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THE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS AND THE I. N. S. ' 1 DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Th Eaat Oregonian la Eaatera Ore icon's greatest newspaper and, aa a sell ing force gives to the advertiser o-ec twice the t'uaranleed paid circulation in Pendletoa and Umatilla county t any other newspaper. The net press run of yesterday's Daily 3,343 This paper ts a memocr or and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. COUNTY OmCIAL PAPE2 COUNTY OmCIAL PIPES VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1921. NO. 9993 Si RATIO FOR JAPAN REFERRED 10 ' THREE" Hughes, Kato and Balfour May Now Reach Agreement Sat isfactory to the Japanese. JORDAN DECLARES AP' ! DIPLOMATIC DECKS i niiTiTvrm lit WILL BE W yM BENG CLEARED FOR SHOW DOWN Japan Will Exert ort to Se-! cure Modification in Program! Says Noted Peace Advocate.! DEADLOCK NOW EXISTING BETWEEN NATIONS BROKEN Three Leaders Consider Ques tion in Connection With Dis cussions for Settlement. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. ((U. I'.) Itreaklng; the deadlock existing 'be tween the United States and Jupan over the capital ship ratio for Japan, naval experts of the "Big Three" to day referred the question buck to the three nation's chief delegates. Secre tary Hughes, Admiral Kato and Sir Arthur Balfour may now reach an agreement satisfactory to Japun. Question Heine Considered. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. (U. P.) The question of disposing of the Anglo-Japanese alliance has been taken up by the chief delegates of the Unit ed States. Great Britain and Japan, It was understood today. Secretary Hughes, Sir Arthur Balfour and Ad miral Kato are now considering that question in connection with the discus aions to arrive at a settlement of the capital ship ratio controversy between the tilted States and Jupan. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Nov. 30. (I. P.) David Starr Jordan, the noted peace advocate; today insisted that the Washington arms limitation conference Is bound to prove success ful. "Japan will ultimately do what Secretary Hughes asks, but Nippon's army und navy factions will exert every effort tn secure modifications in the present program." Dr. Jordan Is a personal friend of liaron Takahhashi the newly uppointcd premier of Japan. Issue of Whether Japan Will Agree to 60 Per Cent Ratio for Navy Cannot be Delayed. FOR FIRST TIME SINCE j OPENING DEADLOCK EXISTS! MOVIE DIRECTOR OF ! LATE MISS RAPPE GIVES TESTIMONY IN TRIAL1 SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. ::. U". 1M ! Jack White, the movie director who! directed Virginia Kappc's last picture, j Til" Twllitht Ha by" testified for thei state that he bad never seen Miss llappe tear her clothing i hysterics as the defense witnesses had claimed, tieorae Median, a camera man, told the same story as White. Roth agreed the sii'l seemed '.n good health. FEDERAL TROOPS CRAIG'S DEFIANT SPEECH AND THE MEXICAN mfSZ RURALES CLASH flFD BELIEF EXPRESSED THAT Seventeen Are Dead and Two Wounded Following Battle Which Occurred Last Night. Fi REVOLUTIONARY PR0PAGAN GIVEN AS FIGHT CAUSE American Delegation Will Not, Back Down; National Pride ; Will Not Let Japs Consent. ; Plan Submitted to Sinn Feinj Requires Sinn Fein Taking Oath of Allegiance to Crown. LONDON, Nov. ;ta. eminent circles today One Woman Fatally Wounded in Bomb Explosion; Work man is Shot and Killed. RELFAST. Nov. 30. (I. N. S.) fir James Craig's defiant speech on the Irish speech was followed by out burst of disorders early today. One woman was fatally wounded In a bomb explosion and a workman was shot and killed in Cromar street. ECOlIQUESTi ST. I.OL'IS, Nov. 30. (I. N. S.i Notice has been served on 22,01111 cm- Ployes of the Missouri, Kansas and I Texas railroad that the maiiagcnien: f intends to make a reduction of wanes! ranging from 12 to 42 percent, ef fee-1 tlve