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umt - ppmAY FEBRUARY 19. 1915. riUCE . X J XV X XXl.J.1 A-' 9 v w - T - p " . 4 t i. V 1 t u VOL. IiV -NO. 1G,923 $7,000,000 READ! TO DEVELOP LUKES Jason C. Moore to Begin Work at Once. 5000 MAY BE EMPLOYED 52,000,000 Oregon Fir Pipe line First Step. PROJECT BIGGEST IN STATE Ratification of Lease of Summer and Abcrt Salt Beds Prompt f Order to Start on Plant Within 90 Days. ' Upon receipt of word that the Ore Son Legislature had ratified his lease cf Lake Summer and Lake Abert and that Governor Wlthycombe had signed the bill concluding the transaction. Jason C. Moore telegraphed yesterday, from New York, to his attorney. Ches ter. A. Sheppard. of the Portland legal firm of Sheppard & Brock, that he was ready to go ahead immediately with the expenditure of 7,000.000 on the project. Soon after arranging the lease with the State Land Board last December Ir. Moore departed for his home In New York and since that time his In terests have been represented in Ore gon by Mr. Sheppard. Mr. Moore un doubtedly will come to Oregon soon to supervise the initiation of actual construction work. Within 90 days he will be required to deposit 15.000 with the state in addition to the $10,000 he advanced In December. Pipelines to Be Laid. Lakes Summer and Abert are situ ated in the south central part of Lake County about 30 miles apart and ap proximately 270 miles south of the in tersection of the Deschutes and Colum bia Rivers. The lakes contain rich salt deposits, which the syndicate led by Mr. Moore plans to transport' by pipelines to the confluence of the two rivers where a great abundance of water power is available and where cheap transportation may be "hud both by water and rail. According to present estimates the pipelines will be built f Oregon fir, 14 inches in diameter, and cost In the neighborhood of 2,- 00.000. T-nnpInc IMaata to Bine. Large pumping plants at the lakes, costing about 1500.000. will be used to pump the fluida up an elevation of about 00 feet for the first 25 or 30 miles of the pipeline and from that point to the junction of the two rivers a gravity flow system will' be In stalled. Two sites, of 0 and 30 acres, respectively, near the junction, already are offered as the location of the to. 000.000 manufacturing plant that is to bo erected. Machinery will be installed in the proposed plant for the manufacture of nitrates, potassium, sodium chloride, carbonate, bi-carbonate, caustic sodas, baking and bleaching powders and other materials to be obtained from the lke deposits. The same syindlcate re cently spent approximately .,15,000.000 for a field of phosphates in Wyoming. These materials also will be shipped to the Oregon plant and made Into fer tilizer, along with Oregon lime. Building Plaaa Ready. The plans for the $5,000,000 manu facturing plants, separating plants, re fineries, pumping stations and ware houses have been prepared in New York City by engineers representing the syndicate. The local work has been In charge of J. G. Kelley, a Portland engineer. ' Mr. Kelley has done most of the preliminary investigation work and has laid out the plans for the pipeline. In addition to the manufacture of !t is nrobable that a separate plant will be built for the generation of electric power. Mr. snepparu au yesterday that this plant might be operated by an independent company. About 150.000 horsepower will be re 'quired on the project. Proleet Oregon'" tireateat. Without question the project made -iki hr the ratification of the lakes' lease for 0 years Is one of the largest private development programmes ever commenced in Oregon. Mr. Moore and Mr. Sheppard declare that the plant will be the largest of Its kind In Amer ica and the only one of Its particular character in the entire world. Mr. Moore estimates that his syndicate will employ between 3500 and 6000 men con tinually. By the terms of the lease Mr. Moore guarantees the state annual royalties of at least $15,000. Mr. Sheppard said yesterday that If the materials work out as expected the project may pay the state as high as $127,000 a year on the royalty basis. Paper Industry Helped. When In Portland recently Mr. Moore predicted that the erection of the pro posed plant would mean that Oregon will become one of Ahe greatest paper producing states in the Union. Many of the substances used In the digestion of pulp will be made at the Moore plant and it Is natural to assume, he says, that