TJTE MORNING- OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, FEDRUART 22, 1916.
I ground between the upper and nether
stones of legislative will.
SENATE ASKS PROBE
STATE SALE OF 2
SECTIONS ILLEGAL
out 01 an me evils wmcn are sup
posed to be a cure for all evils, the
direct primary is the worst," he said.
"The primary so works that It can only
be used by the rich man who can build
up his own machine, or by the regular
OF GOREA INVASION
machine. Both of these things the pri
mary is supposed to abolish.
"The general primary is a fraud. We
need political conventions, but put into
the convention some of the same tare
with which you surround the primary,
and you will have a good convention.
From a boss-ridden convention with de
liberation you will get better candi
Information of Events of 1904
Supreme Court Rules Against
W. J. and F. Morrison. and
Slight Furniture Company.
Wanted in Reply to Mr.
i.t Root's Attack.
dates than you will through the pri
mary, as an example or wnat tne pri
maries can do. I will say that they have
already seriously impaired the stand
ard of the judiciary. k
"You will get better men through
the convention, because the boss 'will
BELGIAN PARALLEL CITED
PORTLAND COURT UPHELD
want to put some good people Into of
fice, because he wants to win somi of
the time. I hope the primary will s-
appear."
Criticism of President for Failure
to Protest Against Occupation of
Belgium, Met by Saying Treaty
Called for Action In Corea.
WASHINGTON; Feb. 21. The Senate
today adopted a resolution by Chair
man Stone, of the foreign relations
committee, asking' President Wilson to
submit to correspondence between the
United States and Corea when Japan
occupied the hermit kingdom during
the Russo-Japanese war. Administra
tion leaders, it was said, want to use
the information in reply to Klihu
Root's atack on the President because
no protest was made against the occu
pation of Belgium.
'Mr. Root was Secretary of State
when Japan took Corea.
Senator Stone's resolution calls on
the President to transmit, if not in
compatible with the public interest,
correspondence, or so much thereof as
in his opinion may be made public be
tween official representatives of the
United States Government and the rep
resentatives of Corea, relating. to the
occupation of Corea and establishment
of a protectorate over said country by
Japan during or as an incident of the
Russo-Japanese war in 1904- 05.
Treaty Said to Be Ignored.
Administration officials said today
they proposed to show by the corre
spondence that the United States was
bound by treaty tc aid corea. wnereas
the treaty with Belgium provide only
that the United States should respect
the neutrality of Belgium.
The treaty of 1882 between the United
States and Corea contains the follow
ing article:
"If other powers deal -unjustly or op
pressively with either government, the
other will exert their good offices on
being informed of the case to bring
about an amicable arrangement, thus
showing their friendly feeling."
Officials declare that both Colonel
Roosevelt, as President, and Mr. Root,
as Secretary of State, ignored an ap
peal from Corea.
The foreign , relations committee
found today that some of the corre
spondence bearing on the matter was
in its flies.
Letter by Mr. Root Read.
A letter from Secretary Root to
Tueng Tcken, special envoy of Corea,
without credentials, dated December
19. 1905. said:
"Since your visit we have received
the following communication from Mr.
Kim. the regularly accredited charge
d'affaires of Corea in Washington:
" '1 have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your note of the 24th
ultimo, informing me that by an agree
ment signed on November 17 by the
plenipotentiaries of Japan and Corea,
by which Japan becomes the medium
for conducting- the foreign relations of
Corea, you had, under date of the 24th
ultimo., telegraphed the American Min
ister to withdraw from Corea,
" 'I have further to inform you that
I have this date received instructions
from Ti Wan Tong, the acting Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Corea, to trans
fer to the Japanese Legation the
archives and other property in my
charge.
"In view of this official communica
tion it is difficult to see how the Gov
ernment of the United States can pro
ceed in any manner upon the entirely
different view of the facts which you
tell us personally you had been led to
take by the information which you
have received. It is to be observed,
moreover, that the official communica
tions from the Japanese government
agree with the official communications
from the Corean government and are
quite inconsistent with your informa
tion. Treaties W ith Japan Cited.
