Dalles
Chronicle
THE WEATHER
Fair; Warmer
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1921.
No. 121.
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: HNS WILL
, BE RESPONSIBLE
j FOR FIGHTING
kRANCE DECLARES OLD ENEMIES
IfPp TO BLAME FOR UPPER SI.
1 lllP LESIAN TROUBLES.
arphrkontinues
IBRIAND AND LLOYD GEORGE
I' MISSING; BELIEVED MAY BE
IN SECRET MEETING.
By Webb Miller
PARIS, May 23. France will hold
j'Germanj- responsible for the fighting
Upper Silesia, it was stated semi
1 ''officially here today. If the allies do
XWnot act to halt hostilities between the
-.u'SiftPoles and Germans the situation win
'.'MDe serious, u was siaiea.
. .. . . ,
Disregaraing Frencn protests, Her
man volunteers by the thousands aie
nomine into Unner Silesia, the foreign
loffice declared today. Jin some places
ft!
offered to attract prospective fight
ers, it was said.
S'fi-oss nrnnnd TCnltowitz. where three
thousand German volunteers atacked
Polish Insurgents. The Poles had
vmade a headquarters of KattowlU an
had encircled the city with troops.
f They wore well armed.
OPPBLN, Upper Silesia, May 23.
fiurmnn volunteers have route 1 Pol-
loli noiirtronta nt Alhrpnlitrinrff ami
Lowoschau.
The Germans charged in greuc num
bers and overwhelmed the Pole.?.
At Gogolin, which the Germans -took
last week after a sharp fight, a Pol
ish attack was repulsed.
In the neighborhood of Freuzcberg,
Rosenberg and Kappitz the fighting
was said to be of guerrilla character.
Well-armed Polish forces were dis
persed by two columns of Germans,
armed with revolvers, who marched
boldly into Grosidnier forest, where
' large Polish forces awaited them in
I roughly-made barricades. The loies,
after a sharp conflict at LovloiZ o,
were overwhelmed by the Germans.
-They set fire to numerous buildings.
Iterrorized the German inhabitant? and
-withdrew. The most extensive damage
jithere was the burning of Gro33telner
fcastle, a notable landmark.
iLosses on both sides were slid to
I be mounting.
By Ed L. Keen
(United Press Stan Correspondent)
LONDON, May 23. Premiers Brl
and of France and Lloyd George of
Great Britain were absent from iholr
usual haunts yesterday and early to
day. Likewise the French ambassador
(Continued on Pace 6.)
EL000 DANGER
INTERSTATE BRIDGE APPROACH
IN PORTLAND BEING WASH
ED AWAY.
By United Presi
PORTLAND, May 23 Flood danger
was growing hourly more grave at
ortlnnd and towns along the lower
illamette and Columbia rivers today.
Edward L. Wells, chief of tho weath
r bureau, issued a bulletin today pre
Icting a steady rise or tho two rlv
rs for the next several days.
Workmen last night fought a losing
Ight to save the Union avenue ap-
oach to tho interstate bridge, be
tween Portland and Vancouver.
Highway officials admitted that at
st a quarter of a mile of the cause-
y would be washed out by the flood,
With a loss aggregating into many
ousandd of dollars.
Efforts to block erosion with sand-
g are believed to have been fruit-
BECOMES
GRAVE
jo,
SKULL IS FRACTURED
BY REARING
HORSE
GRASS VALLEY BOY SERIOUSLY
INJURED, BROUGHT TO LO
CAL HOSPITAL. I
Kicked in the head by a frighten- (
ed horse which 'he was holding ,
while attempting to open a wire
gate on his father's lanch near
Grass Valley, Ralph Aiken, 11 years
old, yesterday sutfered a badly frac
tured skull. I
The boy was placed in an auto
mobile and brought to The Dalles,
where a trephining operation was
performed by Dr. J. A. Reuter. Tho
operation was successful, and Uie
boy is resting easily, Dr. Reuter an-'
nounced this morning.
Ralph had been riding the horse
just prior to the accident and had
jumped down to open a wire gate,
holding the bridle with one hand.
One of the wires on the gate is be
lieved to have struck the horse on
the leg, causing the animal to rear
its front hoofs striking the boy up-J
on the forehead. The skull was frac
tured for several inches, according '
to Dr. Reuter.
The parents became worried when
the horse came back to the barn
riderless and at once set out in
search of their son. They found the
boy lying unconscious beside the
gate.
BERGDOLL COST
DEFENSE OF .SLACKER SON EX
PENSIVE, SHE TELLS COM
MITTEE. By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 23 Defense
of her slacker son, Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll, cos't Mrs. Emma Bergdoll up.
proximately $40,00u, she today told
the house committee investigating the
slacker's escape.
