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DAILY EVENING EDITHIM
IS u tuber copies printed of reoterday'a
Dully Kattloa.
. 2,799
Thi paper Is a member and audited
by the Audit bureau of Circulations.
DAILY EVENING EDITION
Mure houses are needed In IVndtcton,
JnquA.ta t'rr housea to rent are dally
feature of the ftt rOefpnilaa class
if led want ad pago. ,
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL.30
' DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919.
NO. 9627
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ABOARD
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WILSON STILL
SEA QUESTION
Attitude of President Not
Changed bv Visit in Eng
land Says Correspondent,
WILSON LEAVES FOR
ITALY THIS EVENING
Two Days of Rest in Paris
ollows Close of Eng
land Trip.
ED U KEKX
(('lilted Press Htaff Correspondent.)
TARia Jan. 1. Wilson trip to
Enrland resulted Jn no change or de-
vlotion from the original proRi-m on
the general principle of the freedom
of the Mean. The United Press la able
to state authoritatively that the pres.
ldent's socalled coalition with Ird
Northcliffe, as a result of which the
full force of the Northcllffe press
seems to be lined hehfndlhe general
Wilson program, was not brought by
any Wllsnnlan Imrkdown on the free
dom of the seas proposal.
nOHKUT J. HK.VDBIt
(I'nltCMl rress Staff Correspondent.)
PAHIS, Jan. t. I'resld.mt Wilson
today enjoyed hla first relaxation
sine coming to Knrope . Deilto a
cold rain he played golf early at the
fum--tis Stoload UnkB. He was ac- i
rompanled by Mrs. Wilson and Ad-
m in. 1 hiij i; iwr Timer
the president to take two ays of ab
aolute tlnya He will upend one of
these day In Paris, the other en route
to Italy, departing at 7 this evening.
WAR PUT QUIETUS ON
LOCAL BUILDING WORK
Pendleton experienced a decided
lump during )81 from a building
standpoint. Measured ill dollara mid
rents Ihe tolul coxt of liuililing in the
city during the jear W" about one
third the amount expended during
191 T, which Khowed a good gain us
compared with 19l(t.
In 191S the total cost of building
Improvement aa shown by the build
ing permlta Issued by Recorder Thos.
KlUiieriild waa 2.213.G, us com
pared with the previous year when
the total was 1227,329, and In 1916,
$189,963. The largest permit issued
during the year was to It. W. Collins
for Improvements made lit the Collins
grain elevator on east Webb street,
and waa for 10,m(P. Tho number of
permits issued was 2 I r.
Tho slump was caused by war con
ditions tho high cost of materlala
and labor together with restrictions
upon building mado as a war mea
sure by the war industries board.
Judging, however, by reports of Im
provements and buildings planned for
1919 tho coming year Is ill a fair way
to eiual If not exceed the amounts of
the few years preceding 1918.
ARRESTS FOR 1918
SHOW BIG DECLINE
The joar Just closed ehows tho loaM
number of i,retn mado by Pendleton
police In many yearn, the number be
ing 104, against 349 during 1917. In
liilff the nuintrer wa-s SKfi, almost
double the number of caen In the
police court !at year. Tho year 191 6
was what 1h called ft 4,pta.In dry" year
while laHt year was "bone dry."
September was tho banner month
for amount of fine collected, as it wus
alno for the number of arrests, made.
Flne in that month amounted to
$78 and the number of arrests was
31.
The following table shows tho or
rests made and fines collected by
months:
Month. Arrests. Fines.
January t 1 $ 327
February 1 2 76
March - 1
April 1
May 16
12H
SBH
30ft
4 M)
14r
29
572
41S
21
1 1 :
June
July ......
AiiRttst . . .
September
October . .
November
Jeeember
24
IT.
31 ,
lit
L ffolnl ...... .j.aj.lSi 356
SMS PAT ON
ON FIRE
MAY HIS WEAPON PROVE AS WORTHY AS THE SWORD
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BUFORD BUTLER DESCRIBES
FIGHT BETWEEN TRANSPORT
AND SUB ON TRIP OVERSEAS
In an Interesting letter to a Pen
dleton friend. liuford It. Hutler. t'o.
B, 44th He. T. , Ainerican Kxpe
ditiohary Forres, tells of his experi
ences In France. His letter in pari is
uh follows;
Shu tn u r, Franee,
Novcmhor 21, UUt.
