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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LVIII NO. 18,113. FRENCH GUNS ROAR WILSON WELCOME Brest Witnesses Thunder ous Demonstration. ' GREAT FLEET REACHES PORT American Chief Now Guest of French Republic. BIG NAVAL REVIEW TO BE HELD IN NEW YORK ATLANTIC FLEET TO PARADE FOR SECRETARY DANIELS. AMERICAN SOLDIER DrcadnaughU, Destroyers, Subma rines, Converted Yachts to Take Tart in Demonstration. EQUAL TO HIS TASK Many Unable to See Fran Line Are Disappointed. TEXAN GETS NEW LIFE VIEW PORT SCENE INSPIRING ONE Elg nattlehips and Destroyers, Ranged in Columns, Witness Notable motoric Event. WASHINGTON. Dec 11. Return to horn waters of the first ships of the In,.-!-... armada sent to Europe to combat German sea power will be n.rk.f h. a a-i-tat naval pageant In New York harbor atout December 21. Secretary Daniels announced today w - ...,1,1 n in tcmmr Tork on the Mayr.ower to review the fleet which Men r-rom Kio urande Found win K il br Admiral Mayo, com Not the Only Fighters. HOSPITAL STORIES TOLD Prefer to Take Chances With German Shells Instead of Machine Gun Fire. BREST. Dec 11. fBy the Associated Presa) President 'Wilson landed In France at J:II o'clock this afternoon amid a demonstration of popular en thusiasm and national sympathy such as rarely. If ever, has been accorded the head of a foreign government visiting France. The President left Brest at' o'clock this afternoon for Paris, where the heart of France will acclaim bira tomorrow as the nation's guest. Tba landing of the President was not only a remarkable spectacle, with a notable naval pageant for Its back ground, but also marked the first entry of an American President Into personal contact with Europe and Its affairs. Warship Fleet Roars Salate. Although the Presidential fleet ar rived at Brest shortly after noon. It was not until after 3 o'clock that President and Mrs. Wilson debarked on a harbor boat and set foot on the soil of France. Vast crowds watched the trip ashore and the fleets of warships roared a Salute as the last stage of the journey waa accomplished. On the harbor boat going ashore the President was seen atanding on the upper deck with Jules J. Jusserand. French Ambassador to the United States, who pointed out the historic walls and monuments of the ancient city. Slar.Sraaaled Banner Beard. As the boat touched tba pier fie French and American guard- of honor presented arms and the atralna of the "Star-Spangled Banner" mingled with the cheers of the great multitude. Mrs. Wilson came up the gangplank with General Perching. She carried a large bouquet, as, as she passed, the American Army nurses handed her an American flag, which she bore proudly. The President was the last to come ashore, amid great applause. He held his syk hat in his hand; he smiled and bowed bis acknowledgments to those about and to the masses on the walla and terracea of the city. Stephen Pichon. French Foreign Minister, and. Georgea Leyguea. Minister of Marine. Joined the President aa he stepped ashore and conducted him to a beauti fully decorated pavilion. Striking Pletara Pretested. Here the first formal welcome were given President Wilson aa the guest of the French nation. It was a striking picture aa he stood there, surrounded by Old World statesmen, officials and v' . ,, " . Police, Firemen and Other City Em- ...,Mn. .Irk a jmlt, and a K.m.t 1 handshake, only speaking a few words I ployes Return to Work. as aome well-known rrlend welcomed I tinvTREAL r.- IS. The atrlka of policemen, firemen and other city em ployes was settled tonight and the men ward, president n nion listened alien- j returned to work, lively to aa addresa of welcome and . -The strikers agi received with a bow a large parchment mander-tn-Chlef of the Atlantic fleet. on his flagship, the Pennsylvania. Tn th- hma-comlnr fleet will be nine dreadnoughts, 10 destroyers and mora than 40 converted yachts, mine planters, submarines and other craft. The destroyer force, part of which al ready la on the way to New York. In cludes many of the vessels first sent to the war sons and some of them carry I Yankees on their funnela the stars awarded for destruction of German submarines. Owing to the character of some of the craft ordered home, no definite date can be set for their arrival and it is possible that some of the smaller ships will not get back In tima lor I SIXTEENTH LETTER. the review, which will give New York-I BT EDGAR B. PIPER. ers an opportunity to see the fighting I PARIS, France, Nov. 20. (Editorial ships that helped materially to defeat I Correspondence.) A million American the German menace. I soldiers In France, more or less, heard Instructions to Admiral Mayo called I not a shot fired by the Germans, and for the return of all naval craft that I will come home disappointed,-not. of can be spared. Some portions of the course, that the war Is over, but that American forces, however, must remain they had no actual experience in the on the other side temporarily to com- I front line. plete the work of carrying out naval It Is natural and laudable enough; conditions of the armistice. hut they need have no regrets. No soldier who was In the Argonne or c lriki.i . i i rum nvrn T !