Entries in her account book showed
payments of $12,000 to Clarence Gib
boney of Philadelphia and ?5,000 to
Harry Weinberger of New York.
LABORF.R DIES IN
SAWDUST BIN
By United 1'resB
PORTLAND, May 23 Joseph Co
gan, a laborer employed at the North
"western Electric company's plant,
shoveling sawdust from big bins, was
missed early today. Search revealed
Cogan's lifeless body in the bottom of
a bin, under tons of sawdust. The j
cause of the accident is unexplained.
ACCIDENT MAKES 9
AUTO AND TRAIN COLLISION KILL
WIDOWER FATHERS OF
LARGE FAMILIES.
Bv United Press
i TACOMA, Wash., May 23. A Chi
, cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul electric
j locomotive demolished tho automo-
bile of Henry Wostlo) Locke at a
dangerous grade crossing on the Paci
fic highway two nilles south of North
'Puyallup yesterday evening, killing
( two men, Injuring two women and
'making nine children orphans.
1 The dead are: Locke, 3C, killed in.
!stantly. and Arthur L. Warfleld, 38,
' of Olympla, who died shortly after
.'being taken to a hospital.
The Injured womeu are 'Mrs. Edith
Graham, 37, and Mrs. Mubel Flynn,
'38, both of Olympla. They are suffer
ing from bruises and shock.
The dead men were both widowers.
Warfleld had seven children at tho
Parkdale Children's home and Locke
J two at the same home. The two
women are widows.
i The automobile became stalled on
j tho railroad tracks, according to wit
nesses, and was struck by the train
i beforq It could be started.
MOTHER 140,000
1
CHILDREN
ORPHANS
AT
LEWIS DENIED
BY EX-SOLDIER
ROLAND POTHIER DECLARES MA
JOR CRONKHITE KILLED
ACCIDENTALLY.
DECLARATION MAY FREE CAP
TAIN ROSENBLUTH OF MUR
DER ACCUSATION.
By United rress
NEW YORK, May 23 Roland Po
thier, former soldier, has repudiated
his "confession" that Captain Robert
Rosenbluth ordered him to kill Major
Alexander P. Cronkhite at Camp Lew.
is, Washington, October 25, 1918, ac
cording to the Now York World to
day. This newspaper said that Pothier,
when Interviewed at his home at Cen
tral Falls, declared that he accidental
ly shot Cronkhite in unloading his re
volver, and that Rosenbluth had Hom
ing to do with it.
Pothier said he had implicated Ro
senbluth only after many days of ques
tioning by department of justice
agents and after he had been repeat
edly threatened.
It was also stated that Pothier, af
ter having repudiated his confession
to department of justice agents, was
taken secretly to a New York hotel,
where Mrs. Cronkhite, mother of the
dead man, urged him to tell the truth
and not shield anyone.
Pothier is now -working as a rail
road brakeman and is at liberty on
?10,000 bail. He is charged with in
voluntary homicide. Rosenbluth is at
liberty on $25,000 bail awaiting full
investigation of the case. He is charg
ed with murder.
I
NT M DAT ON alleged
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AMERICAN STARS LEAD IN OPENING
ROUND
SOF
ATLANTA BOY WITH AMERICAN TEAM IN ENGLAND, WINS
EARLY PLAY OF WEEK FOR BRITISH LAURELS
IN SPORT.
By Charles
(United Press
HOY LAKE, England, May 23
Young Bobby Jones, the smiling At
lanta boy, started tho American"
amateur golf team ofr with a rush
this morning when he won the first
match of the British nationnl cham
pionships on tho links of tho Royal
Liverpool Golf club.
Jones beat G. C. Manford, three
up and two to play.
Despite tho early hour a largo
gallery was present when tho con-
testants In the first round gathered
at tho clubhouse before 8 o'clock.
In tho second match, between, two
British players, tho veteran Hilton
dereated M. K. Fostoi, five up a?l
four to play.
Chick Evans, American national
champion, won his first round
against Stoher Crowlhcr, five up
and four to play.
Francis Ouimet also won his first
mattih against C. E. Dick, throe - up
and two to play.
J. Wood Piatt, wno was to have
met Major H. A. Boyd, was forced
out of pUy l, tho championship by
an Injury. Ho fell downstairs and
badly Injured his leg, which had to
be placed in splints.
The day "'tis much cooler than
Saturday, and a slight land brcezo
made conditions somowhat moro dif
ficult for the Americans.
R. R. Burton boat Thompson, both
Britishers, two up and ono to play,
Editor's note Viscount North
clirre, England's foremost publisher
and a leading amateur golf enthus
iast of Great Britain, will "cover"
the British amateur national golf
championships for tho United Press.
