La Grande evening observer., January 31, 1919, Image 1

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VOLUME xvin
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY'31, 1919.
EIGHT PAGES
Seattle in Throes of
Labor Troubles-Reds
Claim Machine Guns
Are Being Installed
Strike Vote Continues to Pile Up and Labor Leaders See
No Hope of Averting a General Tie-up of all Industry
on the Sound Wireless Operators Strike and All Ca-
v nadian Vessels Will Be Idle. ,
' SEATTLE, Jan. 31. Labor leaders
claim as time progresses that there
is little chance of avoiding the general
strike which has been threatened Since
( "the shipworkcrs walked out a week
ago. As the votes of the different
unions arc taken up it is claimed the
majority favorable to a general strike
piles up.
' There is a rumor, said to be started
by the "Reds," that machine guns have
been placed in different buildings ir.
the down-town business district.
preparation for any. mergency that;' scuemeni 01 moor
may arise.' I boats can again operatte.
U. S. DELEGATES WILL HOLD
ATT1TUDEJF CONCILIATION
PARIS, Jan. 31. Discussion at thcitho right to receive protection against
tienrn conference todav centered about I exploitation. The Italian, the French
the"acceptance of the principle of the
internationalization of the German
isdiction of an administration best
ftttrtA- in nilminiDfAi- tVin irnvprnmpIlL
The next great question to create
; trouble and discussion will include the
:, Italian clajms on ' the Adriatic, the
, French claims on German territory,
and the entire Balkan line-up.
(President Wilson is standing for an
administration under the .League of
Nations which will assure to the in-
TOUCH OF HIGH LIFE PREPARED
FOR TYROS TONIGHT
Initiating Ceremonies by Khalcd Tem
ple No. 170 Dramatic Order
Knights Ithorassan.
Sands are hot, and the brigands are
aicrt, for the stellar initiation tonight
of a considerable class of tyros into
the Dramatic Order Knights of Khor
assan. These mystcrioui Knights of
Sunshine have a lot of new stage set
tings which are to be tried out to
night in an effort to make more gor
geous" than ever the appurtenances to
me uivan. oevvrai new jt Mpci
in the personnel of the initiating team
and all in all, strenuous preparation is
being made for two trips soon to lie
undertaken by Khaled Temple No. 170.
The pro'vedors of camel's milk
' and tiger steak, and marauder of the
IM
mYSTERY
stalks ro
and wastes conduct the ceremon al fisral year to prov do for the orKa-
bqi tonight, then ko to Haines rebru.lnlzatlon.of a 8landlnB army Of 600, -
ary 5th, where thirty-five tyros await ; 000 men. aa .sugfeated by Secretary
conauciion over me siorirmng was
. . i . .
on February 21st there is to be a
:-l ).,.- U fc,rti, Dnn
Pokies, antl n Saturday evening, Feb-;
ruary 22nd, the divan will journey tt
Vale, where a large class is to te in':t-
iatWd. f'Aruary promises mucji en-i
Joyment for tht sunshine branch of
Pvtfiianism.
A larg attendance of Duties is
pee ted tonigm.
frarns Conference to
Watch Germany Closely
9 PAilS. Am. 31. The French
nrci mwnlordaV warned the noace
conference to watch
develOiiuenU
In Germacy closely &nd cites
a re-
sut of recent Ir.Odents in Germany
"showing the grow'h and in'Oas -
ing strength ot the militarists.'
Commenting upon the Pijsb slt -
O O -
fco o
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 31Trac
tically all Canadian vessels will he
idle as soon as they enter port be
cause of the strike of the wireless op
erators, which goes into effect at once
and is to be enforced on all ships as
fast as they anchor. The Grand Trunk
Pacific Steamship company's ships are
the only ones not included, for on these
boats the contract with operators com
bines the position of freight clerk.
This will affect all Alaska travel and
it is expected that the northern coun-
! try will be nearly isolated until there
and the Balkan claims are the same
as those concerning the German Pa
cific islands. ,
Progress has been made far better
than appears on the surface, in the
settlement of these questions.
The Italian insiJ.tnce that the pact
of London be respected in every de
tail has been hit hard by the abroga
tion by Japan of the secret treaty with
England regarding the islands of the
North Pacific. The president thus es
timates that the abrogation of all se
cret treaties made since the war be
gan is considered certain. .
The American attitude in the dis
cussion of these questions is expected
to be of a conciliatory nature.
Japan has agreed to relinquish her
claims of the north Pacific islands a.id
the province of Shantung, but insists
that her rights under the mandatory
preference plan of the League of Na
tions be recognized.
