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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 PRESS DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Tba Ctil Orra-nnlan In Eastern Or gon'a great! newspaper and oil ing; force gives to tim advert laar ef twin the guaranteed paid circulation In Pendleton and I'nialltla, county ot any other newspaper. The net priu run of yesterday's Dally 3,270 This paper In member or and audited by the .Audit Bureau or Circulation COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPES VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1921. NO. 0795 ii . - : ' ' : NEGOTIATIONS Wffll STRIKERS FALL THROUGH Miners Refused to Meet De mands That Steps be Taken tor prevent Flooding Mines. LLOYD GEORGE APPEALS . TO PEOPLE FOR SUPPORT Government Will do All in Its ' Power to Meet Situation; Re lies on Help of Citizens. LONDON, April T (Hy Ed I- Keen, V. I Staff Correspondent.) Attempt Id negotiations for the settlement of the Hrltish coiuV atrlke broke down completely. The miners' loader in t conference wllh Lloyd drome, refus ed to meet the primary demand of the Colliery owner lhat Immediate steps he taken to prevent flooding the mine. The proponed miner and owners meet ing: 'Was cancelled. Aa a result Hrlt ln' IndiiKtrial warfare preparations have been speeded up. IJnyd-Ucorgc Ma kin AiMHl LONDON, April 7. (IT. P.) Lioyd Oeorge' haa appealed 'to the I'ritlHh people to aid the government through the induatrial crlala precipitated by the coal strike. The appeal contained. In an announcement to the house of com. tnona, a complete breakdown of nego tiations between tho inlnera and own ers. "The government will use every meana In Ita power to meet the aitua tlon", the premier said. "It la relying on the assistance ot the great maaa of ltritlsh lieoplc." ltnllunymcii hiiKit Strikers I.ONDON. Artl 7. (A. P.) The national union t rnllwaynien today unanimously decided to support the wlncre strike. Ureal, up 1 l'oiiilio LONDON, April 7. --(A. I'.) A complete brvakup'uf thceoiifertjiicea for the aettlemeiit bf the coal strike la announced by tho premier. The union lenders had refused to order the pump men In the minea to resume their work pending the negotiations. I iLY CHI Both Sides to Controversy Must Come Before Railroad Labor Board; Cases Await Ruling. CHICAGO, April 7. (L7. P.) Ilull roud common labor wages must not I arbitrarily slashed the I'nltcd States railroad labor board rules, und both sides of the controversy must come beforo the board. Present cases will await ruling before a wage cut can become effective, was declared. lUllrooil iot (irniitftl Pciinl-loii CHICAGO, April 7. (A- P.) The railroad labor board refused the New York Central permission to make a provisional reduction In wages of un skilled labor. TRAFFIC OFFICER HAS HIS SKULL FRACTURED . FALLS FROM MACHINE OREGON CITY.. April 7. (I. P.) Jack Hamilton, a traffic officer, suf fered a fractured sKitll when he fell from a running board of a machine which suddenly swerved on a down town corner. His chances frtr recovery tire sold to be slight. lleported by Major I a'c -M out house, weather observer. Maximum, 6i. Minimum, 2. Ilaromctcr, 2U.70. TODAY'S FORECAST Tr night fair. Friday fair ami warmer, heavy frost In morning. THE WEATHER YAP ISffjM QUESTION IS NW&SUE BETWEEN Af CA Question is One That Should be Disposed of Among all Al lied and Associated Powers. WASHINGTON, April 7. (A. U Bradford, V. P. Staff Correspondent.) The question of the Yap Island la not an Issue between the United States und Japan, la declared In a statement giv en to the United Press by the Japan ese embusay. The statement la aa fol lows: "The question of Yap la not a ques tion between the United Unites and Japan. It Is a question to be disposed of among nil the allied and associated Do went. Secretary of State Hughes' note, published yesterday, wua address ed to Hiiliiln. So neither this embus ay nor the Jupancse government Is In a position to express Its views lude. pendtntly about tho ne." Has no Intentions to Harass Business But Does Intend to See That Laws are Enforced.. WASHINGTON, April 7. (A. P.) A general warning to business, that the government Intended to counten ance no violations of the law has been sounded by Attorney General Paugh crt.v. He declared those gJllty of ille gal practices should "not close their