- - ' . r v- - - , -.,.-.. " s ''- ' - , ifi-, .. b THE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS AND THE I. N. & DAILY, EDITION DAILY EDITION The net proas run of yesterday's Dally - .' 1 3,291 Thl?. MP'f l mnmiitir i.t unit audited 6 ths Audit Kureau of Circulations. Ths Esst Or(trnilmi I Kstm fTon's greatest newspaper And a anil ine fore fives to Hi adertbr Tr twice the guaranteed psid circulation In Pendleton anil Umatilla county of any otoar newspaper. COVNn OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPE2 VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1921. NO. 9855 1 '"""" "" ' . ' in n, i !.. r- lUfcTi"- V" I Vf 1u ...... ' " " jjr I WITH GARDNER AT NIIIL'S ISLAND Guards Say He May Leave but if so Will be in Coffin; , High Walls Hard to Climb. HEAVIEST GUARD EVER 5 USED ESCORTED BANDIT Officials Say Prisoner I be Treated Like Others , 'Only a Little More So.' TACOMA, Juno 17. (IT. !.) Ituy Gnrdner, the smiling, during, spbrts man like mall robber and bundlt, hi recaptured at Centralis yesterday, Is safely behind the bam of McNeil Inland penitentiary, where hi home . will probably be for the next 50 years. Curd n or any a "Ho la through," but the guards at the penitentiary declare that ho may and niny not be they are go 'M? to keep a cluae watch on hlni. lie will be treated ua tho other prisoners, only a little more so. ''We have high burbed wire fences here,"' declared tho guurds of tho pen, and Gardner dont stand a chance. There nre lota of watch towers and no Man yet has beat a Springfield bullet If It wus headed In hid direction. Ho tiiny get away, but tho chances are he will go Id a coffin If he tries to leave." Unrdnur reached the Island prison at eight o'clock last night under the heaviest guard that ever eacorted a prisoner there. ,Jf Wife Mill Ixju-i Ulin TACOMA, June 1". (A. P.) Just before entering prison Ourdncr recelv- j ea me roiiowing- wire irom nia wire: ; '"llciur Unddy, be a good Iwy now. I love rou atlll and hope to nee you soon. 1 have been ai-euaed of giving ynu a ' gun. Clear that up. I.ova. Dollut." Wanted MaiKlcnfra Off TACKMA. June IT. V. .) Mar shal llolohnn declared the man who baffled him once -when ho thought his prisoner wa safely on hl way to prison, had never abandoned his idea to escape until tho prison doors had dunged behind him. During the Inst leg of the Journey Uardner was constantly on tho alert end once at Ktellaconm, whero they ' met the prison launch, ho asked for tho removal of his handcuffs. Holo han said a marked change came over Gardner when he said "goodbye" to guards at tho ponltontlary. "The care free Jovial air left him and ho seemed : at Inst to realise the seriousness of his position," the marshal said. Iald l or (.mi ; roUTLANU. June 17. A. 1M Cnrdner lold the officers ho got tho gun In tho Hm .Francisco Jail, where tho prisoners put up Jl.OtlU for two guns, he getting one. Tho Rummer season of activity at Irf-hman Hprings will open tomorrow with a special proisram that is to ex tend over Hunday. The stunia for the day will Incltldo dancing, RWimm'n? and fishing, and there will be some i "oat" that are expected to bo Worth . while. i , . , r i no popular sunuiier resori is un der tho management of Uufflngton llrothers. During tho past month n great deal of time hax been spent In Retting tho roads out to the springs Into good condition for truffle. The grading and clearing of , tho road makes it possible to muke the u-milc trip one way In about three hours. puring tho past .year about 10,U(i0 has been spent In tho vicinity of the springs for noiy homes, Walter Me Cormack slid Fred iScim-v are among Uioso who have built summer places. ' Fomo choice cubing and hotel accom- inodatlDtis are still available. n .'4 , ANGLO-JAP TREATY 'i IjONUON, Juno 17. N. , Commander Carl Von Bellalrcs, a icoalltlon UnlonlHt,, declared In the house that Great Kritaln should not rsncw her treaty alliance with Japan. Various speakers demanded that