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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 31
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1919.
NO. 9824
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IN EFFORT TO
Hogs Sell at Stockyards $3
Lower Than They Were
Three Days Ago and $5 Less
Than Record July Price.
OTHER COMMODITIES ARE
Ai-SO
SHOWING DECLINE
Housewives Use Fresh Meats
Sparingly While Farmers
Continue to Ship Stock Fear
ing Slump in Prices.
CHICAGO, Auk. 29. Chlcigoans
are seeing their efforts against the
high cost of living rewarded by a
steadily declining price list. With hogs
selling at the stockyards 8 lower
than they were three days ago, and
IB less than the record price reached
July SI, practically all other food
commodities In the local markets
show lower figures. The reason for
this slump is given as the desire by
packers to quit killing livestock while
the housewives continue to use spar
ingly of fresh meats. Meantime far
mers continued to ship stock to the
Chicago markets, fearing lower prices.
Consequently the pens are crowded
beyond capacity.
SHORTAGE OF FEED IS
The shortage of hay and the general
drought conditions in the ukiah region j
do not warrant the sale of breeding
stock by stockmen of that section, ac
cording to Fred Bcnnlon, county agent
-who mode's, trip to Ukiah yesterday
and who reports that some stockmen
' are becoming panicky because of feed
Ing conditions. He cites as an ex
ample the shipment of 75 carloads
from Pilot Ttock Bundoy.
, While Is Is estimated that the hay
crop is only 40 per cent, and while
the market is slumping because Mon
tana and Wyoming stockmen sold be
cause of the extreme dryness of the
range In those two states. Mr. Tlennion
Is of the opinion that the better policy
would be to hold the stock. Ex
perienced stockmen, he says, are not
worried about the outcome and are
not selling.
TOOZE LECTURE FUNDS
MADE
E
Pendleton has been made on ex
ception regarding the I-nmar Tooxe
lectures, for while the funds above
overhead expense and the share given
the University of Oregon Women's
Ilitllding derived In other cities of
Oregon will be devoted to n memorial
for the late Leslie Tooze. the money
obtained in this city will bo under the
auspices of alumni, active students and
the Thursday Afternoon C'luh, which
hns pledged itself to raise llflO.
Tickets are now being sold for the
Toozo lecture which will be held next
Tuesday in trie library auditorium. The
price of admission Is 50 cents.
20 KILLED, 40 MISSING
WHEN BARGE BLOWS UP
AMCirANGF-Ti, An. 2I. Twenty
were killed unci forty are mission as
a result of an explosion or ammuni
tion barge which destroyed tho British
monitor !low Worm It Is reported
NEW DRINKING FOUNTAINS,
NEW BARN AMONG 1919
Two bronze drinking fountains, es
pecially designed to meet the demand
of thirsty Hound-Up spectators, a new
barn with 20 stalls, and new bleachers
for the exclusive use of Round-Up
performers nre among the 1919 imr
provements for the staging of the big
show.
Both the fountains nre In a good
looking design, and jire of fretted
bronse. One, equipped with three
nickel bubblers. Is located near the
entrance to the grounds, while a sec
ond fountain, with two bubblers. Is
at the west end of the grandstnnd.
i Each year for the past three year
CHICAGO
VV I N
LOWER
S
5 MILLIONS WASTED
ON MILWAUKEE ROAD
SPRUCE PROBERS SAY
POHTl.ANU,
Ilmcc 1. IHwiuo,
Aug. 2.--.cneral
spruoe production or trituration, arriv
ed here uuexiec'tcdly from New York
to fuoe Ills dftractftrs in the oongres
sloiuil spruce. probe. Jlo asked for a
hearing. lU-presmtatlve I .on, a
Democratic member or Um commit
tee, charactOTlzed the majority re
port sent Ncerelary Baker as "cun
ningly contrived for Klitlcal effect."
lllsquo ilcclnrcd there wasn't a cent
or unit I In the administration of the
Kri!cc division.
