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THE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN IERICA"CRRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. UNITED PRESS AND THE L K. DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Ta act praa ma or rt -dj'a Dally 3,238 This pr u a uwMr sr as4Rl J tae Audit Buraaa of CircttlaUoo. Tka Eut Oracoala. U Eutm Ora goa'a greatest newspaper and a a Il ia a- force giva to tha adrarttaer err t-wa tba guaraatr aterag paid cir culation la Pendleton and Umatilla eouaiy of any otaar aa-spaoer. . COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPES COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPES J 1 f0" VOL. 54 - DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1922. " 600,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT CONTRACTED" FOR 18 ESTIMATE jPF 1 T: , : . i : : iinim nrniw LEGION ISSUES CllkllQHlJNL AND CONSTRUCTION CCh OF InATT flHT lillOT DARK HAWV, W NO. 10,142 Uli! Hi I LLOYD GEORGE (il Conference Work Will Ulti- - ' - mately Succeed Premier Declared Before Commons. - TRUCE JS PROTECTION AGAINST RUSSIANS Hope Expressed for Practi cal and Beneficial Results From ' Hague Conference. "LONDON, May 25. (U. P.l The C.eona conference will ultimately suc ceed Lloyd OeorKe declared In ' a speech to the house of commons to day. , The premier warmly defended the conference's work, upon which parliament will be askbed to return him a vote of confidence, ine non nggteaslon truce averted the danger , to Europe from Russia's army of mil lion and a, half backed by four mil lion starving people, the premier de clared. ; "If the Genoa conference fails, Europe's positions will he tragic," he said, arid concluding expressed pro found hope for the most practical and j beneficial results from The Hague conference next month. ' : '.. Premier Cheered ".LONDON, May 25.(A. P.) Loud cheers greeted Lloyd George in the , . house of ommons,.tod;j.Yj,'heirho ap peared to discuss the foreign, policies, especially the Genoa conferences The premier said that although peace has been established In Europe it Was quite clear that the war atmosphere t J a certain extent remained. - He de cleared It was hopeless for Russia to extricate herself from . the pit of squalid misery without assistance. He said that leaving Russia to her fate would involve a peril such as the Rus-so-German agreement. He expressed th hope that The Hague conferenco of experts would achieve- souicthing. TO EXPAND BUSINESS An expansion of the Clover Nook Dairy will materialise June 1 when the nam of the business will be changed to Clover Nook Dairy and Maket, ac cording to' a statement made today by officers of the concern--Articles of Incorporation were recently filed with the 'county clerk by the jwnors of the business. ' ' - ' , . " After "the first of the-month fiesh v meats will be handled in addition to the 'present line of dairy products. Tho dairy department will remain tinder .the management of Glenn H. Roberta ns In, the past. The officers of the company are L. B. Ramsdell, president; Glenn H. Roberts, vice president; and H. S. Crispin, secretary .treasurer and manager. The capital stock, of. the, concern is $10,000.; ., The milk supply will come from the " Ramsdell and Davis ranch, whose , cows are all tubercular tested and produce milk of ,hlgh quality, The business will occupy the room now oe cuplcd by ft barber shop In addition to the present room., ' New Machinery for modern refrigeration. Is being In stalled hy the management. ' U. S. READY TO START. WASHINGTON, May 25 (A. P.) fttato department has announced it had communicated to .the 'Canadian government dts willingness to begin negotiations In connection with the pi. Lawrence canal project to permit Ocean going w mien me Great Lakes, been received government. No- answer from ' the has ' yet Canadian XTRA FD GENOA i ACTIONS TODAY PORTLAND, ray 25. (A. P.) ed William Desmond Taylor,, moving Alcott led Hall by 480 on tabulation pliture director," declared a man glv early this' afternoon of the latest 'n th name o' "Vac."' arrested here available official returns. Including on a charge of holding up a taxi drlv Multnomah, thc state figures were, er. Sheriff DavU said the man waa Olcott 42.JS0; HuU 42,510, ; " appnrejitly uie. . .4 TO CITY