang, a young Chinese restaurant employe, a cool $2fi In police coin t. Hanir followed ;j white cuHtomer out of the nut- o Ing place, thin morning, to the O, W. It N. Mutton and there nuked him for the other fi cents. with the point of his six Mhoot- fir In the mnn'i rib. The victim hud paid ins bill. but, according; to the Chinese, there wan f cent difference in opinion. The Chinese was ar- reated by Sight Officer Glen Bushee and taken to tin station Ho wiw warned not to use the gun again. MALAY MISSIONARY TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT Itev. H.irrnbetlto a. Marangeopa, who In aald to be the only nutlve Malay missionary In the world jrtH apeak tonight at eight o'clock at the A. M. HL Church. He haa labored among the principal nation and tribes of the earth and haa an Interesting history. Born a savage, -found In a hut on the Hast Const of Africa by an En Klfah noldemnn. a baby weighing six teen pounds, the sole survivor of a family of fourteen, lying crying amid t heir dead and putrifytng f or ma, he was brought to fCnglnnd as a curiosity, where he waa educated and became a missionary with a record of travel and perils that haa no parallel In the world's history.' He has traveled more than three times around the world on foot, was captured by the cannibals in Central Africa one ono occasion, but was res cued by an African Trading Expedition- In Russia he was chained with back to the wall In a dungeon for two month and eleven days. In Turkey for refusing to accept Mohammed he waa chained to a post In the hot sun four days without food or water. In Germany he was mobtoed and burned at the stake, and yet he lives to tell the story of Christ. He speaks twenty nine different dialects and 1 able to preach In nineteen different lan guages. Ills lvid description of personal ex periences are thrilling. Inspiring, en tertaining and instructive to young and old. He carries in his possession twenty-five thousand newspaper clip pings and also nineteen hundred let- era from the Royalty of Kurope and offiiialA of Cities and Ministers of the gospel received through his travels. XTRA QENOA, Juno 9. A Rome dispatch Kuy.i the iniii.iti cannier mis risiirin-". LEAGUE PLANK STILL BOTHERS COMMITTEE (Try Associated Press) CHICAGO. June . The leag'ic of nations pians is still undefined today, 24 hours-, before the republican plat form Is to be presented to the nation al convention. Members of the sub-committee of 13 when they went into session to smooth out the remaining platform troubles, expressed confidence thev could agree, but all were somewhat hazy as how it is to be done. While the 13 were deliberating, the remainder of the resolutions commit tee of 53 were receiving in open.hear Ing the advice of lnbor loaders and others on a wide diversity of subjects. Demands that the republican party take an 'unequivocal" stand for the enforcement of the 14th amendment t and agulnst the continuation of the "reign of lynch law" were made by a delegation headed by William H. Iends. a negro ivnd former aHKtslant I Cnlted States attorney general. RECESS APPOINTMENTS (By Cnlted Press.) WASHINGTON. June 1. President Wilson today made the following re cess appointments: Members of the Interstate commerce commission, Hen ry James Pord of New Jersey. Mark Potter of New York. James Duncan of ! Massachusetts: members of the Cnlt jod State tariff commission, Mnrkston ,T. tlogart of New York, Samuel McCall of Massachusetts; Nicholas Kelly of New York. CITY WILL HELP TEACHERS WITH Committee Named by Commer cial Association Will Have Living Places Listed and En - tertainment Steps Taken. JOHN DAY GRADE IS SOURCE OF CRITICISM Reports From Recent Junket Trips Show Better Under standing and Better Feeling Results From Trips. Committees to v"ii; for the success of the summer normal school to meet with the county court to arrange for badlv needed repairs to the John Day i grade and to assist in furthering the campaign of the Mate Chamber of Commrece -were appointed by the! Commercial Association last night at one of the busiest meetings in months A good number attended. The Commercial Association can do ( t'ompton does not believe that Ban three things to further the success of aster had threatened Ogle but credits the normal school session here this! Ogle with a volunteer decision to con summer. H. R. Inlow, city superinten- fess. dent elect, told that body. It can ad- j xHe confession of Ogle and a state vertise the session, help find arnm- ment by Banastet were made In the modatlona for those attending and j presence of Warden Compton. James work to make their stay here a pleas ant one. Arter consideration of the angles of the situation, with a view to making the summer session a success and a permanent institution in Pendleton. President .7. U. RHy appointed his committee. Lyman (l. Bce was nam ed chairman and his associates will be James K. rVtes, B. B- Aldrich I.. C Scharpf and R- D. Sayres. Junket Trips wmifU A widespread good feeling and a better understanding between Pen dleton and neighboring amall towns hat resulted from two junketing trips recently taken, members of the asso ciation reported. Tho Boardmnn trip on May 31 was a big success and al ready a closer bond is apparent be tween the project town and Pendle ton. The Pcndletonians also were much In evidence at Weston and con tributed largely to the success of t picnic. As a further step towards cementing the good will of the smaller towns, the association voted last night to forego . any celebration