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m EASTORECONIAN IS THE ONLY INLAND i EMPIRE NEWSPAPER GIVING ITS READERS THE BENEFIT OF DAILY TELEGRAPHIC NEWS REPORTS FROM BOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS : I ' , 11 i tB'"r-'Trj ' ' DAILY EDITION DAILY EDITION The net prat run of yesterday's Dally .' -3,306 : Thl psper Is a memoer of mn.l audited by th Audit Buresu of Circulations, Ths Et Oregonlsn In Ftrs Or on greatest newspaper nd a sell ing fore givon to the advertiser of twice lha guaranteed pmd circulation In Pendleton and Umatilla county of ny other newspaper. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 32 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1921. NO. 97S4 ; - zrmmwmw v - . - T-- ' STATE TWO MEASURES THROUGH UPPER HOUSE AT SALEM House Passed Bill Providing for State Censorship of Motion Picture Films Despite Strong Objection. CONFUSION "REiGNS OVER PROPOSED GASOLINE TAX Representatives Flooded With Unfinished Business Which! Cannot be Transacted Be cause of Surplus Talk. SALEM. Ore.; Feb. 18. (IT. P.) The adnata hua panned 8. B. No. 34V by Senator Dennis providing; that the governor of Oregon b named hydro electric commissioner in deal Ing with the federal water power board. The senate hua also passed the Kltner memorial. No. 12. urging the federal wuler power commission to In vestigate the Umatilla rapids project These meaaurea were Introduced at the inatnnce of the Umatilla rapids power aite association. It la said both meaaurea will pane the house. Mm In Censorship hwH, HALEM, Feb. 1. U. P.) The houte passed a bill creating Mate board of censors for moving pictures, 17-J2, after a spirited debate, most pf the oppoHltion being based on the con "tenUon that provisions of the bill are - not workable without a. rat expense to the state. The measure provides . . ... . . . hmlllMt tur met. ail iiim. ............. view by a board before they are deliv ered to exhibitors. The bill creates a Uonrd of three members, to be appointed by the gov- j ernor, the members to serve one. two and three years respectively. They are to serve without pay. The board Is empowered to employ secretary. The viewers are "to be paid from funds collected as fees for censuring films." The bill says "only such films as are In Judgment and discred it of the board of censors of a moral, i educational or amusing and harmless character shall he passed by the board." t'.,a Tm nnftiera. , HALEM, Feb. 18 (U. P.) With the senate committee 'wanting one Kind of a gasoline tax and the house crnnmlt tee another, friends of the "Knier" license schedule hnve Just awakened to the fact they voted for the "Den nis" schedule when the road code bill was passed yesterday with the Roose velt highway bill through the senate. Facing the knife In the senate, with the senate of one mind about highway bonds, the house of another, and with surety companies and contractors' lobbies brooding over It the highway program Is In some n'.be mess. De spite this mew and other tangles. ty eliminating oratory the legislature could adjourn by church time Sun dav. Hut betting men among the old time lobbyists are wagering the leg islators wont get through In time for sabbath services. It will be possible ..t ihNunh this week If the two t,onu An nothing except grind. But this Is practically Impossible with the Koosevelt, highway scrap due in the I . .il-i l. V,a .annlA I house, the tenure fight In- the senate, the reapportionment buttle In both houses, the road program still up in the air and the ways and means bills all yet to bo considered. . The senate committee approved the bill providing that an additional one cent tax be placed on gasoline. This followed action by the house commlt i.. inst nleht which approved the gas oline tax bill plnclng a straight tax of two cents a gnllon gasoline and a hulf ent nn distillate. The ball up Is due to the Inratlnble desire of a few members of the house to talk at all times upon any excuse i (Continued on oar i.) .Reported by Major I.ee Moorhouse. ob icrver. Maximum, Minimum, 20. Barometer, 28.95.r TP'- THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Saturday cloudy, warm er tonight. SENATE DOUG, MARY AND CHARLIE. If. .. J a.nj' If Mary has her way nbout things. the whole world will get to see her personally before long. - ' Dong wants to go to France to ilm "fi'Artugnan." Mury wants lo go to Chinu. And you know bow women pre. Doug and Mury want Charlie lo go along. as Mary plans It, they'll i,ll go to I'll. mi. then to Itxlin, Italy and Frrnioe wlnie Doug will muke several pic-'.ii.