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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-08
SOME OF OREGON'S
BEST VIRGIN TIMBER
THREATENED BY FIRE

PORTLAND, July S.-(U. P)-
The Reliance construction camp near
the Tillamook- WashtgntCn county
lines. burned during the night Many
places in Nehalem watershed have
fires racing through the crowds of
green timber on the Hammond COM
pany holdings. Fears We're expressed
that should the wind change to the
east some of Oregon's most valuable
t. 'mber would be destroyed The heat
was terrific. the men having difficui-
ty in making Roadway in the fighting.
High winds from the Northwest are
sweeping the woods of this section
SEATTLE, July S.-(U. P.)--Foresr
fires burned with undated ferocity in
the Northwest today. Fire zones CEN
tered i'm Northwestern oregon. SOUTH
western Wash ngton, north of Spo-
kane, west of Rainier National Park,
and north of Seattle in the vicinity
of Snoqualmie forest.
Rain Helped.
SPOKANE, July ga. P.)-Rain-
fall last night in eastern Washington
and northern Idaho enabled the fire
fighters to bring check on all threat
ening blazes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-08
MAJOR BLAKE REACHES
EGYPT IN BIG FLIGHT

soLLUM. Egypt, July s.-CU. P.)-
Major Blake. British airman. reached
} ere today from Athens on his flight
frcund the world
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-08
CATTTF MARKET STEADY

PORTLAND. July S.-(A- P.1-Cat-
tie. sheep. hogs steady. Eggs quiet. N
steady. butter firm. Wheat sl-os 10
sf1z
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-08

Reported by Major Lee aroorhouss.
weather observer.
Maximum. 50.
Maximum. Sc.
barometer. 29.7s
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-08

The East Oregonian in EaAterm Ore
CONS greatest newspaper and as SELL
ing force gives to the advertiser over
twice the guaranteed average paid Cir
culation in Pendleton and iUm@tiLlA
county OF any other Newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-07-08

This paper 'Ts d MEMBER or ana audit ed
by the audit Bureau of Calculations.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
Title Backs Up
on Max; Drops Ak,
Romance Cracks

FARIs, May 3.--Max Oser, Swiss livery
stable proprietor, betrothed to Mathilde
Mccormick, granddaughter of John D.
Rockefeller, has halted work on the "loye
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
WOULD ALLOW
CABINET RIGHT
OF APPEARANCE
Administration Leaders Are
Nettled at Recent
Attacks.
HAS HARDING APPROVAL

WASHINGTON, May S.-Nettled by re-
by members Of Congress from the floors
OF both Houses. definite movement was
launched today by Administration off
cials to give Cabinet members privileges
OF the door IN Congress to allow them to
meet their critics face to face.
The plan has the Endorsement Of nearly
all the members Of President Harding's
official family. and It is believed the
President himself favors the idea
Within the last few weeks Attorney
General Daugherty mas been accus ID of
laxity in prosecuting wartime contract
frauds, Of shielding profteers, of playing
politics with the Civil Service and lastly,
of accepting a $4,000 Zee for obtaining
pardon for Charles ". Morse, indicted
fnancier. while practicing law In Ohio.
Secretary of War Weeks has been &C
cused Of laxity in adjusting overpay
ments on wartime contracts, and Of COM
plictty in the Bosch Magnetic Company
deal, consummated under circumstances
that are now being investigated by the
Department OF Justice.
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon has
been accused of using his department to
aid big business" and demand has been
made that he resign because of his con-
nections with many big corporations
and banks.
Secretary Of the Interior Fall has been
charged with what amounts TO irregu-
larity Of leasing Government oil reserve
lands to Harry F. Sinclair and a syn
dictate of wealthy New Workers. He also
has been accused of plotting to deliver
the forest reserves Of the United States
over to exploiting capitalism.
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY has been
accused of being the tool for big Navy
interests etc, etc.
In some instances, notably in the case
of Attorney General DauGherty and Sec D.,
rotary, Mellon, threats of impeachment
proceedings have been made.
Administration officials believe that, if
Cabinet members are given floor priyi-
leges, members Of Congress will be
more careful in making promiscuous
charges
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

nest" near Lake Leman, ne was preparing
for his heiress bride-to-be
The Swiss horseman is worried at re-
ports from America that friends OF the
Mccormick family have succeeded In
weaving Mathi1de's affections away from
him. He denied emphatically they have
become estranged, however.
Oser admitted his repeated cables to his
; finance have gone unanswered.
Probably she Is travelling" he said.
Close friends Of Mathilde here say she
is not travelling and that the marriage
, will take place.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
DyeFadedWrap
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Diamond Dyes

