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VOL.. LIX NO. 18,549
Entered at Portland Oregon)
Postofftce as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND O IS EG ON, FRIDAY, 3IAY 7, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TOILERS TRADUCED
SAYS LABOR CHIEF
ARMENIA PROTECTION
BY LEAGUE DEMANDED
HAT DENIED
FIGHT FOR LIFE LOST
AS BOAT HITS FALLS
BREAD PRICE RISE
HERE IS FORECAST
LEASE ABUSES TO
BE MADE PUBLIC
GOVERNOR EDWARDS
OUT AS CANDIDATE
E. DESCHANEL
NOT YET SOLVED
i
CHANGES IX TURKISH SETTLE
MEM ALSO ASKED.
TWO MEX, OXE FROM PORT.
IANT, DROWN NEAR CELILO.
BAKERS FOLLOW CP ADVANCE
IN COST OV FLOUR.
NEW JERSEYS EXECUTIVE IS
SEEKING PRESIDENCY.
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Mr.' Palmer's May Day
Visions Scouted.-
EVIL PROPAGANDA CHARGED
Crusade Held Designed to Aid
Certain Employers.
WAGE EARNERS DEFENDED
IScat-Uins I ndictiiient ot Depart
ment of Justice Delivered by
Brotherhood President.
WASHINGTON, May . Attorney
General ralmcr's warning of threat
ened May day violence and announce
ment ot steps taken to prevent it
were 'assailed before the railroad
labor board today by Timothy ' Healy,
president of. the Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Firemen and Oilers, as a part
of what he. characterized as a "des
picable propaganda against labor."
Such propaganda, Mr. Healy said,
was started within less than 24 hours
after the signing of the armistice and
was designed "to poison the minds
of the people to such an extent that
the profiteers could still further in
crease prices and place the blame on
labor."
1ltcrior Purpose Ween.
While not naming the attorney
general directly, Mr. Healy told the
board that the "crusade" of a "high
government official" against radicals
"was undoubtedly for the purpose of
aiding in the campaign of certain em
ployers of the country to secure laws
establishing involuntary servitude."
He referred to sedition laws pro
posed in congress and. said that while
framed "ostensibly to eradicate bol
shevism and anarchism," they would
have tied labor "hand and foot."
Mr. Healy concluded with the state
ment that if "government officials
and congress had given as much at
tention to curbing profiteers as they j
did to hounding wage-earners, the
cost of Jiving would have decreased to,
figures within reason."
Wage Demand! Prrneii-ted.
Bert M. Jewel, president of the rail
Way department of the American fed
eration of Labor, presented the wage
demands of the railroad shop work
ers. He furnished statistics on the
increased cost of living and asked the
board to grant such an advance in
pay as would enable the shopmen to
live at the accepted American
standard.
Mr. Healy declared that May day
had been selected as a day for "im
aginary terrible things to happen
because contracts of some unions
customarily expired April 30."
"There is one peculiar thing about
a newspaper editor," Mr. Healy said.
"He believes everything he reads in
everybody's else's paper and he never
changes his mind with the changes
in procedure of the labor movement."
Trade unions as they grew older,
be added, had discovered that May
was not always a good time for their
agreements to begin. Nevertheless,
he declared, newspaper editors con
tinued to speak of May day strikes.
"This made them fall for the propa
ganda sent out, of great strikes, slay
ing -of high officials and public men
May 1. last," continued the labor
spokesman. "Representatives of all
the newspapers located in Washing
ton were called into a Conference and
told of the great danger to the Ameri
can government. May day was to be
a day of slaughter, a red letter day
in the annals of 'government over-
throwers." But May day came and
passed. It was as peaceful a day as
any other in the year. Outside of
newspaper columns and the minds of
certain government officials, all was
contentment-
"This was a vital blow to the in
etigators of the conspiracy to place
a more vicious stigma on organized
labor than any yet used. Even the
editors woke up to the fact that they
had been deceived and now they are
printing editorials saying that the
country Is laughing at the govern
ment officials who had endeavored to
create fear in the minds of the peo
ple that America was filled with dis
loyal men.
Hurried Conference Held.
