"": 1v ntp--rA-:a.. jwjw fir.;!?.. Er EASTOBEGONIAN IS DAILY EDITION Number of eopiM printed of rwterdtr's lIIV 3,309 Thli psper la nictiibur of snd audttod by tli Audit Buroau of Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 32 RUSSIA CONDERS ATT ACK BY FRENCH - FtflSER AS AN ACT OF WARFARE in in TRUCK' ROBBED BY 4 BANDITS Registered Mail Valued at $100,000 Secured by Rob bers Who Reached Scene in High Powered Motor Car. "INSIDE JOeFIs VIEW TAKEN BY POSTAL MEN 'Bandits Worked Boldly in Glare of Arc Lights, Completing Robbery Before Spectators Knew About Act. CHICAGO, Jan. 18. (V. Four band ltd robbed a 1'nlted H'ates mull truck at th Union Htutlun nnii escap ed with twelve mail sacks, ten of which contained registered mail val ued at 1 100,0(10. Tim robbers forced the four government employes to sep- rate- the registered pouches, throw them Into an automobile, and drove away. Ho quietly and iulckly waa t)i Jou done that about thirty persons who were standing near didn't rwiiui what won hapuenlng-. The robbery Was committed In the glare of several are lights. The truck driven by William Carlo and guarded by It. J. HUncy, drove u to the curb to unlund. Mike Knrlck, mail foreman and Phillip Kalilll, mail handler, were tutslst'tig whi n a black touring cur drove tip with four coin, panloim, "Wa are armed. " said one bandit. "Do exactly as we nay." The postal authorities wild tliey believed the robbery w an "Ihilde Job.'" The Same Rang of bandits in suspected of several rocenj postal ru ills. Amu. t.iN.I CHICAOt,,Jn. 1 IA. I'.) Five youthful bandits held up a I'nlted Suites nuill truck at the Union Hiniion hero today and escaped In an nutomo bile with twelve Ktirk of mall, ten ron tain I n ir rcKlBtcred mull. The police aid the poUchea coiitalnl purt of I hi federal rewrve bank uioneV nhipment to 8t. Paul. B ItequeNt that nil pocsililn routes for the proposed Pendleton '"old 8prins hlithway be rurcfully con.ilileied bc foro li contract In let for Its construe. Hon was made by the Pendleton Com mercial Association late Momlay In a letter drafted by the board' of mana- Bera addressed to the new county comnilssioncrn. A second reipiest to that when const ruullon is bejun on the road, It be siarlcd from Pendleton 1 and be coiillnu-d north. Preliminary esttmales of cost, made by tho hlbwuy ent'lnoers who loat el tlio routs, fixed the cVt of thi aotilh Cold PprliiK route na 50,ikio less than that following middle "old HprliiK, the local men say. Tills, with the fact that tho aouth route Is some what shorter, are matters that art asked to bo considered. In support of their request that work start from the Pendleton end. the managers state that durlni; wheal shipping; aeiiBon as much tommse will follow the roud Into Pendleton us will Beck an outlet to the railroad or boat landing at Cold fprUi, on the Co lumbia. .Hurlng the .rest of the year, the aupportem say. there will bo fni mnro tonnugo and travel to Pendle ton. - An effort will be made,, the munu gcrs indicated, to obtain a route that will servo the most people and at the same lime mako the money go farth est. The middle Cold Hpiing roulc had been tentatively picked by the county court when retired rw. 31. It B;rvcs the town of Holdnian. Were the south routo chosen, lloldman would be missed by three miles. WASHINGTON'. Jan. IS. .Suspen sion of all proposed legislation for the regulation of future transactions In grain pending creation of a feder al commission to make recommnndu tlona to congress was suggested to the house agriculture committee today I.v Julius It. llarnes. former head of the l y. grain corporation. ltOl'Xl 1IOVKB Dl'STUOYED. 1'ixiiTt.AM). Jan. 18. (A. 1'.) The round house of the Bumpier mil - road at linker was destroyed by Tire university has attained, it is sain, was cess profit i. Kcouomy In goxern early today. The loss was over Si'i.