THE MORNING OREGONIAN", "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1919.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF
WIRES 13 PROTESTED
i
Increased Rates Held Excuse
for Retaining Lines.
HUGE MONOPOLY IS SEEN
Edward Reynolds Tells Committee
That Elimination of Competition
k Will Work Hardship.
"tt-ASHIXGTON, Jan. 21. Edward
Reynolds, of New York, who recently
was relieved of his duties aa vice
president and general manager of the
Postal Telegraph-Cable Company by
Postmaster-General Burleson, told the
House postoffice committee todajvthat
the only excuse for the Government
retaining control over telephone and
telegraph companies was "to Increase
telephone rates and to finance crippled
telephone companies." .
Mr. Reynolds appeared to oppose the
.Administration measure contemplating:
extension of the period of the control
and possible Government purchase of
the wires. Protests against the legis
lation also were filed witlv, the com
mittee for several state public service
commissiens and by F. W. Putnam, a
member of the Minnesota commission.
Mr. Reynolds said that "to utilize the
Government control for increasing tele
phone rates, as is now being done by
the Postmaster-General, is assuming
authority that Congress did not confer
upon the Postmaster-General," and de
clared that efforts are now being made
to Increase telegraph charges.
Higher Kates Oppoyd.
"Mr. Burleson's operating committee,
consisting of a Western Union man,
two Bell telephone men and one Inde
pendent telephone man," the witness
declared, "has within the last few days
tried to get the Postal Company to
agree to increased telegraph rates and
the Postal Company has refused. If
tbd Government will turn back at once
the Postal telegraph lines, we will
continue to carry on the telegraph
business at present rates." "
The witness accused the Postmaster
General, Theodore N. Vail and New
comb Carlton, president of the Western
Union Company, of seeking "to consoli
date all telegraph, telephone and pos
sibly cable lines into one huge mo
nopoly," and said there is no good rea
son why all the lines should not be
turned back at once and the loss now
sustained by the Government in their
operation stopped.
Ifaajre Monopoly Scented
"Tha idea that a great consolidation
and the wiping out of competition and
the grant of subsidies for new cables
will confer great benefits upon the
American people is put forward to de-'
ceive. Such a combination would im
pose a hardship upon the public with
out giving it a single advantage."
Mr. Reynolds said that Postmaster
General Burleson had discharged him
as a Postal official because he sought
to prevent Mr. Burleson's plan for con
solidation of wire companies.
He also declared his company re
fused to accept the compensation award
of $1, 680,000 made by the Postmaster
General because the company earned
i, 269,000 in the calendar year 1917.
OREGON PLEADS FOR RELIEF
Surrender of Lines Demanded in
Letter to Mr. Burleson.
SALEM, Jan. 21. (Special.) Declar
ing that the chief if not the sole ad
visers of Postmaster-General Burleson
are tiigh officials of the telephone and
telegraoh comyanies, and that the con
solidations and economies of operation
are more theoretical than actual. Chair
man Buchtei, of the Public Service
Commission, took his fling today at
Federal control of phone and tele
graph lines in a letter to Charles E.
Elmqulst, president of the National As
sociation of Railway and Utility Com
missioners. He declares that "telephone opera
tors' wages have been somewhat ad
vanced, but with a caution that ap
proaches cunning a string has been at
tached by those in authority to with
draw the salary increase if advanced
rates do not become effective."
In part Mr. Buchtei says:
"Primarily, during the active prose
cution of the war, little complaint was
registered by Oregon citizens, through
patriotic motives, against the policies
or effects of Federal control of the
wires. But with the signing of the ar
mistice and the cessation of war, pa
trons of these utilities anxiously look
ing forward to the fulfillment of the
earlier promises of "better service and
lower rates." sougnt relief from intol
erable conditions through appeal to
their commission, when service became
demoralized' and increases in rates
were filed.
