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A a, a. a. V -a.S 1 yn-- S . J i aV III 1 a. a . -a a. a avavya VO L. LV.-NO. 1 7. 1 73. PORTLAND, OKLGOX, Pit IDA Y DECK3IBER 10 11,15. price five; cents. K GERMANY WILL HOT ACT FIRST III PEACE Nation, However, Will ing to End War. MEN CLING ALL NIGHT TO LAUNCH I1MII.HMAX AT v.x heaii ctm: xx t r.rn:cT ma-cix. CHANCELLOR TELLS ATTITUDE Triurnpli on All S'des Is Pic tured to Reichstag. ft'EAR-COLLAPSE IS DENIED Jf Iwaim. . IWt h rave an, tlolr c;. MiVr Proposal ('innpl- Ible With njHj ! Safety, They Mill B Dl-cued. Kr.r.Ltv. r.c . s le' m r. k ' ra j tf litrmjn; and I i-f i.t ;? t ppro. hio a rot ,?. rotiu to b tb dominant Idea f hr f". Ii ottli bo foi y for Ger many to uhe lh lattlatlv la propola t.rme of -. tJrmaBy. bowr. I r1y at any tlm lo omUf a -e ull'ii.sn from th eountrt with ft!. b I at war. d taft' BuA'lott of th war at)4 4-saaso-,,jtt, rsrte'.f ander th.se circumstance tr.m any respoaslbtisty tar It pr Tat U th abtar of th Gcrmia i-tt iiaicfliori rp'y la th P.. least today lo ta -ltlt latr t::t:on a pa-. I which a olnt4 . riLira of Carnuar triumphant oa a;t t! aa4 uppU.4 wua erytble. a if at la tti4at. acary lo ta 3B,-iO'ittca of IB war. y-i i,. ill toawlat B l:alrtal Tha interpolation woo lntrooac.4 by It, a.;dmooa. la tb fallowing lfm: -to ta Imperial 0.aneltar roody lo jt.o larorasatlon ao lo tho coadUloe a.ar which BO w'4 wilting lo tor lata pc otitioar tf our awaiM mah proposal ora yotibio with nrmaji dually aa4 afsty." o:4 D. oa Kat.im-Holl-,f -isoai !- o rly t at'o-QM l.onv. r. w ao io untrt of oar mt Ifto (jilt aa4 laTworaa.ro of atalmot aro ontaal4 t" tafiioa of paMI-; opiatsa It ''! k-a 'otty tor O-tmony I nail yoawo propoaola, M- aroa:4 Oct lrto. out oat4 Iantfta tho war. I l-.t tlio cnaiki tnot bo tora from t. oir fo-o." talfata Aro fl 7. OoTr t W:o:tata apoho oa tho I rj.rt:-n. ail tBo oa-!tociail par I a-tiB la a abort a.Uratloa ap oae 4kuio at tsia mom.nl. Tbo tao af tio 4o3oto wa 4 aift.4 aa4 H:rM(u; oo4 tbo Xrrp-rial ti,.al:of wa fjlio(4 attaati:y bb4 rja f itr ii.-api far ovion la.rrp- naa aa4 ouCburata af lauaM.r from no fo laiial. lr. La.bkaavbi. w a baa i baoa l- a'Oi-4 wtt& ft la P'ty alaco to b:aao af tfto war aa4 oko to a r,i4 tto afinpatBy. fk impar al Ctiior la klo flrot tf-"'. latia k:f aa boar. oplola4 t miutary .it itvoo oa all Iko froata an a!,clA.. ampKoiifatiy tbat Uor mat) coui4 "t bo atar4 oat. Too lO'iatry bJ oaouca fo4. If proporly 0;trtiia4. iaarmaay a tumin. k ao!4. ware afrrla mora tbaa la iMfaant. aa4 paylaf llitir prxt for tooal. nk IVal fta IbortaooHts. "Rmrt thai Oormaay la oa tbo r of ui:ta tai4 tbo CnaseoUor. "atx in attrlbutioa of a aaoao auaaiea lo r pramiaaat Uormaa wbo abro4. IT toe a oa Hi.tow. ITtaca li;iit.Ua of 8 4a. I t. boif. vr Ijttj tor lh colonl. an4 Caraitaal n llarl-naao ra porta la wbu-a tbrro a ol a acta of truth aro oil port of o ;.!. rat compatca lo k,pj up tb attrtto of ! aaamy paept.a ta tbo far of rparala4 4toota. Tbor la n..( aa poioi la tb Oa.'maa r-.ooin. tf our anl 4o aot cbooao to pt ta itaotioa a4 aid t)o war Boor tb.y btual 4o ao tot.r. Oormaay coo wait.' At t o cnrlml.i of tho lr:prtat fcav.:ur'o f'rat apocca Ir. Koatnf. praait.Bt of tbo t'ftamtxr. ra4 iko In lrp;ieioa aa4 put Is formal 04.0- tioa aa to whotb.r lha oracii.ot wa prapor.4 lo rply. tattraaaaal Roa4y at. ply ""a aro ra4y to rp!y lfBmo4uatIy.- y.on4a4 I'T. on tttamannllolIwa Tb. tU B jra of tbo ImparUl I'tan r.tlor. tra a ray B-U am form, waa 1m- m4iat:y aa rtia. (Ita rpty lo Ift . "l.Ki.maaa wa l.tn4 lo with t .. 