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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
FLOYD HAIL IN
JAIL; HAD TRIED
TOMLL HIMSELF
With Divorce Suit Pending
Road Foreman Fires Four
Shots Point Blank at Wife.
pREMEDlTATI0N SHOWN
BY PRISONERS sToRY
Near Tragedy Occurs Early
This Morning in ouelle
Restaurant; Two 0uarrelled.

" y. lI y.
The condi'ion OF Mrs' as'e
= HAL was pronounced as peans
= slightly improved tms nitef-
= noon at 81. Antnonys 'neap!tai
y She Is conscious ana Is hoiding =
= up well considering the palnfui L Y :.
= nature Of her wounds, y was
= stated. She Is unable to talk Z
= on account of the condition q N
= her jaw which was shattered ~ n
= the force Of one Of the bullets =
%%%$ 90
,' n
Mrs. Elsie Hall Is IN 81. Anthony'5
hospital In critical condition suffer.
Ing from the effects OF four. wOuncs
caused nv bullets which were Cred Qt
her this morning Nby ficf
Floyd Hall. The tragedy waH enacted
shortly after 5 o'clock near one Of sthe
front tables of the Qielle restaurant
on Main street. Marital troubles IL
the probable cause OF the shooting.
After firing four shots at his wife,
Hall turned the gun on hifpself, but
iic WAC uiNuihuuu ~ TANnNt N4A1tN9s
proprietor OF the restaurant, before
he succeeded In realizing his intention
OF self destruction. Chatas and Lee
Wickland took Hall to the CITY jail inn-
mediately after the shooting where he
Is held pending further deyelopmsnts.
Mrs. Halls cqndition Is serious, ao-
cording to q statement OF the ply
sIcian attending her AZ the hospital.
One OF the bullets entered from the
left side OF her head and shattered
her jaw, the bullet emersing thfoaigh
her face. Two other wounds are IN
her back, one on each side near tho
/ top OF her shoulders. The fourth
wound Is her left index finger which
was clipped BY a bullet shearetainea
consciousness during the morning. no
prediction as to her chances TOR RET
covery were made by Dr. II, n. Hat
terry, her physician.
"i'li Take My Mediciie.H =,
1 -. At...aetf up,n.. =. :. 40 eto. r...x
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
MAY, Co,fpRoNnsE STRIKE

PORTLAND, May 13.-U. P)--
Efforts of the state board of coneiia-
tion in the longshoremen's strike cul-
minated today in employers and union
agreeing to appoint members to a
joint commission to seek a basis for a
compromise and report to the board
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
WOMAN STILL LIVES FOLLOWING ATTACK
BY EMR HUSBAND IN LOCAL RESTA URANT
Gasoline Price
Will Advance is
Department View

= WASHINGTON, May 1s.- =
= U. P)-According to reliable =
= information in the possession of =
= the interior department today =
: the oil companies will make ad- 4
= ditional gasoline price increases =
= effective in all parts of the coun- 7
= try very soon. The increase =
= will probably total four to five =
= cents gallon by mid-June, the =
, Standard Oil Co. leading the Z
I way. =
a n a n a a a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
WHEAT PRICES LOWER
TODAY IN CHICAGO PIT

Wheat prices are lower today, May
grain closing at $i.4S, July at $1.z5
and September at $1.19. Yesterdays
quotations were May Si.44 3-4. July
$1.26 Is and September $1.19 IA.
Following are the quotations re-
ceived from the Chicago Grain mar
ket by Overlook & Cooke. local
brokers':
Wheat.
Open High Low Close
May s1.45 S1.46 s1.43 $1.43
July l.26ss 1.27h LAG 1.25
Sept. 1.20 1.20% IISs 1.19
Exchanges
Sterling, 555 Is.
France. 9l4h.
Italy. 537A
Holland. 1870.
Marks. 35k.
Austria, 1870.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
EIGHT TEAMS ENTERED
= = I Z Z I +
IN EASTERN OREGON
- + + = =
TRACK AND FIELD MEET

