lo TTTE 3rORMXG OREGO.MAX. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28. 1919. SUSPENSIOn OF PHDRE RATES IS REJECTED Public Service Commission Refuses to Act Now. yOOOOOOCOCOOOOO? CLASHES MARK HEARING Attorney Wrangle Over Reduction of Ratr Pending Dot'l-lon by State Official Body. Trellminarie in the hearin- trltl- ted by the puhlic service commission r Orfxon as to the legal authority- un der which the BurleHon schedule of rates is put into effect under the order of July 29. and to determine the reasonableness of the rates, occupied mo.t of the sessions yesterday. The hearing opened at 10 A. M., and was characterized by sharp tilta be tween counsel for the city of Portland and legal luminaries representing the company, concerning a suspension of the schedules. Only two witnesses wrere placed on the stand during the day, ona repreenting the company and ona a protectant representing the rural lines of Washington county. The greater part of the afternoon was occupied In a fruitless effort of the attorneys to agree upon stipula tions that it waa expected would ex pedite the hearing by eliminating from the record a ma 3 of testimony. This stipulation was suggested Jointly oy Assistant City Attorney Tomlinson and Judge C. H. Carey of the corpora tlon counsel, and It ia expected would among other things provide that the company would, in case the rates fixed by the commission are lower than the rates now being collected, refund or credit the difference to exchange sub scribers and patrons. After a confer ence with the city council Mr. Tomlin son. acting upon instructiona from the officials, declined to enter into the atipulation Kate Ssapeaaln Asked. H. M. Tomlinson. assistant city attor Ttey of I'orttand. asked for a suspension of the rates, pending the result of the investgation and decision by the com mission, which was the subject of an! mated discussion by the attorneys par ticipating as representatives of the company, and strongly sunported by Mr. Tomlinson. Chairman Buchtel. on behalf of the commission, declined to order the rates suspended and declared that the Interests of the public would be protected, and that In case of rat-a lower than the existing schedules being fixd the order would be retroactive so that refunds would be assured, of tha amount paid in excess of the legal rata "Iff eventually, or -nally. or what ever time It is determined that the company has been charging a greater rate than they are legally entitled to, there will be no question as to the atti tude of this commission on refunds. said Chairman Buchtel. "I believe the people are properly protected, and 1 can assure you that they will be pni-erly protected. If this company In pl.icing these ratea In effect, or Mr. Burleson In placing these rates in effect, haa tikn something which It afterwr.rla appears they are not entitled tn. the people will get their money back." xnta statement waa made In response to the contention of Mr. Tomlinson that It would be sometime before tha de rision of the commission would he an nounced, and that meantime the public would be paying the higher rates. Meager Klrmt tVltaeaa. C. n. Fleager was the first witness Inirodut-cd by the telephone company 1 n1 was asked by James T. Shaw, gen eral counsel of trie company, with head OU.irirr at San Francisco, to identify certain exhibit introduced. Before ac cepting the exhibits the chairman stat- id that unless the exhibits bad a direct connection with showing the authori sation of the company to put the j-rhiiu'e Into effect it would not be admissible. The attorney said it waa liata tht he should wish to have before the body as a prelude to going to that point. The tabulation was an estimate of tha annual revenues that would be re ceived under the Burleson rate on the hypothesis of Its being In effect for a full year, which It waa shown would give net revenue of J.S per cent, as compared with a return of 3 0 per cent under the rate fixed by the Ore gon commission, effective May I. with the wages then in effect. It waa lur Ihrr shown that, taking Into account the June wage Increase, the net rev enue under the legal rate as fixed by the commission would be 1.37 per cent- Farmer Takes fltaad. K. W. Haines, who lives on a farm rear Nrth Plains. Washington county, gave testimony at the afternoon ses- Mon in behalf -of the farmers' lines in that section. He testified that there are about thirty of these lines con erc:ns at North Plains and that for a period of about twenty years they have had exchange privileges that permitted them to have exchange service with any telephone in tne county without Jong-distance charges. Recently the company put into effect rates that confines the service without toll-line charges to each Individual line, and that In some cases It is chpear to go by automobile to a neigh bor for conversation than to use the telephone, he said. On the line which serves Mr. Haines, he stated, there are about IK subscribers and each is now charged $3 per month, whereas under the old svstem their rate was nominal. He asked that equitable rates be fixed by the commission for this class of service. .Haa