any renewal of the treaty should be made upon tho basis satisfactory to the "j 'lilted Klak;s and Japan. , I i . l: The; LONDON.. Jo no 17. tA. P.V Icoul miners ballot favors the continim-j tlnn of tho strike, It has been officially announced. '1a ARTIST jAYS J-A' AZ AMfl "Bringing Vp Futhcr," chinned aa the j Rreateat comic nrip, Ik oon to be a,! rcguiur reuture ln the Kaat Uregoninn and in view of that fact people mav desire to know where (ieorge McMiin i s, the artist, eot his chamcterH. Here is Mr! Mi Manns' wji story of It. "It was this way' Indelibly in my mind s'nee childhood remains the pic ture of old Hilly Harry, tho best Irish comedian of his day. My dad was in the show business, and I used to see Harry In his play iulte often. 1 re memSier every detail of that play. It Is practically the same as The Auc. tloneer" of today wllh tho change of the loading character. The Character portrayed by Harry is the Jlggs of to day, and his wife. Maggie is the same leading actress In that play. Thev used to have a poker game every night at 1:15. and thero were people In Kt. I.nuls who would flock Into that house Just to see the real poker that was Played. It. was one of thoso frlendlv games w hore he players carried bricks nnd axes for emergencies. "It's tho public which makes- a comic sucecKsful. I tried out a dozen. LIPPINE GOVERNMENT FACES BANKRUPTCY SAY U. S. INVESTIGATORS Wood and Forbes 'Making In vestigation Say Natl. Bank is Practically Insolvent. WASHIINUTOX. June IT. (A. I'.t The riilllppino government is facing bankruptcy, Mujur General Wood and former Governor General Forbes de clare In u cablegram transmitted to congress by Secretary Weeks, who ask- d Immediate action on a bill utit horns ! ing the island government to Increase Its indebtedness limit from (15,'uiii. iiiiii to I :ti),i,i(j.lMio. Wood and l'orbes, iuvcstiKutlim Ilia island conditlims, said the natiouul liank, the depository for the island government funds, is "practically in fcolvenl." E l'AWHl'SKA, Dkla.. Juno 17.- Jack Deinpscy, of hoa Angeles, has boon named correspondent In the di vorce suit of F. It, Houlangcr, a wealthy Osage Indian, agaln.-t his wire, Lily, filed hero today, Charles Holdeii, attorney for Jloutungcr, state, od that the '"Jack JHmpscy" named l the champion. Tho dlvoreo bill did not so state. .UTKIMVTTON MlblJ DENVUIt, June 17.- (A.. P.) -The American Federation of Labor eon volition adopted a resolution calling for an Investlgatlnn of conditions of tho cotton mills bf'the south. Every assistance is pledged by .the federation to tho united textllo workers now con. ducting a strike of over 15,000 work ers in tnoae mills. T ' . EXPERTS SAY CITY . CHILDREN GET THE .. BEST FOOD CHANCES CuItVALlJsj, Ore, June 17. ft'. V.) Mrs. Max West told the assembled farmers that more children In rural communities are suffering the effects of mal nutrition than In tlu'-cltles. lte ing born and ra'.sed In the crowd ed urban communities is better. She declared the plight of a faimer'a wife is one of continual drudgery and little recreation and relaxation and tho business ef child-hearing Is a mere Inci dent In her life." i r 7' t ?'n;,-.-lT . ? f-t I HE FOUND INSPIRATION Iftl idioii onurniiim 0 J until Triim'iiiif lp Father' struck the popular funey. That was a few years "So when I joined the Hearst organi sation. i "JiK;;s" and "Mangle" now make millions hi n eh in both hemispheres It is even published In Shanghai, China. Tho man who Is responsible for It is the hlKhcst-paid comic artist In the -world. He makes his home In I -s,ew York, and 's at his desk regularly every dsy. He enjoys the profession of amusing peoplo. His conversation bubbles with the same humor that characterises his cartoons. He seev fun In everything even in the manj pei-alt leu of the reputation he hai sained, as the world's greatest cartoon ist. . "This is the latest." he said the other day, selecting a letter from a plli of correspondence mi his desk. "The New York American has Just been ask ed by this chap to decide a wager. He bet that -3wrge MeMumsi is -a- horse thief and a nrinlerer, serving a llf? term, mid is sending; his dally comli strips from the .