lpfeY SMAtt DAILY EDITION The net press run of yesterday's Daily 3,226 This oapar ft cnamtxr r and audited by tb Aualt Bureau of ClreuDtioaa. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL 33 III PORTLAND 200 Delegates From 6 States Convene to Discuss Market ing of Perishable Produce. HIGH IMPORTANCE IS . ATTACHED TO CONFERENCE Pacific Coast Market Condition Hurt Through its Marketing Limitations Delegates Say. rORTLAXn. July 11 (1 P.) Two hundred leleg-e.tes from the marketing- organization of six tiatM ar convening- to discus the market I rig of perishable produce which Is considered the west's gravest prob lem. High Importance 1m attached to the conference, an tba wH appro.inh ea one of the greatest frult-produclng year In Ite history. W. B. Armstrong president of the Wanhington farm bu reau federation, presided during bis election as chairman. Several paper were rend touching upon the mar keting nuestloo. ' W. D. Armenia; i CJit'nuin. I'ORTl-AND. Jnly ll.-rFrnltgrow-ern of Oregon., Washington. Idaho California,- Montana and Vfah are meeting considering the method of procuring wider i fruit product -. mar. (Continue w t" !., WET STARTS ON LARGE! SCALE THIS MORNING' Indications- Are ,, Yield Will be HeaVier Thftn in Many Years, Bumper Crop is . Expected. HarvesUns of Vrheat, which lias been under way to a certain extent for a, few daya, started on a lurger acale, thla morning, most of ih op erations beliir coiflned to the west ern ana northern, part of t,he county. Indications are that the yields will be heavier than In many years. nd. farmers are expecting to harvest . aj bumper crop. ' -v . ' ' N Several curloada of wheat have been ehlpped ftom Nolln already.' At pres ent a combine Is running' on the Henry Hill farm which formerly, wna Hie old, Van Donge roie. Herman Itoaenbert; and Lee eoMwell are other farmers who are busily engaged In liarvestlng. ' " ,K. F. KlrkratrlcV who farms on the reservation stared Ids outfit this mornlnr near tfssion. North of town Elmer Moore fra also started. Quite a, lot of gratty'wlll be started in the county thls.'Week. but Information from the hyavler lands Is lo the effect that work there will not start in ear nest before the first of tbe comln? week. . in the southern part of the rounty n'aae t'llot Rock recent rains have had the. effect of keeping the (-tra tough.' and lt will not no possime to mresii for c.everal, .laya. The price, offered locally Is about l cents now. That was the price ' nnld Jtaturdav. but this morning tte nipfrket reports showed that demand j wn Jess Hteady. " THE WEATHER lleported by. Major Ia Moorhouse, V.'hthcr ohstrvrr. ' '.Maximum, 6. 4 Minimum, 4V "' J P.arometer, !9.5J. . . TODAY'S F0RECAS' i.'iVIv, Tonight ana Tuesday fair: warmer Tuesday. TRUCE IN IRELAND BECAME EFFECTIVE FRUITGROWERS HOLD CONFEREIiOE r -I'l-i-. - -. ' ' ' -' '' aaa-gi1 ""1' TV-J' DAILY W teRI CA ,'lS r --rt: fJp. -? INVITATION Famous Arctic Explorer Stf union Bring to Chautauqua Audiences Remarkable Story of Polar Ooilllbt nue of the head.llne it Tilbjalmar Stefauagon, the disiln.:bo Are.!,- explorer, the wan widely known as the discoverer of the "Monde Ksklu.o" i ai.J, . .1 V ""''"" : m rue uiscmerT or the Ameruan continent msnv liardMi,tr.a u- tmd, $ad Uv4 nere fr.rianrpd, hut ChrtntODber Columbaft ar norhinir .Md b VUhjmmtir Stefanon In bin royat-e of Ulsrorv that la dli-lcd broufflit Hdous difficult io to' Ulster. rhe existence u( cominent In the fonnidable clfmat of the Nwrih loIarlA truce in Ireland hwaine effective; ..Hmii n .artn ra Id bit lecture that will be delivered for the first time on the Chautauqua platform, be will describe the harrowing pvperlences of five vara in a land of anow atd lee. lie will tell of vessel, wrecked, tnrt still adrift In a constantly ' , ,0Ji,fa, ' d ? eV"d U'e Am, ,IT,e t,,at SCleDce mlKl,t bs n,ru. ,uc ,.r..,,.cU1 mrnnn miu . , . '. , ..' . PATHFINDER NORTH SAYS ARTIC IS HABITABLE FOR MAN Arctic Lands to be Explored , ' .1 ' lOr First Time On COmmerCI-- i al Plan Says Noted Lecturer. , I i ! ; i explorer of the northlilnds who arried , In Tendleton today and who will speak j ,t'nlTl, m f'h'llllAlmil'l. fit tlHItOV Cll 11- ! .". - ................ . - von. will, ns nresident of the tefnns. eon Arctic Exploration and Develop-' ,.n more severe than that In W'in ment Co., conduct another expedition : (iPI;." to the Arctic slope In the near future. ' . , h . according to announcement made '';!, ,,lllrt Con,erned," the explorer; day by the explorer. . rpntin -.ed, " nn.l di si-ript'on of Its Stefansson states that' one purpose lim, . Rro (m,JUy ,,, worV!, of the expedition will be to Investigate J;m OUv(r c,lnvo0(1 Hnd vritvr!l and aeelop practical tenures oi ma.-, ketlnr re nrieer meat and furs, as well - . ha in thoroughly exniore the resources and country lying to the north of Can ada. Vancouver will be the official , ..... .4 .... . .1 1 . I n .. ... I, 1 I, neaoyuur.ers oi ri-i.. ..... . ; may be cpntinuen ror tne next . or tnree years. , To Develop Ilesouroes "The, salient object of the explorn-j tlon ebmpany will be to turtner e- plore and develop the possibilities of the Arctic resources, first broufht to light by my various expeditions dur ing the last five years," says iho ex plorer. "This Is the first time in polar history that exploration has been put on a commercial basis and the next expedition trips will he mad with de- i veiopmem insian goal. When I returned from my first I Arctic expedition with the story th , the land I visited was coveted wii thnl iih prairie grass, Inhabited w ith grazing j ! animals and that any wnne man I could make a comfortable living from : hunting, It was received with discredit. Other explorers had preceded; mo with ,the stories that the Arctic was a land I of loe wastes and that when ope s food (supply was exhauster, death, was In ! tVltable. '. ', IM For Mankind ; , "When I first published by stories about the northland they wre met with almost universal discredit In -i r.int several nrain.ru iin-.i. u.. ..mi..... The current Id. as or tne norin.am. ...e ! like the-westum pictures painted In looks aud shown on the screen. They differ in one way, however the west i was Once a lnud of Indians knd cow-1 hoys, hut has changed, while the Arc- Uc regions has always been the same and the stories . told ahouti It nre purely mythical. The I niVerslty oi I Michigan was one of the first to grasp I I the significance of the situation and that Institution hns been a j valuable factor In recognising and spreading the , ', true version of the norih atiolishing, the flctlonnl and mythical boners. The f ve years experience In the Arc Settled by People J I tic region's will be told at the'Chau- "Chir exploration and development tauqun this even'n; by Mr. Stefansson. CARRYING REGULAR TORE'REPORJS DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY EVENIN J FOR DISARMAMENT iONFERENCE EX I ENDED Region Discoveries. (ret(n,.. nf th. ri.. ...,. ti.i. Uit obstm-len tlii heset the path f tn ri i-tta f m.rtnra,,,- .iiw.n..rniiD an anoui uic piauer lliey mnaiill. I r. . 1 .:. t j - ! OF WILD . . jj work" foreshadows the time when thejed and 105 tnju. fl. Kire rendered entire north will be settled by people nr.d the laud dotted with cities, towns, j factories, m ties, churches and school- , Winnipeg, where I was horn is today j n prosperous and heautifm city of be. ; tweon ino.flflO and snn.inn people and i Is one of the finest cities on the con-' tinent. S'xty years ago intelligent I sonnries and trappers could live there i missionaries because they were phil- .. I 4.-nnnHU Kaa.,....a r.r ! i ll t l iinii 1 1 ii ji 1 1, . 1,1-... i mv ill... . xiv.r ..o,tHo 'rhrt Aetii. wonih.r 1 I pf B1,rn lypw , honk8. There U only OM MELONS IN SINK ANDf .. .. ....... ., .... ,..' nitUUIMO IIH OIIl HI1L r one laud in in1 noun inai is caiTiiany . . . ... ... I .covered by snow and Ice and that .