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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 31
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1919.
NO. 9680 :
ROAD BONDS CARRY BY VOTE
8 TO 1
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RANGE
PRESIDENT SAILS FOR F
THIS MORNING, HOUR IS NOT
ANNOUNCED. DEPARTURE QUIET
CONGRESS
LEAVES l.'sJ
IN LURCH
-
, NEW TOnK, March S. The trans.
Port George Washington carrying
President Wilson back to France
passed Sandyhook headed Into the
open sea at 9:fiS with a warship and
five destroyers escorting It. There was
a rousing sendiff as the transport
passed the harbor forts, which cut
loose with presidential sulutes- War
vessels anchored under the fort's
guns also fired 21 guns. Seamen of
the ships in the lower buy climbed on
to the rigging, cheering. Hpecjators
ashore waved and, cheered.
IMlwrturo Kunplc,
The wild demonstration attending
the president's first departure for
KtiTope was lacking. The exact hour
of sailing being unknown, no great
crowd wits mussed Along the water
front. The river and buy were al
most hare of shipping, due to the
harbor strike.
BIG TIME FOR ELKS
j Labor, Army, Railroad and
I Reconstruction Meas
ures Left Unsettled.
Wilson Confident.
NEW YORK. March 6 President
Wilson is very well pleased with the
situation In the United States and
abroad, he told newspapermen before
sailing for Prance today. He Is "mi.
premely confident" that the people
will back his league of nations en
deavors.
"Every statement I made In my
peech last night and every utterance
I have made since my return to the
United States will be understood by
the people at Inrge if not by certain
politicians.' Wllsori said.
"The responstiillty for the blocking
of certain much needed legislation Is
perfectly well known to the public
and the responsibility does not need
to be spared." j
The president added he la well
pleased with the progress of the peace
conference since he left Paris. He
declared he probably will return to
America much sooner than he ex
pected. as a result.
Captain Fred Lleuullcn and Lieut.
James Sturgis will be speitl guests of
honor at u big meeting of Pendleton
Lodge No. 2KH II. P. O. R. tomorrow
and a feature of the meeting will be
the presence of a big delegation from
Wullu Wullu.s
In udriltiou to the tulks by the re
turning officers there will be a social
session by the lodge and the regulu
cteeiion of officers.
This afternoon J. II. Kstes, exulter
ed ruler of Pendleton Lodge anuounc
cd that the Eugle Woodmen hall will
be used tomorrow evening and that
60 Wulla Walla men have signed u
to make the trip to Pendleton. The
will bring some of thlr own men over
to initiate nt the meeting here.
hanuuet will be served by the local
lodge. '
ERNEST CROCKETT IS
HOME FROM OVERSEAS
ARCHITECT COMES
TO DISCUSS PLAN
FOR NEW HOSPITAL
A Seattle architect representing
Becxer Brothers of Seattle arrived
In Pendleton last night to discuss the
plans for the building of a new hos
pital for the Bisters of St. Francis or
a new wing for the present building.
It has not been decided aa yet whlcl
of the-two plans will be followed.
Preliminary plans fot a new hos
pital call for an Investment of be
tween UgrtQit and 300.000.', If it Is
dej;rted ,fo , b'u'id . an. edition Jo the
jrcaej.f ' o''pitfil the' wing w'litf., cost
froni.,i!pv.9Ul) 'to tilf,0,ooii.'.lti cstl-
SOVIET RULE IN N.W.
PLOTTED IN SPOKANE
SPOKANE. Wash., March B-, Start
ling disclosures made In Spokane yes
terday, reveal almost beyond dispute
that a nation-wide general strike
amounting to nothing less than an et
tempt ut revolution is being Insid
iously planned by I. W. W. here am'
In many other cities for May 1, In
ternational Labor day.
The national purpose of the strike,
as Indicated by th- discoveries here
and the reports which were received
from the east, will lie to effect the' s
tiiWshnient of the nvlet form of gov
ei anient. "Among the meosMre which'
a-e 'thought to he plannej 'for Spo-linWA-and
this vicinity are. ' ' 1 '
Unmasking of the leagt'e1 for de
mocracy at home ws the true Work
n. en 'a. soldiers' and sailors' council.
Pestructlon of all camps under the
direction of the Loval Legion of Log-'
gcrs and Lumbermen. "' "
Setting up of the soviet form of
government here, 'vlth headquarters
for eastern Washington at Voklma.
