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VOL. S3
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, FENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1921.
NO. 9985
HEAVIEST NOVEMBER SNOW STOtUmN
YEARS GRIPS CITY; HAPPY CAN ON
premier mm
SHOWS FRANCE S
NEEDJF ARMY
French Delegate Held Arms
Conference Rapt for Hour
Telling of Country's Need.
ITALY TO ALSO DILATE
UPON LAND ARMAMENT
China's Delegation Will At
tempt to Thwart Japanese
Openly in Desire to Sidetrack
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (A. P.)
Premier Briand held the arras confer
once rapt for an hour today, with the
world for his audience, while he told of
France's need for p. large army.
Has Army of 78.-..000 Men
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (U. P.)
Both Italy and France through Carlo
Schenzer and Premier Briand reflec
tive), today expected to occupy the
third plenary session of the conference
meeting at 11 o'clock with speeches on
the reduction of land armament.
Franco now has a standing army of
785,000 men.
in land Is Master Orator.
Premier Briand, a muster orator,
was ready for one of his greatest ef
forts. He was to - win the world's
plaudits for France by announcing her
readiness to reduce her armies to a
lowest figure compatible with national
safety. Italy la Interested in the pro
tection against Jugo-Slovakia, so will
also dilate upon the Innd armament
question.
Will Ask for Onen Discussion.
China's delegation will attempt to
thwart the Japanese openly In an ex
pressed desire for sidetracking the 'de
tails' In the far eastern conference,
seeing what they thought was a Japan
ese effort to escape washing of soiled
diplomatic linen China let It bt
Known today In advance of the far
eastern committee session at four
o'clock. They will soon press for an
open discussion of a number of details
such as Shantung, Manchurlan and the
secret treaty questions.
E
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PORTLAND, Nov. 21. -(U. P.)
Oregon today appeared emerging from
a terrific snow and sleet storm, as the
temperature slowly rises, rain continu
ing here, with meager reports of
slightly easier conditions in the East
ern part of the state.
Trains east over, the Spokane, Port
laird and Seattle line and the Union
Paeiflo are held snowbound with the
traffic diverted by way of Tacoma.
hiver boats last night brought in a few
score of storm bound passengers, pick
ed up along the river banks from
stranded trains and automobiles.
Wires are down into Kastern Ore
gon but it Is understood many towns
are suffering from the heavy snow
falls. Much stock Is feared to be lost
on the ranges.
ELEVEN KILLED IN l.XPIXIsION.
HA.MHt'KO, Nov. 21. (I. N. S.)
Eleven were killed and scores were
Injured In an explo: ion in a movie
theatre here today during the chil
dren's performance. The cause is un
known. HEALTHY WEEK OLD BABY
BOY IS IN PENDLETON
WAITING FOR ADOPTION
Wanted A Home.
If the week-old baby boy now
in the care of the Salvation Army
could write a classified ad, it
would no doubt read like the
above, for the little citizen is
looking for a real home with the
care of an adopted father and
mother.
The youngster, who is a heal-
thy lad, has paren's of his own
who are living. Through mis-
fortune, they will relinquish
their claims on the baby and of-
fer him for legal adoption. The
father Is not in Pendleton but
the mother is here. Adjutant C.
A. Peterson, of the Salvation
Army, vouches for the integrity
of the parents. Anyone interest-
ed in the case may communicate
with the adiotant at the Salva- ,
tion Army hall.
HAPPY CANYON PAVILION ROOF
FALLS UNDER WEIGHT OF SNOW;
DANCE HALL A TOTAL WRECK
.
$7500 Damage Estimated on
Structure; Grand Stand part
of Canyon Still Uninjured.
The Happy Canyon pavilion proved I
the first storm Casualty in renmeton
when the roof caved in under the
weight of snow yesterday forenoon.
About 11 o'clock a portion of the roof
went down and later in the day more
of the roof fell. As a result the en
tire pavilion is a wreck, the roof hav
ing fallen in upon the dance floor and
the walls being damaged by the cave
in. The roof over the grandstand seats is
In no danger and that part of Happy
Canyon Is so far safe from harm. !
