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"--y ( f i ! : 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 PHES3 DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The not prrsa run of yesterday's Daily 3,264 Thta Kama I. . . ... rrairocaini Th Eat Ornnlnn l Faal-'rn Cr fnn'a ifrt-atnl nt-wwimpr and aa a all Inar forr Klva to Hi ailrliar or twl the iruarftnt1'! puid circulation in Per.Hlfton anil t'malilla county of any otlur ntwp.iprr. a ,., or una stunted by the Audit Bureau of Circulations COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9812 WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1921. OT ACCEPTABLE TO FRANCE fJ - . Jr 1 A albririlbblUtl AVJ 1 i- - COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER .. -V.lg - -" tt iL 1 - 1 i ' i... j iwr 1,1 ' ' wiMiipiiraiiwijmiMRniMMnnMn n-r -r -m, "jiisa.Mu.w:. ...a-..a - " .' ' WAT O . ' : " - : ; ' DAILY EAST OT?T!ftnTJTAW fen-wriT t"inw nptsrsnw i .... v w.i Mail A UllaUAJ W11 a REPARATIONS PROPOSALS MADE BY GERMANY ARE N HARK MAY BE ASKED TO DELAY U. S. Will Take This Step if Italy and England Refuse to Make Rejection of Last Offer BRITISH ASK GERMANS TO CLARIFY SOME CLAUSES Note Will be Taken Before Supreme Council This Week for Careful Consideration. Washington, Apm 27. (a. l. Bradford, U. P. Bluff Correnpondem.) The United Htutm may auk France to delay the propowd occupation of the Huhr Valley. Thla atep. It la learn frd. Ii In contemplation in the event Italy and Britain refune to support France in the flat rejection of the lut. at German offer. Hliould Italy and Hrltuln Hlnnlfy to the Blttte department that they want a chance to dlacuH the new Ger man offer. Franc will probably be re4ueted t1 hold back her troopa until after another effort has been made to reach an agreement. British Aak I-Uplanatlon tNtMN, April J7. (Ed 1 Keen, V. p. Htaff Cprreapoodent.)-The Hrlt. lab foreign office asked Berlin to clarify aome cUiuaes in the latest re paratlons foffer. Thn nine Inui" that If aceentnhli. nxnlnnntfona of tha Vasme clauaau were, received, the new proposals will not be rejected outrlslit but will ttt taken before tiie supreme council this week for careful consid eration. . Will Notify l ulled Stale fARIS, April 17. (A. P.) Premier Prland Is considering: the German reparations propoanls. - When hia de clHlon Is reached It will be communi cated first to the United Btates kov ernment. In political circles close to the premier the belief Is expressed that the Huhr district would he oc cupied Immediately after May flirt. Shipping Board Representative . and Spokesmen for Marine Worker! do'Not Agree on Cut .WASHINGTON, April 27. (A. P.) --Sharp differences' In opinion rs to w?e reductions between Chairman Pensbn of the shipping: board and the spokenmen for the marine workers de veloped at the opening' today of con ferences called by the chairman In an effort to aveit the threatened strlkr May first. . Andrew Furuscth, presi dent of the International Seamens un Idn and other'spokesmen for the work. er declared the 15 percent reduction declared by rear Admlrnl Benson as necessary was unacceptable to the nn Ir.ns. BenHon said the present econ omic conditions fully warrant the re dut'tlon of the marine wages. ; Benson poolnres for Oiicn Shop WASHINGTON, April 27. (I'. P.) A wage cut of not less than IS per cent was proposed by Admiral Benson to the seamen and ship owners who met here to adjust tho differences which threaten a lleup of shipping on May first. At the same time Ben son declared for open shop on Ameri can vessels. . Reported by Major Lee- Moorhouae, Weather observer. Maximum, M." Minimum, IB. ' 1 Barometer, 28.87. Kainfnll, .0(1 Inches. . TODAY'S FORECAST Ton!ght fair, Ttt'isday fair n nd warmer. mmm .... , ; K DISCUSSED THE WEATHER t i ; SEPARATE. PEACE Miirii r ' ' F Senator Walsh of Mass., is to ' . ' C 5 sPcak to Senate on Treat- - ', - ; ment of ex-Service Men. , ' Ways and ' Continue ' . ' Regular Mri. LydlR Hoyt, of New York and Itltll HI.I'lO, t' B.t..n In a 1 .. . " " cmc-rcd llie mov es. She is to nnneir i(H .Norma Talmndge. In a film called "The Wonderful Thins" BAY TEAM OWNED BY PENLAND BROS. TIPS . SCALES AT 4670 LBS. Just 4Giu pounds Is the weight .of the !! bay team bcTonsirtE to i'enland llros Transfer Co., uc- cording to weights, secured re- cenlly when the big beauties were put over the scales. That means more than two and a quarter tons of horse flesh in two bundles. The team Is the pet layout of the barns, and tht-y are the very apple of Jim Uicliardson's eye.. Jim drives the b.g boys, keeps their coata shining and sees that tin y Ret