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riATT.V WART nRKOONIAN. PENULJiiUW, UKfcUUlN, mvsxuai, flnviu ax, , -
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WILSON
WITHDRAWS
MEETING
WW-
CLAIM
AS SECRl . TrfEATY
IS
AGAIN
PRESSED
ITALY HOLDS OUT IN TERRITORIAL CON
TENTION BASED .V PACT OF LONDON
WHICH AMERICA REGARDS NULLIFIED;
CONCILIATION INDICATED TODAY
WILHELM MUST .
LIVE IN EXILE, IS
SAID DECISION
HUNS
IY XWKI.r. MEIXETT
(United 11-esa Hlaff C'orrcHpoii
dont.) PAIHH, Ainrll 1. Hxllo Is re
imrK'd to have burn unanimously
selected ly the "Mir four"' an pun-Minii-iit
for Wllhclm. It I un
derstood an effort will lie made
to brine tins former kaiser before
an International tribunal, where
Ik will In. tried Mr violation of
lu-lglun neutrality rattier than at
teiiijHing to exlrudlte him from
Holland for criminal - offi-naiw '
committed against llcliibmi. ,
HOPE TO
WRECK ALLIED
DfAPP MAPHIWF'
I LnUL HinUIIHlL I
PARIS, April 11. Postpqnement of
a convention of the Italian parlia
ment announced today In Rome, la
regarded here aa Indicating a dlspo.
altlon on the part of Italian pace
delegate to assume a more conclll.i.
tory attitude In preaalng territorial
claim.- It la pointed out that if Or
lando had been prepared tj Isvue an
ultimatum at today'a session of "the
"big four" It would not have been
necessary to delay the ' parliament
meeting.
PARIS. April 11. The "big four"
niet today to thresh out Italy'a terri
torial claim, with Preewent Wilson
absent The prealdent'a withdrawal
from the meeting waa the result of
Italy'a baaing her claim on the pact
of London, convummuted before Am
erica entered the war, which Amerl-
,.,.1 I wllh
ce. regaroi a. nu . a...... -... - - i.,tia,
other aecret treaties. Tne presiaent, -- - --
la acheduled to meet other membera of ; waa given by James H. Gwlnn.
thr-blg four" at the concluaion otj Foll-twln the convention proper
their morning aewlon. the time was devoted to ' '"
- . . wn.i, I. .ha uuivmif .nrl (h rn ranlcs.
Yesterday'a aesslon nrougni tne,- - -
conference no nearer eettlement, both
aide ataunchly maintaining their
nrevioua position Wilson standing
firmly againat awarding Flume . to
" Italy and the Itullana holding out for
complete poeeesslon of that seaport.
. The meeting today ia expected to
reach a climax.
MRS CPUS RIIIMMF
OF PYTHIAS i niFfv at main
UIL.U ni nut. vi iw
HAD BIG GATHERING ,
',-.! I Mra. Cella Qurdane, aired 78 yearn,
.' died laat night after a aerloua illness.
From S p. m. Saturday evening un- eurvlved by her hueband. John
til an early hour jeaterday morning F. Ourdane. and one eon, Tom Our
the dlatrlct convention Knlghta of dane, of this city DoUKi&B O-'dan.
Pythla. waa In aelon here In the Mra. Nettie Hugglna, of Banta Bar
firat gathering of the aort held for h" " Mr- Ja?e HO""e ..7. "
several years, thei annual convention nome is in wwun, . dK
having been postponed because of, Mra. Ourdane. who waa born ,
th. war ' Missouri, Is an old resident of this j
FrLk 8 Grant, past grand chan- unty, having ttled here over
ccllor and former city attorney of . waa a rv t the ,
Portland, waa th. chief speaker of Methodist church and the funeral wni
the occasion and F. G. u-vs. district ' there tomorrow at 2 p m.
deputy grand chancellor presided " n ev. n. r. uo..... .f.
during the conventltm. The address '
HEJPPNER WOMAN
AND TWO LITTLE
GIRLS DISAPPEAR
The rollowlna- men were proved In
the third rank: D. Ii. Baylor, ottia
Heeder. Athena. J. C. Peterson. Helix.
George Ferguson, H. N. Crandall.
Kmll Heck. Fred A. Frailer. U A.
Menton. yulncey Lamar, and N J.
.hlydensteln.
A cafeteria dinner was served at t
o'clock and further refreshments at
midnight.
RETURN DELAYED.
