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PEXDLETOX, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMIiEIi (!, 1011.
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Umatilla Extension Proves
Bone of Spirited Contro
versy in Club.
SPECIAL MEETING SOON
Momlwrs Defer Action toAvalt Her
minion Silo Hut Notify President of
Status of Affuir Lively Tilt En
Mied. On next Tuesday evening, Decem
ber 12, there will be a special meet
ing of the Pendleton Commercial
club for the purpose of listening to
both sides of the controversy ihat has
arisen over the subject of the Uma
tilla extension. It - is expected
HPenkers will be pre-ent from Hermls
ton, Umatll'a, Stanfleld. Echo and Pi
lot Rock to set forth their respective
views.
nfreii Creek nights.
Last night's meeting of the club
developed the Stanfleld side of the
affair and the claims, of the Birch
creek people were likewise made
known. As an attorney for the water
users on Birch creek. Frederick Stel
wer set forth their views. He assert
ed that the state engineer's figures
show the minimum flow of the Uma
tilla r'vor to be 219,000 acre feet, the
figures being for 1904-5. He declar
ed that In ndjudicatlng the rights
along the river and tributary creeks
the minimum flow should bo taken a
a basis of ca'culatlon. Should this ho
done he hold there would not be suf
ficient water to mret the needs of
the present settlers and to carry out
the extens'on.
In his discussion Stelwer "also
touched upon the reservation rights
and criticised the reclamation depart
ment for seeking to use wnter upon
the project extension when the first
right to use the water will rest with
the Indians In the event the reserva
tion rights are established.
Must no Adjudicated.
While Stelwer was spenklng the
first spark In a lively debate that fol
lowed was struck when Will Moore
intorprosed to n-'k If the adjudication
of the water rights by tho govern
ment wou'd not !n some cases save
waterusers down the stream from
bringing suits to establish their
rights.
After this point had been disposed
of, Mr Moore moved that a special
meeting of the club be held one week
hence to again consider the subject
and to l'stn to parties from Hermls
ton and Umnt'lla in relation to the
subject. Attorney J. P. Winter mov
ed to amend the motion to defer the
meeting for two weeks. It was here
suggested by S'elwer that such an ar
rangement would be very satisfactory
provided word be wired at once to the
president to the effect the club would
take action nt that time.
Smltli Opposed Cliniige.
Before a vote ai taken upon the
amendment several lively tilts ensued
between those present. Dr. C. J.
Smith, who was chairman of the com
mittee that worked for the extens'on,
wnrm'y defended the extension and
decried the efforts to place the club
on record against It at this late hour.
He declared that when the extension
wa first proposed people from prac
tically .('1 sections of tho county wero
favorablie to It and so expressed
themselves through resolutions pass
ed by commercial clubs. Ho declared
hlme'f vigorously opposed to any ac
tion by the club that would appear as
wavcr'ng or Indicating a possible
change of sentiment.
To Notify President,
Howe1 er, when tho question was fi
nally given tr the club for decision
those present voted as favoring a spe
cial meeting' one week hence and tho
nmendment which called for Instruct
ing tho secretary to wire tho presi
dent to tho effect such a meeting
would be held nt that time to con
sider the matter. When the vote up
on the amondment was first taken
President Smytho declared tho chair
In doubt ns to the result and called
for a standing vote. Ten of those
present voted as favoring tho notifi
cation of the president, while but
five voted against lti
Stanfleld Wns There.
Tho feature of the meeting last evo
n'ng was the presence of tho delega
tion from Stanfleld, Echo and vicin
ity. Among those In attendance
wero Frank Sloan. James Kyle, E. N.
Wheeler. Cashier. Holt of the Stanfleld
bnnk. G. I Hurd, O. D. Teel, the
Wnrd broth rs and others.
