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
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Saturdays
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Southern Pacific Would Re
linquish Interest in O. &
C. Grant for Cash.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. In the meantime, I shall give
the President whatever support I can
in the discharge of those duties de.
volved upon him by the Constitution.
"All through his service as Presi
dent I have co-operated with him, and
with all my heart I wish to continue
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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.
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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.
Echoes of President Wilson's victory
to the fight to end agitation In Con
gress over the armed ship question
were heard today on both sides of the
CaDitol. In the Senate feenator btone,
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee, made a statement, alter a con
ference with the President, announcing
that because of the chance that his re
marks mleht be misconstrued abroad,
he would not make a speech he had
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