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DAILY EVENING EDITIOH Kamber copies printed of yesterday' Pnl! KOltlon, 2800 This paper la member arid audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY EVEIIIIIG EDITION reaoini Through an East Oregon lan ad yo can resell Wiou-essls of nrom quickly. Try the plea next tiate, COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CHT OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 31 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919. NO. 9683 -YF1 " 5 00 STRIKERS BACK ON JOBS INN 1 HARBOR Forty Per Cent of Men Vote to Accept Concessions of K. It. Administration. TERMS GRANTED GIVE BIG WAGE INCREASE Believed Boat Owners Will Follow With Similar Action. ' NEW TOR, March 8. Five thous and harbor win kern returned to their Jobs today followlwc a vote to accept big concessions which the railroad ad ministration made. The terms grant ed In Home cases gave wage Increases of more than the 30 per cent which the unions asked. It is believed the private boat owners will follow the antion or the railroad administration. The men returning to work constituted 40 per cent of tte strikers. EVERETT TRUE'S BACK SHP DECISION mum RFire " 4y FPTOCKERY P -ssw 11 i See Page 12. HOOVER WON OUT IN POOL CONTEST Widest x aculation Aroused in Official Circles by De- , mand of Germany. THROWS HITCH IN TROOP PROGRAM GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN ARMY RECOMMENDED Delay in Ship Shipping Like ly Planned to Aug ment Unrest. LAWRENCE SOUTH IS CHAMPION WRESTLER OREGON AQRRICLXTURB COL LEGE, Murch 7. The Northwest championship for wrestling In the 11 pound cluss Is now held by Lawrence ':. 8011th of Pendleton. South defrat ed Vulaul. last ycar.t Northwest chum I Ion, whllo representing Oregon Agrl ti Iturnl College at the University wi1hlngtr.11. The university team forfieted the return contest by ueln tmable tn attend the scheduled meet thus placing-South as the blithest 01 his weluht. Mr. fj.ulh Is regl-cr- iti (he sch ct t. f I en Ira I engineering where ho d 'li c r.ell as a. FtUfS'mt. lie is member of lh sophomore VilliKntice Committee and It affiliated with the y.-l'i Fisllon fraternity. As first ser vant of company K of the r,udnt A. my Training Corpe unit stationed a- Ortelll last fall he was much Ilk ed I j u l his men. Kxccutlvo Hoard Meets. The executive board of the Umatilla County Red Cross met yesterday for the first time since their election and discussed plans for the future. Those present wore Chairman Roy Rltner, Mrs. J. Roy Raley, Mrs. Charles Oreu llch, Mrs. Ida Fowler. Mrs. A. if. Cox. Mrs. James Laing and Mrs. K. W. Cloodalo. flora to Montana. . nilbert H. Temple, who la farming extensively In northern Montana, left today for Hingham, Mnntnna, after spending the winter in Pendleton. Mr. Temple Is the first of a number of rien who will return to Montnna In the near future after passing the win ter In Kestorn Oregon. . Will lid Here On ITlh. Mrs. Edith ' Salisbury, national eotmty agent leader, will be In Pen dleton March 17, from Washington, , I). C q confer with Miss .Parker, county agent. . J.oren Hoover won flr:t hunr.r. in the Ilungalow pool tournament when r.aii Hacker lost his mutch t.i Orle Hnnavnn by a score of r0 to 26. In cidentally Jlucki r who was first place man until lust night dropped to fifth Place. Hoover will be presented with an ebony cue as champion. .eno Dicky cinched sixth place last night by defeating 01 to llouxer by a score of r0 to 46. tlMlll . ... . . . ..1. 11, ..11 tiiiiiscom witn a total score of 142 won second honors, a tn cash Prize; Orle Hunavan. third. 13? Ted narvey. rourth. 