- . .r ttk THE ONLY SMALL' DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING. REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS ANft,T;!l 1 DAILY EDITION f DAIIiY' EDITION The Cast Oreimittea ater Orm-. a-on a greatest aewepaper ann aa a ll Inir force ea to the etverlr twice tha uarntr-el paid circulation la Pendleton and tiuaUil aouaUT any other nawaoaper. Tn act prce run of yesterday' Dally ' , ,' : j. ' ' 3f22i -' i Thl paper maimer or ana audited bf toe Audit Bureau of Circulation. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB r V l f VOL, 83 JilPilll OIILY ONE OF BIG THREETO REMAIN SILENT Nippon Government Expected to Accept or Reject Harding's Invitation to Conference. ENGLAND AND FRANCE HAVE SENT THEIR ACCEPTANCE Japanese Statesmen Promised . "Pcopie to Discuss Disarma ment if Opportunity Offered. WASHINGTON, July 12. (U. P.) Highest authority in dicated that the disarmament conference may be called In Washington November Htti, the third anniversary of the signing1 of the armistice. Washington. July ' ii.T-A- Bradford, U. P. Staff Currespuliderii.; Japan today U expected to accept or reject President IUrdlng'3 Invitation to piirtlclpalo In the disarmament con ference. France has accepted, accord- Ins to a Paris messace. Premier Rrlaud inuklng tha acceptance speeches both In the chamber of deputies and the senate. Great Britain, through Lloyd George, signified his Intention of at tending'. Italy to expected to rend her acceptance shortly. Japan Is the only member of toe "big threo" that la sil ent and Is now holding; the center of the. state. .. Washington la eanerly awaiting the Toklo work, since Japan U reported rcluclant because of the Inclusion tt tho Pacific and Tar East discussions. She cannot refuse be cause alio would be tho only nation un willing to parley. . Japanese statesmen promised tho peopla to discuss disarm- need tho friendship of Greiit Drltaln. The United Btutes will lay the caa be fore the world aliould the Nippon re fuse. Tha offlcuils were delighted when 'the United Press Informed Washington that France has accepted, though they predict Frunoe will fight a land disarmament. .MKMIlKUSllir IS IMHUI.KD CHICAGO, July It. U. P.) Fred Taylor, a Portland real estate man. urged the establishment of real estate courses In educational Institutes throughout the country. He told the delegates the convention membership In the real estate association had doubled during the past year. canadaTsafterthe MPIONSHIP SASKATOON, Sask., July 12. (United Press.) Holland has a now rival In the chccae-makliig industry. Canada haa stopped Into fourth posi tion among tho producing nations and Its 3300 dairy factories art rapidly in creasing the output. Thlrty-slx mil lion dollar Is the sum returned to Canadian farmers for cheese exported during- the last year. Most of those exports went to Kngland, long ono of Holland' best customers. DISABLED VESSEL IS L08 ANGELES. July 12. (U. P.) The Matson llnor, Hnwkeye State, re ported to have mad Sallna Cru in a sinking condition le expected , here. Seacocks aro claimed to have been opened, Indicating sabotage. The ves sel haa a passenger list from Baltimore to San Francisco.', . Reported by Major Leo- Moorhouso, weather observer. , Maxlmiun, 88. Minimum, 4. 1 Barometer, 28.60. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Wed. fair: warmef Wed. THE WEATIIER j Ur- i -,r- NORTHWESTEk FRUIT GROWERS TODAY DECIDE TO HOLD ANNUAL FRUIT MARKETING CONFERENCE They Are Working on Plan for Affiliation of All Local Co operative Organizations. POIITT.AND, July 13. (A. P.) The Northwestern Krultftrowers and Marketing Kxpcrtu In cewiiou hero were toduy working on a plan forthe ufflllation of all local cooperate or KanlzutioiiH In the territory with a cen tral 'orKantaillon. Tho elimination of local sales managers was discussed. H has been decided that an annual fruit marketing conference of the northwest will bo held. LOCAL PEOPLE I! Hound-fp Is coming and the Itound t'p publicity workers are beginning