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READ THE EAST OREGONIAN SPORT PAGE AND RECEIVE THE NEWS THAT IS FURNISHED BY THREE SERyiCES, A. P., U, P, AND I N. S. -s. " TWELVE PAGES i SECTION TWO - - ).,..' PAGES 9 TO T2 , TWELVE PAGES SECTION TWO PAGES 9 TO 12 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921. t i . m j ' r iiirn r n . ea 5 FATE OF UNITED STATES SOON TO BE DECIDED Shipping Board Abolishes Wasteful Agreements ; Must ' Devise Plan to Show Profits. BY T. N. KANDIFER (International News Service Btaff ' Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. Whether tho United States flag files over thei largest merchant marine in the world. as it once flctv over the clipper ship fleets of American commerce, depends on the development of the present Shipping Board's programme wlthlr. the next few month. Chairman Albert D. Laskcr, of the r.ew board, has mated that It will take a full year to determine definitely the result of the present programme. The preliminary steps In the pro gramme have already been under taken. They include: First. A general clean-up of incom plete contracts. Second. il trnwugh survey of the entire Shipping Board, to determine Just where the organization stands in a business way. , Business .Methods Needed Third, To put the board on the ha me basis as a successful business. The general goal . toward which these steps are directed is a full-flegd-cd American merchant marine, second to none. Chairman Losker has stated that his administration has inherited chaos. They hav Inherited n organisation. in which, owing to war conditions, ac counts with the business clients aro badly scrambled, a large amount of surplus materlul is on hand, some of it unsalable, under present conditions, und .finally, with the second largest tonnage in the world on heir hands, they are operating at a loss to thei government. The first thing the present organisa tion has undertaken has been to clean up, that is, settle long standing ac counts ps rapidly as they can be put in shape clear away accumulated red tape, adjust tho organization to pres ent conditions, and in general start with as clean a slate as possible. . This Is still going on, and Chairman Laskcr expects months to elapse before most of tho work Is done. , , In line with this clean-up, the or ganization is belli thoroughly over hauled and surveyed. This is to deter mine what assets and liabilities the present board has, a thing which the chairman states hus never been done, Ife states that an enormous amount of work Is Involved In this alone. The third step, putting the firm in working order, involves all these things and Is the Immediate goal. The fundamental thing being tinder taken now Is to stop the loss to the Government through the board's ope rations. This 's stated to be the key note to the entire undertaking. This loss has been laid by board of ficial to the present system of op erating shipping board vessels, known as Managing Operators' Agreement Xo. 4 Under this agreement operators oro practically guaranteed 5 per cent of the ships earnings, although the losses In operating might in. some cases exceed by thousands of dollars the total Income. This is held to be the primary cause of all the present trouble. Accordingly the first definite plank In the new board's platform has been to agree unanimously that this sys tem must -lie abolished. This feature of the permanent policy Is the only ono fully decided as yet, and until )t is done it is stated that lesser mutter must wult. To Stop Losses The board of course, has determined on -other steps besides abrogating the present operating agreements, but they are all involved under the general head of stopping loss to the govern ment. Negotiations are iinder way whereby all b.nMius material will be disposed of, and some of the work Is now under way, Including the sale of the wooden ships. ( vt nen all this, is done the present roard hopes they will have the follow ing; A business organization with all ac counts settled or accounted for, liabili ties paid, and In modern form general ly: all old stoc-k off its shelves, and everything In It produclhg. And, first of all, a full-grown Ameri can merchant fleet, manned by Ameri cans, sailing every trade route and bringing In Its share of the revenue derived from carrying the goods of all countries in successful competition with Its rivals at sea. FU.S. T 'S LONDON, Sept. 9. (I. N. 8.)