E-'Eastf CQre&onian)
on.nnOaeeena
DAILY EVENING EDITION
Number ot copies prlntod of yeaterday'a
Dully Edition
DAILY EVENING EDITION
Hit Kaat Oreconlaa ta lutm Ore
gon's ffraataat nawapapar and aa
aaliln fore glvaa to tha tdvartlat.a
orrr larlca tha auarantoad paid olrou-
latlon In Pandlaton and Umatilla coua
tjr af any oth'r nawapapar.
2,979
This paper la a member ml audited
udlted
atlona.
b the Audit Bureau of Clroulatfona.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 31
DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREOON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1919.
MO. 4917
UMATILLA COUNTY m
OVERWHELMINGLY FOR RATIFICATION OE PEACE TREATY
ONLY FIVE CENSUS fMW's
ASSIGNED TO COVER CITY ri 12
DAYS; POSSIBILITY IS QUESTIONED
Fifteen Declared Essential to Time Alloted if Thorough Count
is to be Made; Allotment Necessitates Answering of 19
Queries in Four Minutes; 1910 Census Worked Injustice.
THE LATEST STYLE IN DJOKOKARTA
a
;:IC.MOWNFIELDDIES
iOM COMPLICATIONS
1 FOLLOWING0PERATI0N
Pioneer of 40 Tears' Residence.
Came When City Was Ham- J
let; Funeral Will be Held at:
St. Mary's Church Tomorrow
Charles W. Brownfleld, aged 60.
resident of Pendleton for the past 4" i
yearn, died last night at St. Anthony's
Only five census enumerator huv
been assigned to take tho census of
Pendleton In 12 working days and It
la eHtlmaled today that it will he hy- ;
ale tally Impossible for these worker 1
to more thun half complete their work j
In the time allotted. It Ik probable,
that 15 enumerators will he needed
if a thorough count U to he miuje.
The fourteenth decennial census, j
which wll ho started January 2 i
throughout tho ITnlled Htutea, has for j
Uh purpoMo a true enumrrat ion of the
populut ion ami reoQilfCea of the nn -lion.
Dendleton, through it h eommtr
ciul association, took thn stand sev
eral week ago that a' complete cnum
eratlon should he made here, because
of the fact that in 1910 only 44ti per
aonn were counted.
The recent school centum, counting
all persons between 4 and 20 years of
aae. indicated that there are 8300
residents in Pendleton. Thl flRiire hospital. Hia death wan due to corn
wan arrived at on the. ImisIs of one plication which ATOM after an opera
person of school age to every five In , tlnn for acute appendicitis, but he has
population. heen In extremely had health for some
W. A. Terrall, chief of the census j time,
for the second Oregon district, an- Mr. Brown field is survived by Ml,
nounced on a visit here last eeek that Brownfleld, a daughter, Mlsa Gladys
flvo would be named to take the cen- I Brownfleld. need 23, and a son, Wal
mia In Pendleton. Allowing these five ter Brownfiehl. aged 14. Two slaters
persons 12 working days In two weeks, Mrs. Oua Merger of Vancouver, Wash
the factor of 60 men-days Ls reacheo. j Ingtou, and Mrs. S. V. Knox, of Wcs-
Allow these each an 8 hour day and J ton. are deceased.
in thn two weeks there are 4R0 men- i Born In Quincy county, California.
hours. Now, dividing this footer Into
the estimated tolnl of BlOfl and the
quotient, 17 plus, represents the num
ber of persons which must be enum
erated In every hour in the period.
Mr. Hrownfiehl came to Pendleton
when the town was only a small ham
let. He was employed here at first
as a waiter and planlHt In local eating
hues. From his savings he built the
There are 60 minutes In one hour so two Brownfleld buildings, and later
that each one of Pendleton's 8.100 per- j became one of the organizers of the
sons must be listed in leas than 4 Oregon Building mid Kdun Asanrln.
mlnutea If all are to be counted. j lion. He served for a. time as secre
tary or mi organisation.
