DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVEFJING EDITION Number copies printed of yesterday' Dair Edition. . 2,838 - . Tbl paper Is a member and audited bjr the Audit Bureau or Circulation. Through an ras Oregoulai wan ad yoa can reach (lionaande of penpM quickly. Try U pta Hit Ufa. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER 1 " """ ' VOL. 31 BAKER HOLDS War Secretary Charges Senator Caused Enact ment of Courts t Martial v System. , . SAYS ATTACKS JD WN LAW .MADE IN 1916 Baker Declares Official Re lationship Checks ' Controversy. YUMA, AH.. March tl. "It I Im portant to note that the system of courts-mart Inl and of military justice which Kenator Chamberiuln attacks la one which he himself canned to be enacted in 1916," declared Secretary Baker, referring to Chamnerkiln's at tack on the court martial system or the United Stales army. "I cannot tiermit myself to be drawn Into a nowsiMiper controversy with Senator Chamberlain about of ficers of the army wlih whim I hold official relationship and whose con duct X must.Judge dlfcpaselonat-ly. STORRS DENIES WIFE DIED BY GONSPIRACY . SEATTLE. March 21. "Ruth Oar rlson realise the awful thing; she has done," said Thomas Askren who will defend the girl who Is said to have confessed to the poisoning; of her rival In love, Mr. tirace Storrs. "She Is only a baby, she Is Jiot as cool as a cucumber a the newspaper have In dicated. She only sleeps because the doctors have Elven her medicine." The defendant was arraigned this afternoon chanted with first dcgrei murder. Dudley Btorrs, the man In the case, was closeted again today with detec tives, reaffirming his denial of a con spiracy to put his wife out of the way. Arraigned Today. SEATTLE, March 21. Ruth Gar rison, charged with poisoning Mr. Grace Storrs, was arraigned on a first degree murder charge UiIb afternoon. The man she loves, Dudley $torr. Is In Jail and not permitted to see the girl who is alleged to have killed his wife by placing strychnine In a fruit cocktail while the woman lunched a the girl's guest Tuesday. . Storrs surrendered himself last night. Questioned about, living with the Garrison girl at Okanogan he de clared he never sent for her to come to him, that the first time she came from Seattle he received a letter stat ing that she was coming on the night train. "There was nothing to do but meet her. She stayed four or five days that time." The second: time she visited Okanogan he returned to his room late at night "and found her there. Questioned about the Intimate love of the girl, he refused to ans wer. He was asked. "Did you cere more for your wifo than you did for the flrl," and he replted. "I don't car to answer that question." Idaho Opens State H. S. Basketball Tournament MOSCOW. Idaho. March 21. The state high school basketball tourna ment was opened here today under the auspice of the University of Idaho. There Is keen competition' among the terms. The tournament was postponed for one week on account of the flu epidemic. CHAMBERLAIN RESPONSIBLE NIEREST GROWING IN VOTE ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS ISSUE For InRii" f Nnlioiw Against .. There Is growing interest In the East Oregonian plebiscite to show the sentiment of the people ts . to the league of Nations. Though no so licitation work i being done a -slow but gradual stream of votes is arriv ing and the sentiment thus far shown Is overwhelmingly for the league. DO YOU 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 Oregonian or bring it to the F.at Oregonian busi ness office and drop It In the ballot box. Only persons of voting age should send In a - ballot. Soldier Paralyzed, Missing and Dead, r ' Hops Off h '"at ; Own lis 2 o yn, CaL weed rti x 21 The paralyzed. 3 3 ' f f del ly hupped j f An to hook ha' n S -ound. Hassett a t sea 13 -. L.. dead light- today and Wayn 3 month ago and ted paralysed fieveral m-. r. The casual ty Hutu, shotlrward reported him missing in action, while sub. sequent casualty report Informed relative that he waa killed In bat tle. Hassett returned home thl morning uninjured and reported that ' he ' wan not even sick while away. V ELKS WANT BUILDING ERECTED THIS YEAR By unanimous voto lost cveti. Ing IIki mrailmra of I'emllcton 1odgn Xo. 2HH. It. P. O. 14, voted to efirt a new building lit ttio very msr future, ismvldcd (lie tie. lulls an to bik Ii uii enO'rprlMo ran Ik worked out In satisfactory milliner. The proMKlllofi of a new build ing lias long been discus-;! by I ho lodg. and KteM towards a building: were, muter way when Minified by the. war. Tti matter Is In (lie) hniMlH of a iiMiiniittee ' eompoMil of tlie. iriiKlceff. U. w. 1lielM. (. V Tullnuin anil .1. It. Itah-y. ithsisleil by a hiilMinir eom nilieo einMwel of II. v. Till nee, luiiieN NUirirK IViil W, linipLin anil ft. I'. (iiluM-k It 1h an noiuieeil time. IIiIm committee will lie eonlliiiied