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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 33
DAILY EAST OSEGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1921.
NO. 10,002
COUNTY COURT URGED TO STAND PAT;
TEXT OF FOUR POWER TREATY IS GIVEN
TAX COMMISSION
IT;
AWAITS SUPREME
C 0 LI R
T
DECISION
Validity of Bonus Act to
be Decided Before Levy
Can be Made for Oregon.
UMATILLA COUNTY RATE
IS PLACED AT .047853
BRIEF TEXT OF 4 POWERMf pyj)
PACIFIC TREATY rumor mi m
iLLUllL HLL IU
Rate is Based on Ratio of
County Value to Total
Value of State Property.
SALEM, Doc. 10. (A. P.) The
state tux commission today nmiiiiiiifed
that until the supreme court decides
on the validity of the bonus act the
commission will ho unable to make the
annual stato tax levy. The commission
today announced the percent of the
stato taxes to lie paid by each county,
is based on the percent of the equaliz
ed vuluo of taxable property in each
county to the total taxable value of the
state. The I'mattlla county percent
of the rate on state tax is fixed at
.047K53.
bulletins!
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NAVAL FLAXF. 1'AI IS.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 10. (IT. P.)--A
navy airplane, flown by Ensign
Oline, crashed today, killing Myron
McLean, a passenger, and wounding
;ilne.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (U. P.) The four-power
treaty text in brief is as follows:
"With a view to preserving peace and a maintenance of the
rights in insular possessions, the four powers agree through
their plenipotentiaries, the president of the United States, the
emperor of Great Britain, the president of France and the em
peror of Japan, as follows:
"To respect each other's insular rights in the Pacific ocean,
with any controversy to be settled between powers involved by
diplomacy, or failing that, by a joint conference of the other
contracting powers; should an outside power threaten to dis
turb anyone, the contracting powers shall confer as to the best
course to pursue; the agreement remains in force for ten years,
after which it shall continue until any contracting party, by a
12 months notice, .gives indication or a desire to. terminate; all
four powers shall ratify immediately and deposit ratifications in
Washington, and upon such ratification the Anglo-Japanese
alliance of 1911 shall terminate."
The Root Resolutions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (U. P.) The four points drawn
up by Elihu Root to guarantee Chinese integrity , and which the
plenary session of the arms conference formally adopted today,
are:
All attending powers, the United States. Britain,, France,
Italy, Japan the Netherlands and Portugal firmly intend :
To respect the sovereignty independence and territorial and
administrative integrity of China; to provide the fullest oppor
tunity for China to develop a stable government; to use influ
ence to promulgate equal commercial opportunity for all nations
in China; to refrain from taking advantage of the present Chi
nese situation to obtain special privileges.
RESPECT m
Agreement Would Hold for
10 Years With Provision
for Quitting After Then.
DOMESTIC QUESTIONS
TO BE AFFECTED
s Root Resolutions in Regard
to, China Are Adopted;
Senate Must Ratify Pact.
REVIVAL OF GRAIN CORPORATION
AND $2.50 PER BUSHEL GUARANTY
ON WHEAT ASKED BY FARM COUNCIL';;:;; : I;;;,
. 9
WASSlIlXilTON. Doc. 10. (A. V.)
The di-.ift of III" proposed treaty lie
I wren the I'nited States, Ureal llritali.
France ami Japan which. :s to sup. j
plant the Anglo-Japanese alliaace anil
pave ine way ior acceptance 01 .1111
erlcan proposals for naval reduction,
were foitnally laid before the arms
conference today by SeSu.itnr Lodge.
It Is a ten year ugreeinont in which
the four nations hind themselves to le-
sped their existing rights In insular i
possessions and lUnnin'ons ii
eifie and in ensi
cannot lie settle'
agree to a Join conference
the I'
of disputes which j
by d plomaoy tln-y I,
among ;
filipixos want it.kkimw
MANILA, P. I., Dec. 10. (U. P.)
Steps toward organizing a misa'.on of
twenty members to present the Phil
ippines' claims for its independence
vcre taken today when the legislature
named a Joint, committee of ten to p-rodcrick
study and answer the recent Wood- j(hl )l(ia'd of
Forbes commission., report.
WASHINGTON', Dec. 10. (A. P.)
