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DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of copies printed of yesterday's Dally If on' nnrrtafrftl np wipApT rl A HI ins, for irlv t th tlvriir over twli- thn ntuftrntfMl pnttt ptmi Intion In IVniltnn and t'miuil) roua ly of any oihr ntwupir, 3,427 Thin paper In a member of and audited , by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 82 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OEEGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1920. NO. 0711 ' : r mmmr --3-. , TOUGHEST TOWN raits BACK PRODIGAL SONS Wisconsin Logging Camp, Not . 'ed Throughout Northwest for Wide-Openness Gets Drunk Again When Boys Return. PICE FLY AND ROULETTE WHEELS SPIN FASTER Bars Are Lined Five Deep and Celebration is Unequalcd in . Memory of Oldest Resident as Party Scoffs at Intrusion. inmiJTY, wia., Dec. so. a p.) The return of her prodigal sons waa celebrated taut night ly the "toughest , town on tha rang," This logging camp, tinted throughout the Northwest lor lta wide-openness, welcomed home IT saloonkeepers and 17 bartenders arrested by federal agent and ttiken to Ashland for arraignment, with a party , the lua of which the oldest aettlera ay they never saw. federal agents did not aelxe all the liquor In Hurley hy a wide margin, ' judging by tha aixe of the celebration. Evan outaldera had little trouble In obtaining liquor. Crowda five deep alood In front of the bare. In the back rooma, roulette, dice and card gamea progreaaed. The chief topic of conver aatlnn waa what would be done to the federal agents If they came back. Rumnn that oil had been atruck by the Attalia Oil Co., on It hoidlnga near A Italia, Wash., were prevalent in Pen dleton today, but officiala of the com pany would aay nothing beyond thut they broke tHronirH tlm np rook and that they were getting; gaa, water and oil. The amount of oil found waa not mentioned, hut it la learned on good authority that no gu.ihor hag been truck- The concern. In which quite a num ber of Pendleton and Umatilla county folk are intereated, hna been borlni; for noma time. No word haa been Klven out aa to the depth to which the boring haa gone. At aeveral Junc turea, favorable Indications have been atruck and persona who heard the re. port here today aald that the operator are optimistic that they will soon be producing; oil In p?ymg quantliiea. - ; ; ,'' RAKli COMPANIES IXDICTI'D NBW- TOKK. Dec SO.i A. P.) Federal Indictment charging violation of thf antl trust act were returned Wednemlay against four sand coneerna and 11 individual whose activities have been scrutinized ' In connection with the "building truat" Invcstlga '. tinn. j , INT OVER FEE An argument over allowing the claim of City Attorney James A. Fee for $260 for his service In repreaent-1 Ing the city of Pendleton at the recent Pnhllo Service Commission hearing on' tha telephone rat rise petition, mark-, ed the final aesslnn last night of Pen dleton's nresent city council. The old counc adjourned with the hatchet en tirely hurried, however, and a resolu tion passed allowing the city attorney ; his- 1250 and hla expenses, which t- 4 wert J3B.75. ' 1 , i " '', Councilman Jnmo H. Fjite opposed allowing the bill on the ground that It k j-had not been agreed w ith the elty t- tnrney befor hr.fnt . to ortlano I; what hh charge would ' He regis tered the only nogatlv vote on tha roll j'i.' call when the rsaoltttlorf waa read," Judge Fee made hi1 report An tho hearing and declared that from evi dence presented, it seemed. Inevitable, that a rlea would he gruiited. H" ' thowed, also, that Pemileton Js one of the few plants In Oregon i which ,1a making money for the telephone cow pany, thl city's profit for the yuar ' Dip being rated at 80fl. :" ' '- jjllombera of the council, however, ' declared that Pendleton should not auffer an Increase In order to make up for thd deficit In other plants. They 'expressed satisfaction nt the work done by Judgo