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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1917
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GAME LAW CHANGES
The state legislature always takes
it as one of Its special privileges to
juggle the game and Ban laws till a
man has' to begin all over again to
know what his rights may be. A let
ter recently written by the state game
warden points ont a tew changes,
but we most wait till the session
laws are printed to know what has
appened. In the state game war
den's letter it Is pointed out that
alter the sew game laws go into ef
fect May 21, the price of game li
censes will be Increased from the
present rate of (1 each for the hunt
ing licenses to $1.50 each. Provis
ion la made that both women and
men shall take out the licenses.
The deer law was amended to
make It unlawful to use a dog to
hunt, pursue, or kill any game ani
mal in the atate. and it Is also un
lawful to allow any tree running
dog at large in territory Inhabited
by deer, or to be found following
the track of any game animal in the
state.
The deer season in game district
No. 1, which includes southern Ore
gon is from August IS to October
and the limit of the bag is two.
Instead of three as heretofore.
The open season on all migratory
vlrds extends from October 1 to Jan
nary 15. The Chinese pheasant hen
is protected at all times.
The bag limit on trout has been
changed throughout the state from
75 to 50 trout, or 35 pounds. In any
one day.
Game breeders' permits will here
after cost $2 instead of being issued
free as heretofore.
SUPERVISING HIGHWAY WORK
At a meeting In Salem, the mem
bers of the state highway commis
sion divided the counties of the state
Into districts over which the three
commissioners will have Individual
Jurisdiction. The counties were as
signed as follows:
Commissioner Adams will have
charge of all of western Oregon ex
cept the counties assigned to Com
missioner Benson. Commissioner
Benson will have charge of Lincoln,
Polk, Tillamook, Yamhill, Washing
ton, Clatstop, Columbia, Multnomah,
Clackamas, Hood River and Wascoe
counties. The counties assigned to
Commissioner Thompson comprise
all of eastern Oregon except Kla
math, Hood River and Wascoe coun
ties. Petitions for highway work will
be sent to Secretary Ross, at Salem,
who will notify the commissioner
from whose territory the application
comes. This commissioner will then
investigate the matter of the peti
tion, arrange a hearing and place It
all before the commission.
CLOTURE RULE ABOLISHED
(Continued trom Page 1)
rules was begun today when Senator
Martin of Virginia, Introduced and
asked unanimous consent for Imme
diate consideration of a measure pro
viding limitation of debate.
r Support' for consideration of Mar
tin's amendment cam from republl-
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
National Orange Day
WH WILL HAVE THE ORANOKH AND THR PRIOS
, . t'AJfCY
CK1.KR.Y ' . LETT'CK RADISHES
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
s QUALITY FIRST
Ga
cans as well as democrats. Senators
Lodge and Curtis were among the
Influential republicans who asked
unanimous consent for action today.
Senator Lewis, democratlo whip.
tried to inject a resolution asking
the senate's support of any atep the
president might take. Martin, re
buking Lewis, demanded withdrawal
of the resolution for the present.
Lewis consented. ,
Senator Sherman one of the two
republicans who opposed the propos
ed gag rule opened the morning
fireworks with a bitter denunciation
of President Wilson's statement that
it would be useless to summon an
extra session until the senate rules
were revised.
"The president did not stste the
entire truth," Sherman declared. "He
deliberately omitted a portion of the
truth to convey to the publio a false
impression. The president knows
and the senate knows, that no fili
buster could avail in event of an
extra session. Only in the closing
hours of a congress, where the time
is limited, can a filibuster succeed.
It can only last from two to four
weeks, at the utmost before physical
exhaustion.
"I object to making a few senators
the object of the president's wrath
In an unfair statement," shouted
Sherman.
Sherman saw in the cloture amend
ment what he termed a "danger."
He predicted that the two-thirds clo
ture amendment would in a short
time be amended to a majority clo
ture amendment.
"The president bamed the senate
for conditions," said Sherman. "I
wish to remind the president .that
when he seeks to blame the senate
he has repeatedly ridiculed the
:ourse of preparedness for our arm)
and navy."
