,-ix-s -si uehb. -V, ; " and - rTMrr) 001301 ' ''.Pair tonight j! X CI 1111(1 Probably to- ' IT'S ALL TRUE' a, . J easterly " winds; VOL. XIV. NO. 293. i; PORTLAND, : OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, . FEBRUARY, 15,, 1916. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS - Jrric ,- wrsr in w w i w niuf. .-- i r j-- - & ALL CHURCHES OF CITY WILL sJOIHiN CAUSE Ministers Representing All p Penorriinations at Laymen's ii Convention , Launch City i" Wide Endeavor Today. CAMPAIGN WILL BE ; UNITED STATES FIELD Four f Strong Speakers -Take .Part in Program Held This Forenoon. , First fruits of the Laymen's Missionary-Movement convention were re vealed at the close of the morning's session when the ministers of all .the denominations, which are represented In the convention voted to Join in a Vnlted efforC of all the Portland churches in an every member canvass for financial and evangelistic purr poses. This will bring all the churche into cooperation and will be the'beglnning of a fulfillment of the'pttrposes of the aeries of laymen's conventions which re being hHd In', 76 cities throughout the United States.' Kour strong speakers were on the program at t"hls morning's session, aniey were J. O. Randall of Philadel phia. Dr. Hugh . L. .Burleson. head of the editorial department of the Do mestic and Foreign Missionary society of the Episcopal church; Bishop R. J. Cooke of . Portland and , Arthur R. Ragatz. : Social TJnrest JPictared. ; ; If the church does inot . fulfill Us mission in reaching those particularly for- whom this 'life j 1 a struggle the theatre will, declared Dr. Rahdall. He pictured the social un"rest that is evi dent everywhere. On the lower . strata Concluded on I'tgn Flfteeii. Column Four) MILWAUKEE CHEF IS "! ARRESTED IN POISON PLOT OF ANARCHISTS Letters Found in Chicago - Show Widespread Conspir acy Agianst Church, State, Milwaukee. Wis., Feb. 15. (U. P.) .Acting on orders from Chicago local police today arrested Marco Bonlno, Chef of the Hotel Pretoria. He will be questioned about the poison banquet attended by Archbishop MuCtielein, Governor Dunne of Illinois and other notables at the Chicaito Universllv ciud jasi week. Chicago, Feb. 15. (U. P.) Domt nick Forte, believed to be an an rerai oi me mosi vicious type, is being liunted by the New York police. They took up this search after John Allegrini had protested that let ters, zound on mm and indicating an International plot against churches and churchmen, were really the prop erty of Forte, roommate of Jean Crones, who is wanted in an alleged plot to . poison Archbishop Mundelein at a recent banquet One of the letters previously at tributed to Allegrini said: "There are many men penned like dogs in Joliet (the state penitentiary). What a wonderful thing it would be if ;w.e could free them! It would be hard. IV 'a there, you know." . Allegrini was arraigned in municipal court today on charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder, and bail was set at $25,000 on each count. The letter, given above, and the fact that the police found in Allegrini'3 possession floor plans of some of the largest , Chicago skyscrapers and churches, constituted the evidence on Which he was held. Meanwhile the hunt for Crones as a poison banquet plotter and the chain Of "reds" believed to bejnvolved in an enormous anti-social ari& .anti-clerical plot,; operated out of Rome, is being pusnea. : Rumors hare come here "from many points: saying Crones has been caught, but u p to early this afternoon none of these had developed anything. - An unidentified person today tele phoned the Minneapolis police the lo cation of a house in which it is be ll veil Crones and Mrs. Bresci, widow, of King Humbert's slayer, are living. Mrs. Bresci 'is wanted as a witness m the alleged anarchist plots. . Ohio Alan "Arrested. : qua Ohio. Feb. 15.U. N. S.) fcaptiste Serafina, aged 28 years, a respected. Austro-Italian resident of Piqua for two years, was arrested here today in connection ' with tha alleged xttempt of Jean Crones to poison 200 Chicago banqueters. Hundreds of let ters, guns, ammunition, maps and for mulas for poisons and the manufac ture of bombs, were seized. Serafioa was silent, but the police .believed that he is directly connected with the