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W s, THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE GIVING ITS READERS BOTH ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS DAILY EVENING EDITION Number of copies printed of yesterday's Dally, 3,059 This paper 1 a member or end audited by th Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EVENING EDITION Ths lut Oronln Is Eastern Ors-or- greats. t nowspsper nd mm olllnc fore liv. l lh J"J"r over twlcs the uarmiteed p.id circu lation In Pendleton nd Umatilla oou t of any other nowsoapar. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 32 NO. 9913 DAILY EAST OEEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1 920. I 'Eastlfl (OreAoniari) OUTLAW UNIC& LEADERS DENIALS BUT END BERT REGIME NOW STRONGER, COUP AVERTED Arrest of Six Bolshevist Plot ters Has Beetf Ordered by ! Government But Names i . . Have Not Been Given Out PEOPLE BELIEVED OPPOSED TO STRIFE Relative of Deposed Kaiser is Fined for Having Led Attack on Two French Officers in Adlon Hotel Recently. (Ry UAlted Press) BERIJN, April 17. The arrest of six alleged bolshevlat plotters was or dered by Minister of I )efense Gcw. lr today. He said he had bMH in formed that three urmy officers had been meeting in government offices to foment a plot. The names of the men are not re vealed because they huve not been ap prehended. The position of the gov rnment. now seems more secure. The general conviction Im that the threatened monarchist coup is avert ed ut leant for the time being. Government officials believe the hostile attitude of the people toward any outbreak caused the reactionaries to abandon their plans. The situation in Pomeranin. the plotter headquarters, in todny re ported quiet. Prince Joa bin Pined. (By Pnited Press) BERLIN, April 17. Prince Jooch- i In, a relative of the former kaiser, was ! today fined 1800 marks at the eon-: elusion of his trial for the Adlon Ho tel incident. The prince heard the derision nonchalantly, with his hands In his pockets. Joachin was attested after he led n party of Germans who attacked two j French officers In the restaurant of! the Adlon Hotel. The French offl-; cers did not stand when the orel.es- tra started to ploy the German nati onal air. MARY NEEDS LAWYERS; DEMPSEY CASE WAITS (fly fulled Press) SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. The date for oponinR the ,trlal of Jack Dempsey and, Jack Kearns. his man ager, charged with conspiring to evade the draft was again postponed today when the case was called be fore Federal Judge Hean. The hear ing was continued for two weeks. De fense Attornew Henshaw asked for the postponement. loiter he laugh ingly admitted that "our ofricc is busy with the Mary Plckford case Just now." Henshaw is associated with Gavin Mc.N'ab, the film star's attor- I ney. I FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE HERE MONDAY AND TUESDAY Th first Neighborhood , UbtW conference to be held In Eastern Ore gon will tuke pluce here Monday and Tuesday under the auspices of (lie Umatilla County library at the library building,. Miss Cornelia Mnrvln. state librar ian, will be the chief speaker and will .'n the tii-orram with personal con ferences with the delegates. This will be followed by a display of the library exhibits. In the afternoon. Miss Marvin will talk on the enlarged program of the American LlbVary Association, of which she Is vice-president Mid I member of the executive board of the council. She will discuss county ex tensions In Oregon, with reference lo budgets, salaries, qualifications, etc. Hound table' discussions of problems and progress In the libraries repre sented will' be given. Will Meo City. At :. p. m. the visitors will lie guests for an nutomoblle ride around the city. In the evening Miss Marvin and the delegates will be honored at an In formal reception at ":30 In the li brary. The Women s Club Is cooper ntlni with the rounty library for the affair, to which the public Is Invited, j Miss Marvin will give a talk on her Im- presslons of the Orient, from which j she recently returned uter a four MEXICAN REQUEST REGARDING JAPANESE AND RUSSIANS ENGAGE IN HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR AMUR RIVER WITH MEETS THIS EVENING Members of the county com mittee lor the promotion of tho t-ampaiKii for ttie higher educa tional tux bill, and anyone elHe who 1h interested, are asked to attend a meting at tho county llbrar' tonight at 7:30. Dean 1. W. Morton, of the school of commerce of the Uni versity of Oregon, will be tho chief speaker of the meeting and he will explain tho'needH of the I'niverHity, O. A. C. and the nor mal school. The bill provides funds for the three institutions. James S. Johns, temporary chairman of tho county commit tee, will call the meeting to order. CHARLES JENKINS, CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IS DEAD Charles Jenkinsj for the past two years a resident of Pendleton, died this morning at the age of 77. His health had been falling for some time. Mr. Jenkins was a Civil War veteran and served as a member of Company I-, Kansas cavalry, Kansas being his native state. Before coming to Pendleton Mr. Jenkins was in the soldiers' home in California. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lottie Jenkins, and one son, Robert Jenkins. He was the fath er of the late Roy Jenkins. Funeral services will be held to morrow at 2 o'clock from the Folsom chapel, with Rev. R. h Gonial), pas tor of the Methodist church, officiat ing. The services wilt be under the w PER THOUSAND HERE In the last three weeks several drops In lumber prices have occurred In Pendleton, the explanation, according to local dealers being that the retail prices are following declines In the wholesale prices. Common lumber has gone down $10 per thousand and I similar declines have occurred In shingles and laths. Upper grades I have not declined much and this Is at j trlbutcd to the fact the railroads are using considerable upper grade lum-1 ! Iter for car sidings. JF.M.ICOI-: TO RXiW BBAIiAMD (By t'niled press) LONDON, April 17.- Lord Jelllcoe was today apppolntcd governor gener al of New Zealand. months stay. librarians from neighboring towns; have long expressed Interest in the tTmntllln conntv system and on Tues- rt.'iv will visit the brunches at Weston. I Athena. Freewnter. Milton and Fern dale. They will make the trip by auto and lunch will be served at noon at the Milton library club rooms. Several lMogats Ketocl Besides Mis Miirvin. who will ar rive on Monday from Salem, the deb1 r ! t -j expected Include Miss LolU M. Smith, librarian at Raker; Mrs. Dort. member of the board of the Bend li brary which has 4ust voted a sum for tho establishment of a county system; Miss Hazel Rrchlnger. Hood River li brarian; Miw Mary A. Nichols, libr arian at I-a Grande; Mrs. J. K. Wright and Miss Mnrgaret Anson, members of the Ia Grande library board; Miss Flora Carr. librarian at Th Ialtes: and Miss Ellen O. Smith, Walla Walla librarian. Resides these delegates six people from Athena, three from Rcbo. two from ITermis ton. one from Ferndale and two rrom Pilot Rock will represent the branch libraries, ns from Milton well ns two auto londs Pendleton people have nnned their homes to the delegates. Tne library will be closed to the public Monday and Tuesday afte IHM,M but will be open in the even- ng8. HEAVY CASUALTIES 9 Delayed Reports Show Bolshe - viki Forces Were Routed With Losses; Had Tried to Check Russo-Japanese Ad vance. (By Associated Press.) VIADIVOBTOK, Aprl! 10 (delay ed) Heavy fighting between Russian and Japanese forces continues at Kha barossk, ut the mouth of Amur river, and casualties suffered on each side were heavy, according to reports re ceived here. ISolhheviki Routed (By United Press. ) TOKIO. April 7 2 (Delayed) Two contingents of bolsheviki, advancing from lfkntste. were rounted with: I heavy losses last Thursday at the j combined, fprc.es of General Seminov and Japanese troops, according to a war office communique today. The bolshevik advance has been com pletely checked by the Jtusso-Japan-ese offensive, the dispatches said. EVEN TACOMA JUDGES BATTY OVER OVERALLS . ( By United Press.) TACOMA. April IT. Over 50 em ploye of the I'ierce county court ............. ...... i and two justices of the peace, today niBiied a protest against the increased cost of clothins: and passed a tlon to attend to their several duties clad in overalls or other conservative clothing which Is serviceable and of Villa Wants Ammunition, a price within the reach of all. The AGl'A 1'IIKITA. April 17. A cou signed protest was headed by A. C. I pier from.Krancisco Villa, the bandit rtterback, mpertoy court clerk and bears the names of men and women, employee of every department of the courthouse. GRAIN CASE PRECEDENT . GOES TO DEFENDANT With hardly more than 10 minutes" dellberatlon, the Jury in the case of Marion Jack and John Bain vs. the Farmers Union Grain Agency last evening returned a verdict for the de fendant. The case has heen under way for five days, having heen called Monday morning ot 9 oclock. The