Fee and voted him the . nmotint asked. Coincident with the discussion ovc rl'ow("t the bill, Judire Fee declared that the salary of the 'city attorney should be made larger. ,He hos been uoing the work of the city for $75 a month. He declared, In connection, ' that he was not a candidate, for the office under the new administration bt bespoke a better compensation for his successor. lam. nrtunl huslncss was transacted at the final meeting- of tho year. Hills! Thomas Fit Gerald, city recorder and were allowed and the salary Hat for police Judge, is suro of his place for December read and approved. Tho ihn coming term, four new city officials who take offlco1 The city attorneyship' will change, next week .were present und watched jnmes A. Fee. who has held the office procedure. '. , ' 'alnce Oie'Veslfefiatloriot hltr son, James TWO VESSELS' VISITS r - rr . v . ' '.V - '.r ,'-.. W "'J 1 . , i j .... ... " ( ItritiKh sU'uinlili Onu, Uir(td tiwH ever to cuter the WA ntiili'a Ijiiis at AMrria tiTiii iibIh, and liolx-rt .ntj h hliip, toltinilui. firvt ii-ni'l to dM'ovcr (lie river (hat iK-arx Us iuiiim-. ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 30. Two j chaptcra In one of the mutt romantic j Htorlea of the Pacific coaat were; marked; by the viHita of two vensela to ! thia city. 1 Captain Robert Cirny, aboard the ' xhlp (Viltirnbiu, discovered the great: river which he named after bin vciwel ; May 11, 1 7 4a. one hundred and twen- j ty-etght 'eara and wvp nitinthH later ! to a day Dec. 11. liM, the l!rltlh Vej- 1 hp Oreo, third larmt i xi hislvc freight I tarrying vckkcI in the world, entered' thlH Jiort, marking the second atep In tho development of the Coluinlihi from', a great river Into a gnat port. i SOLDIER POET TAKES FLIGHT BY AIR END OF GIVEN TiME - Last Night Allowed by Crown Forces Under Martial Law is' v Torn by Killing of Constable k and Wounding of Six. DUBLIN". Dec 30. (U. P.) The end of the period for the surrender of arms to crown forces under martial law was marked last night by an at tack on a police patrol at Mlddleton, nnnr Curb It wnn m.lfl (A.tiiv. One rim- stable was killed, three were seriously' PORTLAND. Dec. .in. (A. P.l wounded and three others were slisht- Thp Oregon Mate chamber of Con,- ly Injured. Casualties of the attack lug force have not been learned. Six thousand persons from the Unit ed States are emigrating to Canada monthly. NEW MAYOR NAMES COUNCIL COMMITTEES; APPOINTMENTS ARE STILL UNDETERMINED OH'XCID CX)MMITTI'J:.S ' Police Willnrd Pond, chair- man; Manuel Friedly, William Dunn. Streets Manuel Friedly, chair man; ltichurd Ijtwrence, Kobert Simpson. Sewers Robert Simpson, chairman; William Dunn, Claud Penland. Fire and house Joe Kll, cbnlr- iran; F. J. Mc.Monlea, Willard Hnnd. ' - ' .' Finance and ordinances F. J. McMonlea, chairman; Claud "Penland, Joe Kll, , ..' Claims nnd lights Claud Pen- land, chairman; F. J. MrMonles, M hard Jawronce. .' Parks -and cemetery Willinm Dunn, chairman; Joe Ell, Man uel Friedly. J ' I ' N'atatorlum nnd ; levee Rich ard I.awrennv'ciuilt niiin; Robert Eimlison, Willnrd Bond. Commltrt-e appointments to the new elly council which takes ovciuhe reins of city government With the hew year were made public, by Mayor-elect George A. Hartinan litsl night, follow ing a caucus held by tho new council. Discussion centered also about the tour appointive, officers under the I mayor ami council and rumors emerg- :ini mun the caucus are that only MARK CHAPTERS IN COLUMBIA RIVER'S ROMANTIC STORY The Col imbla wno a 212 ton trading easel In search of a cargo of furs. The Orca haa a groan tonnage of 15,119 and carried a"way 500,000 bunheia of wheat. The Columbia, deapite her tlnymns, louud great difficulty in entering the! river, but the Orca came from the open i a to the Port of Anloria ter- miualH In 'ill minutes iei,plt the facti that u Hi mile gale waa blowing, i Tloau h ahe dtawa 3fi feet, lie bad no j trouble (n I'asK'ng the channel which; ha a