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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NORTHWEST GOAST
LASHED By STORM
NOBEL PEACE PRIZES
PRESENTED TO TWO
CABLE CONTROVERSY
ARRIVES AT IMPASSE
3 WOMEN AND BABY
INJURED BY AUTOS
MARTIAL RULE If
HOUSE ADOPTS YEAR
BAN ON IMMIGRANTS
T TERMINAL
PLANS AHE BALKED'
PRESIDENT SAYS MAXKIXD IS
XOT YET RID OF WAR.
AMERICA, ENGLAND ITALY
OPPOSE FRANCE AXD JAPAX.
44 ACCIDENTS REPORTED TO
' PpLICE DURIXG DAY.
TIME LIMIT OX JOHN SOX BILL,
IS REDUCED.
VCT1M
OF MURDER
JOIN
ERIN PROCLAIMED
V
V
Communication Cut Off
and Trains Delayed.
NORTH HEADWIND 68 MILES
Interurban Cars Stalled as
Trees Rip Out Wires.
HATS FLY ABOUT STREETS
Blow Inverts Umbrellas and
Drenches Pedestrians With.
Slanting Rainfall.
WHERE THE STORM "WAXED
MOST Fl'RIOl'8.
-North Head, Wash., reports
68-mile rale along the Oregon
and Washington coasts, with
sea running high.
Hoquiam (Wash.) streets
flooded when storm backs up
tide and part of railroad bed
near there is washed .out.
Trains hampered and communi
cation lines down.
Salem (Or.) windows smashed,
roof lifted off rink, city plunged
into darkness and trains run
ning late as result of high wind
storm and deluge of rain.
San Francisco. Cal.. reports
movements of vessels practi
cally halted by gale along whole
Pacific coast. with largest
storm on record in the north
Pacific.
J
A sudden and terrific storm, ac
companied by a downpour of rain,
lashed the north Pacific coast yes
terday, cut off telephone and tele
graph communications with most
outside points, delayed trains and
generally wrought havoc throughout
the affected area. By remarkable co
incidence, it was one year ago to the
day when Portland found itself
completely tied up in the snow storm
that began the day before.
In Portland one of the most sud
den drops in barometric pressure
ever observed here was recorded by
the weather bureau. At 5 o'clock
last night the barometer in the cus-
T toms house stood at 29.29, after drop-
'iig -0 points in two hours.
The velocity of the wind in Port
land as recorded at the station on the
roof of the customs house was 25
miles an hour.
Wind 6S Mile at orlh Henri.
The exposed observation station at
North Head, Wash., at the mouth of
t the Columbia river, reported a maxi
mum wind velocity . of 6S miles an
hour, attained during the afternoon.
"At. noon, the wind -was blowing 50
miles an hour from the south and had
risen from 34 miles an hour at 8 A. M.
By 5 P. M., its velocity was back to
34 miles. The same maximum of 68
miles an hour waa reported from Ta
toosh island at the entrance to Puget
sound.
The point of lowest barometric
pressure, otherwise the storm center,
was off the eouthern Alaska coast at
8 A M-, and had journeyed south to
Prince Rupert, B. C, at 5 P. M. A
reading of 28.80 was reported from
that point.
Tree Are
, "While the win
Blown Down.
ind swooped through
tHe streets of Portland, inverting- um
brellas, tossing- hats about and
drenching: pedestrians with slanting
rain, serious damage was reported in
some sections. Trees blown across
the high-tension wires of the Port
land Kail way. Light & Power com
pany on Bull Run hill cut off traffic
on the Bull Run interurban line and
stalled most of the streetcars in this
city from 4:57 to 5:18 P. M.
Streetcars on some Portland lines
were unable to move because of lack
of power, while others crawled at a
snail's pace. Electric lights were
jumpy and uncertain in many sections
of the city.
Southern Pacific Wire Down.
The Southern Facific company re
ported at 7 o'clock last night that
most of Its wires were down and all
trains late. The chief dispatcher of
the Union Facific system disclaimed
all knowledge of damage.
