THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPEB.GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS EROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRKJ DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION ireftoram Numbsr of copies printed of yesterday's ' Dully Tha Fun Orfnnlun In Knrn Or - rona aTiatflt nwpir an aa af 3,635 sr.. . nfi..t Anlit r Mi Th pap.tr 1 a member of and audlt4 ls, lion In Pndrton tnJ Umatilla eou- uj iu Auau tfurniu ox circulation COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB CITY OFFICIAL PAPE2 VOL. S2 DAILY EAST OEEQONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1920. NO. 0589 TWO SQUADS OF TRAINED OFFICERS LEAVE FOR SQUAW CREEK AFTER DESPERA DOES WASINWER OR DID SUPPOSED VICTIM GO AWAY. Mystery Surround Case of Joe Williams, ' Ukiah Rancher Whose Bones May Have Been Found in Recent Brush Fire. ANOTHER THEORY IS MAN LEFT COUNTRY i - -. . . . . , . , Letter and Bill of Sale Mailed to Albee Merchant Bore Date July 2; Letter Was Mailed on O.W. R. & N. Train. Wm Joe Williams of the Ukiah country murdered or ha he departed tha country Thla la a problem vex- In people In the aouthern part of the county aa well aa county officer. There are two angles to the story, each directly opposed to the other. The moat sensational report la that tha hones of a, human belnt were found In what had been a brush fire on the, Ellis ranch near Ukiah. The other feature cornea In the form of a statement from A. M. Schlorbaum, of tha Albee Mercantile "o. of Albee who say a that on July 4 he received a latter supposed to have been written by wllllams. The letter was post marked July 1 and was stamped as mailed at f p. m. on train No. E on the ; O.-W., R. & S. Included with the let ' ter was a bill of aale to livestock own. d by Williams which was riven to Senior baum in settlement of a grocery bill of .f 140. - Mr. Bchlorbaum sovu that the writ ing was checked up with Williams la-nature in Pilot Rock and that he and Judge r. M. Sohannep thought the niiMrt"ni nrt)taiiy nr ui"int llama., , As stated to the Bast Oregonian o-er the phono today by the Albee merch ant there are many reports In circula tion tout he says ha had had trouble checking up on them. He had heard reports of the finding- of parts of a body but has been unable to find out who had found It. The merchant was Inclined to scout the murder theory and another report from Ukinh was of similar tenor. ' ' ' CROSS COUNTRY PLANES LF TOMO'' Villi AL NEW TOK & 28. U. P.) Three alk . al monoplanes e are being equipved in t-entrai s Park's for a flight to San Fran- Cisco tomorrow carrying the first mall baa; to ever cross the con- ' tlnent by airplane. The purpose of the flUcht will fee to map an air route. On the return jour- 4 ney but one stop Is scheduled, that at Omaha, Tha trans-con- tlnentsl plane mall Is expected to start the first week in Rep- tember. a 60 PER CENT APPLE IN EAST END SECTION BRITISH INSIST ! villa will FIGHTING MUST FIRST BE ENDED : Note to Russians Say Negoti ations Over Conditions Can not be Taken up Until Peace is Made With Poland. ALLIES NOT CONNECTED WITH GENERAL WRANGEL The apple crop In the Milton Free water country Is estimated at 60 per cent, but there will be pratlcally no apples from the west end of this coun ty with the exception of soms at Stan field and on the higher land in the Despite Armistice Russian So viet Armies Continue to Make War on Poles Who are Compelled to Retreat. . nOULOGNB. July 28. (U. P.) Representatives of the allies In confer ence here agreed that the reparations mmmlMlnn shnll hu nri I thA n,rmfln Hermlston vicinity, according- to crop , ,naemnltleBi lt ta understood here. EAGLE) PASS, July 28 (A. P.) It Is reported Villa has surrendered to the new govern ment and will retire to . private life. He held a conference all last night at Torreon with mili tary leaders. EAGLE PASS. July 28. U. P.) It is expected Villa will go to Mexico City to make ar rangements for settling down In some state as a ranchman. His six hundrerd followers will prob ably be given an opportunity of Healing near their retired bun leader. Villa's surrender was made condltioolly to general MartJnea;. commander of the nortrern dig- trict, representing president Ie la Huerta. according to advices to Mexican consul Tames here. COAL SITUATION CAUSES MILLS TO EARLY REPORT TODAY SAID MEN WERE FIRED ON AT BY TRAIN GUARDS; NO J ustaJ two ; DUNCAN. CAPTURES Plants at Laying Gary and Calumet Off Men Due to Shortage