IS T,T -MORXIXG- OREnoyiAX, TUESDAY. MAY 5, 1914. PASSENGERS RIDE AT LOSS OF 4 CENTS Report of - United Railways Asking Rate Increase to . ' Linnton Is Verified. FARE OF 10 CENTS URGED Hearings in This Case and Garden ITonje Reduction Appeal CVmtin V ued More Data on Revenues ', and Expenses Are Wanted. Tf the United Ilailways were owned and operated by a private individual or by a corporation without ready resources the road would be in the hands of a receiver. The more busi ness it does the more money it loses. These facts were presented at the hearing before the Oregon Railroad Commission yesterday of an applica tion by the United Railways for an in crease in the passenger rate between Portland and I-innton. - The rate now is 5 cents. The car rier wants authority to charge 10 cents. At a preliminary hearing a few weeks ago officials of the railways de. clared that they are operating at a loss. The commission took a. recess to verify these statements. Reports of Commission's own auditor yesterday showed that the loss was even greater than the railways alleged. The company, it Is said, has been losing a little more than 4 cents on very passenger carried. This is an average basis. It includes passengers carried to and from intermediate points as well as to and from Linnton. The loss on the PortIand-L.innton traffic exclusively is said to be even greater. This loss is sustained on the operat ing expenses only. By figuring in the taxes, interest and depreciation cost the deficit is even greater. Valuntlon and Depreciation Sboiro. The physical valuation of the United Railways and the depreciation were computed by expert statistical infor mation presented yesterday as follows: Reproduction Depreclat- r-omn industrial line $ 1!01.312 Non-Operating property 112,228 Paasengrr Jine Portland ljnntou 40,033 Port. -Linn., common to freight and pass 241. ":t T.tnnlon-Wllkesboro. . . . 1,4::9.3'JS $ 16U.643 IS. 313 38.067 202.607 l,2t4.23 54.31:; S.lliS lll.OUB V7.212 n. . aivary line Telephone lines Itolllng stock Hlght of way and op erating real estate... Kon-yperat'g real est'tc 11.1:10 131.SSS .""7.212 ac.741 .41 In view of these constant losses the company contends that it is justified in asking for an increased rate. Residents of Linnton, however, de clare that their community was built up on the basis of a 3-cent rate, that industries have been built there, and that hundreds of people have estab lished their homes there on that basis. Carden Home Decision Delayed. Pending solution of the Linnton rate case action on the application of resi dents of Garden Home and intermedi ate points on the Oregon Electric for a reduction in the rate to and from Portland to a flat 5-cent basis Is being delayed. The Oregon Electric and United Rail ways are owned by the same interests. The plea of the Garden Home people is that they are being discriminated against by being charged more than a cents, when the people of Linnton. which is farther from Portland than Garden Home, travel for 5 cents. Oregon Electric officials contend that a 5-cent fare between Portland and Garden Home will cause them to lose money. To allow a complete valuation of the Oregon Electric properties and deter mine its revenues and expenses hear ings in both the Linnton and the Gar den Home cases were continued last night until May 18. NYMPH ACT 1K;S HIT PORTtAXD GIKL. OX 15 OK STARS IN PANTAGES' HEAOLMGR. Three of Laaky's Hoboea Dress aa Glrla and Tanaro Burleaque and Dancing "Win Applause. "Water, water everywhere," in the big act on Pantages bill. It splashes in huge waves out of a big tank into which five graceful, slim young nymphs dive. Lottie Mayer Is fea tured in the act with Vivian Marshall, a Portland girl, who was roundly ap plauded -when she appeared. Miss Marshall, like the nymphs, wears a sreen costume and Miss Mayer has hers in penitentiary stripe effects. Every water feat known to frogs fish, tadpoles and turtles these aquat ic girls achieve and their smiling faces attest their love of the sport. They flash and dart through the air. somer saulting into the water, leaping and swirling through space, and as they hit the water they laugh joyously. The natural beauty and novelty of the act delights, of course. Miss Mayer and Miss