alleged plot, 4 : r- t m .t t , , . Y Three Lose Lives in -: . i Alaska Snowstorm - . it ' Ketchikan,' Alaska, Feb 15. fp. N.' E.) AdrUn Asperen of Ketchikan and two Mexicans are dead today, victim f the severe snow ttorm which Sat vrday, swept the coast of southeastern Alaska. ' Several ; persons are missing and f ears are entertained that others may have perished' ... J3 ELIGIOUS LEADERS irfhome and foreign missionary "work rally in common cause of evangelization. . Above, J. O. Randall of -Philadelphia. Below, at right, Walling Clark,. superintendent of Methodist missions at Rome' Below, center, M. W Ehnes, editor of missionary; publications. T '-",;: 'Wr ?l h - , , i . ; ' ' , 1 - ''V i' . w.;.es rr.-' t - , . it " ' - " ' " - - i ! v : s . ' u- - ; x " ' -.ft J n ' ' - xi 5 ' V '- x 1 - LEVEE ON Men on Horseback Ride to Warn Farms and Towns of Their Danger, Natchez, Miss.. Feb. 15. (I. N. S.) Released when the main Iejtree of the Limerick plantation unexpectedly broke, the Mississippi - river today burst through a mile-wide gap, over flowing a vast area on the Louisiana side. Indteations are that 100 towns have been overflowed and 20,000 per sons rendered homeless. - Limerick is 25 miles north of St. Joreph Loulsianw Warning of the danger was carried to interior residents by men on horse back. The break ocrurred at the point gen erally considered the strongest of the levee. Interior residents -- tried desperately to save their livestock and other ef fects before ' seeking the - highlands. An hour later the waters began re ceding at Natchez and this will relieve the pressure to the south. Damage to plantations already has been enormous. . V, The towns of Tenasas, Concordia, Madison, Franklin,: Cathoula and sev eral smaller points already are partly inundated. Among the larger cities doomed to suffer heavy damage are St Joseph. Newellton, Vidalia, .Waterproof and Ferriday.. - The Limerick plantation is six miles north of Newellton. The first cre vasse occurred at 3 :20 o'clock. End then crumbling started on each side. - Relief Parties Arranged. V New Orleans, Feb-.to-Cl.-N, S.) Federal authorities fcoday 'were arrang ing for relief parties to go to Newell ton, La., threatened by the flood wa ters of the MJsbisslppL' Tenasas and Concordia parishes will be completely submerged within four day s, ij was predicted. ; This.' however, does" not necessarily mean there will be loss 'of life.- as the residents of the parishes were warned in time to leave. Break at Atchafalaya. New Orleans, La.," Feb.- 15. CI. N. S.) The Mississippi river levee at Atcha falaya, near Melville, broke at noon to day. The break, the dispatch received here said, is 1000 feet wide. - .... Oozard Is Named y Register at Burns .Washington. , Feb. ' IS. i(U. -'p'.) President . - Wilson Modajr ? nominated Victor C. Cozard of Canyon City.Or.. as regi&ter of the land office at Burns, Or. ,k ; - , - - MISSISSIPPI PK. BREAKS; THOUSANDS NS ; OF HOMES FLOODED !h BRANSON GUIL1Y OF MURDER OF BOOTH AT WILLAMINA LAST FALL Jury, After All-Night Delibera tion, Returns Verdict of Second Degree Homicide. McMinnville. Or.. Feb. 15. The Jury in the William Branson murder case at 9:40 this morning returned a ver dict finding Branson guilty of murder in the second degree, after being out since 5 o'clock last evening. Branson. 23 years old. was charged with shoot ing and killing William Booth it Wil- lamina,' October 8, 1915. Mrs. Booth. wife of the victim, was indicted with Branson, and will be tried : the . latter part Of this week or early next week. According to the state's evidence, William Booth was seen to run across the garden at the Yates home, a mile and a half front Willamina, the day of the murder. end to disappear into a patch of brush, along the bank, of the Willamina river. .Immediately after he entered the brush witnesses said they beard the report of a revolver shot Information of the alleged pres ence of Branson and Mrs.- Booth near .the scene of the tragedy, both before and after the shot, together with other suspicions, led to their arrest , on the following day. They were tried to gether here in November, the trial re sulting ln a' hung Jury.