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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. RAILWAY NOT POOR, SAYS ESHLEMAN California Commissioner De nies Southern Pacific Has Need to Retrench. SURPLUS DECLARED LARGE Official Says He Is "Tired of Thls Wall of Poverty" Company Is Seeking to Increase Com mutation Hates. 8AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27. A vigor ous denunciation of the policy of re trenchment put into effect by the Southern Pacific Company and the pleas of poverty which it has brought to the California Railroad Commission was made today by Commissioner Eshelman. The Commission's figures, he said, how that the company had $101,000, 000 cash on hand, as of June 30, 1913, and has now a surplus of $127,000,000. Reason for Hrtr limc-ui Denied. "I have grown tired of the wail of poverty," said the Commissioner. "There is no reason for these frequent announcements of retrenchments, ihe records show that the company has made large capital investments direct ly from surplus funds. The Southern Pacific is seeking to raise its commutation rates between Dolnts in Alameda County and San Francisco. With this end in view it haa from time to time submitted state ments to the Commission of the losses it alleges it is making on its suburban service and printed leaflets of the samo tenor have been distrib uted to all commuters. Reports Show Cash on Hand. It was at a hearing today on the company's application that Commis sioner Eshleman made his statement. Figures prepared by the Commission's experts show that on June 30 the Southern Pacific Company, which is a holding corporation, had actual cash in its treasury to the amount of $18, 607,000. and that the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Central Pacific, both subsidiaries, had cash on hand respectively of $51,688,000 and of $30,086,000. F. L. McCaffery. auditor for the Southern Pacific, promised to produce later the company's version of these figures. Auditor Denies Bis Surplus. At a later session of today's hearing of the Southern Pacific Company be fore the Railroad Commission, T. O. Edwards, chief auditor of the company, refuted the figures of the Commission showing that the Southern Pacific Com pany had on hand June 30, 1913, $101. 000,000 actual cash. Auditor Edwards said "that, although the accounts sub mitted to L. R. Reynolds, the Commis sion's expert, showed that amount on hand in cash, it was in reality open accounts, investments In property and other securities, all of which was sub ject to draft. "To meet current monthly expenses," continued Mr. Edwards, "we carry a cash fund of only $18,000,000." Mr. Ed wards also explained the enormous cash deposits of the two subsidiary companies, the Southern Pacific Com pany and the Central Pacific Company, in the same way. "When theso amounts showed on our books as cash," asserted Edwards, "we never thought for a moment that the Commission would interpret it as meaning hard coin.' BorroKlDK Methods Criticised. Criticising the practice of the parent company in borrowing huge sums from its subsidiaries and then charging in terest on those sums against its in come. John M. Eshelman, president of the Commission, said: "In my estima tion such & practice is absolutely un justifiable. It is in reality charging against income double interest and no plea based upon such methods will be entertained by this Commission." "If we borrowed the money from outside sources we would have to pay Interest and charge it against our in come," replied Edwards, "and I don't see why it isn't just as well to keep the money in the family," he added wiili a smile. churches and many cottages are filled with wounded French and German sol diers. Everything is being done to re lieve their sufferings. "In the Btress of fighting many wounded soldiers are left from three to 10 or even 12 hours lying in the fields or on the roads. The ambulance equip, ment of modern armies appears utterly inadequate, and most of the wounded are picked lip by villagers. Aeroplane Takes Great Risks. "I saw a French aeroplane coming from Belfort, reconnoitering the Ger man positions behind Mulhausen. As it passed over the German fortified po sitions at Isteinklotz there ensued much firing from machine guns and rifles. The aeroplane, which swerved down ward, gave the two occupants a closer and clearer view of the German po sition, and Immediately rose to a much greater altitude, escaping attack. It cruised over the German position for more than an hour, now rising, now falling, always pursued by the bullets of the enemy. This aerial reconnais sance, some of which was carried out at an altitude as low as 1000 feet, was undertaken at great personal risk, but the aeroplane escaped all Injury, and returned in the direction of iseliort doubtless with all the information it set out to collect." WILSON EXPEDITES ANTI-TRUST WORK President Not to Insist Upon Regulation of Issuance of Rail Securities. BILL CHANGES ARE FOUGHT SHRINERS PLAN OUTING CONCERT. ADDRESS AND DANCING ON AT GLADSTONE PICNIC. BOYS' CAMP