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THE ONLY SIALL DAILY EDITION The aet press run or rtvlty'i 3'228 COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 34 FORT WORTH TEXAS FLOODED VHEM LEVEE BROKE FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT Trinity River Jumped 26 Feet in Less Than 24 Hours After Seven and One Half Inches of Rain Fall During the Night; Ten Persons Believed Dead; 1500 are Homeless. FCVRT WORTH. Tex, April 25. U. P.) Ten persons are believed dead, fifteen hundred homeless and property damage totalling hundreds t tho.i randH resulted'loday from heavy rainfall last night, breaking the levee., r.fler the rise or the Trinity river. Torrents rushed through the streu. crushing, washing uway houses with people clinging to the debls. The business scctU n Is deep tinder water. Looting In some parts of the city "was checked when American Legion members took' up guard with orders to "shoot to kill." Firemen and police were helpless when flames broke forth. Helpless by standers saw men, Women and children swept away in the torrent to death. Fifteen feet of water stood in Trin ity Park and the Texas league ball park. . Two women were reported drowned at the ball park. Telephone linemen saw a man - and wife and three children on a floating house top fall in the water as the house hit a bridge. They did not reappear. The Trinity levee broke for a hundred yard gap, endangering hundreds of lives, and letting a wall of water into the business district Entire Olty Flooded, t FORT WORTH, Tex., April 25. 1 (LT. P. Seven and a half Inches of rain fell here during the night and the entire city is flooded. : North Fort Worth is inundated by eight to ten feet of water In some places. Trin ity' river is at flood stage. Car ser vice and lights are damaged. Fires oc. curred with slight damage. The levee broke In two places on North Main street. '", Reports from er said the water was still rising Tap Idly, The river rse S8 feet In a few hours, We. 7 i ,-. ' ' Oar Mnos Wrecked. "' ? FORT WORTH, Tex., April 85. (I. K. S.)---Trinity river, which jumped 26 feet in less than twelve hours to the. flood stage of 33.5. feet, is sweep ing this city with the worst flood In Its history. It is feared that several lives are lost. ' (Estimated damage will exceed half a million. Large areas are under water and families aro being rescued with boats. The flood is caus ed by heavy rainfall. The levee pro tecting North Fort Worth broke this morning, lowlands In that section bo ign quickly inundated and street car lines put out of commission. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE E John J. Flinn . .Illinois, " "is of Evanston, Speaker at Kivoli Last Evening. At the RIvoll theatre last evening a ' targe and Interested audience listened rMMT a free lecture on Christian Science by John J. Flinn C. S., of Evanston, ' in.'-'-"-; , The speaker was Introduced by Ed-1 inund Mabie. who euid: I ' In Rev. 21st Chapter, first verse, we .read: "And I saw a new heaven and "a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and , there was no more sea." In explanation of this passage of Scripture Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and. Founder of Christian Science,. In her text book," Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" states: "The Jievelator had not yet passed the i transitional stage In human expert. ence called death, but he already saw a new 'heaven and a, nw earth. .Through what sense came this vision to Bt. John? Not through the ma terial visual organs for seeing, for optics are Inadequate to take In 80 .wonderful a. scene. TO neip us eaten this spiritual vis- Ion,: which enables us to overcome the! fulwo claims Of sin, sickness, and death, is the purpose of a Christian Science '; lecture. ' I take, pleasure IB introducing to you jilr. John J. Flinn, C. a, of Evanston, -Illinois, a member of The Board of -Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Massachusetts, who