- ' .ii The verdict this morning -was a sur prise, most of those hearing the -case expecting a verdict of either acquittal or manslaughter. . r t - j i The attorneys for the defease - were given 60 - days - in which to prepare a transcript and bill of exceptions.- r ' 4 - ' - . . V- Mine Sinks Tergestea, ., . LondonJeb.. 15. INj ; The Austrian - steamship Tergestea, - regis tering 4308 tons, sank in the North Sea after striking a mine, according to announcement here today, The Ter gestea was commandeered by the Brit ish government soon after the outbreak of the war. Burglar With ; a "Trilby Foot" Is; ' Frightened Away 1t A number 7 shoe was worn by the burglar who attempted to m it enter two west id homes last & lit night, but was frightened away IK ln both instances. -4 The first -attempt was made i at the residence of Mrs. ii. A.. Kellar, 40ST Broadway. The it screen of a rear bedroom win- Kf dow was cut, but the appear- 4t ance of. Mrs. Kellar frightened the Intruder away. - The thief then called at the t home of J.: P. Rainey of 347 4r Market street, but did not ob- t tain entrance. The track of a 1fr number 7 shoe was found in J the mud beneath windows at both homes Earthquake Shakes . Alpine Villages Stuttgart, Feb. 16. (I. N. S.)Five villages were severely damaged Sun day by an earthquake in the Swablan Alps, acordiag to advices received here today. No casualties were reported. - Long Earthquake Felt. . Washington. Feb. 15. (I. N. S.) Earthquakes lasting for one hour were recorded by the seismograph at George town university today. It was ' esti mated that the vibrations occurred 4600 miles from this city. BRANDEIS WOULD BE ADORNMENTTO BENCH, SAYS NOTED PREACHER Dr. Samuel McChord Croth ers Has Utmost Confidence in Boston Lawyer, After an acquaintance with Louis D. BrandelS. "nominee of President Wilson far associate; Justice of the United" States; . supreme court, r. Samuel McChord. Crothers of Cam bridge, who has been lecturing here, de clared this morning that Mr. Brandeis would be an adornment to the bench because ft his ability and his willmg ness to rise to the questions that con front the higluhrJbunalw'. " : ' "I have, thei; utmost confidence i in "Mr. Brandeis L disinterestedness aind intelligence," said Dr. Crotbers. UWe is one of the first citizens of Massa chusetts in whom personally I would have the fullest trust. He is a man of Intense intellectual activity, of high mean ana great intelligence. X nere is no , danger thafj be would be a victim oi any iixea laeas. "One cannot say that because he bad espoused the cause of the people he has unfitted himself for a Judicial po sition. It will be . remembered that Justice Hughes made his mark' in prosecuting the grafters of New York and today he is looked upon as one of the most substantial members of the bench. . ' . "In many respects he is like Justice Hughes, except that be possibly repre sents the newer element in progrfa siveness. He has been a leader in the direction- the people havet been com pelled to move. .His attitude In the New Haven railroad case was that of the -leader.- J, "In summing up the character of Louis IX Brandeis, X would say-he is an Idealist ;who has tried to live ufo to his ideals." : Dr Crothers left for Seattle on a morning train today. During his stay in Portland he was the guest of Dr. William Trufant Foster, president, of Reed college. , m. i I, . ' - - k t Max Cohen Would f : ; Begain Citizenship Washington, Feb. " 15.-( WASHING TON BUREAU1 OF THE JOURNAL.) Max 'G. "Cohen; former Portland, Or., attorney who served a term la the federal penitentiary for . subornation of perjury in a white slave case lei in Washington -seeking-to secure a com plete pardon whereby his rights of citi zenship :wlltJ be , restored.