great paper mills will spring up In that locality, especially in view of the immense water power that is har nessed up in that locality. Just who is back of Mr. Moore In the present project has been the source of considerable speculation for several . months. As announced originally in GERMANY LOSES 2 BIG WAR BALLOONS ZEPPELIX EXPLODES AXD DEN MARK IXTEHXS CKEW. Four Men of Second Airship Drown Off Coast of Jutland, Eleven Being Saved. tt.s 1 8 Two German alr- ships have been destroyed off the coast . i. ..mniiiir to dispatches from Copenhagen. The L-3. a Zeppelin. caught fire and explc-aea aner ing Are and descenamg va n-i,. r 14 has been res cued and will be interned. This craft was onfl of the largest Zeppelins in toe German service. The other airship met disaster near Jutland, says one dispatch. One report said it was a FarsevaL while another message from Esbjerb. Jutland, says it was a Zeppelin. Eleven of the crew were saved, four oeing re ported drowned. A Beuter dispatcn irom says: . "Eleven Germans presented them- i i..t nioht nt the coast guard station north of Blasvand, on the west coast of Jutland. They said tney Be longed to a Zeppelin which had de scended at a place on the coast ""'-" it was impossible to recognize, owing to the snow Btorm." DECREE PUT AS WFE CLOUD Court Comments on Happiness in Medford Divorce Case. nfirnirrrr Or.. Feb. 18. (Special.) That persons who remarry after secur ing a divorce never are happy is the opinion of Judge F. M. Calkins, of the Circuit Court, who today, in me t.r ham' Hoffman divorce case, gave the husband a divorce and the custooy 01 the two children. Owing to the prominence of the prin cipals and the fact that the names ol several prominent Medford business rannM-iiul with the case, the decision has caused a flood of comment. According to the court s nmnngs, inc allegations that Mrs. Hoffman was found "intoxicated in the onice 01 Medford business man." and that sne wrote endearing letters to one "Clifton O'Brien," were sustained, while the rnntentlon that the husband w.. "morose and sullen" was dismissed aa being due probably to the wife's be havlor. f DEMERITS ARE STOPPED Ancient Errors Not Chargeable Now, Civil Service Board Rules. h. stand that to permit members of the City Commission to de merit city employes now lor errors w. deficiencies which occurred several months ago would enable Comm s sloners to work up grounds for dis missing an employe too easily, mem bers of the Municipal Civil Service Board yesterday refused to permit Commissioner Dieck to give demerits to an employe now for aenciencaea September. It Is contended by the uivn cer... Board that if such a practice were per mitted an employe at any time cov- be dismissed by merely oeing u roe riled. KITCHEN REIGN IN COURT Judge Morrow to Dectae n" Husband May Boss Cooking. Does a husband have a right to In terfere with his wife's work in the kitchen? - . t. This is a question which Circuit Judge Morrow will be called upon to decide in the divorce suit of 6arah V. Reese against W. B. Keese, an Insur ance broker. The trial was contin ued yesterday because certain testi mony was lacking. Cruel and Inhuman treatment is charged In Mrs. Reese's complaint. Her husband, she alleges, critlcisedher cooking, told her how she should do her work in the kitchen and tried to "boss" her housework. S0L0NS ARE VACCINATED Governor or West Virginia, Who Is " Physician, Aids In Task. CHARLESTON. wTva.. Feb. IS. The lower House of the Legislature . took - r.r.. tnriav and proceeded to the r:,.,-rvr' office, where all members present were vaccinated. One delegate, taken ill several days ago, was found today to be suffering from smallpox. Governor Hatfield, who is a physi cian, took off his coat, roliea up nis sleeves and assisted in the vaccinations. . v UTILITY "MEASURE KILLED House Defeats Act Requiring Com petitors to Get Certificates:" , STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) The House at 11:30 o'clock tonight killed Senate bill 68. ti.i. mnr would have required a certificate of convenience from the Railroad Commission before one public utility corporation could De granieu permission to compete with another in the same line of business. GERMAN MUTINY REPORTED Five Thousand Men Revolt at Ghent, Paris Hears. PARIS. Feb. 18. A report is current hut not confirmed, that a mutiny occurred at Ghent In the beginning of the month. In which about 50U0 men. in eluding SO officers, were involved. According to this report the mutin eers were bound two and two and sent In the direction of Brussels. Malincs, WAR DEPARTMENT ASKS BIGGER GUNS Old Type in. Coast, be fense Outranged. 