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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL. 1 2. 1914. OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS AGE DE1HDED SCENES ABOUT TOB.REON DURING- RECENT BATTLE V I i :.. I id -Arm- in-Arm With youth and beauty go the clean-cut, handsome young fellows who come here for those uncommonly stylish Schloss Baltimore Clothes of ours. All quite as it should be how could anyone 'expect anything else ? If your own personal appearance isn't quite up to the mark if you'd like to "doll up" a little look as well as the next fellow-: come here we'll give just what the doctor ordered. $15 $20 $25 and up to $35 Governors Insist Policy of "Lands in Many Hands" Is Basis of Prosperity. r L..e a .-rtmx ' x. .v. j ;--v Hr-i .-.Ttr. ' . s .! 41 iYii1 i - - RAPID SETTLEMENT URGED Vfc-..i J Yater Powers or State Belong to State Is Another Declaration. Elimination or Red Tape. Is ' Hoped-For Blessing. DENVER, April 11. The resolutions adopted by the Governors conference here today emphasized "sane conser vation" and outlined a land policy. They were substantially as follows: "We believe in conservation in sane conservation- "We believe that the all wise creator placed the vast resources of this Nation here for the use and benefit of all the people generations we believe due consideration and de termination of the rights of those who come hereafter, we insist that the peo ple of this day and age should have velop our wonderful resources and put them to a beneficial use. Rapid Settle Demanded. "Believing that those who control the soil control the Nation, and that the most pleased nations are those where the ownership of lands is in many hands, we Insist that in the manage ment and sale of our public lands both the Federal Government and the state should, maintain such a policy as will make for the rapid settlement of all vacant agricultural lands. "Resolved, That this convention recommend to Congress amendments of the following nature to the desert land act: "1. That the entryman's proof of cit izenship in the state wherein he makes a desert land filing, be changed from the time of filing, to the time of prov ing up. "2. That the requirements of reclam ation be enlarged to embrace the al ternative proof of cultivation by the actual growing of crops by dry farm metrods on double the acreage required if by irrigation. "We approve the plan now befoer Congress to permit homestead entries by persons over 18 years old. Control of Water Disputed. "Whereas, Congress has declared 'the wate rof all lakes, rivers and other sources of water supply on the public lands and not navigable shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the public for irrigation, mining and manufacturing purposes." we insist the Federal Government has no lawful authority to exercise control over the water of a state through own ership of public lands. "We maintain the waters of a state belong to the people of the. state and that the states should be left free to develop waterpower possibilities and should receive fuly the revenues and other benefits derived from such em ployment. ' "We reiterate our expression con tained in article 10 of the 1913 resolu tions referring to the reopening of mineral land and in addition owuld urge that the revenues derived from the sale of such lands should be used for the reclamation of the arid, lands of the West. "We believe grazing lands should be disposed of through an enlarged homestead act giving the settler suf ficient ground to enable him on a live stock basis to support family.. Summer Home Law Proposed. "We favor the passage of a Summer homestead or pre-emption law permit ting land not valuable for timber, min erals or agriculture, but suitable for Summer homes, to be acquired In not to exceed 40-aacre tracts for Summer homes. The entryman should not be required to be a resident of the state in which the land is situated and suit able improvements to the value of $200 and three years' Summer residence should be necessary to secure patent. "We reiterate that 5 per cent of the public lands in the several states should be granted to the said states to aid In the construction of permanent roads. "We believe one of the greatest blessings the officials at Washington could bestow upon the West would be the elimination of all re dtape and the taking of prompt action upon all mat ters pending before the departments and in which Western states are inter ested, and we are pleased to note that efforts are already being made in tnat direction. Land Donation Suggested. "We recommend that 10 per cent of all vacant and unappropriated lands in each of the arid states be donated to such states and each of them as shall so request, said lands to be sold by such states as other state land are di poed of and the proceeds of such sales to form a reserve fund to be used under the direction of the state for Irrigation reclamation purposes. "Wo urgently recommend that the United States reclamation projects now under process of construction be com pleted ata the earliest practicable mo ment and turned over to the settlers thereunder as soon as can be. "We urgently recommend that the united States Reclamation Service im mediately investigate any and all Carey land, irrigation district or like projects commenced or under construe tion in the arid states and render such projects all hnancial and other assist ance possible, to the end that they may be Immediately completed and the set tiers tnereunder protected and assist ed and the persons holding bonds is ; sued against said projects be compen- 4 . 