Sherman digressed from "rules" i
armed neutrality, denouncing tht
clothing of the president with power
which would permit bim to arm mu
nitions ships. This, he continued,
would bo tantamount to a "de facto
state of war."
"If the president seeks to exercise
this power," Sherman said, "I stand
ready to declare war."
( :ontln led from page 1.)
was handed over. They agreed to
pay a large amount ' each month
thereafter In case of war, to enable
Villa to pay his men, secure am
munition and to build up his shat
tered forces for a campaign.
After orders from Foreign Secre
tary Zimmerman reached Mexico City
of an attempt to arrange an alliance
with Mexico and Japan, the Villa
scheme was one of the first moves.
One secret agent was sent north from
the capital to 8an Luis Potosl, where
he met another. Prom Parral, both
traveled by horseback to Bustlllo's
ranch, about 40 miles west of Chi
huahua City. At this point Villa
was making his headquarters at that
time. The Villa plan was to be used
chiefly In the event of failure to in
duce Carranza to enter an Intrigue
against the United States and as a
possible means of bringing pressure
to bear on Carranza. It was hoped
to Involve the de facto government
and the United States In new, serious
complications, making the retention
of a large part of the American army
along the 'border necessary.
That friction between Carranza
and the United States would tend to
weaken the de facto power was point
ed out to Villa by the German agents.
Already the German cabal In the
Mexican capital had set active under
ground Influences to work upon the.
first chief and his advisers to Indffce
them to consent to an alliance. The
famous note sent by Cai-ranx to the
neutral powers, asking them to unite
In refusing to furnish supplies to bel
ligerent countries was engineered by
the German propaganda. It was the
original Intention to lead the first
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chief to order the oil fields of Tarn
pico to be closed to export. Tlhs
was later modified to the form in
which it was sent, because most of
the fields are owned by English com
panies and a large amount of the oil
is used by the British battle fleet,
and action, therefore, would have
brought complications between Eng
land and Mexico.
Among officials in Mexico City,
stories are afloat that two govern
ment officials in the first chief's im
mediate circle of influential men
were communicating directly with
German agents.
Stringent censorship st all the
cable and telegraph offices In Mexico
prevents the sending of dispatches
not approved by the government.
A Bird Joker.
A most surprising Australian bird Is
the kookooburra, or laughing Jackass
All at once In the quiet bush come loud
peals of uproarious, mocking laughter
One Is not Inclined to Join In the mcr
rlmeut it all seems as foolish and
weird as If an idiot boy were disturb
ing a congregatlnu In church Wbeu
the source of the laughter Is located It
turns out to be s silly Inoklug bird,
with clumsy, square body aud open
mouth, sitting uncouceniedly ou s
stump. - Nations I Geographic Maga
sine. Getting Bald.
"Mr. Sorrel) proiKisud to me, mother."
"And you accepted him, I hope."
"No, mother. I could never love a
nun with red liolr."
"But, my dear girl, you should con
skier the fact turn be has very little
of IL"-C'hlcagu Herald.
Trsss and Wind.
When one travels tbtough the parts
of Belgium bordering ou the sea bo
sees s striking exsmple of the Influ
ence ou trees of strong and cousUiut
winds. The trees are iu general beut
toward the Interior of the country. -It
was proved some time jigo that the
trunks of trees buried In the peat bogs
of Holland all lie in a southwest and
northeast direction.
Calling cards at thj Courier.
Run-down ?
Tired?
-Weak?
Every spring most people feci "all
out of sort "-their vitality is at a
low ebb. Through the winter months
shut up a great deal in healed honse,
office, or factory, with little healthy
exercise in the great outdoors eating
more than necessary the blood be
comes surcharged with poisons I The
best Spring medicine and tonic is one
made of herbs and roots without alco
holthat was first discovered by Dr.
Pierce years ago. Made of Joldon
Seal root, blood root, with glycerine, it
Is called Ur. Pierce's Uoldeu Medical
Discovery. "Ingredients on wrspper.
It eliminates from the blood disease
breeding poisons. It makes the blood
rich and pure, and furnishes a founda
tion for sound, physical health.
Sold by medicine dealers, in liquid
or tablet form, or send 10 cents to Dr.
