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THE EAST CiREGONOUl 15 THc ONLY I MONO EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS DAILY EDITION Th SBsal Oregonl.a la Kast.nl Ore gon', greatest n.wpp and err DAILY EDITION Number f copies printed of yesterday's 1 3,257 or twlc lh. guaranteed paid elreu- if latlon la Pendleton and Umatilla WK II ty of aay otaaf a.w.pao.r. V This taper Is meinour or and aalt4 by the Audit Hu'aau of Circulation CITY OmClAL PAPEB COUNTY OFFICIAL PIPES DAILY EAST OBEOONIAK, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1920. NO. 9610 VOL. 82 miRTmmo DIE WHEN STEAMER GOES DOWN t i HJ'Jim. H.WIHI . .n.nif i i i. .in....) m i. .nil. .1.. .! 1 ui mi n.f iTfcr Sm, ' & i 73 JHtmmm?rm 1 hRiis&1 (o SIX DIVISIONS OF REDS ETIBROILED Ill POLISH TRAP Between 30,000 and 40,000 Soviet Troops Are Surround ed Near Brest-Litovsk and Captives Surpass 15,000. NEARLY 10,000MiLES OF TERRITORY RETAKEN Neutral Comment Declares Of fensive Aoward East Prussia is Developing Swiftly, but Russians Deny Defeat. PARIS. Auk. tl Six bolsevlkf di visions, consisting of from 10.000 to 40,000 men are surrounded by Polish force between Bledloe and Brext-L.lt-ovsk, according to press dispatches to day. ' Retake Vast Territory. WARSAW, Auk. SI. (U. P.) Pol ' 1h armies, continuing their offensive, have retaken nearly 10,000 miles of territory from the bolshevikl, it Is of ficially announced today. "Tha Polish offensive In the direc tion of East Prussia is developing swiftly," a communique said today. "West of Lublin and southeast of Warsaw, the Poles recaptured S000 square miles of territory between Cle chanoff and Pultusk, advancing to a depth of 40 miles. 'Bast of Warsaw, on the Una of Minsk. Biedlce and Biala were captured with more than 7000 square miles, the Poles ad tunclng SB miles on a ISS-mlle front.' " ' - : ; Prlsonera Poor In. PARIS, Aug. S1,(.U. P.) The Poles had taken 16,000 bolshevikl pris oners up to Thursday, the French war office announced today.' -"They cap ture an additional 800 yesterday In capturing Gllnany. -.. Fierce fighting is reported to be progressing alone" the Bug- river near Brest-Lltovsk and also In the vicinity of Clechanoft and Plonsk. ' Had 1&.0O0 Thursday, f IVAJlSAW, Aus. tt.l. P.) The Poies had captured 1S.000 soviet pris oners up to Thursday, It wa sannounc ed today. Claim Capital In Danger. MOrlCOW. Aug. St. U. P.) Fight Ipg Is progressing les sthsn SO mile from Warsaw, a Russian official com munique claimed today. The state ment Indicated that tha Polish cap ital Is still threatened on the east, north and northwest. "In the Warsaw region, fighting is going on west of Vyakof CSS miles from Warsaw) and Stanlslavost (25 miles from Warsaw), the communi que wild. "Fighting Is also proceed ing In the Brest-Litovsk region along tha western bank of the' Bug." The latter statement contradicts Polish re ports of the capture of Brest-Litovsk by tha Poles. raiisHliiii at LONDON. Aug. 21. (A; P.) The second sitting of the Russo-Polish peace conference at Minsk took place Thursday. Toward the end of the ses sion tha Russians protested against tha Poles' efforts to drag negotiations, tha Moscow statement says. Poleg Hold Cmt. LONDON. Aug. 11. (U. P.)Pol- Inn armistice delegates at Minsk are followlna- out a plan of "marking time" while their armies continue to win further military victories, it is in dicated in advice received here to- day. While proceedings at Minsk are shrouded in mystery, it is learned from unofficial sources that the Poles ar showing a disposition to hold out fo less rigorous term than were at first proposed by the bolshevikl. MILITIA OVER POLAND ' LONDON, Aug .SI. (By Webb Mll-i- ti. P. Staff Correspondent.) Ad ditional demands made upon Poland by Russia, according to the peace terms submitted at Minsk, Include: Creation of a Polish "civic, militia" composed of workers, to be armed with surplus munitions demanded from Poland by Russia. ahall not allow troops of ..... . t a Mmnln any foreign n nniiMh territory, '. 'Poland shall return oil rolling stock and other material remove! from Russian territory.' RED DRIVE MAY P" I 1 1 1 "Tl : ; ... -) u Ms PARI8 It Is reported thai the teoae curopena siiuation, re aultluc from the Bolsheviks drlvo inlo Poland, will cause postpone ment of the Queen of Rumania a trip to the United 8tates. Tala la tha latest photograph of Queen Maria NEW CONTRIBUTIONS POUR V, 70 SWELL TAYLOR MEMORIAL FUND BEYOND $10,000 MARK At nress time today the Til Taylor Memorial Ftind had swelled to S10.17. A large number of subscriptions from lists placed about the city wore auaea to the total and the rapid growth of the fund brought expressions of keen xatlsfaction at headquarters. Among late contributors who have given 1200 each are the local lodge of Knights of Columbus and K. J. Burke, of Port land and Pendleton. The list today Includes the follow ing: . . Knights of Columbus, szuu r.. j. Burke, ISO O. A. Simpson, ivv; Henry Rosenberg, 1 100; Fred Walters $100; Sheelian Bros., 160: 1'. M. Downey. 