Morning Oregonian., October 06, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNIIfG OREGOXIAy, SATURDAY, OCTOBER t 6, 1017.
COMMISSION n
HIES
E
6-CENT FARE PLEA
Increase of Prices of Tickets
v Sold by Streetcar Com-
. l... pany Permitted.
COREY'S OPINION DISSENTS
Situation. Critical, Order Says, and
Suggests Changes In AYorking
Hours In Order to Lengthen
- " Peak Loads N igbts.
SALEM, Or.. Oct. 5. (Special.) The
Public Service Commission today in the
6-cent fare case or the Portland Kail
way, Light & Power Company denied
the application for an increase in fares
save as to unlimited tickets and school
children's tickets, the new fare tor un
limited tickets being placed at 5 cents
each and for children's tickets at 4
cents each.
The present tariff for an unlimited
ticket book containing 50 coupons, each
good for one ride with full transfer
privileges, is $2.25, and the tariff for
children attending public, private and
Sunday schools, is $1 for a book of 33
coupons.
The company, in the order, is re
quired to submit monthly statements
covering street railway operations, to
gether with full information as to any
action which may have been taken sub
sequent to the date of the order with
reference to curtailment of service or
other measures of economy in such op
erations. It is further ordered that pending de
developments this matter is kept open
on the docket of the Commission and
jurisdiction is retained for the purpose
of taking such further action as may
be deemed appropriate.
The order is signed by Chairman Mil
ler and Commissioner Buchtcl. Com
missioner Corey dissents.
Corey Farora Increase.
In his dissenting opinion Commis
sioner Corey states he favors a reduc
tion in service where practicable and
a temporary trial increase in fares to
6 cents, six rides for 35 cents, retain
ing the present school children's -tickets;
workingmen's dally ride books
upon the basis of 52 rides during a
period of one month for $250, unused
coupons to be redeemable at an amount
equal to the difference between what
the rides the passenger has taken has
cost him and what they would have
cost him had he paid cash instead of
using the tickets, such tickets to be
used only on week days. j
"I firmly believe the -increase in rates
is absolutely necessary -if a reasonably
high standard of service is to be mam
tained and a just increase in wages of
employes granted, states Com mission
er Corey in his dissenting opinion. "De
lay in applying a proper remedy may
necessitate a later increase in fares in
excess of the 6-cent fare now suggested
and for a much longer period.
In the opinion of the Commission,
signed by Chairman Miller and Com
missioner Buchtel, after going into the
question of jurisdiction, valuation, sep
aration of departments, revenues and
expenses, watered stock, and war con
ditions, the commission touches ex
tensively upon the question of hours of
labor and Increases in wages.
Order States Situation Is Critical.
Speaking of the general situation of
the company, the order states that it is
evident the situation is critical, and to
meet the situation ataes there are five
remedies: The removal of unjust hur
dens impbsed by the public, increased
efficiency, additional business, reduced
service and higher rates.
As to the removal of unjust burdens
the commission declares that "the fal
lacy of imposing undue public charges
upon utilities as a condition precedent
to their right to engage in public serv
Ice has been repeatedly demonstrated.
We ar cnot unmindful of the diftlcul
ties which would be encountered in an
equitable readjustment of these and
other like conditions, but they should
not be insurmountable." Meeting orig
inal cost of paving and maintaining It,
franchises requiring free transporta
tion of city employes, bridge rentals
and franchise fees, if they exceed the
added cost due to the existence of the
railway system, are some of these pub
lic charges specifically mentioned in
the order.
As to increased efficiency the com
mission mentions the condition which
demands the peak load of service in
mornings and evenings and consequent
ly requires many employes of the com
pany to lie idle during the day. "Any
action which will tend to alleviate
this condition will have a direct bear
ing upon the demands made upon the
equipment of the company and result
in a decided betterment of service at
less expense during rush hours," states
the order.
Changed Worldis Boon Susajestcd.
It also is suggested that the in
dustries of Portland co-operate with
the company and its employes in an
endeavor to arrive at schedules of
working hours which will result "in
spreading the heavy traffic over a
longer period.
The commission also suggests that
there will be an estimated 15 per cent
increase in the business of the 12
months ending June 30, 1918, over tlvs
preceding 12 months, and even sug
gests that the increase may be greater.
