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EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919.
NO. 9693
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AGREEMENT DECLARED REACHES1!
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ON EIRSITREAIY, LEAGUE CLA
OP FOR FINAICONSIDERATION
PRELIMINARY PROBLEMS GIVING WAY TO
LAST SETTLEMENT; AERIAL NAVIGA
TION PROBLEMS, JURISDICTION OF AIR,
IN HANDS OF SUB COMMITTEES.
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SEA BOUND FOR U. S.
PARia March 820. The
y agreement ha, been reached by
the allied governments to Include the
league of nations In the preliminary
treaty.
BY FRED FERGUSON
(United Press Htaff Correspondent ) j
Fit-Id Hospital No. 167 of the 117th
PARIS. March 20 The- league or sanitary train which Includes the La
! uranda hospital unit. Is on the water
on the Way huma from France and is
due "to Arrive In Niw York on the
Criiiwtr Montana. March z7th. Thin
Is Uio mill of which Tom Murphy.
popular Pendleton, boy. Is a member,
and Lieutenant R. H. Waffle, former
ly of this' place, is one of the sur
geons. Tho other members of the
unit are made up of La (.rande and
Haker men.
' It Is now thought the hospital boys
will reach their homes about the mid-
dlo. of April, which is About two
weekse earlier thaw has previously
been given out as the date of sailing
from Frunce.
nations covenant as It will be Incor
porated In the iH-ellmlnitry treaty will
be practically completed by Katurday.
according to the general belief today.
On Saturday the committee which
drew up tho const Itutlou will hold Its
first ' meeting since the Inlllal draft
was finished. 'President Wilson will
preside.
Delegates have been going over the
clauses of tho covenant with a view to
meeting suggestion and critic'sms ad
vanced by the United States senate
and to admitting amendments, taking
into consideration these criticisms,
while at .the same time not treading
on the toes of other powers which
would likely counter, with further
amendments lelng found difficult.
. Kliirt on llnai I 'art,
Home of the committees having: vir
tually completed their work on the
prpblems to be Incorporated In the
preliminary treaty are now consider
ing subjects which form a part of the
final settlement.
The commlsslen on aerial problems
has agreed' to tho general principles!
controlling aerial navigation but has!
appointed three suh-commlltees which!
are working out the details. An Im
nnrtant feature of the commission' I
work la the recognition of full and j
absolute Jurisdiction by each state of
the air above Its territory and tern
torlal waters.
FRANCE WANTS U. S.
AID 1. RESTORATION
CABINET CRISIS IS
PENDING IN BERLIN,
SAYS REPORT TODAY
STOCKHOLM, March 20 A
cabinet crisis Is pendlna in Ilcr
lln. according to reports mvlvt-d
here t.Htuy. Chancellor Hc-lieide-mami's
Mitiin Is said to lie In
secure. -
ANT
BOLSHEVIK
i
MOVE
BEGUN N
HINDENBURG DEFENDS
FLIGHT OF WILHELM
BERI;IV, March 20. Field
Marshall Von Ilindcnbiirg today
issued a statement defenmng the
kaiser's flight. Ho said: "lie
' chose tlic newt courso to serve the
fatherland and wtvc us from fur
. Uicr losses and misery and to re
store iwace."
COPENHAGEN. March 20.
Germany Is bending every effort to
resist the threatened liobdievlkl
Invasion. FVdhming a week's
, military preparation a council of
war has been called at Kollx-ra to
r draw up plans for , a defensive
campaign, a llcrllii disiuilcli rc
fiorted. .
SOVIET RUSSIA
Bolshevik Plot Has
Capture of Vienna
In Wide Invasion
BKItt.IV, March 20. A bol
slicvist invasion of Germany Is be
ing planned, timed in coincide
' with fresh uprtsiiuw here and In
Austria, the National Zeftung to-
, day declared. "AMemnM will be
made to capture Ylonria-''
CHAMBERLAIN SCORES BAKER
FOR COURTMARTIAL INJUSTICE
Opposition, Known as Inde
pendent Communistic Par
ty is Well Represented.
MANY CITIES JOIN
ANTI-WAR GROUP
Party Advocates
Return Regardless of
Permission.