DISMANTLED Y. M. C. A. Spirit Lake Party Re ported En Route Home. The boys' Summer camp at Spirit Lake. Wash., was dismantled yesterday, according to reports received by the local T. M. C. A. The boys started on their 47-mile tramp to Castle Rock, where they will entrain for Portland. Thev are expected tomorrow night. Paul Stone, the 16-year-old son of H. W. Stone, general secretary of the Portland Y. M. C. A., and Nelson Eng lish, the son of J. C. English, arrived In Portland at 10 P. M. Wednesday, hav ing walked alone the 47 miles through the woods to Castle Rock. They left the camp at 2 o'clock Wednesday morn ing. The leaders of the camp, Ed Bummert, J. C. Mechan and Mr. Holmstedt, will return to Portland via Mt. Adams, after visiting that section. MUELHAUSENJFIRE DEADLY (Continued From First Page.) shot away, the windows smashed and the furniture destroyed. Neverthe less, the proprietor had rearranged his damaged premises as well as pos sible and was serving customers as If nothing had happened. "Just outside this village there was a large common grave, in which both French and German soldiers had been buried together, in their uniforms. A large mound marked the site, and here again the villagers had placed roughly hewn crosses. "Not far from Huningen we met an Intelligent Alsatian peasant who re membered the war of 1870, and had witnessed some engagements during the last few days. Here is an account of what he saw, in his own words: " 'The bravery on both sides . was amazing: the effects of the artillery fire were terrific: the shells burst, and where you had formerly seen a body of soldiers you saw only corpses or a number of figures writhing on the ground, torn and mutilated by the fragments of the shells. Destruction Worse Tban in INTO. "Those who escaped unhurt scattered quickly but soon they regained their composure and took up their position on the fighting line as if nothing had happened. Other weapons are as bad. It seems remarkable that soldiers can see destruction worked all around them, yet can control their nerves sufficiently to continu-i fighting. I remember battles in 1870, five or six of which I fought myself, but they were no comparison with the battles of 1914. The wur 44 years ago was child's play compared with the war at the present time.' "la several villages the schools, Ahletlc Events of All Kinds Are on Programme for Visit of Lodge and Families to Woods. A band concert, an address by the Illustrious potentate, a ball game, lunch, 12 athletic events and dancing are the many attractions on the pro gramme for the first annual picnic of Shriners at Gladstone Park tomorrow. Al Kader Temple. Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, will be host to hundreds of guests. The committee which has arranged for the enjoyable event is composed of J. E. Martin, C. B. Turlay, S. M. StroheCKer, W. W. Downard and A. B. Gottschalk. The officials of the day are: Referee, Harvey Beckwith; judges, I). W. Taylor, J. G. Mack, Louis G. Clarke, W. H. Galvani, Archie Thur low, W. C. Bristol and D. G. Tomasinl; clerk of course, Roy Quackenbush; timers. Dr. F. H. Dammasch, A. H. Lea; scorer, Hugh J. Boyd; starter, A. B. Gottschalk. The programme follows: 10 A. M. Band concert In the Auditorium by Al Kader Shrine Band. Frank Lucas, director. Address by Illustrious Potentate Harvey Beckwith. 11 A. M. Ball game. Tork Rite vs. Scot tish Rite. J-:30 p. M. Lunch. Hot coffee and lem onade free. 2 p. M. Athletic events: 100-yard dash, Al Kader championship: 75-yard dash, boys of o years; f0-yard dash, boys of 10, girls of 15 and girls of 10; 50-yard wheelbarrow race, children of 6; 50-yard egg race, women: 50-yard fat men's race, more than 225 pounds. 3:15 P. M. Relay race. The Scottish Rite, Portland Lodge, No. 55; Washington Chap ter. No. 18. Arab Patrol, and Shrine Band ; potato race, women; 75-yard horseback, father and child: tug-of-war. East Side vs. West Side; exhibition drill, Arab Patrol. Captain William Davis. 4 P. M. Dancing. 5:30 P. M. Special car leaves for Port land. 7 p. M. Special train leaves for Portland. FOUR "MISSING" UNKNOWN List of "Sampson" Fatalities Coni plete, Says Company. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 27. The four "missing" passengers of the steamship Admiral Sampson, sunk 20 miles north of Seattle yesterday by collision with the Princess Viotoria, are said by the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company, owners of the lost boat, to be quite un known to them, and the list of 11 dead authorized by the company yesterday is declared to be complete. The Sampson is lying in 400 feet of water and probably contains ten bod ies, which will be allowed to remain entombed In the hulk, for divers and wreckers cannot work at such a depth. Ezra Byrne, stowaway, the 11th victim, died in a hospital here. A tug is cruis ing about the place of the wreck, seek ing bodies, but without expectation of finding any. Search in the floating wreckage yesterday was unavailing. DR. HICKEY RECOVERING Dentist Attacked Regains Memory but Gives N'o