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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPR
VOL. 31
NO. 4857
DAILY EAST OEEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OEEOON,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919.
WESTER 1 PILOT TAKES LEAD IN AIR DERBY
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pose Code of Industrial Re
lations; Limit Dealings.
PLAN RECOGNIZES ONLY
EMPLOYES OR DELEGATES
Recess of Hour Taken to Per
mit Central Committee of 15
to Decide Report on Labor's
Arbitration Proposal.
WARRINGTON. Oat. 10. The in
dustrial conference voted a recess un
, Ml Tuesday morning to give the cen
tral rammlllM tim In .hulu lh. ...
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that the coofedenoe name a board o(
six to arbitrate the steel strike.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. Declar
ing: for open shop, the delegates rep
resenting capital today proposed a
code of Industrial relations to the na
tional Industrial conference. "No em
ployer should be required to deal with
men or groups of men who are not his
employes or chosen toy men among
them," eay the report
A recess of an hour was taken by
the conference so that the central
committee of 15 could decide what re
port to make on the labor group's pro
posal for arbitration of the steel
strike. The committee is deadlocked
over Its report.
Chairman Chadbourne wanted ad
journment until Tuesday but Presi
dent Oompers, of the Federation of
Labor, blocked it. i
The employers group proposals are
divided into It clauses, all of which
in form arerths enunciation "ol gener
al principles,- One declares "there
should be no Interference with open
shop, that Is, a shop In which mem
bership or non-membership in any as
sociation Is not made a condition of
employment."
OFFICERS OF BAPTIST
Mrs. A. P. May was elected church
clerk at the annual business meeting
and election of officers of the Bap
tist church Wednesday evening at the
church. Harvey Morris was elected
treasurer.
Others elected were George Kemp,
George R. Mason, p. M. lUley, Mason
Thompson and Mrs. J. Glen Miller as
members of the finance committee.
George Kemp was made trustee and
rrofessor Fred Broer was chosen as
deacon. F. M. Riley will be Sunday
school superintendent for the coming
year and George K. Mason will be
his assistant.
L'shers elected were S. 1. Nichols.
Joe Dorsey and F. M. Riley. The mu
sic committee for the yean will be
composed of Fred Hrower, Mrs. John
Montgomery and Mrs. Will Wyrlck.
RAILWAYMEN STRIKE
AT.TOONA. Pa., Oct. 10. Prompt
ly i ih. t,iir whistles on the Penn
sylvania railroad snops in inis nisinn
gave a signal today and about 12,000
men, practically all the employes,
struck, '
EXAMINATIONS BY COUNTY NURSE REVEAL
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF REMEDIABLE DEFECTS
Fifteen out of Is children examln- ire under weight. This in most cases
ed In the lower grades of the Echo due to Improper diet, she thinks, as
schools had defective teeth; and H . children show by answers to
had enlarged tonsils: 19 out of 41 in
the Intermedial. .-..... k..d defective
teetn, s of the 41 were referred to
a physician and 13 to an oculist or
optician: and 17 out of 28 In the sev
enth and eighth grades had enlarged
tonsils, 6 had detective teeth nnd 7
had defective vision, according to ex
aminations made by Miss Agnes Flan
agan, county health nurse.
Mies' Flanagan la today continuing
her work In the Lincoln school and
after examining 21 in the lower grades
reports that the children are teetlng
about the same as did those in the
Echo schools. She notices that the
children in the upper grades seem to
be In better condition than those In
the lower grades.
Defective teeth and tonsils are the
most glaring faults, although Miss
Flanagan reports that some children
GOMPERS FOR
OF STEEL STRIKE
CENTRAL COMMIHEEi
VERDICT IN THIRD CASE
Moses Taylor wna given a verdict
for I2T.K9, tl'UO altorney'a feea and
137. 9U court costs in his fault against
Mark' and Alma Htortcvant yesterday.
Ho -uH suing for Sf.OGO alleged due
on a, promissory note but as the L. A.
Hatch eutute, -which endorsee! the note
to Mr. Taylor, had a $1000 Imprest
Mr. Taylor got a full Judgment.