'WW i APOLOGY IS-GIVEN IS LACKING I V II - I- . t - m ?V 2 4y s WW Phe91ey& o i Corner Fourth and Alder Sts. Huerta's Action Sufficienti but Admiral May Act. PRECEDENT Authority Can Recall Only Instance When Briton Forced Confeder ate Battery to F"lre Sa lute, Kef used Reply. (Continued From First Page.) construed as recognition f ederacy. Other Mexican reports were meager. There was nothing definite concerning the renewal of hostilities around Tor reon. Secretary Bryan said he felt the situation regarding the safety of for eign oil properties at Tamplco had im proved in consequence of thrice-repeated demands to the contestants there. New representations from the Span ish Foreign Office through Ambassa dor Willard at Madrid, asking assist ance for the exiled Spaniards at Kl Paso, set forth the comment that everything possible was being done to secure the return of the exiles, the protection of their property in Torreon and the prevention of like action in case of subsequent Constitutional suc cesses elsewhere. OLD QUARRIES TO REOPEN Portland Firm Buys 20 lucres Near Pioneer, Lincoln County. NEWPORT, Or., April 11. (Special.) -After a lapse of 16 years, the sand- itone quarries of Pioneer, Lincoln County, which furnished stone for the Call building and postofflce' at San Francisco. besides numerous other buildings, will resume operations. The McCann Out Stone Company, of Portland, has bought 20 acres near Pioneer from James Bell, of that place, and will begin operations at once. Lin coln County has given ' the Portland firm a place to erect buildings and to load its product on trains on condition that the firm expends $5000 within IS months. F. J. McCann said that $25,000 would be Invested. TOP HIERTA'S VOLl'NTEERS ASSEMBUVG IV STRKETS. Ml DDI. WEARY A.ND UUIN0EU REBELS AT LERDO, BELOW GENERAL VELA SCO. WILSON STICKS TO GOLF EVEX KEW8 FROM MEXICO KAILS TO EVOKE COMMENT. satd as far as practicable." MARKETINGJTO BE TOPIC Chicago Conference Will Discuss Co operation by Farmers. DRUGGIST APPEALS; FREED Lewis Johnson Acquitted After Con viction and $300 Fine. SALEM, Or., April 11. (Special.) Lewis Johnson, a druggist of Silverton, was acquitted today in the Circuit Court of selling liquor in violation of the local option law. He was found guilty of the charge in the Silverton Police Court and a fine of $500 was imposed. Mr. Johnson Insisted he was innocent and appealed to the Circuit Court. President Says He Went to Spring to Rest. So He Shnna All Society Except Mrs. Wllaoa'a. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va.. April 11. Though press dispatches and official messages describing incidents at Tamplco in connection with the arrest of American marines were before Presi dent Wilson tonight, he showed no In terest in the situation and divulged no Information whatsoever. After playing 25. holes of golf in the morning and taking another buckboard ride In the afternoon, the President se cluded himself in his suite of rooms with, his family and no one' saw him. At first the President showed a disinclina tion even to receive any Information about the Mexican situation, sending wotd that he came here to rest and did not intend to discuss any official busi ness. Later press dispatches were shown him saying Admiral Mayo's re port of the Incidents at Tamplco had been forwarded here to determine whether the United States were satis fied with Huerta's apology, and Inform ing him that a salute to the flag had been demanded. The President re ceived the news without comment. While the President remained aloof from everybody, spending his time with Mrs. Wilson, who Is rapidly improving, Secretary McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Wilson, future White House bride and bridegroom, played several sets of ten nis with Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bowes. Sayre, who were married at the White House last November. A large gallery watched them play. (MUST PLANS MAY BE CURTAILED Tentative Amendment to Inter state Trade Commission . Bill Is Prepared. asserted by Administration leaders he iias looked upon It with favor. ORENCO HOST TO TEACHERS Washington County Association Holds Monthly Meeting. ORENCO. Or.. April 11. (Special.) Th regular monthly meeting of the Washington County Teachers' Associa tion was held in Orenco Saturday morning. Professor R. L. Wann, prin cipal of the Orenco schools and presi dent of the association, presided. Talks on primary work were given by Miss Ruby Shearer, of the Portland schools. Professor C. K. Grover. of Dilley. gave a short talk on the "Use of the LMctlonary." Professor Wann discussed "Bwt Melhofls of Teaching Writing." BROAD SCALE ABANDONED style displayed by their respective var sities. In the case of .Washington, this was particularly pronounced, the north ern babies duplicating, with less power and finish, the long, rhythmic sweep of their first-crew men, the stroke, as a follower of the sport said, that "seemed to justify victory because It stayed longer in the water and less in the air." COURT REFUSES CHANCE (Continued From First Page.) CHICAGO, April 11. Co-operation by farmers is the keynote of the meeting to De neia nere tour days of next week Dy the Second National Confer ence on Marketing and Farm Credits and the estern Economic Society. Organization by farmers to sell their products to the best advantage and co-operation on the part of farmers and dairymen form the major part of the subjects that will be dealt with In addresses by speakers of National prominence, whose conclusions will be debated atterward. The opinions of the American farmer on the projects of Congress to furnish him with rural credit schemes are ex pected to form an important part of the debates. they are going to die. it was said about the prison. When they went back to their cells after being bathed and realized the significance of the new prison clothes and a new mattress, a formality which always precedes the execution, they showed for the first time what a small residue of nervous strength holds them from breaking down. They met Father Cashln. however, with their customary show of spirit. "Lefty Louie" Write Letters. The following letter from "Lefty Louie" to the press was given out by Warden Clancy last night: "Gentlemen of the Press: The edl torial in today's paper speaks cf 'swag gerlns