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niE ONLY S3IALL DAILY IN AMERI(1YCRRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. UNITED PRESS 'AND THE L N. & 1 DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION 1 The act ra run of yesterday- Dally Th Kast Oreconlsa la Eastern Ore ron'a greatest newspaper mnd aa a Mil ln fore girt to the advertiser tm twice lha guaranteed average r culatioa in Prndlr-ton ana UnuUUla county of o J oth newspaper. 3.269 Tht Pr li a Bifnter or n adltd 7 tho Audit Burnt of Circulation. i COUNTY OFFICIAL. PAPES COUNTY OFFICIAL PIPES VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1922. 1 rrEf m&kom0 TV . V 1 NO. 10070 POLICE ARREST SIX DRUG IN CONNECTION WITH ML HI warn for Diet Voted Against Measure After More Than a Week of Parlimentary Jockeying. PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN FORCE Demonstrations and Near Riot ing Threaten the Diet and Homes of High Officials. TOKIO, Feb. 2S.- (U. r.) Univer Bill suffrage for Japnn was finally de feated In the diet last nLght after more than a week of stormy debate and parlimentary Jockeying. The old prop erty requisites for voting will now con tinue In effect. Debate on suffrage measure arous ed Japan and ffave rise to demonstra tions, nearly approaching rioting. At one time a crowd estimated at 30,000 surged around tho parliament build ings and the police and troops wertf called to handle tho throngs and pro tect the diet and homes of high offi cials. PROPERTY OF OREGON HI Fourteen Companies of Port land Fire Dept. at Fire in Holladay Public School. PORTLAND, Feb. 28. l P.) Twenty thousand dollars damage was estimated from the early morning flro which swept the Oregon Motor Cur Company garage, destroying (luantitios of automobiles and cquip- PORTLAN:-, Feb. 28. (IT. P.) Fourteen firj companies an mursed at the Holladay school 'ijiitln a fierce fire which started in the roof from an overheated chlnay. Over five hundred children and teachers, ' staged a pc'rfecl firo drill. Tho high , wind is scattering sparks over ad joining buildings. Teachers cleared the building with a fire drill' in fifty seconds after the alarm sounded, respite the billow ing black clouds of smoke pouring from the- roof, studded "with sparks which fell among the marching chil dren, not one faitercd. Many dwel lers in surrounding houses removed parts of their household furnishings while tho fire was at its height.. It was still burning nt eleven o'clock, though under control. . PORTLAND, Feb. 28. (I. P.) Multnomah county must spend nt least 1100,000 to replace the Holla day school building which was almost totally destroyed by fire this morn ing, according to estimates. Thirty fire companies wero called In tho general alarm beforu they succeeded in controlling the fire at noon. Many of the surrounding houses caught fire from the sparks and were dam aged slightly. Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum, 38. Minimum, 14. Barometer, 30:30. mm mm THE WEATHER L n TODAY'S -FORECAST 2zxfL' ' Tonight and CV Wed. fair, con- ' tinued cold. PRINCESS MARY MARRIED TO VISCOUNT LASCELLES IN THE FAMOUS WESTMINSTER ABBEY v --f ? r 7" ::- ...WESTMINISTER ABBEY, London. Feb. 28. (If, P.) Princess Mary, of Great Britain, today became the wife of Viscount Lascelles, a commoner, thus breaking tho ago old custom nf royalty marrying royalty, in a weddiniT ceremony marked for beauty and sim plicity. Tho two were married short ly before noon In tho presence of a gorgeous assembly nf peers common ers and visiting royalty. King Oorge gave the bride away. The couple left for their honeymoon shortly alter noon. The historic Abbey, which last saw tho wedding of an English sovereign's child 640 years ago, was packed by u. distinguished' assemblage, includuu Queen Mary, Queen-Mother Alexan dra, the Kings and Queens of Spain, Norway and Belgium, the whole of thj British royal family, with the excep tion of tho Prince of Walea (now In India), nnd Prince and Princess Arth ur of Connnught (in South Africa!, and a host of minor royalties, British nobility nnd society leaders. "Without any drive and relying! wholly on voluntary subscriptions half of the national fund for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation was raised during January," said I. T. j Jones, associate director of state or ganizations who was here yesterday on a visit with local relatives. Mr. Jones Is a tousin of P. E. nnd G. It Wallace of Wallace Bros., being tb nephew of their