LIGHT AND POWER
RATES UNDER X-RAY
State Railroad Commission
Begins Exhaustive Inquiry
on Own Initiative.
ACID TEST TO BE APPLIED
Portland Railway. Wfrht & Power
Company Will Be Ordered to Pro
duce Data Cohering Operations
Throughout Entire 'State.
SALEM. Or., June 8. Special.) The
most extensive and Important Inquiry
yet Inaugurated under the public utll
Hy act was begun today by the Stat
Railroad Commission, which has given
notice of an inquiry into all the rates
of the Portland Railway. Light &
Power Company for electric lighting:,
heating and power in all the cities and
towns in which it operates.
It Is a notable fact that while the
public utility law has been in effect
six months, and numerous scattered
complaints have been made in an in
formal way, It has remained for the
Commission Itself to start a general in
vestigation into the reasonableness of
the rates of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company by preparing
ihe papers in a formal case affecting?
the pocketbooks of more than one
third of the people of the state.
The rates to be subjected to the
acid test are those now applying in
Portland. Salem, Oregon City, 101
waukie, St. Johns, Linnton, Gladstone,
liresham. Lents, Boring, Estacada,
Troutdale, Fairvlew. Oswego, Wood
burn. Silverton. Mount Angel and Ger
vats and the territory served in the
vicinity of these towns by the com
pany's lines.
1 ndertnklntc Is Big One.
In the amount of wont involved, the
property interests affected and the
number of people concerned, this is
the argest single Job the Railroad
Commission has ever tackled. Prior
to the hearing the company will be
required to furnish a vast quantity of
statistical data, showing capitalization,
value of property, earnings and ex
penses, fixed charges and the general
balance sheet. In view of the work
required In getting this information in
shape, the date of the hearing has
been set nearly three months in ad
vance. The date fixed Is September
8. at Portland.
Tn one case, of comparatively little
Importance, recently heard by the Com
mission, the necessity of a compre
hensive investigation of this character
was strongly suggested. This was a
complaint by the Salem Construction
Company as to power rates In Salem.
That particular case was dismissed be
cause it appeared that theJJkmplainant
had been enjoying a lower rate than
many other users, and is merely being
charged what other consumers in like
circumstances are being charged.
Whether the rates charged are In fact
reasonable, the Commission did not at
tempt to say.
Tetallel Inquiry Neceuary.
Tn order to say what is a reasonable
rate In Salem, as well as In Portland,
Oregon City or any other place where
the company operates. It becomes nec
essary for the Commission to know all
the varied elements that enter into
rate-making. It becomes necessary to
go in detail into cost, earnings, revenue
and conditions generally under which
the company is supplying light, heat
and power to towns In Oregon.
Important and fundamental ques
tions will be Involved which will no
doubt mark the way for later cases.
The ultimate result will be to deter
mine whether the rates charged by the
( ompajiy are excessive and to make
sin-h orders as the facts may Justify,
The Commission Is proceeding in this
way because a piecemeal inquiry would
be ineffective a battle in the dark.
M'ith the plan jiow under way the case
will be in shape to fight through the
courts, it" that should ever become nec
essary. SHAIMIKO LOSES BY FIRE
Roundhouse and 2 Engine (Jo Up
In Smoke Lute at Nisrlit.
SHA.NIKO. Or.. June 6. (Special.)
Fire was discovered in the O.-W. R.
X. roundhouse about 10.:30 last night,
totally destrojrlnjcitUP building and two
engines. C. O. Merchant, the regular
watchman left yesterday for Portland
and the house and engines were in
charge of an extra man sent out "from
The Dalles. The probable cause of the
fire lb supposed to be low pressure of
steam in the engines, causing Improper
spraying of oil In the firebox and the
oil. running out on the floor. Ignited
the oil in the oil tanks. The extra
engine was one sent up to take out a
train of 17 cars of sheep.
