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BULGARIANS
ENTER WAR
111 sn
Forces of Balkan State Take
Up Arms, Invade Adjoining
Nation, According to Dis
patches Received in Athens
From Salonika, in Turkey.
BERLIN RECEIVES NEWS
OF BULGARIA'S ACTION
Germany Notified All Rail
roads Taken Over by Gov
ernment for the Transpor
tation of the Army; Seeks
to Preserve Its Neutrality.
Merlin, Sept. 21. H X. S. ) SerlilH
today declared the Serhlan-Kulgarlan
frontier a war zone, according to an
nouncement of tin- overseen News
.Agency.
Athena, Sept 2J (I. N. S.) A Bul
K'IIIhii army has Invaded Serbia, ac
cording to a dispatch received here
today from Salonika. No confirmation
no far has been obtained.
Army Mobilizing.
lWlin, Sept. 21. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) (I. N. S.) Bulgaria's army
1m mobilizing, according to a difcpatch
received here today from .Soft. It
Mated that all railroads havo been
taken over by the government for the
transportation of troops.
Iluignrian Minister Notified.
Washington. Sept. 21. (I. N. S
Hulgartan .Minister I'aniiretorr an
novinced here today that he was In re
retpt cf a cablegram that the Bulgaria
had mobilized today to preserve armed
neutrality.
Turks Sending Reinforcement.
AthetiK, rlept. 1 I. N. 6.) Turk
ish reinforcements are being rushed
to the Gallipoli peninsula from the In
terior and from the Bosporus, ac
cording to advices recelevd here today.
Warships of the allied fleet continue
to bombard the Asiatic coast.
A German Taube. which descended
on Fiulgarlun soil has.neen interned.
Situation Satisfies Germans.
Berlin. Sept. 21. (I. N. S. ) The
Balkan situation today was described
by high officials as eminently sati'i
factory from a German viewpoint.
Bulgaria, is was stated, would sup
port the Germanic allies actively, while
Boumanla maintains a benevolent neu
trality. Count von Chtidenitz. Austrian min
ister at Bucharest, has reassured Pre
mier Brallans, It was learned today,
that Kuumnnia. Is convinced the
German policies are In the best inter
ests of neutrality.
L
ORDERED TO BORDER
Regiment of Infantry and
Field Artillery Detachment
Ordered to El Paso,
Washington, Sept. 21. (V. P. )
General Pershing, In command at El
1'a.HO wired the war department to
ilay that "50(10 to 7000 "Villlstas 1n
Juarez" were falling back toward the
bord r.
Following receipt of this word, the
war department ordered a regiment
of Infantry and detachments of field
artillery. IG.Omo men in all, from
Texas City to Kl Paso.
This move gives General Funston
nearly 17,0(t0 men there, while there
ere nearly 60oo at Brownsville.
President Wilson and Acting Sec
retary of War Breckenridge conferred
over the dispatch soon after its re
ceipt. Pershing reported that there
was a "general movement of Villis
t is toward border points."
Pershing's dispatch created the Im
pression among officials here that
General Carranza's forces have routed
the Vllliatas generally.
Intbor Pleads for Carranza.
Washington. Sept. 21. (U. P.)
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor, has been authori
zed by ti)e federation executive coun
cil to draft a resolution for presenta
tion to President Wilson "urging recog
nition of the Carranza government as
an authorltatiw expression of the Mex
ican people's he:u ideals for self gov
ernment. Carranza Needs $500,000,000.
Washington. Sept. 21. (I. N. S.)
I.ouis Cabfera. General Venustiano
Carranza's m.nlster of finance, re
turned to Washington today from
New York. He reported his attendance
at a conference of financiers in which
he Informed the bankers that a loan
was necessary for the stabilization of
the constitutionalist government.
Cabrera . was given assurance that
General Carranza. If recognized, will
1 able to borrow all the money nece.s
tryv It was estimated that $500,000,000 In
needed tp settle foreign claims and to
rehabilitate th railways.
ADD1TI0NA
TROOPS
BY WAR DEPARTMENT
Did Archibald
Cane Contain
Many Secrets?
