East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, November 01, 1919, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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    DAILY EVENING EDITION
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2,875
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OOUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CITY OFFICIAL PAPtiB
VOL. 44
NO. 4875
STRIKE WADERS CLAIM 365,000 HAVE QUIT
1 k & 1 ' 1 i. , , - ,- i i n i I .
jl DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919.
President of I ho DDI ted M no
Workers of America, leader t.f Mm
.strikers. ,
RC ROLL CALL
OPEN SUNDAY IN
ENTIRE COUNTRY
Third Annual Drive for Mem
bership Will Continue Until
November 11, Anniversary
of Armistice Day.
CHURCHES TO RECOGNIZE
CAMPAIGN AT SERVICES
War is Over But Work Of Rnd
Cross Never Ends: Local,
Nearby Precinct Chairmen
mm . ' Tk' a
Meeting TniS Afternoon.
1 J
The third Annual roll call for Red
ro memherships opens throughout
ths tnitel Htates tomorrow and con- j
t In ties tint II Xoveniber 11, nnnlver
Hery of Armistice Pay. Pendleton nnd
1'matllla county were pronounoad
readv for the driOV .followlnir a meet
In of th" distrjet and precinct chair- (
men In the Red cross hoado,imrters at
2.10 this afternoon.
The drive tom)orroW will he confln- '
ad chiefly to the churches, where it
is expected that cognizance will le
t ken of i he movement. Actual sol
icits ting for membership will beaUl
Monday. There is no limit to the
number of members to he enrolled.
The drive Is purely f- r membership?1
nnd the fee Is $1 a year.
"Persons should remerher that the,
Red cress is n hutnanltaren omnf-
7itinn. world-wide In scop, and roady
for service in peace time as we'l Rfl in ,
vnr." .Tamed H. Owlnn. assistant local
chairman, said today', The work of
the lied Cross in WOT Is tippernu-st (n
the minds of t he people now The f
war Is over, hut the -work of the Red I
Cross ppvrr ends. Tt was the Red t
Cross wh'eh rave relief to th Buffer
r in the fan Jaolarta aarthnnaVa
th Johnstown fmod, thn flslvaetoil
tMnl wtve nnd Iho l?:lif.iv SVptOWlon
Tt SCJVSS he dewt'tote
c tnsf rotihes and i'
wherever ndsd, N"r!
i nil natl
rork anat
inlv that.
Rf .? cr us w the flrt t arr
ant the last to dooali M
Money Oomtng in.
atonav is already coming
the
in from
enma outside districts from persons
nnKi(ois to reow tt'r membn-hipK :
nccording to fiss Vlrsinin Todd. In j
charge of Rd CrnRs he:i 'quarters i
here. County chairman C K Cfrans. j
ton has sent nil th materials to his
community chairmen nnd it is proba- I
hie that they are already workinn fr
mw members.
Klcht persons responded with :ir
Ceptances b serve as commtinlty
chairmen and Mr. Cranston accented
the silence of others as geeent. Thev
were nil snt the neccssnrv materials
and gked tn delegate a chairman In
one they were unable to serve
Dally telegraphic reports of the pm- ,
grea of the campaign are requested
bv northwest henrqunrters in Beat tie
Bach noon a wire will be sent telling I
bow many member have been enroll,
ad.
Chairmen Moetiiiir.
The moating thta afternoon at Red
Cross headquarters included all the
local nnd nearby precinct chairmen.
Mrs. Anna Herrlck. local dire, tor of
the drive, explained plans f. r the
campaiftn nnd on Mondav morning
the precinct heads with thHr assist
ants, will launch the drive for mem
bers. The follow:mr have 1 n a sued
to take Charge In their respective pre-
rtncls: No
No. it. Kd Morgan: No. 1 ra.UI..
.T R. Thomnson: No. SO -Mrs Charles 1
Tullis; No. 81. Mrs. T. R. Hampton;
o. 34 -Mrs N. Berkeley; No. ST.. -Mrs.
W. N. Matlock : No. S Mr
IF V. Hickers: No. 37 Mrs I, C.
I K-ermore: No. nss Mn
Clarene
patttaad; n. 330.
