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THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND lOTSD P DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Th net pre run of yeaterday' Dully 3,269 , Thla tpar U member of and audited by tb Audit Bureau of Circulauuua. The lt Oregonlsn Is Ktri Ore gon's greatest newspaper In forr give to the .lvrtlsr or twice the guaranteed psld oirrulstlon In Pendleton and UmaUll. county of aoy otbar nowppr. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE2 NO. 9782 VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1921. - GERf 1AFJY WILL HOT PAY WAR WM HOW Government Advisers Fear Ger many is Too Much Inclined , to Obstruct Final Settlement MAKES CLAIM THAT HER' . DEBT HAS BEEN PAID Disputes Figures Showing . Balance of Twelve ' Billion Marks Due On May First. PARIS, Murch 23. I IT. I.) Addi tional penalties to lie Inflicted on the German waa suggested todiiy by the Interallied reparation! commission. The recommendationa will be fur warded to the Hilled capital tumor row. Tho character la not dlyulKed here. The commission described the German note received today as an "unqualified refuanl to pay." PARIS, March 2S. J. J'.) Con fiscation of property waa urged In home quartern aa a proponent Idea for declaring the Oermon government could relmburae Ita citizen who lost their property In that manner. The allien had aet today, March 23, as the (late by which Germany miiHl pay a billion gold marks, on the lndemnlt account. Instead of payment they re ceived a note suggesting the reopen. Ing of the entlro discussion. The French official enieclally relented the note. They declared It Ignored the demand for payment aet for today and showed the German were atlll Intent on negotiating a aettlement on their cwn terma and In their own way. The resentment la no keen that the reputa tion coritmbwrion expected It to be the center of a fight to ''put tho screw on Germany." , 'BERLIN, March 23. (Carl P. OrtMit.J. fcUf Cue-re pondenr.V More conference with the allies are' demanded by Germany to arrange for her Indemnity payment. The Berlin government sent u note to the allied reparations commission and stated that Germany cannot pay the billion mark required today. Th.' cauHed some anxiety In official circles. While the reparation note setting March S3 a the date for the Initial payment was not regarded as an ultlmntum, It nev-i erthcloss was sharp and definite. Some of the government adviser feared Germany wa showing herself too much Inclined to obstruct the final settlement and that serious trouble might result. ( Refuses o Pay Debt, PARIS, March 23. (A. 1'.) Oer many In replying to the recent ultlmn tum of the allied reparations commis sion, refused to pay the l.ooo.ono. Oiift gold mark due today, nnd disputes the- figures showing a balance, of 1!. flOO,(in,00 marks due on May 1st. The German note maintains that the 20, 000,000,000 mnrks which the treaty provided should he .handed over by May 1 I more than paid. E Reparations Commission Advance Troops Into Industrial Sections of many.. May Rich Ger- - PARIS. March 23. U". P.) Possi bility of a further Invasion Into Ger- -w s'oae on the receipt of another temporizing note from Berlin. It Is I'Si.tWed toe reparations commission will consider advancing the troops Into ' the other rich industrial sections of Germany. ' Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum SJ. Minimum, SO. ' ' Barometer. J.0. Trace of rain. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Thursday fair. " ' 1 THE WEATHER ! . . . CLUB MEMBERSHIPS ROLL IN; CENSORING OF DRIVES PROVES POPULAR FEATURE If generous responses mndc to day to the committees lining up memberships for tho Commercial Association may be taken ns n Index there will be no trouble se curing, the needed B00 member ships to Insure full success of the work that Is contemplated for the coming year. In less than two hours tlmo this forenoon approximately 200 members were signed und none of the committees report any refusal to Join. Local firms arc In many cases taking plural member-' ships, the . largest business house taking 10 memberships each. There Is keen rivalry In the membership contest between tho four teams chosen from the board of managers. During the forenoon the honors went to the committee headed by J. H. rtturgl, this committee signing up a total of 70" members. The town Is districted and all local businessmen, professional men und farmers will be given oppor tunity to enroll In the associa tion. A feature of tho association work that Is proving very popu lar Is the decision to pass on lo cal drives so as to eliminate mend of the heavy