Each package Of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple any woman
can dye or tint her old, worn, faded
things new. Even il she has never dyed
before, she can put rich, fadeless color
into shabby skirts. dresses, waists, coats.
stockings, sweaters, coverings, draperies,
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dyesng is guaranteed. Just tell your
druggist whether the material you wish
to dye Is wool or silk, OF whether 1t Is
linen, cotton or mixed goods. Diamond
Dyes never streak, spot, fade, or run
Advertisement.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
KU-KLUX KHAN
DEFENDANTS IN
100000 SUIT
Libel and Conspiracy Are
Charged by Member Of
Band.

FORT WORTH, Texas, May Suit
for 100000 alleging libel was filed in
Federal Court here today against the
Ku-Klux Khan by A. w. Sasse, Of New
Orleans and formerly Of Ft. Worth.
Sasse alleged that after he became a
member of the organization khan officials
tried to force him to discharge an en-
ploye He refused, he declared, and
charges that the defendants immediate
ly conspired and confederated to ruin
the plaintiff, both In reputation and in
fortune"
The defendants tried to get Sasse's
wife to sue for divorce, the petition
alleges.
Sasse, president and general manager
of the Consumers Belt and Manufacture
ing Company here, left for New Orleans
last fall.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

lction.
The superintendent scouts the theory
that left-handed persons are in danger
Of stammerlng in their speech If they
are made over" into right handed per
sons
There Is no evidence 70 support this
theory" he said. NO persons should
be left handed, It IS an inconvenient
habit"
IMPORTANT ATHLETICS.
LONDON, May 3.-CRmbridge has chal-
lenged oxford for a ping pong tourna-
ment
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

has ordered q census taken to learn
which children use Jheir left hands in
preference 10 their right
Following the census. The left handed
children viii be taught to write with
their right hands, ii Is announced
1.-The world is arranged much more
conveniently for the right-handed per.
ions." Mr. Knapp said in explaining his
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03

in the business world as resident man
ager of r. g. Dun & Co., the mercantile
reporting firm.
In crumpled heap against chair in
their drawing room, Mrs Powell was
found dead with two bullet wounds In
her arm and one through her heart, by
servants aroused by the shots
Powell was found In his own room
upstairs dead with four bullets in his
breast.
The police found no clew to the MUIR
ders beyond a conviction that Powell
, suddenly went insane.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
MAN AND WIFE
FOUNDDEADIN
PALATIALHOME
Mystery Surrounds Shooting
Of Wealthy Boston
Couple.

BOSTON, May 8.-Police and represen-
tatives of the District Attorneys office
were mystifed today by circumstances
surrounding the deaths by revolver shots
of William B. Powell and his wife, Lena
Elizabeth Powell, in their palatial home
on Chestnut Hill.
Mrs. Powell was left millions by her
first husband, r. H. White. the depart
ment store founder. Powell Is prominent
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
Four Killed in
French Rail Wreck

PARIS, May 3.-Four persons were
killed and thirty injured in the collision
of two trains near Vouziers today. a
carload Of caskets containing the remains
OF French soldiers. which had just been
removed from battle fields was de-
molished
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
Son of Len Small
States Witness

wAUKEGAN, Ill, May 8-Lesiie
Small, son OF Governor Len Small has
been listed by the Stats as q witness
against his father as result Of the
examination of records of the so-called
Small banks" It was explained.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-03
Where VIII Big
Leagues Go Now?

DETROIT. May BIN an effort to
eliminate left handedness" among school
children, T. J. Knapp. superintendent
OF schools at Highland Park, a suburb
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

tions or any conduct on his part whlch
caused you to believe he was irrational!
Ale came to the store to see me Tin
st. Louis), and he had forgotten my name
and couldn't locate me for some time, and
finally they took him to the department.
He remembered the department that was
in, and he got it from my sister or from
my mother here in Los Angeles, and he
knew me when he saw me. And l went
out. He acted so terrible in the store
that took him out.
Q.-What did he do? Tell the jury
what he did.
A.-He went up to all the girls and
turned them all around to look at them
and held their faces in his hands, and
looked at each one individually, and 1t
became very embarrassing for the girls.
L took him out of the store. He had three
or four or possibly more pictures about
this long and about that wide of Miss
Gloria Swanson Indicating the size with
her hands,, and there was blind man
sitting on the corner of Sixth and
Locust streets with large blind sign on
him, 81 Am Blind" He moved that and
put one of these pictures in front of him
instead. Immediately took it away. He
also set them around at the bottom OF the
tree where the fellow was sitting on the
corner, and he gave the blind man 20
cents and called attention to some stranger
passing that he had given this blind man
25 cents. I took the pictures and went
across the street to the drug store and had
them tied up securely and gave them back
to him and told him to not open them any
more in st. Louis, but to take them home.
He said that was the way they did his first
wife, was to tie her up like that, and she
never did come back.
Q.-What happened after that?
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

