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TIIE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS AND THE I. N. S. J DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Ths net press run of yesterday's Dally I rrnn'i irtft nwipppr itnd )! n( foru gyo to thu drorlUsr twlc th Kuntrrd paid slraiilatlo In pndletin nd Umull county of any other newspaper. This pspcr in mviiiTiiir ot ana audited by ths Audit Bureau of Circul .lions. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER X 3.2.11 il II H if ii1IKy IFffWffWH- X I J 1 VtZSllOill I lM 1111 J COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER JTT. V0L- 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1921. RRITKH Jim niFRS y 'S LARGEST LINER. MAIFSTIH AMFRin nWNFn" ! FnRMIII ATF PI flNS GOMPERS SAYS HEARST RELIGIOUS SECT KILLED ON RETURN , 11JMIR MIEN VOYAGE EARLY IN 1922 JQ m AFTER 52S!St' FROM PARLIAMENT . :, . - . WAR DEPRESSION . mmm Sinn Fein Bombs Derail Troop Train on Its Return From I : Opening of Parliament. MANY BODIES BELIEVED TO BE UNDER WRECKAGE Mine Set Off Just' as Second Half of Train Passed Over; Terrific Explosion Occurred. BKLKAHT. IicIhihI. Jiiiic 21 (f. P. ) Forty Hi'UIhIi Huldlorv uro rcpnrt tj lit liavo Uim'ii killed when Slim Kcln 'bomlw Umiiilcd a tronp trnln. Mirny eoldlers wert injured. The presence of tnincfi under the truck lire Indleated 1y the liieamtr dctitllM reiichlui; hern, duo to the wlri'a having heen cut hy tho Hinn Kelner, IhoIiiIIiir the bciic of the wreck. The train which was de railed wbm tho lal of u Mtrtiiff of three, the flrt two paiming oafely. The mine cxloded after their iiasha'i'. teaiinit iut luritc HectloiiH of the truck. The hiief dispatches did not nay whether the Hinn Fcincrii hud remained to flic on victims. The troop were return In; from the opening of parliament Hi ItelfaKt by King Geortic and yueen Mary. Two IUmIIcs Arc Idi-iiliricd Iy)NIHJN, June St. (I. N. S. ) A dlsp.Mcli from ItrlfuHt said that only two cf the dead had been Identified. Many of the bodlcH are believed to be under tl: wreckage. The mine to Bet off Jiikt hh tho bccoiiJ half f the train panned over. A turrlfic exploaion and a great volume of debris and tinoke shot akyward. The outrage oc curred In a lonely mountain dlatrlct. PARIS LADIES START PAIUH. June 'IK. (I. N. S.) .Vol all the kuiH'kn In the world have killed the HtocklnglcHa fad. Warm weather Kuw duziiin of I'ariHlau beaut.'oH at the racea mluiia their HtocaiiiKH, white llnibn coutraoting Hharply with the black gown, the prevailing mode. A number of tho bare-lcgKcd girls wore unklo braeclcta. I I'ctlt Illeu fears the fanbloii is al)out to have a rebirth. 'If anklcH are perfect liny lone nothing by being Known In IlKhl and transparent ailk," rays the Taria news paper. "If they arc imperfect they lose much by revealing the naked truth. Ladles, keep on your stock ings." WASHINGTON, June 21. )F. P.) Hopo for medicinal beer has been shattered. Volstead, cha'rman of the houso Judiciary committee, broke a ten day silence and agreed to accept the Cnmpbcll-Wtllls nntl-beer bill as a substitute for his own supplemental to the prohibition bill. Congress ex peris to pass the Campell-Wlllls bill before the treasury department can Issue reg ulations permit ting" the sale and man ufacture of real beer. PORTLAND, June 24. Tho Wash ington state department of public works ordered tho suspension of the new railroad rates recently ordered hy thu Interstate commerce, commission for a period of 90 days after July 1. ticcording to an announcement by S. J. Henry of the Northern Pacific freight bureau here. In a final draper ule effort by the Puget sound points to combat' the outcome of tho recent Columbia basin rale case, when the Interstate commerce commission or dered five per cent decrease for Port land and Vancouver In the territory south of Snake river and ft similar in crease to Aslorhi and Putfot Sound points. The Washington public service com mission made a protest but the com merce commission stood by its original decision. Settlng aside the new rates it I Is believed to be the last desperate cf- fort to hold the old rates. It Is bellev - l' . ' ' President, High Officials and! Law ' - x ;t ft ,f! . I Bankers at White House! 