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CENTRAL OREGON AGRICULTURAL LANDS WITHDRAWN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
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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."
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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.
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20
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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
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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.
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speaking at the same meeting, said
there would be no general election
until the home rule for Ireland, the
Welsh disestablishment and the plural
voting bills had been passed by
parliament.
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Judge Says Attorney Abandoned His
Client in Preliminary Stages of
Fight for Life New Trial
Shunned by Defendant.
CHICAGO, March 11. William Che
ney Ellis, Cinclnnatf leather merchant,
convicted of murdering his wife, was
sentenced to IS years in the state pen
itentiary today.
. The imposition of the sentence by
Judge Petit was marked by a denun
ciation from the bench directed at El- I
lis counsel, whom he accused of
"abandoning his client at a prelimi
nary stage" of his fight for life.
Judge Petit directed Stephen Malato,
Assistant State's Attorney, to investi
gate the conduct of Dr. Thomas Ho
gan, jail physician, who testified for
Ellis.
"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
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