East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, November 26, 1920, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text.'THE EAST CHEGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAFER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED FU;1 DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of oopiM prints of yoetwdty'i 3,285 This paper member or ana audited by tli Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Eul Oregonlan Is Y.Mi-rn Oe. gone greatest nwpPr a anillng fore gives to the aiivertinor over twice the guaranteed psid lrru latlon (n Pendleton and Umatilla coun ty of any othar nawapapar. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER city official paper VOL.82 DAILY EAST OSEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1920. NO. 9884 ,.... ' ' zzr --l--5" ' ILL-'-l TBI PEOPLE ARE IITIEIIROCK SLIDES Oil TP' North Bank Limited Train is Struck by Heavy Landslide 70 Miles Out of Portland zVZTSTVTT: "il,,",n .wl!,e ,n Entrance of Hood Tunnel. MAIL CAR IS KNOCKED , INTO COLUMBIA RIVER Railway Clerk, Temporarily . Imprisoned, Swims Ashore .' But Others, Trapped in N: Tumbling Cars, Suffer In- iiirv -. ' I PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. It (A. P.)-The North Hank Limited train was struck by a landallda at Hood. Wash., leaf night. Ten passengers were seriously Injured and a baggage man wa hurt A boulder knocked tha tender off the track, threw a bag bag and mall car Into the river and derailed two coaches. Engineer a Hurt. PORRTLAND. Nov. It.lV. P.) Four peraona were Injured Thursday evening when huge boulder, falling from the mountainside near Hood, Wash., wrecked an Oriental limited on the S. P. 8. railroad, la learned here today. Juat aa. the train waa "ap proaching a tunnel near Hood, 71 mile east of Portland, the boulder, weighing a ton. atruck the train be tween the engine and tender, derailing tha engine, tender, the baggage car, mall car and amoker. The mail car rolled Into the Columbia river, J. H, Sundberg. one of the railway mall clerks, was temporarily Imprisoned In the car, but broke through the car and warn aahore. HVA. Barnlck, engineer, waa the most aerloualy Injured. He waa hurt about tha head and has a arm. Hundberg broke hi fractured hand In breaking out of the mail car. J. K. Hean. express messenger, and, Harry Laady, mall clerk, were alight hurt. BAD CHECK CHARGE IS FACING COLORED ARTIST ' Oeorsa Johnaon, colored, faces addl ttonal charges today the reault of Inquiries made by the police follow ing his arrest Wednesday night on a charge of attempting to abscond with fit. He Is being hsid in tne city jan and his case has been put before the district attorney. Issuance of a worthleaa check for tt, In payment for the return of aome ahoe brushes which he had stolen, consti tutes) the latest crime for which John son Is held. His arrest resulted from trying to make away with 115 which had been given him by A. P. Burgln. upon the negro's promise to find Bur gln's lost watch. Bhoe brushes stolen from Charles Polk, formerly porter t the Peoples Warehouae end now Janitor at the Elks club, were sold by Johnson to Bill Hickman, a colored porter In a local barber shop, the police allege. 1 oik learned of tha whereabouts, of his brushes and when Johnson came to him asking payment of a small loan, polk informed him that he would have to return the brushes. Johnson Is re ported then to have bought back the brashes from Hickman, giving him a. check for tt In payment. He signed the name of Charles bee to the check. baxoito oaix ixxyr. MEXICO C1TT, Nov. P- Bandits under Tomajo Isqtiierdo held - u..ini ritv.Puebla train last night, killing the brakeman and oh WnlW onlderablo loot. Kegu.ar troops are pursuing lb nnn.llts, who ecfuipped, are reported to ne poon.v without much strength. CHICAGO GRAIN LETTER PR FALLOFDECEIfE December wheat dropped to tl.CS today after opening at t1.6S, while D.c. March wheat dropped to after j.Muy opening at U.