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THE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS AND THE L N.S. DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The net press run of yesterday's Dally 3,25S Thli paper la a menrber or and. audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The East Oregonlan 1 Eastern Ore (oil's greatest newspaper and as a sell luff force five to tile advertiser OTer twice the guaranteed paid circulation in Pendleton and Umatilla county of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPES VOL. S3 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1921. NO. 9947 J' IMA At I i Ait nr I" US UN U APPROPRIATION it j MT BILLS POSTPONED M V-N I Army and Navy Bills Will Not be Discussed in Senate Unti , After Disarmament Meet. TWO REASONS ARE GIVEN FOR SUCH POSTPONEMENT One Reason is Because Success or Failure of Armanent tMeet May Dictate Material Change WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. (U. P.) Senator Reed, speaking on the pending tax bill, charged Budget Director Dawes with "Impudent usurpation of legislative authority" In cutting down congrcssloanl appropriations. The house appropriations commit tee meanwhile virtually decided to postpone the discussions of the big army and navy appropriation bills, providing funds for armament work, until after the conference. Two rea sons were given for such postpone ment: First To prevent embarrassment to the administration during the arms parley, and second, because the suc cess or failure of the disarmament conference may dictate material changes. Congress lias until late In June to pass the 1922 appropriations. Sena tors Borah and Pomerene, both be lieve such a suspension of armament preparations will make excellent Im pression upon tho world. DELEGATES TO GRAIN T Debate Whether to Exclude Dealers Accepting Co-operative Grain at Elevators. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. U. P.) The question of the farmers cooperative grain marketing societies caused a bitter fight among the delegates to the grain dealers national association con vention. Spirited debutes among the delegates on whether they should ex clude from the organization all dealers accepting the cooperative society grain at their elevators. They launched a movement to amend the by- laws ex pelling and member accepting coope rative grain. Following is tho calendar of cases In circuit court which will bo heard by Judze O. W. Phelnhs during tho re mainder of October: 6th Clarence Provost vs. J. D. Mc Cov: Henry A. Doan vs. Seth M. Rich-1 ardson. ' . 6th State vs. Earl Bcebc and Hazel Beebe; Peter Marcus vs. Gust Xede3 and Thos. Genccke; G. F. Smiley vs. William Singer. 7th F. B. Radtke vs. Moses Taylor. 8th Moses Taylor vs. Iley Winn. 10th Robert Sinclair vs. W. G. Es tes. 11th Loren Seward vs. R. T. Ju venal; Sam Samuelson vs. Loren Se ward. 12th Helix Milling Co. vs. Umatilla Flour & Grain Co. 14th State vs. Carl Franseen; Charles White et ux' vs. Frank Boy den, 17th Umatilla County vs. James Estes, et al; Umatilla County vs. Dave Bonlfer, et al; City of Pendleton vs. James Estes. et al. 18th Everett W. Zulderduln vs. John Greulich; AV. O. Carter vs. Chaa. Despaln, et al. 19th Segregren Justus vs. M. T. Bennett et al; 1st National Bank of Waitcburg vs. Floyd Coffman. 20th Oron Felthouse vs. James C. Davis, etc.; Annie Joe vs. Joseph Craig. , 21st State vs. Kenenth Kennedy. 22nd State vs. Steve Lawler. 24th State vs. Bert Clingenpeel; Lucilo Christensen vs. J. B. Knight. 26th State vs. K. C. Amann; A. N. Lucas vs. W. T. Rigby. INVITATION TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON FAR EASTERN SUBJECTS SENT WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. (A. P.) Invitations to Belgium. Holland and x-onugai to anena me conierence on far Eastern subjects were BUDjecis were prepared today at the state department. UNEMPLOYMENT MrtiwftWrtriTfc--'-iiitftiif--i iYiu.li'w"- "ft -1r-siMitthrtii.iisJi- ,-: i Vif m. ,m,- -,- President Harding addressed the opeuluc session conference in Washington. B: Members of tho Progressive Busi ness Club at their weekly luncheon to day disposed of a large supply of Chi na pheasants bagged by members yes terday and likewise listened to an in formal talk by . W. Phelps, chair man of the city planning commission. The-judge devoted his talk to the spe cial election to be held November 21 and to the question of just what Im provement projects should be submit- I ted to the people at that time. "Pendleton occupies a strategic po sition," said the speaker. "We are one day's travel from Portland, from Boise and from Spokane. During 1925 we are going to be hosts to a tre mendous volume of travel and per sonally I