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DAILXEYENIHGEDITO
The I'M Oreconlaa la Hasten fan,
ana sreajeM wappr and aa a
selling tat (Ivea to (la mnnam
over twkf tha circnlaUon in rmds.
ton and Umatilla, county nf aa Otoe
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VOL. 31
LOCAL BOYS HAD
20 DAYS OF RED
HOT FIGHTING
Veterans of "Lost Battalion"
Arriving Home Today Talk
Modestly of Adventure
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919.
NO. 974(5
LEA IS REFUSED
ANDy f NDUCT OF WAR IS
SC f 1 iNGLY DENOUNCED
THIRTY-Tlli "THEPoiVEER-:r
I i L i
" ' " - " " '
V' I - , i
,.,r QrW i
S3w -fS'
E-e - -h ' TV . , -4- J I
-1 , . -.I- ... - . . ' - '
i GERMANS TAKE
THOUGH
DIVISION LOST 70
PER CENT OF FORCE
Seven Umatilla County Men
of Famous Regiment
! Reach Home.
PARIS, May 23. In a scathing denunciation of Qermany'i conduct of
i the war, tha allies have refused to accent the contentions which Qerman
Idntegates advanced regarding economic conditions In their country. Th
reply, made public today, chanced that the German economic commission's
report la "marked In part by ureal exaggeration."
The allied reply aald:V "There la no reiiaon why Germany under new
conditions aould not build up for he rue If a position both of atublllly and
proaperity In Europe. - Her territory has suffered leaa than those of any
other continental belligerent atate during the war. Indeed, so far aa pll-J
lane and devastation are concerned ehe has not suffered at all. . The share
which Germany la being- called upon to bear of the enormous calamity that
has befallen the world has been apportioned by victorious powers, not to
her desert, but solely to her ability to bear It. It la right thut; iiermany.
which Is responsible for this calamity should make good these losses to the
utmost of her capability. . . :
"Those who were responsible for the war cannot escape Its Just consequences."
STROMBOLl, IN
ITALY, BURSTS
INTO ERUPTION
Seven ITmatllla county men who
nerved In the heroic 308th Infantry
ef which Vhlttleslev'A famnm "Innt
Hn 1 1 il 1 1 (i n " win (1 tuirt win, .lin '
their discharge at Cump Iewla yee.
terday and are new arriving home.
Those returning Include:
Wllhu-d Hanna, Freewater, of Co.
A, 08th Infantry. (The It Hat.
tallnn comprised Companies A, II O
and D,
Alfred E. Krause, Nolln, Co. 'O."
S08lh Inf. He was later transferred
to Bat. D, 305th F. A.)
Charlea Huteell, Pendleton, Co,
"a." aosth Inf.
Harn' Allen, Freewater, Co. "A,"
il)8th Inf. (
Frits Rredlnir. Pendleton. Co. "A.
Oeorte It. Welch, MIKon SOHlh
Inf.
Orover Mlnthorn, Pendleton, 08th'
Inf.
Thomas Ingram, Hardman, Ore., I
Co. M. south Inf. ' I
Henry J. Haesolt. Halfway, Ore.. I Mr. C'fiarlex Castner. president of
SOSth Inf. the Mate Federation of Women-s
Willard Hanna and Alfred ' K. Clubs, who will probably be the only j
Krailne arrived home on the Northern out-of-town speaker In the local!
Pacific train thla morning. ' They cnnipalim Tor the 15.000,0011 bonding,
were not certain as to the return otlbill which cornea before the people
ine omer men irom ma county nut June 2, will apeak in the library au
eay some of them are coming; via tna'dltorlum Monday evening-, aa a part
o.-w. II. A N. Heorge Welch of ! of her tour of the stato in the inter.
Milton Iff tinder a measles quarantine esls of the nieaxure.
Afro. W. I. McXury has been ap-
I pointed a member of the atate wide
ItOMK. May 23. Aim Nironi
bK volcano la In vtoltfit crtip
tlfHi. a(ordlii-K to rciNMTta nifi v
vi hero i4Mlay, Heverul iM-rWuw
are raia-rtcd u liav nciiHlied aiul
many Injnr-pd. Jtew-uo imrtJea
are rt'lMtrtc-d en route to llio bl
aiul Inan .Miiu.