Another example of the vagaries of
the storm was the almost complete
isolation of the Western Union Tele
graph company's loeah office, while
tlLe Postal reported everything work
ing as usual. The Pacific Telephone
& Telegraph company's wire chief re
ported a number of complaints aftdi
. & P. M although before that hour all
wires were working. Both local and
long-distance lines were affected.
Antorla In Communication.
The "Western Union reported at 6:30
last nigrht that all outlying wires on
the coast were down, though com
munication was still fnaintained at
that hour with Astoria. Service was
demoralized on the Marshf'eld and
Tillamook sections, with serious
trouble on the Springfield division.
Communication with San Francisco
was cut off south of Grants Pass.
Rain fell on practically the entire
Pacific slope, with snow at Baker,
Or. The temperature at Baker,
though, was above the freezing point.
The Willamette river at Portland
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Wilson, in Accepting, Says Work.
Is Only Begun and Opportunity
Is Open to Others.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway. Dec. 10.
Presentation of the Nobel peace prizes
for 1919 and 1920, which have been
awardedv respectively, to Leon Bour
geois of France and Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States, took
place here today.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. President
Wilson in his letter accepting the
Nobel peace prize, which was read
today at the presentation ceremonies
at Christiania, said that if this were
the last peace prize. to'be offered he
could not accept it, "for mankind has
not yet been rid of the unspeakable
horrors of war."
rn accepting the honor of your
award," said the president's letter, "I
am moved not only by a profound
gratitude for the recognition of my
earnest efforts in the cause of peace,
but also by a very poignant humility
before the vastness. of the work still
called for by this cause.
"May I not take this occasion to ex
press my respect for the far-sighted
wisdom of the founder in arranging
for a continuing system of awards?
If there were but one such prize or If
this were to be the last I could not,
of course, accept it. For mankind
has not yet been rid of the unspeak
able horrors of war. I am convinced
that our generation has. despite it
wounds, made notable progress. But
it. is the better part of wisdom to con
sider our work as only begun. It will
be a continuing labor. In the indefi
nite course of years before us there
will be abundant opportunity for oth
ers to distinguish themselves in the
crusade against hate and fear and
war.
"There is indeed a peculiar fitness
In the grouping of these Nobel
awards. The cause of peace and the
cause of truth are of one family.
Even as those who love science and
devote their lives to physics or chem
istry, even as those who would create
new and higher ideals for mankind
in literature, even so With those who
love peace there is no limit set. What
ever has been accomplished in the
past is petty compared to the glory
and promise for the future."
WEDDING ' ALIEN COSTLY
Only Daughter Cut Off With $1
. From $38,000 Estate ..
One dollar, the total inheritance
Mrs. Jennie Luchrs receives from her
mother's estate of 558,000, must be
held by Charles F. Adams, local
ban4er and the only other heir, until
such time as the United States for
mally declares peace with Germany,
for . the daughter has become an alien
enemy through marriage.
The order closing the estate of Mrs.
Helen M. Patterson, who died about
the first of the year in Lausanne,
Switzerland, "While she was visiting
there, was signed yesterday by Pre
siding Judge Tazweil. Although she
owned real property valued at $25,-00-0
and personal property worth
$33,000 in Oregon and Washington,
Mrs. Patterson made no other be
quest to her sole descendant. Mr.
Adams, an old friend, received the
entire estate, with the exception of
the solitary dollar.
HENRY FORD IS MISSING
Witness in German Case Disappears
and Nation-Wide Hunt Begins.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Representa
tives of the federal district attorney
have started a nation-wide search for
Henry Ford, Detroit automobile man
ufacturer, who is wanted as a gov-
eri-ment witness in the trial of Dr.
Edward A. Rumely, charged with
corceallng the alleged- German own
ership of the New York Evening Mail
during part of the war.
A 'government agent missed Mr,
Ford by a few hours recently when
he .went on an outing trip upstate
with Thomas Edison, inventor, and
John Burroughs, naturalist. It was
reported that after this trip Mr. Ford
had gone to Detroit and thence to
California.
VICTIM PULLED 13 BLOCKS
Woman, 59, Dies ATter Being
Dragged Far by Speeding Auto,
t
SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 10. Mrs. S.