-, II is now under parole. ? ir- r " ) Plot to Blow i , - j 1 - Up Kentucky at Vera Cruz Attempt Alleged to Start War Be tween United states and ' Mex ico; . Americans Involved.1 Washington. Feb. -.15. (U. P.) Car fanxlstas. according to reports today, notified the United States that a plot to blow up the battleship Kentucky at vers , Crux ' had been foiled . by car ransa's agents. , . The story went that the alleged plot- terswere unknown. No information concerning the report was obtainable from either the ' state department or the Mexican, embassy. Mexican Ambassador Arrendondo is known to have filed certain affidavits with,: the state department. It is re ported these charged that not only Mexicans, but also Americans, were. involved in the plot, the alleged pur pose of which was to involve the United States in War, as did the blow ing up of the Maine in Havana harbor. It is understood that the navy de partment has wirelessed the Kentucky to be on the lookout. It was reported, -too, that Carran sistas had declared Consul Canada at Vera Crus was involved in the alleged plot; though Just what part he was supposed to have-was not spade clear. RURAL CREDITS BILL IS FIXES LOW INTEREST " s y Seiiate Committee . Favors Measure Guaranteeing 5 . Per Cent Loans. Washington. Feb. 15. (UP.) The Mollis rural credits bill, roposln loans t rarmers at 5 per cent inter est, was favorably reported to the sen ate itoday. Non-partisan support for it promises favorable action Ion it. The bill provides for a nonpartisan farm loan board with the secretary of the (treasury as a member. This board would charter local farm loan banks, who would take mortgages from farm ers and issue bonds on them. These would be exempt ' from taxes, and moreover, the banks would charge no commissions, renewal fees or dis counts. , . ' . i . " "t, i. lioanamay fceor Jss lo&gas ' years aqd payable in LnstaJments. . enough local banks are not started, the government would aid in establishing x s. oz mem. . r The ,commlttee reportinar i 'the bill claimed that it will standardize farm loans ana provide a system seriously needed for the development of the na tion's agricultural resources. ; Suffrage to Wait Long. Washington, Feb. 15. (U."P. The house judiciary committee today, by a vote of 9 to 7, postponed until after December 14, 1916, consideration of any ; proposal for woman . suffrage. This means that this congress will not vote OB the Anthony amendment. By a tie vote the committee de clined to postpone consideration of the prohibition amendment to the same date.r - '- Government Ownership Plan. Washington.. Feb. 15. (!. N. 8.) By -a. vote of 39 to 23. the senate to day adopted Senator Borah's proposal for .an Investigation to determine the advisability of government ownership of. railroads, telephone, , telegraph and othe facilities. It was submitted as an amendment to the Newland meas ure creating a commission to investi gate 'the need of further railroad leg islation. 1 - Jlangh at German Rumors. Washington, Feb. 15. (I. N. 8.) Re ports that Germany is making new at tempts to gain a foothold jin Latin America were branded as "poppycock today by Senator Stone, chairman of the, senate foreign relations commit tee..: j He gave it as his belief that the re ports were based on old stories of Ger many's of fer to : Nicaragua , -for canal rights across the Isthmus. '; Senator Lodge of Massachusetts echoed Senator- Stone's statements. ' "Interesting, if true," was the way Senator Sutherland of Utah character ized: the. reports. It "i was charged by some' Republi can senators-opposing the Nicajtaguan treaty -that the story - circulateyf today i.f Germany's' f9.O00.00Q offer to Nicar- agufe. was inspired by Democrats to gain ; support, for the treaty. "The , statement - . that documents have been filed with the senate bear ing upon German activities in Latin America is poppycock," declared Sen atoe Stone. - T Nine Known Dead in ; Fire in Butte Mine Seventeen Other Are sfissitig, but It Is Ztoped " Bom ' Ar Alive Live Horses Still Are In Mine. Butte. Mont., Feb. 15. (U.p.) Nine persons were known to be dead this afternoon as a result of a fire that- for hours . flamed In the Pennsylvania mirte of the Anaconda Copper Mining company. .The presence of live horses In the' lower levels led, : too : to- the hope that of the 17 mUsins men.-be- j lieved to be entombed, - some- are - etill FAVORABLY REPORTED wir. miwru .mn mupi oi i.ne miss ing men had probably gone home with out registering proved erroneous ? - The company forced -water down the air shafts, while a .rescue rew tried to penetrate the smoke filled;jevels. -. Some qf the dead men ,were horribly buried, while - others were suffocated in struggling to reach ;he'4ir., .;.- ;.i ' : -' -' ; r - ' r-'-..-. AVilliam J. Nicoll les.