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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
U, HUME M,p. FRAsEn

Can you catch Kant Ketchem?'
 The cleverest and most mys- terious second story man that has ever operated in Birmlng- ham has baffled every attempt of the local police and detective de- partments to place him under arrest for the past two years. Traps have been set for him in all parts of the city with all ways the same resuIl-the men return to headquarters to re- port:
 q could not catch him."
 This answer to Chief Lyons query, Did you get nim?' has brought forth the name of Kant katchem to grace the person who during the first few months of his work bore the name of The Ladder Man"
 Kant Ketcherh has operated in approximately 200 houses in the past two years. it Is estimated by detectives at headquarters, In this length of time he has collected, as nearly as figures will show, a round sum of s1,000. Not large sum of money to be sure for two years work. but 1t IS the more surprising in the fact that no one sum alleged to have been stolen by Kant Ketchem has exceeded ss5. It is said he has never. in so far as the records show, taken any thing but money. Kant Ketchem has passed up. according to all the evidence in his work, ap- proximately $100.o00 worth of jewelry since his operations have become noticeable to the point of recording him under the pe- culiar name.
 He operates either by ladder 10 the second floor or by window on the first. Both, however, are dependent upon the fact that he invariab bly starts working IS soon as night has fallen and ceases at the average time hour. His records show that he has never started working before 6 80 o'clock and the latest hour shown on the books was l050 o'clock in the evening. The residents have \been in the house in every in- stance, indicating that he pre- fers working when he can ap- proximate the position of every inmate of the Hay" so there will be no danger of surprise meet ing with one of them In the dark, no man waiting for his next move with a revolver in his hand. In the majority of the cases the raQi6anfc ha
 The first case that brought the attention of the detective de- partment to the possibility of a systematic mystery burglar was the work of Kant ketchem in the home of J. l. Morrow, 1929 Thirtieth street. north. This was what is commonly known in po- lice circles as Second story job" It occurred on the night of March 3, 1920. shortly after the dinner hour. The burglar entered the house by mounting a ladder to the second floor, pryins window open with an ice pick. He obtained a small silver card case containing little change. The card case was found later on the premises. Kant Ketchem does not permit himself to be in- criminated by disposing of arti- cles In pawn or jewelry shops, or by disposal through fence" On the night that he broke into the Morrow home Kant Ketchem worked about 50 per cent of the houses on Thitieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty third streets. His system included nearly all the houses around tke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
BURKE TO ENTERTAIN

C. C. Budke of Ensley, director of the Chamber of Commerce, will be host Monday at 1 o'clock in the afternoon to hundred members of the organization at luncheon in tho dining room on the second floor of the Southern club. This will be the fourth of thIa series of Monday tuncheons and special interest Is felt on account of MT. Burke being the representative of the western por- ton Of the cisy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

The Age Herald's Name the Day" contest closes Monday night
 You still have time to try. Clip the coupon; mail 1t today, and do your best to win tho prize. Your suggested name may be the exact one that tho adver- Using managers of Birmingham stores are seeking for.
 Keep trying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
MISS BURKE TO RESIGN

Montgomery, August 27.-(Special.) Miss Mary Burke member of the city board of education for several years, has announced that she will tender her resignation during the next few days and will leave Montgomery to become dean of women of the Univer- sity of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
Geo. H. White & Co. Moved

On account of the increase in their busines3, the firm of George +. White Co. have been compelled .o seek larger offices. Their business is foreign exchange. They moved Friday from the Empire building, and now are at home at Suit 2i7- ls-19, Jefferson County Bank build~ ing. In charge of the local office is MT. w H. Shell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
DO YOU REMEMBER?

