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THE ONLY SMALL' DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS AND THE DAILY EDITION! DAILY EDITION The act press run of yeiterday's Daily . .m-.''"-3,248 . This paper is a menvoer or and audited by th Audit Bureau of Circulation. rest Th East Orrgonlan la Rasura Or rnn graateal ncoapr and a a a ail lng force give to ttia advertiaer or , twice the guarantied pid clroulatio la Pendleton and Umatilla county of any cittar aawapaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOL. 33 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1921. NO. 9914 - 1 1111 iii in iiupiiii. , ytS: ' I " ' ' ) D Byy I DAILY .l2 5; BRUNN EXONERATED BY CORONORS JURY 0m KILLING RAGAINS; SELF DEFENSE BRITISH PEACE OFFER IS (HEN nilALREIECIl De Valera Couches His Refusal in Terms Leaving Loophole for Further Negotiations. BRITISH CABINET MEETS TO CONSIDER IRISH REPLY Republican Leader is Re-Elected President; Has Unquali fied Support of Followers. LONDON, Aug. 26. (U. P.) le Valera, acting for the Irish republi cans, forniully rejected the .liiltlsh peace proposals, it became known here today, Hut he couched his re ftMul In terms leaving a loophole for further negotiations. The Iiiitifch cab Inet l meeting, considering the Jull Kireann's rply. llrltnln'a first ans wer wlU probably take the form of Netting a' time limit In which the Sinn Keln might accept tho British govern ment's proposals, Ih the general be lief here. Ic Valera rte-cleeted lender. Dublin dispatches Mate that lc Va lera lion lwea.-i-lictd president of Irulund and has the unqualified I'liM Kireann and 8eln Hull support. He read tho Irish reply to Great Hritaln to tho Dail Kireann, emphasizing the Importance of the Sinn Keln alms. He said that as the present fighters pass on, others will come to take their places, until the lust Irishman Is gone und the Ilrltlsh Empire Is no more. ttovenimeiit Is orrlel. The English press agreed that the government Is worried over the Irish peuce reply but muy take advantage of the "loophole." Do Valcra's reply to Lloyd Oeorge said, "1 laid the Ilrltlsh proposals before the Iail Hireunn. The parliament unanimous ly rejected them.. Tile Dull Kireann is now ready to appoint representatives to negotiate on broad guiding prin ciple of 'government by consent of the governed." Wo refuse to accept con ditions involving the surrender of the wholo national -position. 'allm't JU'iitbers llrrhvtrd DrnUX. Aug. 86 (A. P.) "De Valera's reply to Lloyd-George sums Up Southern Ireland's position and must remain unchanged," De Valera declared addressing the Dail Kireann after reading the reply. The Dail Kir eann re-elected De Valera and the cabinet members. It sanctioned loaiw of 500.000 pounds In Ireland and $20, 000,000 In America. Irish Do Not Sock War LONDON. Aug. 26. (A. P.) "We have not sought -war or do we seek war, but if war be made upon us we must defend ourselves and we shall do so," Kamnnn De Valera's letter to Premier Llnyd-Oorge. Tho letter snld the Pritlsh governments . peace proposals were luid before the Dail Kireann, which rejected them unani mously but Is willing to negotiate on the principle of government by con sent of the governed. The letter pro poses Great .Britain and Ireland ap point representatives with plenary tinware to' negotiate details on this principle. DoiiffrroilH to Delay Negotiation. LONDON', Aug. 26. (A. P.) Pre mlcr Lloyd Oeorge replying to De Va lera warned him that owing to "ac. tlon being taken In certain quarters It Is dangerous to prolong negotiations." He declined to prolong the exchange of notes but would be happy .to meci le Valera and his colleagues again Following: Is the program for the hand concert which will be given this evening nt 7:45 at Pioneer Park: March, Grand Entree Vandercook Medlev Overture. Living Pictures.. . Dalbcy Walt. Haal1nn Moonlight ,- Kllckmann Koleetlon. Melodies from Bohemian . Olrl Hlfp March, Iowa Barnhouse Cupid's Wooing Myers tplerniisHlnn MnreV Renas Band Sweeley Selection, Imogne 1 lay-anmn Walts That Wonderful Mother of Mine T'lor Overture, Pky Pilot Laurens Kox-Trot, Allah's Holiday Frlml March, Our Olorlous ring : , Rosonkrans 17?,.