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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920.
NO. 0624
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LLOYD GEORGE
"OFFERS SOLUTION
OVER HALF OF RESERVE SEATS
SOLD OUT ON FIRST DAY THIS
YEAR;ROUND-UP INTEREST GOOD
Premier Credited With Offer to
Free Mayor if Sinn Feiners
Guarantee to End Murdering
of policemen.
LONDON COMMENTS VARY
. REGARDING LIBERATION
Wore than half the reserved scat
for till tliroo dayH of the 19:() Kound
tvero disposed of by the tlnio the
box office clotted on the first day of
load or two of Shell gaNoline may be
obtulncd at Portland, the Commercial
iVMHoeUitlon and Automobile Ansoeia-
tlon wore notified today. The Hound
Hie Halo last evening. Ceorge C. ffacr, '.Up has had re present a Uvea at Portland
chairman of the ticket department. ! a number of times, to insure that
)iauly of gasoline will bo available.
i Hands Coming
d ff I f i rtul t h i 1 1 'Knt h 1 n Vn r- I i i t tttwl In
number of seats sold, the 1920 advance
Condition of Cork Mayor and
Hunger Striker Reported
I niS MOrning aS Being AP- j be sought by tho thousands who will
broke, all records.
persons who desire tho ehnlro scats
for this year's show are realising that
they must get their orders In early.
for those who are at a distance and
cannot purchase their seats until the
day of the show, tho east and west sec-
tlons of tho (grandstand are reserved
from sale until Thursday, opening day.
Indications are that all other seats will
be purchased by the day the show
opens, leaving these two sections
preciativcly Weaker."
LONDON, Sept. '7. U. P.) Willi
Iord Mayor MacSwlncy lying In a
comatose condition In prlspn on tho
t wenty-slxtn day of his hunger strike.
Irish sympathizers are awaiting offi
cial confirmation of report that I.loyd
George had proposed terms, for bin re
lease. The LI"ffo correHponuent of the
Dally Mall reported that the premier,
f n route from lucerne to Condon, fald
he wou'd bo wlllinar to leU-oy Mao
Jwincy If guaranteed, th".- n urd iM of
imllcemeit in Ireland by Him IV Inert
vonld i..uc. Tho latent word from
the lord mayor's bedKid? v.ms that he
lf -ery- low. London' newspapers
tave considerable editorial a; are to
tuirif t on MacSwiney'a v8t ditfer
inc widely. In their attitmbi.
liOXDOX, ffept. 7, A. P.) Ter
ence MacSwJney, lord mayor of JTork.
who hat been on a hunger strike mImcc
Au:uMt 12 fn Urixton prison, wna re
portec; to be appreciably weaker this
morning. '
hot have purchased early.
The lineup this morning In front of
the box office was exceptionally larffc
for a weeond day naJo and a brink de
mand for tleketd wa reported. Happy
Canyon yesterday had a lively cull for
Meats arid It, too, fcroke former records
for openinir day.
May Oct More Huh
If the Standard Oil Co., does not
f urn tun the city -with sufficient gaso
line for Hound -Up ronsnmption, a car-
Four bands thus far have been sim
ed to furnlHh nuiHic during the Kound
Up and never a minute will the air be
still. Krom Portland the Multnomah
Ouard band of 65 plfco Is coming.
The La Grande Dokkio band, of 20
pieces, has been sipned and will be
here In all their glory, with new pur
ple costumes of the orient. Tho Mil
ton -Free water band, of 30 pieces, one
of the best little organizations of Its
kind In these parts, will again furnish
strains for the Round-Up and parades.
The Pendleton Hound-Up (land, with
30 musicians, will be tho fourth or
ganization. j
Youngsters from the grade schools!
will be admitted fro to the bleachers
for the Thursday afternoon show as
has ahvays been the custom.- This
promise wan made today py Mr. Baer.
The srhools do not attempt to oiM-iste
du rim Hound-Up and the hospitality
of the association Is taken advantage
of by most of the youngsters.
COX HITS HARD
AT SENATE
AS OBSTRUCTORS
Senatorial Oligarchy in Treaty
Fight Conspired to Hold Ci
vilization up by its Heels,
Candidate Declares.