and will 4ettUied to work out the plans. The Ilkn own llwlr ran build ing ng the eoriM?r. of Ooiirt and Cottonwood streets. Also 23 feet Jut west of (heir liu I tiling and tlie vaatit kit. In tlm rear, pur. eliased from the. Ht One sng gmllon I that a building ho crept od covering all of lira ground, tlie bnlldlng being three stories i m belch r. - LIBRARY. CASE NOW UNDER ARGUMENT HERE Arguments in the famous local li brary cane are being heard this after noon at the courthouse. The argu ments are being heard by Judge Qus tav Anderson of the Baker county cir cuit court, who arrived from Baker today. The argument was opened at 1:30 by Col. j. H. Raley, counsel for, the plaintiff representing the Commercial Association in the case. The court room Is well filled with an Interested audience. The full argument will probably not be In before tomorrow. RENTS ROOM, SAWS THROUGH FLOOR TO ROB DRUG STORE tsv ni axciwo, Itciitlnjc room over drug store last night saw! a ttnlo through Miirrti St. the Pen it a burglar tho floor. slid Into tlie tso ro by a roio made of IwhI NheotM and stolo tlirc ' humlrMl dollars worth of razors, fountain pens, etc WAIKOVT cmsis OS . IOX DON. March 21. Miners and railway transportMlon men will meet tonight to definitely divide whether or not to call a goncrnl strike. The walkout If called wllf begin tomorrow 1 A refusal 40 nu-c all tho demands of the laboiilc4 will result In tho over throw of tho present ra trine and the substitution of a labor cabinet, labor lenders declare. ; ' Todav a tnlnl of 27 votes wore cast up to 2 o'clock and of that number only one negative vote appeared. Votes are arriving by eacn mail and many people are personally dropping; bal lots Into the box on the East Orego nian business office counter. The voting Will be continued for only a limited time and to get a fair test of sentiment all are asked to cast a vote at once. NO , . ' (Mark with a X after your choice) (Sign your name here) Address DAILY EAST OREGONIAN; PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919. $32,000 SUBSCRIBED ilOWARB HOME LOAN CO; REST-OF FUND MO vVith but $32,000 subscribed out of a necessary canalization of $50,000 the newly formed Pendleton Home Builders Loan Co.. ran againxt a snag today when It learned that It will be necessary to have the entire capital' stock . subscribed before business can be undertaken. This Is a requirement of the blue sky taw and so tho total amount of stock must be placed at once or ele a upeclal license seei.redjJ, It. n1py . 1000 from the corporation commifwloner, a process that would involve much trouble- Many Want Ijooiw. Meanwhile between 15 and 20 pros, pectlve builders are waiting anxiously on the company' for loans for home tu I . j i i VLJ ; 1 sale Is also retarding building- work. The stock subscriptions to the corns )any thus far are as follows. Ah II Stand!. F B. Judd $500 If. W. Collins 2500 lnn P. Hmyiho 2500 W. U Thompson . 2500, STEIWER IN 'I feel I am the luckiest man in town If not In the state," said Lieu tenant Fred 8telwer In & talk before the Elks lodge last evening a talk that lasted an hour but proved so In tensely interesting that many thought he had been speaking but 10 minutes. On being introduced by R. W- Rltner, who occupied .the .cbaicstaiwer jnraa given an ovation by his lodpe breth ren, their e-nthusiasm' showing the popularity of the speaker and the Jos felt on his return. Ptelwer scouted the Idea of being considered a hero, declaring he went to war because he wanted to do so and watt merely enabled to do what 80 per cent of the men would like to have done. A feature of his talk was a glowing tribute to the American v-r workers and to the American private soldier. He was the best cusser In Europe. he thought of nothing except let's go he never ran except to chase the enemy, no difficulty proved too hard for him and he was never afraid to .fight to the limit." The war. according to Stelwer, was worn by the doughboy an. his Indom itable spirit in spite of all the mis DOUGHBOYS WON WAR T BE MADE OP AT ONCE G. M. Rice 2500 Susan P. Adams 2000 Mrs. Una Kturgis ' 2000 n.-Alexander ., J00O The reoples Warehouse 1000 J. X. Burgee 1000 J. Jj, McCook .....I 1000 John Adams ; . . , 2000 W. J. Clarke i 1000 A. H- Cox . 