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THE MORNING- OltEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1920
USE OF EX-
GABLES TD GDNT1KUE
Agreement Is Reached at In
ternational Meet.
POWERS RETAIN CONTROL
Further Sessions of Conference Ar
ranged, Delegates Coins Home
to Consult Governments.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Sessions
of the international communications
conference, threatened by disruption
several days ago over failure to
agree on disposition of the former
German cables, will continue under a
modus Vivendi adopted today at a
plenary session.
Representatives of France, Great
Britain and Japan In the meantime
will return home to confer with therr
governments relative to the primary
. questions at issue, none of which
had been settled at the sessions,
which began here October 8. The
ambassadors of the three nations
will continue negotiations as substi
tutes for the specially appointed del
egates. The modus. Vivendi as drawn up
at today's session and made public
by the state department tonight fur
ther provides:
Present Status Continue
"That after January 1 the German
cables seized by Great Britain,
France and Japan during the war
shall be operated as at present, but
for the financial account of the ac
tive powers (Great Britain, France,
Japan, Italy and the United States,
provided, however, that In account
ing for such operation the income,
after deducting expenses, shall bo
apportioned in accordance with the
final disposition to be made of sucn
cables.
"That should a final agreement as
to disposition of the cables not be
reached by next February 15 the con
ference shall immediately arrange for
a new modus Vivendi to become ef
fective on or before next March 15."
Concessions making possible to
day's provisional agreements were
understood to have resulted in large
part from pressure brought to bear
in the conference by Acting Secretary
of State Davis, who last week ob
tained from the senate foreign rela
tions committee assurances of sup
port for, the American delegation's
contentions. The American and Ital
ian delegations were understood to
have objected to any adjournment of
the conference without some sort of
an agreement.
Yap Not Yet Dispose Of.
Disposition of the island of Yap,
center of cable communication in the
Pacific, for which it has been sug
gested Japan be given the mandate,
as well as the settlement of the prin
ciple insisted upon by the United
States of equal landing rights on the
island for the cables of all countries,
were questions left unsettled. It was
stated that the eventual disposition
of Yap might be arrived at only by a
settlement entirely independent of the
communications conference and after
an examination of the status of Ja
pan's title.
The principal other bone of con
tention which prevented a settlement
at this time of the disposition of the
former German cables was the re
fusal of the French delegates to ad
mit the claim of Italy or the United
States to the German trans-Atlantic
cable held by France connecting New
York with Brest.
INJUNCTION UNDER WAY
PAPERS IX SAXTTARIUM CASE
BEIXG PREPARED.
Member of Legal Department of
State Board of Health at Rose
burg to Enter Fight.
ROSEBURG, Or, Dec. 14. (Spe
ciaL) H. G. Mclnturff, of the legal
department qf the state board of
health, arrived, in Roseburg today to
bring injunctioSi proceedings against
the Winchester Sanitarium company.
He is being assisted in the suit by
l'i3trict Attorney Neuner, City Attor
ney Wimberly and Attorney Coshow,
representing Dr. Esther Pohl Love
joy of Portland, and Steve Pearson,
- both of the latter owning property
adjoining the site of the proposed
eanitarium.
The noc-essary . papers were being
prepared today. The suit is being
brought against the Winchester hos
pital for the care of tuberculosis,
George A. Lovejoy, president of the
corporation; V. Lr Ruiter, vice-presidents
H. E. Gurney. secretary and C
W. Frazier, the ' contractor who. has
oharge of the buildings now under
construction. The suit is the out
growth of an attempt on the part of
Dr. Lovejoy to prevent- the construe.
--. tion of the hospital, partially because
she owns property adjoining the san
itarium and for the reason that it
is alleged the refuse from the hospital
will contaminate the waters of the
North Unvpqua river from which the
city of Roseburg receives its main
water supply.
The state board of health and Mr.
Lovejoy are bringing separate ac
tions against the sanitarium company
and will endeavor to stop the con
struction or operation of the hospital
on the grounds that it will prove a
nuisance and menace to the health of
the community.
PRICE FIXING REQUESTED
(Continued From First Pajre.)
"and for the outlet of farm produce
direct to the consumer It should
benefit both the vendor, who grew or
raised his own commodities; and it
should benefit the customer.
"I believe that the present show
ing is such that immediate reform,
through the restoration of the price
fixing power, should be undertaken
by the eity council. A public market
that has ceased to be of benefit to
the public is an admitted failure
for its chief purpose stands defeated."
Commissioner Bigelow said that
the market master's report on Yam
hill street profiteering, together with
the recommendation that municipal
control of maximum prices be re
stored, will be laid before the city
council at an early meeting. He i
confident that the showing is so con
elusive, and conditions so plainly at
Variance with public Policy, that af -firmative
action, must and will bfc
taken.
