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1 EadZlMQreAonian) DAILY EVENING EDITION 1h F.ant OrifOfilu la Bantarn Or on's crIHI n.wapapar and a t anliing fore -lv. to tha advartla,. ovr twice th. stiarantrd paid circu lation In Pendleton and Umatilla coun ty of any other newapapor. DAILY EVENING EDITION Number ul copies printed uf ysaterday's Dally Edition 4,203 This papt-r la ft innmber anl audited b the Audit llurnau r Circulations. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OEEOON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1919. NO. 9420 VOL. 31 PREMIER'S PLAN EACES IRELAND WHETHER OR NO Acceptability of New Home Rule Proposal May Not be Considered Declares Official Close to Lloyd-George. SETTLEMENT OF QUESTION LISTED SECOND TO WAR Provision of Two Legislatures With- Co-ordinating Body Believed Pleasing to Ulster and Will be Supported. LONDON", rvr. 20. Ireland mny hno lu accept rremler Uoyd-Oaorge'a new bom rule plan Inir-.iln. p I In the .Ii iuhi i.r common Monday, whether ah lilt-- It or nut, nn ol 'trial elope to the l.ritiMh premier declared In an Interview today. The premier Ih prepare.l in fore bcoeptanee of the measure, this offi cial n:-erted. I'.'k paHmiire !iy parlia- ment 'v:ik aHfliired before thn mcau.e wna Hulimltted, h'. added. I.loyd-floorge, nccordlne; to the of- I flclal. la "heart and aoul" f.,- the pas.'- ' ago of some leglalatlon which will at I least start aetl.ement of the Irish quavtinn. The premier regards this p. .hit i.i icrond in ImiMirtitica only, le tl.e Winning o' the war. It i hellced In government :ri le.: that I'lster people will accept the pre- rtlern plan . vidlng two le.'al uroi fne for loulnr'n Ireland and t.in-..-. j fif '.'later. Uitti a ro-ordlna'ins I - a nitlonnl roemhly. If fdnr ac-i cepta the i lan and its parliament is threatened ly tl.e 8lnn Fein, tl.e J. tire nrltlsii i rmy" will be iiv,.il.i .'.' r the pr. teatlon rrj U (Inter. It wis isserl- , ed. Itmlb-nls Out of il.tml. DUBUV. !ee. 26. A certain ele ment In tha Sinn Fein volunteers is getting out of hand, a prominent lend er of the moderate Rinn Fein era ad mitted in an Interview mdny. He aula thla element "threatena to do Incal culable harm to Irelnnd"a cnuae. both here and in the opinion of the world." While the leader made no direct ad mission. It is believed modi-rate e!e menta think the new radical faction Is responsible for the attempt on the life of Viscount French, lord lieuten ant of Irelnnd, and the raid on the newspaper. Independent. A group of young extremists has be come "restless an dissatisfied with the preaent policy" of the old Sinn Fein era, the speaker uald. Program Kxtrcmo. Moderate leader, It la known, fenr the outbreaks of extremiMts will brinn harsher acts of repression from the Hrltlah government. It la understood the extremists" leaders favor a cam paign of terrorism and a series of as Kaaslnationa. WOOD ALCOHOL KILLS EIGHT; THREE ARE HELD HAltTFOKD, Conn., Dec. :!!. With oinht men dead and one man critical ly III ns a result of drinking wood al cohol, treated with coloring and sold for whiskey. Raul Joseph, Nathan Sals berg, Jacob Bronerwln and Frank: Kosc were arraigned m court today, charged with murder. They were al leged to have mode tho sales. They nlendeil not guilty and are held with out ball. TRAIN SCHEDULES RETURNING TO NORMAL WITH DAMAGE REPAIRED, WEATHER SETTLED Train service to tho west and north ;the Slanfleld break would be repaired approximated normal today alter an-1 westbound is expected to be other three days of Interruption '1,l('.lt normal by tonight. No regular ailMiila an both the Northern P- Itiains over the Walla Walla branch clflc 1-asco line and the O.