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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 S3 DAILY EDITION Number of cople printed of yesterday' Dally 3,429 Thin paper l a member of snd audited by the Audit Hureau of Circulation. The Kant Oregonlsn I Etri Or iron' sgrestest newspaper and i oiling force give to the rfertlr or twice the guaranteed pd fir'"' latlon In Pendleton and I'matlll eoun ty of any othar newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEE CITY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOL. 32 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1921. NO. 9716 DAILY EDITION J 1 t . ' - J. il. DOBBIN DECLM ACCEPT APPOINTMENT TO STATE HIGH A - --l -., : NHBSHH USE PASSES FINANCE BILL OVER WILSON War Finance Corporation Friends Muster Safe Margin in Adopting Revival Measure ' Regardless of the Veto. WILL HAVE HEARINGS ON TARIFF AND BONUS a - t irn ffr i sum oi ou,uuu ior inaugural Ceremonies Asked Today by Knox: Request is Deferred Until Tomorrow's Session. WASHINGTON', Jim. 4. (II. P.) Over Wilson' veto, the house passed the resolution reviving the wr finance corporation, 260 to GO the necessar two-third majority to overrule thi president by a safe margin. No de bate preceded the vote. When It wai . announced, the members applauded The war finance resolution I designee to prevent an agricultural depression by aiding; farmers to export upplle which are now on their hands due tn low price. Ojtponrnin SoWr Point. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (U. P.) The senate finance committee adopter1 a resolution providing; for extensive hearing on the Fordney emergency tariff and soldier bonus bills. This ac tion was initiated by opponentH of tin two measure , . Inaugural t."tlMnra I p. WASHINGTON', Jsn. 4. (IT. r.) After two hours of debate the senate failed to decide how much to spend on the Inauguration of Harding, A reso lutlon appreciating $0,oi)0 for ex pns of the; ceremonies at the ca:ltol was introduced By Kmnr, chairman' o the Inaugural committee. It went over until tomorrow. NOT LISTEN AT ALL NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (A. P.) T O. Kllyson, former communder of thi tt. S. naval destroyer Itrooks. who wa relieved of his command In Kiel har bor, Germany, following his refusal to comply with orders of German of ficer to leave the harbor, arrived to day on the army transport Cantlgny. The Incident occurred Sept. 20. A German naval officer hoarded thi ship, Commander Ellyson said, am' ordered to leave. When he refused the German left and another officer commanding the port came abourd. "He told me that the Brooks iould not remain in the harbor, a the IT. fl. was still at war with Germany." Commander Kllyson said. "I repeat ed my orders and declined to go. Tjien he said he would give me SO mi nut if to get out or I would be cannonaded I did not tell him to "go to h. .' as It ha been reported I said, or that 1 had a much ammunition as he had. I continued, however, to refuse to go." The German did not carry out their threat, he added. !.ater ho reported the Incident to Rear Admiral Hughes and hi transfer wa requested shirt ly afterward. OATTIiK STRJrTOJ.V. PORTLAND, Jafi. 4. (A. I'.) Tat tle and hog steady, sheep higher, enst of mountain lambs $9.f0 tn S 1 0.255. Egg and butter steady; - - XTRA Five registered mail pouches which were stolen from the Milton depot two tty before Christmas, were found till morning about a quarter mile he low Freewatcr beside the rond near the slaughter house. The bags were dry, despite the fact that considerable rain has fallen of late, nnd contained numerous registered letters. Tho fact that there was no rain on the hag Is taken at Freewater to Indi cate that the pouches were left In their hiding place this morning. ,There arc auto tracks off the road at the point s nd they appear fresh. All the sacks hud been spilt open nd all letter had heen likewise open ed and the valunhles In them removed The contents of letters had been care fully replaced In their envelopes. Fin- ger print with which to pick up goin clue are nald to nuve oecn hi fedorul agmcy, but a corporative body the letter. jwire sustained hy the supreme court Tho five sack were stolen a weekj(0,,ay , )no Hppcn brought by tho aeo Thursday evening from the O. W. ; ROVTntnnt In the case of J. H. K. & N. stetlon at Milton. 