La Grande evening observer., April 13, 1919, Image 1

o o o 0 - 0 G 0
o
o
o
.O
S e o
o o
the Sunday I
AsL01fAL PAPER
INDEPENDENT
FOR
ON
ALL QUESTIONS
LOYAL PEOPLE
Associated Press Rpori, Local, Editorial, Society, Etc.
Section One Eight Pages
MEMBER OT TH1 A80CIAtlI
VOLUME VTTI
three Sections
LA ORAXDE, ORKC.ON, HtrNDA Y, APRTL 13. 1919.
TWENTY PACKS
NUMBER 167
ftORNING -.UBSER VER
o
o '
JAPANESE
REQUESTIS
REFUSED
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
LEAGUE COVENANT REJECT
ED BV COMMISSION
UNANIMOUS VOTE WAS
NEEDED FOR ADOPTION
Amendment, Which Was for Racial
Equality, Had Been Under Discus
sion by Commission for Some Time
Action Not to Be Construed as
Diminishing Prestige of Japan.
(Ity Associated Press to The Observer)
FARIS, April 12. The Leaguo of
Nations commission has rejected the
Japenose amendment for racial equal
ity, according to an aulhorituUv"
statement issued tonight.
Some of the members of the com
mission voted against the specific in
clusion of this amendment In the
covenant, and as the unanimous ap
proval of the commission was neces
sary, the amendment, which was
strongly urged by the Japanese dele
gates, failed of adopM'.n.
The statement is as follows:
"At a recent meeting' of the league
commission the Japanese delegation
proposed an amendment to the pream
ble to the covenant of the "League cf
Nation's plan as follows: To insert
after the words, 'by the presciption
of open, just and honorable relations
between nations, ' an additional clause
to read 'by the principle of the racial
equality of nations.'
''The amendment was submitted by
Viscount Makiuo. In his speech he
emphasized the desire of the Japanese
government and the Japanese people
that such a principle be recognized in
the covenant. His amendment wap
supported by Viscount Chinda.
. ''A discussion followed jn which
practically nil the members qf the
commission participated. The discus
sion was marked by depth of thought,
free and sympathetic exchange of
opinion and complete appreciation by
the members of the commission of the
difficulties in the way ,of either re
jecting or accepting the amendment.
The commission was impressed by
the justice of Japan's claims.' Men
tion was made of the fact that thv
covenant provided for the representa
tion of Japan on the executive council
as one of the five great powers, and
mac a rejection 01 tne proposed
amendment could not therefore be con-,
strued as diminishing the prestige of
Japan.
''Various members of the commis
sion, however, felt that. they coud not
vote for specific inclusion in the cove-'
nant and therefore were reluctantly
unable to give the proposed amend
ment the unanimous approval neces
sary for its adoption.-"
The preamble of the covenant of
the League of Nations, in which the
Japanese sought to include
amendment, reads as follows:
their
"In order to promote international
eo-operation ana 10 secure interna
tional peace and security by the ac
ceptance of obligations not to resort
to war; by' the restriction of open,
jus? and honorable relations between
nations; by the firm establishing of
the understanding of international
law as the actual rules of conduct1
among governments; and by the main
tonanre of just and scrupulous respect
for all treaty applications in denlincs
of organized peoples with one anoth-
er, -the powers signatory to the cove
nant adopt this, constitution of the
Lcnpue of Nations."
STATES MUST OTVE
2 YEARS' NOTICE
TO WITHDRAW
Hy AiKocfated Vrcss to The Observer i,u "
t. i , . , ivism to the more or less interested
PARIS, April I2-An official sun,-ido h n ,he olher aU1(J 0,
mary of the revised covenant of the , n- )an(1
Leacue of Nations issued tonight) For , 0K t,m0 whon our lines la
makes specific mention of the Monroe th, TaviBn Bector W(jre lara,n
doctrine, with, respect to its bearing (rom the Bolsbtvlkl only by a seven
on the future activities of the league. I tv-tive-yard stream, over which there
"The league," says ther statement. -,s a wood. brid:;. almost uljihtly
will include all liiigerent and nei there occurred itrange entertain
tial nations named in a documentran i ulent. Sometimes it was only a
nexed to the covenant, and in tke fu-imonobjg-ie, ln whirn the itolshevlk1
ture any self-governing cow.try v.ho0rator on one sidj of the atreant
admission i'-approved in twotiiirds would harrantue the Americans. s
of the staff s already mribrs may Siuneifiuca ll e.is a sort il duet In
it the Icicle. r, 0
;.i;., it v.. v. nu;r...
i'Wis, ev stat m-' withdraw fr-om th
league in giving two years' notice.
and states which dissent fronf amend
2cit& annreited bv all the state of
the council GUnd the majority ofthose
in the a-iguily, need not be bound by
Oiem. bS
such case
ct?e to
MAT
IMPEACH
GUV
HARDING
CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST
IOWA EXECUTIVE.
