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DAILY EVENING EDITION SfM I , sr: ; I I'pasti'' fOre&oniani Thin paper t. a mcmD.r ml audltm gSn J'la, M.--'Mr DAILY Wa s.L " A WfmW B M b th. Audit Hur-Hu of Clrouiallona, d Se J"""'',rf!y?' FMUWyTKIV -A m W COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EVENING EDITION The But Or.gonlan la tar Ore gon' greatest newapap.r and aa etllng force give, to tha advartlaua over twice the guaranteed paid circu lation In Pendleton and Umatilla ooua ty at any other newspaper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPS. VOL. 32 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920. NO. 9475 I FADFRX FIGHT A MERICA N CONS VIA TE SOLDIER AID IN THIS CONGRESS J ZURICH IS BOMBED M M JT WAPjgCJr , March 4. The America n consulate in Zurich. Switzer land, mfjf destroyed by a boniti explosion butt night, the state depart- I r 4r d. Tiu police blamed the explosion on nnarchists. No one j? ,8 them was no property I oh, according to advice received in en L V.'HJHi by aepartment today. Opposition of Both Parties! Swells Despite Organization; of Service Men for Bonuses! and Educational Program NA. SPECULATES ON DOINGS AT WHITE HOUSE, MARCH 4, ONE YEAR FROM TODAY MIDDLE WEST, IN GRIP OF STORM, NEAR ISOLATION i IJANITOR SAYS HOUSE I "PIPING HOT" BUT CAT SLEEPS IN FURNACE - NEW YORK, March 4. The i Jftnltor t oda y t r j l i 8a n ita ry in- pector Hard&rd that he kept his apartments "piping hot," but the owner was fined after an inspec- tor found a cat asleep in (he furnace firebox. j Pendleton today is joining with the nation in speculating just a little aa to who will move into the White House at Washing-ton, D-. C. a year from today. ! This is March 4, the day upon which new presidents are inaugurated, j Seven years aKo today a democratic administration was installed for the first time since Cleveland. Three years ago Woodrow Wilson started on his second term as president hut as the diiy fell on a Sunday, there was no for- j mil observance that time. Who will be Inaugurated a year from today? 'Ail i March 4 not only marks the Inauguration day of the president but also De6rned NCCCSSclfy tO Wait Un- ends the eeo-lOP Of ccmiress En ordinarx times. Since the war, there have been til P.AiArnmanl PnwnniiAo no short sessions of congress. wwvsl I II 1 1 VI I a iiviviiuvu BOND ISSUANCE WOULD SERIOUSLY CUT VALUES Blizzards Are Sweeping From Colorado to Indiana and From Gulf to Minnesota With Increased Intensity. LIVING WAGES FOR CITY DEFENSE IN CENTRALIA MURDER TRIAL WILL END CASE TOMORROW CLEARING STAGE FOR REBUTTAL Elmer Smith, Attorney, One of Defendants, Again Takes Stand Testifying in Own Behalf and Denies Advising I. W. W. to Use Guns in Defense of Hall on Armistice Day. I PASSENGER CARS ARE STALLED IN DRIFTS JUDGE THOUGHT IT 30 MILES TO GALLON BUT COP CALLED IT HOUR Will Prevent Loss of $2, 500,000 to Present Holders. WASHINGTON, March 4. Leaders of both parties of the houae are; de termined to oppose any soldier uld lefrinlutlon ill thin session of congrers deaplte. demands by the organization of Hervice men for bonu.e.M, vocational education and farm and home louus. leaders believe the value of the large amount of liberty bonds otlt fttunding will be Jeopardized by the issuance of additional bondB par nary to finance any of soldier aid programs, which call for financial outlays rang ing: from 2,000,000 to $16,000,000. .Market Would Drop. The nation will know on the morniiiK of November 3 who is lo'be the next president and he will have four months in which to prepare for the move. Hut until NoVember .1 the country is asking. Who will it be? Snowshoe Runners Are Dis patched Carrying Food to . Trains Held by Wrecked Tracks in Slide Regions. Request Comes as Climax to Busy Meeting in Which Fire Truck is Selected and Ordi- j nances and Paving Ordered. j MORROW CO. FARMERS jRELATIVE OF PREMIER FAVOR FIXED PRICE! SPEAKS HERE MARCH 11 A living wage lor Pendleton's city CHICAGO, Marchil. Many towns officials was urKed upon the city throughout the Middle West are cut council last night by Councilman Wil off today from communication by Nam Dunn as the climax of a busy ses blizards sweeping from Colorado, to slon in which