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jiiiiim.-itimm sf.; lit-( THE EAST OBECOMIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE A'SSOCIATED PRESS ANU UNITES KIZ DAILY EDITION The East Oregonlun In Eastern Ore gon' sgreateat newspaper and as elling forcw flvn to the nrtertlf over twice the guaranteed pstd circu lation In Pendleton and Umatilla coun ty of any other newpper. CITY OFFICIAL PAPEB DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1021. NO. 9720 DAILY EDITION f&& ,- ThU I. a member of ynJ audits iO J -Po DAILY U KfifX& U U U J U by th. Audit Rure.u. of Circulation., IL j; OOUNTYOFFICIAL PAPER ;, . ' . ' jJ " ' '""T "tmmmm VOL. 32 - mmm ROUTS BODY OF TURKISH TROOPS Ottomans Said to be Retreat ing in Disorderly Line From Brusa Leaving Conquerers ' Open Road to Sultan's City. KING CONSTANTINE . THUS REFUTES CHARGES Opportunity Seized as Means of Vindicating Allegations That Greek Army Was De-, moralized by Supporters of Ruler. ,J ATHENS, Jim. 10. l'. P.)reek force, taking the Initiative, defeated a large body of Turkish nationalist troops at BrUMU, according to reports from Rymrna. Forres of Musluphu Kemal are reported retreating disor derly, leaving the1 Greeks an open road to HniBtt. The auccenaea were Mixed upon 1' King Conmantine'a mipporters here an a refutation of the charges that the Creek nrmy wu demoralised by th recent chango In givernment. Joe Castle tried several different time last evening lo cash a check for $111.50 and then was arrested by the police and lodged In the city Jail. He la being held pending Investigation ol his operations. The check was a forgery of a can celled voucher belonging to Mrs. James Johns. Jt had been written out of her check book but the copy wa made on a counter check. The Cosy Billiard Parlor, Charles Company and Welch Hnuthera all gave the proffered pper the once over and called it no good. Meanwhile the police were no tified. Castle probably will be turned over to the sheriff as soon as the dis trict attorney gathers the evidence in the case. CONSPIRACY CASE IS CONTINUED WHILE THE JURYMEN INVESTIGATE INDIAMAPOI.18, Jan. 1I. (I'. P ) Trial of the government's . case against 125 coal miners and operators charged with conspiracy to restrain the production and distribution of coal, was continued Indefinitely by federal Judge Anderson. Continuance was granted on a motion of district attor ney Van Nuys on the grounds that the federal grand Jury Is making further Investigations of the coal Industry. rijADi-s iik nncrovi:i lHtF.AM MKSSAGF Ol' MARY ii. ItARI Il :i)l)Y NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Arthur K. Stilwell, railroad builder and financier, Is telling the public that ho has recelv. ed dream messages direct from Mary Q. Haker Eddy, founder of the Christ Ian Science church, telling him how the church should be conducted. He believes the messages arc authentic. 'mu. kli.l that fru U'flK concerned In the supernatural conver-! nations which Ktllwell claims to have had with persons in the "other world" came in a series of articles hy Sllhveil, published in the New York Evening World, In which Stilwell casually men tioned the fact that he had been in communication with the Christian Science leader. On FTIdayhe text of these messages wns published. In his "dreams,'' Stilwell says, Mrs. Kddy told him thn't she had long been tunkinir for some one to whom she could give advice regarding the church. Phe asked him to ndvlse trie directors of the church to resign,, and to reinstate Mrs. Stetson, who has been nuuteri from her membership. She urged the formation of a new board of directors, with one member elected from each of the continents where the church has a foothold, Stlhvell said. . Another interesting phase of the messages was the statement ascribed by Btilwell to Mrs. Kddy that if she were to write again her "science of l.ealth and key to the scriptures," she -i.l,1 rhnnin many pnssuges, but she said that thi was too late to attempt mien a change. She pointed out that fctllwell'a ''neutrality,'' he being outside the church, should lend Itself to fur therlng the work of restoring peace to . the organization. CAit is nrni.i:i tm FKKTj IUHVKIt VMiritT rOTTAOE GROVE, Jan. 10. The Shasta limited ran Into the reor of It. her three small children 'at the time. I Ijincnster'i car Bt Sixth street