--T PTrtfl I"'" '""" r nnywnero in tlVlrLUItO IU UCI OIUlyfN close contact with the Boche has any Illusions about the dash and glory of Packers to Share in Profits and Also I war, or Is In any way displeased that , I he Is to have no more of it. He want- Give 10 Per Cent Bonus. I, to fight JnJeed ttrf CHICAGO, Dec 11. Thomas E. WI1- was fighting to do; but no longer. son. president of vv ilson Company, I it Is remarkable how universal Is packers, today said that a proflt-shar-I the testimony that the American sol ing plan whereby all employes of com- I aier always was equal to his tasks, and pany may own stock In the company, j more. He never weakened, and he was would be announced soon. This does I ever ready to go. not affect the cash bonus system, the Texaa Gets New View of Lite. T have got over any possible notion." said a Texas Captain, in an Ameri can hospital at Paris, with a machine gun bullet in his elbow, "that the best fighters in all creation come from the region of the Rio Grande. I know now that all Americans are alike the fullest extent in both voting as well as earnings." said Mr. Wilson's state ment. employes to receive the usual Christ- maa gift of 10 per cent of their last six months' salary. It is expected that by January 1, or very soon thereafter, a plan whereby employes will participate in the profits of the company through the ownership a . 1. -, V. Mnna.imm.ta S.A that , . . Ki. nien from Texas, from New York, from employes can purchase at a favorable! , ' , " price and on favorable terms, a portion ' """"- of the present IV.00ABQ0 l.ueof com-4 f"ra America- When the m.;-.loek whfcTiirt--Ipate. to t nil Cf.m" t0 &Ver ... top rami TV. . . . . . " .. . you yen. -woya, iers- go,' tney go, every man of them. They have a pride, that they are Americans, rather than Tex ans, or MIssourians. or New Yorkers, and they all live up to the American name. It doesn't make any difference. either, whether your soldier was store clerk, or a farmer, or a fire man, or a motorman, or a teamster, of a millionaire. It's just the same, I have seen men who I thought would be afraid to fire a pistol go out to certain death without the flicker of an eyelid. I don't understand it. exactly. Sometimes I think there's something in this talk that the Ameri cans were ordained by God to fight and die for humanity, and that the courage they all had waa given them by a higher power. The Idea of dying doesn t worry you mucn at tht front. UNIFORMS MAY BE KEPT War Department Decides Soldiers Do Not Have to Return Clothes. WASHINGTON. Dec 11. Secretary Baker informed Chairman Dent, of the House military committee, today that the War Department had decided that all discharged soluiers msy perms, nently retain the uniform and over coat they wear when mustered out Mr. Dent prepared a bill embodying the necessary authority. Previously the Department had planned to have the clothing returned to the Government three months after a soldier's discharge. Official Casualty List. WASHINGTON, Dec 13. Casualty reports today contain 438S names; 351 were killed in action. 85 died of wounds, 5 in accidents, 208 of disease, 1254 wounded severely, 1027 degree un determined. 1046 slightly and 412 are missing. Following is the tabulated summary: Death. Reported. Today. Total. Killed in action 24.773 351 Lost at aea S96 .... Died of wound! 9.520 85 Died of disease 13.6HS 208 Died of accident...... 1,800 5 649 3327 413 25.124 396 9.005 13,906 1.955 DELAYS 01 L PEACE CONFERENCE Total deaths S0.S.17 Wounded Cti.tioS Mining and prisoners 14.360 so. ess 69.965 14. (Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) Total casualties 131.335 43S8 135.723 OKEGOX. - K111A In artinn Caufield, Waldo E. (SgL, Oregon City, Or. Branson. I.ewls, Burns. Or. Died of wound Keller, lunula. Mount Angel. Or. Wounded severely Shadley. Matt U. (Corp.). Chiloquln, Or. Cooper. Albert F., Hood River. Or. Isli. Plovd B. (Cant.). Salem. Or. Moore. Clayton C, 308 V Tenth street. Port and. Or. Walt. Raymond O., Aumsville, Or. Ingalls. Robert F.. Pendleton. Or. Kn.nf. James H.. Silverton. Or. Tobin. Thomas J. (Sgt.). 