KLEGRAPHl TTTf DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of CoplMrllted of Saturday 91 paper ts a nwrnbw of and audltad the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Boot Ortfoilta li Rtr 0- nn'i greatest newspt tolling; feroa rs to over 7wl the 'iaran lotion In Pendietos iw iv mm w ... . tmiw guaranteed paid clfeu iinn Ad Umatilla sous. to tho idnrUM ty of an 7 otker naaapr. CITY OFFICIAL PAPEB COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9533 VOL. 32 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1920. DANIELS DECLARES WILSON WAS DISPLEASED THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE GIVING ITS READERS BOTH ASSOCI STED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS T1 ' HrE3sfijK)reAoniari) M f c XdWsgMWEEKLYV g- dF ill J M JHSSrSHit.tl V ' 1 L a W. CARRANZA HP' BUTE: i FROM VERA CRUZ Messages Still Fragmentary and Conflicting But Vera Cruz Hears Deposed Leader Falls in Obregon Hands. HUERTA WILL TAKE REINS OF CAMPAIGN Two More Cities Are Seized i From Federals and Rebel Banner is Hoisted Over Al most Entire Nation. By United Press.) VER CRUZ. May 11. Carrania is being- detained In Esperanaa. accord ing to word received here thla after noon. The Obregon government sent a, commission from Mexico City to take charge of Carrania and provide safe conduct for him to Vera Cruz. It la understood Carrania will embark for a foreign port from Vera Cruz. Tactically all Important cities In j iltjtco are now under the banner of; the revolutionist. Guadalajara la the one exception. Capture Uoabtrd. (By Associated Press. ) WAJMUNOTON. May 11 While advice coming through from Mexico on the revolutionary situation are fragmatory and conflicting, they cast considerable doubt on reports that Carrania has been made a prisoner. American Charge Hummerlln ut Mexico City also reported that condi tions are quiet there. General Uon- sale. with his forces, entered the j olty last Friday and General Obregon the following day, he said. Other advices to Washington quot ed Emillo Tames commercial agent nf the rebel at Nogalea, Aria, as in novating that the flonora government had decided to aak the United States for immediate recognition. Such . n request has not been received ot the tat department as yet. Huerta, to Take Chargn. (By UniUd Press.) NOOALBS, May 11. Governor De La Huerta will go to Mexico City shortly tn sssu me control of national affair as supreme chief under the 'plan of . Agua Prleta," according to revolutionary leaders here today. De La Huerta will call a convention of governor to lect a provisional presi dent and supervise the coming presi dential election. Kan ayu Potom Falls. (By United Press.) AOUA PHIKTA. May 11. Having raptured Macallan, one of the chief porta of Mexico, the revolutionary ar my under Flore, will Immediately continue to march southward. General Caries, war chief of the revolution, declared today. Although there were unimportant skirmishes before Flores reached Masatlsn the pity surrender ed without a struggle, according to revolutionist. Ban Luis Potosl has been captured by Mexican rebels, ac cording to reports reaching Obregon headquarter here Queretaro has al so fallen, the report said. Carranzlsta Crcalo Stir. EL. tASO. May 11. Activities of i Carfanca force in the Tampion re gion, which 1 Itself in rebel hands, arc causing til United Slates govern ment considerable concern, according 10 a dispatch from agents of the Mex ican' revolutionists at Washington to rev olutlonlsts here. W1U Aak Rccrnrnltlon. (fly Associated Press.) WASI1INOTON. May It. The rov olutlonary government tn Mexico will ask Immediate recognition by the Am erican government. HIGHER EDUCATIONAL RELIEF TAX IS INSURANCE SAYS PRESIDENT CAMPBELL The higher educational relief tax IS an investment and Insurance," Pres ident P. U Campbell of the University of Oregon, said here today. "It has been shown that the states which in vest the most money In their educa tional institutions attain the greatest nmr ftantUi wealth, and further, where education Is fostered unrest is least prevalent. Mr. Cm)bU siTived in Pendleton .hi morning- from Bsk.