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.CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY.
NO. 9325
VOL. 29
Number copies primed Saturday V . ... ,1 . .1' "Jlul- 1 -"1 ""lJt XfTT Of f f FlVU Y
fllila paper 1ft a member of and audited I D J- 1y?y UAILY &m&f r . i. jf' f
it liv tiiu Audit i in r I'll ii oi circulations, m ' i f . - jrrn ? miivrr pi i x ia-s-a v -- , tr j--.v
; COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CtfcrjCJ'
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DRAFT LAW IS
UPHELD BY THE
HIGHEST COURTi
Justice White Declares Ob
jectors Arguments Abso
. . lutely Devoid of Merit.
;no violation istii
amendment is seen
Decision of Judges Unani
mous; Measure Not
Slavery.
WAMHXfiTOV, .Ian. 7. Tho mi- j
lireinn rourt IimIiiv declared ilio ilrafl 1
wbh constitutional. Justice While !
lmlrilnir Hie olijeetoin- arguments ab
solutely devoid fit merit. Our mind l
...... 1. 1.. .n .u.nmjin .It, it fulwltltr JirilllCi.
by dex-luro l luery awl violates the ,
thirteenth amendment.-' Tlio div ision j
wuh iiiiunlinoiiH.
Itofutlnif the argument nf draft fib- I
joctnrH that contiress didn't have tho '
power to draft citizens', While Kitld. ,
An my mind cannot conceire mi ar
my without men to eompoHe It, on the !
face of It the question that !
ltdoesn't give the power to provide !
such men seems too frivolous- for fur
ther notice. The ground for onpos- ,
inn thejiraft raullenses the existence
of all powers. Governmental power
1," exercisable only provided the eltl
sep convent to Hh exertion, in no sub
stantial sense in puower. We can't con- '.
ceivo upon what theory the exnetion'
by the Koveinment from the citizen of
' the performance of his supreme and .
noble doty of contributing to the de
fense of rltrhtn ami honor of the na
tihn as result of war declared by tho
great representat Ive body of people.,
ran be kbIi! 'o he an imposition of In- .
voluntary servitude violating the thir
teenth amendment.' j
He quoted Incident from the Nor
man eoiuiueHl to the present to illus
trate It.
SEEKING TO PREVENT
INDEFINITE FEDERAL
CONTROL AFTER WAR
-in of-
'J ...I
WASHINGTON, Jun
fort to block federal
:",:"r,;:.,!:::!r,e,:;h, :i
JirZo cabooses and two
merce commission ihc railroads iiH -
;Zr:ZZ$ Sr
ting uii their profits instead or n n.inr -
nnteed Income. .
The house and senate Interstate
committees today are discussing the
administration's railroad bill. A num
ber of republican senators In caucus
voted to back l'resldenl Wilson's am
endment. All are sworn foes of fed
eral ownership. They claim conser
vative democratic senator support
them.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
William Sutherland, well known
Indleton man, hud n narrow escupe
from serious Injury Saturday after
noon when the automobile he was
arlvlnff went over the bonk at tho east
end of the Riverside bridge across the
I'matllla river. Mr. Sutnerland. does
not know the cause of the accident
but he was driving slowly when sml
only the car veered to the side ana
plunged with Its driver down the em
bankment. The machine landed bot
tom side up and that Mr. Sutherland
escaped without serious Injury Is mi
raculous. He sustained a few bruises
about the leg. The cftrwns quite
badly damaged.
MORK MOXKV IX '1I.CVI..T10V
Capita In rnitnl
I'tNH'hcd 1S.1
Slate Has
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Money in
circulation in tho I'nited StnteM Janu
ary 1 amounted to r,i 20.4 iM.imhi, or
$48.76 per capita, as compared with
ltfV08fi.370.iHl ne month uko. In the
last year money in circulation hns in
creased $880,000 00.
PAV TltllUTK Tt AlttiKXTIXI-:
Plan lo Ii.miI IorIrult of (Ji-orstc
WHshingtoii.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. As n mnrli
of esteem for the Argent hie people.
the housu foreign affairs conimitlfo
today favorahly reported a Mil for a
nortralt of George 1 WashinKtnn to hp
presented to tho military collese
lh Argentine, at a cost of 3000.
of
" . ' ' " Tl
i AT BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
'1
TWO RAILROAD MEN
DEAD IN WRECK AT
FALL BRIDGE, WASH.
tit v .
