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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 191i).
I PAlLY EYEIIIItO EDlflONl
ASK FOR GRAIN
NATURAL BASIS
Inland Empire Shippers
League Permanently Or
ganized at Meeting Here
Today.
FORMER GOVERNOR
IS LEAGUE ATTORNEY
Fight Will Be Made Before
v Federal Commissioh
for Justice.
Permanent ornanlzntlon of the In-
lftnif Kmnlra Hhhin.r. T nimiia u' a
irfAxtoH a ,..iir, ki,i i,i
morning and officers were directed to
sign a complaint prepured by former
Governor Oswald West asking the
I n ttrt It I a frtinliisrfii pnmniluuiitii nn.l
thl ,!!,..,.,, c .i,. .,.
ta provide a rate on grain and grain
products based on water grade and
low cost of haul from this territory
to tidewater.
The belief was expressed by Mr
West, who Is serving as attorney for
the league, that the case can be got
ten before the commission In a short
time and that there seems good pros
pects of success. The complaint pre
pared recites conditions that exist
with relative to .present rates, includ
ing; the 25 per cent advance that be
came effective June 26. liilK. The
following paragraphs are from the I
complaint:
Water tirade Iirnorcd.
"That defendants, in tho construc
tion of their tariffs, have never given
consideration to the fact thut their
lines for long distance follow water
grades and that low cost of operation
were enjoyed, but have been governed
by rates In effect on Northern lines
serving I'uget Sound, and which op
erate over excessive grades through a
mountainous country.
'That by reason of the facta stated
In the foregoing paragraphs complain
ant and other growers and shippers in
Idaho, Kastcrn Oregon and Kastern
Washington were prior to Juno 24,
191S. and since have been, subjected
to the payment of rates for tho trans
portation of grain and grain products
to Portland, Astoria and points Inter
mediate on tho lower Willamette and
Columbia' rivers in Oregon, and to
Vancouver, Washington, whli h were
when exacted, and still are. Inherently
and relatively unjust rtnd unreason
able In violation of Meet Ion 1 of tin
Ad to ltegulate Commerce and Sec
tion 10 of the federal Control Act."
Tho meeting this morning was held
In the Commrclnl Club rooms and
was marked by enthusiasm for the
purpose of tho league, which is to
promote the interests of the Inland
shipper, especially the wheatgrower.
Many Influential farmers and busi
nessmen were present. E. Ij. Smith,
temporary chairman, called the ses
sion to order. Mr. Smith declined
election as permanent chairman In fa
vor of Dr. C. J. Smith of Portland
and W. W. Harrah waa chosen perma
nent Tlce president and E. H. Aldrich.
secretary An executive committee of
three, representing Oregon, Idaho and
Washington, Is to be named to act as
an executive comhlttee In conjunc
tion with the officers.
Edgar W. 8mllh was present repre
senting; Astoria, Interests which are
not In conflict with the present move.
War Workers Get
Service Insignia
WASHINGTON'. .Ian. 21. Service
InslKitla for iiicmlxTH of welfare
luronrto oil duty Willi Hie organ-l-l
lorccs of tlio army overseas
will lie provided for In an order
isnucd Wednesday by the war de
partment. The chevrons prc-m-rllied
for each six months' serv
ice and for each wound w ill be an
equilateral triangle or sliver
braid one-elelith or an Inch wile.
Service trlamtlc wll I ho worn on
the left sleeve of tlio coat and
wound triangles on right sleeve.
C. P. STRAIN MAKES STRONG
RGUMENT FOR ROAD BONDS
At a special meeting of tho Pendle
ton Conimorclul Club, held lust even
ing under the four foot rule, C. 1".
Kiraln, secretary of the road campaign
organization for tho county, joutllned
tho general reasons why tho people
should vote for tho bond proposal
soon to be 'submitted to them. Tho
reasons us presented by Mr. strain
were so convincing that ho had his
audience fully In lino on the subject.
Aside from Mr. Ktrnin. other speak
ers Included W. U Thonfpson. who had
Just relumed from Haleni whero Hie
highway hoard conferred with the
legislative roud committee. Mr.