Eight high school track teams =
: are competing at Roundup =
= Park this afternoon for the :
+ championship of Eastern Ore +
= gon. The schools entered are +
+ La Grande, Union, Pendleton, +
=" Cove, Imbler, Stanfield, Una +
: pine and Milton-F -Freewater. =
= Sixty-four contestants have =
= been entered. A close race is +
+ expected between Union. La =
+ Grande and Pendleton. with =
+ Pendleton and La Grande the =
+ favorites. The other teams are =
+ apt to upset the. dope by taking :
+ points needed by other teams =
+ to win. Z
q L 4 4 4 4. 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13

A joint meeting Of the Modern
Woodmen and the Royal Neiehbors
will be held next Thursday evening at
which time Walter NJ. Pierce. state
lecturer, j. g. Tate OF Oakland, state
auditor and ]. M. Smith, special
deputy, will be special speakers,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
Situation so Critical That
Views of Britain and
France Can't Be Adjusted.
FRENCH DELEGATES SAY
RUSSIAN BUSINESS ENDED
Conference Delegates win
Remain, However, to Take
Up Other Conference Issues.

GENOA, May 13.--(A. Pas a
result of meeting of the economic
conference sub-commission on Russian
affairs today the situation became so
critical it seemed doubtful whether
the British and French positions could
be reconciled. NJ. Barthou, head of
the French delegation, declared
France would never consent to having
mixed commission on which Rus
slams served to give consideration to
Russian credits, debts and the treat
ment of foreign property nationalized
in Russia The French statement de-
clared the Russians have already driv-
en- wedges between the powers and
might do the same on the proposed
commission. France believes the al
lies should reaeif--ft rccfifr .rte tfsreef
ment before inviting the Soviet repre-
sentatives to join the commission.
Put Ran on Russians
PARIS. May 13,-(A. P.)-The
French delegation will remain at
Genoa to take part in deliberations on
other questions properly put before
the conference, but so far as the Rus
sian problem is concerned the confer
ence is considered by the French gov
ernment as at an end
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
|, B. Romaine Of WaIIa WaIIa
Made Unofficial Long Run
Of 14e at Collins Park,
ABNER BLAIR MADE
LONG RUN OF II
Scores Made This Morning
Better Than Yesterdays;
Chicken Dinner Tomorrow.

L. B. Romaine of Walla Walla
made a long run this morning of 80
at Collins park in the Northwest
trapshooting tournament. His nn-
official long run for the tournament
IL 149, which included the handicap
events yesterday afternoon.
The shooting today was consider
ably better than that of yesterday.
EIore than ten long runs were made
hy the scattergun artists. Abner
Hair of Portland made the second
long run of the morning with n
dead birds to his credit without a
miss. r. G. Lacey of Wells, Oregon,
H., credited with two long runs one
for 60 and the qlher So.
Local Men Make Runs
Three pepdlston men made long
runs this morning. They are J. Me-
Nurlen, Sc; Sol Baum. 81; and d. c.
Bowman. So. Following are the long
runs made this morning: ~
Ch C. Jewett, Portland ......s.., 81
r. G.. Lacey, Wells ............. So
Sam Sharman, Salt Lake. ,...... D6
J. w. Seavey. Portland. .....s... 81
Chas O'Connor, Spokane. ...... 81
J. McNurlen, Pendleton .....,.. sc
Sol Baum, Pendleton ........ 81
ID. c. Bowman. Pendleton ...... 81
l. B. Romaine, Walla Walla.. -. 90
r.. G.. Lacey. Wells ,........... 60
Abner Blair. Portland ....,..... II
-Four Shoot III.
More men were tied for first place
IN the events today than in the shoot
yesterday. In event one, nine placed
first. twelve made perfect scores IN
event two and II scored 20 In the
third cv;nt. Nine were successful ir
the fourth event. Five in the fifth
and II in the sixth.
Three Portland shooters tied fol
high gun this morning with T. d
Barclay of Pendleton. with III ou
Oh possible 100. They were G. G
Jewett, ]. w. Seavey and Abnel
Blair. o. N. Ford also of Portland
ciime close second with score o
li6. Those shooting lis today wer,
Hansell, McNurlen and Sharman ant
those shooting ia were Nelson, L
Nlatlock and Lacey.
The management of the Quele an
nounce that they win serve a CHECKER
dinner with shortcake Tomorrow nool
at the club house.
Following are the scores mad
this morning:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
BEARS S-BUCKAROOS
GAME TOMORROW WILL
DECIDE LEADERSHIP
Two Free Season Tickets Will
be Given Away; Chief
BEETLES to Pitch.

