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VOLUME LXI.
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1921.
No. 86.
LIP LI I I
COLOMBAN pact
IS IIP IH SENATE
Fl
SENATOR LODGE OPENS DEBATE
URGING $25,000,000 BE
'.PAID.
By L. C. Martin
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 12. Four
ye'ara of senatorial debate (off and
on) over the proposal to pay the re
public of Colombia $25,000,000 in set
tlement of the dispute over the Pana
ma canal question, today drew near
its end. The senate took up the pro
posed treaty with Columbia, under au
agreement, to vote after eight days'
debate.
Supporters and opponents of the
'pact jumped into the fray today right
at the start. (Senator Lodge, chairman
of the foreign relations committee,
opened the discussions with a speech
favoring ratification. Lodge's speech
was- largely an explanation of his
change of position. Four years ago he
signed a report in which the treaty
was called "International blackmail."
Senator Kellogg, Minnesota, follow
ed with a speech opposing ratification
and took the position that the same
reasons exist today as existed in Theo
dore Roosevelt's time for not acceding
to Colombia's demand for payment.
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SAWDUST DUMPED UPON ,
MAN WHO SUFFOCATES
By United Press
ABERDEEN, Wash., April 12
Hugh J. Rogers, employe of the Bay
City mill, lost his life here yester
day when a load of sawdust was
dumped in a bin which he was clean-,
Ing.
Rogers suffocated before "he could "
'be rescued.
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COOLIDGE DISCHARGES MAN
WHO BROODS, KILLS 8ELF
By United News
MARBLEHEAD, Mass., April 12
William D. T. Trefry, former state
commissioner of taxation and cor
porations, shot and killed himself at
h'is home here Monday after yield
ing to despondency that afflicted
him since Vice-President Calvin
Coolidge, then Governor of Massa
chusetts, retired him from office.
Coolidge, who was about to go out
of office, appointed his own secre
tary, Henry F. Long, to succeed the
veteran Trefry.
Trefry had held his office for more
than 2) years and was 68 years 'old.
His replacement by Long occasioned
much surprise and was a great blow
to Trefry who brooded over -it con
stantly. He became bitter against
Coolidge and complained that he had
been treated "very shabbily."
Uhe medical examiner's report was
"suicide, as the result of despon
dency." The Best Big Sister
CHARGES AGAINST
CLOCK ARE DROPPED
CHECK DEAL RESULT OF MIS-
' UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
TWO PRINCIPALS.
1
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Upon failure of Dr. H. u. Doaas
to press a charge of grand larceny,
sworn out by him against Frank i
Clock following an alleged check mix1
up, Clock was this morning release; '
from the $1000 bond upon which he
had been at liberty and the case
against him dropped.
According to Dodds, the whole af
fair was a mistake. He gave Clock
the "10U0 cnecic, expecting iu mi t
up the- $900 check. Clock however'
took both checks, thinking that, In,
line with some former discussion on
the subject, he was supposed to pay!.
against the Dufur drug store, in pur
chase of whkh the two checks were
being tendered. Missing the $900
check and not realizing that Cloc.
hod planned to Bettle the outstand
ing accounts with it. Dr. Dodd caus
ed Clock to be arrested In Eugene
and brought back to The Dalles up
on a charge of grand larceny, be
A RATIFICATION
said.
ETING
ARE
OREGON GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
SUPPLANTS CHERRY UNION,
PRODUCE ASSOCIATION.
The Cherry Growers' union and the
partly organized Fruit and Produce
Growers' association were" both ' dis
banded last night, by action of mem
bers assembled in a mass meeting at
the court house. This action was tak
en in order to make way for one high
'ly organized bo3y to be formed under
the direction of the Oregon Growers'
Cooperative association. Resolutions
disbanding the local organization i
were so worded that the action is pro
visional upon the securing of the
acreage in the county demanded by
the state cooperative association be
fore it will establish a branch here.
Tjhe disbanding of the two local or
ganizations was necessary in order to
expedite the work of the state associa
tion, as many persons signed in the
old organization hesitated to sign up
with the new association until releas-
(Continued on Pago C.)
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By United Press
PORT ARTHUR, Texas, April 12
The steamship Colonel Bowie sank
today off the coast of Mexico, near
Tamplco, according to a wireless re
port.' Twenty-two person's lost their
lives, the report ' stated.
