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THE MOIIXING OREGOXIAX FRTDAT, DECEMBER 11. 1914. PLAN WOULD EVADE LIMIT ON RESERVES Secretary Houston Suggests "Classification" of Lands in Public Domain. FIRE FUND INSUFFICIENT Amount Appropriated Last Tear In adequate for Purpose Intended. , Co-operation With States In 4:. Road Building Advised. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Deo. 10. Congress having made It impossible for the President to en large the forest reserves in Oregon, "Washington, Idaho, Montana, Cali fornia, Colorado and Wyoming, the Secretary of Agriculture in his annual report recommends that the lands out Bide of forest reserves in those states be "classified" wherever the land is Umbered, and he adds: "Wherever the land will have largest permanent value through use for for est production it should be held in pub lic ownership." The recommendation of Secretary Houston, if carried into effect, would in effect nullify the law which re serves to Congress the exclusive right to create or enlarge forest reserves in the states named, and would give the Forest Service the right, through "clas sification," to add to the forest re serve area without technically creating new reserves. Exchange of Lands Advocated. Another recommendation made by Secretary Houston of interest to all public land states is for "legislation to permit the consolidation of National forest holdings through land exchanges with states and private owners." "Some of the forests," .he adds, "con tain a great deal of land which was acquired from the Government before the forests were established. Exchanges of land on the basis of equal values would be advantageous to the Govern ment, since the cost of administration and protection would be materially re duced." The Secretary makes a plea for a larger fund for fighting forest fires In the National forests. In 1911 an appropriation of $1,000,000 was made, following the disastrous fires of the preceding year, but gradually the ap propriation has been cut until it reached $100,000 last year. That amount proved Inadequate to fight the fires of the past season. Price of Stnmpan Defended. Replying to criticisms of the Govern ment for holding its timber in forest reserves at a price equal to that asked by private timber land owners. Secre tary Houston says: "It has been urged that, with the vast supplies of virgin National forest timber, the Government should increase Its sales by lowering the price asked for stumpage. To the extent that such a course had any effect at all, it would be in the long run an effect unfavor able to the public interest. On the greater part of the timber it would have no effect, because no manufac turer could, under present conditions, afford to cut the timber at any price. When timber is thus not in demand because still Inaccessible, as a rule the possibility of marketing it depends upon the advent of a period of greater activity in the general lumber trade." Secretary Houston is strongly in fa vor of co-operation between the Fed eral and state governments in the con struction of good roads. His report says that it costs 23 cents under exist ing conditions to haul a ton a mile on the average country road in the United States, and that this cost could be re duced one-half if the roads were im proved. Co-Oprratlon In Roads Advised. "If direct Federal aid is to be ex tended," says he, "it should be done only under such conditions as will guarantee a dollar's results for every dollar of expenditure. Legislation should provide for co-operation be tween the Federal Government and the states, and that the state, through an expert highway commission, should be the lowest unit with which the Fed eral machinery should deal." Dealing with the problem of the Na tion's meat supply. Secretary Houston declares that we have been consider ing the question too exclusively in terms of the big ranch and of beef ani mals. "Obviously It is important that we continue to help the cattlemen and to assist in further developing the big ranch," he says. "But unquestionably the largest hope for a considerable in crease in our meat supply lies in four other directions; first, in a more sat isfactory handling of the public graz ing lands; second, in systematic atten tion to the production of beef animals In the settled farming areas of the country, particularly In the South; third, in Increased attention to the smaller animals, such as swine and poultry, and, fourth, in the control and eradication of the cattle tick, hog cholera, tuberculosis and other animal diseases and pests." PEREMPTORYNOTE IS