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LA GRANDE. OREGON, SUNDAY. APRIL 6. 1919.
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THE STREETS
SOLDIERS ANB SAILORS' MUTUAL
AID SOCIETY ATTKMITS TO
HOLD TAG SALE
FIFTY-SEVEN ARRESTS
MADE BY THE POLICE
A Number of .Returned Soldiers Parti
cipated but Later They Were Scarce
ly in Evidence Fomenters of
Strike Activities Are .Most Conspic
uous Element on Streets.
(By Associated Pr.uss to TJie Observer)
TACOMA, Wash., April 5. Fifty-
seven arrests weie made by the police
today in rioting that took place when
half u hundred men ot the boluiers
and Sailors' Mutual Aid society at
tempted to hold a tug sale on the
streets of the city, in the laco ot
notice edict forbidding: the sale.
Thousands of shipyard . workers
thronged the street corners and hin
dered the police who were attempting
to make the arrest.-, and blocked the
traffic. It is estimated that nearly
three thousand people gathered at one
street intersection, where most of the
arrests were made.
W. T. ("Sandy") Morris, a promi-'
ncnt figure in strike activities, and
his wife were among those arrested
Morris is charged with inciting riots
and is held under $1000 bail. Mrs
Morris is charged with peddling -without
a license and was released on pay
ment of $500 bail.
Forty-three men and wynen were
arrested by the police for selling tags,
one for peddling and five men for dis
orderly conduct. jOnc is being held
for investigation and eight are charged
with inciting a riot. These eight are
considered to be the ringleaders of
the affair and are held in lieu of $1000
bail each.
The police made two raids on the
Soldiers' and Sailors' club room, where
Ihey arrested the men thought to bo
the ringleaders and confiscated hun
dreds of tags which were "on sale.
Returned Soldiers Participate
It is reported that about half the
participants appeared to be returned
soldiers, but as the street walkers
and shipyard workers joined the crowd
the number of soldiers decreased.
In nn impromptu parade held in the
downtown district tonight hardly a
uniform was to be seen. One crowd of
five hundred men marched defiantly
past the police station tonight, with
one man at the heijd carrying ar,
American flag, nnd behind him an im
mense flag upheld by the four corners,
by a score of marchers, and a sign, "If
we can't sell tags; throw your monc-;
in here' invited spectators to toss
coins upon the blanket of the Stars
and stripes. Apparently nut T-evr
availed themselves of the opportunity
SPOKANE MAN
IS SUSPECTED
JOHN L. METCAI.F ACCUSED Ol
.CRIMINAL SYNDICALISM
' Was Formerly Prominent in Politu-i
and( a Delegate to Republican
National Convejition.
. .
CUr A. jeitit'ed Pres to The Observer
SPOKANE, April 5. John I,. Jet-j
calf, delegate to the Republican r.a
tiona! convention at St. Louis in ISO'.!,
who nominated Mclvinley for presi
dent, .and also ex-county auditor nndf
erf-representative In t "state leg is-!
lature from' Stephens county, was r-
rested heie tonight chartf! with crim-J
inHle syndicalism under a local ordi-!
nance. He is being hld in jail under
default of payment of$r.00 b md. j
MeicaTs amsV followed nttat f
Henry Wuks of Portland, alk?4
- ... , ,
ganizer cf a 'soviet' wtterned afuT
.
rhat of Russ-a., It-is alleg that
Wcctitij8 of I. W. W. and other iwli-
cal. Wk-ks hs been advocatir,g fa-
loyal action ad dWnMndirt tlm v -
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lla ofpoi.tK-al pruoners."-
tt cks is aisaid to have been
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worKin? i or a ncri.T striKe W.y t.-ruld s.pport-aucb a bill and demand--to
co!je until all atv.!itira0prson- M trU president Wihr iufi ft.rrner
ets have bee-! re!ca&WJ-) He , said Presid nt Xaft trvm thir annrnv
to he from Portly
(Atetcalf, v.hen a
i:tefl. rathe nnlire
ay, was carrying a suit case comin-j
aing anarchistic and socialistic liter
GERMAN
LOSS
ASTOUNDING
NEARLY FOUR AND A HALF JlIL-
LION SOLDIERS
This Is Out of a Total of 10.178,000
Who Actually Fought a.t
the Front.