wedding a couple of times and wanted to
postpone it again, and she said, "No, you
have got to marry me-" And he said, if
he didn't he supposed she would sue him
for breach of promise and get the money
anyway.
Q.-During this period did you hear him
say anything about Gloria?
Q.-Did he mention her frequently or
otherwise?
A.-Yes.
Q.-What did he say?
Ale came to my house at one time
on Tenth street where / lived after he
was married and he was talking about
Gloria and he said that she used to sit on
his lap and hug him and rub his head
when it would hurt him so, and then he
says the next thing she would want would
be big check for money. And one time
he said she had gone to San Francisco
in a machine and she broke down and
telegraphed to him for a hundred dollars,
and he said he sent it, because Mrs. Swan
son wanted him to. Another time he said
she had telegraphed from New York for
five hundred dollars.
Q.-Did he say whether this episode
of Gloria sitting on his lap and then ask
ing him for a check occurred before or
after he was married?
A.-Before. He said she seemed to
think he was made of money.
Q.-Do you recall any other things that
he did or conversation he INDUCED In
which caused you to believe that he was
not sane, other than what you have testi-
fed to? -.
Ale talked to all the customers.
Q.-State what he did in that regard
on which you base your belief as to his
insanity.
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

good humor ana laugn-
ed-and did all the
laughing himself.
CROSS EXAMINA-
TION BY MR..
SCOTT:
@. - During all of
the time, say from
July, 1918, as long as
you knew him after
that, did he ever have
any rational moments
at all, that you
noticed?
A.-Well, he always
acted peculiar.
\ $50 when he told
you about Gloria Swan
son sitting on his lap
and getting money out
of him, do you think
he was crazy when he
told you that, or not?
Al don't know. l
had always heard he
was.
Q.-Did you ever see
any familiarity be-
tween Miss Swanson
and Mr.. Burns in that
store?
A.-No, sir; l did
not.
MRS. A. o. PHE-
Ian, called as a wit
ness on behalf of the
contestants, after being
duly sworn, testified as
follows:
DIRECT EXAMIN-
ALTON BY MR..
BEEBE:
Odd you know
M. p. Burns in his life
time?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-Will you state
any incidents that oc-
Cured, any converse
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

livery one who is interested in the
r. movies was much startled some
months ago when the newspapers
reported that indignant relations of tie
late Mr.. Matthew P. Burns, rich Los
Angeles shoe dealer and step-r apa Of
Gloria Swanson, the famous movie
"vamp," had begun suit to break Mr..
Burns's will. Mr.. Burns had left all his
fortune to Gloria's mother, his wife.
But what startled everyone the most
was not the charge that when step
papa Burns had made the will and "for
long time prior thereto" he had been "in-
firm, mentally weak and easily Influenced"
and that Gloria's mother and Gloria her.
self knew all about it.
No. 1t was the unusual accusation that
Gloria Swanson had used the "vamping"
wiles she had learned in the movies, not
for herself, but to hook rich man as
husband for her own mother!
Or, as the complaint put it-that Mrs.
Burns and her daughter. Miss Swanson,
conspired that Burns become infatuated
with Miss Swanson and that she persuad-
ed him to marry her mother, promising
that by such marriage said Gloria Swan
son and said deceased would see each
other frequently and would be associated
with each other frequently and that all
would reside together"
Naturally, both Gloria and her mother
denied strongly that either of them had
ever thought of such thing as "vamping"
the old shoe merchant. They protested
that it was outrageous to say that Gloria
had played Mr.. Burns until he was crazy
about her, and then had suddenly sprung
on him the fact that she was married
and that, therefore, his hopes concerning
her could never be realized; but had
whispered in his ear that mamma Swanson
was a lovely lady, and if he would only
marry mamma then Gloria could come and
live in the same house and would be such
a nice daughter that it would be the next
best thing to marrying Gloria herself
Both denied that Mr.. Burns had ever
been irresponsible or irrational or in any
way crazy either before, when, or after
he made his will.
But the indignant relatives, consisting
of Mrs. Margaret Graham, sister of Mr..
Burns, John L. and Thomas, his brothers,
ana u. d hepHcW, "eHt
right on with the contest.
And now Los Angeles jury in Probate
Judge Rives' court, after hearing num-
ber of witnesses, has decided that Mr..
Burns actually was of unsound mind when
he made that will giving all his property
to the former Mrs. Swanson.
The question of whether or not Gloria
did actually "vamp" her, mothers hus-
band, as charged, was not definitely passed
upon. It had been expected that the
movie star would 60 upon the stand to
resist the vamping charges. But her at
torneys decided it was not necessary to
call her as a witness.
3 Nevertheless, the picture that was
drawn of the unusual conduct of Mr..
Burns, both before and after matrimony,
was a most interesting one, and some of
the most outstanding points upon which
the jury based its verdict of irresponsi-
bility are given here from the court
records of the trial.
The Washington times., 1922-08-20
tfl.SksA

