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twice the guaranteed patil circulation
In Pendleton and Cniatilla county ut
any oilier newspaper.
The net press run of yesterday's Dally
3,305 '
Thli paper I ft iii.mner or nn1 audited
by tha Audit liureau r( Circulations.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 0752
VOL. 33
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1021.
SENATE COMMITTEE FMORS PASSING II
ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY
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BILLS LOO K TO
PRESIDENT ELECT
HARDING SELECTS
NET Mil
CABINET IMBERS
With'the Exception of the Navy,
..Commerce and Labor Port
folios Cabinet is Understood
to be Complete. -
NEW ADMINISTRATION
TO BE "HARDING POLICY"
Harding's Mental Attitude Has
Been Greatly Changed Since
His Return From His Recent
Pan American Tour.
ST. ACGt'STI.VE, Flo.. Feb. Id.,- (A.
T.) President-Elect llimllmt's cabi
net selections ore complete except for
the navy and cummorre and labor
portfolio and wan understood tndny
to Include Charles Kvann Hughes, of
New York, for secretary of mate; John
W. Week of Massachusetts, for score,
tory of war; Andrew Mellon, of Penn
sylvania, for secretary of the treasury.
Will H. Hayes, of Indiana, for post
master general; Harry M.. Dnughert
of Ohio, for attorney general; Henry
Wallace of Iowa, for secretary of agrl
culture and A. 11. Fall of New Mexlcov
for secretary of the interior.
Offer to llrt on Hoover
WASHINGTON. Fob. 16. (li. P.)
The foreign policy of the new adminis
tration wilt be a distinctly a "Hurd
Ing policy" or that of the present ad
ministration I a "Wilson policy," sen
aior back from the conference In
Florida said. The next president has
made up hi mind about the line he
will pursue, the senator said, remarking-
also that his mental attitude In
foreign policies la much different to
day than when he was In ft'aahlmrtnn
after hlt'n -American tour. Then
he seemed not to have settled on any
thing definite; but now he has, in the
opinion of those who have been close
to him. The returning- senators of
fered a standing 'hot. with no takers
that Hoover will be in the cabinet.
COMMERCIAL
'MORE
ASSC HUN SLOGAN WITH C. I.
BARK AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
. C$
Present Secretary at Astoria
Will Arrive About March 1 to
Take up Work Here ; Vigor
ous Program Contemplated.
GAS
SHORTAGE
IMPENDS
With C. I. Barr chosen us executive
secretary of the Pendleton Commercial
Association, to take office March 1.
TU 4V l"'B business organization is get-
lnat this region, along With tine lines laid for a more vigorous and
Other parts Of Oregon, Will 8Uf- effective, campaiicn than ever in behall
fer a worse fmsnlpnp Hhnrt.io-o !"f "'. advancement of the city un-1
than last year if the gravity test
law is not repealed is claimed
by the state hotelmen's organ
ization in a wire to N. D.
Swearingen. proprietor of the
Hotel Pendleton today. Mr.
Swearingen has laid the matter
before local officials and ef
forts are being made this after
noon to get action with a view
to recommending to our dele
gation that they work for re
peal of the law The case has
been put up to the' Commercial
association and the Auto Club.
The message to Mr. Swearih
gen sets forth that the govern
or proposed to enforce the
gravity test law if it is not re
pealed and this induces the re
lief a serious gas famine threat
ens unless action is taken.
FOUND!. WIVES WHO DO AS HUSBANDS DIRECT.
III!
ILL; SLIGHT HOPES
Noted Singer Reported to be
Near the End; Being Kept
Alive With Oxygen; Friends
and Relatives at Bedside.
surrounding territory.
