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m DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of cnplrv prlnti d of ypfltorday Th Kant Orp(rn!nn in r;.trn fr fljnn' afrAtrat nennH'r hh-I mm ft nulling forc Ktm ( th flvriMf cvr iwirm thft Hiiritiit'rt) crru Intinn in t'rmtletnn Mnrl 1'matillft coun ty of any other newnimper, , ijii 1 1 y 3,381 Thin paper Jn n member of nml audited by tho Audit JUuriau of Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPE2 VOL. 82 DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 25, 1020. NO. 0708 C!1ST18,I920 SEES EUROPE IN KG MOODS Third Year Since Surrender of Germans Finds Almost Uni- . versal Desire for National Disarmament to End Wars. RUSSIANS LACK MEANS FOR ANY QELEBRATION Italy's Recovery Has Been Weak, and France and Brit ain Doubt But Greece and Germany Today Rejoicing. NEW YOHK, Dec. !5. (I)y J. W. T, Muwin, t', P. staff Correspondent.) The third Christmas since the sur render of Germany finds the European nations mill In belligerent mood, but gradually returning to normal condi tion. A desire for limitation of arm ament, which has especially marked thla Christmas In Krltaln la the most pronounced Jitirn that Europe la getting back to pro-war conditions. France liaa not ahown as much Interest In the movement aa might be dealrable. Hut thla la becuuae tlie French people are allll troubled ly fear of a revival of Herman militarism, Anglo-French relatlona are moro trained thla Christmas than they have been for yeara. Future ambitions are the can ae. Franco Mania t(i secure overseas Influence out of the war equaling the tlrttUh gain, Italy Hrvorrrs Monly Italian recovery from effecia of the war la the wenkeat among the allies. Italy' financial situation Dili, Christ ina la disquieting. Government ex penses are not being met by taxation, and there aeema no present nay where, by enough new taxea can be Imposca without threatening consequences. tScrmany has to celebrate .11 happy Christmas, boring the past year world opinion haa unmistakably nwcrv ed to a point of view tint the German people mual be helped 10 their feet aa an economic policy of benefit to the world at large. Ituteriaii Cannot t'clclirnlo Th IliiaHtuna Wimt ri'ldbrat,. Ciirlct mna ajt they lime nothing with wliicn tn plelimli, If Till. I. 11... f..iii-IK 'i..iu,... .... , ii i nrlKtmus season for the bolHhcvlxi. ! . . Huch auceeedlng one has been wnrxe than II. t,r.rire.nr IMI ll. hnlah... ' vlkl have al leant cnnvlneed the allies of the iiaclcKsnesa of trying to fight bnlshevlsm by warring upon It from nit hout. Of all the European nations, Greece will have the happiest Christmas cele bration. The return of Constantino to Athena after the plebiacito In his favor makes him the only king In the world who holds hla throne by a direct Vole of the people. STURDY DORA SINKS UNDER PACIFIC WATERS SKATTLK, Dec. S3. (A. P.) The little wooden manner Dora which vtruck a rock on Noble island Mon day and wus beached on the east shore of Vancouver Island, lies at the bot tom of 43 feet of water, wrecked In almost calm weather ufter 40 years of service on tho Alaska const In which her many battles with the storms of the north ecus gave her (ho name of "Bulldog; of the North Pacific." A message received here lust night from Vancouver, B. C, said the little voesel had slipped off the beach and wus a total loss. ONE BAD CHECK GETS BY BUT SEC'OND LANDS ARTIST ON SNAG AND BEHIND BARS Edgar Fltxpatrlck passed a worth ies check for H on the St. Ueorgo hotel Friduy afternoon under the muno of Ueorgo Walker but when he offered another, for (12, a few minutes later, to Charles 12. Ilund, he run into a snag that landed him in the city jail shortly ttttir. This morning ho was turned over to tho county officials to bo held on a charge of forgery. Fltxpatrlck, bearing a book of re ceipts and some envelopes indicating that ho lius been soliciting subscrip