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!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 united pre DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Numbftr of copl printed of ypntonlny'g Th TA Oregohlsn U Fsstern Or, fron' sgrestest nwpp.r and a selling fore gives to the advents over twlen th guHrn(eHt id eir-u Intlon In Pendleton nmi Pmauils, muii ty of any other newspaper. 3,317 This paper In n member of nnd audited by tho Audit Bureau of Circulation. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB CITY OFFICIAL FIFO VOL. 83 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1920. NO. 6707 : J mww ill nmi I m " -I i II . ,. imm.. Jf I I fftT'JM , . , i jTSfS'T fl - - - - , , : jarx. - 1 RO I D OF POET BY HEAVY Rifle Shots Ring . From Crags and Promontories on Shores of Adriatic as Italian Regu lars Brace Resistance. GOVERNMENT BLOCKADES FIUME ON LAND AND SEA D'Annunzio Meets Order With New Declaration of War as ' Enemy Forces Concentrate About Outlaw's Coveted City TtOMB. Dee. 23 (U. r.) Rifle fire spat from cm and promontories uarrilnr tha F.astern shore or in? Adrlatlo today and rlvll strife between tha legionnaires of. Flume and the regular Italian army had begun Where government troops have quletl) yielded to the D'Annunslo troops pre viously, they braced today, employinff machlneguns and rifles to show mat they will not rive further ground. General Gavlglla, commanding the regular forces surrounding the port of Plume, put hl blockade order In effect and announced that no breaks In tlu Una will be permitted. D'Annunr.lo met the blockade order with another declaration of war and a proclamation forbidding the cltlxena to leave the city. It la Indicated that the governmeni haa finally Intended snueeslng the poet commander from hla occupation of the port. Hla troopa which occupleo Zara without opposition yesterday were driven out today with no consual tkea and the regulars began conscen tratlng In tho Flume territory. An en counter at Cellenge, ten mile from Flume, la said to have resulted In two deaths, and minor cuaualllea. Italian destroyers shelled D'An nunslo garrisons on Vcglla and smal ler Island. ' j MVS la Clamped t'DIN'B. Haly Hee. 23. f A. P.) Flume, tha stronghold of D'Anniinsln. 'la rang beselgedhy jegular Italian ' forces, "'' 'Flame Ittocksdcd LONDON. Dee, 83. (A. P Ital ian government force have blockaded Flume tend and sea. The situation became aerloua following D'Annunslos announcement that he would resist enforcement of the treaiy of Itapallou and declared he will fight until his de- j manda are met. Death la Penally. LONDON, Dec. 23. (A. P.) D'An nunsio today proclaimed that a stale of war exists between Flume and Italy. He forbid the population to leave the olty, says a Home dispatch. Anyone speaking against DAununslo la liable to be shot, the proclamation la reported to say. Dispatches aay that Italian govern ment troopa today began operations against Flume. Military works along the frontier have been raided and an Italian destroyer shelled D'Aununslo's batteries. RIVER KILLING THREE HOQITIAM, Dec. 23. A. P.) Three were killed and three were in jured today when an automobile stage went Into the Humptullpa river here from a bridge. All I-ogglng Employe. HOQl'IAM, Wash., Dec. 23, n two Imracrs were . killed -r- and four woodsmen seriously Injured to day when an auto stage i through the Hnake river bridge on the Humptullpa road, north of here. The machine dropped 20 feet Into the river. All occupants of the automo- bile were employes or iaa gtng Company and were loquiam. enroute to Tendleton will get Its first taste of Community Service organixatlon Mr leisure time development, within a i loieeram notifying the tem porary committee that an organizer Is . either December 27 or ,lved Wednesday afternoon R VI Tucker, oi .-- -.