Mr. l'arr was elected as secretary
nt a meeting of the board of managers
some weeks ago but announcement of
the event was withheld until he could
officially notify his board at Astoria
where, he Is now serving as secretary
of the Chanvlier of Commerce. Oblig
ed to seek a higher and dryer climate
tor Iho benefit of Mrs. liarr's health
Mr. liarr found several desirable offers
open to hlrn but he has accepted the
position here because of his acijnalTi.
anco In Pendleton and his belief in the
possibilities open to the local organiza
tion. The Astoria chamber has been
reluctant to release Its secretary an.:
it is yet uncertain Just when Mr. Rarrj
can come though he hopes to be here
bv March I. Astoria has a large
hnmbor of commerce' which he been
doing Important work for the lower
Columbia city. Chief credit for build
ing up the organization has been ffiven
to C'lnudo tie.rr. ,
"More S;-cd" l Slogan
It has long been the desire of many
Commercial Association workers . to
nlarge the membership hero and de
vice n nioro effective working organi
sation than in the past. With the ar
rival of the new secrelary s'eps In this
llrectlon will be taken. It is the desire
'o enlist all local people in the work of i
he club and also to bring about full
harmony and cooperation on the pari
of various sections of the county. At
Astoria Mr. liarr Is being paid a salary
of moil a month and he was offered an
ncreased KUlsrv if he could rewnin .
Uiere. Jl will have a salary of a j
month' here and was elected for one j
venr bv the board of managers which
board has authority to employ and dt-, Rl PROVIDED T'Y
rert the work of the s-cretnry. i
In add t'on to handling the Com-j QF $JQ A HEAD UPON
merevai Association worn u in
tention lo maVe Mr. P.arr the se-retaiy
f the rmatllla Itupids Power Site -
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nnnimcp
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WOULD BE GIVBI
CBETO HELP
Proposed Legislation Would Al
low All or Part of District Af
fected to Take Place of Fed
eral Government.
rP r r Mrs. Huga Iiulllii
Advice to husbands: If you really
would boss your wife, enter (he mov-
I les.
There s Hugo Pallln, for instance.
All day long he shouts orders at his
wife and she meekly obeys.
Sirs. Corter Dobaven
And there's Allen Holuhar. H"
commands and Mrs. Hoiubar submits.
And Carter Dcllaven order, his wife
around.
Put it's all In the movies. Tallin
Is directing Mabel Eallin in "Kast
Lynn.'"
Sirs.
Allen Holuhar
Ton all know who Mrs. Hoiubar is,
don't sou? She's Dorothy Phillips.
Carter and Flora DeHaven have
played toge'htr in many films, the
lafest of which are "Twin Eeds" and
"The Girl in the Taxi."
fin. 1 1 urn n i.iu.ui.
RIVAL EVANGELIST AS
BUM, VAGABOND, MiP, THUG ID IllWAYIir'
CRATER LAKE ROAD
BILL MEETS DEFEAT
Governor Signs Bill Making it
a Criminal Offense to Give
Fraudulent Bill for Repairs
or Other Work.
vrw vaiu i: f .
rms y ...oh.h.g .wi: rH: to:;:
about hydro electric development on
the Columbia.
1 In tak'nr tho reins at the Cnmmer
elnl Association hendquarters Mr. Barr
I will suceeed C K. Cranston who has
capably filled the secretarial position
for anme years past.
A musical festival In May, under
the auspice of Pendleton Community
Hervlce. Is tentatively planned as a
result of a. meeting last evening of
Mrs. S. It. Kornhaw's music committee.
All of the choirs and other musical
bodle In Pendleton tire to be asked
"to Join In making this affair a auc
cess. A song leaders' institute may ulso
oe arranged for Pendlelon during the
spring. This will depend upon the,
number of persona signifying their In
tention of taking a course In .voluntary
song leadership. If a sufl.clent num
ber is obtolned, n expert Song leader
of the Community Service organiza
tion will be brought hi re, according to
K. K. Tucker, local organizer.
Mrs. Forshaw and her committee
met at the county library last night
and In another week will hold a sec
ond meeting to further develop plana.
Those who are on the commllec tv"
her are: Mrs. Alger Fee. Mert Mc
Donald. Joseph X. Bcott, O. W, Lun
dell. Miss "Edna Gates and Clarence
Penland.
to his physician bulletin this after
noon.
At 3:25, Park lleiijninln. Caruso's
brother-in-law. reported Hint the, sing
er no sleeping naturally for the first
tlmo since his relnpM'.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. (If. P.)
