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PORTLAND, OREGOX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 37, 1015.
BRITISH CABINET
DIVIDED ON ISSUE
Military Party Favors
Further Reprisals.
SOLUTION RESTS ON LONDON
Washington Encouraged by
Reports of Ambassadors.
GERMAN PROMISE ASSURED
Submarine Warfare on Merchant
Vessels to Cease if roodsturrs
Consigned to Civilian Iop
nlation Arc fnmolcstcd.
WASHINGTON1. Feb. 26. Encourag
ing reports from both Ambassadors
Page and Gerard at London and Ber
lin, respectively, were received by
President Wilson and his Cabinet to-
day concerning the attitude of Great
Britain and Germany toward the latest
j American proposals for the safeguard-
Ins of neutral commerce from thedan
I eers of submarines and mines, and the
' unrestricted shipment of foodstuffs to
tho civilian population of belligerent
countries.
Complete replies are not expected for
everal days, because the subject Is
ntlll under consideration by England
; and her allies.
All V.ftn Turn to I.onde.
Germany's willingness to make con
cession:, and negotiate for an under
standing on the vexatious questions
already has been made known Infor
mally to the United States and a for
mal acquiescence is expected in a day
or two. All eyes now are turned on
Iondon, where the opinion is under
stood as yet to be divided on the mer
its of the suggestions.
Some of the leading men in the Brit
ish cabinet are said to favor in prin
ciple the American proposals as a
means of solving the problem with as
little Inconvenience to neutral .coun
tries as possible. Another element,
however. Is said to be impressed by
the military value of further restric
tion of supplies to Germany and mora
reprisals and t;re is some Indication
that when tho final resolution on the.
American proposals is to be made the
mllitarv faction will present strong
opposition to them.
Details Becoming Knonn.
The exact nature of the proposals Is
still unknown because of the rigid
reticence of the officials both here and
abroad, but each day adds informa
tion on the subject. Briefly, this much
of the contents of tho American sug
gestions now has been confirmed. The
United States has asked that the pre
vious rules of international law with
respect to the shipment by neutrals of
conditional contraband destined to
civilian populations and not the bellig
erent forces of an enemy, remain un
til tered.
A system Is suggested whereby proof
can be furnished that the supplies will
bo used by the civilian population.
Removal of Miacs Proposed.
The removal of all floating mines by
Germany as well as great Britain is
proposed, this not to apply, however,
to mln -.. used for protection of coast
defenses and barbers, pilots to be -furnished
to guide neutral ships through
auch fields as remain.
Attention is called to Germany's
promise that if foodstuffs are not de
tained when destined to her civilian
population tho submarine warfare on
merchant shipd will be abandoned.
Method of Warfare TVot Criticised.
The American proposals do not dwell
on the attacks by German submarines
on enemy merchant ships, as the posi
tion of the United States, it is under
stood, would not permit interference in
tho mode of warfare adopted by the bel
ligerents toward each other, except
where the lives of neutrals are placed
in jeopardy. It is assumed, however,
by officials that tho promises made by
Germany of an intention to abandon
such warfare on merchant vessels and
confino operations to those enemy ves
sels carrying troops and munitions of
war would be fulfilled, if foodstuffs
were to be given unrestricted passage
to Germany,
Tho details of the proposals, it is felt
here, can be readily arranged If there
is a disposition on the part of both
Great Britain and Germany to make
concessions.
Responsibility Cannot Be Fixed.
Tho destruction of the American
steamers Carib and Evelyn continued
to be talked about in official quarters
and. while inability to fix the responsi
bility for the accidents has removed
for the present the danger of compli
cations with the belligerents, the hope
of tho American Government is that
dangers from mines will be eliminated
by an acceptance of some, at least, of
the American proposals.
The State Department today received
the following telegram from the Con-Ful-General
at London, dated Febru
ary 25:
"Pilot station Dover discontinued
17th. Vessels that formerly took pilots
Dover now supplied in the Downs from
Deal."
Globe Democrat Editor Resigns.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2S.- Captain Henry
King today resigned as managing ed
itor f tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Captain King has been in poor health.
He is 73 years old.
DARDANELLES IS
STILL UNDER FIRE
FRENCH CnUISEXl ENTERS AND
ESCAPES UNHARMED.
four Forts Silenced and One Seen
to Uc On Fire Turks Say Tlicy
Hit Three Britishers.
