Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1912)
TTTTV MOTIN'TXO OTiEGOXTANV WEDNESDAY..- APT1IL 24, 1912. . . i i 1 i DECISION FAILS TO DAUNT LEADER President Campbell, of Univer sity, Declares Work Will Be Pushed With Vigor. VOTE OF PEOPLE NEXT Initiator Petition I Talked and Some Hope for N'm- Complaint by Competent" PlalnUrr l.x t Campaign Contlnurs. I.MVEF.S1TT OF OflEOON. K'ls-rns. Or; April 13. Imperial.) Fronted to day -with tha notification that tb Su prnti Court of Orfjon hnd reversed ho Galloway decision In the Univer sity referendum rase. I. L. fampbrll. president of th lnlversfty of Orrguti. mad the folontnir statement: -Naturally we are deeply disappoint ed. The university is in dire need of the building and equipment funds de nied ua In effect by today's decision. But the university work will be pushed forward with as rheertul vtcor as pos sible and every effort will be expended TO carry the appropriation measures in the November election. 1 feel con ti ded that the people of the state desire the university to have the money and that they will Indorse the almost unan imous vote made by their representa tive In the last Legislature. rasspalars) ta Be VUmw. As knowledge of the decision was flashed across the campus a hushed chill was felt. but. althuiia-h discour aged, the students and lo-al alumni have by no means lost heart. They mean to carry on a vlsrorous campaign and. if called upon by the advisory forces, will stand ready to take the stump In support of their contention that the university deserves more lib eral support. When the referendum checkreln lian .lirapped the university following the legislative appropriation of 10. the university's campaign was successfully managed by a committee of five alum ni. Homer I. Keeney. Lewis K. Alder man. Clifton N. AlcArthur. Allen II. Katon and Homer P. Angell. Just what the aggressive policy of the administration la to be will not.be known until the board of regents meet In executive session. President Camp bell said today that the board would undoubtedly meet soon, probably with in two weeks, and that no official an nouncement of plans could be made until such time. The regular meeting scheduled for January 1 was post poned awaiting the Supreme Court de rision and It la practlcaly certain that the adjourned meeting will he held before the next regular session. June II. For some time there has been cita tion in certain quarters over the stats for a permanent statewide tax on a mileage basis, but it Is not known whether the movement will rrystalize into an Initiative petition or tit. Since the court decision merely de clared the incompetency of the partlc. ular plaintiff. S. H. Friendly, aome hops remains that a new complaint may even row be (Wed in the Circuit Court by some plaintiff who would be held com petent under the court Interpretation. It is held by some thst the limitation of time before the Impending election is the only obstacle to such procedure. Pssa et SIZSMM AvallaMe. The annual maintenance fund of lliS.OOO is still available to the uni versity, so that the faculty members will not have to suffer for lack of sal arv. as was the case during former troubles. This Is the third referen dum battle that President Campbell has fared since his ascendancy to the unl . verslty's executive chair and he is far. ing the coming struggle with the same fortitude and cheer that has In former difficulties won him the lasting sup port and sympathy of all university students and alumni. DECISION Sr-EEX AS BLKSMXfi Attorney In Case Sj People Now Can Eliminate Politic. rORVALLIR. Or, April 13 (Special.) H. J. Parklson. the Portland attor ney who was so prominently Identified with the Vntversity of Oregon referen dum movement, and who is here as on of the attorneys In the Humphrys trial, aid tonight concerning the Supreme Court decision: "I have not seen the opinion of the Supremo Court on the referendum case and know nothing about It other than that Judge Galloway's derision hu been reversed. Knowing all the facts and the law In the case as preented hr Attorney-Oene.ral Crawford. C. E. S. Wood and W. S. C'Ren for the state. I frit certain that the decision of Judre flalloway would be reversed for want of jurisdiction or upon the merits of the case. "The decision Is a blessing to the people of the stata and to the higher educational Institutions of Oregon. The voter can now consider the broad nueetlons which caused the referendum to b placed upon IS03.I48 of the ap propriations made by the- last legis lative assembly. Those Interested In taking the university and Agricultural College out of cheap log-roling poli tics In the Legislative Assembly and placing our schools on 'a higher