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DAILY EVENING EDITION
Number ol copies printed of yesterday
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EAST OREGONIAN,. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1920
NO. 9465
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BE FATHERLY" IS
MESSAGE TO 250
AT FIRST DINNER
BILLY SUNDAY'S RELs-
HOLDS PROWLER 4if ,:
WITH CAN OF
E
hca ve
George
Dads and Sons of Pendleton
Assemble at Banquet Dis
cussing for Initial Time "How
to Better Our Boys."
PLEAS FOR COMRADESHIP
ARE MADE BY ALL AGES
CHICAGO, Feb.
can of (tinea ij ic rut,
(it him If ho moved, IV,
poor, ulster-in-law of Billy Sun
tiiiv, and wife f the president of a
film company, held a prowler at
hay In the huHernent of her home
white the family chauffeur um
moned the police. Tho intruder,
Harry Fisher, explained ho was
thlrtty and thought ho was in a
frfend'H cellar.
TREATY AS IT STANDS
OR NOT AT ALL SAY
rORMER PRINCE'S
SURRENDER OFFER
IS TURNED DOWN
Allies Decide Not to Accept Pro
posal of ex-Kaiser's Son
That He be Tried in Place of
Accused Germans.
WHEN GEORGE WAS YOUNG
Sumptuous Supper is Served by
High School Maids, Toast
Program is Heard, Then En- Enemy Faction Seta om
tertainers Hold Sway.
to
EVIDENCE IS COLLECTED
FOR TEUTONIC TRIBUNAL
"Ho fatherly."
Those two words moIvc I he prob
lem, "Who Shall ite the Father to
My Son," Itev. It. E. Mornall told if 6
father and 1 28 Bona Inst evening at
tho first Father and Bon banquet
ever held Is Pendleton. Hov. Mr.
OornaM made a plea for realization
that tho hoy hurt a body an well an a
brain and SOU I, and urged fathers to
give Of their time and their resources
that this part of their son's develop
ment he not overlooked.
"I have ul tended meetings of the
Farmers' Union where men have
talked Intelligently on belter wheat.
I have road of ymir moves toward
raiding bettor cattle, hotter hogs and
better sheep. This Is the first time
In my four years hero t ha t we have
got together to discuss how to hotter
our hoys."
Father's Influence ivit.
The hours which his father spent
In companionship with his eon S re .
treoHured memorloH of f uy H. John
non, who responded to t he toast ;
"i'hums." He deelared that the ad- 1
vice of n father who was a cbUtU dur- :
lug his bos hood days made crises In
life more cntlly met and solved many
n prohlem for the young man Just en- ;
torlng the battle of life.
"Any man nan Join the crowd and
In; ttftepl along without effort on his
own part." City School Sui-erintend-ent
y. P. Austin declared. "It Is tho
hoy or the man- who can stand hi,
protin'l nnd hiv 'Nn' at th proper
time that is the worthwhile person." ,
Ho urged fathers to know their .sons,
provide for them the proper environ- i
nient and to "he square with them." '
Place Issue in Coming Cam
paign Stripped of All Argu
ment About Reservations.
BY J. W. T. MARTtN
(United Press staff ( 'orroepondenl )
WASHINOTON. FcV II. The trea
ty's Irreconcilable foes in the senate
have set out to reduce the Issue on
th pact In tho coming eampaign to
the simplest term, namely the
"treaty an it stands or no treaty at
all," t hey toil ay announced They
want tho issue to go before the public
Stripped of all argument about reoer
vatlons so that the one essential ques
tion wlJl be acceptance or rejection of
the treaty as it stands.
Borah ami Johnson ate preparing in
transfer their fight against the treaty
from tho senate to the stump in a
few days.
New Commission Collects Facts
to be Submitted at Leipzig
Trial or for Own Use if De
cisions Are Not Satisfactory.
WIFE OF HELIX FARMER
PASSES IN CALIFORNIA
i HAivt r 'mi, e. , hi" iuim'h lona.v
deided not to accept the oTfcr of tho
former (Jerman Crown Prince to sur
render himself for trial before an al
lied tribunal on ehargOH of war crimes.