-here not more.than a -week ago. Is the man assigned to start t. wrt In Pen. j dleton. the wire said. He Is in tne vltuy now and will arrive next week The notice came from W. . long rn. in New York CUV. headquarters for Community Service. The invitation to send an nrwnher . -... .. made bv commit- t orn the Pendleton Commercial Association about a month ago. The t" lc. comes here without cost to the c.ndif it Is found desirable to .re tain, a lld community erv r, -v. rk r may then be employed by the city to carry on various activities such us fominunlty sing, playground work. flC . . BESIEGED RE GOVERNMENT TO FACE GROft&lClENCY IN FL J3 SAYS HOUSTON WISTFULLY PICTURES Yankee Santa, Opening Arms to Two Million Must Replace Walking Doll by Warm Flan, hels and Special Foods. LONDON, Dec. 23. (IT. P.I Hurupeun childhood Is wistfully pic turing the Christmas display In Ameri ca today. The yankee Simla Cluus Is doing his best to make ll a real Christ mas, but his visit to 3,040.000 children meant that he Is limited to distribut ing "practical" presents. Warm flannels and specls! foods have replaced the wslking doll and other resplendent gifts of the pre war days. The territory to be covered by the yankee Santa extended over most of Europe. He has heard the plea for help In 20 different languages. His chief agents are the American lted Cross and the organisation for the relief of destitute children headed by Hcrliert Hoover. In Austria, 40.000 war orphans will be treated to special foods and given warm clothing. Germany's 6,000 det titute children will be provided with delicacies such as they havo not seen In years. In Poland this Santa encountered some of his most despenile cases. Nine hundred thousand children- there are awaiting his arrivals. In France, the Americans will find plenty to do, al though there are cases less desperate. Practical gifts of the Americans wili find their way into Hpaln, Italy. Jugu Hlaviu, rxecho-Slovakla and Hungary wherever the American Hed cross as representatives who can distribute Ihem. , , HKIIMAN OFF IHMl UYHON.- XfcW fORK. Deo. 23. (A. P. ) Herman of New Orleans who lost the title as the world's bantamweight box ing champion last night to Joe I n h of New York, in a 15 rounds decision, left today for Iimlnn, where be If matched for a bout with Jimmy Wilde. BRITISH EMBASSY SENT E WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. (A. P.) The state department today Intervened in what threatened to be a controversy between the British embassy and the central committee Investigating cable communications. The action was re garded as a rebuke to the embassy which sent a letter to Committee Chairman Kellogg denying the testi mony of President Carlton of the Western Union, t'hut cable messages coming to the United States from Great Britain wore censored by the British authoritless. It Is regarded that the embassy's action was a breach of diplomatic courtesy. PORTLAND, Dec. 23. (U. P.) Hunted Walters was today found guilty by a Jury on the charge of first decree murder which automatically sentenoes him to death urn the scaffold. Walters, a deserter from Camp Lew is shot Pollcemnn Palmer the night of November 17, when the officer at tempted to arrest him as a holdup sus pect. UMAPIXi: F.XCKKDS QUOTA. Umapine Is over tho top and has subscribed more than $200 for Euro pean relief, It. E. Bean, telephoned In today. The local Baptist church has subscribed about $85 for the Pendle ton quota. YAKIMA Vhm EliECTS. YAKIMA, Wash., Dec 23. (A. P.) V. A. Duncan, vice-president and manager of the Yakima National bank, has been elected president of the Yakima commercial club. He ap pointed a committee to arrange for rais'ng funds In support of tho Ken- ' newlck-Pnseo bridge project. PORTLAND, Dee. 23. (A. P.) II listed A. Walters today was convict ed of murder in the first degree for tho klllling of Patrolman Jerome Pal mer on tho night of November 17, when the officer attempted to arrest Wt-lters and John Tllman for hold tips. Tilman was sent to the reforma- too-. because .he was only 17. deserted I rum Cutup Lewis. -3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (A. P.) Oross deficiency in national finances of S2.10il.ufi0.000 thla fiscal year and a II, too 000 total for the fiscal year was forecast today by Secretary Houston before the senato finance committee considering the soldiers' bonus bill. He said that federal finances are In such a shape that new revenue must be found and no new burdens added, j