16-INCH CALIBER IS ADVISED Ammunition for Two;Hour En gagement Also Wanted.. $40,000,000 IS EXPENSE Project Calls for JS0O Heavy Can non, With 91 Per Cent Provided Fbr1292 Pieces of Field Ar tillery Arc Requested. WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Guns of greater range and power than any that could be arrayed against them were asked for American coast defenses in a report of the-Army board submitted by Secretary Garrison and made public today by the House appropriations com mittee. The board advised that the old type 12-inch guns and mortars "are not equal in range and power to major caliber guns afloat." " Range Should Be Increased. Mr. Garrison recommended the im mediate improvement of some- of the coast defenses so that the range of the old 12-inch guns could be increased to 20,000 yards, and the board suggested that wherever it was necessary to construct new works the largeruns should be 16-lnch 45-callber weapons. The board's report said In part: "After full consideration - of the question presented by the Secretary of War. the board finds: That the old type '12-inch guns anu :-1 mortars are not equal in range ana power to major-caliber guns afloat. Changes. Are Recommended. That by such minor changes in the nf the old tvee 12-inch guns Lat present emplaced as will rermit an ..r:-." I. h thet.ro- vision of a certain proportion of lighter projectiles of approximately 700 pounds wl.rhL an effective range of about 20,000 yards can be given these guns; that these changes should be made. "That the srreat majority of our H- lnch guns, with certain slight changes, which, have already been ordered, ana h nnniv of a Dortion of the projectiles of lighter weight than the heaviest now furnisneo. are tuunu. in power and range to meet any that may now be brought against them. 'That a policy had .been adopted oi providing, through annual appropria tions, for such modernizing of fortifica tions as will result in Keeping pace with the Improvement in armament afloat. New Armaments Required. 'That in the case of those works where modernising involves extensive jrtf,n-liKlel on Page 5 I - i - m " ' m lIlllTTSlllSSSSStlTT- - J NOW SEE WHO'S GOT OURLITTLE GOAT. I - . - - - -lyjyiJi I I ' ' t W , .J ... " Tf ! ' ' ' ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, SO.t degrees; minimum, 40 degrees. - TODAY'S Fair; llsht, variable winds. Legislatures. Two r liquor bills Introduced in Washineton Assembly. Pae 1. Judfro W. H. Paekwood. aced S3, only sur viving members of constitutional conven tion, is honor cuest of Legislature. Fase . Estimate of appropriations Intimates that Legislature has saved 1700,000 this ses sion. Page 6. House passes btll wiping out "old Fish and Game Commission and giving Governor ' control of new Board of five. Page 1. Idaho Senate's ax -swings. Page IT. Washington Senate passes two-payment tax bill. Page 7. Two consolidation bills pass senate. Page 1. War. Germany declares If hunger Is to be made ally In war, she will take up British gauntlet. iPage L Czar's most thickly populated district ban- doned before German advance. Page . French say Germans have suffered heavy losses in Champagne region. Page 8. German comment on reply to United States Indicates' full Intention to pursue policy originally outlined. Page 2. French Premier declares war will continue until allies win. Page 5. Two German aerial warships are destroyed. Pag L . German's "tourist agency" is shield for es plonage. Page 14. American women foremost in succoring wounded soldiers. Page 3. Rational. War Department asks bigger coast defense guns. Page 1. ; Compact made to shelve ship purchase bill. Page . V Sports, V Captain of University of Oregon baseball team returns to college. Page 8. Matty says pitching benefit games and play . Ing in Winter League la burning candle at both ends. Page s. Browns again seek Derrick and McCredie demands one of two first sackers la trade. Page & Commercial and Marine. American-Hawaiian fleet to put on five-day schedule from Portland. Page 8. Sentiment In local wheat market Improves and trading la larger. Page IT. Record export buying of wheat lift Chloago market. Page 17. Wall street stocks dull and sagging, but declines are small. Page 17. New York stock market weaker. Page 17. Europe buys wheat and prices shoot up ward. Page 17. Tortland and Vicinity. Civil Service Board will tolerate unionizing city departments. Page 18. Japanese Consul pleads for greater trade with Orient. Page 13. Many would be Highway Engineer In Major Bowlbys stead. Page 14. Jason C. Moore, lessee of Lakes Summer and Abert, announces readiness to spend 17.