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V I j ORDER PENDLETON FU)Uli I BUY A BAHREL OF FLOUR fc-. .. -aasa DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION East Oregon I n In Eastern Ore lon'a greatest newspaper and a oiling rare gives to . tvrtiMV over twice the gurntd paid MTeu latlon in Pendleton a nit I mallll eoua It of any other newspaper. tfumbtt of coplea printed of yesterday! Dally 3,311 This paper Is vnemoer of ana audited by tns Audit Bureau of Circulation!. CITY OFFICIAL PAFE3 COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER DAILY EAST OBEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1920. NO. 9700 . VOL. 82 ORDER YOUR BARREL NOW : ; DEIOT WEARS CROVf . BUT HEAD RESTS UNEASILY World's Champion Heavy weight Carries Laurels on , Scowling Brow and Face Be neath is Altered by Stiffest Conflict. , , , BRENNAN ASsTrVTS HE WILL ASK NEW MATCH Victor is Badly Battered After Longest Distance of Career and Dangerous Rocking at Hands of Big Chicago Husky. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. -(A. P.) BUI Brennan, knocked out In the twelfth round by Jack Dempaey last , night, mid today he Intended to. an for another match. "1 am not satisfied that Dempaey Is my superior," he de clared. ' NEW YORK, Dee, 15. (W Henry Farrell, U. I. Puff Correspondent) The world'a heavyweight crown etui rest a on the scowling row of Jack Dempsey, but the face under It 1 somewhat altered today. The rham plon'a left ear waa smashed and torn, hi llpa are puffed out and rut, hie awa are ewollen and his eyes are puffed and red. He was In bed today llred and worn from he longest dls tanre of hie career, and from taking pie worst besting. Bill Brennan, big- husky Chicago heavyweight, stayed II rounds with the "man killer" Inst night and In those twelve rounda he made the champion work the hardest ho haa ever worked and tuke more than he tuu ever taken. Two vicious punchea tn the stomach and a smashing right en hla head In the middle of the twelfth round folded Brennan up and be fell on hla head and elhowa tn a neutral corner, knocked out. - Brennan carrleaVsa.-lht- to the champion In the firat round, lending all the tima. H rocked Dempaey twice in the second. The third round panned and the crowd began to wonder. It waa wondering more and more up o the eighth, when the tide began to Urn. From then on, Dempaey won. . t ADIUM GIRL" OF 0. S. U. SINN FEIN SENDS . APPEALS TO ALL FOR AID WORLD v H , -in, . Activity to Interest Foreign Na tions in Cause is Given New Push Today, by Broadcast Plea for Intervention. LORD MAYOffOF CORK OFFERS TO BE WITNESS Prefers to Give Evidence Be . fore World - Tribunal; Re ports of Isolated Disturbanc es Continue Throughout Ireland. WHEAT, AFTER TWO DA Y GAIN, FALLS TO $1.65 1-2 PET POODLE IS HEIR TO $8000 FOR SAUERKRAUT; Wheat after rlaing; In price for the paat two days, fey today, December DnU Intrt UtlO OUI 0 lng at l.e while March wheat cloaed at f 1.58 1-2 after opening1 at $1.63. Following are the quotation, from Overbeck & Cooke, local broker CHICAGO, Dec. 15. (C P.) Kex, a pet poodle, waa made heir to S(io left him by hl mi- treaa. Mr Roa Pnrler ...prir. Dec. Iiik to the will filed In probate Inarch' 1.65 court here today. The will pro- vidc.a that Bex will be given a I daily bath,, plenty of anuer 'lec- kraut and a Chrlmmaa tree each lay er. R. P. Jobling, of Caa- ''"ly eado Icka. Ore., a half brother, a left $5. ' 4 Dec. ., I' - . Jlllv .1 EL.QAS& FSOMMS COI-rMBIA, O. Selected by popular vote of atlidenta of Ohio Ftate fnlveralty aa "The Stadium Ctrl," Mlsa Klolae Fromme, l.'rhana, o., has been the central figure In all activities connected with the drive for a Jl, O'lO.OOO fund with which to build a mammoth athUtlc atndlum at Ohio Htate. .Miaa Fromme, who la a senior at the university, is one of the most popular glrla on the campus. , LONDON', Doc. 15 (By Webb Mll- lnr, V. P. Staff Correspondent) Blnn jFeinera today increawd their efforts (to Interest foreign nations actively In .their cause. Ird Mayor O'Callnhan of .