Dalle THE WEATHER THE FORECAST Fair Maximum 68 Mlnlmurrtv51 9 of, oh VOLUME LXI. THE DALLES, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1921. No. 143. STILL SMILING COMMUNITY SERVICERS. HARRY IEEE DEADLOCK OVER PEACE COMPETITION IS IN SESSION T niirawn nwFR 1 i hreateneo phfrry imft 4 IM. UIILIilll IBIMHIL1 Chronicle ((! COOPEBATIVES LABu R Tl m m III f EXTRAORDINARY GUARD ES CORTS ELUS.IVE BANDIT TO ISLAND PRISON. ASKS SQUARE DEAL MAIL STOLEN IN CALIFORNIA ROBBERY NOT YET RE COVERED. liy United Press TACOMA, Wash., June 17 Roy Gardner, smiling mull robber recap tured in Centralla yesterday, was safely behind the walls of the United States penientiary ft McNeil's Is land today. He entered I he doors of his is land prison home at 8 o'clock last night under the heaviest guard that ever escorted a prisoner there. His stay may last for a period of Oil years, unless he seeks to break ills present record for escapes, which have kept officers up and down the coast on the jump. The nervy bandit, who was twice convicted of robbing Uncle Sam's mail and who twice escaped from guards bringing him from California, told his captors, that lie is "through" and that all he wants from now on is a "square deal." Dut the guards at McNeil's island said today they are going to take no chances. Gardner is to 'be treated the same as other prisoners, but a closer watch will be placed on li is movements while he is about the prison yard. "Gardner will have to take a big chance if he gets away from this' prison," said one of thu guards. "He's 1 a bird that will bear watching. Hut we have got a high barbed wire fence and lots of watch towers and no man lias yet beut a Springfield .bullet, if it was headed in his di rection. He may get away, but the chances are he'll go in' a coffin, if he tries to leave." The location of the mall sucks which Gardner took from a train in California last month still is un known. While the robber talked free ly of his movements up te the time of his capture in Centralia, ho tie- (Continued on Pace C.) T RECOMMENDATIONS GO TO SEC RETARY OF THE TREASURY MELLON TOMORROW. By United Press WASHINGTON, Juno 17 Itecom; mendatlon for reorganization of tho prohibition enforcement machinery will be made to Secretary of t he Treasury Mellon within -18 hours, it was learned today. Roy Huynea, prohibition commis sioner, expects to complete, tho recommendations after conferences today. Willie Haynes conferred with dry leaders, International revenue officers and others, Way no Wheeler Gerald, counsel for the anti-saloon league and James White, superintendent of the league, visited President Hard Ing. It is thotiEht certain that Haynes will recommend that the forces of the dry department, now under the treasury department, be transferred to the department of Justice. This would give the department prosecuting offenders the right to say when arrests iwill be made. ' Secretary Mellon and Attorney General Daugherty botli favor the trShsfer and dry leaders will not oppose it. FARMERS' WIVES ARE DRUDGERY VICTIMS BUSINESS OF RAISING CHILDREN MERE INCIDENT, RANCHERS ARE TOLD. By United Press CORVALLIS, Juno 18 Airs. Max West today told assembled farmers here that there are more children in rural communities suffering from tho ma hed BUREAU HILT r ,..innirMnn than In tiioinilght give rise to cities. She declared that' the plight of wir uns continual gery with llttlo recreation and relax at ton. The business of rearing children Is a mere Incident in their lives," alio aid. DELEGATES ELECT BOARD, CON SIDER MANAGER, FUTURE LO. CATION OF HEADQUARTERS Important, quest Inns hearing on i! future of the Oregon Grain Giowcrs' Cooperative association are being dis cus, ed this afternoon a( the ni'ioting of delegates from all parts of the state being held at association headquar ters. :.Mt tubers of the board of eliio,pi Jrs for the ensuing year are benlg elect ed, mid a mininger chosen. Four or live candidates for this office r.r! lin ing considered. The const It uiioj by-laws, as finally laid down by :.;ki I no committee, Is under direusslon, and will be finally adopted at tills meet ing. f The question of whether rr not the head offices shall In; n ii.il.lit.heil in 1'orlland will also lie df?i'l(i. l! lr, practically certttintthnt lh state wiles office will be placed there luiut'.Hliuie- I. v. A telegram was received loda;' Ironi George C. .lewett, general manager of t lie Northwest Grain Growers, Asso ciated, stating that the finance cor poration of tire United S'.ele Grain Growers' Inc., will not bo operating in time t.o he of any benei'!