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THE EAST. OBEGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PftESl DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Th Kt Oregonlan In Etrit Or, gon's greatest newspaper urid a a selling rrci givs to thi lvrtir over iwtf-n the guaranteed paid olrcu Istloi In Pendleton and Umatilla coun ty of any other newspaper. tfumtar of copie printed of veitorday't , tHy 3,293 i This paper la a mi.ml.nr or mid audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1020. NO. 9682 VOL. 82 j WILL BENNETT IS TO SUCCEED III THtY'LL JAZZ AWAY TO CHURCH SUNDAY MORNS IN CLEVELAND, MAYBE VIES IN BANK State Superintendent of Banks Tenders Resignation and Will Become Vice-President of Local Financial House. , ILLNESS FORCES PRESENT CASHIER TO LEAVE CITY Family Will Go South But Plans for Immediate Future Are - Undecided; Selection of Sue- taccnr Fnllnuc Ctnrlw ' rotate Superintendent of Hunks Will II. Bennett will succeed ('. K. Walles a vice-president und. cashier of the Jnland Empire liunk. on January 1, 1921. It was announced today by Pres Idcnl J. W. Maloney, of the lorirl In stitution. . News of the contemplated change waa released lust evening lit Salem when Governor lien Olcott un nounced that Mr. Dennett hud tender ed his resignation lo become effect Ive Decomber 31. Mr. Bennett has arranged to pur chase the stock now . held by Mr. Walled, who was ono of tlx; founders of the city's youngest financial In dilution. Mr. Wallow Is obliged . to leave Pendleton because of llllnesh In his family. Mr. Walles' retirement from the 1 cal bank Is voluntary and made with great regret both lo himself and ills associates. During his 21 months In I'cndleton he has seen the bank grow from a thought to one of the stale's most promsling bunks. He probuhiy will retire from the banking business temporarily and leave, with Mrs. Wailes, for the south in hopes of benefitting her health. Choice Follows Through Chiiiu: When Mr. Walles mude his decision to dispose of his Interests htjie. Mr. Maloney and his board of directors began a thorough canvass of the state to find the most capable man uvull-hle.JtaJtusW!.iiWuj(.-yj""lfoi',ltlon -wua niude. to Sir. l.oiuicU after eon CLEVELAND, Nov, 23. (U. P.) Juzz music muy be intro duced In the churches here to at tract the younger element. Hyn copution und r.i inslead of an cient hymns are suggested by Italph Baldwin, former president of Cleveland Baptist loung l'eoples' Society, "We are living In a Jazz, age and I wonder if a Jazz church ought not to be the next devel opment." he said. Haldwln as serted that he would discuss tho matter with a number of minis ters In hopes of Interesting them in the soundness of his idea. TAX WILL RAISE COUNTY BUDGE T FOR $537,608 ' alderable correspondence had passed and he accepted. "Mr. Bennett Is a man of experi ence In the hanking business In Ore gon and a fortunate choice.',' Mr. Ma loney said today, "He started his ca reer In this section of tho state and by virtue of his experience In and southern Oregon us well as In Portland and now na mate superin tendent of banks, has exceptional qualifications. "Possessed of a fine personality, young and energetic, Mr. Hennett will Decline in Hay Price Makes Growers Think More of Dairy Business; Only 30 Per Cent of Crop is Sold. HEHMI.STON, Ore. Nov. 23. (East Oregonlan stuff correspondence) Al falfa growers In this section do not wish stockmen any bud luck but they would nut mind It If something would happen t hut would make a brisk de mand for hay and would restore the alfalfa price lo the good old days when It sold around $25 a ton or more. They are not getting any such price now. In fact hay at Stanfield has been selling I as low as 116 per ton baled, which Sum Adopted for Running Ex penses During 1921 is $4, 985 More Than Was Raised for Present Year Require ments. -THIS WITH SCHOOLS PUTS LEVY TO NEAR 15 MILLS Most Items Show Increase But Total is Kept Down by Ab sence of Need for Money to Cover Election Expense. A budget calling for $537,603 for tire operating expenses of 1'niatilla coun ty during the year 1 I'll has been ad opted by the county commissioners and Is being published today for the first time. The total Is $498.'