S. Kirkpatrick, aged 59. died of in
juries shortly before midnight, which
she received from being dragged 13
city blocks by ar speeding automobile,
according to the police. Mrs. Kirk
patrick told the authorities Just be
fore she died that she had clung to
the underframe of the machine in the
hope that it might stop. .,
A rancher of Opportunity, Wash
near here, was arrested by the police
on suspicion of having been the
driver of the auto which ran down
Mrs. Kirkpatrick. The machine did
not stop after striking the woman,
according to eyewitnesses, but made
mora speed. ,
WAGE CUT UP TO MINERS
Arizona Men Vote on Acceptance or
Reduction Today.
MIAMI. Ariz., Dec. 10. Grievance
committees representing employes of
all copper mining companies in the
state in a meeting at Globe tins aft
ernoon decided to refer action on the
proposed reduction in wages to a
vote of the workers tomorrow.
All copper mining companies in the
state today posted notices that wages
would be reduced SI a day January 1.
SEALED UP ALIVE
Three-IVionths-OId Crime
Confessed at Vale.
TRUNK DUMPED INTO RIVER
George Howard, 22, Admits
Slaying George Sweeney.
WRENCH USED IN ATTACK
Victim's Machine Driven Boldly
Into Town, Where Trunk
Is Purchased.
VALE, Or., Dec. 10. (SpecuU.)
George W. Sweeney of Vale was
brutally murdered about September
14 or 15 on a lonely road about a
mile southwest of Vale by George
Howsrrd, aged 22, according to
signed confession obtained today by
R. C. Lytle, district attorney her
from the' prisoner, who has been held
secretly in the county jail here since
last Wednesday night in the fear that
friends of the murdered man would
attempt a lynching party if ths crime
were to be made known.
Howard assigned aa the motive for
the crime his desire to obtain
Sweeney's automobile without buy
ing it.
The murder was declared b? county
authorities to have been the mos'
cold-blooded on record in this district.
The officials, despite the date given
in the confession, insist the crime was-
committed about September 12 or 13.
According to the statement, How
ard answered an advertlsenjent which
Sweeney had placed in a Vale paper
offering an automobile for sale. How
ard asked Sweeney to demonstrate
the car and to take him on a lonely
road southwest of Vale on Septem
ber 14 or 15, and on that trip killed
him.
Victim Hit With Wrench.
Howard admitted that he hit
Sweeney twice with a wrench and be
fore he was dead put the body in a
trunk and buried the trunk in a wash
out near the Owyhee river, 24 miles
south of Vale, near AVatson.
Howard further declared that after
he had knocked Sweeney unconscious
he placed the body, covered with a
laprobe, in the tonneau of the vic
tim's automobile, drove the machine
back into Vale, parked it there and
went Into a store, where he purchased
a trunk. He said that he placed the
trunk also in th machine an-d drove
again out of town on the road toward
Owyhee.
In a lonely epot he. again stopped
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WHEN DO
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Conference Over Seized German
Communications May Dissolve
Without Results.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (By the
Associated press.) Disagreement be
tween the representatives of the
principal allied and associated
powers over the disposition of the
former German cables is understood
to have about reached a point of
threatening disruption of the prelim
inary International communications
conference which has been in session
here for some weeks.
The United States, Great Britain
and Italy are said to. have reached
an accord on most of the" principle
points at issue, but France and-Japan
have refused to accede to the major
proposals advanced by the United
States and Italy and upon which
the American and ItaMan govern
ments insist.
Acting Secretary Davis of the state
department, chairman of the Ameri
can commissioners, laid the whole
matter before the senate foreign re
lations committee' at a to-hour con
ference." Chairman Lodge announced
later that the American proposition
had received the committee's "un
qualified approval It was stated
co- operation between the state de
partment and the senate committee
had been arranged.
- So far as the United States is con
cerned the principal issues are con
trol of the cable Jines centering at
the Island of Yap, .in the Pacific
ocean, and a direct line between the
United States and Italy. Italy g
joining with the united states in in
sisting upon the direct cable between
the two countries.
