East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 21, 1922, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ONLY SMALL DAILY IN AMERICA CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS 'AND THE L N. 9L: 1 JDAILY EDITION 1 "7 ..-wk t-- DAILY EDITION 1 M "MBBra HkllM a 3A fw if!V" JSk fl f?7l 1 The East Oregonlan Is Eastern Or- TlH net press rjin of Saturday' dally iiMu-,.j.....tL.,i... mi . r I I J TTVl fZT II J J r tfrr if fjf I I IIiIUJH 11 f I II II lliltwlll II I 1 gon's greatest newpaper and a a eH- . COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER - 1 - COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER ' ' " " ' ' ' ' ' VOL. 34 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1922. NO. 10,216 FARMERS THREATENED WITH BIG LOSS IF STRIKE CPTINUES TWENTY DAYS LONGER CYCLE GOING 80 MILES AN HOUR LEAVESJIGHWAY Accident Sunday Morning Was Fatal to Ernest Toddhunter; Scalp Almost Torn Off. TWO WOMEN HAVE MARROW ESCAPE Machine Ditch ' Barbed Crossed Irrigation and Took Out a Wire Fence. ; Ernest Toddhunter, one of the men Injured at Freow'ater yesterday morning, died this afternoon at 1:20 o'clock at St. Anthony's hospital.- Douglas McDonald, his companion, is much less seriously injured, and if Is thought he will not suffer- any permanent ill effects as a rcslilt of the accident. He is fit his home, 1100 Itallroad street. Ills injuries consist chiefly of l.i- cerations caused by tho barbed wire, , i-- (East Oregonlan Special.) '" MII.TOtf, 'Auk. -St. EriWt' Todd hunter of Tacoma received injuries which are expected to prove fatal, and Douglas McDonald of Pendleton was badly hurt here Sunday morning at F:fi o'clock when a motorcycle driven by the Pendleton man smashed against the' Howard house at the corner of Washington and Main streets In West Free water. . To'ddhunter's scalp waff almost com pletely torn off and he suffered other injuries. He was unconscious when reached. McDonald was badly lacerat ed about the body as a result of hav ing chnrged through a barbed wire fence which was in front of the How-! ard house. . The accident occurred when tho ma chine,, which was Pendleton bound, is reported to have become unmannge v' e. . There Is an angle in the road at Hie place of the wreck, and the ma chine never negotiated this turn. In stead It held straight on. It struck an irrigating ditch, flew 30 feet through the air, taking out n barbed wire fence, and struck within three feet of a window, behind which the Misses Dallas and Emma Howard were In bed asleep. The Impact of the collision jarrod the window frame loose but stopped the machine, and the two men were left tangled in the barbed wire. Had the motorcycle struck three feet fur ther to the left, it would have gone through the window and probably have killed the sleeping women. Pr.-Thomas of Milton arrived at the scene of the collision a few minute later and "rendered first aid. He recommended that the two men be taken to Pendleton, which was their destination. Marshall John Crimmins of Freewater followed this suggestion by taking the men down. Toddhunter being taken to St. Anthony's hospital and McDonald, to his home. Both men re about 30 years old. The machine- waa going SO miles an hour when it left The road, according to the speedometer. r.TTT-E MARKET SLOW. PORTLAND. Aug. 1. A. P Cattle alow, hogs fifty cents lower:, prime light $12 to I IS. SO: sheep, eggs butter steady. THE WEATHER Reported by Major I.re Moorhnu ireether observer. Maximum. TV Minimum. 43. Parameter. 25.70. TODAY'S FORECAST Toneht and Tnetay gn eral:j fair. Princess Nagako Masters Typing ; May be Stenographer for Prince Versatile young Japanese, woman has trained herself for four ears to be come the wife nf Prince Regent. Has been tutord :n music, languages, po. f-try and art. She is perfectly at home, whether at the piano, on the tennis court, at a typewriter, or n the photugrapliie dark room. Still keeps garden and. raises crop of rice each year, for offering to spir ts of her ancestry. - - - Bowman and Rice are First Hunters to Kill a Buck The distinction of getting the first deer of -the- season, or at least of getting it to Pendleton ahead of all others belong to Frank Howmnn who got a four point animal weighing nboirt 110 pounds yesterday afternoon. The buck was killed about 2:30 o'clock Sunday iifterhoon. It was brought to Pendleton by Finis Kirkpatriek anil arrived at T o'clock- inn was placed in the window of, the George C. flaer Hardware Co. store. Mr. Howman thus wins the prize of fered by the store for the first buck to be displayed in Its win dows. The deer was shot near the camp at Bear Wallow where Frank and Dan Powman. Judge J. W. Maloney and J. C. Wood worth are hunting this week: Richard Itice was Another hunter whose skill was reward ed. Me got his buck, which dressed out at 200 pounds on Ensign creek. It is a four point er. James Bowler and Paul Schultz were Pice's hunting companions. Many othern are out. but no other reports of kills have been received. 