It is learned. The prince's offer was
made on provision that. charges
against the other accused derma ns be
dropped. It is also learned that tho
recently created allied commission of
J list f claries has begun collecting doc
umentary evidence to submit to the
German trihunal at Leipzig, which in
(it try tho accused Teutons, a.s named
in the lists submitted by tho allies.
Tho allies reserve the right to press
their charges if not satisfied with the
Information and decisions: of the Ger
man court.
SOVIETS SOUND OUT
j A-iHJii'i7t.ii In tho uniform of a Virginia colonel, just about th
! he renrnoV .from hi first western kiln eying trip.
WILSON HOLDS KEY TO ADRIATIC
DESPITE WRINGS OF EUROPE
ASSERTS HIGH ITALIAN OFFICIAL
Statement Made Without Qualification by Statesman Who
Knows President's Answer Will be Unfavorable to His
Nation But Who Knows Only Chaos if Warning Goes Un
OF OLD LOCAL CLUB
BY W BBR MILL-ICR
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
LONDON, Feb. 21. President Wil
son holds the key to the Adriatic, a
high Italian official declared In an
interview here today. His statement
was made without qualification. Ie
spite their admitted inelinatlons, the
allies dare not ignore Washington, he
said. They realize that Kurope will
be thrown into economic and political
chaos if she were to cat loose from the
United States.
Ho said the president's answer to
Ammunition and Target Sup
plies Left From Home-Guard tho allied note replying to hLs protest
Days Will be Put in Organi
zations Hands or Returned.
Any of the towns A-hlch can assem-
against their proposed Adratfc settle
ment will undoubtedly be unfavorable
to Italy.
It Is stated there is "room for ar
gument" as far as the president' po-
,ble 50 men who are interested in rifle sition waa concerned. The allies, he
WASHINGTON, THE LODGE MEMBER
Joaeph A. Bagwell, wtf of
rth boat-known tarmenOn tha Helta Entente Suestion Would No
district, passed away on Friday at Al-; "
gotiate Only With Non-parti-
ll.iriali NilVK !. "
b
"Do" ami not "Don't" should
th advice of father to son. JV.
HarTah declared In hla ri-snotinp
the toaat, "Son Throush Fath
Rpockn." "Boya clo not like to
BlipjilaaBtul " tic said. "They want to
be rtolnif something. Kvery father
Hhoulri sec to It that his son is so busy
dolnn something worth while that he
will not have to say "dop'a."
While the meeting waa announced
by Voaatmaatar Arthur Hurtd as an
opportunity for fathers to meet sons,
the part played by mother In the
rearing of eyery boy was not lost
sight of. H. B. Inlow. principal of
the high aohpol, paid a kIowIhk tri
bute to the molher.s In his nddreas on
"Our Pons."
TtarkliiKloii' Boj Hi'-al'tl.
.lack Back, hlKh aohool aenlor, re
ealled Pooth Tarkinitton'H boy in Ilia
talk, "Fnther Through Sons Spacka."
The youth he said, passes throUChj
five staKcs. often reat hlnK the step t
above In advance of the realisation of
his parents. Ha pictured the (TOWthjer)
of the youth vlviilly and ellrled eon- ti
hiitnlira. al.. after a nhort lllnaaa.1
Word of her death was received by
John I-:. M:ntomery today In a wire'
from Mr. Bagwell. lnfluenxa-Qajru-l
monin la thnnght to have been the'
cu use.
Mrs. Harwell -ws about 40 years of f
aKe and Ih survived bv her parents, .
who reside In Wellington, Kansas, her
husband, and a f ive-year-old daughter
Thetma, The body win be taken to
1 Wellington for burial. Mr. Ilapwell's
wire said.
) The family has leen In California
for nearly a year, Mr. Bagwell having
leased his wheat ranch to the Dttd.
leys, rif Athena. They are well known
; here and in Helix, having farmed in
, that region for. about 15 years. Mr.
