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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
CITY COUNCIL ASKED
TO TAKE STEPS FOR
PURCHASE OF BLOCK
Bond Issue for Buying Site in
East End for Park or Play
ground Proposed; Resoluti-
ons for North Side Paving
Pass.

A petition to place upon the ballot
measure for the purchase by the city
of the block known as the city hitch
ing lot. owned by the Sisters of st.
Francis. was ordered prepared by the
city attorney by vote of the council
last night. The property is suitable
for park and playground purposes. Is
bounded by Alta. Webb. Mill and Clay
streets. and the city affairs committee
of the Pendieton Commercial Assocta-
ton now holds an option FOR its pur-'
chase at $4,000.
Councilman Manuel F-riedly. who is
also, chairman of the school board.
made the motion for the pre- eparation
of such a petition and said he would
attend to the circulation. He proposes
that bonds in the sum of $4,000 be is
sued to defray the cost of the PROPERTY.
A recent petition. seeking to issue
bonds for $4,000. with which to pur-
chase badly needed fire equipment,
was also authorized by the council.
Paving Resolutions Passed.
The council was chiefly busted with
passing resolutions calling for paving
(C-ontinued on paRa g.N
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
STATE LABOR WILL
CONVENE IN CITY ON
WEEK OF ROUNDUP
Seventeenth Annual Meeting
Will be First to be Held in
Eastern Oregon and Will
Open Here Sunday Morning.

The Oregon State Federation OF
Labor convention will be held in
Eastern Oregon for the first time
when the seventeenth annual conven-
tion opens here Sunday morning in
Labor hall. The sessions will con-
tinue until Thursday night. says Sandy
Mclean, secretary of the local labor
council.
Two hundred eighty six delegates
have already announced that they
will attend. The delegates represent
labor councils from all over the state.
A representative is sent from among
every so members in the labor coun-
ellis. The majority of the delegates
will be accompanied by their wives.
Mr. Mclean. who is securing accom-
modiations for the visitors, says that
he is meeting with good response
from PendIeton people.
The convention will be devoted to
the years business program and the
sessions will be busy ones for the del
egates. Among the speakers will be
Otto Hartwig. president of the State
Federation and w. T.. Kimsey, Sec
retary One of the matters to be dis
cussed is the closing of schools on La
Dor Day, September 6. Schools have
not been closed on the holiday and
efforts are to be made to have the
legislature make it law that schools
close on Labor Day.
The social program for the conven-
ton includes a banquet on Sunday
and a dance Thursday night.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
Neil Hart Awakens Fellow Cell
Mates in Early Morning by
Commotion; Tells Them He
is Listening to Angels Sing.
QUOTES WORDS OF DOOM
AS RETURNED TO CAGE
Cynical Smile Follows Telling
of Sentence Pronounced by
Judge; Oath Ends His Quo
tation as Pals Look on

FIRST signs of the breaking of Neil
Hart's nerve appeared about 1870 TINS
morning when the man sentenced to
hang on Nov. for the murder OF
Sheriff Til Taylor awakened his fell
low prisoners in the county Jail with
loud commotion.
what are you trying to do waking
us up at this time of day?" came a
chorus of voices.
Il was just lying here. listening to
the Angels sing" Hart replied. y
thought you would be interested TO
know about it,
Hart's reference to the Angels is
believed to have resulted from Judge
Phelps direction to him yesterday af-
ternoon. before passing sentence, to
accept such spiritual comfort as
might be offered him and to make
such atonement as was possible, be-
fore paying with his life for his crime.
Prisoner Looked Peeved.
When the prisoner was returned to
his cell at 3:05 yesterday afternoon
tthc only noticeable chsusse ia his de-
meanor was an expression on his
face which might be classified AS dis
gust or peeIshness. He was not
whittier than usual nor did he appear
frightened.
AS he entered the outer door to the
Jail corridor. the prisoners who are
not connected with the murder asked
Hart what the verdict was.
Hang he answered them without
emotion.
Sheriff TAYLOR and deputy took
him to the cage where he and his
partners in the crime are kept The
other four were seated on the cell
floor, playing cards. Smiles were or
their faces as the door was opened
AS Hart walked into their presence
Continued on mage two
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
WORKERS IN ITALY SEIZE FACTOR|ESAND
CAPITAL STRUGGLE WITH COUNTER MOVES
...E,A.. LII.