- Interest of Debt Reaches Billi on Dollars, With Similar Sum Spent for Army and Navy. WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. (I!. H. K. Reynolds. I. N, 8. Staff CorreHpond ent.) Grumbling as he pays his In come tax and Irrated by the i extra cent of two which he pushes across the counter at the soda fountain, Mr. Average Citizen occasionally feels the pinch of federal taxation, talks it over with his neighbor, and decides that an awful lot of money is needed to keep t'cgovermm nt running, but scl- Cm: 1-jv.vmu where all the dollars t ut I 'title f.'wia bribers in his treas ury r;j. " r BASEBALL SUMMARY 1 Alta Today Children, 10c Adult, 35c National League Standings. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, in his first estimate of the cost of op erating the government, figures that about four und a half billion dollars would be required to keep the offici al wheels of the nation revolving dur ing the present fiscal year. The sec- I retnry told congress how much the Britain's first aerial armed car, which I government needed, showed neat rows hus Just been completed, is an entire ly new type of aeroplane, constructed entirely of steel. It Is a formidable fighting craft and actually It Is no heavier than the or dinary airplane. It Is fitted with a 300-horsopower engine, and is capable of a very high speed, as well as being extremely ma-noeuverable. QUALITY SERVICE SANITATION Saturday Specials PRIME STEER BEEF Beef Boil . .'. Beef Stew . ....... ... . BecfPoriloast v.'; '.r. . . . Roast Pork , 5c Cross Rib Roast 15c . :..?...18c 23c .-5c Chuck Steak . 10c Round Steak ;.. 25c v SPRING LAMB Lamb Stew 10c Lamb Chops . ......... 25c Lamb Steak 20c Legs Lamb . . ..... . 25c DRESSED POULTRY Broilers . 35c Spring Baking Chickens . 35c Spring Roasting Chickens 35c Large Fat Hens ........ 28c Fries . 35c An abundant supply of Fruit and Vegetables will be offer ed to you in our Grocery Department PENDLETON TRADING CO. If it's on the market we have it iff aPi'HKa-ifflTiTiiBrHT iY At tho Sign of Service of figures to prove his deductions, and then the house proceeded to slice there and trim here in accordance with their own ideas of how much money LUncle Sam could Bet along with or without. Departmental estimates or expenses are being given the careful "once over" nowadays under the suspicious eye of Charles llawcs, official watch dog of the public treasury, but bureau ! chiefs those who decide how much they need to keep things going are set in their ways and hard to budge. The effects of the war, when the per sonnel of many departments increased ! enormously, are still felt; and, al though efforts have been made to re iturn to normal working conditions, it jis Improbable that the comparatively 'cheaply operated government of pre war days will ever be restored. ' Pittsburg New York St. I.ouls I'.oston lirooklyn Cincinnati . ........ Chicago Philadelphia American I can ne New York Cleveland St. Louis Washington , Hoston Iietroit Chicago . ........... Philadelphia W. , . SO . .82 . .75 I.. 51 54 69 61 64 74 ..52 82 ..48 89 Standings. ..82 49 .9 .60 . .83 , .70 . .06 , .62 , .63 , .56 , .47 60 65 68 06 72 77 81 .611 .60S .560 .541 .619 .448 .388 .35,0 .626 .621 .519 .493 .484 .467 .421 .367 Famous Flayers -LasKy bntisn Froaucers, Ltd ' Present , 'A DONALD CBJSP PRODUCTION Pacific Coast Iadh'MK Standings San Francisco 95 67 .586 L-s Angeles 93 66 .58.'i Sacramento . ......92 67 .578 Seattle j.88 69 .560 Oakland 83 70 .522 Vernon 83 .77 .61 8 Salt Lake 63 94 .4 Portland . 38 118 .212 Yesterday's Results'. At Portland 3, Seattle 5. At Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 3, 12 innings.) At Oakland 1-5, Vernon 2-3. At Salt 1-ake 3, Sacramento 2 American Association Results. Columbus 3-7, Indianapolis 6-4. Minneapolis 10-8,-Milwaukee 9-7. Toledo 7, Louisville 5. St. Paul 3. Kansas City 7. Southern Association I'.esults. Memphis 4, Nashville 0. . ' Second game, at Atlanta 4. Mobile 1 Chattanooga 3, New Orleans 7. Birmingham 0, Little Rock 0 (five innings; rain). i i dm ' 1 1." i i f VianH 1-1 Because she was rich society's black , sheep thought she was fair game. But Love took a Rillion Required for Interest. The biggest single item in Secretary Mellon's list of estimated expenditures for this fiscal year is the interest on jthe public debt, which is placed at .il imost a billion dollars, or nearly one i fourth of the total requirements of the croiwnment. There is to be,' It Is estimated.' an expenditure of $545,206,204 to the rail roads, under the transportation net of 1920, and $551,354,365 for the re tirement of the public debt, as re quired by law. The debt payments include: Sinking fund, $265,754,865; jWar Saving Securities, $100,000,000; miscellaneous debt redemptions, $100, jOOO; Purchase of Liberty Honds from foreign repayments, 30,500-,000; re idemptions of bonds and notes from estate taxes, $25,000,000; retirement of Pittman act certificates, $7000. 