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THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE INLAND EMPIRE GIVING ITS READERS BOTH ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PR ESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of oopisa printed ,f . atnrday'a Dally. 3,061 Thla paper la a mamber or and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Tha East Or.gonian la Baatara Ore gon's greatest nawapapar and aa a Sailing force gives to tha adaarilaar ever twice the guaranteed paid circu lation In Pandlaton and Umatilla coua ty ot anr otbar aawapapar. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPEH VOL. 32 NO. 9543 SMS DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1920. JOHNSON ADS WOOD IN VOTE OF OREGON I 'EasflCQre&onian) " .jt;1 cs - UMATILLA CHAMBERLAIN KOER LOOKS LIKE SECRETARY AND SIANEIELD LEAD SWELLS 1 1 i v United Proas.) PORTT.A VI, May 22. Johnson ilus afternoon iin-iea.j-,1 tils lead over Wood, Willi liKi.mpl. K- returns from 23 of :lu onuiiUns of the mom to 2074, llati void compiled houur: Johnson 1 1,098 and Wood 12.1(21. Wood numairpra rvtw w ,n- wwt M ,..e ii liii. claiming tip hA4C rOllittlH Will onminM tlx oppoiicnt'H prnml lead and slam Wood the winner. However ImUmtaotM art- that Joluison lias rw-linl tlx- it puhlti mi nresldrnijai endorses merit. Hoover has 370 and Ixvwdcu 4o:t. (Ily Associated Press. PORTLAND. May 22. lin-omplctc returns from 2.1 counties including I II complete Multnomah county prccinctM, give Hoover 3,7 IT; Johnson, 12.116' l-owden, 4,321 and Wood 11,358. PORTLAND. May 22. Returns c omplled at 2:30 thla afternoon from 27 counties, incomplete. Including- 144 complete preclncta In multnomah county grtro the following for president: Hoover 4041: Johnson 14,:'..:.; Lowden fi,40 and Wood 12,169. CUVIMS 13,000 PI.URALITY (Br Associated Preaa.) PORTLAND, May 22. sanrield McDonald, suite manager for Johnson, today claimed ilie state by a 18.000 plurality, baaed on return at 11:30 ibis morning, (By Associated Preaa.) PORTLAND. May 22. On tha face of returna complied at 11:30 today Senator Johnson had regained his lead ovr General Wood. Figures at this hour, compiled from 17 counties. In cluding 6 complete precincts In Mult nomah county, cava Hoover 234; Lowden 201J; Wood 7229 and John aon B2. Jolinaon Vote Jumps (By l.'nlled Press. I POnTIAN'n, May 21 Johnson jumped into a 14(0 lead over Wood with compiling of Incomplete returna from it or 31 counties of Oregon, fol lowing yesterday's primaries, neturns show Johnson (401, wood 928, l,nw-U-n 40(1 and Hoover 2049. (Dy Associated Preaa.) PORTI.ANTJ, May 32. neturns from preclncta complete in Multnom ah county in yeaterday's primary, elec tion gave Johnson 1(47; Wood 1398: lxiwden (44 and Hoover 431. State re- urna are exceptionally alow coming in. j -he latest figures showing Wood Is leading outside bu about 300 vote. Fifty alg complete Multnomah county precincts give Chamberlain fir,o and Starkweather 3(5. chamreriJaix way ahead (Bt rnlted Press.) PORTI.AND. May 22. Chamberlain today continued lo lead Kturkwcntlier hy practically a two lo one vote- Stan field la 7527 ahead or Abraham for th republican senatorial nomination, villi ills lead Increasing an returns com In. Chamberlain, according to latent figures, has a total of I2I12. In cluding Multnomah county and Stark weather SMI. a majority of 1071. Multnomah county gave Chamlierlnin 155 vote 10 1020 cow for Stark weather. MoARTIIVR AM) KINXOTT McArthur and Sinnot are apparently both renominated for congress.. Km- or looks like the secretary of state winner. All measures with tlie pos aibln exception of capital punishment havo been adopted. Ixickley is now running next to Kroner, Srhuldrnnaii Having dropped lo fifth. Jom-s it third and Wood is fourth. Tar and Co bur n come next. Joseph and Moser are leading for the senate from Multnomah. Unrrell. Hume and Staples are next. Ilnrlbnrt la renominated by Hie re. publicans for sheriff. MoCnmmant and Olson are leading for ropiihlMmn delegates at large. Carey and Mc Donald are next. Evans U renominat ed for district attorney, Hcvcridge ror count y clerk. wood swn, i-bii PORTLAND, May 22. Figures compiled at midnight by the Oregon Ian shows Wood la leading Johnson by 264 votes. Latest compilations show Wood 2r.9: Johnann 2405; Ixiwden 24 and Hoover "37. These returns are from 23 counties In the state, Incomplete, including ! scattering precincts in ilultnomah county. Johnson lead iMultnomnh county and Wood leads outside coun ties. Wood Loads Outside. PORTLAND. May 22. Returns early today from