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THE EAST CREGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIR E NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PS I DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION fiumtor of copies printed of 7Mturdj' Pally 1 3.3U This paper la member of "nd audited by the Audit Bureau of Crculatlona. The East Oreg-onlsn la F.tmB Or, ton' agrestest newspaper nl ailing force atlvn tr the irl over twice th aruaranteed paid circu lation In Pendleton and Umatilla coun ty of ,nr other nawapaper. COUNTY OrFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPE3 VOL. 32 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1921. NO. 973T mi , lira i 01 iiS IS DECREED BY COIEIi El. -j! L mm of 226 in flSST SOLDIERS OF GLOOM OFF TO' HI II V Two Women Armed With Blue Bound Blue Law Literature Steal From Sleepy Zion to Preach Sunday Rest Gospel. TEN HOURS IN CHURCH PRESCRIBED BY SECT Head of Church and Owner of City Will Follow Missionar ies, Asking Bastile for Na tion's Wicked Offenders. V.ION CITY,' Ilia., Jan. 29. ( L. P.) The first aoldletb of'thu flly of Xlon left here today to ullempt to force blue laws on tho rem of the na tion. Helen lluhmann and Belle (khethom atolo out of aleepy f.lon C'liy for New York City where they will preach the gospel of Sunday gloom. Volhn, overseer and owner of the City of Zion, and heud of the Zion church, aturted the flrat two mission arlea off at follows: "Tell the wicked people of New York It la far bettor to alt In eburrh all Sunday than to elrzle in hell for eternity. Capture New Vom firm, then tho rent of the country v. Ill b easy.'' Blue-bound law literature la to be distributed from tho offleea hy the militant two. They are under instruc tion! to "sell gloom and to be con ' vlvlal in the metropolis. Vollvla himself, who aald he seldom leaves righteous Zion for the wieked outside world "seething; with sin" plans a trip to'New Tor kafter the two women put In a few good Ileks fur the cause. This is the kind of Sunday the Zionltes would have the nation ob , acrve: ..,,., MV.. , No nmuw ment of any -4c In if,"" Nothing to -Kiiertrian'""(Tif Bi ble. . No work other than cooking and very little of that. Btreet cars and automobiles to' be used only for hauling perrons to und from church. Ten house tn lie spent In church And the bastlla for the offender. BY FOUR AUTO BANDITS DETUOIT, Jan. 29. UT. r.) Four bandits robbed a branch of the Amer ican slate bank here of $14,000 and escaped in on automobile. linking two employes In the rear room and knocking unconscious tho third, the bandit took tho money from tho vnlut .which had Just been opened for tho days business. VllUJf 1SI.ASKS NOT 1 IT IXMl WHITE MAS. SAYS ( HII r .uViTIt i: CHICAGO, Jan. 29. The Virgin Is lands, purchased by the l'nlted Plates from benmark for 2.oio,noo me "not fit for a white man to live In," according to Judge l.ucltm M .Malm. In, chief justice of the Island, who is here on vacation. ' ' "Only three of the Islands, Ft. Tho mas, St. Croix and Ht. Johns, have and human Inhabitants," suld Judge Malmln. "Most of them tire blacks." i The Islands, the chief Justice ex plained, are good only for a naval coaling station. Thoy are too far away from the 1'iimuiia canal for pro tection and were bought in 1917 when It was feared Germany was planning to make a submarine base of the Vir gin group. v "Why did you give so much monev for them?" Judge Mtlmin once asked ' Secretary loosing, h said, "I would have given $Ro,oflO,n0 if necessary," was the unswer, Judge Malnilti said., Reported by Major Lee Jloorhoune otfle'al observer. , Maximum, 48. Minimum, 48. Iloromctor 29. 40. Barometer fulling. THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight am. Sunday ruin 01 snow. , . r- - Weatfiep CROWD WELCOMES HARDING f , t . " . 