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TIIE UIORXIXg' OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRII 18, 191G. 5 REVIVAL OF GRANT CONTRACTS URGED Attorney-General Asks House Committee to Give Right to Test Buyer's Status. TIME SALES ARE ADVISED Secretary Ilou-loa Opposes llome MeacJing; of Cut-Over Lands, Believing They .Should Be .Practically in Reserve. OREGO.VIAX NEWS Bl'REAU, Wash ington. April 17. The House public lands committee today resumed consid eration of the Oregon & California land-grant bill, giving particular at tention to new reports and recommen dations submitted by the Attorney general. Secretary Lane and Secretary Houston. It is possible that some of the chances urged by these officials may be embodied in the bill before it is reported to the House. The Attorney-General approves the entire bill, except that he wants the holders of executory contracts to bare an opportunity to go into court for determination of their rights. His let ter, read to the committee today, dis closes that his substitute for sectlen 7 Is designed to affect 45,000 acres, being all lands covered by outstanding con tracts, and. in addition, nearly 30,000 acres covered by contracts reported by the railroad company as having been canceled. This amendment would re vive canceled contracts. Letter Anders Committee. f-'everal members of the committee took exception to some of the language of the Attorney-General's letter. The language most objectionable to friends of John Lind, of Minnesota, was the Attorney's General's opinion that only those contracts should be regarded as "valid" which provided for the sale of land In accordance with the terms laid down In the granting act. Few con tracts were drawn on those terms, and. Lind, as assignee of C. A. Smith, would get about 5000 acres, contracted for at to an acre. If carried into court the amendment might result in a judgment against every person who contracted to buy more than 10 acres or who bought at a price exceeding $2.50 an acre. Mr. Houston for Time Sales. The letter of the Secretary of Agri culture takes serious objection to the timber provisions of the committee bill. Secretary Houston favors sale of the timber on timo, instead of for cash. He believes the timber should not be subject to taxation as soon as sold, as the bill now provides, but should only be taxed when cut. He objects to sales by 4 0-acro tracts. Secretary Houston also objects to that provision of the bill which permits the homesteading of cut-over lands. He strongly intimates that lands of this class should be held permanently by the Government and should be refor ested. Itrdix'rihut Ion Plan Approved. He estimates that fully 50 per cent of the grant is composed of lands of this character, and his recommenda tion, if carried, out. would in effect throw half the grant into forest re serves. Secretary I.ane approves the bill practically in its entirety, differing radically with Secretary Houston as to the plan of timber sales. He, however, does not approve selling the timber by 40-acre tracts. In view of the fact that th bill turns 40 per cent of the re ceipts into the reclamation fund. Sec retary Lane expresses a willingness that the state shall get 20 per cent and the land-grant counties 30 per cent of the receipts. NOTE TO BERLIN IS CURT will be no exchange of views, that Germany will not be permitted to maneuver the situation into a long se ries of diplomatic negotiations, as she succeeded in doing in the case of the Lusitania. As the President was putting the fin ishing touches to the note, on which he and Secretary Lansing had been working for nearly a week, official HAIR COMING OUT? j Dandruff causes a feverish Irritation of tbe scalp, the hair roots shrink, loos en and thea the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once and rid th calp of every particle of dandruff, get a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any drug store, pour a little in your hand and rub It into the scalp. After a few applications the hair stops coming out and you can't dnd any dandruff. YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry. Mother! Remove Poisons from Little Stomach, Over. Bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs" if Cross. Bilious Feverish. or No matter what ails your child, a pontic, thorough laxative should al ways be tho first treatment given. If your little one is out-of-sorts, half sick, isn't resting, eating and acting naturally look. Mother! see if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that it's little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. When cross, irri table, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has itoraacb .che, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a tea spoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile pently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. -lothers can rest easy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative." because i. never fails to clean.