EVENING EDITION EVENING EDITION i WEATHER REPOItT. Fair tonight; Thursday rain or nnow. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. fins mm ike Illllti SMI1E BEFORE til Adjudication Suits Will Proceed No Matter What Happens Private Filing Becomes Effective ' if Government Abandons Extension Hiiro Is a Summary of the Argu- muni of thoso Favoring the West Extension: It moans the 'xK-iilltiiro of four million of dollar within tho stale liy the government. Oregon can got no reclaiimtlon money for years tf the Extension Is abandoned. (iovcrnniontal Irrigation 1 fniperlor lo Irrigation by private coninlo. Tho rights of the settlors on the iipix-r river will not Ik Injured by the extension. Tho adjudication of tho upper river right will proceed no matter what lu7pcns to the Extension. Tho Hettlers on the Umatilla niea 4U will In? fully repaid for such lands as may lie taken rrom them lor rrwervolr punm'- Thoso Hettlers are not as seriously .pposcd to tho extension lis Is claim ed. The rights of the Indians of the Vnmtlllit reM-rvatlot to water will be determined regardless of what liap IM'iis to the Extension. Dr. Andrew C Smith of Portland lias u filing m tho flood waters which intaiik'i offecllve if tho government uluiudons tho Extension. That filing was made In behalf of Dr. II. W. I'oe who will supplant the government and rlnlin tho water should the r.xtenslon tie" abandoned. Officials Favor It. Immediately after the meeting had been called to order in the Oregon theatre. Secretary Jack Kecfo, of the Pendleton club, read a letter from State Engineer John 11. Lewis where in he expressed his regret he could not attend the meeting but urged the endorsement of the Umatilla exten sion. It was set forth in the message that the building of t'uo extension would not nffect the rights of upper water river settlers and that the rights would have to be adjudicated regardless of the outcome of the niovemmt for the extension a L.trnK u-no nlurt rrn,l fivim ITnitod l. ' ,- 'ii,n McPonrt who Liu f..,vr..,i the enrrvlnir out of the extension. In his letter Mr. McCourt disclaimed Vull knowledge of the de tails in connection with the extension but upheld the position taken by Messrs II . pson and Morton At the Oregon theater meeting last evenlnir the onenine in behalf of those fighting for tho Umatilla extension u-fiu firp.i iiv T. v.. IDavis. formerly en- gineer in the reclamation service. In his address he dlc'almed speaking as a reclamation attorney but Inti- mated his data was obtained from governmental sources. Mr. Davis' paper in full Is given below. D. C. BROWNELL "Why have the opponents of tho Umatilla extension waited until this late hour to make known their ob jections to tho move," was tho open ing remark of D. C. Rrownoll of Uma tilla, one of the stalwarts in the ex tension bricado. Continuing, Mr. Contlnulnff. Mr. , long, hard work 1 of tho difficulty Pn.1ietnn Com- Brownell told of trie for the extension ami 1 . 1 1. .. T n .1 1 o (in r n in miCUUMie.v.. ... mere al c ub nnd others n Inducing ' " . . , . . , Portland peoplo to assist in tho fight. 1 He held forth tho argument that the ! nnd thnt the government's propopflrt I . . . t work cannoi in any iii.mn. r ai.i m rights) of settlers on tho upper river. Mr Rrownoll was tho solo speaker from Umnti la and when he cut short his remarks wns notified ho would bo allowed to speak again later In the evening, but no opportunity arose for h'm to speak ngnln. Following Mr. Rrownell, E. P. Dodd took tho floor and served as the sec ond speaker from Hermlton. His address In full is given below: R. R. JOHNSON One of tho strongest arguments pre sented in behalf of the extension was that by Attorney Roscoo R. Johnson, who nbly summed up tho contentions of thoso who are fighting for govern mental Irrigation. Mr. Johnson de clared, ns did other ppenkors, that tho ndjud'catlon of tho water r'ghts along the river will procoed regnrdless of what nctlon may bo takon with rcf crenco to tho extension. re Discussing the Andrew C. Smith filing upon tho flood waters, made on tho prospect the government might abandon the project, he declared that this filing will be kept ai:ve in the event the government withdraws. He Intimated that while private parties holding that filing might not actually reclaim the land under tho extension they would make seeming efforts to do so and would reta'n control of the water so that it would not become