VOL. LVIII NO. 18,446 Entered at Portland (Oregon) Powtofflce aw Second-Class Matte. PORTLAND OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS PORTLAND WOMAN IS DEMOCRATIC PROBLEM MRS. LEXANDER THOMPSOS DECLINES TO GIVE CP SEAT. iSOMETUG HEAVY MONTESANO CHOSEN FOR TRIAL OF REDS DEFENSE LOSES HARD BATTLE TO CHANGE SITTING. . II END OF WORLD" MAN POINTS TO QUAKES HIES ADVOCATES MERGER OF LINES OUSTER UNNECESSARY, DECLARE RUSSIANS SLAVS HELD EAGER TO RETURN PORTLAND WINS COAST MAGNATES SETTLE SCHEDULE Judge McCredie Victor in. League Fight. TO DROP TONIGHT RATE CASE PROFESSOR PORTA SATS CP HEAVAIi ALL HE PREDICTED. TO "FREE RUSSIA." 1 l Report Fixes Charges Lower Than on Sound. TARIFFS ME HELD UNFAIR Rates From Points South of Snake Are Found Prejudi cial to Portland. REDUCTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED Contentions of City Are Up held by Commission ' in Nearly Every Point. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Jan. 7. Portland came , out victorious today in the main is sues of the Portland rate case in a tentative report made by examiners of the interstate commerce commis sion to that body. Class rates from points in the in land empire south of the Snake river to Portland and Vancouver were found unjust insofar as they exceed rates to Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma reduced by certain differentials, and commodity rates to Portland from points in the same territory were found unjust insofar as they exceed 90 per cent of the rates to Astoria, Tacoma and Seattle. Summed up briefly there were five separate findings in the decision: ' First The Inland Empire Ship pers' league case was dismissed. Second The rates on classes and commodities from points in the in land empire to Portland were .found not unreasonable. Somes' Rates Approved. Third Rates on classes and com modities from points in the inland empire north of the Snake river to Portland were found not unjustly prejudicial. Fourth Rates on classes from points in the inland empire south of the Snake river to Portland and Vancouver were found unjustly prejudicial insofar as they exceed rates to Astoria, Seattle and Ta coma reduced by the following dif ferentials: Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and A, B, C, D, E, on which the corre sponding reductions in cents are 10 cents, 8 cents, 7 cents, 6 cents, 5 cents, 5 cents, Z cents, .' cents, 3 cents, 2 cents and 2 cents. This finding means that whatever first-class rate may be made from points south of the Snake river to Seattle, the rate to Portland would be 10 cents less, the second-class rate 8 cents and so on down to class E. Victory Is for Portiand. Fifth Rates to Portland on com modities from points in the Inland Empire south of the Snake river were found unjustly prejudicial in sofar as they exceed 90 per cent of the rates on like commodities to Astoria, Seattle and Tacoma. It fol lows, therefore, that whatever com modity rates are made from this territory to Seattle, the rate to Portland will be 10 per cent less on thesame commodities. The Inland Empire Shippers' league case related to the rates on grain from points in the Inland Em pire to Portland. The decisions almost amount to a sweeping vic tory for Portland because the fight of the Portland shippers centered chiefly on the issues covered in the fourth and fifth findings. (By the Associated Preis. ) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Com plaints of the Inland Empire Ship pers league that grain rates from the Spokane district to Portland and Vancouver were prejudicial- and dis criminatory were held unjustified today in a tentative report by ex aminers for the interstate commerce commission. Two examiners, however, held that commodity rate? for the Spo kane territory, which also were at tacked by the shippers' organiza tion, were unfair. The examiners recommended a re vision of the case, a dismissal of the complaints on grain rates, with a final review of the commodity rate findings by the commission. - The tentative decision handed down in the report of Examiner r .(Concluded on I'age 3. Column 4.) Dr. J. v. Morrow Wants to Pick Own National Committee Woman Associate for Oregon. . OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Jan. 7. Homer S. Cum mings, chairman of the democratic national committee, came to the full realization tonight that women have entered politics. Not only have they entered politics actively, but they have broken into the democratic Party organization. The reason i3 that the first dis agreeable task of the committee, when it meets tomorrow, will be to decide what to do with Mrs. Alexander Thompson of Portland, Or., who deT clines to retire as associate national committee woman for that state, al though her resignation is said to have been requested repeatedly by Dr. J. W. Morrow, Oregon's national cora mitteman. Mrs. Thompson, who formerly lived at The Dalles, was appointed to the post