-ns. Mary and Chaplin will nln. I ISFOUND BYJURORS! A Jury In the superior court at Day. ton lost evening brought In a verdict of not guilty In the case of the State of Washington vs. Tracy L. linker, charged with unlinv fully transporting lKtuor Word of the verd.ct was tel..- Phoned here last night by Col, J. H. I,.i.. , , case there on Mr. linker's behnlf. The catie was appealoil from the Jus tice court, where Mr. Haker and Olcn Rust were fined more than a month hko. At the time and consistently ever since the latter has maintained that Mr. Dnker was Innocent of complicity in the transportation of Ikiuor. Mr, linker U'ila elHItta' l,i ,1 11 .,1 nmul .11 n linker was riding In nn automobile with Mr. Ilust when Columbln county officials made tho arrest. 10 DEMAND REPARATION PARIS, Feb. IS. France began military preparations today to compel the Herman obedience to her repara tion demands. Under the terms of the allied agreement, France was left u free hand In taking whatever action she believes necessary against Ger many. A strong French factinn Is calling attention to the havoc created in France by the Germans. They, want to see the Herman cities laid waste. Marsual Foclt is known to liae pre pared plans for all possible contingen cies. TO LOS AN'OKI.KH, Cal., Voh. lias .- started ; (A. P.) Construction .here on a downtown nine story gar jage. which will have level entrances from the rtreet to tho first, second, third, fourth and fifth floors. The garage, built on a hillside, will accord'ng ot Its owners, one of but est 1" tlio nation. be lb; . C1IAKI.1K, .MAHl t ASSES 'J S ' f ' III nut u ALSO COI'PCT. make some .l.-tures In foretgn set tlng The photo was taken at the bark 'loor of the Ka'rhanks studio, whcr Dou. is making "The Nut.' Mary is dressed as she will appear ! "Through the Dark Door." Coppn is a rtar IOOi , ,l8 WQV Doug says ho is the biggest and best trained police dog in the world. He A'tis a present from Henry P. Duvld- i-O.I. PI A ilUULLj WILL BE DiSPLAYED!-' Fvry one of the 5t spaces In Happy Canyon pavilion has been allotted to local dealers for the fourth annual I ftlltil uUnw nt r.....ll..i . ... , Asi,oc,ation. u' "; ferent models of autos on display, tho r,,i,a ,.,, t , . olh(r BI,,S b,,1": reserved for dis- and shoo ma terials.. Local dealers who 'will display the latest in motordom on March 10, 1 1 and 12 are certain that this year's show will be the last word In more I ways than one. High class cars, with the newest fea't tiros, will be parked in a setting that will be more unique than any In which Happy Canyon has ever bien dressed outside of Round Up time, they say. A large amount of painted back ground, a new celling covering and decorations which were placed In the 1.120 show have been blended to make an Interior of considerable beauty. Ham Wright, local artist, is in charge of the decorating und will finish the job started when the unto shows were first given here. During the threci days of the show, J nursdny, Friday and Saturday, dis plays will be open from 2 o'clock In tn( nrtcrnoon mull 10 o'clock at night. One KHpce will be allotted to the East ern Oreeun Auto Club and members to that body will be sought. There will bo music during the show and a portion of the committee is seeking sonic feature numbers to present. A grand bull, to be given by the oeaters in the pavilion on Monday evening,' will wind Up the fourth show. A 'local orchestra will furnish the music for the bull. There will be no displays of trucks this year, the committee said today. There has been little doing In the truck field of late und wltti space limited they decided to dispense with the truck show. Dealers from Rnker, La llramle. Walla Walla, Tho Dalles anfl rorlland have been sent special Invi tations to attend the local auto show. VKI8IK IS PAST, .NEW YORK. Feb. 1S. (17. r.) - I aruso Has Improved so much that a relapse now probably would not cause bis immediate death, Dr. Murray nn t tunced. "Caruso is much belter this morntm;," he laid. UMATILLA RAPIDS LEGISLATION ALL MATTERS OF TO I E BE HELD OVER Government is at Climax of Un I certainty and Indicision Which Inevitably Accompai mes Change in Admmistra tion. j DIPLOMATS ARE BACK SEEKING APPOINTMENTS Diplomats . With Republican Leanings are Back at Posts Seeking Choice Appoint ment From Their Own Party. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. (U. P.) The government is at the climax 6 uncertainty and Indecbdon which ine vitably accompanies a change In the administration. At the treasury de partment all foreign loans have been stopped and the machinery which -de-(ermines the policy on this matter has been halted until the Ineuguration of Harding. Future prohibition enforce ment hangs In the balance, pending the nomination of the man who succeeds Commissioner Kramer. The state department keenly ob serves the number of recent world events. Including allied naming of the German reparations sum. but decided j to remain out of the picture, bo far as the expression of the American uolicv is concerned, duo to disin4lnation to embarrass the Incoming administration Soviet Russia, Japanese question ano Mexico have been shelved. Diplomats with republican leanings nre rack from their posts, seeking tholeor appointments from their own party.. Every train into Washington carries eager candidates for govern ment offices. 110 C I. Rare, secretary elect of th Pendleton Commercial Association will -irrive here tomorrow morning for the purpose of attending the hydrb elec- ric meeting In Walla Walla during the day. He Is coming up from Astoria specially for this purpose but while here will nlso consult with President elect Sturgis of the Commercial Asso ciation and other officers with a view to shaping up tho program of wbrk to be taken up here. Mr. Itarr is not coming tomorrow to remain permanently as he will not be relieved at Astoria until March 1. It was especially desired to have him at tend the meeting at Walla Walla as it is the Intention to hnve him handle tho secretarial work of the Umatilla Rapid:; Dower Site association. iN SELF DEFENSE TOKfO, Fob. IS. (U. P.) A claim that tlie Japanese sentry who killed Lieutenant Langdon. ut Vladivostok acted in self-defense, was set up to day In an interpellation In the diet. It was charged lhat nuisbment of the sentry would, be'a travesty on justice. IS ALtEGEO DESERTER Ivan Ilryant, arrested several weeks ago at The Dalles in possession of several Indluh robes, blankets and coats which be is ulle-ed to have sto len from automobiles parked on Pen dleton streets. Is an army deserter ;he sheriffs office reported today. He will be taken to Vancouver Harracks, probably tonight, to be turned over to the military authorities for court mar tial, they said. Bryant served in tho United States army during the war and bad not been discharged from service last April when he Is alleged lo have deserted the army. He was with the SOth field irtillery, stationed nt Camp Funston, Kan., according to the records which the sheriff's office has. Deputy Shcrirf. Dave Ijivemier will take Iti'vnnt to the army post when lie is returned to the military officials. MPORTANC GREAT MAN HUNT IS IN FULL SWING FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE SERIES OF DUBLIN RAIDS WILLAMETTE IRON AND STEEL WORKS SUSTAIN HEAVY LOSS FROM FIRE PORTLAND, Feb. IS (A. P.) Damage amounting from 75,(lii() to f 100,0(10 Is estimated, caused by a fire which destroyed the main boiler factory of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works here early today. The cause of the fire is unknown. Tl Largest Educational Program Ever Held in County Will be Presented at Milton and Freewater Next Tuesday and Wednesday. One of the biggest edvcational pro grams ever scheduled for fruit growers in this section of the country will be presented by the Umatilla county Farm Bureau next Tuesday and Wednesday in Milton and Freewater. Demonstra tions, lectures and discussions that should be of tremendous benefit ti, growers have been arranged and the Farm Buread committee, consisting ot J. F. Slover, chairman; Ben Bolt, S Dempsey, F. B. Wjlrox, W. C. Hopson, E. P. Jensen and . K. Goodman urge all growers to attend. Spray Kqiiipmrnt Demonstration An orchard spray equipment dem onstration by the agents of the various spray machines will be given Tuesday morning from 9 a. m. to noon. Each company will be allowed a certain time during tho morning to display the ad vantages of its machine and the var ious attachments in use. FfVink Shields, of Walla Walla, the genera', distributor for the Bean sprayer, has agreed to have a machine on the ground and, the Hardle and Myers agents have been invited to show then machines. Mr. Iimaris, local agent of the Fordson tractor, is trying to get a Fordson spray- attachment, in which the growers are very much Interested. Siicriiitendeiit to Demonstrate Leroy Childs, superintendent of the Hood River Kxperiment station, wtn take the machines in the afternoon and show how spraying may be carried on to the best advantage and Illustrate the fine points of the game. Mr. Childs s a recognized authority on orchard pest control and comes from one of the b?st apple growing districts in tha Northwest. His