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m Em DAILY EVENING EDITION MypWENING EDITION NimisSWwf'i'i' printed ..r Saturdays The tut Oreola la lSaat.rn -gon'. grr.tr.l newspaper " J Jelling fore. lT.a to the o.er twice the Buaranarerf paid lrJ; latlon In rendition nil Umatilla eoua ty of any other a.a"a. Dully lSdlllon .',077 . Thla paper la a mrmtar anJ audited b the Audit Hurrau of circulation. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER j : VOL. 31 - AM mam-., w A MTt 1 m e 1 I i n I L DAILY EAST OEEGONIAN, PENDLETON, UKJSUUW, mvnuAX, Jaauam u, . lYWOllFSOlHT, PROMISES SURRENDER BY NIGHT SUPREMJURT DECISION PROHIBITS 2.75 PER CENT BEER j , .. NO 9428 HEAVY CASUALTIES FEARED IN MEXICO EARTHQUAKE; BUILDINGS COLLAPSE: POPULATION IN PANIC - X nn v 1 ii ni v ,m lYIUOl VIIML 0L .IUI1 OF VOLSTEAD LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL AN ARISTOCRAT OF TREE-DOM Shock, Felt Throughout Repub lie, Strikes Vera Cruz Section, Most Severely; Thousands Rush Into Streets or Crowd Shrines Imploring Devine Aid; Puebla BadlyJamaged j OF BERGER TO RESEMBLE MRXICO CITY. Jan. 6. Saturday SECOND "CAREER nlKlit'M earthquake shock. fe)l In air parts of the republic wiib most sc.c.. ... vrn-r,rii section. II Ih fear e.l there are many cnsiialtloa. The quakes were the severest In yearn. Thousands rished Into the alrcets of Mexico City. Great cnwiU went to shrines. Imploring saints' aid. The damage here Is slight. Vrra-j Cruji property damngo was hoayy. Itulldlnga near the. docks collapsed, , throwing the people Into a panic. Heavy damage in also reporled at Puebla. Delia were rung In Puebla and ape-, rial church aervlrea held, the people ; kneeling In prayer. I'uehla cllly-ena1 riiHhed to the streets, crying for divine aid. Xo reporla have lieen received from the email clllca of the Vara -Crux re gion where the ahocka were moat so-; vcre. ODDFELLOWS PLAN FOR 18 Lt ULIl I U 1 1 1. JU niui-i- FIRST IS PREDICTION Decree Upholds Congress' Ban ning 1 ' rer ucnt Bever ages, Defining Intoxicant; Billion Dollar Stocks Involved. WAHHIX'ITO.V, Jan. 5. The BCcond "career" of Victor rterger. Milwaukee socialist, aa onngress-man-elect, will he sort, Heprc-s-ntntlve Iislllnger. chairman of l he special committee that recom mended the representative's flrat exclusion from the houae, declar ed today, lnllmgcr Bald a resolu tion will he passed excluding Mer ger from I he houae by as large a vote aa the count of S08 to 1 rhlon excluded him after his firm lion. tk el MOVE TO ESTABLISH IDGES' CONVENTION BEFORE ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON. Jan. S. I'pholdlng constitutionality of the moat vital ; sect inn of the Volstead enforcement law,' the s u preme court declared that I ! 2.75 per cent beer and other near j beers cnniinot be, sold under wartime prohibition. The Important feature of the decision Is that the court upheld , the action of congress In dcuuiring In- , Uoxicatinif and preventing the sale iof all beverages containing one-half of one per cent or more alcohol by vol iume, with the exception of home cider .-i?id wine. The court decree may he taken aa j a definition of Intoxicating ll.uor that will stand under conatttutional prohi- billon also, due to a definite state ment ih.ii c'lji.i,: in providing for prohibition !th, enforcement of prohibition can Co-operat- , ,i. lual what makes a beverage ig With Council Will Take Motin.ni 1 Early Start Toward Parking conrreaa, no- decree apparantl m Place at Meeting Tomorrow. " '"' """n' No K of l.id Tiltimr An early start toward the establish- Likewise dispels the hope of liquor arklnc groumt in interests