"If, however, the difficulty of com
plying with your wishes were sur
mounted, we should be met by the fact
that on February 23, 1904, and on
August 22, 1904, the Corean govern
ment concluded with the Japanese gov
ernment treaties which are not now
in any respect impeached or questioned
by which Corea gave to Japan such
extensive control over her affairs and
put herself so completely under the
protection of the government of Japan
as to render completely impossible the
application of the provisions of the
treaty with the Unite States above
quoted.
"The above-mentioned treaties be
tween Japan and Corea appear to be
of such a character as practically to
give Japan control over the foreign
relations of Corea, and io make the
latest treaty of November 17,- 1905.
which is now called into question, but
a slight advance upon the relations of
control previously existing-. Those pre
vious relations of control amount to
a complete bar to any interference
by the United States under the treaty
of 18S2.
"Under all these circumstances I
feel bound to advise you that the
United States Government does not con
cider that any good purpose would be
subserved by taking notice of your
statements.
VISiA FOND NOW $3350
PIONEERS contribute: f o
MEMORIAL ON HIGHWAY.
Donations Toward Crown Point Struc
ture Are Being Made to Asso
elation Workers.
A grand total of more than J3300 is
shown In the fund for the pioneer me
mortal which is to be erected at Crown
Point under the auspices of the Vista
House Association.
More than $250 has been received
from the pioneers and more than $100
from miscellaneous sources which just
began to be represented a few days
ago.
Following is the report of tne results
of the campaign yesterday:
Auto Owners, Cash.
Previously acknowledged .li6.7o
F. L. Frleburg
F. J. Munkera -
Jno. Fulton, Wasco, Or
W. E. Plfer
Jno. R. Kaaeber
E. S. Gcnne. Gresham. ............ -
Captain Dolmer Shaver
K. A. Red m on
Walter Mackay
Total 1S11.7J
Auto Owners. Fledges.
VMvlnintv npbnnwlcdrPil $1117.25
Archie D McMendor. Heppner. Of.. 5.00
A Friend. SaluIU. Or 10.00
00
COO
6.0
5.(K)
5.00
5.00
5.O0
5.0V
0.00
Total v tll3i.'J5
Pioneers.
A R. Price, Pullman. Wash; Barton
Koontz, Forest, Wash.: B. B. Gay
lord, Halfway; day's total
Previous gifts
7.00
252. 00
Total -. 23-W
Miscellaneous.
Employes. Portland Seed Co.: em
ployes. Krousse Bros.; employes.
Wells-Farso & Co. Express; em
ployees. Lion Clothing Co., day's
total
Previous sifts
2550
77.00
103.10
Grand total for all 330.70
PANTAGES BILL PLEASES
REAPPEARANCE OP FRANK BUSH
GREETED WITH APPLAUSE.
Six Cannibal Maids Give Brad Dance
In Headline Number Other Inter
esting Acts Are Given.
Applause from pleased customers
who had purchased before of the wares
of Frank Bush greeted that tall, quiet
appearing Individual when he came out
on Pantages stage yesterday. His
Irish, Italian and German anecdotes
are exceedingly droll, and occasion
great hilarity.
The headline act is "The Cannibal
Maids," a musical comedietta with a
South Sea setting. Gus Elmore pre
sents the act, and Gus appears as a
cannibal chief. He has an assortment
of weird gutterals to take the place
of speech and causes much mirth with
his pantomime and chatter. Ethel
Hamlin appears as Mrs. Cannibal, and
Hazel Wood is an American girl who
has been cast away on the island. Six
fetching maids in beads and smiles,
and once in a while other bits of cos
tume, dance and sing merrily.
Grace McCormack has a delightful
act. She is dainty and demure and she
plays the violin with musical skill.
A sensational act and one which was
given to a steady accompaniment of
applause is the famous Imperial Troupe
of cyclists, playing an exciting game
of bicvele polo.
Rice and Newton, a pretty girl in
flossy togs, and a joyous chap, have
a hodge-podge or song and dance and
the man does some acroDatic maneu
vers that are splendid.
The Steiner trio of comedy bar ar
tists opens the bill with an interesting
act. and the sixth episode in the film
story of Helen Holmes in "The Girl and
the Game" proves diverting.