4S0;. J. . . B. . . McCook,. 450; Bentley-Oraham Ins uo.. o; iu u. GUILTY PLEA MAY SEND FIRST MAN TO GALLOWS SINCE When F.mmett Bancroft, alias Neil Hart, pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree Friday afternoon, he spoke the words that may send him the first man to the gullows in Ore gon since. capital punshment was vot-, ed out and restored. The plea of guil ty, however. In not sufficient to sen tence him to fleam. Under the law as reenacted, a Jury must determine the degree of punlah ment for those who , plead guilty of decree murder. Just as a Jury, by Ha verdict can recommend whether life imprisonment or death ahnll be the penalty, so can It say whether he who pleartH guilty siih ' - the time. Hart's Is First Ilea. .. TTmRtilla county circuit court ...rdiv afternoon was the first to hear the plea of guilty to first degree murder in the state since the hsnglng law became effective. Judge Phelps was the flrat jurist to receive .,.h . nin. The Jury which tries the -i rAwrm here or elsewhere, may k- ,), firt to send a mnn in this --,. tn the arallows. Bancroft, or Hart as he Is known to tha public 1 not afraid of the pen alty. He appears willliiiB H"t miserable life shall end by the laws most violent punishment. The four .. -r.H with him and who. be cause, of their complicity, are charged i i i.t. . . ... . . .- o r wnnt to ftKht I J". Vf.rJ .... " i, .he fatal Iror tneir n v,.. shot while Klvle Kerby. masquerading Jim Owens, and John lffenbeun. as alias Jack Rathie, struggled with DELAY TRIP TO U Kurnhart, 25; W. I. Oadwa, 14j John W. Peters, $10; Samuel WrlKht. (10; B. 8. Jerard, $10; Qeorge Tonkin, $D; Chris Breding, $25; Fred Bred ins, Sl:rVm. Breding. $1; Alex H. Breding, $1; F. O. Breding, $1; M. 8. Wlntler, $S; Mart Butler, $5; Jas. R. Howler. $10; Dr. M. H. Hattery, $25; H. R Bickers. $5; W. H. Capllnfter, $50; Pendleton Marble and Granite Woj-ks. $2!i: E. F. Terney, $10; a C. Kllxore. Helix; A. M. DeSpaln. $10; Vm-Krull. $S Ned Btrahorn, $3; Joe nusscll. $1; Tom Keating, $5: Lowell Kern, $5; liny Money. $5; Delbert Wilson, $2; Ferndale Perrln. $2; Em ily McBroom, $.2: Dora Hall. SI; Iva .Continued on para 1.1 RESTORATION OF NOOSE Sheriff Taylor and Guy Wyrick. Spokane Attorney Retained. Irvln I.eRoy Htoop and Floyd Hen ierson, the "Anderson and Patterson" tl the quintet of fugitives, are held or murder because of their compli city in plotting the jail break. Their ase is being handled by Joseph J. ravin, formerly an attorney for the Ireat Northern Railway at Spokane. Mr. Ijivln was retained by parents of me of the boys, the father having teen an employe of the, railroad there vs well. Mr. Ijtvin intimated yesterday that ho would present affidavits of preju dice In moving for a change of venue for his clients. He also notified Judge Phelps that he would request a separation of his clients from the other three. Mr. Lavtn is not a mem ber of the Oregon bar but by associ ating 'himself with attorneys of rec ord In the caso as counsel, was given the courtesy of the court. September ..May See Trial, Edward J. Clark and Percy M. Col lier, local attorneys appointed to de fend Kerhy and Kathte, also indicated that they would seek a change of venue If not relieved of the task. Ru mor says that relatives of one of these men will come to their aid with conn sel. In which case th appointees of the court will ask to be excused, District Attorney Keator said that the Btnte would be ready to try the case anv time the defense has its case in shape. Mr. Ijivin estimated that bout September 20 would find him free of caacs now pending In Spokane. SEEN or GERMAN-SOVIET SECRET TREATY United States Gathers Growing Evidence of Alliance But! Strict Secrecy Shrouds Na ture of Indications Un earthed. GOVERNMENT SILENTLY CONDUCTS DEEP PROBE If Combination of Central and; Northern European Powers is Proven, Outcome May Pa rallel Famous Zimmerman Incident. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. (U. P.) The United States is gathering cir ?ustantlal evidence of an alliance or jnderstanding between Germany and oviet Russia, it Is learned today. While Washington has no proof of such an alliance, additional reports in dicating its existence have been re ceived officially it is stated. Strictest secrecy is understood to be maintained regarding the aliance re ports. The government is quietly conduct ing a searching investigation to deter mine whether or not an alliance ex ists between the two countries. It is probable if there Is found to be Russo-German pact to the prejudice of Poland or the allies, the fact will be made public, as in the case of the famous Zimmerman note. LARGER THAN EVER ...BEFORE IS LIST OF. Cash and Merchandise for 1920 Swe.l to $10,000 and Most of Events Will Carry Greatest Purse of Show's History. Larger than ever before is the prixe list for the .1S20 Ilound-l'p, announc ed today by the Round-l'p assocla :ion. There will be more than $10,000 !n cash and prizes for the winners of the various events. Most ' of the events carry a larger purse tnan ever before. In addition to the prize saddles and other articles given for the cham pionships, the big main events are to arry a larg sum of money this year. Twelve hundred dollars is the purse for the steer roping contest with half he amount going to the champion. One thousand dollars each goes for the cowboys' and cowgirls' relay races. First three places In these jvents carry money divided 50, 30 and 0 per cent. Riickamo Purse. $750 The cowboys' bucking contest this year will have $750 in prize money, fhe steer bulldogging contest calls for 1650 to be divided among the tnree winners. Five hundred dollars Is the prize purse for the cowboys' pony race. While virtually every, one of the main events carries a large purse. In creases are not oontinea aione to them. The wild horse race, which In ast years has been raised to $226 and the same jackpot. The three Indian races, the squaw race. Indian thoroughbred race and war bonnet ace. all call for $150 In purses where- is In previous years these have been 1105 each. The Indian pony race calls for $300 In prizes. Merchandise Prizes I-Arge Large merchandise prizes as in post ears, aro alao included in wie i A'hich will swell the total value to wore than $10,000. The Round-Lp wise list Is now the largest in the ountrv. inasmuch as entrance tees are ha. mred in so few events and all prize money comes direct from the associa tion. Conditions under which the various events are to te neia win oe mua, my, altered from those of former, years. These conaiiunis, with the prise list, have teen araiieu ind accepted and will be sent prospec tive entries soon. Official IJst I Milt The official prize list for the IS 20 Round-l'p Is aa follows: Cowboy pony race Purse $105. Each day divided $20, $10. $5. Squaw race Purse $150. F-ach day day $S0. divided $2'5, $15. $10. Cowgirls stnndlng race Purse $105. Each day $35. divided $20. $l. SI. Cowbov relay race Purse $1000. Divided $500, $300, $200. Steer bulldojesing Purse $550. 1-MvldeH 1300. $150. $100. nm-bova standing race Purse $105. Each Day $3'. divided $20. $10. $i. Cowgirls Burking contest Exhibt (Continued on page 1) C. 0. RINEHART PLUNGES INTO WAVES TO BRING HELPLESS PAIR ASHORE (Special to the. East Oregonian.) ASTORIA, Aug. SI. C. O. Rlne hart, 'well known Pendleton man who has been here with his family is somewhat of a hero In Seaside today as the result of his thrilling rescue on Thursday evening of a small boy who had been carried to sea by a receding wave. When the boy was swept outward h cried for help to his daddy and the boy's father plunged In after him but was soon as helpless ss his son. v Mr. Rlnehart was walking on the board walk at the time and hear ing the cries for help hurried to the rescue, disrobing as he ran. He hauled the boy ashore and though nearly exhausted himself, plunged in after the father and succeeded in helping hlra back to safety. He was cheered luBtily by the gather IL ing crowd of onlookers. - SMITH-HUGHES COURSE IS REORGANIZED FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL Conference Effects Change by Which General Industrial Training Will Supplant For mer Trade Unit System. Reorganisation of the Smith-Hughes Industrial courses at Pendleton high school so a to permit students desir ing to graduate to take this work, has been effected. A recent conference was held here between local officials and E. E. Elliott, state director of vo cational education, and Ftank Shep herd, supervisor of trades and indus tries at O. A. C, which resulted in the new order. . A general Industrial course will sup plant the old trade unit course former ly given. lrnder the new system a