OKDEll PEJNDLETON FLOW,
A MKKEL OF FLO UK
OltDEIl YOUR M1UIEL NOW
DAILY EDITION
DAILY EDITION
Ft Ore;or(it I East- Or.
on' gr-ntral newppr d
selling force ! lo th 'Wertir
over twlcs tlt imntcl pnt lr-u-latlon
In Pendleton and limst.ua ooua
ty of ny other newipr.
Number Of ccptM rinttd of ytUrdajr'
U8IIV
3,317
Thlt paper ta jnsmoer of and audited
by tb Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB
DAILY EAST OBEGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1920.
NO. 0702
VOL. 82
CURTAILMENMOF BUSINESS IS BRANDED AS BOLSHEVIKl
- , . . . . - ' - "" V m V
FRESH VIOLENCE KIIOK
TANGLE WHERE
: IS MADE FOR
- i.A1
-Soil
HEW
SEARCH
PITIED RECLUSE, DEAD
IN BARE HOVEL, LEAVES
WEALTH FOR CHARITY
PEACE STRAND
Church Dignitaries Join in Negotiations to End Hostilities and
Dail Eiraenn Will Hear Message From Lloyd George, But
Motor Lorrie of Soldiers Meanwhile is Caught by Ambush.
LONDON, Dec. 177. (Hy Webb Mil
ler.) HrHaln today worked over the
snarled condition In I rein ml to find u
strand that will lead to peace.
., New violence occurred loiliiy wlih
an attack by nearly low urmed Hlnn
Fetners on a small detachment of sol
dier. A motor lorrie rolled along the
road to Newport, neur Tlpperury. The
aoldlera were Instantly alert iirm yens" WASHINGTON. Doc. 17. (A J'.)
rang- out and rifle cracked. The anl- A ax nf quilrter ,)f one per cent on
dlera roplled. but are believed lo have hunK dOBw te vtuv,u,& in al hill
been unable to harm the Sinn Felner :Iltr0li,lc,.(j touHy by Representative
who remained hidden behind alone Trrnmay l)f Massachusetts, a ropubll-woU-along
the road. Kur soldiers !,, lm,m,r of tne house way and
"were wounded a the muchine dashed
TAX ON BANK DEPOSITS
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 U'. P.)
Wealth, estimated at several
hundred thousand dollars, wns
left by Michael Heron, 75-year-old
recluse, according to bank of
ficial. For more than n acorn
of years Heron hu been pitied
by hlH poor neighbor for hi ap
parent poverty. He lived In a
BlnKle brick room, with unplast
ered wall and a cold bare floor.
Ho -was found dead today, over
come from escaping go, find an
examination of hi effect re
vealed a will leaving everything
to the t'nilod Charities.
I'ollce laughed until , their
earch of 0 safety deposit box
showed he held gullt-cdge seeuri-
GERMANY TURNS
POCKETS WRONG
SIDE OUT TODAY
Embarrassed Debtor Faces Ex
acting Creditor in Financial
Conference With Allied Na
tions Being Held in Berlin.
TWO SOUTH SEA MAIDS LEAD U. S.
MARINES INTO PERILOUS VOYAGE,
DOUBLE WEDDING AND THEN JAIL
-09
POPULATION OF U. S. IN
JANUARY 105,708,771;
OREGON TOTAL 783,389
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (A.
P.) Population of the United
Ktate.i on January 1 of this year
was 105,708,771, It wa announced
tooay In a final report on the
census as a basin for reapportion
ment of member to congress.
Oregon has 783,3X89.
REPRESENTATIVES PLEAD
ciitii itv nr nriimme
El ties worth several hundred thou- j rUIILIII Ur UCMHIVUd
sand of dollars. , .
; Director oL Reichsbank Savs
Nation Must Raise 25 Billion
Marks by End of Year to
Meet 147 Billion Mark Debt.
mean committee. .He estimated that
such a tax would net a revenue of ap
prolmnlely a billion dollar annually.
through Hie ambush.
Church Dignitaries Ileod.
DCBLIN, Dec 17. (A P.) Peace
negotiation hava been resumed In. Ire
land. It Is learned on good authority.
It la difficult to ascertain the lines on
which the Intermediaries are operat
ing, owing to me reticence ni an en- i
gaged, hut It 1 understood thst high
church dignitaries, Including Archbish
op Clone of Perth, Western Australia,
and the bishop of Killaloe, Monsinor
Fogarty, ure prominent among' those
continuing their efforts to bring about
a aetlement.