The commission gives it as its opinion
that the present service in Portland,
in many respects, is in excess of the
reasonable demands of the traffic.
The Arlington Heights, Kings
Height and Westover- Terrace lines
were constructed under franchises held
by other interests than the applicant
company, and are now owned by those
interests, states the order. If these
lines are to continue to operate under
these agreements with the applicant
companies at an actual out-of-the-pocket
loss, it should be at expense of
the stockholder and not of the patron.
The Beaumont, -Alameda ; and Kast
moreland lines were constructed by un
affiliated interests under city fran
chises held by the applicant company.
"Having once established such serv
ice," says the order, "reasonable trans
portation facilities should be main
' tained." . .
Cars Can Be Withdrawn.
The Commission believes that three
cars from the Sunnyslde and one from
the Mount Tabor line can be withdrawn
without serious detriment to the serv
ice and by slight changes in routing
cars on other lines more savings cau
be accomplished. Sustnyside cars now
route up Eleventh street to 'Hall,
thence on Hall to Thirteenth, thence
down Thirteenth to Montgomery and
via Montgomery back to Eleventh
could be Touted from Morrison up
Thirteenth and return via Eleventh
and two cars engaged in the shuttle
service could be discontinued. Service
is now maintained on branch lines
which could be served with shuttle
cars operating only to main lines and
connecting there with through cars
the order suggests.
Entire Field Not Covered.
The commission states that no at
tempt has been made to cover the en
tire field as to suggestions in changes
in service. "No increase in rates should
be allowed," the order recites, "in order
AUTO MISHAP ENDS I.JFE OF
1ULLSBOKO GIRL.
wj5fl,w.n,Ml(jii . jini
5
Miss Eatella Goodfn.
The funeral of Miss Estella
Goodin, 16-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Goodin, will
be held this afternoon at Hills
boro, where the family of pio
neers has lived for years. Burial
.will be in the Tualatin Plains
Cemetery.
Miss Goodin was fatally injured
Tuesday afternoon, when a train
crashed into a machine In which
she and another young' woman
were riding. Miss Goodin was
unconscious almost up to the
hour of her death.
to enable a utility to maintain or pro
vide a service in excess of the reason
able needs of its patrons."
Referring to higher rates, the order
states in part: "we feel that with the
application of measures of economy
along the lines here suggested, coupled
with hearty co-operation of the people
of Portland-, both individually and col
lectively, through their city govern
ment in the working out of this prob
lem, the company may be able to meet
all reasonable demands of its employes
and its prospective increased expenses
without resorting to further rate ad
justments."
Pindlnara Made.
Summing up, the Commission makes
the following findings of fact:
"First The present revenues derived
by this utility from the operation of its
street railway system are inadequate.
"Second The service now afforded is
in excess of that required to reasonably
meet the demands of the traffic
handled.
"Third That the rates charged and
collected for unlimited ticket books
and school children's limited tickets
are unjust, unreasonable and inade
quate.
"Fourth That Just, reasonable and
adequate rates and practices for the
utility to charge, impose and collect,
in lieu of such unjust, unreasonable
and inadequate rates are: Unlimited
tickets, 5 cents each; limited school
children s tickets, 4 cents each.
ANACONDA BOYS FETED
CAMP L.ETVIS COXTTYGEITr ENTER.
TAIXED AT TACOMA.
State Senator Gnose Gives 101 of Sol.
dicra Banquet And Dance Wltk
Aid of 101 Girls.
TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 5. (Special.)
State Senator J. B. Gnose, of Anaconda,
Mont., was host tonight to 101 of the
boys from his home town who are in
the National Army at Camp Lewis, and
Senator Gnose did the job up brown.
He even went so far as to enlist 101
pretty Tacoma girls to dance with the
boys at a Tacoma hotel.
Senator Gnose arrived in Tacoma last
night and thereupon thought out the
idea of entertaining the Anaconda con
tingent. Colonel P. Whitworth gave
the men leave of absence from the
camp to attend the dinner. The Mon
tana solon had provided automobiles
for the crowd and when they arrived
at the hotel a dinner was awaiting
them that made their eyes bulge. Grape-
juice there was in plenty and cigars
and cigarettes flanked every plate.