-e the little one's l.ver and bowels and sweeten tr.e stom ach, and they dearly la its pleasant taste, Full directlr-ns for babie-. chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. s that it Is made by the "California Fig fcjrup Company." Adv. word was received by the State De partment the the lives of two Ameri cans had been endangered by an at tack on tho Russian bark Imperator by an Austrian submarine. Carl Bailey Hurst. American Consul-General at Barcelona, Spain, who sent the report, said the attack was without warning. One of the American citizens on board was wounded by shrapnel shells fired by the submarine. Full investigation of the incident was ordered at once by the State Depart ment. If the Consul-General's report is borne out, it is probably that repre sentations similar to those about to be made to Germany will be sent to Aus tria. Senator Stone Summoned. As soon as the President had finished the communication to Germany, he di rected that Senator Stone, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, be invited to the White House in order that he might be informed of the in tentions of the Administration. Sena tor Stone probably will see the Presi dent tomorrow morning before the Cab inet meeting. .Mr. Wilson himself was the only offi cial familiar with all the details of the document tonight, but it was learned authoritatively that it is the most em phatic and vigorous diplomatic paper the President has ever approved. Attacks without warning by subma rines on merchant vessels in case Ger many gave notice that ships carrying guns would be considered as vessels of war have been closely studied by the President with the resulting conclu sion that promises made by Germany have not been followed. When the preparation of the case of the United States was begun it was found that 65 vessels have been reported officially and unofficially as having been at tacked without warning by German submarines within the past few weeks. Official reports have not confirmed all these incidents, however, and therefore all will not be included. ew Case Appears. Although it will not figure in the discussion with Germany because the necessary evidence is not at hand, the case of the British steamship Eastern City occupied attention at the State De partment today. A consular report from Cardiff. Wales, said the ship was sunk April 9 by shell fire, 150 miles off Cardiff, and that all the persons aboard, including two American citi zens, had been saved. The fact that the crew apparently was forced to take to open boats 150 miles from shore in dicated to officials that the commander of the submarine failed to observe the assurances given by Germany that pas sengers and crew of vessels should be removed to a place of safety before they were sunk and that the distance from shore and the conditions of the weather should be considered. It was not made clear in the dispatch whether the vessel was warned, and further details have been asked for. It is understood tonight that the note to Germany is of such length that sev eral hours will be required to put it into diplomatic code. At least 48 hours will have to be allowed for its trans mission to Berlin and several hours more will be required by the American embassy there to de-code it. If. as is planned, the note is .started over the cables tomorrow, it should be delivered at the Berlin Foreign Office by Friday night. It probably will not be made public until it has reached Ambassador Gerard. JUDGE PARCH HONORED Kcttirii or Klickitat County Jurist Occasion for Banquet. GOLD ICXD ALE, Wash.. April 17. iSpocial.) The annual banquet of the Klickitat County Bar Association at Goldcndale Saturday was given as an informal reception to Judge William T. Darch. of Goldendale. Judge of the Su perior Court for Klickitat, Skamania and Cowlitz counties. X. B. Brooks, president of the asso ciation, acted as toastmaster. Judge Darch attended the trials of the insur ance timber cases at Kalama, Wash., as a visiting Judge. Invited guests were: It. Drake, Omaha, Neb.; State Senator A. H. Imus, Kalama. Wash.: Coy Burnett and John Patterson, of Portland: K. K. Shields and George E. O'Bryan. of Stevenson, Wash., members of the Skamania County bar. 90-MILE TEST RIDE BEGINS Three Field Officers Will Start To day at Vancouver. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., April 17. (Special.) Ninety-mile horseback rides, to test the physical condition of the riders, are being taki-n by three officers of high rank in the post, starting today. The test rides are being taken' by Colonel Francis 11. French, in com mand of this post; Major William M. Cruikshank, Adjutant of the Seventh Brigade, with headquarters in this post, and Major Ulysses Grant Mc Alexander, instructor of military science at the Oregon Agricultural College, at Corvallis, Or. FRANCE NOT BACKING LOAN Government Attempting to Mobilize Neutral Securities. NEW YORK. April 17. The impend ing French loan, it wa authoritatively learned today, will not be backed by any obligation of the French govern ment. The collateral that will underlie the loan, the amount