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THE ONLY SMALL DAILY EDITION The net press run of yesterday' Daily 3,211 Thl paper Is a niemner or una audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 34 PLOT FOUND . W J. nnivri mm i innn v v aJRol rUKILAHU LHDUK oyYvu. lI'AlrJVI HAlilHRH' k.OORDING TO mmmui imiiumu PLAN IN STRIKE Omaha Resolution . Calls for " General Strike Against Use of Troops in Strike OPPOSES REDUCTION IN STANDARD OF LIVING Conference Between Brother hoods, and Minority of Executives "Was Failure. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 24. (I. N. S.) Traffic on the Union Paci fic is completely tied up at this divi sion termtnal by the walkout of forty locomotive engineors and firemen. Tho engine crows quit due to the al leged threat by a Lnlon Pacific cuard to shoot the engineer who he charged with spurting hot water and steam at. the guards when shunting an engine in the local yards General Strike Plan PORTLAND, Aug. 24. (A. I.) The Portland labor council has adopt ed a resolution passed by the Omaha labor union recently "and sent to other labor organizations, asking the execu tive council of the American Fedora- tion of Xabor to call a national strike! . .1 1 . ....... ........ i;.!......! council. The Omaha resolution de clared against the president's purpose to use the full power of the govern mentto intimidate and oppress a free people and to bend them to his will, that the American standard of living must be reduced." The executive council has no power to call a strike, but can propose to the individual un ions whether they wish to jojn a na tional strike. If Oregon labor votes Buch a strike a. hundred twenty-five thousand workers would be affected. Harding Plan WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (N. P.) JTa'dmg will not mediate further In tho railroad strike according to white house announcement today following the breakdown of negotiations be tween strikers representatives and rail heads In New York yesterday. The presidents future move was contained in a recent statement to congress, "I am resolved to use all the governments power to prevent a transportation breakdown and sustain men's right to work." ' ' y Conference Iillure NEW YORK, Aug. 24. (U. P.) Tho conference today between broth 'erhood mediators and a minority of the hundred forty eight railroad presi dents failed, and the general settle ment of the shop strike was brought no nearer, according to V. N. Doak, j vice-president of the brotherhood of railway trainmen. Representatives of fifty two carriers went into session this afternoon after the labor chiefs had withdrawn to their own head quarters announcing "nothing doing" so fas as they were concerned. War ren Stone, locomotive brotherhood - head, went into conference with Bert Jewell, of the shopmen. Fireman Sliot TOPEKA. Kann. Aug. 54. (I. N. S. The Rock Island railroad Is com pletely tied up ot Hcrrlngton. a divl ston point, according to reports reach ing; here. A general strike occurred, reports stated, following the shooting there last night of M. L. locke. ftro- (Continued on page S.) THE WEATHER Reported by Major Lee Moorbouee, weather observer. Maximum. t". Minimum S3. Barometer ;s.T;. TODAY'S FORECAST Tonight &n1 Friday fmir and continued Ifl Ult;euiLf( tlUIUBl iSIU.veiJ' tuiputuuil. pinucu .mo jvv being imposed upon us," according to cording to plans now under way. The Hit announcement toduy by W. E. "dress up movement" will be offi Kimsev. secretarv of the Portland , clally launched September 1 when a J1 wrm. DAILY IN-AMERICA 1 h EmjSl U. P. ENGINE. CREWS COLLECTS' ' IN U. S.I REPORT NEW YORK, A us. 24. (IT. P.) Wood alcohol collected a heavy toll in the United States during the first six months this year, according to figures made public by the national commit tee for prevention of blindness. Death totaled 130, and twenty two cases of blindness were re ported. Officers claimed the to tals would be, much higher when complete statistics are obtained. ! ' ! -, :j i HAPPY CANYON TO BE TO i WITH DANCE SEPT 1 jnvetigation Being cnducted , ' ! Among Ranchers; Where RoUnd-Up Costume to be Worn) Was Man Killed is Puzzle. When Housewarming Held ; i . Name Dress Up Committee Prepare to take from its moth-proof retreat the high peaked, broad brim- j med hat, find the shirt of bright hues, and set aside an allowance for the nurehase of a veal snappy vest, be- Louse September 1 is just around the corner, hiding behind August's skirts, an(j ,', that date Pendletonians who are boosters for the greatest Old West Show on earth will garb themselves In the aforementioned habiliments to lot that part of the world that happens around know that something is about to happen. More stress on the costumes worn by the resldentH of Pendleton f 'v three weens neipre tne snow win ( ..Innn.l tltLa T.rtn I- ' 111 UXitif .lb Tt1'f fl - ' big dance and house warming will bciH, held in Happy Canyon. , The function will have two