2; Earl Hacker, flftn. a 11.50 box of candy; and Zenft Dick ey, sixth, a 11.60 bqx of candy. " The tournament has attracted much interest in locnl pool circles. THIRTEEN HAS NO TERRORS FOR W. C. WERST, HERE'S WHY WASHINGTON. March H.Ait-r. ninny's refusal to turn over her mer chant alilist for returning; home Am iriinn trcsHiH Iiuh aroused the widest jqainlatkin nnil comment among; of- oflralM anil diplomat lii'ii-. ;eriiiuiiy may Imi nworting 10 her old trickery and seeing discontent growing; hi Kn- glund at delay lit shipping lnsis Imiiic. has thrown a I1IKI1 Inlo the. program of turning thousands of tons of shipp. lug over la Hrltuiii as well as to the I'nlted States ror troop transMrtatioii. thus aggrlvatJiur tlio unrest. It Is believed her action is tiim-d to oml. if sililc'. tlio allied delay in sending fooilsiiiffx to fin-many. Will Ifrplace Transimrts. . If German ships are not turned ov er to the allies the war department will try to make up the loss through allocation of tonnage now WASHINGTON, March 8. The government will hold an army of 009,909 men until congress provides otherwise, General March today an nounced. He declared the United States could not get along with a small army. This is the strength the war department asked In the mililury bill which failed to pass congress. Total battle casualties during the war were 240,197, March announced. He stated thaat I'ershing has been authorized to start enlistments. , Murch explained that the war de pertment hopes the resumption of en listments will provide the specified strength. In the event they don't ho udded, the department will have to determine what troop will be held to supply the deficiency. TWO CENT STAMP TOR LETTERS JULY FIRST Th thrpe cent utamp tor first elans mull will bn no nyir lifter July . il3 for on that date the uh of the .wo cent ramj will he resumed and letters cw. he tftnt a. the old i)OKiu-;e rate. ThlH dcoB niA affect drop It'.rs. Fol lowing in thv order received by Pc.ht rrasler T. J. Tweedy. n July 1, 1819 and therea'tor the rate cf j ostago on all firiit ciuss n ail nmMr nhall be -the same 43 O.i tuie In fc rce on October 2, 1917. However, while the Ufe of the pre carrvlne ' Be,'t liree cent stamp will be dlHcon 11. S. DAMAGE CLAIMS TOTAL 750 MILLION Cover Death, Injury and Losses from U-Boats and Property Destruction. THOUSANDS OF CLAIMS FILED IN WAR DEPT Noted Editor WTio Will Have Embassy Will Be Submitted in For mal Statement for Reparation. SOVIETS WIN RECOGNITION, WASHINGTON. Maivll . Anicrk-ait clainiH for damuti acJinst ti'ermnny and Austria tlms far total r(t.HM.N)0, tlv mile flefartim'iit today announced. Ad ditional 4alm will Inrrekise this to some extent. It la Udtel. food for the relief commission. When timed, the three cent den unmet'on It seemed certain that German ahins 'vHI "" disappear, for the postal nu ls ' i;r:lc Asks for IHvnrec After five weeks of ,marfie1 life. S-flm Kerr hns AroiiKl t suit In '.he em-ull court' for n, divorce from J. n. Ken, ulleginir cruel and Inhuman treatment. The couple vv?rj inarrlod In Pendleton r.n Januar to. 19IJ mil the ; laintlff allijrcs ti defi'iiilant In.nnrtliitely began 't her In a creel and Inhumar -niT, The rln'ntlff asks thV.-iyif Riven her irniden narae.Allii P er, $1M rarh, $25 a m .in until such a time i ihi may mtiry. 13c) wltn'.'i ftei and ,100 attorney fees. J. A. Tee re pr. nts the plaintiff. tK.arlng on thut people, enjiecinlly room thirteen or ride In coach or In fact anything that affectrd with the hoodo number. W, C Wtest. a returned overseas soldier. who has come here to locate, ha already purchased a lot in the Homer addition on the north side of the river and bus about completed a house In which to live, has no fears of either and he cites has army experience to prove It. Mr. Wrest has formed a partnership with John Horn, the firm Is to be Horn & Wrest, and they Intend to a general contractinir business. On JofnliiR- the urmy he was placed Irt the 34Gth HeKiment nt the 91st Ivlsion of Field Artillery, It left Camp Lew's on Friday and there were Is coaches In the train crosHinff the con nent, embnrked on a ftrltish ship. he White Htar IJne on July 13, 1 91 a for overseas and It took Just exact! 