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- y : I. ' THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, IXECEJIBER 5, 1919. wHe rate refund i to be10e soon December Bills to Patrons to Be Credited. REHEARING TO BE ASKED Division Superintendent Announces Task Is Difficult and Delay May Be Expected. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, wilt make refunds to sub scribers in accordance with the re . cent order of the public service com mission, which, it is asserted, went beyond the stipulation entered in the proceedings by the attorney for the corporation. Further, the company serves notice that it will, within the statutory limitation, apply for a re hearing on the reasonableness of the rates laid down by the commission. W. J. Phillips, division commercial superintendent, stated yesterday that there will be some delay in render ing the current statements to sub scribers, owing to the difficulty in crediting the proper refunds in each case. Problem Found Difficult. With reference to the recent order and the compliance of the company therewith, Mr. Phillips said: "The commission's order reached me the forenoon of December 1 and as ; found therein, December 1 was designated as a reasonable time for the order to become effective. It will be appreciated that this coincidence ; cculd not be avoided by the commis sion, but it nevertheless presented to - us an exceedingly complicated and difficult problem which could not be Instanteously solved. As I said in my first statement, however, the company and Its officers and engineers imme diately devoted themselves to an ana lysis of the order. This analysis hav lng been completed, I am glad to an nounce for the information of the telephone subscribers of the company and the public generally what our attitude toward this order will be and with reference to the order itself. Company to Obey Order. "First and most important, I de sire to announce on behalf of the company that, with the best good - nature that we can command, we propose to obey this order, both in letter and in spirit. This is not be cause we are satisfied with the order. nor because we concede that the order Is fair or reasonable, but we recognize that the commission was confronted with some exceedingly grave prob . lems irom lis point, ana that our . effort to make our position plain be fore the public, has been greatly com plicated and made exceedingly dif ficult by the fact that the hearing and presentation involved have run concurrent with government control . and the passing of that control with ; all the difficult questions of juris " diction as well as the relative equities involved. For this reason. ; we are not disposed to indulge in de tailed criticism of a result which we think is in fact quite unfair. Authority Is Questioned. "First, with reference to the order and its disposition of the matter of legal rates: It is the opinion of the company, guided by its legal counsel, that as a matter of law the commis sion has no authority to make an or der of refund such as has been at tempted. However, regardless of our legal conclusions, the fact remains that in course of the hearings in this proceeding the company voluntarily pledged itself to make refunds from August 1 to all its patrons of any dif ference in the rates collected and the rates as established by the commis , sion. In view of the legal opinion , received by the commission from the attorney-general, the commission has gone somewhat beyond this stipula tion. Our position is that whether or . not we are bound by this commis sion's conclusion, we are bound by -our voluntary stipulation, and any - effort on our part to reconcile the dlf- - ference between these two view-"- points would be a hopeless matter to make plain to our many patrons. For - this reason and a desire to avoid fur-'-ther misunderstanding with our patrons on this point we will carry out our stipulation modified to con form to the order which the commls- - sion has made. Dcmnbrr Bills to Be Credited. "This puts us in the position of con forming strictly to the order as made '- by the commission whether or not it is legal, and further puts us in the -i position of going furtlr with re funds than wete involved in our ;. stipulation, respite the fact that it '- involves a difficult accounting and - mechanical problem, this refund will be made by way of a credit on the December bills, delivery- of which to our subscribers is delayed for this purpose. With this declaration of pur pose regarding the refund we hope - . that there may be extended some de gree of leniency because of the in numerable details which are certain to present themselves, and we will gladly . take up individual instances with all subscribers who may find reason to , : be dissatisfied with the disposition of this matter on their current bills. SO ; much for the matter of refund which, after completion thereof, we propose : to relegate to the limbo of oblivion. HehrarinK to Be Asked. "We now come to the difficult matter of complying with the order in so far as it establishes rates for the future. Candor again requires that we say now that it is the pur pose of the company to apply for a rehearing regarding the reasonable ness of these rates as the basis upon which we must go on with our under taking to render a full, complete and satisfactory service to our subscrib ers