File Appearances. Protests were received by the com mission n written form from Rnseburg. ryiHE two sons of Mr. and Mrs.' Robert Lewis, who have been spending the - summer here with their aunt. Mrs. William Wheelwright, will leave for the east the ftrat of September. The eldest. C. Hunt Uewla. the 2d. will go to Princeton and hia brother, Robert Lewis Jr.. will return to the Hill aciiool fcr boya In Pottstowii. They have spent an enjoyable three months here and their many frienda and rela tlvea regret having to give them up. e Tuesday evening Hugh Hume had aa hia guests at tha Alcazar theater Mr. I and Mrs. William Wheelwright, Mr. and Mrs. John Lew la and Miss Sally Lewis. Mrs. Clarence Jacohaon will close her summer home on the Columbia river next week and go to San Francisco to spend the winter. She wil be great ly missed by her many friends. Miss Katherine Collins haa returned to Seattle after an enjoyable visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Teal. Many delightful informal affairs were given in her honor during her stay in Portland. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Henrv Jones was at home most Informally to lew intimate friends, mostly from out of town. e Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lazell have their guest Mrs. Lazell'a brother. Wayne du Cond of Philadelphia. Thev have Just returned from a trip by motor 10 me.Deacnes. Mr. and Mrs. Norman F:upp are being congratulated on the birth of a baby girl, born last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Linn left last week for California. They will apend Bc.crai weexs in uarmal by the Sea. the guests of Mrs. Llnn'a sister and brother-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. von Klein schmidt, who have a charming sum mer home. Mrs, von Klelnschmldt will be re membered as Miss Elizabeth Sawyers before her marriage. Dr. von Kleln achmidt is the prealdent of the uni versity at Tuacon, Arizona. went to Mrs. D. Alva Miller and Mrs. N. P. Anderson. . A son waa born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Rodgers August 18. Mrs. Rodgera was Misa Lydia Hoener of St. Louis. Dr. Mary Bowerman-Purvlne of Salem ia spending the Week at Cedar Crest farm during the absence of Dr. and Mrs. Prine. . Mrs. D D. Bellls Is in Seattle today to meet her father, J. C. Dunn, en route here from Des Moines, la. Mrs. Dunn accompanied her daughter home In June after a trip through the Canadian Rockies and the northwest, and has spent the summer here and at Seaside. At the conclusion of their visit here Mr. and Mrs. Dunn will re turn east through California, stopping at a number of the interesting places en route. Mrs. B. E. Stoutmyer of Boise is at the Portland hotel for a few days on her way home from Seattle and Rainier National park. . Dr. W. A. Cummlng and his daugh ter. Miss Harriet, are home from Gearhart, where they motored last week. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott R. Corbett. ac companied by their four children and Barbara Jane Smith, will return home from Gearhart next Tuesday after several weeks' absence. KMER HEADS DRIVE FOR OJB1IAL LastDaysMid-Summer Clearance Sale THIS tSED MODEL Portland War Workers Will Be Enlisted in Campaign. COUNTIES TO LAY PLANS Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kerr with their two children are having a delightful outing by motor. Thev left her! with Dr. John Boyd and his party to tour the Yellowstone. Their last letter rm from Salt Lake City. They are expected nome next week. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Estabrook IMu Ziegler) are being congratulated on the arrival of a baby boy. born Mon day. August 25. He has been named Alfred Lee. The ladies of Kike "500" club will meet at the Elks' temple today at 2 o'clock with Mra. M. Conkrite aa hos- ! tess. Bridge honors last Thursday Dr. and Mrs. Harvey- Johnson are spending the week at Hotel Warrens at Cannon beach. The Misses Flanders had as the! guests at their charming summer horn at Ecola Mrs. John C. Ainsworth, Miss Katherine Ainsworth, Miss Suzann Piatt and Robert and Hun Lewis. little later Mrs. Ainsworth -will tak her daughter east to place her in school. Mra. Edwin R. Root and her son Edward Jr., have returned from couple of weeks' outing at Seaside and Cannon beach. Miss Ella Priscilla Roberts, former ly a teacher in the Glencoe public school, has returned to Portland after a year of war service. Miss Roberts took the reconstruction work course at Reed college and through that insti tution was appointed to overseas serv Ice. She reached New York, however, Just after the signing of the armistice and new orders assigned her to duty first at Camp Devens, Mass., and then to Plattsburg J. Y. She will resume her work in the Glencoe school at the fall term. e Sirs N'Hia Larowe. having returned from an outing at Seaside, has now gone to spend a few days at Rainier national park. Popularization of Movement for Erection of Monnment at Wash ington Is Keynote. Judge Jacob Kanzler has been chosen to head the Theodore Roosevelt me morial organization in Portland and Multnomah county. He is to be aided by George F. Nevins as auditor of the funds. Action was taken by the ex- j ecutive committee yesterday. Judge: Kanxler was authorized to select mem- 1 bers of his organization In making! plans for the aid J350?5"c.