1'01!TI...M, Ore., Aug. 29. Tho
cougrcmioiiul committee Investigating
tlio spruoe produc'lion In the North
west, rcHiimcd lis hearing here Unlay.
It officially rcMrled to Htfiwinry lui
ker tiMit evidence ut the Seattle hear
ings showed five millions I mil leen
"squandered, misapplied and con
verted to uses of the Milwaukee rail
road Intercuts," In construction of the
Helms-Cary-Kerbaugh spruce rond
through tlio Olvmplu peninsula.
It stated further Investigation may
"disclose conditions upon which re
covery can be made against John D.
Ryan and others responsible for the
wasteful expenditure of public
funds." Byan is director of the Mil
waukee railroad and a former gov
ernment director of aircraft.
"Those directly responsible for the
excessive expenditures, used to ad
vance large business Interests, should
be held to strict legal responsibility."
the report sent to Baker declares. It
appears the line was not built to car
ry spruce logs but as an extension or
tho Milwaukee railway for commer
cial purposes. A Milwaukee engineer
built the road. Mr. Ryan personal
ly examined It In July, 1810."
The report recommends that the
scheduled sale of spruce production
equipment September Z be deterred
until Secretary rsaker and the war de
partment make full investigation.
COMPERE "AND "WILSON '
IN CONFERENCE TODAY
!
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. Samuel ,
Oompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has asked for an
appointment with President Wilson. ;
The request was granted. Ho will see ;
the president this afternoon. It is as
sumed he wishes to go over the
whole present labor situation with
Wilson.
THREATENED WALKOUT
ONLY A FLASH IN PAN
PEORIA. Ills., Aug. 29. The
threatened general strike has gained
little headway and police recerves
are dispersing the crowds of alleged
rndlcnls who had halted street car
traffic for an hour. The socalled rad
Icials Issued an order for a sympathet
ic strike of all workmen In the city
for 7 this, morning. At that hour
groups of laborers stationed at sev
eral points In the downtown section,
waited for cars and dragged the crews
from them. The .police broke up the
gatherings and traffic was resumed.
Most conductors and motormen re
fused to strike.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ACTIVITIES REGARDING
M00NEY KEPT SECRET
WASHINGTON, Aug. S9. Secretary
of labor W.Il9on has refused to Inform
tho house of any activities the depart
ment of labor may be conducting in
the case of Money, convicted of bomb
throwing In the Pan Francisco pre
paredness parade. Information was
asked In a resolution the htvise passed
It Is deemed compatible with public
Interest to make public tho activities
In that department that affect the
Mooney case, Wilson wrote to speak
er Oillett.-
Malcolm Samuelson Is a patient at
St. Anthony's hospital where he un
derwent a slight operation this morn
ing. NEW BLEACHERS AND
ROUND - UP
the Round-Up grounds have been
equipped with new barns and the 20
stall building being built is part of
the general Improvement plan. The
work on the bleachers for the per
formers will begin soon Heretofore
performers during Idle moments had
no place from which to see the show
and tho Hound-Up management will
erect the bleachers to remedy this
condition.
Work on the track still continues
and is under the expert direction of
Frank Frailer, who has had years of
track experience. Mr. Frnsicr an
nounces that the track Improvements
are progressing In good shape.
$300,000 OFFER FOR A
RACE HORSE REFUSED
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.
Samuel II i Id ret h announced to
day that he had refused an offer
of $300,0110 for the three-year-old
horse. Purchase. It Is said
to be the largest offer ever made
for a. 'race horse In the United
States.
PENDLETON TO HAVE
Every One of 500 Members of;
16 Labor Unions in City is
Planning to Take Part; Citi
zens Asked to Co-operate. ;
All organized labor In Pendleton will
celebrate Monday, Labor Day. wltn a
big program of events. Every one of
the 500 orcHnifd members of the 1
labor unions In the city Is planning to
take part and the co-operstlon of all
the cltlsenry in making the day a big
success is -being ssked.
