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DAILY EVEfllfiG EDlT10:i The Pmt lirrgoiuan ht Kasfra Ore gun's greaarH mwaper and aa a wiling fowe tre t M advertisers over twliw the circulation In I-endle Urn and Umatilla county of an other newspaper. DAILY EVEHIIIG EDITION Number copies printed of jesterday'i Dtl'T KdlUOB. . 2,905 . ThU paper ta member Mid audited tlia Audit Bureau of Circulation. eftonoam OTY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER x - VOL. 31 DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919. NO. 9697 nilQH flF TDAllDQ TO ua.aaa m m m iiuuii til l iiuui j I rri HUNGARY JS F'j) CONFERENCE TO IT, KEY TO NORMAL THROUGH CENTRAL EUROPE POTENT ALLIED WEAPON BT FRED FERGUSON. (United Press Htaff Correspondent.) ; PARIS, March 25 American or Billed troops must be rushed to Hun gary Immediately to save the situation was the opinion expressed in advices to the peace conference received from Its agents In Hungary. Allied forces now In Hungary are entirely Inade quate, they slated and niuSt be Im mediately and heavily reinforced to prevent bolshevism from gaining a foothold whence It will spread into Western Rurope. ' Will tHieeti Pram. The conference ha been deeply lm-i pressed by (he collnuse of the Ilun-j kiirlnn government, alliance of the new government with the Russian bot aheelkl and the reported declaration of war against the entente. Kvery effort will be made to speed up peace settlement with Germany and other enemy countries with a resultant lift ing of the blockade. One of the most potent weapons In the hands or the allies to prevent, the spread of bolshevism westward will be the reHtablishment of normal eco nomic conditions In central Rurope. delegate agree. Slrart Cut la Decision. " PARIS. March 25. American ad vocate of the speeding up process for the peace conference teday ob. talned a decision to abandon the blg 4en' conference. It la-learned. All peace questions heraartor wiii be handled by Wilson. Lloyd George. I Clemenceau and oreianno, wnn me. Japanese and oters directly affected- called in when Wilson t'rgcei Speed. PARIS. March 25. Wilson asked that the peace delegates "hurry" duej to toe spreao or ooinwviwm wchmiu, it la learned. As a result of his urg lng It is believed the conference pro gram will be greatly speeded up. WILSON TO AU-OW FUNDS WASHINGTON, March SI. Presi dent Wilson will allot sufficient funds from his own emmttury fund to meet the) needs of war risk Insurance) bureau Secretary filaaa. who received a cable today announced. ANNUAL W. CsT. IN SESSION Many representative women from various parts of Umatilla county are assembled here today for the annual county Institute of the W. C. T. U. The meetings are being held In the library auditorium but this evening the event of Interest will be the Silver Medal Contest at the Baptist church. At noon today the visitors at the Institute were the guests of honor at a luncheon given In the basement of the christian church by a committee of local women. Mrs. Mattle M. Sleeth of PorHand fa one of the principal apeakera at the Institute. The remainder of the pro gram consists of papera and address es by members living In the county. Among, those In attendance at the Institute are the following: Mrs. Mottle M. Sleeth, Portland, DO YOU WANT WAR OR A MACHINE TO PREVENT WARFARE? For League of Nations. , Against . . a Out of a total of 137 people who 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 Kdltor, Care The to Kast Oregonian or bring It to the East Oregonian busi ness office and drop It In the ballot box. Only persona of voting aga should send In a ballot. W SPEED PEACE CONDITIONS .f LIEUT WILLIAM) BOND E TODAY Lleutennnt and Mrs. WlUard Bond, and 111 tin 'daughter Dottle, arrived home this morning from Portland, reaching here a day earlier than they had Intended. Lieutenant Bond was absent. from Pendleton In the army service 16 months. In that tlmo he earned his commission as a Ilentenant In the ordnance department. He re ceived bis rolense from the army In New York about a month ago." To day he Is . meeting his Pendleton friends and tomorrow he says he will lie In civilian clothes back at his work with Bond Brothers, of which firm be Is a member. . MILTON FRUIT NOT INJURED BY FROST In a phone conversation with the manager of the lmk Jfrult Cu at Miltnfi the fcastt Tlresonian was In- formed that no damage whatever was inflicted on fruit In the East End by ,ne colli weather Inst night. The weather was not unusual up there. It was stated. According to the Lamb Fruit Co. the outlook at present Is for one of tho biggest crops on record tin less frosts oome to check the crop. PREDICTS LAWEIt PRICES. WASHINGTON, March 21. Lower food prices In tho "relatively near fu ture"' are predicted by (M-orge Peck, chairman of the Industrial board, now Writing to reduce, war prices in all communities,., After conPcrllue with the food admlnfctnratlon. Peck -said: "There Is every reason to roper lowoj food prices In tlie relatively near fn turej 'Men In charge of the food ad ministration, I believe, will share this view.