for any tilting of the no under constitutional is believed.' The de- was B to 4 Justices Stay, M Commercial Body, Vice presidents of the Oddfellow lodgea in Vmattlla and Morrow county met in Pendleton Saturday afternoon and evening to arrange for the com ing annual district convention which will be held at Milton on February 2S. ltcprcscntativce from m"- "vw? parking ground In mt 18 lodges in the district were pre-.o. pL-rttaton before this summer s tour- ,.h,.r nd plans were drawn '''r ' '; ,M 1)n(tt will be urge." before prohibition. I. No annual convention was h. 1.1 in .,,crri.-l. Assocla- ll..n . s , IstS-CHU on account of the influenza ..,,,, , ,,.,ru..r session n., ...Ml v,.,.,lcrvo.,ternnd Clark ills ban which was '"'"" " '"'"uer tonmrr Ir.nta l o'clock In the sontlng. McReynolds. In a minority during the greater part or ti w tBk'cluH ns. The matter will al- opinion called the decision a - novel ThV' - " " " thc " cuncll ;,hery." saying I. would portend ,o- r Crii "! Wednday night if the aaaooUtlon rls cnnae.,uencea. His opinion was n jSSS! in work of the flrat, givea it favorable action. Ifor denunciation of nsaumptlon of as-; the varlou. lodge, in work eaeiUry Cranaton bolloww that ,,ln by 1he federal government "". . ...... i ..'i..n..Mi I. .. inn riv tit ' i: t n work t.rtii-.. a n.i iiihf.r rwtwAra th;ft havr brinK dlMfdU Upoil a clly of Itiitmcfal lnor't Oltflit iresttKc witn KinanciiU intrfMH inv.lvi in m1 infon nro hi( mntl at a hJIIInn rtol- nr-K, tTicludinc tn nmoiint of near hrer on hund nncl iiniiitTtv for Itm manufiioturt which I thor timttpi-H to com before the will he rrmlcri'd virtually uwlMA Onr- Rftcoriation moniiK win ie in op- U,,)( 0f niU'r mifrrsix wn Uofniinff of a commltlfo to follow np'vort old time brewmfM Int J thi nsiiM lakers !tr In the month. Th ushotiatioH Ih niauiPK every ei-f.-r: to hnve a full count for the city. HORSE IS NAMED WOOD ALCOHOL; HE HAD "SOME KICK' ST. TAl'U Jan. R. Jonea named his horse "Wood Alcohol." It's got "aome kick.'' The horsa today took one look at a water trough and raised a kick that sent Jones to the hospital. WILL MOVE OFFICES TO GRITMAN BLOCK New Quarters Will be Occupied This Week; Work in County Continues and Two Surveys are Ordered Made. "Who's Who." in tree-dom is a questionnaire given significance by the American Forestry Association. The "Wye Mills Oak," near Easton. Mr. Is the first entry on the roll of honor. The remarkable specimen is so ex pansive in Ita reach as to cover an area of eight average trees the hori zontal spread from tip to tip embracing one-third of. an acre. i.!.,t ,.t the district conference at thi. !un .1 rrl. Mm lodnes will he rep- r.ot ..,..,i ,h.r vice pfealdents and Pendleton's lze and del. ship d. . - ..e ii .. ....... m nn, I tut ICCtetl irOUl lO- III.-,,. ' ' " miwn tH council he believes that a auitaoie jnrs (,v liquor attorn lark can hV built by the opening of miunt of near be CENSUS TAKERS WANT TO ENUMERATE ALL; HELP IN MAKING COMPLETE LIST NEW JERSEY WILL NOT ADMIT SUIT OF "WETS' itho touriM M'lsnn. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS plants f .making 2.iS per cent beer. Acllnn-of the government In problb lltlng the sale, of 2.7Ti per cent beer 'both before and after the Volstead law passed October 2, 1915. was up- h lMaal Hcforc Vobttead Act. WASH1NOTON. Jan. 6 New Jer sev through Its Attorney tleneral. de clared II will not consent to bring ing the original suit In the supreme court by the New Jersey Itetail Wpior Healers A.BOciatloii to knock out con ....... ...... i, nation ami the V dsteit SlHliloi w - - - " enforcenent act. c '", ;!,,,erar,,M',rem0i