THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIR E NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPH NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRES3 s ' f--- Tfz&ztt-j yZ DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The Flint Oreitonl.n l P.stern Or. wnn' mtrtct nwppr anil ellin forco tlvf to lha .lrtir over twHn th Kunnntwil pant circu lation In Pendleton and l-malllla euuu ty of tny ether newapaper. Number of coplea printed of yeatcrday'i DkIIv 3,323 Thl pper In a member of and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPEE VOL 46. DAT,. ST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1921. VV - nrr. - ' .' I : : ON. 9725 OARING BANDITS PULL BIG 1 Oil TEXAS POSTOfflCE One Killed, Two Shot, One Ar rest, and a Theft Estimated $20,000 Results of Hold ups in Dallas. ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH' LOOT, TWO ARE FOUND The Thieves Make Get-away in Racing Automobile While Police and Citizens Engage in Chase After Them. DAIXA8, Tex., Jan. 15. (IT. I'.) With one man killed beneath a riir.InK automobile and another In custody fol lowing a apertaculnr holdup of the poatoffice In which, two postul clerks were ahot and a federal reserve bank ahlpment atolen, more arrest are ex pected, filx men participated In the robbery, approaching the postofflce In a touring- car. They bean nhoolinK aa they entered the building. A bul let clipped a finger from Anderaon Moore, porter. Albert Bmlth and O. W. Btreet were ahot down In the reg istry room when Hmlth atarted to ur ttuo wyii the bandit. I'ollr.e and cit izen rushed In purauit af'.er the men had ittabbed two mall raiki and fled. The money atolen la estimated at from one to twenty thousand. Later a wrecked touring car waa found near Kurt Worth. Hufus f lemona waa dead beneath the wreckntte W. B. Scrib ner waa arrea'.ed. The pollcu declar ed money atolen from the pnatuffSce waa found on both. Two other be lieved to have been In the car craped. TMENT POST Andrew Mellon Appears in Lead for Treasury Job, Senator Weeks Would be More Than Secretary of Navy. MA WON, Jan. 15. (IT. P.) A fhlft In tho Hardinx cabinet slate ap peara to be taking place, fharlea A. lawra, who.hoa been mentioned for the treasury poat, la now belli" con lldcrcd for the ar department aim Andrew Mellon, Pittsburgh, nppeara In lead for tho treasury. The sltun tlon la further complicated by the arrival of ex-penator John Weeks. Massachusetts, who la understood to dealre the treaaury pnst Instead of be coming aecretnry of the navy, aa has l.cen suKestod by Harding- advisors. Pawea would fit Into the war Job equ ally well aa the treasury jnb. He was one of Pershing's right-hand men In France, having charge of all pur chases for the expeditionary fnrcea. Harding estimated that capable busi ness executive could save at least 25 million dollars a year In the war de portment. Dawca experience with volunteer forces during the -war nlso fits him for the voluntary military training program which Harding has lr mind, Harding's plan 1b still vnguo ns to detail, contemplates summer training camps where .voting men can spend five or six weeks In train ing without greatly Interfering wttn their progress in tivll life. After training, they could go into the re serve for a limited period. Supple menting these camps would be mili tary training given nt colleges. Hard ing estimates nt least a hundred thou annd men this year will be trained this way at moderate cost, utilizing the camps lalllt during the war. BOLSHE1 NEW YOItK. Jan. 15. (A. P.) Tho Itusslnn soviet bureau here today denied that "D. Knrpoff" reported as having died recently, was Nikolai De pine, Hussion soviet premier, j The bureau announced Karpoff formerly was a member of the pre aldlum of tho soviet supreme econo mic council. 1.0NIXN Jn. 13. ( I'. 