WAHIIINOTON. Dec. 23. (I '. p.) j Tim vnlvrnmnnl will kn h.n n... ! ' "... .mil, (Mil hi find enough revenue In the next few years to keep Its activities running and meet Its maturing r.lillr-jtl,.,,. Secretary of the Treasury Houston to Iday told the senate finance commlt Itoe. If new tax burdens are assumed the situation will become doubly seri ous, he said. Houston was asked to analyze the financial situation with reference to the proposal to pay soldiers a bonus of between 11,000,000,000 and 1 2,- 000,000,000. "With all the burdens that con- front us, It does not seem to ma that we ought to throw on the government further burdens," he said. Houston gave the committee a gra phic picture of Just what the treasury faces between now and the end of 1923. H said that In 1923 1800.000,. 000, In war savings certificates and 14 25,000,000 In victory notes and bonds will mature and must eith er be refunded or paid. In addition the cost of running the government must be met and the floating debt amounts to 12,300,000,000. "In brief," said Houston,' "we have to take care of 17.300,000,000 worth of obligations within the next two years In addition to financing the ordinary activities of our government At the same time, some sources of our revenue are gradually, drying up, notably the Income and excens profits taxes. We'll approach 1923 with a defclt of at least $500,000,000 at the present rate." ACT IN PHONE MR1NGS City Atllorney I-a flochc, of Port land, will cross examine the attorneys and engineer!! of the. Pacific Tele phone Ac Telegruph Co., on la-half of llio 'ily of Portland and .the otlxr communities of the state, including Pendleton, when hearing are resum ed lcforo tiie Public Service Commis sion next month on the petition of the company to raise phono toils in Ore gon for un average of So percent, James A. Fco, city attorney for Peu- dleton, Kuid this morning followiiiK his return from Portland where he represented Pendleton at tho hear ings. The officials of the corporation pre sented a large amount of data in the two days' hearings which appeared to establish their side of the case, Judge Fee reported. The service commis sion experts, however, will get to work on their own account and prove or disprove, to the satisfaction of the commission, whether the corporation Is entitled to ull it a.-ks for. fine request made by the corpora tion is to have a new valuation placed upon Its properties In Oregon. If litis Is done, with valuations at the peak now, the request for the 0 per cent Increase will mean a vastly ln creased revenue for the company. The hearing was put over indefinitely and the service commission Indicated that it will take the time to look thorough ly Into the matter before making a fi nal decision. More than a dozen city attorneys from over the state at tended the hearings and delegated to Mr. 1-a Roche thrlr proxy for the cross examinations. TORONTO, Dec. 23. (A. P.) Da vid Verrille and his wife, who claim Milwaukee as their home, today were sentenced to 30 days in jail on the charge of attempting to obtain money by alleged fraud from Mrs. Ambrose Small, wife of the theater owner who disappeared more than a yea rago. The couple promised, It is alleRed. to reveal the whereabouts of the missing man and to guarantee his return to Toronto before Christmas upon the payment of $1,000 by Mrs. Small. RUSSIAN KTKAMF.lt SOLD RAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23. (A, 1 The Russian steamer Rogtiay, storm center In dissension between Russian factious here, has been sold to the Perc Miiniuelte line anil wM! bo operated on Lake Michigan, it was announced here ti,lay. The Uogdity has been in Sfin Francisco bay since last January when she arrived flying the flag of tho Russian volunteer fleet. I'M MliFHS FIGHT INNOVATIONS. NEW YORK, Deo. 23. (A. P.) Attempts of soil pipe manufacturers of the country to prevent the use of Innovations In the plumbing business that would reduce the cost of build' Ing were revealed today In testimony and letters put In evidence bofore the Both joint legislative committee investigat ing the "building trust." CLARA S. HAMON AT DIRE TO RECEIVE CHARGE