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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, JUNE 26." 1914. PHONE RATE STUDY JUKES VIE RANGE Oregon and Washington Com' missions Meet With Officials l of Pacific Company. CONFERENCE IS FRIENDLY Engineers of Corporation Begin In . Tentory of. Property of Two '' States and Preparation ' of Rate Maps. Foundations for a detailed study of the rates, rules of practice and proced ure of the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph Company in Oregron and Wash ington were laid at a conference in Portland yesterday of the Oregron Rail road Commission and the Washington ' Public Service Commission with om - cials of the telephone corporation. From yesterday's meeting will de velop a series of conferences at which the commissions of the two, states will attempt to secure, by friendly proceed ings, a system of uniform rates and practices in all communities of Oregon and Washington served by the tele phone company. . Meanwhile, engineers of the company are making an inventory of the com pany's property in the two states, their figures being: checked concurrently by the commissions in the respective states with due regard for the expenses on one hand and the revenues on the other. The plan of study, as outlined by officials of the telephone company, pro Tides for a division of the entire situa tion into two parts. The first part deals with the exchange systems and schedules, and the second part with the revenues and their relation to the cor . porate investment. Additional Subject Suggested. The commissioners yesterday, how ever, suggested that an additional sub ject be introduced, that of toll service and the intercorporate relations of the Pacific system with the general Bell system and its various subsidiaries. It is probable that this classification will be included In the final survey. A preliminary classification of ex changes is proposed to facilitate aa analysis of Inconsistencies in existing rate schedules and to determine the cope of- the problem in determining consistent schedules. It is proposed also to determine the proper method of grouping exchanges to-permit elimination of inequalities in rate schedules and to make rate sched ules uniform and consistent for each group of exchanges. The various factors involved in de termining consistent schedules will be i Biven ample consideration. These fac tors include the kind of service to be rendered in the various groups of ex changes and the range of differential in rates. These differentials, it has been discovered by the company's own engineers, vary with the several groups of exchanges. There is also a varia tion in the proportionate rates charged for business and residence service and between the classes of service under business rates and under residence rates. Another factor that enters into schedule-making is" the establishment of exchange boundaries and the scope of service to be performed by each cen tral office district The determination . of the primary rate area for each ex change is another factor. j Details Axe Many. Among the various details of service that must be considered in determining Nionsistent rate schedules are: The practice of collecting payments in ad vance, rules governing applications for service, attachment charges on farmers' lines, auxiliary lines and stations, ap plication of business and residence rates, discounts, extension stations, in tercommunicating systems, interior sys tems, charges for pole line construc tion, private branch exchange service, restrictions imposed by local municipal ordinances, pudiic ieiepnuu buiuuuo, removal charges, short term service, suspension of residence service, trans fer or termination of contracts, infor mation bureau and other services ren dered by the company. It was determined yesterday that the engineers of the commissions would commence a detailed study with the engineers of the telephone company, which study will come before the com missions, separately and jointly, for critical review and ultimate disposal. Engineers to Study Kate Maps. The particular study referred to the engineers for Immediate study is that of the preparation of rate maps for the k several areas involved, and a submis sion by the company for critical review " on the part of the commissions of its position on rules of practice and pro cedure. This position is to be based upon such justification as the telephone com pany may produce, inclusive of an his torical review; the origin of such rules and practices -as may be in vogue, to gether with the reasons therefor, and inclusive of. comparative studies of practice of similar situations elsewhere. Insofar as they can be secured. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company undertakes to press this pro posed study in every possible manner, from the standpoint of the operating: company involved. The differences re garding ultimate conclusions that may arise will be made the subject of spe cial investigation, and an opportunity for argument will be afforded the com missions as the study progresses... The next steps in this proposed study will be determined by the progress of the work. Those present at yesterday's meeting were Frank J. Miller. T. K. Campbell and Clyde B. Aitchison, of the Oregon commission: F. 11. Spinning and A. A. Lewis, of the Washington commission; Engineer E. T. Bueselle. of the Oregon commission, and Engineer A. E. Boyles, of the Washington commission. The telephone company was represented by its president, G. E. McFarland: Vice President and General Attorney B. D. TMUsbury: James T. Shaw, attorney; Charles H. Carey, attorney; W. J. Phil lips, division commercial superintend ent: N. R. Powley, engineer; W. D. Moore, plant superintendent, and W. C. Pickford. elusion of this intensely human and In teresting play. J. Warren Kerrigan, always a fa vorite, appears in a two-reel feature, "The Silent Witness." Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber ap pear in "Lost by a Hair." a comedy rich in humor. All the couples at the beach paired off beautifully until the advent of Wilson, the celebrated tenof. Then all the women forgot their former sweethearts and worshiped at Wilson's shrine. All the way through the play is a scream. Beginning Sunday Hazel Dawn in "One of Our Girls" will be the attraction. 4- STARS ON PEOPLES BILL Thrills. Human Interest and IHin on New Movie Programme. Four well-known motion-picture stars are contending for supremacy at the new bill at the Peoples Theater, which opened yesterday. King Bag-got appears In a play of in ternational complications, "Across the Atlantic." As inventor 'of an eight passenger war aeroplane. King's for tune is assured. Oyama, a spy from Japan, is ordered by his government to secure the plans for the machine. He does so toy killing King's friend. In fear King "flees to England. How he again secures the plans and overcomes his enemy forms the con- FOLK L0RES0NGS SOUGHT Federal Government Purposes to Slake Collection of Them. A National search for old ballads has been inaugurated by the United States Bureau of Education, and Professor C A. Smith, of the University of Virginia, has been commissioned to make a Nation-wide search for versions of the old songs prevalent in Colonial times. Ac cording to the Philadelphia Press, out of eight of the rarest songs that have Just been named in the report of Pro fessor Smith, two are found in "Heart Songs." These two were the two named by a majority of the 20,000 music lowers who submitted their favorites to the publishers of that remarkable volume. That "Heart Songs" is the greatest single-volume collection ever put forth there is no doubt. And its value will Increase steadily as the "THIRD STREETERS" FOR hi ASSOCIATION Sig Sichel Elected President, J. H. Rankin Secretary at Enthusiastic Meeting. . SEVEN TRUSTEES CHOSEN Report Heard That San Francisco Men Plan to Erect Movie Theater on "Great Light Way" Many Speeches Are Made. Th. tUm Streeters of the Great r : y. . A aonfilii firm was organized at a meeting in the Multnomah Hotel yesterday. . The following officers were chosen. 244 Alder.' McFarland & LeGrand. gro cers, failed to renew their grocer liquor license. BIG GAME HUNT SHOWN IN MOTION PICTURES. SCEXE FROM PATHE'S AFRICAN FILM AT MAJESTIC THEATER. A four-part motion-picture at the Majestic Theater the remainder of this week shows leopards, monkeys, lions, hippopotami, alligators,, elephants, giraffe, vultures, . great flocks of aigrettes and many other wild creatures living In the Jungles of Central Africa. The perils of the camera man are vividly shown in the jnany hair breadth escapes in this . exceptional, reproduction of wild animal We. years go by. Our remarkable distribu tion closes this week, and we believe . i . . nr Aiti rAniinrit, havA been supplied. We urge those who have not, if there are any, to lose no unio . ...... i nut Vi f I t- AmmonH- and set ting their copy of what will some day be a very rare book. Our coupon ap pears In today's paper and the distribu tion positively closes next weuiieoua.j. Adv. - " " NEGRO REFUSES TO MOVE Woman Says Altamead Club Would Drive Her From Home. " Aiinirod efforts of the Altamead Club to drive her out of the .locality were related by Mrs. Hattie Delaine Mat- . ,.ninrMl to Deouty District At torney Doich yesterday. - Mrs. Mattnews, wno uvc u .n Eighty-fourth street, has an . invalid WOMAN TO ASSIST IN DIREC TION OF MEN'S SPORTS. i t "If -V I I c- -f - 3.V " ' M Miss Mildred Bag-lev. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. June 25. (Special.) Miss Mildred Bagley, of Salem, a graduate of the University of Oregon of the class of 1912,is the first woman member of the uni versity athletic council. As a member of tha athletic ' council Miss Bagley will help determine the athletic policy of the university and direct all men's sports. The election of Miss Bagley to a position for which only men have heretofore -been considered eligible. Is explained by the in terest she has always shown in outdoor sports. During her under graduate days she participated in almost all forms of co-ed athletics, and was women's ten nis champion of the university. Since her graduation, she has been instructor in physical cul- ture in Eugene high school, and . drilled the squad of local high school girls which featured Eugene's contribution to the recent Rose Show parades in Portland. husband and she told Mr. Deich that her landlord. Dr. Carlton Snyder, had been threatened with injury to the house in case Mrs. Matthews was al lowed to remain. COMMERCIALCLUB TRAIN riAmmowial fliiti members croinff on the Salem Cherry Fair Special Oregon Electric train .Saturday are requested to make reservations Immediately at 207 Commercial Club building, or by phoning Main 8660 or A-609L This is imperative, as . luncheon and equip ment must be arranged. Train leaves North Bank depot at 12. M.: 12:05 P. M., Tenth and Morrison streets; 12:20, Jefferson -street station. $3 round trip, including chicken luncheon. Royal Ro sarian band will accompany. Adv. A solution of soft soap Instead of water was used in making a waterproof concrete in bulldin the foundation of a (rain ele vator OB a river bank in Budaput. President, Sig Sichel; vice-president, Anthony Neppacn; secretary, J. H. Ran kin; treasurer, D. E. Bowman; trustees, Robert H. Strong, manager of the Cor-k.h- I'nMto- William C. Alvord. of the Falling Estate; W. A. Montgomery, of the J. K. Gill company; jonn vv. ucj, of the Powers Furniture Company; Roy O. Yates, of the Multnomah Hotel; Ed ward Holman, of the 'Holman Under taking Parlors, and Louis Nlcolai, of Nicolai & Neppach. Five of the trus namari a ta nrnnertv owners along Third street, the other two being mer chants. The feature of the meeting was the smoothness with which the nomination and election of officers proceeded, which shows the workable harmony charac teristic of the Third-street "family." Every name suggested for nomination w.-.s declared elected unanimously by acclamation on motion of the members. ' Movie Theater Planned. The information was given the "Third v.v ii-Hirint Sichel that San Fr-mcisco capitalists are planning to erect a large moving picture meaier iiiird street. It is planned to erect a house having a seating capacity - of 2000. Mr. Sichel has just returned from San Francisco, where he has been in conference with the theater men. The "Third Streeters" have long been anxious to attract theaters to that street. Nearly every one of the 40 "Third Streeters" present spoke enthusiasti nnii,r r.f th rnirl movement for the betterment of Third street. By having. the street iigniea pruiiuiiiiy ua.iuo clean store fronts and plenty of music the merchants say they intend to keep their thoroughfare in the-public eye. No Action Taken on Parade. President Berg, of the Portland Ad Club, addressed the meeting and prom ised that If .the organization would contribute to the parade fund, the big electrical parade on July Fourth would be routed along Third street. While no definite action was taken on the invitation, the "Third Streeters" pledged that they would do their share Individually to make the parade a suc cess. A suggestion made by Fred Fritz that the Third-street organization should finance the construction of a bobster float to appear in the parade was not acted upon. ' The