voiLVyo. lcosys. Portland, precox, Thursday, February 25; wis. rnici: five cents.
BRITAIN CONSULTS
ALLIESONPROPOSAL
Answer to American
Suggestion Delayed.
SOME ENCOURAGEMENT FOUND
Washington Considering Food
Embargo as Possible Step.
HIGH TENSION IS ADMITTED
I-o-s of American Lives, It Is De
clared, Might Kesult in Aban
doning Policy or I'riend
ship for Belligerents.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Great Brit
uln has submitted to h r allies, France
and. Russia, the proposals made by the
United States Government designed to
end the menace to neutral commerce
n rising from the retaliatory measures
of the European belligerents toward
each other.
Briefly the American proposals,
which have been submitted to both
England and Germany, seek the elim
ination by Germany of the recently
prescribed war tone around Great Brit
ain and Ireland, with -s dangers to
neutral shipping '...rough mines and
submarine torpedoes, and the adoption
by all the belligerents of a definite pol
icy with reference to food supplies
for civilians.
' .Vest Move Depends on Britain.
From such premliminary observa
tions as American diplomatic officers
abroad already have made there is said
to be some encouragement in the man
ner of the reception of the proposals
at London. Germany is Inclined toward
an acceptance of the suggestions, it is
understood, but upon the attitude of
Great Britain depends the next move
In the situation.'
The stroncr opposition which the
Scandinavian countries. Italy, Holland
and other neutrals, have assumed
toward the retaliatory measures adopt
ed by the belligerents is playing a
considerable part in the situation.
Uravlry f Situation Clear.
Officials, while reticent about what
has been said to Germany and Great
Britain in the latest communication, do
not deny that the gravity of the whole
situation has been made unmistakably
clear. In some quarters today the sug
gestion was made, but without confir
mation from sources usually well in
formed, that an embargo on exports of
foodstuffs from the United States to
both the allies and Germany was being
considered as the next step in the event
of an absolute rejection of the Amer
ican plan for ameliorating the situa
tion. It became known that the latest
communication, described as a confi
dential memorandum, was sent Sunday
to Ambassadors Page and Gerard after
a conference between President Wil
son. Secretary Bryan and Counsellor
Robert Lansing.- The American Gov
ernment asked that the document be
jegarded for the present as strictly
confidential.
American Exports May Drop.
Some officials think the most serious
effect of the submarine warfare on
merchant ships and the restrictions im
posed on the shipment of foodstuffs
and conditional contraband has yet to
develop. They believe that if the pres
ent situation continues American ex
ports will drop a considerable extent.
There is no concealment either of
the feeling in high official quarters
that if the present tension over the
attitude of the belligerents continues
and any American lives are proved to
have been lost as a result of their ac
tivities, the Washington Government
may be called on to abandon its pres
ent altitude of friendliness toward all
the warring powers.
Information Is Larking.
While there was no official comment
today on the sinking of the American
steamers Carib and Evelyn because ol
the absence of definite information as
to the causes of their destruction, it Is
understood that the latest communica
tion from the United States urging an
acceptance of its proposals deals with
the grave dangers to neutral vessels
that have arisen through the mines al
ready laid and threats to strew more
of the explosives in the high seas.
It is taken for granted that the re
ports that the captains of the two ves
sels followed instructions given them
by British naval officers will be
brought to the attention of the London
Foreign Office so that the British Ad
miralty may Investigate the truth or
falsity of the report.
MAILED SLURS. DEPLORED
Germany Believes Inscriptions Have
Unfavorable Effect.
BERLIN, via London. Feb. 24. The
German government has made known
that it objects to th6 use of expressions
like the oft-quoted words, "God punish
England," on mail going abroad from
Germany. The North German Gaxette
rails attention today to the fact that
certain German firms have been rubber
stamping envelopes used in their cor
respondence with neutral countries with
objectionable inscriptions, which are in
tended as insults to countries hostile
to Germany.
The newspaper points out that such
inscriptions must have exactly the op
posite effect on neutrals that they are
intended to have.
BRITISH WARSHIP
IS THOUGHT LOST
ARMORED MERCHANTMAN WITH
280 MEN IS MISSING.
Part of Crew Is Made Vp of New
foundland Naval Reserve No
Word Heard for 3 Weeks.
