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THE EAST OREOONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED NESS 1 DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Bon'f frtt iwppr nd "" "nit force five to th. dv.rtir twlc. the guarsnl.-d ptrt ctrmiUIInn In Pendleton and I'matill. counl of any other Bewppr. Tha net pre run nf yti.rdy' Dully 3.24.1 r - - ThU pappr It ft mrnri.T or and indited UU A Milt Dm. 1 II A UdltM I, ution. COUNTY OFFICUL PAPER H COUNTY OFJICIAL PAPER NO. 9846 VOL. 33 y- ? ' PUEBLO LOSS PROPERTY ESTIMATED i : AT $20,000,000 Death List is Estimated at 500; Rescue Party Down River in Effort to Recover Bodies. DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1921 BUSINESS MAN IS SHOT, FAILED TO HEED COMMAND Sentry Ordered Him to Halt; Son Said Was Bringing Car to Stop When he Was Killed. PUKm, June 7.(l P.) The h oil leu of acven morn dead brings the total lu 47. An unconfirmed report .tnte that a Missouri Pacific train In mi route here bearing th bodies of the flood victim of the Arkansas river valley eairt or here. A coroner- Jury, Invent Igatlng the death of Wlthem. who wan iihot In an automobile, foun.l the man'a death was the result of mar tial law, and Ib excusable under the strict enforcement which it) considered necessary. Itepurta from Denver Indicate dam age from the overflow of the Platte river. The river in seven feet over nnrmnl and the police are keeping the people from the district with dlfft- culty. One death has already resulted nays the report. Mexican Consul Tr evino arrived here from Denver and prepared 1o aend the Mexican cltlxens to that country who were rendered destitute by the flood. PCBBLO, Colo., June ',. IV. P- A committee of real estate men today estimated the property damage in Pueblo from the flood between IIS, ooo.ooo and $!.0o.(ioo after an. ap praisal of the building and content :-. r-.,.a ntrirtula nt a meeting- esli- mated the d. lt-at,-MO when T complete count la possible, tne Known dead thla mornlne totaled 55. A r cue party I going down the river to day In an effort to recover the bodies. The clear weather It I believed will make possible the recovery of many which have been found but could not previously be extricated. K. K. Wither, a prominent busi nessman, wa shot through the head lad nlRht after being commanded to hiilt hla automobile. He was bringing the enr to a "top when he wa killed, said hi eon who was with him, at the time. Oiook of Iead Coe Forward ' PfEBLO. June 7. (V. Busi ness men returned here report thut tony are possibly dead and thousand stranded at IJunta. Colo. There 1 no water. "The Arkansas valley rail road waa wiped off the map. Fifteen men watching the water on a bridge iih difficulty. One ini four children.' The house a nn.i onrf the family climb nf The children lid off and their bodies are unrecovered .... ... hainr found along the hank of the Arkansas In the wage of the receding water. There 1 grave fear that many more are -washed downstream. The check of the dead Is elowlv going forward. Many little town are reported vlelng with Ptteblo In los of the dead. . WHILE THE BATTLE FfAGED. ' K 11 all IWlnr i ' ' tj.;,, .VIA a . I k ' ... r v. ,!." ?ll:f VJ r i w$ ; w-i -' ' REV. MXLAREN IS ORDERED OUT BOYS ARE PENDLETON GUESTS OF ROTARIANS 4. 4- AT BINGHAM TODAY Superintendent Pacific Coast Rescue Protective Assn., is Requested to Leave City. MADE ACCUSATIONS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE OF TOWN Wellfare Worker Made State ment Young Folk Were Not Conducting Selves Properly. r I'ORTAXD. June 7. (U. P.) William fl. McClaren, auperlntendent of the Pacific Coast Kescue Protective I association, was chased from Mc.Minn j ville following hi accusation that the young people of the town were I not conducting themselves property j Angry citizen hastened hi flight. The town votes today whether or not to prohlit public dancing and contin ue the former strict censorsmp. 'LETT l! .