(ireenland. not because it is so fa. , norm run necanse it is so men. lticiui here in the west we have Mount Hhn8(n min( IRml(r and Monm llmxl. all of which have snow the year around. It Is not because of their gnrgi anhleal location that they arc covered by perpetual snow but be cause they are so high." Hants (;row In North When asked reirnrd'ng vegetation in the Arctic 'Mr. ."tefausson replied: s "There are'some flowrrlnu plants, of: the grass and sedge family and spruce. and cotionwood trees from 30 to 10. fpPt hi(;1) wiI1 founrt ns (.,r north as. inn miles or the Arctic circle.- "The human mind has a great pas-i rlon for s'mplicity,'' said the explorer with. a chuckle. "It nppetrs to be' especially nppenling to our school fp.,rhers and educators to simplify thlnss ns much ns possible, ft Is ex tremely simple to ter.eh that things in the torrid aones are nl'Wnys boiling hot In the temperate regions s'ways mild i imd In the frigid zone always freesln?! cold. I Ideas Are Wmnjr j "N'.ne out of every ten ideas which J tbe iiMraire person lies of the nor'" j are wrong. Thev think the penpp who Inhuh't that region are small of rtntnro. Ksk'mos In fireenland are small h-'t not anv smaller than French men. ' l"sl unos in Alasva are rathe' I lni-KC. about' the sire of Kmrllshmen , jf i i,ad come hie'.; from the northland ,h(1 ordinary story of hardship suffering and trniredy. I would have roerlved a void medal from the Tteyal rjeoL-mnhical Society of Creat Prltain in three months: but because brought back thn opposite story, they p., irl ,, ttenlion to it and branded mP fr. it took them three month t .Pizo that the revolutionary facts , brought back were the trnih. A' nM the terrible north was shoPshed." IRISH LEADER TO MEET WITH LLOYD IE English Premies and Republican; . Head Will Discuss Basis fori GEORGE THURSDAY Settlement of Irish Problem, i ; WASHINGTON. July 1 :.--(!. X. K. reldent Hardini; vtw attacked In VIOLENCE CONTINUED UNTILiUlfi mnM h hM tilon- a IIULLIkLlWiilMULU Ul" 1 ""j from Mississippi, for ui-r1h the cn UOIID DC TDIIPC IM MnDTU ' a,e' 10 rteft,r ar'ion on the solrtierx' hUUrt Ur I nUUC IN NUn I n I bonus bill until the tariff and tax les- j isslation have been disponed of. llar- i riHnn paid Harding before the election . ,,, ... , . I pi'-ngen mere wouin ne -no unane Mail Train WaS Derailed, 14 j executive interference with the le?is-! ' i Intive luanch. and yet we now find Persons Killed, 105 Injured'1" coming to the capoi and b..t-u ' tonholing the, republican senators to and 200 Made Homeless. ! l.trNDON, July 11. A. IV) Ka-1 mouu l)e Valera will come to London' Tliursday to discuss with Lloyd! !(leorge ti,e basis for a settlement of. jtho Iri.ih problem. It appeared the jConeri-ations would revo.vc around' the granting of a dominion status to, I V'",!,n,d. 1up"" " ronrt'0 ,U'B ! i8""" n n esah"8h I n.ent of an trisii republic be nbuudou- 'volvert. inolud-n the boycott of u. j k.. ii,i..ei -i.(k 1, w ! ,av uuwii Hum,'. i j I'.verythln I l'eaceful. L D1'ni-'-N; .J,"!' ll V,,$ : -leomo to the truce' between ti e ftntlah forces and the iun Fein. Citi-, eB excitedly collecjU lironjis 'ht'pep,. formerly hated the li.uCH and fans I-'. Isued from the barracks to fraternize ( with the people who discussed chancer I for a permanent peace. Soldiers withjV " ' i drawn havom Is were raimina:. peace-I ! fal policemen taking their places will, j 'only ihfir lubs. i Report from nelfavt Indicate the I I continuance of violence and 'lisorder ill, northern Ireland 1o the very hour ! the truce became effective. One mail (train was derailed and the coaches ,mrnc(1 A total of 14 persons were kill '!Qn homeless at llelfast. MOrXDHVILLK, W. Va.. July 11. . . q V' ' One death during the night hronght the fatalities to six as the re I suit of a crash of a government -nwne. 1 bombing plane Into a row of parkec a ..... ....... p. rrnc IUUII C IIIATCD nunc SLEEPS WHILE WATER RUNS ' r r i rrt i-t rltr ni n , nr n.ai U V CHT LU V i, UAIVIAUL WALL Retribution will have its dav, according to the old philosophy, and even the wisest gay , hird sometimes will have the .lolo; turned