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rfi DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The Emt Orrgonlsn t Fnstern Ore gon's greatest newspaper l mm a sell ing force given to lice advert tser over twic the gurantci pld circulation In Pendleton and I'nmlill county of ny other newspaper. , Th net press rim of Baturday't dally 3,374 Thl paper It t mvnili'ir of and audited by Ihu .Audit ilurvitu of Circulation CITY OFFICIAL PAPES VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, j . . MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1921. NO. 9788 JULY WHEA T MWKET OPENED TODAY; INITIAL PRICE $1.25 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 F .A yr sX , ra- - - -.rrT'.... i ' rsH ---3 Hfi7 Ti.."""""-"-. 't .. ..n , ,Mm9mm'mrjr COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE2 QqaiF 1 - - ' i ' ; ' i . 01! SEARCH IS MADETO LOCATE mms. Williams, Wealthy Planter, is Being Held for Murdering Negroes Who Tried Escape. HIRED 'SIMON LEGREE' ASSISTS IN MURDERS Alleged That Some of Murder ed Negroes Were Forced to Dig Their Own Graves. ATLANTA, March :. (IT. P.) Grim Marching parties armed with pick, spades and grappling; hooka hunted through the underbrush of John Williams' plantation and plumb, ed the mud of the Alcovy and Yel low river.- They are seeking further evidence against Williams", a wealthy planter, held on a charge of murdcr Imj negroes who tried to escape from virtual slavery In wllch lie held hi farm. Eleven eorps-M have already been brought to light. feferal and ata'a officials have Jollied the prosecution following the confession of Clyde Manning, who said he, as Williams' "Simon Legree," had asssisled In slaying several ncgrne. Manning auld he killed them at Wil liam' cmimand whn they tried to give the Jasper county official Infor mation about the alleged peonage on Williams' "murder plantation." The latest bodlca were found In the Alcovy river, chained to rock wiih their head crushed. It la alleged that somo of the negroes were forced, to dig their owr. iravea. , CO-OPERATIVE HANDLING . OF GRAIN PLANS ARE . TALKED AT CONFERENCE CHICAGO. March TS. (A. P.I Conference aiming at the unification of aeveru! large scale pl,in for the co opemtlv handling of grain by tvn; farmer of the country, began here to day. "The hope is to arrive 'at n 1n lit plan to be prrsemed to the ratifi cation, conference called here for next week by the farmer- utain ptarlii't'na committee of seventeen," sn,d Aaron Baplro of Han Francisco, who Is here reptvsentlm; northwest wheat growei exchange. TWO CinXAMEX KIKT. SAN PKANC1WO, March 28. (L. ' p,)j-Wlth a pistol beside each body, indicating thai the men shot each other, two Chinamen were found In a lodging house today, as the result the pollou said of the Tow Took outbreik. LCMBFTO MIMA OPEN. RAN FRANClHt, March 28. (lT. p.) Projects for 2l ci-ops of all kind In-the 12 federal reserve district are oxceptlonnlly favorable, said a riatement ly the federal board today. It Is said that lumber mill are resum ing operatluna.-and the peak of unem ployment I passed, ' 11 . WASHINGTON", March 28. Ameri can aviator for the first time will at tempt to fly tomorrow from Ihe main land to Halt!, Bunto Domingo, Porto Hleo and the Orgln Islands. Four flyers from the marine corp will hop . oft from Boiling field, Washington, and wing their way down the const ti Miami then skip ovr to Havana. rr THE WEATHER Reports fcy Major Iee Moorhouse, weather observer. Jinxlmu-n, M. Minimum. $0. i rJ YZV, Barometer, . . TODAY'S FORECAST i r m " Tonight "and Tuesday fair. JAPAN V WITHDRAW TROOPS t ROM GERMAN ISLANDS ASSIGNED HER -s PORTLAND POLICE ARE AWAITING ARRIVAL OF SIX ARMED TONG MEN PORTLAND, March 28. (A. P.) -The t oUre ar awaiting the arrival of mis 'Itn,; Ken gunmen, all Imvily aimed, .hn It' warn reported by U.ng (JlflM-iff telephone left Ran Fruii"i.to for I on VimI Paturduy. Every precau tion in .ii' iiR taken against an oft I rriik of t'ltift wars here. , she in ax amkhicax now , SKATTI.K, Mor.h i. tU. P.) Only a woman could do thl. Jeanette Mattltal, a Canadian war nurse, he came wearied of wultlng on the red tai connected with 'ier application for American citizenship. Bhe mar ried her v.ltnesn, Albeit Kelley, an American war veteran. She ia an Ame.