. more than for the current year. This, with the state und elementary school tuxes, will entail a levy of between 14 and 15 mills, according to Assessor C. 1. Strain. While most Items for the coining year show un Increase, the total In crease Is kepj down by the lack of any appropriation for elections. In the 1920, budget was $6000 for elections and registration and tho county fig ures on being spared the expense of any such activity In 1921. Market l!oali Call for Tax. Market roads lax provides for the largest Increase in the new year's ALL THANKSGIVING JOY IN GOTHAM WILL BE IN HANDS OF 11,000 'COPS' NEW YOUK, Nov. 23. (f. P ) Prohibition enforcement agents in NeW York are doing everything within their power to give "hooch hounds" little or nothing to be thankful for on ThanksKiving. On top of lncreas- Ingg activity by federal officials In nosing out and confiscating Jllegal stores of lluuor. both of the professional and aniuteur brand, the aid of 11,001) cops has been enlisted. TANKS AfID MILITARY LORRIES RUMBLE THROUGH DUBLIN STREETS, SOUND OF SHOOTING IS INCESSANT AND 'PEOPLE INDOORS FEARING NEW HORRORS BE ASKED BY LEAGUE BREAKING WAVES DASH HIGH AGAIN; UP 40 FEET ON NEW ENGLAND COAST BOSTON, Nov. 23. L P.) The N'ew Kngland coast is being swept by .i 50 mile gale. A record high tide flooded the viater fronts. At Winthrop. Mass., the surf is breaking 40 feet high against the breakwater and streets on the waterfront are Inundated to the depth of a foot. Many cellars are flooded and hundreds of trees are uprooted. . A . ww .in. . . ip- nni ! ill m rw-ri itrkw- ni NV UK MY ! MM Nl Y M-KU N UEL mm pan mm mm mini rmii i inn v m r ULflU I ItUlll lUIUUlllllUj I LllULLIUll LIIVLLI IU i nr nnrn Trnm nnni ft'blVtBltOliOUUW i in. City Lives in Dread of Renewed Large Scale Fighting Ex- pected Hourly Between Sinn Fein and Forces of Govern ment. WIRE entanglIments HALT ALL TRANSIENTS Expense Would be Paid, Says London, But Move Would be Considered to Avoid Friction Among European Powers. means about 10 In the stack and budget, with ISUOO. This year J49. 000 there Is not much demand even stWtt8 available and next year by virtue that. With nearly 70 per cent of th.;jor thlg lux an(1 a higher aasess- hay still In the hands of the growers'jfd valuation, $57 outi will be raised, the situation Is not all hat could bcjTne higher valuation is responsible al asked for. i for a ll'OO Increase in the Indigent Nevertheless Hernilston and th.i lm,ldi(,,.- fulu fl-om 150(, lo 117701,. Hermlslon country look prosperous Vot ui, ... ..... 1. U!feA i,.., 1. lnll(it The women are well dressed and there I bo ruhC(j us a mtniinum of 1-30 mill are a lot of men who do not do all f, remihed. their travelling on foot or behlnt . jnerl,ag(,g i nearly all the county be a valuable addition to the column- nlty. Mr. Maloney saiil. He praised hia "mixing" quulltlcs and tils enthu siasm tn his work. Klltercd Hanking In lieppncr. Starting aa a bookkeeper for the I-'Irst National Bank of Heppner under George Conscr, cashier, on June 80, 1903. Mr. Hennett has been connect ed constantly with 'Oregon bunking for more than 17 years. Fie spent four years with tha Morrow county Institution, resigning June t, IW.Mo become paying and receiving teller of tho Citizens National- Hunk tf llftker. He resigned there In August, I'JOS, to become bookkeeper for the Klrst Na tional Hunk of Portland. On October 14. !!os, .Mr. Hennett first Joined t,ho state bunking de partment as a deputy. This position led to his first appointment us bunk examiner on May 20. 1911, which po sition he held until November 1. 191 J. He resigned to become vice-president and dtrortor of tho Klrsl State & Suv lllgs Hank, of Klamath Kails. I'amllj to ItrsklK Here. Since February 11. 1918, Mr. Hen nott has been superintendent of bunks and would have hud ono more year to serve aftor the end of this ycur. Prior to taking the position he was cashier of tho Citizens' Hunk of Portland for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hennett anil small son will come to Pendleton prior to the Christmas season, ho said In u letter to Mr. Maloney today. Tliey fill tuke up their resldonce here oh Junuaty 1. Speaking of Mr. Bennett's resigna tion Monday, members of the state banking board said: "Tho resignation of Mr. Hennett as superintendent of banks was entirely voluntary on his part und came as . ..1-i.ut Miirnrlso to the board. Ills ser vices have been uniformly satlsfuc. . tory and It Is with regret that w6 ac cent his resignation." Mr. Hennett's successor hus not yet . boen named. horses. The writer counted 32 auio mowtea parked u twq aidra ot th? .Vain street block by the Oregon hotel yesterday. ' They were not purchased however on money derived from $1) hay. "Hernilston will stand a depression better than some sections because our people have not had such larue cred- eastei 11 1 Its nor huve they had their tastes edu cated up to the spending point notlc able In wheat districts," said a promin ent businessman yesterday. "In generul, people, both merchants nd fiirmers, have kept