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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPSS
VOL. 34
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1922.
NO. 10,265
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TWO MURDERERS AND ROBBER
ESCAPE FROM LOS ANGELES JAIL TODAY
BREAK MADE AS
SHIFT AT 7 AJ.
Herbert Wilson,
Evangelist and
Was on Life
Preacher,
Criminal
Sentence.
WAS FORMER PASTOR OF
BROWNSVILLE CHURCH
Los Angeles Underworld Made!
i
Good Threat That Wilson
Would Regain His Freedom.
LiOS ANGELIC!, Oct. 17. (U. P.)
L.os Angeles underworld nindo (food its
threat today when Herbert --Wilson,
formor-ilrowltsnlite, "Uro.r prftttftw,
now considered one of the roost clever
criminals on the coast, escaped from
jail with two companions alter slug
ging three jailers Insensible. The
underworld has decreed that Wilson
must refrain his freedom. He had
previously twice tried to escape.
Those escaping were: Herbert Vi'il
son, tinder life sentence lor murder
ing his pal; Ouido Kpingota, charged
with the eighty thousand dollar
Standard Oil robbery, and Adam
Blazyk, under life sentence lor mur
dering his aged landlady.
Km1)c id Auto.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17. Herbert
"Wilson, known as the "master cr'm
inal' convicted of the murder of his
pal, Herbert Cox, escaped from the
county jail today with another con
victed murderer, Adam Ward, and
titiido Spignola, held on a robbery
charge. ' Wilson, clergyman and sing
ing evangelist, at one time held Hie
pastorate at Brownsville, Ore. Tjie
trio, after getting out of ja:l, held up
a postoffiee employe and taking the
automobile from him escaped. The
jail break was carefully timed for just
liefore seven o'clock, when guns had
been taken from the guards and just
before changing shifts. The jail
breakers heat up the night turnkey,
Henry l'urrier, after having held up
two Inside guards. boy on the street
was wounded by stray bullets. Wilson
was arrested early th's year in connec
tion with a mail truck robbery, and
authorities connected him with olber
mail robberies and department store
burglaries throuchout the country.
'dANDITS SEIZE THREE
TRUCK LOADS OF BOOZE 1
LOnsVlLLK, Ky.. Oct. 17. (l".
P. Five bandits with shotguns early
today bound and capgej three guards
at the Hnby distillery and escaped
with three truck loads of case whis
key, worth fifty thousand dollars.
Reported by Major Lee Moorhouse,
weathrr bwrvcr.
Maximum is.
Minimum 31.
arom'tT 2?.?r.
GUARDS
CHANGE
THE WEATHER
0- I TODAY'S
' $ FRECASr
1 s
w
fa1
A SCRIMMAGE PICTURE OF
.
$1 FRANCISCO 10 BE
Go.mpers and Landis
With Cheers by
at New Orleans
Greeted
Veterans
Conclave.
SKW Olti.EANS, Oct. 17. 1M
The American Legion today voted te
hold its litis convention in San Kran
clseo October fifteenth to nineteenth
Tumultuous cheering greeted Samuel
l.oiiipcrs, organized labors' head, and
Judge I-ami's, baseball czar, todays
chief speakers when they appeared on
the platform. (Jumpers appealed for
a closer understanding between the
legion and labor. Landis urdg.d the
lesion to coWiniie its work to bding
about a timber type of Americanism.
Compcrs declared' the legion and' or
ganized labor hold the key to the na
tions futture and have much in com
mon. He said they could accomplish
all things for the nation if they put
I strength into the task.
DIED EARLY TODAY I
(Special to the Kast l "rC'-'onian )
! Kniu, (ire.. Oct. 17. John Hem'
Voting. prominent Kcho resilient.
(,ic'd I'ortlnnd at 2 a. in. ril.i
i after an illmw of wwral w- ks.
ilk1 v;ih .f(S ytats of apt iiinl v. it
l-orn in F.ri Scott. Kan.;i. Uf s tr
j vived by lii.s widow. iwo'sn Hum'
j VoiinfT. John Younrf, a brothor, 1
J. Yoimc. of IVnd!tn. and ttiu1
, fl.sten. Mi-. harkn lA v. of K I (
1 Mrs. John Fryt-ar. of i'.'-nd. ;.iid Mrs.
l.nry Sialler of Kosi'i: Kansas.