Thompson predicted that tho legisla
ture will provide for the salo of 10
million additional road bonds. With;
this new issue and other funds avail-1
aide the highway commission will he
able to complete the Columbia and
Pacific highways.
The Columbia highway will be pav-
ed as far east as Seufert, gravelled
from Seufert to Echo, paved from
Kcho to tho Washington stnto line.
RUMOR OF FRICTION
BETWEEN U. S., FRENCH
ARMIES EXPLAINED
HY wmm mim,i:k
(United lrms HUiff Correspondent.)
AMBIUCAN IIKADQUAKTKHS IN
GEKMA.VY, Jan. 24. To quiet rumors
evidently In circulation that there is
considerable friction between Ameri
can and Frunch armleH, some Inci
dents from which such feeling miKht
have ariHen, is itresented. It id unde
niable that there wan Home feeling for
a time on the part of the men of the
third army, but It originated from
minor cuuhhh which have entirely dlH-
appeared now. The publication of
Home of Uie incidents from which this
feeling started will do more than any
thing else to halt exaggerated re
ports.
IncldciitH Iteluted.
As the third army reached the bank
of the Rhine, there was a sudden
change in orders from the allied high
Icominnnd by which the French troops
cnme UP and
occupied the southern
portion of the bridgehead Thin ne-
cessitated much shifting of American
troops, causing several divisions
to !
march 36 miles farther to reach the
"cw assigned them.
It also de-
prlved the men of the third and 42nd I
EAST END FOLK WANT
ROAD ROUTE CHANGED
(East Oregonlan Special)
UMAI'lNK, Ore., Jan. 24. A peti
tion is being circulated In this com
munity protesting against the pro
posed gravel road from Sunnyside to
Umapine as outlined at the good
roads meeting at Pendleton last
week. In the petition It is asked that
the county court allow about ten miles
of permanent road for this end of the
couny starting about two miles east
of Fernrtulo school, thence directly
west to about 3 miles northwest of
Umapine. This It is conceded by every
ci linen in this district Is the most
prar table and feasible route to build
this road and by doing' so will best
servo the Interest of the greater ma
jority. If this is not granted no sup
port to he pr posed bonding of I'ma
tilla county can lie expected from ei
ther the Hudson Hay, I'inapiue, Kruit
vale, Ferndule or Tuma-Lutn dist
trtcttf whereaw should this fm allowed
almost a solid vote for the bonds will
bo given.
When shown the above report to
day C. p. Strain, secretary of tho good
roads organization said:
"My personal -view is I hat the peti
tion relates to chungc in location of
Tina pi nc rond should be granted.
However, it Is a matter which should
be settled by the entire district over
there to be effected by the change."
Roosevelt Gave
$6,900 to Village
Where Quentin Lies
WASHINGTON. .Tall. "21. Tlieo.
dorp Hoosovelt wvcral claya before
his tloatli rcqiiewted tlwi American
IUkI crow to donate S6.90O of its
allure of tlir Nobd rixe money
mvlvrtl from lilm to tlio rYeni li
village) near wlilch his son, Qiien
t In. In Imrted. In mnkiiur this
aiiiioniH-rnicnt the IScil Cross anld
Colonel Itoo-M-volt did not desbr
natn tho form of the gilt and that
nt-diPK of tlio iKipulation of the
Yitliigv arc now being: consulted by
the ICod Cross commLsMion to
Iam-e.
Mind Unbalanced;
Mother Kills Five,
Attempts Suicide
SIOITX FAULS, South Dakota. Jan.
21 Mrs. Clara Hanson today shot
and killed her five children at her
home near here and fired a bullet
i olio iier own ih-hm ii. nu ..i l-ih .. .
I suicide. Over work In caring for the
I children, who were III, is believed to
i have nnballaneed her mind. Au
thorities soy she will live. Tho chll
I dren were from 18 months to 13 years
of age.
Tho road between Pendleton and the
Idaho line, via Iji tlrando and liaket
will be gravelled for alt but a shori
distance, which will bo paved.
