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TZTz""""?rzZ WHEAT CONTINUES UPWARD TOD A Y; EXTREME GAIN 1 1 CENTS : ; -Jf r " T" - : . : ., HMD M AIIHO 0lTI,r' Jlj KENNETH, KENTON, KEITH I rIAIr DimOTO EYE FOR AN EYE, SAYS fflnim fllTTO III .... m clouds gati: OF HUME AS REGULARS rap BLOCKADE AND POET RETALIATES Italian General and Troops are v Bent on Enforcing Rapallo Treaty Under Which Jugo slav Boundary is Fixed. FIERY OUTLAW" EQUALLY DETERMINED ON STAYING DTtrihunzio Pickets Along Road . Embankment Open Rifle Fire on Fleet Maneuvering Off . Dalmatia Rome is Told. AND KATHRYN ARE BORN IN OGDEN, QUADRUPLETS Or.DKX. Dec. 2. Mm. William T. Ki.nrhl, 80, gave birth to four children ut Flalti City yesterday, four m les from here. They ure three boys and a girl and arc named Kenneth, Kenton, Keith and Kathryn. Already there are four children 111 the family. The i iiiid . u plots make six boys and two gills. LEAGUE BURSTS IIP CHEERS AT U.S. ACCEPTANCES i vii mi i i imf vn i w COP, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, AND NECK FOR RUBBER DESCENDANT OF FAMILY WHO HELPED COLUMBUS FINANCE TRIP,-S DEAD HOME, Dei. 2. IV. I'.) Civil war over Plume today appear imminent. Kent on enforcing the Kapailo treaty. under which Jllgo-Slavlu H.id Hal determined their boundary linen, Gen eral' Cuv'glla and rcKular '.mops be gan a I lockado of. Plume ve.'.i il.iy afternoon. Kquully deter nn-id oi. le tentlon or Hume i)d ad.'a.-nt !! miitU'i territory, fiery liii.ilelle . d' Annvprlo declared that If th! K'i "ii meiu' pets wer.s to be eon.tid'j el i n ultimatum, the regency of guarnerno would consider Itaelf at war with Italy beginning December 3. ' Unconfirmed reporu here paid that D'Annunzlo'a plcketa along embank ments of the Klumc road side opened rtfle fire on 20 units or I he Italian fleet maneuvering there. The vowels aro said to have continued the mu.ii cuvcrs. paying no attontlon to the fire from the shore. No one was Injured. New Venturfe in Organization Originates in Umatilla Insti tution and is Taken up in Salem as Idea for All State. t - ; Imfrott4uf dtie for I'mutlHa Cuunt Fmriu. burmu nicintwrs A itl Ik dlscuti' ed at a meeting of the executl.e cuu mlttee'of the bureau In Pendleton on Saturday 10:30 m. The present rt.le Is fl.SO, but If the bureau is to meet expenses such hs publishing the Farm Bureau news and paying trans portalion of committee members, the dueij should be incrrased, says Fred Bennion, county agent. The biid KCt will also be considered ut the meet ing, and Its size determined. The affiliation of the county bureau with the state federation and the affi liation of stale and national organiza tion. will also be . discussed. If the bureau decides to join the two organi zations, 0 cents from the yearly dues of eaah member will go to the slate organization and DO cents to the na tional. This would mean an addi tional drain on the funds of the bur eau and would einphusize the need for higher dues. . AVhat kind of a membership-drive trie bureau should Instigate will be consWertd,' nd though It 'will be Civen the goal for the city and the goal for the county. Beven branch libraries of the county system are now standard branches, and one or two others may qualify be fore December 31, according to a re port-made by Miss Sabra Nason, li brarian, at a meeting of the count) labrary bourd yesterday. Freewater. Milton, Weston, Hermlnton, Ferndale school, Athena and I'matllla are the branches which have met the require ments for standardization, presented last Jtine. Some of the seven far ex ceed the actual requirements. This Is a new venture In county li brary organization and originated in i lie I'matllla county library. Ih- Cornelia Marvin, state librarian, ha had evt a copies of the standdrlzatlon list made, and these are furnished ai a suggestion to other county librarlc In Oregon. Among the requirements for a standard branch are that the branch be open at least two afternoons a week, of three hours each; that the librari lie kept attractive, wall lighted and healed and accessible Vo men, women and children: that It I equipped wit ft circulating books equal or more than the population and