mother, Mrs. W. A. Wallace of Milton. Mr. Jones wir here yesterday accompanied by W A. Wallace and left on No. 18 for the east last evening. Mr. Jones is In charge of all terri tirv west of the Mississippi except ing the states of Arkansas and Lou isiana which are in the southern dis trict. He says that 8200,000 has been Subscribed towards the foun dation by tho states in his district. Tho Wilson foundation docs not go to former President Wilson but is j to be used as a memorial in his hon-1 or. Troceeds from the fund are to ' go ns awards to groups or individti- j als that within specific periods have rendered meritorious service to dem- j ocracy, general welfare, liberal j thought and peace through justice." In Pendleton subscriptions for (he! foundation are being received by Col A. H. Cox and subscriptions fron i people in I'matilla county outside of Pendleton are being handled Judge J. W. Moloney. by i " STMT OOILFCTIXG MONOPOLY MOSCOW, Feb. 28. Stamp-collect ing is to be a government monopoly in Russia. The council of commissionars has announced th creation of a special philatelic bureau which will deal In stamps for the benefit of the state ex- port fund. . -j,' "Vi IB: MsBteo " . '? lill-Hl('Ml The enthus!asm of the crowds lining ! the processional route from Bucking-! ham Palace to the Abbey testified to the popular gratification at the Prin-1 Cera having siepped outside the ranks ' of royalty to choose a hus'eand, an act, I the rarity of which Is shown bv tho ! fact that she Is only the third daugh ter of a reigning British sovereign to marry non-princely rank. Her prede cessors were Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, who married the marquis of Lome in 1871, nnd Mary Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII, who married the Duke of Prandon In lr.U,. princess Mary's aunt, Princess men to he employed on tho merchant Iy.uise married a "commoner,1 the late I n'n receiving three millions total pay Duke or Fife, but her father, the late ' yearly from tho navy; all fTOvernment King Edward, was not on the throne I freight nnd passenger traffic shall be at the time. on American ships where possible; the Rvri- nvnilnhlo linh nf In fho Abbey was occupied, some 2,000 invi- tatlons being issued and these Included !r'""' i' -iei.-.ii..u ,u. .ui. tho whole of the cabinet, members orth,'nl,h hll""cnts of American ships; parliament, the diplomatic corps, high'"1" c.o.Mlnation of rail and water STILL STOLEN FROM OFFICE OF JUSTICE DODD'AT HERMIST0N i wonner who has that littlo still now?'" Such is the cogitation of His Honor, E. P. Dodd, Justice of the. peace at Hermlston as the result of the work of a burglar or burglars. It happened like this: Judge Dodd had a still and some other inscriminating evl- dence of a-like nature in his of- flee. The equipment was held to be used in a court case which was pending. Sunday night someone sawed a panel out of the door of the justice's offic, opened the door, and when the place was ..pened Monday morn- inff, the still was gone. Now the court would like to see that still again. Also, the judge did not appreciate par- tlcularly the fact that his door was sawed up that way. 4 I The official bond which Thomasl If It Is found that no records are in Thompson. Pendleton's next postmast- existence showing .that the operators er, must fill out before his commission of the gate have a right to collect s'-iu h m wis received tli.s mornlna .from travelers, a move to abolish the I from Washington. Accompanying J the bond wus the rutin hieh he lwn Jurlge I. M. Schanncp has already ' ben ,nii,rm't'0' t0 fi" ollt at ,he aeHeni formal notice to tho Woodward time he f xes his bond. The commis- :fo,,i1y n which they are renuested to sion will lie s.'nl to ntm arter reeeipr of the lonrt and the oath properly en rtorsed. The receipt of the papers by Mr. Thomson this niorninrr Is held as finnlly coneb's've p.idenee that he is without question to be Pendleton'3 next postmaster. SUBSIDY OUTLINED BYMSIDENT Harding Apears Before Joint Session of Congress Asking For Approval of Plan. i BILLS INTRODUCED IN BOTH HOUSES TODAY American Merchant Marine is Necessary as Second Line of the National Defense. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (I. P.) The great American merchant marine Is necessary as the second line of the nations defense. President Harding told the joint session of congress .ap pealing for the approval of his thirty millions yearly ship subsidy plan. The president reproved the agricultural opposition by assuring congress that the whole country would benefit from an enterprise so indespensnble as mer chant marine. . The presidents recommendation em bodied In Its bills introduced In tho I respective houses today by Senator I Jones of Washington and Represen tative Greene, of Massachusetts. Pros ! Ident Harding imld tittjl in carrying nut the subslly plan, that the Ameri can lalior standard for seamen must ! not be lowered. ! Hardlngs i ecnihmcndations are I summarized ns follows; The creation j of a merchant nvirlne fund by divert ing ten percent of all customs receipts, netting about 832,000 yearly; that ail tonnage taxes collected on both foreign r-nl American 'ships be added to the merchant marine fund; the doubling of tonnage taxes to yield four million annually; half of all profits over ten Per cent to be added to the morehant marine fleet; creation of a $125,000, 000 construction loan fund to be loan ed ut two per cent for shipbuilding; the reduction of shippers Income tax er; that fifty percent of all Immigrants shall be tarried on American ships; the creation of a merchant marine re serve of K.OOOofficers, thirty thousand my ininspun scrviee snail oe uirn I ed over to the shipping board; there vi niiftjiiiriiii iiiii mm uiir hi vemjnin'iii ui lallrnftri owned stoamHlilp lines. OPPOSITION 10 OLD Judge Schanney Declares Ef fort Will be Made to Have Relic of Past Dispensed With The old Woodward tollgate which Is In operation on the Wcston-Elgln road stands nn excellent chance to be done away with' If a decision of the 'county court of Umatilla county can be realized. , ; The county court thinks the toll- gate Js a thing of antiquity, orfremnnnt of other times and has no pifve In the lives nnd activities of the people of Umatilla county In these days of 1922, and a move to relegate -the Old land mark to the past Is under way. The secretary of state has informed the court that the state records con tain nothing that would lead him to believe that the gate Is being operat ed under state permission. A search lis being made now by H. T. Brown. Icounty clerk, In an effort to ascertain I whether the operators of the tollgate j have legal permission from the county to exact payment from travelers over the road, inractice will bo taken. Hhow emu why the privilege of charging toll should not be denied them. Not only do owners of vehicles of various k.'nds have to pay. but own- ers of livestock also have to pay for (Continued on page i.) PEDDZRS TAYLOR MURDER SIMPLIFIED LAWS AND PLAY GROUND WORK DISCUSSED BY PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS CLUB WALKtU 60 MILES TO HRTAIM PITI7CM0U1D I '"'V simplified and made to corres UD I HI 1)1 I l.LIlonlr pond as far as practical with laws of rORTLANT), Ore.. Feb. 28. (I. X. S ) Citizenship means moje to some aliens than others. Edward Slder. a Russian homesteader, is one of them. Slder lives near Sheridan. Or. When he missed stage connections for J'ortlnnd, where ho was scheduled to appear for a hearing and' secure his final citizenship papers, Slder started , afoot for this city without hesitation. He walked tho entire distance of Btxty miles and the court quickly granted his citizenship, upon his arrival. BY Tendleton won both of Its shoots Sunday. The local shots scored a per fect ns against a mark of 58 made by Cheney. Orovllle, the other opponent of Tendleton, forfeited. Following arc tho results: , Mrst Ifalf. Spoknne 75, Odessa 69. Yakima drew tho bye. Wallace-Kcllogg 74, Wenatoheo 7B. St. John-Gnrfield 75, Walla Walla, 75. I Spragua 72, Orovllle. Coulee City 73, Palousc-Colfax 7f. Pendleton 75, Cheney 68. Lewlston-Pomeroy 75, Cceur d'Aleno 74. Second lftilf. Spokane 75, Wenatchee 75. . Yakima 6-9, Wall Wall !- i ir Wallace-Kellogg 74, Odessa 69, ' s St. John-Garfleld drew the bye. '. i Sprague 72, Cheney 58. ' . Coulee City 73, Cocur d'Alene 74, Pendleton 75, Orovllle forfeited. Lewlston-Pomeroy 75, Palouse-Col-fnx 76. Ties Shot Off. Wenatchee 76, Pendleton 75. Walla Walla 75, Lewlston-Pomeroy T6. Wenatchee 75, Sprague 72. St. John-Garfleld 75, Palouse-Col-fax 75. Tie to Bo Shot Next Sunday. Wenatchee 75, Pendleton 75. St. John-Garfleld 75 Palouse-Col-fax 75. Spokano 75, Wenatchee 75. Ft. John-Garfleld 75, Walla Walla "5. Walla Walla 75, Lewiston-romeroy 75. LAW IS tPUKU) SALEM, Keb. 20. (A. P.) The Oregon criminal syndicalism law was upheld by the supreme, court In an ap peal of Joseph Launy. convicted In Multnomah county, The case, how ever, was remanded for