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VOL. 33
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1921.
NO. 9776
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR FALL, AND LARGE PARTY OF
SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN WILL VISIT NORTHWEST
EftGLAliD AND
RUSSIA SIGH
IDE PAPERS
Document Marked First Re
sumption of Commercial Ar
rangements With an Allied
Power.
RUSSIA HAS MADE SOME
IMPORTANT CONCESSIONS
Negotiations Between Two
Countries Have Extended
Over Greater Part of Year.
LONDON', March 16. (U. P.)
Great Britain and Russia have signed
a trade agreement. Tho document
marked the first reHumptlon of com
mercial arrangement with on allied
power. 'Russia haa mude Home im
portant concessions, the moat notable
one being an agreement to cease bol
shevik propaganda outside of Russia.
These negotiations have extended over
the greater part of a, year. Great
Britain la demanding the release of all
prisoners held by Russia and one Huh
aian representtaive, M. Kamcnleff, la
ordered out of Great Britain be
cauae of his atttude and because he la
alleged to have attempted to subsi
dise a London newspaper.
AVIll Itwotni! Govrnimnil.
LONDON, March 16. U. P.)
That Krttish recognition will be given
tii soviet ' government is Implied by
the signing of the trade agreement be
tween Britain and Russia is authori
tatively stated.
N
M005E1AW BALL EM
Members of the Moosojuw, Canada,
baseball team were today Invited to
make Pendleton their heaibikartera
for spring training, the Invitation being
lent by wire by the Pendleton Commer
cial Association througn the president,
James H. Kturgls.
Carl Walters, formerly of Pendleton
and who has played here In Western
Trl State League gum oh. now firm
haaemun for the Canudinn team, la In
the city and declares thut Nick Wil
liams,' manager and owner of the
Moosejuw club, 1m favorable to Pendle
ton as the location for a training pump.
The team has been Offered the free use
of the Itouijd-l'p grounds and loral
fans promlae co-oiwatlon In securing
games for the Cnnadlnns. Should they
accept the offer, they would come to
Pendleton April 10 and remain for
three weeks, playing a game' each Sun
day. The team 1 preparing for the open
ing of the season for the Western
Canada league.. Leiston, Idaho, wus
also considered as a training place.
SINN FEIN
I
t :
DUBLIN, March 16. (C. P.) Im
portant military dlfpatchca fell Into
he hands ot the .Blnn Fclriers when
two runners were attacked. One man
Waa killed and the othen wus seriously
wounded. Later a lorry load of cadets
wero fired upon and one soldier was
wounded. , The awallanta escaped.
Reported by Major Loo Moorhouse,
w eather observer.
'f. Maximum, 69. 1
, I Minimum, 49.
Barometer, 2SI.63.
- .Trace of rain.
TODAY'S
FORECAST
Ruin tonight
or Thursday.
-,1 I M I ) IJ.
I the weather i ARRESTED FOR MURDER
I, -
Jipjd "I
FOMML DEM AND' WILL
BrJfiuADE ALLIES TO
DUCE GERMAN ARMY
PEOPLES WAREHOUSE
HAS INCREASED ITS
CAPITAL TO $150,000
Announcement wus made this.
morning of the Increase In cuplt-
allzation of the Peoples Ware-
house from $&o,ooo,to 1150.000.
This Increase makes the Peo-
plea Warehouse the heavleat
cu itall.e.l merchandise busltiex
in the Inland Umpire, It la said.
The affairs of the atore are in
excellent shupe. according to of-
flcluls of the company who ex-
pressed themselves this morn-
Ingjis being very well pleased
with its condition. The expan-
slon of the business . has made
the increaacd capitalization nec-
essnry, it is asserted..
John Penon, buyer for the
atore, la in the east at the prca-
flit time purchasing merchan-
ilii.e.
PERSHING WiLL QUIT
B
He Now Holds Rank ' of Full
General, Does Not Want to
Remain Titular Head of Army
WASHINGTON. March 16. (V. P.)
