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VOLUME LXI.
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1921.
No. 84.
WILL
E
TO APPEAL TO CONGRE8S TO AID
HIGHWAY BUILDING PRO
GRAMS. TOUCHES TARIFF, TAXES
V
DEAL8 WITH MERCHANT MARINE
FOREIGN TRADE, RAILROADS,
SOLDIER RELIEF.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 9 A rough
draft of President Harding's first
message to 'congress has been nearly
completed. The . president will again
appear before a Joint session of the
senate and house Tuesday.
The message will touch on federal
encouragement of good roads; Alask
an development; the budget bill; co
ordinating government income and ex
penditures; American merchant ma
rine; foreign trade; soldier relief; re
peal of excess profits taxes; tariff;
railroads.
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MEAT PRICES TO DECLINE
18 PACKER PREDICTION
By United Preaa .
CHICAGO, April 9. An adequate
meat supply, with steady or deoHning
yiiueu uuriug iubmibjii six muui.ua, 11
predicted by packing house officials
here.
Beef irlces are expected to fall and
pork remain at its present level.
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FIVE WATERMAN BANKS
WRECKED BY WHEAT LOAN8
By United Press
LEWISTON, April 9. Five "Water
man" banks closed today. Inability to
realize on wheat loans was given as
the cause of suspension. The banks
axe at Clarkston, Kamiah, Kcosia,
Peck and Oroflno.
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DR. SUN YAT SEN ELECTED
PRE8IDENT OF CHINA
By United Press
CANTON, China, April 9. Dr. Suff
Vat Sen has been elected president of
the Chinese republic. A total of 218
parliament members voted for him
and four against. Great rejoicing, with
parades and fireworks, greeted the
announcement.
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ROBBER8 ROB ELEVATOR
PASSENGER - OF $600
By United News
NEW YORK, April 9 Street car
NCOURAG
GOOD
ROADS N MESSAGE
' and taxi bandits have been common
enough in New York, but the holdup
man has discovered a new leld of
operations In the elevators of the
modern skyscraper.
A well dressed man entercd0Adam
Miller's lift at the ground floor on
the heels of Mrs. Anna Hogan, a
cashier, who was just returning to
her office from a bank with $600 in
Her handbag. At the eighth floor
he pressed a pistol against the ele
vator man's head, kicked him out of
the car, snatched Mrs. Hogan's mon
ey and insisted for her to leave.
With the building echoing to the
cries of Miller and Mrs. Hogan, the
man ran the car to the ground floor,
alighted and walked away.
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BALLOON FOUND MAY
SHOW AERONAUTS FATE
By United Press
PENSACOLA, Fla., April 9 A bal
loon, thought to be the one aboard
which five aeronauts from the naval
station here were blown to sea
more than two weeks ago, was found
floating at sea 20 miles off Panama
City, Fla., last night,' according to
a report reaching the naval station
here today. The balloon was picked
up by a small boat and has been
taken to Panama City.
A seaplane was dispatched from
the naval station here to Panama
City to Identify the aircraft.
According to the reports, the bal
loom was deflated when found. No
sign of the missing balloonist was
discovered.
CITY EMPLOYEES
JBUSEO, CHARGE.
LABOR COUNCIL TAKES UP COM
PLAINT AGAINST ROCK
CRUSHER FOREMAN.
A statement signed by 12 city em
ployes was presented at the meeting
of The Dalles Central Labor Coun
cil Friday night complaining of al
leged abusive treatment at the
hands of the foreman of the city
rock crusher.
The petition charged that the men
were driven at their work and that
they were discharged without cause.
Acting upon this information, the
labor council appointed a commis
sion of nine men, each one a tax
payer and each representing one of
the nine unions in the .labor coun
cil. This commission is headed by
Dell Martin of the' O.-W. R. & N. car
repairers' union. It will wait upon '
the mayor and city engineer, pre
senting the matter and asking for a
hearing in an effort to correct the
condition, if evidence presented will
warrant It. j
Other routine business was trans
acted at.he meeting, which was at-'
tended by about 70 union labor" mem
bers, r
A meeting is to bo held Monday1
night in the central labor council
hall, when the organization of the,
retail clerks' union will be complete
ed. The organization will start out,
it is said, with a membership of ,
about 35. ,
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CALIFORNIA OARSMEN
DEFEAT WASHINGTONIANS
By United Press
BERKELEY, April 9. The Univer
sity of California today defeated' the
University of Washington by five feet
in a crew race on the Oakland estuary.
The two shells raced neck- and neck
ror the whole three miles.
