TTTTC MfVRNTNO OTIEGONTAN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1915.
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REHEARING
RATE
FOR WEST ASKED
ble had existed prior to his entry in
this employment. Judge Morrow neia
therwise and awarded S366.33. overrul-
ng the contention that the Commis-
ion s acts are not subject to review.
Carriers Urge Commission to
Pass Specifically on Need
for More Revenue.
IMPORTANCE POINTED OUT
Issue Also Raised as to Method to
Be Pursued When There Are
State-Made Schedules lower
Than Those Proposed.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. Formal pe
tition asking- for a rehearing In the
"Western advance freight-rate case was
filed today with the Interstate Com
merce Commission by representatives
of the Western carriers. Kates which
the roads want revised are on meats,
livestock and food products.
The principal ground on which the
reopening is asked is the failure of
the Commission to pass on the need of
the carriers for additional revenue,
which, the petition says, is a funda
mental issue." The petition probably
will be considered within a few weeks.
There are some things, in the opin
ion of the Commission, in this case,"
eaid the petition, "which are so vital,
not only as affecting the advance pro
posed, but also as affecting- the ulti
mate welfare of the railroads and of
the public, that we do not hesitate to
ask this Commission to reopen the case,
that they may be more fully presented.
Important Que.tion Raised.
"We desire to speak plainly as to the
effects of this opinion, both upon the
transportation problem of this country
ana upon the tuture of this Commis
eion. The almost unlimited power of
this Commission makes it imperative
that it shall most carefully consider
and weigh the effect of its opinions
upon so important questions as these
here raised.
"In view of the fact that there is no
adequate review of the Commission's
opinion, it is the more proper that re
argument of the questions be granted."
The carriers declare that there were
15,000 pages of evidence in the case
and that not all the Commissioners had
an opportunity to hear it presented,
and asserted that every fact laid be
fore the Commission in the so-called
'5 per cent case, in which the increase
was granted to the Eastern carriers,
was to be found also in their case.
Flndintc as to Revenue Xeeded.
Emphasis was placed on the need
for a specific finding as to the ade
quacy of the railroad revenues, but the
petition brought forward also the
question of the method to be pursued
when there is evidence to show that
there are lower state-made rates than
the proposed rates.
In the original case the railroads
argued that If all Increases asked for
were granted they would receive add
tional yearly revenue amounting to
about $10,000,000. After the Commis
eion s opinion was rendered, the in
creases allowed would amount to about
11.600,000 a year.
BAKER REPORT ON IDLE IN
Advisory Committee Hears Plan to
Provide Employment.
Commissioner George 1U Baker yes
terday presented his report to the ad-
lsory committee on the proDiem oi
nemployment. This report will prob
bly be the basis of the recommenda
tions of the committee to the City
Council for measures to meet the situa-
ion this Winter. The meeting of the
committee was held In the office of
Isaac Swett.
In general Mr. Baker's report recom
mends a census of the unemployed in
the city, arrangement for providing em
ployment for married men and es
tablishment of Winter lodgings for the
nmarried unemployed in the city. The
unmarried men would pay for their
food and lodging in work for the muni
cipality.
DEMOCRATS ARE SCORES
MISSOURI REPUBLICAN LEADERS
DEXOD.V'CE POLICY.
ARDHORE BLAMES
CANDIED "B00ZE" BARRED
Maker of Brandied Chocolates Loses
Before Judge McGinn.
'Keep booze out of candy; do not in
troduce it to children through their
weet tooth." said Circuit Judge Mc
Ginn yesterday in refusing an injunc
tion asked for by H. t. woeiier. maKer
of chocolates.
The judge went on to say that there
may be no law in the books against
putting booze in candy, but if there
sn t the court Is going to mane one.
know booze from experience and it is
bad."
State Dairy and Food Inspector
Mickle last May seized a quantity of
he candy because it contained l.Oo per
ent of brandy. Mr. JrioetLer securing
a temporary injunction at that time.
which yesterday was dissolved oy
udge McGinn.
V1R. LISTER OFF TO SEE FAIR
Washington Governor Making Ply
ing Trip to San Francisco.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 28. (Spe
cial. ) Governor Lister, accompanied by
his private secretary, left today for a
flying trip to the San Francisco expo
sition. Walla walla day will De cele
brated Thursday by the distribution of
5000 choice apples. Washington day
will be Friday and. Seattle-Tacoma day
Saturday.
