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I " " " ,1 - i 1 '"tt-t--. - l ' ' coast te: 4 i - ? r - 1 ; . 7 .. 8 A. II. To Boise bt5;e , Btsokane ....... tan Francisco -. Portland ...... P.osebur? Kaxsfclield .... 4 i f I ti - VOL. X. NO. 2S3. PORTLAND, OREGON,. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1912 TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS on r rjr frzt '" i EriTPLOYE DF CITY WATER OFFICE "NOROOy LOVES A FAT IVIAISJ! 1I55IIIG; SHORTAGE III HCCOITS BOLD MO THUGS 310,000 3D Ml 500 FDR 10 Ml InvQstigatiorf of Methods Pursued by Vater Department Already Reveals . Discrepancies - Superintendent Not Under Bond Detectives Assigned Folowlng the surprising' revelation made by The Journal yesterday after noon as to the careless methods of the city water department faphandllng mil lions of dollar of the public funds. It became known today that Fred R. Snod grass, one of the trusted . employes of the department for many -years, has dis appeared and that an examination of his accounts by a special expert has re-, vealedtjie fact that there is a shortage of S23 for the two months of November . and December last year. What further shortages there may be disclosed can only be conjectured, as thL bnoks kept by Snodgrnss have been sealed for f u- - ture examihatlon and the expert, retained by th water board On recommendation of Jlayor Kushllgbt 19 hurrying through accounts of other clerks who have been handling a total of J60.000 a month, tin der no security bond. ' ..;; . 7 " . Easily Locates Discrepancy, . The expert, "William Whitfield, one if the most prominent accountants on the raclflc coast, began the tAnk of check-, ing over the accounts of the clerks who fake in the water receipts, last Monday. It Is said he discovered the- shortage within a few hours, but to roakp sure, went over all. the accounts- for the two months again and' reported the results. of his examination to the major. 5 Snod grass failed,, to appear at the water of fice for duty Wednesday morning, It was reported that, the clerk had been kept away by sickness. - j Mayor .Rushlight. when interviewed to day declined to confirm or deny the truth of the facts heretofore mentioned. But' It is known positively that three., detectives of the local sleuthing depart ment have ben-gsigned to the tonic of Becking the whereabouts of Snodgrass, who Is believed -to .have left the elty 6orne time Wednosday.night. . - Admits System Foor -' Chief Clerk L. IS. Kaiser of the water department admitted yesterday that un der the present system Of boo&keeplng In use by the department it is' possible . f qr a dishonest employe to steal, but he expressed the Opinion that in case, s,ny considerable amotmt were missing the fac would s90nbec4anfc.lMW4M rimxf ' 'Water Commissioner , Frank W, Winn does not concur in this view and It Is believed , that the mayor also has his doubtsV althongh he refuses absolutely SUGAR TRUST INVESTIGATORS REPORT THfl " OVER-CAPITALIZATIOrT CAUSES HIGH PRICES lTardwick Congressional Committee Assails- Monopoly System "Tint Re fuses to Recommend Legislation to Curb Operations of Combriin ' 'Ttlons; Inquisitors Refused to Accept Arguments That Big Combines . ; Necessary; Faults Found and Possible Remedies Pointed Out. .... - (TTnltea Prf Leased Wire.) : Washington, Feb. 17. Assailing the trust , system but-"'refuslng to - recom mepd legislation to curb similar abuses hereafter by. deolarlng that such recom ' mendatlons are solely within the juris diction of the standing committees, the . house Investigating , committee headed by Congressman Thomas Hardwlck of Georgia, which has been investigating the operations of tho so-called sugar ftrust, reported today to the1 house its findings... Miv- :.v;-.; ., After declaring that th committee was Unable to accept thev'arguroents advanced' by trust officials that big business needed big combines, ths re port outlined Aha 'following, evils as a result of its investigations: "Original over-capitalisation of great industrial . corporations Is resulting In Increased cost of production and hlgh.er prices'- to the publlg . 1'. "Temptations to persons controlling corporations to , earn - dividends - on watered stock as soon as possible . so the etook can bs unloaded on the open --market.'' '..'.'..'