close to shore and arc therefore prepared to look out for themselves. One benefit from low priced hay Is that it will encourage people to feed it. While hay brought a good price few men wanted to do any milking but at present prices it will pay men tn go Into'dairying more , than at present and that will build up the country nothcr rcault of the slump in hey prices Is that furmers arc cutting cx- (t'ontlnued on pee Ti.l offices are allowed. The one decrease Is lp Justice court which. has 'fee-en., cut from f inoo to J 75. The county court is allowed t4i'0H. an Increase of Hiuii; the circuit court court JMmo. an in crease of JUI'iO; sheriff s office Is al lowed $lloi0, an Increase of $4f,0; clerk's office is given J,",6U0, a J300 in crease; recorder's office Is given 54000. it Jloo rise; the treuhiirer's of fice Is granted a 11-00 increase to $3000; the coroner w:ll have $600 against $.100 for insoj the school su perintendent's office $4100 against $4 2.10 and the assessor's office $6000 or un Increase of $500. I'r Schools ami Libraries. The I'matilla county library will re ceive $S500 or $Tu0 more than . this year. X $3380 increase is made in the high school tuition fund. For hire of the county home demonstration agent and county agriculture agent, $.'550 is added to this year's budget. Items which were unchanged from LONDON. Nov. 23. (U. P.) The I'nited States may be asked o occupy Armenia, the League of Nations de fraying the cost, according to an ex change telegraph dispatch today. It was stated that such action might be considered In order to avoid friction inioiig Suropean powers. Piiubdinicnt for War A.ked. GKXE'VA, Nov. 23. (IT. P. Lord Cecil today demanded that Poland and Lithuania be punished according to the League of Nations covenant for continuing at war after submission of their dispute to the league. Sir Cecil declared that the t'.vo countries had violated the covenant articles by re newing warfare in less than three months after submitting their quarrel to the league. This constituted a vi olation of the covenant, he asserted. He demanded that the penalty break ing off of all relation:! as provided under article 16, be lnfiicte-1. The assembly passed over the Ar menian question at the forenoon ses sion, but Ird Cecil convoked his com mittee of six for this afternoon to con sider it. Lord Cecil's motion that the league council be compelled to make public all documents In the Polish .'Ihiianian settlement is being consid Train Schedules Are Resumed With Cessation of Wholesale Murders But Guerilla War fare Still Tears Nation. NKW YORK, Nov. 23. (A. P.) George M. Smith, managing editor of the New York Tribune, died suddenly at his home yesterday from ptomalnt poisoning, complicated with heart dis ease. Thiny years ago he began his newspaper activities in Newark, N. J. PLANS FOR SALE OF Committee of Seven Indorses Plan Presented in Special Session by Organizer; Use of Spare Time is Improved. CHICAGO, Nov. 23. (A. P.I Plans for the sale of interests of Mor- ! Community service in Pendleton I likely will be given a tryout. as the re ' suit of favorable action taken yester day afternoon by a committee repre senting the city and the Pendieton 1 Commercial Association. The pros ipetus of community seiv:ce. was pre sented to the meeting by H. W. Ar I bury, community organizer for Com- IXXMHY, Xov. 23. One of the 84iid l-Vincrs ttlio parti ciliated In the mur der of 1 1 Itrit All officers ha been killed and three caught redhanded, ar cording to an annouiicoRK'iit today by Sir llamar (rcrnnood. chief aecrefarir for Ireland, hi the bouse of common tills afternoon. Tlx? tlirce caught will be tried for iimnicr, lie said. (Continued on Page 4.) spectacular rise marked the Chi cago grain market today, Heccmner wheat closing at $1.68 8-S after open ing at $1.61, while March wheat, after opening ut $1.69, closed at $1.63 3-4. Following are the quotations from Ovcrbcck & Cooke, local brokers: Chicago Oialn Market. Wheat Open High Low Close lec. $161 $1.694 Jl.r.Sti $1.68 Mar. l.r.9 l.'64V, 1.64',4 I.BJ&4 Corn I Hoc. ' .65 '.i .67 .64 .67H I Muy .71 ',4 .74 .70 .73 O.Uj . I Oec. .43 -45V4 .42T .45 May .48), .49 .47-i ,49't; Uye Ucc. 1.47 1.52 1.4tH 1.61 Vi Muy 134 141 1.24 Vi 1.41 Ilarlcy ' Dec. .64 .68 .64 .68 May 417 .73 .67 .73 Kales of '.'5.000 bushels to go to store, while small emphasized the poor de mand. Country offerings were said to be materially larger at the advance. A Hroomhall cable reported the removal of all restrictions on wheat exporta tion by the Argentine government and iIho said Australia will have 100.- 0(i0. 