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XTHE - OREGON SUND AV." JOlRNAt, ! PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING; MARCH 26, 1916. SURVIVOR OF SUSSEX SAYS EXPLOSION WAS DEADLY IN AMERICANS ON SUSSEX RESULTS Many Were Blown Overboard, Either Dead ..or; Badly ln: . jured; Women Jump. CURIOSITY SAVED LIVES London March 25. I. N. S.)-Fol-lowing is the official list of Amneau who were on board tha steamship Sos. sex, a made public tonight bjr the American tmbuiT: --- v;:-.- j GERTRUDE W.. WARREN. New York and St. Louis, r MRS. TALLIOTB FENNELL. LILLIAN C S. HARDE. DNA 8. HARDE. U. 8. Troops Secure : View of Villa Force TUUxtM am 0ms Bat Ho Magsgssaaat Polio ws, . Though, : OarransisUs Bar - Brwbw With. Otfcr . BuUta. , By II. D. Jacob. : With the American Army, Colonia Dublan, Mexico, via Radio to Colum- k SAMUEL. E. BEMI8, Medford, Mass. bus. N. M-. March 2S. (U. P,)-i-Aner- - tinni HBitK, ww ipr. i lets iroopt ennf d in u tncpmpuf IDA BEER. ; 5-t-i J4I - i..tw-i--i-.j.. . JUUYCUiSUV Willi ve"itl MW Natniqulpa; "today: got thatr ttrtt tdsbt of Vmiatai. There was no 1 fighting between tba bandits and tha United States forces, but the Carranxlstas had Group of 'American, 'Who Had Bees - teadlagln tboow, Martd so Watch KaaeuVers of Aeroplane. .1 ' ttf John H. Hearijr, . Paris.: March 25. U. P.) Yankee curiosity saved the lives of at least a dozen Americans aboard the channel liner Sussex when she struck a mine or was attacked by a submarine off the French coast Friday afternoon. An aeroplane hove in sight just be fore the explosion. With a dozen oth er Americans. I was standing at the prow of the boat, but rushed to the : stem towatch the circling blrdman. While we were back there admiring the skill ,f the aviator, we heard a muffled roar. I ran forward and saw the whole front of the Sussex crump- ling away as a huge spurt of water threw debris upon the deck. Civilians XMoh Xdfeeoet. 'Every - one grabbed for a life pre server and then ran for the upper deck. Four civilians launched a lifeboat, and dropped It over the side. EDWARD 8. BUXLEf, New Tor. : . FRANCIS E. DRAKE. ? AS GEORGE HERBERT CROCKER JR., FitchbOrg, Mass. - - CHARLES THOMAS CROCKER. WILDER. G. PENFIELD, Wisconsin. (Rhodes scholar at Oxford.) . JOSHUA Dt 'ARMITAGK. EDNA FRANCES HILTON, New York. -.vVyr , MISS DOROTHT HILTON. -TINGLE WOOD B. TULBERT80N. .DANIEL SARGENT. Boston,- - . EDWARD MARSHALL, New York. (War correspondent) EDNA HALL, New York. J. MARK BALDWIN, i HELEN BALDWIN Reported in hospital at , Boulogne). MISS ELIZABETH B. BALDWIN (Reported killed). ALICE W. RUISE. . JOHN W. HEARLT, Albany. GERTRUDE BANES. New York. ' . Other Americans who are reported to" have been on board but whose names do not appear on the list, are: MRS. CLARENCE HANDY, New York. P. W. CULBERTSON, fPrttsburg. i GEORGE HENRY PARKER JR. It Is probable that these names have been confused in telegraphic trans mission with similar names of the of ficial list. mained behind with her at Boulogne, lhAii.li nAn. Af Amylanm r.iih. t Ourrboat had Just struck the water ,ng par,B tonht couW recaU having seen the Baldwins after the explo- when we heard a woman scream on the upper: deck. The next instant she Jumped from the third deck, landing squarely. In the middle of our boat. Several of us threw out our arms and broke her fall, so that she was prac tically uninjured. -I am Miss Hilton, from New. York." she toid us, when. he .tiad recovered i ber breath. - -; Her mother, Mr; Edward .Hilton, was also among the survivors -ianded at Boulogne, and included- in oar party arriving In Paris tonighLC Passengers Jump zato Sea. - Meantime passengers were jumping ' by the dosens. We picked up several slon. The fear is growing that they may have been ldst. P. WT Culbertson of Pittsburg, one of the American survivors who was en route to France to join an ambulance corps, reported to - the American em bassy that he lastsaw Miss Baldwin lying in the midst of wreckage aboard tba Sussex, bleeding from a' wound in the head. A woman was attempting to staunch the flow fblood. Ambassador Gets Affidavit. Ambassador ,t.Sharp obtained af fidavits from several American sur vivors. He told us upon our arrival i here that he Is not yet convinced that two brushes with other bands, reports to General Pershing's , headquarters stated. , The pursuit was .continued today In asnow storm. ' -The bandits th Americans sighted were a small body, and It Is not known whether Villa himself , was among them. The reports to headquarters gave their location as 129 miles south by southeast jot Dublan. The dis patches indicated that Villa has split up his forces. - 1 This, was the first word-that the American vanguard was so close to the Vtllistas, and reports of flghtingwere expected .momentarily. .. , . VILLA HARD PRESSED,; ' BY PURSUING FORCE IN EL-0S0 DISTRICT (Conttnuvd from Ptft One.) of Pearson on Monday. Many of the soldiers were injured, but none fatally. A number of cavalry horses on the train were Injured and had , to be shot. Earlier reports attributed the wreck to Villlstfis. Only One Opinion. Gavtra's was the only official opinion of the -day. He Interpolated a long explanation of the present mil itary situation in Chihuahua with em phatic declarations of cooperation of the Carranxista soldiers. He denounced reports of defections among them to Villa and joined with Consul Garcia, of El Paso, in a telegram to the state department' at Washington denying that the Juares garrison had. been inr creased since tba Columbus raid. He ridiculed reports that Carranxa sol diers between Pershing and the border constituted a menace to the American expedition. Gavtra Indicates Positions. around us and so did other boats that any Americans lost their lives, in view Pointing to a military map, Gavira had been .lowered. Our boat sprang a, of the contradictory reports. 'leak, and despite our efforts to plug the seams, threatened to sink at any moment. The naval and military attaches of tho American embassy left Paris to night for Boulogne to begin an invest!' Samuel Bemls of Medford, Mans.. ! ration for the purpose of ascertaining showed that if Villa waa in the Santa Clara canyon he war virtually sur rounded by Colonel Dodd's column, at his rear and Carranxa. troops near the eastern mouth of the canyon at OJo de SLOWNESS OF SENATE 111 HANDING PROGRAM MAY EXTEND SESSION was chfef witness at Searings on the 1 nitrate question. Is chairman - of 'the board of directors of this power firm. HAWLEY GATHERS DATA FAVORING NAVAL BASE AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA Washington, March S. (WASHING. TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAI) i In preparation for argument to be made Efficiency of : Upper . House :j a8SRft SS Qhtirr,A nJn-AUw UMlft 'base at the month t of the -Columbia oavllllVOU IUI Vi&Hlj IU)1C .rtver. Representative Hawley has been - Business Suffers. - . PRESIDENT SEEKS SPEED Chief Executive Boss Mot Believe leg islative Program Should Be Out Short for PoUUcal Beaaoas. - Washington, March" j! 5.-tASHING-TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Logic and expediency; Sy;.combJne some day lh reforming the rules of the senate. Until that day eomes there will always be congestion of Important business, congress will be kept almost continuously in session, and the threat of filibuster will keep many a worthy measure In the background. . There Is no question as to the re sponsibility of the senate for the leg islative jaM that threatens. marshalling some of the testimony giv en by naval expert during recent pre paredness hearings. Rear-Admiral C M. Wlnslow, com manding the Pacific fleet, . testified that he does not consider two navy yards on the Pacific coast sufficient- r "There is no question , but that even tually we must be made to maintain, a fleet on the Pacific coast," be said. Before deciding on the location for an additional navy yard, said Admiral Wlnslow, he would advise sending out an expert naval board to look over the ground. , BearAdmlral Victor Blue:" chief of the bureau of navigation, declared that. under the present conditions, the ques tion of defense for the western coast of the country depends on the time re