- V Philadelphia. Feb. 15. (I. N. S.) William Jasper : Nicolls author and" widely . known-1 civil; and", ifnlaing en gineer, 4s dead here today. H was 5 years oid : . : ;.v J , ' - f LARGE ROLLING ,1ILL WILL BE ERECTED HERE -1 - President of Pacific Coast Steel Company at San Francisco Announces Es tablishment of Steel Planf. EMPLOYMENT FOR 500 WORKERS IS LIKELY Plant Would Cost at Least $400,000, According to Wilson's Explanation. San Francisco. Feb. 15. (P. N. S.) E. M. Wilson, president of the Pacific Coast"- Steel company, announced to day that the company is planning the construction of large rolling mills and a complete steel plant at Portland, Or. The cost of the plant will reach $400,000, it is believed, although Presi dent Wilson 'said the details of the deal were not completed. The Portland plant will be open on the same scale as the .company's plant at Seattle, which is being enlarged. In addition to these great expan sions, due largely to the great Increase in the shipbuilding industry which the war has started on this coast, the company's plant at South San Fran cisco will be nearly doubled, at a cost of about $600,000. The plants are being placed in shape to manufacture structural iron of all kinds. The Portland Chamber of Commerce, through its trad and commerce bu reau, has been working to secure a plant of the Pacific Coast Steel com pany for some weeks, and announce ment in San Francisco of the com pany's Intention to build In Portland indicates that success has crowned Its efforts. ' No definite details nave teen re ceived in Portland as yet. but it is understood a site is under considera tion and it is expected that steps will be taken toward the erection of the plant in the near future. : Employment will be given to about MELLEN REFUSES TO"" AID IN ATTEMPTS TO Former President of New Haven Says He Knows of No Plot to Wreck Railroad. Washington. Feb. 15. U. P.) Former President Mellen of th Nw Haven railroad today wired the senate suocommittee in cnarge or the Louis D. Brandeis" auorim. rou rt nnmlmtlnn hearings that he had no knowledge of .oranaeie connection witn tne New Haven case and no papers about it A Boston financial writer had told the committee Mellen eouM thmv lla-h n. Brandeis with relation to the New Haven case and claimed Brandeis sought to wreck the road. Brandeis was' charged by Hollls Bailey. Boston attornpv. ith faiinm to guard scrupulously the ihterests of ins i-nenis wane connected witn tne s. D. Warren estate. Bailey admitted, however, that, the complaint had been tried in court and resulted In a com promise. .... , President S. W. Wlmins r,r , .United-- Shoe : Machinery company charged that Brandeis helped to form that company, was a director therein. and drew clauses whereby the concern ieasea - its macninery to patrons, but that latoi- ho attcrkxl h a vicious trust and its leases as in valid. Wlnslow will be cross examined tomorrow, . , Another Warship Is Claimed by Germans Statement Bays Additional British - Ship Was Sent to Bottom Witn the Arabia on Dorrffsr Bank. crim. ro. as. ti. in. a.) rnat an other British warship. In addition to the Arab Is.- was torpedoed and sent to the bottom in the Dogger Bank en gagement, was claimed in an official statement Issued by , the admiralty here today. Details were not Included in the announcement. "A new type of English ship was put into commission In January, the statement added. "They are construct ed for mining purposes and for air defense, and are built along the lines of a small cruiser,. They are capable of a speed of Is knots hourly, and carry a crew of 7S men.,.i, t- r , ' m i v ---,-4 j ' - , 1 ' : : - . - -1 .Torpedo" Boat's Loss Indicated. . Copenhagen, Feb. 15. (U. P.) That a torpedo boat may have been lost in the North sea was Indicated today by Danish fishermen's discovery of a box with '11 German letters inside and a card on which was written "Torpedo boat 'now; sinking, 3 6 aboard. -tiifii- . . ' ' i; : Protests derrnan : Decree. t Washington, Feb. 15. i-fL N. . S.i A Joim resolution protesting against the i decree of the German admiralty that after JMarch 1 A armed merchantmen would, be ; considered as cruisers and torpedoed without warning was Intro duced ; today .' by Senator Sterling of South Dakota.; ; -. . DISCREDIT BRANDEIS United States German Policy International Law Will rNot Coun tenance Attacks on 3Ierchiit i ; . men A Armed tor, Def ease. Washington. Feb. 15. Ct. N. S.I Opposition by - the United States , to Germany's plan to 1 attack ' without warning all armed merchantmen after Msrch 1, was Indicated today by Sec retary of State Lansing in a statement which is regarded as one of the most vital from' the American standpoint slftce the war began. ! . Secretary Lansing indicated that un less the entente . allies accept Ger many's proposition to regard all armed merchantmen as auxiliaries of their several navies, the United States must, under international law, side with the entente. This declaration was re garded as defintely et if ling Germany's announced plans for a new campaign of sea raiding. It was believed the principle, if .adhered to, would prac tically align the United States with Great Britain and her allies during the world conflict. The . decision of the administration was reached at todays cabinet meet ing. It occasioned surprise because it was practically a reversal of the gen eral view as heretofore expressed. Under the international law. it was explained, all merchantmen have the right to carry a certain amount of armament. Germany's - proposition; which stated that- any armed mer chantmen would be subject to attack without warning after March 1, it was explained, would embody a change of international understanding .which the United States could not Indorse at this stage of the war unless - the newly enunciated principle was agreeable to all the combatant nations.- The decision of the adminstration was regarded as definitely announcing the stand . to be taken by the United States regarding the announcements of Germany and Austria, and as. in ef fect, placing the United States in di rect opposition to the proposed Teu tonic sea campaign. - AMBASSADOR MARYE WOULD GIVE UP POST BECAUSE OF HEALTH Handling Affairs of U, S. and .JleMonJ Allies; InSRussIa Protes Toq Much, ; 'r ! ' - " ' ' - V Washington, Feb. 15. (I. N. 8.) America's Ambassador ", Marye. sta tioned at Petrograd, has - decided to resign oh account of Illness, according to confidential advices received here today. . ..- - ; . Marye Is reported - to have broken under the war strain and has decided to retire. -. Marye's confidential secretary, Kay Baker, reached the Unltsd States yes terday and hurried to Washington today. He declined to discuss-a. re port that he was commissioned - to present Marye's resignation to Presi dent Wilson. Marye's home Is In San Francisco. Since the war the American embassy officials -have been compelled to work night and day, in the Interest of the United States and the Teutonic em pires, Ambassador Marye has remained at bis post continually since his ap pointment. - Some time ago it was widely re ported that Ambassador Marye planned to resign ' but these rumors proved incorrect. Northwest Bates OnljumberEemain Interstate Comma roe Commission BSM misses Complaint of Big j Basin Company Against Bates on Tin. . v Washington. Feb. 15. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL) Complaints of the Big Basin Lumber company and other firms, operating In California and Oregon, against lumber rates established by the Southern Pa cific and 'other railroads from Cali fornia and southern Oregon V the east were dismissed today by the interstate commerce commission. The lumber men complained - that present rates gave Washington and northern Oregon the advantage... . The Big Basin Lumber company was the plaintiff and the West Coast Lum ber Manufacturers'- and Eastern Ore gon Lumber Producers associations Intervened to . protect the present northwest rates, pine lumber" an"5 its products only wers Involved. . The com mission's decision says the northwest rates were sustained by the supreme court, and holds they are not relative ly lower than those from California and the pine districts of southern Ore ' . .-: . - - y ; : . ; ' f ; .;' - The California lumber: manufactur ers, contending ' that the. rate adjust ment prevailing from? their plants to eastern points wers unreasonably .high of themselves and also ,h!gher pro portionally :. than ' the corresponding rates prevailing out f Oregon and Washington, instituted the action more than two years ago. The West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' associatlonMn tervened because it wished to protect the rat fabric already established by supreme ; court . action, r j i . - Hearing was had at San Francisco early February, 1914, and the commis sion has had consideration of the mat- wr.efw aince. - - - --, r '. .Asks Penrose to JlrpLaJn. ''k Wasbingtonr Feb., 15. (I. jj. S. Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania was called upon by Senator Tillman of South Carolina today to explain a re cent' message he brought from armor plate manufacturers; three tenin g to increase the price $300 per ton If the government passed the bill providing for the construction of a government owned armor plate plant. liiOOOPOLi Gi,:. llTERPOr.';- F U. 5. SHOV. Irftdrrnation Gathered by Dc partment of Agriculture 1: Be Printed as Senate Dec- " - ument to inform Public. SENATOR SMOOT TRIES HARD TO PREVENT I" Utah Solon Admits M onop c !y and Says It Will Always Be With Us. Washington, Feb. IS. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF TIIE JOURNAL.) Information gathered by the depart ment of agriculture regarding the wa. ter powers of the Unitd States, their ownershlp and state of development, is to be made available for use cf members of congress and the publie by being printed as a senate document. Senator Smoot of Utab made a fight on several successive days to prevent the printing of anything, besides tb bare text of the report, without the diagrams and maps. He did this on the ground of expense, but it was noted that roost . of the senatorial group! that feels ss Smoot feels con cerning federal control f the re maining water-power resources of the country followed his lead, while prominent champions- of the Ferris bill wanted the full, report printed. - Show Where "sSonopoly ZJes. Smoot contended that the drawings were Of no value, anyway. It devel oped during the debate that one of the chief purposes of these drawings is t' bring graphically before the eye c the reader the devious chain of mo Caacloded on Pe Two, Column rirel B CARRIES MILLION FOR " THE COLUfilBIA RIVEu Willamette. River, Coos Bay arid - Yamhill River ' Dov I 1 1 for Various Sums. Washington. Feb. 15. (V. F.) "Anti-pork congressmen Indicated to day that they will fight for reduction of the rivers and harbors bill appro priations. : The measure, carrj i nearly $40,000,000, was booked fer final, consideration lit comm'it'.ee to day, with an early report to the houte. Among the Pacific toast apptoprU tlons asked are: -Oregon and Washington :olumtii river. -$1,200,000. Washington W a t e r w a y Joinir . Lake Union and - Lske Washington with Puget sound, $348,000. Oregon Columbia and lower Wil lamette rivers below Portland, $260. 000; Coos Bay. $70,000; -Yamhill river and Willamette river above Portland, $47,009. . t Surveys with possible later improve ments, wers authorized for these locai- California Black John slough. He river, Venice, , ' - .Washington Baker's bsy from the main ship channel of the Columbia to liwaeo. - . Oregon Channels In th St. Heler -and Rainier rivers; Hoquartoa slough; Sluslaw -river; Willamette fiver be tween Eugene and CorvalUs. California Humboldt harbor and bay $450,000; Sacramento and Festhr rivers. $115,000. with $75,000 if $75,00 is contributed locally Oakland harbor, $106,500; San Pablo bay, $1050; Lok Angeles and San Francisco harbors, $75,000 and $15,000. Fire on i Battleship. Philadelphia, Feb. 15. (L N. S.I The blowing out of a dynamo fuse on the battleship North Takota last night caused a fire which was extinguished after doing slight damage,- it was learned today, - IHE man who ioans thou sands and the man who seeks your- old clothes or junk, advertise side -by side in The Journal's classi fied : columns. Want ads serve all classes- See pages 13 and U. Situations remale 4 MIDDLK AGED housekeeper wanu work; economical cook. Phone - Moasy to IfOan 37 .$1000 or more, private money, to - loan on improved Portland real estate. Phone r - - - "iZ'J't. Swap Column SS 1$ law books from La fcalle Ex tension university; will trad for good camera. . ITlHEtdaily circulation i Y jr , The" Journal, in For: -- land and its trad' radius; exceeds the morn:: -paper! by several thousrr-. ; and fs practically 10 per cc :: greater than its nearest c.: crnoon contemporary. RIVERS AND HAR RS