When . prize of s25 was offered for a name for the new moving picture theatre on Third avenue near Twentieth street, and Bonita" won?
 When the first big movie house opened in the city was on Nine teenth street opposite the old Florence hotel. and it's front wa made of china and strong elccti 6 lights were turned on 1t to mah 1t glisten, and they did?
 When many people wanted. 10 have Gen. John B. Gordon prose- cuted for having cuts made in tho hills between here and Atlanta to reduce the railroad mileage?
 When one of the principal thor oughfares of town was called Ala bama street?
 when W. Ryan brought the marine band to Birmingham?
 When you got a Ramos receipt gin fizz across First avenue from the present location of the tele. graph office?
 When "Moxie" Manuel used to pitch for the Barons?
 when Derrill Pratt kicked goal from placement in midficid In the first two minutes of foot ball game with Clemson and it was the only score of the day?
 When the ladies always useA one hand to hold up their sk ...s to keep them off the ground?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
PERSONAL

Kenneth Charlton. United States comm issioner. accompanied by Mrs Charlton and young sons. Kenneth. Jr.. and l.. c. Charlton. have returned from a fve-weeks automobile tour through Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
BELOW NORMAL

Birmingham enjoyed a tenn perature yesterday degree be- low the normal for this period of the year. according to Mir. Horton of the weather bureau. The highest point reached was SC degrees. which occurred about , o'clock, and the lowest C. degrees between and s o'clock.
 No changes will occur in the weather today. according to the official prediction. Today should he one of those warm and partly cloudy days, without rain. WILL CELEBRATE LABOR DAY Columbus. Miss. August 27.-(Sps- of various local lnions will unite in the celebration ,f Labor bay on Monday September ,. The celebration will take place 1t Lake park. and will bs followed ,y dance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10

sidio OF San Francisco and at Camp
Lewis. near Tacoma, Washington pre-
pairing the posts for twelve hundred
men expected there July 6 to attend
for month Citizens Military Training
Camps.
Scores Of requests for information
regarding the camps have been receiv.
ed at the San Francisco camp recruitv
ing office from many parts of tho
west. All men between the ages Of 10
and S5 may apply for admittance.
Secretary OF War Weeks, in a letter
written to the governing committee
Of the Citizens Military Training
Camps Association, which has arrang-
ed for the work, has approved the
work and urges all young men to at
tend.
The secrctary's letter follows. in
part:
Il am keenly interested in the future
of these camps and hope to see the an
nual attendance increase from our
modest start this year to approximate
~ 10000. AS the training given at
those camps will be a distinct national
asset. both from a military and com.
mercial viewpoint.
THE strict military training to be
conducted will feturn to civil life men
who have been given an understand
ing of the military profession and of
the true meaning OF discipline and,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10

above all, Of their obligation to the
government. This training will. de-
velop the young men mentally, moral.
ly and physically. It will be Of great
assistance to the Americanlzation OF
cur foreign born and will teach good
citizenship to all fortunate enough to
attend. Should we again be compelled
to mobilize our national resources for
war, the presence of this large num-
bcr OF partially trained men In civil
life will be Of enormous value to build
Ing our regular army, national guard
and organized reserves to war strength.
Aside from the question Of nation
al defense. the training to be given at
these camps will develop the young
men along lines that will better III
them to meet the demands OF COM
mercial life and thus assist our nation
to hold its position as one of the lead.
ers OF the world"
Lieutenant Colonel Elmer W. Clark,
infantry. commander Of all Reserve
Officers Training Corps OF Los An
geles high schools, will have charge OF
the camp hero. Colonel j. A. Lynch,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
AIRpLANEs FOR CAMP LEWIS

TACOMA, Wash. June 10.-(A P.i
Six De Haviland airplanes are sta
toned at Camp Lewis, near here, for
use in forest patrol work in Washing
ton this summer. Lieutenant Robert
S. Worthington of the Ninety First
Area Squadron stationed at Mather
Field. Sacramento, has command of
the planes.
Included in the territory to be cover
ed will be the great olympic Peninsu.
la, vast stretch of wild land in the
northwestern corner of the state. The
peninsula. 1t is claimed, contains mill
lions of feet of lumber. Last Janu-
airy storm blew down about 1000, 600
feet of the standing timber in that sec.
tion.
Planes on the patrol routes will
notify the forest service by wireless
when fires are located. Wireless tele-
graph will be used this year and wire
less telephones next year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
TIME TO FACE Tur pA,,r.


