East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, December 21, 1920, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textv- vr Wfr-e -" THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CUED ttZZ DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of copies printed or yesterday . Daily ,f," Enst Oregnnlsa In Restore Ore gon's trulnl newspaper nit t ft Mini; fore gives la 111 e4vrtiar over twice thfl urntf rt paid ir Utlofi in Pendleton and I matili coua ty of any ether nswspapsr. 3,311 Thll paper la member or una audited ty th Audit Bureau of Circulations. CITY OXHCIAI, PAPZ3 COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER i t t ; i i VOL. 83 DIQII HflMF Dill F' Rill WITH .. iiiuii iiviil nuu. utu, iiiiii SLIGHT ALTERftTION, NEEDS ONL. ROYAL STAMP TO BECOME LAW DAILY, EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, m 'IT.?. . ... . TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1920. NO. 0705 ifift POSSE TAKES a..s BANDITS AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK I M1LLTOWN. N. J.. Dee. 21. (I'. P.I Two bandits were raptured liy u elf lixon's posse here shortly after rnld jnlght today following un unsuccessful uttempt to rob tho Flint National bunk. Two otherR with them escaped. The watchman hoard a noise In (he, ' .bank and sounded un ularm. Tblrt j I citizens responded. Armed with rifle". I mwmx vvu.ivcu uvu OJ - w. JZZTrt ,. uriL n 1.1. n : . i i n - i . . . nmnWMK Simil TntlfiO S W in nCUUI 15 neUC VeU U D UUeSl ruuoers surrenuereu. meyreniseu 10 n ... 11 Dimniniof WllLn. I. D...I..I Identify thel Bailie rOUfliil III Uprising anu duimmiu ui vmoyc 111 ncfJiiscti. w DESCENDANTS OF PILGRIMS MEET MILKMAN TRIES LAMP ON CAP, BOSSIE KICKS ALL INTO HAYSTACK BY FAMED ROCK LONDON, Dec. 21 Tlie Irlch home j rule bill an idlghtly modified by the j house of lordH wan adopted by I lie houiie of common today. The meas ure needs only the rosul lKiialure t" lieconie a law. , lll(!itet Itatito lirHirtl. UL'BUN, Dee. 21. (f. I'.) He porta arc conitnft In today of the blK gest battle yet fought In the Klnn Fein HUM IS, Dec. 21. (I'j P.) Three uprising,' which ocemed at Jlnlllna- (men were killed and seven wounded In hone tiunday night. At leum 10 mnn i a buttle between iincluHHtB and nation identify their two cuinpbnlona, who es caped. AT FERRERA, ITALY i Distinguished Men of Present Generation in America, Great ! ; Britain and Holland Join To-! day in Observing 300th An ! niversary. KIKKSVri.I.E, Mo., Dee .21. (A. P.I Kd Kpiiernon hit on the plan of wearing a miner's lump on his cap when he went to milk the cows before daylight. The first tow he approached kicked him and ho landed in a haystack. The lamp set fire to the hay and the stack was destroyed. Epperson anil the cow were saved. AIUIKXIA SKXDS ILTIMATOI IlKi TI.MK IX KTOItK I.OS ANUEMOH, Dec. 21. (A. P.I Elaborate preparation! have been j made fir the entertainment of the SENATOR LODGE AND Ohio Slate football wiiiad which will arrive here Friday for Its game at Paradeim New Year's day with tin I'nlverslty of California. . ' LONDON, Dec. 21. t'. P.) The (Armenian soviet today sent an ulti ial.um to Oeorgia. demanding the evacuation of the neutral zone be tween the two countries, according to (Official information received here. C00LIDGE SPEAKERS Wmpir. Kelners were killed and 30 wounded or captured. British casualties are vari ously estimated at from eight killed and many wounded lo only one seri ously hurt and several slightly wound ed. Tha Irish are auld to have been routed. . . renin pomw Hum Vlllanc. LONDON. Dec. 21. (A. P.) A Dublin dispatch today reported that crown forces burned I'alliualee vlllsge In the county of Langford, today, as aj reprisal tor the recent attack on po Ilea