ENT (Continued From First Page.) Maytorena the Washington Government stated that it must naturally turn to the respective chiefs to whom the con tending Generals are supposed to owe allegiance, asking that they be warned Immediately against further violation of the rights of American citizens to enjoy safety from attack while on their own territory. Manifest Doty Indicated. If the chiefs In de racto control can not put an end to the reckless firing by their subordinates, the United States Government pointed out unequivocally that Its manifest duty, much to its re gret, will be to take such steps as may be necessary to protect American lives through the employment of force. The American Government made it clear, incidentally, that tt Intended to use force not for aggression, but only for defense, and had no idea of invad ing Mexican territory or Interfering with the right of the Mexican people to settle their own disputes or violat ing Mexican sovereignty in any way. 1 No time limit was set within which the Mexican factions must comply with the demands, but a sufficient time will be allowed . for both Carranza and Gutierres to communicate fully to Gen eral Hill and General Maytorena. re spectively, the seriousness of the situa tion. Force Believed Unnecessary. The general expectation here is that it will not be necessary to use force to compel the Mexicans to cease their lire, as it Is understood proposals already are being exchanged between Maytorena and Hill through American Army offloers at Naco, whereby the two contending columns are to retire to a fixed distance from the border, thus creating virtually a neutral xone. As difficulties have arisen at other points along the border through the conflict of the Mexican factions, the Naco affair will constitute a precedent by which the Washington Government intends to act in the future. No further firing across the line will be tolerated, according to the decision of President Wilson and his Cabinet. The general belief here that is both Mexican factions, desiring to avoid the responsi. bllity of provoking fnternationai complications, will heed the warnings given. Official despatches telling of general conditions in Mexico were summarized by the State Department tonight in the following statement: "A telegram, dated December 8, from the Department's representative at Mexico City said that the city is quiet aiaia ana villa are still there. Vera Crna Is Cut Off. "A telegram from Vara Cm- December 10, 9 A. M., says that com munication witn. .Mexico City is in terrupted. "The Department is Informed that Special Agent Carothers, who has peen unable to attend to hia official duties for several days on account of illness, . is rapidly- regaining his health. 'With reference to the case of Gen eral Iturbide, ex-Governor of the fed eral district, who was reported to be in prison and In danger of having sum mary action taken against him by the local authorities, the Department is informed that he has not been Im prisoned but merely took refuge with Mr. Carothers on account of having been advised by a friend that o.artain charges were pending against him. livery possible effort la hoi no- by the Department's and others to ascertain the nature of the charges against Iturbide." ARTILLERY OX WAX TO XAOO Besieger Willing to Withdraw From Border to Fight Battle. ED PASO. Tex.. Dec 10 Four w trains bearing 12 cannon and about 500 officers and men of the Sixth Artillery got under way todav for Naco. Ari. They are expected to arrive at the scene oi me Mexican border fighting early tomorrow. Governor Maytorena's agent. C. Romi- rez, said today that the Sonora Gov ernor would meet .the challenge ex pressed by Rafael Zubaran Capmany, Carranza's agent at Washington, that the Villa troops withdraw from Naco so that General Hill's forces could com bat them in the interior. This would avoid danger of an international clash. utner Carranza agents, however, ex pressed doubts that Hill could meet the demand Zubaran Capmany had made tor mm. it was pointed out that his force was considerably smaller than that of Maytorena, and that he had been able to defend his Dositlon onlv by virtue of his strong fortifications. If Hill does not come out, which Maytorena has suggested frequently, the Sonora Governor will attack as soon as he can secure sufficient ammunition, his agents here said. A shipment of munitions Is expected to reach the May torena camp by the first of the week. The ammunition has been bought in the United States through arms agents here. Roberto Pesquiera, the ex-Carranza agent to Washington, has gone to Naco