tions for the "BUu-s and Stripes," a newspaper published for former ser vice men, was en route to Boise, Idaho He came from Lewiston, where, to all Indications, ho had been arrested und ordered to leave town. Pomc an liallroad Worker The man posed aa a railroad worker -when he offored a oheck to tho hotel i after banking: hours. He was given tho 10 obtained from his first worth the money but a call was sent to the ; less check were found on Fltiputrick. Amerlcun National Hank, on whose 'In u hit of newspaper he also canted counter check he wrote, and word was some yen slice, by product of opium. tlven that no account In tho name the namo of Georgo Walker was on their madc froin an eye dropper. Ibooks. Mr. llond also did some I A handkerchief in his pocket bore sleuthing before cashing tho chock an Initial 1 and on the hem was writ proffered and he furnished tho des- ton the name J. K. Newberry. These i.riptlon to the police. - 'nail other articles found on FiUputrlek A -letter wrllten at Lewiston by are to be used In tracing his record. FlUpatrlck to a friend named "Lou" at Granite Creek, Idaho, wus taken ' from him when searched, It Indicated t;key KEEPS k WARDING flAR OFF ASV. ..ATI0.N TODAY MAR I UN, I'ec. 25. (U. P.) President-elect and Mr, llurd- Ing tried hard todiiy to make thla an old fifahioned Chrialinua, but they could not excape the fact thut they were In the limelight, t l'reaenla were aent from every corner of the Uiilled Ktutea. re- menibriincea of u great variety and ua inyaleiioiia looking ua any child ever received . Chrlxtmiia pluua of the preaident- elect provided for a day of real. The auvorv odor of turkey kept the senuloi'H mind from thought of hla uxHocUtlona of nutiona plan and the cabinet . I'uckascs (Ipinol Toduy. MAItlON, Dec. I!5. (A. P.) It la a real Chrlatniaa today ut the home of President-elect and Mra. Harding. lminedluteU' aft- ,er bi-.eakfaat Senalnr ,,and, Mrs., nuruing peunn to necu. at. wimt 1 t-'uiila. t'llaua had been aenflimr them for the laat two week. There were hundreds of . gifta. ranging from cisuiettea to leor- gia ''poMmimn," 'ot a Mingle present wus opined until thla morning. Driving an auto while Intoxicated yeaterdny coat Philip Xarkaua juat ltd Friday afternoon when lie waa taken oefcre Justice of the Peace T. A. I.enallcn at Adituia, by Traffic Of ficer William l.yday. Ho charged Narkt(UH with barely mlaslng several women while driving bis car on the local alreeta. There were three counts against the man, and lie was fined on each. The fine for driving while Intoxicated win. IKIfl. He was fined an additional 2J for having license plates on the cur which were Issued to another machine. For driving without a elate operator's license he was fined 15. The balance was made up In costs,. I r.UlTY TO VISIT MKXKU SAN FltANCISCO, Dec. 25, (A. P.) A flrat clars electrically llghteii .train with all modern facilities uml j comforts lias licen cluirtond for i number of members of Hie Chambei ! of Commerce- and their families who I leave here January 8, l!i2l, to visi' f " "i 1" l " made to cslMblish a i loer commia-- , , . , ... t. . Cliil and soriul re ut onsb p. to ta'n K , ,r . ,. ,. V. ' ....... "m..u.. ..a,...i.s cmi party expects to spend Unco weeks It: Mexico. DIRIGIBLE AIR LINE FROM PORTLAND TO ALASKA IS PLAN FOR NEXT SUMMER SPOKANK. Dec. 25. (A. P.) Plan for dirigible air service be tween Spokane. Heattle, Portland and Juneau, Alaska .are under wuy and It is expected the first 'dirigible will be operated between Spokane und Se attle next summer, accoiMing- to In formation Riven out here by t). A. Cumpbcll of the Harvcy-t'nmpbcll aircraft corporation, Mr. Campbell said the company plans to have 1 plunes In the service and declared the trip from Spokane to Seattle would be made in ubout five hour. From Scuttle to Juneau, he said, ubout 16 hours would be required. t.wdwapi-, ;.i!i.r.K in:s PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2.1. (A. P.l Joseph Meehan. tit), a veteran nur S"rinnn and prolific writer on horti cultural and landscape j topics, died vesterdsv. that PiUputrlck has a wife in a state Institution at Oroflno, Idaho, whom he is seeking to have released. He wan en route to Boise on this mission, he Indicated. Joins t.auic nml Ijikch lNike At Lewiston he won $ir.o in a poker game ono night so us to have JH'O to pay an attorney who was to get his wifo released, he said In the letter. When he went to see the lawyer next day ho 'was out and that night Fitz Patrick got Into unother poker game und lost his poke. He got Into n fight at lewiston with a man named Attcrbury, his letter said, and from his account of it he nindo short work of hla victim. He was arrested there, ho wrote, but vu released because of lack of evidence to convict and was ordered out of town. Heven dollars and eighty cents of I Ho had an Improvised hypodermic set He Indicated to the chief of police last nlghtJ that he wanted to get in toticli with relatives and square his accounts. SAVORY OP' t m m ; -i dip im SANTA. IN PLANE, CUTS DID0S IN AIR ABOVE j GAZE OF N. Y. KIDDIES! ItllKSICWfiOli. N. J.. Dec. 25. (A. P.lSunta 1im;s came oul of the cIoh.Im Mint circt.-t row before srnllcfi tnindreils of children who coulil see ibe pink of his cheeks anil the whirl or his wlik-kii-s oh bis airplane cm didoes" ill the air y.-Klvr.luy. Then he dropped dolls and to.is to them which floated down to eaiih in miniature parachutes. Santu Clans' trip was arranged by the Christmas Tree associa tion of llldgewoed. TUIBSTE, Doc. 2.1. Tin; city of Ft ii me Is completely isolated today a the result of a conflict between Gab rielle D'AnmiDXIo nd the Italian k ernment over the treaty of KapaMo. Al! roads und paths to Flume are eluded and heavily Kitardt'd by regular troops. The he'ghts are guarded by carabinerw, lloyul guards formed a cordon around the city except for the brief sea space. Trenches were dug" at many points and barbed wire was set up, closing !! the roads. AN TACO.YIA. Wash.. Dec. 2!. (A. P.) Kcsidcnts of Tacoina this year al most abandoned the role of Santa Claus. which for several , Christmas seasons they have been flavins to relatives and friends in Kut-ope. ac cording to post office officials. There has been no repetition of tho heavy rail shipments of - 191S and - 1 1 1 1 Fully one half , of the packages cent from here were addressed t, Germany. Many contained food and in addition to the addresses bore the direction. "If undelivered, for the poor." Tn m i miiTm cTATrc TO ALL UNITED STATES TACOMAII Wash., Dec. '.'5. The demand for Christmas trees Is so ex tended, that a regular business Ims been built up here ln supplying them to all parts of the nation. It is esti mated that Sf.n.ono fir trees, ranging in size from two feet high to he used as table ornaments to largo trees to feet tall, have been shipped from here for Christmas festivities. line local company shipped 20 carii loads of trees, some of them going In- to sections wncre fir trees abound but I ucro i ne niisuoas tree tnisiness has not been developed. Most of them j went to the Middle West. Some were , ninnrn uinr oiiiito i BHKDtUniKtonUld FiUME FROM WORLD .-em w rmuiiKiiui. Honolulu anil evciijh!,,, in hours to make the trip una to South America. ' half an hour longer coming out. LET JOY BE UNCONFINED i i nl in. n. ..... ... m in now m Woman Suspected of Empire Builder's Murder Muses in Lawyer's Office Over Events of Year Ago in Ardmore. KiillT WOltTH, Tex., Dec. S3, (V. ) "Liist Christmas was inordinate! happy. o happy I whs afraid," said Clara Smith Hamon, who is resting here until ihe returns to Ardmore. Okla., to face tho charge of slaying lake L. . Hamon, empire hullder and miracle man. "The blue birds of hap pincKs wont always flutter about, she continued .s she t in an easy chair In a law office