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THK '.VSATHKlt A. Tonight and to- j cS rT1r?vM morrow fair; f LDllR westerly winds; &i-h v hum,dIly 53- ! VOL. XV. NO. 69. PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1916. -IXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 8tnaIMimf'idJ l .V8 ALL TRUE" JJ, J-'Q Ul. IK OPEN KNIFE Assassin Hurls It at Him jt While Driving in Automo ; bile in Kansas City; It ; Strikes Arm of His Private Secretary; No Harm Done. ROOSEVELT IGNORANT OF ATTACK AT MOMENT Assailant Escapes in Crowd , and His Arrest Is Consid ered Unlikely; Was Within Jen Feet of Roosevelt When Knife Was Thrown. Kans.au DtV, May 30. (1. N. S.)- Colonel Thei.dore RnoFvlt na'rowly scaped b!njf aRcafFlnatrd hpro today wfipn, us he wan motorlnir along Crane nvenue, a knife with a four Inch l)lalc Kvan hurled ut him 'i'lie weapon iniaspd kh colonel hy lne!'?s and strm-k th lOOr of th tonncau bphlnd which plooaevelt mat. Then It fpll hnrmlexblv O the running hoard of the rar ; Kmest C. Shell, one of the American .eglon goiar(! who were arroniponylng; h automobiles In the RiosfV.lt rn d, aelssed the knife and gave it to h police. 1 Chief of Police ilammll alno -'italne; good description of thr knife thrower. flvho forced Mn way back Ihrou-h tlu: rowd and e'cai.d before any ainontr he hundreds v. h , aw hln att"npt to hi nic iur.ir.e" i.rt.-anent :ould pjipre- i fnd lii'ni. AteaUant Btit 10 Feet Away. Wltneuaew of the attempt to kill ooaeyelt told the police that as 1 ulonern car approailicd, a lull man 1th brown clothes and a struw hat ?rced IiIh w:iy from the Kldewalk 'ard tt tar. When within 10 iet of.. Rouse welt he drew a long laded knife rrom liia Inner pocket, enltiif over the hcadt of those be veen hint anf the .e.i-prefiidertW-took jftllberate aim Kik. hurled the knife U1i .all hm strong!!: at the colonel. i;oiii'lil(Jd un Ib Tw.-lvr. i ..lnuin Tbrei'i E OUT TEAM prty Had Been to Cemetery Decorating Graves When Team Runs Away, thrown from a bujrr.v on the grade the. Mount Cavalry cemetery by a away team, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. liar A s ... fiun ana .Margaret Mmltli, ni.;-year-daughtn of Mrs. Katherine Smith, re lnllirexl tlll.O nflrtuv.n Mr. rith and Jean, the little daughter of r) Harringtons, were also in the rrV. but were nnt knrl Mr. Harrington, who is a clerk in the muy or me u-v. k. & . ("o suf ed Injuries to his back. Mrs. Ilar gton has a fractured forearm. Mar el Smtih haH h fra Inroil -iirli kh. and is probably the most eeri ly injured. h party of five had been decorat graves at the cemeterv. An thev Irted to leave, the team nnh4h rn a livery at Beaverton, ran away upset tne buggy, he injured are at St. Vincent's hos- h buggy was demolished ; pirty Additional 'Submarines Voted ashlngton. May 30. (lT. Dig y supporters lost their fight in the s today, when an amendment to building program authorising six ead of five battle cruisers was de ed. 169 to 83. The amendment call- for the completion, of the cruisers iln two years was likewise beaten. epresentaMve Foss, during the de- i declared the Democratic party lowly drifting Into socialism, ap ntly with the approval of Presi- wllnon. h house" added 30 submarines to program, making the total author- thls year 60. The Tote on this hositlon was 114 to 104. he house, refused to authorlie any anaugnts on this year's naval traction program. The Butler ndment providing for two such hhlp, was defected by a vote of to ll, ANDING OF THE TEAMS Xational Lolcuo. Wit Ill York. .. , . lit HRE ARE NMD WHEN THROW RUNAWAY 1-' .013 1 1 " ..".70 1.1 .511 17 .m 21 .475 zs ,4;t .4" 22 .121 11 .32 14 .fil'3 14 15 . ,M4 1 ,472 Ti ' 4J1 W ' .."71 fMphla I'D n , Hi hnatt 1! co 17 fMlil lUTI In, lllll It IT - org .,,r.. Itj Amarioaa Lru. Ingtae 24 IHl ... 'ii (York .. h . i ire ... IT t .................. 16 elnhia ............. l:t ' AT EVERY BURYING GROUND IN PORTLAND TODAY tender youth learned of the veterans of past wars, new lights on the significance of Memorial day and new mean ings of the word "patriotism." Flags and flowers featured the ceremony of adorning the graves of. men whose service on the battlefield entitled them to honor and reverence of posterity. 