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y
for a large trial package ol tablets,
WHEN "RUN-DOWN."
Salem. Oregon. "As a spring tonlo,
to build up a weakened, run-down
system, and to give one an appetite, I
found Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery good. A friend Imd reoom
mended It and I found it all that she
claimed (or It."-Mrs. Jakk Uihdkb,
1K H. Bcllvltiw 8trecl.
Constipation causes and seriously
aggravates many diseases. ,It is thor
oughly cured by. Dr. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets. One a laxative; two or
tores a calliartio.
IS
SENATE FILIBUSTER
By William Jenttlugs' Bryan
(Copyright 1917. by United Press)
Miami, Kli Mar. S. Answev.ug
your inquiry, 1 beg to call atteu'.lon
to the fact that there are two quit
Uons Instead of one. The first In
volves the filibuster and the v.imd
the merits of the proposed legisla
tion. I am against filibustering aud have
for several years been advocating a
cloture rule In the senate. 1 be
lieve In the right of the majority to
rule and am sorry to learn from press
dispatches that the senate Is Inclined
to require a two-thirds vote for the
closing of debate.
A majority vote ought to be suf
ficient, after each senator haa been
given reasonable opportunity to ex
press his views.
To require a two-thirds vote Is to
give to the predstory Interests the
same power that they now have to
prevent legislation hostile to their
privileges.
As long as the ruins permit a min
ority to obstruct legislation, we may
expect them to be employed to pre
vent progressive legislation Just as
they were employed two yesrs ago
to enrfhle the shipping trust to de
feat the president's shipping bill.
Whether the senators should use
the rules to defeat a proposed mea
sure Is a matter entirely In the dis
cretion of the senators, who are re
sponsible to their constituents alone
Just as the president Is responsible to
the genersl public only, when he uses
his veto to defeat a measure favored
by a majority of the senate and
house.
So far as I have seen expressions
from the senators nearly all of those
who voted against authorising the
arming of ships, did so for the pur
pose of compelling an extra session of
congress, or because they objected to
the phraseology of the bill. Since the
president has power to cull a special
session of congress at any time, and
ask for legislation he desires, the
Jingo press will find It difficult to
convince the public that there la any
thing treasonable In the desire to
have congress in session. Even the
most warlike of the newspapers will
hardly Insist upon the abolition of
congress now, whatever they might
have the boldness to advocate In time
of war.
The second question relates to the
merits of the bill. So far aa I am
able to Judge1, the objections urged
were not giving authority to the pres
ident, 'but related to the language em
ployed, and surely If congresslonsl
authority Is needed, the members of
congress cannot be fairly denied dis
cretion aa to the language to be em
ployed. Everyone recognizes that the
giving of authority Involves serious
risks.
The public has such complete con
fidence in the president that congress
would not hesitate to confer upon
hlin any power that he could himself
use, but the president cannot ride
on the ships himself, or handle the
guns.
, He cannot even direct the man who
pulls the trigger.
The expert gunner will be some
1,000 miles from Washington when
he carries out the authority confer
red. He will not only have the ex
pert's desire to test his skill, but
he will be under the immediate di
rection of a ship owner who may
have a large pecuniary Interest In
landing a contraband cargo.
The president has not asked con
gress to surrender to him authority
to declare war; Is It strange that con
gress should hesitate to put an ex
pert gunner In a position where, by
his mistake, or by a mistake of an
Interested ship owner, he may com
mit an act of war?
The senate and house did not agree
as to the phraseology of the pro
posed bill. The senate wanted to In
clude . "other Instrumentalities,"
which the house thought too vague a
description of the power conferred.
The bouse alse expected Insurance
from merchant ships carrying arms
and ammunition, and a minority of
the house committee favored Insert
ing this exception In the paragraph
authorizing the arming of ships.
I am heartily In sympathy with the
minority of the committee that the
exception should be extended to the
arming of ships it well.
The bill In both senate and house
provided for protection of Americans
only when they were lawfully on
ships and It Is for congress to any
what Is lawful.