Just about the right umount to cat, and when there Is tin 'especially hard pull to be made, it Is Jim and the big boys who are called on to move the load. They tinder- stand each other pretty well, too, anil Jim has the pair trained until they understand hia lan-. gunge. The team hus atlnicted a lot of attention on the streets of Pendleton; The We.ghls secur- ed the other day-Included only bridles extra. ' after Shooting Friend Turns Gun on Herself; Both Girls Are Near Point of Death. CHICAGO, April 27. (V. P.) Jeanctte Boy, the daughter of a well known contractor, fired two bullets Into the body of Catherine Davis and then turned the gun on herself. The tragedy is the rsult of a quarrel be tween tho girls, who have been close friends for several years Physicians said they were holh near death. The shooting took place on the ele vated platform at Madison and Wa bash In the nenlt of the "loop," and threw hundreds of persons hurrying to work. Into n panic. Miss Davis, a bookkeeper, had Just left the train on her way to. work. Miss Boy, hiding behind n post, pulled a revolver from her hand hag and fired. The girl with the pistol then held the crowd at bav. rushed down the street and fired three shots Into her own body. The police said Miss Davis received n letter from Miss Boy recently, enclosing bullet. i PABADISK INN SNOW COVl'.RK.D i TACOMA, Wash., April 27. (A. p.l Paradise Inn high on the side of snow cupped Mount Balnler near hero, which Is visited every summer by thousands of tourists, was buried un der snow this winter. Several Taconia boy scouts wio visited Bainfer park recently had to dig n twenty foot tunnel to gain entrance to the hotel. A caretaker told them It snowed contin uously for forty days and nights on U the mountain during the winter. 'VI I Newport, famous as . "the most beau- 10 Percent Reduction in Wages of Memhers of Trades Unions Seems Assured. That the costs of building will be down pretty well to what they were before the war when the ten per cent reiluriion in the wages of memhers of he Trades and Labor Council unions sroes Into effeit May 1 seems to be as Hired niter a survey of prices for ma terials I bat enter into the construc tion of buildings. As&uruiK'e has been given by the representatives of labor that the cut will lie accepted by the organized 'rudes nf Pendleton. A meeting will be held tonight when definite action is expected y the plumbers and Sand.v McLain, secretary of the council, said today that the cut has been accepted by other members of the council of I'end'.eton as It has been accepted at Portland and over the rest of the slate. The costs of some of tho materials ire down to aoout what prevailed be fore the war, according to business nouses. This applies to lumber am plumbing materials. An instance of the reduction thai las taken place in the price of plumh ng inaier.als was given by a leading! plumber of the city who took 4-inch wil cast iron pipe as an example. "When I came to Pendleton ten years ago, this pipe was selling at fifty cents a foot " he said. 'Today It is selling nt fifty-five cents a foot, and this price Is a reduction from ninety- five cents a foot which was the price i year ago. Most of the reduction has leen mado since January 1 in the plumbing line." Lumber pr'ces have also been ad insted until they are practically on a level with tho prices charged before be war. according to lumbermen. There is still ft slight bulge due to the went.v -live ' per cent Increase it freight rates which the final buyc must pay. but prices are down. Prices leper.d on the quantity of material ta ken .whether cash Ja paid and other factors. EFFORTS ARE RENEWED TO HAVE AUTOMOBILES ON BERMUDA ISLANDS BKBMl'DA, April 27. (A. P.) Renewed efforts to enact a law per mitting the use of automobiles In Ber muda have been made this spring by members of the Bermuda assembly. I hese Islands have held out thus far against what Is considered a "dan gerous Innovation," but there is strong party for rapid transit. The chief opponents of automobiles are American winter, residents and tourists. Mrs. Vincent Astor, of New York, who bits been occupying a resi dence on Hamilton harbor for the past two seasons, sent a letter to the local newspaper objecting to their in troduction on the island. As this colony has only a little more than 19 squire miles of nren. visitor's do not regard motor transport ' as a neeesMty. 