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6 'INSIDE' TELEPHONE TACTICS DISCLOSED library, which Is the subjeot of such pleasant comment by all aa tne Deauty spot of this part of the state, Is also to bave a larjre lot of new roses planted at an early date by John Scott, the florist In charge. ROAD HEADS GALLED INSTITUTE OPEN AT ASOTIN southern Pacific Officers to Confer at Corvallis. Witness Called by Government Becomes Star Attestor for Defense. HOME'S METHODS BARED Many Schools Represented in Contest Held In Connection. ASOTIN. Wash., Oct. 22 (Speclal.)- The Asotin . County Institute opened here today. . The following: Instructors and leo- turcrs are on the programme: Jose phine Preston, State Superintendent; Joseph K. Hart, department of educa tion, of. the State University, Seattle; Frank O. Kreager, department of ele mentary, science. State College, Pull- KRUTTSCHNITT IS ON WAY Former Independent Promoter, Now With Bell Company, Says Lines of letter Often Razed Hill's Dealings Set Forth. TACOMA. Wash..;Oct 22. (Special.) In the Government Inquiry Into the telephone monopoly before Constantino J. Smythe, special assistant Attorney General, today, H. DeVarney, a pio neer independent telephone' company promoter in the Northwest and former commercial agent of the Home Com pany and the Northwestern L-ong DIb- tance Telephone Company, was a star witness for the defense, although sum moned by the Government. He told of the methods resorted to by the Independent companies to arouse sentiment against the Bell Company, by which he is now employed, in order to sell the equipment of the B.-H. Com pany, a rival of the Western Electric Company. Mr. DeVarney. said he went through Oregon with Sam Hill, who made "good roads' speeches in order to boost the Independent telephone companies. "He generally had a few parting shots for the 'octopus, as the Bell Telephone Company was called," said Mr. DeVar ney. DeVarney, who is now special agent to the commercial superintendent of the Bell Company, with headquarters at San Francisco, testified th Bell Com pany was not unfair, compared to what his company was doing when he was with the Home. Tactics Are Eipnitd "It was our common practice to try to create prejudice against the Bell Company," he said. "Did you have Bell Company work ers arrested when they were getting ahead too far for you?" asked Attor ney Pillsbury, for the defense. ; "-Vac nr. AA that " Mlrl HnVlirnAT "When they were getting their lines'' Into places you didn t want them to. did you tear their lines down?"- "Yes, that was done In several places." DeVarney was asked about the cir cumstances that brought the Home Telephone Company of Tacoraa and the Northwestern Long Distance Company into the hands of a receiver. He said the Home Company had become Indebted to the Home Company of Portland for 250,000 and added: "Mr. Hill told me that unless William Meade, a California capitalist connect ed with the company, came through he would put the companies Into the hands of a receiver." "Come Through" Secret. De Varney said he did not' know what was meant by Meade's "coming through." Mr. Hill said that the case would be brought before a friend of his and that he would get the receiver he wanted." said De Varney. "He wanted Wells appointed tempo rary receiver and told me of the name at the time. The case was to go be fore Judge Harford, but finally went before Judge Donworth and he ap BODY OF YOUTH DROWNED AT ROCK AWAY BEACH IS RECOVERED. yyi'yi qMwuy ''JJ'.'"' Twwinw y f 'It w?. -31 I t !11 h i i .. 4 1 4 J R- J I v ' - tji : . G. W. Ross . . The body of the late G. W. Ross, -1G19 East Burnside street,. Portland,' who was drowned Sun day as dusk fell at i Rockaway Beach, Or., was recovered Tues day night by R. E. Myers, the lad's uncle, as the breakers cast , it back again . onto the shore. The -body was brought to Port land yesterday fur burial Fri day, the ceremony to be held from the family residence. - - Young Ross was 22 years old. and was drowned after a fishing trip to Twin . Rocks when the boat capsized. Neither Ross nor his companions, Ed Wood and Corwin Brers, both of Rockaway, were able to discern the shore line. As a result, - "the boat -broached to in the surf. Wood and Byers clung to the boat and were saved. Ross is the son of G. W. Ross and, with his father, was engaged in contracting work at the beach. Rumor at Eugene Says Electric Men Uncertain as to Status Part of - Operating Force Dropped and More Help May Go. EUGENE, Or.. Oct. 22. (Special.) Julius Kruttschnitt, director of main tenance and operation of the Harrlman system. wllL arrive in Eugene tomorrow and will go at once to corvallis ror a