.,.,.. ,; -"Exploitation of the consuming and investing public and corporations thent- TWO BRAND NEW WIN SCREW STEAMERS TO ' . RUN DIRECT TO THE ORIENT FROM PORTLAND Byncrle lias Already Been Launched at Glasgow for the Frank "Water houso Line and Rer Sister Vessel . Is Well Along Toward Comple tion; Bank Line Steamers Will Continue on Run After ArriTal of the New Craft on the Pacific Coast. Two new twin screw steamers, which are now building at Glasgow for "An-: - drew Weir,., are to 'be plad on a direct line between Portland and ; the1 orient,' going as t&r as Manila, in the service , of Frank Waterhouse & Co.t, according M to Officers of the British steamer Su .verlc, which arrived Jere from the ., otlent this morning. They will have accemmodatioris for about S00 passen gera ' ' One of the steamers has already been 'launched, arid she is Called the Bynerk!, and will t? under the command of Cap-l-tcttr-,',miam?",-Thf-eth(r is weirtmdpf way In point Of construction, and he OB the fun s'ortly after the Byneric. The latter will come otft to this coast, stopping at Portuguese and Spanish por for emigrants, tuid it is said wllr to discuss the matter. ' Blnoe the water board was first organfzed more than $7,000,000 has been collected from water consurners and other sources. Tho great bulk of all this vast sum has passed through the hands of seven clerks who have not been teauired by - the water board to give bonarfor the faithful per formance of their duty." Even Superin tendent Frank T. Dodge, who ls-.in charge of the entire 'dPrtment, Is not under bond., ... ,. , . Saslsess Jnoreates Eapldly. The business of "the water department has grown so rapidly that the receipts now aggregate almost a million dollars a year. --- . " The investigation which has brought to, light the earelnss system of account Ing- In -the department was started by Mayor Rushlight last year shortly after he toolc -office In July. The first re suit , of' the investigation was the dls missal of Head-Meterman C. O. Murphy on a charge of having accepted a check for $82.21 in payment for material sold to a Junk dealer. Mayor Rushlight con tends that this material'was the prop erty of the city.-. At Murphy's request the articles, sold .were returned by the Junk dealer and Murphy refunded the check. 'Murphy has appealed.to the civ il service commission to be, reinstated to his position. , . .. Kay Be Larger Graft- Mayor Rushlight -and Commissioner Winn declared at -the time of the Mur phy dismissal that further and more sensational disclosures mlght. be ex pected and it is believed that -thedis-appearance Of Snodgrass Is the key to the remarks made then by the mayor and his -aide. . It Is said that Snodgrass, who draws a salary of only $125 a month, lias been living beyond his. weans. He is known to have been - liberal spender. k. That he could have appropriated more than $!00 to his own use in-the short space of two months without' being detected opens up possibilities of graft that as sume 'enormous "proportions when it is considered that hundreds of thousands of dollars maxJjftye been diverted In the same, manner. - Snodgrass lives at 3915 Sixty-sixth strecU-.&rJBti - Expert Whitfield, after sealing the books - kept by Snodgrass, transferred his attention to the feast side water of fice the accounts of which ha is now examining. .... . .; . .... , selves by: thetr officers, directors and trustees." . In conclusion the commtttee'.s report says; -.v- "Large trusts, if they could produce eheane r, could sell cheaper than the imaller competing concerns,' but it Is, Inconeeivtrola that they would, unless legally forced to do so. To undertake to force them to charge only a reason able price Is then only a condition upon which their continued existence can be contemplated- and yet to ..fix the price of- commodities legally would clothe the government with dangerous power and rob citizens of their individuality and embark the nation Into extreme pa ternalism. "Competition and individuality are tho ertfy -remedies to protect us from tho threatening evils." . ,. t The -report also declares that the Sherman law ought to be supplemented by legislation "making "its provisions definite and certalnr and to protct tha consumer and Investor from the evils of overcapitalise tim, and also to guar antes corporations from exploitation by trusted officers and agents for their Individual benefit and profit" " - Inaugurate the service about the begin ning of next August. . While the steamers ar of about 5000 tons net with a 'capacity of 14,000 tons of freight, It Is said"Hhat they will not have any greater draft thanlhe Suverio, and can go out of here fully laden. They will steam, bet ween 18 and 17 knots an hour, it is said. i It U . understood that while the By nerlo and her sister ahlp will run di rectly between Portland and Oriental ports the- steamers or the Bank Line, which are running In here now by wav of British Columbia and Puget sound JPts. wiljryacjo as oeiore. , ....... ;.. .