8lnce the Island of Nantucket admitted automobiles, this is about tbe only civilised place from! which they are barred. HEARINGS ON ANTI-GRAIN GAMBLING BILL CONTINUES Means Committee Consideration of Tariff Schedules. WASHINGTON, April 27. U. P.) In the senate the Knox peace reso lution la being considered. Walsh of Mrmsarhusetts is to speak on the treat ment of ex-service men. The finance committee considered the Young emergency tariff bill In the executive session. The house agricultural com mittee continued Its hearings on the t apper-Tincher "anil grain gambling" bill. The ways and means committee continued the consideration of regular tariff schedules. AIL BE HELD TOMORROW The first nf the open forum lunch eons for the membership of the Pen dleton Commercial Association, re cently approved by the board of man agers of the organization, will be held Thursday at noon at Ihe Quelle. In terest being manifested in the affair indicates that there will be a large turnout of the members for the initial session. The luncheon will start promptly at 12 o'clock, but the t me limit for eat ing and the speeches that will follow has been set at an hour and a quarter hich will insure adjournment being taken at 1:15. This limit was estab lished to make is possible for business men to attend without losing too much time. The special program for tomorrow's affair will include at least two speak ers who will discuss different angles of i the "Buy At Home Movement" which I is being sponsored by Ihe association. Roy Haley, former president of the association and Will H. Bennett, bank er, will both give brief talks to show the advantages of such practice. Only a lim'ted number of persons can be accommodated at the luncheon md reservations will le made for those who have indicated their lnten ion of attending. Secretary Claud larr is anxious that those who plan to be present shall call him this evening ir early Thursday morning in order that h;s list may be complete. President James 11. Sturgis will pre side nt tiie meeting. Wheat declined In price today, May wheat closing at f 1.25 and July at 3-4. Yesterday's market showed .May's clos ng at fl.26 1-2 and July's at $1.05 1-3. Following are tbe quotations re ceived by i ivcrbeck A Cooke, from the Chicago grain market: Wheat Open. High. Low. 27 1.2i tl.2r.4 Close M.25 1.04 4 May July l 1.06 1.117 W. 1.04 Oirn. .r.9? .11014 .62 14 .113 Oats. ,37i,i .37 'j .38 4 .ss-H I .59 H .61 ?i ,3fi 4 ,37i strong May July .59 .HI May July .S64 .37 Wheat The market had tone early and prices well maintained; until the last hour when Influence e-'! bearish news from abroad was felt ' and caused the decline at tbe close. Aside from the Greek order the sea-j, board said there was no evidence of any foreirn demand and that Germany: would not be interested in any of fers i until arter May first and Italy until j the middle of May. Argentine prices are now quoted about 3 1-2 lower than ! the Gulf wheat. Country offerings were reported very light and the re- j ports to the effect that new wheat is ; being contracted for In certain parts nf the country at 75 cents a bushel, dole not seem loulcnl for nt nnv r.itA nnM general enough to consider a market! factor. Bearish factors have been 1 quite well discounted and we hardly! think declines from ths level will lie I far extended. final! IT WILL BE REVIEW FOR GRAND ARMY VETERANS IN PENDLETON A dramatic feature of the G. A. B. convention to be held here in June is that it will be the last time the Grand Army men will eer assemble In Pendleton and quite likely they will never meet agaJn In Kastern Oregon. Tho ranks of the O. A. K grow thin ner each year and as even the youngest of the veterans are In the seventies the hand of time will fail heavily upon them dur ing the next decade. The G. A. B. last met here 27 years ago and at that time the organization was In Its prime. This lime they request that their parade be short and that pro grams in their honor be closed at 9 p. m. or thereabouts. Ow.'ng to the fact the coming convention will doubtless repre sent the last review of the veter ans in Pendleton it is desired by Ihe local committee that all pos sible cordiality be manifested by the local committee that all pos sible cordiality be manifested by the people during their stay. Booms for their use are now be ing listed with the Commercial Association and all having rooms that may be used are asked to report them soon. A price of $1 per man has been set and 11.50 per room where two oc cupy one room. bitti:r takkk sm.ight drop POBTI.AND, April 27. (A. P.) Cattle are steady; hogs are 75c lower. prime light J9.50I& 10; sheep eggs, are steady and butter is cents lower. and two Defendant is in Seclusion on His Ranch at Milwaukee , Few Miles South of Here. PORTl-AND, April 27 (U. P.) Albers the multi-millionaire miller