IMRS.CHARLESCASTNER
SPEAKS HERE MONDAY
ROUGH SEAS
AGAIN DELAY
4'S HOP-OFF
WAKHIXfeTOY, May 23. TIio
navy dtMirtimtit aniKHimfd
NN'licxIiilcd 'llir-ifr T tin V. V.
from Pnrta Iw4 (.uda.
T DEAD
EXPLOSION
Eleventh Body Taken at Noon
From Ruins of Douglas j
Starch Co., in Cedar Rapids
21 STILL MISSING
THIS ATERNOON
Flames Sweep Plant Follow
ing Explosion, Water
Mains Break.
at Camp Lewla.
In Murderous Flg-hdia.
"For the first 20 doya the fighting
was rather hot.- modestly aald Han
na. It waa revealed after consider
able questioning that he was In Co.
"A" of tha Lost Hattallnn hut waa
on out pot duty when the battalion
waa cut off so he waa not cut off
win the other. - He says the Lost
Pattallon waa not reallv lost at all
hut waa atirrounded. The battalion
could he seen all the time hut It waa
tinder a terrible fire and it waa lm.
posnl)il to fret supplies to the 1h
sieged men. The entire regiment waa
tinder hot fire all during the time but
WhLttlnrdey'a battalion had It the
worst. Alfred Krause of N'oiln. waa
on a liaison post at the time hut was
tinder fire much of the time.
(Continued nn rave g.l
committee for the campaign, and
with R. W. Illtner and J. V. Tallman,
other member of the committee, ar
rangements are being made for the
meeting. The Delphian club, the
Current Literature Club,- the Thure
day Afternoon Clnb and the Civic
Club, local organisations which are
members of the federation, are to be
responsible for Mrs. Caatner'a enter
tainment while she ! la the city.
PLAN GIVES HOTEL
FIFTY MORE ROOMS
riant fttr an cnnlargprmnit of
lie I .(rtil IVndlc'ton by lite mtUU
tfenn of 50 mure roontH ihiiM in-i-rva4nfc
(lie atvnmnHM.aUofiH of
the iKHel AO er ornt, are ImIiik
drawn by Arrliltert it. W. IIU-li
for tlie MutltM'k eMiate.
Tlte present plan hm out fined by
V. S. Mit1H'k raU for an adill
tn, flvo oHm liMih ItunM-aiiatcly
In tlie rear of the inwi'iit biillcl
intC. Tfu- iH'W inrt will over
BTOfind ikiw ort-uiilcd by Urn one.
Wtory bii'l mliU-li Inciudef llio
klU'lMfn aikd i-art of tlie sample
roniiM.
Am jrec it i not a1m.liitely de
rldert tlkt tonroTcmont wtll be
made. Jf carried out It Iff the In
tention to rush Ute work rto at to
tmvo the enRrxcd hoti4 rcudy
hy Jtoiind-I p time. i
UPALTERATIONS
OF PROPOSALS
Undertake Revision Upon Re
ceipt oUnformalion of. Time
Limit Extension by Allies j
CESDAK RAPIDP. May 23. Thirty-
two are now thought duid In the fire;
which destroyed the three million I
dollar plant of the Douglas Starch Co. j
lat nbfht. The eleventh body was)
taken, from the ruin at noon today, j
charred almost, beyond recognition.
Company official admitted this aft
ernoon that 21 are missing. All are
probably dead, m none could hardly j
survive the terrible heat the flames!
created. A thorough search will be
made aj oon a the ruins cooL j
CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa. May 23
Ten are known to have lost their Uveal
when a dust explosion wrecked the ,'
march plant o the Douglas Company!
here last night. Check of employe!
this morning phowed thnt four others
ar probably hurled In the ruins, j
Flying debris injured scores. Nearly
all the victims are foreigners.. Some; Tlie picture above Mhovr "Tlie Pioneer" h-rre It wa cast In hrrmzc
of the injured may die. ; ttr prcw-ntatinn to the 1'n.vcrsity of Oregon an a gift from 4. X. Teat
company wrnciais em mi ate mo rtory tclliiur of thi work by A. PliimiNUr lxfjor aniican on nairc
7 today.
monetary tost) At a million.
