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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
Weather

Reported BY Major Lee Moorheuse
official weather OBSERVER.
Maximum. a..
Minimum. 81.
Barometer 2s.f0.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
OLDEST MAN IN COUNTY,
JOHN GURDANE, PASSES

John Gurdane, aged ~, the oldest
man in Umatilla county and a Civil
War veteran, died last night He has
been falling in health for some time.
Mr. Gurdane was a native Of Scot
land and during his early manhood
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
Amount, Exclusive of Public
Utilities, Not Determined by
Assessor, Reached $38, 1885,
822 for Year of 1920.
TOTAL FOR COUNTY is
PUT NEAR 58 MILLION
Final Summary to be Issued by
C.P. Strain is Determined
Effort to Give Real, Present
Value of Lands.

/ Umatilla county in 1920 has $46,-
695,6S5 worth of taxable property, ex-
elusive of public utilities, according to
the equalized assessment roll, made
public today by Assessor c. p. Strain.
In 1919 the roll, exclusive of public
utilities. was S3S,9s5,s22. The in
crease in valuations is 81 7O9.s
Should public utilities valuations,
which are not fixed by the local as
SCISSORS, this year keep pace with 9TH
er property values. the total of the
1920 roll will approximate SIS, ,001
600, Mr.. Strain estimates. Iasr year
the public utilities valuation was
placed at $10,254 23S.sS.
Increases Recorded.
There are increases shown in hotf
the valuation of city and country
property on the 1920 roll Town ana
city lots, for example, have risen from
sl,541,347 to s2.013.sS1. or about 81
per cent, in the past year. Personal
property shows between $500 600 ard
100000 more than in 1918 DESPITE
the loss of ali automobiles in this cate
CORY, because of the new licensing Law
which suppressed tax on AUTOMOBILES
There would be at least 81, 900 Gee I'll
motor vehicles on the roll were It no
for this change, the assessor reports
'The roll as now made up is al
honest effort to give the real yaiue az
the lands and properly include d, " Mr
Strain said this morning Ait is nat
based on inflated prices but rather On
the present values of land. Both the
city and county districts were ba,-
anced against each other in an effort
to reach a Just distribution
Horses and Cattle Fewer.
Horses and cattle are fewer this
year than in 1919, the roll shows. Rees
also are an item which decreased. The
extremity of the last winter accounts
for the loss of bees while the decrease
in the market value OF stock account
ed for Their disposal.
On the 1919 roll horses were given
as 20.024 and their value at ST Os5 I70.
Cattle were given as 24.55s and their
value $TS5.500. On the 1920 roll
these same items are: is 664 horses
worth s1.2Ss.7S0 and 22.0II cattle
worth $760,925. Horses are rated
higher than last year and cattle at vir-
tually the same figure.
Four thousand more acres of land
are included in the 1920 roll than for
1919 and the value is $S1.S36.sT as
compared with s25,9S5. .430. Mer- |
chandise and stock in trade was much
higher this year, stocks totaling nearly |
$1,0G0,0o0 more than when the roll |
was made up in 1919.
Local Levies to Follow.
With the roll equalized and report !
ed to the state tax commission. fixing |
OF the various local levies will soon
follow. The report on public utilities
must first be received. !
Levies probably will be increased over
the 1918 roll.
The summary issued by Mr.. Strain
today is the last one he will compile
as assessor, inasmuch as he is not
eadidate for reelection to that office.
(Coutinued on mage
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
WANT LEAGUE REJECTED.

NEW YORK. oct. i6,--(A. PD-
Reputation of the League of Nations
by the American people. is urged in
a resolution adopted by the national
council of friends of Irish freedom,
made public today. aees
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16

December wheat. after opening at
s2.ts, closed at s2fs. March wheat
opened at $2.1ih and closed at s2.O7.
Following are the quotations from
Overlook e. Cooke Co., local brokers:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
DAILY EDITION

The East Oregonian is Eeetern Ore
gonts graafest eWspapef and A.
selling force gives 10 the advertiser
over twics the guaranteed paid circWe
lAtlon In Perdieton ard Nnaatiii& en0nr
ty OF any other newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
Local Levies to Follow.

