OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1 922.
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Recital by Juniors
Pleasing Program
SANDY. June 22 .A. recital by the
junior pupils of Mrs. Donna Eason, as
sisted by Mary Junker-Clinefelter, so
loist, was a delightful event of the
week. The program: "Busy Clock",
(Krogmann), Stearns Eason, "Con
cert of the Birds" (Spauldingh Doro
thy Bruns; "March of the Dwarfs",
(Eckhart) Kenneth Scales. "The Cuc
koo" (Presser), Dorothy Bruns; "By
the Waters of Minnetonka"- Mary
Clinefelter. A talk about "Tarantella"
was given by little Stearns Eason af
ter which he played the score. "Wood
Bird's Carol", Lucile Dodson. "Ding1
Dong Bell" (Kinscella), George Bruns.
"Onward to Victory, (Scales) Kenneth
Scales. A little talk on Beethoven, Lu
cile Dodson, after which, she played
the 'Minuet in G". "Which" (Eason)
was sung artistically by Mrs. Clinefel
ter. This song is a tuneful, dainty
composition written by the hostess,
Mrs. Eason, with words by Mrs. J. M.
C. Miller. Melody Op. 63 No. 1 (Schu
mann) was played by George Bruns.
"Swinging Song" (Dodson) was play
ed by Lucile Dodson, and was her
own composition. uet, "Song of the
Set Shell", Dorohy and George Bruns.
Lfttle Bella Reed, a guest, played a
solo and gave a dance.
The composition work of this class
-was fhe result of a year's study in
notation and elementary harmony.
One noticeable feature was- the mem
ory work, none of the pupils p'aying
from notes.
After the entertaining program was
concluded ice cream and cake were
served to the 21 guests, among whom
were Mrs. R- E. Williams, a house
guest of the Eason family from British
Columbia, and Mrs. Floyd Reed of
Corbeft.
Sandy Wins Prize
At Rose Carnival
SAND.Y June 24 "Rah for Sandy!"
Everybody is "saying it" since Sandy's
maideu effort at building a float took
a prize at the Rose carnival. Though
it was the fourth prize, it is fine for
so small a town to receive so mucb
recognition. All along the route of
the parade Sandy received cheers.
Billy Updegrave drove the float. Be
side him was Mayor Junker and his
bread smile of greeting to the crowd,
which responded with "Sandy,"
"Sa-dy"! The float was descriptive
of the delightful outing possibilities
here. There was a tent. In it was
Mrs. R. F. Dittert lounging 'comfy"
like. Little Margaret Bell was "fry
in" over a camp fire 'outside." Laura
Hoffman was busy with her kodak
taking pictures, Ruth Esson was read
ing; and Dorothy Esson was 'smiling"
Heinie Dittert arfd Roberta Smith
were playing the part of campers and
somehow the water jug for the chil
dren got out in front.
J. R. Hall and Billy Updegrave did
most of the building of the frame. P.
R. Meinig furnished the truck and the
driver.
Mrs. W. H. Thompson was the head
cf the committee on decoration and
deserves great praise for her hard
work. She was ably assisted by Mrs.
F. D. Eason who had charge of dec
orations on the sides of the float. Mrs.
C. A. Bowers also worked very hard to
"help out" and proved an efficient
helper. Mrs. Alice Scales had charge
of the "kiddies" costuming, Mrs. Es
son and other also "helped", and now
everybody is glad it all turned out so
creditably. "Rah for Sandy again!"
Three Sandy Girls
Rose Show Guests
SANDY, June 26 Josephine Dixon,
Hazel Beers, and Gertrude Meinig had
a wonderful time as the guests of the
Rose Festival committee on the open
ing day of the cornival. They met
their chaperone, Mrs. Frank E. Smith
at the Multnomah hotel at 9 A. M. and
were driven to the dock and went up
the river with a party to meet "Queen
Harriet" and her attendants. After
the welcome ceremony the entire "roy
al" party went down into the city and
joined a parade, after which they all
went to the Multnomah hotel and
were entertained at a banquet with
the' queen. Miss Robertson, the rep
resentative sent by President Hard
ing to the festival, was present at
this banquet and delivered an address.