-.. -For some time past there has been a Complaint among trie Importers and ex. porters of this port because of the de- (Ponfrlnued--o Page Three.) T Yl .11 CUTS OFF QUEUE New Head of the Chines Republic Object to Uie Public Roijolcln urer me 'au or uie aioucu nasty j tiiwn Few "MIIHom. ; (United Prets Iid Wire.) Peking, Feb. 17. Following the ex ample set by other Republican-Headers, President Yuan Shi Kal of tho United Republic, today has cut off his qujuc. Despite this action, he still feels kindly toward the deposed Manchus and depre cates the public rejoicing over his, elec tion and the establishment of a "repub lic President Yuan has been advanced 13.128,000 for his present needs by the acting viceroy of the province -of Chi L.U . ... . ...... ' Peking, Feb. 17 Reports that the empress dowager, broken hearted by the success of the Republicans, had com mitted suicide, were spread throughout the city today and Caused great excite ment. , No confirmation 'of the; report could be obtained, and it is generally doubted,? News of the . practical establishment of the republlo is aVouslng no opposi tion among the -Manchua here. They seem to feel, that the downfall of the dynasty! was not to be prevented, and there Is little doubt that the Institution of the officers of the new regime will be- permitted without opposition. . Ask Yuan to' Hnrry South. - (Dnlted Pmws Leed VTIr.) Nanking, Feb. 17. Dubbing him a seo ond Washington, the national Chinese assembly today telegraphed Tuan Shi Kal, Its unanimously elected president, to hasten south to confer with the lead ers .f the Republican party with a view to speedy installation of the new' or der throughout the empire. The telegram was submitted to 'the' assembly and was ordered forwarded without a Word of dissent " - (Colted Pram Led Wlr. Washington, Feb. 17. Congressmea Hay of Virginia and Fitzgerald of New York In the house today Jointly "took a fair out of Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson , for his criticisms 6f their attitude on the army appropriation biU, Hobson was absent. Hobson yesterday inserted, in the ConT gresional Record' strictures on the atti tude of Hayv and Fitzgerald. His. re marks were not made from the floor, but were published under 'leave to print" privileges. Hay today denounced this action as "cowardly," and Fitzger ald in a bitter attack charged that Hob son constantly and consistently neg lected his congressional duties In order to "work" the Chautauqua lecture plat forms. . . .. . Ola'f Tveltmoe Says Little, (Hnltt-d'-Pr leased Wlre.4 - ' Los Angeles, Feb. 17. "I frequently have, written , Christmas letter, to my friends; I don't remomber1 whether I wrote this particular one or not," was the comment of . Olaf Tveltmoe today whfiii nuestloned restardlnir a 'Thrlst- STILL LOVES NUNCHUS CONGRESSMEN mas'netteren.rTnicgfa-'ttrTiaervrlCTCT ten to President Ryan .of the bridge and structural Ironworkers, which was made public In Indianapolis today by Prose cutor Miller. Tveltmoe would make 1J EGVPTM PkKCESSES ' . BUCK MIffi RING ' RUNE TO CONTROL THRONE ON THE IE Former Austrian Princess Trying to Out Khcdlve'a, Firsirrlf..Fr:m Her Position; England Suspects Plottlngtby Two Emperors. ' . (StiecUl to Th Jonrnli Cairo, Egypt,' Feb. -17..-7A fierce fight for the Egyptian throne la. going, on be hind the palace walls between the Khe dlvah, trie khedlve's first wife and con sort, and the ex-Austrian princcssf now known as Princess Zubelda, the 'khe dlve's second,. ut favorite wife. So serious has become the situation that Lord : Kitchener, the British agent-general and the real ruler of Egypt, has felt It Incumbent upon him to intervene. v.'J3ngland has no Intention 5of permit ting the reins of Egyptian government to fall Into the hands of a woman who by' nationality Is hostile to British ex pansion. The British authorities sus pect-that Austria and Germany are not altogether disinterested onlookers in the prlneess' anU-khedlvah plottings, and as the princess has tremendous Influence with her husband England recognizes her as a dangerous opponent . Accordingly, England is stiffening the backbone of the sultan " of Turkey against any recbgnitipn of the princess. The