3 days Is cross to Liverpool. There were 13 Bhlps in the convoy. Landed on Friday the thirteenth. The real- ment arrived nt the front on Nov. t nd were ordered Into action for the 3th of November, but the nrmistice enme to prevent. On. the return thev Milled from rirest and were thirteen Lorenc duys mnkinit the trip bnck to theUnlt- cd S(. -i I I'M. IjuiiIImk back here in this country with 12"r enliMed men 4totul figures lidded make 13). The reKlimmt had remarkable luck for only one man was killed In a truck accident and two died of sickness. would be available a number of trans ports were converted Into cargo car riers to meet the emergency demand for food abroad. Council Near Decision. PARIS, March 8. The supreme wnr council, discussing the problem of supplying food to enemy countries, Is expected to reach an agreement by Monday. It Is believed certain conces sions will be made to relieve the sit uation resulting from disagreement at Sl-a. The conferees have already approved plans for feeding the people of dismembered Austria, whereby the blockade is liftOfl Thl. tirln.inlA maw figure. Theatrical ! he nile,i to crnl,v i. i'- Will IMJl pui UP lltlsjnori, a raitwa, I Some people are naturally supersti tious about Friday or the thirteenth of the month or in fact anything thai feriHins 10 me numerals mat has any thoritles have provided for ri1-; rnanu fjtcfiie of three cent "Victory stamps." t-' c.immemorat y the outcome of the vvur. 1he stamps will be la'.vil.?r in r-dor, ldcI will lx.ir a picture of Ic-t-.rioi.. Liberty, with a br.:ir- ind fcrincd ly the rhigs of the five alllei. WHITMAN COLLEGE PLANS BUILDINGS, G. M. RICE NAMED " oiTnitEAK in ArsTiiltJ.i1" SVNIK.V, March H. An out break of organized i. w. V. pro paganda la now evidenced in Aus trailia cities and workslioiw- Tlio water fronts are filled with pam-)k-tH and wall stickers. Will .Make Home Here. Louis Knglehart, recently discharg ed from Camp Funston. where he was a member of Company I, 2" com pany. 8th Division, will make his home in Pendleton, although before his enlistment he resided In the east. Sirs. Wmler Itesigns, Mrs. T. J. Tweedy has been ap pointed supervisor of the refugee de partment of the Umatilla County Red Cross, to succeed Mrs. Ida Fowler, who leslgned her. position. G. M. Rice, vice-president of the First National Bank of Pendleton baa been nam! us a member of the ex ecutive feimitMM.MH&fm !" Ween selected to laise $ )u,0l9 for the con struction -of four buildings at Whit man college. The committee is com. P sed of some of the most iH'omln.'llt men of the northwest including John VV. Iangdon. chairman; Allen H. Rey nolds. Oscar Drumheller, John Alike ney, H. H. Turner. Oliver T. Cornwall Georce R. Kellough. II. H. Marshall. W. W. Haker, Miles C. Moore, Walla Walla; Portland, A. L. Miile. W. M. I.aild, W. B. Ayer; Seattle. Thumas Burke, K- A. Stuart, P. W. WIlKa; Spokane. W.' n. Cowles, Jt TnsiKner. C. D. Robinson; Tacoma. William Jones. V. V. Keymour, F. Kea tor; Yakima. O. A. Fletcher, W. P. Jones; Aberdeen, W. J. Patterson Dayton, K. M. Vanpatten; Pendleton. G. M. Rice. I ILEY WINN BUYS NEW RANCH FOR SUM OF $84,000 Another Hoy Winn tloal won re ported today ttlifn Mr. Winn of Weston 4iirehasod 1120 aeres of wheat lund near Milton from II. Jj. FVazier for a consideration of 81 ,0OO. Tlio sa me piti-v of jt round wan sold in 190ft for $28, OOO, the present price being- an advance of 300 per cent over, what it o1d for eleven yearn aito. Mr. Winn has figured in no les than five large land deals during: the innt year nnd Is aid to have mid more land in Uma tilla, county this year than any otlier two men, AlMtut m year agoMie purchased the Mofte Tay lor place for. 1(M),(MK and re cently disoofcd of the place for SI20.000 to Marion Jtunacll. Mr. Vinw aIsw. M-pwet of a. Inry fract or land to his Jtrnlh.-r, A. V Winn, sold S. M. " Tliomison lurjre farm and recently look on a lot of laud belonginj to (.eorge 1 StaSfl of Weston.