in the state of Oregon. In the meantime, however, the business will be administered at the rates laid down by the commission in each and every community and renewed efforts will be made on the part of the com pany' and its organization to give a service beyond reproach and reason able criticism. Our purpose to apply ing for a rehearing will be to con vince the commission that it has not in fact provided sufficient additional revenue to cover the advance in wages which has actually been made. Thus far the revenue problem has never even been approached with the pros pect of results to which we are en titled under the law. namely, a rea sonable return on our investment in the state of Oregon. This matter, however, is one for the future. End of Trouble If oped for. The thing I am desirous of making plain at the present time is that the company accepts this order with good grace and in good faith. We aire par ticularly sorry that the commission found it necessary to comment as it did in the order upon the service that we are giving. We realize that we cannot and, as a matter of fact, we have not for some time, claimed for this service that degree of excellence which our patrons are entitled to, but it has been our thought that the peo ple of Oregon were sufficiently ac quainted with the grave difficulties with which the company has been met n the way of changing jurisdiction. strikes and difficulties involved in the technique of mechanical equip ment, as to give us some degree of charitable consideration on this point; but it is our hope that these diffi culties are now largely a matter of the past. It is also our hope that the peak of industrial difficulties so far as we are concerned has been passed, that 3 AT SEATTLE FACE CENTRAL ES Prisoners Identified as Sus pects in I. W. W. Murders. TRANSFER TO BE MADE S.F. WOMAN-HAS GAINED 30 POUNDS our engineers are in position to over- j general's office shortly before noon Thursday. He is still neld technic come the mechanical difficulties that have confronted us. that the public discontent regarding changed Juris diction and the altering of responsi bilities is for the time being over, and with this hope in mind, it is perhaps sufficient to say finally that with the best endeavor to co-operate with the public officials in the state of Oregon, we are going into the future with a renewed hope in our ability to give such service under conditions so satis factory that this company will attain the position in the public esteem which it regards essential to Its per manent success, satisfy its subscrib ers, satisfy the commission and satisfy the public." JURY VERDICT IS SCORED s Disregard for Facts Charged in Intoxicated Driver Case. "If the people of Multnomah coun ty seek to put a bait on drunken mad men driving automobiles through the highways and byways they will have to provide some Jury method ' by which an absolute disregard . for facts can be eliminated," announced E.' Y. Lansing Jr., deputy city attor ney, in the court of Circuit Judge Tucker yesterday when a jury brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case of Harry McNaby found guilty in the municipal court of'driv ing an automobile while intoxicated and sentenced to 45 days in .jail and a flue of $100. The deputy city attorney main tained that four witnesses testified to the alleged intoxication of McNab before he drove his automobile into an iron girder of the Hawthorne bridge on July 19, 1918. The case on appeal was not heard before because of the absence in the tank service of ex-Deputy Sheriff Hubert Regan. The jurors returning the verdict of not guilty were: Alfred Wanless, W. W. Lawton, Lloyd R. Smith, Hugh B. Girvan, Gus H. Haack, James Ander son, John D. Bodley, Percy R. Ma honey, John E. Hiller, Robert Hous ton, Bernard Koehn and John E. Kennedy. Mrs. Virginia Stapp Hadn't Seen a Well Day in 25 Years. "It's the honest truth. I hadn't seen a well day in 25 years until 1 started taking Tanlac, but now all my trou bles are gone and I feel like a young girl again." was the statement made by Mrs. Virginia Stapp of 18 Valen cia street, San Francisco. ."For the past 25 years I have been in such miserable health," continued Mrs. Stapp, "that I was beginning to think 1 would have to be content and bear my troubles as long as I lived. I had almost no appetite at all and when I managed to eat a few bites I couldn't digest it and it would make me deathly sick, and as I could get no strength or nourishment, I fell off 25 pounds in weight- I got so faint and dizzy at times that I would have to sit down and wait till the attacks passed over. For the past 20 years I hardly knew what it was to be without a headache and I had terrible pains across my kidneys. All j my life I have been constipated and j every day for years I have had to take a laxative and my , tongue was always coated and I had a bad taste in my mouth all the time. Night af- , ter night I have lain In bed rolling and tossing for hours, unable to get a wink of sleep and of mornings I felt so bad I could hardly get up. "The statements in the papers about Tanlac seemed so sincere that I made up my mind to give it a trial, but as everything else I had taken ; for 25 years had failed to help me, I nad little faith in Tanlac. But, sir. it began to help me so quick that it was no time before I had changed my mind about it and now I think it is the grandest medicine 1 have ever heard of in mv life. I can hardlv ally under the King county charre j realize what a wonderful change has Gravel, Alias Lewis, Betrays Fear of Trial Letter to Wife Is Offered as Evidence. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Identified as having been in Centralia on or about Armistice day, : when four ex-service men were killed i by agitators. Dick Gravel, alias Jack Lewis, an alleged I. W. W., was re moved today from the county jail and taken to Centralia for investigation. He was committed in lieu of a peace bend of f 1000 following a trial in justice court on a charge of threat ening his wife. The total arrests In Seattle In con nection with the Armistice day mur ders are three. Lawrence Smith, said to be Gravel's pal, and J. J. Kxtell, ar rested Wednesday night, were identi fied tonight as being wanted in Centralia. They will be taken there tomorrow. Gravel was given into custody of cq! CO jP tD tpman woixe exo "Merchandise of cJ Merit Only" For Young Men ! A Sale of Fine Suits of "threats" of which he was found guilty by Justice of the Peace Otis W. Brinker Tuesday. Court Record Amende When the two agents from Cen tralia applied to Prosecuting Attorney Fred C. Brown, the matter was re ferred to Judge Brinker, who amend ed the record to show that Gravel would be confined temporarily in the Lewis county Jail on the King county charge. One of the attorney-general's agents is said to have identified Graeel as a man he saw in Centralia at some date, approximately Novem ber 11. This agent told the authori ties here that there were other wit nesses in Centralia who claimed to have- information about a man an swering Gravel's description. Another alleged circumstance against Gravel is detailed as a letter which he is supposed to have written his wife, an employe at the Swedish hospital, from "somewhere around Centralia." letter to Wife Is Evidence. "In Judge Brinker's court Tuesday Mrs. Gravel and another witness tes tified that they had read this letter come over me. Why, 1 am able to eat just anything I please, with no bad effects in the least, and I have ac tually gained 30 pouonds in weight. I haven't had a headache or dizzy spell In so long that I have almost forgotten about them and the pains in - my back have left me entirely. My constipated condition has been relieved and my tongue is never coated and I don't have that bad taste in my mouth any more. I sleep nine to ten hours every night, can do my housework wlth ease and I just feel fine all the time with this new life and energy about me. I never lose a single opportunity to praise Tanlac. for it has certainly been the greatest blessing of my life." Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl Drug Co. Adv. , ! A Special Sale P i nee i president; Y. A. Dillabaugh, of Bel lingham. second vice-president; A. F: Burt, Seattle, third vice-president and treasurer; B. H. Walker. Tacoma, sec retary; Jay Kugler, Seattle, field sec retary. Other directors elected by the an nual convention of the association to- In which, they said. Gravel stated he J dV were J. A. Brown, Payette, Idaho: MISSION BOARD MEETS Mrs. D. C. Keilems Entertains Members at Eugene. EUGENE. Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) The state board of the missionary society ef the Christian church met ir. this city in all-day session Tues day, Mrs. D. C. Keilems, state presi dent, entertaining the members of the board at her home and at lun-rlieon at the hotel at noon. Reports and Instructions to different secretaries were read and plans for the extension work were taken up. Mrs. Louise Kelly, regional secretary of Spokane, was present and gave an entertaining report of the work throughout the northwest. Besides Mrs. Kelly the following were in attendance: Mrn. D. C. Kellerhs of Eugene, state president: Mrs. Albin Ksson of Albany, vlcti-pre.iider.t : Mrs. J. A. Bennett of Sil verton, rerordinff secretary: Mrs. II. A. Cooley of Junction City, general secretary: Mrs. Josie Champie of BuKene, treasurer; Mrs M. P. Corbin of Junction City, sec retary of the home department: Mrs. M. Frances Swope of Fortland. secretary of youna- peoples' work; Mrs. M. U. Rice of Milton, secretary of the northeast district; Mrs. B. U. Clark of Harnsburg, secretary of the central district; Mrs. Clara Vernon of tirants Pass, secretary of the southwest district: Mrs. Anna Bailey of filugene, ad visory secretary. A. TACOMA ASKS FOR COAL President Urged to Request Ship ment From Xorth. OPEN NOSTRILS! END A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head and Nose are Stuffed Up. Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos trils will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely. No more snuffling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no struggling for breath at night. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothing and healing the swol len or inflamed mucous membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds , and catarrh yield like magic." Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable. Relief is sure. Adv. OLYMFIA. Wash.. Dec 4. Appeal has been made to President Wilson by Governor Hart that official re quest be filed with the authorities of British Columbia for release of 1000 tons of coal to be shipped from British Columbia mines for relief of the fuel situation In Tacoma. with a popu lation of approximately 140,000, Ta coma has available less than 500 tons of coal, the president i3 informed in the message. British Columbia mines can ship to Fuget Sound points only on vermis sion granted by the provincial gov ernment upon request from Wash ington. 