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v ' ' r, . ' . EVENING EDITION EVENING EDIIIOII Catling earda, wed ding stationery, com mercial stationery and Job printing to order at the East Oregonlan. WEATHER REPORT. Rain or snow tonight and Thursday; cold er. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 23. PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY XI, 1911. NO. 7108 5SUE ORDERS FOB EXTENSION Surveys on West Umatilla Project to Be Resumed in a Few Days. SUPERVISING ENGINEER RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS Message Containing Orders Comes In Reply to Wire from Government Board Engineers in Portland Largo Crew Coming Redlvlsion Of Recla mation Fund to Re Made. ' Portland, Ore., Jan. 11. Surveys along the banks of the Umatilla river at the place known as the West Uma tilla Irrigation project are to be re sumed within a few days, as the result of a telegram received by Supervising engineer Hopion Monday from Secre tary Balllnger. The telegram reads: "Secretary authorizes continuation of surveys West Umatilla wttn a view to construction." Mr. Hopson said last night that he does not consider this an assurance that actual construction work Is about to begin. "The case will not be settled." he aid, "until the secretary has made a definite apportionment of funds for the construction work." The government board of engineers : met at the office of the reclamation service In the Reck building, Monday and carefully 'went over the West Umatilla project. A. P. Davis, chief engineer, was present. The board wired Its recommenda tlons to the Washington office of the service. While they are confidential and may not be published, they are known to be favorable to the project, following in general tenor the recom mendations of the army board of en gineers filed In Washington la9t sum mer. A surveying crew of 12 or 16 men will leave for the Umatilla within a few days to do surveying and general Investigation work The location of the dam will be settled and the final designs for it made. "Surveys will be commenced on some of tho Irrigable lands," said Mr. Hopson. t ed army and navy state department It Is planned to build the West ; officials. Unless the Japanese govern Umatllla dam Just below the Junction j ment takes a hand In the matter It is of Butter creek with the Umatilla rlv-j-believed the admiral's conversation er. If constructed as contemplated the reservoir will embrace 130-000 acre feet. Rcdl vision of Funds. It has become apparent to Presi dent Taft and Secretary Balllnger that the apportionment of Irrigation funds tentatively made on December 26, Is both impractical and Inequitable, and It has practically been decided that a j general reapportionment will have to be made, says a special to the Ore- ' gonlan from Washington. Especially will It bo necessary to readjust the allotments of the $25,000,000 fund, which represents Increment to the regular reclamation fund for the years 1911 to 1914 Inclusive. There may be few or no changes In the appor tionment of the special $20,000,000 fund." When this reapportionment comes, Oregon will receive favorable con sideration, if present plans are car ried out, and not only will money be set apnrt for beginning construction of the West Umatilla project, but some thing more than heretofore allotted will be made available for completing the Klamath project. How much Oregon will receive when the reap portionment is made will depend largely upon the strength of the de mand put forth In behalf of these two projects. Other States Have Claims. Oregon Is not alone in demanding reapportionment of this Irrigation fund, Washington and several other states with real, live senators, are asking for and demanding more mon ey, and their claims are almost as good as that of Oregon. Washington received $13,000 out of the $25,000, 000 fund, and California got nothing from either fund. Both these states, through their senators, will Insist up on having a fair share of this money. It may be some little time before the reapportionment Is finally made, but Mr. Balllnger has discovered that the plan recommended by the army board will result In all kinds of diffi culties. If adhered to, and he expects, with the co-operation of the reclama tion service, to prepare a new plan of apportionment that will place the (Continued on page eight.) POPULATION Of OREGON CITIES. Washington, Jan! 11. The population of La Grande Is 4, 848; of Oregon City, 4187; of Salem, 14,094, and of Eugene, S009, SIX MEN MISSING AFTER BIG FIRE Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 11. Six men are missing today and are believed to have been killed when the Chamber of Commerce building was destroyed yesterday by fire. Twelve were In jured. Among the missing are