Caused by Unau thorized Strike of Miners. - nt : i un- reports received by Fred Bennlon, county ageht. ....... The condition of the apple crop In the east end is 110 per cent, says the report. There will be no peaches be cause of the cold weather of last winter, but the pear crop Is 80 per coat of normal. Tha acreage of to matoes Is 116 per cent, with 110 per cent condition. The failure of the fruit crop In the west end of the county Is entirely due to last winter's severe weather, Mr. Bennlon states. : On the other hand a number of peo ple appear convinced that Williams was foully dealt with and his body burned in a brush fire. Coronor Brown who has heard several reports Is Inclined to believe the murder story. He will leave tomorrow morning lt not sooner for the south end to make an Investigation. He says he Is not sure who has possession of the bones re ported as found but thinks he csn as certain where they re. District Attorney Keator and Deputy Sheriff Joe Blakeley left early this morning for Ukiah to Investigate. The murder story as given Involves the wife of Williams and also another man. Mrs. Williams la said to have left their horses one at Pilot Rock and two at the half way house saying her husband would get them. Where she went to Is a mystery. FOR STEEL CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, July 2i. A P.) President Wilson today had before him the recommendation of the Inter church world movement commission that he Immediately appoint a special comtssion to bring about a conference of employers and employes In the steel Industry. The committee Inves tigated last summer's steel strike and their report declares that "unless vi tal changes are brought to pass a re newal of the conflict aeems to be In evitable." , E: JAPANESE CONGRESS TOKIO. Julv I (A. P) The dig. rtJwn the "house 5r" representatives Monday was repeated again yesterday when sllegations that Baron Takaha- sht, minister,- flnsnce and other cabi net members had Improperly used their office by Indulging in stock ga moling were again discussed. Sev eral members of the opposition rushed to the rostrum followed by govern mental members snd fist fighting started. Guards Interfered. Troops Guard Diet TOKTO, July 88. (IT. P.) Hun dreds of police are guarding the diet bu'li lis as a result of fist fights and a near-riot at yesterday's session. The trouble was precipitated when the Seiqukal party attempted to force the expulsion of an opposition member. charging that members sre using offi cial Information to gamble in stocks. An uproar broke out on the floor and many blows were struck. IOWA WOMAN MVRDRItFD BU RUNG TON, la., July 28. (U. P.) The bodies of Mrs. Alfred Miller. 87, and her three-year-old baby were found In a gas-filled room of their home here by her husband. The woman's hands and feet were tier and broken dishes evidehced a struggle. The authorities believe she was mur dered by a burglar whom she surpris ed. gold marks for every ton of coal de livered, Germany giving promissory notes maturing May 1, 1921. The reparations commission will be em powered to sell these notes, or dis count them. The first issue totaling sixty million marks will be out in Sep tember. Others will follow monthly. Lloyd George drafted a note to the soviet government which will be dis patched today after consultation with Italian officials. The note, signed by Britain, states that peace between Po land and Russia must be agreed up on first, after which a return of con ditions to normal will be discussed. A copy of the note will be sent to Wash ington. Notes already have been sent to Russia, it is reported, one stating that the allies have no connection with General Wrangel. the antl-bolahevik leader in Crimea, and that the Soviets must deal with him, the other an nouncing the ban has been lifted on the entry jt-Russian .Lrad. delegates into j?rnum. Russians Keep Fighting-. WARSAW, July. . 