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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL; 34
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST
r 7, 1922'
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HARDING
WANTS
J J ttliVE.n.3 I U ;Ci 1. (Jll V I U
ALLIES MEETING
I LONDON TO
DISCUSS DEBTS
Premiers of France, Italy,
Belgium and England Went
Into Conference Today.
U. S. AMBASSADOR
' OBSERVING MEETING
Moratorium for Germany to
be Discussed; Japan is Al
so Observing ' Conference.
LONDON, Aug. 7.- (U, P.) The
Premiers of France, ..elgium, Italy
and England went Into conference
here today to find a solution to the
situation caused by the financial chaos
in Europe.. The premiers were frank
ly pessimistic. The situation Is be
lieved to be depending upon the grant
ing of an extended moratorium to Ger
many to defer payment of reparations.
Prance is unwilling to allow anything
but a short term moratorium, which
England declares would help the sit
uation hut little. The discussion of
war debts among the allies themselves
U -also to be discussed at the meeting-
tinday. .; '-.
Although the United States will not
rmttldpitW' 'tw-th eHberatlmiv Am
bassador 'Harvey will watch the eon
fex'enee. Japan also will have aVi ob
server.'! It .was 'understood that Lloyd -George
"would advocate a moratorium
for Germany until 1924 but it is like
ly that he would accept a compromise
of a moratorium until the end of this
year if he can persuade Premier Pnln
eare' to temporarily abandon reprisals
started against Germany for the fail
ure to pay ten millions for pre-war
commercial debts. Reprisals so far
have merely taken the form of order
ing the banks In Alsace and Ixirralne
to suspend payments to German de
positors. In taking this stepi France
acted independently of other allies.
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TRAIN DISPATCHER HAS
ODD RODENT ERADICATOR
ClUARKSBURO. W. Va., Aug. 7.
William E. Starcher, local traction
train dispatcher, former member of
the'house of delegates and candidate
for the hoUBe again, jiays the only
way to clear the hnrn or the house of
rats Is to iiBe your fliver. Back it up
to the barn, attach a tube to the ex
haust, turn on the engine and lot her
flicker. The rats, 'half dead ' from
the poisonous fumes, rush out into
the open- and can be easily captured
In a basket, where they die.
STR;MFR HITS ROCK.
BBATTLE, Aug. 7. (A. P.) The
steamer H. F. Alexander of Admiral
line to Seattle from San Francisco,
crashed into Cake Rock off the
Quillayute river, near Cape Flatter
lat night. The crash tore a hole in
the forward port. .Leaking slowly
e Bteamer is proceeding to port
under her own power where she ex
pects to arrive at ten o'clock.
issrE WAV kmbIjKms.;
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (I. X. S.)
A new emblem of Improved design
for recognition, of meritorious work
in Improving live stock is ready for I
distribution by the department 01 ag
riculture. The certificate measures
8 I-I by 10 I-J inches, resembles a
steel engraving and Is suitable for
framing.
Reported by Major l-ee Moor house, ,
f,hnrer. '
Maximum, . J
Minimum It. ,
Barometer, I.sl. i
TODAY'S
FORECAST
Tonight and
Taes.lajr fair; ,1
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THE WEATHER i
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JOBS PENDING
Pendleton Making
Preparations for
Writers' Visit
Pendleton is making ready to re
ceive a group of nationally known
writers from New Work who will be
among the visitors at the Round-Up
in September. Hoy W. Ritner and
Sturgls have been chosen as a special
committee to make arrangements for
the entertainment pf the guests.
In the party will be George Palmer
Putnam, formerly a resident of Ore
gon and secretary to Governor Withy-
combe, now a member of the firm of
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SERIES YESTERDAY
East End Team Booted Game
Away 8 to 5; Teams May
Play Another Game Sunday.
Echo S, Milton-Freewater 6.
The above tells the tale of the base
ball game yesterday afternoon at
Round-Up Park played before about.
400 fans and fanettes.
The batteries were King and C.
Hosklns for Echo and Stagmiller, Rest
and Peterson for the Prune Pickers.
jlf the boys from the cast end had
hung on to the ball a little better and
refrained from booting-it as often the
story might have been different. But
at that, Echo's sluggers were not to
! be denied, their long hits were bound
i -Jr Brlnr larfaorM.
, King pitched a nice game for the
Irrigators and his support was almost
airtight, his fielders gathering in 'any
thing that came in miles of them anil
the work of Charlie Hoskiiis behind
the bat kept the runners close to first
once they arrived at the Initial corner.
Echo scored two In the very first
inning on a walk to Blnkeslee and
Pickett's home run. In the next in
ning they again tallied on' three
straight errors by Taylor, Milton's
shortstop, and added another In the
I next canto on Pickett's single, his
I steal and King's hit.