However the entire pavilion will have in'' and substituted "digging out" in
to be rebuilt if the Canyon is again to ttXt.Ah The activity was caused by the
be used in its present location. j ,, , '. . . ,, . ,.,,,
The present Happy Canyon s.rue- w hl h
ture was erected in 1916 and the con- truflle ,.r all kinds as a es . it . t
structlon work was hurried, the whole ''" ot cont.nuo is lorn .
job being completed In 21 days. The." ofall amounted to J4 Inch,
building is owned by the Commercial 'cording to the t.gures of Major Lee
Association and the loss is estimated
by James Sturgis, president of the as
sociation at $"500.
What can be done about rebuilding
the pavilion is a problem yet to be de
cided. 4
No trains will arrive in Pendleton
from the west until further notice, ac
cording to a statement given out tbt
morning by the local O.-W. It. & N.
office. All east bound trains have beer,
annulled, the trouble being betweei
Portland and The Dulles because o'
the snow storm.
The last train to arrive from Tort
land was yesterday's No. 24, which
steamed Into Pendleton last night at
6 o'clock with four engines. No. 4.
made up at The Dalles, arrived at 1
p. m. today. Train No. 17 due ai
12:20 a. m. yesterday did not leave
Pendleton until 4 a. m. today. It wiP
go only to The Dalles. No. 2(1, west
bound, left last night at about the
usual hour, as did No. 5 and No. 1!'
this morning. They will be unable to
proceed beyond The Dalles. No. 17
arrived In Pendleton today on time.
Special Mode I'p.
Passengers from Spokane arrived
today via Walla Walla, the train from
Walla Walla running on schedule
time. A special No. 24, made up here,
left this morning for I-a Grande and
points cast. The Northern Pacific
train yesterday took two hours to ret
outside of Pendleton and did not ar
rive at Helix until 6:20 p. m.
Telephone service In Pendleton is
unimpaired, but wires to Baker and
La Grande are down. It is possible
to telephone to The Dalles but wires
are down between The Dalles and
Portland. The local Pacific Power &
Light Co. service is unimpaired.
Taxis (Vase Service.
Pendleton taxi companies ceased
operations yesterday, the Goedecke Co,
stopping service in the morning and
fhe Parker Taxi Co. in the afternoon.
Neither company is able at this time
to announce when service will be re
sumed. Local stores, instead of mak
ing deliveries at 8:30 and 10:30 a. m.
(Continued on page 6.)
E SHEEP CAUGHT
AWAY FROM FEED AS
No Serious Losses so Far
But Damage Will Come if
Storm Proves Persistent.
The livestock industry faces heavy
damages dn some cases if the storm
does not abate soon. According to
leading'llvestock men, there are some
cattfa and sheep which have been
caught away from feed, and every ef
fort is being made now to get hay or
straw to these stranded herds and
bands. Smythe Pros, have one bard of
sheep which is nine miles from feed.
and the Cunningham Sheep Co. also 1
have some sheep which are away from j
feed. The sheep can go without feed j
for manv hours without sevete injury, I
and neither firm anticipates any seri-l
ous loss. J
The warehouse of the MeClntor-kj
and Simpson implement firm which is(
behind the main building was threat-i
ened this morning, but prompt work in;
shoveling snow, when some of the'
cross timbers started to split under the
strain of exoessive weight, prevented
a collapse, '
PENDLETON CITIZENS j
ARE 'DIGGING OUT' j
flM APPflllMT TiC CMHUfl
IIIH MM .III 111 I .MUII'l'Ii
Ull IIUUUUIII VI Ulivsll
Snowfall Amounts to 24 Inches;
Street 'Commissioner Has
Men Clearing Streets.
Pendleton today reversed the prac
tice of soldiers during the war to "dig
M ooi home.
Fifty-three men were on the pay
oil of the municipality this morning,
and practically all of them owed their
)ohs to the damage done by the snow.
This force worked under the direction
i t Street Commissioner ( A. Crabtree
n clearing the streets and sidewalks
0 traffic could be resumed.
The main part of the force was en
aged -vith shovels in dealing gutters
and cross streets In the business sec
Ion. Ass'sting the paid force were
many properly owners who took care
of securing clearance on the side
walks proper.
