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TIIE 3I0RXIXG OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918. T RUST LAVBROKEN UEN DECLARE through Jesse Stearns. Its secretary and counsel of Portland. In a letter to the Public Serrlce Commission today agrees to carry out the recent order of the commission requiring the company to establish a maintenance and deprecia tion fund and also requiring; It to submit a plan to cover the distribu tion of water by the company. One suggestion Is offered by Mr. Stearns as a poxslbla amendment to the order and that Is that the cost of measuring devices, which the order re quires be placed at the land of each settler to measure water, be charged and collected by the company as part of the maintenance fees against such land. The question of the Commission's jurisdiction In the matter of the Cen tral Oregon Irrigation Company has been subject of considerable discus sion here since the commission handed down Its order, but the action of the company In voluntarily accepting the provisions of the order, with the one exception, which It claims Is In viola tion of Its contract, will apparently set Charge lade by Distributor That at rest for a time at least. Aiiorney-oenerai crown iniorrxivu Violation of Sherman Act by Oregon Dairymen's League Alleged and Denied. MR. REAMES TO INQUIRE WAR VETERANS HERE TO GIVE MESSAGE Canadian Officers Who Fought in Battle of Ypres Bear " Wounds of Service. BATTLE SCENES GESCRIBED it. il They Were Told They Most Fay 3 Ccntv 100 rounds and Not Bay Outside League. Charges that the Oregon Dairymen's league oaj been guilty of a violation er the Sherman anti-trust law were fl-d with I'nited States Attorney Itesmrs yesterday by a committee of mtlk distributors. Officers of the league will go before the federal proaecutor today to refute the charges. They em phatically deny that the operations of the league have In any way trans- I t gressed the restrictions of the antl- I J j trut statu! It ts alleged by the milk distributors, who have been obtaining their milk uppty throusrh the league, an organisa tion of milk-producing farmers, that the dairymen, through th.y officer, have served notice that hereafter the distrib utors would brequlred to pay the league & cents per 104 pounds for all milk delivered to them snd that If they undertook to purchase their mlik sup ply from non-members of the league members of the organization would refuse longer to supply them. Daryssasi Olve Mde. If the thargea that have been pre ferred against the I'airymen's League are true." said Mr. Reames last nlnhu th-a the organisation and Its members fce violated the Sherman anti-trust law. tnre some of the members of the Jcasue rextde In the state of Washing ton ar.d send their milk to this city for sale and distribution, the transaction becomes Interstate commerce and with in the provisions of the anti-trust stat ute. The officers of the dairymen's or ganisation have been asked to appear tomorrow and present their aide of the cor IroTersjr." K. il. Kiger. manager of the Oregon Patrymen'a League, last night emphat ically denied that tha organisation in Its operatlona h transgression o Under Its mo.ot strict Interpretation. "I do not know who has made the, complaints." said Mr. Klger. "but as near as 1 can find out tbey come from some distributors who are nothing more nor less than parasites whose business It has been to rob the pro ducer and the consumer alike. Charge Are Mlalsajaeel. " "Our organization la simply endeav oring to meet an emergency and cor rect some of the conditions that threat en the industry. We are only asking the city dealers to pay the price that was recommended by the emergency milk commission appointed by the Mayor. -1 do not believe that the charges have been made by any repu table distributor. "Our organisation acts as a selling agency for the product of our mem bers only. The charge that we are de manding from the distributors a com mission of i cents on etery 104 pounds ef milk furnished them Is absolutely false. Fqoally unfounded Is the accu sation that we have undertaken In any I Chairman Miller, of the Commission. V ; -- - 'o' e - : r .4 - .. JA. . e i . -a - - - v e Photo by Gibson. Ltd. Majer F. B. Edwards. Here ef the ! la la Pert la ad the letting C sssdlss U fleera aad ti Will Speak at the Aadltsrlaas Teeaamw. this afternoon that he believes . tha order ran stand as It Is without being In conflict with the provision In the contract with settlers, as cited by Mr. Stearns. mmm runaway tot popular EAR 1.1 K TKDDKRLV. At.F.D PKTTED BT POLICEMEX. 