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.J EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Th Kat Orrtoninn In Fnatern Of iron greatt nfWftpnpr ami n ft nMW intf forc fivp to thi advert lr orf twlc Ih srunrHntrrrl trctiltttn In Feudist on and Imatiili. count t any other i6Wptpejra Thu net' preiirt run of yesterdfi 'h Dally Ttil paper Is n mi-mber or and audited by tl) .Audit Bureau of Circulation COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEJJ CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, . FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1 021. NO. 0700 KING GEORGE CALLS ARMY RESERVES AND VOLUNTEERS TO ACTIVE SERVICE IN THREATENED INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THEv DELEGATE FROM WESTERN STATE FAVORS POOL Jewett, Spokane, Thinks North west Farmers Should Affili ate With New Corporation, AGENCY WOULD BE KNOWN j AS U. S. GRAIN GROWERS j Corporation Would Market Far mers' Grain ior all Who Pay fee; Non Stock Proposition. CHICAGO, April S. (A. !. The northwest group of mam urn we in should mhlntaln their present organ isations which provides tow por cent pooling contracts, but should sffillate with the now national cooperative grain marketing corporation which adopted the plan of opiionul pooling, said George C. Jewetl of Spokane, general monaeer of the nurthern wheat growers association today, lilnwtora An- CIiokch. CHICAGO, April (A. P. Di rectors of district number one of the national cooperative grain marketing corporation, comprising Washington, Oregon, Idaho and 'alJIoriiln, chosen today were George t', Jewett of Spo kane and V.H. Smith of Wawai, Ore lion. FRED WILLIAMS IS IN FAVOR OF REHEARING TELEPHONE RATE CASE 8AI.EM. April . t A. P. ) Prod If. WllliamH, chairman of the public Hervlce conimlrtion today wa on record for Raylnff he favored a rohear 1 14 K of the telepitone rate cilkc. After buvinic read Port land's petition, he favored the, fullent Iuvtatii-'alion. Ilw wild Canimbwloncr lluclitcl who H now In Vi)hln(rton. w reported t, Bl favinir the rehee.il nsr. - HAVE BEEN REVEALED NEW YOKK. April S. d'. P.) neUilis of the allcK-ed "Kltfuntlc con Kplrury which W. K. I. Xtokes la stild to have directed nguinsft Mrs. Woken in hi" divorce Rtilt. were revealed exclu- nlvely.to the I'nitfd Prew. Martin W. Littleton, Mrs. ritokes' counsel, Raid be woidd Introduce cvlder.ee in hln effort to prove the. followiiiR: That Btokeit' agent nought to obtain evidence allowing; .Mrs. S!ok a killed Joseph H. Klwell, the turfman who wan murdered In June. That he Nought to obtain the Identification of Mm.' Stoke an one of tho "red haired women" reported us a figure In the .lames A. Stlllman divorce null. Lit tleton entphoxUed the "utter ridicu lousness" of the alleged conspiracy. GE KANSAS CITY, April S. fP. P.) Krwin lie'rodoll, ih draft dodger and brother nf Orover Cleveland ltnrgdoll, will file an appeal for a hew hearing on habeas corpus proceedings for his .re lease from the Fort L-nvenworth fed einl penitentiary, according to notice filed by his attorneys. THE WEATHER 1 Iteported by Major Lee Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum, 62. Minimum, 27. Jlnrumelvr, 29.S!. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight n"d Saturday fair, wariuei' urday, light to iuavy fro: t in i.ioiiiir.K. rr- WILL BE ON (TS.FET 1M CIV nmhlTLlO IO rT?I 1T7T? SOME! GROCERS ARE SELLING MILK AT TEN CENTS QUART POUTLAND, April $. (A. P.) Distributors today met the produce; price of ni.'lk to gro cers, but did not reduce the price to residences w'.ileh remained 11 to cents a .jtiart. Buinc grocers urn selling i.illk at 10 ccnin a iiiart. 4, 4 4, SAN FIIAXCIPCO. April It. (A. P. 1 The steamer illllhlle, ant oinpanii d by the cru.ser Tacnma nre steaming up the California count to Sim Pedio, with her crew In mutiny, nrc.crdlng to a- message received here. The steam ier Kitfletfl tl'om Vkw Vnrlt 00 l:irch r. via the canal. The crew cromprises about SO men. HA NKll AXOLSCO, April 8. (A. P.) The mutiny wtui no serious that the cruiser Tucomu dent a boarding I ar ty to.takc possession of the Willhilo. The mutiny occurred while the vesnei was off Ui Union, Fab. adore. JO BE WORKING PRANKS Organization Was Formed and Directions Carried Out; No Sign of 'Shadow' -Discovered LA CHAM):, Apr:I s. If Mayor Paker of Portland, wants to catch .lr Shadow he may have to come to La Grande und camp for a while. This is the verdict of some officials who have j for the past fow ilnys been trying to run down either crazy man or u crook, who saw fit to send letteis to I some of La Grande's prominent ctti- , ens demanding that money be placed In a secluded spot at a certain hour last, night. 