4-ap..t atl.ation. in ka bopo tbat II !! parkapa 4.1na IK t.rrao of Ur nam I 4aira4 p. oca. altaou1 bi k.ja waa atifbt. Ha bortr t. tvt.m.fv. tbia Int.rpattatioa baa a'fra. t'4 yr.at acf.rat.un n bootil. '4ntri. motiy of a Joyouo aoliar T"i q.tl.ia rar-l.n lh O.rmaa la'rna of poco to at.rprt4 aa a in of th 4mlaut!oi of li.rmaa alrB4tb r to b4iaaBa' f tb b4 of tb ini-n'ia will of tbo iarwiaa paopl. "Tt lnl.rpi:nla rrtalnly 4tr a rr opnta4 of i..'0 a.o'ottotkona no lb tat.rn.nta of tr. f b.ld'- w wiiCbt 4'xIo to poaalBlIitlaa of an korteral paxo a4 rr. r.a propooo! of p-a ft .a J to o, only ba a u a wo wtr,.-l to rataita atl It. rajar4 l.rrltort.. or .a a44 . t.rrttort.a th.r.t-x I wt ial aimit trial II prTtoua biatory of war aalar ally I.a.ia lo bio fit f "" lo Irak aa 4 10 tt war an 4 proclaim opaly aa 4r wbat torn tbo ;.rmao coorram.nt "Afar tbo atiiorwo of ft-ala'arta Uiin vtarrp tUollie Tank rar-ro Away 0 ad tnp lToat 'rar Ira(t nation at IUy Cenirr. notrrit it en r. n, !. (Sp- r!al Wo4 r.arh4 fcoro to4ay of Uto krole otrvest mad fcy Captain C. O. n4 ao4 JIato Cutta. of tho flbln taviawa Alr4al. of I tar Cotr. 4urln a otorm To4y nlht la wbk-h both ararty rat thrtr lla o4 wro rcu4 arty "rr4-t.4ay moratBa. Tkr aa4 loft South IWn4 Tuaaday nl.'ht with a load of 11 metal tank of o-lirao for a flh-pa-ktn elant at IUy C'Bt.r. Thy woro a abort dto- laaro from tho nh rompaay'a wharf at Bay Canter wba tho otl taeka woro loat and tho launch 8I!4. Th two m.n rlonc tho root of tb Biabt to th aid of th launch, and war r-u4 at daylichl fcy crab flh- rtnaa who har4 lhair ralia for blp La a l Sprtrac a younf maa Barn.d fU n, wa was.l.d ortoar4 oa tho Air- dt wM'o ctt crab fUM-if har tho bar with Cutta. Tho carco loaa amountc4 to about I IS. FRANCE WILL LIMIT HELP IN BALKANS No More Than 60,000 Men to Be Sent. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS BRITISH MUST SUPPLY REST Allies Not in Accord About Campaign in Southeast. TWO OF NATIONS IGNORED Iluaala and Italy Not nrpi-r-arntrd at Calalw I-rrnrlt Writer Think Lngllah. Commit Krror la Treatment of Nrrbia. RIOTS IN BERLIN REPORTED Oolhrrak Said to llae 0 eurrrd In Other Cltle. Tix. PARISw We. 1. Th Rom corro- pond.nt of tho Journal lead tb fol low I raj: A Zurich ISwttJrlnJ dlapatrh tata that ytolant demonatratlona In favor of p.aco hav takoa plar In Hrtin. Tb pi: wrro obllcrd lo rhars tba .crowd. Th window of lor and rafrs woro a maa bad durlntr th rtocinc. yoldiars In lh crowd took aa actl part In th titturbanr." far man!f.tattona bavo occurred !o at Tr4on and Iipile. acrordinf lo lh O.rrnan corr.aponuaat of th ham, Taswarht. Tha rorrcapondmt add tbat the ronlctlon orrvail aanoBc th ntixt In li.rmany tbat only a rToIutlonary eutbrrak would fori Ibo yoTmro.nl lo onak pac. PATROLF.!AN KILLS ROBBER Other I Cm pi red After lift-til at Seattle. riatol EtTTLn. tVaah, If-. Two mn wbo tried ta rob a private patrolman In aa atty down town oarly today wr ratat4 by th patrolman, who o C(d la a platol f cht with tho mov On waa ao badly wonnd4 that b 4!4 mma boor later. Ho ca bl rairo aa Jama, Moran. clrll ncoqr. 4 K. of Irvlnston. N. T wh.re bo baa a wlf and parvtil. an4 aak that X. J K. turd. t:i Twelfth ano. Co lumbia, Oa. bo notlfi.d la rao of hi death. Tha eeeond robber, wbo fcta nam aa Char!. a!o. wa captorad anhurt. WOMAN TO REGAIN VOTE nntl.h llo.hand Mill Take Oal VbI- rallaatlo) Paper. n.v i ntxrtjica. nc t Mr, rthei Co-op M Kantie. horn lo California. aoo richl of auffrsco waa tab. a from h.r by tbo fupreme Court of tho l'fttte4 Ittata on the rour.4 that a Ihe wifo of a Prltlah ritiien. Gordon UcKaniK. bo wa dlaenfranchl.ed. U to be lb veto after all UoKloa M Knt. It wao announcod today, will, for hi wif.a aka. r Bounco bl BrttNh cllUanahfp and take at paper leadinc to hi bocomlnc a cltliaa of tho 1011.4 ltata. POSTMASTER DROPS DEAD t. C. Ilrown. of Tangent. Strkkrn en th Itlrtliday. At.flANT. Or.. !