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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, 31 ARCH 9, 1916. RAILROAD MAKES $10,000,000 OFFER . MYSTERY ABOUT THE CASTLE COUPLE DEVELOPS. Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at a P. M- Southern Pacific Would Re linquish Interest in O. & C. Grant for Cash. Padfie Phone: BlarshaUSOSO Home Phone: A 2112 The Most in Value, the Best in Quality 2 If'" ii i m OTHER CONDITIONS MADE Oregon Senators Oppose Acceptance. Members of - House Kescrve x Comment Congress Will Not Agree to Terms. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 8. The proposal of the Southern Pacific Company to relinquish to the United States its entire rights to the unsold portion of the Oregon & California land grant for a net consideration of $10,000,000 and on other conditions enumerated today by Chief Counsel Blair, of the Southern Pacific, was laid before the House public lands committee today. It will not be accepted by Congress. Whether any compromise ground of agreement can be reached will depend on future action of the House and Senate, guided primarily by their re spective public land committees. Senator Chamberlain and Senator Lane stand ready to reject the entire offer of the railroad company. Oregon Senators Oppose Terms. "It Is interesting to know the terms on which the railroad is willing to set tle," said Senator Chamberlain, '"but I will never agree to the proposition they have submitted. They are not en titled to any such consideration." Senator Lane, on reading the terms proposed by the railroad company, facetiously remarked: - "There is Just one thing lacking to make the proposition perfect: the rail road should also demand an apology from the Government." The House members of the Oregon delegation were - not disposed at this time to comment on the railroad's prop osition, nor are members of the public lands committee Inclined to take a positive stand. There was a general feeling that the railroad company would be willing, after further nego tiations, to accept terms more favor able to the Government than those laid down In the offer made by Mr. Blair, and there is some disposition In the committee to negotiate further. Itailroud Offer Detailed. Mr. Blair, after conference with the officials of the Southern Pacific today, laid before the House lands committee a written statement of the terms on which the company is willing to relin quish its claim to the land grant, close its entire account with the Government and leave the disposition of the 2,300, 000 acres entirely In the hands of Congress. His statement follows: "The Southern Pacific Company will sell, transfer, surrender and cede to the United States all its right, title and interest, under the land grant, in consideration of 110,000,000 net cash; the United States to assume payment of all unpaid taxes and penalties now due the state of Oregon, or any political subdivision of the state; and repeal the provision in the granting acts by which the railroad company is required to carry free, property and troops of the United States, and the payment of said sum by the United States, and the acceptance by the railroad company, to be in full settlement of all claims of either against the other on account of any acts or omissions by either. "The acceptance of the offer is con ditioned upon the Southern Pacific Com pany procuring the release of the ex isting mortgage on the land grant, and giving the United States a title clear of all incumbrances." LAKES CALLING FOR MEN Wage Schedule Virtually Double That on Atlantic Coast. CLEVELAND, O., March 8. The de mand for men on the Great Lakes is tremendous, according to a statement issued here today by lake shinning Interests. More tonnage has been lined up than ever before and it is now esti mated that 55,000,000 tons of ore will be moved, the statement says. Added to this will be 30,000,000 tons of coal and about 14,000,000 tons of grain. This volume of freight is so large that owners of vessels, it is announced, are contemplating breaking a channel through the ice so as to reach the port or tstanuDa on iaKe jviicnigan March 20, so as to put their fchips in commis sion. The wage schedule on the lakes, the statement asserts, is practically double iliac on .ma Atlantic seaboard. irS - I u ' ' a: 1 r -' i . y t I ' "' ' i Sj-' - - f - i . - CI s - ' ill iijsrS? v;'L; 1 Ii vy If ' I VEHNO.V CASTLE IX AEROFLAXE) MRS. CASTLK IX DANCING COSTUME. There is a mystery about Vernon Castle, the well-known leg-shaker. Vernon announced some time ago that -he was going to the. war. He took a course in aviation and then bade good-bye to all his friends and supposedly sailed for England to join the army. Now comes a dispatch from Kansas City saying Vernon was seen there a few days ago on his way to California. Mrs. Castle, who is dancing while her husband supposedly is flying for the British army, denies the report that he is still in this country. She also denies the frequent reports that they have disagreed and separated for good. POWER BILL PASSED Some Supporting Senators Hope House Will Amend. AMENDMENTS ARE BEATEN Final Vote on Shields Measure for Development of Navigable Riv ers Is 4 6 to 22 Debate Has Run for Month. NEW JERSEY FOR TRAINING Military Work in Public Schools Is Voice in Bills Fassed. TRENTON. N. J.. March S. Two bill "passed tonight place the New Jersey Jtouse of Assembly on record in favor of military training in the public schools. The Pierson bill, providing for two hours training each week, was passed ty a vote ot to 10. The other meas ure calls for an investigation into the advisability of instituting military training ooiirses in hig;h schools. ABOUT 300,000 BABIES i DIE BEFORE ONE YEAR The Census Bureau estimates that 300,000 babies died in this country last year before the age of one year, and it is stated that one-half of these deaths were needless if all mothers -were strong and infants were breast-fed. Expectant mothers should strive