1 1 i - ricrs From .Vi:V YORK. June it. (I. .V. S ) The world's largest i-hip. the .Majestic, will soon be opcraOn? between thi port and Southampton, Kngland, acconllnu to announcement made here recently by the International Mercantile Mar'ne Company. Th" titnntc sea palace Is now heitt!: completed at Hamburg, (Jermany. Fifty time as large as any of the packet ships that laid the foundation of transatlantic travel a century ago. the Majest'c, reslstering f.6 (100 tons, will mal e its maiden H i,) In the early part of I'Jii. The tonnage of this one bhip nearly eiUls that of all the l:(2 vessels that formed the famed Spanish armada. Designed as the pride of the German merchant marine and launched in 1911 for Ihe purpose of eclipsing the gnat ocean greyhounds under the flags of rival nations, this huge ship was christened by the then kaiser and way mined for Illsmarck. Hut for the war she would have been commissioned In 1915, the last word in luxurious trans portation and a powerful .factor in Germany's program for maritime supremacy. As the wnr progressed announcement were made from time to time that the then kaiser had ordered the big ship to he ready for service the day peace was won hy the Germans. The armistice found the ship no further com pleted than when launched. The peace treaty provided tli.it the Germans hou!d complete the vessel as designed and turn her over to the reparations commission The commission has already taken over the ship ani li.ta sold her to the White Slur Line, which is owned by Americans. LI VI ATIIAX It AN'KS HOttlXII Work on the big ship is reported to be progress. Iig sal-isfactorlly at H imlturs anil barring Interruptions, the ship will be ready for delivery in 1922. The Majestic Is built on l.'nes slmiar to those of the Leviathan, which is second to her in size, the latter beins HOUU tons smaller. The Leviathan, now under the American flag, has la!n nl Hoboken for the last eighteen months awaiting official action by the United States Shipping f'oa rd us to her d.spi sal. The. .Majcstlc's diiiensii.ns are: I.ciiKih over all. !06 feul: breadth. 1U feet: draft, 4rt feet. The ship will have capacity for 3.536 passengers, with 1000 in first cabin alone, and will carry a crew of I?a. She will be equipped to burn fuel oil and will have tank capac'ty for about nr.OO tons, or more than enough to feed her fires for a round oysge. Iter engine are liirhlnVs, with four screws. ' . -. , . t- -.. The ship w.'ll -He equipped with a ballroom, a theater, a winter garden, a restaurant, a I'omptdnn swimming bath, a gymnarluni, a tennis court, a conservatory and kennels. In Arena With 80,000 Specta tors Frenchman May Have Hard Time Holding His Own. SKW VDIIK", June 24. (Jack Mc Aullffe, F. p. staff Correspondent.) Jack Dempsey has many minor faults, but Cnrpcntier's faults, are many and ! bad. Uirpentler Is a grandstand play er and will not keep his head when a big gallery Is looking at him. la that arena with nn.Otiii spectators, he. may have a hard time. Curncntici-'c o ran t . est hHtidlcap Is his physiipie, which is not his fault. He fears blows In his stotnai h, and has no defense against It. 1 do not believe he can . stand lempsey battering punches. PBKOlllA. Ills.. June 24. (F. P.) Mrs. Alice Connolly was drowned in a small creek after rescuing her three small children. She became exhaust ed following the rescue of (he third child and fell In the creek and drowned. Thut some damage was caused by u storm that swept along the foothills und over the Itlue. mountains last evening is shown by reports reaching the city today. However reports thus far indicate thu damaged area is very restricted and (here ale reports that In general the storm was beneficial rather than stherwise as the rainfall was needed. Ed Forrest, who lives on Thorn Hol low, was here th.'s morning with mini. ! plos ot damaged wheat from u hail storm. The I'niatllla river Is yellow with mud today, presumably from Wild Horse. Hull lilt Wheat, tn a phone message this morning Clark Wood, at tho office of the Athe- na Press In Athena, reported damage t wheat on the Louis Hingle and tho j Henry Kocpko places south of Athena. j It was the belief tho hall had damaged ,,-' .,' f ' i Mine Union i 1M-XYKH. June m. WOLF GNAWS LOG IN TWO AND DRAGS HER TRAP OVER TWO MILES After chewing a sis-Inch log In two, a she woit' dragged the trap that caught her more than two miles before A. G. Ames, trapper for the Fnitcd Slates biological survey at Cascadia, shot her, according to a rcpoi t sent to the Portland ofrice. The animal was one of the largest ever found in the county, the re- poll stated. A