4 j er I E INVITING U. S. TO T A France May Act Independently j if Moratorium is Granted ! Germany by the Allies, j PAR LF. HIT. France. Aug. 21. i j(t. P.) Addressing the general' (council of the department of the! j Meuse Premier Pnlncare today hinted I at independent action by France! 'against Germany if the reiwrat ons ', jcrnmlsBion grants a moratorium. He, lalso suggested the advisab;litv of cull-. In an allied financial confer, nee in! which the Inter-allied debt would not he mixed with Orman reparation', reparation and w hich was Interpreted to mean rnenn ithat Po'm-sre might uiit n iting the United Siaiea to participate in th next conference. Pnincnre declared it n a men-1 ' Strom ini'iulty to mix th.- O rmsn r. - parntir question with th" int rl- lied dete r"rblern. and announced ( that he woul.1 continue to in-ist on! his polk-y n demandinr -prodwt ve. i-'nninl"e" fr.m Oermsnv -as e. 4 onH' p'l.rv to PiO-maM - FrfK V rch" Poinr biit-riv r.mvlf!n. axiint th rnfih GrmTi anndr I denied the rtM to have a French ' o'Jct, lie uid. SCENES PROMISE TO -BE BEST EVER USED j Actual Work on Painting: New Scenes Begins Tomorrow; j Mrs. Murphy Paints Model. The fais who every years have giDne to see the ni'-;ht show at Happy Can yon during Kound-(?p week have en joyed themselves stand a mighty fine ihance to see a bigger and better production this year than ever before, according to all the plans that are rapidly taking form under the. board of directors. Not all of the work of planning the show has been done yet by. any means, but some of the salient features are nearly enough fixed to make it apparent that the little broth er of the big rtound-rVp won't be eith- dnll, lacking In beauty, or slow. In one of the dt-pai ttnetits, that ol decorations arid lighting effects, which is in charge of Tom Murphy, plans are about complete. The old fiyntier town and the scenery used heretofore, which was changed some every year, were all damaged when the roof broke last winter under a heavy fall of snow. I 1 he scenic effects this year will all 1 ,e new. An artist's model of the four new sets has been prepared by Mrs; Thom as Murphy, and the actual painting of' I he scenes will begin tomorrow morn ing. The background will be u scene of Mt. Ilnod In light colors. The three nt her scenes will be of lnwer moun tains and hil!s. and in the immediate j fin f?touud there will be a vallty. i flanked by evei-jreens. Actual pine I trees will :1lso lie used to add to the olor of the wenery. Everv problem 0f ,.,on..Mien. r.i. nni lighting effect Continued on age 5.) AGE 90, D!ED TODAY y , tleorsc Mai.-, aged !0 y. i. a nailv : of Kimland and a reni of Hinhi cre-k for the j.st 3-i year, wasi creeK jor me pjsi jj .--. loond d-d In Ins bed at h's home , loond n.-an in ins oca si n s n"m - ; early thi morning. His dalh in at - In hilled tn h.s xbinn-a age. i Mr. Male tame to the I r.it.d .tate at the ate of 14. H.s -wife rfi-a four ; r ago. He w survived by the fol - low ing chilrtten: Mis. '.e.e r.'-mes and Mr. Krd tJaisrer, of Pend ton . Mis. Flank of Ailins- 'n; Mrs Jmes Hawks, ef pilot P.ook; Wis; Ilna Male and l:trt Male, of l: r li . fruijcf; I - rir ' iiv fim . if.