President Wilson has expressed his
willingness to this, inasmuch as the
league is to retain complete control of
representation at the sessions, it is
stated.
MIMTAItY AFFAIItS CO.MMITTKB:
AII'IIOVK APPItOritlATlOX
.,. Ih.1))rt sanctioning liakcr's
.St-licme for Army of 500,000,
as Temporary Force.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. An 'ap
propriation for the array for the next
iiaxer, wn oo reconnnea uy 1110
i . ,
House .Mi tary Affairs committee, Jt
( 1 ,,-,. n?n Tl.lo will In.
volve a. tentative but not a pernia-J
nent plan for a standing army.
. .
COPKNHAGKN, J;tn. 30. A Rus-
sli hospital chip, loaded with armed
Nubians irom mo western rront,
Hu"-'ians
ex-isailed (rt Copenhagen yesterday
.for Reval. ..
illation the Homme Libre says "there
' noining in me way oi me aaop-
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uanym tn r.m-ii piiihVv nd ic.
n PaderewsMB? and Englandehaa
rt - ndOtahcn to transport General
Wallers
FAVORS PLAN
STANDING ARMY
gVr from France to Po- asylum MAy and helped them beat .might rule have ij'.en wiped out of hi
nothifffi."' O ' ' O 'off attaclu of the police. torj tegally father idad."
Omd, tor
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4. SAYS 1HIAYKK USELESS 4.
SPOKANE, Jan. 31. "I -J.
J have come to the conclusion
J- that it is useless for a handful
of pious souls to gather once f
I a week and pray. I propose to
-J- drop the Wednesday evening -J-
J- prayer meetings and devote the -J-I-
time to problems confronting -J-j.
mankind," said the Rev. T. H. .J.
J- Harper, pastor of a Congrega-J-
tionalist church hore today -in -J-
announcing his t plan to aban
4s don the time honored custom -J-
J- of holding midweek prayer
J- meotlngs. He would use wed-J-
nesday evenings for the discus- -J-J-
sion of social and labor prob
J lems.
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Stevenson, 'Pacifist
Hunter, Denounced by
Baker, Thows Up Job
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Archibald
Stevenson, who submitted a list of
Pacifists" to the Benate cpmjiilttee
during Its investigation of Gorman
propaganda and who later was de
nounced by Secretary of War Baker,
has resigned from the military In
telligence bureau here, it was an
nounced by bureau officials yester
day.
'Mr. Stevenson had an office near
ours, said the bureau orncials, ' and
often brought clippings from the
newspapers which he called to the at
tention of the bureau. Ho was nev
er under military authority.. ..Yes
terday tie voluntarily reslg
DEATH CLAIMS
LAST CURTAIN ROLLS DOWN ON
VETERAN ACTOR.
'.Much Married" Man Passed Away
Practically on Eve of Marry
ing the Sixth Time.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Nat. Good
win, the famous veteran actor, died
here today. He passed away at the
Hotel Claridge, having returned ill a
few days ago from Philadelphia, where
he had been appearing m the play,
"Why Marry." His illness had been
but -of a short duration.
Goodwin was known the nation over
an actor, and had the reputation-;
y, - "
Kamn nnA nf tYta mnct mumpI nrnm-
inent men of America. His engage
ment to a young California actress
had recently been announced and had
death not intervened he would soon
have embarked upon his sixth matri
monial venture.
'LUXURY TAXES
WILL BE LEFT IN
1. It irf
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3
understood that an agreement haa
tho war ,,even6
1 J, atlan ,,, fltlind wrlu,.n,
I underatindini? that both
, ... . . -ie.
i houses will later pass a joint reso-
l , Mni-thm. '
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GERMAN SOLDIERS .
FIGHT EACH OTHER
AMSTERDAM, Jan.
11. Three
.vu. ,, i,ii!,i
accord-
GOQDWN
in(J t0 dj,pat,.h,.s received here today,
i a fight at I.ichterfeld between vol-
.tmf-.r were on their wSv to
.fight the Poles and troops who w're
returning from the battlegrouias who!
trad to turrpbnek tjac volunteers? Ht
t . i- .L .1 i ii a I.
stated that the volureers proceed
on their journey.
& .
RlSH LUMATIG6
ie
SUPP0RTJ5TRIKERS
Ti A "
BELFAST, Jan. ti. Mmlo' n, arm-
81 with d'n Oars, joinSl thigstrikinglin Gcrmcnygagain,"
attendants at9 th Monavhan natic The circumstances
NAMES OF
IB
COMMITTEE IN MEAT PROBE TO
ASK AUTHORITY FOR STATE
MENTS DEMONSTRATED.
