PAGE SIX
THE DALLES DAILY CHflONICLE, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1921.
GOMEZ, PICTURESQUE
CUBAN LEADER, DEAD
By Fred S. Ferguson
(United News Stuff Correspondent)
NEW YOHK, .luno 11 General
Jose Gomez, former president of C'ti Iim .
Is dead. In the piisslti'T of Gomez,
the little ffdiind republic suffers I lie
loss of one of Its most picturesque
figures u revolutionary leader of
tho tr.ie Central Amorlrnn type. Ho
had not only served as Ills coun
try's chief executive, but had hecn
captured as a rebel by 1 1 oops of tho
president who succeeded him as he
slept in a hammock on Hie "bat
tlefield." General Gomez was known as
"Jose Miguel" by bin countrymen.
To the American colony in Havana
he was known as ".lose .Mike." Hi
last experience as a revolutionist
was In 1917. Then be led a revolt
against President Menocal, who had
succeeded him as chief exeeiil Ivo. ' '"'""'R"
ItOftlo- Innnwl Ktlmmi I'iii- ; Hum -ir.lfol'eeS
tor his retirement from olfice and KI"'n
It was reported that hi! was organ
izing ii revolt against his successor
Hut Gomez returned to Havana
peacefully enough and although re
ports of revolutionary plots contin
ued, "Jose Miguel" was merely
watched. Then one day he disap
peared and Hie woid was passed
that he had "taken lo the woods."
When a leader "lakes to the
woods" in Cuba, il means lie has
gone out lo organize his follower.'!
Into an "army" and revolt. Havana
was reported to be full of Gomez
sympathizers who would dig up hid-l
den guns and minium It ion and start
fighting In tho city the moment
"Jose Mike" appeared on the out
skirts. Federal troops were conse
quently hurried out to "beat tho
brush" for Gomez anil his army. Tito
writer, "covering" the revolution
Kot word ot several minor engage
ments before) the decisive "battle"
came.
In all probably a dozen men were
killed and then came the master
stroke.
The federal troops loealed the
main body of Hie Gomez army.
There wore clashes between outposts
on- morning and several men were
killed or wounded. The federals
then decided to charge boldly into
tho Gomez stronghold Immediately
after lunch and make a complete
cleaning. They did and right after
lunch was a most unfortunate time
for Gomez. Tho general was having
his afternoon nap in a hammock,
swung between two trees, and ho
was captured -without firing a shot.
The moment Gomez was tak-n his
army scattered or surrendered. "Jose
Miguel" was brought back lo Ha
vana in chains. His properly was
conllseated and ho was imprisoned.
In 1918. howover, he was granted
amnesty by President Menocal and
his property was returned.
General Gomez was horn In 18,rr.
Hn became a major In the Cuban
army ot liberation In the war an.mui
Hpain In 1S98. He was on- .( the
leaders of (he revolution of I -mi!,
which res-.illed in Hie overthrow ol
President Palma and intervention by
tho United Stales. Ho was arrested
and imprisoned for his part In this
revolt, hut was released and a;i
pointed to one of Hie rommlsslons
oiganl.ed by American Gove no;- Ma
goon, In 19IIS he was elected p'osltletil,
serving four years.
General Gomez died at i!i Pln.a
hotel In New Yoik Monday.
army training corps areas," said tho
president.
"In Ibis way he will Increase his
worth to Hie nation and obtain in
dividual henellls of priceless value
to himself and to the community in
which he lives.
"I hope lo see established il irlng
my administration a comprehensive
system of voluntary military train
ing for at least 100,000 men each
year. Kvery young man who Is will
Ing to propaie himself lor Hi' rt
fenso of his country should be glv m
an opportunity to no so.
Our present natlcnal d'-Jens-' law
established an economical and dem
ocratic policy thoioiighly consistent
with our national traditions It
provides for a small regular army
lo be augmented by great clll.in
forces In event of national eiiicr
geney. tills Is our traditional null
lary policy."