000 bushels high grade wneai 10 export from the present crop, which will begin to move in January. We regard this advance today as a natural recovery ill an etended hear per.od. As the first of a series of concerts which will be given this winter under 'he ausp:ces of the Pendleton post of the American Legion, the Shirley Con cert Company plaved last night at the Eagle-Woodman hall. Shirley, famous as a saxophone ar tist, gave severul excellent numbers and proved his versatility by playing foios on the cornet, piccolo and xylophone. Four women artists, at tractively gowned, proved themselves masters of melody in supplementing Shirley. One played piano accom paniments, another cello and a third violin, while Miss Florence Hay, so nrano sang several solos und gave selected readings. Among the numbers played by the company were "Preparedness." "Oh." Medley of standard Airs." "Forget- me-not," "Dardanella." "Your Eyes Have Told Me So." "Hiawatha's Mel ody of Love," "Southern Airs," and American Patrol." ' After the concert the players pro vided music for the crowd for a few enjoyable hours of dancing. ' t 1 . WILL CAUH FOli l!KFlt;K10S PARIS, Nov. 23. The Creek gov ernment has agreed to receive and care for 3imi.uo Crimean refugees, ac cording to an Athens dispatch. ris and Company in stockyards and(mumty Service, incorporated, terminals to permit acquisition by live-1 The function of community service tock interests and the public were is the uncvering of latent talent -or' filed in the District of Columbia su- leadeiship in the leisure time field preme court today. j along the lines of music, drama, art. amse.ics anu an community activities of a vocational nature. Mr. Arbury ex plained. It combines efficient leader ship with whatever facilities for-rec reat'on a community may have. A test of the community service pro gram is made without expense to a city, Mr. Argury told the commitxtee which met hiri. A large fund, the out growthjif the War Camp Community Service of war days, makes possible the introduction of this service. If the community organizes. It raises Us own budget and employs it? own leaders. J. P.. P.aley. president of the Pen dleton Commercial Association; LAST FOR FIVE YEARS Denial of the right to drive a motor vehicle in Oregon for the next five 1 years is the penalty recommended for Kay McCarroll. of this city, by Traffh J Officer William H. Lyday and Police' j.inse rnomas r nz cera.u. George A. Hartman, its vice president maximum under the present state lawjan(J mavor.elect of tne ckv. c K and evidence enough to back up the . Cranston sccrt.Iarv. H E. "inlow, su. it.Mut cni. u "' i penntendent of city schools; J. L, state wun 11, -vtr. lyaa.v saiu louaj The recommendation was made fol lowing a wild ride across Main street bridge and down Main street Sunday night in which McCarroll injured one man, grazed another and smashed the tar he was piloting. Other episodes of a similar stamp which did not erfll so disastrously for McCarroll Here cited by the officers to back up the.i request. ' So far as is known, this is the first line the maximum penalty against an autoist has been invoked by officers in the county. Vaughan, mayor; Cash Wood, county Y. M. C. A. secretary, and Perry I ldleman. adjutant of Pendleton Post, American Legion, were those who met with Mr. Arbury. heard the program of the service and endorsed a trial for Pendleton. In a statement drawn up by the committee before adjourning, they explained their endorsement as fol lows; ' ' "Appreciating the advantages of a recreation program to all citizens of 1 'Continued on pse R. PORTLAND, Nov. 23. (A. P.1 John Doughty wanted at Toronto. Can ada, in connection with the disappear ance of Ambrose J. Small, a year ago was arrested today at Oregon City. Doughty, according to officers, admit ted the theft of Jlim.mio in bomK which he fald he had on , deposit in Chicago and which he said he would surrender. He said he took Small to a theatre one night, lost track ot him there and never saw him again Doughty was private secretary t Small, who owned a mmiber of thea tres at Toronto and sold out his inter ests a year aso for $l,oo.0iio. A world wide search for Small for whom i $r,ti. imiii reward, dead or alive, has Ven offered has heretofore been with out result. Doughty was working at the paper mill In Oregon City. Identity Is Admitted . OUIOUii.N" CITY. Nov. 23. 1 1'. P.l John Ioughty. private secretary te' (Continued on page 5.) COLBY'S GOING 'CALLING' ON SOUTH AMERICA. KAfll.E PASS. Tex., Nov. 1'3.- (L. ..)Mlnes In the Coahullu. Mexico, coal regions huve been returned to owners -by strikers who seized them last week, it la reported here. tpsipr .....- Foreign Kxchiuige. London. 