available for use further up the stream. Touching upon the subject of gov ernmental versus private irrigation, Mr. Johnson declared the Umatilla project to be the most perfect, from a standpoint of workmanship, of any in the United States and he strong'y urged that Vncle Sam be allowed to do the work that that the extension not be turned over to private parties. OLIVER P. MORTON Oliver P. Morton, attorney for the reclamation service, and the gentle man who brought tho adjudication suits against the users along tho Uma tilla river and tributary streams, was the butt of much criticism last night and spoke briefly several times. Discussing the adjudication suits Mr. Morton said they had been brought in compliance with the Ore gon Irrigation code, and that by going before the state water board the gov ernment had placed its rights under local control and stood the same as other Ind'vlduals. He declared the adjudication suits and tho proposed Umatilla extension were two separate affairs nnd should be so considered. Ho said that in governmental circles the adjudication suits are regarded as nnvlng but a slight bearing on the exiens on niese suns will no carried through regardless of what may be done with reference to the extension. This reply, g'von In a guarded form w aAe l a question propounded ' C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Portland Commercial club. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1) ARIZONA IS DEMOCRATIC Knrly Kctnrns Indicate Defeat of l'.very Republican candidate for Officii in Newest State. Phoenix, Ariz., Pec. 13. Although the count is proceeding slowly and returns are fragmentary, republicans huiihucu mimy mat ine ueiumruis 111111 proiiany won. ny a small ma jority, every state office save pos sibly thnt of state treasurer In the state's fir -t election yesterday. This means that O. Hunt, democrat, will be Arizona's first governor, and Carl Hayben, congressman. The demo crats will have a large majority in both tho state lcgslatlve houses, which will elect two United States senators. Chairman H yes of the republican tit . t . """"itteo a d the democrats wt rroi,b;' ,tlK; whol 1 ckoi M" majoriy. Chairman P. rdo of ould ticket by of the ,i.n,.. ,, Htn ooll, ,tm1 llw.tr , , , , ,. . would win by a majority ot 3H0O, NOBILITY SHIPWRECKED 1rUJ ,( IlkcM ,1K.iiess nI,a Princess- es Rarely Rescued from Death at Sea During Voyage. Qlbraltnr, Dec. . 13. The British steamer Delhi, aboard of wh'ch w ero the Duke nnd Duches of Fife, Prin cesses Alovnndera nnd Princess Maud, went nshort near Cape Trafalgar dur ing a flerco gaic last night. She was pounding to pieces nnd waves were breaking over her when the French cruiser Drlant succeeded In reaching tho ship nnd rescuing tho passenger after lifebouls had failed and hopo had boen abandoned. Sho ran nground during a fog, en route to Egypt. Two British cruisers spent the night trying to reach the ship The pas sengers wore becoming desperate and it was nil the'erow could do to keep some from jumping Into the sea. Tho Delphi Is ono of the f'no't I ships in tho Or'cntnl service She carried a number of tho English no lull tv. who v inted to spend tho win ter in Egypt, . PI4XDLETOX, OK.KGOX, WKDX KSDAY, DKCKMIiKK KJ, COMMERCIAL CLUB, AS JURY, HEARS HOTTEST DEBATE IN HISTORY OF EASTERN OREGON With the Oregon theatre pucked intense interest In the sell lenient of Extension Hie Pendleton Commercial sides of the case last night and this evening the organization will con vene at Its club quarters to tuke such action an it doeins proier. "It Is a ieacli of a rooklsh," declared C C. Chapnutii of Portland, and he lilt the nail between the eyes, to use a mixed metaphor. From tho time the delmU; started after ITesidcut Smylho of the Commercial club lel tho crowd to the theatre when the city hall room was found too small, there were no dull inoiieiits. Settlers from Birch and McKay creek were out in force. Stanfield was there with a goodly representation and llermbaini came with a sK'clal train and many shout. They also bore aloft a banner, "Ix-t ( Undo Sam Do It." It was 1 o'clock when tho meeting adjourned and the fight did not stop then. A meeting of the li'ld und resolutions selling forth while Dr. Coc uddrcssod them setting forth that lie is willing to convey to the Pendleton Commercial club the Andrew C. Smith filing which will become effective In the event the government ntiumions tho ex- 4' tension. His action was In the nature 'f an answer to one of the star arguments udvnnccd last night by those upholding the cause of the ex- tension. President Dan 1. Smytbo held the chair throughout the session ami endeavored to bring forth the arguments Isitli for and against the ex- tension. SKtikers were treated with courtesy by the audience and rounds of applause came forth from the adherents of the rosiiective sides when telling Miints were made.