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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
heat.
PRIZE OFFERED FOR 40
MINUTES GLIDER FLIGHT

LONDON. March 15.--G. y. ST.
For the first German who makes a
flight of forty minutes in glider or
motorless aeroplane over course
similar to that of yacht race q prize
of 100000 marks is being offered.
The offer is made BY the Associa-
tion Of German Aircraft Manufacture
ers. and the competition, which re-
mains open until the en- dof October
is a severe test Of competitors ability
to tack against the wind.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
$1,000 Stolen
From EcStore
During Night

ECHO, Ore. March i5.-Gold
watches, chains, jeweled pendants, ra-
zors, flashlights, bnrpins, rings and
strings OF eparls the value Of which
totals approximately $1,000, were stol-
en- last night from the J. Frank Spin
ming drugstore, OF Echo, by some un-
known marauder, who forced entrance
through the front door. Z
The thief evidently attempted 10
open the safe also for the handle Of
the safe had been sprung when the
theft was discovered this morning. A
small amount of cash was missing
from the cash register.
Beyond some muddy boot tracks
and few pieces OF alfalfa found on
| the floor, no clues were loft By the
lrobber. The county officers arc In
vostigating the theft:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
AARON BURR'S RELATIVE
is FARMER I'm CANADA

EDMONTON, Alta, March Id
\. S.)-Winthrop Burr, Jr., son OF a
prominent New York banker and Il
direct descendant Of Aaron Burr FAM
out in the early history of the United
States, has become a rancher ut Kas-
kun, in the Grande Prairie region of
Northern Alberta, The country in
which Mr.. Burr has established his
farm is the farthest north achieved by
agriculture on the North American
continent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
UmatilIa Taxpayers Agree That
Plan Must be Worked Out to
Reduce Taxes on Property.
MEETING IS HELD AT
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
State Income Tax is Suggested
as One Remedy; 6 Percent
Budget Increase Knocked.

Taxes in the state of Oregon are too
high. too great a part of the burden
of taxation is being borne by real
property and way of bringing about
Il reduction must be worked out, ac-
cording to opinions of Umatilla county
taxpayers and members of the state
tax investigating committee which
were expressed today in the meeting
held at the court house to ascertain
the attitude Of local people in regard
to the problem Of taxation. ..
Some of the remedies presented by
the various speakers of the morning
include the enactment Of an income
tax law. for the state, to cut the levies
of the municipals county, school and
road boards and districts, to do away
with the present state law which per
mts six pee cert increase of budgets
each year, substeu euting therefore a
law which would make it necessary to
reduce taxes six per cent or possibly
10 per cent each Near for three or four
years.
Outlines Commissions Work.
Chairman l. N. DAY presided at the
meeting this morning and opened the
session with declaration Of the pur-
poses of the me&ing. Besides the
chairman, there aHe three other mem
bers of the comIn sion present. They
qre Senator Waftfi. NJ. Fierce of La
Grande, Coe A. McKenna and c. s..
Chapman.
This commission is working for he
state under appointment by the gov
-ernor toNcolect informatie concerning
taxes in Oregon" Senator Day said in
his opening remarks. There is a nee
essity that the burden of taxation he
euualiZed. and that is one thing this
commission hopes to see done. Sources
at present not carrying just burden
of taxes must be brought to light.
1T is not our desire to express our
opinions as members of the commits
sion any more tha nmay be necessary
but we do want the meeting to be in.
formal and we want to know just
what taxpayers have in their minds
about these big problems"
Taxes Chiefly Local
The present tax rate in the state is
s56 per capita, Senator Day declared.
OF this sum slightly less than two dol
lars goes to the conducting of state
government and the remaining $54 h
used for county. municipal, school and
road purposes
I'm the light of these facts, it Is
tContinued an page b.D
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
CHICAGO ALDERMAN'S
HOME is ATTACKED

CHICAGO. March 15.--(U. PJ---
Private guards were, thrown around
the homes of Chicago's gold coast to-
day following the bomb explosion
Yesterday which partially destroyed
the home of Charles Agnew, twenty
first ward alderman. Agnew was adj
dressing political meeting when the
blast shook his house at midnight, his
family escaping injury. Agnew was
able to furnish no motive for the deed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
FALL Of LLOYD GEORGE
GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO
Be INEVITABLE TODAY
Meeting of Conservative and
Die Hards' Leaders Fails
to Vote Support to Premier

