EVEIIIIIG EDITION - SlL EVENING EDITION WEATHER REPORT. largest paid circu lation of any paper In Oregon, east of Port land. Ruin or snow tonight and Friday. VOL. 24 PEXDLETOX, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1911. NO. 7295 COUNTY OFFICIAL SS!iXs . CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. ' . PENDLETON COMMERCIAL CLUB ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSES PROPOSED WEST UmATILLA EXTEnSjON Urges Expenditure of Reclamation Funds in Oregon and Full Protection of Water Rights of Upper River Users Belief is Now.That Satisfactory Bitter and Historic Controversy Dr. Coe's Offer of Second Filing is Not Accepted By Organization as Effect Would Be Unchanged Tlo President Notified. Following the adjournment of the Commercial club meeting last night copies of the resolu tions adopted, signed by Presi dent Smytho and Secretary Keefo, were wired to President Taft. As representative of the l'ort and Commercial club, C C. Chapman wired the resolu tions to the secretary of the in terior, the Oregon delegation and to J. N. Teal at Washing ton. With a deafening roar of "ayes" the members of tho Pendleton Commer cial club made known their senti ments regarding the West Umatilla extenn at a epecial meeting last night and there was but one solitary vote cast against tho endorsement of the extension and against two other resolutions that were presented, one calling for tho expendture of federal reclamation funds In Oregon and the other upholding tho right and wel fare of the wutorusers of the upper Umatilla, and tributary streams. It was a decisive ending of a con troversy that will go Into tho history of eastern Oregon. It came at 10 o'clock last evening after the club members had li-toned In patience to ablo d'scUHsjon of the resolution and of an additional resolution that was submitted but was rejected. The Members Were There. Members of tho Commercial club did not hun their duty last evening but turned out almost en masse to participate In the meeting. When tho special set-s'on was called to order at 8 o'clock by President Smytho the club quarters were paokodand every seat ai taken, this despite the fact .hat benches had been brought in from tho gallery of the gymnasium. Three Resolutions. Immediately after the meeting had been ca led to order E. B. Aldrlch gained tho floor and presented three resolutions. lie asked that they be read and In explanation said they had been drafted by a group of men who favored the west extension and who also favored protecting the welfare of the seniors of tho upper river. After the three resolutions had been read by .Secretary Jack Kecfe, Roscoe It. Johnson moved tho adoption of the same and took up the fight on tho floor. In a brief but abl argument he set forth that the resolutions fur nished a proper solution of the ques tion before It. Ho repeated some of his arguments of tho night before in favor of tho extension nnd of govern ment Irrigation In preference to Irri gation by private enterprise. D sou sine tho first resolution, fa voring the: granting to Oregon of rec lamation money to which the state is Justly entitled, he declared that Ore gon's hope of securing reclamation money rests upon the fate of tho ex tension. Ho pointed out that tho state 1ST BASKETBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT The basketball Benson will open with a rush In Pendleton Friday night when tho high school will hold two Inter-class games. The seniors will meet tho Juniors, nnd the sophomores will clash with tho freshmen. Thero Is much rivalry between the teams and the game will bo stubbornly contested. The senior five will bo composed of Chapman, Strain, Houser, Hampton and Feo. Their junior opponents will bo composed of somo old timers, In cluding "Spider" McDonald, "Cluta- wa" Thompson, "Hull" Jordan, "Dea con." Flnnell and "turdy" Sturdi vant. Among the sophomores and fresh men who will appear on the floor are A. Ferguson, Brock, Hamley, Krebbs Dorscy, Hock. Rugg, Russell, O. Fer guson, K rkpatrlck. The games will be played In tho high school gymna slum nnd will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Tro poc's for a good team are bright and under tho coaching of Jack Keefe, tho school hopes to hnve a championship quintet. Actlvo train ing will beg'n Monday, when a largo number of candidates will be out to try for pos lions on the team. Solution Has Been Found should unite in tupport of the pro ject and explained the weakness of a congressional delegation when Us home people are in controversy as to what should be done. Protection for Settlers. The third resolution, contended Mr. John.