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Entered at Portland (Oregon)
PoHtofficc s Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1919.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
5 DEAD, MANY HURT
j PLANE WITH BONDS
DRASTIC DRY BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Hundred Members Fight
to Last Against Bill.
"PEACE DAY" RIOTING
CAUSES HUGE DAMAGE
LOSS IX LCTOX ALONE SAID TO
BE OVER 91,300,000. v
FOREST FIRES RAGE
BENSON OFFERS SITE
FOR AVIATION FIELD
COT IN ALL RATES
FDR DISTRICT ASKED
Benefit to Portland Not
Sought at Hearing.
SETS TIME RECORD
SACRAMEXiO-PORTLASD ROOD
TRIP TAKES II HOURS.
JN RACE BATTLES
TRACT OF 80 ACRES IX VMVER-
SITY PARK TO BE VIEWED.
UNABATED IN IDAHO
I
Whites and Negroes in
Clash at Capital.
HOME DEFENSE GUARD KILLED
Cavalry, Marines and Infantry
Rushed to Scene.
'(PRESIDENT IS CONCERNED
r.ill to Separate Races on Street
Cars in District of Columbia
Introduced by Senator.
" WASHINGTON, July 22. Despite all
precaution taken by civil and military
authorities, rioting between whites and
negroes broke out again tonight in
"Washington and a report reached the
police at 10 o'clock that a white man
believed to have been a home defense
guard had been shot and killed in the
northwest section.
Soon after tlie killing of the home de
fense guard, the police received a re
port that another guard also had been
shot by a negro. He was reported
as fatally wounded. A detachment of
cavalry and a -squad of marines were
rushed to the scene of the shootings
which was at Eighth and M streets, in
the heart of a negro district.
The defense guard killed later was
identified as Isaac Halbfinger. He was
on duty at Ninth and M streets. North
west, and was killed by a negro in a
speeding automobile. Crowds of whites
immediately gathered in the vicinity
and several shots were reported to
have been i-xchanged with blanks.
Shortly after 10:30 o'clock three riot
calls were sent in simultaneously from
a district iii the negro section of the
northwest covering an area of about
three squares. A cordon of cavalry, ma
rines and infantry was thrown about
one block in which considerable firing
had been going on. m
With five persons dead, 11 possibly !
dying and f-cores inlured in race bat- j
tics here the last three xiights every 1
pro caution short of martial law had
be-c-n taken early tonight by the police
and military provost guards to prevent
a recurrence of rioting.
There weie no disorders during the
clay. The authorities decided not to
ask mutial law be declared, although
rcsolu tions i ntroduced in the house
during the day urged that the presi
dent be requested to take that action
President Cnlls Conference
President W ilson took cognizance of
the situation late today when he called
Secretary Baker to the White House
for a conference on steps that might
be takni by the military in co-operation
with the civil authorities. The
presid-ent was understood to be great
ly concerned over the events of the
Jiist three nights.
After the conference Secretary Baker
Announced that th-e troops ordered from
Camp Mead constituted "a very large
number" and that Major-General "Will
lam II. Haan would be in command.
Secretary Daniels said a substantial
force of marines had been ordered in
lor night patrol duty.
Cavalry again- played a part in the
police work, holding line's about the
congested negro sections to prevent
mob attacks by either blacks or whites.
Police and soldiers again struggled to
keep the downtown thoroughfares clear
of the crowds.
ZNegro t.Irl Kills Sergeant.
Several days uf disorders, following
a wave of attacks on white women,
robberies and assaults by negroes, cul
minated Ui a .-eries, uf race battles last
n i glit with which the police were un
aMo to cope fully, despite the aid of
r tary provost guards. Several of
tht; injured were reported fatally hurt
and at least -0 rioter? were under
arrest. The dead include Detective
Serceant Harry Wilson, shot through
the heart by a negro girl when he en
tered a house from which she was fir
ing indiscriminately into the street.
Detective Bernard W. rl .jompson wag
seriously wounded b a negress in
the same section of the city. Four negro
men are dead and several others are
believed to have been fatally wounded.
Three patrolmen were included in the
lit of badly wounded.
i olored lrn Prepared.
Although , w o troops of cavalry from
3'ort Mjc had been called out to
patrol tVo streets and 400 marines from
Quantico and the Washington marine
bai;t-vks had been added to the pro
' vost guard as a precaution against
disorders, the situation at times last
night was more than the authorities
could cope w ilh.
