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I-O.'-IYEYBO ECiTlfl:) kilteveiobhtikj Number eoplca printed or yesterday-! Dully Kdltlon. " "v 2,963 .. " ; This paper. Is a member and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. If IwuhM may be obtained) at all It may be had through an Kant Oregnnlan- want ad. The want ad method la a reat Km aaer. ., , . .. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER I, - C ' : ;..Bgsr --"SEMi-wfEjgYV VOL.30 ROSS PLOT f f . 1 . - -j.-afU M i. -iaiia.i.i .tM. ". 1 n 1 RMUT 1 : UNCOVERED : a ! BICYCLE RIDERS j .'M ' i STIR.UPRISINGS C.:-:-' 1 S ,.' , t. "- , BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 13. Pollre re declared to have illmmorod a So. vlrt organization here, arnirtlnir the nreafclent. IiIh mlnlHtrr of war and polios and two other official all of whom were Jtumian blcycliM. The police aaarrt tiiey have been arrested aa bomb plotters. It la rlulmed they carried hand mimim, filled wlih dyna mite. ,'; SENT FROM IUNSIA Memheni of tlie Soviet wild they came from Ituaala In Oetober and Xo. vember. They wrro plentifully nun plied with funds and obtained con. aideraMe munition. They Mere went, they declared by Hie bobtlirvlkl of Itumla, to foment bolshevik! url(irutM In Important South American capi tal, other arrenta are exiiected. STRIKE RESUMPTION FEARED Tramway nervioe was halted yes terday when a croup suspected aa an archlHta atonped a street car, kidnap In; the nwMorman and conductor. Fort strikers have demanded a 20 percent pay Increase, other unionists have he asked to join in the resumption Of file Strike. Police strikers clashed terday on the dorks and there were several casualties. GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG MAY ABDICATE IXWDON", Jan. 13. Grand Duch ttl Maria today declurad her readi ness to renounce the throne of Luxem. burg as a result of revolution In her country, says an official dispatch from LpiemburK. METS5, Jan. 13. The grand duch ess of lAixembura; Is reported to be a refugee In a chateau nenr her castle, following a revolutionary outbreak Satuday, Unconfirmed Ireporls say she hus abdicated und that a republic has been proclaimed In Luxemburg by tho revolutionists. LEST WE FORGET Herman Rohnke, Vmaplne far. mer, refused to contribute to the Vnlted War YV-k Fund. '! Nltj Oroaacbanrer of 1 'mo pine, whose prune crop last year was worth In the nclghlwhond of 10,000, contributed only $.Y0 to this rund and that reluctantly. Fred Melhoff of Vmaplno re. fued to give money to the agen cies helping; our hoys In arms on tlie grounds that he had to send money to relatives in Germany. William Swash or Vmaplne, said to be worth $20,000, refused to contribute to the IT. W W. fund. J. F Ilnon or Milton refused to contribute to this same fund. CENTRA Ij LOYALTY COMMITTEE. JOE DESPAIN SA YS WELCOME BY LIBERATED PEOPLE WORTH ALL HORRORS OF TRENCHES . Joe Dcspaln, lucal'man who is a aeusoaed vetr'rai) attir t4 yl8 ai service with the Canadlan.army, thinks that the welcome Btven th aoUier by the civilians of Fiance is well worth the terrible trench warfare. In a lo. tcr to hlB brother. Clrovcf Dcspaln, Joe says he Is especially Interested In Val enciennes, for it was here that the lo cal man received his ticket to Bliglny. FY Mowing Is the letter: , Valenciennes, France, Dec. 7-18 Dear Brother: Just a few lines to let you know that I am still alive and kicking. Hope you' are all well and happy at home. Am In Aniln, France now. It is prac tically part of Valenciennes. This is the place where I was wounded In the tnklnx of Valenciennes so I 'am es pecially Interested In It. It Is a very fine old city and althnuith battered up aome Is still very beautiful. There are many pitiful scenes here among thojbut I can't be sure ns leave may bet rofnirees who are returning to their i stopped at nny jtlme. ' Will close fov I homes and among the prisoners of i par who are returning every day. The I r I it e v I t i I ' ' J? L Army aviator are here shown dr departed statesman. Tim action was mudo imrticuinriy npi'rupriatu ny uie son. Hermit, in the air wrvl-e In t-Yumv. . FOOD IS KEY, URGES