minimum depth of ii feet al low j water. . j Tho tVlumbla nailed about the river BELIEVES WORST OF DEFLATION IS OVER llOSTON Dec. ,1(1. Pellef that bus incss readjustment and deflation are more than half completed and that the worst is over was expressed by Aibn j R Johnson, president of the Phlladel- I phin and Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, addressing the Uoaton i Chamber of Commerce today. (V1ARSHPIELD MAN WiLL BER mrrre reelected Charles Hall, of .M'urshfield, president late yesterday. J. T. Horlrk, of The Dalles, R. B. Hrodle, of Oregon City, and W. Brown, of Astoria, were elected' vlce presldvnt and Islie Hutler of Hood Hiver was named treasurer,' A. Fee Jr., to enter war service, an nounced hn would not be a candidate for reappointment. The council evinced willingness to leave this ap pointment to the pleasure of the new mayor and will confirm the appoint ment at the first session on next Wed lesdny eveninp. Opposition to the retention of in- limbents in (he city phys'cian's and ity marshal s Jobs is understood to have cropped out. As in the- case of he city attorneyship, the councilmon xpnwcd a willingness to confirm whatever appointment might be made by the mayor for the place of city phy sician. A different situation is under stood to exist with regard to the police departmer.l. The recommendation of the police :omn'ittee, named Inst night, will be considered next Wednesday nluht In a nuciis held prior to the first official session of the council. The commit tee now has In Its httnds the names of 'hreeJ men considered t'ltiber for the place. The council hopes to ajrree upon on npin'intee before the. meeting ind have the confirmation made in regular sesslnt. - City officluM, are reticent to discuss ihe police situation, declaring that what transpired at the caucus last night was confidential. Councilman Claud Penlnnd. however, Is known to be for a charms from the presertt ad - ministration. He has not.'hiddon tlin fact during his service on the d.' i council. 1 There are two men heing cons der-J ed hy the liew mayor for the cUv at-' lornoysjiip and one of these probably will be decided upon after conference have been held with them. j ikctili of Captain trading with the Indians, but the Orca vain able to load her enormoua cargo, The. largest and most valuable amount of grain ever Hh1pp(id from a Pacific port, within 10 days, due to the mod- I i-rn facilities Installed at the terminals. Tho contrast between the two vessels which mark such vital chapters in the u.tory of the west illustrates the tre mendous change which has came to pass In the interval between their visit a chanKe which made an estuary In a wildiTiwRS t lie greatest fresh-wate harbor: In 'the world, the outlet for o tributary empire of unmeasured Wl-Hlth. D'ANNUNZIO LEAVES FIUIV1E AND HOSTILITY OiER SEAPORT ENDS Legionnaries With Ranks De pleted by 80 Lost Will be Given Amnesty and Leader Will go to South America. TI1IKST, Dec. 30. (A. P.) Hos illties at l--iume ended last night. li'Annnnzio is retiortcd to have left the city by airplane. Off !-r South America. I.OXDON'. Dec. 30. (,V. V.l Un der the terms accepted by Gabrielle D'Anntinzio at Piume his legionaires will be dissolved and granted amnesty. I D'Anminzio is expected to go to South I America, says the Evening News' Pome correspondent today. 400 Kcsnlars Ixwt. .P.OMK. Doc. 30. (C. P.) Pour hundred Italian robliers wrere killled (in tile fighting at Flume, it is report ed here today. The defending forces are said to have lost SO killed, includ ing two women fighters. Two hun dred l.cffionnaires were wounded. OFF FROM SAN DIEGO SAX DIEGO, Dec. 30. (V. P.I The navy seaplane fllKht from San Diego to the Canal Zone started when) )4 planes took off at the North Island navy yard this morning. Plan Inijliuht I lights SAN D1KGO. Dec. SO. (A. P.) Headed by the F-ii-D, 14 seaplanes left tho North Island navy air station thu morning on the first lap of their pro posed flight