Bagwell and email daughter probably
will return to Pendleton after the
I funeral.
san Assembly of All Russians
to Avoid Favoritism.
1-vb. !l. Mm.
lay declared not
f .lean Kimball
ration, returned
the Verdict "not guilty by reason of in
sanity." Mrs. Thurston gave n low
and collapsed. She shot and killed
girl In fiord of the Palace hotel.
sy rnAKCTBOOt
Julia Thurston was b
guilty of the muffler
The Jurv. after deltb.
fddornble
ent who i
parlances
them.
I.loyd t
school. d
home life
lighter from fathers prcs- , h
eallzi'd lhat some of the ex-
mentioned came home lot
r husband and the girl
arts.
're swi
el
UKtln. also of Hie
lined lhat the present
is not conducive to a close
. SENATE VOTE DEFEATS
relationship between son ami rawer.
He Indicated a desire for the good
old days they used to tell about when i
the family gathered about the fire- I
sldn Of an evening to listen to tales ol
-i...,'. hn..t,....l rather than "a bite of
rule In one oi in. -. ...
Miper.
nchlnei
ilty and home
fellow
to bed."
rieads for Filiicatlon.
"Folher learned his three 'IVe' at
the red school house and be made
uiiod." said Sherman .Mil' lien. spe.i..
Inix on "It's (Irent to Be
"Times bae changed. Th
,1, lairea in edlleatlon lust RS lb
"' - f ' .
are combine harvesters toaas
once you harvested by hand.
f WASHINOTON, Feb. 3 1 . In the
te since consideration of
evivod. the senate today
intendment to Hitch-
the pad i
defeated
cool
at.
'a withdrawal reservation by II i.
prepared
now
where
Think I
(Continued on
Pfllfp 2 1
James
tha city.
j. Wilson of Portland, Is In
Sam Oldakcr I lore
! Sam Dldaker, who sells land in the
I ttartibstnn colintrv and has continued
to do so for years. Is In I'enillcton to.
day paying the first hall ot Ills taxes
inA those of constituents for whom he
Is agent. The fad lhat the reclaimed -land
owni rs can pay taxes With such
oroinnlness is c nsidered a goo.i omen
for the real estate
BT CMir. n. QJtOAT
(United PreaS Staff Correspondent.)
HEW. IN. Feb. ft. -Efforts of tho
'ilusslan soviet government to estab
lish trade relations with the United
States look a now turn here today
When it was learned nut huritatively :
Victor Kopp, soviet affant. had at-
tempted to feel out American officials j
in lierlln on the propoaltlOOt Kopp
had been In direct ciilnmunlcalion
with American officials and business
'men, it was learned but apparently
his efforts met with little success. j
j The Americans. It Is reported, as-,
sumed the altitude that they could
not express an opinion until informed!
lof.tho position of Washington re
garding Russian trade. The belief
prevails that America is now opposed 1 Interior viev
to any negotiations to the effect of j ington was a n
trade with Russia, so far ns the Am-1 what they were
laiioan representatives are concerned, serve everything
German OfftcteJa Apprwe,
Meantime negotiations between
Kopp and German business men are
proceadlng. Whlla the government is
striving to conceal any part it may
i have In the negotiations. It is under
stood they hale at least the taCll ap
proval of authorities.
Allied officials here are keeping in
Olose h with the Russian trade
situation.