- 4 A dramatic scene wns enacted when K. P. Dodd of Ilermiston made disclosure! regarding the Andrew C. Smith filing and ooiily charged! Dr. II. W. Co as lieing behind that move. The point was a telling one and it permitted the HermlstOnhins to let liMse their pent up feelings' When Mr. Dodd had concluded Dr. coe rose and made a reply that was greeted with derisive shouts and hisses. 4 It was origliuillv the intention of the mcmliers of the Commercial club to ntcpt in their club rooms following the theatre session and take action. However the hour was so lute when the How of oratory ceased that u motion to postpone action until tonight was carried. DEMANDS ABROGATION OF'RUSSIAN TREATY Congressman Sultzer In- sists on Immediate Action Washington, Dec. 13. Immediate action by cngre.-s for the abrogation of the Russian treaty was demanded in the hous eby Congressman Sulzer today as a result of Russia's refu-al to honor pa i ports of Jewish Am- ur'cans. "For nearly half a century Russia lias persistently refused to liv eup t the treaty and recognize passports of American citizens without dis- crimination. We can't tolerate this InjU'ticp. It is foreign to everything fur which civilization stands. "This is not specifically a Jewish question. It Is a question In solving the rights of American citizens. "Russia not alono refuses to rec- ognizo Jewish passports but thoso which are also i sued to Baptist mis- siouaiies und Catho'le priests. "This matter must be settled defl- nitelv. once and for all. A new treaty must bo arranged; one with- out loopholes, rnato." for Russia to discrim- TAUT M Al'lllXK IS 1SF.IXG ASSKMBI.KR v-.,i,;.r(.., n , n PmB;,i,.ni' Tnft'V i,r;v:iin secretary. Hilles. and Xew, of Indiana, newlv elected head "em 01 uif .--ail rranuisco uuui couu of tho sub-committee of the republi- cil and A.done Johannsen, a fellow can national committee. having .li'irtTft rf thn pnnvnntinn nrrnnire- ments. nro today busy framing for Taft lenders In tho various states. Iron clad Taft instructions, to prevent any nnti-Tafe stampede. The arrange ments committee meets nt Chicago the second wcck in January. Chairman Xew and Edwin Lee, chairman of tho republican state committee of Indiana, are at sword's points today because I.eo sala Pros- v 0O(, a sul)U1.b of Vilncouver at ident Taft could not carry Indiana in t,.,,,,,,,,,, to kiu h,,r ,laby daughter. i;m. sow says me maiemeni is "Insp'red." I.eo says it was made after a situation. tedious examination of the .,, lu,,. own H(r iu!!n;1Iuli return ing to his homo after a short absence . Dallas O'Hara. for several years a resident of Pendleton, is In tho city for a few days shaking hands with Ira many friends. BE THERE TONIGHT ' Owing to the vast importance of the question to be passed upon at the Commercial club meeting tonight it Is of importance that every member be present. 4 It Is squarely up to rendleton to take a position regarding tho pro- posed extension. There can be no' dodging of the issue nnd local peo- pie must do their duty as they see it, For mnny months people In the western section of the county have been at sea because of delay over the extension. One and all, those who favor the extension and those who oppose it, nro crying for a quick 4 decision. It Is stated ndvlsedly thnt the authorities nt Washington are wait- ing with interest for tho voice of tho Pendleton Commercial club. At tho session this evening Pendleton will go on record. let every member be on band and do his duty by tho town, by A Umatilla county nnd by tho state of Oregon. to tho roof with people filled with the controversy over the Umatilla Club, sitting as a jury, heurd both walemsers or the upper river was1 . their side of the eas were adopted! LABORITE ENVOLVED IN TIMES EXPLOSION Frisco Leader ,Who is Miss ing Will Ae Pros ecuted L,s Anga'es, Dec. 13. (Bulletin.) . That the Times dynamiting case is n"t ended was made known this after- noon when Assistant District Attorney Ford announced that a prominent San Francisco labor leader will be arrest- c, and prosecuted. "This man." said Ford, "was di rectly responsible for the loss of twenty-one lives. We tnow that John McXaniara sent Jim McXamara to work l der his direction and he or- dered the Times dynamited. "The man has not been beard from since he left New York for the Pacific coast recently. 