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ROBBER8 TAKE ONLY
WATCHES FROM STORE
By United Press
BUTTE, April 9. The Delovage
Jewelry store was robbed last night
.for the. second time within a week, by
thieves who again took only watches,
scorning diamonds and precious
stones. "Three other robberies have
been recorded in this city during the
last three weeks, in which only
watches were taken.
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AROUND THE BASES
By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 San
Francisco's Seals with four straight
wins over the Portland Beavers, and
the Angels with four wins from Seat
tle, led the Pacific' Coast league as
the teams went into the first week
end games today.
While the Seals were beating
Portland, Oakland and Salt Lake
were busy getting started on the
Bees' home grounds.
The Bees proved the busiest and
took the.flrst game those teams have
played, 9 to 5.
Sacramento evened things up with
the Tigers with a seven to five vic
tory. Down at Los Angeles, Seattle gave
the Angels a merry race with the
score tied until the ninth inning.
Then Hughes, Angelic pitcher, sin
gled and scored Lindlmore, making
it a 4 to 3 victory for Lqs Angeles.
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BOMB BLOWS UP '
"DRINK" STORE
BARTENDER AND FOUR CHILD
REN SHOWERED WITH FALL
ING DEBRIS.
By United Press
BUTTE, April 9. The second bomb
explosion within three weeks today
wrecked the roof of a soft drink es
tablishment and broke windows of
Surrounding buildings. Peter Losonen,
"bartender," was covered with falling
debris. Four children sleeping In an
adjoining room were showered with
glass, Buffering only minor Injury.
An explosion three weeks ago
wrecked the cabin of the Inlander, a
Finnish underworld resort. The pollcer
credit the bombs to a feud between
rival factloas of Films.
new JERSEY IS
j0 E gjr 0f
BIO IT BOUT
DEMPSEY AND CARPENTIER TO
MEET FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
JULY 3.
By United Press
NEW YORK, April 9. New Jersey
will be the site of .the match between
Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpen-
tier for the world heavyweight box- f
ing championship, Tex Rickard, pro
moter, announced today. The event
will' be held either In. Jersey City or
Newark, on July 3.
Dempsey will leave Seattle tonight
for the east, where he will begin train-
lng, Rickard said,
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GIRL BUMPS MASHER WITH
PEARL HANDLED REVOLVER
By United Press
PORTLAND, April 9. The long
standing mystery of what a lady's
pearl handled revolver is good for, is
now settled. Harry Wright, Seattle
railroader, accosted Miss Mildred Win.
ans, cashier in a Chinese noodlery, on
the street last night. The girl drew a
revolver and smote Wright a resound
ing thump on the cranium with the
handle. He was later discharged from J
the police hospital, but couldn't wear
his derby.
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MINING ENGINEER KILL8
SELF WITH SHOTGUN
By United Press
TACOMA, April 9. "Cremate' my
body and have my ashes scattered on
Puget Sound; the waters of which i
love."
That was the message that William
Huggard, a mining engineer of Seattle
wrote before he shot and killed him
self here last night at a Tenth street
hotel.
Huggard used a sawod-off shotgun i
which he had evidently carried with
him In a suit case from I Seattle, dis
charging both barrels.
No motive for the suicldo is known.
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JAPAN TO CEMENT
U, S, FRIENDSHIP
WILL MAKE THREE MOVES TO
AVOID BREAK IN RE
LATIONS. By A. L. Bradford
(Unite Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 9Japan is
about to make a number of impor
tant "gestures" to strengthen the re
lations between that country and thetKallon ur Governor Neif. Tho consuls
United States, It was learned today. ;
The Mikado's government Is un-(
derstood, to be making these Impor-
tant moVes to avoid the least pos-.
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slblllty of a break In the present1
in in . i ,. .
friendly relations between the United
mates ana Japan anu to emphasize:
the absolute importance to the peare
'of the world of maintaining the
strongest friendship between tho two' OMAHA, April 9,-An attempt to
countries. poison judge Robert S. Lovett, chair-
One of the important steps to be 'man of the Union Pacific system, was
taken soon by Japan to strengthen ravealed yosterday when a maid om-American-Japanese
relations will nej p, d at tho FontoneUo hotol t(;,a
the sending .of a mission of mem-i ,n Qf- DotoctlvoH Vnn Duflon
ffu ?L T tPTe he had been offered. I50Q by a
United states. The Japanese congres-, , , , , , .
slonal 'party will leave early next , ,orG'snor to 8llp "olson ,n tt Klu8S of
montn water and serve It to Lovett.