ways and means of maintaining the organization was referred . to the executive board, composed of the offi cers and the trustees. MILWAUKIE CLUB PRAISED Oregon City Men Attend Meeting of - Commercial Body. The Milwaukie Commercial Club held a social meeting Tuesday night, which was attended by representatives from the Oregon City Commercial Club. T. W. Sullivan, of the Oregon City club, made the principal address. He made a strong plea for co-operation among the Ore gon commercial clubs in the develop ment of the interests of the state. Mr. Sullivan declared that the commercial clubs are the live wires of the state. without which little can be accom plished for progress. "They stir up enthusiasm and start and carry out local projects that could not be started without their assistance. he said. "They stand for good roads and the development of the community in which they are organized." Mr. Sullivan strongly commended the Mil waukie Commercial Club for what it has done for the pioneer town. He sDoke for co-operation between Mil waukie and Oregon City clubs. C B. Hanson and others made addresses. L T FIFTEEN SALOONS FAIL TO PAY ' ' FEE BEFORE LAST NIGHT. Checks Mailed Thursday and Received Today Count City May Have S90 Places, Smallest Number In Years. Unless 15 saloonkeepers who before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon failed to renew their liquor licenses for the sec ond half of J914 mailed their checks before that time, Portland will have but 390 saloons, the smallest number at any time in the last 20 years. Failure of so many of the dealers to secure renewals was a surprise. Inas much as it was thought there would be only about five or six who would drop out. Those who have failed to make renewals will be permitted to continue in business until midnight, June 30, when their licenses expire. It will not be known until today how many of the applications for renewals were put in the mail yesterday. From the 390 licenses out the city has - collected a totial revenue for the remainder of 1914 of 1156.000. Each license costs $400. Those who failed to make renewals before 6 o'clock yesterday are: Oscar Anderson, 153 Front street; C. S. Bat taglio, 275 Union avenue; F. W. Bon ney. 295 Hawthorne avenue; Martin Denny, 241 Couch; J. M. Ford, 514 Washington; Harry Gale, 234 Third; L. Grossmiller, 204 Washington; A. Klebe, 240 First; Theodore Kruse. 130 Fourth; Leap & McDonald. 276 Taylor; J. J. McDermott, 271 Couch: T. P. O'Connor estate, 140 North Tenth; D. J. Paddin. 4 North Third; R. P. Pejovich, 61 North Second; H. & Smith, 129 Second. Four restaurant liquor licenses failed to be renewed before 5 o'clock. They are: Frits & Russell, 23 North Second; Richard Howe. 230 Alder; Theodore Kruse, 271 Alder; Wong Din (Canton), j BEATING VALUED AT $2500 Henry Zorn Obtains Verdict Second Time Againet George Engleke. On the second trial of Henry Zorn's suit for $20,685 damages from George Engleke, a Jury in Circuit Judge Clee ton's court yesterday awarded Zorn 12500. At a previous trial he was al lowed only $750 damages, but Judge Cleeton ordered the verdict set aside on account of the admission of tes timony which he considered lnndmis sible. Zorn alleged assault and battery as the basis of the suit and that it had been found necessary to trepan his skull. Emjleke said that he was called to Zorn'sTiouse last September to pro tect Mrs. Anna Andreas and Mrs. Fred erick Rohs, whom Zorn was attacking. He said that Zorn attacked him with a knife and he beat him on the head with- a rifle in self-protection. Engleke was. indicted on a charge of assault witn a dangerous weapon. EX-CALIFORNIANS TO MEET C. H. Flory Will Show Stereopticon Views of . Oregon. At the annual meeting of the Cali fornia Society of Oregon before the va. cation season, C. H. Flory, a member of the United States Forestry Service, will present a stereopticon lecture on the principal scenes oi Oregon. The meeting will be held in the Main Cen tral Library next Tuesday night and the programme will start at 8:15 o'clock. Several other features on the pro gramme have been secured by Dr. Wil liam Spencer, secretary, among them being selections by the women's quar tet and music by a 15-piece orchestra, under the direction of Walter O. Ba con. Former residents of California and their friends are cordially invited to attend. Letter Held in Chute Five Years Is Mailed Again. Twelve Other Missives, Including; Notice of Arrival of