Assembly Sllggi'vbil.
t From an entente source It Was sug
gested thai Hie I'niied Slates might
find it feasible lo combine with the (
Lstcnta in Insisting that a national
unarm ly represvn tan ve m an L-aa
In Russia, be cor.vcneed to dlscttaa
the Matter of trade with Hie nll.es
Ifjucb a move it is pointed out. might
render business dealings possibly
without recognising the Lenlno-Trot-
!sky oligarchy. 1
if the Lenlne-Trotsky governmeni
is to survive, II Is bel laved H miisi find
some way to obtain farm implements,
railway supplies and other necessary
products which Cannol ba nianufac
turad in Rnitihii Tho soviet govern
ment, officials bora slate, realizes this
and will not allow Russia 1" be drawn
inio any plan tha,! win trade her
food and raw material supplies for
goods other thati those urgwotly
needed.
i f . h
practice may obtain tho rifle, ammu
nition and target KiipplfcH now in tho
I'ands of tho defunct .Pendleton Hifle
time when Club with littio difficulty. Iee D.
j Drake, who has charge of the ma
! torialH, declared today that tho ma
I terialH mti.t either bo taken over by
sr. mo interru-d oreranization and uaed,
be returned to tho government,
added, hope to prolong- discussion un
til tho economic and Turkish and Rua
flian o,ustloni-. now before the coun
cil of premiers are settled.
Reply Not IUail.v.
WASHINGTON', Feb. ft. President
Wilson's reply to the note of the su
preme council on Adriatic settlement
HUNGARIAN DELEGATES
ASK TIME EXTENSION
PARIS, Fob. -21. The Hungarian
delegation today asked the council of
ambassadors for extension of time in
which to present their counter propos
als to their peace treaty.
There aro 10 Kratr-Jorgeson rifles wo 1 he ready for transmission today,
(and 6noo rounds of ball ammunition, ! lt is learned at the state department.
; two .22 caliber indoor target rifles and
' 2H.000 rounds of .22 ammunition. For
the outdoor target work, there are tar-
'- get frames, targets, spotters, markers
; and complete equipment. There are
pastors f;r rang of from 2001 to 1000
, yards.
For indoor wrk there are target
i ar Tiers, and ether target materials
; complete. The supplies have not been
used since the days of the home
guards.
I Tho materials wore offered to Pen
dleton Post, American L-egion and Dr.
! O. W. Lassen made a report recently
on tho prospects for an outdoor range
j on tho county farm. The legionaries,
' however, did not enthuse over the
1 prospect and the matter was allowed
j to drop. Now Mr. Drake, who was
; rrmmander of the guards, desires to
i e-ther place the equipment in the
j hands of nn interested group of men
I or send it back to the arsenal. At
; present it Is a white elephant.
National Tournaments! Hold
Anv town which is Interested in j
forming a rifle club can affiliate with
I tho National Rifle Association for a
'$10 foe. This association holds sec- i
tional competitive shoots and the win- j
, iters aro eligible to enter the national
t"iirnaments held annually. The out
door work starts in May.
WHITE INSURGENTS
STRIKE AT JAPANESE
Of hall i:i which met Masonic lodge of which George
ember Uv many years. Furnishings of the room toi
SThen Washington aiu-nded, care having been taken
as it was.
LONDON. Feb. 21. Insurgent
white troops along the Amur river to
day attacked Japanese forces and
fierce fighting Is proceeding, accord
ing to a Moscow communique. The
whites have sent reinforcements to aid
their troops, the dispatch added.
Another communique reiterated the
statement of tho Russian soviet gov
ernment that It is ready for peace and
is fighting only through necessity. The
soviet government "does not desire to
rob Its neighbors'" and that fact ia
"understood by British. French. Am
erican and other imperialistic govern
ments," the communique added.
TO VISIT LOCAL ELKS CRAPS GAME LEADS TO
LABOR TELLS PRESIDENT PROVISIONS OF
ROAD BILL ARE "ABSOLUTELY UNWORKABLE
BANDITS GET MINE
COIN ON PAY DAY
DK.S MOfft&g, Feb. 21. Four ban-
today held u 1 1 the paymaster of
the Baylor mine rear hero and locked
him in a vault and escaped with, $13.
000, Lhe week s payroll at the mi no.
Tfco robbery was reported to. the Pes
Moines police, who are pursuing the
bandits.
'AMI IV. T V. I Vb. 21. The
bofrc this afternoon passed the Efcsjb-
ii mm ins raflwBj hill.
