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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
LEAGUE FOES CHALLENGED TO
DEBATE; REPUBLICAN MASSES
BELIEVED TO BE FOR TREATY
NJ 'ADOO WILL TALK
DURING ROUNDUP

+ PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. S. +
Z Democratic headquarters an +
+ nounced today that Governor +
= Cox will probably so to Salem =
+ Sunday night and speak there +
+ Monday morning. returning to +
+ Portland for noon and afternoon +
+ addresses. He leaves here Mon =
= day evening for Idaho and will +
? speak a few minutes at The =
+ Dalles, Baker and Ontario en- +
+ route. Headquarters announced +
that McAdoo and Colby will +
; speak in oregon, the former at =
: the Pendleton Roundup and +
F probably in two southern Ore ,
: gon cities. The dates are not ar +
ranged. Colby will follow Nc Z
Adoo. =
+ Governor Cox will pass +
through Pendleton about l +
O'Clock at night and hence will =
be unable to make any talk here. =
= = = + = + = + = + = =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
POOR GAS PRESSURE
AROUSES HOUSEWIVES

Il guess we may. have to eat raw
meat during the Round Up" says "a
well known businessman whose wife
is anxious to have something done to-
wards improving the gas pressure in
the city. Reports from various parts
OF the city are to the effect the gas is
very poor. one woman whose home
Is half way up on the South hill states
that the pressure is so poor she cannot
light the oven OF her range. From
those living at higher attitudes come
reports that are even worse. North
side homes are making complaint and
some criticism is heard from people
living ON the flat west of main street.
The fact the pressure is low now is
causing homeowuers uneasiness as to
what they may get during the Round
Up
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
Elton Watkins, Nominee for
Presidential Elector Would
Discuss Vital Subjects With
R. N. Stanfield and Others.

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. S.-Elton
Watkins Democratic Presidential
Elector, has challenged the standard
bearers of the republican party to a
Joint debate on the League of Nations,
in a communication sent to State
Chairman Thomas Tongue yesterday.
He specifically challenges the repui-
can presidential electors and r. w.
Stanfield and {. H. Macarthur, can
didates for the senate and house of
representatives to meet him for a dis
cussion of the stand of the two major
political parties on the league issue.
If they will not debate. he asks that
substitutes be named by Chairman
Tongue for the debates.
Watkins takes the position that the
League of Nations is the supreme is
sue of the campaign, that Senator
Harding opposes the league, and that
Governor Cox, the democratic party.
and a great body of the republican
party, including ex-President Taft
and Senator McNary favor the league.
and that therefore the public is en-
titled to the fullest discussion of the
issue.
Watkins believes the people of Ore
con are tired of war. that they are
tired of paving armaments, and of
sending their sons to the batuefields.
on the other hand, he points to the
recent declaration of senator Harding
in favor of the greatest navy in the
world for the United States as a pre-
paration for future war and very
Continued on page 80
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
NO WONDER THEY MADE 1T
LETTER BUCK'i FOUR LEGGED
EARTHQUAKES TO NUMBER 20

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and
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
WATER BOARD WANTS
NEW MEASURE PASSED

The city water commission wants
the privilege Of issuing warrants up
TO the sum Of s25. 00o when necessary
and an initiative measure giving this
authority will he on the ballot in No
vembcr. The petitions for the measure
are being prepared and will be cir
cuiated soon. At present the board Is
limited to 5000 Indebtedness and this
fact is great handicap because it is
difficult to sell bonds now and extra
money is needed at times in order to
improvements TO the water system.
Members OF the board assert they
are confident the measure will be
voted il people understand the situa-
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
cox SUPPORTERS EXPECT TO
CARRY MONTANA, N. DAKOTA
LUKEWARM TOWARD NOMINEE

ABOARD COX'S PRIVATE CAR,
Sept. s.-(By Herbert Walker, U. p.
Staff Correspondent )-Governor Cox
as he pushed his stump campaign an
other step west into Montana, said to-
day he was prepared to show that
corporations which made the greatest
profits out of the war are among the
biggest hackers of the republican
funds. He said the demo-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