Sergt. Frank Cornfield
Home Tomorrow After
Service With 116th Eng.
Sergeant Frank Cornfle1 will ar
rive In Pendleton tomorrow evenlnst
from Camp Lewia on No. sHf return
ing home from service In France
where he has been with the 118th en
gineer. Mm. Cornfield Is coming
with him. t-'he has been at Camp
oOldlCrS '-wm wiin Kergeant Cornfield nine
iuh arrival mere.
WASHINGTON, March 20. Hena-1 bowed hini nI ami took Into tti
tor Chamberlain chairman of the mil-1 bottom of your confidence a trlol of
itary. affairs coinmiitee, today aent . men who were pronounced reaction
.Secretary Baker a letter charglntt arlen General Crwder. the then act
that Baker la fencing Instead of j Ing chief of staff, and the InapectoP
frankly adm tting the avlla of thegeneral the taat named of whom to
CLASS ASKS SINNOTT,
GORNALL TO SPEAK
COPENHAGEN. March 20. The
Lithuanian Information bureau today
announced a new strong antl-bolshevlk
movement has begun In that part of
Rusnia at present under soviet dom
ination. It in said to be led by
group known as the Independent
ccnimunintic party. The' bureau de
Hared It In well represented at the
front and that many cities have join
ed the movement, including KHna. In
the latter placed the party Is publish
ing a newspaper which says: , "Bol
shevik! niust coa-sij their warfare ana
soldiers must return home, if they
are not permitted to do so they must
return without permission."
KOREAN NATIONALISTS
KEEP CITY IN TURMOIL
BEOtTt. Korea.; - Marcn !0. The
Korean nationalist' resistance contin
ue, Incipient rioting In several quar
ter calling; out the military and
Gendarme. Detective and police
are Marching at colleges, hospitals,
nurses home anr churches tar Ko.
reans participating: in the- trouble.
Several arrest have been made. The
paaxlve resistance of other Koreans
Continues- Korean " More remain
closed.
At a meeting of the board of man
agers of the Pendleton Commercial
Association held yesterday afternoon
to consider the Teal Irrigation pro
ject, resolutions were adopted en
dorsing the project and urging upon
Governor Olcott and the state irriga
tion secrultles commission the neces
sity for early action in Investigating
the project. The Investigation must
be made before approval of the pro
posed -bond Issue can be made.
In his statement to the board yes
terday, J. T. Hlnklc, attorney for the
project, stated that the bonds have
been bargained for and their sale Is
I assured if the eonVmisslon approves
the issue. There has been a great
deal of delay in getting the bonds
ready and If action Is not secured at
an early date there is a probability
Vin n ii pr. i e..r mill . lha mul.
wnnod during the spring and summer,, 0. . ,hlh ,h- ,.
NEXT WEEK SET FOR
'PENDLETON CLEAN UP
Next week la to he clean-up week
In Pendleton. That Is with favorable
weather condition the entire weea
will be devoted to the cleaning up of
he business and residence districts
of the city. Teams will be provided
for hauling the trash away.
This I part of the campaign to be
PARIS, March 20. American bul
lets helped to eave France and now
she wants American business to aid
her restoration. France desires Inten
sive American cooperation In putting
the northern districts back on the
map, Phlllippe Cochran, controlling
general pf the liberated region, told
the Uutwd Press today. He said: It
wtll tMifz ten V 'B restore -northers
France to Its former state, working
our hardest. For rive eara we will
need all the assistance it la possible
to get from the United 8tates, - after
which we will taper off. Ne need ma
chinery, buildings and a vast amount
of all sorts of materials. Kntlre towns
ctles and villages must be rebuilt."
CLUB ASKS SPEED IN
CERTIFYING PROJECT
to make Pendleton a flyless town. At
the meeting hist night the city coun
cil went on record as ready to stand
tack , of the flvie Club In the war
against the fly. Mrs. K. T. Wnde ap-j;-nred
before the council In behalf
Of the league and outlined the man
ner In wh,'pb- the ladles Intend to
carry on the campaign. It Is to un
ir.skc tQ remove the breeding places
Of the Insects ami to do Ihls means
tint removing of Mth from the city ami
Hie keeping of a clean town.
ing of the project would have to be
taken up from the boginlng again.
