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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION Nut.il' i ol uopUa prtn.i-rt of yiaturday'a Dally Htfltlun 3,005 Thla paper I. memuer anl audltsd D th Audit Iturpau uf Clruulatlnna The Kast Orfifonlto U Knutorn Ore gon's greatest nwapipr and filing force Vive to th dvrtlsA.a over twlcn ths suarantftAd paid circu lation In Pvndletoa and Umatilla ooua ty oa any othr newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPEE VOL. 31 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920. NO. 9459 LANSING'S ACTION BEWILDERS OFFICIALDOM RAILROAD UNION OFFICIALS WILL MEET WILSON FEBRUARY 23 TO DISCUSS WAGES KM KUH ,r W - 4 . V . CREATION Or COMMI V TO TAKE huS IN CONTROVERSY Would Grant Full Authority ior'K Ofru Mr!QL"DvUID 5. td OLLIiriLmULIJIIII Decision on Basis of Costs. Minimum Living Wages and 1 Comparison Scale. WITH PENDLETON POST IL YOU WILL LIKE THIS DOPE IF YOU READ IT All additional department. ai- j year inn: for the first time today, will he found on papa r of thin Is- iie. It 1h under the hcadlriK- ' I -I Here and There. This de part men l wilt he worth watch Inn. The social news will he published its usual on page six, the brief news not oh of Pendleton on pane three, ind newH of the county and county offices on jme &. The BftSt oreK'-uiun strives con vUUttjy to better Its news and ad vertlstnc service and i always xiad to receive suggestions from patrons FULL DEMANDS ARE NOT GRANTED BY PRESIDENT Course of Action is Outlined, However, Whereby Leaders Foresee Ultimate Benefits for 2,000,000 Workers. IT- WILL VISIT SCENES OF WAR WITH SPAIN Forty-five farmer service men re- ; Hldiritr In the I 'end h? ton district have enl applications' for membership In i I'nndleton I'ost American LSf$on since announcement wan made earlv thin month of t h proposed membership tmpnlpTn In the county. Plue cards, enllllinjc the holders to attend the IpOSt'l smoker on the nixM of Febru ary 'JH. are being mailed to applicants who accompany their application;; WASHJNCTON, Feb. 14. At Urn-: with the fee for due", request of President Wilson, railroad While the voluntary enrollment Ik union officials will meet him here Fob- j Kratlf in- to the pout, it js desired to ruary i!3 to discus "Wage conditions, 'have every former service man a lc Thls wan learned today when the white Islon man and one wck from Mn hotiHe made public correspondence he- tluy the members of the county's four tween the president and union of flclnls I Post will lUrl a drive to brine I nil regarding wage demands. Union men I'l'" eligible. The drne will be tur de live red their reply to tho president j mlnated with the big smol.or in Pen thia afternoon. idleton at which the local boy will be "With full realization of our rcspon- hoifca sitl i It i lull - i. t t i.r uial.l ... hm n i I . .. 1 KiiortM followers who fl Hue .1 . ...wiiLh -r t.u-.. r. , .f i ago, was U. 1 1 eu te HU II t Wl t h t ll C O I Kil II I - RESERVATIONS TO ARTICLE 10 WILL SOON KNOW FATE Senators Today Agree That Question of Agreement on League of Nations Issue Will be Decided in Day or Two. -a DRUNKARD HOSPITAL BANKRUPT; BUSINESS IS REPORTED DULL! CHICAGO, Feb. H. Rank, ruptey proceeding! wore started toda against the .Veal lnstituto for treatment ot drunkard. ru 'i..-- h reported l u 1 1. VISITORS FROM ALL PARTS OF DISTRICT RESIGNATION HANDED IN UPON REQUEST OF PRESIDENT WILSON SPINS WHEEL OF SPECULATION E OPEN CONVENTION IS COMING FEB. 25 Announcement at State Depart ment Following Exchange of Letters Starts Talk of Con gressional Probe. WILSON-LANSING BREACH NOT THOUGHT DANGEROUS Paul Brown WiU Address Chris- Charles HL Pendleton lirown of New York was visitor yesterday, at 5corgo A. Hartman Accompa nied by Mrs. Hartman and Hope of Early Compromise Cen ters About Two Proposals Submitted to Lodge by Hitchcock Indicating Limits. IS tian Endeavor Delegates To- which