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VOLUME LXI.
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1921.
No. 116.
V
MRS. BERGDOLL
SENTENCED TO
YEAR H DAY
MOTHER OF DRAFT EVADER
PUNISHED FOR ASSISTING
SON TO ESCAPE.
PAYMENT OF $7,000 FINE WILL
REMIT OTHER PENALTY,
COURT DECREES.
By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, May 17 Mrs.
Emma Bergdoll, mother of the two
slacker brothers, was today sen
tenced to one year and one day in
jail for assisting her sons to es-,
cape, with the provision that if she ,
pays a $7,000 fine before June 13,1
the prison sentence will bo remit
ted.
Charles Tlraiin nml .Tnmps V, Tin.
nilg, jointly accused with Mis. Berg-j
doll, were given the same sentences.
All sentences are to bo served in
the Atlanta penitentiary.
Harry Shuh and Albeit Mitchell,
the other two defendants, were sen
tenced to serve six months in the !
Mercer county jail at Trenton, N. J., !
and fined $1,000 each. It was also
provided in the Shuh and Mitchell'
cases that, if fines were paid before 1
v unu AUJ 11 lawu ocutciltc r? Ill uc a C"
mitted.
WASHINGTON, May 17 German
authorities at Baden directly refused
to hand over Grovor Cleveland Berg-,
doll, slacker, to the American army
of occupation, Major William Hicks,'
of the military intelligence bureau,
testified today before the house
Bergdoll committee.
Request for Bergdoll's return was
made by Major Bagby of the mili
tary intelligence, at Coblenz, through
the German military commission .
there, Hicks said. He added that
American officers in Germany have
recommended th a formal demand
be made upon the German govern
ment by the United States.
He indicated that this would be
done, as soon as peace was formal
ly declared.
AVIATOR KILLED IN
AUTO-STREET CAR SMASH
By United Press
MILWAUKEE, May 17. Klause A.
Bergenthal, an aviator with Panclio
Villa in Mexico in 1915, and well
known Milwaukee club man, was
killed here today wnen an automo
bile he was tTriving crashed into a
street car.
SHOE COMPANIES MERGE
By United Press
iBOSTON, MasSs, May 17. The mer
ger of two of the largest interests
in the shoo industry, the International
Shoo company of St. Louis and the
W. H. McElwain company of Boston, '
was announced hero today. CombineJ
assets of the merged companies total
approximately $40,000,000.
CHILD MURDER IS
DENIED BY WOMAN
PLAYMATES OF SJX-YEAR-OLD
VICTIM IDENTIFY "MADAME
LEGRANDE" AS SLAYER. 1
By United Pres I
DETROIT, May 17. Standing
calmly beside the body of the child
she is accused of kidnaping and
murdering, Mrs. Evelyu Elizabeth
Lewln today denied' that she had
anything to do with the case.
Mrs. Lewln Is known as "Madame
Legrande." She was arrested when
playmates of six-year-old Ernest
Identified her as tho woman who
stole the child while he was playing
In the street.
Boys found the body In a ditch in
the outskirts of the city, after a
rcn of Ave days.
COMMITTED TO PRISON
'high school oratohs
LEAVE FOR STATE
FOUR STUDENTS ENTERTAIN
HIGH HOPES OF CHAMPION
SHIP HONORS.
Bearing high hopes of winning the
state high school championship de
bating honors, four student.? of TUc
Dalles high left this morning for
Eugene to remain the balance of the
week participating in the state in
terscholastic tournament.
The debaters are Glenn Cooper,
Ethel Johnson, Ruth Cooper and
Eula Stogsdill. Ethel Johnson and
Ruth Cooper support the affirma
tive and the other pair the nega
tive of tlie question, "Resolved:
that the government should own and
operate the railroads." The debate
coaches are Miss Naomi Hoskins
and P. K. Abramson, of the high
school faculty. Miss Hoskins accom
panied the party to Eugene.
TJebating teams of Tho Dalles
high school have cleaned up all com
petition in eastern Oregon since the
first of the year, and it is felt thoy
stand good chances of being the
state champions.
The elimination contest will con
sist of four rounds. The first three
rounds will be privately heard by
the judges. The final round will be
given in one of tho university audi
toriums, and will be open to the
public.
Tho state debating championships
are a feature of Junior Week End
at the university, when high school
students of the state are guests of
the student body of the institution.
An elaborate program has been pre
pared for the week.
Four districts compete in the de
bating tournament. The members of
the teams from The Dalles expect
to return next Sunday.
BLAIR IS APPROVED
GRUDGE FIGHT STARTED BY
SENATOR JOHNSON IS.
