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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1918)
LA GRAN'OK KVKNIXd OUSK'RVKR FRENCH SCHOOL MA'AM DISLOYAL Sugarless Candy? Surely! Use Corn Syrup R'S C'RE iiHiiMMMMniiti'iii'tiiinniifMMfiniiHi.iiinNHiiimiiiiHiinniiijinnjiinihiiMHr1 !v!iiimii:,iiiiiniMiim.t'niiNiinuw(iuirii u v-. a n ra u Arrest Uncovers a Widespread . : Antimititarist Plot. PREACHES . CLASS HATRED Helens Brlon Found Guilty of 8prtad Ing Antlpatriotlc, Alarmist Propa. ganda Which Had IU Origin in Ger. , man Quarters In Switzerland Masses of Seditious Literature le ' Found In Her Possession. i . - .; v The arrest lit Pantln recently of '., , Helena Ilrlon, primary public si liool teacher, on the charge of Hproarllng paelflst pence ut any price, annrclil.it ; : ; propaganda, him uncovered wl.nl deems to he a much rmnllU'd nntliiillitarlut Plt. writes Milton V. Snyder, Paris .... - correspondent of the New York Suu. , Through tills arrest and others now pending the niithorlties liuve discov ered that despite the reel patriotism of i 00 per cent of the people of France a , ..' leaven of unrest liua been wnrklng -. - anion,?, oddly cuouirli, a small percent- j i ... nK "' ne clnss whose duty It la to . . preach loyalty to the government, the " 1 public school teucliers, . n October 23. 1017, a. m.,' and Mine. Miiyoux, both government In slnictors at Dlxnne, were arrested and . . , found Kullly of xprcnillnx nntluntrlotlc, - alarmist propaganda. They were re- ' inundeil fur further lieuriiiK cither be-1 .; fore the Bordeaux court of appeals or j j . ' befuro a military court-martial. The ' - MuyouxH were found to he In comtnu-! iilcatlun with Helene Brliin, who hud "''." been under police surveillance. Her i . . i room was searched last August anil be- cause of the seditious literature found . i - among her effects she was suspended v. v. from her duties as a teacher. Despite this circumstance she continued to draw her salary. I - Urged 8oldlers to Desert Other documents found were pnm '.' T." rhlets urging soldiers to desert and a v voluminous correspondence with the ' Muyouxs that was really responsible for that couplc'H arrest. There also -. were detailed accounts nnd eulogistic .''; comments on tlio Zlmmerwald and Kienthal pacifist conferences, also vn . rlous subscription lists for the jmipii . gallon of the peace at any price Idea . In Krnnce. i' v At the same time that Helene Brl . ,; "i'8 quarters were ransacked a search was made at the home of two other I'd suspects, both of whom have since ii been arrested: Mine. Dufour, a teacher ! -' 1 at Jolgny, nnd Gustop Motiflnrd, twice "ki wounded nt the front and lately called , '. to duty In a munitions factory. Sedl - . tlous literature was found among their V i . 9fi1k-fc fWintlty of v''fpulVflnertleftciu-tngarclilstlh nntlmilltiirlst texts, preaching class lialred, resistance to military orders, .. .. peace at nny prlco mid the call for : , a general revolution. . ,: All Ibis printed mattoe came from - Lausanne und'Oenevn, where It was published by a committee, created for i tho reopening of International rela tions a committee of which the May ouxs and Helene Ilrlon wore active .members. From letters seized In the ... . quarters of theso paclllsta It was shown that in 1015, acting together, they succeeded In getting their un wholesome, literature into tho hands of u great many soldiers at tho front. A Zealous Propagandist. "" Helene Itrlon was a particularly zealous propagandist In pacifist clr- cles. In all the suburbs north and northeast of Paris at Sitlut Denis, Aubervilllers, l'ro-Halnt-Clervais the lilacs she was known for the violence of her antlputrtotlc sentiments that she never nilsand a chance to express. Tho marvel has been that notwith standing her Ideas and her Incessant activities she was free from pollco In " tnrfereuco und permitted to continue tier insidious campaign for months. Her pet theories were Maltbuslau, defeatist, antlmllltarlst nnd nniirchisl. nnd she was a member of several ' revolutionary groups, treasurer of a i feminist association and to cap the ' climax, government public school J teacher. i llrleno Brlon always dresses In men's f clothes, which arc partly coneenled by n long white workman' blouse. She - nft"1 'vent nly" utrce'f enrrvlnr irindueroir utt imiiirir pnnf a. m her band and under her arm a bundle of posters notices of labor union meetings which sbo used to paste on blank walls. Last winter, during tho coal distribution difficulties, she In- cited the workwomen of her Quarter to revolution. On August 1, 1011, alio was heard to exclaim In the courtyard of her school ; .' "I'd like to set Are to tho ministry of war!" 1 She spent the first Sunday, Monday nnd Tuesdny of inoblllxntloa In I'arls ami canto back to Pantln, tleehirlnii: "1 wonder I wasn't arrested I I eery tnlnly didn't hesitate to t limit In the street what I thought of the govern ment 