ENEMY IS DEFIANT
PATtlS. April !. President Wilson
haa decided not to hold the George
Washington at Brest, It la - learned
from an authoritative source today
The liner will be aent homo loaded
with troops. The president, impressed
by the great number of soldiers anx.
lous to get home determined It best
not to keep the great ship Idle. "
It now appears that Mny 10 Is prob
ably too early for the president's re-
... a. - remit while no dlfinlte
announcement haa been made, It Is
held a forgone conclusion that a call
for an extra aesslon of congress will
k. Mbied mime time in Mny with thi
SETTLEMENT ENDS
N. E. PHONE STRIKE
Mrs. Laura Streed. of Hepp
ner. la missing with her two lit
tle daughters, aged five and three
years, and Information regarding
their present whereabouts is de
sired by the aherlff at Heppncr.
fine disappeared at Arlington
about ten dnys ago and it Is
thought she may have come to
Pendleton. Mrs. Streed wore a
dark green suit and a plain black
aallor hat ttnd the little Blrls
wore pink coats and pink bon
nets. She la ii years old, light
coinplexioncd, five feet six Inches
tall and of medium aiender build.
Reported German Delegates
Plan to Tear up Terms,
Then Make Counter Pro
posals. DOMT THINK ALLIES
WILL CALL BLUFF
People Want Peace, Radi
; cals Anticipate Chance ;
lor control.
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR.
(I'nited Press Ktnff Correspondent.)
'B 13 RLIX. 'April 21. The German
pence delegation fs going to Paris
confidently expecting to wreck the
allied peace machine. Thin is plainly
evident from statements of the Berlin
press, aa well as me amtuoe 01 ine
foreign office. Home reports have
been circulated that the government
will hold a plebeacite o decide
whether the allied terms will be ac
cepted. Oddly enough, the Germans plan
to employ the u.7ie tactics which
brought America Into war. , They be
lieve the allies will not .call Ger-1
many's bluff If the delegates announce,
their determination to refuse to sign.;
The new republic has entrusted itsi
destinies to a group ot diplomatists
who have not changed In any way j
from those who directed Germany's)
pollciese before the revolution.
plan Own Intrrprrtalion.
Fnretirn Minlxter Brookdarff-llan-
tjjiu is prepared to Interpret Wilson'i
DAILY EVENING EDITIOI!
mom-m nM nwavapc and a a
selling f"T"e f'yT
over twtee uie oirsm
tm and t'matilla rcMsnty ttt any mlMtm
newspaper.
R1TNF.R AND STEIWER WILL TELL
WAR TALES FOR "V" DRIVE START
AT HAPPY CANYON THIS EVENING
f MUSIC AND STORIES'
ARE FULL OF. SNAP
DUT Y IS STILL SPELLED D-U-T-Y
Hate mt bw-n thinking Uiat tlse signing of the armlih can
,Ut the obligations tlie war put nia.n u as an Indlrkliial crimen?
UI you think your part in Oigrcat w.rld drama ended when tfte
ll gmm were silenced f
Are you one who will not oe In this Vk-tory Ixtan a iierson
al duty? s
Would you deny a debt of he nor?
Would you refuxe to par tne prk-e of k-trM7T
Would ;mi break falili with tk oee who have died?
Are yon unwilling to help get the boys back home? Are yow ,
unwilling- to contribute to tlielr support until tley do come om"T
Would yon reiHidlMo the debts comracted tliat they m It-fit he vie- .
torluus at a minimum saTlfk of blood?
Vli-tory and Pcai are with a. But so Is Iuty.
k-tory says. "HrUiUv." Pcaue my "Be llam'" 1HU ".
Iay up" VKTOItV 1XIAX tIMITTKB.
TOTAL SWELLS TO $250,000
WITH $60,000 LOANED TODAY
Oregon Quota 2. 788.400.
County quota 1,230,075.
Pendleton quota S4d,525.
Today'a subscription $60,000.
Total to date $250,000.
