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VOL.30
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUATV ,s i9.
NO. X11
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SOIUSTS
I'ffl VOTE
IN BERLIN
MM
ME COUNTRY
7.111 U Of, Jan. . 21. Chancellor
Kbert received a national vote of con
fidence tlirouKh tlie tiermun elo tlmm
auuordiiur to return hern today. Ill
party, tlie majority nofiallstH, upiioar
to have won a eomiilcte victory 1'Vir.
mrr liberals, now culled erman dem
ocrats, are second. Tlie 8iartacans
were snowed under.
BERUV, Jan. SI The Kpartacan
succeeded In prpventlns the national
election Sunday In several Ithlm'land
towns. It la learned today. In lieriln
majority socialists apimrenlly elected
Philip Kchledcmann and others. In
dependent noriBlbM rtccteU Hugo
Itaase and Police President Klchorn.
Tlie latest returns Indicate that ma
jority socialists won the city of lier
iln.. Easy Victory in Rrhleawbr.
Later returns showed that Mathlaa
Erzetiertfer, chairman of the German
armistice commission, and leader of
the centrist party and Frederick von
Payer, former vice chancellor were
also elected In Berlin Majority so.
clallat In northern Bchleswla; won an
easy victory. This is one of the first
district to Join the revolution.
Pruwda Down Conservative
Prussia. ; which has hitherto been
regarded as strongly ogalnRt that
Party, polled 100,000 vote for major
ity socialist candidates against 17,000
for conservatives.
Heavy Vote Cant.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 21. Social
1st elected seven of their candidate
In Wurltenburg" elections, according
to dispatches today. Four democrats
four centrists and two other candl
dates hacked by the peasants and citt
xens party, were elected. The Inde
pendents fulled to elert their candi
dates. Practically every eliKlble per
son voted.
Rrrt. PBoto -joF '-the
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a. a t-yt vviiuii,
1 r t v 0 M -w sr.
T
FOR RUSSIA ; IS ON PU
CAUSING DELAY BEING
RFPRESENIATIONiOPINION U S. PEOPLE. R ULE 40,000 WORKERS
LK OUT OF
SOUGHTIC 0 NSTITUTIONiN.W. SHIPYARDS
PUNISHMENT BY WURTEMBURGIA
Supreme T
Morning
ar Council Thia
Resumes Hear-
' ings in Russian Problem.
GENERAL AFTERNOON
SESSION EXPECTED
Willi chit ulrtlrw4 equipment moiaKes nmy bo rcci'lvod and sent by
wlr'IoMH viftliout the aid of aerial and the CMiulpment may lie ready to tunc
up and receive neHaie via midericround In f.ve minutes. Almospheric
C4indftlonH (five no trouble; there. Juntos llurrlN Ito(rer, who Ih here Hhowii
with tlMt eqiifpnwnt lie develoited, hart ret.veit mefiafireH from llerlln. Par-
iff and Home at Ids home In Jlyattsville, Md. The sHtem was used by tho
U H, duriiur the war, for the little box may he carried anywhere, and l.s
ready for business when a wire Is st uelc Into the jpround.
FREDERICK
NEAGLE
N AN Y
KILLED WHEN CAR OVERTURNS
PENDLETON YOUTH
Corporal John Wallnce McLyman
listed In the camialUnti yesterday an
"missing In action" is a Rrandson of
John -Heathmsn of Prndleton, nd
was born In Pendleton 19 years oko.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs- J. W,
Mc Lyman, who lived in Pendleton un
til about three years bro and who
now live at Empire City, Oregon. Cor
poral McL-ymnn enlisted In the army
to years ago, before the dectaraon
of war. He Is a buKlcr a-nd had been
In Prance for several months.
News of the young man's being
missing ft surprise to Mr. Heath
man, as according to last word re
ceived he was all right and from what
his parents could learn was expected
home In a short time.
Frederick Xcacle, 19 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Prank N'eag-le,
met instant death this morning at
about 1 o'clock, when the car lie
was driving turned turtle catching
him underneath iU With tiie '
young man was m young woman .
whose Injuries are not serious.