Gratis have strong hope of carrying
Montana.
Cox viii spend two days in this state.
Even the governors close friends adj
init his reception in North Dakota
yesterday was rather luke warm but
they attribute this to the non-partisan
league. Cox encountered strong pro-
hibition sentiment in North Dakota,
due to the proximity of wet Canada
Indications are that strict enforcement
of the law may be an issue there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Omitted Press staff Correspondent

tImted Press starr CorreSpondent.)
STATE FAIR GROUNDS. St. Paul.
MINI. Sept. s.--America stands on
her own feet, agriculturally. indust-
rally and politically Warren G. Hard
ing declared in q speech at the Mime
sofa state fair here today.
We are thus the guarantors Of our
own security" he said. Agriculture
Is mcnaccd by evils which demand.
not quack remedies but careful study
and proper action the Republican
nominee continued. "Unless we deal
more fairly" he warned. there may
be a conflict between the organized
farmers in the surplus-producing
states and those who insist on buying
their crops below production costs.
I'VE need fewer iandhoiders who
menace our future. and more fat hogs
for ham bacon" Harding declared
we need less beguilamcnt in cultivat-
ing a quadrennial crop of voters and
more consideration for farming as our
basic industry. We need rest and re-
for a soil worked out in
agitation. and more and better har-
vests In tho inviting fields OF mutual
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
HUNDRE 0JPERISH FROM EARTHQUAKE
IN ITALY; MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED
WHEAT is UP TODAY;
$2.45 IL AT CLOSE

Wheat made a spectacular rise to-
day, going to s2.451z for December
wheat, which opened at $2.42, and TO
S2.41 "a for March wheat, which
opened at $239.
Following are the quotations from
Overlook & Cooke Co., local brokers:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

more were injured according to dis
patch to the Tribune from Massa to-
day.
Casualty List Grows.
ROME. Sept. 8.-(U. P.)-The
casualty list resulting from yesterdays
earthquake in north central Italy is
growing as additional reports are re-
ceived today Relief parties sent word
that the towns of Quercia. Molassa
and Tarasco have been completely
wiped out. The whole region around
Spezia is said to have been seriously
damaged. with scores killed and hum
dreds injured. The property damage
is said to be enormous.
Due to interruption of communica-
ton the number of deaths is lacking.
1t is learned that Villa Colfemandia
and Eivizzano are completely destroy
ed. Twenty are known to be dead in
Fivizzano and scores injured. Fifty
seven bodies have been recovered from
the ruins of Pisa where the famous
leaning tower is reported to be SO
badly shaken that it Is in danger OF
falling.
Aid Is Rushed.
Troops and volunteer workers have
been sent to the stricken area with
iAcAtSdA anu AoOu SNRPiers - CaAN-
inian a church and several houses
were razed and an earthquake caused
panic among the population of Lucia.
A church and hospital were shaken
down and other buildings damaged.
The entire population of Fortemarmi.
near Florence. is said to have deserted
the town, camping in the open coun-
try nearby. The ceiling of a church
at Molinoquosa fell while worshippers
were in the edifice. s9a
Scores of lives are believed to have
been lost in the district north of Flor
snce which was severely shaken by an
yesterday morning. AS
reports from the stricken district ar
rive the extent of the disaster seems
TO be growing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
SMITH RENoNnNArEn.

PHOENIN,. Sept S.-tU. Pl-
United States Senator Smith was ap-
parently renominated in the democrat
ic primary yesterday on the basis OF
Incomplete returns today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
Republican Nominee in First
Speech Since Leaving Front
Porch Deals Almost Entirely
With Agriculture.
CLAIMS HE DID NOT
FAVOR DOLLAR WHEAT
Danger in Drift From Country
to City is Pointed Out; RouS-
ing Reception is Given Hard
ing by Minneapolis.

ST. PAUL. Sept. s.-(U. P.)---Sen-
ator Harding was given a rousing re-
ception when he arrived here today
for his first stump speech away from
home.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

Parties who charge exorbitant prices
for inadequate sleeping accommoda-
tions during the Roundup were also,
in for grilling. \ resolution on tho,
subject was ordered drafted and tho
association win use It's influence 10.
wards checking any efforts at gouging
visitors during the show.
Paul V. Maris. director OF the exten-
sion service at o. A. c, was a guest
at the meeting in company witl1 Fred
Benniou, county agent. ana gave an
interesting talk on the work Of the
eNtesion service
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
NINRllrrs Anr rNcHANcnn

PORTLAND. sept S.-CA. Pl-Au
are steady aud the quotations
are unchanged fro myesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
system Is Described.