-on, embodied everything that could possibly be done by Pendleton people towards protecting the rights of the settlers of the upper river. He showed that the resolution calls for allowing settlers on the upper river to water their lands and asks the gov- rnment to reassure them In their rights and to subserve their welfare n carylng out its reclamation work. Ir, Coe's Offer. As to Dr. Coe's offer to transfer the Andrew C. Smith filing to the Com nnycial club fur use for the benefit of all the wateruers on the river, Mr. Johnson declared that such a pro- ceding wou'd constitute an aban donment of the filing and would al ow any person who desired to do so o make the same identical filing again and thus bottle up the waters of the river just as if the Smith fil- ng had been continued. The speak er declared his belief that other law yers would uphold him in this view nnl none of the attorneys present had anything to Fay in dissent. Stelwer Had Substitute. t the conclusion of It. R. John- sons discussion, Frederick stelwer said he had prepared a resolution ... i which he would Introduce for adop-; ion in the event the other resolutions! were defeated. Later he changed his ourse to the extent that he asked merely that his resolution be added to hose already submitted. Though longer than tho other reso lutions submitted the Stelwer resolu tion differed from them mainly In that his resolution denounced the gov- rnment severe'y for the adjudication suits and demanded that they be abandoned. In upholding his resolu t'on Stelwer declared himself against he west extension but said he would not oppose it, confining his efforts to his resolution, which contained an en dorsement of the extension. . J. Hoy Haley also came to the sup lort of tho Pteiwer amendment and presented in Its behalf arguments along' the same line as those of Mr. Stelwer, though tho city attorney de- lared himself to be favorable to the west extension. Johnson Is Champion. The attempt to pass tho Stelwer resolution as an addition to those or iginally introduced brought R. R. Johnson to the floor and a vigorous defense of the government's action. In detail Mr. Johnson told of the con ditions prior to the passage of the Oregon water code and of the status of affairs since that time. He upheld the adjudication of water righ's and 'nsisted the government had acted properly In bringing tho Umatilla culls. He argued that because the complaint states that 2. a acre feet Is sufficient for local needs it does not follow the courts w'll adopt that am ount of water as a standard. To have tho adjudication suits dis missed would bo merely to return to chaos nnd force private users to bring such suits. For over nn hour the Slolwer am endment was warmly debated with Messrs. Stelwer nnd Raley supporting It and Mr. Johnson opposing. J. P. Winter also dipped Into the fray at critical times and C. It. Carter once I rose to ask of Mr. Stelwer what mem- ber of the water board was charged with dishonesty. In reply Ste'wcr disclaimed ll' purposo of assailing any member of the board. Amendment Rejected. When the long debnto had been con cluded, President Smythe announced that a written ballot would be taken upon tho adoption of the amendment. Sam R. Thompson and O. I. Ladow were named as tellers and the vote was taken. The amendment lost by a vote of 44 to 26, there being but 70 members present when the ballot was taken owing to tho fact that many had left feeling that the fight for the extension had been won and that the fight was over a question of proced ure. After the Stelwer amendment hnd been voted down, J. R. Rnley moved that a vlve voco vote be tnken upon tho three resolutions then upon tho table. When the vote wns taken a storm of ayes resounded nnd but one man, James Johns voted in tho noga tivo. For Reclamation Money. Wo unqualifiedly nnd unre orMly go on record In Joining with the ono I For Eastern Oregon's Most O A RESUME. 4 I illclon Commercial club look up fight for west exton ion two years ago, at request of west end IeoIe. Support of Portland influenc- es Mviired through agency of local roinm'tuv. Vigorous fight nuidc by en- tire mute, for build 111 of ex- ten -ion project by the covcrn- inent. OpiXKllion to extension sliown by Xplo of StanflcM and In vicinity. 