LONDON, March 15.--(U. PD--
The British press insisted today that
the fall of the Lloyd George ministry
was near following last nights meet
ing of the conservatives and the die
hards' Austen Chamberlain and Ar
failed to reconcile Sir George Young
er and his ultra conservatives, the
meeting ending in fiasco without
passing the proposed resolution OF
confidence in the Lloyd George min
istry The situation now admittedly
is the most embarrassing to Lloyd
George. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
Guests at Reno
Hotel Escape in
Night Clothes

RENO, New, March 15.--(A. y
upper windows in night clothes when
the Riverside Hotel, tho largest here,
was destroyed by fire early today. The
firemen with ladders rescued most of
the guests
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
WOOL RATES UPHELD
BY / c. c. EXAMINER

WASHINGTON, March 15.--(A.
P)--The interstate commerce COM
mission examiner upheld existing
rate on wool from the west to Bos-
ton by rail and water via the canal
1t was suggested that railroads be
required to stop cars moving to Pa
eifie coast from the interior points
to pick up small shipments.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
MELLON OPPOSED TO A
DIRT FARMER ON BOARD

WASHINGTON, March 15.-tu. PJ
Secretary Mellon is opposed to in
creasing the size of the federal reserve
board to include dirt farmer He
told the house banking and currency
committee today. Mellon said II the
original act had provided for an ag-
rlcultural representative on the board
he7 would not object but he is now op-
posed to the plan of placing another
membor, dirt farmer" on the
board.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
TOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF
WEDDING IS OBSERVED

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-, March Is.
IL. n. S.)-A. G. Mckenzie, who
has passed the four-score mile post
in the journey of life, has reported
that his father, aged 1872, and his
mother. 119 years old, celebrated
their Tooth wedding anniversary in
Scotland a short time ago.
Mckenzie lives in Oregon county
He said that he was the youngest
son of seven in the family and that
,all of his brothers are alive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
AUSTRIAN GIFTS CREDIT

WASHINGTON, March 15.-U. ~.
S.)--An extension Of rs years for the
payment of the fifty million dollars
grain debt owed the United States
was granted Austria in resolution
the senate adopted, The measure
also releases Austrian securities pleds
ed to this country to guarantee the
debt and RENTS all interest charges.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
DECISION REVERSED.

olympia. Wash, March l5.-tA. P1
The state supreme court today re-
versed the conviction Of Q. $. Larson.
formerly president Of The defunct
scandinavian-Amertcan bank Of Ia
coma. 1t held the Pierce county court
erred in allowing a cross examination
Of larson regarding loans previous II
September 25, 1920. A new trial was
granted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
Canvas Of Democrats Passes
Treaty With Two Votes to
Spare; 62 for, % Against.
UNDERWOOD SURE OF
8 DEMOCRAT VOTES
Amendment Of More Limited
Scope Than Previous Drafts
Presented by Pittman.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-(A. P.)
The senate today defeated the third
attempt to amend the four power
treaty so that outside nations would
be called into consultation regarding
the, pacific controversies. After the
defeat yesterday of two amendments
for that purpose a new amendment
more limited In scope, was presented
today by Pittman, of Nevada. 1t
provides that in any future contro-
versy outside nations having interests
in the pacific would be called in to
conference for consideration" of the
subject. In two previous proposals
words 'for consideration and adjust
ment" were used and participating
powers not limited to those having in
terests, in the Pacific.
Canvas Made
WASHINGTON, March 1J.-(C. P.)
If Senator Underwood can deliver
a sufficient number of democrat votes
the senate will ratify the treaty. 1t
appeared today that Underwood APP
pedTeu CeIldih VI ViShe 'otS't "A'A'
ten to twelve probable. The situa-
ton was: Votes of Johnson, Borah,
France and I4aFollette all republican
irreconceilables can muster, which.
should Underwood deliver ten, would
make So for the pact and IS against
It, ratifying the treaty by two votes,
allowing for absentees and pairs
Want Show Down.
WASHINGTON. March 15.-tU.
P.)-Leaders of both sides of the
pact fight In the senate today were
considering the final vote on treaty
probably next Wednesday. Both
sides expressed themselves anxious
for a show down.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
poRrLDaNn MARKET