Exoneration of State's Attorney Gen
eral, Who Was Implicated, Will
Be Recommended.
(By Associated Press to Tha Observer)
DES MOINES, la., April 12. Im
peachment of Governor W. L. Harding
and exoneration of Attorney General
H M. Havner in connection with the
charges growing out of their activities
in the Rathbun case will be recom
mended to the Iowa house ,of repre
sentatives next week by its judiciary
committee.
The committee, which last night
voted to recommend the impeachment
of the governor, declared today that
the evidence was not considered suffi
cient to sustain charges of misconduct
against Attorney General Havner.
During the investigation Havner
was charged with consenting to the
quashing of certain indictments when
young Rathbun agreed to go to the
Anamosa reform school to serve a life
sentence for criminal assault.
The committee will recommend Gov
ernor Harding's impeachment on the
ground, it is understood, that he did
not make proper investigations when
application for the pardon of Rath
bun was made, and then when he
found that wrong had been practiced
upon him did not do his utmost to re
voke the pardon.
LITERATURE WAS DISTRIBUTED
AMONG YANKS IN RUSSIA.
Soldiers Ridicule Oratory of Bolshe
. vists Until Homesickness Makes
Themusceptible.
(By Associated Proas to The Observer,'
NI$W YORK, April 12. Archangel
advices today disclose how the Rus
sian Bolshevists spread their vicious
propaganda among the American sol
diers fighting under the northern
lights.
The Associated Press has a corre
spondent with tho allied forces in
northern Russia to watch the cam
paign. His dispatches by cable and
mall have given the only detailed ac
counts of the activities of the Amer
ican forces, In that he has reported
exclusively every action of the troops.
He also told exclusively the story of
lue recent refusal of an American
company to go Into a front line trench
when ordered to do so, which incident
was later confirmed by General
March, chief of start.
A mailed letter rtceived today
throws clear light on the Bolshevik!
methods, which General March dis
cussed today In his weekly confer
ence with newspaper men. The let'
ter, which tells of the Bolshevist
propaganda from tho first effort,
when overtures from the enemy worn
received with ridicule, to the moment
when homesickness made some of the
'doughboys more receptive to the in
sidious oratory ana literature or tn
propagandists, is as fellows:
ARCHANGEL, February '12 (Cor
respondents of the Associated Press
That the BoUlievlsts are the
world's best propagandists was dem
onstrated fully during the long cold
nights that occur i i this region.
Alone tho hitrhw.iv no to I'etro
igrad, along which ar the graves of
i fhe Americans who have fallen and
where the Yankees have been fighting
for months anions the little high
willed villages, the Bolshevik oraton.
showed bow expert they were in
spreading their views. Generally the.'
talked Ui. Uusisian, employing inter
preters to translate into 'English for
them. 'Occasionally they got joint'
American immigrant to give lecture
which the douehb.is
u .u.. -,.,rr "
wv.kIH r..r.lir
whats cat1
ins you?" or some ot ier similar Van
4
fce phraso.
I Once Lte Dolsheviki .ive a propa
:9da vaudeville ahow, ind toadied I
tl Americans to come ersnd Joio j
jiheiGiOplayoiW an accordeon MTV o
PROPAGANDA
IRK OF REDS
ASK WILSON
III HOLD UP
PROHIGITION
ENFORCEMENT OF WAR TIME
ACT NOT LODGED WITH ANY
GOVERNMENT AGENCY
ROPER SAYS MATTER IS
LEFT TO ATTORNEYS
President's Advisors Seek to Influence
Him to Declare Complete Demobili-
zalion of U. S. Troops by July 1st i
and Thus Prevent Act Going
Effect.
(Dy Associated Proas to The Observer!
WASHINGTON, April 12. Eniocc.l' and the allies and tho winning
nient of war time prohibition, which ,' tllc war."
becomes effective July 1st, is not Tatt declared that a great re-
lodged wi:h the internal revenue bu-!sIo"sibility rL'sts upon organized la
reau or '.vith any other government uor aJ capital to avert tho stress of
agency, but is merely left to United ; insidious and destructive anarchistic
States attorneys, it was revealed bv j disturbances from abroad. Ho said he
Commissioner Daniel C. Roper in al's convinced that the workers have a
declaration today, after an analysis of right to sit in council with their em
all the statutes and regulations. ployers and discuss questions of pro
In this connection it became know.- luL'tiu,' cosU fn,d, hu ?, lubof' ctc'
today, that a number of administra iMr' ,n'tcrs told of the five Amer
tiv'e officials and advisors of the ores I1" delegates at the Paris conference
ident bnH rpeenilv h!m to n !wh had fought at thirty-five "grind-
vept prohibition going into effect July j
lsv by proclaiming complete d?niobili
z.Hicn by that time.