1 "Although tho man Is supposed to have uiJ-appeared. we know where he is. He cannot escape. He is being shadowed day and night. ! "John McXamara didn't know when Jim was sent out here that the Times was to be dynamited. Neither did Jim. This man was In Los Angeles at the time of the explosion. We will convict him when his case comes to trial." ! Leaders Still Missing San Francisco. Cal.. Dec. 13. The whereabouts of Jlaf Tvietmce. presi oiiictai. continues to puzzie ieuerai nutiioiities. coining nas oeen nearu "-" tn,'m !nc ll(,.v 1,,ft Now Y"rk for the Pacific coast over a week as They knew McXamara well, it is as serted. yyoM AN WOI XDS HER RARY THEN KII.I.S Ill'.RSEI.l' Vancouver, R. C. Mrs. (1. 11. Wool- .i,.i.i.,., .nrp.i v resident of Colling- aged five weeks, and then killed her self. Sthe rut tlit chilli's throat and found his wife dead and his baby barely alive. The child was taken to tlio hospital and will probably recov- er. Mrs. Woohlridge is believed to have gone suddenly Insane. AND DO YOUR DUTY 1 Oil. EXTENSION FOES FIGHF FOR IIS Declare Project Will Wean to Umatilla County Will Injure Welfare of Upper River Waterusers Here is a summary of the argu-- iu"iits agiiiiis-t tlie Kxtcnsion of the Umatilla project. Tho cunylng out of the Extension v-IM iiiciin tuklng water tluit should lie used on the upcr river and using it upon the extension. Hie government, in order to carry out the Kxtenslon will ruin oyer one niillio i dollars worth of land in Uma tilla county. The loss to Umatilla county from the Extension will more than offset the ?raln. in securing a reservoir site the gov ernment will !x forced to drive set tler? 011 the Umatilla nKiidows from their homes. In its adjudication suit the govern ment has not allowed upper river settlers sufficient water jx-r acre for their lands. The flow of the Umatilla river is insufficient to carry out the Exten sion without great injury to other user. In planning for the extension the government should consider only the minimum flow of the river, not the average flow. The John Day project Is a more de sirahle project ami should bo favored over the Umatilla Extension. The rights of older settlers should lie protected and the government should not take water to reclaim lands that are owned by the Northern Pa cific, the Swifts and the I.adds. Dr. II. W. foe declares he will transfer the Andrew C. Smith filing to the Pendleton Commercial club if the Extension Ls uhnndoiicd. State Senator J. X. Burgess was the f rst speaker last evening for tho.-e who are opposing the carrying out of the Umatilla extension by the gov ernment. Mr. Burgess, presented the position of the settlers on Birch creek anJ criticised the government for the adjudication suits. His speech is giv en in full below: JUDGE MARINER sit Judge Mar ner, of B'alock Gilliam county, spoke briefly in behalf of a scheme to reclaim the lands under the extension by using water from the John Day river taken out at a point below the government's prospective site at Thirty Mile creek. Judge Mar ner declared he had made surveys and finds that it is feasible to bring water from the John Day to lands under the extension and also to wa ter some 10.000 acres in northern Gilliam county. Ho urges that if the government wil! take up his scheme it will afford a happy solution to the present controversy. He said the work could be done for the four mil Tons requested for the Umatilla ex tension and that it would leave the waters of the Umatilla for the use of other parties. DR. H. W. COE Dr. Henry. Wa'do Coe of Portland and Stanf eld, came to the front last night as the leading spirit among those who arc working against extension. He did not have a tlie set paper, but speaking off hand he d dared there Is not sufficient water in; tllt 1 "111:1 1 11 1:1 rivnr fro" tha 11 r.!!.!!! ' extension. In support of that conten tion he quoted the state eng neer thowing the min mum flow of the riv er to be 219,000 acre feet. Setting forth what he declared to be tho am ount of water now consumed on the Umatilla and other projects he sought to show