and on a dignified basis will now propose a .law and constitutional amendment which will propose the consolidation of ths university and Agricultural Col lege at Corvallis. and to support the . romblned Institutions by a direct mill ' tax upon all the property of the state. "Consolidation of the two schools would mean a saving this year to the taxpayers of more than a third of a million dollars, plus annual -cost of duplication of grounds, ouildlngs and salaries. It also will add to the effl- . clency of the colleare and save the unl- : verslty from decay." REFERENDUM SUIT UPSET t On ' lnird yxni Trmt Fir. day before that officer would certify -to the ballot title, and thus balk the wbol people In tb exercise of their : constitutional reserve power to reject any law passed by th Legislative As- ; ssmbly. Reward y ef lefwartlea Limited. -The principle Is sounJ and well set tled, that as against public officers, where their action Involves purely ' public or political rights, th drastic remedy of injunction can be Invoked only by the state acting through Its proper law officer. . - . . To sustain )lsintlffs suit when he shows no in jury to his private rights would be a pronounced exsmple of government by Injunction. - -This conclusion rendtra unnecessary f the consideration of the other ques tion raised at the argument." The opinion of Justice Burnett In full Is as follows: This Is a suit to enjoin the trretarr ef Plat from certifying I, the Coumy -Cierks the ballot title formulated ly the Attorney-CeneraJ to be printed on the ballot for the general election to be held In No vember, lull, whereby the electors may vote on the referendum of House bill No. :MO. pjsed at the twnty-sith regular seaslon of the Legislative Assembly. History ef Case Outlined. The plaintiff alleges: "ThM for mors than I years last past the plaintiff has bean and la now a resident, inhabitant and tax payer in ths city of Eugsne. Lane Count,. Oregon, and during all of sa'd time haa heen and is now a rltisen of the United States of the rotate of Oregon and a legal oter therein." The complaint recite th regular pass&ce by the lsialatlve Aaaera hly of the measure In question appropriat ing the sum of I .'.rV.rt8.lt3 for th purpose of construrtlns sddluonal bulMlnsa. etc.. for the t.'nlvrrsltv of Oregon and the ao Jimrnmfnt of ilwt body on February IN r.'ll. It- Is further substantially stated tilat within ao days after the adjournment of the legislative Assembly. H. J. Park -son snd W. H. AHrinu tendered to the de fendant, as Secretary of Mate, a pretended petition ronaiatlna of TIT srrtlons and Pur porting to contvin stsnstures thereto of citizens and Irgal voters of Jhe State of Oresrm to the numhrr of 1H."I.. affweting to demand that House bill No. itu be re ferred to the people of the Stste of Ore gon for their approvsl or rejection st tha regular election to be held In November. I HI 2. and that Ihe defendant, as Secretary of St. accepted the petition and filed It mm t iw is mil It is averred in effect that aa soon ss the petition was filed the d-fendant transmitted a rope of the meas ure in ourstlon to the Attomey-tenerl. who prepared a ballot title for the asm to be put on the ballot at the election men tioned and that the defendant arcepted and received the ballot title and Intends to snd will. If not enjoined by this suit, furnish to eatb of the County Clerks of the of Orrgon a certified copy thereof to o plarrd on the bIPot to be used st the elec tion The plaintiff avers and the defendant admits that the signatures of 6l:tj legal voters are required upon a petition to errect a referendum of the act in question, but the plaintiff alleges that in truth and in fact the petition does not contain more than genuine signatures, and the bill goes on to specify sundry objections to the pe- n onlv affecting Its form, but also charging that m.nr of ths signatures sr frsuriulent snd forged In such number as would reduce the v. lid signatures below ths requisite numrer of BI3.V 'The substance of the prayer Is that tha defendant be en Joined from certifying the ballot title to ths County Clerks sod from doing anything to cause It to be put on tho ballot. Circuit Court Overruled. The defendant's demurrer, on the ground, first, that plaintiff has not legal capacity to bring the suit and that the complaint dues not state facta sufficient to constitute a cause of suit against the defendant was overruled bv the ."Ircult Court. The answer traversed ths allegations of the complaint In material particulars, es pecially In the portion charging tha ap pending of forged and fraudulent name to the petition. . After a hearing, the Circuit Court msd a decree according to ths prayer of the