mam warn . , ,., CT,;- , . COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. S Vj ' EVENING EDITION largest pulil circn lation of any paper In Oregon, cast of Fort land. CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. VOL. 24. PEXDLETOX, OREGOX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1011. TO. 7207 PEACE DOVE HAS ARRIVED Burgess to Drop Move to Discredit Action of Com mercial Club. LOWELL IS, PEACEMAKER Nxvnl Mooting of Commercial Club Momlny to Push Additional IJlrcli crivk Kenoliitlon Action In N'o MVay IleseliMls HosohitiSons lissed Tho dovo of peace 1h here and the olive branch now waves over the warring camps that have been astir since tho Commercial club meeting Wednesday n'ght. It was announced to the Ea t Oregonlan th's afternoon by Senator J. N. Burgess that he will stop the fight to circumvent the ac tion of the Commercial club and will not forward the petitions that were signed by a number of local people yesterday. Along with this announcement comes the following call for a club meeting Monday night: Mooting Monday Night. "There will be a special meeting of the Pendleton Commercial club on Monday evening, December 18, 1911, at g o'clock for the purpose of sub mitting to the club a resolution that hows the good faith of tho Pendle ton Commercial club to tho Water users' association of this county. This resolution in no way rescind the prcvloui resolutions which were pass ed by the Pendleton Commercial flub, ami which were wired to Wash ington, The resolution to be submit ted Is entire" y satisfactory to -all coa terned. and has been endorsed by the board of managers of the Pendleton Commercial club and the executive t'ommttco of tho Umatilla County Wateruers' association. "J. E. KEEFE, Jr., Sec " i.owei; non it. Tho resolution rerorred to was written by Judge S. A. Lowell and has been offered as a friendly solu tion of tho controversy. It Is entirely satisfactory to local friends of tho west cxtcn-lon and has ulso been of ficially approved by Messrs, Burgess, Shaw and Guderlan, executive com m ttee for the Umatilla county water users' association. It Is satisfactory to friends of tho extension for the reason It sets forth the same senti ments expressed In one of tho resolu tions adopted Wednesday. At a cau cus this morning the only objection ral cd was as to whether the move was advisable at this time, It being held that Birch creek nnd McKay creek people should first file upon wa ter and then ask the government to relinquish part of Its filing. In sup port of this It was contended that If the government should take uch ac tion now the benefits might go to others than the settlors o.n McKay und H'reh creeks. However, the 1! rch creek delegation expressed sat isfaction with the resolution and ask ed for lt adoption. So It was cheer fully accepted by the others present. Tho call for tho special meeting Monday was made hy Vice President AV. E. Brock in tho abnenco of Presi dent Sinythe, who left for Portland last night. Tho fol owing Is the resolution pre sented by Judge Lowell and which hag been endor-ed by the Birch creek people, by It. K. Johnson and members of tho Commercial club ' board of managers. TllO JlOMOllltlOll, Whereas, It is a fact demonstrated by long experience that the condi tions of soli and climate, and tho pe culiar contour of tho country, touch ing tho upper brnnchoa of tho Uma tilla river, and its tributaries east of Yoakum, notably Wild Horse crock, McKay crook, the two branches of IV rch creek, and Bear creek, make that region a natural soil reservoir for the lower river In tho dry season of tho year. And wherca", it is a further fact that use of tho waters of said Htroams by the residents thereon for Irrigation purpo-es benefits all the users on the lower river Including tho Un'ted States government by retard ing tho early run-off and holding It back for use in tho lutter months of tho summer; And wherens, tho soils upon said streams !s of the Fame character as tho soil of tho wheat country and is possessed of remarkable qualities of retention of moisture, and whereas, aub tantlally all the water dlvertod from said streams for irrigation pur poses, because of tho contour of the country, finally returns to the stream, and ultimately to the Umatilla river for tho benefit of lower irrigators thorron. And whereas, because of these facts the government will bo benefited In Its present project, and In its proposod west extension thereof, by encourag ing tho ros'den'a along Bald stream to d'vert as much of said