After the feast the party drove to the
park where the coronation took place,
which ended the festivities of the
"wonderful" day for the girls.
With the Sandy girls were repre
sentatives from McMinnville, Salem
and Newberg. Several Rosarians, Ad
miral Ma(yo, Admiral Carr and other
celebrities were escorts for these
girls and the experience of being so
splendidly entertained for a day, ed
ucational a8 well as enjoyable, "our"
girls say.
California People
Visit Beers Family
SANDY, June 25 The Geo. Beers
family were greatly surprised when
relatives Sfrom Pacific Beach, Gal.,
drove up to the gate Wednesday. They
are Mr. and Mrs. Ed Crosier and Miss.
Olive Gist. This party drove up in a
roadster, with trailer attached, and
were ten days on the road, and en
joyed the trip immensely. Mr. Cros
ier says there are more tourists on
the road than ever before, according
to auto camp keepers' reports. An:
"auto hobo" and wife camped near the
Crosier party and said they "hit the
CHOICE MEATS
MRS. J. M. C. MILLER Correspondent
road" most of the time. ' They car
ried a coop of hens on their trailer,
and had fresh eggs every day
Mr. and Mrs. Crosier and Miss Gist
are all well known here, as they for
merly lived in the Pleasant Home vi
cinity. They will start back to Cali
fornia about July 15.
FIRE THREATENS
SANDY. June 23. The Jonsrud
Gunderson mill people had another
fire scare yesterday when a slashing
got beyond control and the frame
' work of the new mill was endangered,
t also the hew planer and engine which
were on the ground. Help from San
dy was called and a couple of cars
rushed over to assist. No damage re
sulted from the fire.
PRINCIPAL RE-ELECTED
SANDY, June 26 At a special meet
ing of the Sandy school board last
Friday Mrs. Nina Malar was re-elected
principal of, the grades school for
the coming year. The term will open
Sept. 11.
SANDY LOCALS
Remember the Parent-Teacher meet
ing tonight. Business of interest to
look after, and the installment of new
officers. Meeting at the city hall.
A farm bureau picnic is being talk
ed about for the middle of July at
Meinigs grove. Announcements later.
The Sandy Grange will have charge
of the dancing pavillion at Dodge Park
on the Fourth of July, and will open
the floor for dancing in the forenoon.
The ladies will serve refreshments
and lunches.
A new electric light has been or
dered put up at Meinig's corner by
the city council.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Eason are en
joying a visit from Mrs. R. E. Will
iams of Talkwa, B. C.
The strawberry crop here has been
cut a little short because of the con
tinued dry weather. This has also
held the price up.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ferret went to
Eastern Oregon for a little outing and
visit last Saturday.
Kelso reports a scarcity of good ma
terial applying for the principalship of
their school.
C. Scharnke was very busy the past
week fixing up the interior of the
post office.
Everyone heaTd from is much pleas
ed that both grade teachers were em
ployed for next year again.
Mrs. J. C. Duke painted those fish
that decorated the side of the Sandy
float, and they were so natural it
made one trout hungry to look at
them.
Mrs. Miller left Sunday morning for
Seattle with Portland friends via
automobile for a few day's visit with
relatives and friends.
A surprise stork shower was given
on Mrs. Albert Skogan last Friday af
ternoon by ten Sandyridge ladies. Mrs.
Skogan was so surprised she could
hardly "believe it". Several ladies
who could not attend sent dainty gifts,
so there was an abundance of pretty
and useful things. Everyone had a
fine time, and Mrs. Skogan is very
grateful for such- thoughtfulness on
the part of her neighbors.
Carl Krebs has gained 15 pounds in
3 weeks, which speaks well for the
Oregon climate. Krebs was sick much
of the time while in Arkansas.'