After the founding; of the National
! Rank of pertdleton, now ;iit of exist
! ance, Mr. Brownfleld became cashier.
aaaaLaaHLv HOTfC " MB 3LjtotMlLt3E
SSL m OF 442 BALLOTS 337 ARE
ALTEREDJjlTCHCOCK! m m
LODGE BACKERS TOTAL SEVEN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. President
Wilson is willing to accept reservation
to Article l't of the league, of nations
covenant, which will give congress the
right to decide when the t'nited States
is under moral obligations to use Its
army and navy in defending the terri
torial integrity of another nation. In
ministration leader. Hitchcock, in
ministration leader. Mltchcock, In
making the statement, however, de
clared the president will not accept
the !,odge reservation on this clause.
and will not accept any compromise
; which sacrifices the spirit of Article
10. Some democratic senators be
lieve this article, which President Wil
son called ihe "heart of the coven
ant'' is not vital so long as Article 2
and other provisions to prevent war
remain. .Hitchcock said recent talks
with republican senators convinced
him that differences over Article 10,
'are pretty -serious."
Results of Referendum Wired to White House, Six Votes arc
Cast Against Acceptance of Pact in Any Form; Many
Compromise Advocates Write in Words "If Necessary."
ii . 4i 3 : i j i r . i . . . , .-, 1 4", 1 1-
ne, uie uiuieniKnt'u juugeH 111 Liie cam v-icj-uihoii icc-
endum ballot on the peace treaty, held at the request of the
League to Enforce Peace, certify the results of the ballot closed
December 22 to be as follows:
1.
MIDDLE WEST BDLGING
WITH NEW PROSPERITY
'f lalr year, h h.ia Iwon amram-n I"
Iho br-'ikrnwe and inmiranro IiiikIiioxk
and DM bellovpd to ! man of oon
.ilirnMo means.
Funoral .ervlce will be hold tomor- I
row from St. Mary'a rnthnllc church.
of which Ihf flinaaaail ifil a member, j
Servlcea will be at lft Pall'
hearern wUI be It. J. Taylor Fred
I-aalz. William Itnesch J. H. Raley. J. !
W. Maloney and .loe Hlakeley.
I ,ii'lioii- t Ask
The cenauii blank ccantalna 19 ques
tlnna which muat be filled "'it for
averv member of the family. The man
who la a farmer, and Pendleton l j
rompnned of hundreds who are fnr- (
mers. mtiat answer In addition about ;
an riuul numlx-r of i-uetlon relative I
to hla farm. Can any census enum- j
erator and the average citlien struK- ;
jrle through 10 questions in leas than j
4 minutes? Members of the cortmer-
clal association who have taken an In-
terest In tho matter believe It cannot
he done.
The factor of second and third calls j
to get a Complete enumeration enters.
The man on the Job will note tH
households he finite with no oni at ,
home, it is pointed out. and will re-
turn. Walking from house to house, j
waiting for milady of tho house to an- ;
swer the hell after he has reached j
the doormat and explanation of the I
mission will cut heavily Into tuc
enumerator's four minutes, the local PAWPAW, Mich.. Dec. 23. Mrs.
people declare. S;irah Tabor has c onfessed, authorities
More Workers Imperative today declared, that her daughter,
Pendleton was done an Injustice In j Maud died as the resultof an Illegal
the 1910 census, according to those operation w hich she alleged was per
who are conversant with facts con- formed by .Maud s husband, Joseph
cernlng that count They want no j Virgo. The death occurred In May,
such a slight In the 1920 census. ; i j i , the cotlfeaaiqn said.
-ev,rV,re ihev have boiled down their ! Mrs. Tabor admitted thai her st.iri. s
heat available, data and. on a mat he- that maud died due to
mntlcol baals, believe that full Justice chloroform
will not bo done with the present an- staieo.
nounced corps of enumerators with Maud Tabor's body was discovered
the short tlmo allotted. At best 10 in a trunk In the basement of the Ta
minutes per person la the least they bor home at Lawtbn, Blch, three
will risk. This would permit Of weeks ago. It had been placed in her
..... helng counted per hour. At ; "hope chest" by her mother and the
this rate. U, enumerators would PC J boa com
required to make a complete count In
Mrs. P. K. Van Cogh, wife of the Holland lieutenant - governor of
DJokJokarata, Java, is shown abovo gar-"d l the gown and wearing the
many magnificent Jewels given her iy tho sultan, native ruler of Java.