- I d VV'd - 1'I I t' f.r:nl V. A. n risl i r-.nn. eh itrh i vs. It- t ir-t j ..ft if an- 8. TWO LIVES LOST WHEN FAST TRAIN LEFT THE 'Million Dollar' Express Ditch ed Last Night While Traveling 60 Miles an Hour. NO PASSENGERS ON TRAIN; 8 Ify CREW 'Offices of Radicals Searched for Possible Suspects in Plot for Gary Wreck. ISAIlY.'Tnd.. Aug. 21. (IT. P.) Authorities are seeking radicals sus peeled to be responsible for the pull ing of spikes from the Michigan Cen tral tracks near here, causing the "million dollar." express to take the ditch w th the loss of two lives lust night. The train was traveling 00 miles an hour when it struck the loosened rails. The engine somer saulted from the track, and the. cars plied uii behind it. No pasesngers were aboard. llailroad officials offered a thou sand dollars'rewiinl for the arrest of persons responsible. Only e'ght men formed the crew of the train; which wt composed of 2:1 cars of perishable freight and .express. lEvery car lift the track. '. Kngineer Coy anil Fire man Lubbs. buried In the. engine wreckage, were both killed. The bod ies were not recovered for several hours. P. H. Foote, veteran conduc tor, stated that if the train had been a passenger instead of an .express, scores of lives would have beep lost One Arrest Made. CHICAGO, Aug. 21. (U. P.) The office of William 'A. Foster, professed radical, recently ordered from the Htato of Colorado for utterances d s ploasurable to the authorities there, was raided and lists of his connections searched for possible suspects in the (lary disaster. John Katana, of Oaiy, jhiis alieady been arrested following the statement "It wis a shame they weren't all killed," referring to the train crew. V OFF 18 INCH POLE IN IE Machine Wrecked and Sprinkl ed With Blood ; None Hurt in Head-on Collision Saturday. Pendleton motorists over the week end got Into enough wrecks of one sort or another to make the news of accidents read like reports from all the big cities of the land. There were two motor car accidents In addition to the motorcycle accident yesterday morning at Freewater which has re. suited In oye fatality. , . fine of the accidents which happen ed some time Sunday n'ght occurred near the Hurley Uothroek ranch just beyond the Havana station -when a Dodge tourist cht smashed into an 18 inch telephone pole, which wss brok en off. Mystery surrounds the acci dent. The car is listed as being th property of William Walters. 1201 lia- ley street, but Inouirtes at the Walter home failed to elicit any information concerning the affair. The car wa I brought to Pendleton and it Is almos' a complete wreck. There was bloo1 sprinkled all over the car. There was a had-on collision above faxe station Saturday night when Ford hue and an oldsmoblle c.mie to aether. Ernest Morris was one of the drivers but no one In either car was liniored. accoiding to reports. The Ford coupe belonging to A. A ; Tuny" Frentzel, which was recently , ha tUr damaged at Walla Walla j(r,,Ilebt fo ivndleton yesteMav on Iinick. Tony" is now- convalescent fl)ow,nl a fraotui of some bones in ni, f,,, n w, in a xvslia Wiio- , hospital for some time after the aecJ- J j Steamer Afire, --,np il.K. Va.. Aug. 21. 1. P.) 1 The chipping board st'-am'T !ave titmon is afire twenty-five mile off ',! x.rt-h rolna cfwist. The flames ; ror."Mn'd a rKirti'.n of the cargA and ji hreaf -n the h p. "To ri..it M.ird (. .,:. r an 1 a sbif.plne bord steamer are ru,fn:.t to the acene. RAILS HE TOLD HER HE WANTED A WIFE, THAT SUITED HER FINE, SHE SAID, THEN HER HUSBAND CAME TO TOWN When the cat's nwny it sometimes happens that the mouse will doli her self up "m gay colors, and especially will she be tempted to do this If she can secure the services of a sucker. This is the combination that Chief of i Police W. R. Taylor ran into Satur- - night. The cat emerued from doal unruffled, the mioiisie haii the shock of her young life, and the sucker suffered disillusionment, It happened l.'ke this: . The other day n, big, good-natured man who is employed as a fireman at tho Eastern Oregon hospital ran across a young woman. He liked her appearance. She expressed approval of -him. Matronmony was mentioned as a possibility, a swift agreement is said to have been entered into, ami then the question of having clothes for the bride was broached. The bridegroom was Inek.'ng in- neither money nor gallantry, so the couple are u.m io nave gone. 10 a. luciii store where about $80 worth of clothes are said to have been purchased, subject to alterations.' The wedding was to be consummat ed today, according to the story, but when the prospective bridegroom came ;nto town Saturday night, he could find no trace of his bride-to-be. After failing to locate "Miss Montgomery,' he appealed to Chief Taylor and told his story. Chapter No. ' opened when the. chief spied the woman on tho street coaupnny of another man. Nego- t'atlons characterised by blunt, oues- tions, stralghtly put, were opened Im mediately by the chief. In the first place' he asked if they were Tiusbnim T Score Was 5 to 4: Taylor Pitched Good Ball During: Last Four Innings of Game. Keho won the undisputed baseball champiiinship of I'matllia county by defeating the All-l'endleton team Sun- lay afternoon, r to 4. Hoth tennis started the scoring in tho first Inning, with the Irrigators staking themselves to lino run while the Iluckaroos cross ed the plate twice. The same thing happened in the third making the I'OiTht 4 to 2 for the f'endl-ton team. It was in the fil'Hh that Kcho came to life and sent two runs across the plale tielng the store. Tayior whs then vniK-ll lllllll lllllu i,.ii.t m ,.