East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 21, 1919, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENING EDITION Number ooi.lt printed of yesterday'i IMMr Edition, - 2,931 Thla paper la a menorr ana audited by the Audit Hun-au of Circulation, DAILY EVEMiiG EDITQ . Tle Bess Oregon las la FMmi Ofwi o' greates newspaper and aa a selling lwc Kim Ha adinnuwia over twice tile rtrcnlaUu la rVaUke. ton and I'maillta county of any Mtwv newspaper. r mm POTtNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL.31 CITY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919. NO. 9819 nar 2 BANDITS TAKEN. WITHDRAWAL U. S. TROOPS IS ASKED , Message Requests That Am- .erican rorce lie With drawn to Avoid Difficulties. J I i r PROCLAIM STATE OF BEFORE RATIFICATION PACT DECLARES WILSON Chicken Price Too Low So He Throws Crate Into River CARRANZA CAVALRY SIGHTED NEAR LINE Captain Matlock's Men Still in Saddle With no Sign of Abandoning Hunt. SASf T.N'TOXIO. Aug. tt. Mexican' befeved to be members or the kldnapliur gang were raptured by American troops south of Canda li-ri. according to Information reocir ed here. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Army officer believe the eightli cavalry troop will be withdrawn rrom Mexico within the next few days. The expe dition which- was atoned across the border early Tuesday, wa sent to fol 1'iot a hot trail. If the trail beoomea cold the bandit managtiur to dis appear In the rough country through MILF.S CITY, Mont, Aug-. 21. O. C Palmer, a rancher near Kinae, brought In a orate of 24 spring- fries which ha said weighed about a pound and a half each and because, as he de- dared, he was only offered If cents a pound, look them down a to the Tellowstone bridge and a dumped crate and chickens In the river. Local butchers deny his calling- on them and one do- dared that he would not have purchased them at 10 cents a a pound as they were unfit for the market. PEOPLES FIELD DAT AT HERMISTON PLAN "A Field Day for the people and by the people" Is the plan for the 1919 Field Day, to be held September 27, at the Hermlston Experiment station. To carry out this Idea, Tom Frailer. which the cavalrymen are movtn J- Ktngsley and W. W. IllHley, were ic Is probable Uicy will give up um, "PPOInted as a committee from the search. So far the statu department lias received no protest against expe. dl-.ion from the Carransa government. MEXICO CITY. Aug. 21. Th Mexican government has complete I , confidence in the good Intentions ana spirit of Justice f President Wilson and the American people, secretary ot state Berlanga told the United Press when asked for an expression of opin ion on the crossing of the Internation al boundary by American troops. President Carransa, asked for his opinion of the Incident, said: Ambas sador Manillas tn 'Washington hss been Instructed to make representa tions to tho American government asking the Immediate withdrawal ot American cavalrymen and airplanes. Carransa did not give an opinion as to how he viewed the coso, merely re citing the facts as related In a tele gram, to him and announcing the re quest "for withdrawal. , Hermlston Commercial club yesterday after a conference between Fred Ben nion, county agent, and the club. The. commercial club committee will se lect a committee of men and women from among the representative farm-. ers of the west end section of the county and the two committees will meet with Mr. Bennlon and Miss Ella Mav Harmon, county demonstration and Borah and Johnson, the standard WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Replying to questions which Senator Fall sub mltted today. President Wilson de clared In his Judgment he has no pow er to proclam a state of peace before ratification of the treaty by the senate. He states renunciation of territory rights by Germany does not convey the title to the allies, but does put the disposition of the territory in their names; ' The president,. In addition to de daring he has no power to ; declare peace, clearly Indicated he would not consent to take such a step if he did have the power. Ha asserted such a wjunifl woum put a stain upon our national honor which we could never efface." 'To Win By Strategy. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Admin istratlon senate leaders by careful strategy, hope to obtain ratification of the treaty, not only without amend ments but without reservatons. Re Jectlon by treaty opponents of Pres ident Wilsons' suggestion that reser- vatlonfsts content themselves with a separate. Interpretative resolution such as Senator Plttman Introduced yesterday, was the answer today to the first move In the administration's campaign.. Refusal to accept the Plttman plan was followed by an em phatic disavowal by Senator Hitch cock, administration leader, of Pitt- man's resolution as an administrative. measure. -, , Opposition Is Emphatic. Though Plttman averred ms reso lution - was intended to execute Wil son's personally expressed Idea of the way the demands of the reservatlonlsts sllould be taken care of, Hitchcock declared he was as