Accumulation of dUHt In the drying
room Is thought to have caused the
explosion. When firemen reached the
scene they were handicapped in fight
ing the flames because water mains
in the neighborhood burst through
force of the explosion. Fire fight
ers by the thousand stood about.
Cries of men could be heard for
blocks. Two men, finally rescued j ,.
wore o terribly burned they died j
almost Immediately after being sent j Suit to quiet title to land, valued
to the hospital. I at $30,000, left by the late Nelson
DECISION OF COURT
CLEARS CLOUDED
PHRASES OF WILL
NEW COMPANY HAS
BLYDEIfSTEIN Mill
I'unreral of Mrs. Iavey.
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy A. Davey,
who died yesterday at the State Hos
pital, was held today from the Hrown
chapel with the Rev. J. E. Ireland of-
.John lllndcrmau IimlH.
Word baa been irwcetrd "TlWe, that
Corporal John Hinder man landed in
New York today on his return from
overewas service. He was with a ma
chine gun company in France. Hln-
derman was formerly a popular Pen
dleton high school student and ath
' i - r imu rem i tim nn
i flclatlng. Mrs. Davey, who was 81 ' lei mnd tn 80,1 i Mr M. I Hin-
years of age. formerly lived In Baker.
A stepson, Frank J. Davey, lives-In
Wallace, Idaho, and Is the only survivor.
MNARY GIVES REQUIREMENTS
FOR AIRPLANE LANDING PLACES
derman of 410 College street.
lliif-rll Chambers lit Hospital.
Russell Chambers of Hermiston was
operated upon at tft, Anthony's hospi
tal this morning.
Railroad Men of
County Contribute
$30,550tolxan
action in which John
I ton wtggart Wait plaintiff and
i ueorge w. waggan ana omer muvn
i mil n " i
the Victory ' en and sisters, were defendants.
loan subscriptions of the em- In the will of the deceasea, vagus
Ployes of the .-W. R. & N. Co., were passages clouded title to the north-
received from district headquarters
at Ia Orande today. The two local
banks received an allocation of $30.-
TERMS OF AUSTRIAN
t PACT TAKING SHAPE
Some Enemy Suggestions
May Later be Applied ,
r to League. !
, by CAitr i). nnoAT. t
t'nited I'rena Staff Corre kpondent.
IIKKLIN, May 23. Alteration of
Germany's counter propneal waa nn.
) dertaken following reeeipt of. inlbr
- mation that the alllea had granted!
; extennion of the time limit for dot
J camion of the trpty. ("haneelloe
cheidmann and Coont von Bern.
J aiorff. now member of the foretitn
office personnel, may ao to Hpa te
j consult with .F'orelR-n Minister Brock:
dorff-Tantaau, it la learned. Vncon
t firmed report have been circulated
j that Brock d orf f.Rontaau eotpreasey
disapproval of the Grman " frovem
ment'a auggreatlona regarding change
of the counter proposal.
In Berlin the workmen'a and ml.
dlera council at a plenary meeting
Wedneeday paaeed a resolution n-
I m&ndinx the treaty be affined apeal-'
I Ingr to the entire proletariat.
VYamlnir AnfOrsBB Part.
f . BY FRED FERaUSOI.
: (I'nited Free Staff Correspondent.)
PARIS.- May 23. The "Ma; four
today discussed the military and prisoner-of-war
terms of the Austrian
treaty. The reparation auction of
the pact waa completed at ' yester
day's meeting. Deciekm waa reached
yesterday to withhold action In the
armed dispute between the Pole and
Ukrainians over territortnr matter
until Premier PaderewaM'a arrival,
which la expected tomorrow ir thin. ,
day. Brockdorff-Rantnu and five
i. iner memoers oc tn uerman oele. -ration
left last night for Rpe to con
f7 with member of . the German
government. . - - . - r .
PrrMcn Part Ilerit.
The committee appointed to con-
share
550 worth of bonds as the
which the company's employe
county bought.
