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DAILY EVENING EDITION Number copies printed of yesterday' Daily edition 2,676 Tbf paper I a member of and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. DAILY EVENING EDITIOII WEATHER FORECAST Toniffht and Thursday probably ' snow, cold or toniKht. Maximum 53, minimum 34, rain fall 0, wind, southwest, light, weather, cloudy. COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER CITY OFFICIAL PAPER VOL. 29 , ,s - ZiSggS&r DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, i f.f&Jrsf T" WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1917. NO. 9303 E DELAYS WAR IE E Premier Will Probably Make Statement Before Christ mas Adjournment. BONAR LAW MAKES THE ANNOUNCEMENT Refuses to Produce Corres- pondence Between Lon- don, Bucharest. i (ED L. KEKX) LONDON, Dec 12. Lloyd George haa postponed hl war alms peech hcheduled for today. Chuncellor of I he Exchequer Bonar Uw tuld tho house of common). The premier will make his wur uiniH statement before the parliament ChriMtmas adjourn ment. This is Lloyd George's second speech potitponement. Ho wan scheduled to address the lawyers club last week, hut the engagement wan cancelled be cause of a severe cold. Law didn't expluln the specific topic the premier would discuss, hut It is certain he would discuss Britain's war aspirations. Before revealing the premier's plans. Law flatly refused to produce the correspondence between Loudon and Bucharest preceding Hou nianln's entry Into the war. IMPROVEMENTS WILL SAFEGUARD PIPELINE Work Done at Thorn Hol low to Prevent Damage From High Water. Though ho hnH heen handicapped hy the lahor shortage, Supt. K. U Hayes of the water department ex-, pacta to complete innn the Improve ments along tho river at Thorn Hol low which will safeguard the pipe lino from high water during the win ter and spring. This work nan been under way for several montlin and will be Uono In plenty of time to servo the purpose for which it Is in tended. .Supt. Hayes has heen hulldlnfr a , concrete retaining wall nlonit one hank of tho river for a distance of liou feet to prevent the water from tho river from washing out a section of tho new pipe lino which carries tho water from the Shapltsh springs. Lower down ho has heen building n wing dam to divert the river from tho point where damage was (bno to tho pipe line last year. Tho new pipe line, tapping hither to unused springs, while il secures Its supply of water upon the hills south of the railroad .tracks, crosses, the tracks and for a dlsiance of several hundred feet follows close to the river through bottom land thM Is each year flooded with the high' wa ters. It was a choice of taking this course to tho gatehouse or tunneling TOO feet through a hill at a much greater cost. However, the selection of the course near the river necessi tated building a retaining wall seven feet htlih for a distance of about f.oo feet, and this work is Just helper fin ished. itelow this the river lust year was diverted from its old channel by a Jam of logs and the new course washed out a section of pipe line and threatened to wash out more. To throw the wnter back Into the old channel. R substantial wins: dam 400 feet long ha been constructed. Tlu' shortage of wnter last slimmer was attributed In part to -tho damnge done by high waters durln:;- hist win ter and spring. MANY UKIAH BOYS ENLISTING IN NAVY I'kiuh is sending down her sons to day to enlist. Seven young men from the far south end town enlisted to day in tho navy as firemen and an other delegation will arrive ot r o'clock to enter tin- same branch of the scr--lco. A total of 10 enlistments was made nt the local recruiting office up until 2 this afternoon, making :13 for the month so far and 3 since Nov. 1. The I following are enlistments reported i day: Krnest Waliiemar Kehr. former- ly with the remlleton Cadllac Auto j Co., and tllen Kdwln Storle of this i city In tho aviation branch as me- -chanics, Carl Harold lthea of the Echo ' bnnk in the radio branch, and Marlon ; Warren Martin, Antone An in I Scheel. LLOYD-GEORG AIMS MESSAG Clan Sturdlvant. Jlarley Harrison Kirk, Henry Neil layman. Frank XU'W of the water front and harbor of Halifax w here an Ameriran munition ship, ramiiicil ly another I oat. blew up. killing hundreds of pco- lllair Simpson and .Sterling . Sloan, , pie and setting lire tn the city. Halifax Is a great li.Hish naal ba.