Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1914)
Tim MOEXTNG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY". DECEMBER . 4, 1914. CENTRAL OREGON IS STUNNED BY RULING Irrigation Fund of $450,000 Allotted by Government , Always Thought Sure. FEELING NOW IS BITTER Itecent Agreement Between Kival Communities Over Expenditure of Federal Money Cited and Mighty Protest Expected. r BY GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM. BEND, Or., Deo. 3. (Special.) It was with a feeling of utter astonish ment that Central Oregon received the news that Secretary of the Interior Lane proposes to force the state into another appropriation of $450,000 if a nae amount is to be forthcoming from we. federal xreasury. To the average dweller of the irri gated country this new phase of a mat ter deemed here for many months as one aeuniteiy settled seems like un burying the dead, and there is com- piete inability to discern any reason able excuse for what is Drettv een erally styled a groundless change of ironu As Secretary Lane's reported stand hits this territory hardest, because the 4.fO,uuo was to have been spent here about, naturally it is here that feeling Is the most bitter. It is conceded that nothing but a miracle could squeeze another $450,000 from the coming Leg islature, and even if a miracle was pos sible no one wants that kind of one just now. Yet without a second appro priation, according to Mr. Lane, there will be no aid from the reclamation fund. Bend and Redmond Unite. Since the Tumalo project started everyone at all familiar with irrigation matters in Central Oregon has taken it for granted that when the proper time came, from an engineering standpoint, the Government's promised "matching" of the state's contribution would be forthcoming. In fact, no later than Tuesday night representatives of the commercial clubs of Bend and Red mond met here and recommended that factional fights for one project as op posed to another be laid aside, and that the Reclamation Service be petitioned to decide Just where the money was to be spent solely upon the engineering merits of the respective projects. In other words. Central Oregon has felt for months that the elusive 450. 000 was as good as here, and it was only a matter of deciding how and where best to spend it. Which goes to show, as a local irrigation enthusiast pointed out today, that a fund in the hand is worth half a dozen at Wash ington. Especially, he added, when the departments are trying to economize and it looks simple to leave Oregon in the lurch once again. Concerted Protest Probable. Within a few days it is believed all the commercial organizations of the in terior will band together in a con certed protest to the Secretary of the Interior, asking for a change of this last decision. And certainly Oregon's official representatives at Washington will be besieged with requests to use their utmost efforts to get Justice done in the matter. That such a blatant reversal of pledges already standing for months would discredit the reclamation administration is the universal opinion. Pnrtlnnil'a a,,!.,.. i , . . . ..,u;ui iiiiereni in 1116 J matter, as echoed in The Oregonian, is greatly appreciated in Crook County, ' and the co-operation of the metropolis ' " ngni lor wnat all believe right fully belongs to Central Oregon will do much, i is predicted, to cement the friendly intimacy between Portland and the sagebrush 'country. MISTAKE, OFHCIALS THXStt Governor and Assistant State Engl. ! neer Hope lor Adjustment. SALEM, Or., Dec. 3 (Special.) Governor West and Percy Cupper. As sistant State Engineer, said today that they believed the report Secretary of the Interior Lane would withhold an appropriation of $450,000 for irriga tion in this state until Oregon had pro vided a similar amount in addition to the $450,000 expended on the Tumalo project must be the result of a mis understanding. Both declared it had been the intention of the Secretary of the Interior to expend $450,000 for rec lamation work here in keeping with the promise of the department. Mr. Cupper said that when the Tu malo work was started by the state the Interior Department agreed that It would spend $450,000 on a project adjoining that- The law creating the state appropriation provided that the work should be finished within two years, and for that reason the State Desert Land Board could not wait for the Government to arrange details be fore starting its part of the work. "Knowing Secretary Lane's wishes and desires in regard to this matter." said Governor West, "I am positive that all we will have to do is to straighten him out. He has a great mass of detail to give attention to in connection with irrigation subjects which are thrust upon him and it is probable that the progress of the Tu malo work has not been brought to bis attention. The state having ex pended its $450,000 it is ready to step down and out and to let the Federal Government expend a similar amount, which I am confident Secretary Lane will an when he is informed of con ditions." 