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fjraflb' liWw ejoij ijii', llL J THE EAST OREGON IAN IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE GIVING ITS READERS BOTH ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PR ESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS DAILY EDITION Number of copies printed .ot yesterday's Daily, ' 3,226 2'J,?hlip,r..!? ,Dm,M' or na audited ajr ths Audit Bureau of circulation. DAILY EDITION Tha Eaat Orea;onlan la Kater Ora fon'i createst newspslMtr ana ss a Villa force Uvea to tha " ov.r twice tha uaaiHeed paid elreu latlon In Pendleton and Umatilla, ooua ty of any other newaer. OOUMTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 32 VOTE IN JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIA IS EXTEPr yv '-fV DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1920. VIRTUALLY ALL CHIHUAHUA FLIES ANTI - HHVY; IN Early Hours of Balloting in Pri mary Preferential Presiden tial Election in Los Angeles is "Lightest in Years." HOOVER AREA5 LIGHT THREE THEFTS IN T NET FORD SIR THOMAS LIPTON'S SHAMROCK III LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON FOR THE U. S. NO. 9527 CARRANZA BANNER SEARCHERS 10 GRAVE AND $136 CASH TELEGRAM INDICATES CAMPAIGN IS BITTER Of NINA LEE DELONEY Safe at Standard Grocery Co. Forced and $125 in Checks Wire Asks Northern Section of State to Join in Administer ing Terrific Drubbing to Des perate Sinn Feiners. (My I'nlted Prow) BAN FRANCISCO, May . F.x tremely heavy voting In pities where Johnaon fa supposed to be strongest and light voting' in oa Angeles, one of Hoover'a supposed HtronKholdH featured the early houra of the ary election In California today. Vot ing In I.oh Angeles la described us t "lightest In years" The following telegram from I.os Angelea, made public at Hoover headquarters, Indicates the lillllll II Sea of the Hoover-Johnaon prlmury cam paign Two More Wives, One From California and One From Idaho, Admit Having Mar ried Bigamist and Murderer. and Insurance Policies Dis appear With Money. AUTO IS TAKEN FROM R. H. THOMSON HOME Kl. CKNTItO, Calif., May 4. Nina j Deloney's body wits found today, j Without the slightest heslf.tlon "Blue- ! beard" Hurvey led district Attorney I oolwine's searching party to the spot where rested the remains of the t woman he confessed to murdering with a hammer. "There's the place." he cried, point ing with a steady finger to a point half way up the rocky foothill. Near ly half of the population of Ki Centro. I numbering about 500, followed the .searching party, and . witnessed the Marauders Gain Entrance to j Cash Market for Third Tarn- j pering Within Year, and; Loot of Fruit and Pennies. "Soul hem California Is ready to , flndinK of the body rearmver a areui noover victory. Jei northern California Join with tin in administering a terrific drubbing to the Hea rat -Johnson band of pro-Oer-maiu, Sinn Felners, reactionaries and antl-leaguers. Feverish activities of lloovarltea throughout California will counteract eleventh hour 'stop thief unctuous, hypocritical, lying enm palgn of slurs, slnnders, inuendots In itiated by the Johnson ward heelers In their desperation. We wilt make Hoover president." The body was found In the exact position Harvey deT scrbed. with the knees bent and the body doubled up. The overturning of one shovelful of ennh disclosed the putrlfying mass of flesh and bones. Harvey did not go entirely to the spot, halting a short distance away. When Sheriff Appclstlll signaled down the hill, that the body was found. "niueleard" collapsed and was re moved to the ambulance. Weather is Favorable SAN FRANCISCO, May 3. Wheth er California's 26 delegates to the re publican national convention will be pledged to the candidacy of Senator Johnaon, or to Herbert Hoover, waa the chief Issue of today's primary. Iemocrats and prohibitionists will al so elect delegates, but the democratic list la unpledged. Weather conditions favor a heavy vote. SMOKER ON JULY 3 IS ANNOUNCED BY LEGION Another boxing: smoker under the auspice of Pendleton Pout. American liron, will be held here on Saturday nght. July 3. It waa decided by the pout at ft monthly meeting last night. The aame committee which successfully put over the smoker on April 10 wan asked to take hold of the Independ euro Day affair. Jamett R. Bowler, overseas veteran, who saw service on the Rhine after the armistice was signed, was' elected commander of the post without oppo sition. Mr. Bowler was a sergeant in the A. K. F. and since the post was formed here has been adjutant. He succeeds Harold