80 much has been said against the
use OF patent medicines that I have.
mad strong prejudice against them.
But after four years doctorlng with slx
different doctors. without results. for
acute Indigestion. gastrltls, constipas
ton, appendicitis and other ailments.
l was said to possess, was ENCOURAGED
TO try Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, see
Ing what II had done for friend siml-
larly afflicted. ] also was entirely re-
lieyed OF my troubh, and am sure this
medicine will do all and more than Is
claimed for It," II Is simple. harm
less preparation that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract
aud allays the inflammation which
causes practically Gil stomach, liver
and intestinal ailments Including APP
pendIcitis. One dose will convince or
money refunded.--Druggist every
where.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10

LITTLE GIRL sH0ws TALENT.
Little Miss Catherine sullivan. aged
four, is showing unusual talent in
aesthetic dancing. She is the daugh.
ter of Mrs. J. d sullivan and danced
the Butterfly Dance" and "Toe
Dance last evening as part OF the
w. c, T. L, program at the Christian
Church. Attired in a dainty rose coll
.orod dance frock. the little girl made
an attractive picture and received fa-
vorable comment for her grace and
technique.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
OLD ToMBs DISCOVERED.

LONDON. June 10.--(A. P)-Stu-
dents of the English school of Arch
aeology have discovered at Mykalos-
son. in the Greek province of Boetia,
35 tombs dating from the fifth and
sixth centuries before Christ. The
conditions of the tombs, II ascertained,
have not yet been announced.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
PORTLAND REALT0R DIES
AS RESULT OF INJURIES
RECEIVED IN ACCIDENT

PORTLAND, June 10.-(A P.)-
Frank D. Wilson. a Portland realtor.
died from injuries in an accident in
which Mrs Margaret Garland was kill
ed late yesterday when the automobile
plunged from the Columbia highway
at Briday Veil.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
TAFFY-PuLL THIS EVENING

Members of the Girls Friendly So
ciety, upper division, will enjoy a
taffy-pull this evening at Parish Hall,
In celebration of the close of a mem
bership contest in which the Faithful
Workers won, the defeated team being
known as the Willing Workers. Kath.
crime Dickson. captain of the Willing
Workers, is head of arrangements foi
the evenings entertainment
The organization. which is a thriv-
ing one of twenty members. will close
the seasons activities with this even
ing's party. The society will resume
its meetings in the fall and will meet
each Wednesday afternoon at Parish
Hall. The members are girls between
the ages of ten and fifteen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
WEDDING Is soLEMNIzEn.

WArtBAN0 10 0OLEMANlLhp
AT an IL o'clock ceremony this
morning at the home of the groon's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Morgan. Of
Riverside, George a. Morgain and Miss
Constance Evers were united in mar.
riage, Reb. G. l. Clark pastor of the
Presbyterian church, officiating. The
ring ceremony was used Only rela-
tives, including a sister of the bride,
were present.
Miss Evers was formerly OF Salt
Lake City, Utah. where she has been
teaching In Junior high school, She
is a graduate of Cberlin College. MIR,
Morgan is one of Pendleton's' ex-serv-
ice men who saw service overseas for
q number of months. The couple will
be at home in Riverside after short
wedding trip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
Will ENTERrAIN auEsrs


Local women who are members of
the ladies of the Grand Army OF the
Republic are making plans to enter
tain delegates Trom all over the state
who will be in Pendleton June IS. IA.
Is and l6- for the annual state conven-
tion OF the Woman's Relief Corps, La
dies OF the G. A. r. and Daughters of
Veterans.
The Relief Corps will hold its ses-
sions in the Elks lodge room and PEN
cleton women are cooperating with
Mrs. Jessie Nelson. OF the Ia Grande
corps, in making plans, There is no
Relief Corps in this city, but there is
a strong organization of the Ladies of
the G. A. r. This body will hold its
sessions in the library club room. The
Daughters of Veterans are to be in ses-
sion Monday. June ls.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
noY WINS CONTEST.