The Farmers National C icil has an
nounced that congress will be asked
to revive the I'nited States drain Cor
poration with a government guarantee
of probably $2.50 a bushel for wheat.
i llieinsel es. Any oite of tile parties
may withdraw on t web. e .months' no
lice after Hie expiration of the ten
years. t rie treaty requires coin :rnia-
enate. Presenting the
ir Lodge said he was
j gratified to lay the draft before Hie
! conference, declaring its full of mean.
! ing and importance to the world's
peace.
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JULIUS CAESAR WINS A RIBBON. 1
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MORNING TALKS
PROVED
STRONG
FOR C0 AGENT
Every Section of County Has
Delegates Heie Advising
Against Radical Action.
HOME DEMONSTRATOR
ALSO HAS SUPPORTERS
ill Won a blue lllilioil ill: Hie Now .It lsev iionllvv mIiimv nt
ami .M.isli i l.ugeue Kislen. ct Knsl (Hange, Is piittini jjis head to assure Mm;
"Ion done nolile. .1 it I j ' ' "
PRESIDENT WOULD DEFEK BONUS
UNTIL COLLECTION OF FOREIGN
DEBT IS ASSURED FOR AMERICA
j SAI.EM,
'nor Olcott
IIAXDITS WW, C .MTl KID.
Al'CU ST A , Dec. 10. (V, l)-rTwo
bandits who robbed the office of the
Sibley Manufacturing company and
escaped with tho S,000 payroll, were
captured a few minutes later after a
running battle. The money 'was all
recovered.
KEOIK filt.UV CASK.
WASHINGTON', Dec. 10. (T. P.)
Tho Interstate commerce commission
today ordered the reopening of the
western grain case, affecting rates on
grain, grain products and hay. The
argument is set for Decenuber 14.
Meanwhile the reductions remain in
effect.
Dec. 10. (A. P.) Oliver
addressed letters today to
D. Sticker, secretary of
health and Frank S.
Ward, secretary of the board of phar
macy, instructing those boards to in
vestigate the drug traffic. As soon as
the investigation has proceeded far
enough the governor plans to call a
Joint meeting of both boards where
the Information obtained shall be
pluced hefore the board members, (ih- !
I.imIkx "as P,cscrva(ions.
WAPllIN't'iT'iN'. Dee. lO.-ll'. P.)
The four Knot icsoliiLons regarding!
t'hina were also presented by Lodge, i
The conference formally adopted. t.liq J
Koot points without delay, lhe I nlt-
ed States also presented two reserva
tions to the agreninent, as follows:
I Tho signing of the treaty on the
i part of the I'nited Slates is subject to
I making a convention with Japan con
' corning the island of Yap and what
are termed mandated islands in the
Pacific north of the euiurlor; second.
-" '" j the treaty does not affect ipiesLons
ll.l. .MARK STKIKF. I'KOP.i: j viciluslvely. within the domest ic Juris
WASIllNHTiiN, Dee. HI. l P. I illation of the respective powers." This
The labor department' will intervene i H .supposed to concern Hawaii, con-
ti iNVK.sTm.vrr. i.oiuiy i
WASMLS'ilTOX, Dec. 10. (P. P.) j
The senate today ordered a sweepinS
investigation of alleged lobbies seeklicj
to influence conuress regarding dye- J
stui'f legislation. The lobby is believed ;
Nicked by a (lermany-fostered move-I
nielli in an effoi t to regain her pre-war j
monopoly of the American chemical
r market.
AVASHIMlTiiN, Dec. Ill, (P. p.l-
f'rcsldenj- Harding 'has declared' liim-'
self favorable to the passage of a sol
diers bonus hill as soon as proper slops
lire fnkeh for 'the 'collection' of a por
tion of the debt owed the Pnit.-d
Slates by foreign nations, Harding
will he ready for congress to pass a
oonils III W loo t o. , ...i
toast three anil a hull' I
;n debt is certain.
Ill
of at
ions of for-
nitr, cmr.v kilss si-xf.
BF.ATTLB. Ucc. 10. Ill health
'isintr Ms retirement resulted In the
suicide of Fire Mattalion Chief Wil
lla.m Carr today. Ho slashed his
throat with a razor.
certain inmates of the
and by other methods revealed a se
rious condition, particularly in Port
land, tho governor said.
i In t h i 'hir.,in ihipU,.i ti'iko aceol-dilt'j
penitentiary! .