yesterduy's primary Indicated that General Wood hnd enr vl.d the state outside of Multnomah county and that Senator Johnson hod . i Multnomah county. Johnson carrieu .............. ......... -------- had a lead in the county ot i yt enrly today ana Bnno,,,,..., 31 II II Iioiuiftu ..... Chamberlain, according lo early re turna today, leads Starkweather, and Slnnntt. Hawley and McArthur appear on the face of returns, to be renomi nated. Koaer appears to have a sub; atantlal plurality. COUNTY GOES OVERWHELMINGLY FOR ALL EDUCATIONAL BILLS IN VOTE LEADS 2 TO I, W. FLETCHER WILL TAKE POSITION WITH PEOPLES WAREHOUSE II. W, Fletcher, for 11 yearn circulation manager of the Kant Oregon fan, hat resigned his po sition and on Monduy will enter upon the position of credit man with the Peoples Warehouse. Mr. Fletcher la taking a newly cre ated position with the store and will have varied duties to per form. He Is one of the best acquainted men in the county, with a host of friends, made dur ing practically a lifetime resi dence In Pendleton. Before tak ing; a position with the East Oregonlan. Mr. Fletcher was with the O.-W. H. v N. Co. for many yea.r. John Dimnmv, field circula tion man. will take general charge of the Kat Oregonlan circulation department and a man will shortly be chosen for the city work. BAKER CALLS FOR QUICK PURSUIT OF ESCAPED SLACKER Convict Stages Sensational Es cape From Army Guards With Phone Bell and Motor Car to Aid. (By United Press.) WASHINCTON, May 22. Secre tary linker today ordered "immediate and thorough Investigation" of the es cape of Q rover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy convicted army deserter. He ordered that every effort be mado to capture Bergdoll. who escaped from the federal authorities In Philadelphia yesterday. Stage Quick Bsoniie (By Associated Press.) PHll-ADKLPHIA. Pa,, May 22. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. 28 years old, convicted draft dodger, recently I sentenced to serve five yearB on Gov- J ernor's Island, New York, escaped ! from army guards at his mother's i home here yesterday nnd last night j waa still at lnrge. The wealthy Phil-, adelphlan disappeared In his own mo- , lor car while two sergeants from Port j Jay. N. Y.. his guards, were sitting In j the drawing room of Mrs. Bergdoll'a home. The machine was driven by Bergdoll'a chauffeur, according to the police. According to inrormnuon receico here from Fort "Jay. Bergdoll came to Philadelphia Friday on a threo days' furlough to attend "to Important hol iness matters." It waa said by the military authorities that he had left Governor's Island on competent mlll tarv instructions. The nature of Berg doll's business, the military said. W confidential. Reciting from slwikcsncnro It was ald the two sergeants had spent the night at the Bergdoll home. Yesterday afternoon Bergdoll was en tertaining the sergeants with recita tions from Shakespeare, according to a friend of the Bergdoll family. A telephone be'.l rang and Bergdoll sor.1 he would answer tt. He left tho room and ns the hell kept ringing, the two wri.nnla became suspicious and in- VM,,.lltM. Hia car. wnicit run been ,tannln in front of the house, had dls- (na oergdoll with It. son Is TV1" A little son was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Powers, at their home at S06 Sycamore street. VENUSTIANO CARRANZA, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, IS KILLED BANDIT QUINTET IN IOWA BLOWS SAFE TAKING THOUSANDS DRs MOINES, May 22. Five masked bandits blew the safe of the Hc-nsnor savings hank ' at' Itenanor early today and escaped with liberty bonds and negotiable paper valued at several thousand dollars according to advlcea re ceived here. Tha bandits escaped in an automobile. , 1 i ' EXHAUSTED CREW E Baiter is Brought to Dock Af ter All Night Struggle Just Before Rising Waters Extin guish Engine Fires. (By Pnlted Press.) POUT TOWNSEND. Wash., May 22. Kxhausted after an all night struggle the pumps the crew of the steamer schooner Baxter came ashore, today after winning a fight to save her from Hinklng. By an almost superhuman effort, the vessel was brought to dock a few minutes before the rising water MRXK'O CTTY, May 22- Vemistta in the hold reached the boilers and no Oarranxa, who fle-from this city extinguished the fires. Part of the I May 6. who took flight Into the moun Dock carco wn lost. The Baxter tnlna nf Piiftln fnllowln? the hattls left Kverett ut midnight. The cargo , began to shift when the schooner was i off Marrowatone Point. The men kept at the pumps heroically and the ship reached here riding