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DAILY EAST OREOONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1922
VOL. 34
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MAN BEUEVm TO BE IMPLICATED INORTLANDHOOTING
ARREST'yj THIS MORNING AT HAPPY CANYON BY J. MARIN
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SHOPMEN PREPARED
FINANCIALLY FOR
A LONGJTRIKE
Seniority Question Stumbling
Block to All Peace Propos
als at New York Meeting.
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ORGANIZED LABOR
ASKED FOR SUPPORT
Brotherhood Leaders Will Hold
Steadfast to Demand for Re
turn of Senority Rights.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. (U. P.)
Railroad executives must accept
defeat on the seniority question if
the walkout of the shop woraers Is
to be settled, one of the leading la
bor figures in the strike told the
United Press today. Unless the man
agements are .prepared to concede
the shopmens demands for rtto lo
tion of the seniority rights, the peace
conference of brotherhood leaders and
railroad executives In New York will
be futile.
This determined the stand of the
nresent strikers ,und the determina
tion of the eastern railway execu
tives for a fight to the finish and
the call issued by the American Fed
eration of Labor for financial and
moral support of the shopmen by all
organized labor, have caused the ad
ministration jleaders to. lose the hope
they one' had for early strike set
tlement. This strike leader said that
all plans for settlement of the strike
in the New York conference "between
executives and he hlg four brolher
hooU 'chiefs were advanced by the
executives. The brotherhood leaders
' remaining steadfast for the demand
for the return of seniority rights and
threats to 'fight along that line in
definitely. The strikers have ample
funds to do this, the leaders claim
ed. .
HELIX MAKES PLANS
FOR NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
Plans for the $50,000 new union
high school building, which was re
cently authorized by the voters In
union high school district N'o. 1 at
Helix, are moving along rapidly, ac-.nI-ritr,
tn.n. W. Hatch, local archi
tect, who has been engaged by the
hoard of education to have charge of
tch architectural port of the work.
A meeting of the board was held
yesterday which Mr. Hatch attended.
Several points about tho new school
plant have alreody been definitely
decided. The exact location of the
building will be decided on by an
election within the near future, ac
cording to the local man.
The building will be of brick con-
art innf trimming. It
will consist of a joint auditorium nnct
nil uv nun - -
nil ui v.. ...v.. .
gymnasium, live via r"""'"-
tis 'a office, locker, snowvr mm ,
rooms. It will oe neaiea oy t.u...
and probably will be of collegiate
Gothlo design. Hatch, stated.
A. C. Voelker, former superintend
ent at Hermiston. will be principal of
the Helix union high school. It is said.
A. C. Mclntyre is chairman of ' the
board of education in the district. The
building can not be completed in time
for the beginning V this school year,
the architect states. The bonds will
soon be advertised for sale.
Reported by Major I-ee Moorhoua
weather observer.
Maximum, TS.
Minimum, 50.
Barometer 2.Tn.
TODAY'S
FORECAST
3imr Wed.
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j THE WEATHER
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Special Soviet
Representatives
Sought by Police
Fifteen Delegates to Com
, munist Convention Were
Arrested by Detectives.
pmiviEMAX. inch.. Aug. 22. (IT.
p.) Fifteen delegates to the national
convention of the communist party 01
Am'orirvi were arrested- by deputy
sheriffs and federal agents here today.
Sixty others, delegates to the conven
tion' which has been in session her
since Friday, escaped. William J.
Burns, head of the bureau of investi
gation at Washington, issued lnstrue-
tinna ftir the raid. Two pec.al repre
sentatives of the soviet premier, Len-
tne, escaped and are being sougui
Chicago, with William Z. Foster, radi
cal leader, who also escaped arrest.
OHGAVIZKR, DTCAO
PAI.O AI.TO. Cal., Aug. 22 (A. P.)
Colonel Harris Weinstock, former
state market commissioner noted for
organizing the growers, associations
hrmii.hnn the state, died today from
!i. fractured skull suffered in a fall (
from a horse Sunday nt Los Altos.