In official circle interest centers In
the expected meeting of the Dull E'.r
aen to consider Premier Uoyri
Oeonte's proposal in reply to Father
O'Flanagan'a message. The Asso
ciated Press i Informed that Arthur
fJrlffith, the Blnn Fein leader, will be!
given af conduct to attend the meet
ing of the Dall Eiraenn, or any con-1
ference li Ireland r Kngland con
cerning pfac. it is orne any tiii?i , Wo mtn r9 reBiKned to a wattg
that only four member of the I'-Hl ,,r(fM, nnd h'f.e of remedial legisui-
Hlraenn routi tie exiioilcrt from par ,l(,m. jy H. lHibbtn. presldene .r the
Child KMnuiK-d: Mother Taken
flKATTLE. lec. 17 (A. P. Mr.
Julia May Flynn, charged with kid
naping her eight year' old daughter
from a school here last May, ha been
urrested in Kastlnnd, Texas, and is
being held pending the lnstltutlon(oi
extradition proceedings, according to
a message received here today. The
child was a ward of the superior court.
MRS U
TO FRIENDLY CONGRESS
tlrlpatlon In such-nwetfngs.
SENATE-HOUSE HEADS
f
p.)
flute WfKii (Jrowera" Association, suld
today in an Interview. Tbey are hold
ing out hopes tor a brighter future and
believe thst congress will be friendly
tc. their cause In the present session.
"A market for wool most come soon
er or later," Mr. Dobbin said. "The
mills will require wool for their needs
nod with the financial position stronit
they will be able to do business on a
largo scale when It open. The bank
er. dealers and' grower In the wool
business have a sightly less favorable
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (A
ffenata and house leaders today nrac
flrnllv .creed at a conference on a pro- Iposltlon than the mill, owing to the
gram for enactment of an emergency I fact that they have used up more of
tariff measure to serve ns an embargo ! their resources In carrying through
on the Importation of wheat, cotton,
wool, beans, potatoes, livestock and
meat. It I believed it should be ef
fective one year. Wnate leader ad
vocated a flat embargo and house
members favored a high tariff.
!"ennto Voices Protect
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (C P.)
Any "piecemeal" or emergency tariff
revision to aid farmer or any other
cla I Impratlcal now, Senator Pen
rose, chairman of the senate finance
committee today Informed ongres
slonal leader by telephone from At
lantic City .
Penrose' position, which he ha
consistently held since the. republicans
gained control of congress two years
nso. undoubtedly 'will prove a big oh
the present period,".
The salvation of the. wool men lies
in legislation and In maintaining their
present position, Mr, Dobbin believes.
They must guard against the passage
of any radical legislation he said, and
urge action that Is friendly to the'r
cause. "An embargo on foreign wool
doubtless will be urged by the com
mittee on resolutions at this meeting,"
he deehired.
Mr. Dobbin Is one of the" largest
sheep and wool operators In far East
ern Oregon, being Interested In the
Dobbin-Huffman Co.. with headouar
lers In, Enterprise. Their lands lie e
the Oregon-Washington line in Wal
lowa county and also on the Oregon-
Idaho line. Mr. Dobbin came in this
stacle to representatives from farmer i morning from a flying trp to Portland
districts whifare fighting to enact high; where ho went yeserday on business.
dutle on agricultural products In that
tariff would check the declining
price.'
IjRAOt'R TO PHOKM'ITK CltCOKS
NEW YOtlK, Dec. 17. (U. P.)
The board of directors of the Ameri
can League today unanimously ugreed
to appropriate a fund for the prosecu
tion of crooked baseball player and of
gamblers who specialize on baseball.
HOPE HELO OUT FOR
T,
T
RERUN. Dec. 17. (Hy Car I).
Groat, I'. P. Utaff Correspondent)
Germany, as the embarrassed debtor,
raced an exacting creditor In her fi
nancial conference with the allied na
tions here today. Germany's repre
sentative turned their' country's
pockets wrona-sido out to show the
futility of demanding payment on the
All But Captured in Local j original reparation demands.
., - . l'.udolph Havenstcln, director of the
Kauroaa Y&raa, men t leea , neichsl
rank, said the national riahf
murks and that the nation must raise
25,0iO,flOO,A(iO marks more by the end
of the year. He testified that Ger
many has already paid t.noo.oflo.noo
marks in indemnit:--;.
PENDLETON OFFICERS
i
Man Wanted in Twin Falls is
t
Aorcss Train and Over Hills.
FOURM BLOWN TO
DEATH BY EXPLOSION
Three Engaged With Astoria
Dredge in Diking Ranch are
Killed and Girl is Hurled Into
Near by Bay to Drown.