Marshall are the grad uate divers and offer extra features but the five little girls are regular water babies and seem to thrive in the tank. , "Kun on the Road" is offered by I-asky's Hoboes, six of the raggedest, frazzled, chewed-at-the-corners chaps who ever leaped over a low stone wall into the glare of the calcium. Thev sing and dabble about in comedy and then jump into burlesque, ending with a. tango travesty that brings down the house. Three, of the hoboes dress as girls and tango fearfully and wonderfully with the remaining three in the sextet. Their merry quips and pertinent prattle sets the house in uproars of joy. Rackett. Hoover and Markey have an act that makes friends. Rackett lives up to his namc and gives everv indication of being a candidate for the crazy-house. The two girls in the act feed him questions for his clever answers and wind it all up by drag Sing out a table ajid chairs and Riving a burlesque on cabaret life, which takes a cake for comedy. Musette dances lightly and airily while she plays the violin. Her panto mime pleases. She carries on a con versation with her audience just by pantomime and playing bits from pop ular airs. Cornalla and Wilbur are two "Tom my Atkins" heroes who acrobat amaz ingly. They somersault with their heads used as landing mats and jump through hoops while leaping through the air. Manufacturers' Meeting Postponed. A meeting of the board of directors of the Manufacturers' Association of Oregon, which was to hare been held last night to hear a report of A. J. ivingsley on his recent trip to the East to study industrial conditions, -was postponed until tonight on account of the inability of several members to attend. Mr. Kingsley attended a meet ing of manufacturers' representatives from various states at Grand Rapids, Mich., that considered effects of the workmen's compensation laws and the attitude .that manufacturers should take toward them. PROHIBITIONIST IS HERE Harry G. McCim, of Topeka, to Tour North-west; OUicrs doming. Harry T3. McCaim. assistant secre tary of the Temperance Society of tne Methodist Episcopal Church, arrived here yesterday from Topeka, Kas, headquarters of the society. He is an Oregonian and a. i-rdn n tt. Af lAnion. etto University. Mr. McCaim will tour Oregon and Washington in the interest of the pro hibition movement. In a few .weeks he will be joined in Portland by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the society, now of Topeka and formerly THE WHITE HOUSE BRIDE'S TROUSSEAU. The Oregoi lian lias secured and today prints on the wom an's page the first installment of the exclusive account of Miss Eleanor Wilson's trousseau, the story having been personally given to Miss Anne Rittenhouse by Miss Wilson, with the full approbation of President and Mrs. Wilson. Miss Anne Rittenhouse is the only journalist who has seen the trousseau. She was present at the final fitting of the gowns and her artist sketched the gowns from life. Miss Rittenhouse, in her first , article and succeeding articles, will describe in detail the trous seau and the gowns of the at tendants, and will also include the first authentic forecast of exactly how the weddinc on may will be conducted. These articles will mnwur on J re- I the woman's page of The Or gonian today, tomorrow and V ednesday. of Portland. Later E. H. Anderson, of Topeka. National secretary, and Judge Manford Schoonover, of Garnett, Kas.. will take part in the campaign in the Northwest. Mr. Anderson will tell of the effects of prohibition in Kansas from a business man's standpoint. ijocai neaaquarters have been opened n the Couch building: in the offices of the Pacific Christian Advocate, the local organ of the Methodist rThiii-oh The campaign will be in charge of M C. Reed, of Portland. WIFE KILLED BY RANCHER South Hill WomanSIiot as She Cooks Meal; Son, Aged 4, Fatally Hurt. TACOMA, Wash.. May 4. Leveling s shotgun through a window at his wife as she hovered over the kitchen stove cooking. Joseph Mosolf shot and killed her and probably fatally injured his 4-year-old boy. about 2 o'clock this afternoon at South Hill, near Puyallup. The main charge hit the woman in the back, and she ran screaming through the rooms, dropping dead on the lawn in front of the