In his talk last evening Mr. Strain
said In part:
It Is a time when cool heads and
1 balanced minds should prevail. The
splendid victories of tho America
army have thrilled the nation Willi
patriotic emotion- There are those
who would rldo into power md float
unworthy projects to success on this
tide of sentiment. Hut surely no such
chnrgo can lie made against tho men
who suggested the roatl program pro-
poscd for I'malilla. county at this time.
or against the project Itself. The
facts are that the coming of (he mo-
tor vehicle srellcd the doom of the
old faahloned dirt road as a main
highway. It has destroyed our din
and macadam roads beyond hope of
repair as such.
lrt Hoads Too Soft
A dirt road can not bo made to
I
(Continued on Pare 4.).
IdiviHloiiH of the honor of. ;iBsln(f the
Khinc. Naturally tho men weru dm
satisfied, havtiiK boon caused much
extra labor and marching.
Small MlKiindcrda tidings.
The French apparently thought tho
Americans should enforce regulations
when the French themselves, put
them Into effect. For inula nee, when
the French regiment marched through
C'oblenz, several French officers clr- !
ciliated through the crowds, knocking;
off the huts of Herman civilians as the
jColoiH paused and when the American
ianthem was played. The A mericans
had promulgated ho regulation re
garding civilians removing their hats
when the colors passed.
IVeliiig Soon Sulfides,
Koine of the third army officers dis-
l approved
of the procedure. Then,
humanlike. American soldiers recalled
France such as
overchn rtfinx.
and
other inevitabl
small
affairs and
other Incidents cropped out. Mostly
the out growth of misunderstanding
but In a week or two all feeling sub-
sided and there is little of it now.
$100,000 LAND DEAL
CONSUMMATED TODAY
, ,
A real estate deal is being closed to-
day in Pendleton whereby lley Winn ;
of Weston sells 900 acres of wheat
land lylnB north of Helix to his bro
ther A. H. Winn. The price being
paid for the land Is 100,000 or 1111
per acre. Papers for the transfer are
being niadu today at the office of Will
M. Peterson.
This is tho second big sale of land
lley Winn has made in a few weeks.
The other was three weeks ago when
he Bold tho Mose Taylor farm near
Athena for a consideration or more;wn.lt ,ilIlv senators believe was the
than 100,l(l. w hich he hud purchas- I reul Kround kt epiug Hoover's bar
ed three years before for flon.000. iKain with hog raisers and packers
A. H. Winn will make his nonie on ir.,iiscj distrust. If the bill fails to
the newly acquired land, moving there I today it may be a Ions time get
from his farm seven miles north "f I ting through.
Pendleton. . . .
l'arents or I .it lie Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tuhns are Hie
parents of a baby daughter born yes
terday at Kt. Anthony's hospital.
LEST WE FORGET
Herman ltchiike, lYnltvnlo far
mer, refused to i-ontribiito to the
United War Work Fund.
Nick firoseeliauer of lYuitvale
whoso prune crop last year was
worth In the neighborhood or
Slo.noo, contributed only $5.00 to
tills fund and that reluctantly.
Prod Meilioff of Frliltvalo re
fused to give money to the agen
cies lielpine tmr hojs In arms on
the grounds that ho bail to send
money to relatives lit Gcrmuny.
William' RwnMi or lYuitvale,
said to lie worth $:!. mm. refused
to contribute to Uie I'. W- W. fund.
J. K. Hoon of .Milton refused to
contribute to this same fund.
CEXTHAIi LOYALTY COMMIT-'
TF.E.
What . a
r i 'lis
- V
WL-. "v"--' .a--iv1 - '!.v;v',,'4"'.: - J-vM t; .