&0. frmD,c. Following are me -- Overbeck Cooke, local prose. WlM'St. nnen HlRh Low lose Corn. - ro U '6' ti3 M . May 70H -U )t. Dec. .4SH -llu Nay .46 ,48 .4i Vs -h m:" r-;-fr; CHAMPIONSHIP NESTLES SWERE ON 21 7 VCTORY A nda war on a AGAINST CLOSED SHOP CHICAGO, Nov. 2I. (IT. P.lA ... w!v( wn.....w -,,v ,- nuu wan launched hero today with tha open ing of tha national headquarters of tha American Press Bureau. A- fight to throw all ahp open to non-union labor, and trade unionist followB closely the announcement of the Am erican Federation of l.nbor that It will fight to the limit any effort on the part of inunufucturera to kill the cloned ahop plan. Thomas Rulllvan, director of pub licity for the American Press Ilureuu. naid the organization I not opposed I ,0 organised labor but la against the Cloned alion. The olilect of ihe nrmi. nlzatlnn, lie wild, la to promote bet ter relation between employer and employe and that the new acheme of things "will mean elimination of the closed ahop." "Ihor la entitled to fair treat ment," Hulllvan said. "Ho la the boaa. Strikes and boycotta must eeaae. Km- ployera who have the closed ahop have very little to any about the conduct of their own business. I.ahor must lie educated that the open ahop la the beat way to promote friendly relation between tt and the employer." E FLR PENDLETON ELEVEN No post season game for the state football championship la to be at tempted for Pendleton High school, It waa decided today In conference be tween City Superintendent H. E. In low, and Coach Dick Hanley. Prob- lability of a contest with The Dalles ! was thus eliminated and football, ao fur as Ihe Eastern Oregon champions oro concerned, la relegated to the hot -Move league until next fall. - if.-, i . .. 11 . . n .. ..,,... The Dulles yesterday defeated aleni high school, ftalem defeated Eugene high laat Friday. Eugene previously had defoated North Bend. Southern Oregon champlona. The win for The Dalles left them the most logical con tenders. Taking comparative scores, Pendleton has the edge on the Mid-Co-lumbia team, for Hood ltiver, defeated here 14 to 0, gave The Dalles a hard fbattle when Bill Bteers was coaching and lost only by a 14 to 7 score. Pendleton Is satisfied that it has aa good a claim aa any team in Oregon to the state title Inasmuch as the state board of control looks with dis favor on post season championship games, will ne content to rest on us laurels. II WASHINGTON', Nov. 26. (U. P.) Conscientious objectors who refused to participate In the world war receiv ed their greutest possible Thnnksglv Ing day gift In the form of an order from Secretary of War Baker releas ing the SS atill held In prison. Baker, in tils atatement, said each case has been considered on Its merits, the principle of consideration being to re- ... i . ... . V it ih- unl.nM na .1. reeded the normal peace time penalty ' lor the offense. The majority of the 33 have been ln conflnment for more than two yeors. KXIJOKTS SHOW i.IX WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (U. P.) V. 8. exports Increased and Imports decrensed for October compared with both September of this year and Oc- tobe'r of last year, the' depattment of commerce Bimomiu-eu, EDICTS RISE DESPITE 1. Rye. 1.45 1.40 K 1.35 1.30 Vi llnrlcir. .64 .64 .68 Vi -68 1.45 1.35 .64 H .68V May Knreign J-iiolinngo, Ixindnn, 842 Vi. Wheat Heavy selling by and local Interests brought decline at the opening. Thereafter the market developed some strength and rallied sharply but waited to obtain outside buying, sup nort. which did not materialise. Much Jof the bearish feeling was based on ad ditional bank failures In tho grain belt, which In the opinion of the trade offset the rcporta of large aules. Lo cal export interests reported the de mand