conference with Portland, Eugene & Eastern officials concerning the taking over for operation of the electric sys tem. Among the Oregon railroad men expected at the conference are R. T. Guppy, until recently chief engineer of the Portland, Eugene tie eastern; J. W. Ball, assistant engineer; D. W. Campbell, general superintendent of the Southern Pacific, and F. u. Burls- holter, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific. Rumors persist here that Port land, Eugene & Eastern officials are uncertain as to their new status. At least 40 men in the operating de partment of the Portland, Eugene as Eastern, chiefly trainmen, were no tified Monday evening that their serv ices would not be required after No vember 1. All but four construction crews have been discharged and four passenger crews dismissed. R. F. Smithwick, assistant engineer for the Portland, Eugene & Eastern, and as yet retained by the Southern Pa; clfio Company, was here today making arrangements to care for Mr. Krutt- Ischnltt's train tomorrow. man; Stevenson Smith, director of the Bailey and Babette Gatzert Founda tion for Child Welfare, of the State University, Seattle. The address of welcome was given by Superintendent Ilvord, of Asotin. matrons oi tne scnool nave been In vited to be present. This afternoon a parent-teachers' conference was held. In connection with the Institute a boys' and girls' agricultural and Indus trial contest Is being held. More than $75 worth of premiums has been se cured from the merchants of Asotin. The exhibits are held in the lower hall of Asotin High School and a com mittee of four will be appointed to as sist Superintendent Alvord In this mat ter. Many of the districts are repre sented. In this contest. nolnted Tyler as permanent receiver." De Varney was employed as general I I AMr) PlnHT uVflM AT I flQT R. C. Lange, Six Years After Prov ing X7p to Get Patent. CHEHAXJ.S, Wash., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) R. C Lange. who Is well known In Chehalls and other Southwest Wash ington cities and in Skamania County, has Just received the good news that after a long drawn-out contest with the Forestry Department at Washington, D. C, patent - Is soon to Issue to his homestead at Spirit. Lake at the foot of Mount St. Helens. Mr. Lange took his claim In 1902. and In 1907. six years ago, proved up on the same. Franklin IC Lane, Secretary of the Interior, has within a few days new tnat Mr. Lange la entitled to patent on the claim, and certificate has been ordered Issued and follow. Senator Jones is Mr. Lange as being especially entitled to praise- for seeing that justice was done in the case. A year ago, after Senator Jones had made a horseback trip through the Big Bottom country lzens and went into the merits of Mr. Lange's claim. Since that time Sen ator Jones has presented the matter to the Secretary of the Interior at Wash' ington and Secretary Lane's decision Is the result. manager for Tyler, There was quite a contest over Tyler, was there not?" asked Attorney Pillsbury. "Yes. Hill got quite angry and said, "They can all go to h ." He was very much dissatisfied because he had offered to furnish Wells as receiver. free of charge to the company. De Varney said he "never knew of Hill's putting any of his own money into the Independent lines." He said It was the purpose of the Independent companies to make the stockholders think they would get . some money, but there was never anj dividends after the first couple of years. Smythe Makes Objection. Special Assistant Attorney-General Smythe objected to the testimony as improper cross-examination, saying the : motives of Hill in agitating the action against the "Telepnone Trust" could not be obtained except when Hill was put on the stand. Attorney Pillsbury replied that aa the charges, as he said, against the tele phone company were made by Mr. Hill, testimony as to Hill's motives were proper. Samuel Hill had been brought into the case by Mayor W. W. Seymour. The Mayor testified Hill sent him a letter a few weeks ago, asking him to help the Government attorney to procure wit nesses at the bearing in Tacoma. "The letter was voluntary on his part to me," said the Mayor. Oregon Situation Bared. DeVarney asserted the Home Tele phone Company line in Tacoma was of "skimpy" construction. DeVarney said he had as his personal property a tele phone line between Albany and Corval lis, Or., and that when the Portland Home Company invaded the district he was forced to sell. . He also said he had a franchise in Oregon City that he got by forming the farmers outside, who then de manded a franchise of the Council. "I- held the franchise until the Port land Home Company