WITHDRAWN.
By United rress
WASHINGTON, May 17 A. fav
orable report on the nomination of
David H. Blair to bo commissioner
of internal revenue was ordered to
day by the senate finance commit
tee. There was no roll ' call in the
cqmmlttee.
Tho fight on Blair was started l.y
Senator Johnson, California, who de
clared Blair, a delegate from North
Carolina at the Chicago convention,
failed to support Johnson as in
structed at a state piimary.
Johnson also said Blair's rather-in-law
had claims pending before the
internal revenue bureau.
ITALIAN ELECTIONS
COALITIONISTS, HEADED BY PRE
MIER GIOLITTI, HAVE GREAT
MAJORITY.
By Henry Wood
(United Press Staff Correspondent
ROME, May 17. Returns from the
national elections today rolled up an
ever-growing conservative majority.
Reports came slowly from widely
scattered districts and the press hes
itated to make predictions. The gen
eral opinion seemed to be that the
next chamber will contain from 'iS lo
285 members of the coalition, headed
by Premier Glollttl the party oppoi.
ing radical socialists, communists and
other extremists.
It was believed other parties will
be represented as follows:
Official socialists, 90 to 110; pop
ularists, 90 to 107; communists, 10 to
15; republicans, 10 to IS; fascist!, 2(
to 35; combatants, 10 to 13; Slavo
Germans, 10 to 11.
TOURNAMENT
R
MMISS
ONER
CONSERVATIVES
WIN
TTO
USE TROOPS IN
E
PRESIDENT STANDS PAT AGAINST
SENDING FEDERAL SOLDIERS
TO WEST VIRGINIA.
WAR DEPARTMENT REPRESENTA
TIVE ON SCENE OPPOSED TO
GOVERNORS' REQUECTS.
By United tress
WASHINGTON. May 17. President
, Harding is standing pat against the
use of federal troops in West Virgin
ia, in the mine strike situation, do
'spite pressure from state authorities.
The cabinet has considered the ap
peal of Governors Morrow of Kentuc
ky and Morgan pf West Virginia for
troops, but today seemed to be firmly
behind the president in his stand.
The president is reluctant to" use
federal troops until he is convinced
j that state authorities are powerless to
deal with the situation, it is under
' stood.
1 WILLIAMSON. W. Va., May 17.
Major C. F. Thompson, war depart
ment representative, today refused to
, change his recommendations against
ordering federal troops into Mingo
county to stifle industrial warfare.
WASHINGTON, May 17. Secretary
of War Weeks conferred today with
President Harding at the cabinet
meeting on the question whether mar
tial law should be proclaimed in AVbsl
Virgina and Kentucky to quell the
coal miners' fighting'thoro.
Weeks took to the White House tel.
, egrams from Governor Morgan, West
Virginia, and Governor Morrow of
Kentucky, making, a last-minute ap-
! peal for tho declaration of martial
law.
STRIKING JAPS AND POLICE
FIGHT PITCHED BATTLE
By United Prpss
HONOLULU. T. H May 17. Nino
hundred striking electrical workers
j and 200 Japanese police fought a
pitched battle at Osaka, Japan, ac
cording to a Tokio dispatch to the
Nippu.Jlji, a Japanese language news,
paper published here.
Twenty strikers and 14 police wore
iujurcd in the fighting, the dispatch
! said.
The workers culled the slr'ko II
was stated, in an effort to fnrcn imi.
plovers to negotiate on wagoi and
working conditions.
FIRE VIRTUALLY
STELLA, WASH., SUFFERS WA
TERFRONT CONFLAGRA'i ION;
RIVER STEAMERS AID.
Uy United Press
STELLA, Wash., May 17 Damage
was today estimated at In excetn of
$100,000, following u fire which al
most tfiped out this town unii,"iny
evening.
Sixty persons are homeless.
The Stella hotel, tho Stockmeyer
Logging and Lumbei company'
warehouso and lumberyards, five
residences and more than a block
of docks along tho Columbia river
wore burned.
Rp.ilroad ties, gasoline drums, auto
mobiles and other freight awaiting
shipment on tho docks, wero dump
ed into tho river "'hen it was seen
that the waterfront was doomed.
River steamers from Rainier, Gob
lc, St. Helens and other cities along
tho Oregon sldo of tho Columbia
were rushed to Stella when it was
learned that the fire was beyond
control. They aldod materially In
salvaging freight from tho docks
and In throwing streams of water on
tho rivfr side of the bis blazf.