1TXD DTT'E XOIV, IS BELIEF Those Knowing Case' Say Oregon Has Earned Sum in Pact. The repeated declaration of Secre tary of the Interior Lane as to his stand on the $460,000 allotted by the Government for co-operative irrigation work In Oregon has not shaken the faith of those in Oregon who are fa miliar with the circumstances of the case that Oregon is entitled to the1 benefit of the Government's $450,000 without any further appropriation of a. similar sum. Secretary Lane's declaration that he has not designated what Oregon project the money would be spent on does not harmonize with the letter written by Director Newell to Governor West June 30, 1913, in which he reports expressly that Secretary Lane had consented to the setting aside of $450,000 for co operation in the Tumalo project, "pro vided the project is feasible and there are no Insuperable legal oostacles." The report recently filed by the Gov ernment engineers establishes the Tum alo project and others in Oregon as feasible. Although Secretary Lane says he has never been consulted on the Tumalo project, it is known that John H. Lewis. Engineer of Oregon, called upon hm in Washington after the Oregon Legisla ture had appropriated its $450,000 for the Tumalo project and It Is understood that they then discussed the Tumalo project. The Tumalo project was built by an ex-Reclamation Service engineer under the same plan outlined by the Gov ernment Reclamation Service and was purposely so constructed as to co-ordi nate with any extension that might be maae Dy tne uovernment "It was my understanding that 1450 000 was to be and was actually set aside by the department for reclama tion work in the State of Oregon," .said J. N. Teal, chairman of the Oregon Con servation Commission, last night. "The 1913 Legislature appropriated $50,000 for co-operative survey of the Des chutes section with the Reclamation Service, that service furnishing a like amount. "The Legislature also appropriated $450,000 for the construction of the Tumalo project. The survey has been made, whether fully completed or not l cannot say. Two bulletins have been issued dealing with two projects. The lumalo project has been completed. "I certainly understood the allotment of $450,000 was made by the department and would be spent in Oregon on rec lamation work and an additional an- propriation by Oregon to obtain the expenditure of this amount never en tered my head." REPEALS LIKELY SPECIAL COMMITTEE IJT WASHIXG- tos house is propose:!. W. "W. Connor, Ansnred of Speakership, Says All Favor Economy, but "First-Aid" BUI Doubtful. TACOMA. Wash., Dec 3. (Special.) organization of a new House commit tee in the State Legislature, to have charge of repeal bills, is favored by Legislators in many parts of the state. rZp-ZL 15 " n ' J A.'- O- -"?...' . .LViS W. W. Conner. Who H Enough Votes Plediced to Insure His Election an Speaker of House in Washington Lecislature. said W. W. Connor, of Skagit County, wno nas enougn votes pledged to elect him overwhelmingly Speaker of the next House. Mr. Connor said that from his talks with legislators it is almost certain that second-choice feature of electing state and Congressional officials will oe repealed. He has talked with most of the Pierce County legislators, and has had conferences with practically all members of the next House and said he found only one man with a Diu to introduce, and this was on horticulture. "I believe every member is a tax payer, and that will mean a great deal in the economy programme. I am go ing around the state, talking with all the members of the next House, and I find everywhere the tendency to cut down appropriations and repeal inef fective bills. "I am asking the members about the advisability of a repeal bills commit tee, and it seems to be favored gen erally. It is probable that the House will have new committees also on rural credits and public utilities such as the Senate plans." Mr. Connor said he had found opinion divided on the advisability of passing a "first-aid',' bill, and that it would be difficult to tell what would be done until the Governor's special committee reports. OPEN GATEWAYS FOUGHT Roads Oppose Appeal From Lumber Mills to Commission. Attorneys and traffic officials of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads sought to show before W. J. Wood, examiner for the Interstate Com merce Commission, yesterday that the opening of the Silver Bow and Butte gateways .for which certain lumber manufacturers in liastern Oregon have appealed would result disadvantageous ly to their interests and to the interests of mills on their lines. J. N. Teal, attorney for e plaintiffs, placed C. E. Patten, manager for the Atlas Lumber Company, of Seattle one of the protestants on the stand yesterday morning to show that the open gateways would not produce more competition for the northern mills than already exists. . Potato Harvest Is Record. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) The banner potato story of the year Is told by Pete Tonoli, of Divide, who says that from eight rows. 17 posts long, he has harvested 54 sacks of the tubers, and has at least 12 sacks yet to dig. making at least 66 sacks, or about 100 bushels to the eight rows. He mildly says that some of the potatoes are the size of a man s hat. He lia3 promised to bring in some of the-smaller sizes for exhibition purposes. Xormul School "Gym" Sees Game. MONMOUTH, Or.. Dec. 3. (Special.) The first basketball game of the season was played by the team of the Oregon Normal School. The season opened with a new $10,000 gymnasium, erected by the school last year. The girls at the Normal also are showing a deep interest in athletics this year. Games of basketball and German batball are in sight. Civic League to Hear Talks. Plowden Stott and Conrad P. Olson will be the speakers at the luncheon of the Civic League in the Multnomah Hotel tomorrow. Mr. Stott will talk on legislation to prevent the sale of opiates and narcotic drugs in Oregon. Mr. Olson has not picked his subject yet. -John Gill will act as chairman of the meeting. Fred W. Wetzler, Milwaukee, Dies. MILWAUKEE, Or., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) Fred W. Wetzler. aged 53 years, died here today. He was the brother of J. E. and Albert Wetzler, of Mil waukie. Henry Wetzler, of Oregon City; William Wetzler, of Santa Rosa, CaL: Charles, George and Edward Wetzler, of Portland, and. Herman wetzier, or Mills Doro, Or. MO GASH IS- MR. LANE'S DEFEND Credit Not Given" Oregon for Irrigation Fund Already Al lotted and Expended. CO-OPERATION IS PROVISION Belief Is That Since Government Had Xo Share in Planning or Executing Tumalo Project It Cannot Contribute. OREGONIAN' NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. 3 Although Secretary Lane has allotted $450,000 to bo used when a like amount Is contributed by the State of Oregon in construction of a co-operative irrigation project in Eastern Oregon, he is said here not to have designated any projact to be built Jointly by state and Federal govern ments, and will make no such designa tion until the state's cash Is actually at his disposal. While the last Oregon Legislature made an appropriation for building a co-operative project, ths money appro priated has never been turntd over, but, according to infermation of Washing ton officials, was spent by state au thorities in building tho Tumalo project. After the Tumalo project was well under way an appeal was made to Sec retary Lane to expend $450,000 of Gov ernment funds in enlarging that proj ect as' built by the state, but the Sec setary Is understood here to have said that this would not be co-operation, especially since the Government had not been consulted about the Tumalo project, and had had no voice in its selection or its planning or in building works that had been under taken solely by the state. Cash Most Be Delivered. He insists that before any part of the money tentatively allotted by him for a co-operative project shall be spent, the state shall turn over $450,000 cash, to be added to a like amount taken from the reclamation fund, and when $900,000 is thus available he and the Reclamation Service will join of ficials in selecting the project to be built Jointly, and will then proceed jointly to build it, but in no other way and on no other terms will Secretary Lane go forward with the co-operative plan. The state already having spent a large part of the appropriation made by its Legislature in building the Tumalo project, it appears to Washing ton authorities that nothing further can be done toward co-operative work unless the next Legislature appropriates $450,000 to meet Secretary Lane a terms. Meanwhile engineers of the Reclama tion Service, acting with state en gineers, have investigated several proj ects, among them two possible exten sions of the Tumalo project, and when ever the state makes its $450,000 avail able Secretary Lane will, in co-operation with the state, select a project which can be built for $900,000, but he will not use Government funds in building solely at Government expenss any addition to the state's Tumalo project. Extensions Too Costly. Moreover, surveys show that neither of the feasible exteusions to the Tum alo project can be built for $450,000. One possible addition will cost from $600,000 to $700,000 ar.d another would cost $1,000,000, or more, so that the amount allotted by the Secretary would not be adequate to build either exten sion. ' Misunderstanding regarding co-op eration between the state and Federal governments arises from the assump tion that Secretary Lane would use Government funds in building an ex tension to the project already under taken by the state. Money allotted by Secretary Lane for work in Oregon will be reallotted January 1, in expectation of the Oregon Legislature at its next session making an appropriation of like amount for co-operative work. ( If the Legislature fails to make such an ap propriation, the co-operative project probably will be postponed indefinitely. DANISH STANDARD HIGH ILLITERACY ONLY ONE-SEVENTH THAT OF UNITED STATES. Secret of High Place in Educational Affairs Said to Lie In High Re gard Felt for Teachers. WASHINGTON, Dec ' 3. Only one person in every thousand in Denmark