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h 'Ea st S CQreftonian) DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENING EDITION Nuiabr ul copti printed of yeaterday ' Daily Kdltlon 3,005 Tliln paper It , merntjer ana audited b th Audit Bureau of Circulations The Eaat Oregonlan la Eastern Ore gon's greatest newspaper and aa selling force glvee to th ad.ertiat.s over twice the guaranteed paid circu lation In Pendleton and Umatilla ooua ly car any other newapaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 31 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920 NO. 9469 TROOP PRESENCE WILL BE EACTOR IN SPEEDING TRIAL FAULry ND CONFUSING" H O V i V U M BERING DUE FOR NGE SAYS COUNCILMAN Twenty Soldiers Armor, With-'"'"1 mmrv m tho city council ... "i"',tiir ;in iinostigulo sines and Machine Guns!""'1 Camp on Court House . Grounds; 60 More Near. END OF CASE EXPECTED IN TWO AND HALF WEEKS i 'h.iraoterlzliig tho present system , f Ind the street but experience dlffl of numbering holm IIH faulty and culty In locating the houM. Ha hiik- ' - . ulul I" need of correction, ! tested base line streets for the starling Councilman Claud I'i nliiiid last night lot' numlierlngs. Woiilfl lo.-.l'l t ..l, HtiKOtliin nil probable al- Another reform which muat l,n on. on to a uniform method. The I d e 1 1 a k en he the cltv .if one i the "um committee or me council wa oodlflcatfon ot ta laws and ordinance, delegated the Jol. ,,f looking into the ,llB council decided. It wan poirited situation and making a report. out lnIll therc j() n way f MUuK KtreetH on the north Ode are espec- i what idlnanceH now on the book a tally m nj of renumbering. Mr. Pen-, in cnit.t and the city attorney and land declared. Hoald that the postal i raflordr suggested a complete mam- t fflclala have asked for relief and that strangers looking for a number may ' fTTnntlniied on naaa I.) ADOPTED SON OE VICE PRESIDENT DIES AT CAPITAL HOPESFOrR'NMNErEARs SFNaTF PftSTPflNFS DISfllKSIflN Judge Orders Prosecution to j Submit Information Given Governor But Testimony on ; Roberts' Sanity Continues. Mo.VTF.8ANo. Feb, 6. With 20 ; soldiers armed with rlfltl nnd light j machine-Kims, camped uri tho COUli Ij housu grounds and fio more camped 1 , a down blocks away, all fear of an ut- j tempted reaC-A of prisoners in the -Centrulla murder trial dlsappo.'i red. Th soldiers will undoubtedly be kept here until th.- trial ends, author- (ties wild. Sheiiff Bartall repeated previous: statements to tho effect that he thinks 1 the local peace officers could have 11 coped with any situation that might III have arisen, "Bui I do not we any hnrrn In bavin? trie soldiers here." he Ij added. "Their presence will un- ill douhtedly insure perfect qtll-t." No further delays are expected In the trial's proceedure. Attorneys be- j lieve the case will be concluded in an- III other two and a half week?. MALTED MILK JAGS GO UP JITNEY BUT "COKE" IS YET AT 10 MaUted milk Jags, like t hose of my oilier beverage, are costing nore. likewise the toothsome nut lUndM and the iHibbUng Bevo have larkened to the call and have koiic ip Ul6 Hale for un additional Jit i. Bui take heart, ye Nippers of "coke and lemon" for the price still -emains at 10 cents per shut. Dispensers of liquid cheer have ut In a new schedule of. prices in J vndicton, owing to the mounting osts. etc. Malted milks, with the i war tax paid, nut sundaes dltir, j ievo and other substitutes for the tld essence of hops, all are now 20 i ents. Lemonades have jumped up 0 per cent und will cost l cents 1 arh. A glass of milk at the soda odntaln will hit the pooketttook or a dime. The new schedule applies to the fountain will hit the pockctbook j tnd billiard parlors, who niet to es- :' tablish the scale owing to the prices demanded fur milk, Ico cream and help. $69,025 AID SECURED : BY LOCAL RED CROSS Morrison, Three Year Old Fos ter Child of Nation's Second , Executive, Succumbs to Ill ness of Last Few Weeks. LAD TAKEN IN HOME ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO Special Kitchenette Built in Marshall's Apartment for Nurse and Room is Filled With Toys for Little Protege. WASHINGTON-. Feb. Jgf Morrison Marshall aged three, the fdopted son