cross- Though suffering from her burns she) lug, Saturday evening, throwing It 10(1 rescued the children safely but was tin feet down Sixth street, where it struck nble to prevent the total destruction a telephone pole, knocked the car all ()f the house with Its consents. Tliei to pieces, and threw lncaster Intd (ha Woodson Itrothem garage. To being rnred for In Bit' ho and is report failed to see the train in the darkness ed as 111 from her experience though! una rum. , tcr condition is not dangerous. j f : X if . VI A ixK.A . ) SS L i it y LEGISLATURE BULLETINS SCHARGE urn iW A. F. OF L CHARGES Railway Workers Petition La-' bor Board to Give Boards of Adjustment National Juris diction Instead of Local. I CIHCAGO, Jan.. 10 (I". P.I Fifty thousand skilled railroad employees have been thrown out of work through the railroads making ' contracts with equipment concerns. President Jewell of tho railway employees department of the American Federation of Labor charged In a statement to the I'liHen States railroad labor boim!. He mndi the statement at a hearing on a peti tion of the railroad employees to the labor board to have boards of adjust ment made national In scope Instead of merely locally. Jewell charged that the public had been defrauded out of the millions of dollars by the railroad Interests under tho cost-plus contracts with equip ment companies controlled by the same banks which control tho rail roads. He said these evils were the direct result of the dominating control of the Morgan Steel combine." declared under tho cost-plus guarantee of the Ewh-Cummins Act. At best "the grossly inflated costs constitute a fraud against tho I'nlted Stale government probably in violation of federal sta tutes." - Contracts with "tiutsido concerns have "deliberately created an unper manently suffering discontent at a time when public Interests require the utmost confidence and harmony in the relations between capital and labor," said Jewel. , California Adopts ltctwilullon SACRAMKXTO, Jan. 10. (A. P.) The state assembly adopted a resolu tion urging the I'nlted States senate not to negotiate a treaty with Japan whlrh would Invalidate the California anti-alien land law. The vote was i 2 to nothing. It previously passed the senate. MOTHER SAVES THREE (East Oregonian Special.) ECHO, Ore., Jan. 10. Mrs. Fred Italic!), living 15 miles south of Echo was severely burned Saturday after noon when ome grease she wAs ren dering caught fire settln tho house on fir. Mrs. Rnuch was alone with mother and children escaped with just TOUCHING UP, THE SORE SPOTS. A . mm a -b m r 11.I.CTIOXS ARE TNAXIMOrs SALEM, Jan. 10. (A. P.) With the unanimous election of Senator Roy W. Ritner of Pendle ton as president of the senate and representative Louis K. Pean, of Kunrene as speaker of the bolide, the legislature was organized to day. Eddy of Doitfrlas county, nominated Ritner and Represent ative Gordon or Multnomah, who will head the house ways and means comnil:te, nominated Pean. The governor Is to deliver his msxaiie at 10:30 tomorrow, ion roi;ii;v .MKASI P.E. SALBM. Jan. 10. (A. P.) Senator Pnice Dennis, of La Grande. Is author of a senate joint loemor'al urging congress to pass as early as possible the Fordncy emergency tariff b'll. The me morial 'urges congress to enact a comprehensive protective measure to protect American labor, pro ducts and industry. Dennis will present it as soon as tho senate calls for memorials. RANKS TI'.MPORARV CHAIRMAN. SALEM, Jan. 10. (V. P.) The (hirty-first Oregon legislature is in session. The house convened at 10:30; the senate nlmut eleven. Panks of Multnomah, was chosen temporary president of the senate. Kubli was selected temporary speaker of the bouse. RITVEIl IS PRAISED. SALEM. Jan. 10 (P. -P.) 