and interest rate of which are yet to be determined, will consist of securities of neutral coun tries. In effect, the French government Is endeavoring to mobilize securities in these neutral countries in much the same manner that the British treasury mobilized American securities. THIRTY BURN IN WRECK fCnntlnufd From FMrt Pape. a count of those who received emer gency medical treatment showed that 35 who escaped death were injured. It was thought several of these would die. A brakeman of the local train said that there were 37 passengers in the rear car and that he had been able to locate only seven of tiiese. This gave rise to the report that 30 persons had been killed, but later investigation threw doubt on this estimate. A re port that 30 bodies had been recov ered wa later disproved. There was still doubt at midnight as to what the search of the ruins, which was be ing continued, would develop. The belief that 30 persons had been burned or crushed to death was ex pressed by a number of the wrecking crew, but this opinion was not gen erally shared by others on the scene. It was agreed that the list of dead probably would not be completed be fore daylight. Presiding Tllsdiop on Way West. NEW YORK. April 17. Benjamin R. MoGuire. of Brooklyn, who yesterday at Independence, Mo., was ordained pre siding bishop of the reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints, has left for the West to assume bis new office. Read The OresonlaD classified ads. EFFORTS TO AMEND ARMY BILL BEATEN Proposals to Create New Na val and Military Academies Are Defeated in Senate. GUARD INCREASE REJECTED Senator Borah's Attacks on State Militia Answered by Senators Iteed and Pomerenc Fi nal Vote to Be Today. WASHINGTON. April 17. Efforts to amend the Army reorganization bill were defeated in rapid succession in the Senate today on the eve or the measure's passage. Senator Heed's amendment to create from six to 12 training schools like West Point and Annapolis in various parts of the country was defeated, 37 to 31. Unden an agreement reached last week, voting on the bill and all pending amendments will begin at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Other amendments rejected included one by Senator Lee, of Maryland, to increase the number of National Guard enlisted men from 200 to 350 for each Representative and Senator in Con gress, and Senator Works' proposal for an industrial military force of 250,000 men to serve a month each year in the Army in times of peace, and 11 months in forestry and reclamation services in the Pacific and adjacent states. Senator Borah's attack on the Na tional Guard last Saturday, in which he declared that Federal appropria tions were "shamefully wasted and some embezzled," brought forth vigor ous replies today. Senators Reed and Pomerene again rallying to the defense of the Guard. Senator Borah-stood by his specific charges and challenged anyone to controvert them. Champions of the Guard asserted that the whole institution should not be condemned because of isolated instances of irregu larity, and insisted that regular Army officers had been guilty of irregulari ties and crimes. "I regret these attacks upon the Na tional Guard," said Senator Reed. "Man for man, officers and men of the National Guard measure up well with any class of our citizens. As a whole they are no more subject to attack than any other body of citizens. I don't know whether the dead body or the live body of Villa is on its way to the American border or not, but if any further trouble arises I know that within 48 hours our National Guard troops will be mobilizing along the Itio Grande. Tomorrow an amendment by Senator Brandegee to increase the proposed strength of the regular Army from 180.000 to 250,000 men will be passed upon. MISS WHITE NOW THIRD CORVALLIS CANDIDATE FORQIEES ADVANCES FROM SEVENTH. Mi Salinn:. of rcndleton. Moves X'p From Ninth to Sixth Miss Taylor Remains In Lead. STANDING OF QI'KEN CAXDI- DATES VESTBKUAV. I Louise Taylor, Western T Union Telegraph C o m- I pany 26.045 I Jewell Carroll, lvnlghts and t Ladies of Security 24,917 Georgia White, Corvallis. . .20,651 Lillian Cornelia Hendrick- son, .f oresters or Amer- ica 14.636 i Anna Allen. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. .10,481 Waive Jacobs, Klamath tails 111,051 a Muriel Saling, Pendleton... 8.776 Mrs. Maud C. Oilman. G. A. R. and Relief Corps .