much against any sort of reservations as he ever was. "The mild reservation group," those who . want reservations with "teeth" CAMP FIRE LEFT BURNING STARTS SERIOUS BLAZE CHARGES BIG PACKERS WITH CONTROL OF GROCERIES AND . FOOD OTHER THANXmEA TS James Ross ' Starts Fire Covering 3000 Acre Tract East Toll Gate Section. GENERAL SITUATION NIS SLIGHTLY BETTER Denver Fire Fighters Rush ed to ; Battle Flames in Montana, Aid Required. T.l, PASO, Tex... Aug. 21. With drawal of the American troops from . Mexico to "avol'l .difficulties" Is sug gested In a message from the Mexican councul at the Presidio. A force o Carranxlsta cavalry variously actimat ed at from 12K to 250 was sighted by an American airplane forty miles be low the border. They were movlna toward the district where the Ameri cans are huntlmt the kidnaping ban dits. The possibility of a clash be tween tho two forces la not seriously considered In military circles here. The American force will be withdrawn when the search for the bandits seems futile. Captain Matlaek's men are still In the saddle, with .no signs of abanding the hunt ot the latent Indi cations this morning. agent, Tuesday evening in Hermlston to map out a program for Field Day. Tentative plans for the affair In clude the serving of a picnic lunch, un der the tents which will be used later for the Hog and Dairy show: a speaking program, with talks by Dean Cordley and Professor Powers, of O. A. C; Inspection of the work of the Htation, and amusements during the afternoon. Miss Harmon will aid In the women's program and will prob ably demonstrate the use of a pres sure cooker and the making of Iceless refrigerators and fireless cooker. Mr. 'Bennlon says that H Is hoped bearers of the "kill It" squad, all de clared- the president's proposal won't be accepted. Administration senators want to f nrfm t H wnat. tn vnt. 'uilnMlV. n i Ib.ii- ..ll,U.;.. or rejection. , PENDLETON POST IS NAME LEGION HERE PAY BILLS OR WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF Water users who have not paid their bill for the past month or more are Invited to call at the elty water office before the end of the week or stand chances of being denied service, J. E. Beam, cashier, said today. The time for paying bills expires on the tenth of each month and Mr. Beam declares users have had enough grace. - "With water none too plentiful and no rain in sight. It Is poor business to furnish water free to anyone," he satd today. "No one wants to be put to the Inconvenienoe of having no water at this time and also paying ti to have service restored, so those who owe can save all hands trouble by pay ing their back bills." Pendleton's 'American Legion orga nisation held Its second meeting last evening In the rooms of the Commer cial Association and selected the name nt H-MilUh 1a-. - ,1' -.M..M that Field Day will further popular. f ,. t WM com letwl D the Ize the station with the farmers, as oito or hv.i... .,., well as offering them an Inducement ,ho, of the rorti.d ,d other posts, v.. Vuv iiioii " .,, , throughout the state. . experiments practiced at the station. Only a small number attended the meeting last night and It was decid ed to. forego further attempts to do business until Sept. 8. the second Mon day In the month. It Is probable that future meetings will be held on Mon day nights instead of Wednesdays. Charged with leaving a camp' fire burning which started a 3,000 acre fire in the Central part of the Wenaha forest east of Toll Gate on the Oregon side. James Ross, sheep Herder for th, Leeser. estate, pleaded guilty this mi.rn:ng before Judge C. H. Marsh and was finde and severely reprimanded. Rosa was brought to Pendleton today by E. N. Kavanngh and T. M. Talbott, forest service, officials who have been investigating fire conditions in the forest. ' ' ' Besides .the .serious, fire started by Ross, another fire Ir raging tn the same central section and neither fire under, control. . A third fire in the Wenaha near the other two, is now under control but has done serious dumage. ..... . . , The situation, according to Mr. Ka vanagh, was reported to be a little better this morning but the prevailing winds which occur , every afternoon create a situation which Is hard to combat by the 100 firefighters now in charge of the. three fires. .. On the other sde of the Wenaha forest, in tho region of Elgin . and 4r mmerville, twe -serious fires are re ported and one, near Summervllle, has reached forest land from the adjoin ing timber. Another fire In the Whit man forest on Desolation creek Is burning, and Is being fought by men from Pendle'tnn. 'W. W. Cryder. su pervisor of the Umatilla . National Forest, has been securing the men to fight this fire.'.' He visited the Big Creek fire yesterday, which, was part ly In the Whitman forest and partly in the Umatilla forest! This fire Is the old John Day fire broken out agaii. According to Hanger Dutton, who is In that region, fighters ' are. holding their own in this fire but the situation Is extremely serious. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Charge mat tne packers through the owner. ship of refrigerator cars sre able to control groceries, canned goods and other commodities aa well as meat shipments In the southwest, were laid Derore the senate agricultural commit tee by Dr. Lewis Haney. Haney. who is director of research and publicity of tne southern wholesale grocers associ ations, appeared In behalf of the Ken yon packer regulation bill. Active Dsrtaa War. During the war, and again this spring Haney said the packers tried to get hold of supplies of rice, beans, canned fruit and vegetables. To this end they bid up prices, he said, adding: "The packers combination represents a new menace in the way. of trusts In . that they are combining for the control of different articles which are substitutes ror one another.';. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. Show houses are closed tight, inaications pointing to the immediate probability of re opening. With the aid of staae hands end musicians the striking actors al- WANT MONEY IN POCKEtS BEFORE PLAYING TONIGHT Will there be a concert this evening or will there not, that la the question. Up to time of going to press even the leader And the president of the band could not say that there would or would not be a concert. If the Com merclal Association turn over the money to the organization In time, we statement of R. E. Shloppek, cahirman Roosevelt and leader Earl Sawyer. "The . Commercial Association will turn over the 9987 requested to. the secretary thl afternoon." wasr the statement of R. E. Chlopek, chairman of the committee to ratee the mone for the band. "I doubt whether the hoys will play unless the money fs In their pockets, not In the Commercial Association's MEXICANS SEIZED FOR ROBBERY U.S. OIL COMES Prisoners .Include Members of Gang Which Robbed American Sailors Recently INVASION DEPLOYED V' BY GOV. ZAMBRANO Protest Will be Made tq State Dept. by Ambassa , dor Tomorrow. ' lowed only one major theater to keep f hand " Mr- Sawyer said today. "Per il ngnis Durnlng last night. Parker Defends Packers. WASHINGTON; Aug. The de fense of the big packers was made by Senator Fernald in a senate speech. He urged that attempts to regulate the big industries .of the country be abandoned and fair play given indi vidual enterprises. Fernald. himself. Is an extensive packer of vegetables. He declared the big packers are effi cient, and, economical. He asserted there is no reason- why-they should be singled out for attack. If they are iicenseo. aii Dusiness snouia be treat ed similarly, he stated. - - MAY INCLUDE CLOTHES IN FOOD CONTROL ACT WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 1. Extension of the federal food control act to In clude wearing a pa re 1 and giving the department of Justice the power to act against profiteering retailers, was aireed upon ny. the house' agricultural committee. -1 Belgians to Flent High. Price. BRUSSELS. Aug.- 21. The Labor party has published a manifestq In viting the people to join tn a general' movement vra i n at- f h Ki.K -mm! Af An so acre torcst lire aoout nair a living and In a letter addressed to the sonally, I will play when I have the amount com-ng to me In. my pocket." "f shall recommend that the money not be turned over to the band In a lump until a detailed statement of th amounts due each man has been pre- jly adjust the sen ted to the association," Mr. Chlou- i United States. pek stated. Therefore a deadlock Is liable to re sult and the post-ibllity of a concert tonight hinges upom the faith which the band members place In the asso ciation., . The hill which was presented to Mr. Chloupek was one for a lump sum of 987. Mr. Sawyer says Mr. Roosevelt also has a list showing the amounts due each man- If such Is the case a turnover of the money may -be possi ble In time for a concert. Persons who ere In the habit of at tending the weekly concerts cannot be advised unreservedly by this paper on the face of the evidence presented this afternoon. Probabilities of a concert appear, however,' to be .better than 60-50, . WASHINGTON. Ang. SI Protest against the American Invasion ot Mexico will be. made to tne state de- parement today or tomorrow by- the Mexican ambassador, according to tne Mexican foreign office statement re ceived here. I Mexico City -newspapers take the view that the solution la to obtain a bettex understanding between Mexico and the United States. A manifesto of the Federation of Labor anion at Mexico City urges Carranxa to form a representative cabinet and Immediate- - difficulties with the The liberal constitu tion party published a circular urging adherents throughout Mexico to work for the good of a Mexican-American understanding. The Mexican Herald and the government Is showing a dis position to - change its policy, and urges it to listen to public opinion, "which IboU In favor of war." AIRPLANE ARRIVES, FLIGHTS UNDER WAY Butchers Refuse to Sell Meat if Order Comes Over Telephone ST. LOUIS, Aug. 21. Belleville housewives who want to order meat will not be able to do so over the Bell telephone. The butchers' union there voted last night, as