on him. Marshall Spell is wondering if thre Isn't a lot of iri'th In tint snyiiis as a result of the dent that w.is made in his purse yesterday which has caus ed h'm to dodge h's friends to day. A big wet spot on the ceil ing of the front room of the quarters of the Pendleton Com mercial Association, directly un der the npnr'ment 'Where Mar shall makes his home, is the phvsleal evidence of his discom fort. The trouble came about like th's Vcvte'day shout noon, tired out by n morning's phiv of "t'lirnyard pool" at which he is sa!d to have niade an average : s'ore, Marshall enme home, and desired to snatch a few hours slerp. Ite'ii-r n S'l'tlvn gentle man and having a strong pre ference for w.t'ermelon, he plac- r( n-Mtr snn.-:m-t n' tbe r.-u'i the vine In the sink In his kltehen tie, turn d on the water, and went promptly to s''cn. Th oi...rnoweti i,i.(l before long Frank Quinlin beaan In vest'irat'nK a report that the hulldin" was settl'.nir at one cor ner. His search d'selosed the source of the water s ipply that was doing damage, nnd Mar shall'" melon was not cooled any longer. Tonv 'bo hou--e committee looked oi" the damage, and si ni m rs of the l-Iiks de ct"re thnt wi.rt "Serresnt" Jim Powler handed to "Lieutenant" Snell wMI "set Spell hack" enoneh money to hny many melons ' ! i FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED 'Ml, 1921. 70DAYATNOON MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRAT ATTACKS PRESIDENT IN SENATE SPEECH TODAY; Harding Before Election Said i ThPrP Wn.ilrt h- nn lntprfp.r.1 . ! i ence With Legislative Branch :":!,i,h:? .! .!hP'r "'on, on ! SLIGHT RISE TODAY Wheat in the July and September markets advanced slightly today, July whMt cloHin 0ol timber at $l.lf. .18 8-4 and f!ep December grain clnsed at u-;(- turdj;' r.cprnbri- na"rcft was V"1 Jt'1) 5 and fc-eptpmner was 51. IS 1--. Following are the quotations receiv ed by Cverbeck & Cooke, local brok ers: Wlwnt. Dpen High Low Close J1.19 J I. Ills. $l.l' 1.1SS4 i July i " l.lS&i 1.19 4 1 . 1 2 l.ts , 1.25 V l.orn. .62 , .60 K. .1.111 - .ei .r,n' .K94 .60 .r.9 .! 9W Wheat There was plenty of news , which ordinarily would h.ne brought ; about good advance In prices had it , not been for increased teceipts. ami weakness in the local cash market. ; Spot premiums were reduced 2 to 3 cents, with practically all contract , grades selling around July prices. The j receipts were estimated 390 cars, the , largest in the season, while country! offerings to arrive were reported lib eral. The decline was due entirely to this factor which is not an unusual oc ' rurrence when the f.rst movement j i makes Its appearance. Outside cash; .markets were firm Kansas City re- I j ported exporters were taking all the! j wheal offered at 3 lo 3 1-2 vents over i I July. Minneapolis cash was also j strong. Northwestern crop advices: generally reported further deter orat-J lug, while official sources conf. lined ; privale reports of disappointing yields j in many sections of the win'er wheat j belt. I'uless there Is marked change In the attitude of exporters who np-1 pear willing to take our - all on , small j breaks, we doubt the decline in the fu lures will be far extended or perma nent. . . .. i f ' W.SinNi;TX. July 1 1.-Ex-l'i-es-.deiit Taft was sworn in today as chief ins, ice of the 1'i.ite.l Slates. Relative and Friends Present. WASHINGTON, July H. (l P.) Kx-nresidont Taft took the oath of . hlef Justice of the supreme court. ! ichieving, lie declared, his life's am- , cipal of the Holiday school. Later he hition. Taff's family, relatives and was superintendent of the east I'ort "0(i friends witnessed the ceremonv ! l-md schools. He served also as n the attorney general's office. principal of the Harrison- street I school. Taft Visits rrt.til.iit. ' WASHINGTON Jnlv 11. ll'. P.) I Following taking the oath as chief j jostice of the supreme court. Tuft ( vi:ited Piesident Harding. j I j j ! i SKATTl.K. July it. tf. P. I K- plorer Aniiitidsen, when notified of the ; Fiifotv of h!s