East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, September 21, 1920, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text! i ? THE EAST OREGONIAN IS THE ONLY' INLAND EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRE DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number ot coplea Vlnted of Material"! Ths iKtt Oregon l fa Ksstwra Ore gon's greatest newipnpr snd selling force eivas to th d vert 1m vfir tfrlo the gusrntvd etd alru tatlon In Pendtstos. and U mat ilia see ty ot ar otaar aswseepss. 3,268 Till paper I a membor of and audit by the Audit Bu'.eu of Circulation P U If c, It.- county omoiAL papeb omr ornciAL papkj VOL. 45 DAILY EAST OBEQONIAN, PENDLETON, OEEOOK, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920. NO. 9638 1" "O " Drii pnimmn HLHL Ul II minium OFMAC SWIHEY MAV BE HIDDEN London Press Hears That Lord Mayor of Cork is Able to Sit Up and Read News, Feeding is Suspected. OFFICIAL SAYSRELATIVES ARE FREE TO BRING FOOD Friends Hotly Declare That Only Water and Medicine ; Are Administered and Deny , Secrecy Regarding State. IX)NDON, Bept. 21. (U. P.) Forty day of farting for.AIarSwiney began with little change In tila condition to day. Sinn Fein bulletina a train report ed him to b exceedingly weak. Hinn Fein leader, are Indignant at report that they have hidden rhe real condl Jlon of the hunger atrlker The Evening Xew Held MacSwIney la aurprlaingly well but eulky and U'n- lncllned to answer (ueatJona. The News aald the lord mayor la able to nit up. aaaiat In hla ahlutlnna and read new, papers intereatedly. Rumora of secret feeding have re vived aa foea and aupportcra alike marveled at MacSwiney'a condition. Ftlenda hotly declared that water and medicine to prevent tomnch peine are all that have paased hia 1 1 pa. VST PICTURE OF FATAL WALL STREET EXPLOSION K': ' hX-t - y,T" niinnin.,IIIM . , , 3 "ff. : Asm". 7 it 4K 1 MLVv-ti PCE RIOTING BELT AGAIN TEARS CHICAGO BLACK AND NEGROES ARE SAVED BY PRIEST y : FROM HOBS WHO STORM CHURCH OF REFUGE SMILING EPIC OF WEST IS READY IN REJUVENATED,1920 VERSION OF HAPPY CANYON Relative Have Acrew. OiONDON, Hept. II. (A. Lord Mayor MacSwlney Vak ' very reittleaa laat-nlght. A- home office official, whea aaked If Macftwlney was being fed, aald "not that we know of but we must remember that Wir relative have free acceaa to hlin." Tbc first picture to arrive here showing the effects of the tremendous explosion that killed upwards of 30 persons, injured hundreds and shattered surrounding office build ings in the heart of the financial district at Wall and Broad-sts, New York. Ambulances are shown waiting for their consignment of the dead and injured scattered Over the streets. The overturned automobile at the side of the banking structure' of J. P. Mor gan & Co. was almost at the spot where the explosion occurred. The U. S. sub-treasury at the right, with the statue of George Washington, facing Broad-st, was pockmarked with flying slugs, "while the windows of all buildings in the district were broken by the crash.. The damage to the Morgan building is estimated at $50Q,000, while the total property damage may exceed $2,500,000, None of the Morgan firm was touched, ex cept Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan, who was cut by flying glass. LETTER FROM ILL-FATED COAST-TO-COAST PLANE FINDS ITS DESTINATION' BRIGHT STARS TO SHINE IN AUDIENCE CAMPAIGN IN EAST -.