at an angle of 40 degrees. WHITE CORN TAKES (By I'nited Press. I ST LOUIS, May 22. White corn dropped today from eight to 18 centa on the St. Ixuls cash grain market, the biggest drop of years. TURNS IN REVOLT MURDERING CHIEE i Conflicting Messages Declare Plot Was Laid, Executive ! Falling First, With Followers Shot Down One by One. CABINET MEMBERS ARE BELIEVED AMONG DEAD Massacre Occurred at One O'clock Thursday Morning After Flight Into Puebla Mountains After Battle. (Bt Associated Ircsj4.) Kli P VSO May 22. President ran i was aswtssiriateil by Uis own men, aiH-oi'dliiji to a telegram from General Alvain Obrtiffon. received hy IV IBifc. (lUtl I revolutionary agents herer today. (By Associated Press.) near Rinconad.i, rnj killed at l o'clock ; Thursday morning at Tlaxealantongo. I according to an official announcement here today. His companions, the . namea of whom are unknown, also : ' were killed. (By United Press! I MEXICO CITV. May 22. Carranza. I with six members of his party was j killed near the town of Tlaxcalanton t go, according to advicea to the head I quarters of both Generals Obregon and Gonbales here today. The bodies are reported being taken to Barlstain. I The Oin-Hnzislas were killed Thurs- t day bv a force commanded by Colonel Herrara, advices lo OTSl advices to Obregon stated. Herrera wua formerly the Carranaa i Telegram here indicated that ,he " Continued on page two "HOWDY, SENOR." FUGITIVE G0VEBN0R 0LC0TT TO FLY ON COAST TRIAL TRIP TO CONVENTION (Ity Associated Press.) Stockton, May 22.- Governor Olcott of Oregon, will accompany Lieutenant Ralph Kelly tomor row on a flight from Blaine, Wafhingtnn, to Stockton. Cali fornia, to attend the Advertising men's convention. The army plane will endeavor to establish a non-stop record BOYS OF '61 TO HONOR COMRADES WHO EELL The muffled drums' sad roll has beat The soldiers' last tattoo. No more on Life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping around Their silent tents are spread And Glory guards -with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. The "boys" who wore the blue in the days of "61 will rally in Pendleton tomorrow. Memorial Day, and will Car-!nonor tlle heroes of days gone by. AIIIUHFj lltXT MTir-llllia ' ' OMllll VJIII- dane, who has reached his ninety sixth year: 8. ' P. Hutchinson, J. A. Drake, A. B. Stevens, H. R. Neil. D. F. Willsey. John Knight. M. J. fronin, Wa J. Ixtve, and Veterans Mossic, Ross and Bugg. They will hear a Memorial sermon preached in the murning at the Chris tian church, by the pastor. Rev. R. L. Russagarser The Pendleton post of the American Legion feels that the veterans marcning nays are none ana '"' provid machines to take them to the church. ESTABLISHED TODAY (By United Press. ) DAYTON, May 22. L, B. Eholen. civilian nilot emnloved bv the Davton- ' Wright airplane company, today es tablished a new world's altitude record for airplanes carrying four person He drove the piano to a height of 18 for 200 feet. GENERAL WOOD LEADS I COUNTY VOTE; KEATOR WINS OVER PETERSON; RICHARDS LEADS : TRY 10 CALL SOLDIERS OONUS NEXT WEEK (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, May 22 The bouse rules committee today decided by a party vote of eight to four to make an effort to call up the soldiers' bonus bill Tuesday or Wednesday. A special ruje was adopted limiting debates on the measure to five hours. The real fight will come on the rule which will be strongly opposed by majority democrats and republican opponents of the bill. Some bonus advocates claimed the rule in the present form is merely a, trick to kill the bill. CRANEMAN CRUSHED BY STEEL HOISTING ALAMEDA, Calif., May 22, Paul Burcella,' 22, Craneman in the Beth lehem shipyards here, was killed to day when a steel plate he was hoist- , ing, fell, crushing him. SPECTACULAR FLAMES DESTROY OIL PLANT LOS ANGELES, May 22. One of the most spectacular fires in the his tory of Los Angeles today completely destroyed the manufacturing plant of the Turner Oil Company with an es timated damage of over $200,000. The ifire started when a still containing lubricating oil overflowed an! flood ed an open fire. A huts containing gasoline ignited and exploded. before the firemen arrived ten large tanks containing gasoline and distillate were burning. The flames shot hundreds of feet into the air. RAILROAD EMPLOYES FIGHT 'SLIDING SCALE' CHICAGO, May 22,Railroad em ployes intend fighting a proposal for a "sliding scale' made to the United States railroad board by railroad man agers, it is learned today. The pro posal would establish a differential be tween work