Bob Smith, Henry Perret. Fritz
'Junker, Kenneth Proctor, -Alfred Mei
nig, Dean Purcell, Cecil Duke were
among those rushing over to the Jons-rud-Gunderson
mill to put ouithe fire.
Mrs. Ed F. Bruns enjoyed a visit
from a former schoolmate and her
husband from Wisconsin last week,
which was a great surprise, as they
had not met for ten years. These
friends are living at the Bremerton
navy yards.
Miss Edna De Barko went to Port
land Friday with her uncle and aunt
to see the Rose carnival.
Ed Crosier said he averaged pass
ing a car every 15 minutes all the
way up from San Diego.
Palmer is talking of putting in a
big motor and having water and light
power at the crusher, which will rush
things considerably if he does this
and gets things in shape to run day
and night.
Mrs. Dave Douglass returned from
Gresham last week where she spent
a fortnight with her daughter, Mrs.
Ross Marston and family.
The road is gravelled past Walter
Kreby's gate now and Krebs is al
ready planning on what a good time
he will have driving to town next
winter.
The Bornstedt road has been in fine
shape recently according to R- Kiser
who ought to know, as he has many
recollections of two trips weekly over
that road with his cream wagon.
Andrew Oaks was down from Tru
man's last week and made a trip to
Portland via Sandy.
Mrs. A. L. Mattingly made a trip
recently. She is getting on nicely, and
her friends are glad of such steady re
covery. Dr. Sture's brother. Fielding Sture,
has been out from the city spending
his vacation here.
Mendenhall. the truck driver living
in the Schmitz house, has moved to
Portland.
L. M. Tice of Marmot was tripping
around the Sandy streets quite lively
one Jay recently.
Dr. Crow, veteranerian, was over
from Estacada last week, viewing the
old haunts here again.
The little infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Leggins was very sick the first of
the week and had to be taken to a
hospital, where the child died. Mrs.
W. H. Thompson accompanied ithe
mother to the city.
Joe Loundree Is already planning
FAIR PRICES
As r good judge of Meats, you'll
t-t,, , Duying here where there are
so many luscious Steaks, Chops and
coasts.
Quality Meats Only.
Gresham Meat Market
A. J. W. Brown
THE STRENGTH OF a BANK
jj
AT YOUR
SERVICE
We are here to serve you in money
matters and wish our bank to be useful
to you in every possible way. Consult
with us freely about business affairs
'your confidence will be respected. If we
can rendei any service that you do not
now receive from us we should be glad
to entertain any suggestions consistent
with sound banking.
FIRST STATE BANK
GRESHAM, OREGON
on "goin' fishin " when he turns over
the mail route next month.
Mrs. M. Severin of Boring was out
to see old friends again last Wednes
day. Mrs. George Maronay went to Al
bany the latter part of last week to
take Mrs. Maronay's sister home who
had been visiting here several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Smith and fam
ily went to Portland to take in the
the sights of the Rose Show on Tues
day and were dinner guests at the
home of Miss' L. George and the
Misses Miller.
Chas. Krebs went over to Rockford,
Wash., the first of the week on an
enforced business trip, but said he
would be glad to see the country up
that way anyhow. Rockford is near
Spokane.
The Reliance stage started in mat
ing regular daily trips up the moun
tains last week.
Mr. Sechtem of Portland and a par
ty of friends ordered dinner at Jun
ker's Wednesday night. Sechtem is
a friend of Junkers'
Miss Veronica Allen who taught at
Bay City last year was in town Wed
nesday to see the local school board.'
Mrs. Ed Gish and a friend who was
visiting her for a "week went to Port
land Thursday to see the roses, Mr.
Gish returned with his wife on Satur
day for the week end.
Mrs. Milton Nelson spent Wednes
day night with the Gunderson home
folks and attended the Skogan "show
er". Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Perret were roy
ally welcomed here for the week end,
as their, many friends are always glad
to see them. They were entertained
as house guests of the Duke family.
