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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 UNITED FIX DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The Kt OrrfronUn RAtrn Or fnn'n RreatPt fimpspr and ft 'It inff ftrce glvci to th mlvertWer ovf twin th irunrmiitonil rd circulntlot, Jn Pndlton iinrt Inmtllift county f an v nthitr hHWMDUDer. The net press run of yesterday'! Dally - 3,277 , This paper la a member of and audited by the .Audit Jiuroau of Circulation , .1 i - COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE3 CITY OFFICIAL PAPEH x ) VOL. 33 Dl AIIQ IfTPIIViii: I UllfU 111ULUUL DESTRUCTION CITY OF Police, Obtained Evidence of Plot to Dynamite Public Buildings and Newspapers. CANNOT LOCATE WHERE : EXPLOSIVES ARE HIDDEN v Warning is Issued to Public to Beware of Making Any Attempt to Carry Out Plan. BERLIN. March 26. (U. I'.) Plana Include Berlin within the scope of the communist uprising It la discov ered. The police arc rcpurted to have obtained evidence of r. plot to dyna mite public buildings, newspaper plartta and monuments. They are un able to locate the main hiding place of the cxpltmlvea but turned a Warning to the public to beware of attempt Thousands of unemployed men Bought to seize eereral factories on the out sklrts but were quickly dispersed. The llerlln communist newspaper Note- fahn, waa ordered aupprra-sed. Workmen IlcliifiM-ca Communists HALLE. Baxony, March 26. (A. I.) Armed workmen from Hallo and vi cinity are moving: toward Mansfield and Elslebcn to reinforce the com munlats who after many houra of fighting were driven from Klaleben by the aecurlty police. Fugitives from Klaleben are reorganising on the hills. B LWD TO REST ON r: Body, Dressed in Eobes o Office Lies in Upper Room of Archiepiscopal Home. ItALTI MOKE, March 2G. (A. P.) The body, of Cardinal. Gibbons, dressed In the robes of his office, lay tonight In the upper room of the archi episcopal residence on North Charles street, which ho occupied so many years. The multitude wlio called at the res idence were told that the cardinal's body could not lie viewed until it was placed In the cathedral Sunday night or early Monday. It was planned to have the guard of honor begin Its first watch at -8 o'clock Monday morning and continue until 9 o'clock Thursday morning, the day of the funeral, Except for the announcement of the cardinal's death and requests for prayers for the repose of his soul, the services In all the churches today were unchanged. Hut at all masses tomorrow and until . further notice, where rubrics permit, the prayer "pro dofuncto cardinall" (for the dead cardinal) will be suld by the clergy In t,l the churches In tho archdiocese, similar orders were expected to be is sued by the bishops of the other dio ceses In America. Nearly all the archbishops and bishops of the Lulled Htates have sent word that they expect to attend the funeral. Archbishop Qlennon of St. Louis will preach the funeral sermon. Fur ther details of the funeral woj;e not completed today. Itev.' W. Carroll Mtlhollund of 8t. Mary's "' seminary will be master of ceremonlos. Mes sages of regret and sympathy con tinued to pour In throughout today. Flags on all city buildings wore placed at half must today as a mark of respect to Cardinal Gibbons. Act ing Mayor La Guardla directed that they remain In this position until nf tor tho funeral. Reports by Major Leo Moorhduse, weather observer. Maximum, 66. Minimum, 2. Haromcur, 29.85. ". .' ' Fair woniher. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Sunday fair; henry frost early morning. j THE WEATHER tl vv .