28. Despite the armistice between the bolshevik! and Poles, the red armies resumed violent attacks over the whole front south of flrodno, advancing twenty kilometers. Poh-s Continue Retreat. PARIS, July 28. (P. P.) The Polish army, facing the boUhoviki, Is retreating along the entire front, ac cording to foreign office dispatches. The resistance Is very feeble at both extremetles of the line. WOULD HAVE PLANE - f FLIGHTS TO PORTLAND EFFORTS BEING MADE TO SETTLE TROUBLE Secretary of Labor Returns to Washington at President's Request to Take up Negoti- . ations for Settlement. TOWNLEY IS DENIED NEW TRIAL REQUEST FAIRMONT, North Dak., July 28. A. C. Townley, president of the nation. al non-partisan- league, and Joseph Gilbert, former league organiser, to day were denied new trials on charges of conspiracy to encourage disloyalty during the war. They are under 90 day Jnll sentences. WHEAT MARKET OPENED AT $2.38 DEC DROPS TO $2.34 December wheat went to $2.34 1-2 ported sales today at 2,000,000 bush today, after opening at 83.88. For els in all positions. Jut even this fail- March, the quotations show that the ed to revlvo confidence In the stability market opened at 82.40 and closed at $2.17 1-2. Following are the quotations, from Overbeck A Cooke Co., local brokers: Chicago Grain Market. July Kept. Dec. Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum, 100. Minimum. 68. ' " Barometer, 28. SO, mwm Tonight and Thursday un settled weather probably thun derstorms I n moun tains; cooler. Wheat. Open. High Uw. Close ' 82.38 $2.41 $2.88 82.34H I 2.40 2.42 2.35 2.37 4 Corn. 1.42 1.44 1.4IH 1.44H l.S9 1.43t 1.39 1.42 1.24H 1.24 H 1.27 Oats .77 .77 Si .78 .7714 .69 H .70 .8 Vi .70 .9Vi -70 -70Vl Rye. 2.0S 2.03 2.02 2.02 H 1.78 1.77 1.71 1.754 ltarlry 1.08 1.08 1.06 107 Pork 27.00 27.50 27.00 27.45 I4u-d 18.40 18.00 18.40 19.00 Ribs 16.40 14.80 16.85 16.50 July Sept. Dec. July Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Rant. (From Overbeck Cooke Co.) Foreign F-xPhange. London. 378 and 379. Paris. 778 and 780. . Italy. 547 and 548. Germany, 244 and 245. (From Overbeck A Cooke Co.) CHICAOO. July 28. Wheat ad vanced early on elmrt covering stim ulated by reports of liberal export sales over night but a weak under tone quickly developed and the mar ket dragged for the remainder of the day. One estimate placed the re- of prices, as the country continued to offer freely and a great deal of the selling In the pit was thought to be In tliti nature of hedging. Cash prices from 5c to 14 cents lower In all mar kets. A neWfe bureau dispatch from Washington said - the department of agriculture estimated the 1920 wheat carry over at 109,000.000 bushels. which compares with private predic tions of 150 to 200.000 000. Corn The action of the market to day demonstrated its susceptibility to constructive developments, even thnufrh outweighed by bearish funda mental conditions. Hints of possible damage In sections of Indiana, Ohio. Illinois and Missouri, due to dry weather, proved the 'main source of uneasiness in shorts. Cash prices here were 1 cent to 2 cents higher at tha start but the demand was Insuf ficient and the grain entirely lost itler in the day. Advices from the east Intimated that the Argentine corn was becoming a drug on the market there and Is still bring offered freely at 35 cents under the domestic grade. The liquidation condition of the market should make it responsive to the crop scares that must be expected at this season. Oats Had a firmer tone In sym pathy with corn and helped by an Im provement In the cash market. Spot premiums were firmer at 1 1-4 to 1 1-2 cents over July for No. 2 white. A I.ivui pool cable reporting merchants sl'.otvlng more willingness to buy Am erican clipped oats revived hopes of un export demand to partially offset the effvet of new crop offerings. Airplane service from Portland. The Dalles and I-a Grande to .Pen dleton during the Hound-l'p was as sured last night by Pilots Christie and Newell, if a landing field is estab lished here. Mr. Christie and Mr. Newell, who arrived by air route here yesterday tip. m. from Portland on their way to La Grande, are pilots for . a La Grande corporation which will put five planes into commercial service. The plane was a Lincoln-Standard, with a Hispano Sulse motor. The pilots, forced to land . because of running short of gas, expressed sur prise that Pendleton has no landing field. The machine, thought by many to have been sent here to assist In the man hunt, .circled over the town I for several minutes before descent was made near the state hospital. The plane could not take the., air from tharcrrwith It fall, quota and mi dt-J rected by Ted Prebel, local automobile man. to a field adjoining" the S. C. Bittner place east of town, where the flight was resumed. TURNS OUT LABELS TOR JLLICIT BOOZE CHICAGO, July 28. (IT. P.) The closing of Industrial plants In the middle west have begun. Steel mills at Gary, Ind.. and the Calumet re gion began laying off workers, cur. tailing operations due to the coal scarcity, Chicago officials threatened