The first open demnnstt tlon of
the prepnrotlons which havft secrctlv
been going on In Spokane Is scheduled
tn be maile'Frldny evening ot the so
c'allKt hull, 809 Hprngue avenue, when
the league for democracy at homo
will hold Its first opening l.ice lte
organisation In Jnnuory.
A threatening letter, now In the
hands of the authorities, predicts the
uorlslni on the first of Way. and tile
radicals are known to havo heen die:
cussing certain "big doings
tlme.: The nuture or tnese "noinge
and the time when they would sturt
hnd end not heen disclosed, irnt 11 the
termination of the strike May.l wns
fuade. ..... ' . 1TT", '.Z
-Looking older, stronger and sturdier
than when he was a lad in the Pendle
ton high school. Ernest Crockett, of
the Canadian army Is now in Pendle
ton. He arrived this morning and has
been busy meeting old friends. Cro
ckett still limps from a wound In the
thigh but Is ofherwl.se in splendid
health. He has grown In heighth and
weight during, his army service.
While serving with the fighting Ca
nadiana Crockett -whs wounded three
times, the last time suffering from gas.
He was In a hospital in England for
mnny months nd was extremely glad
to get out. r
After a visit In Idaho Crockett is go.
Ing to the University of Oregon to take
up some work during the spring.-
FORD CAR PRESENTED
TO ASSESSOR STRAIN
In recognition of the valuable ser
vices rendered by C. P. Strain as sec
retary of tho organisation thut handled
ther road bonding campaign Ford
car Is being, isreaented tojtho assessor
today by local friends. The move
started lnt:t evening mid good roads
men here and from some other parts
of the county contributed to the pur
chase of the car.
Mr. Strain Is given considerable of
iho credit for tho heavy vote polled
yesterday. ,
WASHINGTON, March 6. With
President Wilson and congress both
gone, the- United States m fuclng an
unprecedented situation. Never be
fore in Its history has enngresa left
undone so much as the 6r,th when It
quit yesterday, records show. Oovern-
uient officials are Intently Kicking
some Bway to prevent serious cohxe
nuence in more than one direction.
Hy fulling to puss tho 1 7.10,000, one
railroad appropriation the senate
made It necessary for the rouds to
borrow .money at high rale from pri
vate sources until congress again con
venes and invels a t'ISl. 000,000 do
ficlency. Extensions nnd botler-
ments In service will have to be fore
gone for the present, officials today
declared, because there Is no money
for them.
Army Unsettled.
In the army appropriation bill fail
ing ito pass there was an appropria
tion of $411,000,000 for a transporta
tion army. A part of this was for
bringing the soldiers back from
France. Congressmen. however.
TROOPS KR
IN LOYALTY TO
GERMAN. GOV'T
Final Authority Finds Ma
jority Socialists Leaning
loward, otrike.
rahSuL SECTIONS OF COUNTY FOR
nriiLnwiiAj ..r,nlmr T,,,T nnnsnmrn wri
COUNSELED VtrtoUKt IUMI i" KUV dtd H U
STATE IN HIGHWAY WORK
EVEN NON-RADICAL
PRESS IS TIED UP
Radicals Claim County Or
ganized and Ready
fo Revolution.
IX T.
COPKNAOKN, Murch B. Tho Ger
man government Js facing the grav
est poKslbly of a finul test of author
ity. UisputebeK toiSiiy indicated. With
Perlln disorders growing, the general
strike Ik reported to have spread to
Leipzig where the' Spartacans are said
to be entrenched to oppose the leagued
force of government troops which la
approaching the city. Plundering and
rioting are reported in all parts of
lierlin. Food is growing -more scarce
owing to the enormous waste result
ing from plundering.
Majority Socialist Waver.
Several unlta of government troops
re reported to be wavering In their
im.i.ii. oui ,nui ine reiurn or me army i,alty. Three additional . divisions
ucpenoa more on speeay nnisning or are being hurried Inrto tho city. Gov-
Failure of Congress to Pro
vide Money Makes
( . Change Necessary.
WASHINGTON, March 5. Direc
tor General Hlnes is formulating plans
for meeting the serious financial trou
ble Confronting the railroad adminis
tration due to the senate's failure Xa
Puss the 1750,000,000 appropriation.
Two courses of action suggested for
solving the difficulties are: To turn 2
the railroads back to private man-
agernent.' irovernment in ezereifu a
form of guardianship pending read-1 5
jiiHtinent to prevent the collapse of '
uny system or to have the railroads I "
borrow mnneV'fnmt.'bankimr interest.!