After the dinner, in trooped flocks
of entertainers and then came the
dancing. Each of the boys wore a new
uniform. and each stepped right
through the new dances with the pret
tiest of Tacoma girls. After the dance
the Senator took the men back to camp
in. motor cars.
SUIT GOES AGAINST: WIDOW
Dallas Jury. Returns Verdict in
" Favor of Veldon Black.
DALLAS. Or, Oct. 5. (Special.) The
ease of Mrs. Frances J. Hatch vs.
Weldon Black for damages came to an
end Wednesday, when the jury returned
a verdict in favor of Mr. Black. The
oase was the outcome of an automobile
accident, which happened in Dallas last
Fall, when C. S. Hatch, husband of the
plaintiff, was run down and killed by
an automobile driven by Black.
Black has been up before the Circuit
Court, of Polk County three times as
an outcome of the accident.
Laundry Kmploye ' Burned.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Oct. 5. (Spe
cial.) Ed Skilllngs, an employe of the
Cottage Grove Laundry, - is suffering
with two seriously burned arms as the
result of etumbling into a pail of hot
soft soap, the contents of which
splashed over his arms. It is thought
that only the outer skin is burned and
that the Injuries are not dangerous. His
hands were not burned.
Alleged Slacker Held for Burglary.
PROSSER, Wash., Oct. 5. (Special.)
Deputy Sheriff Tucker has returned
from Grants Pass. Or., with Harry M.
Sanford, of Prosser. who was extradit
ed from Oregon upon a warrant charg
ing him with burglary. Sanford was
also .wanted by the local exemption
board as having failed to appear for
physical examination for the National
Army, August 21.
SERVICE IS THEME
Oregon W. C. T. U. Devotes
Programme to War Work.
34TH CONVENTION ENDED
Memorial Services and Completion
of Business Matters Occupy
Attention of Final
y Session.
AifBANT, Or., Oct. 6. (Special.)
Concluding a very successful conven
tion, the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Oregon adjourned at
noon today. The executive committee
held a final session this afternoon and
completedthe" work of the 34th annual
gathering.
Patriotic service was the chief
thought of the convention. It was
made the chief theme of much of the
programme and cropped out through
all of it. The opportunity for service
by women was portrayed time and
again.
Most of" the afternoon service yester
day was devoted entirely to a patriotic
exercise, during which the superintend
ents of departments dealing particu
larly in this line of work reported. The
superintendents reporting during the
exercises were Mrs. Elizabeth Dal
gleish, of Portland, superintendent of
the department of soldiers and sailors
Mrs. Lucia F. Additon, of Portland,
temperance and labor; Mrs. Jennie Sie
farth, of Dallas, flower mission, and
Mrs. Mary E. Palmer, of Portland.
work among, foreign-speaking people.
A practical demonstration of the work
seen as bandages and other supplies
for soldiers and dried food illustrating
conservation accompanied the reports,
Mrs. Addlton's report was of peculiar
interest because she is not only state
chairman, but also National chairman
of this work.
"Food is as necessary to art army as
guns; bread as important as bullets.
Every housewife is expected to enlist
for patriotic -service in the field of
home economics. The production, con
servation and preservation of food
products are branches of service open
to every woman.
This quotation from the report of
the department of temperance and la
bor typifies the thought of the patri
otic exercise and of the whole con
vention. The final session of the convention
this morning was devoted largely to
completion of business matters and a
memorial service in honor of members
who have died the past year. This
service was conducted by Mrs. Jennie
A. Hosmer. of Eugene.
Among the people introduced to the
convention yesterday was Cyrus H.
Walker, of this city, who is the oldest
living white man born west of the
Kocky Mountains. He told the conven
tion that he became a "white ribboner"
S3 years ago and was a prohibitionist
"from the ground up."
LOGGING ROAD IS SOLD
J. IT. Chambers Takes Over Oregon,
Pacific & Eastern Railway.
COTTAGE GROXE, Or., Oct. 5. (Spe
cial.) The deal for the sale of the Ore
gon Pacific & Eastern Railway, which
had been in abeyance for some time,
has been closed and J. H. Chambers, of
this city, now has a controlling interest.