OF PENDLETON FOFt EMPLOYMENT RECORD The honor of a citation by the national commander of the Am erican Legion la the lot of Pen dleton, according to a letter that has been received by Ad jutant C. C. Troebstel from de partment headquarters at Port land. Nine communities In the state have been designated for the honor. The-citation, signed by Han ford McNider. national com mander, Lemel Hollos, national adjutant, l.ane Ooodcll, depart ment commanded, and Harry X. Nelson, department adjutant), reads as follows: "The city of Pendleton has earnejthe lasting gratitude of the nation, lu a time of econ omic unrest and industrial de pression she has furnished em ployment to nil her veterans of the World War.' In .acknowl edgement of this patriotic ser vice the American Legion ex tends to nil its citizens its thanks, and appreciation." .A.T.C. Letter From Secretary Brum baugh Indicates Commission Reoognizes Some Claims. Fome S. A. T. C. men wno served during the, recent war ure entitled 'o SQIS T sent lw Proebstel for an interpretation I of the law as to the standing of the S. A. T. C. men under the law. The interpretation mndo locally ln the provisions of the law were that the 8. A. T. C. men were not "elrsble to receive either the cash bonus or loan. The opinion from Secretary Uruin baugh changes the status of a part of the students' corps men. A part of the letter from -umhaiigh Is as fol lows: " ' ' . , 1 "There are no set rules hy which to determine the eligibility of S. A, T. C. service, althouch we may give yon several leads as to why certain cases hnve been approved; where all records show a man was Inducted Into the ser vice at one place and sent to one of the schools without having volunteer ed for such service and he was in structed In Class D. studies, such as carpentry, auto mechanics, radio, en gineering, etc., and received an hon orable discharge', and drew travel pay to place1 of Induction, he would be en titled to receive the benefits, provid ing ho had enough service, . : "On the other hand, where a man was attending a college r sehooLas a student where one of the schools was located and enrolled In the S. A. T. C. branch, it does not chango his status as a student regardless of studies he might have received, and he would not bo' entitled to the benefits' under the law. In otfier words ho did not lose anything by helng a student In the 3. A. T. C. The same ruling witild j apply to a ma;i living In some other town who voiuntarily-tonllsted In the a. A. T. C.l , ' , , ' . I ; "This also applies to a student who! dlH nnt hnvu nv mllltnrv HlntliH or I when the studies pursued were war alms, arithmetic,- trigonometry, army paper work, etc." , - TO CHICAGO, May 25, (V. P.) A .new tragedy stalked In (he "house of ; a thousand mysteries" today when jihe police found the nude body of Mis. Rosi Oreenberg, former actress. The woman had died of strangula tion. The killing has followed a long serici of tragedies In the house; formerly the property of the family of William Hsle Thompson of Chicago.' The mayor was born In the house. formery thc most ea,,tif.il Chicago residence. TSKI 01 rOfGIIKKEPSlE, X. Y., May 25. I (IV P.) '"r am the guy thnt murder- receive either the cosh bonus or thei !.vH mum-wus in me ui Innn from the state offered ex-service! nlnnncr governing the sale of ciga men, according to n letter received hyl "e to minors. Under the new or AdJutanl C. C. Proebstel of the local nanee, Incorporated in the code be-' !wwt from H. C. Rmmbnugh. secretary i-01-6 11 waH P'",H(,rt' " ,H unlawful fr of the World War State Aid commls-f lalers tf sH cigarettes or cigarette l0n , papors t youths under 21 years old. The'ietter came In reply to a request ! Tobacco fl- pipe smoking or for chew- INLAND CONSTRUCTION CCk OF PORTLAND AWARDED BID FOR 1 BUILDING CITY SEPTIC TANK Spirited bidding on the part of fiv! contractors resulted in some close figuring being necessary to-decide who' should receive the job for the con struction of the city septic tank when the contract was let to the Inland Construction Co. of Portland at hej. session of the city council last night.' The price for the work ugreeVl upon is $56,761. The bids were figured three waysi by J. W. Cunningham of the engineer- j Ing firm of Baar and Cunningham. ' The bases were with