-;e. I'rrai lbi port nil of Canada's soldier and their supplies have been ship all of I'kiah,. as firemen. Ped and a considerable part of the shipments from the 1'nhed States to our allies luive gone through this gateway, I . . .. .. ' aa. 11 iv... ..a..J.-a...1 n, ) W ft minilli j.w ,j .. j. ...rt . .- -if - -n T I n ln mWn ) i .uW. i nt , TT Hli iln aliiat.ni. a a,min t Ti lr . Halm'),, M, J ' ' - - t . t STAfJPREME COURT ! P :f t FOR AGAINST THE INDIANS Decision Given by Justice McCamant Holds Local Red- j men Have no Water Rights Save for Domestic Use and Stock Watering; Case May be Taken to United States Supreme Court; Old Treaty and Act of Con- gress Involved in Case. decision In the case of Mrs. .Sophia ! Hyer versus Wa-nn-ne ft al. Involv- ; Ing the rights or the local Indians to! use of Umatilla river water for Irri - (ration, shows the court completely upheld the contentions of .Mrs. isy. "" " lh Indians have n I lO WBiH Sl.T Ull uiilinniiu I purposes and for watering stock. Tho case modifies the ruling or jiiciko I'helps and Is In conflict with the con tentions of tho government which holds the Indians have a prior right to the water. If a previously outlined policy by the I'nlted States altoneys office is that taken by the government, ai cnrrlfwl nut the cjise will be a li pealed 1 1 nrne v and bv Jmle rhelps. The de to the supreme court as the principal eision Just given assorts that "This i contention Is over tht- Interpretation ; right wan Inftrju and congress con-I of the government's treaty with the i finned it. Thai which was enjoyed, Indians and an act of coiikicsm re. , hy sufferance Iftpcaiuc theirs of riulit. latlnK to the use of water from tho A levokalde license became a mant1 river by the old T!yers mill. I from a. s'er-1mi." Hy the terms of the decision by the! The oloslni- section of I he supreme j stute supreme court, uiven by Jus- court decision says: I tlce Mct'amant. with Justice ltean1 "On the whole case we are satis-i not participating, the court holds fied that the rifhls of the Indians! that tho Myers right was made per.'aro paramount only 10 tho extent of J mnnent 1y an act passed by congress t tho water which they require for In lSS'j. ! household use and the watering o; Ttin rh-lirimil Voniill. ' lives! ock. With this iiualil'ieation the ' The oriirlnal Hermit was given by the government through the Indian agent In 1ST0 and read In part as follows; "In granting this iwrmisslon to con struct the said water ditch it is up on the express condition that no per manent riuhts shall attach or become vested but that any ditch or canal dug or const met ed and the use of the snme shall be subject to the con trol of and to be discontinued at the pleasure of the department." In 1SS5 the right or icrmit -was COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT WILL SUPERVISE PENDLETON SCHOOLS i FOR REMAINDER CURRENT TERM; County Superintendent I. K. Young superintendent. Mr. Young was city! u- I,..-; pvpnln retained hy the Perintendem at Milton which has ( the second largest school system m school board to supervise the 1 endle- roumy Ml. Vonns wiM i,e paid ton schools during the remainder of $100.60 monthly, tho cuprrent term until Fred J. Aus- ' lldbieil TVarhcrs Kcsign. tin, superintendent-elect, can come to The hoard last, evening accepted take up his duties. Feeling that tho the resignation of Philip I'archer and schools should have some head dur- Paul Amort, manual training inst Hie ing the balance of tho present term torn who have enlisted. Several ap and unable to secure a man who plications for the positions have been would emtio to Pendleton for such 1 accepted and Mr. Young and Print-!