Alleged Murderer of Jake Ha mon, Oil King and Politician Spends Night at Home After Surrender at Juarez. SYMPATHY OF COUNTY IS WITH ACCUSED GIRL Officials and Attorneys Stage Mad Scramble to Advise and Defend Woman Who Denies She Fled After Crime. F.I, POSO, Dec. 23. (I.. P.) Clam I Pmilh H imon, charged with rhootlng (Jako tlamt n, oil king and politician, who. surrendered yesterday at Juarez to tho authorities, was brought here last night and taken to Ardtnore, Okla. today, where she will be arraigned on the charge of murder, fihe was allow ed to spend last' night at the home of her parents here, f After arranging her bonds in Ard more. Ill's Hamon w'ill return here to lie with bet parents until her trial wta rts His. 1'amon was turned over to Sheriff c.nrrett when she arrived here and greeted the official affectionately, as thv are friends of long standing. Carrett said that the sympathies of Carter County and of all Ardmore are with the accused girl. Arrangements have been made to get her two trunks sent to Kansas City whtn she fled after the shooting of Harmon. She told the official that the clothes she Is wearing are all she had r'lth her on her long flight. With the arrival of the woman here there was a mud scramble by the offi cials and attorneys for the right to advise un-1 defend her. It was indi cated th.it she will be plentifully gup plied with money with which to con duct her defense. Mrs. Hamon denied that she had fled from Ardmore after the ehooting. '.X ilrura. round town aaverul times dm Ing-the ijuy,"-she asserted.: The girl's father said that a friendly .Mexican family had cared for her daughter while she was in Mexico and guarded their estate so that no one cniil, find her. EOFFI INI (Knst Oresrinian Special.) UMAPINE, Dec. 23. The annual supper given by Hudson Bay Lodge No. 212 1. O. O. F. .will take place on Friday evening, December 31, at " o'clock. Kxtenslve preparations are under way to make this one of the most Biipecessfu events ever given by the local lodge, The following com mittees have been appointed: Table arrangements. E. Moore; reception, R. E. Bean, D. J. Kirk and Kyle McDan lel chairman: table committee T. O. Goodman, Ray Records, C. M. White, Ci. C. Custard, C. Y. Beale, R. U. Tash, James Wisenor, Glenn Montgomery, carving committee, R. E. Eean, Lane Hoon. Edgar Holm, J. H. Marshall, C. W. Records and R. E. Records. Invitations have been sent, to R. Alexander, and H. J. Taylor, past grand masters of the s'ate of Oregon; 8. F. Bowman, present grand warden; R. F. Klrkpatrlck. chief patriarch, and Earl A. Williams past chief patriarch, all of Tendleton, and Mrs. Frank Whetstone, grand warden of the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, and a number of prominent Oddfellows of Washington will attend this banquet. This supper always attracts much interest for the reason that it is given by the Oddfellows with their wives as guests or honor all the work of preo iration and scrvin gbe;n gdone by the men. The men i this year will con sist of roast goose sp.rmg chicken, scalloped potatoes .Boston baked beans potatoe salad, fruit salad, assort- j ed cake, pies, celery beart, delicious apples and coffee with country cream. I "vTOH AIRS PHOCRAM. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (A. P.) A sweeping reconstructive program for the next administration, to effect the return to "constitutional govern ment" was advocated today in an ad dress In the senate by Senator Fre linghuysen, republican, of New Jer sey. SENATE STARTS DELAY TACTICS ON TARIFF BILL WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (U. r.) : opponents of the emergency tariff bill today started tactics of delay against It in the senate even before passage ot the bill by the house had been official- ly announced. Senator Harrison start, d filibustering by demanding a roll (all of the senate soon as It met. Then Senator Thomas talked at length on dyestuffs. Immigration, the Columbian treaty and other subjects. When the Mil was laid before the senate, Harri son objected to the second reaaing. . ..a pn vuueu re.viiiut the measure tu the committee, I 'J,,'"' A , ' aw : ' 'i)?'';;:sA.;: u. '-'. ' 1,'V r'1 " - ' . f r . f 1 - f . 