Knrlco Caruso Is critically 111 and phy
sicians fear the great tenor will not
live throughout the day. He has been
ill. since Christmas day, with pleurisy,
which, with complications, became so
serious that two bperations were per
formed. He suffered a pevere relapse
lest night afid it Is reported that the
singer is being kept alive with oxygen.
"Kv yoi:::, Feb. 16. (t;. p.)
Caruso hns rallied from a very severe
collapse, the physicians announced In
an official bulletin issued at eleven
forty.
Friends and rclntves hurried to Ca
ruso's apartments in the Vanderbilt
hotel early today, bulievin that the
end might come at any time. Two
priests remained with tliti slnRcr
throughout the night. Caruso's wife,
formerly Miss Dorothy Park Henja
min .a society girl. Is constantly at his
bedside. Caruso is nware of his crit
ical condition, as 'no effort Is being
made to keep It from him.
EAT PRUNES BUT SEE
WISCONSIN BACHELORS
MAPISrtX. Wis., Feb. Ifl.
1 1'. P.) A tax of ten dollars
a year on bachelors and widow
ers is proposed is a bill Intro
duced lu the Wisconsin legisla
ture . The bill exempts a bach-
elor after he reaches the age of
55, as proponents hold that mat-
riinony at that bkc is nn .adven-
ture that should not be encour-
aged by Hie state.
' l
-(By Carl
ZION" C1TT, Ills., Feb. lfi.
Victor Little, U. P. Staff Correspond
ent.) They are rahsing cain in Zion
City of peaceful bliss. A holy war has
broken out between Wilbur' C.lenn
Voliva and Thomas .Velson, who erect
ed the Grae Missionary Church right
ir, Voliva's domain. Voliva. who
makes it plain he is full of "rinhteous
indignation" over the evangelical acti
vities of his rival, said he "bounced"
Xeison out of his faithfull flock a year
a so. "War is on red hot and will be
waged night and day until every trait- !
or fines to bis own nlaee ' hi, wiii.l f
4, i pie, ror zmn people only.
PORTLAND POLICE GUARD
CHINATOWN BECAUSE OF
CALIFORNIA OUTBREAK
PORTLAND. Feb. 36. (A. P.)
- The police are guarding Port
land Chinatown following re
ports of a long outbreak with
three murders in California cit
ies last night. The Chinese
here are nervous.
AWAHIiKI MHJTAHY MI OAii
PAKIS, Feb. 16. A military medal
bus Just been handed to the pupils of
.lules Peugeot, a schoolmaster of
Joncherey, who wus the first French
man to bo killed in the war. He was
shot by an 1'hlan patrol thirty hours
before the declaration of war.
The Oregon prune, served nil natural
In a thick brown syrup; enthroned on
a lettuce leaf with a crown of mayon
naise; cavorting about in an crrc mer
ingue; reposing beneath n crust of
pastry or presented In a hundred
different ways appears as the hcad
Pner on the bill of fare, for Prune
Wee I with us for a seven day en
gagement. Ptoros. restaurants and
hotels of the Mtyare featuring the
rrnir. i
Time was when the prune occupied j"1 March iosin
ACCORDING TO FIGURES
WHEAT PRICES ARE
GRADUALLY Rio'NG
Wheat Is coming: back, according to
the fiurr.s, which, the-y say, cannot
March future on tho Chicago
board of trade, which oponod on Jan. 3
at $t.6, on Monday closed at $1.70
5-R. -The tendency most -of the time
since Jan. 3 has been downward, tho
j low point hn villi? K-ei hit FVh. 3 when
fiK iro was $-1.52.