He was for tin- p;;M IN ;irs :tj
i nipml.fr of the Methodist cliim h. H. !
had 1'etn a n)t-nil r of tin I. . ;
) F. for 'h ytam; Thf l.f dy will :
ibroul t to Ki !io for burial. Fun :;n
; arrui. mt-nt-s ai tTH-onijd' '.1 ;is y-t
ASK USE OF SWIMMING
POOLS FOR BAPTISM
KlUTH
Kr.a . 'ct.
s oonv.-rts
IT. it's Mi-ii-.i-in
Klilb. Th.
;.,..'i- d to th
. r.f th. pn .lii
pt 'n-.
m rs v-rs.;s eo
Christu-ii'Iihian
authorities f'-r
fiwimr.l'.r'.i; p-
haw
th- :'
f..l !..
m Ki"s oi:i i i:m i:i
! smrNT ci.i:.ii"xs, v,i. . it
t' (' i l.:i at. n. .1 M i -ii'nn-1
! l'nit. d Stst.s ;.rmy pib.i. h i n- r ..f
the Pu!itzr trot hy rae- S it :r.
a n" "or!ds fr --d r-;or.i !
he covered the on. l;i'orr t. r
at lira hjn'ir.d for-y-iel.t
h..!f mil- son hj.r.
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Oregon Eleven in Action
THE OREGON TEAM. WHICH MEETS WHITMAN AT ROUND-
UP, PAPK, FRIDAY. AFTERNOON.
November 7 date set !
FOR DINNER TO HONOR
DIRECTORS OF SHOWS
i
Directors of the lloutul-l'p ;
association and of the Happy ,
Canyon association will be- !
guests of honor at a banquet to j
be tendered by the. Pendleton j
Commercial association on dec-
lion night, November 7, accord-'
Ins l" an announcement made
today.
The dinner was originally
planned to be held during Octo
ber, but a postponement was ta
ken until election night in older
that a longer t me might he
available for planning the pro.
giani. A committee to work out
slants has been named. Tom
Murphy. Frid reunion, Pert
Jerarrt, Rudy .Mollner and Har
old Warner coin pose this com
mittee. The committee in
charge of the dinner cons sts of
l:oy Kaley, Chailes Dond and
K. H. Ahlrirh.
A call for fresh venison lias
been sent out fri.m the lower of
Die good sh p "Commercial As
sociation." mid hunters who j
have a supply on hand, or those
uck. are
i eh wit h
Willi expect to get a but:
ri'ipit-sted to gi t in
L C. Schari f. If a sufficient '
ipiantity of the de r meat can .
lie secured, the dinner will have j
venison as one ftf the chief at-
tractions. , ,
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INDIAN NEWSPAPER MAN
URGES AMERICA TO BAN
OPIUM TRAFFIC IN U. S.
IMCKTANCK, i dii", net. 1 7. S-ore-iy
critirizintf th" action of Knulund in
forcing intnxifantw m tht- Indi;ins,
w h n i h ial ivt" Hindu rHiirlnti b
nmnds tt;i absiiiwnre. Tarina Tra
h;ip Suha. native Indian nvupai'tr
man. at'.d i -.-Hinp m-inb-i s of tin !-
t fan'' liotary t'lub, voirt'd a (dm f'r
1 aid frtm Ann rii'uiiy in an nd :i vor t"
j stamp out t;i- opium traffic, w.,'tli. h'
dl:r-d. hdt' : j xiisit i v- imn;.ce for
this (O intry.
X':dia was a iiHinbT ,i n;-v-fiM-i"
.Ihns.n paily "f I'rohiMt 'on
:M which t'turd In!:a and thf ri-n
N"i:V Vil:K. ! 17.
j'nrs r.f li-in-A?i:.mie
I eh;,rn."..'r',i:. l -,s "s-ib on 1
ll"'i.td .Stat A'"rnv
l'"f- '
.re It, y-
w.-.r.i. d"f i:.t nz th.- It.-.uzh'rty
s a" "f'l"! in ( 1 n! '-" '11
. "di
t. !..
Whit.'