a new fire truck was se Indiana and from the Gulf of Mexico lected ordinances ordered drawn for (Fly I A. Hunt, County Agent for) Arthur Walwyn Evans, Welch hu Morrow County. ) ' morlst, will be the first attraction of At the regular monthly meeting of j the lyceum course which is being spon- tH. lrr.. Cnimtf tVrti HurPRII ' SOreU Dy me SlUUerilS Ol renoienu. ct nsfderable Important business was high school. He will appear In th- ,,f. The orchard snravln- . nin i""""' auou-o mni .... " " The mi.rk.t vnlii. of irnvpmmpnt r0m...irn u w, f..ii uti irxr ,),. m. i 'ng of Thursday, March 11. bonds, now around 90 cents on the i ir. Mr. Kvans. wo is a nepnew oi lki- dollar. would drop to between and The labor committee reported that vid Lloyd (..eorRC, British itremier, is 80, and It -would be neceiwary to make tht lr Investigation showed $7 to Minnesota. Many trains In the re gion are trapped in snowdrlftK. The weather bureau forecast declares the storms will continue today and tonight with "increafed intensity." Snowshoe runners from Duriingo. Colo., left early today to take for;d to passenper trains stalled near Cam bres Pass. Snowslides In the mountain country tore up sections of the track and did other serious damage. No trains have entered Silverton bond holders of nearly $:'. 500,000 In addition, leaders say. t he pro grum would increase t he inflation of rrelit and send the cost of living up unother notch. Awntt lie vernier. Democrats of the ways and means committee are virtually solid in op position to bonus legislation. II seems probable the committee will pledge th service men to enact the legisla tion asked within one, two or three yen it. when government revenues can be made to approach the expenditures. was adopted. The cooperative marketing commit tee reported that a sack pool was ; forming which would handle at least one carload of sacks and that the de- ; velopment of an Kastern Oregon wool me trnln in 10 days. nitriiftinir tun.-., nttenlion durinif his i Pr I " . " . . -T l 'l- ; ,a l-.-.crr11 V,.,o kJ ii, .,,......, nr ...i.i,..,. ..... .. ... iii.De.irauces m inis county anu me v.u -., .n to wo....... ai. .... . . ....i,..- moil in xne proper wukpm lor spi hik , , i( six percent, leaders said. They esti- furm hep. This recommendation J prnmoterH of the course are rejmcinr, mate the decline in the price of liberty wa ll(lo,(ted at his coming. Other details of the bonds would mean a loss to 19.000.000 'The cooperative marketing commit- ',t u'" are. to. be. nnounced shortly. Utner activities ior me mgn school next, week include a debate with Kcho on Friday night March 11'. and a basketball game with Baker. STUDENTS PLAY IN "THE PRODIGAL SON' pool id under was with good prospects j ot success, The following resolutions to the Oregon Congressional delegation wa unanamously adopted. Whereas, we believe the principle of novernmental supervision of grain grading is fundamental to the perman ent prosperity of the American far mer nni), Whereas. The government fixing ol the price of wheat will go a long way toward stabilizing the present finan cial situation Saturday, March 13. CRITICISM OF LEGION PRECIPITATES CLASH BIG HOUSE MAJORITY KEEPS VOLSTEAD LAW; TEST SET FOR MONDAY the center oarkine; system and for bids authorizing paving. Mayor j Vaughan delegated Councilmen Dunn. Bll and Friedly to investigate scales of pay to officials in other cities of j ; Pendleton's size and report their find- . ing Since 1914 living costs have doubled ' but the -chief of police has received but llfi a month increase and the flre , men S15 more a month. Mr. lJunn 'said. Other offices likewise are under-salaried, he said. The mayor recommended that the committee ar range to pay officials as well as the city possibly can afforcU Only One Truck Hwn. After having seen but one fire truck in action, the fire committee's recom mendation that the American La France be purchased passed the coun cil with the dissenting vote of Man uel Friedly, a member of the com mittee. The I-a France will cost the city $11100 more than the other trucks, it was said' in the report which was written by Councilman Kll. chairman of the committee. The matter of -i.nre n:irts and assurance of better ervlce were