There is abundant evidence as re
cent as yesterday that the amal
gamated association of rural chicken-ilrest-ers
no social pun intended
have successfully raised their
wage scale. Neither the market
master nor other observers digni
fied the situation as poultry profiteer-
ing, but they did emit sundry clucks
of astonishment as they gazed- upon
the price tags that decorate the poul
try scans.
Plucked hens of four nounds welarht.
which is the ring-side average of pub
lic marKet poultry, were quoted last
year at $1.13 wholesale, and aold in.
the public stalls, where countrvmen
displayed them, for $1.36, or an ad
vance of 24 cents over wholesale.
Market Prices Raised.
The prices in general were high, but
the profit in this instance was not
apparently exorbitant. Jl similar
fowl today, fattened on cheaper feed
for the cost of poultry sratch has
declined materially is quoted whole
sale at $1.20. But the price asked
for the same bird at retail on the pub
nc mar.net is $1.80. or an advance of
6Q cents over wholesale.
"The public market is contributing
to the plucking of the customer," de
declared Marketmaster Eastman.
"Here, where the housewife has every
reason to expect an early reflection of
the price decline in all commodities,
she finds that prices in general are
higher than they were last year. Why
is it. with cheaper feed, that produc
ers are' compelled to ask more than
three times the profit of last year
on a dressed chicken? Not only is the
public being denied the reductions
that it should receive from the vend
ors, but actually these fellows have
arbitrarily increased their charges.'
On the "inside" markets along Yam-
st-s
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THIS BUILDING IS INTENDED AS
hill, over which the market master
has no supervision, a comewhat simi
lar attitude was observed. Fancy
pork was listed in the present whole
sale quotations at 14 cents. Yet for
pork shoulder steaks, not at all fancy,
dealers were asking and getting as
high as 30 cents a pound, while for
loin steak they were receiving as high
as 40 cents. Just what happens to
the porker, from the moment he leaves
the chilling room, rather humbly
rated, to that instant when he1 appears
on the block, considerably enhanced
in value, is one of the most pressing
puzzles of -the times.
"The retail price of pork is far too
high, considering the wholesale mar
ket," commented a patron. "Here,
too, it is noticeable that the public is
not receiving the proper benefits of
the price decline. Pork loins should
retail, if a just reduction were made,
for not more than dealers are asking
today for pork shoulders."
Bakers Are Criticized.
Criticism along the market was also
directed toward the price of bread.
Though slight reductions have been
made, it was pointed out that the
pound and one-half loaf, for example,
was selling for the same figure ap
proximately that it brought when
flour was $13 a barrel. And bakers'
flour yesterday was quoted at $8.75.
Another item that entered into the
bakers' argument for higher bread
prices, some time ago, was shorten
ing. They declared that the unprece
dented cost of this ingredient made an
advance urgently necessary. Shorten
ing has been selling for at least 20 per
cent less, so it was charged, while
bread moved blandly on at the old
figure.
Prohibition Director Sued.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14. A suit in equity
to restrain the district federal prohi
bition, director, Ralph W. Stone, from
refusing to issue prescription blanks
for alcoholic liquor to physicians, as
required by the doctors, instead of a
limited number each month, was filed
today in the United States district'
court by Dr. E. P. Murdock, president
of the American Protective Medical
fraternity. It is asserted that the
18th amendment merely forbids the
use of alcoholic liquors for beverage
purposes and places no restrictions on
medical uses.
WATCHES
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CLOCKS
Suitable for Christmas Gifts
Hardly aay other gift will take
the place of a really good time
piece; few others can be so
greatly appreciated and desired.
Great care has been exercised in
choosing the watches and clocks
for this store; they are all prod
ucts of the best manufacturers;
every conceivable design and
shape. Prices are reasonable con
sistent with the quality.
" Convenient Terms
without extra charge.
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334 Washington St.
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CDUFOTY'S HOSPITAL
MAY COST MILLION
Increase Foreseen by Com
missioners in 1916.
$250,000 ALREADY SPENT
Latest- Request Is for $450,000
and Guessera Hope to Stop
at $750,000.
Originally starting out aimlessly
with an appropriation of $100,000, the
new county hospital being con
structed on the brow of Marquam hill
is in a fair way to cost a million dol
lars or more.
In its construction the new hospital
NEW COUNTY HOSPITAL AS IT NOW APPEARS.