December 1G. I Several carriers have given notice j for an application to cut wages. The, shop crafts have made applications for an increase. Hooper said both em ployers and employes, are now obey ing the railroad hoards mandates. (A. P.l ilov exnressed th belief that the Irish conference would! v "ii (I N Si' 1 ,'0,ll( down utmost immediately and aj decks are being I 1 ",' ', , not re postponed, 1 ne pian suoiioiieo 1 to the Sinn Fein representatives last night Included requiring the Sinn Fein taking an oath of allegiance to the crown The S'nn Fein replied that it bad many objections to the govern nieuts plan but even if It agreed to discuss the plan It could not assent to the oath of allegiance. Fight Between Federal Troops and Mexican Rurals Lasted; for Over Three Hours. Ernest Skeel, of Seattle, district gov ernor, and Cecil Martin, another Seat tlo Hotarlan who attended the Interna tional convention at Edinburgh, Scot land, were guests and speakers at the Weekly notary Club luncheon today. Governor Skeel made an Inspiring talk on the principles of notary and the growth of tho Institution. Ho said thoro aro now 1000 notary clubs and that no paid organizer has ever been used, the movement spreading spon taneously through the good results se cured. Mr. Martin told of his trip to Edin burgh, of the session there and of a Kijlecieeiit visit to Christian, through tici-many with a stop In ncrlin and lat er In I'avis and London, He said that Germany has staged a marvelous come hack and that there Is no evidence there of war depression. He says the revival Is not as marked In France as In Germany. Another prominent guest nt the no tary luncheon today was Walter Mo Cready, baseball magnate who Is en routo east. This evening a large deletation of Pendleton Kotnrlans and their wives will go to Walla Wulla for a dinner this evening at which Mcssers Skeel and Martin will speak. SEATTLE. Nov. 30. (U. P. Marshal Foch was tendered a tumultu ous reception when he arrived here to day. The Milwaukee station was jam med. Foch was greeted by long lines of officials, ex-service men, consuls and citizens. n - The French marshal's train was slightly late, but this served only tn Increase the enthusiasm of the crowd when he finally did appeal The short, sturdy figure In bluo was almost en gulfed as tho crowd surged forward to greet him. The police finally made a line, through which he marched, bis hand to his cap's visor in a salute nt the honor accorded France and himself. WASHINGTON, The diplomatic cleared for a showdown. The settle ment of the Issue whe'her Japan will 1 agree to me to per com iauo 101 un navy cannot be long delayed. For th; first time since the armament confer ence was Inaugurated, something closely akin to a deadlock exists. From the American official source came positive assurance there will be. no "bucking down'' as far as the Amer ican delegation Is concerned. The dele gates and naval experts are unanimous in' tholr contention that the American PmitHtion program was conceived in j brightc fairness, liberality and dedicated to thu sons, cause of world peace and upon their ( Issue thev are ijteParod to limit the 1 navies of the world or they are prepar ed to resume competitive building thai. 1 will lead to American naval suprein-! 11 cy. ' From one of the chief experts Japan Is equally positive with the assurance that Japan cannot and will not accep' the American program. National pride and national necessity It was as-1 SAN Ll'lS, Sonora Mex., Nov. JO. It. 1'. I Seventeen dead and ten wounded is the toll following a night battle between Hie federal troops and I a detachment of Mexican rill-ales'. XOGALES, Soiiora, Mex., Nov. 30. Heprescnttalves of the Mexican and Chinccc government!! aro busy draft ing a new Mexico and China treaty, to become elfectlvo January .first, ac cording to wireless advices from Mex- .Members of Commission Will Consist of Industrialists, Bankers and Agriculturalists british cabinet will'-', ' consider reparations ; Lloyd George Will Appeal " to America to Awaken Onrush ing Calamity in Europe. Situation is Rrlghtcr LONDON. Nov. 30. (I'. VA A re liable official today told the flitted Press the Irish situation 'seemed He did not give his lea- 1 Hovolutloi.ary propaganda is given as!uo lne eMsl'" rcal exp,rca im- lul.t cause. The light lasted three wi,h ,he m'w "r Tn0 K" llmll.. 