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to
M'nminnert on pace H I
ANTI-LWDIs iin.i, lost
W'ASIIIXiiTOX, Dee. IO.--(P,
I no bouse today defeated an aniend
inenl to the district Judge bill which
would fore,. Federal .i,,,,..,. i,,mliN ,
oi iiis joii as lugli commissioner
basehall.
DPIIVIX, Dec. HI. (ir. P.1) Do
Valeia's iiower over the Irish people
is waning, because of his (.land on the
Pritlsh. Irish peace pact. Scarcely 10 iSpeclflcally
of
'THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL'
7.UYS7.KO IS WIXXFIl
MILWAl'KKE, Wis., Dec. 10. (A.
P.) Stanislaus Zbyszko, worlds cham
pion wrestler, defeated Ivan Romanoff
of Kansas City last night in two
straight falls.
4 HVI1T IX ( It ASH
PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (I.
Four persons were seriously
when an autiimobilc crashed Into
ditch neaithere today.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (C. P.) l'ni
on leaders asked for mediation today
as strikebreakers were barricaded be
hind the walls of the big packing
plants. C. J. Hayes, president of Ine
butchers union, has unofficially sug
gested that- any fairminded person
would be, acceptable as a mediator.
Houses' Are Stormed.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10 (I. N. S.)
The radicul element in the ranks of
Tl llHUIilUK OOll.-H.- l"lllriB 11 (I i tlr,r,l I'll II
hurt
THE WEATHER
unit' nriterlv methods u v ner iiwav lo
Violence. One man was shot during j
la fight near one of the plants. The!
j houses of five strikebreakers were,
j stormed by mobs. Numerous clashes j
between strikers and strikebreakers j
! occurred on the streets. I
Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse,
weather observer.
Maximum 52.
Minimum 3.
Harometer 25.75.
Rainfall .02 of an inch. .
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TODAY'S
FORECAST
Toni::ht and
Sunday fair.
SFSSIOX XI'-AltS CLOSF, .
WASIIINOTON. IX-c. 10. (P. P.) j
Oreat Uritain's spokesman today saliL
he expected great progress will be j
made next week toward clearing up
finally the naval ratio and naval holi
day (jiiestions. It is believed today's
plenary session marked the beginning j
of the end for the conference. j
SAYS PIUKiHFSS IS MAIIF. I
TOKIO, Dec. 10. (P. P. I Follow-'
ing a dinner with IS.iron t'chida. Jnp-
i.'inese government leader. American ,
j Ambassador Warren expressed lhe be
: lief that "real progress" is being made
j toward a satisfactory solution of ipies-'.
lions Involving Japan, Britain and ihe
; I'nited States. i
(ifJI.F TO( IIXA.MKNT SI-'.T j
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. If. P.i '
i The American open golf i hainpionshipi
'lis scheduled for Chicago, starting Jjdv
11, according to a I'nited Sf'es Coif
Association announcement. The ama-i
tear championship is awarded , to
Proekbne. Mass., September 4, next.
, per cent ot the people are with the
: former Idol, .Many leaders, whose hit
jlerness toward the Knglish has been
iinarked during iasl years, have de
j noiinced Do Valera and lire liiitdlng
Colllnsas lhe real rather of Irish free
dom. Catholic prelates havo voiced
.approval of the pact. F,ven extremist
jcirclos predict Ihe downfall of Do Va
lera.
Farmers From Fruit Section
Make Especial Showing of
Support for Fred Bennion.
Stand pat on the budget as It has
been drawn up ir you think it Is tha
best thing for the county."
That in substance was the mcssairo
borne to the hearing In the county
court chambers today from practical
ly every section of the county at the
Informal meeting of that body to give
consideration to the budget as pro
posed by the budget committee.
An overwhelming; majority of those
who uppeured before the court today
were there with the avotved iinrnmn
of lending their Influence to see that
I matllla county retains the serviced
of the county airent und 'the horn
demonstration agent, and the consid
eration of the Items df $1,1)00 uml 3,
"U0 asked by these offices respectively
look up practically nil of the time of
I he morning session.
Fruit Men ItcprcNciitcri.