sultan Is the khedlve's religious chief and nominal suzerain. Devout Mohammedans bitterly resent ed their puppet ruler's union with an alien, although she-'became - an . Islam convert. ' ' It is now stated that the princess al leges that Prince Abdul Moneln, heir to the throhe, is really her son-and not the eon of the khedlvah, and that she has almost succeeded in securing the khedlvah's dismissal. . . LA STILL ACTIVE IN RACE " " (United Prewi tid Wire.) ' -Chicago.. Feb. 17. ''The. progressive movement In Wisconsin represented by seuaiur ua. r.uueii.e win- carry us in fluence to the Republican national con vention with a solid delegation. Sen ator La Follette will be, as he has been. Its aggressive and consistent standard bearer." ' ' ' : :-' ThlB Is the declaration made today by John J. Blaine, ' chairman of the La Follette Republican club of - Wisconsin and campaign manager for La Follette In a formal statement. Blaine declared that La Follette will not retire from the active -politest .'for the presidency and that the thought of retiring had never once entered the. senator's mind. Re garding the future of .the La Follette movement In other states, Blaine said: - "My observation is that in other states the movement is not. unlike that in Wis consin. It will manifest itself In the national Convention through a deter mined effort to nominate Senator La Follette for, president.. This movement will go on until thtf wlll of the people Is written In our, laws and Constitution." FOUR DIE IN WRECK , OF CHICAGft) LIMITED i. . (United Pre IicihI Wlr. ' V " Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. lT.-rThe Chi cago limited on the Penrftiylvahla rail road today collided with a wwck train nar t iarwiu. ' Four worxmen were The dead are: F. Wlegand, Frank Holt man, K. Stump and August Untley. v The. two last named were burned to death. All the victims of the accident were on the wreck trala t FOLLETTE ASSERTED 10 MAKE FIGHT UPON COLONEL OLD ENEMY Former New 1'ork Governor and Con ."'gressmail' Rack' In Politics, " With $1,000,000 Earned in 14 Years Practice of the Law. . - . (United Praw leued Wire.) New York, Feb. 17. With $1,000,090 In negotiable ' securities earned -by 14 years' practice 'of the law, safely hidden away, Frank SBlacklformer governor arid .congressman, Is today back in poli tics. The chief object of his new un dertaking is said to be a fight on Theo dore Roosevelt . Roosevelt prevented "Black getting a renomination in 1898 for governor and although Slack )n 1904 made the speech In Chicago nominating Roosevelt lit be half of 1$ew York, f pr the presidency, it- was hot through-friendship but be cause it was "good politics,", at that time. , ' Black is gunning for the scalp of Cor nelius V. Collins, former , state iuper lntendent of prisons, and until a short tlmq, ago the undisputed boss of Renns-solaerj-county,, haying succeeded to the political leadership Black laid down to make money practicing law. Collins .was Roosevelt's chief . lieutenant whe, he capturca the earatoga convention a year ago and bitterly, humiliated Vic President Sherman. It was announced today that Black is., squarely behind Pierce Russell, son of former. Senator, Russell, who financed Black's campaign for congress and who is a countyieadGr v- ' ST( IS (United PrM Lei4 Wire.) New York, Fob, 17 W. E. V. Btokes, the millionaire horseman who was the target for Lillian Graham arnd Ethel Conra'd In a sensational shooting affray In the girl's apartments, is convinced today that" ha 1s flying ashe result of a mysterious Injury Inflicted upon him by a Jlu Jltsu expert. After the shoot ing Stokes was'attacked by a Japanese servant, who believed he had attempted to kill the girls. One ot them struck him over the left kidney and. the organ has been causing him intense pain ever since. '' Stokes consulted many Jlu Jitsu' ex perts and says he learned that the Jap anese have a subtle means -of attack known as the'vaeath blow," which re sults fatally months after it is In flicted. The mlllonalre ' is satisfied that he. Is a victim of the "death blow." LIKENS JW0NEY TRUST -, .TO BLACK HAND BAND . 