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-.-sr-..ffc , DAILY .EVENIIiS EDITI01I DAILY EVEHIH6 EDITION Number copies printed of yesterdays ;i..:",7 k JMliy Edition. , v ..V 2,803 Tills paper Is a member and audited by the Audit Bureau, or Circulations. ", four room bungalow elwt!Ht for rent in tltr y Orrttonlan arts yesterday had mm applicant witliln two hours. Mora houses. WO needed In Pendleton. UK COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPEK 'VOL.30 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 1919. NO. 9635 SON INSISTS THAT HMD TO ECHO MUST FOLLOW IfiER ROUTE FROM PEiLET CITYCOUNcm o;: i FLVmASKORDERMEPEALEDJoY i" t "P-r: ...... " v : ; rr i rrrr?. t. r rr 1 ' ; r : r r : a .nr. iiiTrni in mnii rr mTrnwrA tirr . H N rnVrN N FERCE riots mrKvrm N lllll 111 I li 1 1 L.I I iui 1 m m m w . - - - - It i TO B HELD UP BY STATE BOARD Crisis Stirs Local Good Roads Men to Action With View to Getting Work COST OF RIVER ROAD HEAVIER TO COUNTY n PROLONG Commission Chairman . Wants Road Auto Trucks ' '; Can Operate On. 8. Benson, chairman of the Oro lun highway . commission ' will not stand tor the spending of money for gravelling; a hill route road from Pen dleton to Echo but Insists Instead that tha river route be selected so as to secure a grade that will . make possi ble the use of the road by motor trucks without shifting to low gear. It will mean an additional expense of over 1100,000 to the county. This la the substance of news brought back from Portland this morning by W. I- Thompson, eastern Oregon member of the commission and the information has precipitated a surprising crisis with reference to road affairs in the county. It means, so It seems, that the county will get no improved road from Pendleton to the west end country unless steps are taken to make use of the river route. According to Mr4 Thompson the matter, of the Umatilla county road did not come formally before the commission but Mr. Benson , has in formally announced flat opposition to tha bill route and will have the sup port of Commissioner Booth should , the -question eome tail show down, in the commission. A further feature of the case is that a feeling prevails that Umatilla coun ty has been getting a big share of state money as compared to the a ount being put up by the county. This feeling It Is said would militate against the county should the matter come to a vote in the commission. ' Local good roads men, not wishing to see the county lose out 'by not get ting the benefit of valuable state work next year are now casting about for some way to save the situation. It It la pointed out that state highway work must be obtained in some man ner and In hopes of working out a so lution the roads committee of the Commeruial Club has been called Into action. T BERLIN IMP American Government Has No Present Intention of Sending Men to Berlin. MODERATE GROUP WANTS SUCH AID Should Sparticans Gain Power Would Refuse Indemnities. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. The Am erlcan government has no present In tentlon of sending its forces to Berlin, It is learned on high authority today. Propaganda In favor of American occupation eniuimtes mainly from the middle of the road group. The gov ernment believes international inter vention would provoke trouble rather than settle it. While advices' Indicate a trend toward the defeat of the Lieb knecht group, it is pointed out here that the Rpartacans, as an aggressive force, are seeking to dominate at the coming election, even though past tests showed they constitute a minor ity. Rhotild the Kpnrtncana gli In control. Indemnities would be refused 'and the only way to collect them would be by force. FIERCE RIOTS ON IN BUENOS AYRES DELEGATION Scientists Will Hold Church, Under Vacant Seat Rule at Arcade In order to conform to the cy or dinances regulating church meetings and at the same time have a meeting Vlace sufficiently large to hold their attendance, nnder the restrictions, the Christian Hciontlsts of Pendleton have Secured the Arcade theater for their church meeting Sunday morning. They will hold their services there at 11 a. m. and In the evening will hold a service In their church. It was an nounced today that no attempt will :he mudo to hold a Hunday school session. LETCHER NORVELL WOUNDED ON NOV. 11 SAYS TELEGRAM ' (Kant Oregonian Special.), HELIX, Jan. 10. J. a Norvell Is In receipt of a telegram from . , the war department stating his Son, Letclrbr C. Norvell, was ee- .