is unable to read and write, compared with seven out of every 1000 in the United States. This fact is disclosed in a report today by H. W. Fogt. of the Federal Bureau of Education, of his investigations of school conditions in Denmark. It is shown also that of 360,000 Danish children of school age only 370 failed to attend school during 1911. Mr. Fogt declared that compulsory school attendance between the ages of 7 and 14 Is so strictly enforced in Den mark that "the few who persist -in avoiding their legal responsibilities are punisned mo severely that they are glad enough to change their minds." The people are so imbued with the value of education, he says, that they will go to any extremity" to keep their children in school. The secret of Denmark's high place in educational affairs, according to Mr. Fogt. lies in the hold the teachers have upon the entire people. The teacher has high social rank, is a leader in both church and state, and is invariably pen sioned for disability or age. CONTRACTORS WILL MEET Oregon Electric Association to Hold Sessions at Albany. ALBANY, Or., Dec 3. (SpeciaL) In its annual convention the Oregon Elec trical Contractors' Association will meet in Albany next Wednesday. Be tween 60 and 75 delegates will bfc present frdm all parts of the state. A social se&sion will be held Tues day night, a feature of which will be a bowling contest between the jobbers and contractors. The business session well be held Wednesday at the Hotel Albany to elect oiiieers for the ensu ing year. Archie. Littler, of Portland, Is presi dent of the association. Plans for the convention are being arranged by Joseph H. Ralston, of this city. This will be the first time the association haa ever met outside of Portland. British brewers In 1911 produced 37 078 7o barrels of beer. In S848 licensed, public and 46:$ artvate breweries. "a The Sale for Men That Has Caught the Public Favor Beeause Reductions Are Genuine! This sale of men's and young men's Suits and Overcoats is growing in volume. Portland men know that a sale-at this store means keen, inci sive reductions from normal prices, therefore their response is prompt. Come today and he fitted; every garment is included in sale prices. Men's $20.00 Suits and Overcoats S14.J Men's $25.00 Suits and Overcoats $19.; Men's $30. 00 Suits and Overcoats $23.50 Men's $35.00 Suits and Overcoats $28.50 Men's $40.00 Suits and Overcoats $32.50 All Blues and Blacks Included All Young Men's Suits and Overcoats Included B T?AT QTTT T.TTVm leading JJJ kJJJJJJA JL 1 VJ CLOTHIER Morrison at Fourth LAMAR HELD GUILTY Impersonator of Member of Congress Gets Two Years. VERDICT IS SOON REACHED Crime, Involving Conspiracy to Ob tain Money From Steel Corpora- " tion, Is tJnusual One Ap- -peal to Be Taken. NEW YORK. Dec. 3. David Lamar was today found guilty of Imperson ating Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer. of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of de frauding J. P. Morgan & Co. and the United States Steel Corporation. He was Immediately sentenced to serve two years in the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta; Ga. The jury deliberated on the evidence for 45 minutes. Lamar was convicted on two counts of the second of the throa Inirtm.nta atrotnt him t-T i a counsel announced that an appeal would be taken to the United States Supreme Court on writs of error. Crime Is Unusual One. The crime of which Lamar nick named "The Wolf of Wall Street" was convtcted is one seldom 'entered on the records of the Federal court here. The Government charged that Lamar and his friend, Edward Lauterbach, a law yer, entered into a' conspiracy to ob tain money from the United States Steel Corporation and the Morgan firm by representing themselves as the agents of Speaker Clark and other men high in Congress. To further this conspiracy, it was charged, Lamar telephoned Lewis Cass Ledyard and others, represented him self over the telephone to be Repre sentative Palmer, of Pennsylvania, said that he was acting with the knowledge and sanction of Speaker Clark and sought to have Mr. Ledyard obtain em ployment for Lauterbach with the Mor gan firm or the Steel Corporation. Imposition Is Proved. The telephone conversations, it was testified, lasted several days before Mr. Ledyard telephoned to the real Repre sentative Palmer and found that be had been talking with an lmposter. In the meantime Mr. Ledyard had seen Lau terbach and Lauterbach, Mr. Ledyard said, had demanded money for his serv ices. Three indictments were found by the grand Jury, Two of them charged La mar with representing himself as an officer of the United States Govern ment, the third charged Lamar and Lauterbach with conspiracy. The In dictment against Lauterbach, District Attorney Marshal said, will be pressed at an early date. 3 PASS NIGHTJN CHURCH Woman and Two Men Turned Over to Police by Pastor. Discovered making a home of a church at Sixty-second avenue and East Sixty-ninth street yesterday morning, James Mountie, Mrs. Goldie Downs and her grown son. Frank Knauss, were arrested by Patrolman