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&ht Dullct, SB Chronicle THE WEATHER Maximum 76 Minimum 57 THE FORECAST Fair VOLUME LXI. THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1921. No, 152. TO HALT DIG BOUT PETITION TO STOP DEMPSEY CARP"ENTIER FIGHT FILED IN JERSEY CITY. SWINDLING ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT TICKETS OUT, IS CHARGED; PROMOTERS FEAR LEGAL ANGLE. By United Preaa JERSEY CUTY, June 28 Vice-Chan-eel lor Stevenson today refused to act on the petition for an injunction tc prevent the holding of the Dempsey Carpentier fight next Saturday. ' Stevenson gave the representatives of the International Re fro m bureau permission to can;y the petition be fore another judge. Promoters fear that there is a chance that the holding of the fight may be jeopardized. Following Stevenson's action, Gllson and his companions decided to at tempt to obtain an injunction from Vice-Chancellor John Hester of At lantic Highlands. "We believe the fight has been ar ranged for here because no other place in the civilized world would permit it to be held," declared H. C. Gllson in presenting (lie case to Stev enson. "'Newspapers say that this will be a real fight. Dempsey and Carpentier will attempt to knock each other out. The fight will attract professional gamblers and pickpockets to Jersey City. The promoters have sold tickets so far in advance that many persons have been swindled," Gllson said. By United rreae JERSEY CITY, June 28 An at tempt to stop the championship fight was inajfi today in the chanc. ery court. Robert Watson, president of I he International Reform bureau, accom panted by counsel and five local clergymen, asked Vice Chancellor Stevenson to issue an order direct ing Tex Ricard and other promoters of the fight to show why an injunc tion should not be Issued against it. H. C. Gllson, representing the re form bureau, declared that light pro moters were Issuing counterfeit fight tickets In eastern cities and asked that the -fight be stopped lor four reasons: first, that, it Is a prize fight and not a boxing exhibition; (Continued on Phrb 6.) MAY CUT EXPENSES BY BILLION DOLLARS BUDGET MAY EFFECT 25 PER. CENT SAVING FOR GOV ERNMENT. By United Frees WASHINGTON, June 28 A cut of $1,000,000,000 In government expen ditures during the year beginning July 1, is the hope of the Harding administration. Congress appropriated $4,000,000, 000 for the year beginning July 1, but by putting the federal budget Into operation Immediately President Harding and Charles G. Dawes, bud get director, hope to make a 25 per cciit saving. The plan will be discussed tomor row in open meeting with hejds of the various bureau departments. MICTION DENIED BY COURT Action of Congress Ends Hope For 4 Percent Medical Brew IN FIRST TEST OF PROHIBITION STRENGTH IN PRESENT CON GRESS, DRYS ARE FOUND TO HAVE GAINED; WILLIS-CAMP. BELL BILL PUTS ABSOLUTE BAN ON BEER AS MEDICINE. By John M. Glelscner (United' News Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 38 Hopes for a medicinal four percent brew, ended it is generally couceded, when the house late Monday passed the Willis Campbell anti-beer bill by a 'oto of 250 to 93. (Leaders plan to rush the meusuic through the senate to forestall Issu ance of regulations by the treisuvr department, which would make it pes Bible for physicians to prescrlba pre Volstead beer for ailing patients. Oaly a miracle, leaders declare, can pre vent passage of the measure In the senate. The vote In the house was the first test of prohibition strength IhU ses sion and Indicated the drys haw gain ed rather than lost strength. The bill absolutely prohibits the use of beer as medicine, Ex-AlUrnty WILL LOCATE HIGHWAY IMMEDIATELY COUNTY COURT HOLDS MEET ING WITH COMMISSION; OLD ROADS MAY BE FOLLOWED. Actual construction work on The Dalles-Callfonila highway betwcei this city and Dul'ur will start as soon us locution of the new road can be made, County Judge J. T. Ad kisson announced this morning, fol lowing a conference yesterday in Portland with members of the state highway commission. The entire Wasco county court and County Roadmaster il W. Marx wore pres ent at the meeting. State Highway Engineer Herbert Nunn, Division Engineer