Lord Northcllffe's reputation as a
lover of clean sport is Internation
al. His papers have always taton
WHAT'S TO BE
IS
YOUTHFUL GLENWOOD HOLDUP
MEN BARRED FROM REFORM
ATORY BY CRO5D.
Wasco county has n confessed
highway robber upon Its hands and
doesn't know what to do with him.
The confessed robber is Frank But
ler, who entered a plea of guilty to
a charge of grand larceny. Butler was
arrested last winter, together wi'ii
Henry Willis and Joe Ros,e, following
tho sensational hold-up of the Glen
wood hotel, In which they escaped
with about $60 in cash and a gold
watch, only to be caught as they were
attempting to make a get-away.
Willis and Rose were sentenced to
two years each in the state peniten
tiary, but the court encountered a
znag when it came to Butlqr's case.
For Butler claimed to be only 17 years
old, which would automatically place
him out of the jurisdiction of the cir
cuit court.
The youthful desperado was held in
the county jail while an investigation
was made to ascertain if his claim
as to age was correct. Tho prisoner s
mother substantiated his claim, ac
cording to Circuit Judge Fred W. Wil
son. Being only 17 years old, Butler's
case cannot bo tried in the circuit
court, but must be heard In the coun'v
court, before Judge J. T. Adkisson,
Judgo Wilson explained.
Tho maximum penalty In the coun
ty court, under the law Is a sentence
to tho state reformatory. This Is
where tho trouble comes in, however.
According to Judge Adkisson. tho
state reformatory is already filled to
cnnacJly, and as a consequence is un
able to handle any more prisoners nt
present.
In all probability, Butler will bo
held in the county jail until such a
time as the state institution can care
for him.
GOLF PLAY
IN
M. McCann
Staff Correspondent)
u loading part in tho promotion of
Anglo-American sports, believing In
a sound policy in tho dovelopmont
of friendship between the two na
tions. Ho has played on many or
tho best American foursomes and
is acquainted witli the members of
iMVLruJWwy-LrixiJTTji r-ir-.r-.i-ii-.
(Continued ( Puko 0.)
l
M TEMPORARY FLOOD
. STAGE IN RIVER
REACHED AT 35.8
' ,
,hf tImo i.amKi ut ieaHt,
'tll0 flood creBl jm8 apparently
, been reached in Tho Dalles; -K
1 the waters of tho Columbia rlv-
01. having remained at the high
Jeve or 35 fuet during tho -Kj
aHt 12 hours and only rising
j c inches during tho 12 lioum'
I pruvlouu lo that. 1'nofliclal ,
readings, last nluhl showed the
water standing at 35.0 feet, but
thlH moining'B government road-
Ing. taken at 8 o'clock, .shows
n 35.8 feel, tho highest mark
reached by the river this year.
The abiupt cessation of furth-
er rises is attributed to cold
weather in the district which
reeds the tributaries to the
Snake river, which has caused
that river to go down consld-
erably. Tho Columbia ItseU Is
still rising, but the decreased
amount or water coming into
It rrom Snake river Just nbout
offsets this, causing tho Colum-
bla at Tho Dalles to remain
stationary. Tho ferry boat Iuih
continued to cross to Grand-
dalles, the high water not ham-
perlng ferry service.
WITH
BANDIT
PROBLEM
CHAMPION
DONE PRESIDENT HMDIK REVIEWS WAR
DEAD OF NATION;
TARRED, FEATHERED i
ITALIAN ARRESTED!
ITALIAN CAPTURED, HELD IN
PAINFUL PREDICA
MENT. Covered from head to foot with a
heavy coating of tar, liberally mixed
with finest quality feathers, Salvarado
.Coturri, a nativo of Italy, wandered
into Tho Dalles early yesterday morn
Ing, completely exhausted. He was
placed undor arrest by Patrolman
Densmorr.
At the city jail. Coturri told a wiord
talc of being hold up by five men as
ho was walking from Hood River to
The Dalles. Those five men, he de
clared, robbed him of nearly $100 and
then, angered becauso he did not have
more money, proceeded to administer
the coat of tar and feathers.
Suspicious of tho strange story,
Chief of Police Heater at once got in
connection by tolephone with Hood
Hivor police. IIoio ho heard a diffo.r-
fent story,
Coturri, nccording to tho version
given by the Jlood River police had
been caught by several Hood River
(Continued on Pniro 6.)
TARIFF MEASURE
PAST CONGRESS
FIRST STEP OF REPUBLICAN REV
ENUE PROGRAM COM
PLETED. Dy United l'ress
WASHINGTON, May 23. Congress
today finally approved tho emergency
tariff bill.
Action necessary to send tho bill to
'Harding was taken by the honso when
it approved a conference report ad
justing sonate and house differences
over the measure.