PORTLAND, March l5,--(A. P)--
live stock Is steady eggs a cent high
er, buying prices, Is to q cents, but
ter firm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
THE WEATHER

'. Maximum, So.
Minimum. 80,
Barometer, 1859.
Rainfall .05.
Major Moorhouse predicts more
rain; barometer is falling.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
FURTHER DECREASE
IN WHEAT TODAY

A further decrease in the price of
wheat is apparent today. May grain
closing at s1.32 IA and July at s1.14
IA. Yesterday the closing prices
were May s1.34 and July s1.l5 SIS.
Following are the quotations receiv-
ed by Overlook G. Cooke, local brok-
ers:
Wheat.
Open High Low Close
May s1.3.h S1.S24 s1.29& $1,32A
July 114A lis. 1.12h 1.1ih
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
STATE TAX INVESTIGATING BODY
SEEK REMEDY FOR HIGH TAXES
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICIAL
SHOWS HOW DISCRIMINATORY
RATES RETARD THE INTERIOR

vital influence in the growth and
pre-eaninence of favored localities or
this coast by the construction of ad-
ditional manufacturing and distribute
ing establishments, thus causing our
vast interior country to remain for all
time merely producing territory.
served locally by Cow towns" AMI
mining camps.
Should the railroads and terminal
points succeed in their applicat:oos
before the Interstate Commerce Coln-
mission condition will again obtain
which will permit coast points t. sruw
and prosper and the carriers to con-
tinue their agc-old policy of dividing
the territory served by them into pro.
ducing, manufacturing and consuming
territories in order to secure as many
hauls as possible on all raw conmodi-
ties before reaching the ultimate c,n-
Sumer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
In Early Days.

In the early days of railroadins, in
order to bind the whole nation toseth-
er and to encourage the usr % rail.
roads in thingly settled regions, :. was
necessary part of the railroa strate-
gy to fix freight rates at tho Low, st
possible point. AS result railroad
freight rates were successively revised
downward up to as late period as
1916. Furthermore, the rates were
arranged to give precedence to tbs
long haul over the short haul. 1t was
ito the interests of the railroads, since
inOntinuad on papa e,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
CHICAGO BUSINESS
BLOCK IS DESTROYED
BY BIG FIRE TODAY
One Fireman Killed and Many
Injured in conflagration;
Damage Estimate 10 Million

CHICAGO, March 15.---tn P)-----A
fire early today made o seethinE IN
ferno of an entire block near Chica-
COS loop district. causing q loss OF ten
million dollars, the death Of one iifo-
man and injuries to many others py
the debris crashing into the street. 4
high wind famed the flames when
destroyed 20 buildings before Chica-
COS entire fire department, niassed II
the loop district. checked the Flames.
Over q hundred thousand persons
gathered to watch the conflagration..
Twenty-one story burlington railroad
building was wrecked. This building
held the fire from spreading west
ward. t t4 s
Revenge Declared Cause.
CHICAGO, March tb.--u. n. S)----
Evidence of incendiarism was found
by the authorities investigating the
disastrous fire which wiped out an en-
tire block of buildings In the Union
depot business district this morning,
reducing great structures TO gaunt
skeletons and causing property dam !
age var,ously estimated at from five
to Ten millions. One man was Killed
and scores of others injured MI
a former employe OF a connection
tery concern in the building Ia which
tthe fire started was placed under ar
rest. Authorities Indicated startling
ldIscIosures would follow. ET,,#
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
DAILY EDITION

The East Oregonisn is Eastern Ore
gon's greatest newspaper snd,as . ssIl-
ing force gives to the advertiser over
twice the guaranteed average paid eiF-
culation in Pendleton and Umattlla
county Of any other newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-03-15
AMERICA CARVING REGULAR WIRE REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATED

The net DrsAs run Of yesterdays Daily
3,45S
This bsper ls q memper or ana audited
hy the Audit Bureau Of Cireulstiona
The New York herald., 1922-09-06
EDGECOMBE AV. HOUSES
!, RESOLD TO J. GOODMAN
Operator Parts With FiUe
/ Dwellings,; Other Deals.