General John Pershing probably will
quit the army soon unless he is givcP
a "man sized Job," It was learned to
day. Pershing now holds the rank ol
full general, the only such rank exist
ing, but does not want to remain simp,
ly titular head of the army and unless
he Is given actual duty in keeping with
his rank, his friends expect him to
leave the service. Pershing has been
suggt-stcd for poat as chief-of-8taff,
now held by Mujor General Payton C.
March.
PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL
ASKS FOR REHEARING IN
TELEPHONE RATE CASE
POHTLAND, March 16. L. P.) I
The city council, by a unanimous vote, j
adopted a resolution calling upon the;
state public service commission for a '
complete rehearing of the telephone '
rate case, under the Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph were recently granted in
creased tolls In Oregon.
RANK VAtlT IS IYNAMITKI
I'NIOXTOWN, Ivans., March 16.-
IV. P.) A gang of bandits early to
day dynamited a vault In ,the Union
town stute bank and escaped with ap
proximately l,o0.
ED,
OTHER STILL
VANCOrVKit. Wash., March 16
(U. P.) Claire Uamus, one of the two
missing lads for whom a holiday wus
declnrcd so that a search might be In
stigated, has turned up at Cape Horn,
Wash., according to meager telephone
Information from one of the posses.
Whether Claire ran away or was kid
napped is not known, and officials are
Inclined to believe the former. The
search continued In the hope of find
ing Kay Stager, who has been missing
since Murch 4. Foul play was feared
In this case. '
WAltRAW, Ind.. March 16. (A. P.)
Following the finding that Leroy
Lovett of Elkhart, Ind., was murdered
and his body left on the railroad
tracks, Virgil Decker was arrested at
Marlon. Ind. Mrs. Decker, mother of
.Virgil, had Identified Lovett'B body as
that of Virgil. The two youths were
called doubles because of their physl-
jcal likeness. Virgil Decker was In
sured for S 19,000.
GEi
PARIS, March 16. (A. P.i The
allied reparations committee notiflel
Germany that she must pay a billion
gold marks before March 33rd.
i
vmiTU'cnniiR p'iq
Poland Declares Germany is
Insuring Violence by Packing
Upper Silesia With Troops,
WARSAW, Murch 16. (IT.
A formal demand that the allies com
pel Germany to reduce her forces in
upper Silesia is expected, with a pie
blscUe to be held Sunday to decide
whether that rich country goes to Po
land or Germany. The l'oliah author
ities declared Germany was insuring
violence by packing the area with
troops. s
APPOI.NTMKNT IS Ri:fOM.Mi;M)i:i
WASHINGTON. March 16. (f. P.)
Attorney General Dougherty has
recommended that President Harding
appoint Guy V. Ooff of Wisconsin, an
assistant attorney general.
11
LUMBERMENS' WAGES
PORTLAND. March 16. A. P.)
Thc Loyal Legion of Loegcrs and Lum
I ormen 'board cf directors, afier a lw
days session, decided to make no
chance In the present minimum basl
of $3.6(1 per day. An Anacortes und a
Tacoma hiill were expelled from mem
bershlp on the charge of paying less
than the minimum.
SENATORS ASK THAT
MAN FROM NORTHWEST
- RECEIVE APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON. March 16. (A, I.)
A request that a man from the
northwest be appointed on the Inter-
suite commerce commx'on, was pre
sented to the president by a delega
tion of northwestern senators and rep
resentatives. They also asked reliet
legislation fyr stock growers ut the
special session. An embargo on wool
tops and wastes as an emergency until
the protective tariff Is passed, was
suggested.
LONE MASKED ROBBER
OUTWITS POLICE AND
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
. PORTLAND. Ore.. March 16.
ll'. P,) Outnumbered three
to one, u lone masked rbber.
caught by the police in the act
of robbing the restaurant of An
drew Linton, was the . victor In a
thrilling gun fcatle with the in
vuiling officers. Deem Hanson,
a pu-werby, was Injured by the
flying bullets. The robber shot
his way cliur to the door and
escaped.