Among thoso speaking against tho
extension were Messrs. Sloan. Kyle
and Hurd. Poth Kylo and Sloan de
clared Stnnf'eld people anxious for an
Investigation of the merits of their
claims and thev asserted the carrying
out of the extension would be ruin
ous to settlers on tho Meadows and
unjust. They hotly refuted statements
made by reclamation men regarding
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BREAKS FORTH
INCENDIARY BLAZE
DAMAGES RESIDENCE
Coutts-Averill Families Made
Homeless By Fire
Fiend
Sleeping Oocupuntt Aroused by
Shrieking of Loooiiioiive Siren, and
Find IIoiixo lit Flames.
As a result of a fire that Is charged
to an incendiary tha famlllea of O.
W. Coutts and E. F. Averill are home
less today and the old Arnold house
on WillowLBtret, near the O.-W. R. &
N. round house, is partly destroyed.
The fire evidently originated about
1 o'clock and the first alarm was given-
by an O.-W. R. & N. engine. Ac
cording to G. W. Coutts he was
awakened by the whistling of the en
gine and awoke to find his woodshed
In flames and fire coming through the
rear wall Into" the dwelling house. Af
ter the two families had been gotten
out In safety the wtjrk of rescuing the
furniture was taken up and most of
the furniture was saved. The central
fire companies and the local company
In that vicinity responded to the fire
bell and extingllshed the blaze before
It had done more than burn the wood
shed, the rear portion of the dwelling
and much of the roof.
The burned building was the prop
erty of the Arnold estate and was oc
cupied Jointly by the Coutts and Av
erln families. The woodshed imme
diately Joined the house in the rear.
It contained several cords of wood
and also some dry shingles that prov
ed very combustible. '
In the op'nlon of Mr. Coutts tha
fire was started by an incendiary. He
says that in no o'her way can he ac
count for lt origin. No lights were
ever used in the woodshed as it Is
lighted by an electric light on the
rear porch. Mr. Coutts was last In
the woodshed at 6 o'clock last evening
and declares no member of the fam
ily entered the place after that time.
Insuranco amounting -to- S00 -was
carried by Mr. Coutts upon his house
hold goods, while his son-in-law. Mr.
Averill, carried $500 Insurance. These
policies will protect the tenants 'in
their looses.
The Arnold house was Insured for
the Fum of $11000 hut It !s understood
that tho policy was allowed to lapse
and In consequence the heirs will be
losers to the extent of the damage
upon the house.
Once before an attempt was made
to destroy this same house by fire,
but the blaze was discovered by a
high school student who gave the
alarm. But slight damage was In
flicted by the first fire.
FIRE CHIEF VAUGHAN
IS AGAIN CHOSEN
- At a sp'rlted firemen's election held
nt the c'ty hall on tho evening of the
city election, J. L. Vaughan, present
fire chief, was re-elected to his posi
tion, while J. R, Chlldreh and Wil
liam Gardner were elected as first
and second assistants, respectively.
The firemen's election this year
brought forth a larger vote than any
similar event of recent years. For
the position of chief a total of 72 votes
wore cast and they represented virtu
ally the ent're momborshlp of the fire
department. Vaughan received 56
votes, while his only opponent, A. J.
Gibson,. drew 16 votes.
For the position of first assistant
the candidates were J. U. Childreth
and William Bogert. Childreth won
with 53 votes to his credit while Bo
gart drew but 19.
John Dyer opposed William Gard
ner for second assistant chief and was
given 24 Totes by his fellow firemen
while Gardner was given 4 9 votes.
L'ndcr tho rules of the fire depart-"
ment tho firemen elect their officers
every two years and the elections aro
held on the evening of the regular city
election.
White Slaver Held.
John Sullivan, accused of being a
I white slaver, and his female compan
ion who gae numerous names, were
arraigned this morning before Mrs.