Vacallon day, ar. over and the .,- "Vh '.u s of the state of .New , dent, o, l-endleton high echo.,, re.urn , ' . . ih rillun of said bill or in- ed to work this morning refreshed in sutmlo, o ...la ".ion has no, been mind and bOd, after ,be Holiday r.vM. stitution ot tn refusing I Trim I pal II. K. Inlow spoke to the ulrA..u t .it.... I-, . f ho . ,ti. i i hnm- on ' ' ... t conncnt thereto. I nc wn ; ,r""m, V " 'presf ha.l the power an expressed be InMi.uted without the consent of "New TT lhe .nvo.veAiw to fix half of one 1 N.w Jenwy.' , ,'in thn frK, f..w m(1nthu'cent as the amount of alcohol mak: . . . i i hpvir!ii;(' tnt oxieat tnff. of the Hfhoo :ir :iliil irt'ra nun- - , . , , I J,,r ' . EL., .-1. hlaM -. t with the in- The main effect of this op.nion will Pendleton In ease in scholarship, attendance and h prevent prosecution of brewers i-H. hool citiEenship.- He reminded ,nnd H -uor dealers who sold 2.7S per i the students that the first semester , ce nt beer under wartime prohibition on.u Jamiarv and thnt If any one from July 1 until October S, the day d4 I work hinder this s the time Hie lOIHflH I ci uecime euecuve. ilu it. c rinsed with the request ) WAPHIVOTOX. Jan. 5. The su preme court held the Kovernment ex- ; deeded its authority In preventiiiR the Mle of per cent beer under war- tiro- prohibition before the Volstead law wus passed. The decision, unfa vorable to the government does not, mean that the sale of 2.7 r. per cent heir is authorized now because the court at an earlier day held that con- lhe citv at Dresent, but permanently reside in Pendleton and should be enumerated here: Name Address Name Address Name Address Name Address Name Address Name Address Signed by , Address Hand or mail the above card when filled out to C. K. Cranston, Secretary Pendleton Commercial Association, Feradletcn, Ore. Offlcea of the eastern Oregon divi sion, state highway department, will be moved Tuesday or Wednesday from the second story of the Murphy build ing to the farthest west room of the new Rritman building on West Webb i because of the inability of the depart ment to keep the present iuai.e. comfortable during the told weather. The resident crew under A. A. Kirk n-nnH which is now at work preBent offices, will take one of the rooms in the Thomson building over Tallmsn s drug store. The other resi dnt party, under I'aul Jones, has not decided where it will have offices. The regular office force will be moved to t h. new rooms. Outside work Is going well on three jobs near Pendleton, according to M. O. Bennett, district engineer. The Cold Spring locating party Is still at work and making satisfactory progress with headquarters at Holdman. The rente l" Cai.bage Wll being lookt after bv a resident part. and there is another resident party following the grading between Rieth and the reser voir near Yoakum. Orders were received at the local office this morning notifying Mr. Ben nett that a survey of the Old Oregon Trail between Haines and Telocaset is to be undertaken as soon as a party can be put on the Job. This covers a section about 18 miles In length and puts under survey the last remaining link of the Old Oregon Trail between 1'matilla and Baker. Survey on .he section from Island ;Citv to Elgin was also ornerea o commission in its meeling in Portland i ' becember 29. This covers appron !' matelv 20 miles of the Ui Ii ! Joseph highway. Both this and the II-.. , sections will be started as soon as locamis e " be assembled. Mr. Hennen SENATOR KING OFFERS PLOT IS TRACED TO GUIDANCE OF LENINE, TROTSKY Deportation Action Instituted and Hearings Speeded for Hustling Reds to