Clew. Dr. Joseph Hickey is rapidly recov ering from the effects of the attack made upon him while he was sleeping in his home, 514 Vista avenue, Monday, and has regained his memory. He knows nothing which will serve to clear up the mystery of the attack, according to Dr. K. A. J. MacKenzie, the attending physician. No new developments occurred yes terday and it Is probable that no ac tion will be taken until Dr. Hickey recovers sufficiently to allow the Dis tricy Attorney and the detectives to question him. LeRoy Hickey, the son, held as a material witness, visited the District Attorney and detective headquarters yesterday. MENACE TO AMERICA SEEN London Newspaper Points Out Dan ger German Victory Would Bring. LONDON, Aug. 27. The Morning Post, in an editorial on the neutral states, speaks of the German treatment of Belgium: "It is impossible to believe," says the Post, "that these transactions can have the sympathy of the American people. America looks not at sentiment, but at her own future. A victorious Germany would control the navies, as well as the armies of Europe. She would take the African and Asiatic possessions of England and France, if no one was strong enough to resist. "Would such a Germany be willing to respect the Monroe doctrine and would the United States be able to en force it against her?" J. P. WOODWARD SOUGHT Brother of Man, Believed to Be Orchardlst, Is III. John Percival Woodward, who is believed to be a fruit rancher near Portland, is being sought by friends of his brother, who lies precariously ill in British Columbia. Postmaster F. S. Myers received a communication yesterday from Dr. M. J. Fraser, of Mission City. B. C, asking that he aid in locating Woodward, who is a mar ried man with one child. The physician's letter says Stanley Woodward, a brother, aged 23, was on his way to Portland to find J. P. Woodward, when he was taken se riously ill in Mission City. The doctor says the young man has a very bad heart and is in a dangerous condition. Administration Senators Accused of Doctoring Clayton Measure and Pleasing Magnates by Cut ting Guilt Clause. WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. President Wilson let it be known today that there would be no insistence upon passage at this session of the bill authorizing the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the issuance of railroad securities. In Congress this was taken as an assurance that the measure would not be considered further at this time, Ad misistration leaders contenting them selves with the Federal trade commis sion bill and Clayton bill to supple ment the Sherman law to complete the anti-trust legislation programme. It is probable that a Democratic caucus will be held in the near future to re- vise the legislative programme. With railroad securities legislation eliminated, it is predicted that con ferees on the trust legislation could complete their work in two weeks, and that further war emergency legislation, including a revenue measure, could be disposed of in a month. Session May End in Month. By October 1 the necessary business of Congress could be concluded. Whether there would be an adjourn ment then, leaders agree, would de pend upon conditions in Europe. Administration Senators entrusted with the Clayton bill were accused today of emasculating the measure and causing great rejoicing among trust magnates. Senator Clapp declared that when "trust barons viewed the process they would think the measure had been treated in a Sunday school conferenoe Instead of a legislative body." The attack followed adoption of amendments striking out provisions for jail sentences for violators of probtibi- tions against holding companies and purchase of supplies by railroads from corporations with common directars or officers. Personal-Guilt Clause Loses. Members of the judiciary committee explained that the prohibitions of these sections were indefinite, and that was best to allow the trade commission to enforce its provisions by injunction They also urged that under another section personal guilt was fastened upon officers of a corporation violating the law. Senator Clapp declared the effective language of the House had been stricken out and language put in that limited the personal guilt to provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law that already provided for criminal punish ment. He wanted the personal-guilt section extended to the provisions of the Clayton anti-trust bill, but was de feated by 31 to 18. "My heart has ached for an opportu nity to vote to put trust magnates in jail," commented Senator Martine. "My prediction is that the people will not hold this body guiltless of salving over the sins of the magnates." ment arrives, it must again take the offensive. By our offensive we will be able to know that Germany is stripping our front and as resistance before us becomes less we will push forward." BELGIUM GOVERNOR IS CHOSEN German Field Marshal to Administer Captured Possession. LONDON, Aug. 27. The Manconi wireless telegraph tonight reoeived the following German official