litter of nine pups was also discovered. I I 4- "I i j ANOTHER WAGE CUIjSS CHICAGO, June 21. (I. .V. S i A MM'ond. order, cutting wage of railroad employes will hp issued by the Fnlted States railroad labor board on Mon t'ay it has been learned. It will bo in the nature of an addendum to the for mer wage cut order. About 175 rail -mails will be affected by (he new or der. HAIIN AMI STOCK IHilMil). ' WALLA WALLA. June 24. Hire on the Guy Kent farm near Walla Walla yesterday morning burned a barn. 2.S head of horses and mules and caused a loss of JlO.aaa. W. it. Thompkins was badly burned trying to rescue the animals. I wiieat tin those ranches to the extent of 111 bl;b,.u 1.. tll. iifl'i. other rejions received by Mr. Wood were that the benefits from the storm would generally overbalance the harm i done. In most of the territory the storm rnnsisted of lain and gusty 1 wind. The storm ahs mainly confined I to the foothills and the mountains. On j Weston mountain the storm was ter-1 lific but no damage is reported. On' the. contrary the rain was beneficial j and the wheat there was not high I enough to be damaged The storm was more severe at Wes ton than Athena. Some wiieat near Weston was knocked down but farm ers reported that most of it could be harvested. At Weston the storm last ed for an hour and a half but on the ''urd of Cirace. Idaho, who died at Pen mountain it continued for threo hours. ' dleton, Or., October 20. ISIS. The tab- . let ts the gift of the 1921 graduating (Continued on page (.) class. 'r .Tl .lev . .v ' tSM f V y :i jTo Obtain Publicity of League's Affairs Branches of Propa ganda are Opened in Paris. GICNKYA. June 24. (1. N. S.)- Hear taht other Soutti American na tions may follow Argentina's lead and I withdraw from the Leaguo of Nations before the second meeting of the league assembly here in September, i.- serlous commission by the of experts which has just mpleted a financial Investigation ot the league's affairs. ! The experts' commission recom j mends numerous cuts in salaries and in i the operation of different di part ! moms. Hut It recommends an In t creased expenditure in the infurma ition, the league's propaganda depart ment, particularly for carrying on j propaganda in South America. I To obtain asmuch publicity as pos- I sible for the league's affairs branches of the propaganda section have -been I established in London and in Paris. In j Europe there is opposition to the league In many quarters, but in no European country is tiitre any for midable movement for withdrawal from thu league itself. However, the expert.-!' commission reports that the work of propagand izing South America is be iig carried on under the greatest difficulty and recommends that another information bureau be established to spread Inler est in league affairs. IRISH REPUBLICAN HEAD IS ARRESTED AND THEN GIVEN HIS FREEDOM DFHLIN, June 24. (A. P.) Eamonn le Valera. the Irish repub lican leader, was arrested Wednesday night and later released, has been de finitely learned today. Sinn Fein had onM Wh FNIVEIiSITV OF-IDAHO, Moscow. June, S4 Among the 32 names of university men inscribed on a bronze tablet, which will be nlaced In the uul- versity administration building as a roll of honor of men who died In the World war. Is that of David S. Hub- to Discuss Various Topics. WOULD PUT RAILROADS ON FEET WITHOUT GOV'T AID , ... . BankCrS and ROadS HeadS Will Meet tO Plan tO ReVive Car - Bankruptcy. WASHINGTON. June 21. (Ray mond Clapper. F. P. Staff Correspond ent.) Among the topics discussed at the white house dinner today were the prospects of collecting the money loaned to the allies during the war, the method of putting the railroads on their feet without government help, j (he Hearst forces are backing John U easier money for the farmer and fi- Lewis, the mine union president, for nancing the cotton growers. Many president of the labor of federation, bankers, high officials and President Gompers declared that Hearst is "try Harding were present. Charles Dawes mg to gPt him" because Gompers did was there. Many suggestions which not support Hearst's efforts to bring pre considered of great help to the about an American invasion in Mexico, government were made by the bank- John L. Lewis is expected to make a cn. I statement today. The chief Idea at the dinner between Want Shorter Day. President Harding and 21 hankers was : DEN VEIL June 24. (I. X. S.) to lift American business out of its de- The convention of the American Fed-l-rcssion. The bankers, it is reported. Lration of ljibor declared for the will meet with the railroad heads ."principle of a shorter work day." A shortly in an effort to agree on a plan ' ss i,our day Is declared an ultimate to revive the nations carriers fromjgoi4 f0r labor, bankruptcy. Almost every angle of six Hour Pay Voted In. the business situation was gone oVer DEN VEIL June 24. (F. P.) The during the five-hour session which be.