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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1922.
NO. 10,324
VOL. 34
CAPTURED:
IRISH REPUBLIC "0THER " bilZ JtlRRKONCILflBLES
mm desire
Former Republican Army Men
Appeal to Rebel Fighters
to Terminate Old Warfare.
264 REPUBLICANS FREE;
. TAKE ALLEGIANCE OATH.
Civilians Ordered Off Rail
road Guards Told to Shoot
Offenders Without Warning
DlTBI.rN". Dec. 23. (f. P.) In an
effort to bring about, a Christmas
truce eight of the. cases reported to
represent a lance element of those
who served in the old Irish republican
.v... vi-on stiato was born,
army unuit . -
have sent letters to other Irish re
publican army veterans wno icm.no
neutral in the present strife urging
nationwiile oreiiiilzntion to terminate
warfare.
DUBLIN", Dec. 23. (A. P.) Two
hundred und sixty-four republicans.
Iield prfcoaerw "Monnt "Jir prison
were released today, having signed the
declaration of allegiance to the Free
8tate. Four were women.
Ordeml Off Hallways,
DPITLIN, Dee. 23. d". 1'.- Per
sons on railroad property wilnout au
thorization were ordered shot on eight
by the Free State government as a re
sult of fresh outbreak of incendiarism
and bombing by republic Insurgents.
The disorders and wounding of civil
ians continuing. A bloody Christmas
is feared. Tho Free State is offering
amnesty to the imprisoned rebels pro
vided they take oaths not to bear arms
against the government.
LOCAL FUND OF $3,000
Acknowledmont of the receipt of a
fund or 200O from Pendleton citizens
for the relief of Astorlans as a result
of the fire which recently devastated a
liirse sect.'on of the. main part of that
city has been received by President L.
C. Scharpf of the Pendleton Commer
cial association.
The letter of acknowledgment came
from Col. W. S. Gilbert, chairman of
the citizens' committee of 10 in As
toria. BY AIRPLANE, RUMOR
NEW YORK. Dec. 23. (A. P.)
Hum running by .airplane is the next
move anticipated by a few desperate
sea bootleggers who still are marooned
tt ii,. xnast with their Christmas
cargoes. They cannot get small boats j
to run the blockade.
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.WEATHER
Reported by Major l.ee Moot house. I
weather ohserver.
Maximum 42. !
Minimum :;. . !
Baromeicr So. ,
Trace of rain. ,
TODAY'S j
FORECAST i
T-n.ht nnd
NATIONAL PEACE
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MOTHER OF 16
Mrs. Dora .Margowsky of New York oily, who is 30 years old n:vl the mother
(f lti children, was discharged when haled Into court for alleged violation
ol the education law. The mother proved her ability to rear and educate her
uniry. Here she is shown teaching her youngest child, .Morris to write.
FRISCO DRY AGENTS
SEIZE $100,000 IN
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Federal Agents Search Every j
Auto Coming Into City; Dri- j
vers Angry; Have Test Case;
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 23. (P. P.
Dry cnforeeiiH nt activities here in th.
last 24 hours included: Federal agent -search
all automobiles entering S-ui
Francisco over the state highway for
booze; drivers protest regarding the
use of search warrants; federal agents
;ie::e a $100,000 worth of liquor stock;
police captains under the new Wright
enforcement act report nearly ir.00
bootleg resorts or suspected blind
tigers in the city; Frank Burke offers
to test the validity of the new net by
submitting to arrest for having liquor
in his possession. Burke stood on a
downtown street and took a long swig
from his bottle in full view of hun
dreds of passing persons, including
policemen. He was jailed.