PARIS. Feb. 26. Tho Athens corre
spondent of the llavas Agency sends
the following dispatch regarding! the
bombardment of the forts at tho en
trance to the Dardanelles by the
French and British fleets:
"News received from the Island of
Tenedos last night says that the bom
bardment of the Dardanelles continued
with violence from 9 o'clock in tho
morninsr until 6 in tho evening. The
firo from the forts was intense during j
. i a J i
part of the day. but cimimsneu oi
ceased before nightfall. j
"Fort3 Erthogroil, Sedl-b;i-.Banr 41111
Orhanio -suffered a great deal, espe
cially Scdd-El-Bahr. which was, on fire,
the flames being seen from Tenedos.
One of the allies" cruisers entered tho
strait during the evening aim
barded the forts for an hour. It then
withdrew' safely.
"The result of the fire of the Turk
ish forts is not definitely known, but
it appears to be established that none
of tho allies' vessels has been seriously
damaged."
LONDON, Feb. 27. The Athens cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
Company, in a dispatch dated Friday,
says:
Th. hnmhardment of the exterior
forts of the Dardanelles' has resulted
In the destruction of forts Sedd-El-Bahr,
Kum, Kale and Orhanle.
"A French cruiser penetrated the
straits and remained an hour, bom
barding the Interior forts. It departed
undamaged."
CONSTANTINOPLE, via London, Feb.
26. It is given out here that one ship
of the Angameon type and two other
armored vessels were damaged by the
fire from the forts on tho Asiatic side
of the straits.
EMPLOYER ASKS BENEFITS
Man Hurt in Own Mill Presses Suit
for ray Cntlcr Workmen's Act.
ROSEBUKG, Or, Feb. 26. (Special.)
Claiming that ho is entitled to bene
fits under tho workmen's compensation
act, although he is the owner and op
erator of the mill in which he was
Injured. J. B. Lang, of Dillard, has- ap-
pealed from tho decision of the State
Accident Commission to the Circuit
Court of Douglas County. The action
will be tried here Saturday, with Attorney-General
Brown representing
the state. '
Mr.' Lang was injured recently while
at work in Ills mill, near Dillard. He
filed his claim with the State Accident
Commission. The Accident Commission
held that Mr. Lang, as an employer,
was not entitled to benefits under the
workmen's compensation act, which
provides for payments only to em
ployes. Mr. Lang alleges that the state
accepted his premium aTid as a result
he is entitled to recover as insurance
a sum compatible with the premiums
for the injuries he received.
WRITERS TO SEE "BATTLES
rtritih War orricc Co rennit Short
Tours Over Fields.
OTTAWA. Ont.. Feb. 26. A message
from the British War Office to tho
Canadian government indicates that
the war corerspondent is soon to havo
a limited opportunity of seeing fight
ing. The cablegram received late today
read:
"It has been decided to permit small
botches of war correspondents to pro
ceed to the front in a series of toura
of about six days each, beginning
March 1."
AUSTRIAN PUPILS TO WORK
Schools May Be Closed and Children
Sent to Fields.
LONDON, Feb. 26. Vienna dispatches
forwarded from Vienna to Reuter'3
Telegram Company say that the Aus
trian Minister of Education has author
ized the employment of school children
in the ftcids where labor is scarce,
closing schools if necessary.- II is also
said that all of the schools will be
closed for the Summer holidays at the
end of May. a month earlier than usual.
According to an official report 122.
S92 families in Vienna arc receiving
assistance from tho state.
COUNTY MAY CHANGE NAME
Senate at Oljnipia Makes It Grays
Harbor Instead of Chchalls.
OLYMriA.'Wash.. Feb. 26, (Special.)
The Senate tonight passed the bill
changing the name of Chehalis County
to Grays Harbor County, the only op
position coming from Senator McGuire,
who complained that the new name
was not sufficiently musical.
The Senate also passed tho bill in
creasing the salaries of County School
Superintendents and giving them four
year term?.
PROSPERITY IS PREDICTED
Inked States Affected Less by War
Than Other Nations, Says Speaker.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Representa
tive Cordell Hull, of Tennessee, author
of the Income tax law, made a pros
perity speech in the House today.
Business or the world nau Deen op
pressed, disarranged and demoralized
beyond computation by tho war. he
paid, but he predicted permanent pros
perity in the United States. He de
clared the American people had fared
better and suffered less than nny
other and assailed "prophets of evil.'
BATTLEFIELD IS
VAST CEMETERY
Still Gray Figures Dot
Ground Everywhere.