- ' : 1 '-- 'I ; IRENE CASTLE DANCES AGAIN. - A ..... ' r . v ' 3 1 y A- - nun- m ircne v;.iie.ns sue appears Heels, a movie in which she Is starred. screen In mote than two years. Program Almost Changed From Former Years Some Stunts are Retained. There will be more variety to the shows of Happy Canyon tnis year than for several years past, accord n? to the belief of the d rectors of the night event who held an enthusiastic 1 supply al! the, needs in home fnrnisii meeting Wednesday night at the Cam- j 'ns, of t'm itilla county residents, merclal Association rooms. ' - M:iry of whom have from time to time The program has been almost com- i found It necena.iry td go to Portland pletely changed from former years, I to supply their w.tnts. only some of the old "Institution" , Mr. Crawford reels no introduction Blunts being retained. A full list of tho activities for the wild nights on the frontier have been arranged for, j and the enthusiasm which marked the discussion of them last night lndl- ( Continued on page 6.1 Who will reign as the queen ot the Pendleton Bound-Up, September 22 23 and 24? This Is the question which con fronts the Itound-l'p Association and which is to be decided within the nexl few days. From anions the attrac tive girls of Pendleton is to be Chosei one who will reign over the Let 'ei Duck city during the throe days nun who will ride lit the llound-Cp par ades. With her will be a retinue of six Umatilla county girls who will ride also, yucen nnd maids, the asso ciation plans, will wear cowgirls cos tumes and other Pendleton women will also be urged to appear In the buckskin and sombreros of the West. lrl List Is Finished The association has completed the prize list which totals opproximntel SfiOOO in cash, in addition to num erous merchandise prizes offered by local business houses and special tro phies put up by outside individuals. Of the twenty-'lve events listed for the three big days IS are competitive. The largest prizes arc for tho steer roping contest, the cowboys' bucking contest and the cowboys' and cowgirls' relay races, all for the worjrt's cham pionship. In the steer-roplrtv. the chnmplon will be awarded n $600 cash prize and a $:1D0 prize saddle made by, Hamley Co., and presented by the Pendleton Commercial Association. Relay l'riu.n Utrgo III the relay races, the yurta totait In a dance in the forthcoming ' Frent h This is her first dance for stage or 1 I (' The Crt'.T. for."' Furniture Company, ; incorporated, .with W. C. Craw i I f"rd us prc-idr-nt, A. H. Cox vice-prcs- . I h'ent nnd R. Cox as secretary-trcasur-COHipIeaely er is the nVw nrgunization which will conduct the buslnoss previously con ducted. hy the Crawford Furniture Co., if Pendleton. Th's firm under the management of W. C. Crawford has been one of Pond'eton's most progressive firms and the object of the new organiza tion is for the purpose of expanding to the point where it will be able to to Pendleton or Umatilla countv neo- "'e. The same may 1-e said of Colonel Cox. The last named of the new or ganization is a brother of Colonel Cox. recently from California with several years experience id the furniture busi ness n"d 's s-i'd to ho p "livrt iu'-a " 1 ) f ll '1000 to be divided first $500, second 300 and third, $200. The cowboys nicking contest for the world's cham pionship has a purw of $750, while he winner gets a $450 cash prize and he beautiful $500 Hamley saddle. The j J 1 no Police Onzette belt will go to tho j ill-round cowboy champion, while toj '.he winner of the wild horse race Thursday and Friday. will go a $7 5 saddle with a $100 saddle Saturday, as well as a silver mdunted bridle nnd a diver bit presented to each dav's win ner by Paulino Frederick, noted film star. Xcw Competitive Kvent A new competitive event this year will be for the mm t typical cmvhoy and cowg'rl each of whom will receive a $5 prize after the grand mounted march. In Saturday's Westward Ho parade, merchandise prizes amounting to $'J2.50 Will he elven the most typical :nw' and cowgirl entries. Tho list of events and prizes fol lows: i 1. K'.dlng bucking bulls, steers and burroH. 2. Cowboys' pony race. Purr?. $U0 to be divided $50 each day. First $25, second $15, third $10. 