'hi the letters were first received no one thought seriously of tho matter. but after considering the general work of tho ratin character up and down the coast, local officers decided It had better be ferreted out if pos sible. An organization was formed and directions of "Mr. Shadow were carried out last night. The money ordered to be loft at a certain point Was deposited at the ap pointed hour and then the vigil began to locale the "nut" who would claim the package. No one came and, after keeping watch over the spot unt!l i o'clock this momma-, officers decided that the game was not worth while and they abandoned further .proced ure. Writing Not nb'Kn.wil. The anonymous letters are the inter esting features of the w-hole matter, for In writing, or rather printing his message, the fellow who sought to shake up the coniinun'ty with anoth er "Mr. .Shadow" sensation failed to disguise his writing; So thoroughly individual nre the marks that already R( clue Is thought to have been found. Professional handwriting experts wl'l he consulted nt once nnd a number nf documents offered for comparison (hat may lirinsr out some .light on the situation and finally locate the guilty party. For fear there might have been something to the matter and that Ii Grande was being infested with some high-up coast crooks thn city has been put under extra police force and the stranger who loiters nround will be compelled to give an account of himself without much deliberation. HOUSE VAS WRECKED, V ANT 01 TACOM.V, April S- (H. P.) Suf fering wllh painful Inluries, a servant girl in I be family of Walter Macqunr rio Is recovering today, while Mrs, Maequnri le iind five children are un harmed, following the coilup-'e of tluir beach home at Dashpoint late yestcr 'Ia'. The boiae was being raided on jael.s, preraratory to moving wben IIih suptorting timbers gae way. The lioti'-e w is rrnsbed to the beach coin I Ictely UcinollilicU. There is General Feeling of Confidence as to Future of Gold, Silver and Other Fields CHK'AOO. April 8. (P.obert B. Thornzruchy, I'. P. Htaff fornspon dent) Metul mlnirts; lnilusry will be "on its feel" within Klx months. This belief wan expressed by John ff. iiurns, secretary of,the American mln ini? congress, in an interview with the Pnlted press after returning; from a tour of the leading" mining: districts. "Paralysis of the industry have cost countless millions," Burns said, "but there l a Kcnciul feeling of optimism and confidence now as to future of Hold, silver, copper, lead, and 'sine fields". The mo;t encoiini(rini; Infor mation, Hums said he obtained way of the gradual increase in labor effi ciency. ATTEMPT IS MADE TO OMAHA, April 8. (P. P.) An at tempt to poison JudKc Kobert 8. Lov ett, chairman of the I'nion Pacific system directorate, was revealed when a maid employed at the FontcneUc ho. tel told Detective Ooptnin Van Onsen that she had been offered 1500 by a foreigner to slip poison Into a glass of water and serve it to Lovett. FRESH REPARATIONS PROPOSALS ARE LOOKED FOR FROM GERMANY! P.UllS, April 8. (A. P.) U Is seml-off Icially suited that a fresh re parations proposal is expected from Germany. The allies expect to deliver an ultimatum to Germany at the ex piration of the time limit set fdr the payment of the twenty billion gold marks on May first. , BERGDOLL WILL BE HT BACK TO U. S. WASHINGTON, April 8. (U. P.) "liergdo1 will le brought back," is predicted by Representative Kahn of California, chairman of the house mil itary affairs committee. He said be would Introduce a resolution Monday demand'ng an investigation of the en-j tire affair. He will also demand the return of Pergdoll. Kaon also gave praise to tbej government policy as was first a".- nounced exclusively by the United i Press, to bring back from Germany j the millionaire draft dodger. "Perg-1 dollcan not get by with h i insults to this country, with his idea that there is one rule for millionaire slackers and another for poor ones." Kahn said. "He must be punisned nnd the cloud banging over the way he'escaped from this connfry must be cleared up." A drop of two cents is found In to-, day's grain prices. May closing at tl. 34' nnd July at $1.1 1 3-4. Y ester. day. May grain closed nt $1.36 and: July nt $1.13. Fololwing nre the quotations reeeiv. ed by Overbeds & Cooke, local brok ers. Wheat. Open. High. Low. Close Mny l.J 1.36 94 1.36 4 1.34 July -.12 1.14'i 1.11 H 1.11 i MAPl.i: SI 'GAR Rl SlJJYi:. WASHINGTON, April (A. P.) A lake of maple syrup 14S.U00 gal- ilons of Itenough to float thousands ; I of griddle cakes, was stored up from i.h.