complaint, and defendant ePPeala. Ilurnett. J. In section ;M7. I- O. the following language appears: If the Secretary of Stata shall refuse to accept and file any petition f.r tho Initiative or for the referendum, any cltllen may apply wlth- ten days srter sucn muni - ruit Court lor s writ -- compel him to do so. If it shall be decided by the court that surh petition is Isgallv sufficient, the Secretary of Ktate shall then file It. with a certified copy of the Judg ment attached thereto as of the date on which It waa orlglr.ally offered for filing In hia office. On a showing that any pe tition Is not lee-ally sufficient, the court may enjoin tho Secretary of State and all other officers from certifying or prin.M.a on the offlctsl ballot tor in. "-"" ' tion the ballot title and number of such ""iKlJrno.ilant argued In suhstsnce thst but one form of Judlrlsl procedure wss ....ai.id bv section ' L. O. L-. It being by writ of mandamus, for which ap .Uh-r compel the officer to file the petition or sill enjoin Him irm yc. . - -lot title for uses In the election. Tbta con tention la erroneous. Kerned 7 la by lajuactlwo. The distinction between lecal and eqult- W. procedure Is t'l observed In this state. Msndamua la sn extraordinary legal remedy and In the matter under consideration can ..nerate only to comp-l the filing of a pe-titl.-n which the Secretary refuses to file. But wo neve her a esse where th of ficer hod filed the petition and was con tinuing on the subsequent course of referring the mesaure to the people sa provided by the an of February Ji. 107. of which see l.on 3:e L O. L. is a pari. If nn entitled to do so would oppose this action of ine Secretary, the rsmeoy oj iw"i- Hon whlrh Is rognlianie onir in t"j. Tho statute plslnlr ssys thst the Secre tsrys certification of tha ballot title may be enjoined under certain specified condi tions. The limn ot ten u. - those conditions nominated In th statute. This ' spparent from a consideration of all of its terms. When a petition is men. in. eecm.rj . nee forwards a copy of th measure in queatlon to th Attomev-tienerai. v. unin ten davs mat omcer po-px to the Secretary a title for the measure to be printed on the electlno ballot. Within a succeeding period of ten days anynn dis satisfied with the action of the Attorney-Cen-ral may appeal to th. Circuit Court for a change In the ballot title. i o. i section 3 I. J. Uerlaloa of Court Necessary. Vol until th decision of th court on that Issue is had Is th title ready for certifica tion to the various County Clerks, nor until then would the neceaslte srls for enjoining Ihe Secretary from certifying It to those of ficer. For the reason that all these things tin not be none In thst time It la apparent that the limitation of ten days laid down for mandamus proceedings does not apply to the equitable remedy of Injunction, which Itself Is prescribed for sn entirely different pur pose. The most Iraportsnt question arises nnder th gr.ersl demurrer. Does the plaintiff by this bill stat fact sufficient to support his prayer for relief T If this wer th action In the nam of Ihe stat on th relation of the plaintiff hero for a writ of mandamus o compel the exercise of a m!nletrlI function on tho part of ths Secretary of Kiate. th case of stst ex rU v. Ware, It Or. t0. Is a ustalnlng precedent. That was a proceeding by mandamus to compel the County Clerk to Include In th notices of election th offtc of Circuit Judge as one of those to b tilled at th lecuon designated. Tle court held In suhstsnce thst th queatlon wss one of puolle right, and th ohlect of the msndsmus being to procur the enforcement of a public duty, the stst Is the real party In interest as plaintiff, and hence th relator need not aliow that he has any apeclal Interest In th result. It being sufficient thst. as a citlsen and voter of the county, he has a general In terest In th execution of th law. Th same d4ctrine Is announced in State ex reL v. Orare. : Or. IK. Injtrartloa la Obstructive. Flut mandamus Is promotive In Its ptir poae. while Injunction is obstructive. Ths former af flrmatlvwly compels the orfleor to perform his duty to the public In the exe cution of the laws. The letter prevents him from esrrylng Into effect his construction of th statutes. In Stats ex rel. r. Lord. JI Or. 4(1. 