A wire was sent Governor Olcott
yesterday by the Commercial Associ
ation urging that all possible haste in
reaching a settlement of the matter
be made. r ,
' oitm.n ritiiiTii to ftAsi?
PAUIS, March UO.Hio surome
wnr council today again ortlocod. tlir
IHricM it ml TTkraJiilitiiM to ivano flglit
lug Immediately, It tn umuunrd.
BUNDLE UP OLD CLOTHING,
1 HAVE IT ON PORCH MONDAY
Congressman X. J. SInnott- will be
nvitf-d to give the address at the com
lencetnen exercises' of the high
achooi and Rev. It. 15. Gam all of the
local MethiMllHt church the Baccalau
reate sermon, was decided in a meet-
nte of the senior clnss held yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. "V.y our
own efforts we hope to rl" was
chosen as the class motto.
A committee consisting of Kenneth
Tullock, Blanch Furnish, Genrglan
na Fletcher. Merle King, Irene Speck-
nagle and Ned Strahorn hi arranging
the programs for tho Class day and
Commencement exerc'ses.
HAY NOMINATE NEXT
DEMOCRAT IN S..F
LOS ANGELES. March 20. If San
Francisco will make a guarantee of
tlOO.000 to defray expenses of . the
Democratic national convention there
s every indication that the next Dem
ocratic presidential candidate will be
nominated In that city. L This state
ment was made by Isdore Dockweller,
Democratic national committeeman,
who returned today from Washing
ton. He said he brought up the mat
ter at the dinner Wilson gave the
Democratic leaders and majority
fteemed to favor the meeting In the
west.
VOTE TO
GAS STORAGE TANK
SEATTLE GIRL ADMITS
MURDERING HER RIVAL
MICKEY IS PAGED;
$5 AWAITS FINDER
OF PERSIAN CAT
By ordinance the council voted to
grant the Pacific IJgh't and Power Co.
a permit fr building a gas storage
tank In block 4Bt lot 14, Reservation
aditfon, In the-west end. Those vot
ing for the ordinance were Ell. J3ste,
Friedly, King, McMonles, Taylor, Pen
land; against, Folsom.
A petition was presented to the;
council aga'nst the passage of the or
dinance headed by Harvey J. Morris,
1216 West Alt afreet. The petition
ers protested the building of the tank!
near their property, stating that It j
would detract trpm the value of their
ropevty -"mwiTo hp .jp-atmutem, f . acri-J dwtrest friend,- Sfcipv has hetm - In
aance to those living In tin- vicinity.
Speaking on .behalf of the power
company. Manager F. W, Vincent,
stated that the tank Is needed as a
storage tank for the service of houses
in that part of the city and on the
north side. He gsive every assurance
that there would be no odor from the
tivnk. and that there Is no danger
whatever of an explosion, also that It
will be kept In as good condition as
Is possible.
SEATTLE, March 20. Ruth garri
son will he formally charged with
first degree murder. Police say she
confessed to the poisoning of her ri
val In love, Mrs. Grace 8torrs, who
died after eating a fruit cocktail doc
tored with strychnine at a lunch room
where she dined as the girl's guest
Tuesday afternoon. Dudley fitorrs.
the dead woman's husband.. Is the man
Un the case, and Is expected here to-
day.
The 18-year-old defendant slept
Hound I. V In jail last nlgnt after un
burdening her soul of the tragic de
tails of the tragedy. Her only ap
parent thought, the nuitron said, con
cerned the man Rhe loves.
Whe wonders If "he" will care for
hiT'iiow tht she has confessed the
murder of his wife. ,
court martial system and cooperating
with congress to' remedy these evils.
The letter said: 'It ia painful tome
to find you fencing upon a question
which means so much to tena of
thousands of enlisted men who have
suffered injustice under the present
system. Your present recognlt on of
the existing evils of the court martial
-system are strangely Irreconcilable
with your published statement, no
more remote than March 10, In that
statement of warm approval of the
existing system you seemed blind to
any deficiency.'
