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THE MORNING T ID TO WET BILL IS APPEAR TODAY liquor Forces and Drys Are to Clash at Olympia on High Tax Proposal. ROADS WOULD GET FUND Senate raws Bill Aimed at Chinese Eggs Jitney Measure Would Re quire $5000 Bond Eight-Hour Law Kepeal Sought. ' OLYMFIA, Wash.. Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) The third anti-prohibition bill, the eomln of which has been awaited ty "wet" forces in the Legislature for nsarly 10 days, is expected here to morrow, it was announced tonight, promising the resumption of the liquor flKht as the leading feature of the lieclslature. While the anti-prohibition forces were chary in regard to announce ments of their measure, it was learned that the new measure is drafted with the Intent of moderating the provisions f the prohibition law adopted at the recent election and to provide greatly Increased revenues to the state through high taxes on both the manu facture and sale of all alcoholic bev erages. Report is that the new reve nues will be placed in the state high way fund under terms of the bill In an effort to enlist the support of good roads boosters. Referendum Is Sought. The first plan of the liquor men was to provide sufficient revenues by an excise tax to defray the expenses of a special election, so that the new anti problbitlon measure could be submitted late this year, and if adopted, prevent the prohibition law from going into effect January 1. 1916. In view of the anti-special election sentiment prevail ing In both Houses, however, the new plan is to turn any increased revenues over to the roads cause. If a special election proves Impossible. Submission f the new measure on a referendum to the voters at the general election of November. 1916. will be asked by its supporters. If the special election doea not appear feasible. Senator Ghent, of King County, ex pects to receive the new measure and introduce it tomorrow morning, he said tonight. Superintendent George D. Conger, of the Anti-Saloon League, returned to Olympia today to direct the "dry" fight and reiterated his opposition either to a special election or to submission of an alternate measure for initiative So. 3 8 at the general election. Mr. Con ger declared the new measure was drafted at a meeting of liquor forces in Seattle Saturday, where a majority of the legislature went to attend a Lincoln day banquet. lax Amendments Denied. For the third successive session the legislature will decline to take action to submit proposed amendments to the revenue and taxation sections of the constitution was indicated tonight when the constitutional revision com mittee of the Senate declined to con sider amendments proposed by the State Tax Commission to enable depart ure from the general property tax sys tem. The Lum bill, providing for repeal of the eight-hour public works law, which has been on the statute books 14 years, occupied much of the House session, its probable passage being indicated. When the bill first appeared on the calendar at the morning session a motion to postpone it indefinitely, eminating from the Progressives, was defeated. 21 ayes and 68 noes. Later all efforts either to amend or recommit the bill failed. The sharpest tight was made on a proposal to repeal the present eight hour law only in regard to road work. Representative Lum, author of the bill, consented to this amendment, but the House rejected it. some members desir ing the eight-hour law repealed in re gard to city labor as well, while pro ponents of the present law believed it would be easier to defeat the Lum bill in its present condition. The House passed no bills, but considered a long list on second reading. Egg Bill Passes. Light bills were passed by the Senate. Included among these is the "egg bill" of the committee on commerce and man ufactures, intended to discourage con sumption of the Chinese product. It provides that eggs must be stamped as "cold storage, preserved or foreign," and that restaurants serving foreign eggs must so announce on a placard to be hung on their walls. Another bill passed makes defrauding of a hotel keeper a gross misdemeanor, and limits the liability of hotelkeepers for losses of guests' belongings. Charles Wood, of Seattle, today was urged strongly for appointment as head of the State Tax Department if the tax commission bill passes, placing this work under Clark V. Savidge, Land Commissioner. K. J. Koors, ex-secretary of the Tax Commission, and T. D. Rockwell. ex-Tax Commissioner, also have been mentioned for this place, but neither is said to be an active candi date. Mr. Wood has been with the Bureau of Statistics for two years, is brother of James A. Wood, secretary of the Republican state central committee. The House roads and bridges commit tee announced that a bill carrying out its plan of dealing with the jitney bus problem would be introduced tomorrow, it will provide that all vehicles carry ing passengers on the public highways except steam or electric cars be placed under J5000 bonds. TALKS CUT TO FIVE MLNCTES House Votes to Limit Debates on All Measures. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. IS. Special. On motion of Dr. Andrew C. Smith, the House voted unanimously today to limit all debates in the future to five minutes for the first affirma tive speaker or the author of a bill and to three minutes for each subse quent speaker. The Speaker promises also to en force the rule against any member speaking more than once on the same bill without permission. The author of a bill will be permitted to open and to close, however, as usual. EW POLICY BILL PASSES IMht by Insurance Companies on House Act Expected. STATE CAPTOU Salem, Or.. Feb. 15. -(Special.) Another bill that is ex ported to arouse the opposition of in surance companies was passed by the House today. Representative Vawter is the author. It alms to make all the conditions or exceptions legally called warranties written or printed in in surance policies mere declarations on the part of the insured. It would make the Insurance companies liable for the full fare value of the policy unless fraud can be proved. The measure is built alone the same lines as the Cardwcll bill passed, last week, but it is not so far-reaching. The bill would retain the conditions or warranties in the insurance policy, but would not enable the insurance com pany to deny a claim because of them, unless in case of actual fraud. How ever, insurance men say the bill is quite as obnoxious to them as the Cardwell bill. The House passed the bill with an almost unanimous vote. Representative Thomas Brown alone spoke against It. SALMON FIGHT IS RESUMED Bill and Reports on Upper Columbia Fishing Stir House. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) Efforts to prohibit fish ing for salmon In the Upper Colum bia were revived in the House this aft ernoon, with the usual display of ani mosity between the upper-river fisher men and the lower-river fishermen. Representative- Lewis' bill to prohibit fishing for salmon east of the Cas cade Locks came back from the fish eries committee with three conflicting reports. The majority report was against the bill. Two members favored it and one member offered no recom mendation. The debate arose on Mr. Lewis' motion to substitute the minority report for the majority. Representative Anderson, of Wasco County, opposed the motion. He said It would put the Seufert cannery out of business. He declared that the bill Is aimed at the Seufert fish wheel at Celilo, and that for all practical pur poses it might Just as well have men tioned Mr. Seufert's name. "The Astoria people now get 95 per cent of the salmon that come Into the Columbia River," he said, "and now they are objecting to people in Wasco County getting a portion of the re maining 5 per cent. I don't know, however, what interest the statesman from St. Johns" (meaning Mr. Lewis) "has in the matter." "Every resident of St- Johns is inter ested in this subject" declared Mr. Lewis, "the same as all are interested in every effort of the great, greedy, grasping corporations to take all the fish that are In the ocean. "We have a right to oppose these fish wheels. The best authorities agree that salmon are no good after they are in fresh water the length of time It takes them to come from the ocean up to Celilo, and we of St. Johns ob ject to taking the rotten fish out of the Columbia River, stuffing them into cans and placing them on the market." The whole question was left up In the air when the House ordered the three reports, with the bill itself, laid on the table. PILOT NAMED FOR PORT POST Captain W. H. Patterson Nominated to Succeed F. Pendleton. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) Captain W. IL Patterson was nominated by the Multnomah dele gation tonight to succeed Fred Pendle ton as a member of the Port of Port land Commission. A Joint meeting of the House and Senate will be held in the House chamber at noon tomorrow when Captain Patterson doubtless will be elected formally. Representative Olson nominated Captain Patterson, who received 11 votes on the first ballot. Other can didates were Fred Pendleton and Cap tain O. W. Hosford. Captain Patterson is a pilot for the Associated Oil Com pany, operating tank steamers between Linnton and Astoria. Representatives of the police band appealed to the Multnomah delegation for a state appropriation of $10,000 to send the band to the world's fair at San Francisco "to advertise Oregon." No action was taken. HIGHWAY ENGINEER CENTER OF ATTACK Large Losses of Money by State and Contractors Laid to State Road Builder. TIME TO EXPLAIN ASKED ARMORY CLAIM IS WEIGHED House Divided as to Amount Due Roseburg Builder. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) The House devoted nearly an hour tlrls afternoon to a debate on the question of how much the state owes John Hunter, who built the armory at Roseburg. Hunter was con tractor for the building but the con tract was cancelled after he had trouble with the state architect. He put in a claim for $7000. A special committee worked three weeks to adjust the claim. A divided report was submitted this morning. Only $300 separates the two factions of the committee. One faction wants to give him $3719, and the other wants to give him $4000. The bill was laid on the table temporarily. TR.VDIXG-STAMP BILL DIES Fight Now to Center on Similar Act That Remains. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) By agreeing to the in definite postponement this morning Representative Forbes bill to levy a. heavy tax on trading stamps, those members who are opposed to the use of trading stamps In the state are center ing their efforts on Representative Tom Brown's bill which probably will be up for final passage tomorrow. The mail of every member of the Legislature has been flooded for the last few weeks with letters from con stituents who represent either side of the question. The bill promises to arouse considerable debate. NO-PARTY BENCH ACT IS OUT House Attorneys Like Bill but Re call Its Defeat by People. STATE CAPITOL Salem, Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) Representative Tom Handley this morning consented to the Indefinite postponment of his bill pro viding a non-partisan judiciary. The easure had been indorsed, by the State Bar Association. The attorneys in the House generally favored the bill, but they were op posed to passing it at thin session, for the reason that the people defeated a similar measure at the recent election. ORATORY TO BE QUELLED fContlnued From First Pass.) uty sealer of weights and measures may be appointed in each county. Some counties have made the position a per manent one at needless expense. One of the Day bills divided the state into four districts and provides for a dep uty In each to be paid pro rata by the counties included in , the district. It is estimated that 54 per cent of the cost of inspecting weights and measures will be eliminated. Government Standard Taken. The companion bill fixes standards of weights and measures in accordance with the model law prepared by the Government bureau. The size of berry boxes and other fruit containers, for example, which were never established by law now are to be fixed by statute. Another bill that ought to reduce county expenditures is the permanent registration act. which as a result of Senate action now awaits only concur rence In amendments and the Gover nor's signature. A fault found with this bill was that it provides no method for striking from the registration rec ords the names of voters who die or move away. The fear is expressed that unprincipled politicians will vote the dead and the men and women who moved away. Probably, however, such frauds would be discovered, and if pun ishment did not prevent their repeti tion future Legislatures could devise an amendment that would make their recurrence Impossible. Before you marry see "The Escape." Adv. Accusations Are Made at Meeting of Joint Committee Official Re fuses to Reply, Demanding Right of Counsel. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) Charges -of incompetency, alleged to have caused large losses of money for the counties in which state highways are being built and for the contractors doing the work, were made against State Highway Engineer Bowl- nn Antini, hAflrinp tnniirht be fore the Senate Joint ways and means committee. Major Bowlby, who was present, when asked to answer numerous ques tions relating to surveys, expenditures and alleged faulty construction, de clared he could not do so without re course to his records, and Insisted that he be given the right to employ counsel and that a thorough investigation be made. . Senator Day, who is chairman of the committee, ins'isted upon the engineer explaining what had been done with $75,000 set aside by the commission for doing preliminary road work. He said the item was mentioned in the en gineer's report, but he could not find out what had been done. Asked If any of It had been expended in Multnomah County Major Bowlgy declared that it had not, and that the county had paid for the work. ' Mr. McCourt Makes Plalnf. Senator Day intimated the money had been set aside to guard against pro spective litigation, but there was no enlightenment as to this, the engineer declaring that it would take time to make the explanation and he should be allowed counsel. Searching questions were put to the engineer by John McCourt, attorney for the J. H. Johnson Consolidated Con tracting Company, which had the con tract for doing-38 miles of construction In Columbia County. The lawyer al leged that because of incompetency upon the part of the man who drew the specifications, the county stood to lose a great deal of money and the contract ing company had not been paid, and probably would have to resort to litiga tion. Engineer Declines to Reply. Harrison Allen, attorney for a con tracting firm that did construction work in Clatsop County, also asked questions which the engineer declined to answer. The attorney's line of ques tioning was directed to show that the contractor and county had suffered be. cause of Incompetency on the part of the engineer. "It was all cooked up," said Major Bowlby, after the hearing. "I was not asked to the hearing and simply hap pened in. There is no question about my being able to make satisfactory an swers if given the opportunity. I am not a lawyer and cannot match wits with the men who were at the hear ing." W. A. Harris, ex-judge of Columbia County, who was recalled, as a repre sentative of the Columbia County Tax pavers' League, said incorrect estimates of "the engineer had cost the taxpayers heavily. He declared that the estimates . i i -.,V. lnn.pr than the actual DI1U uccu oj iii. . . - - - . cost If the work was allowed to con tinue the county wouia oe unnwuincu. . i. - m.n.h... nf ttiA lencue and resi dents of the county made similar state ments. 