In the verdict nuairmt Mr. Taylor
In the Iley Winn cane. Mr. Taylor has
filed motion to net aside the verdict
of the Jury nnd the Judgment of the
court. He has asked fora new trial
of the case and filed motion for a
Judgment notwithstanding the
ver-
j diet. The Judgement for Mr. Winn was
for 13574.
Both motions will be argued Satur
day before Judge Fred Wilson, who
has been presiding; at the trial of the
Taylor cases this week.
DROPS DEAD IN OFFICE
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A. J. Parker, well known Athena
barber, dropped dead In an office at !
Athena yesterday, after having been !
ailing for nearly a year. He had con- i
tinued at work up to the time of his , proved by the supreme council of tho
death, however, and was receiving j peace conference today. It. was dc
medlcal attention at the time he ei- j cided In addition to send an allied
Pired. commission to the Baltic states to ob-
Mr. Tarker haa been bus'nesa in serve the German evacuation. , -
Athena for -more than 20 years, and
for tl years has-been aWnrior j, r. j
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laiinory. e is survivea oy a wue
two sons ana two aatignters.
The funeral services were held at
Athena this afternoon and five Pen
dleton friends of of Mr. Parker left
this noon to attend. Those who went
were Charley Keene. W. I. Humph
rey, Dr. J. K. Sharp, Wes Smith and
J. P. rtoblnson. ;
The Churchmen's Association of
Pendleton, consisting of three ac
credited members from each local
prote8tant church, was organized last
1 night at the Methodist church. The
! objects of the association are the
t union of the different congregations
j for more perfect harmony; greater
' efficiency In service; the presentation
j of a solid front on all moral issues
arising in the community, and the up
building and strengthening of the sev
eral church organizations.
Will Ponland was elected president.
A. 12. McCulley, vice president; E. O.
Draper, secretary and II. O. Earn
hardt, tjensurer.
November 2 has been designated as
"Go to Church Sunday" and the as
sociation proposes to put forth every
tioasthlo effort to make the day what
tho name signifies. The laymen plan
lo cooperate In every way with the
Ministerial Association of this city.
SAN' FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. Wong
Koo, 87, was shot and killed here
'arlv lodav in fj-ont of his home. His
iwue suw mm nm "
'away in the semi-darkness. She
iwuld not any whether the men were
Chinese or white.
questions mat iney ..... .... .
proper food. One Kcno ooy,
when
nsked what he had for lunch, replied:
"Oh, I had a banana, and a sack of
candv and a pnekage of gum."
Resides testing the weight. Miss
Flanngan ascertains the height of the
children, the condition of their hear
ing the'r teeth, their tonsils and their
ears.. She plans at tho conclusion of
i her work In the schools to organise
! the children for n Health Crusade and
will interest the parents in m u.a..
The children do not object to the
tests and all show keen interest In
their scores. Miss Flanngan explain
ed todiiv that the tests were simply in
the nature of rudimentary examina
tions and when a child Is found to
be not tin to standard, the parent is
notified so that the conditions may be
rectified. i ,r ; " iJ.'
PARKS CAR IN WRONG
PLACE; FAULTY LICENSE
IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Not only would Mr. Willys and
Mr. B'ord object lo a man using .
the same license for both an
Overland and a Ford car but WI1
llnm today, traffic offieer, de
creed that the atato luw would
not sanction such usage. As a
result, II. a. dale la out (12.
Gale met his Waterloo when
he parked over a wh;to line. The
alert officer took his number and
invited him to appear In police
court. When Uule blew Into
cour, he was not only fined 12
by Judge Thomas Fits Gerald,
but confronted with evidence by
Lydny that he was driving; a Ford
car on a license Issued to an
Overland ear.! The pair went to "
the Justice of the lvace, Joe
Parkes, and tiule, upon pleading
guilty, paid $3 and costs, totaling; -(10
in all.
John Doe and Mitchell rhelps,
charged with driving automobiles
without a proper licenses, paid 15
and costs to the Justice yesterday
afternoon.