-. t Sf-al "trlrkea with heart irmibte whil aort- Ir mall YV4nd)r. M. . Frown. pot- maatrr of To.n died 11 minute lat.r. It wa hia lh birthday. Mr. tiro on apparently had b' n In rood b.aith. Mr. I'.rown wa epnolntfd poctmaeter of Taoceni a y.ar aao. He wa a mem ber of th. Mt-tot;at 'hurr-h. Maaonl. I oaice an Kralrrnal Protherhood. II. I"' a widow and an adopted daufntrr. V.lma Hrown. of Tnctr.c WINTER SWIM IS PLANNED Pendleton Arrange llaeea to lie la .Natalorlam "hrlatmaa. rKNM.KTOX. t'r, r-e-. I Unea-lal ) t'and'eton. tt lo be outdon by Port land and oth.r rltie. I plannlna; a Chrtaima awlm Ihl faar. Local aiuatlc antiuia.t ha taken th matter In harwl and are arranoinaT a programme of rr whirh are lo b hrUi In th tatjioriom. Atthoutfh th water wttl b cMar her than Ihe "rVlitarnett Itlr.r ta aa 'rtland. thi fa-t la not delerrlna; Ihe tolmmer In h.r plara. TARlft. Poe. I. (Delayed In trn- ml.mon; fpeclal cab!.) According to Senator Ciemrnceao. Minister Vlvlanl and Milleraod bav Informed th com mltte of for 1 a affair that In no rao will Franca ond more than 40.000 men to tho Balkan and tbat If more aro needed they nuit b supplied by Britain. M. Cl.menceau eipreaacd (rat aur prl that only Franco and Britain were represented at th recent war council In Calais, whero supposedly Earl Kitchener (are bis Impressions of the Balkan situation. General Porror, rep. reeentlns; Italy, and General GellnskL representing Russia, remained In Tarls and took part only In tho subsequent council at General Joffre'a headquar ters. Allleo la Dlaasreewaeaf. IVsplto tho definite statements to Ihe contrary made by Premier Briand on ihe formation of tha new a-overn-ment. the various allies hav by no means reached a definite acreement re rsrdlnc tho Balkans. Gustavo Here write on this theme: "Neither tho French nor the British vovernment nor the Generals represent In; the armies of the four great allies se.m to bo screed oa tho Question of (ttlontkl. In any cas. nothing baa been revealed of what happened at these two war councils. Our English friends still commit tho error of not sufficiently beading our special sen sltlveness. which Is so different from theirs. eotlmeot Metre Latlaa. "We. who sentiment of honor Is more developed than th sentiment of interest, sre Incapable of accepting for a alnala minute tho Idea of desert- Ing the for bo oo long aa we can per fectly well aid them. We are. perhaps. Idiots, but w are made tbat way la Franco and Italy. Wo must bo taken aa we aro. "It woatd be like cutting off our arms and less and It would diminish bv te per cent our confidence la the Juetir of our causa If w war com pelled to treat the Verba aa tb Urk have trrat'd th.tn. To tell our English friends the whole truth, they ehould lav some hat to us tho direction of tho army on Ihe Continent. Each pepls ha It special aptitude, la a ,n Darii4aij h f'.,a 4. I olutnl . t Tho Wrath. TntTCRrAT'lt Mailmom temperature. d. srwe; mlalmum. .3 desr. TODAT S rlr; olada moally eaatarly. War. Ilfrm a m r-ti.nr.IInr Bat Carman t win r.. mo. first fo- peace, but I allliaa; iaa ar shoald and. rasa I. rre-ir. .111 i.f Hrttam bear brunt of Ba:. kaaa campaign- Irasa 1. yattooat. ' Gorr.rnm.nt tarda to build battleships. rasa 4. I ktarchant marina bill Bet to be lotrooucaxj I uaiu afi.r first ef ar. Ia Z. Not ts Austria Inajli all paaarns.r mo-i b ave4 before aubmarlnea sink a team era. l ata . aator rhamberlaln would bealB military