- responsible for recognition by the us- mental expenditures and defeat of the 011 SOCiulioil. ' , piolexlivo tariff legislation. THE ONLY INLAND EMPIR E "I ;, ,; -,r V't v i . "''H.MJiuiiwuMwnwiitp . r j t -m a ,jir'iiii.cjt.i LAn v - Duly When America and Great Britain Agree to Holiday Can Jaran Consider Subiect is' View of Former Premier. TOKIO, Jan. IS. (A. P.) "Only when un Aiuerkan-ltntlsh agreement for a naval holiday Is reached can Jii inn be In a posltlbn lo consider this ropoi illon," said .Manpils (kuma, ormcr premier In an Interview. Ja an'a naval program Is fixed at the nlniinum mccssaiy for ntttionul ile- 'ense. The newspapers Knkumln Hid Khimbun says the American gov ernment Is giving limine Importance !o the Incident arising from the death of I.leutenunt Langdon. "If as be lieved," the newspaper continues. "America goes as far us to bung up Japan's (node policy In Siberia, in- eluding tho question of evacuation at that country by Japanese troops. It is likely a fresh cause for dbicusston has arisen between the two govern ments." AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATE FOR YEAR CUT IN HALF WAfSIIINfiTOV. Jan. lF.Ksll nntes of the department of ugrlcul ure for the fiscal year 1322 imvc eon cut nearly in half by a house ap propriations sub-committee which .dans lo report a bill Wednesday car Ting tL'S.VIiO.Onn. This la l.ooo.- imio let than the estimates and 000.000 less than the total appropri ated for hls year. I? DIES AT WESTON Mclvln H. Handy, aged 77, Civil War veteran and well known In this jounty. died last night at Weston, his loath being due to old age and a com plication of diseases. The body was brought to Pendleton yesterday for burial. Mr. Handy, who was born In New York. August 24, IMt. joined the SSth Infantry at the age of 17 and served until the end of the Civil War. In I8M, bis marriage to Miss Zada Fer guson occurred nt Wichita. Kansas. She died somo years go and In 1914 Mr. Handy married Mlfa l'annle Ward of Drain. Oregon, who survives, as do two children by the former marriage. They ore Mrs. Thomas Gibson, of Pi lot Hoik, and Mclvln A. Handy, of m Orunde. The following grandchil dren also survive: Madeline Hillon, Helen (libson, llertha (Jibnon, Thom as Gibson and Norma Handy. Mr. HunMy. after going to W.lchita from New York In ISS4, remained there for four years before going to Kelso, Washington. He came to rr- In 19U8. Recently he has made his home In Weston. Kunerul services will be held to morrow nt 3 p. m. from the Drown chape', wllh Kcv. John Kccor. pas tor of tho Methodist church, officiat ing. Scandinavia and the Alps have nothing on the residents of Knnicla when It conies to winter sports, ac cording to Osrnr Scbultz, teller at the American National Hunk, who, with Joe Light, bookkeeper ut the First National Hunk, visited the mountain community on .Monday. Skiing Is be ing enjoyed to its fullest on the moun tain anil the local men took along akis and joined In tho sport of the Scandinavians. A half mile stretch down Ilnldy hill provides the place for skiing, Schuite snld todav. The mountaineers lire confining their pleasure to merely coasting, not desiring to attempt the .lumping as yet. There was a two fuot blanket of snow on the mountain yesterday but it is warmer today anil a Chinook wind is rapidly melting the snow. I. OF r. l!l'X'Ot.M.KI. MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 18. (A. P.) The University of Idaho- has boon, granted membership In the Associa tion of American Universities. accord In to Information received hy Presi dent A. It. Uphum, of the university. The blah standard of scholarship the NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WOULD ISSUE Senator BrUCC Dermis Intro duces Measure to Provide Fund From Which Loans can be Made to All Soldiers. BILL WOULD BE UP . TO PEOPLE OF THE STATE Investigation of State Paper Mills Proposed, by Resolu tion; Governor Wants Arm istice Day a Legal Holiday. HALKM, Jan. 18.' (A. I.) Ap proximately $j0,0lt',ou0 immediately ur.d mure as the mute's property val uation intrtim8 -hoiiM he avnHuhta an a loan fund for ox-ucrvlo men, nnd vctemnii of tho Civil and Hpufitah Amerirun war by a referendum measure Introduced by Senator Bruce iJennl of t'nion comity. The act would umhnr.ze isjulnw bonds of the rtialM to the amdunt of three per cent of he utfHeHsed property valuation of the state whe h is now about one bib linn. The beneficiarie would be al lowed to borrow not to exceed I5UU0 ui any lime, secured by first mortgage on real estate. IIuiIki l Hill rri!K-ri. PAIjKM. Jan. 1 H. - A. !.) Follow ing a recommendation by the gover nor in lit message to the legislature. Senator lJame:-ton introduced a bill milking the state board of control & budget communion. The rommltwh.n. I with health and stale di-partmenUi and j biter-rorpoiatloRH and municipal cor- pfiniticnK would be renewed to sub mi; intended approprtHtionK befrrelc tubor 1 of even numbered jenis. -Ti t'on.Vr )er 1't- li. SAI.KM, Jan. J s. (A. r.) The !iidte