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BILL 10 PROHIBIT
SEINESON COLUMBIA
RIVER SLAUGHTERED
' KAI.Kir, Jim. 2d.-1 r. I!, nn, pro
liib i lin tr Reiiiinjr, l'isli wheels and
trnps in the Columbia river, by Tieh
enor, was reported back yesterday
with an adverse report from the
fisheries committee.
Mr. Tiehenor staled that lie was
. npt surprised at the report of the
committee, lie .stated that lie had
been severely criticised for interfer
ing with tin1 Columbia river fishing
Industry, but staled that he felt that
be was reprcscntinr the whole state
of Oregon and not only one section,
and that he believed that the people
wanted to see the removal of seines,
fish wheels and traps from the Col
umbia river, mid flint he was pledged
to dp nil he eould to secure such leg-
. islfttiun. ''I have other fish bills and
I realize that my attitude on this bill
ntuy hurt my other bills, but I must
keep my pledge, '' he stated.
Representative lliownell spoke in
Kiipport of the bill mid staled that
the people have been bowing to the
will of the ennneries lout; enough, lie
Ntqted that seines, fish wheel and
traps were most destructive and that
every year hundreds of thousands of
jfisli were murdered, killed and mutil
ated by these contrivances. He also
f-thled that as long us men like Mr.
WiU'ren, nh is largely interested in
canneries, were on the fish mid game
couunissinn, . we 'could not epeet
intfrli protection to "lir l'isli industry.
.-Representative Anderson arose
and Minted that the Tiehenor hill i
about as reasonable as single tax.
The fish wheels belong largely to
small i ishcruicn, and t take them
uwny from them would pat hundreds
of these small fishermen out of bus
iness. ',.
Tteprr.scntntivo Tiehenor slated
that the pictures of the royal ehiiiook
salmon eoutd soon be token out of
the hooks containing pictures of llic
various salmon, as this lish was fast
becoming exlinst and would soon be
n thing of the past, and thai 1 1 1 1 -wheels
and traps alone are respon
sible for it.
Holl cull was asked for on the
question of whether adverse report
should lie adopted. Thirtv-oue voted
yes and twenty-eight voled no, one
ubseut. Hill ordered indefinitely pnst
)Hued. dole, Thomas ami Sheldon
voted Vcs.
ALL interior cities are vitally interested in the long--and-short-luuil
controversy waged before the inter
state commerce commission in the Spokane rate ease.
Under the present conditions, it costs more to ship a
car of products, from New York to an interior point like
Boise or Spokane than it does to ship the same ear from
Xew York through these cities to Portland and back again
to N'ew York.
The same conditions prevail locally. It costs more to
ship it ear of goods from Portland to Med ford than it does
to ship the same cav from Portland through Medforcl to
San Francisco and back again. The railroad hauls four
times the distance for less money.
Railroad rates are still based upon all the traffic will
bear, interior towns pay rates based on the through rate
plus the local rate. On the plea that they must meet water
eompetit ion, the railroads make lower rates to coast points
:han to intermediate points.
The struggle over the long-and-short-haul abuse is an
ld one. There were long and short haul clauses in the
original interstate commerce act; in the Hepburn amend
ment to that act, and in the amendments of 1910. But the
same old discrimination exists. '
Senator Miles I'oiudexter of Washington has intro
duced a bill forbidding a greater charge for a short haul
when that haul is part of a long haul. The bill would give
Medford as low rates to Portland as San J:ranciseo now
enjoys, and make it possible to ship valley products to
either San I-rancisco or Portland and meet the competi
tion of those cities.
Success of the I'oiudexter bill is imperative if we ever
expect to maintain industries here. I he bill will destroy
the monopoly of coast terminals, which litis built up a few
big eil ies at the expense of the development of the country.