WILSON W:SlIlXGTOV. Jan. 13. Prow Men! Wllnon today urgid on gens by cable to linninlliitely n propria to $100,000,000 recently r4i,oniinemIMi for th purehawe of food for tlio nMlef f 10iiroK. outsklo of (ionnuny. I-'imkI Is (lie key to tho whole J uroprjui situ ation, the rablo stated. Tlie President cmohnMlzcd: that tho tklo or famine and mirrst cannot bo stemmed by force, but cau he stopped by ' fmMl, He deciarect .frHMl would not Im purchased for (nmins, Rut that the Iolcs and other nationalities must have food In order to establish, the itcaccful conditions neeCKsary to have the proper rcr"rcsc)iiHtton at the peace conference. people think the world and all of the Canadians are are going to erect a big monument to our sboys who felV in the taking of Valenciennes. We are going to Brussels. Belgium, soon and after , a, stay there we will go on to Germany for a while. After seeing what the Germans hove done in these places it is almost impossible to bo- j lievo that they are human. The -wel- . come the cittxens give us is well worth the terrible trench warfare and tho ( jfierce fighting we hod to go through) to iineraie inem.. it n-i iim- m , think of tlie .hundreds of thousand j of people returning to their old homes now that the war Is over and to think j that all they will find will he a mass , of ruins brSond description. Well dear brother, I am on my way I to Join my battalion which is station- ed at Moms now. I hope tn get leave j soon and may he able to spend the j New Ye.it with Charlie in "Blighty" j this time with IM-e to 'all from j PVT. J. It. UUsrAIN. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, ' :J -l tr MRS. THEODORE -ROOSEVELT "niuj; floral wreaths on Sagamore; Hill MRS. HOMER. WATTS DIES OF INFLUENZA , Mrs. 'Humor Watts, well known Athena woman, died nt midnight Sat urday at her home after a week's Ill ness, at the ago of 3i years.. Her death was caused by Spanish . Influ enza. Mrs. Watts is survived by her hus band, who Is an- Athena lawyer and mayor of that city; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Woodrldge, and Mrs. Maude Ot toman of Medford; and a brother, Claude Jaines, serving In France as a member of the 2'Hh .Kngineers. She was born December 7, 187, In Medford, Oregon, and was educated at Ashland Normal School. It was here she first met Mr. Watts, then in structor in mathematics at the msti tulon. They were married in 1906. Mrs. W,atts has been a member of tho Athena library board since 1914 and served two terms as president of the board. She was one of the Athena women instrumental in increasing the circulation of the? Athena UUftiry.-untU it has now the largest circulation in the county, outside of Pendleton. Mrs. Watts was also identified with all; Ited Cross activities and was a wotjkft Ih the Honor; Guiwd. ' Funeral serv ices were held today at Athena, aft 2 p. m. with Hev. D, H. Iturton offi ciatnjy. T IS OUT. NO DISORDER I.OMH), Jan. a. Tlie llnn itrliiu I'libliu'l resiuiicd, iuird inr to ltiHhi,Kst tliHHtt lH, to day. The nw bliHt. when f.irmeil. will rirlilwltv le wnHal-l-ih-. it Is rHH-tiMl lUrlslicvlkl - lmv iljinufit u hljr iuhjm nieetv. 1ni;. ' rtlMnler' haa oemwred, hut oMriniKHit t-riMfm tuv ready fur any ediitiiiviMy m 1 : j fit i ; 1 PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1919. CORRESPONDENT IS ARRESTED BY BERLIN RIOTERS THEN SET FREE . HY JOHN (JRAIDKK55. (UnMv I'reus .'Htaff Corre- . .- ponaent. ). BKUUX. Jan. 13. While" en route to the scents of the attack an the Vorwaertir building I was a rreu t eil by ro vernmcnt t r oo pis but later relouiw'fl. Owm to the Injury to "my foot (Oraudenz wan wounded by a hand grenade on Monday), 1 had taken a horse cab- My fchirtv distance from the VorwaerlsS, inV' proKrera was blocked by aovernnient troops. I climbed onto the cab to get a better View of the bombard nn'Ut. Ten officers, waving re volvers, rushed at me. I was placed under arrest, despite my foreign pans. I was unable to walk. Two officers, supporting me, started to lend me away. An artillery colonel, whom I brew. wa attracted- by the com- -motion. He orders! my release II ml apologized