"What did these government offi
cials do? They had expected May day
strikes and under cover of them could
more thoroughly work out their pro
paganda plans against labor. They
held a hurried conference and decided
something should be done to square
themselves with the people and so
word went forth that there were no
strikes nor trouble of any kind on
May day, and not even a sign of a
murder because of the preparations
made to meet the situation. The fact
Is that nothing was prevented as
nothing was contemplated."
Referring to the high cost of living
Mr. Healy declared the public was
easily misled.
"At one time they were told to eat
fish and the cost of living would be
' reduced," said he. "They bought so
many fish that prices doubled and
tripled. They were told to eat cheap
cuts' of meat. They did so and now
they pay as much for them as they
did for tenderloin and porterhouse.
"Government officials who are seek
ing to discredit labor by concocting
conspiracies made it appear that the
Concluded on. Fas S, Column 2.)
Council Declares to Supreme Body
No Nation Should Be Requested
to Take Financial Burden.
WASHINGTON, May 6. (By the
Associated Press.) The council of the
league of nations has refused to offer
a mandate for Armenia to any power
unless certain requested stipulations
are embodied by the supreme council
in the Turkish settlement.
According to official information
received here today the league coun
cil in a note to the supreme council
has insisted that the boundaries of
Armenia be fixed; that a free port,
preferably Batum, be accorded her;
and that protection for the defense of
the new state be provided by the
league council.
The council of the league declares
that no state should be asked to as
sume the burden of financing Ar
menia, but suggests assumption of
joint financial responsibility by the
powers.
If the mandate should be offered
to a small power as suggested, it
was said, provision for an interna
tional military force should be made
in order not to inflict an impossible
burden upon a country incapable of
bearing it. At the same time such an
international force, it was pointed out,
would give to all the powers an, in
terest in the Armenian nation.
The action of the council of the
league, it was stated, was taken pre
vious to the decision of the supreme
council at San Remo to offer the Ar
menian mandate to the United States.
In requesting President Wilson to
fix the Armenian boundaries the su
preme council is believed by officials
to have shown a disposition to comply
with that particular of the league's
suggestion concerning Armenia.
The direct proffer' of a mandate
contrary to the league's advice is
taken by officials as indicating not
so much a spirit of antagonism to
the league by the supreme council as
a desire to fulfill a political obliga
tion to the United States which the
league has felt incumbent upon it in
the Turkish settlement.
MRS. -GOMPERS IS DEAD
Labor
Leader's
Married
Wire Had
50 Yaers.
Been
WASHINGTON, May 6. Mrs. Sam
uel Gompers, wife of the president of
the American Federation of Labor,
died at her home here tonight after
a -long Illness.. -.She .was 69. years of
age and had been married for more
than half a century.'
Funeral services will be conducted
here and the body will be taken to
Mew lorK lor Dunai bunaay.
Mrs. Gompers was born in London
and came to this country with her
parents when 8 years old. Three years
later she began work as a tobacco
stripper in the 'factory where Mr.
Gompers was employed as a cigar-
maker. She was married in 1867 at
the age of 16.
Mrs. Gompers Is survived by three
sons, Henry J., Samuel J. and Alex
ander J. Gompers.
AUTOIST OFFENDS IN JAIL
Law Again Broken by Leavi n g Car
Pa rk-ed . Wh i le Serving Sentence.
When V. R. King was released from
the city jail yesterday, after having
served several hours on a speeding
charge, he found that his automobile,
which he had left parked at 91
Fourth street .while he went up to
the municipal court for his hearing,
had been tagged for having been
parked too long in the restricted dis
tinct, and he consequently had been
rearrested.
Patrolman Johnson of the traffic
bureau released King, however, after
he had explained the situation, con
sidering that "King had a good excuse.
DAY WARMEST OF .YEAR
Oregon 'Dolls Up" in Daffodils
and 82 Degrees.
Most winsome day of the new spring
season was yesterday, according to
thousands of Oregon admirers, who
complimented her upon her smiles,
the manner in which she wore her
cherry bloom and daffodils, and upon
the golden shimmer of warm sunshine
that made the grass and the gardens
leap upward.