eyes," j)n did H,t Intend to harass business but intended to enforce tho luw. Though profiteering sections or the jver Act tire held unconstitution al tho department of Justice still can proceed under the Sherman mitl-lrust law. Dnugherty announced that an investigation of Illegal practices in the building muteruil trades wsuld'be Uf darutl.en throuchaut the country. InrriOlal nnr PtTnurn HAS BUSY DAY; DOGS MUST HAVE LICENSES Pendleton la not exactly a healthy place for llowser right at present. The nice doggie stands a very goml chance of being cremated If he fails to stay at home, and especially If his owner has not provided a city tag for him. The official dog catcher la a busy man these days. The members of the city council raised strenuous objections to the city paying, truck bills for hauling off dead dogs ut their meeting lust night, and in the future. It Is probable that cremation In a furmtce will be the lot of tho family pet nnd the mongrel tramp If they merit capital puish mcnt. YEAR FOR SELLING DRUG One year In Jail was the sentence recently given William Townscnd, for mer Pendleton man, when he faced o charge of having supplied Indiana on tho I'matilla Indian reservation with cocaine. The hearing was held In the federal court at Portland, and Town send pleaded guilty to the charge. TmvtiHend. better known In Pendle ton as "Wild Sheephcrdcr Hill." for merly olierateil ;t Ind&rinir house here! where he gained an unsavory reputa tion with the authorities. He was sus pected for some time of having peddl ed dr.ugs and Intoxicants to the In dians, and about five months ago ho was caught with the goods on him. . Criminal actions were brought aenlnst him nnd he' furnished ' bonri. Tho owners of lh building In which he .conducted his-b.isiness then forced him out. He W'us In Pendleton tha first part of this week. Pefore taldna up the lodging house business, Town wml was a sheephcrdcr. JULY WHEAT SHOWS T Wllh May wheat closing at the same figure as yesterday's and July wiient a cent higher than yesterday, the ru ' Io'bv give Mav wheat 11.36 for closing prlco and $1.13 for July. wing are the quotations rccelv cd today by Ovt-rbeck & Cooke, local brokers. Wheat Open High Low Close May 1.3 1.3ft 1.34 ti 1.3 July l.ll .ma l.lHi 1.13 Corn May .CO , .60 14 .IiS-1, .60 y July .634 .61 Vi .83 U .64 , Government report in winter wheat crop Is 1. AND JAPAN Men Make Raid on United States Mails ; Loss Probably Reach Half Million Dollars. CHICAGO. April 7. U. P.I Pos tal authorities and tho police uro searching the mlddlewest for the four bandits who late yesterday made a raid on the malls which will probably reach a half million dollars. Tlic bold robbery waa staged at Dearborn sta tion, In view of a dozen mail clerks, and acorea of passershy. HuiKlitH'an; Very Isold CHICAGO. April 7. (A. 1'.) Be tween $500,000 and $750,000 were stolen In a mail robbery at the Dear born street railway station. The police j found the money wrappers in a dip- 1 carded mail pouch indicating that was tho amount taken. One story was that the four robbers were playing ball In a lot nearby, suddenly rushed to the station, held up tho mall truck em ployes, demanded a particular mall pnuchr, and escuped In an automobile all In one minute and a half. One robber fired a shot supposedly at one of h'.s fellows, mistaken In his excite ment. . XIIWKPAPKlt UKPOltTS IKXin. PUATTLK, April 1. Miss MarJ Krown, president of the Western Washington W. C. T. I7., today denied recent newspaper reports that hei organization Is planning a campaign for legislation to place the ban on Sun. day amusements und the use of to bacco. "Our d strict activities conform wjth those of the "national organiza tion and no legislative campaign Is In prospects, said Miss Jirown. "We are interested as we have reen for several decades, in better Sabbath observ ance." . - BAGGAGE FRO SKATTl.E, April 7. (I P.) Fifty threo trunks, and several bags and suitcases belonging to the passengers and crew bf the wrecked steamer (Jov ernor, were washed ashore at Wldby T..I..H.I .........) i in inf,.rm ;il l,,n frnm Co'upevllle. The baggage is being dried j and held for Its claimants. T I i!iv flitVCIJ.1'1) Anr 7 II'. IM Major (Jeneral Wood aboard the t (rgoiilan limited, enroute to Portland and Seattle, left here last night. ........... - I CAN UCK THE WHOLfe GtRKAH EH-E-OW '.