given as reasons for MON'TESANO, March 4. The de ; lense in the Centralta. murder trial will close lt case sometime tomorrow, ac t cording to information which Attor ! ney Vanderveer gave Judge Wilson this afternoon. The court directed the prosecution to have its rebuttal wit nesses ready th take the stand Satur day. Smith Testifies Again Flmer Smith, Centralta attorney, one of the defendants, testified again today In his own behalf. He said his only object in visiting the f. W. W. hall on the afternoon of the parade was to tell the "boys" "I Had heard definitely that their hall would be raided that afternoon." Asked regarding the advice he gave the L W. W., Smith denied he told them to use guns In defending the hall, though he admitted he "certainly thought a man had a right to use a gun to defend his life and property." Remittal Xext Wvk MOXTE8AXO, March 4. The de fense in the Centralia murder trial will undoubtedly conclude Its case by the end of the week, according to At torney Vanderveer. Outlining the bal ance of testimony he will offer, the defense attorney said today he will show that some legion paraders car rid ropes, and will introduce further proof of his contention that some sol diers rushed the I. W. W. hall before they were fired on, and also some j statements regarding wounds received Big Teilt is to Go Up at Happy b' four soldiers killed and several , wounded. Canyon Entrance Where The (roSecution win require a week Visitors Will Inspect Trucks for rebuttal testimony, according to He thought he wa getting 30 miles to the gallon of gas. Traf fic officer Lyday figured it was 30 miles to the hour. The dif ference of opinion cost the coun ty judge 5 in police court this morning. Charles 11. Marsh was burning miles with his new Franklin when the minion of the law overtook. birOf He was still husy this morn ing when time for trial came and he pleaded guilty to the charge over the telephone. Others who were brought to time by the traffic officer In the past 24 hours include: Ed Mar ten and Frank Moens, speeders, each fined K., and Mrs. B. F. Trombley. for parking improperly, forfeited $2. SPACE IS ALLOTTED TO 18 AUTOMOBILE FIRMS AT AUTOMOTIVE SHOW and Tractors. Eighteen Pendleton automobile firms, including agencies. accessory stores and service stations, have been Ings on soldlei--aU the house wax March 4 legislation Tlrar- bffore W'ASHINOTOX, M-rch 4. The to repeal the Volstead prohibition law. spending $1500 more ot the city's alloted space at the third annual Auto Tlie T'tMn f ame on Representative money. A 1000 gallon-eapaeity pump 1 motive how. to be held at Happy Thoroftirp br it rranlvcl that we ne-f yesterday came near breaking up in a . titlon nur Oregon ConKreuiitjnHl dele, fight. Critlelam of the American In itiation to work for the defect of the j Kin by Edward Hale, leniHlattye rep Ipieaent ilinnr Hill and to exlat their jreHentatiye of the yeteranK of foreign ' Influence to aaettra the continuance of warK caused a stormy debate. Bean, motion to discontinue ind means committee hlbition appropriations July 1 pe;il tic nj.ual law men. I the present law for another tow years. The Prodigal Ron." a cleyer com-1 edy and considered the best playlet i which has been staged at I'endleton I high school this year, was enjoyed by j the student body at the assembly pe- rlod this morning. It was one of a I series which the dramalle club is put- ; ting on for the school. The .earrh for a long lost heir ! who was to get Minn collars, later this wa changed to dollars, and the. nar row escape of the heir was the Idea of the play. C- Cramer, who directs till the Dramatic club's productions. ald. '."We make the students fit the parts. Training Is what we are after. not superb productions ... .! th.it st:itements of Prank 111 IVOIier. national commander of the determine the hafnr. ,h, enmmlttee I uesday Jl i" "... ware entirely erroneous. How to finance the purchase of this equipment is going to stump the council, however. They were clearly fax- Set for Monday. at sea last night as to where the $12,- WARHINCTON. March t. The stl- 500 would come from for which to Hie preme court today set Monday ns the pay for the equipment, "me 1 ,, .u . ...... system r i.t - 1,..ti . emonstrateo le.tfiuie FORT WALLA WALLA MABE-HOSHTAL March 11, 12. 