1 it" TEUTONS OUST FRENCH OF Germans Straighten Lines Before Verdun to Prevent Flank Actions. Advance Strengthens Position. Berlin. May 30. T. N. S.) 'apt tire of all French positions between Deadinan's Hill and the village of Cutnieres was claimed today in the German official statement on the war. This, It was asserted, had en abled the Germans to straight en their lines before Verdun and to prevent any flank ac tions by the French against the Teuton positions in Cumieres and oh Ieadman's Hill. The capture of the positions, which the statement aald are being organized, lie to the southward of Corbeaux and Cumieres forest and adjoin the southern ridge of Deadman's Hill. Paris, May So. V. P.) By a most powerful assault. German troops have driven the French acrois the Bethin-court-Cumieres highway and Into de fenses south of it during the night, it was officially ad mi ted today. Tito clerman gains, however, were not more than 120 yards. . Attacks between Deadman's Hill and Cumieres resulted in this advanc. Elsewhere, said the communication, all Teuton charges were defeated. In Cumieres wood, where Germans captured 300 yards of terrain yester day, the crown prince Is striking southward against Cumleres-Esnes highway attempting to nueese the French from the whole region betwec.1 Deadman's Hill and the river Meuse, torclng a retirement upon Charnay Ridge, where the French would De forced to battle In a decisive action with the fate of Verdun hanging In the balance. Following a whole day of Intense shelling west of Cumieres. the crown prince hurled into the fray a new di vision which had Just arrived. (Concluded on Page Five. Column roar.) ROSE. FESTIVAL In Picture and Story THE JOURNAL will cover th events of the Rose Festival in its usual thorough manner. Pictorial display will predomi nate. Copies of The Journal for five days, beginning with the issue of June 7 and concludinf with The Sunday Journal of June 11, will be mailed to any address, postage included, for 15 cents. Send extra copies to your out of town friends. Place your order with the Cir culation Department ..of The Journal NOW. h -- t 4pt. lr - zJtt i &':. 21 15-1 I?izUkMmU io f ;? 7i 'c-mty :ais foWS v i FROM POSITIONS VICINITY CHER CHARLES IS A T Spokane Capitalist Was 67 Years Old; Funeral Serv ices to Be Held at Spokane Charles Sweeny, Spokane capitals and mlnirg man. died this morning at 3:45 o'clock at the Portland Surgical hospital, following a long illness, at the age of 6,. Mr. Sweeny had been at the local hospital on and otf since February 1 and during the final illness ot tbo past month had been surrounded by most of the members of his immediate family. A son, Sarsfield Sweeny, who Is a student at Vale, is now on his way to the coast. The body will be taken to Spokane tomorrow night for burial in that city Friday. Born la Hew Tork, 1849. Mr. Sweeny wa born in New York city January 20, 1849, and received hia early training there. At the age of IS he enlisted in the Third New Jersey cavalry and served through the Civil war. At the close of the war the gold lure took him to California In 1867. and he" remained about San Francisco for four years until the greater gold rush In Nevada took him to Virginia City. There was employed in the fam- kWtiuawt ua Hag Fifteen. . Column Tbmi Alfred Noyes, Poet, To Join British Army Princeton. N. J., May-0. (U. p.) Alfred Noyes. English poet and pro fessor of English at Princeton, sail for Europ this week to enlist with th. ,BrtUh. army. He. probably, will jin '.tire ambulance corps. SWEENY DEAD FOLLOWING PRO RATED ILLNESS II f " ylt-i I i Charles Sweeny. wMr i 1 1 TIGERS KEEP UP WINNING STREAK BY WALLOPING BEES Bunny Brief Makes Another Homer Seventeen Bases On Balls Issued. Salt Lake City. May 3. (U. P. Perambulations to first base were dis tributed with a free and impartial hand by assorted pitchers who participated In the morning game here today, and the Tigers grabbed the ham. 13 to 3. There were 17 walks. Brief and Risberg gained the plaud its of the multitude with home runs. Score: VEKNON I SALT LAKE R. II. TO A. R H.PO.A. Doane.cf . . . .1 niQuinUn.rf. ftlShinn.rf... llRrlef.lb... 3;U.Tn.lf 0 Orr.M 0 Rath 2b. . . , 4!Nfiirphy,8b. 0Vann,ef . . . 