-lean now. Concentration Camps' Rioters Were Shelled Briefly; Usual ly Found Beds Had Departed HALJ.R, Germany, March 28. (Carl D. Groat, V. V. Staff Corre spondent. ) blattered bands of com munists fled through the hill count rv surrounding E-Hlelien today with the safety police in pursuit Count I'onin sky commanded the pdlce, who were supiFirtad.JUV' the artillery. Concen tration rtur.ps rioters werpi shelled briefly, after which the police went In to map up. I'snally they found the i cil had fled. 1 A.mrrioan Military Polity Cllcd. CCiiLiiiNZ, March 28. I A. P.) The communist uprising continues to. daday In the American bridgehead area at Monlahaur, six miles northeast of Klirenbreltstein. The American military police were dispatched to Montnbau to restore order. CmimiuiiiNt Cause I prlMiig. DBRIJN, March 28. (A. P.) Kloting In the communist uprising in central Germany is concentrating now on Bltterfleld, where the extremtflfa disarmed the local police and occu pied the public buildings, said the of ficial communique. CHILDREN ROLL EGGS II S WASHINGTON. March 28. (A. P.i After a lapse of four years Easter egg-rolling was permitted oh the white house grounds yesterday and Wash ington youngsters roamed at will over the Immense, lawn. The President and Mrs. Hnrdlns spent part of the afternoon with the egg rollers. The marine band player. The annual frolic was discontinued by President Wilson In 1917 after war was declared. , FX.C.S AMI BVTTKU KTI'JVDV. PORTLAND, March !8. (A. P.) Cattle, ure steady, hogs a quurter low er,. prime light 1 2 1i 12.25; sheep ure slow. Eggs and butter steady. ' LARGE VICE-RING IN . MIDDLE WEST LOCATED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS DBS MOINES, March 28. (U. P.) What Is believed by federal officers to be the largest vice ring in the middle wesj Involving Chicago, Kansas City. Omaha, Minneapolis, 8U Joseph and other cities was uncovered with the urrest of two men und a woman on white slavery charges. Lorenso Dl Plna and Peter Martinez, believed byj the authorities to he the ringleaders of the gang, and formally ' charged with violation of the Mann act. Irene Morse, said by the officials to bo one of the rings pawns Is held as a witness. MINERS STAMPEDE TO ALASKA; LARGE PAY STREAK IS LOCATED FKWAItD. Alaska, March 58. -(C, P.) Miners are stamped ing lo Alaska's latest gold strike. The new district Is oh a creek JO miles east of Fairbanks. The advices Indicate It to bo the most Imporant strike In recent years. According to a report, Ihe gold runs six dollars a yard. The pay streak at the new strike Is mote than Kl) feet wldo. TOKIO, March 28. (IT. P.) Japan will withdraw her troopa from the former German islands assigned her, the Japanese foreign office ha an nounced. The, statement denied that Japan la fortifying the Islands, which are described a "economical and Htrainglcally nnlmiiortant." E Short Lines Which Accepted Terms of Award Last July Cannot go Back to Old Scale. CHICAGO. March 28. (A. P.) The United States railroad labor boarS dismissed the appeals for Increased wage filed last full by JS railway la bor unions against 47 "short lines" throughout the country. The ehnr' line which accepted for their men tern-s of the JiiOO.OOrt.OOO wage award last July cannot go back to the old scale under today action, the board ruled Approximately 4000- employes were affected by today's decision. MAN DRIVES HIS WAGON PAX FRAN'CTIWO, March 28. (U. p.j. Griffith Humphrey, a hotel lin en man, shoved his linen wagon through the open door of an elevator In a Fourth street hotel. The elevator was absent. Humphrey and linen wagon fell seven stories. Humphrey was found