- , proposed campaign to bring about a gan when the bankers sat down in the sis hour day with eight hours pay at great state dining room at eight last j tj,e present time brought little sup night, breaking up at one this nioiu-jport j the convention of the Ame.--ing. j lean Federation of Iibor. Resoluti- WAtf HINGTON, June 24. (F. P.ljons to that effect were voted down Prompt payment of the govern- ' after a short debate. Packers of the ment h debt to the railroads resuiun: from the federal operation 1 ueces sary to revive the nation s transporta- : tion system and general business, ac- J cording to the views western bankers1 gave the president. Harding met me bankers, Secretaries Mellon and Hoo- j ver at the white house last n ght. The conference lasted five hours. SENATOR LAF0LLETTE WOULD INVESTIGATE NAVY DISCIPLINE WASHINGTON, June 24. (F. P.) A congressional investigation of the ystem.of navy discipline is asked in i resolution by Senator Jm Follette. The resolution follows the removal of Captain Sterns from command of the battleship Michigan, where he allow ed a committee of men to help decide the vessel discipline. COXSTAXTIXOPLH. .Tune 24. (A., p.) The Greeks are shortening the Ismid front. As a result of the with Irawal of the 11th Greek division, the Nationalists captured Adahazar and Sabaja, near Ismid, without any fight ing. FUFSIDFM- WILL SIGN AK.MY KILL. WASHINGTON. June 24. (1. X. S.) Despite the opposition of the admin istration a small army of 150. 00(1 men which has been fixed by con gress rresioe.u .k . . ; , ... i, ...in o, army bill, it is said authoritatively. OF COMMERCE DANGERS TOKIO, June 24. ( I. X. S.) Dan- , trade expansion 1 gcr to Japanese 'through the efforts of American mer chants in the direction of China and the South Seas is sounded in an editor ial appearing recently In the Tokio tloclil Shimbun. According to the Hochi the trade between China and ' vimiois uioppoh. , . , , , America has made steady progress j hand must remain without the barbed since the end of the war, and the real!- j w.re. The French champion s train talion of possibilities in the China ' ins is starting with ..eorges almost . n trade has made American merchants I the pink of condition. He is wuhin take strenuous steps to Improve trade one pound of the weight he wi.l carr: in this direction, as well as with the j into the ring Sooth Seas. The statistics given by the Hochi show the America. t.i China as valued at $14 ; the Imports into America I at $ 1 92.000.(1110. .showing increases of I jpi.iinii.aiiu in American exports an i $:S,000,000 In Chinese exports, as com pared with 1919. The note of warning to Japanese merchants Is further emphasised by statistics, which show that Japan's ex ports to China, totalling 41o.0a0,00O yen. show a decrease of 37.000,000 yen us rnmimreri with 1919. while the Im- . ei.i.,. ,.,t..iti..r -us iota iiiia yen. show a decrease of lOsiotlo'.OOtl yen. President is Ex Make Statement Meeting Today. bi-WKH. June 24. (F. P.) The ZorZLV it hat I'resideint Gompers has been - . . . ( .i t t.u A ni- forced to warn against electioneering hyZTZT "L indorse- ment or the Hheppard-Towner bill, ,d urwd the J.nnt to replace I reitrictiona of naval yard arsenals and ' prevent employment of aliens. W. M. Short declared the "secessionist movement in Washington, where the i red organizations sought the support lf union members had been defeat- I ed." DKXVER. June 21. (F. P.) The election of officers of American fed eration of labor, which was scheduled j Tor today has been postponed to tnei last of this week or the first part next week. The constitution declares that the election ofofficers be the last thing on the program. Samuel compers taking the offensive in the campaign for presidency with the delaration that measure believed that shortening the j hours of work would solve the Unem i ploymcnt question. ! A-k for Invcrt'KUtiun. DEX VEIL June 24. (A. P. I