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VOL. 34
DAILY E? ? flSGONIAN, PENDLETON, OKEGON
X
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1922.
NO. 10,143
U. CONSUL IN
SYRIA
BROKE THE
FRENCH RELATIONS
Secretary Hughes Asked
Congress to
Investigate
. ;
. the Sentence on
pponA '
1ldllC.
FORMER MINISTER .
TRIED BY MILITARY
Was Charged With Inciting
Riots ; Against French
Troops Stationed in Syria.
WASHINGTON, May 28. (IT. P.)
Secretary of State Hughes is directed
" to make immediate inquiry of the
French government renaming the re
port that Charles It. Crane,, of Chica
go, former minister to China, was
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
by the French military court at- Da
. mascus, in resolution introduced to
day by Representative Sabath of 111
, inols. Hughes Is also directed to take
, steps to Insure Crane's safe conduct to
the United States if he desires it.
, Crane: was reported sentenced because
of alleged charges-,of Inciting rioting
in Syria.
Hauled Bown Flag
PARIS, , May 28. (A. P.I Charles
IL. Crane said today that before hiH
arrival at Damascus Syria, the United
. States consul there hauled down the
American flag, took down his shield
and refused to have further relations
with the French authorities until they
apologized for ap incident. The
French finally apologised and the
consul resumed relations. V
He-port Is I'hI"
PAJUS,, May 26. (I. ,.N. S.) The
rouort hnt flliawlae PraHerfoT'ipev Am
' j.crtcan miniate'- to China, was scntenc-
ed to twenty years' lmprlsomenty
a French military court. In Syria "for
inciting Syrians to vise against the
French occupational troops, Is false,
It was' announced at the foreign office.
A
Circulation at the' Umatilla- county
library during the month of April was j
6839, according to the report of Miss
Sabra Nason. librarian. "Of this total,
the central circulation was 2,835 and
the branch 3,622.
The branch circulation Is divided as
follows: Milton, 641; Hermlston, 660;
Athena", 608; Kcho, 421; Weston, 41S;
Umatilla, 308; , Freewater, 234; Fern
dale, 98; Pilot Rock, 74, and Helix, 60.
. Thirty-two shipments of books con
taining! 281 volumes were shipped to
branches, stations and Individuals.
Thlrtyjono meetings were held In the
library! with ah attendance of 655. At
tendance at the Sunday concerts was
153.
The balance on hand, after the pay
ment of expenses, was $3.38, says the
report. .. . ,
' CAMIIFS BIO TUSK
A tame boar's tusk-masurln elgh
inches from base to tip was displayed
here today to friends of J. H. Metzker
of the Uklah district, who was a vis
itor in Pendleton. The tusk was re
moved from the mouth of a two-year,
old noar owned hy Frank Chapman
recently. "We took the sheep to the
hills day before yesterday." sai l Mi'.
Metzker, "and the range Is very good,
though quite a bit late'
FOR STATE TREASURER
PORTLAND. May 2i. With offi
cial reports lacking only , In Curry
Harney and Whccier counties, the lat
est figures today are Olcott 43,020,
Hall 42.610. The name of - the ex
collector of internal revenue,." Milton
A. Miller,, written In for deriiocratlc
nroilnatlon for state treasurer, " may
lie a candidate against Hoff.
; NORTHWEST WAS IN COLO
GRIP LAST NIGHT; SNOW
WAS REPORTED IN IDAHO
PORTLAND, May 26. (I. X.
g,)Tmperature8 dropped dan-
gcrously near the freezing point
In various parts of the north-;
west last hight. according to re-
ports' the weather btrreau re-
celved." . i ' , ;
Southeastern Idaho ;, cx-peri-
enced the greatest, drop of the
mercury, which went from 86 at
6 yesterday to, 38 at 8 today.
Snow ia reported in that eection.