to attempt to prevent a clash between the American and Mexican troops. Colo nel E. St. John Greble, commanding the Sixth Artillery, went to Naco ahead of his troops to lay out a site for camp and locations for the pieces. GENERAL BLISS ODER FIRE Hail of Mexican Bullets Falls on American Soil. NACO, Ariz., Dec. 10. General Tasker H. Bliss, of the United States Army, who arrived today to take command of the situation here, gained experience or -stray" bullets fired by the Mex ican combatants across the line soon after alighting from the train. Two bullets from the Mexican trenches about Naco, Sonora, struck perilously near the General, who was inspecting a United States Army bombproof at the time. One bullet sang by the GeneraTs automobile as it stopped near the im migration station. After he alighted and was talking with his aide and other Army officers about the occur rence, another bullet sped close over head. The immigration station, guarded by soldiers who take shelter in three bombproofs nearby, is about 100 feet north of the international boundary. South of it and between it and the Mex ican side a line of loaded coal cars has been drawn up to protect the Ameri can town from the bullets flying from the Mexican trenches. The line of coal cars Is parted Just at the rear -of the station to permit communication with the boundary. Geral Bliss was near this opening whan the bullets whistled through. l Today was comparatively quiet on the Mexican side. Yet scores of bullets fired by the soldiers of Governor Maytorena and General Hill, the rival Sonora leaders, fell on American terri tory. At other times bullets literally have hailed across the boundary. SENIOR TRADI1I0NS FILL I'PPER CLASSMEN TO CHUM WITH TREJUIES" AT RALLY TODAY. First-Year Students Invited to Aid Prominently In All Activities of Washington High. Traditional "animosity," supposed to exist between upper and lower class men in the high schols and colleges. Is due to have a fall at Washington High School. At 9 o'clock this morning the fresh men of Washington will meet on com mon ground with the seniors, juniors and sophomores, and a movement will be Inaugurated by the seniors to en list the enthusiasm and activity of freshmen In all branches of Washing ton social and academic life. The seniors will take the Initiative and ask the freshmen to co-operate. They will explain the various school activities and the motive of the as sembly this morning, frankly, and en deavor to. enlist the aid of the fresh men the first year. Heretofore there has been an inclination on the part of the freshmen to do the "proper" thing and remain in the background until they had advanced to one of the upper classes. The hope of those back of the meeting is to get the freshmen "out in front" early in their school cai eer. The initiative to the freshmen has been signed by the following, repre senting some branch of school activity: Helen Stoddard, for the Neahkahnle. girls'- literary society; Maik Conklin. for the Eukrineon, boys' debating so ciety; Biddle Combs, for the Camera Club; Catherine Alexander, for the Phrenodiken. girls' debating class; Lucile Morrow, for the Rostrum, club in parliamentary law, and Ernest Fat land, for the Quillers, the club for future authors. Prison AVorkers Meet Tomorrow. Members of the prison reform com mittees of the various women's clubs of the city will meet In Library Hall, Tenth and Jefferson streets, tomorrow at 2:30 P. M. MAY5 Our entire new stock of Ladies' Fine Suits, Coats and Dresses at Half Price. Not a garment in reserve. 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Woodard, Clarke & Co. Wood-Lark Building, Alder St. at West Park. ENGINEERS TELL OF HARDSHIPS IN GAB Dangers of Tunnel Service, Long Hours at Switching Related at Hearing. OREGON MAN ON STAND C. R. D. Jones, of Ashland. Says He Was "Docked" for Time Spent in Hospital After Narrow Escape From Death. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. Four engineers engaged in switching: or "helper" serv ice testified today in the arbitration proceedings involving; wage questions between Western railroads and their enginemen. They were called to the witness stand to show the long hours and hard ships of their employment. The three switch engineers Baid they worked 13 and 1 hours a day and the "helper" engineer told of working 11 or more. James M. Sheean, attorney for the railroads, on cross-examination, dwel't on the facts that, under the seniority rule, the men chose their own runs, and he exhibited satisfaction In bring ing out that the witnesses, being vet erans, have runs considered