Vitrified pipe! used throughout, with concete pipe ! used throughout, and with concrete pipe for the 27 Inch pipe and the re- ' mairder vitrified. The bid calls for construction according to the third plan. The bids of the various companies under this plan were as follows: II. S. Seitergren, Missoula, Mont., $60, 7.10; Rergh, Griggs Co., Tacoma, $60, 100; Pacific Coast Paving Co., Taco ma, $71, SOI; Inland Construction Co 556,761: Hedges and Hulls, Dalles, $58,421. Tha , The anti-mask ordinance, tabled a week ago for lack of a quorum, wa resurrected last night and passed without a' dissenting vote. . A letter from T. A. lingers, kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan, was read In which he ex pressed the approval on behalf of this clan of the measure and voiced the hope that the council would adopt the ordinance. , A complaint from H. O. Kirkpalriek nbout'the public danger at the Frank lin street crossing was received, and (he matter was referred to the city at torney for an Investigation.. The pollen code,. p for Its first reading a week ago. whs read for tho second time last night and passed. T'l- 1 . , ln furposes ni:iy lie sold to any minor nhder the ordinance provisions. The new ordinance Is In accord with the -date law on the subject. ;. Hullding permits In tho fire zon-j were authnrlbi d .as follows: Augusta IVt tor the Hetg estate, hollow tile warehouse on Garden street, $n,00M; P, W. Koeppcn, Vcst Alta street, re modeling Interior of building, $300; Charles Rhnrnian, Knst Court street, SCO, skylight In buIMlng;. Mrs. Joe .Murphy, Main street, remodeling .tip- ( per story of hriclt building, $6i",fl; Mrs. D. A. Peebles. 603 Main street, re modeling interior of building, $75. "ril.LKD MU.iL" OfTLAW Kf WASHINGTON, Mny !5 IV, P.) The house tndny passed u bill outlaw Ing "filled milk" or milk from Interstate commerce. 1 . , i in i 1 1 . MlLTnN-FREEWATER i mm; uf in I unuiumuu i uiL in : BOODI CONDiTIONi fimwora Ar Still flf timiatSn r Says Bennion Crop Will be Smaller Than in 1921.1 While the' Mllton-Freewatcr apple' crop will, because of the frost blight and a lighter set of l.iuom which foi- lows Inst years heavy bloom, he smaller this year than in Viii, )jrow- ers are optimistic and orchards are In good condition, says Fred Reunion, county agent, who vlsltedtho east end of the county yesterday. Jir. Rennlon states that It Is Impos sible to estimate at this' time the numher'of carloads ot'upples which will be shipped. ,In speaking of the peach crop, he reports that most of ' dollars yearly us a result of the ten the peach trees of the east end region ' percent freight rate reduction the In uni located In places where the frost j ti rstnte commerce commission order did not hit. ' jed, government statistical experts tig When the frost did not visit the j ''ed today. It means ten dollars snv traes, there must, be thinning done, I l"g yearly by every person In thfl Mr. Hennlon savs. and adds that this ! country. The freight bill itself Js cut Is especially true of the Roam Ilcanty variety. On Monday an orchard meet ing will be held in Milton, und grow ers will be addressed by C. L, Long, extension specialist of f). A. C, on thinning and on other timely topics. Thinning demonstrations practiced j ou 12 year old Wiuesup apple trees at' the J. F. . Slover orchard In Free water show that tnjiere no thinning was used, the value per tree was $5.87 and the value per acre $505.50. . When thinned from three to four Inches apart,, the value per. tree was $11.25 and per ucre gJHiir-wfUlewheti thinned from six to seven Inches apurt the tree Value was $15.62 and the acre value $S12,5n. Whon ''"tho thinning wad from nine to ten inches apart, the vulr.e t tree was $15.12 and per acre $786. 