-3 'X Wounded victim of the Tuisa. Klahoma. riots b'-flig taken In trucks t o the police station for treatment ond protection. Thl picture shows the fl rt trncklond of wounded picked up a fier the National Guard troops assum ed charge of the nltautlon. Khortly fterwnrd the fighling died down. Th e troops were ai.leU by Citizen sworn In for special duty. ' OFF PRESS IN JULY iL WORK IS STARTED ON NEW MONROE STREET HOME OF MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER SEES iLl'i iY HUGHES AND Chncfitratlon tnip Krectcd m-rni n June 7. (U. P.) The i.nn,n rtenit here increased 85. The v.i... i- hitor elenned. aid I arriving ennnentratlon campa are being erected ond comfort and convenience are making their reappearance. The city I taking a new lease on life. Every body I working. The flood danger h passed. Parts of th. town are Mill desolate, mud covered and wateraoaked. President Wither of the Pueblo Iron and Fuel, company wa killed following hla failure to halt when a aentry ordered, u is p' f'perhap that the guard shot him, but there I nothing authentic. A on wa riding with the fnther In the automo bile. No arrest nvo i'" yet. , . ' Pl-KBTA June 7. (V. TM-A re fugeea concentration camp harboring a thousand people will he ready to night, the military men state. lyra mldal tent were brought on the San ta Fe relief train and unloaded, three mile, from Pueblo then trucked u 4U mm to ine c.n. ,.n..." inrouK" A modern eight room house Is to be built by R. Alexander on hi properly on live coiner tn Jackson and Monroe streets. with the residence facing on Monroe street and itivlng a beau tiful view of the I'inatllla river. The pol Is considered one of the most qeslrahle In the city. The old Alexander house, one of the pioneer residence of the city, has been sold to Howard Frlck, formerly of Herm'ston, and was moved today to Madi son street. Mr. Friik. who is a carpenter and Mrs. Frlck, will make their home In the resi dence, which ta to be remodeled and Improved. The nkw Alexander residence will be a story and a haJf In heinht and will have a full base ment. There ,ill be hnrdwood floor and other up-to-date fea tures. Work on the excavating ha already begun and the resi dence will probably be finished bv the middle of September. ' Mr. and Mrs. Alexander resid ed for a time In Portland and n,m nniv shin Ihelr household ir,,o,u from that city to Pendle ton. Mrs. Alexander is In Port- imirf st (he nresent time. a. . 4. em DISCUSS PRESIDENT OBREGON S REPLY TO M AMERICAN RECOGNITION Text of American Memorandum ment officials' be Made Public Shortly. ites. The state depart - refuse to reveal the i ,h ...imrimnit-Hlion. The and ObreQOn'S ''Reply Will text of the American memorandum 3 - , . ii..u...nn'a Mlil.' t-i t i H mnde nub- ttllll VIKCUII B ..... . - , lie shortly. Tliis js the nrst oiuciui .exchange of commun!catK.,.s reiaue j to rscoRnition of the -Obrceon Mexi can government. WASHlNfJTON'. June 7 tU. P . ) Secretary Hushes took President Obro gon'a reply to American recognition nieinoraiulum to the cabinet meeting ( nli'riet IMwhisws l5clly. WASHINGTON. June 7. (A. P.) Tlie cabinet discussed the American s' i.i,v lonar.t Mexico after the pre- uh.,i,r ,eevioiis to the rece nt of Ob- ' ',,.., ,i,,n in. Seeretarv Hughes of rcgon's reiily, the Mexican president s advifcera here said it was probable iiluegon would accept, the Amcnian inemoruiiduin as a basis for negotia tions. ' He will probably make counter proposals r suiting n furtlier ex- i-'r.:.i..i,t iihreeon's reoly- to the Am' ei ican message outlining ahe cpndi t.'on mnler which the L'nited hmies would consider recognition. The cald nel ulso considered relations with the Dominican republic. lAt 'er Buck." Colonel Charles Wellington Furlong's book of the Hound-Up, will be off the pres berore the end of July, according to word re ceived by the author today from Put nam & Sons, publishers. Three dummy" covers were receiv ed today also, and Colonel Furlong, after consulting several Pendleton people, decided upon navy bltie h. lettering in cold. In the center will 1 the reproduction f the photo-j craph of Bill Mahal rev on l5. Hesides the text of the book, there will be eight pages devoted to three separate tables. One will be a buck- i ing-tSme table, showing the time through one Round-l'p that riders staved on horses from the time the I blind was -pulled until taken up. Tlie second, the rodc-and-thrown tabl i will show the number ot entrants wno rode, were thrown, disqualified or ! were pulled out. during the Hound-l'p I since its inception. " " Snickers' Own Table. The buckers' own table, the third ih the series, will show the propor tionate throws and rides made on fa mous buckers over a period of years. The book is not fiction but is a his tory cf .the- Round-l'p told in narra- i live forruar j There will be 36 full pages of illus 1 trations. meaning a total of