to get the 1.S21 "liet 'er Buck" Idea to work. Already consiaeraDie news paper publicity has been carried on through the local omce. inserts in letters, posters and stickers will soon cover the northwest as the result of their efforts and papers will carry stories of the Round-l'p. .Arthur nudd. a Pendleton student at the University of Orcgn was to day given charge of the outside pub licity work throughout Eastern Oregon nnd he will start In a few days on 11 tour of the most Important towns in the eastern part of the state. He will circulate advertising matter, write newspaper publicity and speak before the various local organizations In the proportion of the Jtound-Cp gospel. Since the close of school Mr. Jludd has been selling Chautauqua con tracts for Ellison-White and has also been connected with Slnipson-Sturais Tire company In the selling end of the work. He expects to spend the rest m' the vacation period In the Hound-Up work. Tho local publicity will be handled by Miss Klsle FlUmaurlce of the Kast Orcgonlan. Miss Fltrmauricc will sup ply all write-ups for the newspapers ihroufiKHil-the North's ' theo will be placed In the hands of the rsrl. Otis newspapers by Mr. nudd and through the local Rnund-t office. Hundreds of press sheets will bo print ed each week and sent to newspapers Two lots of sheets have already been distributed. - - ATHENS. July 12. (U. P.) King Constantino and staff have left for the fighting front In Smyrna, to direct the Greek offensive against the Turkish nationalist. STEFANSSON ERRONEOUS THOUGHTS ABOUT ARCTIC REGIONS Explorer Says North Pole is Not Difficult Place to Reach Nor is it Coldest PJace in World. lld you hear Htefansson last night .' t .im diva ntreadv revised mmiv of vour idcaa regardlus the Arc- 11 .vu ,.. " - tic trele; if not, here are a lew or ir.e tacts which the great explorer told his audience last ulght at Happy Canyon, and which may surprise you The North Po)e Is not a , uitiicuit nlnce to reach, nor Is It' the eldest piace In the worm. ... Tim North IS noi so cum uuu u m as the voriu ucnev; r.n-lh." except the hlgn motint;iini ui Urvcnlaud, for the lowes'. temii-N'uiuru re oi'ited In 40 years In tiio vrni'.c .ir clc was B4 below zero, whiii at Havre. vi..i.,,n,i 111 our own 1)11110'; f ' ' l l.v "neroury bus laiien io .i i-eis.w. ; The teniperatuie on the nonli coaKt of Mnska often reaches me H'u niirs in s.iru.ner. IVIls of Vegetation. It ie not true that only 'he "lmisrv llt-htn" mentioned In sct.i ol pfngra-pl-lra grows In tho far north: thj ve:;e tili'or. la that of our prnlria lundn with :i growth i' grass, edible fumrus nn-l wild flowers, aa well as Bpruce and co1 ton wood trees. c will not d;e if you k'O to tho mrtlitrii regions without rood, i-r mun can Live on the fish aim me.it i .e.i:.t.bif ihero. Caribou, s ail nu .s.h .. P,.tit,.l In ii bil mill lie u me I inc -.Ian .w ' Ice nnd members of Slofansso.i s p.ir- iv h cil for four monl-n u h diet of nuat and fish excluslv.l.'. dnnKlngj ihe 'vuter In which the food wn vook nl. 'greatest If not the greatest Arctic ex- 1'ie North Is not a biett wast "f piorcrs In the world. Is modest regard i.iiol A no economic woe; lather it 'mg j,ls achievement and lns'sts that a i. .. ...i hMHiwi . von' orrai uuaiil "tic of meat could be iMed I o i i.niv the market in Car..'. Li.il the ;ui States. , . , . Tvy ' : .,:U : : : . jfjdLY EAST QBEQONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1921. W : I nUlIIllU ilUUULU .'