Vida Johnston, U. S. Commissioner,
and they have been bound over for
, trial in the federal courts. Sullivan's
jbond was set at $5000 while the wo
man's bond wns niailo $2000. As
neither could secure ball both are heM'
In custody and they will be taken to
North Yakima for trial In tho federal
court for eastern Washington. Deputy
U. 8. Attorney McGuIre represented
the government at the hearing this
morning while Deputy Marshal Bnker
and Immigration Agent Wells of
Walla Walla were also In attendance.
six iiuxnnr.n iiaxkkhs'
TOSSKD II Y JII HUICAXE
New York, Dec. 6. Dispatches state
that three United Fruit company
stoamers, bearing six hundred mem
bers of the American Bankers' asso
ciation and the'r families, from Pan
ama, where they had been visiting
have wenthcred a btir hurricane
sweeping the Ou'f of Mexico and Car
I rlhean Sea. All are safe. The Costa
Rlcan banana crop, valued at $60,
j 000,000, Is badly damaged.
PACKERS Oil
TRIAL AT LAST
After Years of Legal Come
dy, Beef Trust is atBar
of Justice.
ELEVEN JURORS SECURED
federal Government Will Attempt to
Prove J. Ogden Armour and Nine
. OUkv Men Aro Guilty of Criminal
Conspiracy In Restraint of Trade.
Chicago, Dec. 6. Brought to book
after a hunt of more than seven years.
J. Ogden Armour and nine other
Chicago meat packers were placed on
trlul here today before United States
Circuit Judge Carpenter, on a charge
of criminal conspiracy in violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law. The
court was jammed when the packers
this morning pleaded "not guilty."
The work of examining veniremen
bfgan immediately and at noon eleven
Jurors were in the box, Subject to per
emptory challenge.
Fight Begins.'
Chicago, Dec. 6. Ten. millionaire
magnates of the packing business to
day answered before the bar of the
United States circuit court for the
northern district of Illinois to the big
gest of Uncle Sam's suits under the
criminal section of the Sherman anti-trust
law.
An array of the most expensive law
yers in the country is on hand to de
fend the beef barons of charges of
conspiracy In restraint of trade as a
penalty for which the government
demands a"erm In Jail.
Nearly eight years of legal maneu
vering has been occupied In actually
bringing the so-called "beef trust" to
trial.
The National Pecking company, the
government will attempt to show, is
a "holding company" operated In fur
therance of the plans of the heads of
the alleged trust in precisely the same
manner that the Standard Oil Co, of
New Jersey, or the American Tobacco
Co., of New York, was manipulated
by the Oil and Tobacco trusts, re
spectively. The climax of tne grand Jury's
work came on September 12, when In
dictments were returned under the
criminal section of the anti-trust law
against the. following ten magnates;
Lewis F. Swift, president of Swift
& Co.: Edward H. Swift, vice presi
dent of Swift & Co.; Charles H. Swift,
director of Swift & Co.; Edward Til
don, president of the National Pack
ing Co.. and a'so of the firm of Lib
by, McNeil & Llbby.; Francis A.
Fowler of Fowler Brothers; J. Ogden
Armour, president of Armour & Co.;
Arthur Meeker, general manager of
Armour & Co.; Thomas J. Connors, su
perintendent of Armour & Co.; Ed
ward Morris, president of Morris &
Co.; Louis H. Heyman, manager of
Morris Sf Co.
Three Indictments In all, contain
ing seven counts, were returned
nga'nst these packer'. . They were
charged with a conspiracy to effect a
combination in restraint of trade in
fresh meats, and a monopolization of
that industry by unlawful means
Tacoma. Dec. 6. Following argu
ments for and against calling a speci
al session of the legislature, to enact
a presidential primary. Governor Hay I San Antonio, Dec. 6. Federal offi
today has the matter under advise- j cial. are searching for General lleyes.
ment. Women voters hint they will i It is alleged lie Jumped his bond and
fight Hay If, he does not call the ses- re-entered Mexico, via Corpus Chrls
sion, so they can get a chance to vote I tl, disguised. Search warrants will
on their choice for president. probably be issued.