-ork, spread broadcast appeals for .I llervcntlon In Ireland. He offered to testify before the Knfrllsh tribunal re garding the Cork fire, but preferred to jive his evidence before an interna tional organization. Ileports of isolated attacks on the military continued. Sinn Feiners gained a small success In few instan ces, but there was no heavy fighting. Dee. (May I . Dec. .'lay LEN1 STIRS DISSATISFACTION Parole from the bench are being advocated in this county by District Attorney R. I. Keotor aa a result of the wholesale paroling: of criminal lent .from here to the stale peniten tiary. The local official today ex pressed considerable dissatisfaction with the. manner. In which men con victed from here are sent to Salem only to be let out after serving short sentences. Harry Samuels, self confessed mtir lerer of Omar Ulinger, of Milton, sen tenced to life Imprisonment about 18 months ago, ia already seeking pa role., according to the district attor ney. This man 'pleaded guilty In court and heard his sentence pro nounced without having gono lo trlul by a jury. He admitted that he com mitted the murder In cold blood. Austin Mann, who waa convicted and aentenced from here not more than a year ago for auto theft, wu paroled after serving a short time. He went out of the state, breaking the firat provlalon of his parole, spirited a minor girl away from her home and after getting Into trouble with federal authorities married the girl. He was arrested for breaking the parole anil ordered returned to the penitentiary. He la reported to have again been turned out by tha parole board. Earl Allen, colored. Is a third ex ample of the parole violator. Fot several year he has been Implicated WAY OF 1 0 TO LIBERTY TtriflA, Okla.. Dec. 15. Weary Wll- OLDEST COAST LEAGUER WILL LAY ASIDE GLOVE AND ENGAGE IN TRADE SALT I.AKK CITV. ftul.. ?ec. 15 (A. P.) Charles (".Spider") ttuum, veteran Pacific Coast Baseball ln gue pitcher who Intends to retire le. the pied singer of Tulsa, led 10 I from baseball this year. Is. according prisoner from the city jail early to-1 to local records, the oldest player in day. The prisoners who were serv-! point service In the coast oruunlza liu from li t" ' dsya for 'vagrancy 'i tlnn. and other minor offense, anna their j Baum began aa a youngster back way to freedom. i in 1903 and hua pitched on the coast I nearly every Benson since. He Is Jaw rang through the corridors of'MIII a member nf th i u. ei,,i i.x.,. , n nam uimm i,,it Intends to enter mldnljrht and the liars of the Jail were!,Pd, fa I. i awed during the singing officials de-1 ' ' . '' elared. Although detectives have (fcoiired the town, no trace of the fimi Ilvea has been found. WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. (A. P.) A final vote not late than January j 24, on the Kenyon-Kendrlck l.y 1 for ic.icrai regulation of me meat packing industry was agreed on tiday by re publican leaders in both houses. P1UXCETOY MAX IS COACH DENVER, Colo., Dec. 15. (A. P.) "Tommy" Thompson, Princeton basketball forward In 1911 and 1912, will coach the I'niversity of Denver basketball team this season. Thomp son is connected with a Denver bond house. B Implication in Round-Up Time Robbery is Chatjetj Against Man With Record of Broken Paroles for Former Deeds. Wheat 1.66 1.67 1.6J 1.65V4 1.63 1.65 1.57 l.ii'i 1.60 1.60 1.51 1.51. '. Corn .TO ..70-4 .67 f .71 .71 .6 .6914 .72 .72 , I .70 .70-4 Oata. .46 .46 .44 .4514 .49 .49 -4i .47 . .49!4 ,.4 .46 .47 ' live) 1.5 1.54 1.52 1.52 1.42 1.42 ' 1.3714 1.38 4a liariey , .67 .. . .72 , .71 H .71 !4 CONTROVffiSY ON CABLES DETAILED BEFORE PROBERS I'owlgTi KxHiange. London, 24 1-4. Par;, .0591. Berlin, .0136. Rome, .0349, . , N, Y. money. 