1000 (Van Tetten Itimber Co. 1000 O. A. Hnrtman .1000 .Tames Johns Jr. 1000 Ben L. Burroughs 100 As will be seen from the above the sum of $18,000 must be made up be- fora th rnmnanv fan hAtrln funrtlnn. in. Ka soliciting work has ben domd i thus far, all the subscriptions thus far being made fin a voluntary basis. James Johns, Jr., of the Ha rim an Abstract Com pan- is secretary of the company and will accept further sub-. ncriptlons from those- desiring to Unite In a move that lt on a, sound finan cial bftMbr yt prornipes to do much to relieve the hmisfng congestion In pen. : dlelon. . y DECLARES WONDERFUL TALK takes of officers and the war depart ment. There .were many shortcom ings. The American airplane work fell down particularly. The artillery used by the American army was all made in France and England. . . Strong credit was given by the speaker to vast preparatory work by the United' States, including finance, faod -and mario-ua ,s)pUet.ir --Th-eee things together with the unlimited money put up by the people and the generous courage shown ,everyw"her by men and women put the pep into the French and the English also. Stelwer went to Europe in January and was there a year, being four months on the fighting line. He de scribed some wonderful sights and told how he had observed reserve French divisions sent to the front aft er the French commander had learn- ed he could rely upon the growing American army as his reserve. After the Solssons .campaign by the French there was never any doubt as to how the war would end. ' Describing the welcome given the 6Sth .Artillery at Philadelphia and elsewhere across the country, Stelwer said the event was one to make a man glad he was alive- "LET'S GO ty ' 8j TREATY-FINISHED BY MAR. 29 SAYS HOUSE Switzerland Urges Resogni- tion of . Monroe Doctrine .of .Europe. LONDON. March 21. "The peace treaty including the draft of th league of nations covenant. will be ready for presentation by March, 29, said Colonel House today. "German peace commissioners are to be In Ver. sallies within three weeks' "Monroe rKxtiine'f of Knrone PARIS, March 2 1. Confederation of the recommendations of neutral countries qualified to enter the league of nations is progressing, Thi Increases thepossibllity that complete agreement may be reached on the re-, vised covenant hy tomorrow. "Switzerland today urged recogni tion by the league of the declaration of 1815 .guaranteeing the Inviolabll- Hy Of bWltzerianO. 1 niS IS considered the "Monroe Doctrine of Europe" and 't i Dei if ve a it win pave tne way ror acceptance of the wish of the United Stales that the Monroe doctrine remain In force. c OLD TROOP D MEN ARE NEAR COBLENZ "Wo are still stationed ot Hohr. Germany, and expect to be for some time, though f don't see what good we-are doing here" says WaKer H. Goom in a letter to his father, Q. W. Goom' of Pendleton. Continuing the letter says: "We have drawn some new caterpillars of the small Holt type and expect we will turn in our French tractf rs We turned In our old White trucks at Blalrcourt France, before we left there and drew ttw il- W, D 's and quads. So it don't look like we are going to leave for quite a While. We are having rifle practice now by the McXabb system. I have been on the pistol range twice since coming here." . . Walter Goom Is one of the old Troop, D( and if now a wagoner. In .the, -USth field artillery. Battery D, in which troop are a number of othei Pendleton and Umatilla county men who were .formerly in Troop D. Hoht is a suburb of Coblenz STORM SWEEPING WYOMING CUTS OFF WIRES FROM EAST . SAX FRANCISCO, March Sl A severe sleet and snowstorm, ac companied hy high winds Is sweeping Wyoming, according to advices received here today. Tel egraphic communication with thfi east Is sciioiLsly impaired. ENGLAND MAY SINK SHARE ! ENEMY VESSELS If Others do Not Aeree to Destruction of Fleet, Brit ain to Take Division. BUT MAINTENANCE DECLARED TOO COSTLY Armament so Different Sal vaging Predicted Un profitable. , lipNDON', .. March II. If the French and lta.liuns do not agree oti the proposal to dispose of the surren dered German fleet by sinking It. Eng land has- decided to consent to its dt- vision but will sink the warship al lotted ro her, naval authorities aay to. day. . . The equipment and armament of the German warships la such that maintenance of, the vesm.-rs by any al lied power will be too difficult and expensive for any praoAlcal purposes, they contend. The German guns be. Ing different makes necessary special ammunition., while the construction and equipment is so different that KiiKluml could not maintain the fleet with profit. - These naval autlmrites forecast that both Italy and Ftuiich In the Interests of efficiency will eventually decide to sink the German warships after salv aging them. ,. SENIORS PLAN FOR 1919 COMMENCEMENT In a meetins held this morning the senior class of the high school elected those members of the class who are to take prominent parts In the Class Day exercises. - - Miss Bethyl Menton was .chosen to give the class poem, Miss Gheratlne Winn to write the class song. Miss wllma Gardner to give the class prophecy, and Miss Helen Thompson to give the class history. Ned Strahorn will" give the toast to the girls. Miss Merle King will give the toast to the boys, Hubert Smith will give the toast to the school. Al fred Koeppen will give tho toast to the faculty and Miss Georgianna. Flet cher, will give the toast to the under graduates. At the meeting it as de