4 I'PIHt river water users in- diicctl to J'in forces with Stan- field folic In opposes extension. Question brought before Pen- dleion Commercial club Tues- day, IMvcnilH'r 5. when club was n-ked to reverse itself and oppose project. Tuesday, December 12 set as i!ate for hearing arguments 4 from nil sides relative to merits of Hie extension. Meeting at Oregon theater DeeemlM'r 12 addressed by able speakers representing all .. fac- Hons In controversy. Sixv'ul meeting of Pcndlo. ton Commercial club Inst eve- ni-ng to tuko action regarding the extension. Commercial club reaffirms endorsement of vpt extension, asks that more reclamation money lie exM,iuled in Oregon and urges protection of rights and welfare of upper river wu- ler users. hundred and nine other commercial organizations of this state, members of the Oregon Development League, in the appeal made to the United States government for Justice to Ore gon In the allotment of reclamation funds, .to the end that something like a fair proportion of the fees collect ed frnm thio nliito ho f n.niltft with- .-.. , ., ill in utuunn i-i 11 1 iaimu mm uu- 1 yelopmont on any of the numerous feeble and meritorious projects available in Oregon. The West Extension. j The following Is the resolution cn- dorsing the west extension: j The wet extension of the Umatilla irr'gation project hns been approved by the United States reclamation ser-j vice and Is one of the most attractive, desirable nnd beneficent of all the ex- ist'ng projects of the government. We ternoon sessions great progress is be aro Informed there are and will be ing made. funds which may be allotted by the . government for the construction of said west extension in the immediate future, nnd that this is the only rec lamation work for which funds can be allotted to Oregon. The Pendleton Commercial associa tion several years ago became tho prime mover in a state-wide cam- Omaha, Dec. 14. Declaring tho paign for the completion of the Uma- Pinchot conservation policy is sense tilla project, including the west ex- le-e, erratic and ruinous to the sheep ten.-lon and continuously since has and wool industry. President tlooding been the champion of this great of tho National Wool Growers' asso cause. j ciation, in convention here, today At a hearing beforo this associa- : criticized the former chief forester in t'on yes;erday, December 13. at h s annual address. which large and substantial delega tions wero present representing Pi lot Rock, McKay and Birch creeks, tlie Um.it 11a Indian reservation. Echo, Stanfield, Hermlston, Umatilla, Irrl gon, lleppner, Blalock, Arlington, Portland nnd other towns, districts md interests directly and Indirectly interested in this project tho entire subject was again considered, so as to pass upon new phases of this ques tion recently placed before tho asso ciation. After careful consideration the rcndleton association reaffirms Its faith in the west extension of the Umatilla project and recommends and urges Its early approval by the pres ident and the socretary of the Inter ior to tho end that actual construc tion mny be Initiated, In the Immedi ate future and bo rapidly carried for ward to completion. Wo respectfully urge thnt the decls'on re'atlve to the undertaking of this extension be an nounced nt an early date so as to dis pel uncertainty, and In tho event the decision Is favorable that the govern ment make prompt and ndequato pay ment to settlers nnd land owners for lands to bo covered by th? reservoir or damaged by virtue of Its con-truc-tion. Upper River Rights. This Is tho rosolut on favoring tho Russia Waliin Washington, Doe. 14. Early recognition by Russia, of Amerl- can Jews' rights, for the pur- pose of avoiding abrogation of her treaty with the United States, Is expected an a result of the adoption f Congr&ssman Sulzor's resolution In the house. It is understood that President Taft tipped off the Russian di- plomats that he wont sign the resolution until diplomatic ne- gotiations, now progressing with Russia, are concluded. TWO LABOR LEADERS WILL BE INDICTED Frisco Men Said to Be Re sponsible for Times , Explosion While Authorities Keep Names Secret, They Search for Tvietmorc and Johannsen Who Arc Still Missing. I Los Angeles, Dec. 14. Two Indict ments will be returned by the federal grand jury Saturday, against two . prominent labor leaders of San Fran cisco. It is said they were respon sible for the order which caused James McNamnra to dynamite the Times. ! Two other San Francisco laborites are likely to be Indicted also. The names of the men are already In Ihe hands of the United States marshal and bench warrants for their arrests will be Issued Saturday. District Attorney Ford announced ' that the arrests of Caplan and Schmidtz, for complicity In the Times explosion will be only a matter of time. Sill Svk IiCiulers. Sn Francisco, Dec. 14. It is be lieved that Olaf Tvlemoe, secretary of the San Francisco Building Trades council and Antone Johannsen, his companion, who have been missing two weeks will soon be found by fed eral authorities who want them to tes. tiiy before the federal grand lurv at I .os Angeles. It is expecte-t that Johannsen will appear as his little daughter, Loretta, died suddenly at their