(iirV PENDLETON'S AID TO GET .'OREGON' .SHIP FOR PORTLAND ASKED A plea to the city of Pendleton to Join In a movement to secure the pbtctmc of the old Imttle-hlp "Oreiion" In the harbor nt I'ort laiid ba been made by the mu nlciiial'ty of fortland in a letter that' wiis n-eeivrd- thin morning by .Miiviir Crt-orgo A. Hnrtman fri in the city auditor of the har bor city. A request is made that the city council adopt resolutions to bo presented to the national Kovernuicnt asking fur the chanKC. At pieseitt, the historic old bunt which helped make history In tho Hp-inish-AmericaiT 'War, is in the yards at Premerton where, aoenrdinjr to the letter, "it is rusting away to. oblivion." If It can be secured and moved to 1'ortland the plan Is to use the old buet for ""a naval reserve armory and drill rooms. The securing of thu boat would stim ulate interest in tho naval re serve, it Is thought. KKN'ATK Itlill-XTS Ittl.I,. WASHINGTON. June 17. (A. V.j The senate rejected 33 to 31 thi Sterling bill for the federal trade commission regulation of the packing industry. BS A telegram was received today by the Cunningham Sheep Co. from the Ivnollin Commission Co, at Chicago ud vlslnif that no lambs except the top plest fat ones be shipped at this time. There has been a break in the market during the past few days which has made the top price fur lambs about $10.50 to 111.50. In the opinion of Knollin, a veteran I commission and sheep man, tho price j for Rood stuff can go no lower, and , his advice to hold all except the best j of fat lambs is given on this basis. 1 The feeder demand is very slack right j now. A belief that the market wll' irega'n some of gie margin it has lost I during the past ten days was ex- pressed in the telegram. j At SlI.dH, 70-pound fat lambs would 'net Oresrn growers about t a head .after deductions are made for freight jand commission charges. This price Us quite a lot better than sheep men had expected to get. even for the early i stuff. Usually, as the season ad- I vanees slid the big supply from the j ranges begins to go to market, tho j price slumps. SENA TORS PLAN (A. L OF L WONT TflKF IID IDIQIf IMI1L UI I Outside Subjects Barred by Convention Today; Wage (Juts and Unemployment Dis- NEGROES WANT ACTION AGAINST KU KLUX KLAN Drastic Exclusion Demanded in Submitted to of Japs Resolution Delegates. PBNVBIt, Juno 17. (J. I O'Sul- livan. IT. I'. Staff Correspruident.) The Irish question, prohibition and other outside subjects were barred at the labor, convention today. Delegate? will consider labor, labor questions, unemployment, wage cuts and labot organization. A resolution was pre sented by the negroes, which if passed, would urge the state federal govern ment to take action against the Ku Klux Klan. The resolution was disre garded along with the Irish question, thus enabling the delegates to work on the real problems t the convention. IH-mand Jap Ivvdusion DEXVEH, June 17. tA. P.) A demand for a drastic Japanese exclu sion law was made In a resolution sub mitted to the American federation of labor convention, with tho backing of various coast organizations. HvViiIitb Asks Aid nrniJX, Juno 17. (f. P.) "President" Do Valera of Ireland sent a message to the American Federation of Labor urging supjjfrt of the Irish cause. "The United Htali-s recognition of Ireland would lead to a true de mocracy here," leValera said. CHEMIST SAYS MEYER T :sei l wm x aus Jiiueoearacss on Trial Today for Alleged Mur der of Fourth Husband. TWIN FALLS, June 17. (I. X. S.) The ?tale produced further testi mony at the preliminary healing of Mrs. I'iliv Southard, the alleped blue, beardess, tending to show that Ihf teath of her fourth husband, Kdward Meyer, with whose murder she b charged, wasi cjiused by arsenic poison