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VOL. 33
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1921.
NO. 0795
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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