Vernie Jarl stayed down in South
ern Oregon to work in the apple or
chards. Vernie has been (thinning
apples on the trees.
Miss Mary Collier was "back and
forth" most of the week, but left on
Saturday for the summer vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Proctor and Ar
Ieiha took a trip to the city to look
the Rose Show over.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler and
daughters were visitors at the home
Of the Duke family recently. Mr.
Wheeler is Mrs. Duke's brother.
Mrs, P. B. Armstrong, who was vis
iting at the Miller home for about
three weeks went to Portland to see
the Rose Show and is now in 'Gresh
am again.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Purcell are
spending almost half their time in
Julius G. Sture, D. M. D.
RELIABLE DENTISTRY
Nerve Blocking
Office and Residence Phones.
SANDY, OREGON
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EAGLE CREEK
Will Give
In Cogswell's Hall
Saturday, July 1st
GOOD MUSIC-MIDNIGHT DANCE
REFRESHMENTS SERVED
Comb OncI Coma AM
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Portland. Mrs. Purcell has a number
of music pupils in the city. She is
planning a recital for her pupils here
iu the near future.
P. T. Shelley will take the Star
mail route about July 1 and is plan
ning to carry the mail himself.
Postmaster Esson has been on the
sick list this. week, his main affliction
being akin to the troubles of Job.
Mrs. Florence Connors has been to
Sandy for a short trip a couple of
times since school "let out."
A "man teacher" was Riere anU
applied for the principalship of the
grades, but his figures ran up too
high for our pocketbook.
F. Lohrmann of Sandyridge has been
going to Portland twice a week to
take treatments for a lame back.
Lohrmann strained his back while
clearing so much last winter.
Mrs. L. M. Pridemore has been
flitting around to- prepare for a jour
ney, perhaps up the Canadian way.
Mrs. Pridemore was housed up at
Government Camp all winter and is
anxious to get out for a social time
and change of scene.
The Sandy Women's club will be
ten years 'of age" this fall. The club
held 18 regular and 3 special meet
ings this year. The president, Mrs.
Shelley, missed no meetings this year.
Friends of Mrs. Ike Anderson of the
Pleasant Home vicinity will be pleas
ed to learn that Mrs." Anderson is very
much improved in health. She had
been suffering greatly with cancer for
some time.
Mrs. Pomeroy has been quite ill and
had to go to a Portland hospital for
an operation last week.
Harvey Schneider was here on a
flying visit last week and was greet
ed warmly by old friends. Schneider
used to hold forth as -bookkeeper in
the palmy days, when Proctor and
Straus were in the mill business.
Schneider has been in The Dalles
country of late. .
Heinie Junker went to the city last
week to '"hear the noise and see the
sights" for a couple of days.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scales had as
house guests recently Mrs. Floyd
Reed and children of Corbett, Mrs.
H. Blackhall and the Bay children.
Mr. and Mrs. Bay have gone to the
Shriners convention.
Rev. Father Boniventura, and Mrs.
Hildebrand of Mt. Angel were guests
of the C. Sharnke family recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Perret, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Kubitza and the Dittert
family were all visitors at the Scharn
ke home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark of Cherryville
stopped at Junkers' while on their
return from Portland where .Mr.
Clark went to bring his wife home
from the hospital.
Mrs. N. O. Nylander and Mrs.
Springer were dinner guests at the
Ed F. Bruns home one day recently.
CAMP NO. 539
a Dance
Committee
ACCURATE
Information Possible
On Finances Through
CHECK KEPT
By Organization
of Federal Reserve
UPON BANKS
By Robert E. Smith
President, Portland Trust Company
Bank, Portland Oregon.