(
Miss M'Cormick
May Not Marry
Swiss Horseman,
i Guardian Has Been Appointed
Over 17 Year Old Girl, Who
May With Hold His Consent.
! CHICAOO, May 28. ( I". P.) Ma
DY j thllde McCormiek may not marry
Max Oser. Swiss lirerstable proprietor.
H""-01,1 McCormick, president of
the International Harvester Company,
has been appointed guardian of the
l7.yenr.0d R;r and may withhold his
consent to the marriage. Friends
believe the girl will welcome his re-1
fusal to the marriage as a "way out.1
NAUCOTICS BILL SIGXF.IX
WASHINGTON, May 26. (U. P.)
President HardlnR today signed the
.Miller-Jones anti-narcotics bill pro
viding for the deportation of alien?
guilty of violating the federal 1 nar
cotics laws.
10 BE CARRIED ON
ASINPASHOURl
Decision Made by County Court
When Bennion Secures Offer
of Job From Montana State.
' That the work of the county agent
hi Umatilla county will be maintained
on the present pliyi Indefinitely, un
less those who hnve in the past dis
closed a keen Interest in the activities
of the office change their ideas, was
the gjst of a decision made by the
members of the county court yester
day afternoon in reply to requests
made by a, delegation of prominent
faitners who watted on the court. The
decision will result in the county re
taining the services of Fred Bennion
' An offer of $5000 -a year for five
years to Mr. Bennion from tlv.'
state agricultural , college of the
University, of Montana to be physical
director and head of the department
of fasin economU and marketing
brought the matter of the status of
the office In Umatilla county to a
head and resulted In the court lakim;
a stand which it Is thought will make
It unnecessary for the office to be
used ns a football for the kicks of a
few citizens every yeaf In a, budget
contention. : .
Montana has been after Bennion
sevcrnl times. At the closeof 1921 he
was offered a good Job with the uni
versity. A few weeks ago he received
another offer carrying a salary of
$4,500, and- when th's Was refused,
the university came back with an of-
fpr of vi00 Witli this proposition
made him ns the basis ef a five-year
contract, Btnnlon sought to ascertain
the attitude of the county court with
Jho result that the court Issued fli let
ter stating its attitude on the work.
The present snlary pn.'d Bennion. will
not be increased, It Is understood.
The delegation which visited the!
court yesterday consisted of L. L:
Hogers, J. F. McNnuglit, Mac Hoke
Ell Wlnesett, Sim Culley, A. ft. Cop
pock, J. O. Hales, Tom Thompson,
Dave Nelson, Tom Ilmmpton and oth
ers. The letter In full given to .Mai'
Hoke as secretary of the farm bureau
W the county court is as follows:
"In" view of, the' fact that County
(Continued on page 5.)
FILIPINO LABORERS
HONOLULU, May 26. (U. P.)-
The children on the island t Bohol, j
Phillpplues have for several years'
been taking' nearly all first prizes In
Philippine school contests. '
' In searching for the reason for this I
It was recently discovered by Philip
pine authorities that most of the chil-
di en had gono to school for some I
time, or begun school m He wall
where their fathers had taken their
families for a time while they obtain
ed work as laborers in. Hawaiian
fields. ...
Hawaiian Interests are planning on
obtaining figures concerning the af
fair, in order to show that the chil
dren of Filipino laborers have every
opportunity for education In the pub
lie schools of Hawaii If their fathers
want to come here and work on the
plantations. Next to the Japanese,
the Filipino laborers are the best-In i
the Islands.
TEXAS POSSES ARE
I
I
j
, '
WASCO. Texas, May 26. (U. P.)
, posses of several hundred men to-j
!day pursued anv unidentified . negro.
who- killed Harold Bolton, white'
youth, and assaulted his woman com-
panlon near here. The negro at-
tempted to kill the girl after the as-!
wit.
rm OF
jj' j
aft
Special Grand Jury to Hear
FviripnfP fc Virtually Pnm.
tvigence is virtually tom -
pleted; Trial to Start
EFFORTS TO PASS .