8. Suiiiiw race. Purse $150, to be divided $50 each day. First $23. sec - 0I1j ji -, trir() 4. $105 i-nwirls- st!i,ui;n rne Pur e jii.;,ui is fh hv virvt .! 1 '. tcontlnued on l'a .) LABOR LEADERS MAKE EFFORT TO IT BATTLE Armed Force of Miners March Toward Mingo Co. as Pro test Against Martial Law. CITIZENS' POSSE AWAITS ONCOMING MINERS IN PASS Posse is Armed With Machine Guns Trained on Road Along Which Miners Must Pass. I.OGAX, W. Va., Aug. 26. (IT. P.) Several labor leaders are under stood to be heading toward Madison, to confer . with the armed force of miners marching into Mingo county as a protest against martial law there. The.se leaders will attempt to turn the miners from their purpose before they reach Logan, on the Boone county line, where huge citizens' posse awaits the oncoming miners in the pass, heavily armed with machine guns trained on the road along which the disgruntled miners must pass. This interview may avert the expect ed bloody battle. .jwMiiiwi-MHW -Reported lJrr Sheriff Don Chuffin and leading ri-tir-ens of tho pease say the posse will fight If attacked by the miners force, now reported camped close to the l.o-gan-ltoone county line. The miners force it is reported totals 60(10 armed men, with provisions carried in a motley caravan of mixed wagons and automobiles. Practically all are farmed. It is reported they are plun dering as they go, robbing stores and i homes and seeking food, clothing. and ammunition. Troops Held in Readiness. WASHINGTON'. Aug. 26. (I. X. S.) There is no immediate necessity for the dispatch of federal troops into West Virginia. Gt neral llandholtx. who was sent to West Virginia to in-1 ve.stigate conditions, reported to Act- ing Secretary of War Wainwright. Bandhollz recommended, however, j that troops Jie held in readiness for movement Into West Virginia. ! President and Cab net Hold IVwuslon MADISON, Aug. 26. (U P.) Over 7000 miners, forming an army of marchers, attended the meeting. Ken ney, Mnhoney and several leaders, ad dressed the gathering. Un'on officials told the men that a continuation of the march would end only in disaster, and the probable slaughter of many of their number. President Harding, according to word from Washington. took up with the caiiinet tne cnu war situation in Mingo county, n is uu- , derstood that tne cnoinei is tuscuss inr with the president Just what pol . i 'ley the government will follow should Ian open armed outbreak result from the present situation, which govern ment offic'als and off'eers on the .1 ground regard as tense. Airplanes, ' hearing armv officers are keeping I watch over the m'ners line of march, j prepared to give information regard ing movements should the Kinney and j Mahoney mass meeting fail to slop the j union miners' apparent deleemi""t"" t,i nl u nee the county Into a second bloody war. INBf NEW YORK, Securities worth Ancr 5(5. (A. P.) $2:1.000, stolen from I AVER McDonell nnd Company, of Sun Fran-1 for overtime worK o ran. u....e, Cisco, hv Russell Ijifayette Griffen, a i Another conference of railroad la l year' old messemser, have been re-ibor chiefs will be held in the "near covered in a bank here and In a desk ! future." to determine whether 'dras which he had rented in an office to j tic action" will be taken, the statement start speculating In stocks. The fio- j concluded. , lice gave out hs confession saying h " renli-ed about $3,000 on the rest of 1 CftRMFR VICE PREMIER tne stolen securilies hihi ,ei:i ii travel and entertainments. t ,-vrw-," A r nc I- r 1 I Henry Sullivan, me American aisiance s.Mnimer was forced to abandon hi.