- short contract, tho board prevailed upon the county su peril nendeirt to upon the count y superintendent to until June. Mr. Young has made arrange ments where he can handle the duties of his two positions. He will secure 1 competent assist a nt to assist him in tho field supervisory work over the county but will be able to attend to a good part of the office work himself. Before being elected county HALIFAX r if it t- t&y$ L i MRU. B Yb.RH "n- gress and the concluding paragraph of the act states: "Provided, That this act shall In 1 no way Impair or o'fect any existing j right to a reasonable use of the wa - ter or nam stream lor am icunni i ! purposes nor shall confirm or grunt Dny right to use the waler thereof In any milliner nor to any extent be yond or different from that to which I iL has been heretofore :i ppropriatcd." Uyors' Itlg'lit. ( plu ld. In the decision by Justice McOiim mant the supremo court places a 'different meaning on this clause from 1 rights of conteslanl as adjudi a ted by tho circuit court are superior and paramount to those of the I 'nited Slates s guardian of the Indians. The decree of the lower court U moll ified accordingly." Tho case for the Byers estate, was handled by Judge J.-A. Fee and Ha ley & Jtaley. The brief in the case wax prepared by J. .Alger Fee. now a lieutenant in the army and upon this brief the case was considered by the supreme - court, t here be inir no oral argument. pal Drill will look up the qualilie:i-; tionrt of the ap4ieants before the J board takes any action. , Miss Kthel lj. llogers of Dawn-j port, AVash., was last evening elect ed to succeed Miss Gertrude Harlowe who resigned as teacher of the sec- ; ond grade of tho Hawthorne school, j A financial report showing a cash balance on hand of $ I 5 . Mi 7 . 3 n was ' submitted hy ening. Clerk Bickers last ev DEVASTATED BY MUNITION EXPLOSION AND FIRE ; i ri s -si . - 1 ' X CROZIER FIRST TO TESTIFY III MILITARY PROBE Blames Congress, War De- j partment and Labor Situ- j ation for Slow Work. r a ctr rw piTMnc mr J FACTOR IN DELAY ! iBolieVCS U. S. Will Be Caught Up With Short age Next Summer WASH IN'GTON. T.-c. 1 2- Majn (JeiHTal i'nis.ivr, flii-l of ord n;i nro, itlaiiit'd cftnfjrcHs lor it .s Miail lii;; j.ace j the war (ti pui'trm-nt for the n i ia.-, and tho laimr Munition for America's I delayed po-pa t a lions. "mzi r w; thti lir-'t witni'ss at tin scuati inili I lary a i f.-iirw commit u -"k In v(".t i m rt f inn of tliH whole military sit mu ion toila. j The luntiil ions hoard's cunstani hlr k- erinti' oei- prices has caused delay, -"n izier asserted. French und J-trit-! I.sh aiil while war plans here wre de ! laved ;en;tlded I tie Ajoej ieaii artillery to be supplied, ho testified. l-t')v funds at 1 ho beginning of the war so greatly d layeil (repa t a I Ions. Artillery Program Delayed. He said 1 ho Cnifed States profited hy the allies' experience regard ins artillery. Aiite-ric-ans v ill use more hiii explosives than shiapnel. The artillery pn.gr.nii was partic ularly delayed because o:' inability to obtain appropriations. "f n Septein- ijer we had to et $.ir..iMHt.toio inmi 1 he $ t mm, 000. (too enierrieiwy fund granted the President to p.cep con traetttrs at work." he tet ified. "We got one appropriation on June fif teenth and no more until (ictober. In tho meantime we discovered our pro gram was no program at all, particu larly regarding artillery. Makers Wouldn't Take Kik. "Mu.uu fuel u ret s ret used 1 o tako the, ri.-.k 41 niiLUiii); contracts before 1 t.nt;feN ba1 ai-pi' 'lt;r I ed lire lin'.ti ey. The work couldn't be heguii. Wt weri helpless." Senator Wads wort li of New York intimated tho inouiiy woiilil be lon a-nd searchinLT. fie objected to hold ing daily two hour sessions. Crozier said that most rifle artil lery contracts were made on a c st plus profit lasis. because iiianillae tnrers refused to take contracts at a fixed price. He said despite all delays encoun tered the ('nited Stales would he cautiht up with the shortage by next si, miner. U. S. PATROL BOAT SUNK ATLANTIC PORT. IHn-. 12. U Is learned today Hint a I nited States patrol esel w;w sunk In collisitui with two other vessels off the Atlaidie coast. Tlio ineagvr reiKtrt said all of tho patrol Iwxit's crew and tnucU epiiimcnt was taken aloard oth er vessel. Details are lacking. "Hill r. POSITION AT CAMBRA F Have Enormous Advantage as to Comfort and Safety Says Maurice. nPRATAV sTTfT 'FCI FiTTP xCillU oUvLLoo MJUCj LACK CO-ORDINATION Byng's Push Made While Italian Front Was Weak Aided Italv. I.OTOV. Dec. I. Because so many American army engineers have been killed und woumled in the Cani-bi-aJ ritchtiite military authorities have decided that nil such auxiliary forces liereai'tcjr shall 1m1 armed, according to a IJeuter dispatch this afternoon. LONDON', Dec. 12. Director of Operations Maurice declared the Brit ish ("ainbrai position is r-nnrmouly in ,,f the British f;i or ;is to