THE SUNDAY OBEGOXIA3T, TORTLAXp, JANUARY 16. 1916. 8 LAND GRANT CASE WAITS ON CABINET Delay in Formulating Opinions I . as Requested Holds Up ; ! Action of Congress. : HEARINGS WILL BE GIVEN ; &nircmc Court Time Limit Insures Early Consideration When Mat- Sliall Have Gone to legislative Committees. - tox CREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wjsti . Inffton. Jan. 15. Consideration or the Oregon A California land-grant prob lem in Congress has been held back because of the delay on the part of the .Attorney-General, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agricul ture in formulating their opiniona as to what Congress can and should do. Early In December each of these Cabi net officers was officially asked for his views, the request being made when the Chamberlain, Raker and Mc Cumber bills were referred for depart mental consideration. When the reports of these three Cabinet officers have been received, the public land committees of Senate and House- will be asked to consider th land-grant problem, and reasonably early consideration likely will be granted, now that the conservation bill are well under way. The House commit tee likely will first tackle the subject, as it has reported, the water power, the general leasing and the 640-acre home- stead bills, which comprise the entire conservation programme put forward by the Administration. The further fact that the Supreme Court limited the time in which Congress must act on the land-grant question will have tendency to insure early consideration lor the land-grant bills. Hearings to Be Given. "When this question is brought up In eommittee. hearings will be given the members of the Oregon delegation, and to other Senators and Representatives desiring to be heard, and it also I: probable that some Government off! cials will be invited to appear in sup port of the Administration programme. fa. A. D. Futer and Irvin Rittenhouse, who Jointly are conducting the Na tional information bureau in Washing ton. and who are anxious to secure legislation requiring the railroad com pany to accept all bona fide applica tions for lands, also hope to have I hearing, and to present to the commit tees extensive information which they have gathered. Mr. Puter and Mr. Rittenhouse are advocating the passage of a bill which will require the railroad company to sell to bona fide applicants at the rate of J 3. 50 per acre, giving preference right to those who first applied. They have compiled and published an illumi nating pamphlet which contains the names of all applicants for Oregon 4 California lands whose applica tions are noted in the various counties in which the grant lies. List la la Order. This compilation .Is arranged by tates and, as tar as possible, by cities and towns and shows a total of 15.616 applicants. There are. In the grant, only 14.375 quarter section tracts, of which many are practically valueless. The records of the "National Infor mation Bureau" are quite complete and show as many as four applications for some tracts or railroad land. They show also applications of record for land that is already in private owner ship, or which never was a part of the grant, and show, also, the value of each quarter section, where the land has been appraised by the counties. A large number of applications were filed in blanket form by attorneys or agents and the residences of those so applying is not given. Of those whose residence is known, the greatest num ber hail from Portland, 395 names of Portland applicants being listed. Next comes eian Francisco, with 370; then Seattle, Tacoma, Oakland and Los An geles. There are applications from 37 different states and from Alaska and Hawaii. sure were done during a mental lapse. Then he returned to the city, and short II y after his return he came to himself again. We don't know whether or not the mental lapse was due to the beat ing he received, but If -his story v true it might have been due to this. He says that he was tossed in a blanket and that once, when he came down, his head struck the edge of the platform. It is a very interesting and a very un usual case. That the paddle taken to the office of Harry Bulger at the Courthouse at the time of the mental examination is the same as that with which the boy was struck has not been established. Paddles Takea From Students. Roy C. Mel lor, of Vancouver. B. C, who had charge of the Initiation cere monies, and a sophomore in college. says that many of the students came from home armed with paddles, and that some of