A parade of the labor unions will be
the first event of the day. starting at
1 o'clock from the Court House. The
urt House, i ne
HrH
marchers will afaemhl
thnt the parade may m
Led by the rendlet
band, the procession will move west
on Court street to Main, south on j
Main to Itnilroad' street and then
countermareh north on Mnln street
across tho bridge to Jackion. Here'..
iliy wilt inarch- wt-to noneer I'ara. :
where the parade will break up.
I
Addresses by the Bev. W. H.
Cox, I
oaalnr of the Uapllst cnurcrr-anu t i-.
Strain, county aswessor. huve been
.,,, for the park, following
tner speeches .an athletic program will
ha hld
yuty dollars In prizes have been put
up fnP the races and feature events
which will be staged on Jackson street.
In the evening a big dance will be
held in the Eagle-Woodman hnll a.t
which time $15 in prizes will be of
fered for the bcBt dances in the exhi
bition competition. Music will be fur
nished by Fletcher's Juzx orchestra.
j All stores in the city have agreed to
'remain closed all day Monday in oi
'servanre of the holiday and the io.tit
(committee in charge of the celebra
tion is asking similar coo:erstl.in
from all other citizens.
I
iAukia- Hi. ,.i irtfifi - '-LZZ-, ---- j ,- .
YARDMFN
BACK
AT
OUT IS
Ultimatum of Hines and Broth
erhood Chiefs Acts Favor
ably in Sending Strikers
Back to Jobs Without Delay.
QUICK ACTION SAVES BIG
CROP PERISHABLE FRUIT
Although Los Angeles "Railroad
Men Continue Tie-Up Return
to Work Before Night Fall is
. Freely Predicted.
SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. Yard
men returned to work today clearing
the buy district of railroad strike
troubles. Although the railroadmen
of Imb Angeles, continue to strike 'In
sympathy with the Pacific Electric
strikers. It is predicted they will re
turn to work before night.
St is believed the ultimatum of Rail
Director Hines, and the brotherhood
chiefs, naming Saturday morning as
the time when the government, aided
by the brotherhoods, would operate
the trains, would have the desired re
sult, v The auick termination of the
I strike in this section saved a big crop
I of perishable fruits.
TOURIST IS KILLED BY
SPOKANE. Aug. 49. An un
known, tourist was killed by a
mother bear near the Old Faith
ful Geyser Hotel, In Yellowstone
park, according to tourists ar
riving here. The dead man at
tempted to extricate a cub
which had been caught with its
head in on old can on a gar
bage dump. The mother ob-
jected and crushed the man's
skull.
t
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. Samuel
Gompbers. accompalned by mombers
of the executive council of the Am
erican federation of labor, began their
conference with President AVilson at
3 . They will consider the steel sit
uation. It is announced.
WORK
IK
0
BOTH PATHS LEAD TO THE FERRY J:j
KNOX BEWAILS HARSH
TERMS WHICH TREATY
IMPOSES ON GERMANY
CHINESE COOK MISSES
CALLING; SHOULD HAVE
BEEN FILM COMEDIAN
Ah Jim, cook In the French
restaurant, missed his calling.
Jim should have Joined the Mack
'ennett comedy or a circus, for
his ability at dodging plates and
throwing knives puts him In the
clnirmed class. Jim might turn
his efforts to a paying basis, however-
Instead of a paying out
but is. For the second time in
four months his activities have
cert him a cool $25
Mrs. Gladys Land, waitress,
swore out a warrant for Jim's
arrest yesterday, charging him
with using profune and abusive
language. He was served with
notice, deposited f 25 bail and for
feited it by failure to appear for
trial In police court this morning.
According to Mrs. Land's story
Jim called her a few uncompli
mentary names when she gave
him an order yesterday. Being of
a quick reacting temperament,
she retaliated with a dish,
thrown in Jim's general direction.
Jim found a butcher knife the
handiest thing to throw back, so
he let fly with it. The forfeiture
of bail ended the incident today.