Reserve squads of police and pro
vost guards were rOshed through the
streets of the city all night in answer
to riot calls. Army motor trucks were
stationed at the precinct headquarters
with a squad of men armed with auto
matic rifles assigned to each. Last
night's rioting was marked by a
general preparedness on the part of
the negroes who during the day pur
chased hundrtiis of revolvers. Early
in the evening they formed into crowds
in their own sections and attacked
V hite men, wherever found.
Negroes I 'Ire From Autos.
Late last night the negroes dispersed
as mobs and numbers of them took
po; session of high powered automo
biles in which they rac-d thiough the
streets pumping bullets from automatic
weapons at all wh ites who happened
tCfn-.-iuUcd on l'age
jiuiuu 2.)
Return Voyage, After Getting Alaska
Consignment Started, Requires
Five Minutes longer.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., July 22. A rec
ord for airplane flight from Mather
field, near here, to Portland, Or., and
return was established by Lieutenant
Earl Neublg. who completed the round
trip late today in 10 hours 55 minutes,
he announced.
He flew to Portland in 5 hour 25
minutes Saturday, carrying Robert E.
Smith," director of the war loan organ
ization of the 12th- federal reserve dis
trict, who was attempting to reach Se
attle by Sunday night to place on a
steamship Jl. 000,000 in savings certifi
cates for transportation to Alaska.
The return trip required five min
utes longer. The distance for the round
rip is 1070 miles. Lieutenant Neubig
reported a heavy forest fire between
Roseburg and Grants Pass, in Oregon.
GROWERS TO SELL DIRECT
Hood River Apples to Be Offered on
Stands in Portland.
HOOD RIVER, Or., July 22. (Spe
cial.) A number of local orchardists
are planning an innovation in fruit
sales. It is proposed to transport ap
ples direct from orchard packing
houses to Portland fruit stands by
motor truck.
The system, it is said, will be tried
out with apples of the earlier varieties
and if it works out, winter varieties
will be sold in a similar manner. C. A.
Leveque, a n--al merchant, has pur
chased a two-ton truck which will be
put into fruit express commission over
the Columbia river highway.
STRIKE ON RHINE QUELLED
American Soldiers Carrying Shot
guns Prevail on Germans.
COBLKX55, July 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) American military po
lice, armed with .machine- guns ant?
fawed-off shotguns, put down a strik
uf German workmen yesterday in le.r
than two hours after the men ha7
walked out merely- by their presence in
the district.
The strike aggregating 800 Germans
was in Bendorf-on-Rhine. It was called
in conjunction with the general striko
in Berlin and other parts of Germany,
in spite of warnings issued from Amer
ican army headquarters.
FLEET OFF J5AN SALVADOR
Windward Passage 3Iade on Way to
Pacific Coast.
ABOARD FLAGSHIP IT. S. S. NEW
MEXICO, July 22. (By Wireless to tho
Associated Press.) The Pacific fleet.
on its way to the west coast, will make
the windward passage tonight. Swing
ing southward toward it. Admiral Rod
man' flotilla crossed the trail of
Columbus off San Salvador early to
day. The fleet proceeds in single column
formation a9 it negotiates the passage
of the Bahama channels.
SHIP CAPTAIN KILLS SELF
Quittacas at Sea Reports Death of
Torpedo Shell-Shock Victim.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 22. Captain
Alexander F. Ogilvie, master of the
7500-ton steamer Quittacas of the ehip-nin,-
Hoard, enried his life at eea aboard
the vessel early today, according to a
wireless message received here.
The captain, it was said, had suffered
from ricntal depression caused by shell
shock received while he was master of
the steamer Westover. torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine on the
Atlantic during the war. The Quittacas
was bound to New York with flour.
UNION AGENT HIRES FLIER
Blacksmith, Not Allowed In Ship
yarcL- Distributes Circulars.
LONG BEACH. Cal., July 22. M. D.
Barter, financial agent for the black
smiths' union here, wanted to distribute
soma circulars in a local shipyard to
day but was refused permission by the
management. Barber went uptown
hired an airplane and sent down a
thousand circulars broadcast over the
shipyard and the city generally.
N'OvV the city authorities are consid
ering an amendment to the ordinance
governing bill distributing.
WAR LASSIE IS MARRIED
Ex-Licutcnant AVeds Girl Who 5Iadc
Doughnuts for Doughboys.