quired for a fleet to reach the scene of operations from-an Atlantic base. . . Rear-Admiral aI W. Grant dealt with the question of submarine bases. He stated that there are three submarines In service on the Pacific coast, and there should bi 41. He advocated a Tn wi nr. than three month the senate has vot-rt,M at San Diego, and said he did not who was en route to join an ambulance whether the Sussex was torpedoed or j Agua, Moctesuma, Lagunt and Villa corps at the French front, was tho real , stsuck a mine. They plan to question her of -the Sussex disaster, Awomat) floundering In the water near our boat screamed loudly for help and then. SaakV beneath the waves. the officers of the channel steamer and to examine' the' Titill of the Sussex When aheils- drydocked. At least, a ooxen persons must nave Bemis leaped into the -water - and been killed -outsigat when the explosion -swam to her rescue He, -brought Jier to our boat and we dragged -her in. The gunwales by thfs-time were so near the level of the?; water . thaf to drag . Bemis aboard , was if to : Insure disaster. - - '..-.,." . - " Bemis Swimg. Away. . ' With ,.a.; wave of his .hand. Bemls rolled over on his side and swam care lessly as waves at few men , have faced pocsthla death . wwi a ugnier neart y 1 -wrecked thexforward.Tart of the Sus sex, as she- was -neartng the French coast. -...;-, -. Sui'vlvors Beeklag Belatlves. Others were mangled and hurled, wounded, into the water. How many g these perished before Ahumada, Each detachment in the field was marked by pins, yellowheads for Americans and whiteheaded .pins for the de facto government's forces. The Villa band Gavira located in the canyon and a smaller group- reported just south of San Leovenso were marked by black pins. Other American forces were Indicated by pins 10 mile north of Cruces, another near the Cumbre tunnel and ' the main division where Gavira stated Pershing himself Is, near Cases Grandee. The remaining ear ths boats reached -thetT could not D . rajixa detachmenta i cooperating in the ByKthia-tlme the Sussex under-the learned exactly tonight. Women sur ;arrre?; n aVuguT fraclTy Banta Ana,, Madera. Case, a summer resort. Certainly t.ir. i.h. .'Pearson. , ww if e.tivai a ,wa among those reported landed at Dover. -1 bad walked forward a short time i K.fAM tTl. . ..AlAdAn .1aM head f steam she carried when she , passengers, taking advantage of th) was struck, was two miles away from , ciear weather, were on deck, despite us. Bemis spied the raft some dis-s the sharp atmosphere. It is incon- if f?:wt.w,am t0.,lt nd cI&m" ceivable that many of these could ber Oiu The Sussex finally came t have escaped in the terrific blast that a dead halt. - When we observed that broke and splintered the forepart of rt A f as n alts lr I si w wmr ontlAiJ W 1 . " BH4saAet V fVilVU tha gUIMX. making; our way slowly, for fear that A chance wave might capsize our s beavgy, laden, leaking boat, r We found the passengers who had not left -. the ship gathered forward about - two mangled bodies and en gaged in caring for the wounded. Many Blown Off the Ship. The. bodies of these two were 'he Women Jump Overboard. A man dived overboard a moment after the explosion. That started a panic. Several women jumped, carry ing children with them. Boats were put over On either side and began picking up those that jumped but offi cers told roe they were certain sev eral wert drowned. It was reported Santa Clara. Babricora, Temoachio, Grandes and ' Advices mow. in oomwg. - 'i Gavira admitted, however, that hill pins had not been moved for SB hours because of the absence of advices on account of Interrupted communica tions. The Vllllstas had out wire south of Cases Grande at two points. In his opinion, if Villa is in the band only ones found on the Sussex. Most - ... ,. ,.. JL0,.a e.T.. I? lao8.eu wftf w'r! causing further loss of life, but this the explosion. biOWft.tt ithe ,hip by the "hock ofJ report could not be verified 'tonight. v,. ."j,. . 