of the Fourth of July, here and to urge local citizens to as- (Continued on page fc.) J"" AND STILL THE WORLD MOVES ON. n . v--l AGAIN, ANb V LIVENS T- Vfif AQAiS TRg 5 Sy) , -.1 , -L - BLAME PREVIOUSLY PLACED ON SMITH BY BOTH BANDITS (By Associated Press.) RAL.EM, Ore., June 9. (Special to the East Oregonian. ) James Ogle, J who with Walter Bannaater and David Smith Ik servine n life sentence in the ; ! state penitentiary for the murder of J. I j Burgess and George E. Peringer in j the f'bircmont Tavern, at Portland,1 last November, today confessed that : be fired the shots which killed the two j men. The blame for the shooting had been placed on Smith by witnesses! and Ogle also accused Smith. "He j simply had the thing on his mind for a lone time," sold Warden L. H. Compton, "and voluntarily came through with the truth." Mr. -Burgess and Mr. Peringer were in Portland attending the Internation al live stock exposition, and were with friends at. the Claremont tavern when place was held up by three masked robber. Mwrill rtn. aaY. rwM Smith who had been blamed for the shooting went to Warden Compton and said that Ogle wanted to "come clean." Lewis, deputy warden -ind Eugene llnlley, chief keeper aid the convict Smith. Ogle seems to be in an error, as to which of the men was Peringer j and which was Burgess. He spoke of shooting Peringer several times. Bur- j gess was tl?e nmn who was repeatedly J . j shot while Peringer was shot only ; War ha i Btesta SttnUh i When nun of the confession made b i gle. i-;. P. .darshall who was with Mosn. BuTge and Peringer when tbey v.i-1"- snot, expressed ihe firm lad let thai the "middle sized man," DfltV0 Smith, did the shooting and that Ogle, t e blr man of the three, was nn in t he dining room keeping tbe crowd covered at the time the tra gedy otcirred. "The man who came into the room did ail the shoot ing and killed both men," said Mr. Marshall. "The other man may have rushed down to the door tint he did not kill anyone. 1 am confident that after a while all three men will claim they did the shooting so as to confuse people as to who did it. CLAIMS THAT HE KILLED -- 13 KILLED IN EXPRESS WRECK ON N.Y. CENTRAL Fast Train Crashed Into Rear of Passenger Train Near Schenectady, While Going at; 50 Miles an Hour. ENGINEER FAILED TO SEE SIGNALS FOR HIM j Two Sleepers Telescoped and Many Injured in Disasterous Accident Early This Morn ing, One Train Was Stalled. (By United Press.) SCHNECTVDY, N. Y.. June 9. Thirteen were, killed and many injur ed early this morning when the New York Central Express crashed into the rear of a passenger train near here. The express was making 50 miles an hour when it struck the passenger, which was stalled at the crossing. The two rear sleepers were telescoped. The dead include Martin Doyle, the engineer. All aboard the Pullman cars were asleep when the express train came through. The engineer of the express train failed to see the sig nals against him, according to the be lief of railroad officials. WOMEN TO HAVE PLACE ' ON EXECUTIVE BOARD (By United Press.) j CHICAGO. June i. The adoption of the report of the rules committee by the republican national convention changed several old rules. Including the enlargement of the executive com mittee of the republican national com mittee from ten to 15 members to per il the representation of women on the committee. The new rules, it Is an nounced, provide that no delegate talk longer than five minutes or more than once on any one subject. Another change makes unfinished business the last order of business. It opens the way for action on the platform after nominations in case the resolutions committee gets into a protracted deadlock. Any woman is able to stand nil the prosperity her husband can bring home. 'FISHING ROD FOUND IN GERMAN DUG OUT DEALS DIRE INJURY TO CHILD (By Associated Press.) SYDNEY. X. June 9. Mel- viile Brennan, 13, waa brought to a hospital here today badly injured as a result of trying to we a fishing rod which his friend, Charles McKInnon of the Nova Scotia Highlanders found in a German dugout in France. The rod was filled with high ex- plosive and detonated when the boy tried to put it together, ac- cording to the police. t MR. MILLER WANTS SOME MONEY BEFORE JUNE 15 PRTLAXD, Or., June 9. Collector of Internal Revenue, Milton A. Miller, has mailed out to all special taxpayers forms upon which return for payment of tax must be made. These special taxpayers include proprietors of the atres, for hire automobiles, pleasure boats, pool and billiard tables, bowling alleys, shooting gallerie retail deal ers in oleomargarine, brokers, pawn brokers, etc. Other classes of taxpayers affected are druggists, physicians, dentists, and other practitioners, who must com plete their re-registration under the Harrison act not later than July 1, after which date they will be delin quent. On or before June 15th the second installment of income tax will be due and payable and notices for this tax were sent out some weeks ago. Per sons who fap to pay the quarterly in stallment due on June 15th. will be re quired within ten days after notice and demand, to pay the entire out standing balance on their Income tax, as failure to pay one installment when due makes due and payable all the re maining installments which would or dinarily be due on September 15th and December 15th. LICENSE APPLICATIONS SENT TO ALL AUTOISTS Every registered owner of a motor vehicle in the state, all garages and the district attorney will be supplied with