-W. main Wer run yestclay because of con-. line toward Portland. The first train gesUon and No. J. to Spokane, and NO. over the Northern Pacific since Mon- I. to Portia,,.!, did not t Un WW. A dav noon arrived al 11 today and was, tub train WM made up here this , followed by the passenger at 1 J : .15. morning and departed for Walla Train No. 6, on the O-W. line, arrived Walla at 13:16 following the arrival from Portland over the main line at , of No. from Portland, It carried , 11:65 a. m after a. suspension of ser- two car of express, two day couches vice since 6 p. m. Wednesday. .and the Holse-Spokane sleeper. Hepairs to the washout near Stan- , Work Tray. Tries lloiul. field were completed this morning in The Northern Pact,,- pas, ,,ge, time to allow No. 6 and No. t to cross train reached here tins alien,,,.,, Ihe damaged spot about 11 o'clock, j sa fcly. a tie,- having bM pi ..ceilc.i All trains, both east and westbound I over the ioa.1 by a work tram. the! were routed retard ay by way or the I passenger ran within oyen mue ... Walla Walla branch and down , the i Pen, il. lon yesterday all , noon ana rtver by way Of Wallula U few passengers aboard were Irons. ' Trains Arc Dciourcl ferred to auto, and brqugM to town. Wednesday's No. 17, which was With clear, cooler weather today held here all night because both the,and nearly all the snow incited indi-, main line and Walla Walla line w, re cation are that the worst flood dan washed out. waa routed through ger Is past Italns and a chinook Walla Walla yesterday morning. 1 might again raise waters In some 10 Thursday' three westbound trains. 5. caiilles. but II Is hardly thought PO . . . i.i. it,,.t conditions such ns have pre- . is ano i,. - . one time, between 1:30 and 2 y eater- tv. and were detoured. Trains No. 4. 8 and f8. eastbound. arrived here aeveral hours late, over the uctotir. after having been held In hopes that 12 YEAR OLD SWAIN i LOVED BY TWO "WOMEN"; PREFERS DEATH. LIVES CHICAGO, I . w f le SokolowKki, 11!, "''Jf I dreu's iriunKle I" cover, the (loci day. Htciiuw i look upon, nle DtIV j mi w him ! Florence i (0 m rot him v. .ote: "My Dear Husband Hennte: I know you love Florence and do not love ma. Do you love me,' Ronnie? If you only knew how I lovo you, oh, boy! "I love you ho I could klsH you now. Don't tell Florence I love you Of she will be mud. i hate her. i. if If you love her belter than you do me you can have her. j I love you, dear." When Hennte received the note, he decided life with two "women" on hlB hnndH WJU not worth living, lie hid In nn ash can where he wil found hy a po llcnmiin, uinonHelntm from cold. The note from Annie was held tightly in hin little fist. When I'ennie ns uHked if he loved eith er girls, he nhook hi.s head. He was told lit would have to make choice bet ween t hem when ho went home from the hospital. "I giic.sH I'll stay here quite a while," he concluded. CARGO OF SUGAR IS j UNLOADED IN CITY; I SHORTAGE IS MET Nine Hundred and Twenty Five Sacks are .Ordered Distrib uted After Four Days' Ard ent Inquiry; Supply Copious. Pendleton was provided with copl mis ("untitles of sugar t'Klay when ( remand Brothers received orders to ! unload and distribute H "neks which havp been held here for four days while the consignees burned up wireM ) In an effort to ascertain that the ahip . ment waa for local distribution, i For the first time In several months. i merchants of lh.4'iL unA-wmtr i'M" : today report that thev HlVf a ade- . iiate supply. Several days ago 44n' sacka were unleaded and apportioned , ; among the grocers and this Just about ; met the back orders and t'hrUMmas demand. The 125 sacks unloaded to- day will be shipped ns far as Wnlta- ! burg and Iayton, Wash., although the greater number will be consigned t1 I'matllla county. The consignment unloaded today belonged to five wholesale houses and was a pooled order from the IMah re- ; finera . When It arrived no one was certain that the car belonged to Pen-i dleton and aeveral day'a effort had W be expended Iwforc It could be un- ; b-aded. Another shipment, containing flOO ancka. ia due here In a few days, according to Clarence Penland. Nnl only Is the sugar situation much better but fuel is moving into the city rapidly now. areonling to Ren Mur . I rough, who recently returned from the t'tah mines. Local (balers-, he tsnld, do not find the demand so heavy (now ns during the cold snap and are j able already to divert mc of their i enrs to points more remote from the j mines, where transportation was bad I ly handicapped by the recent strike. GETS THREE OF KIND. WITH THREE IN HAND. iTo a fin uoncr II O H fULL nUUOL CHICAOO, Dec. When IhTeo of a kind are drawn, with three In your hand It Is a misdeal. Hut Mrs. John Mathlascn does not think so. Triplets were horn to her today and she already has three . She calls it a full house. 