W, J. Huston & Son resold for the
Merit Realty Corporation. Marcus l..
Osk president. 1ss. 100, 1872. 1s4 and 1ss
Edgecombe avenue. near 143d street,
five four story dwellings. each on lot
1Sx90x irregular. Mr.. Osk bought this
property through the same brokers last
July. The plot directly In the rear Of
these houses fronting 80 feet on Brad
hurst avenue garage space. is included
in the sale. The new owner Is j. Good
man. The property was held at $4,000.
Brown, Wheelock- Harris, Vought &
Co., Inc, sold for William II. Harrison
103 East Thirty-eighth street, a four
story dwelling. 20x100. The purchaser
is Fitz Henry Faye Tucker. architect, to
whom the same brokers recently sold
tho adjoining house at No. los. He
now controls a frontage of 40 feet at
this point.
Robert r. Rainey. Inc. sold for the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
trustees for William Waldorf Astor es-
tate, the four four story houses, 343 to
349 West Fourteenth street, 100x103.3.
The purchasers are preparing plans to
improve the site at the expiration Of the
leases on May / next.
M. II. Gaillard & Co. sold for Mrs.
Della NJ. Brannelly her four story resi-
dence. 157 West Eighty-second street.
17.6x94. The purchaser will occupy
after alterations.
Shaw. Rockwell & Sanford sold for
Lucy N. Ray 220 West 129th street. a
three story dwelling. 17x100, to Jacob
Goodman. This is the first sale of the
property in more than thirty years.
The New York herald., 1922-09-06
TO LET FOR BUSINESS.

Above iath St. to osth s.. dnclusl,ej.
The New York herald., 1922-09-06
TO LET FOR BUSINESS.

Above iith s.. to 5Oth St. uncIusive).
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UNISON CLUB RENTS HOME.

7 Charles A. Dubois leased for the Pro
Patria Council, Inc, to the Unison Club,
Inc. Morris Becker president, the four
story 25 foot front dwelling southwest
corner OF Convent avenue and Hath
street
The New York herald., 1922-09-06
TO LET FOR BUSINESS.

Above I4th =. to 5sth St. uncIusi,el.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

teriously disappeared He Turk.
The Lion seemed under the weather for some
He kept gasping for Air.
The Circus people made me very attractive offer,
when saw the Lion yawn did not like the looks
of the Opening.
decided was too young and tender to go into
the Show Business.
I am two years older now, however, and I must
confess your Exhibition sounds pretty good, far
as have been able to hear.
An Upright young man taking part in your under
taking could rightly feel that he taking part in
an undertaking that was at Educational and at
the same time Uplifting.
suppose Mr.. Box, you will have Midway or a
Streets of Cairo at your Fair to interest the I'm
thinking who think of only Pleasure.
If So might be induced to take that end of the
work off your hands.
This would leave you free to look after serious
matters such as Agricultural Hall and the Horse
Races.
don't know you will agree with me- but
think we ought to be pretty Select about what
show the public in our Side Show Division.
Between now and the Grand Opening I could be
going trips for you Coney Island and such points
and gathering points and Ideas for you about various
Attractions for our Exhibition.
could scout around in this way and thus be
we did not sign up Attraction that would be
undesirable from Quaker standpoint
believe the public will patronize Refined Enter
tanment If they can't get anything else.
So il you would like able assistant to help you
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Mr.. Edward Box,
Philadelphia. Pa.

Dear Mr. Box:
AS see you giving Exhibition Fair in
your city in the near future thought would write
you in regards to the same.
Although completed my education in local
High School last February, should keep on learn
ing something every day So you tell in your
book.
Hence thought would like to learn about your
Exhibition.
1t is too bad Mr.. Hoover will not consent to man.
age It for you as he would be very class we'll
popular manager.
Still there are Others Mr.. Box. II you showed
me the Salary you showed him, you would not see
me shrinking back like blushing Violet hope.
may be modest as my friends all say, but am
not Shy like that.
good man should not hide his lights under
Bush, always think When Opportunity knocks he
should rush out and get Head Lock on it.
Now Mr. Box, far be 1t from me to sink to Flattery.
But have read your Autobiography, and guess you
are as big a man as Hoover any day, IL you would
only own up
So il were you I would run the Exhibition myself
and show them.
And then IL you found the vast undertaking too
vast for an Old Timer you could call in young
Of Push and Vim and let him take of the
Ornerous Details
once thought of going into the Show Business
myself. There was circus came to town and
needed capable young to look after the Lion
The last who looked after the Lion had mys
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Askinq Mr. Box 6rA Circus Job-An0 Open Letter