TO OBSERVE
TROOPS' EVACUATION
Marshal Foch'S Note Threaten-
ing to Impose Blockade for
Activity in Baltic Region Ap
proved by Council.
PA HIS, Oct. 10. Miirshnl Foch"s
latest note to Herman)- threatening to
impose a blockade asainst Germany
unlea? she Immediately withdraws her
forces from the Baltic region, was ar-
The council also decided to send aistated at the Whlta Hnuu. There is
eohimission o udapes take anintf imltlatton, .However that tie. rest
inventory or goods requisitioned from
Hungary by Kunranlaa forces. It
granted Kulgadia a ten days 'exten- i
slon to answer' the peace treaty. i
THOMPSON TO LEAVE
OCT. 15
SAL.EM, Oct. 10 W. I,. Thompson's 1
formal resignation as a member of the j
state highway commission from the;
Eastern Oregon district was received
by Governor Olcott Thursday. The
j resignation Is effective as of October
.it., wnen rne appointment or J. JV.
.w.nDn i " iriiiiin, aun-iu.cu
some time ago, win Become eirective
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TROOPS ATTACK
LETTISH FRONT
Battle Opened on 10 Mile Line
Says Riga Dispatch; Berlin
Claims Foe Threatened Or
derly Troop Removal.
TWO VILLAGES NEAR
RIGA ARE OCCUPIED
Letts, Heavily Outnumbered'
Forced to Yield Ground Un
der Strong Pressure, Corres
; pondent Views Conflict.
IJXDOX, Oct. 10. -Twenty thou-
:anl Germans today attacked the
j Letts on a 10 mile front, -according
to a fiiga dispatch. The Lett, heav-
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lly outnumbered, are being forced to
! yield ground under- strong pressure,
j A Berlin dispatch says the Letts
I threatened the Germans' orderly re
! moval from West Russia.
! The Iaily Chronicle correspondent"
' reported he velwed the battle while
stationed six miles from KiKa. He
isuld ' waJ preceded by two German j
( headquarters. ' j
A Berlin dispatch stated that Ger.
mans nau occupiea two villages, six
and nine miles, respectively, south of
Riga,
WILSON BETTER, HAS
PHONOGRAPH IN ROOM
AND EATS HEARTILY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. President
Wilson i better, it Is authoritatively
cure will be abandoned.
A phonograph has been put in the
president's room and is pluyed for him
frequently. Mrs. WHson is also ready
Ito read poetry and fiction to him.
The president laughs and Jests with
j physicians and always has a sally
t ready when they are most serious.
jThis, they say, aids materially in his
; recovery.
Further improvement in President
Wilson's condition is announced by
his physicians today. An . official
statement said:
-The president had another restful
night. His appetite -continues to im-
nrnv Uo fa nnw i.ilrina- . o W
food and of M a Variety as we
I desire."
President Wilson is so much bet
iter, according to unofficial Infrma-
tlon nt iho White Hnl iht it ,..
consiaerca ne misrnt oe aoie to leave
nis bed for a short time today
THE ANVIL CHORUS
jFORMER PENDLETONIAN
PILOTS DE HAVILAND 9
IN NATIONAL AIR RACE
Ueutenant Fred Nelson, for
merly of I-ndleton, is one of the
pilots in the (treat cross country
air race now In its third day. He
Is flying a Do Haviiand t plane,
the only one of that type entered.
Lieutenant Nelson wai employ
ed by the Oregon Motor Oarage
until war broke out in April 117.
He en tinted the day after the dec
laration and has been with llie
air service ever since, h.ivin
been Instructor In flying at Self
rldge Field, ML Clemens Mien.
He is now a first lieutenant and
t In the army to stay.
Tne rtyer la a brother of Otto
Nelson, mechanic with the Kast
ern Oregon Motor Co., and h'-tfc
two other brothers one of whom,
Henry Nelson, has just l;een re
leased from the navy and the
other, Nance Nelson who is in
the ground division of the naval
' aviation service. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Nelson, reside In
Portland. Otto Nelson has re-
ceived no word from his flyer
brother since the race ( started,
his information having been for
warded on the day of the start.