1 - Though the wireless house was rockets 'and crackins- out fp.hi. wir-.. wrecked, the operator miraculously . less calls from an 1 improvised wire less apparatus. At 11 o'clock the I escaped serious injury. He rigged up a temporary apparatus after several Maria Theresa and a tug came along-. hour! wr nd n OMtfc?,?.dl5ir,?B side and- began taklnr Off passengers, j elgnals,that ,fly rougbt the Uria Baldwin, his wife and daughter Elixa-j beth,- were not amonir our nartv of American survivors of the Sussex dis aster arriving in Paris tonight. -Pear Baldwins Are Tjoi4, . A dispatch received here before our , arrival said that Elisabeth Baldwin .. was in a Boulogne hospital, suffering front a broken leg and other injuries. It is possible that this may be true and that her father., and .mother re. British destroyer to our aid. The three Americans who declare tLey saw a torpedo approaohtng the ship will make affidavits for presen tation to Ambassador Sharp. SUSSEX STRUCK BY TORPEDO IS OFFICIAL CLAIM FM - roode by ui cot po morf than Kryptok made by otheropticiaV'ibut the Kryptok supplied by u" are better, bein finished on specially made .: ma chines and : in the finest, most completely equipped retail optical factory r in Portland. , ; .. .Ij. : (J Betides, we do all the work under one roof, from itheiexaminationAof. your eyes to the accurate lit ting of the finished f lasses. . - nr. 3 THOMPSON r OPTICAL INSTITUTE 203:i0-il Corbett Bldi Fifth"and Morrison , i (Cootianed Prom Fit Ow) and only her watertight compartments saved her from sinking. Nine third classpassengers and five others were kllledl by the explosion or, blown Into the water and drowned. -Fifteen t 80 others were drowned by. the cap- etxtng of ; lifeboat. Eight ot 19 others were washed of f- raft and drowned. . : "?.' : -.- , . None of the survivors who has thus far,arrivfd in London saw a perisc.ope Or -a submarrne.:'--;':v v; - ' Idas Baldwin Beported Dead. A Lloyds , dispatch from Dover to night reported i that - Miss Elisabeth Baldwin, the American girl ', reported injured. Is dead. . -The dispatch also added O. H;- Crocker ef V Fitchburg, Mass., to the number of injured, stat ing that Crocker and W. O. Penflsld of Hudson. Wis.," have fractured "skulls. . Lloyd s listed among, the missing Americans -Miss Gertruds Barnes of New York," A buyer at Wanamaker's, who was en -route for Paris and, Miss Hilton of New York. Both Miss - Barnes and miss Hiiton,Thoweverr -are.: re ported rescued in . United Press' dis- patohes from a staff -correspondent at Boulogne. -. -v. 1 I , . Civil War Eagle to HaveilMoniixi "Old Abe" Was Carried by Baa CUisw Company; lgemertal Also to Tet. .- ot tw Waxa.; "y " w Eau Claire. Wlai vMarch 26.i-"Old Abe,' the famous . war eagle of tha Civil war. carried A by i Eau "Cialre'g eagle company. t finally to have s. monument erected In his honor. A. meeting with .that end laid plans for raisin g jnoney for the monument, which also will- serve as a memorial to, th soldiers of the Civil and Spanish-American wars. - Dodd-is following, the-chase will be over in days, Instead of months. He estimated Dodd was SO miles behind the bandits at last reports. Villa might reach the eastern outlet of the 300-mile long canyon, Gavira admitted, but would then be confronted by large numbers of Carranta troops along tha Mexican National railway. The country east of the outlet is level and Villa's chances of escape will be nil. in Gavira opinion. Canyon Sag Outlets. There are outlets up the canyon's sides to the Guerrera mountains, Ga vira says. The defile abounds in springs, but can furnish ah army little or no food. Its indistinct trails over rocks end along precipices are the only man of travel in the, cany on. 1 American ranchmen and mine -own ers received contradictory reports from their Mexican properties regard ing Villa's whereabouts. One stated Villa and a small following were go ing west through the Sierra Madre mountains toward Sonora. The possibility that he has taken ad vantage of one of the Santa Clara capyon's outlsts to reach ths Hidalgo country was also suggested. He ha many followers In that -section. ,YlllitM I-eav El. Paso. El Paso officials turned from .trying to locate Villa to ridding