6 per cent. Pxrtland. ' Hard white, 1.65. Soft white, 1.60. White club 1.61. Hard winter, none. Nor. Spring, 1.60. Red Walla, 1.55. Jail officials tire at n loss to under- j itand why the men escaped because ! the sinners, for the most part, belong-' ed to the class of men who prefer to j spend tbeir w inters in a nice warm ' TREATY TO BE BLOCKED, IS HINT Jail and do their best to when ;he f lift snow falls. 'break'' In Earl Allen, colored, of this citv. is biitlnes.s at Mer-; ienB hfought here today In the cua- inay ot umef ot 1'oiice At RoDerts lr)m Portland, where he was arrested Tuesday on a churge of being Impli cated in the robbery of several colored "en at W. M. Miles resort at Itound Up time. He Is the fifth man to be in rested in connection with this Job. Allen was sentenced to the peniten- J ' ' tiary le.-s than a year ago for his part In a hold-up and assault on the old , Hong Kong restaurant on Main street. Dec. ii. (i . 1'.) I He nearlv killed a Chinese cook b DRAINAGE OF MUD LAKE WILL DEPRIVE HUNTERS OF GREAT DUCK RESORT t YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 15 (A. P.) Mud I-ake, one of the greatest re sorts for water fowl in Yakima Val ley will soon be gone, the Indian Re clamation Service having decided to build a canal .and drain the lake so the land can ba used for raisinjf crops ) Hunters started a movement to stop the Work but did not press the mat ter when they found the value of the land to fre reclaimed waa too great to let the la lie remain. Denmark KJiUf Visit. ROME. Dec. 15. (A. P.) Kins Christian and Queen Alexandria of Denmark arrived in Rome yesterday from Paris. They were received by King Victor Eramanuel and Queen ilelene. ' i WASHINGTON Notice was served on the Rennte today hitting him over the head with a gas jthat any attempt to get the Colom- NBVKV VKTKRAXS OIT j ''Ian treaty ratified at this session will PrijLMA.V, Wash., Dec. 15. (A. I '"B blocked. Senator Polndexler made P.) Seven veteran Wuahlngton Slate! 'his statement dutinar a discussion of College basketball men answered the'lhe treaty, provoked by Senator King. call for first practice here recentiv. A number of promising recruits are on the Washington State squad and probably will Rive the letter rnen a fight for their posts. Mdvor, a guard will captain this season's team. Endorsement of the county cam paign to raise money for 3.500,000 children ot war-devastated Kurnpe waa given by members of the Pendle ton Rotary club nt their noon lunch eorf today at the Klka club. J. V. Tollman, who was appointed Me a"d throwing htm into the base ment after the assault. According to police records, Allen has been sentenced both in the state reform school and the state peniten tiary and has been paroled twice, on each ocdaslon breaking his parole. He will probably be taken before the grand jury when it Is called into ses sion. Mrlvin Sutton, a white youth, who was also a memher of the party in the holdup of Miles' resort, whs taken be fore County Judtre C. H. Marsh In juvenile court yesterday afternoon. He Declaring that he could ee nn na w found guilty ana sentenced to me in assisting h's wayward brother James ! reform school. The court then paroled Coplen at this time. John 1). Coplen. Mm to Bn ,inpl, res'n-ng on a rnncn l os Anneles millionaire, todav notified;1" 'Harney county. The terms of the the sheriff's office bv wire of his tn- purole were made extremely severe tenllon to let the law take It conrss, 'hat the hoy will be required to The wire was taken bv the sheriff s i rve h's sentence in case ne trans 1 11M BROTHER REFUSES COPLEN AID! TO WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (U. P.) Hemji Morgenthau, former American ambassador to Turkey, has been ap pointed president Wilson's personal representative to mediate In Armenia it was learned here today. Special programs, for the enter' tainment of parents and friends, will biark the closu.g of Pendleton grade schools Friday for- the holiday vaca tion. . A Christmas progTam