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VOL. 34
DAILY XST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON.
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SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1922.
NO. 10,275
, jjssrass'-ljg,
PRODUCTION ON
T
Business Failures in Sep
tember Were Less Than in
Any Month Since April.
96,659,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT HARVESTED
Restock Being Marketed in
Normal Quantities; Large
Potato Crop; Low Prices.
SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S. (A.
F.) Productive activity has increas
ed notably during the past six
months in nil the major industries
in the Twelfth Federal Reserve Dis
trict, according- to a report Issued
here today by John Pen-in, federal
reserve agent. There lias been only
a slight increase in the use of bank
credit for commercial purposes,
however, Mr. rerriiv said.
"Total loans and discounts of re
porting member banks in (lie larger
cities have increased but $55,218,
000 or 6.7 percent since Feb. 1,
when tho low point of the year,
818,102,000, was reached. Redis
counts of these banks with the fed
eral reserve bank on October 9 were
near the lowest levels of the year.
Recently their holdings on invest
ments have declined slightly. The
country banks, as a group, have bor
rowed only in small amounts during
the current crop moving season. On
Oct. 11 the total discounts of the
federal reserve bank had declined
to $S4,573,0UO, the smallest figure
since member banks began to re-ili-co
their boiii lvings in December.
"Interest rates! in the principal
banking centers were generally un
changed during the month. An ex
ception -was the rale on to lav
paper of customers in fan Francis
co, which at r, percent was lower
than at any time during the present
period of readjustment. The inter
est rate on banker's acceptances ad
vanced from 3 1-2 percent on Sept.
15 to 3 3-4 percent on Oct. 17.
PACIFIC
COAS
SHOWS INCREASE
"Industry has been hindered re
cently in some sections by inade
quate transpoi tation service and in
oth,ers by a shortage of labor. The
lumber industry in particular has
been inconvenienced. Partly as a
result thereof production of lumber,
.which Is now approximately 100 per
cent normal, has exceeded shipments
and orders for four consecutive
months.
"The shortage of labor previously
noted in the mining industry of this
district continues. Average wages of
all classes of mine workers were in
creased approximately 10 percent
during August and September. All
the more Important metal ""c bring
produced In increasing quantities.
"in the petroleum fields of Cali
fornia, production reached the rec
ord figure of 40fi,8SS barrels per day
during September. Stored stocks on
Oct. 1 totaled 56,259.301 barrels, th
largest, amount held In storage since
February, 19 IS.
"Building throughout the di-trirt
continues active. Permits issued dur
ing September were greater, in both
number and value than one year
ago. According to the Vnited State
Bureau of Labor Index, wholesale
prices of building materials are now
1 percent above their low point of
March, 1922, ami 17 percent above
the ireneral level of wholesale prices.
"Goods continue to be distributed
a 'T-clv at retail and wholesale. The
jilne of sales of 31 department
stores was 3.7 percent greater than
in September. 1921. In the whole
Rale trade, nine of the ten lines re
ported an increase In the value of
their sales compared with one year
ago. Dealer In six lines sold more
goods In September than In August.
fCnnflmi1 on nr K.
THE WEATHER
Reported by Major Lee Moorl.onse,
weather olerver.
Maximum, 62.
Minimum, 4T.
Itaroineter, 2. Jin.
TODAY'S
FORECAST
Tonight anl
Sunday on
"rally fair.
!:eavy frot
-rly morninc
Edison Learned
To Telegraph as
Newsboy on Trar
VISALIA, Cal., Oct. 2S. (I. X.
S.) J. i 'Ward, the man who
taught Edison to telegraph,
may leave the service of the
Commercial Telegraph com
pany here as the oldest operator
in point of service in AmitTici.
lie has been at the key continu
ously for 60 years, lie has been
thirty-five years In his present
position. Kdison as a boy of lrt
learned to telegraph from Ward,
lie was a newsboy on a train on
the Grand Trunk line, at Clem
ens, Mich. He learned a few
letters at a time between trains.