1 nree sai'k of registered mail from Free- com puny. Strang, with H. C. Thorn water end two from Milton were miss-nH an,i l. W. Walters, wa Indicted on Ing. Postal Inspectors have been Htlchnrges of having acted as agents of Work on the case but no arrests have Ihe government In making contrnrts been made. No estimate of the lorn with firms in which they had an in Ims been haxatdeil. lui'i at. i RESOLUTION. ...SaJfiD BY UMATILLA CLUB FAVOR DEVELOPING POWER AT UMATILLA RAPIDS ON THE COLUMBIA Plans Underway for Further Meetings to Enlist Aid; Suc cess of Scheme Would be Making of Pendleton, Claim. Hesolutlons favoring the develop, nent of power at the I'matllla rapids his power to be used for Irrigation nd oilier purposes were adopted at a meeting of the t'mutlllu Commercial 'lub last Friday evening, according to word brought to the city yesterday by . X". Hrownell. At the same time immmvB pians were adopted fur one nr more sulwequent meetings to n. leld with the a m of enlisting' coope atlon from a wider field. Announee nenta on this point will be made later after a Hpeclul committee that was earned has had lime to work out plans. "The lime is ripe for getting action n this matter" says Mr. Hrownell. 'he war has hroadened people and urovlded conditions under which we may attempt bigger things In tho past. The I matillH rapids offers the most ovored site fur power development on he Columbia; It is the lesser of the Mg sites but It will be the cheapest to develop and Is the most needed be. a line of tho recli.mutlon work that Jan Ix brought about through use of he power that may be provided. 1 m naturally c hiefly interested In Irrl-! ration and believe It logical that water hi pumped from the Columbia for all 'he low lying land along the river, on lh sides. Hy doing this -we cun h:tv he wuter of the I'matllla river for the "ilgher lands and thus Irrigate a wide urea. Development of the Columbia j rapids power site will mean not only the Irrigation of a great tract along the Columbia but will make It pos sible to water the lands In the Paradise tnd Teei project. On top of that heap power would mean Innumerable smnll pumping projects all over thi tecllon. Would Make lVndlolon 'The harnessing of the Columbia" at I matllla rapid would nenetu tnn mtlre region and would be the making if Pendleton. With abundant cheap power Pendleton would secure Indus tries not dreamed of now. It Is i it range thing that this great wheat raising country is now Importing breakfast foods from the east. Provide tbundant cheap power and I'niatllln will como to the front as a manufac- urlng region as well as for agriculture. All the towns would profit, ea-.'h ac cording to its position and the energy hcn. 1 "Think bat a saving could be made If power could bo developed a to permit the use of electricity for heat- ng and cooking purposes. Think what a convenience this would be to all. Develop Mils power and this re- ion will become the home of the highest quality of cltlrenship. Itir move is one which we should make a jitimou reuse." Mr. Hrownell, Pam Doardman ann others have been Interested for years In the possibility of power production at rmntllla rapids. They now feei that the time 1 at hand for trying to get practical steps underway. Officer for Pendleton Post, Ameri can Legion, were elected last night to serve during 1921, the list being head ed by Perry L. Idlcman, as post com mander. For the past year he has served as post adjutnnt and during the early days of the post was a member of its executive committee. Dr. F. A. IJeuallon was elected vice commander 'for a second term and C. Z. Randall chosen adjutant. Lyman Ulce. finance officer, was also reelect ed. Harold J. Warner and J. R. How ler, past commanders, nnd Jack Dolph, Charles C. Vlnler and Leslie Glbbs ware elected to the executive commlt- R. E. Tucker, community service or ganUer, appeared beTore the post to offer his services in development of leisure lime activities and to asU co operation of the legion. Discussion was had rennrdlng the forthcoming concert by, the legion to he given In the' Oregon Theater on January 19. Preliminary arrange ments for a boxing card were also made. There was only a fair sized attendance and the elections and de cisions were mndo quickly. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (A. P.) Decision of Florida courts that the omPrgency fleet corporation Is not a .Si,.,m(f f tne )UVal Ship Outfitting: GR0WERSWANTS1.50 Some Authorities Believe Wheat Will Go Higher; In come Tax Eeturn Period Has Bearing on Desire to Sell. Wheat buyers are offering around tl.4l a bushel for No. 1 club in Pen dleton and growers are asking f 1.60, a resume of tho wheat situation In the city today Indicated. Keveral large sales of wheat were reported on Friday n the $1.40 basis by growers who de cided to sell and take their loss oil thi Income tux report. Many who are holding, however, have set $l.'it) as an arbitrary minimum. One pool of wheat Is known to have been formed recently to be let loose. t $1.50 should the market cume to thst figure. Another dealer reported that he has dozens of clients who will peg. tlate with him when he Is In the market at that price. Most of the lealers on the strnet, however, turned deal car to requests of a few whu inted to sell yesteri ay and fixeo U.IWi as tlK'lr minimum. j Some authorities on the grain situa-1 ilnn say that from alt Indication me i rice of wheat should get h'Khi r. iney , point to the fai t that the export an i mand is aain pickint! up and thut there Is hardly any flour In the mar kets of tho I'uilcd States. The ex- (Continued on paga S.) CANADIAN HEiRS MUST GIVE LEGAL WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. A. P.) Subjects of Great ISrltuin resident in Canada ure not entitled to Inbuilt real or pernonal property in the 1". S. under treaties between this country and England until formal notice ha been Riven, as required by the treaty, the supreme court held today. The opinion was In a suit brought by t'a nadiun heirs of a Kansas intestate. CONGRESSMAN INVOLVED IN ALLEGED OPERATIONS OF BIG BOOZE RING CHICAGO, Jan. 4. (U. r.) P.) That two congressmen, ev eral government officials and many prominent men are hack ers of a huge bootlegging ring engaged In a million dollar busi ness. Is alleged in confession's by several men under arrest here. According to th confessions, two congressmen used their Influence tn obtaining the release of ev- eral barrels of whiskey. JlQli vu - 2iSo6 1 u Ln -s mm puts PEACE PROBLEM UP TO IRELAND . 1 l New Home Rule Law Provides for Parliaments in North and South Ireland With Joint Council Later On. SINN FEIN MUST FACE POPULAR ELECTION SOON Anti Sinn Fein Candidates in South Already Announced and Question Arises Whether Revolters Will Name Men, LONDON, Jan. 4. (A. P.) "Rule or misrule" In Ireland has been pui up to the Irishmen by the iiritirih gov ernment. It is stated on the highest authority that is the Pritifh attitude regarding the home rule bill which is now a law. It if believed in official circles t!e Sinn Fein will elect to ree- ,i8nZe tne i.jji arid a((i jn establishing t Jrjsh government with one parlla- mPnt (ll ,hl, n,JJ th and another in the p,,,,ih. . united later through a vnun- chosen jointly. It was declared lhe government will make no effort (fl esla,ih a southern parliament .but mrn that function over to the peo- n WMg pointed nut, however that ;,mi-Slnn Fein candidates have alread tw.n announced. It is believed th sin jr(.(n wont be content to see the election go by default, hut will present ih'ir own candidates. The Sinn Fein officials "will not embrace the repub lican Idea until destruction," one offi cial put it. j SI..A1TI.K t'Ol Xm.M.W I'H.KK, HKATTI.K. .Ian. 4. Major .John K 1 Cj-roll, .ju stumer ort)e city round' for a year and a half and T. H. jnolton, member for sis years, today j filed for re-election. A. F. Haas. ' councilman for ten years, the othei I member whoe term expires in Marc! j filed last week. John Bashnell, a re tired auctioneer, has also filed. WAR ON CATTLE STEALERS KL ASO, Jan. 4. (U. P.) Pan- cho Villa is on the war. path aain. Hut this time he is fighting former followers who did not reform as he did. Outlaws, headed hy "Kl Charro" are said to have been doing consider able cattle stealing about A'illa's ranch and committing other' acts of banditry. Governor Martinez of Chi huahua loaned Villa a band of cavalry to chase "Kl Carro.", Reports here are that the latter are being; hotly pursued by Villa." CARI SO IS IMPROVING. ' NKW YORK, Jan. 4 (V. P.)