THE SUNDAY OBEGOXIA3T, TORTLAXp, JANUARY 16. 1916.
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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. -
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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
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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.
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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
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