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THE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PR ESS UNITED PRESS AND THE L N & DAILY EDITION Th net press run ot yesterday's Dally 3,210 This paper Is a nemser or ana audited by the Audit Bureau ot Circulation!. DAILY EDITION, The East Orearontan la Eastern Ore-. gon'a greatest newspaper anx as a sell-, ing force gives to the advertiser over, twice tike guaranteed average paid cir culation In Pendleton and Umatilla county of any other newspaper. COU29TY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPEB VOjV 34 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1922 NO. 10,214 TOWNS WIPED flr Wfef Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota in Serious Danger From Fires. SEVEN KNOWN DEAD "and SEVERAL MISSING Situation Most Serious Since -1918, When 400 Lost Their Lives in Fire Dktriptc SUPERIOR, Wis;, Aug. 18. (I. N, S.) The' entire . northwestern Wis consin and northeastern Minnesota Is in serious danger from raging for est fires. :.. -Five hundred are reported trapped by the flames at Summond 60 miles southwest of here. Thous ands, of refugees are arriving here hourly on trains, automobiles and wagons. ; Wireless reports from ves sels on Lake Superior say the flames are threatening the Vermilion range. Thousands of summer campers ate endangered. Cotton, Central Lake, "White Face, small Wisconsin towns are reported wiped out. The Red Cross is making a survey of the situ ation. Provisions, tents, cots and clothing will be available immedi ately it was stated. ' ' Town Burned, ST. PAUL, Aug. 18. (U. P.) Seven known dead and four missing is the tole of the forest fire sweep ing northern Minnesota, according to reports here today. Governor Preuss ordered out two companies of nati onal guardsmen and four more com panies are 'ready here for instant or ders to mopte .Into, the, fire zone. Tho fires which- have, been raging - three weeks, got beyond control yesterday. Outlying farmhouses were burned and towns threatened. Planes aro aid ing the fighters. One town is re ported destroyed. The towns of Eveleth and Kelsey were reported threatened. The Cen tral Lakes settlement with a popu lation of five hundred was reported burned. Captain Leo Moerke re ported one family of six burned to death in their cabin. Adjutant Gen eral Reinow arrived in Duluth this morning for a conference with Gov ernor Preuss regarding the use of military in fighting the flames "The situation is the most serious since 1918, when four hundred persons lost their lives," the governor said. E LEG OF LONG FLIGHT! MANTEO, N. C, Aug. 18. (U. P.) The giant seaplane Sampalo Cor rela, enroute from New York to Rio De Janeiro hopped off on the second leg of its flight today, to terminate at Charleston, S. C. Tomorrows route probably will be from Charleston to Miami and thence to Havana. BOY KILLED AGED E COLUMBUS, Ohio., Aug. 18. (U. P.) David 8teel. seventeen, who con fessed to the police that he murdered Mrs. Hannah Hess, seventy five, -with a butcher knife, was himself near death today. Steel, a farmhand, said he slashed, the aged woman's throat when she outlined tasks that he con sidered too hep.vy for him. Falling to drown himself In a bathttub, the youth secured a revolver and shot himself through the abdomen. " THE WE ATHER Reported by Major Lee Uoorhouse, weather observer. Maximum. 89. Minimum. 17. Barometer, 2.ft. TODAY'S FORECAST Br FOREST lif MIDDLE I crJi finals of omen's National Tennis Meet Today Mrs. May Sutton, 35, and Mis3 Helen Wills, 16, Playing; Winner to Meet Champion. , FOREST HILLS, N. J., An;. 18. (U. P.) The semi-finals of the wom ens national tennis tournament are under way today. Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, former champion, will play Miss Helen Wills, sixteen, of Berkeley Cal., and the winner of the match will meet Mrs. Molla Mallory, champion, for the title tomorrow. Mrs. Bundy is thirty five and has five children. Miss Wills is wearing her hair up for the first time. "TFJTj BOBBIE GOODBYE." PORTLAND. Aug. IS. (U. P.) Ten Bobbie goodbye for me - shout - Tender L. O. Leonard on the -Burn- side bridge here Just before dawn thin morning. Then he plunged headlong waters. SPEKD TRAIN WRECKED. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 18. (U. P.) Nine persons were injured when a train on the Niagara Falls high speed lien ran into an excavation caused by a dynamite explosion three miles north of the city. Speed line employ es have been on a strike several weeks. OF TOOLS TAKEN BY BOYS ARE FOUND BY POLICE Mystery of Several Thefts is Solved When Stuff Taken From Five Shops is Found. The mystery which surrounded Otic robbery and much pHTertng which has been going on for the past three or four months has been partially solved by Chief of Police W. R. Taylor in the arrest of Leonard Hoerlng who is held' in the city jail as one of a group of several boys and young men said o be implicated in the thefts. Tools were the chief article's sought by the youths, and the office t police station has been temporarily convert ed into a regular shop on account of; the presence there of chests and tools which are being returned to the sta tion as rapidly as the police can round up the boys who took them. The es timated value of the stuff already found is placed at $40 by the police and some of the men who have been losers. I Penland Bros, are one of the firms suffering loss as a result of the actlvi- I ties of the gang. Their shop on the. south hill was entered about three months ago when a number of tools. one shotgun, valued, at 220, and a cou ple of old revolvers were taken. Later their shop on Cottonwood street was also robbed, but the investigation so far has failed to bring to light any of the things taken on the second Job. M. Bryan Is also a heavy loser, his valuation of the equipment taken from him' being placed at about $250. He has recovered quite a lot of his tools, however, though there is still some missing. Clem Werst Is another car penter who lost by reason of the de predations. The police say they have a confes sion from Hoerlng. the only one of the five or six boys thought to be Impli cated in the deal In one way or an other. As a part of the admissions he is said to have made. It Is claimed that he stole some of the most valu able tools from the other boys after they had taken them from their own ers. He was caught when he disposed of some of the goods. According to the check as it now stands as made by the police, at least five places were robbed by the boys. The work of returning the tools to their rightful owners has been nlnder ed because the private mark which the original owners had stamped on the steel has in many cases been (round off by using an emery wheel Some marks were missed, however, and In other cases, tools had other characteristics which enabled the owners to complete identification. Chief Taylor, who has been working on the case for one week, said thl morning that he is confident that he will be able to go further with .the Investigation before he finishes. X" formal charges have been preferred avKlnxt any of the gang except Hoer lng. IVAXSTOV. T1U AOS. IS. C P., Married professors must Ik It !- ! : where for employment than t North Tonijrht and ' (western University here, aceordinr Saturday un. a onlversitr mandate t'H)f. WH Mtled: prob- . j salaries ar-eratrln $li to weekly. Mr ahowersi : I the onrve-tv anth"Tites believe H le cooler. ' ! ImnoHtiMe for a techr t uri&ort a ( i wife and meet his Buneroua soctxl de-1 msnda. 9 FIRE DESTROYED BIG BOX Wlffl BIG LOSS Half a Million Feet of Fin ished Box Stock Burned at Dorris, California LOSS ESTIMATED AT $116,000 , Burning Sawdust Blown Into the Will Mill Caused Rebuild ' Fire; Plant. KLAJUTH FALLS, Ore., Aug. IS. , U. P.) Fire destroyed the box fac tory of the Associated Lumber and Box company at Dorris,' California, with, a loss estimated at $1 CO. 000. Burning sawdust blown into the plant caused the blazfc. Half a million feet of finished box stock burned, although three million feet of . lumber piled nearby was saved. Tarter, Webster and Johnson, of Sun Francisco, owned the plant. They probably will re build. Queen of 1922 Round-Up to be Selected Soon Who will be queen of Pendleton's 1922 Round-Up? Some young lady will on the eve of September 21 give her mother instruc tions to call her early, for the three dnys of the big show will ( see -the crowning of a Round-Up queen.""' ' Members of the Kotind-Up associa tion are now considering some of Pen dleton's fairest daughters and the se lection will be made within a few days. The association !b firm in a determin ation to select a queen who is a native of this county, who can ride a horse and who possesses charm of manner. She will with her attendants, ride at the Round-Up each day Hiid will also ride in the Westward Ho parade. P.uund-Up plans Hre shaping up nicely. Sam Wright has been chosen to do the decorating and in the early days of September will put in place the Round-Up banners which transform Pendleton Into a city of ala atttrc. Mr. Wright has some new features and the decorations promise well. The track, arena and grandstands are to be improved before the show. A cushion of fresh soli will be placed on the track. All the seats in the grandstands, boxes and bleachers will be repaired where necessary. H - ' J MP (Mm LJJ ! ; V OsSM0K Jm1 ! i 1 ill' i-'T'Vi!' ! ' NVvVn Wl&f AA ' '' ?"'