home at Corte Middera. Tvlet inoc's attorneys say he'll be here I Christmas. Imllaiuipolis Prolx- Regius. Indianapolis, Dec. 14. Secret in vestigations by a United States grand Jury began here today, of the dyna miting plots, In which the McNamaras participated. None except govern ment employes were allowed to ap proach within three hundred feet of the jury room. Detective Burns will !"" among the first witnesses called. , Goos t( jn.iiaimpolis. Angeles. Dec. 14. Under heavy guard Ortie McManlgal. star govern- nlent witness will likely leave here for Indianapolis Monday. A request that i,e be sent as soon as possible has u.en received hero and preparations for his departure started today. Although "the federal grand jury probing the California end of the dy namiting eases are holding onlv nf- GOODING RAPS FREE WOOL AND PINCHOT He declared Pinclrot did his best to ruin the s-heep and wool Industry of the west by his conservation policies and chargod that these policies wero indirectly responsible for the big Idaho forest fires which he said could have been prevented largely had beep nnd cattle been allowed to graze through tho forests. He demanded an honest revision of the tariff, asserting that a free wool measure would kill the wool industry of the United States. rights and welfare of tho settlers on the Upper Umatilla and tributary streams. At the hearing before Ihe Pendlo ton Commercial association relative to the endorsement of tho west ex ension of M U.nai! 'a pro'e-; 'hre was expressed a fear of damage and possible ruhi of reputable pioneer residents of Umat'lla county possess ing vested r'ghts In waters of the Umatilla river nnd its tributaries above tho site of the proposed reser- vot for tho west exten-lon; many of thoso settlers apprehended that they were to bo deprived of thoir rights :in.l fruits of th'r lnhnr diirlno lonir ,v, of g.ruv in mak tig homes in th's region. We feel that such opposition as developed In tho west (Continued on pago ciflht.) M I FATALLY 1 Kamela Hill Scene of Midnight Railroad Disaster in Which O.-VV. R. & N.' Freight is Wrecked HELPER ENGINE IS HURLED THROUGH CABOOSE Nebraska Stockman's Death Instantaneous, La Grande Conductor Cannot Survive, Brakeman Dangerously and Fireman Slightly Injured. W. D. McKinley, a stockman of Nebraska, was instantly killed. Con ductor B. T. Hancock was fatally in jured and Brakeman Perrlr.a received injuries from which he will probably die as the result of the blowing up of freight engine No. 382 at Glover on the Kamela hill of the O.-W. R. & N. R. R. at midnight last night. The wreck occurred as freight train Extra Xo. 55 westbound was climbing the steep hill. Engine No. 507 and 615. with Engineers Brown and Parker and Firemen Forester and Culbertson, were hauling the heavy train up the grade. The wrecked en gine was acting as a helper and was attached to the rear of the train. The accident occurred when the crown sheet of the rear engine fell down, causing an explosion of the boiler. Instead of the force of the explosion going backwards ps it usu ally does, it went forward, throwing much of the engine into the rear end of tho caboose. The caboose was to tallv wrecked, more than half of the car being blown into small pieces. Mr. McKinley was asleep in the ca- J. HASE DROPS DEAD IN ST. GEORGE HOTEL LOBBY SiiiM'rhitcndcnt of Coo Reservoir Sud denly Succumbs to Ilenrt Disease Search for Relatives. The Furnish Ditch company is to day without a superintendent at its Coe reservoir due to the sudden death in the Hotel St. George lobby last night of John Hase. At 7:30 he walked to a chair, sat down. sudden- ly stiffened and the spark of life had departed. Death was due to failure. neart Mr. Hase came to Pendleton two days ago and consulted Dr. R. E. R'n go about his heart and was Informed that that organ was extremely weak. Treatment was prescribed for him but it came too late, for within a few hours he lay dead from the cause of which he had been warned. Mr. Hase has been with the Furnish Ditch company for the past two years,' having first been sent over by the reclamation service at North Yakima to act as Inspector wh'le the Coe dam was being constructed. At the ' conclusion of that piece of work he was retained as superintendent of tho dam and reservoir, which position he hehl at the time of his death. His death is felt deeply by the Fur nish company as he had proved an ex tremely valuable man to it. E. P. Marshall, general manager of the company, stated this morning that Superintendent Hase was the most ef ficient, practical and resourceful man which the company has ever had In its employ nnd that his position would. be a hard one to fill. His former associates in tho rec lamation serv