Russia to Make Way for More Round ups. fai SOUGHT FALL OF SOCIAL ORDER WITH GOVERNMENT Lansing Announces Conspiracy Aimed at Substitution of So viet Program for State, Dai ly Life Throughout World. CHICAGO, Jan. . W illiam Hay wood. I. W. W . len.b-r. .tight tn on- neftloii with the roiimlup of mis. m- itman building on west Ulay sent mini to tin- police tic will street. The change was decltlea upon himx-lr up Is forc the slay Is over. He dcnieil an i tion tHlaim nie alhccl conimunlM-s plots to overthrow the government anil the I. W. V. The communist party Is a political . . , organ ation Willie Hie 1. . . is an at work in tne I . . . , . ., l i...--i. iionsirini tftmwy, - .... - NEW COMPROMISE PLAN "RED" GAINS CHALLENGE DEFINITE ALLIED STAND All people making their homes In Ing revised his whether are supposed to be in the city j enumerated tors because of received. The st of local enumera resignations he had list of enumerators. WSHINGTON. Jan. 5. Senator King introduced in the senate today .. DD f eomoronnse e.-..-i . WASHINGTON", Jan. 5. Deporta tion action against scores of revolu tionists arrested by the government In the last few days was Instituted by Commissioners of immigration and ar rangements for hearing were oraereo hurried so that deputations of "reds" may be hustled back to Russia and the way cleared for more nationwide round-ups of t radicals which the gov ernment will undertake at irregular Intervals. . World Plot Investigation of the bolshevik men ace by the Russian affairs division ot the state department showed that th avowed purpose of Lenine and Trot zky was to overthrow the existing; gov ernments and standards of society throughout the world, and substitute the soviet form of government and daily life, according to official an air nouneemenf which Secretary Lansing made today. This bolshevik program has already failed in Russia where its results t date are "demoralliation. civil war and economic colUpse" the announce, ment said. Only Begun NEW YORK, Jan. 5. The com munist round-up which resulted ir. the arrest of over 3000 radicals throughout the Cnlted States has only begun, according tn William Flynn, I chief of the department of Justlce'a ibureau of investigation. FxUtor at IsJaml. ! WASHINGTON'. Jan. 5. Gregory .Weinstein, editor of the newspaper ! Novy Mir. was arrested by g;overn " ment agents and taken to Kills Island today the department ot justice announced. it no here If you know of people who live phone numbers Is as tollows: ', L , , h rltv tell First ward. Eda Blonmuist, home iieni in ,c ... - with tin' wards .he'y work in and their .the treaty and ""ed bv other ' ,.i - time he mMlll wuoiii nY ED I.. KEEN d nitcd Press Wnff Correspondent ) I i N In N. Jan. 5.-The critical Russian situation brought to a bead by the recent overwhelming succes.es Of the red armies, will be one ... .. that the students of the high school work in a regular forceful way and finish the year In as satisfactory man ner as it has been started. Following Mr. inlow s remarks. Mr. IT.itt bend of the musical depnlt- NEPHEW OF MILTON CITY ATTORNEY MAY OPEN PRACTICE HERE the re.1 aruio , -hinn:in ,-rge. led the problems consl e imI at tb m . I K "'' ' ' ' , s' l.lTn llVi.lHh.and put on several interesting -stunts-understood to U I i ...I I whoft j Ha , omplemen.cd Pendleton klgh circles that lh .. ,..,i,, 1 ,.. ,, Its nbllitv to sire. Voi,.: Vowanl Russia. The defeat of G.'neral l.cnlkene and Admiral Kol chak has removed the las. allied oP . ... 