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9 PHONE QUESTION TO BE TAKEN TO I Attorney-General Will File Suit for Injunction. FOUR DAYS STARTING TODAY HIGHER RATES PROTESTED Action to Be Taken to Prevent Com pany Collecting Charges Held Unjust and Unlawful. THE GRAND OPENING The epidemic is over the FLU is gone won the LIBERTY is open. -the war is THE . MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1918. GOU SALEM, Or., Nor. 13. (Special.) In junction against the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph Company will be sought by Attorney-General Brown In the Circuit Court ot Multnomah County, to prevent ita collecting the higher rates recently announced as effective today, according to a statement Issued by Mr. Brown to day. The three Public Service Commis sioners have asked the Attorney-General to take such steps as he deems proper to prevent the company from imposing a greater local exchange service than that provided for in the old schedule. The commission holds that the com pany. In filing its proposed schedule, has not taken the legal procedure nec essary to make such rates effective. The Attorney-General said: The commission has been proceeding upon the supposition that It is unlaw ful tor any public utility within this state to demand, collect or receive a greater compensation for any service than the charge fixed by the lowest schedule of rates for the same service on the first day of January, 1911, un less a change in rates is ordered by (he commission, as provided in section 77 of the public utilities law. "It is my purpose to treat the pro visions of section 77 of the public utili ties law as meaning what they say, and this office will respond to the re quest contained in the letter of the Public Service Commission by filing a suit In the Circuit Court of Multnomah County, in which we will undertake to enjoin the company from -collecting rates that we believe to be unlawful." RATE TXCIIEASE IS RESISTED Company Finds Enforcement of ?few Schedule Difficult. The attempt to enforce new and In creased telephone rates yesterday brought difficulties. The Pacific Tele phone A Telegraph Company attempted to enforce the new schedule and patrons were instructed by city officials to re fuse to pay the extra assessment asked. Deputy Attorney Tomlinson, who Is handling the legal proceedings against the company, received several com plaints from patrons of the company. No answer to the charges made in the city's injunction suit was filed yester day by the company. Eight days re main in which the company may answer the allegations. A hearing will then be held before Judge Tucker. Cmaays Side Is Givea. W. J. Phillips, division commercial superintendent of the company in Port land, in presenting the company's side of the controversy last night, issued the following statement: The Postmaster-General has directed the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company to place in effect beginning November 15 the new rates filed with the Public Service Commission on No vember 4- No attempt has been made by the company to impose a schedule of rates upon the public without proper authority. -The schedule of rates filed with the Public Service Commission on Novem ber 4 was first submitted to and con sidered and approved by the Postmas ter-General before being filed as i temporary schedule pending the stand ardization of telephone rates through out the country. "The necessity for Increased rates was made apparent at the investiga tion held by the Public Service Com mission on November 6 as to the rea son for the unsatisfactory telephone service furnished in this city. The city of Portland was represented at this bearing. The new rates then on file with the commission were ex plained and it was understood that they would become effective on Novem ber 15. Increase field Nfenurr It was also made clear that the Increase in rates was necessary in order to provide revenue to meet In creases in the wages of the operators and other employes. The earnings of the system were shown, and it was made clear that no further increases in wages could be made without oper ating at a deficit, which would fall on the Postofftce Department, as the sys tem is now being operated by it. "It was further shown that rate In- cheases are not limited to Portland, but that they are general throughout Oregon and Washington and that cor responding Increases in revenue are be ing brought about in California. These increases will provide means for in creases in wages which we believe will bring the service back to its former standards. "None of the increased revenue will go to the company. It has no financial interest in the operations of the sys tern, as it is otherwise compensated for the use of its property by an agree ment with the Postmaster-General. All ot the revenue goes to the Govern ment and all of the expenses must be met by it. The company's only Inter est so long as the Government operates through its agency is to give the best service possible and to keep the ays tern self-sustaining. All XeeeMltlee Iaerease, "If the public will stop to think bow the cost of the dally necessities of life has Increased during the last few years, which cost falls on the employes of the system as they do on all others, and If they will