4 fi ',f
ARGONAUT FIRE WAS
INCENDIARY IS BELIEF
OF MINE OFFICIALS
JACKON Cul.( Oct. 28. V. V.)
Mint; officials today admitted that
they fear tho fire whiih oaus;ed the
death of forty Movent miners In the
Argonaut mine here was incondiui-y.
Hen HhaiiR-uinetti, shaft foreman, testi
fying before the governors commission
invest isalinfi- the disaster expressed
the belief that an incendiary bomb had
started the blaze. K. A. Stent, milling';
company vice president and active of-!
fieUil rin the frroimrl. exoressed a firm i
conviction that the fire was not acci-'
dental.
j BEST OF APPLES AND
AT EAST END SHOWS;
Displays Seen by Pendleton!
, ,. I bomb i:xi'i.oii-i in iik .c;o
Men Yesterday; Old flehcsi
. . , ,r 1 chic'aoo. oot..2s.(r. r.) i'o-
Get Attention; Rivalry Keen; ac.(1 UJllilv ;i n,.w ,.,.i(,
j t( rror threatening In the building
It mav be all right to say with Kills' trades war. A hus;e bomb whs exph.nl-
larkcr liui:tr n.aA "pij piss," -ji
i there nre a good many F(iu1leton pi u-
pie who visited the exhibits of fruit
and farm products at the Kasi F.iki
Apple ,Show and the Umatilla County
Pidato show yesterday at Milton
Freewater and Weston who know lv
ter than to say that "apples ur
apples," or that "spuds are just
spuds." 1
Apples of many varieties in thej
pink, or red, or black, or ill a eombi-
nation of tints of perfection were on :
(display by the box, the flat and plate,1
land they were attractive enough to j
; make the desire to eat them almost
ovei-Wheimij.fr. And the record mat;,,
the apple family established for Itself
at the Twin cities' snow was rivajen ny
the "Murphies" at Weston. -Not on!.vLr,1M,nn,-wita um. ,.,.,. Saturday,
were the pick of the spuds grown on 1 )i(.k(iiI 1p Mit,.,1(..H tunMl. ,..
the mountain on display to advertls a i . . , nwn .,,. ..,. Mt.,..
its worth to the world, but there were
also a few diseased spuds just to b-
shown as "horrible examples" of what
should not be done by growers.
The apple show secured such an en
thusiastic following, both in the lum
ber who attended to see the exhibits,
and in the quality of the exhibits
themselves, that a decision was made
yesterday afternoon to hold the show
open until this evening. The original
program e-allod for the show to or f
open to the public for two days, Thurs-
piayed yesieruay eauseu int.- maiumc
ment to decide to hold open until to
night. The potato show is undeifnll sway
(Continued on page 5.1
NEAR EAST RELIEF
"The extent of the Smyrna dims-
j t-r is F'icli aa to striker h im.ni imag
ination," Mates J. J. Ilundx.iker, Ore-j
; jron director Near East Kelief who is j
j In Pendleton to address the Christian;
I church tumorrow morning and a union -
iiietinir at Athera tomorrn-' nUht.
"A populuatton approximately as
prnt as that of the entire state of
Oreiron haH len rendered honit lsw
th past six week. No uVsayter of th
prerit war was any creator.
Jriilfnt lleriinic ha summon
the Knitrhts of 'oliinihtm, Y. M. C. A., i
V. W. ( A., thf Ke.lprntion of Jewish'
Welfar SopI lies. th Ft tt ral ro mH :
f eht-rehes repr .sen t in ? i't.i'MiM t 'i
I'ror 't:;ntf. the Cr s, mi ! N.-r r
KaM l;e.t-f t- !o'l their r "...iref-s
m-t th r( rwh-lniins n .1. '
S x s)ii)l;i(!s of fool have ah-td1
In-n disr.i hrt tn.? many mo'-p m'st
yen. i;rfe w.th p. ir tlrt t t n Af
only five million is tM;illv rn:.ile t.'
cr. with th task r.f the r.ir -.f
nearly a million rt-1t:."