FIGHTING GOVERNOR WILL BE
JN OREGON SOON AND CROWDS
ARE ASSURED FOR MEETINGS
Monday afternoon at the Auditorium
-rfor women. Governor Cox has taken
SCHOOL GIRL IS SHOT,
POSSE TAKES-SUSPECT
DECEMBER FUTURES CLOSE AT $2.41 1-4,
; SLIGHT RISE OVER SATURDAY FIGURE
8A.V FKA.VC1HCO, Sept. 7. A..I.) I Pept
Tlielnia Ijee, UKcd 1 1, school eirl I H.
was shot and killed on her way to
school In an Hrtiim, a suburb today,
and later Thomus Nelson, carpenter,
who Is suspected of the crime, was
Hurrounded by a police posse at a near
by roadhouse and captured after ho
had put two tiulells Into his own hesd. H-,'t.
InflictlpK an apparently fatal wound. I"i.
Iecoinber wheat closed todny at
$2.4 1 14 the f Inure belntr a little uiKher
than Saturday's closing- price. lor
March, the market opened at $2.36
and closed at $3. 8. Following aro
the quotations from Overbock &
CooUo Co., local brokers:
Wheal. .
2.41 4 23ft 2.4 1 14
2.3 8 i 2.33 2.3$
Com.' j
l.$7H 1.45 lt7?4v
1.20 1.19 1.2
1.18 1.16 1.1$
Oats.
.63' .62 , .63
.65 .64 .6i B
.B 14 .G7 .6$4
Hyo. JS
l.0 1.85 'A 1.89
Jlarloy,
1.00V4 101 1.00 1.01 B
Dec.
( March
8ept.
Dec.
May
May
Sept.
Sept.
2.41
2.3S
!.$-
1.19
1.16
.62
.64
.67
. l.sr,
AUrmpta llill-l p
. Tim Kill died In the arms of tho
principal of tho school, who was sunt,
inoned by several of the children.
Following tho shootlnir of the girl,
Nolson is said 'by tho police to have at
tempted to hold up Marshall Waddell.
a mechanic,, who resisted him and then
iKutdcd tho polico to Nelson's hidine
place.
Mnrditrr Tlwn Dh-s
KAN BRTNO, Calif., Sept. 7. IT.
P.) Mildred I-o aired II. was shut
and killed while enroute to school to
day. IMul Nelson a carpenter, accus
ed of I he murder, when surrounded In
a shack by an angry mob, shot himself
In tho head and died enrouto to the
hospital. Trouble between Nelson nnd
th lrl' mother Is believed to have
tvoen the motive for tho crime. Ho Is
HH id to have threatened rovemro since
Mrs. Iec testified against him In a
lawsuit recently.
23.00
23.60
18.97
199.17
16.12
16.32
FROM KLAMATH HOTEL
KX.AM A Tit FA ftd-pl. 7. Ttic
charred bodies of 10 persons have
been recovered from the ruins of the
Houston hotel which burned early yes
terday morn In. Two other nn recog
nisable bodies wero found In ruins of
the llcidrrlck apartments,
iSrjit. 19.00 19.00 IS. 80
Oct. 19.20 19.22 18.99
Kihs.
Sept. 16.0? 16.13 16.0?
ct. 16.20 16. 41 16.35
1-Vrkfrii lxclianfi.
Ptcrllnff, 3D 4.
Marks, 1!6.
Kronen. 4 7.
l-(ro, 22,riO.
Francs, 14 75.
(FVoin Overbeck & Cooke Co.)
CHICAGO, Kept. 7. Wheat Some
pressure was put on the market early
in tho day based on Indications of a
less active export demand which prov
ed true to a certain extent but filpd
to depress the market. The seaboard
reported only a very small amount suld
but at the same time. Minneapolis re
ported some foreign buying there In
connection with a pood milling de
mand. There was also evidence thiit
much of the urgent buying has been in
progress In this country will be shift
ed to Canada. Spot premiums in tho
local market were reduced 1 cent over
December. Sentiment today appeared
more mixed but little desire to press
from first hands overtakes them. In a
from first hands overtakes the. In
great many sections of the belt farm
ers are maintaining a holding attitude
and experiencing dissatisfaction avith
present prices.
(From Overbcck & Cooke Co.)
. XENJuQJlK. Sept, 7. The market
gave an excellent account of Itself
during the forenoon, the increase in
the dividend disbursement of Mexican
Petroleum and the election results in
Mexico were influences that acceler
ated tho demand for the', so-called
Mexican oil shares. Considerable
short-covering whs observable in
United States steel and some of the
equipment stocks and In some of the
rails where clique activity has been
prominent there was slight price bet
terment as the session progressed,
prices showed a disposition to soften
and an advance In the money rate In
the late afternoon caused some fresh
selling for both accounts. The ratio
exhibit of the federal reserve system
on Saturday was again somewhat dis
appointing. Tota4 exports from seaboard for Sat
urday, Monday1 and Tuesday were
wheat and flour. 5.692,000 bushels.