- r ; RATIFICATION OF TREATY COMES UP MIDDLE OF MONTH RENEW FIGHT Settlement Reached in Con cession from Government. Work to Begin Monday. REBELS LATER START DESPERATE BATTLE PARIS. March 8. IIntranaU cm in today reliiiHl that the rirkt plenary mnference with tierma n delegates will be iiefal aC Versailles liefore the end of this month. The r .neral conference considers tlie ratWcation or pre liminary peace March is. The newspa(er forecasted the Gorman rlenipotenlaries 1ll bo summoned for the Informal conference aliout Man h 20. WOODMEN TO HAVE BIG TIME APRIL 7 NORMAN COOK FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER tHICAC.O, March X.ir man (Vwk Ls guilty of manslaugh ter according to the verdh-t or the jury which tried him on tlio clmrae of murdering Willimn lnuluay. The verdli't was rcai-li. est liLt night and oiH'iiefl this morning. Local Camp No. 41. W. O. W.. will initiate a class of 50 - candidates oi April 7. Many features of the Inltia tory work, neglected for years. by the eimp, will be brought forth and all candidates are guaranteed the full benefits of the work. This campaign Is preliminary to the real work to begin immediately after April 7th fdV 250 new members to be introduced here in June. All Camps in the im mediate neighborhood will gather at Pendleton with their candidates and tf '?& tnittrrkin will be held. . v iQ. new drill. team now being or- gs'iined will be ready to participate m the ceremony by then and assist materially with new work being pro vldd especially for the Pendleton camp-. MILITARY FUNERAL FOR CLAIR MYERS Lady-in-Waiting Mrs. iloiteo Improving. Mrs. W. II. Jones, who hns been 111 at her home on Ixrwls street. Is much Improved today. .Mother III In Portland. Miss Stella Keaton, school teacher Ir. district No. 84. nenr Pendleton, haa received word thnt her mother Is quite ill in Portland. COMMISSION ASKS FOR BIOS FOR EAST END PAVING JOB 'At a meeting of the highway com- son states that work will be prosecut mlsslon In' Portland Thursday the 1 on that section of the highway. paving job from the Washington state ,..w- !!y?n-? ra ' this morning states that the members line to Milton was ordered to be ad- of lne iPBiintuI.e .wm, whom the oom. vertlaed and tha bids are to be open-'mission came into contact during the ed on March 26th. It was also order-trip are much elated over the splen- ed that tha grading and graveling Job Jo Id vote given the local road bond for the Echo to Morrow county line jneasure as they feel the action senses mad be advertised at once and bids 'an approval of the state road bond opened on March 26th. The state ir.easurc which was passed with the rnalneer was Instructed to make a emergency clause. Me declares that a-irvey of the road from Pendleton to iovory county In Oregon which Is not Krho down the I'matllla river. already bonded for road work con- As soon as the right of wav ncron tomplatcs following the action of tha Umatilla Indian reservation hasil'uinlltla county. been obtained by the county court and Mr. Thompson states thnt t'omnils- satisfactory adjustment mudo wlthsioner Booth will renin in on the com ' the railroad company to eliminate mission despite contrary reports, nt dangerous railroad crossings between ; least until the expiration of his term Pendleton and llkn, Mr. Thomp-jin prll, 1920, I U .''AT . s . ''-- '""7 " 1 - ' " Three Hundred Estimated Killed, 500 Wounded; Troops Rushed. BERUX. March 8. At 1 p. m. yes terday afternoon tha general strlka was called off, work to be resumed Monday. Tha settlement was reach ed on the basis of a compromise with the Herman cabinet whereby tha So viets are granted 'constitutional ro ognition. At S p. m. the rebels were battling: desperately in the northwestern part of the city, holding off vastly super ior government forces. The streets are strewn with dead and wounded. It ts unofficially estimated that tha fighting has resulted in tha killing of 30V and wounding of 500, mostly reb els. , Additional regiments havs arrived from JEasi ern Prussia to assist. SOVIETS STAItT WAR, By FRANK J. TAYLOR (L'ni'ed Press staff Correspondent) I EltLIN. March 8. The spartacana determined Thursday afternoon to break off negotiations with tha gov. ernmlnt and settle the Issue by fight ing. After a day of comparatlv-j tuc- the revolutionists weie agala de fensive by evening the battle becoming one of guerilla warfare. ir.e tiae tumea wnen government Riiplar.es dropped huge bombs on tha ri of cf the royal stables which