tinhuit, and smiling, sealed on tup of a high pile of linen when the crash attracted other employes. "Now I've got to take this stuff back up,' ho complained. "1 wanted to stop 'it the fourth floor." PKIXTKU HKT'KIVKH FSTATK. MAItSHFlEMi, Or., March 28. (U. P.) K. J. Barrett, formerly a prinier on the Dally News of this city, nas fallen lielr to $151,000 as his share of his faiher's estate, according to word reuching here from Urookiyn, N. y. Earrett had been away from home and out of touch wiih his relatives fm seven years, Jti'd was !egnli "dead." H was fortunately able to prove. Ihe difference between the letral and physical fact, however, and so receiv ed a s.-ctisfiictoiy share of the $300.O0 Barrott estate. 'F.X-PRK.MIEU VISITS AMERICA NEW YOliK, March 28. (I-. P.) "I come to the I'nlted States only to pay the respects of Knince to Presi dent Harding," was the statement of Hene Vlvlanl, ex-premier of France, when he arrived here. 1 , u CSh "Tx ':- T i GREEKS ATTACK TURKS DURING THE CONFUSION Twelfth Corps of Turkish Army is Dispersed; Frustrated Attempted Surprise Attack, ENEMY START HEADLONG IN DISORDERLY RETREAT Prisoners and Quantities of War Material Were Captured Turks Flee Toward North. ATHENS, March 28. (C. P.) The twelfth corps of the Turkish army hu: been dispersed, according to a Greek communique. The war office reported the capture of Afiouncarahlsaar, ea of Itiuina, after the Turkish national ists were frustrated In an attempted surprise attack. The Greeks launch ed an Immediate attack while the Turks were confused, the communique said, with the result that the enemy started headlong In a disorderly re treat. Crocks Have Advanced ATHENS, March 28. A. P.) Afiun-Karnhissar, an important rail way Junction suoth of Kski-t-ehr was taken by the Greeks from the Turkish nationalists; says a dispatch. Many ; prisoners and large quantities of war material were captured. The turns are fleelnc toward Kiutayah, 50 miles northward. The- Greeks east of Brusn have advanced north of Sigiit. The Turks are entrenching before Eski- CONDON. Iiirch 28. (U. P.) The ihot'. des tuclive arsi.n campaign jet atterrpted in England by the Pinn Peltiers was carr.'ed out over the week e nd iind damage amounting to thou sands of peurids was done in North umberland. DiTham Mid Yorkshire, where. 40 farm fires broke out sim ultaneously. HARDING APPOINTS COL WORK FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON, March SR. (U. P. Colonel Hubert Work ot Colorado, was appointed first assistant postmast er general, the' white house announced today. IvAltTligi AKK SHOCK SHOWN .SANTA CLARA, Calif.. March 2S A seismograph, at Sartta Clara univei sity early tocl.cv showed record of a'i earthquake shock. ' FRITZ WINS AND LOSES PORTLAND'S TERMINALS LARGE SUM OF MONEY T'Oli'l LAND, Marh 28.-(II. P.) The vacating of portions of 30 city streets, to nir.ke room for the $1,000, '10') freight terminals were proposed to the city council by the executives of five trans-continental railtoads, com missioner A. U Earbaui- aid. The new terminals are to be or. the site of the 3 ?05 world's fair. For 24 Hours Floating Fort resses Race in Their Annual Power and Endurance Tests. SEATTLE, March 28. 17. P.) To day the $30,000,000 superdreadnaughts Idaho anil Mississippi, are schedule to begin the gieatest racing classic ever held on the high seas. For ?4 hours the floating. fortresses will race sutiihward in the annual power gpil endurance tests. .Officially it is not a enntesst, but the crews of both super ships have bet everything from their goat masccts to the iuri on their pant leg oh the outcome.' PEXSACOUl. Fla.f March 2-. (U-. P.) Although practically all hops cf rescuing the five navy balloonists aboard the free balloon which drifted to the sea has been abandoned, a fleet of navy seaplanes, dirigibles, and pow er boats began another days search at dawn. All sailing vessels not equipped with wireless are being stopped by subchasers and other craft, in an effort to ascertain if the five men were res cued by some slow sailing craft. ALASKA XKKIS FARMERS KETCHIKAN, Alaska. March. 