The Walla Walla Bears will invade
Pendleton tomorrow afternoon to
tackle the Pendleton Buckaroos sin
what promises to be the game of the
season. Walla Walla now has undis-
puted claim to first place in the league
but if the Buckaroos can turn the
trick Sunday they will be tied with
the Bears for first place. The MI
ton -Freewater Prune Pickers will SO
to Dayton to play the Barley Grow.
ers.
Two free season tickets will be Civ
en- to the person guessing the closest
to the correct number of paid admis-
sions at the game. Two tickets we're
given away last Sunday. Harold Wiss-
Ter being the lucky one.
Beetles VIII Pitch.
There has been considerable riyal:y
between Walla Walla and pendleton
this year although the two teams hay,
not had a chance to meet on tho iia.
mond. The team is all "pepped up
for the game and promise 'Ches'
BEETLES, the little Indian pitcher, per
feet support. BEETLES maintains that
he won't need much support except
with the stick as he Is going 10 fai
the majority of the players fiom Tho
two Wallas.
After the game at Walla Walla 2
week from Sunday the league seasol
! will be half over so it is necessary fol
the Buckaoos to down the Bears il
order to have an evan break during
the final weeks of the season.
The game will be called at c'clocl
! tomorrow afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
ULSTER FIGHTING CONTINUES

DUBLIN. May l3.--tU. P)--rurth.
or shootings centered In Ulster today
despite the peace conference Between
faction leaders. There was intense
firing all through the narrowbone
district ~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13

Reported by Major Lee Moorheuse,
official weather observer
Maximum. so.
. Minimum. 30.
Barometer. 1905.
Clear and warmer, Is the prediction
for tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
Put Ban on Russians

LIVESTOCK MARKET STEADY
PORTLAND, May l3.-(A. PD--
Livestock steady eggs weak, butter
steady.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
That Postal Ap,,oIntment

"The breath-taking feature Of that
advertisement. said another Repub1
lican. ''is that this mysterious COM
mittee should dare to tell the voters
Of rmatilla county that they must
turn down their own candidate, James
n. Gwinn. q man OF unquestioned
ability and integrity and vote for Nick
Sinnott Of The Dalles. In my opinien
/ their support Of Sinnot Is due 10 the
fact that he did the bidding Of this
ring by appointing Tom Thompson
as postmaster and disrcgarding the ex-
pressed wish Of the business and
professional men Of Pendleton for the
lreappointment Of Lester cronin. a
vonng man, lifelong Republican
and qualified By years of experience.
| | cannot understand how this ring
and Sinnott can explain to the ex-
service men their refusal to consider
for this position, Perry Idleman who
by reason Of his service in the army
and other qualifications was at the
head OF the list OF thosc taking the
examination for postmaoter."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13
What o. y. u. Mann?

Many other Republicans expressed
themselves. just as forcibly. Who are
these self-appointed so called Com
mittee OF Republicans" that they
should undertake to tell tTmatilla
county voters they have no right to
send a Umatilla county man to Con-
gress, but must forever depend upon
man from another corner Of the dis
trlct to represent us," said one, who
are they, that they should say that J..
l.. Mann Is not a fit person to repre-
sent us at Salem and that Frank Sloan
Is. DO they make any more slbstan-
tlal citizens than l.. v. Mann. Does
II not mean anything 10 these men that
Mann was member Of the Legislature
for three terms and that for three ses-
sions of the legislature he was chair
man of the WAYS & Means committee?
DO they regret that he was chairman
, Of the ways & means committee when
the Eastern oregon state Hospital was
built and that he was member OF
| the special committee that located
this institution In Umatilla county?
, Have they forgotten that at the recent
special session Frank Sloan was the
only eastern oregon member who
went on record In favor OF spending
Eastern Oregon road money for ths
benefit OF the state Of Washington
DO they know Frank sIoan's attitude
on county division? Do they wan
| this county divided. In the name Of
all the Gods at once upon what meat
do these, our modern Caesars feed
that they have grown so great. ThC
shades Of Mark Hanna, Boss Croker
and the ward healers OF all time will
turn green with envy at the daring Of
these self-appointed apostles and die
| tatorl'.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13