from San Diego to Pana ma Hay. By a plan of daylight flights from bay to bay or port to port a check ,, the ninndmn'a filirht will be avail able. PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE CUT KOW. DANIELS WASHINGTON, Doc 30 U, P.) Reduction of the navy personnel now would impair efficiency of the navy 'and necessitate the withdrawal of scv- j oral ships from active duty, Secretary Daniels said today. Daniels' Comment was a reply to a statement by Repre sentative Kelly that tho personnel of the navy should be cut to n,0oO. Kelly, who Is a member of the house cava! affair committee, conferred at itnrioit yesterday with President-elect ttirdiujft' ; ,. . ..... . IS AGREEMENT NAVIES Ambassador Declares Nation is Not Exceeding Announced Program arid Scores Race of Three Sea Ruling Countries. URGES R0UNDf ABLE OF BIG BUSINESSMEN ... , , .. , Would Have Leaders Meet With llniM I n:i-: uiiiicu oiaiea diiu Driiain Over Project of Finances, j Not Diplomacy or Peace. ! ' LO.VDO.V, Dec. 30. (Copyrighted by the United Press.) Japan ia leady to enter an Internationa,! conference on limitation of naval armaments. In tho bcllief of baron Hayashi. Huyaslu declared today that business men Of the his nations men who pay the bills could reach an agreement on limiting naval building if their coun tries could arrang-e such a conference. Japan the ambassador declared, is not exceeding her announced naval pro- sram. Her preparations must' be consider - ed necessary, the baron aald. because she is a sentinel against the spread of bolrtheviam. He charged that a highly organized attempt to boishevize Japan has been made and that his country must remain on guard. 'This talk in the United Stales: about bu:lding a navy is very annov - ing to Japan," he said. "That Is fool ish. It Is tragic to fhink of the big states of Britain, the United State and Japan competing In a race for arma ment. Japan cannot afford it. I be lieve an agreement could be rea lied quickly If the big men of each coun try assembled at a round table, not aa pacifists or militarists or politicians. but as business men out of whose I pockets must come a large slice of the money for the upkeep of navies. I think Japan is willing to enter such a conference. I'roposnl Made to Harding , .WASHINGTON-. Dec: 30. (U. P.) A proposal that the United States en- ter negotiations with other nations for reduction of naval armaments was! made to President -elect Harding by I Representative Kelly, member of the i house naval affairs committee, Kelly I -aid upon his return from Marion to-J lay. Kelly's proposal carried the con- j i'tion, however, that all nations should ?omplete their naval building pro- i rams now authorized. When the 1 present program of 16 battleships and ' 'misers Is completed, Britain and the L nited States will be about on an even csis and no nation will have the su fremacy, Kelly said. SHANGHAI, Dec. 30. (U. P.) Chinese troops at' Yochow, rebelling agains tofficers, have terrorized this vicinity for" two days with looting and incendiarism. The mutiny is said to have been due to a delay in pay. Fl WASHINGTON-. Dec. 30. (A. P.) The president today vetood a joint resolution designed to suspend a sec tion of the Clayton act prohibiting car. riers from dealing with any concern having interlocking directorates with the carrier except to a limited extent as to contracts. , Officials Must Xot ITofit WASHINGTON', Dec. s;. (U. P.) President Wilson today sent to con- I APAN READY FOR gress a veto of, the hill suspending for j prize jsts appoifc plans for the one year section 10 of the Clayton act, 'show are to be handled hy the com piohibiting the purchase of equipment pleted directorate and with the assist by railroads from companies in which nnoc ,,f ,j a,p-t0ry commity from any official of the railroad is interest- the colleges. These items fill be ed. worked out soon. D.H. NELSON ENDORSED FOR HIGHWAY C0MM1SSI0NERSHIP Dave H. Nelson, prominent Umatilla' county