ing. Chemist E. R. Dooley itestlflcd he found arsenic iu specimens if the organs taken from the body of Meyer. Tiie witness testified without a doubt there was more than a killing dose ol usenic in the body of Meyer. WANT TO UNITE SMALLER DISTRICTS WITH LARGER Petitions for chanting the boundar es of Union hlsh school district No. 1 -lo It will include elementary district N'os. 64, 70, 15, 5, 103, S2 and 86 have been filed at the office of the bounty superintendent of schools. Ii the action sought becomes a realltj it will make the valuation of propert; In this district amount to approximate ly 17.U00.IMH). Such action taken by smaller ele nientary districts has the. effect ol diminishlns the territory on -which th county high school tuition fund is rais ed, and the tendency in the county as present Is toward coalition of the smaller districts with the larger ones study of the property valuations In the following union high school dis tricts shows thut the union district? arc gaining a greater and greater val Uifllon. Following is a list of the lead ing union districts wllh their tax val uations: Union high school No. 1, $2,762,76; at present. The Pilot Itock district has a valua tion of a little more than $-8,000,000: Milton, more than $7,000.0(10: Echo, almost $1.5011.0110; Umatilla, slightly less than $t.U(i0,il(; Hurmlston, a lit tle under $'.iii0.nini; Pendleton, about $6,900.11110; Stanfiebl. almost $1.3i'i0,. 000; rnuiplne, slightly in excess ot $6fi(i.liiMi, and Adams more than $1, 500,0(1(1. siii:i-,r m auk i n is slow. lVUTl.AND. June 17 tA. P.) Sheep are slow; eggs are unset tied and other markets remain unchang ed. OR DRTPROBLEMj SffiSn?2SS& CHICAGO IRISH HEADQUARTERS Lord Mayor of Cork, Refused ..... - . . Hsyiuin in Mmcnca Again 1 Overseas is Announced. CHICAGO. June 17. (C. P.) Don ald O'Callashan, Hritaln's phantom rebel, arrived overseas today. O'Cal Isghan, lord mayor of Cork, who fled from the United States when he was tefused political asylum, arrived via tho "underground route" of the Irish. The announcement of the arrival of the leader of tho Irish republican movement was made exclusively to the United Press at headquarters of the Irish mission here. O'Callaghan ar rived In the United States several months aso us a stowaway. An order ejecting him from the country was is sued only after a bitter fight by Irish sympathizers to allow him to stay. The Irish said he should be ullowed to re main because he was a political enemy of Great Britain and subject to a sen Knee of death If caught. During his stay here, the Irish rebel leader. 29 years of age, stumped the country for the American association of the recog nition of the Irish republic KAMOrs CO.VTIVEXTAL 1MKS. WORCKSTER, Mass.. June 17. (I. X. S. James F. Bagin, of Worcester, for years the central figure In the fa mous tableau of "The Spirit of 1776" that headed the Worcester Continent als Id every parade, is dead, aged fifty five. He, together with his son won na tional fame for the continentals in parades at the Inaugurat ons of pres idents of the United Slates and - In many other cities on many occasions. IEAT PRICES-SHOW Contradicting the tendency of the nast week, wheat sho.vved a better tone today, July wheat closing at 11.31 1-4 ind September at $1.24 1-2. Ycr.ter lay July wheat closed at $1.2S 1-4 and September at $1.21 3-4. Following: are the quotations re ceived by Overbcck & Cooke, local brokers: Wheat. i Open. $1.29 1.24 i .64 64 4 ' High. $1.31 126' iorn. .65 . -65 Low. Close. $1.31 1.24 luly $1.28 1.22 .63 .64 .38 .39 Sept. July Sept. July Sept. .65 i .65 .3S .40H market Outs. .38 .39 .40 i .404 Wheat. The action of the ihis morning was directly contrary to teneral expectations. There was ome evidence early of renewed liqui dation but the volume was not large ind outside buyfng power was ample Lo take care of offerings. There Teems to be an important marketing factor. It is becoming clearer each day that there will be very