- 000,000 on project at once. Pago 1. David J. Palmer. Grand Army head, visits veterans here. Page 9. Rose-planting day plans completed. Page 13. DEATH HALTS ANNUAL FETE Mrs. A. Ij.' Wylle Stricken at Banquet of The Dalles Fruit Men. THE DALLES. Or, Feb. 18. (Spe7 clal.) The death of Mrs. A. I Wylie nut a sudden and tragic end to the an nual banquet of the members of The Dalles Fruitgrowers' Association and their friends at the Masonic Hall at noon today. Seated among the merry men and women, Mrs. Wylie was stricken with apoplexy. She died a few minutes later. Mrs. Wylie, who was better known as -1 i t - IrlDonB. Having icut5iin,j ium. ried Mr. Wylie, formerly of Goidendale, Wash., had been a resident or lite Dalles fo.- about 5 years, and was one of the best-known women in the com munity. The meeting was postponed. General Weaver Reappointed. WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Brigadier General Weaver was nominated toy President Wilson today to succeed himself as' chief of the Coast Artillery for a term or lour years r r GERMANY TAKES UP BRITISH GAUNTLET Hunger to Be Mi ci y of Bot l.ues. BLOCKADE IS INSISTED ON Reply Suggests Neutrals En force London Declaration. ARMS TRADE POINTED OUT Britain Held to Be Keceivlng Sup plies of Nature Which She Her self Has Made Contraband if Sent to Enemy. BERLIN, via London, Feb. 18. The reply of the German government to the protest of the United States against the blockade of Brlsh waters was given out today. It argues that Great Britain has made the blockade neces sary by its own declaration of inten tion to invoke starvation as Its ally and takes up the gauntlet thus thrown down. There is no sign of yielding of pur pose. Germany holds she cannot aban don her rights under the stress that has been forced on her. Great Britain Held to Blame. Britain is blamed for the situation under which neutrals may not always be distinguishable from belligerents, in that she has flown the flag of neu trals on her ships and has equipped her merchantmen with artillery and instructld them to fire on or ram Ger man submarines. This. Germany points out, makes it Impossible to give the scrutiny to suspected vessels that otherwise would be in order.' The fact that United States manufac turers of munitions of war are now making shipments to the allies also is commented on. - - j - Since Germany must compel the na tions with which she Is at war to re turn to the recognized principles of international law and restore the free dom of the seas, she argues that ths stand she has taken is necessary. Warship Convoy Vrged. The note recommends that the United States Government send warships to England to convoy merchant vessels I tnrougu luo wuiko through the danger aone as security against attack, with the understanding I ..... i .h..B iriiai-f.f1 shall norrl that vessels thus guarded shall carrj no war supplies. Hope is expressed that the American Government will understand the position in which Ger many has been placed and appreciat the reasons for its course. The reply closes with an expression of the hope that the United States may prevail upon Great Britain "to return to the principles of international law recognized prior to the outbreak ol the war," and in particular obtain th Concluded Page Thursday's War Moves NO incidents, so far as is known, have yet marked the opening of Ger many's submarine blockade of the BriU Ish Isles, although it has been in force - nearly 2 hours. Nor has the Brit- ItO,iV3 government thus far announced its I promised retaliatory measures. I PrAriiiinna hnwever. srfl belna taken on this side of the North Sea. and. al though the German government has warned the German people not to ex pect any sensational developments for some days, the regular cross-channel passenger services have been somewhat curtailed and altered. Otherwise the sea-borne trade of the country is pro ceeding much as usual. The White Star steamship Adriatic, from New York February 10, crossed the Irish Sea during the night, but did not resort, as did the Lusitania some days ago, to the use or the American or other