TACOJ1A; Aug. v22 (U. P.) War
den Archer today pressed bloodhounds
Into service in an attempt to recap
ture Frederick Delage. escaped on-
vict.'at liberty from McNeil's Island
since early Monday. Delage escapee?
from the same side of the prison
from which Roy Gardner made his
sensational dash almost a year ago.
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ROY GARDNER STUNT '
DUPLICATED MONDAY
RACER JAY SEE SH0Wf;
Ww.nrd Wilcox, noted auto racer.
has the Pendleton Round-Up bee, and
he is planning to be here this year
. . i. Di....r ir , rnn nrrnnfire ms
schedule satisfactorily, according to 11 !
i.ii.. .dvri from -Howdv" by Hex
KUls. Kllis and the Indiana man ar
warm personal friends, their ac-
minlntanceshln dating buck to tin-
time when they knew each other in
the Middle West. The letter follows:
Mr. Rex Ellis,
co Kllis Schiller Co.,
Main & Water Sts.,
Pendleton. Oregon. mother and thirty
Dear Rex: I am In eW t our 1 nP and grand chtl
book. "Let 'Er Buck." and it ce, -, ,on ' recently celebrated
talnly i very interesting. It Is dlt.i anniversary.
L.-Alna iha T nCrtflilllV Wallt lOll"" R-""-" . .
attend the Round-fp Is possilile. H'
things break right at Lnlontown ann.
K-nnana oiv 8eitember 16, 1 nuns.
you will have me on your hands for
a few days and if they dont i am
sure to be banging around next year
when you have the Rounil-l p.
After I have finished reading this
book 1 Intend to ship the same to my
friend Goux In Paris, who, as I told
you. Is surely crasy about cowgirls,
bucking horses and cowboys. How
ever, I will expect him to return It
to me, as this is a book worth keep
ing. Honine that things break so I ran
m MI VCIU UL
the Round-l n ann
favors. I bee
j to remain Yours very truly
HOWARD WILCOX.
AND KILLED HER, CLAIM
nfcXVER. Aug-, it. A. P.) Al
bert J. Love, insurance nrent. was ar
rested todnr on a Oreeley Colo., mur-j
der charge- following a months inves
tigation of the death there ostensibly
.h...oH . V. avnlnilnn ,1 f a finmltnC
stove, of Kdna J. Skinner, youni!
aehnM teacher of Rloominlton. III., his !
itr in law. Lowe is accused of In- I
ducing the teacher to take out two
thousand dollars life insurance, pay
able to h'm. and that he bent her to ;
death with stove m-eiKht, sMnratu!
Ihe body with it.isollne. wrecked the
nil tnv ,nrl t fire to th kitchen
of his horn- whT- the alleserf crime)
occurred. Relatives sisnen m- inva
lidation when he reached Hlimminr
tn with the ronw and oMoctcrt to
l i opening the coffin.
11 GOES ASLEEP SMOKING:
1 1 AWAKES WITH BED AFIRE
I CHIAOn. Ant il. Karl Walter
K is in a hospital reroverinj from r
Toniht and ions b-irns iistind htle m..kme a
Wed.. fair.' eirwrette in bJ.
!' Wiltm Wl r' '
I until the riaroe tfgran to tosst his
1 toes.
WEALTH! WOMAN
OFFERS $100 PER
MONTHTOR MATE
Mrs. Edith Spreckies Wake
field, in Love With Artist,
Makes Offer to His Wife.
PROMISES ALSO TO
CARE FOR BABY
Statement Issued by the Two
Women; Lover Former Wife
'" of John D. Spreckies, Jr.
. PAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. (I,
p.) a strange love triangle In which
a wealthy woman in alleged to have
offered to pay a hundred dollars a
month to another woman for the sur
render of her husband was revealed
here today in published Htnternents of
parties concerned. Mrs. Rodney Hen
drioli first attracted attention to the
sitimtlnn when s-he published a state
nnnt in which she rteclnred that Mrs.