feel it will be wise to pre pare for the future. As an average taxpayer I am very much In favor of going ahead for a town cannot stand still anymore than can an Individual." Judge ' Phelps presented charts showing the Pendleton tax levy to be lower than that of any town of its size in the state and also the bonded In debtedness to be correspondingly low. The program as outlined by Judge Phelps calls for purchasing a site for and constructing a septic tank, for im-1 proving the property to be, purchased I In the west end of town, to buy other property for auto camp purposes and to erect a municipal ii uditoriuin. Hel particularly asked for advice on the subject of whether the proposal for an auditorium be submitted at this time. Following the address by .Iudi?e Fhelps the matter was Informally dis-1 cussed and some figures relative to in creased taxation in Oregon were pre-1 sented by Dr. F. W. Vincent. . The national meeting of Progressive! Business Clubs Is to be held in Modes-i to, Calif., later In this 'month and Pen- dleton is asked to send a representa- vorce from (.twen Moote. Is under con tive. The matter was left with the slderation by the state Supreme Court board of managers. ' tfdii.:. ' CHOOL CHILDREN TODAY K Miss Susie Pendleton and Master Johnnie Pendleton this year will have some examinations to pass which were undreamed of in. days when their fathers and mothers went to school. These examinations will be two in number and will have to do with phy sical condition. The first one of the school year in being made now, and again before the conclusion of the year's work next spring, a second ex amination will be made. Separate examinations for girls and boys, with a different table of ques tions, are being held now. Miss Eva Hansen is- in charge of the work In the grades and she has charge of the girls in the high sf.iool. Richard Hanley Is conducting the work for all the boys in the high school. Measurements of the pup'.ls are be ing taken now, together with their weights, and other vital information is being gathered. This information will be tabulated, and where correct- lve measures are needed to build up tne health of pupils, special training 'wlu be given. The second examina- tion near the close of the year will .how the results that have been . talned during the year's training. CONFERENCE of the unemployment 0IH. COUNTY EAST END OF TO HOLD MASS ItlCCTIMft i"iui i husband's Illness. MVs. Howe testl 0N ROAD IMPROVEMENT ed that Mrs. Southard, when Meyer I became very 111, said "We'll call a The questions of good roads doctor, tnen noDony can say any ,! r vntinn- nf f.M-Hinr bonds thing." All the witnesses testified f,,r th Improvement of the roads of the county will be two topics which will be considered tonight at Milton when a mass meeting of tho citizens of Milton-Free- water will be held in the Milton opera house. Tho meeting will be held un- der tho Joint auspices of the two commercial organizations of Mil- ton and Freewnter, but It will be a community affair, and tho attendance of all taxpayers Is ex- pected. Tho action of the east end of the county marks the first for- mal step yet taken by any sec- tlon of Umatilla county In an effort to guage what the wishes of the people may be In regard to going ahead with a comprehen- sive program of road construe- tlon. Recently the county feder- Htion of commercial organ lza- tions requested 'that the Various bodies secure Information as to the sentiment either favoring or opposing the voting of a bond issue In their communities. A simplar meeting will be hold at Helix Wednesday night. , CASK IS I NKKIt CONNIDKItATlOX 4 'ARSON CITY,. Nev., Oct. 4 (U. P.) Iemand for the dismissal of the appeal taken by the' State bf Nevada In a suit to annul Mary Pickford s dt- HAVE SOME m Attention to physical development has been given In the Pendleton schools during previous yearn, but Hupt. H. K. Inlow Is confident that the program for this year will prove much more beneficial than the train ing which hus been given hereto fore. At present there are three periods of 45 minutes each given over to phy sical training in the high school, and the grade pupils have one period each day. EVIDENCE FOUND MAY RESULT IN NEW TRIAL FOR JAMES MAHONEY SEATTLE. Oct. 4. (U. P.) Allei- ed new evidence, discovered In the cy cannot be used to start. McGraw case of James Mahoney, convicted last Is a great believtr in pitchers as ths Saturday night of first degree murder deciding factors In the scries battle, of his aged wife, Kate Mahoney, may, while Huggins us usual Is saying result In a new trial. It developed to- nothing. day when the defense attorneys filed al (ianies Call for Two OV'Uwk. petition for a new trial In