about SO p'.cturcs. The book will be printed I in the easily read 11-point type. A part of the edition is to be shipped to England to he bound at the Putnam English publishing house in London and. the book is to be sola in raigiami Tita hcin.pn the age of Q and 15 wcro pretty few and far between on the street of Pen dleton today. The reason for It wa the picnic given by the Rotary club whom member were hosts to tim boy of the city at a frolic at Wnghum Hpring. No authentic estimate of the number who went could be secured because, the committee member did not know Just how many boys made the trip. Many 'dad" Just picked up a carload of lad from their neighborhood, piled them In, and they Joined the gang without ever being reg istered. In order that there might he no deadth of "eats," Penland- big truck wa loaded full of Ice cream, soda pop, bread and cake and a lot of other good things. It la expected that the boys who retur. tonight will be unable to eat anything after they ret home. FREIGHT RATES TO POINTS EAST ) ARE REDUC L BURN CITY OF ICHANG It is Eeported That Opium 'Smuggling Operations Was the Cause of Uprising. HANKOW. t"hlna. June 7 (Charles E. Hogue. I'. P. Staff Cor- resDondent.) Official report reach ing Hankcw declare that mutinous Chinese troop looted and partially burned Ichang, 165 miles north of here. American, British and Japa nese were dispatched to Ichang and were exnected to arrive today. Con sular repprts Indicate atempts were made o check he troops. is re mitted that opium smuggling oper ations caused the uprising. Officers of the Robert Dollar ateam- shiu,jueK trading concern There Will be Ten Per Cent Re duction Approximately on all Fresh Vegetables and Fruits. RATES WILL BE EFFECTIVE ' AS SOON AS POSSIBLE New Rates to Atlantic Seaboard is Result of Month's Fight; Shippers Are Jubilant. X fANFRANCISCO, June 7. (IT. P.) A' ten percent reduction, approxi mately, in freight rate on fresh gTm vegetables, melons, canteloupea and apples from Oregon, Washington, Cali fornia, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho to Eastern points waa announced today by the leading railroad. Freight Traffic Manager C. W. Luce of Chi cago, the Southern Pacific agent, made the announcement In a telegram. Emtern and transcontinental linea adopted the reductions. The rate on all commodities, except apple will he "eftectfVe a noun a possible." The rate on apple will b effective September first. The new rate to the Atlantic seaboard point la the result of a month" fight. The shipper are Jubilant. PICKING CANDIDATES FOR MICHIGAN ELECTION KALAMAZOO, Mich.. June 7.t-(1. p i Tha third' Michigan district waa Arnold 1 sWectlivg -candidatea tiiB.JJwereB to- 1 a A .1.a Ziruf Ib.I triili Brothers. Hank of China and many day. preparatory to the f.rxt test vote ... l ..I . W n.ilnnal AleetlOtla lilHI IHIl. roreizn firms were looteo. i ne cus-, .... mt ........... - -- torn house and Japanese consulate were damaged. The number of cas ualties has not been determined. They are expected to exceed those of the November mutiny at Ichang when SO were killed and 2.000,W worth of property was destroyed. The mutinous tunese soldiers con tinue looting and pillaging Ichang. Many shops are burned and all were looted. They burned the Hank of. China building. The American can- sul appealed to tne American nuai officials for protection and assistance. The British consul as yet haye taken no action. SEPTEWBER WHEAT IS ONE CENT HIGHER TODAY July ' wheat closed at 11.40 today, vesterday. while vole will lie the determining factor on whether one-half of the electorate chooses to exercise the privilege of sut- CAST IN ELECTION frage. DEFENSE IN STILLMAN DIVORCE CASE BLOCKED NCON CHECK SHOWS NEW YORK, June 7. (A. P.) The defense in the Stillmun divorce case today blocked the hearing sched uled to begin tomorrow at PoiiKh kecpsie. John nrenniin. counsel for Mrs. Anno V. KUIlniiin. obtained from supremo court Justice Keogh at New Hochelle an order reniiiine neien-e P. O, Glenson to show causa on Jnt- urday why further hearings idioultl not be postponed. In the meantime no hearings may Registration Not Necessary for Balloting; Polls Open Until 8 Thi3 Evening. --n ore l.'"n m'T inr ...- - ;oe iieio. i... ' " ... ... x h1mi on field I m .llAniAv nr record for Mrs Still- . HaIim. latrines anu r ,o" a.."...