The actual money does not pass
through Pendleton, a the roads pur
chased bonds direct through San
Francisco. The two hanks are cred
ited with the amount purchased in
their district, however.
The West End Chop Mill, owned by
Blydenstein A Co., today waa Hold to
jSwaggart, was settled today by a de. the Umatilla Flour and Gr.Un Co..
Iciaion of Circuit Judge i. V. Phelps. Jof which W. Sehwartzenberg. manager
j investing title in. fee simple in John0f the Pendleton Roller Mills, ia presi-
Mlllon Bafaru ino -uil w I dent, and will ! ooereted bv that'
.1 trnm t..n- i v r m. aider the Germans" DroDonaia r.nrri
. " 'ng the league of nations, haa reolie
the new owners,, will ta.ke charge of
the management.
The drtil has been pending ever
since the Umatilla Flour and Grain
i Co. waa formed two months ego. Tha
strued to mean that the plaintiff ' new owners wm continue operation or
should succeed to the title. As there i the SO barrel flour mill and will milli
involved arid I flour for export trade They will abio
west ouarter of section S township
4, mnge 35 east, although it was con
g the league of nations, haa replied
that it conelders the present covenant
more practicable than the Germans
plan although n'dding that some of
the German suggestions can be con
sidered when the league ia finally or
,ganized. The committee, in regard to
obligatory arbitration, aald its un vrr.
Sal aonllcsbilitv I. ltanmntl.aHt
n the were minor chimren involved ana I r Ior expon iraoe i ney will au, - -
creditor, of the deceased were unable ; com.nue tne.r reea Dusmes ana win K)vernrnlent fevon, aimLTrnimZ-'
pre-
WHh airplane mail service and for-;
est fir protection by plane his dream
for Oregon, 8enntor C U McXary has
add reused letters to mnyors In the
prlnctrwl Oregon cities, one of which
reached Mayor J I. Vaughan today.;
asking that the cities of the state co
operate to bring about uch services
by the building of municipal airplane
landing fiords.
Airplane mail service already ban
proved Its usefulness In the east and
middle west and extensive expert
ments are now being with plans for
forent protection. The chief element
neceft-ta ry In the establishment of
such services Is the provision of nu
merous municipal landing fields
throughout the states.
Among specifications for landing
field nre that they must be within
30 minutes ride of the heart of tha
city, be adjacent to good paved roads
or car lines leading to the city, have
public sen-tee utilities, be so situated
that they would permit of expansion,
not be In danger of being shut In by
future building, have at least a 600
foot runway In all directions and be
wptare or re-rtangular In- shape.
The municipal landing field Is ex
pected to have all accommodations
for the handling and repair of planes,
be equipped with hangars built at
public expense, have personnel and i
miLlntenaifeo facilities paid for by the
cities and be fully equipped, ready
to receive planes at any time.
While the cost of such a program
Is not mentioned by Senator McXary,
It appears that In order to receive the
services mentioned, the municipali
ties of the state would be obliged to
raise several thousand dollars for
other fen turns beside the landing site
alone The senator Is anxious to hear
from Oregon cities and promises to
do all possible to bring About estab
lijTiment of aerial mail routes If co
operation Is forthcoming from ths
cities
12 MONTHS SCHOOLS NEXT STEP
IS PREDICTION OF F. P. AUSTIN
Although Pendleton's first attempt!
at holding a summer session of school
met with failure, F. P. Austin, super.
Intendent of city schools, today -pre-dlotetd
that within a short time pub
lio schools, following the lend of uni
versities and college throughout the
United Slates, will be holding sessions
throughout the twelve months. The
first step In that direction locally
will be .the Introduction bf a ten
months course) In September.
More than a score of student of
high school age signified their desira
to do summer work In the schools
and when the high school was opened
to them Monday, only 14 apeared.
The minimum set waa 20. and with
auch a small response, It was ronsld
ered unprofitable to retain three
teachers for that ounvlier.
Summer sessions must come, how
ever. In the opinion of Mr. Austin.
11 doe not believe that It will be
ry for students to attend the
entire twelve months but ellow them,
to take twelve weeks out during any
one of the quarters. Backward stu-
ucnia kihiii newp up ill uieii wn
y lasing me entire iweive mourn-,
of work.