a rationing of water supplies. Orderal to Work. TERRE HAUTE, July 28. (U. P.) I'oal misV'rs on the unauthorized strike In Indiana fields will be order ed to return to work tomorrow pend ing an effort to adjust wage demands of day workers was decided at a meet ing of union officials here. Labor Dept. Busy, . WASHINGTON, July 28. (U. P.) Secretary of Labor Wilson was re called to Washington by the president to take charge of the labor depart ment's work in the Illinois coal strike it is learned. - Secretary Wilson Is expected to shortly make a- report on the situa tion to the president. Whether the president will take any action in the matter depends on the nature of the report. It was stated at the.' White mmti.rTrJBwe!anir-' '' ' " t Operators Confer. ST. LiriS, July 28.' (U. P.) Con- SBATTI.li. Wash., July 28.- (A. P.) Federal prohibition agents are con ducting an Investigation in an effort to locate a Seattle printer, said to be turning out labels of well - known brands of whiskey for use on ''moon, shine" liquor. Donald A. McDonald, federal prohibition director declared yesterday. Seixure last Sunday of twenty two cases of liquor at Chehalis. Wash., brought to light the fact that moon shine whiskey under well known labels Is being sold in this sectiox in large quantities, Mr. McDonald said. The Hbels alleged to have been printed in Seattle, give the liquor the appearance ot the genuine article, with the Infor Sormatlon that it has been aged in the wood" it Is said. The shipment etzed Sunday is said to have been en- route to Portland. Mr. McDonald today Issued a warn ing against the use of such liquor which, he said, Is so new as to contain almost nil the original fusel oil. SENT POISON TO WIFE, OTHER WOMAN ATE IT NASHVILLB, Tenn., July 28. George Littrual, 28, confessed that he and his young sweetheart planned to murder his Insane wife so they could be married. The plot resulted In the death of Mrs. Llie Brooks, an inmate of the asylum and the illness of two attendants. The candy, sent to Mrs. Littrual, contained poison, Mrs. Lit trual, after tasting one piece, refused to eat it, saying It tasted bitter. Others who ate the candy became 111. In the confession it is said that Littrual and the girl, Ressie Sharp, contemplated the crime several months. Detectives, In search or the guilty man, asked each suspect to write "asylum" when Littrual was requested to write a word, he spelled It "sylum" as spelled on the box of candy. LABOR LEADER LIKE TOPEKA. Kans., July 28. (A. P.) Ijibor' first endorsement of the Kansas industrial relations court ap peared in a letter to all union men from A. I Fleming, state organizer of the American Federation of 1-abor. Fleming urged laboring men to disre gard the clamor of some labor lead ers agalnrt the court. He said it has done much good for labor. Terences , of coal mine operators in the central comoetitlve field were called, fdr today by Thomas Brewster, chairman of the executive committee. to determine whether to sanction a joint session of miners and operators in an attempt to settle the unauthor ized coal strikes. MOTORCYCLE RACERS TO REACH HERE TOMORROW Contestants in the annual four day North Pacific sectional motorcycle en durance run will arrive in Pendleton on Thursday evening, the course be ing from Portland to Pendletonfl to Spokane and Seattle, and from thence to Portland, a distance of 1,042 miles. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. will give- free dinners to the riders at the various points, and J. M. Gallo way, territory representative of the company, is making arrangements for the dinner here and will also check the machines. The schedule Is 26 miles per hour. with the exception that sidecars are given a handicap as follows: First day. an hour and a halt; second day, one hour; third day, an hour fcnd a half; fourth day, one hour. Cleve lands and all other single-cylinder wo-cycle motors are given a handi cap of two hours the first day, three the second, three and a half the third and one and a half the fourth. Forks, frame, transmission case. front and rear wheels will be sealed and the motor number recorded. Fifty points will be deducted from the riders score if the number is changed and 10 points for each seal missing, and 10 if two or three speed fails to work at the finish. The contestants are permitted to work on machines during the run and may receive out side assistance providing the ma chines are not towed. Machines can be worked on during noon control