will be given at Lincoln school. Four numbers. "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem." "Joy to the World," "Holy Night," and "Love and Joy," will be sung by the entire school. Other numbers will be a concert recitation, "Why Do Bells for Christmas Ring?" by the first and j second grades; "Once I nto the Shep herd," and Luther's "Cradle Hymn," first and second grades; song and dance "Around the Christmas Tree," by the third grade: "Love is the Key," by the seventh and eighth "Christmas." by the I Davis, Acting Secretary of State, Tells Senate Commit- tee That Refusal of Permit Upheld American Precedents SAYS BRITISH CONCERN SHUTS OUT U. S. LINES Controversy Over Former, per ""man Sysfem Is Described and" Stand of States for Pre War Service Affirmed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (By U C. Martin, V. P. Staff Correspondent.) American precedent and traditions today were upheld by. the state depart. ment in refusing to permit the Western Union Telegrapa Vompany to land It cables at Miami, Florida, without a permit, Norman Davis, acting secre tary of the state told the senate com mittee at the beginning of hearing on the whole cable situation. Davia told the history of the Sooth American cable business, how . tha 4 Wastern Telegraph Company, a Brit ish concern, has a monopoly in Brazil and the rest of the eastern portion ot t,nuth America and has refused to share this business with the Ail-American Cable Company, which is ope rated on the western coast tand has laid linen to Rio de Janeiro and San tos. He told of the controversy over the former German cables, showing how France, and Britain had seized cables and shut the United States out of direct communication with Central. Europe and Scandinavia. Davis declared that the United States Is standing firm for the resto ration of service which it obtained before the war, and also adhere to its claim to part ownership of the cables. FUNK S M'LEAN BUY MINT MANY A. C. Funk and H. E. McLean today announced .the purchase of the Mat-lock-Laati Investment Co., the change In management to become effective on January 1, 1921. The name of the firm will be changed to Funk & Mc Lean. ' The new business will be conducted t along the same lines as heretofore, in- HARDING RAISES IRE OF G.D.P. office lo Indicate that the millionaire has accepted news thai the man In Jail here for forgery Is his long-missing brother. Jim Coplen, ns he Is known in jail here, was thought dead by his brother, y Hubert ( Smith to handle the cam-1 owing to his having been In prison al natsn, explained Its purpose to the Ro-: most continuously for 15 years. It tartans. The money la to 4e raised In Oregon, and solicitations will be made In all cities and towns outside of Portland. Charles H. Marsh was was not until Coplen confessed In Port land to his forgery here that he men tioned his relationship with the wealthy Callfornlan. At first his story appointed by Mr. Smith as advisor In; was discredited bu a son-in-law of his In various crimes, large and small, (he clnpngn (,nd local ministers will i brother's, rertor of a church In Port resses again. GOLF CLUB WILL PLAY Tl hereabouts. He was sentenced lo thi reform school and paroled and served but a few months In tha penitentiary this year for assault when he waa lot out. Now he Is to he brought back here to answer to a hoi A -up charge. Alhln Llndgren, forger and mem ber of the sextet that, broko Jail on the day Sheriff Tuylor was slain. Is understood to be up for consideration for parole. Inquiries regarding h1' rase have come to the county clerk from the parole board. lso co-operate in the management. land, Identified Coplen. MACC.ATtT BOWS TO TjAW. LOS ANOBLES, Cal., Deo. 15 (A p ) Marl MoKftart former outfleldci for the Salt Lake City club of the Pa cific Coast baseball league. Indicted b the county grand Jury last Friday for altered erlmlnal conspiracy to