' This Is the scene of the wreck of a huuo nu'lasy s t ink in lioston whit h let loose 2,"'i.nini callous of the fluid
when it exploded and killed a dozen p-ixens. No. 1 Is the base of the tank. No. 2 is the roof. No. 3 Is u side
blown out by the explosion. No. 4 is t 'u npt where a dozen persons were killed as the side of tho building wsis
smashed In. No. ft is the ruins of a. house sucked into tho river by the receding tide of molasses. No. 6 indi
cates the wrecked spans of a rallroal bridge, undermined by ihe force of explosion which occurred just after a
train had passed-
rAAJimr nikin
mmmi rimu
TOTTERSRUMOR
GAINS CREDENCE
Charge That Hoover is Fill-
ing Packers Agreement
sRuTacic,
'
NOT MOTIVE BUT
tittt'tta
" IOUVaTI UJJ1LMUM
D?nill
Gives Credence:
Food Bargain Not Men
tioned in Cause.
j -
j WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Oontinu-
ing attacks on the. famine fund bill
senators charged it Is in the Interest
not only of the pork packers but food
producers generally who see a reduc
tion of prices ahead inn less something
does not keep high Jeost living on it
present basis. j
WiMlom of Measure loubtcd.
The movement totalk to death the
hundred mil Hon famine fund develop
ed in the senate, le arned of the in
tention of histile senators to filibuster,
administration leaders were frankly
undecided as to whether or not to ad
opt "rushing Quick" -tactics in an ef
fort to get the bill through today or
let tho opposition take its course.
Their indecision arose from the fact
that a clear majority of the senators
WOre in doubt as to the -wisdom of the
measure.
Charges fjaiit C'ri-dcncc.
Charges that Hoover agreed with
packers to save them from loss, by
creating an European market for their
products, gained credence through
Hoover's own denial. ,Jt did not deny,
senators said, brit admitted. While
none charged Hoover with improper
moiives or actions, the fact that he
appealed for the famine fund to le
put on the humanitarian grounds of
fsaving starving ICorope instead of
j Stars and Strides
&UDmiiiea 10 vyorsi
In Line of Insults
HV WKBI5 MMJ I IC
I'liHwl Iris Stuff rr;iMiMleirt.
AMI'KH'AN IIKAIMI AltTKKS
IV .i;i;l W Y, .Van. 21. TIm
American flair hs ln'ii submitted
to tbci ultimate fki iiiKiilts. Oth
lenz dealers have'lu-on dixoverrl
mlliiiir watch fobs mado of iron
crtms-s on which were replicas of
American flairs. Army official
confiscated all theMi Mock and
are MH'kim; tbe manufacturers.
One retailer lias been arrestd.
U.S.HOSPITALSHIP
IN HARBOR AFTER
PERILOUS VOYAGE
NEW YOKK. .!". - More
than seven .lavs overdue because
of rough seas, the United states
hospital ship Mercy arrived to
day with U'.mi sick or wounded
American tiiirs. The Mercy
passed through some of the
stormiest weather In history,
ami Is hmily shattered. Fear waa
felt for her safety at one time.
Tank-1 of i
Molassesi
.-Ati'
-v n
9
GERMAN ARMY,
SICK, WOUNDS"
A PPROXIMA
A MILL!' y j
liiClllAX, Jut. merman
army. Including a .founded,
now numbers appro. ly mlU
lion," War Minister Keif 1 hard t to
day declared in an interview.
j
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jDARKHORSE filAY WIN
HOUSE SPEAKERSHIP
WASHr.XGTO.V. Jan. 24. The race
for speakership of the house is at a
stage where a probable dark horse
may take the lead at any time. A
strong sentiment prevails- that repub
lican chances for 1920 -would gain b
dropping tho old leaders for a" a new
deal all around."
This feeing is strong and Is likely
t't strengthen when 61 new republi
cans of the next house are heard
from- Democrats, watching from the
wide liner), declared Representative
Maun and ililtett, two candidates who
have announced themselves, outdit
tanced.
NO CERTAIN DATE FOR
STOHt'S RE-0P
The date for the- re-opening of the
Peoples Warehoune. which closed yes
terday because of heavy fire losses,
i very uncertain, pays the manage
ment today. Anide from the matter of
Insurance adjustment, which will take
over a week, it will require consider
able work to get tho store In, shape
naln-
J. F. KJrtchem, and W. Ill T,loyd,
Insurance adjustorK, arrived today ta
look over the h nation. .1. It. Dlck
sn, iiiamiKer of the inVkson estate
which owns the store building is here
jiIho.
