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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 32
MASSiVG
COM
IS IAIBI
WORD
CHIEF
POUCE
Expected Battle in Council To
night Will Not Materialize is
Belief Held by Those Who
Seem in Close Touch.
FRIEDLY SAYS PEOPLE
WILL LIKE SOLUTION
City Attorney, Physician and
Recorder Are to be Named at
Session Tonight; Much In
terest Taken by Public.
while the rtty, awaits with more
than usual interest announcement an
to the selection by the city council to
nlKht of a chief of police, member of
the police committee today ure nut
committing; themselves for publicntlbn
beyond saying that they are "in ac
cord" with regard to action to bo ta
ken tonight.
The committee, consisting of Coun
cllmen Wlllard Bond, Manuel Friedly
and William Dunn, met this morning
to consider the police chief situation.
"We reached a concluaion that we be
lieve will be satisfactory to at leant
(0 per rent of the people," i Mr.
Krledly'a statement on the matter.
' Mayor George A, Il.trtman was not
preaent at the meeting, he aald, and
dinclaimed knowledge of what had
tranapired, lie waa Inclined to believe
u Mr. Friedly later declared, that the
prom teed' battle over an appointment
wmild fail Jo jiiiUartilU., -
Officials wore unwilling to any
Whether an agreement had been reach
ed on the aelectlon of a man for the
job. Dark horse talk wsswinentloned
but neither confirmed nor denied.
Indlratiena were today .that the
council chamber would be crowded
with spectator tonight at 7:8ft o'clock
when the new council sits In Ita firat
official aeaaion. Beside taking action
on the marshalahlp, the appointments
of city physician, city attorney and
recorder will be made and conf.rmed.
THREE NEBRASKA GOAT:
OMAHA. Jan. 6. (IT. P.)-Ai
drunken hog, aided by an Intoxicated
dog, engaged in a gory battle with
three Inebriated goats when deputy
sheriff descended on the farm of
George Fred, an alleged moonshiner,
near hers. The gnats, which had Im
blded more freely than the other ani
mals got decidedly the worst of the
argument, but not before they Inflict
ed sever punishment on the enemy.
Officers found six stills In full opera
tion and confiscated 600 gallons of
corn whiskey besides large quantities
of mash. The animals were drunk
from eating mash.
Si
1 BEATTUB, Jan. B. (A. P.-Payment
of the state wsr bonus to veter
ans, should begin within a month, ac
cording to advices received here today
from Olympia. The favorable decision
of the supreme court In declaring the
moasura constitutional removed the
last obstacle and the state Is prepar
ing to begin the big task of disbursing
more than $11,000.0(10 to the veter
ans. tn Seattle it is estimated 11,000 for
mer service men and women will re
reive 12.200,000.
ACffiS
BIDS ASKED FOR WORK
ON ROAD FROM COUNTY
LINE TO LA GRANDE
PORTLAND, Jan. 6. (A. P.) The
highway commission contracted for
S8-78 miles of road work at yester
day's session, the .contracts aggregat
ing 1434,481. It ordered advertising
for bids for the grading of the Ore
gon trail from the Umatilla county
line to La Oruntle, for culverts ba-
tween Bend and Mllllgan, and for a
THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE
BESSAfMBAN BORDER MAY
fmmm
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4
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r
,
Hurley, Wisconsin, 'way un in h0
In the dry I'nited States until a young army of IT. H. prohiMtlon officers'sw,oied In and carried off all the moon
shine they could find In bobsleds.
Persistent rumors that other lines of
business In remllctoti will follow the
lead of the automobile dealers In go
ing to a etrlrjly cash basis weia re
ported todn. No concerted action
along this line has been taketi .but
from good authority' it Is learned that
a numher of various businesses are
giving the matter c.ircful coni-idet-a.
lion.
On Jan. 1, the automobile repair
men announced their stand. They de
clared that the cost of doing business
Is rapidly mounting because of the
slowness of collections. In order to
maintain their businesses they have
been obliged to nsk credit for longer
periods and for greater amounts from
banks, they declare.
:
ELI.ENSiU'HCJ, Wash., Jan. 5. (A.
P.) The worst storm of the year Is in
progress in the Cascade mountains,
according to teleitraiih linemen who
returned from the mountain dislricls
litte today. A heavy snowfall Is ac
companied by a high wind, they sold.
Six Inches of snow fell here yesterday.
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READY FOR WAR PATH
COV1NOTOX. Ky., Jan, 5. (A. P.)