RELUCTAH
W
TROUBLES
CAB NET S
STAND FIRM
DESTROYS
Tl
FRIGHTENED HOBOES
GIVE COPS MERRY
. CHASE
PURSUIT LIKE OLD TIME NECK
TIE PARTY; FUGITIVES
RELEASED.
All the elements of a real, old
fashioned Georgia lynching party,
including terrified colored men, an
gry "whites" and determined police
officers, yesterday evening disturb
ed the usual tranquillity of The
Dalles.
The trouble started when Chief of
Police Heater and Patrolmen Mc
Claskey and Densmorr met the 8
o'clock east bound uassengor train,
on the lookout for hoboes who might
have been doing some of the rob
bing of freight cars which has been
going on around The Dalles during
the last several weeks.
Four men, two whites and two
colored men, Jumped from tho
"blind baggace" on I lie river side
of tho train, when it came to a stop
in front of the passcngur station.
Chief Heater happened to be on this
side of the train mid noticed that
one of tho men was carrying aj
gunny sack, apparently filled, and a
valise.
As the men started to walk away,
Heater called to them to stop. Im
mediately, tho man with the salt
case and gunny sack started run
ning towards the river.
Heater drew his revolver and de
manded that the fleeing hobo stop.
An increased burst of speed was
tho only answer, whereupon Heater
opened fire, shooting over the run
ner's head in an effort to bring
him ,to a halt.
During this time, tho other three
hoboes had also commenced run
ning. Attracted by the revolver
shots, a crowd of persons at tho
depot started in pursuit. Two of
these men were captured, but the
third managed to get up as far as
Second street, with Patrolman Mo
Claskey at full steam in pursuit.
Cries of "halt" and "stop thief"
only caused tho runner to travel
faster.. The sidewalk was soon cov
ered with running men, all intent
upon catching the fugitive
Tho chase was brought to a halt
in front of "the Wasco county bank,
whoro an ex-football player made
a flying tackle and brought tho hobo
to tho ground.
Heater, in tho meantime, had cap
tured his prisoner on the river bank,
and taken him t" tho county jail.
The suit case and sunny sack, when
opened, wore found to contain only
personal belongings. At. about this
time, McClaskey arrived with his
prisoner. The other two hoboes
wore escorted to jail by Densmorr.
Asked why they hud ran, one of
the prisonors, a lmre-llppod fellow,
explained that the men had ba en
(Continued on Pago 6-)
SHIPS GUARDED
F
STRIKERS BATTLE NON-UNION
CREW IN PORTLAND HAR
BOR; SEVERAL INJURED.
IJy United Press
PORTLAND, -May 17-ChIef or Po
lice Jenkins today mobilized all re
serve, police and added them to tho
force which has been patrolling the
waterfront since tho initial riot
aboard tho steamer Swlftscout Into
yc-storday. '
More trouble occurred along tho
watorfroiu last night and early to-j
day, thro.- riot ca.Is being turned
In. A pitched battle botween Htr'k-1
ors and strike breakcm was broken
up. Arthur Mason, a strike breaker,
is in the hospital. Captain George
Drldgott of the Swlftscout, was
mauled and received many minor
injuries.
The police fear more trouble
PORTLAND, May 17 City pollco
and tho harbor patrol are guarding!
Portland's waterfront closely today,1
following yesterday riot aboard tho
steamer Swlftscout.
A cordon of pollco has been
OLLWG
ROT
(CmUhb m n l
FRANCE SEEKS RESTORATION OF
HARMLIHY WITH GREAT BRITAIN
OVER POLISH-SILESIAN
S DEFEAT
NVAD1 POLES
IRREGULAR TEUTONIC . FORCES
FIGHTING ALONGSIDE OF
ITALIANS.
By Carl D. Groat
(United Press Start Correspondent)
OPPBLN, Upper Silesia, May 17.
More than one hundred Polish insur
gents were killed by German Irreg
ulars at Gogolln, where the Germans
assumed full control today. German
losses wero trifling.
Tho engagement was bitterly
fought, Polish snipers using machine
guns and rifles on the Germans, who
filtered into the city from tho open
country.
Tho engagement at Gogolin was
the most important of numerous
skirmishe sbetween the two forces.
Tho Germans continued to fight as
irregular forces In conjunction with
the Italians.
BERLIN, May 17. Polish Insur-1
gents strengthened their hold on Up-'
per Silesia today, according to reports j
here. j
Italian soldiers who have been hold
ing the Poles away from tho south-'
eastern cities of Pleas and Rybnik
wero compelled to withdraw, being
oulnumhoredr Polish forces also en-'
tored tho nearby town of Nikolai.
