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(Chronicle
THE FORECAST
Rntn
Dalles
THE WEATHER fit
Av. Maximum 64 m, W II il iB'
VOLUME LXI.
T
RESERVE. ALLIES
THREE DAY ULTIMATUM WOULD
REMOVE MONEY TO CO
LOGNE, COBLENZ.
REFUSAL IS CERTAIN
DEMAND TO SURRENDER METAL
RESERVES WILL RE8ULT
FROM REFUSAL.
By Webb Miller
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
PARIS, April 19 The allied repar
ations commission has served a three
day .ultimatum on Germany demand
ing transfer t of all the reichsbank
metal reserves to Its Cologne and Co
blenz branches, It was announced to
day. In event Germany rejects the ul
timatum, the allies will demand com
plete surrender of the' metal re
serves. PARIS, April 19. Germany will cer
tainly reject the allied ultimatum de
manding the transfer of its metal re
serves to Coblenz branches of the
Reichsbank, it' was stated today at the
German embassy..' Rejection of the
three-day ultimatum will result in a
demand by the allies for absolute sur
xender of reserves of $261,000,000 to
the allies.
FORMER KAISEB SUFFERS
SEVERE NERVOUS .ATTACK
i
By United Fre
DOORN, April 19 Former Emperor
Wilhelm today suffered a severe ner
vous attack. Members of the house
Hold cared for him. The former kaiser
has been very melancholy since the
death of the empress.
$400,000,000 NEEDED TO
MEET RAILROAD LOSSES
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 19. An, ad
ditional appropriation of $400,000,000
is needed 'to meet losses sustained
y the government in operating rail
roads, Director General of Railroads
Davis today informed Chairman Good
of the house appropriations commit
tee. '
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ANDERSON BUYS
J.. D. .RIGGS RANCH
PURCHASE PRICE $31,000 DEAL
MADE THROUGH Wl F.
GITCHELL.
RANSFER METAL
ORDER
GERMANY
One of the largest real estate wltn either the Catholic or Protea
transfers recorded In several months tant communion, as members. The
was consummated today when Albert ( totai enrollment of those receiving
Anderson signed papers making him ' rellglous Instruction In the Proies
the new owner of the beautiful coun- tant Sunday schools and the I'.ftth
try home and ranch of J. D. Rlggs,iolIc parochlal school Is 1673 and of
two miles southeast of The Dalles. thls number ,a few more than 1000
. 1 4 i tnl - - - - - -
i ne puruuttBc yttw o i
been around $31,000
Anderson formerly owned a large
wheat ranch near Heppner, where
his wife and family are now re
aiding. He expects to take possession
of his new place In about two weeks.
The Rlggs ranch consists of 65
acres In all, the larger part of
which Is set out In, orchard, peach
and cherry trees predominating.
Part of the tract is what Is known
as garden ground. The new owner
this morning signed a contract with
the Oregon Growers' Cooperative as
sociation, in wnlch he agrees to
market the products of bis raBca
through the state co-operative asso
ciation. ,
Under the terms of the sale, the
eouinment and present crop
on the land Is included in the total
purchase price. The koine is one 9!
th moat modern in the county, be
tas equipped with all conveniences
both lBstde and
The deal was handled fcy W. F.
Cltcnell, local real estate agent
T
IS
F
FIVE DISTINCT MOVES DISCUSS
ED TO PROTECT ULTIMATE
CONSUMERS.
By Clarence Dubose
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 19 A' pro
gram to protect the people against
profiteering was being planned here
today. ,
High government officials and
members of congress wero diseuss-
ing remedies that will be attempted,
although details of the program' are
as yet in process of development.'
The tentative program is:
1. A law requiring the manufac
turers' cost and sales price to be
marked on every article.
2. An emergency force' reporting
directly to a cabinet officer,' to pre
sent a statistical index of wholesale
and. retail prices in varldus parts or
the country.
3. The issuance frequently by this
government agency of a "fair cast'l
list, including each article of com
mon consumption.
4. Congressional investigation of
"open price" associations and Alleg
ed agreements or understandings
among retailers.
5 Investigation of high railroad
rates and wages.
COMMITTEE WILL
FEDERATE CHURCHES
CHURCH MEN VOTE ALM08T
UNANlMOU9LYFOfc. CEN
TRAL COUNCIL
One of the most Important moves
looking toward a definite program
of , co-operative Christianity in this
city was taken last evening wnen me
men of the churches assembled at
a special meeting in the First Meth
odist -church voted almost unani
mously to carry back to their re
spective communions a resolution fa
voring the formation of a central
council.
