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DAILY EVEIIIilG EDITlflT 7 m ...i V Nile and guarnuie.il paid clrculstiuti of any 1 Ulf , V I I w-lAI I V I HV U 2 'KaJ mW,fc''.J paper li Oregon. sen of ljortland aad hj fl, agJnaiBassla CITY OFFICIAL PAPER ' ""VV ' DAILY BfEHIhGBHTiqn Tonltrht and Thursday rain or mow. Mrs I her lnta. Maximum $n lel "itiire 1. mint, mum 2; truer "f snow; wind south prat; WfalhK cloudy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER NO. 9051 VOL. 28 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - 7" APPROPRIATION FOR FOOD PRICE PROBE DEMANDEO Wilson Will Give Personal At tention to Lining. up Con- , gress to Secure Passage of 5400,000 Fund 4or Federal Trade Commission. DECISION FOLLOWS N.Y. RIOTS Ilunth Duotare IXninrC. Must Ko maia In tieadon I'nUI Ailoquawi nuum Are Taken lo luatxae N"rml WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. ITeSl dent Wllaon la determined, to main rDDiraai pass the I00.000 appropria tioo for tha federal trade cornmlmioni food price probe. The White House tated officially that Wilson Intends to give hla personal attention to lln- In up coiwrreas. He made the deci sion folluwliif the New York food ri ot. nitrah Makm Demand. Senator Uomh demanded that cn (rr remain In session until adequate stops were taken to restore normal price He said: We cannot ad journ while It la possible for u to change the deplorable situation. 'Ws want bread- was ine rTencn ..-tlonb-t.' cry when they marched to Versailles. It la the most ominous err a republic can hear, ppeculator, and comblnat'one are Inflating prices making millions. There la no Justification for this condition. Con gress can not Ignore hungry cries. We muat meet the situation." food worn THitftrniT cov Vtuy ark rHARKD WAOHINQTON. Feb. ft. Cha'r man Daviee of the federal trade com mission predicted food riots throuuh. oat the country unless the govern -rent ata promptly. He plant le. vesttgate prices of meats, breailstiirr , dairy products, fre-h fruit, vegetables canned (ooda. suirar. coffee, tea and spice. He expects to probe pa'-klns houses and cold storage corporations. He ts seeking an alleaed bakers- l-ilst The oommleslon believes the bakers entered lll-gal agreements to decrease the weight of loaves. It will V the Justice dopartment to prtisec'tte all Il legalities. At at) adjourned meeting- of the I BOARD OF MANAGERS IS NAMED t'omuiercUl Association held last fairs: Wesley X. Matlock, streets and ninht the following .were elected on j roads: f. I'. A. Lsinerasn. member the board of msnnKers for the commit ship: A. H. fox. publicity: J. t". Wood J ear: W. I- Thtimpson, Ion Cohen. It. Alexander. W. J. Clarke. C. M. I'ishop. J. P. Robinson. Wesley N. Matlock. I. P. A. Ionercsn snd A. H. Cox. President Joe V. Tallman today an nounced the appointment of the fol-lowlna- chairmen of committees: O. M. Itlce. promotion and trade extension; W. Ij. Thompson, public policy: Leon Cohen, city Interests: R. Alexander. rinance: W. J. Clarke, railroad and j Seattle, announced H. P. Warren, en trant port at tn: C M. Bishop, house (rlneerlnir representative of the Alaska com?nlttee: J. F. Robinson, entertain- Kncineertns; commission here today. I '- . : NEW ROAD CODE ABOLISHES ALL ROAD SUPERVISORS; EACH COUNTY TO HA VE AN ENGINEER tBy W. C. K. Prultt.) Of the measures passnj by the leg islature Just closed particularly af fect Inr Umatilla county and eastern Oraaron, the most Important are the lrriatlon code, the new road and highway code, the Increased coyote bounty law, the insurance code, the migratory chattel mortgage law, the one pertaining to livestock, the new game code, and the Increased license lor automobiles. Aa affecting Umatilla county direct, there were but two measures, both In troduced by the Umatilla delegation and as follows: Ti tstiuKWs nslsry. Increasing the salary of county treasurer from 111 to USUI per year an long aa the treasurer does fhs work without a deputy. This Is a ear. lag to the county of o a year aa heretofore the deputy has recetvei I