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THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM EOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Th Kant Oregonlan la Eautern Ors ton gnatent nwP Pr anil a aell ing force gv to tho ailvrtir ovr twin, the. guaranteed paid circulation In PiT.dlftun and Umatilla county of The not pre run of yeaterday'a Dally . 3,249 Thin paper In a member of ana audited by th Audit Bureau of Circulation! other newapapcr. lie COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9809 VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, , SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1921. I I M mr mr Jll I i-n. v -V-y II 1 t C. JT I ny Jltl 67TI 1 GO CRESS 7 IB mill DG SECT! Senate Continues Hearings on ' Exchange A d j u stmcnts; . Package Bill Debated. FO' ff LUNCHEONS TO BE HELD EACH WEEK BY COMMERCIAL CLUB: HAYWOOD IS 4 'BIG BILL' PROPAGANDA OF RUSSIAN DIRECTOR 4 a. SOVIETS 'HARDING'S BIG CHANCE' NAME GIVEN GERMAN PLEA Re-entry Into World Affairs Considered More Important ' Than Peace Establishment. WASHINGTON, April 23. tT. P.) The senate continue hearing on th exchange adjustment and the. an-tl-dumplnc aectlona of the Younf emergency tariff bill. la the house the agricultural com mittee consider the honest package bill. The waya and mean a aub-com-mlltee contlnuea to work on framing the tariff schedule. Oppoaltlon to the movement foster d by the rlty council to effect a change of the name of streets In Pendleton was expressed lust nigut in the form of a resolution adopted by the X-club at a meeting held In the council room of the city hall. .The maUer wa considered Inform ally by the member who attended the meeting, and the oppoaltlon develop ed from several different angle. Chief amoug theae was the alleged ex pense that wonld be Incidental to the charge, the sentimental and hlatorlc significance of . the present street names and the eonfualon that would result In property titles If the change should be made, A legal committee, consisting; of Charles H. Carter, James H. Perry and Judge Stephen A. lxwll was ap pointed to investigate the legal status of the move and authorised to make a report. Another committee conalating of James H. Haley, P. W. Vincent, K. J. Bummervllle. K. Alexander and John 11 alley, Jr., was appointed to prepare a history of the existing system or street names and to appear before the elty council and make a protest against the change. SHERIFFS RESCUE MAN FROM BEING GIVEN COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS ! The Pendleton Commercial Asso- elation la going to hold weekly Forum luncheon to tihlrh all members ofj HAHIlIBHCnO, Ore., April 23. U. P.) K. M. Carter, a young farmer was rescued by Deputy Kherlf f from a mob of 60 men Intent on applying a coat of tar and feathers. Carter Is alleged to have Insulted school girls. He In married and has several chil PLACED UNDER ARREST CHICAGO, April S3. (C. P.) JuUua J. Keingold, owner of the Rein gold Jewelry company, and his broth er Ieo, sre held by the police for ques tioning In connection with the theft of a wallet containing 260 thousand dollara worth of uncut dlamonda. The dinmonda were taken hy two bandits from Leroy Present, a salesman who was displaying the ware in the Raln Cold office yesterday. E ' IHTTKU IS VXSETTLKn. PORTLAND, April 23. Uvestock Is steady, eggs are Irregular and but ts Is unsettled. Ed Schiller of the Ellls-Sehlller Co., M. K. 1-ong of Wallace .Pros.. Jack Allen or Allen-Knight, representing the Pendleton Automobile Associa tion, and Earnest Crockatt, secretary of the Kast Oregon Auto club returned last night from trip they took on the I -a Urande road where they work ed yesterday In assisting to get the road opened to traffic. It is expected that by this evening the road will have been graded as fur as Meacham. and by Sunday night, the county