ce at North Yakima have been notified of his death and an effort is being made to locate a sister in Indiana. Pending the result of these queries, tho body of the dead man Is being held at the Folsoni un dertaking parlors. WOULD PKXSIOX LOST C.U Si: YI.TKRAXS ALSO Washington, Doc. 14. Senator John D. Works of California, In the senate today emphasized the obligations of the government to Civil war veterans and recommended that both Union and Confederate veterans be cared for. This, he said, would be the pro per means of obliterating sectional lilies and make good will, between the North and South permanent. Delhi Doomed. Gibraltar, Dec. 14. Tugs are try ing to reach the wrecked steamer Del hi which has nuii's and $1 000,000, mostly In bullion, aboard. The gale Is yet raging and it is feared the ship will go to pieces. Accept Pnnnnui Tower Plans. San Francisco, Dec. 14. Plans were accepted today for tho memo rial tower of the Panama Pacific ex position of 1915, which w:ll be S"i0 feet hist, tho tallest buiding in the worlil except the 1'arU Eiffel tower. The structure w U bo permanent and revert to tho city after trie exposition. EXPLDSO boose when the explosion came and his body was blown out of the car and about 20 feet up onto the bank. The body was badly mangled and indications are that he never knew what killed him. The bedding on which he was resting was sent about 100 feet into the air and was found on top of the telegraph wires. Trees for a distance of 200 yards showed the effect of the explosion, large branches on the nearest ones being broken and shattered by the flying pieces of metal and timber. One of the peculiarities of the acci dent is the escape of Engineer Chand ler, who, was on the wrecked engine, without a scratch. Fireman Sparks was burned by the fire from the fur nace, but was not seriously injured. Such explosions usually throw their force backward, ca,tching'the engineer and fireman, but this time It went the opposite way, wrecking the caboose. Conductor Hancock was so badly injured that It Is not thought possible that he could live through the day. He was Immediately taken to La Grande where medical attention was given him. At the time of the ex plosion he was making out his report, sitting at his desk. His lungs were perforated by his ribs and the top of his head blown off, either Injury be ing sufficient to cause death. He re sides in La Grande, where he has a family. It is also feared that Brakeman Perrine will die, as he was badly hurt although it is Impossible to tell the extent of his injuries. His hands, face 1 and back were Injured and bruised Lnd it is believe(1 that he s aiso suf. fering from Internal lnurles. A special was sent out from La Grande and the injured men were ! eiven all relief that medicine could I afford. They were taken to the hos pital where their wounds were dress ed and where they now are. The force of the explosion was so great that the entire engine was lift ed from the rails and thrown from the track, making it necessary for the wrecking crew to be called to clear the track. Traffic was delayed until noon today. The train was making Its way up the steep hill and had reached Glover, which is about half way to tho sum mit, when the engine exploded Only the engine and caboose were wreck- D.l M .1.1 Iha . 1 -1 A Vi 1 AnrvinAB n.m.M ,0 hau, thp rm pf the ral to a noarby I J RAMROD BOB TRIES FOR WALKING RECORD "Ramrod Boh," aspirant for honors """"I'"'" i-'si wamer 01 tne mmiau-M, ur.iM-rs x-cnuui"ii tomorrow morning for Spokane and return. He goes afoot with a heavy walking stick and .1 2il cent box of crackers as his only equipment. H. will spend two days in Spokane and return to Pen dleton bv December 30 or know the reason why. According to "Ramrod Bob." who by the way says lie will tell his rent name when he returns, says he will walk 10 hours each day. Ho has a little money with him and expects to i lH' aMt ' ',av his wa' so as not to IV delayed through the necessity of working for his meals. "Ramrod Bob" has promised to writo the East Oregonian each day he is enroute to Spokane telling of his progress and whereabouts. .Tack Changes Mind. Liverpool, Dec. 14 After announc ing broadcast his indention of sailing. Jack Johnson, champion heavyweight, suddenly chanced his plans nnd hur ried to Paris where he is negotiating to reenter the fight game. Scouts Kill li Outlaw. Lanao. Mindina. P. I, Dec. 14. . News of the death of forty-two more outlaws In a battle with a detach ment of American scouts ha been re ported. The Americans wero unhurt. Deposed Sultan Pylnif. Berlin. Doc. II Abdul llitull, de-pos-l Turkish sultan, is r- po-t-'d crit ically ill at Constantino; 1 .: with Uttlo hope for recovery.