to. Permitting- the Eastern Orea-on Btate Hospital to cremate the bodies of patients dying there, which bodies are not claimed by relatives. Auto Iresnrsi Doubled. The new automobile Ik-ens law Just doubles Ihe present licence. If SHIPS OF LARGEST ' -r jt-rr t, t . . ara. ji Here are three ffreat ah ps of the. larRest American transatlantic steuni- ship company put out of business be- cause the nialiMers fear to send them PUBLIC INSPECTS HOHBACH BAKERY Hohbaeh's bakery was thromsed last niKht with visitors at an opening- held to permit them to Inspect the makln t of their n-wread. "Mlty Nice." Mr H oh bar h has iiist Installed one of the finest bread plants west of the Mlrl s. Ippl. The last word in cleanliness Is assured with the new plant. The ma chinery was Installed by the Ameri. can Machinery Bakery Company oi at. Louis. Visitors were permitted to see the process of ttread maklnc from the time it leaves the sack until It It ready for the consumer. . Earh lady was presented with carnation. Refreshments were serv ed. CLOSING OPTIONS ARE DOWN TODAY fHICAUO. Feb. Jt. (Special to ihe East Oregonlanl Ranae of wheat prices today: Open. Hlah. tow. Close. May IIS II. I1.T7H ll.7 luly 1.6l 11.61 11.501 11. SI Portland. PoltTI. NI. re.. Keb. 21. tspe lal ,C,ih II.S4; blueatem 11.10. meat; 8. H. Thompson, county af- ward, auditing; Oeorae Hartman. li brary, and Harry I. Graj. commercial Interests. MM I.K)N ITKT LI'MRKK is mii.n fxik li.vt.ooe SKATTL.K. Feb. II. One mlllioa feet of lumber at a price ipproxlmat Iks MSO.ooh for the Kovernment rail road In Alaska, has been bouaht from James M. Farrell. lumber broker of you have been paying II for your Ford it win cost you hereafter.. This law goes Into effect August .. 1117. And It provides that you can get a license for half a year, or If you do not buy your new car until July or August It will cost you only II for the remainder of the year. Th money received from the licenses goes into the stois highway fund In stead or being returned to the coun ties from Which It came aa hereto, fore. Game oode ttoarsrea. The new game code Increases the fishing and hunting license from II tc 11. I each per year and takes erfec: along about the middle of May. Un til this law goee Ipto effect license! can be secured for the year H17 at It each, so you had better get your license before the middle of May. Al so the deer season la reduced to two weeks. In eastern Oregnn the season opens September 1. and closes Octo ber II. except In Harney and Malheur counties, where It opens August 1 i and closes October II. The season (Continued on Page I.) AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC LINE OUT OF BUSINESS ws.' i"3 rA.s. fRAfLiNi " Into the forbidden zone eatafoliiiheil about Great Britain by the German SUbrniLTlnt-H. The .w Vorlr the K. ,.Paul and thtl Bt i,, ,he order , named, are tied up ut the Chelsea SUBMARINING FAILS SAY A BIG SOCCESS LONDON. Feb. 21. The Brltlxll Isilleve submarining Is a failuic. Commerce Is unaffected. The pulili hoped 8lr Howard Carson would dis close the exact aubmanne looses anl reveal the num-ber of submarines the British destroyed. Curson will prob ably withhold the latter figures, it li against the admiralty policy to reveal them. one group Is advocat'ng giving Lord Ft-her control of submarine righting. Northcliffe papers bitterly oppose it, saying Fisher Is too old. BBKLIN. Feb. II. Vla Sayvllle.. The otrtc al press bureau snnounc ed that a crowded Italian transport and two armed steamers, an Ital-au merchantman, the French freighter. Moventaux and the French schooner Aphrodite wee submarined in the Mediterranean. They declared the real submarine successes will be un known until tae submarines reoort- Treasury Secretary He!ferrloh ad dressed the German agricultural council and d'scussed submarine war. He said success, was certain and the German would "allow nothing or no body to wrest success from us." He asserted Rrltish navigation was al ready depressed to the dans-er point JUSTICE EXCEEDED AUTHORITY CHARGE t'hiirir.iin that