In by R- B. Stanfield. district chalr
' man. at 2:30 today. Echo had a quo
: ta of $30,250. w
I Helix, with a quota of IJ9.2T5, re
ported In Saturday night that It waa
over and for the second successive
-, i ... n .-..ii .1 i- hnnnra for beine the
. . , . ..... , .'first community tuny suoscrioea. ov-
Slxty thousand dollars additional in day ntght nw Pendietn with ap
subscriptlons to the Victory I-oanpi.oxiniateiy $i$7,000 subscribed,
poured into Pendleton's rwo banks to-'more than one-fifth of its total quota
day bringing the total to approxl-j Pilot Rock. Hermlston, Freewater
. . and Athena will be sldwel in report
lately $250,000. The response for,"- hr communttiea, due to
the first actual day of the campaign ; the neces8ty for using the mail cam-
wnere
ttjiu is prepared to interpret Wilson's the first actual day of tne campaign ; the neces8ity for using the
14 pointa in an entirely different light wa8 brisk-and more individual sub-lpalKn In these districts,
from -that of the allies and Wilson's j gjpng : perhaps, were received many subscribers live on n
ulnii-nntnt revnnlinir Alsace Lorraine.
the German colonics, and other difc
putitble questions. It is reported the
Germans plan to tear up the peace
terms and then mane counter peace
nmiinml. according- to German Ideas,
scriptlons, perhaps, were received many subscribers live on rural routes.
than on previous days. enclosed . and
Every subscriber is oeing given a ( -
.. , , v-A i mnrk.fl with the amount tne rating
outton ana a poster, ine uuuuu u . . , .
i , . . Mmntttt -heiieves him capable of
worn on his coat ana ine posier ir - .
hi- v, r office window. The com- giving. All four communities believe
i ne com- - t
subscriber that return mails will bring the re-
I'roi.utaiu. t....t. 1 mittee desires that every subscriber mat reiura
threatening to turn Germany over to m'" ",, thOTe em. sponse necessary to put them across,
the bolshevlkl if the allies still stand Prominently both these em u )Qcal were p,,!
. . . 1 llfaTY1sl 1 -
lmt.
nt
llOSTOV, Aliril SI. The stHke '
in . uu. - .. .1.1. ill..n nuralimi
ended Kulay following ratification
nt a plan for settlement reached
In coiifcrcncra laxt nlghl. Wage
Inrreasm granted ,tlie emirioyee
will bo anncninccd at a mans
meeting this arternonn. It la
understood the agreement rrmores
tlic right or collective IwrgaiiUno;
for cmlHoyca.
MISSIONARY ACCUSED
OF INCITING KEVULr
19 u ifu iHiino -----
... k a.a B.I a ir Oil and
president sai.ing -' - -"- .,, ..... , .
June I. From nrnisn nuwri-r. . Bmh i. ih. ... ---been
learned that the "big four" tele- American named Mowry has heen un
graphed the German government It j expectedlv called before the Japanese
must send delegatea empowered to'j court. The Japanese prosecutor
. . ., n..r.b- to r.ct as t ..k.rt ihni he h. sentenced to six
The foreign office la expected Mem. . to and .till go- with the result, of the first three day.
Continued on page elx.) If Such was the message " 7,:
'with greater rapiaity ism wee ......
!ln the three-day period If the.e-olun-teer
campaign is to be a success. The
indications in today'a eubscxiptions
I were that the end of this week will
see Pendleton up where it should be.
i - lmn.rn. i looked for tO-
in mil i i 1 i
'n,nrrmw- following the meeting to-1
! i..,.. i.. o.i.i.h nnv w Ritner and
j if, 1 1 ' . .-...... - .
Ffed Stelwer will be. heard. her ever
these men have talked, community In
terest in the Victory Loan haa taken
a sharp Jump and Pendleton ia due
for the same Impetus, campaign man
agers believe.
1 THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY
WILL YOU LEND YOUR DOLLARS?
niessengers In carrying the text of ths
treaty to Weimar.
Openly IK-flont.
BERL1V. April 11. The German
government la reported to have de.
elded not to accept the peace treaty
without waiting to learn the trms.
Both the canine and foreign office
are openly defiant, figuring the allies
are In no position to retaliate.
nnmhi' hnrd labor. I Mowry and an
American were arrested recently
when Japanese searched the home of
elcltf American missionaries. Mowry
was charged with fomenting a Korean
uprising.) An official statement from
the court declared Mowry odmitted
sheltering five Koreans at different
times. He declared It was his custom
to entertain frequently. He. denied
any Intention of furthering anti-Japanese
agitation plans. He will be sen
tenced Saturday. . .
NO RIVER CROSSINGS ON ROAD
FROM RIETH TO ECHO, HOPED
CONTRACTS MAY BE LET IN JUNE
Before the end of May the line of
the Kcho-Pendleton river road will
have been surveyed ao that contracts
probably can be let for grading and
construction at the June meeting of
the Htato Highway Commission, M. O.
Bennett, engineer in charge of the
eastern Oregon district, said tnis
morning. The locoting party has
ccmpleted between nine and ten miles
this wav from Echo and 's speeding
ip In accordance with the wish ot thi
commission.