Ieir Hill: This is a rainy old
Sunday and no fnoiball pa me ho 1 11
wrtto you a I promised, .1 would in
my letter yesterday. Wrote I add
an eiht pane letter for his thristman
present. 1 can tell you most every
thing about our doings as the rule of
censorship have been pre.ttly reduced.
We left tho docks of Mohokrn, NT. .1.,
on the afternoon of July 31st, on the
larKC transport. Muni. There were
nine transports in our fleet and we
were accom panted by a la rk'e ha 1 1 te-
Hhlp, several cruis-rs and an observa
tion balloon pnrt of the way. When
We hit tho daner zone we found a
hunch of sub-chasers wuit-iitr to tnk"
us In. It grew tiresome seeinc noth
ing but ater utid fish of every de
scription. on the eighth day out we sihter a
nub about r0() yards off our port side.
Our boat whs equipped with lare six
inch cutis and she turner) loose and
the litt le chasers were soon oh t lie
spot where it wits siwhter. The way
the ile pi h bombs were dropping
wasn't slow. They run tis below as
soon as possible ci we didn't see much
but we had a real battle for a while.
200 KILLED DURING
FIGHTING IN POSEN
PRKLlN.'Jaii. t. More than 2n
casualties have iceurred so far In
street fighting In Posen. aeconling to
the Taxeblatt. Newvpapeis declare
Paderewski probably
fighting.
bsiding ttie
IXHEM il,ITIO ,OVKltll I'
Jan. 1.- Uermans
proelalmed martial U)M. Jan. ,A (oulilioii go -trding
to dispatches'rrtuneiit Ivrfiig fornitil in Poland
'it is learned heitv
A MflTKH OA M.
and Poles Jointly
law in Posen, ner
received hens
ISLAND, 40 MILES
la. ". -'wv'
1V -JW-EsWl.
ere ul tucked three times that
day and the second time we pot one
for sure. They would run us below
ievery time there was any excitement
but (lininjr our second fiwht I hid out
!on the dek and saw it all. There were'
( nearly fai'Mt on the boat. Condition
(weren't the best but we Rot alon all
rlht. tf afiernoons we -would have
; band concerts and maybe a box tin:
iiiuitrh or some of the ncKroes wmild
istrtij a nd dance. No lights afb-r ilusk.
'nor could wc weitr wrist, watches on
i deck after dark for fear 1 he enemy
fvould see thetn shining-. Wc had two
(days of rough wcatlier.
j I am now at Saumur. Camp V ille
j"iernier When wo first hit. here 1
.Kut a job shoveliiiR coal for a week,
'then they put me to loading and un
loading sand for 1 wo weeks. I soon
islarled out. to build a bull pen for Ihe
!llun prisoners and when thry look mir
jobs I was told to go to school to learn
jhow to do French railroading1. Kver
since 1 have hern bren klnjr on t hi
! Parts ft Orleans road. (Mir division
'is piqhtvmiles Ioiik. Pcfore the nrm
'istiee wa.'i sinned we would be as
I high as 7a bom s aett inw there but
.(he rosds are now in Rood shape.
Tomorrow is Thanksslvinj? and all
:tho kitchens here are busy preparing
ducks, geese or turkey for 1 he buys,
j HnpitiK you nil have n Mcrrv
iChristnias and n Happ New Year. 1
jam, Yours.
i PVT. P. H. lU'TTI-KI
1
Bolsheviki Naval Chief
Is Taken by English
! .
HElSIXt; FltUS. Finland, Jan. 1.
1 British naval forces raiding Wulft
Isle, captured M. KaVkulinoff, the
' bolslievtk naval commissioner. It is
' reported.
I . . .
Ml l,i:i I Id Til UKKT
T,)IM .Ian. t Si perwms were
k filed and . wounded ben troop
Itreit iimmi a lMd"bevfrt demonstration
hi ltu hnrel. It Is rt'istrlcil.
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PENDLETON'S FIRE
LOSS FOR YEAR IS
LOWEST ON RECORD
A loss or only $.OOft from fircH
during tho year just closed is tho
splendid rccitrd for Pendleton.