POLAND TREATY SENT
TO SENATE; PROTOCOL
GERMAN TREATY ALSO
Information Asked by Foreign
Relations Committee Several
Days Ago Although Action is
Not Indicated as a Reply.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Presi
dent Wilson has sent to the Benate
the treaty wkh.Poland signed In Paris
the day the German treaty was signed.
He also sent a protocol to the German
treaty regarding occupation of the
Rhine provinces by allied forces. The
foreign relations committee asked
for the information several days ago.
The president transmitted it to Vice
President Marshal, but did not Indi
cate it was in reply to the committees
request.
WASHINOTOX, Au. 2. The J
treaty now before the senate i merely ;
a "truce of Versa. Ilea,' not a treaty
of lasting peace. It doen not apell
peace but wan war more woeful and
devastating that the one Just closed. It
) iaya ine iounaaucn rr cemurit-a me
'blood letting". Jtenator Knox preaent
j ed that characterization pending; the
1 treaty to the senate In a speech In
which he stated, "the more I consider
this treaty the more I am convinced
the only safe way for us to deal with
It Is to decline to be a party to it at
all."
As the facta concerning the treaty
become apparent to the American
people Knox said "they will see the
whole of the great ;aunt tragedy Into
which those who were about to pro
tect them were about to throw them.
lie declared the treaty provinlona are
so harsh on Germany "that it will kill
the golden egg" of reparations upon
which the allied nations have counted
so much. He said Instead of ratifying
the treaty the United states should
renounce In favor of Germany all
claims for idemnlty, and renounce all
participation In commissions in aid of
Ha execution. They should not accept
cessions of German territory, he add
ed. COTS OUT HEART OF
FRIENDLY BARTENDER
Man in Overseas Uniform
Walks Calmly From Hotel
Room After Desperate Battle
- and Disappears; Met in Park
SAN" FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. With
his heart practically cut in two. Otto
Wunderliah, a bartender .died follow
ing a desperate battle with a one
armed soldier who wore an overseas
uniform. The soldier calmly walked
from the Hillsdale hotel after killing
Wunderlish and disappeared. Wun
derliah was killed with his own razor.
The night clerk heard his cry and
went to his room. He found him
clasping his breast. He staggered
and fell dead. Before he fell he said:
"T want my mother to have all my
things,' and added, "I met him in. the
park."
Wunderlish and the soldier entered
the hotel at t o'clock this morning.
He said the soldier was his friend. The
latter left about 3 o'clock. He is al
leged to have said in the restaurant:
"I've quarreled with this fellow. He
is too handy with a bottl. I am going
toget him.'
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29. The
police learned today that Walter Ford
is the only one-armed soldier who
failed to report at the Letterman hos
pital here this morning. Ford's pass
expired at 7 this morning.
ARRIVAL OF SCHOOL'
BOOKS IS DELAYED
BY EASTERN STRIKES
Because of strikes and other un
settled labor conditions in the Kast
number of the new text books for
i use in the Oregon schools will not ar-
rive in time for the opening of the lo-
cal schools. Word to that effect was
I received today from the J. K. Gill
Co.. of Portland, state depository.
The late books are expected to be
I shipped from the east by tomorrow.
Aliens! 30.
The books which will be late In ar
riving are: Baker & Thonndike's
Everyday Readers No. 6, 7 and . 8:
Gordy's American Beginnings in Eu
rope, Gordy's Stories of American
history, Hughes' Civics. Davis' Pro-
ductive Farming, Mace's School His-
tory of the United States. New world
I Speller. No. 1, 2 and 3: Clippinger's
(English; Spoken and Written; Payne's
Literary Readings.
PORTLAND LAND DEAL
INTERESTS LOCAL MEN
A biff real ertaie transaction of In
terest to nmnv p n " t men was
consummated ' l '-'and yesterdav
when the nrd- Hot property, on
West TarU anil YanhlM streets, was
l.rrhase1 v the i::it:ir c States In
pi:rsnc ro"ii'nnv fr- Mtll.OOO. The
include th tmUrt.ntt' and a 50 by I
;. n 1- t " 1
Tc Va l'if nnte Company haT
ivniv stoo' h"V!r in T'pdleton and j
some in i.lel! a"iipT them helnff !
