ti.V a - Hi npt.; HK'H tiWy. v rjfr THE ONLY SMALL DAILY EDITION Th net press run oT yesterday's Dally - , 3,224 This paper 1 memiJer or and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEE VOL. 33 PRETTY ' Leader Says Country Will Treat With Nations Only on Basis of Recognition as Republic. DE VALERA'S SPEECH MAKE) DEMAND OF INDEPENDENCE Irish 'President' Showed Un compromising Attitude in Speech Before Sinn Fein Pl'BUK, Aug. 18. O'. P.) Pe Valera told the Dail Elreann that Ire Uini jtroata with ' foreign countries, meaning England especially, only on u basin of recognition as nn Irish rcpub ' lie. Tho Sinn Fein parliament met here to dJtarmlne the acceptance, or rejection of tho Itrltlsh pence offer, or the reference of Ireland's peace ques tion to tho Irish plebiscite for settle ment. DeValcra declared the Pull Ivrennn - la the only government the Irish pen pio will recognise, having elected ita members through popular vote. Pe Vnlera's fiery speech mndn. n un compromising demand for independ ence. Member of the Dail signed nn on(h of allegiance to "freo the Irish state with serious fares." rnnuArimlliiB AtlltnnV Klwwn " l)c"alua iiTwJ an uncompromis ing oititude in his leech In-fore the Sinn Fein parliament. "We replied n we did because the British proposals nro unjust." he said. The session adjourned after the 'president" speech, to mset again In nn open session Wednesday, with a closed session .following- Thursday, when the British proposals will under Co further discussion. Will Unlit Tor Principles mTBMN. Aug. IB. (I. N. 8 ) "We mean to fight for-our principles and we moan to die for them if necessary." declared DcVnlera In the opening ses sion of the pail Klreann, Sinn Fein parliament here. He said Ireland must be a republic. "It is practically impossible to negotiate with the pres ent Ilrltlsh government." he declared, becjf'e ! Is unprincipled, and it is like negotiating; with a man with a pistol to your head. We are flphtlng for human progress nnd civilization." Premier Lloyd George told the Ameri can soldiers they were fighting for the principles of Independence nnd that when they came, to Kurope they were fighting for tho liberty of the small nations. The principles Lloyd-George expressed that day are ours. "The Pall Elreann will consider the English proposals in private and then communicate their decision at a pub lic nesston." The speaker was inter rupted bv applause when he said the Irish would die for the principles they held so dear. ISO Members In Attendance Him AUK. 16 (A. P.) The first open session of the Irish repub lican parliament opened with ISO members present. The galleries were thronged and thousands stood without In a downpour of rain. De Valora In his opening; address said Ireland stood tr. ha i.io.ils enthroned In the Ameri can declaration of Independence. He described the British attitude as that of a areat nation 'demanding guaran ty,., for Its safety from a small one when it should be a big nation guar anteeing the safety to the small state. Ireland In in the position of an unarm ed man facing a man with a pistol. He pointed out the virtually lmpossi.-u-conditions surrounding the ncgntla-! tions. Frank P. Walsh, his American legal adviser, sat on Do Valera's left. 1 Troops Ordered to lleturn tOKPOX, Aug. 16 (I. N. SO English soldiers on leave of absence from Ireland have been ordered to re turn to their reelments. IVnr Itrcak of Truro LONPON.. .Aug. (!' P A" British soldiers on leave from Ireland have been ordered to return Immed iately. So explanation followed this announcement. However, following on the heels of Pe Valera's speech to the Irish parliament Insisting on complete Independence.. U Is taken as an Indica tion of th fear of a possible brenk of the truce. DI'BUN. Aug. 16 t. r. 