!' i " Ak, i '-Li!,;; TVtpfe..,,. .yWi li I i - GOOD WAY OFFERED FOR TELLING OUTSIDE FOLK ABOUT ROUND-UP v Always a good way to show your distant friends and rela- tlves what the Round-Up is like I is to send them oopies of the Bust Orcgonlan Round - Up dltlons. Thousands or people have taken advantage of this plan in the past and the East uregonian Round-Up souvenir tditions will be fully up to past ,-:andards this year. . Mrs. Jesse Saling and Mrs. Lucilo Christensen are author 's' ized agents for taking orders ' for the Round-Up numbers in Pendleton. They are the only authorized agents, aside from regular members of the East Oregonian staff. ' The" price a usual will be 30 cents for the series of three papers to be published during the Round-Up. This price in cludes all wrapping and mailing charges. - OF . NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (U. P.) In attempting to analyze the trend backward toward long skirts, Andre Trldon, noted French psychologist, de clared today that women realized that scantily1 clad feminine figures were not conducive to matrimony, declared by Trldon to be the aim- of every girl. "Short skirts did away with feminine mystery. Nothing was left to the Imagination, and imagination", perhaps, begets marriage. Flappers had to find something to restore their, age-old mystery. Presto, lone skirts. The joud old age of feminine mystery is ra In upon us, self -revelation through dress is a thing of the past, and in the 'uture something will be left to the imagination," Tridon asserted. COYOTE KILLED BY AUTO. THE DALLES, Aug. 18. A coyote which went foraging along the Co lumbia river highway near Rowena last night paid for his boldness with Its HCe, although the death-dealing au. tni? bile had to ket up a speed of 40 milfcs an hour to. overtake the i'leelhg animal. ' ! , ' Asher Winklerfoid Guy Phetteplace of this city were driving near Rnwena when the half grown coyote, with a fat hen in Its jaws, suddenly stepped into the road directly In front of the glaring lights. The coyote turned and ran straight ahead of the car, but was run down finally. Winkler collected $4 bounty. . MARKS COXTI-M'E DECLIXK LONDON", Aug. 18. (U. P.) In sharp decline to the lowest, point on :ecord, Germa.n -marks were quoted today fifty one hundred to a pound telling, or eleven hundred forty to the dollar. CWTTlK MARKET FIRM. PORTLAND. Aug. 18. (U.P. Cat tle firm, hogs, sheep nominally steady, eggs film, butter steady. Minthom Pays Vine. On a charge of speeding David AUirthorn today paid a fine of $10 in ! the city police court. ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING. -xC ":.VV x. Vi-.r:- !!,'i!i!ii.;"'i"M!Mi!,,,.:v..,'iiniiii 1 R. STRIKE BE SETTLED MUST SOON SAYS UNION CHIEF No Possibility for Settlement Today According to Stone; - Separate Meetings v Held, PRELIMINARY TERMS MAY BE REACHED Brotherhoods Anxious for End of Strike; Conditions in Na tion Demand Settlement. NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (U. P.) Brotherhood leaders and rntlroad ex ecutives resumed their strike settle ment this morning In the office of Dewltt Cuyler, head of the railroad executives association. Warren Stone, representing the strikors, expressed considerable optimism as the doors closed on the conference. Warren Stone Intimated that there was no possibility of settling the rail strike today, but believed they might reach, a preliminary settlement basis. Following this morning's joint ses sion, the railroad heads and union leaders went Into separate executive meetings to discuss the situation. Must Settle Strike. NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (A. P.) The strike of railway craft unions must be settled here, Stone declared today in an informal meeting before the mediation conference. ."The striko must be settled right here In these meetings. Conditions over the coun try demand settlement at once, and we are optimistic that it can be done