The deal, as first contemplated, was for
the sale of the road to Mr. Chambers
and L. S. Hill, but the burning of the
mill of the Brown Lumber Company, in
which Mr. Hill sustained a heavy loss.
made it necessary for him to give up
his part In the plans.
The railroad Is absolutely necessary
for the conduct of the logging busi
ness of this section, all the mills de
pending upon the road, either for. logs
or for shipping lumber.
EJglit Conspirators Convicted.
ENTD. Okla Oct. 5. Eight men
charged with conspiracy in connection
with the working-class union and
other alleged anti-draft organizations
were convicted and three acquitted in
the Federal court here today.
Dakota. Forest Fire Controlled.
DEAD WOOD, S. D., Oct. 5. The for-
eBt fire which has been burning several
miles north of here is under control to
day.
i Thelma Brand PORK AND BEANS, 2 Cans 15; The Dozen 85
VL tomer. Delivery only ft
SIMON'S WTT.T. fiTV-R 1 POTTTn MOT? V. hWSsSSS'
SIMON'S WILL GIVE 1 POUND MORE
SUGAR THAN LAST SATURDAY! Buy now
Yob re always sure of "the most for the least" at Portland's original
"Salvage Store" the buying center of thousands of thrifty people.
16 POUNDS PURE CANE SUGAR FOR $1.00
With purchases of $1 or more in Dry Goods, Furnishings and Shoes only. Limit one order 16 pounds
to a customer. Sugar special discontinued after 6 P. M. Saturday.
MILKQ h
Standard, 11-oz.. a i
RICE 4 Lbs. 25c
Thrift Food, buy and eat
lots of it.
Sliced Pineapple
19-ounce can, rj
special Ov
CRISCO
the can....
Limit two cans to
mer Saturday.
36c
a custo-
23c
WESSON
SALAD OIL
Limit two cans to a custo
mer Saturday.
Pure Hog Lard
..48c
No. 2 size,
the can ....
'MEN! Take Note That There Is
Soon to Be a Tax on TOBACCO
We earry naat oil rrcoanlaed oraatdo of alt lctaoo
of Tobacco. KoWa a arootl time to lay la a aupptr at
SIMOJi'S Barsain Prices.
FOR MEN AND BOYS h
Saturday Bargains at Simon's
Oae Lot of Meats
DRESS SHIRTS, for
awrly S1J25. to QQ.
fl.75, cfcolee.. 70C
Men's TIES, la arw
and desirable A
effect. 75c Ttca X?C
Mra'a Heavy Rfofecd
Cattaa tTHDER-
W EAR. choice,
the aaiiueat . . .
39c
Mea'a Wklpeord
PARTS, the 1 C C
pair 4100
SIra'a Rexalar SOc
StSPESDERS, og
the pair UUC
Men's HACKINAWS
rcamlar SIO and S12..V)
$7.50, $8.50
Boys MAC KINAWS
ST. $6.50
BEDDING
Simon's Is Head'
quarters for
and you save money by buying here.
COMFORTERS, Specially Priced at
98. $1.25, $1.69, $1.89
BLANKETS, Specially Priced at $1.75
$1.95, $3.25, $3.79 up to $5.00
CAMP BLANKETS, Special at $1.69
apjiiiMpaay
BIG SAVINGS ON DOORS, WINDOWS,
GLASS, ROOFING PAPER, PAINT, ETC.
Horn bnlldcrs aid contractors will fiad It to their
advantage and profit to boy the above materials
from Simon's. Omt-of-town orders ft-iven prompt and
earefal attention. '
You Surely Save
at Simon's
Men's Heavy WORK
pS?'...?: $3.98
Men's Heavy WORK
SHOES, for- d QQ
merly S4.50. tf.7C)
Men's Fine DRESS
SHOES, for- tf0 g C!
nserly .t-6-. wO.DO
One Lot of Boys'
SHOES, formerly to
S3-50, at the d "I QQ
pair 9 X.0
$5.85
l,sdlcs SHOES, array,
mocha, black and
white, formerly to
SM.OO pair
sow . . .
B 1 ar Lot of Ladle.'
SHOES, patent, hid
and a-nnanetal, for
mcrly to as, QQ
now 3-.70
far Cklllrc ns and
Mlase' Shoes Simon's
tl r r 1 a Shoe De
partment will save
yon money.