Following sudden termination of the
first sale of the season today of the
loose leaf tobacco market of Coving
ton, shout 400 growers unanimously
passed a resolution to withdraw all
1920 tobacco from the market and not
to raise a crop in 1921.
lld ' excitement prevnlled when
prices far below those anticipated by
the farmers were posted soon after
the opening of the market, and It was
decided to suspend operations for the
day. The sheriff and several deputies
went to the scene to preserve order at
the warehouses where approximately
.100,000 pounds of new crop tobacco
wero stored.
WISCONSIN UtSEs BY POIXT
CHICAGO, Jan. 5. -(A. P.) The
western conference basketball season
opened last night with Northwestern
university defeating Wisconsin, 13 to
12.' .
Clackamas river bridge. The survey
of thirty-elght miles on the John Iiy
nignway Between Condon nnd Arling -
ton was ordered. The commission dis-
tmuA.l . r.mi Ann .
"l t mip minion
flvA htln.1iArl t)wYK...l .4M..
rm . u " i ""IT "l . ,,Iumrp"-
v "-vi fu.M luuinar-
ed with 94.58 In November.
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NEWS? PER' GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT GF DAILY
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mOa,ILY EAST 0REG0nN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY
RUSSIAN TROOPS
DRY AGENTS RAID NORTH WOODS
o
jey'
north woods, had the reputation1 of
NO CRIME TO WEAR
CHINA PHEASANT
. FEATHER IN HAT
Umatilla county women who
wear the plumage of the China
pheasant as a decoration for
millinery need not fear arrest
for violation of the federal game
law. according to tester W.
Humphreys, I nited S.ales dis
trict uttoritey, who has settled
he. question in response to ,;a.
ij'tery from Mrs. Edith G. Van
Jefi:('n, home demonstration
spent.
The gorgeous feathers of the
btid are in high favor as an
adornment for milady, but some
women feared to Hear the plum
age because of the game laws..
Attorney Humphreys says that
the birds are not migratory and
that if killed in season, there is
no penalty for using the feath
ers. At a millinery school held re
cently in Herniiston under the
direction of Mrs. Van Ucusen,
three phea&unt hats were made.
Wholesale mllllners'ln the Ea:;t
are featuring pheasant hats,
and are combining the feathers
with other materials in toques ,
and ninny other conceits to
catch the feminine eye.
WiL discuss site-
V
Perry I
Ir. F. A. I.ieuallen and
Idlcman, local members of the state
hospitalization committee of the Am-j
erican Legion, left for' Walla Walla
this noon in response to a request that!
they meet Washington officials of the
legion and army officers In an inspec
tion of the old Pirt Walla Walla bar
racks as a possible hospital site for
wounded men of the world war heed
ing hospital treatment.
Washington legion officials have
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ocen on a tour 01 me state looking th(, coromtlon, but Philo Bounds will
after men needing hospital treatment . , futuro 00 in charge of the store,
and looking into the facilities provid- j Mr Rounds, who was formerly asso
d former service men receiving voca-1 elated with the K. Falkenberg Jewelry
tlonal training at the various institus-1 nre , Wa!a WRna- became a mem
tlons In the state. The hospital propo-1 ' ... Ih ,, firm . ,... ln.
sitinn at Walla Walla is understood j
here to he for all men of the north-(
west country.
Charles S. Albert, commander of
Spokane Post, und M F. Hull, also of'
Spokane, are among tnose with whom
the local, men will confer. An Asso-:
elated I'rehs dispatch today said they I
would later visit Pendleton.
VARIEGATED TROUBLE
PORTLAND, Jan. 5, (A. P.i j
Many coast points are totally cut off,
from the outside world today as a re-:
suit of an eighty-mile gale und rn'n 1
storm which struck the north-Pac'fi4i
coust late yesterday anil swept in- j
land, sweeping telephone and tele- 1
graph poles before it. A rain-soaked i
roadbed which caused a "soft' 'track
north of Grants Pass resulted In it
freight train derailment todav nnd ile-
1 layed Southern Pacific trains several
j hours. The S. P. nnd S. railroad to
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j ' t oT
pan ! niocKeu hv a slMt nrnr vpth
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nmi np i'-ne mnu-ay tn astrtnff -
ion is oiii or commission diin to KiitHs
'
near vasue Iwock.