the Superior! All games are scheduled to start at Court. The motion for a new trial will two o'clock eastern time, correspond be argued Saturday. jlng to 11 o'clock Pacific time. li TESTIMONY STARTSl "W CASE OF MRS. LYDIA SOUTHARD Witnesses Claim Fourth Hus band of Alleged 'Bluebeard . ess' Suffered Much Agony. PUTS FLYPAPER IN SAUCER; MEYERS DIES SOON AFTER State is Attempting to Prove She Killed Meyer to Collect $10,000 Insurance Money. TWIN FALLS. Oct. 4. (U. P.) Witnesses testifying ugainst Mrs. Lydu Southard, the alleged "Bluebeardess" who is on trial for the murder of her fourth husband, Edward Meyer, de- iclared that Meyer was in agony most of the time before his death. They related how Mrs. Southard brought poison flypaper home, placed It In a saucer with wuter and how Meyer died soon after. One neighbor testi fied that Mrs. Southard, then Mrs. Meyer apparently was unworried dur ing her husband's last Illness. The state Is attempting to prove that she killed Meyer to collect $10,(100 insur ance money. 1'ormor Itoonimnti' Testifies H. B. Siiulre, Meyer's room mute at Blue Lakes ranch previous to his mar riage with Mrs. Southard, was the first witness to be called. Ho testified that Meyer suffered tortures during his last illness, especially In his stomach. He could not eat. had cramps and was 'frequently taken with severe pains that utmost caused convulsions. Squires' testimony confirms that of I Mrs. Carrie Howo, of Muscatine, Iowa. who yesterday repeated what Mis. Southard had told her concerning her that Mrs. Southard was very unwilling to have Meyer taken to a hospital. Cranville Halght finally had Meyer re moved to the hospital on his own ini tiative. NEW YORK IS BASEBALL SEATSAREALL i F First World's Scries Game Be tween Giants and Yanks is Slated for Tomorrow. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. (H. P.) An eager-eyed army of baseball fans are swooping dawn on Hroadway from all over the country, chewing the sport rag and quarter cigars until the first game opens tomorrow. They fillefl the lobbies of the big hotels, discuss ing the two lending questions; The worlds Series participants, and "Where ..., .,..1 u rlrlnl. ' wa.il j. mi p.-- im. whntn room Is set aside withi 400 typewriters and decks for the sporting men "covering" the series for the nation s papers. Lime neuuig In evidence, althoiinh several big bets are reported from Wall street. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. (I'. P.)- With the first world s series game ne tween the Giants and the Yanks slat ed for tomorrow, New York Is base ball mad. Funs are dividing then time making and taking bets on the "home teams" with the problem of how to get Into the Polo grounds to ee the games. The league presidents. are snowed under with telegrams ask nr fnr rswrva I Ions. but tho club grounds are actually so small there .iii l. few nionort innately able to see the battles. All the seals havi been sold already, with the fans fac ing the alternative of being scalped by scalpers or standing In long lines ue- rore the gates bcfoi". the run rises. I tot It teams are In fine fettle and ready to play. The umpires have been picked, new uniforms made and ground rules agreed upon. Teams Arc Hard I for Pitc hers Both teams are hard up for pitch ers. McGraw has Arthur Nehf but the Yanks have treated better pitch ers than Nehf to a tirade of hits, Phil Dmglas may hurl for the Giants in the second game. Fred Toney, Jess IJarnes, Ryab and Shea cannot lie counted on. Slim Kallee is too old to be a starter. Manager Muggins for the Yanks has Mays as their prima donna, With Sbawkey, complaining of a sore arm all season, Harry Harper, young and erratic, Jack Qulnn is nearly through, and Collins and Pler- NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER TO SELECT BODY OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER WHO CITY'S TENTATIVE PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT Th firl nimnrhniilv fnr A Pendleton business men as a body to learn at first hand Just what the city's tentative plans for civic improvements are will be afforded tonight when the monthly membership of tho Pendleton Commercial Associa tion will be addressed by Mayor G. A. Hartman. The whole, meeting will be given over almost entirely to a consideration of civic problems and a large attendance is expect ed to be present to hear the re port. The City Planning Com mission, which has had theso problems under consideration for several months, recently vot ed to recommend that the ques tion of voting bonds to the am ount of 150,000 to buy sites for a park and for the ground on which the septic tank will bo built be submitted to the peo ple. It was considered impera tive by