of vice-president and Mrs. Marshall, 1 ... , ' . (Ileil today. I Wx--nme thousand twenty-five MrrlBon fa ,nW lhP ml. dollars haM been. l)tainfd durinc the l cf the Marsha'lfc abi it tw y.nrs afro, past yt ;tr for I'tnatilla county soldier There .were no formal adoption pro from the United States government, ' c-ediiiKx but the baby's family con throiih the efforts of the local head- M-nted to h-t the vice-president regard tiuartcra of the I'matillu lied t r ihm, him as hia own Hon. A special Jiit accordlnK tp a report made by Mikh chenette wa.s built, in the MarHhall 'irKinia Todd, secretary. This does ' apartment where food was prepared not Include the work done by the va- for Morrlobn by a nurse. Another rious branches. POOjm w-as filb-d with toys. He took his airinir rejiularlv In the vk-e-nres- 13.560 was bonus Idential automobile. For a long time I travel pay, 63l i al- j the lad thrived, but his fatal 'illness ' J75HO Insurance excess arid of the blood developed IP OF RESERVATION ON ARTICLE 10 UNTIL OTHERS ARE DISPOSED OE No Debate Follows Lodge Motion and Hitchcock Casts Only Dissenting Vote; Reed Declares Newly Appointed Secre tary of State Grossly Misrepresented League. SENATOR HARDING AND M'ADOO WILL "DEBATE" VIA RECORDS TONIGHT XBW YORK, Feb. 26. Sena ator Hardintr and William G. Mc Adoo will debate" here tonight. That is, phonographic record of their speeches wi!lbe heard by the central republican club. Other candidates will "appear" later, ;l ir you tlilnB America is dry you are due for a chcange of mind. Con soler the picture of -Mohamed ben Salah. the Catd ut Calds of Algiers, who says that in the country he rules: . There hasn't been any rain for five years but we expect s ,mr in four years more." CENTER PARKING PLAN WASHINTITON-, Feb. 2 Tho sen ate today adopted a motion by Henatoi I.-).1.- postponing1 diseusnlon of rener vatiun on Article 10 uf the leaKue cov enant until all other reservations are disposed of. There was no debate in opposition to Lodge 'a motion. Knox asked Ita purpose and Lodare reolled: "A avmv. jbody knows, this is the chief rjuestinn in the controversy. I think it will wive time if we dispose, of the other reser vations first." Hitchcock cast the only vote against ledge's motion. "This serpent of treason must bo j K tiled the second time," declared Iteed, I democrat, in opening the treaty de jbate. Any senator is warranted In talking any amount of time he pleaca to discuss it." I Reed brought the name of Baln I bridge Colby, newly appointed serre jtary of state into the discumlon at the beginning of the speeeh. He said: "One of the men who moet assiduous- TWENTY PLANES WILL BE POT ON ROUTE IF FLIGHT IS SUCCESSFUL Inauguration April 1 Will De termine Future of Passenger Service Between Portland and San Francisco. .fudge Order riifoi'mntinu. MONTKNANO. h. 26. Th? prose rutlon In the Centralla murder triad was today ordered to submit to Judge Wilson the Information upon which the request for t roops was made io (iovernor Hart. Terming the call for troops to "preserve order" a most un usual happening, Wilson ruled that the trial might proceed today but that the prosecution's "secret Informa tion" must be available by tomorrow. The ruling came after a lengthy statement by 1 efense Attorney Vnn derv ier demanding that Prosecutor Allen cited for contempt of court for atternpttnir--Jnrent a fnTW Im pression in the public mind." Vander veer threutened to withdraw from the case unless fclt Is conducted as a !uw sult, not as a drumheud court ma rtlal." He charged that the jurors had been taken past the military camp in their wulk this morning. He said this could not do otherwise than affect the fair ness of the trial. Trial Continue. "That there is need of troons here PORTLAND, Feb. 6. Should the In ridiculous," Vanderveer said. "The j first San Francisco -Port land passen sheriff told me that his office was not ger airline prove successful after in even consulted before the troops were angulation of servic. April 1, more on the way here." tthan it airplane? will be put on the W'tlMon Ordered the prosecution to route, according to San Francisco ad- Biibmit its Information which Allen vices today. said bail been placed at the disposal Reservations for tho first trip north- oi me governor. jward are now being made by Is. Pon- jii me meantime Y nndcrvcer agreed : ton de to continue with the trial today, j Frieslev The alleged Insanity of l.oreji Rob erts. and the alibi claimed by Kugcne 11,. ,...