It was the most genial day of the
season thus far, with the temperature
reaching a maximum of 82 degrees,
distancing by four degrees the mark
of April 26 which hitherto held the
record for 1920.
GIRL GUILTY OF MURDER
Slayer of Stepfather Sent to Pen
itentiary for 10 Years.
ST. LOUIS, May 6. Ursula Brod
erick, 16, who killed her stepfather,
Joseph F. Woodlock, in their home
here April 14, 1919, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree by a
Jury in juvenile court here tonight.
Her punishment was fixed at 10
years in the Missouri penitentiary.
SUFFRAGE VOTE DELAYED
Amendment Has Chance to Pass in
Delaware House.
DOVER, Del., May 6. Action by the
house on the suffrage ratification
resolution, adopted by the senate yes
terday, will probably be postponed
for a week or ten days.
Suffrage leaders realize that at this
time "they need at least three more
votes to put it over in the house,
French Executive Bars
American Creation.
GIFT GRACEFULLY DECLINED
Ambassador Jusserand Con
veys News to Milliners.
FOURTEEN REASONS GIVEN
Bad Precedent, Says One, as Paris
Is Only Style Center; "Americans
Dangerously Resourceful."
NUW YORK, May 6. President
Deschanel of France has refused to
permit Matlame Deschanel to accept
the $5000 hat offered her by 3000
American milliners for her indorse
ment of the "four seasons for mil
linery." This was announced today at the
convention here of the Millinery Job
bers' association, when a letter was
read fj-om Ambassador Jusscrand, de
clining the American creation made
from material supplied by each of the
48 states . and decorated with nine
paradise plumes, each costing J500.
Gift Gracefully Declined.
The ambassadorial letter, addressed
to Henry S. Bernhard, head of the as
sociation, read: "I am instructed by
the president of the republic to in
form you that he sincerely appreci
ates the motives of your offer, on be
half of American milliners, of a
specially devised hat for Madame
Deschanel. He joins those interested
in the scheme in hoping that, in this,
too, namely, a question concerning
both trade and art, the two countries
will more and more work together to
their common advantage.
"As for the gift itself, since it is
not possible for Madame Deschanel
to receive, under such conditions, any
gift of value, the president begs you
not to realise your intention for-which
he begs me, however, to tender you
his sincere thanks."
To the milliners then was read a
cable from the. society for the im
provement of millinery art in France,
giving "14 points" why Madame
Deschanel should not accept the gift.
The points are:
I. Bad precedent; Paris only style
center.
"2. America took advantage of Paris
during the war.
3. Americans dangerously re
sourceful. 4. Paris never produced so expens
ive a hat as $5000 Big novelty as
Eiffel tower.
5. Pari3 milliners object to ac
ceptance of hat.
6. Such gift is like carrying coals
to Newcastle.
7. South American trade stolen
from Paris by New York.
8. American prohibition will help
Paris regain South American trade.
9. America should not give away
what it will not buy paradise.
10. Milliners should be content to
buy the dictates of Paris.
II. American buyers already act
dictatorially toward Paris creators.
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Pair Row Vigorously In Battle
Against Swift Current but
Are Swept to Death.
THE DALLES, Or., May 6. (Spe
cial.) Caught by the swift current
of the Tumwater falls, near Celilo,
yesterday at about 4 - o'clock, Roy
DuiTn, machinist, and W. B. Darling,
his helper, in a small boat were
swept over the falls to their death.
The two men had started out to
fish. The current at the point near
Tumwater falls is very -swift. Ap
parently the boat was caught in this
current.
Nearer and nearer to the falls the
boat was carried. Both men kept row
ing, exerting every effort in the fight
for life. Many persons on the bank, of
the river viewed the fight against the
current. The boat apparently was
not disabled.
Reeling to the falls with its two oc
cupants, it plunged over. One man
appeared twice, then was lost to view.
The second occupant vanished after
the plunge over the falls.
Despite a search of the shore, no
trace of the boat or the men was
found today.
The two men were employes of the
North Bank road, having been sta
tioned at the Fallbridge roundhouse.