line will have been reach ed. With co-operation from the 1-a Urande end of the rpad, It is expected that the rood will be graded clear through to La. Grande by the first part of the week. Grading is being don by N. K. Olm tead with his new Shawnee tractor and grader. Snow la on the road over a stretch of about eight or ten miles beginning at Kamela. At present it require about a full day to go to 1 Grunde from Pendleton, but If good weather follows It is thought the road will be In a fairly good condition. Six cars and three trucks went over tho mountain Friday from Pendleton. th; organisation will be invited. The j firm luncheon will be held next Thurs-, day and If the plan meets with np- pro-al the Forum luncheon will be : made a regular weekly feature here- 7 after with a possible vacation during the n.ld-summer season. The question of holding weekly luncheons has been long discussed by the association and decision to start the ball a-rolllng was taken at the hoard of managers meeting yesterday. The place for the first luncheon has not yet been announced. President J. II. Sturgis will probubly preside at the first luncheon but it is the intention to pass this honor around and to make the Forum luncheons a genuine i;ol torether affair for local people. The plnn includes uang good speaker at the meetings, to bring notable outside speakers here when feasible and to make the Fprum luncheon a particu lar occasion for entertaining guests who may be In the city from other place In the county. ELLi Revolting Russian Feasants Take Many Towns Between Dneiper and Dneister Rivers. CAMP SITK.8 CHOSEN. WA8HlNOTON, April 23. U. P.) The states and locations of the cltl- un'i military training ramps this summer Which will offer free military training for 10 days to covlllans be tween the age of 16 and 35 have been announced by the war department. The list includes Camp Lewis and the San Francisco Presidio and the open ing date of July 6 for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana. Wyoming, Ntah, Nevada and Cullgornla. $1j I STOCKHOLM, April 23. (A. P.) An organized rebellion against the Russian soviet government is growing with a renewed force in Ckralne, says a petrograd telegram. The revolting rensshts have taken many town he-tiMenlhe-Dnalperwnd Dne'isler river Bolshevik! have engaged In a cam pa gn of terrorism northwest of Moscow, executing 2.00Q persons within the I'mpi few d: a. CHICAOO, April 23. (L. P.) "Hig Mill" the I. W. W. leader undi-r sentence 'of 20 years at Fort. Leavenworth, la the pro paganda director of the Husslfin. soviet, lWrlct Attorney Clyne said he was reliably Informed. Clyne, refusing to divulge the source of his Information, si'M Haywood went to Russia at the Invitation and solicitation of Lenin, Trotsky, the Russian dic tators and representatives of the Rusxlan rulers came to the Unit ed -Htates to secure Haywood's services, Clyne said. JAPAN IS PREPARED TO MAKE CONCESSIONS IN DISPUTE OVER YAP According to Opinion in U. S. This Concession Will Wot be Made for Some Time. WASH'NGTON, April 23. (A. K. firail',,r.l 1'. IV Staff Correspondent ) i ,..,...r,i tn make conees- cessions, and that no rtens to the United Plates In the .lis-'its full claims accepted. pute over Yap Island, according to au thoritative opinion here However, this will not be done for some time. Despite the Tokio reports that Japan ...ri , 1.. In insisting upon the validity of the mandate over Yapj it is learned here that high Japanese I authorit.es incline 10 the view tnai every nation vitally interested in the Va'i issue must eventually make con- power can nae L'F SPW0PP01QN Jake Hamon's Political Friends Do Not Want Real Story to Oet . Before the Public. IS A ANYONE CAN MAKE; IF YOU GET THIS ANSWER. TEST THAT mm mm IS THREATENED BY MENACING CRISIS This is Result of Discontent Aroused by Government's Failure to Consult