came through the district,, and I was politely told that this was part of their territory. It seems that they didn't propose to have any competition there," said DeVarney. "Our service was not any better than the Bell Company, and in fact, in many cases, we used the same kind of equip ment as the Bell did, where we could get it." As a general rule, he said, the Inde pendents gave a lower rate than the Bell; too low to make the business pay, he thought. De Varney testified that in his opin ion the "manual system" used by the Bell Company is superior to the au tomatic, he said. It giving better serv ice, although it might not seem so satisfactory to a patron. Probe Shifts to Seattle. The witness said his effort tn crt ' VANCOUVER, - Wash.. Oct 22. (Spe business away from the Bell Company claL) The local gas plant of the Van was bo successful in Corvallis, Or., that couver Gas Company will be remodeled the Bell customers were reduced from nd ne,d ln reserve, so that in case 200 to 60 ln a short time. Asked why the saa main from the Portland plant be came to Tacoma to testify. De ,B out of commission gas can be made DOUGLAS TEACHERS MEET Educators of Prominence Speak at Institute Attended by 2 00. ' ROSEBTJRG, Or., Oct. 2. (Special.) With 200 teachers present the an nual teachers' Institute for Douglas County onened here yesterday morning. The programme . was arranged by County School Superintendent O, C, Brown and Includes a-number of ad dresses by educators of prominence. Among these are J. A.' Churchill,' state superintendent of public instruction B. 1 Campbell, president or tne state University; F. L. Griffin and Dr. C. F. Hodge, extension department of the Oregon Agricultural College; Fred C. Ayer, head of the educational depart ment of the University of Oregon; M. S. Pittman, of the faculty of the State Normal School; L. P. Harrington, field worker of industrial fairs; Charles H. Jones, editor of the Oregon Teachers' Monthly, and Miss Agnes Jones, writing expert. Palmer writing system. Other addresses will be delivered by the superintendents and principals of the various schools throughout Douglas County. Every hotel in the city Is crowded with teachers, who represent every dis trict ln Douglas County. The sessions will continue until Friday night. BUENA VISJA STANDARD School's Pupils Win Many Honors at State and County Fairs. BUENA VISTA. Or., Oct 22. (Spe cial.) Boys and girls of Buena Vista school have won not only many honors at the state fair, but carried off first place In the county fair and made theirs the first standard school" ln Polk County for the school year 1913-14. There are 70 or more school districts ln the county and rivalry Is keen be tween the many different schools for the honor. Work for the coming school fair Is well under way and it is hoped to make the exhibit for 1914 even still better and more extensive than here tofore. Avoid 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL VANISHES Margaret "Wlnnlngham, of Rosebvrg, Suddenly Disappears. Experimenters . When your oculist f ives you a prescrip- -. ion. bring It to us. ' We are POSITIVELY AND ABSOLUTELY the ONLY, optical firm ln Portland carrying , a sufficient stock of KRYPTOKS, TORICS and FLAT lenses to fillt your prescription '' ln from fifteen min utes to an hour. " Your prescription will be ACCURATELY filled, the glasses PROPERLY adjusted. Any change ordered ' by your oculist with '. ln a 'y e a r will be made WITHOUT CHARGE. Luck has not built up for us the LARGEST optical business ln the Northwest PROMPTNESS. AC CURACY. COMPLETE STOCKS AND FAIR - D E A LING ALWAYS, established our supremacy. 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Carter, of Port land, be dismissed following a recon dilation between Mr. and Mrs. Coates, Uecoraer Carl Wlmberly late today dls missed the charges pending against uoates and Miss Carter and ordered their bondsmen released from further obligation. Dismissal of the cases was made over the protest of the District At torney, who says he will place the evi dence against Coates and Miss Carter before the grand Jury in November. Long Fall Not Serious. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct 22. (Special.) Kenneth Farwll pitched head foremost 18 feet to the concrete floor in the Federal building today and received only a severe shaking up. Farwell was Installing some heating apparatus and had a 75-pound fixture on his shoulder when his overalls caught on the ladder he was mounting and he pltohed to the floor with the fixture. Walla Walla Suit Transferred. WALLA WALLA, Wash, Oct. 22. (Special.) The $16,000 suit started against the O.