- Knrico Caruso is slowly improving and doing aa well as could be expect ed. It Is announced. CALENDAR TIME. MAIL PLANE IN FLAMES FALLS IN HEART OF AVIATOR ESCAPES FROM HARM LE IS CONTENTION TODAY Labor is Barred From Unfair Practices and Rule Also Reaches Case of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. WASHINGTON'. Jan. 4. ( I'. P.) The United States supreme court' In lerpretation of the Clayton anli-trust act may hit big employer as well as labor unions, It has developed here. Government officials and leral author ities studying the decision, called at tention to the fact the court condemn ed "a secondary boycott" as a restraint upon interstate commerce. It Is point ed out that big employers have been charged with employing such boycotts and one has admitted It. The su preme court decision was ifi the case of the Duplex Printing Press company against the Internationl Association of Machinists. The court held the ma chinists, In bringing pressure to pre vent the use. repair, installation or handling of Duplex presses, conducted a "secondary Poycott" which the Clay ton act does not legalize. Labor union men a'mf government officials pointed out to employers that in refusing to sell products to firms which used union labor they employed the same tactics as the machinists employed. The Kethlehem steel company recently refused to sell steel to a construction company which employed only union labor. i 1"S Alt.MS DKSTItOVKI) BERLIN, Jan. 4. (C. P.) Ger many cannot surrender all the arms "manded by the allies because sht destroyed them, the government ex plained, answering France's note on disarmament. OI i R I JU ST I IKST. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4. (A. P.) President Obregon is ordered by phy sicians to take a complete rest and left for a vacation trip to the state of Hichoacan. STEEL TRUST BUYS MANGANESE MINE IN SOUTH AMERICA NEW YORK, Jan. 4. (A. P.) E. H. Gary, head of the V. S. Steel corporation, announced yesterday his corporation had purchased one of the largest manganese mines In South Am erica, the. Monro da Mina prop erties in Hrazil. , Reports from Rio de Janero some time ago said this property had been purchased at approxi mately $4,000,000. Mr. Gary said the purchase now makes the corporation "in dependent concerning manganese ore." , SAN FRANCISCO; -C1 i Sensational Accident Viewed by Hundreds Bound for Work; Motor Cut Out Caused Plane to Become Unmanageable. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. (!'. P.) Falling a thousand feet when en gine trouble developed, a government mall plane, piloted by 8. 8. Hoggs, plunged to the pavemept near the businees center of the city. As It dropped the plane caught fire. Hoggs attempted to land in ihe civic center park but failed, the machine rashlng into a network of trolly and telephone wires whirh broke the fall. As the plane hit the pavement, Roggs uttered a yell and emerged from the burning wreckage uninjured. Iloggs hud just started for Reno with !"u pounds of mail for New York, which was destroyed. The plane fell In view of hundreds of persons on their way to work who were horrified at the sight of a burn ing plane dropping through the air. They were in turn astounded when Hoggs escaped practically without a scorch. "The motor cut out just as I was getting the altitude." nald Boggs. "It came so suddenly the plane was unmanageable in a minute. TO BE HELD SOON! A Kingdom Conference, one of 19 to be held in the state this month under the direction of the promotion department ol4 the Baptist State con vention, is to be held at the Baptist church Thursday afternoon and eve ning. Rev. W. H. Cox, pastor of the local church, will be assisted by Dr. 8. J, Reid, Rev. J. V. Austin, and Dr. A. it. Petty, out-of-town minister. Dr. Reid will be remembered by the Pendleton people who heard htm at revival services held here recently. The program for the afternoon ses sion will consist of song services, and