I The losers tallied once in the second
jon Taylor's triple and an out, and in
jtlie fourth on Peterson's double am.
I a single. The Pickers filled the las
in the fifth with one out and threat
ened to stage a rally, hut a long fly
to Stanfleld and his perfect peg home
ended all trouble for this inning.
Three errors bj? Milton scored two foi
Echo and caused Rtagmiller to lose
the box for Best in the eighth ,ana
to make sure they had enough toe
Echo boys put two more over In the
j last inning on. Markham's simile, aj
I triple oy t reo. liosKins ana an inneiu
out.
, If present arrangements go through
l the two teams will play here again
Sunday.
PORTLAND UVERY
STABLE BURNED TODAY
PORTLA ND, Aug. 7. (A. P.) A
fire, believed of incendiary origin,
early today destroyed the Hawthorne
stables and three frame houses and
badly damaged the Wayside Garage
and adjacent apartment houses in the
block bounded by East Sixth, East
Seventh', Fst Clay and Hawthorne
Avenue. The adjacent apartments
were set afire hy the heat and saved
by prompt action.- The East Side
Vulcanizing Works and garage on East
Seventh and East 4lny sustained se
vere damage before the fire was ex
tinguished. The combined loss is es
timated at J.f),flft. The flames were
discovered by a passerby, who awoi.-e
the nli-ht watchmen, who remem)H-re7l
having been awakened fifteen minutes
earlie by two prowlers seen running
sway in connection with a smell of
gasoline led him believe they set the
fire. Four alarms were tutmert in
bringing oparatus from r-nth East
and West sides.
KANSAS NEGROES CLAIM .
RECORDS FOR OLD AGE
LEAVENWORTH, Ks Aug. 7
Living in this city are two n-rrn.-!
iKHh of whom contend h-y are the
oldest of their sex and race in the
state. Henry Harris, now paet hi
117th birthday, voiced his claims on
the part of the men, while Rena Chap
man vehemently declared she was th
women's representative for any sre
ItOni.rs 10 he d'stributed in the stste.
Phe is i7 years old.
Harris also feels that he can quali
fy as a champion in other things. He
oos-Mfolly told of being the rather 0
twenty-eight children.
EIGHT Oil SUGAR
SCHEDULE BRINGS
ST
Senatorial Probe of Charge
of Profiteering May Get
Vote This Afternoon.
SMOOT BLOCKED FIRST
ATTEMPT AT PROBE
Cuban Production to be Under
Ban in Proposed High
Administration Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON', Aug. 7. (U. I'.)
The senatorial probe of Scnr.tor Har
rison's charges that a scheme is under
j way to profiteer tm. sugar tnroiign me
high tariff and rfcstilction ot t,muan
production was blocked temporarily to
dny. when Senator Sniool, republican,
of Utah, objected to Immediate con
sideration of the resolution, .-'enatnr
Nicholson, republican, declared he
would usk 1'nJ' "ayes and nays'' later
in the day, since he believed the
charges mode by Harrison should be
Investigated before the sugar sched
ules of the pending tariff are brought
up for debate.
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Cattle t to JS.25, a quarter higher
on strictly prime stuff, hogs easier
undertone prices unchanged, sheep
steady, alley iambs a trifle easier.
Fancy butter scarce und firm, eggs
steady, cream unsettled. '
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UNITED STATES CABLES
BY
LONDON, Aug. 7. (I. 1)-The ;
Irish insurgents wrecked' the com-j
mercial coble station at Waterville, j
Ireland, today, putting five American
cables out of commission. This cuts
off Ireland, Fiance, Germany and (
northern Europe from conimunlra- '
tion with the United States so far as
this company is concerned.
ORM IN SENATE
SENIORITY SE TT LENIENT
BOISON VICTIMS
Miss Lillian Goetx, 1S (above), and j
Miss Ida Welssbers, ' 23, two nf
I lit- six that died as a result of eat-
ing pie containing poipon in a Newt
Voik restaurant, i Sixty uthers me 111. -j
MARTIAL LAW
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I ROME, Aug. 7. (U. P.)--With-five
I provinces under martial law the Hal-j
,' inn goernnHMit nmved today lo stamp
oiit tile ci'il war which has been rag-f
ing between the fiiscii'ti anil socialists j
since the uprising of the former Fti
t day. Premier Facta planned to to es
tablish the iron rule of the military
in other towns where fighting between
the national'sts and radivnls' is
threatened. Seven cities were in the
grip of the Fascistl Saturday night.
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I'lRK XKAIl TACOMA
TACOMA, Au. 7. (U. P.) Nearly
a-hundred acres of lirush near Point
Defiance park was burned yesterday
by a fire believed to be caused by a
careless camper. Consistent work by
;rie park rangers and the city fire ap
paratus kept the blaze from the ani
mal Pens.
