THE EAST OREGONIAN 13 viir Mill - 0 MIL UiilLT INLAND FMP RE WEWSPAPFR fi VlWft ITS RFflnrR'i TUC PrmrriT nc rmi v Tri rnnnnum nmm nrnAnT. ... nnco ., .. ,.v mi uwiuii wi iL4.uaHrniu mcwvd ncrunu ntUM BUIH I rib AooUUIA i tu rntod anu ur.uui rnu DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION Number of Coplei printed of Baturday'! Dully 3,407 This paper la a member of nnd audited by th Audit Bureau of Circulation The East Oregon Ian In Etr Ore Von' sgri-atest nHWjtpapr nd i selling fores given t tha advertiser over twice the guaranteed psid circu lation In Pendleton (rid Imntina coun ty of any other nwjpr. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPE2 p -imi i l tfLi' v VOL. 32 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 192L NO. 9732 FLAMES COmmE PILOT- ROCK CO-OP GRAIN BUILDING PORTLAND POLICE ARREST TlTEEfl ALLEGED "REDS" "In Memory of 'Bloody Sunday' in Petrograd, Panuary 22, 1905" Caption Under Which . Meeting is Advertised. OFFICERS ACTUNDER THE . STATE SYNDICALISM ACT Mayor Baker Announces That All Gatherings of Suspected Radical Organizations Will be Prohibited in Future. PORTLAND, Jan. 24 (A. P.) The police arrested thirteen alleged radicals, seised a quantity of radical literature and prohibited a meeting scheduled last night advertised as "In memorial of 'bloody Sunday' In Petro grad January 2, 1305." Those under arrest are charged with violating the Mate criminal syndicalism act. Mayor Haker announced all meetings of al leged radical organizations would br prohibited hereafter. 'Rr AMY WITH VAST WA, MATERIALS FOUND IN CITIES OF GERMANY PLOSION KIMS 1500 CASUALTIES FROM BIG OFFENSIVE ON WEST FRONT RECORD FOR DAY 25 AND DESTROYS Despondency because of ill health Is thought by relatives to have been the motive for the suicide of Mrs. T. W. Avers, aised SO, who shot herself through the breast with a .32 automat ic pistol Saturday night at her home. 143 Cottonwood street. Mrs. Ayers, clad in her night dress ' and bleeding profusely from the w'oesd, was (nund lying on her bid wtth the pistol In her hand by I Holm, a roomer in the house who heard the shot just as he entered the front door. He ran to the police sta tion and summoned a physician, but efforts to sove Mrs. Ayor'a life were unavailing. Dr. Ayers, who survives Mrs. Ayers, and who has been In Portland for sev eral weeks with the Intention of open ing an office In that city, arrived here this morning. No Inquest Will be held as suicide Is self-evident, according to J. T. llrown, county coroner. Mrs. Ayers hns been In very poor health and recently collnpsed on tha street because of heart disease. Mrs. Ayers was born In Missouri and cam to Pendleton 12 years siko. Hhe was a niece of Mrs. Mary Rhodes of this city and of Mrs. Joe Hurkland of Walla Walla. Mrs. J.llla Holt and Mrs. Nellie Peters are cousins of "the deceased. Dr. Ayers Is well known her and was In the drug business in Pendleton at one time. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Frown chapel at 2 p. m. with Hew II. L. nussabarger, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. More than 30 shooters from Pendleton Joined residents of thn Stnnfleld vicinity Sunday In a rubblt shoot on the Itosklns ranch at the mouth of Stage (lulch. There were over shooters in all In the nartv and It li estimated that more than 1500 rabbits were killed during the day. The shoot was staged by Honkins P.rothors and ut noon thoy served a lunch to all who had come to asst in ridding their section of the pests. Theirs was the third Sunday rabbit shoot In the west end In the past 15 days and was, like Its prede- censors, a success. HOOKS AUK tXAkSIHIT, Miss Sahru Nuson, county librarian. and MIkb Freda tilover, assistant, spent Friday and Saturday In classi fying the books at tho Froewater, Fcrndale and Wexln branches of ihe ounty .tem. They liuvu done this work at various branches In the coun ty d irlng Ihe fall and winter. BERLIN, Jan. 24. (A. p.) A soml-nffk'lul statement Issued today rays evidence of the existence of a red army, created by tho Gorman ,-om- mumsi party, hag been revealed by