$195 $ Monthly. THIS 1917 .MODEL I THIS 1917 MODEL $425,"??S2$245 $8 Monthly. THIS 1915 MODEL S500tG35rc.d.n$395 912 Monthly. J7505F?S$495 S14 Monthly. $5or$I0!,nr rec- r d s purchased deliv ers one 01 these models to your home. $20-,' Ml! : 9 1 vu Weekly THIS 1919 MODEL rp $650.5485 14 Monthly. MIMATIHB GRAND iui 7 Model S7 $1050 Grade K50 Cash, S20 Monthly. $695 THIS MODEL $750&-SS $562 17 Monthly. fW f ma , if $1050 5Je $695 Cash, 30 Monthly. .r the campaign. He will enlist I TRUTHFUL ADVFRTlSIWfl Th,s stor satisfies the people throirgh Its unprecedented values. Truths fully named. SI nee r of business men who have had I """" t" ity is our chief business policy. We tell you now, prices are going higher. Oregon City. Warren ton and from Springfield. Amcmg those who filed appearances were: J. P. Newell, con suiting engineer, and H. M. Tomlinson. aaslstant city attorney, representing the city of Portland: H. D. Plllsbury of I'HI.-bury. Madison Sutro. and James X. Shaw. Pan Francisco, and Judge C. H. Carey. Portland, attorneys for the corporation: R. X. Lovelace. Rainier. representing the farmera of central Co- umbia county: A. H. TarbelL master of the Pomona grange, and A. L. Morris of Warren, representing southern Co lumbia county farmers; O. B. Setters, deputy city attorney of Astoria; Veazle. McCamant c Veaxle. counsel for the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce; W. o. Sima. attorney for Fremont Ev erett, a telephone user of Portland: Dan Johnston, city attorney of Albany: C E. Fleager, for telephone company, aa atatlstlclan: O. H. Foster, city at torney of Eugene: E. O. Immel. Eugene. attorney, and E. E. Morrison, mayor of Springfield, and John F. Moore of Cor- vallia. AtforoeylGeneral Appears. J. O. Bailey, assistant attorney-gen eral, appears aa counsel for the public service commission and Commissioners Buchtel. Corey and Wllllaau are all participating in the hearing. The commission has Invit4 1 tha co ordination of the city officiahj of Port land and other cities of tha state In the investigation being made to the end that all facts upon which the ques tions at issue may be determined. The Pacific state Telephone & Tele graph company has bfeen requested to bring up to date Information supplied t the previous hearing at which the ratea effective May 1. were authorized. as to station developments, revenues and expenses in each division and In ach of the principal exchanges. year Additions to property In each exchange and district Is also asked, and a comparison in growth of ex penses and revenues, by months in the past year and half, which will reflect efect of norman expense or revenues. and show additional expense Incurred during the period. Further analysis of the results ob tained from application of the long distance rates inaugurate under the order of the postmaster-general and of the increased telegraph ratea Is also requested, and further Information aa to the trend of pricea for material. The company has been asked to make comparison on each class of service under public service commission rates No. 499. in May, with the rates ordered by the postmaster-general, to show- the amount of revenue actually derived under each. CRATER HE HOTEL GOAL STRUCTURE TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS HELD NEED. Stephen Mather Confident Portland Business Men Will Raise Stand ard of Accommodations. MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 27. (Special.) Stephen A. Mather, director of na tional parks, said today he believed Portland business men. assisted by public-spirited men of affairs through out the state, will see that the roads to and accommodations at Crater lake are brought up to the standard of other rational parks. 1 neneve Portland business men realize that a modern and first-class hotel, conducted by experienced busi ness men. is a necessity at the lake." said Mr. Mather, "and if even the hotel did noi pay large returns directly to the atockholdors. by bringing thou sands of people into Oregon every year instead of diverting them to other na tional parks, it would be a paying in vcrtment for Oregon. . "I have no criticism of Mr. Park hurst, but he ia not a hotel man and Is handicapped by lack of -capital. He was the pioneer in this venture and should be assured of every cent he put in, but the time haa come to put accom modations at Crater -lake which will attract people Instead of sending tliem away. Mr. Mather, accompanied by Madison Grant, president of the National Geo graphical society, left for Klamath at noon. experience in various war loans and drives. Portland will be called upon to raise one-half tha total apportionment for Oregon, according to the decision of the committee yesterday. Oregon la to rat&e $37,500. and Portland $18,750 for the memorial to be erected at Wash ington, D. C. Counties to Perfect Pinna. County chairmen will be selected soon and the organization in each county perfected