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VOLUME LXI.
DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1921.
No. 89.
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; THE
BILL TO REPEAL
VOLSTEAD ACT IS
SHOT Iff HOUSE
MEASURE WILL BRING TO CLI.
MAX WET AND DRY
FIGHT.
ORY LAW UN-AMERICAN
STAND TAKEN BY HILL PRO
HIBITIONIIST8 SEEK TO
THROTTLE MEASURE.
By Clarence Dubose
(United Press Staff ' Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. April 15. The bat.
tie to bring back beer and light wines
will be fought to a, finish in this con
gress, it was 'declared by both wets
and drys today. The fight will come
to a head in the house as soon a3 the
tariff and taxation program can be
cleared aside.
Preliminary preparations for the
clash were commenced today by th3
drys, whose ranks were bombshelled
by a new member from Maryland,
Representative John Phillip HiU of
Baltimore, who unexpectedly tossed
in a bill to repeal the Volstead act.
Representative Volstead accepted
Hill's challenge. He is chairman cf
the judiciary committee that will re
port on the repeal bill. He made it
clear that while hearings will be full
and fair, every effort will be made by
him to throttle the "booze bill."
(Incidentally the new congressman
may ruin his own business if he sue
coeds in legalizing beer and light '
.wines. He owns a drinking water com
pany in 'Baltimore. j
VI want to repeal the Volstead law
principally because it is an utterly
un-American principle of govern
ment," he said.
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NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED
3y United Press
WASHINGTON, April 15. Confir
matlon of George Harvey as Ameri
can ambassador to London, and My
ron T. Herrick as ambassador to Pa
ris, was today recommended by the
senate foreign relations committee. No
opposition was manifested by, the
democratic committee members, some
of whom had indicated that they were
opposed Harvey.
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TWO TRAINS COLLIDE;
NINE PERSONS INJURED
By United News
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. Nine
persons were injured early today when
two Southern Pacific trains collided
head on near Mohave, Cal., accord
ing to reports reaching here.
J. Mendel of Brooklyn, N. Y., was
seriously hurt and five other passen
gers suffered slight Injuries. The con
ductor, brakeman and news agent on
the train, were bruised.
.'Passengers on both trains wero
forced out into a blizzard at 3:15 a.
m. when the collision occurred.
Railroad officials said that the en
gineer on the southbound train mis
read the signals.
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MAN PLUNGES FROM
. CAR; BADLY HURT
UNLOADING BRIDGE TIMBERS
NEAR MI8H AT LOCAL H08.
PITAL.
.
Falling from a freight car while
unloading timbers for the repair of a
bridge near Misb, on the Shanlko
branch, A. Rudln, foreman of a bridge
construction gang, this morning sus
tained severe internal Injuries, nec
essitating his being brought to The
Dalles hospital for treatment. Accord
lag to a re port received in The
Dalles today, Rudin slipped from a
freight car while it was over a dry
cut, falling for a distance of abont
Jtfi feet before striking the ground. He
ie expected' to recover. .m
SKELETONS TELL
TALE OF BANDITRY
LOCAL HISTORIAN THINKS PROS
PECTORS MURDERED DY
EARLY-DAY OUTLAWS
The possibility that the six skele
tons found near the Deschutes river
Wednesday by highway workers
were the bones ofA white soldiers,
killed in a skirmish with hostile In
dians, is discounted by Mrs. Lulu
D. Crandall, member 'of the state his
torical society and herself a pioneer
of Wjasco county. She advanced the
theory that the skeletons are those
of white- prospectors.
"As a general 'rule the Indians
around The Dalles in the days of
its early settlement were friendly
and not disposed to attack white
men," explained Mrs. Crandall. "The
only trouble of any kind in which a
campaign was waged against the
Indians by the whites was during the
Cayuse Indian war, and as far as
history records In this trouble, no
white soldiers were killed in this
war."
Mrs. Crandall has a letter from
Captain H. D. Stlllwell, written by
him in 1915, in which he describes
this campaign against the Indians.
Captain Stillwell Is now 96. years old
and resides at Tillamook, Ore. He
still carries an arrow point in his
hip as a memento of an engagement
with the Indians.
According to Stillwell, the white
soldiers were sent from Portland
and were volunteers and not federal
soldiers. About' 300 men were in the
detachment sent to The Dalles in
1848. He writes:
"When we reached the Cascades
It was reported that the Indians
were about to attack The Dalles, and
the colonel ordered about 50 men to
take a forced march and go to their
relief, while six men, under myself,
were detailed to take a scow from
the -upper Cascades to Wind moun
tain, where we would ferry the
troops across the .river.