Mrs. Van tlogh is the only v.'hite w man ever permitted to enter the royal
1 palace, and is also the owner of an invaluable collection of "batik" work.
I woven and printed by the ladies of tho royal harem. She has also been
j taught the art ..f "batik" weaving by th,. wife of the erowai prince, by ett
I press permission of the Sultan.
'BLUE BOOK" OF CONFIDENTIAL
MESSAGES EXPOSES WAR MOVES
CONTEMPLATED BY CARRANZA
Prosperity ia evident everywhere
throughout the middle west and is
emphasized esjecial1y in the heavy
travel throughout that section and to
I ward the Pacific states, J. B. Knight,
of Allen-Knight Company, said today
' following his return from a 30 day
business and pleasure trip to Chicago.
He said that Chicago hotels are brim
full all the time and that west-bound
'trains are running in two section of
I almost solid pullmans, to handle the
unusual amount of travel.
Milwaukee and St.. Louis, which
. were visited by Mr. Knight, are show
i ing marked growth, despite the fact
that their chief industry, brewing, has
(hvindled to almost nothing. Their
j prosperity is reflected in other cities
, nearby.
Automobiles and accessories will not
J go lower next year, Mr. Knight be
lieves, owing to the strong foreign de-
! mand. He met buyers from New Zea
land, Australia and South Africa in
t the automobile factories, willing to pay
ny priee for their qtidt of American-
' made machines for delivery at once.
This foreign trade, together with the
; fact that the auto factories will not
increase their output, means continued
high prices to the domestic trade, "he
says.
I favor compromise on reservations with
immediate ratification of the Peace Treaty
and the League of Nations Covenant.
I favor ratification, but only with all the
Lodjfe reservations.
92
I favor ratification,
any reservations.
but only without f
337
4. I am opposed to ratification in any form.
Total
442
WAGES LOWER, LIVING
MORE COSTLY IN EAST
MRS: TABOR CONFESSES
DEATH STORY UNTRUE
Revelations in Mexico Show Plans Mapped Out for Defense of
Soverignty if Border Became Battle Ground; Telegrams
Dispatching General's Orders Are Printed
BY SAM FREED
T'nited Press staff Correspondent
(Copyright by the t'nited Press.)
LAJUpDOi Dec. 23. Warlike move
against the t'nited States by Carran:t
In defense of Mexican sovereignty are
revealed for the first time In Mexico's
"Blue Book" today. The book con
ta ins notes exchanged between the
T'nited St:ites and Mexico, confiden
tial messages Covering the period from
were untrue, the officers j Cnrimnnft'e overthrow at Huertn, thru
Mexico's neutrality hi the World war.
It Is designed for private circulation
am o tig governments, particularly as
propaganda In tM in -America. Hie
document Is :i t clegTum which Car
ran a sent letter! Dieguejt at Km
oalms, Samnra. March 11. 1 S 1 6.
n.ides
Hearth
tlr.it -will
greetings.'
help us greatly.
;in overdose of
the 12 days.
lied in the basement.
Virgohas been arrested In Chicago
He was an undertaker and h;id been
married six times.
CITY'S TEACHERS TO BE
GIVEN $100 PAY RISE
M rs. Ta bor a ml h cr son, W&Vte I
Tabor, came to Freewater from Mich
igan some time ago. They left Free
Wiitcr a month ago. bound for Califor
nia. They were aprpehended in that
state. The two are well known Free
water people.
should h
troy the. lines from NoflAlea south,
and then order the same steps be taken
in Naoo, and Agna I'rictn, if war is
declared.