2.Warhp,p. . 0 Hall. p. ... fJlelch'n.lh. 2 Kl8berg.2b. H Rate.. 3h... 2 Daley. If 0 Griggi.rf.. 0 M'Git'KD.ai 1 Whallng.c. 0 llen.p .... 2 Mattick.cf. 0 Kelkiirr.p. . 'Hannah . . . Dougnn.p. . Total .13 13 27 101 Totals 3 8 27 14 Doogan batted for Kellors In eighth. SCORE BY INXIM1S Vernon 4 1 0 0 i 3 2 0 .1 13 14 O Salt Lake 2 1 1 O n o 0 0 0 3 S 3 SIMMARV Errors Orr 2. Rath. Home runs Brief. Risberg. Three base hlta lleiw. Two base hit Rinberg. MeGafftgan. Bate. Stolen btpen Shlnn. Brief. Bases on bulla- Off War hop 2, Heaa 6. Hall ft. Kellopg 1. I..nnn 2. I'otible plays il''iaffln to Glelohioann. Struck out Bt Hesa 2. Hall 3. Balk Heaa. Wild pitch Heaa. UniDires Brashear and Held. Time of game 2:J3 minntes. San Francisco Wins Morning Game, 6-3 Oakland. Cal.. May 30. (V. P.) The Oaks continued on the toboggan this morning, losing to San Francisco. 6 te 3. The first four men to face Boyd singled, driving him out of the box. Beer replaced him and two runs came across in the eighth on wild pitches. The Oaks rallied In the final innings, forcing Baum to the bench in favor of Fanning. Klein, who flung the final fiame for Oakland, also was guilty of a wild pitcli that enabled the Seals to get their last tally. Score At Oakland: SAN FEANCIMO ! OAKLAND AB.n.PO.A.; AB.H.PO.A. Dalton.rf . O'Lane.cf . Hrballer.lf. Bodle.ef... Dowdi.21. . Coffey. a. . Autrey.lfc. Jonra.2b. . . Bronka.e.. . Baum. p.. . Kanninf ,p. Ol Da via. aa... OiCook.ef 1iK'worthjr.2b 6j Gardner, rf. 0 Barrr. Jb. .. 4!irlffith.v . 01 Barbean.3b. rJBojrd.p 0 Rer.D 1 11 1 O 1 o 0 0 0 0 Hfrger.ae. .. kHMD.p. . . . Elliott Klatrltter Totals 31 0 27 1 W Totals .33 10 27 10 Elliott "batted for Dart. In eirbtb.' Klawitter batted for Klein In ninth. Ran FVsncitco i 0 0 0O0O3 141 ft 0 Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 3 in t Kane Da It on. Schaller 2, Bodle. Onffey. Jooea. Lane, Barry, Barbeae. Error Lane. Three ease hit Schaller. Two baa hit Gurtt aer. Sacrifice hlt Oof fee. Banm. Deris, lief r. Htooka. - Bases on balla Off Banm B. ff Klein 1. eft Beer I. Struck out BARaum S. Donate -play Jenea to Downs to Jrvtrey ; riJ. VERNON I XiaM of gameOn hoar ii salaatea. HRIAL DAY THRONGS HONOR NAMES OF DEAD Floral Wreaths Laid Upon Graves in Mute, Yet Elo quent, Testimony of Tender Thoughts for Departed. RESTING PLACES OF SOLDIERS REMEMBERED Patriotic Exercises Befitting Occasion Held in Various Parts of City. Before almost every Portland home today fluttered an American r'laj;. The ereat banners of stars and stripes thai waved over the public buildings and business blocks vere set at half mast during the morning, then run up to the peak at high noon. The symbol was sorrow for the death of those sol I dlers and sailors who had give j their lives to serve their country fo- lowed by Joy that their deaths had not been In vain. I . . ..!.. J-.. . 1 'become more nnd more significant In Portland. Today was no exception. De-f-piU' the backwardness of the blooming season, thousands of flowers were .uuiiu. nviiiciiun, anil u'Utl mr graves of soldiers and sailors at ai! cemeteries. This piorning official com mittees from the G. A. H. posts, relief corps and other patriotic societies, vis ited these secluded spots and placed the symbolic wreaths. This quiet, sa cred series of visitations took place early, so that when the throngs should visit the burying grounds later in the day It would be to behold the mounds fully decked. aContavllla Services Piret. The first formal ceremonies took place at 9 o'clock at Montavilla. where a large throng filled Odd Fel lows' hall and participated In patri otic memorial exercises. Rev. J. Car los Ghormley delivered the address under auspices of William McKlnley post and corps. At 10 o'clock this morning, brief services were held at the soldiers' monument, courthouse square, fol lowed by s service In honor of sailor and marines on board the United BUtes training ship Boston In Port land harbor. Community ceremonies In various (Concluded on I'sge Fifteen. Celuinn Twn BEAVERS FAIL TO HIT IN PINCHES AND LOSE TO LOS ANGELES 6 TO 2 Pprp? nf MjYprl Phvc dnr OCl ICO Ul IVIIACU I IdJO ClIIU Infield Taps in Fourth Re- suits in Downfall, (Including Morning i:mfl W..n. Ioat. rr. ,B4 .MI .47 .405 .357 ernon 34 Ia Angelea ... 