J. Warner. Mnrdorrr plrorts Search p (By United Press.) LOS AN'OELER, May 4. "Bluo ; beard'" Harvey, confessed bigamist j and murderer, ts today en mite to Berego Valley to show a searching : party the lonely spot on the desert win-re he claims to have burled the ' body of Nina I-o Delonev after beat j ing her to death with a hammer. With Harvey shackled to n deputy sheriff, the searching partv start ad by 1 trnin for KI Centro at midnight. Ar j riving there, the party wll go by au tomobile Into the desert where Harvey declares he can find the Dcloney grave "with his eyes closed." Two additional wives have been rought to light. Alice Hunt, a young nurse, today admitted to netecuves that shi married Harvey in Mexicali Tanwer California. In October, lfllfl. She lava Hsyp'ray disappeared soon aft er thefr marriage, telling her he was going to Alaska on business. Wallace. Idaho, officials today no tified local authorities that Mrs. M. K. Goldsmith of Wallace declared she married Harvey under the name of Newton in Tncoma in January of last year. METHODISTS OPPOSE FREEDOM FOR IRISH PKR MO INKS. May 4. The Metho- idlst church today went on record Ml tmnniiMi to Irish freedom. A general; Other officers elected last night conference of the church, meeting were: Dr. Fred A. Ucuullen. vlchere. unanimously adopted n resoluion ! commander; P. f Idleman. adhitant. urfrng that congress defeat all bills and Lyman O. Rice, treasurer Cbnrles ftIlll resolutions aiming to recognize ' Despaln was re-elected chaplain and Sherman Mitchell historian. The ex ecutive committee of five was looted as follows: Harold J. Warner, C. 7.. Randall. Charles C. Vinier, Clem Wurst and Farlscourt Williams Plans for the post's observance of memorial day were placed in the hands of the memorial commttee and It will have power to act No other Important matters of business were considered. ' the Irish republic. The fight to make the United States a member of the league of nations was taken up in earnest. The general conference voted to refer that part or the RplacopAl address referring to the league of nations to a committer of the state of the church. The section referred to urges the president and senate to compromise on the trea Issue so that un effective league nations may be established. Ono hundred and thirty six dollars) in cash, 125 in checks and two In-j surance policies were taken from the I safe of the Standard Grocery Co., dur ing the night by thieves who gained : entrance to the building by opening a j reur door and forcing open the safe. J The Pe ndleton Cash Market, dlagon- ally opposite the corner from the Standard Grocery, was also entered, f presumably by th; same party, but' only a small amount of loose change t was taken. A third depredation which Sheriff j Tuylor is inclined to connect with the j two robberies (h the theft of a Ford j truck belonging to R. H. Thomson, j The car was taken from in front of his j home late last night and has not been j found. A set of plumber's tools wan In the car. Safe bock Broken. The :uife of the Standard Grocery was opened by breaking off the com binatlon lock. It is believed. The dial I and heavy pin which works the lock I were bent . and broken. They were found on the floor this morning be-j side the open door of the safe. Several dollars In a cardboard box outside the i safe waa not seen. This money be- longs to n Sunday school fund In , 'charge of C. L. Bonney. proprietor of the store. The two missing insurance j policif.s belong to Virgil I.undell. a J clerk In the store. His discharge also bj missing. Kn trance to the place was gained by opening the rear door. A pane of glasH was removed, alloying the thieves to unlock the door from with in. Entrance to the Pendleton Cash Market was also forced through a rear door. A tenant in the apurtiijem a bo v i h ea r d the c ras h of p. 1 ass but did not take note of the time nor no tify the police. Safe Resists Meddlers. A few pieces of small change in the sta m p d ra we r and so me pen n i es i n the cash register in the meat depart ment were taken by the thieves. Evi dence was found where the safe had been tampered with but could not be j broken open, owing to rat her heavy construction. The robbery at the Cash Market Is i the third job there in about a year, i Each time only a small amount of i money has been obtained. Former jobs indicated that the visits were from amateurs, as bits of food were also tken end callers left fruit j peelings on the floor. Wit.ie tjiiMUf lai.ttor and the police j were notified early this morning and I have all the