"After the regiment reached The
Dafles, there was a report that the
Indians were gathering up the river,
so the whole regiment went up for
a few miles, returning again to The
Dalles and camping on Mill creek.
On January 25 one half of, the regi
ment left for the Desctfutes river,
campivj the first night on Ten Mile
creek.
"It was reported that the Indians
were massed up the Deschutes about
50 miles, so on the 27th we crossed
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NEW LEGAL STEPS
TAKEN .TO SECURE
MOONEY'S RELEASE
"AUDITA QUERRIA" WRIT TO
OPEN WAY FOR ANOTHER
TRIAL. ,
By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. New
legal steps were today taken to, -secure
the release of Thomas J. Moon (ft
from San Quentln prison.'
Attorney iByron J. Parker, who an
nounced that he had discovered a
now legal method of reopening the
case, today filed application for a writ
of "audita querria" in the superior
court.
IHo declared that if the writ is
granted, it will open a way for the
judge before whom Mooney was tried
to order a new trial.
This procedure, according to at
torneys, is unique and seldom used.
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MEXICAN CHARGE ORDERED
HOME FOR CONFERENCE
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 15. George
T. Summerlin, in charge of the Amer
ican embassy at Mexico City, has
been ordered- to Washington for con
sultation with Secretary of State
Hughes on the Mexican situation, It
was announced by the state depart
ment today. Conferences with Sum-
'merlin will be the first important
step in the framing of a definite Mex
ican policy by the Harding adminis
tration, w
M OP OSES
PAYMENT OF VAST
Tl
SCORES REPUBLICAN COLLEAG
UES FOR CHANGE OF FRONT
ON TREATY.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 15 Sarcas
tically scoring his republican col
leagues for the alleged facility with
which they changed overnight the
convictions of 17 years opposition to
the Colombian treaty, Senator Hiram
Johnson today declared that it was
strange that men who had for two
deeades fought the treaty should
now enthusiastically support it.
"What is the reason?" Johnson
asked. "It Roosevelt was alive, he
would never approve of the treaty.
The $25,000,000 to be paid to Colom
bia is a trifling sum, they tell us.
It may be trifling, but if we have got
it to squander, lets squander it on
some of the farmers facing poverty
and soldiers who upheld the flag, or
in securing employment for some of
the thousands of persons out of
work.
"If we" give It to Colombia we will
throw it away and commit an infamy
and dishonor as the first act of the
new republican administration."
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TROUT STREAMS
FIFTEEN MILE CREEK FAVORED
RV VETERANS FOR EARLY 1
' FISHING. V
Old Dame Nature smiled today,
shooed Grandpa Jupe Pluvius and his
flock of moisture-laden clouds away
from the county and ' In general
smoothed the path of a group of her
most ardent worshipers the fisher
men. Today the trout season opened.
Early this morning a number of lo
cal anglers were seen hurrying to
their favorite streams, Intent upon
getting the first fishing of the sen-
son. Many opinions are vouchsafed
by veteran fishermen as to the best
early fishing streams. The geneial
concensus of opinion seems to oe
that nearby streams are as good as
any, with the majority or anglers fav
oring Fifteen Mile creek for their
early catches. Latest reports are that
White River is still milky,, which
would preclude nny good fishing in
that Btream, fishermen declare. The
Deschutes Is still roily, but despite
this fact many persons are planning
upon whipping this "angler's para
dise" at the first opportunity. Good
early fishing is reported- in the Kllck
Itat riper, In Washington, but a spe
cial license is required of persons
wishing to fish outside. Oregon. A spo
cial license to fish in Washington
may be obtained for $10,
'Salmon trout are reported to be
running In Mill and Chenowlth creek.?.
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IN STOKES' CASE
HUGS AND KISSES TOLD OF BY
BACK-STAIRS OLIGAR
CHY. '
By United News
NEW YORK, April 15. Another co
respondent In the Stokes divorce trial
George Austin Schroter, Iron-gray
haired, handsome mining engineer
and explorer of the world's odd cor
ners ,has denounced as "a pack ot
lies" the stories of surreptltous Rugs
and long kisses told by the back
stairs oligarchy of chauffeurs and
butlers who testified for he million
aire, W. E. D. Stokes against his
young and attractive wife, Helen Kl
wood Stokes.
Schroter took the stand in the
Stokes trial Thursday and made :t
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SUM
) COLOMBIA
ANGLERS
WHIP
MINING MAN
NAMED
T
u
TRIAL EOR
LEGION SLAYERS
SEVEN MEN CONVICTED IN CEN
TRALIA MASSACRE MUST
DO TIME.