At an informal conference last
night, it is understood, a proposal
was brought forward that Instead
of proceeding in the attempt for the
distribution of the cables among the
five powers, an agreement was re
ported reached for joint ownership
of the lines. The United States. Great
Britain and Italy are said to have
supported this plan and France and
Japan to have opposed it.
Internationalization of islands such
as Yap, serving as the center for
cable communication, also is reported
to have been brought forward at the
informal meeting last night, but
Japan and France are said to have
opposed it.
According to information today in
official circles, tne American gov
ernment has proposed that a com
promise be effected on the distribu
tion of the cables emanating from
Yap and now in the hands of Japan
by the allocation of the Guam-Vap
cable- to. the. United States, that of
the Yap-Dutch Indies cable to Hol
land, and the Yap-Shanghai cable to
Japan. This plan, however, is un
derstood to have met with 'the dis
approval of the Japanese delegates,
who contended that Japan should re
tain at least a half interest in the
Guam -Tap cable as well as in the
Yap-Dutch Indies cable.
A proposal of the American dele
tlon that the Uerman cable in posses
sion of France and extending from
(Concluded on Pap 6. Column 2.)
WE GET OUR NEW DELIVERY
Darkness and Storm Not Held
to
Blame In All Cases Three
Drivers Are Jailed.
Three women, and a baby were, in
jured last - night in automobile ac
cidents. One victim. Helma Aho, 46S
East Twenty-fourth' street, was at
the point of death in St. Vincent's
hospital,- Another, Mrs. Ouida K.
Bennett, badly bruised was at "her
home at the Cermelita apartments.
Mrs. O. J. Carral, 290 Fargo street, was
suffering at her home from less se
vere injuries. Glandon Kelty, 4, was
injured to an undetermined degree
when the family automobile struck a
truck, said to have had no lights",
which was parked in the street.,
A total of 44 accidents was reported
to traffic officers yesterday. 28 of
which occured after dark. Darkness
and storm cannot be given as the
sole causes, however, for many of
them of them occured in such well
lighted spots that a newspaper could
be easily read. Carelessness is the
cause which appealed most to the po
lice and three drivers round them
selves in Jail for investigation In
connection with injury to pedestrians.
Helma Aho was struck by the right
fender of'the car of Curtis Boylan,
35, 526V4 East Twenty-sixth street,
as she stepped from the curb at
Twenty-fourth and Division streets,
to cross the street. She was picked
up unconscious, by Gus' O. CQok, a
taxi driver, and a bystander, who
started for the city emergency hos
pital, while Boylan was at a nearby
house telephoning for'the police am
bulance. Cook came to grief on Ladd
avenue. He said that he was blinded
by the lights of an approaching au
tomobile as he neared a curve In the
street. He was afraid to apply the
brakes for fear of skidding into the
machine. His speed at the curve was
enough to send the taxi crashing onto
its side as the wheels struck the
curb. The bystander, who was in the
rear seat with the injured woman.
signaled for help from a passing mo
torist, who assisted him in removing
the unconsciouswoman from, the taxi
and then took her on to the city
emergency hospital. Cook was left
in the taxi to shift for himself, and
by the time he had extricated himself
from the steering apparatus he was
alone. Cook was not hurt;- and the
taxi was later driven to a garage
under its own power.
At the emergency hospital the wom
an was found to- be suffering from
a fractured skull. She was then sent
to St. Vincent's hospital, where she
managed to gasp out her name and
address, then lapsed into unconscious
ness. Attendants at St. Vincent's said
her condition was critical. She
has no relatives in Portland, but said
that she worked fon a Fourth street
tailor.
Boylan, who drove to the police sta
tion to give himelf up nd report the
accident, was held without bail pend
ing the outcome of her injuries.
Mrs. Bennett was struck, at Elev
enth and Taylor streets. John G.
Mayer, 1785 Division street, said that
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SYSTEM?
Four Counties Declared
Under Var Law.
BRITISH FIRM, CONCILIATORY
Order Held First Requisite to
Settlement.
PREMIER ANNOUNCES PLAN
Government Ready-to Negotiate
With Irish Leaders With View
to Establishing Peace.