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being the wettest spot per iwtuare foot
W. H. Thomas, owner of the Thom
an Shop in Pendleton, the Criterion in
Walla Walla and the Thomas Shop in
Wcnatchee, yesterday became owner
of a controlling Interest In -.. Bartholo
mew's In. PoulUimUifcus completing a
(chain of stores for ladies' ready-to-
wear, owned by Mr. Thomas,
Mr. Thomas will In future make his
headiuarters In Portland, and the
l-'ehdleton s ore will be managed by
Chis Stadfeld, for the past four years
employed by Sayres' store and w-ho
! has had experience in the merchandise
j business.
. E. 1. Bartholomew, Kxilh whom Mr.
Thomas will be associated in business,
j will spend the greater part of his time
j ill New York and will purchase worn-
j en's clothing for the four stores own-
ed by Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas feels
jthat with Mr. Bartholomew's service
I he will be able to give his Pendleton
patrons and thiwse in the ofher three
j cities an opportunity to choose from
; the most exclusive models. He be-
! lieves also that Mr. Bartholomew will
j be able to watch the market and give
I patron! the advantage of chanties in!
j prices. ' i
i .1 ne Thomas Hhop In this city was
-( recently remodelled and re-decorated.
The shop was founded four years ago
'last October and was formerly The
. Paris.
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M. SAWTELLE HAS
,
Royal M. Sawtelle, for the past 16
years a jeu'eler In Pendleton, retired
j from active part in the firm of Royal
' rtiwtelle. Inc., on January 1, according
I to announcement made today.
Mr. Xaivtelle retains Ills interest in
corpora ted last May. The store Is
known as the oldest in Eastern Ore
gon, having been founded by Mr. Wil
kinson in 18S7. Mr. Sawtelle purchas
ed it from H. U Hasbrook, and since
that time the growth of the business
lias been steady.
After closing business matters In
the city, Mr. Sawtelle, accompanied by
his wife and two children, will leave
PendVton. They expect to depaa-t
within the next few months. Both Mr.
s'nd Mrs. Sawtelle are popular in social
circles and Pendleton peoplo are re
gretting their departure.
G
j COI.VMIU'S, Jan. 6. (C P.) j
Takine a resoite from wearying con-'
. ...;. ..1 .i..,iD c.nnin
iii ,,,.rr,t 10 roionihns wherei
,1P ,vm h ninnted into the mysteries
f yiKn Masonry this afternoon ana j
1'J
t IMiiM'y wpih iih-iiuhmn h iih' t,t.ium"uo
onslstory. The president -elect showing
; 0ft0t8 of U.e. (nwndous strain he is
"I
llllM.ll UIK ' (I lit it' I . nrit uiiitH
today
hrcak in his heavy schedule.
TKOIvlAS BUYS STORE
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS
NEW BUDGET AND WORKING
PLAN ENLARGES SCOPE OF
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION
Itommmendntlons of the financo.the new nlnn. vnt,i nin
committee of the I'endleton Commer-
j ...
"nc aufjijipu wnn
f- chanKPB at the January meeting
last nisht, providing for a campaign
to double th? present membeinhip, for
a fulltlme aecrelarv nni
, increnHefl budget. An amend
nent :n Die liy-lawa, Jeaving to the
Oirtcref ion vf the board of ni!imiDa,u
me choice of the secretary and the sal-
i" in! jiaia mm, nas passed unan
imously. Mural memberships in the numer
ous business establishments of Pendle
ten will bo sought in doubling the
present roll. Bu means of the added
revenue the association believes that
"passing the hat" for extra entertain-me-.ts
nd enterprises will be done
awa with except in rare instances, i
Greater service can be rendered with1
n budget approximating $7000 a year.
me committee report declared.
Automobile item Krascd
An automobile provided for the
secretary's use was suggested in the
original report of the finance commit
tee hut that item was eliminated be
fore the report was adopted. The re
port also fixed the salary to be paid
the secretary but this, too. was chang
ed, to leave that matter in the board
of managers' hands.
The treasurer of the association is
t'lso responsible to the board of man
agers, by the terms of the amend
nent passed.
Machinery for putting into action
J
FOUR CENTSJNPIT
TODAY; MAY IS LOWIR
After Opening at $1.72 Today
March Quotations Drop to
$1.69 5-8; Hay ; Options
Close at $1.64 1-8"
The wheat market showed weakness
today, March wheat closing at 11.69
5-8, or four cents' lower than yester
day's closing price, and May wheat
closing af jl,tt4 1-8, four and an
eighth cents lower than the May clos
ing price yesterday. March wheat
:pened at today and May at
$1.67. -
Following are the quotations as re
ceived by Overbeck & Cooke, local
brokers, from the Chicago Grain Mar
ket; Wheat
Open
1.72
1.67
.74 '4
.75
.49.i
.4 8
High Low
Close
1.69
1.644
Mar.