- to north western farmers tills sens t', and he going ahead in arrangement to in dependently finance the n.K.'iweslern gioup. Jewell Is now i.i New Ynru discussing plans for this financing with Bernard Uarucli. The contract of the northwestern or ganizations with the nutijnrJ will not bo signed up in time for operation in the 1921 wheat trade, and g.atn from there four states will be marketed b tlielr own sales agency. At the July meeting of (he United (Continued on Paee 6.) ENGLISH RAILROAD PROPERTY DAMAGED SEIN FEINERS ATTACK RAILWAY SIGNAL BOXES; ONE MAN KILLED. 15y 1 Jul kit Press LONDON, June 1". Thousands of lives were endangered today by a se jrles of Sein Fein attacks on. railway signal boxes. Signals were either 'changed or destroyed and I ruff 1? hampered. Three signal towers were covered with gasoline and firrd. One signal man wii3 killed and three others bound and gagged. Scotland Yard reported several ar rests made in connection willi the raids. BRITISH MINERS REFUSE LOWER WAGE OFFER By United Press (LONDON. Juno 17. The Ilritish coal strike will continue, according to indications today, it was agreed generally that local unions are reject ing the offer of colliery owners lor slifiUtly Improved wages. Harding May Have To Use Big Stick Methods On Congressmen HOUSES AT LOGGERHEADS OVER ARMY AND NAVAL APPHOPRIA TION BILLS; PEACE UNMADE, ARMY STILL ON RHINE; BUS INESS CLAMORING FOR ADJUSTMENTS. By John M, Glcissner (United News Stuff CoritsKmlent) WASHINGTON. June 17.-IIellef is growing that Piesldent Harding niev find it necessary lo crack the whip over congress. The two houser, are at loggerheads on tho army and nnvy appropriation bills. There is disagreement on the form of peace resolution and on the manner of expressing sentiment in favor of disarmament. Tho revision of tariff and tax laws has made lit tle headway. The program of economy Is not being realized. These differences, and the announc ed determination of leaders to ad here to tho positions of their respeo tlve chambers, point to the prohabllltv of executive Interference, in the opin ion of observers here. President Haidlng, it Is bolieved. will exert pressure to keep tho wheels In motion If tho two houses conlinuo to find themselves unable' to reach compromises. The -president. It can be stated, Is loath to lake a hand anil will do so only when absolutely necessary. He has studiously avoided anything thai the accusation of ("big stick'' tactics at a time when his drud-'party has made 80 much of the charge that the democratic administration wants 10,ooo men In tho navy, the bought to encroach on senatorial pnv-' senate im Ists ilut the uumLer shall lieges. The senate, moreover, 1b slllljbe 120.0Q0. Tho disarmament rider, nl smarting under what It considered tlx ,s the subject of dispute, wa not i vtn Bchoolruaster attitude of Wilson. i reached b Hie confreres. IF. OF LIMIT CONVENTION SHELVES ALL SIDE ISSUES DETRACTING FROM MAIN PURPOSE. DE VALERA APPEALS IRISH LEADER ASKS UNIONISTS TO SUPPORT REPUBLICAN' CAUSE. By J. L. O'Sullia.n (United I'lesM Stalf Col n-eimnitenf I DICNVKR. Colo., June 17 Thd American Fodeintion of Labor today considered labor. Attempts to infuse consideration of outside topics were made by sour.' delegates but met with little suc cess. The Irish quest ion, prohibition and other subjects brought up were tj be laid over for consideration to ward the close of the annual con vention here. Unemployment, wage cuts and la bor organization had the right of way in today's discussions. The attitude of tho federation lo wind the injection ol foreign topics was