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DAILY EVENING EDITION Nuinli -i hi r.iph M print' il -r j i inlTiy'i Daily Edlilun 2,907 Tlil p.por U a mrmftor nJ audited b the Audit Hum, u ef Circulation.. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 31 DAILY EVENING EDITION 'ir. Cast Or agon tea la Kaatera Ora ton' gr t-t nwptpr and aa selling fore rives to ill advertlaara over twice tha guaranteed paid rir.'u latlon In Pendleton and Umatilla conn ty of any otjv r nawapapar. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COMPROMI! E ON PACT 18 SOUGHT BY SENATE PAIR Unofficial Committee on Conci liation Working in Senate to Find Compromise Basis, Op tomistic Over Progress. LODGE, HITCHCOCK BEING IGNORED IN PROCEEDING DEER, STARVING BECAUSE iyTLY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1019. NO 4912 WY SNOWS, SEEKING FOOD AT RESIDENCE AT .iT YELLOWSTONE. i wi " asma - Senators on Both Sides Being Sounded Out in Effort to Crystallize Views Into Res ervations. Want Settlement. photograph Hn"ws how houv in ee&reh "f ftocML The par) to take ciniMKciitA ii' lion anil have nf . I' ll Y J. W. T. MAIITIN (1'nltwt Pfaea stuff fllialiliu1ii ) WASHINOToN', IW, 17. An iinof- fk'lul r mittee iti conoillatlon in at work In tha nc-nate today in an effort to compmmlKc tho Irmly fontrnveray. Jt i i , i j -) of oii rt'iiiililuvin, anil ono lniiirntt. In Heeklnir to reap tlulo u biuilH upon which ratification ran I.,, arranged, It m Igni'rlnfr IahIkp hIii iiKhteri-d by waiting, hunters, and Hitchcock, republican and demo- . cratlc leader respectively. Tho flmt atop of tho committee la to aound out aentiment n m on hpiih. tora on Iwith aide in an effort to crya taiiae their vlewa into comproniiae prnmlae propnaula to be iiacd In fram ing the rfMrvulionx. I'roRrena aloiiK thla line baa been alow but. according to one member of the unofficial com- . mitlee. la encouraging to a .compro- X. Veeder Van I'etten. of thla city, mlao which can "take a. chance" that died Iimh nlaht In Portland after a Wllaon wll accept It. Article HI ia the ttMir week llllieaa. Mr Van I'cllen. big atumbllng block In the way of hi waa about 7" yeara of am, haa negotiator. Hitchcock aald. I n In falling health miYthe trip to ITnderwnod, who took the bud In Pngtland was made In the hope of nilvaiiillnn the conipri.mlae, made It hem filing; hla health. Newa of hi.- plain Hi. ii he Ik for treaty ratification death reached Inn- inlay. Mr. Van even if it involves leaving the league PeMen'a wit.- and daughter, Mrs. Cecil , WtmWmwmwmmwmmmmwj J M ""i i rtvrTttwmrtMBKwmmfmrmmmm-mHmmmmmi n mmmmasw v s .jagt.&GZ'. -mm at . w? m GAUNT FAMINE STRIDES THROUGH AUSTRIA THREATENING NATION WITH ANNIHILATION DECLARES IMPASSIONED PLEA TO ALLIES FORECA STERSTA NDS PA T: "BIG STORM" DUE TODAY Archbishop of Vienna Says Country is Wholly at Mercy of Former Enemies as Result Of Ravages of Conflict. SAN KHANCJSt'O, Die. 1 V. I'lofeaaor Albert Porto, acientiflc ob aerver and forecaater, is standing pat on hia predlctiona that a general meteorollKical turmoil will affx-l th-- earth during a period beginning to day. CATASTROPHE AT HAND IF ALLIES DO NOT AID ng i mow itorma ha-e driven the Yello wstone Park deer to Fort Yellowstone officials, having spent nil avallabl e funds for hay, have asked congresa appealed to drganiaatlons interested in the preaervation of wild anl- Ihc world ia not sninaJTo end." he said. "Only Ihoae who dlatorted my i. nunc, l prediction are responsible for the seeming wideapread fear that the end of the world liaa com- Hut I am very well satisfied to let the turn of areata prove my contentions." Earthquakes, thunder, rain mid other severe disturbances will accom pany the storms" which Porta forecasted, he declared. He aald the quakes und volcanic eruptions will affect Hal.