wr hers in Essen, Pciisseldorf, Elber fcld and Bremen. The statement de clares that the red army possess,- light and heavy guns In van quanti ties and other war material. MI'S PLANT Firemen Arrive .on Scene of Disaster and do Wonderful Work Rescuing Dead and Wounded in Big Memphis Oil Ruin. MALHEUR COUNTY MURDERER NOT FORMER LOCAL BOY IS SHOWN BY WIRE FROM SALEM - SOLON INTRODUCES BILL GIVING DEATH PENALTY j George V. Howard, Malheur coun itv murderer who is to be hanged at PUNISHP.1FNT Tfl RAMPilTQ IPalem in February, is not the George it , Designation of two county news papers In rmatllla county to serve as official publications of the proceedings of the county court, was considered to day by-the commissioners In session. Tenders -were submitted by the two Pendleton dailies and by the Freewa ter Times. " The East OregoTilan and the Times. In compliance with section 3242 of the Oregon laws, submitted a complete list of the names of subscribers In Vmatilla county. The commissioners this afternoon asked the Pendleton Tribune to do likewise. Pending more definite Information from the Tribune. . other matters were taken up this aft ernoon. The salary of thn roadmnster, J. I.. -Shannon, was fixed at $250 a month by the commissioners, lie is also to he allowed a reasonable amount for transportation. Permission was granted tho city of Walla Walla to maintain Its water sys tem along a portion of county road No. 480 In this county and also to eon strict apd maintain a telephone line al ng this road, Th Jury list for 1921. containing 250 names, was drawn by the commission ers this morning. Purchaser Unwilling to Make Definite fatement Regard ing Plaiig But Does' Not De ny Possibilities of New Play-house. Purchase of a 30 months' lease on (he premises occupied by the Harry l.ecdy cigar store by tireulich & Mat lock and notice to other tenants In the same building Jo move by March 31 does nt neressarily preclude Ihe im mediate erection of a teater building on the property, c. G. Matlock, part owner, mid Sunday. Mr. Matlock was I'.nwllllng to say that any definite plans had been made. The lease bought extended to. July. 192S, Mr. Matlock said. Other ten ants, including the While Doughnut I.unch, Clover Ieaf Dairy nnd T. P. Cafe, do not have long time leases and they were served with notice to vacate, by March 31. That a modern theater building may eventually be erected on the Main street property was not denied by Mr. Matlock. Ho did not state, -how ever, that ony construction work would he started April 1. "We have no definite plans and have made no atteempta to finance any new building at this time" was the romment. Rumors that the three theaters now operated by ireulih & Matlock will be continued in operation or any of them closed have no offlclnl founda tion, Mr. Matlock said Funday. MAItKKTS PORTLAND, Man. 24. (A. P.) Cattle weak, hogs lower, ft 1.00? 11.25; sheep steady, eggs, butter, weak. I'matlUa county united with Wasco. Sherman. Morrow, milium and Wal lowa counties in the formation at The Dalles of the Oregon Hlate Grain Growers' Association, a co-operative iion-prof't organisation designed to control the marketing of the major portion of wheat grown in the stole. Ketree'nttalve from the vuriotis counties were present at the formation of the asMociat.o'n with 8. J. Culley of Weslon, representing- the Umatilla county Farm Hureau. The new organization Is state-wide in spe and said lo be the largest at tempt ni co-operative marketing Set tried In Oregon. It was designed, ac cording to the contract, to eliminate speculation! in wheat: finance wheat rowers' in need of money before the irop has matured; market the wheat In an orderly manner and prevent vi olent fluctuations In the wheat mar ket; control enough of the wheat grown In Oregon so that the co-operative oriianlzation can sell the wheat direct from grower to the consuming mills, cut'lng out grain dealers' prof Its, which includes the profits now said to be derived by - dealer! from "blending" the wheat. Ktnto lo He Divided. In is mod (oriua, mgiio nnrt Washington co-operative associations, the