Information possible, they are not possessed of any ttrong clues, the aheriff said this morning, i The stolen auto, if taken by the same j party which robbed the stores, may j lead to their arrest, as well as posses sion of the checks and insurance poli i clcs. VERSAILLES TREATY VERSUS KNOX PEACE IS IMMINENT ISSUE Democrats, at Suggestion of White House, Abandon Pili- HOLIDAY SPIRIT RULES IN ADOBE CITY OE JUAREi buster Program and Conten-1 . . tion Promises to Claim Cam- Two Leading Mining Camps in 'Mexican Border staie uo Over to Rebellious Liberals Headed by Obregon. paign. t nder her own sail, the Shamrock nr. is now on her way to the United States to engage in a series of trials with the America Cup challenger. Sham rock IV. Captain Draper, Shown in the oval, is in command. fBy United Press.) WASHINGTON, May 4. "There Is , no doubt at all that President Wilson I will veto the Knox peace resolution," I i r was flatly stated in an authoritative I quarter here today. Administration .senators understand that the president will veto it "and veto it quick." A presidential campaign on a straight out issue of the treaty of Ver sailles versus the Knox resolution ap pears possible today. Democratic j Leader Underwood let It be known Uhat all' plans for a democratic fili j buster against the Knox resolution have been cancelled at the suggestion !of the white house. Adoption of the J resolution seems likely In view of the (democratic attitude. Both sides have I predicted it would receive a majority i vote and the only hopes of the demo i crats had of defeating it was by 1111 j bustering. Wilson's veto would present this Is isue: The treaty against the Knox res olution. This sudden maneuver start ; ed speculation as to its effect on the ; Knox boom for the republican presi dential nomination. With his peace 1 resolution as the chief Issue of the j campaign, Knox himself would be the logical man to head the ticket, friends ; believe. FEDERALS ROUT REDS IN SANTA CRUZ AREA Revolutionary Commander and 60 Men Die in Isthmus Bat tle and Attempt to Seize Morelia is Broken. EXPRESS MESSENGER, REPORTED DEAD, WILL LIVE; NEGLECTEDORDER BLAMED FOR WRECK (Sppcial to the Eist Orrfronlan.l I helper, says the report from the O. W. POLL TWO TO ONE BALLOT EOR WOOD l.A (JRANDE, May 4. J. T. Light, express meKsenscr who was seriously Injured in the train wreck near Huron j : yesterday, may recover, according to , doctors. Light, at first reported dead J as a result of a serious skull fracture, ; later recovered consciousness and is ' ! rallying. Neglect of orders Is given as the rea- j 1 son for the collision between the j helper engine and passenger train No. I 20. J. D. Hamilton, engineer of the division office, did not receive his or ders and went past the block. Neither Hamilton nor Engineer W. G. Symons could see the other in time to stop their trains. Engineer Symons, after calling a warning to others, jumped to safety but Leonard Bick ford. of La Grande, fireman, was un able to escape and was scalded to fContlnued on oage . EAST END GRADE CHILDREN WIN TRACK MEET II Winners in the grade school events .land (1). at the fmatllta County' flap mnd track Division C 60 yard dash: Donald meets here Saturday were the young- ' McElrath 12); Claud Haddo (4); at era from the east end of the county, Emery Records, (2). High jump: division 2, with 58 2-5 points. Pen- Emery Records (2); Dale McDaniel dleton, division 1, was second with (21: Berry (4). Broad jump: Dale 58 2-5 points. Division 4 hail 29 1-5. McDaniel (2); Jack Luck (1): Claud division 3. It points and division 5 had Haddoa (4). Baseball tlow: Harold 0 points Hendricks 2; Jack Luck (1); Dale In the boys events, first, second ami ; .ucuaniei ii Complete Returns Give John son's Opponent Landslide Support of 15,900 to 8,059 With Control of State Convention. (By United Press.) BALTIMORE, May 4. Wood car ried the Maryland presidential pre ference primary nearly two to one over Johnson and will completely con trol the state convention which will select delegates to the republican con vention. Complete returns give Wood 15,900 and Johnson 8059 votes. Vote Is Light. (By Associated Press.) BALTIMORE, May 4. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood defeated Senator Hiram Johnson in an unusually light vote yesterday in the primaries for Maryland's preference for the republi can presidential nomination by a ma jority of 7 841 votes, according1 to vir tually complete returns today. . HEAVY VOTE EXPECTED WOT13 It will hr olwervcl (tint the ballot a printed today states rtcaHx that tlw rty manager would draw salary should the nMMIK in be ad opted hero. The cliangf Is made to srr- nn tanprcsslon la-Id by some people that iJm- mnnacer would not be n salaried num. ITndr plan No. I no saVirles would ho paid the commissioners. N'or would UMMiMnMH draw pay should they ho authorised to employ n pnld muitifcKer. IN INDIANA TODAY- third places vere awarded as follows: v Division A 25 yard dash: Harold Bateman (2): James Wilson (2), Cor don Keane tt: baseball 'hrow: Mayn nrd Marlott (2): Orvlile Miles (2): Marcus Michael (D- Division B 80 yard, dash: Dnrrel Ireland (1): Shirley St ockard (4); Eng Ong l')'e (1). High Jump: Lawrence Wtmdow (4 1; Shirley Stockard (4); no third. Broad jump; Shirley Stockard (41' Ijiwrence Winslow (4): Allen ( 1 I Baseball throw: John Gordon,. Francis Potter (21; Dnrrel Ire- Division D 100 yard dash: Babe Knight (3); Wilbur Hordln (3); Mar tin Wllkenlng (2). High jump: Babe Knight (3); Iester Porter (5); Willie Newtson (1). Broad Jump: Babe Knight (3); Loye McGee fl); Harry Crawford (1). 4 40 yard relay: Sec tion 1, Section 3, Section 2. ' In the girls events, the following were winners: Division A 25 yard dash: Florence Hannan (4): Anna Murphy (21; r ran- PEGGS CYCLONE DEATH T0LLM0ONTSTO7O fponttmied on pane 5. ff VOTE YOUR SENTIMENTS ON THE CITY MANAGER PLAN. . In order to ascertain sentiment on the city manager plan for Pendleton a test vote will be taken by the East Oregonian. , , . . Men and women eligible to vote in the city are invited to express their views on the following points: Mark X 1 I favor the city manager plan, to be worked ( ) under a non salaried commission of five ( ) elected at large, the manager to be paid ... ( ) 2 I favor the city manager plan, to be ( ) operated under the present council of ( ) eight, elected by wards ( ) 3 I believe this is not an appropriate time for ( ) presenting this subject and that it should ( ) be deferred ( ) Name Address - T' out this blank and mail it to the East Oregonian. Your name will not be published. INDIANAPOLIS. May J.-Falr wenther and deep rooted imerest In! the cumpaign Is expsy'ed 16 produce a . hear' vote today In the Indiana prof- i erentlal primary, In which Wood, Lowdon Johnson anil Harding are, contestants for the nomination for ; president. Tl:ere are no candidates for te democratic nomination and In dtaaa law fordls the writing In of names. . ! I. W. V. IX OOWFN'TIOV. ( lty Associated Press, i BITTTK. May 4 Delegates from several slates are today attending the district convention of the metal mine workers Industrial union. number 800. Industrial Workers of the World, which is being held here. The union is the metal mining branch of the In dustrial Workers of the World, and has branches In most mining states. ENGINE EXPLOSION ENVELOPS PILOT ROCK GARAGE IN FLAMES WHICH BURN THREE BUILDINGS Early Morning Fire Destroys Swearingen Property, Five Automobiles and Telephone Co. tools With Loss Put at $7000. (By Associated Press.) MUSK OG BE, Okla., May 4. The death toll of the cyclone that destroy ed the town of Peggs Sunday night, has reached "0n it was indicated today when additionai reports reached here. It is estimated that possibly a score of the wounded would not survive. (By United Press.) ETj PASO, May 4. Juarez and vir tually all of the state of Chihuahua are antl-Carranua soil. The Import ant border town across the Rio Grand from El Paso revolted yesterday aft ernoon aa word arrived that Parral and Cusihuiriachic, two leading min ing camps In the Mexican border atata. had joined the Sonora rebellion. With bands playing and a holiday spirit over the adobe ot Juarez, Car ranza officials easily doffed the man le of the federal government and de clared themaelvea followers of the re bellious liberal constitutionalist party headed by General Obregon. Not a shot was fired. The aame city, state and federal officers in Juarez will hold their offices under the revolution. Torreon Next Target The next movement of the rebela in Chihuahua will be massing of forces against Torreon in Coahulla. rebel leaders stated today. Americana in Juarez, and Chlhuahna City are safe, official reports showed Rebels Are Routed (By United Preea.) MEXICO CITY. May 4. Govern ment forces yesterday routed rebels In a bat.ie on the Isthmus Tehuantepec in th - region of Santa Cruz, killing the rebel commander and 60 of his troops it is officially announced here today. Carranza troops forced the rebela to evacuate Cuautla, in Moreloa state, the statement said. Government officials also claimed defeat of a rebel attempt to occupy