1 i ! .. ' i '.. ..-.).... 1 ., .! r n J: Prescldent-eleei Hanltrttt n rlw n here being irreeled by St. AiiRUFtine (I'Ja.) people us ho Irjvii 1 1 i privnte ear, "Superba," aeconi,unied hy Senator J. K Frellnchiiysen of ,e Jeiney (in white trou.sers). Hnrdlns will nprnd.part of bis vaeatton aboard I'l-hiiKliuysen's yacht and p.nt of it ul the l'once cie I.eon Hotel, in St. Ai'iKUxCnc. DAUGHTER C'S VHILE CHICAGO. Jan. 'jn. l, P.) As Aldermnn Hurbt-a, with eleven other men decided the life of Herbert Conk-. right, charged wlh murder, early to day, the alderman's daughter died, The Juror wan not told of his daught er's death until the verdict of "guilty" was reached. Shortly before, (he rase was given to the Jury, the father visit. cd tho. bedside of his dying daughter. As the Jurors could not be separatco. Ihe other eleven men went Into the sick room. They stood nearby with bowed heads as the father knelt b. side the girl's bed and nlendcd with her to speak and lo reconir,e h'm. Conkrlghl shot mid killed Mrs. Kva Wyatt, after she hus loft her husband and child to llvo with him. INVALID WIDOW DIES . OAKLAND. Ore., Jan. 23. (A. P.) .Mrs. AUMistu !-. Moot, luvald widow living alone In a small house, was burned to death In a fire which de stroyed her home here last night. Marshal It. C. Powell broke In the door m an attempt to rescue her. He made his way through rmoke and sparks, reaching .the fedroom lo find It a mass of coals. "It is believed the woman upset a lamp and was unable to check the fire. The ntvidont yi'slciilay was cans oil bv a ilofivllp worm pear, a-tunl. lug to a statement nuule this afternoon by Oscar Cutler, resident cnnt- i iiivr. who Willi p. j . m-own. ciu-mer, C, I.. Moi-sran, urner of (lie triwh, 11 Morgoii is lu'lil absolutely blainchvs for John' McK.-own. aired 47 Is dead mni five other men are seriously Injured the result of an accident which oe- eurreu -inie jcsivioh, ,o-.o..., w . a Ion and a nan Mate jngnway iruciv, skidded off tho highway four miles,1 east of Pendleton and crashed into n eonerete culvert, hurling from the ma-i chino the 14 men who were returning' to Ihe city after the day's work. 1 McKeown, who lias lived hero for, many years and vtio is wen Known, was thrown under the rear wheel which passed over h'.s chest. He died two hours later at St. Anthony s his 1 a .ir lt-l,i riuiichleiv 1111.1 11 1 l,.il,0r aiii-vlvrt htm " P. H. Dickersons cottar ti.me was nrohcn, ana u.ur inner ..o n eiv M1e.'. 7i "r , , , An Investigation of the cause ot ine accident is being conducted today by, Oscar Cutler, of Athena, resident en - ', oiw.,.r nil nwm In I h i, , t ,1 i-n nt ,1 i. " " - - I SOME' SCHOOL" TEACHERS WOULD FEEL FLATTERED BUT NOT CATHERINE OHIOnn, Jan. 29. (C. P.) .Miss Ciithrfine Murray, dimin utive school teacher, isn't speak ing to K. 8. Vale, principal. Mis taking her for a pupil, Valo called: "Here, little girl, I want you to run an errand." LIVES OF SUSPECTS LOS ANGKLKS. Jan. 29. (U. P. I Miss l.lta Westiem, 28, and Charles Heverly, 3d, who were shadowed for H vera I (lays by detectives Invest igut Ing'lhe mysterious aodaction of Mrs. Gladys Wiihcrell from her Hollywood iiungalow were killed early today in tin automobile accident. MIVs West I'ctn was st'enopraphcr for O. K. With erell, husband of the victim of the mysterious kidnaping. The anionic' bile in hich they were riding and was almost toi;Hy demolished hy a street The girl awl leorly are paid t have lieeii sweethearts and were killed outright. Two others in the auto were injured, one perhaps' fatally. The connection of. the Inmedy wilh Ihe sensational West rem Kidnaping case dill not become known unlil sev eral hours after the collision. Mrs. Westrom and Peverly have been watched constantly by deteethes ytnee the abduction but had evaded shadowers. their 1 FIVE OTHERS UI 1. t armn. nignway lorcmau, ami nilmtiil an Investigation today. Mr. the accident. , ,u.