The president points otil that Ihe
irmy of Hie United states eompiisc)
the regular army, the Nationil
Guard, and Ihe organized i sorw
and adds:
"Kverj paliiolic citizen lioulil en
Ihe development of these
The Liberty Belles of Boston
Three Talented and Vivacious Gi'rb Who Open Chau
tauqua With Two Bright and Colorful Programs
cacl
within IP
piopei
PLAN HUGE COLORADO
RIVER RECLAMATION
lly United Ne.wn
SAN KltANCISCO. Juno II.
pioposed Moulder Canyon dam ;
the Colorado river between A
and California is built, more
.r,000,00 aeies of ban en drsei
be turned into rich larming
according to J. P. Lippiucolt,
If Ihe
icroSH
i izona
than
I can
land,
recla
dispersed during and Just after Ih"
war and a report of Ihe United
States bureau of markets recently
Issueil lovcals the fact that the amount
of butter manufactured during 10-0
was HOI) million pounds less than in
19M, Yet In PJH the amount or daily
products made in this cnuntrj was
loss than Hie amount consumed, the
nations' imports during that year be
ing greater than the exports and no
abnormal surplus remained in hind
at the close of Ihe ear.
During tho war, owing lo li." con
servation generally practiced am- also
because of high prices, the -iv(inc,e
porcapilit consumption of ihti.V pro
ducts was very materially reJiie-d.
Now with conditions lapidly appi inch
Ing normal a market increase I i Hie
consumption of dairy products is .U
veloping. Heporls of dealers in dal.n
products alter,! lo this fact, A lurtliPr
proof ol this condition Is the gradual
ine'ease ol prices taking plati at
present even though we are now in
the rcar.on of greatest production. A
liberal use of dairy products is es-
isential lo the health and welfare of
I human kind, and as people com- lo a
lull realization of this imporlan: fact
the per capita consumption Is sine lo
, increase lo a point above that n: 1!1!
at the Invitation of tho authorities
of tho city nnd state, but on the invi
tation of l lie women and men of la
bor In Colorado. Wo conic because
wo want to come and because it h
Is our right lo come."
Jtalley and Uhotip wore Just leav
ing tho platfotm as Gompers spoko
and the tenseness of the sltitatl n
could bo felt as they parsed down the
aislo.) of the huge auditorium to the
street.
Gompers declared that no movement
or organization had over been put lo
a greater teat "by the fire of antag
onism" than trade unionism had dur
ing Hie last year.
The open shop movement, lie declar
ed, was Intended to "break the spirt
of laboi" and lone a fiiKher reduc
tion of wages.
The loiloration's president sounded '
a call for air offensive among Hie
worker;) of America and 'declared that ,
the American Federation of Lnbor
would havo 5,00(1,000 members beforo
the ear ends,
Gompers coupled labor nnd tho
I. inner by declaring tho "sumo typo of
enemies who are attacking uibor, aro
attempting toovrest irom tho farmer
what ho gained during the last jcar."
He pleaded for g'eatcr cooperation
'among Ihe Turners and the laborers,
j Tho rcporl of the executive coun
Jell was devoted largely lo an outllno
of the slops taken In fighting the
open shop movement and an Indict
monitor Itusslan holshevism as an en
emy of trade, finionlsm.
A leport picjcnted by the executive
council urging support for the flood
stricken city nf Pueblo and vicinity
was unanimously adopted.
TJie convention will mark (line dur
ing the next two or three days while
resolutions are considered and com
mit tee-? finish their work.
Two programs or splendid music a.:n enieriuiniiieur will be provided for
t 'hn u I ii iiqiiti audiences on Hie lirt dnj by I In- Liberty P.elles of l'.oston. Thin
company has ostnhll-died a uiiliiiie record in Ihe Lyieiim and C!iaulnuiiia world,
For two years' llic.v have received repot-...- f 100 on every co,-tert presented.
Kueh of Ihe three young ladles' compi Ung the Liberty Hollos Company is ac
complished as a singer and as an In truin -nlullst. The variety of entertnir
incut provided la very much greater Cmn is ordliiurllv luwxiiiie.
BANDIT GARDNER
mation engineer and formerly of the
United Stales government survey.
The proposed dam is to be !m0
feet high, the highest in the world.