" RESOLUTION FAILED;
- " !
Hmt is Given That Govern
ment Officials Are
Rpinfl
DCIIty
, i ' , , ,. ' ,. !
InVOIVed Dy investigation.;
- ,
WASHINGTON, May 26. (U. P.)
Attorney General, Daugherty today
was In direct charge of preliminary :
preparation to prosecute the war I
fraud cases. A special grand Jury to j
speciaLzo in hearing evidence of the I
alleged war frauds wus virtually com- I
pleted and will Start work next week. I
I'i-oImi sioiumhI
WASHINGTON, .May 26. (U P.)
Efforts of Representatives Johnson
and Woodruff to force house consid
eration of the. resolution ordering an
exhaustive' probe of the war contracts
failed in the house today. ' Speaker
Uilleie refused to recogiiiie Johnson
when be sought as a question of per
sonal privHi'go ' to force Chairman I
Camnelf of ' the Miles -committee -to in-1
troduce the prelously ordered' resolu
tion pa!n the way for the proe.
WASHINGTON, May 26. (IV P.)
A hint that-tho government otfleials,
employed during the war ore .Involved
in ihe liiveftisaiion to lie made by the'
depaitment of Justice of the Wu4-!
frauds, was given In a statement ibisj
afternoon'' by Itrpresetilntlve' Ilea vie
of Nebraska, who resgued from the
house trt nssisf Dnugherty,,, '
"No: ci o.otc , outside th. government '
ever robbed, the government without 'j
the assistance of some crook Inside," i
he said. "Consequently the records
I are In such a- condition us to make
tbe trull of the serpent both devious
and difficulty
SI
UD CASES
DAUGHERTY
' , ' ' -! George Duffy mid Kumonn - Duggun
LOS ANGEDliS, May 26. (U. P.lito discuss I lie present rrlsis. The
Charlie Paddock and Hud Houser , Irish delegates were called to .explain
aro not the only athletic record break- !tne- recent pence agreements between
era hi Southern Cal .tornta. j Collins mid De Valeiu. They were
University cf California Southern asked to assure the. British govern
Ilrnnch co-eds showed at n field meet ; ment that. Ireland's Interests arc not
Avcently' that they me In the running : Jeopardized by this pact. They also
with these two stars. . , , asked what steps mo to bo taken to
; The' GIiMs' Belay team established end the strife.'
a new national women's record for i , . . -
the 220 yard dash lit 28 3-5 seconds, i
Dorothy Humiston set two new rec- '
ords when she threw the q pound hurl
bait 96 feet, 4 Inches. '
y 1 1 - - " , 1 1 !
j -'. : V;- -,- SPOOKS! ; : j
TV X(o) ' I 7
i : r&. i - 3earx-: mgn m . -sj.
iV ..y; A . sTT- "Ca-SA55T unf I .
liome Run King
Ineligible Toy
Play Ball Today
Ban Johnson, American League
President, Investigating At
tack on Umpire Yesterday.
! CHiCAOO, May 2. tA. P. Rabe
Ri,th cnr.-d today ineligible to
! v witn me ansees until
Investigation has been made of
ihl!Uirfilimentwllh .mipmr hiw.
'rand which resulted In the h, urn-run
king being put out of the game yes
terday. President Pan Johnson, of
ihe American league, who nnnnuncid
the decision, said the final decision
would he made tomorrow. Ruth was
not permitted to play today. One day
suspension and a stiff fine would
; probably be the punishment. It was
said. ,
! Johnson said Ruth has become, ex-;-tremely
nervous over the previous'giig
i pension and the lone lead In home
' rtm obtained by Ken Williams of the
, j rtrowns. and' over flu th's
failure to hit when he got back Into
the game. Johnson said this mtttmio
k placed Ruth In a condition that micht ,
Realise him to do things in the heat of !