3.5314. Paris, .0627. Herlln, .0155. Home, .0392. N. Y. call money, 6 per cent. (From Overheck & Cooke Co.) CHICAGO, Nov. 23. Wheat started strong, had a sharp decline and then developed pronounced strength and advanced about 10c from the bottom on a large amount of short covering. Sentiment was by far more friendly to the market, encouraged by the strength and advanced about l(lc from the bottom n a large amount of short covering. Sentiment was by fur more friendly to the market, encouraged by the strength In securities, which gave the Idea that tho financial situation was on the road lo Improvement. This theory however, was not substantiated by the general news. Including several j bank failures through the grain belt. Cash prices were higher with the fu tures, but premiums remain iinchang-l cd. 'Export business was placed at one! million bushels with the significant! ferttlire till' this connection the. eukt, w:!i which tn wheat was , bought. C (""TT" " '. X 7- 1TK!7 - - .fc tr-,. , J 1 ST N f ' ; - ' 1 u : W fjJJri - i ;(j -i WVSinNGTON As the representative of President Wiison. Secretary of Stat Hainhr'dpa I Colby (right) will go a-calling in the next few weeks. He will pay r.fitlnl visits to Rraiil and I'ru- Kiiay (shown on the map of South America, loin, repaying an muciii can u iiuuu " Vruguay to th United Slaloi In 19 IS, and President Pessoa.f Bratil. last year Also, Colhy wtil drop In unofflclallv on Buenos Aires. Argentine. Tltat call Is tn response to an Invitation from lh f -in'hHe ct Artonllns Hn'll mvk" his cll with llie I'. 8. battloihlp Florida, shown above. DL'BLIN", Nov. U. (V. " P. ) Fre juent encounters between troop and small ba,nds of Sinn Feinera occurred in the streets of Dublin last night. The sound of shooting was incessant. So far as is known, there were only two casualties. Military raids are being conducted throughout the city today.. Many arrests have .been made. Dub lin is virtually cut off from tha world by a cordon of British troops. Some where within the city 200 Sinn Fein guna.sn.. who assassinated 14 British officers Sunday, are hiding'. Mean- ' while the city is living in dread ot re newed large scale fighting; between , Sinn Feiners and the police which is" hourly expected. Shot's have their shutters up. Thousands of people re mained indoors. Three Sinn Feiners were killed aft er attacking sentries. Three were ar res'ed Saturday in an uprising in a ?uard house and two of them yester day threw hand grenades at the sen tries. The grenade falleuTfa explode, being without detonators. The third grabbed a rifle which a seatry drop ped in the excitement and was raising it to his shoulder when other sentries fired. The body of a Black and Tan po liceman was taken from River Llffey today, according to reports received here. Dublin like War City. The Dublin city hall and several of the city's hotels have been occu pied by troops and the town Is fjtpld ly assuming the appearance of a city in the war xone during the fighting In France. Tanks and military automo biles rumbled through the Btreets to day. Sentries with tied bayonets, packed up and down. Reports from other cities of Ireland indicated that guerilla warfare between Sinn Feiners and government forces Is being main- tained. The body of Captain Thompson was found today In a field,' near Cork". He had been shot. At Belfast, Head Con stable Kearney died from bullet wounds. A party of police were am bushed near Skibberau. One con stable was killed and one seriously In jured. Dublin Is surrounded by an en tanglement of barbed wire, and back of that line lie troops and police with their niachineguns. Other arms are ready for instant use and sentries set to fire on the Instant, guard every entrance to the city. Kveryone Is stop- t ped. Passes to new-spupermen priests. doctors and nurses are valueless and ntries have turned them all back. In coming trains are stopped until the passengers are searched and no out going trains are permitted. Cork Torn by I prising. ConiC Nov. 23. (C. P.) Two Sinn Feiners wire shot and a police man seriously wounded In clashes at Mill street, in the county of Cork, last night. There were numerous skirm ishes between Black and Tan patrols md Sinn Feiners. . Train Service Resinned. DL'BLIN", Nov. 23. (A. P.) All train services were resumed after u quiet night following Sunday's blood- (Continued on paga I.) Weather Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse. official weather observer. Maximum, 53. Minimum. 30. Barometer, !S.5. I ' r$A Tonight and CiPr" 'ed. f;ilr. .M'M;;:'i'';?t:i;ri.'.'iiiiiii)iiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiii'nnn' umi ,., t