- -i - rS.ER RABBIT IS ON THE JOB vfi LAND SAKES, DO BEFORE SUNRISE INJURED AVIATOR HAS ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE, SPINE IS FRACTURED . NATCH RPR, Misc., March 20; (U. P.) Lieutenant William Coney, the transcontinental uvla- tor who won seriously Injured In a fall yesterday, has about one chance In five to recover, the at- k tending physlcluns Kay. Coney v waa brought here for hospital at- tentton. An X-ray examination afscloaed a spinal fracture and aeveral minor Injuries, accord- ing to Dr. J. I, I'llman. If tho patient 'should survhe doctora nay ho will be an Invalid, for he la paralyzed below the wulsti The young aviator la fully conscious and talks about the flight. "I 'Bill make the flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific yet If death or permanent in- Jury does not atop me," ho said. His mother la enrouto from 'her - home In Florida. rIN BERGDOLL WILL BE TRIED TOMORROW KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 26. (A. P.) Rehearing of .the case of Kr. wtn Iteration, brother of Orover Cleve land Horgdoll, hua been set for today In the federal dltrtrict court In Kansas City, Kas. Rergrioll la under sentence of five years confinement in the United Htates disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, following his conviction by a OMirtmnrtlnl on a charge of evad ing the draft. Habeas corpus proceed ings seeking his release were Instituted in tho federal district court January 16, on the ground that Uergdoll hud not received a draft notice. BANDITS HOLD UP AN AUTOMOBILE AND SEIZE PAYROLL OF $13,500 CHICAGO, March 26 Four 1 nn- dits seized a payroll of It I, ."SO after holding tip -an mifoniobile outside nf the busy loop district and made a clean getaway. The bandits escaped In the payroll automobile belonging to D. P. Robertson and Company, contractors ' Johnson Itrsfotcd lltindit. CHICAGO, March 26. (IT. P.) H. Palmer Johnson, a messenger of the Brinks Express company, was riddled with bullets and killed by four payroll bandits who seized two pack ages of money he was delivering to the north side. Johnson entered the office building to deliver the money and the bandits rushed nt him with drawn revolvers. Johnson resisted, trying to save the money, and was kille.f. The bnndlts escaped In an au tomobile identified as the noe stolen from State Senator Hull. Th amount of the loot Is got yet known. MORROW IS ELECTED WASHINGTON, March 26. (U. P.) Colonel J. J. Morrow was appointed governor general of the Panama ca nal sono, is announced at the' white house. Morrow has been acting gov ernor for some tlmo, and succeeds Chester Harding. 3000 QUARTS OF IK Tl SEATTLE, March 26. (A. P.) More than 3000 quarts of milk flowed down the gutters of automobile row yesterday when a milk truck and a Ktroot car collided. I . NEW YORK., March S6. (A. P.) A new locality for the possible holding of the Dempsey-Carpentier heavy weight championship bout was Inject ed Into the situation here yesterday when a delegation of citisens from Cumberland, Md., conferred with Pro moter Tex Rickurd, who agreed to I meet the delegation again tomorrow and examine the plans and accommo dations which It will present. I Cumberland was an earnest bidder ,for the Wlllard-Dempsey bout twe years ago and endeavored without suc cess to obtain a promise from Kickarc that his next big bout would be stag led there. DAVIS IS APPOIXTFJ). WASHINGTON, March 26. (U. P.) James C. Davis of Iowa, Is under stood to have been named director j general of the railroads. He has jJ served as general counsel of the rail t road administration. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. HE HAS A LOT TO TOMORROW - -- Second only to he nerve-racking esponslblllty Im posed upob, that ong-sufferlng old "ntlemun, Hand Clause, are tho ourdens carried to-! lay upon the furry ihoulders of His Eminence, the Easter Hubbit, who before the dawn of Easter Morn must scurry about to fill very basket and nest with Easier eggs. Bo busy is he that It la doubtful if he hud time to give Mrs. Itabbit so much us one. Bunny hug this morning before dashing off to work. The eggs, it seems, are tho ancient symbols of resurrection and commem orate the age eld festival. Easter, which marks the observance of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Is cele brated on the first Sunday after the full moon that fulls on or next after March 21. The word "lEhster," like 'he das of the week. Is a survival from the old Teutonic mythology