Continued on page 5.l
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16

Ehis paper 70 mempsr OF and audited
by the Audit Bureau OF Calculations.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
MEAN REPUBLICANS

Republican control of the lower
house of congress is coming out in
its mcanest form as well as in the
lserlatc..
1t developed yesterday that no
appropriations would be permitted
to accompany recommendations in
the rivers and harbors bill this year,
and quickly following came the aser
tiCn TILT no new buildings would be
permitted in 1920 That means the
end Of a thousand of more projects
for post offices and federal buildings
in the south. 1t is reported that
this stops about forty millions in
the south alone South Carolina
Georgia bnd Florida are the hardest
hit states FROM this rude jclt.
This work Of the Republicans
will come back to them They are
playing unfairly with the nations
business. 1t may be an inopportune
time to build, but it cannot be said
'lt1t MOST of it is not nee!eG. If tho
wait OF four years has had anything
to do with it. The republicans cut off
at one stroke all repairs. enlarge
ments and improvements which this
asst developing country needed
wen before the war. 1t must need
many Of tho buildings by this time.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
LITTLE YELLOW CHILDREN

The Pacific Coast States have good
reason to rejoice over the announce
ment that Japan is to stop sending
picture brides" to An9erica, This
practice, which may or may not have
been innocent in its inception, has
grown to an evil which is one of
the sorest spots in Amerid1n-Japan
ese relations.
For a long time the growing Jap
population of California and other
far-western states was ALMOST wholly
male. Then photographs jof Jartn-
esq women began coming, and fol,
lowing them, the wonten themselves,
armed with passports bearing dup
licate pictures. They came ostensib,
ly as brides" In most ceases the
two parties to the mitch had never
seen each other. The practice grew
until it became a menace and a
scandal. Some parts of California
Ire thronged with little yellow chill
dren, the fruit of such unions. The
Japanese population is thus multi
plying and crOwding the whites out
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
,rHE WORLD AoNoRs HIM

Georges Clemenceau passed out Of
the public eye in France yesterday
when he turned over the ministry of
M1r to his successor under the ncv
government With tears in his eye
this zrizzlcd old warrior of France
stood up in the last session of the
supreme council and cXtroled the
friendships existing and)ng the
United States. England. France, Italy
,and Japan and said il they remain
friends. war can never occur again
He likewise warned against the dis
astcr which would follow if one of
them breaks away from the others.
As this old man was passing from
the final session Of the supreme
council his associates caused to b.
spread on the minutes Of thht bod,
the following.
Conscious of the mestimable
services which Monsieur Clemcn
ceau has rendered the cause Of
peace, and grateful to him as
we are, for the dignity, imnhrti
ality and wisdom with which h
has conducted our deliberations
We his colleagues, desire to eX-
press to him our malterable es.
teens as well tqs our hope that in
the calm of his retirement he
may live long enough to see his
incomparabo work bear fruit
for the glory Of France and The
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
WOMEN ON MURDER TRIALS

| Wbmen in California have been
dismissed from juries in murder cas-
IS because they delare themselves
| opposed to the death penhlty. Men
are often left out of murder Jury
panels for the samh reason, in
California and elsewhere, though
nothing much is said of it. The mat
ter is emphasized now merely ne
cause won(3n are new to the jury
business. There is nothing new in
their objections to inflicting death
IN hunln beings in punishment for
crime In several states of the
Union such objections are so COM
mon among citizens of both sexes
that the death penalty has been
abolished. Judging from present
tendencies, it is only question of
time, and perhaps a short time at
that, when there will be no more lie
gal executions in this COUNTRY.
1t is hard to say whether this is
wise or unwise. Certainly murder
and some other heinous crimes
seem to deserve death. But the
criminal is not the only party to be
considered. Execution requires an ex'
ecutioner. Nobody wilnts to kill the
criminal directly and few
sensitives and imaginative people
want to do so indirectly, as citizens
3anctioning the execution when
once they thing about the matter.
There are question of whether bru
talizing effect of execution on society
is not as bad as thebrutality they
are meant to correct. and whether
any human being really has a right
deliberately to cause the death of
any person, for any reason, before
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
THE CORDELE DISPATCH

under the cloak Of lax state bank
laws, or where proper laws exist, in
spite of them. 1t is such fake bank.
ers that prey on the credulous poor
of many " foreign settlement. Mil
lions of dollars are thus lost, right
along by those who can least afford
it, and banks in general are dis.
credited with millions of people
who cannot distinguish the trust
worthy from the untrustworthy. 1t
is to the interest of honest bankers
themselves, as well hs of the public.
to insist on laws and Acknowledgement
that will make such swindling imp
possible anywhere
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
A BANKING CAREER