'had something to do which was choking him' and informing his wife that he had arranged matters so that 'if anything happened tJ him' she would receive any property he might have. Mrs. Gravel, however, was un able to produce this letter at the trial." Since then it was disclosed Thurs day, she has discovered the letter, which is in the hands of the Centralia autnonties. ine two agents wno toon y Gravel into custody refused to dis-r cuss the letter, but merely remarked that there was evidence connecting Gravel with the Centralia murders When brought to Judge Brinker's court Thursday to be turned over to the Centralia officers, Gravel became agitated. Trip to Centralia Feared. "You're not going to let them take me to Centralia?" he appealed to Judge Brinker. " "if you are innocent," Judge Brink er told him, "you have nothing to fear." Gravel then expressed worry about his pack.'which was held in th sher iff's office. This pack, be said, con- talned a letter 'wnicn could estaDiisn an alibi for him. He was assured that nothing In his effects would be destroyed. He denied emphatically that he was In Centralia at any time and said he could prove he was around Everett on Armistice day. MEX TAKEN TO MOXTESAXO Four Who Confessed Centralia Plot Kept" In Separate Sells. . ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) Four more I. W. W. prisoners, charged wih murder, arrived from Lewis county this afternoon. Eight of the 11 accused men are now In Monteeano Jail. The prisoners came by automobile under heavy guard. The four arriving today were Lren Roberts, American, aged 21; Roy Backer, American, 24: Britt Smith, American. 37, and Mike Sheehan. Irish, 60. These are the four said to. have made confessions concerning the Centralia plot. For that reason they will be kept separate from the other I. W. W. prisoners, being placed in cells on the lower floor of the jail while the other prisoners will be kept on the second floor. Sheriffs Jeff Bartell and Berry and their deputies went into Mason county yesterday on a clew which they hoped would lead to the capture of Ole Hanson, wanted as one of the I. W. W. responsible for the Cen tralia murders. The sheriffs found plenty of Hansons but not the one they were seeking. S. & H. Green stamps for cash Holman Fuel .Co. Main 353. 660-21 , Adv. Guy Helphrey. Sand Point, Idaho; F. N. Martin, Spokane, Wash.; S. H. Sim- onson, Yakima, Wash.; J. E. Fansler, Seattle. Wash.; G. K. Herrick, Mis licula. Mont.; Bert L. Walker. Tacoma, Wash.; A. F. Bird, Seattle, Wash. The convention closed tonight with an informal banquet. Obituary. Without a precedent this season for such suits, are the makes H ere Stein-Bloch! Fashion Park! T o ri rrVi o -m I EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 4.--(Speclal.) Joseph Laten Hamilton, a pio ner of 1854,' died Monday night at his home at Pleasant Hill, Dane county at the age of 67 years. He was a member of a party that crossed the plains from the middle west and be came stranded at Farwell Bend, where the city of Bend, Or., is now located. Besides his wife. Dora H. Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton leaves a son. Harley Hamilton of Pleasant Hill, two brothers and an aunt, Mrs. Rebecca McClain of Eugene. Tt linHv will Ka oat., a Trie a nit ..... w v wvaiwu, Or., for interment. f CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 4. (Spe cial ) Mrs. Sarah Graves, aged 88 years, died yesterday morning in this city. The funeral was held this aft ernoon, members of the Ivy Rebekah lodge attending in a body. The de ceased is survived by three children. They are Mrs. A. J. Ward, Centralia, at whose home Mrs. Graves died; Mrs. W. S. Cash of Seattle and John O. Cason of Lebanon, Or. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec 4. (Spe cial.) Edward Baxter, 50 years old, died Tuesday night at his home in Montesano after a long illness. He leaves four children. Mrs. Baxter died about two years ago. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Dec. 4. (Special.) 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He expects to return with his bride in February. Coal Offer Quickly Taken. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) The local city hall would have been forced to close yesterday and the regular monthly council meeting postponed due to lack of coal here if it had not been for the acts of the United Construction company. Every rll for Wine NON-INTOXICATINa The famous old matured wine. Nothing missing bat the cohol and you don't miss that. Good straight, or mixed a would a cocktail, highball, rickcy or cobbler. Sold everywhere. Utymtr Jurftr tr toriti mt rwa far- " Xhm jlrt tf Roipiufof book iW tttott tMo frtbltm if maal 4AKKCTT A CO. V r ill i MX Bub Terminal BUr. Ma. to 3 f i It vV cial. Delegates representing the brick masons of the state expect to close their convention here tomorrow. I i i i after a three days session. Mik Dunn of Spokane is presldlnc. Fred Pike of Seattle is acting as secretary. MASOS-riKHMAN CO.. DlsTRlBlXOKS. 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