This group is understood to include ieihlyeif,ht quorum conferees to their
Commissioner Roper, who -Vn.re'j point of view.
cannot be enforced adequately without
special legislation establishing an en
forcement agency.
Intimation that because of appar
ent difficulties of enforcement the
president or congress might be called
upon to postpone the laws operation
was given by Mr. Roper in a state
ment saying that "the issuing of li
censes for the manufacture of liquor
prohibited by the war time prohibition
act will not cease July 1st, assuming,
of course, that either the president or
congress stays the operation of the
law."
UKRAINIANS TAKE
SIMFEROPOL
(By Associated Press to Tha Observer)
LONDON, April 12. The Ukrain
ian soviet forces have taken SI infer--,
opol, capital of Crimea, and Kupa
toria, thirty-eight miles west and
northwest of Simferopol, with con
siderable booty.
This information. Is contained In a
Russian government wireless com
munication received here today.
PORTLAND CAR RECEIPTS
(Hy Associated I'rein to The Observer)
FUhYl LAN l, .April iz. iar re-
ceipts reported here today were as fol - -
Iowb: Wheat, 8; barley, 1; flour, 20;
oats, 2; hay, 12.
Spring Planning j
, , i. ' 1 1 i
lSrfP R?S tit Tn
Mmmimmk mm m$ 1
feidteaixv.- -few
' r JTSv THERE 1 JirWv-TFJrB..yJ rX3i3 s
' HE'S COT A SWELL : f .v.
; r r 1 luk m
r ai I,. V -n,ii - - .-r ' - - aaas '"a w " I V I I
TAFT PRAISES
COM S
SAYS HE IS MAN WHO DID MUCH
TO HELP WIN WAR.
Former President Declares Organized
Labor and Capital Together
Face Large Responsibility'
tlly Associated Frees to The Observer)
NEW YORK, April 12. Samuel
Gompcrs, the American labor leader,
was eulogized here today by William
11. Tuft as the man who in 11)18 had
"stubilized the workers of tho world
and helped win the war, when. German
propagandists had divided the rnnks
of labor abroad and were scheming to
bring about negotiations for peace.".
Speaking nt a luncheon given by
the National Civic Federation to the
president of the American Federation
Liibor
and his lour collengusi of
Iutthe American labor mission, wha have
just returned from Paris, Mr. Tali
said he wished to pay his respects to
"union labor leaders, who hava
achieved great things for organized
ling daily sessions of from three to
seven hoprs each'' to uphold the ideals
of democracy, and by arguments of
nn.cnncinn wm. ihn mntnrlllT Of their
FRANCE TO GET
SHE' VALLEY
(Ity Ansoclntcd Press to Tho Observer)
TAKIS, April 12. The council of
four today definitely settled the prob
lem of the Saar valley. ' The valley
will be granted to France in perpetui
ty, to work the coal mines und other
resources.
DRAFT EVADER
GETS TWO YEARS
AT HARD LABOR
(By Associated Treaa to The Observer)
' TACOMA, Wash., April 12. Ue
jnard Morris, a Canadian subject, con
jvicted at Camp Lewis under provision
jof the section that subjects of either
i the United States or Canada could be
liafted into the military forces of the
other, has received a sentence of twoitHy Asioclntefl rrc.a to The Observer.
(years ut hard labor, it was announced
lotmy.
; .Morris was a professional hockey
player and is well known in sporting
circles here.
BLAME Li
FORMUTINY
OF TROOPS
BOLSHEVIST PROPAGANDA
IS
HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
TROUBLE.
GENERAL MARCH ANXIOUS
TO SEE LITERATURE
Source of Mutiny Is Found In Com
pany One of the 3391 b Infantry
Company Refused to Go Into the
Trenches When Ordered by Officers
to Do So Will Mete Punishment.
(By Associated Press to The Obsorver)
WASHINGTON, April 12. Official
reports to the war department made
public today by General March, chief
of staff, show that the recent mutiny
among tho American troops nt Ar
changel was directly due to propa
ganda circulated by Bolshevist sym
pathizers among the men, all of the
questions asked by soldiers of their
officers having been directly suggest
ed by them. It is thought that the
mutiny is now at an end.