time he completed the final ar raigetncnts for the appearance of Walker Whiteside at the Oregon the ater on Wednesday, February 25. Mr. jUrown reports that excellent business !has greeted .Mr. Whiteside and that night and Full Program Arranged for Sunday. ATTEMPT TO ASSUME AUTHORITY IS CHARGED The Kastern Oregon Christian Kn WAsm.';T Ni the senate will be Feb. H. Whether kblfj to rero h as;ree- Eucrene Eppinger of Walla "" ' " raenftion to .rti- io 10 of mt m r 'Gue n;,i' ,1S "ovi-n;int will be Walla Will Tour Orient. . iaed within a day or two, ienuors I today predicted. It 1m not generally j Scenen mudc Jndelible in the mind of every man who served in the old Second Oregon refjlment in the Phil ippine in 1898 are to be revisited by Oeorce A. Hartman, who, 22 years the advisability of the creation of a apeclal Joint con.inisi:ti composed of on e'pial number of representatives nelected hy railroad companies uud railroad labor organization:-!, signa tories hereto by agreement and vested with full authority to deal with this particular controversy on tho basis of the following prtnclplca. "Hates of pay for similar or analo gous services in other industries. "Relation of rates of pay to the in f. ! . . f l:i;!n; "The basic nWnlftium,,Tlmr wni;e sufficient to maintain a railroad man's nverae family upon the standard of health and reasonable comfort." t ho Mi 1 thing this morning when a couple of local boys whow are signed to box In the sniol.er were out on a long run as a part of their training Vtunt. The sight of scantily clad men doing the double lime along tin streets about 7:30 led the wise ones to be lieve that the smoker will be the real thing In the way of boxing. ICfforts are now being made by the sport" committee to sign up a heavy weight Indian to wrestle with Itny Mcrnrrolt. They have a line on a cood man, they my and expect to have a (op-notch grappling match in addition to three or four good fast boxing boul s. Tor PcJvful Settlement WA81IIN;TON Feb. 14. Itatlrou union leaders handed their .reply to President Wilson In fha wage contro versy to .Kccrciary Tumulty this af ternoon. The deelHioti of union men sj for peaceful settlement of the con troversy along lines suggested by Wil son yesterday, when ho received n committeo of three union leaders, it ivas said. The president Is understood to have told the union men thai tbalr demands for an immediate rise of 4a per cent In wages would not be granted now. The president, however, outlined a course of action by which the leaders understood that benefits will ultimat ely to accorded the Z. UUO, 000 workers they represent. FAX ROLL TURNED OVER 7.atlon. -Mr. Hartman. accompanied by Mrs. Hartman and Kugene Eppln ger, of Walla Walla, plans to sail from .Sun Kruncisco on Saturday, February i as, for a three months' tour of the Is lands of the Tacific and the orient. Mrs. Hartman will leave Pendleton tonight on the firtd lap of their long Journey. She will stop In Portland, ! where, next Friday morning, Mr. Hartman and Mr. Kppingcr will join her. On Sunday evening. February (2 2. they depart for San Francisco, to I pass through the Golden Gate on the following .Saturday aboard the steam ship "Siberia." To Visit Philippines. The Itinerary includes a few days at Honolulu on the way across the Pa cific and a short stay in Yokohama. ' believed that the resignation of I.an 'sing revealing a wide breach l?tween : him and the president will affect the treaty, although "irrcconcilables" will try to make most of it. Hope of early agreement centers ! alout two proposals oh Khs Article 10 reservation which Senator Hitchcock submitted to Senator Lodge. It is said those indicate the limits to which 'democrats are willing to go in com i promising. Lodge today declined to commit himself publicly on either proposal. FARMERSTMOVER im nt,.ni fai i..h, th.. 1,11 Play, "The Master of Hallantrae." tian church with delegates