farmer and good roads enthu- isiast, was officially endorsed for ap- jpointment to the state highway com- nvssion today by the "Eastern Oregon i tioned in connection with the appoint Autoniohile Club and news of the c-, menu However, no other a. p. rant Uon has been w ired to coventor t.n-1 cott. The endorsement of Mr, Nelson by the auto club was hut one step taken locally towards trying to secure the naming of Mr. Nelson to succeed E. E. Kiddle on the highway board. Many otbeil endorsements from local people and others over the county have gone forward. Within the last 24 hours sentiment has centered upon Mr. Nelson as thej FfNAL STEPS TOWARD Gil POOL CONTRACT TO BETAKEN JAN12 Meeting Scheduled Before Ad journment Last Night of 11 Men Who Worked Two Days on Framing Tentative Plan. Steps toward completing the con 'tract fotf a wheat pool hy the farmers of Oregon will be taken at a meeting of administrative officers of Oregon's farm organizations in Portland Wed nesday, Jan. 12. This meeting was j willed upon I; j 1 " w dava of hi .settled upon last evening before the on here adjourned after hard work on the tenta tive contract. The delegates left for their respect ive homes hurt night each with a copy of the amended contract In his pock et. None was willing to make public the salient features of the contract because, they said, it Is subject to changes before it is presented to the executive boards of the varloua farm ers' organizations of Oregon for ad option. I'armcrs Pull Together. "One thing is certain, the farmers jof Oregon are working together nov as they never did before," aald (ieorge A. Mansfield, president of the 1 Far,n Ti"reau Federation, last even lnS' y are be,-onlin" more an5 re inlPrestea gaining pronciency In marketing." Mr. Munsfielo, who comes from Medford, is interested in fruit grow ing In the P.otfue Klver valley. The fruit growers of that section, and of iother sections of Oregon, have been organizf-ti for several years anil havrinvti - W cunure. well developed marketing aascwia- tions and own warehouses, ho aaid. ...... 8..ra prm-eeaj has been slower. The relative isola-1 uon oi farmers wun large farms nast been one factor in keeping them from netting together sooner, he said. Federation Meets Jan. 10. The State Farm Itureau Federation will have Its convention In Portland beginning Monday, Jan. 10. . Mr. Mansfield said. The wheat pool men will meet there two days later, while the farm bureau is st'll in session. It is probable' that they will be offered (the contract at that time. C. K. jence, .master of the State i Grange, who failed to come to Pen dleton for the meeting just held, baa promised to attend the session In Portland two weeks hence. Preliminary organization of the Northwest Hay & Grain show which will be a feature of next year's. Round Up week, was effected in a, meeting last night at.uiich David H. Nelson of Pendleton, 'as appointed temporary president. Fred Bennion, county agriculture agent and one of the prime movers in the organization, was named secretary. Three temporary directors named were: J. H. Sturgis. L. C. Scharpf and U L. Rogers. The tioard of di- I rectors of the completed organization will consist of 15 Umatilla county grain and hay growers. As soon as possible, the show will! be Incoroorated and plans will be laid for holding here the largest show of its kind in the northwest. Grains, hay and their products will be exhibited and the four s'ates of the northwest, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana, are to be drawn from for exhib its. The old Happy Canyon site, owned by the O. W. R. ft X. Co.. at the cor ner of Main and Railroad streetB and under lease to the Pendleton Commer cial Association probably will be cho sen as the site for the fair. Cooperation from the agricultural colleges of the states interested has already been promised. The organ'xa tlon will work in conlunctton with the colleges and In addition will use them as a means of