the commission that theso improvements bo made, so tho recommendation on these features was unqualified, but the proposal to lncludo the build ing of a community memorial auditorium was left over for auc- tlon by different orgnnixiHions. The Commercial Association will be expected to take some action tonight on these manors WELL KNOWN OREGON NEWSPAPER MAN NAMED MINISTER TO SIAM WASHINGTON. Oct. 4. (A. P.) Edward 'E. Prodie of Ore- gon City, has been named min- Ister to Slam. The selection of eight . American ministers to the Latin-American and Old World countries were announced today, virtually completing the dlplo- matic roster of the new admin- lstratlon. WOMAN IS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF 8 MONTH OLD BABY SEATTLE, Oct. 4. IV. P.) Mrs. H. C. Osborn was Jailed today as a re sult of the death last night of an eight-months-old baby entrusted to her care. Marks on the Infants body testified to brutality, according to Prosecutor Car mnrtv, who Hfivs that Mrs. Osborn Is at loast partially responsible for the oaiiys tlenth. They may try her for manslaughter. Neighbors reported seeing Mrs. Osborn beating the baby a week ago. , WILL BE PREVENTED SAN ANTONIO, et. 4.-(lf. P.) Chief of Police Mussey and Sheriff Tohln met the rumors of cnuteiuplaled parades by the Ku Klux Kltin with their announcement that they would use machine guns If necessary to pre vent the klansmen from parading. Meanwhile tho grand Jury Is proceed ing with the probe resulting from the affray at Lorena Saturday night. The first known moving picture wi.s made In 1H9H. P0N1M0HAL' AUTOMOBILE TOUR TELLS OF IMPROVE Free firewood, tables on which to eat, an Ins de place for cooking If pos sible and a few wooden benches on which to sit are some of the Improve ments which could be made to the Pendleton camp grounds which would make the place more attractive to tourists, is an opinion expressed today by Oeorge A. Talier, Brooklyn man who with his wife and three sons were here on u transcontinental overland trip. The Tabcrs came from Brooklyn to Buhl, Idaho, with the caravan of homeseekers who left the eastern jcoast July 28 to seek homes In the West. They did not come as home snekern, but chose to make the trip In company of the caravan, and on their long journey they have formed several opinions about what they personally like and what they do not like In the way of accommodations furnished by towns through which they have pass ed. I Mr. Taber did not volunteer his opinions. They were asked by a re porter. Here are some of the com ments he had to make. He smiled as he talked and gave the impression that he was merely expressing his i opinion and not registering the WILL BE HONORED America's Unknown War Hero Will Find Honored Sepulchre in Arlington Natl. Cemetery. PARIS, Oct. 4. (A. P.) America'.) unknown soldier who will find an honored sepulchre in the Arlington national cemetery, Virginia, will be selected by a non-comnilssloned of ficer, from the American forces on the Rhine ut Chalons-Sur-Mame, October 24. The body will leave 1 Havre on October 25 on the cruiser Olympln. The bodies of the unidentified soldiers who tell in actual fighting, one from each of the four prominent American cemeteries In France, Avill be assembl ed near the railway station. A non commissioned officer, selected by Gen eral Allen, will then be ordered to place his hand on one of the four coffins. Sump Catafalque Vsctl WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. (A. P.) When the body of the unknown sol dier to be brought from France for burial November 11, is placed In tho rotunda of the cnpitol November 9 to lie in stale, the same catafalque used for ex-I'ree' dents Lincoln, Garfield and MeKinley will be used. Mc.P.II,K TRIAL STARTS TODAY CLKVKLAND, Oct. 4 (U. P.) The first witnesses In the trial of Marian McArdle, 20 years of u',e, charged w!th the murder of her stepfather, Daniel Knber, wus called today. WE Large Audience Listened to Address at Bivoli Last Evening; Text on Page 8. "Christian Science, the Voice In the Wilderness" was the subject of an ad dress last evening by Rev. Andrew J. Craham before a large aud'ence at the R'vol. theatre. J. S. Johns In Introducing tho lec turer said: "Friends, you are here this evening as the guests of First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Pendleton, which Is nn authorized 'branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Massachussetts. Among the activities of The Mother Church Is a Board of Lecturershlp, tho members of which have amply proven their faith by their works. By reason of Its relationship to The Moth er Church, th's church has the privi lege of securing one or more of these lecturers each year. I