W. B. Darling was- 23 years old, sin
gle, and his home was in Portland.
Roy Dunn, aged 24 years, leaves a
widow and child. His home address
was Othello, Wash.
W. B. Darling's father, Charles D.
Darling, 474 East Oak street, went to
Fallbridge yesterday to aid in the
search for the bodies of the drowned
men. .
W. B. Darling was 23 years of age
and was employed by the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle railroad as a me
chanic. He served two years in
France in the 828th aero squadron.
PRIEST RULES ON MURDER
Killing or Mother or InTant to Save
V OUier Held Criminal.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 6. A
dozen good motives will not justify
an evil act, declared the Rev. Herbert
CL Noonan, president of the Marquette
university, today in branding as di
rect, murder the killing of an infant
to save its mother's Wfe, or- the kill
ing of the mother to save the child's
- . ' - . " ' . '.
He reasserted his position on the
question brought up ,iy th.e- resignp
tion of five members of the teaching
staff of the medical school who dis
agreed with, the university's policies.
"The destruction oT the life of
either mother or- child to save one
of their lives is to violate the com
mandmant, 'Thou shalt not kill,' he
declared. '
Father Noonan denied that the dis
puted question was a religious one,
but said that It was based on ethical
standards alone. -
JURY REPORT HELD UP
Absence of Judges Causes Delay in
Verdict on Treasury Probe.
SALEM, Or., May 6. (Special.)
Because of absence from the city of
G. G. Bingham and Percey E. Kelly,
judges of the Marion county circuit
court, the Marion county grand jury,
which has been investigating the af
fairs of the state treasurer's depart
ment, was unable to file its formal
report today.
The report irfay be presented some
time tomorrow or Saturday.
It is estimated that the cost of the
Investigation will aggregate more
than 2500.
Portland Shop Operators Intimate
One Cent Will" Be Added for
Each Loaf About June 1.
Another cent tagged to the price of
the loaf Is in prospect, bakers yester
day Intimated, owing to the announce
ment that flour prices will be raised
60 cents a barrel this morning, with
the wholesale quotation $13.75 a
barrtl. While the ibakers declined to
comment clearly upon the prospect of
a bread advance. It was generally
hinted that an increase of one cent a
loaf would be dictated by the rise in
flour, probably effective June 1.
The advance in flour was attributed
to the higher prices prevailing in the
wheat market, which are now from
50 to 70 cents a bushel premium over
the government basic price of J2.20 a
bushel, it was said. Whatever the
explanation, Portland householders,
already between the millstones of a
wage dispute in the baking craft, are
to be treated to yet another bread-and-butter
misfortune.
In the eastern flour market prices
have been climbing rapidly for the
last month, but until now the Port
land millers have not taken advan
tage of the greater wheat cost. It
was said. Eastern flour prices are
almost $2 a barrel higher than here.
In the local strike of bakers against
the Master Bakers' association, laoth
parties to the dispute yesterday main
tained that all was well with their
respective causes and that they
would win. The master bakers have
declared the policy of the "open shop"
and are supplying the trade with
apparently little dimunition of the
normal supply.
WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Mrs. Nannie- St. Clair in Hospital
but Wound Is Superficial.
Despondency, caused, it is believed,
through ill health, led Mrs. Nannie
St. Clair, 40, of Benton, Or., to make
an unsuccessful effort at self-destruction
at her room in the Perkins hotel
late yesterday afternoon.
The woman stabbed herself in the
left breast, directly above the heart.
Hotel attendants summoned a phy
sician and the injured woman was
removed to St. Vincent's hospital. The
wound was reported last night to be
superficial and complete recovery is
expected within a few days.
Mrs. St.'Clalr'had been, at the Per
kins for several days with a 19-year-old
son. The son left last night for
Estacada to locate his father. .
The woman was still in a hysterical
condition late last night and was un
able to- tell hospital attendants why
she had stabbed herself.
WOMAN, AGED 102, IS DEAD
Mrs. Sarah- Thompson Succumbs at
Home of Daughtcr-in-Law.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson, believed to
have been the oldest woman in the
state of Oregon, died Wednesday
night at the home of her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. L. P. Coleman, 66 North
Nineteenth street. She was 102 years
of age.