the city of Vlllieta "generals.?. MAHUet Medina, vieta and Manuel ' Eanda, who were caught In the dragnet thrown out fol lowing the first "spy" scare, were ordered - to leave," - They - departed f o r Havana via .New Orleans. ; The city officials also considered passing a resolution ' by Mayor Lea making-" the sending out of falsa rer ports about local ' conditions - punish, able by a fin of tSOO. ' " ? ; .' ' Mi Paso business ; men plannedr to support the resolution introduced by Senator Shepherd at their instigation for making Fort Bliss here a brigade post entitled to 6000 soldiers. Rapid Transporting Of Troops Wonderf ul Fifteen Children Are reu. Penfleld. 111., March S 5. Mrs. Mont Carpenter has just given bi,fth to her fifteenth chUd. - None of them " has ever hee.n HUl r - j Captain Blelasehmldt Says : Xs Seem 40,000 Men Taken Proa West to Bast Proa In 00 Hoars. , t New York, March 25. - Germany's system for the rapid transportation of troops from one battlefront to another was described by Captain Frank E. Klelnschmidt. who has rturncl hflcr 16 months with the Austro-German forces on three war front. : ' "The rapidity" flf inovemeitf of . the German - armies,' jsaid ae, 'may be rABl'utit when It. u u tka intin ec-ma hut tta mavA from !hn n-.tl.m to the eastern fronts. "O" Nick, in wo and a half day. What th", lUHt of t transportation :iActlltte4 may be di not know. -, but i Know cf my own personal ; knowledge of ?40,t0( soldiers 'being started from the west ern lines-to a position on the eastern front and 'made ready .for"r artioq against the Russians in CJ hours. , Captain Klelnschmidt, - who is an AroMn. Is known her !r -il.e worts a commander of the arctic expedition sent Out ly the Carneglo Museum at Pittsburg, :na m. 'big ?. hunter and explorer in Alaska, With 5 hi American credentials he was rerroittvi to remain year with the advance forces on the eastern front.. . "Whn c wrttinr or pleaae mntka. xbe Jouyi esn'nf . es Sdrotipm, ' raa. ed on only three biU in the contested class." and has "taken up another, not conniiug'prepareaneas. . Mouse Debate United. : In the' house. 10 hours were sllowed for general debate on the Hay army re organisation bill. It had been worked out in detail after weeks of hearings before "the committee on military af fairs. There the experts appeared, and the bill was molded. It is doubtful if anything important would have been added to what was said if the debate had been expended to 10 days, or 10 months. In the senate the Chamberlain reor ganisation bill has also Just been re ported. Up to this point senate and house are neck and neck with prepared ness for their committees have ' fin ished the task asslgtreS to them at ap proximately the same time. The' dif ference comes In the attention hereaft er to be given. Instead of taking 10 hours for general debate, the senate will talk indefinitely, while rural cred its, the water power development bill. general .leasing bills and other impor tant measures dealing with internal af fairs are compelled to watt. Bf or Dignity Than Dispatch. The senate thus lacks in efficiency what it gains in dignity. In a handful of Its members lies the power of wast ing away weeks of time;, and this waste goes on every day. Some day the country will realise that cloture Is something more than a detail of sen ate procedure. Then It will be made a major Issue, and the senate will be come an actual legislative body. Talk of finishing the session of con gress before the national conventions, whioh was heard at one time, is now remembered as a dream. No one dares to predict when congress will adjourn. Not until 'September, some say. Others declare that campaign pressure will be so great before that time that adjourn ment will be taken, whatever the state of business by that date. - , President Wilson has found It neces sary to convey "speed up" messages to the senate twlee during the present session. Probably he will find it neces sary tow-do so again, for word from th White House indicates mat tne presi dent does not believe the legislative program should be cut short 'to fit po litical