Order the construction of Hand gre-
BURGESS LEFT ESTATE
APPRA'SED AT $221 ,928
I The estate left by the late J, N. Bar
jgess. president of the I'unniimh.im
llnecp tnnd Ce, rtfcte Mirtiway
jcommissloner, is valued t $221. MC 14,
lln an inventory filed with the c. unity
clerk today. The estate was appraised
by Herbert Boylen, H. W. Colflna ftrtd
iU c. .Scharpf.
it
j stocks and bond conetll ute the
largest item left l the deceri.ed.
With several hundred members In chancellor presided and the delegates Theea totaled 1 1 :...;; t . Cash items In
Ca r ra n aa w ired General If lllan at
Jatapa, Vera Cruz;
"Our relations with tho T'nited
States are on the verg-e of breaking on
account of the Columbus incident. 1
aUppqae yon are all ready. March im
mediately upon Vera Cruz and take
every kind of precaution so that in
case A merlcan marines try to land
you can fight thejn.'
To Ftelit Invaders
During: negotiations at KlPaso be
tween Ocncral Scott, and General Oh-regi-n.
following the Columbus raid,
I 'a rranaa telegraphed Obregon;
"Make it known to General Scott
that any American force crossing the
Worst Is iVarcd (.boundary line without both the gov-
It said: "I hi trying to prevent a"ernments previously agreeing to a
break with the Cnited States. 1 fear treaty to that effect will be consider
anythlng naay happen. Place yoiir cd as an invading force and I will or
iroops in convenient pojnts to prevent dor it to be fouffht
invasion by American troops. You The Ca rranaa government. Ififormcd
veryihiug ready to des- the state department during ' negotia-
ELSIE FITZMAURICE.
G. A. HARTMAN.
CLAIRE RALEY.
j Four hundred and forty two vote
were cast in (lie n-frn-uduni on the
tva4x treaty eondueted by the East
Oresonian at the requeat or the Leainte
to Knfrce Ieace. The reanlta are as
annoimced aboe, the oe-rwlieimiii);
seutiment beiiu; ill favor of rutifyins
. line treaty without rejiervatloni.
Wages are lower m the east than in Man "' ,hose voln 'or oorapro
the west and living expenses are aa !mtoe wrote ill the words "If ihxt
hifth aa in PentMeton, say Rav Mc- sar'" 0m indJeatlua; their first
Carroll WbAtaatth Mrs. McCarroll and't"kv ppl,,,' for "w trey a1tli-
famlly returned today from a two oul "W. Only seven iieople voted
month s eastern trip. ,r tlle I'oAgi-- narrations and six hal-
in Minot, N'orth Dakota, the home,0,', wre east akainst ratification In
of Mr. McCarrol s brother, Ed MtiCar- "M5 fo-
roll, auto mechanics receive a maxi- Many ltepnblicans Vote.
mum of 65 cents an hour for labor, in I Tne Party registrations ot those vot
spite of the fact that living expenses ,nK have not been checked over in de
are high says Mr. McCarroll. He no-j1"" D"t out of 168 voters whose par
tieed low wages in Minnesota also, i ' affiliations are known. 102 are dem-
where farm hands are paid $20 aiocrats and 66 are republicans,
month. In Medina, New York, states! This indicates that while the demo
Mr. McCarroll, wages for mechanics ! crats were more united in voting for
were tl an hour, which is better than j the treaty a host of republicans voted
wages paid in any other section ob- : for the same ends. The vote for the
served. He noticed that clothing was Lodge resolution was practically nil.
J higher in price than in Pendleton. The form of ballots used by the
A new wholesale and retail flour' In visiting Kansas City, St. Louis. : Bast Oregonian is the one suggested
nnd feed business will be opened to- Chicago, Medina. St. Paul and Minne- by the League to Enforce peace and
norrow by the Portland Flouring Mills .aPoIis. the travelers experienced some placed the compromise provision first
In the warehouse of the Pacific Coast cold weather. Mr. McCarroll reports; on the list. Despite this partiality t
Elevator Co., at Thompson and East ' ,r wnm ana in Minnesota, tne mer-.me compromise, over three-fourths of
PORTLAND MILLS TO
OPEN BUSINESS HERE
riailrcad streets. C. F. Keenedy will j clIrV dropped to 46 below and later to
e In charge of the store and the
mslness offices will be with John E.