-W. R. & N. by E. P. Broulette was transferred today to the Federal court on petition of the rail ROSEBURG, Or., Oct 22.- (Special.) patent will I Local officers are today searching credited by for Margaret Wlnnlngham, the 8-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Winningham, of this city. The child was last seen Sunday afternoon near the Deer Creek bridge, on North Jackson street She Is large to investigate complaints against the for her age and has red hair. Forestry Service, and came to Che- It is believed she left home follow halls, he met Mr. Lange and other clt- insr a. minor dlsDute and has taken PENDLETON TO GET COURT Annual Session of Justices to Con vene in Roundup City. SALEM. Or, Oct 22. (Special.) The Supreme Court will go to Pendleton Monday to hold its annual term there and will reconvene here November 18. No decisions will be handed down until the Justices return to this city. The last case heard by the court was that of E. E. C von Klein, under arrest in Portland on charges of larceny and polygamy. , The defendant seeks his freedom on the grounds that his case is being post poned from one term of the Multnomah County Circuit Court to another with insufficient evidence. He says he cannot give a bond of $20,000. fixed by the court refuge at the home of some friend. HOME OF VAUGHN GUARDED Walla Walla Belligerent Calls in Physician for Grippe Treament WALLA WALLA, Wash, Oct 22. (Special.) Officers are keeping a guard over the home of David Vaughn who drove, them away yesteraay witn butcher knives. Vaughn today called in Dr. H. R. Keylor, who found him suffering from grippe and neuralgia. He says a few days' rest probably will make him all right It developed that Vaughn attacked some men yesterday with a gun and it was taken from him after a struggle. GAS AUXILIARY PLANNED Vancouver Plant to Be Held in Re-lsood behavior, serve if Portland. Falls. Wifebeater Fined $25. ROSEBURG, Or.. Oct 22. (Special.) Edward Noah, a local blacksmith. was fined $25 here today because he beat his wife. Noah accused his wife of neglecting her duties. During the quarrel Noah was struck by a fork and sustained a severe bruise of the fore head. It is asserted ne later struck his wife a severe blow ln the face. Execution of the sentence was sus pended by the court pending Noah's Varney said it was at the request of Attornev Pillsbury for the defense. J. F. Ledwlge. a court stenographer, testified as to the character of service now being given by the Bell Company at the Proctor station in Tacoma, de claring it was very unsatisfactory since the merger of the two companies. Today's testimony closed the Tacoma probe, and tomorrow it shifts to Seattle. Fire Alarm System Discussed. CHEHALIS. Wash.; Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The City Commissioners plan to establish an automatic fire alarm sys tem. The city park, about the hall and f here, as It has been for many months. The Vancouver Gas Company receives $1.60 a thousand cubic feet of gas, and there Is a suit now before the Public Service Commission ln which the com pany' alleges' that to cut the price of gas from $1.30 to 95 cents would put the company operating at a loss. Ashland Fruit Goes Abroad. ASHLAND. Or.. Oct 22. (Special.) The Helms orchard, which established a notable record in 1907. Is furnishing apples this year for export The owner has installed a packing plant near the depot from which the' fruit 'Is' sorted and packed for the English market. Falls City to Vote on Idquor. DALLAS. Or, Oct 22. (Special.) As the result of an opinion by Prose cuting Attorney Upjohn, a special election for the purpose of determin ing whether Intoxicating liquor shall be sold within the corporate . limits of Falls City will be held November 4. 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Another woman's- writ ten statement showed that she had been divorced from her first husband years ago; that a second husband died 19 years ago, and she rave a list of several young children, whom she al leges are now dependent on her. The Board of Commissioners finds that investigation of the various ap plications presents a new and unlooked-for demand for time from other offical duties and application of the law is likely to cost the taxpayers vary heavily as time goes no. MANY WISH TO BE ACTORS Fourteen Oat 75 Candidates Admit ted to University Club. UNTVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene, Or, Oct 22. (Special.) Fourteen new members out of 75 candidates have been chosen for the University of Oregon Dramatic Club. The. number of appli cants was the largest ln the history of the organization and two tryouts were necessary last week. 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