that It is physically 'mpos-lble for the government to car ry out the extension without injury to present users. Dr. Coe also dwelt eloquently up on the rights of old settlers to water for their farms and declared that the government should not dr've settlors on tho Umatilla meadows from their homes in order to obtain land for res ervoir purposes. He frequently refer red with much sarcasm to the recla mation service and declared that he de'ests many of thoe in the service though applauding the qual'ties of the "and under the Umatilla project. In reply to the star argument of the ITcrnrstoninr.s that he Is behind the Andrew C Smith filing upon the flood waters of the river. Dr. Coe de clared the filing was made in the bo tief it was of value Subsequently ho learned that the flow of tho river I-nrgest paid ch-cu-latlon of any paper in Oregon, east of Tort la ml. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. XO. 723 r WAGE FIERCE ABANDONMENT More Loss Than Gain is such that the f ling is of little use and he declares he has given it no at tention. His denial brought forth scornful laughter from the Hermiston enthusiasts in the gallery. Would Reliiqulsh Right. Today Dr. Coe made a star reply to the star charge again.--1 him by fil ing the following propos tion with the Pendleton Commercial club. Pendleton, Ore., Dee. 13. 1911. Pendleton Commercial Club, Pendle ton, Oregon: Gentlemen Having determined, as we believed from accurate information and upon reliable advice that there was insuff'cient water to make our filing for the reservoir site near But ter creek of value and having dono no work thereon, we had assumed until the discussion last evening that our rights under our filings had lapsed. After hearing the discussion In wh'ch the very great value of these fiTngs were described we feel that they are likely of, sufficient value that they should be preserved, al though ve have personally no Inten tion or desire to maintain our interest therein. Permit me therefore to ask your body to become trustee for these wa ter rights for the benefit of every wa ter user on the river. If therefore you w'll draw the neces-ary papers my associates and I will execute the same fo the benefit of the actual set tler, rancher and farmer for whom you wil'. be trustee. We will make no charge whatever for -these r'ghts but wMl turn them over absolutely free. This include! what is known as the "Andrew C. Smith filing." prepared for us by Mr. Hobson, engineer for the reclamation service. Tours very truly. HF.XRT W. COE. LOUIS SCHOLLJR. Louis Scholl, Jr. of Echo, made one of the most emphat'c and d'rect talks in behalf of tho-e who are opposing the extension nnd he presented the matter from the standpo'nt of Echo and of settlers upon tho Meadows In opening his remarks Mr. Scholl declared that nt fir-t the extension appealed to him as It did to others, and he was for it on the ground that it would mean the expenditure of much money In the state nnd would not interfere with the rights of older settlers. Developments subsequent to the taking up of the move for th exten sion forced him t. change his mind recording the merits of the move. His chief criticism of the extension wns made on the ground that It means the taking of water that should justly go t.i other sellers above the mouth of Butter creek. Tie al-o set forth the argument that the destruction of 4onn acres of land upon the meadows will make the extens'on an injury rather th:in a benefit to Umnt'lla county. Mr. Sertoli's ndilrss en!ste.l large ly in reading a letter he had written t-ennior 1 nmoerinin ami in wnicn ne ' set forth at length the ohj(c'ions to j the exten-lon nnd upheld the John Pay proleet n hem? the proper pro- J'l't to be adopted L. A. ESTEB A. Esteb, well known resident and attorney of Echo, also spoke aca'nst the ox'enlon from an Echo standpo'nt. His remarks were in a humorous vein and paid bis respects to Hermiston workers, among them Col IT. G Newport and W. H Skin ner. He likewise grilled tho Oregon Journal: referred to Oliver P. Morton ns the Devil nnd took a fling at the editor of tho East Oregonian. How ever, along wl'h his enterta;n'ng re marks. Mr. Esteb nlso Interspersed many of the nreuments nentnst the extension nnd used some of tho same statements as his fellow townsman, L. Scholl. FRANK SLOAN FrnT Sloan of St infield, was tho last representative of the west er 1 t" (Continued on page eUht. Col. one.)