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"SHAMROCK" MURDERED
POLICE SEEK BLONDE
By United Press
ST. LOUIS, April 12. The police
are today combing the city for a
blonde woman, who shared the apart
ments of "Shamrock," notorious crim
inal found dead In his rooms yester
day. "Shamrock" had many aliases, and
was best known as Michael McNa
mara, two times a convict and alleged
leader of a nationwide gang of safe
blowers.
The murder is believed by the po
lice to be the outcome of a dispute
over the division of spoils of a recent
haul.
McNamara was shot four times, his
assailants escaping in a motor car.
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WOMEN WILL KILL
MACHINE POLITICS
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FAIR VOTERS WOULD MAKE
WIFE ABANDONMENT CRIM.
INAL ACT.
By United Press
CLEVELAND, O., April 12. Wom
an, the newly-enfranchised, Is going
to drive machine politicians and ward
heelers out of the American political
'system.
This was the keynote of tho annual
report of Mrs. Maud Wood Park,
chairman, delivered before the second
annual convention of the tNatlonai
League df Women Voters, In session
here.
' The committee on uniform laws 13
to present the following recommenda
tions: An equal Interest of husband and
wife in each other's real estate.
The removal of all common law dis
abilities of married women.
Wlfo and child abandonment should
be made a criminal offense.
Common law marriages should be
abolished.
The state should require health cer
tificates before issuing mariage li
censes. There should be uniform state legis
lation oa marriage and divorce and
statutes prohibiting the evasion. o(
marriage laws.
IRK
BODES
DISBANDED
SHIP SINKS
DROWN
II. S. SHALL TAKE
LEAGUE OF
DECLARES PRESIDENT
PASS- EMERGENCY TARIFF AT ONCE, BRING GOVERNMENT EX
PENSE INSIDE FEDERAL REVENUES, INVESTIGATE RAIL
.SITUATION, FEDERAL HIGHWAY AID, POINTS.
By United
WASHINGTON, April 12 "In
any existing league of nations, world
governing with,lts super .powers, this
republic will have no part," Presi
dent Harding today declared in his
first message to congress.
High lights of the message of rec
ommendations, which contained 7,000
words, follow:
Passage of the emergency tariff
at once, with possible revision later.
Bring the cost of maintaining the
government inside the present reve
nue. Congress advised to investigate the
railroad situation.
Federal aid for highways.
Soldier relief should be directed by
a policy of generous gratitude.
Endorsed federal maternity bill.
Supported creation of department
of public welfare.
Prudence forbids a rash disarma
ment bill.
i
"The surest procedure in every;
government is to put its house In
order."
"I know of no more pressing prob-
lems at home than to restrict na-
tional expenditures." j
"The most substantial relief from
the tax burden must come, for the'
present, from readjustment df lntar-
nal, taxes and revision and repeal
of those taxes which have become
unproductive and are so artificial
and- burdensome as to defeat their
own purposes.
"I belie.ve in the protection of Instance conferred with Secretary
American' industry. It is our purpose Hoover on foreign Irado and Secre
to have America prosper first." 1 tary Denby on naval matters before
"A reduced cost of basic produc- writing his recommendations to con
tion has been recorded but the high gress on those subjects,
cost of living has not yielded In like This being his first message to
proportion." congress, Harding prepared it with
"The United States means to ac- unusual care and has been writing
complish and maintain a great mer- ad revising it since last Saturday,
chant marine." Harding wrote practically all of
"Our very immediate concern Is u;B message in long hand, making
for crippled soldiers and those very few corrections in tho penciled copy,
deeply in need of the helping Hand Numerous insertions were made
of the government." when he began revising it however.
"Congress ought to wipe out tho whether the new president will
stain of barbaric lynching from the follow permanently the custom of
banners of a free and orderly repre- reading his message to congress in
sentative democracy." person will depend upon tho recep
By Raymond Clapper
ASHINGTON, April 12 Before
completing the final revision of his
MOTIVE, CLAIM
state in bruno case seek8
to disprove Self-defense
PLEA.
Br United rress
PORTLAND, April 12. The finan
cial affairs of John Bruno and Harry
Pawluk, the man Bruno confessed to
killing In the hills west of Portland,
were today disclosed In the murder
trial. The state endeavored to dis
prove the self defenso plea and show
ed that Pawluk had just been paid off
by the Steamer .Montague, on which
Doth men wore employed. Tho state
attempted to estahjlsh robbery ns a
motive for the brutal murder.
In an effort to establish a defense
for Bruno, Attorney Tom Garland told
how the slayer had sat for three hour.i
beside the' man and pondered upon
what would be tho best thing to do
with tho body. Garland told the Jury
that Bruno had first struck Pawluk
with a revolver butt and then sent
two revolver bullets crashing through
his brain. Tho deed was done In self
defense, said the attorney.