state vill he divided Into nine districts, each dis trict representing from 1.500, mm to 3, oun.ui.d bushels of wheat. Each dis trict will have one delegate, plus ad ditional delegates for every eOO.000 biishelti of wheat signed up in that dis trict. The total number of delegates Is not to exceed 30, however. From these delegates, eicht direc tora will be elected, one more director being chosen by the president of Ore gon Agricultural college to represt-n; the interests of the people. The directors will appoint a man ,acer for the association, and alfo ni executive committee of three from their members, who will keep chec on the various operations of the orcan izatfon. Farmer Contrncls Planned. The plan of organisation includes r six-year contract with the farmer members, under the terms of which el wheat Is lo be delivered and nolo through the association. A f-ne of 2" cuts a bushel will be levied against any member who sells wheat outside of the association, nnd suit will he in stituted against that member if nec essary. This clause is designed to pre vent the undermining of the new or ganizations by unscrupulous wheat speculators who would overbid the sale price received by the farmers through the KHSoe'nlton In order to cause itr demoralizatlon, to his advantage. It was pointed out at the meeting. MOTHER, FIVE CHILDREN KILLED IN ONE HOUSE Sparks From Workman's Chis el Fall Into Tank Containing 25,000 Gallons of Gasoline, Reported Cause of Accident. KALEM, Jan. 24. (A. P.) A bill proposing capital punish ment for Holdup men wss intro duced by ,euator Hume. Tho bill would make it an offensu punishable by hanging to aksault with intent to kill or plat un person lit a robbery or altemptid robbery. Howard who formerly lived in I'en- 'dleton and whose parents ran a gro- 'eery store in the west end of the city. :This was shown today in a wire from j Wanlca Corapton of the penitentiary :io the East Orcgonian and the news 1 roriflrmed by local people who know Geor(;eI Howard, former Pendle- I SASTROUS EIRE DESTROYS PILOT K WAREHOUSE ROC MEMPHIS. Jan. (1. p.) rwcnty-flve re killed when a series 'f explosions wreck-jd the Colyar lieefe Oil Company's plant here. Fire men arrived Immediately after the f rst of the explosions anl did -wonder- I.il work In rescuing the dead and dy ing. They roped off the streets two blocks away in preparation for a sec ond series of explosions, which were expected. More than a dozen hous-fc were blown tip. In one liojw, a moth er and five children were killed. Ter. -cad nesrnes were counted by one man. The explosions were caused b a Kpnrk from the thisel of a man word ing on the tank containing fifleen thousand gallons of g.iHoline, which first blew up. No trace was found of the man. The majority of those Rilled are be lieved to be negroes. Twenty fottr nien, including four whites were due to be working at the plant when the tank blew up. The only hope uiven for any of them is thnt some may have 1 1 een late arriving at work. F.aring routes within a half mile ra-Iius .if he .plant will be ",viped out, should 1he,rtr. -ot - WMii. "Whieh k0'"''" esvlosloM oecir. U)c po'.iee. can deled after thoe In use by C.li-'7 v,lJ,'l that section of North Memphis. vwirmng mo rcsiucms lo gel as lar ;iwuy as possible. MEMPHIS,' Jan. 24 (A. P.) An "xpli'sion of a tank car filled with gns illne sot fire to a row of small dwell ings, occupied mostly by negroes. In the north end cf Memphis today. A mimbcr of persons are missing and the Police estimated early today that as high as 25 were dead and 50 injured. miss nrci.Ts h i, Miss Dapbna Pelis. slenographcr at the office of Fred Pennlon, county agent, Is confined by illness to her homo today. RUSS SITUATION MOST MPORTANT PROBLEM !N ALLIED COUNCIL fEET Wilson's Note Requesting Gua rantee From Diplomats That Russia Wont be Attacked Puts Troublesome Question in Forefront. PARIS, Jan. 24. (L. P.) The Russian situation was one of the most 'mportunt confronting the allied coun cil when It met here. Wilson's note requesting the allies tn give guaran tees that Russia wont be attacked put