J. H. Scott, and members of tlio county court .vill soon go over the old survey from The Dalles to Dufur and decide how much will be used in the construc tion of the new road, according to Judge Adkisson. It is now proposed to use as much of the present road is possible always tuklng Into eon iideratlon that the grade will not ixceed five precent. In a number of places bet ween The Dalles and Dafur, an entire new sur vey will be necessary, according to Judge Adkisson. Tills will be oc casioned by stakes aud other marks of the old survey having been erased by the elements. Some changes in the routing will probably be made. As soon as the definite route of this stretch of the highway has been lie elded upon, bids for actual construe tion will be advertised. Construction work will probably bo going on along The Dalles-Dufur and Cow canyon stretches at the same time, according to Judge Adkisson. A survey Is now being made of the highway through Cow canyon aud work upon this stretch of the road will soon be started. FILIPINO WOMEN WANT VOTE By United Press MANILA, P. I., June 28 Filipino women are clamoring for suffrage, Major General Wood today declared In commenting on reports that M;s. Carrie Chapman Catt .would head an organization planning to spend 500, 000 pesos in promoting the suffrage movement in the Philippines. Reports of the movement pleased Wood. - OEM'S REPLY BRITISH CABINET WILL CONSID. ER IRISH PEACE DETAILS TOMORROW. By Ed L. Keen (United Press Stun Correspondent) LONDON, June 28 Premier Lloyd George today awaited "President" De Valera's assent to conference on Irish peace. The British cabinet will meet to morrow, and It is oxpected that it will then receive Ulster's acceptance of the premier's peace bid. Sinn Fein ers were not so quick to indicato their desire to participate in a con ference, but unofficial reports made it appear that they will be present. There was believed, to be a possi bility that De Valera .will demand permission to call a session of tho Dial Eirann to consider Lloyd George's invitation. This permission would mean at least temporary re lease of a score of Irish prisoners. Preparations were made today for the Installation of the south Irish parliament tomorrow. The council room in tho department of agricul ture building was being arranged for the ovent which is expected to bring out only a small minority of the members elected as the Sinn Fein ers refuse to sit. General Palmer had rilled that -!ih ex sting laws make the sale of beer pos sible and the bill alms to knoc.: out this ruling. Disputes among the pro libitlonlsts In the house had pre vented Its earlier passage. The prohibition commissioner also Is given wide authority under the torms of "the measure. He can stop he manufacture and Importation of Intoxicating liquors until he consifers that the supply In this countiy Is re duced to a polut when It Is not in my. cess of legitimate demand. The bill also extends prohibition to Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. The house remained in session until an hour and a half after regular ad journment time to pass the bill, oil one of the hottest da) a of the summer Passage was assured from the first and representative took up much ol PREMIER AWAITS tContlnutJ on lag J.) AEBML FLEETS W T WITH BATTLESH P OBSOLETE "IOWA" IS FACING DEATH BLOW FROM BOMBS. PESTS WILL DETERMINE FUTURE PRINCIPLES OF DEFENDING SHORE LINE. j By United I'reB ON BOARD U. . S. HENDERSON OFF 'HAMPTON ROADS, June 2S. A fleet of airplanes sailed out over I lampion Roads today to do bat tic wit h a man with a lever. The lever controls by radio the oper alions of the old battleship Iowa which is erul3lng without a soul on Doard. The "battle" is designed to deter mine whether fleets of airplanes or the traditional armada of battleships Ir. to' be the principal means of de fense of American shores in the next war. Tho. great gray battlei-.hlps, Ihe bill waik of the American fleet, were car rying officers watching the tests. Admiral Hilary P. Jdnes, the new commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, was on the flagship Pennsylvan ia in charge of all maneuvers. The apparatus for controlling the Iowa consists of a standard radio transmit ter aboard