4 i s ,t , , f , r i . :m ..ffn Herbert Hoover told President-elect Harding very frankly, when he went to Marion, on invitation, to discuss national and international questions with the l.'itt?r that he thought the United Stales should enter the League of Nations If necesfary safeguards could be provided. Men close to Harding think Hoover will be offered a place in the cabinet, most likely the post of secretary of com merce. Picture shows (left ). Hoover, fright) Harding ' JO 14 Wheat made an advance today both on the opening price and yesterday's market. Decern bur wheat which open ed at J.f!75t closed at fl.Toli, as contrasted with yesterday's closing price of $1.66. March wheat opened at $1.63 und closed at $1.66 1-S, a gain over yesterday's closing price of $1.61. while May wheat closed at $1.62 3-8 after opening at $1.59 the closing price yesterday having been $1.57 3-S. Following are the quotations from Overbeck & Cooke, local brokers: Wheat Open High Iiw Close Dec. 1.674 1.71 1.67 , 1.70 Mar. 1.63 1.67 1.63 i 1.66 4 May 1.59 '4 1.63 H 1.69 Ss Corn Dec. .70 .72 .704 .71 May .73 .75 (, .73 -T5 - July .74 .76 Hi 1 .74 .75 4 v - , . ' ,s Oats Dec. .47 .47 '4 ,47s May .4AH .49 .491 ,49, July ,484 .4S ' .4S14 .48 Rye ' , . Dec. ' ' .69 May ' .71 Rarleji , Dec. 1.60 4 1.58 M 1-59 May 1.43 1.41H 1.42 Foreign Kxcliangp London, 3.55 4. New York call money 7 percent. tFrom Overbeck & Cooke Co.) Portland Cash. Hard white, blank. Soft 1.55. Club, 1.65. Red Walla, 1.47. Scntt'e Cash 1 Red Winter, 1.57 bid. 1 Hard White, 1.60. Sort White 1.60. 1 White Club, 1.60 1 Hard Winter. 1.57. 1 N. Spring, 1.57. Hard winter, 1.57. CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Wheat opened snarpiy nigner on ruying inoiieeu oj the prospective adoption of leaislative measure to eliminate the enr.tpctilton of foreign wheat in this country, and the absence of selling the advice was fully maintained. The Improved tone in the New York security market also was strong as did the British Com mission return In the mark, t. Coinci dent the report of large amounts hav- j ing been taken for exports lute yester-1 . day and again today as an offset to! WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (A. P.) the large foreign buying south-Vest Physicians who are attending Senator points reported having selling of chamberlain of Oregon who has been wheat by country and the expectation in a hospital this week suffering from of a material increase in receipts after prostatic trouble today decided to ope the first. In our opinion the adverse rate on him tomorrow or Saturday, financial situation must manifest itself j and such upturn based on day l day Improvement of constructive nature are not likely to prove permanent. DOHA. SHF. FATS Mi l). SEATTLE. Dee. 23. (A. P. ) The j little steamer Dora, known as the I "Bulldog of the North Pacific" Is! auround on the east shore of Vancon- ver Island, according to word brought i here last evening by Captain Oscar holy office today issued a decree that Anderson of the steamship Admiral .Catholic bishops watch "an organiza Rodman, which picked up ten mem-jtion w hich, while professing, absolute hers of the Dora's crew. After being freedom of thought In religious mat backed off the rocks the Dora was ters instills indlfferntism and apos found lo be leaking badlv and was run tncy to the Catholic religion In the ashore on a sandv beach but, accord- minds of Its adherents." Ing to Captain Andcrvon, is In a pre - carious position. HOOVER AT MARION. TEXAS SEIZED L FORT WORTH. Texas Dec. 23. (A P.) Top Vickers. white man held n 8 charge of niui-derlm: Jeff Couch, policeman, Monday tiicht, was taken from the Jail here sh'.rlly after mid night by a mob and hanged. After Vickery was suspended in mid air. the mob fired several shots Into his body and then dispersed. The Jailer was overpowered by 25 masked men who .l.