Scores Atthm.
Chamherla'n declared that because
Lieutenant Colonel Ansel I had the
courage to attack the court martial
tern in testimony before the senate
military affairs committee "you el-1
even this day engaged by your order
In the so-called investigation designed
In my judgment, to destroy the man
who exposed the Injustice of the pree
ent system."
Orcanbced Injustice. '--
Chamberlain declared that If Ba-
ker really wanted to reform ha has tha
power to Inst'tute ft but has failed to
do so. He said Haker Is "entirety re-
actlonary or you have b-n Imposed
upon and deceived by advisers who
are.M He continued: "Whether yon
see It or not the .American people
see and have 'evidence that th's sys-
tern Is bad. The American people will
not be deceived by self-serving and
misleading repreaenttafvea and stalls-
tics. Too many American families)
have made the rarrlf're of their sons
on the altar of nreanlxed Injustice." ,
ICE FLOOD IN
He la the descendant from a long
line of Persian ancestors, and boasts
of royal blood, but he answers to the
name of Mickey and he disappeared
from his usual haunts on St. Patrick's
Day Since his . disappearance his
MISSISSIPPI R. IS
IS DISASTROUS
RACE
QUESTION
OBSTACLE IN
St. Paul Railroad Bridge,
Houseboats and Smaller
Craft Smashed by Jam.
RIVER RUN WORST
IN MANY YEARS
Thousands Watch Debris
Swirling in Rapid Rush
of Ice.
SPAnTAC.WS START XKW TROC
BIJi
RKIIXK.. Mwh SO. nip Bparta-
eanH are lir-srinninff agitation for a ne
eenrral strike March 2t. dn-iarinlc
tills Hiih" viotorjr In certain," a Ber
lin dlsnaiiii toriajr reKrted. -
mourning?, and anyone having infor
mation ot Mickey's whereabouts can
gain the everlastina gratitude of gkipe
and Incidentally enrich themselves to
the extent of $5.00 by giving- the in
formation to Darr Phelps. . .
Just as an after thought it might be
stated that Mickey is a white Persian
cat, and that Skipe is his inseparable
friend who rides on the radiator of
the Phelps truck. In the want ad
columns of the East Oregonian today
is an offer of the-regard for informa
tion that will lead to the finding of
Mickey. .
FREXCIf TKOOP8 TAKE CITIES
:EXEVA. Mareli 20 French troops
hare occupied Karlsruse. Manne
hlem and lthrinhnff due to SParticaii
troubles, it Is repotted here today.
GOING INTO ACTION
ST. PAUL. March 20. The biggest
flood of Ice ,in the Mississippi river In
many years todaK-jHuasbeA timua
boats, carried away smaller craft.
broke down bridge breakwaters, and
threatened bridges from the upper
river to below Lake Peppin. accord
Ing to reports received here.
The St. Paul railroad bridge at
Mendota In the Minnesota river was
smashed by an ice Jam last ; night.
Thousands of people gathered along
the river yesterday to watch the run.
All sorts ofrdebr's la swirling In the
mass of rapidly moving ice.
t Are you about to discard your wln
ter' clothlngT If you are through
iptth It why not give It for the relief
of those who. are suffering from the
tack of clothing '
i Next Monday morning the counts-
clothing of all kinds for mm. women
and children Is wanted, fin uniforms
or flimsy materials should be sent,
Anything, however, that can be made
over Into serviceable railment can be
chapter of tho Red Cross will begin, used
a drive for ten tons of used clothing I Claude Penland has been appointed
which I to become a pirt of a ship- county chairman and wilt miperln-
ment of ten thousand tons to be made i tend the drive which will Inst all next
bv the Red crow to Kurope.
week. All residents need to do here
The clothing problem Is one of the i In Pendleton is to bundle wn their old
niost erlou faced by the peoples lib-1 clothing, mark it "lied Cross." and
rated by the war. An Immediate : leave it on the front porch. Dellver
unoly of every kind of clothing Is ab-1 wagons will make the -collections
olutely vital to Vh health anr very without charge, if It Is nw picked up
life of the millions of men, women . the first dny. call Penland Brothers,
and children who have been freed Because the other old clothing
from the flermnn yoke. The field for drives gathered In most of the accu.
this relief Is Northern France. Bel-! mulated old clothing, some difficulty
.glum, Italy, Homan'a. Servla. Oreece, is anticipated In meeting the county
Montenegro. Palestine, Albania, quota of ten tons, therefore an ur-CMcho-rHovnkla
nd Polairt. Rent appeal Is made to f-ryone to
Shoe, undorclothlnc, ana In tact! contribute what they can.