Vlcc-PresI-dent Marshal, Secretary Sibbard of the Early Daniels company who tried to rescue papers from the building. Others believed dead are Harry Leslie, a porter; Lester Buchanan, a 17-year-old boy, and Fred Selm, en gineer of the building. The loss is estimated at between half a million and a million dollars. The fire started In the kitchen. The Injured were firemen who were caught when the roof collapsed. The building housed the stock ex change the Louisville railroad offices, the Business Men's club and other firms. A banquet was in progress in the men's club when the fire started and spread rapidly through the mod ern office building. PLEA FOR PARDON OF COUNTESS IS DENIED Rome, Italy, Jan. 11. A plea for the pardon of Countess Tarnowska, convicted of the murder of Count Paul Kamarowska, was denied today by the Italian cabinet. Her petition was based on the grounds of insanity. It was alleged that since she has gone to prison she Is subject to fits and is possessed of a religious mania and l rapidly becoming insane. The cabi net decided she is rational. E ADMIRAL STARTS SOMETHING CRITICIZES TAFT FOR CANAL FORT PLANS Army and Navy Heads Astounded at Breach of International Etiquette Excliange of Notes May Result. Washington, D. C, Jan. 11. State ments purported to have been made by Admiral Teshlro or the Japanese fleet now in American waters, crltl- cislng President Taft's policy of forti fylng the Panama canal has astound- will become the subject for an Inter change of notes. Steps have been taken to confirm the report that Tashlro said the for tification plan was a mistake and otherwise criticised the scheme the president has openly endorsed. Such a remark Is taken as a breach of In ternational etiquette. It is believed Japan will , take Im mediate steps to punish Tashlro. It Is Intimated if she does not this coun try will call Toklo's attention to the offense. No attempt Is being made to conceal the fact that the reported remarks have deeply offended the American government heads. XEWLANDS SAYS ALL DISSATISFI ED WITI I TA RI FF Washington, Jan. 11. "Both the regular and Insurgent wings of the republican party and President Taft will admit the country is exceedingly dissatisfied with th0 Payne tariff," de clared Senator Newlands of Nevada, In a speech before the senate today, demanding future revision. Newlands wants a new schedule prepared In accordance with informa tion gathered by the tarirr commis sion. He predicted the present con gress will enact a measure provid ing for a permanent tariff commis sion. He said conditions are now where tariff regulation can be made a science. IlEIItS OF DEAD AVIATOR MAY WIN BIG PRIZE New York, N. Y., Jan. 11. It is generally believed that the heirs of John Molssant, the aviator, will re ceive the disputed $10,000 Statute of Liberty prize. This belief Is based on the fact that the British Aero club, representing Graham White has mod ified his claims and now alleges only that Molssant did not fulfill the con ditions of the contest before starting. White originally claimed discrimina tion was shown him by the officials by not allowing htm to again com pete after he had once failed to win. POINDEXTER WILL VISIT WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE Olympla, Wash., Jan. 11. It Is ru mored today that Congressman Poln dexter will visit the legislature short ly. He Is now In Washington attend ing congress. ' Polndexter - will be elected senator January 18 so he can't arrive In time to see himself elected. Allle Slusher returned to his Nolln ranch this morning after participating In the festivities of the antlered herd last evening. , PORTLAND HAS NO DESIGNS Messages Say No Attempt Will Be Made to Duplicate xRoundup. - UNION PACIFIC MAN'S PROPOSAL TURNED DOWN General Passenger Agent William McMurray ami Secretary Cliapnian Say This City Has Nothing to Fear More Than Two-thirds of Rig Fund Is Secured. Once again has Portland allayed the fears of Pendleton that a wild west show' was to be started in the metropolis and thus take away some of the glory of the Round-up. Sec retary J. H. Gwinn this morning re ceived two telegrams, one from Wil liam McMurray, general passenger agent for the O.