-TO DETAIN M'ADOO (BT WARD A. IRVINE) WIUiam.GlbbaMcA.doo will not apeak at the . Pendleton Hound-Up. That la the announcement made at Cox headquarter thia morning following receipt of a wire from the National Hpeakers Bureau stating that the Mc Adoo Itinerary had not yet been made up. He could not, Cox leaders point out, leave the Rum. at'thls Lite date, teur the middle west, and arrive In time for the frontier show at the Kaalern Oregoit city. That he Is com ing west Incognito for .the great Pen dleton display la unlikely. Although the mn.tio supervised the establishment of the federal re serve and farm loan systems will not talk at the Round-Up, Cox leaders say that he will unquestionably speak at Pendleton when, he does arrive in the west. It la also planned to send " Adoo to Astoria, Med ford and to either Eugene or Marahifeld. tt may be iu sibla to arrange for speaking dates In other Oregon cities, but present plans do not call for an address by McAdoo In Portland, - ' - - Cox leaders are disappointed at the failure of McAdoo to arrive In time for the Round-lTp. There he would reach thousands of Oregonlnna with hla mes sage. And as the man who is so close ly identified with' the federal reserve system. McAdoo is hailed as one speaker who would have tremendous efect on those In Oregon who do not want to see the capitalists of the East In control of the federal Reserve Board and through It the credit and currency of the country. Many have fear that harm Is to come to It In the event of the election of Senator Harding, be cause of the Wall street capitalists that are Identified with his campaign. Announcement la expected from Cox headquarters within a few days as to the dates assigned to McAdoo In Oregon. t. FOItD KEDVCES CAR PRICKS DETROIT, Sept. 21. U. P.) Henry Ford announced today that prices on all models of his automo biles will be reduced on an average of IHj'a car, bringing them practlcallj to pre-war prices.- Weather . Reported Y Major le Moorhen- Maximum, 3. Minimum, 4(1. Barometer. J.45. Trace of rain. 1H WEATHB 'FORECAST Tonltrht fair; t Wednes day rain. L E 13 GOLF COAST LANDS Livestock and Possessions Are Hurried to Areas of Safety as Warning of Terrific Storm is Sounded on Shore. WASirlNriTOX, Sept. 21. (A. P.) Oulf count points are .'bcing wiirned today that tropical hurricanes are ad- ! vanclng northwestward from Yucatan. Cmst F.xpots Storm SAN" ANTONIO, .Sept. 21. (II. P.) A hurricane raginir in the Carihean sea Is expected to strike the gulf coaxt between Galveston and Brownsville, according to Major Buell, weather bureau observer today. Storms Xcartng Otost HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 21. (U. P.) Tropical storms raising off Yucatan peninsula, and inward from, the Gulf of Mexico are reported nearlng the Texas coast. , Stock Movwl to Safety. GALVESTON. cpt. 21. (A. P.) Preparations are being made, today to get livestovk and merchandise In a place of sufety from the expected hur-' ricano. CLOUD-CAST SKY PORTENDS OFFICIAL . END OF SIMMER Today Is Hie laxt day of sum mer, astronomically Mppaking. To morrow in officially autumn. An cercuHt sky today portend th churifve of jtcaous, which, in the ca&a of -wiatocio Mpr'njf and sum. mer to autumn. Is Kitpposed to ho accompanied by Worms. At thl time the period of sunlight is 8'ip pod to be exacilv 12 hours and thin condition la given the' techni cal nam" of the equinox. VvVe each year, about March 2) and Sep Icmher 21, a storm known .ist the o-jirnoctlal storm, In by cust 11:1 anticipated, but whether the stom Uf the result of the equinox or vice vero nclen tists differ. At any rule, summer is due for an exit. Should It I1 tiger, we call it Indian summer. If not, there is early fall. The pa-swage of seasons matter little to Pendleton, with its enuable climate. The only notable difference is in the light and fuel bills, wtiich are better barometers of seasonal shifts' than tne alma nacs et al. ' FAVORITE OFSiLENT DRAMA AND LEADER OF FLEET TO IE A letter salvaged from a coast-to-coast mail airplane which fell and was destroyed Sept. 14 near Luckey, Ohio, was received today by the Umatilla Flour & Grain Co. The letter was addressed to the local eorncern by a client in New York City and was In one of the first planes on this coast-to-coast service. The letter was charred at the ' edges and a check contained when It