In small and large cities. AUTO CLUB EXPECTS 1000 PICNIC GUESTS One thousand guests are expected at j the Tri-State Auto Club picnic, to be held May 29-30 at Bingham Springs. Caravans of autos from Oregoti, Wash- Ington and Idaho are expected to make the trip. There will be dancing Saturday aft ; ernoon and evening, and races and j other athletic events on both days. I ( n Sunday a baseball game between Oregon and Washington teams will be a feature. Besides the events scheduled, many (surprises are planned by the commit - tee in charge and the event promises to be a memorable one. COLLINS MILLS WILL BE HOST ON MONDAY The people of Iendleton und I'ma tilla' county will be th- guets of the j Collins Flour Mills at an opening on Monday when visitr; will be received ' from lu a. m. to l p. m. Those who attend will see the pro- i cess used in nuking the "Snow M id" flour which 1 the special product of j the mill. How wheat grow in the! fields f Umatilla county in prepared ! how the flour Is extracted, will bat shown, as well as the .lifting and pack- nig of the flour. The mill Is turning out aprpoxt-1 mutely lM l-nrrels of flour a day. It ha. Iteen open for buKiness for several! mnnthi- but on Monday the first for mal opening wi'.l b-a held. Belated i-emms from the I'ktnli preciw gAvo Schannep a majrt of 12 there.t This report with a five vote oorreetioti in the Schan nrp total reduced Rietiards lead to exaetljr 10 votes. With the vote lit from ft! preeiiicts Rakiiards leads S haiuM'p for county judgeship by only 17 votes. The mis ing JPUot Rock preelnctH gave a ma jority of 15 for Schannep, thus al most wiping oat the' Richards lead. The mlalng west, end precinta will de I tills contest, General Leonard Wood was en dorsed for president by the republi cans' of Umatilla county yesterday, having a lead of nearly 300 hi the county on most complete available re turns. District Attorney Keator on the face of the vote that is in has been renomi nated over S. D. Peterson by a margin of 2fto or more. B. B. Richards Is leading I. M. Schannep for county judge by nearly 200, C. K. Bean has a margin of nearly 100 for the republi can nomination for comnii ssio i e r and Barney Anderson has a small lead over Lane Hoon for the democratic nomination for county commissioner. Senator Chamberlain easily defeat ed Starkweather for tha democratic senatorial nomination and neither R. X. Stanfleld nor Cotiqwsnuui Shuiott had trouble in carnftVs this county. SCHOOL BILLS CARRV A bright feature of the returns to- day was the overwhelming support -howii for the edm-attonal measure. All of them carried by margins of I from two to one to three to one. The permanent nails measure carried by a substantial margin as did also all the other initiative and referendum mea sures on the ballot. Complete returns from 49 out of the 64 precincts of Umatilla county were summarised by the East Oregon, ian tills afternoon on the more spirit ed contests. The results from these precincts is as follows: 48 PRECINCTS COMPLETE "Presidency Johnson, &f ; Lowden, 271 ; Wood, 909: Hoover, 1U. District Attorney Keator, 1213; Peterson, 896 County Judge Richards, 1048; Schannep, 87S. Co. Commissioner Bean, M5; De maris, 84. I . S. Senator Chamberlain, 641; Starkweather, 250. Co. Commissioner Anderson, 41S; Hoon, 394. Precincts missing from the above summary were nine and 11 of Mil ton, (iibbon, No. 22. Adams, 23; Riverside, No. 28, Rieth, No. 45, SI, 52, 53, 54. 55 and 58 all west end pre cincts. Also the two Pilot Rock pre cincts and the UkJah precincts. In some cases the boxes have not arrived at the clerk's office and in other cases the returns were all looked In the boxes and the results cannot be ascer tained until the official count is made. Complete returns from 2 precincts of Umatilla county summarised by the Bast Oregonian showed Wood at that time leading Johnson by more than 200 votes in this county. The summary of the vote in the 29 precincts was as follows: 2 Preohtets. Republican. Delegates Second District Cooper, 374: Curl. 1052; Donnell, 434; Brooks, S32. Presidency Johnson, 42: Lowden, 182: Wood. S57; Hoover. 221. U. S. Senator Abraham, 4l; Stan field. 882. Congressman Jones. 425; Sinnott, 849. Secretary of State Koser. 33 4: Lockley, 38: Parsons, 178: Bchulder man. 99: Wood, 179; Coburn, 109; Jones, 131. Public Service Com. Corey. 73t; Luper. 446. (Continued on page 5.) TA. VvTeaj Reported By Major "I-ee Moorhonae. weather observer. Maximum 62. Minimum, 32. Barometer 2.0. Krost last night. MWEATHEH FORECAST Tonight and Sunday fair, light to heavy frost In mora- ing.