1 8. (A. P.) Farmers are' needed In Alas ka, according to Dr. C. C. Georgeson, superintendent of agriculture for the uepariment ot Agriculture s district or Alaska. "If Alaska had the farmers. she could raise all her own grain and farm products and soon stop import ing many foodstuffs," he said here re cently. Tit. Goreeson, known to many as the "Plant Wizard of the North" has charge of ths atjrleulture experimental stations in Alaska. FORI) 11AM CIjOSFS. CORK, March 28. ir. p.) The Ford plant here has closed indefinite ly. The plant handles tractors and employs 1500 men. Ijick of business due to the disturbed conditions is the reason assigned for the shutdown. FREIGHT WILL COST cd- JAPANESE RED CROSS ESTABLISH STATIONS FOR FIRE VICTIMS TOKIO. March 28. (f. P.) Esti mates of property loss in the grfnl fire of Saturday Indicate the damage exceeded $10,01)0.000. The Japanese Red Cross established relief stations for tnousa.ids of the homeless and or ed for the r.umcrou uffrer. iOVF.lt M ENT KEEPS MOXEV. WASHINGTON, March 28. (C. P.) The federal government, 'by the de cision of the supreme court, won a big suit growing out of the income tax laws. One hundred million will be kept in the federal treasury as a re sult. The decision is held constitu tional by a provision that the profit from sale of capital assets is an In come and therefore taxable. WIST WATTS ON EAST, SAYS JUDGE LOVETT Chairman of Executive Com mittee of Union Pacific Eailroad Visits in Portland. PORTLAND. March 28. "The east ia waiting on the West, and the West is waiting on the East," stated Judge R. S. Lovett, chairman of the execu tive committee of the Union Pacific lauiuau, w lien afiuru aa CO cue gliecuc conditions of the country, on his arrl- val In Portland. I ... Judge Lovett ,-of, Xesc York with party of railroad officials arrived In Portland Saturday forenoon from Cali fornia points on a tour of Inspection ot cne rvonnwescern lines 01 ine com-. pany. and. B. E. Galvin, vioe presiden. J. P. O'Brien, vice president and "gen eral manager of the O.-W. R. & X. company, met the party up the lino and accompanied it. All Arc Waiting Beyond raying that different sections of the country seemed to be waiting for the other section to start something Judge Lovett did not have much of anything in particular to say concern- ing the general conditions of the conn- try. In .ew York, he said, every- thing seemed to be gradually comln around to normal, and the general bus- iness condiUons were apparently pick- ii.ct up. 'The eastern part of tie '. - o - in - try seemed to be waiting on the West to se what thev are eoinr to do. be-!. fore faking the next move," he stated. ' "In the West, it seemed to De about j the same way, only reversed. "Although there is a great' deal of Unemployment in the Kast, there does not seem to be any appreciable amount of suffering. Money Is Scarce . "The factories aro all either on greatly reduced production, or are shut down completely. Money is scarce and the rate of interest is high. Buy ing is light In all commodities, but has recently been picking up appreciably." ."The railroads all over the country are in a bad way," according to the statements of both Mr. Lovett and Mr. Grey. "Expenses are heavy and main tenance costs greater than ever before, and travel and freight shipments have shown a great decrease. These condi tions are working a great hardship on thn railroads." CUES! SIMS LARGEST DIE IN CITY HISTORY Seek to Raise $850,000 During Week to Finance Various Charities for Coming; Year. PORTLAND, March 28. (V. P.) Tho (ireacet philanthropic 3rive in the j vicv 3 uisui.v wile wcumneci oj ine c iim'r.unity chest which seeks to rcisv ;'85(i.C0fi in a week to finance the va rious charities throughout the convng eur. There is a big celebration being hell. MOHK TOXfJ 1'K.IITS SVN FRANCISCO, jr.irch 