work has been popu lar w herever he has appeared. Tuesday evening" at 7:30 in the Mil ton library H. K. Dean, superintendent of the hiermiston Kxperiment .Station will give a talk on irrigation and soil moisture. The Hermiston Station has been carrying on Irrigation experi ments for a number of years iind Mr Dean's services at demonstrations have lieen very much in demand, not only in Oregon but at Kennewlck, I'roscer and other points in Washing ton. C. I ljong to Siicak C. L Ixtng, extension specialist ir Horticulture from O. A. C, will explain '-he fundamentals of orchard soil man agement. Mr. Ixing's work is recciv. ing the enthusiastic support of the jnmers in the district and he can be expected to give something well worth while at the meeting. On Wednesday, February 23, at 9 a. m. Mr. Ctiilds and Professor Long will take up the practical control of or chard inspects. It Is expected that there will be a large attendance, not only of the growers In Umatilla County but nisi from across the line. While the meet ings are being held under the auspices f the Farm Bureau, every fruit grow r whether or not a member, is invit ed to attend. Weather Warmer Today. The weather is warmerrfodav. the maximum being 40 and the minimum io. The barometer registers 28.95. which gives promise of fair weather. 'HELI.SlXC.FORa, Feb. Is tU. P. Soviet troops are being rushed ini4 the Caucasus, according to Moscow re ports, rne oispaienes said that se-'make the trip and It is believed there rioas insurrections had broken out in will be room in these cars for all lo Kouban. - , cal people w ishing to go. DUBLIN, Feb. 1H (U. P.) A great man hunt is in full swing In Dublin and the entire section of tho city on the north side Is cut off y the troops who rushed into it'in armored car throughout the early morning hours, the neighborhood resounded with the mar of the motors, the thump of gun butts against the barred doors and the -shout of command. Various rumors regarding the ident ity of Sinn Felners sought, but it is generally understood to be General Collins of the Irish republican army hiding in the vicinity and reported to have entered Dublin for a council of war. Descending upon the district In mo tor lorries the soldiers leaped from the cars, unrolled spools of barbed wire and constructed entanglements at all street openings. A most extensive series of raids ever carried out in Dublin began early to day. Thousands of troops with motor lurries, machine guns and armored cars participated. Armored cars were driven through the area. Powerful search)!? Ms threw rays on the houses undergoing searca. Reports indicated that the situation near Cork was alarming to the Sinn Feiners due to distress brought on the residents territory. As a result Sinn Fein ambushes and the district was cut off from all communication. The general exodus from the erea, Vhere the intense suffering is reported have resulted from stopping the food supplies. TO BE RAISED !N CJTY Pendleton will raise one half of the M4.000 desired for the Near East and Chinese reliefs, Joseph N. Scott, director for Umatilla county, said to day. This decision was made Thurs day afternoon In a meeting of the gen eral committee in the rooms of the Pendleton Commercial Association. Towns of Umatilla county will be asked to match Pendleton' j subscrip tion to the relief. Work will start about Wednesday of next week. In the meantime the organization of workers will be perfected. - Mr. Scott and C. U Woodward left this afternoon for the towns east of Pendleton to interest persons In the work there. Both are confident that the appeal will meet with as generous a response as did that of the Central European Relief. Wheat continued to decline in price today. March wheat closing at tl.67 ".-8 and May at J1.57 3-4. Yesterday the March wheat closed at $1.68 1-4 and the May at J1.59 1-8. Following are the quotations from Overbeck & Cooke, local brokers: Wheat. 