The accident occurred about a
quarter of a mile enwt of the Fast
em Oregon Htate Ilonottal where
tiiere Is a slight cunc In the road,
and can e Is contritHited priimir
Hy to the icy pavement. Accord
ing to the young woman they
were coming; toward town at a
rate of between 20 and 25 mile
an Itoiir. whim young eagle
reached with one hand to close
tho wind shield and as he did ho
the cur swerved slightly toward
the side of the road and lie gave
the Ht caring gear a quick turn
to bring It back In the road. The
auto, si i wring, turmil comtwlctc
iy over catching the occiiaiHs .
Iieiicath it. The loy's neck
was lkcn and death was un
doubtedly Instantaneous.
The car was found in this po
sition About l::tO by Oluey Sul-
ing, a (.oedecke taxi cab driver'
who was returning from a trio to
Itletli. Coroner ,1. T. Brown was.
railed, and the lo:y taken to the
Itrowu chuc. There will be no
lii quest.
fYcderirk Xeagle was 18 years of
age last AjHit.. lie was born In.
Icndlcton and this place has been
his Imme all his life. He had
attended tho Pendleton schools,
hut had recently been working
with his father. Prank Xeaglc, at
tho Nenglo Hhor, corner off Cot
tonwKMl and Water streets. The
traglo accident has thrown a
cloud of gloom over Pendleton to
day and the iMircnts of the young
man are receiving lite heartfelt
synifMiihy of tho entire commu
nity. Ih-ecascd Is survived by his or
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Prank N eagle
fi'l Jackson jtre, and a sister.
Miss Nellie Xcngle, who Is attend
ing school at- Portland and who
will arrive home this evening.
Tlie fuiHinl will lie held at the
Church of the Itedecmcr tomor
row afternoon, Kev. Alfred Ijock
wmhI offii'lutiiig.
v 8PAIV MAY INTKRVKNK.
' MADRID, Jan. 21. Martial law
has been proclaimed througliont Ir
ttiajnl today. Humors of possible In
tervention by Sialo are Hrciilatiiig.
Vars)ilm have boon sent to OirOrto,
tjie royallHts" stronghold.
LEST WE FORGET
Herman Bclink, Cinaplne far
mer, refused to contribute to Uie
United War Work Fund.
Sick GroHarr-batirer of VmaiHne,
whose prune crop last year was
worth In the neighborhood '
lO.WtO, t-oiltlihllUHl onljr $5.00 to
tills fund and that reluctantly.
Fred Meihoff of I'maplne re
fued to iclve money to tlio agen
cies helping our hoy In arm on
the irrounds that he had to send
money to relative In Germany.
William Swash of ITmaplne,
said to he worth $20,000. refused
to contribute to the V. W- W. fund..
.1. K. lloon of Milton refused to
contribute to this samo fund.
fKNTttAO IiOYAl.TY COMMITTER.
ARMOUR DENIES ALL
CHARGES OF POOLING
WASHINGTON-, Jan. 21. Flatly de
nying a charge of conspiracy with
other packers J. Ogden Armour today
replied to the recent fire of the fed
eral trade commission. Testifying be
fore the house Interstate commorce
committee he said: "I any to you posi
tively that we have not for many years
been and are not now in any pool,
combination or arrangement of any
kind, either directly or Indirectly, or
openly or secretly or under cover. All
such charges are utterly unfair and
untrue." Armour attacked the meth
ods of the federal trade commissions
investigation, recently conducted.
THOMPSON TO STAY
ON HIGHWAY BOARD
W. L. Thompson will be renamed on
the state highway commission, accord
ing to a story to the Portland Orego
nian from Its Pa lent correspondent.
Mr. Thompsons term will expire In
less than 60 days and the story of
the governor's intentions on the sub
ject Is set forth in the following by
the Oregonian :
STATU CAPITOL, Salem. Jan. 21.
There will be no change In the per
sonnel of the State Hiighway Commis
sion. W. I. Thompson of Pendleton,
Whose term expires March 31, will be
promptly reappointed.
This became definitely known today
after vaRiie rumors had sprung up
about the capltol to the effect that
Thompson might he called upon to re
tiro with tho expiration of his term.