YPRES REGION IS IN RUINS
British Eye-Witness Tells
Progress of War.
of
LINES STRONGLY HELD
Letters Found on Bodies of Soldiers
Said to , Indicate Germans,
While Still Determined, Are
Losing Optimism.
LONDON, Feb. 26. "All the ground
near the front line is plowed up
with shells and furrowed with the
remains of old trenches and graves.
The whole place is a vast cera
etery in which our trenches and
those of the enemy wind in every tli
rectlon." This statement is made by
tho British official "eye witness" at
the front in a description given out
hero tonight of the recent battles
southeast of Ypres ancT of the country
in which the armies are fighting.
Tn a sheltered spot," he continues,
"there is a little graveyard where
soma of our own dead have been
buried. Their graves have been care
fully marked and a rough square of
bricks has been placed around them.
In front of the trenches German bodies
still He thick.
Men Lie aa They Fell.
"At one point of the brick fields re
cently somo 30 men tried to rush our
line. At their head Mas a young Ger
man officer who came on gallantly,
waving his sword. He almost reached
the barbed wire and then fell dead, and
he lies there yet, with his sword in his
hand and all his 30 men about him.
"It is the same all along the front
in this quarter. Everywhere still, gray
figures can be seen lying, sometimes
several rows together and sometimes
singly or in twos or threes.
Ground Swept by 'Withering Blast.
"This description might serve with a
few minor alterations for many of the
localities along our front, where the
fighting has centered around some
wood, a village or line of trenches. It
is as if each had been swept by a
withering blast before which every
object, whether a work of nature or
of man, has crumbled into ruins or be
come twisted and deformed, and even
the very ground itself looks as if it
had been shaken by a violent convul
sion of nature."
To the south of the Yprea-Comines
Canal, says tho "eyewitness," the
ground, although there are some en
closures, is comparatively open. To the
north of it, however, there arc many
woods and these have become a tangle
(Concluded on Pago 9.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature,
53.2 degrees;
minimum. 40.3 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain
southerly winds.
Mar.
Ypres is one
Region of
Page 3.
vast cemetery.
German artillery fire increases in intensity
on western front. Fase
Federal crand Iui-y .investigating charges
aeainst vessels accused of carrying war
supplies to Germans. Pago 2. .
Viscount Bryce says it is error to suppose
all Americans of German Diooa are pu
German. Page 2.
Two hundred thousand engage in hand-to-
- hand battio in Carpathians. Page 2.
Bombardment of Dardanelles forts continues,
Page 1. . .
Domestic.
Rock Island officials jeceiva large sums to
resign nositions. Page 5.
Get-together Club of Exposition holds first
gathering at Oregon building. Pago 11
Letter tells investigators farmer has nothing
to say about price of wheat. Page 1.
Sports.
Federals to open season four days 1 ahead
of rivals. Page 10.
Portland Beavers in sad pickle with Catcher
Murray out for season, probably, nun
bad eye. Page 10.
Seal infield is 'great success in aetlon.
. Page 10.
Facific Northwest. -
Washington legislators practice prohibition.
Page 1.
One bill remains unsigned by Governor
pending Investigation. Pago 12.
Idaho Senate refuses to cut state officials'
pay. Page 0.
Business men ask Washington Legislature
to cubmlt new liquor bill. Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Lack of export facilities cause of weakness
in local wheat market. Page 13.
Exclt3d selling causes break at Chicago fol.
lawed by rallies. Page 15.
Tone Is variable In Wall street stock mar
ket, due to foreign conditions. Page 15.
Idle schooners ordered here to load lumber.
Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Total of 2M Y. M. C A. members gained in
race with Seattle. Pago 10.
Jitney ordinance passed to final reading.
Page 9.
Shriners to have big time tonight Initiating
:5 candidates. Page 9.
Hose buttons to be Attributed to public
rchool pupils Monday. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15.
GIRLS FINED FOR RAGGING
Pendleton Judge Then' Suspends Sen
tence During Good Behavior.
. PENDLETON, Or.,' Feb. 2S. (Spe
cial.) The seven Pilot nock young
ladies who were arrested for "ragging"
at a lodge dance in that town were
given a trial before Recorder Mc
Reynolds this evening. Each was
found guilty and sentenced to pay a
fine of $5, but sentence was suspended
during good behavior. The trial was
behind closed doors and Judge JIc
Reynolds refused to allow the names
of the girls to be made public.