Montgomery, local manager of the
"nciflc Coast Elevator Co., and the
Pacific Grain Co.
Hay, grain, chicken and stock feeds
tnd related products will be handled
by the new establishment. The flour
products of the Portland Flouring
below. The McCarr oil's visited On
tario but found that the weather was
not so cold in that region. A pecul
iarity of the cold snap in the United
States, he noted, was the absence of
much snow.
Montana stock are suffering from
the extreme cold, he states and Mon
tana stockmen have resorted to feed
ing Russian thistle. North Dakota is
those voting cast their ballots for No.
3 for ratification without reserva
tlons.
From Over County.
The ballot was published for six
days by the East Oregonian and every
effort was made to insure a fair test
of sentiment. Those who voted sent
in their ballots of their own inltta
five using their own stamps, etc.
Many of the local ballots were handed
tions concerning the proposed with
drawal of the Pershing expedition that
"in case of Its refusing to retire there
Is nothing left but tfc defeurt Mexican
territory by means of arms."
Mills, ben ri mr the Olvmnic brand, wil
be handled. It is the intention later not suffering from hay stiortage, says, in over the counter but the bulk of the
to make Pendleton a distributing point i Mr. McCarroll. vote arrived by mall with on or two
for these mill product.". A great interest is shown in the 1 votes in an envelope.
The new business will be similar to j Round-T'p by the people of Minot, Mr. Mayor Vaughan, O. A. Hartman
that formerly operated by C. F. Coles- McCarroll says, and the commercial j and City Superintendent Austin were
worthy, who recently sold his stock club la planning to send a special cart invited to serve as judges. The muyor
and retired. to the 192,1 show- accepted but was detained and the
nne in Minot me local man ooxea ballots were counted by Mr. Hartman,
with Walter Lunke light heavyweight aided by Miss Elsie Fitzmaurice and
champion of the Allied forces nnd Miss Claire Raley of the East Orego
k nocked him out in the sixth round. nian 8taff. The ballots are still held
a . ., .a r- iU Fast Oregonian office and may
PADT DHl U QFATT F women score in Maa .,, . iBtM .
UMl UKLU 111 OLnl ILL: BOYCOTT ON EGGS- rhkln,f up ' connt- k
ui i ou I i win -uuo i Results of the voting have been
BUTTER Its NEXT Wired to the League to BhfOTM I -
to Senators Chamberlain and Me-
ALLEGED STORE ROBBER
Pendleton grade and blgh school months.
,nni.hf.i- are to receive an Increase of I The local school board hns kept in
$100 in stilary for the yciir 19191980 'cloae loin h with the salar- situation I
according to a resolution adopted at a in all parts of the state throughout i
recent meeting of the bonrd of dlrec- the current year and is confident that 1
tors of school district No. tfi. from the standpoint of annua) Income'
As a result of this action, no grnde to the teacher, Pendleton's salary
teacher will receive less than J1000 schedule compares very favorably
and no high school teacher less than with any first oiafli school district out-
IllFiO for the school year of 14 side of Portland.
LARGE CLASS INITIATED DDRING
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CONVENT ON
MAN AND MOONSHINE
OUTFIT ARE CAPTURED
Five gallons of prune whisky, a coo
per coil nnd kettle, S gallons of prune
mash nnd other appuitonancca of a
complete homo distillery were cap
hiiHi at B o'clock last evening by Po
lice Chief Roberts and Officer Lyday
ill a bouse on East Webb street occu
pied by Thomas .1, afcGtnnta. The out
fit and MctSinnis are held at the city
all nnd will be turned over to federal
uthoritlea. ?
J. K. Oennts. Said by officials to :
have confessed to the recent robbery
of Alexanders store, was brought back
From Seattle last night by Sheriff T. I
l. Taylor and Is now In the county j
jail. Dennis Was captured by Seattfe
pottee on telegraphic information !
sent out by Chief of Police Roberts
and Sheriff Taylor.