fund raising moves that have burdened local people during the pust few years. The club has ulreudy rejected three different drive suggestions, thereby suvlng $4000 to the com munity. I GIVE NOTICE OF CUT No Percentage of the of Decrease Has at Time Been Made Amount Present Public. CHICAOO, March II. Employee of the Pennsylvania lines were given notice of a slush in uaices. VJnle. AV. W. Attcrbiiry, vice president of the J'cnnsylvan.'a, was urging before the l ulled Suites railroad labor board that the rational shop agreements should be abrogated. President Samuel Itea served a wage cut ultimatum on the employe. Hea's notice wn con ciliatory In tone, but expressed the company' determination to cut wa ge No percentage of the decrease ha been named. 1 REGULATIONS COVERING SALE OF 'BEER' HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLIC WASHINGTON, March 23. (IT. P.? The principal provision of the new regulation carrying Into effect the ruling of Attorney General Palmer that the manufacture and sale of beer as a medicine la not illegal, were learned today by the United Press They arc; That a doctor may prescribe four and seven-eighth gajlons of beer for each patient every 30 itaya. That a doctor may find "good and sufficient reasons for prescribing beer and Is not lt..,lt.w ,.r..Kn r.f t.aflantu for ""V " !. whonl ho may prescribe. Thut the manuf.nriure of reul beer cannot be carried on in the same plant as those used for the manufacture of near beer. That breweries may sell only to whole sale druggists, who in turn sell to le tall druKKlsts, who must have permits to deal In beer. The regulations as outlined were drawn under the direc tion of Internal Revenue Commission er Williams, a democratic appointee. !G0LDEN GATE' HAS BEEN FLOATED; CREW ARE REPORTED SAFE SAX FRANCISCO, March 33. (U. '.) The Rolph Navigation Company's ihlp Golden Gate, which ran ashore In he Manchester channel, near Eng land, last week, has been floated and s now In, Rancorn Harbor, according o cable advices. The crew, largely 'omposed of Kan Franciscans, are all wle. ' P.M ACI'S ARK 11KIXG.SOI.I). VIENNA, March S3. (A. P.) One 'y one the private palaces of tho for- .imr royal families arc being sold fpr bner uses. The latest is that of the former Archduke Franc Salvator 'hlch la to be converted into a garage with a capacity of 1000 cars. The pur :hase price was 67.000,000 crown, or ibout 1110,000. BUCKEYE MURDER TRAIN RETURNS PRISONERS TO OHIO TO AWAIT TRIAL LOS ANGKLKS, March 23. (U. P.t Heavily guarded, carrying three men and a woman charged with three murder, the Cleveland and Akron, special cur dubbed by the . detective the "Buckeye Murder Special," left lo return the prisoner lo Ohio for trial. The prisoners aboard. In charge of Cleveland and Akron detectives, are (Samuel I'm pern, a 17 year old gun- man; Charles W, Smith and O. P. I Smith, the latter' 19-year-uld bride, I Olive, . ' . - SIILLMAII CUM IS FIRST PICTURES' allied trps acrss rhne- U BELONGS Mlik :-i-rlV:.'i'Ji : Must Acknowledge uniid as Member of Family or Repudi ate It As Illegitimate. SIX WITNESSES HAVE TESTIFIED IN SECRET Claim Mrs. Stillman Took as Her Lover Indian Guide and Had Child by Him. WHITB I'LAINH. X. Y.. Mhrch 23. (A. P.) A definite charge that Mrs. Anna U. Stillman, wife of James A. Stillman. the bank president, :i the moiher of a child by an Indian guide, was made in the supreme court by Htillman's counsel during the prtlim Inaiy urgument In the divorce suit which Ktlllrnan brought. Delancey Nicoll, Stillmun's attorney, said Still man must either acknowledge the child as a member of his family or re pudiate It as illcKitlmate and felt It his duty to his family and children to press the matter. s " ' WH1TK PLAINS. March 23. (A. P.) -.Mrs. Hillman's counsel has re plied that when the case Is tiled "she will prove her denial of all allegations of Infidelity made by Stillman. ' - 1 WHITK PLAINS. N. Y., March 13. 1 The veil of attempted secrecy was ripped from the Stillman divorce scan- i dal. Delancey Nicoll, attorney for i James A. Htlllman, openly charged In Justice MorHcbauscr's court that Mr. 8tillinun "took as her lover an Indian guide and had a child by"bim." He declared that six witnesses had " al ready testified to this effect In se cret hearings. The charges which had been merely whispered were shouted aloud jn the court. In the presence of an ager swarm of spectators. As the lawyers wramrled over the o,ues- jtion at Issue whether Stillman should be ordered to pay Airs. Stillman 110, oon a month alimony pending trial of the case.. The judge was Informed that Stillmun's income lust year was J53S, "OH. TREAT IS IN STORE 8 