Federal Agents Very Anxious to
Know Whereabouts of Hollow
Cane Messenger Carried.
New York, Sept. 21. (U. P.) -The
whereabouts of a gold headed, hollow
cane, weighted tso heavily as to sink,
and suppoi-edly belonging to James F.
Archibald, message bearer for Austrian
Ambassador Dumba, was today the lat
est puzzle in the Dumba case.
Five government agents from Wash
ington have asked Archibald about the
cane, he admitted today, lie said, how
ever, that he did not have it.
It is persistently rumored that Arch,
lbald carried highly important docu
ments, in this cane, and that if it
could be found, German Ambassador
von BernBtorff would be implicated in
the plan to cripple American indus
tries. MARGARET FAVAR OF
AT MEMPHIS, TENN.
Actress and Wealthy Man
Slain in Apartments and
'Another Man Suspected,
Memphis. Term, Sept. (I. IN'. S.)
Miss Margaret Favar, also known aa
Miss Farrar, an actress of Portland,
Or., and J. C Growell, wealthy mana
ger of the Buckeye Cotton Oil company
of Greenwood, Miss., were found mur
dered In an apartment here today, with
their bodies partly cremated. Their
heads were crushed almost beyond rec
ognition, and their throats cut from
ear to ear.
The woman's head was nearly de
tached from the body.
Firemen burst through the door and
found the woman lying in bed ond the
man ort the floor.
Miss Favar had lived in a fashion
able apartment here for three months
as Mis. F, I. Tompkins. Tompkins
also came from Greenwood, and was
wealthy. It Is believed he followed
Crowell to Memphis and watched the
couple. The police ore comhing the
city for Tompkins.
Miss Margaret Favar was with a
troupe of dancing girls at the Multno
mah hotel several months ago. She wa
not employed at any of the regular
theatres, according to the managers
today. The police here received word
from the authorities of Memphis.
Tenn., this morning that the girl hal
relatives in this city and asked that
an effort be made to locate them.
GREATEST BUDGET IN
HISTORY PRESENTED TO
Chancellor of Exchequer De
clares Expenditures lotal
$7,950,000,000,
London. Sept. 2i. (I. X. S.I Eng
land's greatest budget was presented
to parliament here today. It Imposes
the heaviest taxes in the history of
the kingdom.
The budget was approved earlier in
the day by the members of the cabi
net. It was introduced by Chancellor
of the KxcheMiier McKenna. It was
freely pi'edh ted today that between
$1,500,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 will
be provided. As a result of a deficit
of several billions it may yet be neces
pary to tax the incomes of working
men.
Debt Be $11,000,000,000.
Tn introducing the budget, McKenna
said:
"I must ask the house of common"
to assent to this unprecedented budeet.
On the existing taxation the revenue
for the current year Is $ 1 .:;o.rno.O0).
The expenditures total $7,950,000 000,
a deficit of SK.0,000,000.
"The country is prepared and con
fident. But every section of the na
tion nthst make sacrifices.
"It Is estimated that at the end of
Ihe year our debt will be $1 1,000,000,
0OO. This will not cripple our re
sources, however.
"The navy costs $930,000,000: the
army $3,fi75.ooo,000 and external ad
vances $2,155,000,000.
Sally Expenses Enormous.
"The daily expenditure of the vear
will exceed $22,500,000 and may reach
J25.O00.O0O.'"
The budget proposes adding 40 pr
cent to the present income tax and
levying on all incomes of $650 and
above. The old law provided only for
the taxation of Incomes of $9U0 and
over. This Increase will net $1S7,000,
000. Manufacturers must pay 60 per cent
of their profits if the budget Is passed.
It also provides that income taxes are
payable quarterly. A super-tax of 2
shilling 10 pence ls provided on in
comes of $40,000, and 3 shillings 2
pence on $50,000 incomes.
An ad valorem tax of 33 1-3 per cent
is Imposed on imported motor cars,
bicycles, movie films, il.ocks, etc., and
a &0 per cent Increase on tobacco, cof
fee, cocoa and dried fruits. An in
crease of 3 pence per gallon Is pro
posed for gasoline and a double tax In
to be imposed on all patent medicines.