- rlously wounded In action No vember 11th. As several letters have been received from Letcher since that date. Including a Christmas letter to his father It Is hoped some mistake has been made. i J. 8. Norvell Is In the city today from Helix and says that letters from his 'son tell how the Germana came from their trenches to join' in the re joicings of the Americans at the sign ing of the armistice. November 11. Apparent Death in Flames Proves Murder Of Family of Five . OXFORD JUNCTION", Iowa, Jan. 10. -Five members of the Frank Blixek family, whose bodies were found in ruins In their burned home near here late yesterday were mur dered according to evidence gathered by the coroner at an inquest today. The head of each body was missing, while other parts of the bodies were not badly burned. The heads had been cleanly removed. U.S. anxious nr get to BUKNOH AIRES, Jan. 10. Dan ger of actual atarvatlon is con fronting the people of Buenos Aires, ax II ic result . of a general strike tiring up all trausiortation. All Nlaugliu-rliouses and meat markets are closed. Stocks and oilier food are reapidly dlsaiaiear. in uiid there In iio immediate) -prosiiect of replenishment of sup plies. An attempt mom made) to resume traffle, 'but wan opowd by . bodies of armed strikers. .A He wo of vessels have: been deniollshed. ih'i-Jnoh Anu:s, jsii. i fcoii- oni and soldier with rifles' and niaeliliio guns today iiaM-otlcd tlio ' streets, following; a nlffht strike and rlolintr In which many were killed or injured. . In fighting at tlie) Iron works soldiers turned mai lilno guns on tlio strikers, who replied with mainline guns taken from the arsenal when lliey raid ed It. Six were, killed and many hurt. A Catholic girl ' school was set afire by the strikers but none were hurt. Half of the po lte forces are striking and mobs estimated at 130.0O0, are terror izing the oily. Many buildings and one church have lieeu burned. LYNN AYRES GIVEN PENITENTIARY TERM Dl WORK BY FUBD FERGUSON" " (United Press Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, Jan. 10 The American peace delegation Is ready and anxious tc get down to business, President Wilson and his commissioners are In clined to feel there has been enough "shows," believing the best plan-la to go to work immediately,. But as time slips by, preliminaries to the for mal conferences become more In con fusion and It Is Impossible to tell at one hour what is likely to happen the next. Engagements for conferences are being broken right and left. The French are anxious to have some sort of "bIiow" to mark -the start of the formal conferences. Including an ad dress by Polncare. Wilson much pre fers Individual conferences between represonttives of Britain, France, Italy and the United States, calling In nth er allied delegations as tho confer ences 'develop, thus permitting con versations to' evolve gradually Into the peace conuference proter. WALLA WALLA. Jan. 10. Lynn Ayres, the young man with Charlei. Greene when he was shot by Game Wardsn Van Ausdale during a gun battle Wednesday afternoon on Eure- ka Flat, entered a plea -of .guilty tc two charges of stealing automobiles yesterday forenoon and was sentenced to from two to fifteen years on both charges by Judge E- C. Mills. Young Ayres Is a fine looking lad He Is of" medium height, fair, walkr quite erectly. He was dressed yester day In a pair of overalls and had on a red sweater. Sheriff Barnes and Deputy George Thompson yesterday afternoon took young Ayrfs to the state penitentiary to begin his sentence. Charles Whit man, whose auto was stolen by young Ayres and Cnarles Greene, the boy killed by Van Ausdale. had about an hour's talk with Ayres at the county Jail yesterday afternoon, after his ar rival In the city from Clyde where his car was recovered. OF U. S. LIKELY IN N. Y. STRIKE President Wilson Notified by Cable of Seriousness of Situation in Harbor. STRiKERSREFUSE A 48 HOUR ARMISTICE Government May Comman- d er Tugs Manned by Navy for Settlement. M ETAL STRONG POLICY GIVES EBERT FORCES UPPER HAND IN BERLIN NOW Hindenburg at Potsdam Lends Strength to Governmen tal Forces 80,000 Troops Ready for Service; Pub lic Buildings Reoccupied by Moderates and Red Flag Suppressed; Volunteers Support Ebert Regime A LONGER NEED ITALY HAS 10,000 . INFLUENZA LOSSES X ROMB, Jan. 10 Ten thousand casualties have resulted from the pres. ent Influenza epidemic in Italy, ac cording to Munslgnnr Arnlerl, who asked the government to do all pos sible ,tb fight the disease. Incessant rains have flooded.the river Tiber un til the surrounding country Is Inun dated. . ' y CAPT. CALDWELL SAFE ON NOV. 2, LETTERS ARRIVE NEW FLU TODAY, BUT 10 FLAGS IFF! For the first time since the begin; nlng of the Influenza epidemic. Quar antine Officer C. o. Breach was today not required to place a blue Danger ous" sign on. a Pendleton home. ; Resides tho fact that no new quar antines were. mado. . tho removal of quarantine restrictions from the fol lowing .honies, leaving but 10 under the ban,' shows tltat tho flu Is under check. T. T. Bruce. 