SIX REPORTED KILTED
FYPinOTJnT Mil TP
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; Oil Steamer, Chestnut Hill, Wa
Getting Up Steam to Depart
From Mexico; Victims Mem
bers of Crew.
j PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10. Six are
; reported killed and rive said to be
j dying as the result of a boiler explo-
sion on the oil steamer Chestnut Hill
I early today. The dead and Injured
j are members of the crew and others
I are badlv burned. ' The steamer- whs
I Betting up steam to depart for Mexico
!hn - the explosion occurred.
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LAST DAY NEAR FOR
CITIZENSHIP PAPERS
Tomorrow is the final day on which
applicants for final citizenship papers
may file, in time to be examined at
the January term of court. The nat
uralization examiner conies on Jan.
10, 1920, and as the law requires that
names of applicants be posted 90
days, Oct. 11 makes the final day.
Late filings for hearing at the Jan
uary term include Patrick Monaghan,
a native of Ireland, and August Klone,
a native of Canada. Several who were
continued from the September hear
ing are to try a sain in January. Those
whose applications are not received
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tomorrow will
havi
e to wait until the April terra of
-court.
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SMITH, FLYING FROM
CALIFORNIA TO NX PASSES
MAYNARD, HELD UP BY ENGINE
GE1ST MENTIONED AS
I DEMOCRATIC LEADER
K. E.
it. local manager for the;
1 Norih r i i'.rMw & Warehouse Co., Is
prominently mentioned for the chair
.nansh p oi the I'matllla County Dem
rer.Mfc Central Committee, which
i meets Haturday at 1 o'clock in the
city hall to elect a successor to N
i.er.e.ty. Mr. fJcist Is at present on
a bu.sini'Hs trip to Montana and could
not, therefore, be sounded on the mat
ter today.
Numerous friends of Mr. Geist&
have been urging him to enter the
race and have pledged their support
should he desire to seek the office.
James Laing-is also mentioned as a
possibility for chairman. It Is pos
sible that Mr. Geist will have re
turned from Montana tomorrow and
will give his answer to his supporters.
LOCAL WRESTLER POTS
Two, straight falls, the first in 17
minutes and the second in about 30
seconds, put Rex Walker, Sacramento
grappler, out of the running in his
match with Loyd Ireland, "Kid
Irish, last night In the Oregon the
ater. The local wrestler had the best
of the argument all through, although
he was outweighed about 8 pounds
and of smaller stature ail around.
A fair sized crowd attended the
match and was well satisfied with the
exhiV.ion put up by Ireland. The
Sacramento man' did not have the
science nor the experience of the
winner, however, and it was soon evi
dent that the former army Instructor
would have the best of it.
ROY ALEXANDER AT
PORTLAND FOR WHILE
Roy Alexander, well known young
Pendleton businessman, will leave
Sunday for Portland where he expects
to remain for some months, during :
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j wo has Deen under treatment merejed not to attempt to land as Ashburn
for some time.
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I Mr. Alexander, while he will prob- .
(ably seek to engage ln business in!
x-j j Portland during his stay there, will 1
L still retain his Interest In Alexanders j
ht ft r a nr a-irn wnirn n a nn rffn
here.
SUNFLOWERS' USETOR
SILAGE TO BE TESTED.
, liiin -inn ij. ickuiuk oh r raaciaco
connected since his return from theentries in the air derby, was held
army. jhere several hours today by rain and
Mrs. Alexander ia fast regaining her ;wind. Smith, who arrived at 10:4 la
health but is not yet able to return to anxious to get away as he. hopes to
Pendleton. As soon as possible, how- j make New York by tomorrow after
ever, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander expect (noon but field officials refused to re
to return here and Mr. Alexander willUease him as long aa weather condl
agaln take up his work with the store tions are bad.
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' 'ed for several hours in search of aid.