but not at night. The prizes totAI $1,000. Cyclists in a similar race passed through Pendleton last year, going to Spokane. Two autos carrying; sheriffs and detectives left the cpurt house at 2 o'clock this afternoon to take up the chase In the Squaw creek region. A bloodhound from Woodburn in charfiref of a man named Snyder, went along: with the party. , .' ' . Archie Leonard, Portland detective; Dan Hunter, O. W. R.. & N. special agent; Deputy Sheriff Jake Marin and Georsre .Strand went in one car. Sheriff George McDuffy, of Morrow county," and former Sheriff E. M. Shutt, with Snyder, the -blood- hound and Finis Kirkpatrick as driver, went in. the other car. All were heavily armed and carried food and water sufficient to last them over a hard chase. , A party consisting toMy of detec tives and special agents last night or ganized to go to Squaw creek. Dis couraged at the Inability of posses to confirm or deny rumors regarding the presence of the men in that section, t he trained officers left determined to ferret out the situation, Still Watch fc-juaw Creek These officers, like Sheriff Taylor. , Special Agent Wood and others in charge, have sifted matters In their minds and found the Squaw crvek the ory the best they have. Were the men - in Squaw creek. It would bo but at short distance over the hills to Duncan where men are reported to have' been encountered this morning. . . Possemen changed shifts last'njght . after a hot, tiresome, dusty day. ; The were disappointed a bit at not having taken the men captive but their relief went out determined) to keep up the fight. The organization of the posses lti now such that should a showdown ccme, the prisoners could not cope with their pursuers. - May Get Hungry ' - If tha escapes are stiU in this sec tion it is believed that they will be forced soon to make a break for lib erty to obtain food. In the ares where they are thought to be hiding, there may be a few. berries and there is wat- , er. The men.ha.it bead at largo sine., Sunday at 2 o'clock, however, and tha only food they have is thought to be that which they carried with them. . Posses, however, are 'leaving here with plenty of food and water, ara well shod, clothed and able to with-' stand the rigors of the chase. Hop .' Is held out that the cordon about the- hills is of such strength that the men sought will have to walk into the net sooner or later. . - ' ' ULSTERITE ENGINEER ;J ! HANDLED TROOP TRAIN' CAVAIHAX COMPANY FA11.S MONTREAL July 28. (f. P.l Thornton Davidson A Company, brok ers, with offices here, and connections in American cities has suspended pay ment. It Is reported that shareholders In accordance with arrangements made by bankers, will not suffer to any extent. Thornton Davidson, founder of the firm was drowned in the Titanic disaster in 1818. ITALY AHAXOONK AVOLXA ROMB, July 2S. (A. P.) Italy has decided to abandon Avolna to the Al banians, according to newspapers here. It is said that in addition to the abandonment of Avolna an Immediate cessation of hostilities . and an ex change of prisoners was agreed to by both the Italian and Albanian' governments. Written at 1 p. m.) Assurances that no arrests of conse quence had been made in connection with the Jailbreak and murder of Sheriff Taylor Sunday were given this afternoon at the sheriff's office. Other than that officials displayed no inc.U nation to talk. Questioning of a man suspected of having Information on the case Is said to have been done this morning by Archie Leonard. Portland detective. who arrived on Xo, 6 today to assist in the man hunt. The outcome of developments so far can only be surmised. Every man connected with the search in any way has Been instructed to divulge nothing that has developed. A. series of ferences behind closed doors in the sheriff's private office and in the grand jury room on the second floor of the court house, however, are ta ken to indicate that the report of 'Nothing new at all" is merely a. pacifier. Leonard On Job. , Following the arrival of Leonard this morning, the investigation of a man alleged to know something of the case was taken up in the grand jury room. The sheriff's office was seething with officers entering and leaving. Just before noon and dur ing the noon hour, conferences were, taken up in the private office of the sheriff. Newspapermen were careful ly avoided or assured that nothiin new had developed. " " Persons at No. 17 this noon and near the court house, report having seen the two young