W aSfl.,
Pfll'leV
FALL
Jan. 7
BRIDGE,
Conductor
and Brakeman Roy
Fuller
were killed today when an i
1 J?..:U4. i
crashed into their
train
in:
bOX- '
icars. They were asleep in
caboose. An investiga-
: tion has been started.
j
Y. W.-C. A. CAMPAIGN
IN NORTHWEST WILL
START JANUARY 21ST
The northwestern campaign of the
Young Women's christian Association
National War Work founcil to raise
$14 1,(1(10 in the suites of Oregon.
Washington. Montana and Idaho will
lake place during the week of Jan
uary -I to 27th. That sum Is the dis
trict's iiiota of the .i.iniu, nun fund rc
Otlire'd by I be nssociat inn for its need
ed hostess bouses at itnuy camps, for
housing and Improving the condition
cr girls and women in war employ
ment and for Its work anions the
women In t Ik- war zone.
The active campaign for funds wil!
he opened wi:h a sectional war con- 1
ference early In January at Taeonia '
Washington, to be followed by state ;
meetings in .Montana. Oregon and ,
Idaho. To these meetings will be In-
vited the leading women who are ;
prominent In the'v.-irlotis eomiminit le ,
and ensiiRed in cluh. civic and rclt
pioiiH work. Mrs. n. TiU-( 'redio. j
prosident of the W'aslihiKtnn Ketiera
tlitn of Women's I'hilis, mcnilicr of
the Washlimtnn State Hoard Health
and n director of the National Ted
eratlnn nf Women's duns. Is now
travelinit in tho northwestern Mates.
mnkitiR" preliminary Hrransroments for
the drive, which will he later organ
ized by prominent national worker.
This week Mrs. McCredio is in Mon
tana. Amonp the national secretar
loH. women prominent in tne aetivitic
of the Yniinj Women's Christian As
sociation thmiiKhmit the ettuntry are
Miss (iertrude CJriffith. mmty koc ro
tary for the Northwestern Kletd. nnd
Miss (Jrace Maxwell, city secretary for
the same district, who will organ
ise Idaho and Kastern oremoi. Miss.
Helen liarnes. of the Nuitonal Hcad
oiiHi'lers Staff who will have charge
of the campaign in Montana, to he
assisted by Miss Uiith Iennen (f f,o
An (roles. M iss Sada Johnson of Ts ,
Anneles. Y W. A. 1 in in La rat it n
worker, and Miss Julia Tolnian Lee
member of Who national staff on fi-
nance
who will liiiU' charge In West-'
orn Washington.
Miss Oertrmlo drifith Is a sooelal-
t of the National Hoard of ('.iris
.Work and is In touch to mi unusual K
pi . : :
ib'Krce, with problems afreet lug -the
;.;ivt. f ymiiig (tlrls, on w hich she is
an mithorlty. She is a noted social
worker and for a time
Ihn ( -hrlv-tnnliiT House
was head of
in Chicago.
? sne has been
where she or-
For the past two month
in the field at Tucoma,
-Miss Helen Humes is
another one
- A shp was formerly nation-
nl secretary for Australia, and is now
In the finance department of the a
tionut staff.
.Miss Grace Maxwell lw been clly
Kci-1-..iniv fur the northwestern field
for five years and Is
the National V. W. 1
graduate oi
A. training
school for secretaries. Miss t-ada
Johnson attained distinction through
her immigration work at Los Anselues
and Miss Julia Lee who tins had suc
cessful experience oriranlzin-. finan
lal work throughout the country
W1TITE JTOUSK BABY'
TO BKVAR liJUDIv
) UMOtltW
MISS ESTHER CLEVELAND.
Miss Esther Cleveland, the
"White House. Baby." is to become
the war bridb of Captain Alfred
, Uosanquet of the British army.
: 4 Miss Cleveland is 24. The ro
v inance been it three years ago iu
Switzerland., -
WILLIAM B. HAYS IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH ;
Pioneer Contractor Passes
Away at Midnight After a
Brief Illness.
Death hrtiiiRht an
of William 1?. Mays,
ton contractor, who
midnight' lat nilit
end to the life
pioneer Pendle
1 nissed away at
it St. Anthony s
hrspital after a brief illness. Deceas
ec! was almost t4 years old and had
a larKe part in the building of early
i'eniileton. fimong other
baildinKs I
he constructed the old Kpiscopal and
I nptisL churches.