HOW LLOYD GEORGE LOOKS TO YANKEE
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
0XGKES8MAX BAILEY of Pennsylvania has intro-
duced it bill in congress that will have a far-reaching
effect and revolutionize government, it adopted, by giving
the minority representation. It is a measure to permit
states to elect their representatives in congress by the pro
portional system ol election, ami is based upon the idea
that all voters, even those of minority parties, are entitled
to representation in proportion to numbers. Speaking of
the bill, Mr. Bailey said:
"Our system Is supposed to bo representative, but everyone knows
that it is not truly so. What representation is there for a Democrat In
Vermont or for n republican In Texas? There are Democrats in Vermont
as tliero are republicans in Texas, but they are as utterly denied repre
sentation In congress as It they did not exist. They Indeed go through
the forms of exercising their citizenship. They vote for candidates for
congress. Hut Tor all tho good their ballots do toward securing for them
representation hero, they would as well stuff their ballot into rat holeH or
chuck them Into the kitchen stove. Tho only real purpose a democrat
serves In Vermont la to entitle republicans In that state to a larger rep
resentation in this house than they would otherwise get. Hut ttie demo
crats might Just as well be dead in actuality as they are politically (or
all the good they can do at the polls. The same Ir equally true as to re
publicans lu Texas."
Mr. Bailey declares that the present system is respon
sible for both the "political boss" and the "pork barrel,"
through congressmen being nominated and eleetetl by a
body of controlled votes swung between the parties as it
becomes necessary to the representative that he cater to
local influences controlling this balance of power.
The progressive party, which cast four million votes
against the republicans' three million in 1!)12, had less than
a handful of representatives and were outnumbered five
to one by the republicans in congress. I'lider the pro
portional system the minority parties would till secure rep
resentation in proportion io votes cast.
Proportional representation will make congress repre
sentative which it is not now.
1!V JAMES KEELEY.
(Noted editor of the Chicago Herald,
who recently interviewed Lloyd
George, new English premier, and
called the biggest man lu Europe,
at length on questions of state.)
Lloyd George Is utterly unlike por
traits of him published In America
with which we are familiar. Worse
the majority not only fail to give
one an idea of what he is like hut
give a false idea.
If one were to meet Lloyd George
on the street and glance at him cas
ually he might be taken for a pros
perous. If rather carelessly attired
merchant, or an earnest and absorb
ed physician pondering over some
troublesome ease, or a barrister
briskly approaching a knottty legal
problem In tho courts.
That Impression would endure, on
ly until one saw bib face and caugh
the expression.
We all have seen persons who re
mind us of animate and inanimate
things, although no resemblance ex
ists. In talking with him and wash
ing him as he spoke, Lloyd George
gave me two Impressions first, a
searchlight; second, a lion. -
There is something leonine In his
magnificent head with Its tuwny
mnne. lie has been In tho past, slyly
reminded that he needed a hair cut.
I almost said "ridiculed," but no
one In Kngland ridicules or attempts
to ridicule Lloyd George now. .
Interviewing Lloyd fieorge Is a
strenuous task,' The room in Which
he receives you Is long and narrow.
In the center is a long table, flanked
with carved chairs.
It Is not recorded that anyone ever
sat in one of those chairs during an
Interview, for Lloyd George, while ho
talks, walks rather briskly, at times
rapidly, back and forth.
lie walks solidly, firmly. That, T
should say, is the character of the
man solidity, decision, certainty
and set purpose In every move and
every act. Ills muscles betray or re
flect his mental activities.
As he walks the interviewer, on
the opposita side of the long table,
paces up and down with lilm. Ills
conversation is liko machine gun fire,
sharp, fast and' clear.
lie is, I believe, the most accurate
and clearest talker to whom I ever
listened. When he makes a point
stronger than usual, for he makes a
point every time he concludes a sen
tence, he stops in his rapid walk
and the interviewer also stops sud
denly, and the moment the point is
hammered home the march continues, j
s ,; : ' 'J'W '-il'ifi ' J
UJAMtS KtEUE-r , I tS
Tl is voice Is as remarkable as his
facial expression. No written ctuota-
tion from whut ho says, no matter
how accurate, can convey the full
force and meaning of his remarks.
. To get the complete meaning It Is
necessary to hear him. speak .the
words. 11 Is. voice is one of the sweet
cts I ever heard. lie Is a natural
orator and the case and perfection
of his periods Is astonishing.
We who have heard Hryan would
think of Hryan's voice while listen
ing to
-t5,
i-j. .