here today. ' "The I wings of the harbingers of Joe arc I I broken now, 1 know. What was I do- liam Homier, slleiriiiy they eonsnired j lug this time last Christmas?" she re- j to prearrange the decision, of the Pacl ; pealed. She seemed to forset she hadj'.c i oat League baseball garges, wert j a, listener and went on as though talk- j uuashed by Judge Willis in the super -' inir to her self. "Mr. Hamon wa ior court Friday. He held the indict- j deeply en'4ro?:ed in politics a year iKo. He had hcvn gradually working his wuy up among the potters that be In the political world. Lust Christmas eve I 'was in Ardmore waiting for him. 1 knew he w-us coming and hoped he had not been drinking. The day seem ed Ion!-', I thought the night never come. PL finally came were happy. I forget the vague fear that had bothered me. These moments . i of foinetfulness but they are always PuJrt foi' and, oh, the prieeT'" Sttel paused a moment and then went on.: "He gave me a pin set with diamonds.) told me to get my wraps and we would 1 TACO.MA. Wash.. I'ec. Ui. (.A. P.) go out to dinner. Do-ten the street was : The annual "tree of lijtht" will again a new motor car. another Christmas !,,,,. in one oC mll,h . hm. gilt out inat was last, cnrisuiias. " ' , , .Tourney Is Hosuniiil. AKDMOUK, Okla., Dec. 25. ( A. P.) Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, who rested in u Fort Worth hotel last nlnht. tris oi'o-nmg res"ined ber .unir ney from Chihuahua City. Mexico to answer a charge of m'n-dcr in con n'-ction with the death of Juke L. Hamon. Many proniineiit men here i-ined u bond for her. release. Her friends and counsel are determined she should not be, put In jail on her arrival here. SERVING subpoena is TASK 0F BIG HARDSHIPi SEATTf.K. Dec. 2S. tA. IM Sub., pocnas have been served on 6!) govern ment witnesses who are to appear in i the trial of George J. Ifihhard, chars- c;l with the use of the mails to defraud . in connection with obtaining leases on purported oil lands in the northwest. It was announced today. Hlblmru's trial Is set for February 1 in 1'nlten states distriit court here. i In serving a subpoena on J. It. Glet-! .-her. mail carriers at Hoh. Wash.,' oputy 1". S. Marshal r.. is. iooe. traveled 81 miles I port Angeles, Wash.. i miles by auto mobile to Forks, Wash., and from ; there mushed 20 miles over an almost impassible trail, to reach Hoh. It took' LAST CHRISTMAS IN WHITE HOUSE SPENT QUIETLY BY WILSONS WASHIXOTOX. Dec. IT,. (A. P. President Mlsun spent bis last Christmas in the-white house ' quietly today. His daughter. Sfiss Margaret Wilson. Dr. Stockton Axson, brother of the. president's first wife, and a few of Mrs. Wil son's immediate relatives, guests at the white house for the holiday season, formed a family circle for a simple Christmas dinner. Cm account of the absence of young sters there was no Christmas tree. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE LOS AXC.KLES, Dec. ; (A. P.i Orand ' jury Indictments of William "ISube" Porton, Hal Slagsart and Wil- merits did not allege a criminal tct. The district attorney's representative in c.urt could not say whether new indictment) le Nought until he con fei red, with his chief. TREE OF LIGHT WILL .w ...... as the central attraction of tin mu TIr j crieoiunou. . ... -j tree will be lighted Christmas night' 'un,t a community fellowship meeting will gather around it. On Chriitnius j day. choirs from various church and civic organir-ations will sing-carols on j the streets, not forgetting those ill in hospitals and those in confinement in 1 the city and county jnils. I JNE . j I WASHINGTON. Dec. jr.. tl p.l I.b. d-George's reported order to hiefs of the Pritisi, ariuy uml navy j to cut In half their estimates for the ensuing year, strengthened the hands ' of members of congress who want sim- ilar action taken here when the army , and navy appropriations bills are con-j sidered. If