BIG PACKING HOUSES
ARE ALSO CENSURED
Co-operative Selling and Buy
ing Advocated in Talk to
Farmers of North Dakota;
City Trend Must be Ended.
CKAXD FORKS, .Sept. T (iiy Her
bert W. Walker. V. P. Staff Corres
pondent Cooperative buying and
selling by farmers was advocated 'by
Governor Cox in his first speech In
North Dakota here today. He warn
ed that measures must be taken to
stop the trend from farm to city or
within 10 years tho United .States will
be importing foodstuffs. Cox said
new anti-trust laws, stating Just how
far labor and cooperative farm or
ganizations must go in their work,
should bo passed. "Farmers must
compete now with the manufacturer
and for that reason should be allow-,
ed to cooperate in purchasing and sell-:
Ing,' he declared. j
Claiming that cold storage has been i
made an agency of profiteering. Cox
made a sharp attack on big packing
and cold storage interests. "Senatorial
oligarchy has formed a conspiracy to
hold civilization up br its heels, in its
fight against the treaty," the gover
nor said. He declared that Harding's
appeal to put grood features of tho
league of nations into a revived Ha?ue
tribunal Is liko trying to hitch up a
Ford automobile to a North Dakota
ex.
The governoiM flatting spicit ap
parently increases; as he moves further
west. Cox. in this section of the j
northwest, is stressing the league of I
nations, progressive government and j
his charge that republicans are seeking J
a huge slush fund. j
(BY WAIID A. IRVINK.)
FOKTUAND, Or.. JSept. 7. Port
land managers of the Cox arrange- a strong position in favor of teachers
ments in Oregon are In a quandary as : and the common schools of the couii-
to how to accommodate the crowds; try .and on this account the afternoon
that are seeking to hear the fighting ' address was placed at 3;30 to allow
mo governor on September 1.1. Ap-;the teachers to hear him.
plications for reserved seats at the I The popular demand for reservations
ortland noon meeting are pouring in , is a surprise to the committee which
from both this city and Oregon towns ' originally had fejirs that a sufficient
-In such numbers that the committee I crowd could not be obtained at the
in charge has announced that no seats i noon hour. To the huge crowds that
will be reserved at the Auditorium. jCox is attracting elsewhere and the
The Portland Ministerial Associa- I sensational character of his campaign
tion has requested an assignment of 90 j is attributed the extraordinary demand
seats. A local woman's club has ask-1 for seals at the Portland meeting. His
ed for a block. An organization in slush fund exposures and. slashing
Oregon City has requested reserve i method-of campaigning have drawn
seats, along with several other bodies
in, Portland.. An assignment of 12
seats is desired by citizens of Moro.
Oregon, and Corvallis requested reser
vations by long distance. Similar de
mands from individual citizens are
numberless.
In an effort to accommodate those
who desire to hear the Ohio progres
sive, the committee in charge has an
nounced a second meeting at 3:30
to his addresses crowds equal to
those which assembled to hear the late
Colonel Roosevelt.
With the two Portland meetings, the
addresses at The Dalles, Baker and
Ontario on his way through the state.
and another possible address at Salem
Monday morning, the committee est!
mates that Oovernor Cox will have
spoken to at least 25,000 people be
fore he crosses the line into Idaho,
EU MOORE SAYS
MICE TO BE
HAD IF WANTED
Harding Fund Raised by Paid
Money Getters Says Ohio At
torney in Testimony Before
Committee Today.
PRODS PROBERS FOR
FAILURE TO CALL MEN
WITH NEW BUILDING IN USE
ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY WILL
SOON HAVE 300 PUPJLS
I'VE ALWAYS VOTED
DRY," DECLARES COX I
TO DAKOTA WOMAN
DBV1LS LAKE, X. D Sopt. 7.
(By Herbert W. Walker, U.
I. Staff Correspondent.) Gov
ernor Cox stated here today that
he doesn't intend to interfere
with the eighteenth amendment.