- 3,276 Elenor Jackson. Modern rUltSLCIS, JULAllllll vine. . . iu . Maude Howell, Willamette I Heights 506 I Myrtle McClarkin. Rose City f Park 309 J Rose Uptegrove, Oregon I City 251 I Edel Fraasch, Eugene 19 The most striking development in the voting -for Rose Festival Queen yesterday was the Jump of Miss Georgie White, candidate of Corvallis, from seventh to third place in the run ning, when a block of more than 12,000 votes was sent in for her. Miss Muriel Saling. of Pendleton, also made a strong gain in the run ning, moving up from ninth to sixth place. Louise Taylor, the candidate of the Western Union Telegraph Company, still leads, although Jewell Carroll, candidate of the Knights and Ladies of Security, is only about 1000 votes be hind her. Marian Anderson, of Albany, holds a safe margin on third place thus far, while Lillian Cornelia Ilcndrickson, candidate of the Foresters of America, has risen from teryh place to fourth on the list. Myrtle McClarkin's name was sub mitted yesterday as the candidate for Rose City Park. with 303 votes to launch her in the race. Practically no returns have been re ceived from Oregon City and Kugene, as jet, but it is expected that they will file large blocks of votes for their candidates today. Besides the coupons in the news papers, votes may be purchased at the rate of ten for a cent, at the head quarters, 337 Northwestern Bank building. 1500 HEAR MR. BURTON PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT MAKES ADDRESS AT MEDKORD. lnlted Republican Party Needed to Re tore Self-Respect and Honor to the United States. MEDFOD, Or., April 17. (Special.) Before an audience of 1500. ex-Senator Burton, of Ohio, candidate for the Re publican nomination for the Presidency of 'the United States, tonisht urged the people of Oregon to unite behind the traditions of America and by again bringing the party of Lincoln and Mc Kinley into power, restore the self respect and honor of the great re public. Great problems, 8 a id the Senator, con front the future generation of this country and no problem is greater than that of preserving the strength and vi tality of a free republic. The vacilla tion and weakness, the indecision and inconsistency of the Wilson Adminis tration have brought the repute of the United States so low. said the speaker, that a change of Administration is es sential to tho perpetuation of Repub lican institutions. "I am a man of peace." said the speaker, "and I believe as the American people believe, that in critical times the people of the country should uphold the hands of the Administration whenever that is possible. We could stand by President Wilson if he stood by him self, but wljen he fails to stand by him self, how can anyone stand by him? We could steer by tho North Star, but we can't steer by an epileptic comet? "The great glory of the young man of Europe is to die for the King, let the great glory of the young man of this country bo to live for the republic, but when In the stress of world dissen sions the honor and integrity of this country be assailed, then let young men of this country have held up before them not the policy of being too proud to fight, but the sacred obligation of protecting their ideals by the willing sacrifice of all they hold most dear." SUGAR DEADLOCK IS ON Conferees Expected to Kcach . Agreement Over Tariff. No WASHINGTON. April 17. Conferees of the Senate and House on repeal of the free sugar provision of the tariff act still were deadlocked tonight after an all-day session, and Chairman Sim mons, of the Senate finance committee. predicted the conference would report a disagreement. Senators Simmons and Stone insisted on the Senate bill extending the sugar duty for four years, and Representa tives Kitchin and Rainey held out for the flat repeal passed by the House. Unless an agreement is reached by -way i, sugar win go on the free list. CROWN PRINCE HAS ESCAPE French Shell Explodes Xcar Tarty, Injuring Several. GENEVA, via Paris, April 17. The report reached here today that the Ger man Crown Prince had another escape from death or injury recently on the Verdun front. Accompanied by his staff and a num ber of correspondents, he approached to within range of a heavy French gun, one of the shells of which exploded near the party. It is said several per sons were wounded slightly and that others, including Colonel Mueller, cor respondent of the Berne Bund, were knocked down. - PARK INCLUDES VOLCANOES Congressional Committee Shows Ef fect of Hawaiian Trip. WASHINGTON, April 17. Creation of a Hawaiian National park of 75,295 acres, including the crater areas and natural wonders of the three great vol canoes of Hawaii Mauna Loa, Kilauea and Halakala volcanoes is provided for under a bill passed today by the House. It now goes to the Senate. A Congressional committee which visited the island last year returned greatly Impressed with the glories or the volcanic area. CHERRY PRICE IS RECORD Ten-Pound liox From California Sejls for $100 in Chicago. SACRAMENTO. Cal., April 17. (Spe cial.) The first ten-pound box of cherries shipped from Vacaville by F. B. McDevitt, of the California Fruit Distributors, was sold for J100 in Chi cago today. Company officials declare this price breaks all records for ten years. This was the initial sale of fruit through the general sales agency and the first sale of deciduous fruit in the new Chicago auction. Klamath Schools- Standardized. ' KLAMATH FALLS. Or., April 17. (Special.) County School Superintend ent Fred Peterson on Friday issued eight certificates to Klamath County schools that have fulfilled all require ments of the state for recognition as standard schools. They are Henley, Shasta View, Pine Grove. Olene, Aigo ma. Rlv. Mxlin and Summers. The Superb Genuine Exposition 13ildruls the Supreme Player-Piano Achievement the Standard of the World Medal of Honor awarded to xsutottlano a the P.