( I,. II.' ' 5-TAND ' !!i 'Ml j 'CADILLAC CAT' BEATS ' HER WAY OVER; WILL RETURN IN FINE STYLE SYDXKY. April 7. ( L'. J "Cadillac Cut" which nearly starved to death on Its way to Australia, Is to be returned to America In state. A few weeks ago, when an uutomohlie was un packed after a voyage from Mon treal via. Panama, a cut, fearfully emaciated, waa found tinder tho hoid. The only food during the trip was the heavy oiled paper used In packing the engine parts. President "McLelland, of the Cadillac company In America, cabled full Instructlona for the return of the cat. She Is Insured for $'.,000 and special rutlona wlil be provided for her return Journey on the steamer Sonoma to b.uI fur San Francisco. COIilTTEE OF FARMERS I POOLING ISSUE Committee of 17 Stood 12 for Optional Pooling, 4 for Com pulsory and 1 Did Not Vote. CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING QUESTIONED OTHERWISE Grain Growers of 23 States Represented at Conference Now Being Held in Chicago. CHICAGO, April 7. (A.- P.) Th fight over the conuiuisory pooling of farmers srain which . began jester day over tho committee or seventeen's report on a national cooperative grail, marketing system was continued today on tho reconvening of the farmers' eatificKt'ot) conference The Kaunas 'ortttkniziitlin Insisted lhat at least one third of the pooling b compulsory and and the committee of seventeen stood 12 for optional pooling and 4 for compulsory, and one, a Kovern ment employe, not voting. The attack on optional pooling cen tered on the ground that co-operative marketings of grain on a national scale cannot succeed unless the national pool he promoted by compulsion. Oth er ways of selling grain, similar to those now in use, but differing only in that they are on a cooperative basis are provided in the committee's plan, "- for use nt "P"0"' TOXtJS If'TPISN TO WAK SAN FltANI'lSCO, April 7. iV. P.) -Focr Chinese tongs went bacK to war. following an expiration truce, one casualty has thus far been report- d. Cheu Wah was killed at Ilclinonr. Urjjr.ear here. The tn?s which took up V I : Willis again are Jung Yings, Suep Dona, "j Hup Sings, undj Hing Kongs. P a. ISlTTF.lt IS SI.IOHTI.Y HH.iiFi; (A. P.) I -I 1 1 I i.. -M .n't" Cattle are slow: hogs weak ami sneer steady. Cgsrs are firm and butter is three cents hiuher. THEN AND NOW. l THOUGHT '; PUT THAT ''A- OUT OF S.V?C'Z- Out F COMMISSI (I FORMER EMPEROR CARL IS HOMELESS; CANNOT STAY IN SWITZERLAND - !CAL High School Pupils ' Will be of From Among Members Public Speaking Class. Contestants from the elemcnta7-" uchoola of Pendleton and vicinity to be entered In the county deii.jiiMtoij and oratorical contest to be held here May 6 wiil be decided upon at a sec tional contest in the high school April 16, while the contestants from the Pendleton hlsh school, the only high scnool in the aistrici, win be decitleu , upon April T. t Tb h'eh school pupils who will en ter the preliminary contest will be j trom among the members of the pub- j lie speaking and dramatic classes ot the school. They will be divided into two divisions, oratorical and declama tory, and from each will be chosen one speaker , who will represent his divi sion In the county contest, In competi tion with other high schools of the county. Kadi to OniK40 Pitch of the Pendleton, Itiverslde, lielth und other grade schools In this section wil) hold school contests which will decide the contestants for the sec tional contest at the high schoot April 16. Each school will have two entrants in this contest and the chil dren will be divided into divisions A. f!. C. and D. from each of which a first and second winner will be chosen to compete in the county contest May 6. Teflflicr Directs Miss'Klizabeth Severance, of the English department of the Pendleton high school, Is sectional director foi the contest. She says that the pupils are showing considerable interest in the county contest and that the talent is good. Judges for the sectional con test to ba held here are to be chosen in the near future by Miss Severance. IN CALIFORNIA CITY SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. C. ' With 27 pieces of luggage, a retinue of maids and nothing to suy, the Dnch. es of Manchester arrived In San Fran cisco. She was formerly Helena Zim merman of Cincinnati. PHIIjADELPHIA. April 7. (A. P.) Woodrow Wilson will have a hand some