13, under the umpires of the Pendleton Automobile Association. Following is a list of those who haye WALLA WALLA. March 4. Lieu been given space and the number of. lenant ColoneI A. s. Pend,.ton, MlUor spaces: I'endleton Auto company. 4 and an additional space for accessory having display; Oregon Motor Garage, 5: Blue Mountain Motor Company, 3; Ellis surgeon of the United States public healuth service, ia here investigating the possibilities of Walla Walla as a training Ai that time the original report of the complaint brought by the state i nr. Parker fonvalcscinsr. 0 !"' against the eiSh- Dr, B i. Parker who has been teenth amendment and Volstead law aim appeals iroiu me jtiniit,. Kentucky federal courts upholding prohibition will be heard. oeeo uraii -- I a r,.iiii, it n reconstruction hospital ana minds of the council, uaua i ema .u -""'!.' ! hospital and training school. He vis- motion autnorunna m v....iu,.ct.ii . , . ..co..,, v quite ill for the past week. Is conval cscing and is now able to be ou ABERDEEN, Wash., March 4. Ed ward L Lahrman, a brakeman on the logging road of the Copalis Lumber company at Carlisle, was Instantly killed yesterday afternoon in an acci dent near the company's plant at Car lisle when he was crushed between lHSKMISSAIi DENIED, (iltixn RAPIDS, March I. Mo tions rr tii.smis.Kai of charges agauM defendants in the Mk-hignn election t'ratitl trUtl here were donled today by .Indue Soissons. introduced citv attorney to prepare legalizing the system. Ordinances , i i .a .an nHcertisinir for bids for street paving were also ordered Brothers, 3; Frentzel & Wailes, 2 foi street paving Umatilla Motor Sales Corporation, 4 prepaiew. a mi. Site IHsoovcred. Property owned by the city and city , ...... I x m,. .lersev ,s ,,ul I '.---- . , of pany suit, filed today, will be argued ror i water department to I Simpson Auto Company. 3; and Wil three or four weeks, it is mil ...... (lne coy m " i.. liam B. Chase Company, 1. identical with the tin one isiano case t(, camping !'"""", v-.. - and the decision in the latter will be applicable to the former. The cast of the "Prodigal son" is 'the logs of two colliding cars on an in- as follows: Caroline Berkeley, n wld- jolinfl during switching, ow, Laura Johnson; Henrietta Smith, i Lahrman was 4fi years old and had her sister, Thelma Blanchett ; Bmeltns been a resident of this district for a Herkeley. the younger sister. Mary number of tears. He was a member Chlahnlm; Mr. La".'lesg, the lnwyer, lot the Hr.ler of Eagle, in Seymour, Carl Otliott; itarney (I'Neil Porridge. 1 Ind., and plso belonged to the Proth- the protllgal son, Theodore Btrattghn. Dd of Trainmen of that clly. PRODUCTION INCREASED ONDER DRY REGIME ' SAY REPORTS TO INTERNATIONAL REVENUE BOARD WARHTN'OTON. March 4. Nation al prohibition Is clearing the jails, boosting all line of production and in creasing thrift throughout the conn try, according to government reports, Internal Itevenue Commissioner Uoper said today. The apparent economic benefits are converting to the dry cause many who were formerly wets, according to prohibition commissioner Kramer. The dry leaden cited these statements as proof th.it the nation is prohibition. Wet leaders, however, have charged that public sentiment is chaiiKing. They point to the fact that wet voters recently won ISI towns In the local option elections in Vermont and Massachusetts. MR. SAYLOR PLANS TO RUN FOR COUNTY JUDGE; FORMAL A NS WER WILL BE GIVEN IN FEW DAYS "You may say that T have tenta tively accepted the suggestion to be come a cmididate for county judge and expect to run but that I cannot make a final and positive statement for MVeral days." This was the nnswer of .T. B. S.iylor gtven yesterday afternoon after hnv Ing consulted with local friend! and supporters representing both of the big political parties in this city. Mr. Saylor is reluctant about enter ing politics but Is npprcclnliv of th confidence t hat many people have been expressing In him and Is dis posed to accede to their wishes unless something unforscen prevents. He will not delay long. however, and hopes to make a formal announce ment by the end of the