Hans Phl. Vi' a-n HliPe-ey. R. W. j
McOonuis, K. J pomnervllle, Manual j
Kt ie-t'v an-1 o ( e s. Th property l
t'ousiderert n"t ? the tnot promising i
livs n rnrt'nml h it is juat two
Mocks fio-ii the Meier Frnnk Pt ro
and tht NVrthw.'st rn National flank '
building In the heart of the city. 1
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IS
ENTIRE TRIP
j
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J
j QfthWGSt TOUT
Will Include
Stops at Billings, Helena,
Couer d'Alene, Spokane Ta
coma and Seattle.
PRESIDENT WELL PLEASED
WITH CONDITION COUNTRY
Said to be Particularly Happy
Over Stand of Railroad
. Shopmen Leaders and Ac
tion of the Brotherhood.
WASHINGTON, Au. 29
The official itinerary of Presi.
dent Wilson's tour . shows
scheduled addresses as follows t
September 11, Billings and
Helena; September 12, Coeur
d'Alene and Spokane; Septem
ber 13 and 14, Tacoma and Se
attle; September 15, Portland.
The president will leave the cap
SCHEDULE
ARRANGED
FOR
ital much relieved at the turn nation
al problems have taken In the past
few days. He is said to be particular
ly pleased over the stand of the rail
road shopmen leaders who have urs
ed their men to defer action at least
90 days and with the action of the . .
brotherhoods In siding with the ad-. . .
ministration In the strike disputes In
the Southwest. He take these things",",
aa an Index of labor's attitude- The.
president feels the national labor " -leaders
now in conference here with
Samuel Gompers-will favor his plan
for an Industrial trace, actlns; as a
balance against unauthorized strikes
and radicalism.. One bis homespun
stationary engineer, while voicing tho .
leaders' viewpoint In the hope a pro
gram ef moderation will carry, also
voiced the viewpoint of the men. say-
ing. "They stood by the president dur-.,
ing the war and want to continue to -
stand by him. 1 think they will. Bui J
when you can't buy shoes for your',
family it is pretty hard to think only .
of patriotism." v. ' " '
The fact President Wilson will be
in Portland on September 15 assures
that his visit will not conflict with
the Round-Up whic Is to be held thl
year on September 18-1S-20.
The news indicates that the presi
dent will come west over one of thr
northern routes and will not pass
through Pendleton as was hoped for .,.-
PITTSBURGH CAR MEN ?
RETURN TO WORK AND .'
SERVICE IS RESUMED
. PITTSBURGH, . Aug. 29 Street
car service has been resumed, the
strikers accepting the war labor
I boards award of an Increase of IX
cents an hour. The men returned
ender protest, and will continue to
fight for greater Increase. They ;
I struck two weeks ago. v ' ?
LOCAL MEN MAY FLY- ; i
DOWN TO CALIFORNIA
Elmer Moore and Will Wyrick
think that traveling by air offers such'
charms that they are contemplating
a trip to California in a two passen-'-ger
plane and for this reason they are
today trying out the road through the
clouds. ,
Mr. Moore, with Pilot D. E. Jones,
formerly a lieutenant In the air ser
vice, flew to the Moore ranch 1J miles
west of town today and had lunch at
the farm. Two auto loads of Pendle
ton people drove to the ranch to wit
ness the descent of the plane. ,
This afternoon Will Wvrlck with
Pilot Jones left for the Wyrick ranch
on the reservation. If Mr. Wyrick
and Mr. Moore make the trip they .
expect to rent the two-passenger plane
and Pilot Jones will probably be the
aviator for the trip.
1
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THE WEATHFJ
FORECAST
Tonight
fcitiirdsy
contl n a
warn.
and y
fair I