Following a, spirited song service
conducted by Community Service Di
rector H. W. Arbury, the chairman
of the local ministerial association
Introduced the speaker of the eve
nlng, the Rev. Ralph McAfee, execu
tlve secretary of the Portland Fed
eration of churches, who had come to
this city on the invitation of the as
Rnrlatlnn.
The Rev. McAfee presented In a
very clear 'manner the working of
pii in his city and
outlined some of .the possibilities of
such a clearing house in this city.
During the day the speaker had se
cured' the vital statistics of the re
ligious bodies of the city and imme
diate vicinity. This data was vis
ualized on the blackboard and show
ed that in a city of 600 population
nhnut 2000 were definitely linked up
(Continued on Page 6.)
JAP INTERESTS
BUY U. S. WHEAT
NEGOTIATIONS CARRIED ON UN
DER COVER, ACCORDING TO
MARKET EXPERT.
By United Press
PORTLAND. April 19 Japanese
interests are seeking wheat supplies
under cover, according to the allega
tions of Hyman H. Cohen, markei
editor of a local newspaper.
"Efforts of the Japanese to hide
wheat purchases have been unavail
ing." Cohen asserted, vine news is
becoming public on the mmmet,
PROGRAM
AGAINS
PROFITEERING
BEING
ORMULATED
much to the disgust oX the brokers tlent to 4' 7-9 fallens a montn. mi Kreuenc mo u -
and other persons trying to aid the'prepestd change would remove this on, Joachim, who committed sui
Japanese In boarding foodstuffs." rcMrltii clde last summer.
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY
NAKED
WRISTS
E
BANDITS ESCAPE
YOUNG MEN DROP OFF
INTO' SNOW AND
COLQ.
TRAIN
MAY DIE OF EXPOSURE
IN
DESPERATE FIGHT, CAPTUR-'
ED ROBBING LOS ANGELES
STORE.
By United Press ,
PORTLAND, April 19 Naked,
handcuffed, with their logs Ironed
i .ni.. I TT.Mt
,, J . . . ,m
Hof fe, both 16, today escaped from
.
a Southern .Pacific tram between
DSnsmuir and Siskiyou, Cal ac-
cording to a telegram received here
ANDL
IS BOUND
loaay. ine uoys were uuiub uiuusu. , , . . ... ,...
.to Portland' from Los Angeles, where 11 developed today that correspon
they were captured in a desperate dence over the Yap question shows
fight by the police, while trying to' that proposals that the "open shop"
rob a Store. I nrlnnlnln ho nnnlifiil tn thfi islam!
.They had previously escaped from
i 1-11 . . U
me coumy jail ueie, hucid iuo
w. hoi ft fdfiral eharse of
stealing an expensive automobile In
Seattle and driving to Portland. I
Because of the snow and cold in
the mountains where they escaped,
the authorities do not believe that
they can live without clothes.
Thu hnva worn nut In charee of
Deputy United States Marshal Bas-
set at Los Angeles and not missed
until the train reached Ashland, Ore.,
tnis morning, mey iuce a leucji i
.. . . Ml I 1
nnnrt charge here jof . violating ..the .
national motor "vehicle theft act;
president's automobile
Almost, in collision
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 19 Presl:
dent Harding's automobile today nar
rowly escaped collision with a motor
truck. Secret servico men jumped
from the car and forced a negro
track driver to halt.
FARMS, HOUSES
TUGS AND LIGHT BOATS RESCUE
ENDANGERED AND MAROON.
ED PERSONS.
By United Press
SAN JUAN BAPTIST A, Mexico,
April 19. Wundredf . .ives are re
ported endangered c.- joods which
have resulted from heavy rains
throughout the state of Tabasco.
Tugs and naval vessels are stand
ing off the coast toqdck up refugees,
while light boats have been sent up
stream to rescue marooned persona.
Plantations have been tuined and
bridges and. buildings destroyed. Tho
d'amag will total millions of dollars.
HARDING TO TAKE PART
IN BOLIVAR CEREMONY
By United Press
CENTRAL PARK, N. Y., April 10-
President Harding's official party ar -
rived at the speaker's stand at 3:20
. . . .l- ni..
this afternoon for the unveiling ')i
tho Simon Bolivar statue. A salul.
of 21 guns greeted tho president
FLOODS
DESTROY
REVENUE BUREAU TAKE8 UP Ing trees In the royal purK.