shown In the quick relusnl to consider a resolution condemning the Ku Klux Kliin. Presented by a dele gallon of negroes, the resolution ask ed Unit fedeial and state govern ments be urged lo take action against tho Klan which was called an advocate of mob violence. Some expression of sympathy to ward Ireland probably will be made before the end of Hie convention, j Leaders of the movement to force a resolution through waited for the. promised cablegram Ironi Eamnion' De Valera, which they believed would help tho cause. Opponents of the proposal to boy coll all goods' made in Great lirit ain as p:mishnient for their course in Ireland, declared they had col- (Continued mi Pago ?.) L BILL IS PASSED MAESUHE GIVING GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER PACKERS GOES TO PRESIDENT. liy United Press WASHINGTON, June 17 The packer control bill, in substantially tho same form as adopted by the house, passed the senate late today. Vote was If. to til in favor of the measure. Tho chief change- in tho bill was an amendment offered by Senator Kenyou of Iowa, including the pub licity featuie of the measure. Administration of tho measure will come under the secretary of agri cultuie. Hut i ho situation is becoming acttt". Alter three and a half months peace Ik not made, the nruiy remains on tin Rhine, tho turiri' bill is not dtnwn and there Is virtually no agreement on 'the form of new taxes. Business is clam oring for some indication of what bur dens it may be expected to bear. The Jam on appropriations for national de fense threatens to throw both army and navy establishments Into confu sion by forcing them to start the lin eal year July 1. without lunelr, and uncertain as to lust what amounts will finally he made available. Some members of enngroas them selves are looking to the president lo lead I hem out of the confusion, and to put an end to dilly-dallying. With lead ers exhibiting an inability to get tie tlon, they point out, the mm hope lies with the executive. Failure of con gress lo function, republican leaders, both In and out of congress, huve re pcatctlly warned, might force the en tire administration on the t bonis. Tho Jam was Increased Thursday, when tho conference over the nuwil bill broke tip in disagreement. House confreres withdraw, after refusing to agree to the senate increases in thu hill, amounting to close to $ 100,000, 000, Tho chief cause for the ruptuio is the .Matter of personnel. Tho lioiibc T QUIET CANVASS TO INSURE PER PETUATION OF WORK IS MADE. r Community Scrloe today s'arted a quiet canvass ol (lie city for funds lo keep that orgt'.lilzation at. work hero for the remainder of this year. The collection is under the direction of W. II. Arbury, dliector and .1. T. Itmick, chairman of I lie Community rfeivico executive committee. The plan of campaign Is dilfereiit than any hltheilo employed hi Tin Dalles. Community .Service stock cer lificates entitling the bearera to k many shares of happiness, nie being sold. The price of the certificates range fioni one cent up, no limit b; Ing placed upon the amount of stock which any one individual ma? puicliase. For, as Arbury explains, "no one person can corner the hap piness market ; at least not as long as Community Service is dealing in (hat commodity." A large pail of tlu solicitation is being done by boys and girls of the city, a great many Oi whom already appreciate the value of Communitv Service. Little Kathryn West, daugh ter of Air. and Airs. Tom West, holds the record for thu largest amount of sleek sold up to the present time, having turned in nioie than $50 In coins of small denominations. if sufficient money is obtained. It is planned to install children's play grounds In various parts of the city, completely equipped with apparatus and operated under t lit supervision of a paid instructor. Use of several vacant lots have alr.?uily been of lered, free of charge, for tills pur pose. A course, in story telling for young women will also be put on here, in which public spirited women of lint citv will be given instructions in the tile of keeping a group of children inn-rested by means of the telling ot ;i story. Community singing and chorus tr.cietles will be formed. Community picnics will be organized and hikes put on, all under the direct ion of competent persons. The climax of Community Service's work witli the boys .mil girls of Ilia community will come this fall, when P in planned lo hold a two day trade ami field meet, one day for boys am: Hie other for girls, when lli.i progress, made by the children un der the athletic Instruction received during l ho summer will be shown. AIR MAIL H lAD NAMED By Unlti'd Vrens WASHINGTON, .lime 17.