suit, "for $5232, alleged damages to seed wheat cleaned in the defend ant's elevator, attracted widespread attention In this section, owing to its being without pjrecedent in regon. The Plaintiffii, upon whom the burden of proof rested, were unable to prove, to the satisfaction of the court and the jury, that the crop allure alleged was due to faulty handling of the seed wheat. With not more than half of the Jury consisting of farmers or men inter ested in arming the verdict is consid ered In farming the verdict is consirt sueh cases. Whether the decision Hill have an important bearing on the cases following, with Strand A Smith an plaint iffs. remains to hp seen slightlv different form or complaint Win made by these plaintiffs. WINNER OVER STANFORD f Rv AsPOClated Press) OAK1.ANP. April 17. The Univer sity of California crew won the annu al varsity boat race with Stanford on the Oakla nd estuary t oday by "t b ren lengths. The time for the three mile course was 1 minutes, St S oc.-, onds. ALPHA BLACK R fil I HI RY RFATH. lJ UnLLLU V I UU1I I I . " Alter a serious illness or nmm months duration. Miss Alpha Rle.cl; died todny at noon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rlack. Resides her parents. Miss Rlack is survived by one sister. Miss Iva Hlark Funeral iitranRrnients have not yet bern made and will le annouuueed later. nil irnnuii'n nnnn uALrUKNA a LKtW TROOP MOVEMENT Request Was Not From Mexi- ! ?IernTflBvtT j nation Made at Washington! iCIVIL WAR FEARED IF REVOLT OPPOSED Villa Sends Hurry Up Call for Ammunition Presumably for Use Against Carranza Men Who May Try to End Revolt. (By Associaed Press) WASHINGTON, April 1". Mexico's request tor permission to send troops t through the I 'nited States territory has been referred to the war depart ; merit by the state -department. State department officials said today the ro quet came from high officers of the j Mexican army, not the Mexican gov : eminent. Debated In Senate. (By United Press) I WASHINGTON. April 17. A lively j debate broke out in the senate today over the Mexican request that ( ar ranza soldiers be permitted to cross American territory to attack the So nora rebels. During the debate Sen ator Knox said permission had been i refused. Later, however, he said he based this .statement on an article in "a morning newspaper. (By Pnited Press) ASH1NGTON. April 17. Civil ; hroughout Mexico between for- i res of Carranza and General Obre- gon. candidate for the Mexican presi dency, may break out if the federal j government continues to suppress with J military Torre (he secessionist move- i ment in Sonora. officials here fear! today. The Bonora secession is primarily on obregon demonstration affainst the resolu-f&rraiutii government, military inleili- j gr-Ce officers here believe. I chief, arrived here today with an ur- gent appeal for machine gun animu- rHii WMIo it wriK rennrted Villa wanted the munitions for bis follow- j ers, defending the Chihuahua-Sinaloa border from an attack by Carranza j forces marc hi ng to quell the Sonora rebellion, the destination of the am munition sent pursuant to his reque t was kept bacret. Kigbt hundred sel diers arrived at Agua Preita during tho night to reinforce the local Sonora garrison. Knter Shiaha Capita). (By Associated Press) AGl'A PREITA, April 17. Sonora troops under General Angel Plores entered the city of Culiacan. the capi tal of Srnaloa today, according to of ficial dispatches from General AhUefc commander in chief of the Sonora forces and made public here by Gen eral Pina. commander of this district. The Carranza garrison at Culiacan was defeated by Sonora troops and many , , , . prisoners. General Pina said. The Carranza garrison is said to number about 1500 men. J I ' (United Press, ) UOS ANGEL.ES, April 17. Efforts obtain, statements from Mary Pick rd and Iouglas Fairbanks continue to prove futile. Newspapermen who have been "camping on the trail" of the picture slats, are denied admission to the picture studios where the stars j In wreckage when a billiard hall col are working1. In several instances j lapsed here last night. Wo liters are news hounds" have been forcibly ! today searching ruins. It is feared ejected from the studios. jthey may find additional bodies. OWOII Moore could not bo located In s Angelej today. CONGRESS FOR FREE TRADE IN NEWSPRINT By United Press) WASHINGTON, April 17. A bill admitting! duty free, all print paper valued nt elgfct cents a pound or less w.is paaeed by the senate today. The I liousf bad previously ad mlttt-d it. ;:; -'xrwrr. thai this will let more print paper into 1 1 he countr ' measure. 