The passenger coach and mall cars,
standing on the siding near the burn
ing roundhouse, were saved by playing
streams of water on them by the fire
hose by Fireman HInkle and Traveling
Freight Agent Oliver. The latter was
badly scorched. Telegraphic communi
cation has been revered alncc early In
the evening and news of the fire was
sent In by means of an emergency
telephone of one of the trains. Two
extra engines with Assistant Superin
tendent Dressell came to Shanlko early
today. The train left on schedule time.
WOMAN BAFFLES POLICE
Ethel Morrison Gives Self Up, but
Refuses to Tell Why.
Walking into the police station this
morning at 2 o'clock, Miss Ethel Mor
rison, about 30 years old, offered to
give herself up to the police, saying
there were several things for which
she was wanted.
Sergeant Jenkina attempted to get
something definite from Miss Morri
son, but she refused to give details,
asking to be referred to the late Danny
Welner, former working1 partner of
live Joe Day. When advised that
Wi Iner died about 18 months ago. Miss
Morrison seemed disturbed. She then
ski 1 for "Red" Chappell. supposed
to be a bartender, but the police have
been unahle to locate Chappell.
M;s Morrison is held pending further
investigations. The police declare she
appeal s to be in a normal state of mind.
Kx-Prlnolpa.1 Sentenced for Life.
SALT LAKE CITY. June 6. Caleb A.
blow, former public school principal
iiul Juvenile probation officer at Bing
ham. Utah, who was convicted recently
of second degree murder for killing
Thomas F.. White, a taxlcab chauffeur
was sentenced to life imnrisonment to
day. Inlow was charged with shooting
White to prevent the latter telling of
alleged ore thefts committed by Inlow.
t CHICAGO WOMAN EDUCATOR WHO SAYS MEN TEACHERS
I ARE MORE AMBITIOUS THAN WOMEN
r
HHe I tjjj'jMsasaLi,-'
MRS. ELLA
TEACHER BEST
Woman Educator Says She
Prefers Them to Women.
AMBITION IS MORE MARKED
Ella Eiagg- Young Awes Lieutenant-
Governor Who Went to School
to Her Women Do Xot Forget
Marriage and Home.
'Continued From First Page.)
ference, in dollars and cents, if you
wore to pay your experienced boys
J7.50 a week?' asked Chairman O'liara.
"Any change which eliminates merit
and makes wages arbitrary would be
bad practice In my opinion," replied the
banker. "In dollars and cents it would
make little difference to us."
Among the merchants the practice is
not to hire married men who are. not
capable of earning at least J12 a week.
Joseph Basch and others declared that
thrifty families save money on such a
wage.
913 Men In Cheerful Homes.
"I have known $12 men who went
from their work to cheerful homes
owned by themselves and who had
money in the bank." said Mr. Basch.
"On the other hand I have known men
earning twice that who went to rented
homes and who were broke. It de
pends on the family and largely on
the housewife."
James Simpson. vice-president of
Marshall Field & Co., said his firm
would not employ married men who
could not earn more than $12 a week.
"Perhaps if you paid better wages
more bachelors would get married."
suggested Senator Beall, former "stork
Mayor" of Alton. 111. The witness
laughed and went on to explain that
the minimum wage for boys at the
store Is fS a week.
"You can't get them for less; it's
the law of supply and demand."
The witness said a state law fixing
a minimum wage for married men
would prove a business handicap com
pared with states that have no such
law.
Mr. Robinson said the Illinois Steel
Company employed 22.000 men at an
average dally wage of J2.7S.
Taking up the attitude of the com
mission that girls are "forced by low
wages of their fathers to take up em
ployment." Mr. Robinson said that rich
and poor alike were forced to seek
employment or become drones. He ad
mitted that while the rich girl might
find her employment In music or some
other branch of art. the poor girl would
be forced to work in stores, offices or
shops.
Mrs. Young Prefers Men.