Mr. HamliakT i iie-.mpanif-d hv
W. A. S-liW4.ol hr up at the
Vr si ytf rinn t h treh at II a. m.. the'
KniMiKil chnrrh at 7.3o nnl M. K.
rh'ir- h at S anJ by Irwin D. Prjrr
ho sM-;tk. it the i::st rhi'nh at
11 a. m.
U-I'i-yt has Ven mrd throor'i
Krrr-tary C. I- Harr for the f.ttinr of
tn early dute liy the merchant qn.
fiation f r a rotnmun.ty rmfaien in
r-iifn to the !'r eoVnt appeal for
t3c Smyrna uffcrcr.
mi
M!, FACE
I
Blanket Charges of Murder
Face 411 Members of Unit
ed Mine Workers of America
77 INDICTED FOR
'HERRIN MASSACRE'
Charges of ConsP'racy to Mur"
j- nn 1.,,.U TpAAdAn
lid , IVIUIIbldUyillCl , I I caauu
Lodged Against Remainder.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2s. ,,T. ".) A to
tal of six hundred thirty one union
miners stand indicted for murder and
lesser offenses in connection with
mine wars throughout the country,
according to dni.-d Tress lnforinti
tion today. Blanket charges of mur
der face four hundred eleven members
of the Cnited Mine Workers of Amer
ica, the survey revealed. Charges of
conspirmy to murder, manslaughter,
insurrection and treason were lodged
: nuainst the remainder. Cases against
j five h indred fifty four are being
j prosecuted at tft. Clalrcville, Oh!o.
E
1 e.lMl'Ul, . il., mm iKiurnivjii, ,,.
Seventy seven additional miners
ing trial for allewd participation In
the "llerrln massacre" at Marlon, III.
briniis the total to 6.11.
i ed i newly etn-upi
,Iiernni iI
Uinny,
chuirm.-tn ef the board
of (lii-ectoiK of the Illino' telephone
company, HliMtterin- nil Uie windows
nnd tearing out the front porch.
RONS 105 YARDS FOR
;
cilCCiO Oct "S.
-I'iiiick Pal
Nortliweslern, mflhU.k
)0- t j, t-it.-t lor a
louchilown in
thn tl,ii-rl i,i!:,i1er nl' tl,t n rt li west -
ell had carried the ball over on Min
nesota's fourth flown. The jj-xal tieil
the score, the final reading 7-7.
OUR
CHARGES
1 wAfr&r -itA-f
Woman Who Shot
Famous Rector
Declared Insane
HAVKH, Mont., Oct. '.S.--(l". P.)
No inquest will be held over iho bodies
of llt'V, K J. Christlor, famous Mon
tana p:istor of St. Marks Spiscopal
church here, and Mrs. -Margaret Cur
let on, according to tin- authorities.
Mrs. Carleton shot Christler dead and
then committed suicidr dmiim a fit of
temporary insanity due tn loneliness
ami illm-ss, authorities learned.
I After the funeral services here mi
. tier the auspices of the Masonic bodies
' Christlets remains wilt ho taken to A'i
j burn New York for interment, K,.;a
j tives will remove Mrs. ('arb ton's body
I to Hutlo for burial. 'Mrs. Oarleton's
i husband, former district .Indue here,
! is mm- in I.os Anst'les, Her daughter
is in I'mte. Mrs. Cai leton it was re-
ported torl.iy acted queeiiy at the ho-
tel. had her meals sent to her rnmn I
land look sleeping powders, she left
i tie1 hotel In a hysterical condition late
! Thm-sdny nisht about two hours bp
; f,.r,
the tragedy was enacted, i
Word went out today through the)
wilds of Hill County that Hev. Christ-:
ler. the "sky pilot" was dead. Hi- was!
known to every wanderer in these j
pints. South ot the cunuiltan noi-iler
and Xorth of the Missouri river. "I'n
derJTound" communication carried the
tidiniis of his death almost as rapidly
as wires. Funeral services are being
arranged here. Mrs. Chrlsller will
probably accompany the body to her
home :tt Auburn, Xew York.