ERCIAL CLUB AFTER NEXT MEET '
OF TRI-STATE UNION OF SOIL TILLERS
In hopes of Inducing hie next tri
state meeting of the farmers' union
to come to rendleton.'Secretary Jack
Koefe of the Commercial club, this
afternoon presented an invitation
from tho Pendleton Commercial club
and Mayor E. J. Murphy to make this
place the next convention place.
In tho past the Fessions of the trl
state organization have all been held
In Walla Walla and some 1000 or
more delegates have usually been In
attendance. Owing to Pendleton's
excellent hotel facilities and Its con
veniences from a transportation
standpoint, It Is urged the next ses
sion should be held here.
Today's Sessions.
At the sessions of the farmers'
union state convention today many
matters of vital interest to tho organ
ization and Its members have been
under consideration. At tho forenoon
session C. E. Curry, terminal asent
at Portland, was mo of tho speakers.
It was expected -fr. Curry would ar
rive yesterday but he was unable to
attend any of tho sessions unl today.
DESPONDENT TAILOR
SUICIDES WITH SHOT
Spokane Man Ends Spree
In Local Rooming
House
Companion Tells Coroner Poor Health
CaoFCH Melancholia Has Wife In
Inyire Metropolis.
Despondent through poor health
brought on by drinking or else tem
porarily Insane, M. M. Harris, a tail
or, of Spokan. committed suicide by
seeding a bullet Into his brain at 5
o'clock last evening at h's room In
the Glb-on lodging house at 513 South
Main street.
The suic'le had been In Pendleton
for some wecits past and was accom
panied by F. Auke, who at the coro
ner's Inquest he'd over the body de
clared he had known Harris for some
s'x? or seven years. According to the
story of Auke his companion was In
poor health and his w'fe induced him
to. come here In hopes of recovering
from a nervous breakdown. While
here be was supplied with money by
Mrs Harris, who has been conduct
ing a tailoring business In Spokane.
At the time of the suicide there
was no one in the lodging house save
Harris and his dead body was discov
ered shortly af'er 5 o'clock by Auke
who returned to the room from the
depot where he had gone to purchase
an evening paper. On returning to
the room h found Harris dead and a
32 calibre pistol told the tale. The
shot was directed at the unfortunate
man's forehead and apparently he
died Instantly.
After h-'ng notified of the tragedy.
Coroner r"olsom took charge of the
body an he'd an inque-t with George
Stangier, W. A. Hyatt, H. G. Kirkpat
rick, B. Jensen. E. G. Sturdevant and
W. M. Wolf as jurors. The Jury found
the dead man had been killed by a
party or parties unknown and held
t'.vU Auke, his companion, was free
from any suspicion in the matter.
Coroner Folsom has been in com
munication today with the suicide's
relatives in Spokane and arrange
ments are being made to ship the
body to that city for burial.
SOCIALISTS LOSE BY
35,000, LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles Dec. 6. At one o'clock
Alexander led Harriman by 35,726
Prohibition Avas swamped by 36,696.
Ij8 Angeles, Dec. 6. Completely
overwhelming Job 'Harriman, socialist-union
labor candidate, Mayor Al
exander was yesterday re-elected by
a plurality exceeding jjs.uuu anu r.e
curried the entire good government
ticket to victory.
Admitting utter route, Harriman
men say the McNamaras' confessions
were responsible for the vote which
was the largest ever polled In the
city.
It was the first time women were
allowed to .vote here and they balloted
almost unanimously against Harriman.
Milwaukee Not Ilseoiini;red.
Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. 6. Socialists
hero were not discouraged by tho (le
ft at of the socialists at Los Angeles.
"It only puts victory off a little long
ei," said Mayor Siedel.
fiKXKIIAIi UF.YI'.S C.IYKS
uxclk sam Tnr: slip
I.nst evening the delegates to the
state convention to the number of
200 gathered in the basement of the
Christian church where a banquet
was served. C. C. Connors served as
toastma-ter and during the banquet
a selection was rendered by the quar
tet and the Sykes sisters entertained
the banqueters with singing. Owing
to the crowded condition of the ban
quet room an adjournment was then
taken to the convention hall, and the
remainder of tho program given there.