"'In some places n six horse team with
1 road grader was used, and a cata
p'llntv tractor was commandeered for
use In the emergency, but In the bus
iness section, the old "No. 2" shovel
was the reliable sland-by of the street
department. The snow was banked so
deep on the pavement edge down town
that the shovel was about the only In
strument which could he used to ad
vantage, according to the street com
missioner. Cars had comparatively lillle diffi
ulty in getting around on the down
town streets where tracks were made
is the storm progressed, but on the
grades and In the residential dis'ricth
motor traffic was at a standstill. Prac
tically no cars were parked downtown
during the day. and comparatively few
were to be seen.
The chief problem of the street de
partment, accord. ng to Mr. ( ratitree.
:s to set the gutters clcard ot snow sr,
that, in the event of a quick run-off,
he thaw may be cared for without any
fcewers or gutters oocoming uiocncu.
rsiii ;--rr -MfW ytTs5
urn s n&Vr hm
PORTLAND m
N STflfiM P.RIP
in u i vim uiu .
TRAINS STfl!IFn!RECNFORWELL
1 -lliLLlNflIMERTIlGIN
No Trains Left Portland for
East Today, Westbound Folk
Held up by Slides Enroute.
HEAVY DAMAGE REPORTED,
WILLAMETTE IS RISING
Telephone
Service
and Telegraphic
Demoralized With
More Sleet Promised Soon.
POltTI.AND, Nov. 21. (A. P ) No
trains left Portland this morning for
the east and all trains due lieru since
yesterday .morning are stalled along
the lines paralleling the Columbia riv
er, owing to the heavy snow Deep
drift.-! and slides tied up the trail .
The Southern Pacific is also crippled
by a washout of a bridge approach at
Joll'ersnn. necessitating detours. I lie
wires are prostrated in all dircctiov.s.
a st-rra o .in .-onie lines being nia'a
lalneil by : oundabout loules. The s i-
Ver thitw which yesterday gripped
Portnn.l, causing heavy daniago "iy j
uvalin J trees and shrubs, disappeared
durmr the night. The rain is con'tn
liiig. Western nee 11 rod Washing. :
is under J'ro.n four ii-bei to two
of SIlllW.
Itivcr Iliscs l'Weii 1-Vot.
PtillTLA.M). Nov. 11 (!". VI--Willi
continued rain throughout t'.c
Will. tin, 'l'o valley, the - liia'inette n.
:r 'i'i t r.sinii ra...i.y, at. 1 1-foot ri 0
htii'g 11 iH-ru-I '.a the Hot 36 hoi1.'-,
wtl' tirllwo al il-'.'.alenlng t ' 1
'.nidges h-T... P.erc i rise in tho
Columbia river as the cold weather al
he In -:id atvi s pi.'xenls '.hat.
Mom Sleet Promhcd.
PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (I. N. R.i
Dani.'u'e between $r,ni).nun and $i,nnn,
i'')0 was done by the tinost terrific
storms and floods In the Portland dis
trict 11: eurs. The weather bureau
reports the prospvcls of another sleet
storm today. All transportation on
:he O It. & N. and North Hank has
been abandoned. Thiee trains are
.-tailed on the S. P. :,'i(! S.
The ra'atall win li.T,'," inches In a 72
lours period. TeO-ohoiie and telj
Kiaj'h coniinuiiica,ioii are practically
deinoi"! lined.
HATCHING EGGS UNDER DIFFICULTIES
.("HI?
HEARING ON RATE QUESTION NOW
UNDERWAY IN CHICAGO, SITUATION
SO FAR FAVORABLE TO INTERIOR
DEPENDS ON WEATHER'
C. H
Mackintosh and W. PJcagn. j. A. Ford, secretary' of the In"
Strandborg Will be Guests i
of Commercial
Association, i
Tt,n rnnni.li.tn I . T1.....1 1 ... .. ..
president of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World, and W. P.
