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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. MARCH 13, 1914. CENTRAL OREGON AGRICULTURAL LANDS WITHDRAWN FROK NATIONAL FORESTS THAT WILL BE THROWN OPEN FOR IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT. RIGHTTO INTERFERE Big Spellbinding Campaign Is Rebel Leader Says Foreign Arranged for Preliminary Rallies in April. . Nations' Must Authorize United States to Act. EX-GOVERNORS TO TALK NEW BASIS ESTABLISHED 2 SALOONISTSTQ CARRANZA DENIES GENTERDN OREGON VcsUcrn Country Thought Ripe for Prohibition, Say Leaders Plan Is to Make State Dry Before Panama Canal Opens. "WESTERVILLE, Ohio, March 14. Special.) The Anti-Saloon League of America, whose headquarters and gen eral publishing house is in this city, has determined to throw the whole power of its organization to the as sistance of the Anti-Saloon League of . Oregon and the other organizations co operating with it for a dry Oregon' this year. The country is divided into 16 dis tricts, at the head of each of which is a representative and member of the National board of trustees. The mem her of the National board from the Northwest is Fletcher Homan, of Sa lem. Or. The heads of the Oregon state de partment of the league are: Rev. J. 11. Bennett, president, and H. L. Shel .don, superintendent. The offices of the state are located in the Stock Ex change building. Portland, Or. The second week in April the ad vance guard of the National spell binders will enter Oregon and conduct the preliminary scries of rallies. The preliminary campaign will be opened by the strongest speakers at the com tiiand of the National organization. There are several ex-Governors and orators of international fame. Among them are such men as Malcolm R. Pat terson. ex-Governor of Tennessee. ex- Representative and one ef the fore most orators of the entire South. Many Speakers to Come. Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina, is another of the "Gov ernors" who will speak in behalf of a dry Oregon. John G. Woolley, at one time candidate for President on the Prohibition ticket, will take part in the Oregon, fight. Others who wil come to Oregon for the National or ganization are: Rev. Dr. Purley A. Baker, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League; Rev. George V. Morrow, of Michigan; Kev. Sam Small, or Georgia; ,rnest H. Chcrrington, general manager of the publishing in terests of the Anti-Saloon League of Amnriea: rr. Howard II. Russell, lounaer or the original Anti-Saloon or ganization; Rev. Edwin C. Dinwiddle, legislative superintendent of the league, Washington. D. C; William K. Johnson, ex-chief officer of the United States Indian Service, now editor of the New Republic and managing- editor of the 30 odd periodicals of the Ieaeue. and the famous baritone singer, A. M. Thatcher, of Chicago. Because of the importance of carry ing such states as Washington. Oregon and California, league leaders will use every effort to make these states drv. They declare the whole country west hi me .Mississippi River Is r ue for nro hibition. The opening of the Panama canai, with the prospect of great in crease of foreign population, makes it imperative, in the minds of league men, to vote the West dry now. Literature Campaign Planned. Ex-Governor Patterson and Dr. Pur ley A. Baker will begin their speak ing tour at Ashland April 9. Their other dates are: April 10, Eugene April 12, Portland; April 13, Oregon City; April 14, Astoria. John G. Woolley and George W. Mor row speak at but three places: April . Corvallis; April 10, Grants Pass; April 11, at some point yet undeter mined. Dr. Howard H. Russell, founder of the league, accompanied by Professor Thatcher, will speak at St. Johns April S; April 9. Albany; April 10. Rose burg, and at some point on April 11. Rev. Sam Small, the famous Georgia evangelist, enters the state with a se ries of dates beginning at Baker City on April 8 and ending at Medford April 21. The present plan is that the litera ture campaign will be managed by Wil liam E. Johnson, who acquired the sobriquet of 'Pussyfoot during his five years' service as chief of the United States Indian Service. YAQUINA LINE IS SEEN CHI Eft KXGI.VEKR OF SOUTHERN PA C1KIC OX INSPECTION TOLH. 3lr. Drake Declines to Venture Opinion n Chance of Road Heine Ex tended to Aenport. NEWPORT, Or., March 14. (Special.) It. M. Drake, of San Francisco, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Rail way system, arrived in Newport at 6:30 tonight on a special train, having Inspected the Corvallis & Eastern