Two of tho nine accused young men
were found to be innocent. Howard
Bartell and Twig Hinkle served out
the full amount of 'their fines, while
"Soots" Mathews, Boy Michaels and
Archie McFarland paid their fines. ,
RUSSIA CALLS MEN HOME
All Subject to 3Jilitary Duty Arts Or
dered to Return by Jlarcli 1.
LONDON, Feb. 27. The r.ussian Consul-General
here has Issued a state
ment received from Petrograd announc
ing that Russians living abroad hence
forth will bo liabln to military service
and mus return immediately to Rus
sia.
Those belonging to the classes called
to tho colors who remain abroad after
March 1 will be liable to punishment
according to the Russian law.
A SPRING CLEAN-UP ON THE DARDANELLES.
FARIM HEARD
IN FIXING DF PRICE
Wheat MaYket Control
Usually in Liverpool.
"INVISIBLE SUPPLY" LARGE
Leiter Says Growers Are Be
coming Chief SpeC ;c
CROP OFTEN HELD LONG
Once .Noted Operator Tells Lreutl
Investigators Cash Basis Would
Place AVIiolo 'Market in
. Hands of Speculators.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Joseph Leiter,
long a famous wheat operator, testi
fied today at the state inquiry Into tho
j
cost of bread, that me rarmer u
nothing to say about the price at which
his wheat should be sold. That, he
added, was determined at the terminal
market.
The Liverpool exchange, which is
the leading exchange of the woriu. .no
said, "usually fixes the price.
. Vnltod States--Now Control.
Mr. Leiter said 73 per cent of the ele
vators were owned, either by tho big
wheat operators or the railroads, while
23er cent were owned by independent
or small operators and farmers' co
operative societies. Tho United States
has controlled the wheat prices of tho
world since September 1, 1914, and will
continue to do so until another crop
is raised, Mr. Leiter asserted.
Mr. Leiter gavo it as his opinion that
the "invisible supply" of wheat, or that
which is in the hands of farmcra and
not recorded in tho Government report,
has been a large factor in keeping down
the price.
Farmcra Are Large Specula tore.
"The farmers have become the
largest speculators in the country; they
ivill hold crop after crop, sometimes for
bo long as four years,'! ho said. "In a
year such as we are having we find
that there is an enormous lot of wheat
that isn't covered by the Government
records. It It wasu't for this fact tho
prices today would be much higher.
"There isn't anybody left in the spec
ulative market now," Mr. Leiter said.
"The speculators got out after the
price passed the $1.40 mark tho small
trader was forced out and the big one
was frightened out. The' rise would
have come much sooner had it not been
for speculation."
"Cash Dealing Opposed.
Mr. Leiter was asked if it would be
a detriment to the country to place
dealings In grain on a cash basis.
"That would make a fine business,"
ho replied. "The business would bo
come highly speculative Immediately.
It would be taken out of the hands of I
millers and elevator men and placed in
(Concluded on i'aee 2.)
Friday's War Moves
The
Pre
continued progress which the
rcncli are said to bo making in
tho Champagno district and tho prea
suro which the allies, without attempt
ing any great offensive, are declared
to be bringing to bear on the German
line in the west have, according to
news received from Holland, induced
tho Germans to make another effort
in the west before the allied forces
reach their maximum strength.
By day and by night, say the Dutch
newspapers, big motor cars loaded
with German soldiers are hurrying
through Belgium to the western 'front,
and the troops which had been sent to
Northern Belgium are going back to
the trenches. The fact that tome of
the troops now passing through Bel
gium come from the eastern front sug
gests to tho military observers that
the Germans have decided that tit
ans able to hold the Russians in their
cnt positions wlillo the Germans
arrying out their new offonslve
in no west.
Tho silence of the German general
staff, which today timply said that
there had been no change of each front,
is taken in London as confirmation that
some big move such as that suggested
is under way. It is declared that the
allies are displaying no uneasiness.
They believe that the softness of the
ground must prove a great disadvant
age to the Germans and although not
all the new troops of tho allies are
ready yet that they will be able to
repel any new attack.
During the last couple of days tho
British havo slightly Improved their
positions. In the region of Ia Bassce,
while the French report further
progress by their troops In the vicinity
of Perthes and in tho Argonne and
repeated successes by .their artillery in
destroying German guns and trenches.