neutral flag to evade German r"ebightrirteamershare nrntain"ng their regular schedules. A fleet of freight steamers lett Den mark for England with provisions nhnnril and It was to keep track of these, It is believed, that German air ships, one of which was destroyed cy Are yesterday and another of which was reported wrecked today on the Danish coast, have been so active. In England, Germany's reply to the American note of protest against inter ference with neutral ships Is creating more Interest than the threatened blockade, and there Is a great deal of curiosity as to what the United States will say in response. Even Germany's victory over the Rus sians in East Trussla and Northern Po land and the report of the Germans having taken 64,000 prisoners take sec ond place In these diplomatic questions between the German and the neutral nations. In Germany, however, this second victory of Field Marshal von Hindenburg in tho province of which he had long made a military study. Is being celebrated with the grratext en thusiasm and the expectation there Is that the Russians will take a long time (o recover from this blow even should they succeed In making a Ftand on the Niemen River, as they did last Autumn. It Is evident, however, that the Rus sian are far from being beaten. Ac cording to their reports battles are In progress not far from the Last Frusman frontier and troops are being ruwhed from the Interior to check tho German advance which Is being mado on a front somo 200- miles 111 extent (iirroHS trto provinces of Vllna and Grodno. In the Carpathians heavy righting continued and the Russians claim to have repulsed all the AiiRtro-Germun attacks, while in Bukowlna the Aus-ti-lun. with their German supports, are puphlng'arross the country. They have captured Kolomes, 111 GaJIrla, about 16 mlle3 north of the Bukowina frontlet. It is again reported this time officially that they are in possession of Czerno- wilz, the capital of Bukowina. The allies in the hope of relieving the presxuro on the Russians, have taken the' offensive along tho western line and although the French 'and Ger man accounts differ as to the result of this, it Is evident that the French and British have been able to make gains at soma points which they say tonight have been maintained. The Germans report thfy have voluntarily cvacu.iltd the village of Norroy, to the north of Pont-a-Mousson, which they had cap tured last week, after a severe risrht. Thy French report says the Germans were driven out. The ditputo between Greece and Tur key over an Insult to the Greek naval attache at Constantinople has been settled by a personal apology and the publication of this in the Turkish ncwi papers. MEDICAL COLLEGE LOSES Maintenance Cut lo $00,000 and $100,000 for Building Denied. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. IS. (Special.) The University of Oregon's medical department at Portland may get J60.000 for maintenance for the next two years, but will get no money for erecting a new building on the site re cently donated for the purpose In the southern part of Portland by the O.-W. R, & N. Company. The ways and means committee, this morning reported adversely on the bill to appropriate $100.(100 for the new building, and cut the estimated appro priation for maintenance from J81.00 to 160.000. DAVID CAPLAN ARRESTED I ast of Men Suspected of I-os Angeles Times Dynamiting Is Caught. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 18. David Caplan. last of the quartet wanted by the Los Angeles authorities in connec tion with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building, was reported arrested tonight on Balnbrldge Island, a few miles from Seattle. The announcement was made In a telephone message from Walter R. Thayer, jnanager of the Seattle branch of a National detective bureau. SCHOOL MEETING NO MORE . r House Passes Senate Bill t,o Abolish Portland's Annunl Tax Fight. S'TATK CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 11. (Special.) Portland's annual school meeting haa been abolished. The Houso tonight passed Senator Moser's bill proviu"".r r this end and the measure now goes to the Governor. Tho bill also gives tho Srhool Board the right to levy the school tax and authorizes taxpayers of the distrU-t to Issue bonds for school purposes upon a majority vote at a regular election. II MERGER ACTS PASS AS IF GREASED Senate Unanimdus in Consolidation Step. BOSSISM TALK IS ALL BOSH Proposed Economy Measures Passed on Merit. CORPORATION BUREAU OUT Second McaMirc Approved trcatc Department lo Handle Industrial Accident Bod' Work and Drops Three Officials. by itoxAt.n g. CAt.r.r-r.r.T. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or, 1 b. 1. (Staff Correhpondcnce.) Two Import ant llls. part of the main programme that s.MIl confronts the LeglMaturo In its closing hours consolidation f de partmentswent throiiKh the Smst this afternoon as if greased. In connection with such protective mergers charges hsve ben licrtnror made that a Senate combination v forming with Senator lay as the i premn boss. If a boss is r spm.MM for what the Senate did today, he is th most remarkable boss ever produe.d Oregon has certainly scored In another particular. Bosses have come and bosirs hm gone, but I never before heard 'f " who could command the unanimous olr of a body so large as the Orrs'-n Senal-i to put throiiKh what has bern t-imd a political game. Be Talk AH In truth, the story of onanism and talk of a steam roller Is bosh. Coiimdl. datlon of departments, at least In Ih'i Senate, is acted upon according to IU merits. Some may drift away from th principle for what seem to onlookers ! be Insufficient reaaons, but the main body, sometimes tho whole body, ahons a disposition to hana tonrthrr n Im portant measure of this kind. One of the hills passed by the sen.n consolidates tlie corporation depart ment with the Innirain-e department The rorporatiou department Is the mi' which administers the "blue-sky" la and has Ralph Watson si the h -i. The other consolidation measure creates a bureau to handle the Indn trlal Accident Commission's woi k ami the duties now devolving upon the l.a bor Commissioner. risers of Three Imperiled. That Is to say, Ihr Labor Controls- 'sloner Is made a member of the In dustrial Accident Commission, silting with one other Commissioner. I ti ajl event of a deadlock orr some . the Board's medical sdvleer Is to If called In to help decide the Issue. Tha Labor Commissioner Id to remain an., elective officer. The prrs.nt 1-ahor Commissioner remains In office, but Commissioners Fern llobh. William Marshall and Harvey Beokwlth would be removed automatically. Both theso bills are in a way com plicated. The rienato has amcnd.1 tho Schuebel Hoiise bill reforming compen sation Insurani-e rates, and the benale tacked on an amendment reducing tho membership In the commission from three to one. The House refused to concur, and the conference committee so -far has beea, deadlocked. note Bill May fall. The consolidation bill passed by the Senate puts a new phase on the case. The House may concur In the amend ments to the Schuebel bill. In which event the consolidation bill my fall On the other hand the latter may b.i accepted and the amendment to I lie Schuebel bill be stricken, t'f course there Is the third possibility that b-tli bills may fall. In which ev. nt the com pensatlon act will remain Ms It Is now. administered by three Commission" and headed rapidly toward depletion. Likewise before adopting the bill consolidating the corporation and In surance departments, tlie Senate pasjad a bill abolishing the "blue ky" law. If the House takes tho unexpected iourse of approving this measure the consolidation measure naturally will be abandoned. All Favor Coolldtl. The bill to consolidate tb ''orpot utlon and Insurance departtm nt s re ceived a total of 2 votes no nega .i.... r:.rland. Ilollls. Lanuuth and Von der llcllen were absent. The bill consolidating the Accident ommiasmn T.uhnr. Commissioner's department was not so fortunate. Clarke. Kella- her. Leinenweber, I. S. hmltli and von der llellcn voted "no." The earlier vote to repeal tne nine sky law was In part, at least, compli mentary to Senator Strayer. Mr. Straer democratic Senator from Baker County, made lila campaign on the "blue sky" law Issue. He la one of the most forceful members of the Sen ate and his disposition not to play poll, tics on worthy legislation haa won tor him unusual respect and confidence. Several Senators are known lo hao voted for the bill out of deference t" him and on the assumption that lh House would defeat it. I.iae 'w Vp lleuae. But the consolidation l-ue I.. n"v--squarely up to the' House) l.s a.. .cat. offers likely to bo arferUu l consolldiitlon abandoned woikli.g mi the Senators. They hae been n,..r thsH active In the House, however And ibulWIUh'U U !' I.I Concluded ea face li- Antwerp and Namur. 108.2 f