and former head of the Albers Bros. Flour Mills Co., trial is a sensation here and feeling is exceptionally bitter against the defendant. Claims He Was Pro-Gorman Albers is now in seclusion on his ranch at Milwaukee, a few miles south of here. Following are some of the alleged utterances on which his conviction is based, according to court records: "I am German and do not deny it. Once a German, always a German. I served "5 years under the kaiser and would so back tomorrow. I am pro-German and so ore my brothers. A German can never be beaten by a yank. You can never lick the kaiser, not in a thousand years. To hell with Amer ica, I have helped German in t he war, and I would give every eent I have to defeat the Cnlted States." Al bers pi.'adedintoixcation as part of his defense Government Confesses Krror WASHINGTON, April 27. (C. P.) The government confessed its error and asked u reversal of the sup'em! court of the conviction of Henry Al bers of Portland, for alleged pro-German utterances made during the war. The motion was made by Solicitor Gen eral F. Uierson and will automatically result in the removal of the conviction. Albers was fined slU.Oiii) and sen IciH'Cd to two years by the Oregon federal court. Strike Blow nt ITcs'rteiit I PORTLAND. April 27. II'. P.l "Merely a camouflaged pardon to save Herding face," declare: r.arneti Gold si in. an ex-deputy I'nited States At lorney, when told of the Albers decl- i i ion. Goldstein assisted In the prose cution of the rich miller. "Justice is done nt lust." commented Henry McGinn, Alber s attorney. Al- ! did the fish pirates again attempt to for I nited Press by J. W. T, Mason) btrs ljimself would not talk. The early : rush the wardens off the river. Four Germany's reparations offer to allies newspaper comment is inclined to be I arrests were made and 15 warrants are 'is a deceptive effort to create the im cr.ustic. o:it, on various charges including j pression that allies terms have been 1 1 threats to kill. IT. Meade, deputy 1 substantially met. As a mutter of fi flfifl filRI niAPPFAR I IN U. S. I ACCORDING J ONE YEAR ' I TO RECORDS! WASHINGTON, April 27. l'. P.l Sixty five thousand glils disappeared in tbe I'nited States lust year without leaving any trace. The great majority were lured to big cities from small towns nnd farms. They have dropped from sight and their fate is an unsolved mys tery. Th. 8 story was brought to the national mothers' congress and parent teacher association convention with a plan for the creation of a central bureau to help find the missing girls. IJeut Catherine Van Winkle of the District of Columbia police department, told the convention one of the country's biggest needs was to save the army of girls annually lost in the big cities. M FOREIGN SIMONS OFFERED BECAUSE OF 0BREG0N ISSUES ORDERS r TO MILITARY LEADERS TO PROCEED WITHOUT MERCY MEXICO CITY. April 27. (U. l. ) Obregon has ordered the military leaders to proceed "without mercy" agaianst the northern Mexico revolutionary leaders an doniy an absolute sur render will be accepted, he said. JiKTrXTIVK IS WOI XBFJK EBIK. Pa., April 27. (U. P.) A man believed to be Charles Chair, wanted In Denver for a twenty-three thousand dollar robbery, was seriously wounded in a gun battle with rail road detectives. His recovery is doubt ful. One detective was wounded. HARDING NO.MIXATKS C.VMPHIXI, WASHINGTON, April 27. (P. P. Harding has sent to the senate the j nomination of J. B. Campbell of Spo kane to be a member of the interstate commerce commission. Kdward Clif ford of Chicago, is nominated as as- jslstant secretary of the treasury. FRANK GLAZE DIVES OVER HANDLEBARS OF BUCKING MOTORCYCLE Diving in water is very satis- factory and a source of pleas- ure but to try the same sport on dry land ever the handle-bars of a buck'ng motorcycle is quite aiiher-Trhtttvr.-- Indulgence-in this stunt is likely to lead to siime discomfort and even worse 4 things. This observation has been reg- t istered by Frank Glaze of the E. O. force. Monday Frank bought him a new "gas bicycle' 'and last night when he slowed down at a corner and swerved to one side to avoid a rapidly approaching car. he took a plunge over the handle bars. The motorcycle wan temporarily placed on the casualty list and Frank received a neat hook to the point of the jaw and made him wonder if Jack Dempsey had touched him. Aside from a slight soreness in bruised muscles this morning he is as enthusiastic about mo torcycles as ever, and some work on "Betsy" will see him back in the acrobatic field with in a day or two. u l! j: i i 'I Search' Lights Playing and Pa- trol Boats Filled