left New York was destroyed. A folder enclosure, of calendered paper, was unharmed by the fire. The letter, with a printed slip giv ing the date regarding its fate, was forwarded by the poastmaster at Toledo, Ohio. The relic will be displayed by Manager N. J. Bly- . denstein in the company window. E You wouldn't !bc quite .sure after you had seen ft whether it is the Ked tel or the Hot Dog- Hotel, her the laundry is- operated by Wun Lung or some other anatomical bit expressed In Chinese but when you have sat through the 1920 version ot Happy fanyon you will know that you have witnessed the beHt presentation of the smiling epic of the west that Pendleton has ever witnessed. Direc tors of Happy Canyon cannot think i otherwise. I The last dab of paint and the final' speck of dust have been dabbed and dusted. The forest Is greener and ! fresher than ever before. Happy Can- i One Man is Killed and Eight Are Seriously Hurt When Black, Wielding Knife, Near? ly Decapitates Victim. , ; THOUSANOSlnLL ABOUT, -I BENT ON QUICK REVENGE Police Today Enforce State of Siege, After Scattered Up risings Dot District and Cars Are Attacked. CHICAGO. Sept. 21. IV. P.) The black belts is in a state of siege 0111111 two police batiallona on duty follow ing race disturbances late last night which caused the death of. one man and serious injuries to eight, the out break starting when a negro wielding a knife . nearly ' decapitated Thomas yon has had every building on Main "u r'"'a "f" street Painted by Sam Wright, who. m" with 8 000 angered whites milling surrender of three negroes hiding within. Cordona of police atayed the ordinarily, does not stop to paint f buildings. A new hotel has been erect-1 . ', , . . r . . . ... . I mob with drawn revolvers while Path ed the little western village. You can tell that because, the tickets cost $1.10 this year. $1 for the seat and 10 cents for the war tax. er Burke quited the race hatred. The J negroes were then spirited away by (detectives. ., .. ., ' j Disturbances continued - In other Pauline Frederick, Eenowned Actress, and Admiral Hugh Rodman Commander in Pa cific Send Acceptances. MOONSHINE AND BOOZE GO TO JAIL AFTER EXPLOSION SAN FRANCISCO, r Sept. 21. A. P.) An explosion in a shed in tne rear of 750 Brunswick street today sent Patrolman A. Archer hurrying to the scene. Archer round tne sneu aure and Joseph Ambrose trying to put it out. ' AmOiroso did not want the fire de partment but Patrolman Archer pulled box. The firemen and policeman after putting out the. fire found one moonshlno" stlu, damaged by explo sion, and four, barrels of brandy. Ambrose and the brandy 'went to II. , RESTAURANTS TO PUT LID ON MEAL The appetites of nound-1'p visitors, sharpened by the open air and the change of climate, can be satisfied without an unreasonable drain on the purse, according to the report of Royal M. Sawtelle, Fred Lampkln and Dr. Guy Hoyden, members of a Commer cial Association committee which yes terday Investigated the itnund-1'ii price cards at restaurants and hotels. Breakfast, Including chrs and other essentials, may be bought for from r.0 cents to "5 cents, aecord'ni to the menus. Mid-day and evening meals, with meat as the basis of the repast for hungry Kound-t'p goers, will cost from 75 cents to a dollar. These prices are for the plain, substantial meals.' Borne Increase over last year prlrrs was necessary, the committee found. HANDS IN RESIGNATIONS .... . . ! Pauline Frederick, one of the queen of the srtlem drama, is to be Pendle ton's guest ftir the Kmind-Pp. The fummm stag-e and Hcreen actress, with two frir-nds, m due in Kound-Upville today, according to a wire received ithis looming by Kound-Uo officials. Tom Mix and . Will Rogera, ' famous cowboy f.lm actors, are also probable visiters to the Round-Hp. Admiral Hugh ' Hodman, command er of the Pacific fleet, stationed at San Diejro. is reported