Mr. Mays was horn In McMinnville,
repon. January- !!, JSi4. He was a
student at McMinnville- College and
came to
ness for
i'enib-ton to ensaMe In busi
himself at the tse of 17 111
health forced Mr. Mays to resign
from his active career in 1010. Jle
vus well known for various cartoons
iiiawn dmim- electiitn times. He was
a member of the Knights of Tythias.
Snrvi vimr relatives are his wife,
Mis. W. II. Mays, and a son, A. 11.
-Mays, both of this city. Tho funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
j o'eb.ek af 1 u-own's chapel. lU'V, K.
II. b veir-u-r of fieiat Intf. Interment
will be made in nlmy cemetery.
ELLISON SMITH
TO BE CHAIRMAN
I.C. CONVENTION
.WASHINClT" N, Jan. T- The sen
ate stecriui; ci mi mittee tomorrnw will
uinouiu'c the selection of Kllison
Smith of South Carolina as chairman
or the interstate commerc' ceinmis
siun tu succeed the lute senator New
l:;nds. Pnmeine claimed hi' was dls
j laced as ra-.iUlilR menfli'cr by Smith.
FEELS FINE TO BE
SHOT AT AND MISSED
I-leutenant Frank liertbolet. 4
sun or" tVnduotor RertTHilet. of
the Nnrthern Tacific. was recent-
ly under fire from .Mexican ban-
dils fur a half hour down ou the
border. He was iu command of
a pack train at the" time am
siuue of the bullets whizzed close
to him. He savs it feels fine to
be -'shut at and missed." tnvintf
to tjerman work in Mexico some
American t l oops will have to stay
on the border and thus may miss
service in France.
AMERICA WILL PUSH HER WAR WORK
WITHOUT THOUGHT THA T PEACE MA Y
BE NEARING WAR OFFICIALS STATE
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ESTIMATES OF
Presidents Requested to Re
MADOO ASK
ROADS OUM
port Amount and Plans,"'"1 pusn her wpr1' wi,h"!jt thought
1 . . tnut iJfjitM: m:iv i, nf-riio--. Scrretar
for Raising Wednesday. Naker and other war oUiciaib today
' fmy '
---McAdoo
WA.HIIIN-BTON. Jan
ha. a-sked the railroads for estimate,
'""j
yp.'ir. The rfsilon(rt art Hkrt to re -
tmrt hv Wr.rliif.sl:u- ihi nmniint nnd
phins for ralMitiK' it. Ho also aaked
for detailed information on the oper-
utinjr revenupH, expenses, etc., for the
last fiscal vear in order to arrive at a
basis for financing the national rail -
roads.
He also asked information as to thejtion that the allies and Teutons are
number of freisht. coal and oil carry- : getting more nearly together through
lug cars in the repair shops December
31. Further unscrambling of freight
congestion is in prospect as a result of
the order increasing the car demur
rage rates. The new schedule, effect
ive January 21, allows the cars to re
main sidetracked for two days free
and thereafter at rates of fifty to a
uhundred percent above the present.
It held the requirements of war and
the health and comfort of the nation
demand extra efforts. It expissed
the belief shippers and public
bear
added "burdens from the patriotic spir- of a reality, say experts. Russian of
it. More locomotives were freed to- Tficials, however, are skeptical of any
day for freitfht service through the permanent alignment between the al
curtailmeiit of passenner service. lies and Russia. Her cry is peace
regardless of what party comes in
power. They feel the Slavs will
BANKS TO REPORT stick tosthe separate peace program
rrtMniTIflVC flPf 11 unless a general peace is maneuvered
VA8HIXOTOX, Jan. 7. The con- i
troller of currency has issued 'a call:
the condition of banks December!
31.
REV. GORNALL IS
RECOMMENDED FOR
ARMY CHAPLAIN,
TU'V. R. K. Gornall. popular pastor
of the Methodist church of Pendleton,
has been recommended by the bishop
of this district for appointment as a
ehaplin in the army. There is said
t.-, l, -. ctt-nnf ii-ohahflitv of new an-
pointments beint made for the
creased army and that Rev. (jornall
will be in line for appointment.