exigencies. Primaries Play Pranks. Presidential primaries are playing pranks this year. That is the uni versal verdict of the politicians. Four years ago, with Taft and Roose velt racing in one ring, and Wilson cantering around with Champ Clark In the other, the show was interesting. This year there is no Democratic eon- test, and the favorites have not been entered in the Republican test. This has robbed the primaries of their thrills. The excitement is reserved for Chicago. With Roosevelt, Hughes, Boot and Borah all so coy, there is not even an exciting contest in sight among tht lessor lights. La Follette, Cummin and Brumbaugh, have a gentleman's agreement whereby they avoid con tests with each other; Burton mani fests no desire for indorsement outside of Ohio; Fairbanks is satisfied with Indiana, and Sherman seems content with Illinois. Primary z Mot X.olag Ground. So, with primaries more in vogue than ever - before, peculiar circum stances of the year have combined to detract from their importance. Names most in the mind are not on the ballot Massachusetts seems nearest to a real fight: but, with Roosevelt himself pull ing the reins on tne leaders wno are trying to carry the state into hi col umn, the issue is clouded. Democratic unanimity - and Repub lican, chaos have brought about this temporary eclipse of the presidential primary. But, as a reserve weapon for expression of the sentiment of the vot ers, it i as potent ever, and in near, ly every state it Is providing ilively snort for local contests, In thl-way it i - steadily working toward dethrone ment of tba bosses,; and there Js no- ground for believing that ' the direct primary is losing ground anywhere. Indeed, with no pressing reason for adoption, the people of Vermont, prob ably the most conservative or tne union, nave Just adopted the presides Uai primary by referendum vote. : ; Bran dais Connmattea Assured, r William H. Taft, and tt other ex- presidents of the American Bar Asso ciation, who have Informed the senate that they view Louts D. Brandsls with alarm, are .not believed to have per suaded the senate sub-commltte of in vestigation that he is unfit r; -: Confirmation of -Brandeis as a. jus tice of the supreme court is expected In due time, It.wili require probably two weeks, for analysis -of .testimony before reports are presented, and there may be long debate in the. senate. In the Hay military bill1 la a, provl. slon for a nitrate manufacturing plant that ha received little attention, but may ultimately be of large importance. It das no limitation in cost, location or general description, being- Authorised in the following language; . ; .-. r' .would Proride Hitrat Plant. -That;te provide for the fixation of atmosph'eria nitrogen by the develop ment of .Vster - power, or any-.; other mean necessary to establish an ad. equate supply of nitrogen, tha" appro priation ox sue a sum or sums ot rauniy to construct the necessary plant for such purpose is hereby authorised. :5; : Congressman'' Freer, of Wisconsin, declares -that behind-this general lan. guag is hidden a Joker."-; It 1 In tended, he says, to use this section for expending - 124.000.000 at . Muscle Shoals, on the -Tennessee river,, where the Alabama Power company is heavily interested; -Ijk , 8,' v Washburn, who know north coast conditions, but had heard the Columbia river favorably mentioned. . He declared that, with $1,- OOO.yOO for a submarine base, as coud take care .of 20 submersible, While most of the testimony does not strike directly to the point in volved In the Hawley bllL the comment of -these authorities as to conditions generally is thought to be. worth re peating to the naval affairs committee.