Lieutenant-Governor O'Hara, the
chairman, knew Mrs. Ella Flagg Toting
when he was a schoolboy and appar
ency had lost none of his awe of her.
He first presented every member to
her and then for five minutes at least,
every member sat perfectly silent
while the noted educator spoke. Fin
ally they became sufficiently at ease
to ask questions, mainly about voca
tional training.
Mrs. Young seemed to prefer men
teachers to women, as she said the
men were more ambitious, while the
"school ma'am" was content with a
living, she said, and always in the
background wa the thought of mar
riage and a home.
Today s session was designated as a
"get together" session and witnesses
were not sworn. Additional witnesses
will be heard tomorrow.
COURT COMPOUNDS THEFT
i Continued From First Page. )
he had but the deal through. Shourds
came to X'ew York, where he was met
by his wife. Jerome and a. detective.
Shourds told the lawyers who agreed to
meet him that ha did not trust them
and that he had "salted" half the pro
ceeds of the theft in Germany. When
they had convinced him that he would
not be prosecuted. Shourds went back
to Germany with the detective and got
the balance of the money. After his
second return Shourds still retained
half of the loot which, he had gone to
IN
THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAJf, SATURDAY,
FLAGG VOl'.G.
Germany to get and the bank failed to
make him give It up until he was freed
of the charge against liim.
All parties interested in the case ware
In court today. District Attorney Ro-.
tan told the court Just how officials of
the bank were at the mercy of
Shourds. If tbey did not accept his
offer they would have to close, Mr.
Rotan said, and they asked him to con
done the compounding of felony.
Jury Ordered to Acquit.
The court remarked that It did not
see how It could do otherwise in view
of the fact that the safety of the bank,
its depositors and shareholders were at
stake, and the jury was ordered to find
a verdict of not guilty.
When the verdict was recorded
Shourds handed a bundle to the bank
attorney containing the remainder of
the missing bonds and stocks. Shourds
also gave an extra $5000 to the bank's
attorney.
Shourds used the stolen money In
speculation abroad and had made a for
tune. It is hinted that he is worth
more money than he handed back.
When he left here he went to San
Francisco and from there across the
Pacific to Australia and thence to Eu
rope. WIRELESS STRIKE AT END
Union Men Say Agreement Reached;
Company Official Denies.
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 6. The strike
of wireless telegraph operators on the
Pacific Coast, which was called more
than a month ago by the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union of America, was
settled today and the union operators
began to return to work. Local officers
of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company said they had not received
details of the settlement from San
Francisco, where the order for the op
erators to return to work was issued
by S. J. Konenkamp, president of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union, but
local officers of the union made the as
sertion that better working conditions
had been agreed to. although complete
recognition of the union was not grant
ed. The wage increase demanded was
not granted, it was said.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6. "1 don't
know anything about the so-caJled
strike having been settled." said A. H.
Ginman, Pacific Coast manager of the
Marconi Wireless Company, tonight.
"The men who left us are returning to
work under the old conditions. We
have no negotations whatever with the
operators' union."
PRINCE ON AMERICAN SOIL
King George's Second Son Travels
With Cadets From Canada.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., June 6.
Prince Albert Frederick George, second
son of King George of England, was on
American soil today. He and 60 fellow
cadets of His Majesty's ship Cumber
land, now at Quebec arrived Tiere from
Toronto shortly after noon. The Prince
and his party traveled from Lewiston
by trolley along the American side of
the gorge. The Prince, who is 17 years
old, traveled "incognito" and his com
panions refused to point him out. The
party visited the state reservation on
Goat Island.
"This is my first trip to the continent
and the first time I have stood under
the Stars and Stripes on American soil,"
said the Prince when Identified by
newspaper men. "We are having an
excellent trip and enjoying ourselves
immensely.'-
Of Ceylon's 16.307.S40 acres of land only
about 2.S7O.00O are under cultivation.