these he took away from the boys before the initiation began. r GIRL IN HAZING CASE fr"ontinued From First Pae. her care the instruments were stolen and pawned for $20. District Attorney Evans declares that the same story was told the secretary of a lodge of which the boy was a member and from which he is said to have obtained $20 to go to Seattle. He went to Seattle, and while there conducted himself so that he was forci ble ejected from the Washington Hotel, according to District Attorney Evans, and he immediately called up Portland attorneys saying he wanted to sue the hotel for $75,000 damages. While in Seattle he spoke in terms of wealth and said that he expected his father to send him money. When he returned to Portland he engaged a $10 room, leav ing a $20 hotel bill for his parents to pay. Yea (a Arrested la San Francisco. According to Harry Bulger, special agent of Multnomah County, his next disappearance from home led him to San Francisco. As he left he wrote the Spanish Consul for a letter, written in Spanish, averring that he sought to use it in South America, where he ex pected to get a position on a surveying crew. In this way his mother learned where he was about to go. say the county officials, and telegraphed a rel ative In San Francisco to hold him. There he was arrested by detectives, and. he told the county officials upon his return to Portland, was "thrown in jail with 15 murderers." After a time he was sent back to Portland on the steamship Great North ern, and his mother asked the County Court to send a man to Flavei to meet him and accompany him to Portland. Frank Thrasher was sent for the boy and brought him home. Before he left for New York last Fri day night he told neighbors that he was still planning to go to South America to accept the surveying posi tion, and that he was merely going by way of New York. Mother Swears lasaalty 'Coaaplalat. He was brought back from Flavei Sunday night, January I. and early Monday morning his mother, under the name of Minnie O. Berger. swore out a complaint charging him with Insanity. Hia case puzxled the physicians, and Dr. J. C. Calbreath and Dr. S. E. Joseph!, employed by the County Court, worked the greater part of two days upon it, finally pronouncing him sane. "It was very difficult to determine whether his statements were delusions or facts," stated Dr. Joseph!, discuss ing the case yesterday afternoon. "But we were satisfied many were delusions. The account of his case, as published in The Oregonian yesterday, was cor rect as far as we could learn. There was a haling, and following that event, according to the testimony, there was a mental lapse of several weeks. "He did certain things that 1 am quite fli if ; r l I ZLf-ff ' : ICJ I J Gx -j 1 1 f t ! 4 aaaaaawMflo i ill i m si minrrt tun-imrKrtasMMMwatii raddle. Which, It In Alleged. Was I'sed la Ilaming Ernest E. Rob erta. Showing Initials Carved on Kaca Side. and that these were not used. The paddle obtained might have been one of these, he rays. The paddle in the hands of Mr. Bulger is a heavy weapon, weighing several pounds, and is 26 inches long, three inches wide, except at the handle, and more than three-quarters of an inch thick. It is carved with the initials "B. F. S." and also "N. P. C." standing for the name of the college, and "Ph. G.," standing for the name of a de gree given in the college. "If the facts alleged are true, it is not unreasonable to suppose that the boy's condition could have been caused by a beating with such a club that," declared Mr. Bulger, who inves tigated the case, and speaking in the presence of Judge T. J. Cleeton. who also heard the case. The boy was probably in a nervous condition before the hazing. He says that every time he jumped the 'hurdle' he was hit, and that he was also hit before he jumped. WOQLtVIEN TO FIGHT HOMESTEAD BILL Delegates Subscribe Fund to Maintain Opposing Lob by in Washington. "LAND HOGS" ARE FEARED Judge Kmphaslxes . Barbarism. Judge Cleeton added; "I hope this will emphasize the bar barism of hazing, and it ought to he discontinued. This case shows the dan ger of such conduct, for it may lead to the infliction of Injuries upon the students without any intention of harm, The spirit may be right, but mob rule Is apt to enter. In the aggregate, the individual judgment is overpowered and the boys do not stop to think. 'If mental trouble existed before, as has been suggested, such treatment might aggravate it. And, by George, that's no padded club by any means. To hit a man in the back with that couldn't helD but injure his spine. 