WASHINGTON' Fe b . 21. A co m -mitt-je
. u ra llwa V union officials to
day submitted to Preside at Wilson a
memorial
provisions
as "nbsoli
H. I.. Toney, district deputy grand
exalted ruler of the B. 1. O. K.lks.
I will pay an official visit to Pendleton
.u. .ro, un i ii ii."i..i cu-iiinn,
Fohriiarv 2tl. Mr. Tonev comes from l
McMinnville to make an annual in-!
spection of the local lodge.
A large class of initiates will be j
present and tho ritualistic work will bo
exemplified- The order will make!
efforts tli is wreak to have all men clig-ef
ildo for initiation present at tr visit
at the grand lodge officer and x big
attendance of members is also expected.
Besides the rituuVstlc .work. Mr
BATTLE AND KILLING
characterising' the labor Toney will be presented with the nn-
in
the DBoh-Cummina
unworkable.'
bill
nor
DISMISSED WITH FLU
in in that country.
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND SLACKERS
ARE TAKEN IN ROUND-UP OF EVADERS
Klrttcr furl. Wants official.
. uumiimi of ibilter I'reek raiu h-
of ---
The in rests ers inane a oi'io ... ..... .
milis by oa- watermaster A. K ferry to nave a
I Wfttermaster assigned to (heir Irriga
tion dislricl for the coming season,
lowing to the scarcity of wuter In the
reek in this nine and indications mat
ll will he scarcer tms summer. .vir.
WASHINGTON. Feb L'l Appioxi
nr. (inn slackers" have been
round ad up so far, the depart ment
Justice announced today
".nrou.nl the work of mo
partment agents who are running
.town suspects, the mimes ot whom
the wnr dena I i 111 cut lurnisneo
The names are divided
cntegniies. 173, till being
I I . IM I I i i I I I
. . .-. "uiiunwli" I I'errv said today
in as. iieing : iBvaatl-imaatar will protoablj i. ppoiied to
Water Bnaroltj nrcdletcd.
Fnl ss tho mountain! have anotln-r
giM.d covering of snow before spring,
t, 'mat Ills, county faces n water short-
m fa r more extorsive than anv in
years, In th- opinion of Fred If. Wen
Miaw, district engineer for the V.
grolonhal sarvev. who has boon mak
mg bivstlgatfons In this haglosi lately.
Their is hardly snow in th-'
mountains and SAOat f the water hM
i p carried off In the winter floods.
Mo has alreadv informed Oamtv Wa
termaster A. K. I'errv fiat SbDfl should
bo taken to conserve the water supply
of the county streams as much as pos
sible this ye;r unless conditions In the
meantime are Improved by a renewed
snowfall er more than lhe tisu.il
amount of ruin.
M i.XTSS A MO, Feb.
Juror I'arf was found t(
from influoii7-i he was t
id from the Contrail
Follow in ft a report of
I. Because
c suffering
ay diem I
urder jury
iunty 1 'hy-
sic!jin Fit?, that t'arr is unlikely to re
cover from the attack of flu by Tuob-
I'ibt ODPgessS Tribunal.
WASH I N't ITON, F i. 21. Isabor
fida.v cafrle'd its fight on'tho Kseh
n m m ins rallrond bill to President
Vilson. I u a lot tor delivered to tho
White Mouse, union loaders attacked
b of (he bill, as well as
guaranteed return of five and one
per t ent and practically refused
submit their wage demands to ar
bitration hi tribunals established by
etr- 'i iaa, a.s Wilson proposed.
Ualon men made It clear they be
lieve Wilson should proceed with his
p'a' i independent of congressional
act ion.
condition of the lo
will he entertain
fvllowing the bus-
nual report of the
caj lodge. There
ment and asupper
iness session.
HTi Toney is making a tour of the
eastern Oregon lodges at this time
and will be In Baker Tuesday flight
and l-i rande on Wednesday night.
BUHI4 Ida.. Fob. 21. Bandy Wil
liams is dead and police are today
searching for his alleged slayer, James
Kstes. Walls of a shack In whic h
Fred War hurt lives here are blond -spattered
and the furniture is wreck-
is a result of a terrific fight said
to have preceded the killing last
night.