1...11....1 mllftary action portnuii, "' " " ,.nl,.,. ,B ngalnsi tne win.. '""'nie allies, now. in (M opinion of i Brltlah observers, must -dl her mal.e SI themselves o, altcmpt to Obtain 11. . ., 1AIJ the census enumerator a omit mem ... I"'" else fill out the blank slip and file wit It the Commercial Association secretary who will see that the information reaches the riKht enumerator. will ask the senate plan. to consider his Carl, on Wrong; Skle. D. B. Snyder and J. H. Cox paid ........ r a. ...i..i. iii ti..'.. court today for having parked their autos on the .j j wrong side of the street. ESTATES LAST QUARTER ILI WORTH OVER MILLION I. M. Peterson, a nephew of Peterson. Milton city attorney, is in Pendleton today with Mr. v Peterson, look' ns: over prospects for a location here or elsewhere In the county. He Is an attorney and has recently come to Milton from KnoxviMe, Tenn., for n visit. He intends to atari a practice in some town in the enonty. M,- l viiii.niiii .-:is admitted to lb-' bar In June. 191S. but immediately went Into service and has practl 1 since be was released several month: ligo. lie Is unmarried. If there are people living at jronr hou.-e aside from Immediate members or your family turn In .heir names to the enumoratora. Even If no other data about them is available he will take their names and thus enumerate them in Pendleton. AH those who were here January 1 should be enum erated in the city. Supervisor W. A. Terrall left y.-stor-dav for his home at Wasco after tuw- IdLETON YOUNG MFJOTSTi ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED WITH COMMUNITY-WIDE PROGRAM ""Russian dispatches today ened earlier reports of far mM successes by the red armies I son Russia. An official Moscow dispatch announced that soviet armies have oc " ,el 111- vaat Dontt coal bas.n. glv ,'' the reds a practically unlimited ...i .,,1v. The slrcllgtn oi me .iii.liU-. IC Sli'i'S lMi, lino . ,,ir in i. . ,.i ,,i,.M Is now two am iiren tnai lion, the commnnuiui- Thirty-two oatatea were entered In probate court In I matllla county dur ing the quarter ending December . :!1 . ltlin. with a total appraised valuation of $1.160, "no of the estates contained neither ostimale of the val ue nor an nppralsal. Five of tb. estates wen. over the flOO.Olin mark, the largest Laving if ;eorgc r.. i . oik. Michaels ni Ilsmi Slanficld. Frank Michaels, who Is feeding I BO bead of beef cattle at Ktunflcld ever the winter, came up to Pendleton to day on business. COUNTY STARTS YEAR WITH 1628,294 B I Second ward, (north side) R. S. Fowler, home phone 2H-R. Third wkrd, Fred Schmidt, local a. -: torney. home phone, 1049-J. Fourth ward. Mrs. Rebecca Iugnr. home phone 533. Fourth ward. Mrs. Guy Connerly, home phone 343-M. With the exception of the fourth ..-nr.! nnmnfftaimt the west end of the city, each enumerator has one ward to j m,JataiB enumerate. There are two enumera- Pendleton Young Mens inn-.... tors for the fourth ward. Association was organized yesterday ....... n.llll . l f Ih. I'llUlltV COmllllt- 1 no Census vo.i ui.-nii oi 3 , ncn Iliviiio. v.. ..." tee. Sunday school aupermienueii.s. leaders of boys' groups and others in terested met at the county Y. M. C. A. offices in the Despaln building. The organization will be a city one with a community-wide program and will have the county Y. M. C A. as the . uImImHah. Young men s paieui and boys' organizations, such as Sun- Retailers day school classes of nil rluns. ana on . four cents a name. LIMITING SUGAR SALE CH EXCLUDE LEG'I MEN u,.,.l .iffi.l.illv a. : 4 t . r. 7 1 . Thta rei.resents the Individual estat -l - .. ....... i ii. n.l.lilbin there IPAPfl I N IIN W ... bo the "par. -s, i n with IbnUll UlllUI" IlILL prank puff, win. n is to b reported on later. i .1. N. Rnrgess. with an estate oi , $' 1 5.34 4 .7 R came second high, l.oth ot" these estates led any others entered .......... ..... ilia The Clans 11. , 7 The Cblcngo Rosenberg eslnle fell short of 200.