- Secretary Daniels has stated that no new naval bases will be asked from the present congress;" but Mr. Hawley In tends to present the argument for the Columbia vase fully before the com mittee, and thus help to keep it at the front -for action at the earliest time possible. AMENDMENT PROPOSED - IN' THE INTEREST OF SETTLERS IN OREGON Washington. March 25 (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Recognising that penalties provided for settlers on reclamation projects who have been tardy in accepting provl sions of the extension of payment act are too severe, as they have been fixed in a bill recently passed by the house. the reclamation commission, with the approval of the interior department, has submitted an amendment to be of fered in the senate. Protest regarding this bill came to Representative Slnnott from water- users on the Klamath project in Ore gon. He conferred with Assistant Sec retary Jones, of the interior depart ment, about It, and the amendment now proposed is expected to meet objec tions. - - The bill as passed by the house im posed a penalty of r per eenv-month of- the full construction charger from thel time notice of the, extension act -v HONORED BYCHINESE RULER RAILROADS j, - " I - I ';',-'-'-'.- tW v:--:' 1 '.. 1 Is ' i ,:.' x i l ' - " ? fir, f t M ' ' , f " j ; i:i i m : r -: John Watson Poster, former secretary of stato and fatbcr-ln-law of Secretary of State Lansing, who has just been honored by the . Chinese emperor with the decoration of the Order of the Golden Grain for his services to the Chinese government. .This order la the highest; within tho gift of the emperor. Mr. Foster servel in that country in the United States diplomatic service and took part in .tbe peace negotiations with Japan. He is 80 years old. was formally given in the case of set tlers who have not accepted its provi sions, but desire to do so. It 1 pro posed to change this to impose a pen alty merely equal to 1 per cent of the installment of the construction charge that would have been 'paid had the act been accepted within the time fixed. The extension act was passed August If, 1914, and authorised reclamation settlers to pay up construction charges in SO annual payments, instead of 10 annual payments, Majiy settlers, through indifference or lack, of infor mation, failed to accept this provision within the six months' time limit after notice was given, which in the case of the Klamath project was September 24, 1014. Legislative Committee Named. Washington, March 25. WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) i; T- Hinekle, of Oregon, and T. M. Rice, of Washington, were appointed today on the legislative committee on irrigation legislation, by the confer ence of reclamation delegates from western states. The committee will remain here for hearings on Senator Jones' bill guaranteeing Irrigation districts bonds. Tbe conference en dorsed the bills of Jones and Smith of -Idaho. The house Irrigation com mittee has agreed to report favorably later. . Would Close Flood Gates. Washington, March 25. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL.) Interior department has sub mitted a proposition through Repre sentative Slnnott to the Klamath drainage district, Oregon, for perma nent closing of flood gates on rail road right of way; to tbe effect that the district must pay 128,000 to enable the government to supply water to people who would be deprived of water by the closing of the gates. The pro posal includes 'repayment of expendi tures made by the government in the past; aggregating 1252,000. dis tributed over a term of years. ARE NOT BLOCKING URBAN LINE, SAYS O'BRIHl On Contrary, Lines Are En- cou raging Stephen Carver Project, It Is Declared. . COMMON USER DISCUSSED 'O-W B. a . Co. Xs Bet Attempting I to Prevent Construction of Boad," It Zs Asserted. Charges made by 8tAhen Carver! before tha city commission that , the railroads are trying to block his projM ect of building the Portland & Oregon I City lnterurban line were denied yes- terday by J. P. O'Brien, vice president and general manager of the O-W.