purpns- , es, one of which will be to local people with the new acquaint building that will house Happy Canyon's show, and the other will be to start the "dress up In Round-Up style" move. Incidentally, it will cost something for tickets, and the drained treasury of the Happy Can von management may be strengthened. The general committee in charge of j the dance has been named. It con- j ststs of the following men P.udyj Mollner, chairman; Lester Cronln, i Harvey Bender. L. I Rogers W. A. Rhodes, J. A. Fee . Jr., and Joe F. I Jones. The dance will be a costumi! affair In which it is expected that the . women will join oy wearing upuM'"-, ate clothes to match the regalia of the j "Wild Westerners." By joint action of the Commercial association, the Round-Up association and the Happv Canyon manngemi a committee of three men has bee appointed to see that Pendletonians a re in correct costume, jam . Sturgls, as a representative of -the i commercial body, is head of the eom-j mlttec. Dean Talent represents the Round-Up, and Carl Hopf is the rep resentative of Happy Canyon. Local clothiers will be anked to fea ture the costumes In their window dis plays and ln other ways, and an ef fort will be made to make the ob servance of the big hat and the shirt and vest lot) per cent. LAND 10 BE SOLD WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. (A. IM The largest compact body of yellow pine owned by the federal government. &;.on acres In the Silvies River wa tershed, Malheur national forest Ore-! gon. is soon to be opened for sale and j development, the forest service an-, noiinced todaj-. The land ia to lie !obl ; under the government regulations in- I Miring the cniitiniious production for all time of from fifty minion to s.i million hoard feet annually. COAL INCREASE TERMED 'LEGALIZED ROBBERY WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. If. P. ' nator Cummins of Iowa, today In- jtiwiuced into the senate a tmaure to jenate a federal fuel distribution 'arency to supervt the movement of all roal. throughout the country. A federal aupcrvlfwr with rwe-pini; .powers to prevent profiteerine wouH jhcad the commission. A imiUr Mil its being prepared In the houee. j -Ijrcaliarad Kobtwry ." SPRINGFIELD. 111. Aug. ? .!". p. The Central Illinois tul:ur ln- -rajl the price of eoel ti.Zi a ton. The mine workers official -rm- l the IO(.ttM kgajxtd robbery." CARRYING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS I DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1922. TO OVERTHROW N STREETS HERE None Know Name of Stranger Found on Bank 'of Umatilla River Yesterday Morning. i ONE THEORY HELD ! NAME TO BE 'BALDY' tfcoretj of people' have looked at the remains "of .the stranger whose body was found yesterday along the banks of the L'liiutlUa river just off of the Columbia River Highway, but up un til this afternoon, no iiidehtiflcullon of him had been made. "I've seen the man here on the streets of I'eiulluton, but 1 dun't know his name," is a remark that has been made by many of those who saw the body, which is at Urown ami Brady's plat e. ' Other efforts by the sheriff's of fice have failed to result in any ma terial developments in the case that might lead to the unfolding of the lease. Who me stranger is, or ' who as much kiilpd 111 iu are just about mysteries u' tliey were yesterday. One theory held now is that the man went by the name of "lialily" and worked for the Newport t'un- ,.uttion Co. on highway work in the west vn(1 ot the county. Sheriff Hl)USKI. ifi ln lhe eluj ths"al,ter- I noon and will bring back the time- keeper of the company in an effort to have the man. positively identified, If that Is possible. ln the meantime, some tnvesligatl- 1 on Is being made' among ranchers to see whether any man answering the description of the dead man has recently been paid off. Both of the stranger's hands hud calloused spots on the palms, and his appearance indicates that he had only recently been doing manual labor. .Many interesting angles have pre sented themselves In a consideration if tin. fi.M.v bv th officers. One oV th(, ue8ton(1 which continues to adil SEEING innniim..j on ng K.i f Continued on page 5.) rp t : : h " ,' WHtN 5 KUNb MtiM Wttr. n i ii i 11 , - . . " Attempt to Oust Volstead Failed in House Today WASHUNUTOX, Aus. 24. (I. X. S.) An ;,ttempt to oust Representative Volstoad, republican of Minnesota, father of the prohibition law, from chairmanship "of the house committee on judiciary, failed. Representative Tnliham, ro)itblican introduced a reso lution calling upon Volstead to resign his chairmanship, charging that Wayne Wheeler, lobbyist, for the anti saloon league, spent "sums of money in Volwtead's campaign for re-election." The house voted 141 to 3, not to I consider the resolution. DISAPPEARANCE OF I S Jean Kirkpatrick, Left Home in Walla Walla Aug. 15, Was Seen Here, Now is Gone. Where is Joan Kirk Patrick publlsh- tr of the Pilot Rock Record? Members of the newspapeft man's family, his friends and - others ure I seeking some trace of the man who has been pone from home during the past 10 days. - The motive for his dis appearance, if he left voluntarily, or the causes for an-' attack, against him, If he met with foul play, are not known to, his friends, according fo statements secured today. One report, la to the effect that Klrkpiitrick was in straitened finan cial eireumstupces. and may have de parted to get away from the burden of his obligations, but this theory Is scouted by his friendK. The Kirkpatrick family, which con sists f air. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick and a five-year-old son, recently moved to Walla Walla where he assumed the editorship of tt publication which Is said to have been planned as an or gan of the Ku Klux Klan. He left there August 15, a week ago last lues- rhiy and told Mrs. Kirkpatrick that he would lie buck within two or three days, according to the report received here by Ills friends. Mrs. Kirkpatrick became alarmed when he had not re turned home 1iy Saturday, so she call ed the Record at Pilot Rock and askel if her husband had started back for Walla Walla. Plia-was dnnifounded when told that he had not been In Pilot Rock any time during the week. Ijiter she ROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AND THE L N. & QUIT IN BONUS BILL MAY COME iTO VOTE LATE FIRDAYi! Opposition Chance Veto to Willing to Take on President's ' Defeat Measure. TELEGRAMS FROM LEGION HAD EFFECT ON SENATE Bill Has Overwhelming Sup port; Borah to Introduce Coal Bill After Bonus. WASHINGTON,' Aug. 24, (U. P.) Although opponents of tliti sohllors' bonus bill were bitterly fighting its passage, there seemed to be u depo sition to curtail the opposition be cause of the inexpediency ot prolong ing discussion in tho face of the over- wlw.lnitnir sunnnrt. tl6rn.il and his fol- l.iwi.i'u nv nrtmii'onttv willing to take a chance on the president's veto and then 'preventing1 the seiiute from over riding that veto. - It is undoubted that American Le g.'on activities, coupled with the ap peals of thousands of telegrams and 1 letters pouring into congress had a distinct effect of altering the opposi tion's battle plans.. Tho bonus advo cates as a result expwswd hop. hn the final vote would come this week, possibly Into Friday. Borah said he would introduce his coal connmlsslon bill as soon as the bonus had been dis posed of. XTRA A man who guve his name us W. E. Hardy and his home, us Portland, was arrosted this afternoon, by Deputy Sheriff Jake Mnrin Just above Pendle ton on the Oregon1-Washington high way which leads from Walla Walla to Pendleton on a charge of Illegal pos session of liquor. The man was in a Ford coupe when arrested, and the of ficers declare they found 1 2 gallons of moonshine In his possession. 1 " i GOVERNMENT: NEBRASKA RUNNING BETWEEN GUN BATTLE OFFICERS AND BOOTLEGGERS; TWO SHOT WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. (U. P.) A running gun battle be tween revenus agents and boot leggers for fifty miles along the Olney Pike eniied at the eilge of Washington today when one bootlegger und . one revenue agont were shot. Villages along tho road were terrorized aa the speeding automobiles .from which scores of shots were iiolng fired, dashed through. . STREET GATHE MUST BE HELD AWAY FROM TRAFFIC, RULED City Council Lays Down Policy of Enforcement of Ordi nance; to Finish Numbering. Complaints about the blocking of inuin streets of Pendleton by reason of religious meetings held thereon resulted last night in a stand being tukon by the city council to enforce vlthout favor the city ordinance re totitly adopted. Under tho ordinance street meetings will be Illegal utiles they aro held 200 feet from tho main streets.. Because of the congestion of traffic and the danger of accidents resulting from such gatherings mem bers of the council expressed the bo lief that the ordinance should be strli.ily enforced, and the police com mittee was instructed to give orders to the .'police to see that no more mei.ttHjcfi are he'd -xcui na -proAided In the ordinance. .' v " ! - ' , ".. An effort to get the numbering of streets on the north sldo that lnter soct Jackson street, changed In ac cordance with the new system recent ly adopted will be mailo during the remainder ofthis week, the council decided last night. The police de partment will 1 be in charge of the woi. Hero are some things tp bear ln mind about the change: ' August 25 Is the last duy on which tho change may be made, the coun cil bus decided. Property owners who know tho. number of their lot or lots and the block ln which it. or they are situ ated may find out from the city re corder whut their street address Is. The metal numerals can not be secured nt the office of the city re corder. These must be purchased by the property owner, but the Informa tion about what numerals to buy may be secured, providing the owner knows the lot numbers and what block