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THE ONLY SMALL DAILY EDITION The net press run of yesterday's 3,266 fi This paper 'a a member or nnd audited ; k... u a .iri it Rut enii of firf 11 1a t ions. Mjr COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 34 II FAVOR U. 8. ECONOMIC INTERVENTION Press Comment tntnusiasuc Over Expected American Participation in Debt Tangle FRENCH PAPERS LESS WARM IN RECEPTIONS! Harding Undecided as to the Exact Form of Proposal; to Restrain French Occupation. LONDON', Dec 1--L;. r'T-aw cording to today's jue of the Da"y .Sketch, President Harding has sent a warning to Franco that occupation of the Ituhr valley would greatly end-in-ger negotiations concerning, the intoi natlonal loan to Germany. No other London papers carried this report. At Pnrl.M it wan learned authorltativel that'tho United Slates government al ready had Informed the allies it con templates only economic intervention in Burope. ' PAIUS. Dec. 16. (IT. P.) The al lies understand tho United States will maintain her previous attitude to ward political mattem also that Hard ing Is not yet certain what form the proposed economic action wm tu i-ntied States attitude materially affects France's contemplated Huhr action. It may cause a complete revo lution of the French policy. LONDON. Doc. 16. (U. P.) While newtspaiior knowledge of what the United States intends to do in Europe j is meager, preps comment on the Am- j erican intervention is entntisiusuc. . The Manchester guardian said; "It Is the basest and best thing that nan happened since the armistice." This view is typical of Pritish press com ment. French press comment Is less warm. 131 LIVES DF CREW ; JAPANESE E Blaze Burning 7000 Bales of Cotton in Hold With Great Loss; Believed Incendiary- SAN rrcDRO, Calif., Dec. 16. (U. r;)The lives of 131 passengers and members of the crew of the Chicago Main. Japanese liner in port here, were menaced early today when 7000 bales of cotton caught fire in the hold. The harbor fire tug aided in stemming the blaze while the crew removed the rassengers to tho shore. The loss to the cargo and ship is estimated at several thousand dollars. Several members of the vessel's crew were overcome by smoke but were carried to safety. Many piussen pers suffered burned feet in crossing the steel di-eks. The fire is believed incendiary, but belief is expressed that the fire nlso possibly is a result of spontaneous combustion and that the blaxe had been smouldering under the batches for a week. WEATHER Reported by Major Lee MoorhouM weather obs--eer. Maximum 1?. , Minimum 1 below. paromet-r 30.i'0. fr TODAY'S FORECAST! Tonight and Sunday fair: "nttnoed cold. BRITISH 1 DAILY IN AMERICA 1 Dmly DAILY NOTED WRITER PAYS TRIBUTE TO ROUND-UP IN HIS FEATURE "TAKING THE PEN TO PENDLETON A most comprehensive article. "Tak inir the Pen to Pendleton" by Charles Hanson Towno, appears in a current number of "Town and Country,' which is amour; the high class mu-sa-,in. nf the i'nited States. Towne was a member of the Rourh Writer partv which say this year's pertorm- i mice. The article, profusely illustrated with photographs, is doubtless one of the best pieces of publicity ever af forded the bLg show. The following are extracts from the write-up: "It was Wallace Irwin who said when we got there 'Say, this Pendleton Round-Up makes P.uffalo 1.(1 1 1 look affemlnate.' " "It wasn't until we got to the little town of Pendleton, in Oregon, that we came to realize that we had never r,cen an authentic, show before. Itcst Man Wins "For here, tha best man won. It wasn't a made-to-order chariot rare that we saw. It was lucking horses: horses (hat had never, never .if en rid den. Not painted 'princesses' sitting at ease upon white palfreys, but beau tifully natural un-made-up girls who rode, in 'from ranches to take part in this best of all performances, faring the huge audience in the sun, unafraid of their complexions, beneath the bine publicity of heaven." "Tucked away in the clean velvet: hills Pendleton is beautifully situated.! A delegation of silken-shiited, sunt-' brero-ed cowmen met us at tne sia- llm m individual sums up to $2r,,liu0 