will now address you. . . . (Tbe address of Mr.' Flinn appears In full on page eight.) - snur linn, snuc wtl.i: RAKANSAS CITY, Kan.. April -S3. Japanese soldiers were killed when no oamage to .ore.g i property not t.eapltHl without secumy. con A specially constructed stall had to i the "reds" said to have been con- !lnce the revolution Russ a will no f.0n. a and peace, internal a. well as be built for one box recently shiDoerln;.,..H wh th. t..r .i.r from here by AV. J.Darst. a farmer, of - Dexter. This particular piece of Kan- leaa pork tipped the scales at 40 pounds, nearly half a ton. The porker j was three years old. ' . 1 ' ' DAILY L AMERICA I Daily 10 Committeemen: Today Dangers of Trip Pendleton to 1 Brave From Milton. Pendleton is asked to .give MtiO-as its share toward a fund of 11000 (or mooting the Oregon end of the expense of promoting the Theodore Roosevelt highway from "Portland, Me. to Port land, Ore." This proposition was pre vented wTOC'XmMmar.;sajicttfvn; bourd" of managers and members of the highways committee at a specta' meeting last evening. The subject was presented by Sidney -Vincent.' of the Oregon tourlt-t bureau and his stand was supported by H. J. Ottenhelmor, treasurer of the organization. Fred Volger, president of the Oregon asso ciation and John E. Gratlte of the Portland 1925 exposition committee. The four men arrived by nuto las': evening, having driven up from Port land during the day, stopping at Hood River and The Dalles. They are visit ing other towni of this county today, Of the 3 1 000 to be raised Portlunil hus voted 3500 and is expecting east ern Oregon towns to provide the re maining 1500. Hood River has prom ised '11(10. and it was , thought The Dalles would provide $150. Tho mat ter of Pendleton's share was referred to the finance committee of the asso ciation. ,' 1 ' ; Ottonlielmer With Party "It was our first trip over yout highway and we were surprised at the scenic beauties of the trip up the UmatUla river," said the 'speakers on their arrival here. Mr. Ottenhelmer. who was tho chief Portland booster for the Wallula cutoff was also informed- he would find a very satis factory highway between' Pendleton and Walla Walla. His committee had asked' for tho Wallula cutoff on the theory that the I'endleton-Walla Wal la highway Is not a suituble road for winter travel. DUCKS GO ON "SOIHK." BL'CTRUS, ,Ohlo,- April 26. Vis ible signs of lncbriutlon , were dis played by half a dozen ducks, swim ming 'in the Band usky river here, shortly utter the police dumped foi't gallons of "hootch mash" into the water. The mash had been confis cated in a- rail. The ducks scooped up the mush as it flouted down Btreutn.- ...'... BY CI! DVRANGO. Colo. April 25. A coroner's Inquest is being hold todaj over tbe body of William I Wood. i city editor of the Durango Herald, shot dead yesterday by Rod Duy. I editor of the Dnranuo Democrat., fol- lowing contlnuer mutual vilification of each other through the columns ol j their newspapers. Day is held wlth, :0ut bail after giving himself up after j ho had shot AVood twice in thej back, - E KILLED BY IBS 1- vnirtrt ' am s it- r Th, , J VJilVJ. .-.U, MV. ' I " ' 'republic with headquarters ut Chlla, dynamited a railway train north of Vladivostok, according to press re- ports here. No official Information h, available. ' CRRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. UNITED PRESS AND THE I. N. S. .z : . DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. Butler's Romance J AU(jui rroiw was oruered :co. from the Insane ward at Ellis Island while his story of a romance with a Pittsburg heiress in further inves tigated. ' Probfct say his deporta tion was ordered after ho and the heiress fell in love. That, while he was a butlsr ai the ReHln.