A giisoline engine was im-d to pump
pmctlcally t he wmI'T from I he
bason ion I, In it lml bfom much dam
:t in uk f n i Kvbl rnccs of smok e
l.Ltid water rp evcrywhr. To add tn
'the difficulties caused by the fire, (ho
utoro was in (he midst of In voicing
Eoodtf.
Workmen commenced today on tb
repair of the interior of the If- W.
Collins office, wbk'h wan also
wrecked by the water and smoke- The
safe, which well through the floor In
to the fcapemont. was rescued with its
contents.
Alleged Murderer
Surrenders When
Cellar is Flooded
Pl'EBLO. Colo.. Jan. 24. George
V ;olden. colored, charged with the
murder of ISussie Matthews, also col
ored at Walsenburg Monday night.
was captured In Pueblo Tuesday af
ternoon and taken back to the scene
of his alleged crime. Oolden took re
fuge in a cellar and refused to come
out when called upon to do so by the
police. He threatened to kill any per
son who entered the cellar, and the
fire depurlment was called and flood
ed the cellar until the negro emerged,
very cold, tvet and docile.
The Matthews woman was shot
three times and killed instantly. Jeal
ousy is said to have prompted the
crime.
LE
PLANS WILL BE
TOLD TOMORROW
Full Discussion of Broad
Outlines by General Peace
Congress Scheduled.
WILL SUBMIT U. S.,
BRITAIN PLAN LAST
Dardanelles, Constantinople
Likely to be Dis-
cussed.
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS. .
(T'nlted Press Staff Correspondent.)
PARIS, Jan. 24. The league of na
tions will be forma' I y considered at
tomorrow's session of the general
peace congress. It Ih learned from au
thoritative sources. Much of the work
in preparing drafts of the various na
tions' programs for the league ia be
ing done outside of the joint meet
ings. V S. and Britain Plans "Withheld.
It Is expected the preliminaries will
be in such shape as to permit full dis
cussion of broad outlines of the plans
tomorrow. Apparently President Wil
son and Lloyd George will wait until
the other programs have been sub
mitted and thoroughly discussed and
then present the program of thetr
delegations.
Full Session Open.
Correspondents will be admitted to
the full meeting tomorrow.
Among other subjects discussed to
morrow are responsibility and pun
ishment for the war, reparation for
war damages, international labor leg
islation and international status of
rorta water ways and railways. In
connection with the latter proposition
It is believed the Dardanelles, Bos
phorus and Constantinople be conmd
ered. MAY INVOXE AUTO
DRAFT TO MEET BOYS
Two more Umatilla county towns
have joined In the plan for receiving
returning soldiers and sailors who
have received their discharge from the
service. Mayor If. S. Murray of Mil
ton, writes M. K. Chessman that he
has accepted the chairmanship for:
the committee at thatplace, and has
appointed J. F. Slover and H. H- Van!
slack as tho other members of the
committee.
James M. Kyle, mayor of Stanfleld.
also writes accepting the chairman
ship, and the other committee menv j
hers named are Rev. James E. Fau-j
cett. District charman R. A. Holte,
John D- Wallace, W. E. Smith and:
Prof. A- B. Murray. A meeting was
held at Stanfleld last evening at which!
plans were made for receiving re-:
turning soldiers and sailors on their:
arrival at Stanfield and later to join;
with Pendleton In the big time for the
entire county. i
Weston and Pendleton have already
announced plans and committees for
the reception work.
The local committee wonders If
NATONS
there is a single person to volunteer in the senate providing an additional
with an auto to meet the trains sine state road tax of one mill on all tax
no response has been received to the I able property in the state. The bill
request printed yesterday. Members ! stipulates the measure will be refer-
of the committe say if no one voltyv
teers by evening they are preparing to
invoke the draft.
BOLSHEVIK ARMY IS
QUITTING PETROGRAD
1
I 1
24- A Copenhagen1
LONDON. Jan.
i dispatch today says the Bolshevik
imy U evacuating Tetrograd and that
.War Minister Trotsky has moved his;
headquarters to Nijnl-Novgorod.