country home near Washington. D. C. it was learned today. A local urcbitect has been at work on plans since November. VVAfl APRU C. tOt.' w Will Be Allowed to Remain Un til He Can Arrange Asylum Elsewhere; May go to Spain. LUOKUNE, April 7. (U. P.) For mer Emperor Carl la homeless. He has been notified he may remain In Switzerland only long enough to ar range asylum elsewhere. It is believ ed he will go to Spain. ; 1 Arrltcd In Switzerland lO', Ami! 7. (A. P.) For , mer Emperor Charles arived nt lu cerne about 11 o'clock last night, ac cording to a Zurich dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph. He was accom panied by the former Empress Zlta, who met htm at Buchs. Charles ap peared exhausted. IN STATE TO ENDORSE PUBLIC HEALTH LEAGUE Meeting Was Held in Pendleton Last Evening and Presided ; start from cold springs 'along the ', most feasible and practical route ti Over DT Dr. F. E. Eoyaen. j Holdman and as much further toward I Pendleton as the money now available The medical fraternity of Pendleton In the hands of the Umatilla county and Umatilla county fell in line as the court, will grade and mccadam.' No tenth countv of the Btate t give en- j state funds are to be used." dorsement to the work of the League . Victory for Holdman for the Conservation of Public Health The action of the commission Is a when representatives of the prof es- victory for those who have been ln sicn voted to support the work of the sistent that the road should be build league. The meeting was held In the from the river and through Holdman, county library last night and was pre-1 rather than through south Cold sided over by Dr. F. E. Boyden of this Springs. eity. At the instance of farmers living Tr Jnsenh A. Pettit. of Portland, closer to Pendleton an effort had been member of the executive committee of; the Oregon hranrh of the national or ganization, and K. F. Mclnturff, exe- J cutive secretary, ; were the special sprn ttt;i a at toe niet'lilig. Meetings of a similar nature will be held at La Orande tonight and at Bak. er Friday night. This is the first time 'question of routing the roaa. a formal effort has been made to The commission yesterday agreed to strengthen the work of the organhta- ' match $35,000 of Umatilla county bond tion in this section of the state. j money to be osed on the toad west of The Oregon unit ot the organization Pilot Rock. This Work -will carry the has been In operation only.a brief time, highway 12 miles west of Pilot Kock but the unit has been active during the to Vincent, or to the Donald Ross recent session of the legislature and its ranch on Butter creek. Later the corn efforts were chiefly instrumental In mlrsion will cooperate in pushing thl the defeat of five bills which touched highway across the mountains where on matters of public health. The leg- it will connect with the road now belna 'slative bills were the Chiropody bill, bo'lt towards Pilot Rock from Hepp- the Drugless Physicians Bill, the Chi- ' ropractic bill, the Anti-Compulsory j Vacinnation bill and the Latin Pre scription bill. ' Or. C. J. Smith, Portland, formerly of Pendleton, is state president, and TJr. P. A. Ueuallen Is a member of the ' advisory committee. The purposes of ; the organization are as follows: j To Investigate, collect, prepare and ; disseminate all obtainable data prac- j ticnllv tmirhmsr the conservation, im provement, and protection of the pub- lie health, and put the principles of preventive medicine and surgery into general practical effect. To create Committees of Specialists ' to study, discuss, analyze and report on the causes and effects of the speci fic diseases and 'conditions that con stitute community ' health problems, factory sanitation and Industrial hy giene. To publish and circulate health bul letins, leaflets, oamohlets and other appropriate literature, to educate and j organizbe publio opinion, make the im porta nt facts of hygiene household knowledge, and thereby eradicate pop ular errors and unsound views. To stimulate scientific research to solve the doubtful public health prob lems and make known to the public I by appropriate literature, timely lec I Mires and through the press, the proh. lems and progress of scientific medl I cine. I To promote a wider and more accu rate knowledge nnd adoption of pre ventirp measures in the home, the school, the store, the factory