realize that during thla time no increases in telephone rates nave been made, we think they will appreciate the reasonableness of an Increase in telephone rates "at this time In order that the telephone em ployes may receive further increases in wages to meet the present cost of living." Following their suit against the com pany, city officials yesterday sent a telegram to Postmaster-General Burle son In protest against the action of the company. "The company has proclaimed the in crease without authority from the Pub lic Service Commission and without the orderly procedure prescribed by the laws of the state," said the telegram. "The company bases its act on sanc tion of Government. It will be In vio lation of city contract and state laws. we urge that increases be delayed until authorized by proper legal procedure." Comparison of the old and new rates show from 10 to 100 per cent Increase. Adding of Zi cents charge for desk phones made op part of the increase. as few wall phones are beirrg installed. The comparison that follows shows the desk rates: Bu.ineMi Residence OM Vew. CMd. - New. One-part ....... .s.oo .:.o S3.00 $4.0 Twe-prtr ........ 3.00 7.-i S.2S 3.23 Four-party ....... . . ..... 2 L'3 2-7". Suburban 00 3 i 2.M 3 ?5 K-rtenaton Business, eld. SI: new. si. Kesidrare, tHi. ; saw. Uc, Hie, tic tt. j ' Headquarters for Boys' Clothes Look to the boys' health and comfort these rainy days. Clothe them in these good, de pendable Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws. You will find here the largest stock, the greatest variety, the best patterns, the most thorough workmanship. I devote nearly an entire floor to boys' appareL You are assured of being suited here, for this is, indeed, Portland headquarters for boys' clothes. Boys' Two-Knicker Suits, 6 to 18 Years $6.50, $8.30, $10, $12.50, $15, $16.50, $18, $20, $22.50, $25 Boys' and Childrens Overcoats, $6.50 to $30 Boys' Fine Winter Mackinaws, $6.50 to $18 Everything a Boy Can Wear, Save Shoes Boys Shop, Second Floor elliru rju.ilfNM.WiiM-gr IDenS OJaSMorr ison Street at Fourth My Store Will Remain Open Saturday Until 8 P. M. RESTRICTION IS ' LESS EXPORTS OP SOME LINES TO LATIX AMERICA TO RESUME. Kinorsency Power Bill Enactment Is BtJieved Unlikely in View or Approaching Peace. WASHI.VGTON. Nov. 15. Relaxation of restrictions on export of manufac tures containing gold, announced today bv the War Industries Board, would nermit shiDments to Cuba, West In dies. Mexico and South and Central America of articles such as Jewelry and ontical eoods containing gold valued at not more than 45 per cent of the whole value of the articles and averag ing not more than one-third the whole value during a three months period. This arrangement, by opening the export channels for jewelry, is expect ed to have some erred on mgn foreign exchange rates with South and Central American nations. It is probable that no further effort will be made to enact the Administra lion emergency power bill to provide electric current for war industries. Chairman Fletcher, of the Senate com merce committee, announced today that he was not inclined to press the meas ure. As .passed by the House, an appropri ation of S150.000.000 was authorized. but the Senate committee reduced this amount to $50,000,000. Discontinuance of press censorship in connection with cable, postal and land telegraph lines, effective at once. was announced today by. the Govern ment Censorship Board. With single ex ception of the wireless, the announce ment issued today releases from mili tary censorship all means of communi cation in the United States. A resolution proposing to revoke the President's authority to establish pri orities in transportation and to remove restrictions on producers in marketing the commodities was introduced today by Senator Cummins, of Iowa. The price-fixing committee or tne War Industries Board has recommended to President Wilson that the present cotton fabric prices be continued until January 1. and that after that date no further action regarding such prices be taken by the committee. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15. The of fice of Federal fuel oil director of the Pacific Coast, now held by Professor D. M. Folsom. of Stanford University, is to be discontinued December 1, Professor Folsom announced here today. All orders imposed on the fuel oil in dustry as a result of the war have been rescinded, with the exception of that licensing fuel oil users. DEATH STORY IS TOLD LIEUTENANT TOOZE WRITES OF ' HIS BROTHER'S FALL. Into every part of the line. I saw Leslie several times In the morning and cautioned him repeatedly about taking cover whenever practicable. He was positively regardless of personal danger; he didn't know what fear meant. He seemed to be solicitous about my welfare only, because he always had said he thought I would get reckless in action. Why. I saw him looking over the edge of a shell hole toward a place where he suspected machine guns, in full view of the enemy and under constant fire, as if the bullets were peas. The last time I saw him was at 2 P. M. in the after noon at a farm. His advance had been halted by rome snipers in the woods. I was ordered to take four men and mop them up. Before leaving I cau tioned Leslie again. 