By United Press
OLYMPIA, April 15 By virtue of
the supreme court decision denying
them a new trial, ' seven I. W. W.
members' convicted in connection
with the armistice day murders at
Centralia will be transferred from
the Montesano jail to the state pris
on at Walla Walla. The men in cus
tody are: Britt Smith, G. G. Bland.
Bert Bland, Ray Becker, James Mc
inerny, Eugene Barnett andi John
Lamb. Sentences range from 25 to 40
'years each.
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CAPABLANCA WINS THREE
FROM CHESS CHAMPION
j oy untied .tress
HAVANA, Cuba, April 15. Jose
.Capablanca, black haired challenger
jof Samuel Lasker, the gray chess
champion, today had three of the
necessary victories to claim the
championship.
' With a brilliant attack last night,
fCapablanca forced Lasker's resigna
tion at the 'forty-eighth move.
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BRITISH STRIKE
IS CALLED OFF
NEGOTIATIONS FOR SETTLE
MENT,OF DIFFERENCES ARE
AGAIN. OPENED. '
By Ed. L. Keen
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
LONDON, April 15 The triple al
liance strike set for tonight has
been .'called off, It was officially an
nounced today.
This announcement followed Prem
ier Lloyd-George's statement in com
mons that the striking miners had
renewed their original demands.
This was taken to mean at first
that efforts to effect a settlement
had failed. The official announce
ment came a short time afterwards.
It was stated that the cancellation
of the general strike order was duo
to the fact that the leaders of the
triple alliance believed that the min
ers were wrong in refusing to reopen
negotiations for a strike settlement.
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FAKE SUICIDE LEADS
TO DIVORCE ACTION
By United Press
ASTORIA, April 15 lnHloud of win
nlng anticipated sympathy from hl.j
spouse, Ellon J. Davis' faked sui;ido
made him a target for divorce pro
ceedings, according to a complirfnt
filed today by Mrs. Davis. Tlu state
ment recltos that Davis soizod a so
volver, rushed from his home InUi
the night, fifed a shot Into the air
and fell on the grass, as If dead.
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THREE GANGMEN
OIE FOR
CARDINELLA, BRAINS OF ORGAN
IZATION, UNCONSCIOUS FROM
FEAR AT LAST.
By United lrub-
CHICAGO, April 15. Three men
were hanged here today.
Sam Cahllnella, the "brains" or the
worst gang In Chicago, according to
tho police, waB carried to the seal
fold unconscious. Tho gang loador lost
his bravado as he was being brought
trom tho coll and lapsed Into uncoil
sclousnesa from fear.
The other two to hang, Snrn For
rera and Joseph Costanzo, ha-1 been
taken to tho scaffold previous to
Cardlnella. Although only petty "Htlclf
.up" men in the underworld, they he! 1
their heads high and maintained thelt
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DENES
UUM
W
MURDER
TALK WITH CUBA
FROM U, S EASY
GRAPHIC STORY OF EPOCH-MAKING
FEAT IS RE
LATED. By Ned Baldwin
WASHINGTON, April 11, (By mail.)
An hour ago I heard two men talk to
each other through 5700 miles nf
wire, under sea cable and wirolc3s.
"Hello Scriber, Is that you?" said
Bain, the American telephone man
at Havana, Cuba, and faintly but
plainly Scriber at Santa Catallna Is
land, 30 miles west of Los Angeles,
'said, "Yes, Is that you, Bain?" They
talked about the weather. Bain said
it was a fine day in Havana, about
70 degrees temperature and Scriber
said it was a little cool in the land
of glass bottomed boats.
Then Colonel J. J. McCarty, vice
president of the Americnn Telephone
company, sitting at a table in the mag
nificent Pan-American ' building at
Washington, D. C, called the roll and.
operators at San "Francisco, Denver,
'Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
INew York, Palm Beach and Key West
answered and gave their' names as
it they were soldiers a few feet away
Instead of thousands of miles.
"Then President Harding talkod with
President TMenocal of Cuba and the
Cuban president expressed his appre
ciation of the cordial sentiments ut
tered by America's chief executive.
The demonstration given to celebrate
the. opening of telephonic communi
cation with Cuba was under tho nus
pices of the National Press club. All
members had a little receiver which,
held to the ear, caught every word
spoken In Washington and tho answer
in Cuba. Secretary of State Hughes
talked with Secretary 6f State Des
'vernlnes of Cuba. Then-General Persh
ing' talked with Genoral Crowdercof
tho U. S. army In Cuba. They had n
very friendly chat. CrowdeY told
Pershing that the good looking women
In Havana were either married or en
gaged, after Pershing had accepted
an invitation to come down.