W. W. Simpson. Rev. J. E. Conner, the pastor, dis covered the three in the church. He said he asked them if they were In need of assistance and when they failed to account satisfactorily for their presence there he summoned the po lice. In the Municipal Court the woman and the two men said they were hunt ing for a house in that neighborhood and when they failed to find it, they took refuge in the church. They built a fire, they said, and passed the night in the church. They were released by Municipal Judge Stevenson. DRY LAW ASSAILED Arizona Liquor Men Prepare for Determined Litigation. FATAL CONFLICT ALLEGED FRAUD FUGITIVE GIVES UP Fred Brantner Returns to Confess Gnilt in Railroad Land Cases. Having come from Vancouver, B. C, and surrendered himself to United States Marshal Montag, Fred Brantner yesterday made a full confession to United States District Attorney Reames of his connection with the Oregon & California Railroad land fraud cases, for which he was indicted in January, 1914, with J. W. Logan, W. F. Minard. Dan J. Connors and others. Logau. Minard 'and Sellers now are serving sentences at McNeil Island. Brantner fled to Canada following his indictment. He will appear before Judge Bean to enter a plea this morning. Arizona Murderers Appeal. PHOENIX. Ariz., Dec. 3. Two con demned murderers appealed to the Su preme Court today for new trials. Their action will act as a stay of execution, thereby cutting the number of men to be hanged at Florence penitentiary December 19 to six. The only hope of these six Is a commutation by the Governor. Urealifast in a w. arig.foota. Two ex-Governors, Retiring Attorney-General and Six Other Law yers Engaged and All Sa loons Are Assessed. PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 3. J. H. Kib bey and R. E. Sloan, ex-Governors of Arizona: G. Purdy Billiard, retiring Attorney-General of the state, and five other attorneys were engaged today to make an attack In court on the state wide prohibition amendment adepted at the election a month ago. The contest will be financed by assessments levied on all saloons and liquor establish ments in the state. One-third of the assessment will be collected at once. The remainder will not be called for unless th suit in prospect succeeds in keeping the sa loons open after January 1, the dftto on which the amendment way to be come effective. Bullard's resignation as Attorney General takes effect Saturday. His term of office would have expired De cember 31. The main point of attack on the pro hibition amendment will be the conten tion that there is a fatal conflict in the provisions of the measure. One section provides that the amendment shall go Into effect January 1. An other provides that the Legislature, which does not assemble until Jan uary 11. shall "by appropriate legisla tion provide for the carrying into ef fect of this amendment," The case will be fought out In the Federal Court, which win be asked to interpret the amendment. Another technical point of contest will be that the amendment, while fixing penalties ranging from imprisonment for ten days to two years, with or without fines of from $25 to J300, does not pro vide for the imposition of the penalties by any court. Dew and fojr both indicate fine weather, while remarkable clearness of the atmo sphere Is one of tne most characterises signs- of coming rain. JL Fmr Burnt KmHm V r.mri Oil ' r j It gives the day a cheer ful start. The PERFECTION oilieXter quickly chases the chill from bed-room, bath room, dining-room, nursery. Easily carried from room to room. Dealers everywhere Writ, far baoktt "WmnMk in Cold CeriMra. Standard Oil Company (CALIFORNIA) Portland CTOP Eur M. JTii Consideration,,-, for your health, care for your clothing, personal comfort and correct appear ance all demand a garment of absolute reliability. Men's and Women's Double Service All Weather Coats and English Slip - Ons; big, roomy, full-cut, good fitting Coats; $10.00 values, at $5.25 Men's and Women's Double Service AI1 Weather Coats and English Slip - Ons and Cravenettes; $12.50 to $15.00 val ues, at $7.50 Men's and Women's Coat opportunity be y o n d comparison. Superb AH-Weather Coats in the new Balmacaans, Gabar dines, Slip-Ons and Double Service Coats for two days only; $3a to $40 values at $18 and $20 LOOK Kfc-AD RAINCOATS! GABARDINES! BALMACAANS! Six Big Specials FOR F R I D A Y and S A T U R D A Y ONLY For that comfort a b 1 e, satisfactory feeling of complete protection on a. stormy day, wear Goodyear Double Service Coat. Men's and Women's an unexampled Coat bargain, possible only within the mouse or voats. su perb English Gabar dines, English Slip O n s, Balmacaans, All-Weather Coats; $22.50 to $25.00 Coat-values at $ 1 2.50 Superb Combination All-Weather Coats for men and women, in new worsted and cheviot fabrics; . $27.50 and $30 values,- specially priced for tomorrow at $15.00 Men's and Women's Superb All-Weather Coats, English Slip Ons ; Oxford and Black Cravenettes; $20 Coat values at $10.50 Alterations Free of Charge Open Sat. Night Till 10 Him TTS wsra mm 34-3 Washington Street One Door West of Broadway