Many senators and- ome nrltruad. ad-
ministration officials' are-counseling '
the first course.' ' - ut .' II
They' point out that fm difficulty 12
of the second course is that If the 13
government does not hack tap the
roads, attempting to borrow " money '5
they may experience areat difficultv 1
and if the government does secure
any such loans It would create a con- 1
dltlon where government railroad 19
bonds would be comlietlnir with Uher-20
ty loan bonds nnd notes on the. open
market-
OM
VOTE BV PRECINCTS
the work of the peace conference
than on appropriations.
IjOuvo lUfonNlrucllon.
Confrresa adjourned without mak
ing- any provisions for the future nl
men returning from France who may
be unable to return to their former
occupations.- Jt failed to pans the
1100,000.000 Lane bill poviding foi
the reclamation of lands as soldiers'
homesteads. The opeclal prohibition
enforcement legislation failed to pass.
Senator Pheppard, dry law author L
however, believes the present law is,
Adequate.
Conjcresa did nothing about unem
ployment except to argue whether or
not, men are out of work. -
ernment troops have occupied artiU
lery, depots and warehouses at Span
dau where 47,000 workers are strike
fnff. . ,
Independent socialists are support
ing the strike. The decision of major
ity Kocjalmt trade unloniprs as to;
whether they should join the demon
st rations in expected hourly, printers!
of non-radical newKpapers struck1
wiinout waituiff tn the formal ap
proval of thetrounlops and ihe r-pcrs
arc unable to puJHsh.
I'ihiuh Trial."
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
PLAN FUTURE SESSION
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR
d'nlted Press Staff Correspondent.)
RERUN, March 5. The demands
of the revolutionary radicals present
ed to the government Monday night
are as follows: The trial of the Ho
hensollerns. Von HIndenburg, Luden
dorff and Von Tlrpits by a people's
tribunal, the Immediate release of all
olltical prisoners, disarmament of all
. volunteer regiments and building up
I of the red guard, the establishment I
' i of a political commercial alliance with
jthe Russian Soviets.
Cmatllla county is the only county The government has been mobillz-
UMATILLA CO. 0
BANNER WHEAT LIST
WASHINGTON, March 5. Republi
can leaders met today to organize the
next house of representatives fc th
first session of the 66th congress. The
first business of the committees, made
up of 36 members, one from each
Republican state delegation. Is to
choose a floor leader and steering
committee. The next thing will be the
assignment of members to various
house committees and drafting
enough details of a legislative ' pro
gram which the Republicans hope to
to start before the next congress it
many days old. Committee meetings
may continue this week, said Mann
He stated he would not . be floor
leader. Long-worth is the choice of
Gillette, slated to be the next speaker.
Others mentioned are Moore, Montell
and Graham.
WOULD RECONVENE
CONGRESS IN CRISIS
WASHINGTON. March 6 Mayor
Rolph of San J"ranclsco today Intro,
duced a resolution at the conference
of governors and mayors here that
the president "Immediately recovene
congress to keep it on the Job while the
country Is facing a serious reconstruc
tion period. The desolutlon was re-
fered to a committee. Action will be
taken on it this afternoon. Ttolph alsw
demanded to know why fi55 ship con-
tracts of American yards were can
celled when the shipping hoard Is still
allowing Chinese and Japanese yards
to build American ships.
Jt I' : ' ':.
. . (l.'vns Cost too irtirh. '
Ail.' v ' , -
Will'amPtggott representing Mayor
Hansen of Senttle told the conference
that coast living cart be reduced 10 to
fio percent without cutting wages If
public officials will adjourn plnltlce an
cooperate with labor and business.
Plggntt also arranged the senate as
"fiddling while Rome burned". He
said the "Panicky feeling In regard
to bolshevism Is all bogy."
Plggott urged the mayors to call
together their leading merchants and
Insist in forceful langunge that they
must reduce the cost of living any
where from IS to 25 percent, "and
they can do it,' he added.
Piggntt scored congress for falling
to appropriate money to finish the
for some Alaskan railroad snd for not actlna
nn f-nne's hundred 'million reclama-
ton''proJect.' ' '- : ;' '-'
;i He sold: "we must" get nfter these
senators. ' We 'must make theni do
thelf uutj" ' ;' - 1 I
Whitman. Washington, third.
ATTjARKA immitm-g
i Israxoi-roisnvj.