GERMANS THEMSELVES
SAY MEETING IS OFF
Pl'OOf is ShoWll in WireleSS
1001 1S 6I1TO" 111 "
Messace Sent to Russians
Declaring Time is Up. i
-'
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 7. Proof that
the Uiissian-tiornian negotiations nt
; llrcsl-Litovsk have been concluded if
'shown in a. wireless message (ifriiiai.
i delegates sent the Russians statins
that the principles the 'Hermans cnuu-
I elated were expressly, contingent upon
all belligerents unreservedly within
ten days binding themselves to oli-
i serve the conditions anil rayinff the
.ten days had elapsed.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
OPPOSE GOVT. DECEIT
, j
AMSTEKPA M. Socialist
members of tho Keischstaw mot in
Horlin t.i discuss the Hret-Uitvosk
nenotiatit'iis. It is predicted the on
feronce will urse the withilniwal by
!ho (lOinians of the terms held unac
ceptable by Russia.
ibuh the majority ami minority so
cialists of Cerntany oppose the gov
ernment deceit in the peace terms of
fered Russia. Loaders of both sides
are protesting. it is reported inde
pendent socialists sent n message to
the hnlsheviki ursmir them not to ac
cept a tierman searate pence.
KIM 1 K MINKKS rilO.M AVIMN
InjuiHHl. hut None Seriously.
cr Vilkcsharrc.
WU.KKSIiARRi:. I'a.. -Ian. 7
Kescu in? part ies tuniuht f recti five
mine workers from behind hundreds
of tons of coal that had fallen from
the roof of tho workings and inipris-
on
1 them early tul;
in the Huriuini
min or tne l enns i ania v o,u enm
oanv at Dnrvea, near here. Fifteen
men were injured bat none seriously.
Peace Move Now Up to Ger
many; Lloyd George's
Terms are America's Also
OPTIMISTIC NOTE IS ;
SOUNDED BY SOME i
Many Authorities See
Chance for War's End Be- -L.
fore Four Months. i
' WASiriN'flTOX, Jan. 7. America
- " " -
iivia mat. lircparaiiuiis muse not iuk.
!'Tny sr Pace now is up to Germany.
i, .-vd Oco,'e ttateU e al,icf ",;
i 1 nese are America a terms too. If
Germany wants tu reform and -accept
j'thww terms, the way- in open. But if
JVhe wanlH to fi,'ht on the allies and
America are tuny aware oi ana reaay
ffor tne bloody sacrifice involved, all
'officials agree. They added it would
. be little short of treason and rooinardi-
: ness for America to slow up
now
merely because of a growing convic-
the process of the
unofficial state
ment of peace aims.
Coming Quickly.
' Authorities, including military men
believe peace is coming more rapidly
'than is generally believed. One neu
tral diplomat sized up the situation as
peace in three or lour months or I
war of three of four years. If As
tria heeds her peoples cry for peace
and the Russians definitely set them
selves against Germany, so she can't
get supplies, peace will Be little short
in the meantime.
I BULLETINS
CHICAGO BLIZZARD STOPS.
ClllCAiO. Jan. J7. Snow ceased
-this afternoon after the heaviest
ANAn AN
twelve to fifteen feet deep In the lo-
i eal streets. Trains arc cancelled. j
KALI, ON ICE FATAL.
NKW YORK. Jan. 7. One was
killed and several injured by falls on i
i II.. .. .. -I usv-n.Anfc Train!
i service is crippled as the result of the j
I extremely thick Ice coatiiur every- j
I thimr. . ;
CONSPIRACY CASES POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The cases j
cliarjrlns conspiracy to induce men ,
not to register were not dceided by j
the supreme court today. These In- j
elude Kjiinia (iolilniau and Alexander"!
Ilerknian.
UOMB WRKCKS SCHOOL.
HOCHKSTK-R. Jan. 7. The Ilocll-
TS'Pr "V h . .T T ,',he afternoon and evening. leaving for
ly wr ke,l by bomb expl,Hlh,B in Ihc H(Cppner tho IocaI thfoI.
ten. i.er s desk, one ih.t who was lo
lt4M1IIlU 1IIC llinilKV M'lX lllllir-t-vi. .nr ;
others" won msiiio.
AMFKICAV r-LYKRS RIljI.!T.
WASlil';TO, Jan. 7. Lieuten
ant I'lv mid Serrennt Roudek. Amerl
ran fiver-:, -non- killed in ai'roplate
ai-ciih-ut in Ijiaiu-e. 'Iliere are no
details.