desire for a game end'; it also speaks of 'sudden piety' and old 'bra vado. As our keepers may prove. there Is no talk of 'game end': there Is no 'old bravado' here. "There Is piety, sudden as your edi torial says, but It is here, thank God and our spiritual advisers. Gentlemen of the press. Thou shalt not bear false witness. "LOUIS ROSENBERG." President Said to Look With Favor on Solution That Would Provide for Report to Xext Congress on Itemed ics Xeeded. WASHINGTON. April 11. Anti-trust legislation supplementary to the Sher man act will not be undertaken at this session of Congress on the broad scale originally outlined by the Admlnlstra- . tion. This became known here tonight. Democratic Senate and House leaders agreeing that a practical solution of the vexatious problem to cope with evils of big business through legisla tion had been suggested. The plan, it was asserted, is to pass one bill which would create an inter state trade commission with broad pow ers to investigate affairs of corpora- Ions and witn specific authorization to inquire into the relation to com- lerce of Interlocking directorates, hold ing companies, stock watering, the Issu ance of railroad securities and price lscrlmlnatlons which tend to destroy competition. The commission would recommend to the next Congress what further trust regulative legislation It deemed advisable for the welfare of the country. After many conferences of Democrat ic and Republican Senators, who In turn have conferred with members ot the House interstate and judiciary com mittees, a tentative amendment to the Senate bill to create an interstate trade commission has been drawn, designed to ake the place of proposed bills to pro hibit or regulate Interlocking dlrecto- ates. holding companies. stocK water rr: to provide for Government regula tion of the issuance of railroad securi ties and to solve the problem ot deatruc tive Drlce discrimination. It would pro vide that all these problems be referred the proposed Interstate trade com mission, directing an exhausltve study ot the subject for the imorraauon oi Congress. President Wilson. It became Known tonlaht. has had this solution or me nmhlpm presented to him and It Is Trust Laws to Be Knforoed. SALEM, Or., April 11. (Special.) State Bank Superintendent Sargent to day notified 75 corporations that they would either have to quit business or comply before June 4 with the law re lating to trust companies, which was passed at the last session of the Legis lature. He suggested to the companies having the word "trust" In their names and not doing a trust business that they file supplemental articles of in corporation changing their naraea. WASHINGTON U IS WINNER (Continued From First Page.) Smallpox Closes School. GRASS VALLEY, Cal., April 11. Owing to the . prevalence of smallpox. all the public schools here have been ordered closed by the Board of Health. A campaign of compulsory vaccination was begun today, when virus was ad ministered to school children. Oregon City to Have Cleanup. OREGON CITT, Or.. April 11. (Spe cial.) By proclamation today Mayor Jones set April IS as cleanup day for Oregon City. Everybody will take a hand in the work, and after next Sat urday the entire city will be divided into districts, inspection will be made and reports of the unclean places made known through the city health office. Action will be taken to keep the clean up move alive all Summer. being borne by Merritt, her stroke; Lee. Falk and Captain Shaw. These, with every chance against them, ral lied their mates near the last quarter mile and gave an exhibition of game nets that for a short time promised Stanford a determined fight for sec ond place. Their rally, however, was ot short duration. -WasklnartoB Crew Goee East. Washington's victory has left no doubt as to the northerners' supremacy. The race rowed by the purple and gold oarsmen today means that they will represent the Pacific Coast In the In tercollegiate regatta to be held In June at Poughkeepsle. where they won third place last year. The freshmen curtain-raiser, aside from the fact that Stanford prevented the visitors from making a clean sweep, was notable chiefly for the manner in which the first-year men faithfully re flected, if in an Imperfect degree, the GLiVXN HAS NOTHING TO SAY Governor Keeps Informed of Progress of Final Hearing. ALBANY, N. Y April 11. Governor Glynn declined to make any statement concerning his future course in the gunmen's case or to comment in any way on Justice Goffs decision. Earlier In the day the Governor had forecast his attitude by saying that he believed the case should rest entirely In the hands of the court The Governor displayed the keenest Interest in the progress of the proceed lngs today. He kept In touch with the different steps, through local and New York sources, digesting every new phase of the testimony as it was pre sented. Asked if he would have, anything to say about the decision when the full text was received by him the Governor said he probably would not. This was taken to Indicate the last hope for the gunmen had passed and they must die on Monday. Final Cigarette Hastens Suicide. SHREVEPORT, La.. April 11. Afte locking himself in a room, stopping all crevices and turning on the ga Charles Bills succumbed to a desire for a final cigarette and struck match. The house was partly wrecked by the ensuing explosion. Bills w Diown tnrougn a window and is ex pected to die. The Great Ameri BALL- BEAHIMO LAWN MOWER ITCHY SALT RHEUM Sometimes Called Eczema Removed 17 Hood's Sarsaparilla. Salt rheum is one of the worst and unfortunately one of the most com mon of all diseases. How it reddens the skin. itches. oozes. dries and scales, and then does this all over narain! Sometimes it covers the whole body with inflamea, ourning paicnes nil causes Intense suffering. Salt rheum comes from humors in h blood. This is why local appil cations do so little good. 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