the controlling ship, the Ohio, a receiving aerial on the Iowa, with special radio receivers, amplify ers, relays and so forth lor convert ing the radio signals so that they wll. oporate the electrical device.! which control the steering gear and t lie ihrottln of the main engines. By Ralph H. Turner (United News Staff Correspondent) ABOARD THE U. S. .S; HENDKR SON, OFF HAMPTON ROADS, June 28 The once great battleship Iowa, under radio control of a distant ship, floats off tho Virginia Capes, await ing the spectacular aerial attack Tuesday by army and navy air airplanes. Unmanned by a crew, but equip ped so as to bo under constant wire less control, Ihe Iowa, from a point between 50 and 100 miles off Ihe Capen, will maneuver shoreward as an enemy ship. Sho will be sought out and then bombed from the air by army and navy fliers. The spec tacle will show seven navy sea planes operated by army officers, tour airships, lour new type navy flying boats, 12 F-5 L's and four four M'artln bombers participating in the experiment. Monday was given over to pre- (Continued on lu C.) WHEAT FDR DISEASE AUTRALIAN AFFECTIONS, FLAG SMUT AND TAKE-ALL ARE FEARED. Two new wheat diseases, deadly In their power of destruction, have madej an appearance In Oregon, uccordiug to Professor II. P. Barss, instructor in botany and plant pathology at O. A. C, who Is In The Dalles for seven I dajs with the view oMnaking an 'ex tensive examination of Wasco cpunt grain fields lo find out If tho new dis. eases have gained any foothold here. Professor Barss Is cooperating with County Agent E. R. Jacltman. The two new diseases, flag smut and take-all, originated in Australia, according lo Jackman. In an effort to keep these diseases from spreading to this country, the United States depart ment of agriculture at once placed ban upon further Importation of Aus tralian wheat. Apparently this ban has been ineffective Take all destroys the wheat crop hv dwarfing the wheat heads, causing itiern to ripen without forming ket nals of grain. Flag smut la merely an other kind of smut, but is uevertne less very destructive. Both of these diseases have been found lu the Willamette valley, bu' -is yet no trace of ihem has been noticed In eastern Oregon, according to Jacltman It Is with Ihe purpoce of mSlag certain that there in no trace of el. her of these diseases In Wasco county that Professor Barss is making a survey of tho county's wheat field" As far as Is now known, the only remedy for the two new wheat diseas es Is complete quarantine of all dis eased wlieut, with the giound upon which the wheal was grown allowrd lo remain Idle for several years. Jack roan explained. EXAMINING WASCO Chronicle Will Show FighMleturns, Round By Round, Saturday Tho Chronicle will have a full report of tho Deinpsey-Carpentler championship fight Saturday af ternoon. Round by round, as fast as they are ticked off In tho Jer sey City ring, the ret in us will reach The Dalies, and put on the bulletin board. The first leturns will probably begin getting in about 12 o'clock, noon. There are eight preliminary bouts, and the main fight probab ly will not start much before :i:H0, New York time. This is 12:30, Pa cilic time, but. the fir lit may start earlier, if the preliminaries are short, and there will be other news of interest to keep the fans happy. Immediately after the fight is over, The Chronicle will be on the street, iwlth a full account. BRITISH DELAY NEW JAP PACT 3 MONTHS CONFERENCE OF BRITISH PRE MIERS HAS JUST BEGUN CON SIDERATION OF ALLIANCE. By United I'rens LO.VDGiN. June 28. Great Britain has asked Japan for a three months' lelay In renewing their alliance, the United Press was reliably informed today. The reason advanced in a note ask ing the postponement wan that the conference of the British premiers Is Just beginning to consider Ihe quel- tion. Britain, it said, desires the pre miers shall reach a decision before a new treaty is signed. No mention was made of the Amer ican attitude toward the alliance. LATE NEWS FLASHES FROM NORTHWEST By United Pren SALEM, June 28- During the year ending March HI, Ilti persons were burned to death in Oregon by fires, all outside or ll'ortland, according to the annual report of A. C. Barhur, stale fire marshal. Ol this number, 28 died from being burned in fires classified as preventable. Tho Houston hotel lire al Klamath Falls, with I'd doaths, claimed the heaviest toll. PORTLAND, .lime 28. The slate highway commission today opened bids for tho Issue or $1,500.