so that the drive begin enthusiastically throughout Ore- I Manufacturer' gon October 20. The upstate quota will Coast Distributors, be apportioned according to popula tion. A committee consisting of State Director Edgar Piper Jr., Robert E. Smith and John L. Etherldge was named to apportion the quotas. War drive plans will be adopted. Four leaders in war drives yesterday gave advice. PRICE IDENTITY Wny shoul' Pianos not have a price identity? Why should market values not be observed? Wny should I IllWk lUklll 1 1 I you pay inflated nrices? Tf ill fintif. wnr nlinn nurchflne 11 R or more eaiih IS nr mn mmilkl. NO Ffll I f)W-!IP XAI FMiM Saves fully 20 ,n our cost of selling. We are not interested in your address if our 25 1 unLLOlllAlil lower-price inducements do not sell you. There is no need to pay $500 to $650 for a piano now. LIBFRTY RflNIK or othr securities taken in part or full payment of Pianos or Player-Pianos during this sale. Also, LIULIII I UUHUO your old Piano, Organ or Talking Machine. DRDFR YflilH Plflfif) RY M4H Rd, atndy and compare our qnaltty, prices and term, aa advertised, nnd you will learn UIIUi.ll I UUil llnliU u I lllrtlLhT we have hundred, of mail-order buyers. nUT-flF-TflWNRUYFRWE PHEPAY AXD MAKE FREE DELIVERY OF PIAXO TO YOUR HOME within 200 miles. ,L ! ! t,!Uand the piano will be shipped subject to exchange within one year, we allowing the full amount paid. This virtually gives you a one-year trial of the piano you order. Every piano or player-piano purchased carries with it the Schwan Piano Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as also the usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new musical instruments. Ill Fonrth Street, at waanington. Schwan Piano Co. WAHRAIVTFB ' BACKED BY MANY MILLIONS ISi CAPITAL Grace Guilds and Lydia Guilds of Wood land, representing Cowlitz county can ning clubs in the southwest Washing- Thejr were John L. Etheridge, ton cannir.s contest, last week secured Emery Olmstead, Guy Edward Cooklngham.. Movement to Be Popularized. Popularization of the movement was the keynote sounded by Dr. H. Waldo Coe, chairman of the executive com mittee. He said the money' would be raised with little difficulty, but de clared that effort should be made to get a large number of subscriptions. Edgar Piper Jr., state director, an nounced that the Press club will be temporary headquarters at which meet ings will be held. A conference of county chairmen will he held in Portland. W. Talbot and second prize and their work was prac- ning Lewis county team, were represented. Six counties Harvey E. Jones of Seattle Dies. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 27. Harvey tlcally on a par with that of the win- E. Jones, former president of the Se attle commercial club, died here today, aged 54. Immediate delivery, 4-ft. green slab wood, cordwood, coal. Albina Fuel Co. Adv. CITY TO RAISE SALARIES Chehalia Employes In Fair Way to Get $15 More Each Month. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) All city employes, with a few I exceptions, will receive an increase of I $15 a month In a new salary ordinance I to be passed first reading by th-e city I commission Saturday. The increase is I necessitated through the fact that the municipal workers are being offered more lucrative positions in other lines I of employment. The commission Saturday will also I adopt the city budget for next year. The city's assessed valuation is $2,459.- 28 and the commission is allowed by law to levy a tax of 1 per cent of I his amount for current expenses and I per cent additional for the retirement of Indebtedness. Happy Vision. Mothers Friend Gives Comfort to JEpectant Mothers Fy making elastic the muscles, during the anxious months before maternity. Mother's Friend renders the ligaments pliant for expansion as the system is preparing for the coming event. How natural then that the new dawn is looked to in happy anticipation. Mother ' Friend is used extcmjily. At all Drujrucs. Special Booklet on Motherhood mmd Bah free BraatMldResnlstarC, Drpt, (4, Atlanta. Oe. PACKERS TAKE DAY OFF Repairs lo Ventilating Apparatus Give Hood River Workers Holiday. HOOD RIVER. Or- Au. 27. (Spe cial.) Nine pear packers of the Apple Growers' association were idle today. It is not a question of wanes," said L.uhr Jensen, Dee rancher, and one of the packers. "We are paid 6 cents per box. enourh. but we had to strike tn order to Ret action on poor ventila tion. Resulting from a broken fan. the air in the refrigerated chamber where pears must he handled was so bad that we were a-rowtna- ill. When repairs are made and the room made sanitary we mill return." Robert Vauehan, In charjre of the packing- rooms, denies It was a strike. He says all of the employes were of fered other tasks Vhile the repairs were under way. but that they pre ferred to lay off for the day. They wijl resume work tomorrow according1 to Mr. Vaughan. Xo More Fire? Permits Issued. KKLPO, Wash.. Aug. 27. (Special.) -Orders have been Issued to fire wardens and rangers to issue no more slashing or brush fire permits until after a good rain fa 1L County Fire Warden H. C. Couch