adopted Northan'a codcurrcnl leM'ilutifin providing a joint Oregon muI WnMhington legislative committee 1o confer on Columbia river fishing. To tnvMigato Patter Mills. SALKM, Jan. IS. (A. P.) Investt Kation of ttregon paper millK by the federal trade commission is demand ed in memorial introduced by Den rls. The memorial nays every user of paper mill product! Is suffering from apparently unjust abnormal prices. A ruiist J-e la y I Io :da y. SAIJC.U, Jan. IS. (A. P.) In a r pedal mesyaee today the povernir recommended the, legislature to make Armistice Day a lenal holiday. Would Mxdihli Prmar'. SAI.KM, Jan. 18. (C. P.) Aboli tion of primary election is the ob ject of a mysterious bill now in pos session of some one yet unnamed which will be introduced soon in eith er the house or the senate, one of the reasons advanced for the bill la lhat It would eliminate an expense of two hundred thousand dollars for pri maries every two years. Would Search Vehicle. SALKM, Jan. 18. (A. P.) Cre ating tho office of prohibition com missioner at a $fPno annual salary, Is proposed in a bill Introduced by Sen ators Kurrell and Kildy. Two other bills by the. same senators provide more stringent penalties for limine hnv violations and permit search and sei zure of all vehicles includtiv v ru ntimes without a search warrant. Want Anti-Jap I aw. SALKM, Jan. IS. (A. P.) An anti-Japanese bill patterned alter the California law was submitted to the attorney general for approval as to its comlitionatity by Henrcsentative Lco- nard, of Portland. If found vulid he I will iuf roduce it. Pi"Kyo Dmgh'Ss I :.a miners. A bill was introduced in the senate creating' a state board of drugless thera pouts. Joseph sponsored a measure in tho senate creating a state bo ml commission governor, treasur er and superintendent of banks, to su pervise Investment of ull state funds. The house committee "Mn roads and highways endorsed Olcott's recom mendation that the quarter mill road tax be repealed and that out of the fund so released a sufficient sum be used to rehabltate the boys' training school, .and the remainder revert to the general fund. WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. tlT. P.l Dlscussing the titxation problem, Sen ator Carler Glass, former secretary of! the treasury, recommended: Oonttu- n.Vlon of dltect taxes such as those on iicomt. I-'tilniinutlon xxherever possl hie of Indirect taxes, like that of ex BONDS TO GIVE SOLDIER BONOS - M m J. r-J I !W 1, ' 1 " - - I I IIHH II LII1IIIIIS1 III Look at this ui.fre lief-'" - pla mates, nothing but six count 'era the little prlmesK. ) hectn WiHiv , ntlendant. 6 Tutor. ' PENDLETON WILL SEND DELEGATES TO POWER MEETING AT UMATILLA MEN Two Car Loads of Umatilla Count7 Gift Paid for Monday and Third Bill Expected Soon by Eelief Council. Two of the three carloads of flou to bo sent as Vinutilla county's sift to the liunsiy children of Central Eu rope, were billed nnd paid for late Monday, by C. K. Cranston, treasurer for the European liellet Council in this county. The bill for the third car was expected tonlKht or Wednesday. A touil of 121T. barrels of flour w.is purchased f"r the relief, the oist ne intf $6.35 a barrel. One carhmd was furnished by the Preston-Shaffer mills at Atheni and the Peacock mills at Milton and two cars by the three Pen dlelon milis. The local cars, with frclKhl paid to Portland, cost rcKpec- i..l.- 'li tl ., .. ,17C n 1, Id .,, . . " ... ' ",', ,', I peeled that the total for the three cars will approximate ,$S14fi. . Pmafilla county was aKKeu lor 57. TflO ami lias exK'iiood more than $ ui In excess of what was af-'ked. There is ftlll a surplus Jn the fund nnd the county directors plan. to meet shortly to decide on its disposition. There are 4f barrels of flour in each carload and It has all been in spected and accepted. The flour goes to the Portland Flouring Mills warc boi'se at Portland where it will be loaded into a ship for the Kuropean continent. LINE DAY March uiul May wheat suffered a Proline in irtoo i tho ("hloiirn pruin nuirki-t loihty. -March wheat closing1 ut J1.7.V a cent lower than vsterdu H clostnj? ami May Wheat - oh tsins $1.67, two and a fourth cents low than yesterday's closing. Following nre the nuotiitions, r ceived by Overbook & Cooke, local brokers: Wlirot. pcn. Uinh. Low. Close. March $1.76 1.78 1.74 1.5 May l.fiS 1.0 l.ti67i 1.67 Corn. .Tl .71', .6!is li Oats. -.4 ,4li'4 . 