I
I
. tt j i :
Classical rrogram io De fivun i
as Part of Institute for i
School Teachers of County, i M" i'"iii situation
t i thai Premier Facta rushed to the de-
pot to meet King Kmnumnol, when
A program of classical music will he n,.,,,iM,,i -m,. !lsl nli.ht und ln
IIommI I'-. -udletou peojle . ttcxi Wed-; ,,,.,, .,j v,n: ,. ,,f ' 'ihe -ministerial
nesday nlfht when the faculty of Ihe ; ,.,.(,.. K resignation was handed
Whitman Conservatory of music will ' IL nn ilnnr laler.
appeal- at the auditorium of the Pen- Martial l.nw Declared
dletou high s hool. The iippearalice i l.ONIiD.V, Del. 28. (!'. P.) Mar
of the cons'-rvatory faculty here Is one ,,., .nv wl, ,,roclniined In Italy ut
of the entertainment numbers that Willi ,. ),i:,Vi ,,ccordlng to an uncon-
ne gien in connection with the I in
tilla county teachers' Institute, which
will be held November 1, 2 anil 3.
W. W. (li-een, county s iperintendent
of schools, is in charge of the pro
grain, and he counts the teachers for
tunate to be able to hear a program
of the sort that will be presented by
tile Washington musicians.
Teachers w:li I Iniitted without
cost to the entertainment, but it is
probable -that -others will be charged
a nominal fee. No definite decision
has 'been reached yet on tilts score.
Those who will play hero and their
I i-egrani are as follows: Mrs. Kslher
.-'nndniiist Powers, violinist; Miss K!i.-
I (i-ontiniied on n.-ise 6.1 'that relief workers can do.
THE LOST RUDDER. j
L
DICTATOR
ITALIAN PEOPLE!
Martial Law Declared in Italy J
i
Today According to Un-
confirmed D i s p a t c hes.r "ffm;,m',r f";v
FORMER PREMIER MAY
BE CALLED FOR POST
, .
FciSCIStl HOlCl
Several Large
Municipalities; Military Ac
tion is Denied.
ItOMlO. Oct. 2S. (V. P.) Benito I
Mussolini, head of the Kascisti, Is
Italy's viituad dictator today. The
Facta government resinned last nicht.
.Mussolini is conferriiiK with parlia
ment leaders here. Former 1'remler
j (liolitti will probably form the new,
: cabinet.
It. was officially announced by th"
I Interior mfhlstry that the Fascist i's
are eoncentrati'd at several larne i
i towns. Coincidental with this an-1
nouncement. came tho official denial
of the widespread run.ors that the
Fascist! have seized several munici-
palities and had actually started mili
tary action to seize n-ovornnieiuai con
trol. Censorship was established on press
message.:. Thi' ".overen-o t P!ul;-ev
the eider for n.-'i-l'i:! law. but nn-
nouueed lis readiness to cope with the
situation.
S lualiun ;nive
' firmed report
here.
THOUSANDS FACE DEATH
IT
llKDKAfSATCrl, Thrace. Oct.
(A. P.I Kxhaustod by slow,
L'S.-
weary I
flight toward Macedonia, vast swarms
of refugees crowding the country
roads now face starvation and disease.
Thousands -will perish In tin- next few
weel s. it seems certain, despite all
lliat relief workers can do.
v 5 '
Lowderis Cousin
Says Pierce Will
be Next Governor
- ;
ror.Tr.AN'n, Oct. 2s. o. w.
lOwden of Mist, a member of tho
republican county central com-
mittee of Columbia county, was
a speaker before tho Jackson
club Thursday nisht speaking In
behalf of Walter M. Fierce, the
democratic candidate for kovoi--
nor.