comfort and sa feiy, a ti hougii t he enemy has neu-traiiz--d the suecesH of the first Hrit ish assault. Ma 11 rice deseribrd the German 'atnbria success as due to lack of cu oniinat ion. "At the time of Byng's push the Italian front was weak and the ene my's troops from Russia were at- traced by the British drive from the I ta Han sector," he declared. "By ng's drive therefore aided Italy." I dscussing the. capture of Jerusa lem, -Maurice declared the real diff i eulty was in com pier in g the desert, the wat'T for the armies was brought from Fgypt. The railways were built with materials from America and 'Fug bind. HALIFAX DEAD 1 500 ACCORDING TO THE FINAL ESTIMATES Relief Work Progressing Rapidly; All of Homeless 'Now Sheltered. HALIFAX. Dec. 32. The muni tions ship explosion killed 150(1, ac cording to final official estimates based on tin recovery of bodies and a thorough cheeking at all identifl cation stations. The investigation ot the aue of the disaster probably will start today. Belief work is progressing rapidly. The t hreatened famine has been averted. Tho homeless are sheltered and warmly clothed. Supplies art now arriving steadily- The recon struction, of build in i;s will soon be gin. Military, naval and civilian au thorities are continuing their hunt for bodies. n AVOR BRITISH . , --4 ..,.,. .-. . .. ..,' . . ..-.IS t, - - - - ... $ 3 All I iitl f! S . ' R - ft Tl m IIOW TO PREVENT CHRISTMAS FIRES Calling attention to the- many Christmas tragedies and accl- ! i dents from fire in tho past, Firo ! Chief lUngold has Issued the ! ' following instructions as a pre- ! ventlve of ChrlHtmaH fires: I Do not try to do your own electric wiring in. windows and ; on ChriHtmas trees. Iflro an electrician. ! Fho jtHhestos rather than cotton or other Inflamahle dec- orations. .Metal tinsel on Christmas tret-H or white asbestos instead of fiber, paper or cotton ma- teriaM. Place tho tree solidly so that it cannot' be tipped over. lse extreme caro in "burning candles. Io not let the chll- dren play with the candles. Clean up and burn the tree when you are through with it. J 4 4 PLANS ARE FINISHED FOR BIG RED CROSS j Injured. Because the trolley cars wwa - blwkrd litindreds of workmen usually Plans u,- the lJi(r It'ed Cru.ss Christ- " Ut ,J,, "'T l "P1" mas membership drive in Umatilla "tlu t arr ed. TJie fire exUn cottnty were completed yesterday art- ;"1 noo,V An tn. ernoon at a meetine of representa- I vertlgatlon was hogu. . , - , , ti ea from nil of the auxiliaries In the Chief of Police JambsoD, ot, Uv county. Allotments were made to Plant, was -arrrljig a Maxtor sbrll ow each community on a biula of 30 per I from tint lmlldinj; when tttey ptot ci nt of its population, receipt books j "J. Wowliur off his hpad. Ten nraxby and other supplies Issued, the srener-1 fl"l behind protcctuie barrlera ta al plan of campaign outlined and each I safety. The flames exploded llundreda campaign manager Instructed in da-jof loadext projectiles For more, tluui ta regarding the drive. an hour after the fire started, barraj Umatilla county must have a Redsnel,s and "Pnet flew about tbe Cross membership of 7500 when the """. drivins firemen and others halt drive Is over on Christmas night. a mile wy to safety zones. . The following are the memberships Some shrapnel struck houses ia tbe each auxiliary is expected to report: J Dobbinsvlllo section, a mile from tbe Pendleton 3000. Adams 200, Athena pluut. ', , 450, Weston 4S0, Milton 900, Fruit- vale lTitl, Vmapine lf0. Helix 200. I Pilot Itock "On, 200, llermiston Kcho 450, Stanfleld 4o'.i, and Umatilla 150. To secure the 7R0O total it will be necessary that many families have two or more memberships. In other woids it will not sufice that the head of tile house only be enrolled. Members Not lKdlars. "Members, not dollars."' Is the slo gan of the campaign workers. It Is the individual that the society Is aft er, for this is not a drive for funds. Membership for tho year 1918 may be secured for $1. though there are other classes of membership ranging up to $100. The American Ked Cross warns the support of every man, woman and child and knows! hat th best way to secure their needed support is to enroll them as active members. A house to house, individual to in dividual campaign will be conducted in every comunity and an effort will he made to reach every