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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1919)
2ST0N SABER V, VOLUME 42 WESTON, OKEGOtf; FRIDAY. JUNE 27. WW NUMBER 4 fll ' ; . ' P I II Nil r3 EVERYTHING FREE-DANCING-SPORTS and RACES of all kinds-BALL GAMES-PARADES Band Concerts By Three Bands MOTORCYCLE RACES-HORSE RACES WATER FIGHTS Street Dancing . Free for all, Friday and Saturday Nights Cash prizes given Friday night for the best Dancers. Cash prizes given Sat'dy night for the best Masquers. Exhibition Flight by 11. S. Aimy Aviator J U L.Y 5th !ear Billy Sunday J U LY 5th WE UV and every cent of it is to be spent celebrating the greatest Fourth of July in his torycelebrating the winning of the great war and the return of our boys. EVERY UMATILLA COUNTY MAN WHO WAS IN SERVICE IS TO BE A SPECIAL GUEST of the celebration committee. Special entertainment features have been arranged ' for him banquets, parades, etc COH EARLY AND STAY LATE - BE HERE BOTH DAYS A CASH PRIZE OF $100.00 will be given the out-of-town lodge making the best demonstration. A Distinctly Different Program Arranged for Each Day LET'S GO! GERMANS AGREE TO SIGN PEACE TREATY The National Assembly Votes to Accept the Allied Terms. o Addressing the German na tional numbly at Weimar ta rarer aea to tha unconditional signature of tba peace treaty, Dr. Guitar Bauor, premier, said that "defeated nation , waa being violated body and aoul to tha horror of tba world." "Let ua alfn," ha continued, "but It la our hope to the laat breath that this attempt against our honor may ona day recoil aialnat Ha authon." Before tha national assembly voted to algn the peace terma uncondition ally, fiery appeal In oppoaltlon wore made by the democrat and conserva tlvea, but they apparently had little effect When the vote waa called, alt but a few membera arose to signify their afflrmatlbn of tba governments declalon to algn. Once the vote waa taken, gleom appeared to deacend up on the assembly. Tha moat vlgoroua opponent of lignlng were epeechleai and aaemed to accept tha Inevitable with resignation. Many wild rumora of what would ', happen when It became known tha aaiambly had voted almoit unanl moualy to accept tha terma gained current One that appeared to meet , moat aupport waa that all the offlcera of the Carman army would resign If the government did not refuse to aur render German loaders. ALLIES REFUSE CHANGES Council Demanda Unconditional Ae- -ceptance or Rejection of Treaty. t'arls. The council of four definite ly rejected the German suggestion that further alterations be made In the peace treaty. The council received four notes from the Gorman, which are sup nosod to have been prepared In ad vance and were held to await advices from Weimar on tha result of the meeting of the assembly. One of those, from tha new German government, declared Germany waa rtydy to sign peace If tha clausea mak ing Germany responsible for tha war and calling for tha trial of tba former emperor were eliminated. The council after consideration of tha notea took lta decision to reject tha German request MORE THAN 60 PEACE DECLARATION DIE IN TORNADO PROPOSED IN SENATE REPLY IS REFUSED REBEL GERMAN CREWS SINK INTERNED WARSHIPS Edward Da Valara Greeted by Irish. New York. Edward (Eamonn) De Valera, president of the Sinn Fein "Irish republic," emerged Monday night from the seclusion- In which he had kept himself alnca his arrival In the United States. In a statement to tha press at tha Waldorf-Astoria hotel, where ha waa greeted by wildly- en thuslastlo follower, he declared he bad come to America "to apeak for tha Irish nation." Fergus Falls. Minn. Between (0 and 70 peraon were killed and more than 100 were badly Injured by the tornado which atruck Fergus Fall late Sunday and tore a large section of the city. Including the business dis trict to pieces. Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered. Much of the residence district south of the Red liver la a waste. ' About 600 stores and resldencea were demolished. A score or more of person are missing. Virtually the entire northwestern section of the city la In rulna. Public buildings and churches were destroyed. Hospital are crowded with victim. Property valued at $6,000,000 was destroyed aa a result of the tornado. The greatest losa of life took place at the Grand hotel, a three-story build ing. Thirty-five persons are believed to have been killed when the hotel was smashed by tha twlater. Mora than SO guests were In the building. Washington. So that war condi tions may not be prolonged should the peace treaty fail of ratification or lta approval be greatly delayed, oppo nents of the league of nations pre sented In the senate a proposal to declare a stale of peace with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The declaration waa Introduced both a an amendment to the pending army bill and as a separate Joint resolution by Senator Fall of New Mexico, a re publican member of the foreign rela tione committee. Injection of the peace declaration into the treaty fight came after prom ise of a protracted calm already had been dispelled by announcement of Senator Knox, republican, of Penn sylvania, that he intended to press for. action, aa soon aa the appropriation bills were passed, his resolution against accepting the league covenant as now intertwined with the peace terms. . dered Under Armistice Sent to Bottom. Gen. Erwln Notifies Angeles That He Will Not Answer Inquiry. El Paso, Tex. "I decline to have any communication whatsoever with you or your principal." Brig.