-J I i 11 I 4 i TWO EXPLORERS OF WORLD ANTIPODES MEET ON PLATFORM LAST EVENING Vllhjiilmur StcfaniHon, arctlo explorer who spoke Inst night at Chautauua, and Colonel Charles Wellington Furlong, who Intro duced him, are examples of ex plorers from the world's anti podes. . Htefansson d'scovcred nnd lived among the northernmost Inhabitants of the globe tho blonde Eskimos of Victoria land; Furlong explored the land of. and lived among the southermost in habitants of the globe the Yahgan and Oria tribes of Tlerra del Fuego. The two explorers have drawn many Interesting comparisons between these peoples living at the extremes of the Inhabited globe. Many points of similar ity In customs have been found. The two have noted, that mea sles, in both cases when Intro duced by contact with the first white people, proved a devastat ing scourge, often decimating whole tribes. Both explorers say thut contrnct with 'civilization has been the most fatal of all elements to primitives. higIwaykpartmenY E Message From La Grande This Morning to Effect Danger Places Will Hare Fences. Assurance that the stato highway department will begin work within a short time on placing guard rails along the dangerous curves on the I'endle-ton-Echo road was received this morn litif B.v Kmcbt lYockntt,- s reir.r-tf the Eastern Oregon Auto Clu. tn o long distance tolcphon message from It. H. Paldock at Ui Grande. The action on the part of the high way department will insure safe roads from the west for Bound-Up time, an. Improvement on which tiie club has been working, for several weeks. It I consldered likely, too, that the same protections that are to bs provided for the weat road will be put in place on two or three of the curves on the Cab bage Hill road. The decision on tho part of the highway department to do this work Is a result of Inspections made by Mr. Baldock during the past few days. It Is also probable that in addition to the guard rails signs giving Information to tour.sts will be put in place at differ ent spots along the way. CORRECTS Lecture Is Convincing . H,i,'t!i3HO,i, who io n. convincing eftj-Aer. said that his aim In 'giving his :-.cture was to corrc-t er'-on- oi:c tl-.curles iiliout the North, which have been fest-red by incorrect Information in ' .'liool books and by explorer. lu. luive ijivei. a wrong Idea of th - ivulon l.v Wles of 'he hardships they oiiilnr.:rt "f wish.' said Stefansson," to .a-oi- tsh the North as a place covered hy . ... ti.cw nnd ice and unfit tor mun a im ltution. Anyone who has ever ineu in he ?.crtli iias liked it. In m.' audi ence tonight is Krrol Lome Knight of McMiruivillo, who was with me on iuj 't - in ..on. He Is one of tho men wro lived on a straight tllcl oi meui uiki fthh. He Is anxious to.return .to thrj North end is now making every effort to do so." Predicts I sc. of Bleat. Stefansson predicted last night thut within 20 years reindeer meat will be more common on tho marKei in i.iu Unit d States than mutton and tha; in to years it will be more comuiou than beef. Cattle and sheep cannot be ruined v.itii profit In the North," he stated, "but reindeer can. The ment Is ve"y EOiK" and u reindeer is aa domestic s a (.beep. Two men can herd I0,M)J head. ' . His methods of making an expedi tion wero contrasted by Sicfunsscn will', those of Peary. "Peary took 10 tons of food," said Stefansson. "We lookbne ton. He ttook 1S9 dogs: we took six. There ,iwere zu men in ma imiij , ii,w- ours. Instead of 1 sledges, we nau one. MimJiM Siicnkcr. stefansson, despite tho fact that ho - (S accredited with being one of the ... Hi'adM th Mnetn in nm i hero. He is the discoverer of the blond Eskimo of Victoria land and l speaks the Eskimo language with ease, i rHAKlir h8a0nd0riatr'bCBOfTler,'a J Former Treasurers of Illinois y,ft " , Tnnonnrnn nr wouldn't this mak& tuu 5mvtn TREASURERS Of I ir ur- u . ;r PiflKIIIP. HflllSR I L Jfc? 0 ft U CJ 1 JE SUSPECTED Fred Crowell of Armour & Co. H, l ?; t and LA. Carton of Swift's S. fcA ' ff' i Appear Before Grand Jury.i , 1 ' 'XZh m ,J : j $10,000,000 STATE FUNDS LOANED FOR TWO PER CENT Former Treasurers of Illinois May Have to Pay $2,000,000 and Face Criminal Charges. SP1UNGFIELD, III.. July 12. U. p.) Fred Crowell, treasurer of Ar mour and Co., and L. A. Carton, Swift's treasurer, have been subpoen aed to appear befori, ihe grand Jury amMesHfyrctfardlng the alleged Jut Jng of JIO.OU.O.OUO- of the state funds through .maladministration. t-rand Jury Investigate The two packing companies were Jcrmltted to borrow $10. 