Strniulborg. vice-president of the Asso-
elated I luhs. who sie sc heduled to ar- Carriers have not established single
live here Wednesday, now depends Important fact. New York and Boston
upon the weather and upon the arrival men very helpful. Chambers testl
of trains from the Kast. j mcny developed nothing detrimental
It was planned to entertain Mr. to us. Hastings now on stand Intro
Mackintosh and Mr. Strandhorg at a duced eight exhibits, none of which
luncheon with the Pendleton Cummer- touch critical point of case. No evl-
il Association members as hosts. The
Walhi Walla Huh, the Walla Walla it
O. T. C. hand and delegations repre
senting the various civic organizations
of th.it .city expect to meet the two
visitors here, and word from Walla
Wail. 1 today says that Harden City
business men hope to carry out their
plan despite the weather. If plans are
iii i UmI out, the Walla Walla cars, with
the bund will leave Walla Walla at
9 a. 111. Wednesday. The nil's will (;o
caravan fashion and just before Pen
dleton Is reached the band will h ad
the caravan and Pendleton will lie giv
en a glimpse of the Walla U'alla Ad
vertising Club 100 per cent strong.
It is .planned that hfter the lunch
eon here, Mr. Mackintosh and Mr.
Htiand'iois- will be taken to Walla
Walla, where they will bo guests at a
haniiiet for which r,00 invitations
have been .sent out.
Mr. Mackintosh Is the recognized
head of all the organized advertising
In the world and Is recognized as one
who has an Intimate knowledge of the
business of the entire nation. His
visit to Pendleton and Walla Walla is
looked upon as most fortunate by the
business men of both cities,
IN AII.M)Mi:T
i be Secretary ol Agriculture has
signed an amendment to tint reuula
tioim under the I'nited States drain
Standards Act, reducing the minimum
fee in an appeal or dispute on hulk or
sacked grain In carload lots from $:i to
$2 per car, and establishing a fiat rule
01 r,u cents per 1,01111 bushels on bulk
or sacked grain other than In carload
lots. This latter rate is applicable to
Slain h aded Into vessels. The amend
ment became effective October -D
I '12 I.
J. A. Ford Thinks Railroads
Have Thus Far Not Shown
Reasons for Their Request.
The hearing on Countess application
whereby the railroads seek to give
lower rates to the coast cities than to
,,'1'11'ui!li e rate association, who spoke
I nere recently, is unending tne near
ing and has been making reports to
headquarters In Spokane.
The following messages from Mr.
Ing Is shaping up:
Chicugo, Illinois, Nov. 17.
First day exceedingly satisfactory.
denco to prove proposed rates compen-
salnry. thinner's contest of case very
satisfactory. He will question Hast
ings closely as to operation of trans
continental freight bureau.
"J. A. FORD."
Pleased With ll'nKmw.
"Chicago. Illinois, Nov. 18th.
'We are much pleased with second
day and especially admissions wo got
from Hastings.
"J. A. FOItD."
Kome of the principal, points audi
tioned by Mr. Ford arc ns follows:
'Hiil Mr. Oiambers, vice president
in charge of Traffic, Kanta Fe Ilail
road, to admit that railroad freight
rates were essential in the develop-
ment of a cltv and that th.. rn Itrofiriu
hy their rales endeavored to maintain
what he termed I ho 'balance' of in-
dustiies by fostering them at Chicago
anil similar cities.
"Shortly after this admission had
been pulled out of Chambers, Exami
ner Iiisipie asked: 'If the railroads
find It good business to build rates to
develop an Interior city such as Chi
cago on one end, why would It not be
eiiially good business to so build the
rates as to develop and build up lntnr-
j or cities such as Itenoand Spokane on
I i he other enil ''
"Conditions lira different, replied
Chambers. Heno and Spokane are not
manufacturing centers. They are con
suming centers.
"This developed an Interesting point
that the Intermediate Kate Associa
tion has been looking for, and the rail
roads will he asked to justify their
right to recognize market competition
when they refuse to recognize consum
ing competition which makes market
competition.''
Chiefly With Interior.
"C, O. llergan, traffic manager of
the flpoknno Merchants' Association,
today threw a bomb Into Chambers'
testimony. Chambers testified that
the bulk of the railroad tonnage was
with the terminal points. Hergnn pro
duced the railroad companies' own
exhibit or 1917, showing the bulk of
tonnage with Interior points by over
l.flnn.nno tons. Chambers then with
drew his testimony along that line."