4t Par. 4l. tho dlatlnctlon between th scope and object of an action In mandamus and a suit for Injunction Is clearly pointed out. Tho development of the law on the subject from the earliest time to the present Is traced out exhaustively by Justlc Wolver tnn. I'remtsing that Injunction against a public officer 1 the exercise of sovereignty vested only In the stste. h says: "Moreover. It Is not fit thst these greet pswers pertslnlng to sovereignty, which af fect tha whole pcopl alike and none less nor more than th imL should be Invoked by Individual cltisens or by a class or classes or body orporst or an aggregation thereof less than th whol state. "8tai officers should not be subjected to th annoyance of a suit at th Instanr of every individual, when civil or property rights are not Invaded, who might con ceive that the law were being Improperly administered or that publlo fund were not being applied to legitimate push purpose, state government being divided Into three co-ordinate branch, ecutive. legislative and Judicial. It Is most ' esssntial to th preservation of th autonomy of govern ment that thr b no encroachment of on branch upou another. "The Judiciary acta not upon Its own mo. t on. but only when som suitor duty au thorised bv law presents In due form a caue appropriate for In cngntxanc. It machinery mav be set In motion by private suitors In some form or other In nil canes where civil or property rights are being In vaded or Intrenched upon to their injury phretloa must ba mads wi.n.n after the secretary of state refuses to file a petition for an initiative messure or for ,. Referendum. In other words, the de fendant, theory aa to th. form of ""t'7n . . .... , n anion tho court wid or damag. b th ultor vr so humble or th Injury encountered ever mo smsll; buf tn sll esses of purely public concern af fecting th welfare of th whole people of th state at large, the court' action can only o Invoked by uch executive officer of the state as are by law entrusted with the dlsrhsrge of such duties." .T.sTrlCrB IUMM IHIHIS Auin, in mic ex rei. m. iei (in, -''. .ITt .14: 4 Psc, 781; 53 Pac. 1071. Justlc Bean wrote: "Indeed, the right of the state, through Ita proper officer, to maintain uch a proceed ing would seem to be one of ths necessary Incidents of sovereignty. Without It the right of th citlsen cannot b protected or enforced In esses where he Is unsble to set for himself. In a suit by an lndlvldai.1 be la required to show som speclsl Injury to himself, and when, aa In thl esse, th wrong complained of l public In charac ter, affecting no one citlxan mor than an other. It la Impossible for mm to ao so, and for that reason he Is without remedy, slthough he may be injured In common with other member of th community. In such cssea th atate haa a right by virtu of It high prerogative powers to call upon th court, through It proper law officer, to protect th right of It people." No New Principle Established. When then. In th light of thee prece dent. I th contraction to be placed on the statute authorising litigation In con nection with th Initiative and referendum? Section- 474. L. O. L. without retlng th matter upon hi privte Interest or th Invasion r.f his individual rights as a con dition, expressly authorise any citizen to apply for a writ of mandamus to compel the filing of a petition. Thl la no mor nor less thsn could al ready have been accomplished under author Ity of Stat ex rcl. vs. Wsre and State ex rel. vs. Grace, supra. In that respect the statute of February 2X. 107. establishes no new principle, but In good reaaon la declar atory of what wss slready the law, so fsr ss the rlgnt to be enforced Is concerned. When, however, thst ensrtment comes to the subject of Inlunetlon. It is silent ss to th party plaintiff. It aays: "On a showing thst any petition filed Is not legally sufficient, th court msy en Join the Secretary of State and all other officers from certifying or printing on the official ballot for the ensuing election the ballot title aud numbers of such measures." Injunction Privilege Not Increased. It 1 elesr that aa th statute conferred no new right on the Individual a to man damus. In like msnner It has not Increased his privilege ss regarda Injunction. In both Instances th law remain ss it waa befor the ttute ws enscted in respect to who may b parties litigant Here th plaintiff would Invoke equitable rognlzanr of a purely politics! question which mm nolnted out in the similar esse ef State ex rel. vs. Punbar. 