1.72 1.67 -1.62 'i 1.57 March -May 1.6S 1.58 .167 1.57 IMMUilt ATIOX srSPKXDKD TRIESTE. Feb. IS. (A. P.I Im migration from central Eorope to the United States has been suspended and the astern frontiers of Italy closed, pending the clearing up of the sani tary situation due to typhus. Word received from Walla Walla today indicates the hydro-electric meeting to be held there tomorrow will surpass all other sessions of the Umatilla rapids Association in point of attendance and interest. There will be a delegation of 16 Spokane busi nessmen at the meeting and many other big Washington towns will be represented. Marvin Chase, stati hy draulic engineer of Washington will be on the program' as will also H. A. Itands, Portland c.yisul'.lng engineer, and Captain. Wlnslow of the U. S. en gineering department. It is also known some influential members of t Washington legislature will be in at tendance at the meeting. Local people are to leave the tit) at 8:0 tomorrow morning in order t reach Walla Walla in time for the opening-of the convention nt 11 o'clock. Eight cars aro scheduled to MANY ARE HEADING FOR WALLA MALLA MEETING BUSINESS GOES mm ESS Of HUM Early Morning Blaze of Un known Origin Completely Dismantles Ice Plant; Butter Making Machinery Escaped. NEW PLANT WILL BE BUILT IMMEDIATELY" Rebuilding Will Start as Soon as Fire Adjustments Are Made, Announces Owners; Fire Was Troublesome One. Smythe Lonergan Co.. this morning suffered a loss, estimated at from $0,. ouu to 175.000 in the destruction by fire of their ice plant, ice cream fac tory, storage facilities and ereamerv. located on Main street, south of tha it. V...H. & . railroad tracks. The butter making machinery was saved through work of the fire department and all records and accounts in the of fice were also rescued. The owners ntade arrangements at once to handle their coal. Ice and butter business without interruption. The blaze was reported shortly be fore 6 o'clock this morning from box 25. At that time the entire roof was ablaze and hundreds who looked out in the cold morning air. saw the flames illuminating the skies. The fire department got several lines to-. the burning building In quick time and in a few miutes had the fire nnder control, saving all of the four walla of the big warehouse, Flames Had Good Start. The flames had obtained a start within the building, however, that gutted fost of the interior. The ice cream plant was ruined by the fire and water, the ice making machinery and all of the ammonia were lost. Several tons of meat in cold storage was damaged and the offices, at the front of the building, were badly charred. A 'temporary shutdown of the but ter making plant followed the fire but examination showed that the machin ery was unhurt and within a couple of hours the plant was at work turning out Its product as usual. A large amount of butter on hand was ruined in the fire. To Fire Chief Ringold and his men ' Dan Smythe, one of the owners of the business gives credit for saving the building from entire loss. The extreme culd this morning, the headway gain ed by the fire and the troublesome ammonia from the ice making plant all contrived to make fire fighting dif ficult. The department saved the plant of the Pacific Fruit A Produce Co., adjoining, and other buildings In the vicinity. Origin of Illaze I'n&nown. '. ' -'o definite idea as to the origin ot tha fire Is held by Jlr. Smythe nor em ployes of the concern. There was no watch mau maintained by the com pany and ascertaining the cause of the blaze will probably rest with insurance adjusters. The business wua fully In sured. Books, accounts, records and money kept i nthe office were all saved by employes who reached the scene shortly after the alarm was sounded. Temporary offices for the creamery will be maintained In the Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. plant, while the wood and coal department will have offices in the building adjoining the Bur roughs woodyard at Slain and Tustln. Some of the products In cold stor age, undamaged, will be salvaged, it Is believed. About 40 tons of ice, un. damaged by the heat of the fire, were aken from the building thh morning. Deliveries of ice, coal, wood and but ter were -continued as though nothing had happened. ... CijiiiiMiny Will Hehiuitl. m"A-i son.iv" as insurance adjuster have completed their work, we shall begin rebuilding," Mr. Smythe said while overlooking the ruins this morn ing. "We hope to be ready for the summer trade, with a brand new, mod ern plant. In the meantime we shall handle ulf our former trade. An ice cream pbmt will be fitted up as soon us possible and ice will be obtained Imwily for distribution. '' The plant which burned today Is one of Pendleton's oldest factories and has chanted bands a -number of times. It has been owned by the Smythe Loii ergun Co., since 191S., The coal, wood and coal murage business has been carried on imder the firm Tla'me of . Smythe Lmersan Co., while the but -the name of tivlen West ccamey.dfr ter and IcJuream business la under the name of Oidden West creamery, Ke cent a (billons and improvements were mude to the creamery busir.eMM. Prior tirlts passing Into the present bands the business was operated fin several years by Koplttke Gillaml-era.