- i ... ... s. . . attempt to swim tne r.ngusn cnannei i efier '-e'li-'o 'he viter ten hours. Hoiberger wns in mid-channel when forced t quit. SUBMERGED FOREPART OF DIRIGIBLE LOCATED BY DREDGING PARTIES LONG CREEK MAN SAYS 'PENDLETON IS OUR NATURAL TRADING PLACE' i "Pendleton is our natural trading place and we are vciy anxious that a good road be con- structed from Grant to Umatilla county," says J. W. Hardesty, I .ring Creek merchant, who with Bert Kenney, merchant of Dale, and C. E. Keeney, of Long Creek are in Pendleton today. The visitors will return this afternoon, taking with them two truck loads of merchandise bought in Pendleton. Besides groceries, the Grant county men are taking home furniture arid clothing. The trip from Long Creek, Mr. Hardesty says, took two days of traveling over very bad roads, the worst stretch be ing the North Fork grade. Panllofnn siVliMfAn Will apt tha thrill of their lives today and tomorrow at the "'air circus" which has been ar ranged for by Rex Ellis and Ed Schil ler of the Ellis-Schiller Co., in co-operation with the Red Cross in holding the water first-aid demonstrations here today, tomorrow and for three days next week. Through the courtesy of Mr. Ellis and Mr. Schiller, children will be al lowed to ride on the planes for 3, the remaining t2 for each ride being provided by the. local men. Captain Charles H. Parraelee and Ray Black will be in charge of the plane which will make flights beginning at 6 p. m. from the field back of the high school. The youngsters are to get passes at the Ellis-Schiller Co., entitling them . to cheap rides. In addition, Douglas D. Clark, air- j plane performer, and Aviator Taylor, the first man to Jump from a plane I to a moving automobile or train, will do a number of stunts. Mr. Taylor . will walk out on the wings of the plane while it is in the air. It Is emphasized that no stunts will be done while chil dren are in the plane. The life-saving instduction w'll be given nt . the city natator ius by Joseph Hedges, director. The hours are 10:30 a. m. for girls, 2 to 3 p. m. for boys under 15, and from 3 to 3:30 p. m. for boys and men over this age. There will be prizes given for RWimminir Hn(, dlvln(t at an aquatic mf(1( wh,ch hems nt 3:3n p. m. I LOCAL SAYS EXECUTIVE COMIM OF RAILWAY CHICAOO, Aug. JO. (I. N. S.) 'It is well in time of peace to prepa for war. Therefore every member of our. organization should preserve his j money, his supplies of food and fuel." j I This startling "war" announcement; was issued in a statement from the I executive committee of the railway de-1 Ipartment of the American federation , of labor. The committee condemned the ac-1 tlon of the United States railroad la-( bor board in taking ua n.en im AND FINANCE MINISTER IS MURDERED TODAY PEKLIN, Aus. 26. ( A. P. I -Math-1 J ias Erzher;;er. former vice premier and nee minister, was murdered today Offen'nir. Paden. Twelve bullet ds were found In the body. . Headed Arm slice t ouimlwUm. t Ery.berg. i- headed the Cermtin ar-; mlslieo commission which negotiated i. v.u.h in xnvemner. 1713. ' a "" ' . ; ,., . I s1"" nl ",m W .,H ,"U i PERI. IN. Allg. I.A. I.F r.,- was shot down in ine ii.ni ; Forest by two yotuns wnue wuiami, i. lth Deicltag deputy Tiles. Searchers Work All Night "Hunt ing for Additional Bodies; Hope is Almost Abandoned. HULL, Eng.. Aug. 26. (U. P.) The entirely submerged fore part of the Zlt-2 was found by dredging parties half a mile upsteam from where the rear part lies. A giant crane is being sent to raise the mass of wrecked girders and frame work. Kearchers worked all night" hunting through the wreckage for additional bodies. The hope of finding more has been virtually abandoned today. Jiyer Apisiinted on Inquiry Court LONDON, Aug. 26. (U. P.) Com mander Byer, who watched the con struction of the ZR-2 during all stages of building has been appointed ibe American representative on the in quiry court investigating the cause of the aircraft disaster, It has been. an nounced here. Three More Tkxiies Recovered. . HULL. Aug. 26.---(U. P.) Three more bodies, one an American, Alfred Loftin, of Lake Charles, -La., has been recovered from the ZR-I wreckage. The other two are British sailors. Will Share Loss Jointlyj WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. (U. P.) United States and Great Britain will share jointly In the loss from the de struction of the J2R-2, for which i.ie. United States was to have paid 1 2,- .000,000,. according to the navy dey paitmenl announcement today." The'the result of i gunshot WOttnd, Lemirtmtent pa BJ1"sl V i&Ofl.OOO for the craft, V500JIOO being returnable to this country, j Court In quiry convenes tomorrow, r F Sewage Disposal, Auto Park Grounds and Other Subjects to be