"A negro banker named Randall
Washington Hunter, summpned be
ore federal court in Chicago to
Explain the failure Of his three
banks in Chiglgo, Gary and Pitts
lurgh, gave an entertaining and in
,tructivc account of his financial
adventures.
He had started up as 4 Thinker
lack in 1914. with 10 cents capital
lie did it Because he thought bank
ng was a nice, clean business" Ills
irst lhnk. for some obscure reason.
allied. Later he got two friends to
,ontributo 5000 each, and he himself
put in something, and eve put
! sign Saving Bank and people
ante in and alve us their money,
He was president and his two
riends were vice president and
asher I'VE just put the capital at
10000" says Hunter, and We hNd
no charter"
They have lett, as assets. one
so Liberty Lobu Bond, The assets
vent out in bad loans" says Presi
lent Hunter The Thousands of dol
\ 1rs that have vanished came from
rusting negroes. Hunter planned Il
'Ntend his hystem to other cities
nut was prevented by unexpected
roubles,
This almost incredible finanCia
arce is merely n glaring example o
he sort OF banking" that is being
lone tin dozens of American cities
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

of sonia of the richest sections. The
marriages" may possibly be such
according to Asiatic coolie stand
ards but most of the whites view
them smnll respect. That is another
cause of antipathy between the
two races.
The japanese government is wise
in deciding to stop issuing passports
to such women. It's action seems in
dicative of real desire to clint
1ate friction between the two coun-
tries. 1t will be welcomed by all
Americans.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
renewal of the prosperity of the

renewal of the prosperity of the
world.
Nrious pet names have been in
vented for this man as he lahore;
for Franc against the Germani
enemy, "The father of French vic
tory" was that which we inhgint
pleased him most, for to Americans
he seemed that as well as to the
French President Wilson has the
highest regard for him and Ambas
sador Wallace grilde that fact known
as Clemeneau was about to pass
from public activities. Lloyd George
likewise paid high tribute on this
occasion and his colleagues, the
men who worked with hint to save
F5lnce, also expressed their love for
him.
Throughout the civilized world
wherever the struggle against Ger
many has been a common cause,
this French leader is a hero and a
statesman. Even the enemy admtres
10 f1ltt NJ -,
most critical surrounding. While
millions Of French soldiers gave their
lives for France. Clcmpnccau and
his associates gave their very all
in directing the struggle.
The historian will call him Francs
first great MIN in the World War
History will, of course, recount the
acts of others. but this man will
appear in the fore and his name will
be intcrtwined through all the times
Of trial and effort, down to the day
when victory dawned. The glory OF
battle will go to the warrior who
stood the storms and routed des
pcrate enemy, but fame will rest
with this French statesman as long
rs men tell )the story of French vic.
tory in the World War. =.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

In the lower house republican
members of congress was trying to
read telegram opposing anti,
scdition molusure Wednesday. The
reading might have been finished in
about forty.fivc seconds. A dembcrat
objected to the reading and the body
sept torty1rive minutes on roll call
to determine whether the telegram
could be read, Leads us to
conclude that isn't the place to gel
tho treaty ratified. If the senate
should finally nail.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
EASTERN Tim E

EASTERN TIME
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Cordele Union Depot
The following schedule figures pub
ished as information and not guar
anteed:
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

If We keep on getting news from
Russia that there are great stores
of sugar. and wheat and other food
commodities in that country, we
will get Ian idea that even the SOY
cts are not wholly bad A government
CT WY kind that can offer foul
million pounds of. sugar in these
TIMES is good for something.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

Japan is doing much these days to
indicate to the rest of the world
that she has no territorial a5pira-
tons Jmuch in the same manner as
4ho United States is inSpressing it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
his natural time.

his natural time.
Theories, however, have no great
effect on public policies. 1t is the
way people feel tint determines
them. The death sentence seems
destined to abolition for the same
simple cause that abolished the H.
quor traffic-people have out grown
it, and do not IKE it. That is enough.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

1t begins to look as il Methodist
north and south are going to u.ite.
They possibly have agreed that in
unity Eherc is strength.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

Carnso aud his kind may get to
help run the trains in Italy Just to
say they have worked some as well
as sung.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22

The miscreant WHO threw a dyna.
mite cap into a crowd of little school
girls yesterday and blew off the
hand Of one them is worthy of
rough ltndling. Certainly he must
net lave known what he was doing
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
Members of the Associated Press

Members of the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this pa.
per and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1920-01-22
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY

Mississippi laughed out suffrage
in the lower house yesterday,-not
for a very long time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-09
LADIES INVITED

Ladies, you are cordially invited to be present at
the opening Of our third store.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-09
WE SAVE YOU $1,000
WHAT WILL $40 BUY?