ROSE FESTIVAL WEEK
SEVEN ISSUES. INCLUDING
POSTAGE, SO CENTS.
Mall to your friends in the
East The Oregonian during Rose
Festival week, beginning Mon
day. June 9, and ending with the
great Sunday edition. June 15.
Complete and exhaustive re
ports with numerous high-class
half-toned illustrations will be
featured daily.
The Portland Annual Rose Fes
tival has been widely advertised
throughout the United States,
and no more attractive testi
monial to your friends could be
given than a subscription to
Oregon's great dally during the
event.
Orders given now at the busi
ness office or sent by mail to
The Oregonian will receive
prompt and careful attention.
Subscription price for the en
tire week, including postage; is
20 cents.
BABE PLAYS BOLE
IN PHONE INQUIRY
Postponed Hearing, Caused by
Tot, Is Resumed After
Weeks' Delay.
COMMISSION PAYS HONOR
Former Long-Distance Operator.
Now a Mother. Among Witnesses
Be Tore Public Service Body at
Seattle--Portlanders Present.
SEATTLE. June 6. (Special.) With
Mrs. Ray Papert. a former long-distance
operator, and her new baby, as
the center of Interest, the Public Serv
ice Commission of Washington today
resumed its hearing of the complaint
of the Northwestern Long-Distance
Telephone Company against the Pa
cific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company on charges of dlscrminations.
For some weeks the hearing has been
postponed, awaiting the urrival of the
fapert baby, whicli would permit the
mother to testify.
When Mrs. Papert appeared today
with the baby, Judfre M. Godman.
chairman, an'd Commissioners Lewis
and Wilson postponed proceedings
iigain long enough to crowd around the
little one with complimentary remarks.
The day's hearing developed the
evidence of the defense, which claims
that the long-distance business of the
Northwest Company has not been in
terfered with or deflected to the Pa
cific Company lines since the Inde
pendent Telephone of Seattle was ab
sorbed by the Pacific States lines. The
plaintiff has contended that such is
the case and that it has lost S1500 a
month through the deflection or mis
management of its calls by the Pacific
Company and is asking an order from
the Commission permitting it to place
a supervising monitor in the long--dis-tance
office of the Pacific Company
here.
John B. Coffey, of Portland, receiver
for the Northwest Company, is here in
person attending the hearings, which
are being held in the Chamber of Com
merce, and Jay Bowermiin. of Oregon.
Is present as counsel for the North
west Company.
J.'W. Newell, district traffic chief of
the Pacific system, was the principal
witness for the defense, outlining the
manner in which long-distance calls
are handled and segregated between
the lines of the Bell system and the
Independent lines, including the North
west Company, which formerly handled
all of the long-distance business of
ihe Independent Telephone Company of
Seattle.
Operators and supervisors of the
company corrobrated his statements.
Newell admitted that since the local
consolidation all long-distance calls,
where the Northwest service is not
especially asked for, are handled over
the Pacific States Company wires, and
declared that this accounts for the de
cline In the business of the Northwest
Company lines.
A number of business men using
long distance regularly were called
and testified that they have no trouble
getting the Northwest service when
they ask for it. Counsel for the Pa
cific Company suggested that perhaps
the Northwest Company would get
more buslnes if it advertised. The
hearing probably will be completed to
morrow. STAB FATAL TO BRIDE
HUSBAND OF ASTORIA YOUNG
WOMAN BEIXG HELD.
Wound Declared Self-inflicted by
Couple, but Physicians Say
This Impossible.
ASTORIA. Or., June 6. (Special
Mrs. Ruth Fernando, aged 16 years and
wire ot D'ernando. a Spaniard, died
here tonight from a knife wound In
the breast, and the. husband is being
held for investigation.
The woman was rtabbed about sn
tonight and the man says she fell on
a pocket Knife which s,. was using
to cut btead for supper. In her state
ment to the officials the woman said
she committed the act herself, but the
knife penetrated deeply Into the breast,
severing a rib and ranged downward.