IT. CHARLES OESPAIN
TO BECOME FLORIST
n Oregon giving In a list of 16 ban net ing guards and regulars, despite the
heat counties In the United States I radicals' claims that government
hlch produced $2,500,000 or more forces had promised to join the reb
bushels in 1917, In tho Price Current lels, who declared the rest of the
Grain Reported Year Book Just pub-'country Is organised and ready to
llshed. join the new revolution '
This county, with ft production of j ,
3.366.000 is Kiven fourthplace. ac Polk Arc. Attacked,
cording to the rank In yield per acre I
with Lancaster, Pennsylvania, ranking BSLB' March 5 The present Ber
first; St, Clair. Illinois, second; and ' n dlot? have become as violent as
( iiJOBw wnnn mnrKea me apart I can re
, . vo't which Karl Llbknecht led, accord
V) ifng to dispatches today. The radicals
r appear to be concentrating their et-l
forts in capturing police stations. I
j jinny iwo precinct prat ion a have been
, . ; .attacked. The central station has been to Pendleton at an
, uuiiifu inree nines, several police- J $2000.
So- men captured hy the. mobs are report-, "jn
i l or- v i
dova contains deadly pyison and rsi-' pnts,
From the life of a soldier and
scenes of war to the penceful occupa
tion of florist is the step being1 taker
by Lieutenant Charles D. Despafn. Tha
Lieutenant but recently received his
release from the army after service
overseas in the signal corps, and re
turned to his home in Pendleton.
Yesterday he was granted permit
byJiecorder, FitzfSeuilil to build a
green hnuse In Llvermore's addition
expenditure of
. ". marni O. P0- '" m me mow are report-. I tlnintr fhi T.lliln.in nnnln
Arms re- m lmr nut nl.inn h h1 lMinr
jewelery Mhons hnd food i ttr . i .k. . .
lonll tatlll lui nnl-tnA. Ul.,k 11 i tu.,.. i .m .1 1
matter hlt the jirice, says an an-! "We are trying to render the situa
nouneement issued by Dr. V. H. ! tlon more tolerable thnn thut i
Caswell, city physician. i sia" said Hen- S.h:ininnrw
Dr. Caswell recently analyzed somelthn Anrt.-i7n Ui.ii.ru -ri iv..
of the whisky. He said it contained 1 factories .are demolished and people
enough poison to prove disastrous to are starving we will rebuild a state
any person who may drink It. Inn the ruins"
Vow Members Added.
Because of a number of new mem
bers, the students in the military com
pany of the Pendleton high school
were today arranged in sc-und forma
tion for the second time since the be
ginning of the semester.
PRESIDENT WILSON LANDING ON
HIS RETURN FROM EUROPE
21
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33
34
35
30
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39
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41
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43
44
47
IS
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TKS
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. . 63
. I 45
. . 7
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. . 78
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. 64
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. 36
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. 13
. 81
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.109
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.135 .
. 69
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. 75
. 72
NO
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10
13
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1
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YES
NOm
3,573
472
Above to the voce on road bond)
from 61 out of the 84 praolnraat -of
rmatai count r. completed frr
I . the Rase Oregonian this mJ tenuon.
The prarlncw muvtiur will not al
ter tho vote nunlally. Ketuir
half the rpidatvnd Tote of the'
. county was cant yeMerday.
Hy a landslide vote that exceeded
the most optlmtotio hope of the
j - J ' " . - . 111 .INT
coaiity for f l.5a,Ooa to . sec-tire good
roads In cooperation with the Wat
highway commission.
Returns from 51 precincta mm
piled by the East Oregonian at noon
today showed a total affirmative vote
of 3489 and a negative .vote of . but
427. The vote by precincta la riven
17
t
5
11
7
13
S
18
..111
..79
189
r.ieo .
. . 41
. . 38
. ..ia ,
..106
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. . 87
. at '
.159
. 86
. 7 -.81
. . 15
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; 9
. 23
. 13
.144
. 6
. 17
. 59
. 80
. 17
. 9 '
12 j in detail in another column.
10 Of the precincta voting against the
13 bonds. No. 1 Is Cottonwood precinct in
1 the east end of the county; No. 27
0 the Fnlton precinct and No. 21 la
.1 North Heservatlon. T
19 lO TO ONE HERE. - -
13 Pendleton cast a total of 1320 vote
. 0 for the road bonda and only ' 123
IS against. In two local precincts no
1 ncsative votes were cast. '
2 In the east end of the county everjr
7 precinct favored the bonds with the
7 single exception ot Cottonwood Nou
6 1. a small precinct. The total vot
13 of the eight east end precincta gave
9 388 votes for the bonds and 71 Totes
8 against bonding.