Tlte trouble, it is understood, start
ed over a came of craps in which Wil
liams, F.stes, Warburt, Herbert Bart
and "Duke" Weaver participated at
tho Warburg shack.
After the free for all raged for some
time. Kstes, it is alleged, drew his re
volver and fired four shots at Wil
liams, who died almost instantly.
0. A. C. FRESHMAN IN
LIVELY BATTLE ROYAL IS
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS'
IV I.. Ballard lb-re.
F. T r.atlard. state leader of coun
ity agents, la hero today to attend tho
count., farm bureau meeting. He
has been in i.i Urande 'but his bead-
irters are at O. A. ( .
OR Ei
uaoK,
i ioodab
hrSjgoa,
; N aci: irrisTFitAi, roi.-
Forvallis. Feb. 31. Chester
, a freshman front Warronlon
was knocked unconscious as
d ti . Judge
draw one
replace' the
removed to
lis
t th
s'ek man
a hospital.
Convened court
alternate jurors
ian. Pall will
nnn
LOSS
DUBLIN IS ORDERED
TO STAY INDOORS
CCEF
Bl I t VI" I OW PKU'I".
WASIIIN'CTi'W Feb. St.- Additton-I
al i.ppropriatiins of $i:4;.oan,ono to.
wind up federal control will be asked
of congress hy Bail lUreetor Hines.
Itepresentattve Dsch told the hot:- in
ttio result of a fall while enuaced in a
battle royal," staged as tlte climax
of the interfraternit y smoker Wed
resdoy evenimr. QoodalS and Marobl
i dsen. a freshman front Wood bu rn
i -re., were tussling for decision of the
match, in which every fraternity on
the eampus had entered its champion
strong "rook." All the other candi-
dates had boon eliminated having
beon thrown from the 20 foot rina;
BtfBLIf, Feb. 81.- Military author- drawn on the floor. In the struggle
Ities today Issued a proela mat b n or- . ne par turned a flip-flop. (loodale
Qertng all residents to ntn.v in doors le- lighting on the side pf his head. He
twoan nddnight and ." fa., unless WHS taken home in a taxi In nn un
specifically permitted to be on the conscious eondltlon, but recovered
stresoi. The order followed extensive without serious injury. Olscn was de
r:iids by the mllttarv Tburstla tiight ciartM the winner.
WeaUi
I'lic Wcatber
From tho report of Major Lee M oi
honae, weather bnserver.
Maximum. 42.
Minimum. 27.
Barometer. 2i.!rt.
Precipitation. .11 inches.
Into two
classed iim
drafts and
that a deputy wnter-
.h 1.
headquarters of
bTisiness ftl'UiS
large number of
pening the debate on the (onfertnce , ,, n w . re arrested. .rin"''l cars and
Il aO. Ih. 11. BfSJff prUvs report on the railroad bill that if this t;Miks .re r(' by the military.
oda iiro lower 'ii tin stwk yanl Isbbj sum is grsnsted iiOHgl USS will ha ap- .
liia mm. iliiui at anl time Sinew March ematHaied a rrmnd lotal of over II.-1
niw ii... BMaaiiMB uriiv for etMMl li-f iiM.i I'll, i for riuuls of which over H B. dray is here from Waco. Tex-
siin i tor ibe uni was Si 2.1Mb Sfill praeenl toaal loss.
snd early Friday on
Sinn Fein volunteers.
Ma ny hour's and
Were searched and a
M. P. lj is here from War
, on a business trip.
OU) IMH V DIES.
Insiaaate. aged SO, one of the oldest
full blooded in titans on t he reserva
tion, died this morning of old ajce. She
is an aunt of Joe Craig and is survived
also by a sister. Aminke. Funeral ser
vices will be tomorrow at St. Andrew's
I'atholu- mission.
THE WEATHE
FORECAST
Tonifht and
Sunday fair.
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