and Is derived from "Eostra," the Anglo Saxon goddess of Hprlng, who heiald. the end of winter and the coning of warmth and sunshine. And so. Just ns the earth blooms anew In leaf nnd flower. Milady blossoms forth on East er I ay In the glad garments of .Spring. IinitMKBEKG, Germany, March 26. (I., P.) Former nieniliers of the American I. W. W. are reported to be leading communist demonstrations in the vicinity of Letiua. Factories 'of that city are said to be still In the hands of the workers and are guardeo by a "red army" of 3,("0. Blttcrfleld and Saxony are reported to be In the tmndH of the communists. MEET ViTH SUCCESS ATHKN8, March 26. (A. P.) Continued success against the TurkiFh nationalists is reported from Ushak and Brusa fronts, says an official statement. The Greeks are not en countering much resistance In their advance toward Kski-Shehr. LA GRANDE EMPLOYS PORTLAND FIRM TO BUILD WATER WORKS LA GRANDE, March 26. At a spc- j cial meeting of the city ecmmlssion u contract was entered lnt.1 with Stevens & Koon. consulting engineers of Port land, for the engineering work In con nection with a new water supply sys tem, which will pmtianiy com in tm neighborhood of 8500,000. The pic linnnury work will be completed m nn ri foilnu'lnir which a spe cial election 'will be held to authorize the necessary bonds. SATURDAY SIUJUH HAS CORNERED THE WITNESS FIELD" .' ' Multimillionaire Banker Was "Careful to 'Line Up'Persons With Knowledge of Case. CHILDREN'S NURSE IS WANTED BY BOTH SIDES Defense Sought Her Only to Learn She Already Promised to Testify for Stillman. NEW YORK, March 26. (U. P.)- James A. Stillman, president of the National City Bank, has "cornered the witness market" in his divorce suit against Mrs. "Flfi" Potter Stillman, it was learned today. The multimil lionaire banker, through his attorneys and operatives, was careful to "line up" practically all persons who might have the remotest knowledge of the case before his wife was aware that he contemplated seeking a decree, ac cording to persons conversant with both sides of the sensational scandal. One informant cited as an example the case of Isabel Armstrong, former j nurse of the Stillman children. She ,was with Mrs. Stillman sin the Cana Idlan summer camp where the fore j man was Fred Beauvais, a French- uanauuin gume., woo is ciiuikcu u Stillman with being the father of two-year-old Guy Stillman. The defeg.se sought her only to learn that she hud already promised to testify for Still- i man. ' It is learned the defense was i again seeking her, but she disappear- j ed. t WASHINGTON, March 26. (A. P.) The old Payne-Aldrich tariff duty on grease wool of eleven cents a pound ' has been agreed upon by the house sub committee framing the perma nent tariff measure to be Introduced at the extra session. Members said today that the wool schedule probably would be adopted by the full commit- tee without malcrial change. Taking grease wool as a basis the rates on washed wool would be 22 cents and ion oniulred wool 33 cents. In the emergency tariff the grease wool duty Is 13 cents. BITTER TAKI'S SLIGHT DKCLIXK PORTLAND. March 26. (A. P.) Cattle and hops are steady, sheep arc weak, butter is two cents lower and egKs nre firm. THE SPIRIT OF EASTER 01 ! Si EVENING, MARCH 26, 1921. CHICAGO GOES ON a 7ttvti poTirrvTU ADVANCE HOUR CHICAGO, March 26. (U. P.) Chicugo goes on the summer daylight saving schedule tomorrow, nocks will advance one hour. Through trains will operate on central standard time, which la an hour slower than Chicago t.nie, EX-PREMIER OF FRANCE WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY PRESIDENT HARDING WASHINGTON, March 26. (A. P.) Kene Vlvlanl, former premier of France, who Is on his way to the I'nlted States on a visit of courtesy to President Harding, will be entertained fit lfnn at Ihn Vl'hi.a Un,...A ..n A..