by former National Committee man Esterly. Will H. Hornibrook, who succeeded Eaterly, did not disturb her, but Dr. Morrow insists on his right to say what particular demo cratic woman shall be his associate on the committee, and his choice is not Mrs. Thompson. Whether lie has the power summarily to remove her, or to ignore her and. appoint another, is a leading question. The democratic national committee never before having dealt with women politicians, has no precedent on which to determine this case. When the committee says tomorrow morning whether Mrs. Thompson is to go or stay, a precedent will be created whereby .ill such controversies here after will be decided. OIL MAGNATES TO DINE Rockefeller Associates to Celebrate Industry's 50tli Year. NEW YOKK, Jan. 7. Multi-millionaires from various parts of the United States, who built their fortunes in oil, will gather in New York next Satur day to celebrate the golden anniver sary of the paremt industry of the great Rockefeller enterprise, the Standard Oil company of Ohio. An ab sentee will be John D. Rockefeller, who is spending the winter in Florida. Many of his earliest business as sociates, however, will gaCher at a private dinner and recount reminis censes of the first venture of an un dertaking that in half a cem.y ha grown to world-Vide )fl(iffEyutna. FISH CONSERVATION URGED British Columbia Official Would Have Government Control. VICTORIA. B. C. Jan, 7. Propos als that the Canadian government take over and operate the salmon and other fishing industries of Brit ish Columbia in order to .conserve the fish have been sent to. Ottawa by William Sloan, provincial commis sioner of fisheries and minister of mines. Fisheries men say Mr. Sloan's recommendations are radical. Mr. Sloan asked that the right to take over the industry be given to the British Columbia government if Ottawa is not prepared to handle .the tabk. CRIME FILMS ATTACKED Bills Would Prohibit Transporta tion of Wild West Movies. WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. Interetat transportation of "blood ihd thunder" moving picture films or still pictures would be prohibited under Identical bills introduced today by Senator Gore, democrat,, of Oklahoma, and Representative Herrald, republican of Oklahoma. The bill would affect all pictures depicting the activities of former con victs, bandits, train robbers or other outlaws. TALLEST RECRUIT ENLISTS Man 6 Feet 8 Inches, Wearing Chaps and Revolvers, Joins Army. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. Boasting a height of G feet 8 inches in nls stocking feet and wearing a pair of purple chaps and a revolver on each hip, Leo Cunningham of Oklahoma City, Okla.. arrived here today to join the army. He was the tallest recruit in the history of the service here, the army recruiting office reported. MURDERER IS ROBBED Woman Who Slew Daughter Loses Gems Worth 94000. DENVER, Colo., "Jan. 7. Four thou sand dollars' worth of jewels were .stolen from a trunk in the room of Mrs. Emily L. Powell on December 8, I the day she shot and killed her 10- year-old daughter, Jacqueline, and Mhen attempted to kill herself, accord- i Ing to her attorney. I He reported the robbery today at i police headquarters. MOSES IS 0UTF0R WOOD Senator Will Open and Take Charge of Headquarters. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. It was an nounced tonight at the headquarters of the campaign for General Leonard Wood for the republican presidential nomination that Senator George H. ' Moses of New Hampshire would open i branch headquarters in Washington. It was reported the senator would take active and personal charge there. Democrats Count Confab an Epochal One. CUMM1NGS CURIOUSLY CALM Bryan Speech and Wilson Letter Mystery Deepens. NO CURB. ON COMMONER Shivering Bolts From Xebraskan's Brain Expected and No Time Limit to Be Imposed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Jan. 7 "This is mani festly the mjst important political banquet in American history," said Homer S. Cummings. chairman of the democratic national committee, this afternoon, referring to the Jackson day dinner In this city tomorrow night. There were perhaps 50 listeners to this statement, and all agreed with him. with th-. suggested reservation that "interesting" be substituted for "important." The national chairman, whose calm and pleasant personality is never changed by a crossfire of questions, talked with much candor, but found that most of the queries hinged on the two outstanding features of the big get-together. While there was some Interest in what he thought about the place of holding the next national convention, most questions relating to the Bryan speech and the Wilson letter. Wilson May Be Wordy. He parried questions regarding the Wilson letter very cleverly, after un intentionally dropping a hint as to its length. - "I can promise that my speech will be within eight minutes." he said, "and then I will occupy 10 