talks on the "Evangelistic Value of the New World Movement," "Our Vn finished Task." and "Spiritual Sig nificances of the New World Move ment." A fellowship luncheon will be given at 6 p. m. For the evening session, a song ser vice, discussion of the Baptist world challenge, a stereoptican lecture and a closing hour with the topic, "The Pre-eminent Christ" will form the program. Following the conference here, the pastors will go to Adams on Friday. thence to Helix. La Grande, Enter prise, Elgin, Cove. North Powder. Hanes, Baker. Redmond. Prineville. Rend. Hood River anti The Dalles. A lay's conference will be held at each place. Hermiston, Weston and Mil ton have had their conferences and Athena wilt ha,ve one Wednesday, pre ceding the local meet'ng. MARCH WHE 4 T THREE CENTS ABOVE PRICE AT YESTERDAY'S PIT CLOSE March wheat, after opening in the "hicago grain market today at $1.' ?l.sed at $ 1.73 B-, over three cents j Higher than yesterday's closing mark of tl.70 3-8. while May wheat, after pening at $1.70, closed at $1.68, or over three cents lower than yesterday's closing, $1.71 5-8. Followfng are the quotations from local brokers: Overbeck & Cooke, Wheat Open High Low Close iMar. 1.77 1.77 1.73 l.TSH May 1.70 1.71 "4 1.67 1.68 I tYirn I May .76 .76 .74 ' .75 H July .77 77 ' .7ii .76 OHts iVay .r,oi .f,(i'i .49l4 A9 July .4S-(, .49 .4H .4S Ryo May 1.4814 1.4SW 1.46'i 1.47 May May .72 4 L,b,.Afk.hH4- Mnvten Kwlianst" I.ondon, 3.5.r Paris, 5. S3. Berlin, 1.34. Vienna, .0024. Rome, .034 HIGHER COURT RULES I i ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (A. P. ' District supreme Justice Stafford has ' upheld the government objections to the divorcement plana submitted hy 'the big packers under a recent agreed decree. The court held any accept able plan must provide for an early land complete divitrcement of all ob noxious holdings. NELSON LISTED AS OIIE OF 10 I.W TO FRONT Local Friends Renew Efforts by Wire to Secure Appoint ment of Man From Umatilla County if Possible. P0LLMAN AND M'CANN ARE OTHER AVAILABLES Sheep King gf Wallowa County Says He Cannot Consistently Accept Post But Failed to Give Reason for His Act. ' SAI.ESr. an. 4. (A. P.) Jay Jr. Dobbin, appointed a member. of this highway commission yesterday to succeed K. K. Kiddle, today notified Governor Olcott he coojd not ac cept. , Nrtsoii Ranks Hlu-h. SALEM. Jan. 4. f. P.) Jay If. Ioibin. Wallowa county sheepman ha declined appointment as highway commissioner in a telegram to the governor. "After deliberate consider ation." he wired Olcott, "I have come to tne conclusion I cannot con4stent- accept the appointment as stat highway commissioner." He gave no reason. Olcott is again faced hy what he termed. In naming Dobbin, "a most difficult appointment." Thre men loom high as possibilities in the list of ten candidates hacked by friends throughout the eastern Ore gon district William Pollman. of Baker, lftvid "elson of Pendleton, and Thomas MeCann of Bend News of the refusal of Mr. Doboln to accept the appointment has been received - here with minified feelinc-a. Immediately upon . receipt of the news through an Associated Press dis patch tn the East Oregonian. Presi dent Haley of the Commercial Asso ciation ays wires would he at once sent to Governor Olcott renewing: the suggestion that David H. Nelson b appointed." EL MADRID. Jan. 4 (A. P.) Two-" hundred and fourteen died when the Spanish steamer Santa Isabel was' wrecked near Villagarcia Saturday night, says a message. Fifty six were saved hut many of them are injured. Many bodie were washed ashore. In several cases whole families were drowned. CLOSED TOD A Y I - T ATHENS. Jan. 4. l p.) Brit ain has again stolen a lap In the world race for control of oil. it hus become known. Thi time American con cerns, including the Standard Oil, are blocked when British companies and a' Royal Dutch syndicate were lvei concessions in newly-discovered fields of northern Greece. The grant r believed to lie most valuable. " Weatfier Reported by Major Lee Moorhoune, official weather observer. The ruin Maximum. 5. Minimum, 39. Barometer. 119.20. Rainfall, .05 inches. iKEJim Tonliht and Wed need ay rain; warmer tonlitht. if - ktt! ; '. i : i : t v , 4 X 4