TIFFT " ND NNTaN Tl7NIs
Bloyce Wylie. aged s. won the sill
Yer medal last night in the oratorical
contest held under the auspices of the
W. c. T. L, The title OF his recitation
was Independence Bell of 1776." 3"
Naomi Hhdlcy received mention for
second honors. Four boys and three
girls were entered in the contests.
They were Ellsworth Akcy. Clos
Campbell, Cecil wilsey. the winner,
and Naomi Hadley. Mildred Cowan
and Louise Finley. Judges were Mrs.
May, Mrs. Guy Johnson and Mrs
Porter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10

MR.. AND MRS. SHERMAN HERE.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sherman. for
merly of Pendleton are visitors in the
city. They arrived here this morning
and will remain over the week end.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
rs THIs EYENING.

Pupils of Mrs. Nellie Whiting Nc.
Donald will be presented in piano re-
cital thi sevening at the Presbyterian
church. There will be one violin
number by Laura Elizabeth Wood
ward, pupil of B. A. Mcdonald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
MIL Moron To sEATrLE.

WILL MOTOR TO SEATTLE
Mr and Mrs, S. n. Thompson, Mrs
~. ". Hnttcry. Mrs. SADIE Van Buren
of IL Grande and Mrs +. Il Moore OF
Portland, expect 10 motor TO Seattle
tomorrow They viii attend COM
mencement az University OF Washing
ton. Miss Thchna Thompson. daugh
ter ~ Mr. and Mrs Thompson, being
one ~ tho graduates. Mrs, Hattery
viii not return 10 Pendleton until Sep
tcmbcr but win remain in the Sound
city during the summer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10

infantry commander OF r. o. T. C.
un,ts u az San Diego high schools. viii
command the Camp Lewis school
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
rnMMENcEMENr I1lNE 1s.20.

COMMENCEMENT JUNE 1920.
June 1920 are the dates for the an
nual commencement of the University
~ oregon. Some Pcndleton alumni
are planning to attend. The COM
mencement is the forty-fifth annual
commencement OF the college and the
chief address Is 20 be by Edgar n.
piper. editor Of the Portland orego-
nian. on Academic Freedom"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
Social and Club Ne7os

/ VISITORS FROM SPOKANE
Mr. and Mrs Joe Cutler. OF Spokane
are guests at the home Of Mrs MA.
Carlisle, si6 Lilleth street. They will
spend a week In pendleton.
WILL ATTEND COLLEGE
Mrs. Charles Bonney, a member Of
the fendleton high school faculty. will
leave. June IS for Seattle where she
will attend summer school at Univer-
sity Of Washington. Mr., and Mrs. II.
Alexander will occupy the Bonney res
idence ON North Main street during the
summer. They expect to move into
their new residence. now under pro-
cess OF construction, at the corner OF
Jackson and Monroe streets by the
middle OF September.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
AND CAMP
LEWIS BOTH RUSHED

SAN FRANCISCO. June rOL(A.
PD-Work is being rushed at the Pre-.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-10
HOW MUCH TIME
DO YOU LOSE?

When you anxious about proposition that means
great deal to your business how much time do you lose
waiting for letters that somehow fail to arrive?
When the time draws and the deal must be closed
within few days hours how much time do you lose
while you endeavor to make an appointment with
whose interests tied up with yours wait mpatently
while he transacs his business and to conference
with you?
Do you know you always reach busy business
man by Long Distance? You do not need to wait for
appointment while he clears other matters that engross
his attention The Long Distance call is irresistible. No
matter how busy ne is other things will wait when the
operator says Long Distance is calling you."
Do it by Long Dstancc-you will save time and mon
ey.
Ask for Pacific Long Distance.
The Pacific Telephone <
Telegraph Company
The Washington herald., 1921-08-28
snrmised.

and Japan might the thing is entirely conceivable,
in conference France and Britain in 1904.
Then the clash between French and British colonial
aspirations and claims was the gravest peril to world
peace existing. French and British soldiers and ex-
plorers were in collision the Lower Niger the
Upper Mekong and the White Nile. French aspira-
tons in Morocco were vetoed by the British concern
for Gibraltar and British administration in Egypt
was handicapped by French interference. Fashoda
had brought the two countries nearer to than
they had been since Waterloo. H.
But instead of fighting France and Britain sat
down at the green table and INDUCED in general
liquidation Compromise adjusted all of the trouble
some points. France retired from Egypt, Britain
withdrew her prohibition of French advance in Mo-
rocco, Africa was divided between the two rivals and
Siam paid the price Of conflicting Anglo-French
claims in the Far East. When the settlement was
ended Franco British relations put basis
of mutual agreement which lasted right through the
world war and the liquidation itself the first and
the decisive step toward the association of Britain
and France which doomed German hopes. !g
T T is then equally possible for the United States
i and Japan to sit down at table and reach an
agreement as to the Far East. A point Of departure
must be fixed, date selected, behind which no
question will be asked. Obviously this date Is i'm
portant for Japan has steadily through the years
been building p her position. Shall we agree to
The Washington herald., 1921-08-28