minutes reading the president's letter." This hint that the letter, might be, longer than was expected aroused im mediate curiosity. : "Do you mean to say that it will ta,ke 10 minutes to read the presi dent's letter?" someone asked. "Are you a member of" the bar?" was the national chairman's reply, apparently realizing that he had re vealed too much. "Will the president's letter be in your pocket when you go to the din ner?" was another question. All Prepared lor Bryan. "I am sure it won't be in anybody else's pocket," he replied. The purpose of the inquiry was to find if the president's letter was already prepared or would reach the banquet at the last minute. He said that a lookout had been kept all day for the arrival of Colonel Bryan. The committee had been ad vised that Bryan would have an ad vance copy of his speech ready on his arrival, he said, but further than that he knew nothing about the common er's movements. He was cautious about discussing Bryan, and the im pression was created that the com mittee is prepared to meet any attack the noted Nebraskan may make on the regular democracy. Bryan Is fourth on the list of (Concluded on Page 2, Column 8.) Trial of II Alleged I. W. W. Charged AVltli Centralis Murders Slated to Begin In 2 Weeks. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. Trial of 11 alleged I. W. W., charged with murder In connection with the Armis tice day shootings In Centralis, No vember 11. will be held in Monteaano. Wash., Judge John M. Wilson of Olympia, sitting In the Grays Harbor county superior court at Montesano, decided late today. The trial waa set to begin January 2S. Following announcement that the trial would begin January. 26, Attor ney George Vanderveer of ths de fense asked that a later date be set, declaring the time was too short for proper preparation of the case. Judge Wilson consented to hear ar guments, and the court went Into night session. In reversing his decision of last Saturday, at which time he granted the petition of attorneys for the de fense for a change of venue to either Thurston or Pierce county. Judge Wilson said he had at that time taken cognizance of the civil, rather than of the criminal law, which, he de clared, would not admit of the change on the showing made by Mr. Vanderveer. An affidavit to the ef fect that a fair trial could not be secured in Grays Harbor county, and a formal charge of prejudice, both required by the criminal law, had not been filed. Judge Wilson asserted, and while Mr. Vanderveer submitted the affidavit at today's hearing, the judge held it was not sufficient to support the petition. Judge Wilson's decision was made at the close of an all-day legal bat tle waged by Assistant Attorney-General Christensen of the prosecution and Mr. Vanderveer. who Introduced four witnesses in an effort to show that a fair tr.al for the accused could not be secured at Montesano. The judge held the evidence insufficient SOVIET SYLPH IS IN NET Mot Beautiful of Bolsheviks En thralls Her Police Captors. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Miss Anna Manson, 24 years of age, known as "Starlight, Sylph of the Soviets." and declared the "most beautiful bolshe vik," was sent to Ellis island today to await deportation as an alien agi tator.' She was arrested " in the raid last night on the Russian language radical paper Novy Mir. So eloquent was a speech made by Miss Manson at a police station, where she expounded the doctrines of free thought, free speech, equal dis tribution of all wealth and free love, that her captors missed the regular ferry to Ellis island and she was es corted there individually by one of the police department's most courtly detectives. 'DAYLIGHT SAVING" DEAD Council Repeals Old Ordinance and Major Withdraws His. "Daylight saving" is officially dead in Portland. Yesterday the city coun cil passed an ordinance repealing an ordinance enacted more than a year ago. -which set the time during the summer months to conform with the federal daylight saving act in force during 1919. Mayor Baker withdrew " an ordi nance providing for an early opening and closing hour for the city hall when he found that a majority of the city council did not believe the plan would meet with public favor. THE .-teas -ZJttLJBi-- II'- JJUifttM--ai-. V .agss?-- August Forecast Borne Out in Mex ico and Canaries; Scientist Avers Words Were Distorted. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. (Special.) The predictions of Albert F. Porta of San Francisco that certain sc tions of the Pacific coast and other places would b rocked by earth quakes and seismic disturbances due to the "league of the planets" last month have been fully verified by the recent violent shocks ln ten Mexican states and In the Canary Islands, in the opinion of Mr. Porta. Professor Porta became famous last month as the man who had predicted the end of the world on December 17. While he was generally reputed to have made such a prediction, he showed very conclusively that he had done nothing , of the kind, but that certain predictions of Btorms and quakes and other disturbances that he declared would follow as a result of the gathering of six planets on one side of the sun had been enlarged upon "and distorted by popular imag ination. Concerning the earthquakes in Mexico and in the Canary islands. Professor Porta now declares he pre dicted these last August, and that his forecast has been fully sustained by the facts. He made this statement today: "Now, while I call the attention ot the public upon the fact that I had this great Mexican earthquake ex actly forecast since August 17. 1919, I am waiting' for the verification ot some other prognostications which I have connected with the same 'league' and which have been so roughly twisted and distorted by some un scrupulous eastern people." OFFICER HELD SUICIDE Death of Aberdeen Police Desk Ser geant Investigated. . ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) John Greer, police desk ser geant, who was found dead on' the Benham dock at the foot of H street last night with a bullet through his heart, apparently committed suicide. The body was found by dredge em ployes, who had been landed at the Benham dock by the launch used by the dredge. . The original theory was that Greer had surprised criminals, either boot leggers or robbers, had engaged in a duel with them and was slain. But investigation seems to discredit this theory. The bullet was a .38 caliber ball, the same size as Greer's revolver. The weapon -itself lay within six inches of Greer's right hand. No motive except despondency is assigned. Greer was 47 years old. He leaves a wife and six children. NOVEL LOST; ROAD SUED Author Asks $17,000 for Manu script Lost on Pullman. BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 7. (Special.) One of the most unique cases that has been filed in the federal court of this state involves the value of a completed novel, "Wah-tah-wah-mee," written by Earl Wayland Bow man of Boise, and the liability of the Pullman Car company for its loss. Mr Bowman was returning from the east this winter, having been to New York to consult his publishers. He had the manuscript in a traveling bag which he temporarily placed in the hands of a porter to safeguard when he left the car. When he re turned the bag and manuscript was gone. He values the latter at 817,000, for which he is bringing suit. PLUMBER. Few Big Companies Would Save All, View. CREDIT PROBLEM IS SERIOUS Tri-Partite Control Favored for Large Corporations. OLD METHODS ATTACKED Capital Xot Able to Handle Diffi culties Alone, Says Director In Talk Before Lawyers. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. Compulsory consolidation- of the railroads into a few great corporations before tbev return to private control, witn the public and labor, as well as capital, represented in the management of the system, was advocated tonight by Director-General Hines In an address before the New York City Bar asso ciation. "Without this fundamental recon struction." Mr. Hines declared, "the result will be progressively disap pointing and In a few years the dis satisfaction of the public will mani fest itself through an Insistent de mand for a radically different plan which is not likely to stop short of outright government ownership. Pointing out the "almost .impossi ble" situation of the railroads prior to federal control, owing to the dif ficulty of financing the lines, Mr. Hines said that "our past experiences have demonstrated that the old sys tem will not succeed. He advocated the fixing by congress of a general standard of rates to allow earning "clearly in excess of a reasonable re turn. "whlch "must go largely to pro viding adequate reserves to take care of years of depression and at the same time enough of the excess must be left with the company earning it to provide adequate stimulus for effi ciency. Capital Needs Help. Is View. "We make a grave mistake in as suming that the representatives of capital can alone manage the situa tion." Mr. Hines said. "The scheme of the past has been on that false theory and the result has been that the public has injected itself into the management through all sorts of agencies and labor has injected itself through Its own organizations. "We have all three interests par ticipating in the management in all sorts of ways and yet there is no common ground on which these three elements can meet and exchange views and reach conclusions. ."I believe the only sort of manage ment which can be permanently ef fective Is one which provides for an orderly participation at the outset of all three of these interests instead of the past scheme, which leaves each interest to pursue its own methods irrespective of the others until an eventual contact is established in some form of controversy." Crrdlt Now BIje Problem. Describing the difficulties attend ing the immediate establishment of any plan of private management with adequate credit to provide the neces sary capital needed for private devel- Concluded on Pare 2. Column 4.) Workers In San Francisco Ask for "Mass Deportation" or Free Per mission to Go Home. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. (Special.) j a aemana upon the United States government for "mass deportation" or for permission to return freely to their native land at the expense of the soviet government Is being pre pared by groups of Russian workers in San Francisco, it became known today. Several meetings to discuss the project have been held In the "Rus sian hill" section of the city, and a general mass meeting of the Russian colony to be held within the next two weeks is being planned. Half a dozen local organizations of Russians as well as most of the con gregation of the Russian Presbyterian church, are said to be enlisted in the movement, which comes as a conse quence of the recent deportation of a number of Russians on the "soviet ark" from New York, the recent raids or radical gathering places, the arrest of large numbers-of their country men in various parts of the United States and similar events in the cru sade against "radicalism." The support of between 2008 and 3000 Russian working people in San Francisco, of all religious and polit ical faiths (except possibly czaristtc adherents), is claimed for the move ment. "Now that we can have the freedom of religious and political belief in Russia, we want to go back," said a spokesman for the group today. "We feel that it is unjust that one of our number here and there should be picked out for prosecution or de portation. We are all of the same mind In support of the new govern ment of Russia and believe that if any of us' is objectionable we all are." NEW STAR IS DISCOVERED Observatory at Harvard Locates 35th Twinklcr. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 7. An other star has been discovered by the Harvard college observatory. It was announced tonight that Miss Joanna S. C. Mackie of the observatory staff, in the course of her examination of photographs of the milky way, taken recently at Cambridge, had detected the new star. Its position is right ascension, 18 hours, 49 minutes. 30 seconds; declination plus 29 degrees, 6.3 minutes (1900). The discovery is the 33th of its kind in the history of astronomy and the J 19th to the credit of the Harvard college observatory. In the 400 years preceding 1SS6, only nine new stars were detected. In the Interval be tween 1,886 and Miss Mackie's dis covery, 25 have been located, eigh teen of them by the Harvard staff. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The rather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 42 degrees, minimum. 33 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, continued cold; northerly winds. Foreign. Armies of Kolchak will carry on war. Page 6. National. Portland woman is democratic problem Page 1. Wage increase falls to solve cost of liv ing problem, say railroaders. Page 4. Portland's contention (hat rates are un fair is upheld by interstate commerci commission. Page 1. Hines advocates merger of all railroads Into few bit? corporations to meet silt uation confronting roads. Page 1, Plumb plan for trinartite control is pro posed for all industry instead of just for railroads aa originally intended. Page 3. Democrats count Jackson day banquet at capital tonight epochal one. Page I. Democratic leaders gathered for Jackson day banquet confident as ever. Page 2. Domestic. "End oworld' man points to earthquakes. Page 1. Slav workers in San Franriwro declared eager to return to "free Russia." Page 1. Railway guarantee opposed by shippers Page 2. Palmer defends packer settlement. Page 3. Grover Cleveland "Brrgdoll. millionaire draft evader, captured. Page 4. New York state avsembly bars five so- cilist members-elect. Page 4. Miners to submit tnelr troubles to Wilson. Page 5. Pacific orthwt State treasurer report business increase In all departments for 101!. Pajre H. Montesano chosen for trial of Central ia red a Page 1. Washington Mate chamber of commerce indorses . open shop. Page 5. Sport. School principals otfer basketball .schedule. Page 14. Ccffroth waits for word from Paris regard ing Carpentier. Page 14. Beaver magnate settles Coast league sched ule. Page 1. Milwaukle boxing card set for Friday is called off. Page 14. Arthur Tuck wins place on 1119 scholastic championship list. Page 14. " Commercial and Marine. Potato price" forced upward by growers Page 1- Corn selling a.t Chicago due to Hoover's statements.' Page . 21. Stock market firm, but dealings are re stricted. Page 21. Throe flour carriers ordered to Portland from Honohriu. Page 20. Transformation of waterfront commercia district planned by city engineer. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Democrats to hold love feasts today. Page 15. Dr. Edward T. Devin rapped for views on radicals. Page 13. Mielke appeal from muntcTpal co'irt sen tence presents legal problem. Page 12. Oregon Irrigation congress to convene in Portland today. Page 13. Recommended changes In police depart ment approved. Page 10. -Business men's committee makes one-way traffic recommendations. Page 10 Nau's pharmacy s robted by pair. Page 22. Reds' membership roll Is sought. "Page 12. Rotary club a?ks public representation in settling disputes. Page 12. Ve-ilJier report da a kind forct-ut. Page-13, LATE OPENING IS SECOT Beaver Owner and Seattle Boss Gain Objective. BREAKUP SEEMS AVERTED Bolt of Xortlicrn Club Owners From Baseball Session Followed by Agreeable Compromise. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. A 28 week schedule opening April 6 and closing October 17. but with no games to "be played at Portland or Seattle until the third week, was agreed upon tonight by the directors of the Pacific Coast Baseball league. Salt Lake had opposed opening the season on its own diamond as early as April A on account of weather con ditions, while Judge W. W. McCredie of Portland and William Klepper of Seattle withdrew from the afternoon meeflng with the declaration that they would resign from the league if games were to be played in their cities on that date, but a compromise tonight on the part of Salt Lake set tled all differences. BY ED. R. HUGHES. (Bageb&U "Writer San Francisco Chron Irle.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Jan. 7. (Special.) Judge McCredie of Port land. Or., who labored with Cal Ew ing to save the Coast league in 1906. after the San Francisco fire, walked right out of the Coast league meet ing at the St. Francis today, his large frame quivering with rage, and right behind him was William H. Klepper, president of the Seattle club. They are the two fattest members of the conference, and after they left there was an aching void In the assembly room. The Judge was boiling with lndigr nation. The league directors had ap parently adopted the schedule of Jack Cook, thereby putting in the discard the schedule prepared by the judge, so McCredie and Klepper decided they would withdraw Portland and Seattle from the Coast league and organize an independent league up north. Northmen Have Kirk. The men from the north have a good kick coming on the schedule, too. It calls for 28 weeks, opening March 30 and closing October 10. San Francisco is to open in Seattle April 13 and Los Angeles is to be in Port land the same date. The big kick is that Portland and Seattle do not want to close at home because of the rainy season that has had a habit of setting in about that time ever since old Mount Hood was a hole in the ground. Last year Salt Lake opened at home April 6. and seven inches of snow had to be scraped off the field to allow the boys to play. The first Sunday game was lost because there was 13 inches of snow on the ground and shovelers were scarce. In arguing against the Jack Cook schedule. Judge McCredie took occa sion to say that the owners of the San Francisco club were selfish and had no regard for the smaller and weaker members of the league. "Doc" Strub juiped right back at the judge and put both him and Klepper on the pan. toasting them first on one side and then on the other, until they were done a rich brown, when they walked out of the meeting. The old judge was furious. He had his right fist doubled until the fat showed white over the knuckles. 'Strub s a young fellow and he has quit cigarettes and everything, but he can't run over me. I may be old, but I still have the old fighting spirit That young leatherhead can not run over me." aid the judge, judtr Speaks Mind. "Portland and Seattle will with draw from the Coast league and enter a northwest league and we will play outlaw bail." And then the two outlaws Mc Credie and Klepper hied themselres to eat lunch. They refused to eat lunch with the rest of the boys. Meanwhile, Billy McCarthy, presi dent of the league, was patterning after Judge Graham, a former presi dent of the league, in taking the part of the great conciliator. He found the fevered brow of the judge and got him nicely cooled out and got Mc Credie and Klepper to agree to attend a night session in an effort to reach an agreement. Cal Ewing did not attend the meet ing at which the storm broke out and he can now say: "See, you boys can't agree a minute when I am away." Cal was sent for and attended the night meeting. Back of all of this row about the schedule is the real crux of the situ ation. There is a strong feeling that Salt Lake does not belong in the league geographically and Johnny Powers of Los Angeles voted with McCredie and Kiepper of Portland and Seattle against the adoption of ths schedule. Powers does not think that Salt Lake belongs in the Coast league, and is quite outspoken in saying so. McCredie and Klepper would like to see Vancouver take the place of Salt Lake. ' After Outlaws McCredie and Klep- f