an aid to the striking operators and linemen, not to answer any bell (hones in the shops where they work, and to refuse to fill any order that comes In over that tel ephone. The Retail Clerks' Union voted to re Ject a proposal to strike unless their employers remove Bell phones, but they did vote to refuse to answer any Bell phone that oihgs In their places of employment. - REJOICE IN SLAYING OF BOLSHEVIK CHIEF Iron Workers Strike In Honolulu; Second In History of Islands HONOL.ULC. Aug. 11. Eight hun dred iron workers struck here today demanding reinstatement of discharg ed union men. AH the iron works In the city are tied up. The situation sp pesrs deadlocked. This is the first big strike in the Islund. and the sec ond of any kind in wall. - , . ' . ', 8CTOCKHOL.M, Aug. 21. Hadji Lashet and several other Russians ac cused of the murder of Nikolai Ardas Jeff, ta prominent member of the Russian colony In Stockholm, and ot another Russian named Calvve, have given a fritten confession, according to the police. They describe the or igin of the military organization for the restoration of the Imperial family, and the confession. It is declared, adds that the murders were committed In the name of this organisation with the object of calling the attention of Eurdpe to the Bolshevik terror . Hadji Lashet, the police say, de Clares that Ardasjeff was a Bolshevik commissary in Feodoroff and one ot the most energetic instigators of mas sacres of Russian army officers. Calve was a former sailor who had deserted the Russian fleet. The confession con cludes with this statement: "We keep the oath and now are Prepared to ao to Onlrnth. in th. the history of Ha- name of the csar, his murdered fam ily and our beloved country." LOCAL PHONE OFFICE SILENT REGARDING WAGES, REVENUE ' Local councilman appointed a week ago to investigate rates, wages and the number ot telephones In Pendle ton reported to the council last night that thoir quest for information was far from fruitful. Their audience with Superintendent J. A. Murray, of the local office, revealed that he is not prepared to furnish anl facts re garding .the telephone situation. Mr. Murray told the councllmen that all data on the local office Is contained In the records of the Port land office and he would vouchsafe nothing regarding the salaries now paid the girls or what the total reve nues now are. He did tell them that linemen received a ft. 15 Increase a day but did not mention the wage be ing paid. ' The report of the committee also said that the answers presented to their questions appeared to have been prepared elsewhere, giving the im pression that the telephone company does not care to bare Its Becrets to the municipal authorities who are attack ing the recent advances In nearly every town in the state. ' The report of the committee was ad opted and the findings ordered com municated to the Public Service Com mission. ' Pendleton will be repre sented when that body holds a hear ing regarding the rates on August 27 at Portland. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. Seven hundred usioa dyers and cleaners struck, clos ing scores of shops and throwing 2000 out of work. The dyers want $50 a week and the cleaners 40. Both de mend a closed shop. mile from Hidawny, in the Umatilla forest, was. put out. yesterday by fire fighters. It Is thought the blazo was started by a cigarette. DENVER. Aug. 21. Experienced forest rangers to lead volunteer crews of fire fighters are being sent from the district forestry service headquar ters here -to- Missoula. Great Falls. I Libbv and K-illsoel. Mont. Mecsages asking aid declared the Montana for est fire situation Is "critical." W. E. Pointer ,of Lexington, Is over from Gilliam county. SAN DIEGO, Aug. it. City officials here have drawn up sn ordinance pro viding for licensing the sale, of 2.75 beer which. It is expected, the council will pass. prime minister has suggested a series of measures intended to arrest the in creased price of necessaries to en courage the home growing of food and to assure an equal distribution of im ports. Other measures: proposed are the requislon of wheat, sugar, milk, 'and butter, the fixing of. food prices and governmental control of prices for coal, clothing and shoes. The party also urges the education of interna tional negotiations with the 'view to fixing basic prices for staple food, es tablishing International transport tar iffs and helping devastated' countries by extending International ' credit by means of ltnernational coin- Airplane flights from Jones' field s.t the top of the north side hill will be made by the Ace Aircraft Cow of Portland, whose plane arrived yes terday and was assembled today. The flight are to be aerial joy rldea for anyone who desires a ride and wishes to pay $10 for the experience. Archie Roth, former overseas pilot, will handle the plane, which is of the Curttss type. This is the first com-, mrrcial airplane to visit Pendleton and it is expected that the flights will be popular. Mayor J. L. "Vaughan- has been invited to fly but It is rumored that he has a thin film of ice in his oxfords. Several other prominent, citizens are expected to visit the clouds, however. . 