dis patch: "Field Marshal von der Golta, who has been intrusted with the adminis tration of that part of Belgium in the possession of Germany, has left for Belgium to enter on his dutlw as Governor-General. The civil administra tion has been intrusted to the presi dent of the government bodrd at Aix la Chapelle, Baron von Sandt, on whom the title of excellency ha been con ferred. "The King of Bavaria has left for the western theater of "vrar. "The former Consul-Goneral at Tan gier reports that the bulk of German residents in that city nave fled to Ca diz. Spain. "German aeroplanes today passed over the frontier fortjs at Antwerp. At tacks on them were without result." SCHOOL EFFICIENCY HIGH MR. ALDERMAN'S REPORT TELLS OF FROGERESS FOR YEAR. GERMANS CLAIM NAMUR (Continued Prom First Page.) Cleveland has a playground institute to train, teachers to teaea children play. Namur and a French regiment which supported it have Joined our lines. "In the north the British have at tacked forces greatly superior in num ber and were obliged, after brilliant resistance, to withdraw a little in the rear on their right. "Our armies maintained their po sitions In Belgium. The army of Ant werp by its offensive has drawn off and had before it several German di visions. "In certain regions of the north in habitants of towns and villages have been frightened by the appearance of scouts of the enem'j These are pass ing incursions which can happen in any war, sometimes at a great distance from operations, and need cause no alarm, as they do not at all indicate imminent occupation by the enemy." COMMUNICATION NOT GUARDED Rearguards' Stay Sliort After Ger mans Pass Through Belgium. LONDON, Aug. 27. The Daily Ex press Ostend correspondent says: Louvain on Sunday was full of troops. This place has apparently been reserved as an army base. The station has been transformed into a huge repair shop with a horseshoeing forge. The railway has been cut at several places. A remarkable thing about the German advance is that there are no troops along the lines of communica tion. The railway services have been opened by tho Belgians in the towns through which masses of troops have Just passed. At Audenarde, 15 miles southwest of Ghent, where the greatest army passed through today, there are no troops. All the foodstuffs in the town were taken and the railway was broken. When the army passed through the rearguard remained In town over Sunday and Monday. The troops were Bavarians and were well behaved. The fficers and men had been on short rations and ate out the town. The wireless plant near the town was disabled and all the telegraph lines were cut. The last of the troops left town Monday. It undobutedly was part of the German main army that passed through. CONFLICT DOUBLE IN NATURE French General Says France Must Take Offensive Again. PARIS, Aug. 27. General de la Croix, the eminent military critic of the Temps, writes as follows on the sit uation: "In judging of the actual situation, one must, before all, not separate the events which are unrolling on the Franco-Belgian frontier and the con flict which is going on between Ger many and Russia. The Russians are advancing in Eastern Prussia and Gali cia and they are far from having all their forces in the movement because of tho immensity of their country. "Germany, which is moving the ma jority of her forces against us, and attacking with extreme violence be cause of the urgency of her position, is in great danger. She must transfer part of her army now engaged against France and send it against Russia. We must hold fast no matter what the sacrifice and prevent the realization of the German plan to withdraw part of her troops. "Our army in the North must not be content to defend, but, when the mo- liealth, Atte'ikdance and Records of Pupils Good, Wnile Educational Departments Are Successful. Good attendance, favorable health conditions ana a high percentage of students completing the year's work are told in the first annual report of City Superintendent of Schools Alder man, snowing the progress in the Port land public schools during the year 1913-14. Th. report, which has Just gone to the printer, says, in effect, that par ticular care has been taken of the health of the school children, which includes good ventilation, personal hy giene, the serving of hot lunches and tho accommoaation of nervous students by excusing them early from school. The great importance of establishing right habits in tho lives of the young people has been stressed, according to Mr. Alderman. The importance of thoroughness in fundamentals, such as penmanship, spelling, arithmetic and grammar, has been emphasized in the schools. The teachers, have been al lowed much freedom and the results found to be more thorough work, says the report. One new plan this year was the advancing of teachers with their classes, a great help to the stu dents. Ungraded classes to care for exceptional students have shown ex cellent results. The teaching of foreign language in some of the grade schools has been found successful