Telegram, and Postcard Found. tfT HE letter' that she longed for I never came," or It may now be on its way, having been stuck for five years in the mailchute of the Washing ton building. Thirteen letters and a postal card were taken from the chute yesterday. The chute had become clogged, and in restoring it to working order the be lated mail was found. It had caught at a defective juncture in the cnute. One letter was from a telegraph com pany, notifying a man that a tele gram had been received for him. The letters were addressed to all parts of the country. Postmaster My ers had the information written on the backs of the envelopes that the missives had been "held up in a de fective mailchute." and mailed them. The Washington building cnute is 01 the old metal type. In installing it. a space of several inches had been left between two of the sections. A newer type of chute is of giass, so that a "jam" in it may be located readily. Postmaster Myers will order an in spection of all the chutes in down town office buildings. SIX WOMEN INRAID LET GO All Prisoners Taken at Richards' Grill Now at Liberty. ci nno. wnmon vlin were arrested and charged with vagrancy in a raid on the Richards Grill last Saturday night, were released yesterday from custody. The case against them was .nntin.i HnHofirHtpl v. Thev were in jail but a brief time the day follow ing the raid, but have been released on bail since that time. The young women were Winnie Brandt, Jane Dixon, Alice West, Flor ence Wilcox, Georgia Spauldlng and Marian Wilson. They are the last .of those arrested to be discharged. Two women and K. a Miles, a visitor at the grill, were released on the second day after the arrest, and K. D. 6mlth, steward at the grill, was released from custody later. EXTENSION PROTEST FILED Minority of Broadway Owners Try to Stop Opening of Street. A remonstrance signed by 31 per cent of the property owners who will be called upon to pay part oc tne cost of the proposed extension of Broad way from Sandy Boulevard to East Forty-fifth street, was filed yesterday with City Auditor Barbur. This is not sufficient to kill the proceeding and. accordingvto Highway Extension En gineer Fisher, the plans will go ahead without Interference. The extension of Broadway Is sougbt by property owners on both sides of Sandy Boulevard, inasmuch as the im provement would open an rfrtery t for traffic from a large district to tne east of Sandy Boulevard where it crosses Broadway. Why not ' surprise the folks back home this summer while the fares are low. RAILROADERS' PICNIC OFF Prospects of Bad Weather Saturday Causes Postponement. The picnic for Southern Pacific em ployes, which was to have been held Saturday at Gladstone Park, is off. It went smash yesterday when Theodore F. Drake acting district forecaster for the United States Weather Bureau, de clined to sidetrack old Jupe Pluve for the employes' safety first special, and informed Superintendent Burkhalter that the big playgrounds would be wet "Sunshiny days will come again in Oregpn, and when they come for a cer tainty the big picnic will occur, and we'll make it some humdinger," said General Chairman A. A, Lowe. "Back East" Low Fare Excursions . Offer extra inducements to make the trip now. Tickets are on sale daily to September 30th, to New York and Boston and all other Eastern points . includinz Niagara Falls. Thousand Islands, St Lawrence River, Adiron dack Mountains, New England, "White Mountains, Canadian Resorts, Atlantic Seashore and. Jersey Coast feints. NewYork&ntral Lines Lai Shon'WettrLatt Fomtt" K. Yfy V "X East 9 1 1 k, J VI ( 1 j k Ih. 'V S ST pU Stop-over privUeges at all paints en route and option of water or rail trips between Cleveland and Buffalo; Albany and New York. The most complete train service between Chicago and the assures a pleasant trip. Let Us Plan Your "Back East" Trip Tell os In s tmrrml warwhst I require, ine im ymw and the tmourt o momrr m went to epnxi, end we will p"l or two trip tar T"u ' '". wxb romp inform.!, mm wid you a desciiptive folder. A 1 f. I M . and lepie ear rnwrvstions. or fnc om- tnionnalian. call oa er icwnw wiar PORTLAND OFFICE. 