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Violations of International
Law by Germany Can Be
Established bv American
J Government, It Is Relieved.
BERNSTORFF CLAIMS
1 MINE SANK THE SUSSEX
German Ambassador Sees
Lansing; Submarines Are
Not Discussed.
Washington. March 30. (I. N. S.)
Ambassador Page at London today
cabled the state department he had
been Informed from an official source
that a hostile submarine twice tried
' to torpedo a British destroyer while
the latter, was engaged In rescuing
passengers from the torpedoed steam-
. er Sussex.
Washington. March 30. (I. JC. S.
" If compelled to do so by an unsatis
factory reply from Germany in the
-Sussex matter, the United State gov
ernment will accept the "burden of
proof" and demonstrate that Germany
njut vini.Tftii mrmtitmn. law in a
number of recent Instances.
This was' the declaration here today
of officials, who ald they under
stood the state department had com
piled a r.iass of important evidence
conclusively showing that the Sussex
and the Englishman were torpedoed.
The administration was hopeful that
Ambassador Gerard's reply from the
German government in the Sussex case
would be received 'tomorrow early
enough to be considered by the cab
inet steady for a Break.
It has been reliably ascertained that
a definite policy calling- for a break
ing of diplomatic relations has been
decided upon should Germany not meet
the United States' views.
- It was expected, however, that be
fore a break la actually ordered the
i president will take congress and the
'aoantry Into his confidence, making; the
evidence public '
German Ambassador von Bernstorf f
"insist that Berlin's silence means the
-Teuton government believes the Sus
sex and Englishman were sunk by
mines loosened by gales In the British
mine fields.
German Ambassador von Bemstorff
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EIGHT NATIONS HAVE
PROCLAIMED UNITED
Declaration of Paris of March
29, 1916, Will Become a
. Historic Document.
Paris. March 80. (I. N. S.) The
declaration of Paris of March 29, 191,
will remain a bistorlo document, mem
orable for two statements It contains.
One is the second sentence of the res
olution confirming; the military meas
ures taken "for realising unity of ac
tion and unity of front."
This is the first time in history that
lght nations, including four of the
European and one of the Asiatic pow
ers, have proclaimed they have one
common front against the enemy, and
one common plan of offensive along
that front.
The other unprecedented resolution
Is that affirming solemnly that the
allied governments will carry into ef
fect In the economlo field their solid
arity of viewa and interests. This is
the first time in history that eight na
tions have united against a common
enemy and also proclaimed economic
unity against the common enemy.
It should be pointed out that Japan,
.which had not previously adhered to
the economic union, now solemnly
pledges her cooperation and therefore
;wiU be represented in the economic
congress at tne end of April.
.i The first step In the economic union
of- the allies is the constitution of a
permanent commutes in Paris to en
' force the blockade of the central em
j plres. . '
Germans to Offer
I Reward for Diver
Oae Thousand Marks for Each Crew of
. Ship Capturiaa or Destroying Haid-
tag British Submarlas ud Crew.
Copenhagen, March 30. (I. N. s.
The German authorities are anxious
4 to capture- or sink the - Brltieh sub
marine which, under Commander Boyle,
destroyed vessels in we harbor of Con
stantlnopla, A message to the com-
manders of all German warshlns state.
"that the government will grant a re
ward of 1000 marks to each officer and
man aboard the vessel which captures
ior sinks this submarine with 7?oyl
jano its crew.
e ;,' - Jap War , Minister Quits.
.' . Tokio, March 80. (I. N. S.) Gen
eral Ichlneus Oka, minister of war, has
resigned owitg to 111 health. He has
beer succeeded by Lieutenant General
Kenlchl Ishlma, who has held the post
r vice-minister or war.
FRONT TO THEIR FOES
THAT WINNING SMILE OF PANCHO VILLAA
hitherto unpublished picture of Pancho Villa, with the
winning smile which in his darkest moments has won for
him the friendship of the Mexican peons.