'At th I cnnclua'.on of the address parliament adjourned until tomorrow when a re ply to Uoyd-Oeorge will be consider ed in a private session. N TION.VIi TAX CONVENTION. DENVER. Auk. 16. (I. N. 8.) Sixteen deleaatrs will represent Colo ratio nt the fourteenth annual conven tion of the National Tax Association, which will be heli) ih Bretton Woods, V. H . September 12 to 16 Inclusive Governor Slioup nnnoujjced the list tmlflv. headed by Attorney-Genera! DAIL EEREANN IS ONLY GOVERNMErff IRISH RECOGNIZES Victor E. Kcyet, , . DAILY IN AMERICA c";1" '" ' - Ye No PENDLETON MOTHER IS BADLY BURNED IN RESCUING FROM DEATH HER THREE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL CONTESTANT 1 4, 4A j. V -y." Miss Helen Roach, Washington, P. 0., beauty, has entered a popularity rontest for a $!000 auto to be awarded by the Georgia Division of the Roose velt Memorial Association In September. SAM JACKSON APPOINTED f Portland Man Will Organize Movement in This State to Perpetuate Ideals of ex-Pres NEW YORK, -August 16. Appoint ment of Hon. Samuel Jackson of Port land, publisher of tho Oregon Journal, to serve as chairman in Oregon for the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, was sn nounced today by Franklin D. lioose velt. Mr. lioosevelt Is, national chair man of the committee In charm- of raising a popular fund for endowing l.n annual nward in ex-l-resuient ii- i naiie wnere up win ai-pum lumunuw son' name. Tho appointment wasj.it a hearing before Ctimmls.-toner said to have been anions the first, for Eddy who represents the Interstate the forty-eight state organizations , commerce rommissUm. which are to present an appeal to ih: j TllP i10a,ills j8 Dne of a series being public late In October, HwUl in the Northwest to decide whe- Mr. Roosevelt also announced that ,),,. tlle ,e,,est of the railroads to the speclflo purpose of the founda- n.lvc the ,,r,,SPnt rn(t.s on ,Vool low tlnn and the award, had been tlefincd -vrt,ti rrm ,,, terminal at Portland by the executive committee In the fid- , , ,o.ston shall be granted, lowing terms: . .,.., 1 Wool men are opposing t he granting ; .J. . , , ,,,,,. ' ieulliuii ui i.n, .........v, , nutional services of Woodrow Wilson twice president c the Cn'.ted States, who furthered the cause of human freedom and was Instrumental In pointing out -effective methods for the cooperation of tho liberal forces of mankind throughout the world. "The award or awards from the In come of the foundation will be made from time to" time by a nationally con. sliluted committee to the Individual or group that has rendered within a pe-t-ified neriod. meritorious service to tlemoeracv. tinblic. welfare, liberal thouRht or peace though Justice." ' Hamilton Holt, editor of the Inde- j pendent, who Is acting as executive director of the foundation, Is carrying on the work of organization along non partisan lines, aiming merely to pro vide an opportunity for a public trl I lite to tho cause of liberalism. Na tional headquarters have been estab lished at 150 Nassau Street, tw York INMATE OF POOR FARM IS MAN SUSPECTED OF BEING AMBROSE SMALL PES MOINES, .Aug. 16. (A. P.) The man supposed rh lie Ambrose Small, the missing Canadian million aire theatre man, proved tn.be John, pnmrherlv nn Inmate of Pie poor farm. STEPS ARE TAKEN TO RUSSIAN PORTS; AMERiCAMS WILL HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTION ' - I ; COPENHAGEN, Aug. 16. (I. N. S.) Riisso-American negotiations have been completed at Riga and steps have already been taken to deliver food to the Russian ports when the soviet will undertake to transport It to the famine zones, said a Riga dis patch. Americans will have full con trol of tho distribution and will feed the children and Invalids first and then the women. ' Children Aro Abiiiubuioil. LONDON, Aug. 16. (I. J S.) CARRYING REG0.AR i 7N.V "hTA --Zjmf S la DAILY EAST 0REG0NIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1921. hi I a V 'i 1 yi 4 7, LOCAL MAN WILL ATTEND K OF INTERSTATE IMiSS! .Fortified With Facts and Fig I ures of Oregon's Wool Pro- duction Hoke Goes Spokane, l-'nrll find wil h farts nnd figures showing the production of wool tn i Oregon and the