'Whether the hazing was responsible or not I hope this will end it. Dr. Miller, of the dental college, de clares that Roberts was in regular at tendance in college for a week or two weeks after the hazing. His record of absences in one class shows that he did not attend on November 8, 18, 19 or 25, and from this he infers that the boy attended on the intervening days. Initiation Declared Not Exciting. "The initiation was not one-tenth as exciting as it was the year before.' declared Mellor, head of the committee. discussing the comparatively "mild treatment given Roberts. "I was dis appointed, for there was nothing to it compared to events of previous years. In a further statement Mellor exon erated the faculty or college authori ties of any part in the affair: and that he spent the evening "running from one piaec to another watching for any thing that might he too rough. I cau tioned several of the boys and relieved three or four of them of their paddles. However, they were not. striking hard enough to injure any one physically. I also asked several of my classmates to assist in not letting any one get too rough. I am quite sure that no one missed- their classes the follow- ng day from the ordeal of the night before, and Mr. Roberts was in regular attendance lor at least two weeks after ward and there was nothing said or known of his injuries. Worst of Treatment Faraped. W. R. Hooper, a student, and frater nity brother of Roberts, said that he helped Roberts escape the worst of the treatment, and says: I am positive that Roberts could not have been hurt even though he had taken the full dose. He told me the next day that he had enjoyed the ceremonies." Lawrence R. Wilson, another student. says: He was placed over the table and paddled a few times with a flat paddle and was positively not injured. From this point I shielded him all the way down the line and he did not receive any mistreatment by running the gauntlet of fellows on either side of him, armed with light paddles." Mrs. Berger. the boys mother, re fused to discuss the incident further last night: RAILROAD BRIDGE SOUGHT Millmen Want Spur Line From Cushman to Florence. FLORENCE. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) H. P. Dutton, superintendent of the Tidewater Mill Company, was in Florence this week to consult with local business men In the matter of requesting the County Court to adopt plan for the proposed bridge across he North Fork if the Siuslaw, which will permit the railroad to use the bridge jointly with teams. The matter of building a spur from Cushman to Florence has been taken up by the Tidewater Mill Company and Porter Bros., and it is probable that construction will begin, in the near future. The wagon bridge across North Fork, which the County Court proposes to build, will form a con necting link in the Eugene-to-the- beacb. road. Non-Partisan Revision of Tariff Advocated in Resolutions Broad Policy of Development of Water Power Demanded. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Jan. 15. Delegates to the National 'Wool Grow ers' Association Convention raised a fund of more than $6000 in cash on the floor of the convention in 20 minutes today to maintain a lobby at Washing ton against the 640-acre homestead bill, now under debate in Congress. Sub scriptions to the fund were still being made after the convention aajournea tonight. The action followed an address by Dwight B. Heard, of Phoenix, Ariz.. president of the American National Livestock Association, who spoke to nvite the woolmen to have representa? tives at the meeting of his organization at El Paso, Tex January 25. He said the pending bill was objectionable be cause it did not provide for classifica tion of public lands as between agri cultural and grazing areas and made it possible for land hogs to file on etv acres of grazing land and charge live stock growers exorbitant prices for it. and that the bill made no provision lor preserving and developing water. Resolutions adopted today ask con gress to amend existing tariff laws on sugar, meats, wool and other prod ucts through a nonpartisan tarlfl commission. The Department of Agri culture is urged to require that an imports of wool and other animal products from countries where the toot and mouth and other animal disesases prevail, be sterilized or excluded and similar action by the various states is requested. Referring to the prevalence or rabies among- coyotes in the West, the convention by resolution asks Congress