house. Mosolf, mumbling that he didn't in tend to kill and doesn't know why he did it, hastened to the hospital and bent over'the cot of his son. He was arrested there. Friends say he recently was ill and declared he was temporarily justiue. rie is a weiL-Known and well-to-do rancher. Jack Campbell Confesses Assault. Jack Campbell, charged with assault with intent to commit robbery, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Kavan augh. and sentence- was postponed. Campbell and two companions. William Conley and Frankie Weber, were in dicted jointly. Conley was paroled after entering a plea, of guilty. Weber was sentenced to serve a term at Kelly Butte. After he had served a portion of his term he was paroled. It has been our observation that a pretty girl is much more interested in bonbons that bon mots. Columbia State. NEWS ABOUT LC. GILMAN and W. D. Scott, presi dent and general manager re- spectlvely of the North Bank and affiliated roads, ' returned yesterday from San Francisco, where they passed a week in an inspection of docking fa cilities preliminary to inauguration of their steamship service between San Francisco and the mouth of the Co lumbia next year. The North Bank has not completed its arrangements for dockage and warehouse space at San Francisco, but is rapidly completing plans for develop ment of its terminals at FlaveL, at the mouth of the Columbia. It is probable that work will begin on this develop ment some time in July. As soon as the plans are completed contracts will be let, as it has been de cided to do this work on a contract basis. Meanwhile preparations will be made for extending the North Bank rail line from Astoria to a connection with the Flavel- terminals. J. D. Farrell. president of the O.-W. R. & IN". Company, returned yesterday from Vancouver, B. C where he at tended the horse show last week. The Portland Shriners will leave to day over the O.-W. R. & N. lines for their annual conclave at Atlanta, Ga. They will travel via the O.-W. R. & N., Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific to Denver.. Burlington to St. Louis. Big Four to Cincinnati. Louisville & Nash ville to Nashville and Southern to At lanta. What amounts virtually to & separa tion of the Big Four from the New York Central system has just been made effective, and probably will lead to a complete segregation of the two roads. II. A. Worcester.- for many years gen eral manager of the Big Four, will be the actual head of the road and will have headquarters in Cincinnati. All traffic, as well as operating forces, will be centered in Cincinnati. It is under stood that the Peoria & Eastern and the Cincinnati Northern. Big Four subsidiaries, also will be directed from the same headquarters. The Big Four, however, will continue under the financial control of the New York Central, but It is anticipated that eventually the Big Four will regain its complete independence perhaps with the helpful suggestion of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Michigan Central and the Pitta burs & Lake Erie also are to be oper ated more independently In the future. The New York Central will concen 10 QUEEN LEADERS ONLY 10,000 APART Thelma Hollingsworth, Joint Harriman - Transportation Club's Candidate, Leads. NEWSPAPER COUPONS STOP After Today Votes Must Be Bought at Festival Headquarters or Secured- Witli Iu releases at Stores and Theaters. Miss Thelma Hollingsworth, candi date of the Harriman Club and of the Portland Transportation Club, now leads in the race for the honor and title of "Festival Queen' - She has 187,995 votes, while Miss Sadie "Vigus, her nearest competitor, has 186,175. Miss Estella McCarl is a close third, with 185,860. There Is now little more than 10,000 votes between the positions of the leader and her 10 closest opponents. Miss Dalles Perkins, who was in first place Sunday, uow is hack in thirteenth position just outride the honor zone. Only those 12 girls who re ceive the most votes on the final tally will be sent on the Festival tour. Newspaper Coupons End Today. The coupons which have been run ning in the daily newspapers will be discontinued today. During the re maining days of the contest there will be a battle royal among the organized forces to secure the little