A. query to the governor effectual
ly dissipated these rumors. ,
'I am highly satisfied with the
. . f j State Highway Commission,' declared
t governor, "and T don't believe
Several Pendleton men who saw ac- that Jta personnel could be improved
tU-e. eervice In France have returned "pon. I snail reopnoint. - - p.
t0 this city and received no welcome 8on nl ,t,e P"tooii or ma terav
at the train, two wounded men arriv
; In ft? yesterday.''1
"Steering $ Committee" of
Peace Oongress Con
sidering Factions,
i .
PARIS,, Jan. 18. (Later) Fol
lowing a Ions .conference this morn
ing, In which Uhe Russian situation
was further discussed, the supreme
war council resumed Its session this
afternoon In an effort to finish all pre
liminary work,' permitting the gener
al congress to pet under way. Presi
dent Wilson is understood to have
been largely instrumental in the
"steering committee." reaching a de
cision to hold an extra session today.
Jt Is reported that the disposal of pre
liminaries had toduy progressed to
such extent that the full congress will
be able to begin on the essential prob
lems of settlement before the end of
the week.
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
PARIS. Jan. 21. The supreme war
council, "the steering committee'' of
the peace congress, again took up to
day the Russian proqlem. Represen
tatives of the United States, Britain,
France, Italy and Japan resumed their
hearings on the subject of representa
tion and possible recognition of tho
various factions now controlling Rus
sia. The date of resumption of the
full peace congress had not been set
this morning. It was believed .the
council might dispose of Its business
In time to permit a general session
this afternoon". ;
Direct Vote Elects Presi
dent, Cabinet or Dismisses
One House Landtag.
Tremendous Interest Cen
ters in Attitude of Wilson
Regarding War Responsi
bility. .
I RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
ALL NATIONS MUST STATE SCHOOL PLAN
OFFER MEMORANDA ' . .
, litles, Decorations Abolish
Favor ed in Newlv Drawn
Form of Gov't.
Believed Americans
Most Careful Investiga
tion, Punishment.
BEIl.VE, Jan. 21. All title and
1 BV ItOHERT BK.VDEli. decoration are abolished In the con-
(United Press Staff Correspondent.) titution of the republic of Wurtten-
PAR18. Jan. 21. American peace h. .hi,.h ha ,,,, h ,,,,,
thorough investigation to fix the re- ,,y a ",eei"1 .mn..ssion. The const!
sponsilmity for the war, lhat no Cul-, "'" further wtnMishea complete re
prlt might escape, and that punish- ligiouff freedom, refiuimlioning all
mont might foe meted out to all those'churcn funds which would be used In
w .h ,LL ,.,..,V!L..,." . a'lnB off church property which has
calling for memoranda from all pow- i bcen "'""I. Places all schools under
era regarding the responsibility fori the exclusive jurisdiction of the state
starting and continuing the war, there and establishes a landtag consisting
wag tremendous Interest In the atti-ionly of one nouse wnch be dta.
tuae or tresiaent wnson. imlssed at any time by a vote of the
..iu nui ......--,. .people. It also provides for a presi
rencn aireaay nave araitea a :dent nnd cabinet elected by direct
proposal mat tne Kaiser ie triea De- vote,
lore -an international court. Lloyd i
ueorge in nia recent political cam
paign, made punishment of the kai
ser one of hfa principal planks. Wil
son has been silent thus far, but a
survey of his associates' views points
Indicate they favor most careful in
vestigation to determine who is di
rectly responsible, the kaiser or others.
Twenty Five Thousand Pour
From Seattle Yards at 10
o'clock; 15,000 in Tacoma,
OLYMPIA WORKERS
REFUSE TO STRIKE
GERMANY'S ELECTION
BLOW TOBOLSHEVlSf.
Price Agreement
Policy Continues,
Hog Surplus May
JILL 91 SB DIVISION IN
EARLY ulVOV ORDERIH
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 21. Ad
ditional units of tlie 91st division
have Kuihtl from France and Mill
other units have Ticon dcNinated
to ireMro for embarkation, it ix
anhoimrcd today. Thn 316th
trench mortar battery lias been
released for . embarkation. Tho
SI (Mil field artillery has sailed.
All tlier uuKh ut the 91st arc on
tho early convoy list and will be,
released as soon as shiimiiu? is
available.
OKl)KRKl TO IMSKPAItE.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 21. Tile
27th, 30th and 37th divisions have
lieen ordered to preiare for embarkation.
world is inevitable.