LONDON, Dec. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Martial law has bee.n
proclaimed from Dublin castle over
the city and county of Cork, the city
and county of Limerick and tfie coun
ties of Tipperary and Kerry.
In an announcement made to the
house of commons today Premier
Lloyd George declared it was the in
tention of the British government to
put down the lawlessness which for
months had been prevalent in Ire
land. Dublin city and the county of Dub
lin, although they have been the
scenes of numerous affrays and of
much vandalism, were not included
in the district under martial law, but
Mr. Lloyd George told the commons
that if ' conditions should warranf the
interdicted area would be extended.
Offender Are Warned.
Under the proclamation, persons
who without authority possess arms
or unauthorized uniforms must sur
render them within a cerlain period
or lay themselves liable to trial by
court-martial and the death penalty.
The premier caid he was convinced
that in all sections of Ireland the ma
jority of the people were anxibus
for peace and that the government
likewise' was deeirous of peace and
fair settlement of the questions at
issue.
To this end, he asserted that the
government would treat with Sinn
Fein members of parliament who bad
not been "involved in the commission
of serious crimes." These Sinn Fein
ers. he added, would be afforded all
protection.
Campaign to Continue.
The premier declared it had no op
tion but to continue to intensify its
campaign against the "small but
highly organized and desperate mi
nority" In Ireland which was "using
murder and outrage In order to at
tain the impossible, and which could
onrig peace neuner to Ireland nor to
Great Britain."
The premier's statement of the gov
ernment's willingness to negotiate
with the Sinn Fein, which was de
livered in his most conciliatory and
persuasive manner., created a most
profound impression, both inside and
iouts)de parliament. It probably will
be debated in the house of commons
Tuesday. Although Premier Lloyd
George intimated that he thought it
preferable that there should be no de-?
bate, it is thought the liberals will
Institute the discussion, believing that
martial law should not be established
in Ireland with the acquiescence of
parliament.
Important Notes Received.
Two or three very Important docu
ments had come from Ireland in the
last few days, Mr. Lloyd George con
tinued. The most important, he said,
was that from the Galway county
council. This, he commented, marked
the return on the part of an import
ant body to constitutional methods.
Another communication, Mr. Lloyd
George, recalled. was that from
Father O'Flanagan. The premier said
that while Father O'Flanagan was
acting president of the Sinn Fein, his
communication (in which he asked
whajt first step the government pro
posed towards peace), had been re
pudiated by "the heads of the organ
ization responsible for murder." This
must be borne in mind, Mr. Lloyd
George said, when one sought the rea
sons for the government's two-fold
policy.
As the" suggestion in the Galway
resolution was that the ban on the
Irish republican parliament be with
drawn so that it might appoinf'dele-
i gates to' hold discussions of the sit
iuation with the government, the pre
mier said the government could not
recognize the Irish republican par
liament. Empire' Law Pnrnmonnt.
The premier said it was certainly"
the government's intention to pro
ceed with the home rule bill.
"I am convinced, and quite regret
fully," added Mr. Lloyd George, "that
it is essential in order to secure peace
In Ireland that you must convince
the whole of ths people of Ireland
that the authority cf the law and, of
ths empire is paramount; tha we
need to make it paramount; but that
having established that fact, the
British house of commons and the
British, nation are willing to parley
with the people of Ireland with a
view to establishing peace, good will
and friendship."
The government's reply to the Gal
way county council was as follows:
"I have read your letter forward
ing a copy of the resolutions adopted
by the Galway county council and
wisl' to assure your council that the
government welcomes every indica-
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rinancing of Movement to United
States or Radicals Charged to
Spanish Government.
WASHnCGTOX, Dec. 10. Amend
ment of the Johnson bill to reduce
the two-year prohibition against im
migration to the United States to 14
months and charges that foreign gov
ernments are "financing the move
ment of radicals to the United States"
marked another day of debate In the
house on immigration legislation.
Adoption, by a vote of 87 to 25. of
the amendment offered by Represent
ative Mann to reduce the embargo
period was a surprise to advocates
of the legislation and constituted the
first victory for ' Representative Sie
gel, republican, New York, and Sa
bath, democrat, Illinois, leaders of
the opposition. Proponents of the
bill, however, said they were confi
dent of favorable disposition of the
measure, before adjournment tomor
row. The Mann amendment actually lim
its the "restriction period to one year.