109 Tklri Stmt SMckrtM. Guam Aaeaa ra 01 SEN IS BRIDE Marriage to Seid Wing Per formed by Judge. Stevenson. T0NG WARS MAY CEASE Woman Has Been Object of Wide In terest Since Murder of Seid Bing in Her Apartments and Subsequent Outbreaks. Oi Sen, around whom centered the tons- fighting in Portland's Chinatown during: the past three years, was mar ried by Municipal Judge Stevenson yesterday to Seid Wing-, a Chinese merchant who was -seriously wounded in one of the outbreaks. The cere monjr was performed in tha quarters of the Department of Public Safely lor Wmen. I Ol Sen came Into prominence wnen the body of Seid Bins, a clan cousin of her present husband, was found in a trunk in a seaiue aepoi. wnere n had been shipped after Seid Bins was murdered in Oi Sen s rooms in a Chinese block on Fourth street North. She had gone to Billings, Mont., but was arrested there and brought back to Portland. Later Lew Soon, president of the Hop Sing tong. and Wong SI Sam, one of his retainers, were ar rested, but all escaped conviction. Oi Sen made a confession implicating them when she was brought back to Portland. Her life was threatened at the time. Following this two tong outbreaks cost the lives of three men and injury of Seid Wing. He was shot In the hip in an attack at 84 Second street, where Sue Ding, an aged cook, was killed. The ring ceremony was periormea. and the bride, dreased in blue Chinese silk, carried a bouquet of sweet peas, the gift of Attorney Pague. Nell Crounse, deputy clerk of the Munic ipal Court, and Miss W. P. Chandler, assistant in the Department of Public Safety for Women, were official wit nesses, but the room was crowded with police attaches. Ol Sen was married as May Fong. which she said was her correct name, and Seid was married under the name of Charlie Wing. They have recently been partners in a restaurant under th name of the Nom Lung-Company, at 287 Flanders street Seid Wing gave his age as 36 years, the Driae saia Bne was of legal age. The marriage may, ena tong iroumes for a time, the police say. The tong wars of the last three years centered about the murder of Seid Blng. and the marriage of Seid Wing, a clan cousin of the slain man, to Oi Sen, who by her own story was a witness of the death of Seid Blng, is said to be a sign of a truce. COLWELL FUNERAL HELD Services for IVjrmer Marshal Are Conducted at Cathedral. i n. i ..nrU.ii -ft. Rlm.p R Cnl- r uun m oc . ..w ..it - T?nftri fitatp. Ma.rhal for WCll, . . Oregon, were held yesterday in the Scottish Rite Catnearai, -Morrison ana iwnsdale streets. nev. iienry it. Taihott. rector of St. David s Epis copal Church, officiated. The pall bearers were: jonn n. iucun-jgr, James Rogers. Fred W. Detleff. W. J. . awl C T . KdTArmfln ureer, a. a. ... "- - Interment was at Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. COlweil was porn in wuipuri, r a., 1868 rie came to ruiuauu in avw. 1904 he was elected representative M.iHnnmnh f 'nil n T'. He VU SD- nninted United States Marshal in 1910, and held the office for two years. Heart trouble was tne cause oi nis death. . . . . Mr. Colwell was a Mason or nign degree. He is survived by his widow ni twit sons Elmer B., Jr., and Rus sell T. Colwell. in In for North Beach Season Opens. -n JL XT ...amv "II. ,.u 1 n" leaves Portland daily, except Sunday, at 9 P. M. for North Beach, beginning Sat urday, June 27. Leaves Megler on re turn trip daily, except Sunday and Mon day, at 9 A. M. Leaves Alegier bunaay. 9 P. M. On day trips stops will be made at Cathlamet, Brookfleld, oak Point, Rainier and Kalama. Make reserva tions and secure tlcKets at city ucaei office. Third and Washington streets, i Phones MaEhaU 4.00,. A S12L Adv. I Good Old SELECT in brown light-proof bottles order a . case today Main 49 -A 1149 Gambrinus Brewing Co. Portland, Oregon Rrro GreatNorthernRailway SUMMER EXCURSIONS TO THE BAIT AKD RCTTIU TICKETS ON SALE DAILY June 1st to September 30th Rrw York .. Sblladelpkta ln..-u offalo Detroit a.A St. Laiaia 7o.ee ftoafea) ..M 1IH Waaklarfea. D. C........ iaT.S rittaearg .. . SI.M ( alaae ............. SS) Daaver .... Cltr. Oaaaka it. Pa at, Mtaaeavella. Dalatk. Wlaal. Kaa I. tfeaapa a. Corresponding Redactions to Other Points Final return limit Oct list. Btopevera allowed olg end rat am ine and tickets gaod going one roa4. returning anetker. KUe ea Ike ORIENTAL LIMITED Through standard and tourist sleeping ears te Chl-ere la Ti keurs, making direct connections for all points East. InaurpaaMd lnlng-car service. Compartment-observation cars. K. DICKSO. C. P. m T. A. Telepkeaee MarakaU 30T1 A X2M CITY TtC-Karr ornri 14a Week law fan t rartlaaeV VISIT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK THIS SUMMER reaoa Jane 13th te Seat. 3a Ik. Writ a ask fee Bee a In a. A