to appropriate $500,000 at once to be used by the biological survey in the eradication of predatory wild animals. The convention went on record in the matter of waterpower sites by de claring itself in favor of "a broad and economic policy for the use of water for ail purposes authorized Dy me. local laws on the subject and the de velopment of land of the Western or public land states conforming with the long established and sound policy of the United States as being opposed to making direct revenue therefrom." INSURANCE REPORTS DUE Commissioner Awaits Statements to Fix Amount of Taxes. SALEM, Or.. Jan. 15. (Special.) Annual statements of insurance compa nies doing business in Oregon are due at the state insurance department. Commissioner Wells announced today. When the statements are received the department will be enabled to ascer tain the amounts due from the several companies from the 2 per cent tax which the state charges on the pre miums collected less losses and return premiums. Issuance of the new licenses for 1916 was completed this week by the insur ance department. The records show 160 licenses were issued to new compa nies to transact business of fire and marine insurance last year. Nine new fire insurance companies were admit ted to the state and five companid were retired. Newport Commercial Clob Elects. NEWPORT. Or- Jan. 15. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the New port Commercial Club, the following were elected as officers for the ensuing year: A. L. Kirkland, president; Elmer Patrick, first vice-president; A. u. Thomas, second vice-president; H. I Jenkins, secretary: W. R. Hartley, treasurer; M. Wygant, O. F. Jacobson and Paul Kuehl, directors. OLD-TIME REMEDY MAKES PURE BLOOD Hood's Sarsaparilla has been and still is the people's medicine because . i . - miinhi character and its won derful success in purifying, enriching ana revitalizing me uiwu uu the common diseases and ailments scrofula, catarrh, rneumausm. ayspep .i. in f anDetite. that tired feeling. general debility. Hood s sarsaparilla purines ana en riches the blood, and in so doing ren- v. human avtem the arreatest service possible. This medicine has been testea zor years, xt is perxecuy pure, clean and absolutely safe, as well as of peculiar and unequaled medicinal merit. Get Hood's and get It now irom any drug store. PROTECT BABY'S TENDER SKIN FROM IRRITATION One of the thtnes that mattes babies Ir ritant peevtsh, cross and petulant is chaf nr nf'th delicate skin, due to heat or fric tion. The delicate skins of babies are par ticularly subject to this trouble, and It causes no end of worry for the child s well as the mother. If your baby's skin ihnws the sllahtest redness or tendency to irritation you can relieve it instantly by using a little Santiseptlc Lotion. This preparation soothes and heals the skin and la Invaluable even after the baby grows up, because it heals burns, scalds, bruises, cuts, abrasions of the akin and rashes Just as effectively. It is primarily a toilet preparation for beautifying and preserving; the skin, but its healing qualities cause thousands to use it for all kinds of akin troubles such as Insect bittw. ooison oak or ivy. fever or cold sores. etc.. as well as for sunburn, tan, freckles. pimples and racial Dieraisnes or an Kin as. Men fina u aeiifrmiui to use tier snaving-. Trv a bottle and be convinced. All drug gist have it. but If they should be out send ue 50 cents and we will ship you a bot tle, postage prepaid. Esbancott Chemical Laboratories. Portland, Or. Superfluous Hair A smooth, hairless skin always fol lows the use of Demosant. the hair remover recommended and used by one of America's leading specialists. Demosant will not injure or discolor the skin. Is easily applied and re moves superfluous hair or fuzz in two minutes, a single application suffic ing unless the hair Is unusually thick. . It doea not smart or disfigure and dots not stimulate the growth of new hair. Demosant Is guaranteed to give entire satisfaction. Generous trial size will be mailed, postpaid In plain wrapper, upon receipt of 25c, or large jer for 30c. or any druggist ran obtain either package for you. If he hasn't It in stock. Esoencott Chemical Laboratories, Portland, Or. Our "Ginger-Up" Sale Offers Sweeping Price Cuts Smart Clothes and Furnishings at Extraordinarily Low Prices Makinsr a list of rare appeal to the well-dressed man with an eye to dollar-saving. Remember, please, that these are not "bargain" merchandise items, but our own splendid stocks of