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There may be some significant FRANCE SUPPORTS U. S.
pronouncement on the subject of VEW OF MANDATES
American-Japanese relations while
the mission la here. , By miM
There are probably no two coun- PARIS, April 9. -France will sup.
tries In which "jingoism" is mora port Amtrlcan claims to a voice In
prevalent than In tho United States the fn ,ettement of war problems,
and Japan, It Ib believed in rcspon.;it w iemlK)Wle,ay announced here
slble quarters. Race antagonism aho tod Tn w be art,cular.
is said to have been fanned during n Amerc(, demand
the past several months to a dan- A , A. ,
1 v s , that she take part in the assignment
gerous po nt by these two Issues r "
... w . i, rru.i aio..'0' mandates over former German
existing between the United States
and Japan: J territories. .
1-Japan's protest against the an-' The announcement indicated that
tl alien land laws of California.
2 America's protest against tho
Inclusion or the Island of Yap under
a Japanese mandate.
WILLIAMS GUILTY
i if li I ill
PEONS ON FARM
JURY RECOMMENDS LENIENCY
IMMEDIATELY SENTENCED.'
TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
By E. A. Shellnutt
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
COURTHOUSE, COVINGTON, Ga.,
April 9. John S. Williams today was
found guilty of the murder of negro
peons on his plantation in Jasper
county.
The jury recolhmended mercy.'
This automatically fixes the sen
tence at life imprisonment.
The Jury returned its verdict al
9:50 o'clock this morning. It had de
liberated over the case since 3:ol
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Judge Huthceson, immediately sen
tenced Williams, to lite imprisonment
His attorneys moved for a new trial.
Williams' stoical expression did not
change, but Mrs. Williams broke
down and sobbed aloud.
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CABLE NEGOTIATIONS
TAKEN. UP WITH FRANCE
By United Press
WASHINGTON, pril 9. The state
department today announced that ne
gotiations with the French govern
ment have been taken up, with the
view of securing greater facilities in
France for American cable companies.
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ANDERSON FLATTENS
HERMAN TWICE IN ROUND
By United Press
PORTLAND, April 9. The bout
here last night between Lee Anderson,
173-pound Oakland light heavyweight,
and Tiny Herman. Astoria's 196
pound Goliath, resulted In the almost
total annihilation of Mr. .Herman. The
California tar baby stretched Herman
on the canvas twice for the count ot
nine in one round alone.
Clair Bromeo, San Francisco, won
the decision over Stanley Willis, local
138-pounder.
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MISTREATMENT OF
TWO ASSAULTED AND KIDNAPED
76 ARE REFUSED PAY,
REPORT.
By United Press
AUSTIN, April 9. Mistreatmon' ot
'Mexicans in Texas was today report od
to Secretary of Stale Hughes by the
Mexican consuls, following an invest I-
llUogo the nBBault, nna Kidnaping of
WQ Moxican(J at B;,dg0 Anolher con.
au, ed Umt ?c ylexlcam reCclv-
, , . ,
od no pay for road work,
......
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FOREIGNER OFFERCD $500
TO GET LOVETT.POISONED
.
Rene Vlvlanl's mission to the United
States has resulted In's readjustment
of France's foreign policy toward
America. '
MEXICANS
CHARGED
HIGHWAY PLANS
TO BE EVOLVED
BANQUET FOR COMMISSIONERS
BOOTH AND YEON AND'EN
GINEER NUNN.
Definite information concerning tho
plans of the state highway commis
sion In regard to the construction of
The Dalles-California highway; what
the commission desiros of Wasco
bounty, and what the $800,000 bond is
sue to be .voted on by the people Mi
June 7, will do townrd the establish
ment of a permanent highway system
throughout the county, will be
brought out this evening nt a banquet
in the dining room of Hotel Dalles
tut which Commissioners J. M. Booth,
John B. Yeon and State Highway En
gineer Nunn will be in attendance
The banquet will be served prompt
ly at 6 o'clock. '
Seating arrangements have been
made for tho accommodation of 151)
persons. Preliminary plans for the
banquet were arranged by a number
'of local business men. Final working
out of these plans was this morning
'turned over to E. F. Van Schoick,
chamber of commerce secretary.
The banquet will be open to any
person wishing to attend, according
to Van Schoick. The only require
ment is a desire for information con
cerning county roads and a dollar,
the latter for the purchase of a tick
et to the banquet. Reservations mny
be made by telephoning tho chamber
of commerce. When banquet reser
vations are exhausted, it is planned
to allow' as many persons as desire to
stand during the speeches.
More than 50 reservations for plates
at the banquet have already been re
ceived from county chamber of com
merce members and their friends.
Both -women and men will bo In at
tendance.
The highway commissioners and
Engineer Nunn arrived on the noon
train. They .will spend the greater
part of the afternoon in conference
with tho county court.
