THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 30, 1914. E WAR TAX TO COVER PARTY BLUNDERS Diminishing Revenues Not Due Wholly to Unexpected Con ditions in Europe. CAMPAIGN GROWS LIVELY Western I .inner- l-'all to Grasp Lightning Change of Mind in Washington Tariff Law Has Effect on Industry. CHICAGO. Aug. 30. Western voters read, with grim smiles, announcement from Washington that the Adminis tration was extremely anxious to push through a war tax measuie i replenish the rapidly awinanuK plus In the Treasury, but feared t taif. 1 1 ii nntn nftpr the Con gressional elections, because of its political effect. Voters of the West are fully cog . . i . M . i. r . . v. t th. HlmftiiRh ...... (J . IIIC .i ,..-.. . . ing revenues of the United States are not wholly due to tne European mm, although this has been seized upon avidly by the Democrats and will be used as a rack upon which to hang all their blunders. The diminishing rev enues began with the tariff bill and were augmented by similar legislation and Europe might fight until dooms day without concealing this fact. Illinois Campaign Lively. The Congressional campaign in Illi nois Is becoming lively. William Mc Kinlev. Republican, who is a candi date for his former seat. Is stirring up the voters in his district. He has al ready spoken in 70 towns and has met with enthusiastic audiences. His dis trict includes a number of big rail road and Industrial points, where hun dreds of men are out of employment, not because of the European war. but because of the Democratic tariff. They were out of employment before the war broke out, and In a position to understand thoroughly that the crowned heads In Washington and not In Europe are responsible for their condition. "Uncle Joe" Cannon is moving quietly through his district, gaining strength every day and William A. Rodenberg,- in the Southern Illinois district, is building up a winning en tourage. Quick Change Daaes Farmers. Illinois farmers are protesting the Democratic proposition to spend 2o. 000 000 for ships, af tei the Democrats raised such a howl against the re peal of the Panama Canal tolls, bas ing their objections on the ground that It really amounted to a ship sub sidy Western farmers do not exact y graip the quick change of mind in Washington, except that an, opportu nity offers to spend more millions, create 'jobs for a lot of political chair warmers and evolve new methods or taxation. , The argument that high prices for wheat will cause the to,Jr,'f get the baneful effects of the tariff will not hold water. Most of the farmers sold their wheat when the prices began to slump under the ef fects of the tariff, as they desired to get something for their crops before the bottom fell out. Then the war caused an advance In prices, but this does not tend to soothe the feelings of the man who must deliver his wheat at the price obtaining two months ago. Tariff Blll'a Effect Bad. The problem of the unemployed is be coming serious In the cities of the Miu d? West. Due to the tariff, which crippled many manufacturing plan s and closed some and caused the rail roads to reduce their forces, and the additional blow delivered by the Euro pean war. the army of idle men Browing to large proportions and will be a decided menace before the Winter is over It has been estimated that 50 000 persons in various lines have been laid off weekly In Chicago for the last month and in smaller cities pro portionately. The situation Is such in Illinois that the Governor has been importuned to summon the Legislature in special ses sion and authorize Immediate work Upon the proposed waterway from Chi cago to New Orleans. An appropria tion has been voted for this work and it can be started at any time by vote of the Legislature. Women Command Attention. Account must be taken of the rising tide of women's votes In .Western states In forthcoming campaigns. The influence of women is being felt in Illinois, particularly in the war against saloons, which are .being wiped out at every opportunity. In Chicago they have forced Mayor Harrison to close two notorious dives that have defied law and order for many years. They dominate school affairs and are causing great apprehension among the grafters and four-flushers, who are in danger of being pried loose from the public crib by the none too gentle hand of the woman voter. The suffragettes expect to win three additional Northwest states this Fall. They