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HIE O.NLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA GYRRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. UNITED PRESS AND THE L N. & DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Ta aet ors rum of yesterday- Dmilr 3,422 This pa par It a BfnM or aa audita 7 taa A adit Buraa at CtrculaUoaa. The Kaat Or-ola If Kaatara Or aoa's grcaust nwpaar aad a acll. lac fore gle to ttaa advertiser over twic tha guaranteed average paid eir culatloa la Pendlatoa aad UinaUU eouatjr of aay oUat aawspaaar. COUNTY OmCIAL PAPZB COUJTTY OITICIAL FJLPI2 VOL. 34 DAILY EAST OREGOKUN. PENDLETON. OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 16, 1922. NO. 10084 ) - P 31pr4 SEM RYE E KLYjNJf 1- - JteSl zzt WHEAT TEST WEIGHTS WERE DISCUSSED AT GRAIN HEARING BEING CONDUCTED BY COMMISSIONERS That the Test Weight of White Club Wheat Should be Re duced From 60 to 58 Pounds THE RESOLUTION IS JDUSLY PASSED Mr. tfarrah Believes That All Wheat That Tests Above 60 Should Receive Premium . i That the test weight of No. 1 White Club wheat be reduced from 60 pounds to &8 pounds so as to be uni form with the test weight of Hard Red Spring wheat wos asked In a resolu tion passed unanimously this morning by 50 wheat growers of L'matilla and Walla Walla counties who appeared at the court house for the, grain hear ing being conducted by the Public Service Commission. The hearing Is fooluc conducted, by l&Jd. Corey, pub ' Ho service commissioner,. It. It. While, Washington grain supervisor, J. W. Church, chief grain Inspector and Al bert P. Nelson, of the federal depart ment of grain Inspection. Question Debuted. The resolution, Introduced by S. V. Thompson, president of the i:iiiutil!a county Farm Bureau, followed the reading of one of the paragraphs con cerning tost weights, contained in a letter from Secretary Wallace. Mr. Thompson declared, in discuMdmr the matter, that he considered it very tin Just for the test weight for Ilaid Ued Spring to be 58 when that of '.Vhito Club is 60. W, W. Harrah, who farms in the Holdman district and near Pendletin, declared himself opposed to lowering the test weight. He pointed out that a government report showed tlvtt 15 per cent of the wheat tit.UC i0 pounds, 35 tested 58 pounds, 33 teucd 56 Hounds, 'JO tested 54 pound? and 10 tested 62 pounds. Ilarrah Talks. "I believe," said Harrah, ."that all that tests ubovo 60 should receive a premium. Statistics show that we can raise 60 pound White dub wheat; why not have this wheat included In the test weight? I shipped to Kansas City some fine wheat which tested 61." In response to Inquiry from Thompson, Harrah admitted that the wheat was Red Chaff, of which very little is grown In this county. After Thompson's question as to whether r,r nor Mr. Harrah knew of a ' way to farm so that the test weight could be increased, Mr. Harrah maintained that cultivation affected the weight of wheat. ' "I should like to know your secret," Thompson declared, at which a ripple of amusement was apparent among the farmers. . . II. Cox Speaks. D. H. Cox, Walla Wall i fanner 'mid former state senator from Washing ton, declared that in his opinl m per emit of the farmers wanted the White Club test weight changed from ti lo 58. " . "Eighty or ninety per cent nf the (Continued on. page 6.) THE WEATHER Maximum u'i. Minimum 30. Barometer 29.52. Ilainfall .05. ' Major rain. Moorhousc predicts more TODAY'S FORECAST i Tonight and Friday rain. HEARING TOD A Y German Soldier Asks Aid From American Legion MEXICO CITY, March 16, (A. P.) A man who spoke Eng- lish with an accent, recently called at headquarters of the i Ainerican Legion here mid 1 stated his desire, to Join. , Commander Louis Loeb asked ; for his army discharge paper;. 