KMHIMy llrmonMilMert.
NO WELCOME GIVEN
RETURNED SOLDIERS
Mr. Henson s term expires i nr
I later, and the term of Mr. Booth a
year later than that of Mr. Benson. ,,
. It is expected that in the Immediate
future many local veterans will come
home, but as yet no action has been
taken in this city to prepare for the
home coming of the soldiers and sail
ors. The plea is made that it is Impos
sible to determine Just when a man
will return, for in many cases tho sol
dier doea not notify relatives or
friends. However, train conductors
oould wire when a man from overseas
is on the train, bound for Pendleton.
,, oiM- Hock is much Improved thouRh there
clal committee.-composed of repre- j arB Rtm ,,,. ()f hor(,
lanircii Lwiiiiiuiivr nun ri'iiuu'iuii nun- ) f,
Pilot Rock Improves
Town Water System
PILOT ROCK. Jan. 21. (Special.)
Workmen are. busy remodelling the
water worku by rpplnetnic the olrt
wooden pipe with metal pipe. An en
Kfne has been installed for the itv
liKht nnd power plant which will
Bonn be in operation.
The influenza situation in Pilot
TROTSKY NARROWLY
MISSES CAPTURE
COPRXHAHGEX, .Tan. 21.
Ix-on Troc-ky. bolshevik war Ho
lster, narrowly rettpetl eaiHiire: i
tvhen Ilnntsli nnd Hsthonlan
trixw took the city of Navnrra.
It is officially aiinouiH-eil toilay.
Itecent dKimtcbcs ;mvo reported
Trotsky lendinK trnois in various
enKKemnts.
BY J. W. T. MASON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. The spread
of bolshevism westward through Eu
rope has suffered a severe check by
- 1 SOOIt Be Deficit ian overwhelminsr victory of the mod-
, era tea in the German elections. A
WASmvnrov Tan ji Th Km chastening influence upon the Rus-
price atrreement policy of the food ad- !sla!, PKm for killing off middle
m h. and upper classes throughout the
tacka upon the present scale, - of
Plus. F. S. Snyder, head of .the I 'iion. w. i , i
meat division, announced today. ,iT "I '""""- upon me oo.sne
Th. tx Hmi..,.,i ,.n ...Jvikl and mav expected to demon
fill it, fieri- .riv.n to hn. r,H",trat futility of the red flags and
ofih.n.mtr.nnHh,.. clasa warfare. Russian agitators are
said Snvder. "The attack ib, th.lallowed to c"lu "wlr propaganda
Ohiro.n w,r,l r i- .,.,' tree'y in Germaifj-. They received
fled for the simple reason that the jf 'assistance from German ex
surplus of hogs now in the country m raiT
summer if Kurope can get sufficient
... a w "' nne. He failed in his fight to conquer
western Europe. The election test.
although rejected by the bolshevik. In
Russia itself, must be accepted by
them in foreign countries, particularly
j after their forces have been decisively
beaten in the street.
Blow to Tjenino.
The result cannot be lost on Len
ILLINOIS SENATOR
IS LIKELY CHOICE
WASHINGTON', Jan. 11. That
Senator Lewis of Illinois, will be at-
! torney general, succeeding Gregory,
j resigned, if Secretary Baker also re
j signs, is predicted. According to a
, congressman claiming Inside informa
tion the administration plans to give
'the war iiortfolio to some eastern or
j southern democrat, and the attorney
I generalship to I-ewLs as a representa
j tive of the middle west. Kepresenta-
tive Sherley of the house appropria
I tlon committee. Is mentioned in con-
nectlon with Baker's Job.
Blaine Burton Home
From Texas Field
Rlaine Burton, for the pant seven
months a private In the balloon serv
ice, returned last night from Camp
John Wise, Stan Antonio. Texas. He
expected to go overseas but a severe
attack of pneumonia, from which he
has recently recovered, prevented hin
departure and the news of the sign
Ins of the armistice brought an hon
orable discharge.
Burton will return to the Charles
Company, of which firm he is a member.
THE NEW WATCH ON THE RHINE
be kept
iness men.