Three suits of clothes and six furs,
together with n few shirts and small-
er articles, worth In all nearly ft
were recovered when the man was j
saptured. He is said to have sold one
alt In Portland but the police there J
let the man slip through their fingers.
Sheriff Taylor says the man admits his
Identity and that he took the stolen
goods.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. "The first
blood in the fight of Illinois wo
men against high prices went to
t he women today. Old Hi Price
went down for the count on the
first blow.
Seventy thousand women de
cided not to buy high priced eggs
or other high costing foods. Eggs
are today selling at 6n cents a
dozen wholesale, a drop of .12
cents, with dealers crying "help."
The egg boycott will continue
the remainder of the week.
Butter Is next on the list.
'Nary and to the white house.
UNRULY MINE LEADER
RELEASED ON PROMISE
attendance from tho lodges of I'mn-
tllla county the annual district con
vention of the Knights of Pythias was
held at the Eagle Woodmen hall last
night, the session closing -with a ban
quet. J. A. Hurley, grand chancellor. Fred
Johnson, past grand chancellor and
.Inek Clark, grand vice chancellor
were among the officio I visitors pre
sent and all addressed the gathering
Earl Williams, district deputy grand
were welcomed by J. If. (iwinn. Three atat total $ 18.41,2.2 8. Debts due
minute talks for out of pwn lodges lhp estate are $4.o.;l. i:.. real estate
were meal iK m. U. watts, Atbeni. belonging (0 th. estate
F O. Unas. Weston and Ocorge , iiWU -nd the nrooeVl
Root of Hermlston. A feature of tho Umliti. 1m itst...) mi tin ISQ ie
evening was the initiation of a class
of IB Into the ranks of nart nnd the Earl II. Tlnuvmson iti.irtner of Mr.
' confer rin$c of the 2h year veteran Burgess in t he wheat ranoM of
Jewels on O. M. Morrison of AilamR Thompson A I largess, Ml today np
md J. 11. MacMaster. The jewels pointed administrator of the p.nint r
vere conferred by the grand chancel-j ship estate. Ills bond was fixed at
$i:r.,oto.
1 McfttrituRi according to police, has
been here for two months and is
t hot - ht to huvc worked up a good
bilinas. In the house, which hi oc
onpied alone, erdre found matcn:t.-i
and bottles. Indl at:ng t hat he was
Working on a fairly large scale. Three
(si valued ;tt ri ipl bottles, bearing denatured al
io the p.trt cohol labels, wee found, McOimiK
denied that he h cl used this as an In
gredient of his Minor, although it ha i
;l si pieious odor, police Bay.
Pupers found on McOinnis Indic.i.e
tha. be owns n homestead in Malheur
t ounty and has a Ixink account at
Harrington. Wah. He has no con
t'edi rates, so far as the police know .
tNDIAXAPOUfl, Dec- 23. Alex
ander Howat. president of the Kano.ii
was released from jail today and al
lowed to return to Kansas when he
: a agreed to cancel the strike of minei-a
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS t! i f . ;il
r der miners, who struck in protest
".against his arrest, back to work.
T'Hln
Maximum.. Rfi.
Weather
FINLEY REINSTATEMENT
SAl.EM. Tec 3t, Reinstatement of
Riologist nnley was recommended by
(Governor QlOOtt in a letter to the
State Fish and Came Commission. It
urges that Finley be given a "free and
independent hand in the management
of the educational and biological de
partment of the commission to the end
that hts tnowledce as a naturalist
ma) not be lost to the state."
Minimum. 33,
Barometer. Jf. 70.
Rainfall. 1-t of an Inch.
s- otiou Two.
Pendleton markets. Everett True.. 12
Want ads. classified directory and
Donigs of the Puffs
At the moviee
late news of city and stafe
Specisl news of Cmatilla county...
s-tton One
Social anil personal
News notes of rendition. 3 and
County official news
i Editorial page; overseas diary
'Luc news of city, Ktate and nation
w mm
FORECAST
5 i a i
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Tonight and
Wednee day
occasional ruin