F.rtilh SprecUels Wakefield, former
wife of the lnte John T). Spreckies Jr..
had promised her n hundred dollr.rs
a month for life and offered to sup
nort ber lis by if she would divorce
hrr h"sbnnd, nn nrttst. Mrs Wake
f'o'rt 'ssi-eri a rtntement admitting her
'nve for Kenrtrlei.-. her desire to mnrry
im n"d her willingness' to see that
Mix. Keni'rlelt and her baby-were
provided for. .'. '
Killed In Wreck. '
LOS AXIKLES. Aug. 22. (U. P.l
killed and several
on between two
snt,i Fe tmins at Kinghnm. Ariz..
enrly today, according to advices to
the general offices here. A relief
train has been sent to the scene. De
tails are lacking.
CWCD V T M E Tfl E FAMILY
tVC.ni llitnu mi-
EATS IT'S A BANQUET
I
nni'EN', France. Aug. 22. When
the famllv of Frederick Klliot. garden
er nit down In dinner they hnvo to put
lo U-.iBt a dozen extra boards in me in
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I Steel Corporation
To Raise Laborers
Wages 20 Per Cent
XKW YORK, Aug. 22 (U.P.)
Judge Elbert Clary, chairman or
the United States steel corporation,
announced that wages of day la
borers in the company's manufac
turing plants would be raised ap
proximately 20 per cent September
fust.
MINERS SING AS THEY
MARCH TO MINES LEFT
' AT OPENING OF STRIKE
College Boy Enthusiasm Dis
played by Workers as Long
Period of Idleness Ends.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 22.
U. p.) rMlners were flocking back
to the pits here today resuming opera
tions halted April first. They will
make strenuous efforts to add sub
stantially to this districts turnout to
swell the supply of coal needed to re
plenish the nations bins. The specter
of famine which has haunted the dis
trict for months faded as the workers
with almost college boy enthusiasm
marched to the mines in droves, sing
ing "John .Brown's Body." .
Operators Sign Pint
CREYBNXK. Wyo., Aug. 3Z.-r(V.
TM Mine maintenance workers re
tutrnud to work throughout the stati
today following ml agreement by
nner-ii nrs and miners I'epresentativpi-
to the Cleveland peace plan. The
miners will go buck to their jobs as
soon as the operators call tnem. in
1921 wage scale and check off syster
was adopted.
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WASyriXfiT.ON. Aug. 22. d. P.)
rteprosentulive .lohn Hill, of Mary
land, republican, today demanded
that Secretary Mellon remove federal
prohibition commission Roy Haynes
Immediately on the ground that he Is
defaulting ihe government by sending
out under the official mail frank of
the treasury depurtment personal po
litical propaganda in the Interest of
himself nnd his associates, the antl-
snloon league.
X .- . 1 .1 WrA .,ov ??r
ACTION PUSHED
ON PRESIDENT'S
COAL PROPOSALS
Bill for Commission to In
vestigate Coal Situation
Favorably Reported Today.
WANTS ONLY PUBLIC'S
REPRESENTATIVES
Daughtery Drawing up Bill
for Federal Coal Agency
to Act as 'Middle Man.'
Washington, Aug. 22. or. P.)
President Harding wants the feder
al coal Investigating commission to
be composed onlj- of representatives
of the public, the white house stated
today. He opposes representatives 0"
min.-rs, operators and the public on
the commission. This announcement
came shortly after the senate labor
committee reported favorably on Sen
ator iloruh's bill providing for a1 com
mission of five ineiii-.iers. ;The anti
coal profiteering hill will probably be
Introduced Into congress by the end
of the week. -
Daughtery Is drawing np the bill
providing for n federal coal agency to
act as "middle man" by buying huge
quantities of coal for Interstate ship
ments, thus, holding down prices.
Meanwhile notion Is being pushed -in
both houses on the president's sugf
Seat ion for legislation creating u coal
omtnlssion and other legislation In
compliance with lj.'iiding's suggestions
retfiirdlng alien protection, Inspired
!iy Ihe Herrln massacre, when two al
iens were reported killed.