Kngland limits her army I mid navy expenditures, there is no i teason for tho t inted states becoming tioal unit tram tejtnore lavish, these congressmen rgu-J eu. v ney intenoc.1 to tignt tor consm. erablo reduction in the swollen army anj navv estimates, and doubtless would have succeeded in gettin them but in view of what llritains premier said, they intend going even further. SIXTY TONS OF TOYS 10 CHEER UNHAPPY TOIS Children of - France Donate Jumping Jacks and Harle quins to Little Friends Hard Hit by War's Ravage. ROUGH SOLDIER HANDS "NEEDY ARE REMEMBERED . MEND TATTERED DOLLS; . WITH BASKETS OF FOOD i Writer and Officer in League! Leeds Country in Carrying 400,000 Bundles to Devast ated Aisne and Rheims.- - 1 PAP.IS, Dec. 25. (A. P.) Sixty! tons of toys, donated by the children .( France, will be distributed in the devastated Airiie and in Rnemls by tlie League of Officers and Ex-soldiera of France under the direction of M. Blnet Valmer, the French writer and viee ireildent of the league. The Idea first occurred to M. Binct V'almer last year when visiting the cen ters of the American committee for d .astated France and it was thro'ieh aid of tre campions of the committee that forty tons of toys forty thous ind packages were transported from Paris to the devastated area. AiH-als Kent Kmail Appeals for old toys, written by M. Binet-Valmer, ha mouth in all the appeared this principal Parisian papers and the response from the chil-iat dren has iieen enormous. The head quarters of the league have been over flowing with dollars. Jumping jacks and gay harlequins and roach soldie hands .have been busy sorting and wrapping the "surprise packages." each of which contains a toy and cornucopia of sweets, accompanied by a letter from the Child donor. Father Conducts Mit Ixiad The, first load, heavy with childish happiness, left Paris Dec. 6 In -an Am erican camion under the direction of Lieut. Perlcard, remembered for his rallying cry in a French trench where ie was the only man left standing: 'You dead, stand up." All the vid.!for the good work of Captain Jennie "0 tons, have been turned over U. th,Conrad and her staff. liaskets brlm mnyrir or scho'ilmastee W the village' fUn of pood things and substantial" Tor the Christmas festivities thine for the larder, were taken to A Christmas letter from SI. Binet- i si modest little homes. Some con Valmer as vice president I.l'iue dcsitained chicken or other fowl ua the , Chefs de Section et Des Soldats umi- j piece ie resistance of a Christina! batant.", thanking America for her (dinner. ! , ;' chare in the Christmas Joy. has been SacKS of flour. Iioth large auul sent to the New York office of the Ismail, were distributed by the American Committee for Devastated jvation Army, through the generosity!" France. HARDING, ' LIKE EVERY NORMAL BEING,' SENDS A MERRY CHRISTMAS MAR I OX, Ohio. Dec. ,. -(A. P.) President-elect Harding issued the fol-!l. owing Christmas greeting last night: "Like every normal human being. I vi?h everybody a very merry cnrisi-, mas. 'It get us out oi a i" jv leed and gladdened by girts of their a national chorus of chper,a1"d, 8, delight., Toys dolls, bicycled will. - coaster wagons were iiittiglea V'tfh fffo "There Is peace, there is confidence m(re conHervtiv. -ift of clothing:, in the morrow. There is even cheer In nig.n.top hoes and the like. Christ the belief that the distress of today mas is n0, compete without candy 's quickly to pass and may hope as well popcorn and hundreds of pounds as wish for a prosperous new year.