and the rangers of this vicinity. Charles Newell and William McCarty. have been kept busy controlling slashing fires, but there has been no fire of any sise in Cowlits county during te present summer. COURT'S DOCKET BIG ONE Many Castes Set lor September Term in Iewls Counfy. OHEH-ALIS, Wash., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) The September term of the Lewis county superior court, which will open here Monday, will be one of the busiest in months. Eight state cases are to be tried, one of which is that of Walter Cline, chanted with first degree murder. Another is the Pe Ell bank robbery case. Gordon Brown of Bunker creek being: the defendant. Clin will set up self defense as justification for killing Kirlf Asbury, his brother-in-law. at Morton some weeks ago. Brown will under take to show that he was not at Pe Ell when the bank there was robbed of about $.1000 last spring. Other state cases are those of J. G. Washburn. Walter Parker. D. C. Brooks. Jim Owens and Harry Elmore, charged with statutory offenses, and Antonis Manos. forgery. Fourteen civil aults are to be tried. O. A. C. Girl to Teach at Leulston. LEWISTOX. Idaho. Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Miss Winifred Patterson has ar rived here from Oregon to accept th-e position of head of the department of home economics in the Lewiston high school. Miss Patterson, who has been for four years an instructor in home economics in the Albany Oregon high school, is a graduate of Oregon Agri cultural college. She comes highly recommended by the Albany schools and by Professor E. O. nessler of thvi vocational department of the Oregon Agricultural college. UNDERTAKERS IN SESSION Mayor Hanson Welcomes Delegates! to Washington Convention. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 27. With about 127 members present, the Wash- f ington runeral Directors association I opened its ISth annual convention here today. Mayor Ole Hanson welcomed I the delegates to Seattle. L. L. Brun- ning. Colfax, Wash., vice-president, re sponded. Frank Koeple, Seattle, presi dent of the organization, presented his I annual report at the opening session. Professor Will P. HohenschuTi, Iowa I City, spoke today and will give a dem onstration tomorrow. The association will elect officers Friday. COMPROMISE IS REJECTED Phone Workers to Seek Reopening of Negotiations With Company. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.. 27. Tele- phone workers of California, Washing- ton. Oregon. Nevada and Idaho voted I to reject the compromise offer of the I Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com pany and the federal wire control board, which recently ended a strike I of the telephone workers, it was offi cially announced today. - The rejection was by a big majority I among the 70 locals participating in the vote, it was said. , An attempt will be made to reopen negotiations with I the telephone company and if they fail I a strike vote will be taken, union offi cials declared. Chehalis Pastor Gives Satisfaction. CHEHALIS, Wash, Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Kev. A. J. McKenzie. who has most acceptably filled the pulpit of the Methodist church in Chehalis the-past year, has been called to fill the pulpit here again the coming year. Rev. Mr McKenzie came here from California and his family recently arrived to make their home here. Cowlitz Canners Get Second Honors. I i KEIO. Wash., Aug. 27. (Special.) Shillady lo Seek Rcdres. NEW YORK. Aug. 27. John R. Shillady, secretary of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, Issued a statement here tonight in which he declared action would be taken to obtain satisfaction for the attack v made upon him In Austin, Tex., when ha went there to advance the interests of bis organiza tion. New Zealanders at Hood River. HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) En route home from service with the Anzacs overseas. Sergeant- Major E. A. Duncan of Dunedin and Sergeant J. S. Duncan of Christchurch. N. Z.. arrived here today to study methods of apple culture. The Anzacs have toured California and other American fruit districts and expect on their return home to Introduce numer ous horticultural reforms. Values Combined With Credit CHERRY CHAT Bad Checks Made Good. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Following his making good on a number of forged checks which he passed here recently, Victor W. Gild, who was returned here from Oregon City last week, has been released from custody. Gild paid all costs and made financial restitution to thoae who bad been defrauded. THAT'S the unusually at tractive combination of fered you fby Cherry's good values with accommodating credit. Many stores can give you values many stores can give you credit but to find the two together and with it all exceptional style advan tages this is something pe culiar to Cherry's. You will like Cherry's and you will like the quality and style of mer chandise carried. Come and see. Large departments for both men and women. All outer apparel. 389-91 Washington SU, Portland. 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