and will be extended during the coming year. Among the other things the report finds to have been of profit are the open-air schoolrooms, the pupils' em ployment bureau, the division of boys and girls in the School of Trades, the use of the schools for outside purposes, and the school garden work. The course of study has been re vised for the coming year. The increase in enrollment in day schools was from 31,265 to 33,142; in night schools, from 1816 to 4265, and In vacation schools, from 2800 to 4620. CHURCH GIVES PASTOR AID Anabel Congregation Joins in Re quest to Sever Relations. At a meeting held last night in the Anabel Presbyterian Church the con gregation decided to join the pastor. Rev. Robert N. McLean, in asking Portland Presbytery to dissolve the pastoral relations. James S. Hogue was elected commissioner to represent the congregation at the meeting. Rev. McLean will deliver his farewell sermon Sunday, September 13, when he leaves for the Spanish missions of Lower California, where he will spend two months, after which he will begin his work as superintendent of the Spanish department of the Dubuque Seminary, of Dubuque, la WOMEN FIGHT AMENDMENT Equal Rights League Hears Candi dates and Opposes Prohibition. Under the auspices of the Taxpayers' and Wage Earners' League, of which Dr. Cora C. Talbot is secretary, the Women's Equal Suffrage League gave a luncheon in the crystal dining-room of the Hotel Benson yesterday. About 50 women were present. Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, president of the league, presided. Among those who delivered short addresses were Dr. Cora C. Talbot, candidate for Rep resentative from the Eighteenth Dis trict; Mrs. Nellie Hughes, candidate for County Coroner; Mrs. Sophia B. Seip, A. E. Cantrell and Mrs. H. L. Vail. Resolutions urging women voters to register and to vote against state-wide prohibition were unanimously adopted. C00LEY CASE DISMISSED Man, Charged With Killing John Van Pelt, 1 5 Years Ago, Freed. MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) In the Circuit Court of Curry County today. Judge J. S. Coke dis missed the case against Riley Cooley, who was charged with killing John Van Pelt 15 years ago in Curry County. The grand Jury at the last term of court had investigated the case, and it was taken up again at this term, but as several important witnesses were not present to testify, the case was dropped. PORTLAND GIRL DROWNED Servant Employed Here Is Sea Vic tim at Long Beach. LONG BEACH, Wash., Aug. 2 7. (Spe cial.) Evelyn Shears, 21 years old, a domestic employed by Mrs. E. P. Mur phy, of 412 Tillamook street. Portland, was drowned here today. Dr. Hill and Dr. Paul and W. Gar retson, of the Life Saving Station, worked for more than an hour in an effort to revive the woman, but their efforts were futile. Patient Fights Dentist. Dr. Paul C. Tates, a dentist with of fices at 2914 Morrison street, was ar rested yesterday by the Constable on a charge of assault and battery, pre ferred by Mrs. Martha Hobson, a pa tient. She alleges she complained to Dr. Tates at his office about work he had done for her and that he seized her roughly by the arms and ordered her out of his office. A scuffle followed, she said, in which she boxed the dentist's ears and he re taliated by slapping her face. Dr. Tates was released on $25 bail. He will be tried before Judge Dayton ia the District Court next Tuesday, EfirssTwflsiffiWvirirHssssrBgiiiif'' Style Youthful patterns for young men over plaid, tartan stripes, nov elties, serges. Smart models and a custom-tailor fit at a fraction of his price. Typical English and modified styles with a pleasing foreign atmos phere. Suits $10 to $30 Balmacaans $15 to $25 Second Floor Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth STEADY WORK URGED California Witness Says Sea sonal Labor Menace. CITIES HOUSE THOUSANDS Investigation of 641 Labor Camps Shows 188 in Which Conditions Are Bad Fruitgrower Says State Should Help. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. Inquiry Into Stockton labor disturbances was completed by the Federal Industrial Relations Commission today and then the subject of seasonal labor was en tered on. Dr. Carleton H. Parker, executive secretary of the committee of immigra tion and housing, testified that sea sonal employment threw a vast army of men out of work in the Winter time. Conditions were bad in the state last year, he said, and recent inquiry con vinced him they would be worse dur ing the coming Winter. He estimated that from 35,000 to 40,000 seasonal la borers "lie up" here every Winter and that Los Angeles and Sacramento shel ter about 10,000 and 4000. respectively, during the same period. Mny of these men. he declared, were unable to find any kind of employment outside of seasonal labor. Irregular Employment Menace. "The gravest danger the state faces," he said, "is the irregular employment. We must And work for seasonal labor."' Out of 641 seasonal labor camps of various kinds investigated in the state by his organization, the witness said. 188 