1 -- -----:- , . ,,, if '- r . u.- Annie f no homo nf It. he i vaiien w 1 ne r. ... a" lllinirbe back In a country ax here one did n roads will continue repairs to bun be rK in a t r their weakened spots ' " ' service 03 in be but little tntcrfrd with SEVEN GERMAN LINERS HELD IN HARBOR AT N.Y. Vessels Are Retained (or De livery to British as Soon as Arrangements -for Transfer Have Been Completed. THESE, WITH IMPERAT0R, ALL0TED BY CONFERENCE Ships Waiting in United States Harbor Do Not Include Six to be Sold and Kept Under American Registry. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Seven former (.eriian liners are now held in .Ww York harbor to le delivered to the Blitlatl an hooii as arrangements are made for their transfer, the ship- ships, with the Imperator were nller ted to the itritish by tho pence con- fer;H'e. The ftnperator wa delivered to tho Urilish recently after some delay over American oil tankers held in Hrit inh porta. The seven do not Include six which will be Bold by the hhtppinK board and kept under the American reciHtry. TO MRS. BROWNFIELO i Mrs. Clara A. Hmwnf ield. widow of the late Charles W. Rrownfield, is left life Insurance in the sum of $4000 and the famt! home on East Ob u rt street, according to proviwions of his last will, filed with the eounty clerk today. All other property In the tate is left in eonal ahares to dauKhter, (llady Irene Prownflcld, and fem, Walter R. Rrownfield. James W. Maloney ia nominated as executor. Th- v .ill rtrewnTrr-io-presetBcc , Df jameB H Italey at.S T)r. II. it. Hat- tery ns witnesses, In St. Anthony kMnlf'.l n,i 'llnrviillinr 14 1419. Uf ;.i died n M.mdav nluht. r, .9 Ti,.. ,i,.m....i brief consuming 'less than two page of tvo.written nir, nils, -rii.l t.icivelt legal form No i.etltli.n for admission to prol.at.. acconiaiin'dthe will. FEW BLOWS EXTENT TAC iMA. Dec. 2. A small miner s Christmas Celebration in which a few blows were exchanged, was the extent of 'rioting'- rep-'rted between union and non-union miners at Wilkeson. a .1110100 town near here, late yesterday. according l here today reports reaching officials Kverything is peaceful ; and so reported to jnoge wokc i ni rv mas nv rning. The judge rdered tha there now Ni oops will lio sent t.. Wilkeson. SALVATION ARMY GIVES TOYS TO 50 CHILDREN Th ChrlStm tree given by the Salvation Army lasl night, was a gl I success. It is reported. Fifty chllilr.n ; were given .1 good toy each, one pair', K.r atooltlnca and other liirmeftn, The church was full and all In the Muse ' ... 1 1 ' nut ('amain Jennie Conrad wishes to thank all those who so kindly do- n.iled their money and services. JUST A FEW OF THE THOUSANDS OF BARRELS OF KENTUCKY WHISKY ON LONDON DOCKS AWAITING DISTRIBUTION TO ENGLISH BUYERS. tHl"." 5 i f'WufiflrBBrA-lETa 1 ,i!!,. ,?( th thousands of barrels at Kentuekx whiakey whKh hav e us soni.