profuHely, PROPOSE GERMANY CEDE AREA EQUAL TO DEVASTATED ZONE Hit! HSKI.S, Jan. 13. Ilelgian, deputies, retumliif; from an offl rial hiNiieetion or the battlefields irfHNe that t-rnuiny lie forced to cede llelKlnm a zone of equal area to tlie devastated area. In tribute to tho memory of the iai mui 101. iwosuvni nuu ' OREGON OPTIMISTIC ABOUT EMPLOYMENT Norborne Berkeley arrived home Sunday morning from Portland where ho had been In attendance at the re construction convention as a member of the federal employment service. The Irrigation congress was in ses sion at the same time and devoted considerable lime to discussing re construction work and the employ ment of discharge soldiers. The sentiment of both conventions was strongly optimistic and did not seem to anticipate any great trouble in placing returning soldiers and sailors. At the local office Mr. Berkeley re ceives lists of discharged soldiers re turning to Pendleton and the district under his office and is prepared to help in placing men at all times. PATRIOTISM HIGH IN PHOT ROCK'S RECORD In addition to send ins 115 men into various branches of the military ser vice of Uncle Sam during the war lt lot Hock and the southern pnrt of Umatilla cnunty hns loaned to the government by the purchase of bonds land war savlnss stamps 1167,865 and j haw also contributed to the Red Cross jand other war funds a total of $16. j 304.10. This Information Is shown by jthe report of Mrs. L. C. Scharpf local historian for that part of the county. This is a record which th Pilot Hock people may well fe?l proud. It shows the place to have gone over the ;top with a Hood margin in response to ! every call of the government, and that the community never lagged behind in responding to a call. ; PAY TKIBrTK TO TANKS i l,OXlU), ,!uit. K. tier man new- patter, payliur tribute to live Amerl can army tf oevtiiMtUon. said today; "Tho cwieroe-lty of A merie Ik 8parin$ our children.' LEAGUE OF NATIONS -5 ESTABLISHED SPARTACANS ACCEPTED COPENHAGEN", Jan. 13. The Sparta cans are reported to have ad mitted defeat, declaring their readi ness to accept government conditions provided' election of the national as- sembjy is postponed three months. A Berlin dispatch credited tho statement to Chancellor Kbert's secretary. A Sunday dispatch from Berlin said gov- ernmeht troops captured the police Liebknecht and Jteowi , Luxemburg headquarters, the Tageblatt of f ices. ' have been captured. accordinK to re and the Boetzow brewery and that j ports today, together with thousands Karl Kadek, Russian bolshevik repre sentative, was arrested. Government troops have recaptured the Spandau arsenal,, eourtmartialing and shooting tho Spartacan commander. Accord - ing to other reports the Voeralerts building, taken Saturday, has been WENNERSTEN NOT TO QUirJ.C.PECO. V. S. Wennersten. formerly manager of tlfe J. C. Penney store in Pendleton. it not leaving the company's service. The following announcement on this point was made today by tho Btore management- "Tn our announcement of the change In the management of J. C. Penney Co. wo wish to correct the Im pression that V. S- AVenenrsten was leaving the employ of the company. Mr. Wennersten expects to remain with the company and will assist the new manager, Mr; Jas. B. A key, until the annual convention which usually meets' the last of this month, but on account of the flu situation will not meet this year until sometime next month, having Just recently been post poned. The plans of J. C- Penney Co. regarding Mr. "Wennersten's future have not sufficiently developed at the present time to make a public announcement." 