-r. where he spoke yesterday for the higher eda- cntlon ", Mr. Campbell snid today. oatlonal relief measure, to be voted "Statistician have found that the nv- upon In the primary and referendum leraging producing power through life' (jty Associated Press) election Friday, May Si. Thl noonof the man who leaves school aftet-l poi!TI.A.'l. May 11. Miss Cham -Mr. Campbell met a group of business completing the eighth grade is 1750. ille A. Dosch, society editor of the and professional men and prominent The high school graduate's average Oregonlan. died early today, the ninth farmers at luncheon at the Hotel Pen- producing power is 11250. The col-'ytctim or Sunday's wreck of electric diet on, to plaee quarly before them tege trained man. technical or profes-'rnlns. .n'.,i cnncernln the needs of theisionnl has an annual average proJ'i A coroner's Inquest will be held to- slat university, agricultural college RE-ENACTING WASHINGTON'S INAUGURATION ON SAME SPOT WHERE HE BECAME PRESIDENT jMa!WWsMswsM '-':T3sfc Thm photograph was taken on the steps of the sub-treasm yt Wall and jtion. The retiring superintendent an Broadway streets. Sew York, on the 131st anniversary of the inauguration of nounced that he has accepted a super Oeorge Washington. In the shadow of the impressive Washington statue j intendeney In Arizona, erected on the spot where he officially became fiyst president of the republic. j New Contract Offered, the Celtic Players, under the direction of the Constitutional Xeague, re-enacted : Mr. Austin came to Pendleton as the Inaugural scenes as they occurred in 1789, the sole difference beinjg that j head of the schools in July, 1918. and this time it was an Irishman who was sworn in. All the actors wore the cos- has brought the city's educational turae of the period. standard up to a high plane. For the , - . ,t , i . ., - , ,-1 '., . coming two years Mr. Austin was of- SEVENTY-FIVE MOTHERS ARE GUESTS OF 75 DAUGHTERS AT FIRST DINNER IN PENDLETON j s MEACHAM LAKE IS CLOSED TO ANGLERS - I Seventy-five mothers, some of them Mencham lake is to be closed to fish- '"borrowed" for the occasion, were ing during the summer, according to;ss last night at the Mother and a decision reached yesterdav at a Dusltor dinner, given in the base-I meeting of the JBtate Fish Commission ment 'f Methodist church. The in Portland. Because the lake is a Mr w,.s in honor of nil mothers' snnwnin ulnee for trout, tho - com- mission ordered it closed some timeovor' ago hut through some error the order did not go Into effect Marlon Jack, local man who is a member of the commission who at tended yesterday's meeting, was ap pointee with John QUI and L K. Klelschman as a committee to con sider proposed increases In the salar ies of deputy wardens and reported next month. Increases granted will be effective June 1. The name commission, which met yesterday at the same time, decided to have no state biologist this year Stanley Jewett, formerly of this city, was apimimeu. mil oeciinen. It wntf also decided that Master Fish Warden I R. E. Clanton will rem In charpe i of both the supervision of trout and salmon hatcheries until June 1. A fund of $r00 to be puld out In re wards for catching marked salmon I was authorized by the fish commis sion. Payments of 50 cents each will ; be made for the marked portion of j each salmon caught In the Columbia, j These were turned loose from Her-' man creek, Bonncyvllle, Whte Salmon and Clatskanlc In 1!1 and 191t and! already this season a number nf them returning have been captured. FAVOR SENDING PROTECTION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Msi 11. A resolu tion asking President Wilson to send a warship and murines to Itatttm on tho Black Sea. to protect American I lives ami property was unanimously i reporteil by the senate foreign Hon committee- Unlay. rein-. and normal school. Following the luncneon, .Mr. i mp hell spoke before the high school this afternoon and at 4 o'clock met a num ber of prominent women club work ers at the county library. He says that in his trip over the state he finds sentiment in favor of the measure generallv and that the people realise the importance of the measures pnss- ' , Ml- , "There arc three figures which show clearly the Inve.lmenl worth of eflu- . lug power of IS100." Banquet and Program Given in Methodist Church are Pre pared by Girls With Re sponse by Mrs J. C. Snow. having daughter of the teen age or Mrs. .T. C. Snow made an excellent talk in which she expressed the ap- PPWlra of Pendleton mothers, she was preceded by Miss Vashtl Hoskins. who pa've a cordial greeting to the mothers. The program was complet ed by the following charming musi cal numbers: Solo, "The Greatest Mather (tod Ever Made." by Miss Barbara Edmunds; solos, "Mother . (Continued on page 2.j HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS ALTER STATE HONORS The final workout of the Pendleton high school debate team was held nt the hiRh school last night and II. R. Inlow, conch, expressed himself as be ing pleased at the result. He said he is confident that a good showing will be made in the slate finals in Kupene ! this wek-end. The team and coach 'leuvt' tonight at 14:10 and will arrive ! in Kuttene tomorrow e enlmr. The 'first debate will be held Thursday i morning at 10 o'clock and elimina tions will be made after the results of ithe first day's contests are