-. ,..- in i e warrnouse 01 nmpie ,,eu,i ...... , uenm.s worn u,e i mireau or i rop iwtimatcs matte a survey fills spring. The report nb-o supplied rocks for the maple sugar bike in the form of SI R hfl.l pounds of maple sugar. Alto- gether there was the einivalent of 1 1 500.(100 pounds of the sugar stored) insvay ami yet tms was only four per cent of the 19S0 production. Had not another shortage of ran uluti'd sugiir been feared, it is not llkeb- that this much would have been icarried over, the Department of Agrl- cull ure says. With reports from the jinnplo forests promising a banner year jfor the production rf the better half jof "hot cr'kes," those places where ithe ru-n tosses 'em around on the ;;:rriiLllo In the front window ought to show liurc:ied business m'xt fall at Jcheupcr prices. uirmnMPMPBiff VklUIII UIIWI III I II1UU IN WHEAT MARKET TODAY I 1115 DFClllTFniH "HW IlLUULILLf III First Result of Visit Gocern ment Plans Close Co-operation With American Program FRANCE WILL GlVE HER SUPPORT TO AMERICA This Will be Apparent in Amer ica's Demand That She Take Part Mandates Assignment. PAWS. April S. (Webb Miller. V. P. Staff Correspondent.) -France will support the American claims to a voice in the final settlement of war problem, was semi-officlally announc ed today. This support will be par ticularly apparent In America's de mand that she take part In the assign ment of mandates over the former German territories. The announce ment indicated that Ilene Yiviani's mission to the Cnited States had re- suited in the readjustment of Frame's j policy toward America. As the first ; result of Vlviani's visit, the trovern ! merit Is planning the closest coopera tion with the American program. FOUND III DIVORCE CASE Father of Homer Ross, Young Husband, is Employed on the Barrett Ranch Near Athena. PORTLAND, April 8. l". P.) Pathos and humor were quaintly mix ed in the divorce suit of Lucllie Koss, age 15, against Homer Kots. also 15. who I. alleged to be the "caveman type of husband." The wife recites in the complaint that "on numerous oc-' caslons he ficw Into a rage and told the iluintifsf to go "go to hell." also that be did "ycek the company of other women in preference to her." The court suspended' judgment on the divorce to look, up the guardian for I Homer. Has llocn .Married ,"0 Days. The defendant, appearing before Circuit Judge Tazwell, stated Ms de sire to contest the suit, principally to clear his good name. He was, -how ever, he asserted, handicappel by the fal.t that his total resources were only $1.70 and he "could-not get a lawyer to work for him" Tor that amount Moss has been married 30 days. I'allicr Works at Athcnn PORTLAND, April 8. (U. P.) C. -. i 1. Itoes, Homer's father is employed on the llarrett ranch at Athena near Pendleton. "1 told Homer to be good Mo you, dear." he wrote Lucille in a ! letter which is now In tho court. "I ;told him you were a good girl and he I answered that be loved you and 1 peed not worry." l.ucille's attorney is trying to get Homer's faCtcr to permit the appoint- mint of a local guardian tot Homer 'so the case can proceed, 1 . SAYS HE IS KENT IU-FFAI.O, API tl S. f 1". r.)-"Ho Is innocent. Ho whispered tn nie In the district attorneys office-, "Don't vHie-.e tV.nt Klwell story; I'm inno- ifPTi'.'' Mrs. lttv rnri's- thf uif nf ,hp ',., whl1 co"nft.ssril he was one ot tlu two paid assassins In the nmrdei of j0Ppn R Klwell. n wealthy New Vork turfman, made this statement to the Cnited Prers. Vouiig. smiling a no pretty, not nt all nervous, she coolly dlsmused her husbands confession L fabrication of disordered mind. "H lg nt g,,m , jusl crai5v .. she He POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF 9 YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA LAD L'lS AN'-.HT.ns. April S. (I P.) The police are Investigating the dcaih of Hiram Vaush. the 9 year old school hoy of W.