Uoyd ftcorge plays golf when ho isn't tuo busy ami often, before
going iH-foi-o the house nitii n 'ig sublet I, may louiul tin the golf
course or resting In the grass, us nIiowii In the j.ieluic.s.
them, it every sentence Is perfectly He played that searchlight all over
rounded, the inflection placed to give ! Europe, lighting dark places, and he
full force to the meaning of the sen-! levelled Its rays into the future ai
trnce. and his choice of words is as-! toward the I'nited States,
tonishing. He uses a comparatively Whether be Is democratic or not
smnll vocabulary. depends. upon what definition of the
Lloyd George docs not hesitate to word we have in mind. Ho Is carry-
Lloyd George, but the voice i use forceful expressions if they add lag too heavy it burden to add any-
of the Welshman Is much sweeter In to what he has to say but does not j thing in the way of forms or cere
tone and there is a fiber ami an in--drag in such expressions for the pur-. monials and nrobahlv hb: mind is too
pose of dramatic climax. j busy to consider form or ceremony.
It was during such an interview If they stood In his path toward a
that the searchlight simile came to desired end he would brush them
me. Ills phrases seemed suddenly to , aside. V
stab through the darkness and light ,' Kui-opc's lliggest
up. something that had been hidden Sinn at Ease.
tensity In it that is seldom found.
Lloyd George speaks rapidly and
evidently with no effort. There is
nothing studied, no mannerisms Of
the trained 'orator, no repetition of
past speeches or quotations from
COKVAM.IS. Or., Jan. O.-Mem
hers of the Micron legi-dnliire, their
himiiics nutl friends, nuinljeiin:; uer
Jf0, today were guests of the Oregm
Agrii'tiltum! college here. The visit
ors arrived in a special train ami af
ter being escorted to tiie campus by
the College baud, faculty member
students and Corvallis citizens, lli. v
inspected the college buildings witli
ft view lo determining their needs,
Tolilghl there will be a balnplel, aflci
Which tho Visitors mil rcltirn lo Sn-
lein.
TEXT MADE PUBLIC
WASHINGTON", Jan. 'Jil. -'I'he of
ficio,! text of the final allied uliiaiat
unt to Greece, dated Ib-etuibcr -I,
giving-King Coiistnntiue forty-eiuht
hours to agree to withdraw nil his
forces from northern liivice into llic
I'elvuenesMis within I'iitccn dns and
the Greek responses aeccpling the de
rnands, but expecting in return u till -intf
of the allied blockade, wen- given
uul today lit the Greek legation Ueje
WASHINGTON", Jan. JO.-- Iinmcdi-at-
vil!i. Iran al of a substantial
nuinlicr of National Guardsmen from
the border has been ordered bv the
win- department and General l-'iins-lon
now is .-elei'ting tlie units to be
sent home, lu announcing the order
Into today Secretary linker said llic
number lo be withdrawn at this time
probably would be 1 ."..000 or JO.IIOO.
Tin. secretary refused to comment
on the order or say what relation it
might hat e lo the w illiilrnvval of Gen
eral I'ei-shing's expedition from Mex
ico. He said that the org.-inizal ions
to be withdrawn would be announced
us souit as General ruustou reported
lliose he had designated.
I1VI
PORTLAND "FELL" FOR WOOD
JAILED AS GAY IMP0STER
V.I. PASO, Tex.. Jan. 20. -A mes
sage passed through here today for
General Pershing in Mexico asking
him when he would be ready to be
gin ninrehing Inward the border, ac
cording to a reliable report.
No formal order has yet been is
sued for the withdrawal of the pun
itive exH'dition, it was said, but Gen
eral Pei-slnng's reply was expected to
fix a definite date for the withdrawal.
Kopoit.s have also been in eircula-
jtion here since yesterday that the Kl
i Vulle and San Jompiin outpost troops
i had begun their march toward Col
I'-mu lluhlan to join the main column
encamped there.
Ilrigailier General George Hell, Jr
said he hail received nothing uew re
gM'ding the withdrawal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 'JO. Swiss
consulates in the I'nited States and
el-euhcre throughout the world have
ht i-n instr'i'-iril to inform niembei s of
the second Swiss annv division and
parts of the fourth and tifth army
divisions which are not already un
der anus, to reuiin iniiucdintelv to
Switzerland and join the eoloi-s.
Instruction- to the cotisiuar offi
cials in this eountrv pa-se, through
the Swiss ligation h.-ie. The divis
ions will be mobilized on January IM.