-W. R. & N. and In cidentally a great booster for the Bound-up, and one from C. C. Chap man, secretary of the Portland Com mercial club, in which the blessed absurance was given that the man agement of the Rose Festival has no intention of adding a frontier show to the list of their attractions. Following is Mr. McMurry's message which was the first received: J. H. Gwinn, Sec. Round-up, Pendleton, Ore. Hutchln, manager of Rose Festi val says he only figured with Irwin for some cowboys to take part in his torical parade and that Idea of hold ing a Round-up is farthest from his mind. I suggest you pay no atten tion to the matter. WM. M'MCRRAT. Mr. Chapman's telegram is still more brief but Is to the point It follows: J. H. Gwinn, Pendleton. Ore. I am informed that Rose Festival management rejected the Irwin pro position on the sole ground that it would be a competition with the'pen dleton Round-up. Wire President Hyt. C. C. CHAPMAN. In the opinion of the directors of the local association, Irwlp. who Is the man who controls the Cheyenne show, was in Portland to attend the woniRrowers' convention an he is al ?. a re.it stockman, and while there made the Rose Festival a proposition vhlch oouH not be considered. Hie Round-up Fund. Meanwhile the eumpaign for the 12,900 found for the building of a stadium goes merrily on and the $t000 mark had been reached by noon. The committees are very much encourag ed, for as yet they have not nearly covered the field. .Several commit tees are still at work this afternoon and It Is tho'.ight that by night-another thousand will have been added to the fund. A typographical error yesterday placed the subscription of tho Peoples warehouse at $200 when It should have been $300. This popular estab lishment was one of the first to com (Continued on- page five.) STANDARD OIL COMPANY IS Washington, Jan. 11. The Stand ard Oil company In New Jersey the Rockefeller holding company today began its fight for life before the su preme court of the United States, pleaded not guilty to the government's charge of being the most colossal mo nopoly in the country, and through costly legal representative entered in to the final battle for preservation of its corporate existence. Tb argument In the Standard oil case today is the culmination of a long and hard fought legal battle. It marks the submission to the highest court of the biggest trust busting suit ever undertaken by the government and one that has been waged by the highest priced legal talent obtainable. It is aimed at the dissolution of the most gigantic octopus of the-business and Industrial world, and personally names the world's richest man. It has been, all things considered, prob ably the most costly litigation in which the government has ever been involved. Attorney General Wlckersham, In his argument on the same case last year before the court declared It as his opinion that the Standard Oil suit was "probably the most Important ever before the su preme court," Additional Interest centers In the argument begun today by reason of the fact that Justice Willis Van De vanter, one of President Taft'a recent SENATE GOES . ON RECORD Adopts Resolution Calling for Direct Election of United States Senators. ROTH HOUSES ADJOURN UNTIL MONDAY MORNING Senator Biirgres Would Make Fourth of July Tamo Affair Pendleton Roy Naimxl ax Pas' Committee AMiiitcU t RMrt on Needs of Eastern Oregon Insane Asylum. Salem, Ore., Jan. 11. The election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people was endorsed by the senate today when It adopted Sen ator Miller's Joint resolution calling upon congress to submit to the states an amendment to the constitution that will carry out this reform. The reso lution passed after Senator Miller had agreed to sacrifice the preamble which recited that there has been much scandal in senatorial elections at legislatures and that the direct elections would do away with tainted politics. Both houses adjourned this after noon until Monday morning. When the legislature adjourned this afternoon, sixty-two bills had been Introduced, thirty-six In the sen ate and 25 in the house. Little has been accomplished beyond this, as the real work commences Monday. Bills appropriating an aggregate of $149,100 have made their appearance in the senate and house. The largest calls for $100,000 to aid the proposed centennial celebration of the settle ment of Astoria. One Is for $4000 to provide a burial plot for the soldiers of the Spanish-American war. Eaton Has Grouch. Salem, Ore., Jan. 11. The state un iversity at Eugene is likely to get se riously slapped unless Eaton, the de feated candidate for speaker, forgets his grouch He is now organizing a fighting minority to heckle Speaker Rusk. He also has his knife out for Representative Lair Thompson, who was also a candidate for speaker but who Joined the Rusk camp. Eaton is now in bad with them and it is likely the appropriations for '.he university will be hung up high n'ij the btiskwhacking ceases. Mean while the Oregon agricultural college people are lobbying hard and being Cd. Riirgra Would Limit "Crackers." Fatalities on Fourth of July grow ing out of large firecrackers are In f ndea to be curbed by a bill fathered by Senator Burgess of Umatilla. He proposes prohibition of the sale of any cracker longer than 2 1-2 Inches. Sinnott Forestalls