very persistent, ash wheat was 2 to 4c lower on receipts of 105 cars but premiums held steady to 1c hlghei than Wednesday. While there is no change In the financial situation, we believe the large foreign demand will disclose a well liquidated position and find reflection In higher prices for the time being at least. - 'r.tfttfrfttl (ft ! ' t -co Football champion of Eastern Ore gon is Pendleton high school today by virtue of a clean-cut 21 to 7 victory over La Grande hign here Thursday afternoon. Pendleton, now craves a contest for the state high school grid iron title and has a sweeping chal lenge out to any team which has aim- liar ambitions. It took eight downs within the 10 yard line fur Ija Grande to break the record of the green and gold for score-1 1 ut 1 1 ,m (Ua ftwu .... ... ,. ,.t IhA uonwon ( .n the fourth down a Ia ! Orande fumble waa recoveretl on the five yard line. The referee ruled It a free-for-all, giving Iho visitors first i down with five yards to go. On the last down Horstman, star of the game fur the losers, bucked the pigskin across the line. It was the first touch down against Pendleton In six games. La Orande presented a stronger team than most fans predicted and fol lowing the klcltiiff, started n march toward tho Pendleton goal line that made things look dark. Horstman made f I rt down three times but on the next advance his mates ruinblel and Hanley recovered for Pendleton. Wrecking Crew In Form. With Ihe visitors' attack tcmnorarilv halted, the locals started the r march to the goal. Terjeson tore off several runs for about 10 yards each and Stendal gained nearly 4D on a erlss-f cross end run play. Terjeson went j over for the f rst score after rour hard .......i,.. ih. ,(..,.,., Hanley lost a chance for another j score In the second ouarter by a furo- bla after his mates had Intercepted La Grande pass and carried the ball within shooting dis'unce. Terjeson and Slendal alternated ln making galna after Davis hail nailed the pass. Hanley. was knocked cold iu thif. pe riod but recovered and continued hi tho game. ' (Continued on page 2 ) U. S. REPUDIATES PACT WASHINOTON, Nov. ;S.-(U. P.) The United Stales, , having abso lutely repudiated ' the Anglo-French reaction from Europe to Secretary ofi State Colby's note of protest to Oreal ftrltn'n The note is evnecferf to in fluence the League of Nations meet- ings at Geneva on at Geneva on the uue-stion of ; methods of administration of man dates. Great Britain holds a mandate over Mesopotamia. Whut effed Colby's note will have In the I'gbt of Germany's recent pro test against the distribution of man- dates over her former colonics by the allies. Is also awaited with interest, The Colby note, addressed to Brit sh I Foreign .Minister Curson, was ln pro-1 rest against the Sun Hemo ii,-rec-j :nent between Great Britain ami I France for the apparent division of '.he oil suppl es of Mesopotamia. WILL EX Isi- .yrVr n$ i'j;in 53 TODAY -4 ,-, c-F v L-.v - , V -1 ri-X "i f r The defeat of Venlielos by Constantine forces In tho recent election in Greece would Brem to indicate that rx-KIng Constantine will return to Athena as the real power, whether he or one of his sons actually takes the throne. Above, the family snapped at a Swiss hotel seated left to right. Prince George, ex-Queen Sophie, Constantine and Princess Kutherlne; hark row. tleft to right). Princess Holme. Prince Paul and Princess Irene. Insert, Venlielos and Mtlle. Manes, tho morganatic wife of the bite King Alexander, whoso marriage to the king has Just been uphold by tne court at A thens. -She Ui expecting an heir ,h n may sum-; day take the throne. ii sU'-iU-i jitJti ARTtfUR GRIFFITH FOUNDER OF Sli , IS SEIZED Sweeping Down on Leaders of' Rebellion, British Forces Ar- rest Acting President of Irish Republic and Assistant. ' JOHN MAC NEILL, TROOP ORGANIZER ALSO HELD Seizure of Moderates