LONDON", Feb. 24. The British
armed merchant . cruiser Clan Mac
Naughton. with 20 officers and 260 men
board, has been missing since February
J, the official Information bureau an
nounced today. It Is feared she was
destroyed in a storm. The announce
ment said:
"The Secretary of the Admiralty re
grets to announce that H. M. 8. Clan
MacNaughton, an armed merchant
cruiser. Commander Robert Jeffreys,
R. N., has been missing since Febru
ary 3 and it is feared the vessel has
been lost.
"An unsuccessful search has been
maiia nni wreckage supposed to be
portions of this ship has since been
discovered.
"The lat slcnal received from the
Clan MacNaughton was made in the
early morning of February s anu it is
feared she was lost during the bad
weather which prevailed at that time."
Among the crew of the Clan Mac
Naughton were 20 men of the New
fmirvriiaTiri Roval Naval Reserve. The
commander and the principal officers
hploncMi to the Royal Navy, me otn-
ers to the Royal Naval Reserve.
HILLS MAY BUILD IN IDAHO
Construction of Winnemucca-Bolse-
Lewiston Line Thought Likely.
T Ewrsmy Idaho. Feb. 24. (Spe
cial.) According to advices received in
this city from San Francisco, in all
probability the Hill system will build
tk. winnemucca-Boise-Lewiston Rail
road. It has been ascertained that Louis
W. Hill, chairman of the board or di
rectors and president of the Great
Northern Railway, is on an automobile
trip from Winnemueca to Boise, and is
Investigating the feasibility of an ex
tension of the proposed road from Lew-
iston to Boise. -
Tt In known that the Hill interests
hovA nhtalned control of the Gilmore
& Pittsburg Railroad running from
Armstead. Mont., to Salmon, Idaho, ana
it is predicted the new owners intend
connecting it up in Montana with the
Northern Pacific and extending it from
Salmon to Lewis ton, which will short
en the distance by many miles.
VERDICT SIMPLE ASSAULT
Jury Acts in Trial of ex-Member of
Legislature, Jesse Barton.
ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.)
The jury in the case of Jesse Barton,
ex-Representative from Coos County,
tried on a charge preferred by Miss
Madge Yoakum, of Coquille, returned
a verdict at 10 o'clock1 tonight of sim
ple assault. The jury retired at 5
o"clock in the afternoon.
Chief among the evidence introduced
today was a deposition by Mrs. Edna
Walls, formerly of Coquille, but at pres
ent in a Portland hospital. In her dep
osition Mrs. Walls denied several of the
allegations made by the prosecuting
witnesses. Mrs. Walls was formerly
employed with Miss Yoakam in Mr.
Barton's abstract office in Coos County.
Other witnesses who testified today
were Mayor Morrison. Jack Tozier, Mrs.
Louise Mansell and Mrs. Patrick
Rooney, of Coquille. Their testimony
was in reference to the general repu
tation of Mrs. Walls at Coquille.
MAN LEARNS NECK BROKEN
Carpenter "Walks About Town 13
Days After Accident.
Wandering about for 12 days with
a broken neck, suffering little pain
and unaware of the seriousness of his
condition. - Harry M. Lambert, a car
penter who resides at Lents, is a hu
man puzzle to many Portland physi
cians. Lambert fell eight feet from a ladder
on February 12 and landed on the back
of his head. An X-ray photograph of
his injuries yesterday disclosed that
Lambert's neck was broken. To be
exact, the Atlas bone, which supports
the head, was broken. He was taken
to the Good Samaritan Hospital and
his neck was put in a blaster cast,
after which Lambert walked to the
University of Oregon Medical School
and allowed the students to examine his
condition, physicians say that Lam
bert will recover.
MUSICAL DEGREE (S ADDED
Requirements at University of Ore
gon Are Announced.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Or, Feb. 24. (Special.) The Univer
sity of Oregon is to confer the degree
of bechelor of mil 'ic hereafter.
To obtain the degree on an instru
ment the student must practice three
hours a day and take two lessons a
week for four years. Vocally the stu
dent must practice one hour a day and
take two lessons a week for four years.
The degree requires two years of
modern languages, except in the case of
voice, when a year of Italian and op
tional language is required in addi
tion. ITALY ALARMS GERMANY
Sudden Change or Peeling Noted
Among Berlin Diplomats.