Iloy Mclntyre this morning engaged
In a game of hide and seek with Chief
of Police Al Roberts and Traffic Of
ficer William IJyday and emerged with
the offio'is still "it". Mclntyre is
wanted by the authorit'es at Twin j
fulls. Idaho, to answer to a charge,'
of forgery. j
Police got a t'p that the man' 'wanted ;
was in Pendleton sndthis morning j
sighted h'm nesr the railroad yari's. j
Lyday, In plain clothes, was approach- j
ng tbe in and th!nl:s be would have :
nptercd h'm but ho Ret a glimpse of
LEAGUE MEMBER;-
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Dec. 17. (A.
P.) Three men and a girl were killed
and one man was Injured Inst night
when the dredge Beaver, of Astoria,
engaged in diking the McOowan ranch
at the mouth of North river blew up
and was destroyed. The dead are
I Eagle Chrtstensen, of Portland, Frank
. Behnke, and daughter, Blanche, and
j John Jan e, all of Astoria. Fred Welch,
jof I1waco,( Wash., was seriously in
jured but will recover.
The body cf the girl was blown into
he river and was not recovered for
hour.
Itclteved Powder Ignites
POCTH BEND, Wash., Dee. 17.
(U. P.) Frank Behnke, John Jarve
was land Eagle Christensen were blown to
Siren Songs of Tropical Guam
Plus Alluring Complexions of
Cafe Au Lait Becon Non
Coms to Unhappy Elopement
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (By
Ralph Turner, U. P. Stuff Correspond
ent.) Two south sea maid singing
siren ong of their native tropical
setting, have Just led a pair of Ameri
can marines into an adventure that in
cluded a perilous sea voyage, marriage
and then arrest for desertion. And It
ha not ended yet.
Official records In the cast, which
came to light here today, showed that
life In the sleepy islund of Guam be
gan to pull on Corporal William Daw
son and Sergeant Everott Clifton. Then
they met two native Blrln with allur
ing complexion of "cafe au lalt" and
wearing- grassy gown that way In
the breeze. A motorboat was com
mandeered. Mocked with provisions
and wasaet for elopement. Off they
sailed the four of them. After a
dangerous trip, they landed on the
Island of Tap. Their suspicion ar
oused, Japanese . authorities, whe
guard the Taplander these days, seis
ed the marines. They sent them to
Tohohoma where they were turned ov
er to the American consul who per
formed a doubla wedding and then re
ported the cae.
Today the bride are back In a sew
thatched roofed apartment In Guam.
and the marines are awaiting trial for
desertion.
MB; '
CflilllTII,
ICE PROTEST
President Jay H. Dobbin of
Stats Association Says Sta
bilization of Prices is-Need
in Present Time Crisis.
PROGRAM tF?R0TECT
INDUSTRY IS OUTLINED
Banquet and Speeches are
Scheduled for This Evening,
Then Smoker and Entertain
ment for Pendleton's Guests.
KANSAS RACE RIOTING;
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., Dec. 17.
One hundred and fifty American Le
t be. - u i.Kue of Ueath to an explosion aboard- s, dredge j' members today are. patrolling the
.osenibly todsy an-i jii.W here last night, and Blanche. 17 ot Independence and guarding
GENEVA, Dec.
h bran tMttn" on tne cntei t mi ,o!t.cwa a iasmt.tr
tna lurwo n " 1 M)Tun by the ass
Thf officers started In nurint or.- v., ,.,.h ,-n. : ver-nlri riatiehter of Behnke. Tvaai
Mclntyre but he outdistanced them j Kague of nluins and the assembly re- i blown Into Wlllapa bay and drowned, .'outbreak of the race riot which raged
and hid. The officers, continuing .their ; ear(i;n mandate- were brought be- Fred Welch, the only man not killed jinrougnout tne mgnt. resulting in the
searcn, again saw .ncimyre j"m as i ,i, WIPi.iv
the county Jail to prevent a second
Curtailment of clothing- product
and non-perlshaftle food in the
present cris: which woolmen
and farmer fact I Holshcvtem of the
worst form and must not be tolerat
ed," said Jay H. Dobbin, president of
the State Wool Grower Association In
hi address at the twenty-third annual
convention which opened here this
morning at tha county library. . .'