take pleasure In presenting to you a member of the Hoard of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The Reverend Andrew J. Graham, of Boston, Mass., who will address you on the subject, "''hristlan Science, Tho Voice In the Wilderness." Rev. Ciruham's lecture appears on page 8. ASK WORK BE STOPPED ON WARSHIPS DURING DISARMAMENT MEETING WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. (U. P.) Senators Borah and Pomerene, are preparing to Introduce resolutions Into tho senate usklng President Harding to stop work on the warships during tho session of the disarmament confer ence November 1 1. "klckE" which are sometimes heard from the "tourist trampt" who ask a community to furnish everything ex cept something to cat. "One of the things which we have appreciated most In a few of tho places where we have stopped was ta bles on which to eat,'' he said. ',W had them and benches, too, at Caspar, Wyoming, and at Basin, Wyo., tho camp was a dandy. At Poise we could cook under tover, but one disadvan tage which we didn't have at Caspar was, we had to carry our food from tho kitchen clear the length of the grounds to our own tent. As Caspar the cooking und eating could all be dono under one roof. We appreciated that accommodation. It was the fin est placo from the point of view of tourists that we passed through. "I've always heard of Oregon as the state In the union having the greatest amount of timber, but this Is the first place where we paid for our fuel. We have been In any number of places where wood could not be secured, but this is the first place whero we have bought It In the camp grounds. When we can't get wood, we use our gaso- (Continued on page 8.) I IRISH REPUBLICAN r ' TROOPS PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE WAR Hidden From Eyes of British 'Spies' Troops Drill ' in Heart of Irish Mountains. PREMIER WOULD NOT TRY TO RECONCILE EXTREMISTS Success of Conference Depends ' Upon People Using Common Sense Says Lloyd George. DUBLIN. Oct. 4. (U. P.) With the Sinn Fein statesmen preparing for the peace conference, the republican troops are preparing for the possible war. Hidden from the Kngllsh "spies" the troops are drilling in the heart pt the Irish mountains. Seven hundred. Sinn 1'eiii troops went through maneu- ' u is well-leurned in France. The men i are duliued to be in fine fighting , trim- -.: ;' j Speaks on Unemployment, .'.''. IN YK, I INKdd, Scotland, Oct. 4. (U; 1'.) Tile success of the forthcoming h.Ii I'mii'ereiii e depends upon the. ! deleiiates from both sides not trying to' to iMiclie their extremists, but truBt I iug to the people s common sense," I T i m er Lloyd Ueorge declared today in a speech on the unemployment slt 1 iirtion In England. " 1 IS Heretofore Students With Fhy-r sical Defects Were Excused From Gymnastio Work. A "Corrective class," for all ' high , school girls unable to take part In tho regular gymnastic clauses under the direction of Miss Eva Hansen, Instruc-' , tor In physical training, Is a new fea ture of the department in Pendleton this year. Heretofore any student with a phy-, slcal defect was excused from g-ym-nastics, but the new plan provides fur the study of the Individual neidj of each girl who Is exempted from regular work, and gives her un oppor tunity for special training. Divided Into Classes. ' . ' The physical training work at high school, Miss Hansen states, Is divided Into formal Swedish gymnastics, for mal German gymnastics, Informal1 " work and competitive games. With the corrective work, the . physical training department of Pendleton high school will be on a par with that of the colleges and larger high schools of Oregon. Miss Hansen, who was grad uated from the Pnlverslty of Oregon, was In charge of the Work here last . year also. Besides her experience in schools, she has had army experience In this line. Try-outs to Begin. . .,. Try-outs for the girls' class basket. ' ball will begin soon and Miss Hansen states that with the present material j thero should be exceptionally, strong; class teams. The coaching she states, will be very fundamental at first, grad ually working up until the game is definitely known and played as a sci entific game. . ' , ,., The work of organising the basket ball team In the grade schools has been completed and practice has start ed. According to the material and the number out, basketbull in the grades will be unusually Interesting and well played this year, says MIbb Hansen. -, Kach female salmon yields AD- proxlmately J,S00 eggs each yei. . P.eported by Major Lee Moorhouso, official weather observer, . . . , Maximum, 70.' Minimum, 35. ' Barometer, 29.62. ' - - j TODAY'S X FORECAST Tonight and Widn esday fair. i THE WEATHER