water as possible. Therefore bo it resolved, that It Is ASYLUM1C0NCRETE WORKIBEGINSSOON Excavation Work Completed and Footings Are Installed Largo l'or of Workmen Ru-sliing Vrk Before Weather Bevomcw Jfewl and Stops Operations, With thlrty-f ve men on the pay roil at the present time, the contrac tors and sub-contractors who have been commissioned with the task of constructing the eastern Oregon branch insane asylum are pushing their work a fast as possible, while tho weather permits them to do so, and the scene at the asylum grounds Is one of great uctlvity. Already the excavating is done, the footings in for the five buildings which will consti tute the asylum group, and the forms are being constructed preparatory to pouring the concrete for the founda tions; electricians and plumbers are already on the Job, making their first connections, anu other preliminary work is being done as fast as pos sible. The firm of Olson & Johnson of Mlssouia, Montunt, secured the gener al contract for the construction of the asylum buildings, but a number of sub-contractors are caring for partic ular branches of the big Job: C. F. Carls of Walla Walla, secured the contract for excavating, the Pacific Fire Extinguisher company of Port land Is Installing the electrical equip ment, the Appling-Griggs company of Tacoma Is looking after tho plumbing and Theo M. Barr or Salem, is the sub-contractor who will put in the heating apparatus. Murphy Bros, of this city have N-eii g ven the painting contract subject to the approval of the architect. All lumber, cement and Kind Is being furnished by the Oregon Lumber company of this city, while all of the steel for the edifices conies from Tobawanda, New York. It Is' estimated that for the main building, tho laundry and the power plant, 1,600,000 feet of lumber will be neces-ary, 140 carloads of cement and 4 00 carloads of sand. So eager are the contractors to push work that , they have Installed electric lights over the gravel pit In order that work there can go on without Interruption during the twen ty-four hours. Olson & Johnson's contract calls for the completion of work by November 1, 1912. and they declare they will bo ready to turn the buildings over at that date. Knd Durbar Vlwlt. Delhi, Dec. 16. King George and the queen ended their Durbar v'sit to Delhi today when they left the city. The king 1 off for a two weeks' hunt for tigers in Natal. Queen Mary is bound for Agra where she will visit a few more Important princesses un til December 20, when the king re turns. The departure of his majesty was! the oeca-don for other huge military turnouts. King George will be the guest of the Uajah of Nepal. Sixty elephants, 4 0 nutos and thousands of bushbeaters are rounding up tigers and other big game for tho royal (sportsman. the sense of th's association that tho government filing upon the waters of the Umatilla, river and its tributaries made In March, 190!. be waived as to such tracts upon raid streams as any nctual settler thereof may desire to irrigate, to-wlt, as to any extension of the present Irr'gated area of res idents upon said stream, and that Upon application of respective Indi viduals the proper reclamation offi cials enter into stipu'atlons to that effect, that tho same may be filed with tho state engineer when appli cation is from time to time made by such settlers for new water rights, and Whereas, we are of tho op'nlon that tho peculiar conditions of soil and topography hero require that tho ' board of control of tho state shall make special and personal in-pection j of all watershed covered by the said tr butarles of said river to the end . that Justice may bo done In final de- ; cree; and whereas, wo are conv need i that no hard and fast ru'e as to the duty of water can justly be applied; I and whereas, we believe that an ad- ; Judication of the Umatilla river 'sys-: tern In a manner to meet public np- j proval will bo of vast benefit to the wholo state, in the adJudicJlt'on of other stream systems, and of assist- j anco to tho board of control In clar- ; Ify'ng and simplifying Its futuro work. ! Thoreforo be it resolved, that wo urgo tho fu'.l membership of the state board of control to visit and examine personally all the ditches and irri- j gated areas, ns well as propo cd ex-j tensions thereof upon tho Umatilla t river and Its tributaries, and to ex- amino into soil and water conditions, If necesory, taking testimony upon the ground, in order that full Just'co may bo done, and each water claim ant accorded such amount