1M Hu Kian newsi apera received here today dewi lbed a docperate attempt to iikhuh- ; Finiitc ri emler I.enlne In AUweow. , AVhlle gpeedlnn to a mcetliitf of thoj m let cnngreHii In a heavily K"arded automobile, a bomb waa thrown from a bouse. It mlwwd Inlne'a ear but! glrurk the one followiiiK. klllinir alx aunrds. Three civilian were wound-, ed, Twenty arreida were made. j TERRIBLE OP TIONS INBRUSr ERNMENT CAMPS. AYS SINN FEIN IHJHLIX, Jun. IS. U. I.) fundi, llona In the i)runh Internment tamps, In Ireland, are terrible and Bhould be Investigated, It la chanted in a Hinn Kiln coniint'nipie which mild 12!IS 'In'.erninentn had been ordered (to fur. that elht hundred of these were not A compromise verdict for $2100 wa returned at 11 o'clock hint night In fa- vor of the plaintiff in the case or Joe ; Kerley vs. Iinvld 1). Hill, which waa In us iiiiru oay oi iron in uie i-in-uu court. Italey, Italey & Ptelwer, attor- neya for Dr. Hill, today filed motion I for a new trial The verdict, signed by 10 of the 12 niernoera of tho Jury, waa reached aa a compromise. ' The namea of Thomas It. Hampton, foreman of the Jury, und Wilt Mcformmach, one of lis number, were not on the verdict. Korley asked for :1J0U In his orig inal ault. Ho alleges tbut this um was loaned him fur a dwelling being erected for Dr. Hill by the Northwest ern Home Hullders. Dr. Hill, In a counter claim, alleges that Kerley did not disburse the funds as ordered. At torneys for the defendant aver that no compromise, verdict 1 compatible In the case and, in mipport of their mo tion for a new trial, declare that eith er a positive or negative decision is necessary. Will II. l!"tinett und I.. L. Itogers lust night were elected vice presidents of tho Inland Kmplre bank, micocid Ing ". K. Wailts and Douglas Dclts, !-.pelivi,.,d J. W. Ma toncy was re-elected 'president, at tho annual meeting or the directors. Mr. Den nett was also elected cashier and I:. M. Mayberry assistant cashier. Transfer of 125. 0 from the undi vided profits to a surplus fund was authorized tiy the directors, giving the institution a $:50.0tio capitalization and a $211.0011 surplus. Following the election, the directors and officers ad journed to the Pendleton Hotel for a banquet. The banquet was In the nature of a farewell for the retiring vice presi dent, Mr. Walles. and a welcome for bis aucceasor, Mr. Dennett. Judge Maloney presided as loastmaster und several toasts were responded to. :in.i SPOKANE, Jan. IS. (A. P.) I 'rices were reduced by some of the larger restaurants of Spokane today. Cuts of from 5 to 10c an order on ham and eggs, steaks, chops nnd ivM were noted on many restaurant menus. Pie nd other pastries were nlso reduced on all average of five cents an order. ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 15. tT. P.) Miss Harriet Kavunaugh. 35, nurse, ut I ho naval hospital here, died after be ing braten to unconsciousness will, a led pipe last night and thrown Into a gully beside the roadway. Miss Kavanaugh was not criminally assaulted, as first suspected. When, found she had no money or Jewelry In tier possession. It Is not known how much she carried when alio left tho hospital. i INdUv llccovcr limit y. DALLAS Tex., Jan. 15. (A. P.) Tho police announced today that the two hundred thousand dollars in.lln erty bonds and forty-six thousand In currency which were taken by ban dlis in tho post office robbery here last night were recovered near Fort Worth. Two pouches were found. BIBLE IS READY FOR INAUGURATION OATH OF WARREN HARDING WASIllNtlTOS, Jan. 15. y Tiie bible upon which Hard Inif will take the oath l now in the mife of the I'nited States su preme court. It was purchawed by J.unes Maher, clerk of the court, who believes In "beiiiK prepared." The book Is a rather bum ae (It leather edition of tho KIiir James veralon in which Maher Inscribed the date' of In auKiitatlon and the oath. given trial und by not even advised j charBea HKitlimt tlicm. It iH alleged lh,lt H"'" ','inpre ln I'a'kinlnr e;np lure underfed, and living In insanitary ;H1Irrolln(liKH Tney havenl enough abetter, tliey are aufferlK from cold and many' of them are barefooted, it was mid. ' SBAf FUTILE, WIFE WILL EAT DA XV I IX IS. III. Jim. IE (V. P.)