(,l;T OIL COVCF.SSIOX
LOS AXtIKl.ES, Dec. 23. A group
of I,os Angeles capitalists obtained a !
blanket oil exploitation concession on)
all the east cast oil lands In Mexi o.
according to an announcement made ;
by promoters today. The i out essh.n
is reported to involve 1 1.000,000 acres!'
of land adjoining the rich workings of
American and British companies in i
Tampico and Tuxpam districts. I
BANDITS GET PAYROLL
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Four b.imlits shot and wnuntV-l licsSj
iviinis. jmym.-iHt r f th- I'ittshuri-'h ;
CVal Company today und rsoMd with !
a patchfl t'ont'iininfy atont $10. fn in j
mrronry. Th" hold-ip ocfMirrM in the i
bills h hind Mount 1-W:mni. m nr
h re, w hil' the company officials wre
t.ikiiiR ih-ir Christ m:is p.iy !. 1 h-n;iT:-rs
;it IVadlin. fa. ;
pt-mvs w :ta rid in it :l nio'tryy- ir,
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w-r e.i-ir hrtr thf :tPh' l- Tlv .;-n-dit
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WRECK SIEEL INDUSTRY
CHICAGO. Dec. 23. (P. P.) "I
would like lo sc; the eight hour day
I lrenerallv effective thro.ighotit the
steel industry, hut it would wreck
(n.n i,istry," declared Judge Albert
(i, try,. chairman ot t lie noaru oi direc
tors of the Putted States Steel corpor
ation today, "but now that we are
short of labor and if adopted the eight
hour day would greatly increase the
cost i f steel and the labor situation
would be worse.
LONDON, Dec. 23. Pope Pius
eleventh today issued his eneylcical
message today fervently appealing for
world peace, according to a Central
News dispatch.
(S I II (iA'S
S SUE FOR PEACE
CONFERENCE CALL
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Borah's Proposal That Hard- Father Recognizes One as
ing Call World Economic; That of His Son, Watt Dan
Parley Splits Senate Group.;, iels; Two Killed by Maskers
JOHNSON, LAFOLLETTE
LINE UP FOR THE FRAY
Senate Isolationists Oppose (Three Men Who Escaped With
America Sitting Down With' Lives Valuable Witnesses;
Europe at Conference Table.) Few Names Are Revealed.
WASHINGTON Dec. 23.-- ( I. N. S.)
Senator Borah's proposal that
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President Harding call an mlernatlon-
al economic conference, split wide
open the old senate grou,) of "iirecon-
enables" which fought the League of
Natiens. Senators Johnson of Cnl.tnr-
nia, and I.a Follette or Wisconsin, im
ler opponents of the Versailles treaty,
declared themselves unalterably op
posed to America sitting down with
Kurope at a conference table.
mm win aiiacs. j an a
aito
opposes the bill. PoIndoNtor of Wash
'ngton, another former "irreconcil
able," takes issue with Borah on tie
necessity for America taking the ini
tiative in persuading Kurope to set Its
house In order.
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
PENSIONS INCREASED
TO $72 EACH MONTH
WASHINGTON, Bee. 23.
(P. P.) As a Christmas pres
ent to Civil and Mexican war
veterans and widows, Harding
today signed the llursiim bill,
increasing the pensions of vet
erans froi $T.O to $72 monthly
anil widows from $30 to $50.
THE GREAT BALANCING ACT.
BODIES OF MEN
FOUND IN LAKE
ARE IDENTIFIED
OFFICERS PROMISE BIG
ROUND UP OF SUSPECTS
i .MBit HOl'OK, Im., Dee.. 23. (A.
j J'. -The wire bound, mutilated
I bodies of the. two men recovered
, ; n.om , ,a Fm,,chl.
; fmlu.,. i,jenlil' ed mcuy iis those of
j vyatt Daniels and Thomas Richards,
wll0 disappeared after belli'; kidnaped
Dy masked white robed nu n last Au-
gust.
M ICR KOFGIC, Dee. 23. (U.
P.) A wholesale round-up of terror
ists in Arkansas, Mississippi und Lou
isuuia was promised today by state
and federal officials probing the mur
(1ir of wu nu,n by a milHk(.,, nU)b,
Watt Daniels und Thomas itichards.
I They were murdered last August and
lihcir bodies thrown in Lake La
Fniirche. Many prominent men may
possibly be arrested. An automobile
license constitutes tho chief evidence.