May
May
Puly
May
July
May
May
1.724
1.67
Corn
.74
.75 H
Outs
1.68 M
1.63 14
.73H
.74
.48'
.47
74
75
.49
.48
Rye
1.47 1.45 '.4 1.4,114
1.47
Harley
,72 .72 .71
Foreign fNchansr
7 Hi
London, 3.60.
Paris. .0492 4.
Perlin, .0134 14.
Vienna, .0026.
Rome, .0356 Mr-
X. Y. money, 7 percent.
. NOH TESTIFIES
I
imilXJF.PORT, Conn.. Jan. 5. (U.I
..)Sobbing and near a collapse Mrs. 1
tinei a on, on ine 'wiiiit-Ms mmuu, uc
scribed In detail the brutal murder of
her husband, George Nott. Fhe was!
rnlld ss a witness bv the nrosecution
ln the trial of Elwood Wade, charged;
dii Killing Nott. She described how
Wade' and his pal, John Johnston, en
tered the house, stole upstairs In their
stocking feet to Nott's room. She tes-!
tified Wade had asked her to let him
go upstairs and attack Nott. It is al
leged by the state that Wade was en
amored of Mrs. Nott and killed her
j husband for that reason. She and
Johnston are also charged with mur
Ider. She testified she could not con
ItVol Wade and that he went upstairs
j without her permission. She said
'Johnston came running down. Then
' she heart Nott yell, then a shot. Soon
the two men tumbled d n stairs. The
husband. died almost Immediately.
rRIFF HII.I, SOON" XRIXKY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. (A. P.)
Plans for the introduction of a new
1. . ,.tl.nn turttr hill snnn after the
"convening of the extra session tn
March were announced hy Chairman
Forney, of the house ways and means
committee.
FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED
571921.
AGAINST
BRING WA
r,,nen ,ne finance committee was In-?
Isiructed by PreMldent J. n. n.-ilev tn!
fin.. .
orRin work. Definite word on the
memherchip Increase campaign will he
given shortly. 4 !
Auto ( lull 8iok-ttmen Heard : '
Spokesmen for the new Eaetern Ore-
- ; Kon Auto Club, which has evolved out
of J'pndleton'a membership In the Trl
Kr. .&uin r-ii.h
atlnn of the Commercial Association
in their efforts to make their clnh a
strong one. Clyde McKay and 0. H.
Nelson appeared as representing the
automobile dealers and good roads
boosters, respectively.
Hupport of the Umatilla County
Realty Association was also asked by
J. H. Estes, Its president. R. E. Tuck
er, sent here to organize the city for
Community Service wofk, also appear
ed before the association to make a
short talk on his purpose in coming
here.
Asks Protection for Usu
nellef from the cross-lot tactics of
pedpstrains on the park by the O. W.
station was sought by T. F. O'Brien,
local agent. Mr. O'Brien declared
that persons are wearing a beaten path
from the Bowman Hotel corner across
the grass ana he asked that. some steps
be taken to divert this traffic by Its;
proper channels.
H. E. Inlo-w, Judge I. M. Schannep,
Will H. Bennett, Zoeth Houser, C. L.
Woodward. Alfred Smith and Rev
George L. Clark were voted fnember
ships in the association. ., , . v-
IRS ARE
Fighting Also Occurs in Cork
Today Following Throwing
of Bomb at Police; Machine
Guns Turned on Crowds.
DCBLIN Jan. 5. IV. P.) Sixteen
S-inn Feiners were killed near Kan-
turk after ambushing a military patrol
it is reported here. Other members of
the party were captured but the sol
diers escaped Injury. Fighting broke
out in Cork when a bomb was tossed
into a group of six policemen, who
were wounded by the explosion. Of
ficers Tepor4d with maohine guns
supplying a number of attackers.
The bombing occured while the po
lice were crossing a bridse near police
headquarters. The street was almost
instantly stormed -with uniformed jmen
who turned rifles and macliine guns
j on the crowds.
CXBVER, Jan. 5. (U. P.) A press
agent stunt, sponsored by a local movie
theatre, consisting of a series of amor
ous post cards signed by a woman,
addressed to married men, calling at
tention to the scene In a certain pic
ture, 'nearly caused a tragedy In the
home of Archie Young, a traveling
salesman, here. Mrs. Young received
the endearing cards while the husband
j was on me roan, yoe was 1" 10 sin ti-s
Iwnen ne returned nome. i nysiciHiis
1 finally succeeded In convincing Mrs.
