'SUPREME PEACE ; COUNCIL CONFERS First Actual Session of Congress Held In Ptrls Monday. The plan U for Preeldent Wtlion or eome member of the American , ml f nlpn to oonimunlcato to flaker iucb do. talla of (he proceedlnga wort not embraced In Ilia communlquee and . which Ilia preeldnnl deeirae to maha Peace - Public, Mr. Iiaker conveying (ha Infor tuaiion to mo correaponaunie. BREVITIES WESTON MERCANTILE CO. - CUTS 12 PERCENT MELON It ft Bad Good Year In 1911 - Directors ' Increase Capital Stocky rarlt.Tha anproma council of tht peace ronirine, eoneletlng nf I'rraldcnt Wllenn and the premiere and foreign nilnlatero or tha four groat powrre (Irrat Urllaln, Cram, tha Knlled Htate and Italy met at I o'Hork Bun day afternoon at tha French foreign office for tha flrat formal ettheng" of lewe and to roakt arrangi-mente for tha procedure of tba conference Mon day. Tha flrat actual eeealon of tha peace coagreea waa hrld Monday, although It It officially dcelgnated aa ono of tha eerlee or eonvertallona for laying tha groundwork for tba airucture which will later be preeented to tha formal aeeembly. Tba flrat queeUon to coma up before . tba actual peace conference will ba that of tba propoaed leagut of natlona, and It waa made known that It had baan planned for tha confereea to do ota II houra dally to thla wnrk, If neoeeeary, until It la on the way to completion. Tha flrat plana for the atrurture of a league of natlona prob ably will ba aoniewhal contrail, rep feeentallTe of conaanaua of opinion on tha part of Iht American, Britten and French atateamen. It la Intended to eervt aa a atartlng point. There waa toma dlapoaltloo during eonfertneet to make tha terme of tbt attention of tbt German Armletlce nor draitlo than bad at flrat been propoaed, but thla waa not carried out. Tba titanalon, howerer, .provldea for tbt turning over of tba Oerman commercial fleet to tranaport troopa, In txcbangt for food; for tha reatltu tlona of material taken from France and Belgium and for full compliance with tba tarma of the original artnla lice,. A atart haa been made on the ma chinery through which tbt American republlo will loam of tbt dolnga of tbt peace conference, . It bow baa been decided to laaut a joint coromunliue. prepare by a com mit toe repreaentlng all tht natlona, thla to be tha aolo official outgiving. Preetdent Wllaon baa alio deolded to communicate with tht repreaentatlvet of tht American Dtwapapera, of which there art mora than 100 Id Parle. PASSAGE OF BIG F00DJ3ILL URGED Wfflffton. Preeldent Wllaon baa unt an urgent itnneagt to Senator Martin and. Itxpnai ntailve Rherley, chairmen of the riman-Mlnnal appro prim lone conimlitfce, aaklng them to prrant with all poaalblo . force and urgency to congreee tht need for Im mediate favorable action on hit re queat for an appropriation of f 100,000, 000 for food relief In Europe. Tha preeldent aald European atelee mo urged Immedlato and concerted action aa a mane of ateminlng the tide of famine and unreal, and that rood relief waa the key to the whole Euro- Mr. ami Mrs. Joe Kind are the parent of a little daughter at the If. W. JJrown arm near lone, Or egon. "... i Mr. J. M. Wroe left for Walla Walla Tuesday afternoon to attend her sinter, who is ill at St. Mary's hoopital. The Umatilla County Patriotic pean situation and to tbt aolutlon of Sri-vice League has passed relu-' peace, ' lions urging employers throughout The prli!ut reiterates tbst none of the county to give back their for- the lloo.000.000 fund provided under mer jobs to returning soldiers: the measure will be .pent for Oer- M; C8rcnc, WHght j,, With many, point ng out that that country foIowinif lriflutma lt la In a position toj.urcb.M all tha wh laA vWt. Rtiplliee env lir-"u ih uv w provided with the necessary money to make theae purposes. The greatest needs, the president points