1 but when he brought them the i next day, they identitled hitn :is ! ono of the bravest soldiers who 1 ever rectived an Iron Ciom from a Grateful kaiser. : The Gcr.ran explained thv he ! thought thj Legion was tin or j gunlzation for all soldiers, no matter whevo ttiey tough. j SCHOOLS AND SAVE County Superintendent . Makes Suggestion at Meeting on Manner 1 of Economy. A simple definite tlun whereby tax payers of the county may cut school costs approximate $75,000 In l'ma tilla county was placed before the meeting at the. court house yesterday afternoon by V. W. Green, county su perintendent e.f school, during the ses sions held under the auspices of the state tax investigating commission. Mr. Green's plan, us expressed yes terday, is to eliminate several high schools in the smaller towns of the county which he informed the tax payers will reduco the number of teachers needed, the number of build ings to bo maintained and will cut ex penses. "We have four splendid high schools In the west end of the coun ty, ' Mr. Green said. "They are all excellent schools and they have train-! ed teachers. At Umatilla the high school has eight pupils, and the cost per pupil of operating that lilsh school Is $650. There is a good gravel rond between Ilermiston and Cmatll la, and why wouldn't it be good busi ness to take these eight pupils from the Umatilla high school and educate them in the Hermlston school.' He suggested that the same thine at Echo and Stanfleld be practiced and also Indicated that a great savlnd could be made in tho north end of the county by the same practice. , "There Is one school district near Pendleton which has only out child of school age and the cost each yeur of educating this one child is $1500," Supt. Green said. The members of the commission Informed Mr. Green that they were not particularly Inter ested in local ways of reducing lacul taxes, and he desisted. . NASHVILLE, Tcnn., March 16. (A. P.) Manager for Ed Wrangler Lewis, heavyweight wrestler champion today challenged Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion for a mixed match anywhere in the United States. He deposited a $5,000 check. : Dcnipttey Ready NEW YORK. March 16. (A. P.) Dempsey is ready to meet Lewis In a straight wrestl'.ng or m:xed boxing and wrestling bout, Jack Kearns. the champions nronager declared to day when Informed of the challenge. 10 STOP COAL SHE WASHINGTON". March 16. (U. P.i Protestant and. Catholic, churches, through the federal council of U it.. I,,. r.t fhriut In lniurim nnrl ilthe National Catholic welfare council.! I iiaie uiiheu logeiner lor uie i in the nation's industrial hist j avert the threatened coal strike April j i first. They have issued a Joint state-! meat appealing for the operaters and ! i miners conference to discuss the coal ! i situation before a strike. STRiKK TO COMIC I NEW YORK, March 16. (I". P.) Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail today Suspension of work in the anthraclt- demanded an abandonment of the coal fileds probably will start April Genoa conference and the expulsion first; Dr. F. G. Davis, government ob- of I.oonid Krasliin, soviet rHpresen server at the anthractie mlners-ope- :tative in Jndon as a result of the rators conference declared after the 'exposure Implicating holshevist in morning session today. the South Afrlcuu Insurrection. Ti mm I IN FAVOR OF A m TAX INDICATED AT CATHOLIC PRECEDENT TO BE BROKEN MAY 29 ROMK, March 16. (I. X. 8.) Pope Plus XI will break, a precedent May 29 by leaving the Vatican, ac cording to the Ciiiirnnle D-ltallu. The pontiff's public nppearance will occur at the time of the Kucharlstic congress. For more than half a cen tury is hus been the tradition of the church of Home that the Pope shan't leave the Vatican. DP.lti PKimi.KIt SHOT. SEATTLE, Iurch 16. (U P.) Shot In the back after a desperate struggle with J. H. Prown, federal narcotic ugent last night, O. 11. Rich ardson was reported critically hurt in the city Jail hospital this morning. Members of the narcotic squad say Itirlinrdson sold them twenty dollais worth of cocaine. DR. TEMPLE ENTERS Dr. I. I. Temple today announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for representative from this county. The chief planks in his platform, given ln full below cull for economy and a state Income tax. At the tax commission meeting yesterday Dr. Temple made a talk for which he was thanked by members of the com mission. Among other things contained in lila platform are the following: We should strive for lower taxes, economy und efficiency In s'ate and county