'Completion of the preliminary v- work was quickly handled. The house adjourned until 2. Ritner was unanimously cho sen president of the senate, fol lowing a brief nominating speech 1 by Senator 'Eddy, who was once remarked as 1! it iter's most for midable opponent for the presi dency. He referred to Rltrer's wide business experience and call-- ed him a "patriot who did Ii is full duty in the late war and is pos sessed of a desire and ability to preside with Justice and fairness to all." SALEM, Jan. 10 (A. P.) Albert H. Goddard was named calendar clorg of the senate. KI'riXT PERM ANENT ORGAN IZATION. ' SALEM. Jan. 10. (A. P.) The senate today effected permanent organization. John P. Hunt of Woodburn, was named chief clerk; Miss Rosina Miller of Mc M'nnvllle, assistant chief clerk: Algert 15. C.oddard, of Umatilla, county, calendar clerk; Walter J Tooxe, reading clerk: Col. W. G. I). .Mercer, Eugene, sergeant at arms; H. T. Bruce oil Multnomah, doorkeeper; R. S. McCallahan, of Multnomah, assistant doorkeeper, and Leland T. Rrown, of Douglas county, reading clerk. Ritner was elected president unanimously except that he by courtesy voted for Senator Eddy. Fred Drager was elected tempo rary chief clerk of the house nnd is expected to he made permanent clerk. His nssislant probably will be J. It. Pedingfield, of IHiuglas county. Elbert Pede is expected to be house reading clerk and Joe Soger sergeant at nrnts, Fred Maindel will be calendar clerk anil C. A. Nadon of Marion, doorkeep- cVnntor Kddy In nominating Senator Ritner for the presidency. FJi'd the session of the next 40 dnvs will have before it the most serious questions. "I feel that II Is a happy inci- tContinucd on page 5.) 1 t: 4 g3 j (Tf? 1 6 LP j SECRETARy CF STATE Records Show 270 Cases, the Longest of Which is the Til Taylor Murder Trial Involv ing Five First Degree Con . victions. Two hundred and seventy cases have been bandied by the district at torney's office during the year just ended, his annual report to the secre tary of s:ate shows. The repori has just been compiled and sent to Salem by District Attorney It. I. Keator. This number represents only the cases of record in the various courts of the county. In addition the office rendered 48 written opinions for the arious peace officers of the county and appeared in all the uncontested divorce cases in circuit court and as attorney for the Siate Industrial Acci dent Commission nnd the State High way Commission in a number of cases. I Tho larcest niece of work was the hundling of the Til Taylor murder t:te, in which five convictions for first decree murder were obtained. The .ase is not yet closed, owing to the ap peal taken by Kerby and Rat'nie, un der sentence to hung. The work' on this case began immediately with the capture of the criminals and is still be iny hnndled. Cases were prosecuted in the justice courts of the various, precincts, the county court, circuit court nnd su preme' court of the slate. No sum mary of the work was compiled by the district attorney but a resume of re ports shows that traffic cases were most numerous in the justice courts. Adams had 19 casea, all of which came under this head whHe in trie Pendle ton district there were 63 traffic cases out of a total of 122, or more tlun half. LIVESTOCK MARKET STRAP Y PORTLAND. Jan. 10 (A. P.) Cattle and hojrs steudv, sheep firm, cist of mountain lambs Jtl.nO to J10. .",0. E(r;:s and butter steady. ECHO POSTI (Fast Oregonian Special. I F.CHO, Jan. 10. A. M. Longwcll. postmaster of Echo, died in Portland at 6 o'clock this mornihg according to .i mcsaxe received here during the forenoon. Mr. Longwcll had been lvrated on in a Portland hospital : Thursday. He had been ill for some i time past and had gone to the Port land hospital In hopes of relief. The first news of h's serious condition was 'contained In a wire calling Mrs. Long i well to his bedside. She left for Port land accompanied by her sister, Mrs. jit. Willis and Mr. Millia. I The body is to be brought to Echo ,for burial but the time of the funeral .i.id tun been announced this morning MILITARY FORCES MP PLAN OF SINN FEIN TO ATTACK DUBLIN CENTER M'CARROLL TO ARGUE OWN CASE IN CIRCUIT milRT TRIAI HP 'JfiY'he crown foroes north and west of LUUMI IttlAL ML bAIi ill)1)n (t iK rpporle(1 here. Th( Kay McCurroIl wtll not burden hlmsWf with an attorney when hiH tr nl on a charge of driving an auto whjle Intoxicated comes In circuit court Thursday morn injr, hi notified Judge (i ' , I hcljta this morning when ar-rair-ed and aslted to plead. Mc Carroll entered a plea of not' guilty. He was indicted by the recent grand Jury on a charge of driv ing an auto while intoxicated. The particular offense was pilot ing a Iodgc roadster across the east pedeyirian lano of the Main Htieet bridge one night in l'e ce ruber at a 40-mile clip. He Wit not in custody when the Jury reported and a bench war runt for his arrest was issued. 