- Hadle Harrington broke her fast after abstaining from food 4 days follow- lug u two-hour conference with Hev.i j. n. rayne. hne naa Been rasting to force her husband to Join the Church of God. "Mrs. Harrington didn't aUempt to argue with me and I stated fricldont after Incident In the Bible to prove the Lord didn't expect anyone to go with out food," said Payne. Mrs. Harring ton started to fast after having ' o '"vls'on from the Ixird," she aaid, or dering her to start fasting in order to force her butcher-husband to give up his shop and become a minister. Payne usked Ada Peercy. the nurse, to bring a cup of milk which Mrs Harrington immediately drank und re tained on her stomach. i had prayed and prayed for you to come and give me advice," she told Payne. "1 know real that the church cf Cod that you represent teaclKs us to oUy thowe who have rule over congregations." Payne ir.slsted that sister Myrtle Baker, who has been with Mrs. Harrington, slay out of the room during the conver sation. With the dof.r of the bedroom open, she heard Mrs. Harrington ask for fond. She rushed into the room and exclaimed; "Do you think this will please the Lord'.'" Mrs. Harring ton answered, "yes". - rarae wiNis TO AUSTRIAN COLLAPSE Sir William Ooode Says Down fall of Austria Will Result in One of Three Possible Con sequences, PAIMSV Jan. 15. (A. P.I Sir Wil liam tioode, llrltlsh member of the Austrian section of the- reparations commission in discuss'ng at. a lunch eon the Austrian situation, .said. "Three eventualities must be consid ered as a consequence of the prospec tive collapse of Austria. They are an attempt or the part of Austrian prov inces to Join Germany: a partition of Austrian provinces among adjoining I states, not excluding Oermany. or a communist or bolshevik regime of ter ror." A petition presented for the forma tion of the Sunnyslde Irrigation Dis trict v a R dismissed by the county com missioners today, after request had been made fcy several of the signers that their names be withdrawn. Whi n tne'r names were, removed there rc li.a'ned fewer than the number nei -issary for consideration and the peti tion was dismissed. lurce delegation of Freewnter. Miliun and I'maplnc persona came to tiwr t i e pose the proposen uimihi. They Ocslre a larger district ii one is f i " i'i These sujne delegates nlso prom oted a request tor a separate wa ter master for the east end Irrigation districts. This request was taken un der advisement and will be acted upon bv 'he Mate and county Jointly. ''I approach to the bridge across tin. Fniatilla. river at Mission, which was recently .swept away, cannot be rep'need until government engineers i.-in make a survey, the court said. PU-ores of the span, w ith a report of the damage, wore sent to the commis sioners by Major K. J. SwarUlandor, I-ulian agent. Meanwhile, travel across the river at that point Is lm 1 o.'sihle. , A contract for finishing the grad ing of n short strip of the highway on Cabbage hill was let to the security Co'isli uciion Co., Tor U... no use i f tl'ree Fresnos and a plow to the contract was ordered. roi;fl'2.AND, Jan. !.". (A. P.) ;J. Wos.ey I-add, the banrtrr w;io re ceived threateninjr letters from "Sha dow, today was reported to have left Portland for a destination unannounced. WATER. RHUS IN H WILL to Minimum Monthly Charge Fixed at $1.75 for 3500 Gallons as Against Former Cost of $1.25 for 5000 Gallons. REBATE OF 25 CENTS , REMAINS AS OF YORE Increase is 50 Percent While Allowance is Cut 30 Percent; Need of Extensions Makes Revenue Imperative. A 50-cent increase in the minimum charge for city water,, effective March 1, wns unnounced today by the Pendleton Water C ornmisslon. i The maximum amount of water