After Lessons of Paris Americans Should Regard Inter-
national Meeting in Same Light as Own State Conventions
BY Frank II. Simonds

that a clash between Japan and the United States
over Pacific questions is possible. And there is con-
sequently clear conviction that this possibility must
be eliminated. .' ..t. ....
So far. so good. but how a conference elm
mate? We have been in the past committed to
Far Eastern policy, the logical application OF which
must lead to war; We demand equal opportunity in
the Far East for all nations and deny the japanese
right to dominate China and control Siberia We
even raise the question Of Yap, which Japan ac-
quired pursuant to a bargain she made with the
European opponents of Germany and we firmly resist
Japanese profits in Shantung.
All of this Is easily comprehensive, but we are
face to face with square issue. The United States
The Washington herald., 1921-08-28

CONTINUED on NEXT pAon
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-11

cranberry bogs of New Jersey, tho
onion fields Of Ohio and the truck
farms of Delaware are appalling They 4,
tell story, the final chapter of which
will be written generation hence in a
bad citizenship which all the American
ization efforts being expended in other
directions will scarcely counteract.
A typical school is No. 9, in Distric;
3, Morgan County, Colorado. Out o:
an enrolment of twenty-five, twenty
were "bcetSrs." The average absence
of each of these for the first fifty-eighJ
days of the fall term was 392 days.
The average absence of the two non
beeters" was 81 days each
The National Child Labor Commit
tee, with headquarters at los East
Twenty-second Street, New York City,
is seeking to educate parents, farm
owners and school officials to a sense
of the real peril agricultural child labor
is to the future building of. the Re-
public, The committee realizes that
public opinion must be the great factor
in stamping out this evil, just as it was
in ending the exploitation of children
in factories. David Franklin Houston,
vino was Secretary of Agriculture and
later Secretary of the Treasury in the
Cabinet Of President Wilson, is chai7<
man of the committee. Owen R Love
Joy is general secretary and the other
officers are ali men and women of
national prominence. The committee
needs funds to carry on its work. Con-
tributions should be sent to V. EverE
I Macy, treasurer. A-1ay1 --.-
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-11

"school days, school days, dear old
Golden Rule days. run the words OF
the popular song, but it is safe to say
fhat this eight-year-old lassie Will never
! sing it in the years to come. he
Golden Rule isn't i'll effect on Colorado
/ beet farms where little girls like this
and their brothers toll from daybreak
; till dark and schooling isn't deemed OF
..much Importance. That other saying,
'"Whosoever harmeth one OF these, My
little ones, it were better a millstone
\ we're tied about his neck" apparently
very. seriously either.
This particular little girl was topping
bects in Colorado field when the
came~a men came By. She mlg ght have
been topping her class in school, In
stead, Judging by her bright appear
| ance, but the exigencies Of the family
| cxchequer are supposed to compel the
| attendance of the children, as well as
! the adults, at baek-breaking, day-long
| labor, compulsory school attendance
!\laws notwithstanding. The children
| attend school only in the seasons when
I there is no work to be done. The work
IS dangerous as we'll as fatiguing
bWould you like your little girl to strike
/ a heavy knife across her knee over and
\ over again?
/ J School attendance records in the
Nyicinity of the beet fields of Colorado
aud Michigan, the cotton plantation:
& ofTexas. Oklahoma, and Imperial Val
I lev, California; the tobacco plantation:
of Connecticut and Kentucky, the berry
ea-ids of Michigan and California, the
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-11
AUTOS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE

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Hup model r touring ...........$1085.O0
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as we stand behind them.
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