The road along the river from
Echo to Itleth tukea advantage of
the old railroad grade In several
plncea and ' reconnaissance notes in
dicate thut at least two river cross
Inaa will be eliminated, by following
the northenst aide of the river from
Echo to Kloth The crossing at Solln
and again at Yoakum, together with
two railroad crossing, will be avoided
by the present arrangement, which
will entail considerable saving in the
total cost of the road. There are
now bridges across the tTmotllla at
both places but tbese would have to
bn replaced by more permanent struc
, tures for the main highway.
The survey enters Echo at the
present grade croaslng north of town
and follows for one and .one half
i .v.. .Ida nf the railroad.
There It crosses to the east side of
UUlh o illatan.. nt 9fl tlllleS find
gives a maximum grade of five per
e.nr
The party of seven men haa been at
work about four weeks ana nas near,
ly half the distnnce laid out, but ex
pects to complete the work to Rleth
In another four weeks. With reason.
able speed the line can bo located and
.Kitmntes oreuared for tne jun.
meettnir of the commission, Mr. Ben
nett bellevea.
Some Heavy Work.
Construction work along thla route
will be heavy In places and consid
erable small bridge and culvert work
will be required. In order to get a
good grade and a hiKhwuy from 21 to
24 feet In wltttn some roca worn win
be necessary and If contracts are let
so that work can start In July the
completed rond will not be open, fur
travel before the end of next winter,
in Mr Itennetrs estimation.
Kxllmates furnished the county on
the cost .of the road prior to the Is
suance of rond bonds appear to be
correct thus fnr, Mr. Ilennett said to.
day. The cost of the highway to the
Morrow county line was figured al
$4o,000. more than half of which
will have to be exended on the Echo.
Pendleton portion.
When completed the new road will
)k. ...11.01.(1 and Instead of crossina oe -x t s. "r- - -
No! n aa waa TrTproposed. It i foot paving eventually. It will be vlr
follow the Tornearslde of ih.jln.lly - Ion, by river the present
?lver rejoining th. present road on. routes to Echo, but will have almost
poslte Yoakum. The rout. a. plan-' a go.l grade as ho ra Iroad. Nearly
d by reconnalasnnc. notes cut. out Its entire length It will parallel th.
all river crossing, between Echo and, railroad and river.
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UMAPINE FIGHTER
SUBJECT CURIOUS
ARGONNE MIXUP
Pendleton's first Victory loan
'meeting will be held In Happy Can
yon at S o'clock tonight, wltn two lo
cal men. Roy W. Hltner and Fred
Xteiwer. aa principal speaker. Dis
trict Chairman Geqrg. A Hartman
will preside- -
While the ultimate succe. of th.
v-t ,ri i the chief motive be-
hind thi. maa. meeting o( local eltl-
zenus, the aaareasea oi is.
win deal with experi
ences in France and oot-wlth Victor
Bonds. Pendleton ts out 10 mw
quota by volunteer .unecrlption. and
if urging Is neeaea, inai wm com-
next week. -
Senator Ritner, who waa a captain
n the Red Cross Mi-vice, covered 100.
veo mile, of French territory In flv.
and a half month, and In thirty mln.
utes he- relate. -the most Intereatin
of hla experience, over that vast ter
ritory. Hi. narrative I of great In.
tereet -wherever he ha. pokes.
Fred Stelwer. who was a lieutenant
with the 5th arUllery. saw . actual
service In the battle area and he, too
has a store of anecdotes of the great
war which haa captured county au
diences in the week of apeak InC thua
far. H i tale of tne appreciation
by men aa the were welcomed back
to America la one of the most hu
manly Interesting sidell. a on tha
war and shows. Incidentally, that th.
discharged men are with America
and the final loan to ine it. -
Dr. Fred Lleuallen. captain In tha
medical corps overseas, will be un
able to Join the spea leers tonight, ow
ing to h:i having been subpoenaed aa
a witness In court In Portland today.
Hla address waa being banked on to
complete the eyele of viewpoint. , (
The llnanclal lde of the Victory
r .-in b. handled by W. Ia
. KAl.man. who will
"b. the flrat .peaker and briefly e-
plaln term, and conditlona of , tn.
bonds. 1 ' - ' " ' "
A program of music haa been ar
ranged for. Fletcher's Jaw Band har. .