tion on a certain clean, cool morning, I wns advocated today in the lrgisla nnd old-fashioned stage-coach -s, someitivl. poncy u,i0pted by the national drawn by oxen, carried ns to the track counc.t oC the Funnel's' Co-opeint- aroiuut wnicn, later, e vveie ui tho most dangerous. and thrillin; bull- dogging stunts. (Continued on page IS.) DEEDS CREDITED 10 Chapter Has High Rating' in Pacific Division for Work Done During Past 18 Month A1ien Miss Esther Kelly leaves Pen dleton next week to go to her home in Portland after having spent IS months in Pendleton as executive secretary of the Umatilla County lied Cross chap ter, she will go with tho consciousness of having been one of the instrumen talities through ivhich the efficiency of the chapter has been greutly Increas ed. A statement to this effect was made today by a member of the board who has been in close touch with the work during the past two years. And Just what has the lied Cross done in Umatilla county during the past IS months? Itoeause its work is like a mother's, mer statements and figures can not express the scope and extent of what has been done but here are some of the accomplishments to lie written down to its credit within tho past year and one-half. The county chapter, which consjsts of 14 branches outside of Pendleton, is one of three in the Pacific division of the United States where the stand ards of efficiency are sufficiently high to make It a training chapter for exe cutive secretaries. Seven states are Included In the division. The office work has been standardized, and thlsj means that the huge mass of ecrres- pondenee and data on cases in the' county has be.en filed in a way so thai, j it is availaahle at a mintiten notice for i reference. I I'hvsirians and dentists in the county have co-operated with the chapter to Uike care of eases which the' executive secretary has recommended I as worthy after p. careful cheek of cir-j cunistances. Formerly this was not i done. Merchants have also extended i thoir co-operation by granting dis-; counts to the ehr.ptor on merchandise pnrchas- d for p lief work. The spirit j of co-operation has been fostered be- j tw en the. county court anil the chap- i l-r, and with the Juvenile officer. f From circuit court, divorce cases in j w hi'-h the custody of children is an is ' bin. haw- causued the sccn-tary to be eall.'d to chwk on conditions in fnmi I'.ey. The city and county : ho!s h;iv also aid.-d in the work. l:i li'.'l t!i- 11 -d Criws chapter, with th- c,,-.pra:ion of the notary t luh in Pendleton ami the Klk, distributed 4; dinners to needy families a Chnstma. time. Along with the dinners went girt of knitted sweaters and other clothing fr the children of the fami- i lies. I--i?t summer a Pfe saving demon stration was held here and 19 local ; Irin!i qualified for membership in the life saving corps of the Ped cross. CARRYING REGULAR WIRE RETORTS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY LITTLE GIRL SHOT BY BOY COMPANION; GUN THOUGHT 'UNLOADED' YI'liA CITY, Calif., Dec. IB. (P. P.) Christinas eheer was gone from Sherman Gardener's home today. lie-turning last night with his and his wife's arms laden with Christinas gifts for their daughter Olive, aged ten, they found Olive's dead body on the floor with her head blown off, and Ilershel ('lenient, aged 10, eryinjr nearby. "I pointed the gun at her, and told her I was gninq' to shoot her,' the old story he pulled the trigger and the "unloaded gun" contained a charge which struck Olive square in the face. FARM, PERSONAL LOAMS! WASHINGTON, Dec. i ii.- -( A. P.) Legislation making it possible for the farmer to borrow front the farm n!1ks for nine-month periods I ive -Marketing association In c nven- tlon liere. GREEK OFFICIALS ARE F HOME, Dec. IP,. (P. dreds of persons suspected P.)-Hun-r,f being in tympathy with King Constantine are j tleeing from Greece on every avnliaiiloj (, t.onut(.p v ilen the new con steamer, according to refugees arriv-1 ,,r0!w convenes. The protests demand ing here. Most of those coming to!,.,, S)(.