H. H. MrUvynoldft. Justtc of th Mac at Pilot Rock. exceeded hln authority tn the rune of William KnlKhtnn atoiinst Thomas Isedjferwood. suit watt filed thin mor ntnff In the circuit cotirt by ThomHS Isedgerwood aicainvt William Knltth tn and H. H. McUeynnld. The plrilntlff In represented by Attorney Raley A Raley. The. complaint al leges the defendant last year sued Isedgerwood for the recovery of a horn valued at $100. Th defendant filed an answer to the complaint de nying the allea-atlotia. The court then required the defendant. Ied cer wood, to s;lve bond for payment of anv Judgment plaintiff might recover. The defendant objected to testi mony being taken tn the case on the ground that the facta in the complaint did not constitute a cause of action. The case was tried before Justice Mr- Reynolds who overruled the defend ant's objections and the case was submitted to the Jury. The Jury inb-s-quently found for the plaintiff and I -ed err wood now asks that the Judg ment be set aside. The complaint al leges that McReynnlds erred and er roneously exercised hla Judicial func tions and exceeded his Jurisdiction In denying the plaintiffs motion for Judgment In favor of the defendant In the previous case. nilVft Wl FTRT fUVWtO Vf AMENDMENT FIGHT 4 WASHINGTON, Feb, 21 Pro, hibltlontsts won the flrt blood In the house flarht oa the Reed amendment to the poetofl ee ap iroprtatim hill making ill pro hibition etatea bone-dr. The t.ovae defeated by n vote of ? to II Saunders amendment hub would nullify Reel t-H. ji - . - . v---a. - . Plera In New York Cty. P. A. S. i Franklin, president of the Interna' tlnDHl MArrantila Marina Pnmninv which controls them, does not know" when they wll leall. DECLARE WOMEN'S PLEA IS RECOGNIZED NKW YORK MAYlJUt PHOM1SKS TO KT.HT IMMFIIMTK BIOU PIUCK IVVKSTIB.rriOA-. NEW TURK. Feb. II. Mayor Mit chej promised to do every thing pos sible to stop high food prices. Women vlaited the mayor demanding the ac tion. They threatened to starve on the city hall steps, unless relieved. "Sweet Marie" Ounz led fifty women to the city hall at noon. They de manded to see the mayor. A hundred women appeared shortly afterward demanding to nee the mayor. .Seven representatives mothers of the antl high price league appenred carrfins resolutions from the Forward Hall mass meeting last nleht. The mayor received the small committee and made the promise. Immnfliitr Iiivcttluatlon. Mitrhel promised to order the de partment of charities 'and health de partment to start an immediate In vtiatton find report the results Frldav, The women were invited to intend the board of estimates meeting Aridity to suggest remedial measurea Mitrhel aked the women to writs congress awkinj? relief and suggesting the men. ns. Kene Is IhrtutiaUc. The ntavor's office scene was d' matlc. The women wept. Mrs. Ida Harris cried: "I want Justice and mercy. I come to you because all the people elected yon. We are good Americans. Our sons are eager to fight America's battles. They can't If they starve first. We deserve and demand better treatment. Marie Oanx told the mayor that msny persons starve to death In New York dally. Ke-vrrml Women TramrlcJ. The women's mass meeting adopt ed a resolution for President Wilson pleading for some action to bring rood to their starving children. They pointed out thst their husbands wages have pitifully failed to keep the pace of rapidly rising prices. The hall was too small to hold the crowd. 