- Karl F. ICgge of AIinno.ipolK has been named superintendent ol the air mail service, Po-Jt master Gene i:. I llas announce I today. 'He succeeds Major h. C. SoU, resigned, J, A, SEATTLE MAN SUSPECTED OF WIFE MURDER DETAINED ON NOMINAL ALLEGATION. Jly United Pm-h Hh'ATTLK, June 17. James A. Al.i honey, whom Hie pollco believe kllle I his bride in order in secure hu- l!00, 000 fortune, was today arraigned upon a forgery charge, namely, forging pow er of attorney sm cs to seize his v. lie', estate. Aiahoney was calm rind collected and apparent!) unmoved by the dan ger he is In. Search Is it t .11 continuing in Lake Union, for the missing trunk, said o contain Airs. Alahonej 'g body. Fads upon which the pollco liopp to convict Alnhoucy for murder 1 1 1 : t . lie made public next week. This was mad. f probable when Judge Dykeman g.ivo the prosecution until .Monday to lay before the court heforo thu court reasons why Ala honey's ball should not bn reduced. Ma honey's counsel claims that ills client is being held on bail common mi rut a with a murder charge. $i,00(l, wlille the forgery charge bull under which Alahone) I. hold t-houhl only be ? 1,500. ALLIES ASKED TO AGREE ON YAP LEAGUE OF NATIONS REQUEST SETTLEMENT OT DISPUTE OVER ISLAND. Ily Culled Prw PAWS. June 17 -The Li ague of Nations today asked tho allied pow ers to reach an agreement with tli L'nlled States on thu Yap question. .Mesopotamia inundates will be brought before the next meeting of the league council. Gaston Dacinha of Lrazil, act In1; for tho league made Hie request of Franc , Kuuland, Italy und Jupan S LSI S.U3PICION GROWING THAT WO MAN MAY HAVE HAD HAND IN MURDER. AUTHORITIES PLICATED BELIEVF. PAIR IN' GRUESOME IM PORTLAND KILLING. liy Ullltia Pr: PORTLAND, June 17 Agee, widow of Hurry died last .Saturday as Airs. Harry Agre, who a result ol his threat being cut, was today er raigned before the grand jury as a nun 'rial witness legarding the death of her husband. Suspicion that site had a hand in Agee's death Is growing, according lo meager details from the dlstiict attorney's olllce. The .woman will probably not talk, but has signed a waivt r, It Is under stood, that she rcalliU's that any thing she says may be used against her if she is arraigned lor the mtir-' tier i f her husband. I John Klecker, janitor and music teacher, is said to have been the itliiid man in the triangle. He is 1 willing to talk and denies thai he loves Airs. Agee. The authorities are adhering to the opinion that both K locker and Airs. Agre are implicated and dl-i 'lectly responsible for the death of tii: man. Airs. Agee is either a wo man of iron and unshakable nerve, , or else is unjustly licensed, author ities believe. PORTLAND. June 17 .Members of I lie grand jury today made a per sonal inspection of Hie house and promises where Harry Agee died J. C. Klecker was on the stand. His testimony will bo completed be fore a vote is taken to decide who'll or t r not Ihe woman iwill bo In dieted upon a clmige of murder. SECRETARY DENBY ADVISES SEN. ATE IN EFFORT TO BREAK DEADLOCK. ny United Press WASHINGTON, June 17--Secrolaiw of the Navy Donby today took a hand in the deadlock between the sennit and lioiice on Ihe naval appropriation bill lie wrote Senator Poludexinr, act ing chairman of t 1 i senate naval com liiillee, thai personnel of JUO.OOI) men Is i s.MMillal lor the navy. Tho seualo is contending for tills figure while l he house wailta oill.V 1110,0110. IMT REQUIRES an i Federation Takes Firm Stand