Bowermnn. Senator sinnott forestalled Jay Bowerman in the latter's message as acting governor on two points yester day morning. Sinnott Introduced a bill providing for the rotating of nnnies on ballots, thus preventing an alphabetical arrangement, and the measure also cal!s for the discontin- (Continued on page eight.) II LIFE EOT appointees to the highest bench, par ticipated, as a Judge of the eighth circuit court in a decision against the trust. Heretofore a Justice of the court who is called upon to sit In an appeal of a case tried before him in a lower court, has always refrained from participation In the review, but In the case of Justice Van Devanter it was President Taft's desire that he should sit. In brief, the charges which Attor ney John G. Milburn or New York and John G. Johnson of Philadelphia, aro seeking to controvert in the day and half of argument allotted to them, include a conspiracy alleged to have had Its conception ir. 1870; a growth Into gigantic proportions, fed by illegal rebate, fostered by unfair competition, and made, almost Im pregnable through domination of .he market. They must prove to the court, to secure reversal of the decision of the lower tribunal, that this growth has been the result of extraordinary busi ness acumen, that the combination of Interests was not a trust for evil, and that at present, the Standard OH com pany does not control the oil busi ness. Against their arguments, Frank B. Kellogg, special assistant to the attor ney general, and Attorney General Wlckersham will relate In an amazing story of high finance, market manipu lation and oppression of competitors. F. E. JUDD BUYS JUDO BUILDING Through a deal that has Just been concluded F. E. Judd has purchased the Judd building, at the corner of Main and Court streets, for the sum of $35,000. He Is now the sole owner of that building and today has been congratulated upon securing the property. He has been seeking to buy the building for the past two years. In the past the Judd building has been owned by H. C. Judd and the E. D. Judd estate. H. C. Judd Is the father of F. E. Judd and E. D. Judd was the Pendleton man's uncle. Many local people have had the erroneous Impression that the Judd building was owned by E. Y. Judd, brother of F. E. Judd. On the contrary E. Y. Judd has never held an interest In the building. NATIONAL TARIFF LEAGUE FAVORS COMMISSION Washington, D. C, Jan. 11. Seven hundred delegates, representing the important commercial organizations of this country are gathered here for the annual convention of the national tariff commission league which con vened today. Professor Henry Em ery, chairman of the tariff board dis cussed the work accomplished since the last convention. He said: "From a study of tariff making and from our own experiences we are convinced that a temporary body cannot perform a service war ranting either time or money expend ed. A continuous body could have information ready at any time and could perform a permanent service to the country." BRIBERY ELECTS T STEPHENSON OF WISCONSIN IS MAN NOW ACCUSED Invent I gating Committee of Legisla ture ReiKrts to Governor That His Elect Ion Should Re Declared Void. Madison, Wis., Jan. 11. Frauds were committed direetly In the elec tion of United States Senator Stephen son of Wisconsin, according to the report of the special Investigating committee today to Governor McGov ern. The report points out that the elec tion was brought about by bribery or attempted bribery and Is therefore void. It recommends that McGovern certify a copy of the report and send it. to the senate for Investigation and to Distrlot Attorney Dane for the proseeulon of those connected with the case who are HaUle. Report denounces Stephenson. The frauds are alleged In connection with the primary of 1908. DECLARES RAILROAD METHODS ANTIQUATED Washington, D. C, Jan. 11. De claring that Ignorance and greed, are responsible for the proposed railroad freight increases. Attorney Brandeis appeared before the interstate com merce commission today, arguing against higher tariffs. He repeated the statement that the railroads by modern methods could save a million dally. The present management of railroads is expensive and antiquated, he told the commission. Briefly he outlined a plan for sav ing expenses. The railroads, he said, are allied with the steel trust and the coal bar ons and have sought to have the In terests of the roads ana other corpor ations involved conserved through de bauchery of the public press. He said there has not been enough time spent In figuring how to make expendi tures with the least cost before doing work. NO LOBBYING IN WASHINGTON SESSION Olympia, Wash., Jan. 11. The house bill which aims at the abolition of the punishment of individuals for