The physicians say she could not. have
struck tne blow herself. When heir,
arrived the woman was lying on the
Dea with the knife beside her. Mrs.
Fernando Is about 17 years of age and
is the daughter of Mrs. Susanna Bur
nett, of La Grande. She was married
In Portland about three months ago.
The couple has been In Astoria about
a month, and the man, who is a Span-
iara, wr : employed at a local cigar
factory.
The officers found a, letter which the
woman wrote to her husband and left
In the house ior him several days ago,
in which she Intimates that hs had ac
cused her of being untrue to him and
denies the accusation.
WILSON REFUSES PARDON
Negro to Be Hanged Monday in
Washington for Assault.
WASHINGTON. June 6. President
Wilson today refused to interfere with
the death sentence of Nathaniel Green,
a negro who last Christmas night at
tacked a white woman almost in the
shadow of the dome of the Capitol.
Green will hang Monday and will be
the first man to pay a death penalty
In the District of Columbia for felon
ious assault. '
Repeated delays in execution of the
sentence after Green pleaded guilty re
cently moved a committee of 100
women, all prominent in official or
social life, to petition the court here
to act with more expedition.
BOY AVIATOR ARRESTED
Young Famum Fish Accused of
Theft or Nine Bottle of Milk.
LOS ANGELES, June 6. Farnum
Fish, the 17-year-old aviator, whose
reputation as a flyer was established
internationally when he was only 15
years old. was arrested here today on
a charge of having participated with
two boy companions in the theft of
nine bottles of milk.
Fish, who is on probation from the
Los Angeles County Juvenile Court be
cause of having contributed to the de
linquency of a girl, was scheduled as
a result of his arrest today for a trial
in that tribunal on a charge of having
Jl'XE 7, 1913
1 5tr "I M U
'a
RACE ENDS TONIGHT
Junior Candidates' Campaign
to Be Warm Today.
CHANGES SHOWN IN COURT
Charles Cohen, "Newsies " Choice,
Runs Third for Mayor and Sam
Collins Leads Aspirants for
Commissioners!: tp.
Twenty-two boy and girl candidates
for Junior government offices will be
out combing the town for quarters,
dimes, nickels and pennies from early
this morning until 10 o'clock tonight.
When the count was finished at Junior
government headquarters. 202 Chamber
of Commerce building last night, Mrs.
G. J. Frankel, in charge of the cam
paign, announced a total of 38,733 votes,
which at 1 cent each, means 8387.33 for
the Newsboys" Home.
Women and young girl friends of the
candidates and the "newsies" yesterdav
assisted by doing ballot-box work at
ail tne Dig downtown stores and ho
tels. Among these were Mri. Antom
Giebisch. Mrs. Harry ChiDman. Mi ai
berta Baer. Mrs. E. C. Horton, Miss
nomaine .rjuiot, Mrs E. J. Swinbells,
Mrs. A. J. Hoover. Miss Thronson. Mrs!
Albert Cleveland, Mrs. P. L,. Thomnsnn"
Miss Marguerite Thompson. Mrs. Fred
Haskell, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Miss
ancy ian and .Miss Hazel Cleveland.
Among the surprises of last nisrh't
count was the Jump of Charles Coher,
the newsboy candidate for Mayor, from
sixtn piaee up to second.
Scanland CoUlns, of Arleta School,
lumped to first place for Commissionor'
The latest count gives the standing
as luiiuws.
For Major.
Milton MargTilis. ................. . 9753
t.narles cohoa 7 776
Helen Qutnn. ........ " 2RSU
Clair Kldd aa85
duo. iuumpson 1.S27
Barney Perlman. ................... . 73s
K. (j. McNarr 12S
Andrew loung mm ...... a'2
For Auditor.