cided that the class will give a play during th exercises. To be remem bered .by the school the class will plant an Ivy upon the school grounds during these exercises. SENATOR W.A. DUCK DIES AT OREGON CITY OREGON CITY. Or., March 21. Walter A. Pimlck. Oregon City attor ney and-Clackamas county senator, died ot lAs home" in Oregon City at o'clock last night after an Illness of 1I days. He was 39 years old. Mr. Dimlck, who was born August SO. !?7, at Hubbard. Or., was the son of George W. Olintck, well known Marion county pioneer. Walter A. Iimtck was educated in the public schools of Hubbard and graduated from Pacific university at Forest Grove in 1902- He was admit ted to the practice of law In 1904, be coming associated with his cousin. Juiise Grant B. Dimlck, at Oregon cilv. Mr. Dimlck served five years as' i-ltv recorder of Oregon City. Ili career as a legislator began In 1 no.v, when he was elected a. repre sentative from ' Olaekiimas county, "let-ted to the Oregon senate first In lfilft. Mr. Dlinh'k served five consec utive terms. CITY IS AB VDOXETK lU'l.SIM.FORS, Marih 21. "Ro-slu-vik force-. Iiave Ist'ii miitHllcl o pvacunto Uviii-do tibtindoniiig great1 iiinntlils of niniiit(oi.' Uk nowspa-j ier Psymski Nabat today duarctl. j TRIPLE CAMPAIGN ON IN PENDLETON NEXT WEEK The coming week will have a triple significance in Pendleton. It will be the annual Clean-up Week, designated by the city council. It will see an ac tive campaign by the women of the city to make Tendloton a flylesa city and It will be marked by the Red Cross drive for old clothing for the relief of Kuropean sufferers. The three campaigns work In to gether. Residents, while cleaning up the debris and trash about their prem ises, should also go through their basements, trunks and closets and pick out such of their old clothing as can be made over into serviceable rai NO.94 ALLIES OPPOSE Advices Indicate Germans May be Asked to Aban Plan When Signing. , CONSIDERED MOVE 1 don Plan When Signing. . Bill for Incorporation Meet ing Favor in .Lnemy , . "Countries. . j COPENHAGEN". March 1 1. Dla patches from various Pari agencies, agree that the allies are strongly op posed to the proposed union of Ger many and Germanic Austria. Some advices indicate that the Germans) will be asked to abandon the union plan when they sign tho preliminary peace treaty. The fonnal..n of sue. hi union is considered In Paris as st move lo regain, Teutonic prestige. latest Vienna advleeH state that hill for Incorporation of' Cormanla Austria Into Germany has passed the hlrd reading and that the German national assembly at. Weimar has Tot. ed In favor of the union. CLOTHES THAT CAN BE 'MADE OVER' WANTED For the purpose of completing plans' for the Red Cross old clothing drive next week. Chairman C. EL Penland has called & meeting of his commit tee for this evening in t rooms of the Commercial Association. The committee la composed of K. W. Rltner. chairman of the county chapter; Couneijmen JT- H. Eexea and Manuel Frledley; Coohry Superintend! ent W. W. Green; City Superintend- ent Fred P. Austin: Mr. B. T. Wade. president of the Civic Cl'rti; and kf. R. Chessman, secretary of the lTma tllla County Patriotic Service league. The schools of the city and county. as well as the churches, will be used In acquainting the people with the vi tal need for old clothLig. In past old clothing drives only garments that ' were still In good condition were so , licited but in this drive any clothlns that can be made over will be accept ed. PRUSSIAN DIET WILL INVESTIGATE REVOLT BERXE, March 21. The Prussian diet ending its debate Wednesday de cided to appoint a special commissi on of 21 members to Investigate ful ly recent Spartacan outbreaks, - a Wolff agency dispatch from Berlin today reported. Independent socialists suggested In. their arguments that Germany seiz- and sell the Hohensollern property turning over the proceeds to the workers. No definite action was taken regarding the proposal. "I protest against Minister Hoff man's criticism of the kaiser" heat edly declared Colonel Heinhard dur ing the berate. "Wil helm's retire ment to Holland was a move Inspired, only by his patriotism and a feeling: that his elimination may bring a bet ter peace for Germany' Tl WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and Saturday fair. ment. Through arrangement made by the city and the Red Crose, It will cost residents nothing but a little time to rid themselves of the accumulation of the year. The city will provide. waons to haul away the trash audi debris and the Red 'Cross has arrang ed for delivery wagon to pick up torn parcels of old clothlngu The anti-fly campaign la being eon ducted by Miss Lorene Parker, home demonstration agent, co-operation with the ladles of the CI via Club, Theie primary aim le to destroy the breedlntf Places of the files. AUSTRIAN UNION WITH GERMANY 3