branch, and left ten minutes later for Mill City on the eastern end of the line. With Mr. Drake were K. M. Sle fert, chief engineer; W. E. Burns, di vision engineer; John ftevens. super intendent; W. E. Evans, secretary of the Corvallis & Eastern line, and P. 1.. Burckhalter, secretary to D. W. Campbell, superintendent of the South ern Pacific system. -I regret that I did not see the Ya quina Bay district in daylight," said Mr. Drake. "I must rely entirely on reports. My hasty visit does not give me time to see the country thoroughly, and, as it is my first trip, you must get your news from my assistants. The present improvements on ie Corvallis & Eastern line are proceeding according to schedule. I would not venture an opinion on the prospect of the railroad being extended from Yaquina around the bay to Newport." 4..1f ftp y z .1 dWIfffiT' WkJSu lift MAP SHOWING 400AM ACHES IX CROOK, LAKE AND KLAMATH COUNTIES. HIGH AVERAGES Wl McMinnville Orator Holds No First Places in Scoring. Office, with the result that Grainger's title was confirmed. In the meantime the property has been considerably improved and is now quite valuable. JUDGES' FIGURES GIVEN Leader in Composition Among State Contestants 'Weak on Delivery and Best Speaker Marked I,ov on Composition. ALBANY. Or., March 14. (Special.) The victory of George Stewart, Jr., of McMinnville College, in the annual state intercollegiate oratorical contest in this city last night was achieved despite the- fact that Stewart did not receive a single first place either cm composition or delivery from any of the judges. But he ranked near the top in both composition and delivery and his high average brought him first place in the summation of rank. Stewart received one second place, four thirds and one fourth, giving him a total of IS in the summation of rank, or two points ahead of his near est competitor. Lisle Ilibbard, of Pa cific College, who took second, had two firsts on composition, and Eric P. Bolt, of Willamette University, winner of third place, had two firsts on de livery. Hubbard was low on delivery and Bolt on composition. Howard R. Taylor, of Pacific Univer sity, received one first on composition and one on delivery, but ranked only sixth in the contest. The other four judges, two on composition and two on delivery, all ranked him low. The summation of rank, on which the awarding of places was made, was as follows: 1 RAILWAY CONTRACTS LET Pacific Great Eastern Provides lor Kelly take-Fort George Line. VANCOUVER, b7C, March 14. An nouncement was made today at the Vancouver office of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company that three contracts have been let on the Kelly Lake-Fort George section to be built by the company this year. The con tracts cover the proposed line for 100 miles south of Kort George and have been allotted as follows: H. E. Carle ton & Co.. the first 25 miles; A. E. Grif fin & Co., the next 25 miles, and Burns, Jordan & Co.. the remaining 50 miles. The firms which have been awarded contracts have just completed portions of the Grand Trunk Pacific line into Fort George, and as their forces al ready are organized they will be in a position to commence the next work immediately. The Pacific Great Eastern Railroad. which is to connect the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific at Fort George with Vancouver, is a project aided-by Premier McBrlde. of British Columbia. It is planned to build north from Fort George to Dawson, Y. T., and beyond, to a connection with the railroad system about to be built by the United States. 400,000 ACRESWJLL OPEN ( Continued From First pagf.) acter and value. The area has a mean elevation of approximately 4200 feet and much of it is well adapted to agri cultural purposes. The soil over most of the surface is of volcanic origin. The plan to eliminate this land was outlined nearly a year ago, when Chief Forester Graves visited Oregon and made a personal inspection of the territory. He declared then that the policy of the present administration would be to withdraw from the forest reservations all land that has no com mercial timber value. He proposed to eliminate not only the Central Oregon area, but certain Gf-orre Stewart. Jr.. McMinnville College 4 2 3 Leslie Hubbard, Tacific College 2 11 Eric P. Bolt. Washington University 8 4 5 James T. Donald, University of Oregon ............ 3 2 2 Louis Oambee. Oregon Agricultural College. . o 6 7 Howard R. Taylor. Pacific University 17 8 Kate Henderson. Oresron State Normal School 7 G 6 Herbert Blatchford, Albany College 6 8 4 Composition. Delivery. T'l. 18 20 2 26 26 27 2S 31 The exact markings of each of the judges on composition and delivery on each contestant follow: Composition Delivery Fade!