: ACROSS THE RHINE , y
JUDGE RULED
LOVE LETTERS
OUT OF Tl
Claimed Letters , Written by j
Hamon to His Protege Were
Not Competent as Evidence.
CLARA IS CALM AFTER
ORDEAL OF YESTERDAY
Prisoner Was Accompanied by
Woman Evangelist, Prayed
With Her During Morning.
AliDMOItID, Okla., March 16. (U.
P.) Love letters writcn by Jake
Hamon to his protege, Clara Hamon
Smith, were ruled Inadmissible as evi
dence in Clara's trial for murder.
Jiidse Champion said the letters which
were Introduced by defense were nol
competent as evidence. The ruling
was a blow to the defense case. Oar
looked much relieved when she entcre l
i h court room today aiter the trying
ordeal on the witnem stand yesterday.
She was accompanied by a woman
evangelist, who prayed with he dur
ing the morning before the court open
ed. Clfira's expression was more com
placent, she lauphed and was cheerful
as she chuted with "Wild Pill" He
Lean, her atorney. The state rested
Its case after hearing the testimony
by a fear witnesses during the morning.
The court recessed until 3 o-clock tu
Sive the attorneys opportunity to pre-
;are the cltwing urgx", yents to the jur
nd allow the J'nJne to prepare instruc.
turns. ,
Cawo Will Go to Jury.
AliMORE. Alurch 16. (C. P.)
The Hamon case Is expected to reach
the jury late tonight lor tomorrow
murnlnj,'. j
Thrcitcu ns Ixttcr IIflvcl.
AKUMOUK, .March 16. (A. P.)
Introduction of testimony ended at
10:23 and the court recessed until
three to permit the judce to prepare
instructions. There were numerous
reports about threats against the state
counsel and the Jurors should a ver
dict of guilty be returned. Sheriff
Garrett said the only report reaching
htm was that of a letter to a defense
attorney warning him of possible vi
olence to the defendant if she was ac
quitted. .
1J AI.IXyi'lVG IIKGAX TOIAY.
CHICAtJO, March 16. (A. P.
Hulloting In the national referendum
strike vote of the packing house em
ployes began here today.
itrTTi.it nitops thhi.i: cknts
POltTI.AND, Murch 16. (A. P.)
'ultle and sheep aro weak, hogs are
steady, esrss are one cent lower and
, j butter is three cents lower.
COAL MINERS REMAIN
IDLE RESULT REFUSAL
TO ACCEPT WAGE CUT
,'"7 waum
Operators Announce Mines
Will Remain Closed Until
Settlement of Controversy.
SfCATTLK, March 16. (A. P.) Be
twten 2000 and 3000 soft coal miners
employed in the commercial mines nT
the state are idle today as the result (T
their reruu; to accept wage cuts tive
ragiDg 23 per cent. Operator; an
iiG'.mctd the mines would remain clos
ed trlil the settlement of the ontro-
veicy. fcixteen companies ar snut
down including all but one of the lurii-
r commercial companies in the wit
side of the state and one on the cast
side. The railroad mines are n it 8f-
Jetted.'
SENATOR STANFiELD
WASHINGTON, March 16. Senator
Stunfield will leave tomorrow for New
Vork, and after a brier stay there will
return home by way of Denver, where
he also plans a brief stoo. Businew
puffairs claim his attention, he says, hut
he 'ill be back for the extra session
ot congress.
WALLOWA RANCHER
SUPPORTS FAMILY
KILLING C0Y0TESJ
JOSEPH, Or.. March 16. For 12
years coyotes have supported the fam
ily of A. J. Sullivan of Imnaha, Wal
lowa county. Bounties collected and
returns from the skins. Sullivan said
form his sole source of Income yet he
has managed to pay all expenses of
himself, his wife and three children.
the oldest ready for high school.
Sullivan took up trapping while
holding down a claim on the edge of
an Idaho desert. His success led him
to give up the claim and for several
years he followed desert trapping in
Utah and Idaho. His family usually
reaides In a small town near the scene
of his operations, but often accompan
ies mm.