In the east a big battio along the
Russian fortress line, which folio".'
rivers almost the whole way from the
Baltic to the Carpathians, is still un
decided. The same is true also of the
battles in the Carpathians and In Buko
wina. Petrograd dispatches, however,
assert that the Russians are more lhati
holding their own in North and Cen
tral Poland and thut in the Carpathians
they are making such a steady advance
that not only tho Hungarian, hut the
Austrian armies lighting in liukowtnu.
are threatened.
No further news has reached Lon
don of the bombardment of tho Darda
nelles forts by tho allied fleet, but It
Is believed there that tho warships
w ill now continue . their attacks until
tho straits ore forced. Having do
stroyed the outer fortifications, the
entrance to tho waterway is being
cleared of mines, preparatory to an
attack on the inner forts.
One effect of tho preliminary success
of the allies In the Dardanelles wan the
dropping today of tho price of wheat,
which went down several points on the
Liverpool exchange.
A serious invasion of ticrini
Southwest Africa by the Union of
South Africa forces is now under way
The troops, which landed In Walflsch
and Ludcrltz Bay. are advancing along
the railways from tho!e ports to tho
main line, which runs nwrth and south
through practically tho whole length
of the colony, while another force 1
concentrating in Northern Cape Colony
to advance from tho aouth.
General Botha himself l.l leading the
forces which advanced from "yalflsch
Bay and Is directing their operations.
In a speech to his troops General Botha
said tho campaign would continue until
the German colony wan conquered, and
he assured them also that the rebel
lion in the Union was being quelled.
He said his troops would bo Joined by
strong reinforcements which would
make their successes certain.
Premier Asquith la expected to make
a statement In the House of Commons
Monday outlining the steps which tho
allies havo decided upon in retaliation
against Germany' aea war zone.
FRENCH DESTROYER LOST
Daguc, ICseorting Provision hhlp?,
Strikes Austrian Minv
PARIS, Feb. 26. The destruction of
the French torpedo'-boat destroyer
Hague in the Adriatic Soa wan an
nounced today by the French Ministry
of Marine. The official announcement
follows:
'The French torpedo-boat destroyer
Dague. while escorting a convoy with
provisions for .Montenegro, struck an
Austrian mine oit the port of Anti
varl (Montenegro) on February 24 and
sank. Thirty-eight of the crew disap
peared. The accident did not hinder
the linlabiiig of the work of provision
ing and the return of the convoy."
The Dague was 2itt fect long and had
a displacement of R!0 tons. She was
built in 1311 and rated at a speed of
31.1 knots. Jler complement was 81
men. She was armed with two S. inch
guns, four nine-pounders and four 18
inch torpedo tubes.
HOOKWORM ALL TO BLAME
Scientist Absolves Overwork From
Responsibility In South.
KANSAS CITT, Feb. 26. Hookworm
and not over work or industrial condi
tions is responsible for the "pitiable
physical condition of tho childrou In
the cotton mills of the South." Dr.
rhurifB w. stiles, of the United State
public Health Service and scientific
secretary for tho Rockefeller Lommu-
sion for tho Kradicatlon of tho Hook-
worm Diseases, said In an address be-
- .t. . i.rtrLr r-i..K !
fore the Knife and Fork Club here to-nierht-
Likewise -it was tho hookworm, ho
asserted, and not starvation or ill
treatment that caused the death of 13,
000 of the 50.000 Union soldiers ' held
at tho Confederate prison at Anderson
ville during the Civil War.
All of Evelyn's Crew Safe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Minister
Van Dyke, at The Hague, cabled today
it was unofficially reported to him that
the entiro crew of tho American tteam
er Evelyn, sunk by a mine, was cafe at
Bremen. The fate of Captain Smith
and one boatload has been cloaked In
mystery.
1
LEGISLATORS DRY N
FACT AS IN THEORY
Time-Honored Brew
ery Excursion Omitted.
OLYMPIA MEMBERS SERIOUS
Washington Prohibition Legis
lation Is Intricate.
SPECIAL ELECTION CERTAIN
Measure AMirrd of I'ltu-r on IIhIImI
Xe.xt Xovrinlsr-r Not Popular ami
Real Contest Mhj Be Post
poned Intll lB.
BT RONALD 1. C.M.l.MlIll
OLYMPIA, Wash.. I1. 21. '.:. T
Correspondence.) Public neutlnicnt Inn
had a noticeable effect ou one phae oT
Icglslatlvo life in Oljmpla.
Time was when tho hennlon meant
harvest for the saloons. Not tnut to..
average member was h booar, but the
collective thirnt, added to that of tlia
third house, and augmented l'.v fro-
dom from homo restraint, meant busi
ness anil profits for tlio li'iuor Jelr-.