NEW YORK. July 22. Miss Gladys
E. Mclntyre, who with her sister Irene
sa:r.ed fame making doughnuts for
dctighboys at the Salvation Army huts
in France, was married last night to
Russcli A. Harmon, of Floyd. Va., for
me rly a lieutenant in the 26th Xe
EnglaYid national guard division, it was
announced today.
The wed'ng was the culmination of
a romance begun in the Toul sector of
France.
MONTANA CARFARE RISES
Increase to Seven Cents Allowed by
Tuhlic Service Commission.
HELENA, Mont.. July 22. Seven
cent street car fares for Butte were
granted today by the Montana public
service commission, which recently
conducted a hearing on the application
of the Butte Electric Railway company
for iiu increase from 6 cents.
MEASURE IS MOST DRASTIC
Eleventh-Hour Effort to Sub
stitute Plan Defeated.
LAST VOTE IS 287 TO 100
Unless Senate Amends Provisions,
Leaders Say Veto Is Almost
Sure to Come.
WASHINGTON. July 2C By a vote
of nearly three to one. the house, weary
of talk on prohibition, today passed a
bill for its enforcement, with provisions
and penalties so drastic as to bring
from the men who framed It the pre
diction that it would forever suppress
the liquor traffic on American soil.
Exactly 100 members 52 democrats
and 48 republicans refused to support
it. Against the even hundred, the pro
hibitionists, putting up a solid front to
the very last, polled 287 votes.
Before the house put the bill on its
passage, one final and feeble hand was
reached forth to strike It down and put
in its place a briefer and more liberal
measure.
Substitute Flan Lost.
This took the form of a three-para
graph bill by Representative Igoe,
democrat, Missouri, introduced some
days ago. and offered today in the form
of a motion to recommit, which meant
its substitution for the general en
forcement measure if the house saw fit.
But the house did not.
Sir. Igoe's motion was defeated. 255
to 136, and this vote, analyzed, meant
that at least 36 members who favored
a more liberal bill took the more drastic
one later when there was no other
choice. There, were no unexpected re
versals in the individual vote.
Kvm Hundred OpptMe,
Representatives casting negative
votes on the enforcement measure were:
Democrats Babka. Bee. Blackmon.
Buchanan, Carew. Casey, Clary, t'oady.
Cullen. Lent, Dewalt, Donovan. Doollnv.
Dupre, Kagan. Fitzgerald, Gallagher. Jal
livan, Canly. Card. Goldtogle. Griffin.
Humphreys, Jsoe, Johnston, azaro. Lea,
Linthicum. Lonergan, McAndrews. Mc
Glcnnon. McKinlry, McLanp, Mahr, Martin,
Mead. Minahan. Mooney, O'Connell, O'Con
ner. Pell. Phelan. Pou, John W. Rainey.
III.; Riordan, Rowan. Sabath, Sherwood,
Small, Smith, New York; Steele and Sul
livan. Republicans Bacharach. Britten. Bur
dick. Burke, Curry, Dyer, Edmonds, Free
man, Garland, Glynn, Haskell, Hull.
Husted. Jefferiea. Juul. Kahn, Kennedy.
Kieczka, La Guarcia, Macerate. Madden
Long-worth. McArthur. Macerate. Madden,
Mann. Merritt, Moore, Morins;, Mudd, New
ton. Nolan. Oajden. Porter, Radcllffe.
Ramsey, Reber. Kodenberg, Sanford. Sicgel,
(Concluded on rage 2. Column 1.)
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Unrest in Great Britain Orrers Many
Angles of Menace With Soldiers
and Strikers Joined.
BY JAMES M. TUOKT.
(Copyright by the Now York World. Tul
llehed by arranxment.)
LONDON. July 22. (Special Cable.)-
Damage amounting to more than
Jl, 300, 000 was done on peace day at
Luton, Bedfordshire, center of the
English straw hat Industry, because
discharged and demobilized soldiers
were refused permission to hold memo
rial services for their dead comrades
in the local public park.
This refusal really merely furnished
occasion for a riot which had been
brewing for some time, owing to un
redressed grievances of tfe soldiers.
The town hall was burned to the
ground, all the municipal documents
were destroyed, and 40 policemen and
16 firemen were injured by the mob.
niota Im Many Towns.
In Cork and Limerick. Jn isolated
disturbances between soldiers and
Sinn Felners, the police charged with
their clubs and ultimately used their
rifles. One policeman got a shot In the
leg. The men arrested will be tried
by courtmartial and will receive heavy
sentences.