-. Japan, Java, Alaska. Ha wai aadacentraj America. "I never once predicted the world would come to an end." Porta re peated, "but the Pacific coast will be visited with the most serioua storm In Its history." Economic Alliance With Ger many Would be Inevitable. Nation Cannot Live as Inde pendent State Without Food. PARIS, IK-,-. it. The ntipreniei council bat) dc-ikxl to grant Austria u loan of -on my in.lliiui-. l a- ! ally will ho eafced to ii.nlrlbute. mala. Deer, and especially elk. driven by hunger have tieen crossing th e line of the preserve and are being N. VEEDER VAN PETTEN IS CALLED BY DEATH ; TOMORROW LAST DAY BALLOT WILL APPEAR: HURRY WITH YOUR VOTE of nation ovonunt 6gt of th- pad. ( pnt PORK PRICES DROP ON EVE OF CONFERENCE CHICAGO, Dc. 1 7. Orgnnijivrl narfuri- on hlnh rk-i it bfalfj wail h-r today by -!.. officials who mol with Attorney (irnerat Palmer to plan n inean.M of hrtmmfrinK iltuvn prlriM. n th "Vf of the nnXttnlf; Tk pHflM took a BUddwi drop. Haron fell to id cents a 'pouml. 12 Ci ntH below th wlntrr JiIkIi mark: ham dropped to 40 and pork chrpj fell off five ocntf . IbM'f irlroi nro nlao nlightly reduced. Pik kcra ex plained that hivvtT ork prices are due, to tMittlnic of pork exportH ami Inr'rcna- ed marketing of hog. NEWSPAPER CONFERENCE OUTLINES TWO COURSES to Portland yeHtrday to He is Kiirviv'-d also by 11 I 'et ten, of ( Ontario, be with him a non, B. C. Mr. Van I Ml. nktaho '.on Keven vt preaideni of ' "ompiiny. Pnnwal et r b fn will W liib OIV in Pone lift to P ntlii (e wiL8 vice ttcn Lumhc nd uM.tjais.v 4kk Tomorrow will be the MM day j on whicb ballota for the peace j treaty referendum will h jnib- 1 linhed ly t he I : i Oregon ian. The Ix-aKue to Knforco I'eace i re'juestel that the ballots be ! published for ono week and this request will be adhered to. Vote received jbseiUent to that time will be counted, however, If t he arrive wi'liin a reasonable time. Several days will be al- lowed for to return of such oiis before the results are an- nounced. 1 '"ant your ballot at once and ' fend Ii in so that your views may be inaae to count, Several par- tits may use one ballot if they j oenii e, the onl requisite being j that each address and name f miltf in- jrlven. - ! ONLY DISTURBANCE HERE IS RISE TO 26 ABOVE GOMPERS AND RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS ATTACK CUMMINS BILL; ASK GOVERNMENT RETENTION KNOX RESOLUTION IS AGAIN UNSUCCESSFUL ASHLEY JANES KILLED Today, December 17, Is remarkable in Pendleton for only one disturbance the riaiiiK of the mercury from its below-aero state during: the past week i to a temperature of 23 above. The weather seems almost balmy to local Vitlzens who have suffered recent I y j because of the antics of the thermo meter. Iast nitfht the temperature was B decrees above zero, j The falling of the barometer add the registration of Jlt.Sti are caiiKin? much speculatnui as to what the wa ,ther will do next Some predict snow ; or rain while others say that the j cloudy sky unit 1 iKh t wi nd m en ti a n i old-fashioned chinook. Today sleet and rain fell, making the sidewalks a trap for the unwary. t Because u-UpHone "jtigf to Meach am are doWD, it was impossible to set woirl from that section. It Is believ ed, however, t hat t lie thaw has ar il ved at M -a c h a m . It was predict c 1 there two days ago. Trjiln service Is but little improved since the breaking up of the winter. No. 5 arrived today at 2:25 p. m. and Xo. 19 at 1 p. m. No. 17 is expected at 4:25 p. m. No. 6, arrived at 1 1 a. m. today. STATE'S REPRESENTATIVES ON COMMITTEE OF 15 ARE APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR SAL. KM, Dec. 17. Names of the .five citizens who will represent the Mtate at large on the conference com- , mittee of 1ft to inrjufre into the ques-i :Uon of increase in rates paid to work- i ; men, under the workmen's compensa- i tion act, were announced by Gover nor Olcott today as follows: Leslie Hutler. banker. Hood Kiver; Sidney J. , (Jraham. attorney, Portland; I.. j ( Hawley, farmer. Mcf'oy; Uel A. DftBO more, sales tnanat?er, tUls, Wortinan Af King, I'ortland; lr. T. Thoraldsen, physician, I'ortland. The names of the other ten mem- WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. A that the t'umnuns railroad hill before congress be withdrawn ana government control be extended at j call least