little old wheat left in the country by July 1, ind with flour stocks extremely low it seems certain there will be sharp competition between the millers ' and exporters for the initial movement of Jie new crop. While the opinion irevuils that this Is early in the sca .on to attach much importance to the jlack rust reports from the northwest, .t means nevertheless that the final vlcld of spring wheat is more likely to be reduced than raised from pres ent indications. The condition on June 1 was utmost perfect but reports now coming Intimate thut there has aeon considerable deterioration exclu ilvc of -the black rust menace, and as loon as the panicky feeling over fi lancial affairs subsdes it is believed he market will resume a definite up ward trend. Sterling, 3 7'J. Marks. 145. . New York call money, 5 1-2 cent. per SEATTLK. June 17. (U. P.) James A. Muhoncy, whom the police believe killed his aged bride for her t200.000 fortune, w-as urraigned on a forgery charge, namely, forging the power of attorney so us to seize bis wife's estate. Mahoney is calm, col lected and apparently unmoved by the danger he is in. The search Is still continuing in ijike Union for the mis sing trunk said to contain Mrs. Ma honey's body. The facts upon which the police bail hoped to convict Mahoney of murder muy be made public next week. This was made prolwble when Judge !vke inan gave the prosecution until Mon day to lay before the court its reasons why Muhoneys bail should not be re duced. Mahoney's counsel claims their client Is being held In bail on a commensurate murder charge, Is $5.- 000 while tho forgery hail, tho charge nder which Mahoney is held, is only 1600. . TO END DEADLOCK . r ,W. D. CHAMBERLAIN IS DEAD AFTER. ILLNESS OF SEVERAL WEEKS W, D. Chamberlain, formerly c of the internal revenue ofice here and at one time county clerk of Umatilla county, died yesterday in Portland, according to word received todoy by the Pendleton commander)- of the Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Chamberlain was a member. He had been III for several weeks. Tho death occurred at the family resi dence, 834 Kerby street. Mr. Chamberlain was &8 years of age and lived for many years at Athena, his family being a pioneer one in this county. At one time he represented this dis trict in the Oregon legislature. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louella Chamberlain, and one sister. Funeral services are to be held at the FlnU-y chapel and Inter- ment at Mount Tabor cemetery. ( T, R! Insurance, life, fire and auto, nis the subject for discussion at the Com mercial Association forum luncheon today and talks of extreme Jnterest to those present were- made by J. H. Eetes, Bert Jerard and E. F. Averlll. representing the Pendleton insurance brigade. Mr. lEstes discussed fire In surance. Mr. Jerard life insurance and Mr. Averill specialized on auto Insur ance. Each speaker developed some interesting phases of the Insurance problem. A brief talk was also made by M. L. Gilbert, a general agent who was In tbe city as thu guest of E. F. Averill. The question of having the city or the Commercial Association secure a supply of fiass for decorating purposes ivas referred to the committee on city interests. IS. AGE IS HELD AS MULTNOMAH OFFICIALS Widow and Music Teacher are Believed to Have Knowledge Not Made Known Thus Far. PORTLAND, June 17. (U. P.) Mrs. Harry Agee, widow of Harry Agee, who died as the result of hit throat being cut last Saturday, was ar raigned before the grand jury as a material witness regarding the death of her husband. The suspicion that she had a hand in Agce's , death I growing according to meager details from the district attorney's office. The woman will probably not talk, but has signed a waiver, it is understood. that she realizes anything said may be used ugainst her if she is indicted for the murder of her husband. Klecker. Janitor and music teacher, said to have been the "third man" in the triangle. Is