en route here with a party of six and will attend the pIiijww on Friday and Saturday. Prep arations are being made by tlje Round- i l'p association to look out for the comfort of the naval men. These notables, added to the list of Chose already reported, are expected to odd considerable in'erest to the at- endaoce at the show. Word came from democratic state headquarters today tiiat William G. McAdoo could The immigrants and Indians will '"I'mb the hillside bv a new path this year but the thrilling dive will be made into the same mill pond and a freshly painted canoe will drift down the same waterway. More and novel acts will be presented in the swiftly moving panorama of the arena and reversals conducted this week indicate that everything will be a huge success. was tested out , Frank Wagner and Earl RHey, eon- i bight and found ready. vlct when they made a break for Tn dance rioors has been put m liberty. Neither was hit and both readiness, the bar Is In place and the eluded the pursuers. Wagner waa I gambling games are in tne'r usual position. The mint is turning out thousand of bucks and the brand new J paper will be on. sale commencing ; SALEM, Sept. 21. U. P.) Guards fUt thl rcrvarti rtf ia uluto nAnilan. i tiary fired three shots this morning at ! A11 th illumination Frank Wagner and Earl Riiev. eon- i to bight and found i sent from Clatsop county for four years for burglarly in, October 1919. Riley came from Multnomn county in December 1919, for one year for larceny. He had escaped befors in 1918 serving 'a year for larceny of a. dwelling. Rrickyard , guards , were hand'.caped because they were unable parts of the black belt throughout the night. Street cars bearing negroes were attacked and windows smashed, while other disturbance occurred. ;. . Negroes Abased. Barrett was attacked after he abus ed three negroes on a street corner," knock'njr one down, according to a po lice statement. A crowd started pur suing the negroes and others joined as the chase extended. The colored men nutdtKtanced the mob and ran Into the church-where tey were hiding. Mobs Obey Priest. CHICAGO, Sept 21. (A, P. Father Thomas Burke last night sav ed three tiearoe' who took refie lit ' Wednesday bank. Happy Canyon will herald the open- . ing of Round-Up week proper toroor Irow night with the swinging of the (o Imv the varrl where other convictsV pates at about 7 o'clock. Kach night were working. A posse ia believed to I until midnight Saturday the pageant have the men surrounded in some i will be given, followed by the dance brush. 1 and games of the big pavilion. night at Happy Canyon uaori s cnurcn irom a mno nci. SHORTENING OF LABORING HOUR MAKES FOR EFFICIENT WORK, CONVENTION IS TOLD "The shortening of the laboring pioneer women of the garment makers hour makes for more efficient work., union, .During the past years she has Deputy .Sheriff Jacob C. Marin, f or ' not make a campaign speech here dur slilihtly more than three years a dep-jing the Round-Hp, as first planned, uty undor Sheriff Til Taylor, this aft-, and many who saw him last year are ernoun notified Khemr w. R .Taylor of his intention of resigning. The res ignation must be acted upon by the county commissioners al heir October meeting. , regretting that lie will not be on hand 5ain this year. It has been knon among friends of .Mr. Marin's for some time that he was planning on retiring from the criminal chasing game. He has been jailer most nf the time since tak- No Cars on Main Stroet, The city council in eess'on yester dy afternoon, voted to bring into use close the recently enncted "'moving on" or dinance, passed expressly to expedite the handling of Round-Up traffic. During Thursday, Friday and Satur day, there will he no parking allowed Before entering the office here, Mr. 1 Marlnwas engaged in .the contracting business. " Whether he w.ll return to this occupation was not