transportation prob lems of wool growers in the state, Mac Hoke, secieiaiy of the Oregon Wool Growers' association, accompa nied by Mis. Hoke and baby daugh ter will leave this evening for So- of iiernilsHion on the ground that the j .., ,.,.1 r. tv, ,.n nf I competing with water rates. Ninety! l'ef that the dentist is attempting to per cent of the wool produced In Ore-1 pave the way for an insanity plea gon this year has been shiped to j when Ivs trial oe"s. They will prob I'ortland and has either been shipped ably speed the meeting out of justice from there by water, or is being held' In response to Hrumfield's own re- for that purpose, according to figures th;-t have been compiled by Hoke. What the wool men are fighting for is either a flat rate fyom interior points to Hoston, or else a rate equal to the rate from Portland. As rates are' arrunged at present, sacked wool can be shipped from Cortland for 1.8 per hundredweight, and from Mountain Home, Idaho, the late Is JS..13 1-3, or just one , and one-third cents more than twice the terminal rule. i According to the testimony of J. W. 1 os ANGK1.KS, Aug. 111. (I . P.) Mount, an O-W. R. & N. official, said Ralph Obem bain, the divorced hus to have been given In a hearing at1,u"- of Madelynn Obenchuin, accused Poise. August 4, the railroad figures I "'"h .Arthur Huron as the murderer that it ran make a profit In shipping iof P-elton Kennedy, will plead that f,r,m t,,riinnt nt .1 p,itn of si::s I Madah nn loved Kennedy far too hundredweight- for baled wool. One onnbiin Home to Hoston than tfom Is charged for the haul over the long er haul from Portland to Hoston. This discrimination in ratrs is re tbing that wool men are Interested in is why the rate for interior shipping points should not he equally as low. or even lower, instead of much higher. t r-ntinop, 0,1 natre R FOOD TO . Thirty-five million persons in Russ'a require famine relief, declared Uod George in the commons, tiuoiint; a re port made to the Hritish government by F. 1.. Todason, head of the ltritish Undo mission in Mostow. "The famine-stricken people art mov.ng In large numbers in different directions," continued the premier. 'Children are being abandoned am left to wander. People ate reduced to eatinif roots and grass.' WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED mm m STILL DECLARES HE IS RUSSELL IBrumfield on Way from Canada 1 Escorted by Officers Enjoyed Ride From Jail to Depot. ALLEGED MURDERER IS ' REFUSED PULLMAN CAR Railroad Officials Forbid Offi cers to Bring Prisoner ir Pullman; Passengers Object. PWP.TI.AXP, Aug. 16. (A. P.) A teletram special from Calgary says the Canadian Pacific officials refused tc allow Starmer and Webb to brn Hrumfield Into the sleeper, clainiinr the passengers would change theti bookings. Brumfield, shackled hanc" nnd foot and chained to Webb, waa put alwiard a coach. He drank a Quantity of milk before leaving and braced up considerably. He appeared to enjoy the ride from thelj.ul to the depot. He promised Ftarmer he would begin eat ing today. He still pretends he is Pus sell. Starmer says he will not allow anyone near Brumfield until the lat ter is safely behind the bars at'Port iand or Roseburar. The j-heriff is tak- I ing no chances. Search Mailt Tor W oman PORTLAND. - Aug. IS. ( C P. t'Ufii'ers. escorting Trlitrt field o face trial in lineehurg for the alleged mur der of Dennis Uussell are travelling over the Canadian Pacific through Kinpsate, Bpokane and Portland, .to P.oseburir, according to reports. Two additlrinnl officers are meeting the j escort ut Kinjrj-'ffate to insure safe con- ' duct for the alleged murderer owin; to ,nf- '--h fo,lin? "'-'""S ln,? fripn1,i of I:uks'II. District Attorney Xeuner Is pushing an Invo-ti'-Tition to ascer tain if the wimun, "Mrs. Clara Kil lian." thought to be near Lake Louise, is involved in the cas. P.rumfield letters Indicate that Is the situation. Wirt- Is Still Loyal Mrs. R. M.. Drumfield is remaining :-I.u t and is not keeping in touch with the Br imfield investigation, according to rel'able reports reaching here. She cannot believe In her husband's eruilt. according to her own i-tatement, until be admits the suiit with his own lips. Hrunif eld's friends are remaining staunch, tvhile ltui-'ii!''