With Armed Men Keep Watch on River. OREGON CITY. April 27. (P. P.) With Captain A. K. Burghdiiff, state Fiime warden in charge, search lights playing, and power boats filled with arm'. fi wardens were keeping patrol throughout the night. State offic:a!s reversed the fish pirate situation and j rir ti'u.i.v in ninuui hi iiie iiiitiii- ette river. Spasmodic skirmishes me.rkec the night. Patrol boats were j sree'ed with occassional fusilades of ! stores from ashore hut there was 110 I , recurrence of yesterdays shooting, nor GER "'arden is recovering from severe in-f'ict, juries received Tuesday when he was; I vlnib l.v i hil.li- 1,iiH1 lnln hia ' boat from the cliff. Roy Bremmer, another deputy, evaded an attempt to throw him off the suspension bridge. State officials are seeking the secret market where the pirates are np - isirentlv disposing of illegally caught salmon. NKW PIIASK IX ,1111 RX Al.ISM LONDON. Apr'l 27. (A. P.l Ini tial trials will son be ma.te in th' publication of a tViiiy ii"sparer from iairplanes in flight a new phase of Journal sin. Airplane will leave Paris and Lon don dai!-. Mariics from Paris will print ed tious of the Aerial Mall in I French and tno'-e fr, m ViivIhu I w'li print thc r copies in English. Batch es of the papers w.ll be dropped by parachute in I'enioi'.ne Itouen. Ami ens iiii1 other cities where there are laibseribe'T .says the Daily Mail. The machines will le equipped with wireless in addition to complete print -ii- plants n'nd will issue news of poli tics, finance, sport and that of a gen eral character. MINI 1STER VON HIS RESIGNATION ATTACKS OH HIM -a) Germany Waited With Undis guised Anxiety for Answer to Latest Reparations Offer. NOTE INVOKED CRITICISM OF FOREIGN MINISTER Amount Offered Was High and Prospect of 42 Years Indebt edness Was Displeasing. PARIS, April 27! (Webb Miller, U. P. Staff Correspond- , ent.) The new German repar ations proposals are not ac ceptable to France, it is stated officially. Ambassador Jusse rand at Washington has been so notified. Offer Not Acvcptf-d. k P. Staff Correspondent.) Foreign Minister Von Simons offered hia res ignation because of the attacks on him in connection with the new repar ations offer it has been learned from the most reliable source. Vp to noon today the offer has not been accepted. Germany- w aited with titd;fcguied anxiety for the answer to her latest reparations offer. The note Invoked criticism of Von Simons, because the amount offered was extremely, high and the prospects'of 4 "ars of In debtedness was dispieasinS. Amity of Alll.-s Thirnteneil. April 27. (IT. P) Germany's new est reparations offer threatened the am,ty of the allies. While French of ficials immediately branded tho pro posals as unacceptable, Britain pro j ceeded to ask Berlin for a clarification of the vague clauses, leading to the be lief that Bhe w.ll consider negotiations, France is determined to aleie the Ruhr valley and inflict a harsh penalty on Germany "for her failure to meet the treaty terms." Italy opposes the French plans. Britain ha shown her w'llinrjiess. to support. France in case Germany does not make an acceptable offer. The I'nited States may ask France to hold back her plans while the proposal Is being considered. ! Hughes Awaits News. i WASHINGTON, April 27. A. P.) I Word from the allied capitals as to jtbe accrptr.nce of the German coun ter proposal, on reparations was awaited rbday. by Secretary Hughes 1 1 before he framed his reply to the lilutest Berlin communication. OFFER TO ALLIES IS DECEPTIVE EFFORT foilM Create an Impression That Been Allied Terms Had Substantially Met. NEW YORK, April 27. (Written liermany has camouflaged her offer In smh a way that If it were ac CCD ted. the allien WnnlH tienHnHli- .. Iceive less than one half of their de- ; niands. By a piece of suggestive pro- I pagunihi Oeruumy hu created the j impression that she has offered to pay 'be allies 2uil billion gold murks, or J 5" billion dollars. Germany has done I nothing of the kind. By complicated (reference to the interest payments the i - ''riiians nave created an entirely talse impression the matter. The of fer, strippe.l of deceptive phrases. Is that she will pay the allies Su billion gold marks, or 12 und one half bil lion dollars. KKI.I.Y S I P VITII KI TH. BROOKLYN, April 27. (A. P.) George Kelley. first buseman of the Giants, made bis fifth home run of the season In the game with th Brooklyn Nationals today, tying Babe Ruth's record. DF.MPSKY STARTS TRAlXIVfi. NEW YORK, April 27. A. P.l Demiwey today began hi formal training at summit. N. J., for Ihe Carpentier mutch 00 July second.