783 Ochoco avenue, Portland, or. W.unded undetermined- Atkinson. Ralph J.. 491 Goldsmith atreet. Portland. Or. Kirahlan, Megr, 393 Washington street. Portland. Or. Wounded slightly Jahmii. tt.nni. Weston. Or. Kraus. Waino. 624 Marshall street. Fort. land Or. Mudge. Orton K., Echo. Or. Strvffler. Arnold. Gaston. Or. Cochran. Loren C (Corp.), 533 East Six teenth street. Portland. Or. Farchi. Vincenio (Sgt.), 631 Fifth street. Portland. Or. 8peake. Krancls.. New Grant Hotel. Port land. Or. Mam. George M., Lorance, Or. WASHINGTON. . Killed la artion Waltersdorf. Miss A., Seattle. Wash, Peterson. G. W., Aberdeen, wash. Brenner. Luis, Seattle, Wash. Bair, Tom C. Woodland, Wash. Woanaed severevy Tork. Frank A.. Doty, Wash. Mix, Fred. Aberdeen. Wash. Hill. Arthur. Everett. Wash. Swearingen, Vernire, Walla Walla, Wash. Carlson, Roy R., Touchet, Wash. Thaanum, Dean C. (I.t.). Seattle, Wash. Woounded undetermined Ogden, Merlin M., Pomeroy, Wash. Pomeroy, John Patrick, Seattle, Wash. Wounded slightly Olson Harry J. Medical Lake. Wash. Rledel, Grover F-, Vader. Wash. Jackson. Emery K.. Seattle, Wash. Jacobson, Ingward B Seattle, Wash. Brink, John. Lynden, Wash. Belles, Ralph J., Geneva. Wash. Hixson, Floyd fe?.. Loom is. Wash. Orr. Joseph R-. Centralis, Wash. Father. Carl, Seattle. Wash. indelis. Roscoe C Tacoma, Wash, Madden, George W., Omsk, Wash. Missing in action- White. Richard W. (Sgt.), Tacoma, Wash. Blanchat, Clifford P. Enumclaw, Wash. IDAHO. Killed In action . Court right, Wilbur, Indiana Valley. Idaho- Died of disease Bock. Carl c, Wallace, Idaho. Wounded severely Croft. George H., Heyburn, Idahe. Hammond, Lyle B.. Troy, Idaho. Osterburg, Alex. R., Troy. Idaho. Robinson. Richard P., Burley. Idaho. Howe, Waldo SL (Corp.). Idaho Falls, Idaho. Wounded undetermined O'lirien, Charles 1., Jerome, Idaho. ' . Wounded slightly -- .(. . r ensen. John O.,- Coeur dA1ene, Idaho. Montgomery Frank D. Twin Falls Idaho. Benson, Ludwig, Bibbs, Idaho, Rebhan. Harrison J., Sublett. Idaho. Abbott, Jesse W., Boise, Idaho. Wolf, Lowell H.. Idaho Falls, Idaho. Wounded slightly Drummond, Frank D., Fairyland, Idahe. Kelly, Heber L., Idaho Falls. Idaho. Chagnon, Paul A., Idaho Falls, Idaho. Clegg, Henry A.. Dubois. Idaho. ALABAMA. Killed In action Essary, Sylas G. (Sgt.), Moundsvllle, Ala. Dllbeck. Andrew, Crossville, Ala. Davis, Hugh O., Newmarket. Ala. " Died of disease Hess, Alvey O., Birmingham, Ala. Pouncy. Alto, Osark, Ala, Miller, Charlie C, Wallace, Ala. McNeely, Wm. T.. Birmingham, Ala. McNelly, Wm. T., Birmingham, Ala. ARIZONA. Died of wounds Gardner, George W.p Phoenix, Aria Died of disease Florex, Guadalupe. Tucson. Ariz. ARKANSAS. Killed In action McFadden, Odus E. (cook). Mesa, Ark. Allies Would Talk First and Meet in April. PLANS NOT CO-ORDINATED GOTHAM BOLSHEVIST FAILS TO MAKE GOOD PREDICTED REIGN OF REDS IS FRUSTRATED. ONUS OF RATE RISE LAID ON BURLESOf. for On Day Lloyd George Reaches Paris, Wilson Goes to Rome. TROOPS EAGER TO RETURN Impatience Xoted for Men to Be Re turned to Civil Life, as Demob ilization Is Postponed. BT JAMES M. TUOHY, fr-nnvrlrht bv the Press Publishing Com pany, the New York World, fumisnea oj Arrangement.) PARIS, Dec 13. (Special.) All ar rangements relating not only to the peace conference proper, but also to the preliminary conversations betwee President Wilson and the entente Pre mlers, still are in a state of flux. According; to the latest Information received by the World correspondent, Lloyd George Is not expected to arrive here until December 22, the date pro vlsionally set for President Wilson' departure for Rome. Such a contretemps would be at least curious, were it not to be attributed merely to a "defective, co-ordination. which must be the case If rumored ar rangements hold. Conference to Be Late. Pourparlers by the associated govern ments probably will be deferred until close to the New Tear; in fact, tne World corresDondent is Informed on allied authority that the actual peace conference will not begin until April. It is hoped the preliminaries for peace will be settled by March and will then be communicated to the German gov ernment in the form of a note. When the then existing German government shall signify Its acceptance, the peace conference will, be .called -and Otf Ger man .' government will "be" represented there for the discussion of details re lating to the application of the terms. It is maintained In some allied quar ters that the situation In Germany fur nishes