-nts, near here. Henrv liws, need 11 is held for Investlgat on, follow- Ing a Hsht between the two prior to Hiraius death. READlTIfff PUNCHED HIS ! " Hnfe'ilw' -xr a r w . WKSIjKY BAHIIY A man stopped to watch a red-headed newsboy a Areet scrap He went o er and tapped the kid on the shoulder. "Come with me. bnv." the man. said The man was Marshall Neilan. The boy was Wesiev B-irry Xeii-in out The boy in pictures. Now, at 13, Wesley Parry earns J1000 a week One of his best natural properties is a mess of freckle?. ' CHARLEY'CHAPLIN'S 'FUNNY FEET' MIGHT SHUFFLE TOWARD ALTAR LOS ANGELES, April 8. (V. "P.) Charlie Chaplin's "funny feet will again shuffle toward the altar, according to persist ent rumors in . studio circles. May Collins, a seventeen-year-old Broadway beauty, is the wo man, according to reports which neither Chaplin nor Miss Col lins deny. The annual Junior class play will be presented in the high school audi torium this evening. The curtain has been scheduled to rise at 8 p. m.. The second performance will be given to morrow evening but will not begin tin- l in a:au Hint i ne uusmts iieupie'wui he piven a chance to witness the pro duction. Reserved Feats will he on sale nt the Thompson Lrug store to morrow. 'Green Stockings." is a comedy in three act; by A. E. V. Mason. Did yoti ever see the states of confusion that may come of writing love letters to 'mapinary prospective husband? Adtl to thia fact that a man oC the name of your prospect dnes exist and receives the letters sent to him. He reads the notice of his death in France, in one of the fotemost papers of Kntsland, "Killed in Action; Col. John Smith, Field Force." He decides to pose as the dear friend of Col. mllh, and pay a visit to hh; fiancee of imagination. Confusion changes to chaos; things be come more and more tanKhd. If yo relieve in an ase limit to matrimony, if you dwi't believe imaginary people mnttTialize, if you don't believe it is a real play, then com tins evenine- and bee the play rani be convinced. The east, has been excellently chosen i and with Miss Ada St. Peter as conch a splendid performance- is looked for j ward to. The character work is es- ! pecially applaudable in the play ami : the character urtists are receiving aj reat deal of comment on their work.! The h:xh school orchestra under the! direction of H. A. McDonald will playj several selections during: the evening. The cast which will apear this even- injf is as follmvs: C?lia Furady-1 Miss Huth Pnow. Colonel V'mtth Shirley Havel. rhyliis Farady Miss fcldna Murphy. James Kaleigh Millard Kennedy. Mrs. Uockinsham Miss Marguerite Humphrey. j) obhy Trarer Kirhard Lawrence. Aunt Ida Miss Irva Hale. Wi'liam Farady Fred Horhman. I Ijidv 1 renchard Miss Kmilv Dohn icn. Henry Steele Claude Snow. Adgiiral (Irice Pyron Warner. .Martin Charles McLean. I Largest lltrnllmc-iu I..peitcd. ' The largest attendance 1 the his-It-ny of the I'niversity of Oregon will ; mark the two summer terms that will , be given in Portland n:i on the eajn-l jus at K'ugene. nci'ord ug to liirl Kil - Patrick, general director, to whom many middle western and eastern as well as Oregon teachers have announc-1 ed their intention to attend. The sum- iner terms start June 20 and close July J. , ' WAY TO FAME. WfflmiEB-; Oil IfUOl SCHOOL Fres. Prosser of Dunwoodie Institute Declares Plan of High School Excellent. Commendation of the work that is be.ng done In the vocational and in dustrial department of the Pendleton ' high school was expressed in no in- certain terms by President Prosser- of J Dunwoodie Institute at an address given by him at the convention of the educational leaders of the Inland Em pire association of secondary schools and colleges which was held recently at .Spokane. President Prosser is head of the Dunwoodie Institute which is located at Minneapolis, and he is recognized as one of the leading men in the vo cational branch of education. Ho is At a formal meeting of the cxecu generally credited with having written , tive eommittee of the Umatilla rapids the Smith-Hughes Act the provisions j ,,ower aile association this afternoon of which govern the high schools of thn B,ata of tbe'mnv to hrine hoiit the country in this branch of school ,vjii, unu upimuiarx-arry weigai in the educational field. Praises Pendleton School. President Prosser made a careful investigation of the character and ia ture of the" work being done here in the high school, and he made the j statement that the scope of activities I covered here fulfills his idea of what a high school should do. .The depart i ment is in charge of Orviile G. Reeves. and about 35 boys are actively engag ed in studying; the courses offered, which include carpentry, plumbing concrete work, forging, gas engines and machine shop practice. Several projects In carpentry, Plumbing and concrete work have al ,..,.).. i i-..., I 1 ..e -i i, ...... lias uroiui iiiiicv. i M,,i,i f tho ,nn,onnin accorded to the department, Supt. H. T. Inlow