8. M. M'KENZIE GIVES $15 TO O.W.W. FOND Pendleton Ore., Jan. 13, 1918 To tho Public: Tlie Central Loyalty Committee wishes to state that Ml. Mi' Kenzie of Milton, who was pub lished a week ago aa falling and refusing to contribute to tho I'nitcd War Work Fluid, has con tributed $15 to the fund In Wal la. Ills subscription was made on Tccombcr 51 after ho had been summoned before this committee and after the committee had au thorized the publication of his name. On January 4 the commit tee received a letter from the WalUi Walla committee stating that Mr. McKenzle had not con tributed there, whereupon publica tion In tlie Pendleton papers was lcgnii yesterday further Infor mation was, received from Walla Walla to Ui effect that Mr. Me Kenzie ImI coirtrlbulrfcl $15 there on lecenibcr SI and desired to preserve his Mantling as a pa triotic citizen. The committee Is glad to make this explanatory statement to tlie end that Mr. McKrnxle may 'he snared any criticism that mav he unjust CKVritAl. LOYALTY COMMIT- TKK, I. C P. S. League FEU SITUATION GOOD BUT BAN MUST STAY- .While the number of infhienxa quarantines in Pendleton has dropped: and the outlook Is most encouraging, tor the stamping out of tho epidemic, entirely. Dr. H. J- Kavanaugh today stated he could offer no encourage-, ment for the early lifting of the ban Thursday afternoon at 1:30 has' The desire of the court is to get th here. The epidemic Is raging in all been designated by the county court bewt practical advice oh to huw to pro nearby towns and lie considers It j at time for hearing advice on what ceed. The action of t'halrnian Ma would be dangerous and might mean to do with tho rtud question that hus son of the ntuto highway commission ' a new outbreak to open tip while, been precipitated In the county. The makes it lmiMiiwlble for the euunty tr such condtions exist. meeting will be held at the court i secure the state aid expected thbi year In the meantime each day's report j house, under restriction provided by ; unless additional money can be m bwd of C. O. llreach, quarantine officer. 'the flu ordinance and representation by the county. shows a decrease in the number of ( will consist of two men from each j Not only that but it U trmmn that htimoa quarantined. Saturday the community in the county unless something la dune the nam number was eight and today the drop The court is asking the Farmers'' problem is gutng to confront the court is down tn six. One new case is re-: Union to send a delegation and each each year. A vnxt amount of tt ported at the home of Manuel Fried- ' mayor is asked to n-sme two men In and federal aid wltl be available and ly. lrt! Stonewall Jackson street. j conjunction with the Commercial or-j It Is imperative this work will W Following are the homes released: , uanlzatton of his town. It Is re-j cured If the county la to mt s Ale Molstrom. M2 Jackson; Mrs. i:tta I quested thai a fanner bt named as, share, of the jperun, whtrh It wtl iiiraham, Ktf. W. Alia; Albert Stickler, hne of the two representative , frymjhave to do if th ouulde helu la ob li'O Aura; T. C. Floathe, till Walnut, each community. Italncd, , SAID TO HAVE DEFEAT, 1300 DEAD shattered by government artillery. Lfebknecht's J'ati Uucertaiii. Three hundred SparMcans are re ported killed and 700 wounded In the latest fighting, bringing the total dead to at leaat 1300. There is yet no In formation that Liebknect was killed in street fighting Thursday, COPENHAGEN, Jan.- IS. Karl of their followers. KpartacanA Kjcciite.. BERNE, Jan. I3.--Several Sparta Jeans have been summarily executed by i a government rifle squad, a Berlin dispatch today reported. OREGON LAW MAKERS TACKLE LEGISLATION PROBLEMS FOR 19-20 SALEM. Jan. 13. The Oregon leg islature started its biennial session this morning. W. T. Vinton, McMinnville, was elected president of the senate, and the house chose Seymour C. Jones, of Salem, as its speaker. Their elec tions were assured more than a month ago their successful campaigns of Be curing pledges having put other con tenders out of the running. Gov. Jamea Withycombe, republi can, who was re-elected last Novem ber, is scheduled to deliver his mes sage and reaffirm his oath at a joint session in the house chamber late to day, or tomorrow. SALfelt, Or., Jan. IS. The 90 ser vants of the electorate of Oregon 30 senators and 60 representatives braved the Influenza epidemic here, and the "thirteenth" this morning when they started the every-two-year legiHlatlve grind. There are so many "flu" germs cor raled in this city that there was con siderable talk of postponing the ses sion until after the demobilization, but the legislators