4. IS Mlaa Leaere Bamlll. Auat. aad Little Girl will Be Takes Bark te Seattle Today. Four-year-old Earline Tedderly ar rived In Portland from Seattle early yesterday morning, and Immediately be came, the censer of attraction in the circles where she waa Introduced. The little girl Is at police headquar ters, whither she and her aunt. Miss Lenore Box I II. both runaways from Seattle, Wash., were escorted by De tectives Pat Moloney and LaSalle. She appears to believe, with Julius Caesar and a few others, that the ruling place. war to Intimidate the distributors from sven In a police station. Is by no means obtaining their saor.lv from anv other I to be despised. source Both of these chargea are I And Tedderly wss queen ? the positively false aad are made ma-1 station yesterday. Every few minutes licioualy. I a burly policeman would bring her Itoriert Ireland, president of the I downstairs to receive the homage of Portland-Damascus Milk Company, one I the blue-coated 'men. She sat for her ef the largest milk distributing con- photograph In the office of Bertlllon eerns In the city, said last night that Kxpert Hunter., All the women em be had heard nothing of the charges ployes were her devoted slaves. Bled with the I nlted States Attorney. I Miss Boxlll ran away from Seattle "I am sitlsned they do not come from I u,t Thursday. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boxlll. Hi Atantlc street. reputable d strbutors." be added. The Oregon Dairymen's League was ergantxed last August, when, owing to the hitth cost of feed and scarcity of labor, msny dairies were being aban doned and Portland was threatened with a milk famine. Ita primary pur pose waa to save the Industry and at the same time Insure for Its members a fair price for their milk. telegraphed Portland asking that she snd her smsll niece be detained. 8. Boxlll. brother if the older runaway. arrived In Portland laat night to take the pair back, and they probably will start thla morning. SOLDIER'S WORD BEST HJUIY TO BE GENERALS OMIVTIOS MADE, Lea Uat ef Celeaele Selectee- by Pres ident W Uaea te Held Risk f Brlsadler. Camp Lewis Military Court Frees I regi LAR A.D XATIOSAL ARMY Private James Stetnbavcher. TACOMA. Wsih.. Jan. 4. (Special.) Should a seldler'a word be taken la preference to that ef his wlfeT Such waa the question put up to members of a courtmartlal at Camp Lewis. They decided In favor of tha soldier. Private Ja.-nea Stelnbacher. Battery E. Itsth Field Artillery, and formerly of Sacra mento. Cat He waa declared not gul.ty of having cocaine In his pos session. .Mrs. stelnbacher told the court that her buaband had cocaine se creted on bis person at the time of nta arrest. Although some credence was given to fcer story the court took tbe position that a soldiers testimony should be given first consideration. Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Macmillan, Major F. B. Edwards and Cap tain E. J. Cook to Speak at Auditorium This Afternoon. Three friends on a holiday arrived In Portland Ute last night. They laughed as they motored to the Imperial Hotel, and they Jested like Doya wnue they washed off the grime of travel. But any of the trio could have told you how the battle of Tprea waa fought for thev were there. Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Macmillan. Major F. B. Edwards and Captain E. J. (look, officers of the Canadian overseaa contingent, are In Portland to bring message from the field of war. the di rect testimony of men who have Deen through the ordeal of battle and who bear wounds of service. They were met last night at the Union Depot by Bruce Dennis, of the State Council or De fense, by officers of the British recruit ing station, and by other ecornmlttee- men. Will Speak at AedHorluao. Today tHey . will rest and become acquainted with Portland. To Lieutenant-Colonel Macmillan It Is a great deal like getting home again, for Portland and Astoria were bla addresses.in 1893, when he was engaged In the salmon packing industry at the mouth of the Columbia. Tomorrow, in the Audito rium, at 3 o'clock, they will address a patriotic mass meeting. Here are the records of the three Canadian afficers, records that are guaranty of the vital interest of the story they will tell to the people of Portland: Lieutenant-Colonel Macmillan served Ith the Seventh Battalion. First Brit ish Columbia Regiment, enlisting on August . 1914. the date of tbe declara tion of war. He went overseaa with the first Canadian division. Among the great engagements In which he participated are Neuve Chapelle, the second battle of Ypres, Festubert. tilvenchy. the operations before Mes- tlnes and the Somme. Major Edwards Wounded. He was recalled to England as assist ant director of transport, and promoted to Major, later receiving appointments as assistant director or supply and transport, overseas Canadians, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel- - He is now on furlough. Major Edwards was a Lieutenant In the Canadian militia regiment. 30th British Columbia Horse, at the out- tober, 1916, and received epecial men tion In dispatches by Sir Douglas Hats. Captain E. J. Gook. the huge. Irre pressible boy of the party, entered serv ice with the western Canadian Cav il rv. enlisting in August. 1914. 