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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.
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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
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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