Thin Is tho lM?t rocord in this re
MHt for IViidl"ton In a . god
many yearn. It is an average low
of about $rH) tx month and with
but .Iti calls dnrinj: tlie yedir or an
acrayc of tlircc a 1110111)1 IV11
dlcton has ctmio throutli tin year
with a record that boa Id be
pt4isiii to insunHMXi comMtiiles
in tact, so rim mI thai ltolit'y I udd
ers would not Imi in the IcaM dis
pliL.s4i1 If the 11 ndorwritors
would grunt the -ity reduced
lromiuiti rat cm instead of ii
ereasinx ttio rates as I tax Ikvii
threatened.
The larjjot ri of the ear m-.
curred in duly when the John
Temple iroHity on V. Alia
slnet buriMMl at a Io-m of S-NtOO.
JNllowiii Is the fir loss for
1 1 ic past four yen i 1 11 1 1 n city:
I Slfl.HOo; Mini. S7H 1918,
$17-300; 111 IS. KhuOO.
LONDON PAPER SAYS
DANIELS OFFERED AN
INSULT TO BRITAIN
l.f i.VHi IN". Jan. l. - - Secretary Dan
iels' speech tlei"la:'inir the United
StHtes should have tlie largest navy in
the wTNrld seems to luive been deliber
ately framed as an offense to Great
Pritain. the ("Ira phis decla red. Other
Ivondon newspa pora made no con
ment. '
"The speech, therefore. Is out of
place between friends." the Graphic
continued. It tirtred Wilson to ca
ble Daniels to restrain his language.
Tenadores Passengers
All Safely Landed
l.UN 1 n t.. Jan. 1. - -All passenger
and th crew .t tin American truus-
. port Tenadort's wbu-h went ashore
off the Kreneh coast ha been safe-
'iy landed, it is announced.
3t
vi- f i
R0
NEW
I ALL MEN ABOARD SHIP ARE SAFE
THUS FAR; WOUNDED TO BE TAKEN
OFF UNLESS STEAMER IS FLOATED
4 BOYS HURT WHEN
POWDER GOES OFF
ItaJpli MoCulley, Neil Bo.
gert, bted Ilohrman, Byron Kid- j
reth, four young Pendleton I
boys, were Beverely injured, yes
terday afternoon by an explo
sion while experimenting with
powdur. The boys were playing
along the I 'mat ilia river near
the te street bridge with a
mixture of jMwder when it ex
ploded. The bone"? of the right hand
of the MrCullpy hoy were
broken and he may lose the
firwt finger. The Hogrt and
Rohnnan boys both had their
hands hurt badly and the latter
bad Kiwder burns on the face.
Byron Kdreths injuries were
mostly on the face and eyes,
though it in not thought his eye
sight will be injured.
The boys mixed up the explo
sive them Helves and were load
ing It in holes In . (block of
wood when the jar of hammer
ing In the holea caused it to ex
plod e-
PENDLETON SNOOZED
in lirill If r ft A 1 lir
flS NrW Irflff fllVlri
IIU ll.ll IUIIII Wlllllb
The Xevv Tear is here. ' It arrived
promptly as per schedule, 12:01 a. m.,
and this while all Pendleton was
peacefully sleeping and Jack Frost
was getting in his work on the water
pipes. All this Mr. Pendleton citizen
realized this morning when he arose
and saw the result of the indifference
with which he had greeted the new
year.
However, it was not because of any
lack of desire on the part of Pendle
ton to give the new born year a pro
per reception but by order of Old Man
Flu who holds the whip hand that
the city slumber through the night,
and today finds the new year was
able to find the city without the usual
noise of previous years.
Today is proving1 to be the counter
part of Christmas Day for Pendleton.
Few business houses are open and
families are generally spending' their
day at home. With the ban last night
on watch parties the spirit of the day
has been taken away and today the
taboo stands against the customary
new year calls. The order of the
quarantine officer against watch j
meetings was observed in every re-
speet last night. No reports have1
been heard of violations of the or-
der. j
TWO ABOVE ZERO IS
GREETING FOR 1919
The New Year was given a rather
cold reception u pou its arrival t his
morning. From tho Mississippi river
to tlie Pacific co;u-t new cold records
for t he seasm were established lat
night. In Pendleton (lie thermometer
dropped t wo dcres above en, which
U two and a half degrees colder than
the night before and one degree colder
I ban ktst year's cold record.