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IN ENGAGEMENT 1H
Bandit Is Believed Again En
trapped; Supply Train Has
Reached Destination Safely
Field Headquarters American Expe
ditionary Force In Mexico, March 30.
(I. N. S.) (By wireless to Columbus,
N. M.) Francisco Villa is bellevea
again' entrapped. Scouts have reports
of another engagement between Vil-
llstas and Carranzlstaa. indicating
that the latter are cooperating fully
with the Americans In the attempt to
capture or kill the bandit chieftain.
A motor truck train two miles lona-
arrived today with supplies.
An aerogram- received here today re
ported that a small ' band of armed
Mexicans, declared to be followers of
villa, nad been seen 55 miles south
of here. If tht report In trave thi
further north than Villistas have
been reported for more than a week.
Villa Splits Command.
San Antonio. Texas. March 36. m.
P.) Francisco Villa has reached the
Guerrero mountains and Colonel
George Dodd's advance guard has
crossed the railroad curvlnr southwest
from Chihuahua City, according to of
ficial reports today.
Vina is said to have split his com
mand Into three divisions after leav
ing; El Valle. and to have taken per
sonal command of about 20 picked
rignxers.
Some dissatisfaction was expressed
by army men over the limitations in
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Roosevelt's Cousin
Loses Suit to Annul
Aged XllUonalrs's Proof of Insuper
able Disability on Wife's Part Insuf
ficient, Judge Holds, to Grant Plea.
New York, March 30. (I. N. S.)
John Ervet Roosevelt, aged millionaire
cousin of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
today lost ms suit for annulment of his
marriage to Edith Hammersley Briscoe
Roosevelt.
Supreme Court Justice Cane ordered
the action dismissed on ' the ground
that the plaintiff had not established
his charge of insuperable disability
on tne part or nis wile.
Portland Talent Is
Equal to Any Task
Required Anywhere
9 As If to speak the last word
t h testimony of Portland's fit-
ness to accomplish any task to
which human skill Is equal,
there is presented today In The
ifr Journal a recital of the growth
of a Portland establishment
that undertakes a line of work
requlringv In both theory and
Hr practice, ability of an order un-
w surpassed. This ex ample is one 4i
of the most notable of many -
ik that have shown how little ex- 4
4- cuso there la for bringing from -fc
afar that which la seeded her -
In Portland. The spokesman
for Leupold & VoelpeU makers '
4t of scientific) Instruments, on the
ift editorial page' of this issue of if
4k' The Journal tells what his firm
Is doing to establish the propo- 4
sitlon that there is "Nothing -
4 the Matter With Portland."
CARRANZISTA
TROOPS
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Suggests ; Way Should Be
Cleared for EnlistecTMenTd
Reach Top.
Washington, Maroh 30 (U. P.)
Among Secretary Daniels' Ideas, riven
by him to the honse naval committee
today, was the suggestion that the
government provide for a reserve in
cluding every sort of available men
from boilermakers to private yacht
owners.
He said that the way ehoold be
cleared so that every enlisted man
would know he had a chance to rise
and becon e an admiral. .
Daniels recommended that the Eng
lish course at Annapolis be made a
good as the one at Harvard.
Attempts of "big navy" members to
heckle. Secretary Daniels "while he ad-
(Concloded on Page Six. Column Two.)
Ten Men Entombed
In Coal Mine May Die
Pear Is Expressed Prisoners Mar Suf
focate Before Kelp Beaches Them
Superintendent, Electrician Caught.
Johnstown. Pa., March 80. OI.-N. S.)
Ten employes of the Conemaugh
smokeless coal "mine at RobinSdale, a
suburb, are imprisoned in the mine to
day and it is feared they will suffocate
before help can reach them. Supposed
ly an explosion is responsible for their
predicament.
Superintendent J. waddell and Elec
trician H. II. Yocum are among the
imprisoned.
Lloyd-George Seeks
To Settle Troubles
English Cabinet Officer Returns Prom
Trance to Attempt to Adjust Dif
ferences Over Conscription.