801 Hiuscl. Harney .Oldfleld. 303 Willow. Alfred Schneitcr. 706 East Webb. B. n. IlutHell, toi Ann. If.' Hoover. 510 Jane. . W. ('.'Thompson, 310 Madison. C E. Rude. 723 Calvin. Guy Fancher, S21 College. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The New YorL harbor strike lias been referred to President Wilson in Paris, he being advised by cable, due to the serious situation. The government will step In to settleitlte strike miles lioat own ers and imlrlne workers agree quickly. Just how federal authorities propone to interveiit is not revealed, but Uiej liave made it .plain they do not pro pwe to see New York in the itrasp or a food famine, and New l:it:land and other costal districts suffer from a prolonged strike. Commandeering tugs and manning them with uaul men may lie the solution. DKXY AHMISTICK NEW YORK. Jan. 10. Tug and ferry boat men today refused to agree to a 48-hour armistice in tneir Hrik-j which has tied up New Y':;rk harbor. The fallroad administration akcd the strikers to artoirt the armistice food and fuel could be brought into the city, and ocean steamers now ly ing in the lower hay coitl 1 be flocked. A number ot individual boat owners offered to grant the workerV demands. but union leaders declined, .saying the men will stick together to tho finish. Harbor traffic is at a complete standstill. PARIS, Jan. 10. Chancellor Kbcrl is master of the Mtuntion In Berlin, a Zurich dispatch to 1 Information today declared. J-leld Marshal Von Himlcnburg is in Potdam where he arrived two days' ago. He does not projHvse to allow any elections until order Is restored, llindenbiirg's prea- cnie. lojrctlicr wltli the government's decision to u.se arms In supiretng the. Insuraenls has completely clianged the situation. Tlio Red Flag," the Spartacan nrsran, is no longer being published, students occupy the plant, and a great numler of volunteers arm enrolling In the government forces. Cavalry ami Prussian guurds are masked at ail gates of Uie capital. 49th Infantry Has Sailed for America WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The Forty-ninth infantry and the field and staff medical department of the first and second battalions of the Eighty third division, sailed January 7 from Frnce and are due in New York Jan uary 13. ' t covtroIj public nni.iu.vfis l OXIMi.N. .lull. 1. The fight ill Berlin Tor control of the German gor. eminent machinery Is turnips decidedly in favor ffif Chancellor Kbcrt. ac cording to latest advices. Tlio government forces are rcMirted to have captured practically all the public, huililiucs. Martial law has been pro claimed throughout tin; city. Iteluroni'menls Kurcd into Berlin all day yesterday, clinching an apparent victory over the Sjiartaeans. The govern, nient Is estimated to linie more tha ti Hit OO troops under arms at strategic points throughout the country. New outbreaks were reported In places yesterday. LEIPZIG SOI.niEHS OPPOSE COPENHAGEN. Jan. 10. The soldiers council in Leipzig has demanded the removal of Chancellor Khert's ministry, it Is reported today. LAXDWKHEK DISBANDED LONDON. Jan. 10 The German Landwelier and Landstrum bare been disbanded, says a Berlin official dispatch today. :. . BERLIN GETS NIGHT BOMBING ATTACK COPENHAGEN. .Ian. 10. Berlin has at last experienced tlie horror of a night bombing: attack. It Is reported that! government aviators at tacked the Silcsiun railway station with liombs Wednesday night, idllinj? 05 persons. Intensive fighting occurred that night there, and casualties were very heavy. ,.,....,....