4 Or. 1!: SS Pac. :1S7. Is not within .th copa of chsn cery Jurisdiction. "Civil right ar uch a belong to ovary citlsen of the stst or country, or In a wider sense to all its inhabitants, and are not connected with the organization or ad mlnistrstlon of government. They Include the rights of property, mar riage, protection by th lews, freedom of contracts, trial by Jury. etc. Politics! right consist in the power to participate directly or Indlrertly In the establishment or ad ministration of government, surh as the right of citizenship, thst of-suffrage, th right to hold public office and th right of ptltlon.' , Black' Law Dictionary (Id Ed. 1039. rtourler thus defines and Illustrates th two rights: How "KlghtV Differ. "Political right conalst in th power to participate directly or Indirectly In the es tablishment or management of the government- Those political rights ar fixed by th constitution. Every citizen has the right of voting for public officer and of being elected. Thes are tb political rights which th humblest citlsen possesses. Civil rights are those which hare no relation to the establishment or management of the government. They consist In the power ot acquiring and enjoying property, or exercis ing th paternal or marital powers and th Ilk. It will b obssrved that everyone, un less deprived of them by sentence of civil death. Is In th enjoyment of tho civil right, which Is not ths case with political risbta. for an alien, for xmple. h no po litical, although In full enjoyment of the civil right." 2 Bouvter Us Dictionary. ftl7. True enough, th caa of the Stat ex rel. v Dunbar wa decided before th enactment of February 3. 17. yet although that statute has provided thst the Secretsry mar be enjoined. It has not said at whose suit he msy be enjoined. Ths principles an nounced In State ex rel. vs. Lord, snd Stat fI re vs. Metsrhan. supra, are the ssm now ss befor th tatute, aa they affect th partis who may call Into action tho equity powers of th court. Th statute will not b construed to ex pand the original chancery Jurisdiction of the courts bevond the express terms of the enactment, especially where It will involv the Interferenr bv the Judiciary with a co ordinate branch of th government. Plaintiff Fall te Show Injury. Th plaintiff doea not how that he will be injured In any property or civil right b" the contemplated action of th Secretary of State In certifying the ballot title to he. County Clerks. Neither will his political right to vote on th measure at th elec tion be Infringed. . He can. then, as alway. exercise his electoral franchise unaffactod by anything shown In his bill. If h can enjoin th Sec retary of Stat now he can u out a writ the dav before that offices- would certify ths ballot title, and thu balk th whol people In th exercise of their constitutions! reserv power to reject at the poll any law passed by th Legislstlv Assembly. The principle I sound and well settled, that aa against public officers, where their action Involvea purely public or political rights, ths drastic remedy of Injunction can be Invoked only by tho-tat acting through Its proper law o(flcr. In som Instances a suit msy be maintained in the nam of th stata on the rslstlon of a citizen who can show som speclsl Injury to his civil or property rights, but this case la not In that category. To austaln plaintiff's suit when h show no Injury to hi prlvat rights would b a pronounced exampl of govern ment by Injunction. Thl conclusion renders unnecessary the consideration of the other questions rslsed at th rgument. The general demurrer was not waived by answering over. Parrlsh vs. Parrlsh, 52 Or. 1B0. Psc. 106. It should hav been sustained, as it raised a vital Issue at th very threshold of this litigation. Th decree of th Circuit Court Is thorefor reversed and one here entered dismissing th suit. "IfWsrK DODGED," SAYS SLATER Attorney for University Plaintiff De- clares Statute Was Avoided. SALEM. Or.. April !3. (Special.) Judge Slater tonight In commenting on the result In the University of Ore gon referendum cases declared that the Supreme Court dodged the Issue and failed to go Into the merits of the case. Judge Slater represented S. H. Krlendlv for the university. "In this adverse decision of the Su preme Court the court avoided the di rect language of the statute, even after the court had failed to go Into the mer its of the case." stated Judge Slater, when asked for his opinion as to the result "The statute regulates the use or the referendum petition. In th first sec tion it provides that If tlie Secretary of State refuses to file a referenduf petition any citizen may ask for lssu - - r - wl of mandamus. In the last seclton of the statute provision is made that arter a priiu filed upon showing that the petition Is Insufficient, then the court may en Join from certifying the ballot title to the county clerks. We failed to allege that the plaintiff had been specially ramaged and the court holds that un less, when a private citizen brlnps such a suit, he alleges he is specially damaged, the suit must be brought by the proper public official In the name of the state. "We based our case on the statute. In this regard, and by so rolng con strued the statute to mean that anyone, by alleging the petition Insufficient, could bring that our plaintiff was spe dally