211 Sap Franoiaeo 29 Salt Lake 21 Portland IT Oakland 20 is 22 24 2 2rt 36 L.os Angeles, May 30. TJ. P.) The spurting Los Angeles team opened the series with Portland at Washington Park this morning by winning their sevenbh straight, 6 to 2. George Zabel, former Cub star, pitched for the local club. He was very wild, and his offerings were ham mered viciously. The Beavers failed to make their hits at opportune mo ments. Stumpf, with two singles, was the batting star of the day for Port land Southpaw Kelly twirled an excellent game for the Beavers, but a series of mixed plays and puny infield hits worked his undoing in the fourth in ning. Only one ball was hit to the outfield in this inning, but four runs were squeezed over the plate. 8tumpf made his usual poor throw In the sec ond inning. Ma. gert scoring as a re sult. At Lna Angele PORTLAND. AB. R. H. TO. A. E Wllle. cf Van eh n. aa Rodxers. 2b. . . . Koathworth. If. . Nixon, rf Oulito, lb , Htnrr.pf. 3b Flher, c Kelly. P 1 1 1 o 4 14 O 2 1 Totals Maegert. cf. . Elite. If Kane, rf . Koeruer. lb. . Galloway, 3b. Mcl-arry, 2b. . Boles, e Butler, a. ... Zabel, p Totals 34 2 LOS ANGKT.ES. 9 24 14 2 1 0 1 0 1 o o 2 0 0 o 0 0 1 O I o 1 28 6 7 27 10 2 SCORK BY INNING8. Portland OIOIOOOO 02 Baae hlta 1 2 1 1 HJ1 0 u Los Angeles 0 0 I 4 1 Of0 Base bits 10131100 7 SUMMARY. Three baae hlta Koerner. Sarrfflce hlta EJlia. Boles. Struek out By Zabel 3. by Kel ly 2 Baae on balla Off Zabel 7. off Kelly 4. Rnna reaponsible for Kelly A. Zabel 1. Dou ble plara Galloway to Butler to Koerner; Kelly to Ouiato. Hit by pitched ball W Hie. Butler. Wild pitch Zabel. Umpires Doyle and Phrle. Time of game 1 hour 50 minutes. Gr7 Denies Sending Agent. London. May 30. (I. N. 8.) Foreign Secretary Grey. In the bouse Of com mons today, denied that the govern ment was planning to send a tepre aentatire to . Washington op a specal diplomatic misaion. . . - Colonel Mosby, Guerilla, Dead KV It Noted Confederate 8 3 Years Old r. t Bold Raids Terrified the North ! Colonel John Singleton Mosby, Confederate cavalry leader and one of Inst picturesque figures of the Civil war, who died in Wash ington this morning. m . - t M mm. - r v - 'y u M - " ff . s J. V i m i K'?;fr , " - : , 'J t: '4 r ! iriijrsiCiassls Won Fame by Completely Encircling General McClelland's h Army and" St His' Adventurous Raids Into thelShenan ,oah Valley, Into -the Heart otthe Union Lines,' Washington, May 30. (U. P.) Colo nel John Singleton Mostoy, aged H3. dar ing confederate leader in the Civil war, died jtoday at Garfield hospital. He had been critically 111 since Sunday. As leader of Mosby's guerrillas, the colonel made a place for himself in history during the conflict between north and south. . Mosby suffered from a complication of diseases, partly incurred through exposures suffered in his picturesque raids upon the Union army, and later when he was a federal prisoner. He received a government pardon. Waa Lawyer Before War. Colonel Mosby. who became famous during the Civil war as the leader ot Mosby's Partisan Manners, an Inde pendent cavalry command of tli'j Con federate army which, by its daring guerilla operations behind the union lines, became the terror of the north ern generals, was born in Powhatan county, Virginia, December 8, 1883. He received a good education, graduated J from I 1852 the I'njversity of Virginia in and three years later wns ad mitted to th Virginia bar. He set tled in Bristol, Va and practiced thero from 1855 to 1861. He was the first IS EOY 10 ALLIANCES TO FREE WEAK NATIONS Address at Arlington Hk Says Small States Have Same Rights as Large, ' Arlington Xational Cemetery. May 30. (I. N. S.) "Men of other lands who do not think first of America must be. cast out of our tolerance. The Uni ted States must not submit to aggres sion from within or without." This was the substance of President Wilson's address here today before thousands of visitors who had gath ered to hear the chief executive speak and to pay reverence to the men wli.o fell on America's battlefields. President Wilson in a powerful speech reaffirmed In behalf of the na tion the doctrine