Al asked him where he would like
to be taken to. wanted to know II he
was going to leave that evening, and he
said he was. But he said he was stopping
at the Maryland Hotel. told him I
would take him up there, for 1 didn't
know where to leave him or what to do
with him. took him to the hotel, and
went to the desk and asked them to take
him to his room, and they said he was not
registered there. put him in taxi.
Q.-Was that the hotel that he told you
he was stopping at?
A.-Yes, sir, it was. He asked me to
take him to Robert, johnson & Rand's
shoe store. put him in taxi and sent
him there. That is the last saw of him.
Q.-BY MR.. BEEBE-On that oc-
casion did he say anything about Gloria
Swanson or Mrs. Swanson or on any
previous occasion?
Ale just mentioned one time he
had married Miss Gloria Swanson's
mother.
CROSS EXAMINATION by MR..
SCOTT:
Q.-As l understand it, it was not un-
til that trip at St. Louis that you made
up your mind that he was irrational?
A.-Well, Mr.. Burns always acted
peculiarly. l never did think that Mr..
Burns was of very sound mind.
Q.-During the time that you saw him
in Los Angeles when you said he was
consulting the ouja board, do you think
that is a sign of insanity to consult a
ouija board?
A.-Not necessarily
Q.-And to believe in spirits, do YOU
think that is a sign of irrational pro-
pensity.
Al really don't know whether it is
or not.
Q.-You wouldn't like to see Dr. Conan
Doyle showed into the psychopathic ward,
would you, because he was telling me or
you or somebody else that he came from
the spirit world?
A.-No.
Q.-Did you ever comment on it to
him, that he was not talking nationally or
anything like that?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-What did he say?
Ale would just laugh
MRS. MARGARET. A. GRAHAM,
called as witness on behalf of the con-
testants, being first duly sworn, testified
as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION - BY MR..
BEEBE:
Q.-Mr. Mathew P. Burns was your
brother, was he?
A.-Yes.
Q.-Do you remember the occasion of
Mrs. Swanson coming into his life?
A.-Yes.
Q.-And do you remember when that
was?
Al think it was in 1915. l am not
sure!
Q.-And do you remember what he said
about her at that time?
Ale came home one day and said,
81 have met lady that we used to know
in New York." and I said, "Who was
she?" He said, "She is a Mrs. Hayes"
and he said, "She and her husband lived
with us in New York" And that was
all there was about that | thought no
more about it and pretty soon he came
home one evening and said, 81 am going
to a party tonight" l said, where are
you going?" And he said, 81 am going
to Mrs. Hayes. She is going to intro
duce me to lady from Florida"
Q.-Did you learn afterward that Mrs.
Swanson formerly lived in Florida?
A.-Yes. l helped to get him ready
and he went to the party.
Q.-Did he say anything about this
party after that or about the lady that
he met?
Ale asked-he came to me and
wanted to know If would let her come
there to live, and said, 'T don't know
her, Soy" said, "Is she all right?"
Q.-What do you mean by "Soy"?
Al beg your pardon; that is his baby
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