The Seattle fliremens band already
is at the exposition to take part in the
festivities, and Mayor Gill and a large
delegation of Tillikums also will make
the trip.
RAILWAY
COMPANY
Warning Against Leaky Gaso
line Car Ignored, Say Offi
cials of Wrecked City.
LIST OF DEAD NOW IS 44
Woman Files 812,000 Slander Suit.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) A $12,000 slander suit has been
filed in the Circuit Court by Mrs. A.
Nelson against John Miller. Both live
in the Boring district. Mrs. Nelson
alleges that Miller slandered her to N.
Lang, Charles Blencoe and Joe Odder-
mott. Each -of these alleged state
ments she makes a separate cause of
action for $4000.
Man Falls 48 Feet; Not Hurt.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) Losing his balance C. E. Burns
steelworker employed in repairing
bridge across the Chehalis River at
South Elma, fell head foremost a dis
tance of 48 feet into shallow water
yesterday and escaped with only slight
bruises. He came out of the water
smiling to his horror-stricken fellow
workmen.
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Violation by Santa Fe of Interstate
Commerce Commission's Hern
iations Is to Be Charted as
Cause of Explosion.
ARDMORE, Okla.. Sept. 28. Pro
ceedings to fix the responsibility for
the disaster of yesterday, in which a
tank car explosion caused the death of
more than two score persons. Injuries
to 100 others and a property loss of
more than half a million dollars, were
started today by the municipal authori
ties, who charged Gulf. Topeka &
Santa' Fe Railway officials with crimi
nal negligence. This was announced
tonight by Russell Brown, City Attor
ney of Ardmore.
The death list tonight stood at 44.
according to a statement from police
headquarters. Early official statements
had placed the number of victims at
5.
Supponrd Dead Found Alive.
This discrepancy was explained to
night by the fact that several persons
previously reported dead were found
either in hospitals or in their homes
alive after a close police check with
the physicians of the city and hospi
tals.
Th announcement as to the con
templated charge against the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railway came
after an almost continuous all-day ses
sion of the Ardmore City Commission.
The City Attorney said tonight the
Santa Fe officials would be charged
with failure to comply with regulations
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion respecting the loading and han
dling of gasoline.
Railway Accused of Negligence.
The city officials, it is said, will al
lege that the railroad company should
have left the "bad order" car in which
the gasoline was contained at some
isolated siding, according to the Inter
state Commerce Commission regula
tions; that the railroad company failed
to do so after it had been warned by
City Commissioner Dewitt that the car
was leaking: that the railroad com
pany failed to deliver the car to the
Ardmore Refining Company, the con
signees, after it had been urged to do
so.
It is charged further that the rail
road's failure to comply with these re
after it was discovered that the
tank was leaking necessitated the
action of the Ardmore Refining Com
pany in sending a man to repair the
leak, which is believed to have result
ed in the explosion.
Children Start Fire in House.
Children playing with matches
etai-tori a fire in the home of a Japa
nese who lives at 305 Main street last
night.
J f Your Smile Won't Work
Let It Play
Dear Friends:
Enter Fall and Winter the short days
of strenuous
struggling for the
almighty dollar
and the long
evenings filled
with what? With
worry and care,
followed by fear and defeat if you live with
out atmosphere that ministers to your self
respect. Arrange now for your evenings this Win
ter to be filled with light and life.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
Ask me about the extraordinary special
proposition we are now making to prospec
tive resident guests at Hotel Multnomah-
The damage was small.
SIX-DAY LAW PROPOSED
G. L. TUFTS DECLARES EEKL1
BEST LENGTHENS LIFE.
Impression Made by Statements at
Church Conference at Ron-bum
Corrected by Portland Man.
Six-day workers live longer by 10
years than eeven-day workers, and on
this theory if tor no other reason.
G. L. Tufts, of Portland, is going to
support the bill to be submitted at the
next state election. came ror a law
establishing a weekly rest day not
necessarily Sunday.
Mr. Tufts said yesterday that his
statement before the Methodist confer
ence at Roseburg recently was misun
derstood as he had no thought of work
ing for a narrow blue law. "I pointed
out that in Canada it is illegal to sell
a newspaper on Sunday," he said, "and
that the great City of London, England,
did not issue a Sunday newspaper
prior to the present war.