furijlshed under tho new charge la reduced 3'i per cent. For a maximum of 3500 gallons monthly the char- 's ii-c""-ed from $1.25 to $1.75. The old max imum was 5000 gallons. The new ra'e, in effect, represents a 50 per cent increase. A rebate of 25 rents is allowed all customers pay ing their 'water rent on or before the tenth day of the month following. Hiiis prompt payments will mean 11.50 for the user, of the 3500 gallon maximum. Instead of J1.00 on 5000 gallons, as before. Jicw Intensions Needed. Service extensions in Pend'eton, made necessary by the laying of pave ments on ii huge number of rtroeta. required that more revenue be receiv ed. Plans also are now shaping for an extension at the hi adworl:s that will Increase the city's water supply in glimmer and preclude, the neces sity of turning river water Into the mains in the dry season. Costs of materials for the water de partment have not shown an inclina 'ion to come down, the water commis sion was told at Its last meeting. The improvements contemplated are con sidered necessary and in order to make them more revenue is declared I H need. '. '" .. ' '' 1 '' V ' "" j Surveys are to be started as soon j :s piiss'ble, perh.ips during the next week, for the proposed head works) extension. An excellent spring has heen found near ("baplish Springs that ( c.-n be developed for a small purchase price. With this supply added. It is; said that little or no river water will j be needed in the future. -j Kxcvss Hates rnchniigiHl. I No change was made by the water conimis:uon in the rates for service in ? excess of the minimum. l"p to 20 OHO gallons the charge per lflin) gal lons over the 3500 gallon allowance is 5 tents. I'etween 20,000 and .".0,000 rations the 1000 gallon irate is 20 cents. Pet ween 50,000 and 100. Oon gallons the 1000 gallon rate is 17 cents; between DiO.OOO and 300,000 gallons, 15 cents; between 300,000 and l,au0,niin gallons,- 12 cents and above 1.000,000 gallons, 7 -2 cents. Engineer F. 11. Hayes, of the com m'ssion. said today that by reducing ... t.,,K.,i ..ll....-.,nn n Infill ..I. Ions on the minimum chan a fairer liasls of charging for m rriiall user would result. This allowance he said, will amply take care of the average householder and the large household or routnin house will be paying- for what it uses, instead of absorbing the surplus paid for and not used by the small consumer. T $0,000 FRENCH AID NI-:W YORK. Jan. 15. (A. P.) The Atnericun committee for devas tated France realized Jim.Ono from the bout last night ln which Kenny Leon ard, lightweight champion scored a technical knockout over Mitchell in the sixth round. Richie TO SHELTER FIGHTERS! WASniXHTuX, Jan. 1 (I P.) More than half of the sick and i wrunded soldiers and sailors of the world war ure bcinc cared fur by the mihlin henPh service in hosiutals of fiinist or inflammable construction," or otherwise unsafe, aceordins to a letter from Surgeon C.eneral Cum minK', re: td in the scmtle today b Sen ator Ashurst. FliNMlPllW PEiLET ADVANC lARCN REVIVED OVER VETOi'TI WASlilXGTOW Jan. ,1 5. ( A. ,) The war ti'iuuce corpora tion," revived over the president's veto.1 announced today it was pre pared to consider applications for loans to finance exports in the same Tranner as hefore It sus pcm!od activities last Ma.y. LOVE COOLS r' ; "'in- V "? f1' J Three months sufficed to cool ths romance of Miss Trina Hannenberg, eboir girl, and he Rev. Cornelius Dansel, of Passaic, N. J. In November Rev. I ansel abandoned his wife and children ll'ey returned to their homes and pleaded forgiveness. And now. In January Trim sues the former pastor for $25,000 charging breach of promise. COMMANDER SALVAT ON iW REPORTED BETTER SI'AUTANIH'KG. S. C, Jan. 13 (A. P.) M;ss Evangeline Booth, commrinder of the Salvation Army, was taken ill last night but i; lietier today. rej orted i SENATOR FROM IDAHO WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. (U. P.) Frank