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.1 THE MORNING OREGONIAS. . FRIDAY, FEBRUARY '25, 191C. HOUSTON WOULD CHANGE LAND BILL Secretary Thinks It Unwise to Compel Premature Sale, of Timber on Grant. INDUSTRY IS CONSIDERED rrompt rrovision for Payment to Counties ot Accrued Taxes Is Approved Homestead Re quirements Specified. ORtfGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, ash ,nton. Feb. 24The Secretary of Ag riculture in a report to the benate pub ic iands committee today, a pproves Fn the main the ClimberIai1nli,!1"" Prant bill, but suggests several impor tant amendments. As expected, he mmends that about 300 000 acres ot "rant lands lying within the boundar ies of existing forest reserves be added i thoso reserves, but he does not ask Sat othVr portion of the grant be placed in forest reservations. Secretary Houston deems it; vitally important to redraft that port on .Mhe bill providing for the sale of timber on Wp'l'an which fails to take into consideration present economic condi tions in Oregon and the effect the dis posal of the land, and Umber will have on the industrial welfare of the state is faulty and inadequate," he says. Lumber Situation Reviewed. In some detail the Secretary analyzes the present condition of the lumber in dustry in Oregon, showing the causes that brought about the existing depres sion. Although the lumber cut in the Northwest may increase rapidly, he avs -the great demand for immediate rons'umption will not strike this region until supplies of timber more accessible to the great centers of consumption are more nearly exhausted." He finds that 348,500.000.000 feet of timber in Western Oregon is now n private ownership, and much of this, he says, must be held many decades before it can be marketed as lumber. "Under the best conditions which can be anticipated, the holding of timber capitalized at its present value cannot be expected to yield more than 2 or J per cent," he asserts. Overproduction to Be Avoided. Certainly during the existence of the present demoralized conditions of the lumber industry," says the Secre tary, "it would be unwise public policy to add an enormous body of standing timber to the burdens which the in dustry is already carrying and to that extent increase tendencies toward over production and wasteful utilization, with all the economic and social dis tress which follow. "Specifically it is believed that the 40 000,000 or 50,000.000 feet of timber on the Oregon & California grant lands should not be sold except as it is de sired for immediate manufacture. With out a requirement for immediate man ufacture it would undoubtedly be bid in at a low price by persons seeking speculative profits." The Chamberlain bill permits the cutting- of timber in the discretion of the purchaser. The Secretary says this would retard development' of the com munity. It is urged that the ema ture sale of the timber be noi made mandatory. He thinks considerable amounts of the timber can be sold to advantage from time to time to exist ing mills, as there is legitimate demand for it. for immediate exploitation, and he would particularly promote the sale of timber on lands of agricultural value. four Clarification Advised. Secretary Houston recommends that all the lands be classified in the field, and he would have four classifications, first of which would be lands valuable for water-power development. These he would dispose of in accordance with the general water-power policy to be laid down by Congress. The Chamberlain bill classifies as timber lands all non-mineral lands that liave more than 1,000.000 feet of timber to the quarter section. Secretary Hous ton says it may frequently be desirable to classify as non-timber lands having more than liSO.OOO feet to the 40-acre sub-division. He also thinks discretion should be given, to classify as timber lands some areas having less than that amount, as for instance, lands valua ble for telephone poles, piling, etc. He seriously objects to listing as agricul tural lands steep and rocky, logged-off or burned-over areas, or waste lands. He would change the bill to allow the department to fix the time within which the timber must be removed. Another proposed amendment, in the Interior Department con requires the homesteader ' to cul at least one-sixteenth of the Hrvd Ol Ills euny uuung IIIC 1UU1L1I inj the fifth year and each year until submission of final proof, which must be made within seven years after filing. Secretary Houston approves the rec ommendation that prompt provision, be made for payinsr to the land-grant counties the full amount of accrued unpaid taxes, but would strike out all of section 7 providing for the distri bution of net receipts from timber and land sales. He thinks this problem should be left until it is known ap proximately what the net receipts will be. which curs tivate area HORTICULTURE MEET IS ON Western Washington Association to Hear Mr. Lister Today. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Special.) "Governor Lister will be the principal speaker tomorrow at the Western Washington Horticulture Association meeting in the State Senate chamber, AV. II. Paulhamus, Professor J. I Stahl, Professor K. B. Stookey, Mrs. J. it Shoup, of the Weern Washington Ex periment Station, and T. O. Morrison, assistant Commissioner of Agriculture, also are on tiie programme. Mayor G, A. Mottman welcomed the dcisgates today and President It. B. .Miller gave his annual address. J. B. Towles. of Seattle, addressed the con vention on commission dealers' oppo sition to the Federal standard of berry measurement, commission regulation law and advantages of shipping apples in barrels. Other speakers were C. A Jonneson, of Tacoma; C. J. Stuart, of Monroe; Henry Huff, of Sumner; O. C White, of Olynipia; S. J. Harmeling, of Vashon. TILLAMOOK HEAD ATTACKED Visit Clatsop Beach and see the devastation wrought on Tillamook Head by Storm King. Hotels open, outdoors at the beach very inviting. Itound trips to Gearhart or Seaside daily, $4: week-end, 3. Morning train, :10: Saturday evening express, 6:15. Broadway &20. A 6671. Ticket office. Fifth and Stark. Tbw nouthern face of Nantucket Island is PRINCESS, FORMERLY AMERICAN, WHOSE SEPARATION SUIT AGAINST RUSSIAN HUSBAND HAS BEEN SETTLED OUT OF COURT. li t " ' j s - ; A j f ' -i vr ? jk m ? yJ&sXy AIMEE CROCKER-COIBAID MISKIXOFF. PRINCE'S SUIT ENDS Miskinoff Separation Case to Be Dismissed Today. ROYAL TITLE IS CLOUDED Husband of Former Aimee Crocker- Gourand Kot as Kcpresentcd, Is Official Assertion Yvonne to Cherish Love Alone. NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Prince Misk-ir,nfr-i onit for separation from the for- mtr Aimee Crocker-Gouraud. of San Francisco, will be dismissed tomorrow, .u. T) ; .... will rr t rt Russia to fight iiie i.i " ..... e - , - . for the Czar; the Princess will be left to her own pleasures, and her foster daughter. Yvonne, will have ample ! . .t,..lch hfr mnHilpniner love for the absent husband of her foster- mother. rrkAaA thintra worA fsettled todaV. IOl- lowing an agreement made yesterday for the dismissal of the suit, when the Prince realized that the mysterious baby, whom he thought was his daugh ter, was a foundling adopted by the Princess. Mystery has surrounded the Identity of the young girl mentioned by the Princess in her counter suit against Miskinoff until the parties appeared in Justice Bijur's part of the Supreme r.iT.t Vvnnno was there with the Princess. That Yvonne had loved the Prince and he had reciprocated was corroborated by the Prince's attorney. John C. Oldmixon. The Princess had finally in a "moment of noble and heroic sacrifice," the attorney put it, "given her foster-daughter, Yvonne, to i. Tsinoa i t Invo and cherish.' "It was a case where Yvonne, who was rapidly reaching a debutante s age, wanted to do something for herself in coirl ATi- niHmivnn. "She had owvicij, - - - - - grown desperate in her 'love for her foster-mother's husband ahd threat ened to end her life by shooting. It was then that Mme. Miskinoff gave her consent to a strange traingular situa tion. She exiled Yvonne and the Prince to Edgemere. where tney were to oe- ...mlnn V. i, innilnnt n ssOOi fl tion with each other whether the affection was as strong as each believed. T 1. o .. aninH Tiv thA TtllSSian State Department that Miskinoff is a member of the royal family. BRANDEIS VASIVE E LAWYER CHARGES Letter Denying "Personal Em ployment" When Firm Was Retained Is Cited. HARRIMAN CASE MENTIONED of Stanley Shaw secretary, receipts of I the Olympia Y. M. C. A. for 1915 were $5700, from which 5411 was disbursed, a financial improvement over the pre vious year. Millard Lemon was elected president of the association, and va cancies on the board of directors were filled by T, P. Horn, J. B. Stentz, John C. Ellis and J. E. Kelly. OrcRon Educator In Capital. OREGONIAN NEWS BUKEAU. Wash ington, Feb. 24. President Kerr, of Oregon Agricultural College, was in Washington Wednesday conferring with the Secretary of Agriculture. "Public" and Also l. K. Glavis Rep resented in Ballinger - Pinchot Controversy litigants on Both Sides of Razor Case. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Charges arising f rom the legal activities of Louis D. Brandeis in the Buiras"- Pinchot investigation, mo "" tween E. H. Harriman and tuvsl Fish a decade ago for contro of the Illinois Central Railroad add the Gil lette Safety Razor Company litigation occupied the attention today of the Senate Judiciary sub-committee inves tigating Mr. Brandeis' nomination to the Supreme Court. Four witnesses testified. The first. Mark Sullivan, editor of Colliers Weekly, told the committee that Mr. Brandeis had been employed by Col lier's to protect its interests and those of the public during the Ballinger Pinchot investigation, and, that no con cealment had been made of the em ployment. Austen G. Fox. counsel for those opposing Mr. Brandeis. charged that Mr. Brandeis was on the record as appearing for L. R. Gfavis, a former land office official and a central figure In the investigation. Firm Employed to Get Proxies. Waddill Catchings, formerly with the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, of New York, testified that he sought to em ploy the firm of Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter to get proxies for Mr. Harriman in the fight over the Illinois Central. Mr. Nutter told him the firm would not take the commission unless Mr. Brandeis were convinced of the justice of the fight, whereupon Catchings had seen Mr. Brandeis. For an hour or two, Mr. Catchings said, he had the hardest interview of his life an interview with Mr. Bran deis in which the case was outlined. The result was that the Brandeis firm undertook the work, but "Mr. Brandeis was to do nothing and did nothing." Charges Based on Letter. On cross-examination, Mr. Catchings testified that in 1908 Mr. Brandeis sent to the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell a copy of a letter he had written to a Massachusetts legislative committee, saying that he personally never had been employed to get proxies for Mr. Harriman, and that Sullivan & Crom well replied that this statement was correct. Mr. Fox's charges of unprofessional conduct were based on this letter. Henry T. Richardson and Henry W. Williams, lawyers, testified as to the :n.. Ta-rff fftmnanv litie"fl- jmeiLc ki--i.j' j - tion. The former told of a long list of suits for control of the company, in which Mr. Brandeis had represented litigants-on both sides, but said he did not care to go so far as to charge Mr. Brandeis with bad faith. Olympia Y. 31. Finances Improve. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) According to the annual report GILLIES AGAIN CONVICTED Jury, Out 20 Honrs, Find Grand Larceny Charge Is Probed. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 24. John F. Gillies, deposed claim agent of the State Industrial Insurance Commission, was found guilty today of grand larceny in connection with the looting of the industrial insurance fund of sev eral thousand dollars by means of false accident claims. The jury, composed of six men and six vomen, returned the verdict after 20 hours' deliberation, in which ten ballots were taken. Gillies will be sen tenced later. This is the second conviction of Gil lies in connection with the insurance frauds. In a previous trial he was found guilty of forging accident claims. Gillies made no comment on the ver dict. Assistant Attorney-General Wilson announced tonight that for the present at least Gillies would not be tried on the nine remaining charges. VICTIM ASKS FOR $3000 Man in Auto Crash at Vancouver Sues Power Company. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) James Day, injured in an acci dent at Sixteenth and Main streets February 10, when a freightcar struck his automobile, has sued the North Coast Power Company for $2500 dam ages for injuries, $300 lost time, $lu0 damage to the machine, and $o0 medical attention. He alleges that the company main tains its tracks at this point in a care less and negligent manner, and that the brick laid between and outside of the rails is so far from the rail that the tire of a small automobile drops between the rail and brick. He was compelled to turn out to pass a farm er's rig and one wheel dropped be tween the rail and brick, and a freight car struck him when he stopped. CHANGE OF VENUE DENIED Baker Judge Refuses Transfer of 3Iine Suit to Portland. BAKER, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) That the suit brought by Frank S, Baillie, ex-superintendent of the Co lumbia mine, to procure an accounting as to the ownership of $14,000 revenue from the mine, cannot be transferred from the Baker Circuit Court to tho Federal Court at Portland, was -the ruling today of Circuit Judge Gustav Anderson. Judge Anderson gave as his opinion that tho Circuit Court has jurisdiction in the case, and that because of this the petition, made after a default had been entered, is without force. The ef fort for change of venue was made by 13. W. Backus, defendant in the suit. Eagle Creek 3Ian Bound Over. ESTACADA, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) -ahe second trial of Paul Lightner, of Eagle Creek, charged with assault by Dave Hoffmeister, of Eagle Creek, was heard in Justice Devore's court recently. Assistant District Attorney Burke, ot Oregon City, acted as prosecutor, with W. A. Heylman representing Lightner. 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