('il'icnlly that ;i lie.iring lie held Italy are government offici:tls, former j iin)ll, .tiutolv. ministers, generals and prefects who! J . served under Constantine. HAItniXR WAXTS VACATION' WASHINGTON, Dee. 1 li. Harding expects to go to Florida shortly after March 4 for a vtication unless it is necessary to call a special session of the new congress immediately upon the conclusion of the present one. mi . ' M ( i""5a2aTh6S. "i Tt' T ; PlEmSanT B02Ce4 C&r Vg A AT ThaT 'jT i -1 , i.i i is3" ' ; . LODGE ELECTION SENATE PROTEST Liberal Republican League of Mass. Files Complaint; Held Obstructor of World Peace. iVICE-PRESIDENT ORDERS PAPERS PLACED ON FILE League Charges Flagrant Ir regularities in Recent Elec tion; Goes to Committee. WASlIINGToN, Dee. Hi. (A. P.) Proceedings begun in Massachusetts c h.illeiiglng the re-election of Senator Henry Cabot Loilse were today re ferred to tb: senate. Conrad W. Crocker, attorney for John A. Nichols, defeated the prohibition candidate, and the representative, of the liberal re- piiblieau league of Massachusetts, d flagrant irregularities 111 too election. j They pointed, out that Mi 7 , 1 6 7 votes I were oust for HJ iuilnr of which Lodge ' nvelvod 4H,i:ta, and was thus n ! minority eamlidate and repudiated. I Crocker said the fiirlit was designed to i "unseat the man 'U ho lias aeoomplish ! ed more Inirin as an obstructor of j world peace and natural expression of j liberal thought than any other man J -since Nero." I'laeeil On File i Vice-President Coolidge today nr ! detvd the protests against the validity ; the election of Henry Cabot Ijiidge, j senator from Massachusetts, in a re i cent (.lection lodged by the 'Massa chusetts liberal i-- aiblican loague ..j,Mr(.(j on . oey may be refer- KKATTI.l:. Dec. 15. (U. P.) A rubbish fire this morninir threatened the Seattle Oeneial Jlospllal until fire men massed apparatus at the scene and controlled the blaze, wilii'h did not attack the building itself. Pa tients were thrown into a momentary panic. ON OUR BRAIN FROM NOW CONTESTED WITH EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1922. r. ,-rrr, rr , ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. i .- '. . . . i i mi m$m rv w? ! ss.t ... .ywa j . ' j j ' ' j J J Mrs. .John Prunen Is on trial at Mount Holly, N. J., charged, along with Harry C. Mohr, with the murder of her hitsb ind John, a circus owner. Prunen was shot to death us he sat at the window of his home. This picture shows Mrs. -i-uiien in her cell at Mount Holly. Fight. Results Tommy gibbons beat Hilly Mlske, heavyweights, in ten rounds at St. Paul. Charlie White beat Ititchle Mitchell lb hi ivelglits, In ten rounds at New Vol k, when Mitchell's second tossed In a towel In the tenth. Happy Littleton and Hryan Downey fought fifteen 1'ouiiiIm to a draw In New i irleans. IXive shede beat Frank Sehoell, welterweights, in ten rounds at Oma ha. LONDON, Dec. 16. Gambling games to raise church fund:; are Im proper ri 11(1 the police should stop them If the church doesn't tho Pishop of St. Allmiis told a diocesan confer ence. ON WEEKS TO GiVE 1 Secretary to Use Judgment; War Departm't Committee Advocates $3,000,000 Aid. WASHINGTON, Dec. li. -(U. P.) The senate today passed a bill au thorising Secretary of War Weeks to take any steps necessary for tho re lief of Astoria, Ore., flro sufferers. No special appropriations were made. The secretary may use his own dis cretlon. ASTORIA, Dec. 111. (P. P.) Clearing of streets continued today. Doctors and dentists are. opening shops in the. shacks left standing on edge of Hie flru area, the creamery Is operating and a temporary public market has opened. Some merchants jaro doing business with makeshift stoeks. There Is. no suffering from 'the. cold, and unemployment is de ereaslng as the stocks of cash nre i received. The bank vaults probably I will be opened next week and start doing business. The date for the opening Is kVpt secret to prevent a ;run on the banking institutions. I j j:t,oon.oon ltc-ominciHhil. I Colonel Charles Anderson, head of jthe investigating board k-nt by the war department to make recommen Idatlons for federal aid, forwarded Jthese to the war department toduy. iThey asked an Immediate appropri ation of (S.dflO.liUO to build tho city ito by dredging gravel and silt from itlie river, repairing water mains and I Iho sewerage, system. Major Wilde 'la now lure making estimates and 'plans for this work. No more food jls needed from the quartermaster de partment, nor troops for guard duty. Tbey paid high tribute to tlie'cour- ate and morale ,f the stricken city. OF ASTORIA TO MEET I ' A nv'tinir t rr.mmtttr In ' to tli- i ! 