Reichstag. FRANCE IS DETERMINED TO OCCUPY RUHR VALLEY LOS ANCiXFS, April 23. IT. P.) Clara Smith Hamon la in Los An gelts preparing to film the story of her life. "The picture will be produc ed In spite of all the powerful influ ences brought to bear by Jake Ha mon's political friends, who do not want the real story to get before the public," she said. "If we can not rent a studio we will build one." The production is to depict the life of Mrs. Humnn and the Incident lead ing up to and Including the famous Ardmore murder after which she was acoiiued of tho murder of Jake L Hamon, the Oklahoma oil king and re publican national committeeman. Mrs. Hamon arrived with .W. E. Weathers, vice president of the F.rt mond H1 and Refining corporal on of Fort Worth, who is to be manager of the Clara Smith Hamon Production Co. SENATOR STANFIELD WASHINGTON. D. C, April 23.- sinppivfi noiti is ix inu)i.r WASHINGTON, April 23. (Herb ert W. Walker. U. P. Ktaff 'orrespon dent) Shipping boards affuiis are in such a muddle that Harding should jappqint the -biggest business man he can lind to put the board on a profit making basis, Representative Good, chairman of the house appropriations j committee, declared. Good sharply attacked the board's request for two , more big appropriations totalling u hundred and seventy million. " I can't understand how a corpora tion with as.-erts of more than two bil lion, a greater corporation than the United States Steel corporation, can than In the past and can meet all rivala j on a quality basis and bring home tho I I aeon? I There are aeveral members of the Commercial Association board ol managers who did not fully realize the fact until yesterday afternoon. At a meeting of the board hfld at 4 o'clock a (Itiulity Ust was made as follows. Two loaves of bread, one made in Pen dleton ar.d one made in Portland, were ordered sfnt to the club rooms. The hrcad arrived from the stock of a local NOW HERE TRY IT AND SEE Do you know that Pendleton made . market, the loaves were "PPd bread today Is of much better ..ual.ty "--" TlTtL" that the quality of the local bread wa auuerior to that of the Portland bread. Furthermore the price slip showed h charge of 15 cents a loaf for the Port land bread and 13 cents for the Pen dleton loaf. "I am convinced said one member" who had previously been skeptical on the subject. "The Pendleton bread is the best and the cheapest. Those who buy this bread not only keep their money at home but they get better value for their money." Premier Briand Left for Eng land Today Bearing Foch's Plans for Military Action. PAULS, April 23. (t?. P.) The al lied ultimatum for the surrender of the geld in Relchsbank Js expected to day. Ti e German note of refusal was delivered as scheduled. 0LC9TT SENDS LETTER AT 0 Requests Members of Delega tion in Congress to Take Ac tion for Jap Exclusion. BIG LAUNDRYMEN OF THE STATE MET TO Itca ration Xte Wscnswd. LYMP.N'B. England, April 23. (A. P.) Premier Lloyd George and Pre mier Hriand of France today discuss ed the French proposal for the oc cupation of the Ruhr baaln In the event of Germany's failure to fulfill her reparations obligations. They al ; so discussed the German note on re I parations. Senators Rtanfleld of Oregon and, not be run at a small profit at; least, Gooding of Idbho were meirber of a j said Good. "The board would have party of senators who called on the; been bankiupt long ago if it had not presloeiit ;hi afternoon to plead for financial aid to the farmers. The pres ident was Hiked to recommend that the federal reserve board be lenient In handling; the rediscounts of mem- been for the huge the treasury." . appropriations from ; DKKD8 AKF. APPKOVKP. ASTORIA, Ore., April 23.' (IT. P.) Word ha been received here from Representative C. N. MoArthur that he has been Informed by the II. 8. navy bureau of doc and yards that the deed of transfer