- Mer- Brook- Wil- Stewart. McMinnville College Hubbanl. Pacific ColleRe Bolt. Washington University Donald. University of Oregon Gambee, Oregon Agricultural College.. Taylor. Pacific University Shuster. ford. rlam. Dyott. inffs. son. . . 8S SS 891 90 87 2i . . 92 301) 100 78 84 0 .. 77 86 8.". 9S S8 82 1-3 .. 90 95 96 80 80 80 . . 81 79 84 !: 86 95 , 100 77 83 80 85 97 .. 78 81 84 Mi 90 864 90 . 80 73 87 85 84 85 BALKAN FIRES SMOLDER M. AVitte Says Only First Act of Tragedy Has Been Played. BUDAPEST, March 14. Count Serge "Witte, former premier of Russia, in an interview published today, is quoted as saying: "Only the first act of the Balkan affair has been played. l( is now the inermission, which may last for years or perhaps only for months. "The relations between Austria and Koumania constitute one of the points of danger, while the relations between the Triple Alliance (Germany, Italy and Austria) and the Triple Kntente (Great Britain, France and Russia) are in nowise clear." MAN LOSES, WINS HOME Land Contest Hecisio'n Made bj IJoseburg Land Office. ASHLAND, Or., March 14. (Special.) Decision in a notable contested home stead case involving Ashland residents was handed down by the Roseburg Land Office today. The parties to the controversy are G. M. Grainger and K. J. Mahan. The former filed on a quarter section claim near Ashland in 1903 and proved up in 1910. Mahan contested the claim and won ont through default of Grainger in not sub mitting proper proof. Grainger, however, filed a counter contest em the merits of previous bona fide entry. A preliminary hearing was had before a United States Commis sioner in January last. The matter was carried to the Roseburg Land BE i ood Is the most important element in the body. It may be a fountain of health, or a distributer of disease. ood Troubles include scrofulous swellings and sores, eczema, boils, pimples, eruptions, rheumatism, catarrh, indi gestion, dyspepsia, neuralgia, anemia, humors, that tirAd fepllns' Inss nf a n- petite, etc. For impure blood in any J form or degree, take HOOD'S SAR SAPARILLA. It is the standard remedy to purify and enrich the blood. tracts in the Siuslaw National forest on the west slope of the Coast Range. It is understood that other areas in various other forests of Oregon will be Vlthdrawn within the next few months. Washington Sees Xo Warrant for Authorizing Consuls to Accept Credentials General Him- self Leaves on Trip. WASHINGTON. March 14. The dec laration of General Carranza, outlining his policy as to the right of American Consuls in Northern Mexico to act for citizens of other powers, was trans mitted today to the various powers by the diplomatic representatives in Washington. Copies of the statement telegraphed to Secretary Bryan by American Consul Simpich at Nogales were supplied to the diplomats late to day and considered of such importance that there was no delay in submitting them to the governments as a basis for specific instructions. Embassy and legation oficials were unprepared to comment on the Car ranza note, except in general terms. United States) Cannot Act. One fact is accepted, however, that the United States cannot continue to act for them in defiance of Carranza's refusal to listen to representations on the old basis. They feel that there is no warrant of law for allowing United States Consuls to accept credentials also from foreign governments, as seems to be required by Carranza, even if the various governments were will ing to bestow such powers. The text of General Carranza s reply to Consul Simpich follows: As you know, the department at Washington has communicated with me through yourself and the American Consul at Hermosillo to make two classes of representations to me, both unofficial, the one concerning Ameri can citizens, the other non-American foreigners. "As you are aware, I have enter tained the representations Secretary Bryan thought fit to make when na tives of his country were concerned, the said representations, however, be ing used by me as information to re dress and avoid the wrongs to which they relate. In his letter to you about the Injuries suffered at the Desenago mine at Guanacevl, Secretary Bryan tells you that countries which have recognized the Huerta government can not apply to me, since every nation can have but one diplomatic corps accred ited to one other and consequently those countries which have