" r. m rr!"11 " " !
! minutes later.
IV:iIh Is Sorry I
- i'.. ... ...-li. i.i .MnstlUilo,' today advocated that eon-
I m sorry It happened. I stood as; R1W(1 ((lk(1 , o( polutcj) u
. ''. a'.Vtol ,av ... ai.ens.inB
IT Vder dlBcuwdni. .
' . j
, I
Anyone on Streets Between 11
, O'clock at Night and' 5 , in
Morning Must Have Reason.
, .. I ! ' CII.M'.l.KSTOW.V, v; Va.. May 26.
V.KI.FAST, May 28. !'. P.) A (!' -P.) The" Hill illlzzai'd ti-eusoil
curfew from eleven at night to rive I case will probably .go .to tho Jury to
o'clock In the morning- was -ordered Nnorrow. " Judgu Woodn wus, Instruct,
torla.v tt'r-ingl.o'ut the six lter eoyh-' luii the. jilrointodtiy. ' Great ...anxiety
lies. Anyous on the-streets between j was expressed liy both sides on -the
these, hours must uceolint for them-' outcome. The fear chiefly tslthnt no
closely on this order, one man was .
killed and four .wounded In v. street
flifhting. ' . '.
Action if Asked. ' " 1
. LONDON. .May 2H. (U. P.) Ac
tion W .end the secular and 4'uitioinil
strife in , Ireland, north and . south,
was tulten ltere today when members
was tuken ltere
of ttift llrltlsh r
peacif treaty
cabinet who signed the
establishing the Irish
free state met with Arthur Griffith,
P.l'TTI T
PORTLAND,
'Livestock and
Trm..
. PltK I'.S I'llt.M
May 26. (A. P.)
e-tgs steady, .butter
TAKE TARIFF OUT
OF POLITICS IS
GARY'S PROPOSAL
Steel and Iron President is
in Favor of Sales Tax . to
Take Place of Income Tax.
DECLARED HIMSELF
STILL AN OPTIMIST
Congress Should Forget the
'Soldier's Bonus Until Later
Said Gary in Address.
NRW 11JK. May 26. (A. P.)
KU'ert H. Ouiy, in an address as presi
dent of the American Iron and Htcel
"lnv no. favorites In Its tendency to
.,. thjn.s (flHt t substitute a
m' x for the Income tax, and that
it forget the soldier bonus Until the
j nation Is less severely burdened fl
i'liiinc iilly. ' As for the business future
of America 'Gary declared himself
( "still an optimist. " In tho Iron and
steel Industry, he said, profits are not
j satlsfavtons but few. If any, ought to
be doing business at a loss, "
Tl
.- A.:
'Vl
rnsldred final. Fighting Js feared.
. juilRO woods instructions to tlo
Jury ordered Hint t lie body determine
Whether n" death penalty 6r a pent
teiitliuy sentence he Imposed on llllz
Ziird If he l found guilty, -" i
PIECES IN EXPLOSION
-;-,''''.' - h -
KMPOnillM, Penn., May JS. (I.
X. S.) A telephone report received
here says that three powder pncklng
houses have blown up at Slnenhnhon
liyf, Penn, ,. i,
"The explosive wns of such n nutur
that only threo men were adowea tr
work In it building. The three elruc
lures were blown up nlmot simul
taneously. Nine men ard reported lo
have been blown to pieces.
Lower Passenger
Fares Declared
As Essential
Commission' Figures Show
That Traffic is Seven Bil.
lion Miles Below Normal
WASHINGTON. May 18. (I. N. S.)
Lower passenger fares on railroads
will follow the sweeping cuts in
freight rates, high government offi
cials declared.
A strong majority of the Interstate
commerce commission maintain lower
passeftger fares are essential to great
er revenue from the traveling public.
People are not doing much travel.