CHICAGO, Sept. S.-(U. P)-or-
ganization of the republican money
raising system in Ohio was described
to the senate's "slush fund" jnvestiga-
tors by Dudley Blossom of Cleveland
today. He told the committee that
the county's quota was 100000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
CLUB MEMBERSHIP
MAKES GOOD GAIN
Casually Lis Grows.

That the new Commercial Associa-
ton quarters in the Elks building are
appreciated by the membership was
manifest by larger attendance than
usual at the regular monthly meeting
LIST evening and by the election of 12
new members to the association.
Those Joining were James +. AckIey.
]. c. Clemons, II. NJ. Hanavan, b. s.
Jerard, \. p. Knight Elmer Moore,
Paul S. Ostrot. Philo H Rounds,
George Strand, r. NJ Tannler. w. Il.
Taylor and Guy B. wyrtck.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
Tor Diversified Farming

The government should do every
thing possible toward restoring bal
ance between livestock and grain pro-
duction to encourage n return to di-
versifled farming. Harding asserted
America must decide whether the
United States shall be a self-sustain-
ing nation or continue to exploit
agricultural resources and leave to
posterity the task of finding food
enough "by strong-arm methods, II
necessary to feed the coming hum
dreds of millions, he declared.
"'I have no thought of suggesting
that the government should work out
nm elaborate system of agriculture and
then try to impose it on the farmers of
the country" Harding continued
''That would be utterly repugnant
Ia Republican ideals. Government
patornansm, whether applied to asri-
culture or any other of our great ma
tIonal Industries. would stifle ambi-
tion, impair efficiency, lessen produc-
lion and make us q nation of depen-
dent incompetents. The farmer re-
auircs no special favors at the hands
of the government. All he needs is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
Contractors Are Negligent.

During a discussion of the road
subject. CLYDE Mckay, local auto
dealer. complained that contractors ON
road work are frequently guilty OF not
placing signs. as required by contract.
in cases where work is underway and
roads are closed. The subject was re-
ferred to the roads committee with a
request to act.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

Left to right-Senators Edge. Spen-
Ger. Kenyon tchairman), Ponerene
and Reed. Lower left-G. o. p, Chair
man Will II. Hays, being quiTzed
about the republican millions; and
right, Congressman Britten.
Congressman Britten had made
sensational charges to the fact that
International bankers were preparing
to finance the Cox campaign in behalf
of the League of Nations. Called to
tlse"staRps he. said he had no proof OF
his charges and his accusations were
discredited by viii Hays, republican
national chairman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
Gives seven Planks

Harding put seven pianks in his
agricultural platform today:
Farm representation in government
right OF farmers TO cooperative organi-
zation; scientific study and action to-
ward stabilizing prices of farm pro-
ducts: cessation Of attempts at price
fixing on foodstuffs, expansion OF the
federal farm loan act to aid farmers In
purchase OF land: most efficient trans
portation possible and revision Of the
tariff to protect the American farmer.
Harding's speech today was the
first outside OF Ohio since he became
the republican presidential candidate.
Although induced to come to Mime
sofa partly because OF tho political sit
uation here Harding made no refer
cnce to 1t or to the Farmers Non
Partisan league faction here. His
speech was without direct reference
to partisan politics. although he scored
tho treatment. accorded tho farmer in
the last seven years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
Mdtker,,.. n.

Reported by Major Lee Moorhouss.
official weather observer.
Maximum, 7s- D.
Minimum. az. ~
Barometer, sssts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08
More Complete Reports Add to
Number of Casualties; Prop
erty Loss viii Be Heavy
Throughout District.
TOWER OF PISA Is
SHAKEN DURING QUAKE
Soldiers and Volunteers Rush
Aid to Sufferers, Railroad
Communication is Stopped in
Distressed Regions.