Mrs. Thompson, prior to coming to
Portland, had Jived at Salem.
She was -born in Ohio, November 15,
1817. She was the mother of three
Portland men, all of whom are dead
H. T., Eamaliel and Frank Thomp
son. Surviving grandchildren are:
Miss Ethel Thompson, Mrs. Fay Cat
lin and Mrs. George Tyler Taglieri of
Portland and Mrs. C. T. Thomas ot
Salt Lake City. Joseph Thompson of
Portland is a nephew.
Rent Committee Plans to
Stop "Pyramiding."
VICIOUS PRACTICES FOUND
Lease Resales at Exorbitant
Figures Disclosed.
RENTS NATURALLY RISE
Antl-Proritecring Ordinance to Be
Held in Abeyance Pending
Further Investigation.
Pitiless publicity is the weapon de
cided on by the rent Investigating
committee in its effort to stop "pyra
miding" of leases, which the -committee
members believe Is largely re
sponsible for the high rents charged
for Portland apartment houses.
The committee was in session until
midnight Wednesday, hearing evi
dence introduced fcy three apartment
house lessees who appeared in answer
to the summons issued by Mayor
Baker as chairman of the committee.
One apartment house lessee sub
mitted a letter in which he informed
the committee that he had just se
cured a lease on an apartment house
and that it would be a month before
he could ascertain the operating ex
penses. Vicious Practices Found.
Members of the committee, after re
viewing the evidence submitted, an
nounced that as a rule owners of
apartment houses were not collecting
exorbitant rents. The re-sale of
leases and furniture at high prices,
and the frequent unloading of such
leases upon persons not familiar with
the costs of operation were held
vicious practices which members of
the committee felt must be stopped.
One of the typical cases, according
to the committee, details-of which
were authorized yesterday for publi
cation, was that of the Hanover
apartments, 167 King street.
Although the committee could not
gain information concerning the ac
tual original cost of the furniture,
evidence presented to the committee
showed that in March, 1919. the lease
and furniture sold for $9000. The rent
paid by the lessee to the owner of the
building was and still remains $650
per month.
Advance of f2WM Voted.
Tn August, 1919, according to the
committee, the same furniture and
lease were sold for $11,000. At this
time the committee ascertained that
an increase of approximately $5' a
month for two-room apartments was
effected, and that telephone service
forerly included in the rent was dis
continued. This rcised the rents of
two-room apartments to approximate
ly $40 a month Instead of $32.50.
A few months later, the committee
said, the lease and furniture of this
apartment house were sold for $16,000
and another increase of approximate
ly $5 a month was made in rentals.
Near the end of March, 1920, the lease
and furniture were sold for $21,000
and the committee developed the fact
that the same lease and furniture are
now on the market for $25,000.
The lease in question expires in 13
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Announcement Issued hv Walker
W. Vick and Campaign lleail-
quarters Arc Opened.
NEW YORK, May 6. Governor Kd
wards of New Jersey tonight became
an avowed and active candidate for
the democratic nomination for presi
dent of the United Stales. Walker
W. Vick, personal friend of the gov
ernor, issued the formal announce
ment of his candidacy and of the
opening here of Edwards' campaign
headquarters.
"Governor Edwards begins his cam
paign without any political machinery
or prestige lent him from any source,"
Mr. Vick said. "He runs on his rec
ord as governor of New Jersey, as its
former controller and as a man of af
fairs in the business and financial
world of this country for the past -o
years. His rise in the business world
as a self-made man, as well as his
entire career, both business and po
litical, presents abundant proof of his
sympathetic regard for the great pro
ductive forces of the country."
GIRL HIT BY AUTO FOUND
Child, 13, Returns Home After lie-
ing Treated at Driver's Home.