of water as his needs reou're nnd ns the end of justice may demand. Wo are sat isfied that the rujf which seems to obtain of ailowlng one-half Inch per aero 'n nil cnes Is wrnntr In prineiplo und contrary to puhl c Intere t STOKES FAIR S This Female of Vicious Spe-i cies at Last Shows Wo manly Characteristic. WINS FIGHT;HAS HYSTERIA I'.tliol Conrad, After Proving More . Than Match for Prosecutor, Joes to Pi-vs nnd Sobhy Lillian Cruhuin Boooitios Stroii"; Comforter. New York, Dec. 16 A verdict of "not guilty" was returned late yes terday, freeing Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad of criminal charges on wh'eh they had been held since last June for shooting the millionaire sportsman and hotel proprietor, W. E. D. Stoke-. The Jury reached Its ver dict In slight'- less than one hour. When summoned to hear the ver dict Miss Graham appeared unstrung and was assisted Into the court room, trembling. The more spirited Miss Conrad, came unassisted, but nervous. When the girls faced the foreman ho announced the words "not guilty." Miss Conrad cried, "Thank God," and went into violent hysterics. She sank to the counsel table, then Jumped up again, shrieking and tearing her hair nnd throwing her arms about .wildly. It was a' surprise to the spectators, for Miss Conrad had kept much the better nerve of the two defendants throughout the trial. On the other hand. Miss Graham, who continually wept during thet rial and sobbed the mo a when she heard the verdict, recovered her.jelf when she saw her companion so affected and acted as the comforter for her younger friend. It was at first thought that Miss Conrad had misunderstood the ver dict and tier companion tried to as sure her that they were free. "Oh, I know." she sa d. "Tell mother we are free. Tell her we are coming home." ' The girl's hystori continued ten m'nutes. The Jury arrived at Its verdict after four ballots. On three of them the jurymen voted each time 11 to 1 for acquittal, the one man dissenting be ing in favor of a conviction of second degree assault. Old Cove) in Isrnoranee. New York, Doc. 16 Fearing that the news of the acquittaj of Lillian Grahm and Ethel Conrad, may se riously tffect his health, physicians are keeping the information from Miliionalre Stokes, who is still criti cally 111, as a result of an operation. Miss Graham goe to Europe soon with her sister. Miss Coifrad won't talk. ' A .NEW WAY TO QIIET SOI.1HERS; M.VKK 'KM FIGHT Peking, Dec, 16. Fight'ng is pro-' grossing in the vicinity of Spls Kai i Kong today as tho result of a ruse by the Imperial! t commander, to pre-; vont his troops from mutinying. The soldiers wanted the'r pny, which the' commander lacked. He therefore i broke tho armistice and set thelu to fighting to keep them quiet. I Only 6 More Get Your Present While the Christmas Stock Is Fresh. DO IT NOW. TAFT'S TARIFF MEANS WAR Free Trade Issue Gives Way to Duty for Revenue Only Vs. Protection. BOARD'S REPORT READY Democrats Arc Exwfted to Ignore INfoiniiMMHlatinn of Kramers' While Klaiiripat Senate and IrosUlont Lineup to Defeat Revision. Wash'ng'on. Dec. 16. With, free trade elim'nated, as an issue, and pro tective tariff matched agaln-t the theory of tariff for revenue only, a new tariff battle will be precipitated between republicans and democrats! when President Taft's message on the issues goes to congress next week. It is said that while the tariff board's report shows substantial re ductions may be made in the wool tariff, 'he average reduction cannot be gr'.at it the protective principle is I maintained. The report practically upholds the republican contention that all duties should be estimated on a specific rather than ad xalorem ba sis. Senate republicans are reported to have dee'ded to prepare a new bill, if the house democrats send a wool bill to them, disregarding the tariff board report. In the tariff biil fight the republi cans expect the Insurgents to aid them. If the insurgents don't help it means the democrats will pass. tho r measure and President Taft, whn '.s unalterably opposed to any tariff measure, which disregards the protective principle, probably vetoe it. SIEBERT MAY NOT BE DISQUALIFIED John Siebert. councilman-elect; from the th'rd ward, will not be dis qualif'ed from taking his seat by rea son of his failure to complete his nat uralization within seven years after filing his declaration of intention, it being discovered that the law contain-! ing such a specification was not en acted until 1902, or eighteen years after Mr. Siebert