"Pending the determination of the
reasonableness of the request for ad
ditional exchange revenues, the admin
istration authority complicated this
question by filing toll rates, heralded
at least as reductions; also it is our
information that the major 'phone util
ities through contracts with the Gov
ernment receive a guaranteed return,
while others of minor size, but render
ing like service, are not so fortunately
situated. Further, a doubtful method
was followed when the recent arbitrary
assessment of the so-called 'installa
tion charges' of 5 10 and 115 were
imposed, based, on the monthly rental
charges, which it must be conceded,
was neither reasonable or just.
"With . due consideration of the
thoughts as outlined above, coupled
with the fact that the chief if not the
sole advisers of the Postmaster-General
are high officials of the phane and
telegraph companies, and a knowledge
of .the chaotic conditions prevalent
generally, the commission believes, in
Justice to the hundreds of thousands of
Oregon's citizens, that there Ms. only
one logical answer to questions A and
B, and we express it In the opinion
that the properties should be promptly
reuirned to the owners, and that the
period of Federal control should not
extend beyond the tsignlng of the proc
lamation of peace, if. indeed, it could
not be equitably abrogated before.
"Continuation of Federal control for
any appreciable period of time might
easily permit the arbitrary establish
ment of high rate schedules without
either proper investigation or an op
portunity for the patrons to be heard.
In which event it is not beyond the
bounds of possibilities that the burden
of proof as to the reasonableness there
of woull be shifted from the utilities,
where it belongs, to the people.
"With the cessation of war activi
ties, the pursuits of peace again be
come paramount. Our eitizens are en
titled to the fullest protection, and the
underlying reason for delay in action
no longer obtains and should the oc
casion arise and our cause be Just, we
shall have no hesitancy in questioning
the authority of the administration of
ficers on intrastate matters, and car
rying our case if need be to the highest
court of the land:"
JUSTICE ID PEACE
DESIRE OF JAPANESE
Clean Policy in International
Relations Keynote.
RUSSIAN PLIGHT DEPLORED
SOLDIER RELIEF TO STAND
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Multnomah Delegation Leads Fight
to Retain $100,0 00 Measure
Passed Last Week.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Jan. 21.
(Special.) Efforts to make a further
cut to $50,000 in the $100,000 appropria
tion for returned soldiers and sailors
were defeated on the floor of the Sen
ate this afternoon when the Multnomah
delegation won out in their hard-fought
contention that the full $100,000 be
provided.
The ways and means committee rec
ommended that the appropriation be re
duced to $50,000. Senator Gill, of
Multnomah, was the only member of
the committee who opposed the cut.
After assiduous Senate lobbying the
champions of the measure procured a
sufficient number of pledged votes to
insure the original appropriation.
Another amendment which brought
forth spirited, debate was that offered
by Senator Strayer, of Baker County,
proposing that each soldier and sailor
given relief by the commission in whose
charge the fund is placed, be compelled
to furnish complete and authoritative
data concerning his former residence,
date and place of enlistment, length
and place of service. Army serial num
ber, amount of money received when
discharged and other minute informa
tion which members asserted the aver
age soldier would be absolutely unable
to furnish.
Senator Banks declared that to com
pel soldiers and sailors to furnish this
detailed information would piace them
in the class with tramps, devoid of all
honor.
"It is just like having them come to
the back door of our homes for a 'hand
out' and telling them to go to the base
ment and split wood." he said.
Senator Moser declared it would be
a direct slap at the officials of Port
land Governor Withycombe and the
soldiers' relief commission if the Sen
ate should insist on making the $50,
000 reduction or compelling the men
in the service to furnish this mass of
personal data if they were to be given
any relief from this emergency fund.
Senator Eddy spread oil on the
troubled waters when he offered an
amendment providing that the commis
sion shall procure such data from sol
diers as it may deem necessary to the
public good. This amendment was
agreed to by the Multnomah delega
tion.
Viscount TTchlda Says Japan Is Par
ticularly Interested In Dealing
Fairly With China.
WASHING TON, Jan. 21. (By the As
sociated Press.) Viscount Uchida, the
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs,
in an address today at the opening of
the Japanese Parliament, declared that
Japan had "no aspiration but to seek
the consummation of a free and un
fettered development of her national
life along the highway of justice- and
peace" and that she was determined
to pursue a fair and clean policy in all
international relations."