Ir.g offered to. play a few aeHretlon.
during the evening. Mlaa Eather
South haa been obtained aa one of th.
soloists. ' ' ' '
Athena crowded its boll Saturday
night In an enthusiastic meeting to
Hear Captain Ritner and lieutenant
Stelwer. The east end. town la solid
ly behind the loan ana nope, m -
among the first to report it. quo.-
- a D Thnm TMM,n took th. DrtV
lluru u- ii- . ,
out and besides the speakers waa ac
companied by ur- - " -
Cleli Brown, a marina who waa
wounded In the fight at Chateau
Thierry last July.
The Victory Loan committee wants
everyone in Pendleton to turn out for
tonight's meeting to hear the two lo
cal men's oversea, etorles. They want
i ..4a.lnAArl thamt Till admission I. .
charged and that the meeting will be
short and full of snap.
CITY ASKED TO HELP
U.S. MERCHANT MARINE
i...,a ..i. u . Velson who saw
hard fighting and was wounded
while In France with tne met, ia
..... ..,. .i hi. home In Cmapine. :
having come back with a casual com-,
panv. He forms a live sequel to tne
following storv In today's Oregonlan. Pendleton is requested by the unu
by Lieutenant Colin Dyment. Red d State, shipping board to aid In
Cross searcher in France who saw the whatever mny possible the recruiting
terrific battle of Epinonville and who of able bodied young men for the
ic still puaxled In regard to Nelson: government's merchant marine. In a
Two soldiers started off with thelrj letter received by the Pendleton Com.
cne-pound cannon. Close by were j mercial Association today. The train
Private Barnev Twerdale of rural; ing station for the northwest district
route 1 Bow. Wash.. Gunner De Soto, u located at West Seattle, Wash
Private Gustaf W. Peterson of Emll. W.th present condltloiw ef employ
Mont Private Bert Stevens of Nor- ment a. they are. the Kale of pay
man ' Wash., and Private Lewis H. offered by the merchant marina
Nelson, whose emergency address waa! stands very high. Ollera and watee
the odd Fellows lodge at Umaplne. j tenders receive $S0 a month, firemen
Oregon. Peterson and Stevens werel$75, coal passers $S, able
1-poiind ammunition carriers, and alli$T5. ordinary seamen l5. cook.
of the men were In headquarters com. to $iott. messmen $ and mesa boys
pany $55. All these salaries ar. In addl-
It was a third shell that got them tlon to food and clothing, which la
Twerdale escaped, only to be killed : furnished without charge. The re
in the Argonne fight. Barnes escaped crult may pick his branch of erY'ce
with a wound in In the leg and re- the engine room. th. deck or tna
covered, and that night escaped the 1 stewards department. The minimum
dressing station shell. Davison was . weight for the engineer, dlvtalon la
hurt In the legs, escaped the ntghllH.i pounds while 125 pound, la re.
shelling aa he lay wounded, but died quired for the deck and steward, de
near Kevlgny. 40 mile, south. Stev. purtmento. ...
ens and Peterson were blown to In-! Men with little or no knowledge of
stont death, while Nelson became the: seafaring may learn some one of th.
subject of one of those curiou. Ar. , branches tn from four to eight weeha.
: i. ... naia tl a day and fur-
i gonne mnuiw. ...... . --- - - - -
I He waa reported blown to piece. , rixhed food and clothing during tne
and his name was turned In as dead , training period. I'pon acceptance for
,to the division statistical office, which service, the recrutfa rallr-ad far. to
I sent it to a central rn-orv. office at Seattle is refunded, .so the the only
i Bourges. By and by a slip, appar- i chance he haa of lnelng Is upon hl
i entlv signed by him. came back to rejection, which la made necessary
I the 'company, giving his serial nurp.-ionly where physical defect, are uel
! ber and whereabouts. A correction 1 that he la unfit fur active sea service.
' was then sent to Bourges. but In Jan-' Men between 1 and IS year, of aga
nary his name was standing as dead sre desired for the mercnant marine.
j has sent to his lodge to see whether!
' it haa had news. i
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ltOItllF.VIK Sl ltRKXPKIl IIFe
l-OKTKJl.
IVisc.1 oy .Mary IVkford
IXVDX. Aiarll SI. A Vienna dl
patch Kllay r. rt tle radnlanrllU ;
army In tlie rcKlon of Hornet aurren.
' dered tn Uw I kralhlan army Ureal
i quantlrlea ttt military mal.-rlal are
I said to have) hero delivered to tha
' soviet foevea There ts nu cenrirma
Jloll of the reiort, (
THE WEIHD
fORICAST
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I a.n..h
Tonight and
Tueaday fair;
heavy frost
loniaht.
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