Mr. Lowden. who is a cousin
ernor I.ovden of
Illinois, has been for the pnst
three weeks cjimpalnnlnK'
throughout the coast counties in
Pierces interest. lie is confi-.
dent that Pierce will come up to
-Multnomah county with a. lead
of at least lO.nono voles, and in-
sists that he will carry Clatsop
county, Lincoln, Coos( Ime and
will break oven If he does not
carry Columbia.
The Columbia county commit-
teeman is enthusiastic In his re-
ports of the progress Senator 4
Pierce is making? in his campaign ,
and contends that there Is no
doubt (if his election by a sub
stantial majority.
.
AND PETERSON AT MEET
Argument for and Against
Making Bill Into Law Heard
by Crowded house at Forum
Arguments why the compulsory
school bill should be adopted and ar-
; gtiments aga.'nst It were presented to a
f till house of men at tho Presbyterian
church last night when the men's fo
rum of the church entertained at a
bnu'iuet for their membership and
( for visitors who came, after the ban
!quet lnul Mnti M-rvertr " Tbr -ill llrma.
tivo side of the question was handled
by Jiunes H. (Iwlnii. and Will M. Peter-sou
spoke In opposition to It.
The meeting was pres:ded over by
Itoy W. Itltner. president of the men's
organization. Music by the church
iiuaiiet and community singing led by
Joe Scott were enjoyed at intervals
during the evening, ! continued to search for tho graves of
After reading the bill which It " is the first two husbands of Mrs. Tilly
proposed to make into a law. Mr, llvllmclt following her confession that
(iwinn declared that the Ideas em- she poisoned the third', husband,
bod ed In II are not new but were pro-, Joseph Kllluek through Jealousy. Sh
mulgated many years ago. The j denied that she 'wanted his life Insert
achievements of the nation In the pastiance, Mrs. Klimelt Is dangorouBly ill
and present are due In large measure! at a hospital here. ' . '
to rfun- free public school system, he . .. . , ' j
suld, and compared and contrasted the j ' ."t.JT
I'nlted States nnd .Mexico and Japan
niul China us examples of countries:
making proirress because of their ed- t
ucatlonnl systi-ms, or fullinir to ai-1
vanee for lack of such systems. ,
He denied that the Tiill is aimed lit!
the rolijr'ous freedom of any one in-!
dividual or croup. There Is no union ' , 4 t ' '
of church and state now, and It Is tnei ' ' - ' 'i
duty of the present to see that no such wh-"t l'rlciH ure ,owcr lm,ur- ' I
union Is effected In the future, he lumber Sraln closed at $1.14 V4, May
The jiossible added cost of op-!1"
crating the schools If the present 12,
f.0.1 iiunlls who ore attending nrlva.n
schools in the stute are added to the .
present snft.onn w ho attend the public ;
schools was dlsm'ssed by Mr. Owlnn
when he stated that no added tax ex- !
pi-nse would be necessary.
Mo also pednted out that the pro- j
popVd measure does not spply to col-,
(Continued on pane G.J
Football
MOW 1IAVKN. Oft. 2X. (!'. l'.);
The first half of the Vale-Army
game ended with the scor- nothing
to nothing. The Army appeared .to
have the edge over Yale, oulkteklng
and outvaluing them. Vle Is get-'
ting Hie breaks, managing to m over
several fumbles. ' the demand will probably keep pace
- ' with any Inereose In the receipts. It
cni0', Oct. Is. (!'. r.) I goes without saying that buyers will
t'niversity of Chicago scored u hesitate to pay blir premiums when
touchdown on Princeton In Ihe gnmelthiy see Indications of a better sup
today, but failed to kick goal. Chi-j ply of cars. We believe that the mar.
'-ufco look, d to le Princeton's mas-' ket Is at a level where caution U tid
ier, visable on tho buying side.