50; ' ; The Milton Ilex Factory Is .prepar ing for the season and has already re ceived lumber from its mill at Klicki tat. - Last ,veur 250 carloads were re ceived from he factory's sawmills. When the frost hit the Walla Walla valley this yeir-C. P. Harris, a mem ber of (ho factory him, Sold 550,000 apple boxes t!b Yakima growers. , - TO KKKD THE I ISH To provide natural food for-trout In streams flowing through State For ests, Pennsylvania will plant along the to exercise the greatest care In ex brooks trees that will attract Insects, i tingirtshlng his camp fires so as to says the American Forestry Maga-jrun no risk of starting a forest fire xlne. It has been decided that shad j and otherwise to refrain .from doing Imitation, bush, commonly called Junu Herry, H anything Which might In any way In the most .desirable variety. : . I .turn forest lifoA . . THE RETREAT TO MOSCOW. RATE CUT 'UO BE TO Nation's Cost of Living Will be Reduced Nearly a Bil lion Dollars a Year. ! I 'uur aiiya an WAGE CUTS Ant BEING INTIMATED - A . r , some uomiTiissioners Favored Cut in Passenger Rates;; Traffic -Shows Decrease. WASHINGTON. May 25.--(lT. p.) The nations cost, of living bill will probably be reduced nearly a billion nearly four hundred millions. ' . Intimations that a Wage cut will be prdWed by the railroad labor board in the near future as a sequel to freight rate cut came from high govern ment officials today'. It. was stated ,hB """mlstratlon considered : that rier .to equitably dlstributa the rate cut losses. x President Harding has ordered the department of Justice to see that the rate cut is "passed down" to the con sumer, Just as the rate Increases dur ing the war were quickly "passed on"' Administration lenders hope the cuts will have nn Immediate stimulating ef feet tin business. Some of the com missloners favored passenger cuts as Well.Juit nppureftlly the majority are still Against such a cut despite the startiug decrease In passenger traffic. l.IVKSTOf li PRICK HTKADY. .PORTLAND. May 85. iA. P.) Livestock steady, eggs weak, butter 'steady. SCOWS AND TREE v Scouting hns taken boys. from city streets out Into tho woods and aimed to develop an Interest In nil outdoor life. The trees, especially, arn a Hoy Ponut's good friends, says the Ameri can Forestry Magazine, Ho Is taught PASSED DOWN CONSUMER WITH! LOTS GIRL f SPIRIT IS CHAMPION LOS ANGKLES, May 25. . U P.) Step up, girls. Dempsey Is after a wife. Here's what ho wants: . x - Dark haired, not over 25 or under 21, with lots of, spirit. Musi be a good wife, good fel low, good listener, and a good mother. These . specifications are from Dempsey himself. As "Inducements" Dempsey offers "a good home, moneymoon abroad, two limousines and a roadster, three police dogs, and1 a six foot husband, qualified to act as a protector at all times." Dempsey tacitly ad- mined that he had some Idea , who she would bo. If he doesn't get a girl within six months he Is going back to Europe to take It out on Carpentler. AT Double Umpire System Will be Used and no 'Crabbing' Will be Allowed on the Field.: The prune PloHera.wiU again Invade Pendleton Sunday In-ail effort. to re-, peat the victory they won here. The game Sunday will be called at 2:80 Joe Hetties Is scheduled to pitch. The Ruekaroos will. Journey to Walla Walla again Memorial day (Tuesday), for an exhibition game with the Reurg. The tentative game with V. 8. C. for next Thursday Is definitely oft according to a letter received today by Lou Pin- son,, llm-ksron " msnaRrr. from J.. r. Ilohler, W. S. C. athletic director. - The double umpire system will be used at the game Himduy and other rules adopted at the directors meeting In 'Walla Walla Sunday will stop any "crabbing ' by the players. Following are the regulations nnan Imously adopted nt the meeting; ' "Hereafter 'two umpires shall be used in each game, Kach club shall select one umpire and report his name to thc President of the league. ThellhHW bccn rtti,ttou about contracting home team shall furnish one umpire for each game, who shall bo tho um pire for halls, strikes and other duties devolving on the umpire behind tho bat, The visiting team shall furnish, and bring with them one umpire for each game, who shall be the umpire for bases and field, performing the duties devolving on the field umpire. "When either team desjes to make a piotcst during a game, the two cap tains, if In uniform, shall he allowed to approach the umpire and state tholr protest In a quiet manner and then rc tire to their positions and let the um pire make his decision, which shall 5:s final except When referred to the Tresldent as required hy the by laws. "While a protest Is being made by the captains ns aforesaid, the remain ing players shall remain (n their Places and lake no piirt In , the discis sion. Managers and Captains are msdn responsible 'for the