Stabilization it price and not cur
tailment of production. Is -what is
needed, Mr. Dobbin declared. He stat
ed also that If the wool Industry 1 to
survive, thera must be an , embargo
placed by congress on wool and wool
en goods, as a protection until a fair
tariff law can be passed. He advocat
ed also the, .modification cf the ipeem ,
tax law: modification of the railroad
rates where the blanket j-aise mado
Impossible the shipp'nsj of Tiece;:sary
commodities: . restoration , of former
j price at selling centers for th hamil-i
jing- and caring for mock: restoration
iof horses for hauling until road can
jbe Improved; and decrease in the feo
jeli&metl for ftraxintf- e ihe. tsUUttuil
j forest. Mr. Dobbiu urged that Iho
iresolutionis committee give the vari
ous point due consideration.
freight train pulled through the yards, j
He boarded the train and so did Iy-1
V. Mlyl'e li"tin.rt orf the OPTiO- j
site side and again fled. He was last ,
seen goine- over the s'tuth hill in the j
vicinity of the E. 1 Smith home.
Word was sent to Pilot Rock and to
arm homes between town and there.
to look P"t for and report a young
man wearing an army overcoat. Dep.
tv Sheriffs are also searching for
Mclntyre and his arrest Is predicted
soon.
SI G.VIt PRICK DOWN.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. (U. P.)
fcugar bare dropped another half a
cent per pound In price tnaa. in
eflners announced a new price of 8
per 100 pounds.
Disposal of this question, action on
two more appl. cations tor member
ship and a decision relative to the
league budget were all that remained
to be disposed of during this session of
tbo assembly.
;wa8 seriously injured and was unable
to go to the rescue, of the girl. .
The explosion was heard here but It
1 921 STATE TAXES TO
REACH NINE 1LLI0N
Situation Reviewed.
He reviewed the wool situation
since 1897, telling how the woolgrow
ers of the 1'nited States enjoyed a
tariff which amount! , to about five
and a half cent per .grease pound.
and. how the drought in Australia, the
Spanish-American War and the Bal-
GAHUISON DISARMO).
MANILA. Dec. 17. (A. P.) The
entire constabulary of the garrison was
disarmed aud arrested today and cofn
plaints prepared for the prosecution of
' j;g constabulary soldiers .who particl
SALEM, Dec 17. (A. P.) State pated In a riot Wednesday resulting in
taxes for the fiscal vear ending Decern-1 the death of four Americans and-seven
ler 31, 192t will aggregate 9,493,- Filipinos. The riot resulted from ill
105.22. according to the Biimmary of feeling In tho constabulary against the
Tax Commissioner Lovell. police.
death of two persons and serious In
jury to four others.- . ;
The mayor ho telephoned the gov-
was not known until taday what hadjernor's office at Topeko, canceling his
happened. It is believed that the gas Request for troops, believing that the
engine aboard the dredse exploded, jlegionnairlea would maintain peace,
simultaneously exploding a large quan- j Although crowds of white persons as-
t j m. . j j. dent hi A1 nnar Vi nil n rw I.. U. . - '
tlty ot powrer aooara. me urease:- " " ''",,''"' kan war were factors m maEirig wool
was burned to the water's edge. ' no move to repeat the effort of last grovlug profitable. These condition
C'Ji 1 lynCZ "" Buf,,feted i h explained wre followed by lower
h- . 1 7 I Prices in 1,15 an' th remoival of the
the race trouble. - (tariff on wool Mr. Dobbin then
, (traced the strong wool market during:
WHEAT 87.9 NORMAL th WaF ttie Btru,t en(' of war
in in, wnicn resulted in ttie giactt
ening of the demand. To nutke mat-
iters worsa, be explained, drought and
prevalent in the
season following the end of the war.
THE FORTUNE TELLER.
ROC KA WAY 1K1INT, N. Y., Dec.
17, (U. P.) Clinging to the hope
that the three naval airmen swept
northward in a snowstorm last Mon
day had landed from their balloon in
safety, naval official today lire anx
iously awaiting word from dispatch-,
e sent to upper New York state and
Canada for Information. Some fear Is
felt Ihot the balloon and three officers
fell Into Lake Ontario.
J. C. Kuhns, forest supervisor for
th Umatilla National Forest, I in
Pendleton. Mr. Kuhns will make his
headquarters here Instead af In Walla
Walla, because of the uniting of the
Wenaha and t'matllla forests
The person who owns a buby go-cart
which has found Its way to police
headquarters can either call for the
curt or bring Chief of Police Roberts
the baby, ho said today! The cart Is
upholstered In dark leather, has good
rubber tires on It and shows only n
few signs of rust from having been ex
posed to the elements.
There are two bft-ycles, one with and
the other without tires. In the office,
turned In by persons who found .them
In front of their place of residence.