Mrs. Frank Whet-
LEADING FIGURES IN
I iV T tl I f r fill f -1 1 'J U ' i -Jgft - Bmr f 4nLJ'VI.j 'BW
Secretary of labor, who
etavantb hour did not lose
oontpi 'Mi
until the
hope of
COAL STRIKE DELAYS
B1DING mm
Huiidin,' contractor! in l 'eadleton
i may feel the effects of the 001 strike
las a result of an embarno placed upon
Lahlpmantfl of sand and Krael cster-
i day. TJie I. s. r.'iilr(ad admlnistra -
! th.n decreed that the structural ma
jterkiln must wait M that all poaatM
cars may he diverted in tin- pres-
tna mcds if the count r in the pre.-t-
m-riie nry.
ra dealers Bay that small stocls
Of sand and graval are kept on hand.
I as the shipments usually (-"me from
a short distance and pan ordered
, and delivered with dispatch. The
Klks hava (diffident materiitl pn Hie
ntreet to complete the wc.rk on their
haement and there iu a snuill amount
.if aand and un.-! on band at th Bi
.1 . ,h s academy bulloUna and the
lljns mill. Condition are such nj.
th mill th:.t indoor work run he ho-
,in noxt weu nnd th , , k i! 1
:' nd trra vel Will not serious! v :i fferf
, , bulldtnc nparatlons untan the
embargo is a protracted nn.
NEW V
UK, :
rerun
1 )
th
shipowners'
consider a
mproniiso proposal of striking long
shoremen to end the harbor strike
here, gradual disintegration of the
tie-up is apparent. The waterfront is
resuming the appearance more nearly
normal than at any t Una since the
strike started.
10 YEARS' SENTENCE
FRKHERICTOV N. It.. Nov.
Wornpp Horn. (Jerman eeeat Si
t'mnted io MOW M" the Canadian Pa
stei ps 11 we v brtdee ever the s-
Croix river between Maine and
Ne
ntfiionnwtce was sentenced
vears Imprisonment.
JAPAN IS FOURTH TO
RATIFY PEACE TREATY
TKIO, Nov. I. J a pa n
rat If led t be peace treaty.
peror signed the pact after
committee of the privy (
yesterday
The era-
the treaty
ounctl mi-
anlmoualy approved tt. Japan
fourth of the Allied powers to
! the
1 1 i fy,
OBSESSED WITH PASSION
TO END TROUBLES. WIFE
TURNS GUN ON THREE
SEATT1..H. N' v. i obeeased with
a passion to end her omhlv troubles,
nnd1 exterminate herself and children.
Mrs. Wlnnlfred GrahaM shot Pilbe.
fl. who died almost Instmtlv.' fired two
bullets Into the body of Retty, 4. then
t timed the gun on haraalf at hei
home here. The slrl and mother ar
In the h' spitair near death. The po-
l ce found a letter addressed to her
husband. which reveled that the
the wife lost h'M love for Graham fi- e
rears aifo.
Hone
No. 40. Mrs. Vjruil Snavolv;
41 Mrs. J. C. Woodwonh: No.
- Mrs M. Whltinore: No. 4"- Mrs.
T. Wade; No 44. Mrs. W. D Mo-
Nary; No. 45 Mrs .lame-' Johnson;
No. g, W Bnbysk; lb Idnjan. W. S.
Campbell;sNo. St. II. Jones
Mrs. David R Hill will have eharce
of the workers carrying on tat itrees
soliciting campaluns.
STRIKE OF COAL MINERS
Prealdant of th Coal
AjMooIatlon, Inadar of the
C!S.
Operators'
iniii' own-
OVERWHELMING VOTE
mm
afl
LONDON, Nov. 1. The offana(V
nvt Lloyd Qeorga'a adminlatral on
ha: nppureritly been stepped. The
House rotad onfi lence in the govern -mant'a
final policy, jo:, to 20.
CYRjL PR0E8STEL TO
BE DEPUTY TO CLERK
Cyril lro bstel. of Weston, today lie
came deputy county clerk, succeeding
Herman H. DaHart, resigned. Mr.
Proa beta! will take his oath or office
Monday. Mr. DaHart resigned in or-
, der tu-n .wJHt fdi attention to the
TliH.MV
of
lylo
-K
store here.