- si -l.tsAl 2iAin.. ~
stated the seizures of plants there had
continued ON "a largo scale. Cotton
riills and jewelry stores are among
those put under the workers control.
The movement is extended to the
peasantry. Landlords in sicily have
been driven off by tenant farmers.
Socialist leaders announced that
they will attempt to obtain passage OF
"a law to provide for the collaboration
of labor in the management of all
plants. Labor will insist on sharing in
the technical and financial manager
ment of works and assume charge of
employment bureaus for industries.
Conditions within the occupied
plants are being kept secret. Short
age of material and of finances is eN-
pected to handicapt the men. Issu-
nnce of paper money is reported in
some large establishments seized by
the workers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
TUBERCULOSIS SURVEY
SHOWS THIS SECTION
TO Be MORE HEALTHY
Umatilla County Has SO Cases
of Dread Disease, State
Worker Reports After TAX
ing Check for Hospital Needs

Counties of Eastern Oregon show
fewer cases of tuberculosis in proper
ltion TO population than those of West
ern Oregon, a survey of this section.
now nearing completion by Robert w
Osborn representing the oregon State
Board of Health, shows. Mr.. Osborn
is making his report on Umatilla coun-
ty this week, after spending nearly
month on a survey of the white plague
cases In the county.
Since 1918 there have been 81
deaths in this county from tuberculo-
sis. Mr.. Osborn said today. There are
So living cases of the disease in Uma-
tiila county exclusive of the Umatilla
Indian reservation. This is a fairly
complete survey and is considered
quite representative of the $4,000 in
ha abitants of the county.
Indians Have Moro Cascs.
On the reservation. where there
were l1I7 inhabitants on July !, II
living cases have been found to exist
Mr.. Osborn says he Is satisfied. how
ever, that this is probably not SO per
cent of the actual cases on the reser-
walton, inasmuch, as getting data on
the Indians is far more of task than
from the whites Since 1918 there
have been s5 deaths from tuberculosis
among the Indians.
Before taking up the survey in Una
tilla. MIR. Osborn spent nearly a month
each in Baker. Union and Wallowa
counties on the same Mission In these
three counties combined he found 1877
cases of tuberculosis extant and 10
deaths since 1918. There are estimat-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
Thirty Believed Dead.

roofs Lunch rooms were deserted as
men and women jumped from tie
tables and ran toward the sound Of
the explosion.
Z NEW YORK. Sept f6.--fU. P.)--
Police believe other bodies may have
been blown to atoms. Several OF the
injured are I'm hospitals In such condi-
fion that 1t Is believed the death Hist
may total % by night. The majority
of the dead have not been identified.
Three are identified as william Joyce.
clerk in the Morgan office; w. +.
Hutchinson. broker, and Irving ia
cobs. broker. The latter was aIvc
when policemen reached HIM He gave
his name and wns just trying 10 gasp
out his address when he died.
One eyewitness said the explosion
came from q horse-drawn cart. or
from one of the automobiles standing
near the cart. The blast blew the WA
gon to hits ani several automobiles
along the curb were destroyed The
body of a youth and a man about "a
were found stripped of clothing by the
explosion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
NO CANDIDATE SHOULD
BE ELIGIBLE WITHOUT
TOURING NATION, cox

. ELKo. New. Sept. 16.-(U.
= P.)-"No candidate should be 4
= eligible for the presidency un-
3 less he has made tour of the 4
= country to learn the needs of all
= sections" Governor Cox said I
= here today. in opening the Ne I
= vada campaign. Sometimes 4
, l think such a provision should 4
= be made an amendment to the 4
= constitution"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
COLLISION
DISASTER DEEMED RESULT OF
FAR FLUNG INTRIGUE RATHER
Than ACCIDENT With |. n. 7.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-(U P.)-Private advices to a
high official here today said the New York expo
sion centered in the counting Of Morgan
the explosion the result plot They unable to be-
eve due to load of explosives coidng with an
automobile, which is the theory of New York police
The military intelligence bureau cooperating in the nyes
gaton stated indicating that there may be an nterna
tonal angle to it.
NEW YORK, Sept 16.-(U P.)-Chief Police Inspector
Lahey reported late this afternoon he had found evidence to
Justify that the explosion caused by huge
bomb loaded with trnroouo and reinforced with iron sugs
fashioned window weight bars Warnings that radicals
planned of bombing sent recently
all eastern clients the William Burns detective agency
said today Burns said he convinced the explosion
premeditated attack and not accidental.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
REPUBLICANS
APT TO SPLIT TICKET