The Foreign Minister, whose address
was cabled to the Japanese Embassy
here and made public tonight, said the
peace conference at Taris had in view
the establishment of peace throughout
the world on solid and enduring foun
dations and the prevention of the out-
DreaK or war for ases-to come, and that
Japan had decided to co-operate in all
sincerity with its allies for the realiza
tion of plans conducive to the accom
plishment of these objects.
v 1 I'ai is vi vi l in tun sympamy
to the Russians In their present Dliirht"
said the Minister, "and we entertain
a sanguine hone that the effort now
being made by patriotic elements In
various parts in Russia for the estab
lishment of a unified and orderly gov
ernment may be crowned with success.
We confidently look forward to the re
habilitation of Russia as one of the
great powers to contribute to the prog
ress ana civilization of the world and
we are quite ready to offer her all due
assistance for this purpose.
v e nave no intention whatever to
interfere with the internal politics of
Russia, still less would our policy be
influenced by any tendency of taking
advantage of domestic troubles in Rus
sia to promote any selfish aims of ter
ritorial or economic aggression."
Viscount Uchida said Japan was
"particularly anxious to deal in ft spirit
of justness and fairness with all the
questions which may come up before
the peace conference affecting Chinese
interests and that upon acquisition of
the right of free disposal from Ger
many of leased territory at Kiachau,
Japan would restore it to China."
"In view of the mischievous rumors
in regard to our policy in China," con
tinued the Minister, "I have to say a
few words here by explanation. It goes
without saying that Japan has no terri
torial ambition in China or elsewhere,
neither does she contemplate any ac
tion which might militate against the
development of the legitimate interest
and welfare of the Chinese nation.
"We have solemnly pledged ourselves
to respect the independence and terri
torial integrity of China and to abide
faithfully by the principle of equal op
portunity and the open door for com
merce and industry. We establish our
relations with China upon a basis of
justice and mutual helpfulness such as
is calculated to bring about a lasting
and complete understanding . between
tbe two nations. We intend to remain
a sincere friend of China, to use our
best endeavors for the development of
a brilliant future for China and for the
promotion of the general well-being of
the Chinese people.
"We have to rely, In a large measure,
upon rich natural resources in China,
in order to fnsure our own economic
existence. I have no doubt that both
the government and the people of China
in full appreciation of their friendly
and neighborly relations with Japan
would not deny us needed co-operation
in this respect."
HEW COURT IS PROPOSED
MULTNOMAH COUNTY NOT ALL
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With the end of the Winter in sight, we are forced to dispose of our entire stock of Coats, Suits, Dresses,
Skirts, Waists and Furs no matter what price in order to make place for our Spring arrivals.
SALE STARTS TODAY AT 9 A. M.
$302 Coats
$13.95
: A sTh sssv ph
$40-$45-$50 Coats
$24.95
$20.00, $25.00
D
$9.95
$30.00, $32.50
Dresses
$35.00 Suits, Special
$12.50 Skirts
$?95
$37.50Suits
$17.95
$40-$42.50 Suits
$21.95
$45-$52.50 Suits
$26.95
h tffijp
$27.50 Coats, Special
0
$10.00 Skirts
$L95
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Price
$5.00 Waists
$7.SO Waists
$4.95
Representative Lofgren Introduces
Measure Said to Be Sponsored
by Bar Association.
HIGHWAY PLANS OUTLINED
COMMISSIONERS EXPRESS OP
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and $1.20.
Construction of State Thorough
lares Demanded by People,
Says Commission.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Jan. 21.
(Special.) State Highway Commission
ers Thompson and Booth tonight out
lined to the joint roads and highways
committee and to a majority of the
members of the Legislature in the hall
of Representatives what the commis
sion has accomplished and what it
hopes to do.
Completion of the Pacific, Columbia.
John Day and roads from the Colum
bia River to the California line; from
Vale to Bend; from Lakevlew to Bend:
from Lakeview to Klamath- Falls, and
a number of secondary roads would
cost 110,354.000, Mr. Booth told the
members. By using the macadam sur
faces laid on much of the road for three
or four years before paving was laid
down would effect a saving of $1,400.