London. March SO. (U. P.) David
Lloyd-George returned from France
today to attempt settlement of the
labor troubles at Glasgow, Scotland,
where many workmen employed in
manufacturing Dig guns nave gone
on strike, demanding that the govern
ment repeal its conscription measure
Two Socialists Arrested.
, Glasgow. March 30. I. N. S.)
Two Socialists were arrested here to
day charged with Inciting munition
workers to strike.
German Fleet Now
Assembling at Libau
Ships . Savs Important Part in Cam
paign to Bvgln Probably IText Month,
Wnen Oulf of BJga Opens.
.. Petrograd, March 80. (I. N. S.) The
spring campaign on the northern front
will probably begin In earnest after
the openinr of the Gulf of Riga about
the latter part of April, when, it is ex
pected Field Marshal , von Hindenburg
will have been reinforced by reserves
and also heavy guns.
The German fleet is allotted an im
portant part In tha forthcoming of
fensive. It is now assembling at Li
bau. evidently in anticipation of a re
newed attempt to force the entry of
the Gulf of Riga, in spite of the land
attack, on the Russian armies at Riga.
CLASSES IS URGED BY
SECRETARY
DAN S
GERMANS IKE
ATTACK ON LINE
NEAR TO PARIS
Charge Takes Them Through
French Lines South of the
Somme but French Regain
T- I . n 4 ,
Trenches in UOUnter AttaCK
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DRIVE IS ATTEMPTED
80 MILES FROM PARIS
German Forces Said to Have
Been Checked in Attack
. on Malancourt.
Paris, March 30. (U. P.) German
forces have been checked In their drive
on Malancourt. It was stated today.
Several attempts to reconquer posi
tions captured by French troops in the
Avocourt region, south of Malancourt,
were repulsed with heavy losses to the
attackers.
Germans, after a deafening bom
bardment, hurled a series of Jesperata
attacks south of the Somme. 80 miles
from Paris. Their headlong charge J
carried them through French lines !
west of Vermandovlller. 10 miles
southwest of Peronne. Before they
could establish themselves, however. 360 000 trainmen for an eight hour day
f. buleJ u? !!??.m f "iJland increased wages for overtime
repuunc lor a counter allien waitu
forcAd tha Tutr.n to fi
Artillery duels shook the ground last
nicrht nnrtv. o nH t r.t v.Mim
Cnncrol Dn Unit fnrmfr rmnmanHur I
of all tha Krenrh trnono in astern I
France including Verdun returned to!8Ued simultan-eously at Chicago, Cleve-
the canital to become military trov-
ernor of the. Paris district, succeeding
General Monoury, who is ill.
French aeroplanes conducted suc
cessful raids against three railway
stations from which the German
crown prince was supplying his army
before Verdun, according to official
announcements today.
French Positions Endangered.
London, March 30. (U. P.) Hurl
ing shells upon French fortified works
from three sides, the Germans today
sent thousands of men charging upon
Malancourt la, a supreme effort to cap
ture it and seise the two highways
which Intersect there. French posi
tions are admitted to be in extreme
peril.
From wooded heights to the north
and northeast and from newly taken
footholds close to Malancourt, the Ger
mans are sending shell after shell into
the French defenses.
Replying to tnis
bombardment. French guns on the
ridge of Deadman's hill and on hill 304
are sweeping the Malancourt high
ways, tearing them to dust with heavy
explosives so that an attempt to ad
vance' over them would be practically
suicide.
French victory in Avocourt woods Is
considered almost to offset yesterday's
German gains.
Germans Repulse Attacks.
Berlin, March 30. (U. P.) Although
the Germans are making every effort
on a smash against Afalancourt, the
war office today failed to claim Im
portant gains there. Its statement as
serted that the French had been uni
formly repulsed In their attacks on
Avocourt wood. Terrific artillery
duels raged during the night along
the river Meuse.
15,000 Germans Lost.