flied his declaration and is not retroactive. However, the question as to whether or not Mr. Siebert Is el'gible to take his seat be fore he becomes a citizen remains still open and will probably have to be settled by the council. Deputy D'stnct Attorney Pruitt. who gave his opinion yesterday that Mr. Siebert was ineligible to become a candidate because of his failure to complete the requirements within sev en years, himself discovered his er ror, but he dec'ares he is still of the belief that the counellman-eilect in not ent'tled to take his seat until the latter part of March because he can not secure his citizenship papers un til n'nety day after final application, which was made yesterday. W. W. Wylie. principal of the Athe na schools, is attending the school meeting today. In Which to Shop Before Christmas The East Orajonian is r complete RiuMe for Christ mas slioppino;. You can easily select your list of tfifts from tho advertise ments in today's paper. SHOP EARLY WHILE THE LTXES ARE MOKE COMPLETE Days STAN FIELD MAN NOW HEADS FAIR BOARD H. E. Bickers Will Be Sec retary; Fitz Gerald Resigns It. Alexander Quit PreJdoncy 1" Fa vor of G. L. Hurd I "la ns l'iulT wny for Permanent Fair Building. By action of the district fair board taken today G. L. Hurd of Stanfleld, was elected ax president of the board for the coming year while H. E. Beck ers was made secretary in lieu of Thomas FilzGerald who resigned Other, officers elected are Frank Fra zler, first vice president; W. R. Wal pole, of Irrigon, second vice president and R. M. Mayberry, treasurer. The resignation of It. "Alexander as president of the board was presented and accepted at the meeting. Im mediately thereafter Mr. Hurd was chosen to the place and entered up on his dutleies. ' He Is now at work upon the proposition ot a permanent building for the fair and it is the in tentiun to hold a special meeting here on the second Tuesday in January to consider the matter. By that time it ii thought a reply will be had to an inquiry made of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., as to whether or not a permanent building may be erected on the land now used by the fair. Strong arguments for a permanent building are found In the fact that each year it costs the fair board about $2000 to place the canvass roof on the building and to make other needed be tterments necessitated by the tem porary nature of the structure. At the meeting today N. T. Manela of the eastern end of the county, was chosen as a member of the board to take the place of F. A. Sykes, resign ed. Other out of town members aside from those heretofore named are R. F. Hynd of Heppner and H. M. Som merer of Hermiston. SCHOOL SUPPLY AGENTS IN BAD "Agents, Not Welcome" will prob ably be the .sign displayed by country schoo's in the future as a result of action taken this morning at the an nual meeting of the school directors of the county. During the discussion of equipment and supplies introduced by State School Superintendent L.. R. Alderman, it was brought out that the purchasing of supplies through agents is undesirable for the reason that the agents arc unreliable and charge ex orbitant prices for their wares. The meeting theeupon voted to discourage the practice of securing any needed article for the school room In this manner. This was the principal matter brought up for discussion at the morning sesslon but a number of oth er important subjects are occupying the attention of the delegates this af ternoon. This afternoon. Dr. Calvin White, state health officer, is the principal speaker, h's subject being "Eanitation of the Schools." Other subjects which will be brought up for discus sion are "School Support." "Rural Supervision." "Indu-trlal Work in Schools" and "School Hoard Meet ings." Tho seas on will close with a question box in which all directors are permitted to submit certain questions upon which they de-iro elu cidation. ELKS TO PLAN MID WREATHES OF SMOKE Pend.eton Eik are enthu-lastic i" their preparations to attend the grand ( convention to be held In Portland j next July Mid they intend to be in i on the f nul reckoning in tho compe-j tition for the cash prizes given to participants in tho parade. In order to levise ways and means for pre pnr ng for this competition, the 1912 committee last night decided to hold a smoker in the club rooms next Thur-day evening at which all mem-, bers of the local herd will be expect- j ed to be r-esent and Join in the de liberation?. Tha local Elkt have practically adopted the cowboy