week. In the event that he does not tun It is gen erally believed that Assessor C. IV Strain will make the race on the dem ocratic ticket. A fact c.i using many to back Mr. Saylor for the judgeship is that he is a substantial taxpayer with property 'interests in the west end of the comity and in t he cast end, therefore is fa I miliar wit h t he needs of more t ban one region. lias been successful In his own business ami is a man of pro gressive ideas witli a tendency towards I conservatism In the matter of county I expenditures. He a heralded as Just UlC type ol' man that larnuis UM) I businessmen have been seeking for the Judgeship. Most of the duties of the Judge are confined to business af- fairs notably road matters and it Is argued that the judgeship Is therefore lu-sin'?'sman's job unl should not be made u political affair. (Continued on Paae .t 1 ZZT I Hb SNAIL " 'mm " z. , ' VGm v. m . is. , wm h ordinances j Electric Service Station, 1; Simp-; I , -T son Tire Service. 1; Allen-Knight's. 1: : rv,fiQ cQi m,T,v- o. Wflllr.ee : serve yesterday and stated that when me extension is maae ana tne water shed patrolled the city will have an excellent water supply. Colonel Pendleton stated that Wolf Mueller, engineer for the public health service, will be here soon to investi gate and report on structural changes necessary at Fort Walla Walla for hos pital purposes. j Eastern Oregon Motor Company, 5: Pendleton Kuhner and Supply torn- Neil &.. Barker Company, A large tent will be used to accom modate the trucks and tractors. The tent will be placed at the entrance of Happy Canyon so that visitors will have a chance to see the trucks and ! tractors as well as the automobiles. The Automobile Association will :Rive a dance the Monday night follow ing the show. This arrangement or dates will give the association a chance n clear Happy Canyon and make reparations for the dance. DeWItt Wallace. I... S. Bentley and A. A. MAN EXCUSED AS JUROR LOSES MIND, ENDS LIFE TOMBSTOXB, Ariz.. Mar. 4. His mind aunarentlv wrecked hv th- mifi. Pientzel are members of the dance j den change from desert ranch life to committee. i the tenseness of a courtroom, C F. The association meei r 1 W Burnett, who was excused Tuesday conclude plans for the show. NITTI DEMANDS CHANGE BY HENRY WOOD tt'nited Press Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, March 4. Premier Nitti. of Italy today formally demanded that the council of premiers revise the treaty of peace with Hungary, accord ing to the Echo De Paris' political editor. The Italian premier, accord ing to the French writer, who Is un- usually well Informed, asserted that 3,000,006 Hungarians now within the boundaries of Siberia, Rumania and Slovakia must be incorporated in the new Hungarian nation. The next meeting of the council. It is learned, will be at Ban Remo. Italy, simultaneously with the league of na tions international financial confer ence in Rome. The council, before its adjournment in London last night, partially adopted Marshal Foch's re port on military clauaas t be imposed upon Turkey. Including interallied oc cupation of the borders of the Bos phnrus, Dardanelles and Sea of Mar mora, according to tlispa tches today. j from the Bisbee deportation trial Jury, ' killed himself last night, according to a message received here. He shot himself at his home, near the village of Courtland. Burnett was excused after It was thought the jury had been completed. He said he could not conscientiously serve. Officials declared at the time ' they thought he -was on the verge of a ; breakdown. LODGE RESERVATION ON SHANTUNG IS ADOPTED WASHINGTON. March 4. The senate today adopted the Lodge reser vation to the Shantung clause of the treaty by a vote of 48 to 21. It withholds assent of the United State from the agreement hy which former German rights in the Shantung penin sula are turned over to Japan. Alfred rKkw(d Is Better. Alfred Lockwood. who has been se riously 111, in reported slightly better today. He is at St. Anthony h hospital. The Wi Nilicr From the rep. n of MJor 1 "se Wgthor ohserver. Maximum. Minimum 's P'-iromeler. 19. . Preclpiatiou, .07. THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Friday prob -ibly rain. 1