to in crease their strength with the strength building iats in Scott's Emulsion which improves the blood, suppresses ner vousness, aids the quality of milk, and feeds the very life cells. Physicians prescribe Scott's Emul sion; it is doubly important during nursing. No alcohol. Everydruggist has it. Insist on Scott's the white food medicine. No advanced prices. Scott & Bomb Bioocnoeki. K J XSSI ELL-AN S Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. ORGGOMAN SEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 8 Senator Jones, of Washington, wa the only Senator from the Pacific Northwest viho voted today for the passage of the Shields water power bill. Senators Chamberlain and Lane, of Oregon) Poindexter, of Washington, and Borah, of Idaho, voted asainat the bill. WASHINGTON, March 8. The Senate tonight, after four weeks of debate. passed the Shields' hill to provide for development of waterpower in navi gable waters by private capital. The vote was 46 to 22. Conservation cham pions fought hard to amend the meas ure, but without avail. Several Senators voted for the bill vbo had opposed it during the debate. One of them, Senator Walsh, said he considered it bad legislation, but tirm ly believed it would be amended when it reached the House. Those who voted against the bill were Senators Ashurst, Borah, Chamberlain, Chilton, Cummins, Gronna, Hollis, Hust ings. James, Kenyon, La Follette, Lane, Lea. Lee, Lewis, ' Martine, Newlands, Norris, Poindexter, Reed, Sheppard and Works. Hoik Insists on Vote. , A final effort to prevent a vote on the measure and return it to the com mittee was made by Senator Hustlng, whose motion to recommit it was beat- en, 49 to 19. An amendment by Senator Chilton requiring the Secretary of War to decide contests for permits to build dams in favor of the applicant offering the lowest priced service to the public was defeated, 30 to 21. Senator Reed attacked the provision of the bill that contests be decided in favor of the applicant able to euaran tee the best construction, declaring that this would result in the best sites go ing to the interests now operating pow er plants. He declared the measure would errant corporations absolute con trol of the country's water power for a lonir time. "At the end of the 50 years in the grant." Senator Reed said, "the Gov ernment can enjoy the blessed privi lege of taking over the plants and pay ing for them the full value. I believe that back of this law which would grant these enormous powers is the same 'crowd that was back of the Coosa River project in Alabama." Bill Lonar X'nder Debate. The Shields bill had -been under al most continuous debate since the pas sage of the Philippine bill on February 4. It was opposed by the National Conservation Association, of which Qlf ford Pinchot is president. Many amendments were offered by a score of Senators, but the bill as passed was changed but little from its original I form. 1 Senator Walsh made a hard but los ing fight to obtain for the Federal Government compensation for public land withdrawn for use in dam con struction on the basis of power cre ated. His amendment was opposed by Senator Shafroth and other Senators of the public land states, who con tended that the Government had no control over waterways except insofar as concerned their navigability. Senator Hustlng and other conserva tion champions sought vainly to sub stitute a measure based on the Wis consin water power law and retaining with Congress control of power sites. Senator Newlands tried without suc cess to attach to the bill his measure providing a waterways commission and appropriating $60,000,000 annually for 10 years for flood control, waterway Improvement and soil protection. Secretary of War Controls. As adopted, the bill permits the con struction of dams in navigable- waters under licenses issued by the Secretary of War and gives grantees the right to operate power plants for 50 years, after which time the Federal Govern ment may take over the plant after giving two years' notice and paying a fair value, to be determined by the Secretary of War and the owner, or by proceedings in the United States courts. Regulation of rates and services is placed with the states in which the plants are situated, or, if interstate commerce is involved, with the Inter state Commerce Commission, on ap peals when the states involved are unable to agree on reasonable rates and adequate service. The bill also provides that no works shall be operated in any combination to limit -the output of electric power or in restraint of trade. IiANE liOSES HIS SUBSTITUTE Oregon Senator Would Appropriate Millions for Power Plants. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 8. Senator Lane today offered a substitute for the Shields water-power bill appropriating $20. 000.000 to enable the Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture to build hydro-electric power plants, dams, transmission lines, etc., on navigable and on non-navigable streams tHrough out the country, and when completed to sell the same to the states at absolute cost. He provided that the states might pay for these properties in 50 annual installments, deterred payments to carry interest at 2 per cent. His sub stitute contemplated that power plants built by the Federal Government should be owned permanently and op erated by the states. His amendment was voted down without roll call. WILSON'S MIND UNCHANGED President Authorizes Denial of Ru mor as "Utterly Foolish." WASHINGTON, March 8. President Wilson today authorized Representa tlve Pou to deny as "utterly foolish" rumor which had reached the House to the .effect that the President had changed his mind and was preparing to issue a warning against Americans taking passage on armed merchant men. Mr. Pou denied the report on the floor of the House. , Only One "BROMO QUININE. To rt the renulne. cSll for full name. LAXA TIVE riROMO QUININE. Look for signature of E. W. GEOVB, Cures a Cold la one Usy. Zo STONE IS