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Entered at PortUn d' (Oregon) Peg off Ira as Second-class Matter. PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER o, 1922 28 PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS f EX-KING CONSTANTJNE COMING TO AMERICA S $1,700,000 SOUGHT OREGON IS SECOND ABDUCTION STORY CLOTHING SALESMAN JOLTED BY "YOKEL" URGED FOR CHANNEL TO SEA IN LITERACY GRADE IS-E S TOLD BUTE BY OREGD MEM ii i FORJIER GREEK RILER MAY MAKE HIS HOME HERE. COXGRESS ASKED TO ASSIST PORTLAND HARBOR WORK. EDUCATIONAL SURVEY GIVES SIMPLE-MINDED ONE GETS AWAY WITH LOOT. STATE HIGH PLACE. VOL. LX XO. 19,358 iiLfi hh CLOTURE uira New Imperialism Arising Says Clemenceau. ECONOMIC STRUGGLE Bl Fear That Commercial Dom ination Will Provoke New Conflict Is Expressed. ALLIED UNITY HELD GONE Tiger Proposes Seizure of . Foreign Bonds Owned by Germans to Pay Debt. 1 . 'Copyright, lf22, iUnitPd States, Great Britain. Canada anfl South America by Nftw i'ork WnWd f.f'rens publishing com pany) and ?i '-r;f; American Newspaper Allien.-. AiJ rosTvd. Unlicensed risiir'Kv.lA: 'n-i u':i ui ia part expressly li!K GEilMA.V KEVOLT." -.'.-tgbobces .e:ii:sceau. Trr.s ar!;:li? ;s ttie fourth of s series Tvvj'Srn ?X'.'lasiV'ly or the North Ameri can ws-jmper Alliance by Georges Clem Hi.eau. The series breaks a sitence which dates back to the signing: of the treaty of Versailles. Not until the pres ent visit has the "Tiger of France" ex pressed himself upon international af fairs in either speech or writing, not even in the pages of his own journal. Echo Nationale. His words are being read eagerly today in France. England. Holland. Switzerland, Argentina, Japan and many other countries where these articles are being released simultaneously for publication, Editor's note. On May 7, 1919, fourth anniver sary of the torpedoing of the Lusi tania, we handed the German pleni potentiaries the peace conditions. In presenting them l said: "This second peace of Versailles, which is about, to be the object of our de bates, was too dearly bought by the peoples represented here for us not to be unanimously resolved to ob tain legitimate satisfaction by all the means in our power." This satisfaction had been al lowed for in the treaty, and Ger many had signed it. But whoever could have thought that that would be sufficient ? One may insert into a solemn pact all sorts of clauses duly agreed upon; one cannot insert the will to respect and execute them. That is partly a question of loyalty, honor and good will and partly a matter of confidence, guar antees and sanctions. Moral Revenge Enjoyed. After the war of 1870 France scrupulously and rapidly fulfilled all her obligations. Pressing down in her heart the despair caused by the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, she understood that she could only get on her feet again by work, and she set about working with a view I to acquiring compensation in a more intense production for the loss of her two rich provinces. All the world knows how she succeed ed. Ever since 1878, at the time of the great success of her inter national exhibition, she began to enjoy a mdral revenge. Scarcely four years have elapsed since the second treaty of Ver sailles and, with the exception of its territorial clauses, the treaty has been outrageously turned and twisted. By a tragic coincidence having nothing to do with chance, the German reaction hits France just where she is most directly threatened. Whereas France re quires reparation and security, what one sees across the Rhine is an economic evasion and military reaction. First the economic eva sion. The American public is too well informed to credit Germany's plea in justification of her inca pacity to pay that the collapse of the mark is exclusively due to the obligations imposed upon her by the treaty. Mark's Collapse Wished For. The American public knows that actual gold payments made by Ger many to the reparation commission have amounted only to $375,000,000 and that in the internal budget of the Reich the total sum paid out under the treaty is less than the figure spent by the German gov ernment in the purchase of raw materials and on railways and in the postal administration. The collapse of the mark was wished for and precipitated because it was at one and the same time a means of eluding the reparational pay ments m rendering the execution of the treaty more and more diffi- (.Concluded on Pago 5. Column 1.) Europe Considered Unsafe Now, With Punishing War Guilty a Popular Pastime. BY RAYMOND FEXDRICK. (Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service. Copyright. 