The tax on spirits and beer Is un
changed. A big increase Is provided
for telegrams, telephones and the par
cel post
PORTLAND MURDERED
B T H
PARLIAMENT
FRENCH GROSS
E CANAL
AFTER BATTLE
Win First Big Victory on the
Western Front in Long
T!rvi k,, CrtnthnlH
lime Dy baining rOOtnOlU
on West Bank of Stream.
MUCH BLOOD SPILLED
IN DEFEATING GERMANS
By Holding Position .Victors
Threaten Enemy Lines to
Rheims.
Tan's. Sept. 21. (1. X. S.) After a
bloody fight, French troops today suc
ceeded in crossing the Marne canal
and gained a foothold on its right
bank which the Germans had been
holding in force since they were
turned back in the great battle which
checked their rush on Paris.
If the French can hold their new
position they will seriously threaten
the German lines through Berry Au
Bac, and thence northward to Rheims.
May Have Used Pontoons.
The French advance was made be
tween Aisne and the Marne. where for
days the French have been raining a
perfect torrent of shot and shell on
the German trenches.
Little information was given out In
the official communique, which de
tailed the advance as to the way in
which the ground was gained, but It
was believed certain the canal had
been crossed with pontoons. .Fifteen
big guns devastated the German
trenches. It is believed the advance
on the Marne Is the most Important
development of weeks on the western
front, and Paris looks for a further
effort to push into the German lines,
no matter at what cost.
German Counter Attacks Fail.
After detailing the Marne success, the
communique chronicled the failure of
German counter attacks In the vicinity
of Saplgneul.' There was desperate
fightlnf; at that point with band
grenades. The Germans came on des
perately, but after twice attacking
were forced to fall back, leaving scores
of dead on the field.
Possibility of further efforts to ad
vance by the allies was seen In reports
of the terrific bombardment of the
German lines north of Arras, to the
eastward of Neulette, in the Lorette
hills, and in the sector about Neuville.
Many Prisoners Taken.
Kastward of the Bethune highway
several prisoners were taken by the
French in a reconna isa nee sortie.
Trench to trench fighting of the most
intense character with rifles and hand
grenades, was reported about Beau
vraignies and to the southward of Roy.
At that point the trenches are bo
close together that it was impossible
for either side to use artillery with I
effect, -and 'the struggle was hand to I
hand.
Great Cannonading' Beported.
Cannonading "of as great violence as
tli aar lirt s t rori r- n r . i-w t .1 1
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Mourmelon, in Champagne, where the
big German guns poured high explo
sive shells into the French trenches,
while at Bois l.'aut, on the heights of
the Meuse. the French are makfng
.heir great effort with their 75's and
other big guns.
French gains of great Importance
were claimed in the communique to
have been made at Hartmannsweil
erkopf, where fighting with hand gren
adesijd the use of mines were claimed
to be i steadily forcing the Germans
back.
A French" dirigible was reported to
have gIt into action over the railroad
at Alagtne-Luoquoy. to the eastward of
Bethel. Its bombs were claimed to
have caused great destruction and to
have practically put the line, out of I
commission ,il inai point.
Blockhouses Evacuated.
"In the western theatre." the state
ment continued, "the French are dis-
plaving marked activity. .
"The Sapigneul blockhouses on the
Marne-Aisne canal, northwest of
Khems, which we destroyed yes
terday, have bf-en evacuated.
"Artillery engagements in the
Souches and Arras sectors are raging
uninterruptedly.
"At Neuville, Grenadlng featured th
fighting.
"Fast of Perthes, in the Champagne
and Argon tie districts, we exploded
nlnr.n.,..f ..I I .. '
British Steamer Is
Sunk by Torpedo
Llnkmcor, 6306 Tons, Sent to Bottom
. niver and Crew Is Saved: X.arr.
Vessel Since Hesperian.
S.) Th?!
London, Sept. 21 (I. X.
