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.)