damaged. "There was no discussion or the mer its of the case. Nothing was ssld a to fraud, or the sufficiency of ths pe tlttion. Tha entire question involved was one of law. as I read the opinion. Bub Drowns In. Mill Hare. WALLOWA, Or- April 23. (Special.) Th four-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Houghton, was drowned In the mill-race here today. The child was plavlng with others, when It fell and was In the water fully 20 minutes before the body was recovered. KLICKITAT CHIEF IS PRESIDENT'S GUEST Skokum Wal-li-hee Pleads to Prevent Sale of Indian Recreation Grounds. TAFT PROMISES TO HELP Famous Red Is Presented by "Vhlt Chief With $150 and King. He Is Struck by Automobile . on Street In Washington. GOLDENDALE, Wuh., April 23. (Special.) Skokum Wal-ll-hee. heredi tary chief of the remnants of the once Skokum Wal-II-bee, Klickitat In dian Chief, Who-Has Just Re tnraed e fioldeadale After Vis iting President Taft at Wash lasrtoa. powerful Klickitat Indian Tribe, re turned today from Washing-ton. where he has been to confer with President Taft about the disposition of the In dian lands In the Cascade Mountains, now a part of the Yakima Indian reser vation. Skokum Is now a wealthy farmer and stockman In the Big; Klickitat Canyon, near Lyle, where he owns a larjre ranch and Is one of the best-known Indians In the Columbia River basin. When he learned of the proposed plan to sell the Indian lands, including; the famous huckleberry patches and In dian race track. In the Mount Adams country hack of Trout Iake. he was much aroused and set ofT at once for Washington to make a personal pro test to President Taft. resident Shows Interest. Skokum says that he hud several long; talks with Mr. Taft about the matter and that the President agreed to do all In his power toward the conserva tion of the Indian recreation grounds that have been a favorite Summer re treat for all of the Indian tribes east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon since the days of their fore fathers. There the squaws pick huckle berries for Winter use and the bucks run horse races, engage in athletic contests and gambol on the greensward. The Indian youths supply the camps with iish and venison. Skokum says that the trip cost him 1700. as he paid the expenses of two other Indians who accompanied him. his buckskin purse which was bulging with $20 gold pieces when he left Lyle Is now depleted, but he does not be grudge the expense and says that he had a fine time. While In Washington Skokum wore the regalia of his chieftainship, con sisting of a fancy beaded buckskin suit and elaborate headgear made out of eagle feathers. In trying to get out of the road or one automoDiie on inn streets of Washington he was struck h another and knocked down, but not seriously Injured. The police arrested the chaufTeur or the car mat strucK him and wanted Skokum to remain in Washington and appear as a witness against him. but Skpkum declined to do so. When President TaTt was in fort- I - - r ' ' V l;l I ' I J' - .rt ;',. r ' I Good Service you get it in Crossett Shoes. ' Lasting leathers and model work manship. Style in every line. You don't need to ' 'shop around" if you wear Crossetts. Put your foot on the foot-rest, and in a few minutes you get a pair that fits. Crossett Shoe "MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY" TStOI to S( everywhere Free your feet from th prison of high shoes at the first touch of Spring and let them revel in the cool comfort of our Oxfords. Here are tans, calf, enamel, $3.50 to $5, and, of course, the necessary Spring socks. SPECIALS Men's $4 and $5 Shoes and Oxfords sale price.. 2.65 Boys' $3 and $2.50 Shoes and Oxfords sale price.. 1.85 These are left-overs from last season; if your size is here, you H surely save money. Lion Clothing Co. 166-170 Third St. Always Reliable. land the last time he told Skokum that If he would come back to wash ington and see him he would provide him with return transportation. In makintr good this promise Skokum says that the President (rave him 150 for return expenses and in addition made him a present of a flue ring;. Skokum is a taxpayer in this county and therefor a voter. He will be pres ent at the Republican county conven tlon held in this city May 4, and in sists on being; a delegate to the state convention in order to support fresl dent Taft, whom he considers a great friend to his people. TURKEY THANKS POWERS MEDIATION' . ACCEPTABLE OXLY IF ITALY LEAVES TRIPOLI. Integral Sovereignty of Sultan In Disputed Territory Must Be Maintained, Says Porte. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 23. The Turkish Government has replied to the offer of mediation by the powers In the hostilities with Italy by thanking "them and accepting their offer as in the best interests or both belligerents. The acceptance, however, the Porte points out, must be conditional on the maintenance of the effective and in tegral sovereignty or Turkey, in Tripol and the evacuation or that country by the Italians. .ROME, April 23. The squadron or Italian warships, which has been oper ating recently in the Aegean Sea and near the entrance to the Dardanelles, has seized the Turkish Island or Stam palla and has established its base there. WATER FAMINETHREATENS Hood River Lawns May Suffer Until Filters Arrive. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 23. (Spe cial. According to a report of the fire and water committee or the City Coun cil, Hood River is racing a serious wafer shortage. Hugh Smith is quoted as saying mat unless some aaamonai source or supply is secured it will be impossible to sprinkle lawns until arter June 1. at which date It is planned to have Installed a filtering system of 150.000 gallons. As a means of preventing a famine for sprinkling purposes It was sug gested that the city government secure the use of a ten-acre tract, which has been ued berore ror such purposes purchase ten inches or water rrom the Farmers Irrigation Company and riood MASTSt Lewis A. Crossett. Inc.. Maker North Abiaton, Mass. ii 1 NO TO ALL COMPETITORS IN .Easimore $100 Contest Owing to the inclemency of ths weather and the difficulty many have experienced in getting their films developed, the expiration of the Contest will be Extended to Friday 6 P. M. If you are unable to get your films developed by that time, leave them and get a receipt. Enter the re ceipt with us instead of the prints and deliver the print as soon as possible thereafter. F. N. CLARK 819-823 Spalding Bldg. the tract, allowing it to percolate to the city spring, thus securing a partially adequate supply. UNIONS FIGHT OPEN SHOP General Strike Is Predicted in Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash., April 23. (Spe cial.) Organized labor will stand by the closed-shop arrangements or the building trades to the end, according to the decision or a meeting or the workers last night. A statement waa adopted giving the attitude or the labor unions in the fight against the open shop. The defense was entrusted to the organization com mittee, consisting or W. J. Coates, president or the Central Labor Coun cil; Fred Maddux, A. Olson, Frank lee gan, A. J. Germain, Byron Vikrage and H. A. Jarvis. This committee will work with rep resentatives or the building trades in carrying on the fight against the open shop. The statement passed by the unions condemns the contractors ror the action, although admitting It was expected. Hot words and a general strike is predicted. Shakespeare's Anniversary Observed At an entertainment held last night In the Unitarian chapel. Shakespeare's 348th anniversary was celebrated under the auspices or the Shakespeare class of the Women's Alliance. Some aspects of Shakespeare's genius were dwelt upon in an address by Edward O. Tabor. Clarence Young and Edward Cohen gave the quarrel scene from "Julius Caesar." Miss Gove gave a scene from "King John." Scenes from "Hamlet" and "Richard III" were given by John D. Stevens. Musical selections were, contributed by Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchlson. Miss Mona LaMont and Miss Frances Sheehay and John Claire Monteith. In the vrsr 778 of our era nine-tenths of the population of Gaul, the France of our riav. wpr Slavs. PORTLAND T 37.90 VIA Fares open to all stop-overs in each direction. I C0 SUNSET I I0G0EN&SHASTAI I I V ROUTES I I On account of the Annual Pilgrimage of the loobies of the Mystic Shrine, to be held at Los Angeles from May 4 to 12, the above low round-trip fare has been made by the S. P., open to all. Call on 0. W. Stinger, City Ticket Agent, for reservations, further information, or vrite to JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. ... THE If you like mandolin music here is the instrument for you. Apeerless player-piano that will play perfectly selections espe cially arranged to give the full mandolin orchestra effect. Shut your . eyes and such rolls as Wedding of the Winds" and "Hearts and Flowers" outhe THE FI.AYER-PIANO FOR THE HOME will carry yon from the piano to the concert. And at the same time they will demonstrate to you the marvel ous combination of' player mecha nism and sweet, lasting tone that makes this instrument so distinctive. Come in. An informal concert ready for you at any time without charge or obligation. WILEY B. ALLEN CO. Morrison at Seventh O '371 THE Sale Dates April 30, May 2, 3, 4. Return limit 60 days from date of. sale. Photo 4