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itw M -p v i Section Two Pages 7 to 12 . Section Twq Pages 7 to '12 iiiii IPIMHIill 1 1 I, IM f I DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919. SUGAR HOARDING PLOT FOUND BYJNSPECTOR Food Profiteers Said to Have Grabbed Part of Re cent Government Stock. NEW YORK, Auk. . Evidence hot food profiteer have entered Into a conspiracy to hoard sugar prep.ua tory to raising the price at least ' three cent this fall, was obUlued today by Dputy Commissioner of Market Kdwln J. O'Malley. O'Mal ley aald he dlsccvered that broken Controlling the linear market had 'en lerod Into a h or. -ding combine, while nc wai investigating dealing In ai- my Mipplles. Dc !te the fact that the .-roier.i. ment recently released S7.000.J00 ronnd of augar for public purchase In an effort to relieve the sugar shortage. It la no Impossible to buy sugar lr large quantities at iilmnt wns ! tlmated by the deputy com missioner that tome of the govern menfa 37.000, 0011 pounda of augar had fallen Into the handa of profiteers who planned to hold It until they could boost the price. "Sugar at 9 1-2 cents a pound la practically unobtainable In any slse nhle quantities" auid O'Malley. "The situation really la serious. I don't ee any solution unless the govern. ment reestablishes tho food control hoard 'and brings Mr. Hoover back from Paris." Not only Ik there a conspiracy to hoard sugar, O'Malley said, hut oth er commodities are being held back so that profiteers can Jack up the market. This la proved, said, by the fact that when news reached here mot government rooa supplies were soon to he placed on sale the market price of chickens dropped 4 cents. Veal dropped 2 rents and there was a reduction in other foodstuffs. OBLIGED TO COOK OWN MEALS, FILES PROTEST Since February 1, Frank B. Knap, ton, father of five children, has been oblibed to cook his own . breakfasts, Preparto his lunches anil occasionally cook dinner and make his own bed. he allegea in a complaint for divorce from his wife, Mary K. Knapton, filed today, Knapton charges his spouse with being dissatisfied with her home and surroundings and with neglect of himself and their minor children. Mrs. Knapton, so the complaint al leges, htm hnd her things all packed. ready to leave, for more than a year. For several months she has set aside certain room In their house and Uvea apart from the family, the com plaint say. Mr. Knaptow Is repre sented by James A. Fee. . CITY-OWNED PHONES SALEM'S PROPOSAL Capital City Council Seeks Relief From Present High Cost of Service. PORTLAND HAS WEEK OF BIG CONVENTIONS 11 it Over If you have just come to the city and are not decided where you are ' going to buy your Groceries and Meats, come in and see us. Get our prices, we know they will please ' you. We carry everything to eat, always Fresh, Clean and Whole- some.:.-,-- -- - . ' Pendleton Trading Co. 'If it's on the market, we have it." 1 K 2 BAT.EM, Aug. A municipally owned telephone system as a means of relief from present high rates was considered by the Halem city coun ell at Its meeting Monday night, and consideration of a special election, at which the question will be put to a vote of the people, has been set as a special order of busness for the next meeting of the council. Monday night, August IS. In tho meantime committees have been Instructed to secure all avallanie aula relative to the venture. Mayor Otto Wilson and Council men K. U Bcott. F. L. Utter and W. A. Weist will meet tonight with K. T. Bushelle, consulting engineer and telephone espert, for the purpose of! securing estimates on the cost of a plant capable of supplying the 3200 telephone users now In Halem. Last spring, at the t'me a municipal sys tom was first brought up here. Bushelle had estimated that such a plant would cost approximately $200,000, and that service could he provided on a paying basis at consid erahly less than the rates charged by the Pacific Telophone company at that time, which have since been i creased approximately one-third. The ordinance providing Increases of approximately 10 per cent to mem hers of the police and fire depart ments was passed by the council. I'OnTUAND, Aug. S. Port land will be a "convention city" this week, during which period four Important gatherings will be held here by the following: The puclflo Northwest Mer chants, the Oregon Itetall Mer chants' Association, the Oregon Pharmaceutical Association and the Northwest Furniture Deal ers' Association. Merchants from all sections of the Pacific coast, to the number of 2"0 are expected. Yesterday was also the begin ning of Buyers' Week, an annual event promoted by the Portland chamber of commerce. K. OF C. HOLD BIG PEACE CONVENTION V., Aug. . The of the Knights of DANUBE COMPLETELY OPEN TO COMMERCE PARIS, Aug. S. The council of five today lifted the blockade against Hungary. The Danube Is now com Ipetely open to foreign trade. BUFFALO, N. peace Convention .Columbus was held here starting to-day and lasting three davs. It win h the largest In attendance and volume of business to be transuded since the order was founded more than 37 years ago. Leaders In army, navys and civil life will address the convention at the K. of C. council building. Later aessions will be held at the Statler hotel. Arch bishop Hayes of New York has been invited to address the convention. lilshop Shahan,, rector of the Cath olic University, will deliver tho ser mon ot the high mass which preceeds every K. of C. Supreme Council meet ing and Bishop Turner of this city will be the celebrant of the mass. Thousand of Knights from all narta of the United States. Canada. New foundland!, Porto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and Panama ore expected to attend. COM!! 0 1 I "jLm. I 7 1 Si - 1 v rm a i m s4 View Air IINfht laum-liliut. OAKLAND. Cal., Aug. . Directors of the 1'nlte.d States Chamber Commerce, as guests of the city of Opkland, today reviewed the launch ing of the first serial mall service In to Yosemite valley frorm this1 city. 