were reported as "bad." Some con tractors' camps, lie declared, were "illthy, evil and dangerous beyond de scription." New sanitary arrangements suggested by the investigators have been adopted in all the camps except two, he added. Bathing is not practiced universally by hopfleld employes, according to K. Clemens Horst, a large employer of this class of labor. His company has provided bathing facilities for its em ployes for many years, he testified. Bathing Practice Commoner. "Ten years ago nobody used our bathhouses," he testified. "Now more of the employes are bathing and in an other year, perhaps, they will get used to baths." The present tariff laws contributed to industrial unrest, Mr. Horst said he be lieved, despite the fact, he said, that the tariff on hops made It possible for his line of business to exist. He ex plained that he thought a low tariff increased importations. thereby de creasing employment for producers in this country. George N. Hecke, of Davis, Cal., and James Mills, of Willows, Cal.. fruit growers, expressed the opinion that the state should provide work for seasonal labor curing dull periods.. George Speed, an organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, said the prob lem of unemployment would be solved whenever labor organized thoroughly and took over the "unpaid viici" now represented by the holdings of capital. THREE BANKERS INDICTED Federal tirand Jury Beau Statute of Limitations hy Day. CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Beating the statute of limitations by only 24 hours, the Federal grand Jury here today in dicted three officials of the formar La, Salle-Street National Bank, the prede cessor of the La Salle-Street Trust . Savings Bank, founded by William Lorlmer and closed two months ago by the state banking department Charles B. Munday, vice-president: Charles G. Fox, cashier, and Thomas McDonald, assistant cashier, were In dicted, charged with having Inflated records of the assets of the bank 1200. 000 on August 28, till, with intent to deceive the agent of the Controller of the United States. ASHLAND HAS BIG STORM Thunder and Lightning Rage and Torrent Tails Bejond Clly. ASHLAND, Or.. Aug. J7. (Special.) Lively thunder and lightning prsvsllsd here last night, but only a sprinkling of rain fell. Some damage was done by lightning at Ihe residence of Fred Dodge. The shock also felled a wire carrying heavy voltage. At Talent and between Ashland and that town tho storm was more severe. It was uccompanled by hall and a heavy wind In a limited area. More than an inch of rain fell In that tone within SO minutes. EWBA1VK SELF-CONTAINED ELETHIC CAR NOW RUNNING BBTWaHW ROSEIH lit; M) C.I.EXDALK, ORE GON, BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, TAKIXi FULCU 09 OtAUM 41 AND 42. A very prominent railway official, expressed himself on the Ewbank Self-Contained Klectric Motor, as seen above, after a test run of 3882 miles, run between Roseburg and Olendole, Or., as lollows: "The idea put into operation in your car is, in my opinion, bound to be a most successful scheme of power handling The car, even in its trial and continued hard service, has proven very efficient, economical from cost of operation, dependable and. I believe, will prove out to be a most satisfactory means of car and train operation." What more could be said of the success of this Kwbank System than tlusT Now add to that statement the facts as to cost of this system for railroads against steam or the gas motor car. Ewbank Motor cost, total expenses per car mile, 18.8 cents; steam. 33.2 cents. Fuel cost: Ewbank, 3.9 cents; steam, 10.01 cents. Gas motor cars cost from 23.83 to 30.71 per car mile total expense; for luel alone, n.Ul cents to 6.26 cents. n ... . . As this goes to press we have information from Rosebnrg, Or., from the inventor. Mr. H. K. Kwbank. Jr, that the Ewbank Motor w-ith trailer is making a splendid record up the Cow Creek Canyon, on the Southern Pacific R. R., in place of steam trains 41 and 42, and that the people are delighted with the service given by the Ewbank Self-Contained Electric System. S M. Mears, president of the Ewbank Electric Trans. Co., is taking steps to rush t lie equipment of extra coaches to be attached to this powerful motor locomotive, making a train of self-contained motor coaches, otherwise known as the Multiple Unit System. This train will be run for Mr. Campbell on the Southern Pacific, to demonstrate the feasibility of this system in the place of trolley systems or steam locomotive. This fact will be established without any doubt, is the inventors assurance to Mr. Campbell, and he is backed up by all the engineers who have run on the Ewbank Motor Car. now in service as above stated. We will shortly give a very interesting comparison of the steam engine of 100 years ago and the Kwbank system of electric control. A limited amount of the Treasury Stock will be sold. DR. H. B. EWBANK, Exclusive Sales Agent. Ewbank Electric Transmission Co. 724 NORTHWESTERN BANK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR. 4