"But, no proposal has been made to
obtain a statute that would eliminate
Sunday newspapers in this state. The
Sunday law which has been upheld by
the Supreme Court is not of uniform
application. It provides a rest day for
a few classes only, and for this reason
it should be supplemented by addl
tional legislation. Every business man
and every employer of labor is en
titled to one day of rest in seven. All
cannot rest on Sunday. The daily
newspapers of the state which get out
seven Issues a week allow their em
ployes one day each week for rest. Why
should not all employers allow the
same privilege?
'The head of the firm needs rest
more than his employes. This can be
abtained in justice and without finan
cial loss by all in the same lines of
business closing on one stated day
a week. The object of this proposed
amendment is not to enact a Puritani
cal law, but a uniform, up-to-date
measure based on the laws of hygiene.
Six-day workers live 10 years longer
on an average than seven-day workers
do."
Ftridgcman on Xew Line Killed.
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 28. (Special.)
William McKee, a bridgeman. was
killed by falling piling at Cushman at
the point where the Willamette Pa
cific railroad crosses the Siuslaw River,
Sunday night, according to word re
ceived in Eugene last night. His body
was taken to Glerwida.
Husband Complains of Cruelty.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) J. D. McFall alleges cruel and
inhuman treatment in a suit for di
vorce filed in the Clackamas County
Circuit Court today against Flora H.
McFall. Mrs. McFall is at present in
Cleveland, O. They were married in
January, 1882, in Sandusky, O.
1 torso Falls: Roy Is Hurt.
THE DALLES. Or.. Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) The slippery Second-street pave
ment, which had just been sprinkled,
caused 15-year-old James Day's horse
to fall this morning, pinning its rider
to the street and breaking the boy's
leer. Young Day lives east of the city
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and came here on horseback to enjoy
the annual Wasro County Fair and
Rodeo. He may see a Iitt2e of it from
thi windows of The Dalles Hospital. - .-
Fear of Loss of Louisiana Vote Hinted
as Cause for Proposal to Re-
store Sugar Tariff.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28. Republican
leaders from all parts of Missouri to
night attended the banquet given here
by the State and St. Louis Republican
Committees as a preliminary to tn
campaign of 1916.
The principal addresses were made by
United States Senator Weeks of Massa
chusetts. Representative Mann of Illi
nois, and ex-Representative Watson of
Indiana.
air. Watson took the Administration
to task for its tariff policy and legis
lation, both of which he referred to as
"'failures. "
"The latest word is that our Demo
cratic friends are about to revise the
tariff upwards," he said. "They now
propose to retain the duty on sugar.
"Free sugar destroyed the sugar in
dustry of Louisiana. It caused the ut
ter destruction of every cane sugar r
finery in that state. It greatly in
jured the beet sugar industry of the
entire country.
"These results were manifest to every
student of the tariff long before the
Underwood tariff law was enacted.
"Why this sudden change in the tar
iff policy of the Democrats? Is it pos
sible the vote of Louisiana has any
thing to do with this unheard of conversion?
"More sugar has been imported to the
United States under the Underwood tar
iff law than ever before. The United
States does not benefit by this increase
because sugar is free and the consumer
does not benefit because sugar is nign
er, but the sugar trust has benefited by
this tariff."
TRAINING SCHOOL STARTS
Lessons for Sunday Classes Dis
cussed for Teachers Benefit.
The Community Training School for
Sunday school workers held its opening
session last night in the Central l.i
brary. The attendance of representa
tive Sunday school workers of nearly
all denominations attested the Inter
est that is felt in the new school.
Mrs. M. A. Danenhower is dean of
the -school and Miss Olive Clark is reg
istrar. Both have had a vast amount
of experience in the line of work in
which they are leaders. The directors
of the school are Dr. J. Earl Else, Rev,
Charles A. Phipps. U. K. Hall, Mrs
Clara G. Essen. Rev. J. V. Milligan and
Rev. J. D. Springston.
Professor Norman F. Coleman, of
Reed College, is a member of the fac
ulty and will co-operate with the work
ers In making the Sunday scnooi les
sons and departments full of interest.
COMMISSION LOSES CASE
Judge Holds Acts of State Body Are
Subject to Review.
In the case of George E. Miller
acainst the Industrial Accident Insur
ance Commission it was held yester
dav bv Circuit Judge Morrow that th
acts of the Commission are subject to
review by the courts despite the tact
that it is a quasi-Judicial Doay. An ap
r,fnl will be taken.
Miller sued for damages for partial
nnralvsis of the face, alleged to have
heen sustained while engaged in con
struction work on a Portland candy
factory. The Commission had refused
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