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$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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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