ROME, Sept. S--(A. P.)-SeveraI
hundred persons lost their lives in an
earthquake at FTvizzano and fifty
more were injured according to a dis
patch to the Tribune from Massa to-
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

fContinued on page s.1
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

Continued on page 81
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-08

The East Oregonian II Eastern Orc
gon'a greatest Newspaper and a. q
selling force gives 70 the ndvortisef
over twice the guaranteed paid ctrcu-
Iation In PendletoE and UmaiillA eoun-
" OF any other newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1920-06-15

has got to tight at once until
either he or his adversary wins.
There is no resting between
rounds, for there are no roun5s.
II is slugging from the first. IL 10
q hight to n finish.
Your opponens is the City. You
must do battle with IT from the
time the ferry boat lands YOU on
the island until either II Is you,s
or II has conquered you. IL Is tue
same whether you have a millioa
in your pocke- or only the price
Of a weeks lodging.
The battle Is To decide whether
you shall become New Yorker
or turn the ranxest outlander apC
Philistine. You musr bc one CT
the other. You cannot remain
neutral. You must be for or
against-lover or emy-bosom
friend or outcast. And, on. ybe
city Is a general in the ring. Not
only by blows does IL seek to sub
due you. II woos you to its heart
with the subtlety of a siren y is
a combination of ceiilah, gree n
Chartreuse, Beethoven, choral and
John l.. in his best days.
In other cities you may wander
and abide as a stranger man as
long as you please. You NAV live
in Chicago until your hair whitens
and be a citizen and still prlte of
beans IL Boston mothere1 you,
and without rebuke. You may be-
come a civic pillar in any other
town but Knickerbocker 5. ard all
the time publicly sneerinS at its
buildings, comparing them with
the architecture of Col. Telfa.r's
residence in Jackson, Miss,
whence you hail, and you will not
be set upon. But in New York
you must be either a New Yorker
or an invader of q modern Troy.
concealed in the wooden horse os
your conceited provincial SIR, And
this d-eary preamble Is only to
introduce to you the unimportan;
figures of William and jack.
They came out of The West to-
gether. where they had been
friends. They came TO dig their
fortunes out of the big city.
Father Knickerbocker met them
The Washington herald., 1920-06-15
By O. HENRY

though he had seen and felt 1t =
hundred times.
Far below and around lay the
city like . ragged purple dream.
The irregular houses were like
the broken exteriors OF cliffs lin
ing deep guiches and winding
streams. Some were mountain-
Gus; some lay In long. monoton-
ous rows like the basalt precipices
hangiag over desert canons. Such
was the background of the won
derful, cruel. enchanting. pewil-
dering, fatal, great city. But into
this background were cut myria IL
of brilliant paralielograms and
circles and squares through
which glowed many colored
lights. And out Of the violet and
purple depths ascended like the
city's soul sounds and odors and
thrills that make up the, civic
body. There arose the breath Of
gaiety unrestrained, OF love, Of
hate, of. all the passions that man
can know. There below him lay
all things, good Or bad. that can
be brought from the four corners
Of the earth to instruct, please.
thrill. enrich. despoil. elevate, cast
down, nurture or kill. Thus the
flavor of II came up to him and
went into his blood.
There was a knock on his door.
A telegram had come for Kim. IL
came from the West. AMI these
were It's words:
Come back home and the an
swer will be yes. DOLLY"
He kept the boy waiting ton
minutes, and then wrote the re-
ply: Impossible to leave here at
present" Then he sat at the win
dow again and let the city put it's
cup Of mandragora to his lips
again.
After all IL isn't story; but I
wanted to know which one Of the
heroes won the battle against the
city. So went to a very learned
friend and laid the case before
him. What he said was: please
don't bother me. / have Christ
mas presents to buy"
So there 1t rests: and you will
have to decide for yourself.
Copyright, 1870. ~ Wheeler Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington herald., 1920-06-15
Does Jack OF Bill make Father Knicker take watera