two years, was made by Samuel C. Gompers, representative of the rail road brotherhoods and officials of several farm en organizations, who appeared before the senate interstate commerce committee today. A dele gation, numlering 2" will call at the white house later in an effort t in- ducn President Wilson to retain th dent state reads two years longer, they announc ed. Gompers, who led the attack on the Cummins bill before the senate ( committee, severely criticized it antl- ' strike provisions, declaring they would t make law breakers out of patriotic j ROME. Dee. 17 Gaunt famine strides through Austria, crushlnf In nocent women and babies and ihrcot tnjr.g the entire nation with annihila tion. One of the greatest catastrophes of Rstory in imminent and can only avertenl through prompt aid off erstwhile enemies. word picture was painted to- ardinal Piffl, archu.'shop of Vlerua, in describing cnndldoiu In hia J ountry. In an impassioned manner plea J he told of the suffering and hopele now ; nees which the war brought mum ii.a. iria. now and ooscure state and politi- and economically at the ntcr- y j of he- allies- The 'ardinal made no attempt to I gloss over the fact that he believes jthe, pence terms imposed upon Austria j are largely responsible for her present ! condition. An economic union with i Germany, he said. Is Imperative rr I Austria is to continue as an indepen hers of the committee, ftve to be citizens who would not obev ii nametl by the Slate Federation of l.a- j ' if men cannot obtain J'rstite in ans bor, representing employes, and five I other way they are gt.ing to stop; j i- mv iiiiiuii,ii .Assoc ia tion oi u e gon. representing the employers, are expected to he in the hands of Gover nor Olcott not later than Wednesday. The conference Is to be held in Port Hand, December 22. at which time a program for consideration of the (special session of. the state legislature in January will be worked out. COUNTY LEADS ALL IN WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE Work - he declared. Gomner ei. Imatllla County, with 177.50.) acre the federal injunction In the coal ! B?wn to "nter wheat this fell, leads strike, saying "th.. injunction ha not ; al1 other colnti in the amount or produced an ounce of coal. The ob-j a4'roa1- "jrding to a report Just in. ject of such meaaures is to insure con- sued, bv F Kent- fleM tor tfnufty of production but experience i iPe V' R Bl-u ot corp estimates. shows thev do not accomplish it I "e tu,,uu"'n OI ine winter wneat am not and have not been an advocate I of government ownership. I believe. 1 WAAH1XQTQN, Ihic 17. --For the second time within the week Senator K'nox today made an unsuccessful at t mpt to uet th' senate to Consider bis rcHfdutlon f ;r ratification ..f treaty MrKhoUl the leagoe. i,f nations covei. ant. Alt Ki lla r. democratic, objected and Knox then Offered his resolmion for a separate, peace with Ger many. Nelon. republican and McKellar, both ' Ejected to this and Ktuix then bega ii a speH-h aVpportlnaj a motion to re fer the first resolution to the foreign relations committee. AshJt H. .lanes, of Pilot Kock, was accidentl shot and killed last evening by Kd Warner, his cousin, with whom he was hunting for u bobcat which has been making raids on their cattle. Mr .lanes was years of age, unmar ried, and lived with his father, Al Janes, and four sisters about seven miles smith of Pilot itoe!;. on Btantej Crook. , . The men had s-iar.;ted and when Pendleton will nay 41.2 mills or they were about to Rejoin, the atlrrlns every dollar's worth of taxable prop- CITY TAX IS 41 .2 MILLS AGAINST 276 FOR 1918 INCOME TAX RETURNS however, that the rondo ought not to j be returned to private ownership until i a thorough test in peace time has been I made.'" Other w i t nesees t ook su I tstan t la 1 1 y the same view as Gompers, although i several declared outright they were j for government ownership. PNIVKItsiTY OF OR BOON, Eu gene, Dec. 1 7. The annual Of4TOfl state newspaper conference, founded j last year under the auspices of the Kchool of Journalism and the