government. Valuation of farm lands should be based on '.he eiirnin capacity thereof, the same reasoning should apply to corpora tions, companies and individuals. .A graduated income tax should be enacted not for the purpose of rais ing more revenue but for the purpose of equalizing taxation. Eighty five per cent of the taxes of the state of Oregon Is borne by real estate and the Improvements thereon. Farmers and real property owners are finding it burdensome and the rental value of land Is being consumed under present conditions to meet the pay ment of taxes. , The excessive taxes we are called on to pay and which we have been puy- lug ut an Increased rate for several years Is largely due to bonded in debtedness, the milluge tuxes of the state and municipalities. Tho pay ments are made f.or good roads, sol diers' bonus, colleges, high schools, public Schools, public libraries, state institutions, paved streets, Irrigation bonds, and others, all of which are cared for and maintained by taxation. Those institutions and enterprises have been largely endorsed and pro vided for by the people themselves by their votes at the polls. None of them can be eliminated they tire our debts und cannot be repudiated, but the (Continued on page 6.) ITS INDEPENDENCE CAIItO, March 16. C. P.) Egypt's Independence was officially proclaimed here today. Some rioting marred the spirit of the generul holi day. The Sultan has taken the title of King Fued the first. Artlel Khalek Siirnut Pasha Is the premier. ' I Egypt inuy and probably will have its own representatives abroad. Prit ish .reservations, announced coinci dental!)' w'ith the withdrawal of the protectorate, are: Security of British imperial communications; defense 'of I Esypt against attack; protection of foreign interests; retention of Prit ain's interests in Sudan. ILOION PAPER DEMANDS I 1-ONIMJN. March 16. (P. P.)- UNANIMOUS STATE INCOME MEETING Proposal M;de to With Ex ension Schools Were n: UloJCIIdC Service; Knocked. ABOLISHMENT OF STATE FAIRS IS SUGGESTED James Kyle.; Talked in Favor Of COUnty AgentS and ' the Extension Service. 1'iniit lllu county taxpayers are ul musl unanimously In favor of the enactment of tin income tax, the es tablishment' of' some sort of central assessing authority Is a suggestion thut meets with favor, und Umatilla und Morrow counties are willing to forogo the money they receive from the state for tlie assistance of smutl county fairs o i condition thut - thu state fair at Sa em be cut down to the lowest possibUi limit and thut other state fairs be Subjected to tho sumeHewag has been received from lluar whittling actloTI. ' ' ' - ' uU Vulnnlnglmm, engineers, Aluyor These were three chief develop-o. A. Hartman reported hurt ' night ments of the ait-aay session or tax- payers held here yesterday at the court hoUBe under tho auspices of the state, lux Investigating commission. The state educational institutions were" attacked, und the proposal was broached to dlsprnso with the exten sion service by some speakers, but a majority of the sneaiters were uuvu-)Wul) f the service und the cotes of retaining county agents, Some of the speakers during the afternoon session were K. P. I'odd, County Judse I. M. Schannep, Judge Campbell of Morrow county, Dr. I. U. Temple, Henry llairutt of Ileppncr, I. T. I.ieuallen, James M. Kylo, W. W. Hurrah, W. W. Green and K. G. War ner. K.vlc For County Agcut One of the advocatos for the re tention of the extension service and the county agents was James M. Kyle of Stanfleld. Our county ugent here and I don t always agree oh lots of things,' Mr. Kyle admitted In the beginning or his talk. "We have tiffs quite' often, but the county agent s services are too valuuble for us to think .of dropping them. "Just to illustrate this' point, I want to call your attention to tho Weston (ConttniKul on nairw R.I President and Heavy Republi can Majority in House Wrange on Important Points WASHINGTON, March 16. (I. N. S.i Conflict between the legislative and executive branches of the govern ment In progress ulong half a dozen fronts and a showdown between the president and the heavy republican majority In the house cannot be de layed