announced. Th" Process ot elimination will be "ed to determine the championship. Among the towns in the contest will he Salem. Kugene. CorvnJUs, Knappa, Enterprise, The Dalles, I-akeview, Med ford, Marsh field and I 'end let on. Salem has won the cup twice and is reported to have an especially stronc group of orators. Those who will represent the local school are : Neaative team. Lloyd Austin leader) and Mary Clark : af firmative team, Arthur Kudd (leader) and Norborne Berkeley.. The question under diseusslon is. "Resolved, that the Japanese should be admitted to the privileges of American citizenship on the same basis as the peoples of i Kuropean nations.' MISS DOSCH IS DEAD, Uiallt. FRED P. AUSTIN RESIGNS; INLOW City Superintendent of Schools Unable to Accept Contract Offered for Next Two Years and Principal is Elected. EDUCATIONAL STANDARD RAISED DURING SERVICE I Follower is Completing Second Year as Head of High School , and Promotion Adds to List of Recommendations. FKKD I Al'STIN J Fred P. Austin, city superintendent of schools, laat night resigned and li. j K. Inlow. now principal of the high ; school, was elected to succeed Mr. j Austin. The contract offered Mr. In- low is for two years beginning July jJ. 1920. The resignation of Mr. Austin came ;as a surprise to all but a few of his j Intimate friends, and was accepted by : the board with unanimous express!- j jons of regret. Mr. Austin's ill health I requiring a change of climate, was j given as the reason for the reslgna- : fered a contract at greatly increased ! salary and would have acceped but ' for the necessity of a change as men- i ; tloneo. Mr. Inlow is Just completing his sec ond year as principal Of Pendleton school and it was on the strength of his record there that he was of fered the superintendency. He came ! here in the fall of 1918 from Forest j Grove, where he had previously been 'city superintendent. Mr. Inlow is a 'native Oregonian and has held posi ' tions as principal and superintendent j in several of the smaller cities. He i has high recommendations from every place he has served and his promotion here is also considered a fareher stamp of approval. No on ; has been obtained as successor to Mr. Inlow. Need Playground FacilJlie. Additional playground facilities for the city schools were declared neces sary in the board meeting last night. Hawthorne school, especially lacks proper space, it was brought'out, and investigation will be made with a view to remedying conditions. The board as a body decided to in spect the five local school buildings shortly to ascertain the needs in re pai rs a n d ad d i t i ons. Su ggest i ons o f the state fire marshal, with regard to schools, will be borne in mind during j the inp4't;tion, and other needs will j be looked to. Hoofs of some of the t biddings are in need of repairs, it. wan f said. DRY QUESTION ABOVE (By T'nited Press.) NKW YORK, May 1 1. "American prohibition is a far more interesting problem among British people than American politics," said Ed. L. Keen. European manager of the United Cress, who arrived in New York today. Keen, who was in Europe through out the war and who directed Cnired Press staffs at various fronts and capi tals will attend the national conven tions and write for United Press pap ers. "A great many Englishmen believe they see handwriting on the wall,'' .ho said. Probably eight out of 10 Eng lishmen interviewed on the subject at random, would predict that England will go dry within from eight to lf jfUTl. Ueic and there will be found u willing bet of almost any amount that the United States will go wet Mpsin before England joea dry." OCCUPATION OF KIEV WAMRAW. May 11. Ukrainian tores Joimd the Poles In occupying lev late Saturday. IKPOHT TION Bn.l, AI.TFJU5I1 WASHINQTOX, Wy 11. President Wilson today signed the bill amending deportation lion and making possible deportation of Hermans and other aliens who' were Interned during the war us enemy aliens. Paroit.Trw Iters to Meet A meeting of the Joint Parent Toarher Association has been called for tomorrow evening at 7: o'clock at the librsry. CABINET MAKER DIES IN FLAMES WHEN WAY TO ESCAPE IS CLOSED John Kemp Succumbs in $100, 000 Fire in Portland Furni ture Concern Today ; One Fireman Also Overcome. PORTLAND, May 11. Cut off from all escape by flames which blocked the I fire escapes, John Kemp, an aged cabinet maker, lost his life In a fire. j here today. The fire started on the j fourth floor of the furniture w..r.