Responses to calls for. toasts were
made by Messrs. Sykes, Shumway and
Nelson.
During the evening a degree team
contest was pulled off and it resulted
In a tie between the teams from He
lix and Roek Creek unions.
Single Tnxer There.
Through tho courtesy of the con
vention, H. D. Wagoon, single tax ad
vocate of Portland, wns given a short
time in which to address the farmers
upon the subject of slnglo tax. He
spoke for half an hour and at the con
clusion of his talk was asked a num
ber of questions by thoso In attendance.
FEDERAL PROBE III DYNAMITE
CASE POINTS AT IABORITES
Union Leaders Are Scheduled for Indictment for
Conspiracies Throughout Country, Says Official
BRIBERY CASES DRAW INTEREST FROM M'NAMARA
District Attorney Fredericks Will Rest On His Laurels and
Jurns His Information Over to Government Authorities
Gompers Denies Associates Are Involved.
Indianapolis, Dec. 6. It is asserted
here today that the confession of
J hn McNamara is relied upon to fur
nish the last link In a chain of evi
dence being forged by the federal
grand Jury.
"I feel certain that Indictments will
be returned against prominent labor
Ites of Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis,
Indianapolis, Buffalo, Boston, Louisville,-Omaha,
Kansas City and Peor
it," said a prominent government of
ficial today.
New Clews Found.
Indianapolis, Dec. 6 New clews
involving John J. McNamara, as in
ternational secretary of the Structural
Iron Workers, are reported to have
been found today.
Secet serv'ce operators are endeav
oring to connect the McNamaras
with a long chain of other dynamite
outrages. They have found that
John had many money order transac
tions with outside persons and that
he also received some of his mall as
C. J. Sandusty.
Bribery Cases Next.
Los Angeles, Dec. 6. With Judge
Bordwell saying the McNamaras con
fessions were due to the bribery de
velopments alone, and District Attor-
ney Fredericks determined to push
the charges against Franklin, interest
today switched from the McNamaras
In their cells, to the bribery and the
federal probe.
When Franklin appears in court
Monday it is problematical what sort
of a fight will be made. It Is adnrvf
ted that it Is up to District Attorney
Fredericks.
Tho federal probe into the dyna
mite cases, promises soon to over
shadow the original McNamara case.
The grand Jury meets tomorrow.
Ortie McManigal will be among tho
first w'tnesses. Agents Fay that his
story, when published, will electrify
the entire country.
Meanwhile five hundred secret ser-
vice men have been placed at the dis-
posal of Special United States Attor-
ney General Lawler who has charge
of the probe here
Tt l nnliketv th.it there will lie nnv
...
further criminal proceedings in Los
Angeles as far as the dynamiting is
concerned
It is intimated that the first indict
ments will come out here and not in
Indianapolis. Proceedings here will
be pu-hed before the eastern cases
in order that the indicted men, who
might escape, can be entangled.
In addition to evading the enor
mous expense District Attorney Fred
ericks is convinced that the federal
courts can do quicker work and De
tective Burns aiid h:s evidence will
bo turned over to them.
It is said that some high labor
chiefs are soon to be indicted.
James B. McNamara won't be re
quired to tell his story to the grand
j. ii... wn'UK "'i'"-.-.ii"ii iic
can't be qualified as a witness.
John J. however, may be called,
thnugh this is doubtful. Lawlor Is
still debating on the matter. Until
h decides, tho brothers will be kept
here.
Lawler expects the Indictment of
n dozen labor leaders in San Fran-
cisco.
.