- Koek Club, Ligonler, Pa. , . Circulation at the' fiuatilla Sounty library during the nomth of llu'rch 'was SJS3, 'according to u re- . port made Miss Sabru Nuson, X ; Ufui'lun. wta," .,hvi'. - .. i- ' Vf I Of this, the rentral circulation was .' W "labor" to eiw, L-eland." Ai 31484, the braneh 4.SS1' and the ru- i labor was busy demonstrating lis loy. nil schools 1.08. The branch elr- nlly'to the establslied government, culutlon is ilivldtd us follows: MiUf" " disapproval of the extremists ton. !M1: Athena. 7738- Hermiston, ! flS: Weston. 602: Echo. 423: Free--; walor. its; I'mutllla, 305: Ferndule, I MS; F"ot Rock, 7li, and Helix 67. ! i j Forty-five shipments of books were made to branches anu rural scnoois, , the 'total being 885 volumes. Fifty ( meutings were held in the library, j the' total attendance being 953. One) Juvenile and-adult, registered during the month. Monthly receipts were :!(!. 88. iind the balance tarried forward $21.26, Expenses .were ' f 51.16, leaving -a to tal of 87 cents on hand. . RUSSO-GERMAN TREATY DISCUSSED BY EXPERTS Russians Sure To Welcome Treaty BY MAROrERITE K. HARRISON War OirroiMiiidciit Who (Spent a Year a n,l n llulf In Itusslu During 'l20 and 1921, Ten Month H of tlie Time in Prison: Author of ".Marooned in Moscow" - NEW YORK, . April 25. The Im- mah-Dolshevlst i treaty . does not lircssluh created in Russia by the lul-. change'. mutorlully the. lonif-estulillsh-ust move of Tchltcherin In signing the j ed relationships between .Germany und commercial', treaty with Germany at -the IJolslievtkl. ' fiinou will undoubtedly be a favorable I Whut makes the new Gocmun-Uol-one:' T?ho relatively small number ofjshevU treuy of Interest Is" the cir peopte who understand European poll-1 cumstunces under which It wus con tits or who have any art.lciilate opln ; eluded.-, It la an alliance . ba ween Ions will probably approve his action, j iiolshevlst Rus-la unl Germany In irrespective of their party convictions, j order to fon:e certain thing at th ' While most Russians, fear. and. dis-- Genoa eonrcrenco. Tho IJulshcvist like Gerai;in.v and have u dread oi Gel man exploitation, they .under stand the-Germans and their, meth ods nf doing business and have great respect for their organizing ability. For a long time, ever since It be cunie evident that Russia would have l hn i-ehiihllltiited economically, lurveh- throuxh the services of fr - eign experts and technicians, the Rus - ! slans. have been resigned to the thought thai (he Germans Would proo i bulb the Germans and the llolshe ubly do It. - ' Ivlkl. ' They 'will also view wilh a certain j The 'only result of the Germun umount .of satisfaction an agreement Bolshevist treaty will be that tin with a power which renounces sll j-Vem li position ut the Genoa confer eluims ucatiist Russia und does not ieng w) i. muterlully strengthened, demand Itt share of the . imperial debts. . fjn't Me;t Uer IMH It is obvleus that even if the Ho- viet government recognizes in prln - jCiple the debts of tht former govern - ment ana claims ton nationalization . . . . . , ... 'V nmnr year, naae n. -iwrewu.m. to meet thereobllgatlons. - The peasants have already suffered delegation at Genoa does not Inspire too much rom the reqiiisltioiilnj sys-. confidence and does not promise the tern to be willing to submit to ?"eiiel of internal peace - In .(Continued od page I.) '.'.'-': . PENDLETON. OKEGON. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, mm RISH GENERAL MURDERED LAST Mutineer Officers Took .0ver Loyal Headquarters After Assassination of Adams. j FEELING INTENSE AGAINST REBELS ! 