(,om f()r ln,S(,r y U,nraan, (,rtver, said that he had Jus. , aSM,d S,)X nn(, kp , tho 0,ItsUk, f ,hp rm, when Ms out side wheels left the edge of the pave ment. He attempted to turn the s;e; r lug wheel and Im-mis the machine back to tbe hiuhwav, but before he could accomplish the turn the machine struck the concrete convert prcturdinw il'he machine rid not turn over, but slid aown the embankment. I Xot Patllv lamad Thetruck Itself was not hiiltv rlitm. ' . . . ... ' iisi-ii. 111 siiiKinif ine cuiveri, iiorgim, i ..... ine nriver, was pinneu uiuier uie steer- ,M) wh(lp, nn(, jf (hi, car hn(J ,llrnt,j ,-VPr m, vmM havc "lieen killed, it i . 1 e teveii iv those wtm were n t in ...ir The case was reported to tialem last r)),ht ,,,, (iU!,trlMl insurance will cover the damages. No funeral ar- , , nngenients Jiave vet been made for . ....... mi. .ucivcovn. 0.8. THIEVES ID BOOZE PEDDLERS 01 44 -HEJJOH Internal Revenue Bureau Makes Ready to Receive Taxes on Incomes "Earned" During 71 in Friendly Little Games. bootleggerFprofit in year 600 million Two Billions Change Hands An nually in Bets on Card Deals, Horse Races and in Other Operations of Chance. WASHIXUTOX, Jan. 29. (I. P.) Burglars anil bootleggers owe the gov ernment $44,(ioo,o(lit in taxes on in--umioK "earned" durimj 1920 It is enti naled hero us the internal revenue 'niruiiu made ready to receive more ;han t': ooo.ooo in returns for the cal sndnr year Just past. Those who indulge in the "friendly little Rume" phould pay L'ncle' Sam ap proximately $S0, 000,000 fiom a na national "kilty" of approximately $2,l'tMi,0ii0,iirtO if they wish to make correct returns on their Incomes, I'ljoileitpers durins? 1S;0 arc esti mated to have made profits totaliiiR it least IfidO .000.000. Two billions a l ear is computed to change hands an- I Dually as the result of beta placed on j "ard (tnitr-H, horse races and other op erations whero(hance decides owner si,:)! of the lucre. WOXT HOI I) IIKI!l(i WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (A. P.) The; house agricultural committee vot ?d to proceed with the preparation of report on the senate meat industry rt-jfu'ijttion bill without hearings, a h'oiion to hold healings for five days u'as defeated. V' ' 1 - UMA1UA POWER AIEET TO BE ENTERTAINED AT T! Post Expects to Electrify Dele gates by the Three Slashing Boxing Bouts Scheduled for Saturday at Oregon Theatre. Delegates to the Umatilla Rapids Power Site meeting in Pendleton next Saturday will be entertained at. the American Ix-gion smoker in the Ore gon theater at night. Jack Dolph, matchmaker, said today. The .dele gates are expected to be electrified iiv three slashing good bouts of high voltage and there will be 28 rounds tmt on for their edification. A large number of local fans to day purchased . their tickets for tho card. Interest is expected lo wax wanner Monday when daily workouts will be staged by the boxers in the i.thlMlc elnli irvm. Material for .Neat Ani30n's training- came yesterday and Allison is due .to arrive tonight. Portland fans say that Murphy is SO per cent better since his rest dur ing October and November,-due to 111-nos-s. Ho had been Ikx ng very tt catt ily and was in a run down condition. He ha:t boxed for two months since and Feb. 5 will find him in prime still IIP. Mt,wflst, the big fellow of the sex- 't, t, gave n very pretty demonstration Uf his ability to stand punishment in the gymnasium the other evening in truiniug. He uses the great 60 pound sniiil neon which only the most rug-1 ged boxers risk their bands, twings it 1 I through an arc of about 3i leu, Iting II come back and hit him fMll in Ilhe solar nlexlts. This coin! net to t he 1 average man wouui 11c nui b huh of suicide. , The fans here bate to discourage Young lienipsey, but, they believe the Portland boy Is due for a big snrpri--e if be tl-loks he is up against a small town boxer. SEATTLE RAISES HALF . SEATTLE, Jan. 29. (A. P.) -Se. ta'tle today passed tho half way mark I Itn its .anil a gu 10 im' " !tl,e city's share of the JSS.Otio.oao fund ' i...i.,n u.