situation lo Ihe forefront. The allies must decide whether they'll fol low Wilson's wishes. Other big ques tions confronting the premiers were: German reparations. Full System For S hools SALEM. Jan. 24. (A. P.) A conn ty unit system of taxation for school eistricl is to be embraced in a bill iielug prepared by a committee of the county superintendents association of the state. The object is to eliminate iiu qualities now exieling among dis tricts, which long have been a target of criticism, ruder the proposed bill Jchool districts would be divided Into three classes, city districts, village dis jricts having from 500 to 1000 pupils ;nd countw d'stncls. t'rg g Years for President SALEM, Jan. 24. (A. P.I Th Oregon members cf congress are "iged to .support the constitutiona"1 a mendment extending the term of of fice of the president of the United Stales to eight years in a Joint reso lution introduced by Representative Lee of Multnomah. SALEM, Jari. 24. (!'. P.) State censorship of moving picture filno and houses is provided in a biil whicr Representatives Chlids and Fltdget will .introduce Tuesday and Wednes day. It provides a board of three feasors, appointed by the governor. A headquarters board will be in Port land and members will be entitled to actual expenses while engaged in ad ministering the law. The authors cf the bill point out there is no censor ship over films and movie houses out side of Portland and it is contended the same care ought to br,- exercised over the rharcrr of f Pn sIkiwo -to people outside of Portland as within the city. SALEM, Jan. 24. (C P.) The port of Portland consolidation tangle has roused the house from its digni fied calm and swept it into heated oratory when Joseph asked various bills relating to the question be taken from the senate Judiciary committee of which Mosier is chairman, and sub mitted to a committee of the whole house for further consideration and final report. Moser jumped to his feet in battle array and from Mien on until adjournment the fight ra?ed back and forth across senate chamber only to lie interrupted by the Eber hard motion for recess and lunch. It was then taken tip again at 2 o'clock. Joseph contended the problems pre sented in the consolidation program of the state are of wide importance nnd that the whola senute should have a store In the discussion. Thomas, Svho supported Joseph, referred to Moses as a paid, attorney of the port of Portland commission, and contended it was not right for Moses to preside over the hearing and guide the desti ny of tho port consolidation program. on'an. f "Howard ctaten he never lived in Pendleton, may have distant rcla i .Ives" said the wire from the warden, i Further facts showing that George. J L, Howard was not the Malheur cri j minal are proved by Sam Oliver of I this city. Mr. Oliver says he has fre- inently heard from tbe forme Pen dleton boy and that he is living In Spokane wjiere he Is manager of a large repair shop He baa been there since leaving the navy and is a suc cessful, law abiding citizen. Si ReeU f this city is also in possession of in formation to the same effect. Hsnce it is evident that a story in the East Orcgonian Saturday was unjust lo jeorge 1 Howard and this correct'on s made in fairness to the former lo al man and hfs relatives. - Conflagration of Unknown Ori gin Destroys Storage House Valued at $10,000 and Dam ages $60,000 in Grain. MEN WORK HEROICALLY TO SAVE NEARBY HOUSES Flames Reported Early Sunday Morning and General Alarm Sent Out Resulting Form ation of Bucket Brigade. J. AT LOS ANGELES AT HAI.KM. Jan. 24. (A. P.) Four educational bills were before the house committee on education today to pro vide freo text books in elementary srhoois, make school elections con form to general elections, fix scjiool uirectors terms in certain districts, and remove property restrictions on voters at school elections. SALEM. Jap. 24. (A. P.l The senate after acrimonious debate on a motion that the committee be ordered to report immediately on the Portland Pioneer of Umatilla County First Settled Near Adams, Was Father of Six Children; George Peringer, Youngest. " JAffH" W. Peringer,' 9T 5'fnr old pio neer of t'matilla county, died at his home in Los Angeles Saturday. The immediate cause of his death was a recent fall which gave him a broken hip. Word of Mr. Peringer's death was received here early yesterday morning by relatives. Two children, Mrs. Jerry Stone of Athena and J. W. Peringer of Oakcsdale, Wash., were here' last evening enroute to Los Angeles. An other son, Virgil Peringer of Belling lam, was to join them in Portland for the trip south. The, late George Peringer was another son and fre quently visited his parent.