o. new trial on other grounds. FOUR SOVIET REPUBLICS FORM COMMERCIAL UNION TIFLIH, Oeorgln, Jan. 2, The commercial' consolidation of the four Soviet republics of the Caucasus, Armenia, AzerblaJan, Georgia, and tho Little Mountain republic has been effected, with this city as the controlling capital. The respective presidents of the four republics will remain, but the consoli dation Is expected to reduce to a mini mum tho old boundary and customs disputes. The new economic policy, launched by Moscow last fall whereby com merce Is free, has resulted in the opening of many stores, the Increase nf business, and the general Improve ment of living conditions. Food and clothes, while scarce, are much cheap er than In Moscow. The railroads, under tho single con trol nf Mlronov, are operating and a direct train service to Moscow In five days has 4)een established. Business with Persia Is reviving, nnd f LieiKML in Hftjiiu MKIIlg nill'n:u infill Pers.'i to Constantinople. The steamer forvees between Itaku and Knzeli, on thn Caspian Sea, have been reitorod is well as caravan routes. T 10 WAKHIXGTO.V, Feb. 28.: (V. P.) Commander MacXider of the Amer ican Legion, finally errectert an en - Krmi'iiifiu wiiii i-resHieni naraing to day to talk over the present Impasse of the soldiers bonus. Stewart Taylor, American Legion legislative ngsnt, today declared thutlwhluh .went Von anrl rl, mi i there would be no delay In the pass- lug of the bon.ins measure, "Pre:d- unt Harding is heart and soul with ne American legion in tne rignt tor njusiea compensation, ns are mucn pleased with h. attitude." . i. i .'1 i T11"4 "p of Oregon should be I other sjates was contended by W. M. J-eterson at the weekly luncheon by the Progressive Business Club today. Mr. Peterson called attention to '.he amazing manner in which the laws of Oregon have accumulated florin? the time he has practiced law In Oregon. Miould, Judge Rarlcray, who. at. one time was one of tho great lawyers of Eastern Oregon, rise from his grav today and try to resume his luw.work he would be all at-- sen", said the speaker. The subject if simplifying the legal code of the state was also discussed by James A. Fee, jr' . The suggestion was nnulo during the' meeting that a state wide move be undertaken looking to simplification and uniformity In tho laws. The matter was referred to tho legislative committee of the club for a later, report, The subject of supervised play In Pendleton during the. summer was brought before the club .by E. B. AN drlch. A motion was adopted referr ing the matter to the boys committee for a recommendutldn.' It was pro Posed by Will II. Bennett that addi- tlonal wading pools for children be provided in parts of town not served by the wading pool In the north side park This matter was also referred .develop a connection wit tfc? Tay to;the boys committee. . ibr mui-rter t, 11.7. !v The Progressive Club Is considering the matter of an evening meeting for cljih members and their wives, the subject now being In the hands of the program committee. PEN ARE REINED After Jess than a day of freedom, Tillle Pence, aged 24, and Dorothy Duke, aged 22, Inmates of tho Walla Walla penitentiary who sawed their 'way out on Kundny night, were taken back to Walla Walla this morning nfter tiolng raptured yesterday In la Orande. The women were brought from La Grande lust night and wore met here by J. T. Burke and P. A. Davis, wardens, who rested In Pendle ton yesterday nfter hearing of the cap ture in La Grande. The Duke girl, who wns servln a second term following the alleged breaking of her parole, after bo.lns sentenced for shoplifting, and the oth er, serving a term for grand larceny, used In gaining their liberty a saw hidden In the penitentiary at Walla Walla for three years by women In mates. They sawed through one bar of their cell and reaching the ground scaled the wall, cutting through the barbed wire fence on top with the saw and a pair of grass shears, The trip from Walla, Walla to Pen dleton wns made In a taxi and they boarded train No. . 