The use of sunflowers, for silage ln-;He flnally 8tumWed Into the ranlson
stead of the use of corn will be tested ranrh. A rescuing party found Wales
at the A. E. Bixby ranch near Uma-cad. The flyers lost their way in a
pine to determine if the feeding value bliszard. They were flying at a low
of sunflowers, which yields in most.-- ,
cases three t mes as many tons to the! (Continued on page .)
acre than corn, is the same as the j ' ; ;
feeding value of corn silage.
Mr. Bixby planted four acres of corn
and two of sunflowers and the yield
from each crop totalled 25 tons. A i
load of corn and a load of sunflowers ;
i will be alternated in filling the silo so !
that the effect of sunflower silage as i
feed and that corn silage may ba
shown. f
Fred Rennion, county agent, says,
that In every case so far the feeding !
value of the two kinds of silage has :
proved to be the same. The use of the
varieties in this county will be in the :
nature of a practlcul demonstration
and Mr. Bixby will keep a record on
the milkings from the cows to show
results. Farmers will visit the ranch
during the feedings.
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POET'S ASSASSINATION
AT FIUME RUMORED
VIENNA. Vt. in A rumor clrcu-
. lated here today reported the assassi-
-.tion of Uubriclle D'Annunzio at
Flume.
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Sky-pilot's Machine Baffles
Mechanics; Several Hours
' are Lost; Plane Lost in Bliz
zard Strikes Mountain.
FOURTH FAiALIIT UUUUJ
IN TRANS-COUNTRY RACE
Missing Plane Shows up at
Ranch When Flyer, 0ft
Course, Descends at Sunset
Resumes Flight this Morning
ROCK ISI.AND, Oct. 10. Three
contestant, tit the tranwontlnental a
race all from San lYanrisco e
for the lead at 1 o'clocfc today. Ty
are Captain Smith, lieutenant Kiel
and Major Spatz. Smith arrive,
ahead of hi two competitors not was
unable to leave due to had weather.
The three spent the Idle tune tnnin
up their machines, tightening" wires,
and prcparinir for the final dash to
New York. . All have hopes of makinC
it tomorrow night.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Captain
Smith, flying from San Francisco to
New Tork, has taken the lead In the
I transcontinental air race, according
to reports received here this after
noon. Smith has passed his nearest
rival, Lieutenant Maynard, flying
west, who is held at Cheyenne by en
gine trouble.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Oct 10. Lieu
tenant Maynard, the "flying parson,"
lost his lead in the air race today
when serious motor trouble develop
ed Ln his plane. He estimated he
wouia be delay ed.jat.- teast t wo. hears,
Two Planes Missing.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. The two leader
in the ocean-to-ocean air derby re
sumed their Journeys across the con-,
tinent early today. Lieutenant May
nard, en route to San Francisco) rest
ed at Cheyenne during the night. He
plans to sleep at San. Francisco to
night! At Des Moines, Iowa. Captain
Smith, leader of the western Contin
gent en route to New York, hoped to
make Cleveland by tonight. . ,
Of the planes which started the
race, all except two were accounted
for early today. Two machines which
left Salt Lake piloted by Lieutenants
. Hall and Fuen, had failed to report.
it is feared they have been lost in a
snowstorm which swept the Rockies.
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gerous.
Smith Held I'D.
ROCK JSLAND. III.. Oct. 10. Cap-
: i w at n
j Crash Into Mountain.
j RAWLINS, Wyo.. Oct. 10. Lleu
jtenant li. V. Wales, pilot of plane tit,
j is dead at the Paulson ranch, the
fourth fatulity In the air derby. Word
reached here that Wales died from in
juries and cold a few hours after his
plane crashed into Elk mountain yes-
jterday -during a fierce blizzard, Ltt-'
t n i, t.r nrtlflshnrallffh nnnA.ina'... lb.
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS
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The regular weekly Inspection of
he high school cadet corps was not
held aa usual this morning. Drill
was given in Its place and company
formations practice. The boys will
drill at the Parent-Teachers picnic at
the Round-Vp grounds tomorrow.
TIWEaTHB
FORECAST
Tonight fair
ind warmer;
Saturday fair.