crew nd his ship Maud, i declared It was no more than he e- ! pected In 1ew of the declaration of the officers of the revenue cutter P.ear, I who discovered the explorers ship, that they would go to the vessels 'rstistance when the lee permitted. The steamer Maud was discovered near Whalen. not far from the plne-"-where Amundsen abandoned her. The vessel will be lowed to Nome, Jflft miles. Amundsen is preparing for nn- t other Arctic dash. PENDLETON ROTARJANS WELCOME THEIR FELLOW MEMBER, STEFANSS0N A welcome wa extended liy S2 )' .id.eiort Kotauans to their fel- low mi r..i)f r, Vlhljalmur Ste- fanmton,. v.lu?u the uotd explorer arrived here this morning to fill an engagement this evening at Chauiauqna. Colonel Charles Wellington Furlong, old friend of Stefans- aon'a and a fellow member of the Explorers Club, introduced the distinguished ' visitor, who , ! 4 4 was guest of honor at a xpeciai. , f fiotary Clab luncheon at noon today at the Elks club. In u short talk, .Siefansson de- iCkclured that emigration is moving liorthwaid and that in a few years there will be uiutiy sule- incuts In the Arctic region. As proof of the econuluk' value of the northluuils, Me- fansson declared that when the L'nlted Stales bought Alaska from Itussia, the price, 1,:(I0,- Ofin was considered too high. "Alaska, proved her ' worth." said the speaker, "in the world War 'rthe-n one half the ftnrk-eve salmon leld sold for over 119,- nitu.Onu m&ie tiiau the urinal ; purchase price of the territory." ; S. P.. Thompson, Uotury presl- ' dent, presided at the luncheon and in a brief talk expressed the i club's appieciaiion of stefans- 1 son's address. H. Ackerman, Well Known Instructor of Oregon Passes Away at Home in Monmouth. 4' t 4' Special services in memory of the late J. H. Ackerman will be held tomorrow at the high school under the auspeiies of the Sum in r Noiinal School. Judge Stephen A. Lowell will deliver a eulogy. Following the services the school will be closed for the day in commemoration - of the Oregon educator. , J. If. Ackerman, president of the Oregon Normal School at Monmouth and who established the Pendleton s-mln,fir Xorma' schooh died s uldenly yesterday morning at Monmouth fol- lowing a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Ack-i-ou.n i -visited Pendleton during -h? first week of Summer Normal school and was apparently in good health. Iff was well known here, Mr. Ackeimnn, who for the past ?,' years was a prominent educ-nnr of this state, had been president of the normal for the past l't years and previous to that was state superintendent of pub lie Instruction in Oregon for 12 years. He was born in Toronto, Iowa, No Vftnher isr.n. Wh'le a young man he taught school at Wisconsin. Me was a graduate of th- state normal school ni Milwa ikee. Wis. Began t aiv-r In !HH!I Mr. Ackerman hev.au his career as an Oregon educator In IsS, when he arrived in Portland, and became prill- I 1,1 1S;K -Mr- Ackerman was elected j superintendent of schools of Multm- '"ah county and served until IfO". He , then chosen state superintendent public Instruction, and held that office until lsll. when he became rrs'ileiit of the Oregon Normal school :.t Monmouth, which was revived after :-ein.; i.l'e one year. lias Thriv Oauuliti-rs Mr. Av-kerniau w;is a nr mUer of the t'nit.iriau church and of the Wash-' ititou Masonic liMice of Portland, of which, h" once served :.s eta-'ter. He s survived by his w'.lnw unit three 'aoaht-rs, Mrs. K. F. t'a'l'ton of F.u geiie. whose hnsbaiiil is superintendent ot hoois ihere; Mrs. Hoy Burton of Salem, and Mrs. Alfred Lund of Cor vallls, whose husband Is a professor In Oreiron Agricultural collese. Funeral services will b,- held at Morniouih at 1:J o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Bex-, W. ll. Klint Jr.. pastor of the F'lst rnitarlan church of Port land, officiating. P, I.. Campbell, president of the I'niversiiy of Oregon, will deliver the eulouy. Interment wll tale place in the Salem ceme tery, with services nt the grave by the Masonic lodge, of Salem. PRESS AOT THE I. N. S. DAILY - EDITION.