-. of the Lhonsntuls " 1 don and are waiting dMribttt&osj to $1000, ALL IN $20 GOLD, BROUGHT FROM HIDING IN PAYMENT OF DEBT One thoijHund dollar la Kold, ; In $1!0 pieces, waH deposited In u lorn I I tank lOflfl y, marklnjf tic. ( largest receipt of Huh kind In more 1 than two years. Blnce the war with ( (lermuny, gold has bun virtually , out of tire rhunnelH of huineH and f 1 00 Ih nxiTf than in usually re I ceived In a year ;n one bank here. The unuHiial collection wan ! brought out of hiding In payment ! of a deht, it Ih thought, and found i Its way to th bank from th" recipient. From a knowledge of I the 'amount of gold in circulation in the lout two years, the teller bp i lievea that the Kohl wlh part of u I 'ioke' which has been In aecluKlon for quit a period of time. GERMANY SEES NO ULTIMATUM IN LAST ! UUS0.1 Inspired Press State ments Are Missing; Delay May Come But Parallel Weimer Case is Forecast. OZ RnRIJK Iec. L'fi. There are no Indications In government circles to- day that Germany considers the allies reply t Hie latesl Cerman note on the protocol an ultimatum. All the usual signs preceding: "crises" In Ocrmanyj " Z : -1 i .,..,... . in- urr..u i i" did not appear, following recipt of the allied answer demanding Immediate acceptance at the protocol with the matter of delivery of marine materials be decided later. There may be m"re delays with cer tain members of the cabinet standing out against "concessions," but In th lust analysis the situation looks much like that at Weimar last June wltl. ultimate signing of the protocol. 125 MINERS STRIKE JEM IlES MOINES, I K-c. 2 One hnn "'red and twenty five miners of Ih, Rag! mine, near here struck tmla:. claiming their employer refused to ! mi r.l mi er ma wise in- cn-aso awarded by the Indianapolis fis a misunderstanding, expressing the belief that union leaders .will order th strikers to return to work, HOWELL JURY UNABLE TO AGREE, MAItSHFIKI-D, Ore., Dec. C6. Standing seven to five for conviction the Jury in the second trial of Harold Howell, accneed of the murder of Ulhan beut&okl, was Unable to ugr-'e Jury dlsrharRc.1. In the first tnal .r young Howell the Jury stood eiKlit for conviction and four for aciuittnl. BABY BORN AT SEA IN WINS GIFT OF $2000 the C ...... - - ' .k. I steer of the Mauritania, A , 1." P 1. tlV i:ni.iie christening today. Cabin pas-. aengera donate. I to her 7u" and a F rd wrlch was raffled for $1300. ! 1 St .t have to pretend to be l H ,,,,,,, oatuMerina it. This p Vtujlttfe bujers. - DECISION TO DELAY RETURN OF RAILROADS - UNTIL MARCH BRINGS UP POLITICAL ISSUE, SIMULTANEOUSLY AVERTING NEAR CRISIS PENNEY EMPLOYES GO 1! , , Tho establishment, on Januar new J. c I'euney More thron out tho 1'nited Htatea will result in promotion for a number of employes in the local utore, It was announced to day, one manager and two assist ant manager will be chosen from the force in the J. '. I'ennj Htore here. V. S. Wennerstcii, who wan former ly 'manauer of the iVndleton branch, will leave for Shenandoah, Pa,, to be- ; oomo ma naner at one of the new (stores there. He has been connected udh the company here for ccv. ral ' months. i Dudley will be moved to Athena j to become assistant manager of that i branch. Mrs. Dudley, who h is con ducted a dressniakinif establishment ; here, will dispose of her business and j join the Athena force. The vacancy jin the store there is caused by the j promotion of Geary Taylor, manager, to ihe inanucenient of a new str.ro in Klrkville, Mo. i!r. Taylor was for- I aaerly In the IVndleton -store. He will be socceeded as manager at Athena by V. C. EmiL t. H. Rem bolt, now manager of the ' . '' " : y ni ie luon.u'eo to as,ui mi loan.iKei pace of Mr. Wennersten. Hla jjlace will be taken by J. C. V'hite- hou He who na,s air0ady arrived to Join the force. C. 1. Xoble, also a new coiner, will succeed Mr. Dudley in i-harve of the dry goods department. The opening of the 100 new stores gives Opportunity to the new man- 'New. accused of killing his sweetheart; agers to luirrjllliitm a one-third Inter- IKrieda Lesser, may not know his fate j est h, the business In their branch, i until New Years. This was indicated j Ail men chosen to be managers of new Itoday when the court opened after stores must have worked up from the 'allowing only a single day for cele holtoin wltn the J. . Penney system ;lration of the Christmas season. De- and the al.t.oi,.tm.nts are the reward nr mnn hn nr.. or...I.Ir.l In hv 'd. THrTEl? BANDITS HOLD ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AT BAY. RIFLE SAFE T ATOM A. Dec. 26. Holding the entire neighlwrhood at bay with r e v o ve rs three m a s k ed atitnmotile bandits today blew the safe at the Frye & Company meat market at Ruckley, Wash., a pmall lumber town near here, es caping -with $250 in cash. Breaking a heavy lock, two bandits gained entrance through the front door of the store, while a third waiter outside In an auto mobile. Apparently they were novice at safe blowing. It took two shots of explosive! to break the safe. FAIES TO FILE DEMAND NRW YORIC. Dec. 26. Although eighty million pounds of sugar were ! received by eastern refineries last iweek from Cuba, there seems to be j no relief in ihe shortage on the retail ..- . ... ,.. ., r..,liL- "... "i, i. , ,'v.,s iv n raw days to put the refill 1 artit-U' nn the .market but grocers say they are sun unable to buy. was Klail to ha aejuii h. - togranh d a last fr American taken at WeM India docks. been dchars;ed a the port of I.011 mp,:, ri in .. inal tl.' Unions Were on Verge of Demanding Immediate Pay Increases Due to Failure of H. C. 0. L. to Drop; Heads Will Meet Monday to Decide Question of Postponing Claims. RELATIONSHIP TO NEW, U. S. SENATOR, PROBED Una .Si:i:i.fh, Dec. 21. Ail ulceniled tooth poponed the time when Harry New, on trt;il here for murder, will know hin fate. District Attorney Wool- wine owned tho tooth. It has i heen bothering him for a week. Woolwlna arose during; the pro ceedings today and Uld the court he could not stand the pain any longer. The court ad journed out of sympathy. LOB ANGEI.R8. Dec. 26. The j question of relationship between Har- 1 ry New. alleffed murderer or rneoa ' '-esser. and fnited States Senator . I Harry New was delved into deeply at. lne morning mooi i" "; After a deposition by Mrs. Martha Scudder, sister of Harry New's mo ther was read, District Attorney Wool wine refused to admit Senator New. the defendant's father, on the grounds that the deposition contains insuffi cient proof. Other depositions were read tending to show the alleged re lationship. Fate Doci-ion IH-tant I.OS ANGELES. Dec. 26. Harry' tense attorneys staieo tne sun nae a number Of witnesses to be called There will be chiefly New's jailmates ; who have been in close touch with thim, all testifying to support the in (sartity rrttec. CEMETERY NEAR PARIS CHOSEN FOR U.S. DEAD WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S. Hodies of American dead buried outside the 'zone of armies in France, which are jnot to be returned to the United states will be buried In a cemetery at Suresnes near Paris, the war depart ! nient today announced. The bodies i outside the zone of armies may be re jturne.i to the United States when de ' sired by relatives. All bodies of Am erican soldiers buried in Kurope out . .. , side of ranee may be returned to r.ne I I United States for permanent burial in I i national cemeteries or for disposition by relatives when so desired NORTHCLIFFE PRAISE OF LONDON. Dec 26. Some political bservera saw in the uanimousi laudatory attitu.lo assumed by the toward Lloyd c.eorge s Irish proposal possible rap pnmcnwnwi ; " 1 . lislier and im- proiuier. .-ori 111:11 lie papei-s are profuse in praise of the premier's plan. Heretofore these pa pers have been bitter in attacks on ihe premier, following Northcliffe'B break with him during the peace con ference. Even! tiff papers yesterday contin ued to shower the praise Wfeftch has been heaped on the premier. SUGAR BOARD ASKS DELAY IN SIGNING OF M'NARY BILL WASKINGTOX, Dec. 26. The su gar equalisation board today requested that President Wilson withhold sljrn 1 ii.ar f the Mt-N'iiry wimr hill until a paper explaining some features of It Is fixed and filed with him, it was stated .it the white house today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS l il.i v - eat her Maximum. 55. Minimum. 30. Rainfall, none. 1 Haromcter. 3 1 !. SeeMOU; Two. Pendleton markets; Evrett True . .10 W.'