student may spend his half day In one of the two branches of work offered nd the other half pursuing high school subjects entitling him to grad uate. Formerly the course required full time In the gas engine and tractor work with study on related subjects. No provision was made for graduation under the old course with credits per mitting college entrance. Building trades and metal trades are available under the new system. The subjects offered are designed to give a student such instruction that he might meet and solve any problem which would arise on a farm and also serve ss a good basis for the college engineering courses. The reorganization was made neces- sary because of dissatisfaction over the', be,, by hundreds of fires, as ronfinliur nature of the old course. Efforts were made in the change to give opportunity for Industrial educa tion to a larger numoer or ooys, to broaden the course of study and to effect economy. The third point is carried by belief that more students will enroll, thus lowering the per capita cost. Last spring no boys toon the work, owing to its restrictions. Orville Reeves, manual training teacher last year, will supervise the iew. Smith-Hughes course, assisted by oy Hammersley, a graduate of O. A. in mechanical engineering. Bom are experienced men. Mr. Hammers ley has been operating a foundry here but be building superintendent for the local schools and give part time to practical instructions. He I a specialist In foundry and metal working methods. ' WHEAT TAKES TOBOGGAN DECEMBER QUOTATIONS CLOSING AT $2.32 l-2j who. enntinued its decline today, ,v neo.mhr wheat clos- I I no- at $3.32 1-2 after opening at $2.S. The March wheat opened at $2.38 1-2 and closed at $2.35. Following are the quotations from Overbeek ai Cooke Co., local brokers: Chicago tiraln Market. . Wheat Open. HiRh. Low. Close. Flee. $2.3 $2.3 $2.31 H $2.3: Mar. 2.38 H 2.39 H 2.33 4 2-35 Com. Sept. 1.44 Vi 1.45 141 4 1-4 Dec." 1-22 . 1.2314 .tH 1-H May 1.1914 119 1.1 118V. Oats Sept. .08 .68 -S?4 i!ec. .68 St, .66 '.May .70 H - . ! Rye !sept. 1.8714 187". 1-S5 1.S5A ! Bark 17 Sept. 1.05H I...- 105 1.05 Pork Sept. 24.10 24.15 24.10 24 55 Oct. 24.90 25. -i 2. S' 1-lir.l Sept. 18 IT 18T 18-15 1 45 'Oct. 1 8.57 1S0 18.50 18. SO j Ribs Sept. 14. SO 15.00 14.80 14.97 Uvt. 15.35 15 50 15.30 15.45 (From Overbeek A Cooke Co.) CHICAGO. Aug. 21. Wheat The trade was more active and the market NINE CASES OF GOOD CANADIAN WHISKEY TAKEN Sheriff Takes Big Auto With Contraband Booze From Lo cal Garage Friday Afternoon But Bootlegger Gets Away. DRIVER DOES NOT CALL FOR CONFISCATED CAR Officers Despair of Catching Peddler Without Goods on Him; Stock Represents $2000 Present Retail Price. Nine cases of Canadian whiskey. bearing old familiar names and labels. repose in the sheriff's office today in stead of in the hands of bootleggers. The liquor, which bos earmarks of being genuine, was taken last evening in a car left at a local garage. At pres ent prices the haul is worth $2000 re- tall. The owner or owners of the liquor were not taken and the sheriff has virtually despaired of capturing the man now that he has not the goods on him. The auto, a Premier bearing Washington license, was confiscated. It has not been called for by the driv er. Labels on the cases Indicate that some of the liquor has been ageing since 1908, while others give the date of 1912. Several varieties are in cluded and bear the names of various Canadian firms. While some are Inclined to the be lief tbat the labels are counterfeited, Sheriff Taylor believes the haul in cludes real old Canadian liquor. There are 108 quart bottles in all and the li quor probably will be destroyed if no one is arrested against whom, it. cau be used aa evidence Efforts today are being made to as certain to whom the car belongs. It is not thought that It was stolen and the sheriff scouts the theory that the bootleggers mirht be the same per- tole tha diaries Kennedy auto and sons who about tbe same time of day left town. BAFFLING FIGHTERS ' SPOKANE. Aug. SI. (U. P.) n.htln. riMnerntelV- fire crews are high winds fan the conquered biases Into flame-infernos and chance sparks set new conflagration. , The Ottor creek fire, in the Selway, extends over 4000 acres of valuable timber. The Lookout butte fire has broken all boundaries and is raging over hill and valley. A million feet of timber is menaced in the Wenatchee district where 500 men are fighting fire. WILL SETTLE DIFFERENCES. WASHINGTON. Alg. SI. (U. P.) President Lewis ot the United Mine Workers of America, today telegraph ed President