!rs friends art watching the develoinuent intently. Considerable doubt is being expressed concerning the dentist's probable in- lV.ri)l. hlrtin tho Ho. iiuest. The trial Is regarded as prom ising considerable sensation and is ex pected to drag out over a long period. OBENCHAIN HAS F I much to plot his murder. That Oben-j I1''', - '""8 defense will take this unsel- fish trend was indicated to his friends and that Ralph Intends to attempt to regain Ma-inlynn's love. Ralph is convinced of- the woman's innocence. he declares. The authorities are planning to con front Hurch with E. A. Rosenthal, a I pawnbroker, who claims the butt of .the shotgun found ton the Santa Mon- lica beach is that of a gun be sold "to I ja young man." He may be able to (Identify Hurch ns the man. The po lice believe Hurch,' after murdering Kennedy, drove through Santa Mon ica, throwing the tr-n into the ocean. Tl:e stock was found win n it washed ashore. PORTLAND, Aug. 16. If. P.I The tong warfare is unsettled. Pis tr.et attorney Evans has been inform ed y tin SiM'V Sings that they Intend to f.ght to the finish to revenge them uolveti iii, n Ihn linn Sinus for thrro sb. linns. De.soite the fact the ttma ,. h .-.n l.... n iniif.1. more ui-t- c.iiccu-d to arrive hero. 5JwUl. WtLL MMUWIM WtblhKr. ip FILM STAR HOPES TO .!f iTTcnn loot nniiiin nrj.I Hiiciiiu nuuivu-uri Tom Mix, the hero of a thous and screen adventures and one of the most spectacular of film land's Western stars, will If pos sible awept the Pendleton Jtound-l'p association's Invita tion to attend the twelfth annual show here September 22, 23 and 24. So says a letter from Mix received today by H. W. Collins, president of the association. 1 ! Mix, after thanking Mr. Col I 11ns for the Invitation, savs that because of production of films, It la hard for him to male nlans for the future, but should he be "between pictures" he will come to Pendleton for the three days. If Mix appears here, he is to he provided with a horse and a f complete outfit, as promised in his Invitation to the show. TIO! ' jtographing of railroad lines, harbors. highways and unexplored timber and WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. (IT. P.' railroad lines. One of the features Chairman Fordney of the house jconnell expects to photograph will be ways and means committee, reporting : the crater of Mount Popocatepetl, long the new revenue bill to the house, de- clared federal taxes will be reduced j $384,000,000 frtr 1822 and T 90,000,- I 0011 in 1923. AL Dr. F. C. Ayer Has Been Chosen j Successor to Mr. Ackerman; a3 President Normal School, i SALEM, Dr., Aug. 16. Dr.. Fred C. Ayer, from the year 1912 to 1916, pro fessor of education in the I'niversity of Oregon, last night was elected pres. ldent of the Oreson State Normal school to succeed J. H. Ackerman. The election of Dr. Ayer fonowea a i all-day session of the board of regents of the institution, during which 23 ap plications were given careful consid eration. Although some members of the board originally favored other appli cants. Dr. Ayer's selection had the unanimous support of the regents. Dr. Ayer served as pr'neinai 1" ,v Wancoma (la.) high school In 1901. The following year he was in:..rut-ioi-In the normal school at that place. In 190' he was professor of education in a South Dakota normal school, while from 1905 to 1910 he served in a similar capacity in tho Arizona State Normal school. Dr. Ayer I hen came to Oreson, where he took up his duties as pro fessor of education In the university. H continued in this capacity until 1916, when he returned to Iowa and accepted a position as professor of education in the university of that (state. In, 1918 Dr. Ayer was