'I'm all right Lem, you watch out for yourself. You should have seen th first and second platoons clean ou this farm,' and he laughed enthusiast! cally. When I returned from my mis sion after the snipers, he had gone forward. "Within two hours his platoon had advanced a half a mile under a storm of bullets and shrapnel, through woods alive with machine guns, to a ridge 100 yards beyond the woods, where late in the afternoon a sniper singled him out as. .he leader (for he was always at the head of his platoon i the thickest of the fight), and sent a bullet through the base of his brain He died instantly. The platoon got no farther and had to retreat to th edge of the woods where we dug in. "Volunteers from his company crossed that bullet-swept ridge and recovered his body. Those men of his were gal lant fellows and would have gone any where with Les, because he had thei full confidence. We laid him to rest the next day at . "It was a painful and solemn duty to nave to supervise the funeral ar rangements, but It was comforting to know that he was laid to rest with degree of decency. The men In his platoon cried like children, men who had been In the face of death a hundred times. "I plan on removing the body to the states after the war. The grave is plainly marked. He rests between , and of our regiment. I feel am licensed to tell you what his men told me, that his death was marked by conspicuous aallantrv.' and wan Hn. to his 'strict obedience' to hold that ridge at all costs. CROP OUTLOOK IS GOOD EASTERN WASHINGTON FARM ERS ARE ENCOURAGED. U UljULia. inside of the Northwest's greatest playhouse, an institn TODAY t;on where the air is ever changing, where every care is umeu ivr vuur cunveiuence ana your comioru And the pictured entertainment of the future will be better than ever before, the greatest stars of the screen and the largest possible productions have been procured for you. While the music our great Wurlitzer organ, and Mnr taugh, Master musician are without equal anywhere. Railroad Force Crippled. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Nov. 15. (Sne clal.) While the epidemic situation generally is much Improved, the local force of the O.-W. R. & N. Company is hampered as a result of four mem bers being ill with influenza. M. F. Mendenhall, Samuel Atkinson and L. K. Look, of the freight office, are ill. Cal vin Evinger, of the passenger station, is a victim ot tne "tiu. Lieutenant Leslie Tooxe Laid to Rest Near Spot Where He Was Killed. ... UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Nov. 15. (Special.) A letter from Lieutenant Lamar Toose to the Beta Theta Pi chapter here gives the de tails of the death of his brother. Lieu tenant Leslie O. Tooze. who was killed in France by a German sniper on Sep tember :s. It tells also of narrow escapes of Lieutenant Lamar Tooze while In action. Leslie Tooze. a graduate of the class of 1916. was one of the most popular students in the university in recent years. He went to France with the 91st Division from Camp Lewis, last Sum mer. , The letter in part follows: "Our regiment was In the big bat tle of . but my battalion was not ordered into the front lines until Sat urday. Leslie had the second platoon of his company and was In the first wave. I was in charge of the snipers and scouts and my work carried me i Astoria Ban Lifted. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 15. (Special.) The flu ban which has been in force here, for several weeks was lifted at 12 o clock tonight by a proclamation is sued by Acting Mayor Johnson. All lines of business and amusements which have been closed since the ban was established will reopen tomorrow morning and the public schools will re sume their sessions next Monday. Roseburg Ban Off Today. ROSEBTTRG, Or., Nov. 15. (Special.) City Health Officer Shoemaker today announced that the influenza ban will be lifted tomorrow). Churches, lodges ana tneaters will reopen and patriotic thanksgiving services will be held in most of the churches Sunday. The pastors announce special programmes and urge the people to attend. Ban to Be Lifted at Fossil. FOSSIL, Or., Nov. 15. (Special.) The quarantine for the Spanish influ enza is to be lifted Monday, November 18. At that time schools will convene after having been closed four weeks. There have been a numlxr of cases of influenza, but no deaths. The War Department recently an nounced that more than 5000 gas masks for horses were being turned out daily by the gas defense service and that they are beln? shipped ot once to ' France for the use of the animals em- . ployed by the American expeditionary I forces. . . . - Spokane Man Makes Survey of Con ditlona and Predicts Excellent Crops for Coming Season. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 15. (Special.) Eastern Washington has a wonder ful outlook for crops for next year,' said Robert A. Hopkins, a Spokane dealer In farm lands, on his return today from a motor trip through the Palouse country. "I covered 225 miles of road through the farming districts yesterday, and I have never seen the Fall wheat looking so good as it does this year. Rye and barley are equally promising. "Farmers are getting a lot of plow ing done, which will be a big lift to ward getting their crops in early next Spring. The open Fall has kept the pastures in splendid condition and the stock looks sleek and fat. No stock feeding has been done except among the workhorses and milch cows, for which the farmers are jubilant. "My. trip took me to Oakesdale. Col fax, Pullman, Moscow, Joel and Corn well, Idaho, so I bad a good look at the farm situation. The highways were fair, but the cross-country roads were at places almost impassable. RESUME OF SHIPBUILDING DUR ING WAR IS PRESENTED. Last Two Tears Recorded Increase, Due to Victory Over Ger man Submarines. THE LIBERTY MANAGEMENT f.