EXAMINATION OF WILSON '
CUT SHORT, BY DEMAND
Massachusetts Kepi esont alive De
mands That Federal Trade Commis
sion Be Made to Lay Its Card on
the Table Decker 1 Responsible for
Requests for Nnmtfa of Witnesses.
nVASIIINGTON, Bun. 31. After
hearing testimony from four of the
five bip; meat packurs, all of whom
categorically denied tcharges of the
federal trade commission . that tho
packers were com billed to fix prices.
the houso interstate commerce com
mittee yesterday afternoon tentative
ly decided "to call upon the commission
for the numes of the witnesses upon
whom its statements were based. Up
tj the present time ttje names of these
witnesses have nut been disclosed.
The cross examination of Thomas
E. Wilson, fourth of; the packers to
take the stand, was tut short by iho
heated demand of both Republicans
and Democrats that the commission's
informants bo called before thecom
mittec to substantiate their charge
against the packers. I
Demand that congress ''touch on
these anonymous charges that the
puckers are guilty of crime" was made
by Representative Decker Dem., of
Missouri,-who fornvJly presented a
motion., that the fedwiV -trade commis
sion disclose, the nnnvjs of its wit
nesses. Lengthy and animated discus
sion followed.
Examination of Mr. Wilson had
been in progress on more or less stere
otyped linos during tho forenoon and
little had developed other (than reiter
ated denials that his concern had en
tered into any agreement with other
packers to fix prices, but on the con
trary was in competition with them
Representative Winslow of Massa
chusetts interrupted to call attention
to the fact that all of the packers thus
far heard have "persistently denied
that any combination exists" and he
asked if.it would be pertinent also to
to hear witnesses upon whose sworn
statements the charges against the
packers were made by the trade com
mission.
"If what the federal trade commis
sion's witnesses say is true, then Mr,
Wilson's statements and all the pack
ers called before this committee are
branded as untrue."
Winalow said: "I think that it is
time for us to go further into these
anonymous allegations." Several mem
hers of the committee jumped to their
feet at once and insisted that the
charges, should be probed to the bot
tom. There was unanimous expres'
sion . also that irrcvelnnt mutters
i '
tl- mm mil (.' urr.r-L
Representative
Decker exclaimed: "Oct the federal
trade commission in here and compel
it to lay its cards on the table. We
will be made tho laughing stock of
the country if we fail. in this duty. I
insist that the people of the country
nen Ant i (n is ni-.iu wtinf kn li . . .
charges, made by unidentified peinons.
"re truc anl if tncy are whether or
not they should be referred to the d
part ment of justice,"
EX
IS ,
A DEAD ONE
SPEECH OF "WILLIAM'S SON
HOl.SDA! (JV'OTED.
- pfl&o Kitel Fnderi.k Mays f!eriany
... x,v if.,. Anrt1,r,ifc. .
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on the 'I hrone.
-
Iii.i. 7i.-,
manv. u a jiiri ,Wn lean v. it was
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said by hU son Ifin.e E,t.l Frederick,
i P flV '
arrotCilaW
"You will nCt r see a kaiser ruling
the prince said.
under, which he
MISER
Big Naval Appropriation
Bill Reported Favorably
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The
House Naval Affairs committee to
day reported favorable on an appro
priation of a sum, of $750,000,000
for development and expansion of the
United States navy during the next
fiscal year. This Is regardod as a
victory for Secretary of Navy Dan
iels' three year building program.
Included In the appropriation is an
Ituiu of $4169, 000, 000'for tho con-
1'OLLOCK OF SOUTH CAROLINA
TAKES HI FIGHT.
Warns Colleagues of Impending Dan
gers and Urges Har
mony. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 A forvld
plea for support of the league of na
tions plan in the senate and a bitter
attack on its opponents were coupled
in the first speech of Senator Pollock
of South Carolina in the senate Wed
nesday afternoon.
"I warn the gentlemen in this body
that this is no ordinary political ques
tion," he declared. "I warn the gen
tlemen that the American peoplo will
not look with favor upon any man
who would play politics in the people b
blood. I do not question the motives
that actuate those who opposed the ad
vanced thought of the ages, but the
American pepple, the people of the
world, the "god of the universe will
hold them responsible if they place
obstacles and obstructions in the way
of saving the world from a repetition
of the anguish of the past four years."
Pollock prescribed himself us a man
ftfresh from contact with the plain
people of America" and one qunlificd
to tell the senate what these people
are thinking. The universal demand
not only in this country, butthrough
out the world, is for a covcivtnt of
nations that will guarantee' thnt there
shall be no more wars, he said. He
expressed "sorrow and disappointment
at the utterance of some of th dis
tinguished members of the senate."