-' . . U; INSTITUTE IN CITY TOD A Y Mrs. Jane Kelson. Athena, Mrs George Bannister, Athena. Mrs. J. B. atllls. Milton, Mrs. Ida Simmons. Her mlstnn, Mrs. Mattle Mumma, Hermls tou, Mrs. K. J. Willis, Hermlston, Mrs. Ida B. Morton. Hermlston, Mrs. J. H. Bishop. Indian School, Mrs. J. Grls wold. Helix, Mrs. W. H. Bloom. Her mlston, Mrs: W. 8. Ahern, Milton, Mrs. H. N. Desper, .Athena, Mrs. George R. Gerklng. Athena, Mrs. Mary Schrimpp, Athena, Mrs. David Taylor, Athena. Mrs. G. . W. Miller, Milton, Mrs. W. 8. Munsell, Milton, Mrs. Stlllman Dempsey,' Milton, Mrs. F. S. Shields. -Milton, Mrs. J. B. din ger, Milton. Mrs. J. H. Coffman, Mil ton, Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Clevinger, Athena,' the Rev.. Ross Milton, and City Superintendent Austin of Pendle ton. The Institute closes this evening. have expressed themselves on the League of Nations Issue through the plebiscite conducted by the East Ore fronian only two have voted In the negative. . Five, affirmative votes were east today. Many have fulled lo vote because of the fact the result of tho vote Is one sided. Don't delay because of that. Let each cltlxon cjst his or her vote so that a representative opinion may be had. The vote will be kept open for only a limited time. So fill out your ballot and mall It at once or else drop It personally In the ballot box In the East Oregonian business office. ES NO..... " " ' v- ' (Mark with a X after your oholce) (Sign your name here) Address BLOCKADE LIFTING !NfW IF1BIIF RRAFT rniUIPI FTTf. I ASTNIGHT j UUIIII LI I LU LnU I I1IUII I Amendment Protects Amer ican Immigration, Do mestic Policies. Br ED L. KEEN. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, March 25. Reconstruction of the league of nations covenant has progressed to a point where a report can be presented at any time the leaders demand It, It Is announced to day.. The league committee completed new draft of 16 articles last night. The constitution Is expected to be finished at Wednesday's meeting after which it will be turned over to a sub-corn nihtee of International law experts, who will put It In technical shape. The French again urged the crea tion of an International general staff last night but received no support. The Japanese made it plain today they have not glvtui up their demand for edjuillty of naTionalitles and that mere equality of nations will not suf fice. Americans are offering no ob jections to the contentions of the Japanese who In the meantime are In conference with the British- i Proaw Pol Irion. The league of nations commission adopted an amendment excluding all solely domestic maters from the league's Jurlcdiction. -thus protecting Americas Immigration policy. It Is understood an amendment will be framed for protecting the Monroe doctrine, setting forth that the cove nant cannot be construed as being in contravention of principle of inter national policy hitherto generally rec. ognlsed. CONTEST, TROPHY FLOURISHES TO VICTORY LOAN Pendleton and other parts of Uma tilla county will soon see a tralnload of wer trophies captured by the doughhoya-, from . Germany. , Thi traveling exhibit will be a feature of the Fifth Liberty Loan campaign and la now being assembled In -Portland, according to word received here. "It cost fifty thousand lives to gather these trophies," la a significant sentence on a banner that will stretch across the train to remind the people of what the boys gave to win the vic tory. More and more It la becoming evi dent that the government is expect ing all cltlsens to- participate in the Victory Loan a a final test of their patriotism and loyalty. The monetary cost of the victory must be paid. The task of financing the boys who licked the Hun must go finished even as the griny of occupation Is now finishing the lob for which it crossed the At lantic. A conference of county chalrmeff Is to be held In Portland on Friday of this week and Umatilla county will LOWER FREIGHT RATES SWELL T E Eastern Manufacturers and Coast Win Fight on Traf fic for Far East. EFFECTS SHIPMENTS ACROSS CONTINENT Rate Regulation Builds up - .Foreign Iracle Thru Coast Ports. I WASHINGTON, March 25. East ern manufacturers and the "Pacific coast apparently won their fight for lower freight' rates on traffic destined for the far east and Australia. Ths railroad administration today an nounced it would soon make effective reduced rates on shipments consigned from points east of the Missouri river to Japan,. China. Australia, and the Philippines. . . - Officials regard the rate reductions as tremendously Important In build ing up foreign trade which munt be routed