Bruno would have gone to tno au
thorities immediately, Garland said,
but had no witnesses to prove that
what he said was truo. So he took the
money and all other things from the
body and fled from the state. He was
later captured in Seattle.
Pawluk's body was found by a group
of Campflre girls.
ROBBERY
MURDER
NO PART IN
WORLD GOVERNMENT
Pwts
message to congress. President Hard
ing today called all republican mem
bers of the senate fo'cign relations
committee to the White House fo:
a conference.
The cabinet meeting scheduled for
today was called off to allow Hard
ing to confer with tha sonators, al
though he had planned to go ovpr
his message with cabinet members.
The calling of the senators to tha
White House led to reports that
Harding had made foreign trade, Ver
sailles treaty and league of nations
important features of his message
and wished senators intimately con
cerned with foreign relations to go
over his (recommendations before
they became public.
Proofs of the message reached
Harding from the government print
ing office shortly before the sen
ators came to the White House. Ho
at once set to work correcting them.
WASHINGTON, April 12 PreSl
dent Harding planned to go over
his first message to congress with
his cabinet today before reading it
before the joint session of house and
senate.
The. president goes to the capitol
at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The cab-
inet meets two hours before that,
The message Is a composite of
the views of Harding and the recom-
1 mendation of his cabinet. He has for
tion he gets at the capitol today.
The message Is expected to bo
ch longer than the last ones writ-
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COMMUNICATION MAINTAINED
UNDER SEA, OVER WIRS,
THROUGH AIR.
By lnttefl News
WASHINGTON, ApiJJ 12. "Hello
Havana, how's tho weather down
there?"
"Hollo, Catallria, It's 72 degrees
down here. Givo our regards to tho
Pacific."
Tnlklng under tho sea, overland
lines and through the uir, Havana,
Cuba, exchanged greetings Monday
with Catalina Island, off the coast ot
California. Tho epochal occasion was
the formal opening of telephonic com
munication, but rovealed a telephonic
achievement which may cause envy 'o
'thousands of American "local" sub
scribers. j ' Wroug numbers, bus signals, som
I nolent opoi'ators-none of those modern
j annoyances Injected themselves Into
(the easy convolution through tho
ocean and across tho continent, n tele-
phone chat 5,502 miles Jong,
PRONESll OP
. S. AND CUBA
Beginning with Havana, Colonel ..
J. Carty, vice president of the Amor
nan Telephone & Telegraph company,
called the roll," with 20 crtiog, while
tho president, a good share of Jus
cabinet and 500 spectators, "listened
ln' with receivers that had been at
tached to each chair In a huge room
of the Pan-American Union building,
(Continued on Pace 5.)
BLACK AND TANS
ARE EX-CONVICTS
JAMES WELSH TELLS OF BURN
ING OF IRISH village:
BY ENGLISH.
James Welsh returned from a vis
it to his old home In Ireland, Sun-'
day. He left The Dalles In February
of last year, spent two. weeks visit-
.ing a sistor in Gloucester, Mass.,'
and then made tho ocean voyage to
tne Emerald Isle. Mr. Welsh was
a young man 21 years old when
he left Ireland to come to the United
States. This was his first trip back
after 57 years. 'Many of the pooplo
whom ho had hoped to see wero.f
gone. Soon after arriving in his homof
Village he met two men who recog
nized him and they told different
ones until his arrival was well an-
nounccd to the friends and relatives.
There followed Invitations into the
different homes, until as ho says, "it
would take several pages to tell of
all tho times and places I was enter
tained." His family lived in the County Kll
konney for more than 300 years. Tho
peoples here follow purely agricul
tural pursuits. They grow wheat,
clover, oats and timothy. Dairying
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DOORN CASTLE FLAG
IS AT HALF MAST
MEMBERS OF HOHENZOLLERN
FAMILY GATHER FOR EX.
KAISERIN'8 FUNERAL.
By Unltea'Prea
DOORN, April 12. The German
ilag flew at half mast over Doom
Castle today1 as members of the Ho
herizollern family gathered for the fu
neral of the ox-Empress Augusta Vic
toria. The crown prlnco reached hero from
ills asylum at Wlerengen. Tho entry
was quiet.
Tho ex emperor remained indoors,
Ho was said to have isolated himself
nnd to be showing signs of the deop
est grlof.