Paris, March 80. (I. N. 8.) Fifteen
thousand Germans were sacrificed in
a vain assault on Malancourt and Avo-i Sol' Duo was made famous, up and
court yesterday, according io an- down the cost two years ago. when
nouncement here today. Frencn ma- j K. C. B., writing the "Towne Gossip"
chine guns and 75's nearly annihi- column of the Seattle Post-Intelllgen-lated
a German division whlih at- t cer, started a campaign in his column
tempted to assault Malancourt, today's
official statement says.
WATER SUPPLY NOW
ENDANGERED BY THE
OF
Earth Giving Way Under Twoj
Big PlDeS Near Bull Run,!
It Is Reported,
Portland's water Bupply Is seriously
enuarifc'ereu aa resuii oi me earin
linking under the two big Bull Run
conduits near Bull Run. Or. The
aarth has degressions several f e-t
deep under the pipe, causing the con
duits to sag over the depressions.
The conditions of the pipe were
noticed yesterday and this morning
Commissioner Daly and officials of the
water bureau made a hurried trip to
the scene. The water in the conduit
SINKING
CONDUITS
No. 2 the biggest and newest pipe, chicaKO, March SO. (I. N. S.)--was
shut off pending investigation. ' -, ij . ' .
Trouble has been experienced at this j W i?,J,1f. he
hpoint in the pipe lines before. Sev -
eral times the Mount Hood flume has , r; T..,Jk. Z
broken, allowing water to wash down i f 1 who may K eF
over the pipes. Hugs aprons had been n eouthside suburb 83 persons were
built to shunt the water from the pipes ! Injured, none fatally. Mewt of the ln
and thus protect them, but with the ! luIfdJrer f01""-
recent heavy rates the water has Botn collision, were due td heavy
seeped into the ground, causing tha . foR-
earth depressions under the conduits. ! T
. ' , General Otis Out of Danger.
To Care for Soldiers Graves. j J-oa Angeles, March .30. (P N. 8.)
London, March 30.- (I. N. S. The ' General Harrison Gray Otis, publisher.
government has appointed the Princs
of .Wales chairman of the national
committee to make permanent provi
sion for the care of the graves of Brit
lata eoldiers in Franc and Belgium.
Nine Pictures
Stolen From St.
Peter's in Rome
Two Notable Works of Raphael
in Paintings Taken from Basil
ica; Worth $2,500,000.
Paris, March SO. (I. N. S.) A dis
patch to the Haras Agency from
Perugia, Italy, says thieves entered
the eacristy of St. Peter s Basilica
last night and stole nine pictures,
valued at $2,500,000. An investigation
of the theft Is being made.
Among tne worns sioien werw iwu
Raphaels'. The Infant Jesus" and
"The Infant John the Baptist;" Man-
tana's "Christ Bearing the Cross."
Guerelno'n "Flagellation.'' ana Bassa
no's "Coronation."
Close wath is being kept for the
thieves at the Swiss and French fron
tiers. RAILROADS REPLY TO
DO
360,000 Employes Demand
ed Eieht Hour Day, In
creased Overtime' Pay.
New York, March 30. (U. P.)
Denvinar the demands of more than
... . . ...
work, the atfected railroads today suo
mltted counter proposals shortly after
the employes' communication was re-
Ceived. The concerted actions Of the
roads was indicated by statements Is
"
C. O. Jenks, general manager of the
S., P. Sc. S. company, was served with
a demand this morning by representa
tives of the four brotherhoods for an
eight hour day and overtime of one
and one-half.
Similar demands were made by rall-
road employes In the east and it Is
supposed the request will be made of
other railroads entering Portland.
The four brotherhoods include loco
motive engineers, firemen, conductors
and trainmen.
Demands Are Presented.
Cleveland. Ohio, March 80. (U. P.)
Three hundred and sixty thousand
railroad employes today submitted to
458 railroads demands for a basic eight
hour day and time and a half lor
overtime work.