His statement, the first on the
liquor question, "was made to a
woman who questioned him on
prohibition as he shook hands
with her. "My dear lady." he
said, "I've ulwavs voted dry and
don't Intend to Interfere with the
eighteenth amendment,"
One Hundred and Seventy En
rolled on Opening Date;
Sshool is One of Oldest in
Eastern Oregon.
First Hand Evidence of Sixteen
Million Dollar Fund Awaits
Committee if Desired Wit
ness Declares.
CHICAGO. Sept. 7. (A. P.) Tho
senatoral committee Investisattns com
paign expenditures "is not seeking the
best evidence" to prove Governor
Cox's charges against the republican,
party. Edmund H. Moore, of Youngs- .
town, the governor's personal - repre
sentative, told the committee. Moore
told Senator Kenyon there were men
better able to tell of the republican
plans than either he or Cox, and asked
why Colonel William Boyce Thomp
son of New York, chairman of the re
publican ways and means committee.
and "sixty men of the paid organiza
tion" were not called. Governor Cox
has no evidence in support of his
charges outside of what Moore brought
to Chicago with him, the witness said,
unfolding a massive brief case and
taking out a stack of papers.
VOTE AND SMOKE GO
TOGETHER SHE THiISi
DEMPSEY GETS $55,000
FOR FIGHT WITH M1SKE
LKYVIKTON". Main", Sept. 7. (I".
I.) -A woman today entered a drug
store axid bought a cigar. liKMer the
weed, and declared that she vowed 20
years ago that Hf she ever voted she
wonirl smoke. Hlo made good.
BENTON' HARHOIt. Sept. 7. fA.
p.) Jai-k Dempsey received $55,000
for battering Billy Miske to defeat in
the third round of their bout here yes
terday, according to a statement re
ceived and published today by the pro
moter, The attendance was 11.300
and receipts were J 134,000. .Miske re
ceived 25.0O0.
St. Josephs Academy opened yester
day morning with 170 pupils enrolled,
SO being boarders and 90 day pupils.
While this number is a considerable
4, increase over last year's opening regis-
j tration, it is expected that the total
I will reach 300 in the near future.
' The opening of the term yesterday
.was n0 tne0pening it the new annex
to the academy. This structure, of
; re-inforced concrete, contains eight
4 ' classrooms. accommodations for
boarders and a girls' dormitory. With
the completion of the boys' annex, to
be finished in three or four weeks, the
entire school wilt be located in new
'quarters, excepting the music and art
departments which will be in the old
building. This building is for use as
an administration building and quar
ters for tle sisters at St. Joseph's.
The school gives instruction in grade
and high school work, and seven
teachers are employed. Mother Sola
no, who Is head of the school, has been
in charge of the academy for the past
L'5 years".
Founded in 18S9. St. Joseph's Is the
oldest academy in Umatilla county and I
with the exception of the academy at mittce.
Baker, is the oldest in Bostern Oregon.
Not Seeking Fcts.
CHICAGO. Sept. 7. (U. P.) The
senate committee Investigating Cox's
slush fund charges "isn't seeking the
best evidence if could get." Ti H.
Moore, Cox's personal representative,
charged on the witness stand before
the committee. He said he came to
Chicago at Cox's request to furnish
the comm ittee-4'leada," -
"I'll give you evidence to show that
before last January a plan was per
fected by the republicans to raise six
teen millions," Moore stated.
First Hand EvWcnoe.
Moore said the committee could get
first hand evidence from many men,
proving his "sixteen million" chages.
while his evidence would be second
hand. With considerable heat. Moore
told the comittee that if it wanted ev
idence. It should call men "who are
in the confidence of the republican
leaders: I'm not." The ways and
means committees named in cities and
counties were largely "scenery."
Moore said. The work, he declared.
was done by paid money raisers under
the direction of Assistant Treasurer
Blair, of the republican national com-
THE EVOLUTION OF WILLIE
ALLEGED 'FIXED' GAME
tlic known death llttt to 13. U Is ra
ti mn ted tliat at least four more t)oJies
are In tho ruins of tho Houston.
CHICAGO. Srt. 7. (A. p.t A j
grand Jury tnvetlKatlon van ordered i
todny In criminal court, of charpres
tlmt Ramblers attempted to fix th 'i
hrtiiKlDR j ChlcnKo-Phthidelphia national league
ffamo for Philadelphia
August 3 1.
to win On ;
father
. lteportcd 1y Major Leo Moorhouse,
observer.
Maximum. 76.
Minimum, 4'.'.