000 more, and Federal aid of about
$300,000 is expected. The amount rep
resented by these savings, he Raid
could be placed in local roads. This
$10,354,000 is in excess of the appropria
tions already made by the commission
for the roads mentioned.
Commissioner Thompson urged that
the Legislature do not ask the com
mission for the construction of local
roads.
He declared that the sentiment in
the state regarding roads is materially
changing and that "the people want
these state roads, and want them now.
The Poisons of Constipation
are gently but positively expelled from
the suffering system by Dr. King's
New Life Pills. Dizziness disappears.
sick headache vanishes, the- digestion
perks up, general health improves.
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Disloyalty Charges Dismissed.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21. Disloyalty
charges against five persons were dis
missed in the United States District
Court here today at the request of
Charles P. Williams, special assistant
to the Attorney General. Among them
was Edmund W. Bracht, a civil engi
neer of San Francisco.
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on the sore parts In case of congestion.
inflammation and pain in grippe, pneu
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recovery. Draws like a magnet without
blistering or burning. 35c and 65c cans
at all druggists. Adv.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. 21
(Special.) All is not serene in the
progress of j-..ective legislation to
secure a court of domestic relations for
Multnomah County. Vis became ap
parent today with the Introduction of
bill by Representative Lofgren pro
viding for the abolition of the County
court in tnat county and creating a
new court to be known as the iirobate
and domestic relations court. This is
an entirely different Dill irom th
measure fostered by Portland teachers
and civic organizations. Mr. Lofgren
says his bill is sponsored by the legis
lative committee of the Multnomah
County Bar Association.
Under the bill favored by the teachers
and civic organizations, the judge and
probation officers of the domestic re la
tions court are to be named by the Child
Welfare Commission, seven members of
which, Mr. Lofgren says, are members
of the University of Oregon faculty.
He also says Portland attorneys are
unable to determine why the professors
at the university should designate a
judge and probation officers for Mult
nomah County.
Under the Lofgren measure all pro
bate matters and matters pertaining to
the work of the domestic relations
court would come under the new court.
and the present judge would be elevated
to that position.
Mr. Lofgren declared today that the
present County Court, not being a court
of record, is of little actual value in
will cases, citing the Faling wilU case,
which, he declared, has taken up nearly
nine months ot the court's time, with
no record to stand upon, and that no
record will be established until it is
taken into the Circuit Court.
It is probable the two bills will be
taken before the Multnomah delegation
and there may be a possibility of get
ting together on them.
HOUSE BILLS FOR DAV ARE 25
Law Framed to Slake Display of
Red Flaj Unlawful.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Jan. 21.
(Special.) Twenty-five House bills
were introduced today as follows:
K. B. 5. by Woodcon Relating to duties
of tax collectors.
H. B. SO, by Burniiigh -Creating- 13th
ludiclal district out of Wallowa County.
H. B. 7. ty isanasn nvuiinE lo liio
and accident Insurance for soldiers.
H. B. feS, by Hare Relating; to vacation of
town plats.
H. B. 80. by Hare Providing for home
stead exemption.
H. B. 00, by Hare Authorizing County
Treasurer of Washington County to pay cer
tain taxes to Htllsboro. ,
H. B. 91. by Lofgren Abolishing County
Court 'ftf Multnomah County and providing
for new circuit judge to handle domestic
relations and probate matters.
H. B. 92, by Gordon Making it unlawful
to Inctte disloyalty.
H. H. 93. by Cordon Making It uniawiui
to display a red flag or emblem for unlawful
purposes.
II. B. . by Rjcnaras Koiaung 10 pro
cedure In circuit courts.
H. B. 9.1. by Childa Providing for licens
ing; of auctioneers.
H. B. vo, by Elmore Relating to restra
ins- of mnrt8-aR-s.
H. B. 97. by Elmore Relating to recording
of town plats and cemeteries.
H. B. 98. by Burdick delating to cer
tificates of probable cause.
H. Ft. V'K by KurcllcK rteiating to Dan.
H. B. 100, by Martin Relating to adopt
ions.
H. B. 101. by Martin Relating to specific
gravity of irasollne.