- CHICAOO, .Ian. " .T. u . .inn In only Mono. I he appraisal hav- palllters union w II exei " ' , placed 14 111 1!4.0S8.01 . KO-.V,b, ation of l.ibor ....en- f ... in. announcement today. Tbe . 'I l.ilnlni; the legion aorji" ' :;...... I.,- ..' 11 111 ism. It termed tin tool INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS . , r TfHls Weather MaKinium. 3". Ittntmum, I'ar.'inolcr. 2!.-' Pnnwratl. .1 Inchon. precipitation, -:t inrlios. S.t ll"H Two. rnnrlleton maHreta; BwrtM True ..1 Wunt ii-ls rliis?ifi'u tlirrri-trv Jp4 DilnK,f iho Duffn 1 At tho movlrs . f rtty nl enoru,! has ben secure!. Plan All Mujor Simris. One of the advantages of the organ isation as explained by Mr. Wood, fa that tho city V. -M. C. A. will form the basis fur athletic competition in all the major sports In season. Schedules, for indoor baseball will bo arranged at once, with outdoor baseball, track and field, and swimming, to follow with the opening of spring. With the aid of the city V. M. C. A- -ASH.N.lTON. Jan. 5 -Retailers . ay sc, . o . - bp , r. a iiinnnimr IPiir VISPM tO II'MI-. .!'-. a.. ... -j. - - ....... - . nu "-v t -niMo , membership 'bus nww.l Atereeted ...... n .... - . or-u-kn futlilllS 1 HUT Ol'f obtain a few pounds of sugar, the tea- me . ..iert eral .ra le commission ordered ...day. head but allowing each of the Pr-sent ' ity. an order l jnuhlrtli Heads Itnanl. TO PURCHASE OF OTHER G00DS,0RDERED STOPPED 1 . ..!.- st nie ...... ... .... HO CH.t 1 1 I ' ' The estate of Frank lterlin. Ainena WLtlllH One ,...., who was killed in J" Social and personal cldent. was appraised at 1 0... L..V .in. ff,nl news The Louis llagen estate was aP..ra sod : f dlnry union- at an even I ."- im oioe. ' 1''"' " ..' , IVnn,,.ton , memi.e s eveeeded &... ..nrt .here , " -aU. aD(1 nallon "f capllullstic .la-sa." .other. iK-tween ' .'-' I l'matlll.i county started the yeai !- ... ... .I... ir..-isiir I 12!! Wltll a I'aiaoee .' . - ,.., of tC'-v -HI 10, believe.! to IH- tile l.l. g- oes.Bm. . . "s . r est balance ever on band for the year's competition. .. . ..i TI... rnmni ssioo issued start. The year l.'l" was - ord breaker In the Point of money a Chicago onm n LamWrth. heads .he l.ard of .a,ed; t.Tbvin. .:r,,l-e,ec,.d .esterdav. and ..her (cetvcl by tne ..e., si ... . .. IreWvtMl complaints from all sections members ere M. 41. La Hue ouy IK SSTjJI havins beim ,n .d uV against .hi. method of MaMn, W. K RMffWd and K. O. M this time is d ie to the heavy balance increasing sales Crapcr ! . . ,,ii lit ro.ui - -isn ithe sale of b. ...Is. Moneys of the Teel Irrigation Dhrtrlcl are also kept by the treasurer. The larger items which go to make up the big balance ar.v ,.n be fostered as whole .y the local assooiation. Fuf ex.rmtile. the local Y. M. C. A. will be artlve In making plans for "Father and Hon WlMk." one of the February cam. palgns. , 8 Koad bonding fund f. . leneral fund ...... 4 School district fund 5 lleiid sinking fund 1. Teel Irrigation fund I Wood, county T. M C. A. aec- tary. Ita imphatie in annoonc.ns . . . . - - ' - ,.,. not Miss Jennie Hall, who for the past erection of a building two years has been employed aa a eat -naive use .will be made of " . . i,,rv in Portland. Mrs. city. A complete program for the mor .... -.-.... .-- - -"are tUT S.S.I! . 64.145 7 Anna R. l'errln. a so en...... of ,Vm,leton is being ar ,-. 4:1.4 1.51 ! Agency, am. .ia .gn.-r co-oeratlon of 1 1 nil os 1 n.r sua I 1 1 ' inl