Mr. P roe bate la the son of George
w. Prpebatel and grandson of Qeprgs
Proebatet, pioneer hardware inerrliant
al Weston. He Is 23 years old and
served In the recent war in the army.
EGGS HIT HIGH MARK
AT 98 CENTS A DOZEN
SKATI.I-:. NVv. 1 Em hit the
mark In the city's history today. Re
tailers are selling eggs at 9F eenta a
dozen and said they were paying 95
Oanta wholesale.
TROOPS" MOVEMENT IS
CLOUDED IN SECRECY
WASHINGTON", Nov. 1 Asked
root or da y for Inf o mm Uon re ga rd i n g
he reported troop movement in
Connection with the ooal strike, Sec
retary Baker said: "Troops are niov
lng,ft but wirtild not say where.
President f tlw
generally regarded
ern miners.
Illinois minors,
s leader of west-
GERMAN PEOPLE
WANTED WAR IS
HOLLWEG'S OATH
Military Cver-lordship Main
tained by Them and Von Hin
dGnburrj. Grim Old Ex-Chancellor
Dramatically Testifies.
DECLARES KAISER COULD
NOT HAVE HAD OWN WAY
Good Part of People Demanded
Unrestricted Submarining;
Wilson's Offer Refused Due
to Distrust of Entente.
HY CA Ith If. CROAT.
(United Press Staff
rrespondent. )
HKRLJN. NOV. I. Military over-
lordship was maintained "because the 0000.
German people themselves wanted j
it." This anarge was dramatically :
made last night by Dr. Von Jieth-lsist Von Hindenburg."
niann-HoIIwcg, former chancellor, j "There was a good part of the peo
durlnfl a hearing of the rc-ichstag ; pie who demanded unrestricted sub
commlttee Investigating Hie war. The manning," HollWOg said. '"They be
grlm old diplomat, who had been tes- j lieved it meant sure victory. An over
tlfylng In low monotone, suddenly whelming portion of the press had the
raised his voice to a shout as he flung same idea, while a majority of the
his accusation at the committee, reichstag was for it.
pounding the table with his fist. j The former chancellor said Wil-
BTollwag placed the burden of the son's mediation offer in December,
prolongation of the war equally on the 1916. was ignored because military
German people and Von Hindenburg. command feared he was being victim
He said. "The kaiser was not in a po load by the entente, who would turn
sition. even if he had desired, to re- his offer to their own account.
NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL
TODAY IS ALL SAINTS
DAY OR "ALL HALLOWS,"
INSTITUTED IN 835, A. D.
Today i All Saints Day, or All
Hallows, festival of the Christian
chinches first celebrated In 8 3 ft
A. 1 1.. in honor of all the saint,
it was Instituted a bo at flio a. i.,
on May 1, hut later tin- date wan
changed. History NayH that as the
umber of wuintN Increased It be
came impossible to ded c::te a
feast dy to f-nch. Thus it va-:
found axpodlent to hcvi an unn .-
al aggregate, com memory? ion
such hh bad not special d.t.v. TlH
(Jay In marked by special seiv.ro
at St. Mary'n Catholic chur' '
whih- the Church of the Re
doemar will observ
tomorrow! service
Ah the day is so
All Hallows, (blob
as "Hallowe'en." h
i hi
da
ink be for a the I
HUNDREDS PAY TRiBUTE
! TO BELOVED CITIZEN
Several hundred persons stood in the
rain outside the Church of the He
deem er yesterday afternoon during
Hie funeral servtcis of John F. Robin
son, pioneer laundryman, killed Wed
nesday in an uuto accident at Sax"
.station. Hundreds of others packed)
the Chun h to pay tribute to the mem- Tw' deer in' one afternoon Is the rec
ory of one of Pendleton's most beloved rd made by Dan C Howman, of Mis
citizens, slon, who returned yesterday from a
deer hunt, accompanied by Earl Kirk
Tr.e funeral was the most largely at- 1 patrick and Bert Livermore.