-P. I. E Highest honors over all competitors in this country and from abroad. Know the Fascination of Personally Rendering Music Write Us or Inquire Concerning Our Special Offer A Genuine Exposition Model on Free Trial to Any Home in Oregon The BlJT men- mentally , Hnancrallv physically wear our Clothes By preference. $2 R i H 1 u Morrison at fourth GOHN INVADES SEATTLE OWNER OF STR AND IN PORTLAND Bl'VS AMERICAN THEATER. Vaudeville Magnate In Organizing: Big Beat Circuit In I'ulflc .North west and Interior. The closing of a lease on the Amer ican Theater in Seattle yesterday by S. Morton Colin, head of the company controlling the Strand Theater in Port land, adds a new link to a chain of vaudeville houses which is being built up and is to be the biggest west of the Mississippi River in the number of its theaters and cities served. The Seattle house will reopen April 23 as The Oak. Already the organiza tion controls seven houses in Califor nia at San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, San IMego. Stockton, Fresno and San Jose. Negotiations are under way for the aters in Vancouver and Tacoma. The concern js already aiiiliated with the Strand at Spokane, which opened on April 9, and also with theaters in Butte and Walla Walla. This chain connects with the circuit directed from Chicago by the Western Vaudeville Managers' Asociation, serv ing St. Paul. Minneapolis, Duluth, Winnipeg. Fort William, Grand Forks, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon. Moose Jaw and Missoula into Butte, Montana. Martin Berk is president of the West ern Vaudeville Managers Association. Offices of the association are open in Seattlf and will be opened in San Model Now On Sale at JrlOO V ff 4 r.i" " $ 0 - f 1 i fVC Francisco in connection with the West ern circuit. "Mr. Colin and his associates are in a position now to consider and acquire theaters in any city west of the Mis souri," said Manager Pierong, of the Strand, last night, "and the chain which is now being linked up is destined to be one of the greatest in point of ter ritory eervod in the entire country." SALEM TO HONOR BURTON Distinguished Presidential Candi date AVill Speak in Capital City. SALKM. Or., April 17. (Special.) In honor of Theodore K. Burton, of Ohio, candidate for the Republican nomina tion for President of the TTnited States, a dinner and reception will be given at the Marlon Hotel Wednesday eve ning by Sons of the American Revolu tion. Following the banquet Mr. Bur ton will speak at the armory. The banquet is also in observance of the anniversaries of the battles of Lex ington and Concord. Governor Withy combe, Wallace McCamant of Port land, Circuit Judge William Galloway, Mayor Harley O. White and Rev. R. F. Tischer, of this city, will be among the banquet speakers. Monmouth School Vacation Near. MONMOUTH, Or.. April 17. (Spe cial.) The Faster vacation at the Ore gon Normal School begins Wednesday. Most of the students will go to their homes. President J. H. Ackerman will be in Spokane, attending a teachers' institute. Tho training school also has a vacation. t 3; C Z 01 tit hv u Lri h t i t v p.'i: -, '--sjL-w f f xVh1 4- s "" 11 1 !S i The finest mod els of Superior in every respect o le flnrHt player plunox usually priced 10.V, ?UOl and even more. Thrw I3xpoiltlon Models Arc Supplied With Kleetric Motor and St-lf-Kxprcsslon, Splf-I'hraxinK Device. Other Models Only 515 Prices Include Free MunIc RollfS and Appropriate Bench BAD-CHECK MAN HELD CUOKOH T. BRANDT IS SAID HAVE C'RIMINALi RECOIID. Charge of Forging Laundry Presi dent Name. And Attempting to Piinh Paper at Bank. Lodged, George T. Brandt, who, according to officers, has a record of numerous forgeries in the city and a criminal career dating back to his 17th year, wa.s arrested last night by City De tectives Coleman and Snow, after an alleged confession to F. S. Alkus, of the Burns International Detective Agency, to having attempted to pass a check for $47.50, to which was forged the name of Percy G. Allen, president and manager of the Crystal Laundry Company, 68.1 East Everett street. Brandt was lodged in the County Jail and his bail was placed at $lo00. While in the employ of a local trans fer company Brandt is said to have delivered a C. O. D. package to Mr. Allen on March 11, receiving in return a check for $19.80. He is said to have copied Mr. Allen's signature from this check. He attempted to pass the forged check on a local bank, it is said, but the cashier told him there was some thing irregular about it. He immedi ately left the bank, telling the cashier he would bring Mr. Allen in. Guilt for the attempted forgery was fixed upon Brandt by the efforts of the Burns Agency. The man is said to have used the name of Henry Taffer in attempting to pass the check. Brandt has been living at 51)9 Fred erick street. 2k XX diHplay Eilers BIdg. Broadway at Alder St. yr 4 fitr n