The rrult district of the Mllton
Free water country was particularly
well represented ut the meeting, and
every member of the delegation who
spoke advocated the retention of the
two offices. M. L. Watts and II. I.
Wutts, both wheat growers of Athe
na, were the only speakers during the
morning who spoke In fuvor of ubol
ishlng either office. M. L. Watts In
his talk declared that he thought the
homo demonstration ugent and the
prohibition enforcement agent, K. V.
It. Rldgwiiy, should both be dispensed
with In making the budget.
Watts did not make his recommen
dation until he was Invited to Indlcute
where a cut should he
I
; Wheal declined in price today, De.
ji'enibir closing at $ t . 1 0 ;t-4, May at
I.M :t-S and July al JI.02 1-4. Yes-
jtenlay the closing prices were Decem
ber t . J t 1-2, .May $1.15 l-H and Julv
j$i.o:t 5-K.
j Following arc the limitations reilv
led h Overbook & Cooke, local bro
1 kers:
Win at
nigh Uiw
$i.ii $ i . i n
1.15 Ht
Loll
( oiii
Ls
I
: I lee,
I May
'July
Open
$111 U
1.14
l.o :i '.
1.111
1.02 '4
; nee.
.May
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WILL MtOTI'tT ( IIIXA
j WASHLXC.TOX, Dec, 10. (A. P.I -!
The powers represented In the Far
i Ka::t eoiiinilttee of Washington con
: fetenee todai' adopted a resolution
, agreeing not to enter into any treaties
i or understandings among themselves
j that would Impair four root resolutions
I concerning ( 'h inn.
iTOM SLAUGHTER'S
BODY FOUND TODAY
! BY ARKANSAS POSSE
' I.ITTI.F. RiM'K, Ark.. Dec. 10.
- - (A. P.i - -Tom Slaughter's
bodv was found oda' by posse
' men searching for it.
The bandit escaped with six
I prisoners yesterday. Following
; the capture of five of them and n
, siatemenl by J. C, Howard, one
! of , them, that he had killed
Slaughter In tho Saline county
I bills a si arch for the body was
made.
made. The invitation was uttered hv
Judge I. M, Schannep after the speuk
er had declared that taxes should he
cut.
"County Court Should Know"
"Well, one thing we want to know
Is Just where we are asked to make
a cut," Judge Schannep Inslstod ufter
Watts had referred In a general way
to lax reductions. "On What Items
shall we reduce?"
"1 didn't come down her9 prepared
to make a speech on the subject, but
I urn of tho opinion that no provision
should be made for the home demon
stration agent or the special prohlhl.
lion agent," Watts replied.
"You realize, don't you, Sir. Watts,
that (here Is no levy being made to
pay the special prohibition agent, but
that he Is paid out of fines?" ,
"Yes, I know that," Watts replied,
"but I tuke the stand that the sheriff
was elected for that work and he
should do It." i
After the county court had explain
ed that the sheriff had refused to do
that enforcement work und is not
even getting llipior violators within
close range of Pendleton where he has
tut expenses Watts declared that it
might be a good idea to get a new
siiciitr. Some applause greeted this
remark. When be was asked to In
dicate what part of the road work
should be cut out, III order to lower
.53 lexpenses on this scorn, Wutts declared
that he was not familiar with the sub
ject. "The county court knows about that
work and It should be left to your
Judgment," he replied. "Just shavo
where you can."
Homer I. Watts followed his bro
ther and opposed high tuxes and voic
ed a demand that reductions be made.
Thompson Hacks Reunion,
Sum R. Thompson, president of the
I'matilla County Farm Hureiiu, spoke
of the work done by Iicnnion us coun
ty agent In securing gasoline and dis
tillate nt a tlmo when the Standard
Oil Co. had refused to ship In distil
late and was taking the position that
farmers could buy high-priced gaso
line to run their heavy tractors or else
do without fuel of any kind.
He presented petitions signed by
more than 300 taxpayers In the coun
ty asking that Iicnnion- be "retained
and ulso letters from bankers of the
county in which they asked that he
be kept.
Thompson also called attention to
the work in getting seed wheat which
Reunion has performed as well as his
I 'lose
$1.10i
' 1.14
1.0 2 'i
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(Continued on page 6.)