Pa ; w iinl opr.,. , I iriaalcfir the
s-t ar line
i.pMr: ta.n f'.
l '-i ::i'ii:ic
fAr'-iddeic f
a pna.'n tit
'n!'.r" -still'
c-.i r y-
enter Ameri'sm per's
Unionist Party
To Decide Fate
Of Lloyd George
Conference of Liberal Party
Leaders Called. by. Premier;
General Election Expected.
I.ONDO.V, Oct. , 17. d'. P.)
l,!oyd Ceorge's p'ojitieul fate will be
sealed Tliuisday when members of the
unionist party nice! to decide whether
to continue to. support the premier's
coalition government, Resignation of
lhe entire cabinet, or a general eioo
lion will' be the outcome of this meet-
;:ng.
i
I Should the "die bards' 'desert the
icoaltion and the remaining member
resign, this also would precidtate, o
'general election. Lloyd Ceorge ' lms
called a conference of leaders of the
i liberal parly today, to discover ho.v
he stands with the party of which he
! is the acknowledged head.
j p
jj
i fniaulla county will hold its twenty-seventh
annual Sunday School As
sociation convention October -0, -I
and L'J, at Helix. ,
The program protnlp. s to be an in-
.icsting i .lie. . Anions the speaki l-s
are Ki.'V. AV: A. Clesslluin, l:ev. K. K.
Ijohiun n, Mm. S. A. l.owi II, Key. v.
!l.; Van Nuys. ll. v. l-iar.kl n Hilling
Iti v. ;. 1j. Clark, lin., John Secor.
liev. I!. V. Harper, and I!" v. W. H.
' I'leakney. nil : prominent ministers;
'.Mihs (Jcoi'uia I'arker. state, secretary
and F. K- Noordhoff
;ing I'.bicators of the
;c.induct th- Kolliiil-Talile" discus-,
slims. t
l in., of the fcaiiilis of the con-ven-lion
will Irf the t'hina iiheasant liun-
iiet to be In Id i n Friday evening.
Ilii' Clar!.:. pastor of tbe I'endleton
I'r. iv ter an church, w ill In teast
ntaster. lt.-. .I. ,M. Corn ll-.on. president ot
the assoeiat .-ii, stales tilnt pl.-itea at
ihe l.aniuet will le at a premium as
Helix has room fin only li'O piiests.
The lespitabie little city would like
to entertain mere iitors but there Is
no I a!) it j-litfl'.tcnt s ze to accommo
date a liu-irer ba.'l'i'iet. Kcv. Corn.'li
Mn uri:eK that th-ie v. ho cannot find
places Jhe b;i!!i!ie! alt.-n.l Hie fithel'
ITlelillt'".
Thee wiil l.- Jie lei mtlMe Ut .'iO'll
sension. I'r-rlnnd I'l'olbers Ijuartet
antl Min. i;e.rire Cv.'na ifiil 'e anioof
t !!. S !!!! I'S.
M KklT IS Tl:IIV
I'"I:T1.a.i. r.,t IT (A. r
ii-t.'ck. c,j2s t.,ittt-r steadj.
LOVE LETTERS
POUND IN PROBE
OF HALL MURDER
Two Bloody Handkerchiefs
Were Found by Prosecutors
in Mew Brunswick Mystery.
MORE ARRESTS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY
Mrs. Hall and Her Brothers
Quizzed at Court House;
Court Yard Crowded.
skw nni:x8Wic'K. n. j. ct. n.
(l.t I".) Love letters exehangi'il' by
Key. Hall and- Mrs. Mills, two bloody
handkerchiefs, one with the initial
"H" in the corner, were discovered by
prosecutors ns additional evidence In
ihe mysterious murder. Henry Elev
ens, millionaire oroiner, ana ivirs. jui-
ward Hull, were grilled at the court
house today. Mrs. Hall will prolmhly
face iiuestloning later. Arrests of
more suspects are expected tonight,
Mrs. Hall, accompanied by her ec
centric brother Willie, arrived at the
court, house while Henry was icing
examined. Willie Debonair, waved to
the crowds about the steps. Mrs. Hall
was heavily veiled and her head bow
ed. Tills is the first time all three
members of Ihe Stevens family have
been together for the quiz.
Hundreds of pesons. Keyed up by
the excitement of the latest develop
ments of the tranody, swarmed about
the court house as the probe was re
oinicd.' A letter written by Mrs. MIIIh
to Hall ciinie to light, today. It lead: I
"Dear leart; how dear it was of you
to accompany me to the dentist today.