ROLL OF HONOR BEARS
BRAVE PIGEONS' NAMES
TAIUS, Aug. 22 A pigeons' hon
ir roll lias just been completed bear
ing the names of all courageous car
riers of dispatches during the Great
Wi.r Three axttdes of distinction
corresponding to the Legion of Hon
or, the Military Medal and the Mili
tary Cross were awarded, and the dis
tinguished birds will be used to
truln other raw recruits. Twice
hm,nv tbev need have no feurs for
nbl aire, for when they become too
aged for service the faithful car
riers ure made honored pensioners.
Mathilde Married
To Oser is Rumor
In Switzerland
Couple Slipped Away 'for Trip
Through Italy and Austria
More Than a Week Ago.
ZT'ItOH, Switzerland. Aug. 22. (U.
p.) Max Oser and fiance or bride as
ihe case may be. Mathilde McCormlcU,
seventeen year old American heiress,
tim-c. lft Mwlf?.prland for a trip
through Italy and Austria, newspapers
stated today. Many believe the cou
ple ore .already married. They slip
ped away week ago and have not
been heard from since.
m'IMIXO WIVES WAY
NEW yoitK. Aug. 22. (IT, P.)
Twelve workmen 'were crushed and In
jured today when the second floor of
tho Clarldge Hotel herb crashed to the
street below. The steel beams gave
awny with a roar that shook the
bright lights district, where thous
ands of sightseers and pedestrians
wiere crowded in the streets. One
worker is believed to bo fatally hurt.
TELEPHONE COMPANY ,
NTERVENES IN CASE
rnT!TT.ANrr Auir 22. (A. P.l
Charging public Sorvico Commission
ers McCoy nnd Kerrigan with con
Hnlraev the Pacific Telephone nnd
Telegraph company today Intervened
In the circuit court In tho suit Institut
ed by Tlobert O. Duncan and others
to set aside the new telephone rates.
Judge Rvans allowed the company's
motion to Intervene. '
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Wheat prices are higher today, Sep.
temhor grain closing at $1.02 Vi, De.
cember ut $1.03 5-8 and May at
$1.08. yesterday's closings were
$1.00 7-R, $1.02 3-8 nnd $1.07 3-8,
respectively.
Following are the qnolntlons receiv
ed by Overheck & Cooke, local brok
ers:
Open High Ixiw
Sept. $1.01 '4 $1.03 1 $1.00
Dec. 1.03 1.04 1.01 V4
May 1.07 1.00 1.06
Close
t.2Mi
1.0.1
1.08
The advance In Liverpool which was
I Vi higher, was not much of a factor
In early trading, the opening gain be
ing erased. Towards midday offerings
dried up and an oversold condition
wns disclosed, which found reflections
In an advance of 3 1-2 cents from the
low point. At the close it-appeared
as though shorts had thoroughly cov
ered, and the tone was not strong.
The advance In Liverpool according to
cable advices wan due to short cover-
j Ing. and a let up In practically all of
cash wheut recr-ipts, but with not any
apparent Improvement In the actual
demand. Domestic conditions point
ing to a movement from first hands
which will bo difficult to absorb with
out price consesnlons. We continue
to feel that sales mndo on bulges can
lie replaced to advantage.
CATTIjR mark ft bteaoy.
PORTLAND, Aug. 22. Steers
steady, cows a quarter lower, calves
:,(! cents higher, hogs f,0 cents lower.
prime, light, $ll.r,0 to $12; sheep slow
to weak; eggs two cents higher, buy
Ing price 22 to 2 cents, selling, 24 lo
.11 cents, butter steady..
PASSAGE Of BONOS
WASHIXOTO.V. Aug. 22. tV. P.)
The passsse of the soldiers bonus
hill In the senate by the middle of
next week seemed aiuiured today.
Chairman McCumber predicted a sub
stantial majority over two thirds for
Ihe hill. It Is estimated the bonus
will impose an additional financial
burden on Ihe nation of four millions,
and opponents are fighting the bill on
the ground that the nation cannot
bear It. Mcf'umber and other si'n-
l,tt-rs claim the bill Is a long overdus 1
Tovernm nl obligation In the veterans.!