Program Will Be In Eigh School Auditorium This Evening at Eight O'clock. Pendleton people will witness this evening at tho high school auditorium ,OMB of the 1)rs, ,, clul), on tonr this Leason, when the Men's Clleo Club of .. ... .. wmiman v oncge. vvaua vwinu wn; ,aI)Wir ,-onrert. HariKir .loy. mun- aner bus mapped out one of the niot successful of tours for this season and Pendleton Is honored as being Includ ed In the Itinerary. The program will begin this evening at eight o'clock The conceit is nder the auspices of the high school student body. The program was printed In last evening's Knst OiTgonlan. The personnel of the club consist of many prominent men of the northwest. They ure: Klrst tenors, Wallace Allen, Joseph Galser, Klnelllua Carlson, Herbert Thompson, nnd Alfred Whealrion. Second tenors: Ralph Augustavo, Hnllum Menden dull. Earl Heemun und Itlchurd Whit man. First bass: liussel A key. How ard Reed, Arthur Douglass, Kugem Woodruff. Second bats: Grant lien lere . Neterer, Wallace Drodc, Josepl Tewlnkle and Kdwin Cassebecr. With the club Is the campus orch estra which will render several selec tions. It Is composed of: Kusscl A key, Ralph Augustavo, cor. nets; Karl Heeman, Al Hhertnan, sax ophones; Howard lived, violin: Wal luce Uiodo, flute; Richard Whitman. Vollo; Stuart Whltchousc, banjo: Frederick Wilson, diunis; Arthur Ruabeib. piano. .MOSCOW WILL H.WK COM MISSION I :h LONDON, March 23. ( Kd L. Keen U. P. Staff Correspondent) Orcal lirltliln Jias proceeded to establish coi tuet with soviet Russia. A commissi oner will be sent to Moscow at onre it Is announced, to muke the prelimi nary arrangements for the opening ol trade under the new agreement. tX)MIU.VIST SKIXK SHIPYARDS BERLIN', March 23. (A. P.) Communist workers today seized the' ladiuintstratlon building of Blobm nnd ajvoss shipyards In Hamburg, hoisting a red flag yuvs a dispatch, and work- its at other shipyards nave quit worn, and organoid dcmonstiations. II M l M IS PILLAGKD I'OVSTl VTINOPl.R Murch ?3.- (A. P.) Russian bolshevik! oceupled Patum after the Turk had evacuated, The bolshevik! pillaged the town, i - - Tr- I i ' V " A y 4 A til, ; I ,,y? Onva,,-v t'il 'J; st 'V- ..Vl''M These are the first photo graphs to be received in this country of the advance of French and British troops across the Rhine, after the ' Germans had rejected the allies' reparations demands. The photo above shows the official entry of French sol-, ' f diers into Dusscldorf. Be- low, British oncers at Dus- r- - seldorf. "AMBASSADOR FROM THE WEST" TELLS HOW TO GET TOURISTS; PENDLETON FOLK MUST WORK IN UNISON TURKISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN ASK HELP OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS ODX'BVA, .March 23. (A. P.) The secretariat of the league of nations has -received a copy of a resolution adopted by the Turk ish, and Mussulman women of Constantinople, setting forth that half a. million women and'chil dren ore condemned to death from privations. This upplies to all classes of the population, in cluding the formerly wealthy, who have sold everything to ob tain bread. The mosques and public edifices of Constantino ple are overcrowded with starv ing and the sick and child mor tality is Increasing alarmingly. The resolution appeals to the league's humanity for uid. PRESIDENT WILL CONFER E! WASHINGTON". March 23. (A. P.) President Harding announced today he would hold conferences with news- taper correspondents I uesituy unn Friday each week, "following cabinet I meetings. The announcement marks vi fnr"iM res'erat'on of the pre-war policy at the. white house. S.P. , (HI DEN". Utah, March ':3. (A. P.) About 250 men employed at the heavy repair snops of Ibe Southern I-aficir contra.., were notified toda." Mut the. will l c I:.11 of Ap'. il 1. , A iir.'l - . .-.i,. r ..ftvetiv Am-'il I. i'- ....... .1.- -I.... .'. .I...;.. I.,l .,'..r.- In ..1.1V1-. . WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU ELECT ; OFFICERS FOR YEAR 8POKA.XE." Wash.. March 23. (A. P.) At elections held late today W. B. Armstrong, prominent farmer of tho Yakima district, was elected pres ident of the Washington Inte Farm Bureau, succeeding George W. Heaton, of Chehalis. George . I. Cannon of Buckeye, Wusli.. a seed named vice president. grower, was OI.D1CST K DEFIANCE, Ohi. K D1KS , s-nrvh :3 (A. p.t John Flannigan. r, reputed to I have been the oldest Klk In the United States, died last night after a short Illness of pneumonia. He was Initiat - ed into the Elks at the age of t3 years TAILOR I MPI.OYKS STRIKK , NEW YORK, March 23. Several thousand union tailors employed in custom tailor shops went on strike to- day to retain a minimum wage of MO 'a week, It was announced. !