in attend-jh"s I'roved to be quite the moat satia ane from all parta of tho district, l'1? piece he haa ever had. The com - Still mure are expected to arrive here1any has been " tour since early laat : oday. i 'i". and all of the large cities be- I IJegrees received for study in the j'w'c?n the Atlantic and the )regon Christian Knileavor college j have been visited. Mr. Whiteside re will be conferred at the meeting to-intly appeared at th Heillg Theater .night. -P. ). Hates will be in charge of In I'ortland, and at this writing is play Executive Questions Ranking Cabinet Members on Calling ' Unauthorized Sessions and Parley Becomes Bitter. he song service, and Paul Hrown will give an address, "Loyalty.1 Miss steinmi tz will also be on the program. (,ood Program Tomorrow. Following is the programfor tomor row morning and afternoon: 7:00 a. m. Sunrise Communion Service, Kev. Walter Myers. "Having Loved His Own, Ho Loved Unto The ICnd." 9:4 5 a. m. Sunday School and ' Church Dele gates' Choice. si 1 1 ida y Af tcrnoon. 3:00 p. DA, Hulda Anderson, p res id ng. Song Service, P. O. Gates. Addrejw "Ye Shall Be My Wttness- s Unto the Uttermost Part of the rth," Mrs. K. T. Allen. 6:30 p. m. Christian Meeting. ing at the Metropolitan theatre In Se attle. An npfn date between that city -and Spokane enabled Manager Wright to eTTeot a contract fur Mr on thj; 25th. At the county library a general Japan. From there the party will -meeting of farmers is in session thi:; go to Manila and remain in the Phil ipplnes several days while Air. tsarc man visits the points win re he served during the Spanish-American war. Cupt. and Mrs. H. U Heath, who re side In Manila, will be hosts to the nartv. Thev were recent visitors to Pendleton win The great wall of China as well ns ta capital and principal seaportVU.es. will also be visited. The party plan to go near the scene of the present troubles between the bolshevik! ami the Japanese, and into Korea. Follow- (Continned on page .) FATHERS AND SONS WILL BANQUET NEXT FRIDAY IY:nllc1on rhun-h !leiwimin;ilinns .ire uniting In efforts Or Ih'j sue the "Kathcr ami Son" banciuet, given Friday night in Easle-Woodman hull. VV. Kj Htngold. chelruian. t'hiirles Honney, W. W. Marfan, M. A. Iligbv, John tatmhhth and Mr. Hoop er fnrni a committee which represents the various churches. W. V. Oreen, K. (. Inier and William fenlaml arc members of tho program commit tee. As outlined by those in charge, the Fatehr and Son banquet la Intended to awnkcr Interest In tho promotion of correct relation between father and sos. Kvery father In the commu nity bringing a son of 13' yeare or over will bo admitted t" the oanquel hall. Others need not apply, say committee, but for the aaka .ir Uiom Who have no sr. us. the committee Rives the Information that there are gener nlly enough boys lying around loose who would be iiulte wllllnf U qualify as "my aim" on atich an occasion. i The 1 !1 r lax roir! was officially ......... - ...... L? -m. brother. L. L Mann roll, as prepared by Assessor C. P. ; Strain and his tleputles, calls for a to- ! j'al lax levy in the county of $1,298,-! 034. , Collection of taxes. In whole or the first half, iwLP begin in the sheriff's Office Monday morning. Persons nave until April 1 in which to pay the Urst half of their taxes before they are declared delinquent Special deputies 11 be at "work to insure prompt handling of the collections'. With the turning over of tho roll: today, t he Uix on real property wilL' he collected from the person having InoaMSflton of that property on this date, regardless of whether the as- sessment was made auainst him. Thus. ! should n person transfer any real ! property today or following, he vould ss of 1 hrld responsible for the l!!l! tax, to boflHJl If II wmo transferred yesterday or trior to thai time, the new owner would have to pay the tax. Mrs. Heath has afternoon for the purpose of