IRISH CENTRIST
PARTY ORGANIZES
FOR HOME RULE
IM'BLIW Jiin. 21. An Irish centrist
party with Captain Stephen (iwinn a
J chairman, was formed Thursday, it if
j announced today. The platform in
J eludes homo rule under tb supervt
! yion of a central ia.rliament dealing
jwith national affairs, and provisional
self government within Ireland under
piovtnciul assemblies.
Liite Returns Swell
j Majority Socialist
Lead in Germany
, UKli UN. Jatuiar 2 1.- Ii act ically
: complete returns from Sutnla "s null
jonal election showed the lead of the
majority socialists has been greatly
increased. The following -w ere elect
ed: Majority soeia lists, l Christian
i peoples partyt S; Democrats. 77; Na
tional party, 34; Independent social
lists. 24, and the peoples party. 23,
AGUF FOE COMMERCE
MACHINE SET:
IN U.S . FRANCE
Warning Sounded That En
ergy Will Turn to Trade,
Hurley Has Combat Plan.
PEACE TIMEBASIS
BELIEVED ESSENTIAL
Shipping Board' Head Will
Address France To
morrow Night.
BT FRED FERGUSON
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
PARIS, Jan. 24. A warning was is-
sued today by American officials that
Germany is planning a big commercial
campaign, particularly In the United
States and France. They point out
that Germany always has been keen
commercially and that for the last
quarter of a century she has devoted
half her energy to the commerce In
dustry and the other half to building
her war machine.
All Energy on Trade.
Now the war machine is eliminated
and her Industrial organization can
direct vastly more energy to - trade.
When Edward Hurley addresses a
meeting of French business men to
morrow night he is expected to outline
the American attitude toward extend
ing aid to French commerce In an ef
fort to combat the German menace.
Ppace Basis Kxnential.
It is understood Hurley will urge all
nations to return to the peace basis as
quickly as possible so as to stabilize
the world's commerce. He believes
that general demobilization of French
and Italian armies, as well as of Am
erican nd British is essential to the
revival of international trade
GERMAN DELEGATES
SUPPORT PUBLICITY
BERLIN". Jan. 24. Germany's del
egates to tho peace conference favor
full publicity of all proceedings, the
United Press Is officially Informed. In
response tr a query, Philip Schelden
mann and Count Grockdorff-Rantxau,
who will represent Germany at Ver
sailles, said they would sustain the at
titude of America and Britain that the
conference must be open.
"Germany 4s In favor of no secrecy,
whatever." Scheidenmann said, "hav
ing accepted &11 of Wilson's points,
she wishes to begin with the demand
that the peace treaty must be arrived
at openly."
WOULD ADIT ONE MILL
FOR STATti ROAD TAX
SALEM, Jart. J4. -Senator Fierce
of La Grande, today "introduced a bill
ired ,to the people at the next election.
Highway Inlays Avoided.
SALEM. Ja. 24. The senate today
passed a bill aimed to avoid long de
lays in highway construction when
necessary to condemn for right of
way. The highway commission or
;
county commissioners are given the
ght to take possession of land to be
condemned as soon as condemnation
1 roreodings have started.
The senate passed a bill Increasing
the allowance fur sheriffs feeding pnrls-
oners to four and a half dolura a week. .
State Aid l.fDCtttod
It also repealed state aid to the In
;dustrlal accident commission.
jCnt'Nflli AWAITS Illllj IHSlHUSAfj
I'AKls. Jan. 21. Tlio HUMcmo focxl
1 council today is continuing lb work of
of oiiiliiihwc latk for fcedliMC needy
i IKiiroix-ati tlmtiul. no action will be
! taken until i!k 1 hi ml red million food
! I 111 is diMMwt'd' of by the I nltwl Stutce
- st'imio.
mj -
-tO Tntilght anil
Satur.lay fair.
Ti'Miln-raliini n Txly.
Maximum ti'miitTuttirt. 4H.
Minimum ttni.iaiiir 4.,
Wfather, clouUy.
Wind. went.
Raunfull. sods,