The Federal Reserve System, like
an attentive physician, keeps its fin
ger on .the pulse of the jiation and
issues monthly bulletins regarding
the health of its mighty patient. In
compiling its bulletins, it has reports
from each one of the twelve Federal
reserve banks, which are situated in
the large cities of various parts of
the country, namely: Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Rich
mond. Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis,
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas and
San Francisco. The banks have in
their turn collected data throughout
their respective districts. By this
process the bulletins of the Federal
Reserve System are rendered com
prehensive in their scope and authen
tic in their conclusions.
Western Report Made
Oregon is a part of the twelfth Fed
eral reserve district, headquarters of
which are with the Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco. Branch banks
of the twelfth district are located at
Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Salt
Lake City and Spokane. The reports
of the twelfth district, therefore, cov
er the extreme western part of the
country. ' '
Recent reports from all the districts
have been unanimous in their Itera
tion of the optimistic note. The open
ing paragraph of almost every review
for some time has contained either
the words "steady improvement",
"continued strength", "turn for the
better" or "brighter prospects." The
third Federal reserve district, with
headquarters at Philadelphia, reports
the business situation as much better
than at any previous time n 1922. and
notes the great increase in the num
bers of orders for forward deliveries
as indicative of a return of confidence
in the future. This change in partic-
!ular, after many months of hand-to-
mouth buying, is distinctly encourag
ing. Questionnaire Is Used
The Federal Reserve Bank of St.
Louis in the eighth district keeps -in
close touch with financial matters in
its district by means of a question
naire addressed to leading business
interests, and is able to report "nota
ble strides in the direction of normal
in all branches of activity.' In this
district is visioned "more confidences
in values and the future of business
than at any time in more than
eighteen months."
Throughout the country in the
money and banking situation gener
ally the important feature is the con
tinued decline of interest rates.
Money rates have been declning now
for more than a year and as a rule
prevailing rates on various classes of
loans are lower than at any time
since 1917.
Were it not for the" investment de
mand in connection with government,
municipal and industrial financing,
there can be no doubt but that they
would be still lower. The exceptional
activity of the bond market, coupled
with an extensive rise in prices, has
aided in drawing public attention to
the abundance of credit avauaDie at
the present-time, as well as the loW
interest rates.
The upward tendencyof commodity
prices noted during the past few
months and the increasing activity In
business have raised the question as
to whether or not interest rates are
still above normal and if they will
not continue to fall for some time in
the future, and in turn follows the
natural question, what is normal with
respect to interest rates Though low,
interest rates are not so low asthe7
have been at previous times of de
pression. Without attempting to answer these
questons, the Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston in its June report prints
what is nevertheless a very interest
ing chart which shows graphically the
trend of interest rates borne by prime
commercial paper in the New York
market since 1900. A study of the
curves shows that . fluctuations In
rates are markedly affected by
changes in business activity, and,
that, if the course of events in the
nast reDeats Itself, business improve
ment will be well under way beforeH
interest rates again show a pronounc
ed upward trend. Increased physical
production in industry, coupled with
a stiffening in commodity prices, in
dicates that business recovery has
already begun, but the movement is
gradual enough to indicate that
money rates should remain below nor
mal during the near future.
Freight Rate Reductions
The order of tue Interstate Com
merce Commission reducing freight
rates has been followed by a cut by
order of the Labor Board in the wages
of some 400,1000 maintenance of way
railroad workers and shopmen. This
cut is expected to help - to make up
to the railroads the loss of revenue
which will result from the rate re
duction. The increased- traffic which
the rate cut is 'sure to cause is ex
pected to go far toward making up
this loss, but just how far it will go
is uncertain because the stimulation
which the rate cut will cause is like
ly to be variable as well as problem
atic in quantity. The workers affect
ed by the order, far from receiving
it philosophically have met it with
distinct rumblings of discontent, and
their executive council has ordered a
strike ballot taken.