training rlr. lc at. rour army plana differ radically. Pace . He-. lotion of rtor t'lark as Prldnt pro i.m of Senate a:ap at Admlnisiratloa. i a. Mtai.rr. still ground, Ilntr JllnnMota, face a. Rallaay t'nloa dlrat.a arrlv lo hold ecrt eoaveotton oa rtprtns; stiika Pace . Vlreinia powder mill 'town burns; lose 1 t3.O0O.O0O. rsc s. ttparta. Itackey araana lo opn bar tonight Pae 1. lalrhl.sn Auiri bid far Dr. E. J. 8teart aa coach, l mtm 14. Pacific Northweat. Two .line all Blcht ta ssrainpcd launch. P a. Paper mill plan f3o.noo addition. Pace T. Oreroa aiat tai la 11 will rale J 2. iJO.OOO. las 7. rBrmera week at Cortrallla arranied. Par T. fmiwn lal aa4 Marlao. I'Buscal conditions In Psclflo Coast coffee market. P 1. Chinas wh.at w,ak oa bearish estimate of EnflUh etork. Page 10. Trading In Wall street limited to profession al, rsse 19. It. T tnman ta eleetrd head of Port Com- ntiaaina upon retirement of President Meats. Page la. Conviction of rspialn Rntsrs at Astoria IB tst - uphold Orcgoa pilot law. Page in. Pertlaad aad Vlrlalty. Puma ralsrs bid for Flrahorn road. Page 1. Judges av.rt rue. and rlos buslneaa of - eloa to b nt.rtln.4 today. Page . Corn .hew wins warm commendation. rag a Llnnton boulevard assessment fuss In Coun cil draca oo. Page S. later! of f"oubm pacific In grant lands declared only 12 M an acra psg 13. Civil fi.rvic Roard score, water Bureau official a Pag 9. flovernor I pralaad by flax export. Page IS. Prog-rsslv fttialiaaa Men' Club bears Sun day-closing dsbai. Pag 11. lltiia and chariHe lll gather relief bundle today, i'ag a. IJvaaiock at show sold at suction. Paga 11. Pork demand fall off. rage . Knfrlrs at chlrken show total CrOOrt. paga 3. rilin. seised. I releaeed again. Pig, 1. Oremn building at fair offered to Army. Page i O. M. Plcmmer easays role of major dorno or trench.. pg a. W.athrr report, data and forecast. Page IS FOUR ARMY PLANS DIFFER RADICALLY Framing of Bill's- Is to Begin Next Week. UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNLIKELY All Proposals Are for Sweep ing Reorganization. STAFF DRAFT IS SECRET President's Recommendation Id Slodlflcation or M'ar College l'lan Chamberlain Provides for No Continental Force. WOMAN WEDS DEAD MAN W Idow's Pension to Be Ttccelred by rroxjr Bride. PARIS. Tmr. 9. The cuetom of mar riage by prosy which has com Into vogue during , th war ha placed a young Parisian woman In a curious situation. She was married by proxy on November IT to Sergeant Joseph Conduche. On December 1 she was In formed officially that Sergeant Con duche had been killed at Souchea on September St. several weeks before the marriage. Although the marriage Is Invalid In law. th authorities, taking account of Sergeant Conduche's Intentions, will git a widow pension to the woman. Arkansas Indorses AVI 1 won. t.lTTl.K HOCK. Ark., Pee. . The Democratic state central committee at a meeting here today adopted a reso lution Indorsing consideration of Pres ident Wilson and expressing belief that he should be renominated. WASHINGTON. Dec . Congressional military committees will be confronted with four radically differing plans for building up National defense as urged by President Wilson when they settle down next week: to the work of framing Army measures to be presented to both houses. Aside from the Administration plan outlined in the President's message, the Senate and House committees will have before them tentative schemes offered by Senator Chamberlain and Repre tentative Hay. their respective chair men, and also the plan prepared at Sec retary Garrison's direction by the War College division of the Army General Staff. Hay