No Ktm!e-
DKIH caci;i.i,atio
liOMK. Kelt. 16. (A. R) Cancel-
man, not to m'-ntion a christian, would
lation of the dt-bt-s of allied nations by
tho W A. is urged by the Trilmna, in i
aji editorial on the economic and fi-j
i minciul situation in Kuropc, The'
newspaper says the l S. may find her j
break into a church settlnniciit and
attempt to hold meetings, or establish
a counter organization. Thos-p who
do ?o are nothing less than religious
bums, tramps and vasal.
lnmor than a pang of highway roll-1 . ---.
bers and thirds. Persons coming in .SHE READS NEWSPAPERS
here to hold meetings at an invitation
of traitors, porch climbers,, election
iwid -iviih w 'lt
thioves and tally sheet mutilators, ne
not expect any courtesy from Zion.
AND KNITS WASH CLOTH
ON HER 102D BIRTHDAY
rather lowly position in life. That More than IS terns' rise has been
was In pre-war days before prices 1 recorded in the past 1" days. May
went Fkyward to such an extent that j wheat, in the Fame period, has risen
tho fruit was deemed worthv of the from $1.43 to $i.K9'i. May's lowest
best culinary effort. With the price j mark was Jl. 43 on Feb. 3.
at 35 cents, cooks discovered that While ih rise in tiie nast 10 days
prunes were a delicacy, and since that i n.,s ,(,cn ,,mK.r speedy, it has not been
date their reputation has been un- i consistent. The chait shows ups and
questioned. The price tday In Pen- (j,1Wns. Tile fact that the March
dleton stores ranges from 10 to 25 j whcat. now soon coming due, is back
.-"tt:1 s iw'nii. seenrd'nto the si , to wncl. t i,egn ti,0 yPar leaves a
better feeling among those who still
1 mid wtuat. l.eonlly the ttuotation is
hoveling around Sl 'iiT and H.3S.
2,517,000,000 FRANCS
iWUi. Feb. lfi. Pale of the Am
erican supplies left in France by th
A. K. F. brought 2r I T.mni Olio francs.
M. I ion mer, minister of finance, told
the chamber tf deputies today.
ri.OOMf"IFLD, X. J.. Feb, 15.
(lr. P. Mrs, Irene Cockefufr
celebrated her one hundred and
second birthday anniversary to
day by reading the newspapers
and knitting a wash cloth. Mrs.
Cockefair, who outlived her hus
band and three children, attribut
ed her long life to regular habits,
hard work and temperance.
"1 enjoy life.' s'ne said, "and
want to live as long as I can. I
hive always been strong" willed
. and that determination enabled
me to fight pneumonia two years
ago,
SALEM, Feb. 16. .A. P.)
The senate this afternoon pass
ed the soldiers' bonus irfeasure,
which had already passed the
house. , -
SALEM. Fet. (A. P.) The
senate highways committee today vot
ed to recommend the passage of two
new Roosevelt highway hills which
will be introduced as committee mea
sures. One bill provides for the crea
tion of highway districts by groups of
ounties or single counties or portions
of counties. fThe other bill provides
hat any district which Is formed by
coast counties may set aside money in
.ace of ihe .government to match tho
state funds for the construction of the
Roosevelt highway. .
Crnter Lk Itmm
The committee killed the Thoma
bill providing for a million dollar bond
issue for the construction of tho Crater
Lake highway. i ,
15 Hills SI sued
SALEM. fVb. 1. UtW-Th
Governor has s;gnfd fifteen more bills
including the Xorblad measure provid
ing for the capturing and killing ot ,
seals 'and sea lions; the bill creating s ,
state game commission and the Hare
till, making the giving of fradulent
repair and other bills obtaining money
under false pretenses. . ;
lloiul liill Paused .'
I!oth houses passed a bill regulating,
bond houses which was introduced as
a result of the Collapsq of Morris
i'roihtrs Inc. . ,1 .'
For Kai ing Commission
Representative McFarland, of Mult
nomah county introduced a bill pro- .
viding the creation of a state racing
nommissbn to control racing. Th
bill would permit racing between May
first and November first, and no Sun
day races. v
Kenprxtrtionnicnt I n
Reapportimiment of a committee of
which Senator Dennis is chairman in-
j troduced the reapportionment bill to
rearrange the senatorial and represen
tative districts.
il-Xir Movie Ocnsorsh'p. ,
SALEM. Feb. 16 (A. P.) State
censorship of motion pictures is pro
! vided under a substitute bill tntroduo
i ed in the house by a committee on
health and public morals. It would
create the state board serving with
out pay and to act as nn appeal body.