If the consensus of opinion proves
to indicate- an unwillingness to accept
the cut,, the usual strike threat is
made and "the union will use its full
economic powers to resist the reduc
tion." On the other hand, rail execu
tives Insist on the need for further
cuts to counterbalance their v losses
through rate reductions and have en
tered formal protect against the 5
per cent return rate on their capital
being considered sufficient, "believ
ing that it is lower than that required
by law and will not enable the roads
to finance themselves as they should
do in order to render adequate pub-
Dr. Freeze To Take
New Quarters July 1
Will Occupy Roms 207-8 Masonic
Building, now used by Dr. Clyde
Mount.
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Dr. Harvey Freeze will move July
1st to the Masonic Bldg. where he has
secured larger quarters.
He will install new ' steel white
enameled equipment in the examina
tion room and add a lot of new grind
ing machinery in the laboratory.
Dr. Freeze has built up - a large
practice since coming here over a
year ago. He is especially gratified
that . over a hundred patients from
Portland have come to. him for pro
fessional services in that time, as
well as many of his old patients liv
ing as far East as LaGrande.
lie service." If the orders of the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
of the Labor Board were allowed to
go peacefully into effect, not only
would production and exchange be
materially added, but the psychologi
cal effect of such a long step having
keen taken towards the inevitable re
adjustment of economic relations
would be of inestimable benefit.
The German' Loan
Cablegrams from Paris have an
nounced that the conferences held in
that city by the Commission of Inter
national Bankers, of which J. P. Mor
gan is the generally acknowledged
leader, have resulted in the appoint
ment of a sub-committee of three,
one of whom is said to be Mr. Mor
gan, to draw up a plan for an inter
national loan to Germany. It is said
that the Commission through this
committee served notice on Germany
that further consideraton of a billion
dollar loan to the German Govern
ment would be impossible unless Ger
many accepted in full the conditions
of the ultimation of the Allied Repar
ations Commission in return grant
ed Germany a provisional morator
ium for the year 1922. The compli
ance by Germany with the conditions
and the decision of the Reparations
Commission were communicated to
the Bankers Commission, and it is
understood that they consider the sit
uation favorable for going ahead with
the plans for the loan, although their
deliberations continue to be surround
ed with the deepest secrecy.
Banks Function Moving
The mere fact that it has been put
on wheels and is being transported
from one town to another will not
even for a day cause the cessation
from business of the former Wheeler
State Bank of Grant County, Wash
ington, according to Stewart Mac
Kenzie, the cashier. This bank in
company with a hardware store and
six residences is being moved bodily
to Noppel, a town five miles from
Wheeler on Moses Lake, and we as
sume that it will hereafter be known
as the Noppel State Bank. That the
addition of a bank4 a hardware store
and six residences will be welcomed
by the town of Nopped there can be
little doubt; surely a bank which con
tinues to function uninterruptedly un
der such circumstances as these
would be a welcome addition to any
town.
T
ON CARS IN COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS. O., June 23. Two
strikebreakers were killed when min
ers fired upon a streetcar carrying
men to their jobs at the Gladys mine,
near Clarksburg, W. Va.. early today,
according to a telephone message
from the Clarksburg police department
to the United Press.
Police and county authorities were
rushed to the scene of the riot imme
diately, the message said.
Between 400 and 500 striking min
ers live in the Clarksburg district.
The mine was said to have opened
Monday when strikebreakers were
imported and work started on half
time schedule.
PASTOR'S FOUR WIVES
FOUND BY DEFECTIVES
LOS ANGELES, CaL, June 22. "I
can't live down my past; the public
won't let me."
So mourned Donald D. Stewart, un
frocked clergyman, who, in the city
jail today, was waiting arrival here of
officers from Boston who plan to take
him back to that city to meet charges
of bigamy, grand larceny and-conspir-acy.
Reports of operatives who arrested
the couple listed his alleged marriag
es as follows:
First, to Mary Mitchell at Wilming
ton. Del., in 1913. A child was born
to them, and Stewart is alleged to
have deserted his wife and baby.
Second, to Ethel Turner Osbaldes
ton at New York In 1920. He Is-said
to have deserted her.
Third, to Bertha Ellen Grannis at
Indianapolis in 1921. He is said to
have deserttd again.