are reasonably sure of victory In Montana and the Dakotas, and have a fighting chance in Nebraska., Years ago when suffrage was first put to the test of a vote In South Dakota it was defeated by the heavy Russian vote in the eastern part of the state. Since that time big colonies of Swedes and Norwegians have settled in the Black Hills district and they have swung public sentiment around so that suf frage now has a good chance to win. had been received here. Mr. Dennlson and Detective Haas were released under 11000 bonds. They will be held await ing action by the grand Jury Septem ber 8. Jackson's second arrest, it seems, is merely to hold him as a witness against Mr. Dennlson and Detective Haas. He furnished 2500 bonds and was released. SOO.OOO FRAUD IS ALLEGED New York Detective Visits Governor, Who Orders Jackson Retaken. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) ' Governor West today instructed the Sheriff of Josephine County to arrest Oslln M. Jackson, who Is alleged to have been Implicated in real estate frauds in New York, and hold him un til a requisition could be honored. Jackson was recently under arrest In Grants Pass, but was released by order of the Governor, who said the arrest was illegal. Lieutenant Flood, of District Attor- SMALL ITEM BRINGS FLOOD OF REPLIES. ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) As an indication of the way The Oregonian's news items are read the experience of the St. Helens School Board may be cited. The small item in The Ore gonlan yesterday mentioned two vacancies in the St. Helens schools. More than a dozen teachers from as many parts of Oregon have come into the city and personally stormed the of fices of the Board. The chair man's telephone all day was a series of long-distance calls. Nearly 30 letters of applications from different parts of the state have arrived and each mail brings more. Several telegrams have been received and The Ore gonian reporter is no longer a friend of the School Clerk, who must make reply to all. NO WORK NO FOOD GUTS DINNER LIST Charity Worker Says Many of So - Called Unemployed Imposed on Charity. 'KELLY'S ARMY' DESCRIBED JACKSON TAKEN AGAIN GOVERNOR NOW ORDERS NEW YORKER HELD AS WITNESS. Tto Who Arrested Fugitive Await Ac tion by Grand Jury September 8. All Three Out on Bonds. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Aug. 29. Oslln M. Jackson, alleged New York swin dler, who was released by order of Gov ernor West last Thursday, was re arrested today and released under bonds, the Governor reversing his for mer action after conferring with a de tective from New York, who had been sent to return Jackson East for trial. Henry C. Allen, the fourth man to accuse Jackson of swindling in New York, arrived here from the great me tropolis today. Mr. Allen declares Jackson defrauded him out of 190,000. E. A. Dennison and Detective Haas, whom Governor West ordered arrested on charges of attempting to extort money, following their identification and arrest of Jackson, arrived in town last night In charge of Deputy Sheriff Cheshire, who caught them at Yrek Cal. They sped from Grants Pass In an automobile Thursday shortly before the Governor's order to arrest them ney Whitman's force in New York City, arrived here today to take Jackson to that city. He said the requisition had been mailed and probably would arrive early next week. Lieutenant Flood says Jackson's transactions amounted to more than 1200,000 and as a result spvral nersons. who suffered finan cially, committed suicide. Charles T. Haas and rjrnest uenni- ...U n arraaoA 1 1 ( r c r. Tl in fifailtS UU, an voiv. T . .. n.HQrorl nlarpH In lail DV Governor West when their prisoner was released. Aitnougn tney saia mcj . - xt- -vnrir tf.t.r.tivR. Lieutenant Flood said he does not know them. THREATS CAUSE ARREST MYRTLE CREEK RANCHER DEFIES OFFICERS BUT LOSES. District Attorney Brown Loses No Time in Swearing Out Warrant for L. O. Starbuck. ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) Because he threatened to kill Circuit Judge J. W. Hamilton, of Rose burg, and a neighbor by the name of Halladay, L. O. Starbuck. a Myrtle Creek rancher, was brought here late today and lodged in the County Jail. When District Attorney Brown learned of the threats made by Star hnrk he caused a warrant of arrest to be issued and Deputy Sheriff Sam Knight, of Myrtle Creek, was sent to brine the man to town. Knight had hardly finished reading the warrant. when StarDucK wmppea oui a gun aim said he would kill any person who attempted to take him off the ranch. No amount of persuasion would pacify Starbuck, and the officer finally was compelled to leave the ranch without his prisoner. Later in the day Star buck's attorney visited the ranch and enticed Starbuck to accompany him to Myrtle Creek. There he was disarmed and brought to Roseburg. Mrs. Starbuck yesterday secured a divorce from her husband in Judge Hamilton's court. It was on account of the outcome of the divorce suit that Starbuck Is alleged to have uttered threats against Judge Hamilton. It also is said that Starbuck threatened to kill his two sons, who testified in behalf of their mother. Starbuck owns considerable property and is well known here. INJURY N0WJ.AID TO FALL Oregon City Officials Theorize That Bernier Was Not Attacked. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) Further investigation by Sheriff Mass and Acting District Attorney Hicks today into the Bernier case have almost convinced the officials that his injuries were not caused by an attack. It was learned yesterday that two men were heard quarreling near the Ber nier home, but the men were walking south on Main street, or away from the trestle. Bernier did not work at the mill Tuesday, but worked around his house. The investigators theorize that he drank considerable whisky, went out to walk off the effect of too many drinks, proceeded down the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company tracks for 400 yards below his home and fell into the culvert. It was reported this afternoon that Mr. Bernier is much better. EUGENE PASTOR LEAVES t Rev. J. S. MeCallum Gives List of Sermons Preached In 12 Years. EUGENE. Or., Aug. 29. Rev. J. S. MeCallum. for 12 years pastor of the First Christian Church In Eugene, preaches his last sermon as pastor to morrow. He states that while in Eu gene he has preached more than 1200 sermons, not counting 221 funerals wjiich he conducted. During this time he has, baptized 909 and received into fellowship 1316 persons, making a total of 2203 admis sions. And of this number he says he has lost but 61 by death, which is less than five a year. One year there were but two deaths. The number of marriages outnumber funerals two to one. He has united 308 in matrimony. CHEMICAL CAST AT STAR Angry Actor at Marshfield Wreak6 Revenge at Rehearsal. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe cial.) Harry Walters, an actor, threw an odorous chemical on Mrs. Harold Barglefs clothing last night at a dress rehearsal in a theater here and disap peared suddenly. Walters is said by those in the com pany to have been angry because he was not invited to take part in the play. Demand for mosquito netting and cano pies has fallen to some extent within the last few years throughout the Island of Cuba owing to the fact that the people in gen eral are gradually coming to realize the ne cessity of preventing the breeding of moi- California Labor Commissioner Es timates Number of "Agitators" Among Unemployed at One Per Oent of Total. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29. Testi mony given before -the Federal Indus trial Relations Commission today was to the effect that a large per cent of the state's unemployed really are not desirous of labor and that the strength of the Industrial Workers of the World among California workmen has been greatly over-estimated. Fifty per cent of the men who ap plied to the local Associated Charities for aid last Winter did not want work, Harry R Bogart, the secretary, said. "It was men of this type that formed Kelly's army of unemployed," he testi fied. "The 'no work, no food' plan which we put into effect cut our num ber of diners in half in a single day." Crowds Out to "See Fun." State Labor Commissioner McLaugh lin said he estimated the number of agitators among the unemployed at 1 per cent The majority of the crowds In the streets were "out to see the fun," in 4iis opinion. He added, however, that he thought the I. W. W. were do ing a good work in awakening em ployers to the fact that it was to their distinct advantage to deal with the American Federation of Labor that their rights may be protected. "I think there are more L W. W.'s among students and professors than there are among workers, Paul Schar renberg, secretary and treasurer of the State Federation of Labor, declared. "Give