1 eminent Is determined to put further Among the dead is Captain Jose ! restrictions upon loninigratlon of Chi drcs, the federal troops commander. llese' 11 ,vua Kt;ltci1 The lighting was fierce. Soldiers as-1 " t ended to the roofs of the buildings I on all sides of the rurals' barracks and opened fire, the rurals returning 1 a withering shower of bullets. Each side blames the oilier for preclpitat ing the conflict. Wheat today, the last day of TAKE HIGHWAY TRIP. PORTLAND, Nov. 30. (A. P.) The program for Marshal Foch here tomorrow includes u. parade In the morning, a trip over the Colurnb'a highway and a banquet In the evening. sorted, would never consent to Julian being relegated to a poor third among ; Novcm r market, shows increase in .1,.. ..vi..'.,f the ,.rl.l. There the ! Price, December gram closing at l.r3 situation apparently rests 11s the ex pert, prepare for a final session. -S him May at i . 1 T ,-i. Yesterdays closing price, was December $1.11 3-4 and May. Jl.Ki 1-2. Decisions to lie .Made j Following are the limitations rccelv- WASH.1NUTON, Nov. :il. It". P.) ; cd by Overbcck &. Coolie, local brok- Next Week will probably sec the (led- j era: sions on the international naval pro-! gram, a semi-official Hritish spokes-1 man Indicated today. "The naval ra-'; Dec. tlo matter will be stated first, then the .May submarines will be considered; The third naval holiday plan will coma j Dec. up," this authority Indicated. He re-1 May ported "satisfactory progress" was bo-1 Ing made in consideration uf tile naval Dee. ratio question. Absence of the princl- May pnl I'rit'sh delegates from the city next , week may cause postponement of the I plenary session from Monday to Wed-! ncsday or Thursday. ! SWIM TO UK ll llhl.OH. I'liOVIDKNCE. u. I.. Nov. 30. (I'. P.) I'.rown students ill order to re ceive a bachelors degree, must become laminar witn water, either salt or, fresh. I This became knuwn'wlien announce- mem was nuuie tnat si 1-2 per cent of 1 county at Boardniaii, Monday, Dec, the student body had passed their r.ih illnir 10 notice sent nut liv swimming testsone of the require- 0. Calkins, county agent. Tho pro ! "u;nlH ,fl"' 11 I'uvhelor s degree. Tile rum llt Hoanlman will include a day 1 swimming instructor has a large class mi,etn8 ,f a committee for the pur ! of students and the indications iw , llMlnn ,i. ni ,.. .- thai the remainder of the student body Knnai,on. i the evening Mr. Mans- (K,ast Oregonlnn Special.) HOAR OMAN. Ore., Nov. 30. Pres ident Geo. A. Mansfield, of the statu farm bureau organization will begin a week's speaking tour through Morrow - BEItLlN, Nov. 30. (U, P.) Qt- many will Bend a mission of Industrial-, Ists, bankers and agriculturists to Am erica to discuss tho German economic problems with financiers there. It was announced today, Dr. Joseph 'Wlrth.i the Herman chancellor, expected to aopoini members to the commission tomorrow. .,' Plans Aro Considered . ... LONDON, Nov. 30. (U. P.) Tho! British cabinet will consider the plans1 advanced by the German agents for re arrangement of the reparations plansj and revival of Anglo-German, trh,d.f according to a reliable statement mad here today. Premier to Ask AM . WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. (U. V.),. Premier Lloyd-Oeorge will come . ii Washington with an appeal to Amorlc; to awaken to the onrushlm calamity In Europe and to aid In preventing U,( according to his friends here todav. . ' Wheat. Open High Low Close 91.11 JI.M'i Jl.UI'i ll.ll'i 1.15 14, MS 1.14 1.17 Corn. .464 .48 .46 .4 1 .13 M -13 .64 