Calling the principal opponents of
the league by name: Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts; Senator Knox of Penn
sylvania; Senator Reed of Missouri,
and Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator
Pollock said: '
4As" I have, noted these first two
gentlemen advocating procrastination
and the others not only advocating pro
crastination but -declaring - that a
league of nations for tho preserva
tion of peace, cannot and should not
be adopted, I wonder why, in this su
preme hour of the world th Wonder
ful endowments of these gentlemen
could not be used for construction
rather than for destruction; why they
do not use their great powers to build
rather than to tear down; why thr do
not aid, rather than criticize. They
have an opportunity this whole body
hns an opportunity that was never
afforded before to hasten the coming
of the Kingdom of God on earth."
DEMPSEY READY
FOR WILLARD
KEiVKNS ANNOUNCES PROTEGE
IS ANXIOUS FOR BATTLE
Says He Will Tafce on French Cham
pion and Wlllard on Succeaaive
NiKhta. '
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Tex Rick-
SENATORS
HEATED SESSION
,Tjard can'sign up Jack iiempvT in ont': -y it O M
IS ifinhe .::rS;" Killed, Several Missing.
Kearns, Dempscy s manager yesterday.
"Wetrwreoready to sif'ai up on a mo-
.ment'snotice,"0 said i.earns. rI tofd j
Kukmrn that he cOTt us ay
iT.J Uf ...T . ....
Itime afUr he tiid Willard uf lo a con-
'ftract. Thcre w be no unreasonable
demands fro this end, believe me.
xt k.ii(6t,.
. . ....
i to box Ceorirea CarDerTtier and take
! WUrd th)next night if & win,hcver,a employes oyhe hree hun.lredN'yack public school, Ad noY Or
and 1 nave no doullt alwut Llemi.Wy
against either of flier"
.
THE WEATHER
Jan. 31. iiir toy'ht and Saturday-
atructlon of ten capital ship and
ten scout crut&ors.
WASHINGTON, , Jan. 31. "iiu
matter what tho poace conference
doear nothing tit Is congress can do
will be up to our naval require
ments," Admiral Mayo declared.
Thore never 'waa a time whon It was
so necessary for the United States to
bo thoroughly prepared."
"With the shifting of the groat
financial centers from Europe, to
America and with jealousies about
to come, and with tho fact that Eur
ope Is now war woary and not likoly
to quoation what we do, I think now
is the time to expand our navy."
'Later some foreign nation may
inquire why the expanslion is taking
place." It was then he said that the
louKue of nations Is getting down to
sowing circle." Mayo inslstod
that the United Stated must be pro
vided with a navy, Bueond to none,
If alio la to properly protect her
shores and hor lntarosts at homo and
abroad. Admiral Mayo suggested that
the committee was apt to look upon
recommendations of navl offlcors for
a large navy as Influenced by their
doslro for promotion for themsolvos
and their friends In the. sorvlco. He
declared ho wus "entirely disinter
ested In urging a larger navy" as he
wouiu very soon go on me sneit.
The American' navy he Bald, "waa
not rondy for war whentho declar
ation against Gormany camo." Tho
ships were nt penro complement la;
reHpect to tnon, and had to be ox- tlon made yesterday by a commitee
punded to moot war demands. Many j of grain men, mainbora of tho Chlca
trnlnod offlcors and men had to bo go board of trade, headed by Jos,
withdrawn from tho combat units for i Orlffln, former presldont of the
training tho Increasod personnel,
Tho navy he declared owed a tre-1
mandous dobt to Great Brltlun for ward opening trading In wheat fu
holdlng Gorman navy In chock during I turos. Tho committeo was ynanl-
this period ol omergoncy. Admtrul
Mayo said that the nuvy had ut pres
ent enough destroyors and subma
rines for its requlroments.
01 MBA!
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CLASS OF BAUY ELKS REGALED
WITH MUSIC
New Organization Is Making Rapid
Progress and Will Give Con . '
cert at Early Date.
Off iccrs and members of the O.-W.
R. & N. employes' bund serenaded the
Elks last midnight with a snappy lit
tle program that camo ns a delightful
climax to the initiation of a large
class into the Elks' lodgo here. Elks
were out in big numbers and when
the horns were well sprouted on the
hig cluss, tho musicians appeared on
the scene from their practice session.
The band men' were ushered into the
lodge room ut the close of Initiation,
and played several splendid selections
and then wcro seated at refreshment
tables. It was a big stunt ull around.