a rabid I. W. W. work and he becomes a conservative." It developed that many union labor leaders did not indorse the plan fol lowed to some extent last year of giving the San Francisco unemployed work at 20 cents an hour. Public work here is done by agreement at 3 a day. Stale Farms Suggested. Asked for a remedy for aiding the unemployed, Mr. Bogart said state farms would put 75 per cent of the men now physically unable to perform man ual labor on their feet. Mr. McLaughlin suggested Federal control of labor or the unemployed, pointing out that for one thing a National highway might be built. He" also indorsed the compul sory savings system now in force in Germans'. Mr. Scharrenberg proposed thorough organization of migratory la borers, home rule and the single tax system, a shorter working day, re stricted Immigration and public work during the Winter months. Jesse W. Lilienthal, president of the United Rail ways, also indorsed the compulsory savings system. A A. Bonheim suggested parceling out the 19,000,000-acre Federal reserve in this state into small farms, to be paid for on easy terms by workers. He said that three-fourths of the land could be farmed after the timber was removed. The hearing will behere throughout next week. ports, as well as here and in California, all efforts were centered on increasing the business and decreasing expenses. Captain T. D. E. Wilson was sent to Portland frcm San Francisco as super intendent and J. B. Vaughn as aduitor. Recently L. S. Williams arrived as traf fic manager and N. F. Titus, Portland manager, left for Alaskan cities to re adjust a number of matters. A letter from Mr. Titus, received yes terday, says that not only !s patronage gaining in regular channels, but large shipments of salmon have been pro cured that in the past have been divert ed to Puget Sound lines, and that after a personal investigation of the field and meeting shippers he is more opti mistic than ever. It was felt by the pioneers of the venture that if revenues were suffi cient to cover expenses the first season they would be satisfied. It is shown to them that the Alaskan trade can be procured permanently as long as ser vice and fair treatment is accorded buyers in the North, and, with steamers owned by the line, it is asserted that there will be handsome returns. Mr. Titus is returning on the steamer Stetson, which has a large cargo of salmon. The vessel will be in port to morrow after having discharged some of its cargo at Seattle. ' NNESES GO ON SOUTH ADDITIONAL .EVIDENCE NOT OB TAINED, SAY POLICE. TAX PENALTY RULE OUT JUDGE CAMPBELL SAYS LEGISLA TURE SO DECREES. Clatsop County Case- Injunction Dis solved Through Decision of Cir cuit Court Jurist. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Property owners must pay penalties on the second half of taxes on which the first half was paid prior to April 1. That was the decision rendered this afternoon by Judge J'. U. Campbell, of the Circuit Court. The ruling was in the case of A. G. Spexarth against Clatsop County and W. A. Sherman, County Treasurer, restraining the de fendants from collecting penalties on the second half of taxes paid at any time between April 1, and September 1. In handing down his decision the court said In part: "The only inhibition on the Legisla ture regarding revenue laws is the con stitutional provision that all taxes shall be uniform. The state, in its sovereign capacity, through Its Legislature, has a right to say how, when and where and why taxes shall be paid; what rate of interest taxes shall bear, after they become due. how and why taxes shall become delinquent and the mode of forcing the collection of taxes by levying on the property. The Legis lature clearly has decreed by Its en actments that second halves of taxes, where the first halves were paid be fore April 1. shall bear Interest at the rate of 1 per cent a month for a period of not less than 30 days. That law still stands. If the taxpayers should be relieved from that penalty the relief should come from the Leg islature and not from the courts. The courts are not legislative bodies. The injunction in this case is dissolved." Notice of appeal was given im mediately by the plaintiff, who was allowed ten days in which to perfect the appeal and pay the amount in dispute Into court. alasIuTsteaSs pay REVENUES OF ftUINAULT EXCEED - EXPENSES, IS ANNOUNCEMENT. Trade Is Obtained Without Difficulty and Salmon