'This is also the first regular mall plane to fly In California. The directors W-'re also shown the xite of .the Alameda naval base. They viewed the concrete shipyards here this morning and other big shipyards and factories in the east bay Indus trial region. PORTLAND' BUYS FROM SURPLUS ARMY STOCK PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. B.-The city 'council today voted to buy two carloads of bacon and a carload of canned tomatoes from the sulplus army stock, retailing it to consumers at cost. B. F. McOu Hough and H. L. Qall oway are in the city from Kcho. These two gentlemen have business; with the county regarding the location of the highway through telr property. Half, Quarter Millions May Award 4 Britishers Who Served During War LONDON", Aug. 5 In addition to grants of half of a million dollars eiich which will be awarded to Gen eral Haig and Admiral Betty, It la understood that parliament will be asked to give Lord French and Ad miral Jellicoe a' quarter of a million each. Banker Son Arrives. ' Wade O. Wales, son of C. K. Wales, cashier of the Inland Empire Bank, arrived from Shelby, Missouri, today and will remain in Pendleton. He was recently discharged from the army In which he served as a lieutenant. Mr. Wailes has not announced his plans. ''"iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 1 Do You Know what It Is to motor without tiro trouldc? l.'nlversMI Tiro Tiller, lie known. Ask the man who ' uses s Universal Tire Filler I is a resilient cushion having all the riding qualities of a 1 pneumatic tire.' It is hot a I liquid nor a solid. It will 1 not freeze nor melt. Guar- I antecd to last for 100,000 miles. H Call a our scrvine station and examine, our filler, you will convince ; 5 yourself. , ss Universal Tire Filler Station j 803 Cottonwood St. Pendleton, Oregon siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiii? CONGRESS WANTS TO HEAR FROM PERSHING WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. Congress wants to hear from Oeneral Pershing before making up Its mind about uni versal training and the nation's peace army. There are Indications that the war department's bill for an army of, half a million and universal service will be bitterly contested in bothj houses of congress. Penal or Wads- worth, chairman of th senate mill-i tary afalrs commute, believes the general staff's proposal for a peace army la too large. Senators Lenront. Cnper and others on the commutes oppose the universal service feature. Hearings will begin immediately, but no action will be taken until Persh ing returns from abroad. LISTEN! It's Some thing New AND IT'S COMING It's the new CASE 6 SPORT CAR. Something new in class but old in known quality of mechanical per formance. v Comes in many attractive color effects with up holstering to match. WAIT! V H. F. Kimble Motor Car Co. i i.i j B4t MAIN ST. Cossack Herdsman Takes Jotirnev Across Europe To Tell Story of Death PARIS. Aug. . A Cossack herds man from the eastern corner of the Black Sea. In high astrakhan cap and faded long coat recently wander ed Into American Red Cross head-j quarters In Parts. He had sold every-1 thing he owned In order to meet me expenses of a Journey across Europe to tell the Red Cross that the Cos sacks of Kuban were dying of ty phus. He told the story to th commis sioner, who ordered an Immediate Investigation. Major Edwin O. Dex ter, of Urban. III., formerly head of the Montenegrin unit of the Ameri can Red Cross, was sent to Kuban to report on conditions. He found that there were 100.000 cases of typhus on the slopes of the Caucasus and thatj throughout the Kuban district there was a complete lock of all drugs and medical supplies. Not only were the; people dying of dsease, but the! wounded soldiers of the army en-; gaged in frontier fighting. were; without surgical dressings or anaes thetics for even major operations.1 Not In the whole of Kubnn was there j a single ounce of ether cr chloro form. ! As a result of these reports, the American fled Cross has outflted a ship with complete equipment for a five hundred bed hospital. 1600 tons of drugs and 1500 tons of clothing.' The ship sailed for Kuban, under the Joint auspices of the American Red Cross nnd the American Relief Ad-' ministration. Ten Red Cross officers and fifteen relief workers made up, tho unit, which will establish n hos-1 pital and distribute the supplies. j 4 You'dbe Surpri if you knew what a great army of people xisgPOSTUM instead ' of coffee. 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