(Cy Asociiited Press to The Observer)
BERLIN, Tuesday; April 1 The ex
tent of Prussia s hutfe losses of offi
cers and menduring the war was in
dicated today by a staff offrcer who
visited the office of the Lokal .An-
zeiger. lie submits figures showing
that 32,454 officers were killed.
wounded and missing, out of a total
of 84,350, and that more than 4,330,000
soldiers were killed, wounded and
missing, out of a total of 10,178,000
who actually fought at the front. He
pointed out that these figures belie
the story sometimes heard that Prus
sian officers would not attack with
their men, and asserts that their
losses were heavy during the first
two years, but less in the last half of
the war because the officers had to be
saved for general staff work.
The figures show how little Ger
many counted on a long war, lor tne
Prussian mobilization contemplated
only 3,700,000 soldiers, to which ap
proximately 0,500,000 had to be added.
Germany started the war with 19.82H
Prussian officers, and drewt 14,54
more into the service.
FOCH REJECTS COUNTER PROP
OSITION OF ERZBERGER.
German Commissioner Informed That
Changes in Original Armistice
Lies 'With Peace Treaty.
(By Associated Preiojrbo Qtyfrver)
PAKIS," Api-n 5,. Marshal Foch has
informed the allied governments that
the right to use Danzig as a port for
the return to Poland of Polish troops
in France has been formally upheld in
conference with German representa
tives.
After Marshal Foch presented his
statement to Mathhias Erzberger, the
representative of the German govern
ment, the latter formulated a counter
.reposition to the effect that if diffi
culties arose from- the transportation
of Polish troops across Germany, a
fresh treaty should be held between
Foch and them to devise what the con
sequences .of any incident should !:c.
The counter proposition was rejected,
Marshal Foch maintaining that de
spite Erzbcrgcr's representations he
had arranged to .debark them at Dan
zig in case of difficulties.
The question of guarantees to 1)2
given Germany regarding the future
of Danzig, Marshal Foch informed the
erman representatives, had no place
in this meeting, saying that they be
longed in the peace treaty.
STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
The Idaho With Cargo of Lumber in
Peril Off Fmpqua River.
City Assm-lnt'rd Press to -The Observer)
MARSHt IEI:D, Ore., April 5. Her
fires out, six feet of water in Ker hold
and one of the Worst, storms of the
season raging, the steamer Idaho, 'with
a cargo of lumber, was in serious per
il off the Umpqua river late today,
according to wireless messages re
ceived from the vessel.
Two steamers, the tanker Oleon and
the'stenm schooner Herman H. Mayer,
had picked up 'the distress calls of
the Idaho and were speeding to thu
rescue, according to viieless messages
received him them. ' '
REFERENDUM!
ifcy ,VKor:i4ted Press to The 0?ervr5
CHIfAGO. -April 5. United State?
Senator William E. J?orh of ldahcr
MB PLAN
H1I1ED
BORAH WANTS
0r-',0osn the .of to-
ni:it in an dress at a rafUf? he'd
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untler tho aiit pns or tf committer
0nt Hundred fur n Li rfubli?,
(advocated the eaart.ient b$ ht rw
'conrcss of aa ct td submit the
uePun of tm ..ioption of t: leagur
Nationi ij a fefrai.iJ. ot4 of
(the pe.ple. ,
SenaUrf orah de?are4 he:
approve 1
;the propos:t4, if t'fii
lev believe tW Deoui
u-mt tlKu..(ni. & 1?J
r-utionopposing t! League
.iff NtmW7nhin tt.fe iiUnM ti
PRESIDENT
Si TO BE
BELIEVED THAT HE WILL
un!
ABLE TO RESUME HIS
WORK MOND'.VY.
REVISED COVENANT MAY
RC PAQCm TIICCnAv' -",e en''ny rhnrged the allied
raoocu i utauai jt)oops. bloi.k hos(,g llnd the Iarge
I piles of dead they left before them
Reports to the Effect That the Hal-
ians Intend to Withdraw Are Dis-
missed as Being Groundless Pres -
idents Door Again Closed to Callers 'hundred -Bolsheviki prisoners-, includ
es Precautioaary Measure. ;'nE one battalion commander and his
.adjutant.
' i In the Volshie Ozerkie sector thp
(Uy Associated Press to The Observer)
PARIS, April 5. "President Wilson
has come very near to having a
nous -at tuck of influenza, hut by going!
to bed at once by my directions he has
apparently escaped, though it still is
necessary that he be confined to his
bed," it was said in a statement is
sued at.4 o'clock this ufternoon by
Hear Admiral Carey T. Grayson, the
president's personal physician.
Colonel House asserted that Presi
dent Wilson was feeling better during
the visit paid him by the French pre
mier and himself. The president was
sitting up in bed, Colonel House said,
and would probably be able to resume
his position in the council on Mon
day. A meeting of the League of Na
tions committees will be called on
Tuesday night, if the president is
strong enough to attend, for the final'
u .,;j !
passing of the revised covenant.