Representatives of the railway
brotherhoods notified the general
managers that a written answer
was expected by April L'SJ. Leaders
said that strike reports circulated in
New York were merely calculated to
affect the stock market, and that
should the railroads refuse the de
mands, arbitration would be the next
logical step.
Bowers to Manage
The Sol Due Hotel
Pormer Manager of Multnomah Hotel
Aooepta Position With Sot Springs,
Wash., Kesort.
Colonel H. C. Bowers, manager of
tne Multnomah hotel until it closed
j recenny, ant previously connected
i in uluci icAu i ii g x ui Lid.uu noieia, H3-S
accepted the management of the Sol
Due hotel at Sol Due Hot Springs.
Wash., one of the leading health re-
I sorts of the Pacific northwest-
1 to g've himself a vacation there. His
readers subscribed a fund, and he went
to &oi uuc with flying colors, his ac
j count of his advtntures making mighty
'amusing reading.
Colonel Bowers will leave shortly
to assume his new duties.
Gadski's Husband
Arrested in Plot
Captain Sana Tanscher, Husband of
Famous Singer, Arrested for Com
plicity in Welland Canal Bomb Cass.
New York. March 30. (L N. S.)
Contain T4,n. Tn...Al... X. I , m
Joriann Gadski. the opera singer,
uaiu c?a, fcv d UCI UiOU MIA Al UI
ficer, was arrested today by special
agents of the department of justice
on a warrant charging him with con
nection With tha. nllaarf r-nnan(ra r.ir
biow UD the welland canal In Canada.
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Collide; 45 Injured
Dozen Injured In One Crash, - Several
May Sis 33 Hurt In Other, irons
Patally Pog is tha Cause.
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j who has been suffering from an at
tack of pneumonia and has been at the
California hospital for the past two
weeks, today was pronounced out' of
danger... , " - ..
VIANDS MADE WITH
COUNTER
PROPOSALS
MRS. MARGARET HORTON, for whom Dr. Arthur
Warren Waitc, confessed poisoner, furnished a studio in
the Plaza, New York. There the couple studied music
and languages, according to her statement.
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HORTON I ONLY
ONE ID STAND UP-HLR
CONFESSED
POISONER
Even Dr. WaiteY Mother Is
Convinced Dentist Killed
His Wife's Parents.
Kew Tork. March 30. (I. N. S.1
Eugene Olive Cane, who Dr. Arthur
W. Waite alleges accepted a bribe of
$9000 to swear that the fluid -used in
embalming the body of John E. Peck,
whom Wake is accused of poisoning,
contained arsenic, surrendered to Dis
trict Attorney Swann here today.
New York, March 30. (U. P.) With
his mother's fatth in him shaken so
she said, "He couldn't have been him
self when he did it," the only stead
fast supporter Dr. Arthur Warren
Waite. confessed poisoner, nad to
day was Mr. Margaret Horton. At
first his mother' reused to oeneve ne
had killed Mr. and Mrs. John E. Peck.
parents of his wife. .Now, however,
even she is convinced. . .
Though troubled severely by gruel
ling examinations and though her
rt riends are deserting her. . Mrs. Hor-
ton keenest .distress Is over Walts s
misfortune. She wants to see him,
but steel bars keep her away.
Mrs. Horton begged detectives to
let her visit Waite and sing- to ljlm
her "Rose Song" that brightened their
studio days when they lived at the
Plaza . Hotel.
"I'm, oh, so sorry for you!" she said
In a note' to Waite. "T know you are
absolutely innocent. Be brave and
strong.. I will come and see you to
morrow.
"I know he Is not a murderer and
I shall believe in him forever and
ever."
With flashing eyes she said to a de
tective: "If he confessed, which I
doubt, he must have been drugged so
he did not know what he was saying.
(Concluded on Page Font. Column Two)
Business Men Voice
Emphatic Protest
absolution Passed
Connection With
at Xinachsos
in
O. C.
Grant Bill.