19T2, by thChicago Tribune.) PARIS, Dec. 4. ftx-King Constan tine of Greece is planning to go to America in the early spring and, possibly, to make his home there, as the king business is not looking up in Europe. He will be the guest of his brother, Prince Christopher, and his wife. Princess Anastasia, formerly Mrs. Leeds, who are sailing on December 12 on an extended visit to the United Suites. Their original passage in the Majestic, which sails on December 6, was canceled for' fear Prince An drew's head might fall. It is reported from Palermo that ex-King Constantine feels unsafe p.ny where in Europe with punishing the war guilty becoming a popular spcrt, especially in Greece, Spain, and 1 ulgaria. Princess Anastasia's son, William B. Leeds Jr., is also going to Amer ica early in the spring, with his V'fe, Princess Xenia. Even lucky Prince Andrew, now en route for Palermo, may be taken along. IOWA STATE GETS PRIZE Stock-Judging Team Wins Inter national Event. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Restlessness of 100 anxious students came to an end Sunday afternoon when it was an nounced that the quintet from the Iowa State college won the huge bronze trophy in the students' live stock judging contest at the inter national livestock exhibition's open ing day. The Haw-keye team crowd ed Purdue university into second place by a wide margin of 77 points. Iowa students scored 3970 points; Purdue, 3893; Kansas, third, 3869, and Nebraska, fourth, 3843. The Iow-ans not only made the highest collective score In competi tion with the other 19 teams, but annexed the individual prize. This was won by J. C. Holbert, who registered 860 points out of a pos sible 1000. MAN, 87, BU1LDS HOME Michael Moehnke, Oregon City, Erects Residence Vnaided. OREGON CITT, Or., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Michael M e o h n k e, well known resident of Oregon City, left today for Eagle creek, Clackamas county, where he is to improve several buildings on the farm of M. C. Glover. Mr. Moehnke, who is 87 years of age, is unusually active. He has just completed a two-story resi dence on his farm at Beaver creek. He erected the buildings unaided. Although Mr. Moehnke has lost three homes by fire he has never become discouraged. One of the homes burned in a forest fire in the Beaver creek country years ago, and destruction of the last home was due to a defective flue. During the forest fire Mr. Moehnke and his family were residing on the place. STARBUCK BANK ROBBED Outlaw Obtains About $500 From Counter, Says Report. SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. 4. The Bank of Starbuck, at Starbuck, Wash., 170 miles south of here on the Oregon - Washington railroad, was held up this afternoon by a robber, who escaped with approxi mately $500, which he took from the counter. The man threatened bank em ployes and customers, according to information received by a detective agency here. WABASH TRAIN WRECKED Number of Passengers Reported Hurt in Iowa Mishap. OMAHA, 'Neb., Dec. 4. A number of passengers were reported hurt in the wreck near Imogene. Ia., at S:45 o'clock tonight of Wabash passenger tra'.n No. 14. According 4o first reports, the baggae-e car and two coaches were derailed. Doc tors were sentito the scene of the wreck. The train was bound for St. Louis and left Omaha at 5:55 P. M. Imogene is 65 miles south of Council Bluffs. LAST FLING JOYOUS ONE Veteran, Near End, Gives Asso ciates Good Time. NEWARK, N. J., Dec 4. Six weeks ago Percy Evans, -.ounded worlJ war veteran, invited a score of his wartime and boyhood friends to dine with, him. "This," he told them, "is my last fling. I am slowly slipping under neath the daisies. Eat all you want. Sing a lot and fight if you wish, but don't wreck the place." He died in his wheel chair today. HARDINGS TO TAKE REST Departure From Washington Will Follow End of Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 4. President and Mrs. Harding will leave Washington for a rest after congress adjourns next year. This was learned today at the White House. Irish Constitution Is Ap proved by Lords. ROYAL SIGNATURE IS NEXT Measures Passed Without Rollcall Being Asked. GOVERNOR IS SELECTED : f Choice Is Declared to Be Particu larly Good, as He is in Sym pathy With Aspirations. LONDON, Dec. 4. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The centuries - old struggle between England and Ire land ended tonight when the legis lation giving- the sanction of law to the new settlement with Ireland passed its final stages in the house' of lords, which for generations has bitterly opposed any accommoda tion with Ireland. The constitution bill has gone through both houses of parliament without any amendment and even without division being .challenged. Lord Carson alone, whose influence was mainly responsible for failure to settle the Irish question in 1914 and who has throughout his politi cal career been the bitterest op ponent of home rule, persisted to the very end in his role of "last ditcher," even when such traditional anti-homerulers as the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Duke of Devon shire had gracefully yielded to the government view and resolved to give Ireland a chance to prove her sincerity under new