through the Pacific coast ports. LABOR KITl'ATIO RRlGHTHR LONDON. March as The labor situation la more ltM-ful. bom gov ernment anil union reiiresenttaives stated today. Conferences are con tinning. TRAIN ARE have representation there. . Prise Contest. Asa sort of trumpet flourish to the Fifth Loan-In Oregon will come the "Why a Victory Loan?" contest. A free-for-all argumentative literary ef fort this Is, restricted to a maximum of 50 words, and carrying three prizes for the most logical, deductions offer ed. The first award will be a 150 bond of the fifth loan, the second will be ISO in war saving stamps, and the third is to be $20 In war saving stamps. The awards are offered, re spectively, by Edward Cookingham, J. C. Alnsworth and the Oregon war savings committee. No contribution to the contest of more than 60 words will be considered. Inasmuch as it will displace all other sartorial patriotic decoration's within a few days, or civilian attire, the public may appreciate a hint of what the Victory Loan button looks like. It is a circular blue field, bear ing the words "Victory Loan." with a large "V" for the number of the Issue in the center. 1 HATCHING PACIFIC RAD IL LAW RULES - HUNGARY, NOW CLOSED (Two British Monitors Reach Budapest, Are Fired, on f Americans Safe, r rARIS.Jdarch 25. Two British Monitors arrived at Budapest today after being fired on en route, diplo matic dispatches . reported. One British patrol boat is said to have been seized - by the Hungarians ana later returned with apologies. Offi cial reports declare American repre' sentatives at Budapest have been as sured every jrotectlon and may be asked to remain. Martial law has been proclaimed In Hungary, the death penalty prescribed for armed resistance, robbery and plundering. The sale of liquor la pro hibitcd under tlO.OOO fine- Anyone except , a worker or guard discovered drinking liquor will be fined $2000. Hundreds of former Hungarian wai prisoners In Russia are said to be re turning across the Carpathians daily. spreading - bolshevik! . propaganda among the peasants). Frontiers Closed. VIENNA.-March 22. The Hun gar Ian frontlet has been closed. News from Budapest is meager but It Is re uorted'the -city Is generally calm. A few shops have been looted- There are many anti-capitalist prrfcesslons In the streets. ? . .. , REVOLT WILL NOT DELAY U. S. TROOPS ST. LOUIS, March 25. The Hun garian situation will not clog plans for speeding the return of American soldiers. Chief of Staff March . de clared here today. ; GLEAN UP CAMPAIGN ROUGH ON RUBBISH That the cleanup idea is taking ef fect and bringing results is indicated by,the large piles of trash and clean ings from -yards and homes all over the residence sections of the town. In front of houses in most every block are piles of the trash ready . to be hauled away. The stuff Is being cleaned, up and hauled away as one of the big moves in the campaign to make Pendleton a fly less town. CIUSIS IX SIBKRIA PARIS, March 25. IiHomatio ad vices today reported a crisis is immi nent In Siberia. Railway employes struck demanding increased wages. The government applied military law. mobilizing emirtoyos. A general sym pathetic strike is said to be threaten ed. Kighty five per cent of the work ing class in Siberia are reported to be unemployed owing to lack of materi als. . , BERLIN WILL SIGMAL A GENERAL STARTACANS PLAN TO LAUNCH THIRD REVOLT ' REDS STORING WEAPONS, AMMUNITION OPENING PERMITS ARE ISSUED FOR TWO NEW HOES Permits fnf the building of two new homes In Pendleton wer Itemed yes terday, afternoon by Recorder Fits fJrald. Both are to be on pine street and will cost $2000 each. One of the permits was Issued to R. Dun lap and: is for a bungalow at 517 Fine street. The other was to J. P. Karl and is for five room dwelling. ueorge I. Fell was granted a jter mlt fur remodeling1 dw.img at 423 Rush street, at an expense of $400. Grltman Brothers were also issued a permit for Improving residence on Willow street to the amount of $250, TRY EVERY OFFENDER FOR CRIME IN WAR BY LOWELL MBLLBTT " (United Press -Staff Correspondent) r - FARtS, March 2S.--Th matter of providing economic safeguards to pre vent Germany from "capturing world markets" is proving so difficult that there Is strong likelihood that each nation will be left to look, out for It self In this regard, it Is learned from an authoritative source today. ' In the light of encouragement of fered the bolsheviki by the present blodkade, of which the Hungarian sit uation is .evidence, the British are In creasingly disposed to join the Am ericans in insisting that the blockade be lifted immediately, regardless of when the peace treaty la signed. The British purpose now seems to be to insist that Germany pay specified damage claims in such a manner that she will not be crushed economically. I Every offender on Trial. The