Oats. .32 .:2Vj ,32 .32 .3d .38 - :s 7 T& .38 pass the tests before the end of the Tl SAVS WAH IS INKVIT.UH.K. ' MOSCOW. Nov. 30. (V. P.) M. Kaniencff. the soviet famine relief dl I rector, told the Culled Prcess that an I other war ill the Far East Is inevlt ! able unless Amciica, England, liussla I and Japan reach a speedy agreement i on the Oriental problem. ItKi ;ain in AITOS. niOdlNA, Sask., Nov. 30. (I. N. S.) "The best barometer to farm ex pansion and prosperity," said '. J. Yonith, "Is the sale figures on auto mobiles." There arc til.OHO automo biles In the province, a gain of 6,000 In a year. In 1908 there were only seventy-four. The gain 111 the entire west, which is being transformed by the settler's plow, is 600 per cent In l;even years. ASK WALLULA ROAD MEETING TOMORROW. LATER DATE DESIRED A wire was received here this mor. ining from the exoeullvo secretary of I the Portland chamber of commerce In wm.g inc Highway coinmiiteu of the Pendleton Commercial Association to meet with the board of directors of the Portlund chamber at 1 o'clock to morrow afternoon. , This afternoon Senator Itltncr, chairman of the local committee, en deavored to communicate with the president of the Portland chamber of commerce, asking that the hearing be held December 16 Instead. Senator Kllner bad already requested a meet ing for December 16 as at that time the county Judges an, commissioners of the state will be In Portland with the result they could participate. I'p to 2:30 It n, t,em impossible to get the Portland men by telephone. field will speak and there . will be a short social hour iwith refreshments. It Is then planned to district the com munity and solicit annual members at ?,i each. A similar meeting will bo held at Iriigon 011 the north side of tho county and the remainder of the weok will be given to the south side. LuNDON. Nov. SO. (A. P.) 14. .Mount Stephens, aged t'i, a .Canadian, railroad builder, and the first preWb;. dent of the Canadian Pacific died last, nlghl at his country residence In, ror-j, therfordshlrc. . . , ,1 i:". Ill ltl 'S A MODI L TOWN. WELLINGTON, Ohio, Nov. 30. 1 (I. N. H.) This community of 3,000 inhabitants Is thinking of abandoning tho Jail and giving the marshal a Va. cation. ' A survey shows only two ar rests were made during the past tun months and that both prisoners, men later were discharged. ltKPORTS AUK OOM'UJMJSD ,; LONDON, Nov. 30. (IT. P.) Ke-' ports that the British cabinet Is, con-, slderlng a proposed moratorium for Gemuany were confirmed in official circles today. TRIAL OF ALLEGED CHICAGO. Nov. 30. (V. P.) With the ra.Mroad labor board to announce the new working rules tomorrow. Hen Hooper, a lioard member, states today that the railroad board Is ready to con sider tho road's application for a fur ther wago reduction. REMOVING THE INTOXICANT. fiVr TA5Te Fo Tfie -STUFF IK IHAI IIME J . J. If XJX X X 1XU11 i I II- , - J SALEM, Ore., Nov. 30. ;Taylor of Umatilla county. (U, P.) The Oregon supreme) Judge Bingham denied Kirby's court today is considering the I plea for a wrii. of habeas cor-1 case of Elvie D. Kirby. slated to I pus. Kirby's attorneys appeal-j hang Friday for participation ed on a writ of supersedeas,! in the murder of Sheriff Til j which, if granted, will auto-! matically act f.s a stay of exe- I cution for Kirby. Governor 01-1 icott will grant John Rathie.i sentenced to hang with Kirbv.1 a stay of execution providing! Kirby s plea proves successlul. (iovcrnor .May Reprieve Rnthie SALEM, Nov. 30. (A. P.I Elvie D. Kirby and John Kathie. convicted in connection with the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor of Umatilla County, may not hang Friday as sentenced. Judge' Hingham today denied the writ of ha-! beas corpus asked by Kirby's attor-! ncys, thus opening a way for an appeal , to the supreme court to be filed loday. ; The attorney argued the legislature of; 192l exceeded its authority when It referred to the people the senate Joint1 I resolution providing restoration of. capital punishment. Tho governor j may reprieve Ilathie. lteported by Major Lee Moorhouse, local weather observer. Maximum, 58. Minimum, 46. Parameter, 29.26 P.ainfall .015. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Thursday rain or snow; cold er tonight. SEVKN UODJI-S KUTOt V.Kl.Yi I NEW YORK. Nov. 30. (U. P.l--j Seven bodies have been taken from the' ruins of the Brooklyn Theatre which collapsed yesterday and the search is being continued for more bodies. ' CHICAGO. Nov. 30. (U P.) The trial of Harvey Church, charged with the brutal murder of Carl Ausmus and II. J. Duugherty, started hero Voday. They may select a Jury before the end of the week. Church Is charged with luring tho salesmen to his gurage, os tensibly to purchase mi automobile, and I here killing them. XTRA n--.:i . HEDULUFF, Calif.. Nov. 30. (A. P.) Twelve high school students wore killed soulh of here todny ut the Fro berta crossing by a collision of tho school bus with the Southern Taclflc train number 16. Tho automobile con tained 16 children. Four were Injured and aro not expected to live. They were on their way from their home at Gerber to the lied Bluff high school. The train hit the bus In ft dense fog. The auto dashed against a post and was thrown back on the train. E i A motion to Indefinitely postpone tho proposition to submit a now bond Issue of $1,000,000 for tho Improve ment of roads In the county was mudo and adopted last night at the meeting of the county federation of commer cial organizations, and M. U Watts, Athena miller, banker and farmer, was selected by the federation as the county's member of the stale commit tee for the preservation of natural scenic beauty. The action to postpone submitting the bond Issue was a mutter of form and was taken for a mutter of record, according to an expression on the floor. Several of those present Indi cated that 111 their opinion a bond is sue would have no chance of carrying I now, and the expression whs unanl moiis that the time is not propitioUK for considering neiv work. "All but two of the organizations In the federation voiced their approval six weeks ago," Secretary Ilarr report eil, "hut 1 have tin Idea that they would reconsider that action now If the mutter were to be referred to I them uguin." County Judge I. M. Hchannep was 'called on to outline the policy of the i county court on read matters. Ho de clared in his Introductory remarks that he had no desire to take any aland In urging or not urging a bond issue, but he said ill hia opinion now not the time for such a move. Thlrtv-two mile of market roads have ' been built during the puat year, he reported. For the coining year ft road hus ibeen (promised to extend from Weston up over tho mountain, and from the Morrow county ,Mn down Duller creek. A third itreteli of road has been promised for never! years to west end taxpayers, accord lug to tho Judge, and this probaWy wlll be built. With the exception of thc three stretches of road, the program for 1023 Is not made up, he lndlcat4. The general road fund will not, fcr great possibilities during 1923, -o cording to the speaker. The ne bridge over Dry creek haa been tavJU and must be paid for, and ft tentative plan has been tulked over by tho coun ty court and the state highway com mission for the finishing of the .OW orecon Trail between Dead Mattfa Pass and the Union county line. ,T1) slate probably will finance tho work. Judge Schannep eald, and tho county will pay 160,000 for Its share of the expense at tho rate of 130.000 each vi'nr for three vearff. - ' Those present were M. L. Watts, E. C. Rogers, Homer Watts and WiUlara Ferguson of Athena; Fred Moes and H. E. Vining of Helix; Mark Cleveland and J. D. Zuroher of Stonfleld; C. a Cheshire and B. M. ftnlth of MUton: Sim culley and J. V. Price of Wftston; O. O. Staver of Pilot Rock, and Judge Hchannep, Fred Eennlon, William Peterson and U C. Bcharpf of Pf ty -ton, . . , . ..