throw' nmMi in the ii9 season, surrender- ad to the authorities here Tuesday. CIRCULATION OF BOOKS IN COUNTY LIBRARY LEAPS TO 7,534 FOR SINGLE MONTH : Turkeys, geese and ducks will be prines for the best scores turned In on Sundav In a handicap tournament which is being planned for the Pen dleton Ulf Club course. There will lie an ls-hole, medal plav contest stuped and It Is expected that most of tho membership will enter providing, weather .conditions are favorable. Following the tournament there will be driving and approaching contest 1 1he greens for golf balls ns prlstes. competition will be In the nature Christmas tournament and is ex pected, to be made possible by the mild weather this fall. MARION, Dec. 15. By Raymond Clapper, V. P. Staff Correspondent.) jjtumuies ol a. possime insurrection i mong the repuDllean irreconctlables in the senate are reaching President elect Harding through various chan nels today. He may call some of their ! aders to Marion shortly with n view of nipping tn the bud any Insurgent movement such as wrecked the Tal't administration. Primarily, tho irreconcilnbles fear that Harding Is leaning too far in fa vor of the League of Nations, accord i:ig to advices reaching here. other sotirces of apprehension is the new cabinet and the belief that Hard ing Intends to appoint Hoover. An other is the fear that he is not plan ning a sufficiently profgressive domes tic program. Harding is In closest touch with tho renate situation, often by long distance telephone and knows every shift in the line-up there almost as soon as It oc curs. isurance, real estate and loans being h.n.ll.J V . .1 J;: . - . , . . grades, ' and fourth grade. Pageant To Be Given The WnshinslnTi school's first four grades will present a Pilgrims Pa-iure9- f,new department of account geant. with a progressive program. In j'" and "" work will be open the first grade room, the theme will I ' r " be "Pilgrim Children," in the second, I Mr" Funk nas been !n charge of the "Holland," in the third, "The Indi-!1" 'lections i the Bhertffs office, ans" and in the fourth. 'The First for vea.rs.anil has a,ttain4t Thanksgiving." Special decorations I wide Prience a3 an-accountant. H will mark the day. An original play, i' resigning With the-cTtang ia"6rfr written by a sixth grade pupil and ic,als eiv December 11. Mr. lie having an early Pilgrim plot, will belLean has been h& bookkeeper for presented bv the sixth grade pupils. !the Pendleton Woolen Mills for th with musical numbers by the fifth !Past f,ve ears ar" he. x. recently grade. The sixth graders are at Presented his resignation. The new work on artistic scenery for the play I 'oncern will continue to have offices and there will be special costumes. in Pendleton hotel building where The seventh and eighth grades wili ;the Matlock-Laats company-is now lo- nave a. program itisu, uie rwiriuii , grade pupils presenting "The Court- COSTLY BLAZE RAGES ship of Miles Standlsh." and the eighth grade supplying other num bers. Pupils hi Costume. The first grade of Field school will present a Pilgrim and Christmus pro- , gram, with Christmas decorations in Among," u . . ,. mo n iiuvi iuuiji. j lie sin vii.i girtuna will devote their program to com tnemmorateion of the Pilgrim tercen tenary. Five boys, in Indian costume will give a reading. "Hiawatha." The reading class, also in ocstume, will dramatize the story, "Hans and Gret el." There will be Christmas num bers also ... . . J Hawthorne school is planning a ;program of music and other feutures I for the day ond will invite parental land friends to attend. 1 ME ' AVAILABLE FOR ROADS Seven thousand five hundred thirty four volumes was tho total Novem ber circulation Of the I'mntllla coun ty library, a 86 percent gain over the largest previous November report. dalo, 510; Echo, 401; Weston, SS'; Freewuter, nns; t'matilla, 1S9; Helix, 121; Pilot Rock, 6S und rmcpine. 