after the presidents return from his southern vacation Jaunt. The three main wrangles are: 1 The bonus supuportcd by republl enn majority In the house, and oppos ed, In present form, by the president and his cabinet advisers. Proposal of the house republicans o reduce the size of the army to J 15, ono men und force withdrawal of ail troops except corporals guard from rvrmanv, China, Hawaii and the Philippines, ropoals of house republicans to ce the nuvv to sixty thousand men j und force seppension of much -of the j navys activity. i,o;;i i:k iwimvn. SEATTLE, March 16. (U. P. Trulled miles through the snow by deputy sheriffs, two bandits who -taied a during holdup ut Enumclitv White rlv.r logging camp Number T. were still at large today. They not the drop on eighty loggers m a bun':- house Inking five hundred dollars .ind escaping.' . CONFLICT BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES SITE WHERE PENDLETON H STANDS WAS ONCE SOOR TEAM OF HORSES J A COW "Early Days in Pendleton" was the subject of a talk of extreme Interest by Ctd. J. II. Raley ut the Commercial association forum luncheon today. At the conclusion. Col. Italey was invl lted on aiiot km of Dr. I. U. Temple to write a history of the city and cojnty, giv ing hit- personal recollections. Other speakers at the luncheon to day were II. H. Corey, public service commissioner, and V. II. Kirkman of Walla Walla, here to attend the grain grading hearing by the public 'service commission. Mr. Corey and Mr. Kirkman both questioned the fairness of the price received for, northwest wheat, the commissioner calling atten tion to the fact that the Portland ex port price for wheat Is the Jo west in the Putted Mates and that it is hard to understand the reasons therefore. Mr, Kirkman urged that all citizens j cooperate with the move to see that problems relating to the wheat bum- ness be worked out more fairly. Came In 18(12 Col. Kuloy said that he first came to this section with his parents in 1862, the fumily ut that time going on to Portland, returning two years luter. GAVE NARCOTICS TO GIRL FOR 'COMPANY' SEATTLE. March 16. (T. P.) The case of A. H. Humer, federal treasury agent, accused of giving nar cotics til Aiirhteen-Vf.fCr.nM M110 Hutch. art In exchange for her "company" i goes 10 ine granu jury touay. i nc ii- IntU arguments were completed tills morning. ' PREPARE TO TRANSFER . A legal description of the Dolicrty tract of land In the west end of the city on which wlil bp constructed the septic tank to take cure of tho city t the city council. The mayor was authorized to go ahead with tho work of having a deed drawn and an abstract of title brought down , to date preparatory to the transfer of the property, Tho electric sign ordinance which has been u-bornlnir for novumi wm,kn ,,, tubM ,ust night foowlll(f u -presentation by Sam Wright of several suggested changes In the form of the proposed regulations. Engineering matters and technical questions composed the chief purt of the discussion entered into by Mr. Wright and City Attorney II. J. War ner. The council ordered the city recor der to draw a warrant to the amount of $368 to pay tho Warren Con struction Co., for patching work done on the city pavements during 1920. Other amounts still due will be paid by the city, it was, decided, as rapid ly as payment is ntade by the pro perty owners responsible for the patchwork to tho city. GREEK TORPEDO BOAT CAPTURES ITALIAN SHIIP CONSTANTINOPLE, March 16. Tlie Greek torpedo boat Nuxos, while patrolling the Pluck set, seized the steumshlp Africa, flying an Italian flag off Inobll. Tho Africa was taken to Mudantu, were after a search of the Turkish pascniers, were declared prisoners of wur. TWO (IHMmi.N lllUM'.n ' MOUNT CLEMENS, Mien"., March 16. (17. P.) Two children were burned to death, two seriously Injur ed and the parents badly burned when a fire destroyed the llrcnt Hei ehera homo near here today. Irene, ten, and Vincent, seven, are dead. E TO LOH ANGELES. March 16. (U. P.) Following the depurture tit Mary Miles MInter on a trip abroad yester day, the Muck Scnnett studios an nounced today that Mabel Nonnund would leave shortly for an extensive European