Against Red9Element In Labor INTERNATIONAL UNION ORGANIZATION'S PRINCIPLES DENOUNC ED AS PLAYING INTO HANDS OF tJOLSHEVIflTS; GENERAL STRIKE, O. a. U., UNANIMOUSLY TURNED DOWN. liy United News 'DKNVUIl, Colo., Juno 17. Th' American Federation ot Labor tonlgh reaffirmed lis opposition to I bo an Honored principle's ol the Internation al Federal lon of Unions. The executive council of tho feeler iitlon, in a loiter to ,1. A. Ougost, nue rotary of tho International organiza tion, denounced the slund taken b) the organization for hoc liitl.:it Ion o Industries, general si like and use nl fence lo accept Hie proposals of Hie united Internal Inuiil working cliissos. The letter expressed tho hope foi n united labor movement "on thu ba sis that accords with the philosophy of democracy and hum. in Ireuiloin '.villi aulonomy and freedom ior all." The letter was it bitter ui ralanmeiil of tint wind of the International Fed eration of Unions. It forecast Ihe doom of a resolution pending before the convent Ion which would ItiHlrucI Hie o! fleers of the American ledum Hon to initstuhlhli relations with the I International organization The resolution I hctorc- the commit loo on lulornational urialrs. of which Samuel GomperH is clmiimnn. Ah Goifipiirs is also lieuil.of the ox icullvo council, It was very doubtful If tho rokoluliou would revolve inuoh (upper'. The Amuriciiii federation scut dole gates lo Die Internal lunul trade union's mooting rev oral .wars ago, hut duiiiiL' the war, on iccommcudutlou COMPROMISE BETWEEN HOUSES OVER RESOLUTION FORM PROPOSED. Py United Press WASHINGTON, June 17 Seeking n way out of the threatened doael Icok over the peace resolution, sen ate lenders have a plan for accept ing the house provision declining the war at an end anil n stale ol peace i existing, in place of tfie senate re peal of I ho declaration of war. j The senate ncceptiince is 'upon condition of the acceptance by Ilia i house of the senate's reservatir.no of America's rights to iiilen propeity seized. Such is the plan leaders are tin latlvely considering. Republican ment hol h of the con fere nee ooniinittoj, representing both bodies, are nvjet ing today to discuss it. WOMAN ELECTED TO HEAD PIONEER ASSOCIATION Uy Unned Pr.ta PORTLAND,- June 17- Miss Kllen laniberlain of H'orthind, tli. first woman over elected to the presidency of the Oregon Pioneer association, was raised lo that of lice by election last night. JACK DEMPS.EY NAMED IN OKLAHOMA DIVORCE SUIT Ily United Press PAWHUSKA. Okla., June 17 - Jack Denipsey of Los Angeles was today named as correspondent In a divorce suit filed by F. It. lJoulan gor, wealthy Osago Indian, against his wile, Lilly; Whether or not the Jack Denipsey named is the cham pion was not made clear by tlu com plaint. MEMBERS RECEIVE ORDERS TO DAY; VILL SELL SHIPS ON LONG TIME. (Clininlele'H Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, June 17.--Vllli tho arrival of .Meyer Lissner of Lon An geles, the last member of tlin rhlp plug board is on the job and ready for Ihe completo reorganization of the board. Chairman Lacker and Ihe other members of tho board are In session daily discussing policies and plans for Immediate clearing away of matte which liavo been pending for won;;' :nd months. Fx-Keniitor Chamberlain ir, already tit his tlei k. Todne fill Hip members of the new board will mod Piesrdent Harding in i prolonged conference at which the nnlie.los of tho holird will be outlined The i.rnftldeut will tell hl. now up polntcns whal lie llilnks can he ac "Oiiipllshed by the shipping hoard and how bed il can be brought about. At t formal statement will bo made rola ivo to Hie decisions, reached Innne llaloly alfor I lie conferences U over. Some of Ihe Ihlng.c which will he (I'liiilluui d on Pn(;o "J ) if Goiupoi'H, cancelled all alTiliatb'ii w lib Hie organization. Tim hit i tic bitterly condemn)'.! lb" inter of tho Inlet national union thai union workers of till count riot t el use 'o iiiauiiliicttire munitions ol war, a playing Into the bunds of tho bolshe vlsts. It said: "The manner, method and time or your