of Washington, that America should refrain from a"'l en tangling alliances, but he asserfd that he van willing to make "disentangling alliances" whose object was the free ing of nations. "We are ready to fight against ag gression," he said in part. "We are ready to fight when our rights are co Incident with the rights of mankind. America does not want more territory. It wants the nations to realize what It stands for and respects. One of these principles is that small, weak states have as many rights as larger states." The president indicated that if he had any hand in making of -peace in Europe he would insist upon the In tegrity of Belgium and Serbia. British Steamer Torpedoed. Algiers. . May 30,-r-(I. X. &) The British steamer Trunkby. 262S tons, has been sunk' In the Mediterranean by a submarine. .' t. . .. , ..-.. . -". :-, WILSON MAKE lr.wyer In the town and won quite reputation In his profession. When, at the outbreak of the Civil War, olunteers were called for by the state of Virginia to repel the threat ened invasion from the north. Mosby was on of the first to step forward and enlist as a private In the First Virginia cavalry, of which J. K. U Stuurt af terward general, was colonel. Tiie first day's drill was his ttitrodtu tion to military life, and he received his baptism of fire at the first "battle of Bull Hun. The next spring found him one of Stuarts trusted scout. lying with the army In front of Rich' monri. h gam I whi' h McClellan was advancing his superbly organize! army. Scouting Trip Leads to Balding-. I'p to that time Mosby, although lie bad been fn active service a year, had given no Indication of the remarkable talent he was so soon to develop. 11 was a mere accident which 'enable! him to attract the attention of hK superiors and to place him In a posi tion to win fame by the accomplish ment of a daring feat. One afternoon Mosby was sent out by Stuart to re connoitre along the right flank pf McClellan's ' army. Mosby rode down the flank and then for eight miles along the rear lines of the army, with out meeting any opposition. This sug gested to him the possibility of riding around the whole army and raiding in its rear. Upon his return to camp he reported to General Stuart and suggested to him hiu plan. General Stuart was so fa vorably impressed with the idea that he took Mosby to the headquarters of (General Lee, introduced Mosby to him and submitted to the leader Mosby's I plan. General Iy? gave permission for j attempting the feat, and without delay 2000 horsemen under Stuart, and led by the audacious Mosby, then a mere trooper, started on their ride. How that daring feat waa accomplished, without the loss of a single man or horse, is a matter of history. When it fConcluQ,! on rag five. Column roar.) Portland Is Proving Excellent Field for Glassworkers' Craft To the tayman a specimen of glass or glassware seems about the most unmanageable thing imaginable. All one can do with It is let it be, or break it: one can not change Its state. But to the glass worker, noth 4t ing is more tractable. This must be so, for his art is thou- 4t sands of years old: and that Hi means that the early worker Hi did his bit with the most prim-. itlve implements. But with 4t those he did wonders. His H- modern successor has scarcely bettered his achievements as an artist . ' id However, as a practical man, K- the glasswrorker of today 'does things that not long; ago were not undertaken. He cuts and H shapes glass' as if it were 4t wood only more clowly, of course. A story of this aort of 1ft thing is to be found today on Ut the editorial page of The Journal under the title "Noth Ing the Matter With Portland. 'It will doubtless, surprise many, and certainly please all, to learn that such an enterprise exists In Portland. . . A k . v a- ) w V. TWO GARS ARE UPSET IN RAGE, ROONEY DYING Rooney and Hauser Both Probably Fatally Injured- When Their Car Runs Into Cement Barrier. LE CAIN BADLY HURT WHEN CAR OVERTURNS Resta Leading in Race at End5' of 200 Miles, With Mulford in Second Place. ;l Speedway. 1 nrl in tin r! W. Ind.. May 30. (I. X. X.i- -liarius Resta's I'eugeotC was still in the li-ad ut "00 miles. He was speeding at Ihn rate uf 85.79 mile ' an hour. . 