conclusive reason for leisurely procedure. This view Is not generally accepted, its opponents urging the im portance of determining peace as rap idly as possible, in order that the de mobilization of the army may really begin. Demobilisation Is Slow. Demobilization Is now progressing nly in a provisional way and piecemeal to meet the most urgent industrial re quirements of the different countries. The bulk of the armies remains ,un touched and the continuous and grow ing demand for the return of the sol diers to civil life is- unsatisfied. It seems apparent that there will be navoidable cause for delay in the ne (Continued on Page 8.) (Concluded on Page 8. Column 1.) MONTREAL STRIKE ENDED him. As the Mayer of Brest stepped for. roll, wound with the American colors, containing the City Council's greeting to him. Speaking In a clear voice the President acknowledged the greeting and from a manuscript read a brief address In response. Military lleaera Aeeorded. Following the addresses the Presi dential party drove through the Cours Dajot. where vast crowds were assem bled. Every foot of the way was lined with Amer'ran s :dtcrs In their rusty service khakl. and along the road were great stores of war material, recently being rushed to the American front. It gave the President his first glimpse of the American troops and material on the fighting ground. Military honors 'were accorded as he passed and large numbers of soldiers off duty mingled with the throng in Its enthusiastic tribute. Spectacle aa Isapealag One. President Wilson arrived In the har bor of Brest at I o'clock this afternoon on board the steamer George Washing ton among deafening salvos of artil lery afloat and on shore. The arrival was the culmination of an Imposing naval spectacle which began as the Presidential fleet rounded the outer capes, then passed the entrance to the forts and moved majestically Into the harbor where the George Washington Anchored at the head of a long double olumn of American dreadnoughts and destroyers and the units of a French cruiser squadron. The -Presidential fleet was first sighted at 11:30 o'clock this morning li miles off shore. The sea was calm and the stately fleet moved landward under skies which were steadily bright ening after a dark and gloomy morn ing. It was more than an hour later that the ships were signalled at the entrance of the harbor and a great cheer arose from the waiting crowd as the cloud of black smoke showed that the Presidential fleet was near. Ahead came a single destroyer, show ing the way to the fleet, and close be tCuaciuded en Fag 6, Column 1.) agreed So arbitrate after the City Council had voted to accede to their demands for the dismissal of I Joseph Tremelay, Director of Public Safety: his assistant and the chief of detectives. While the strike lasted only S3 hours. gangs of hoodlums caused damage es timated, at more than 1250.000. SEVERE GALE HITS COAST j Mind Attains High Telocity and High Sea Is Running. ASTORIA. Or., Dec II. (Special.) The southerly gale that has been blow ing along the coast during the past I two or three days was one of the most severe of the season. The wind at tained a high velocity and a rough sea has been running. Locally the rainfall has been excep tionally heavy, but aside from the blocking of sewers and drains and the consequent flooding of basements, no damage has resulted. JUDGES MAY GET PAY RISE Honse Passes Measure Providing fori Increase of $1500 Annually. WASHINGTON. Dec 13. By a rote of 193 to 7S, the house tonight passed a bill providing salary Increases of I 1 1300 a year for each of the 131 Judges of the United Stajes district I and circuit courts and the court of I claims. The measure now goes to the I Senate. KATHERINE CROCKER DIES Niece of Well-Known Banker Suc- cumbs to Influenza. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 13. Miss Katherine Crocker, 22-year-old daugh- I ter of Mrs. Henry J. Crocker and niece I of William H. Crocker, banker of Na-I tlonal repute, died here today of in fluenza after a 10 days' illness. T GETTING A LITTLE CROWDED ALREADY. ( j ! J ' T1 I I I RH Jv L Yc I A J T I r v7f I WmB U H IT 1 1 SSf I I I mil m I it Til nrttJ IP" I Ml 1 1 h Iff 1 1111 li - 'ill I a I i t I xWJLa U III J II lOT f f I t tvw i ii u in r rvs- tRfc; i i ii 1 ' KH II ' : ' Author of Proclamation Calling Demonstration Arrested at Park Meeting. NEW TORK. Dec. 13 Ellis O. Jones, purported author of a document spread broadcast here yesterday "proclaiming" that a reign of Bolshevism would be gin in this country at noon today, was arrested this afternoon on the Mall at