discuss ing the proposition of asking that tho grain corporation, with Its price fixing powers, be continued for another year. Dr. ,C. J Smith, who arrived from Portland this morning', is active in connection with the meeting and con siderable interest is being taken in the matter. Onf arg'iment advanced in favor of xtension of the price fixing time Is that the action would work for stabil ity and Would therefore enable dealers of all classes to operate on smaller margins because of the reduced risks due to the fixed prices. John 15:16 Ve Have Not Chosen Me Put I Have Chosen You," Fayo Steinmetx, Leader. ' 8:30 p. m. Sonr Service. Mr. Gates. Scripture Heading. Prayer. Address "I Will Follow Whithersoever Thou Goest," Prwn. Solo, Mr. Gates. M izpah. Pendleton V'H i?eprcontcd. WASHINGTON, Feb. H. OCfiofal Pacific i ajin,nTT,n IH apparently bewnaerea pry hip suonen reign.itio,n or recretary Lansing- at the request of President Wilaon. who charged that the ranking cabinet member tried to assume presi dential prerogative. There is talk of powibility of th i resignation affecting' the league of na- Whiteside s apeparnnce in Pendleton . nrnha .Kii, mh .in difference between Wilson and Ijans ing will be aired and possitility of resignation of other cabinet members are some of-the things being discussed privately. Hitter Tx-tters lx tiungnl Administration officials nnd (con gressmen however are avoiding any public utterance until they have raor time to- consider the resignation, 'Spd events leading to it. The resignation of Tensing "as an nounced at the State department late yesterday, following an exchange of letters passing between LAnsinsf and Wilson. In the course of th lectors the president charged that T-xutin r by summoning the cabinet during Wil son's illness virtually tried to aswriio presidential authority. CO-OPERATIVE PLAN IS AGAIN DEFERRED With only four njembers of the in vestigating committee present this 'morning the subject of the so-called (Pacific Northwest Non-profit Cooper- Kndeavor ;ativc marketing association's plan was 'put off until March 15 when another the igo, and meeting will he held here. Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman of committee named several weeks .ates. Wfs here for the Session today three other members of the commit r ; tee of 22 were in attendance. It Is Thee understood that no action was ta ken Paul aside from determining to postpone jaction until March IS. One report in circulation Is that some of the committeemen are averse to attempting farther cooperation with Mrs. H.C. Powman. Miss Josephine ; the Washington contingent In the as Kirtley, Miss Vera Huey. Kdwin KIrt- sociation. ley. Miss Haroldine Hnrton, Miss Paul s i;rnst, Johnsim N. Scott. Jans Tergeson Miss Ireno Boyd, Ivcs'ter Roots, Miss fContlnued on page u.) WHAT A DOLLAR TH SL IDENTIFIES DEFENDANT . . MONTKSANO, Feb, 1 1. Claornc Wat kin1-, rolor Is'arcr in I lie parade at Centralis on ArniMiee day ,tMla testified at (he murder trial here that shirotintr began jie-t after the . omi- thejnwtd tl. h.oi wwis given. He said he seto a man SlinOtinH from the Amnion hotel WUklns tostlflofj that he later Iden tified the man shooting .from -1 liT aloti hotel as laigeiie UarUCtt. cue Of the th lendauts IrCAM Boy A TlCKtT. BODY OF MAN KILLED BY TRAIN IS FOUND ON TRACKS THREE MILES SOUTH OF ECHO (Kast Oregonlan Special ! KCHU, Fell. 14.T& body of a man who had been killed by a t rain was found on the D.