fContInDsd. on Daks s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13

Continued on page 80
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-05-13

The East 0regonIan IL Eastern Ore
gon's greatest newspaper and ~ ; seIl-
ing force gives 20 the advertiser over
twice the guaranteed average paid cir
eulation In Peudleton and Unztilla
county OF any other newspaper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-23
CHINESE PRESIDENT
WILLING TO RESIGN
fBv Associated Press)

PEKING, Aug. 23-The republican
cabinet announced today that Presi-
dent Ii Yuan Hung is willing to resign
in favor of Sun Vat Sen deposed head
of the South China government pro-
vided parliament approves such action
1t is stated in official circles here
that Ii Yuan Hung's attitude toward
Sun is friendly.
Representatives of the Peking ad-
ministration sent to Shanghai to ne
gotiate with Sun with view toward
uniting the whole of China under one
stable government still are urging the
former head of the Canton govern
ment to come to Peking but he refuses
to come until assured that the various
military factions in China have com
posed their differences.
Consequently Chang Tso Lin, gov
ernor of Manchuria and Flu Pei-Fu
military leader of North China have
entered into negotiations looking to an
agreement on the issues on which they
have been at odds. Cabinet members
told the Associated Press today that
these mediations between China's two
leading military rivals were progress
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-23
Washington's View
of Debts Disagrees
With English Stand
BY MARK SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 23-
With respect to debts owed TO US
by Great Britain there is, both in Of
ficial and unofficial British illusions
to these debts, a form of description
which is reconcilable with the nature
of the debt as it is understood in
America Lord Balfour, in his letter
after saying that Great Britain in the
war had provided for her own needs
out of internal borrowing and taxa
ton said:
Unfortunately, a similar policy
was beyond the power of other Europ-
can nations, an appeal was therefore
made to the government of the United
States and under an arrangement then
arrived at, the United States insisted,
in substance if not in form that though
our allies were to spend the money, it
was only on our security that they
were prepared to lend it."
That is Lord Balfour's official des-
cription of the nature of the transac-
ton. Unofficially, the new statesman
a British weekly of high class which
is read with attention and respect
by the best informed persons in Eng.
land on International political af,
fairs, in its issue of Aug. 5, contains
the following sentence.
THE American public is, we be-
lieve, almost wholly ignorant CT the
fact of the case-largely owing to 2
mistaken reticence on this Side of the
Atlantic. The time seems now tC
have come when they should be stated
with an even greater frankness thar
is to be found in Balfour's note. The
debt was incurred after America came
Continued on Page Five)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-23
Britain's Navy Slowly
DwindIes Under Terms
of Washington Treaty
BY DAVID L. BLUMENFELD
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, Aug. 23.-Great Britain
is scrapping her capital ships "gradu-
ally"
Many people have had visions of
dockyards, swarming with workers,
dismantling the great grey ships
alongside the quays, battering off
nothing else on earth nIattered.
In England, at any rate, this is far
from fact
In the first place, most of the heavy
scrapping to be done by England, ad-
miralty officials showed, is not sched-
uled before 1925, when four super
Dreadnaughts of the King George, v
type come under the shipbreakers
hammer. or are sold, minus their arm
ament and implements of warfare.
After that, the famous Queen E1iz-
abeth come up for destruction in 1885
the Royal Sovereign in 1886, the Re.
nown (already on the reserve list
since the return of the Prince OF
Wales from his world tour in 1910,
and the famous Hood in 194L
16 Ships Scrapped
In the meantime 16 ships obsolete
vessels have gone to the scrap heap
They are the pre-dreadnaughts Mars
Caesar, Queen, Swifsture, Hindustan
Lord Nelson and the Dreadnaughts
Bellerophon, Temeraire, ST. Vincent
Dreadnaughts (the original Of hev
type) Hercules, Indexible, Indonitable
Crescent and Commonwealth. These
ships it is true, were partly schedut
ed for the scrap heap before the
Washington conference took place
Continued on Page Five)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-23
IRISH TRIUMVIRATE
TO FOLLOW COLLINS
IN FREE STATE RULE
CBy United Press)