Rnnnvto that tha llnhanc nlnn-i tn
jegs ,
After Colonel House's visit to Ics
ident Wilson, Admiral Grayson aain
closed the president's door to callers.
insisting that tho patient mutt not bo
disturbed any more than absolutely
necessary.
While the afternoon bulletin shows
an improvement in President Wilson'
condition, all precautions are being
taken against anything which might
lower his vitality.
PARIS, April 5. The president
during the day sat up a little and
chatted with Mrs. Wilson,, but he con
tented himself with receiving a brie
account of the proceedings of the
council of four.
Messages in large numbers were re
ceived.
ASKED TO OUST
BOLSHEVIK
By AHsocIiited lren to The Observer?
VIENNA, via Amsterdam, April 5
Tne entente mission here has de
manded of the German-Austrian gov-1
I
ornment that the Bohiheviki sent byjdty Ahuu.-iu ta 'm-Hs i Tim oiiworvrj
Hungary as representatives to Vienna j I.OXDON, April 5. General' Jar.
be expelled. The German-Austrian Christian Smuts, the speciai allied en
government has requested that' the voy to investigate the situation in
Hungarian government recall the men. , Hungary, arrived in Budapest Friday.
j April Shoivers
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ALLIED FORGES
DEFEAT BEDS
ENEMY LEA V HS LARGE NUMBER
OF DEAD ON THE FIELD.
Report That American Patrols Con
tinue Advance ih the VoWhie
Ozorkie Sector.
(Uy Associated Press to The Observer)
ARCHANGEL, April 6. Allied
.forces, principally British and Rus
isians, operating in the Frcdn Mak
jhrungn sector, delivered a crushing
detent yesterday afternoon to a large
Bolshevik, attacking party.
indicate the severe losses inflicted
i-i'I'on them by the allied fire. In addi
1"0" - the . allies captured nearly one
lAmeiirnn nnti-nls ronthine t ,i,K-.n,
and the allied mins are still henvilv
seri-Ishollimr tin tmvn
,
IS DETAINED
VON ECKHART, GERMAN PROPA
GANDIST, ABOARD.
Was Active in Mexico and Came Over
land From That Country to New
Yor"k to Embark.
n, VVM1!miI : .. t
, 7 ' v " a 7 i
Dutch steamer, Nieue Amsterdam,
which sailed from New York March 26
DUTCH
STEAMER
by the port authorities, who give n0fjcc
TTl I VI . ; , repoA
that Van Eckhardt. the former Ger-I
man minister to Mexico, is on board I
the vessel.
The Nieue Amsterdam arrived here
Friday and landed mail and passen
gers, including mail and passengers
for France. The iigentB of the line
'here .ha Siv ut no statement. in
INO alarm is evmenceu uy any o. me,,.
i . . , .i
Left New York March 27.
NEW YOKK, April 5. II err Von
Eckhardt and his family left New
York on tho lloMand-American liner,
Nieue Amsterdam, March 27th, bound
for Holland. It was reported at tho
time that the allied governments had
granted him safe conduct.
At the same time the vessel sailed it
was said that on its arrival at Ply
mouth, .England, it would be boarded
by British and French deputies, 'who
would keep a watch on tho German
voyagers .until the liner left again for
Amsterdam.
Von Eckhardt was in charge of the
anti-Amcricap propaganda in Mevico
during his stay in that country. H'
was recalled by his government last
December 21 and came overland from
Mexico to New York, to sail for home
AL1JED ENVOYS AT 111 D.V PEST
MMteZKrw&w ' s. WA-
ELECTION
;5i.
SUPREME COURT DENIES "WRIT
TO APPLICANT CONVICTED
OF SEDITION.
ALLEGED ALTERING OF
RETURNS OF PRIMARIES
II.' U Dunn, Who Sought to Become
Independent Candidatefor Mayor of
Butte, Was Ueceiitly' Convicted of
Sedition and Fined $3000 He l-i
nn Ex-Soldier.
(Uy AHsoclated Press to The Observer)
HELENA. Mont., April 5. The su
preme court lato today denied a writ
of mandamus to T. 1 Dunn, who
sought to compel the city clerk of
Butte to place him on the bullot at
the Dutte. municipal elections as In
dependent candidate for mayor and
city treasurer.
I.ate today, following the refusal of
County Attorney Joseph Jackson of
Silver Bow county to do so, Assistant
Attorney General Wtoody filed fit the
Silver Bow district court information
against City Clerk IJrcavy and his
assistants, George Vines and Jerry C.
Crowley, charging them with official
misconduct and altering the return
of the recent primary elections.