tour. The death of William Desmond Taylor Is understood lo have uffected tho heullh of both yo:nn women. JOHANNESBURG, March 16. -(X, P.) "The revolution hus been sup pressed," an official .communique Is- i sued nere toauy stated. "over six ' thousand prisoners have len taken, I Voluminous evidence has been obtain. M showing the uprising grew out of " Bolshevist plot. Hallway workers have returned to work, and miners Und, others are expected to follow shortly." r At that time thv flat where Pendleton In located was covered with cotton woods and a thorn thicket. . Hut one house stood near here, that being be low the state hospital, then known as Swift's crossing. Later the site where Pendleton stands was sold, by Abe Miller to Mose Goodwin for a consid eration of a team of horses and a cow. In those days, said the colonel, the entire district was covered with b'unchgrass two feet high and there were well worn trails In various di rections mnde by the Indians or by animals. The few houses first erected along the river were covered with grass and dirt roofs, the houses being made of logs. In the early days when the county court met or Judges came here to hear cases In the old court house they came horseback, with blankets and frying; pans tied on be hind the saddles. The officials camp ed out under a big Cottonwood tree and cooked their own meals. The first farming done near here was at the head of Despain gulch where William Swltxler attempted to raise a crop and failed. In those days tii 0 hill land was regarded as unfit for farming. T El AT Advantages of New Draft of Bill is Given;! Total Cost . Will Reach Four Billion. WASHINGTON, March 16. (U. P.) The soldiers' bonus bill will cost a total of four billion, thirty-eight mil lion, seven hundred thousand for. Its various options, according to the house ways and means committee ma jority report to tho house today. The bonus bill advantages are list ed thus by the majority report; "No new luxation w Issuance of securities required at the present; provides for the veterans In need a niellyid of ob taining aid; amount paid each yew after July, 1933,- are small.- will not derange our financial situation; plan tends to promote saving habits among veterans; protects the veteran himself und family from ruture misfortune; wjll create group of home builders In the country." The bill allows a dol lar a day for home service, dollar and a quarter for foreign service, plus 40 per cent, In computing certificate vulue. HOARD HITS H AILIIO rK. CHICAGO, March 16. (IT. P.) The United States rallroud labor board struck back at the railroads seeking to escape the board's Juris diction by letting Out shop work on contract, when it reopened the Erie road case, In which the employes ac cuse that the road was Illegally let ting out shop contractu. Lniirt Cilvcii for' Park, WASHINGTON, March 16, (I. N. S.) The senate passed without a rec ord vote a bill authorizing a gift of the government lands at Deception Pass, Washington, to the state for use as a public park. ST. LOUIS, March 16. (A. P.) Madame Margarete Matzenauer, opera Blnger, In a statement to the Associat ed Press today dented the assertions of her chauffeur husband, Floyd Glotzbach, who returned to driving a hotel ubtomoblle at Del Monte, Cali fornia that he deserted her. "I threw him out of my New York apartment January 26," she declared, admitting that she had begun proceedings In New York for a divorce, naming as correspondent "an old lady about fifty' of Curmel, California. Madame Matzenauer said the report that she wus about to become a mother was a "fulse alarm." , , THREATENED BY NOTE WAU8AAV. March H. II. IS..H.) t'..m aa.. ihraolonnH uhffihlHt PnllLnH' by Kujwia tn a hurp not? received llfl V 11UIII .tiuniun. " by Ovorge Tchitcherln, commissar for foreign affair 111 the Soviet govern ment and protested against raids on the Russian frontier by Polish ir regulars, i Repetition of the raids would be considered a cause for a declaration of war by the Soviet government, tho note said. . rollTLAND MARKET. ' PORTLAND, March !. (A. P.) Cuftle steady, hogs ten cents lower, prime light 111.50 lo 111.76; sheep steady, exgs und butter steady. 