-m-, "Chief Hetties. Poring Ihe Inst four Innings Taylor held the F.cho team to one run and funned eight. The first man up for Kcho started Ihe. scoring. Markham singled to right field, took third on Cary's error ind scored on a wild pitch. Pendleton look the lead In the initial frame when 'Olson walked, Doty sacrificed. Peterson was snfe on a error at first and Clark singled to renter field scor ing Olson and Peterson. In the third Olson rubbed C. Him kins of a home run, by Interfering with the hall as It -was going over the center field fence, lint ihe Echo catch er was able to reach third on the hit ni Viler scored on llfakeleyg out. n Pendleton's half of the Inning Pet erson was safe on an ermr at third and scored on Clark's single. 'lrk went third- on Call's sinsle and stole Continued on page 6.) THELMA THOMPSON Miss Thrlma Thnnipsun, daughter jtl Wlnslow. chairman of -Ihe house of Mr. and Mrs. H. It. Thompson and Interstate commerce romluMle fol-m-anddnuirhter of .Mr. and Mrs. Wll-j lowing a conference with the presi liam lilakelry, I'matllia county pio-dent today. It fwovldt-s for a com-ne-ra. has l.ei-n chosen as queen of the ( mission of from five to nine mem -1J2 llotind-l'p. .tiers appointive by the president, au- Jlhorlted to anslx eery phase of Hum Thom.on will ride at the tn, (aa industry and submit a re P.nnd-t each day nd will ride In tbe Westward Ho psrade. Miks Thompsf.n is a young lady of much charm of manner jind i an expert horsewoman. she im a graduate of the I'nivendty of Washineton. Hfri8t Herrln. 111. K-nator Kelloag has father is one of the Pnund-Pp direc-'. , embodying this phase. Uut will tors and h r grandfather was formerly gt no action until after th bonus hTirf of Pmalttla cremtj. Phe i a ' matter has been dloe1 of. accord cousin of Miss Helen Thompson, list i,.K to a report. The general eenil- irar-! ijiim-ii. Misa Thompson's m.-iids will tie fi-m in number and re to be selected iriih tn the next fi-w day. Wind wife, to which the man, somewhat taken hack, replied that they certain ly were, that they had been married two years before In Canada. Ho had been herding sheep, he said, and was just in from the range. The woman backed him up in his claims. "Then why were you going to, gex married Monday to another man?" Taylor asked the woman. She entered denials, said she had never seeif another man, certainly wnsn t planning to' marry another man, never went with him to get any clothes an(l so forth and so forth. Chapter No. 8 materialized when the brldogroom-to-be entered the po lice station and positively Identified the wemum as the one who had entered into a deal with him whereby ho was to have a home of his own with a wife. She entered more denials, then weak ened as the testimony against, her gained in strength, und finally admit. ! t0(j truth of her ih-w love's charges. There were teara now as an accompaniment to tho story. In the face of such agony of spirit. ytho anger of the prospective husband melted td a certain degree, und he said If he could have back nil alarm clock which he had given the girl and the 120 which he was short oil the clothes deal that he would call the , tragedy f nislied. The hushund agreed to pro duce the money, and his wife said she would give guck the ularm clock. The chief was satisfied with this arrange, ment, und the story was concluded as far as the police are concerned, They wlthhehl names, und they had no rer port to make about the fourth, chap ter which may have been written by the tviahnnd. and wife , . Johnstown Flood Jammed by Fede. Prohibition Agents JOHNSTOWN, Pa., AnfJ. 21. The second Johnstown flood Is ilMirmod. The lid was on tight again. Mayor CaufClel today admitted that h.s proclamation thnt real beer could be sold was a ruse to show the luck of pro hibition enforcement In the town, and effect the replace ment of the old prohibition en forcement force with a new per sonnel. The scheme was a suc cess, liil new agents had the situation In hand today. p !NE W.UJ.A WAI.I-A, Aug. 21. (A. P.) II. H. Ttiggs, 45 years old, whs kill ed and Howard Higgles, of Prescott, was badly bruised about Jhe shoulders Saturday when the combine on whlri they were working on the rank pen son ranch, 12 miles west of Prescott. (Continued on paga .) BILL DRAFTED FOR No Action Will be "Taken in Senate Until Bonus Bin Has Been Disposed of. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. (I-. P.) A bill authorizing full investigation! of the coal Industry as demanded in resident Harding's message to con-1 gress, was drawn lip by Itepresenla- port to the hous by January first. The senate foreign relations com mittee met to consider Harding' plea fur adequate firotftiion for aliens treaty rights In 1lsturtnc-s anch as j nt-nt in iM.lh houses is against the Dummpd hv FfffprZtHnm,roy&l H announced thnt laws by formation of a government rout dts-iTork to Hlo lie Jaartro. b ft he-e to tnbiHing agfney, one of Hardtng''dr for Nassau, w h ncf It t-i fsv i, chief suggestion. I. C. C. MAY BAN ALL DEFECTIVE Commission's Report Will Show That Half of Locomotives are Defective Due to Strike. BORAH URGES ROADS " -TO SETTLE STRIKE Harding Has Approved Meas ure for ; Storing Defective Equipment by Commission, WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.--U. F.Y . Unless tho railroad strike is settled wlthJn 20 days the tuition's farmers will suffer a "serious and widespread loss" because of luck of cars. Sena tor Borah of Idaho, today wired t)e Witt Cuyler, chairman of tho asso ciation of railway executives. Borah declared tlJe "situation was fast bc coming Intolerable," and expressed the. hope ,thai speedy settlement might be reached. According to re ports to the government investigation today, the railroads are now showing a more conciliatory mood, duo to the reported widespread ' deterioration of motive power and rolling stocn. v Tho tall executive realize, that to wiij the present controversy they must ward off it .serious r. transportation breakdown. The Interstate commerce commission dealt their efforts a big- blnw when with PmuMi.nl un.l'- order defective . equipment stored would be strictly enforced. There, la o appeal from the- commission's or ders banning such couipment. Tn commission la soon to make a report 'to congress in compliance with th senates resolution. This will show that more than half the country's sev enty thousand locomotives are now defective due to the strike, which hua I caused the cancellation of many trains and delays to others, us brotherhood, members refuse to man the engines. (Guards Wound Man. .f)ENVER, Colo., Aug. 21. (V. P.) An unidentified man was believed: ! to be fatally wounded in a battle herai between guards at the Denver and Hio Grande Western shops and a ganf , of men in the early morning hours. The guards opened fire when the men refused to halt. One of the gang fell i hut the other fled, taking hi with them. Railway officials believe a, I bombing raid was In progress. FOR MISSING PIANE KF.VpOltT. .V J., Aug. 21 (C. P.) -A fleet of seaplanes roared away over the Atlantic here this morning searching for the alghtseelnr plana carrying a passenger and two me chanicians, anissing twenty four hours. It is reported a wealthy man charter ed the plane to go to Fire Island. It. the plane was forced to light sn the seas surface. It is feared all lives ate lost, as galea have been lushing tbe aster to fury. The plane wa last seen passing over the flattery. New Vork harbor, at a high speed. SECURES OF PEACE WAflllNOTON. Aug. 21. iV. P. This country's principal concern i peace and ferurlttea of peace. Presi dent Harding told the thousand rlti sens and aoldiera he reviewed on toa tstard ill'e back of the white house. "There is no thought of armed war fare and no dewign to rarrr en an armefl campaign In any direction." Harding aald. explaining the govern-, mcnte effort to induce young men to enter soldier training. "Toa benent br the physical training, e-arn better discipline, and benefit as all Ameri cans mlht benefit by learning a lit tle more Impressively citizen oblicu tbins to hi country." ' sr ri.vn ox tiiip. WPT PAIJH PF.AClf. Ha.. Aug II tl. r. The giant e.-p' me. 1 "ftamiakt CVrre-A. en rtvi'e from w Haiti.