Central Park when he attempted to deliver an address. Prior to Jones' arrival at Central Park 600 mounted policemen and mo torcycle officers and a detachment of the Army Provost Guard had been sta tioned, prepared for a demonstration by radicals. In a' police station 12 Browning machine guns were held In readiness. When Jones appeared, wearing a red tie, he found several score men and women standing in the rain. Asked by reporters if he waa in favor of dis banding the Army and the Navy, as advocated in the "proclamation," circu lated yesterday, he was quoted as re plying: "Tes, I am. We have no need for them now. They should be dis banded." A police captain then made his way through the gathering and placing his hand on Jcjnes, said: "Here, Mr. Jones, I will take you into custody. Tour utterances are seditious." As Jones entered the patrol wagon, a middle-aged woman shouted: 'Three cheers for Jones." No one cheered. At a police station, Jones was form ally charged with making seditious ut terances in favor of disbanding the National's military and naval forces Jones is widely known as a writer of humor and satire. Telephone CompanyShifts Burden to Government. CONTRACT CITED IN PROOF Oregon Public Service Cq mission Opens Hearing. MANY CITIES REPRESENTED Objection Made to Admitting Con- tract as Exhibit on Ground It Is Not According to Statutes. EAST SIDE HOME ROBBED Dr. G. S. Breitling Loses Property Valued at About $500. The home of Dr. G. S. Breitling, 639 East Seventeenth street North, was robbed last night while the family were away and SaOO worth of silverware, jewelry, clothing and fancy wearing apparel stolen. The intruder gained entrance by using a jimmy on the kitchen window and breaking the latch. The police believe the robbery was the work of the same person who robbed residences on the East and West sides a short time ago, when a total of several thousand dollars' in silver ware and jewelry were stolen. HUNS EVACUATING ODESSA Disarmament of Von Mackensen's Army Proceeds Systematically. LONDON, Dec 13. Odessa, the prin cipal Russian port on the Black Sea, is being evacuated by the Germans, ac cording to an official statement re ceived here today from Berlin. The dis armament of Field Marshal von Mack ensen's army, it is added, is proceeding systematically. Reports from London last week said that allied warships had arrived at Odessa and had taken over German and Russian ships in the harbor there. WESTERN WOMAN AT RHINE Miss Marion, of California, With. TJ. S. Army at Coblenz. COBLENZ, Germany, Dec. 13. (By Chief among the exhibits on which rests the claim for Increased telephone rates Is the existing contract between the Government and the telephone and telegraph lines, presented yesterday by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph , Company before the Oregon Publlo Service Commission, at the opening hearing of the rate case. It Is the contention of the company, as set forth by James T. Shaw, counsel, that the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company is not financially concerned in the proposed Increase, inasmuch as the Government has taken over the property and guaranteed certain spe cified returns to the company during the period of Federal control. Many Towns Represented. Keen Interest is manifested by the numerous appearances before the com mission, representing various Oregon communities, including civic represent atives from Pendleton, Corvallis. Al bany, Eugene and St. Helens, with J. O. Bailey, Assistant Attorney-General, ap pearing for Oregon, and H. M. Tomlin son. Deputy City Attorney, for Port land. Both Mr. Bailey and Mr. Tomlinson entered strong objections to the admis sion of the Federal contract, consum mated by Postmaster-General Burle son, as an exhibit. Insisting that, such procedure' was not in accord with the statutes, and that a petition for the hearing should have-been received from Postmaster-General Burleson. Contract Is Admitted. The commission ruled, however, that the telegram with which the Post master-General conceded the right of the Public Service Commission to hold the rate hearing constituted such pe tition. The contract was admitted as an exhibit, after prolonged discussion, with the understanding that Its pro visions were considered debatable, and that the compensation and depreciation items allowed by the Government would be probed. Attorney Sbaw, for the company, de clared that it would be shown that the company is not deriving sufficient oper ating revenue to meet the demands upon It, or to Insure to it the com pensation admitted by the Federal contract. In