DRY GOODS for Much LESS
Black
SKIRTS.
59c
Black OC
palr sJC
Ladles'
Sateen
Ladles1
HOSE,
Embroidery INSER
TIONS ap to s r;
Inches wide yd. DC
Rcarnlar 20c yard
V L A .-M I J L I 1 li
for It 1 m o n os.
yard
:.14c
Bungalow APRONS,
well worth 1.
each ......
RIBBONS formerly
to SSe a yard.
:.75c
irmerly
10c
P'lctsher's White
KNITTING YARNS,
.lightly soiled. CA
the skein OCC
Flelaber'a ZEP H Y R S
and SAXON a S
the skeis . .
.19c
1
The OPENING of SIMON'S Big New BARGAIN ANNEX is not .very far off
WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT
SALVAGE STORE
Comer FIRST and ALDER
SIMON'S
HAVE
YOU
TASTED
THE DELICIOUS NEW
tusajaasaaj
atianmmaan
1L
CABINET IS SELECTED
KEREMKT ANNOUNCES COALITION
OP MINISTRY.
Rnsslan Premier . Defies Demand of
Democratic Congress That It
Be Consulted.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 4. (Delayed.)
Premier Kerensky's reply to the de
mand of the Democratic Congress that
no step toward naming a Cabinet be
made without the sanction of the Con
gress was a notification that before the
day expired he would announce the
personnel of a new coalition ministry,
which already has been chosen. This
announcement was made to M. Tesere-
telli. of the main committee of the Con
gress. Late tonight, after a lengthy
session of the present Cabinet and the
others scheduled to occupy portfolio
In the new one, the following unofficial
slate was announced:
Premier, M. Kerensky; Minister of
Foreign Affairs. M. Terestchenko; Min
ister of the Interior. M. Mikiti; Minister
of Agriculture. M. Maloff; Minister of
Labor, M. Skobeleff; Minister of Sup
plies. M. Prokopovltch; Minister of Fi
nance, M. Bernatzky; Minister of Re
ligion, M. Kartasheff; Minister of Pub
lic Welfare, M. Klshkin; Minister of
Trade and Industry. M. Konovsloff;
State Controller. M. Smyrnoff; Minister
of Justice, M. Malyantovltch; Minister
of Education, M. Salaskin; President of
the Ecumenical Council, M. Tretyakoff ;
Minister or War. General verkhovsky;
Minister of Marine, Admiral Verdervski.
The Constitutional Democratic party.
against which the Democratic Congress
has shown opposition, is represented by
Kishkln. Knovaloff and Smarnoff. The
portfolios of foreign affairs, war. ma
rine and interior remain unchanged.
TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
One of Felons Husband of Slain
Woman.
HARTFORD. Conn.. Oct. 6. Joseph
Castelli. 24. and Francesco Vetera, 25.
were hanged today in state's prison for
the murder of Castelll's wire Annie, in
New Haven. April 2S, 1916. Both men
were from New York.
The men were convicted of luring
Mrs. Castelli to New Haven, where the
husband killed her by striking her on
th hesd with an iron bar.
y Physicians and food experts n
J advise men and women over
f forty not
rsicians and food experts
men and women over
to eat meat more
than once a day and never to eat
too much at any time.
Here's a suggestion with exact bearing on health and
present-day food economy. Make a cup of Ghirardellfs
Ground Chocolate the substantial part of your mid-day
meal. It contains a maximum of nourishment one
cent's worth makes a cup at minimum cost
Qhirarclellfs
CroundCJtocolate
Comes in J-lb., I -lb.
and 3-lb. cans..
D. GHIRARD ELL1 COMPANY
Sine 1852 . ' ' Saa Frandaco
Made Clean
Delivered Clean
YOU can always depend on
Butter - Nut Bread being
fresh when it reaches your
table. The paraffin wraDDiner
keeps all the goodness in.
Butter-Nut
Bread
Is the cheapest and best food
we have today eat B utter
Nut toast in the mornings
Lunch on Butter-Nut and give
them all a lot for dinner.
Demand Butter-Nut from
your grocer, if you want
the best bread Made
clean and delivered clean.
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