The central figure In the roundup
will be "Lisping Hill," whose identity
has been revealed 'by W. C. Andrews
anil 'Tot" Davenport, who were beat
en by the uightriders shortly before
the alleged killing of Daniels and
Itichards. J. L. Daniels, another vic
tim of the kidapers, today identified
the decomposed body of Ills son Watt,
J which was dragged from the lake yes
terday still bound with wires.
FALLS 5 KTOKIKK: I'MII IIT.
OAKLAND. Doc. 23. (P. P.)
.Mrs. Surah (irlgsby, domestic, early
todav fell five stories from the Bo
te! Clayton, crushed through a sky
light on tin adjoining story and sni
f'ered only minor injuries. She mid
she walked in her sleep.
ITALIAN FASCISTI GIVE
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DOSE OF CASTER OIL TO
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REPUBLICAN CRITICIZER!
1IOMK, Dec. 23.--(P. P. I
Several Fascist I's today gave a
dose of castor oil to ltepublican
Deputy fonts' because of his at
tacks on the Fascist!. An eye
witness declared the group en
tered Conty's house, cut the tele
phone wire and handing him a
bottle of tho nil, said "drink."
Polity calmly raised the bottle to
his lips and swallowed a dose.
Then he politely asked the
visitors if they desired anything
else. When they replied in the
negative he courteously bowed
them out.
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I.WUAXNE, Dec. 23. (I'. P.)
Christmas finds the Turks and the
Christians deadlocked In the Near
ICast conference over the fate of the
Christian minorities In Turkish terri
tory. The conference udjourned over
the holidays but the meetings will be
resumed Tuesday. In a final session
before the adjournment, I jiroche, tho
Proivh delegate, urged the. Turk's 19
fee the Xmas spirit and to muke con
cessions. "The Turks don't give
Christmas presents," Uisamir . lley rt.
torted.
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CAPITOL BOOTLEGGERS
Dry Law Violators Said to
. Work in Senate Halls for
Their Christmas Customers.
WASTMNflTON, Dec. 2.1. (L N". S.)
Congressional investigation alleged
that dry violations under 'the shadow
of the capltol threatened to result In
charges of open truffle, 'In forbidden1
Intoxicants unions' civilians, congres
sional members anil government offi
cials. It was charged that bootleggers
Invaded the corrldorH of the senate in
search of Christ mas trade w hich led
to an open declaration of war from
Senator Curtis of Kansas, republican.
The chairman of the senate rules com.
mlttee issued orders to the Semite po
lice to arrest on sight every man de
tected cunylng liquor, selling or so
liciting. "No amount of political Influence
will save the man caught violating
the prohibition law in the capltol,"
Senator Curtis said.
WASHINGTON,-Dec. 23. (P. P.)
Senate leadera ordered a campaign
against hrtntlc;Kcrn In the Pulled
Slates capltol building, the home of
the prohibition amendment. Rootles.
gers are active with the Christmas
spirit and police have Is en warned to
use i very means to defeat the attempt
t to purvey booz: within the eapitol.
Diplomats here will not lack their
Christmas cheer, because within the
lust two weeks the forcig'0 represen
tatives have exercised their Immunity
privileges by Importing $;,o,0i0 worth
of choice liquors.
HiiMios t.ralifb'.t.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.1. "Re of
gooii cheer," was Prohibition Com
missioner Haynes' Christinas mes
sage to "friends of tile eighteenth
amendment" In which he declared
the success attained in prohibition
enforcement gave "every reason for
hopefulness, gratification and con
gratulations." ENGLAND HAS SECRET
SOCIETY LIKE KLAN
I.NIMN, Dee ;J--M". P i A wr
r.q .-iety similar to 'the K'i Klnx
Klan of Ann lien and th Fascist of
Italy in springing up in Fnland. the
Daily New deelnr'd today. The or
k.i mini ion Is crlbd Ihf order of th"
Crusadeis. It was found, d two ycir
i. -i
go and recentl Iminched an Inten-
iiv. r-crnii!nir cnnueilcii. The trfl
-irenglh rind m nil- r-bip l V id wee
ret. Th- "lib r' icnrt consists "f
'rtmson r'le with it iar.- cr i-n
he frr.nt of the rni. Th rrand
senfMhril ef the order . laims lo know
l:tt.- of lh ktjn or the Faci"tl. and
mil be a not .n i.iid to d!cus
his onli-r until be had eonsiille.1 with
the rominitiee. Tho organization' of
licin nr nut kept secret.