CHICAGO. Sept le.-(U. P)-The
Illinois republican party may present
n ticket in the November election di-
vided between Thompson and Low
den factions according to incomplete
returns In yesterdays primaries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16

ROME. Sept. 16.--(By Camille
Cianfarra, u. p. Staff CorrespondenO
Italian manufacturers are in session
all over the country today trying TO
decide on some means of combating
control of their plants by labor or
ganizations. Milan reports today
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
SIXTEEN PERSONS HS WHEN MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION TEARS WALL Street
HEORY SECUTED BY OFFICIALS
GORDON OF DETECTIVES
THROWN ABOUT DETROIT
CENTERS OF FINANCE

DETROIT, Sept. 16.-(U. P.)
The commissioner of police to- 4
day assigned squad of so de-
tectIves to search all cellars and 4
persons found lettering in the 4
district. The action was taken 4
following the explosion in New 4
York's financial district.
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
Weather

Reported by Major Lee Nioorhouse'
osficiaI weather observer
Maximum, so.
Minimum. a.
barometer, 1850. -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
entire FINANCIAL DISTRICT
OF new YORK is SHAKEN BY
BOMB AT J.P. MORGAN OFFICE

NEW YORK, Sept 16.-(UU. P.)-Fifteen persons
known to have been killed by bomb explosion the offices of
the Morgan Coming just at the lunch hour
the explosion did, the streets crowded Several pedes
rians injured The entire financial district shaken
and windows in the Morgan building shattered.
Some turned in fire alarm and fire apparatus and
balances dashns through intersection of
broadway and Wall streets probably the most congesed
the world Police unable offer expana
ton but the explosion been caused by
bomb 1t reported bomb exploded automobile standing
at the front of the Morgan building.
Thirty Believed Dead
NEW YORK, Sept 16-(A. P)-An unofficial estimate of
dead in the explosion thirty and the injured 200. No
prominent nancier the dead The stock exchange
will
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
TWO HUNDRED HURT.

NEW YORK; Sept. t6.--tU. P0 -
Police reports indicated that the "N
piosion which shook the financial dis
trict occurred IN "A wagon passing the
Morgan a. Company offices. One
theory Is that Il was a load OF TINT
being taken TO an excavation. Police
advanced the theory that the wagon
was struck by am automobile which
was later found wrecked.
Police arc unable accurately To cs-
timate the number of dead. Many
wild runsors that more than "A hundred
were killed flew about the financial
district, but there arc no supporting
facts. Police believe. however, that
more than 200 were injured or cut bs
flying glass.
BODIES HAULED INTO STREET
According to "A clerk there at the
time, three men and girl employed
by the Morgan house were killed a.
an Indication of the expanse of tho
burst OF flames, which shot at leas,
100 feet I'm the air, ambulance work
ers found three girls Ia the banking
house, 100 feet from the sidewalk
badly burned. They had not moved
from their desks.
Ambulance attendants went from
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
VIII Attend University.

Mrs. A. c. Mcintyre of Helix and
her eldest daughter are in the city to-
lay, Miss Mcintyre being enroute &c
Eugene to enter the University of Ore.
gon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16
LOSSES IN CHICAGO WHEAT ARE NOTED TODAY;
DECEMBER CLOSE IS S23l34; MARCH E3.321-2

December wheat. after opening at
se.41. dropped to sass today and
closed at s2.sT "a. March wheat OPP
ened at sass and closed at s2.32 Ia.
Following are the quotations from
Overlook & Cooke Co, local brokers'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16


SAYS CAR STRUCK EXPLOSIVES
NEW YORK, Sept. f6s-tA. P.)-
A mysterious explosion occurred nj
noon today Ina Wail Street, killing more
than score OF persons and tnjuring
hundreds. While police toiied seek
ing the dead and injured, trained I'M
yestigators tried yainly to determine
whether the explosion occurred from
a bomb dropped in front OF ,. +. Nor
gan and Company office, or whether
an automobile, dasliIng into wagon
loaded with explosives, caused the
disaster.
Frank Francisco. AN investigator
for the department of Justice, deciar-
ed that i'm his opinion not bomb but
u collision was responsible. The Du-
pont Powder Company reported that
u Iad mo- wagons IN the .ic'inits.
Two hundred inrantrsmcn were or
dcred to patrol tise financial district
with fixed bayoncfs day and night ;inti
20 allow no one to approach govern
ment property. Damage to the Nor
gan building is estimated at $500.OOO,
and to hundreds of others an equa'
amount or more.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16