'Dr. Dysnnder, former court chap
lain, will have churgo of the private
services in tho little chapel today or
tomorrow. ,
Plans were laid today for tho remov
al of the body early In the morning
'after the Bervlces hero. It will bo tak
en to tho railway station In a special
ly built automobile. At tho boundary
lino tho kaiser and crown prlnco will
be halted while the remains of the
empress go on to Berlin to bo palo
the honors of royalty.
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ER SQUAD" IS
GET EVEN AGENCY
CHICAGO WOMEN SEND MAN
HUNTERS TO HARASS PER.
SONS DISLIKED.
By United Proas
CHICAGO, April 12. Chicago worn
en's little game of calling out tho po
lice "murder squad' 'to raid tho homes
of women thoy have grudges ugalnst
must cease.
Police Chief Fltzmorrls said so to
day. Ever slnco the notorious Tommy
O'Connor killed a policeman und es
caped two weeks ago, police have re-
coived several hurry up culls every 1
day, such au this:
"Hollo, pollco? Shush! Tommy O'
Connor Is hiding Tight next door to
uu."
Whereupon tho "murder nquud"
with orders to shoot to kill when
they found the elusive Tommy, would
rusho the house, break down the doorfi
and point shotguns at the frightened
housewife until tho place was search
ed,
Of course, n6 Tommy wan found.
Chief Fltzmorrls discovered that it
wasn't that tho neighbor woman want
ed to cooperate with (he department
to bring a criminal to justice, hut
merely gave the "bum steer" to spite
persons they hold a grudge against.
MuRD
AMERICAN W
III no
7 BE SEIZED
NATION WINS IMPORTANT DIP
LOMATIC FIGHT IN EXPRO.
PRIATION MOVEMENT.
By A. L. Bradford
(United Press staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 12. The
United States has won In an import
ant diplomatic fight with the Obregon
government of 'Mexico, according to
sta'te department ndvicestoday.
It was learned today that the de-
department had protested to the Mex
ican government against steps to ex
propriate valuable American farming
land In that country for division
'among Mexican peasunts.
' Secretary of Stato iHughes has now
been advised by American Charge d'
Affalres Summcrlln in Mexico City
that Obregon had given assurances
that no American or other foreign
proporty would be disturbed In this
proposed expropriation of land.
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McNARY CONFERS ON
RECLAMATION MEASURE
(Chronicle's Washington Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, April 12. Senator
MoNnry has been in conference with
Chairman Slnnott, of tho house com
mittee on public lands, Commissioner
of the General Laud Office Spry and
E. F. .Blalno of Seattle, representing
the Western Reclamation association,
as to the details of tho reclamation
bill which Senator MoNary hopes to be
able to introduce- in tho senate wita
In a day or two.
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FI8HERMEN ACCEPT WAGE
CUTS JDF 23 PERCENT
By United Press
. SEATTLE, April 12 Fishermen at
nil coast ports ngreelng to n
drastic reduction, of wages, the Seat
tle, cannery ship St. Paul, operated
by the Northwest Fisheries company,
sailed for the north last night. The
new scalo conditionally accepted by
the fishermen means a cut of ap
proximately 23 porcont 'less than tho
wago of last season.
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BROOKS' 8LAYER 18
CHARGED WITH MURDER
By United Press
BELLINGHAM, Wash., April 12
A first degree murder charge will
bo 'filed against Harry Feasner, con
fessed slayer of Maurlco J. Brooks,
shit tfriday night, and who died yos
torday, According 'o Brooks' anto-mortem
statement, ho was carried into' tho
homo of a resident by Feasner, aftor
having been shot In an alley. Tho
man and tho woman of tho house
conferred for several minutes beforo
Feasner loft and ho called tho pollco.
Tho woman Is out on ball on a
churgo of assault. Brooks Is 26 years
old. Ho leaves widow and two
small children.
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FARMERS' FIRST"
TARIFF UNDER WAY
AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR IN
TERESTS OPPOSE PROPOSED
8ALES TAX.
By Clarence Dubose
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 12. Tho
"farmers first" tariff program of tho
LAND
W
now congress got woll under way 'to
day. Tho emorgency tariff bill, protect
ing wheat, wool, moat and other agri
cultural products from foreign com
petition was roportod from commit
tee. It will puss tho house Wednesday,
Chairman Fordney of tho ways and
means committee jiredlcted, Kopubll.
can Floor Leader Mondell nained
Thursday as tho tlino limit.
The suggested salon tax to be con
sidered soon by the senate finance
committee will provoke much oppo
sition from farmer and labor Inter
ests, according to Indications reach
ing congressmen, '
t