along the line mention, just drop line and l
will drop to Confer with you.
1t may interest you, Mr. Box, to know that am
of Dutch Extraction like yourself.
My great-grandfather on my mothers side the
leading Dentist of the town of Hoofdsplaat.
His son, Hans Van Dam, distinguished himself at
the age of 10 by holding his finger in hole in dyke
all one stormy night, thus saving his native land
from the Sea.
Many is the time / have sat my grandfather's
knee and heard him tell about it.
His brave act praised by the newspapers at
the time The publicity unpleasant, however, for
my people, who have always been noted for their
modesty
So the whole Van Dam family except Grandpa's
eldest brother Erasmus left Hoofdspaat and to
America Erasmus. who stayed behind, settled at
Hoedekenskeike and later invented the Holland Sub
marine Boat, with which you doubtless familiar
So you and I will have many mutual subjects to
chat about when drop to you in regards to
accepting position with your Exhibition.
You will pardon me for introducing family matters
into business letter, 1 trust.
Let me now close, Mr.. Box, by wishing you all
Success in your Exhibition.
If you find you need an associate in the manage
ment who is young and ambitious well Live
Wire do not hesitate to send a wire.
would be proud to be associated with you, rest
assured. Cordially yours
HOMER BALMY.
p. S.--They call Philadelphia a slow town, but
will show them. HB.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

spurred him on. Below are the torn
shreds Of"
my pants,' broke in one of the boys
Il ripped EN- on the bench"
After the retreat in search of tailor a
loquacious and pragmatic gentleman who
knew all about art came up and took the
space deserted by the overburdened school
teacher. He surveyed the scene with a
supercilious air. /.
Art" he began, addressing the police
man, "is not supposed to be what you
think or what think is good, but what
the artist thinks is good. 1t may or may
not be, you see. The important thing is
that the artist is expressing beauty in his
own way and as he reacts to life.
you might, for instance" he pro-
ceeded, grasping the lapel Of the blue
coat, react one way when you saw a
camel. might react another way. 1t all
depends. might think of one thing and
YOU"
Come off, come off," interposed the
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
NIvIC VIRTUE. New York's widel
A{0rnccal exyx,hD1fo xnnnnp1nrf

TIvIC VIRTUE. New York's widely
discussed, symbolic monument, is
just beginning to emerge from the
stress Of argument.
A hundred years ago the most interest.
ing gathering place for New York's idle
and curious was the Bowling Green, where
it was customary to sit on uncomfortable
benches and discuss the artistic inele.
gance of the iron fence.
Somewhat later, similar interest, artis.
tic and argumentative, was focused upon
the architectural ornaments to the Bat.
terry. It seems now that New York, which
embraces the daily visitors from North,
South and West, spends at least part of
its time in both silent and vocative spec.
ulation upon the new MacMonnies foun-
tain in City Hall Park
And the comments which are passed
upon this so widely discussed work of
art certainly are much more frank and
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

baby for a better judgment of the
work, just as they passed in front of him.
"See booful mani" implored the in
fant's mother
The child burst into tears.
Let's get perspective. perspective"
begged the dark-haired youth. That's
the way to look at statues"
A sailor on shore leave saved weather
eye for pretty girls as he took in the
sight.
Some big boy, all right" he said to
a faded old woman with shawl around
her head.
"Yes, amt he big and handsome?' she
responded.
A stenographer, very businesslike,
was too important to the universe, her.
self and to the life of the city to be dis
turbed by a mere statue, yet she allowed
her head to lift once to view the marble
majesty, then hurried on.
Feeling safe in numbers, triumvirate
of fappers, hats jaunty and shoulders
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How New Uork;s Famous
Sumbot Affects Folk

looked like the essence of philosophy. like
some modern Plato.
A man with tortoise trimmed eye
glasses was impressed with the aspect of
his seat mate. what do you think of
it?" he asked.
Il amt no artist" replied the bearded
benchman. I'm vegetarian"
A strenuous school teacher from up
State, with fifteen pupils brought to town
to look at the fish in the Aquarium, felt
that the opportunity to see the statue
should not be lost. She began vivid and
moral explanation.
Now look, boys" she began. Hes
rising up from wickedness. He's stand.
ing for right Those women are the evil
influences. That wreck of a ship shows
what he's had to fight against, but what
does he care for defeat? See, Willie, that's
the same as your long division. That
fgurehead Of victory overturned only