ANDREW C. ERICKSON, called as a
witness on behalf of the contestants,
being duly sworn, testified as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATIoN-BY MR..
WRIGHT, counsel for the contestants:
Q.-Did you know Mr.. M. P. Burns in
his lifetime?
Al took the management of his store
in Sacramento, and then, March 10, 1918,
l took a position with him on Spring
street. He opened another store and he
induced me to take that.
Q.-Did you form an opinion as to
whether or not Mr.. Burns was rational or
irrational?
A.-Irrational.
Q.-Now, tell some of the peculiar
things or conversations or actions or ap-
pearances which caused you to form an
opinion that he was irrational.
A.-Along about February, 1920, the
latter part, he came over to the store and
there was a party looking in the show
window, a stranger, and he slapped the
fellow on the back and said, 81 just got
a message from Endicott." The man did
not know him or Mr.. Endicott and did
not know whom he was talking to. And he
said, 81 just got communication from
him last night" And with that he walked
into the store and did Spanish dance
and kicked high and turned around and
said, "Good-by," and out he goes.
Q-Do you know if he knew this man
he slapped on the back and told him about
Endicott dying?
A.-No, he was a perfect stranger.
Q.-When you say he danced the Span
ish dance there, what do you mean by
that?
Ale was generally pretty nimble on
his feet. He danced quite often when
he came into the store. He would walk
up to the customers and start talking to
t EN- and tell them about the shoes and
so forth, and exaggerate the value and so
forth, and finally walk away, ard after
he would leave the customer would say,
"Who is that MANI" and then We would
have to explain it, that he was the owner
of the store. and that he was rot feeling
well and to overlook it.
Q.-Do you remember any occasion
when he came in there and had dance,
that you particularly noticed?
A.-This one after Endicott died was
the most elaborate one he pulled off.
Q.-Do you remember the occasion of
a dance when he pulled his trouser legs,
his pants legs up?
A..-Yes, I just thought wouldn't men,
tion it, was all.
Q.-You might as we'll tell it.
Ale pulled up his trouser legs and
showed the calf of his leg and said, "Isn't
- that beautiful? 1t is just like woman's."
Q.-That was about when?
A.-Along in the Fall of 1918?
Q-In your opinion, in November, say
on the date this will was made, the 26th
of November, from your knowledge of
him, what is your opin:on? do you think
it is your opinion ttat he was rational or
irrational?
A.-Irrational.
Q.--As to this spirit he saw of old man
Endicott, you don't know whether he read
any of Doctor Conan Doyle's literature?
A.-No, don't know what he was
studying.
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

Ale used to go out and ask them If
they had heard of M. p. Burns, the big
shoe man, and get to talking to them and
slap them on the back and say, 81 am Mr..
Dusenberry," called himself as "Mr. Du-
senberry" then and tried to get them in
The Washington times., 1922-08-20

Q.-You never heard him talk
about Doctor Conan Doyle?
A.-No, sir.
IDA L. MORRIS, called as
witness on behalf of the contes-
tants, being first duly sworn, testi-
fed as follows:
DIRECT EXAMINATION-BY
MR.. BEEBE, counsel for the con-
testants.
Q.-How long did you work for
Mr.. Burns?
Al guess six or eight years.
Q.-When did you first see Mrs.
Burns, that is, if you recall?
A.-You mean Mrs. Swanson? Mi
Q.--Mrs. Swanson, now Mrs. mr.,
Burns?
AIN July, 1918. Ia
Q.-State whether she came to Xii
the store after you came back in Re
A.-Yes, sir; every day. -
Q.-Every day?
Avery day. Wv
Q.-How long would she stay
there?
A.-She would come in the morning
sometimes and stay all day. Most every
day she would stay all day.
Q.-What did she do there?
A.-Sit around.
Q.-Do you know Gloria Swanson?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-State whether or not she also came
to the store during that period.
A,-Quite often, most every day, or
every couple of days.
Q.--Did she come with her mother or
alone?
A.-Sometimes and sometimes alone
Odd you have any conversation with
Mr.. Burns about his marriage prior to the
marriage?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-State what that was.
Alt was about three days before he
was married. l had been out to my lunch
and came in and was hanging up my
wraps and he was lying down in little
room where there was a cot, and he called
me and said he wanted to speak to me,
he wanted to tell me something. He said
that he was thinking of getting married
soon, and what did | think of it, him
marrying Mrs. Swanson. He said, "Do
you think she is marrying me for my
money" / told him i couldn't say, he
Q.-Did he say anything about what
he was going to give her?
Ale said that If he married her he
was going to give her $4,000, and If they
got along all right, everything would be
all right, and II they did not, she would
have the $4,000 anyway.
Q.-Did he say anything about what
would happen to him II he did not marry
her?
Ale said that he had postponed the
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