British steamer Linkmoor was torpe-
doed and sunk today by a German su'--
marine. The crew was saved.
This Is the first report of German
submarine activities in several days.
The Linkmoor registered 6306 ton,
the largest vessel destroyed since the
Hesperian.
The maritime register states that
the Linkmoor left Galveston March
16, arriving at Havre April 20 No fui
ther mention of her ls made and It Is
probable that the government requisi
tioned her. I
Two Vessels Collide.
Southampton. Sept. 21. (I. X. S.)
Advices received here today reported
the beaching last night of the British
steamship Minnesota following a col
lision with a Greek vessel off Hetley.
Italian Coal Ship Ashore.
Cltta Vecchta. Malta, Sept. 21. (I.
X. S.) The Italian steamship Con
stante, en route from Norfolk to Italy
with a cargo of coal, ls ashore today
near Porto Clementlno, according to
advices received, here.
IN
Bryan Will Confer
With the President
Ex-Secretary of Stat to Meat With
Wilson to DUcuti Maybe Projected
European Peace Mission.
Washington, Sept. 21. (U. P.) For
mer Secretary of State Bryan will see
President Wilson at noon tomorrow.
It was announced today at the White
House.
This announcement was regarded as
j significant In view of Bryan's plans
j to go to Europe on a peace mission
I soon.
This will be Bryan's first call upon
tne president since resigning irom tne
cabinet. The appointment seemingly
cabinet. The appointment seemingly
disposed of talk of a " break" between
Czar's Forces Leave Vilna
in Orderly Fashion, Ac
cording to Petrograd,
Petrograd, Sept. 21. (I. N. S.) Es
cape of the Russian army from Vilna,
which Field Marshal von Uindenburg
sought to entrap, was officially an
nounced here today. The retreating
Russians are led by General Evert.
They are declared by the government
to be retreating in normal order and
under moEt favorable circumstances.
ierman Right Wing Arrives.
Berlin, via London, Sept 21. (U. P.)
Field Marshal von Hindenburg's
right wing has arrived east of Lida,
an Important lailway junction south of
Vilna, the war office statement today
reported.
Bavarian troops under Leopold, have
crossed the Moiczafz at Dworzec.
Russians Face Trap.
London, Sept. 21. (U. P.) Huge
forces of Russians are battling- for
their lives in the most dangerous trap
they have yet faced. ,
The Petrograd official statement, re
ceived here early today that the Rus
sians had retired in the Vilna region
and admitted that everywhere the
Austro-German are giving them a
most desperate struggle.
The German armies on both flanks
are endeavoring to close the trap, and
all reports agree that there is strong
prospect that they will succeed.
The statement told of bitter battling
about Dvinsk ajrta elsewhere.
The German forces, in the opinion of
military experts, are planning one
mighty smash to envelop the fleeing
armies, to be followed by a drive' for
Dvinsk, where they would be In ex
cellent strategic position for opera
tions against both Riga and Petrograd.
Dvinsk Defenses Attacked.
Berlin, via The Hague. Sept. 21.
! n,
I ' -
P.) The outer defenses of Dvinsk
i blockading the Germans way to Pet
j rograd. have been under heavy attack
from German artillery for a day and
j a half.
Civilians have evacuated it. In fear
that soon the mighty German machine
will crash down upon It, as it has done
I with every town in its path. The
j struggle for the bridegehead before the
city is about to begin.
Vilna region, where two big German
armies have set a human trap for the
fleeing Russians.
j Reports that the Bavarians had cut
j the last line of retreat were without
I confirmation.
it was admitted that repeated
counter attacks have delayed . Field
Marshal von Mackensen's progress
east of Pinsk.
Recognition of Poles Sought.
Rome, Sept. 21. (I. N. S.) As the
occupation of Russian Poland by the
Austro-Germans becomes firmer, the
action of the pope to obtain from the
Invaders recognition of the rights of
the Poles becomes more Insistent. It
is asserted that mucn already has been
granted, especially In regard to the
Catholic clergy and episcopacy, while
much has been promised regarding re
spect for the language, religion and
usages of the Poles.