-i! ; il s-ified directory and Doings of the Duffs Txite news of city and atate 7 County off i- ial m ws and At the RbmIusj One Want ads, classified directory and Dolnss of the Duffs 7 Sicinl and personal movies S Editorial pane; overaeaa diary 4 N'ews notes of IVndleton S Special news of I'matllla county ... 3 (lave news of city, state and nation I Washington, Dec. 2. President Wilson's decision to turn the railroads back to their owners March I brought into prominence two phases of tho al ready complicated railroad problem. Kirst the president's action ap parently postponed a "near crisis" brought on by request of railroad workers for more money with th de mand that they receive an answer to these requests before the roads pas out of the government' hands. Second, the railroad question ha apparently been made a political laaue. The two phases are interwoven alnca the railroad workers threaten to carry their agitation for continuation of government control to the ballot bog. L'nltl Wednesday night when the pre sident's proclamation was issued, the wasrkers have gone on the assumption that the roads would be turned by January t. Some of them were actively pressing demands for In creases before that date. Now that March I, has been set for the return. . two months are left for negotiation. Decide Action Monday WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Head of J all railroad union met here Monday j to decide their future action on de mands for wage increase now before ; the railroad administration, it was an i nounced today at the American Fed ' eration of Labor. The question of j whether worker will wait until March 1 to take action to force compliance I of their demands will be considered. NEW TRIAE LOOKS LIKE THAW CASE PARALLEL LOS ANOEL.ES, Dec. it. Even ! though Harry New may be saved from j tho hlior or prison he may not win ' freedom. Should the Jury find that I New- killed Frieda Lesser but that h j was insane, observer aaree there I . very Indication that an effort will be made to send him to some institution for the criminally insane. The New- case may parallel the Harry Thaw case, for New's defense seem well financed and he has attor neys with the ability to wage a Ions, hard fight from most any angle. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2. Reading; of depositions was resumed today by the defense at the trial of Harry New, charged with the murder of Frieda Lesser, his sweetheart. New came in to the court even more stolid and ap parently indifferent than in the Pt day. He nodded to his mother and v,.,lf ister and then took hJs seat. He ... i- Court room gossip was f zened by word passed around tna. (.. Burger. New's mother, is tin s prosecute the witness who tcs&jl in the case for alleged perjury, "I am about ready to ask for a per jury warrant for the witness." Mrs. Burger stated when asked regarding; the report." There has oeen some sharp conflicting testimony. WITNESS DESCRIBES HOW HALF BROTHERS FOUGHT DEATH DUEL OR REV RIVER,, Wvo., Dec. 26. With his life-blood Rushing from a wound that had severed the femoral artery, Joe Startz lifted himself to a sitting position, took steady aim and sent a bullet hrough the heart of the man responsible for his death-wound, Edward Karel, his half-brother. As Karel fell. Starts fired a second time, putting another bullet with in two inches of the already dead man's heart. Starts then collapsed und within a minute or two was dead from hemorrhage. These details of the duel to death between the half-brothers at the Startz homestead In the upper ilreen River valley were obtained by the cor .oner from Thomas Shaw, the only witness of the tragedy. FOREIGN LANGUAGE LAW IS UPHELD IXCOLK. Dec. 26. The supreme court tiKtay rendered a decision up hilding the Htate foreign language law which the last legislature pajiaetl. prohibiting the teaching of any for ( ign language In the grade schools. K WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and ftaturday fair.