Remember. when you buy suit at Fahey- Brock
mans, you pay for the suit, not high rent More
over you save yourself a $40 bill that can 20 into
your savings account or your household allowance,
or anything else you like.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-09
TOMORROW AT 10 A. NJ.

IF YOU are a millionaire, and $40 means
nothing to you, this advertisement means
just as little; but if you are one Of the thou
sands Of Woodworking, thrifty young Ameri-
cans who are the very backbone Of the coun-
try, then the question we ask at the top OF this
page means much to you.
Tomorrow, at 10 o'clock, we will afford
hundreds of men Of every age the opportunity
to save $40 in the buying Of their Spring Suits,
WE SAVE YOU $1,000
We able to sell at $40 less because we have
no costly rent or extravagant fixtures needless
expense Of any kind. and buy in such large
quantities that able to offer large assert
ment of clothes in the latest Spring styles and
the newest material, at less money than we could
do if we bought only few suits at a time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-09
AT THIRD AND PIKE

The question is, What could you buy for $40?
Find the answer-then save the money at Fahey-
Brockmans netc centrally located store at Third
and Pike tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.
The evening world., 1920-07-28
SHOT GUARD AS HE
ESCAPED, CHARGE
LagerStrom Arrested Here After
Two Alleged Flights
From Army.

oscar Lagerstrom. twenty-one years
old. Of No. 1874 East nth street. was
held without bail to-day by Magistrate
Levine In Yorkville Court on a charge
Of being a fugitive from justice, pending
the arrival tomorrow OF Federal Off
cials from Washington. d. {. Lager
strom is alleged to have made two sem
sational escapes this summer In one
It Is charged ne shot a guard just above
the heart. The guard Is stlll In the
hospital.
According to the charges. Lagersttom
Joined the army at Colonia. N. j., Aug.
l6 1919. and was stationed at Walter
Reed Hospital. Washington On June
?, II IL alleged. he deserted, escaping
after he had overpOwered and shot a
guard. He was recaptured and put In
the prison barracks.
Last Thursday. 1t Is alleged. he sawed
a steel bar over a window, leaped twen-
ty feet and escaped. Detective Martin
mey ers arrested him al 10th Street and
Third Avenue. He was wearing an
army uniform and overseas cap.
The evening world., 1920-07-28
SEARCH FOR TRACE
OF LOST TANKER
Coast Guard at Sea in Quest of
Clue to Vessel Believed
BloWn-Up.

Keeper Christopher Bsntham with a
crew OF seven OF tho u. s. Coast Guard
Service attached to Station No. $50 az
Townsend Inlet left to-day TO search
for a clue TO the Identity OF the tank
steamer believed to have been sunk on
Avalon. by an explosion yesterday.
The life savers are fully equipped 10
remain at sea for several days and to
cover the ocean for a radius OF twenty
to thirty miles around tho spot where
a dense maSs OF smoke seen by thous-
ands Of Jersey Coast sojouTners indi-
Gated ship was burning Naval and
eoRstwise shipping agencies also are In
yestigatlng.
one explanation given by Shipping
Board officials Is that the nra might
have come from 3. 900 barrels Of oil jettl-
uonod Sunday near Brigantine Shoals
from the steamer CAbrtlle which hit
ground near the Point.
The evening world., 1920-07-28
MAYOR CONSIDERS
GARBAGE PROBLEM
Urges Solution by Building of lncin-
Grating Plants and Their
Speedy OPERATION.

In lengthy communication to
the Board Of Estimate made pub
lie to-day. Mayor Hylan reviewed the
question of garbage disposal by the
city. particularly in reference to the
construction of incineratlng plants at
various points in the city. which
would permit OF short hauls with con-
sequent saving OF soOws, tugs and
vehicles.
Tho Mayor added that his oommun-
loation was iRtended for the "serious
consideration OF the board. and It Is
imperative" that a solution OF the prob
lem may De reached without delay and
the plan adopted put into speedy OPP
Grafton"
The communication was referred TO
Mayors Committee on Snow Removal.
OF which Fire Chief John Kenlon Is
chairman and engineers OF the various
departments are members. for inVesti
gatlon and immediate report
The evening world., 1920-07-28
KENILW0RTH ENTRIES