As amended the bill cannot be en
forced for two months after passage
and can be applied only 14 months
from the date of passage.
Another amendment by Represent
ative Mann exempting the Philippines
from application of the measure was
adopted by a viva voce vote
Representative Mann and' other In
fluential members announced their
opposition to the bill. Reasons given
included charges of laxity against
the administration in enforcing ex
isting laws; that the bill was extreme
and radical, leading to permanent re
striction of immigration; that it would
deny asylum to "oppressed peoples."
including the Irish, and return them
to "tyrannical governments for pun
ishment.
AUTO MAKER IS DEAD
Horace E. Dodge Passes at His
Home at Palm Beach.
PALM BEACH. Fla., Dec 10. Hor
ace x. Dodge died here tonignt at
his home.
He was a millionaire automobile
manufacturer.
DETROIT, Dec. 10. The health of
Horace E. Dodge had been impaired
since an Influenza attack last winter.
He left here several weeks ago with
Mrs. Dodge.
Mr. Dodge had been the sole head
of the Dodge Bros.' automobile in
terests here since the sudden death
early this year of John Dodge, his
elder brother.
SALMON ORDERED DUMPED
Xt-rly 50,000 Pounds of Columbia
River Product Condemned.
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 10. Nearly
50,000 pounds of Columbia river sal
mon, declared to have been improperly
canned, were ordered destroyed to
day by Judge Tillrnan D. Johnson of
the federal district court. The freight
was libeled at Ogden. It was des
tined for points in the east.
All of .- the shipments libeled were
from the Tallant-Grant company at
Astoria, Or., according to federal of
ficials. The judge held that the fish
was unfit for human consumption.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Highest temperatorfl, 46
degrees; lowest, 4:1 degrees; rain.
TODAY'S Rain, strong southerly winds.
Foreign.
Martial law proclaimed In two cities and
tour counties in Ireland. Page 1.
Nobel peace prizes-are presented to two.
Page 1.
League meetlnsr devises machinery to put
Into force blockade against any cove
nant breaker. Page
National.
Shipping board cannot account for funds
with accuracy. Page 2.
Conference over seized German cables may
end in impasse. Page 1.
House adopts year ban on Immigrants.
Page 1.
Reopening of anti-trust suit against farm
implements companies recommended.
Page 3.
Attorney-General Palmer, In annaal report.
tells of federal fight against radicalism
and economic evils. Page 5.
Ex-members of Irish conrtabulary testify
as to disorders and military activities.
Page 4.
Senator Chamberlain may get important
post in Harding administration. Page 4.
Senate to vote today on relief for farm
ers. Pag. Qi
Domestic. .
Bankers hear plea for foreign trade.
Page 6.
Pacific Northwest
Vale man murdered but buried In trunk
while still alive. Pago 1.
Sport.
Junf Indicts four in baseball probe.
Page 12.
City schools quit football league. Page 12.
School ' bssketball schedule arranged.
Page 12.
Fight dates cause officials to row. Page 33.
Ted Thye winner in wrestling mrtcn.
Page 13.
, Commercial and Marine.
English outlet for American hops appar
ently closed. Page 19.
Chicago wheat affected by breaks in other
commodities. Page 19.
StocK market rallies after severe declines.
Page 19-
Trade with China showing Increase despite
widespread famine which will take toll
of 6,000,000 lives this winter. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Federal reserve board defied by country
cashier. Pago 7.
Northern Pacific Terminal company orders
station tenants to vacate. Page 1.
Farmers Educational and Co-operative
union takes steps to cement its policies.
Page T. .
Sixty-nine soft drink store proprietors may
lose licenses: Page 10.
North Pacific coast and Portland lashed by
terrific storm. Page 1.
Trial of cement company started in Port
land. Page 11).
Teacher-critic of popular movie shows ad-
L. mils he went too far. Page 3.
Oregon Butter 6c Cheese Makers' asso
ciation ends annual convention. Page IS.
Welfare aid fund continues to grow.