barrack In which one' constable waa killed and three were wounded. allsts at Feireia, according to Infor mation received today from Uologna. The trouble ! said to have started when an attack was made on a social ist deputy, r'everal hundred national ists motored to Eerrera from Bologna to reinforce their comrades. The flghl is reported to have lasted for several hours. win.TKitw :icaiTs m vr iii:i CHICAGO. Dee. 21. (A. P. I "Pln kle" Mitchell, Milwaukee welterweight, yesterday wus matched to box Dennis O'Kcefe of Chicago in a ten-round content In Milwaukee New Year's aft ernoon. Tho weight will be 14S pounds. . Landing of Mayflower on De-j cember 21, is Recalled by! Throngs as Boulder is Re-! moved to its Original Base. 1 EMERGENCY TARIFF LEGISLATO'T AT THIS SESSION SEEMS DOOMED UNLESS OPPOSITION IS MhW Measure Will Come to Debate Assailed by Producers and Con sumers Whom it Does Not Protect, Facing Opposition m Both House and Senate and Sure of Veto if Passed. '. ' HUNT IN FALLS REGI0N! S NEW LOttK, Dec. 21. (A. P.I I WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. L'. R ! PuxsHge of the emergency' tariff bill 'ly.the bouse a indicated today when a proposal to take up the ma wire tomorrow passed by a vote of -7S. The majorlly of the demo crats, the vote Indicated, will opuon tno measure. i W ASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (Br J. W. IT. Martin, V. P. Btaff Correspondent.) Army officials directing the search for emergency tariff legislation at this the missing -naval balloon A-5588 nave.sesBiftn- f.l'.VS.-jS- dpJiie(JJWiiJi WASHINGTON, Deo. 2 merican busincsKmen PLYMOI.'TH Mass., Dec. 20. (A. IP. i On the shore of I'lymouth bay (where the Pilgrims landed December 21 ,1920, their descendants Joined with other distinguished men of thl8'a"'fl, 10 ail 'n tne payment of more Igeneration In America. Great Britain , than J12.UOO.000.000. due the United jand Holland today observing (he ter-iS,a,L'8 government and business Inter- lsnding. Venator pl,t tn'B country were advocated In today b' representative centered their ijucal for the niua.ns craft in the Adirondacks, within a ra dius of 80 miles from Glen Falls, army officials at the Mitchell aviation filed Mated last night. The two airplane WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (P. P.) ordered to Glen Fails will scrutinize Reciprocal trade agreements with the i the hills and wooded areaa of thla sec- 1. (K. P.) are free trade with Kuss'.a "at their own rink Thin nieiiriH. siociir din to ifovernment icntcnary of the officials that while no restrictions will HeniT Cabot Lodge was the orator and ,i,lie house hope of sighting the missing FIRST BALLOT DECLARES F -a:. BAN FKANCIKCO, Dec. 21. !.) SihiiI Murphy, flint of the o called Howard street gang to be tried for assiiiiltlng Jessie Montgomery and Jean Hlanley were convicted by ihe iurr ail.. their first ballot late bo4 - iivhk . "-' - SUCCESSOR TO MURDERED COMMITTEEMAN IS ASKED OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Dec. 21. (A. P.) Jamea A. Hunis of Wag oner, republican state chairman, wus recommended by the republican state central committee lute yesterday to aucced tho late Jake L. Hamon of Ardmore aa national committeeman from Oklahoma. The recommendati on was made on the first ballot. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow of the mil lionaire oil man receiving 27 votes and Mr. Hurrls 49. WAGES OF WAITERS IN CHICAGO ARE SLICED CHICAGO, Dec. 21. d". l A 20 percent reduction In the wages of waiters was nnnounred here today in one lurgo hotel. The wages, which had risen to $o a month, with hoard, aro reduced to 70 with beard. Th( pro war figure wm 50 with board. Poor business and declining prices of meals are the reasons given for the cut. WILKESHAHUB, Pa.. Dec. 21. (IT. P.) The entire plant and nppi.r.i- tun of the Stogmaler mewing com pany was seized by the I'nlted States government today for alleged viola tion of the Volstead Ret. The action is said to Involve the payment of n huge fine for putting out beer having an alcoholic content greater than Un law allows. , Henry Wlleeen, of Echo; suffered a broken collarbone and Mrs. Wlleeen was bruised and burned by acid from a battery when their auto overturned near It let h Saturday night. Four of their children, riding In the roar soul t the cur, were bruised but not badly hurt. Mr. Wlleeen is at the home of his falher-ln-law, J. P. Itohde, on Logan brokers: street, recovering from' his injuries. Mrs. Wlleeen and tho children, after having their Injuries attended to, went to their home near Echo Sunday. Blinded by the bright lights of an auto headed for Pendleton, Mr. Wll eeen piloted his cur too far to the right of the road and ran Into a ditch. The o:r turned over and the occupants were pinned beneath it. Their calls at tracted men from Itieth who lifted the car and allowed them to lw remover) The tup and windshield were detnul islie but the car Is otherwise little dam aged. Mrs. Wlleeeirs clothes fell lo pieces where the strong sulphuric.- acid uto Into them. Her arms were pain fully burned by the action of tho acid on the flesh. No clue as to the iden tity of the driver of the other car was July obtained by the injured family I ec. M.y July Dec. May be placed on trade w ith the Soviets, I ir-P resident-elect Coolldce also 'cnoias ijingworm, a memoer or tne neither will any aid be given it o su1) 'P"ke. Tho poem "12.l2u" waiwa's aml meahs committee. Such an trade and that any American who suf-ile:l 'V Dean Lebaron K. iiriggs. of agreement, he said, should be a part fern losses or confiscation of h: goods ' HarvarU I'nlverslty. "f the revision of tariff laws, which will get no help from this government. ! PV'"!Uh Itock. the boulder which lne '8tlmtlled could be made high This last restriction by the govern-! waH ,he stfppirig stone of the Pilgrims enough to raise S3S0. 000,000 more . i tu from an tilil u-nrhl of imruam I,,,. .. :than the rirespnt custom. rpcefnts. or treasury department announced that !"' rld of civil liberty and religious h'"" TO0 000.000. Lii.rf ,7Ur.th. -7an Wr fUIa tho export of gold and currency and foci 1, underwent another change' The reciprocal trade agreements he ,?J..mr " . ", "i ot tand dealings tn-exchjnge would be permit- ' veslerday. In the course of transfer ; Proposed would give the allies advan ted, i jfrom its ied .f many years under a i 'ages over others since the Ameri- , . , icunopy now reinoved. It. was split in can markets in exchange for similar itwo. The break was a renewal of an concessions granted the United States 'ni "l(l "ne 'hat had been mended wltji abroad, Longworlh pointed out. tion in balloon, PERRY GESTSNEW I ; republican leaders in the hiiue and senate can aim-over a wayoui o? the tangle Into which the decision to pass an embargo tariff bill as i jmrtef measure for the farmers has U-4 thmi. The farmers alone have refrained from attacking the bill since Its Intro duction. It will come to debate -Wednesday assailed by producers and man ufacturers whom It oes not protect and facing opposition from boh renubll- jcan and democrats In the house and rciiwic, anu iwj ctrrtaill la llic veto VI President Wilson' If It should pass. Congressional' oouonents of thn bill declare It wouil leave farmers and manufacturers free to charge as much as they could get because there would be no foreign competition in. their commodities. The hill also created great clamor among manufacturers whose goods are not included,. II .r 'cement. The rock will present a unit i tace again jvnen It is cemented and i restored to Its 'original base at the wa-i line on the harbor shore, to whlc' will be lowered from its position of I recent years. I I - The accident of yesterday recalled ' 'o historians the fact that when tin I Wheat drop)-d in price today. Df- ,rnik f,rM ,.l;Ui-red In. 1775 it was .