DUBLIN, Aug. 23-Fighting ct the
head of his staff officers against Irish
rebels who ambushed his car on the
road from Bandon to Macon, late yes
terday, Micheal Collins, 1reland's
leader, fell mortally wounded at the
moment of victory. AS he died, the
rebels were beaten off.
For half an hour, against over
whelming odds, the fiery leader of the
Free State and seven staff officers
who were in his party fought off their
assailante.
At least three of the rebels were
wounded They were being slowly
driven back and it seemed that Col
Inns, hero of hundred escapes had
once more come through, when a rebel
bullet struck him and he fell.
Triumvirate to Succeed
AS he lay dying in the dust, his
smoking revolver still clutched in his
hand, Collins raised his head and muir
INJURED: Forgive them"
A triumvirate will succeed Collins
at the head of the Irish Free State
Death that claimed Ireland's tw1
greatest leaders, Griffith and Collins
! within ten days, left no single out
standing figure. Liam T. Cosgrove
chairman of the provisional govern
/ ment cabinet may rise to be Collins
successor or it may be dashing Dick
| Mulcahy, commander-in-chief of the
/ Free State army.
! George Gavan Duffy, former envoy
| is the third outstanding figure.
To Head Government
For the time being, it was learned
these three will head the Free State
government None of them is compar
able to Collins, who especially after
| the death of Griffith, due to heart
trouble last Saturday, stood out head
and shoulders above all Ireland.
Unless the triumvirate succeeds j
was freely predicted that the free state
may collapse due to activities of tht
rebels under DeValera which would
again bring invading forces of Brit
ish to Ireland and cause a renewal O
centuries-old conflict.
Collins, in recent months, was
known as the Lincoln of Erin" HI
had been largely instrumental in in
ducing his people to accept the fret
state government. His death came a
a time when Ireland was about t
rest easier and devote her energy t,
the development of resources. Mich
ael Collins forces had been victoriou
over the rebels and were in power il
most nortionS of Ireland
Issues Statement
Chief of Staff Richard Mulcahy, o.
whose shoulders the mantle of Co
lins fell for the time-being at least
issued the following appeal to his fe
low countrymen:
Stand calmly by your posts. LIE
no cruel act of reprisal blemish you
bright honor The dark hours whic
Michael Collins has met since 191
seemed to steel his bright strengt
and to temper his gay bravery.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-23
COAL INQUIRY
PLANS UPSET
BY new BILL
Commission Bill Giving Oper-
ators and Miners Place In
Investigation Given Right of
Way In House.
G. 0. P. CHIEFS CONFER
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-A COM
mission bill for giving operators and
miners place IN the proposed gov
eminent investigation of the industry
was given the right of way by the
Louise rules committee today over the
bill, which had been prepared with
the approval of President Harding,
for commission composed wholly Of
impartial representatives of the public.
The measure, which was given pref
erence was that of Representative
Bland, Republican, Indiana, which the
committee majority voted to prefer,
after its provisions had been compared
with those of the measure introduced
by Chairman Winslow, of the inter-
state commerce committee, as a result
of conferences with the president.
The action upset the plans of the
house Republican leaders, and falling
on tie vote to secure consideration
# the committee decision they went
into a hurried conference to draft a
new plan of campaign.
Opposes Partisan Body.
President Harding was said at the
White House yesterday to be opposed
to any but a non-partisan commission.
In telegram to Representative Bland
yesterday. John T Lewis, president
Of the miners, declared if the federal
government in making an independent
| inquiry, proposed to disregard the
rights and privileges of miners and
operators, after the Cleveland confer
ence providing for commission with
equal representation, the RESPONSE
bility will be with those who recon-
mend such action"
! Meanwhile as to the rail strike sit
uation. the government remained il
the role of an observer today as tbs
railway executives assembled for their
conference in New York in connec
tion with the strike settlement nego
tiations there. While hopeful of sue
cess of the negotiations, President
Harding was represented at the White
House as unready to take any further
sters in the situation than those stat
ed in his recent address to congress