CHANGE IN BEEB RULE General Von Hindenberg, In full
.. .uniform, wus a prominent figure in
By James Colbert the services. Ho was accompanied
(United Press Staff Corresponded) by Ludendorff and Mnckenson. Gen
WASHINGTON, April 19. A c,al Von Falkenhayn led a regiment
change in the new beer regulations, 0f Hussars, the only complete mill
which, If put Into effect, would per- tary organization In the procession,
mit physicians to preser.be medicinal The general carried tho crown of
beer without limit, is under consld- tho ex-empress,
eration here by the Internal reve- The chapel at San Soucl was chos
nue bureau, it Ws learned today. en for the last rites, tho former em
At they stand at present the regu- press having so directed. The cas
ittn. r.ttrlct the amount of beer ket finally was to bo laid in tho
I ...
that may be preecnoea ?or on. p-
EVENING, APRIL 19, 1921.
JAPAN MAY LOSE
YAP MANDATE BY
DRASTIC STAND
AMERICA ENTITLED TO VOICE IN
DISPOSAL OF IS
LAND. U. S, WONT RECEDE
POSITION STRENGTHENED BY E'J-
ROPE'S NEED OF NATION'S
PARTICIPATION.
By L. C. Bradford
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 19.-iapun
may lose outright her Yap mandate,
,
. it., j ...i
necause oi iuu uiubuu iuu
'she has taken in negotiations with
the Unlted states.
WtJIU JIIUUC Ujr HID UIIUVU
comber 6, only to be summarily re-
Jected by Japan.
P agreeu, i
tion mignt nave reiucianuy pernm-
ted a mandate.
Now, however, Secretary of State
Hughes has taken the position that
Van in one of the territories taken
fr0m Germany and that the United
states, as one of the victors, must
have a choice in the disposal of such
territories.
Hughes will neither recede nor com
promise. He has been u'ssured of tho
senate's support.
The American position is strength-
i ened by the fact that the allies want
America to participate in some of the
features of the Versailles treaty, tho
Germun reparations question being
one. ,
This government will not partici
pate, however, until the contentions
of the Hughes mandate note are mot.
NEVER POPULAR IN LIFE,
TERRED AS VERITABLE
HEROINE.
IN
By Carl D. Groat.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
POTSDAM, Germany, April 10
Tho exiled Empress Augusta Victor
ia was "buried here today amid hon
ors denied her while living.
Never a popular figure with, tho
German masses, the former kuiserln
was burled as a heroine with thou
sands of persons, massing back of
police lines to doff their hats and
bow as the casket passed toward tho
mausoleum In which it was to bo
laid.
Tho funeral train from Mnarn
panted, Into the royal station, Wild-
;nflrk b'foro d(lW today
i Five special trains from Berlin
, brought hundreds 0 mourners Into
f noyl preserve.
! jijnKung In tho crowds were bril
' Uuntly uniformed officers of the old
1
reE,no
1 spectators
brought hundreds of
wreaths, the fragrance of their cut
flowers mingling with that of bloom -
- 9 4t.n n n n I n a t
mausojeuu. u. -
UN
BURIED
WITH HIGH HONOR
COOPERATIVE BOOf
WILL SHOW FAVOR
TO LOCAL PLANTS
ADVISORY BOARD. TO ACT AS Dl
RECTORATE FOR GROW- .
ERS.
At a meeting of' fruit and vegetable
growers from iho various districts
contiguous to The Dalles, which wus
held in thi county court house last
'Saturday afternoon and which was at
tended by a large number of appli
cants for membership in the Oregon
Growers Cooperative association, fur-
ther steps wore taken towards per-
tecting the local branch of the state
organization and completing the work
of securing the acreage required for
that purpose. M. O. Evans, represen
tative, of the sjato association, who
presided at the meeting, outlined tne
further course to be pursued in or
ganizing the local growecs. In tu-
fillment of one of tho provisions of
this program a local advisory boarti
was elected to uct as a directorate
for tho growers of this section and u
counselling body for the parent or
ganization. The board members chos
en were Dr. G. E. Sanders, Frank
Hill, 10. L. Curtis, Fred ISrlckson and
V. F. Clitchcll. Dr. Sanders was ulso'
elected to represent the local mem
bers on tho state board and he will
soon visit Salem In that capacity,
probably accompanied by other mem-
(Continued on Page6.)
COUNTY SIGNS UP
mm BUSHELS
MORROW LEADS STATE WITH
999,430 BUSHELS OF CO
OPERATIVE WHEAT.
Wasco county now has u total of
285,400 bushels of wheat signed up
for marketing through thb Oregon
Grain Growers' Cooperative associa
tion, according to the report of Ed
gar L. Ludwick organization manag
of of tho state association submit
ted last night, to a meeting of tho
board of directors.
Tho following association directors
wero in attendance: A. V. Shum
way of Milton, Howard Anderson of
Heppner, William S. 1'owoll of Moro,
Frtsd Welse of Condon, Charles
Ilarth of Tho Dalles and Herbort
Olden of Heppner.