strict en forcement of these rules and viola tions shall be punched hy fine In the discretion of tUn umpire." , The Pebdlotort team was given un til next Bundny to select another pl'cher Irt plnce of Williams, removed from city, and report his name to the President mud Peereta-y. :, : CHESTER J. MILLER,; . ",'' 1 ,'.' League Presi WHEAT PRICES ARE wheat prices are lower today, May grain closing at $1.28, July at $1.21 8-4 and September at $1.17 7-, Yes terday the closing prices were $1.43, I $1.22 7-8 and $1.18 1-2, respectively, j Following ure the quotations received I by Overheck Cooke, locnl brokers: WlH-at. Open High ' Low Close $1.81 $1.81 I1.I7H $1-28 1.22H 1.82 1.20K .. 1.814 1.18 U 1.18 V, 1.11 1.17 Mnv July Bcpt. REDUCED IN CAL ATLANTA, May tW(l' P.)--Kvery KU'agl In the California dis trict from King Kleagle down hns been dismissed from executive post-1 tlons with the klan. Following! charges of lawlessness made-against i that oganizutlon on the l'acltto coast. I jsccord'ng to an announcement from i tne klan headquarter here. William Cobtirn, former grand goblin, has been appointed king kleagle. . E IS SAKE AS THAT CHI II Grain Bought 'on Contract is to be in Sacks; Price of , Sacks is Higher This Year. - . " ,-, . , FLAT PRICE OF - ' 5 ' DOLLAR A BUSHEL! Condition of the Crop Over the Country is1 Not as Good as 1921 Says Collins. That about (00,000 bushels of wheat have been contracted for a flat prlc of one dollar the bushel for delivery at harvest trine Is the estimate given today by' Hi AY, polUns, local grain and flour man.' f h 1 v . The amount now under contract for sale Is about tha same quantity as had been sold at this time last yeax, ao- : cording to Mr. Collins, and tha uric U the same a that given a year ago on early contracts.' The wheat bought on contract la to be In sacks. . - . j, The condition of the crop over tba county os a whole ia not quite so food ' as It was this time last year, the local man declares, but he expressed tha i opinion that, with favorable-weather conditions from 1 now Until harvest time, Inst year's record crop may-ba matched, or even surpassed. Today' '-: rain, which Is said; to lavo been gen eral over the wheat . be.lt,-will help " nowt, and grower won't dbject'tf they' k get some more mturiul,V,'wj ' ,1 - ta 'k l"rlN HUher The' Vrlce it aacks' Is, higher thi , yAar than a year ago, according to Mr, ' Collins'. Domestics, now -'at worth 11 4-2 cents and Cnlcuttaa are com mandlng a price of 10 1-2 cents. Last A year tha prices ranged from seven and three-fourths to 10 cents. Delay- v ed purchKsIng of sacks by farmers In .': i nnmi causes ci ine, ouigci importer very fnr ahead with the result that Imports so far this year are only !, 000,000 this year as against 56,1)00, 00ft the, same time last year, Domestic have fulleu below the usual volume rjt production, ' Another factor which ha caused demand to exceed the supply li the bumper crop of California barley, ; accnrdln gto Mr. Collins. ' ' Last year shortly before !; harvest time the wolume of wheat contracted for at, a price of one Collar the bushel was a'JUtle'ln eiicoss of ,1,000,090 btiRheis locally. : v :"Theearly aelit-ri got , tho'. good market last year, but U .remains to be seen Just what the trend will be this year,". Mr. Colling stated, ; : . , . PLURALITY FOR EBERHM flu, nlnnillla ntnA. .- It . , IT.I.P. , Hlnkle In the race for Joint senator from Umatilla, Union and Morrow; counties is, 677, according to . ine can nlntn nttnrni from all three of tho - counties. Eberhard ha lead In CM- tllla and In ion counties right along;, but the Morrow county figures wr not available,. until la,te .yesterday nft . crnoon. ., ,. , X .!..:,.!.., , The figures are as follows; . Umatilla irnlon Morrow Totsl Eberhard .... 20 J 78 ,109 2IS fi.,i,v , , , i7nj ' J16 , '$ v 254. Kitchen ...... 689 41 ' IS5 ' ltS, The romnlete returns give Roy Rlt- per A vote of 8,177 In the county for r-nomlnation a senator from Uma tllla county on tho reptibHcan tick-et. Reported by Major Le Moorhousft , I Maximum 65. ': ' , : v '. v. Minimum 47. t '' "' ' ,'' Iturometer 28.83. -.'."!.; : v' Rainfall .04 of an Inch. ' !; , r 1 TODAY'S FORECAST 1 Tonight ami "rldny gen '. trally f at r, .cooler tonight, heavy frost. PR OE YEAR AGO TIIEATITOR l-- ' . . - '- azr