Vacations would also come at the
proper time with the new system, Mr.
Austin says. Instead of hnvlng the
longer vacation nt holiday time, It
might come when that "tired feeling'
creeps over students in the spring.
The year-round, or quarter system,
as It Is known in tho universities, has
proved Itself in the two years or
more It has been In use and It Is be
lieved that It could bring about tha
same results appl!ed to schools of
teaser rank. Buildings would not be
standing Idle thrM months, teachers
could he employed full time and oth
er benefits, such aa more thorough
application to the work, accrue.
I MAKE HIM SIGN IT
f
to construe the will properly, it waa rou uariey ior iiixmfrs.
brought Into court for decision, j nt j
There was no litigation over the will. For the present, the cereal busl-
Peterson and Hlshnp appeared for the ness of the Blydenstein mill will be i
plaintiff and S. A. Lowell for the de- ! continued, but it is planned later to1
fondant. retire from this part of the business!
unless demand for these products'
make it Imperative to be continued.
Knlerged warehouse Knace, made ;
poralble by the erection of a nef
frame structure on the company
property - on . West Court street, will',
be made available as soon as possl- j
ble. Grain will be stored there for j
farmers. All details of the business
will be handled throtmh the T'matilla
Flour and Tira n Co., nf flees at J2ft
Hast Court stref t. . j
Between .now and June 1 It is plan
ned to reorganise and Incorporate
the new business with l-nrrensed cap
ital. The new company wat organ
ised March JO. IMS. and has its first
mill with todny's purchase. It was
previously in the brokerage and In
surance business.
the reply concluded.
HARVEY MORRIS
SAVED STEAMER
BY RADIO WORK
concert 13 marred
by coin Throwing
Nickels thrown Into the ranks of ;
tho band, where small boys mlKhtj
scraniMt for them r;T.fn the legs!
: of tho hard working musicians, near-;
I Jv broke up the weeklv concert of thei
Ivndietnn Kound-l'p band last even!
ine iu the eust end of the city. !
Throughout the whole hour the
;y.iimKstcn humted into the musicians
a nd tho condition was aggravated b I
! men throwing coins into the group.
; to be fought for by the lads. Major:
fL.ee .Vnrhouso. who wa.t present and
in possession of a. police badge. wai
apealel to by Director C. O. Breat h
to report order, and did so in a
ipcasure. .
With no bandstand and no chairs '
It was difficult for the oritanliuttinn
to play without interruption. Mr.
Hrearh said thi morn:ng. but when ,
the nungNter teffiin darting In and
under the muMiciaus. abetted by the;
ill-mannered tVw in the crowd, it wa!
next to lniposNiiil to play Heverul :
ol. parts were bmiight to a sudden
end by the idolst being bitmied in
1 the logs by the nnrnlv youngsters. ,
With a program fur ftunerlor to any
, nreviouslx- arranfred. the whole per-;
sonnei of the bnnd was so d sgustd '
' nfte-r lut-t evening tre.itmcnt that
j they say thev will give no morn j
Thunwlay concerts In any plae but I
' the Pioneer Park stand
' HarVeV J. M ni-rU Panrllalnn Kwu
who is the son of Mr, and Mrs. J, H.
Morris of this city, and who haa
been in the navy as a radio operator
since 1917. recently sent a message
which saved ship from sinking,
while In a heavy fog. Morris. In a
letter to Joe Horsey of this city, tells
how he caught the message of dis
tress from the vessel and how he w '
able to send a message which enabled
the ship to get Its bearings. The Pen-
dleton boy is one of three radio op
erators aboard the Kast Indian, and
as first class radio operator he u
pervi.tes the work of the other tw
men. Morris was. in Kn gland for
-me time. He enMtrl r. r..,.
j years and expects to remain in the
sera-ica until the time limit expires,
CHINA STILL PONDERS:
OVER PEACE COURSE
1'AltIS. May 21. Wellington Kee.
member or the Chinese delegation.'
declared that china will sign the '
treaty only with reservations, "lir at
all." He said the delegat-on ia still
considering its course of action.
THE WEATHER
FORECAST
Tonight and
Kutnr.tiy fair