8everl were trampled. The women yelled snd children screamed. The speak ers demsnded qutet. It was an hour bfore order was restored. ' Attorney Jacob Panken said Mor gan was holding thousands of tons of food for Kmropesn shipment. He ad vised that Fast Side women organise a huge Wall Ptreet demonstration " He pledged the Hebrew Is nor unions funds to help the food fight. III.AXKFT OP BVOW .... oot-:ks ia:tiox rORTLAND. FVh. blanket ef snow today covered the entire stats of Orewon. Reports from 'northern and western sections said a fall beg during the night, and. tn many places continued during the day. The east ern and southern sections have been white for seyeral sreeka. In Portland and along the lower Columbia the fall was light and by noon rain had washed most of the snow awsy. Fugene. Alhany and el les to the south reported) 0(10 of the heaviest falls of the rear. At Ashland and along the California line IS Inch. es fell during the night. The 8ik'ye summit Is under a blanket seyeral fret deep. ADVIS 1 COMMITTEE OF BUSINESSMEN TO AID IN WAR PREPARATION Will Assist Quartermaster De- panmem; naces Dusmess End of Army Provisioning in Hands of Nation's Business men. SPECIAL COMMITTEES NAMED War Secretary Believes pxnnamla DU- turbanon) HJIowlns; a war Declara tion will Be Practically Nullified. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. War Sec retary l!aker hair asked the United States chamber of commerce to name a. businessmen's advisory committee to assist the army quartermaster's de partment in war preparations. It places the business end of the army provisioning In practically the full control of the nation's bulnesemen. The national defense council suggest, ed the act. The plan 1" the first deft, nlte step in the council's plan to mo bilize businessmen to ass at :he na tion. Baker believes the economic dis turbances following a war declaration would be practically nullified If busi nessmen assist. SpeCal committees to assist tha, quartermaster will be ap pointed in New York. Chicago. Phila delphia. Washington. Kansas City, Jeffersonville, St. Louis, Boston. Sun Francisco. New Orleans. Pan Anton la, Omaha and Portland. TWO U. S. FREIGHTERS SET SAIL FOR LONDON Ar First American Vessels to Leave for That Port Since Warning. NKW YORK, Feb. SI. The thir teen thousand American line freight er' Mongolia has sailed for London. The American merchantman Algon quin followed her closely. They are the first United States Teasels to leave New York en route to London sine the submarine warning. They are painted in regular colors with their names and their i-eristries on both aides In huge letters. I"NITK1 STVTFS ffOTK TO Al'STlUA BKINO CONSIDERED RRULIN. Feb. 21. (Via SayvilleX The official press agency .announc ed that the I'nlted States note to Aus tria was artunll under consideratiot: It will be given careful eTii.iiat!n ana ansverpd later. Th- not n-ks Austria's policy regarding u,i 'ustru I- I el submarining. . The commencement of the con struction of a new fort near Rocka- .y Point, within New Tork City. coupled With the placing of lC-lnch guns at Randy Hook, will make Ne Tork, the chief point of attack la case of foreign invasion. Impregnable to the greateat fleets of the world. Tae guns at ttendy Hook and those to be placed on Rm kaay IVint will have a radius of at least twenty miles with ff l I MAKING NEW YORK IMPREGNABLE PERSHING IS TO SUCCEED FUNSTON - . EL PASO, Feb. 21- War Sec- retary Baker has notified Per shing of his appointment as commander of the southern de- partment. kiicceeding Funston. Pershing goes to San Ant;nlo headquarters this week. SNOW -TAKES PLACE OF SPRING WEATHER lla Been Failing All Morning and OmUniK-d Storm Is frtorecat by falling Baronietcr. That spring is yet a thing some what distant was evidenced by a heavy snow which started yesterday afternoon about t o'clock and contin ued for several hours. Snow fell thi morning and there was no Indication of a let up. The barometer of Ma jor Lee Moor ho use read as low ai 28.26 which foresages a continued storm. Farmers were In the midst of plow ing and will be forced to discontinue operations for some time. Stockmen are reported to be laying In a supply of. fodder. Most of the sheepmen and stockmen seemed to be of the opinion that spring was almost here lut are going to take no chancer on a shortage of feed with present wea ther indications. Pendleton feed howee report a heavy run yesterday and today. ;A1. ROAD FOR 1 MJLLJOV DOLLARS ST. LOUIS, Feb. II. Robert Nell son and Duncan Holme representing the Missouri pacific's bondholder' reorganisation committee, purchased the railroad for sixteen million a hun dred and fifty one thousand dot 'are. They were the only bidders. OKRMAJfY TS TryKTKD OVERj Al"RTRIAN OOXFFJP K VCKs AMSTF5RDAM, Feb. II. Berlin re ported that German offlcta'dom is pusxled over American Ambassador Penfield's conference with tne Aus trian foreign minister at Vienna. It expres-es astonishment that the Unit ed States should doubt that Austria fully approves Oermanys reientlese Lubmnrinlnr it is seml-orf icisti cleared that Emperor Carl Intends ts fully a.