It will he capable of storing 2I.0Q0,
000 feel of water and will develop
more than 1,000,000 horsepower,
mote than the total of hydro-elect lie
power now developed In California
Lippincotl compared the Colorado
liver to the Nile In that both rivers
deposit large quantities of sill on
Ihe lands they Irrigate. This sill,
be said, acts as a regular I'ertllizor,
and lands irilgated will) water from
these rivers require no other fertili
zer and will grow practically anything.
'the United Slates government
owns more than 1,000,000 acres of
land which would be turned into
valuable farms by the project,
the irivy was bidding against these
The Joint "omnilsMon is to hold its
first nine' ing Monday, to begin work
on the
menlp.
rea'.i",niiienl of Hie depart
CHORUS GIRLIES
HAVING ROUGH TIME
FORTUNE TELLER IS 5TH
WOMAN IN KABER
CASE
NEWSPAPER PRINTERS
(Cuullutlnl r-'mm I'rtK" 1 )
Monitor. Union olllelals claimed' tTiaT
between IIMi and too men had wilked
out, bill a handful stuck In their job)
At midnight, puhlMieis were nj iking
heroin efforts lo issue night page edi
tions and officers of the union men
wore In conference al a local hotel.
"The compositors employed b Itos
Ion newspapers last nlulil went on an
unwarranted ami Illegal strike," read
an annoiincemeiil which appeared In
all lloston papers Tuesday niorulir;.
"Tho lloston newspaper publisher
have with tho International Tpo
graphical Union an arbitration agree,
uiont Mhlcli provides thai tlieie shall
be neither hi rlkes nor lookouts under
any consideration whatsoever."
d'ORTSMOUTH. N II., June II.
Newspapers hern worn helpless today
because of a eompoMtors' tarlko. The
men walked out, doe.lurliiK the pub
lishers tailed to appoint meiulierh to
a hoaid of arbitration to dial'l a wane
agreement Mipplanilng one v. Inch e
plrod last Dctobei
Uy United News
CLHVHLANI), O., June II - The
web ol intrigue in the murder of
O.iniel Kahcr Is stretching out to
ward the Indictment of a fifth wo
man who Is suspected .of having
played a prominent part In setting
Hie Iran which resulted in Ihe as
sassination til Ihe wealthy Invalid.
While the police were searching
for the "minder pair" Ihe two hired
assassins who ac.ually committed
Hie ciime, Prosecutor Stanton and
hcoils of Ihe detective bureau weie
grilling the daughter and son-in lav;
of a Cleveland fortune toller in an
altempl to piece together Ihe miss
ing I hi cads In the plot which lias
already led lo Ihe Indictment of loar
women.
Tho I or t line teller is said la have
been the one thai Mrs. Knlior
visited before iter husband was slain
and Ihe person Ihe police s iy wiio
assassiiui f'llit) for commit
crime.
paid
Hug
Hie
'Whecli
dtlstiies,
oi ganizcil.
nery Will
other I rull
r-Tlllamnnk Consolidated .Mi
lne , wllh capital of :f 1011,0011
Purchase local milium) can
develop loganberry and
Industry
By Westbrook Psglcr
(United News Staff (oi i espiunli'iit)
NUW YORK, June M. "Aw
sweehlie leniine tell you, when my
gray silk stockings ripped us I was
dressin' only Ibis afternoon to go
keep ii date with a certain party, I
Just had to sew 'em up again.
Imagine! Me, that paid $7G0 lor a
seal wrap up in Montreal last win
tor me that did specially numbers
an' always workin'. And now I'm
looking for a job In a department
store, l)ee-rie you know that ain't
rigid. "
Over the col'l'e? -ispotlod marble
lopped lables of Hie come anil-g' t-il
lunch room you get the real "situa
tion" in the Ilroadway show busi
ness from Ihe people thai havo been
hit hardest, by the slump, The
choras girls know when things lo
gin lo sag, let Ihe magnates whistle i
whatever tune they like for Ihe good
ol llioir own courage.