furnishing an un abridge dictionary, atlas, pncyclu iwdia, reference books, and other sun-, (Ties: thur hoard meet ruci, month and that nilnotwi kei: thl a budget be adopted and presented to the c"y council on or before Novem ber 1; that local book funds be used only for books recommended In the A. L. A. booklist; and that gifts meet this standard; that from 110 to 150 be used annualy for subscriptions to per iodicals. Indexed in the Header's 3ulde; that the branch custodian be high school graduate, except that I" trliool branches Junllir or senior stand ing Is permissible. The custodian must meet requirements for custodian of a standard branch as set down b -he county library. America, Brazil and Spain are. 4 Authorized to Intervene in! Armenia Between People: There and Turkish Nationals , ARTICLE 10 GUARANTEES NO INTEGRITY OF LAND I HAY JOHK, Calif., Dec. 2. A. P.) ' James Alonza Forbes. "7, historian, I Who trneeil hia ii iircKtm's l.u.u i. th. iallnili. family In Hpaln, which was VrTTTrt Explains That Ob-iJ loltftcr f 'fillimhiiK .tii nruKiiu, ilWI UHQI nnc a rO I imiTPfl Tn I Trtfl. here yesterday. Forbes worked with Huiwrt II. Ban croft, the historian, in compiling a history of California. ligations Are Limited to Con demning Aggression and Sugesting Counter Course, j CIEXKVA, Dec. 2. IV. P.) The; LetlKUo of. Nations today authorized the United irtates, Brazil and Spain to! intervene in Armenia. Action follow, i ed the acceptance by President W:i-1 son and governments of other nations i Charley Myers, night patrol- man. believes in the Hebraic code with amendments. An eye or an eye, a tooth for a tooth but a neck for a rubber. Is his ers.on. Myers lost a rubber Monday nlaht but last night a ; mouse broke his neck' because of the rubber. The officer offl- cinied j' the execution. One pair of rubbers, almost new. policeman uize. reposed in police headquarters Monday nirh'. Tuesday morning a large qua'iilty of rubber and cloth hud ben chewed out of one of the c.o'iishes. The sight aroused the oi ficer's Ire and he sought revenue 4 He askrd for b ds on ' two mouse trips and W.. J. Clarke was low man. A Court street grocery furnished a lilt of meat and c'ncse. The Irmi w:,a Ui, after Myers had done the Wil- liarn J. Puma and located the haunts of said mice. Last night one rodent changed his diet from rubber to cheese and thereby met. 1,11 untbnely end. Myers is goliiK after She rest of the cul- pills and hopes to get enough for a set of ear-muffs. GRAIfJ RATES PORTLAND AREA DECREED UH Interstate Commerce Commis sion Charges Undue Preju dice Between Metropolis and Vancouver and Basin Points. RULE EXISTING ON MOST SHIPMENTS IS APPROVED Experts Say Decision Means Portland Remains in Same Position But Will Receive Differential of 10 Percent. T DIG UNDER THEATRE . F( TOnONTO. Dec 2. (A. P.l Kx cavatlon is being made under the Grand theater In search of Ambrose J( Hmsll, missing . theatrical magnate. Stage hands under the direction of De tective Mitchell will dip up the earth under the auditorium Until It. Is defl nllely'establlshcd that RmaM's body Is not hidden there, '- HOrVlES IN CORK BEING llow Pendleton high school serve its students and the city and now tin city may serve the higli school consti tuted the basis of an extensive pro gram by I he. High School Parent Tcachcrs Association at the county li brary club room lust evening. The af fair was largely ajtended and good musical, numbers and refreshments added to the occasion. A group of sontrs by Mrs. Lyman O. Rtco. selec tions by a trio composed of Mr. and Mrs. Bert McDonald and Carl Fran-' seen and solos by Oswald Olsen cuin pr'sed the musical program. Mrs. Thomas Hampton, head of the association, presided with Mrs. J. T. Lalng as ' secretary. Mm. W. D. MoNary 'conducted the program, her assistants being Mrs. V. D. Humphrey and Miss Ijiura Boss, the latter of the high school faculty. During the program tulks were giv en by Dr. F. li. Hoyden, Superintend ent H. K. lnlow. Miss .Eva Hansen, physical training- teacher. BJehaftl Hanley, athletic coach, Austin Lanu rotli. high school principal, K.'B. Aid- rich, editor of -the Kast Oregonlan, Fred Reunion, county . iffriculture agent, and Harold J. Warner, local at torney ami graduate of the high school. . DUBLIN, DOC...3, a. ; l While British officers continued to bring .ad ditional Sinn Fe!n prisoners to camps, the sltuutlon here today Is guleter than In weeks. In the neighborhood of Cork, there were frequent clashes. In Cork, several residences aro reported as being deserted. ImlMirtant Usts luml. LONDON, Dec. 2. (U. P.) Karly tnorning raids throughout England to day resulted In the capture of Import ant. lists of Sinn Fein sympathizers. It 'was announced by police. Continuing their hunt for Hlnn Fein leaders the officers Invaded homes and offices In ' all the Important cities. 1 of the league's Institution to mediate j between Armenia and Turkish natiun- raius. ...... j r I resident Hymans read Woodrow Wilton's .icceptance to the assembly.! ' As he con'-.uded there was great ap-j ., plause. Acceptances of pain and j Council Opens Five Bids, Hears V-raill were received also w ith enthu- Iisasm. ' I Article 10 -t Guarantee. I The "league interpretation" of Ar ticle 10 of the covenant Is declared by ! Lord Cecil to lie that territorial Integ rity of member states Is not guaran teed. ' Addressing the commission on new memberships, today, he sn'd: "We formally remind all concerned that Article 10 does not guarantee the ter- city council, said today. Its bid orlritorial integr'.ty of any member of tttiiil.lt for the two Usuos ofi tH.OdO ithe league. It limits our obligations and ttilMM), respeclnely. is considered J to condemning any external tiggres the most favorable of five opened by jsion against the territorial or political the city council last night. (Independence of any member of the In addition to paying ll.il prem-jleaue and makes it the duty of the iiuu, the Portland bond house asks (council to advise what means are de but pu'Cj-'iit for I urninbinar . -I lie 1 sirable to meet -eiicb ug&rioMt."- - bond ii1 the nccs-ary legui ser- f Honorary Mi'tnbrwfiit ProixiMid. vices. Three other bills were for oar I Honorary memheriltihi fur Bint nA and accrued Interest and one bid was small to assume full rights was pro- jpri"is result of rapidly falling prices below par. I posed by the league's commission on of agricultural products. It was Indi- WA8HINGTON. Dec. 2. (A. I'. ) The Interstate commerce commission today approved existing rates on grain and grain products in carloads from points in Idaho, Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon, to Portland and HPS FROM 8 TO 10 CEf ITS ARE TAKEN Oil BOARD Rise on Chicago Exchange is Due to Considerable Buying by Houses With Export Con nections and Short Coverings NO GREAT QUANTITY OF WHEAJJS OFFERER Short Covering Again Conspic uous Today With Cogniz ance Taken of Continued Strong Foreign Demand. Henry W. Collins, local grain buy er, said this afternoon that while there is a demand for wheat, buyers fear to purchase on big bulges such as those manifested yesterday and to- 1 Astoria and intermediate points, and day. Mr. Collins has received wires of Smallpox Quarantine, Ex pense of Feeding Prisoners, and Street Improvements, i Carstens A: Karles Co., of Portland, will be recommended as successful blder for The City of Pendleton t-'2.-OtiO bond lsue, F. J. McMonles, chair man of the finance roinniittee of the President's Emphatic Belief That Entrance Would Bene fit Agriculture May Appear in His Message to Congress. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. (By L. C. Martin, U. P. Staff Correspondent.) Adoption of the League of Nations may be President Wilson's suggestion to congress as the proper way o re lieve the conditions confronting farm- to Voncouver, Washington. It also p. proved rates on class and commodity shipments between Portland and Van couver to points In the Columbia ba sin. Hates on class and commodity ship ments between Portland and Vancou ver and points In the Colombia river ; basin south of the Snake river were I held unduly prejudical to the extent that they xeceed 90 per cent of the rates applied on like traffic between Columbia river basin points and As toria or Tacoma or points on Grays harbor and Willapa bay. Heil-ion in DO l)a)S. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. (U. P.) The interstate commerce commission today ordered a revision within 90 -days of grain rates from the inland empire territory to Portland and Van couver, Wash. Equalization of grain rates was the purpose of the order. The commission said that from that part of the Columbia river basin south j of the Snake river, gram rates to Fort Kecler Bros., bid par and accrued new admissions. A proposal to the as interest but itsk.l 1-4 percent for'sombly was that spec's! relations be handling charges. Clin k Kendall Co. 'established with minor states hid the same and asked 2:45 percent f The commission voted uannimouslv for handling charges. Durfec, Nileg & ;to reject the applications of Ukralnia. Co. bid par and asked fSli ashandl- ilJchtenstein and Aberbaljan. Ukralnia Ing expense. Bosworth Chante & Co. is considered loo unsettled and Azer- CHled today in administration quarters. The president, . It was Intimated. Is considering the offering of this sug gestion in his forthcoming message to I from the east saying- that the wheat situation is considerably better, but coast buyers are inclined to be con servative until the permanency of the increase in price Is determined. The price offered here has been $ 1.25- Mr. Collins tay that the Australian and Argentine crop will naturally af fect the market. He ports on the con dition of the crop are expected and these will have a bearing on the price of American wheat. (from Overbeck & Cooke Co.) CHICAGO, Dec. 1. Wheat The short covering so conspicuous late yesterday 'was again in evidence at the outset this morning and the change in sentiment was pronounced. Strength in security markets had much to do with tempering bearish ideas, which have been founded largely on the business depression and adverse financial conditions. More cognizance Is now being taken of the (continued active foreign dmtnd for land and Vancouver-should be lower jwh(,Rt wnjch many believe is making- hotisund. handling i baijan is regarded as Insecure bid t'J71 per charges Included. - iKusisan influence. - Lithtenstein is The bonds will be issued In mult!- nmnng the small nations and is believ- ples of fOOii. draw percent, payable ied lmlipable of sustaining full mem- seml-annually and mature In five to I bers'nip. 10 years. Fourteen thousand dollars congress. Today's intimation from the will go for fire equipment and fhuoo for the purchase of block 61. reserva tion addition, for park and pluyground purposes. Twelve new cases of smallpox were jlnccd under quarantine in the city 'Continued on page a. Aini iiilnieiits to Wait. GENEVA. Dec. 2. (A. P.) A res olution rejecting the consideration of amendments to the league covenant at this session and providing for a committee to study proposed changes 'rvmtinnert on pae s under 1 trom any authoritative source as to whether the president intended men tioning the treaty or the league in his message. Wilson lias on several oc casions Insisted that the adoption of the league would be an aid to farmers and would be a boon to America's for eign tradevgenerally. The president's speech, delivered at St. Louis during his tour of the coun try more than a year ago, was recalled here as the most emphatic declaration that the league would help agriculture and industry fn a general "way. than to Puget Sound ports, Astoria. ports on Grays' harbor and Willapa bay. The commission held that car load grain rates from Idaho. Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington to Portland. Astoria .and Vancouver are ; not unreasonable. ' 'Our recommendation is that rates I to and from Portland and Vancouver first Ishould be reduced and rates from oth- LIFT DESPAIR TO GLADNESS. P.) Armed eastward by TIFLIS, Dec. !. (A. forces have been driven Turkish nationalists until the region they hold Is enlirfcly outside of the tra ditional boundaries of Armenia. N.V. NEW YORK. Dec 2. (A. P.) in juria LeScomb, nwtlon picture act- ess, who came from lEaiglnnd recently engage in motion picture work, was rned to death today In an apartment use fire In which four other persons J:vd. -in imn nun 1 jiiiii 1 nwiimit jjjuj.ugML jshhiwiw -i'W'i-wii.hi'i?,!! 