XTRA
CINCINNATI, Aug. il. (A. P.)
Clerks and freisht handl-rs on th?
t'nion raclflr tiII he Increased two
cents sn hor over the old scsle with
oration and rick leave snd with Sat
urday half holiday restored under sn
s(rr-em-nt announced today by union
head'iwanera here.
MAN ALSO WAHID
HERE ON CHARGE
OF HUROpOLD-UP
Fred Blake and Partner Were
in Jail Soon After Arrival
in Pendleton Last Night.
PAIR ARE BEING HELD ,
FOR PORTLAND NEWS
Jim Ryan Who Confessed to
Part in Robbery is Also
in the Pendleton Jail.
The belief that Fred Blake, arrest
ed here this morning by Deputy Sher
iff Jake Marin, la One of the two men
Implicated In the' holdup und shoot
ing of one man nt George evo" soft
drink place on the night of August 19
at the corner of 17th and Ncrthrupp
streets In Portland, Is expressed , by
members of the sheriff's force, and
special agents of the O.-W. It. & N.
The arrest of Blake, who is nn ex.
convict, was made by Marin At au
early hour this morning -while the t
wanted man was asleep In Happy Can
yon. He was armed with a 38 call
ber Colt revolver and also had pair
of tweezers and a flashlight In his
possession. " . ' A '
t,' Also Wanhjlllem.,..,, v:.,;,.,:; '
lllake is also" wanted by tlio tTiun.
tilln county authorities, and he may
be held here, it Is thought he Is Im
plicated In the holdup nt the road
camp at Huron on the Blue 'mountains
several weeks since when about $800
was seoured by stlckup men who
worked the camp Just after pay day.
A partner of Blake's was also grab
bed this morning by the officers. He
gave the name of C. P. Wilson. The 1
two men are said by tho officers to ;
have cotne up from Portland yester
day on a local freight.' They trot off '
at IVeth and Inter came on to Pen
dleton, arriving In the night, Wilson
was nnbbed first and shortly after
ward, the arrest of Bluke had been et- '
fected. ' '
, Jllake Waa Wanted. '
A search for Blake has been under
way by the sehriff's office ever since
the holdup at Huron. A description
furnished by the men at the rood
camp led the officers to believe that
Klake might be the man war ted for
having taken part In the work there. '
He'hadn't been In Pendleton very
long until he was In Jail.
When confronted with his picture
which was taken while he was In the '
Wyoming state penitentiary, lllake ad
mitted his Identity, He Is 30 years old.
wears a blue suit, an olive drab army .
shirt, an old cap. He formerly wore
u moustache, but he Is now smoothly
shaven. He was sent tip In 191 for
entering a box car, and was released
in 1921.
Jim Ryan was arrested shortly aft- .
er the Huron job and admitted his
part in the work, but he is said to
have refused to talk about who his ,
companions were. He Is also here in
Jail.
Await Portland ewa.
The sheriff's office Is In touch with
Portland since the arrest of Blake.
The description of one of the men who
participated in the holdup and shoot
ing fray at Bteve's place In Portland
August 1$ agrees In every detail with
! Blake's dress and physical appearance
1 the officers declare. Mark llotlch, a
I customer In the soft drink place, die. I
within two hours after he was shot,
and Portland has been searching for
the men who did the job every since.
Wilson will also be held, pendinjr
developments.
World Too Fast,
Asks to Be Put
Back in Prison
ALBANY, Aor. 2!. Friend
less, and lost without the pro
tection of the Albany County
Jail, which for nearly thirty
years has been his home, at his
own request, Ollbert Meade, a
deaf mute, asked Police Judge
J.,hn J liradv that he be sent to
Jail on s charge of vagrancy. He
had been released Just twenty-
four hours previous. He was
recommitted for four months.
In making his unique apnea!.
Meade wrote a slip of paper: 4
The wortd is too f..-t for
me.
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