constructive contempt of court was introduced today by Representative Zednlck. Representative Teats of Tacoma, Introduced an employers' compensation act bill. Representa tive Beach's resolution prohibiting lobbying at this session was passed. The Beach resolution limiting speak ers to five minutes In debate was passed. RAIN FRUSTRATES A DYNAMITE BOMB OUTRAGE Chicago, 111., Jan. 11. What Is be lieved to have been an attempt to blow up the county Judge of Owens county was frustrated today by a heavy fain fall. The bomb was found under his house by his sister. The fuse had been lighted but presumably had been extinguished by the rain. Attorney S. F. Wilson of Athena, came over from the Garden City this morning on business. ASYLUM SITE HAS HISTORY Umatilla's First County Seat Was Located on Oliver Farm. TOWN KNOWN AS MIDDLETON IN EARLY DAYS Marshall's Station and Swift's Station Were Other Names Applied to An cient Townsite Recent Investiga tion Reveals Facte Concerning Pio neer History of County. How many people in Pendleton are aware that the first county seat of Umatilla county was located on the Oliver tract which has Just been sold to the state for a site for the eastern Oregon branch of the insane asylum T It Is safe to venture that the num ber can be counted on the fingers of one hand for of the old settlers who can remember back to the year 1861 there are but few remaining. How ever, such was the case and the rec ords bear out the statement to that effect. This knowledge which has been slumbering these many years was re vived during the Inspection of the rec ords when the transfer of the deed to the tract was made to the state. In these it was shown that there Is an. old dead townsite on the place which, townsite was known during its life by the several names of Marshall's Sta tion, Middleton and Swift's Station. A consultation of S. T. Gilbert's Hla tory of Umatilla County, one of the few copies of which is In the posses sion of Major Lee Moorhouse, reveals facts about this town of long ago which have even faded from the memories of the pioneers who still survive. AH Eastern Oregon One County. Thus It Is shown that in 1862 all of the section of the state east of the Cascades was comprised In Wasco county, but that the legislature of that year created the counties of Uma tilla and Baker, temporarily locating the county seat of the former "at or near the Umatilla river opposite the mouth of Houtomia or McKay creek at what is known as Marshall's Sta tion until same shall be removed by the citizens of said county as provid ed by law." The first officers of the county as appointed at that time were: County Judge, Richard Combs; clerk, H. H. Hill; commissioner, Thomas McCoy and John R. Court ney; sheriff, Alfred Marshall. A rude structure nis erected for a court house and another for a Jail, and Umatilla county was prepared to con duct its own affairs. One of the first acts of the first county court was to change the name of the county seat from Marshall's Station to Middleton. At the session in 1863 the first levy wos ordered, the assessed valuation of property being $353,702 upon every $100 of which a tax of $1.70 was levied. These fie- ures are especially Interesting In con trast to the last levy which was six mills on property valued at $47,461, 362. The first election held in the new county was in June, 1S64, at which 764 votes were cast. It waa estimated from this ballot that the to tal population of the county was 2992, only about 400 of whom lived within the present boundaries of the county. In this election the democrats were victorious over the unionists by a very small majority. Umatilla Wins Seat. In the following year, 1S65, the county seat was removed to Umatilla Landing, as that place had grown to considerable size and was .moreover, ambitious. The methods which the residents of that town used to bring about the removal showed that even in the early history of the state poll tics, as a game, was played to some extent. Umatilla Landing, however, suffered a severe relapse a few vean 'later, and at an election ordered by the legislature, the county seat was brought back to this part of the coun ty to a tract of land deeded by M. E. Goodwin and thus Pendleton had its origin. . But for the little town of Middle ton, which never in Its palmist days contained more than a saloon, a hotel and three or four other buildings, It soon took unto Itself the name of Swift's Station and continued for sev eral years as a stopping place on the (Continued on page eight.) SENATOR HUGHES DIES NOON TODAY Denver, Colo., Jan. 11. Charles Hughes United States senator from Colorado, died here at noon today. He was a democrat, was born In Missouri and has lived in Denver since 1879. His term would have expired In 1915.