Usually Sent to Puget Sound Lines Is Procured. Portland's Alaska steamship line is paying. Such is Information made pub lic yesterday by the Dodge interests, and the case of the steamer Quiault is cited, which sailed last week for the north. Revenues were not only In ex cess of operating expenses, but suffi cient to take care of the charter hire and pay the Alaska insurance, which is about 8 per cent above that charged on the Coast. The line was originally inaugurated by Portland interests and capital, and about the middle of the season arrange ments were made for the Dodge Steam ship Company to take over the respon sibility, with Manager F. D. Parr in charge. Then began a reorganization, and with the Dodge line having agen cies on Fuget Sound and at Alaska Delay in Proceeding to Texas Caused by Belief That Sacramento Had "Death Letter" Clew. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 29. (Special.) After a two days' halt in the journey to San Antonio, where he undoubtedly will have to stand trial for the alleged murder of Mrs. Elois Den nis and Miss Beatrice Nelms, Victor E. Innes, his wife and two children In custody of Deputy Sheriff Newton and accompanied by Marshall Nelms, left for the South, this afternoon. "I am being persecuted by Marshall Nelms," said Innes, when he was taken from, the city prison to the Ferry Sta tion. "I have ample evidence, which I will produce when I get to San An tonio, to prove my innocence." Delay In resuming the trip to the South, which was decided upon sud denly Friday, when it was intimated that new and incriminating evidence against Innes had been unearthed by Burns detectives, failed to bear fruit, say the police. These investigations, it appears, concerned the mailing of the "death-threat" letter received by Mrs. J. W. Nelms, presumably written by Mrs. Dennis. One of the Burns men working on the case made a special trip to Sac ramento, but upon his return would make no assertion. It is known that Innes was in Sac ramento the day the "death letter" was mailed in this city. They're Here for You y,-r We have assembled here together this sea son the greatest line of ready-to-wear clothes on the market. They are nothing more than Hart Schaffner & Marx Fall Styles These clothes hold the distinction of all that is considered in good tailoring, perfect fit, better fabrics, finer workmanship. To ap preciate the value of better merchandise it will stand you in hand to see what we have in store for you. This stock represents all the neAV weaves and fabrics from the world's foremost foreign and domestic mills. Clothes for Men and Young Men Suits and Overcoats, $18 to $40 L Copyright nrt Schaff Dr & Marx Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Shop for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Ncn Fall HaU for Your Inspection $3 lo $10 GOVERNOR GIVES WARNING State Must Act Soon or $450,000 Reclamation Fund Is lost. SALEM, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Governor West said today that unless action was taken at once the state would lose $450,000 allotted by the In terior Department for reclamation work. He said Secretary Lane, in mak ing the allotments for 1914, set aside $572,000 for the Umatilla project. $175, 000 fol the Klamath- project and $450, 000 for co-operative work with the state for the completion of certain Carey act projects in the Deschutes Valley. "Unless the moneys thus allotted are used or tied up," continued the Gov ernor, "before the first of the year, they will pass from the control of the Secretary of the Interior into the hands of Congress, and might be allotted to another state. The money allotted for the Umatilla and Klamath projects, of course, is being expended, but the $450, 000 for the Deschutes development is not yet tied up in such a manner as to insure its expenditure in this state." PIONEER DEADAT ALBANY G. A. Mickel, Resident of Oregon for 45 Years, Succumbs. ALBANY. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) After an illness of ten days, G. A. Mickel, a resident of Oregon for 45 years, died at his home here today at the age of 56 years. Mr. Mickel was a native of Minnesota and came to Ore gon in 1S69, settling at Gervais, where he resided continuously for 40 years. Five years ago he moved to Blodgett, Benton County, and for the past two years ho lived in Albany. He was a member of the local council of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Mickel is survived by six chil dren, who are A. A. Mickel, Southern Pacific agent at Albany; E. J. Mickel. of Portland; Mrs. Myrtle Bodley, of Roseburg; Mrs. Gertrude Looney, of Madras, and Mrs. May Bates and Clar ence E. Mickel, of this city. MARSHFIELD ELKS READY Roseburg Lodge Team to Be Met on Ball Diamond Today. ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) hv an nrchftstra-Dlaver mounted on an automobile truck, 60 members of the Marsniieid loage oi ti 1.- i - in RnsAhnr? Ifltp tnriftv to enjoy the hospitality of local lodge men. Tonight tne visitors were en- ' a Koll Trtmnrrnw thev will meet the Roseburg Elks in a baseball game on the local diamona. ins vis ;.;,wT ipivo mrp mAt crime distance from ntug ....... ..v-. ...w. Roseburg by a committee of local lodge men, wnere tney were ncn-ieu . . c 'vfl.hm.-tit anH srnrtprt tn town under protection of the local lodge of Elks. Elaborate preparations nave ueou A- t inmnrmw's rami". Thft Marsll- field Elks made the trip to Roseburg in automobiles ana' encounierea cunsiu erable trouble along the road. PAMPHLETS ARE MAILED Secretary of State Sends Out 23 0, 000 Election Booklets. SALEM, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Secretary of State Olcott announced today that he had completed the mail ing of more than 230,000 election pamphlets. He is required by law to mail one to every registered voter not later than the 55th day before the election. Pamphlets have been for warded to all persons who have quali fied by registering for voting at the coming election. Pamphlets will be forwarded to those who register as their names are retiorted to the Secretary of State by County Clerks up to the close of the books of registration, October 15. The postage for the pamphlets to taled $4614.98. WANTS C0RDWO0D. I have a beautiful, nearly new, $600 walnut player piano, with 72 music rolls, which I will trade for cordwood, f. o. b. cars. Address H 1547, Orego nian. Adv. SUFFRAGISTS PUT ii ni mi ipt uLfMUD! n Nine Senators, Nine Repre sentatives in Congress, Set Down as Obstacle. LIST OF NAMES IS GIVEN Lodge of Massachusetts Especially Referred to Women of His State for Action Author of Mann Act Also Attacked. CHICAGO. Aug. 29. Nine United States Senators and nine Representa tives whose opposition to woman suf frage is so powerful as to constitute the "greatest" obstacle to 1' ederal leg. islation that the women have to face" are named in the statement issued to day here by the National Woman Suf frage Association. The statement, which was written by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw president, and Mrs. Medill McCormick, chairman of the Congressional committee, appeals to all suffrage associations to concentrate their influence to defeat these men for re-election. Foes In Congress mncd. The nine Senators whose defeat the women urge are; Brandegee of Con necticut, Clarke of Arkansas, Dilling ham of Alabama, Fletcher of Florida, Gore of Oklahoma, Root of New York, Shively of Indiana, Smith of Maryland and Lodge of Massachusetts. The members of the House named are; Underwood of Alabama, Mann of Illinois. Fitzgerald of New York, Page of North Carolina, Calloway of Texas. Garner of Texas, Garrett of Tennes see, Hay of Virginia and Sisson of Mis sissippi. "This is believed to be the first time In the history of the woman suffrage movement that women have resorted to a black list of those opposed lo them." reads the announcement. "The Congressional committee has spent a year in lobbying for the passage of National legislation wh h would bring woman suffrage throughout the United States. We have polled both houses of Congress repeatedly and we know how every member stands. We have gone further than that In the lower house, where It was possible to obtain, in addition, actual records of members on humanitarian measures In which women of the country are Interested. Data to ne Supplied. "All of this data will be placed at the disposal of women in the various states, who are at liberty to use it as they see fit. The women of every Congressional district will be supplied with the record of how their Con gressman voted on the question of an open caucus, on the various bills and establishing and strengthening the children's bureau and on the bill to wipe out 'phossyjaw' from the manu facture of matches. "In the meantime we feel it is in cumbent on us to name the nine mem bers of the Senate and the nine mem bers of the lower House whose oppo sition to woman suffrage is so power ful, persistent and adroit as to consti tute the greatest obstacle to Federal legislation which women have to face. "We regard the nine Senators named as the bulwark of the opposition. All of them retire in 1915 except Senator Lodge, whose term expires in 1917. The iiita. la an determined in his opposi- ; .1 . 