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A SELF-IMPOSED FRANKENSTEIN
' .a
BIG OPERATOR
BELIEVES COAL
SETTLEMENT NEAR
Sufficient Tonnage Repre-
r rented at Cleveland Meet
ing to Make Agreement.
MINERS AND OPERATORS
JOVIAL AT CONFERENCE
Definite Proposal Drawn up
for Consideration at the
Session This Afternoon.
CLEVELAND,, Aug. 7. (IT. In
sufficient tonnage is represented here
lo make the ooa'l conference a com
plete success, Thomas F. Mayer, one
of the most powerful of the l'niu
conservative operators told the Unlleu
Press this afternoon. The big ques
tion has been whether enough opera
tors w'ould attend to make any agree
ment signed really effective In hast
ening the strikes end. Miners and
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operators were Jovial, and greeted
each other cordially as the meeting
opened.
CLEVELAND. Aug. 7. (U. P.)
The miner-operator wago conference
has been postponed until two-thirty
this afternoon. This action was ta
ken to give the mine leudeni time to"
draft a definite proposal lo lay be
fore the operators of the central com
petitive field. The general policy
committee of the United Mine Work
ers went into executive session at 10
o'clock on the proposal. -
REPORTED 'VERT GRAVE'
LONDON, Aug. 7. (1. P.) Phy
sicians reported that Viscount North
clil'fc was sinking rapidly. His con
dition was reported us "very grave."
HAM, LEADS HY OXB
PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (A. P.)
Seven precincts give Hnll a lead of
one. A total or' . seventy-seven pre.
i-incts have been reehecked.
Girl Falls From
Mountain Ledge ,
At Yosemite Park
YOSEMITE, Calif., Aug. ". (U. P.l
rEllzalieth Jones, seventeen-year-old
daughter of Professor 1.. W. Jones ot
Princeton, now teaching at the Uni
versity of California, . summer school,
was killed In the park yesterday when
she pluntred sixty from a mountain.
ledge into the.- Mercedes river. Her
father was snapping a picture when
the girl .lost her balance. lie Snatched
her hand and was almost drawn to
death himself before, the grip on his
daughter's hand broke. ,
ROAD MADE 10 KUHNS
Report Estimates . Cost of
. Proposed Road at $309,
279f Road Trip Planned.
Congressman. J. v. Summers,, of
walla walla, I. N. Mciiannep, Judge
engineer, will on August 2ft visit the
site for the proposed Westoh-Elgln
(Woodward Toll) road, according to
plans that are being made by E,'' M.
Smith, secretary of, the Rluo ' Moun
tain Highway Association., (tongreHS
man N. J. Hlnnott has been asited to
be a member of the, narty also and
it Is thought he will accept. Others
Who will malte the trip will be road
boosters from this eonntv
i . Cost $3,aTflJ4
The sum of 30.S7; would "he
the cost of the propose road, ac
cording to a preliminary 'report made
by II. F. lleezley,. of tho Hureau of
Public Hoads to J.
supervisor.
C. Kuhns, forest
Mr. Heezley, In his. report, has di
vided the road, which would be 44
miles long with 22 miles In this
county and the remainder In Union
county, into four Mictions of which
the 17 miles from Weston to the !
north boundary of the Umatilla for
est comprise the first section. This
part, he state, would be 20 per cent
rock and three in (foot bridges and
a, cattle pass would be neresnry.
, Material CihmI.
ln the second section would be the
five miles from the north boundary
of the forest to the line between
l u-atllla and Union counties. This,
the report says would be SO per cent
rock.
Section three would he the elcht
miles from the line to the south I
boundary of Union county, and this
part would bo 10 per cent rock,
while the last 14 miles, from the
south boundary lo Elgin, would-be
85 per cent rock, ,
The material Is good, says the re
port and the rock easily obtainable.
Mr. Iteezley dates, however, that the
rnnd wnlilil In nm ' i,t,n. nnllf. I
-,i.h .h w-i.. .n ,'
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IS In I nlon. This, road CQ.it $4,000,
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nv iiiiicn in inis coimiv snn
ENGINEER PASSED
SIGNAL; 37 KILLED
ST. 11UI8. Aug. 7. (U. P.) A
formal probe was begun today by of
ficials of the Missouri Pacific railroad
Into the fatal wreak at Sulphur
Springs south of here, which claimed
37 lives and 140 Injured. John Can
non, assistant general manager of the
road, claimed that Matt Olenn. dead T
engineer of the Texas express, which
crashed Into the local while the latter
took water, ran hy the signal sell
against him.