In a statement -defining his reasons
for refusal to file the information, At
torney General Woody declared that
he ''refuses to be used as a rubbe
stamp for the attorney general's of-
and the statement continues:
i"The preparation of the informatioi
' tf ;
on tho attorney general's office and
the insistence of that office that tho
sumo is done to discredit the Demo
cratic nominees. I can not In con
science lend myself to the further
ance of any party candidate in my
(capacity as prosecuting attorney;
neither can I in conscience assume the
1 CBI'UIIBIt'IlIlV Ul OIKIIIHK VII
to jnfor-mntion , know nothin(f of
and have not in my possession."
Dunn was recently convicted of se
dition and fined $5000 In district court
and his appeal is now pending in the
supreme court. Dunn was recently
discharged from tho army with the
rank of captain.
SOVIET RULE
(Uy AsHocittU'd I'ruaa to Tho Obaorvort
BONN, Germany, April fj.'A saviet
government has been declared at Mu
nich, Bavaria, according tp a wire
lehs dispatch received here by Mat
thias Erzberger, head of the German
armistice commission.
The proclamation, pccoi-dmg to the
message, was issued in Munich at U
o'clock Friday evening.
MUNICH
L REVISE
HAL
PROCEDURE TO .RE MODIFIED,
. PAIS BAKER
Inquiry Will Be Made Into Everv
Phase Involving Imposing of Se
vere Sentences.
(Uy A-HBorlntcd Press to The Observer)
WASHINGTON, April 5. Secre
tary of War Newton I). Baker an
nounced 'today that he will effect it
eompleto program for the revision of
army legal procedure governing court
mrrtinki, when congress reconvenes
For this jiurpnne, he snid today, he has
directed nn Inquiry into every phnso
of the situntniou cnused by the im
posing of severe sentences on soldiers
by court iiKiitial din ing the war.
The results of the studies of all tho
agencies nt work on the problem will
bj compiled in a bill to be read bef iro
congress when it convenes again.
Refore Major General Crowdor, the
judgo ndvocate general, left for Cuo.i,
Secretary Baker said, ho had prepared
amendments to the regulations gov
erning court mnrtials which he believ ¬
ed would remedy tho defects revealed
n the enses brought before the wni
department for review nnd brought
under noticd in the Crowdcr-AnsoU
controversy.
TO
ALEXIS HOI.GAR ItKI.ATES CON
1HTIONS IN IIUNGAKY .
Believes Tjiat Communism la Coming
and Hopes It Will Come With
out Violence.
(Lty AuKoclatcd PreHS to The Observer)
VIENNA, Wednesday, April 2.
Discussing tho gencrul situation in his
country, the"' Hungarian representa
tive, Alexis Bolgar, who Is well known
the United States, toay said to
the- Associated Press:
"It ts true that wo fiave agitated
hero in the legation an attempt to
communize Vienna. I believe com
munism is coming here, It is hoped
without violence, although the bour
geoisie here is less peaceably inclined
than nt Budapest.
Mt in. I rue that wu nro working
with Eenino and the Spartacans: it
is only natural. We Hungarians are
Wilsonites. All we auk is to bo let
alone. We leave others nlone. Wo
io not desire to promote agitation
in other countries, hut when armies
arc sent against us we conquer them
by the force of our ideals.
'Yes, I am a Bolshevist, if you like,
but really we are all Bolshevists. So
cialism was only the extreme phasn
necessary to establish Bolshevism.
Our property ideas, for instance, dif
fi from those of Henry George,
whose opinions, though interesting tr
read about, -nre out of date.
''Our idea is to nationalize produc
tion, not consumption. Individuals
with us will have free play for their
intelligence, nn opxrt unity to. woik
and to earn a reasonable amount of
money. Count Karolyl plliyed fair
with u(, hut he reached the point
where he was powerless."
THE WEATHER
Uly A nrioc luted PreHM t o The Observer
PORTI.ANJ), April 5. Eur Oregon:
Sunday, clear in weal; showers in the
eastern portion, with fresh westerly
vrinds.
For Idaho, Sunday, showers.
T
TO
(liy Vuciuh-d 1'.
WASHINGTON,
to The objftver)
Apt ft 0. Changes
which U'ive bevn maile in the covenant
COURT IVEAR
COMMITTED
BOLS SM
CHANGES
HITCHCOCK
of rhe Leat'up f Nations at Pari ' iiiid in which a number of the ent-mi
laive been raided to Senator Hitchcot , were killed and 'sib en captiiQ'd. In
of Jfs'ebiii T.;i. retiring chairman of the j the directiirtj of Omi"jm the Boliheviki
ornate f ifeigfi relations rominittee.icontinue to shell the l ilies.