000.000 from the state upon which only two per cent Interest was received, It is claimed in the probe. The grand Jury investi gation is believed to be made the basis for a civil suit against Governor Small, Lseutcnant Governor Sterling am) Auditor Hussell. nil having served terms as state treasurer, to recover $2,000,000 due the stato through un laid interest, according to Attorney General Brundage. Should the charges warrant, the former treasurers may all face criminal charges. 1 T Former Bids Were Considered Too High and Changes Are Authorized at Meeting. Contractors will soon be asked to submit proposals on the erection of the splendid high school group for Union High School ' District No. 3 at Milton Freewater according to the decision of the school board bf that district which last evening met in a Joint meeting with the special building committee. Previous proposals received by the board had been rejected as being too ! high. The architect. Kaymond A . Hatch, was Instructed to make minor chanses in tho plans and to call for proposals aa soon as the plans will have been completed which will bo In about two weeks. The Union Hidh School Board now consists of five, members, H. U. Van Slyke, representing district No. 3 1 ; E. P. Jensen. District No. 10: Boy How ard. District No. 41; C. K. rx-marls. District No. 67, and A. G. Hull. District No. 108. At a previous meeting Mr. VanSlvke was elected chairman. . As two members of the former building committee, Mr. Jensen nnd Mr. Demurls, had been elected o the school board. Sam Ingle of District No. 9 and Walter Higgins of District No. 10 were appointed to fill the va- , cancies. Mr. L. A. Relncnian is now v lei k. oi the Union High School District. KIDNAPPERS OF TAX! SI'OKANE. July 12. If. P.l W. F.Cotton, a taxi driver, kidnapped and forced'to drive across the state from Seattle to Spokane, was robbed of his money, car and became exhausted. Following Colton's report of h's treat ment to the police, the authorities of sm rounding towns were notified and the two men were captured at coco D'Alene without resistance. They an' alleged to be deserters, one declared to to from Bremerton, and the other from Cunip Lewis. WOMAN. (IK. Ill WtS laTll. I'llllJ) BLAND. Mo.. July 12. 1 1. N. S.I Mrs. Amanda Martin, sixty-eight years old, has presented her husband with a fine healthy boy. The father is seven ty years old. Neighbors have present ed Martin with a new suit of clothes Tho baby Is Mrs. Martin's thirteenth. ' NUN IS tWI.l Kl IN Jl'UV jot Ireland violence continues, despite LONDON. July J2. (L X. Vt, yesterday's formal 'truce. Sniping Is nun living In a community in London 1 under way In Belfast, where the bells has been summoned to serve as a. told the armistice beginning, foilow w, in:;n luror in the High Courts. lmr two days of serious rioting. Dis Tk incident Is '-Ivlnir rise to areat i order increased after nightfall and agitation In Catholic and legal circles, it wm menn ner oreaKinir tier vuwh, 1 and a bill Is now being drafted by the Catholic Union in England to give im- tnunlty to nun Suppose you were Just leaving the churchy af'er your wedding and a black eat walked out across your path. What would you do? Here it I happening. The newlywcd arc Major G. Uojd George, and his bride. The major la a soi lt the British premier. .. ' ' . ' TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT OF 'He Devoted His Life to Educa tion of Teachers and of Chil dren' Says Local Speaker. A tribute to the educational work of the late J. H. Ackerman. president of the Oregon Normal School who di"d on SJnday, was paid by Judye Stephen A. Lowell In a eulogy delivered this morning at special memorial services held at the Summer Normal school in memory of the educator. . "He devoted his life to the education I of teachers and of children." said I Judge Lowell. "As superintendent t the puoiie schools in what was rorun erly Eaft Portland, and as county su perintendent in Multnomah it was his fortune" (b lay the foundation of the school system of Oregon's