BERLIN, via London, Feb. 24. A
sudden change of feeling, concerning
the attitude of Italy was noticeable in
diplomatic quarters during the last few
days. The position of Italy appears to
have become a matter of murh con
cern. The reasons for this change are not
clear at this time.
RIVER AND HARBOR
BILL IS IN DANGER
Only Existing Projects
Have Much Chance.
SHIP BILL MAY BE REVIVED
Spirited Effort at Passage
Rumored in Washington. ,
CONSERVATION IS COST
Enlarged Self-Government for Phil
ippines May Pass if Quick ' Ac
tion Can Be Obtained, but ,
This Is Doubtful.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Democratic
Senate Leaders conceded tonight there
was little hope for the passage of any
legislation except the big supply meas
ures before the adjournment of Con
gress a week from tomorrow, and there
was no nrosDect of passing the rivers
and harbors bills in its present form.
For the rivers and harbors bill It was
generally expected would be substituted
a joint resolution appropriating $30,
000,000 to continue existing projects.
Skip Bill Efforts Renewed.
As to the Government ship-purchase
bill, there were rumors of a spirited
revival of the effort to pass it. These
followed a conference between Presi
dent Wilson and Senators Fletcher and
Simmons. Senator Simmons said later
that no report would be made to the)
Senate before next Monday.
Pro-merits for the conservation legis
lation were declared to be out of the
question. As for the Philippine en
larged self-government measure, it was
understood there might be some chance
of its passage if it could be done within
a few hours' time, which was gravely
doubted.
Rural Carriers' Salaries Fixed.
The Senate today passed the post
office appropriation bill virtually as it
passed the House, carrying a. total of
approximately $323,000,000.
A recommendation of the Senate com
mittee to eliminate the House provision
fixing the salary of rural mail carriers
on standard routes at $1200 a year was
overruled, 62 to 10, adding $2,700,000 to
the bill as reported from the commit
tee. All attempts to add new legisla
tion were stricken out on points of
order.
The agricultural bill was taken til
tonight.
Diplomatic Bill Increased.
Increases in the House diplomatic and
consular bill recommended by the Sen
tn committee include the addition of
(50,000 to pay the expenses of the forth,
coming conference of South and Cen
tral American nijanciai oniciaia w no
those of the United States.
Provision is made for the $10,000 ap
propriation for the International Medi
cal Conference to be held in San Fran
cisco, and the appropriation of $25,000
for the City of Panama Exposition is
(Concluded on Page
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. S4
degrees; minimum. 40 degrees.
TODA Y'S- Rain ; southerly winds.
War.
Britain wary of adopting Washington- plan
of ending food blockade and submarine
war. Page 1.
Allies push fighting in Champagne district
to relieve Rheims. Page 2.
Second British army landed In France.
Page 2.
Few churches in war zone spared. Page 2.
Austrlans retreat in Bukowina and Germans
stop in North Poland. Page 5.
British armed merchantman, with -SO men
aboard, is missing. Page 1.
German government gives pledge not to in
terfere with cargoes of food from Amer
ica. Page 2.
Mexico,
Carranza Command levies heavy tax on
people of Mexico City. Page 0.
Domestic.
Counsellor l-anslng says path of neutrality
Is strewn with thorns. Page J.
National.
River and harbor bill unlikely to be passed
;. in present form. Page 1.
i-- " . Domestic.
Jap:nesa day at San Francisco Is joyous.
Page 13. ...
A . , . Sport.
JobnTo'n-Willard fight may be transferred
to Havana. Page 12.
Four- Portland chess players defeat cham
pion In world's record match. Page 12.
Chicago Colored Giants to play 23 games
In Pacific Nortuwest. fage
Oregon and Ageles to battle for stats bas
ketball championship. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Democrats berate diametrical actions of
two Legislatures. Page 1.
Major Bowlby asked to remain temporarily
as State Highway Engineer. Page 5.
Idaho Senate outs $171.T91 from school ap
propriation bill. Page 6.
GoV3rnor vetoes bills creating new judge
ships. Pace 6.
Washington Legislature likely to send dele
gates to Portland to conterence on roms
bill. Page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
First wool contracts made in Northwest at
25 cents. Page 17.
Resumption of export trade sends wheat up
at Chicago. Page 17.
Stock market . turns firm with numerous
gains at close. Page li.t
Sales of cargo In transit forbidden by clause
In American war rlsH. policies. rngo
Portland and Vicinity.