- Liberty News Review "Tell it to the Marines," a satire in 2 reels, taken from James Montgomery Flagg's famous poster. Some folks say tHat Cupid shoots arrows of love, but Marguerite Clark claims he uses bolts of lightning, and they come from a clear sky Liberty Community Chorus MURTAGH MASTER MUSICIAN AND OUR $50,000 GIANT. WURLITZER ORGAN LONDON, Nov. 15. (British wireless service.) The Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping, speaking in the House of Commons yesterday. gave a resume of the merchant ship building operations in Great Britain during-the war. In 1913, he said, the record figure of 1,900,000 tons was reached. In 1914, when the war broke out, the output fell to 1.700.000 tons. In 1915 it de creased to 650,000 tons, in 1916 to. about 540,000 tons and in 1917 rose to a little under 1,200,000. During the 12 months ended October 31, 1918, the total out put approximated 1,600,000 tons. Explanation of these figures, he said, rested with the victory over Germany's submarines. Taking the whole from he inception of the convoy system in the Summer of 1917 to November 2, this year, the convoys included about 47,- 000,000 gross tons of merchant shipping and losses were less than 1.1 per cent This great result had not been achieved without Increasing the amount of labor devoted to admiralty construc- tMWhen the war broke out England had about 250,000 men engaged in ship oncrineering and repairs, ac cording to the secretary's figures. The co i.t o. ssi ooo. Of these, how- ever, only 116.000 were engaged In merchant ship work. ,i. Building now had risen to the ma.k of nearly 145,000 tons per month he said, and the net loss of shipping had been reduced to a negligible figure, the loss in September being less than i000 tons. ' ' General II a good Promoted. PARIS, Nov. IB. Announcement is made that General Johnson Hagoed, chief of staff of the American Depart ment of Supply, has been promoted to a command at the front He is car ceeded by Brigadier-General W. t Connor. BRIM full of style The New Hats for Men in the season's colors $4, $5, $6 " v v BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth MEN'S CAPS ' $1.50, $2, $2.50 THOUSANDS NOW USING ANTI-FLU TREATMENT New Solution Discovered by Georgia College Professor Designed to Kill Deadly "Flu" Germ First Used It to Protect Own Family Just a Few Drops Inhaled From Pocket Handkerchief Disinfects Nose and Throat AS announced in yesterday's papers, Wilson's Solution, the new preventive treatment for Spanish Influenza which has been used in checking the epidemic in .the South, is now on sale in Portland, and will be given as rapid distribution as possible throughout the United States. The solution, or "Anti-Flu," as it is more commonly called, was com pounded by Professor Robert C. W ilson, for eleven years neaa or me nepari ment of pharmacy of a leading South ern university, for the protection of himself and family against the malady. The Immunity of the Wilson family and their circle of friends, which fol lowed the use of the solution, made it famous overnig-ht. On account of his university connection and his high standing as an educator, the people of his home city began clamoring for it just as soon as it became known that he had perfected the formula. Leading physicians, specialists and bacteriolo gists give the preparation their un qualified indorsement and are recom mending It to their patients. Although far more powerful than many other disinfectants now common ly used, it is non-poisonous, and the odor, although very pungent, is not unpleasant. A few drops of the solu tion inhaled from a pocket handker chief at frequent intervals will disin fect the nose and throat. Professor Wilson strongly recommends spraying the nose and throat night and morning with the solurinn In a rifliiteri fnrm according to directions accompanying the bottle. It is I'rofessor Wilson's theorv that the Influenza germ in the nose and throat can be killed by the powerful antiseptic vapors of the solution just as efficiently as you can kill germs in a room by fumigation. One of the greatest advantages over other preparations is the fact that It can be conveniently carried on the per son, and is always ready for use when entering crowds or public places. Local druggists are already reportins an enormous demand for the prepara tion and are experiencing considerable difficulty in keeping a supply on hand. A 35-cent vial Is sufficient for a week's treatment Th preparation is sold by all druggists. Wilson's Solution, which Is also known as Anti-Flu, is to be used as a pre ventive treatment only and not as a cure. If you contract Spanish In fluenza call your doctor at once. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co, distributor for this section. Adv. .