24 y pastbbound. Neither of the girls had money and bluffed the tnxl driver and on board ing train decided to stay on as long as possible, I. , Ash Wednesday: The Marin of ----- " " -""iio oreci nounes are toitv Keatlnir ashes will then be distributed and ; Enrl Williams, BUI Frail, Cecil Cole Mass said immediately. In the eve-, .H6n Htorte. xm Klmh.ii T.rr, .... ning ut 7:30, ashes will again be dis tributed, followed by a sermon and benediction of the Ulcssed Sacra ment. Throughout the. entire lenten sea son, there will be special exeerlses evory Wednesday and Friday even ing at 7:0. On Wednesduy, a spe cial sermon will be preached: on J Friday the Way of tho Cross will be made; and on both evenings, bene- diction of the Illessed Hucrament will be given. The Masses on Sunday, will be at 8:00 and 10:30. The orgart will be silont during Lent except on Laetare in? mi nuiiuuy oi IjVIU, when special music will be rendered by the children's choir ut 8:00 and high mass will be sung at 10:30. On week duys, Muss will bo said ut 7:30. Kvery Sunday evening, a lecture explnlnlng'the doctrine and practices Of tho Catholic church is delivered. A special announcement for holy week will be made later. All services in a Catholic church nr)i for the public, HLIZAKI) 1UT8 KANSAS. KAV81H CITV Coh It XT Cf 'Th wr, hii,.r 'n.;. ' jvalley last night, is now howling Its way through Oklahoma nn.1 into fr. ns. The roads are blocked by tho snow In muny areas and trains are se- rlously delayed. Texas stockmen have (reported severe lossc. . ,. INFORMATION IS GIVEN OFFICERS . di HOUSEKEEPER Two Men Were Heard Making Threats Against Taylor for Injuring Their ' Business MEN FURNISH LIQUOR . AND DRUGS TO ACTRESSES Arrested Men Were Restless on Night of Murder; : Tray ; Stayed . Up All Night. ,LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2f. (A.'" P l" -r-8U men were arretted . early today in a rata on an alleged narcotla Uen. Detectives working . on the Taylor murder mystery Questioned Th police nam that the urrentj tuny iur inuraer. me men. - lrav, th ' numes of John Hcrkey, William Kir by. William Kast, George . Calvert, Hay Lynch and Harry Amorheim. The arrests followed ' Information given by Mrs. John Jlupp, who kept house for the men. She said that they furnished liquor and drugs to motion picture aceressuil and. ethers' in; Hollywood. ',.y She said that she hoard" Klrr,j (tnrt Calvert utter threat against Taylor two days before .the' murder for "In' Juring their business." ( These two were extremely nervous the night of' February 1, when; Taylor waa mur dered. They were absent from home . early In' the evening and stayed up all night. i . E Advantage to . be Taken of State Aid Law for Veteran'; Some Plan , Land '';.Buyt It Is probablo that between 12 and 16 or 20 houses will be built In lcn dleton during 1922 by ex-service men who will use the money which they can secure from the state as a loan, according to present Indications.' In tho county as a whole more than 4 0 per cent of tho veterans expressed a. preference for the loan feature of tho state bonus rather than th cash whea the local post of the American Legion recently assisted the men Ja making their applications to the state com' mission which handle the work, i . Of this number who sourht th I loan, however, quite a number have piannea to buy houses already ' (eon- struc.ted, and In some cases they will OPPty their money to the purchase of '' miia. . . . . ...' Bome nf the mcn wnft ptanBoff Glen Storle, Nat Kimball, Tom Mur- ' phy and'Charles Z. nandall, , Not all . of tho men have definitely make up" their minds as to the exact time they will build, but these and many mora have the building "bee," and will prob ably take advantage of the state's of fer of aid. The time limit of the law will make It possible for the veteran to postpone their building or land buy ing for several years If they so desire. ,i ,nlmnt n.Mrt in .h .t,- 0f exservlce men In Pendleton I that tome of them will wait mMh. for values to crystal! more definitely: before they act. MEN WILL CONSTRUC Keating Is the leader in the field In the building game, lie has already been issued a building permit and i some work on hi house ha already been done. ' ,-. 1 A number of men are expected to . purchase small irrigated tract nnd, -get back to the land, but these men. are ' ndt hurrying about .- making . changes right at present. If the sea-. son of 1922 prove profitable for the farmer of Irrigated lands, a number of men are planning to become farmer. The maximum amount of the loan that the state can make to a veteran ; under the law is $3,000, He has 28 years in which to repay the loan, and 5 the loah can not exceed 75 per cent of tho value of the property. If the vet eran sells to any person not entitled to the benefit of the state bonus law 40 percent of the amount ' of the loan automatically becomes due at once' and the balance must he paid within tx years. - ,' .').' t'4. I it r S .