Persons near the pope say one of
his greatest ambitions is to help In
the resurrection of Poland, which he
believes will be one of the greatest
guarantees for the future peace of Eu
rope, since It will act as a buffer ele
ment between the German and Una
slan people-
BY VON HINDENBURG
Chicago Is Hit
By a Cold Wave
Mercury Testerday Was 70, Today It
Is 42, a Drop of 30 Degrees is 24
Hoars.
Chicago, Sept. 21. (I. N. S.) A cold
wave, originating in Montana, -where
freezing temperatures are reported,
hit Chicago today.
The thermometer, registering a max
imum of 72 yesterday, today dropped
to 42.
ROCKEFELLER, SON OP
RICHEST MAN, SWINGS
PICK JNJOAL MINE
J, D, Jr., for First Time in
His Life, Dug "Black Dia
monds" Like Miner,
Trinidad. Colo., Sept. 21. ( 1 '. P.)
Swinging a pick for 10 minutes in one
of his mines at Frederick, John D.
Rockefeller Jr. today, for the firt time
in his life, dug coal. When ho had
finished his face and hands were
grimy from the dust.
Clad In overalls, he was lowered
1000 feet into the pit and entered the
chambers where the miners were toil
ing. There he was introduced to the
men.
"I've come to learn to dig coal." said
the millionaire.
"The best way is to take a pick ani
start in," advised a sooty miner smil
ingly. Afterward he made a speech to the
men in which he calied them "part
ners" and declared that labor and cap
ital cannot get along without each
other.
People Revolt and
Are Shot Down
Petrograd Scene of Tlolenoe Whin
Munition Workers Demand Rein
statement of Grand Soke.
Stockholm, Sept. 21. (I. K. S.)
Petrograd virtually is in a state of re
volt,, according to unefnsored letters
received here today from the Russian
capital.
Munition workers refused to work
unless Grand Duke Nicholas was re
called from the Caucusas ar.d placed In
command of the main Russian armies,
ar.d were shot down by the scores.
A deputation of officers, who warned
the new general Btaff of the threatened
revolt throughout the empire, were de
graded. The output of munitions lias been
vastly . decreased and the situation is
regarded, as the most serious yet con
fronting the present regime.
FIRE TIES UP TRAFFIC
Florence, Or, Sept. 21. The garage
at Florence and the Gardiner aut"
stage burned last night. Five auto
mobiles and several drums of gasoline
and other supplies were destroyed.
There will be no passenger service
from Florence to Gardiner for some
days.
For additional late news
see page 11.
DOLLAR DAY
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f EFT to right Clay Tollman, commissioner of the
. general land office who is a conspicuous figure at
water-power conference; Governors John O. Han
chett of South Dakota, Ernest Lister ojf Washington, and
William Spry of Utah.
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BRITONS HAVE CAUGHT U. S. SENATOR WALSH
28 GERMAN DIVERS IN OF MONTANA FAVORS
TRAPS IN FIVE MONTHS
New York -Man, Arriving
From London, Says Fear
of Submarines Gone,
New York, Sept. 21. (I. X. S.)
Twenty-eight German submarines have
been caught in British steel traps
within the last five months and their
rews drowned or captured, according
to F. S. Teer of Ithaca, X. Y., who ar
rived here today from London.
Peer declared that the British fear
of the German divers was past as so
many have been destroyed that they
no longer are a serious menace.
Peer, who has a farm on the island
ot Guernsey, asserted that four months
ago the British discovered a secret
submarine supply base on that island
and destroyed it. Forty persons of
German extraction were arrested, and
the secret base, turned into a British
trap, accounted for several of the
undersea raiders who came there to
obtain supplies and fuel.
BULLETINS
Want President to Act.
Neufchatel, Switzerland, Sept. 21.
(J. X. S.) Declaring that Armenian
refugees who have arrived in Switzer
land estimate that 100,000 of their race
already have been killed, delegates of
the Swiss Protestant church, in ses
sion here, have announced their inten
tion of sending a cablegram to Presi
dent Wilson asking him to intervene
in the protection of the Armenian
from the Turks.