Leaded 111 Pendleton's history" it is be- He was standing within six feet of
lieved. Dalagattona from every the place where he fired the first shot
branch of the Masonic order, the when, on another hill he saw a lareer
Klks a ltd Otnlfbta of Pytbiaa attended.
ffty e Portland laundry men, represent
ing the Association of Portland Iaun
dryrnen, were present. Hundreds of
lloral offerings, many of them most
beautiful and elaborate, were sent by
friends from near and far.
Rev. Alfred J-ockwood, pastor of
the church of which Mr. Robinson
was senior warden, conducted the ser
vices. The vested choir, led bv civde ponce magnet last mgnt ior pia.wng
P. Phillips, sung. -Toe Angel's Sere- Hallowe'r pranks. None of The
nade."fa favorite of Mr. Robinsons, youngsters Tvas guilty of any prt?at
was played on the violin bv H P Idamage. the chief reported this morn
Kudd. a friend of long standing. inp- mit were locked up for being out
after hours and disturbing the peace,
been CObeUi Fred K. Judd. W. K. ome of the youths were allowed to
Broek, Frank Frazler, E. P. Marshall go home after a few hours in the po
and Dr, K. W. Vincent, all old friends lice headquarters. A few mothers,
of Mr. Robinson, were pallbearers, notified that their erring sons were in
Services at the grave were conducted
1 by Rev. Mr
Lock wood and the Ma-
RESPONSE TO WALKOUT ORDER
GENiM IN SOME D STRICTS;
OTHER MINES ARE OPERATING
OF ROBINSON ESTATE
Ht-I n V. Robinson, widow Of
i joi n i-'. ItobinaoOi is appoint
ktrt and I i t all hut $3u of '
( '.I'' 11 to provisions of the
led ti.is aiternoon. Ittfjuesta of!
i, ii.ee made to his son, Donald
all father and his sister.
ib ji ;
Petition for ih adnjfaatofl of the will
will he made later.
The document was executed Sept.
11, 19049, and was witnessed hy Charles
II. Carter and Mr?. Minnie K. Still-
TWO DEER IN ONE DAY
deer. A 350-yard shot brought down
the buck.
One animal had two points and the
1 7 " and 2S0 pounds. They were killed
in the hills a few miles west of Gur
dane. Police Dragnet Gets Twenty.
- Twenty. hoys of various age. size and
description, found their way into the
the toils, promised them spankings
upon their arrival at the paternal
threshhold. Ten boys, discovered cut
ting clothes lines Thursday night, were
Invited by Juvenile officer John Hai
loy, Jr.. to appear this afternoon with
money to pay for their damage. Some
were put to work restoring the lines
they cut
Drive to Columbia River.
District Highway Kngineer M. O.
Rennett. Resident Kngineer R. E.
Raldock. County Judge C. H. Marsh,
i 'ommissioner II. E. Anderson and
Roland Oliver drove over the Pen die-Zptt-Cdtd
Springs road today as far as
the Columbia river. This road will
eventually be one of the chief market
roads in the county and is planned to
be improved for the et;lre distance as
part of the county's road program.
Rotunis From Atht'na,
Miss Florence Smiley, county health
nurse, returned yesterday from A th
en t, where she conducted her work
among the school children. Miss Em
I ma L. Grittlnger, head of the depart
'lent of nursing at tUe northwest
', headquarters of the Red Cross in Se
' at tie. Is here today tO confer with
Vtlss Smiley.
Mrs, Stamp
Mrs. Mary t,
mployed as m
Oltati since its
I avea for Portland.
Stamp, Wfto has been
ttron at the State Hos
foundlOC In Pendleton,
'eft today for Portland where she will
; bo In charge of a private sanitarium
i for patients suffering from nervous
and mental trouble. Mrs. Stamp will
bo su ooas dad by Mrs Barah Gave a a
Dancing Clirl. Moots.
The Jewell elub, organized recently
by a group of married folk, will enjoy
the second of its series of dancing
I arties in Baffle-Woodmen hall this
WffcherM Juzx orehestra
will furnish the music.
Caplain and I IphIMMjiH lo Ijjnwnjr,
Captain Jennie Conrad and I.ieu
tennnt Leona Clark of the Salvation
prtnv, will c nduct the meetings at
the Moos, hall tonight at 7 and to
morrow at 3 and T p. m.
sTeJsone tjeavtasT.