1
JACKSON, Mo., Nov. 21.-
(I. N. S.)
This legal red tape Is aggravating,
Hosea Johnson will tell tho world.
Johnson has a legal wife but Is re-
stralted from going Into his own
home. Mrs. Johnson si.cd for divorce.
Pi lor to a hearing on II ' petition n;U
ing st jiaratlon the com , Issued an in
Miiu t'on restraining Johnson from (,o
in home.
'IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT
BLOWS NOBODY GOOD' IS
prVveV BY W0RKERS
The truth of the old saying,
"It's an ill wklnd that blows no-
body good," was proved today
when it cajiie time to clear the
streets of snow In un effort to
restore traffic.
It was next to an impossibility
to find a Idler on the streets
all day. They were all working.
Wages of from four bits to six
bits an hour were the attraction
that drew men to the streets
and roofs where they labored
with scoop shovels and with
"Murphy No. 2" shovels.
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FALLS
8T0RH
CAUSES
IN
HI
Two Feet of Snow Falls; Covers -Groaning
Buildings, Breaks
Telephone, Telegraph Wires.
BUSINESS FEELS EFFECT "
DUE TO TRAFFIC TIE-UP
School Attendance Cut Down to
About 75 Percent of Normal
According to Reports.
With the luu-omctor at S9.43, n
storm, cither rain or snow, In predict
Hi for tonight by Major life Moor,
bouse, weather observer. The nutvl
mum today is 24, just einht decrees
below ft-cralnu:, while the mercury Inst
night dropped to 16. The drop In
temperature last nteht was acfompa
nied by sleet which continued during
the morning hours.
Many thousands of dollars of dam
age, the total extent of which Is im
possible to form an estimate, has been
incurred In Pendleton and Umatlllu
county as a result of the heaviest No
vember snow storm that has fallen In
this section In the state during the past
2I years. ,
Two feet of snow had fallen and
covered groaning buildings, broke tele
phone and telegraph wires, Impeded
I """""i completely dioc.k-
I "M tr""T ,im1 t'tt";pd the c0la'm
of some roofs when the storm let un
In its fury Sunday night about 10
o'clock.
Today, tho weather man has been
handling out fitful sprays of snow and.,
some sleet, und the promise of the
weather department for the rest of th
day and tonight Is rain and snow.
llnslness Is feeling the effect of the
storm, chiefly due to tho tie-up In traf
fic which has resulted. School attend
ance has been cut down to about 75
per cent of normal according to the
I report of school authorities. Up at
MeHcham. where tho snowfall was two
feet deep .Saturday, several autos were
stalled and motorists were expecting
to ship out by rail, It was Impossible
to get in touch with Meachnm today
because the wires were down. So the
total extent of the fall there Is not
known.
The service of physicians depends
on the physical endurance of the doc
tors themselves because they have
been compelled to answer calls on foot
to a large degree.
The roof of the Clemens and Elbert
enrage and Implement bulldlns on
Knst Court street, nnd the Happy Can
yon pavilion tire two buildings which
have collapsed as a result of the, weight
of snow on their roofs.
Not for 25 years has Pendleton had
such a heavy snow so early In the sea
son, imordlng to the testimony of old
residents. In 1 896, 25 years ago, there
was a two-foot snowfall on November
7. The thermometer sagged to 20 be
low iero nt that time, and thousands
of head of cattle and sheep were froz
en to death.
LOSE TIIF.IR APPEAI-S
WASHINGTON, Nov. SI. (I. N.
John I). Itockefeller and Mrs. Kdith
Male Parkness lost their appenlt to
the I'. H. supreme court. They resist
ed payment of Income taxe on common
Istoek distributions in the oil pipe com-
i pany reorganizations.
Reported by Mnjor Lte Moorhouse,
weather oliserver;V '.' .jv
Maximum, 24.
Minimum, 16.
Uurometer 29.34.
Snowfall two feet.
TODAY'S
FORECAST
Tonight and
Tuesday tain
or snow.
HEAVY LOSS
UMATILLA COUNTY
i
I TIIE WEATHER
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