Right to Sell Does Not Attach Until
School Lands Are Surveyed and
Plant Is Accepted by Com
missioner, Is Decision.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 21. The right of the state
of Oregon to sections 16 and 36, under
its school- land grant, does not attach
until the lands have been surveyed and
the plat of survey has been formally-;
approved and accepted by the Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
and then only in case the lands are un
reserved and unappropriated.
This 'is the decision of the Supreme
Court today in the case of the United
States vs. W. J. Morrison, Finley Mor
rison and the Sligh Furniture Company.
The decision means that the state
has been selling lands to which i had
no title, and that certain purchasers
from the state acquired no valid title.
The land involved in this suit, sec
tion 16, township 3 south, range 6 east,
was surveyed in June, 1902, but the
plat of survey- was not accepted by
the General Land Office until January
31, 1906.
On December 16, 1903, the land was.
with other lands, withdrawn . by the
Secretary of the Interior for forestry
purposes, and January 25, 1907, was
added to the Cascade forest reserve.
The Morrisons claim title under con
veyance from the state under date of
January 9, 1907, they and the state
contending the state's title attached
when the lands were surveyed in the
field.
The Supreme Court holds that a sur
vey is not a complete official transac
tion until accepted by Ue General Land
Office, and prior to acceptance it is
within the power of the Government
to make such disposition of the land
as it deems proper, such as reserving
it for forestry purposes.
Before the survey of this land was
finally approved the land had been
withdrawn by oraer of the Secretary,
and that withdrawal was in full effect
at the time the state undertook to sell
the land.
The decision of the Supreme Court
reverses the Circuit Court of Appeals,
but sustains the District Court at Port
land.
The court points out that the state
having lost this school section, through
its inclusion in a forest reserve, is
entitled to make indemnity selection.
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IX IA il H H if ' i
w j million
CLERGY ARE TRANSFERRED
Rev. Henry T. Greene, of Portland.
Changes With Goldendale Pastor.
Bishop R. J. Cooke has appointed the
Rev. Henry T. Greene to the pastorate
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Goldendale, Wash., transferring him
from the Oregon conference, in which
he is assistant to Dr. Frank L. Love-
land, of the First Church, to the Colum
bia River conference, to a thriving
church of which he will have charge.
Mr. Greene's successor will be Rev.
Walter L. Airheart, who will come from
Goldendale to take charge of the young
people's work and educational activi
ties in the First Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Greene win leave next
Tuesday for their new home.
INSPECTOR IS OUSTED
APPROVAL OF DEFECTIVE SEWER
ENDS CITY EMPLOYMENT.
LIQUOR CASE POSTPONED
Arguments on Webb-Kenyon Law
Put Off Indefinitely.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Oral argu
ments of the West ' Virginia liquor
cases involving constitutionality of the
Webb-Kenyon liquor law, which sub
jects interstate shipments of liquor to
the statutes of the state to which
liquor is consigned, were indefinitely
postponed today by the Supreme Court.
The cases, argued first about a year
ago, were restored to the docket for a
second argument before the entire
court, and had been set for a hearing
today.
As there is one vacancy on the bench,
and Justice Day is absent on account
of Illness, they were again postponed.
MR. TAFT AGAINST PRIMARY
"Bows-Ridden Conventions" Said to
Produce Better Candidates.
PROVIDENCE, R. I-, Feb. 12. Ex-
President Taft. addressing the South
ern New England Textile Club here,
denounced the direct primary as a
"fraud." saying that boss-ridden con
ventions can furnish better candidates.
He declared the labor unions have
gained control of Legislatures, and
should be made to appreciate the spirit
of the Constitution.
Mr. Taft also had a plea for the rail
roads, which, be said, were being
Notice Sent to Board of Dismissal of
Harry Gnrr, Once Before Cet
Oat, bnt Reinstated.
As an outcome of the discovery by
Commissioner Dieck of defective work
on the East Forty-first street and East
Stark street trunk sewer, which was
inspected and approved by Harry Gi)rr.
district inspector of pipes and sewers,
Mr. Gurr was discharged from the serv
ice yesterday. Notice of dismissal, ef
fective at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon, was sent to the Municipal Civil
Service Board.