(100 In bonds. Or this sum, $:!()0,(I00 will be used for the construction of a bridge across the Willamette river at Ore gon City. SALEM, Juno 28. John L. Rathi.' and Elvln I). Klrby, convicted mur derers of Sheriff Til Taylor of Pen dleton, who appealed to stay the death sentence, lost tho appeal today when tho supreme court upheld the Uma tilla court. Tho men will bo given 20 days lor ihe filing of a petition to re-appeal TRANS-CONTINENTAL FLIERS HAVE ENGINE TROUBLE Hy United News EL PASO, Texas, June 28. - Avla tors Eric Springer and David It. Davis, attempting a non-s;op Irunscoui iueiiiiil lllght from Riverside, Cal wur-f line ed to land here late Monday Im-luiim; of engine trouble. Tho tilers left Riv erside at 0 a. in. anil came down here at :i:4!i p. in. mountain lime, t Tho machine Ihe aviators are using was especially built for (lie I'lUht. It weighs more than 8,!)00 pounds an I was designed lo cany 1,000 pounds ol liu-1 and muteiials. PRESS CONTROLS WORLD'S PEACE JAPANESE JOURNALIST STANDS FOR LEAGUE OF NEWSPAPERS AHEAD OF NATIONS. By United rreaii KAN FRANCISCO, June 28 Future peace among nations Is in I lie hands of the press, llosslo Mltsunaga, presi dent of the Nippon Demo Tsiishln Shu, Ihe leading Oriental press associa tion, loday told the United Press. Japan believes In a league ol na tloiih, but u league of newspapers should come first,'' lie said. "News papers have the greatest influence lo wards peace and papers representing all nations should pave Ihe way fur a lusting world peace They idiould ex -haugt opinions and Ihougliis be t ween countries " Mltsunaga Is here tartint u tour of the United Slates E WAGE CUTS B! STRIKE BY RAIL WORKERS MAV BE REPLY TO RULING OF BOARD. 48,000 MEN FAVOR REDUCTIONS, 325,000 AGAINST; LEADERS OPPOSED TO WALKOUT. By United Vn ea 'CHICAGO, June 2S.--Striko of rail workers loomed loday when It be came known that shop employes over Ihe country had overwhelmingly vot ed to reject the 12 percent wage eul ordered by the United States railroad hoard July 1. The result of the relercnduui, tait en among shopmen and forwarded here to tho naliona; headquarters ol Ihe railroad department of the Amer ican Federation oi Labor tojaj, shows: For the decrease: -tS.000. Against the decrease: ::2."t,000. The decided opposition of the shop employes came as a big surpiise to labor leaders, who believed the cut would he accepted by a small margin. There are (iOO.000 men who belong to the railroad department of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. These men work on every carrier in the count rv. The attitude of the four big railroad brotherhoods toward the wage slash will not be known until the brother hood chiefs meet here Friday. Al that time, Ihe chiefs will vote to accept or reject the cut. If the cut is rejected then Ihe pro posal goes to a vote of the member ship. The present rail crisis was precipi tated when tho railroad board, aflor hearings for several months, ruled lu cut- men npiiroxima'toly 12 ' percent which Is an aggregate saving to rail roads of $400,0011,0(1(1 a year. The lust big boost they received amounted to $0110,000,000. Leaders, who will not allow them selves lo be quoted, are against a strike at this lime. They will, It Is said unnfllclally, conduct p'Hl-vnto ne gotlatloiw with the men to try to in duce them to accept the cut. The) plan in cuho of final vote de cision to make a linal effort to nego tiate witli individual employers. "I do not think a slr'ke al thin time would bo advisable," sahl one leader. "To begin with, we would not have the public with us, we believe. "Fiiriheriiioie, there are thousands (Continued on Puiru 8.) GEN. GRANT'S ROYAL GB, GRANDSON WED BOSTON GIRL AND PRINCE MICH AEL CANTACUZENE FICURE IN TWO CEREMONIES. My fulled Inhw iN A HAN'T, .Mass., June 28.