1000; retirement from V. R. B. fran 'chlse tax receipts, $60,000,000, j Some Other Spenders. I j The legislative branch of the gov ernment estimates that it will need $17,213,813 during the present year. ! while the executive department will get less than two million, its expanses being estimated at $1,897,751. j The estimates list their require 'ment as follows: ; State Department. $10,344,000; le Ipartment of Justice, $17,000,000: Post lofflce Department. $2,200,000; Inler :ior Department, including pensions 'and Indian claims. $322,000,000; De jpaitment of Agriculture, $123,000,000; ; Department of Commerce, $10,023. 000; Department of Labor, $5,252,887; independent offices, $13,484,516; Dis trict of Columbia, $22,187,663; mis cellaneous, $62,500,000 postal dcflci iency, $60,000,000: Bureau of War i Risk Insurance. $286,000,000; Public ! Health Service, $47,000,000; collecting ! revenue, 53,110,139; nil other treas ury departments, $99,457,795; Feder al Board of Vocational Education, !$I62,655,434; Panama Canal, $10,- looo.ooo, . To Cut H. C. L LOOK AT THESE PRICES ON USED FORD CARS AND TRUCKS. New cars went down and we will make the following reductions on used cars while they last: Was Now 1 1918 Truck Chassis with body $325.00 $275.00 1 1918 Truck Chassis with body 425.00 375.00 1 1920 Roadster, starter, demountable rims 375.00 320.00 ; 1 1919 Roadster, good condition 250.00 190.00 1 1919 Roadster, fair condition 200.00 150.00 1 1918 Roadster, extra tire and rim.. .-. 240.00 200.00 1 1918 Roadster, box on rear 235.00 180.00 1 1917 Roadster, fine for a bug 175.00 125.00 1-1918 Touring, Bosch Magneto 200.00 125.00 1 1917 Touring, good shape 225.00 , 160.00 Compare these prices with the Portland prices and then come . in, look them over. We will show you bargains that will make you buy. . Yours for a Ford, SIMPSON AUTO CO. Hater Johnson Sts , . SF.RVirK . Phone 408 f MiNES CLOSE TO KEEP PRiCFS HIGH NEW YORK. Sept. 9. (I. X. S.) The world .has been put on diamond rations to regulate the price of dia mond. ' This announcement comes from South Africa South African mine owners recently decided on a restriction output of gems. Of the limited amount turned out the Be Beers mines will supply 51 rer cent, the Premier Mine, 18 per cent, and the mines of the southwest Protectorate; 21 per cent. Some of the amouH mines have been closed duwu.. Others are operating on onlf part time. , Announcement of this restricted output was followed by .another from the London Diamond Syndicate, the Felling organization of the De Beer's Mines, Ltd., which is the diamond trust, that present diamond prices will te maintained. This ultimatum ap plies to rough diamonds. But as the South African mines supply 98 per cent of all the world's diamonds, the price of rough will be reflected in tha price of polished gems. The stnnrl of the South AiY'can a 'mJ. I; f2 )&f - v I l COMEDY "THE NIGH TBEFORE" mine owners and the London Syndicate to prevent apd cheapening of dia monds by reducing prices has been backed' Cp by the allied diamond crafts of Amsterdam, the great market for polished gems. These tradesmen and brol-eis have offered financial help to smrill dealers to prevent forced sales find declare they will do everything In their power to keep diamond prices at present levels. , HAWAIIAN JARS WCH'I.D IMSAKM HONOLITLU, Sept. 9. (I. .V. S.) At a mass meeting attended by more than 500 Japanese members of this community a resolution was passed strongly favoring disarmament. The text of the resolution follows: "In view of the deplorable conse quenceg p tha ."orld i'.aE.MVl.f;the -sake of permanent peace among tho nations, and the future welfare of hu manity; we declare our hearty endorse ment of the principle of disarmament and earnestly desire that it be realiz ed by international co-opcrat!on.n j Weed fcY Sale I IN CAR LOTS j Yellow Pine, Fir and Tamarae I EAItL GILLAXDERS, Pendleton ARCADE :Thuand Children, 10c AdulU, 35c w V Adolph Zukor presents. a William A.Brady PRODUCTION. J 1 A in- ' ' Sydney Anderson, runnesou reprcsentoUve. is chairman of th Joint Commission of Agricultural Inquiry. He has been given the Job of cutting the cost of llvlnrr. He ha young army ot varlo-a x MU'tit assisting him. ( (paramount (picture A little gleam of finic between two eternities Flashing upon the tower ing clay and living, hurrying clay that is called New York. Eeam'ng into human hearts, lislit Ing up their struggles, their sins, their loves, dancing through Broadway's revel And janz. Such Is life nil of it a thrill In this great story picture. BRAY PICTOGRAPH OREGON NEWS WEEKLY