(l r, nn.ii.i- , ,i0u 1,1 . tainment while in Washington. He will t,e invited by the national executive committee of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War to a banquet which It Is proposed to be given In his honor atXIncinnatl. D.AMAGR SlIT AV,UIE1. KEUHO, Wash., March 26w Carl Hays was awarded 11500 damages against Dr. J. Ballard, a pioneer phy sician, for slander. TbJ case arose over the disposition of money raised for a destitute family which, the tes timony showed. Hays tuine'' v-er to the Red Cross. DENIES BEING 'SHADOW PORTLAND. March 26. (A. P.) Herbert Johnstone, accused of being the Olympia blackmailer was examin ed here today while en route from Ixs Angeles. He denied he WHS Shadow" but admitted he waa in .Portland while "Shadow" was operat ing and got his idea from the Olympia operations from reading of Shadow's work, said the officers. ED PENSACOLA, March 26. (C. P.) Although little hope is held out for the rescue of the five men aboard the navy balloon that disappeared Tuesdaj night when it was blown over the sea by unexpected winds, the search was renewed at daybreak. Power tioats, dirigibles and airplanes are in the search. PENSACOLA, March 26. Persistent reports that the U. P.) rive men aooard the balloon that disappeared Tuesday have been saved are unfounu ed, according to officials at the naval station here. Nothing yet has been heard from the balloon or occupants. SOMNAMBULIST FALLS FROM HOTEL WINDOW, SUCCUMBS AT HOSPITAL j SEATTLE. March 26. (IT, p.) Fatally injured when he fell out of the I fourth stoi v of a hotel window while sleep walking. James Bcul died.at thf city hospital today. SUMMER DAYLIGHT T- pi rimsc Y7TT T ' BEYOND STANDARD IRVIN S.COBB IS ALL READY TO JOIN EASTER STYLE SHOW CHICAGO, March 26. (V. P.) Irvtn S. Cobb. Is In Chicago ready to Join the Faster Sunday fashion parade. "What are you going to wear Easte?" he -was asked. "A new union suit," was Cobb's answer. "A derby too?" "No, I have a pint head; no two quart hat for me," he replied. " COOk WKATHKH, I'RKDKTKD. POKTI.ANI), March 26. (C. P.)- i The weather bureau promises fair and cool weather for Kant throughout (he northwest, with a heavy frost in the morning. CHICAGO, March 26. (A. P.) One hundred and forty four Indict ments, naming 18 men, were returned today by the county grand jury as the result of the second investigation Into the alleged throwing of the 1918 world series to Cincinnati by the Chi cago White Sox. Eight separate in dictments are against each person. Thirteen men, indicted last fall were reindicted and five others were ac cused of taking part In arranging con spiracy were named. They were Carl Zork and Ben Franklin of St. Louis. Ben and Louis Levi, said to be from Oes Moines, and David Zelser, whose address Is unknown. SPOKANE RIVER IS BEING DRAGGED FOR BoBrnoFWRs. fett SPOKANE. March 26. (A. r.) The police searched the Spokane river I for the" body of Mrs. Charles Fett, J whose husband shot and killed him-1 self yesterdaywhen the .police sought to question mm concerning nis wiie s disappearance. They were investigat ing the statement of Louise Gendreau that she had been keeping company with Fett who had declared he was divorced. TWENTY KIOTKKS KILLED. BERLIN, March 26. (A. P.) Twenty rioters were killed when the security police .'n Kisleben repulsed an attack on the EJslebcn city hall last night. Two police were killed and three were wounded. Sporadic fight ing is reported today at Hettstedt and Mansfeld. AVTI SOVIET IUSIXG REFORTFD. STOCKHOLM. March 26. (A. P.), Anti-soviet rising is reported in Kazan, 500 miles east of Moscow. I Many soviet officios are reported kill ed. GO 10 SIBERIAN COAST TOKIO, March 26. As a result of the refusal of the Chinese government to agree to Japanese extension of fish eries and rich interests In Siberia, it is announced that J.ioanese warshlns will be sent to the Siberian coast tot protect the fishermen. J f! An Increase of three-fourths of a cent over the Thursday market for Maixh wheat and a decrease of hulf ii cent over the Thursday market for May wheat is shown in today's grain iiidtations. March grain closed at 1.53 8-4 and May at 11.41 1-4. Following are the quotations from Overbeck & Cooke, local brokers: WlK-at. Open. High. Low. Close. March 1.53 1.55 1.51H 1.53 May 1.12 1.43'4 1.40? 