61; total SS9S. I'.leven udult and nine juvenile MASCOT IN 1912, HE'LL CAPTAIN STANFORD TEAM and a gain In volumes of nearly 2.000 (readers registered nt the centrul li-i STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., hrary while 21 udult and 67 Juvenile 1'C- IS (A. p.) juck i-atrtch, re renders registered, a total of 1K8. cently-tdected captain of the 1921 Seven transient readers registered. Ftanford University football team In The accessions for the library num- ;11 was mascot of the Stanford team, hercd 66. Hooks sent to rural school list summer Patrick was a member were 1.12; to branches, Sfi; books of the American rugby team which mended were 176. Twentv five meet-'I'layed at the Olympic games. tral library was 1568 and for the lu-;lngs were held ut the library, making veniles, 1548, or a'tntnl of 3117. Theian attendance of 747. Seventy-tight adult circulation In the branches was music loves attended tho three Sun 2127 and the Juvenile 1771, a total or day concerts held. SS98. In the rural schools, the ill-1 llalnixv On Ham!. dilation was 7514. , J The sum of J26.30 tn fines was col-I the Branches Show (ialns . -lected. making u total of i:l.46 with itt more than ever before, according lo a report nindo today by Miss Sabnt Na son, librarian. Of the branch llbiar les, Hermlston and Ferndulo school made notable gains this month, the report shows. The adult circulation for the cen AlSTi;IN FMPI-OVKS GF.T RISE VIENNA. Iec. 13. (A P.) An ircrease of 1,250.000,000 crowns In the civil payroll has been made by Austrian government as the re- of renewed demands by civil em- In the branch libraries, the rlrcu-jthe balance on hand November 1. ploycs. They threatened to strike and. latiorr waw as iomows: iieinusnm, jraprnaea were '.'i.3s,- leaving a bal-,m In former instances, the govern 758; Milton, 550; Athena, 676; Fciu-uucu of (S7.50 on hand. iucnt yielded. SALEM Dec. 15. (A. P.) Figure made public today by the state high- way. department Indicated thvt ap proximately six million v.- avail able for road construction as a result of supreme court opinion holding val il the constitutional amendment pro viding that counties may issue bondu up to six per cent of their assessed valuation. Lane county may issue ap proximately 12,000,000. Clackamaa Jl.700.nno. Union 11.498 000. Jackson 1500.000, Yamhill 1429.000, and Crook county 1220,1)01). Weather. Reported by Ma4or ! Moorhnuw, CHICAGO. Dec. 15. (U. P.) Samuel Rubenstetn, a jeweler was U.......4 .. .4 .. r. rr..A 1... H.iM.litu ha, 1 1- day and his store "ransacked. About ; official weather observer. $25,000 worth of gems were laken. The police believe that the band which held up Rubensteln is ihe same which robbed another store of 120, 000 yesterday. MADISCON. Dec. 13. (V. P.) A million dollar fire which broke out In the Helmbacher Rolling Mills Com pany plant here today Is burning un ihecked. threatening the adjoining plant of the American Car & Foundry j Company and kindling a doxen other small fires with flying sparks In vari-' otis parts of the city. A thousand men are fighting flames. Tha fire is being fanned by a h'ph wind. - A company official said, that mora than a block of property had been wiped out and he estimated the loss al between 1750,000 and 11 000. 000. Origin of Ihe flames Is unknown. The plant nas entirely enveloped by flames by tho time the first apparatus arrived. A dozen volunteer fire brigades rushed from one spot to another as the1 MARION, Dec. 15. (A. P.) Sen embers lit on roofs and porches, cons- ator Harding turned to the progressive ing minor fires. Seven hundred and wing of republicanism today In his ; fifty men employed by the mlllns mill consultations, -meeting Raymond Rob- ( Avere among the volunteers. tins, former progressive party leader. Weather Maximum, 54. Minimum, 24. Barometer falling; snow probable. PROGRESSIVE G.0.P Tonlsht and Thursday prob ably rain or snow, warmer tonight. iMuaat a Ut l