Protest against reduction of the pro
vision for Oregon in the sale of tim
ber from Oregon-California grant
lands was voiced by the Progressive
Business Men's club at the Oregon
hotel this afternoon, in a resolution,
unanimously adopted, reading as fol
lows: Whereas; The Chamberlain Oregon
& California land grant bill now re
ported by the committee of the house
of representative to congress provides
for the payment of 60 per eent of
me proceeds oi una ana iimoer sates
to the state of Oregon for the benefit
of roads and bridges in the land grant
counties and the school funds of the
stats with the entire balance of oO
per cent to be paid to the United
Statea srovernment to be applied to
the reclamation fund and the gen
eral fund; and
Whereas; We are convinced that
such an apportionment would be high
ly unjust to the state of Oregon which
is properly entitled to all of said pro
ceeds after expenses of settlement
with the railroad and costs' of Admin
istration are deducted; -;
Now. Therefore. Be It Resolved. That
the Progressive Business Men's club
of Portland, Or., register their em-
?oatle protest against ana reauetion ot
he percentages provided in the origi
nal land grant bill, which - stipulated
that 49 per cent of the proceeds of
the sale of said lands be applied to the
common school fund of the stste. and
4tt- per cent to the land grant counties I
tor roads and bridges, and 24 per cent I
remaining to the general fund of the I
federal government. -- , -
MORE
TO
OREGON IS SEN IN
LAND GRANT CASE
N1USTIE
Recommendation Made byLl,!'?
nnnjyrPinnfll .SMhPnrTlrTllt-
tee Deemed Inadequate.
Withycombe 8 till for Compro.
xnlse.
Salem, Or., March. 30. Gov-
ernor Withycombe Is still of
He the opinion that the state would 4
4 receive much more money
through a compromise with the
Southern Paclfio railroad in the i
land grant case than In any
other way, he said today.
"When I received a letter from
Congressman Sinnott relative
to participation In the hearings
He In progress on the land gi-ant
bill, I replied that I had the
utmost contldence In the dele- 4k
St gation from Oregon and be- m
lleved they would properly ssfe-
guard .the states interests."
said the governor. "It would
We avail the state nothing for me
to go to Washington. We had
a conference here on the pub-
4t Ject and the delegates failed to
agree as to the solution. The t
state is greatly divided on the
St question. at
He "A compromise with the
We Southern Pacific would net the
; state much mors for the- state 1
school fund than it will get
m under the bill as it stands at
present. A compromise would
have ended litigation and have
sr speeauy opened the lands for ft
settlement ana development."
This sums up the eenerat nnritiA
sentiment expressed regarding th ap-
portionment of the proceeds from the
i nf piifnir.m ' " ,' J!
saie of California-Oregon grant lands
as recommended by the congressional
sub-committee. This committee. Jn
the bill which it has reported to the
public lands committee, provides that
20 per cent of the land sale proceed-
shsli go to the irreducible school fund
30 per cent to the road funds of the
land grant counties, and 40 per cent
to the general reclamation fund of the
federal government.
The Chamberlain bill provided that
t, .r-hnni funri .hnnii .! in
cent and the road funds 40 per cent,
(Cancladad on Face Four. Column One.)
$l!3--Houseto Rent
Canoe for Sale
Don't tramp around looking for
a new nome or apartments, uei.
s view of all locations by reading
Journal want Ad columns, rney
will save you time and money.
Sea pages 15 and 16.
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Business Onportanities qq
GENp;RALi repair shop. This Is
a. first class chance for me
chanic to run an independent
business at more wages.
I.annohs and Boats 64 '
CANOE and equipment for ' sale
cheap. ' x"-' '. ' " ".
' Bouse for Bsnfr la . ? -
$13 room modern residence for
rent.
xr The dailv . circulation of Th
Journal - in Portland and its trad
ing radius exceeds that of the
momlnar paper by several thou
sands and is practically SO per
cent greater than Its nearest
afternoon contemporary.
JONES MEASURE,
ON IRRIGATION IS
BEST FOR WEST
Bill Presented by Smith of
Idaho Has Better Chance;
of Passage by Congress,
According to Indications.