-ember grain clos ng at $1. l-l.IH,ltMd , , a rle!lt ,)f the H. ' March nt $l2 3- and May at ',,,., )h(l ,,,, s frm ,.,,, ' Last night Plymouth rock was tin- der a police guard. Souvenir hunters CLOSING ATS1.68 l-2x WEALTHY CH1CAG0ANS HIRE 01 DETECMS Dec. .Mur.h .May Dec. May HEALTH SEAL SALE Op,n. 1.7 l.Glli 1.61 .6!! 'i .74 .74 H .4 7H .IS1, .1S AVlicaf.. High.-. had been early on th cceiie and the , TOKIO. Dec .21. (!'. P.) A com j bined earthquake and typhoon has (wreckeil most of the buildings on the I island nf Yap, nccordinar to t.ti 1.61 I. 1.71 1 1 6:"i torn, .72 1, .76 .77 Outs. .4 .50 H .411 I DC. l.SsVi 1.58 1.4:04 1.40 Ilurk''. ,73i .71 'V -4TU .4 9 ,4S s C'l; 1.6 1.62 LOS1, .71 .7 4 Ti .75 .4 7'i .49H .4S 1.56 H 1.40 .6S .71 1 . ft . ... . - . I ! . ; , 1 1 . u" i H I"'" rr"m : i.K-aj er a.lvkts reut-hmg-lier ythi- ruc-t-wrt e pr(V"Wd. A woman j I who lid come here from New Jersey) ruther toilay. the exercise and who carried a nr.flCDC Attn TCVTII C i-niull hammer with which to obtain a ' 1 ! lull of rock was forced to be content! WORKERS COME IN FOR jwun a piece ofThe ehulo on which the ji-i ck as rested. ... I j in I'matilla, Morrow and Gilliam coun ties during the past season at a 01st ot slightly more than three cents on acre, according to the annual report filed with the state engineer tolay by Aubrey R. Perry of Pendleton, district water master, who estimate the value of the crops produced on this acreage at J4.0UO,0(.0. Perry's report covers the d stribu-1 ' " tion of water from the Umatilla river! and its tributaries. Butter creek. Wal-' CHICAGO. Deo. 21. ( tV P.i In Ua Walla river and numerous spring art effort tr) combat the crime Wave 01-ancnes in tne eastern part or Lma- ""hus viulhsu, -pfanu; vniAen tllla county. have employed private detectives to The report Includes the recomnien- Suard their homes. r . dation that a new district be carved I " ' out of the present district to include HTrU ...w Kt.vii puiivuiiuinj ailUCIJ IDI Krecwater. It is also " recommended that tlielaw fixing the pay of deputy I watermasters at 4 per day be so am (ended as to allow additional compen jeation and necessary traveling expens B1IMM3T . . IS APPROVED BY 22 REDUCTION OF WAGESl i POHTLAND. Dec. 21. (A. P.) The board of directors of the Ixiyal Legion of Loggers and -Lumbermen for Oregon today voted an SO cents cut in the minimum w-age of ' work men of the legion. The new mini mum is $3.60 a day. Eight hundred dollars has been retted from the sale of Christmas lliralth Seals In Umatilla county un-J $1000 worth urc In the hands of com mittee, workers at present, according to ACrs. ltlerbert Thompson, count chaiiman. Washington school, which bought seals to the amount of $54.23, is the banner school in the campaign. Mary Hampton and Mildred Matthews, Washington pupils, each sold over J10 worth. Hawthorne pupils bought $26 worth and Lincoln $15. Mrs. Mary Dsosway has sold $2S.S3 h-.iiIi iimlitr Urn iiiwnleii of the (-nr- rcnt Literature club w hich has collect- ( cil $6t. Tho Thursday Afternoon Club was responsible for tho sale of $45 worth. Pilot Hock, the first outside-town to leport, sent in $63 yesterday. Of this sum, $58 was for a health bond sold In Pilot Bock. Dec. Ma" Foreign Exchange. London. 3.52 ,j -3.56. Paris, .0600. Berlin. .01411.01371.1 Vienna, .0027. ' . 1 tonic. .0352. Belgium, .0631. Seattle. 1 rod winter. 