The defective work was found last
week by Commissioner Dieck. who took
the Council out to look it over. -The
sewer, which is 24 inches in diameter,
was not fitted with cement mortar at
the joints, as required by the city's
specifications for the work. The re
pair of the sewer will cost about 12000,
Commissioner Dieck estimates.
Discovery of. the defects was made
possible by the heavy storms in Jan
uary and February. The trench along
the sections in which the defects are
said to exist settled, endangering a
private residence.
Mr. Gurr had been in the city service
since October 21, 1907. On September
23, 1913, he was discharged for insub
ordination, but on appeal to the Civil
Service Board was reinstated October
16. 1913.
Steps will be taken to require the
contractor who did the work to go over
it again and seal the joints. The ques
tion has been taken up with City At
torney LaRoche and it is said the con
tractor can be required to make the
repairs.
John P. Ross, Pioneer, Is Dead.
BAKER, Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.)
Ill with a cold only a few days, John
P., Ross, aged 84, for 45 years a resi
dent of Baker, died today at his home
here as the result of organic heart
disease. Mr. Ross was born in Pitts
burg, Pa., January 20, 1832, and in 1851
crossed the plains, locating- at Eureka,
Cal., where he engaged in the mining
business for the next ten years. Be
sides a widow he is survived by two
sons, W. A. Ross, of Forest Grove, and
J. M. Ross, of Walla Walla; by a sister,
Mrs. Thomas L. Ahs, of Baker, and by
a brother, Sam R. Ross, of Baker.
HAIR COMING OUT?
Dandruff causes a feverish irritation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loos
en and then the hair comes out fast. To
stop falling hair at once and rid the
scalp of every particle of dandruff, get
a. 25-cent bottle ot Danderine at any
drug store, pour a little in your hand
and rub it into the scalp. After a few
applications the hafr stops coming out
and you can't Jnd any dandruff.
cross, feverish 1
child is bilious !
or constipated;
Look, Mothers ! See if tongue ia coat
ed, breath hot or stomach
:eepers
Wanted
Ladies, we want a million more Good Housekeepers to try Swastika
Biscuits at our risk. Already a million Housekeepers have helped
us to build up the biggest pure, food business on the Pacific Coast.
These loyal women have helped us to increase the stream of Gold
we pour out weekly in wages in the various cities in which our
plants are located, from Seattle to the Mexican boundary.
Please consider the bald facts concerning our
great Prosperity crusade. You buy 90 per
cent , of all the merchandise that is being
bought throughout the Pacific Coast states
today.
By concentrating your purchases, as far as
possible, on home-made goods, you can bring
on an era of Prosperity such as this region has
never known before.
Begin to play v your part today by buying
Swastika biscuits, and look for our famous
trade-mark the seal of Prosperity on
both ends of the carton.
And, mark this! We do not ask you to buy
Swastika biscuits merely because they are
made right here in your own city. But
we ask you to buy them because a million good
housekeepers earnestly believe them to be the
best biscuits made, and we know positively
that their belief is well founded.
You see, Ladies, three things utterly deter
mine the goodness of biscuits:
1st. The ingredients used.
2nd; The skill of Master Bakers.
3rd. Facilities and conditions under
which they are made.
Well, the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company has
built up a business totaling $6,000,000.00 an
nually. That business was built up in the
teeth of the keenest competition any industry
ever experienced. And we have won supreme
place ' in the biscuit business of the Pacific
Coast, because,
1st. We use the best ingredients
money tvill buy.
2nd. Our Master Bakers are highly
skilled. I
3rd Facilities and conditions gov
erning the manufacture of
Swastika Biscuits are ideal.
Of course, money insures all these things
our competitors enjoy the same advantages.
But and here's the rub we practically de
liver our biscuits crisp and fresh from our
ovens to you.
In fine, Ladies, the generous goodjiess we put
in Swastika Biscuits reaches you. They are
absolutely the best biscuits sold on this market
today.
.
Yes, Madam, you can help along our Pros
perity crusade. You can draw the attention
of your neighbors to this advertising. You
can buy Swastika biscuits urge others to buy
.them because of the Quality and that alone.