4 r, Vi .4" .: a, .4:. .45 K.xv. 1.52 l.s:l'i .1.BI Vt 1.51 H llarloy. .71 .72 .(!:. i May M ax July May May Coro'gn K. lian.se Loiubm, 3.7S 1-2. Pnr': .(ii;!7. 1-erlin, .ulfi:. 1-2. TELEGRAPH NEWS REPORTS TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY EVER LONG TO BE A PRINCESS? '"'""-" '," ' ...n ntnver! It is linle Pri.., .Titiinn H'ff ..M ennr.liani.. three men Uard. 2 Military guard. 3 male Tendleton will he represented at I'matilla January 26 at the meeting to be held for the purpose of taking pre Uminnry teps with a view to urging development of hydro electric power at I'matiJIa rapids. The meeting is cheduled to Mart at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday January 26 and all west end towns and Pendleton have been urged to send delegates. At a meeting of the Commercial As sociation hoard of managers yesterday afternoon the subject was up for dis cussion and enth'isiasrn was manifest ed over the proposal. President Kaley has named a committee of five to at tend and evpressed a willingness to namo any others who may find it pos sible to make the trip. The committee already appointed consists of Mayor George Hurt man, Pat-Lone rgart, D. H. Nelson, K. li. Aldrtch and James Johns. The subject of generating power at I'matilla rapids has been discussed for years but recently the proposition has assumed new importance because of the growing oil shortage and high costs etc. Since the subject was taken up hy boosters for the cause they have found much encouragement in govern ment reports on surveys and from such engineers as John H. I-ewis, former stale engineer of Oregon. Mr. Lewis is optim'stic over what might be n"enmpMsheH by damming tho Columbia at I'mntilla rapids and , .... . using the power for irrigation pumpin and other uses. In this connection the railroads come to the front because the eventual electrification of northwest roads seems to te in the cards. Mr. Lewis may attend tho meeting at I'matilla but if .Ire cannot do so he will be asked to attend a later meeting to be held at Pendleton. MATKKIAL MKS FiKI. NKW YOUK. Jan. IS (A. P.) Fines of $40,0tU) was imposed on four sand nnd p rax el corporations, and of ficers and directors who pleaded cyil" tv io -violation of the unti-trnst law. WU.SON is sti:on(;i:i! WASHINGTON', Jan. IS. (f. P.) Wilson's condition continues lo sh"W such improvement that only an unex pected setback will c;use him ot abandon his wish to participate in the Innugurtttinii of Harding, Admiral! Grsyson, the president's physician said. FOOTBALL SQUAD WiLL "BE "" """" j Members of tlie Pendleton biuh school football team will le btutor. quests tot' tbe l'omilelon llolai-x t'lubsonie rents xvere forcibly reduced at luncheon lomorroxv noon at tbe : tbrotisih operation oT the t:ite housir weekly meeting of tbe club in the!liivs. The h'ts:t'; shortage is re-t'ouunert-ial Association rooms. The j sponsible for tbe hich rents. TbrougM 2J boys who won letters during thchiv'h prices, and alleged scarcity of past season will he presented with their sweaters. Ilt'V. (J. I,, t'lark. chairman of the hnj-s 'work committee of the cluh. Will ho in charge of the presentation of the sweaters. James H. Sturgis, present of the club, expected to wolconie tho loya to the affair. Coach Hick Manley and his athletes will at tt-ml, places for 50 persons having been airiind. FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED Q 1 C l7 if! . i IIS yvi: 18, 1921. 1 ,.r vtr,n,n.i f , x-.. and three 'womn. The arrow Indicates attendant. ' 4 Chaperon. S Woman FORCE APPR0PRAT10NS ! t umiiMnrniTTr I Li leime of justice and peace throughout m, the world. Aristid Uriand. the new Senators Who Have Fought forpremier declared In an interview t Soldier Belief Since Will Bring Problem Before Senate Again. WASHINGTON". Jan. IS. (t. r.). After vainly trying since last June to interest confess to the need for bet ter hospital facilities for sick and wounded veterans the senators inter ested In the problem have decided to bring it up in a way that cannot be ig nored. They will ask that Fenator France's bill appropriating "half a million for hospitals be tnken up. If their request Is opposed, they will de mand a record vote, confident that this will penetrate the indifference ofel rjs and accepted as part of the many senators. They are prepared to tell the senators that soldiers are be ing discharged from army hospitals forcibly, though not cured. That the armv in attemntintr to clean out all except regular army men from the'tion." He insisted that Germany must hospitals, has turned over the task of j stripped of all armament to re carhr," for them to the public health , ev France of dansrer of attack."