0PP0NOTS OF TREATY 0PO.ED A HEW ATTACK Indications Are That Senate Will Ratify Four-Power Treaty on March 24,' CLAIM THAT ALLIES DOUBLE CROSSED US Japan Has Faith in America's Ratification of Conference Treaties Says Ambassador WASHINGTON, March 16. (U. P.' The four power pact opponents to. day admitted the country wide reac tion to the treaty fight was against the republican irrcconoellables and their democratic aides, and In favor of thsj Pacific pact. Publio opinion is bellev d to be on the-side. of the adminlm- , trotion. . The final vote will be takc ' next week. Indications are that the senate will ratify the four power Pacific pact March 24 and take up the naval limi tation treaty the following week. Though the ratification of that treaty is already assured, a few senators will ' oppose It on the (rounds that they sec in it a Urltlsh plot to leaoe the United States helpless. 1 - , . 4 Nfcvjr tlctlUt :'; " X , WASHINGTON, March 16. (IT. P.fc The senatorial attack on the arm -conference treaties switched , todar ' from the four power Pacific pact to' the arms limitation pact.- Hatifica,J tion of the naval limitation treaty would place the United Slates in a position of "gTaVe dancer," Senator seed, of Missouri, declared In a speech today. . 1 ,; v. Double OasMcd ' j ' WASHINGTON, March U. (I. N,. , 8,t Afalii attacking the four power Pnolflo treaty "an a Uu-rruph aiSU ance," Senator Iteed charged in the senate that Drltlan, Franco and Ja pan" doublecrossed, us, secretly and perfidiously, before and during tha world war and Wouldn't hesitate to double cross us again.' ' ' . -Japs Have Faith . TOKIO. March 16. (U. P,) Th Japanese evacuation of .Shantung, un der the agreements reached at tha Washlngtin conference,' will begin ' April first, according to today's an nouncement. ' ' : "Public sentiment supports the jot crnmcnts determination to carry out the Washington treaties and agree-, ments," American Ambassador War ren said today discussing the Japan-1 ese Shuntung announcement for tha United Press. "There Is no question tut what the Japanese government in tends to fulfill these obligations. The government Is proceeding on the as sumption that the American senate will rutlfy all the conference treaties." 'PORTLAND,. Or., March 16. (A. . P.) The progressive business mens club today adopted a resolution Urg ing both Oregon senators to vote tor the Pacific treaty. ,. t . t . " CO-ED FARMERETTES INDIGNANT AT CHARGE COnVAIiLlfl, March 16. (U. P.) Will the lady farmer In tho future es chew her biscuits and hr chicken, her darning and her sewing to chew tho succulent straw as she chirrup a span on the loamy field? Who shall say? ' ' ' Oreiron Agricultural college "co-d farmerettes' 'waxed indignant over the declaration of a University of Califor nia professor of husbandry that girls studying agriculture are less attrac tive In feminine garbs less fitted for the home, and lower their prospect of marring". ' . ' Several of the dozen co-eds In bstU culture denied the California profes sor's allegations in part and in toto. "I'd rather drive a hay derrick than sew," doclares pretty Mary Cusaelc, ef Portluml. "Isn't this education worth as much as home economics, 1eno raphy or dancing, If one like It ?'. mands Mary Haight, of Saginaw; ; "Running a farm beau running i husband all hollow," averred at least ten of the faithful dosen. "But that doesn't say we . won't maita good wives Just 'because we know how to plant potato.". : Vr ' 41 "T ' - U. S. TO ASK ALLIES ; FOR $240,000,000 j WASHINGTON, March 1.-(U. P. Tk. fnltift Ut ut mi taulll nhnHllf itlfl j patch a not to the allied powers deal hik null 1U VUUlln j a) waaa.aa ment of 1210,000,000 to meet me cost of American army in Germany ecu potion. The notes will go to French, British and Italian powers, In addition t... niiiorf .hai 1 n indicated. IV V I V u , u wr.iwiif . , ' FIBB IS PROBED. " CHICAGO. March 16. A probe c the cause or the jlre wntcn, swept, away an entire city business block yesterday was started today. ' The loss was placed at eight million, of which three and a halt million Is- corre,1 by Insurance. The fire I bellcii lo have been tnceudiury., f