It. Gooding was sworn in to day as an Idaho senator, succeeding! s nator Nugent, who resigned to be- eome a member of the federal trade commission. He will serve a six-year term having defeated Nugent tor re- election. DOWNWARD TREND hN WHEATHiTSSl.735-8 I m I The downward trend of wheat was loticeable in today's market, March j iwheat closin-f at $1.73 5-S after open-; ' , , , . , it $l.iiS S-8 alter opening at fl.69 3-4. The closing of March yesterday was J1.77 3-S and for May. $1.70 7-S. ( bicago ("rain Market. Open $1.70 Wheat High Dow Close $1.73 $1.0 0 .711 Mar. May 1.7i)"s $1.73 Vi l.ti4 l.M4 Corn May July .73 .7 3 .74 ; Oats .4 74 Ko 1.52 l4 Dnrley .73 1 ii Mas July .4S .47 'i .4 5; .45", '.4514 .45 4 May 1.5 0 s May .73 . Toivin i;.timn:i London, 3.74 I'aris, till'. Hrrlin, K2. Vienna, tmsft.. Homo, $346. (I-Vom Overl.KH'k Cooke i'o.) Wheat: Lower jn-ieos were niaiic at the stnrt with seliini;- so heavy that the only surprise was tliat prices did not break further. There was influx ential news in plenty en both f-hle.s of the market. On the fitle of shorts was the report that the Ihitih Commis sion had reduced the selling price, of wheat in the I'nited Kingdom. tn 1 1 y offerings reported large in tin uthuet also somewhat better in itliin territory Jor the first time in scv ''"1 nionths. Cash prices wen lower tn" futures. An unconfirmed rumor was !"cceived tlwt the Arpen titip jjowrnment would p!av a tax. irtnular anfl sviper lax, equal to over lv a bushel, an unsettled situation is jverv likelM to prevail until it Is defi j mtcly know w hat action is to he Maken by the Argentine government on Jthe t:i quest imi, which will no doubt Idetri'intne whether foreigners are to jennttnue huyinjf in this country in scale. Portland 1 white 1 H 5 . soft llt vhiie club l'!-. hard winter 157, northern spring Itio, rcit WaUa 1S5. ! KVO!t.ni K ItliDItT OliDlj:i I. I tJod of Happiness." he says, he re 1 WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 '. 1 1 p. cently sold for ISa.aua. I'i'lie Neuate finance committee ordered j Mr. Tartoue is on a tour of the went a favorable report on the Kordney j ami stopped here la;t eveuinif to In-j emergency tariff bill. U will be re-jterview tho directors of the associa pcr;ed Monday and Tuesday. ition. lie piuns to leave this e enins. IN THREE MONTHS. V and eloped with Trina. In December RAOUL PERET UNABLE TO PARIS, Jan. 15. (I. P.) Itaol Peret, who has been designated by Millerand to form the new French jubinet, announced he would be un- oble to perform the task. He told the I'nited Tress Millerand would probably charge Raymond Poincure. former president, with the task o' creating a new ministry. -r Pr'and Ai'its.. PARIS, Jan. 15. I". P.) Briand, former socialist premier, announced he would accept the charge of Miller and to form a new cabinet. IflGH SCHOOL SEN!QRS EXCEL IN PRODUCTION i "The House Next Door." presented last nlnht by the senior class of Pen dleton high school, was to the usual high school play as Venus of late has been to other stars and planets in the ! heavens. A dozen, youn actors read j Into the clever lines of J. Hartley Manners" play a finish that mightily pleased parent?, fellow7 students and friends who packed the auditorium, Ivan Houser, quiet and unassuming hi daily life, ruled like a tyrant In the role of Sir John Cotswold. He storm ed and he calmed with alternate ease. He lived his part and showed through a finesse that stamped his work of the highest order. David Swanson, in the role of his son and a famous sing er, shared honors. An e(iial finish was shown in the acting of Miss Alberta McMonies and Miss Genevieve Phelps. The play was written around the male characters, however, leaving less opportunity for the young ladies to star., Excellent character portrayals were given by Mh-s M.iry DoukUw Chteholm and Miss nioFsom Wilson, as ladies of the Cots wald and Jucobson households, Gil bert