aad Chamberlain Differ. From these four proposals will be developed the solution of the problem, as there is no Indication that serious consideration will be given the univer sal military service measures intro duced by several Individual members of each house. Copies of the Chamberlain, and Hay bills, which are designed for committee consideration only and will not be in troduced in either house, became avail able today. They show wide divergence both from each other and from the pla advocated by President Wilson, which itself was based on a considerable modification. It Is understood, of the War College plan. AH four plans pro pose a sweeping reorganization of the regular. Army from top to bottom and creation of an adequate reserve for the regular lines and the officers' reserve corps. Man Plan Not Public. Th Chamberlain plan has little In common with the Administration's pro posals. It contains no mention of the continental army scheme, which Is the feature of the War Department pro gramme, and proposes Instead practi cally doubling the standing Army. The Hay scheme Includes the continental army proposal virtually aa presented by President Wilson, though it does not contemplate all of tho Increases In the regular establishment also suggested and would provide that the organized militia receive pay from the Govern ment on a scale of one-fourth- of the pay of the regular Army. Th War College plan has not been FILM, SEIZED, IS RELEASED AGAIN CKXSORS OBJECT TO SERPENTS AND POLICE ACT. Columbia Theater Photo-Play Con fiscatedManager Secures Return by Promising Corrections. "Stolen Magic," a widely advertised comedy on exhibition at the Columbia Theater, at Sixth and Washington streets, was confiscated during the show last night by 'order of the local board of censors. Tho seizure was due to the management's alleged failure to eliminate scenes showing snakes. The film was taken to the nollco station but later returned to the theater. Manager Myrick explained that the film was seized while he was away at dinner, and while the operators were eliminating the parts objected to. "It was a difficult film to cut and took a lot of time," ho explained. "I found no one but the censors who wanted any of it eliminated, but I had ordered it cut anyway." The censors objected on the ground that tho scenes in which the serpents appeared would frighten children and were not pleasant for delicate women. Mrs. Harry Vorse and Mrs. H. Cole man reviewed the show aa representa tives of the board yesterday morning. They told the theater management that the scenes must bo cut out. The censors allege that the show opened at 10:30 A. M. with the objec tionable scenes still in evidence. Mo torcycle Patrolmen Gouldstone and Crane were assigned to make the con fiscation. BURNS RAISES BID FORSTRAHORHRAD $125,000 Promised for Main Rail Line. CHANGE DEPENDS ON COST Engineers Ordered to Make Survey and Estimates. LINK TO MEET O.-W. R. & N. Railroad Builder Believes Harrinian Company Is Not to Extend as l'ar as Originally Planned, Which 1'act Helps Burns. PRESIDENT GOES TO OHIO Two Addresses to Be Made at Co lumbus Today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. President Wilson left tonight for Columbus, O., where tomorrow he will deliver two addresses and attend a reception at the State Capitol building. He Is making the trip on a special train. Tho Presidents first speech, to be delivered at a noon luncheon before the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, will be devoted to business. The other, which he will make at night before the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, is