- A native of Missouri John W. Per inger first moved from Missouri to Kansas and in 1S76 migrated to Ore gon locating on Sand Hollow, near Adams. He lived there until about 25 years ago when he moved to I-os An- orain valued at $60,000 was dam aged in a fire of undetermined origin which Sunday morning consumed the f 10.000 warehouse of the Pilot Rock Elevator Co., a cooperative concern at Pilot Rock. Olin Caracs, 40, of Pilot Rock, one of 200 volunteer fire fight ers, sufered a double fracture of his ankle hen he fell from the roof ot the Pacific Coast Elevator Co. ware House adjoining. Approximately 20.000 bags of grain j were stored in the warehouse and they itq.ioseni aoout 60,0'iO. according to estimates placed today by local grain dealers. The warehouse, to by 20u feet in dimensions, was valued at flO, 000, w hile the feed mill'equipment and stock carried by the owners represents about f.iDOO more. Estimates today placed the loss around f75,000. Nearby Warehouses Saved. Heroic work on the part of virtually all men in Pilot Ilock and farmers from nearby saved the Pacific Coast Elevator Co., and H. W. Collins Ware houses, adjoining. The Pacific Coast warehouse is 20 feet from the struc ture which burned and the Collins ja")ho"se'th of the Pacific Coast The Pilot Rock warehouse . was in flames when a citizen reported the blaze about 6:30 Sunday morning. Th souin ena ot the structure, adjoining the concrete elevator, was being con sumed. A general alarm was sent out ad townspeople organized two bucket brigades, one bringing .water from Birch creek and another from a near by spring. The ci- had insufficient fire hose to reach the blaze from tho nearest hydrant. , Calls were sent to Pendietoij for abl and Fire Chief W. E. Ringold, with five men and the small truck with too feet of hose, left here at 7:30. It took them more than an hour to reach Pi lot rock. When they arrived with the hose the structure had collapsed but grain was burning and the fire was still dangerous. Lumber Heeds Blaze. In a short time following the arrlv- seles. Tf rorinffop Wns a vpteran of their,! r.f th. nAA. i . . .- .... ... lllc auuru lit b rxmi nr u--, r c ere played on the burning mass. A Continued on page B. fCnntinned on pq:re' IO THE LAST BUFFALO HUNT IS ON. ! Predict Factories Will be Run ning Full Tilt, Foreign Trade Will Pick Up, and Railroads to be Rushed Full Time. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. (IT. P. Fassage of the Kenyon-Hendrlck pack et bill Is looked upon as extremely doubtful after tho senate discussed It three hours. A poll taken by the sup porters of the bill showed a largo Lumber of "doubtful" senators. Tho poll Indicated about 34 voters for the llll, 34 against It and 21 doubtful. ' WASHINOTON,-Jan. 24. (P. P.) Industrial depression throughout the woild has reached its low point, from now on conditions will Improve according to reports of government experts gathered here. More than six million workers arc now Idle In the I'nlted States and principal European countries it Is. estimated. Py April It was predicted, there will be much 'Us unemployment, factories will be running full time, foreign irudo will pick, up, railroads will be rushed and prosperity will be general. Revival of commercial uctivity already hns set In plums are beginning to open and op erate full time In many sections of the country. Retail concerns already. have begun to experience a slight Increase In buy ing and textllo mills of New England nnd the south are beginning to report Increase In orders. With a revival of Industry will come greater production nnd stabilized or lower prices, govern ment economists say, & , J.