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THE KIMK OLT HTOHV. j
PONTIAC, Mich., Aug. 7. While
"plsy ng Indian" Francis Ulusser, It. (
son of an Ortonville minister, was shot i
dead hy Lee McArthur, his 14-yetr-j
old playmate. McArthur hsd a gun j
which ho believed to be unloaded. j
LARGEST FLAG HANGS IN it
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT!
WASHINCTON. Anr. 7. (I. X. S.)
One of ihe largest American flags
In continuous use hangs In the court
of the Post Office Department build
ing here.
Suswnded from the level of the
elchth fhnr. the flag reached down to
the third and would make a rather
hefty lrad for one to carry aronnd,
since it weighs ninety pounds.
The Imnm-r, according to accurst
measurements, has a fly of 70 feet 4
Inches, hoist J7 f-. field ZZ feet
It Is literslly as big as a house, accord -ng
to department officials, who sssert
that a comportable six-room hunga
iir rould he built on the space the
Tig would cover.
TWO MEN KILLED
AT JOLIET SHOPS
T T
Sheriff's Office Called for
State Troopi Without the
Knowledge Police Officers.
'WE .DON'T WMT M ' ' '
NEED TROOPS'-CHIEf:
President Made Proposal to
Both Sides in " Personal
Message This Morningf
WASiriN'OTON, Auii. 7.-7-(U, P.J-
Ilfanew move tn end thA fntl tiii
today, President Harding propose!
hat the seniority question, the chieft
'obstacle to settlement, bo sUbmlUe
to the railroad labor board for deter
initiation. The president appealed to,
the striking railroad workers to rc
turn to work pending tills decision. IW
also asked the rail executives to agree1
to take the workers back, leaving the
seniority question to be decided by the
government labor tribunal ,' Harding
communicated the new plan- person."
'ttlly t0 ,Jel.t Jewe atrlke lcn(,cr ln t
' wblte houge conference. Und to D
f white house conference, and to D
j Wilt Cuyler, chairman of the- asso
ciation uf railroad exccutlvea lo'ew
York hy , teU'pboue. , ' I.
In a messngo lo the strikers' beads
land rail executives the president sal
I that only the question ; of seniority
'remains In tho dispute and bur set- f
tloment." In view of this fact both,
factions should agree- to abide by the,' ,
decisions of the labor board. Hard-
I Ing -unfed he felt thlit the seniority '
question should ho placed with the
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buttld to sl0 - The pre8,v v
posal conf.nms tho exclusive an
louucement by the United Press Sut-
urday that Hiudln'g had suggested ta
the striko leaders that tho esdiorKy n
question he submitted to the ' ..luftop "
oouru tor uecision.
Trooits lieaily. ' ': .
JOLIET, III., Au(f. 7. (U. I'.)''
Two men were killed and a third eert-''
oiisly Injured In riot at Elgin, Jollet"
and other Eastern shops today. It
started when strikers attempted tor.
prevent strikebreakers going to work,
Phillip Reltr, chlof special agent ot
the road and an unidentified Italian,
were killed. Sheriff James New-kirk "
was shot In tho leg and Jaw.
Without police knowledge, th
sheriff's office appealed to Spring
field for troops. Word was received
'" . '7" -""'l'"'""- '"'
held in readiness to move at
a mo-
Iment's notice.
We don't want toopi.",,
vt e nave me situation in hand and
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troops are not -needed, v the chief of-
police declared. "When we Went to"
, the shops the crowd was already dis
persing. We told the strike .leaders
jthey could do . more than we could.
I Everything Is quiet now. The ca.l for
troops was a mistake," ,- .
KIDS TAKE TURNS FOR .
RIDES ON SHETLAND'S .
BACK AT STURGIS PARK
There are parks and parks,
but about 10 kids 'are of the V
opinion that the Sturgls park at
the corner of Wator and John-
son streets Is about the best
one In Pendleton. As a matter -'
of fact. If a vote were to be left 4$
to the younger Pendletonlans,
especially to those who particl- '
paled in the f urf there this
morning, they might forget even
to mention any other parks.
The park la the site of the old
Sturgls homestead, and it is
maintained by Mrs. Una Sturgls
as a playground for children and
a resting place for those older
Pendletonlans who majf wish to
rest under the shade provided
by Its old trees.
All this spring and summer It
has had the "welcome" sign tip
st the front sate on Water '
street, and many children have
ova led themselves ef the bppor-
tunity It offers as a place to
play. Rut today has bees a red
letter day. This morning Jim
Slur-sis brousht his Shetland
pony snd her baby colt Rllly up
from Rarnhart In a truck. Since
then Dolly has been .working 4
hard git log all the kids In the 4k
neghhorhood a ride. J m Slur-
ris has srted ss starter for an
ths fides and Rb Simpson Is
Judge. The had ns much f'in
as ths kids.
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