conditions. Royal Assent Is Certain. There now only remains royal assent, a matter of formality, and everything will be ready for the new'Irish government t-o come into existence with excellent omens in the expressed desire even at many of the -'dte-hard" statesmen in Eng land to give it every opportunity to succeed in its work, not only un hampered, but aided by England. Even the appointment of Timothy Healy as governor-general of the Irish free state, which is momen tarily expected to be announced of ficially, is, on reflection, recognized as an auspicious event. When Mr. Healy's name was first mentioned it was received' with astonishment and some incredulity. When a governor-gent ralship is in question the British mind turns naturally in the direction of some titled personage. Now it is admitted the .-,ppointment of Mr. Healy would be singularly ap propriate. Irish Stand Supported. In the first place, Mr. Healy throughout hs political career has been one of the strongest oppon ents of British connection and there- (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) THIS PROMISES TO BE Chief of Army Engineers Reports Funds Xecessary to ImprcV Other Northwest River , - THE OREGONIAN NEW . AEAU, Washington, D. C, Tf -In set ting forth the amo necessary to be appropriated V cne contin ued improvement ers and har bors in the Pac' o .orthwest, dur ing the fiscal. t ending June 30, 1924, the chief" engineers of the United States army, in his report to congress today, calls for $1,700,000 for the Columbia and Willamette rivers below Portland and Van couver. Other sums which can be expended profitably during the year under authorizations already made by congress, according to the engi neer's estimates, include tho fol lowing; Coos Bay, $1,210,000: Coos river, $300; Yaquina river, $139,000; Ne halem bay, $352,000; Umpqua river, $276,000; Columbia river and tribu taries, above Celilo falls to mouth of Snake river, $13,500; Snake river (Washington and, Idaho), $26,500; Willamette slough (Multnomah channel),- $23,350; Clatskanie rfver, $9120; Willamette, above Portland, and Tamhill river, $29,600; Lewis river (Washington), $12,400; Cowlitz river (Washington), $6000; Ska mokawa creek (Washington), $2000; Grays river (Washington), $78,850; Willapa river and harbor (Wash-' ington), $2C, '00; Grays Harbor and bar entrance (Washington), $60,000; Hoquiam river (Washington) $260, 000. River and harbor needs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, are covered in today's budget estimates as submitted to congress in a lump sum of $27,625,670. As it is likely that congress will make a lump sum appropriation for this purpose, there Will be no hearings before the com mittees of house and senate on in dividual projects. Representative Hawley said. This will save Oregon projects from the necessity, he said, of send ing representatives here to make presentations before the commit tees. Amounts mentioned are those in dicated in the authorization bill passed previously an which carried no appropriations. In the $1,700,000 for the Columbia and Willamette rivers below Portland and Van couver ia comprised estimates for carrying on diking, the construc tion of another dredge and a fleet of steel fuel barges to supply the dredge fleet. Funds for channel maintenance and the diking project already under way were provided in the regular bill this year. "I OREGON PROJECTS BENEFIT Federal Budget Liberal Toward 1 Irrigation in State. 1 THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Oregon irrigation projects fared well in the 'estimates of the budget director for, the next fiscal year, submitted to congress today by the president. The Baker proj ect, which is the newest irrigation project in the west, under the esti mate would receive $500,000, as against $400,000 this year. The (Concluded on Page 3, Column 5.) AS HOT A SESSION OF CONGRESS AS THE LAST ONE. Co '23 Pacific Slope Is Among Lowest of All Districts In Matter of Unlettered Persons. Oregon ranks second only to Iowa among the American states in the low percentage of illiteracy among its inhabitants. Only 1.8 per cent of the Oregon population can neither read nor write, according to statis tics received by President Scholz of Reed college from the National Education association in the inter ests of education week, which be gan Sunday. The survey of the National Edu cation association reveals that, the Pacific states, with an illiteracy average of 3.1 per cent, rate among the lowest of all districts of the United States. This figure is half the percentage, of illiterates in the country as a whole, and less than the average of France. The United States . harbors a greater proportion of illiterates than any nation of Europe. This is revealed glaringly by the statistics. The 1920 census showed 5,000,000 persons unable to read and write, a decrease of only 500,000 in the pre ceding decade. Compared with western European countries this country