slips that are being given away with purchases in stores and theaters and which are being sold, at the rate of 10 for 1 cent, at Rose Festival headciuarters, 428 Morgan building. The contest will close on May 16, at which time the candidate having polled the largest number of votes will be declared "Festival Queen." Candidates Closely Bnncbed. The following poll Includes all votes counted up to noon Monday: Thelma TTolllngsworth 1R7.09-T Sa.dt V!eus 186,17 Etella McCarl 1n,$Jo Leo I a Martin lS4,ft'Ji) Anna Tlerncy 183,7:i.i Hazel Hoyt lK2.2."i Violt Oakley iso.tftto Nellie Lincoln isn,::.v Helen Mclver 178,475 Fttlla Campling: 177,300 Helen Fitzgerald .' 177. '2Htt Alice Husby 172.540 Dalles Perkins : 17o!flOO Lina Ostervold 1; (;.-, Minnie K. Smith i .-.l ,34.1 Vashtl Eroan 1 1,;j-' Matilda Peterson 148, .130 Beulah Barrlnger 147.5KO Mary Mc Earthy 141.6M.1 Mary McKinnon " 140,7-tVj Purnpll Fishburn I3t; i7r, Margaret Clifford i 3)2t.j Fredia Reider n7il!,1 Geneva Robertson 107,10 Gertrude Lucke io3 t05 Anna Miles 03.37. DUAL SERVICE UPHELD INTERCHANGE OF TELEPHONE CALLS AFFIRMED BY SOIRT. Injunction of Company to Prevent Rail road Commlaalon Front Enforclas Order Denied by Judge. By a decision handed down in United States District Court yesterday by Judge Bean, the right of the State Rail road Commission to order an inter change of service between two tele phone systems was affirmed. The de cision was made in announcing a de nial of an injunction to the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company to prevent the Commission from enforc ing its order. The decision specifically affects only the Oregon and Benson hotels in Port land, but its general effect Includes every hotel In the state, which may, under it. apply for and receive joint service from two telephone lines. The Hotel Oregon had the Pacific service. When the Benson was built the Home service was Installed. The two hotels were operated as one by the Wright & Dickinson Company, which was granted the right to con- RAILROADS trate its strength on the parent lines, and the Lake Shore, which by last week's decision of the Commission, are to be more closely allied. The InterstntA Cnmrrtym r- : i has suspended until July 30 thousands ..anno mea oy trie various trunk lines canceling allowances heretofore made to 20 named industrial railways in various parts of the country. An inquiry is to be made to determine whether these allowances do not, in a legal sense, constitute a rebate. The Adams Express Company has succeeded the United States Company ?u .th.1 Lhlh Valley. It is predicted that the Adams and Wells-Fargo will divide the United States Company's business on the Baltimore & Ohio. George W. Bos'chke, retiring chief engineer of the O.-W. R. & N. Co, will be guest of honor at a banquet given by his associate officials at the Com mercial Club tonight. Reports from Eastern passenger of fices received in Portland within the last few days indicate that the tourist business this year will maintain its usual proportions, despite the tendency year" t0r thC Sa Francisco a'r next Eastern railroads already have -' " .6iuuii ui me inter state Commerce Commission and have fiL.4 (srlff. . .... I . -.--u ' . . . a iiiaKing cnarges ior car spotting service. The charges are to be &hi cents a ton. with a minimum of - a car. Thie is one of the methods by which the Commission wants the carriers tn trira... thai. . . - - ictcuues in lieu of a per cent increase In rates " which iney now are asking. Chicago initial lines are considering Z, iT .uuiKiiiuung ineir uptown ticket offices to bring about a reduc tion in fvi....... TV...,. . 1 - iu)juae IO Close all their offices in the business district " coiaiiiiau mreo or lour central of fices wh.rA 1 1 -L.-1. 1 - r, r Ali 1 1 . - - i jius i r ui y n O purchased. These offices would be v.i luo fiat ui union stations, where all roads have joint service and where none has an advantage. It is predicted that within a very few years such a plan will be adopted In most cities In the country. Passenger of ficials In Portland already have con sidered It tentatively-. R. P. Sellers, city ticket agent for the .uriucrn J-TM.