--The see onil marriage of Miss Clarissa Cunir. Boston society girl, and Prince Mi(!i ael Cantaciizene, great grandson ol President (Irani, wan perlormed here Monday. With all tho ceremonious ritual of the Russian orthodox church the H A marriage hud been performed lY.nd'i.. at a little church of that faith In IW. bury. Secrecy wat the watchword and police guarded the bride and groom I rnm any possible danger from hoi shevlsls. It was learned thai the secre cere mony at the Russian church had been ordered by tho head of Hie royal group which escaped the Russlar. de bade. Hud Ibis not been complied with, Miss Curtis could not have been recognized us u princess of tho Itus slan nobility. Tho cereinoii) loda), attended hv less than !i()0 carefully selected glioma was performed by Dr. William (I. Tay lor, head master of SI. Mark' school according to I ho riles of the Eplsco pal church. HOUSE WILL "SUPPORT DISARMING RESOLUTION My United ITesn WASHINGTON, Juno 28 House republican leaders have decided to support the Borah disarmament meiiauer, providing for a conlerence between the Unl'cd Slates aud Great Britain. Representative Kolloy oi Michigan, In charge of the naval up proprliitlon bill lo which the Borah plan Is an amendment, will ahk the house lo accept tho p.'opoal ulieudy accepted by the senate The majority of I'l'iiblUnu iiioiu bers of the hou. e are backini him SHOPMEN OPPOS EAT MAJORITY VIEWS DESTRUCTION AT PUEBLO F. C. FULLER ON SECOND TRAIN REACHING CITY AFTER DISASTER. y. C. Fuller, manager of the Nor man Cream company, who has jiw re turned from a visit lo the bedside ol his mother, seriously ill In lliilas Texas, was on the second train that passed through Pueblo, Colo., af'er tho lecent flood disaster. Fuller'n train i cached Pueblo w a week after the Arkansas liver started on Its mad lampage of destruction thiough the city. The first train had passed a lew hours previously. The passengers were not permitted to leave the train, Fuller said, soldiers and special guards carefully watchln;; Ihe station. The city then was In the midst ol Its grand cleanup. Basements he could see from Ihe train, Fuller nni rates, were tilled level with mud, which was also piled In tho streets, in some places three teet deep. The telephone system was completely ruin ed, Ihe mud filling the manholes. In huge bonfires at the edges of the city, prodigious heaps of flood refuse were being consumed. .In the railroad yards Fuller saw ca'.s piled high In heaps as the) had been left by the wall of water, which was said lo have been 15 fee high. Fuller spent n week in tho south, anil had the satisfaction when ho left Texas of knowing that his mollii.. wr.s much hotter. He was summoned to her bedside because It was not thought possible that she could recover. Through the Texas oil fieldo, he said, tho price of oil Is so low thai owners aro capping their wolK hop ing to save, the product for a higher ma rl'. el. KAIiER MURDER Tf.IAL STARTS My United Press CLEVELAND, Juno 28 Trial of Mrs. Catherine Kaber, first of six persons to go on trial in connection with the murder of her husband, Daniel Kaber, wealthy Lakowood pub lisher, in June, 1&1U, started today. Selection of the Jury Is the bono of contention. Mrs, Kalier's attorneys are insistent that women be kept from Ihe Jury ami the prosecution Is aqiially itislstaut Ilia I women be ac eepted lor Jury duty STRIKE IS ENDED GOVERNMENT'S TERMS ACCEPT ED; WORK IN MINES, IDLE THREE MONTHS, STARTS. Uy United l'ress LONDON, Juno :8 The British coal strike lias been settled, It w:tn officially announced today. Tho minors accepled the govern menl's terms. Work lu the coal pits, idle almost three months, will be resumed Im mediately. The settlement was understood to have carried a government subsidy to guarantee wages and pi event losses to tho colliery owners. The latter wer' said to have made Important concessions lu the mallei- of wages. II was stated unofficially that Ihe Illinois abandoned their demand for nationalization of the mining indus try. Thai demand waV the principal obstacle in the way of settlement at piovlous conferences. Secretary Frank Hodges of the miners' union promised that Urn iikui will accept the settlement reached in coiilereuces here. Parliament was expected to approve a subsidy al though conierees looked for spirit 'l debate beloro action Is taken T MINERS French Sports Writer Waxes