The bill also provides for salaried
viewers. 1
PARIS, Feb. 16. (A. P.) Ex
President Raymond Polncare, was to
day elected president of the foreign af
fairs committee of the senate,.
LEGION WILL STAGE BOXING .
CARD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 12 mnvimmmn
nuLU ifumnit ivwu.
Cnmmnd on page
$1
FOR RELIEF CAUSE
Weather':
Reported by Major Ue afoorhouw
weather observer.
Maximum 84.
Minimum 20.
Uarometer 29 B;'- '
CLOSING NIGHT OF AUTO SHOW
LOCAL CHILDREN READ BETTER
BOOKS THAN DO THEIR ELDERS;
WAR NOVEL HAS LOST FAVOR
THE
WEATHER
FORECAST
Tonight and
4 Thursday f",r:
continued cold
A boxing card to be given on Sat
urday night, March 12, by Pendleton
Post, American Legion, Is contem
plated ns a wind-up to the fourth an
nual automobile show of the Pendle
ton Automobile liealers' Association.
Three events are already tentatively
arranged for and a fourth will prob-
ably be scheduled, according to the
committee handling the proposed1
smoker.
Neal Allison, w ho was declared loser
In the recent bout against Kranklo
Murphy by the foul route, will be one
of the hendllners on tho proposed
I card. He likely will bo matched for
a 10-round set-to w ith Harry Cscy,
slugging Seattle lightweight, who. on
two previous appearances here, made
a host of friends. Both Allison ana
t'asev have fought before a local au-
BURIED IN GARDEN!
Regan getting a draw here in tho last
card. ISmldy Is in fine shape and I
anxious to meet Regan. He issued n
P.
Mis
The war noveis. so popular during
tile days oT tile world slruirle, arc ly
't'sr idle on the shelves of tho I'matilla
bounty library and the tide of popular
.'j vt r has returned to the western
rovel, say librarians at the looal li
brary. ,
It is not nlonc the story of the recent
war tbat is sufferiiur a decline in
CHICAGO, Feb. 16. ( I',
oniif,, iMu'art hp,l the botlv
challenge to the winner oi tne rwe- ( xancy 'Chamberlain sued 81, years, a'
Regan bout on the night of February ( , m (). Ine Hrtisla cioy hvrc.
5. . ! Her body was found under a gei-aniupi i
MU key Ilempsey, a 125-pounder ptm hack i f the studio which thc
ft,,,,, lrllnml. is snuirht for a- ni'e-. vmi!,,! f'im,i-h'' nr.-ntvpH Slirt u-:iq
llmlnary with Shejton. the Freewater hurried there by h,r daughter, Mrs. j !"pularity.but the Civil war romance
boxer. Tho mink bus heel In the ring t ituth To nsend and her gramldniigh- j l, 111 ,
nine times and in seven bouts hns-ter, Miriam Townsend a talented con- ,''.!'S an atmosphere of sagebrush,
won via the knockout" route, according Ltll nlan-st. ' "Mv i nndmother died)iU'" f-'vont.s. Other authors
... .k thnt has filtered un this' ,i. i,f i" c;,i,i xt.. Town- PP"lar with I emihton read-
way. Shelton Is mean with his dukes j send, "and uu.ior cover of midnight
too, Ihey say, and rated us a eleven we dug a grave In the middle of our
scrapper. jHeautilul garden plot and carried out
Allison has been in Portland of late, i the remains and placed the body in
working out in the Olympic gynina-ithe grave. To us. s-he is not dead, she
slum, lie hns several fights scheduled is Just burled. She is h:ippy in love."
In the non-fiction f:cld. local adult-
ar.i deniandins Iwok.- on lee keeping,
poultry raising, oil geology and home
building, nVit- than books on any
other topic
The library has a large selection of
nviHXines which are much read.
Among them are The Dial. The Nation. I
National Geographic. Garden Maga
zine. House Beautiful, and others.