Things would have been different had
you not been along. I had no pain
during the extraction nor following
It." Mrs. Addison Clark, friend and ul
times confidante of Mrs. Mills, was to
.'ttco interrogation later today.
Hank deposits at Astoria have
I'lifelied the highest mark In the his
tory of the city, the last report show
ing more than $7,778,000.
STUDENTS ACCUSED, OF
IDLENESS ARE DEFENDED
BY OHIO COLLEGE HEAD
COUWir.rS, !., Oct. 17
eritieism Is lielnir aimed nt
Much
colleges
because so many Htuilents arc taktlic
bourses lor which they are not fit
ted." declared 1 r. W. . Thoniison.
Iinsidint of the Ohio State l'nlver
slty. "It is the duty of the sccondar)
school to discover the line of en
deavor for which the stndent Ik best
e'ltiippeil.
"The charge has been made thai
one of the lead- colleges and universities are filled
t.unty. who wili'w-ith drones, idlers, shirker and so
cial climbers. I'ersons of this nature
ire found In alt walks of life. I'm
tldi reason Mich a ehai'Ki cannot lie
,idiiia!-;v made asainst one special
Troup (f fw-rsons." ,
OVER WHITE FORCES
ITKIV.. "t. 7. (A 1M Troops
of the "Itcd" army representing th'
far .astern repet-hc of SilKTia stip-
., M('f h ... crashed the '-white" o
F., called Kappchst Sils-rian army on
ih. c.ttr. of tf. Northern Maneharian
I... i,l. i ne, ni.liim to official infoi in.,-
lion f'.nl Itni-l.i-i
'e.
Chitt lrn.a it. fe .ted the n nl i-So let
army ot r;-neral l ueu're r in nsiue.
immdiat Iv w-st of Nikolsif. Thel
ft. ds ...-cupi.-ft Nlkolk. advanc -
m.t-sti and eT!.. rel Orodekovi..
MAKEM
TURK CHIEF
A new picture of Mustapha .Kemal
I'asha, Turkish Nationalist leader,
who has Just concluded a truce with
the allies at Mudanla.
INCLUDESJG .NAMES
Some of Best Educators in the
Northwest Secured by Green
for Gathering Nov. 1, 2, 3.
A iirograiii that is expected to bo
Inspirational and entertaining us well
as educational und which will include
some of the lending educators of the
Northwest has been nrrunged by W.
W. Green, county school superintend
ent, for the Teachers' County Institute
.which will be held In I'endleton Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, Novem
ber 1, ii und 3. .
It is expected that 2T.0 school teach
ers w'll be present In the city to lake
j advantage of the' three days of in
struction and entertainment, and In
'addition lo the teachers, plans are be
lng made to acoominoiiale as many
lsltors as possible at Hume of the oil
j tertaliiment features,
j The Whitman College conservatory
of music will offer a program on Wpil
inesday night, Xovi mher I. The best
I talent In Ihe eonversatory will be In
j I'endleain, and Ihe prgoram tlisiireit
; lovers of elassio music an evening i f
entertainment. Teachers will lie ad-I
mlttid free to the entertainment, hut j
plans lit-" bebltf made to rnarge
visit -
, n nominal fee to help hi meet ng
Ihe expen-es Incidental to staging the j railroad was responsible for a run by
offering. th" fire department. A man saw a
The special attraction arinnged for reflection of the signal light In a wln
thc evening-of l ho second day is a ' d.nv and thought a house was afire.
monologue and playet which will be
uiven by the I'endlelon's Women's
club.
All numbers on the three day's pro
gram will be given III the auditorium
of tho I'endleton high school. Kolb.w
ng Is a list of the educators who will
be present to act as Instructors.
.1. A. Churchill, superintendent of
public Instruction.
11. "K. Inlow. superintendent of i'en
dleton m h.N Is.
W. K Xnhn'. Northwest director of
tio- A. N. I'almor Co. j
May Hmith. first erade critic ut Ihe'
-late normal school, who i:i net asi
instructor for first and s eon
teachers. !
Emily IK! Vote third and fourth
-
the state norma! whoi
hers of those ttrailel
herr ;
Kalherine Arbuttmot. eighth irrailiv
critic, instructor of teachers for sev
enth and eighth grades.