Given Consideration. v ' ; That there is a keen interest among j Pendleton people for more public im provements in the city is a belief held by the City Planning commission fol lowing reading of several letters to the commission at the meeting last night in the city council chambers. One letter received contains 20 sug gestions of steps that should be taken to make improvements in Pendleton. Another conclusion reached by the commission is that the low tax rate permitted by the city charter is re- 'fnnttnuei on nep K FIVE LOCAL GIRLS ENTERED IN CONTEST FOR LABOR DAY QUEEN Miss Gertrude Jones, Miss P.essie Elkins. Miss Nettie Por r'er. Miss Frieda Green nnd ' M'ss Thompson are contestants for the honor of representing Pendleton as queen nt the big Labor Pay celebration to be held at La Grande by the La Grande. Pendleton and Raker labor unions. Rallots were cast for the queens last evening at a dance at Union hall, each ticket being valued at ion votes. Asa result the contest stands: Miss Jones, 5.000; Miss ElVins, 4.700; Miss Porrier. 3,50ft; Miss Green, 2,920 nnd Miss Thompson, 1.100. More votes will be cast at a dance next Thursday night. In addition to the local queen, there will be one from Raker and one from. La Grande. The local unions will take with them the Round-Up band in cowboy resnlia. The trip ia to be made by auto and Sandy McLean Is now lining up the ma chines. Thirty-two cars have ail cany been proini.-d for the trip. TESTIMONY TODAY " COlffi JURY:: IN mVKIiTOS ......... g ..: Joe Cunha, Jr., and J. Roach .Say Dead Man Was in Rage While at Cunha Cabin. 'HALF DRUNK OR HALF CRAZY' SAYS WITNESS; , . . j Brunn to be Liberated as Result of Findings, Facts' Preserved for Grand Jury ; Jesse Brunn or Jesse Rob-' erts as he is better known; was exonerated, from all blame tot : shooting Louis Ragains early last Sunday - morning V at Wright's cabin in the moun tains near Starkey Prairie by the coroner's jury in the verdict brought in this morning at the conclusion of the testimony in the inquest. The verdict finds that "Loui3 Ragains came to his death ' as the said shot being, fired by Jesse Roberts, or Brunn, and we further find that the aid shot was so fired by the said I Jesse Roberts or Brunn in self-. I defense." j The verdict was signed by A. ; H. Cox, E. F. Averill, J. P. Mur I phy, C. F. Blaom, William Han-, . Iscdm and SK'F, Bowman., ''t. j : Murder Theory RxptodrxL I i After hear. rig . the test.moujr of James Roach and Joseph Cunha Jr.. who were the only witnesses examin ed this morning, it required only m few minutes fo'r the Jury to draw up i: theverdict.-. ' .i , Roach was who Ragains during the day Saturday and Cunha talked with Ragains when the latter and Roach came down to the Cunha tabia Satyr day evening, and the testimony offer- led by the two men corroborated the stories told by Charles Runyon and George M. Shields at the earlier ses s on of the inquest held last Monday morning. ' "Half Drunk, or Half Craxy." Ragains and Roach rode away from the Wright cabin Saturday even ing about 6:30 and arrived at the Cunha cabin between $:30. and 9 o'clock, the testimony of Roach show ed, and his story, was verified ' b . Cunha as to the time of arrival. Roach said that RagtUns jmd Brunn had an argument before he and Ra gains left the Wright cabin. Roach put up his horse at Cunha's, and ar- . rangements were made for him to i stay all night with the Cunha boys, i Ragains. however, said he was goin back "to the top." meaning up- the mountain to th Wright cabin. - . I Cunha told of his efforts to dissuade j Ragains from his plan of returning to. ; the Wright cabin: Asked whether he 'thought Ragains was dmnkl Cunha ' ' t .. An , V. . I ..... 1 fl.nt t, d . . hi. 1 j opinion that Ranains was "either hair arunn or nan crazy. "Usually a person can reason with a man. but It was lmpnraihl to reason with Ragains. He had hla mind made u; to go back, and we couldn't per suade him pot -to go, so we let him (Continued on oage S. THE WEATHER Reported by Major Lee Meorhona. weather observer. Maximum, SO. ' ' Minimum, 43. ' ' , Parometer, 29. SO. , 1 TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight and Saturday fair. 3