WALTER PIERCE WILL SPEAK
IN PENDLETON ON EVENING )
OF NOV. 6; TO TOUR COUNTY
iter M. I
it- will p-uk I" Pen-
dl. foe on lb veiling ,f Mon.lay N
vrmi.r nnd doling that lay he Kill
hold a i-ri" of me-tini: in Hh towns
f ih- county b-t iv.-en IVndleton and
rn .'w.-tter. 1h plan is te have him
top at Ail.ims. Athena, Wi-ston, Mil
l,n Slid Kr--at.-r, addn-neinc the
oiIit, briefly at all ih.e p.imts.
I he pp-re." meetings ii.-re n Mon
dv No- mlMr will ma':e a whiii
Kied ftnft-h to 1 1h- present cnmPaUm
snd bis l-ack.-is n' Juhdant today
ov-r reeelpl t news that be Will be
aiaiUMe for the meeting here. It
MRS. MILLS WAS
DRAGGED OUT f
HIDING BY SLAYER
Hall Asked 'How do You Be
plain These Notes?' Before
Fatal Shot Was Fired.
'WOMAN IN GRAY' y
SHRIEKED 'OH '
Woman Knelt Weeping Besides
Hall's Body and Placed
Hat Over His Face.
jckw nnrxswieic, Oct. 28. (U.
I'.) Mrs. Klennor Mills was hunted
down with flashlights as she crouched
terrified in the thick brush near where
Uov.. Hall was slain, and finally drag
ged out and killed, according to the
eye witness story of the double mur
der which Prosecutor Mott declares he
has corroborated. A . "woman In
gray," and her companion are guilty,
the story said. . '
Mrs. tllbson now says she heard
the woman accuser sny to Mrs. Mills
and Hall shortly before tho killing:
"How do you explain these notes?"
referring t the letters found torn and
strewn about the bodies. Mrs. Olbson
says that Immediately thereafter, a
shot whs fired and Hall (oil. .1 Both
Mrs. Mills nnd the "woman In' gray''
screamed. One of them called out;
"Oh, please please don't." The other
gasped so terrifledly her voice rose to
a shlek; "Oh, ," Then, according;
to the albson story, Mrs. Mills ran,
wuunbllng Into the darkness. . The
slayer dragged her forth and held her
wWIe he shot her, and then cut her
throat. Te' woman in gray TsturnerJ -later
and knelt wesplng beside llnll'iS
body, ill-ranged his clothes, closed his
eyes and placed a hat over his face.
,' I'olsoiuil Husbands. .
CHICAGO. Oct. 28. Authorities
fi's "' Jnl at l-UE'
The closings yesterday were. $1,14 6-S.
M.1.T4 and 1.00. Following-are the
Ttotatlons received by Overbeck A
'ooke, local brokers;
Open High Low Close
Dec. tl.14'4 1.U, $1.14 $1.14 4
May l.U',4 l.U 1.12 ii-Vi
July 1.05 54 1.06 H 1.05 1.05 9
Wheat Ixical sentiment appeared
to be rather bullish today, but on
efforts In that direction made little
headway, and the market closed with
an easy tone. So much has been said
lately of the strong position ot wheat,
and the prospective demand that news
of this character is no longer Influ
ential In the market. When wheat
wsm ot a lower level It was hard to
convince sny one that the surplus of
the 1'iilled States and Canada would
not depress prlees, and It Is now the
reverse. The car situation remains'
(he dominant factor as evidenced by
the premiums being- paid for cash
wheat for prompt shipment, nd while
mas feared that he would have all bl
remaining speaking time taken but
news mas r-c ived this morn in c by the
democratic central committee that he
will spend day here while enmilte o
hie home at ljt Orande to Tote.
At the present time Mr. Pierce la
r&mnaigntn In western Oregon with
considerable lime devoted to Port
land, lteporta from nomerolus sources
tell of Intense Interest in his meetings
and his forcible argumenr en th- tax
woe. He H a speaker r- 'Mliiy
and his friends iv b- ha
parked hmiee h r.