1.56. 1 hard white. 1.60. 1 soft white, 1.60. 1 white club, 1.60. 1 white club, 1.60. 1 hard winter, not quoted any more 1 Nor. spring. 1.56. 1 red Walla, not quoted any more. Portland. Hard white, 1.60, Soft. I 53. Club, 1.55. Hurd winter, 1.50. Nor. Spring 1.5". lied Walla, 1.4 7. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 21. , Textile Workers Pay Cut Six new city officials took the oath ot ! PHILADELPHIA. Pec. 21. (A. H) office here Monday afternoon. They, -The wages of 200.000 textile work-. 1 pile: Mayor Ben V. Hill, Commission-.! jers Grova C'ookerly and W. Craig Fer- j iguson, Chief of Police Fred iloecker. j ICity Detective Earl K. Mclnroe, and1 'City Attorney J. P. Neal. The last jthree are appointive positions and ;were confirmed by the city commission following its Inauguration into office. Flre Chief William Metz, veteran of iihe local force, Wfis retained by Mayor Hill . Mr. H'.ll was formerly a resident Pendleton, having been manager tin' t'l-eon Lumber Co. here. era here are to be reduced from 10 to 30 per cent. BILL ALLOWING GRACE I ON TAX PAYMENTS IS I . WITHDRAWN AS UNWISE KHAILIS lt.ESIC.XH IX (lllKHfl-i ATHENS. Dec. 21. C. P. ) Pre mier Hhallls today submitted the res ignation of the Greek cabinet to King Constuntlne. The latter lirued the fnlnisters to retain their office until tho convocation of parliament. i I WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. U. P.I Fi'.vorablo action recently taken on a hill tillovvir.tf 50 days' grace in income George 'UK paymen's due December 15 was withdrawn today by the house ways niniitteo. Members said Church IMate Admitted, The estate- of the lute I'hurcli was admitted to probate to- diiv mid Geoiuo T. Tulbert appointed and means administrator. II. L, Frazier, J. F. that the bill is dangerous and that the Cradlck and W. C. Wado were up- committee made u mistake in report pointed appraisers. '"g it. - . SAN FP.ANCISL'O, Dec. 21. (U. V. Ed (K. O.) Kruvosky, heavyweight pugilist, went on trial here today us the second of the so-called Howard Street gangsters to face court. Kruvos ky was plainly nervous and fighting to cover his emotions when brought Into court. His mother and sisters an among the spectators. WASHINGTON. Dec 21. L P.) Tax burdens on business is one of the principal causes of the present de pression. Otto H. Kahn. New York fi nancier, told the house ways and means committee today, Kahn declared the excess profits tax must go. "In theory It is good," he said, "but in actual operation in every country it causes such interference! with commerce that its disadvantages outweigh Its theoretical advantages. Something like the present financial tand business troubles necessarily had to follow the devastating war and equally devastating peace, in its eco nomic aspects, but our tax system of the past three years did much to bring 'the conditions we now have. Durinjr the last three years there has been an Intolerable strain by taxation on but-iness. and this has caused a scramble for funds, mounting debts nd finally a collapse of values, iu luding agricultural values. I GENEVA, Dec. 21. tA. P.), I Twenty two nations yesterday .. Signed jthe protocol giving executive apwov. al to the league plan for an Internitt jtional court of Justice. Four countries I Portugal. Switzerland, Denmark ; and Salvador, agreed to compulsory . arbi tration. When the parliaments of the signatory nations ratify the protocol, the court' will . Immediately become operative.' " . " . -; : Inasmuch as the majority of th nations which signed, did so only af-. ter consultation 'with the govern ments and parties, the league officH als believe that the approval of th parliaments spon will follow. ;! Grow l-'Mntr Pmhufcil. The estate