7H WHICH? t' - . ' '"' " ' I ', , tj i - i a s uk ik4win nit b a-1 "v m ' ' SCHOOL GROUNDS TO BE PARKINS SPACES City school grounds will be used as parking places for autos during the Round-Up, the special grounds com mittee reported to the council last night. Orders were made to hire a man to look after the grounds each night and the school janitors will take care of them in the day time. A resolution from, the council to be sent to congress and attacking profi teers was asked by the Portland city commission. All cities in the state are being requested to send in such resolutions. The council still refuses -to lift the ! ban against Main street public meet ings, last night having turned down a reqnest of the E. P. Parker system to be allowed to demonstrate on ' Main street.- The request of the Salvatior Army, held over from a week ago, was not acted upon. Plans and specifications r for the paving of Garfield street from Mark to Raley were presented by the city engineer and approved. City Attorney James A. Fee pre sented an opinion that the ordinance Passed lant Wednesday regulating the gasoline filling station limits LAREDO, Texas.. Aug. 21. Charges that Carransista soldiers have been implicated in the robbery of American oil companies tn the Tampico district have resulted in a number of -arrests.' according to reliable information, re ceived here. Mexican secret agents, posing as soldiers, have been working in all commands in the Tampico dis trict several - weeks. They -made the arrests yesterday. - The prisoners In clude members of a gang; which rob bed several American sailors from the American warship Cheyenne recently. Delayed messages received from Mon terey stated a moss meeting was held -there Tuesday'night protesting against the American . punitive. ." expedition. ' Thousands attended .. .- . i - Governor ambrano,-tn a speech 1 -urged there be no violence, but de plored the fact the Americans Invad ed Mexico. He was enthsulastically cheered. Mexico City dispatches de clared Rafael Nieto, former su b-sec re tarv of the treasury .published an open',. letter declaring the assassin Qf Peter Crone, an American, recently, killed . ' and robbed of his- cattle ranch near ' San Luis Pososi, is Eienot- Sequerre. a. , subordinate of -General Darraga, Car-, - rainsta commander.' Nlete said the fact Is well known lri San Luis Potoat that Darranga's troops threatened to i, mutiny.,. ... ;' , ". -"' . . . ' ' r- , TROOPS CALLED OUT , : IN INDIANA STRIKE"; HAMMOND. Ind.. Aug. tX. Offl- cials feared a new outbreak today when 800 militiamen arrived to guard the Standard steel company's plant; against possible rioting by strikers. ' but no trouble occured so far.' Ifun- dreds of foreign torn workers lnth ' car plant refused to listen to the lead- s era dictates and are still striking fol- lowing rejection of the compromise1 the company offered. Stating the stt-t uation is beyond their control, city.. and county officials called upon the governor for troops, - Valuable Express and ' " V Mail Taken by Thugs rv From" Southern Train . NASHVILLE, Aug. 21. Three, masked bandits help up the Louisville ' Nashville train near Columbia early today and escaped with valuable mail and express packages. . . n" PEARL HARBOR DOCK - 4 OPENED BY DANIELS HONOLULU. Aug. 21. Mrs. Joseph will play." said President C. E. ' navy, pressed the button this morning - would opening the gat?s of the Pearl harbor, stand. It was thought Thursday that, drydock. Hundteds of whites. Hawal. - owing to the absence of two council- lens and Japanese witnessed the cere- . men, the deciding vote of the mayor mony, -that, according to Daniels, in the tie could not be cast. The attor- marked the opening of a new era In ney rules otherwise, however, and the the history of the islands. The sec- retary, tn the chief addrees during the ceremonies said the docks would be . open to merchant ships as ,wel( as , ships ot war. He declared he expert to make Pearl harbor one of the world's areatest marine stations. - , ' ordinance is In effect. Crowds Greater Than Ever Predicted for The Coming Round-Up rrnwdn ppoifpr ihn rp rwifnra re corded are pr ctfd for this year's Round-ITn t.V C. K. 'rintnn .aArafarv of the Pend'otoir Commercial Amo. iciation. Mr. Cranon declares he has ;rereived more inquiries for tickets and reservations for the show this year than at any time In his memory. AmnnK requests for reservations re ceived today was one from the Dufu tValley Development League, which .will send four members for .the three days. Four srandstand Mat! s- ervations for the three days, Sept. 18, la ana iv were requested. THAI DERAIMCDi it HURT BOYCE. Vi Aug;. Jl. Twelv pf enfrers and a brake man were Injured when a fast Norfolk Western traia raa dtraild near here. JJniE WEATHER I FORECAST NASHVII.l.K t'lTIIE.N' WALK. NAHHVIU. P.. Ah. l r.-..i warned to work in a rirlasltng rain as the result of a street car strike. lwr ciil Tonight sad J I H fv V l-l T "r,,ay f"ir. 1 ! ....