for the Tongue point naval base site eaat of thla city have been submitted and approved, save for minor corrections, and that formal approval of the department is expected within a few . days. With thla Information It wa also stated that a civil engineer from New Lon don, Conn., sumardlne atation will be ordered here at once to make a gen eral survey of the property atu draw up plan and specification The local price offered . for wheat today la 11.05, and does not vary from yesterday's price, although the Chica go grain market quotations show that May wheat closed at 11.31, an Increase of one and three fourth cents over yesterday' closing, while the July grain closed only a fraction of a cent lower than yesterday's closing. The coast market Is showing strength, however, say local deulers and It l thought that Mondny' mar- kct Will bring added improvement In tone. Further sales In Beltfum and Germany have been announced from the East. Following are the quotations, receiv ed here by, Overbeck & Cooke, local brokers: Wheat 0cn High Ixiw Clost" Mav 1.31 1.32 1.29 131 July l.OT'.i 1.08 14 1.06 ',4 1.07 14 AMOt'NT ok iu.i:n nrxn lati .i. WASHINGTON. April L'3. (A. P.) ber hank as a means of relieving the The arbitrary limit of four and pressure on the farmers. I seven eighth gallons of beer and three The pres'oent rt plied that the plinht ! gallons of wine as the maximum a of the agricultural indnstiy had been Physicians may prescribe at any one the subject of much cabinet discussion time has been set tn the new prohibi and said that he ou;d take the que- tlcn regulations which await the ap tion up with the controller of ciirren-, provul of Pavid H. lilair. the new cy. He said the policy r.utlined by the commissioner of internal revenue. visiting s?nr(ors already had been sug gested to th cfederal reserve board and that It was h.'s Intention to go In to the matter carefully with the gov ernment' financial advisors. BE It UN, April 53. (A. P.) A , cabinet crisis appears Imminent as the . result of the discontent aroused by j the government' failure to consult the j reichstag before asxlng President Harding of the United States to medi ate between Germany and the allies DiSCUSS Advisability Of Giving! on the reparations. The position of . . t Tv'if ;Pr. Walter Simons, the foreign mlnis- Backing to Project m Behalf ,ter ,g partlcuIarly ,mperiued. of National Institute, j I Germany Mnt Pay. , ,. I PARIS. April 33. (Webb Miller, U. Preparations oi me ir..f........ "I r ptaff Correspondent) France h) determined to occupy the Ruhr dist rict in the event Germany defaults on her reraraltons payment May 1 re gardless of the American attitude on S.li--m, -M'ni - V"- - ,., f the Orearon not ; Olcott .torinv cent a .letter to mem-J rMwrtncrA,wo,iatjfm; - whft. hers of the Oron delegation in con- jwm i.p in Eugene in the latter .........,: ih hnoe that con- j of May. and other Important gress w pernor sr.id he wrote in response to j ciation at a recent mee.ms ... bearjn(r r.-ocn-s detailed plan for mi ll iu nr-tlon for the rigid ex- business wos considered here today by j ' . , ,.,.,, mi..1.fii elusion of Japanese immigration. The jthe executive committee of the asso- tJrtmier n'riand Ieft for Kngland today a re, : i icst from Governor Kiepnens oi Calif. rn a. that Oregon congressmen cooperate v.ilh the California delega tion in an effort to secure absolute ex clusion of the Japanese nn-'ee - con dition which will save any real hu miliation to Japan and will make for .....,.r,i i.oace. Olcott said he f(lt vrv question, and the federal government ,..!. i nt. :i stronz oosi'.ion in the maUer. rc.nms of the Tendleton Association, i The meeting today is one of a series that .'s being held over the state by the t. embers of the committee who are visiting plants at different cities and tendering what assTstHnce they can in the way of susjrestinsr