For two years he has been trauuing
on the F. W." Falconer sheep range on
the Imnaha. but he plans to go to the
L'tuh deserts this summer. Changes
in bounties put on predatory animals
keep him changing the base of his op-
eiuiiuns.
JHI5D IS SISLKCTKD
WASHINGTON, March 16. (A. P.
President Hbrding's thunkseU-inc
turkey hipj been selected, H. W. Ma-M-n,
a planter of Crystal Springs. Miss..
miormpu Air. tlardlne in a leter tmlxv
4 INDICTMENTS FILED
MORRIS AND OTHERS
PORTLAND. March 16. (A.
P ) Four Indictments charg-
ing misappropriation of a total
of 1235,000 were served on per-
song figuring in the collapse of
Morris Bros.. Inc. Indictments
charging larceny by embezzle-
ment were returned against John
L. Etheridge, former president,
Mrs. Htella Etheridge, his wife,
Fred 8. 'Morris, founder of the
concern and Forbes B. Pratt, the
secretary. One indictment re-
lates to a 1 100,000 deal in con-
nection with the transfer of the
bond house fnom Morris to Eth-
eridge. Others allege a 125.000
stock transfer to Miss Morris, a
duplication of accounts and the
taking of $100,000 in bonds by 4
Etheridge. Etheridge is named
in four, Morris In two,. Mrs.
Etheridge and Pratt In; one in-
dictment each.
EE
IN CALIFORNIA C!TY
Police Believe Man Under Ar
rest is Mysterious 'Shadow'
. Who Terrorized Portlanders.
LOS ANGELES, March 16. f. P.l
Naively admitting attempts by bomb
'.hreats to extort 110,000 from George
A. Moltman, a prominent Olympia,
A'ash. merchant, Herbert Johnston, a
nechanioal engineer, is held In the
ounty jail pending the arrival of
i Olympia deputy sheriff with a war
"ent fir blackmail. "I was desperate. I
leeded the money to perfect a me
:hanical Invention on which I have
been laboring for years,"; said the in
centor. Johnston is tho son of A. L.
JoTmston of Olympia.
Portland Police Investigate
PORTLAND, March 16. IV. P.)
The police tbclleve Herbert Johnson
who is under arrest In Los Angeles, forl!mmetliate beneficiary by the eamoaigti
n alleged attempt of blackmail of an
Olympia merchant, to be the myster
ious blackmailer, "Shadow" who teror-
(Continued on oage 3.)
KL
Frank J. Loncrgun, Portland lawyer
ind brother of Pat Loncrgan of Pen
dleton, will be the chief speaker at
the St. Patrick's day meeting at the
Eagle-Woodmnn hull tomorrow cven -
ing. Mr. Loncrgan will be Introduced
by Judge J. A. Fee and will cover
late developments in the fight for Ir-1
ish freedom. The meeting Is free and J. A. Ford of Spokane and ex-Oover-is
open to the public. The meeting! r.or tpry of Utah are active in prepara.
opens ut 7:30 p. m. itioiw for the trio. v
Following Mr. Loncrgan'a address!
numerous Irish records will be played j the Junket is to give senators and eon
on a machine the sound being amplled gressman a comprehensive Idea of the
oj use ot a Magnavox. The following
is the program in detail:
Star Spangled Uanncr.
In a Monastery Garden
Special Irish. Record
Kathleen Mavoureen
Special Irish Record
.Memorial Address Terence Mc-
Swlney, by Kumon de Valera,.,; (
Special Irish Record
Irish Wait Music Introducing
Harney O'Hea. "Relieve Me If
All These Endearing Young
Charms, Ted ltcckert, "Come
Rack to Krtn." .
St. Patrick's Day Message Speech
by Kumon de Valera
. Special Irish Record
Recognition of the Irish Republic
Speech .... Special Irish Record
Speech by Frank J. Loncrgan of
Portland.
Intermission.
"Irish Eyes are Smiling"
lly Mrs. Clem McCoy
"Columbia to Krtn" Chorus Ry
High School Pupils of St. Jo
seph's Academy. Accompanists:
Stella Roden, piano: Irma Rich
ter and Geo. Harp, violins.