Office 10 OIficc thfonRfiUut an sbt
buildings near the scene. They de-
cIared that few in the offices facing
Broad and Wall streets escaped burns
or cuts from flying glass
REGULARS PATROL SCENE
Two companies - regular soldiers
quickly arrived ON the scene and pa
troIled the streets about the Morgan
offices with fixed bayonets. So far as
can be learned. no member of the
stock exchange has been seriously in
jurei. Many employees of brokerage
and banking houses, en- route to lunch
however, were hurt by flying glass.
Pieces OF human bodies were found
on window siiis in the district. Two
sides OF the Morgan building are
marked as though they had been SUBJ
iected 10 showers of shell splinfcrs.
Many of the injured were bewii-
Ierci to find themselves In hospitals
when they recovered consciousness.
The last they remembered WAS wisen
they were leaving their offices for
itRich. Some remembered a binding
flash, then all was blank.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16

SAW THE AUTOMOBILE DRIVE UP
NEW YORK, Sept. Ig.-tA. PA
terrific explosion which rocked all of
lower Manhattan. occurred at noon to-
day outside the offices of J.r P. Nor
gan and Company OF Wal street.
Several persons were killed and many
others injured. Junius Spencer Nor
gan. son of }. p. Morgan, was badly
cut by flying glass.
The Morgan building appeared a
sliambIe and part of the front of the
sub-treasury building across the street
was torn away. All windows In the FL
nancial district were smashed
The stock exchange closed two min
utes after the explosion. )
Occupants of a skyscraper looking
down Wall street sad they saw an au-
tonobile draw up in front of the Nor
gan offices and two men leave 1t.
They advanced the theory that the
bomb, II IL was a bomb, had been
timed. This version differed from an
other that two Passengers and a
chauffeur were blown up when one
man alighted from the car and acc
denta1iy or purposeIy dropped what
appeared to be bomb. -. -. $500.
GREATEST DISASTER OF N. ".
Never in history has lower Manhat-
tan witnessed such excitement and
New York forgot all its business in at
tending the injured. Shattered glass
and broken remains of men and horses
Uttered the streets. Among the bod
les were those of three girls terribly
nlangied.
A police Gordon was thrown around
the entire district. The federal sub
treasury was placed under heavy
guard. Seventeen victims had been
taken outside the door of the Morgan
office at 1898 o'clock. United States
regulars arrived at 1850 for guard
duty. Members of bomb squad are
reported to- have found fragments of
the internal machine.
Debris Hurled in Air.
The explosion was heard through
out the downtown section of New
York. Debris was thrown into Wall
and Broad streets. Dust from the ex-
plosion rose high in the air. 1t was
stated at the Morgan offices no men,
bers of the firm were injured. The
hands of j. Spencer Morgan. son vi
j. p. Morgan were cut by falling glass.
Police lines were Immediately drawn
and automobiles were commandered
by the police to carry the injured 10
the hospitals. The stock exchange
was closed for the remainder of the
day by the board of governors few
minutes after the explosion.
Walk Strewn With Victims.
When police cleared their lines IL
injured persons were found stretched
out on the sidewalk. In the center Of
Wall street. between the Morgan Of
fces and the assay offices which ad-
join the United States sub-treaslry,
lay horse torn practically in two by
the explosion. In all its varied his
tory. Wall street has probably never
experienced such sensation before.
Isl okers. bankers and clerks dropped
their work and rushed into the street.
Others clambored upstairs to the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16

CONTINUED on page 80
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16

ais paper IL q member or ana auditel
the Audit Bureau OF CirculationR
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-16

The East orewoniam IL nnstern Ore
CONS greatest newsp@per anN 40
selling force gives 10 the ndyurtisex
over twice the guaranteed paid eircu-
latfou In PondiefoE ana UmattfiA eoun-
" Of any other aswsDeper.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-11-18
LOvELOCK SAYS TRAIN SERVICE
IN NOT IMPROVED BY CHANGE