T!:etf nies'-nge was received today by The wutther is breaking in favor of
the sen:it'ir''J)Uto derlinej,) t.discuss ;)ie allies' in trKtury arouni Ob
it further tlfNn o say that be had not 0).er:kaya.
allied th American pffre ie!ii(-s j The spnrnach of rprlns mr-rn dirt
for ti?,y infornuit'oti. Srnator , I UJt'J) ij advuit;;eous CO' Bolsheviki for-es
'oek is generally regarded a1 the clue" (rtiirn have advrxfd ian effort to
'okernof t)ie aiminiti1 ion in cut the allies' of communiratlort, e
the fntiovi;i.sy which has 6viaiped iiaiicularly in the TA'ina river section,
"Amica oVi rrthe Le.-il iJ 'liitionH hicW. !a isola'! whet the t&w c
pith. 9 0 . 0 . 0.rtin. .
genfttoieUjtrhrork in Ui (A tiripatel There a 19 nr. :.gl,t ftut the ! l
;n a joint iTehnuw'.th Sena'.- Len -i rejij,- eW,-'iU u;i on t'-e pi-Ti.ial
rct, of ttijiotmn, ltepislit-an, on the rivers, it many of Pi sniallrO
Ufiifu. of Nations, in Nr Bork next- stream are altrudy free r.f i-e. It is
m Monday nivht, and J& is ronjidered
pt-olinlile that he h;U ue 80TT1X of thi.tavijration of the rivers will be pofc
mfoimut on in his'dieij. Yule for allied monitors and Qin'.'Oats,
CaRINGFOK
DISABLED
SOLDIERS
EXTENSIVE PP.OGRAM IS AN
NOUNCED BY THE WAR
RISK BUREAU.
HOSPITAL ATTENTION
WILL BE PROVIDED
All Soldiers Who Are Ten Per Cent
or More Disabled From Causes Suf
fered in the Line of Duty Are En
titled to Compensation and Treat
ment. (By Associated Presu to The Observer)'
WASHINGTON, April 5. An ex
tensive program for caring for dis'
abled soldiers after they have been
discharged wua announced today by
the war risk insurance bureau.
Twenty-one hospitals, with a ca
pneity of 1500 men, are already in use
and the war department has turned
over to the treasury seven camp hos
pitals for the care of disability cases,
Theso hospitals are to be enlarged
and improved out of a nine million
dollar fund. ' The hospitals will bo
conducted by the public health servlcu
and other treasury agencies.
When treatments at the hospitals c.t
the war department fail to restore
men to a condition whore they would
be fit again for activo sorvico and
they are discharged, the work of tlu
war risk Insurance bureau begins. '
Under tho provisions of the war
risk insurance act, all soldiers who
nro ten per cent or more disabled from
causes Buffered in the lino of duty are
entitled to compensation and treat
ment. Any man disabled during duty
in the lino and who has been dis-
charged may mnko application for ,
treatment through his local pubUp
health service station, or at the near
est station.
Men who nt this time develop phy
sical disability attributable to military
service are entitled to treatment.
Under this program, tho bureau- of
war risk insurance may be called upon
to caro for more than 25,000 men who
were discharged for tuhurcular ten
dencies. KING ALBERT FLIES
Maks Trip From Paris to Brussels
1 by Airplane.
(By Associated 1'ritan to The Observer)
PARIS, April C King Albert of
Belgium returned to Brussels today
by aeroplane. The king, it is said, .
carried away excellent impressions as
the rehult of conversations with mem
bers of the various peaco delegations.
BOLSHEVIKI
ItKTKKAT AIM'AltKNTLY IN I'H6(i
Uh'SS SOUTli OF ARCHANGEL
Hut Short Time I mil Allien Have the
Means (if Altaj-k From
. the W ater.
MAY WITHDRAW
(kty Aoclft'd I'ro.tH to The Obsorvor)
ARCHANGEL, Apr. 5-VThe Bolshe
viki appienj.ly are withdrawing their
troops from Bolshie Ozertti, south of
Arehuiigel, where patrol activities fa
viable to the allies occurred today
One patrol .encountered a Bolsheviki
outpost and captured seven ad killed
twenty of .the enemy.
East of tberi jf)herzerskaya, fif
U'en miles east of Bolshie O.orki, th ft
enemy concentrated a tfonsidexablti
numl tr of troops, hus wa repulsed.
, In the vicinity, i.f Freum Mekhrerga.
we st of Dvinn. the allies carried out ft
only a question of a few weekPocfore
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