No arrest has been made In Luton,
and the mayor has fled.
In Coventry, Warwickshire, the great
motor Industry city, a mob smashed
plate glass windows by the wholesalu
and looted boot and other shops.
These are merely local manifesta
tions of general and menacing unrest
Labor Situation Critical.
"The strike of the miners to show
their discontent with a wage IncreaM
of only 6 shillings a ton furnishes .
formidable example of the general feel
ing. Mines have stopped operations
and are becoming flooded, and sallorti
have been sent from the fleet to pump
them out.
The mining situation Is regarded as
critical, for the miners claim solidar
ity with the soldiers and sailors. If
that is the case a vista is opening for
new and greater trouble than the gov
ernment has yet had to face.
Industrial work throughout Yorkshire
is becoming paralyzed. There are
strikes of one kind or another in most
of the industrial districts.
Transport Trade Blocke.
At Greenock, near Glasgow, the
transport workers, having been refused
pay for peace day, decided not to work
on any future Saturday, thus tying up
the transport business. - -
Nearly 50.000 Derbyshire miners are
idle. Eighty-five mines have shut
down In the midlands and the north.
It is feared miners all over Great
Britain will strike s a protest against
the use of sailors for pumping the
mines.
Altogether the situation has roused
the most profound fears and misgivings
in the house of commons. The premier
has been unable to say anything to
dispel this feeling.
Tapers Reflect Alarm.
- All the morning newspapers empha
size the gravity of the coal situation.
Disaster is a'head If these developments
continue, the Daily Telegraph says. It
urges all who bear the responsibility of
leadership to say If they are- for or
against the Infliction of ruin upon mil.
lions of their fellows.
The Dally News foresees "a calamity
(Concluded on Page 2, Column '2. 1
BETTER THAN HE HAD EXPECTED.
Governor Refuses to Call
for Soldiers.
PRIVATE LOSSES ARE $300,000
Lane Sets Aside $200,000
More to Carry on Fight.
30 TO 40 BEYOND CONTROL
Lous or Timber Estimated at 30.000,
000 Board Feet; Small South
Idaho Biases Checked.
BOISEf Idaho. July 22. Between 30
and 40 fires beyond control are burning
In North Idaho, Glen C. Smith, assistant
district forester at Missoula. Mont., ad
vised Governor D. YV Davis here to
day.' Losses In timber he estimated at
30.000.000 board feet and losses to pri
vate properly at $300,000. The forestry
service already has spent 1275.000 n an
effort to control the fires, he said.
Fires burning In the yellow pine dis
trict of the Thunder mountain country
are raging with unabated fury. Smaller
fires In national forests of south Idaho
are being brought under control.
Secretary Lane telegraphed from
Washington today to the governor that
he had set aside an additional (200.000
to help, fight Idaho's forest fires.
The governor today refused to Join
George Cornwall, editor of the Timber
man, Portlatid. Or.. In asking the fed
eral government for troops for fire
fighting purposes. Soldiers will not be
asked for In Idaho as long as It is
possible to hire, labor.
When the need for soldiers becomes
imperative the governor will insist that
they receive 50 cents an hour. In com
mon with other fire fighters.
KIRE KECKOSSES CANADA LINE
One Blaze I Within Mile of Wash
ington Town, But Nearly Checked.
SPOKANE. Wash.. July 22. The forest-fire
situation in northern Idaho to
day, as a whole, was regarded as no
worse, if any, than yesterday.
The fire in the Pack River valley,
between Sandpoint and Hope. Idaho,
was still burning over a front eight
miles long and was advancing at the
rate of four to eight miles a day. The
area covered, which Is totally unin
habited. Is now estimated at 50 square
miles. Several million feet of timber
has been destroyed.
A large fire on the Lost Fork of
Jordan creek, near Heron. Montana,
today was reported almost under con
trol. A fire burning for several days
near Newport. Wash., is now within a
mile of that town hut Is practically un
der control. Another Is four miles from
tCom-lutid on Pace 'J, Column 3.)
Opinion of Government Experts on
Suitability or Grounds Will Be
Required First.
S. Benson, capitalist, vesleraav an.
nounced that he will offer aft SO-acre
tract of land in University nrw m the
city of Portland for use as an aviation
landing field. The offer was made
through Milton R. Kiepper. president
of the Aero club of Oregonv
Mr. Benson contemniat that
tlon experts from the United States
army first make a careful examination
oi the ground to determine If It is suit
able for use as a landing field. If the
government expert reports favorably
the formal offer then will be made to
the city.