CONVINCED Senator Says President Would Avoid War. SUPPORT IS PROMISED Senators Told It Should ISe Impos sible to Believe President Has Changed Attitude lie Has Maintained for Peace. WASHINGTON. March 8. Senator Stone, of Missouri, chairman of the for eign relations committee, declared in the Senate today, after a conference with President Wilson last night, "that so far from the President desiring to Involve this country in this disastrous European war, his supreme wish is to avoid that calamity." I have a notice standing on the cal endar to the effect that I would tomor row address the Senate on the subject oi armed merchant ships and on other related subjects," Senator Stone con tinued. "With much care I have pre pared a speech which I purposed to de liver, and In which I joined issue with some Senators who have spoken on these questions, particularly as to the law, if indeed there be a law estab lished and recognized touching the sub ject of armed merchantmen." Senator Stone added that he had de cided to defer this address. Wilson Would Avoid War. "Last night I had another frank talk with the President I say frank, for that is the way we talk with each other, as we should," he continued. "I am sure I will not offend if I say that so far from the President's desiring to involve this country in this dlssastrous European war, his supreme wi6h is to avoid that calamity. I may not be in accord with some of his views; I have already stated that on the floor. But It should be impossible for any Senator to believe that the President has so changed his attitude he has so long maintained as an advocate of peace as to wish now to make this country party to this conflict. "As Senators well know, I have from the first been earnestly opposed to hav ing any of these questions presented in any formal way to the Senate and that I have been equally opposed to any public discussion of these ques tions while they were the subject o diplomatic negotiation. In this view. I have demonstrated that I could better serve the cause that I have at heart- that is the maintenance of peace in this country by withholding any ex pression of my opinions so long as th questions at issue are the legitimate subject of diplomatic negotiations. Support Promised President. "I profoundly hope that no occasion will arise when I shall feel obliged to take these subjects up in a public way, but if, perchance, such an occasion should arise, I will speak and act as think. 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They are unsurpassed in value at Sl.OO Salt. that co-operation, and so I have con- I luded not to say anytniner at mis uncture that might bo misunderstood. specially in foreign capnais. auu ,.kii. mirht hv anv chance contribute to the difficulties with which the Presi- dent is beset, -sunicieni unra mo un, is the evil thereof BLUEJACKETS IN BRAWLS Trouble Between. Americans and Germans Reported in Turkey. lOJJDON. March 8. A. Reuter dis patch from Athens says: "Private advices irom i;onnuop" n- ..wrii Drawls between Uer- mans and bluejacKets of the American stationaire (guard snipj. me . nnrmiticil tn land and then only on condition that they do not en- t er places Ol amueium. iicii-uui. Germans. Great animosity is Bum w cA10i Constantinople against the Germans, wno, according u.ci., to hold their own by main force. Ths Turkish soldier, however, keeps on good terms witn nis .iiermao com rades. 'EACE DEDICATION PLEA exposition President to Drink Toast Jn Orange Juice. civ ti Tno r?al March 8. An in- t..notinn(ii toast to neace will be offered at the dedication, March 18, of Pan,miL California International v.mnsiiinn hv President Davidson, it was announced today. As the ceremonies will be held on Orange day, which will be observed in various parts of the country. President Davidson s toasi lo peace win in orange juice. POLICY TO BE ADJUSTED (Continued From First Page.) prepared for delivery tomorrow. He referred to the difficulties by which the executive was beset and declared that President Wilson's supreme wish was to avoid the calamity of war. On the House side several members asked leave to extend in the record their remarks of yesterday on the tabling of the McLemore armed ship resolution, and Minority Leader Mann took occasion to euggest that some had voted on both sides of the question on the test ballots so they could ex- plain their positions to constituents on either side. Representative Fess. of Ohio, began a reply, but Mr. Mann shut off further argument by a point of order. 71NURIG, The Newest Discovery. 0k!Back! 9 ZZI lithia State Department had no reports of anv art bv a German or Austrian sub marine commander under the changed orders. State Department officials make no secret of the fact tnat tney do not believe any acts will be com mitted, if they can be avoided, whicn involve the death or injury of Ameri can citizens. Administration officials began con sidering today the complete translated documents appended to the German declaration of intentions. It was indi cated that the next move by the United States might take the form of an in quiry to England as to tne authenticity of the German confidential copies of alleged Instructions to British sea cap tains. Present Orders to Govern. When attention was called to the ap parent discrepancies between the Ger man and the British versions of the in structions, officials pointed out that the data on the German version was prior to that on the British version. It was said tuture events wouiu ue con sidered in the light of the orders now in force. The United States will accept the as surances of the British government as to which orders are in force, just as it will accent the assurances ot cermany regarding any action by that govern ment. , Meanwhile, should an American citi zen be involved in an attack on an armed merchant ship, whatever action is taken would depend on the facts in the case. Armed Sblp Controversy Echoed. 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