Tho other trophy unclaimed Is a
bunch of key on a, chain.
END OF LIQUOR SUPPLY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. (IT. P.i
The end of the liquor supply In this
ountry Is In sight. Prohibition Com
missioner Kramer today told the house
ays and means committee that liquor
stored tinder government supervision
w'll last only two or three years. If
the rate at which Is Is being Illegally
withdrawn continues.
Provided that withdrawals could be
limited to proper use," there would
cnoi'sh to last 15 or 20 years, Kra
mer said. He declared law enforce
ment can be accomplished only by
greater cooperation ot state and local
oTTkiuIs.
PAbWVou akTgoih& '- life! (QCG
To fcvr A kecktie-. JLsqp I TH' , J
( AAiR suppers, f M ' V rNytA,VT
WASHINGTON, Dec 17. (U. P.)
The condition of winter wheat Decem-
. ....... mi. CO,j weather were
tne oepartmeni or agriculture today
announced, compared with
cent on December 1, 191.
83.2 per
"gntlnnert nn Dac B
IEAT RALLIES IN PRICE TODAY, MARKET -'
GOING TO $1.70 AFTER OPENING AT S1.66
Overbeck & Ci
Wheat rose in price today, closing. We are still o(t the " opinion that
at $1.70 after opening at 1.66 in tbe'many duplications have, occurred, but
Deccmlier wheat market. March the aggregate amount must be Inrea
jwheat opened at 11. 59V. and closed ( nevertheless, however, tha time is near
at J1.64 14 "While May wneat opened (wnea it la only reaMDnatiS to expect
at 1.58 3-S and closed at - $1.5314. a big falljng off'of tbis "business as
roiiowing are me quotation ironi Argentine and Australi.ut wheat will
.probably be on the m;trkt at lower
ipncea man rvortrt. America can sell,
This will leave us on a domestic basis
iand we ar therefore doubtful t
the stabiltiy of present prices.
Corn felt the Influence of -hvtt
strength and the buying n f Mrtt m
good character that the wonder is fhitt .
price did not advance furtbei limn
they did not emphasise the weua posi
tion or this cerwi. our own advb-.s
are that many farmers will i,e for.-ed
ito sell In order to take c:ir t li-uiis.
pteccipt will probV iy ilot i:w up in
jvolume for two or thre week and
this may have tandem to steady
, price temporarily, but wl 0 th small
uemunn we a. not nelleve present lev-
iDec.
Mar.
May
.
Dec. .
May
July
; Dec.
iMay
July
L
.Dee.
May
0ien
1.S6 1.70
159 1.S4H
1.52ti 1.59
ike, local brokers:
Wls-at
High Low
1.63H
1.59
1.5S4
Ciosa
1.70
l.414
1.58
.67
.68
.69 '4
.4 54
.46
Xrn
.s
.71H
.72
Oats
.46
.48
.48
Itarlpy
.67
.68
.69
.4.",4
-46
.47
.71-
.69 H
.71
.72
.46 ,
.4SH
-
.69 '
I.
! Rye
Dec. 1.57 1.53 1.57
'May lt34 1-J& 1.43
Foreign Kxctianffv
7 London. 3.55, 1.54.
1 i Paris. .0614.
i Berlin. .0140.
! Vienna. .0033.,
j N. Y. money, c per cent.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 Wheat: The;
government report Issued today gives
the wheat acreage ot 41). 605,000, com
pared with 38,7;0.00u at thl time last
year. According to the press the re-
port indicated a crop' of 67S.0O0 O0O
compared with the final returns of thlsj!
vear ot 581,000,000. ' j
I Broomhall cables reported stocks of
jwheat and flour In the t'nlted King-:
,Jom as 85.000,0110 bu. which is suffi- i
icient togetber with t lie present quan-1
ititles on passage for home require
ments until the middle of April. Ex
jport business has been 1 he dominating
(news in the action of UxtuVs market
jand there i no getting awav from the
fal that the large sale ore a big fac
tor while we have Wen mthcr skepti
cal as to the amount reported, our
N'ew York office Is of the opliilun that
the figures are approximately cvrrtct.
els can be maintained lens.
Watfier
Reported by Major Lee MoorhoiiM,
officiiU weather observer:
Maximum, .19.
Minimum, 31.
Parometer. 29.60.
0TT
it
.L iilAlli
fCEECAST
Tonight a1
futurdty pro'i
"'lv rait, ,,t
snow. .
A44 A M " '1,4(1 J 4 t44A.AA...iMA.