Minimum for labor on municipal work set
ac S3, after wordy war. Page 18.
Contract for Irrigation of 10.000 acres near
Echo soon to be let. Page i.
Question as to application of new tax law
puzzles officials. Pago 11.
Council passes emergency law to give Idle
men w irlc cleaning up g-uicnes. rm
Y. M. C. A. workers add 78 new members
sec nd day of campaign. Page la.
New compensation act has many changes
from present law. Page 11.
New bills in movies. Page 18.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17.
PIUTE BOYS OFF FOR UTAH
Youthful Indians on Umatilla Res
ervation Believed Going to Aid.
PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.)
Frank and John Lee, Piute Indian
boys, aged IB and 16 years, disappearea
yesterday from the agency school on
the Umatilla Reservation and are be
lieved to be headed for Utah in an ef
fort to join their warring relatives.
Indian Agent Swartzlander has sent
descriptions to all points the boys will
likely pass through on their way to
Utah.
SWISS FIRE AT GERMAN
Aviator Later. Is Target for French
men, but Escapes.
GENEVA, via Paris. Feb. 24. Another
German aviator flew today over Swiss
territory. Swiss infantrymen fired at
him over the village of Beurnevesin.
near Bonfol.
Later French troops at Pfetterhausen
fired at him, but he returned to Muel
hausen apparently uninjured.
ANOTHER MERCHANT CRAFT NOW DOOMED TO
10,000 ACRES NEAR
ECHO 10 GET WATER
Contract for $600,000
Job Soon to Be Let.
ACRE COST ESTIMATE IS $40
o lAWr
Twohy Brothers, Viiu,
to Use Big Force of Idle.
PAYMENTS TO BE EASY
Bonds to Be .Issued With 10-Year
Exemption in Redemption and
Reduced Interest Tract of
S000 Acres to Be Sold.
Reclamation of 19,000 acres of fertile
land near Echo, Umatilla County, is
planned by the directors of the Teel
irrigation district, who are about to
let the contracts for the work, requir
ing an expenditure of approximately
$600,000.
Asa B. Thomson, president of the
Oregon Irrigation Congress, and one
of the directors of the district, was in
Portland yesterday and consulted local
contracting firms regarding the work.
Portland Firm Expects Job.
Twohy Brothers, of Portland, are
figuring on the contract, and it is
probable that they will be awarded the
job. They hope to begin work as soon
as weather permits and will employ a
large number of men.
The project adjoins the Government
irrigation district at Hermiston. The
land is held largely in small blocks and
will be developed by the owners them
selves. One tract of about 3000 acres
may be placed on the market after the
work Is done.
Directors of the district have ar
ranged to bond the property under the
district bonding law. The contractors.
presumably, will be paid partially in
bonds. It is hoped to market the re
maining securities in the East or in
Europe.
Cost Estimated at $40 an Acre.
According to present estimates the
work can be done and the water turned
onto the land at a coat not to exceed
40 an acre. The land itself is valued
at $20 an acre. The owners will pay
S per cent Interest on the bonds but
will pay no part of the principal for
the first 10 years. In the 11th year
they will pay 6 per cent of the principal
in addition to the interest. Each year
they will pay 1 per cent more of the
original principal than was paid in
the preceding year. While the prin
cipal payments constantly will grow
greater, the interest payments obvious
ly will grow less.
Water for the proposed project will
be taken from Camas Creek and will
be turned onto the land with a gravity
flow. It is believed thai if the con
tractors can begin work early In the
Spring, it can be completed before Fall.
Engineer Approves Plans.
In addition to Mr. Thomson the di
rectors include: J. Frank Spinning,
(Concluded on Page 6.)
CO UNDER
Wednesdays War Moves
THE German blockade of the British
Isles has been in effect for a week
with the result that, so far as is known,
two Norwegian, one French and five
British steamers have been sunk or
torpedoed by submarines with the loss
of four lives. Two of these steamers,
the Belridge and the Dinorab. succeed
ed in reaching port.
On the other side of the account it Is
reported that two German submarines
are missing and that a third had been
hit and possibly sunk by a French de
stroyer. Besides the vessels which fell victims
to the submarines, two American and
one Norwegian steamer have been sunk
in the North Sea and the
s teamer Specla and one or two
VlTmii steamers are overdue and, it is
feared, have been lost with their crews.