ROOMING HOUSE LADY
WARNED TO LEAVE
War is on between Deputy District
Attorney Pruitt and Mrs. Mosier.
landlady of the Emp're rooming house
on West Webb street. It Is asserted
by the deputy prosecutor that tho
aforesaid landlady Is conducting an
Improper house nnd he has sent an'
ultimatum to the effect she must give
up the establishment and leave town j
within five days or suffer prosecu-1
tlon for conducting a bawdy house.
According to tho deputy attorney
he has tho facts to sustain his charge
aga'nst the Empire landlady and Al
ma reck, a girl sti'l in her teens. Is
hold as the state's chief witness. The
young lady is from Kansas City and
is said to be of a wealthy family of
that city. It Is declared she has
pawned diamonds valued nt $1000 in
Pendleton nnd nt Baker, a report
which If true would bear out the story
of her affluent parentage. I
New York. Dec. 6. "I am glad a
death sentence was not imposed. I
am opposed to capital punishment un
der any circumstances. I think the
sentences received by both men were
appropriate to the crime." This was
the comment of Samuel Gompers
when asked if he was satisfied with
the punishment meted out to the Mc
Namara brothers in Los Angeles yes
terday. Mr. Gompers and Frank Mor
rison, secretary of the Ameican Fed-,
eration of Labor expected to return
to Washington last night after the
conference with Alton B. Parker, their
counsel in the Buck Stove and Range
company vcase, for which both men
wi l have to answer to the court sev
eral days hence.
Gompers Challenges World.
Washington, .Dec. 6 Gompers.
who reached here today, challenged
the world to show that organized la
bor had any connection with the Mc
namara dynamiting plots and declar
ed the enemies of Unionism canno
permanently injure the labor cause.
Burns Trailing Accomplices.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6. Detec
tive Burns is here and said ho
ed Caplan and Schmidt are hiding hi
Philadelphia. He arrived here today
to hunt for the alleged accomplice of
the McNamaras
RULING PRINCE OF
CHINA IS DEPOSED
Peking, Dec. 6. Prince Chun today
was deposed as regent to the Manchu
throne on an order from Premier
Yuan Shi Kai. Chun wl!l probably
be banished.
Shi Sal, a Manchu and Han Shi
Chanc- were nnmpH nu (riiar,t!on
the baby emperor.
'
Empress SIKns Fdfet
.shanghai, Dec. 6. The edict de
poslns chun signed by
u .
t.,,,,,,. cowager and grants the
princa the rlght to BridicJ , l",
ows the premlpr anJ h,s chln;t tJ
take up the appointment of a
substl-
tute regent later.
The emperor will be raised
Chinese. The prince regent
his title and an annuity of
taels.
as a
retains
50,000
Revolution leaders declare this does
not satisfy them.
LOCAL SCHOOL LEVY
WILL BE SIX MILLS
At a meeting of taxpayers of the
""mi uisinei neia at the court
house this afternoon it was voted to
levy a six mill tax for school purpos-
cs during the coming year. The
board aked for a levy of but five and
a hallf mills but the showing of the
needs of the district was such that
those present voted to i!iise the low to
six mills.
.
UOXtiUKssMAX MOIMi Tki.'
PrXCH AT RUSSIANS
Washington, Dec. 6. "Congress will
force the abrogation of tho l!32 trea
ty with Russia," declare,! Congress
man Sulzer of New York at the
white house today.
He claims there Is strong sentiment
against Russia 'jeeauso sho refused
passports to American Jews, who
wished to enter Russia. Sulr.er claims
he has proof that the treaty was
violated.
DKMOCRATS PLAN I'.UDI CTIOV
OX XI MKROUS COMMODITIES
Washington. Dec. 6. Reductions In
the wool. Iron, cotton, steel, sugar,
agricultural Implements and food
schedules were practically decided on
at a meeting of tho democratic ways
and means committer of the house
today. They will bo put on the tariff
program for the present session.
It is practically certain that the
house will pass the wool and cotton
schedules in almost Identical form of
the bills President Taft vetoed dur
ing the last special session.
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