'We have reports from Murmansk"
General March said, "to the effect
that the organization referred to in
company 1 of the 339th infantry. Tho
dispatch said It is worthy of note
that the questions put to the officors
by the men are identically those which
the Bolshevist propaganda leaflets ad
vised them to put.'
'I have not seen the leaflet, but I
am anxious to got it. This is a very
striking thing. I have had a long ex
perience in the army and I do not re
call ever having seen American sol
diers who did not want to fight. They
always said, 'Lend me to it,' Und then
they went to it.
"This is a matter of great import
ance. Wo want to get hold of the
pamphlets and find out what the Bol
shevik! arc up to."
The information as to (be sourco of
the mutiny, coupled with the fact thnt
no other part of the force refused to
do its duty,- has compelled officers tit
believe that events would seem 'to
show that a single agitator, in com
pany 1 who refused to proceed with the
company when the others had decided
to obey was very largely responsible
for what happened, and they regard
it as almost certain that it would' be
proved that Bolshevist tendencies
actuated him and that he would be se
verely punished. The remainder of
the company, it wns said, would take
n different view of their action when
they realize how their mutiny is
viewed at home.
THE WEATHEH
PORTLAND, April- 12. For Ore
gon: Sunday unsettled and probably
showery; moderate westerly winds
, seem likely. Idaho, Suuday,
tied; showers pioJmbW.
unset-
KOREAN
HOBS
DRAW JAP FIRE
GOVEKXMKNT AT TOKItt BAYS
SITUATION WOKSE.
Uprisings' Spreading and Threaten to
Knguif Whole, l'eninisula
Many Uiola Occur.
Uy Aft.oclnU'd Trei. to Tlte Observer)
TOKIO; April G. Uprisings in
Korea are spreading and threaten to
engulf the whole peninsula, says an
official statement given out by the
Japanese government today. There
have been serious riots during the
last three days in hundreds of places.
A number of police have been killed
and several police stations and post
offices have been destroyed.
Telegraph wires have been cut in
various places and bridges and the
homes of many Japanese citizens have
been burned, Tha statement con
tinues: 'The fact thnt the situation has
grown worse may bo attributed chief
ly to the activities of Koreans abroad,
especially in Vladivostock, who are
seeking to propngnto Dolshovism in
Korea and then in Japan."
It is believed hero thnt tho disturb
ances will be suppressed vigorously
by the militia. Press dispatches any
that Jnpanese troops have fired on
mobs in different parts of Korea and
have killed many people.
THUS. HUGHEY,
WELL KNOWN IMONEER DIED AT
HOT LAKE LAST NIGHT.
Funeral Will He Held Monday Fore
noon nt 10 o'clock Interment ...
In, the Masonic Cemetery.
Thomas llughey, a' well-known pio
neer of Union county, died at Hot
Lake yesterday evening ut a very ad
vanced age. Tho funoral will bo held
Monday forenoon at 10 O'clock from
Henrys chapel and the interment will
be in the Masonic cemetery. The do-
ceased leaves two children, a son.
Thomas J. llughey, of this ctly, and
u daughter, MrH. Jack' Dillinger, a res
idcnt of Montanu.
Thomas llughey wns nearly ninety
years of age and was one of the early
settlers of (irnndo Hondo. Ho enmo
ti this country iir J802 and settled in
I,p Grande. Later he removed 'to Oro
Dell, where ho conducted a wngon
maker's, shop during a large part of
the time when freight over the moun
tains was hauled by team. Ho was
very ncti.vo in tho building up of the
newer portion of Ln Grande und
erected as a carpenter shop one of
the baildings on Fir' street which ntifl
stands. In more recent years he hus
been in a poor state of health which'
led to total blindness. In a long nnd
active, career he contributed n full
share to the development nnd ad
vancement of the community.
BAKER CITY HAS '
NEWLY FORMED
ATHLETIC CLUB
linker has started an athletic clu
' and has employed A. .1. Kliott as man
liiger. Manngor. Klliott addresses a
' letter to the Sumlay Observer, asking
Ithal all wreitlers anil boxers who
lliavc achieved fame in La Grande's
sporting circles communicaUi witn
He believes nccordinr to his let
ter that amrmg the shopmen and ruil
I road people there are a number of
I fine athletes and in this 'he is not
mistaken.