If. IT. Seymour, state lead'-r of boys'
and girls' cbibv
IfiKsell l:hink-r,hl.. head of th-
o Vtnry ilt partieen! of the ft!! Walla
, h gh B n,, ;,..m. v address
j .r.'lii.i.-ni J Ij.nd-rs, ..f the stat
,.,m.,
j Kv(1 15 n director of
physical
dtnre tiLstriMtion to era pupils
nd for rir' tn (be htKh - hool.
d.
(Continued on PM -X ,
uuuucry
COMPLETELY
DESTROYED AT
SAN
Charred Steel All That Was
Left of Giant Blimp Ten
Minutes After Fire Started.
FOUR INJURED WHEN
BAG CAUGHT FIRE
Dirigible on Return Trans
continental Flight; Caught
on Door of Hangar.
IIV CAl'T. Ol.lVEK HOUDBN i
HAN ANTONIO, Oct. 17, (U. P.)---'
The army dirigible C2 burned when
the envelope tore against the stetjl ,
hangar doors, wrecking the ganolino .
tank, nnd thus catching the cnVclopu
afire from the motor exhaust sparltsi.
Men on the ground were tinaWe to
hold the bag and scattered from tholf
posts when the balloon began to wll,
loosing It and leaving tho occupant:)
to their fate. I was In the front c.oiU
paitment with Major StrreusH and a
newspaperninn. I lumped when, tho
car was only .four feel- above, (ho.,
.ground, ,f hai-tl)y hnit' allshtefl,
the hag rose in the air, r,rowdlnt
against the doors. Hissing and es
caping gaH made n shitl Bound.. . Ma-:
.tor ritrauss remained at hla post, iriv
lng ordors to attempt to nave thioraft.
The enveloiie finally caught on .tlitt '
door -weights and the. men began to
jump fifteen or more feet, many be
coming Injured in this way. Hydrogen
gas mixed with the gasoline fumes
made the flame fierce, and the cn.
velnpo blasted suddenly with Jin ex
plosive effect. The flames loaped high
in the air. Ambulances and motor
cits rushed toward the scene to aid In
the rescue and make futile attempts to
extinguish tho fU'e.
.lliirneil QtiliJilj'.
HAN ANTONIO, Oct. 17j M I'.V
The army's newest dirigible, giant C-2,
was completely destroyed by, fire this
morning while being towed from Its
huiiKar preparatory for an exhibition
flight over the city. Major Htrauss,.
commander, and Sergeant Albright,
were seriously burned, and two others
Injured. A gust of wind blow the en
velope against the hangar door, sparks
from the engines exploded the gas
tanks, and the big bag burst Into
flames. chared steel Is all that was
left tell minutes later.
Tho giant blimp arrived here Sat
urady from Kl I'aso on Its return
transciintnental flight. The crew
planned to remain hero a week mak
ing repairs. The C-2 was completed
shortly after the army's ship "Horaa"
bouitht from Italy, fell with a loss of
S( lives. The C-2 had a gas capacity
of a hundred seventy-two thousand
cubic feet, nnd was capable of making
sixty miles an hour.
i UIOI.I.Air.K, Ohio, Oct. 17. A red
I fuse, left burning by a flagman on a
I -. . .
lA. C. FUNK WITHDRAWS
AS CANDIDATE IN RACE
FOR CITY COUNCILMAN
A. C. Kuna, who recently an-
nounce-I as a candidate for
councilman tn the third ward,
announced today in a formal no-
tiro lo Thomas Kits Oerald.' city
recorder, and to It. T. Brown,
county clerk, that he will not be
a candidate. The withdrawal of
Mr. Kimk leaves W. A. Rhodes
as the only avowed candidate for
the office. The notice of Ilr.
Funk Is as follows:
"Tou ore hereby notified that
because I have discovered that I
i an not uuaJIfy If lecte.I lo ".ha
utile.' of councilman ( the
third wartl of the city .f r.n-
diet. .a. t the elect;. i of No-
vember 7. I hereby withdrax
from my candida-T for '.he iw. Id
offio. of councilman of Hie Uil.-d
want of the nt if I'malelon.
and re.ni.sl and direct that mv
! name b stricken from the bal-
i lot.
"Iatcd at Pnulleii.', fwfti.
this 17th day of !-.'.
. 1-TXiC-.
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ANTONIO