Its awful Jeanne La Pearl, late
of the ensemble of tho Clue and
Chert shlminyshakers, 17 weeks on
tour hut a dog's death on Ilroadway
will lidla wolld ils aAvftil.
Hut Jeanne called Jennie by He'
folks out In Torre Haute maybe
toll me about this show and that
show closing and iluy halo lo give
up the stage and their I'.opcj. Hut
what else are they goln la do':"
As an authority on how thi'igr. arc
breaking for the showgl-i-i, How a id
Kyle concedes no ono tho edge, lor
Kyle, late or Maryaivt Anglin's
"Joan of Arc," is siv.:r-':iary o:' the
Actors' Fidelity League..
"1 know of girls all around line
who havo let the profession j sell
powder and candy and women's wear
In stores they used r pal noise,"
said Kyle. "Girls wr.o used tn get
as much as $175 a wek aro work'tig
for 520 and glad io 4-"- tin,;. '
Ttitn.-u Mi-o nnl ei -rn,.! .in tlritilfl.
way.
BRITISH LABOR
(Continued From PnKo 1.)
his men's- welfare when he forces
llieni to work HI hours a day and cuts
llieelr wages at the first opportunity,"
said Morrison.
The convention proper marked time
today while the arious committees
were at work considering resolutions
leporls and other routine matters
Main work of Ihe convention will no'
ho taken up tnli Ihe latter pari ol
the week,
Llllle sentiment had developed to
day In opposition to the re-election ol
Samuel Compels as pro-udont ol the
federation. His address al Ihe opetilur;
of the convention was generally ap
proved by the delegates and absolute
ly i.olidit'ieil his position as leader.
Close friends of. John L. Lewis, men
tinned as possible opponent of Gom
pcrsi for I lie job, admitted there was
Utile chance lor polling over Ihe head
of Ihe mine workers for Ihe position
(Continued l-'rom t'age 1 )
near Silver Lake. A youth today re
ported having seen a stranger dodg
ing through the brush I here.
Tho Castle Rock episode makes the
bird place Gardner is supposed to
have been seen; once in it swamp
near Kelso, then at Silver Lal.e and
now at Castle Rock. Posses are work
ing on all three clue:-., hoping thai anc
may bo right.
United States Marshal Hololinn ol
3an Franois-co is untiringly directing
lie posses, urging the Importance of
.peed in order to prevent Gardnoi
,'rom'geing far.
Krcapo fiom Ihe P.ilver Lake conn
ry seems unlikely, due to the lack
of food and the wlldnoss of the country.
PORTLAND. June M. A; :-arentlv
i detinue clue lo the wlieren'vt'n ol
Roy Gardner was today telephoned
fiom Castle Hock. A man with large
gold teeth entered a restaurant and
ordered food.
When ho saw several persons in the
restaurant observing him, ho hurried
ly left without touching his food.
Sheriff Hoggett nnd a posse loft at
)nce in pursuit. Tho man answered
Gardner's description.
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES
(Continued From Tiieo I.)
make our record and fight upon
pint form found In that record.
the
GOVERNMENT BUYING
VOLUNTARY TRAINING
SYSTEM WANTED
lly I flit toil Nuwn
WASHINGTON, June II. Presi
dent Harding hopes to see estab
lished during his administration a
comprehensive system of voluutai
military training, under which at
least 100,000 men will receive In
htructlon each year.
The president made this state
ment lit urging uupport for citizens'
military training camps which ate
to bo operated this summer The
president expiessed hope Hut aj
many young men as possible will
attend these camps,
"I hope every young man who can
arrange It will attend one of (he
tiitliciiB military training eauira to
be conducted this summer by the
war department In each of Hie nine,
AGENCY PROPOSED
By John M. Gleissner
(I 'idled News .Stun' ('onvsiiondeiit)
WASHINGTON, June 11. -Croaiioa
id' a central board lo make purchases
for all branches ot the iioveriiiuenl
will be one of the Hnd recommenda
tions of the Joint committee on eoiU
live looignuizalion, in the opinion oi
Repie.eniailve Ronvls of Nobras'-.a
A single sidling agenej also Is eon
tcmpluicd.