-..e.t ih .,ri, i.i. . loaded him into on automobile and drove to the vicinity of Samuels Ave nue bridge, where they parked their cars-sn that the headlights Illuminated a Hackberry tree on which he was hanged. The lynching was so quietly conducted that the majority of the sleeping city was unaware of what was going on. .. .. Vickery was arrested Monday night after killing Policeman Cough at a ga rage. Police had received a report that Vickery, who was a service car driver, while intoxicated, had shot a man and they sent Couch to arrest him. Vickery shot Couch, who died Instantly. Vickery was under bond tor killing another man. AT PORTLAND UPHELD ! PORTLAND, Dec 23. (A. P.) Ft. i P. Butchart and Clark Moore, former salcsnianager of the Oregon Portland j Cement company, were convicted on two counts In the federal court here 'today on indictments charging them ! with violation of the anti-trust laws, j Thirty days were allowed them to file ,a motion for a new trial. They had ! been twice on trial, the first Jury ! having disagreed. j The indictment charged that,- the I men as officers of the comriany had : entered into an agreement w ith the other cement manufacturers along the I const under which the territory in j Oregon was divided and monopolized, jfrom July, 1914. until the indictment waR returned T ACTIVITY OF Y. M. C. A. ROME. Dee. 23. A. P.) The 1 Tho decree mcnuous tne young ilea's . hiiuau AteocuUou. Ti'o mouse IIS SNUFFED OUT BV QUE Isolated Province of Kan-Su Swept by Destruction as ' Earth Tremors Wreck Tnwn and Surrounding Villages. . 'i - SHOCKS ARE CONTINUING, ' LAST WORD TO SHANGHAI Rescue Work is Carried - Out With Difficulty in Rugged District, Already Visited bv Grim Starvation TJis'aster.'' . SHANCHAf. Dec 23. L. !. Two thousand lives have been lost In an earthquake in the isolated province of Kan-su, according to report! her Peng Liang and several surrounding today. The shocks were still contin uing at last reports. The town of Peng Liang and several surrounding villages are wrecked. Rescue work Is being carried out with great difficulty due to Isolation of the provinces and its extreme rug gedness. Kan-Su is also in the fam-it.-i district. RKET ROAD RIND IS ABOVE 1-MILL FIGURE Umatilla county will be obliged to transfer about $4770 from the general roads and highways fund to the mar ket road fund if it is to receive the full amount. due it from the state un. der the provisions of the law which require the county to match, dollar for dollar, the state's allotment. County Judge C. H. Marsh said todav He was working with the county tax levy to satisfy himself that this amount can be transferred without adding any thing to the total to he-rsiei in thf county. ' The law says that the county shall levy one mill for the market roads fund and this would give Umatilla, county J7.94.6s on this years as- , sessed valuation. The state reached 'mat ilia county's share on a different 'aluation. however .and then nriri.i I, .,,. J valuation, how. about $18,000 which is the county's share of the aurplua raised in Mult nomah county. Thus the total to be given by, the state reached J6J.465.43. The county now must shave the baU" ance off the general road fund to add to its one-mill levy in order to match the state's $62,465.43. LITTLE RELIEF IS SEEN HIGH RENTS WASHINGTON. Def :rrt' jrr Little, if any relief is In sight from ex orbitant rents and high prices of dwellings resulting from the nation wide housing shortage, it is shown in the federal reserve board bulletin to. day. It gave a country-wide nrv of I the building situation in a series of re ports from all the important districts of the country-. Despite cuts of from 25 to 40 per cent in the prices of lum-. ber and building materials,' there l'"so far no evidence of a revival of activity In the lumber industry.- the bulletin showed. : This. means continuance of " crowded and sometimes unsanitary dwelling conditions throughout the country-, it concluded. LL ' IRK DISCONTINUED BISMARCK. N. D., Dee. 23. (A. P-) The state industrial commission today decided to discontinue work on ihe state mill and elevator building at Grand Forks until further funds can be obtained through the sale of bonds. Weather Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse official weather observer. , . Maximum, 3. Minimum. 19. Barometer, 29.47. ; 1 mm Tonight and Frldur ; prob ably snow. , . it i f