- Ika I .. a-.. will govern. After the air train arrives in Port land, according to Ie Arce, the return Roberts had raMrdliu the bb-mitv r '" win i.c made almost immediatelv. the defense attorney. Flying time will be short enough to Rert Bland aid Roberta told him inB,,r arrival in California before Vanderveer was in reality General 1i,k1- Rlsque of the spruce production dl- His firHt sn'i wiM hp eipiitiped with vision. Attorney Ralph Pierce, form- liberty motors and have f.fto horse- ptiwer. Two pilots will handle each 'Continued from page l.) ship, the reports suv. Of the total money. $$68(10 lotment allowances to totally disabled men or their fam ilies, $ir00 bonds, $jr,R0o compensa tion for disabled or deceased men. $ L'7 ' back pay and $720(1 vocational puy. The insurance, compensation and vocational pay will continue dur ing the years in monthjy installments, but the. other sums have been paid for th last time. Six hundred twenty five men have received benefits. Miss Todd prepared t he report for Miss Klizabeth Tandy, traveling agent for the Red Cross, who praised t he work of the Red Cross office hero. The report will be shown in other towns in Oregon in the hope that it will prove a stimulus. a few weeks ago. GREEN AND GOLD GOES TO LA GRANDE FRIDAY : The center parking Idea on Main street is going to be a success. In the ly misrepresented the league of nation opinion of Mayor John Vaughan. Op- to the people of the T'nited States has MOVIE ACTRESS SEEKS "ATMOSPHERE" SO ENTERS CELL TO PLAY PRISONER tore. Folsom In a eel time shi oxchanK her. It MKN'T( , Fel tniosphere" for Knes Johnson, oday became a j prison. She wii' r ell thours, during will cat prison far her identity for a 26. Seek ;t new plc movie act hi'isoner at MRS. ALBERT BALCOM IS CALLED BY DEATH niam that e and mint- RAILROAD UNIONS AND FARMERS COUNCIL ASK WILSON TO VETO ESCH-CUMiNS BILL Arce, sales manager for the Aircraft corporation, 67 New Montgomery street, San Francisco. ! The initial craft will carry 120 pas sengers. Highest bidders will ride in WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Railroad urlons anil the farmers national coun cil today asked President Wilson to veto the rh-Ciinimins railroad bill. A delegation of 15 union heads call ed at the white house and left with Secretary Tumulty a resolution adopr eu by railroad labor representatives mi in session here for equesting the president bill to congress without BABE KILLED IN EFFORi TO STRAIGHTEN LIMBS position which was first heard aKainst (just leen named secretary of state. I the idea is diaapeparina. the mayor ijimply remark thar if he doesn't know id this afternoon, and most of the anything more about the league and comment is now in favor of the 'foreign affairs of this country than he heme. jdid when he was in my state making One of the chief sources of com- 'speeches, he needs a Ion?? painful plaint was the auto demonstrating fra- 'course of instruct ions." Confident of victory and with lots ternity. With two lanes on the main ' of the old time pep, the Pendleton , thoroughfare, a new car cannot at- lugh school hMskethall team goes to tract the attention it would while Grande Friday to 'battle the La gliding down the center of the street. Grande team on a strange floor. The ; It Is said. boy have been ..working out every "We can drive along Main street! night and are in good shape tu put ' and see in the store windows now," up a good scrap. La Grande comes : one family, head said today. Others j here for a return eanie eaiiv next ,bn iiL- ih irto!. nf rfrivln. tons-side u-eek. curn to load and unload. Many i , Those who will make the trip to La wpuld like a short time limit allowed Grande are Captain Jens Torgenson. for machines to stop at the curb and Mrs. Albert Balcom, aged 63, who Charles Cahlll, Ted Siraughn, Richard allow their occupants to enter the ! untii three years -go was a resident of Lawrence, Ettwln Kirtley, Hen Simon- 8hops and make their purchases with- ! Pendleton, died yesterday at St. An ton. Omar Atkinson, nichard Xcil and ,out having to park In the center space. thony's hospital of enlargement of the Loach Preble. A c)eaner Man street is possible heart. ell king .sminfon held a pep mee'.