1" Her antlmllltarlst speeches ' vero legion. She knew Almerevda well, be ing In business relations with him, and the Ilotmet Rouge olllce was her fav orite stamping ground. Attended Anarchist Rallies, Known In labor circles, aha often spoke at their meetings just as sbo often utti iided anarchist gatherings In Parts, In December, 1BV1, taking ad vantage of the four days Christmas holidays, she went to England, where lit that time tho suffragettes were In (heir heyday. Helene Itrlon could not resist this wonderful chance to preach destruction, and In company with Mtas Piinkhuant she smashed a tow win dows and destroyed a street lump or two. Instead of four days hollduy sho took n fortnight find on her return sliowed a doctor's certllkatu as on ex-. HWHi : I CLEARANCE SALE lt f4faA$ ult Swim I I, ill FiHr fal i Saying tvhoat to -sugar, doesn't mean wiion! to cundyl It Is delicious. t Bugarless Candy Contest. 'J'hey I Not In Chicago, at any rate, and This picture shows three children ' havo no natent on their idsi nnd n few other places besides. v. .'and two adults, engaged In teasing; a0 " .p , " , lr laea' For sugrirless candy Is nil, of tho Kulser Wllbolrn II by making peu-f anyone at all is at liberty to conduct rage. Sugarless candy? Certainly. nut brittle without sugar, jimtcad.a llko ' competition. No scenery,' .Neither Is tbero anything corn syrup is being used. It Jsa '.nnd only ono "property" needed, hideously and horribly wrong about porfoct substitute for. augarn this Somebody must offer a prizo for Uio sugarless candy, which, nfter all is case. best sugarless candy recipe. A1 childish, way of Insinuating 'that.' The Women's Council of National 4wholo army of self confessed candy I such a composition I would it boa Defense out in Chicago Is haviog "experts will spring up llko-mogio' paradox. AU-.'.t4.fc4AA&&Osiost tllunilpatiug undiSplrltediand try for the prize.' "j - - cuse for hirproloni:e5 absence. With the beginning of Din war her activities took a decidedly serious turn. When nt tho end of August, 1DM, the Hermann were marching on I'arls Helene Ilrlon set out on her bi cycle und succeeded In reaching tho battle line. Thanks to certain military passes, whlclv she proudly exhibited on her return, she wus allowed to get to the French lines ut Kpernuy. About this same time she also tried to go to the Alsne region, where tho Ger mans then were, saying she was on her way to visit her mint. Arrested by a brigadier gendarme, she was In stantly obliged to turn buck. Helene Ilrlon also had been to Rus sia, where she frequented anarchist circles. At the public school whore she lived she received n heavy mtitl. Several curious tilings were discov ered regarding this correspondence; for Instance, that some of her letters canio from the German prisoners' camp l,t .Saint Martin de lte. SPIRAL PUTTEES IS LATEST FAD OF WOMEN i ,r ., ii m-i-iiif f inv nun aunt ft boys who vinr tho spiral puttt'os, tho 1 pirN who nhvnys hoop sovoral lnp- j nluml of fit sh Inn nro nmv wo:irtiii thotn ( to. Tin f ml wii st n rt oil by MUm ' HoJon Maxwell, who rooontly iippoiirvil hi n Now York hotol wltti h i;s lurnsnl In spiral puttoos. Tlioy oattsotl ipiho n stir in iho huiol oorrldurM nml un thuiMoiIly many will suoii ho follow In;: her h'aih Whoti ipiosttonod nhout tho spirals Mts Mnxwotl M:ito0: "1 holli-vo clrN will ho imu h ninr" attraotivo woarln uplral nmiot'S. Thoy aro nioro nttrao-1 tlvo thnn splits anil l;oop ono's Ion warm, nln nllowln stmrtor ilrossos, nnd nt tho unitio tlmo jtlvlnc u military 'effwt that in so muoh houk'IiI those Read The Ohaervcr Classified mis IT! if 1 ""i o .v " - 4,-. Suffnrlcss candy Isn't paradoxlcuT. REFUGEES IN PARIS SHOW FINE SPIRIT Help Themselves and Each Other ; Without Deponding Upon ' ' Charity to Any Degree. Paris finds Itself pretty well crowd ed by the refugees from the North, especially the repatriated French from Alsace-Lorraine. Living Is high In Paris nt best, and conditions would be Intolerable from the quantities of these unfortunates who continue to Hock Into the city. If they were all as helpless and needy as one would ex pect them to be. But such is the Hue spirit In France now that even those who have had to flee from home and belongings are setting about to help ineniseives anil eacn ouier iinoui ue - pending on charity tiny luoro. Hutu ab solutely necessary. Tho foreign news service of the woman's committee reports the exist ence of several co-operative kitchens In Purls, run entirely by refugees, where living expenses are reduced to ii minimum by co-operative buying, uianagement, etc. These kitchens are so run that ono may either eat I here, at the icstaurunt, or take Uie cooked food home. At one of these kitchens, nt 87 Itue d'lluiitovlllo, a meeting of French and Belgians was held recently to consider the subject of lodgings, which Is a very serious one. The majority r.f the refugees are women, and they give the most practical