1 Tpres, the Somme and Festubert are but three of the many engagements through which he passed. At Festubert, in an assault on Ger man third-line trenches. Captain Gook stopped two soft-nosed machine gun bullets, which entered his right side and traversed the- stomach. Contrary to all the predictions, he recovered. It was also his fortune to be "gassed" at the second battle of Ypres. The full complement of his wounds Includes one In the left elbow. Following recovery from his wounds Captain Gook served as an instructor In military training schools in France and England. He was also Provost-Mar shal In London for some months, and air raids are by no means novelties to him. The Canadian officers will remain in Portland for several days. Later In the week they will address meetings in various cities of Oregon, the first an nouncement being made for Wednesday afternoon and evening, at Salem. All meetings are held under the auspices of tbe State Council of Defense. BOW LIHtTEXANT-COLOXEL M ACM ILL AX LOST HIS HAT. Adventure hounds the trail of Lieutenant-Colonel Macmillan, In America as It did at "Wipers." He can't get away from It. and It cost him a f IS hat yesterday. As the train that bore the Can adian officers to Portland was creeping through tbe high water at Roy, not far from Seattle, pas sengers and crew saw a venture some boy -clinging to a capsized canoe, far out in the currertt. The train was stopped. , Colonel Macmillan, so his fel low officers say, vaulted the wire fence much as he used to take trench entanglements, and plunged Into the stream half wading, half-swimming. "He yanked that boy out by the seat of his trousers." laughed .Captain Gook. "and then we hur ried along. But he left his new hat in the blasted flood." TRAINS CRASH; SIX KILLED One Man Is Missing and SO O fliers Are Knowa to Be Injured. WASHINGTON', Jan. 4. Brigadier General Peyton C March. Major General In the National Army, was today nominated by President Wilson a Major-General In the regular Army. Brigadier-General Edwin B. Babbitt, ordnance department, was nominated to be a Brigadier-General In tbe reg ular Army. The following were nominated to be Major-Generals In the National Army Brigadier-Generals William C Lang- fltt. John E. McMahon and William C Haan. The following Colonels were noml nated to be Brigadier-Generals In tbe National Army: John B. McDonald. Edward A. Mlllen, Derosey C. Cabell. Thomaa H. Rees. George W. CatchelL P. D. Lochrldge, Samuel F. McClure. Peter C Harris. Munroe McFsrland. William R. Sam pie. Ell A. Helmlck. John S. Winn. MONTREAL. Jan. 4 Sis soldiers are ..j a. ,., .... ' ... ,,. I Robert L. Howie, Clement A. F. Flaring-, and 3 J other persons were Injured . r, ,,,.. tvuh. ir in a rear-end collision on the Canadian pacific Railway near Dorval Station to night. A local train bound from Montreal to Points Fortune, said to have been trav eling at a high rate of speed, crashed Into a train carrying 250 soldiers. Just as toe latter was turning Into a switch. The military train was bound for Vancouver. ler. Charles D. Rhodes, William IL Harts. Charles Crawford. William R Graves. Frank D. Webster. Joseph D. Leltch. Robert Alexander. William C. Davis. Francis C Marshall. Edgar Jad win. James A. Ryan. Fred W. Sladen. Harry H. BandholU, Peter Murray, Paul 'A. Wolf, Tleman K. Horn. Palmer E. Pierce and William Chamberlains. AID OF PRESIDENT INVOKED SECRETARY McADOO BUSY Attempt Made to Keep Alien Mayor Elect Out of Office. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 Senators 'Watson and New. of Indiana, asked President Wilson today to take steps to prevent Fred C. Miller, born of Ger man parents and without final natural la:ion paper, from becoming Mayor of Mii hlxraa City. Ind. next Monday. They urged that regulations govern ing enemy aliens be changed so as to prevent thera from holding public office. WATER DISPUTE IS ENDED Irrigation Company Accept Com mission's Order. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 4 (Special. The Caatrai Oregon lxnUoa Coras amy. Talk With Senator McXary Over Kail road Situation Dae Soon. OREOONTAJf NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Jan. 4. Secretary McAdoo. be- I cause of a conference with the Inter state Commerce Commission today, was unable to discuss the railroad and transportation situation in Oregon and the Northwest with Senator McNary, out may do so tomorrow. Senator Chamberlain today Intro duced a bill relieving homesteaders en gaged In Red Cross work from the necessity of residing on their lands while working with organised Red Cross units. C. II. Hamilton Dies In Colorado. Word was received vesterdav Af tfca death of C. H. Hamilton, a former resi dent of Portland. Mr. Hamilton's death occurred on December 27 at Lima. Cni at the home of bis daughter, Mrs. Frank CoxlaUa. ' i break of war. When the regiment ar rived In Flanders It went into the renrhes in the Ploegsteert sector, then the DU-kebusch sector, followed by service at Hill 63. When the regiment was reorganized to an Infantry battalion. It was trans ferred to the Tpres salient. Major Ed wards, then a Captain, was wounded for the first time during the Sanctuary " ood action, being shot In the hip. Upon his return to his regiment it was I moved to the Somme. At Keglna trench. the gallant officer, was wbunded for the last time and permanently retired from active service. The price he paid was the lose of both arms, torn off by high explosives. He has now been returned to Canada for duty at Resthaven Military. Con valescent Hospital. He was recom mended for the military cross In Oc- SAMSON . THE STAR SALESMAN can take the place of three men who have gone to war PROVIDED you get him a Ford. Special roadsters for town or. country work at the Annual Show Jan. 6 to 12 Also Deliveries Pacific KisselKar Branch Broadway and Davis 2 'BENZINE" BOARD