farm end mine. To study sympathetically nnd sys tematically from the humanitarian and liltilitartan standpoint such social nroblcir.s as are the cause of effect of disease. To investigate the environmental causes of disease and the most effi cacious methods of prevention and treatment of communicable diseases eek to improve living and working conditions and sogget desirable legis lation to promote and protect the public health. To undertake independent and Im partial sociological and experimental medical research, and comprehensive investigation into tho difference ho tween -.trb-n and rural mortality, con ditions affect'ng various sections and localities of Orccnn, Including the problems of tuberculosis, niulnria, can cer and pnecmonla. protection of in ftint l'fe and maternltv, milk. food, water supply and geneial sanitation. To corn'oct a bureau of research and information which will Investigate an furnish health statistics to all mem lers, to co-operating organizations and societies, und to the press. And generally to Initiate, encourage, foster, aid and promote such activi ties as tend to advance, conserve and protect the public health. , HWAY BOARD II AT COLD SPItt Victory Is Scored Favoring Work Road Route to by Those on River Holdman. STATE TO MATCH $35,000 FOR PILOT ROCK PROJECT llnrlnr Dnlinri hu Pnmmkcinn Cold Springs Work Will be Extended as Far as Possible. Work on the Cold Sprines road will start from Cold Springs landing; If th county court carries out Its expressed Intention of complying with the recom mendation of the state highway com. mission. The commission yesterday voted in favor of starting work from I the river and news of the action taken was received by the East Oregonlan In a special wire from the Associated Press at 3:40 yesterday afternoon. The I wire Is a follows: . - , j "The state highway commission an nounced at 3:30 today the Improve ment of the Cold Springs road should made to have work started from the r'ennicion ena. a mom? wie Knun this move were E. P. Marshall and . H. Volcon. Tl Ctro;iwcil tion managers had endorsed the re Que.-t that work be started at the Pen dleton end but had not gone Into .the ner. ITS WEEKLY MEETING The advisability of having a bulld- ing code to which petitioners for : building permits wlthtn the city wn-ld be required to conform la making (plans for new structuies waa brought to the attention of the city council last night by Councilman Friedly when a discussion wan caused by the application for a permit to build a new $30,000 theater. The plans and specifications for the structure call for wooden stair ways from the balcony, it was di vulged, and the use of wood is said to be in violation of the city ordinance t III ipis one rwicvi. ' .. .. .1 1.1 1 V...ll,llHM l ininK we siiouiu ii.hv U1111U1U4 code in addition to our present ordi nance," Friedly suggested. "Other cities have them, and that would pro vide added protection to the city In the way of getting buildings put up la . proper shape." ' Mayor Harttnan agreed with the councilman on the proposition In a, geneial way. 'There Is no doubt we should tnko every precaution to protect the city, the public nnd tho private owners of new- buildings In every way we can,"' the mayor mild. "The construction of exits, the strength of flqors where ' public gatherings will be held, and other matters of the sam jiaturc should be carefully considered. It wmld not 011b' protect us but tho owners as well." City Attorney H. J. Warner Inform ed the council that he was in posses sion or the code udopted by the na tional organization of architects which might be used to advantage In any fu ture action that might be taken. The permit waa granted on condi tion that the plans should be made to conform with the city's requirements. The bid of tho Warren Construction company for street ImproveniHiit bonds to the amount of $.'1,000, at par and accrued Interest, for Improve ments In four districts waa accepted by the city, and authority was given for advertising for the sale of bonds to the amount of $l.:1il for im. provements in tustiict No. 72. v SCHOONKU 1H KU'NCHKD. PORTLAND, April T. (U. P.) The schooner "Undaunted." the laat ship ping board of the Ferris type, with wooden hull, launched tn the United States, will take water at I p. m. to day. The Teasel will carry 3,000,000 feet ot lumber. SAYS STARTVOM