- That the public health service lacks tlents who should be in hospitals. That as a result, the wounded nnd j sick veterans are almost in ahnsj houses and- wandering about th j streets, some of them due to lack of; care. That many so-called hospitals are I flimsy fire trans. tyesvnortionyhTalJ!-a HOUSE SHORTAGE IS ' NKW VOIIK, Jan. Is. tl'. P.X Keuis peneralix- aren't coming down. 1 bis is shown in I'nited Press dis r.nchps from cities throughout the country; which reported land lords are! planning to increase rather than re duce r;Ues of rural dwelling rentals, (inly two cities. Detroit and Cleveland, reported de, reuses .In ren'-s. These xxere for cheaper apartments and in the latter city xvere itff-j ; by a cor- rspontlinc increase for h'yher priced jdacts. In New York, and MilxvauKee. mnidin materials, many pretlict rents won't come five to cUht years. landlords down for JOHXSOX WANTS lXVIKY. WASHINGTON. Jan. tfc. iV. I'.V Investigation of the presence of Amer ican suldiei-s in Siberia and of th status of the condition of American citizens there is provided in a reso lution Senator Johnson introduced. PRESS AND UNITED PHI DAILY EDITION Th Kt OreifnTtlJin l fetrn Of iron' (trteat nwwapapff nrt Hlfnjr fore 1ve to th dr-rt"f l...! K rii.Tinrafrl ft tit CJf I'U- Utfon In Pfndleton nd I mtill eoun- v Af in nthnr neWiutDr. ' CITY OFFICIAL PAPE3 NO. 972? mi ships ORDERED AWAY FROM COASTS Twelve" Mile Restricted Zone Set by Soviet Government With threat That Ships Dis obeying Will Suffer. PARIS THINKS0BJECT IS TO CONCEAL PREPARATIONS New Premier of France Favors Any Reasonable Project for Peace But Will Be Steadfast ' Regarding Germany. LONDON", Jan. 18. (IT. P.) Ruaaia regard the "unprovoked attack" of a French cruiser uponrone of her Black sea vessels as an act of war and haa de manded an explanation, according to a Moscow correspondent of the Daily Herald, a lahor paper. Foreign Min- lMer Tchitcherin, in a note to rTance. i ,'ro"!"'d th ",uck on the "v1et K'! K!Pi'"fer- ",he correspondent said, 1t Ih the second recent incident of I the sort," he declared "tiut the note i-!Mten that Kuwria will await France's (explanation before drawing conclu sions. ' I . Order Sliiw Away j TAUIS. Jan. 18. (U. P.) All ships hue ordered to keep 12 miles away (from ktiKsian coasts on penalty of be liii)T fired on. according to a -wireles ! message sisned hy the bolaheviks for. etsrn', minister Tchitcherin, which the French foreign ofwee made public. The warning said ships coming within the deadline would be In danger from mines, and coast artillery shells. Sfa val experts her believe tho object w concealment of military preparedness especlailv off-shore drills. ! Germany Mil Pjr i PARIS. Jan. IS. (L". P.I France is ready to support any reasonable I project designed to bring about a re- Til no '" t "ilea l-ress. inwiir, - ,,une!the first riven by Brland since he took the premiership. H is considered , esoeciallv Imnortant, in view of ,the oresent aaitatmn for disarmament. Uriand ' however. Indicated his tnin istery will be firm in compelling Ger many to make firm reparation for war damaee. M - "'I'm resolutely pacifist." Brland de clared. "I'll support with all my ef forts any organization or project sus ceptible of gathering all the good of : the world so as to establish, little by, little, in a serious and durable manner a regime of peace and justice between nationr." The statement was given the Vnlt- platform he will later enunciate m presenting his cabinet selections to tho enamber. "Two matters will occupy " n''nd" Priand said in beginning. "These are disarmament and repara- i RETAIL PRICES DOWN . 8 PER CENT IN DEC. WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. ft. P. Tbe level of retail prices declined ten per cent during nineteen twenty, ac cording to a labor department an nouncement. December retail prices declined eight ' per cent, compared with November, the statement said. Wholesale prices during the same, pe riod dropped S.T5 per cent. Weatfier Reported" by Major Lt-e Moorhouaw, olverver. Maximum. 38. Mmmuiiii, 3-. llaromcter. 29. 20. rrccinitutiun. .t3 of an Inch. THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Wednesday oc. i-Hsional r.ln. li. v w