In my opinion, a law should 'be en
acted withholding clearance from any
belligerent ship carrying American
passengers. American newspapers of
the twenty fourth of last month con
tained (he following from Halifax, N,
"Ocean Barred to Woman."
"Halifax, N. 8., Feb. it A num
ber of women and children who ar
rived hers last night on a steamship
from the United States fur Nnrope
were taken off today by govern ment
authorities under a regulation which
provides that women and children
may not sail from a British port for
England at present
"Three American women anoard
the line?, which arrived In port last
night, were permitted to continue the
voyage. Clearance papers were re
fused until twenty-five Canadian
women and children had, been remov
ed. .They were taken ashore In tugs."
If England will not allow British
women and children to sail on a Brit
ish ship bound for England, why
should the United States allow Am
erican women and children, or even
American men, to sail on any bellig
erent ships going Into the danger
sonsf
It will be noticed that the Hall
fax dispatch says that "three Am
erican women were allowed to pro
ceed." Of course, the British officials
had no authority to remove American
women, but why should the United
Statea allow a belligerent with a mu
nitions cargo to sail with Am
erican women and children, or even
American men aboard?
And why should our government
permit us to bo drawn Into this war
by the follies of any American cit
izen who so disregards his country's
welfsre aa to travel upon a belliger
ent ship, whether for pleasure or for
profit?
FAILURE BLAMED
(Continued from Page 1)
' Discussing the responsibility for
the step. Unreport adjudged Lord
Kitchener responsible for three
weeks delay In dispatching troops to
the Dardanelles, thereby "gravely
compromising the probability of suc
cess." The commission held, also that
Kitchener did not "sufficiently uti
lize the services of the general staff,
resulting In confusion and lack of
efficiency."
Censure was expressed at the war
council's failure to hold a meeting
between March 19 and May 14. 1915.1
and discussed Winston Churchill's
advocacy, as first lord of the admir
alty, for purely naval expeditionary
forces.
"IjorA Kitchener," the report con
tinued, "favored a purely naval at
tack. The commissioners think the
first lord of the admiralty (then
Churchill, then the premier then
Asqulth) and other conrlllors should
hsve required naval advisers to sub
mit rlesrly expressed views regarding
the practicability of the plan."
The report concludes tbey were not
Justified In reaahtng a decision on
the Dardanelles' plan, "without much
fuller Investigation."
Portland, Mar. 8. Today's market
quotations were:
Wheat Club, 165; blueslem, 170.
Oats No. 1 white feed, 37.00.
Barley Feed, 39.00.
Hogs Best live, 13.60.
Prime steers, 9.65 tfi 9.85; fancy
cows, 8.00 it 8.50; best calves, 10.
Spring Iambs, 13.25.
Butter City creamery, 89; coun
try, 80.
Butterfat 40.
Eggs Selected local extras, 24 ft
25. I
Hens, 20 ft 21; broilers, 25; j
geese, 12 13.
A Good Arrangement.
"No, darling," said the mother to her :
sick boy; "the doctor says tbst I mux! 1
not rend to you,"
"Then, niuininii," begged the young
ster, "won't you pleuso rend to yn'ir
self out liiiidt"
Diggers
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The bitUiilcal people of the
world are big meat eaters.
llruluy MHplrt make tlui money
because Uvry have more than
(he UKual allotment of brwlaa.
This rkreptiuaal brain develop.
niml la duo In great part to the
eating of the right kind of
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There duuilshvs In (.'bluest rivers
snd lakes a snuill Mi remarkable for
Its brlltlaut coloring of crimson and
blue. It is railed tbo pm-adlne llsli. In
tbo sunlight It shows lu ihIiiIkiw hues.
The dorsal flu extends from near the
back of the bead to the tall. The par
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from China by M Klmoii in ISiiO, hav
ing bccti fuuiid In ii liiiBik ucur can
ton. Tuu must InleicKtiiii; llilug iiliout
this little Hull Is the liesi iiinile by Ibe
male of ulotliioUH uuIiIiIcn Mow the
kUi'fuiv of lliu walur mid iiii-iihiii lute
up to six inclies across. Here ll li e
the edits, some lino In number, anil
mounts guuril over them during lucu
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