profitable in comparison with the earnings or other Industrial workmen. - Orecon Engineer Testifies. C. R. D. Jones, of Ashland. Or, a Southern Pacific engineer, also testi fied today. He explained that in nego tiating tunnels through the Siskiyou Mountains engine crews were required to wear masks, or respirators, fed by compressed air, to prevent asphyxia tion. Some time ago, Jones told the arbi trators, he was engineer on one of five engines pulling a train through tunnel No. 13, which is 3120 feet long. He said the tunne became blocked, and knowing that the men could not stand the deadly fumes for long, he took the desperate chance or abandon ing his respirator in an attempt to ar range for backing out of the tunnel. He became asphyxiated almost imme diately, and other engineers backed the train out without him, he having fallen into a gutter by the side of the track. He was missed and three attempts were made by rescuers before they were able to recover his unconscious, form. Time in Hospital Not Paid For. , He was thought to be dead, but good fortune In the near presence of a physi cian saved his life, though he lingered in delirium and convalescence for sev eral weeks before leaving his bed. ' "And 1 was 'docked' for the time." added the witness. The testimony - of Jones was desig nated by the men to Illustrate previ ous assertions that the perils and hard ships of their work are a factor which should . be considered In. their request for more pay. John C Gouldlng, a switch engineer, of Chicago, who works nearly 14 hours a day except on his day off. and who catches up with his sleep by spending most of this day, and five or six other days that he lays off. In bed, said he was earning about $140 a month. To do this. Stone pointed out. he worked tne equivalent of S3 eight-hour days in a month. Marshfleld Sawmills Cm Honrs. MARSHFIELD, Or, Dec 10. (Spe cial.) Owing to the difficulty of ob taining logs, the C. A. Smith sawmills nere ana at Bay City have been ob ligated to cut working days from 10 to eight hours. The Smith-Powers railroad to the southern part of the county has been hampered by slides for tle past few days and camps are ucmg movea as well. The Swavne & Hoyt mill at North Bend is also re ducing Its shift two hours daily, but because of a deslra to curtail production. SEAL SALES TOTAL $1100 Tnesday Afternoon Club Members Are In Charge Today. The sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals reached the SHOO mark yester day with the receipts turned In by the Portland Shakespeare Study Club. Mrs. E. P. Preble was chairman of the day and was assisted by many of the lead ing members of her club. The Tuesday Afternoon Club mem bers will be stationed today in the various booths and buildings that have been placed at their disposal. Mrs. G. W. Tabler will be chairman. Tomor row, the Portland Grade Teachers will preside at the sale of seals with Miss Kate Colburn as chairman. Next week will be known an "Srhnni PhiiHrc.. Week." Through the sanction of tho Board of Education, seals will be sold in all the schools of the city. Clinton Kelly, Woodlawn and Highland schools, who had a sunnlv vAntArnv hu... ordered seals. New Road Calls Stockholders. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec 11 (Spe cial.) The annual stockholders' meet ing of the Willamette Valley Southern will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday at the offices of the company in this city. Routine reports and other business will come before the meeting. At 3 o'clock a special stockholders' meeting will be held to consider an Increase in the cap ital stock of the company and to issue preferred stock If the Increase Is authorized. DEBATES OPEN TONIGHT AGRICtLTlHAL COLLEGE MEETS WASHINGTON AJTD IDAHO. Question la on Advisability of Having Ministry Responsible to TJnl cameral Legislature. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Dec- 10. (Special.) A de bate to be held at the Oregon Agri cultural -College tomorrow night in con Junction with others held at the same time at the University of Idaho and at Washington State College, will mark the opening of Intercollegiate forensics for the year. At Corvallis Oregon Agricultural College meets Washing ton State College; at Moscow, Oregon AfirHCMlItliml OaIIacta maa.- Tl. .J a- - . v- .w.ba .uaiiu. ftiiu at Pullman, Washington State College A strong squad has been working for the past two months, under the direction nt R H Pet for Frldav's contests, snd 'twn o ma uu w reauy. i no question lor the debate Is, "Resolved.. 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