-.m.ht fir 1 he Ktarvinir children 1 1 - ""-'"' : .. inf l-.urot e. u it. iiurneii or lacoma,.., ,, 1 . (lieu istnte chairman 01 ine r.uropean re-; ,., l.lnu.1, Hnounecd hero today thut Ihe fun wns brought up close I 1.. tvn una hv sts.lilHl siiliserlnf ton 1 ; from the salmon packing industry of the slate, of which .500 came from (a single man, being the largest Indi-' vidiuil enntriliution vet made in the ! I btate. , SINN FEIN PLAN SABOTAGE AGAINST NORTH OF IRELAND GOVERNMENT; WONT PA Y TAXES ISIDORE HAD TO HOCK HIS WEDDING RING TO rAT rUK LILtNotjadopts home rule. 410,000 Sinn Fein- NEW YOnfC, Jan. 29. (V. 1'.) Isidore (.izcr left his pork ctbook when he went to the marriage license bureau with his bride-to-be so had to ko out and hock his wedding ring to pay a fi license fee. Alarm Sounded at 10 U'clock and When Department - Reaches Scene Dense Smoke Was Eolling From Light In flamable Materials. Directive wiring last night started a stubborn blase In the basement of the building occupied by the William E. Chase Storage Pattcry Co., and the Oregon Pakery. which, before being cxt'Mgulshed, caused damage estimat ed bv the fire chief at $2.'0(i.. The lotses are covered fully by insur v. nee , An nlarm at rO o'clock from box 13 cnil.d the. department to the scene. Heme smoke was rolling from the basement, owing to the presence there of la lire quantities of paper, boxes and exv'slor. The smoke was so thick ll.ut fitthlights could not penetrate the dark and fighting the flames was rendered difficult. " Wiin the exception of one plnrp. the fire did not bleak through the flooring above and as a result most of th5 :es weie confined to the basement. Hotb tenants lost considerably from water and smoke. I'iremen were partially overcome by the times from burning paper and from acid kept in the battery store. Time cm! again they were obliged to cr-mo om for fres hair after being nau seated hy the smoke. The depart ment was nearly two hours finishing the nork at the scene of the fire. An executive committee of 20 Pen dleton folk, to direct the organization of Pendleton for Community Service, was appointed today by J. R, Haley, president of tho Pendleton Commer cial Association, following a mass meeting last evening in the auditori t'm of the county library. This com mittee will cooperate with R. E. Tucker, organizer, in the work of per fecting the local service. The committee will meet at :30 Monday evening in the library club room to continue its work. The uer- sonnel as announced today is: K. B. Aldrich. Fred Bennion. F. W. Bond. Mrs. F. E. Boyden, Rev. teo. I., ("lark, Mrs. S. H. Forshaw, Mrs. , Thos. Hampton, H. E. Inlow, Janus Johns H. I. Kuck, Dr. Fred Lieuuiicn,! Rev. Alfred ljockwood. Pat Lonergan. Sandy McLain, Mrs. W. D. McNary, - j W. Moloney, C. H. Marsh, Mrs. A. V. Mav Judue G. W. Phelps, Mrs. R. Raymond. G. M. Rice. U C. Scharpi. . Mason Thompson. Mrs. E. T. Wade, Mrs. W .it. Wyrick. Kniliiiwiwni was given the pro .,... i,v i, lnrao number that gath or,,(1 ast night. The committee - iei-j.horir.ed is to map out the plan of ,,roK,nm for the city. ... c.iv Service was explained by Mr. Tucker and also hv 1: F i',.rier. field man ironi mi- a!.ntii ticHitouarters. Several local persons interested spoke on the matter from the'r points of view. ctinyiiiiiiiv singing featured Ihe session and the hiph school bil'ls' B'ee olitb. under direction of Mrs. S. H. For