MOTOR CAR TO LEAVE
PENDLETON AT 4:15
The following was announced today
by the O-W. R. A N. officials as the
schedule for the motor car to be put
back into operation between Pendle
ton and Cmatilla March SI:
Leave Umatilla 9 a. m.
Arrive Pendleton 10:45. a. m.
Leave Pendleton 4:15 p. m.
Arrive Umatilla 6:10 p. m.
It is argued the new sohedule will
be of service to West Knd peole by
enabling them to return home in time
for the evening meal. i
LEAGUE'S PATH
Prohibition of Discrimina
tion Japanese Object In
volving Old Differences.
AMENDMENTS OPEN
WAY FOR OBJECTIONS
Concessions . to Senators
May Mean Delay in
Agreement '
BY ROBERT BENDER
(United Press Stafr Correspondent)
WASHHfGTOH-HsWK it). ProhU
bftlon of racial discrimination a an
amendment for the league of nation
covenant, sought by Japan, stand out
a the leading obstacle in the path f
immediate agreement on the league
draft for the peace treaty. Official
here fear that in amending the cove
nant to meet the objection of oppo
sition senators. President Wilson I
running into the danger of having la
give ground to other powers who have
been waiting for an opportunity to
amend the original draft.
The principal purpose of the Japa
nese delegates was to inject Into tho
document a clause preventing any dis
crimination against the Japanese, a
point involving long drawn out dif
ferences of opinion between the Unit
ed States and Japan which have al
ready aroused western senators.
MISTAKEN FOR BAKER.
PARIS. March S -nnKremniait
Kahn of California, arrived today
front Brest. , W hen he readied that
port yesterday several minor officials
mistook liim for Secretary Baker.
POLES MOBILIZING.
COPENHAGEN. March so. The '
Polish, parliament has decided to mo- I
hillze Immediately clawes from IStta:
to 1901 to npioNp the bolshevik! say!
Wnrxaw reports today. Tho general i
stafr aiinoiiiMi'd tlie hftl-licvikl have
lieen coniielcd to evacuate Pinsk. 1
FORECAST
& . T Tonight and
J3H "'lay fair.
PENDLETON CIVIC CLUB CASTS
UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR LEAGUE
VOTING STANDS AT 53 TO 1
nr the l.curuo f Nations . ..53
Against 1
By unanimous vote yesterday aft
ernoon the ladles of the Pendleton
Civic Club voted to endorse the plan
for a League of Nations. Th oiir.n
was taken by the club entirely on the
Initiative of that organisation and
the incident was announced today by
Mrs. E. T. Wade, chairman of t he
club.
Out of a total of ii vote thus far
cast m the League of Nations pie.
bhrtUe conducted by the East Orego
nian. 6J fnvor thi league and hut one'
s ngle voter cast a ballot for the neg
ntlve. ,
In order to get a thorough teat of
sentiment send in t ...... u .
... . ,vio w. WWW
and IriHiim , . K ..... ... . . . . ,
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Mots win he mailed to anyone asking
for them thougt but on vote la al.
'" to eacn person.
In casting hi ballot today, r.- M.
Riley of 615 Post street, said: I ear.
talnly do favor the league and am sur.
Wised that any true blue American
can see the tb'ng In any ether way."
D . YU FAVOR A LEAGUE OF NATIONS
to prevent future wars, such as President Wil
son and Former President Taft are working for?
'Enclose this coupon In an en
velope addressed to "League
of Nations Editor, Cure The
to East Oregontaa or bring it
to the East Oregont.m busi
ness office and drop it In the
Imliitt box. Only crsona uf
voting age should send in a
ballot.
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