-.. - kl"l ttsilla. Sonrt Iteller to PncWo WASHINGTON, une 7. (U. T.) A million dollar relief for Pueblo .of ferer wlfl be appropriated by the bouse and aerate, it - " i loday' white hou.e conference be tween President Harding and sens, tors from Colorado. The pUih J to rush the resolution through the com. ntlttee today. The war department will administer the fund. Penvrr Fxportcw e Floral. ' PKNVKIt. June 7-(A. I.' ti....... .,.- in ibe mnvntnlns Inst night raused the Platte river here to swell again Over a acme of frame residence were surrounded by the " (Continued on page 6.) man only 72 hours and bus not bad sufficient opportunity to fnmilliirtxe himself with the case Instituted by allies A. Stillmun. A 1 ti I'M FATS 'COM PI .FTI T TOttAY PRATTLE, June 7. l' P) rguments for and against tne per .niin nf nn Injunction against Maritime unions will be com pleted bite today, Is the prediction oi ...ii.,i, .,f ti,e federal court. The sea men lost the first count Monday, Judge Cushman denying the motion oi dis solution of the temporary destratnlng order. ' ana.tne dook is 10 u num m ... also The greater portion ot the 7n0 September wheat closed at $i.ii books ordered for Pendleton will be shipped here by express for early sales. if there Isn't a heavier vole cast thi ufieenoon at the noils in the special election than there was this, morning it will he up to a very few people ti decide the Issues that are berore tn electorate today for ratification, i nn.. interest whs taken th.'s morn ins. and a survey taken of seane of the precincts In Pendleton snoweu wiai he, highest number of votes ran only hh,it in ner cent of the registration In Precinct No. 3H. the voting place iin ni the court house, at 1 o r just 34 votes bail been cast, and their are 3t voters registered. 1 ne worn an vote ia always heaver in the after noon, however, and the laboring vote is expected to be east . largely this evening after working hour. ItrmlHiratlon Not Notvssar'y. Th. inioreMsion seems to have gain ed headway thHt it Is necessary for vol ers to register before voting, but th' i a... ..t..p u'ho c:ist a bai IS lll'l l ' i . -ii.' lot at tlie last general election, wheth er be was registered, or was sworn In. Is eligible to vote nt this clect.'nn. O" course, if the voter has moved frnin one precinct to another since the las' i... ha most either return to hi r,rmnr oreelliet to Vote, or else be rvi'vi IV rune 7 (f. P.I Three : sworn In In the new voting place. I1 i.i.i.n J ine i. th. twill will be open until m"n- L'T" :..' , von t Jov o'clock this evening. Estimates tha. ."' . .... .. ...r o,i,ivi.-ied hnve been mnde that Sil percent of th Jm irdering the ctinstable at Knoekl-, vet" would be cast is regarded as or m iru. i oik in .., ,, .,. h oh bv some, nrotnostlcators !nc The I'.nKlisnnian was I'-", i. in. ... - -. . killing a magistrate ot Punlavln. Iti. late afternoon and early evening WIIJ, LOWKIt CiAS UATKS. VAN COUVKK. June '-'. P.) The city attorney announce": a iio- .1.1.. , ..!,., it,i,v reduction of gas rales t the l aiiiic Power and Light corn puny as tin- result of the decrease of the wholesale price oi on. wnwr -incrcascl rales were granted the of oil bus dropped -wlcc' followed by two reductions of rates in Por.tLind. The reduction here s foilow'ns the definite settlement o. tlie Portland rate quesuoo. Putnam Praises Spirit. Pendleton's recognition of the ad vertising' value of the book and the willingness of business men of tbl c ty to order 7.500 copies was praised in a letter received by Colonel Fur long from Oeorge Palmer Putnam, formerly of Oregon, a member of the publishes firm. Mr. Putnam emphasized the fact Ithnt if the book were being put out as a straight, publication wnnoui tne nu (vantaces of the advance orders, the i routine selling price. Instead of heing $2.2S. could not possibly be less than 3.50. City act iHirgain. "Pendleton is getting a bargain." savs Mr. Putnam, -necause m -"-dleton's gernrosity and public, splrit- edness in making a nig innuu nine. Without it. the prescent price would be impossible. In turn, the low price will be helpful in getting a wider d' trlntion for the hook In the east and this distribution means splendid ad vertising for the Round-t"p." A big window displav in New York w'll bp part nf the eastern sale of the hook. One hundred window cards are to be sent west for advertising pur- cent higher than yesterday's closing. Fniiuu'ine are the Quotations receiv- fed from (tverbeck & Cooke, local brokers: Wheat. Open