.i:i;m raids i:i:pi:i.li:i.
PARIS. Jan. 7. t'crmuu raids on
the left bank of the Meuse. north of
hill 304 were repelled. The artillery
is active in 'hanipagne.
FEDERAL OPERATION
OF COAL FIELOS IN
U. S. IS ADVOCATED
WASHlNt'.ToN. Jan. 7 Voderal
operation of American coal fields as i
a cure for the coal shortage was ad
vocated by OH ford Thorne. rate expert
before t he senate coal probers. lie
said the purchase or control of the ,
pooled mines products nm equipment
must come to offset the evils result-
injj from the six month! attemptelj lkoor p"i to IVace.
federal remilation of privately operat- I.NDON. Jan 7. The Rriti li
oil coal fields. He said this reiila- newspapers riKanl tfio Lloyd leoro
tion instead of reducing prices actu- s pooch as a, derinit outline of trredu
allv raised them in some cases a hun-'Cible war aims, open in the door to
died per cent over last r. He said peace If tlermany desire to opt ft,
federal fixed prices werw excessive They do not express tho ant U !pa i l-oi
ct nijared to production cost. He bit- that (ternminy will make this enirarno
t rly assailed what he termed tho se
cretive me!hoiis of federal authorities
in handli;' the coal situation, charts
iim thai all data satherod was gath
ered in secret and withheld from th.
public.
ALASKANS ARE
PERMITTED TO
ENLIST HERE
Ciowder Makes Special
Eulinp; .No Drawing or
Number Order Assigned.
Jan.
Crowd tr Tias
i made aspecial ruling1 for
AlaHkan
of nonhenMg registered in Alaska and
then rame to thp staten for th win
tpr ii nrtf-r t ho imtirfMinn thnv- pniilrl
join norei only to find 8Uch Wlis not
tne case Under the new ruling, they
jmay present registration cards at tho
marine, naval station and Join. IX
j(v HAiiir tr loin fh armv. thv m&v
appeaP at the nearest local board and
fill out the questionnaire. No draw
ings have yet been made in Alaska,
and no number order yet assigned.
PROSECUTION TO
j FOLLOW SENATES
MILITARY PROBE
WASHINGTON, Jan. T. Criminal
prosecution may follow the senate
military investigation. Mclellar la to
ask that testimony be-laid before the
department of justice. Other com
mitteemen are reported as unani
mously favorlngr the move. The tes
timony showed contracts totalling
J138.000.000 were given to firms or
persons officially serving: the govern
ment. Federal statutes prohibit this.
These were chiefly for woolen goods.
j clothing. .
OFFICERS TO SPEAK
HERE JANUARY 28TH
Pendleton is to hear from tho lips
of three Canadian officers some first
hand facts about the fighting In Ku
hope. The men are Lleut.-Col McMil
lan. Major F. B. Kdwards and Cap
tain E. J. Cook. They are now In
Portland -but will make a tour of
eastern Oregon the latter part of the
month, being scheduled for Pendle
ton Monday. January 28. They are to
'arrive from Baker on train No. 17.
i January 28 and will be here during
i ine inree oiiicers are veterans or
! h war and all were wounded in bat
jtle. Iortland papers roiort their
j rr.eelinss to be of the tfreatn Interest.
....
nRITISH PATROL IN RAID.
RMMi.. ' J ;n. 7. British patroli
!' ss.-d the ria.t: and raided Teutot.
(.uiitK-ns. Arttllerying in general o1..;'
the front.
WILSON MAY RECITE
THE JOINT WAR AIMS
I ED 1. KEEN )
LONDON. Jun. 7. A Joint allied
statement of war aim by I'resei.lent
Wilson is pending, the prom ler
speech being merely preparatory ti
this, which L- to be the Kreat att;:- k
of the winter's political drive, accoiil
inr to hivhet sources.
Karly t'oiUVn-iwv I-ikclv.
l'AKIS, Jan. 7. An early ennfer-
1 er.co of allied premiers is r port-d
likely, presumably to deelrie the ex.tet
twitlino of the joint roipuemont of tho
allied aims.
move. The papers reward tho pr
mler's utterances as teel)n vry al
lied citizen to his tirnioMt t-ndefivor
They say ho proclaimed Rrllnbi "
message to the world, a mMagM fyur
allei to Wilson's.