H B. lO-J. by Manm-'-KfiaTinr to actions
growing- out of death of a person.
II. ts. 103. oy Martin tteiaung to satis
factions of Judgments.
H. B. 10i. by Martin Relating to col
lections of waces for employment.
If. B. 10.V bv Martin Prohibiting person
causing death of another from succeeding to
decedent's estate.
H. B. 10. by Martin (by request) Ap
propriating $S00 to reimburse Robert Craw
ford, former superintendent of the prison
flax plant.
M. B. 107. by Martin Relating to attor
ney's fees In collection of wages.
II. B. 108. by Martin Relating to cause of
action arising out of the death of a person.
H B. 10'J, by Martin Relating to attor
ney's fees.
Mortgage Tax Is Tarsct.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Jan. 21.
(Special.) Removal of the tax on
mortgages and other evidences of debt
proposed in a joint resolution In
troduced today by Senator Jones, of
Lane County providing for a vote of
the people to determine whether or not
the constitution should be amended.
The same- measure was introduced by
Mr. Jones In the House two years ago.
but was killed in the taxation com
mittee. -
Surveyor's Office in Danger.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Jan. 21.
(Special.) Abolishment of the office of
County Surveyor is sought In a resolu
tion asking for a constitutional amend
ment introduced today by Senator Hur
ley, of Malheur. He also is author of a
twin measure, in the form of a Senate
bill, providing for the office of county
engineer, to be appointed nytne county
Court or County Commissioners.
headquarters at Liberty Temple today
or tomorrow.
Emery Olmstead, chairman of the
Portland reception committee, yester
day named A. F. Flegel chairman of
the co-operation committee to adjust
any differences' that service men may
have over back pay, allotments. In
surance or similar matters. Soldiers
may call on Mr. Flegel for any assist
ance along this line.
Arrangements have been made with
O. C. Letter, chairman of the New York
committee for the welcome and recep
tion of Oregon men, for notification of
all units or individual men who are en
route from Eastern camps to Western
cantonments.
motorcycle on the sidewalk, for which
he was fined $50 and costs. In default
of ball, he was remanded to jail. To
stop Jordan, when he was arrested, the
officers had to draw a gun.
Twelve Cows Produce $478.42.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. Jan. 51. tPpe-
clal.) E. D. Wilson, living northwest
of this city, milking 12 cows, reports
a milk chwlt for December totaling
$478.42, an average of a few cents less
than $40 each for the month.
Phone yonr want ads to The Orego
nisn. Main 7070. A h9h.
SIXTH STREET TO DECOliSTE
PORTLAND PLANS TO WELCOME
OREGON SOLDIERS.
C. T. Haas, in Charso of Detail
Work, Leaves for Camp Lewis
Friday to Greet Overseas Men.
Sixth street is to be placed In holiday
garb and designated as Liberty Way,
according to plans made by the sol
diers' and sailors' reception committee
A meeting of property owners and mer
chants on Six-Lh street will be held to
morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
green room of the Chamber of Com
merce for the purpose of discussing
plans for the decoration of the street
This thoroughfare will be used by
the returning service men in marching
from tho depot to the Liberty Temple.
Twenty Oregon men are Included in
the tralnload of men belonging to the
346th Field Artillery now en route to
Camp Lewis, where they are scheduled
to arrive tomorrow. C. T.- Haas, In
charge of the detail work In connection
with welcoming Oreson men home, will
co to Camp Lewis Friday.
Not only will the men included in this
lot be interviewed to ascertain what
can be done-for them, but arrange
ments are to be made for daily infor
mation concerning Oregon boys who
are securing their release from the
13th Division, now being demobilised
at Camp Lewis.
Messages to any of the overseas men
who are now en route to Camp Lewis
will be delivered if left at the reception
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Vancouver Cyclist Fined. '
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 21. (Spe
cial.) F. M. Jordan, charged with rid
ing a motorcycle faster than 20 miles
an hour, was fined $25 and costs by W.
S. T. Derr. police judge, and was
charged and found guilty of riding a
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Anemia can usually be detected by
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and unrestful. The housewife notices
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from slight exertion, such as climbing
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