In almost every case the steamer
sunk by the submarine was a small and
slow vessel and at least three of them
were caught while at anchor or while
they were bsrely under way. This, with
the failure of a submarine to hit a
fast cross-channel steamer at which it
fired a torpedo, apparently proves to
the satisfaction of British naval writers
that the steamers with modern speed,
which observe obvious precautions, can
invariably escape the underwater craft,
and such vessels are continuing to cross
the seas.
The blockade, however, has had the
effect of increasing insurance rates and
some neutral owners are keeping their
ships in neutral waters.
With conditions such as this, the
public, both in England and neutral
countries, are naturally curious as to
the latest proposal of the American
Government to Great Britain and Ger
many, of which little has been allowed
to leak out, either in London or Ber
lin, and also as to what the allies' reply
to the German blockade will be, another
matter in which secrecy is being main
tained. In addition to the loss of the mer
chantmen, the British Admiralty has
been impelled to give up hope for the
armed steamer Clan MacNaughton.
which has not been heard from since
February 3 and which it is believed
went down, as did another armed mer
chantman, the Viknor, during storms
which prevailed early in the month.
The Clan MacNaughton carried a crew
of 280 men, consisting largely of Royal
Naval Reserve men, 20 of whom be
longed to Newfoundland.
The . Admiralty also reported last
night the loss of three positions along
the Belgian coast.
Nothing further has been heard of
the naval operations In the Dardanelles,
which were interrupted by unfavorable
weather conditions, but it la understood
the intention i3 to continue all efforts
to demolish the forts which line the
straits. Otherwise the Turks, who have
been severely handled in the Caucasus,
Egypt and Mesopotamia, are being per
mitted to rest while preparations are
being made by the allies for a powerful
attack against them.
A wireless report from Berlin says
that further obstacles have arisen to
prevent the invasion of Russia and this
would seem to confirm reports from
Petrograd that the Russians are mak
ing a successful stand against the in
vaders along their fortress line on the
northern rivers.
The Russians from all accounts are
also holding back the Austrlans in Bu
kowina and it is said in an official dis
patch that they have reoccupied the Im
portant railway center of Stanislau.
There has been little or no change in
the Carpathians, where fighting of the
most severe character has been going
on for nearly two months.
With regard to the Western arena,
the region around Perthes, where the
French have been making a long-sus
taincd effort to advance, and in the
Vosges are apparently the only centers
of fighting of Importance. A good deal
of significance is attached by military
circles to the operations near Perthes,
as a successful offensive by the French
there would relieve Rheims.
The campaign to the northwest of
Verdun has a similar object in view.
the French hoping to drive the Germans
from Montfaucon, which has been
strongly fortified, and thus deliver a
fatal blow to the German plans for
capturing Verdun.
According to a Berlin dispatch, the
concern in that city regarding the atti
tude of Italy has been greatly accen
tuated of late. Nothing is known in
London as to any change in the Italian
policy, except that reports have Been
current that the neutrality party had
been gaining adherents, particularly
among business men, who are doing so
well out of the war that they do not
desire Italian participation.
JITNEY FEES INCREASED
Spokane Council Also Eliminates
Filing of Personal Bonds.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe
ial.) Taxicab companies were ex
impted from the bond provisions of the
,cmt antnhns ordinance at a meeting
e h. r-itv founrll this afternoon, and
all provisions for personal bonds were
excluded, thereby rorcing jitney o it
ers to patronize insurance or nonaing
companies.
The license fee for the Jitney bus
nwnr also was increased from 23 to
60 per cent. The fee for the Jitney
buses of five-passenger or less was in-,.,-ocr
from 125 to 140 a year; six
and seven-passenger Jitneys from $3i
to $50 a year; cars carrying from eignt
in m nocKenirerg from $50 to $75 a year
and those carrying over 10 passengers
from $75 to $100 a year.
Albany Poslofficc to Move March 15.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 21. The PoMofflce De
partment today announced that the
Postoffice at Albany. Dr., would be
moved Into the new Federal building
March 15.
DEMOCRATS MOURN
DEPARTED POWER
Cases Diametrical at
Salem and Olympia.
POINT OF VIEW IS CHANGED
Lister Shorn of Patronage;
Withycombe Gets More.