- j witn ,he new BVStem as tno fmsher can ' Mrs. Balcom was born'in Missouri. ' "l imir mi:iu :. Q. ,h ,,.,, , nv H,,,,r of the l Cimfc to ' M eOll VtM.ru (day. Fewer auto fenders are being when she crossed the plains In a wa (bent under the new system, also. An- j 5n drawn by an ox team. Since leav inther advantage Is seen in the turn- ins Pendleton Mrs. Balcom has re line of corners into Main street. When sided at Caldwell, where Mr. Balcom cars are parked right up to the lane J engaged in farming. for pedestrians, oars making the turn Besides her husband, she is survlv- I cannot very well draw over to the left ea b" the following children: Misa side of the street, or they will collide ; Hazel Balcom, a graduate nurse, of St. With parked cars. Should public sen-!Mar-v's hospital. Walla Walla, who has Itiment show the plan to be perfectly i been attending her mother. Mrs. B. R. feasible an ordinance changing to the!1?01111- of Adams; Harry Balcom of center pnrking on Main and Court --a.uweii, aim sans rat t aasiciy of Fi bers of the team and others spoke. Confidence in the ability of the team to "bring home the bacon" was gen erally expressed. CARROL KENNEDY, AGED TWO. IS BURNED WHEN BOILING WATER SPILLS whi have al do ttons developed by witnesses for the defense today. Several of the defend ants were called to the stand and told I of various hallucinations they said 1 WALLA WALLA FARMERS AND MERCHANTS OPPOSE SCHEME OF EXAMINER THURTELI his appr Spoke; Tumult i for the farmers handed memorial addressed to President Wilson urging him to vote for the measure. Chion month old Ho today with 00 father. Ho bro leg-H while try ert s limbs. Paul Hinst.; hart today. he death of 10 ks was cleared of the child's iby's arms and :raighten Itob- here from Haru- Ittle Carrol Kennedy the daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Liren Kennedy, was -b-idly burned yesterday when a kettle of boiling water was upset on the iwiiKis icet, foth feet are seriously burned, but there will be no perma j ncnt injury. It is expected that she . will be able to walk again in a few weeks. The little girl is two years old, t ! being her second birthday. She i (grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. K ' nody of this city. streets will be presented for passage. da WILSON'S REPLY TODAY Caldwell, and Mis. lot Rock. Funeral services will be held tomor row at 8:15 a. m. from the Folsom chapel, with Father Maloney, of St. Mary's Catholic church, officinting. The body will be taken to Pilot Rock for buritil. SOMETHING FOR THE OLD BOY TO THINK ABOUT WAMA WAUaA. Wash., Feb. 2fi. The Commercial club nnd wheat ranchers of Walla Walla and vicinity went on record last night as opposed to the report of the examiner of the Inter-stute commerce commission rec ommending nn increase of freight rates to Sound ports ami Astoria, and also against any preferential in favor, to tho offer of Portland. ' been talking a lower price to farmers for t heir wheat. Eugene Kelly, of the Farmers' agency, declared that if there was a differential the buyers would buy on the basis of the highest freight rale, then if possible, ship by t he lowest . taking tho difference. W. I). Lyman made an eloquent plea that Walla Walla had water grade for years, The votes by which this aetion was nnd that Portland was entitled to the taken followed about three hours of lenefit of the advantage of her loco nntmated and al times acrid discuss-; tion. ston. I Wm. Kirkman countered by sayini; The meeting wafl called to order by that Professor Lyman had been for Vice-President Henry Drum of the yeais talking tho benefit f water Commercial club, in tho absence of . transportation and that the only wn John W. Ijingdon. president of tho Walla Wail nly would ever get Club. Wr.'Prum Introduced O. o. caldrr head, rate expert of the Washington public service commission who recited ihe event leading up to the report of the special examiner