Young the cards were not from net
j husband's affinity, but merely the
work of a press agent whose activities
M,,o .iniiia. tinhavnla In several
hom?!t MwMt,e8 on the rard!
were rather supjrestive.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. a. (A. P.)
The state department has ordeted an
investigation of the entry into this
country of Daniel J. O'Callaghan, lord
mavor of Cork, who arrived at New
port News yesterday as a stowaway,
without a passport. Officials Inti
mated no distinction will he drawn be
tween his ense and that of any other
stowaway unlesa an extraordinary ba
sis for extenuation is found.
Kralr to Testify.
NEWPORT NEWS, Jan. 5. (A. P.
O'Callaghan. who arrived as a stow
away with Peter MacSwiney. brother
of the late Terrence MacSwiney. said
editors of the New York Nation In-
viw d him to testify before the com-1
miltee investigating Irish conditions. L
PRESS AND UNITED'
DAILY EDITION
The Fast Oregonisn In Etm Ore
gon' irl newspaper end a
aelling forc give to th a.lrtir
over twice tlx guaranteed pii ,r--
latlon In Pendleton and t'mallll cuua
ty of any other newapaBer,
CITY OFFICIAL PAFE2
NO. 9717
BOLSHEVIK! ARE
PIAI1SPB
DRIVE IS CLAi: I
Rumania and Greece May be
Aligned Against Combination
of Russia and Turkey Says
Paris Correspondent.
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FRANCE WILL BACK i
POLAND IF ATTACKED
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Assignment of Bessarabia to
Rumania Believed Cause of
Concentration of Bolshevik!
Trgops on the Frontier. ...
PARIS, Jan. 5. (Henry Wood. U,
P. Staff Correspondent.) The. Rus
sian government is planning a spring
drive Into Rumania and Oalicia,, e
cdVding1 to military experts hero. Re
cent developments along tha western
frontier, of Russia has convinced crit
ics the soviet army will drive into
those territories when the weather'
permits. A new Kurnnran war with'
various nations dragging and toppling
one, another into the fighting is seen
as a possible consequence. 'It is be
lieved the fighting; will Involve Po
land and that It will necessitate a cam
paign into the north. Fear of other
nations toppling over the brlak r
snlted from the realization the bolshe-'
viki have linked themselves with Tur
key through the crushing of Armenia.
The Turks, armed, and still In the
field, are protesting against the set
tlement of the Turkish boundary, and
11 would be easy to 1. i l uc u into a.
conflict, It j fce;tveii here.
Rumania might count on the aup- ,
I port of Greece, Wlt! these two na
tions In the field, there would be every
possibility of another Balkan explo
sion. France is openly preparing to
aid Poland in the event of a bolshe
vik! attack. . . .
Credits have already been voted for "
the purpose ami France, through her ;
alliance, might be able to pull still oth-i.
ers Into the war. Rumania is cr fitted
j with 400.000 trained troops, ieadjt for"
,quicK service, t ne Rumanian authori
ties have proudly pointed out these
are trained men, better able to with-
stand attack than were the hastily- '
assembled Poles of last year. The
Russian army, still mobilised. i3 rhaf
mg and eager for, continuation of ts
success against General Wrangel . in
Crimea, at close of the 1920 campaign.
Hge concentrations of troops have '
been bulked against the Bessarablan !; .
frontier which was recently assigned '
to Rumania. ...
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BUTTER CREEK ROAD
Delegations from Hermiston, Stan-
field and Echo commercial bodies to
day waited, upon the new county corar
m.asiuiiers to present a solid petition
for Immediate action on the Butter"'
Creek highway from the Columbia,
river to Lena, in Morrow county. This
road has been under contemplation
for several .months and action onIt '
was revived on the Sunday following
Christmas when delegates from all the
towns affected met at Pine City for
discussion. , ; . ..
The commissioners .in,
this mornlni, t,.. ., . ,
from Ferndale, asking fr Improve.
meni 01 roatts near the state line. The
road from Ferndale school to Tum-a-Lum
school has been partially rocked
by the farmers living along Its route
and now they ask that the county give
its help and plan further road Im
provements. J. T. Haun, Peter Al
bright. W. W. Higglne and C. &
O'Rrien comprised that delegation.
Weatfter
Reported by Major J.ee MoOrhouae,
official weather observer.
Maximum, 2.
Minimum. 3S. 1 f "
Barometer, 2.50.
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THE u
WEATHER
FORECASp
Tonight an
Thursday
un
settled prob.
bly rain 1
snow, ceider
tonight '
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