-W It. & N. track near t ho John Young place, three M3IHFUMK.N Alii: ill : I . i . MfidMPHlS, I'ch. it. Charging thai porsotua praetleall all the k'adtna tombornsen or the sontli, snlted in an unlaw fill coiuhhuitiou to Increase the nrtOO Of lomlH-r. .the. department of JnetlOB talay filed an InJUDOttpn MM1 hen. inlles south of Kcho last evening. The name N. Michael, apeparing in the hat. furnished the only means of Iden tification thus far discovered. The mi n's head had been enl ire I y severed from the booly. Some In -dine to the view of suicide but It is possible the rienth ol III man was due. BBATTL.E, Feb. 14. Nine men.; lo accident. He was not known In the SOfSS of whom will probably die. were Kcho region. literally cooked Ml steam and boiling , An Imjuesl by the coroner was set water today when a boiler In an aux-j fot 2 o'clock ihW afternoon. iiarv power plant here exploded ... si rn iK itoiiiKit i: pi.oii:s CAN BO "Pocket r"uL. OT CIGARS. I cam Boy A "BOKCK VIOLETS. - BUT WOULD T?ATHER- PUBOPF l' v '...Ttvarito , a INTEREST IN LAUNDRY Jolm Jocrsrer, Ppndlcton young man wlio recently retui-ned from ser- vicc in the I nited Suites navy, has purchased from Klbert Stamie a half I interest in the Eagle Cap laundry in I Knterpise. The other half interest is owned by Albert Stickler, a brother-in-law of j Mr. Joergcr's. The two -will operate the laundry on a.partnership basis. I Mr. Stamle, who with Mr. Stickler recently purchased the laundry, will locate In Orympia and he and Mrs. Stamie will make their home there. PHONE STRIKE CLAIM DISPUTED BY COMPANY SAX PUA.NCISCO, Feb. It. Less jthan -lint electrical workers of the Pacific Telephoao 'ajjd Telegraph "'mnp.iny in western slut. struck to day, company officials claim. C'lHTLANl). Feb. H. - Two thirds of 200 electrical workers 'of the tele phono company here are striking to ut ay. according to nnion .t'ficials. SAN" FFt.VNCtSCO, Feb. 14. Offl , l ials of electrlral workers employed I here by tho Pacific Telephone and ! Telegraph company decl ared 911 per. jeont of the men struck. It is estimat ed that 2000 "outttld-" electrical I workers in Oiliforn 1a. Oregon. Wash ' ington. Idaho and Nevada quit. Follows clafilies The bitter exchange of letters recalls numerous rumors that Iansinr would resign. During the treaty fight, it was charged and never denied, that Land ing expressed opposition to the treaty in private. Later it was rumored Wil son strongly disapproved of I-insing's Mexican policy, when Tinsinff indicat ed he believed in a stlffer attitude to ward Mexico. All foreign governments with which the United States has relations havo been notified of the resignation of Lansing and the fact that Pnder-Sec-retary Polk Is acting as secretary. I anvhu- Called Cabinet Wilson sent the first litter to Lans ing February 7. asking if it was truo that during his illness Lansing had called cabinet members into confer ence. He said that right rests with the president alone. Lansing, replying, said he had called meetings, saying he believed such a course was necessary due to the matters demandin? Imme diate action. He stated It never "en tered his mind'- that he was acting without authority or contrary to tho president's wishes. He then offered t submit his resignation. Wilson replied on February H. charging Lansing with attempting to assume presidential p.wers and told him he would "take advantage" of tho offer to resign. submits ltcsls;ntioii Lansing replied submitting his res ignation, saying he had long known the president did not welcome his ad- Ice, but felt It his duty to remain 111 the cabinet temporarily. Wilson's reply was short and formal, accepting the resignation. Talk of congressional invest illation ,.f the circumstances surrounding Lansing's resignation rose toda' luaAers where the peace treaty . mX It was evidently bolicvi acta would mean death t'i from d thu the maty. The. - - Weatliej; as reporter ny boimo, weather o'ts Maximum, Bit, Minimum. 2 sWosnoter, as.9. TOIL SUPPLY WJaSHJXt ITQSt lb 1 1. Chairman I'nyne of the Alpping Ivoard today asked Secretary Iane to demand pay n.ent of royalties on government oil lands in the form of crude oil. Payne declared h.- hopes thereby to force Pacific coast oil producers to provide sufficient fuel oil to run shipping board vessel at reasonable prices. THE WEATHER fORf CAST Tonlsht and Sunday fair. 1