maw. remlereil two concert numbers wX.u h were received with favor. CYNAIMAN AI'PI.KS Tt) EMilAXD HALIFAX. N. Jan. 29. (U. P.) jmllls In this district reduced the pay --Every ship leaving the eastern porta (of common labor from ( to 1-1.60 a of Canada for the British Isles Is j day. Lumber workers won a virtual freighted with from 20 "to 10.000 bar- victory when the scale board abrogat re!s of Canadian apples. ed a reduction of $1.30 in the wages of ; all w oodsnien and substliltted lti pel- Th eastern provinces prou.:ceu . bumper apple crop. The yield 01 tn- ,,, h,,,. nmle urovince. ..1 . . .-... i..u rrtOi WHICH mciuoea ui - 4i.. was heavier than In 1919. Ouehec land New Brunswick also set a nigner Nova Scotia's output of e0.- ( Wlls lh(J irSest ever har- 1 vested. I'opti ivn .a ' British Columbia, at the opposite side of the continent, has become one j of ihe Important fruit growing regions ; . 1 lolortn America. BELFAST, Jan. 29. (IT. P.) The Hinn Fein Is planning "governmental j'is live in Ulster. i ney are uiiniiiK fiankly of refusing to pay their taxes ;or to be budgeted hy the new govcrn- ment. They are talking of score of jpluns to hamper the unionists, wh.i I will be In control. i lllini imiriJ a Bl r TinnoT .vnwuLiutnHbLi: ininoi FOR MODERN PLEASURE pnmnrmirn nv nnr-' iuiviuuviincu di rurc HOME, Jan. 29. (IT. P.) Pope, iJenedict, In an encycylcal address to all bishops today, condemned dancing and immodesty In women's dress. He referred to the "Insatiable avidity for possessions'' and "unquenchable thirst for pleasure," as the worst of contem pory. evils. I ARMKUS WTIJj MEET VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 29. (A. P.) Prilish Columbia stock breeders, seed growers and dairymen will meet in conventions here next month. The first meeting will be that of the British Columbia Dairymen's Associa tion February ft and 9. On February 10 and 11 the Stock Breeders' Associa tion and Seed Growers' Association will hold a Joint meeting. Premier Oliver and E. D. Barrow, minister of agriculture, will tie among the speakers at the two meetings. ISAKK.lt ASKS KCOXOMY WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. (C. P.) Declaring the war department is faced with a deficit of about $94,000,000 for this fiscal year if army activities are carried out on the present scale. Secre tary of War Paker, in a letter to ah corps area commanders, today called for the strickest economy. TRIBUNE HIRES QNC BEFORE CO. COURT Local Paper Cuts County Cir culation. Figures From 2262 Down to 1020; Freewater Paper Claims Title. rtcfore members of the county court a hearing has been on today for the purpose of determining the county circulations of the East Orcgonian, Morning Tribune and the Freewater Times. The case was brought by the) rrecwaier i imes wnn me intent 01 showing that the Freewater paper rather than the Tribune is entitled to be named as county official paper along with the East Oregonian. The law renniros that the court designate two newspapers with the largest cir- I dilation as official papers. At the original showing the Tribune submitted an affidavit claiming a'ln" country since pronimtlon are, ot countv circulation of 2262. This waslc,mrse- "mors and narcotics." he salu. contested bv the Freewater paper "dl"moluis' furs and valuable fabrics which alleged that the total press run'furh ns 8ilks Bnt1 lllces are stiu Pff11 of the Tribune was not in excess of!1'1 for ,he smuggler when he can 1255 copies. In the court today a new statement was submitted by the Trib- une cutting its figures on county filiation down to. 1020. The East Ore gonian's county c irculation was shown t . v affidavits and reports to be 2430. The Freewater Times claim is to a county circulation of 9G3. Witnesses on the stand this fore noon included John Dunning, circu lation manager of the East Oregoni an, F. W. limpkin, business mana ger and S. I. Sanderson, publisher of the Freewater Times. Attorneys in the case are Judge J. A. Fee, repre senting the hast Orcgonian, Fred Steiwcr. representing the Tribune and!1 "Unary trial neia wun tn court i:. I. Keillor representing the .