Tho Cuban minister at Washington
had a lino chat with Minister Bona
l-KHig, the United States minister to
Cuba. "Put him on tho line," cald Boaz
when told that tho Cuban minister
wlshed to talk. They talked in En;
null and then In Spanish.
Mrs. Harding was the only ludy
present she sat with Vice-President
Coolldge In the front row. Colonel Mc
Carty said the conversations heard
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RAIL "AGREEMENT"
PRINCIPLE UPHELD
BY LABOR BOARD
GREAT VICTORY "FOR ORGANIZED
LABOR IS CONCENSUS OF
OPINION.
By United Press
CHICAGO, April 15 "Hallway
workers of the nation have won a
great victory."
This was tho comment of Bort
N. Jewell, prt'Hldont of tho railroad
department of the American Feder
ation of Labor, today in speaking of
tho decision of tho United States
railroad labor board in ordering pres
ent working agreements abrogated
July 1 and a now .set of rules adopt
ed. "Tho decision upholds tho princi
ple of working agreements" ho said.
Union rail .officials studied the de
cision minutely today. ,
Tho decision ended a drawn out.
fight between employes and rail man j
agement. Three months ago W. W.
Atterbury, vlco president of the.
Pennsylvania and spokesman for the
roads, asked that working agree
ments ,bo abrogated. Employes bit
terly fought Ills application.
Tho ruling of the board is consid
ered a ' "middle of tho road" de
cision.
Atterbury's application was favor
ed, but u new set of rules must be
drawn up.
Hall managers declared that tlm
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BANK ROBBERY '
EPIDEMIC HITS
CHICAGO HARD
GUN BATTLE IN STREET PO
LICEMAN SHOT THREE
CROOKS CAPTURED.
ONE BANDIT KILLED
TWO MESSENGERS ROBBED OF
$638,000 IN NEGOTIABLE
CHECK8.
By United Prers
CHICAGO, April 15 The once
wild west broke loose in Chicago
again today. It brought:
A revolver battle in the streets
between Cicero State bank officials
and robbers in which one bandit was
killed; a policeman wounded and
three robbers captured.
Robbery of two messengers for
the Chicago Clearing house in which
four bandits escaped with $638,000
in negotiable paper.
A wild chase of bandits through
the city streets by the rifle squad
of the police department.
Fenrlng a general drive on banks
in tjio city by the underworld, Chief
of Police Fitzmorrls ordared all fi
nancial institutions carefully guard
ed. Resorvea were called out to aid
in protection of the city's banks.
CHICAGO, April 15 One bandit
was killed, ft policeman shot and
three robbers captured when fle
men attempted to hold up the Cicero
tAtate bank at Cicero, 111., a Chicago
suburb, today.
The, money taken ' from the bank
was recovered. '
The five men drove up to the bank
In an automobile about 9:30 o'clock.
Four bandits entered tho hank, cov
ered employes with rovolvors, swept
all cash In sight Into bags and start
ed returning to the automobilo.
S. B. Witoska, cashier of tho bank,
proved his courngo when ho follow
ed tho bandits and started a revol
ver battle before tho robbers enter
ed tho auto. Tho chauffeur, loft sit
ting In tho machine, started the auto
mobile and fled, leaving his pals.
Wltcska's allots killed ono bandit.
Ho hold tho other throe off until re
InforcemontB arrived from tho town
hall police station nearby and the
robbers woro captured. One police
man was Bhot but not seriously
wounded In tho fight.
Tho dead bandit was today Identi
fied as Jullon Norwell of. Chicago.
All of the bandits woro boys under
20 years of age.
John Kranaha, ono of tho bank rob
bors enp'turud allvo, was hit olght
times and will die.
CHICAGO,1 April 15 Four bandits
hold up two messengers for tho Chi
cago clearing house today and escap
ed with $G38,000 in negotiable checks.
The two messengers left tho clear-
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SOLDIERS ON TRIAL
FOR NURSE ASSAULT
PENALTY FOR OFFENSE UNDER
FEDERAL LAW IS
HANGING.
By United Press
TACOMA, April 15 Evorott Im
pynx and Lawanlus G. Uogart, Camp
Lewis soldiers, will bo arraigned to
day boforo United States Commis
sioner Hammong upon a ohurgo of
criminally assaulting Nurso Kleanor
Schoyor of the, post hospital,
Both men havo confessed, military
officials say. The only penalty which
tho federal law provides for a crlmo
of this kind is hanging.
Tho accused men wero taken be
fore Miss Schcyer, who is In tho
hospital but expected to recover. Sho
InHtantly identified them.
I Tho mllltnry record shows thnt
both were Germans, having taken
'out Amorlcan citizenship papers lon-
hi- a few weeks ago. C
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