spreading word of the affair. ' ' candidate for Umatilla county people to get behind If they wish to secure a man from this county on the board, Various other names have been men- has appeared and all others mention- ed have expressed a .lis nilmation to , take tho post even if tendered them. ; It is reported here that Mr. Nelson' will have influential support from Union county and from Astoria, wncre I he is well known. ' The other eastern Oregon men most freely discussed as possible appointees I are William Pollmai of Uaker und H oanmiey oi l end. John u Rand ! Baker lawyer Is understood willing to nocvpi th pusaiou. to bo FIRST SLATE OF HARDinG CABINET I.W COMPLETED 'Charles L Hughes Understood to be Choice for Secretary of State and "Dawes of Illinois for U. S. Treasurer. HERBERT HOOVER BEING CITED FOR LABOR POST Hert of Kentucky is Tentative Holder of War Portfolia But President-elect Reserves Privilege of Changing Mind. MARION. Dee. JO. (Bv Rarmonrl Clapper. V. P. Staff Correspondent.) The first cabinet alate ha been vlr. tually completed by President-elect Harding, It in learned here today. The tentative slute fa understood to stand as follows: Secretary of State Charles' fj Hughes of New York. , Secretary of the treasury Charles G. Dawes of Illinois. Secretary of war A. T. Hert of Kentucky. Secretary of the navy John W Weeks, of Massachusetts. Attorney general Harry M Daugherty of Ohio. Postmaster General Will Hayes of Indiana. Secretary of the Interior George Sutherland of Utah. Henry aM.ntt.rv wen 7 Michigan mw Secretary of labor- 0f California -Herbert Hoover naruing or course, Is reserving the right to change his mind if he deems' it wise atid it is possible that he will he obliged to shift his men to other Posts than those he now haa In mind for them. ' Some; of Harding's cabinet aetectln J,, " r-wards for political service, but others, notnblv Huithea. Pa we. and Hoover will -fce-tnetuded ttue t en- training and ability. Daugherty ...... agra rmrainr campaign for the senate and for the presidency, and is the most trusted man In tha councils of the President-elect. Hert, national committeeman from Kentucky, swung a big block of delegates to Harding at the critical moment during the Chics go convention.. He also comes from the south, and Harding is destroys of giving that section a place in his offl. cial family. Hays, as national chair man, by tradition, goes into the post office department. Somherland represents the West which is most interested In the affairs of the interior department. Wallace is backed by a large farmer folio wings, being an agricultural publisher, but hi advocacy of the Kenyon-Hendrick packer regulation bill aroused the op. position of some interests. Warren former national committee, of MichN San was influential in the nomination of Harding. Harding Confers Today -MARION. Dec. 30. (A. P.) President-elect Harding hold a confer once today on his Inauguration plans and reviewed with Republican Chair man Hays discussions of his cabinet selections, the proposed association of nations and other matter which h.v taken place in the last few weeks. It Is believed some announcement of the cabinet selections will be made soon. Will Ignore league MARION, Dec. JO. (U. !.) Pres. 'dent-elect Harding Intends to lgnor the League of Nations entirely In his international program. Senator Knox said following a conference with the president-elect today. -Knox said rumors emanated from) Marion intimating that Harding might use the League of Nations as a basis for his International structure. "I was assured this morning, that he has no snc.-j )dea In mind," Knox said. He discussed with Harding plans for rushing a peace resolution through congress immediately after ths special session convens following his Inaugnra- Weather Today's weather report by Major I.ee Moorhousc, official weather ub.' server: Maximum, 50. Minimum, 60. Barometer. 29:32. Rainfall. .7. WW mm Tonight ant Friday rain, l. - I Jft-A-