Morrow county loads the stato In
the number of bushels of grain sign
ed 'up in the now cooperative organi
zation, a total of 909,430 buhsela hav
ing been pledged by the farmers of
that county, Ludwick told the di
rectors. Sherman comes next with
729,026 bushels contracted; Gilliam
county 361,650; linker. 130,560; Jef
fersou. CIl.OOO; Umatilla, 23475;
Union 36,975; Wallowa, 80,000. A to
tal of 2,637,516 bushels Is now undor
contract In tho state.
V. II. Smith of Wasco, secretary
and treasurer of tho Oregon Co oper
atlvo association, is now In Chicago
attending the deliberations -of tho
United States Grain GrowcrB, Inc.
OFFICERS BLAMED
I FEDERAL IN8PECTOR8 ACCUSE
1 INATTENTION TO
DUTIE8.
lly United Press
SEATTLE, April 19 -Threo officer?
of tho steamship Governor aro held to
nlamo for tho collision of that steam
or with the freighter West Hartlnnd,
which cost fives and tho Iokb of the
passongor vessel.
Captain Harry Marden, tho pilot,
Ernest Kellenborger, second mate' and
Arno Hago, third mute, aro accused In
tho federal Inspectors' report, of "In
attention to duties, resulting In tho
fatal collision."
The arraignment date has not been
set. ' .
THREE GOVERNOR
No. 92.
0. S. NAVY IS
BUILDING. PLANE
TO JUMP PACIFIC
GIANT BOAT WILL ESSAY FLIGHT
IN LATE SUM
MER. 3.000 MILE RADIUS
LIFTING 'CAPACITY 18 30,000
POUNDS; 8PEED 110 MILES
PER HOUR.
By Harold D. Jacobs
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
(Copyright, 1921, by United Press.)
INEW YORK, April 19. The United
States navy, first to make a trans-Atlantic
flight, will send a giant sea
plane winging across tho Pacific late
this summer or early next spring.
The tri plane, which will be known,
as the "Ginnt Boat," has been un
der'design and construction tor more
than a year. Tho wings and "hull"
are being made at the naval aircraft
factory, Philadelphia. The motors and
nacelles, for bodies, aro boing turned
out by the Gallaudot Aircraft corpor
ation at East Greenwich, Conn. The
propellors are being built In Balti
more by the American Propellor com
pany. ' The. time of the flight will depend"
upon when tho craft is completed and
upon, the results of the exhaustive
tests to which the ,fGlant Boat" will
be subjected, at Is planned to. begin
assembling the plane In June or July.
The tentutlve route is: "T
San Diego, Cai., to Honolulu, Ha
waii, 2,100 miles.
Honolulu to Wako Islands, 1,800
miles.
Wake Islands to Guam, 1,100 miles.
Gunm to Manila, P. I., 1,200 miles.
This is a total of 6,200 miles.
Whether the piano would continue to
tho Asiuu mainland has not yot been
determined. Tho longest single "hop"
of tho historic NC-4, in 191ft, wns
from Nova Scotia to tho Azores, a
distance of 1,100 mllos.
The "Giant Boat" will have a wing
spread of 167 feet nnd will havo three
propellors,. each driven by threo four
hundred horse-power motors develop
ing a total of 3,600 horsepower. Each
of" three nacelles will contain tho
oallaudot gear drive, making possible
the connection of threo motors with
ouch propellor. any motor may .be
(Continued ml Puko 6.)
FUNERAL OF 1843
PIONEER IS -HELD
MRS LAURA PATTERSON ABOARD
FIRST WAGON TRAIN TO
CITY.
Kunurnl servicos for Mrs. Laura
lltiwn I'attorson wona hold at noon
today from tho Crnndall undertaking
company;s chapol. Tho Hov. Carl C.
Walker officiating.
When .Mrs. Pattoison was a girl
nho came to Tho Dalles in tho first
wagon train to arrive In tills city in
1843. This train was known as tlio
Applcgato train, well known aniong
tho few remaining pioneers of tho
city. She had lived In Wasco countv
Blnco 18011 and is survived by many
rolatlvcs hero. Burial was In tho Odd
Fellows' cemetery la tho family plot.
LOCAL HEN LAYS EGG
BIG AS SMALL FOOTBALL
With reports of hens which are
capable of laying "biggest eggs"
coming from all parts of the coun
try, Mrs. Smith French of The Dalles
now boasts a local hen, which she
says can compete with any of them,
Mrs. French's hen, a Rhode Island
Red, yesterday startled the family by
laying the biggest egg yet recorded
In The Dalles. The egg Is perfect
in shape and measures six inches
In width and eight Inches In length.
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