-R.I & N. company who declared that, on I tbe contrary, the established lines are I offering him every help and courtesy. On March 11 Mr. Carver explained ln a letter to Commissioner Daly that his construction work in being hampered I by a lack of cooperation by the P. It., I L. & P., the S.. P. & a, and the O- W. R. a N. He said the roads were trying to "put him ofr on the com mon user rights to trackage provided for in city franchises. ; So far as the O-W. R. A N. Is con-1 cerned. Mr. O'Brien authorized the I statement that the first official Inti mation he had had that Mr. Carver I proposed to use part of the O-W, n. A N. trackage was contained in a let-l ter from Carver dated January e, I me, when he applied for tho rights or common use of the East ThlrdJ street track between Hawthorn av- r.ue and Morrison street. . f On January 10 Mr. O'Brien replied, saying the franchise matter was be ing looked into and that full reply would be made later. This full reply was made to Mr. Carver on January I 18, when Mr. O'Brien wrote that the O-W. R. & N. was prepared to admit the Portland at Oregon City to tbe use of the tracks upon payment of the proper proportion of the cost, in accordance with ordinance No. 20,471. the Carver company to pay all the costs of electrification. This letterl called attention to the necessity fori consulting the 8., P. A B, which hadJ been admitted to common user rights! previously under ordinance No. 2f,Sl. Certain contracts on file with the city auditor were also referred to with the suggestion that Mr. .Carver make I his plans in accordance with them. On February 10, Mr. O'Brien said, Mr. Carver had asked for a copy of the j trackage agreement with the S.. P.?& S., which was mailed to him on Febru- ary 13. "This um up all our negotiations with Mr. Carver for the use of our! Third street tracks," Mr. O'Brien said. "It will be seen that we have acceded to every request he mado of us and have agreed to admit his line under the! provisions or our franchise ordinance and with only those restrictions that the ordinance impose. Th O-W. JL & N. at least is making no effort' to prsvent the construction of his ILneJ'J Spring Style Exhibit March 26, 27, 28 and 295 f ,fet!ljfe ( H 2$ oir,t I T) 0OS) ( for This Twenty Paymenl ' . .. tfJSJ ttes Ssssjj fsisHil sSSIf TSXSt ftt 5sJf5 sn:: ksssj vtA . i-".. CmUTi t . , ,y fig jail jjjm gsss 'fea-'ieSB -- Slkm I I I , Jt lt MHHIHUIMHN .Wm Rtl liL S?N?4 1 - I'll Mil 1 j23 ' ' m f & i m ft i. in f . . . i - .5 ...n''E ' a Ci Ji pi ' , iui Lu' ua i mrasr m I V - -- .. VI SmnS's rJ I'll - 11 IJ : ; ; . n Place Your Order Now as this price positively will be with darwn next Saturday, April l. Re member, we don't take phone or C O. P. orders for this extra spexlaL ' . . - ' i V Look at the Design of tbl tablejin4 see bow convenient : It will be with itf book shelves, each 7x19- large plank top, 78x44, "tnd spacious - drawer, 1 7x1 9x2 ft : Inside ' lers are full Inches -i square. Thers never was s better table offered tt tbe remarkably low price ws are sskinc for this. To gether, with f slie, x Us. pjasslvenes, , quality, finish and worknunsbip, It L . Is Justly banner bargain. . -' - - OUT-OF-TOWN FOUEttStftt A Clever Model You see In this Library Table some thin r that is realy new and attractive In mission furniture de sign,; Don't imagine for s minute, because this 'pries is so low that the tabje Is a cheap. piece of furniture. Indeed, It is on of the best and most attractive In our. entire store.- The design Is the latest massive type, and it hbull entirely of selected flaky-grained .Quarter-sawed oik. finished in beautiful wax golden- or rich nut brown shade of fumed oak. . . ' 1 , Why We Cut the Price You wonder iflthjs i can really be s 20.00 table. We say "Yes,J and one of the best in our entire Hoe, and admit we are not making anything on it directly, but indirectly It pays us big, because when you buy one you become acquainted with Edwtidt' ' honorable way of doing business and easy way of paying for what you buy. Then you get the benex m of low rent when you trade at Edwards'. W would rather give it to our customers than to the landlord, V . . - ; . :;7 Folks Living: Out of Town W issue an ? 8-page Catalog. of home outfits showing different kindsand stylet of furniture,' also arrangement of rooms, giving prices and terms to. out-of-town folks, : Order your homefurnish inga by mail on credit and take a full year to pay ' - - - - ' Send Tselay for Our Catalog- TTS ITtE' C :''''' ' "-''' '' 1AGDOD Pt-ACn TO TRAOnr ! T