improvements in work and service The men arriv- litary action. Germany Makes Proposals. PARIS. April 23. (A. P.) Ger many, instead of agreeing or refusing; to the traster of their gold reserve of Reischbsaank to the occupied terri- Uory in Rhineland as the allied reptt- stronsly upon the Japanese eJ j.cre last night from Heppner, and j,: conlmiS!non demanded, ha of- KATK KEHKAIUXC. IF.Xlia POTITLAND, April S3. (V. !' The Interstate commerce commission threw out petitions for rehearing the famous Coloumbia basin rate case, s-ib milieu l y Seattle, Tacoma, Lverett and Astoria, recording to a dispatch to the port commission from Wash ington, P. C. The preferential freisht rate from the inland empire to Port land is to remain in effect, the dis paicA said. I. rcie visii.ng ine.e ....-. ,fered to e not to permit exporta. off at Hood River and The Dalles on I of German gM Mgn 0ctohtT their way here from lortland fjrst The note said thla would pro- T' night they will go by train to La wh(j made th0 demam, Cra-,.le. They will also v.s.t P"r , proMrton In the V.r- arm r.nterprisc ndnv evening when tlic win sailles treaty prohibiting exportation of gold was effective only until May first. - , DATES ARE CHOSEN FOR 1 EVER GET GROUCHY? READ THIS. ! 1 ill THE WEATHER j REV. CLARK WILL DELIVER BACCALAUREATE SERMON TO GRADUATION CLASS Reported by Major Lee Moorhottae. Maximum, 84. Minimum, 37. , llarometer, l.60. III TODAY'S' FORECAST Tonight and Sunday rain or snow. 4 Rev. George L. Clnrk pastor of the Presbyterian church, will deliver the baccalaureate ser- molt to the 1921 graduat.'n arias of the Pendleton high school nt the services to be held May 29 In the Methodist church. Tho musical program has not been announced but It Is being ar ranged by Mrs. 8. H. Forshnw. The baccalaureate service are frt on the program for' the annual commencement. Class jny will be June 2 at the high school, and the graduation exer- clsea on the evening of June 3, when 4U hoys and girls will re- ce've diplomas. No commencement speaker haa yet been procured. The musical program will conaiat of a solo by Mrs Charles Pond, the playing of the processional by Mrs. Pert McDonald, and num- bers by a string trio or quar- tet, dlrtc ed by Mr. McDonald. .v N 1 I I If v-. J J -ir' - i . . 4 i i v t a ' . z (East Oregonian Special.) WESTON, Ore., April 23. June 3 and 4 have been decided upon as the dates for tho twenty-ninth annual Pioneer Picnic held each year nt Wes ton under the auspices of the I'mntllla County Pioneer's Association. The choice of dates was made last night at a meeting of the association In Weston with Nelson H. Jones of this city presiding in tho absence of It. Alexander, of Pendleton,, presidnnt of the association. Committees Chosen ' Committees for the 1921 picnic were appointed as follows: Program J. II Williams, Clark Wood and Nelson H. Jones. Finance and Concessions L. It. Da vis, L. I. O'Hnrra and L. R, Van Win kle. Grounds J. M. Aslvworth, George A. Lindeken and Walter Webb. Transportation Frank Price, C. L. Plnkerton and Joe Wurser. Pitdges Herman Goodwin, P. T. Harbour and J. A. Lumaden. Publicity S. A. ltnvnes, c. W. Avery and Claud Price. Reception J. M. l?an!ster, Gorge W. Staegs. J. A. King, J. F. Snider anil H. A. Urandt. S'm Ctilley Chairman Decoration Sim J. Ctilley. Mrs. J. H. Williams and Mrs. Herman Goodwin! Fports J. M. Price. F. O. Lucas and O. A. Adams. Speakers E M. Smith, W, H. Gould and W. A. Barnes. W..-I.. I 1 It.!.. 1 T H.vn'.ll . . . 1 1 l h Vi-irv Vmrnr n.li;iiii M.r,iurv in Aininirv i.H'ril IXulKherty. hails ann a. ,m. how. t ' . The plcntc is attended each veer by from Indiana, rte's efficient Slid tactful. But there are lots of efficient, tact ..i ..... .11 ..v.- i-n,tm ful secretaries. What won her the 1.h was her never-fa ling good humor, sr.' ... i th. .v.,i fr ihi. v.mi. i,,.nn,i.. 1 never gets grouchy and has a smile for everybody. Sec? She even smile Into! to be a record breaker. ' the lel.