-- V i A ft X v X x 1 ixZZK -rTC- ..V, t L V.. civil war. He was the father of five sons and one daughter. Sam Peringer, of Kansas City; J.. W. Peringer, of Onkesdale, Wash.; Jasper Peringer, of Oklahoma: Mrs. Jerry Stone of Athe na; Virgil Peringer, an Rttorney of FiGelllngham, Wash.; and the late George Peringer who was the youngest child. Mr. Peringer was married three times and his third wife survives him r-t Los Angeles. Carl Peringer and Mrs. Jack Dolph of this city are grandchildren of the aged pioneer. Among the other grand children are Hobart Peringer and Roy Teringer. sons of J. W. Peringer, of Oakesdnle; Dave Stone of Athena, Stephen A. Stone, of Salem; Clifford Stone, living near Spokane and Mrs Roy Hunt cf Seattle. There are like wise some great grandchildren and a few great great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have net yet been announced. AP PREMIER INFORMS COUNTRYMEN U. S. AND NIPPON iST FRIENDLY Declares Disarmament as Mat ter of Principle is Welcome to Thoughtful People of Botr Nations for General Good. u, luiuui-r ueing used ror new building, stored in the south end of the warehouse, made the blaze stub born. The south end of the Pacific Coast warehouse was badly scared by the flames and heat but It was saved by the work of the bucket brigades. Lack of wind and the presence of a fog also helped save the adjoining warehouses, according to Paul Ostroot. local man ager of the Pacific Coast Elevator Co. Most of the grain in the warehouse, as well as the structure itself, was cov ered by insurance. One lot of barley. 2500 sacks, was removed from, i the burning mass, with the loss of about 5i"( sacks which were burned off the grain. A considerable amount of wheat, stored in the north end of the warehouse, can be salvaged, local men at the fire said, but it will not be fit for milling. Salt, Kood, Floor I.ost. In addition to the warehouse, the offices and the feed mill in the build ing there were two carloads of stock alt. several consignments of feed and hay and some sacked flour lost. The oss on this material Is not heavy and is understood to be covered by insurance. (Continued on Pge 5.) d s i mi emeu! a sarsfactot This photograph from Antelope Island. Crent Salt Lake Plnh. shows w hat probably will be the last real huf mio nunt in in enistory of the t nite-.i States. Tho great, wild beasts are being shot down just as they were in i the old days when range bison roamed the wenei n plains. There are 23 tl .: the doomed anim:.!s descend- ! ains oi a nern tasen to tno Island ye trs as;o and left to run wild because they could not es-ape. They became janese alliance. ... ,,,- ,, , i noouK mi oio"ueu c;iue i:i: en to tne istanu !y the Murrain Island Livestock Co. So the company decided to get rid of them iiv selling permits to hunt Ihem at fin A a head. Efforfts of humane sot-ie-t es to halt the plan failed, and the limit is on. This picture shows some ot the early hunters with their first 1C. tins. TOKIO, J.in. 24. (V. P.t Addres sing the opening session of the diet Premier llara said Japan nnd America r.re discussing questions growing out o! the - California-Japanese situation in a most friendly spirit. Tie' detlarei the government expects a satisfacton settlement. Piscussing 'he government expects settlement, disocsVrl T ilis.irmament the government's spokesman Fald, "A a matter of principle, disarmament will W welcomed for the general wel fare of tbe human race. Tho premier declared all thoughtful people of both rations want the continuance of the 'wholesome spirit" of th: Angto-.lap- HV; said Japanese- American relations are as "cordial as ever." thnt there are no "insurmount able obstacles which might disturb the Weatfier Reported by Major Lee Mooi house, veal her observer. Maximum, 32. Minimum, 27. Haronieter, 29.72. Snowfall, 4 inches. THE WEATHER FORECAST Toolkit and Tutud.iy rain or snow war mer tonight. i factors governing It.' 4 q -e-- . w-.i... V