'vf Mulford. also In a Peugeot, was setv"';; end and Hl. kenbachcr l;i a" Maxwell, "jy third. , , Speedway. 1 ndianapoil s. May 30. (I. "' X. S. I Tom Rooney, driving n Premier car. and his mechanician. Thune ilau.' .er, were probably futally Injured here", 111 afternoon In the fedw:i race.' Rooney's machine struck the xouth wall of the course ami overturned. Both , men were pinned uiu.'tv the car. ncn it whs removed thev were1' picked up bv attaches of the field hoa - pltal and rushed to the hospital. It was reported later both were dying. Hardly had Rooney and Houser ben : : removed to the hospital when the cC ond accident of the day ( ured Jack le Cain in a Ue Rage oar wag driving on the north turn when hi! i car skidded and overturned, nlnning . him and his inecha nlclan under its ruins. Roth were carried from the track. The flehh of Re Cain's bai k . was ripped open and lie was cut uliout the head, fhailes Hellucchlo. his me cl.unician, was mil seriously injured, Xooney Drove Bu. man's Car. The accident to Rooney's m whlnS came while half a doasen cars wer " fighting for position at the houtn turn of the speedway at the same point where Joe 1'awaon was hurt two year-. ago. Lawaon has never raced since. Rooney was out in front when the . crash came. Houser, his mechanician, called to hjin tljajathera er i-dmih'' no and Rooney attempted to turn his ? car to the outer rlrn of the track. a he swerved his wheels evidently tit ruck some obstrimion as the. Car twisted and wrenched the wheel' frot-t his hands. Then the big racer . swerved against the cement barrlei ' of the speedway, rebounding to the track and burying both men under Us " ruins on the brick speedway. Rooney was driving a ear built for ' Bob Hurman before he was killed lu ' the race at Corona, Cul. mesta Leading at 100 Miles. Rooney's right shoulder was dislo cated, his right thigh and left leg broken, and lie suffered grave Inter- v nal injuries. He was still unconscious " half an hour after the crash. A I the one hundred and fiftieth mll, R sta. In a Peugeot, was still loadlnc. Ills average soced was ollghtly over 88 ' miles an hour. In the one hundred and eighty-eighth -mile AitkeiiN Peugeot went out With a broken valw. In the fiftieth mile Merys Peugeot went out with a broken lubricator. (in the one hundred and first lap p Oldfield and Routs Chevrolet both went : t.i the pit. 0. 8 C. LAND BILL IS PROMISED W SENATE Senator Chamberlain Secures Permission of Colleagues to Call Up as Soon as Ready. PROMPT AIIN FOR I Washington. May 30, (WASHING TON MCRKA17 OF TJOC -JOURNAL)-- f When the postofflce appropriation hill was. made the unfinished business In the senate yesterday, Senator Chamber lain secured an understanding to lay It aside for the land grant bill whenever he Is ready to call it up. He did not oo so yesterday because the report was not printed. Senator Chamberlain explained the reason for prompt actio t and the se a tors preening other measures stated they were willing to give way, so the :l measure may be acted on before the . convention recesses besjn. Senator Chamberlain expects to have the bill, considered' Wednesday or Thursday. - i . The struggle in the house over allow ( Ing 30 per cent of the proceeds of timber sales from the Oregon & Call ' fomia land grant to be paid to the land grant counties of Oregon for,; their roads brings up sharply the ' question as to how Oregon Ultimately) . will fare in the division of the tlm ter land wealth. It is believed the senate Is much more liberally disposed, and that Sen ' at or Chamberlain, after the prellml-1i nary work that has been perfrmeV 5" can appeal to his colleagues with con--; slderable confidence to stand up for , the 40-40 division of the original : , Chamberlain bill. , ' The fluht in the house, on the other hand, indicates that a stone wall has been erected against more liberal deal ing with Oregon. . Nor did Chairman' Ferris, leading Democrat on the com---mlttee, and Lenroot of Wisconsin;, lead-ing- Republican on the public i land , ' committee of that body, maintain that ' Oregon was already liberally treated, i but tntr failed to come vigorously to (toiit-luded os Pig Tse, tolema Vwu.i