SENATE MAY ADD SOME
OF JONES FEATURES
Eastern Congressmen Not,
QoicfioW With PnnHitmn I
WUllOllbU IIIlll WUI IUI IIWI I
of Reclamation Work. ;
Washington. March 30. (WASH,
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR-i,
NAD Two bills dealing with irrt
gatlon district problems of the wast
are being talked about In congression
al circles, one by -Senator Jones of
Washington in the senate and ons by,
Representative Smith of Idaho in ' tha
house.
The Jones bill is the one most
fondly looked upon by men who havs
to deal with these problems at first1
hand. This is a bill that proposes to
ease the way by placing the govern
ment back of irrigation district bonds.
It Is frankly admitted by ardent
admirers of this bill that in its pres
ent form It stands little chance of
pnnsaiie. I.Ike many otuer measures
that would work for advancement of
the undeveloped west. It does not ap
peal strongly to the average eastern
congressman. Very many of these
eastern men are Inclined to feel
'grouchy" over the condition of rec
lamation work.
Xane Oivei His Approval,
The Smith bill has a chance, how
ever, it has received a favorable vote
S
the house committee on irrigation
of arid lands, and has the approval of
Secretary Lane of the Interior depart
ment, although one of his predeces
sors, Secretary Fisher, disapproved a
Similar bill a few years aao. .
an irrigation district formed under-ths .
StSa
meet difficulties encountered in many
places where entrymen have been re-
ceivlng water for several years, but
(Concluded on Pee four. Column Five.)
would have a brief
filed in Utah case
Attorney General Says Exec
utive Will Be Responsible
for Any Intercession.
Salem, Or., March 30. If Oregon in :
tercedes in any wsy In favor of th
power trust In the Utah case, to b ar
gued in the United States supreme.
court, Monday, it will be through-
statement of Governor Withycombe,
Attorney General Brown said today.
Brown was asked some time sgo oy
Governor Withycombe to prepare a
brief in the Utah case setting forth SO-
cUes "tt rights." Plainly stated, -
iine governor waniea m uriei in isTor
of the power trust.
I Attorney General Brown is no friend
ot th power; trust and the governor's
requst le" nlm ,nv " robrra"U'r.
position. However, be started tha pre-
f hrta n ih. .a a.
fully tnUnded to file one, he says, had
1 ,,. Han tin in nrmnm pa Ana t
Brown xu man iut
.. " : . .7 V . '
- V? prf pJat,on Of briefs in the
L,,V?tOC Ca
validity of the stat'. watar cod, and
Jhe B""tlnfAca,e' '?ToWln th?
i " "". ""r
portant work, the attorney general's
tln ha bn up. especially a
it was necessary to go to Washington
to argue the Pacific case this month.
l nave lanen id view xuai me
state's business should be looked after
first, and, if tint permitted, I would
complete a- brief in the .Utah case,"
said Attorney General Brown, "i have
been very busy with important cases,
and have not had tiro to prepar the
kind of a brief I believe should be sub
mitted in the Utah case." i
Th argument In the Utah ca
were recently advanced to nex. Mon-
day, although it had not been expected
the case would come up berore -tne
miaai oi Apru.
GOVERNOR OF OREGON
Brown said early today that he will ,
have a conference with Governor ; ,
Withycombe, and that if the governor 4
want to work In a statement setting ;
forth his views of states rights he '
will embody It in a brief, duly cred
ited to the governor, and will send that .
o Washington. - - , ...
The power trust Interest have been
greatly disturbed because the brief ha ,
not been prepared, and ft is sad that
the governor's office was bombarded
yesterday wun wati rrom Portland
representatives of the monopoly. , '
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Sweden to (set Artillery. "
Stockholm, March J0(1. N8J
The Swedish parliament passed the
army bill appropriating l40,uoo,eo0;
kronen, whicn Is to- be devoted chiefly
to increasing the movabl artiUerjr and
developing the flying corpsy : - '
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