Wilson that the differ ences of bituminous miners and oper ytors in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois will be "adjusted by means of agreements to be consummated in several states." ON CHICAGO MARKET, fluctuated rapidly in both directions hut with the tendency downwards. Aside from some foreign buying to fill previous sales, there was no ex port demand of importance in evi dence. Cash prices were easier in ail markets. Conservative statisticians are becoming more convinced daily that the European wheat require ments in this country will not be nearly so great as anticipated. Can ada is now gathering a large crop and the British are looking there for supplies. We see nothing upon which to base hopes of a permanent up turn. Corn It was a mixed ' trade fea- . 1... 1 . . 1 tZ "advan wo la rarely at the expense of the jhort in- . n, nu thAra va-'ita nnlhlni' Its lover-night development to justify ag- (treiwtvenejw on the biiyinj? nine. It wa'B " not difficult to brliiir altout a har decline. Ueneroiis raina durinic the past week should set aside all dry weather talk for the remainder of the oeawn. Advices from down state a well as south western markets report ed distinct indications of increased receipts within the next ten days. We dotiht that there will be sufficient de mand to take care of a lancer move ment and we advocate aales of fu tures on the buijees for this reason. (Continued on page ) VESSEL CRASHES INTO BOAT LAKE MICH! Statement Issued This After noon by Owners of III Fated Freighter Show Heavy Loss Among Crew; Woman Also Missing. ' CAPTAIN SAYS TODAY NIGHT WAS NOT FOGGY, Boatswain, Seriously Injured, Says at Hospital That Alarm Signal Rang Too Shortly Be fore Crash Came. - CLEVELAND, Aug. 21. (C P.) Thirty-two members of a crew of 37 on tbe steamer Superior City, which sank off Sault St. Marie last night after a collision with the steamer King, are missing, today according to statement which was issued by the . vessel's owner this afternoon. Captain Is Silent 8ACLT ST. MARIE, Aug. 21. (A.' P.) The. lives of S9 persons, one a- woman, are believed to have been lost when the steamer Superior City, a freighter, sank, four and & half miles northeast of Whiteflsh Point, In Lake Superior, after colliding with the steamer Willis L. King. Four "of the crew. Including the captain, Edward Sawyers, were saved. The missing woman was the wife of the second en gineer. . Captain Sawyers would make no statement today except that the night was clear. Walter Richter, boatswain, one of the survivors, is in a hospital serious ly Injured. Richter said tha captain- alarm signal rang Just two minutes before the crash. If there had been two minutes more there would have -been no loss of life. Few. Are Bared CLEVELAND, Aug. SI. Six mem bers of the crew of the steamer Super ior City, sunk in a collisston-durtng a dense fog off of Sault St. Marie last night. It is believed they are drowned, officials of the. Pittsburgh steamer company said today. It la believed four were saved. TEARS NORTH GERMANY AMSTERDAM. Aug. 21. (IT. P.) Communist rioting Is spreading throughout Westphalia, according to advices received here today. A soviet republic was proclaimed at .Velbert yesterday. A general rebellion of mi ners is feared Westphalia, is an. extensive district in northwest Germany, containing mines and large industrial centers. Velbert Is in the Dusseldorf region, five miles southwest of 'Essen. RIGHT OF ALL WOMEN TO VOTE IS QUESTIONED WASHINGTON. Auff. SI. (A, P- lthough ratification of the suffra amendment Is held to cancel alt con flictinij state laws and constitutional provisions, a statement given out last night bythe National Woman Party said further legislative or executive action might be needed In Individual states before adequate election ma chinery was set up to permit all wom en to vote In November. Alice Paul, chairman of the party, wired to attorneys-general In doubt- . ful states asking If the road to tha polls would be open to women aa aoon as the ratification of the amendment had ben proclaimed. Only nine doubtful tats Alabama, Connecti cut. Delaware, Florida, Ioulalana, outh Carolina. Tennessee. Maryland and Vermont remained to be heard from on the point, as party officials have been informed that adequate stwpe would be taken In all others, tha i ''ement suict In thirty- states. It added full participation of women Is assured by the fact that they already hd m"" ;r "pete Pw Reported by Major Iee Moorhour, official weather observer. Maximum. 0. ' Minimum. 47. Barmneter 29.57. J Tonight and Sunday fair.