Mr and Mrs. Martin Nelson expect
to leave on Monday for Stanfield.
where they will make their home. Mr.
Nelson will be .m r.oyed by R. N.
Stanfield in tii- sheep business.
ol. aad Mrs, IvaaftMso Hero.
' Colonel and Mrs F B. Ivanhoe are
spendina (he tt 'trend :s nuesls at the
home of lira 1-mr.i P. Nash.
I jnap ?uv
Fred Pennington, county nricnl
tnral ii S' it. is ii t 'marine todav in
the tats rest of county agent work.
WW f it Life Acniii.
Knoeb artedle, who has been work
ing on the Peter- ranch for several
months, rotarned to t be city tolay to
aei ad a few sreks - iHlag with his
'parents, Mr. and Mrs, Manuel Kriedly.
Work in Pocahontas Smokeless
Coal Field at Bluefield, W.
Va., Runs Normally, Says
Operators' Reports.
DECLARE NON-UNION MEN
BY THOUSANDS, WORKING
I
I
Guardsmen in Several States
Reported Newly Armed and
Provisioned for Duty; Some
Troops Already Moving.
JXI)IAN'APOr.Trf. Nov. 1. Union
'pailfrs claim that 400.000 or two
thirds of th bituminous coal mlncra
in the country, have responded to the
strike call.
flOOo Oiil In Wa-liinirUHi.
PKATTI.R, Nov. 1. Six thousand
Washin(fton coal miners have answer
ed the strike call .and no mines are
operating, according to union repre
sentatives. There are TO mines In the
state. Miners admit that they have
no grievance against mine operators
of this district, hut their partlclpaion
in the nation-wide strike is purely a
move in sympathy with the miners of
other districts.
Minora Icnore Telegram.
SrrU.N-QFIELD. Ills.. Nov. 1. The
Sansramon Coal Mining- company, op
erating a large mine near here today,
received orders from the quartermas
ter general to work the mine and fill
government contracts. The contract
was read to the miners but they re
fused to continue work.
II. -poii i- General.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 1. Bitumin
ous coal miners. dfMtfS The fov.rn
ment struck early today. Reports
based on union officials' claims. Indi
cate response to the strike order Is
general in some districts. Federal
troops are mobilized at strategic
points, ready to act Immediately in
event of any disorder. Unions claim
more than 100.000 walked out. In the
Pittsbure and Clearfield districts, in
western Pennsylvania, operators coun
tered with a claim that 40.000 non
union miners in the Connellsville dis
trict remained at work. Strike lead
ers claim that 265.000 miners are out
in oth
states.
lUlirfii-ld Mini - Open.
BLUEPIELD, W. Va... Nov. 1.
Mines in the Pocahontas smokeless
coal field is operating normally, ac
cording to operators 'reports. Order
prevails everywhere.
Guardsmen Golne.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov. 1. The
movement of state troops toward coal
fields for strike duty Is progressing.
By Sunday every coal field in the Ok
lahoma mining district will be occu
pied by guardsmen. More than 2000
ruardsmen assembled throughout the
state last night following a general or
der for mobilisation of the governor,
issued late yesterday.
3ILL WOULD AUTHORIZE
SEIZING OF COAL MINES
WASHINGTON, Nov. I. Represen
tative Rear today introduced a resolu-
'ion authorizing President Wilson to
;eize the coal mines and operate them
intil agreement is reached with the
timers regarding wages and hours of
laser,
Buer declared the northern central
states in danger of u coal famine un
less the supply is maintained. Llelow
zero weather has already been ex
perienced In North Dakota.
Meetings r Clasoea,
The hiKh school class in home hy
giene and care of the sick will be held
at the high school Monday at 4 p. m
The adult elaaaao will be held Mondav
it the library club room from I :3m to
tM p. m. and from 7:30 to 9:30 p.
m.
Meaajoraal Bavaansj ftmajupw,
liev. Ad f red Lockwooti. pastor of
the Church of the Redeemer will
breach SO the "Communion of Saint"
omorrow mornlns; as a memorisl to
the lato John F Hobinson. who was a
prominent atfember of this church add
served as senior warden.
C.TT 1 THE WEATHDi
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