According to iiil'.,iiii:ii,.ii ohluincd
from tlie legation h.d.iv the Siiss
i ili. iis who will In rtiiiircd to oiii 1
the color- were peillllllid lo have
S u i I . e i . i j w 1 1 h (he oiiitcr-liin ho- !
thai they woubl lcliiln il called. The
lllllcbcl of Swis-, cilizciis in t'.i!-;
ouiitl- affcclcil bv the nlobiha'.ioi.
nii-r . eoinpaiatively small.
10 UNDER-SEA BOM
NEW YOltK, Jan. 20. A battle
w hich lasted an hour and forty min
utes between the Hritish freighter
Llmleiiliall and a Teutonic subma
rine in the Mediterranean with nearly
U0O shots exchanged between tho two
cratts was described by officers ot
the i.ludeuhall upon her arrival here
j today from Naples.
The freighter came in so severely
shelled that she looked as though
she bad heea In an explosion.
Twentj-six shots from the t'-hoat hit
her an done n( the shells still pro
trudes from the woodwork above lite
ttcard' huuk.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. Richard
Wood, man of many aliases and
ruave of manner, who for the last
few weeks dazzled a number of
prominent business men for dinners
and dollars, was today turned over
to .federal officers and for the second
time in his career Is being held to
answer for impersonating an army
or government officer. Wood arrived
shortly before Christmas and repre
sented himself nt various places to
bo tho Honolulu mauager for a large
sporting goods house, theatrical mag
nate, railroad builder, "Lieutenant
Morton, I'. S. A.," "Lieutenant Wil
bur of the marine band at Washing
ton, 11. C on furlough," and many
other imposing personages, each time
realizing on his bold front to the ex
tent of a royal dinner at the best
cafes or perchance a few dollars. He
"placed" mythical orders for rail
steol and box cars for the "Honolulu
railroad" and had local railroad men
at his beck and call (or him at his
house.
STERILIZATION TO APPLY
TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN
NAVAL INQUIRY INTO
WRECK OF MILWAUKEE
EI'REK A, Cal., Jan. 20. The
stranded cruiser Milwaukee keeled
over today to nn angle ot twenty-six
degrees.
A stiff northwester stirred a hasty
sea. The current was undermining
the derelict on tho weather side and
piling the sand higher tender the
cruiser's lee. Contracts for salvaging
the machinery and other movables
were being prepared.
- high ranking court will be des
ignated by Admiral William 11. Cap
erton to inquire Into the stranding of
tho submarine H-3 and the cruiser
Milwaukee, it was made known here
today. Hear-Admiral William V.
Kullam. commander of tho reserve
force, Pacific fleet will be president
of the board and has been ordered to
start north Sunday on the flagship
Pueblo.
The II-:: Inquiry will be first and
the same board will take up the Mil
waukee case.
W. U. Mcl cod of Prospect was in
Medtord KriiVy on bu-.iness.
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25catall druggists.
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 20. A steriliz-j
atlon bill to apply to women as well ;
as men, was introduced in the house i
today by Representative. Arthur Peck !
ot .Marshtleld, and It embodied the I
views expressed by Governor James I
Wllhycombc in his message to the I
legislature. The bill provides for a !
state board of eugenics to lie com- I
posed of the heads of the health
board, Insane hospitals and peniten
tiary. The board must report quar
terly the names of all inmates, who
in its belief should be examined with
a view to sterilization. It gives those
concerned right of appeal to the cir
cuit court. Tho bill is intended to
eliminate the features of a previous
act, rejected on a referendum vote
of the peoplo several years ago.
A hill offered by Representative
Vernon Forbes of Hentl, would stop
the sale of snuff within tho state ex
cept under rigid regulations.
GUARANTEE TIME OF
SENDING PHONE MESSAGES
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 20. Reprtsen
tativo Ira Rarber of Wlllamina today
introduced in the house of represen
tatives a bill providing that any tele
phone or telegraph company operat
ing in the state when accepting a
message to be delivered within the
state "shall guarantee the time of de
livery of such message." A measure j
by Representative Denton Hurdick of
Redmond aims to make every long 1
distance line a common carrier and j
Imposes the "duty of making connec
tions with the forwarding managers
of Independent local companies."
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