1 two yea i s. ,.' Smoot aid. urging the the bill will be effective I ORIF.11 MINUKS RACK. ( By Associated Press) PITTSRUliG. Kans.. April 17. Judge Andrew Cur ran today ordered I iMaaander Hawtl and ot her officials I of the Kansas miners union to order! buck to work the miners who' have i been idle for a week. RENEW THEIR OF STRIKE IS NEAR REFERRED TO ALBERT ABRAHAM OF ROSEBURG IS LAST MINUTE ENTRY IN SENATORIAL RACE; WILL OPPOSE R. N. STANFIELD McAdoo Only Democrat on Pre- ference Primary Ballot; Re- publicans Choose Between Johnson, Hoover, and Wood. Lowden (United Press.) SALFM. April 17. The time for filing declarations of candidacy ex pired at midnight last night. Just as the clock was striking the hour : Emery Dye of Oregon City filed for i delegate at large to tho democratic national convention. I James Stewart beat the clock by 15 j minutes filing for delegate at large j to the republican convention. The United States senatorial race ; was enlivened by Albert Abraham of j Rf'Seburg, who made a late entry in the race for the republican nomina j tion against Robert Stanfield. i Henry Schilderman, corporation ! commissioner, filed for the republican ' nomination for secretary of state, I making seven candidates. No demo ! t rat filed for that nominations Republicans will vote for four pres ' idential candidates: Johnson, Hoover, Lowden and Wood. Democrats will vote only" for Mc I Adoo. FOOD PROFITEERING GROWS FROM STRIKE j ' (United Press.) CHICAGO, April 17. Charges that food profiteering is growing out of the railway strike are occupying federal oficials here today. Thirty three deal ers, principally produce men, have been called before the grand Jury to " Q""nea retrains prices as m- !,eiieu uv 'i'fee niiBjriu oiaioe.s ie me way with a per hun re tables, eggs Jmp from $5.50 to $7. dred pounds. Butter and meats followed. ve; PLEA FOR PRISONERS MADE TO SEC. COLBY (By United Press, t WASmXOTOX, April 1 7. Secre tary of State Colby Thursday received j numbers purely as an amusement fea a delegation of Xew England Irish i tnre for members and their families, who complained to him that Britain re 't mav be decided later to admit other fused to permit Irish political prison- i ers to be tried and kept them in jail without a hearing. Colby asked more information regarding the charge and promised to give consideration to the .request that be protest against Brit . ', ,, . ain s aftton- REED is IN' JAtfc ( By Associated Press) WASH! N'GTO X. April 1 7 . Jo h n l . i 1 1 A mti ioiin ni:nr;i7.inp writ or. rp- ported recently to have been executed in Finland is in jail at Abo. Finland, 'according to advices from the Amer ican charge d'ai't'alres made public to day at the state department. Itll.lJARIl H ! I K.l (By United Press) WOLVERHAMPTON, Eng., April I 17. Four persons were killed. jrt!fund not guilty on a similar charge. injured severely and over 100 buried ALLIES CONFER WITH AIM OF SEEING THAT GERMANS COMPLY WITH ALL TERMS (By Henry WcmmI) (United Prvs Staff Corrrsiwmdcnt) P.Mtls. April iVlW allies air going to San Homo solidly remitted in the determination to font' (.nnianv to fulfill all her obligation, ami espajCtally imme diate disarmament." Premier Mitterand -aid. fast bofkMre ilefMUt ing the '-tunud of prrtafcts Whtdl will omii at the Italian 4-ity loitlay. MRecen1 divergence- which mused a ctfata in tlte life of the Vorsalllts trtNity have been set tlvtt snkl the Fitiicb ptvnttcr "The allies have nurtMtl unani mously nMn a xisitie policy of eHfiu i f tswuts At san u o they will lay down the i ma sure of OFFICERS OPTIMISM IS GOOD BUT HERE IS WHERE IT SPOILED WEDDING (United Press. ) I 6 BATTLE, April 17. But for his physician, who spoile'd the ; plan by telling him he wasn't going to die, N. Katmyashl would be a married man. Kabayashi was rushed to the hospital today suffering from pulmonary hem- orrhage. He was told he had not a chance to recover. He called for his prospective bride, the minister and several Japan- ese witnesses, who came. Just as the knot was about to be tied at the supposed deathbed "He will live," announced the doctors. "Then he can wait," said the the bride-to-be, with a shrug as she walked out. I Kabayashi is a graduate of the University of Washington and a teacher of English in the Japan- ese colony here. ELKS LODGE TO BRING Local Elks and their families will musical numbers f ; be treated to four next fall in the auditorium of the new lodge home, through an arrangement f completed yesterday