New Charges Against Ministers.
Winnipeg. Man., Sept. 21. (I. X. S.)
The crown has notified the defensj
that new charges are to be preferred
against Sir Redmond Roblin and three
other cabinet ministers in connection
with an alleged conspiracy to defraud
the province in erecting the parliament
buildings, according to reports here
today. The charges, it ls said, will be
supplemental to the general -charges
now being heard in the preliminary
trial. -
Freighter in Collision.
Xew York, Sept. 21. U. P.) The
Atlantic Transport line freighter Min
nesota collided with an unidentlflel
vessel off Cowes, England, Friday
according to a cablegram to the lin
offices today. Xo detail? were given
but it was believed the collision wad
not serious. The freighter carried no
passengers or cargo and bhe probably
returned to port.
Charged With Robbing liank.
Dubiique, Iowa, Sept. 21. (I. N. S.)
Charged with embezzlement of the
funds of the Dubuque National bank,
George J. Homan, Its cashier; Joseph
Harragan, vice president, and Charles
Seige, teller, were arrested here today
on federal warrants. About $20,000 Is
involved 1" the alleged peculations of
the three men.
Mexican Airmen Over I. S.
El Centro, Cal., Sept. 21. P. X. 6.)
Ranchers living five miles northeast
of Calexlco, the American town on th?
Mexican border, thus afternoon reported
they had seen two aeroplanes bearing
Mexican flags flying over United
States territory.
Speculation was rife as to where the
aeroplanes might belong as there ;s
none stationed on the Mexican side in
that vicinity as far as is known. Thj
aircraft, according to the report, dis
appeared while traveling in an easterly
direction
PARTS OF FERRIS BILL
Believes That Water Powers
Should Be Developed Un
der Federal Control,
I'nlted States Senator Thomas J.
Walsh of Montana is one of the dele
gates who believes that solution of
the water power problem of the
west can easily be worked out on the
lines of the Ferris bill. The general
features of that measure aro sup
ported by all members of the Mon
tana delegation.
Mr. Walsh ls strongly of opinion
that water resources should bo de
veloped, and Is equally strong In the
faith that valuable water powers
should not be granted away In per
petuity to become the prey of pri
vate interests. The slate control
idea, he declares it is Impossible to
secure, and not a subject for prac
tical statesmen to wasto time upon.
"The Montana delegation comes
with the hope of seeing practical
legislation enacted leading to a solu
tion of the water power problem," he
said. "We believe in taking the Fer
ris bill as a basis as to its general
features, not with regard to Its de
tails, and it meets the entire ap
proval or the people of our state.
"Montana is credited by the geologl-
(Concluded on P.e Six. Olumn Two)
Ex-Minister to Rome
May Succeed Dumba
Vienna Dispatch Says Katjetan Ton
Marezynskl Will Take Place of Aus
trlan Ambassador to United State.
London, Sept. 21. (I. X. S.I Katje
tan von Marczynski, former Austro-
Hungarian ambassador to Rome, will
succeed Dr. Konstantln Durnba as am
bassador to the I'nited States, accord
ing to a dispatch received here from
Vienna today.
London, Sept. 21. (I. H.) More
than a score of official documents and
letters, entrusted by Austrian Ambas
sador Dumba to James F. J. Archibald
and seized by the Hrltish authorities,
were made public here tonight.
Mayor 'of Baker
Enters "Guilty" Plea
Buker,' Or., Sept. 21. Mayor Charles
L. Palmer, arrested yesterday charged
with violation of the state automobile
law in falling to. display his license
number on the rear of his car, pleadtd
guilty and was fined 525 by Justice
of the Peace Hubbard. Payment of th.j
fine was suspended. Mr. Palmer ex
plained that he haA lost the number
plate and was having another onj
made. The license was shown on the
front of his car as required by law.
O. C. Rood, whose auto frightened
the team of John Ritchie, causing a
runaway resulting In Mr. Ritchle'-i
death, was also arrested on a similar
charge, pleaded guilty and receive,
the same penalty.
So Conscription Now.