announced. WASHINGTON STATE FAIR IS UNDERWAY ing his position as deputy but has fre-iDn Main .street, and the center lane, ijuently accompanied his superior of-, now reserved for angular .parking, fleers on cases. .must be kept clean. All of Main street will be nee(?e.I for traffic and for pa rades, the city dads agreed, and things must he kept "on the move. j The ordinance which takes effect Is .that any vehicle must be moved and jail street obstructions be removed, at !the request of any police officer. A Jstiff fine is attacheJ for failure to con j fnrm. As has been the custom in the past, machines going to and from Round-l'p Park will use the loop traf fic system, going west on Court and east on A It a. They will load in the block between I'Sarden and Main on Alia etreat. Headquarters Cpcrt. Round-Pp headquarters are now op en in room 14. of the Judd building, where -entries are being made and numbers being passed out to contest ants. The entry books will be closed at 5 o'clock tomorrow. Official busi ness only Is to be transacted at this headquarters, nil inquires, reserva tions, etc.. being handled from accom modation headquarters in the Warren Construction Co. office on Main near Webb, In the East Oregonlan building. Four entries for the cowgirls' relay race were reported today and the rid- YAKIMA, Sept. 21. (A. P.) With an attendance that taxed nil conces sions and f it'll ed the grand stand, the 1920 Washington State Fair oyened here, yesterday. It will continue dur ing the week. Agricultural Commis sionser R. F. Benson, commenting on the overflowing livestock Quarters, de clared the fair had renched a point where new buildings must be provided. He Is asking for an appropriation of $100,000 by the legislature for im provements. Assists nt Commissioner for it gives the laborer more time for mental relaxation and for building up the constitution, ' This statement was made this morn ing by Mrs. L. L. Gee, for 17 years a member of the garment workers union, in speaking of a resolution passed yes terday at the Oregon State Federation of LAbor convention providing that all unions use every honorable means to reduce the hours of labor and elimin ate over-time work where there, are available workers unemployed. Mrs. Oee, who is known as "Mother Gee," said that since she first affiliat ed with the labor movement in Ore gon, she has seen the working hours cut from 54 to 44 hours a week, and that the decreases In 4he number of hours caused no lessening of the out put. Conditions Improved We accomplished as much now in 44 hours as we. did in 54 hours, she said. "During the 'days of long hours. ; I can remember the girls fainting at their work. Now, with Improved con ditions, we seldom find use for the hospital rooms which are provided. We work eight hours for five days and four hours on Saturday. During the war we worked eight hours on Satur day for patriotic reasons. attended 13 state conventions. and with the exception of about four years, attended the central labor council meetings. She has served as executive board member and as a member of the city council and state federation.. . . . Has Two Grandchildren Mother Gee, for all her youthful appearance, is the grandmother of two grandsons, one seven and the othei three. She is the mother of three children, her son having served over seas during the world war. Miss Josephine Colby of the Ameri can Teachers' Federation was a speak er at this morning's session of the convention and told of the advantage teachers may derive from unionism, Resolution With Committee A resolution now in the hands of a committee provides that Labor Day be a school holiday as well as a legal holi day. Nomination of officers who will later be elected by referendum, wilt take place the last day of the conven tion. It Is predicted by members that the present officers will be nominated for re-election. "What