Pending an allied decision no Ger-1
man troops are being sent into Upper
Silesia, but officials are planning on ;
further appeals to tho allies on tho
hasis that Germany's reparations ob-1
ligations will bo endangered if she
(Continued on Pago R.)
NOVELIST IS CHOSEN
RICHARD WASHBURN CHILD SE
LECTED; WAS WITH HARD
ING AT MARION.
liy United Prcus
WASHINGTON. May 17. -Richard
Washburn Child, novelist and short
story writer, has been chosen ambas-
sador to Italy, It was learned at tho
White IIouso today.
j Child was connected with tho Hard
ing headquarters at Marlon lor a time
last summer and has been in close
communication with the president,
since his nomination at Chicago In
Juno. Tills is his first experleucu a
a diplomat,
FINED FOR WAGE
BOND VIOLATIONS
SIX LUMBER COMPANIES PENAL
IZED $500 EACH BY LOYAL
LEGION.
Uy United Press
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17 SK
largo lumber companies Hirniighout
tho noithwest have boon fined t"00
each for falling to llvo up to f;rlr
bonded agreements, according to an
nouncement today by tho d:rerlorato
of the Loyal Legion of Uywvia and
Lumbermen, In session hor-
The companies i'lne J wero tho Coos
Bay Lumber company r,f Marshflold,
Charles K. Spauldlng Logging com
pany of Sulom, Sohaefor B'Uhnr.i Log
ging company of Satsop, Vanh .VII
lametlo Valley Lumber coripanv Dal
las, Oro., Natron Mills & Lumber
company, Natron, Wash., and Whoil-er-Reese
Lumber company, Hi'idlng,
Wubh.
Violations of wago agreements con
stituted a majority of tho offenses.
GERMAN
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
HATTER
BRIAND IN A COMPROMISING
MOOD, ALTHOUGH POSITION
IS MAINTAINED.
FRENCH TENSION EASED
MINISTER TO MEET FRENCH
CHAMBER THURSDAY FOR A
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
By Webb Miller
(United Press ' Staff Correspondent)
PARIS, May 17 The French gov
ernment today indicated semloffi
cially a desire to lestoro harmony
with Great Britain.
While Premier Brland met with
his cabinet to draft his views on the.
division of Upper Silesia, declaring
ho would abandon his support of a
partition which will give the bulk
of tho coal lands to Poland, it was
indicated that he would bo willing
to compromise.
With these developments and ten
sion eased noticeably, tho press was
less violent in its assaults on Prem
ier Lloyd George, and public dis
cussion was more temperate.
Indications wore that tho govern
ment will show its readiness to agree
with Great Britain on the awarding
of several cities to Germany, can
colling plans to glvo them to Po
land. It was indicated that Italy
may be asked to suggest a plan of
partition which can bo accepted by
her allies without loss of dignity.
Tho inter-allied plobisclto commis
sion was asked to submit Its re
port by Saturday.
Tho premier called his cabinet
ministers to tho Elyseo early In tho
day for a long session. Ho employed
all his Coltie eloquruco to win their
full approval of his policy of sup
porting tho Poles against tho Ger
mans in tho final division of Upper
Silesia.
Brland read the decimation ho will
make to tho chamber Thursday
when h will ask for a voto of con
fidence before meeting Lloyd George
for tho crucial struggle
Brland asked his colleagues to ap
prove his outline of Franco's "un
alterable position,"
30-DAY REPRIEVE FOR
YOUNG WASHINGTON SLAYER
Uy United Pices
OLYMPIA, May 17. Acting Govern
or William "Wee" C'oylo today grant
ed a .'ill-day reprieve to Isom White,
sentenced to hang May 20. Whlio'H
fate Is now held In abeyanco, pend'ng
the return of Governor Hart.
BANDITS INTERRUPT CHICAGO
DANCERS, TAKE $10,000
ny United Press
CHICAGO, May 17. Seventy-five
dancers at a convivial cafoterla paid
the plpor hero only today to tho tune
! of $10,000. Five bxn.llls, guns drawn,
Interrupted tho orchestral din In tho
Itoamor Inn, backed tho dancers up
against tho walls and took fiom thorn
1G,000 In money and Jowolry and e&
raped.
OF
CHINESE TO HAWAII
NEEDED FOR PLANTATION WORK
ERS IN COMPETITION WITH
JAPANESE.
liy United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17. De
mand that Chlneso bo admitted to tho
j Hawaiian islands as plantation work
era, to compoto with the Japanese,
will be mado by tho Hawaiian com
mission, which arrived hero today, on
rout to Washington.
Members of the commission Intend
to lay beforo President Harding and
other Washington officials their storv
of the Japaneso 'situation In tho islands
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