Bitter Against Jack Dempsey PRESS ABROAD GENERALLY CAUTIOUS IN FORECASTING VICTORS FOR CARPENTIER IN CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE NEXT SATUR. DAY; ETHICS OF UELT HOLDER ATTACKED. , By lludcon Hnwley (Hulled News St'itf Ciinepondenl) PARIS. June 28 Of all the French spoiling writers who are busily com morning on (i urges Curponilor'n chances a kuI nut. the champion, only one Daniel Cousin- writing " I'-'1 Liberie, is in nil outspoken in his pre diciioiis Hu thinks the Frenchman will win. The othei-J are linn .'i.illv cautious. But CoiittliiH, basing his prognnsti cation ,1111011 reporlk and rumors he Iiuh seemed lo have picked up out of the blue l). or nine lioiu moiiio hi tcrcHt: which cannot be considered friendly lo the ihumploii, leviews Dempie;'H record with a touch of hit linn lint has iieu-i' been appaieir i in Hie AmcrKsn pn-i s I " lien. In i bailee li III i twr I I luoiiiitertd an ,idcr ,ii) unrtli Ill SRIT DIES T D. F. OSBORN OF TYGH VALLEY STRICKEN WITH APO PLEXY. WAS 62 YEARS OLD CONSULTING WITH ATTORNEY E. B. DUFUR WHEN FATAL AT TACK CAME. Stricken with an attack of apo plexy as he was sitting with his at torney aa defendant lu a civil suit In tho local circuit court, D. F. Osborn, 02-year-old Tygh Valley rancher, died this morning before medical assist ance could arrive. Osborn had just completed answer ing several questions put to him bv his attorney, 13. B. Dufur, when ho suddenly slumped forward in his chair. lie' was placed upon a table, with a pillow under his head while u hurry-up call win sent for a physi cian. Dr. A. B. Stone responded, but Osborn breathed his last just as Dr. tone was entering the court room door. Dr. Stone pronounced death duo to apoplexy and declared that nothitm could have been dona to save tho stricken man's life. Osborn was co-defendant with Sheriff Levi Chrlsman in u suit filed by H. A. Millor, involving two horses, a set of harness and a farm wagon, valued at $250. According to the complaint, Osborn and Chrisman had on November '.), 1920, "seized and unlawfully taken away personal property" valued at $250 from the plaintiff, Muller. Return of the prop erty and $500 damages were aslced.- Osborn was represented by Attor ney E. B. Dufur and Muller by At torney J. W. Allen. He was sitting lu a chair hpslde Dufur when 3trldk on by the 'attack. Wlllarll Osborn, a, son living in The Dalles, was called and at onco came to tho court room. Ho explain ed that bis father had been In fall ing health for some lime, and that only last night hail seemed to have a premonition of imp'.-ndlng death, when ho had remarked that he "guessed he had belter make out a will." The dead man is survived by hl3 wile, who has ehurgu of the Tygh Valley postofflco and of the Tygh val ley brunch library, and four children: Willard of The Dalles, A. C. Osborn of Blitzeii. Ore.; Mis. J. C. Branch and .Mrs. B. Ilcnnecke, both of Tho Dalles. Ho had lived at Tygh Valley for a number of years. The body Is al the Burgot-Mogan comp:iii)'s funeral homo. .No funoral (Continued on Puzo C.) FOURTH BANDIT IN HALSEY CASE TAKEN I. W. COOLEY CAPTURED IN PORTLAND; ADMITS COMPLIC ITY; NO RESISTANCE. Hy United Pross PORTLAND, June 28 I. W. Cool cy, the fourth bandit Implicated in the attempted robbery ot tho Halsoy slate bank, was captured hero today. Ho admitted complicity and offered no resistance. Complaint will be filed against th men. They aro hold In jail awaiting a hearing whlh ' Cousins writes, "ho used dl borts ol combinations to win." CoiiMii.i declares that Dempsey "Iralloroiisly swung at Fulton's Jaw' when Fred advanced to shako hand with hiiiii Ho adds that tho Levlnsk) liiiht uiis framed and regarding tho VYIIIurd contest says: "Wo know how Dempaoy became champion. Willard was a formldahlo athloto, who went Into tho flgiit on vliorl trulning Willard was slow, and ho had a barrel Instead of a stoinr.Q'i Dcmpsoy had nothing but maus con I routing him. "And let us not forget how Wllhml obtained the title -after u comhliu tion wiih .InhuMon. That Is all tlimv h to DciupmVk rocord. Unless he ha:, made coiiMdcrnblo prognv.ti this pat oar. he is In a class with Beck ett and Romhardic r Wells Wu can bo umiak nl of the rCHiilt, DEFENDANT CIVIL 1