After having been the object of
search all day by police and relatives
following a report received at police
headquarters that she had been in
jured by an automobile, 13-year-old
Mary Hanna, daughter of Joscpl'
Hanna, 1030 Front street, returned to
her home about 4:30 yesterday after
noon. She had been knocked down by an
automobile at Front and Gibbs street
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Fol
lowing the accident she was taken to
a private home by the autoist and her
bruises treated. She could not tell
where the house was to which she
was taken. Afterwards she leisurely
returned home. She had sustained a
bruised leg but was otherwise unhurt
by the accident, her relatives re
ported. The driver of the machine last night
had not reported at police head
quarters. The girl is a student of St. Law
rence echool, at Third and Sherman
streets.
ANN ARBOR, MICH., GROWS
Population Increase of 3 1.7 Per
Cent Over 10 10 Announced.
WASHINGTON. May 6. Census re
ports made public today were:
Ann Arbor. Mich. 19.516; Increase,
4699, or 31.7 per cent.
Bath, Me. 14,731; increase. 5335'. or
56.8 per cent.
Mexico, Mo. 6013; increase. 14. or
1.2 per cent.
Hammond, Ind. 36,004;
15.079, or 72.1 per cent.
Monroe. Mich. 11.573:
4680, or 67.9 per cent.
Jacksonville, Fla. 91.543
33.844, or 58.7 per cent.
Baton Rouge. La. 21,782
6S85. or 46.2 per cent.
increase,
increase,
increase,
increase.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature,
82 degrees: minimum, 47 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, continued warm; north
easterly winds.
Foreign.
Protection of Armenia by league is de
manded. Pase 1.
National.
Wilson ruling: on reds denounced by Rep
resentative Johnson, of Washington
Pase 6.
Toilers traduced by department of justice.
says railroad brotherhood chief. Page l!
Railroads ask congress for 8500,000,000
loan.. Page 4.
Carranza believed to be preparing to flee.
Pa ?e 2.
Anti-British feeling denied by Admiral
Benson. Pa-c C.
Tomesti
Governor Kdwards of N'ew Jersey seeks
democratic nomination for presidency
Page 1.
Grain interests plan for re-establlshment
of open wheat market. Page 22.
Hoover declares attitude not altered by
California primary. . Page 2.
President of France says madamc cannot
have $."iOOO American hat. Page 1.
Bluebeard pleads guilty to wife murder.
Page ::.
Limit of power of bishops in naming Meth
odist district superintendents proposed.
Page P.
Sport.
Coast league results: Seattle .:. Portland
t: San Frani-lsco I.os Angeles I;
Vernon 1. Oakland 0: Salt Lake 3, Sac
ramento 1. Page 14.
Waverly golf team goes north minus tcrv
ices of star player. Page 14.
Mascott-Gordon match reveals behind
Bcenes misunderstandings. Page .".
Mike Cy Dowd loses world welterweight
championship. Page 14.
Paelfic Northwest.
State bonds may be sold to meet highway
contracts. Page 7.
Fight for life lost as boat with two men
is swept over falls near Celilo. Page 1.
Cook wins husband through story of Ore-
goa. Page .1. I rrtsiuciu vji i.,. . ...e,.... -
Jerseys ot Oregon rate equal of best. ' Seattle and expects to return to Port
Pee land Monday. Geneiul Manager Dyer
Commercial and Marine. ; and Assistant-General Manager Burck-
Business men Join tour to municipal terml- naIter cf the Southern Pacific had
H & 1 Pa &e j . , - - ,
Sixtv-eent advance In Portland flour quo- (their cars attached to the first sec
tations. Page 23. j tion of No. 13. leaving for the south
Corn reaches J2 mark at Chicago. Page 23. I at 8 P. M. They will devote some
Early gains in stock market wiped out at
close.
Page 2-.
Portland and Vicinity.
c V. Inkn anil wtfA ea.ch finori frt-
speed-
lng. Page 13. , r-prouie win mau meiiv: aii ..w.
Bread-price rise In Portland is intimated trip and expects to be back to Port
by bakers. Page 1. ; ,alM, soon. president Budd and Judge
Hoover and Lowden not to withdraw in ; T,-iH ift iH,f niirht
Oregon in favor of Wood and against Keld &la lelt lasI
Johnson. Page o.
Rent-investigating committee plans to
stop "pyramiding" of leases. Page 1.