- Jht East Orae-onlan li Eastern Or von' fraateat nawapapsf end aell Ins; tore Wea to the advertiser oef twioe tbe aueranteed paid clrculattoa In Pendleton a nil Umatilla county t or other aewepapar. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 0875 i a. 1 1 . - L CALL TO MEETING j Harvey Conveyed President's ; Proposed to Lloyd George at Chequer Court Yesterday. REGARDED AS CERTAIN ALL NATIONS WILL JOIN Allied Powers Characterize "Move as Greatest Step Tow ard Disarmament Since War BRITISH PEOPLE R OVER WASHIXCTOX, July II. (A.. L. Bradford, V. P. Staff Correspondent. I in' disarmament conference is re garded as certain. Secretary flushes ' repotted preparing formal Invitations to Great Britain, France, Japan and" Italy jo meet In Washington at a time Mutually agreed upon. , , , Japan and Great Britain are vir tually pledged to attend through their leaders public statements and public rpinion In France, and Italy will Impel the leaders there to come. China will probably participate in the Far Eist discussions, including Secretary Hugh es' Chinese open door policy. Ambas sa lor Harvey is understood to have conveyed the conference invitatipn to I.ioy.l-Oeor.ae, who, latter expected to sicerpt in his house of commons speech ' today. It Is understooiUthat Canadian Premier Meighen upset tht plans for J, u f.irther AmMo-Japanese alliance, l!rlt!sli People .raleful , ; , j l.'Ci.Vnox. July It. -4 A. P.) Deep . .'ratification of the British people over President Harding's action In calling a Iconf.'tence of Creat Britain, France, ' paly am! Japan for the discussion of ... the limitation of armaments and the. I pacific problem, fs expressed r.y the j newspapers. American Ambassador I Harvey 'convoyed , Harding's proposul ;. J tc I.loyd-tleorge ut Chequera court -j. yesterday. J minion Premiers, spend- ' ng the w ek end with IJoyd-Ceor.re joined with h'm in voicing their ap- ,' pre?intion. There was a feeling that , the discns-'ioius would bring about an, , understanding incl tiling virtually-- lh whole field of inti'rnationul relations. rwniv Will Adspt ' ' : PAIHS. July n. (Webb Miller, l P. Staff Cm-respondent.) It is stated ' remi-offloUlly that France will accept President Harding's invitation to par- ' ticlpate In a disarmament conference I he principal allied powers. The vreliision of France and Italy with the I'nited Sf.-.tes. Orvat Britain and Japan his created ifavorahle comment. They characterise Harding's move n the (Continued on pnge 5.) I CASE SPKINGFlKLTi, Ills., July u. U'. P.J The ten million graft scandal h:i been placed before the Sajisamon . omity grujul Jury. Evidence colleci ed In the investisution as the result of a hitter political feud between Gover nor Small and Attorney General Hrun iae.e, is expected to touch the highest stale officials. Kclivurd Miller, state treasurer, w;w the first witness called, Itis disclosures reported the preelpltu ted Investigation. Small was trea surer for two terms. JOKER GETS POLICE TAGS AND TIES THEM TO CARS OF FRIENDS FOR 'PINCH' G. J. Mitchell. Kcho banker, would like to know the name of a "deputy" to Traffic officer William I.yil.ty who yesterday tagged his car and caused him to deposit bail to the amount of l", at police headiitai-ters. When Mitchell, who came to I'endleron with a number of friends, got j ; ; ! i e ready to return home, he noticed a card on the steering wheel of his machine signed "Jinks" with ' instructions on it to report to the police. He thought lie was gull- ) ty of breaking traffic laws. This morning ho called the city magistrate and asked to be excused from making a trip here to answer to chargi-a. An lines- ligation disclosed the fact that several of the cards were dls tribute.! by some humorist, who e in some way that haa not been explained, secured the ri.rds and tied them to Heveral cttrs, The Identity of the Joker is on- known, but Bill Lv.lav would Ilka to make his ai-qiiHlnlfinee. 1