Com para t ively. however. Pendleton
was a summer resort to many of the
ea-stern regon places and middle
west siat es. At Meacham the ther
mometer touched the elKht beiow aero
nark. North Powder and many oth
er towns in the plue mountain area
port temperatures below zero
Trainmen passim; through Munlda. on
the border between Montana and
Idaho, report t below zero there and
an extreme frigid temperature all
along the Kocky mountain plateau
areas. Heavy snows ha e prevailed
he past two das in north Nebraska
and sent hern South Iikota which
has tied up all train service in south
ern South Dakota.
Farmers and stockmen are welt
pleased to get the cold weather and
winter oer now as it foresages an
earlv sprii'P. The winter of 117 and
w hile very mild, w a.-i a had one
for t'matill.i countv in that it caused
1 backward cold spring with frosts up
into May. retarding the wheat growth.
Plumbers who had hoped tor a day
of r"t todav :re the busiest of the
vear as many water pipes frosee and
bursted laM night. The weather re
port is for continued cold.
YORK THIS MORI
News of Pendleton
On Page 4 Today
OE INFLUENZA TODAY
!
The infiU(.nza Hituation continue
j to improve materir.lt y. Today sets a
j new low record for some time In new
cases, when Officer C. O. Breach
quarantined but one home, that of
Ed McHroom, 424 Madiaon. The
quarantine waff removed from
homeH suffering with influenza.
I seems highly probable that the epi-
j dentic has been put on the shelf iy
I the Itwn tn.l Ihe cold, elejir weMther
of the pajst few days.
Tho homes where the quarantine
was lifted today are:
Ieo Davis. 3'il Aura
William Craig, 211 IJncoln.
Forrest Baker, 412 W. Bluff.
Charles Despain, 501 Bush.
C. M. White. 716 E. Alta.
William Je;p; 213 Stonewall
Jackson. m
fltOWX PIU-N'CE DANCES
.1 WIEItKXGE.V, Jan. 1. Former
! (.crntan crown prince is mingling
! with the )eoplo fsr the first time
! siiKe the recent unpleasantness con
nectcd witli (lie gift of a pair of silk
1 sto-klis tn a local modiste. Ha at-
f.d tWMI daace. Iist nUctie. He
neither atn nor drank, fearing, it la
Ixditn'tl. lie might be poisoned.
THKY SllOlI,l TIIIXK AGAIN"
l.OX 1XS, Jan. 1 Tho Morning
post, commenting on Wilson's speech
at Manchester, declared he had re
jected tho "determent factor of the
IH-ace principles which, tlie ewspa
Hr Ix-UeveH. is Britain's ability to
maintain tii I .a lam -e of power through
control of the seas.
LEST WE FORGET
Joe Krwner, young Hen-iiston
farmer of German blood, was a
slacker in the lied Cross War Fund
drives an dalso in the I'nited War
l-Hind I.rlvc
CENTRAL IXY.LTV COMMIT.
KTE.
i.
t,- 1 1 1 . T.' 1 1 . l
IVUIlLIIdlv 1 ivilltu
By Political Enemy
TOKIO, Jan. 1. Ailnwral Koltchuk
has been assassinated acc.,r,ii.,B to re-
m.rts from Hiheriiu Koltchak was
killed hy a political enemy. It stated
lie was formerly commander of the
Kussiaii Black Sea fleet and reeentlv
pet. himself tip as dictator of the Si
berian government at Omsk.
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
Ton-Eht and
Thursday fair,
cont iuued old
Maximum tempera tun,
Minimum t em neral u ro, 2.
Weat her. clear.
Wind, calm.
Kainfall. none.
:
LOCAL RECORD PROVES DAN
CUPID "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"
j Friend cupid fell far short in keep
imr up his work during luis in lm
tilla county as compared with previ
ous jears us ghown hy the record of
marrniKe lii-enses in the office of th
'county clerk. In 1 1 l " the number of
.license issued "was ti3. compared
'with 1S4 durtmir the mM tar. In
i 1 S 1 7 it was "aiil "w ar tlmuiat
' marriatees." and now in accounting
iftir the full in if off in the work of the
little match maker it in probably equ
jally Mpropoa to Kay rtardt
-vS
CRAFT STAND BY TO
MEET EMERGENCIES
NEW YORK, Jan. t. Efforts to
float Uis Northern Pacific at high
tide tilts morning1 failed.