expected to deal largely with problems facing farmers. FRUIT SCARCITY PREDICTED Nurserymen Say Plum and Cherry , Seedlings in Europe Cut orf. KANSAS CITT, Mo., Dec. S. Plums and cherries may become scarce In the United States aa a result of the Euro pean war, according to reports given her tonight by speakers at the 2Gth annual convention of the Western As sociation of Nurserymen. Imports of plum and cherry seedlings., grown chiefly in Europe, have been cut off by the war. Tho association. It is said, represents more than one-half of the nureery business of the Nation. CIVIL SERVICE LINE DRAWI Reinstatement After Two Years' Absence Forbidden Hereafter. (Concluded on I'ag 3, Column 1.) EXPORTS ARE $180.000,000 III Iteeoetl Are flrnkrn Daring No vember In New York. NEW PORK. !. Novmbr ex port Utrouch thi port broke a'l rc- rd by asceedlng It !.. In ttl'ia Foodatuff. 14 by wheat, and eg- ptoatve. mostly mekt powder, trl-Bitre-tul'aot. cordlt and gun rot t or formed a larg proportion of th ex ports. TB p-archa taer about equally EACH PUTS FORTH THE DOVE AT THE BAYONET'S POINT. 4iM4 fc.ns:ii4 4 K(aa.. j i TT"T...... ., I Reinstatements to the Municipal civ service eligible lists are not to be con sidered by the Civil Service Board here after, if the applicant has been out the service more than two years. Under the present rules there la limit. The members of the board have decided that if a man has been out longer than two years he has got ou of touch with conditions and should be required to take another examina tion before getting an appointment. PRISON SYSTEM REBUKED Provision for Jail Inmates Said to Be at Expnse of Deserving Poor OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) Skagit County Commissioners are taken to task, in a special report is sued by the state bureau of inspection, for adoption of the honor camp system in working county prisoners. "Many men need work," tho bureau asserts, "and the additional money spent on food, clothes and pay for working prisoners might well be spent on those who are not only needy, but also deserving." MOTOR VEHICLES SAVING Month's Gasoline Bill 45 Horses' Keep $150. Cents, The economy of motor-driven fire ap paratus as compared with horse-drawn machines is shown In a report made yesterday by Fire Chief Dowel! to the effect that the cost of gasoline for I the machines at engine company No. 13 J j for last month amounted to 45 cents. The macnuies iook ine juaces oi six horses which would have cost $25 a month each, or $150 for the six during the month. WILSON GOES TO DANIELS Violation of Precedent Causes Ten Minute Sensation In Capital. WASHINGTON, Dec 9. Instead of waiting for Secretary Daniels to visit him at the White House for a confer ence concerning tho building- of two new battleships authorized by Congress, President Wilson today strolled over to the State, War and Navy building through a flurry of snow and entered tho Secretary's office unannounced. There was a 10-mlnute sensation throughout tho building - Robert E. Strahorn, president of the Oregon, California & Eastern Railway, returned yesterday from a tour of East ern and Central Oregon, which included a visit to Burns, where he discussed with leading citizens tentative plans for including Burns on the main .line of the network of railways that Mr. Strahorn proposes to build in the state's Interior. To demonstrate their interest and their good faith In the project tho peo ple of Burns and surrounding territory, who already had promised to subscribe $100,000 to the enterprise, agreed to raise this sum to $125,000 or $150,000 providing the road can be built through their town. If. as now seems probable, the O.