who was assigned to Invest Iga to t he pet It Ion of Port -land and Vancouver fr a differential agaln-d Seattle, Tacoma and pther Hound ports and Astoria, transportation was by compell ing Portland to put on a boat line in order to get the business "f the Inland Fmnlre: that If she could get it by a freight differential that she would not care a ont whether there was ever a boat on the river. Attorney Frank Crowe alo made a slrong plea, for Portland and expressed the belief that the club should not op- This report found that the present ' pos. a raise in rates to Seattle it ine rntes from the Inland Umpire point a I railroads needed it. to Portland are reasonable, but also) a motion by Mr. Crowe, substituted found id, i Portland disentitled to I fur one of William Kirkman. was rate not to exceed J0 per cent of the passed, going on record aa oppoaod to ( Hound rate, which in effect was or- that part of the report advocating a , rtering a raise of II. G per cent for! higher rate to Seattle, but not men- j Hound iHdnt. : tinning the differential. Mr. Cablerbead said the oiiestlon be- After this motion was unanimously, fore the people of Walla Walla was'pnrried a motion by E3. K. Prewer that practically whether or not they want- tno meeting was opposed to any dif-j ed'to he restricted to one mnrket. Helrerentinl between tide-water port wMi believed that the elimination of Hound carried, although with aomo opposl- j porta by a differential would result In tion. LONDON". Feb. 26. The council of premiers has reached a number of im portant decisions which will be incor porated in the treaty of peace with Turkey, it is understood toduy. None i of them will be announced until the treaty is completed. The council will consider r LABOR EXECUTIVES MAP ELECTION PLAN J AC KHON V I IJL. E. Fla., Feb. 26- today Tho executive council of the American ident Wilson's reply to the allied Federation of Labor met here today to note in response to his Adriatic com municatlon. Newspapers continue their demands I for publication of the correspondence, lit is learned that Premiers Millerand i and Nitti oppose making fhe notes ! public now, but that Lloyd-Oeorge is willing to give the notes to the press. CASPIAN OBLITERATED pian tne most extensive program in labor's history to elect congreaamen next November who will vote for the) laws the workers want. "Our political plans are progressing satisfactorily, " said President QOBJt" pers. With 4,000,000 votes behind them, leaders are now studying pres idential possibilities, also. ENGLISH CLASS GIVES OWN VERSION OF PLAY "Silas Marner." a three act drama- I nation of George Bitot's famous hook. LONDON. Feb. J6. Tolscy s anti- "" ""ok rvnusstvsj bolshevik armv ta defeated bv soviet n acmmi .miss KCTie lnrr s Kn troops in the region of Ourtev, a Kos-MU? 1 Ciaj- Thelmn Blanchett co Wtreleaa claimed. Thousands of "ad ,ne Prologue to each act. Miss white troops died in retreat over the1',"" i'""""'"-' o.reciea tne proline waterless steppes toward the Caspian I sea. the disjtatch sair. adding that white armies in that district havo been "obliterated. 1). 1). .. E. it. I- In City. H. U Toney. I. P. O. K. It.. Is reg istered at Hotel Pendleton, from Mc Minnville. "I. 1". . E. R." means Deputy District Grand Kxalte.l Itubo and Mr. 'Toney is here to visit the lo cal Klks lodge. R. Hystoy iim-'. t". K. Hslop. of . A. i'.. is In the city today. Mr. Ilvslop. who la lro reSsor of farm i-tops. wrote an article ragardtrtlg the grain niarketing ques tion which appears In the Kast Ore guuian today. tion. The students wrote the play after studying the classic during the past semester and took their parts exceed ingly well. The students who assisted in the production were: Barton Hen drix as "Silas;" Alberta McMonles as "Kppie;" Ivan Houser as "Geoffrey.'' Others in the cast were: Bvalyn Davis. Jane Phelps, Bdnh Lang. Helen Mathews. Rsther Richardson, Gilbert strove. Hichard Neil. Perry Sloop, lohn Beokwlth, Perry Da Tie and I-s. ter Reetz. Xhe staging of plavs Is one of the new ideas which hav. Iieen brought forward for English students. Weatiier l:epo- 1 r-- Mtjti c;itlir observer. Ma Kltoii m, ',:t. 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