Portland voters apathetic toward relief
of carlines. Page S.
Minimum sentence given convicted I. W. W
Page 16.
State wa rrants issued for arrest of seven
alien communists- Pase IK.
Tax body to oppose Tion-partisan activity.
Page 4.
Hugh J. Boyd chosen principal of Wash-
inttAn hi trhrtoI Pa r i
Great Northern use of union station not
yet detinitel decided. vPase 1.
Rail- Chiefs Defer Great
Northern Decision.
LATER MEETING PLANNED
Road Meantime to Continue
Use of Terminal.
OTHER MATTERS TAKEN UP
t,Jues-iioii of Abandoning One of lh
Two Lines Through Deschutes
Canyon Considered.
Final decision as to the permanent
use of the Union station by the Great
Northern, railroad in operation of its
j Portland trains was postponed to a
luture conlerence of railroad execu
tives after an all-day conference yes
terday in the office of J. P. O'Brien,
president ot" ihe Northern Pacific Ter
minal company, in the Wclls-Fargo
building.
At the meeting various matters of
coivoern to the five railroads were
discussed, including the terminals at
Portland and the question of possible
abandonment of one of the tracks
through the Deschutes canyon. At the
conclusion one of the presidents said
"progress has been made toward a
better understanding of conditions,
but no conclusions have yet been
reached."
As to the union station situation,
it was said that the Great Northern
will continue to use the terminal
pending final decision at a meeting of
the officials to be arranged as soon
as possible after further investiga
tion of some phases of the matter.
Ttto l ine, to Continue.
Because of the possible require
ments of future business and the
many considerations involved in the
abandonment of an operating railroad,
it is probable that the central Oregon
lines up the Deschutes river will con
tinue to be operated as in the past.
No definite statement was issued last
night by officials, but the passing of
exclusive control to either of the two
companies is regarded as improbable,
and there are complications involved
in the joint operation. People in the
territory served contend that in any
event the present service is not
greater than is justified and that it
will necessarily be heavier with the
rapid development of industries in the
pine timber region south of Bend, and
more intensive agricultural develop
ment along the line.
The officials who participated in
the conference were: Carl R. Gray,
president of the Union Pacific; Wil
liam Sproule. president of the South
ern Pacific: Ralph Budd. president ot
the Great Northern; L. C Gilman,
' president of the North Bank and Ore
gon Trunk; Judge T. G. Keid, assist
ant to president of the Northern Pa
cific; J. P. O'Brien, president of tha
Northern Pacific Terminal company
and general manager or the Oregon
Washington; J. H. O'Neill, general
manager of the Great Northern; J. H.
Dyer, general manager Southern Pa
cific; Arthur C. Spencer, general so
licitor Oregon-Washington and Ben
C. Dey, general counsel Southern Pa
cific. Conditions Well Understood.
A fact that lends local interest to
this conference is that with the ex
ception of William Sproule and Judge
Reid, all of the executives who gath
ered for this meeting formerly were
Portland officials of some of the roads
represented at the meeting. For that
reason all of them have a compre
hensive knowledge of local conditions
and are familiar with the history and
developments of the interests con
sidered. Ralph Budd formerly was
chief engineer of the Spokane, Port
land' & Seattle and had charge of the
major part of construction of the
Oregon Trunk. Carl R. Gray, now
head of the Union Pacific, was for
merly president of the North Bank
lines and later of the Great Northern.
J. P. O'Brien entertained the visit
ing officials at luncheon at the
Arlington club at the conclusion of
which the officials returned to take
up again the negotiations, and but for
the fact that arrangements had been
made for several of their care to be
attached to early night trains, after
noon session might have continued
to a late hour. Adjournment was
finally taken at 7:30.
nMpeetionx Are Plnsned.
.time to inspection of the Southern
Pacific Oregon lines before proceed
ing to San Francisco. President
MERRILL HAS BIG FIRE
Loss $20,000 In Blaze Destroying
Rustncss Ruildings.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., May 6
Fire destroyed the opera house.
1 two stores and two other buildings at
j Merrill, near the California line, early
lnls morn,nS-
The loss is estimated at 420,000.