committee on responsibility for the war is understood to have completed its work reaching the con clusion as recently outlined by the United Press, drawing up what prac tically amounts to International indict ment affecting every offender from the former kaiser down to the lowest private.' Contrary to the original plan, however, it is reported the com mittee will recommend that all offen ders be tried in the countries in which the crimes were committed ' except where they have no national laws fit ting their cases. In that contingency Ihey are'to be tried by an intema- innal court to be created. The for ner kaiser probably will not be tried as there is no international precedent covering his case. A curious commentary made re cently by one of the committee con cerning American, members, said: i The Americans are too damned le gal minded. They refuse to take an obvious common sense view some times because there is no law to sup- j port it." N ABOUT A TON OF RECEIVED ON 'A ton Is 2000 pounds and 2000 pounds of clothing la some pile. ... Claude I'enlnnd, chairman of the tied Cross old clothing drive now un der way, wants it impressed upon the people of the county that the task at hand is one of sise and proportions. To accomplish it he must have the assist ance of every family in the city and county. Yesterday, the opening day of ths drive, brought In about 1500 pounds of clothing to the receiving depot In TROOP D BOYS WERE IN THICK OF FRAY WHEN rue war itinerary or tne ntn Field i Artillrv In which munv oM Tmon lif boys are serving. Is given by Wsiter R. Holts In a letter to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Belta The letter was written from Nu ort, Germany, and In the same young Belts says. "Me have now been - in Germany since December lh. 191s. and -I am anxious to get out of It, as these "Dutchmen' hers do not Impress ms UPRISING BEFORE APRIL 1 .' FOR SUDDEN OF HOSTILITIES BY FRANK J. TAYLOR (United Preea Staff Correspondent.) (Copyright by the United Press. BERLIN'. March 21. (By courier to Paris.) The ftpartacana are planning to launch their third revolution about the first of April. This revolt. It la learned today from "the Hpartacana themselves, is Intended as a signal for a general bolshevik uprising through, out central Kurope. The Russian bobthevik! bave.been asked to start an invasion to insure the revolution's success. The fpartacans expect to open hostilities whhoHt warning, sine, the general strike preceding the last , revolution gave the government t!ma to prepare. , . Storing Weapons. They are gathering weapons, immu nltion and food and storing them in numerous secret rendecvous. Tha Spartacans recently aent a delegation to Moscow In an airplane. Thla meth od of establishing communications was employed because the frontiers were closed. They asked tha bolshe viki to assist in the pending revolu tion by throwing large forces of so viet troops Into Central Europe. Tha Spartacana say it will take 10 year, for bolshevism to dominate Europe completely and are laying plana ac cordingly. ' ; ; The government, under the' direc tion of War Minister Noske, la ohm-,, in weapons and ammunition" and la strengtening arsenals In preparation for the struggle. ' , DANIELS ARRIVES IN PARIS TODAY PARIS. March '25. Secretary Dan iels arrived today. He called , on President Polncare this afternoon. Ha visits the batlefields this week and! goea to Italy next week.- Ths secre tary praised Camp Pontantesen at Brest where he spent two rainy days with the doughboys. "I can't see any reason to criticize but more to praise than In any camp I have visited In the United States." ha said, ' ' MEETINGS FORBIDDEN DUBLIN". March S.- mander In chief today Issued a second proclamation forbidding: meetings or processions from March S3 to April unless authorised by the police. Tea armored cars and tanks nave been added to the provermnenta military equipment In Dublin. WmM WEATHER FORECAST SffJ V Tonitrht and M T 1 Wed. fair. CLOTHING 10-TON QUOTA the Rowman Hotel block. Another 500 pounds was received this morning, making about one ton of the ten ton quota of the county. So far all of tho clothing received la from Pen dleton people and Mr. Pendleton does not expect shipments from over tha county until tha latter part of tha week. Residents are urged to bundle up their discarded clothing, anything that can be made over, and put ths bundle on their front -porch for col lection. ARMISTICE CAME very favorably. Iad. ( think you are wrong in not wanting ua to get bac to the States too soon, for I sure long for my freedom, and ao mors army life for me. It was all right whlls the war whs on. but now that It la ever 1 think us fellows who corns over first and did all the hard fighting. In Jus tice, should be ths first to return, but Instear of that those fellows who en- (Continued so Page I.J