122,000 Workers v on Strike i Against - Civil' War and ! the Republican' Rebels. ! DL'BLlNf AprH 25. (U. P.) Brig ! adler General Adams, commanding a ; brigade of Free State troops ut Ath I lone, was held up there . last night and shot dead. j A party of mutineer) officers took I over loyal headquarters at Atlilone ! ' following the assassination. Feeling ! is intense agulnst the rebels und labor appeared loyal to the established gov ernment. ; Dublin passed through Monday's 1 general strike quietly, no alarming In- cldents occurring, but last night's I murder hus stirred the loyal adher ; ents against the. rebels. It was estl- mated that 123.000 were concerned In the general strike. The only 'unto- ward Incident was the posting by per stns iiusnown. oi .q. ntnuimo eajiiug anl tneir methods tne manifesto went unanswered. Itcd f-lag Hoists. LONDON, April 25. (I. N. S. Workers of Tlpperary have seised a carriage factory, holst(n the red flag, according to dispatches don- ' im-fj .ktohk SI'.I ,s i:ggh. Tl 1 .TON VI LI , K, Ohio. April 25. A fast paco for city stores Is being set by a local drug store, A basket of fresh eggs, ' for sulo .adorns the counter ""beside the cash register, where once repoted samplo cathartic pills. Anti-Bolshevist Gives Opinion ' BY A. .1. BACK, " Dlii't'H" ol (lie Russian liifoniiurftin llim an' iu the LnlU-d States, Repress'iitlng tlm . ItnsMiau DeiiKMinthr Antl-Ikilslie-vlrt I'artlee. NEW YORK, April,, 25. Tho Ger- i.rcgltne needs credits without which It cannot continue; Germany-wants reduction In reparations. The Germun-llolshcvlst. treaty Is a threat that If the allied countries will not ugrce to help Rusxlu und Ger many, the latter win gei aiong -wim- I n,i, tl,m and, per Imps, against tiiem. 1 Krom this point of view, the treaty i u stuuid blunder on the part of n,i m- Lloyd George wlll .be less i conciliatory towurds Germuny and Tlol bevxt Itus'lik In his address i,ef0re the British Purliument on ; April 3. while emphasizing Russia's - i,,,Pd for cupltul, the Ibitish prime ni,,.,- piade It clear mat "it will . ... external." . The behavior' of the - Itolsliertst (Continued on page t.) NIGHT D American Flapper Standardized Says British Merchant SAN FRANCISCO, April !5 l". P.) The American "flap per" has been subjected to the scrutiny of the British merchant prince und appraised in business terms. First the "flapper" Is found to be standardized. Second, her clothing was giv en a money value of, (11. Gordon Selfrldge, of Loudon? former purtner of the late Mar shal Field and one of England's leadings merchants, made the appraisal after touring the Unit ed States. "The most Interesting thing I haVe seen In the United States Is the standardised "f Hipper," Bclfrhlge commented. 'There are flocks of them In New York, San Francisco and Chicago. All of them wear tho Kiute thing, from hats to shoes. "Their- clothing? Well, t haven't observed It as closely here as In New York, but the New York flapper's outfit would cost well about 1 1 would be a fair price.' . ' . . Holfrldge explained he would not fur a minute criticise Ameri can women. i "On the contrary," he said, "1 think they a ore particularly pleasing." "There are fluppors , In Lon don, of course," he added,. "but the London flappers are not standardized.' "... . . . i P. US. I'hllllp Fordyce and Rex Kramer, representing . Hie Pendleton high school debuting team, were the chief speakers at thu Progressive club luncheon today, the two young men I giving the arguments they will make I In their debate to bo held here soon. Other guests ut ,the luncheon to I duy Were W, SchWHi'Ueuberg, former manager of the - Pendleton Roller I mills who Is here T from Spoknnoi Charles Audi on of Seattlo and T. I. jtuDnvy of the Internal revenue de partment, Mr. Muloncy will bo here for m time checking up on Income and corporation-tax affairs since since 117. The Progressive club voted today to give a picnic and field duy for members and their families some time between June 16 and June 30. How U. S. Experts , Size Up Pact, By HARRY B. HUNT. WA8HINOTOK, April 25. The Russo-German treaty restoring full diplomatic and trade relationships be tween Germany and Russia Is of little Immediate significance In a business or trade way, according to Uncle Sam's oommercial experts. : Its present Importance is political, not economic, they maintain. How ever, lis commercial Importance may be of tremendous value to Germany In another generation. , Dr. Julius Klein, chief of the