-ree. n-artlal la chief, according to a Vladl water Times. jvostok dispatch. 1GE ARE CUT AT HOQR lUigl'lAM, Wash.. Jan. 29. (A. P.) -The wage scale board for lumber cent cuts. LOTISSO JURY COULD NOT AGREE; ANOTHER TRIAL IS PROBABLE P.) The retrial of Thomas I.ot- Rso charged with wife murder Is extected following a disagree- mni hV 11,. inn ut vraivritiv. v . . JULY FIRST IS SET FOR CIVIL GUARD TO QUIT Reparation Payments May be Made in Forty Two Annual Installments ,on a Rising Scale Basis is Plan. MUST PAY TWELVE PER CENT TAX ON EXPORTS Premier Briand Anounces That Agreement Fixing Amount and Term of Indemnity Will be Signed Today. , - 4 PARIS, Jan. 29. (A. p.) The al I'ed supreme council today approved the German reparation plan drafted by special committee last night. It provides for payment b7 Germany of 226 billion gold marks in forty two an nual installments on a rising scale be ginning with two billion mifrks the first two years, and also the payment of a twelve per cent tax on German en ports. The council -virtually approved the plan for disarmament of Germany, The civil guards must be disbanded by July 1 next. ' Sign This Evening . -PARIS, Jan. 2?. C. P.) The al lied agreement fixing the amount of German reparations will be signed this evening. Premier Briand announced, following a conference with other u emoers of the supreme council. An official announcement was made of the agreement reached on re parations, distributing annuities as follows: Two annuities of two billion gold marks each; three of three bil-. lion; three of four billion and three of five billion. thirt "mi of stx : billion. The exports tax will be li 1-2 per cent. Allies in Accord. "The allies are fully In accord." Hriand told the correspondent. "We' are closer to an agreement tharuever before. There was absolute cordiality through today's conference." The Brussels financial conference will reopen February 7 .and repara tions terms will be communicated tov the Germans In Ixindon February 28. Disarmament periods have been pro longed to March 15, April 75, and July 1. IDEE : SWEEPING COUNTRY NEW YORK. Jan. 29 (IT. P.) The United States is experiencing the great. 1 est epidemic of smuggling; in its hia. t ry. according to Byron Newton, col lector of the port of New York. New ton blamed it on the "moral influenxt v.hich is sweeping the world."- 'The ,,rinelral rommo,litle smuggled Into get away wun 11. JAP SENTRY IS FOUND GUILT! OF SHOOTING TOKIO. Jan. 29 (f. P. The Jap anese sentry who shot and killed Lieu tenant Langdon, of the American navy, at Vladivostok three weeks ago, was adjudged guilty in a report of the pre- The report, it was sad, tleclared that the sentry did not agree with the facts in possession of the military authori ties. The Information wan secured oy the military, however, and connot be published until after the findings of 10 court martial ore made, penials of a statement published by the news paper Ashai and confirmed by Koktisat the agency, that Americans are belnc placed under additional" surveillance vas made officially. ITALIAN SOLDIER KILLS THREE WITH GRENADE CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. S. A. P.) An Italian soldier who became involved In a ouurrt in a cafe here to- ua. llirew a nanu ifrttnaue, wounailleT three Krltlsh soldiers. This was the latest of a series of disorders which Included the killing ot a Japaties by an American sailor and th stahbtnc to death ot au Ainerltaa sailor by an Italian. 1