1.4m Corn. Mnv .64 H .64 .63 .6,3; July .67 .67 .66- .67 Wheat Opened lower on selling In duced by the favorable weather maHSl met good buying against export sales which brought about a rally of 2 1-2 cents May and four cents in March, and then weakened again at the close. The late decline was attributed to a i-eport from Kansas City free country offerings together with' a decline of one to three cents in cash prices in that market. The local spot market was relatively steady, bearish senti ment s based largely on the excellent crop outlook overlooking that May hcat is an old crop month and sell ng at 11 to 15 rents under deliverable grades on cash wheat. This situa tion taken into conjunction with the irobabiiity that continued demand for xportwill prevent accumulation at terminals between now and tbe end of May contradicts the wisdom of pressing the short side at present. NO. 9785 IffDAQCIPI P FflD 1111 I VOUIULL iua Russia tourahe: Former Russian Politician De clares Hoover's Assertion Regarding Trade is Correct. t - RECENT TREATY SUCCESS 'MERE PAPER' VICTORY No Food Surplus, Lack of. In centive for Heavy Planting Two Reasons That Are Given PARIS, March 2. The bolsheTilc government of Russia is enjoying paper 1 prestige." according to Nich olas Ichaikovsky, a former Russian politician, once a resident of Kansaa. Tchaikovsky declared that private dis patches confirmed Secretary Hoover' assertion that Russia will find it phy sically Impossible to exchange goods with other nations and justified Am erica in refusing to trade with the So viets. Tho recent treaty successes, provld- . ing for the resumption of'trade were mere "paper victories," he said. Tch aikovsky named the following . ob stacles to bolshevik trade: No food surplus, lack of incentive for heavy planting and. the crippling of factories. The mineral resources are inaccessible because of transpor tation failure. Tchaikovsky smiled over the possibility that Lenlne was dropping ins communist beliefs. I,en ine will be leader until the eraia comes, he said. isiAND OF UN&A VILL ; RECEIVE HELP FROM i AMERICAN RED CROSS 400 Persons Virtually Shut Off Trom World for 4 Month - Quarantined for Smallpox. SEATTLE, March 26. (C. P.) A tale nf famine, cold and disease on the bleak island of I'nga, off the Alas kan coast, was brought here by Leo R. Praun from the north on the steamer Cordova. More than 400 persona were virtually shut off from the world 'for 4 months. Starvation stared -the little community throughout the win- ter, the island was quarantined for smallpox and the fuel supply ran out. Braun declared the red cross at Sew ard are collecting funds and siippliee for Unga to go on the fast boat Weat. PETITION TO RECALL COMMISSIONER FRED WILLIAMS CIRCULATED PORTLAND, March 26. (A. P.) Petitions for the recall of Public Ser vice Commissioner Fred A. Williams were put in circulation today. The recall commltee announced a rally would be held In the Portland, audi torium April 20th. It Is expected delegations from cities where the re call movement has been endorsed will attend. Wtlliants Is the only mem subject to recall as the others have not been In office six months uider the present terms. SALEM WILL CO-OPERATE .WITH OTHER CITIES IN TELEPHONE RATE CASE SALEM March 26. (A. P.) Mayor Halverson directed the city attorney te cooperate with Portland and abo'lt eight other Oregon cities demanding toe telephone rate rehearing. fl PORTLAND. March 26 (U. P. While firemen struggled to extricate three fire engines from the mud a few bl.irks away, tbe home of Theodore K. Herllhy waa burned lo the ground. The loss was S5000. Mrs. Hetillhy's coat was the only thing saved. SCHOOL JANITOR DIES FROM EXCESS JOY OVER ALBANY BOND ELECTION ALBANY. Ore., March 26. (l P.) Overjoy at the succes of the school bond election, Wil liam purteus. Janltur at the Mndlson school was stricken with heurt disease and did on his way to the school to sound the bell and spread broadcast the good news. i