bureuu of foreign and domestic commerce, declares that whatever the effect of the treaty may be politically It Is not likely to weld effectively the economy! resource ol iiiv iwv i-uumnvs, . . - Allen Ooliismlth, departmental ex pert on German and Russian Com merce, says thut for tho present at least dealings between tho two coun tries will huv'e to be primarily on a basis of barter and that tills trade Is not likely to affect greatly present currents of commerce. Russia's Nerds. "The big advantage 6f the ..treaty. that it puts Germuny In a position to obtain full , commercial Information which she may luter use to advantage, "What trade is developed, for the presont will be largely matter of barter, and Russia Just now has little with which to trade on thut busts. Kim has a considerable stock of furs, which may be traded for German textiles. But, generally speaking, she has neith er agricultural products, nor manufac tured goods, nor money. "On proposal which may , make possible some considerable exchanges between the two countries,, however, Is that Russia supply raw materials to Germany, Germany to pay or these with finished products produced In German factories. For Germany's 1922. 1 It t " CLYDE LESTER, WALLA WALLA BUSINESS HAH, RECLUSE ALIVE IS TESTIUY papers, ripe, masses ana' uiner rossessions or jepson Introduced by State in Case., Against .. Von;; Dejahe'; ; One Woman Member of ' One copy euch of the Country Gentleman and The Saturday Evening Post and several copies of a Walla Walla paper, a pipe and a pair of glasses on one of the opened magazine: and a dash of tobacco ash fallen from the pipe. -the Imprint on the well platform,, where It had rested during showers, of the ; hat that was worn by Mutt Jepson shortly before he was killed were same of the links of evidence that made their apeparance In the testimony of witnesses ' during the first half duy of the taking of testimony in the murder trial of , PhnrlAM -Dai-oHa. rhnrffBil with tliA killinir nf Jadsoil. .. . , i J ' , . Tho court room was comfortably filled for the morning session 'of the trial,, and the stories of state witnesses were closely listened to by the audience. - ' : ; . -r;- YEAR MORATORIUM Tentative Draft of New Treaty Submitted to Allied ' Ex perts at Genoa Conference. OIOONA, . Apiil 25. (I. N.' 8.) Russia demands from the allies five billion gold I'otiblu loan, an a thirty year moratorium. , .'".' ' v' fl'hese facts obtitlned front the" text cf the tentative draft of 'a' treaty sub-' mltted by the Russian delegation to tho; Genoa conference committee of experts on RushIuii affairs last night. The document, obtained . exclusively by the International News Service, was the subject of hours of 'wrangl ing by the experts, resulting In such divergencies of opinion that they ud .turned. 'It contulns the following terms The soviet government is to pay pre-war Czarlst debts to foreign governments, Individuals and the So viets are to recelvu de Jure recogni tion as the government of Russia und Interests on debts to be unnullcd. ,', "V. S. iWrven nights N' 1 LONDON, April' 25. (U. P,) Ac, cording to a. Genoa dispatch to tho Kvenhig Standard. American Ambus- sudor Child hus notified the heads of the economic conference (hat the United States reserves all rights re tarding Kussias wur Ubls, bolll pub lic und private. v - 1 , Fri-iuli Slay Bolt LONDON', April 25. (A. P.) The French delegate Itarthou at Genoa re ceived telegraphic Instructions today to insist at the conference the terms contained In - Premier Polncare's speech Monday, says a ccntrul news dil patch. The French delegation de clared it will prss for. a 48 hour ul timatum to Russia or break from tho conference altogether. . . ;, ' - Russian Attacks .llui . GENUA, April 25. -(A. P. ) For eign Minister Tchilcherln ' of Soviet Russia, declared to the Associated Press today that allied resistance to Russian principles of nationalization was blocking the ecoiramlc conference. He Insisted It wus the allies' efforts to' Infringe upon Russian sovereignty In thut connection that wero delaying the conference progress. ' CRIMINAL ACTION TO PORTLAND, Apr.l ;S. (t". P. Criminal acttun against Anthon BcU em, vice president of the defunct state iwnk of Portland, and Leroy Walker, chairman of the board of directors, w'H l' started today through District Attorney Myers, uceordlng to an an nniipeement toduv by O. B, Robert- non. deputy ulate bunk exnmlnwr, Uob- , , rn"te', "e am..uA . Z """""'' jiiiu"i v funds. , .'