afternoon with; the Meneley System, a Iyceum bureau fat Ocean Park. Cal. The course will i open about October and numbers will j be Riven here at intervals during the winter. The first number is the Rickett's Male Quartet which Is an organization f that has never appeared in this sec- tion. The Chicago Recital Co.. the ; second number, is a concert troupe, somewhat along the lines of the Hollo i well Company which played here for I the American Legion recently. The ! third number Is Uncle Sam's Xieces, a ! girls' quartet The fourth umber la , the Tennessee Jubilee Singers a col j ored organization. The numbers are made available by joining a circuit which is befn- rt- ronized by a number of Elks lodges I net j Idaho, Oregon and Washington this winter. While it is at present the I tention of the lodge to have these than fedks. The only arrangement that has been made is the signing of contracts. FORMER BANKER GETS FIVE YEAR SENTENCE RAN FRANCISCO, April 17, Wil liam Grant, former assistant cashier oi me ama Kosa .National bank was found guilty of eonsniraev jn connee- tion with wrecking that Institution and was sentenced bv the federal court to five vears" imprisonment I Fernando Samoz, once president of tno American Products company, was The verdict reached by the jury last night was read today by the court. ! Mrs. Grant Ootlapsed when she heard her husband's fate and whsJ carried from the courtroom. ooerotan to be employed In ease of continued default. flaw measures will probablv include relninnwtHpp of Um hiocknd. Bjnd breaking off of relations." V. s. MAY WW ARSIAT. (B AsxM-intctl lress.) RAM KU.MO. It:. April 17 Hhctbcr the I ii it 1 1 f state- will Im represented at Ibc ctMifeiviHi- of allied nation raJiril to meet here was the qmeqtloa which had not been a.iwj as rhlel reaiacav tatives gtubcrcil totla.v for ses sh.ns erhteh nre to InitIh ataaaaay. Tin' coahivine win in- aa it wugraaa the raalra i ne to settle three or four gri'nt problcnts now tlistui bin- tan-ope. ARMY END WAS THiGHT ALMOST AT HAND THIS Strike Leaders Wanted to Call Off Strike on Basis of Con tinuing Their Unofficial Uni on, Thinking They Won. MEN RETURNING TO WORK EVERYWHERE Baltimore and Ohio Men Vote to Return Thus Assuring Re sumption of Normal Passen ger Traffic, it is Claimed. (By Associated Press.) CHICAOO, April 17. Hope for set tlement of the railroad strike here today apparently was definitely lost this morning when grand lodffe offi cers, directors and trustees of the "outlaw" union reiterated their orig inal demands and added new ones to the list. Voted To Return (By Associated Press.) TITSBURG-H. April 17. At a spe cial meeting of Baltimore and Ohko passenger trainmen, the men voted to return to work at noon today. Offi cials said the action would restore normal passenger traffic Returning En X. V. (By United ?ress.) XHW YORK. April 17. ATI rail roads of the New York district re ported that strikers are returning to work in large numbers. Several roads announced they expect practically all strikers to report for duty before night. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 17. The railroad strike here will be called off today. It was reported at headquarters of the Chicago yardmen's association this morning. Officials of the union went In to conference. A mass meeting of strikers, at which they will be advised to return to work, will be held this afternoon. It was said. The men will be told, it was report ed, that their objective has been ob tained and that their wage demands would receive prompt attention of the new railway labor board and that the new union continue with or without the sanction of the railroads. (By United Press) CHICAGO, April 17. The outlaw strike of railroad workers appears to be breaking up in all parts of the country. The men are returning to work and passenger and freight ser vice is again reported close to nor mal. (Associated Press.) CORK, April 17. Charges of wilful m"der against Premier Lloyd-George were brought. In the verdict of the jury at an ,ncluest into the ot Mavor MacCurtain. assassinated last montn, wnicn was renaereo ioaa. a ,-,, ' !lt"ii,. s.n.l' rln trta . .v, mm h,r mm mrh ttrfiit rod;v a snedine ,a ... tu- auto of 10 years ago. captured at the corner of Alta and Willow by its driver, who overtook the horses in a taxlcab. No damage was done. Reported by Major lee Moorhous. weather observer. Maximum, 63. Minimum, 35. Barometer. 29.97 . 1 f HE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight mna Bandar fair; heavy frotrt In eri- morning. 7Ae jLs-n