and meticulous care to these problems, and are very system atic about providing for themselves so Unit they will not be n burden upon the city to which they have (led. ENLIGHTENED GERMANY Soldiers Think They Aro Fighting I Against Napoleon, i PeclarltiK that the ordinary Prussian Mildicr Is educationally unlit lor th-itio-erallc (loveninienf, I'mf. L'lrieli Kalir I stedt contributes to the Amsterdam j Kreut iicltuna an article on his studies of tho meutailly of Tcutuu troops ut i lie front "I have for months Interrogated sol diers on nil four fronts," he says, "and have found that among the Khluelsnd- ers, ltuvsrlans ami Mictions 10 per cut of the men do not even know the 'orrect title of the Uerinan emperor. In tho summer of 11H5, 0 per cent of r-ma.'iH nr w Tilt UNtTro sTA-rrs FOOD ADMIN'IS I RATION ayi EAT MORE CORN 1 mm m tWIn i J 1 " . A 1 ' ' . tJ. 0. Food Aainlntau-atlou. men did not. know what powers i at war, while to this day fl per .i are Ignorant of the fact that wo .. ; at war with Japan. "In practically every regiment I have found noncommissioned ollicers who thought we were lighting iigulnst the French. Jimpei'or, N.ipoleoa. . Klxty per cenl of our men do not know the nauio of llielr chief of stuff, and -10 per cent tire unable to answer the question whether tile Carpathians lie on our eastern or western front." HONOR FORBIDS By ROBERT ADGER BOWEN, of The Vigilantes. Honor forbids that we may longer be The friends of thoso wiio uphold Ger many. Hetwoen the man who'd keep bis mun- huf.d clean And lilm who champions nil that's vilo nml mean chasm brtdgpless no the i sou. M:iy we forget the scarlet tnfnmy? The dastard rii-tMls that meet with Jubi lee? The foul excesFes which no lies may screen? Honor forbids! Our Pountry calls. And answering her decree Youth bright with promise puts Its life In fee. Nor may there nny louder He between Our eotlls ami Herman arroKanro se rene Tho soniblnnee nf a manly sympathy. Honor foruiils! ALL OF FAMILY SERVE Father, Two Sons and Daughter Are Over Seas. The family of Willlnm Tlreett of Xeiiimnee. Mich., probably can bnfst of beitii: the only entire family In the 1'nited States In the service of th. ra tion. All members. incfudliiK the father, two son and it danf;h!er, are new over seas in Ibe service of Uncle Saul. WU Hani rhiu'ntt. the father, bcini; an ex pert rallresd man. is now In France with tlte ral'rond corps. His youngest sia, j.Ju,',! ::. r-'uhlrs and as o:ic of the tlrst an n to set foot on French soil. The daughter itun joined the Amerl can hospital service nnd Is over In France now with the unit endowed by Miss Hill, daughter of the lute James J. Hill. The oilier sen jopied the National (luiird and litis reached France as a part of the llaiubow division. It pays to advertise. v v f, Now is your opportunity to furnish your home or buy any piece of furniture or rugs you may want for your home and pay for it as you use it. 90 of all furniture is sold on the payment plan, but not at cash prices as they are at Carr's Credit Clear ance Sale. Many peopic are taking advantage of this sale; why not you? rr furniture tompany Furniture Sold on Easy Payments From Cur Exchanges .'iliS. H i:UY DOWNS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Henry Downs died in Lostine Saturday morning;, Jnnuarv 19. after : cn illness of nomv mnniK, n, : m.i ume n;rs. nowns was ill she had j two operations performed without avail. Mrs. Downs was buried at the Lostine cemetery Monday afternoon, and liev. Atkins conducted the serv ices. j .Mrs. Downs was born in Putnam j county, Missouri, March 14, 1880, and , removed from there two years later to j Lostine where sho has resided since j that time. She was united in marri- ! age to Henry Downs May 9, 1909, and i to this union three children were born, j of which two survive. Had Mrs. ! Downs lived until this coming March, ; she would have been 32 years old. Desidcs her husband and children, Mrs. Downs leaves to mourn her loss. three brothers, one' sister and her mother: Carl Ward of Pollock, Mo.; Lot ward of Unionville, Mo.; Ober Ward of Marr Flat; Mrs. Arthur Hulse of Lostine, and her mother, Mrs. Ward, of Lostine. Enterprise Itecortl Chieftain. CHARLES E. LEWIS DIES Charles E. Lewis, the oldest man in Enterprise and one of the pioneers of Wallowa county, died Sunday morn ing, January 20, at his home. He had not been strong for many months, but remained active and in the best of spirits until taken with his last illness. Thursday evening he was feeling unusually well. During that night he was taken with spasms and became unconscious, never making any recov ery. The funeral was held Monday after noon at the home and was conducted by Rev. F. R. Sibley of the Methodist hurch. Burial was in the Enterprise cemetery. Stores nnd business houses closed dining the funeral out of re spect for Mr. Lewis. Enterprise Rec ord Chieftain. 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