prson In the county. Those livinp in remote sec tions where committees will not be able to Ro should send their dollar n to headquarters. Kvery house in which there is a Red Cross membership will he Riven i transparent Ked Cross window flag. For each additional member small Red Crosses will be added. Behind these window flaws candles will be curne.d on Christmas nisht. E PREPARATIONS EOR WESTFRONTATTACK Great Numbers of Austrian Troops Already Have ', ..Reached Battle Line. LO.N'nON", Pec. IJ.The i a re com inning t heir feverish rmans I'rep- aratitins for a great western front ai tack. Gorman airplanes and rai ie are unusually active. ITaii; reported th r- i"ii-c .-r .1 l.. al attack north of Lava. .i-iri Tie British ucee.-.:iily raided Germa" t re net i. -s in i r I nt i'U ci , nort hwc.-t o I-M . '.'iiciiiui, f i i :ier and nuichillt mi us i re ca pt ii l t d. A percepti.de I. -senium of Teutonic pressure -n the Italian fri-nt i- re ported, confiru: inir the Itelief tin TetiitMis have swnchctl t roops from the Italian to the western front. Cre:;t n'niii'fiN Austrian troops arc reported to hav- d the west front fi lines. . The artillery duel maximum violence. 1 already reaeh om the Kussian ha- attained a c. The Ceruians intiativc. ierlin'. r at! nit a strum; are asumim;- tin statements frank reinforcement west front. plan alont the ent iro t riioiu-: SIIOKT;l- Washington, ivc. 12. Follow imr the receipt of i.overnor Withy- f combe's messaco late this afternoon, the war department announced the charge tha t northw est troops are "short of blanUets would be investi- . gated, i ? SHELL PLANT i SET ON FIRE i BY EXPLOSION One Workman Killed, Five Injured at Bethlehem Steel Co.'s Factory IMMEDIATE PROBE IS TO BE STARTED 'Shrapnel Strikes Houses More Than Mile From Seene of Accident, I WHHJXGTOX, Dec. 12. Aa I plosion in the loadinjr room v of tfte I Bethlehem steel Company's mnalOon j plant set tlie .plant afire this morn ,ing. The explosion, was felt 18 mi lea awav. I Ono uot-kiuaii was killed and flt BOLSHEVIKI AHD COSSACKS FIGHT Korniloff s Forces Reported Defeated in First Battle at Bielgorod. . r : I.OXDOX, Dec 12. Greatly 'de layed dispatches reported .the Bol- sheviki. and Cossack rebels fought I arouncl Tamenovka. Korniloff com manded the Cossacks, who were well supplied with arms, machine guns and ammunition. The result of the battle and details are lacking. ' Tetrograd dispatches dated Mon day and received today reported un easiness there lest there be - riots Tuesday. The military revolutionary committee is exporting all soldtara who Join the demonstration against the cadets or other moderate parties as well as against Korniloff and Ka ledlnes. - , It is reported the German armistice proposal Included the Russian evac uation of Petrograd until peace earner the disarmament of the Baltic fleet, ceedlng of 1'krania to Austria. In- eluding the Black Seas' rforth shores. ! Swedish dispatches declared Kor- niloff's forces were defeated In their first battle nearBielgorod. Kafad lnes is reported rushing reinforcv menistoKorniloff. ... IDAHO OFFICIAL'S HEADQUARTERS TO BE MADE HERE Oiving: tresh evidence of Pendle ton's location as a hub for inland em pire activities is the announcement that the biological survey of th partment of agriculture, ban decl4Hl ?o establish the headquartera of Ld her J. Goldman, predatory animal jh -t. r tor Idaho in this city aft ci the tiot nf the ypar. Ni'cause tif tin mail s . 'i u takt ioft hern ami he is forced to of tho Male to fact that Mr. Gold s him into bcth southern Idaho jump from one end I tie other. panning thronuh both t ne-'oii and WoHhlnff- t'ii en route, as there is no railway' connect in u the two parttt of Idaho. I end let u'm location adapts Itself tt his requirements as headquarter and his superiors decided It Would he more economical and mure 'conveni ent for him to be located here. 1 c He will have offices with K. F. A erill, predatory animal inspector lor Wash in t im and ireon. Mr. Avertll has about ;.a hunters under him aivl Mr. ( o ddman 4 m so that Pndllnn will become t he lu ad quartern of tO K' ertnnent hunter-. . AMl'ltK NS ItXLIiOTINt;. AMKKPWN UrAIKJl'AnTFRrl, France, Itec. 12. The UauadlariM am ons? the American fore are hallnttna on Canadian conscrlputlon. The Cans diaiiH are ep..:ted to vnt fir ea script ion unanimously.