28 (V. P.i Chinese tong fighting broke cult uuain today when tAVo tongmen liiun'it a desperate gun duel or. Claif street. Puth vere killed. One was Hinur Knnit. a hinhhic b r. ancl the oth er a meuit er cf the Pep Sing long. I "HIXHXHTFU" IS m il.T j SEATTLK. March t. tf.' P. In j a "helicopter" of his own Invention I being built in his shop here. William W. Lleursnce expects to startle the world within the next few months by . flying S.OOD feet up at lji) miles an hour. The" helicopter is built to carry I I persona. m UP TODAY, IIIllll FIGURES BflWCilST Visible Wheat Supply Cut by Continued Exports From America to Foreign Lands. JULY MARKET AT PRESENT MEANS LESS THAN $1 HERE New Crop Figures ' 30 Cents Less Than Present Market; . , Damage Reports Received. Quotations for July wheat, given to day for the first time this year in the I Chicago grain market, show the clou- l'c cc;t: hi f t.q 1-1 uiiu cues uircuuiK at $1.25, which would be less than $1 a bushel, Pendleton. For March, the closing price is i.57 and the May closing $1.43 1-4, the price being' about four cents higher than the Hat urday closing: for March and about two cents higher than May wheut'g closing on Saturday. Following are the quotations, re ceived by Overbeck & Cooke, local brokers: i . Wheat Open. $1.53i 1.41 1.25 High Tow $1.57i, $1.53 Close $1.57 1.4SH 1-26U Mar. 1.43 1.2ti Corn .4 '4 TH Oat '40i -.42 I40H 1.22 .34. . .404 41V i May .64 .40 .42 July jay jcjly .4A?4 .43" I Whufe -Tufc trading started in Ju ly wheat n't around 19 cents under May and later recovered about two f the discount. The entire market, had a strong' appearance on short covering influenced by the drop j in temperature over the belt. March wheat advanced 4 1-2 cents from the low point .and at the close all grades of deliverable cash were sealing at March prlcei but , ,3 to u c?ntg over May Thi8 make) the Julj. obout an ccnt8 un(ter ca!lh, -which ma t0 be a Aiacount ,ven tnollgh the fornier is representative of a ew crop TmJ critica, peri(Ji ot the crop , sU ahea(J of Ufc Numer. ous mesMKea were received telling of damafre through cold weather in the jadvancw, condition. The vlsib-e sup. lp. decawl, s,gls,00o bushels to t, t,, of ,o.7R5.DOO bushels ami wheat is still clearing from the seaboard at rapid rate indicating a further re. ductlon in the aVttiiable supply before the first of Way. We view the situ atlon as slutting more and more in favor of higher prices. RUSSIANS DESIRE TO OPEN RELATIONS WITH THREE OTHER NATIONS TOKIO, March 28. (A. P.) The Russian far eastern republic sent com ..lumcatiot.s asking for the opening of diplcmatic relations with Japan, the L'nitvd ststes and Cl ina, says a Vla-II- ' vost.k disratch. COLD WAVE 1K)FS damage CHICAGO, .March 28. (A. P.) A cold wave which today was moving eastward over the Mississippi s.nd Ohio vullejs, caused widespread dam-, age to some fruit raising sections on the nt'ddle west, especially in south, eastern Missouri and southern Illinlolit where fruit trees were In bud. Winter .vheat. without a snow blanket, was also damaged. SKlSMfMiRAPH MAKES ItECOUD. CHICAGO, March 38. tU. P.) A severe-earthquake shock about 120') tnilfs from Chicago in the southwest veisity of Chicago, "ho tremors last ed hm I.!.5 to 8:15 a. m. orn part of the I'nifM States, was re corded by the selsmogiaph at the L'nl- BRIDE FROM BOHEMIA i REBELLED WHEN SHE FOUND 55 YEAR OLD POUTLANH. March 28. (IT. i P.i Olca Hankov;i, the picture bride to be of Anton Llskl, who dtsjp poured on hcr wedding1 4) ev, has been found by d?tw- tives. "He fcMlecl me," Olg c- cus-ed Anton, via the Interpreter. "He sent mr a picture of the mi nt bountiful man I ever , t!.?n sent me money to come to marry him. 1 come from Mohem- la and meet this. You blame me I run a-vsy?" 1)c toctive Joe Moruk looked at Anton. IS- year-old farmer of ttclo. Ore., and decided that the pretty younrt Jtohemlati girl was nH altogether to blame for dropping ftooi might on the eve of her wedding.