'Washington, Feb. -17. Comparing the "money trust" to the Black Hand and similar organisations, and protesting strongly against the Aldrlch banking plan for' the concentration of the money power and the private issue of. legal tender, COngresacan Henry, v. (Dern, of Texas) "today w.pke up the house with a red hot speech : "It is high time," said Henry, "that this house should Inquire into , the" Black Hand methods of the financial Mafia. No effective legislation is possible to control the ramttleatlons of currency legislation, trusts and corporations un til congress understands the wethodi money power, anouici we not know something of the depth of villainy into which this financial Mafia will descend bcrore we rewrite our currency . laws before we awaMoW the Aldrlch-plant". Li KILLING Three Daring Robberies During , . Week Under Nose of Police. Net Motor Bandits. Loot Ex ceeding $35,000. - GEM' DEALER-SLUGGED; UNCUT STONES .STOLEN Latest Holdup Occurs Broad way and Thirty-fifth, the T ; : Center of City. New York, Ftb.' 7. Terrorized by the boldness of -holdup - men and the appar ent helplessness of the police. New York merchants and other business men today aVe preparing for personal protection, both of their proper ty ana their persons. Three daring robberies have been sue j cessfully perpetrated here in the-last j week - by motfor bandits, who escaped jwtth loot exceeding $35,000.' The third I holdup of . the week came last, night When three men liimpedfrora a taxlcab and, after slugging , George H. Horth, a diamond, merchant, with a blackjack, ripped- open a wallet containing $10,000 worth of unset diamonds' and' escaped. The robbery occurred at the corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth streets, one of the busiest spots In the city. Streets In the vicinity-were thronged with pe destriffns, while a policeman wjmi stand ing only 200 feet away. The police are confident that the "mo tor bandits", who robbed Horth are the same who stole $26, 000 from two mes sengers employed by. the East River National bank.. Karlier in the week a boy named Beckerman was robbed of $965 while on his way to a bank. ON POLITICAL SHORE Files a La Follette Slogan and Now That ...La Follette Will Probably Not Run, lie Tries to Change It but Is Too' Late. t : (Salem Bureau of Th Jouxnsl.) Salem. Or., Feh.17. Js'ow that indl cations point to tfifi wUhdrawal of La Follette from the JM?iWhtIal race, Thomas McCnskcr of Portfid, who has filed - for delegate to the Republican convention, finds himself In a dilemma- He adopted as his slogan, "La Fol lette, candidate of the progressive Re publicans for president of the United States.' Now he vwarits to know na letter .to the secretary of state if it will be possible foriiim to change his slogan to "Roosevelt-La . Follette progressive policies. People's choice for president of tho United States." U. asks if it will not be impossible for him to receive votes when he is 'pledged to La Follette If La Follette is not a candidate. More over, he says, "My petition for national delegate would be a little out of tune." Secretary .of State Olcott referred him" to an opinion given by-Attorney General Crawford, 'which says when a Slogan. Is already filecU it cannot be changed oji the records.- ' , "If "the candidate were permitted to change it whenever ' he chose to do so, then the secretary of state would have to change the records and the candidate might think as the canvass progressed that by adding to or taking from his declaration of principles he could strengthen his position before the peo ple, but I am of the opinion, he must do that In some other way," says the attorney general. ., M'CUSKER, LOSING HIS .CANDIDATE, STPDEO v. ' A - HIM EKERSHAM IH N SPEECH BE Fopular Legislation aud DircctjrTimarles, Declares "Attorney General, Destroy the" Dignity ;of Of flcftTaW.DriTe l'm the Iield the Claas of MelTPormerly Considered Most Desirable for 'Public Office? Bet tr Salaries and Longer Terms to Attract Better Judges to Bench, 1 '(Cnlted Press lied Wir. St'.Louis, Feb. 17' Progressive poli cies and' particularly those for Judicial reform were called "Insensate" In a speech indorsed by President Taft, which Attorney General George W. Wlckersham delivered before the City club here this afternoon in the, direct Interest of Taft's,' renomination. :Wlcker8ham sarcastically referred to the initiative and referendum as 'postal card lawmaking,"' and 'declared that popular' legislation and direct primaries destroyed the dignity of 'office, result ing in "driving from the field that class of men formerly thought most, desirable those the office seeks, not those seek ing office.'' - Wickershariv said In part: "There has been much' nosense con cerning' the so-called usurpation of power by the iederal judlcinry in pro nouncing, laws of state legislatures or of congress unconstitutional. The very nature of pur written constitution Im plies that, the representatives of the peopTe" can exeroiae . only the powers Conferred 1 upon them In the cormtu tton, and -the Judiciary must necerfssnrlly adjudge void any act not authorliedetey te constitution. f the judiciary to the legislative pocr. it only supposes that the power of t)i people la superior to both; anil,: that where the will of the lf,rli-!nfrirf. f-.N In opposition to tf.e v .11 of t'-.'i, - .