-H1C. wno recently under went an operation at the Northern Pa cific Hospital Jn Tacoma, expects to return to work In a week. ONE GREAT SONG GREW OUT OF OUR First Mexican War "The Field of Monterey! 66 WeVe Tenting To-Night t Cwotv Ma-ar th heart tt an waa t 7" be found m tare fgot Hmt Semzi t 'Tenting On the Old Camp Ground" is a famous song. of the olden time sang often during the dark days of the Civil War by the sad- dened hearts at home as they thought of their soldier boy at the front! How they longed for a sound of the dear, familiar voice; for a sight of the beloved form, and what a relief Jt was to pour out their soul into these words of sympathy this music ' so tender that gave complete " Clip nect calls coming over either phone with phones in rooms having the other service. , Judges Bean and Wolverton. of the United States District Court, and Judge Gilbert, of the United States Circuot l-ourt or Appeals, heard the case. They decided that the provisions of the Ore gon public utilities act. creating the State Railroad Commission and defin ing its powers, were broad enough to warrant the Commission's making such an order and having it obeyed. Lewis County Grange Hears Address. CHEHALIS, "Wash.. Bray 4. (Special.) At Alpha yesterday the Lpwis County mmmmmmm i- m smmm mi? Nature's Remedy Fop Constipation Nature Ka3 provided an purify your blood, keep your and promptly relieve Constipation. Don't take a drastic Pur- ' gative water which drains you listless. 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May 4. (Special.) The City Council is expected to act fa vorably tomorrow on the proposition to install an electric automatic fire alarm system In this city. The system will Ideal Laxative Vater that will stomach and intestines clear and makes you feel weak and and oleasant natural laxative which ' acts within an Hour or so after ; yt a glass puts your Liver we is in a natural and eentle tnat you nave taken any- SAr t do not be per- drastic water wnicn is Janos water is ore- it 99 utterance to their hidden feelings. The men around the camp-fires at night with only the dis tant stars lookino- on with the leaves of the trees rustling in sympathy with the rivulet murmuring in soft accord they sang it, too this wonderful song I What memories of home of father, mother, sister, wife or sweetheart it brought upl Somehow, its melody soothed them its words brought rest to their weary bodies and their sleep was sweeter and sounder for this song. In "Heart Songs'' arc many War Time Melodies. this paper At Once! in ''Heart Songs" the of 20,000 people from all one a gem of purest ray National Songs . College Favorites Love Sones E5V Pioneer Sonrs Sacred Songs Sentimental Songs be operated through the local tele phone exchange. The proposal baa the indorsement of the firemen. Castoff clothing- and second-hand uni forms of all nations find a ready market fn Afghanistan. DANDRUFF SOON , RUINS THE HAIR Makes It Lifeless, Dull, Dry, Brittle and Thin. Girls if you want plenty of thick, beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don't. It doesn't do much good to try to brush or wash it out. The only sure way to get rid of dandruff is to dis solve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon: apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub It in gently with the finger tips. 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I feel now that at last I have found the right thing. I have used three bottles and I want to tell you that It has done for me all and even more than you claimed It would. My stomach does not bloat any more, my appetite is good, and I can eat any thing I want without any distress afterward. The pain has left my back and my kidneys are acting fine. I feci good, and am grateful for the benefit I have received from Plant Juice." Women who suffer from extreme nervousness, depression, fits of the blues and a desire to cry, a general rundown debilitated condition, with headaches, dizzy spells, poor circulation, hot flashes, numbness, with pains in the back and limbs, will find relief in Plant Juice, sold by all Owl Drug Stores. Adv. .CURES rou of rheumatism or yoar aSie lirrri Wr r m.U4- lUateitueoHBisixtT- I eiSTtiryieht was TV" SUO-CMfuliB (.Mead. nil Medlc4l Bock. 4 o Write lo boot toHaw? MATT J. JOHNSON CC Paul. I RHEUMATISM ,1 1