out, art In Poland, In tht governments that havt aprung op Id Auatrla-Ilungary and In tbt Balkans. Mrr, J. K. Jones is visiting at the home of Frank Jackson near Ath ena. . Bee me for alfalfa hay, egg mash, poultry foods or calf meal. Hodgson the Miller. Mr. and Mrs. of iVndleton L.. !:..!.... !.... v. " showing a graUfyingly healthy con- Several snutll lots of barley were dition. The directors decided to in bought lately by Joe Hodgson for crease the capital stock by $10,000 his Weston mills at I1K the ton. ' and $4000 of this amount was sub scribed for at the meeting by the 8 .1 At. the minting of directors of the Weston Mercantile Company U held January 14. dividend of !S twelve percent was declared. The u Irs. Elmer McCormlck report of th? company's buslm-ss U Were guests Sunday of durlng ,ot8 wa4 mort favorable, $ directors themselves. The volume of business during 1918 was found to compare very favorably with the preceding year, despite adverse con ditions resulting from war restric tions and the influenza epidemic. SOUVENIR POST CARDS PERFUMES TOILET ARTICLES . STATIONERY EASTMAN'S KODAKS AND SUPPLIES PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES FINE CANDIES CIGARS PAINTS. OILS, GLASS RUBBER GOODS AND SPONGES ; ' - JEWELRY Herman Goodwin Prescription Druggist : There la a great deal of nlve?e In war. but It doesn't even npirtrh the value It had before It becoipe sl vag. - We Appreciate Your Patronage. Call Again. Chaa.H. Carter Dan P. Smythe Carter & Smythe . We lo not know, what ran he'dnne nbout the winter Iteb untrue s way rnn . Ie found to get It before the peace con ference. ' - - uwrnu Pemlleton Oregon ' ALLIES FOB WORLD LEAGUE Lord Robert Cecil Declares Monroe Doctrine Would Not Ba Affected. rarle. Lord rtobert CeclL wbo dle eusaed with American Journaljita bla views as to tht work of tht leagut of patlona. ospreaaed tht opinion that the league "certainly would provide for the limitation and decrease of preaent armaments." Ht aald that tbt league, If formed, would do away with all treaties Incon latent with Its tenets, Including com pacts providing for a balance of power. Lord Robert saaerted ba could aet DO conflict between aucb a leagut and Ike Monrot doctrine. Ht aald that every ont of tht allies favored a lesgut of eome sort, and that they wert not separated by soy vital point Thirty-eight etaUs have now fled the prohibition amendment. rati- Tbe Fanners Bank of Weston Established 1891 5 . 390 nr ft4n nrtvQ ornin mnn lo acres nuvv lu.wucctt auu 145 ao be summer fallowed on each half section Call for .particulars. " ; ;-; " Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 1865 "Athena, Oregon . Witsbur, Wash. - American Beauty i , , ' 1-1. - ' . ' 1 Pure White Made of selected bluestem in one of the . beat' equipped mills in: the Northwest. ' n. V Sold In Weston by ' ;,.;: Weston Aercantie Company Inif relatives. Iioth her children have recovered from an attack of tho rpidi-mic. Dick Powers writes these cheer in words from Synarvp, Wash.: "Wo decided that we couldn't get along without tho Leader, and 1 enclose two dollars for another year of good reading." With more or leas " resignation W. L. liayborn is going back to his upland farm today to bach, and will try his best to get along with the cook. His sons are coming to town to resume their studies. With J. W. Maloney as president and C. . Wailcs, lata of Sand Point, Idaho, as cashier, the Inland Empire Bank will be ready for bus iness about March 1st in Pendleton with a capital of a quarter of a million. " . . Jimmie Read was attacked with Spanish influenza while working in the shipyards in Fprtland, and has been a patient in Good Samartan hospital- While in a serious condi tion for a time, he is now reported to be recovering. Ruford Price was in ttfwn for a few days this week after a visit with relatives