Local aviation enthusiasts whn have
seen the alte are united In the belief
that it Will make an Ideal lanitinr nlii-
for planes. The field Is approximately
one-natr. mile wide and a mile and a
half In length. It is unusually level.
This land Is the same which Mr. Ben.
son offered to the city last winter as a
site for a proposed reconstruction hos
pital, u one snould be built. It Is north
about J 100.000.
"The plans are all In a very unset
tled stage." sad Mr. Benson yesterday.
"We must first learn If the field can be
used for the purpose Intended, and
must then be certain that there l no
other objection to it. I have wanted to
aonate tnis land to some public pur
pose and If it is found to be suitable as
a municipal landing field I mill be glad
to donate it to the city as a means of
encouraging aviation."
MILK CONDENSERS TARGET
Washington Dairyman Blames Flams
for Herd Reduction.
CENTRAL! A. Wash.. July 22. (Spe
cial.) That the number of milch cows
In Washington decreased 14.000 in the
past year and that this decrease was
caused by the attitude of the conden
serles to the producers was the asser
tion of J. A. Scollard, president of the
United Dairymen's association of Wash
ington, yesterday at the noon luncheon
of the chamber of commerce.
Mr. Scollard stated that organization
is the dairymen's salvation. Branches
of the state organization, he said, have
been formed in seven counties, and
these branches are arranging for the
establishment of plants for the manu
facture of milk products. All of the
products will be standardized and mill
be sold through one agency.
FIREMEN QUIT; FIRE STARTS
St. Helens Department Resigns and
S3000 Loss Recorded.
ST. HELENS. Or.. July 22. Special.)
At last night's meeting of the coun
cil the fire chief and the entire depart
ment resigned on account of a dis
agreement with Mayor Saxon and this
afternoon. IS hours after their action,
a fire broke out in a residential por
tion of the city and before some vol
unteers reached the scene the fire had
gained such headway that the building
and contents m-ere totally destroyed,
causing a loss of 15000.
A mass meeting of citizens will bt
held and the council and mayor are to
be requested Immediately to organize
another fire department.
This fire is the first St. Helens has
had in months.
PORTLAND BANKERS NAMED
C. L. Lamping Will Be Manager or
Resere Branch Bank.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 22 John U.
Calkins, governor of the 12th district
federal reserve bank, announced todav
the appointment of William A. Day of
San rrancisco to be deputy governor
and tho following appointments at
branch banks:
C L. Lamping, manager Portland
branch.
K. n. West, assistant cashier Port
land branch.
B. L. Davis, cashier Seattle branch.
C. A. Bemls, assistant cashier Seattle
bra nch.
Evan Berg, assistant cashier Spokane
branch.
Paul M. Lee. assistant cashier Salt
Lake City braniu.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather.
TESTr.RDAT' Mxlmim fmprrHurf, FS
deer; minimum. 61 drrvi.
TODAY'S Fair ad cooler; cntle nonh
ceterly mind.
Forrlsn.
BlM fftorlcs come tru ftrr 300 years,
race 3.
Houne f commons approves German trcty.
J'as
National.
Rcprentttvft V-Art bur explains him nru
tlve vote on enforcement bill. fan L
Houm pate drairttc prohibition enforce
ment bill. 87 to I (XI. I'iRe 1.
Senator MoNarv urgen venato to ratify
treaty unchanged. ras .
Dotnentle.
More Ore rem troopa reach New Tork port.
1'ase IT.
Flier make Sacramento-Portland trip In
12 hours and m inula. Page 1.
Causo of baboon disaster sought. Pag 2.
ra-Hflc Northwettt.
Educators two-temns-mltl tax Inadequate
tor soldier training. Page &
Klrea In northern Idaho rag unabated,
rage 1.
Oregon's worst road to be eliminated. Page 5.
Sports.
Gecra and Tommy Murphy big winners at
Grand Circuit trots. Pago 13.
Tennis-court romance leads to marriage of
Calhn Wolfard. Paga 14.
Pacific Cotut leaa-ue results: Portland S,
Kan FruntMwo O: iUcnmfnlo A. lom An
aeies U; Salt lake a. Oakland o. Vernon
. Seattle O. - Page 14.
Boxers from east are expected here. Pag 15.