-Gen. Practically All Ships Surren- james a. t.rwin replied to a communi cation received from Gen. Felipe An geles, commanding .revolutionary forces in Mexico, regarding the reason American troops crossed the border last week. A courier from Gen. Angeles' camp near Samalayuca, thirty miles south of the border, delivered the communi cation to Gen. Erwin. It was slgnc-d-by'Gcn. Angeles and bore the seal of Villa'a revolutionary government TERMS CASH At Leader shop. Celebrate .at Pendleton July 4-5. Conflicting Thoughts Oregon Accident Board Reorganised. Silem, Or. Governor Olcott an-' nounced that he wilt appoint' J. W. Ferguson of Portland and Will t. Kirk, now head of the claims depart ment of the industrial accident com mission, as members of that cora-v mission to succeed Harvey Beckwlth snd Wilfred Alien, respectively The governor said he had written to Mr. Beckwith Informing him that his re signation as a member of the commis sion will be acceptable to the execu tive office, hia resignation to be ef fective aa of July 1. Mr. Allen's term expired last January. Search of Homsa Dlaapproved. Washington. The provision of tha prohibition epforcement bill permit ting search of private homes for con traband liquor when the warrant waa aworn to "by at least two creditable person" waa atrlcken out by the house Judiciary committee. t t- - f i ' i " ,i - 1 ' ' Daytoni Ohio, Governor1 fox win not Interfere with the Wlllard-Demp-say fight at Toledo on July 4 unless tha Ohio legislature gives him tpeolflo authority to do so. Aa the legislature I now III races until December, thl li regarded aa unlikely. ' Tha oouncll declared that tha time, tor discussions was past and that the German representatives must make a decision to sign and accept the treaty aa a wbolo or to reject It -. Many War Haroea Seek Farm a. Washington. More than 10,000 soldiers, many atlll overseas, have notified Secretary Lana of their desire to obtain farms under tha plan In dorsed by him. . . Winnipeg la Again Quiet After Riot. Winnipeg. Winnipeg haa quieted down after the bloody rioting of Sat urday afternoon, In ;whlch one man waa killed aid, many - injured. The grandest celebration ever at Pendleton, July 4 and 5. "Let' got" '" " 1ZW' ''. WHERE IS J Wyj Pi , Action on Knox Resolution Delayed. Washington. Senate leaders oppos ing the league of nations abandoned their plan to try for a test vote in the Immediate future on the Knox resolu tion and turned their attention to crystallizing sentiment behind Elihu; Root's proposal that the league cove-, nant be ratified with reservations.; The decision was taken as a forecast' that the league fight would remain In' a quiescent state for the present j . London. The German officera and sailors forming the complements of the German ship Interned at Seapa Flow sank most of their fleet All the big ships, the battleships and bat tle cruisers, except the Baden, and numerous smaller craft were sunk, while other went ashore in half sunken condition. The wholesale sinking of the Ger man ahipa which were surrendered under the terms of the armistice, was carefully arranged by officera and crews. All explosives had been re moved and therefore the only means of destroying the fleet was by open ing the seacocks. The ships went down slowly, with the German flag," which the 'crews had hoisted, showing at the mast heads. The crews, composed entirely of Germans, under the terms of the armistice which did not permit of British guarda aboard, took ta the boats when the vessel began to set tle. While making for the shore the boats were challenged and called upon to surrender. Some of them Ignored the summons and were fired upon, a few casualties resulting. The Germnns are complaining of the way the Belgians are treating them. They have done so much to win the Belgian good will. The farmers wish the soldiers r leased because a bumper crop might ( well not be If It cnu't be harvested. Toung men are to have waists this year, according to the tailors. The sober elder citlxenry will also have waists of the convex; variety. Belgium wants 33,000,000,000 franca from Germany and we all hope she will get It even if we do not see just how. The fellow who tries to keep nhend of the weeds by killing them before they grow cap always look back and see plenty of them behind him, too. "Blessed arei the piece-makers" la the Beatitude as bolshevists read it Accordingly they are smashing every-thine. An effort to prohibit the use of to bacco will give new and serious sig-uitk-ance to the dd comic opera sons. "A Policeman's Lot la Not a Happy One."