. . , . v. j u in .I,..,... ,.. idmii ura .if 7nm.
aor ine spring "" " "'V"-,"" " "' . ' ,. .,.,n...i f- .1 ,. thon.
dienco agninsi .uurpny aim mim w .
i.i .....i. .,.,i uism mniehed dlenee. One of the touuh customers Itoi errenns.
,h. ..m.nto. believes. on bis schedule is Heln'e Schuinnn.l Mrs. Chamberlain requested that sh
A seml-wlndup between Frnnkle w ho has a long list of northwest scalps j be buried under the nera
. i T...ia.. i.vn. I. iil.n in hi. r..l!t Ituth fStsev and Allison ! dauulitei' told the polic
'.:'... ,t.4. ... k..- w. .. nt.i hor ni,.i their match is al- ainin:,tion of the body, physicians th in do their riders. Mirk Twain's
rOUglll. no,.. "I .. ...... - ... ,, i . ....... ,... ... 'T.i, .,..r- n,..l I M Ule.ill.
imiv imiktMi rorwnro lo wiin eons ii- inooiinn'o i-i;i no-. mm-m, .........
- - .
ers are N'ill nni ,1. ln-ke, Josetih Cms
jhy l.'ncohi. Mi phen l.eacot k. Margaret !
iVtaml, Kate poiinlas Wigptn. May !
ir.clnir and Mary Itotwrts Itinehart..!
!Th?i'e is hut Utile demand for the;
m !-'--s of the famous old authors, such
'as Pickens, etc. Psychic novels are,
inium be.1. her
After nn
now in vogue with Pendleton readers
is one entitled "Seven Purposes."
Children of Pendleton, acconling to
hxal librarians, read better fiction
Fourteen thousand dollars Is tha
sum wanted from this county for re
lief In the Near K:st and In China. Of
th's sum J'i'Hi has already been raised
through donations made last eveninff
and today. Following a dinner at the
christian church Inst evening at which
V: F. Irvine and Mm. E. T. Allen of
Walla Walla were speakers. J. N.
Scott, county chairman, was authorised
to name a committee to handle the
drive in this county, Mr. Scott did so
-d asked for $10 donations from all
present who wished to subscribe. J.
H. Sturgis followed Mr. Scott with
$10(1 jlonution and ftiiS wax raised on
the spot.
The following is the personnel of the
-onimlttee as rained by ihe county
chairman. Pat I.onergan, elty ebalr.
man. James It. StturKls, chairman for
county towns; J.. Y. Malonev. M. J.
Taylor and G. W. Phelps, fratwriml
orders: Sandy Mel-ran aftd A, Mann
ing, lubor; Messers I.ockwooJ. tiecor
and Clark, churches; Mm K. T. Wade,
women cluNs and H. R. Thompson,
Fred Hemilon and Casper Woodward,
farm bureau.
The plight of the Armenians end the
iV.n"j wus pathetically told 1at
venlne by the two speakers who ml
ed here against Johnny Kiske, Stevens
having, lost by a shade on July t and etablo Interest.
libni naturu causes.
' Little Woman," lead In popularity.
ST. PAUL SKATER WINS
TWO OUT OF THREE GOES
sauaxac i.ak;;, n. y.. lb. lfi.
(A. I- Kveivtt Mcfiowmi of St.
l'uul. defeatinl Kdmond laiinyo of Sa
ranac I like in two of the three pro
fessional races on the first card of
their two-day meet.
AMFKK M S HOOi;i:
KOVNl, Kelt. i. (I. r.) The irejHi an nn nieeltnjf in th chfln lt
cross of a knight of I Jthuauia has been ! following the f o'clock dinner. At i'n
bestowed by Tresidetit Snietuna. of; dinner Mayor 0nte If art man nrvr
IjiihuantA upon Colon-! K. W. Hyan. ja.-4 toanuiMter and told of famine rn
American Ked Cros4 immissioner to t Jitions he saw in a portion of tiln4
tho Baltto stated. UuntK hm orienlul trip lut y.r.
t-