High Low Close $1.2 8 14 $1.324 1.2SV4 $1.3" l.lSMi 1.19 Corn .7T . .65 Oats. .39 .CI3 initial .64 .65 .39 .41 1.15 .63 M .6S 1.17 .64 .65 The special election, which will he held June 28v was necessitated by fhe recent suicide of Congressman Frank H. Frankhauser of Hillsdale, In a sani tarium at Battle Creek. He had never taken up active service because of Ill ness. .5. The third district has always been ; overwhelmingly Republican but tha Democrat were planning to make a hard fight. They had fewer candidates in the field than their opponent and hoped to make a good showing In the. primary. The district includes Kala-, maoo, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Branch and Katon counties. The vote last Novem ber was r,0.77S for Frankhauser, to 19. 652 for Oordon L. Stewart. Democrat, and 675 for Truxton Talbot, Farmer Labor. . Nomination- on the Republican;; ticket was generally regarded as tantamount to election. Among the Republican candidates were J. M.-C. Smith, of Charlotte, congressman from l!to to is IS- Elton A. Eaton, former s managing editor of the Kalamaxoo Gazette': Mrs. Helen Statler of Kala. mazoo; Milo P. 4'ampbell of Cold water, and Arthur B. Williams and Mayor Charles C. Green of Buttle Creek. 411 V decline .411 4 was 3 IN ARE EXECUTED AT MOUNT JOY PRISON ; 1 ililli PRESIDENT OF REPLIES TO U.S. NOTE !The WASHINGTON. June 7. (I. P.I sun., deiiartment has received a reply from President Obregon of Mex ; Ico to the recent American memo. ! random question on recognition, It is ' announced. July., Sept. July Sept. July-Sept. When! The based primarily on intimations from the seaboard that foreigners were showing very little disposition to take our wheat claiming they are able to secure supplies from Australia nno i.niin to hetter advantage. The ensuing strength was accompanied by an estimate ixsued by a leaning crop authority suggesting a winter wneai yield of 558. nno. U bushels. This practically confirmed the loss estimat. ed by our Mr. lngalis early last week. At the same time numerous messages were received from the southwest re porting a material Improvement in j the outlook with an early narvesi ex pected. The cash market was with out particular feature, selling on the same basis as yesterday. 1 ne maraei tomorrow will be probably somewnal irregular pending publication of the government report wtucn we oeueie will have to show greater deteriora tion than private estimates if higher prices are to lie seen. Seattle cash 1 bard white $1.34: 1 soft white $1.34: 1 white club $1.S3: l hard winter $L3': 1 nortnern i spring $130: 1 red Walla Walla $t.3o; lig llend $1.85 i Portland cash 1 ha in white li., 1 soft whit $1.32; 1 white cluh $1.M., Sterling XNH 1-'-': Murks 1511 3-4: Money (call) New York 7 1-2. j BLIND MAN RESCUED IN -PUEBLO FLOOD WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO QUAKE PVEBLO, June 7. (Sam 1. Freed. X". P. Staff Correspondent.) Blind Hrrv Wade, on a cot In the Emerg ency hospital waa Joshed about hla narrow escape in the flood. "I have been through the Frisco earthquake, had both eye put out In a mining ex plosion years ago and got a game leg. This is pretty bad. I heard the land lady screaming. That waa more fright ful than when the house caved In on tis." Mr. Wade ia 55 year old. FOltPS AltE ItKPl CKI. DETROIT, June 7. (U. P.) Pwfw Jones, of the financial newa service, announces a cut in price on Ford" cars of from $15 to $20 per car. THE WEATHER Reported by Major Lee Moorhouxe. weather observer. ' Maximum, 76. Minimum, 60 Rnlnrall .25 o"f an Inch. Barometer, 29.52. CUFSTFlt FCW'XD "NOT C.ni.TY" (C. P. YVASlllN'tiTOX. .lime 7. (A. - A vj 4 O HTV Tuna r. . Dnnal Chester was found not guilt y of k. ..i k biw itnUai .s a'tha mnriloi- tf Pltrincp nnon. a 90- . Tj irnu jt4P urn- - I ' - trvaiy r amity ami wwotj w' liety xir on (rtotpr . The Jrn-v w.ir im Ktnie diMwrtunent annonnoca out u minutes. Thry 8umsoi1 tho lute touny. , , Miin.rffclnaarf R'rl shot b-v nnwnymtn. OUOKH KAVOI5M-BK. HK1HKT ' ii'i.'iiiviirnV lime ? ll". 1. - jriie senate a-jriculturul committee or-. dered a ruvoraole report on ine .win." packer control bill, as a substitute toj t.n tiuuireii bill, which passed the I bouse. The Norris bill provide live, ij stock commissioner, while the house measure place the livestock Industry under the secretary nf agriculture. 'ML : TODAY'S FORECAST Shower to night and cool er; Wednesday fair.