-W. R. & N. Company ends its line now be ing built westward from Vale, at Crane Creek Gap instead of pushing it on to Arden, as first proposed, it is possible that the route of Mr. Strahorn's new line can be changed to include Burns on the main line. 0.-W. B. A N. Not Likely to Extend. Mr. Strahorn also covered much ter ritory in the eastern part of the state and in Southern Idaho. He traveled most of the time by automobile and reports the roads at some places in bad condition. He reached Burns on Tuesday and on the evening of the same day met a big- group of citizens there. They discussed the possibilities of meeting the desires of the Burns people to become a part of the interior railroad system. 'It seems to be settled now that the Oregon Short Line or the O.-W. It. & N. Company will not extend Its new road west of Crane Creek Gap," said Mr. Strahorn upon his return yester day. It seems clear to me that if we are to have any eastern connection for our road we will have to extend the Ore gon, California & Eastern farther than we originally intended. 1 2.-,000 Subscription Proposed. "Our original programme would leave Burns about 25 miles north of the main line. This, naturally, has been very dis appointing to the Burns people and has occasioned a number of conferences. The people of Burns, in their eagerness to have tho road built through that city have expressed a willingness to increase their proposed subscription to the new road from $100,000 to $125, 000 or $150,000, If they could thus be practically assured of being placed on tho main line. Mr. Strahorn was much encouraged by the spirit and the enthusiasm dis played by the people of Burns and the Harney Valley. He has instructed en gineers to run lines from Riley, a point on the present main route, io xjurns and thence southward and eastward to Crane Creek Gap. connecting at this latter place with the O.-W. R. & N. Company's line now being built west ward from Vale and Riverside. Ckange Depends on Cost. On the reports of the engineers Mr. Strahorn will base his conclusions re garding the construction through Burns. If it is determined that the cost of changing the route will not exceed the additional eum that the people or Burns propose to raise, llr. Strahorn said he would be glad to make the change. As a matter of fact, the route through Burns would have some ad vantages. It would be about is miles shorter than th6 original route, but would require some more difficult en gineering and construction work. 'It seems to me, he commented. In discussing the position of Burn3 in re lation to the new development, "it is a great pity that such a deserving lot of business men and pioneers who have worked so hard all these years to build up such a substantial little city as Burns and the country immed- ately surrounding it should be threat ened with the loss of a market, of their business and their prestige as the lead- ng city of the Harney Valley country. It seems that this new line should be made to serve Burns if it is at all practicable to do so. Proposed Road la But MIa!nj Link. However, I want to make it plain that we do not want to extend the Oregon, California & Eastern eastward ny further than the O.-W. R. & N. Company wants to build westward. Our urpose is only to connect up the ex isting lines. Also, in carrying out the pro gramme that our meeting at Burns de- eloped, it was made plain that the Harney Valley thus will be fairly well served until some time in the future hen a north and south line is render 1 necessary by the development of the country south of Harney and Mal heur Lakes."