--i house of Healy Brothers, where Kemp (was working. He was overcome by i smoke while frantically attempting to t tear his way through the furniture I which had been piled against the fire escapes. Kemp was suffocated before firemen could reach him. The flame were under control at noon after rag ing two hours. The damage will prob ably amount to $100,000. Two stories of the building were destroyed and one fireman was over come by the smoke. FREEWATER STATE BANK LEASES P.O. BUILDING (East Oregonian Special) FREEWATER, May 11. The Free water State Bank today closed a deal with Mrs. Lucy Ray Reed for a long lease on the poBtoffice building-- The building will be remodeled and used as the home for the new institution. Beside the postoffice, the building houses the law offices of Peterson & Bishop and the real estate offce of J. F. Slover. Ail will be required to find new quarters. The bank plans to open for business In about five weeks. The building. 40x100, was formerly used by the old Elain bank and con tains a large vault and other materials which can be used by the banking house. The bank has already re ceived its charter and 114 persons have applied for stock. It is capital ized at $60,000. Officer have not been announced. REBELS OPEN GUNFIRE NEAR AMERICAN LINE (By Associated Press) BROWNSVILLE, May 11. An ad vance guard of revolutionists ap proached the southern side of Mata moras, a Mexican town opposite here shortly before noon today and ex c hanged a few shots with Carranza outposts. The rebel move is believed preliminary to an attack in force. American military authorities or dered a detachment of soldiers to the American end of the international bridge where two machine guns were placed in a position pointing toward Maiainoras. COAST STEWARDS ARE CALLED FROM SHIPS (By United Press) VANCOUVER, K- C., May U. The British Columbia coast stewards union today called members off coast steam- j ers. Several vessels are already tied up. Canadian Pacific railway coast ! service boats are sailing steadily on j their usual schedules. Officials of the I company announced the strike of J stewards would not affect their vessels due to new agreements already made with those employes. ONLY ONE BORDER TOWN IS LOYAL tDy Associated Press) P.ROW.NSV11 J.K, Tex., May II. The fall of Reynosa. opposite Hidal go. Texas, Into hands .of the revolu tionists yesterday left Matamoros. the only important point in the Texas Mexican border under control of Car rania officials. One hundred rebel troops entered the place without re sistance yesterday. WASHINGTON ASKED TO HRQFRUF I FfilOnl WFEK UDoenvt Lkwivn Uy Associated Press) OUTMPIA, Wash.. May 11. The Stale of Washington will oficially ob serve "American Legion Week" May 17 to IS. Governor 1 "ls F5 "art -cded In a proclamation Issued here yesterday. In the proclamation Lm Governor asked that all residents of the state co-operate witli officers ami 1 members of the several legion posts in mm mttnr to Induce forinVr service t men to affiliate with that organization. HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED WAR INSTRUCTIONS ARE DISCLOSED; "THROW TRADITION TO WINDS" JAPAN NEGOTIATES TO END HOSTILITIES 1AITU QIRPPIAN PflP ITII II UlULmnil !UL Agreement Concluded Paving Wav With Bolshevik! for Withdrawal of 20,000 Troops from Vladivostok. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. May 11. Japan has begun to make peace with the bol shevikl of Siberia, it ia learned today. An agreement, which will probably lead to withdrawal of about 20,000 Japanese troops from the region of Vladivostok and pave way for evacua tion of all Japanese forces in Siberia, has been concluded between Japanese and soviet authorities at Vladivostok, confidential advices to the Japanese embassy here today stated. The agree ment is aimed expressly at prevent ing conflicts between Japanese and Russians, it is stated at the embassy. By agreement, a neutral zone is cre ated between the forces of 30 kilo meters on each side of the Usurt rail road from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk. If the agreement works satisfactorily, large forces of the mikado's troops will undoubtedly be withdrawn. It was declared at the embassy. Latest military intelligence reports to Washington estimate the number of Japanese troops in Vladivostok and the vicinity and north along the Usurl I railroad to Khabarovsk at 20,000. LEAGUE AS ISSUE fS . CALLED BfG BLUNDER (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, May 11. Injection of the league of nations issue into the campaign is a "colossal blunder," Sen ator McCumber declared in a speech in the senate on the Knox peace reso lution today. McCumber laid this blunder to Wilsons door, saying; ''This administration has made many mis takes, but all have become insignifi cant compared with the colossal blun der of making the president's indivi dual and autocratic stand on the lea gue of nations a political issue. You cannot make the league of nations the real issue of this campaign. The