application blanks) for individual operators licenses, according to a let ter received this morning by District Attorney R. I. Keator from Secretary of State Sam Kroner. Owners will fiich be sent three blanks. The operators licenses will bo re quired on and after July , of every person operating a motor car within the state. Persona operating cars as individuals must be 16 years and over, j and otherwise competent to operate a car. Persons who now hold chauf feurs' licenses, will also be required to have the other permits, the minimum age for chauffeurs being 18 years. Persons who desire application blanks and do not -own a registered car, may get blanks from the garages or district attorney shortly. A fee of IB cents must accompany the applica tion to the secretary of state and the license issued must he carried at all times when a person is operating a motor vehicle. LINEMEN DON'T INSIST UPON A CLOSED SHOP Increase in wages and improvement n conditions form the goal of the striking linemen of the Pacific Power and Light Company, according to a j statement made today by a lineman representative, who says that the strikers would waive the closed shop demand if ot her requirements were met. We receive I a day and ask that it be increased to $7.20," said the rep resentative. "This would be propor tionate to what other linemen In the Northwest receive . The main lm -Kovemcnt asked in conditions is that more than one man be sent out on high line trouble. At present a man 's sent alone on high line trouble, on' 'tbe 6.000 volt lines, which Is a dan- porous practice. Tbe representative said that of the 38 linemen and operators of tho dis . trict who have been on atrike since '.May 2S. the union lowt one apprentice lineman and in his plat e gained a load dispatcher. The diet rlct comprises ' 1 "end let on. Toppentsh. Pomeroy, Day ton. Hood River, The Dalles. Astoria. Kennewuk. Pasco, Yakima and Walla Walla. According to a statement made to day by the local linemen, they are ready to meet Lxniia McArthur. man after of the system at any time, for ar- . nitration. ll In mere l!.--. usk. In vain. to LOCAL MEN COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS TO REPORT THURSDAY Apathy of First Session Was Routed When at Conclusion Routine Business Delegates Warmed up and Cheered. HWOMAN SPEAKER FIRST EVER AT CONVENTION Chauncey Depew Said Lincoln Never Had to go Abroad in Order to Take Care of Inter national Relations. BT HUGH BAILJE. (Staff Correspondent United Pmas.) CHICAGO. June 9. AfW adopting unanimously the reports of throe of its principal committees and quickly concluding all other routine business, the second day's session of the re pub lican convention was turned into e G. O. P. revival and testimonial meeting. The convention began its session At 11:20. The delegates and visitors who packed the Coliseum to the roof sweltered In sticky heat for 67- min utes until 12:17 when an adjournment was announced until tomorrow at 11. at which time the delegates expect to hear the all-important report of the resolutions committee. The reports of committees on permanent organiza tion, credentials and rules went through smoothly. - When it was real ized there was no further business, the great meeting broke loose and lost tho apathy which marked the first session. Depew Told Stories. There was a yell for Chauncey M. Depew, who startel the "revival meet ing'' with a characteristic speech in which he told humorous stories and denounced and ridiculed the demo cratic administration. The restraint which had held delegates and specta tors in check melted away as he spoke. Depew was the wizard of the oceaston. He brought back the old spirit and when he finished the delegates were on their feet and the Coliseum waa echoing with the din of their applause. Liodge, through the adoption of the re port of the committee on permanent organization, was elected permanent chairman. IJLncotn's Way Everyone in Lincoln's cabinet waa a statesman of national or internatton al repute, said Depew. "Yet not one of them had a mind that ran on the track of the president. But Mr. JLln (Continued en cage t.) BIG DRIVE STARTED BY WOOD SUPPORTERS By United Press.) HICAGO, June 9. A terrific drive to make Wood the republican) presidential nom inee, was launch ed here. Th Wood forces started simultan e o u a offensives from several an gles. Their strat egy was directed by Frank H. Hitchcock. The sudden collapse of opposition to Senator Watson for chairman of the resolutions commit tee yesterday, the almst simultaneous selection of Lxdge as permanent chair man of the convention Indicated some thing was going on. Reports ef a "deal" on both the permanent chair manship are flying today. They are to the effect that Hitchcock haa step ped up to take the reins of the ::un bossed" convention and had made ar rangements for putting Lodge and Watson in the two most important places in the convention. KM I PUWKR I.OSFS. CINCINNATI. June 9 A verdict for the defendant was rendered by the pur' " the suit of Lee Magee. base nail player, against the Chicago .Nationals for $9500 which he claimed le due for salary and possible bontues of th 1 i20 season. MOME JAJPfi MASSACRED. (By United Frees.) TAKIO.. June 8. (Delayed.) kolnesk Is In flames following the t sac re of IS Japanese civilians, cording to confirmed dispatches. ItKNOMTK DEFEATS VA-VrlTP! (By AaaorlatM Pr.) NEWPORT Jun. t. Th. Raaolul defeated the Vanltte afala totey. lit receive than 'ha drtirlal tryouta for Amertaa'a ctia defenaa honor.