NEW l'ORK, Jan. I. Tlie Amerlraa
tnuuawrt Northern Iaclric with 3IO
six ; wounded and 4UO casuals aboard, ran
It (
aground on fire Island this moniinj.
It is belle-ed there is no danger of
loss of lire. (The Northern Pacific. H
la slMter ship or the Great Northern
'and both formerly operated In the
passenger service from San tYaneiseo
to Astoria.)
The eight thousand ton steamer ran
into tlie rocky shore while traveling at
moderate rate of speed, during
dense fog. Her position will be peri
lous If a wind storm comes up, if she
is not floated soon, tlie men mast be
removed. The fog was so thick when
the Northern Pacific grounded thr
Fire Island light was shrouded from .
Tiew. In answer to her wireless call
for help destroyers and nary tugs
dashed to her assistance. Tliey are
now standing by. The Northern Pa
cific was due in New York today
from Brest, with ber cargo of msnd-
!ri Ameti.-ia aoMier-,, an4 a few paa.
Mwt of the men aboard arc
too bad)- ivonnded to walk.
Tlie place where thn transport
struck is considered one of the moot
dangerous on the coast, and is a boat
40 miles from New York harbor, off
Iong Island, near the spot where the
San IMexo, formerly the California,
of the Pacific fleet, was tmnk bjr m
German torpedo or a mine during the
war.
WASHIXGTOX. Jan. I. The sick
and casuals aboard the .Northern Par-fin
are undefinlteiy classified or
designated as to the section of country
from which they come.
IS OS EVEX KKIXi
i Tho Xortherri Pacific Is on even
' I keel. Iiard. fast on sandy. ahcKlnir
I j boaclk Tlie hospital transport tolace
I ' Is standing by and 8100 wounded will
i be transferred to her if It la LmpoS-.
I'siMe to pull tlie Northern I-acifio
'. ' deep water. A fleet of rescua ves
j I sets Is at the scene, b-viudinx the
' I cruisers lo MoineH and Columbia,
the trui-sport Mallor, eijelit destroy
m three lUchtlMiuse tenders, eiaht
"o ami six submarine chasers. Tlie
j iiosUioii of tlie transport is believe.!
" he iKd. ' Tlie slioro lias rocky
'" ; I strlkln, rC.
j Attempu. to puH Uc big steamer off
tin bench are rendered mire dif ft
cul. hy a cttowy Tlie wcatlier In
thick and rainy. A Ktorm ft due to
, strike the coat tltlM afternoon. Tho
j ofTiHat wtatiM-r bureau warnlnsa
j were iued at 10:30.
OM-: OF liAKXiKST SHIPS.
WASH I X iTt Jte n. f v Tm
i steMfiHkr .ortbm ra4flv b imr of Uw
svirtc-t ami larxet tran.HMirts tn the
Mrbe It huh on tltto boat that
, S-rrttar) lUikcr niale hbt lant trip U
tYaiHt1.
I IFF I.IXK IS AIOAlU
KV VOKK. 4a I. MafMaln H.
; V. Itlamc. Hiief or surf U Admiral
.Ichcs, Ih dlrci-tiiu1 Uw nMeu op.
cratHm- from New York, hy lwlmlCMi,
lb' t in coir-taut (omcIi. by wlrderM.
with the Northern lucirie. Ie an
tioinit-ed at cieeii a life linn had Iwvn
I nliot ai-niM 1 1 hi dii by ntei from
fin Nluml life Haliuf NtuUon. A
lirti hi buo vn r flared on thi
line. If mcf4iry tlie boyn alMmnJ
ill ire taken alun thlH way.
marriuKt't.' bun Cupid ban been
"somewhere in Krance." but on hi
return to the I. S. buinewi in hi llrt
wilt doubiletui pick up.
Wh lie marruiMes may hvn fuilen
off dorlnx t h eir thw Ulvorct court
hiivi) hf Id pretty clou to th uauat
Krmd hcwinK a fallinir off of but tV
durinv the -ear. in 117 thr wr
1 19 (liMinvd iiritiitfd in I'rnalUla
countv ; whilw th court do-krt fi.r
1SIH shon an vn 100 divorc ullfl
filed during thf ar