Fourth, to Norma Ehrenseller at
Boston, in 1921, with the alleged con
nivance of Mrs. Ethel Turner Osbald
eston Stewart, with whom he is said
to have effected a reconciliation a
short time before.
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STRIKEBREAKERS
TELEPHONE RATE
CUT IS ASKED BY
NEW COMMISSION
Public Service Body Starts
Action in State Courts To
Quash Former Order Given
For Increase In Charges.
MOVE MADE BY ONE
MEMBER OF BOARD
Resolution Would Put Former
Fees in Effect; Answer In
Pending Suit Is Discussed.
SAfiEM, June 28. Restoration of
the rates of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company in effect prior to
February 28, 1921, by confessing judg
ment in the case 'brought in the Mult
nomah county circuit court by Robert
G. Duncan, John P. Risley and Dora
Shreve, to have the order of the old -v
commission authorizing an increase
in the charges set aside, was attempt
ed through a resolution introduced by
T. M. Kerrigan, recall member of the
commission, at an executive session
of the body held here today.
The resolution came as a complete
surprise to H. H. Corey and Newton
McCoy, other members of the com
mission, they said, and failed for
want of a second. Both Mr. Corey
and Mr. McCoy said they desired ad
ditional time in which to consider the
offering, but Mr. Corey later issued
a statement saying that he could not
approve the- resolution.
The resolution as submitted by
Mr. Kerrigan apparently was intend
ed as a short cut to the reduction of
telephone rates in Oregon, and if ap
proved, probably will have the effect
of throwing the entire Jelephone rate
controversy in the courts for final de
termination. The resolution directed that I. H.
Van Winkle, attorney-general, shall
withdraw the answer of the former
commission to the suit filed by Mr.
Duncan and that all allegations con
tained in the .Duncan complaint be
admitted. This withdrawal, it was'
said, would allow the Duncan suit to
prevail by default and would be equiv
alent to confessing judgment. Al
though refusing to discuss the reso
lution, 'Mr. Kerrigan intimated that it
was possible that the telephone com
pany would get another hearing.
YOUNG NURSE IS BEATEN
FOR EXPOSING HOSPITAL
Unwelcome Visits of Man To
Girl's Room Lead Her To
Tell Details of 'Baby Farm
SYRACUSE, N. -Y, June 23. Mrs.
Violetta Lott, middle aged proprietress
of a sanitarium in this city, and her
son, George Lott, were arrested here
yesterday on a charge of third degree
assault, the outgrowth of a beating
they are alleged to have administered
to Miss Margaret Weaver, 23, a stud
ent nurse at the sanitarium, after
Miss Weaver threatened to expose de
tails of the operation of what the po-
lice believe to be a "baby farm."
A second nurse, who corroborated
all of Miss Weaver's statements, is
Miss Elizabeth Melcher, 18. In affi
davits both young women allege many
children were born out of wedlock at
the sanitarium and that George Lott
burned the bodies of three dead babies
in the yard back of the sanitarium.
The disclosures came after Miss
Weaver fled the sanitarium following
the alleged beating, which she says
followed her objections to Lott's re
peated visits to her room.
E. E. BRODIE
WILL GET LEAVE SOON
EUGENE, June 23. Edward E. Bro
die of the Oregon City Enterprise,
who is United States minister to Si
am, has arranged for a six months'
vacation at full pay, beginning next
March, according to a letter received
by his brother, Robert A. Brodie, of
Eugene.
He is allowed two months to return
home, two months to stay here and
two months to get back to his post.
AMERICAN TROPHY SHIP
SINKS OFF SABLE ISLE
HALIFAX, "N. S., June 24. The
American schooner Puritan; which
was to have been a contender for the
international fishermen's trophy, sank
off Sable Island, according to word re
ceived here today. Fifteen members
of the crew are reported missing.
Captain Jeffry Thomas was In com
mand of the schoner, which was man
ned by a crew of .22 men.
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