1 ft W'Tta In th ir M-rtnl f.t -w rv nr v h'-tt Im-h r-,t)U A for l.itp j ihm ftftf-rnodn lu lw hfll at th offlri f .f lh I't tiill' tim (''miner axnoria- lif.n An orvnnlratifn will tt fffM't- . .1 :.t th'm it. titis. Sit m t'-.'il f.tnvii.'''iTir hn N-.-tl 1nr T, hut it xit-i1 th:it thf ram- liicn ! r:r th- minimum of f't'tn ( v ill h tl ri'n1;iv morninir. It i- th"'--'hi !t:it fr h'fl- ft in mill l-f j nm'.r l !o r-" -r th- r lrf drive. S- rr-i! linltv Mlnats h. CflU-l at : ih' offe r .f th onimnral nrta j ion li'ilav rti'I utihut KotiHtatinn av;-l thit th'ir name h put tl n for arUiuh bmonnm. PRESS AND THE I N. SL DAILY EDITION 24 PAGES SECTION TWO PAGES 9 TO 16 COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 10,318 TED UCY PRESIDENT SHOT FEW DAYS AFTER HE TOOK OFFICE Narutowicz Inaugurated Dec. 11 Amidst Marked Demon strations Nationalist Party. VIEWING ART EXHIBITS WHEN LIFE IS TAKEN Opposition Throws Missiles; and Few Assemblymen Ab sent Selves From Ceremony. PARIS, Dec. 16. (t;. I'.) Presi dent Gabriel Xarutowica cf Poland was assassinated this morning, accord ing to Warsaw advices. He. assumed office December H when , rioting: marked his Inauguration. twenty thousand nationalists who opposed his election threw missiles at him as ho went to tho llnaugtiratlon ceremony and nationalist members of the. assem bly absented theniH) Ives for the cor- i nioiiw when he took the oats of office. He was shot while visking an art ex hibition. Dispatches from Iterlln - reported that President NanitnuVloj was iuwnssl. i.neu Uy a. young painuv, Ttedwacin- rj kl, during an art exhibit M.. .nun Nred three shots. Me has bfen arrest- el. , - . CASIIilKK AI1NCO.YD8 TACOMA, Deo. 18. (IT, P.; A re ward of I5UU was offered today for tho arrest of Xpencer Conroy, ab Hcondlng assistant manager of tho Hank of California, alleged to have de camped with (I0U0 of tho 'bank's funds. Ifo was last soon in Yakima, Wash., October S3. . r E- The road from Nye to the Grant county line, which tho state highway" commission recently took off tho state highway map In a tentative order, will renia'n designated us a state highway. Action to this effect was recently ta ken by Iho commission In their meot ing at Portland, nccordlnn; to Jurtgi I. M. y'hnnnep, who with Commis sioners !. I.. Dunning and 'II. K. Uian, returned home thin morning ufter at tending tho meeting. The commission's dee'slon not to take the tho road off of the map came after the members of the I'matlll.T. county court protested the proposed action. The road Is designated for forest road money from the federal government. A request was also made by the ennnty court that the Wcston-ElglK road be put on the federal forest aM program. No action was taken on this request. Much huslnesa which hast been hanging fire between the county and state for several years was finally dl- . posed of In the recent meeting. 'We feel that the settlement is vary fair to the county," Judge Kchannep ' today. XTRA NF.W YOUK. Dec. (V. P.)-r- Naval coniniunicatlonH office here to day announced the receipt of the fol liw.ng nienxnge signed by Ueutenant IxuilM lt rochemont of the United static destroyer llainbrldge: "D siroer Halnbridge prevent marine disaster by rrscuinc 5i front the toiming Krench hospital transport Dtenslong In the m-a of Marmora. The m-n and officers performei all man ner of heroic acts." 1-ite dispatches from Athens yester day said it tienums were hurnrd or 'Inmnel when the Clenrgian steamer Irabu transferring refugees from Asia Minor took fire in the Black sea. That di-t tit. h " ltd Itritish and Am- rlcan warships went to the rescue. The p.:itn'ttde null" may refer to the ame oovurrene'. " arly a w oro of bnrtrlarlcs In wMch the loot totalis. $4.' nir-Irnatrly km- tContinued on page ij.j