soon. The five brotherhoods arc ready to do anything to bring strike conditions to an end." , .,, . , Seniority Plan, . .' WASHINGTO N, Aug. 18. (A. -P.) Senator Watson told President Hard ing that both sides are "hopeful of I settlement today." Discussions of the seniority issue based on the proposed plan irovide: first, that men who did not go on a strike go at the head of the seniority list; second, employee who walked out July first or later be accorded Bccond. place in the seni ority status; third, that new men taken on during the strike rank be low these and be retained wherever possible. , , Oiie M"" Injured. DALLAS, Tex.. Aug. 18. (U. P.) One man was seriously injured and fifteen others had narrow es capes when a bomb exploded on the roof of the Texas and Pacific round house here. EAUTirgUAKK WHOCKS FELT HANFORD. Cal., Aug. 18. (U. P.) Slight earthquake shocks were felt from Fresno to Bakersfleld last night. The shocks were slight, short, and did no damage. Shop Striker Goes To Jail as Result of Scrap at Rieth Louis Blahm Held for Alleged Assault on J. E. Short, a Helper; is a Federal Case. The first real trouble between for mer employes and new workers in the railroad shops of the O.-W. R. & N. at Rieth serious enough to call for an arrest developed last night when J. E. Short, a machinist helper, who has been working since the strike started, was given a black eye in a fist fight. Louis Blahm is in jail charged with having inflicted the in juries received by Short. According to Information secured by railroad special agents, Short went to one of the stores to buy some ci garettes and see if he had any mail. On his way back it is said he was ac costed by Blahm. The latter. It Is claimed, had an open pocket knife in his hand. Short is Bald to have de fended himself, but he received a black eye and a cut under his right eye as a result of the altercation. , Blahm was brought to , Pendleton and lodged in jail last night by rail road special agents. He will be held for the action of the federal court on a charge of violating the orders Issued out of the court at Portland that new men employed by the railroads shall not be molested by strikers. A slight flurry was caused by the scrap, the operatives declare, ' but everything Is reported to be quiet at Rieth today. SECOND RAID IN ONE r NETS SUPPLY OF BEER West Court Residence Yields Drinks in Bottle and Bulk; Hearing Slated for Monday. The second raid to be made by of fleers within the past month on (ha Charles Martin place on West Court- street resulted in the taking of four botles of beer and about 10 gallons of the liquid In containers last night, bo cording to the men who did the work. The raid was made shortly before midnight. There was a mixed "party" compos ed of both men and women In . pro gress at the time, the officers declare, and a number of the participants are said to have been expressing their hi larity in loud talk and laughter. Dep uty Sheriff Jake Marin, railroad spec ial agents and a federal prohibition man participated In the raid. I The Martin place was raided several weeks since, and at t"at time a liber al supply of beer was found. Martin entered a plea of guilty to the charge of possession In the court of Justice Joe H. Parkea and was fined $100. His hearing on this second case will be held In the same court Monday morning. Martin is at liberty on his own recognizance. Residents living In the near vicin ity of the Martin house declare that conditions have become so bad there that they are able to sleep with diffi culty because of the noise that prevails during all hour of the night KLAN NOT TO BACK THIRD CANDIDATE PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. IS (U. P.) Independent candidates for slate offices will not be placed In the field for the general election In Oregon by the Ku Kluz Klan or its affiliated or ganizations, according to Fred L. Gif ford, state head of the Ku Klux Klan and one of the leader in the Federat ed patriotic society. This statement followed an an nouncement of the call of a meeting of progressive and Independent vot-f-r In the central library hall Satur day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The meeting, according to the an nouncement signed by Oeorgs U Cleaver, Oregon representative of the National party; Fred 1. Olfford, Vorman Richards and H. P. Lee. will have for Its purpose the foundation if a third party in Dreiton. Intimation Is given In the call, however, that