tevolt in,r sailors occupied- The buildings were practically demolished. A scor f sailors were killed and woundeo. The lemalnder surrendered. Shortly afterward the Alexanderplatz. which chanced hands sveral times, whore the chief sparatacan resistance was cen tered was taken by storm by govern ment troops. More than 03 rebels were captured. T -.' sartke Galftlng. , . , . While the SpartacKna) were- toeing their hard military advantage the general strike was gaining. The work men adopted a resolution enJorsln the spartacan'a latest demands which Include.' abolition of all war loana anc debts. Simultaneously the work men decided to call out electrical ga nd water works employer. The radl- ala have been taking steps toward the r, j matlon of their own cabinet, boat ing that despite the government's ' strength they won't win complete cen tre! of the city. As the' workers Inclined toward the radicals the soldiers were being; won , over by the government. It Is cstt- : mated that 25.000 loyal troops patro'I. ' ec" the streets whereas the sparatacans) have only 4000 armed effectives. CANADIAN SOLDIFRS HELD AFTER RIOTING Clair Myers, Pendleton sailor who died at Fort Russell. Wyoming, Thurs day morning will be accorded a mili tary funeral by his mates. The Pat. riotlc Service league and Hal Corby, recently discharged chief petty offlcei or the navy are making the arrange ments for the funeral. The body will arrive in Pendleton ; tomorrow morning on train numbei ! l! and twill be met by a sQuad of re- turned sailors In uniform who will act' as pall bearers in escorting the body from the station to Folsom's chapel Funeral arrangements will not be com pleted until after the body arrives, but will probably be held either Mon day or Tuesday. In addition to the pall bearers there will be a firing squad to fire the re Siiilar three volleys over the grave and taps will be sounded by a bugler. Hal j Corby as senior ranking officer will I be In charge of the military ceremony, j ! All returned sailors are asked to! jn eet at the Charles Company tonight lai i :sv o ciock to tniK over the arrange) I.nNDON. March . Early re porta '"". rtiuong me mui-iot tne note are exaggerated, aocord- jors who are in the city are Hal Corby, jlng ,u Hllthorlutive Information ob- Knum' haV,erSoon SSSlj- I I One hundied are under arrest. In- AMRAQQAnnP ciuumg civuiana. A New Bruns. aiD.aAUUri lultk msior, reported trampled- to SCORES RUSSIAN ; d't'- 'd to hare been only slight- ROT QHirVITTT :y injured. One man wh raise A l4 J ini LONDON. March S. Official Inves tigation is being made of the riot of Canadian soldiers at RhyL Several of 25,900 soldiers, awaiting transeor. talion home, decided to hold a dera- - onstration to air their grievances over uelaved demobilization and no receipt ¬ or rack fay. red riait ! dead.. . the camp the city 4 today . WASHINGTON, March . The bol-l shevlki government In Russia has put j -. y: . itself outside the pale of civilisation Pirn Barnes Is In and should be ostracised by the rest ' from. Weston. me worm, tiavia Francis. Amerl-fi , j can ambassador to Russia, told the ' " "C senate investigating committee. They (out merit recognition, he said "we j should not even have business rela-J tions with them. They are killing! everybody that wears a white color or jx educated- They hold women hos tages to comple the men to serve in the bnlshevlst army. They broiiRh. starvation to the country. j In my opinion the bolshevlki do not; represent more thin 10 preeent or the Russian people. They are I. wing' H,rensih every day. T Francis told the committee he be-f Meved l.enlne was a' ticrrajin agent; Irani the beglnnliti;. lit. stated Kerns-1 Key made a fatal mistake when hyf "aainmm tempera lure. 43. uhi not imprison I-eiiiue and Trot- nnmitim teniperatare. :ts fky and trv them for treason. He sold Weaiher, partly cloud-., thi Kernxkey government tried to keepi. Wlad. west,' light. ,'. V i;aslu true to the allies, I Itai.-uall, .tlthuU and rain. was shot- hlfL FORECAST Tonight and Sunday rain or """l .,.!( ler tunight. o..,- " -" 'i i