town" said he, .is q lsech. 1t
drains the blood Of the country.
whoever comes to IL accepts Q
challenge to q duel. Abandoning
the figure Of the leech, 1t is q Jug
Eernaut. q Moioch, q monster 10
which the Innocence. the 9 snlus.
and the beauty Of the land must
pay tribute. Hand to hand every
newcomer must struggle with ths
leviathan. You've lost, Billy. It
shall never conquer me. / hate II
AZ one hates sin or pestiience or
the color work In a 1o-cent maga-
zine. ! despise its very vsstness
and power. 1t has the poorest
millionaires. the littlest great
men. the haughtiest beggars, the
plainest beauties. the lowest sky
scrapers, the dolefulest pleasu- -es
of any town / ever saw. 1t has
caught you. old man. but will
never run beside its chariot
wheels. 1t glosses itself as the
Chinaman CLOSES his collar. Give
me the domestic finish. / could
stand a town ruled by wealth or
one ruled by an aristocracy; but
this is one controlled by It's low
est ingredients. Claiming culture,
II is the crudest; assev,f atiny ITS
pre-eminence, Il Is the baseAt.
denying all outside values and
virtue, II Is the narrowest. Give
me the pure air and the open
heart of the West country. /
would go back there tomorrow II
] could"
Don't you like this flet mig
non?' said william. "Shucks, now,
whats the use to knock the
town! It's the greatest ever. I
couldn't sell one automatic pump
between Harrisburg and Tommy
O'Keefe's saloon, in Sacramento,
where l sell twenty here. And
have you seen Sara Bernhardt in
Andrew Mack YETI
The towns got you. Billy" said
Jack.
"All right" said William. TN
going to buy a cottage on Lake
Ronkonkoma next summer"
At midnight Jack raised his
window and sat close to 1t. He
caught his breath at what he saw,
The Washington herald., 1920-06-15

at the ferry, giving one q right
handler on the nose and the other
an uppercut with his left, Just to
let them know that the fight was
on.
william was for business; Jack
was for art. Both were young
and ambitious; so they countered
and clinched. i think they were
from Nebraska or possibly Mis-
souri, or Minnesota. Anyhow, they
were out for success and scraps
and scads. and they tackled the
city like two Lochinvars with
brass knucks and a pull mt the
City Hall.
Four years afterward William
and Jack met at luncheon. The
business man blew in like a
March wind. hurled his silk hat at
a waiter. dropped into the chair
that was pushed under him, seized
the bill OF fare. and had ordered
as far as cheese before the artist
had time to do more than nod.
After the nod humorous smile
came into his eyes.
Billy" he said. you're done
for. They city has gohblel you
up. 1t has taken you and cut Won
to it's pattern. and stamped YOU
with its brand. You are so near
ly like 10000 men 1 have seen to-
day that you couldn't be picked
out from them IL IT. weren't for
your laundry marks"
"Camembert," finished William.
Whats that? Oh. you've still got
your hammer out for New York,
have you? Well, little old Noisy
ville-on on-the-Subway is good
enough for me. It's giving me
mine. And. say, l used TO think
the West was the whole round
world-only slightly fsttened at
the poles whenever Bryan ran. 1
used to yell myself hoarse about
the free expense, and hang my
hat on the horizon, and say cut
ting things in the grocery u 1T
tie soap drummers from the East.
But I'd never seen New York, then
Jack. Me for II from the rath-
skellers up. Sixth avenue Is the
West to me now. Havo you heard
this fellow Crusoe sing? Ths oss-
The Washington herald., 1920-06-15
Helene Manied Life s,s=y 80! :.::!s s5sssT's

Life was too hard away from home.
Tony returned home within a cou-
pie Of years. and began living on
his wits. Young. handsome and at
tractive, with a fair education and
sharp judgment, he really made q
precarious though quite comfort
able livelihood. Alice and her type
were always good to him. They al
ways will be. so long as there are
foolish women in the world.
And Tony. as a kind of hobby. be-
gan to investigate the circum-
stances of his birth and parentage.
He had many friends among the
crooks of various countries. That
helped him. And one night-in a
rather shady New York restaurant,
where crooks of different continents
foregathered-he found a middle
aged woman who actually proved to
be the nurse who had abandoned
him!
Having no knowledge of the
grown-up Tony's identity. she con-
fessed how. twenty-five years ago.
she had laid her charge on the door
step of a "swell-looking house."
and. hiding, had watched the own
ers find the baby. Her idea was to
give the baby's parents a trumped-
up tale of how the child was stolen
from her. and then, within a day or
two. return to the swell looking
house." claim the child. return it to
its parents. and be substantially re-
warded for her cIeverness
This plan, miscarried. For, five
days later. the new owners or the
baby went to Italy, taking the child
with them, the town house was
closed. and the nurse was too terri
fed to confess what she had done.
Tony had accompanied the wom-
an home, when the tale was told.
and she had shown him a picture
of the young parents and the child.
taken twenty-five years previously.
At his special request. she let him
keep the picture.
Lloyd was their name" the wom-
an said. THE baby was named af-