The labor convention called upon Presi dent Harding to investigate the strike riots In Hammond, Ind., September, 1919, and fix the responsibility for "issuing guns" and the death of four steel car workers. The resolution charged the workmen were shot with -,-uns furnished by the government. The convention unanimously rejected the proposal of the central labor council of Seattle for a nation-wide campaign o establish a six-hour day and abolish overtime. Will i;!c-t Offhvrs Saturday. DENVER. June 24 U. P.) The American Federation of Lc.bor in ses sion here, decided to elect officers Saturday morning and wind up the business of the convention by Satur- i day night. PItFNF. CHOP SMALL. VAXCOFVEIL Wash., June 24. (f. p.) The prune rrop for 1921 will be small. Washington growers officials have announced. The present esti mate places the crop a quarter of nor mal, with only 2. aim. pounds pro- iduction. ST. ANDREWS. Scotland. June X. S.) Jock Hutchinson 24. of (1 Chicago, and Koger wetnerca on ! Knirlish amateur, tied for the Dritish iopen K"'f championship in the final will l-OU 111. Each made 29'i. Thoy ,. ,nmn,.,.w in .. lt..lal play over 31 holes. PRIVATELY UNTIL FIGHT MA NH ASSET. X. Y., June 24. (F. p. 1 .-Emm now until the fisht. 1 will train strictly private," saul Car pentier. obeying Manager Deschamps' orders to that effect Secret training is starting earnestly, and even casual ... i. i i ... uH.La I :nnrr. K istics given by i EiDEiSEY TAKES REST ATLANTIC CITY. June Jack Dempsey celebrated 4 (A. P.) his 3th a layoff birthday today by taking from all training. He received hun- !li-tits of telegrams from his admir jers. Hull training will be resumed tomorrow. 1 NO. 9861 REFUSE TO OBEY GOWSENTLAVS Doukhobers Will Not Answer Questions Asked" by' Census Enumerators; Routed Police. TEAR UP SUMMONS WHEN .. ORDERED INTO COURT Band is Composed of 1,500 t. Russian Immigrants Who ixt Insanely Religious ORAXO FOKKS, B. C, June 24. p.) Doukhobora of both rexes, many ot them nude, used pitchforks, boelli rakes and COrdwood sticks to ro((t party of uiounted police who . . attemutea to discipline them be- 'causc tn(.y refused to reply to ques tions of the census enumerator. Fif teen hundred Doukhobora In this dis trict are Russian Immigrants. They are insanely religious, but ffood farm ers. They decline to accede to man made laws, and insist that they take no notice of government regulations. They kicked out the census enumer ator and tore up the summons when the policemen attempted to Bet thehi Into court The mounted police at tempted force but were routed until reinforcements arrived when 'be , ringleading men were arrested. Eight arrests were made and I'-O fines were Imposed. - 610 STUDENTS AT V. OF O. L'FGEXE, June 24. With the end of the second day of summer school. It was announced that S40 students had enrolled, , ( REVISION OE PRESENT-,. E NEW YORK, June 24. tL. P.) Crooked divorce detectives und law yers who are operating extensively through the cotftitry, threaten the life of the United Stages, Supreme Court Justice Normaii Dike told the United Press. Gangs are arranging fuke evidence, supplying tiogus co-respondents, and employing professional perjurers. It. is recommended a revision of the pres ent law will allow trained investbra tors to examine the truth of the evl-, dence before the final decree la grant ed. CHICAGO. June 24. (F. IM Mrs. Cora orthweln cringed and wept when she was attacked as the "scheming, coldblooded murderess" of Herbert Zeigler. v Heath, the proseouting a,ttor- . ney said; "This woman murdered Zeigler be cause he grew inattentive to her. She , Srew old and he turned to younger women." Mrs. Orthwein's attorney made a closing argument for the defense, ask ing freedom for the client because shs shot Zeigler to save her own life. It Is expected the case will go to the Jury today. The state did not ask the death penalty for Mrs. orthweln. l.l TOCK IS STl'.ADV PORTLAND. June 24. (A. 1'.) ' Livestock is steady and unchanged: e?g are unsettled, the buying pries 20-22 delivered; selliivg price, cs count. 24-25; candled, 26-2J; fancy selects 29. Itutter Is steady and un changed. THE WEATHER Reported by Major Lee MoorhouJc, weather observer. Maximum, SS. ' . Minimum. S3, liarometer, 29.40. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Saturday gen erally cloudy, probably thun derstorms t n mountain. 5- Ml H i Hi'mfr iiiiM-liiii) ti1ijiiAni..Vijt! f