State j I'Mltoriul association, will be held ths year February SO and 21. The com mittee isi working ant what will con-j stitute short post -graduate courses on two subjects: The conduct of t In printing and publishing side of a I newspaper under modern olentlflo business methods nnd the problem of handling the news ami editorial phas es of the newspaper in such a way as to meet present conditions, give great- j er Value to the renders and (notify the necessary higher charges foi1 sul-sciip-tions and advertising. The committee has alrerfdy partlalty rompletcfl its work on both branches! of t he program. Henry M. 1 last lugs of San Francisco will lead the discus- sion of scientific cooperation In print ing and publishing. The side of the lojil . etUpipU Oj pajoA-'p UlOJaVOjd staiulards will be under I he i mined t- I ate supervision of BlbOrl BOdO, editor I of tho t'ottaKc Grove Sentinel. FUEL BAN LIFTED FFOM ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES All restrict ions have been removed on bituminous and lignite coal "d COka now held or that nviy be receiv ed front collecting mines billed for d' liery ti OOntnimora under the classef named bao; 1. Ilallrnad. 2. Na y a nd army at at ions and other departments at the federal pov ora m ent. 3. State, county and municipa 1 of fices. t Public utilities supplying trans porlatinii. light, heat or water. 6. Newspaper offices, fi. Retail dealers. The order was received this morning by the n. w. it. & N. cv. ah com) fr the above consumers will be forward ed at once and delivered as billed. COLONEL PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TD MEN OF 146TH F. A, WEARERS OF FIVE BRONZE STARS Never was a word of complaint bronze atom on the service ribbon,' heard from officers or men In the Mr. Weyreuch explained. "Four i-i MAth. field artillery, alt hough their t hese are for t he four major opera nrduoiis duties in service entitle them tlona In which it took part. Th" tilth of the bushes led Mr. Warner to be Have the bobcat was within rane. He fired and Mr. Janes received f'.ill force of the bullet. He died within a short time. The accident occured near the .lames Haseall place. When reports of the accident reach ed Coroner J. T. Bfwn from relatives he decided no inojuest wnuld bo neces sary The body U at Pilot Hock and will be burled there tomorrow. K . G. Warner, of Pendleton, an uncle of the dead .man. has pone to Pilot llock to take charge of funeral arrangements. M r. Ja iks h as bessh In the stock raising business (olr several years and was raised from childhood in this sec tion. Beeidee his fat her, five sisters -rvlve. They are: Mrs. Lola Richards of FVeewater, and Sarah. Qladya I-ot-tin and Thelma Janes, who Jive at home. STATE BIOLOGIST FIEY erty on the 1319 roll, as against 27. d mills on the ltHS roll. The increased milled, 1S.I mills, represents an In This is an increase of 23.3 per cent. In spite of the fact that the mill rate la half as high the taxes will be about one fourth greater than for 191 S. according to Assessor t P. Strain. This condition is due to the jfact that city property is valued less by nearly 2. per cent in many instan ces. ! A specimen piece of property on the 191S roil was taxed at $33.41 and on the 1919 roll will be taxed Ml. 20. This a an ineease of 23. S per cent. The mill levies which make up the city tax are: City. 13.8; school dis trict No. 1. 14.4; county, 13.0, total. 41.2. LIVED TWO YEARjTwiTH HUSBAND'S AFFINITY IS CHARGE MADE BY WIFE ! TERRIBLE STORMS FAIL TO SCOUR EARTH TODAY I, AKi PoUfUaNn. Hoc. IT. News leaked out today that the Fish and Oame Com miss ion at a secret meeting Fri day, discharged State iitnlogtst Kim effective January 1. no chance to defem not informed of ived a tetter i declared V to five bronze stars on their victory ribbon. This high compliment to tho men formerly under his command was paid yesterday afternoon by Paul H. JVey rauch. Of Walla Walla, formerly col -onal of the northwest's fighting artil- is fr active service in a sector bctweei, t peratlnns. "Not eunuch credit for the sliowlnv of thla unit can he, given to the junior officers snd the enlisted men, because to them feel the most arduous duties. They were pract Ically constantly on lerymen. Mr. 