- EICHOl'tN TtrN TO GOVElOiJUKVC : - .", BASLE, Jan. lO. Tucee thousand members of the police bt President Eiohorn's republican guards have placed themselves at tlie disposal of. ihe Eliert-Sclicldemann government, according to tho Frankfort Gazette. (Eli-horn has been aiding the Sparta cans.) Ills surrender was one of the terms of tlio truce the governoirnt proposed.) Tho Berlin garrison, hitherto neutral, Is now for the government, the newspaper said- i . .' . .. t . IIIVDENBUHG TURNED DOWN, REPORT " KSSKV Jan. 10. Newspapers hero report tliat Illndenburg has arrived at Cassel from Berlin, tlie govraytmont having turned down Ills offer to di rect operations against the -Sparta ean.s t MOVEMENT SPREADING THE HAGUE. .Ian. 10. The Spgrtacan movement Is spreading through the Industrial region of lUielnish Westphalia; says a Dnsseldorf dispatch today. Captain I -co Caldwell. Pendle ton man who was unorricially re ported to have been killed, was well and safe November 2, for on this date ho wrote a letter to Ills sister of Cantain t.aldwcll. says that she feels that her brother is safe, for I Iks letter did not arrive until yesterday, showing tliat word has not come sooner because or delay In the mails, - Word from the war dear mcnt also gives assurance that the rumor concerning the Pendleton man was entirely . without foundation. LEST WE FORGET Herman Boliiike, Umaidno far mer, Refused to contribute to the United Mar Work Fund..-.: NleV. GroHcb"turer of I'maplite. whose prune crop last year was worth in the neighborhood of $10, 000. contributed only $.Vut) to tills fund and that reluctantly. Fred 'MMhoff of Vmapinc re fued to give money to the agen cies helping our boys In arms on the grounds that he had to send money to relatives in Germany. William Swa--h of Fmaplne, said to he worth $21.(M0. refused to contribute to tlwj IT. v W. fund. J. E. lloon of Milton refused to coutrllntte to this same fund. CENTRAL 1XJYALTY COMMITTEE. ; ' . CAN HE HOLD IT DOWN? FACE ORNAMENT Council by Unanimous Vote , Repeals Section of Ojrdi' nance Giving Offense. HAD BEENWRITTEN IN BY COUNCILMEN Restaurant Men Were Con fronted by Trouble From Employes. ; The provision of Pendleton's new flu ordinance requiring restaurant waiters, barbers, dentists and ' the workers In a number of other occu pations to wear flu masks while -en gaged in their work was repealed at a special meeting of the city; council held last evening. The meeting wa called by .proclamation of Mayo vaughan. and the proclamation state! the meeting was called for the pur pose of repealing that part of- the dinance providing for the wearing of the masks. Enforcement of the ordinance, threatened to close t number of. the) restaurants and dining rooms through the refusal of waiters to wear th masks and quitting their jobs rather than to do so. The doctors of the cit? did not uphold the ordinance. In fact themselves .refusing to wear masks.. and the restaurant workers and others required to wear them used this as a leverage, taking the ground that It was not a proper requirement. The troubls yesterday, however, was precipitated by the arrest of Louis Pinson. of the) Office Lunch, for failure to wear a ma ten. Sine lbs repeal, this caas will, it bo dropped- Not in Original Draft. Discussion before the vole brought out the fact that the "flu mask" pro vision was not in the original draft of the ordinance as prepared by City Attorney Fee. but waa written In. .It before being passed at the request of councilmen at the meeting. Col.' J.' H. Raley was present at the meeting last night as a representative of tha restaurant men. and In their behalf stated their position in the matter. Vote Was Unanimous. The vote on tha repeal was unani mous. Councilmen present and vot log were: Estes, Ell, King. McMonlee. Friedly, Folsom, this being the first meeting of the year at which tha last named has been present. Absent. Penland and Chairman Taylor. . Repealing the flu mask requirement In no way affects the rest of the or dinance. ." . J The number of people to be allowed in store rooms ia still limited toons to each 100 square feet. Crowds are not allowed to gather at the depots. In transacting business people are not allowed to get . closer . than four feet to- each -other. Pool rooms are lim ited to two players to a, table. Church es can . .bo, opeued provided those at tending are -limited; to one to each, 100 square feet.'.,. Special .officers for enforcing th ordiuance together with the quarantine regulations are continued as before. MAJOR NOBLE AIDING PEACE : " PREPARATIONS - - AT VERSAILLES Major f S. Noble, who won, his title in the punish America war, ami well known in Pendleton where he was connected with thef Ktate Highway Department, Is a busy man in Kmnce theie days. As a Y. M. C. A. secretary he Is one of those In charse oremaking preparations for the peace conference at Versailles and his work Is to see that the build ings are in good condition for the his event. Major Noble's son. K. Noble, will also hare first hand knmviedge of the conference, for he will take an active part as a member of the Intel- li.senee department. THE MATHER FJRECAST Tonight and Saturday rein or snow. Maximum temperature, 25 , Weather, clear. Wind. calm. Rainfall, poo. , . . .