ISaromcter. 2'J;63.
jM WEATHER
1 "FORECAST
Tnnight and
jf Wednesday
llravy ItcUtiiR lliartft'd
CHICAGO Sept. 7. (V. P.) (me j
UC'ition of alltiacd gninllng on bn-e-l
iill frames h're wa ordered hy Chhf !
Juatiee McDonald of the criminal'
court today In li'?trurtlng the Sen- I
tember gran-l j.iry. The Invest tK't Ion 1
jw tis ordered following alleijiuion j
niude last week thet-large sum were i
I hot on the Ch-Philly game hern Tues- j
day, and c'uliii that the game wnsj
("fixed. McDonald's hiHtructmii dc-
..nnnded a sweeping probe into belt luff '
on basebal! nnd baseball lotteries.
I
FIRE MARSHAL WILL
INVESTIGATE BLAZE
HAl.IC.M. Sept.' 7. A. P.) The
state fire marshal's office will Imme
diately Investigate tho Klamath Kails
fire to ascertain if the hotel building
was adequately provided with fire es
capes, tt is announced today.
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Miss Klla May Harmon, for the past
year home demonstration agent for
I'matila county, is resigning her po
sition to go into commercial work
and her successor. Mi's. Kdith O. Van
ieusen, was chosen at a recent meet
ing of the county court.
Miss Harmon during her stay In
Tcndleton has made many friends In
Mho city and county. Her work has
been notable and she accomplished
much through classes' in cooking.
sewing, millinery, and the making of
dress forms, tireless cookers and
other conveniences. She has been
head of tho work of the women's di
vision of the Kami Bureau, and also
Gives Many Xante
Moore submitted many names of
men he said could be forced to testify
under oat H concerning- his charges
some of these he said belong to "un
paid, white shirt" money raisers.
Others, he declared, were professional
paid money raisers, forming the other
half of a dual organization. All of
those he named the committee will
be called. Senator Kenyon, the chair
man, announced.
79 NEW SUBSCRIBERS
TO TAYLOR MEMORIAL
The Til Taylor Memorial Kund today
Is $'47 richer than it was on Monday,
owing to the receipt of subscriptions
from 79 more persons, including 7G
from Umatilla. The list from the rail
road town was brought to the city yes-
eo-opciated with the Parent-Teacher terday afternoon by Ole Aarchus, spe
organizalious of the county. cial agent for the O. W. it. A N. there
and contained 1170. all in cash sub-
Mrs. Van Drtuu-n, who w ill soon i . ..
riuatitta is fourth of the county
arrive here to take uu her duties. Is
graduate of the University of Chi
cago and took special worn in tnai
institution. She was special food in
structor at St. Joseph. Missouri, for a
I year, later becoming supervisor of
1 home economics in the St. Joseph
schools, which position slio held for
'several years. For the past two jearsi
she has been head of the sewing dc
jpartment al University of Montana, In
Missoula.
'MAYS WiLL STAY HOME
TO AVOID ILL FEELING
towns to report and has stood up well
besides those which have already been
heard from. Virtually all the adult
population of the river town aro list
ed and amounts range from 00 cents
to l.
Only four subscriptions locally wers
I re eiveu mm murium, out innw
: Kiitttuiitlal ones. Besides the out et
' town donors, there was a check for
i$."iO from I'at Ooherty. another for $25
'from M. J. Barthell and II donations
from Carl Perkins- and Fred Knaus.
T
VOTE TO STAY OUT
NKW Y.'ICK. Sel.t. 7. (U IM I: ;
iw;,s announ.-ed today that Carl SUr. WU.KKSBAHRK. l'a.. "Sept. 7. .
' Pitcher. ho accidentally caused thc;(u p.) Anthracite coal miners r-
death of Kay chapman. ClevelanJ ; ,,rem,ntel in the Insurgent wing of the
shortstop, by a thrown ball, w ill not j Ullitell jm6 Workers today voted ta
be taken to Cleveland with the Tan- j ,.,)tmue their "tacutlnn" strike. Tut
kecs this neck It was explained that ; tIie s,.l.on time In a week, they served
the series w hich will own Thursday is nutice on President Wilson, coal e
Isure to be holly contested, so to fire- ! erators and recnt nixed officers of the
stall any possible outcropping of 111 , union that they will noj return t
.feeliny. it as deemed advisable not to j work until given higher Wages and
lako the islur hurler. Unproved working cnUltvua,