iv-i !TKE EAST CREGOfjfAfj IS DAILY. EDITION Number of copies printed of yesterday's f DbIIV 3,337 Thin papar In a member of end audited br the Audit Bureau of Circulation!, 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 (r" ' ' -A 4 T 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. E 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. x. . NEWS? PER' GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT GF DAILY r , -, , t - rj ' " I- ' 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 IU1I OULUILII I U 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 : ...... nmr m me j ' t oT pan ! niocKeu hv a slMt nrnr vpth ... nmi np i'-ne mnu-ay tn astrtnff - ion is oiii or commission diin to KiitHs ' near vasue Iwock. wwwmk 4 S. i) ( 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. I . . 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. E 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. . ,,,,- FRANCE WILL BACK i POLAND IF ATTACKED ' '' 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. ... T : 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. " THE u WEATHER FORECASp Tonight an Thursday un settled prob. bly rain 1 snow, ceider tonight ' 1 i '4 6 -