recognizee Huerta cannot make representations to me. Consuls May Be Designated. "This is clearly my understanding and I have never claimed that those governments accredit diplomatic rep resentatives to me.' But those same nations may very well under interna tional law and diplomatic usage have unofficial intercourse with me in my capacity of commander-in-chief of the Constitutionalist army which domi nates a large part of the nation. "This unofficial manner - may - be availed of by the aforesaid countries through their representatives ac credited in Washington or through their Consuls residing in the Mexican territory controlled by the forces un der my command and if there should be no foreign Consuls In the territory dominated by the constitutionalist: forces, as pointed out by Secretary Bryan in connection with the Desenago mine case, then the government con cerned may very well authorize other persons, who may well be the Con suls of the United States, to present their unofficial representations in the name of those governments, the power being properly drawn up. "Deeming this a suitable opportunity. I wish further to say to you that if the same foreigners, or their relatives, will address their personal representations to me and bespeak my protection of their lives and interests, they will be Immediately attended to without any need of their government officially, or unofficially, intervening." General Sets Out on Trip. General Carranza has cut himself off from communication by starting on horseback with his staff across the mountains of Chihuahua for the capital of that state. It will be nearly two weeks before he can be reached by tel egraph, and it is assumed at the State Department that no change in the status of foreigners in Northern Mex ico is likely in the immediate future. Department officials feel that Gen eral Carranza's declaration marks a change in his first uncompromising at titude and that by the time he reaches Chihuahua he will be ready to con cede to the United States the right to took after foreign interests in the coun try controlled by the constitutionalists without the limitations imposed in to day's declaration of policy. New Hats, Shirts Ties, Etc. for Spring THIS store "backs up" everything; it sells and our policy, "money back if dissatisfied " will not permit us to handle anything but the best That's Why We Sell Schloss Baltimore Clothes for we know them to be the best. They're all-wool fabrics, properly styled, perfectly fitted, serviceable and modestly priced. $15, $20, $25, $30 and up to $35 Let Us Show You the New Spring Styles Phegley &Cavender Corner 4th and Alder Sts. COUNSEL IS ED Court Sentences W. C. Ellis for Killing Wife. 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Bits of the won derful iridescent wings have been delicately mounted in solid gold, and the result is the most fascinating brooches, scarfplns and pendants imaginable. A gorgeous old gold wing with big black splashes is ex ceedingly rich, and another looks like a gigantic blue with wondrous green and deep blue coloring. Other pieces show a small-sized butterfly mounted on a big brilliant wing. In each instance the delicate wings are covered with a convex glass which magnifies them, and thus adds much to their beauty. Unique and Beautiful in Jewelry Butterflies mounted in gold by a naturalist. The wonderful coloring and luster are pre served in all their natural beauty. This novelty is shown exclusively at this store. A new line of Tam o'Shanter Hat Pins is now on display. "We are featuring new selections in Silver ware that are particularly appropriate jfor Easter, engagement and wedding gifts. Established 1868 ! 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"The action of Mr. itenius In with drawing his motion for a new trial has a sinister significance," said the Judge. "It shows that he believes the testi mony of his own medical witnesses to have been without foundation. Each of these alienists testified that Ellis was insane when he commited the crime. If Mr. Itemus believed the tes timony of these doctors to be true then he must believe that his client is innocent and his action of today in abandoning the case at this prelimi nary stage is extraordinary." Remus asserted that lie withdrew his motion for a new trial at the re quest of his client. He said that Ellis feared being sent to the asylum for the criminal insane or of getting a more severe sentence from another jury. MuJLdtrice-vg Register at Once in One of THE Y. M. C A. 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