elected professor of education in the Washing ton universitv, a position which he nas held for three years. Dr. Ayer will receive $5000 a year as head of the Oregon State Normal, and h's election covers a period of three years. He received his decrees In the fpper Iowa university, lleorge. town university and Chicago univer sity. Regents attending yesterdav's ses sion were Governor Olcott, Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state; J. A. Churchill, state school superintendent: W. C. Bryant o,f Moro, E. 12. Brars of l a Oninde, Leonard Starr of Portland, Cornelia Marvin, s'ate librarian, and Frank Miller of Albany ltll.li GETS UWOUARl.K RFWT WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. (V. V.I Deficiency in the appropriation bill, eatryini $4S-00,000 for the United States shipping board and $200,000 to defray the expenses of the disarma ment conference, have been ordered favorably reported to the senate by the nppropriatlon committee. T CONFERENCE WILL COST I 111 STATES OVER MILLION INSTEAD I WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. (C P.) The latest developments In the dis- armament conference include: A prediction that the conference will cost the I'nited States over a mil- lion and not J200.000 as was at first estimated. Henry Cabot Lodge of the senate foreign relations committee. w II lie a member of tho Amerlcau disarmament commission: Senator I King of Ptah, Introduced a resolution ImithorlxinK President Harding to call 'a conference of the leading mercaa- PRESS, UNITED PRESS MD THE L'N. E. 1 SMALL CHILDREN i MB INJURED IN PHOTOGRAPH MEXICO I.OS ANGELES, Aug. 11. (I. N. S.) According to Information received ; here "Bob" Connell, son of Captain C. !T. Connell, federal labor conciliator, ha obtained a contract from Presi dent Obregon of Mexico to photo graph important points in Mexico from the sky. An American pilot will likely be I used on the flights, it Is reported, but ja Mexican army observer is expected to be in the machine ut all times, j The contract will Include the pho- !Deiieved to be an extinct volcano, but j which the young photographer says Is i -enjoying a smoke.' GET SCHOOL CONTRACT Competitive Bids on New Group j of Buildings at "Milton and Freewater Decided Monday. Many men interested in the building game representing business firms of Pendleton, Portland. The Dalles, La Grande, Boise, Walla Walla, Spokane. Yakima and Seattle Journeyed to MII- ton yesterday to be present at the opening of the bids submitted for tne erection of the splendid up-to-date group of school buildings for ths Union High School District No. 3. to be located midway between the busy sections of Milton and Freewater on an eight acre tract facing the Main i street and highway. I The bids were opened publicly by j the school board and building com mittee and later the lowest bidders were announced to be the successful competitor.. The contract for the plumbing heaN ing and ventilation was awarded to Rushlight and Hastorf of Portland, and the general contract including all masonery. woodwork, painting, wiring i: -id everything not included In the plumbing, heating and ventilating con t.aoi was awarded to George Schreiner i f Walla Walla. Tho work is to be started at once OURTEEN HAROLD jno worK is ,o o lanea - ':'" niture and building.. He Is of the opln and it is exited that the , e, rter lor ion tnat one of Z work and roofs will be complete by the time winter weather Is here. It is the aim to have Jie gymnasium build ing in use by the first of the year and the other two buildings, the industrial arts and the administration buildings, the. latter containing the large audi torium, to be entirely completed by the middle of June. The architect of this building enter prise, Raymond W. Hatch, was one of the Pendleton men to drive over with a number of friends from Portland to witness the opening of the bids. CALLEO TO TESTIFY WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. (A. P.) Tho