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FIRST UNIT IN EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON MARQUAM HILL.
is doing the very thing that the
budget advisory committee feared
and warned against November '17,
1916. The budget advisory committee
did considerable thinking when coun
ty commissioners asked for $150,000
to be appropriated in the budget for
a new county hospital to be built on
the hilL
The main idea of the county com
missioners was that there should be a
new hospital and that it should be
erected-on the hilL. The commission
ers had no plans and no idea of costs,
but thought that $150,000 would build
a very nice unit.
Far Stjchtedness Evident.
-The.advisory committee rubbed its
collective chins, squinted collectively
at the ceiling, and offered and adopted
unanimously a recommendation. This
recommendation In the light of De
cember, 1920, shows that the mem
bers of the advisory board were far
sighted back in November, 1916.
The courthouse was expected to
cost $800,000 It cost more than
$1,500,000 when finished. The budget
committee was thinking of the court
house when the county commissioners
were asking for an appropriation for
a new county hospital. -
"This hospital, announced a mem
ber - of "the budget committee, "may
ultimately cost far in excess of what
was contemplated first."
Acting on this thought the com
mittee drafted and adopted a resolu
tion to the effect that a committee
consisting of taxpayers and doctors
investigate the proposition of a hos
pital and get estimates of the work,
without expense to the county. This
data was to be obtained, according
to the recommendation of the budget
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committee, before any money was ex
pended. The committee observed that the
county commissioners, while want
ing to build a new hospital, had no
definite project outlined and no esti
mate of what the cost to the tax
payers ultimately would total. After
making this wise recommendation to
the county commissioners, the budget
committee decided that $100,000 in
stead of $150,000 be put in the budget
for the first unit of the hospital.
This original $100,000 never went
Into the hospital. The war came on
and it was used for other purposes.
In 1919 the budget ', contained
$200,000 for the new county hospital.
This was supposed to be the amount
that would be necessary. The hos
pital proper, it was estimated, would
cost $1 50, 000, and a home for nurses
would cost another $50,000. At the
end of 1919 only a few thousand dol
lars had been expended out of the
$200,000. and the $192,000 balance
lapsed.
f4S0,OOO Additional Asked.
For 1920 the county commissioners
planned as usual to build the first
unit of the hospital and $250,000 was
put into the budget and all has Veen
used, and for 1921 the commissioners
are asking for an additional $450,000.
Thus the new county hospital which
in 1916 was thought could be built
for $100,000 and in 1919 was thought
could be built for $200,000, has al
ready had expended on it $250,000 and
$450,000 more is asked. Commissioners
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admit that It will not cost lees than
$750,000, but the commissioners have
not been as good guessers as was
that advisory budget committee back
in 1916, which foresaw exactly what
would happen to the hospital prop
osition. ROAD FUMP IM REACH
(Continued From First Papre.)
matz, appellant; appeal from Multnomah
county; action to recover money or serv
ices. Opinion by Justice Johns. Judge Q.
U. Gantenbein reversed.
State ot Oregon va. Lark N. Evans, peti
tion for rehearing denied in opinion by
Justice Harris.
Joe Obermeler vs. Ksther Mat tt son, mort
gage company Holland-America, and John
Van Zants, appellant; petition for rehear
ing denied in opinion by Justice Burnett.
C. F. Stone va. First National Bank, of
Tillamook, Bank of California, National
association and J. T. Burtchaet, et al, ap
rt 1 lants: motion to dismixM nvcrni luH n
! opinion by Chief-Justice McBrlde.
r f'i.f-t I C C.a rtf.r. u nnollgnt v CI
Estate company; motion to dismiss over
ruled in opinion by Chief-Justice McBride.
' A. M. Logan and Fisher C. Logan vs. R.
B. Cross, appellant, petition for rehearing;
former opinion modified in opinion by
Chief-Justice McBride.
Kdith M. Rahn, appellant, vs. Charles
Grey; motion to dismiss allowed in opinion
by Chief-Jutftic .McBride.
PKOGRA5DIE
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OUTLJXED
Contracts for 55 4 Miles to Be
Awarded in January.
Kor the January meeting1 of the
state higrhway commission contracts
will be awarded for 55 Va mi Lea of
work. Of this mileage, 21 miles will
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be for hardsurface on the Pacific
highway; 19 miles of grading on the
old Oregon trail and 14 miles of
surfacing on the Columbia highway
and 1 miles of grading and gravel
ing on the coast highway.
This was the agreement reached
yesterday noon by R. A. Booth and
John B. Yeon of the state highway
commission. As soon as the commis
sioners agreed on these sections
Chairman Booth telephoned to the
highway department at Salem to pre
pare the call a for bids. Estimates
for all this work have been compiled
by the engineering force.
One of the paving projects will be
hard-surfacing for six miles from
Roseburg south toward Dillard, which
will connect it with the hard-urface
now laid from Dillard to the point
opposite Myrtle Creek.