And thereby you can help us to increase the
steady stream of gold we -are pouring out
weekly in wages in this and other cities of the
Coast.
"Swastikas! Certainly, Mr. Grocer! They are the best biscuits. Be
side, they're made right here in Portland. And we can see how they
are made and what they are made of any day at our pleasure."
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company, Portland, Ore.
No. 4 A
CARD OP THANKS.
We desire to express our thanks to
the many friends for their kindness
and sympathy towards our sister during-
the recent illness and death of her
husband. Charles A. Rluerock.
(Signed) FRED A. PURDIAN.
Adv. IRA G. PURDIAN.
Several Swiss churches are economically
heated with electricity, obtained from near
by waterfalls.
"California Syrup of Figs" can't harm
tender stomach, liver,
bowels.
Don I ask for
Crackers say
"SNOW FLAKES'
Every mother realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup of Figs,"
that this is their Ideal laxative, because
they love its pleasant taste and It thor
oughly cleanses the tender little stom
ach, liver and bowels without gripingl
When cross, iritable,. feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the
tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea
spoonful of this harmless "fruit laxa
tive," and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, sour bile and undi
gested food passea out of the bowels,
and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full of
cold, throat sore, has. stomach-ache,
diarrhoea. Indigestion, colic remem
ber, a good "inside cleansing" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to
morrow. Ask your druggist for a 60
cent bottle of "California Syrup of
Figs," which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Beware of coun
terfeits sold here, so don't be fooled.
Get the genuine, made by "California
Fig Sy.rup Company."; Adv.
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LAND IS LENT, NOT LEASED
Mr. Baker Announces Terms for
City Baths on River Front.
A statement i published in an after
noon newspaper to the effect that Com
missioner Baker has leased some water
front property in South Portland for a
municipal bathing beach is denied by
Mr. Baker. He says the 0.-W. R. & N.
Company has donated to the city the
use of some beach in South Portland
and that the city is to pay nothing for
use of the ground.
The donation was announced last
Summer, at which time plans were
started to open the beach this year.
Work of getting the beach In shape for
public swimming has been under way
for several weeks.
Flag Presented! to Judge. j
LA GRANDE, Or. Feb. 21. (Spe-'
h
cial.) With the courtroom crowded to
the doors with teachers, students,
Grand Army veterans, members of the
Relief Corps and citizens. Circuit Judge
Knowles was today presented with a
silk flag from the Sons and Daughters
of the Revolution. H. E. Dixon pre
sided, a quartet sang and Walter M.
Pierce delivered the presentation
speech. Judge Knowles responding.
STOCK GO TO BUNCH GRASS
Eastern, Oregon Farmers Do Xot
Fear Further , Losses.
BAKER, Or.t Feb. 21 (Special.)
Hope for relief from the threatened
further loss of livestock because of
lack of feed is reported from parts of
this vicinity. Horses and cattle are
leaving their straw and hay for the
bunchgrass. In the vicinity of North
Powder, where the snow was unusually
heavy, it is reported that it ia melting
and that it will not be long before the
grass starts growing if present con
ditions continue.
John Day stockmen expect that con
ditions that have been very threaten
ing will improve so that livestock there
will be able to begin feeding early next
month.
Hood River Gets More Snow.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) A light fall of fine snow has
prevailed in the Upper Hood River
Valley today, following a drizzle of
rain yesterday. .The precipitation of
yesterday congealed on wires and trees
as fast as it touched them, and there
was a general alarm among growers,
lest a severe silver thaw damage their
young orchards. However, the forma
tion of ice was not heavy enough to
break the branches of any trees.
Smuggling Suspect Shot,
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Feb. 21.
Vt'ai-U ilalott, suspected opium suiua-
gpr. was Miot and soriouslv wounli'l
today by Police Chiff C W. Miorcs,
when he attempted to evart urrcKi.
Twenty-three cans of opium wi-ro
found thi room.
PURE COAL
DIAMOND ;
BRIQUETS
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Absolutely til
cheapest and best
fuel on the market:
three - ton lots, $7
per ton delivered.
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