The passage of tho bill completes
the first stop of tho republican tar
iff revenue program.
Today Is the second llmo the bill
has passed congress, Wilson having
vetoed it last session.
AT
ATTENDED BY 2000
HOLIDAY AFFAIR MADE OF
BOOSTER SESSION FOR
HIGHWAY.
More than 2,000 persons from all
parts of Wa" co county assembled ut
Maupln Saturday to hoar arguments
In favor or tho proposed $800,000 bond
Issue, and losultant construction oi
Tho Dalles-California highway.
The good roads mooting was made
a holiday affair, whole families bring
ing basket liinc-hos and making a dav
or it. A big trout dinner was served
at noon, with plenty of Deschutes riv
er "redsldes" to go around.
Speeches setting forth tho various
arguments In favor of tho bond Issuo,
were mado by County Judge J. T. Ad
kisson, 10. ('. Pease, Elliott Roberts
and II. S. Hlce. About 50 persons
made up the delegation from The
Dalles, representing Tho Dalles-Was-co
County Chambor of Commerce.
A buBoball game In tho afternoon
between tho fast Maupln nine and an
Indian team from tho Warm Springs
reservation, was won by Maupln, 0
to 0.
Following tho Maupln meeting, 'i
number of porsons adjourned to u
small but "poppy'1 booster meeting,
held at tho homo of Dr. G. K. Saun
ders. K. C. Pease and J. T. Rorlck
mado brier speeches at this meeting.
About 75 porsons attended.
FROM OVERSEAS ON ROBOKEN PIER
MEETING
M
5,212 CASKETS
IMPRESSIVE SCENE ENACTED IN
GLOOMY WHARF
BUILDING.
FIRST VICTIM HONORED
HONOR DONE FOR MEN WHO
GAVE LIVES OVER
SEAS, By Raymond Clappe
(United Press Stalt Correspondent)
NEW YORK, May 23 The presi
dent of the United States today re
viewed the nation's war dead.
With a band playing, a dlrgo.
President Harding, with head bow
ed, walked slowly through long
aisles formed by 5,212 rough cas
kets, containing tho bodlos of Amer?
lean soldiers brought homo from
Franco. The scene, on a gloomy pier
at Iloboken, was' very impressive,
as tho chief executlvo passed down
tho ranks of flag-draped coffins to
tho somber beat of muffled drums.
"There aro 100,000 sorrows touch
ing my own heart," ho said in hia
eulogy, "and I hear an admiration
ringing thoio that this must not be
again."
After his speech, the president
placed a wreath on tho .casket of
Joseph W. Colger of Hart, Mich.,
tho first American killed on Gor
man soil.
"In the name of the-republic,", ho
said, "I bestow this tribute on tho
casket of .the fitst American soldier
t0 perish on tho soil of the enemy."
As he laid tho wreath on the cof
fin, the sad note jf taps sounded
and a battalion of the 22nd infantry,
which former tho honor guard, snap
ped to pivsent arms.
As Jlardlng mounted tho small
rostrum after the rovlow, the bsmd
played "Nearer My God to Thou."
Tho chaplains read :l few verses of
scripture.
"These dead know nothing -of our
cMji'cmonii's or our sentiment," said
tho president. "These bodies wore
but clay tenements which contained
minis that lit tho battle flames that
sped on to accuse autocracy befoio
tho bar of eternal justice. Wo shall
not forgut them, though thoy lio in
the homo hind or in a land crimson
ed by their blood."
By Raymond Clapper
(ITnltul I'nisa .Staff Correspondent)
NEW YORK, May 23. The presi
dential yacht Mayflower, bringing
President and Mrs. Harding for n
strenuous twelve hours of .speech
making and receptions, dropped an
chor In tho Hudson hero at 7:45 a.
m. today.
Showers began falling shortly after
tho acht arrived.
Tho presidential party breakfastoil
(Continued on I'fipo 5.)
FLIERS HOP OFF WITH CARA
CAS, VENZUELA, DES
TINATION. ny United I'rcsH
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 Flvo
thousand miles by air, from contin
ent to continent, is the stunt which
James Otis, president of tho San
Francisco Aero club, is attempting.
Otis, with two others, took off to
day from tho flying field here, with
tho Otis ranch near Caracas, Veil
zuela, as his destination,
it Is expected that tho trio will
make Sah Diego today. From San
Dlego, tho route lies by way . of
I'hoenlx, TiiBcon, Mazatlan, Mexico
City, across tho Isthmus of Tehuan
tepee, then to Salvador, Nlcaiagua,
Costa Rica, tho Isthmus of Panama,
Columbia and thence to Caracas. ,
5000 IE AIR
TRIP STARTED