metropolis, and his influence has never been lost. As State Superintendent of Public In struction he more than any other gave form to the scheme of education which now blesses the youth or the Oregon counties." i Nciitiimiit C'liniiwI Judge Lowell pointed out that with the present century, education receiv ed a stimulus. "When the term of office of Mr. frViptinued on paae .l IE WA&rilNUloN. July 12. (Ray mond W. Clapper, U. P. Staff Corres pondent! Officials are considering the questions of procedure during the disarmament conference, despite the comparative remoteness of the. actual I f..,nfrivirf President Hardine Is ex- j ,)eoteJ to ta)(e no ctive part In the ac tual delesate discussions, but simply I tidvlse. He will appoint a delegation of four men to represent the United Stales, Secretary Hughes and possibly i two senators. Nicholas Murray Uut ' Kr. Elihu Hoot. Bryan and Lansing have been mentioned as possible mem bers. , BIG ICVENT IX HISTORY -L0NN.- July 12.- (A. P.i The world is on the eve of one of the most epochal events in history, is the ver dict of newspapers and statesmen here following President Harding's offer and the British government's accept ance. Sll FEIN DELEGATION LEAVE F( DUBLIN. July 12. ( U. P.i The ?;nn Fein peace delegation left for Louden where the Uoyd-Gere con ference for permanent peace will open Thursday. DeValera. Arthur Griffith, Austin Stack, and Richard. Barton. compose the delegation, the latter are members of the dail Eireann. Dt BLIN. July 12. (I. P.i North mob violence marked the orangemep's 'hhv. ine iiineiiiij' wi mo ta'l,D Boyne and religious antagonism i feared to. be responsible for disorders ' in other parts of Ireland. WOULD HAVE CLIENT PLEAD GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER CLEVELAND, July 12. (I. N. 8.) Attorneys for" Mrs. Kaber offered to have the 'woman accused of plotting to murder her husband, a wealthy Clete- land publisher and plead euilty to sec-J nnH l,.ireA mnrrter with life ImDrison- i ment as the penalty. The state refused j to accept the offer. At a conference in the judge's office, attorneys for the defense are said to have admitted there is little chance for the accused woman escaping the death chair under the evidence. ATIIF..VS. July i:.-(I. N. S.-The flreeks advanced 15 miles in their of fensive against the Turkisl nationtU ists, according to a Smyrna dispatch. They launched the offensive Monday after a terrific bombabrdment on the T'jrkibh positions. LONDON". July II. C. P.) Dis patches from Berlin stated that Leon'd Krassin, a Bolshevik trade commission er. would soon visit the l.n.:ted States. MOTHER OF 'PRESIDENT' OF IRELAND FAVORS ABSOLUTE FREEDOM ROCHESTER, X. Y., July O (U. P.) According to the be lief of Mrs. Catherine Wheel wright, mother of Eamon De-Yalera.- the Irish "president" would be imprudent to accept unythlng b'rt the absolute free dom of Ireland, despite the over tures during the peace negotia tions starting Thursday. T E WASHINGTON. July 12.--(U. P.) With the final enactment of the last appropriation measure of the naval bill, the hope for a substantial federal tax reduction depends upon the Dawe5 economy axe Congress lias autho rized $3,jo.(it"'.tnt expenditure dur ing the new fiscal year, i;iO,000,OU0 under last year's appropriation. These represents 13 days expenditure at J10v 000. OOP daily, the recent rate. Dawes stated he proposed to cut the appropriation a nuarti r during the coining year, a reduction of approxi mately one half billion. Thu appro priutlons do not include railroad pay ments, which rec-ved JU0. 