- of gwects were in Santa Claus' pack . llast n'ght and this morning. DIV0RCE-E IS BRIDE OF When the fabled old Saint Nicholas EX-HUSBAND WITHIN 6 11" aJf .oam HOURS AFTER DECREEI wt ' ,. ... xt when they reached here. Pendleton DEXVEK. Dec. l.. P.) Mrs. ni,r,,. I Alice Covault is the bride of her for-( i mer husband, Otis, whom she divorced i land remarried within six hours; time. , She secured a dlvon-e and ihe right to her malen name, six no.us in ; as, n,ht- with a few special Chrlst and her former husband were married j servU.es to0av. The faas of thu again. "1 had Just six hours of free- catholic church and the coin- om. the bride explained. und a , wasn't nearly thought." j COISDOV A. Alaska. Dec. IS. tA. j j p.i Aluska s reindeer industry, which; j has assumed importance during the I last two or three years, promises tU I become one of the chief assets of the wester mind northwestern districts of , j the territory, according to Lester l. I Henderson, commissioner of education, i who recently returned from an inspec- tion tour of those sections. I "Alaska affords graxlng grounds for! approximately (U'.o' reindeer,"! jr. Henderson. "There are now! a0out 2U0.Uii) ln tlie territory, and! when one considers thut the axeiuge! herdv will almost double in sixo every year, there seems to be no limit to the' possibilities of the future. Kven witri the Increased killing which has Brown out of the shipment of carcass-1 p.ss than a tenth of the herds are' kin.,, each season." OU'MISTHV CM It t'OK.MS A chemistry club has been formed at the I'uiverslty of Oregon and will meet twice a month to discuss current chemical literature. RIDES 111 SADDLE OF CIIIW WIND Christmas in Pendleton Comes With Vanishing of Snows and With Hopes of Hundreds Realized Nicely. Churches Are Filled With Folk Eager to Pay Homage to Christ Child Whose Birth is ' Observed Tills" Day." ,'f'"" fij.nl,. nana Tru ntn In,llnn In . jtne gadclle of a t'hlnook wind luj.t niKht and with his br'Bht. cheerful Kmiie vanished the 'white mantle of pre-Yuletide and spread peace on earth and good-will to men. There was many a happy aoul In Pendleton last night' and many a child experienced his annual touch' of In somina. This moraine there were still more glad hearts as the eager ex pectations of week were given body. Pendleton observed ChristmuK In, many ways. Iist night and today hundreds bowed in Christian rever ence to the memory of the Christ child's birth. Thousands sent and received gifts, symliolic of the frank- incense and myrrh which were be- jtowed upon the parents of the. Savior his birth, but bearing- unmistakably the stamp of 20 centuries later. True Slrlt Is Here. ' ' Christmas .In Pendleton lacke' not bin if of tile true spirit, I hut of Christian fellowship. The poor and needy, of whom there are several families, were remembered by the charitable folk of the city, with the Salvation Army in the roie of Santa. Clans. The pennies and silver pieces gath ered In the kettle placed about tin city during the pre-holiday aeasoiv went to purchase substantial baskets of food for many families that today 'would be without Christ mas Joy but iof local -institutions and lodges. Many j of the sacks of flour purchased: by j local stores for display in the "Buy a liarrel of Flour" campaign were turn 'ed over to the Salvation Army for lrs ' tributfun .to the need. Special baskets j for a sick family and for man 111 In 1st. Anthony's hospital were taken out. Prisoners tn the eltv and COBU- jaiis were visited and cheered, I child Hearts GUuIUenml. ln the immes of the more fortunate honijreds of cWM hearts were quick- rr,rlaraa5 ,ra,Ie wal) eXceptionaUy -! Sp.ia, christnuis programs were n () a Bumber or tne churches ' ., nlc. , the EutacoWtl": thrilling as I!,.nurcr( with, their anthems of the Christmas time., were attended early today by many of those faiths. Ser vices with the Christmas theme were also observed, today in other of tho Iroteftaiit churches. (Continued on yage $.) Weather The Weather. Hy Major U-e Moorhouse, official weather observer. Maximum, 4S. Mlnniiiium, 5S. 5 Parometer. 2y.r.j. mmm FORECAST Tonight and Sunday fair, except proba bly In the northwest portion. k Vii. Si sk r i i, j -' - - - - . .-- - : '.' - -,j :. . v ,- ; i .;. ; I:.?: -'y liV -vv-. cm v