AT WORK Culling Out of Undesirable Officers at Camp Lewis In Progress. CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma..Jan. 4. The "benslne" board Is at work at Camp Lewis culling out tbe undesirable off! cers, shifting the round pegs from square holes to places they will fit. and generally raising to a high mental. moral and physical standard the newly commissioned officers. It is likely sev eral officers will be dropped in the near future by honorable discharge, because they are not suited to military life. The "benzine' board consists of from three to five officers designated by the divisional commander. The term ben sine board originated in 1901. when officers In the National Guard were ex amined for entry Into the regular Army and were said to have been benslned. TACOMA SALARIES SOAR City Employes " Aro Granted In creases Averaging $5 a Month. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 4. (Special.) Further Increases In the salaries of city employes were allowed by the Council today. The ordinance continues Increases granted city employes last June and provides for Increases where not previously provided. Some Increases were made to bring the wages of skilled employes up to union scale. Mayor A. W. Fawcett cast the only vote against the ordinance. He de clared it was Inequitable and granted Increases to some chiefs without pro portionate increases to "the little fel lows." The Increases average from 5 to 110 per month. 3 Good Clothes for Live Boys Norfolk Suits $6.50 Overcoats I shall show on Saturday several lines of smartly tailored Norfolk Suits for boys. There are many pat terns in tweed, cheviot and novelty weaves. Each suit is full-lined and has an extra pair of knickerbockers. They are good midwinter school suits at a modest price. , $6.50 Norfolk Suits $5 to $20 The United States Government needs your money now. It will help win the war. Show your colors. Let's give our money and our time now to our country. Buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates. TDenS eilirt eilMorrison Street at Fourth 5 Here are boys' nobby Overcoats in a large vari ety of fabrics and models $6.50 to $15. Overcoats for children priced at $5 to $15. Boys' Mackinaw s for Wintry days $5 to $8.50. Sweaters are here in all sizes for children, boys, and girls. Priced $1.25 up to $6.50. . Boys' new Hats and Caps, 50c to $3. Boys' Underwear in sizes 4 to 18 years. Prjced 75c to $3. Boys' Raincoats and Capes in ages 4 to 18 years, $3 to $10. Boys' Shop, Second Floor Elevator . Convenient I Less Tall Mo Gums Our Army's Need THE . LITERARY .DIGEST for January 5th conjrnences the year 1918 (the twenty eighth year of its existence) overflowing with vital news-articles of immediate- interest In fact; there are several topics so important that in enumerating them it is difficult to Say which should come first.- WHY WE WENT 'TO WAR WITHOUT GUNS covers from every angle Con gressionainvestigation of The War Department. It presents the criticisms leveled at the Administration and also the evidence adduced in its favor, with comments from the press of the United States. , UNCLE SAM TAKES OVER THE RAILROADS is this the first step toward Government ownership? Will the situation continue after the war? To get, an answer to such questions THE DIGEST telegraphed to leading editors throughout the country asking for.an expression of opinion upon this latest and most radical war-measure, and this article gives illuminating replies from them. CENTRAL POWERS ANXIOUS TO QUIT deals with a subject of vital human interest, being a resume of 'public opinion upon Germany's latest peace proposal. : THE TRUTH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SUGAR.. BARREL concludes te story in . Jast -week's DIGEST of the .investigation of Mr. Hoover and the Food Administration - , . Other interesfin.g and instructive topics in this number of THE x DIGEST (dated" January 5th) are: - Short-Lived. Victory aX Cambrai Prussian "Democratic" Franchise To Win the Wax with American Coal The.Ftiel yalue of Wood Keeping the Workers Well Saving Wheat by Saving Meat New York School House-Cleaning A Catholic Admonishes Catholics News of Finance and Industry A Striking Collect How Quebec Takes Her Defeat Saving Food and Winning the War (Prepared by the U. S. Food Administration) The Slow Agony of Reims The Cradle More Fatal Than the Trench Art and" the Life of To-day Rifling the Tomb of the Savior Defending the Red Cross ion of Illustrations THE DIGEST the Bus$ ManVBible, the Doubting' ManV Dictionary Those of us who are busy, and which of us is not in these superstrenuous limes, frequently sigh' over the arid wilderness of irrelevant information through which we h:ive to struggle in our daily papers in order to obtain those .dialmonds in a dust heap the items of viral news for which we are seek ing. THE LITERARY DlGESP'saves you all this trouble. It derives its resume of the news not merely from a single paper? which would be to retain the latter's, vrew-point. but from a weekly gleaning of all the worth-while publications of the world, recording the resul without comment or partiality, adhering to no view-point but reporting all. 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