The hope of the linker club Is to
foster clean Smrt and to encournre
ninre fcutores throughout r.astern
fjrritofi. The rouirh stuff is talwoed,
a. rordinif to Manager Klliott- and tha
UiMer city is vtry ansious to hooli up
iMith I. a Gmnde in an rmleavor to in
dure some of the fa( wnrker in ap-
!iear in, the two cities. He also says
he has some Iiki-ly r..pels in 1
;eis vkhom te would lie to msli-h
loiih la li.raMr Ulent. Ihe manaara
di'l not Kfa hthrr'thev Ure hofne-
larnan t.r ifniwrl.l. f'4t .t is rr'J
for f iilh'-r 'toflHiurraoll ti tt.e iA
iat a nrU ni ti-. rl t eithi'
.SASE&ilaL S0RE
fNtCOASf LEAGUE
o o
t ajo.-lV'd !'' to Tha Observer?
Sntuclay enfys:
vermin, TU: .'Salt T.riKr i.uy, i.
I'or'icl, 0; Ixts Angeles,
0: lxs AnireleM. HI.
PASSED AWAY
n.
IMPORTANT .
CHANGE III
COVENANT
OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF REVISED
COVENANT RECEIVED AT
WASHINGTON. 1
THOUGHT CHANGES MADE
TO MEET ALL CRITICISM
No Comment Was Made at the Capi
tol, Owing to Late Hour at Which
Particulars of the Amended Cove
nant Were Received Altered
Clauses Subject of Much Discussion.
(By Associated Tross to The Observer)
WASHINGTON, April 12. Tho of
ficial summary of tho amended cove
nant of tho League of Nations was
received in Washington tonight too
Into for officials and members of con
gress to stutiy it for comment. It
was apparent that tho changes which
havo been mado in tho originul docu
ment wcro designed to meet criticism
made on tho sennto floor and else
where by friendly critics and others
who opposed the constitution of tht
leaguo.
Aside from the amendment regard
ing the Monroo doctrine tho change,
which seemed to attract tho most at
tention was that requiring a unani
mous vote in both the assembly of
stntes and tho cxecutivo council in any
decision upon tnuttcrs of ''interna
tional interest respecting the peace of
tha world."- In the original covenant
unanimous consent wns rcquirod; with
the exception of that of parties to a
dispute This change, apparently, is
intended to mako it clear that no na
tion shall surrender its sovereignty or
its right of individual action through,
membership in the league.
Another change which was niscusscd
requires the approval of eacn member
state of tho recommendation of the
council as to the amount of the armed
force, if any, to bo supplied by these
states to act in behalf of tho league
in moving against states breaking
the rules. Opponents of the constitu
tion as it wns originally drawn insist-
ed that the section took from congress:
the power to declare war, and might
send Americnn soldiers and sailors
into battles in tho far-off corners ol
the earth.
Tho same kind of change was made
the section respecting disarma
ment nnd administration of mandates
over former German coloni.es nnd ter
ritorics of tho Otlomnn empire. It is
provided that suggestions from the
council for the reduction of arma-
ments should be adopted only with tha
consent of the affected states, them
selves. Considerable provision is made
for mandatories of states which are
' willing to bs mnndntos."
The right is given anyf stnto to
withdraw from membership in tha
league, on giving two years" notice,
nrovidine the government of such
state has lived up to its obligations.
This section, .covering the withdraw-,
al of membership from the league, ia
the subject of much comment here. .
The amendment to the covenant un
der the new draft requires the ap
proval of all the states. The origVial
document provided t,hat a -three-quarters
majority in tho assembly would
be sufficient. Another addition sets
forth that the numbcr of the pawera
of each class' represented, may. be in
creased by the' unanimous consent of
the council and the majority ol tha
assembly. Other new provisions In
clude the accepting by a number of
the stntes of exrtain . responsibilities
respecting labor conditions, treatment,
of natives, the white' slavo traffic, the
opium traffic, the armed 'traffic UA
other states and formal recognition al
the laare as the' central body intre
esUd in ro-orHiriatinr and 'swain!
international activities srneralljr. .
A7T KlUZD ATiP ..
HURT tR riOHTlM
S O
fte aaoeia'jd1'i9as to 9ife Obaarver)
COPKNIIAilKM, 9iull 13 The
.(lTn Z-V I'hr lllniC reports thnt
157 persons uvo been killeSnnrt 11
wounded In flKjjtlnj? betweelp th,0
troops and sft-lkers :it Dussijjdnrf up
to evening.0 TI18 eaviest fight
ing occurredwhen tho strikers at
tempted to flit oft the water supply;
Seattle, San ilftraneisco,
9
(ES i eief-'acramentO 2.
lof the city. O , . .
0
m a e n w
o
o
0..i
j) (Continued or. (Sjuse
9 3 a 0
1 5-1 r (j . s j
o. ..-0.9 a
ea 69 a
, o -- -o - - .-