FIiCsr RAOB si2OO: claiming: two year olis
i've and a hah huiJngs-' UBilns lO2. Annette q
sisteT IN uan JsnE-n. no Nurss JAns, III:
LON LwVti. ili: sGu'den Autumn TO- Shifty
lVl GAIlon, iO1 MAD COSen. Iii: Sc COuTt.
III Nsssel''iins 49, iiS Harp g shs North lO1
olds and upward; Canadian br,d; ono mile Ard
seventy sArda 81 pA,l, il3 An 6Inoks lfornleI,
ly ShAfpahooterl, iiS; AATesl liB: AntphOn, us:
TlliittD X. ,hAcEa cIa sS.sheS IL iso
sspoo, S''n ii5 kgnqSoi % 10 Joe ~ whlPDls. hS iof
lstarch, iOT MAdelnA Lillian. i12. Jean Coryy
liz. Judge BudrON llo.
FOURTH RNuE- 81. 600: elailning; for thOss
yearokls and nP; aI hHbnA. Kama. lle
king HSTod. ~; Joo o, .he MSo'7lihE. III
oF19' FIFTH h'0E R1GE s5ooS ot ad5i; 10 ,sro Cts
aEis.rntE hscro. roo; h.rele, iO2 Ny Dsar
w{hugvod. 100; smaG MoHV. l62: BS-tfGa
los ReSAO. IA; irtah KS, i24, SUNNI
- srxTH RAoE 81 100: caaiminS: hu ,hros
100; 'IAAy KAdhetn 100. 'NsdU iO8. ~hGn
'Ooutiy las, loo: h"tta r.. ii5; DoutaS Rasi
lQI; u bAAAfre, iO. B@d lia lee X lie
Al.o Llghle- JAmss fOHteT. lOa 'GOarnond
stvHNrH RACE ~ .6OO; claiming: 10
three ys.r-9,ls and ap' @ils and sislr5 .,i
Ion,lsg l05 4Iminss Algh. iOa. GlagsO ll3
Mysterious dlrl 100. Theg shall Not gans iO2
Tbanlsgyius, los; skcrr Fac'. 100; Mauraui,E
-! AppSsStios allowance dAimsd. woltbsr Goa,
tEaei ~,
The evening world., 1920-07-28
BOY AND HORSE DROWN.

An unidentified boy, about fifteen.
was drowned last night when q horse
he was driving attached to a delivery
wagon OF the Eveready Wet Wash
Company. No. sl4 Bast 1Olst Street,
became frightened and plunged into
the East River between 1920 and IOSd
Streets. The horse also was drowned.
About 1890 o'clock last night WILL
lam Woods, No. 402 East lS6th Street
Bronx. IA volunteer life saver. took out
a rowboat and graphing hooks and
brought 70 the surface the boys body
near the foot OF East 1920 Street The
body was taken TO the East iO4th
Street Station.
The evening world., 1920-07-28
GREECE MAY NOT
SIGN TURK TREATY
Dispute With Italy Over DISPOSE
ton of DodocaneSe Islands
the Cause.

PARIS. July est is probable that
the peace treaty with Turkey will be
signed az Sevres tomorrow as planned.
There is a possibility. however. that
Greece may withhold her signature
from the treaty because OF a contro-
versy with Italy over the Island OF the
Dodocanese. In the Aegean.
The Greeks are Understood TO have
declared that unless they received a
favorable reply from the Italians pre-
Uously they would not Sign the treaty.
These Islands were given to Italy by
The pence treaty but an agreement was
made year ago, by which Italy con-
sented. II is stated, TO turn the islands
over 10 Greece In return for conces-
sions TO Italy in Asia Minor. The new
Italian cabinet has demurred to the
contamination by formal treaty Of the
reported tentative agreement
The evening world., 1920-07-28
S. |. GRAND JURY
ATTACKS BUSES
Calls Them Dangerous and Wants
Legislature to Act in Transit
Situation.

Seeking 20 find relief for transit con-
dillon on Staten Island which Is de-
clared a menace 70 life and limb. the
March Grand Jury OF Richmond County
to-day handed up to County Judge j.
Harry Tiernan at St. George a present
nlsnt recommending that n Gov Smith
calls a special session Of the LesislR-
ture he be sure TO ask the members 70
pass any law that may be necessary TO
relieve the situation.
The Grand Jury which has been inves-
tigatlnK the shutting down OF the Staten
Island Midland Railroad Company 8
service on Jan. 20 last. declares that the
company cannot resume service ior a
scent fare. II recommends that resump-
ton be brought about by granting
new franchise on a Cost-plus plan.
Bus service along the lines formerly
served by the Midland II inadequate and
dangerous. the presentment declares.