-'. ' ' - WASHINGTON. April 2S. (U. P.) The administration Is "heartily and sincerely" pledged to the reclamation protect as proposed In the McNary Smlth bill now before congress, the white house announced today. Hope Is expressed that congress also be favorably disposed to justifiable rec lamation projects and methods, ' DAILY EDITION The Ea.l Oreffoolen is Eastern Ore f on a greatest awpaper and a sell ing (ore give to tke adertier or twice the guaraatei average paid clr. eulatloa In Pendleton and Umatilla county of any outer atwspaper. COUNTY OrnCIAL PAPER NO. 10,117 LAST TO SEE if. Jury , Trying Murder. Case: ' The defendant, seated between-. Fred Stelwer and Everett Smith, his attornoys, indicated hie own Interest In the stories. His fact was passive all the time, but his eye let nothing es cape them.-' Th only sign of nervous-; ncss that Von Derail has made la to grasp the sides of his -chair with his handa and to drum the ohair .with his Kivickles. Me mddom makes any com-- ment to nia attorneys, put ne waiones all that goes, on with undisguised la-,: tcrest, ,. .- " " ,.'. ',.'"" v ' t Last Seen July 13. .:. V '',:' So far as the testimony indicated at nnnn iTia Inaf tlma UTatt Janaon 1 WAlV I seen alive was on the evening of July. S3, 1921.- He-was teen, at this time. about 7 o'clock In - the evening by; rlv ABtn tVnllA WullA . hlia(nMn man,' who was the state's . first wit- neat,,. Mt '' ; ,;; '.' :rlttrvla' .tBarV'-WWlfelb: Hint ha atrtntuul at tha .Tpnfin Ptlllln on his wMTto a summer cams back on ' ttle M endows bn the evening of July , S3. '. Jepson was not at home -at the time, the witness said, tut some pam pers were left and further up the road, ' Lester said he saw JepBon at the luU Inl wni rnsaf n( fha vnal N ' Jops'ort had on old working trousers at this time, and a canvas hat,' Lester said In describing the clothing. Later, In telling of the dlscevery of Jcpson't body, thrco' "weeks after he 'saw him July 23, , Lester told, the , jury ha thought the hat'found on the platform of the well . was tho' same 'hat tha recluse bad worn on Saturday evening; July S3. - .': ,- .' i.:.-.: , . On cross examination. Lester testl flled that tho shoes which were, found near the old 'unused well 'Were 'be tween four And six feet from' the opening in the top of the platform, and the hut was between two aod three feet from the opening. Attor-- novs ere closely questioning all wit nesses who saw these pieces of wear- (Continued on page I.) ' M'hlltf standing on the scaffolding at the Empire Meat Market wher'i he wu employed in carpentering work, W. W. Itoothby, local carpenter, agad 7t, dropped dead today from an uttjok of apoplexy; He called ' to' fellow workmen jlipt before his death, and ws saved from falling from the'eeat (oldlngb his employer,' fid DuPuls. Mr, Boothby was apparently In good health and had not suffored other at tacks of apoplexy. -' He came to -Pen- idloton in 1881 from Polk county... Ills widow and the following; daughters, survive: Mrs. Ixnils Hondhelm, Mrs, K, D. Taylor and Mia Ethel Boothby, ail of Portland. Funeral arrangernintit i will be made after their arrival herei - THE WEATHER Ifbffortod by Major Xee JMooruousej het olrver. jiuximum, es. ,' Minimum, ll. Barometer, 23.30. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Wed. fair light to heavy frost in morning, : LOCAL CARPENTER DROPPED DMO L cinwsTriiWtit;ii'ii :- J (Continued on page I.) ,