flnallv decided to take a chance. Public gatherings 1 have been under a ban here for some! tlme, and If the legislative halls prove to be too popular places, both bodies will meet behind closed doors and wide-open windows. Financial Tangle Knotty. Many weighty problems face the lawmakers 89 men and on woman. Mrs. Alexander Thompson of Wasco and Hood River counties, who Is onejof before January IT when the tier of the seven democrats in the legisla- man and allied armistice comwisnfcMit ture. J ' j meet at Treves. A Twrtiul liftlnarof One of the knottiest tangles to be the blockade of the central powers Is solved is the financial question. The ; understood U) be the chief nrohlera legislature is handicapped. In begin ning, with deficits which have already been incurred, amounting to half a million dollars, and Its levying ability Is restrained by a 6 per cent tax-limi tation amendment. The estimated f i-; nancial needs of the state institutions and departments total more than a ; million In excess of the taxing power.' None knows from what . source thoj money Is coming. How to get It is. a I mighty big question. State Aid for Soldiers. Important legislation is contemplated concerning highways, reconstruction, consolidaton of boards and depart ments, amendment of the workmen's compensation act. increase In salaries j for state officials, etc. I The legislature. In all probability, I will arrange to extend state aid to rt-t timing soldiers who desire to gl back to the soil and develop irrigable amis. COUNTY COURT SETS AS TIME FOR HEARING ADVICE ON HOW TO MEET ROAD ISSUE NO. 9037 BECOMES FACT I PEACE , . . . . .. !' . . DETAILS ONLY REMAIN 10 Bf BY niLUAM PHILLIP SIMMS (ITnited Prem Start Comnpmident.) PARS, Jan. 13. A league of na tiona can now bo eonddered an ktablished fact. 3einencvau. LJoyA ;eorge; and Premier Orlando are pledged to support President Wilson's baslu Ideas In UuX regard. Public opinion of France, Britain and Italy la wiMiiy ununa me wurrrai ami peocw officials are aa-reed that m leagnfl la an absolute necessity If future wars are to be prevented, and tliat It muat AGREED UN be given premrence over all tubea businees of the peace conference, still there is aome disaareement regarding details bnt these are expected to be overcome quickly in the conference of the associated powers. PKXAInES TOO LIGHT WBson's, plan as a whole la not sat. Isfactory to the Prench because they believe It docs not provide aufflciena economic penalties for iermany.r They say his proposed incui sion of Germany would permit Utaa, country to start up its undamaged 1m. dnstrles In competition with those of the French and Belgian whose in. dostrial ptanta have been wrecked by tlie Germans, themselves, I J-LvJ K OP VICTORIOUS XATIOS Clemenceaa is understood to favor a league composed of the victorious na tions. Opposition to this plan centers on the belief that such a league would force an alliance of tlw I'anniifaihMl powers and would result in another war. Preach delegates are known to he opposed to any plan not completely granateeiiur Prance's frontiers, togeth er Willi her northern and eastern in- dustrial centers against sudden attack and invasion. ORG AX IZ ATIOV SrETHOIM - IMS. cussed. By Fred Ferguson . (Vnlted Iress Staff Corresimmlciit.y PARIS. Jan. 13. Discussion of the organization and methods of the jprace congress proper were resumed at the second meeting of Uie inter-allied kq- pcrior council this afternoon. The consideration of problems tn connec tion with the extension of the armis tice also formed a part of the deiib- ersuona, - SPEEDY SETTLMET EXPECTED By Iiowell Mellctt - (United Press Staff ttorrespondont.) PARIS, Jan. 13. Questions con. nected with the extension of the arm- istice are exnectcd to be speedily set tled, peumittiiur the acrangcnient of-a definite program for the peace eon- rrcs- The armlstice must ho disrxiruvi eonnoct4d with tlie prolongation of tlie armistice. THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight fair and cold a f . Tuexday fair. Maximum temperature, S4. Minimum temperature, 2H. Weather, lear. Wbul Mlf Ituinfull, trice. THURSDAY N