Last Novemher Washington voted !
put t?io saloon out of huslnes J. inu.tr..
1. 1 D16. Jlltt now it IS not i-otltldu! c!
good form for a legislator to he i.eeu
frequenting a saloon.
Liquor laihhy I.Ira l.ft.
Minrov.'r. the liquor lobby, villi morn
at stako than ever before, lo nl si
strongly i'i evidence' ms In former
year. . A lobby Is maintained nuii
liraluuirtei j are open, but InvliHttun .
to frequent the room arc lasii to I"
extremely rare. The member who vis
its Iivudqiiartera voluntarily Is wri
romc. but he Is not uiijeU or so:l'-itel
to come.
Once upon a time tho fir.-t uencral
curslou taken by tlio wrmbei was to
the brewery at Tumwater. nearby. This
year the streetcar company will no
realiao extra prollts from operating H
line to Cie lilllo villawe Hi the extreme
upper ctnj of J'ugct Sound. A erou
who exiimined t tie roster of visitor ti
the brewery tlio other day found the
names of only three mcmbcia.
I.eaialalur Men of Srrloaa Mlra.
Still It may bo admitted that t .ic
fart that tho stale hnn voted to no do
a few months henee l "t the only fj' -tor
in the cite. V ashing l"n has fleet
ed an unusually serious and business
like body of men to the Lt n I. la t urr
TossiVly a difference would h.vj been
noted anyway.
Thci o preliminary remarks lead up
to the statement thnl tho prohibition
Issue Is not settled in Washington fi
It will bo voted on n.ain In Novinilvi.
1!1S. Al' details on which tlio people
will vote aro unsettled as yet. although
a told In previous ciipnlili.i fiom
Olympla. one bill overturning the pro
hibitory law and ruhstlt ut ing a restric
tive, measure Is assured a plaec on the
ballot.
I.lqanr latrrrnla l.oar laaaee.
Tho Initiative and referendum Uw In
Washington differ from that of .'re
gon. Here an Initiative petition ma
b presented to the Lrgli latu. On
with tho required number of nair'.
has been offered and ha been rrjeetod
That mcana that It til bo mibititlteo
to the people at tho next regular c-lov-tion.
The bill ploascs scarcely anybody.
It was originally tho handiwork of ono
man.
The liotclmen and others Interested
In bars failed to recognlto tho oppor
tunities offered by the lnltlniue until
too late-to present to tho L gUU'ure
an initiative bill likely t- receive tho
united support of those opposed to right
prohibition. They did rcetitfnlx 'he
opportunity In time to help get tlm
names for tho onc-nmii bill prcscnii
and they did so bccau.io presentation
of one initiative measure open tlio way
for tho Legislature to, ubmtt an al
ternative measure In tho event it le-
Jects tho original proposal.
Wrta' taw t Too tlrUM.
The autl-prohlbitioiilsta first touiiut
to Induce tho Legislature to call a spe
cial election In November, l i n way
they havo failed, although they ha
not given tip hope. A resolution de
claring against the apecial election
Idea haa been adopted, but It la am
biguous In that it may bo construed to
relate wholly to Inltiutlvo measure No.
18. as tho unpopular measure now as
sured a place on tho next election bs.1
lot Is known.
The bill that now has th baekiiij; e-f
the liquor Interests and a certain aub
Ktantlal business clement Is ingenious
in form. It provides for lovylng Im
mediately an excise tax on atcoliolU
beverages ranging from ono cent to do
cents per quart. The revenues raised
by th!s method up to November S next
aro to be used to pay the expense! of
tt apeclul election at which on altrrna-
tlve liquor measure is to bo lubmliuu
Re.o 1-r.Odrd. .
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Ti.. ttltf mutivfl mfHjuiTO ooutlni-
The alternative meaauro
the excise tnx prescribed In the fiist
measure and direct that the rvnnuts
ahall bo applied to road co:ittrucllt,n.
The tax. It la estimated, weuld produce
$1. 000.000 a year. Th bill prniit
manufacture and also th sale by whole
sale liquor trre. and tl.o servlea ef
liquors by hotel and rcalauranla, bu'.
prohibit bars.
The assertion ef friel.da and op-j-nent
of these bill nro contradictor'.
About three weeks ago when tlio reso
lution concerning Initiative measure
No. IS wu adopted th effort to obtaia
tC&tluieil vn 1'h . j