1 ; , , , I vTiveit er ports be raise by eual amounts,1 said the commission's report. Journal I-Mlniates Change. PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (U. P. The decision gives Portland and Vancou ver the benefit of a 10 per cent differ ential in commodity (including grain) rates oyer Puget Sound and Astoria ports, according to the Portland Jour nal. Rates to Portland and Vancouver will be decreased five per cent and rates to the Sound and Astoria will be increased five per cent. Portland Itctains Po-itlon. PORTLAND. Dec. 2. (A. P.) The rate decision upholds In part the find ings of Henry Thurtell, examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which were announced last January. j Kate experts say Portland will remain j in the same position it has occupied as a grain shipping port, but will receive a differential of 10 per cent compared iwith Astoria and Puget Sound-termi-i nals on shipments to and from points i in the upper Columbia river basin and sooth of the Snake river. The case was initiated a year and a half ago by Portland Interests. V serious inroads on the supply In this country, notwithstanding, the esti mates of several statisUcans ttiat there is still a substantial amount available for export without working a hard ship on domestic consumption. For the past few days buyers have found it far more difficult than heretofore " to make purchases in the country and it is said that the export sales might have been much larger, but for this situation. A cable reporting that practically the entire Australian crop has already been sold attracted at- . tentlon, but seemed a little far fetched. The market at the moment is showing a distinct tendency to re spond toconstructive influences. It Cent Advance. 1 CHICAGO. Dec. 2. (A. P.) Steep upturns in the wheat market were re- i corded today. At one time the ex treme .gWn'pf 'i l-egwtsia,' bttjhreT - pared with yesterday's finish. March touched II.es 1-2. ComolMck Is Strong. CHICAGO, Dec. I. L P.) Wheat prices staged a strong come back today on the Chicago board of , trade. Gains of from eight to 10 cents were made in quotations on wheat for future delivery". Other grains made slight gains in sympathy. The rtse in wheat prices was due to coisi4era1le buying b" houses "with export connections and by short covering.! No great quantity of -wheat was offered for sale. Buy- jing of corn and outs was general. Pro visions were also higher. , ' IN APARTMENT BLAZE!. NKW VOItK. Dec. 2. -l IM Five lives were ket today in a fire which swept 'through un apartment 1 ouse here. The flames leaped from the cellar to the roof through an air .vhaft, trapping- the victims. The dfad Include Mrs. Roswell Keed, opera Mnyer and Miss Marjorl L?s comb, actress. Many oi those who es caped had to dash through a sheet of flame. The death list -would have heen holi er had It not been for a door cut through the wall Into an adjoining house. A number of persons, with all other exits blocked by the fire, es caped by this ni eans. WOULD BE DENIED HERE t lik-ago Market Strong. Considerable strength was shown in " he Chicago wheat market today, the " Decomlier wheat closing at l.tt l- nfier opening at tl.69. and the March closing at tl.SS after opening at 1.67. The jonip waa reflected in the Pen dleton market and dealers report the grain situation much strengthened. Farmers are still inclined to hold for ' a higher price, dealers state. The high murk in today's report is noteworthy. December wheut having (Continued 00 page 1.) Weather Beported by Major I.ee Moorhouse. official observer: M:iximum, 52. iiniinum, 32. Barometer, 29.10. ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (C. P. I All immigration would bo suspended' for two years by a Mil submitted to day to the house Immigration com mittee by Chairman Albert Juhnson. Congressman J-'bnson. who has been making a thorough study uf the Immi gration situation for the past several months, said that such aetion Is neces sary to prevent "hordes of foreigners", many of whom are. undesirables, from entering tho I'nited Males In the next hi .ai. M1MB FORECAST Tonight rain, Friday fair. I ,