London, Sept. 21. (U. P.) A cau
cus of conscription advocates today
agreed not to press the issue In the
present parliament unless the La bo rite
force the- ministry to declare itself
against compulsory service.
GOVERNOR SPRY
OCCUPIES CHA R
E
Temporary Organization Is
Quickly Effected This
Morning at First Meeting
of Water Power Delegates.
GOVERNOR OF UTAH
WANTS STATE CONTROL
Thirty-Two Delegates Pres
ent at Opening Session
More Coming.
Delegates from eight western states,
assembled at the. Multnomah hotel for
conference of questions of 'watr
power development and control, started
on their three day session this morn
ing by the election of Governor Wil
liam Spry of Utah as chairman and
C. C. Chapman of Portland as secre
tary. If any other evidence were needed,
the choice of Governor Spry In Itself
would be sufficient to show the trend
of sentiment of the great majority of
the delegates. The Utah executive
represents In his own state the most
reactionary views, ami In the confer
ence stands for the theory of state
control of water power, unhampered
by federal restrictions.
Organization Quickly Effected.
The temporary organization was ef
fected without any shadow of content,
following an address of welcome to
the visitors by Governor Wlthycombe.
Committees were appointed and It la
expected the permanent officers will be
selected tills afternoon, In readiness
for the formal program.
Thirty-two delegates were registered
when the conference opened this morn
ing, from the states of California,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana. North Du
kota, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
It is expected that other delegate
will arrive later In the day.
rerrii Bill Has Opponent.
From tiie expressions of the dele
gates it Is apparent that strong- oppo
sition will he registered In the resolu
tions aftalnst the Ferris bill, under
which It ls proposed to lease federal
water power sites for a term of 80
(Concluded on Ph Six, Column Seven)
JACKSON CLUB GIVES
T
TO THE FERRIS BILL
Speaker at Meeting Declares
Opposition Comes From
"Power Site Grabbers."
"Wherens, the Ferris bill Is
a great constructive measure
calculated to advance the In
terests of all the people and to
protect them against organised
greed in the further spoliation
of our latent water powers.
Be It Resolved by the Jack
eon club of Oregon, that we in
dorse said bill and commend It
to the favorable consideration
of congress."
STRONG
NDORSEMEN
Throwing aalde a provision of the
club constitution against passing a res
olution at the same meeting; It Is In
troduced, the Jackson club last night .
unanimously passed the foregoing In
dorsement of the Ferris bill.
State Senator Claude McCulloeh, who
spoke on the bill and the effort
lng made to discredit the measure at
the Portland waterpower conference,"
characterised the claim of the bill's
opponents that It violated state's rights
as a "masquerade In sheep's clothing
to conceal the claws of the wolf."
Others spoke In equal praise of the
measure.
"The Ferris bill Is one of the last
of the great line of constructive meas
ures that fell to the Wilson admlnls.
tration for enactment", said Mr. Mc-'
Colloch. "Ten years of agitation be
ginning with Roosevelt's time had only
caused the people to wake up to the
seriousness of protecting their equity
in the great undeveloped water powers
of the western domain.
Conference Declared Packed.
"To prevent their exploitation the
water power sites had only been
locked up. It was left to President
Wilson and his great secretary. Frank
lin K, Lane, to draft the legislation -
whl h might permit the use of the
public, lands for power development,
at the. eame time safeguarding the
people's rights."
The speaker characterised 'the so
called "conference" as a fixed and
packed meeting. Me said it was brought
together in an endeavor by the great -waterpower
interests to defeat the
Ferris bill, and not at all in a sincere -
desire to "confer," und arrive at g
practicable solution of the waterpower V
question. ,
How Scheme Is Worked. -
"The power site grabbers trant-tha.'
sites having potential value Of mil-
lions, free of cost and price, and' In -fee
simple title, with what result?''.
Given these (treat franchise values
free of cost, they will later claim the
right to earn dividends on them, . and
the people, the users of tn power to
be developed from the sites, will pay v
rates based on these values thaa onoe -belonged
to them, but which, they
away In ignorance. . V ";
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