thought of the people is engrossed with perplexities that surround us." He announced he would vote against the Knox resolution. He advocated commercial relations with the central powers, and said an otner questions ( should be left to be handled through proper channels in the treaty. In calling up the peace resolution. Iodge announced he would keep it continually before the senate until It Is acted upon. He Indicated hopes for a vote late this week. W. D. HOWELLS, WRITER, IS DEAD IN NEW YORK (By United Press.) NEW YORK. May 11. William Dean Howells, famous writer, died at his home here last night. FRANCE TAKES STEPS AGAINST LABOR BODY PARIS. May 11 The French cabi-i net at a meeting today instructed the minister of justice to open proceed ings against the general federation of labor with a view to dissolution of tho organisation, which has been support ing the strike of French railway men. by calling other strikes. PORTIiAND MAJUUCrS STKAOY (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND. May 11. Cattle. ' sheep, hoc and butter are steady and liincKaBgwi today. kks. buying price. Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse. weather observer. Maximum. 70. Minimum 39. Barometer. S9.70. i doze .. Do Utmost Thing in Daring, and Strike Word "Prudent" From Vocabularies is Presi dent's Challenge in 1917. DEPARTMENT PREPARED , nMft pppn LONG BEFORE ENTRANCE I jys Admiralty Always Re plied it Had Never Been Done That Way, U. S. Exe cutive Tld Officers of Fleet. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON. May 11. President Wilson was dissatisfied with the way Britain -managed the naval end of tin war up to the summer of 1917 area expressed himself emphatically no tfl point in a confidential address to Ut fleet at that time, it tru disclosed to day by Secretary Danlelda before th naval investigating committee. The president, in his speech, mod shortly after America entered the war. at a secret rendezvous of the fleet at Yorktown. declared: "Every time we have suggested anything to the British admiralty, the reply ha come back that virtually amounted to this; That It had never done It that way. and 1 felt like saying: 'Well, nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing; is being done now.' " Pleads for Daring The president s speech waa a pl for the officers of the fleet to "throw taK,,, to the winds." and find new wars of meeting the submarine men ace. "We are hunting hornets all op the farm, and letting the nest alone. Wilson said, according to Daniel. ''I am willing for my part, and I know you are willing, for I know the stuff you're made of. We must crush that nest." Daniels said the policy of the navy, "to be incomparably the most adequat navy In the world," was set In motion six months before Wilson publicly de clared it in February, 1S16. "This ia conclusive evidence that the navy ' de partment, long before the war, was alive to the Importance of prepared ness, and was taking every possible step toward that end," he said, relating to the decision of the general board and himself. Saw Convoy Wisdom Wilson. Daniels asserted, "was tha first to see the wisdom of the convoy system, which he suggested even be fore we entered the war." Daniels declared it took six months to get British approval on North 8e mine barrage project, but that "I Admiral Sims had favorably urged the proposition instead of airing his own objections, it would been adopted mumns earner. Instructions Given officers (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 11 President Wilson's hitherto unpublished ar In structions to officers of the Atlantic fleet, given in person aboard the flag ship Pennsylvania, August 11, 117 and bidding them to "throw tradition to the wind," strike the world ''prud ent" from their vocublaries and "do the thing that is audacious to the ut most point of risk and daring" waa made public here today by Secretary Daniel. In laying the text of the remarks before the senate naval Investigating committee, Daniel said they showed the "bold and vigorous policy the pres ident had outlined for the navy. "Do not stop to think what is prudent for a moment" said the president. "You will win by audacity of method when you cannot win by circum-iaapectioo and prudence." Most l ff retire Cheek. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 11. A coun- ter charge that establishment of Ike North Sea mine barrage was delayed six months because of opposition of Rear Admiral Sims and the British admiralty, waa made before the sen ate investigating committee by Secre tary Danels today. The barrage, Dan iels said, was tbe most effective mea sure taken to check the aubmarae and was entirely an American idea. mwm mm Ton lr t fair. Wed. fair sad rm; ligkt to hvy frost la