proulii;iiatlon could have had no oilier purpose Hum In ii8ntst the uillo rn'lc i mimical tiHiirpurs ol Ruhhiu in their plan to iiiidonniue and clesiic the democracies of llin world and iiiuko I Iio.mi duiiiucracloH helpless against soviet propaganda with It military uKurossiuii and comiiulsor labor." Tho letter declared the Intimation il union iimdo the demand only m u time when II would have been of nor vice to I lie autocratic powers, and if It would have been nctcd upon, the democracies ol I ho world would huvi sufieied disastrous coukciUoiicoh, Tiie council dec lared that before the American lodetutlon would approve ot mi) liilei national organization, the va rious nuns of ihe orKiuiUutltm must have complete autonomy. The letter accused the international organization with trying to dlHgulae "social izui ion as mere Koverniucii ownership " n addition to the denunciation '' ((.'untliiuid on Psgo : ) BIT i CAHNERS, INDEPENDENTS COOPERATIVES GOING AF" SPLENDID CROP. AND ER 8C PAID FOR BLACKS CARLOAD SHIPMENT READY LEAVE TONIGHT FOR EAST. TO Cooperative marketing of produce In Wnneo county is getting a thorough lest in Hie selling of the cherry orop, Hie harvesting of which Is now in full blast. With hundreds of pickers working in the. orchards, crews are working day and night in I ho shipment of car load alter caiload of tho county's most distinctive fruit product to market.', which have declared Wasco coun'y chcrrie.5 tho finest produced in tho na tion. The Oregon Growors' Cooperative association1 believes that Its mcmbcis will net S to 10 cents a pound for their cherries und possibly more. In dependent operators titty that the co operative overhead is so groat that considering present market prices members of the association will not net more than li cents a pound on the average. P. J. Studolinan, tho largest commis sion operator In the county, who it U said, will niarkot. 7f percent of tho black cherry Wop, ts,"paylng direct to the groweia S cents a pound for 'Uin?s and Lamberts, and 1 cents for Dlack Republicans. Quotations from New York today In dicate that the market on Royal Annos is off. auction bids quoting if-', HO on tio pound lug boxes, as agalnqt JH.G0 for .blacks. The Royal Amies now In the niarkot are from California. Nouo of tho Oregon crop has .jot reached the eastern centers. Salos Alnnagor Doodlnghoiiso of the Associated Fruit company of Chicago, was in The Duller yesterday, and de clared dial cherries from The Dalies for the last ft ur yciira lutvo been the lino I produced In the United Stutc. DONAL O'CALLAGHAN, MAYOR OF CORK, SLIPS INTO STRONG HOLD. By Carl Vic;or Little (United Press Staff Conespoiidont) CHICAGO, Juno 17. 'Donal O'CulIa gliiin, Britain's phantom lebol, arrived overseas today. O'Calhighau, lord mayor of Cork, who fled the United States after lie had been refused political asylum here, made tho trip without a pass port, via the "underground route" ot (he Irish. The announcement of thu tmfo ar rival ol Ihe leader of tho IrlBh repub lican movement wia made exclusively to the United Press at the hettUtiuui tors of I ho Irish mission burn. O'Callaglitin arrived In Iho United Stales Hoveral months ago as a niovv away. The older that lie had lo leave Ihe country was Issued after a Mitei' fight by Irish sympathizers to uliovv 1 1 Jiii lo slay. They mihl lie should bo allowed lo stay he-re beiause he was a political eneiiv, id' Great lli'llaln and subject in ..eiKi nci- ol death If i aught (C'oiitimtfi! on I'ugu IM IS UNDER ARREST CONFESSION SAID TO HAVE DEEN GIVEN BY BUFFALO PRISONER. uy United Press OLUVF.LAND. June 17 A man Iiiih been arrested In Now York who ht said to have admitted killing Dan iel Kabur, wealthy Lake wood pub lisher, iiccoiellug to advices from thu Urle county district ullorney. Tho oilier supposed murderer Is still at large. A message from Dut fnlo states that Salvator Cutlu, giv ing a Cleveland address, has con fessed to District Attorney Aloore of Ihie count) that hu wan tho actual slayer of ICahor. Details of the confession wore not ah en out. j (Continued on I-ku ts.) rPHfTMIll m m hid