is this acrilige? Who- r thesa dowdies that storm the house nf God? he fa?d, and the crowd broke and filed out. ' , - The priest then turned the negroes over to .the pol-e. - - , The disturbance was the result of the killing of a white man by three negroes, . . ,. Companies Ask Help , 1 CHICAGO, - Sept. ' 21. U. P.i Packing companies employing white end colored help today appealed to po- lice to "help guard against possible out- . breads as a -result of intense feeling . growing out of last night's race riot-i ing. , FAMOUS SCULPTOR, AND -FAMOUS SMILE, ARRIVE rm SIBKRIAN HOLD KVACl'ATEn TOYIO. Sept. 21. (L P.) The war office today announced the eva cuation of Herbarovsk in Siberia by Mother Oee Is one of the six or eight the Japanese. DECEMBER WHEAT DROPS SZ.32 TODAY WHILE MARCH QUOTATIONS CLOSE AT $2 28 I'm se g!ad to be , here that hist grinntn all the time, said A. Phlmtster Proctor, famous sculptor, when armed with camera, rifle and sundries, he stepped from delayed No. 17 last night and was met by Pendle ton friends.' ' " v . -w - The call of the west and the Round l'p was too strong to resist so Mr. Proctor .left his work in his NewTqrh studio and came to see the big show which he enjoyed while studying In dians and cowboy types in Pendleton & few years ago. , " Mr. proctrr,' since the completion of the sculpturing for the Indian foun tain.' soon to be unveiled at Saratoga springs, has been at work on an eques trian statue of the late Theodore Ttoo evclt, which is to be presented te Portland by Henry Waldo. Coe.. Mr. Proctor was a personal friend of the late President, having met the great mpr-'gn while doing the btsoo head for the White house. The statue of Roosevelt is being done from, photo graphs and from Mr. Proctor's memory of the subject. Mrs. Proctor, who has been In New York -with Mr. Proctor, has returned to California for the winter. Sept. Oct. Pecember wheat dropped to $3.32 today after opening at $2.40 while Murch wheat closed at $2.25 after onenlm; at $2.35. Followine are the quotations from Overbeck & Cooke j Co., local brokers: (Sept. Wheat. '.Oct. i-ec. March 2.S5 2.SM4 2.2 Sept. Dec stitution. because of the increase in price nf j VOUTt-AXD. Sept. 21. (A labor. AU eating places nre making Cattle are weaker. Ith choice special efforts to accommodate the teers nt Itf.Tfi and $3.50. Other mar crowds, Jkets are steady. CSIoyd said more land probably would have to be obtained. Members of the era will be Donna Card, Maine Ktriok- uriuintiIM 1-. . .,.i.ifl iiir itwitofti i land m-e Te I.onir Lorraine Triekev to visit the fair on Governor's Day to .and Kitty Cnnutt. All have fast horseMiiy learn at first hand the needs of the in- ino some races are expected every day. Sin Coach ITvent Prmis"iyr. A race riot is in store for Round-Pp, if one wants to figure it that way. Thej ntace coach race, which is a riot any- n- wn v la f i ha rrtntvter! hftu-rn vvA , DOC. grass on(j wnte races. The entry books this I TTIJ-; MAKKl-TT VKRKH tOonitnuvb on pas. f.) ISPPt. Doc. I.Miiy Sept. Dec 1.24 1.07 1.08 '.5SH .SIS LSI 1.73 .97 - .3 2.40 2.SS Own. l.S4?4 1.07 1.08 M4n. .5S4 .81 .65 193 1.891 1.73 1.69 V, Itark-r. .97 .97 1,21 Ti 1.04 1.0S .r.s .69 .S3 S.3S 2.26 l.DH 1.05 44 ' .66 '4 B .6914 .63 1.90 P 1.70 55 60 25.75 20.60 20.60 'Sept. 17.50 Fork. 25.60 25.00 25.75 25.00 20.65 1995 20.65 19.85 Hi in. 17.60 t7.05 5.00 5.00 19.95 19.97 PRESIDENT OF FRANCE PARIS. Sept. 21. (A. P. Pre mier MUlerand haa agreed to ba a. candidate for the prHidncy to aiic ceed Deechanel. .3 .eH .96 Iondnn. 352. Paria, 6S3. Italy. 43S. Belgium, 732. Germany. 163. Austria. 4 9. Copenhagen, 1375. Swiaa. 1635. Spain 14S5. , ?reee. 1USS. Bulgaria, 165. Rottmania. 225. (From Overbeck Cooke Co.) COLBY REFUSES TO Secretary Colby toOay rr(iid a re quest of antl-suffraguttM of Tennesee that he renrlnd his act Mm proclatfebiC ratification ot suffrage.