-r Most' of Money Needed to Erect New Home at Sixth and Jefferson Sts. Pledged; Members. Taking Stock. MANAGEMENT PLANS TO. WIDEN SCOPE OF CLUB Prominent Visitors " to Be En tertained; To Make Club . Close to People. The "University 'club has leased its present site at Stark and West Park streets to u. u. Davis, Jr. for 30 years at 19000 a year, and In the near future will spend 1183,000 on Its site. A new building, will-be: ereeted on the Elijah Corbett homestead at the northwest cor ner Of Sixth and Jefferson 'streets. ' In addition to this it is announced that the club henceforth will be an in. stltutfon devoted more actively to the edification of the city. Public men of the country will be' entertained on their visits to Portland and a closer relation with the public will be maintained by" the club.- . (. ' At a meeting of the-membershlp of the club In its rooms these plans, which have been formulated Ify James, B. Kerr, president of the organlaatlon,were put through to final certainty and now nothing ' remains but the execution of their terms. Tirms of Contract. C. IL Davis Jr., must erect a building -not to cost less than $60,000 before Jan uary 1, 1915, on the lot he has leased from the club at West Park and Stark streets. This Is ona of the terms of ' the lease and while Mr. Davis Is only obligated to spend the $60,000 it Is generally conceded that he will expend a much larger Sum, probably in the neighborhood of 1160,000, as the length ot the lease and the cite will justify As to when Davis will start the build ing nothing is said, but It Is not cx- pected in the Immediate future, be cause of the lltlgatlop which lavolvea the Plttock property across the' street. It Is said that business sagacity wlil suggest to Mr. Davis that 'he await the outcome of this litigation. The Davis building .must be finished try January 1, 1913. - By (the terras of Davis"' lease he ma" purchase the entire property at the end." (Continued on-Page Three.) TEDDY" JR. CONSIDERS Young Roosevelt Admits Having Re ceived Offer to Become Member of Commission Concern; Says He lias Reached No Decision, . ;. . (Cnlttd Prtw TSMd Wire.) New York, Feb. 17. Admission that he Is considering an offer to beComit a member .of the Wall street firm of Berlron, Grlscom & Jehks. was mad.i here today by Theodore Roosevelt Jr. "I am undecided about the matter," Was ail that he had to say. In any event Roosevelt will return to San Francisco, where he is connected with an eastern carpet conoern, for a while, and. he may announce his ac ceptance of the offer "from there. Colo nel Roosevelt did not come to the city today, spending most of the morning chopping wood at Sagamore Hill, F 8 jdeciared in the" constitution the Judge ought to be governed by the latter. ';iven more' In the senate la thnrs clamor against the courts fr interpret ing the statutes in the light of their understanding When the rights of litigants depend upon the provisions ot the statutes it is the duty of the court x to construe them In the light of reason. I svems incredible that anyone of aver age "-Intelligence should take any other view of Judicial duty. "Unless- we -continue to have JmlRs whose tenure' of office does not hung upon their momentary popularity with tho crowds, who are not to be detarrea from performing their duty by any amount of clamor, these questions niny not be decided In accordance. with the constitution, r ' . .... ''I am in e'ntlre sympathy with th reasons that led to the enactment of laws providlngfdr tho nomination of andldates by direct election but ijysi tems by which the laws are tnmS't I f postal card and ) by popular r,i'i'! tend to destroy ttie ditrnlty of ofit'o, so aj,to make it unnttrnrttve evm I 1 those who might otherwUo : t themsflves to tli Bcraru)ls of a t-r is.' rUr-rilt J'lr)' el" 1 - fulno'-s." ' i ki.r:hn,u. In "rn-I i-'! m," , t rtn'riil- i 1( U"i- tmhal' B n1 I, 1. k-- i ifi a i.r'H of n : 1 1 uLi..ij( i r t,i the bench.-' s m REFERENDUM NITIAIE OREST. LOUIS CLU no fuwher comment ';Ti"-"'. V -v.. -iv