The band under the leadership of Di
rector Caldwell is making unusual
progress. There are nearly forty in
the bund and jt heenmo apparent that
the musicians are justified in announc
ing a concert for an early date. Man
ager Ridenaur has worked like a Tro
jan to get the organization under way.
and in spite of the flu handicap, -is
making excellent progre.is. Mr. Aus
tin, -a veteran musician, Is tutoring
several of the players.
The trcncrul annroval of the band'
iitfility was shown in the loud Bpplauve
GERMANY NOT .TOlPAY
FULL COST OF WAR
i.wi-tiV'r, dan. i. -ah quesiign oi i
forcing 0 -'rmaiiy to pay the full cosl
of the war has been eliminated by the
peace conference," writes Sir John
rontcr-1'raser to the Evening Standard
Iffom Paris. '"Reparation only will be
(iemandl,',with a Bhurp distinction be-
I tweeb k-itimiitn And wnntdn (luref-
'lures." . i
SERENAD
In Dye Plant Explosion
"YA'0'K,0?-.'. 7(JJan. St.o-One pcr-
onis known to'1iav(k,becn killciPalid
la jmbcr injured by a sejious cxplo-
8 fjn e plant of the American na-
Iltm ld..LmhuK'l hl.nl ham ..,lu.
---r j - v......
m "hihiwk iru nmevroni niiuunu rumynnya ULunti
S( the v)ljsion yo nWisiyr and itisas rocked by the force of the cSplo-
cd theirjlead bodies wilP.B found.
TlM first D.O.xit.n ne-urre.I iOlln.!
muring room, which was In theOtir.losCQ the comjiany O.iTtAiTOO.OUOii.,
O O O O
SftT FLOUR f
WON'T DROP
THIS YEAR
C1IICAGO GHAIX MEN CLAIM
GUARANTEED VIUCM OP
WHEAT WILL HOLD.
I
WANT TRADING IN WHEAT V
FUTURES TO BE RE-OPENED
Oilier Commodities May Drop in
Prlco, But Flour Will Slay up, It
la Considered Certain Opposition
Develops for Hill Now rending to
Make Appropriation
CHICAGO, Jan. 31. While but
tor, eggB, potatoes and olhor comma
dltlos, which have already taken it
doclded drop In prlco, wlU coiiUnua
to drop, the price of flour will not
come down. This was tho predlc-
board, as they prepared to loave for
Washington to do what thoy can to-
mous In declaring that his govern
ment guarantood a prlco of $2.26
bushel tor whout would hold.
Julius Barnes, president of ' the
Food Administration Grain Corpor
ation, and who recently returned
from a trip abroad with Horbort
Hoover, declared that world buyers
are coming to tho United Stntos for
wheat and flour, "because bur price
Is nioro attractive, because of ocean
transportation and other conditions,
than the lbwor ratos In Argontlne '
nnd Australia."
Chlcngo and wostern grain men
gonornlly oppose tho bill now before
congress, wbich calls tor an appro
priation of $1,260,000,000 to guar
antee the $2.26 minimum wheat "
price to growors, It was polnlod out.
Thoy believe the farmers would
sell at the market price, and collect
from government agonclos the dif
ference between tho guaranteed
price and what bo rocolved for his
grain.
HALF OF BUILDINGS AT ROCK
AWAY BEACH BURNED.
High Wind and Insufficient Water
Treasure Allowed Flames to
Spread Rapidly.
ROCKAWAY BEACH, L. I., Jan.
'11. Ten of the twenty buildings of
the United States naval air station ut
tills place wero destroyed early today
by a fire of mysterious origin. Calls'
for help were Bent out broadcast and
the fire departments of ull nearby
towns responded and helped subdue .
the flumes.
With the flames fanned by a high
wind, the firemen, aided by sailors,
were for a long time unable to gct
the fire under control, until finally
the breeze shifted offshore. Due M
the low water pressure in the mai)
J here it was found, necessary to run a
hose and bring water from Bell lis'
jbor, on the island
As far as can he ascertain! fropi
reports to hnnd there we're at ma
chines ltiKt in tho fire and no person
are known to hnvp liseg injnrM.
"f fhe five-story buil ijTig occupily
tli cojjij.anj; and it lr0thoughLtfiit,,it
was caused by tif igrQion of
t tUlV'S.
Th eastern w.. . of the building was
blownout ttiloanes of g!urain all
t.. L.'ll:.. ' , . a. T
mar-uy ounngs weiw anaiuw u. l no
MS 8? tho 1:100 hildren
!whu5ic
iSiPit
were injuretl.
If i xOnlpil thfi' oO,,-l.rO,ertV
FIRE DESTROYS
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