25 RETURNS IN Ql'ICKXY. 1 "
3 Returns were flashed, by the East
Oregonian last night and the story
..... 11 " one of nnterrnnted hits tor D.
: 3 II. Nelson and other road leaders who
I were gathered In the headquarters In
10 I the Berkeley orfice.. Owing- to the
6 'short ballot the counting was done
quickly and by 9:SO the count had
been received from 10 out of the 84
precincts of the connty. .
1
o
9
11
1
O
19
II
1
3
4
30
II
0
1
PRELIMINARY TERMS
ARE NEAR COMPLETION
PARIS. March 5. The. Germans
will be called to Paris to receive the
terms of preliminary peace within a
week or 10 days after President Wil
son's arrival, according to the belief
expressed in certain official quarters.
The reparition committee is expected
to report that Germany is able to pay
between 25 and 40 billions in indem
nities.
FOUR MINUTE MEN h:
GET .CERTIFICATES i
OF APPRECIATION
Certificates showing- the value et
the service of the four finute men of
Umatilla county and expressing- the.
appreciation of Pres. Wilson and Wil
liam H. Ing-ersoll. national chairman
of the committee of public Informa
tion, for the service of the speak
ers during- the war are being- sent Til
the four minute men of Umatilla
county. The certificates are signed
by C. Guy Matlock, county chalrmaV
of the speakers. Those receiving; ths "
certificates are:' Hs.rTy M." Chambers! '
Judge James A. Fee, Judge Stephen 1
A. Lowell. Rev. n. B. Cornell. J.' R: '"'
Owlnn, George A. Hartmen, Rev. H.
H. Hubbell, R. I. Keator. Rev. Alfred
Lock wood, J. Vfi Malpnen Will i iUrt
Peterson. Judge Gilbert W. Phelps, J1.
Roy Haley. Senator Hoy Ritner, Royal
M. Sawtelle. Dan P. Smyths, Rev. J.
E. Snyder. C. I". Strain, Dr. I. U. Tem
ple, R. K. Chloupek. V. L. Thompson.
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Atmosphere Changed.
.PARIS, March 5. Conditions o
the separate peace treaty are said to
be worked out to the extent where
formal approval of President Wilson
Lloyd George and Premier Orlando
would be obtained within a remark
ably short time after they had under
taken discussion of the terms.
Wilson will find an entirely new at
mosphere when he arrives here. Con
cern over what is going on In Ger
many will be topmost among the an
xieties rather than th individual de
sires and designs of the various na
tionalities. Possibly arrangement
admlting 270,000 tons of fata
uermany win oe completed Deiore tne(offlcws of Dunham, Brownlow Fuyna
president reaches Paris, ?and aKreed i vay te requested Is-hiv
- ( ccutM uq hour. J&leven contractor.
SOLDIER BRINGS BACK I were present.
The agreement la to hold pending
CARPENTERS ON JOB?.
WITH PAY INCREASE
All is peace and quiet today In the
labor situation or", PendHon. Ths
carpenters after enjoying a three days
vacation took up their hammers this
morning as a result of a tentative
agreement made between the contrac
tors and union carnenters last nlirht
into jThe contractors met last evening la the
PAL TO LOCATE HERE
Sergeant Anthony P. JDorlsha
gen is one Umatilla county man
who returning home after receiv
ing honorable discharge from the
service haa brought a new recruit
to make this county h;is home.
The sergeant arrived In Pendleton
last night accompalned by Tete
Postrlck, m-ho was his "buddle"
in the service. Costrick joined the
army from Astoria, and with Ser
geant Dorlshagen the two were as
signed to the 63rd infantry last
Dorlshaken has a farm which he
since been close friends. They
were later transferred to the 7 Snd
Infantry, and landed In France
Octuber !8, but d!d not reach the
firing line. This morning they
left for Ilermlatim where Hergeant
trolshagen has a farm which he
left when called tu the service.
the final decision of ths uuestlon n..l
J week when the contractors and union
; men are expected to meet together.
At present there Is no organisation. of
the local contractors and It Is probable
some sort of on organisation will Be
perfected in the near future. "
Work was resumed In all parts of
the city this morning.
T ' Tassj Tonight and
qJS cT Thursday fair.
"J