general his attitude touch ing this point was that the commission cannot legally set aside the Federal contract. the Associated Press.) Miss Marion, of Hollywood, Cal., claims the distinction of being the first American woman to reach the Rhine with the army of occu pation. She arrived at Tuesday. Two Salvation Army women, "Eddie" Hodges, of Richmond, Va., arid Florence Tirklngton, of South Manchester, Conn., reached this city on Wednesday. Contract Provisions Given. To the question of whether, if the compensation Items ehould be regard ed as a base for fixing rates, such rates Coblenz on j would continue after the wartime I period, Mr. Shaw replied that he was NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 87 degrees; minimum, D3 degrees. TODAY'S Bain; fresh southerly winds. War. Official casualty list. Page X. American soldier, equal to all his tasks. f age 1. Foreign. American and German armies race each other across Rhine. Page 3. Big French guns roar thunderous welcome to President. Page 1. Bavarian Premier says Germany will be democracy. Page . Delays loom for peace conference. Page 1. National. I Ships in Government service to return to trade routes. Page 15. Huns, long before conflict, told to prepare for coming war. Page 5. V. S. develops huge chemical service. Page 8. Domestic. Naval review to be held In New York. Page 1. Predicted Bolshevist reign In New York fails to materialize. Page 1. I Western Union chief In charge ef consoli dated cable systems. Pag 2. Plans of Socialists revealed in letters seized by Government. Page 4. Army ridiculed by I. W. W. posters. Fed eral officer testifies. Page 16. Delays In Government housing cause huge losses, rage lit. Two New York bank officers killed In rob bery. Page 5. Sports. Enlargement of Paciflo Coast League now advocated. Page 14. Interscholastic football title to be fought for today. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. I Oregon potato crop estimated larger than in October. Page l'J. Corn sells at highest prices of season in Chicago market. Page 1U. Stocks weaken with decline In volume of trading. Page IU. Pacific Marine Iron Works contemplates con crete dry dock. Page !.. Portland and Vicinity, Burden of telephone rate rise laid on Gov ernment. Page . Plans outlined for Victory Christmas In Portland. Page 20. Banquet closes eighth annual livestock ex hibition, page v. County officials form association. Page 6. Mr. Burdick releases support to Seymour Jones. Page 12. eather report, data ant forecast. Pace 19. unable to answer. The contract Itself shows that It was entered into between the Government, by the Postmaster-General, and the American Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, representing all subsidiary com panies. It agrees that interest on all outstanding obligations shall be paiid by the Government during the period of control. Including the I4S, 000,000 bond issue, which bears a date identical with that of the contract, and that dividends shall be paid equal to the average for the three-year period end ing December 31, 1S17. Royalty to Continue. Still another provision of the con tract, which applies to all subsidiary companies, is that the regular per cent annual payment, or royalty, made for many years to the controlling cor poration, shall be continued. Agalnt t! "s provision numerous public service commissions In as many states long have contended without success. Mr. Shaw, in his opening statement. said that the company must be con a ti ered merely as an agent of the Gov ernment In the request for a rate In crease, and informed the commission that he apepared before them by the authority of the Government, through the Postmaster-General, to seek the remedial advance. Despite contrary assertions, said Mr. Shaw, the wage increase has been in effect since Octo ber 16, ial8, and present revenues are wholly Inadequate to meet or maintain it. Figures Are Submitted. Testimony regarding the value of the investment, with estimated rate bfese for the year 1919, was submitted by E. Flaeger, plant engineer. The figures in summary were as follows: Estimated rate base for Oregon, S910, fixed at $13,464,007. Commission's valu ation, 1916. $12,429,507; added In 1917, $483,500; added in 1918 and partially estimated. $326,000; estimated addition for 1919, $450,000. Estimated rate base for Portland, 1919, fixed at $8,028,305. Commission's valuation, 1916, $7,396,910; added In 1917, $253,195; added In 1918 and par tially estimated, $238,200; estimated ad ditlon for 1919, $282,000. Estimated rate base for Salem, 1919, iCuncluded on 1'ase 2, Column 2.).