Commercial and Marine1.
Portland Joins tn pl-t for more ships for
Pacific co t trad. Page t.
William-. Iimnnd & .. nnnuuoct .'0 -vat-
tUs in scrvltc. I'afiC --.
ALL COLUMBIA BASIN AFFECTED
Possible Economy by Electrify
ing Lines Is Discussed.
R. M. CALKINS ON STAND
Kail road President Called to Kth-
Justification of Hate In
la tor of Seattle.
It was made manifest by the 1ms
of testimony Introduced Into the record
of the hearing before the Interstate
commerce commission yesterday that It
Is the purpose of the grain producers
to obtain reductions in rates from all
points In the Columbia river ba.Mn to
Portland. It was also made equally
clear that the producers have no desire
to obtain a lower rate for the special
benefit of Portland, but would welcome
reductions to other ports.
Apparent inequalities fn rates from
points in the Inland Kmpire territory
to Seattle and Portland were pointed
out by the ra,te and traffic expert of
the Inland Empire Shippers league,
and It was emphasised that without ex
ception the benefit of advantageous
rates was frfven to Seattle, and in no
Instance preferential rates to the bene
fit or Portland.
R. M. lalklsta (.ires Teaflmsmy.
n. M. Calkins, president of the t"hi
caxo, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
company, appearing as a witness for
the railroad administration, interjected
by his testimony the suggestion that
the solution of lower costs of railroad
operation may be found In electrifica
tion of the roads.
It appeared that the purpose of in
troducing Mr. Calkins was to estab
lish on behalf of Seattle that the se
lect ion of Puget sound aa the termi
nal of that transcontinental system
was Justified by reason of its advan
tageous facilities. He stated that the
Investment in line branches and ter
minals in the state of Washington ap
proximated fSS.OCO.OOO.
Mr. Calkins was called to the presi
dency of the Milwaukco last car. as
its corporate head, after IU H. Aishton
was appointed regional director for the
northwestern region. He was foi -merly
traffic manager of the road and
for eight "years was a resident of
Seattle.
Savins; Is Pointed Out,
It was brought out that as a result
of the installation of electric operation
over 440 miles of the lines crossing the
Rocky mountains a great saving in op
erating costs had been effected, suf
ficient to pay a return on the invest
ment of $1-, 00. 000 Incurred to electrify,
and that a corresponding saving is an
ticipated when the electrification of
the line over the Cascades is completed.
The work is under way at a cost of
$3 125.000.
President Calkins would not say that
like economies might be put into effect
by the Oregon-Yashingion lines by use
of electric power that might be gen
erated at Priest Rapids, Cascade Locks
or Cclilo. Likewise he sidc-stepped
vouchsafing any opinions as to relative
traffic and operating conditions In
volving the lines along the Columbia
river a compared with tho Milwaukee,
saying that he was not familiar with
the road.
peed In Hearing Vrgri,
Commissioner Hall, presiding at ih
hearing, cautioned tho attorneys upon
the importance of dii-patch in complet
ing the evidence. Before adjournment
last ever. Piig it was advised that a con
ference be held before time for rcas
sembling this morning and arrange
ments be made for certain attorneys to
conduct the croes-examinatiun of each
witness. In order that duplication of ef
fort be avoided and time cone-crved.
It was suggested that one attomo
might be (elected to conduct the cro- .
examination on behalf of the allied
plaintiffs or defendants of each section
with interests In common.
That thero Is no deMre on the part
of the commisbioners to be unduly
strict in regulations, that it is urgently
desired that all material facts be pre
sented without the nccesMty for night
sessions, and the desire to conclude the
Portland hearing Friday, also were ex
pressed." Osffrnnder nessiaaes Testimony,
Edward Ostrander. traffic and rate
expert, resumed testimony at the hear
ing of the Portland rate case yesterday
morning before three interstate com
merce commissioners. Hall, Daniels ami
Eastman. His testimony was directed
to an explanation of the rate structure
of the Pacific northwest, dealing with
the traffic agreements which In the
early days of transportation develop
ment were commonly entered Into by
officials of the railroads. From the
records of an early hearing before'the
Interstate commerce commission It was
shown that an agreement had been
made between the Northern Pacific and
Oregon Railroad Ac Navigation company
for an equal division of earnings on
traffic from competitive territory in
the Columbia river basin territory
Later the legislature of the state ol
Washington established rate regulation
and ordered the reduction of rates then
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