independent candidates might be nominated at the meeting or support might be given to present party nominees. Mr. Olfford, however, said last Mluht that this movement h nothing whatever to do with the late guber natorial fight and that organization to which he is allied will not place an Independent candidate Into th field "or the general election. "We gave our support, both finan cial and moral, to Prnator Hall In the primaries," said Mr. Olfford. "He waa not sucrewful, but that I no reason why w should place an Independent candidate la the field. o far a I am concerned, my Internet In the meet ing scheduled Saturday Is simply In learning more about the third-party movement and la not for the purpose if grooming an Independent candidate 'or any state office-"" W. H. Hoeklna, woo own a dairy 'arm near Tillamook, was attacked by a Jfraer bull aqnday and barely es caped -with his life. PRESERVE UNIONS SAKS PRESIDENT IN SPEECH TODAY It is the Public's Interest to Have Labor Organiza tions Says Chief Executive. GOVERNMENT WILL MAINTAIN RAILROADS Investigation Asked in Coal Industry to Prevent Further Trouble at the Mines. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. U P.) President Harding today placed bo fore the Joint session of congress de tails of the critical situation caused by the twin coal and rail strikes. "I am resolved to use all the power of the government to maintain transports.- , tlon and sustain the men's right to work,'' he told the congressmen. He recommended an Immediate provision for a national coal agency to tempor. arlly safeguard the public's full inter ests. The president told congress the railroad labor board eventually should be given power to enforce its decrees against both capital , and - labor, though he did not recommend the law's changeduring the present crisis., "It Is my purpose to invoke existing laws to assure the highest possible safety In the railroad service." the president said. "Hasty framing of new, drastic legislation will not con tribute to the situation's solution." He denounced the move in some quarters to destroy labor unions, asserting it ' was to the public' interests to pre serve the union's good features. He denounced the Herrln, 111., massacre, and requested legislation to allow the government to deal with such sltu. i In the future. The coal Indus- try is at the moroy ';' of the- United mine workers," the executive Bald, and requested legislation providing for a coal committee to Investigate every phase of the Industry, and for a fed eral coal agency to purchase fuel for interstate shipments. - . ' 27 BE That a stretch of 27 miles of the Columbia :Klver highway between Hermlston and Boardman 1 to be re surfaced some time this year is infor mation which has been received here by the county, according ' to Road- master Lee Shannon. He expect the work to be advertised for bid at the September meeting of the state high way commission and that work will be started this fall and the work probably completed before winter. The road i built over a surface which contain a great amount of sand, and this sund ha worked into th edge, or houlder of th present crushed rock surface. A a result, it ha become very difficult for cars to pas with ease of safety, so th de cision to resurface, and probably wid en the road, ha been mad. HEAT WAVK HKOKEN CHICAGO, Aug. It.iV. P.1) . With six dead from heat, the wave appeared broken today. Th wea- tther bureau reported that shifting winds would bring relief to the east. - EXTRA DETECTIVES ILL: There will be sufficient outside help In addition to the local policing force to provide ample protection for visitor to the Round-Up. September 21, 22 and 22, the management of the big show thinks. Recently a letter waa receive from E. B. Wood, chief special agent of th O.-W. R. N. by H. W. Col lin In which the O.-W. man de clare be will be able to attend the show again this year. He also pect to bring a number of special men with him, according to th let ter. He exprease th opinion that there will be a sufficient number of the sleuth here to balk any design that light-fingered gentry may enter tain against the safety of unsuspect ing visitor pocketbooks. BANDITS KILL TWO AND WOUND ANOTHER BALTIMORE. Ang. II. (U. P.J William R iffrris and Peeretry-Tr-urer Hicks of Cm Morr-.s eom pan. contractors, were killed, and Fred Knthe, booslipr, re serious ly wounded when MM''" held th-n up end escaped with a 1 1 " 1 payr jll