MAY HOI,n KXTKA KKSSIOV
--WAeiltINTOV, Jen. St. Onxgrrss
will prolmbly nsMiubln for nu tixtrn
session, about May t).
the schools will
twi weeks longer.
i Wind blew the top of the reservoir
off during the storm several day
ago..,
StltS Tlolil ' illunsel. afcsbdaut prin.
i cial , tho liiuh school bun 'resigned
her ioaUiou , (; .
vtS't - - -til - .. k- ri-lv'"
Nearly 8000 Carpenters Al
so Thrown Out by Wage
Difficulty.
SKATTIjK, Jan. 21. Twenty-rivl
thousand organized shipyard worker
fttrw-k here today.
All anlom affiliated with the te
attle Metal Traden Coum4l voluntarily
qnlt work with the exception of 8U0O
earpsntOTH who objerted to tlie walk,
out. The shutting; down of tlie yards
however, autonuulriilly threw the car.
pouters out, except In a few rtMS.
Scorn of whistle at 10 o'clock an.
nouncrd tlie strike wa on. The men
quit work Immediately. Pouring out
from the plants in dense maaaeat Au
traffic in the v knotty of the yards waa
temporarily baited as the congestion
of humanity made Its way from tlie
water front. . .
15.0OO OIT IX TACOMA.
TACOMA, inn. 21. Nearly 1S.00A
union metal workers In four shipyards
and 11 contract shops In Tacoma),
struck today as s protest aaint the
Macy board's refusal to crant litem in
creased wages.
VOTR AGAKST WAIjKOIT. ' 1
IjYM I'lA, Jan. 31. AtMMit s thou
sand shipyard workers here over
whelminly voted not to strike.
SEATTLE, Jan. 21. The strike or
der was issued by the metal trades
council, following; the refusal of em
ployers to accept the new wase basic
scale of 18 for mechanics, 97 for
skilled laoorand X for unskilled labor
for an eight, hour day. , -
SGT. TO'.lf.lV TOBI'I
TWICE WOOED IS
HOME FROM FRANCE
Si I T. t I
, :
Havlns fought at Chateau Thlerrj.
Soissons, Verdun, St. Mlhlel and lit
the Argonne wood and fiaving- been
wounded twice, Sergeant T. J. Tobln.
better known here as Tommy Tobin.
home aitain. He arrived yesterday
morning and is not sorry.
Tou can say. said Sergeant Tobin.
'that the terra firma looked good to
me when we reached New York and
that I was glad we were landed In &
country where the people talked our
ngo and we did not have to mak
Igns.
The sergeant was formerly eim
ployed by tho Simpson Auto Ob., and
enlisted here In June. 1-917. He waa
In Co. R. 316 Engineers and went
across In June, 1918. H"e was gassed
at Chateau- Thierry nd was laid uo
for 1$ days. At the time h was In
ured he had his gas mask on but his
lunga became affected nevertheless.
He has entirely recovered, however.
In the Argonne wood Tobln was hit
by a piece of high explosive shell. 11
as wounded in the head and lay on
he battlefield unconscious for 4S
hours. That occurred September 29
and most of the time since then he
has passed In a hospital. He has tho
piece of shell that hit him. Out of
ho 2r men originally In his com
pany only 16 men finished tha war
live and unhurt, the figures showing;
the intensity of the fighting In which
is regiment took part-
Though he would not take anything'
for his experience. Sergeant Tobln ex.
presses a great desire to get his unU
form off and get back to work again.
will take a position with the
impson Auto Co. on getting his dis
charge from Camp Lewis. lie says
the Frencti KfrtH do hot pifmpar with
America a j irl and tbftjt this Is the
Keneral vers tot f the army. He doe
nt enthuse over the Y. M. O. A. out
gives preat credit to the Salvation
army Kirls who served doughnuts U
near the front line trenches.
Tho slmvp pfc-tnrt" nx taken on t lie lMm ami show a Gentry hox uxi by Culled Slate lnmts
chllbtu and boy In tho uruun bliuw I ho natives arc not averse to bvftur with our bo Idlers,
A Gcruian
Tonight ana I
v C&"J tomorrow rain -
i jyi
Ilttinfall ! .O.V
Muxinuim tiMpTuiur. fi I.
'"Minimum tnntrtttttr, 41'
Weather, cluijy.
Wind. Huut hwpt.