-vlst Oermsny. mere battleahip eisvaiion. No shia standing off the port wll lb able to shoot into the city nor any part of what Is known as the "Metropolitan District against these guns of, the fort a. Two 1 4-inch guns have been place ot Pvndy Hook, but ground has just bee a broken for the new fort at Rockaway. Bum III acre wtl be included In that reservation. anl worg i bing rushed eight and day. fZ: 5X1' l $50,000 READY FARMERS TEN DAYS Funds are Available Under Provisions of Rural Credits Law at Five Per Cent In terest. APPLICATION mm SENT state Treasurer Kay FMJn.alrs Thai a Million and a Half Dolts Worth of Roods W ill He Hold Mrs Year. SALEM. Feb. 21, Th) state land board directed Ck-rk K. li. lirown Immediately to prepare tne rural credits) ksane applU'atios. blanks and send to stale tend! board attorneys In every Miity. State . Tremsorcr Kay estimated that a million and a half dollars worttt of raral credit bootbi tenold he ejld the first year matting that mm available for tae state farmers. Tbe stale plana to pnn'hase the firX iwiie of fifty tswand dollar five year bond, esing the Mate tndnMrtal accident trust funds Within tea dars fifty thoussuid dollars, will be available for loaning- to farmers at five per cent Interest under tlso rural credits; law provisions. MILITARY TRAINING DOOMED TO FAILURE SAYS CHALlBERLAliT Admits Isdsbuioa No nrtorm 0 (mem Wasst Psssj Bsl Ho ( nuie .Next Ousilost, WASHINGTON-. F 21. Senator Chamberlain admitted that the anl versml military training legtshuton now before congress was doomed to failure. He said' "I have no hope v-hatever. How ver. 1 shall again ask the commit te to add military training to the rending military ape I ropriationa bill." I A single objection from the senate floor would defeat the attempt. Strong hou.?e c-ppoettion exists. Cham berlain considers the present effort hopeless. He promised great drive early next session to rujih the mea sure through. The arm gcneriU staff announced It would sen J corgi ess de tailed plans for oner tin,r he onl I'ervitl training system. TURKEY REAFFIRMS ALLIANCE PLEDGE, WITH THE TEUTONS Naval Oimis&isttre FamraMy Kefiorta Admialsxatios.-e Naa UH With Half Rill km Apfropriaita.a ROBkiRT J. RKXDFIt t WA8H1NOTON, Feb. II Preat. dent Wilson has practically determin ed to addreea congreas on the Oerman situation probably late next week, lie plana to ask for broad powers to pro tect American rights after adjourn ment, iie will advise all belligerence of the exact circumstance guround :n,t the addrees, to prevent n isundr rtandings. it la believed he must take every precaution to pixvcn. Ger many from mistaterpretingf the act AllUunOe Kemfffj-aaMl. It Is announced Ambaaatlot K'ki.s cabled tne ate departn.nt thi Tu"key reaffirmed her p!eg- of till, tnce with nertnany and AtmtrU and h determined to f-cht for vfcen rv. The CHtle sa d tbe 'VrkUh chAmber of deputies was aefjg.ou to strngth-n its good relations wth ne't.aLs 1 he chamber unanimously vote t cenfl dene In the new cabinet. NavaJ Hill is pavorei The eenata naval commltt, fav ably reported the idmimsirtt ' na val bill. It jfarrles a total of nearly half a bi-'hon. A hundred ai4 twea-tv-etxht mlllton hjts been added store the house passed the bill, ft author ires the r resident to eonnin Wf private shipyards and munition p;an tn event ot war. ART T 1 1 FA M "R l-m ARK 3IT Tl srrt IT. ART TH K HAHF. Feb, tl --Vrmafi newspaperis said manv Al-rVf l.ov ralne art tre.!- had been removed to Rtuttgart and Munich. (Irm4 army hadiiarttrs ordered th trans OR fer. The reaana were not stated. r 't r i