at Dawn:rThna:::rercrr,,,h,: Comes as Surprise and is Be- lieved Biggest Death" Blow! Yet Inflicted bv Govcnmpnt ici imiiiuiu uy uuvt,. mucin, i.' , ir . - itown over the top. Echo, for which DUBLIN. Nov. It. a,. P.l riun-Mllw Kul Th,rngon lu city -chflirrnan, (lredH of prisoners -were taken here to-.jsent In $444, exceeding the riuta by day In a great roundup luf Klnn Fein I44- Echo's memlHTship donations leaders. Jn utlilltlon to Arthur Orif. j 'mounted to 308 and JI3C was real fin, head of the Klnn Fein and John : J!"'1 'r'" a dance and card party. McNeill, commander of the Irish vol-1 Umatilln. with a r(uota of J160. raised unteers, police and the military took ,117. under the direction of Mrs. W. i many Unset officials to Jail. Among 'hem were J. Mclirlde and Michael ! Wains, members of parliament. Great tafs of documents were seized In a ; raid w hich began before dawn. . llany were seized In beds, hustled Into scanty "lothlng and rushed to Jail. The Jails : are filled to overflowing, and spam' aooins In Dub n rest e. and other buildings are used as cells. Today s offensive against tne Sinn Kein organization and "republican" army is considered the heaviest blow ; struck ly crown forces since the rebel-1 lion started, liritish officials are seemingly confftent that the Sinn Fein movement Is being finally defeated In today s 'c'perations. It is understood that other parts "f Ireland will be the scenes of similar wholesale round ups later. ! , DUBLIN, Nov. i. (C. P.) Sweep ing down on leaders of the Sinn Kein suvcrnment British forces today ar rested Arthur Griffith, acting president of the "Irish republic," John MacNeiU. ti.umler of the lrirri volunteers and wvernl other hiKh officials--of the re publican oraflaUatiM, XJieir charge l:avo not been announced. The arrests of Jriffith and MacNeill cime as a surprise. Hoth have been I moderate In their statements and have !.cen allowed every freedom. It is be- lieved the dmiiments raptured recent- ,ly in the wholesale search ny man j ,tfice officals asd tne niiuiar) , 1 . , ," ' ?,, "".' ", rt ! mipiicaiea ineni wun inc ijiuuj .. ' , , r 1 C'ded to make, v.v.. .. - il'eln leaders, moderalo or otherwise. . The arrest of Griffith and McNeill is believed to be the a art of cleuning up in lieUu d. I'olice obtained quan-j titej of Sinn Fein literature in Grlf-1 tun s nome. As a result of the ar - rests, rtnklng at tne nean or cne onm Fein government and military plans. many native .-ion rmiviaiuc to flee. u s helieved tbat many documents - - r..ntlnned on page K. - KING CONSTANTS E COME CHURCH FEDERATION WILL SEEK TO HAVE SABBATH OBSERVED POHTLA.VT, Nov. 21. i A. P.) -It, ('. McAfee, secretary of the Portland federation of churches, announced Ihe federation is work ing on a measure for the next session of the legislature provid ing for general observance of the Hahlmth as a day of reBt through out the state. ANSWERS ROLL CAL . With complete quotas from Hermia lon, Echo and Umatilla, and with No- '"'1"'1, wen -over the top in the west The sum of $400 was sent In today ,,y F- B- Swa'' ha ot tne d"v ln Il t h, h ,hA nrt I -ugent. At .Nolin, Mrs. Juanita , Kanuall has collected $S5 and reporu I '"' there is more to come. "" enn oi cne county, : la'eHt reports show that at Athena. j ;he M' C. M. Eager is chairman, " u 'll na" oeen ",allzed- The nrh-e Is beginning at ic cimirman, 31 l-ucy Reed, has been forced to Because of numerous delays. wait . S. TO LOXDON, Nov. 26. (U. ' P.) Po land has pledged the League of .Na tions that General Zeligowski's cam paign against Lithuania will be halted, according to Warsaw .dispatches re ceived here today. . ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF ATHLETE'S FATHER THE DALLES, Nov. 26. (A. P.) I H. B. Steers, aged 79, father of ,Bill" ' Steers. ITniversifv. f t I capiain. died Thursday as a result of , injuries' reqeived last week in an auto- ,noj)e accident. steer was ,n,llred on j. w hen , k b . h . . nome at i:he Dalles. He was an uncle '"rsf oi xm. j. Burgess, otntaymona ortn superintendent and in.'S CUV. Wno Is non- In curt ,qnd fnr I Ihe winter. .. METIfilISTS CHOOSIO ltHlTLVD ATLANTIC C1TV Nov. 2 ( p ) The House of Ris'hnir .h M.h oij - t En!..,n.. rnirh ta.v .ii.iA t0 ho(, Us nf.xi semi-annual meeting in pnfHnu- Oregon, on May 11, 1921. PORTLAND MARKS TS STEADY I'OltTLAND. Nov. 20. (A. B.) All markets are steady today. BACK. THIRD VICTIM IS DEAD TODAY AS TOLL OF SMASH UP IN 250 MILE SPEEDWAY DASH YESTERDAY Eddie O'Donncll Whose Machine Crashed Into Car of Gaston Chevrolet at Blinding Speed on Los Angeles Track, Dies From Injuries in Spectacular Occident. OLDER BOYS OF EAST Freewater Will House ing This Week-end Gather Similar to Recent Assemblage of Northern Oregon . Youths Here. Freewater Is the scene tonight, to morrow and Sunday of an Older Boys' Conference for the east end of Uma tilla county, similar in character to the Northern Oregon Older Boys' Con ference held here early this month. Several boy leaders from Pendleton will leave this afternoon to assist in making the convention- a success. Meetings will be held in the Feder ated Church at Freewnter. the confer ence having been inspird by Rev. O. C. Weiss, pastor. He enlisted the aid of Cash Wood, county T. M. C. A. sec retary, to arrange a program and to assist in Insuring the success of the meeting. Mr. Wood leaves today for the east end city to take part in the sessions. Local Pastors to Speak. Rev. George L. Clarke, of the Pres byterian church, ' and Rev. John Secor, of the Methodist church, will be among the principal speakers.. Registration. takes place at 7 o'clock this evening followed by song -ervice at 7:30. H. 8. Murray, mayor jof Freewater, will deliver an address 'of welcome at 7:45. Secretary Apple Ifc'ate. of the Walla Walla. Y Xf f A rt ' n w nil! ICT.lt, H I1U C III ISl ity." His address w:ll be followed by a talk by Chaplain C. A. Rexroad. of Milton, on "Some Boys I Have Known." Tomorrow's program calls for a full day, with singing, speeches and dis cussions. Rev. H. H. Wilber and Rev. O. D. Harris. 'of Milton: Hev. J. W. Wilson, of Umaplne; I. B. Sevey and principal respectively, f the schools of Milton; Rev. George L. Clark and Rev. John Secor, of Pendleton; Dr. W. H. Bleakney, Rev. M. E. Bollen. Rev. A. R. Diverett and Rev. 13. T. Allen, of Walla Walla and boys ln at tendance are listed on . the Saturday program t HctUdciits to Rntrrtaln Boy Residents of Freewater will enter- Win the boys attending. The confer ence was ai ranged to give the boys in I that district who were unable to cornel to the Pendleton confe. ence the bene- i I fit. of inspiration as is obtained from T ucn a convocation. OLE HANSON TELLS OF LIVERPOOL CHICAGO. Nov. 26. (A. P.) Ole Hanson, former "mayor of Seattle, Wash., while in Chicago last night on his way home from a tour of Europe, where he investigated conditions among working men, told of a fight In Liverpool between himself and a soap box orator who was denouncing the United States. Mr. Hanson said that upon hearing the man assailing the United States, he obtained a soapbox and on the op posite side of the Rtreet began telling the crowd what he thought of anyone! wno would demean ihe United States. "The crowd was soon with me," he said. "Then someone started to take me from the box and a regular fight ensued. I helped blaze the way as my crowd went after the other and we son had them licked good and plenty." Mr. Hanson said ho was hit several times but suffered no serious Injury. BIG CLASS WILL TAKE K. OF C. WORK SUNDAY Forty candidates for initiation Into Ihe Krilght-j of Coiumbus are expected here On Sunday when the Pendleton council will have Its annual Initia tory session. Pendleton. Heppner. Condon am' the towns of Umatilla county will furnish their share of initiates and degree tarns from both Ontario and Walla Walla will be here to take part. Rt. liev. McGrath, bishop at Ba ker, will attend and Rev. P. J. O'Rourke, of Tbe Dulles. Is also ex pected. Prominent knights from La Grande and neighboring cities have been invited. I ' The initiation will be held In the ; Knights of Columbus meeilng hall (Sunday afternoon an. I a banquet will be served following, In the Eagle I w oodmen Lull Sunday evening. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 U. P.)' Eddie O'Donncll died today as a re sult of the auto accident In the 254 mile speed-way race at Beverly Hills yesterday when Gastore Chevrolet and Lyalls JolUg O'Donnell's machinlciau. v. ere killed. ODonrvell sustained a fractured skull and both his arms were broken in a collision with the racer driven by Chevrolet. The two cars rolled down an incline together, land ing in a beap on top of the drivers. liwith the mechanicians at the bottom of the track. r Chevrolet's mechanician escaped without injury. ' The accident was probably the most , spectacular ever seen on a 'racing tlack In this country. Seventy five thousand persons came to their feet, gasping when the cars of Chevrolet and O'Donnell came together at a blinding speed. Both tha motors smashed to the outer wall and plunged down a steep Incline. Chevrolet anil Jolls struck on their heads and their necka were broken. Began Racing Career, In lata LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 2. (A. P.) Eddie O'Donnell who died from injuries in the national championship race ax the Los Angeles speedway waa 31 years old and a native of White water. Wis. He began his racing career as a. mechanician in 1913. In"' 1914 he drove his first race at Kala mazoo. Mich., winning second "place in the JuO-milo contest," 'He also won second place fn the Corona, Cal., road race the same year. In 1915 he started in 10 races, and finished ln nine of them, each time In tho money. Twice he won first place, three times he waa second, twice he was third and twice fifth. At the Kansas City race July 22,. 1917 O'Donnell Hil & smavhiin whirh ' shattered one of his arms. He has j had it rebroken many times since on the operating table ln efforts to have it set riKhL He did BPlraffi again , . until last year, when he drov in two races, both of them at Sheepshead bay. JSS FRAUD CHARGED IN TRADE OF LANDS CrVxs fraud and misrepresentation ' are alleged in the case of Dan Lee et al., vs. O. T. Lathrop, which will come to trial Monday morning before Crtcuit Judge G. W. Phelps. The case in volves one of the largest land trades drawn up in this section ln years and promises to be a hard fought legal bat tle, r A trade of the old Myrick ranch. near Myrick station, for 2400 acres in Morrow county is the point at Issue. The plaintiffs allege that the Morrow county property was represented as being worth, $40 an acre while in real ity, they say, it Is appraised at 116. Lathrop seeks to cause two heirs of the Myrick estate to sign the contract for the transfer. As yet the papers have never been signed by all parties to the transaction and the suit hinges over this contract. Peterson, Bishop & Clark will appear for the plaintiffs and James A. Fee and C. II. Carter for the defendant. TWENTY THREE HURT IN OHIO TRAIN COLLISION BELLEFONTAINE, O., Nov. . . (A. P.) Twenty three persona were injured, two probably fatally, late ' yesterday when Big Four passenger tiffin No. in northbound ran Into an open switch at West Liberty, near here, and crashed Into a freight train or. a siding. The express car and combination baggage car and smoker of Jhe passenger train overturned. Weather . Reported by Major Lee Moothouso, official wvather observer. v Maximum, 4S. Minimum. 40. Uarometer, 29.30. Rainfall, half an Inch. uraie . Tonight and Saturday rain. ssoeiJ