rivals onlj' Franca In this respect. Germany and Denmark have least illiteracy, with two-tenths of 1 per cent. Switzerland is flve-tenths of 1 per cent and Sweden 1 per cent. The. French population is 4.9 per cent illiterate, and that of the United States 6 per cent. It is notable that the percentage of illiteracy was much higher in the army draft examination, the aver age being 24.9 per cent. In this case, however, actual tests were made, whereas in the census per sons only wer'e asked to state their capacity. DRY AGENTS SENTENCED Offieers'Pay Dearly for Violating Prohibition Law. NEW -YORK, Dec 4. Seven men, including two former prohibition enforcement agents, convicted last week of substituting 160 barrels of ginger ale for Canadian whisky while the shipment was being moved from a New York railroad station last April, today were sen. teuced by Federal Jud e Mack to two years each in Atlanta peniten tiary. The enforcement men, Harry Meade and William Walsh, also were fined $2000 each. POSTAL FORCES BENEFIT Saturday Half-Holiday Ordered During Entire Year. WASHINGTON, D. , C, Dec. 4. Postmaster - General Work today authorized postmasters throughout the United States to grant Satur day half-holidays to postal em ployes during the entire year, when ever possible without injury to the service. This privilege will be granted wherever the employe, by his own efforts, or through a situation that may exist on' Saturday, can finish his work earlier than the required time. 's , Farewell Lays Flight to Threat. CRUMPLED PLEA IS FOUND Husband of Slayer of Moon shiner Comes to Defense. FEDERAL MEN ON TRIAL Warrant Reported Out for Greer on White Slavery Charge Some Time Before Shooting. BEND, Or Dec. 4. (Special.) "I am leaving, not of my own free will, but at the point of a gun." This was 'the farewell written to her husband by Mrs. I. A. Nichols, held in connection with the Robert Greer killing, when she left Ellens burg with Greer some six weeks ago. It was the last Nichols could learn of his wife,-despite the fact that Pinkerton and department of Justice men were on the trail, until he was advised by telegraph Satur day night that Mrs. Nichols had shot the man she considers as her virtual abductor. Two notes were left by Mrs. Nichols when she fled with Greer. Nichols said when he arrived in Bend today ready to assist in his wife's defense should she face a criminal charge. Both had appar ently been dictated by Greer. . . Note Found Crumpled. Then she had apparently started a third note, writing the single sen tence, when she had evidently been interrupted, the note taken from her, crumpled and thrown into the stove in the Nichols home in Ellens burg. The paper had failed to burn, however, was recovered by Nichols, and is now in the hands of depart ment of justice officers in Seattle. Corroborating Nichols' statement. Sheriff Roberta today received a telegram from the United States de partment of justice in Seattle stat ing that a warrant for Greer had previously been issued charging him with white slavery, specifically charg'ng taking Mrs. Nichols from Washington into Oregon and ab ducting her at the point of a gun. In leaving Ellensburg Greer had jumped a $500 bail on a moonshine charge. He had been moonshining at the Summit stage station when tho quarrel occurred which ended in Mrs. Nichols shooting him to death. Wife Is Visited. Nichols visited his wife at the Mountain View hospital this morn ing, then retired, having . had no sleep since Saturday night. Greer's body was taken to Crescent this afternoon for the inquest, which will be conducted by Coroner Whltlock of Klamath county. Witnesses will be picked up at La Pine. With a warrant waiting for her in Klamath Falls, and the grand jury there wa'ting to take up in vestigation of her case, Mrs. Nichols in custody of Sheriff Roberta and accompanied by her husband and by her attorney, W. P. Myers, will leave by automobile early tomorrow morning for Klamath Falls, starting from the hospital here, where Mrs. Nichols has been "a patient since her nervous breakdown Saturday. The four will go as far as Cres cent, attend!ng the inquest for Greer to be held tomorrow. frs. Nichols will be turned over to the Klamath county sheriff, and with her hus band and lawyer will continue her trip to Klamath Falls. BROTHER LEAVES FOR BODT J. M. Greer to Arrange for Fu neral of Shooting Victim. ELLENSBURG, Wash., Dec (Special.) J. M. Greer, brother of Robert Greer, shot to death Satur day near Bend, Or., 1y Airs. Mabel Nichols, both of Ellensburg, left this morning for Bend to arrange for burial of the slain man In Bend. L Nichols, husband pf the woman held in custody for the killing, has gone to Bend to be with his wife. Greer, 45, and Mrs. Nichols, who but 23, left Ellensburg together after Mrs. Nichols had left a note indicating that she had left to com mit suicide. Instructions were left to have her sister in Seattle care for their 5-year-old