senate interstate commerce committee refused to call McAdoo to give expert testimony on the admtn- 1st rat. on s rauroao. mnning mil. tile nations to consider the means of 'stabiliT.lni; an inti-rnationnl exchange .'n uwl ni j .x;lA-FltF.XCU Al.l.IAXCK SAFE LONDON. Aug. 16. t. P.) I.l-cd George declared tn questions affecting the solidarity of the AnKlo- French alliance has been sutisfactor- lly settled. They feared a break, but there will be none now. DAILY EDITION Th Rut Oragonlan la Rwnni Of " ton's greateat awHr and a tll ng fore gls to tha advertiaar o-r twlca th guaranteed paid circulating In t'ondlrton and Umatilla oauat at any other nettapapi-r. 1 COUNTY OFFICIAL FAPEB NO. D905 OLD BABY, ; t PURCELL. SERIOUSLY - FIRE EARLY TODAY Blaze Starting From Box of ' Paper Causes Destruction of Upper Story of Apartments. , BRAVE MOTHER TAKES V'J. THREE BABES TO SAFETY- With Hair and Clothing Aflame Mrs. Purcell Dashes Through Blaze to Downstairs Floor.": In saving from death her three small children during a fire which de stroyed the upper story of the J. It. : Mac.Master apartment, bouse, "If ' Thompson atreet thta morning.' .Mr. nt this . mnrnln9 " 41ra ' j Earl Purchell, pretty young- mother, .. V. .. .11.. V . . 1 41. I. ... 1 . nan utiuiy UUIIteu uu til -3 wul, BUUIU . der, neck, head ami arms. Iter lour--teen mouths old baby Harold, whom '' ahe carried through the flames, suf-H, fered serious burns on the head, neck, . arms and legs, while her two .year old' twins, Floyd and Lloyd, were, slight! i burned on their heads and hecks. ... Mrs. PurcelL who with her husband -and children occupied the rear apart-, ment, was washing when she noticed , smoke pouring In -from the hall, the : blazo evidently having started from a " box of papers. . -. ' ' '.' '' Mother OooraspeoiM.. , "Snatching her bay In her arms, she" called the twins - and attempted tt' reach the stairs at the front of the -building. The little boys, frightened , by the flames and smoke, three times r , attempted to go back but the mother finally succeeded In fighting her way ' through the blaze, taking; the children with her. With hair and -clothes, aflame, Mrs. Purcell reached the j safety of the downstairs and she and ? the children-were taken to th Charles t Keen home. ". . ; ." ' J J I Others KsvaiMV " ' ' ; j Afre. L. Tate.- who with Mr." Tate" occupied the f ront; aartment, escaped ; : down the stairs, while James Gilbert, : of Seattle, who was in a rear room?: asleep, jumped from his 'window to the ground 15 feet helow. after Celns; ' awakened by flames coming through f. the door. Gilbert, who la here visiting & his brother, Aries M. Gilbert took , his clothes with hint and saved some -of his brother's clothing; also, but two suits of clothes .ver destroyed. , Tho, '"f ot h T J""- Pn families were destroyed but some fur niture owned by Mr. . MacMaster ' was saved through the action of the fir : department which responded to the alarm. The loss, says Chief William K-'ngold. Is about 11500 including fur- thei house was probably playing, with matches and thre one Into the box' of papers. ' .'' . Insurance Small. The building was owned by Henry Crall, of Walla Walla and it is believ ed it Is covered by Insurance, . Jjr. MacMaster has but little Insurance on the furniture. Furniture in the low er apartments, occupied by the Stow and Condon families, was saved but is damaged by water. "The fire is the second On Thompson street this summer, a serious blase, having occurred at th Auto Clearing House, T2S Thompson, earlier in ths season. The district is congested and both fires threatened th neighboring structures. I Mr. and Mrs. Purcell ram her twit weeks ago from Window. Idaho. II is employed here as an auto mechanic. (Continued nn IMS t.l THE WEATHER i L. Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse, weather observer. Maximum 88. ' " j " Minimum 49. -Rurometer 39.40. ' ' " 1 vrr-VJL'jtq TODAY'S f"'Wi't FORECAST . 'J Tonight fair 1 ', .. r2 Wed. ruin.