Reavls sail these roi'oimw could he
accomplished with little delay. whei"
a.i Hie overhnulliii; of Hie depurtnu-ii
will necessarily bo an extended pro
o -ss
I HI Ion., will he saved, Reavls be
lloves, If all supplies needed bj 'he
r.ovcrumcul, Including those of antr
um! iiavv, are bought through a single
olfice. it will eliminate eontpotttlu
bidding, he pointed out. ami will gle
an advantage in lmyiiij; In hus'.e ipui'i
titles.
"When Ihe war ended the war do
partmeut bud on hand milllonn of
pounds ol fro.cu beef," said Ktm
'This waa only sold after much dllfl
cully at miaous prices, while at the
same tlino tho na wiu buying large
iuuiilitics ot Iro.en beet at high
price.). It thoie had been a bu.Mn;
ami belling aenc this would no'
nave happened "
Now practuall) all the dopat linen's
anil Independent bureaus do their
own buying. Score.) of of rises roquir
lug almiMt Identical equipment ami
materials make individual purchases
when need arises, without regard to
vhat other otrices are doing. Dining
the war various brandies or the armv
were hlddln'! against en-ti other and
I DAIRY INDUSTRY IN
i OREGON FLOURISHING
prejudiced.
Take, I hen, ,lho word of Kubv
lielle, Ihe lady with Hie lowdouii on
what's what and such as thai Ii mi
'linos Squaie lo tho larll.e.-.i ex
plorations ol Ihe educational honpe.
ami Ihe lent shows. Ruin I, the
girl who gives Hieni a dab of powder
as they're rushing for their trains to
go on lour wllh a new i podiilun
and Hie ghl who welcomes them
back wllh si community llpHek
when I hey come dragging in Lorn
five days In Ihe tiny oouehe.i alter
disbanding In Winnipeg. iMibv
Ihe first aid in I lie chorus gu
casual club, the dressing room of
Ilroadway hotel.
Sas Ruby:
"Of course every summer L lad.l
but 1 nevur knew II to be so bad '
that the girls bad Li go to clerking i
In department stores ar m.iiileurln !
i for a Ihinir That's vvu-it lun'rei
doing Ibis hummer. poor kids. I ' "f Hie Oregon dairymen of Ore-
They're so good when they've not''1-'"" Krieulturul college.
it, too, All the uirl, come m and' M-in herds of dairy cattle wer
O It 10) ! ON AGRICULTURAL
LFGS, CORVALL1S, Juno II.
daliv Industry in Oregon Is
COL
The
in ii
lslhcallhy condition and oilers promise
s'lof good future business lo dairymen
11 j with good cows. There is no actual
.'surplus of dair producls In the coun-
tr and II will bo years holoro Hie in.
crease in the number of dairy cattle
will be sill Helen! to meet tho nornnl
demand ol our people for dalrj prod
ucts, says 10. 1!. Fltts, extension dairy-
Ry United News
DICNVFR. June II.---Labor's Gi'ea'-
st parliament, mooting hero tonlgii!,
'consulted wllh its friends" and threw
itself "wide open lo ils enemies.''
.More than fiOO delegates to the an
nual convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor rose wllh a great
dieer as iSamuel Oompors, for M
years head of the organization, thus
jutlined Hie intentions of the labor
leaders.
'Gompers' speech was an arraign
ment of the open shop movement as
backed by "enemies of human pro
gress," and the sounding of the claim
ol victory for unionism "still stand
ing Inlaid, with ranks unbrokon."
The address came as a final dentin
ialiou of the campaign to place the
'American plan" of open shop In all
factories.
All speakers claimed the open shop
'mil failed as yet to make an inroad
on the labor movement.
ICffects of the open shop campaign
,voio seen, however, by union leaders
in the addresses of welcome deliver
od by Mayor D. C. Uailoy, of Dcnvei,
ind Governor Oliver C. Klioup of Col
orado. Roth failed to mention labor
'n their speeches,
Goinpors was Ihe only federation of
ficial to comment publicly on tho ac
tion ot Ralley and Slump. Opening his
speed), tho president of tho federa
tion said:
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