NEITHER ACTION PLEASES
Anti-Republican I'it-. ProWr !
cent riillzntion f Authority In
Washington; Call Addition of
Power In Oregon Ttimtlonnr) .
ft nosAi-n n. r.i.i. i n r.
OLYMPIA.' Wash. Feb. 23 1 Staff
Correspondence.) It is nn odd circum
stance In a way th-'t the Lrfcialatme
of Washington Is proi-ccdiiig In one
particular in a dirertlon opposite from
that taken by tne Legislature of Ore
gon. At Salem the Legislature psve
summary power of removal to the Gov
ernor and various boards over their
appointees. The Democratic press
there Is condemning the new law as a
reactionary political measure.
In Washington certain p.ttinnaRO is
being taken away from the Governor
and the Democratic term Is a danger
ous decentralisation of authority.
aars Are Diametrical.
There are. of course, two view
points. The new Governor of Ore
gon Is a Republican, the ttrnt of that
political faith 111 12 years. The Gover
nor of Washington Is a Democrat, who,
when elected two years aeo, was the
first of that politiriil faith In prac
tically 12 years. Both states arc nor
mally Republican and both have hern
electing Republican Legislatures.
During the 12 years that Oreeon had
Democrats In tho executive chair thero
was a Bteady trend toward tylnn knots
to prevent the Governor from exercis
ing complete control over ad inliiislra
tive affairs In the appointive depart
ments. In Washington tho Republicans
let the Governor have a sway com
mensurate with the dignity and
natural responsibility of his office.
Tiie recent Legislature In Oregon be
gan untying knots. The present Wash
ington Legislature Is tying thrm.
Remark Applicable to Oregon.
What Governor Lister, of WashlnK
ton, said to tne today ribout tliM
changes mado by ihe Wafhinston Leg
islature respecting his control over
certain state activities referred solely
to Washington alT.-ilrs. Let It not be
understood that he was commenting
on what the Oregon Legislature hai
been doing. Ncvel theU a, his remarks
are applicable ti t lie new policy adopt
cd by the tirenon Legl: hit urn In pan
lug the Mos r bill giving the appoint
ing power the r'-ilil to recall en ap
pointee at will. Governor I.lsltr said:
"The Legislature could not perform
a kinder act in behalf of the Governor
personally than to deprive him of ad
political patronage. Rut there Is an
unmistakably growing sentiment in fa.
vor of centralization of authority. The
publlo demands that thero he someone
on whom responsibility for the proper
administration of state business ran
be unmistakably fixed. The people do
not want responslbi;ity scattered
among officers who can shift blame
(or mistakes in the conduct of the peo
ple's business."
McArdle IIIIU Hit l.l.ler.
The things the Legislature of Wash
ington Is doing to the Democratic Gov
ernor are represented In the so-called
McArdle bills. They have heretofore
been reviewed In The Oregonlan, but it
will do no harm to review them again.
One I 111 abolishes the titate Tax Com
mission. The tax commission law ft
Washington Is quite similar to that
of Oregon. There aro a few differ
ences In that there have been three ap
pointive members here against two In
Oregon. The Washington Tax Commls.
alon has also had collection of a slat
liquor license paralleling the Govern
ment licenses. A license of $J5 has
been levied In each case where a -ernment
license has been required. The
Tax Commission has had supervision
over escheats and Inheritance taxes
nd, as In Oregon, has fixed tha tat
value of public service corporation
properties. "
There has been more or less of a
ovement In Washington for several
years to abolish the Tax Commission.
Last year an attempt was made to
initiate a law eliminating that depart
ment, but it failed to get on the ballot
through lack of a sufficient number of
signatures.
Veto la Kspeeted.
The Legislature's bill abolishing the
Tax Commission is In the hands of the
Governor, who Is expected to veto It.
It transfers assessment powers over
public service corporations to the Tun
ic Service Commission and supervision
over escheats. Inheritance taxes and
state liquor license collections to th
Secretary of State. The Governor ap
points the membersenf tho Tublln Ser
tce Commission.
A second bill has hern passed by bom
houses over the veto of the Uoverno-.
This law reforms the State Land Uoai l
by removing therefrom the State For
ester, who Is Indirectly appointed b
the Governor, and the appointive thrra
Tax Commissioners. The fifth member
has been the Commissioner of Publie
Concluded on l ag i )
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