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TARIFF BILL WILL GIVE
3,000,000 EMPLOYMENT
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 9 The
emergency tariff bill will put 3,000,-
000 idle Americans back to work,
Congressman Young of Norm Da
kota said today. Young said that the
protection is aimed to save Amer
ican agriculture and probably will
not increase prices to the consumer.
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BUILDING TRADE WAGES
TO BE CUT 10 PERCENT
By United Press
PORTLAND, April 9. A 10 percont
reduction In wages of allied building
trades, effect Ivo .May 1, has bqon de
cided upon by the special arbitration
committee representing tho buliden,
workmen and public, according to
announcement today by Dr. W. T. Mc-
Elvocn, chairman.
Tho reductions will set tho scale for
carpenters at ?7.1!0 a day, painters at
the samo figure, and common labor
at 15.40.
Fifteen other branches of construc
tion work are atfected.
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SELL ARMY FOOD
TO STARVING. PLAN
WEEKS URGES MEASURE PER
MITTING SURPLUS BE SENT
TO EUROPE.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April O.Mocro
tary of War Weeks today announced
that he had recommended to Chair
man liouso of the senate military
utfalrs committee, .that ho will bo au
thorized to sell surplus army food sup
plies to starving European countries.
By congressional act a ban now ox
IstB on the selling of army food stocks
to Europe. The question of sale of
'theHO food supplies to Europoun coun
tries was brought up at a conference
betweon Weeks and Senator McCor
VIOLENCE FLARES
If) WJUT 01
ENGLISH MINERS
AIRDROME, TELEPHONE LINES
DESTROYED HAY' FUEL IS
BURNED.
CAPITAL-LABOR WAR
IF STRIKE IS NOT AVERTED, IN
DUSTRY WILL BE PAHA.
LYZED.
By United Press
LONDON, April 9. Widespread vio
lence was reported today in connec
tion with the miners' strike.
An airdrome at Newcastle was dis
mantled and equipment destroyed.
t Telegraph poles and wires were fell
ed near Shields. .
Excessive incendiarism occurred
last night in Northumberland. Huy
stackB used for feeding pit ponies in
'the Bedlington colliery were buru&a
and numerous stacks of wheat, barley
and oats were destroyed in other dis
tricts. I Sporadic outbreaks of looting occur
red in some parts of the striking urea.
By Charles M. McCann
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, April 9. "The approach
ing strike is the opening ot a general
I decisive war between capital and la
vbor,'' Ramsay Macdonald, labor leader
, in parliament, declared in an inter
'view with the United Press todny.
; Macdonald added that: .
If the general strike Is not "averted,
I British industry will be paralyod
, within a week.
T There may be some "head break
ing" but It will not be the result of
'"deliberately planned boishevism."
Tho workers now thoroughly dls
' trust the government,' believing it is
! an unwitting tool of capital.
Tho miners "hate capltul now ns
never before."
"Tho general strike1 is not moreiy
a walkout by miners, railway men and
transport workers, but is a showdown
in the division of interests between
capital and labor generally," Macdon
alii said.
"Capital wants to force labor tp ac
cept anything it wants to offer. Tho
government 1b behind the ownors
but Is only partly conscious of tint
mischief it Is doing.
"Tho miners, determined to have
a living wage, are forced to light
ugnlnut tho owners' contemplated re-
j diiclion. Tho other workers realize
I tholr right Is coming. All organized
j labor realizes tills Is their fight and
l' accepts it us such. If the general
strike 1b nut halted, all British In
dustry will be at a standstill within
a week.
"Tho present situation Is logarded
as a genorul war opened by capital
lor tho subjoctlon of lnbo.r, for which
tho owners and tho government huvo
f noon preparing for months. Tho min-
orii wore not prepared.
- "Capital selected tho point of at
tack, pluiiued not only to overwhelm
tho 'regiment' of minors, hut to umush
the ontlie army of labor. British
workmen, like soldiers in the field
awaiting an attack under fire, are
consequently saying it Is better to
fight than await llio dotailod assaiius
lind dotailod defoats of small enemy
offensives.
I 'ir wio iripio auianco suikok, u
will not bo necessary for the othor
to go out, as the sloppago of essential
industrial life will mean complete
jiaialjKiH lor Britain,
"Thoiu Is no reason to fear a delib
erate communist uprising, The com
mltteos formed to handle the strike
aio keeping tho men undur discipline.
I returned yesterday from Scotland
where tho minora arc the 'reddest' in ,
Britain. Any talk tliut thoy are plan
ning to form u soviet Is nonsense.
Thoy are young, Intelligent und stu
dious. They do detest tho present
system and are determined to change
It.
".If trouble comes, It will be throuna
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