't ranch has returned duty, eanectalhy during tho act lye to civil life as president of the Blalodt j OaUnpaiSna, There were times when Prult A Produce "o. 1 If! tie food or sleep could be bad. In "Because there were 22 men in my spite of these handicaps, the spirit regiment who gave Pendleton ns their and morale of tli troops was always homo address. I feel that they, as well most excellent. ns their friends, should know of the: "As commander of the regiment 1 high regard In which 1 hold them," he can truthfull say that never once did said. I hear a single complaint because of Ma Wear 11m- Stars "Tho regiment Is entitled to fivct (Continued on page 6.) until he ffiee ban PHKWO'r Pec. IT.- Coal produc tion Is hearing its peak, according to operators today., Miners ere working with a will, they said, and indicating a desire to observe their agreement. Kansas. Indiana ami Illinois mine; arc almost back to norma 1 today In the number Of men and the rate of production. B0LSHEVIKI CAPTURE KIEFF SAYS DISPATCH LONDON. Dea 17. -Polshevik forces captured Klet'f and Kupvanak. in southwestern Knssia. from antt Iolshevik forces, according to a Mos cow wireless today. EI KS. I ec. 17. The stoi c Of two yeara of life in the same house With her husband's alleged affinlt as DnfoldCd today by Mrs. John Freeman, the husband as a result, was .failed and charged with the oontrtbm- thg to the delinquency of his minor Finley was Riven children. Miss Dorothy Chaster is himself, and was leinir kept in a hospital to answer a similar charge when she recover? from illness following childbirth. ICaa, Freeman charges that she was forced, by threat of death, to nurse Miss Chaster at the birth of stillborn children of which, she alleged, het own husband Was the father. The last time she declared, was Saturday night. She claims that Freeman, and the girl met at Calgary, Canada, two year, ado. He made a marrlaue con ti'iut with the girl's mother, promis ing to care for her ag his wife, slmul ttineoual) refuging t divorce Mrs. rVeecnan, whom he married 16 years Ago In En glen I. "Dorothy and mv January 1 will mark the hvginnin of the allotted time in which Cmatill .county people are to make Income tax returns at the Pendleton office of j W. D. Chamberlain. U. S. deputy col-i lector of internal revenue. The final date upon which returns can be made is March 15. making the time limit longer than that of last j year, when the limit was three weeks. WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. This '.Mr. 4. humherluin is of the opinion jthe day the world is scheduled to that assistants will arrive here from come to an- end because five planet 1 orilaiut to be in the local office dur- . range on one side of the sun. lag the time the returns are made. j "The end of the world weather," as This year the rate is lower than last reported by government forecasters year. In 1918. the tax was 6 per cent, here, is featured by below normal on the first $4000. outside of the ex- temperature in nearly all sections. But (emptions. which were $100'. for a sin- 'forecasters have no advices indicating gleman. 12000 for a married man and lerrime storms are scouring t n tlOd for each child under 1 years: of age. Twelve per cent was the rate on all income beyond the first $400". This; year the exemptions are the same, but i the rate for the first $4000 is 4 perj cent and for Inoomo beyond that, S par cent. Mr. Chamberlain says that income' 'axpayers in the county are learnings how to make the returns and he ex- i I acta less difficulty this ear. It is es timated that Umatilla county's in- f come taxes total more than those of i any county In the state outside of Multnomah. In 19 1 7. states Mr Chamberlain, some income taxes paid here reached aa high as from $9 to $4.00p. given as R5 per cent. The report shows that in the state of Oregon, there ha apparently been a reduction of about eight percent la the