men, .white, being brought in. They were handcuffed together. The two were said by Sher iff W. R. Taylor, however, to be pris oners en route to Monroe reformatory in Washington and were left in the jail over the noon hour by their guard. One of the posse leaders who has been In constant touch with doings at headquarters said that the conferences were merely for organizing further search work. Old heads ore prepar ing to take up the hunt, relieving the Inexperienced possemen, who, it Is feared, he said, would be shot by oth ers of their kind. The tense atmos phere in the sheriff's office, however, is taken to portend developments. ' Maps of Umatilla county were blue printed today by City Engineer Hayes to be distributed to possemen not al together familiar with the country in which the search Is In progress. They will be taken out by reliefs tonight. Say Store Was Robbed. Reports of the store robbery at Cayuse lost night this afternoon were credited by some possemen. who said one man did the work. They allege that a pair of shoes and food were ta ken. Two men were reported having been seen near Meacham last night The report from Duncan this morning of the encounter between guards on a frcipht train and two men attempting to beard it was given varying credence. DUBLIN, July' 2. !' ' P.) Twelve hundred railway workers are ' idle here due ' to refusal to carry troops. A small garrison is marooned at Dunglol. as a result of the tieup. A relief party was delayed 24 hours, when they finally found an- TJlsterite engineer willing to run their train. Hundreds of Sinn Feiners sat on tha tracks. A Bandon report said a cor poral of an Essex regiment was shot dead. MAY USE BLIMPS FOR L MAI5KVTTS I'-XCHANGKn PORTLAND. July 2S. tA. P. Markets are stestly and unchanged Two Men Fired Vpon (Written at 9 a, m.) Reports of another encounter with two men at daybreak today were re ceived from Duncan, 11 miles up Meacham creek. The men attempted to board an east bound freight train about 4 o'clock and were fired upon by armed guards on the train, the de port said. The word came from the telegraph operator at Duncan through the dispatcher s office at La Grande. Guards left the train and starteo into the brush in pursuit of the men, the report said. Only meager details were recived at the sheriffs office and several hours elapsed without further Information. Fred Stelwer is fln charge of operations about Duncan but was not oo hand -when the report ed encounter took place. All trains leaving here are carrying men with rifles. N'o. this morning had four guards rMing on the tender. the o'ullaws to get aboard a train with the present system of guards. That Cayuse story i New rumors received at the court a house last night were run to earth In ( the night without positive result. On ; story was that a house at Cayuse had been held up snd rotbed of food and I A other articles. Rxtra detectives nd:t possemen were rushed there but eould not run down any good clue. The belief that some of the men sre In the Kirch Creek section bobs VP about once dally and gets Its share of attention. That scent, however, is leing given less and less credem-e l headquarters. Officials will not give up the letlef that two or more of the ecnnes are still In htdin In the wild- ierneas of Squaw creek. WASHINGTON. July 28. (II. P. The postoffice department Is consider ing a proposal to carry parcel post from New York to San Francisco by "blimps." a representative of a New York firm who claims to have the type of "blimp" capable of carrying 15 tons and able to travel faster than trains, is sponsoring the proposal. The de partment has asked for "bids fpr carry ing air moll on routes from Cleveland to Detroit, Pittsburgh to St. Louis, New York to Chicago and New York to Atlanta. ... r MUS. LFJUOY IDKNTIFIKn NEW-YORK. July 22. U.P.') The body of a woman found In a trunk here la positively identified as that of Mrs. Katherine Leroy of Detroit by Mrs. Leo Trunrbull. of Detroit. t is cona4dered next to impossible for I THINK BERGD0LL MAY BE HIDING IN NORTHWEST REGION SEATTLE. July 21. A. P.) Federal officials ot the north west are searching for Orover Cleveland Hergdoll. the Phila delphia draft evader, following receipt of word it Is believed be was seen on a train from Spe kane to Seattle. An eastern Jurist claims a man had a berth across from him who changed his clothes three times and wore classes when he did not need them. He said the man tallied with Bergdoll In every respect. . vaa4ve4 4 4 4