reliable, up-to-the-minute goods, repriced for a clean, quick clearance. Take ad vantage of this opportunity and measure your savings by these MARVELS OF VALUE IN KIR5CHBAUM SUITS, RAINCOATS AND OVERCOATS Formerly sold at $15.00 and $18.00 Formerly sold at $20.00 and $22.50 O A. B. K. Co., 1915 ajfr j Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3 Lot 4 Formerly sold at $25.00 and $27.50 Formerly sold at $30.00 and $35.00 Now Now Now Now $11.75 $14.75 $17.75 $21.75 Furnishing Goods and Hats at "Ginger-up" Prices HEGLEY & CAVENDER At the Sign of the Cherry Tree Cor. Fourth and Alder Sts. (7 Brings This White and Gold 100-Piece Semi-Porcelain Dinner to Your Home! Many Bargains Such as These Of fered at Edwards' Clearance Sale Reg. Price $15.90 LeaTerms 95c Cash, 50c per Week 12 Dinner Plates, 12 Coup Soups, 12 Breakfast Plates, 12 Fruits, 12 Butter Chips, 12 Cups, 12 Saucers, 1 Me dium Steak Platter, 1, Large Steak Platter, 1 Cake Plate, 1 Bread Plate, 1 Butter Plate, 1 Pickle Dish, 1 Gravy Boat, 1 Sugar Bowl and Cover, 1 Creamer, 1 Covered Vegetable, 3 Scallops, 1 Baker. REAL CLASS IN THIS RICH, PLAIN DESIGN mi 11 RAWn re ned decorating each piece, being one-quarter UULU DMnUO of an lnch , Wdllt an arolId. Notice that the gold is applied to both cover and dish frame of the cover pieces, as well as the delicate tracings at the base. Don't pay a fancy price for a Sold decorated set when you can get this one at so reasonable a cost and take your time to pay for it. Don't try to decide in a store what china wiil look best on your table when you can order this one and use it a month as if it were your own before deciding to buy it. We invite you to try this set. and we mean what we say, not merely examining it in the box, but put it in your dining-room and using it on the table for 30 days. If you should not like it or not be pleased with the quality, you may send it back. Ill PERCEPT TAQTE While there la nothing distinctly new abont th III I till LU I I HO It plain gold-banded design, it is always popular and la great favor with those who take pride in the appearance of the table. Kvery piece in the set is of finest quality semi-porcelain and you may be sure that it is not offered. anywhere else in this quality for such low prices. Only our giant purchases make such a value to you possible. Every bit of the ware is made from imported clay skillfully shaped and marvelously finished and perfect in size and shape. adds to the durability of the pattern and finish. It la thoronchlr fired to a seml-vltreoua state before glazing, then it is glazed and fired again, which gives it not only extreme hardness but a velvety and glossy appearance. The glaze is so tough that one piece does not scratch another by handling or washing and it is very difficult to crack such china. IMPROVED FIRING PROCESS MAIL ORDERS taken at an additional charge Same easy terms. of 30c for packing. $20 FIRST PAYMEN ON THIS FOUR-ROOM OUTFIT INCLUDING BEAUTIFUL RUGS THEN SMALL WEEKLY PAYMENT OF $3 Living-Room, $6 Cash, $1 W'kly . Furnished with Solid Oak Library Ta ble, 912.50; Solid Oak Rocker, with upholstered seat, 85. SO; Oak Arm Chair to match rockar. $5.90. and Upholstered Oak Settee at 811.50. The rug is a Genuine Brussels, 9x12, at S16.50. Bedroom, $6 Cash, $1 Weekly Includes one of our new, light steel, white or Vernis Martin Iron Beds. 89. OO. and Double-Supported Full-Sized Spring at 83.50: one Sanitary Combination Cotton Mattress. 85. SO: one Hardwood Chif fonier in dull finish. 813.50; Dressing Table to match at $10.50; Hardwood Rocker, 82.35. and beautiful Reversible Rug, Sxl2, at SlO.oO. Dining-Ropm, $4 Cash, $1 W'kly In the dining-room we furnish the fol lowing pieces, all of solid oak construc tion: The Table extends to six feet, will seat eight people, price 815. OO; six Solid Oak Dining Chairs to match, finish in dull oak, $14.10, and one 9x12 Tyvan Re versible Rug, pattern may be selected. 812.00. Kitchen, $4 Cash, $1 Weekly In the kitchen we place a Fine Steel Range, with cabinet base and guaranteed a good baking stove, at 827. SO. The Kitchen Treasure is Just as illustrated, with cupboard for dishes, four drawers and two moulding boards. The price is 811. OO. Also a Hardwood Kitchen Chair at 65f. These sets may be bought as a whole or singly. Out-of-Town Folks, Send for Catalogue of" Outfits IT'S FREE ! A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE IHSSSH3EJS UaajyfJiBUamaaaaB QsBBiLaviL tStHOAKSIMt 5 82 Sole Agents Letter Monarch Writing Malleable Week Ranges Jan. 17-22 7 Z3