Morelia, the capital of Michoacan. Rebels retreated on the approach, of strong Carranza forces. The play of common soldiers has been increased from one and threa quarters to two pesos a day for tha war period. Mexico city Is Target (By Cnlted Press.) A GIT A PRIETA, May 4. Revolu tionary armies of Mexico will soon start a march on Mexico City, Gen eral Calles, field commander of tha revolutionists, declared here today. Calles will leave Agua Prieta in three or four days at the head of an army bound for the state of Chihuahua. There Calles will join forces with the revoluttng army In Chihuahua and start south through the interior of Mexico for the captial city. Simul taneously an army under General Flores, now marching down tha west coast of Mazatian, will have Mexico City for its objective. A third army. Calles declared Is now gathering near the Mexican captial. Garrison Won Over (By United Press.) EL PASO. May 4. OJInaga garri son, opposite the Presidio, Texas haa formally joined the Sonora revolution ists, the rebel Junta here announced today. Xew Brings Relief. SHEEP SHEARING IS ON IN FOLL SWING PBwnoxna vnL ixorkass Bv Associated Press. WAPHIVdTON, M;iv 4. President Wilson today nigned the Fuller pension bill, increasing the pension of veterans of the Civil war, widows and ther de pendents of the veterans. CAIUNKT IN SKSIOV f Flv I'ndrd Press.) WAiHIXOTt IN, May 4. President Wilson and the rah) net went Into ses sion at 2 p- m. today. ! Sheep srtMMiting on the ranges In I'mutillu cpunty is now under way in full swInfT. In some flocks all the sin ep have been sheared, and in i others shearing Ui at its height. The i yield of wool, ns well as the quality, compare favorably with the 191i clip, say v 1 growers. The onl sale repot ted in t he city of this year's wool is that of Joe jrunha. of Kcho. Sixty cents a pound a the reported price and the wool is said to be of fine grade. Ttvs price is more than was paid for the best wools of (he 1919 rMp, so fnr ns is known here. Sales of wool here will be few this year owing la the decision of Oregon wool growers to oell their stocks in Portland as a tenter. There will Ih wool auctions in t lie warehouses In Portland and most of the dips, it is twld, will be sent I here for sale. (Kast Oregonian Special.) PII.OT UOCK. May 4. About S oVlmk this morning the Turner c Caldwell Cat-age wa completely de stroyed by fire, which waa started by an engine explosion, in the west part of the building. Three frame build ings on Main street burned, two of which were occupied by the garage while the third was vacant. The buildings were owned by Swearingen brothers of Pendleton. Five cars were destroyed, one be longing to Kancho Stnbblefield. one to the local telephone company and two to the proprietors, and one to Frank Jones. Over 500 gallons of gasoline was loai as well as all the tools be longing to the independent Telephone Co. The loss has been estimated at ?t4 or $mo0. with not a very large Insur ance carried. lOOW lMSOKDOEZRaS IN" Hl'Illt, (By Vnited Press.) LONDON. May 4. New disorders1 (By Associated Press.) have broken out in the Ruhr district. WASHINOTON, May 4. Relief was In Germany. German troops have oc- I shown in government circle and by cupied Dusseldorff. south of Wesel, revolutionary circles hero today when according to an Amsterdam dispatch, jit became known that Juare. Megleo, More serious disorders in the idustrlal whore revolutionary fighting baa al dlstrict are feared, the dispatch added, j ways been a potential international 1 1 danger, had been taken by rebels j without a firht. Until now the rebela lhave succeeded in taking from Car j ranza utmost half of his territory without battle, but military men say Ja few stubborn contests are Inevitable. Revolt FriuttratHl. (By Associated Iress.) KL PASO. May 4. An attempt to revolt against tho Carransa govern ment last at OJlnnga. ChlhuaJ.ua. hy Colonel Salinas, commanding, was de feated by loyalists of th garrison, ac cording to n telegram received by the acting consul general of tha Carransa government here today. I ImHi IHIW H SK LIST FLAX (By United Press.) SRATTLK. May 4. Longshore mea striking here are demanding today that waterfront employers submit to the "list plan." It provides that long shoremen he selected alphabetically at the union hall and dispatched to tha i dock as called for. fcvral ships srs i tied up here due to tha strike), Weniejr Reported by Major Lee Moorhousc, weather observer. Maximum, 72. Minimum, 34. Rarometer I iR&'mw - wmm FORECAST Tonight and Wednes day fair: heavy frost to morning.