44 THREE GET SENTENCES Sentences of two and a half years in the penitentiary were given Edgar j ritzpatriek and Harry Thomas, con fessed forgers, by Circuit Judge G. W. Phelps this morning. Roth were in dicted last week on charges of obtain ing money by fitlse pretenses nnd both pleaded guilty. James I). Coplen, who was indicted and pleaded guilty to the I same charge, was sentenced on Fri- ; day to two years. i William McOee. who pleaded guilty i Ito the robbery of the Peoples Ware- j house, received a two year term in j 'mportant lines of building materials is jthe penitentiary. The four men tin-1 "proposed tjy the department of jus der sentence will be taken to Salem jtice in a statement Assistant Attorney shortly by two, deputies from the General Neberk issued, sheriffs office. I Charles !.afferty, who ran amuck ! at Stanfield and was indicted for as jsault, was fined $100 by the judge j this morning. He pleaded guilty to ithe charge. Ray McCarroll, up for Jarraigrnment'and plea on a-charge of 'driving a car while Intoxicated, plead ed not guilty. George McElroy and C. J. Drown, indicated for larceny by baillie, both pleaded not gudty this morning but the date of their trial was not fixed. t 1XINDON.' Jan. 10. (A. P.) John Robert Clines, labor member of parliament, former food controller and president of the national union of gonerul workers, was howled down today while attempting to address a meeting of the unemployed at t'am bcrwcll. He was obliged to desist, a large section of the audience shouting "We want revolution," "We want So viets." FOUGHT BT SEN. BORAH j have concluded an agreement closing .the incident at Nikolaievsk, Siberia. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. (U. P.) lilst spring. when a Chinese warship A resolution denying any further 1 firel on Japanese subjects during a propriations for the expenses of the i fight with Russian partisans in which Harding inauguration and notifying j several nnd red Japanese were re the inaugural committee that no gov-, portedkilled. ernmcut building be turned over to j The Chinese government nnd the them for a ball, was Introduced by i officers of the warship, the newspa 'enator Rorah, who attempted to have per says, will apologixe and China will t adopted immediately. Objection by 'enator Smoot prevented this. mi'M-: STl'DY WORK iiki; iM,.Ni:r fok VMYI KSITY YOli:N I'MVEKSITY Ol OREGON, En ent Jan. 1ft. lible study classes, oranizort ly the .cum pus X; V. 1 A. wore tlu' suljoot of discussion at & meeting' of coMeRe women held in the Y. W. hunjatlow. Miss Mary Tei-kins. member of the Y, V. C. A. advisory hoard and professor of rhetoric in ;u- university, spoke. The Y. YY. A. has Rrranirl a group of six meeting to take place in the women's houses on the campus and nt the bunjrulow, bepinninf; Yed- nosday. These groups will take up a i systematic study of the Rible In itsl relation to Christian fundamentals. WHEAT UP T0DY, MARCH . CLOSING AT $1,77 1-4; MA Y OPTIONS UP 2 CENTS March wheat went rocketing today after oicning ttt Jt.72 1-4. and closed at $1.7. 1-4, three and a rouith cents higher ,than Saturday's closing. Following are the quotations from Overbeck & Cooke, hx-al brokers: VIoat. Open. High. Low. Close. March I.TS 1.77i 1.73 1.1TU May 1.65'., 1.69 U M 1.68'a Own. May .74 4 M .11 .Hfc WrBLI.V. Jan. 10. (A. P.) "P.ehel activity 1st possibly reaching the Im portance of extensive skirmishes with fighting, according to vague report which reached Dublin castle, extend I ed at intervals over an area of twenty ! miles. It is believed the .Sinn Fein (have planned an attack In an f- tort to cut transportation linen com j prrt!ng the royal canal and western j railways. The wires are down, but 'acting on meager reports. Dublin cas j tie rushed reinforcements to, various points. The attar k Is said to have be gun whh an ambush of the crown forces at Dtmboyne, fifteen miles ; :ioitheast of Dublin, I LOS AXG ELKS', J:in. 10. (U. P.) jHaymond Thorne, multi-millionaire i clubman of Chicago and Los Angeles, was killed early today in an automo bile accident here. The New roadster ; which Thorne was driving skidded op j the wet pavement, overturned and he Jdied In the arms of the men who ex tracted him from the wrecked car. He was evidently traveling t a high rate of speed VIGOROUS ACTION TO I BE INSTITUTED AGAINST j TRUST LAW