Ing under the present high passenger
rates. This is shown by the Interstate
commerce ocmmtsslen's figures re
vealing that passotiger traffic on all
railroads In the United States Is seven
billion passenger miles below normal.
, Administration officials believe the
J roads must eut passenger fares to a
inwnr figure to attract more earnings
from that louco,
WOULD HAVE LOCAL ,
L. C. Scharpf Suggests Day be
Named When Pjendletonians
Slhall Vfait Tkiiti nwAiiMit.
A special day In which Pendleton
huslnuss .men and women and rest
dents of the city and ritlicns ener
ally will he Invited to visit the new
municipal camp grounds for tourists
will probably , be numtd within the
near future, according to a statement'
made today by ' President U ! P,
Scharpf of the Pendleton Commercial
Association. f .
The pioposul of the assoililon
hend wus mmlu this morning after
Mr, Scharpf and P, I. Burr had ae.
oouipiiiiied Mayor O. A, Hartman to
the cnnip grounus In the oustL tul of
the city.
!
"I. was really astonished at the tilg ;
Improvement iniulo In k'tlie" grounds,
when 1 saw them this morning' Mr.
Pchurpf said, "and the thoimht cunui
to me that It would be a flue thing
if everyone In Pendleton could see
the park ns It has boen Improved by
the city. I huve nn idea tlwit there
would bo n great many people who
would be Just as surprised us I was
If they, could see the change that
hnB been effected In the park."
' ' '". , !
The grounds have been luld out on
a plan furnished by Prof. A. L. ,Pock
of ,0. A. C, nnd hlack Jocust tref s
have been planted. The old pumping
plupt building .has been Improved
and, eost rooms, shower baths and a
place to .wash clothes and cook have
been provided, A nominal fee will
be charged tourists beginning about
June 1,
Complimentary comments on the
conditions of the camp grounds are
heing received frequently now hy vis
itors to the grounds, according to
Jack Miller, custodial!. , -
. . , . - ' ,. ' .
Tho "Hoe Our Park. Day" which
has been proposed ' by President
Scharpf will enable local pnoplo to
see" and appreciate the work which
hus been done by the city and the
city planning commission. The defi
nite date has not yet . been named
but will probably be taken up within
a short time. i
PASSED COUNTERFEIT
BILL ON POLICE
HONOLULU, May 28. (IT, . P.):
Despite the fact that he was arrested
Inn an assault and battery charge' pre
ferred by his wife, Kuma Takamorl, a
Japanese, was all smiles when brought
to the desk sergennt at ' the1 station.
Ball to the amount of t2!i wjs nsked.,
Tukumorl smilingly pulled out a
roll of hills, gave the desk sergeant a,
150 bill and got $25 In change and I
went his way,
Iuter In the day the sergeant took
the money n tlt bank and. Was told
that the $50 bill was a counterfeit. He
returned to the station out of breath'. '
Waving the bill he told the captain It
wos counterfeit.
"Better call the , pollee," someone
on the sidelines suggested. ' ' ' ' '
A sriund was sent, out, and Taknrnorl
waa In Jail again. He wns relieved
of the $25 change, and held wlthoht-
! ball lending an Investigation if the
source of tho money. Ho declared
did not know that It was counterfeit.
XTRA
CHICAOO, : Max 28. (A. P.)
Babe Ruth was fined $200 and remov
ed from captaincy of New York Am-
crleaiie by Bnn Johnsnq preldent of
the American League thli afternoon, j
WORLD IS STILL
TIIREATEIJEDIIH
VlSlPfO
Banquet Given In Honor? of
Overwhelming Vote 'of Con
fidence Given Yesterdav.
VOTE WAS 235 TO "
26 FOR LLOYD GEORGE
Another Chance. to Meet the
" Russian Menace Voted by
Parliament After, Address.
LONDON, Way 26. (U. P.) The
world Is still threatened , with . wax.