Joe Schnltaer S67
joe wemsiem 240
For Commissioners.
Scanland Collins 2.876
j d;:.;jL-w 2,701
tienry fanner .... ofi.l
i.a.pn xiu issosui .................... . 3 14"
.lulius Fte'nberE 'iiyy
Emma Cohen .............. 770
C"MercKandise of c7 Merit OnT
Announce a Series of Sales
For Saturday
Representing Every Department
in the Store
Featuring Important Events
In June White and Clearance Sales
Sales Planned for Everybody
For the June bride who is putting the finishing touches to her
trousseau this month.
For the -woman who expects to travel and wants quantities of
inexpensive shirt tvaisls and undergarments.
For the mothers who wish to clothe their little folks as inexpen
lively and prettily as possible.
For ihe women who are having their sewing done at home and
who will be glad to feup while goods and embroideries to ad-
vantage.
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In a word, it is a sale of particular interest to all women who
like to be prettily and satisfactorily clothed, and they are cordially
invited to make its acquaintance in its first freshness.
Earl Goodwin................. , 433
Joe J. Diets - . 208
William Reiser .........Ill 147
lRaaor Kaplan -130
At Ickey Schllt 37
All ballot boxes must be turnpfl in
at headquarters by 8 o'clock this even
ing. LISTER RECALL RUMORED
Governor's Action on Asylum Head
Anxiously Awaited.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 6. (Special.)
The filing of recall petitions against
Governor Lister in case he refuses to
discharge Dr. J. M. Semple, superin
tendent of the Eastern Washington
Asylum for the Insane, is the latest
move on root by the opponents of the
present head of the asylum, according
to reports current today.
The rumor Is that petitions have al
ready been printed and will be placed
in the hands of a committee for circu
GCjg A silk glo-ve is no bet-'"
BtftPtjCPVcGM llfsB ter tnan 'ts fir-ger tips. ' mm
BftDn'iljnrjyyBjKl 'silk gloves
BplaraJ3yyy I jgwH wear best at the tips. These
BCStrNQXSryy Hfi 'PS are double and are con- H
jBMBuCLlWaaQDjj structed to wear.
Wp?'&tMJLfiK&. LB Each pair contains s guarantee
RBtv wIjMm ticket which precludes thepos-
fivin& "TaTlv YflaflH sibility of your being dissatisfied.
jWylnrV Vrn fijEraBal not accePt substitutes, as )H
BryqnV TtLjSvl ' emH there is only one Xttlaif
HtrO'HNV . 'OwTHBat the hem.
Ki?"LIBiTii V BlB 0tir dea!er cannot supply
FLJ'fcf fllM TOHfiLflB yu' end us his name. We
BHRjHJvWlJlrAl' JB will supply you through him.
Ko-LfjjVrV 'TCflrB North Tonawsnds, N. Y.
slfrilJKJlX New York. BoBton
BHfM-Js Chicaao San Francisco
3
lation if the Governor Bustalna Dr.
Semple.
"I am going to ask the people upon
wnom this scandalous attack falls
hardest the friends and relatives of
if i1000 pat,ents 'n Medical Lake Hos
pital to suspend Judgment until the
investigation I have asked Governor
Lister to make is completed," said Mr.
Semple today.
Missouri Bank Has Big Shortage.
ST. LOUIS. June 6. A special to
the Eost-Dlspatch says the Pemiscot
County Bank, at Caruthersvllle, Mo.,
has closed its doors and now is in the
hands of the State Bank Commissioner
as the result of the discovery of an al
leged shortage which, according to John
H. Cunningham, the president, is at
least 1200,000 and may reach $250,000.
Et. Leonard's. Tlrlnpton. near MInehead.
In Devonshire, Is one of the smallest and
quaintest churches In England. It has no
steeple, but it has two chimneys and it Is
thatched with straw. The date of Its con
st met ion 1b lost in the mlata of antiquity.
violated nis probation.
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