winter wheat arreage and about two percent In the rye acreage aa com pared with the seeding a year ago. A reduction of 24 per "cent in the acreage this fall in the United States as com pared with last year is shown by the report. Next to this county, Sherman countv with 12.00o acres has the largest acreage sown to winter wheat, and the condition of the wheat is estimat ed at 99. Morrow county is third with 92,000 bushela and crop condi tions estimated at 85. Oregon's total acreage is 724,130 acres and the average condition is 90 percent. WHOLESALE PRICE OF GASOLINEJS GOING UP The increase of I 1-2 cents in tha .holesale price of gasoline in Ore- The juxtapositition of the planets Ror.. as announced by tho Standard had nothing to do with the cold wave 'H Company, w ill undoubtedly cause it was stated. , the increase in the price. 4?"i. states 1 the local oil office today, although not been officially received at the of fice here. At present the wholesale price is cents, the same as the price in Port The retail price here is 30 centa Ion. The ,'icrease Is declared necessnr f in order to meet the extra coat of re- con- fbiing aud handling the special grade by the Oregon irth, as was unofficially predicted. The juxtapositition of the ad nothing to do with the c was stated. GERMAN TIME LIMIT SOON WILL BE FIXED rS PARIS. Dec. 1 7. The peace lerence expects to submit a final note of gasoline r.juired to Oermany this week, fixing the time .gasoline test law. limit for the signing of the protocol. it is learned today. Some disagree- UARRV M CIA PAI UCOT unmi oi i w j n, u- on l v. i HEARING PEAK TODAY PENDLETON DROPS TO THIRD IN BANK LIST merits have arisen between allied and German experts regarding the amount, j of compensation Germany is able to I pay for the sinking or the Scapa Flow fleet, it is learned, but this is. not ex pacted to prove serious enough to do lay the signing of the protocol. ALLEGED CRIMINAL IS . ATTORNEY'S COMMENT INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS hugtaind would come hom theatre at night and tease me. The? catted me a 'little old hen,' and littu old wife. Porothx wc-uld say th past was yours but the future heloncs to me ". I'endleton. with three banks and deposits totalling $S."t0 344. L' I. sank to second place in the list of Oregon cities outside of 1'ortland which hae bank deposits over the miltion dollar mark, according to the November 17 fmm the r,.rt of win H. Bennett, state out with Miss tinder Here for Y. W. c. v Miss Gertrude P. llader. Oregon State Director Tor business and pro fessional women in the world pro- grepg of the Y. w. c. a., la in Pen dleton tod a) In the interests of the organization. peri nt end ent of banks $ x;. 7 .." 'in deposits i first side of Portland, while -st IMli.dM.dl, is in third place. Athena which qualified for a place in the list in September for the first time in hiatory, fell bjeloaj the reo, l trad mark in the November 1st. Total deposts n the Kinks of the state amounted to $:i06.;t"n.74.1 22, ae eordng to, ompiation. an increase of $79.M o;t.:v over the rag urea for September. Today's Weather Maximum. Id, Minimum, s. lturometer.' '!. 8. Trace of sleet and rain. MtsBtftgdj Two, Pendleton market; Kverett True ia8 ANGEiaKR Dae. It. "Ham New is the calmest man I ever saw under such ci rcu instances." said Le comte Davis his attorney, as he wall ed in jail today for hla trial tomor row, on the charge of murder. The defense will attempt to prove that New is Insane and w as not re sponsible h hen he was alleged to have shot Miss Lesser his sweetheart. Salem, with Wrtnt ,,(ls ogfad director Dolnga of the Duffa Pendleton students ;it O. A. C. . . Home product iage , Late news of t-lty and state Se,tku. One t the mo v lea and coming r".s. . . 8ec4al news of IT Mamie county. Social and peraaiuu ountv of f b-ia t news Kditorial page: overseas diary.... News notes of iVe-II. -ton 6 4 3 lac uwaaoC city, state and nation ll I ageasCafT! JjTgev ' (gaV THE WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and T h u r a d a y snow, not so cold tonight.