-piie.ne! escme ie trin by motor to Pond, thence back tc Portland. The members of the executive com mittee are Percy a. Allen, president; 1.. W. Iiwrence and A. Spear, secre tary, r.'.l of Portland: John Ta t of As toiia. A. L. Weider of Salem and J. B. ... y. Thn Mnimtt.n n vy u oi i t urL.M. . .. v. . : lran .mjrsion. to thj allies Immediately Will ill.-'- OO itviuiuiiftiucu l i- and laker by Don llobmsun and llanry lender. The matter i f lending support to the formation of a national institute of' Ia :ndrylng, which is being fostered by j the national organization ot laundry lroposa!s Sent to Harding. P.ERLIN. April 23. (Carl D. Groat. l P. Staff Correspondent.) The I new German reparations proposals iw ll be dcsiatched to Harding for men. m :j.s o scussea. i ne bum ti Jr.no. 'I0(i has already been voted ami secured to establish such a concern for training men and doing valuable e.j.ir:inental work. after the cabinet meeting which be gan shortly before noon. According; to reliable information these propos als are understood to Include an In crease in cash payment, an offer of a better plan for reconstruction In France and some form of Internation al credia. S . i ' II.UMHXtJ-S BIO CHANCE" WASHINGTON, April 23 L. C. Martin, II P. Staff Correspondent.) "Harding's big chance" is the name the republican senntors'on foreign re lations committee have given the Ger man plea that the president act a re parations go-between with the allies. Coili ng on the very eve of the consid eration by the house and senate of tho resolutions to end the technical state of war with the central powers, the The high school musicale given by CiinHBnll.nt Pc,,,trv t h tti.. .the girls' and boys glee club and the ,, th. world affa are con. jorchwtra. the three music orgnntza-, pf aier ,mportan(., than ,f , lions of the school last eyonlng at the , hp sUte of aW been w, jauditorlum proved a decided s'"-1" tabilshed jThls is the first year that a hUh J ' " school orchestra or noys t-'iee ci. is i given a concert and all the n'ii..bors! iKive.i by Ihirn were well recei .-ed j j Th. girls' gle' club composed i-f t! j 'girls sang nine selections under the! ! direction of Mrs. S. H. Korshaw. ne i of the most pleasing of the onhestr.ii Inumbers was a selection from II l . ivatore. The orchestra is under the! I direction of P.. A. McDonald an I bar 1 N'nety hoys and girls from the done verv creditable work this year. 'grade schools of Pendleton are com I The Hoys' Glee Club under tl-i li-1 Petlng today in the city track meet at inert ion of Oswald Olson sang several !,he Kound-Cp grounds to determine numbers surnrblng the audience con-,ne contestants for the county meet slderablv as it was not expected thut isuch excellent work could bo I the short time that the !' , been training. VOLUNTEER WHO CLOSED GAS TANK LEAK DIES to be held here May 7. dano in I 1 he events of today's meet ore boys' have!1"" sins nasenuil tnrow, hoys broad jump, boys' high jump and girl' and boys' sprints. The contestant have been divided Into the following; groups: Division A. 70 pounds and under; Division It. tun pound and FROM LUNG CONGESTION .ftTr m - pounds. Miss Eva Hansen, physical training; instructor In local schools, la in charge. Judges, each of whom has two ussistunts. are Orvlll Heevea, broad Jump; Dick Hanlny, high Jump; Miss Kathleen Melloy. baseball throw: Rev. John Secor, trark event. I.ieth Abbott, former captain of the t'niversity of Oregon trark torn, ha I acting aa starter and John Mimpaon x announcer. porNDl'UOr K, N. J . April 03. d J. ) Earl Fullman. one of the volunteer vwho closed the le.ik in the pbosn ne gas lank, is dead todav from lung congestion. Four others are In a serious condition. Score of res. dents are recovering from the effects ot lelnt wliuhtly "gassed."