IJoyd orge declared In a speech at
the Hotel Cecil banquet .today which
supporters gave in his honor follow
ing; his overwhelming vote of confi
dence on the Genoa policy by' parlia
ment yesterday. The premier bitterly
attacked the opponents of 'the Genoa -policy.
' . .;; ; , i ...t -. : . , ; .
"Neither Britain nor humanity Is
yet out bf danger.", he said, t f t ;
"There are perils near our ' coasts'
and lnsido our island limits.'. There.
fbre we must imntlnua nl,H -
operation until the in. nf h. ....
lis haa vanished." i - , - , -
This utterance ' wa el eere'd as ; an
indication that the premier Aad de
termlncd to hold , the coalition gov.
eminent together. Lloyds George ,
vote of confidence jresterday Was won
rtiter 80 minutes1 brilliant ' oratory.
The vpte was 236 to .At.;., Attacks on.
IJoyd George were along parti- lilies'.
The country aw a. whole, ofter listen
ing to the premier's wod plc'tury of
usala'e threat to clvillzaj.'on, ha voted
him another chance to meet the men.
ace at the HagueJ j v ,
;;e
Wheat- price show additional d. .'
eltne toduy, May grain Bloelr.g . at '
$1.26 K. July at 81.22 8-8 and Septem V
ner nt ii.is -4. yesterday's 'closing .
prices wore May ll.2, July 81.21 -
unrt September Jl.1'7 7-8. h ' '. t
.. Fallowing are Uie quotations receiv
ed by Overheok & Cooke, local brok
era: " . v.-- . .-' .. .-i.i .-::'
r Open ' High Low 1 Close ' .
.mil" ti.ipn f i.ik
July, J.22 1.234 1.51 H. 1.22 Y
Sept. t.ntj, 'J.Hajr'.-t.lTH l.;1l
' ' l7-jr rl i an mvm . .. ' , .
Sterling, its 1-8. v ,"r.,-..;;, ;) -,''.
'.Frrtntfe. 813. . , . '
-Italy, 624. :. .... , ,. '., . "
' Holland, SStir., n ,, v: ';. .' ' f
N, V. call money 6 per eent., ' .
Portland fash ( Markets7 , .,'
Iltrd white l,26; soft whits, $1.24:
whlln club, tl.24; hard wlnter,tt.24
nnrthern spring, H.2I; red, .Walla,
l.'2fl.
Wheat Additional liquidation ani
weakness In the. May delivery haa a
depressing Influence on deferred tu
tures during tho first hour, but a firm -undertone,
was apparent, and the mar
- iininiiiy HUliiairu irrnsvn.v , H
In nil the mewa- was mor favorabl;'
to higher prices. primary' receipts' '
showed Bo falling off, but the grain ,
wss t.i better demand In all markets
and prices generally higher, Thl ) ,
the logical result of readjustment hew
tween cash nnd new'crop futures, a .
the excessive premium which . haa
prevailed for cash grain undoubtedly. !
discouraged a great doul of the erdln.
nrv run nf smln from dnineHiln unit
foreign markets,' : Up to the close the
reabnnrd confirmed only a smalt
8 mount of export business, but ther.o
was said to be more In the , show.
Crop 'complaints were mere numerous
due principally to excessive ' rains.
There will be many' causes for" alarm -over
"the growing crop before 1 It Is
gathered, and with the cash situation.
nrosllnillblv lichulllleil In luL. a. uiui-L.
i e turn for th. better ne month nn.l
the. deferred futures should show an
advnnclna- tendenev. - "'
I
"THE WEATIJEP
'Re'ported by Major Moorhoiise.
wenthor observer. ...
Mnxiiniim 64. l i '
'MiMmum 43. '
I'lirometcr 80.20.
TODAY'S
FORECAST
Tonlxht and
Rfltjiduy fair,
warmer Satur.
day. llgh t to
heavy frost.
tM
.