50,000 Dne, Contractor Says. J H. Johnson, of the construction company, said $50,000 was due his con cern for work. "We have been short-changed from the beginning." he asserted. "They, the engineers, have made mistakes one after another." "In places where me specmcauuiia called for a road 24 feet wide it was made according to instructions 12 feet wide. I don't know what these engi neering people would not do. If you gentlemen don't watch out they will be taking your pocketbooks." Mr. Johnson declared that stone walls called for by the specifications had crumbled because of improper foundations and faulty stone. One built according to the plans of the en gineers had fallen across the railroad, he said, and as a result his company had been sued for $25,000. He declaredf the route of the highway had been changed repeatedly after work was started. One stretch was changed more than a mile and in all of It there had been a deviation of 80 per cent. He added that rights of ways had been obtained after work was started and ECZEMA STARTED ITU ONE PIMPLE Itched Terribly, Could Not Put Hands in Water, Burning In tense. Very Unsightly. Used Cuticura. Hands Entirely Well. Scappoose. Oregon. "Eczema started on one of my fingers of the right hand with just one little pimple. It itched so terribly and soon began to spread and the itching kept getting worse. I did not kiiow what it was until it got so bad and spread to the other hand. I could not do my regular housework for I could not put my hands In water. Besides being so very painful and caus ing them to itch worse It made the eruption worse. It first started with small water blisters, then formed erup tions which became scaly. The itching and burning were so intense I scratched these scales off which only made them deeper and caused It to spread. The breaking out was very unsightly. "One of my neighbors told me to get a box of Cuticura Ointment and some Cuticura Soap and they would cure me. By the time I had used one bar of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment . my hands were entirely well." (Signed) Miss Josephine Spald ing, July 28, 1914. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad dress post-card "Cutirurn. Dept. T, Bos ton." Sold throughout the world. VIOLIN SALE! 14 Off SEE OUR WINDOW GRAVES MUSIC CO. 151 FOIRTU STREET. BAD COLD? GET RELIEF AT ONCE WITHOUT QUI NINE 'Tape's Cold Compound" ends severe colds or grippe in few hours. Tou can end grippe and break up a severe cold either In head, chest, body or limbs by taking a dose of "Pape' Cold Compound" every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fe verlshness. sore throat, sneezing, sore ness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed up. Quit blowing and snuffing. Ease your throbbing . a. .l,l.i Alan in thft world ETiVeS iicau, iiv,iunfi ' such prompt relief as "Pape s Cold Compound," which costs only 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without as sistance, tastes nice and causes no In convenience. Be sure you get tht genuine. Adv. that one was not obtained until Sep tember 20, although a penalty attached If the work was not finished by the contractor by October 1. I'rlend of Engineer Heard. Questioned by Senator Day, Major Bowlby said S. C. Lancaster, the dis- ; .. -Yfiilrnnmuh CoUntV. had been paid 450 a month for his worK, ana ne inougni i. j enim.. - tion. The county footed the bill, he said, and he did not think it strange that a man employed by him Bhould receive a higher salary than he. John H. Albert, a Salem banker and friend of Major Bowlby, said the en gineer was directly responsible to the State Highway Commission and that the ways and means committee hardly had Jurisdiction in the case. Senator Day said it had. for the Senate had adopted a resolution that the state de partments be investigated by it. Senator Day said that the time of the session was so short that another public hearing could not be given, but that the State Highway Engineer could answer , the charges in writing if he desired. DISTRICT ROAD PLAN LOSES Representative Tom Brown's Act Is Defeated 41 to 1". STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) One more road bill was defeated in the House, but another is on its way and will be Introduced In the morning. By a vote of 41 to 17 the House defeated Representative Sam Brown's bill to provide a system of state, county and district co-operation in road-building. The measure carried a half-mill tax levy and it was this feature to which the House seemingly took objection. The good roads enthusiasts are not discouraged, however, and already have prepared another bill to be sub mitted tomorrow through the roads and highway committee. This bill also will propose to raise the quarter-mill levy to a half-mill, but some of the other provisions. It is believed, will be less objectionable to the members, who voted against the Brown bill tonight. SENATE O. K.'S HOUSE BILLS Reduction Is Made In Bounty on Moles in Tillamook County. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) The Senate today passed the following bills: H. B. 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