willing' to talk, deny ing his love for Mrs. Agee. Authori ties are adhering to the opinion thai Klecker and Mrs. Agee are somehow implicated, and directly responsible for the death of the num. Mrs. Agee is either an iron woman, with unshak able nerve, or else she is accused un justly, the authorities believe. Members of the grand jury made a personal inspection of the hitnse and premises where Harry Agee died af the result of his throat being cut with a razor. J. C. Klecker Is on the stand and his testimony will be completed before a vote is taken to decide whe ther or not the woman will be indict ed on a charge of murder. KSMOM lSKlllNH l'AllADE SANFRANCISCO. June IT. (I. X. S. ) It is revealed, the officials be lieve, that Fred C. Esmond I.- the man behind the preparedness day bomb explosion, for which Tom Mooney is serving a life sentence. His wife was arraigned In the police court and grilled In an effort to obtain admis sion against her husband. WASHINGTON., June 17. (A. P. ) Dr. Sun Yat Sen. president of the southern Chinese republic, has appeal ed to President Harding foe recogni tion of his government. "Whether democracy triumphs or fails, much de pends upon the decision ot America,' Said the appeal. mMM III BE OFFERED " msmm Proposal Calls for Accepting House Resolution if House Accepts Senate's Wishes. CONFERENCE HELD TODAY TO CONSIDER SOLUTION, Question of American Rights in Alien Property Will be Forced by Senators. WASHINGTON". June 17. (L. C. Martin, V. P. Staff Correspondent.) Seeking a way- out of the threatened deadlock over the peace resolution, senate leaders have hit on a plan for accepting the house provision declur- , Ing war at an end and a state of peace -existing In place of the seante repeal of the war declaration. The senate ' acceptance Is conditioned upon the , acceptance by the house of the fenate' reservations of Americans rights tn alien property. fjch Is the plan the leaders are tentatively considering.. Republican members of the conference committee representing- both bodies are meeting: today and will discuss It. The plan has not yet been presented" by the senate to the house leaders. It is being worked up. in a diplomat lo way. 1 REMEMBER WHEN ! CLUB'HAS DISCUSSIONS PORTLAND, Or., June 17. L". P.) The recent epidemic of rats with which Portland has been cursed for the past week, due to the high water which has driven the big fellows from . their usual retreats along; the water front, elicited an equally dangerous epidemic of story telling today in a downtown cafe. T Two old-timers who held the crowd enthralled with tales dug up from the archives of the "I Remember When" club, vied with on another In seeing who could put across the fastest ono. , The palm was finally handed to the gent with the clay pipe who spoke as ; follows: 1 , "During the highwater in the nine ties, I was scene-shifter in a theater close to the waterfront. The rats gave us considerable trouble by chewing tho sceneiy all to pieces, getting in the women's dressing rooms, and coming out on the stage at all hours. "Finally one of the boys set a trap and we caught one of the rodents alive. He was a big fellow, fully a foot anil a half ho, with long whiskers. Wo sot some phosphorous and painted him good with It. Even his whiskers-, sot a coat. We got a little silver bell and tied it around his neck and turned him loose! The old-timer paused, while the crowd waited expectantly "And after that." he resumed, "we didn't see a rat in that neighborhood for nigh onto te:i years. FIVE MAIL POUCHES DAXTEn SPRINGS, Kansas. Juno 17.y-(A. P.) Four bandits hold up Guy Shields, aged 26, an armed mall messenger, early today, took him half a mile west of town, put him out ot his motor car and escaped with five mull pouches. Reported by Majl or 1.CC Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum, 72. Minimum, 60. Barometer, 2S.55. THE WEATHER MI TODAY'S L'SJlr FORECAST "fc Tonight and I ji i I Hat unlay lair. .