-UUJ3UIUUir-i! i I P o i s t ' "Xi ' ' I"tWiiiirT'",rfi' .'Ni n ii'r ; r eiiinj " win a ,ni ' y v y . -s . 4 J 5 Ml '" ' ' ' ' - "Now then, - - "We have gotten through' with these amateurs nnd it is time for the main event." said J. Ft. Haley, toast master at the Commercial Association dinner last night as he squared away for the introduction of Frank Hram.h Riley, "ambassador from the west to the effete and somnambylant cast." The "ambassador- spoke for an hour or longer and his listeners did a strange thing. They applauded vlgor cusly for several minutes and gave him a "curtain call" an honor never before accorded a stieaker in this city during the last I years. -Must Work Together In a straight from the shoulder talk cn community cooperation Mr. Riley made it clear that to hold membership in the local commercial organization in not merely a duty but a privilege every clear thinking businessman, pro fessional man and farmer will enjoy without much urging. "No man singla handed csn do much, it is the combined work of all of you that counts," he said. . The speaker praised the leal with which J. II. Sturgis.incw president of the asso ciation, is putting Into his chosen task: he extolled Secretary Claud Burr as a man who went to- Astoria when the town was asleep and Inside of four years had made it a community that in now knocking chips off both should, ers of Portland and getting away with it He admired the enthusiasm ol Mayor George Hartmnn for a better -Pendleton und the championship i l the Umatilla rapids project. But he insbted that organized work alone can bring results and bade all Pendleton lana get Into the harness for the com munity's good. His Uaslern Work ir u .li.li.rht ftil informal WUi of hs work In the east the speaker ' had his audience In a continual uproar j of merriment. His chief task has not , oeen to mahP aunressew. jie Mja uwi It Is least of the trouble and is a re- j laxatlon. The main point is to reach the "hard boiled" easterner of wealth and deliver his story of the northwest without allowing It to he know n thai j he Is nn advertising-evangelist for the : great northwest. ' l The Riley plan of approach with an cnxiorii iioitlence. when once secured, .... .;.., of nonreciation. "They ratings ore already considered or made. lit on." he smvs. Then under cover of' itho molasses cumouflago ho poors I forth his own medicine Jlnd they take it with such relish they cry for more and keep him groggy answering qucs- tiom:. . It is astoundin how little the jadefl American tourist knows of our coun ..... .1... ........L en.-u thilllf fire- h'on is close to the Philipinc. Manyi inuf--ine the west ends with Pittsbur,. I or the Great lakes und few have. . nPi,rd 0f anvth!ng west f Pike's peak except southern California. There t. often an inquiry as to whether the Columbia river runs into Paget Sound, The only way the easterner of means may bp reached is through the lure of our scenery and such attractions as the Round-Up. Those things Interest them and when they come ns tourists , ,nPV ieMi-n of commercial and Indus- ; trial opportunities. Every tourist r i respective nuyer. Musical Numbers Charm Precedlne the Riley address ' last evening brief te.lks were mndc by J. ll.j .Stursis; president of tho Commercial 1 i (Continued on page S.) QUIRT'AND rlOLSTER' " FROM ROUNDUPVILLE WAPJTED BY FOREIGNER Roger fc'mith, while riding over hill and dale In Cambridge, Eng land, will wield a rawhide quirt made in Pendleton by the Hamley & Co., saddlery, and A. McManua, who probably leads a more or lws eventful life In San Domingo, AVest Indies, will pull his Colt automatic from a hol ster made by the local .firm. The two orders from foreign shores came to Hamley & Co. In today's mail. Each purchaser states that he desires the best quality and specifies that the articles are to show the eurved ornamentation for which the local firm's leath er goods are famous the world over. ' LITTLE ROCK, March 23. (A. P.) Mure than one hundred members of the American Legion have been sworn in as special officers to aid the local police force in patroling the streets to prevent recurrences of assaults on white women by negroes. Several attempted assaults and two attacks have been reported to the po- "ce In the past month. - ' RELATIONS BETWEEN U. S. AND RUSSIA WILL BE CONSIDERED WASHINGTON. March 23.