Idea for their make-u.i in the parade and believe that it it is properly developed, it will land for the local lodge a slice of tho $10,000 which the" Portland lodge Is putting up for prizes. The Idea Is sigtv'f'cant because Pendleton is the homo of the Round-Up and will be a boo-t for tho city and tha Insti tution ns well as for the lodge. Pcririmn Stands 0ieratlon. Whi'e still in a critical stato J M Ferguson, whose loft arm was ampu tated yesterday, stood the operation o well that hope has been revived tint h's life will bo saved. It will bo several days before tho success-i of the surgical treatment can be determined. U. S. INSULTS RUSSIAN BEAR Abrogation Talk Taken Ser iously to Heart By Czar's Government. DIPLOMATIC PARLEY ENDS Itivolucoii I'lider Consklcratkm May Mean War JK-twcen Undo Sain and Xifholas" Empire, If I'as-IKirt Mat ter Is Tu-tutl by This Country. . Washington, D. C, Dec. 16. That the Suiter resolution, to abrogate the 1832 treaty with Russia would be considered an "insult to Russia" If enacted into law, is the substance of a me.age conveyed to President Taft by Secretary of the State Depart ment Knox today. Knox had pre viously conferred with Ambassador Bakhmeteff of Russia. Diploma'ic negotiations, seeking the settler-ient of the passport ques tion have been broken off as a result of Russia's dissatisfaction over the house's action. Russia's message was net a threat. It does not object to the abrogation of the treaty but don't 1 ke the language used by Congressman Sulzer in his resolution, which flatly charges Rus sia with bad faith. Congressman Sulzer consulted with President Taft and Secretary Knox, saying that Rus. la's ta'.k of insult Is unfounded. , The white house says that the entire situation is now in the hands of the senate foreign relations committee and that it is up to them. Congressman Sulzer said he believ- . ed the resolution wo.nd pass the sen ate whether Russia protested or not. Congressman Mann, of Illinois, mi nority leader, who opposed the work ing of the re;olution, said: "If the resolution passes the sen ate, Russia can, if she desires, shut out all Americans, if the treaty is abrogated. If we are then determin ed that Americans shall go into Rus sia, that country can oniy force its exclusion by conquering us at the end of a war. President Taft ca'.led a special ses sion of the cabinet this afternoon to consider the Sulzer resolution. An executive session began at 4 o'clock. J0SEFFY, MAGICIAN TO APPEAR TUESDAY Pendieton people will enjoy an eve ning of music, magic and mystery next Tuesday .ler. Joseffy, the ne cromancer, presents t'.ie second enter tainment of the high school lecture course. He is credited w th being one of the best entertainers of the Lyceum Bureau and the school peo ple assure the publ:c of a most en joyable evening. The en ertainment will take place in the Christum church. In announcing his appearance, the Pacific Lyceum Rureau says: 'Josef fy is an innovator in the field of ma gic. Educated in tha best technical schools of Europe, a life-long stu dent of music and the sciences, he has had that training of the head and hand that is so neces-ary to suc cess in his profession. Taking up the threads of orig nal investigation and invention where the great French magician, Robert Houdin, dropped them, he has carried forward the work that the great Houdin began, appiying himself to the task of put ting magic on a scient fic basis, with gratifying results." OUIX.OX WOMAN'S LOVE , S1U KNT.1), SUICIDES Chicago. Doc. 16. Telephoning Prank Cockerell, from ler room In a hotel here today, Mrs. Edna Rexin scn Robinson, reported as a wealthy divorcee of Portland-, Ore., shot her self while talking to him. 'She Is dy ing. She told the authorities she did - because life without CocKroH's love was worthless to her. - Known in Portland,. Portland, Dec. 16 Mrs. Robinson was the daughter of James Smith, who committed suicide at Ross Island a dczen years ago. She has a brother Rert Smith, a rancher In eastern Oregon. Her sister, Mrs. Clark, wife of a druggist, lives here. She was di vorced from Harry Robinson, a tele graph operator, five years ago. 15 TACOMA CF.NSVS TAKERS PI.EAP C.VILTY TO HWl) Tacomn, Dec. 16. Fifteen eensu enumerators, ind'eted for census frtuds here, pleaded gu'ity today be fore United States Judge Uudkln and were fined $50 each an.l ro ts. The prosecutor nkM kni.-nry hs'iu'e tho enumerators a Med oth"r n.imes c n the orders of census off eiaii. Tha higherups nil! bo tried Monday. t (Li r t4 J i li i