"Tho lear Little Slmnuock" Solo
by Mae Kilkenny, accompanied
by Irene ltucsks, Iiih harp, and
Joseph V. Pedro, violin.
That "Tumble Down Shack in Ath
t lone," by Intermediate pupils of
St. Joseph's Academy. Stella
Roden. accompanist.
"Come Rack to Erin." by St. Mary's
Social Club. Miss Clara Mark,
accompanist.
. a. ... .. . .i.'iiit luilW UJ
1 Clara Mark.
Cards and refreshments.
MM POWER :
PROJECT III BF
mmm
Fifty or More Senators arid
Congressmen Will Be Here
While on Western Junket.
SPOKANE MEN WILL HELP
HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT
Purpose of Official Journey
to be Aid for Reclamation
Through $250,000,000 Act;
Headed by Secretary of the Interior
AVbert B. Fall, a party of E0 or (0
senators and congressmen will visit the
northwest during: the coming summer
and while here will have opportunity,
to jsaln first hand information rerard
irg the I'matllla Rapids project. News
of the visit to be made by tho secretary
Jof the Interior and party was received
!'in Srokane yesterday and backers ot
the Columbia busin project are prepar.
ing to make the mot of the opportun
ity they will have to get their project
before the secretary and others In tho
party. The same will he done by tho
officials of the Umatilla rapids project
who by that time -will have a detailed
report showing the engineering and
economic features of ho power project,
on the Columbia, t ;.-ltj
Spokane Will Help
Renewed pledges of all possible sun.
port for the I'matllla rapids' project '
were made yesterday by Influential
leaders in Spokane. While In Spokane
attending an Associated Press confer
once E. B. Aldrich editor of the East
Oregon!an, conferred with x -Governor ;
M, B. Hay, or the project's executive
committee, and others. At he instance
of Governor Hay he spoke before tho
Spokane, Chamber of Commerce at it
weekly luncheon yesterday and also
consulted with .V. W. Durham leader
In the mov in 'behalf of the Columbia
basin project.
Mr. Durhrim kikeo the view there la
conflict whatever between tho two
projects and that the Umatilla rapids j
project will be a dlrefet and perhuus'
being waed for tho Columbia basin
project which is a mammoth under
taking and according to present esti
mates will cost $300,000,000. -
To Visit Entire West
Plans for the trip to be made by '
Secretary Fall and party call for a
visit to all reclamation states storting
with Wyoming, covering the Pacifio
Coast states and ending in New Mex
ico. The trip will cover abut four
weeks and will be financed by tho
Western states reclamation association,
Northwest reclamation league. Colum
bia Hasin commitee of the Spokane
Chamlxr of Commerce, Yellowstone
irrigation association. Montana Irrfga
tion Institute, Sacramento Valley De-
ivel
pment Association, tho SouthwesU
ern irrigation league, covering seven
states, and Irrigation bodies of the
various states. R F. Blaine of Seattle.
One of the particular Duroosea of
Importance of reclamation work with
ja view to gaining support for the new i
iSmith-McNary bill which will rMimt
ja revolving fund of t50,00,0(h0. This
bill is now being prepared and Is to be
sponsored by Senator MeNary and. by
ConjgreKsman Smith of Idaho.
NEW YORK. March 16. (V. P.)
The army transport Madawaska,
which was damaged In a collision with
the steamer Invincible last night, was
being towed to safety early today with
the Invincible alongside. The ships
collided orf the const of Little Kg
Harbor. N. J., in a dense fog. Mada
waska was incoming from Munlla with
forty passengers and the Invincible
as iwund fur Norfolk.
NEW FRENCH FORCES
ARRIVE IN GER
DUISHKUO, March 16. fA. P.)
New French forces arrived here today
and the toellcf Is exprsne4 that this
foreshadows the occupation of Mul-helm-on-ltuhr,
four dUm Mt of bra
ARMYTRANSPORT IS
DAMAGEDjN COLLISION