Struve as Sir Isaac Jacobsun, and Jolux Simpson, as Lvwis, nmsual man iij:er. The supporting characters were well handled by Sam Oliver. ' John Henderson, Perry Davis and Harold (Joetleeke. Genuine expressions of .congratula tion were showered upon the young players and upon their coach, Miss Laura Rors. of the farulty. for the success of the production. Setting1 a precedent for hinh school plays, the Minors will nain give "The House Next Door" im.the high school audito rium at S o'clock tonight. ARTIST WOULD DO TIL Tierre Tartoue, a French artist, la a ' i'eiuiieton visitor today in the hope of j ' interesting directors of the Til Taylor Memorial Association hi a portrait Mr. Tartoue sueseyis a paa.unK a- a suitable memorial for the late sheriff and he presented his su-:estn n to the 'carious members of the nrii,rin;l coin-?! ' mUue. j! I H-' ttys he ha'i piinted portraits of ! Iresid.eu Wtlsuii, Cardinal Kailey, i Ulemial 0'Uan cf the "JTh Division. j Kiim' Albert of Uelcsum and many J other eclehrit e.-. He is now at work j Ion a portiait vC Pre dent-eh-ct Hard- j iritf. he saxs. A painlin: entitled "The' BaiIDITRY AGAlii THREATENS PEACE OF THE iflAliS Resumption of OutlawrV After Seven Months of Quiet is Feared by Officials of South ern Republic. apprehensioFbased ON REVOLUTIONARY MOVES - Disgruntled Elements May Succeed in Leaving Nation to the Mercy of Small Bands Capable of Highway Robbery WASHINGTON', Jan. 15 (U. P.) Tear that resumption of banditry la hreatening the peace of Mexico, after seven months of quiet, fa expressed by officials here. The ear la baaed on reports of attempts at new "revolu tionary" movements. Thea effort iainst the federal authority appear to have proved authoritive thus far out it was pointed oat the disgruntled elements may at least nucceed In leaving the nation utterly to the mer ?y of small bands of bandit operations. A'ithin the last few weeks. It ia learn--ed, armed escort of federal aolJIera have been placed on trains operating; in northern Mexico. Ttn practice waa abandoned when the overthrow of the Carranza government brought com parative ease, but Us revival was deemed necessary when small rebel bands appeared recently in the Ealtlllo Jistrict. TARIFF BILL APPROVED . WnHIOAMENDMENTS WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. (V. P.) With ten amendments added, the house emergency tariff bill was ap proved by the senate finance com miltt4iy. It i.t fe,: reported to senate Monday. One of the amend ments agreed to yesterday, that by placing duty on certain dairy products waa changed today, a higher rate be ing accepted. AmendemenU accepted today In cluded sugar $2.13 per hundred lbs. until retail reaches ten cents; frozen meats of all kinds, two cents a lb, all others meats 25 per cent adval orem, apples 20 cents a box and cherries four cents per pound. HALF HUNDRED KILLED (N IRELAND IN MONTH LONDON, Jan. 15. (A. British war office communique announced during . December 52 officers and men killed in Ireland and 118 wounded and five reported missing. DISARMAMENT CALL BY PRESIDENT f AVORED ASlU-W,TON Jan. 15. (IT. P.) Tho house foreign affairs commlt- tee unanimously approved a resolu tioii requesting tho president, fn his d'scretion. to call an international con ference on disarmament. The chair man of the committee was instructed to hrinp the resolution up for action hy the. house at the earliest possible moment. Apprmat Vuaiumous, W.SHLNCTOX. Jan. 15 (A. P.) A loint resolution requesting the pres ident to call a conference of nations to consider universal disarmament approved by the house foreign affaire committee, unanimously. Weatfier ...Bllllll. . Iteported by Major I.eo MoorhoUM, weather observer. Keported by Major Irf-e Moorhouse, official weather observer. MaMnuim, 4-'. Minimum, 31. urometer. ;'H.T3. THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonlicbt and Hunduy iren rrttlly fair; voldur to nig fit