1 Page 14. - '
Arrests for year show big Increase. Page 10.
Three women and baby injured by auto
mobiles. Fag 1
Union Station Tenants
Ordered to Vacate.
ORDER IS EFFECTIVE DEC. 31
Great Northern and North
Bank Are Affected.
COMMITTEE IS IGNORED
liody Appointed by Major to Ir
vestigate Proposal to Continue
FIglit, However.
Plans for the operation of all local
lines from Union station terminal, as
advanced by the city through a spe
cial commission appointed by Mayor
Bakeaavwere curtly balked yesterday
when the directors of the Northern
Pacific Terminal company issued an
order effective December 31, for the
ousting of Great Northern and Spo-
i kane, Portland & Seattle trains from
the facilities awarded to them under
the federal railroad administration.
Within a few hours after the issu
ance of the order, notice had been
served upon W. F. Turner, president
of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle
company that "the license and privi
lege heretofore and now enjoyed by
you of Uafng the terminal premises
and facilities of the undersigned, in
the operation of certain of your pas
senger trains in and out of Port
land, Or., be and the same is hereby
terminated and cancelled, effective
midnight, December 31, 920."
L. C. Oilman Leaves City.
The departure of L. C. Gilman, vice
president of the Great Northern, in
mid-afternoon, alone defeated the per
sonal service of a similar notification
respecting the trains of that company,
whichare included in the order.
The action to oust the two com
panies from joint terminal facilities,
against their appeal and the desire of
the city, was protested by the North
ern Pacific company, which controls
40 per cent of the stock in the North
ern Pacific Terminal company, and
which, with the Great Northern, owns
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
road. Against the Northern Pacific,
whose representatives asked for a
continuance of the discussion, were
arrayed the Southern Pacific, holding
L'O per cent of the terminal stock, and
the Union Pacific, or O.-W. R. &. JS.
company, owning 40 per cent.
Klgbt IVot -to Be Dropped.
Though the order is couched in the
terms of finality, and apparently dis
poses of the controversy in so far as
the Northern Pacific Terminal com
pany is concerned, those who ars
striving for the unification of Port
land's railroad facilities assert that
they will not give up the fight. Fore
most among these is H. B. Van Duzer,
presideni of the chamber of com
merce, ana jcnairman oi tne mayor a
committee.
"Th matter is too important for us
to drop," said Mr. Van Duzer, "nor
do we consider the situation as hope
less. A meeting of the gfeneral com
mittee has been set for next Wednes
day, but may be called before that
time. We have authorized a survey
of the technical operations of the
terminal with a view to determining
the facts..and we are going to carry
it through.
End to Controversy Hoped.
"Portland Is seriously interested in.
the terminal problem, and it is sin
cerely, to be hoped that the contro
versy can be brought to a close In a
manner satisfactory to the public afd
to the respective lines.
"One of the first acts of the federal
railroad administration was to con
solidate train service at this termi
nal, and it is the hope of the commit
tee that the conveniences obtained by
the public through the Joint use of
the termina.1 will be continued and
that duplication of facilities, with
huge Increases in the cost of opera
tion, may be avoided."
Conjecture deals with the next move
of the union terminal advocates, who
are firm in their stand that it is
against public policy for the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle company and the
Great Northern to be forced back to
their former inadequate facilities at
the North Bank: terminal.
Hearing May Be Requested.
It is thought, however, that these
lines will probablv join with the city
in requesting a hearing before the
interstate commerce commission,
where they will endeavor to prove
their case.
J. P. O'Brien, president of the. ter
minal company and general manager
of the O.-W. ft. & N. company, as well
as A. C. Spencer, chief counsel for
that line, said that the action was
taken to protect the interests of the
tenant companies at Union terminal,
and that facilities there are already
overcrowded and will continuo to be,
even with-the prospective retnoval of
the two northern lines. They declared
that the restoration of pre-war serv
ice on the lines of the Union Pacific)
and the Southern Pacific, together
with the fact that new trains may be
Installed, forced their support of the
order to vacate, handed yesterday to
the Great Northern and its associate
company. '
"There is insistent demand upon
both the Southern Pacific and the
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