declared that the ideal ofthis branch of the school work was to fur nish a broad general foundation for men who will be connected with prac tical farm management. "It is not the aim of the industrial course to turn out skilled trades men." the superintendent said today. but to develop intelligent learners in , several trades in order that they may be enabled to make a better choice of occupation. We e.vpect the finishing touches to be put on a student's train- ; ing either in college, or when be en j ters a shop, if he elects to enter the i trade directly." j lYtlorol t.mcrimient Aids. ' A feature of this bmiah of t luca .tion.il work Is that ibe federal gov j eminent furnishes a part of the money i needed to carry on the teaching, t'n ider the prescat prov sions of law two jthitds of the miioont of money spent I for his ruction is refunded by the fed I eral liovernimMit. A state director Is in general supervision of the win. wcnt Ihi- )rHki Maiden Vovn? j Pl-IATTLK. April s. 1 1', p. I Th j sailing time of the steamihip -Wen. 'at-hee's maid-n voyage to the Orient Was delayed until 5 p. m. l ist evening 1 awaiting the arrival of General Wood, ! who is bound tor tha Philippines uu government Mission. GREAT BRII1S1 -GENERAL STRIKE STARTS MAY 10 Preparations Are Not Slacken ing to Have Nation Ready to Withstand Industrial Tie Up. AIR FORCES ARE TURNED ; OVER FOR FOOD CONTROL Delivery System Will be .Sup plemented by Lorries . and Trains Run by Volunteers. LONDON, April 8. (C. P.) Kin George called tho army reserves and volunteers into active service In th threatened Industrial revolution.' Tho kings acttoo was caused by the refusal of the- striking coal miners to renew their negotiations with the mine own ers. Strike Will liceln Sunday LONDON, April 8. (IT. P.) A gen. eral strike, if ordered is expected to begin Sunday at midnight. There Is no slackening In preparations to have tha. nation ready to withstand the proton, ed industrial paralysis. The govern, ments great air forces were ttirned over to the food controllers to deliver necessaries from the country to tho city. Air craft of all kinds will be ("evoted to this work. The delivery system will Vie supplemented by motof lorries and trains run by volunteer. An emergency act is already invoked, and provides food rationing. WHI tiion SyniiMitltctlc! Strike ' . LONDON. April 8. (A. R) Ail sf. forts by Premier Uoyd George to bring the miner and mlneowners to. gether to settle the coal strike having failed, the miners executives went Into conference this afternoon with their Partners in triple alliance, the trans, port wikers and railway men,, to de. cide when the sympathetic strike should begin This preciptates tho greatest industrial controversy in Eng land for years.. The announcement of the decision for the sympathetic ' strike was made by J. H. Thomas lead er of the railroaders. ' POWER COMMITTEE IN SESSION TODAY hhe development of power at CmatilhC rapids on the Columbia is being (lis. cussed. , Among those in attendance are Judge G. W. Phelps, chairman; C. I, Hrr. secretary; George Hartman, Whitney L. Boise,' Ben Stone, D. C. Prownvll. James' Kyle, Ralph Stan field, V .B. Cox. Secretary lvnn of the Valla Walla commercial club, nil serving as members of the committee and Vi number of local supporters of the project. - Judge Phelps outlined to' the meet, ing the steps taken to further the pro ject since the last meeting at Walla Walla. Correspondence frtun officials both state and national was rend and the matter- of further action to be ta ken was placed, before the commit- IS CLOSE CONTEST As far as the Pendleton contestants, are concerned tf is tho. fur ilmmt i. neck and neck race between the Wy. rick and Rstes teams In the county wide hawk, crow and magie shoot. I'p to noon today the Myrlck. shooters had netted a total of 6 points In Pen dleton while the Estes men had a score of 7 points to their credit. The Wy. rick shooters have brought In five hawks, 1 1 magpies and five crows while the. Kstes gunmen have netted :5 crows, 11 magpies and one hawk. It is the belief of the rival cnyt.iln that Sunday will see a whole army of shooters out and that big scores win be ruu up on either side. , wtmun ktkadv P'MITLANP. April 8. (A. P)- Cuttle are weak, hogs, sheep, eggs sn t 'Milter steady. AXC1KNT fllt lK II IK IIVS . WASHINGTON, April H (A. P.) St. Paul's parish church In liork Creek cemetery, erected In 1774 ami the oldest church In W.mhlngtnn. was destroyed by fire today together wltH number of historic relics.