000.000 last year and may receive iO0,OO0,00U this year. Cl.O KRD.U.E H AS J. VltGK I IKE CLOVEKDA! E, July 12 (A. P.) Five business houses were destroyed by fire whkft is thought to have been started by boys shooting firecrackera. I The lose is 320.000. TRADE COMMISSIONER - WILL VISIT AMERICA PRESIDEfJT ASKS SENATE TO DELAY PASSAGE OF BILL Harding Said Small Bonus Would be Poor Substitute to Millions Facing Unemploy ment. ; , k . ,' -;,' OVERBURDEN TO TREASURY MEANS FUTURE DISASTER Emphasized Importance of Con gress Proceeding With En actment of Tariff, Tax Bills. WASHINGTON. July 12. (U . P.) "Personally and publicly, 1 have com manded the policy of generous treat nwnt W thetfi&iaon't.iiiftCsWlera, not a' a part of a contract, not aa a debt owed but as a mark of the nation's vii,t!,i If ihn j.:fijure could btf Imade effective at this time i without IdbJaater to the nation' finances It would be different. The enactment of the compensation bill In the midst of the struggle toward readjustment and restoration would greatly Imperil the stability of the country. The execu tive brar.ch of the government owe It to both houses of congress to explain the difficulties we are daily called up- on to meet, and the added peril of the. enactment of the measure entailing penditure of further billions would bring. . . - ' . ; ' .vfJ 1 Every obligation is to the disabled and dependent, but it 1s unthinkable o reduce our tax burdens while com-' mlttlng the treasury to additional ob-' ligations ranging from three to flvtf, billions. "We, ncvr' have neglected, and will not neglect odr dependent soldiers.,. We pledge a eoiisclentloii drive to reduce the government's cost many .millions. It would dlscouragj thoie bending every effprt save mil. lions to have congress add billions to UU l.nr.lan n 4l,A Vrv tlclllnln & :. 'T ,.,.. .V11,. ,h ur was not threatened by the bonus nv actment. It would tie better to owait the settlement of foreign loans, and the defenders of the republic wilt be' the last citizens wishing the stability to be menaced by an individual peace pittance. i WASHINGTON, July 12. (C. P.) President Harding told the senate to day, addressing that body personally." that a small bonus would be a poor palliative to the millions facing unem ployment, and asked the senate td de- bill. ;Tb ad-f lu:e- taxefc -at lay action on the bonus nxnistratlon cannot reduce- taxeay the same time saddling itself with the bonus obligation of three to five bil-. lion dollars. The republic should re ward its protectors, but a menacing' ef-, fort to spend billions In gratuities Im perils obligations which must be met." He recited the huge war risk bureau ; expenditures, promising more at an auspicious time. He considered lower taxes, refunding the war debt, adjust ment of foreign loans necessary for the return to normalcy. ' To overburden the treasury now I means future disater, prudence warns ,us. The president emphasized the im portance of congress proceeding with the enactment of tariff and tax bills. w tar Well the esamn. waa called, , Ilea confessed his disappointment that so I little could be done to reduce the war time taxes. His message was read to the senate following the cabinet nieetl. Ins. ' - Would Recommit IMU '' WASHINGTON, July 12. (U. P.) . Senator . Penrose, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the finance committee, moved reeommlttment of the bonus bill to the finance committee two minutes after the conclusion of Presi dent Harding's address. Denver Mewnago Ih-libcraMly President Harding read his message deliberately and .finished at 2.20 ad m is.t a tremendous applause.' KUiKItS ron'O "NOT GUILTY" PORTLAND, July 13. tC P.) Judge Stapleton ruled H. T. Ellt-rs, hed of the Oreifon Music conipuny. not guilty of embezzlement. Ho was charged with taking funds from thu Filers Talking Machine company. Ellers is filing a suit for 319,000 dam ages against his "prosecutors," MANY CIIMtHU PAt KKD EUtJENH July 12. l P.) Over a million pounds of cherries have been pucked by the Eugene Fruit Grower Association, declares J. O. Holt, maa nger. The Royal Anne crop Is com pleted. Loganberries are coming. TliU is the largest cherry canning year III the history of the organization; accord ing to the report. . " DE VALERA RECEIVES ' TEEMENDOUS OVATION LONDON, July 13. U. P.) De Valera, heading the Irish ptac dl gatlon, arrived here today and a grant crowd met him and av him tre mendous ovation, .