1. ., . r- r ... i un.t hie I'HNH to , llOll L 1 1 1 L " I the women of Massachusetts, who have two years In whlcn to organize iiitw him. "In the lower house we have had to contend not only with the powerful resistance of Representative Under wood and his lieutenant, Fitzgerald, of New York, but we have had to con tend with the adroit opposition of the minority leader, James R Mann, of Illinois. The latter, in his appeal to the women voters of the Second Dis trict, has made it plain he Intends to capitalize his reputation as author of the 'white slave act.' We believe the women'will be much more Interested In a bulletin we shall issue soon dealing candidly with Mr. Mann's record on this and other special legislation." Besides the signatures of Dr. Shaw and Mrs. McCormick. the statement is signed by Mrs. Antoinnette Funk and M. D)...mqn T Rnnth. nf Chicago: Mrs. Helen Gardener, of Washington: Mrs. Alary C oraaioro, ol ubiivoi , ..no. Desha Breckenridge, of Lexington. Ky.; Mrs. John Tucker, of San Francisco, and Mrs. Edward Drier, of Brooklyn. LAND FRAUD IS ALLEGED Ml IT TO ni l l 1.11 .-.O.OIMI ( HV. FOR T in: i i m.i:i. Attorney A vera Large Traca lu HarT nnil Malheur I iiunllm Were Ob Inlnril Tariuiuli Dunimlea. SALEM, Or.. Aug. ii (8pclal.) C. B. McConnell. a lawyer of Burns, con ferred today with Attorney-General Crawford In regard to Instituting suits for the recovery by the atate of larg tracts of grazing lsnd In Harney and Malheur counties, control of which Mr. McConnell charges was obtained by fraud. Suit is pending against th Pa cific Livestock Company for the recov ery of 27,000 acres of achool land. The company has entcr.'d suit to pravant the adjudication of water rlghta on the Stlvtes River, and It waa WfcM making an investigation of its allega tions that Mr. McConm-ll ay he found that about 50,000 other acre hud breu obtained through fraud. This land, he said, Is largely held by cattle companies. According to I ho lawyer, the land was obtained several years ago through the uae of diiniinlaa and other alleged aettlera, who worked in conjunction with the companies. Tho Pacific Llvestoik Company Is fighting the suit of the atatn on the grounds that It obtained the land In m legal way anil that action by tho atate should have been started earlier. Circuit Judge Harris recently. In the Hyde-Henson school land .case, which Is similar to the one sgninat the live stock company, decided that the atate would have to show a good excuse for its delay In bringing suit. The Attorney-General han appealed on th ground that laches do not tpply to th state. SUNDAY FILMS VOTE ISSUE Decision of Albany QileMlon Aknl in Inltlntlve IVtltton. ALBANY, Or.. Aug. . (Special.) An Initiative petition waa llled with the City Recorder here this afternoon requesting a popular vote on the quas tion of whether or not motion-picture houses shall run on Sunday In Albany. The question will be voted upon at the city election In December COME ON "LETS GO Pioneer Days Stampede At Vancouver, Wash., September 7 to 12 Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of Fort Ya .uver in connection with Columbia Eiver Inter-State Fair. Races, Livestock, Agricultural aud Horticultural Exhibits, School Contests for Boys and Grirls, Poultry, Dairying, Domestic Science and Eugenics De partment for which thousands of dollars in prises will be given. World's Championship Wild West Contests Every Day-September 7 to 12-Every Day There will be given the greatest Wild West Show ever attempted west of the Rockies for big purses, with the best artists in Wild West specialties from Chevenne Pendleton and Walla Walla and other places, presenting Prick Roping, Men's Relay Races, Steer Roping. Trick Riding. Ladies Mucking Horse Contests, Indian Relay Races, Steer Bulldogging, Indian SqUA Races, Wild Steer and Wild Horse Racing and many other thrilling and stu pendous open-aii- productions worth coming miles to see. One and one-thul fare round trip on all lines. COME ON-"LET'S GO 40 Cents Railway Fare Round Trip From Portland. JJ n