child. - Officers searched several days for her body before it was discovered that "she and Greer had left the city together. Greer previously had been con victed in justice court of violation of the prohibition law and appealed the case a few days before his dis appearance with Mrs. Nichols. He was again arrested on a similar charge, but was at liberty pending the fixing of his bonds. Kittitas county authorities tele graphed throughout the northwest for information regarding the whereabouts of the couple without success. Greer leaves a widow and six children in this city, one of whom Is married. The $500 cash bond posted by .Greer when he ap (Concluded oa Page 3. Column 2.) Supposed Bumpkin Flashes Re volver and Escapes With Lot or Clothing and $120. A "yokel" Bought $65 worth of clothing and a suitcase from Max Zuckerman, clerk in the Bialkin clothing store at Sixth and Oak streets last night and paid the bill by sparing Zuckerman's life, Zuck erman told the police. Zuckerman said that when the fellow entered the store he thought he was a ."yokel," but when the customer departed with the bill of goods and J120 from the cash regis ter the clerk changed his opinion. The change came when the cus tomer, taking advantage of a mo ment when no one but the two were in the store, poked a revolver In front of Zuckerman, forced him to open the cash register,: backed him down the cellar and then locked him in. ' The. holdup was not particularly well dressed. When he entered the store he asked first for a suit. "Oh, something for 45, $50 or $60," he drawled, indifferent to petty eums. "I thought he was a yokel. I told him not to talk like that in stores or someone might take advantage of him, said Zuckermao "I sold him a $30 suit. He bouflt a suit case and I put the suit into it. Then he bought shirts, socks, col lars, shoes, etc., and I put them into the suitcase. I had sold him a pair of dress shoes and he said he wanted a pair of work shoes. When we were back in the shoe department he pointed the revolver at me and told me not to eay a word. He backed me down cellar. Then he made me come out and open the cash register. Then he backed me down again and locked the door. I guess I was down there five minutes before I could make anyone hear me." E. W. Fehlberg of the Montana hotel was walking along the side walk over the basement when he heard Zuckerman's shouts. He un locked the door and . Zuckerman rushed to a telephone to call the police. The customer, Zuckerman said, was quite fastidious. An hour of patient salesmanship was con sumed in making the "sales." SHOE STYLES WASTEFUL Million and Half Varieties Worn by American Women. CLEVELAND, O., Dec 4. Women of the United States wear more than 1,600,000 different styles of shoes. William A. Durgin. chief of thS di vision of simplified practice of the department of commerce, declared in an address here today before the annual convention of the Shippers' Warehouse and Distributing asso ciation. Hundreds of thousands of dollars would be saved, ' he said, if the sizes and types of containers used in packing shoes should be Teduced to as few as possible. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TODAY'S Rain; variable winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 42 degrees; minimum temperature, 37 degrees. Foreign. Control of straits by Turk Is demanded by Russia. Page 3. Irish win ancient goal when constitution passes parliament. Page 1. lEx-King Constantino coming to America Page 1. National. Mellon scouts charge that he is protect ing rich tax-dodgers. Page 6. Six more rmy camp builders sued for fraud. Page 3. Daugherty investigation Is ordered by house. Page 2. Congress begins regular session. Page 11. Chief of army engineers asks congress for funds to improve Pacific north west waterways. Page 1. Oregon men testify for rail nnmerger. Pago 1. Tiger of France reaches -capital. Page 2. Harding may name home town banker for federal reserve governor. Page 13. President Harding tells congress success of budget system rests with Its fiscal policy. Page 20. Domestic. Gold world menace, says Clexnencean. Page 1. College professors make millions In oil. Page 18. Burch and Mrs. Obenchaln released on request of district attorney. Page 6. Loyalty of labor is derided by Ford. Pago 20. Pacific Northwest. Husband, finds woman's crumpled note temng oz aDaucuon Dy moonsntner ' Page 1. InaueBt into death of Jacob Dahenden. In Washington county, Oregon, leaves murder unsolved. Page 20. Sports. Slki attributes victory over Carpentier to fighting pride. Page 15. Winged M basKetshooters will begin 'practice next Sunday. Page 14. Multnomah dab to enlarge seating capa city on field to 15,000. Page 14. ' Commercial and Marine. Exchange rates in sharp upturn. Page 27. Last week's wheat shipments season's heaviest. Page 26. More cars available for apple shipments. Page 26. Speculative railway bonds sell lower at New York. Page 27. Atlantio lumber dealers increase their demand of northwest fir. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. School and port budgets approved with out cuts. Page 20. Trade of future in rient, says Julian Arnold. Page 17. . Seventy restaurants are rated above 95. Page 13. Oregon ranks second lowest among states In illiteracy. Page 1. Bonus probe begun by United States grand Jury. Page 17. Chest solicitors facing big test now. . Page 28. -Crowds of women flock to The Orego- nian's cooking .school. Page 18. Chief Jenkins orders cleanup of city and police department. Page 15. Supposed yokel in clothing store proves to be holdup man. Page 1. Rail Divorce Held Key to State Development. MORE CONSTRUCTION ASKED H. H. Corey Pleads for Open . Competition in State. 4 NEEDED LINKS ARE CITED 3. E. Shelton, Eugene, Questioned at Hearing on Newspaper's j Attitude on Separation. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BTJ- REAU, Washington, D. C Dec 4. (Special.) Several Oregon wit nesses were heard today In favor ofhe dismemberment of the South ern Pacific and Central Pacific rail roads In the unmerger hearings be fore the interstate commerce com mission. H. H. Corey, members of the Ore gon public service commission; J. S. Magladry, lumberman; Bruce B. Brundage, banker; J. E. Shelton, businsss manager and part owner of the Euge ie Guard, and E. C. Sim mons, Ford dealer, the last four of Eugene: William Pollman, banker and stock man of Baker, and J. K. Beckley, stock man of Chiloquin, gave testimony favoring dismem berment. The appearance of Mr. Shelton on the witness stand caused the at torney for the Southern Pacific Fred H. Wood, to renew his attack started earlier in the day, on the method of campaign conducted by the Union Pacific railroad for the separation of the Southern Pacifia and Central Pacific lines. Mr. Shelton Questioned. Attorney Wood sought to show by questions directed " at Mr. Shelton that the Eugene Guard had changed its editorial policy on the dismem berment controversy almost concur rent with the publication of a two- page advertisement inserted in that paper by Arthur C. Spencer, general counsel for the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific. ' Mr. Shelton said frankly that he had become active in circulating pe titions in Eugene in favor of the dismemberment In September and admitted that he had talked the mat ter over with the editor of the Guard, Charles H. Fisher, after tha latter had run editorials favorable to the retention of the present re lationship between the Southern Pa cific and Central Pacific. The South ern Pacific attorney, it was obvious, was undertaking to show that the Guard's policy was altered by pres sure from the business office, which received valuable advertising pat-, ronage from the Union Pacific rail road. Mr. Shelton and other Eu gene 'witnesses were examined on their direct testimony by Charles A. Hardy, Eugene lawyer. On dtre'ct examination Mr. Shel ton said . his object, like) that of other business men of Eugene, had been to set up competition through the dismemberment of the Southern Pacific and Central Pacif io and to bring about the building of the lines in central Oregon essential to the state's development.' Union Pacific Bnya Space. Several witnesses for dismember ment admitted during the morning1 that the Union Pacific Railroad com pany had paid for large display vertlsementa Inserted In newspapers along the lines of the Southern P- cific and the Central Pacific, which purported to be the voluntary peti tions of local committees for a separation of the two roads. Mr. Corey, testifying for the pub lic service commission, said the com mission's position was that it de sired the dismemberment of the Southern and Central Pacific as .the best means of securing long-needed railroad development in eastern Oregon to Include the Natron cut off, to be constructed by the Central Pacific and to be ' operated as a common user between Klamath Falls and Eugene to give eastern Oregon a connection with the Willamette valley. The direct examination of Mr. Corey was conducted by J. M. Devers, assistant attorney-general of Oregon. Development Required Links. Mr. Corey told of the enormous timber resources of Oregon and how, in the opinion of the commission, their development depended upon, the completion of B&veral missing lines of railroad' in eastern Oregon. The lines necessary to be con structed he said Included: Central Pacific from Kirk to Oakridge (Natron cut-off); a line from Crane to Odell on the Natron cut-off ; aline from Bend to Odell and another line from Lakeview to Klamath Falls. In connection with this testimony a resolution of the Oregon state chamber of commerce Indorsing the position of the state public" service commission was placed in the record. Open Competition Desired "In the Judgment and opinion of the public service commission," Mr; Corey said, "the interests and wel tCoacluded on Page 4, Column 1.)