A six-mile paving contract is con
templated for the stretch between
Walker and Divide, or rather coming
within half a mile of Divide.
To connect the paving at Junction
City and Monroe, a contract will be
let for paving nine miles. This will
link up other paving jobs. The pave
ment now runs from Goshen north
through Eugene to Junction City and
the proposed contract will push it
north to Monroe, where .it will join
more pavement.
Nineteen miles of grading will be
contracted on the old Oregon trail
from Nelson to Huntington.
From The Dalles to Deschutes, on
the Columbia river highway, the com
mission will contract, for a macadam
surface. This is a 14-mile project.
Curry county will receive 1 miles
of grading and graveling from Port
Orford south to Hubbard creek where
the commission is now completing a
section from Hubbard creek to Brush
creek. '
At thn time the commissioners defi-
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nltely decided on this programme yes
terday word was received that the
supreme court had reversed itself on
the county bond decision. The com
mission has advanced $900,000 to
counties and now- that the bonds are
declared valid by the supreme court
the commission need not worry about
reimbursement. The advance was
work which the state highway com
mission did for the counties, such as
financing grading of state highways.
PRESENT MEASURES OPPOSED
Oounrty Judges and Commissioners
Discuss, Limitation Amendment.
Discussion of the 6 per cent tax
limitation by officials yesterday at
tending the convention of the State
Association of County Judges and
Commissioners developed strong ob
jections to the present measure and
probably will result in the adoption
today of resolutions proposing
changes.
The opinion seemed general that
counties were forced to take from
their road funds amounts needed for
administration and other purposes. In
some cases, it was brought out, such
Email levies were being made at the
time the limitation was first put in
force that this slight annual increase
has not grown in proportion with the
needs of the government.
IMPROVEMENTS
PROPOSED
Work on Highway to Be Consid
ered at Local Meeting.
SALEM, Or, Dec. 14. (Special.)
Proposals for the improvement of ap
proximately 48 miles of road in Ore-
gon will be received and opened at a
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meeting of the state highway com
mission to be held in Portland Janu
ary 4, according to announcement
made here today. The roads to be im
proved, together with the character
of work, follows: .
Huntington Nelson section, old Or
egon trail in Malheur county, 19 miles
of grading: Port Orford Hubbard
creek section, coast highway in Curry
county, 1.5 miles of grading; Seufert
Deschutes section. Columbia river
highway in Wasco county, 12 miles of
graveling; Lexington to the Gilliam
county line section, Oregon-Washington,
highway in Morrow county, 25
miles of crushed rock macadam. Rose
burg' Dillard section. Pacific high
way In Douglas county, 6.7 miles of
paving; Divide to Walker station. Pa
cific highway. Lane county, 9 miles
of paving.
CLACKAMAS TO SELXi BONDS
Original Plan, to Be Followed hat
Bridge Idea Is Dropped.
OREGON CITY. Dec. 14. (Special.)
By a ruling handed down by the
supreme court today, the $1,700,000
road bond issue for Clackamas county
was declared valid. This decision was
brought about by purchasers of bonds
in Union county, who, on the refusal
of the treasurer of that county to pay
the Interest due on bonds sold there,
brought suit to determine the validity
of the bonds in Union county the su
preme, court automatically made the
Clackamas county issue valid.
While the bonds here will be sold
under the original plan to purchasers
the amount of $250,000 for a ew
bridge across the Willamette river.
connecting West Linn and , Oregon
City will go by the board. The rea
son for this is that if the $250.0io
bridge bond Issue was included, the
county would then exceed the limita
tion act of 6 per cent as made plain
by the law.
FURLOUGHS ARE OFFERED
Men Enlisting Now Need Not Re
port Until ATter Holidays.
Men who enlist in the navy prior to
the holidays wilt receive furloughs
from December 15 to January 3, in
clusive, and at the expiration of that
period they may report to the main
recruiting station of the district in
which they are in for orders, accord
ing to advices received by the local
navy recruiting office yesterday from
Washington. . -
It is the Intention of the navy de
partment to recruit 400U men this
week, this being the quota which
must be maintained weekly by re
cruiting officers if they hope to se
cure, 143, 000 men before March 1.
Recruits enlisting at present will be
given an opportunity to join the fleet
in its world cruise, which is sched
uled to begin June 1, 1921.
JANITORS DEMAND RISE
25 Per Cent Increase or Strike Is
Ultimatum or Union.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14. Chicago Jani
tors issued their "Happy New Year"
message to apartment dwellers today.
Unless demands for a blanket in
crease of 25 per cent in wages are
granted, union janitors will desert
their fires and go on strike December
31, according to Wm. Quesse, presi
dent of the union.