of Hie late Charles Grove was admitted to probate today nnd J. TV Brown Issued letters of adminis tration. J. E. Ireland. E. F. Glattun and L. M. Bullock were appointed to appraise It. U.S. SECRETARY LANDS LONDON. Dec. 21. lU. P.) Brlt an Is fully considering the question of discussing naval building plans with the United States and Japan before de ciding on her building program, Lloyd George announced In the house of commons. He said such a dlscusxion would he with a view to possible re duction of expenditures, so far us would be consistent with national safety. MASKED SO CROOKS CAN'T "SPOT" THEM WITH 132 POLISH WAIFS SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 21. A. P. With 132 polish war orphans, the liner Suwa Maru arrU'ed here today. The waifs are bound for Chicago where they will be taken care ot ty relief committees. Depresentatlveb' j committees from Chicago met the Un jer at Victoria yesteiday and will escort i the children to their destinatloa. Tha I youngsters em narked at Toklo where it hey were assembled from poinu la i Siberia. - . ; c T( El HlO DB JANIEUO, Dec. 21. (A. p.) Balnbrldge Colby, Amurican sec retary of state, arrived here abroad ' the battleship Florida today. SIMPS N.Y. OFFICE: mm NEW YOKE. Dec. 21. tU. P.i The mass of Christmas mall being handled today has reached such pro portions that scores of brunch postof flces have been opened In school build ings, officials estimated it to be from 35 to 60 per cent greater than lust year, . Thousands of additional clerks and hundreds of auxiliary motor trucks were pressed Into service. Tho malls between hero and Europe aro said to e tlio v s'o' A a hlMtf- d kr i U 4 ft a v rnnnj lrffJ MAUION, Dec. 21. (A. p.).n other member of the Irrecomilable camp of the senate. Miles Poimlextcr, of Washington, was called today into Say lie-hand Is Moonshiner Arthur J. Gulllford, of Echo, iiittn factures whiskey in their hone, har bor bottleggers there and has -Jfre-quentiy threatened to kill her. Verne Elizabeth Gulllford alleges in her1 com t for divorce, filed lit circuit court today. She also alleges other cruel lesand asks that she be given the ciw- . ' u liu ucna Llltkt,. I'C KICII kill.: Ul9 President-elect Harding's consulta-, ,0(iy ot their two little children. F1fy, .tion for a world peace association. jd"llars a month for the support of the 1 'children, court costs and attorney fees I WOl'I.O AI.TFJt TAX LAWS. ure asked by the plaintiff. J. B. Perry I WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (A. P.) I represents her. Business must have a revision of lax i - i laws If it Is to continue u health growth. Otto Kahn, New Y'ork bank er, told the house ways and means committee today. He declared for continuation of income surtaxes. Weather Kcported by Major Lee MoorhoUJO, official weather observer. ,. i Maximum, 45. , Minimum. 20. 4 Kalnfall, 3 inches. In most American big cities black face-masks are now part of a detective's regular equipment. Don ning tho masks, the detectives go through the prison dully looking tor known crooks and learning the faces tne piuuicioi "c I'lii1- . ., of all tlio m I' niu-fs r ina'ks proM'il the crookH from Icai'iou; to "spot picture- wa Uken tn U ius-tks. oov of tho Unt m to adept the pUo. HONOLULU. Dec. 21. (V. P.i Formal charges of sedition and murder against 77 members of the Philippine constabulary were filled by the city prosecutor at Muniia. according to ad vices revolved here toda. The .charges: are the outgrowth of the Ma I'nlla riots of a few days ago In which 111 persons, including live Americans iWere. killed. ) The constabulary barrack have I been moved outside Uto city of Manila, the ad.vic.6 aaiii. 9 ' mwm mm Tvniiiht and j W e d n ewlajr I raiu or snow. I.