A special from Lovelock to the
Reno Gazette says: A movement has
been under consideration for some
time among the prominent stockmen,
ranchers and merchants of the Love-
lock valley to take steps in an appeal
for better train service.
Now that the Southern Pacific has
put on two more trains, at the same
time cutting down the train service
through Lovelock. an offer has been
made to the Western Pacific of a free
right of way through Pershing county
to Lovelock, with a free terminal site
here. as an inducement to the COM
pany to put a line through to Love-
lock, that better service for the coun-
ty. valley and town may be had. Lib
eral subscriptions for Western Pacific
stock also were offered.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-11-18
LANDER COUNTY WAS SHY ON
CELEBRATION OF ARMISTICE

Armistice day did not receive the
attention in Austin that it did in other
towns, says the Reese River Reveille.
1t having been declared a legal holt
day, Cashier Shea closed the blinds
of the bank and hung up a sign. The
schools were closed. but not until the
children had mobbed the trustees.
Trustee Murphy was waited upon by
a delegation of boys and girls. and
at first put IN his most severe coun-
tenance and gruffly denied their re
quest for a holiday.
Then ensued an argument between
the girl leader of the pupils. with
occasional support from her mates,
on the n hand, and the stony-heart-
ed trustee on the other. As the trus-
tee began to show signs of weaken
ing the children grew more insistent,
and when he finally surrendered a
yell went up which reminded one of
the real Armistice Day. The kids had
a good time, and SO did Murphy.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-11-18
DEATH VALLEY MEN
ENJOY THE WINTER

For the first winter in five years
the Pacific Coast Borax Company,
operating in Death Valley, reports
turning away men every day, says a
correspondent of the Reno Gazette.
Death Valley is regarded as an ideal
winter location for miners, who enjoy
the splendid st~eam-heated concrete
bunkhouses, movies twice a week, and
fresh vegetables every day from the
Furnace Greek ranch.
David Aspland. general agent for
the Tonopah G. Underwater. reports
that more tickets for Death Valley
Junction have been sold in the past
month than for a year before that
date. The company maintains a regu-
lar labor Office in Los Angeles in or
der that the working force may be
kept recruited up to the full quota;
but the rush of Nevada miners is so
great that efficiency has been gained
by substituting Americans for Next
cans, Koreans and Kanakas who make
up the payroll during the dogdays
when the valley sizzles with sur
charged heat.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-11-18

assume to purchase and maintain its
W terminal and emergency fields.
and further to post a bond with the
government guaranteeing its inan-
cial ability to maintain the service
for n year, regardless of the loss.
The department would guarantee no
definite amount of mail, but would
pay SO much per pound for mail actu-
ally carried.
The investment in mail planes alone
being a quarter of a million dollars,
while passenger planes cost $35, 900
each, as 1t requires three planes to
keep n flying ON schedule, 1t would
take an initial investment of $500 0
for planes. without considering fields,
extras. mechanics, pilots, etc. A mill
lion dollars would not go very far
In the establishment Of such a line.
These conditions being so impracti-
cable at this time, with the limited
amount of popular flying being done
by the general public, have caused the
Skyline Company to abandon it's in
tention for the present.
Louis B. Jacobs, the former man
ager OF the Skyline Company, who
brought Lieutenant Fuller to Winnie
mucca last summer with his plane,
the "Flyabout," is now connected with
the Durant Aircraft Corporation at
Oakland, Calf, with whom also are
associated Captain Eddie Ricken-
hacker, Major Reed M. Chambers.
Captain Yeo H. Dawson, and the dis
tinguished French ace, Z. NJ. Deckert.
These men expect to accomplish for
commercial aviation as great a victory
as was accorded their efforts at the
front In the war. Lieutenant Fuller
has established a school for budding
aviators at Oakland.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-11-18
UNCERTAINTY

Bill Bryan may turn to a drunkard
soon;
John d. become a hobo;
Mccormick may sing out of tune,
Al Spalding play the oboe;
Hen Ford may cease to sell his cars;
st. Louis win both pennants;
The country may bring back its bars,
A fiat may look for tenants;
And stranger things may come to be,
For Tennessee went G.. o. P.
Fallon-Organization of big oil syn
dictate reported for development of
local field.
Dayton Operations of big Gold
Hill dredge proving profitable invest
ment.