they are ln. Prosecution of those who willfully hold up the change has been prom ised after tomorrow, , A new motorcycle for the use of the traffic officer was authorized 10 be bought by the , council lust ulgiit. A building permit wus grant- d Dr. I. V. Temple for cutting out partitions between buildings. The cost of the work Is estimated nt $500 mil will be done In the Hotel Dorlon. I'OltTLAXl) SLtllKKT WMDV Portland; Aug. 24. a. p.) livestock, eggs and butter steady. OBLIGATIONS IS CLAIM WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 ( C. I'.) Each nation which borrowed from the United States during the world war rave separute obligations for pay nent. Secretary Mellon declared In a "orinal statement today answering In liiirles Implying that the British debt f over four billions was incurred by he British government for other ul les and that the United States forced ttrtlaln to assume obligations for It. PHILKDEI.PHIA. Aug. 24. iV. Secretary of Labor Davis Is P.) en- aeavoring to bring the anthracite miners and operator together In peace conference again. The first "onrennee tnd.fl Tuesday with their Inability to reach an agreement. Darts held several long distance telephone converhatlons with John lwis, mln ?r head. ruts t.Toi.Kv CI.I-.VKLAND, Aug. 24. (I. P.) c-ur valued at f.trr thousand dollars wr stnlen early today when thieves unnHed their war through a brick n" tre adjoining the Engel and flxtr fur company. , 1 DAILY EDITION The East Oregonlan la Eastern Ore iron'a greatest newspaper ami a a sell ing; force Rives to the advertiser over twice the guaranteed average paid cir culation in Pendleton and Umatilla county of any other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 10,219 FEDERAL NET IS SPREAD TO CATCH ESCAPED RADICALS Seventeen Alleged Communists Bound Over to Grand Jury; Bail Fixed at $10,000. COMPLETE LIST OF ; DELEGATES FOUND t- ....... Will Take Department of Jus, tice a Week to Go Through' Mass Of Captured Papers. CHICAGO, Aug, HI. (C. P.) , Federal ' officers announced today . i that papers discovered In the radical . raid at Bridgeman, Mich., revealed a communist plan to capitalize the present Industrial crisis in an effort, to overthrow-the government.1 They . would get the negroes to Join In the movement. Four representative of ' tho soviet government were aiding In the plans. Tho Investigation contin ued today, with the federal net spread, wide for those radicals who escaped the Initial raid. ,' William 55. Foster, head of the trades union educational league, was arrested at his offices here ant) held iiicommtmtaado at the county Jull. F.xtradiUon papers will be asked to remnvo FU..UW IM. Josewh, alich. ' : Joseph Hpolausky-of tho Chicago de partment of Justice staff declared it . would take at least a week to go through the mass of literature cap tured in tho ruld, among which was a communistic "code" and complete list of delegates to the secret coiw vontlon. , . ' tl Hound Oi er. HT. JOSEPH, Mich., Aug-. 24. U.. I'.) The seventeen alleged com- ' man 1Mh cuptured ln the Bridgeman raid were arraigned here today u charged with violation of the state' syndicalism law. They were bound ' over to the grand Jury with ball at 1 ten thousand. IE BIRDS ; CLOSED BY COMMISSION PORTLAND, Aug.. 24. (A. P.) immediate closing for an indeflnlta period, of the season on grouse and native pheasants in nine Willamette valley counties was decided upon by the game commissioners today fol lowing protests from valley citie3 against the wholesale killing of Chi na pheasants and other game birds during the past fivo days. Open aca on and grouse and native pheasants was flxvd simultaneously with the deer season, August 20, but a the hunters killed Chinese pheasants along with the native variety protest resulted and the issuance ot the or der awaited the approval only of Commissioner Itean. JOK. NOT PHriil TOLKDO. O., Aug. St. Joseph f'ousa, succumbing to cool Lake ISrie breeze at Toledo Beach, peaoefull went to sleep playintf a baaeoon solo of 'Warn und Stripes." " He snored away hia g-old watch aud, chain and $3. police report abow, OF GUERILLA WARFARE IH'lllJ.f, Aug. 24. ( P.) A shiver went through the crowds as sembled along the streets through which passed Michael Collins corter today as the crack of a sniper's una across the river Uffey announced that the apparently endless guerilla war fare continues. Many In.tne vast thron dropped on their kneea weeping and Bturmurlatf as the shot rang out. Michael Collina body lay tn state l.t the city hall today while the Knn Fel parliament gathered to name bis aoo ceasor. He will be buried from Dub Dublin Cathedral Monday, with inter ment at Uloanevin cemetery with full military honors. MONEY OH ARTf I.ONDON, Aug. S4. II. N. 8) "The Call of the Dollar" la the head ing cvea an article by the Io-oli g Post, whli h announces that wi'li t'.i approach of Autumn thure ni l ' ertat liijlit vi iVWwi t A-.:1, n. I: r. F.'.-x : 1 ;- . N ' f 5" .