-r-(A. P.) Early consideration is to be given relations between tho United States ,md soviet Russia, the. state cl art ment indicated. Certain modiflca- i tiotlS f Wilson's administration rul- PHYSICAL TRAINING IS COM Pl I.SOKY. PARIS, Mueli ".". (A. T.) The chamber of deputies unanimously a 1 onted a bill today making' physical training compulsory for young people jof both sex In France. Bl TTI IS U KM A INS STKADY PORTLAND, March 23. (A. P.) Livestock is steady, esss are weak, and I butter Is steady. MONTANA GUIDE HAS CAUGHT 14 LIONS SO FAR THIS SEASON LIltHY. Mont.. March 23. (A. P.I llok Baker, local mountain lion catcher and guide, has brought, hia season's catch of lions up to 14. all taken alive. The last catch was a female and three culw. Baker end them to oos In various parts of the country. ' DOTES WILL SERVE TERMS LT GERIMN PRISON Two Americans Were Convict ed by German Court on Evi dence of German Witnesses. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO KIDNAP DRAFT DODGER Soldiers Assume Police Officers; in Automobile Power of Girl Riding Was Shot. MOSBACH. Germany, Maryh S3. Two American detective, connected with the United State military force were sentenced to receive term In a German prison. They were convicted by a Germau court on the evidence of German wlmesse on a charge of at tempting to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, an American fugitive. Carl Xeal and Frani Zlmmer, detec tive, are charged with illegally as suming the power of police officer. Xeaf I sentenced to IE month on aa additional charge that be shot and wounded a German girl in liergdoll car. Zlmmer received ix month. The men were defended by lawyer hired by the American Legion. , BergdolU himaelf a w.tness. told a halting story and so clearly contradicted himself that the piesldtng Judge finully warn ed him of the strictness of the Ger man perjury laws. While the Amer ican draft dodger was cm the 'Stand the hostility of the crowd toward the two detective waa shown by Ita re marks and hisses, which mere fre quent. Officer of the court made lit tle effort to quell the demonstration. WASHINGTON". March 23. (A. I Bedford. V. P. Staff Correspondent) United States haa demanded from Cleveland Hertioll. a weaiiny j-nuaaet- phia draft dodger and release from orison of the two American who re- icently attempted to capture BerdoU. :i l.l nn r.f filial uothorltv. ' l,r:r oii IKies Not Uorgt-1. -f BOSTON', March U. (U. P.) The American Legion never forget! ana never ueserui juaoce. it w.ii ii . -er let up on Gsover Cleveland Berg doll." Colonel Frank Galbraith, bead of the Legion, declared. . . Awimts Are Cnsatisfactory. . WASHINGTON, March 23. (U. .) The two Americans who have been sentenced on a charge of attempted kidnapping, are Carl Neuf, an army sergeant and Frank Zlmmer, a de partment of justice operative. The .correspondent haa been going on some time to secure BergdolPs sur render. Since thi country ha no of ficial relations with Germany, no for mal note waa sent, but the United State has made definite and strong demands for Bergdoll'B aurrender, while more Informal , representtalon were made to secure the release of Xeuf and Zlmmer. With the receipt of new of the sentence today of th two men, war department official said a stronger demand for the release of the two men will be made, Negotia tions are understood to have been car ried out by the state department through American Commissioner, Dresel, at Berlin, and Major General Henry T. Allen, commanding the American Army of occupation. ha" aided. Whether the German govern ment has replied definitely that they will refuse or accede to the American demands is not known, but the replies from Germany are o far understood to be unsatisfactory. It is understood by one high official of the war de partment today that some threat. Im plied or direct, wa held out by the United State If a final refusal la re ceived. WASHINGTON GOVERNOR ' ASKS RETURN OF MAN WANTED BY GRAND JURY TACOMA, March 23. (17. P.) I Requisition on Governor Stephen off i California for the return of Jafet Liinlebcrg. an Alaska mining man, who Is wanted hero on a grand jury indictment in connection with the fail ure of the Scandtnavlun-Amerlcan bank, was Issued by Governor Hart. The action was taken on the appli cation of Prosecuting Attorney Sehien of Pierce county. Deputy Sheriff, Desmond, now In San Francisco, ww designated by the prosecutor to bring Lindcberg back. NAVY CAPTAIN IS KIIOT. BERLIN. March 33. (A. P.) A special dispatch from Bremen report that the capta n of the American steamship Di-rannt was shot and killed by Second Officer Go an In an alter cation. Gowan asserted that the trou ble arose through the captain' abu sive conduct. Gowan ts In custody. KOVIKT ARMY IS l IlISOItBriL LONDON, March 23. (A. P.) Ri ga report ay that two soviet arnil I near Pskov are In disorder and denert- I lug In crowd.