on Weston mountain and the Umatilla river. He leaves tomorrow for New York City to re port for duty again aboard the U; $. S. Wyoming, which has been in A drydock there. : Lost Red and 1 white spotted muley cow, both ears cropped, cir- lfcle cleaver on right htp, accompan ied by red and white spotted calf ; also tt-months calf, branded circle L on left side, one ear. cropped, other split; color red and white. Reward. Leave word at Leader office. Lieutenant Curran McFadden ar rived home from overseas yesterduy after serving more than a year in FVance. He was met in Pendleton by his wife and her father, Mayor J. M. Banister, and brought to Weston by auto. Lieutenant Mc Fadden is the first Weston soldier who saw service overseas to return home.-- --" ' Postmaster Van Winkle has been notified by Milton A. Miller, col lector of internal revenue for Ore gon, that forms for income tax re turns cannot be sent out until the new revenue bill , now pending in Congress becomes a law. Ho wish es this fact made known to relieve the minds of such income taxpayers as may be growing anxious. Several of Weston's water mains were frozen during the recent "cold spell' and are now leaking and bursting, so that Superintend ent .Fred DuPuis has his work cut out for him. It was the prolonged stretch of frigidity that did the business, as four above zero was the coldest temperature recorded and the water mains have hitherto withstood much zero weather with out freezing. Moreover, they had no covering of snow to protect them. Superintendent DuPuis has found the ground to be frozen to a depth of 18 inches, i : . . Mrs. Homer I. Watts,' prominent Athena woman, passed away Sat urday at midnight, much to the sor row of her many friends through out this section. Spanish influenza caused her death. Mrs. Watts was 81 years old and is rurvived by her husband, Mayor Watts. . She was born December 7, 1887, In Med-' ford, Oregon, and was educated in the Ashland , Normal school. It was there she first met Mr. Watts, then instructor in mathematics in the institution, and they were mar ied in 1905. She was an active li-. brary, Red Cross and Honor Guard worker at Athena. The funeral ser vices were conducted Monday by Rev, D. B. Burton. What the boys would like eapertnlly I to have the gorermnrnt Kt tlnin home In time for the opening gum, nest spring. ' f)ne rauat hope 'hat their old Job hate been kept for the army of lnl-lar-a-year men who ate about to be demobilised - Butter Wrap orders prompt ly filled at the Leader shop. W. M. Pttenoa . . C. H. BUhoe Peterson & Bishop LAWYERS FenJIeton. Or. Frewtr. Or. I Dr. S. L KEL'AEDl Veterinary Smgecn i t ttt tetf Hospital at corner of Main and Broad streets. t Phone Main 253 o o o ieuare, Lest a Stranger Pluck the Jewel at Thy Feet! (Eleven hundred acres (rood timber and farming lands, sawmill and box fac tory complete for operation; estimated over ten million feet of saw timber and over 80,000 cords of cordwood; choice, deep soil grow anything from strawberries to four-foot timothy; all fairly level, no encumbrance and all for $15,000. Gee whiz, gentlemen, WAKE UP!!! You'll kick yourselves sore" when a stranger buys it and turns it at 25,000 the next week.) ' o o o HOW ABOUT PLOWS? We have John Deere with curved mould boards, ; . . PRICES RIGHT. Flying Dutchman with bent steel beams and both in pairs ortriplets, side by each PRICES RIGHT.. . Kentucky' and Van Brunt drills one better, the other best. Weber and John Deere wagonswe challenge com parison but , . HATS OFF TO OUR SCHNITZER with his double-barreled Maxwell, making to pass Chris Thoeny's ford I "Two-spool sewing machines, singer style rotary and ; vibrators. . Electric washing machines the best and we' keep a sample for trial purposes; try it and then decide. Heating stoves galore and bargains. Kash Kouiits WATTS t i