1 MEN TAKEN IN
BULLET MARKED
CAR; CASH BILL
Cashing Brand New $5 Bill
Leads to Apprehension; Car
Bears Colorado License, No.
MEN ALL GIVE DENVER
AS THEIR HOME CITY
Baltimore Man Pays, for Meal
f With New Bill Bearing No.
of One Stolen in Holdup.
SANTA FK, New Mexico,, Dec. 23
I It I Ueeen men who arrived hef
today In a large touring ear were tak
en Into custody here, following tho re
port that one of them had f.ashcd ft
brand new five dollar bill in a res
taurant nt I ah Vegas Inst night. They
lire being Investigated and will bo held
until the officers nro satisriod they
are not connected with the Denver
robbery. All gava Denver addressee,
which nre being chocked by tho pollen
there. ' ,'.?'
IIALTIMOR10 Deo. H, (A. iV. .
OlVcovery wiui nuwe here m?onil tbt
five dollar bills stolen in the holdup
of the L'nit'ed States federal rescrvo
bank truck at Denver last Monday,
police declared today. The bill wart
passed at a downtown restaurant laav.
night and federal secret service aKents)
and local detectives are nt work on Un
case, scouring the hotels, rooming'
houses and cabnrels. llivilrouc". stations
and all hlKhways are belnjr watched.
DKNVKIt, Dec. 23. (U. P.) Local
police today received a report from
Santa Fe, N". M., that seven men are
held there as suspects of th Denver
mint robbery. The men wore drlviiur
a ear riddled with bullets. A report
also received hero stated that a five ,
dollar bill of the soilea stolen in the
robbory has been paid for food In a
Pultlmore, M. D., restaurant. The
proprietor Wivn it to tho federal offl-'
ccrs. It was not noticed until tha mull
passing It had left the restaurant.
16 millWseTby
court for state and
county for next year
New Levy is Slightly Less Than
for Last Year Even Though
Values Shrunk $4,000,000.
Thirty-five hundredths of one mill
have been cut from the comhlned state
nnd county tax levy for the coming
year, according to the levy which was
adopted by the members of the conn- ,
tv court today. Th levy for the com
ing vear will be 1 mills as against
levy for this year of 1.35. The reduc
tion was accomplished In the face of
a reduction In assessed valuation ot
about $4.(100,000. ,
The total assessed valuntlon of both
AHni an.l ri.ttl nroertv for the com
ing year has been established at 154.
47S.70S.7fi, and sources of Income oth
er than from taxation will yield $53.
77.15. The mlllage Is divided as follows:
For Mate and county expenses. and
l-n mills; for road and bridges one
and 27-0 mills; lor scnoot luxury
l-Ca mills, for county n-hool fund one
i i a ...ilia. fi In.liirent soldier
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mill: for market roads one anl
114-sfl mills; for retiring road bonds
I. . .a c. ; i ,
mo .inn ''-o'l ii,..- .
The sums that must be raised under
the diffi rent head for state and coun
ty expenses are as follows;
State taxes HH
Central expenses of county 110,
IEoads and bridges. Inclnd- .
In Interest on out- ;
standing wsrrants,' sal- '
arv of r roailm.tsier. 1 his
office and repair shop 13,
rvunty s-bmil fund
s ho.il llbnttr ,
Indigent soldiers : I.
Market rnsil
itetirinK bonds, 4th swb 1S
lnt.-reit on roa.t bonds
510. U
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