VIOLATORS WASHINGTON, Jan 10. (IT. P.) vigorous and "against violators of the trust law in connection with Sherman .nn National Electors Will Meet at the Various State Capitals and Cast Their Votes for President and Vice-President MARIOX, Jan. lfl (P. P.) Hard ing officially becomes president-elect today when the presidential electors meet at their respective state capitals and cast their votes for president and vice president. Harding's resignation from the senate was put before Harry L Davis, who became governor today. The resignation was mode effective for January 15 when Frank B. Willis, senator-elect, will take Harding's place. CHINESE PROMISE TO APOLOGfZE AND PAY JAPS TOKIO. Jan. 10. (A. P.) Japan nnd China, newspaper reports say, pay 30,00ft yen in compensation to the families of Japanese, killed. CAST VOTES IN TEXAS WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. (t p.) Mexican laborers vote in Texas elec tions without having even their first naturalization papers. Representative Pox, of Texas, charged before the sen aVe immigration committee. Pox de- fended restricted immigration to stop the quantity of importation of Mexicar. hiiw. Oats, May .4Sti .4S .4i .45 V July .47 .48 .47N .4Si lLvt May 1.49 1.5J 1.49 124 . Hurley. Mai' .73 .73 .72 H .72 Foreign Kxcliimg London. S.C54, 3.71 Vi. Berlin .013SV,. N. Y. Money, ( per cenL U. S. THREATENS CUBA TO STOP B Ml HI Charge Is Made by President of Western Union Before Sen ate and Press Representative Deplores Lack of Cables. SAYS OPERATION IN FAR ' FIELDS IS UNPROFITABLE Associated Press Claims That it Keeps inJouch With Distant Points in its Dissemination of News Through Patriotism WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. f A. P. Charges that the state department was "making threats against the Cu ban government" to prevent the is suance of a permit for thn wat.rn I'nion ruble landings on the Island were made fcefore the senate com. mittee by Neweomb Carlton, presi dent of the Western Pnion. - ' , WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (A. P )- Frederick Roy Martin, acting genef. al manager of the Associated Press, told the committtee any increase In -communication facilities aided in the dissemination of American news. He said the Associated Press is furnish ing its reports to ports In Alaska and -Mexico and has gone extensively into South America. Reports on the Pa cific are sent by radio and ir,i.i.,- ally copied for free distribution to Ja pan ana t nina. "This Is an unprof itable field and we are keeping it up for patriotic motives to maintain en- ,nection between the Pniled Htt.. readers desired news from the United ini ana in on v rffrrimitv ... lack of cable facilities, he said. FIRE, STARTING IV KITt'IIEA. DAMAGES HOTEI, AT X)NDOX CONDON. Jan7To7-The Summit hotel in this city wag seriously damag ed by fire Friday - flr hr(ke out n the kitchen and desitfte the prompt action of the department, the whole rear of the building warn In flames when the fire fighting apparatus ar rived. The flames were quickly ex tinguished although not before the kitchen and dining room were gutted snd the rooms from top to bottom were urned inside. The property ig owned by Charles Grant, WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (XT p ) The United States, it is learned au thoritatively decided to withdraw from the council of ambassadors which has been meeting continuously in Pana to consider the armistice question and other issues growing out of the peace treaty. Britain, France Italy and the I'nited States were rep resented in the council. Senator Johnson Supposed to Have Issued Statement Warning Senators ' That Great Mass of People Still Cherish Progress. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 ft' p- Senate progressives have served notice lm"'r intention to continue a fiirht on reactions. It is thought tho state- jment was issued by Senator Johnson and the senators composing the pre session group are warned that thonirh political leaders may have forgotten Progressivism it is "still cherished by the great Inarticulate mass." Weather Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum. 44. Minimum. IT. Barometer, ja.l". THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and TupMduy fair, continued cold. CABLE LAiDlfG I, ifti rj it t ifi iff f -A .flirt 1. 4 a j, n fj ijLm on