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..,..-v.tr. ti.--..-.'.'."-' THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCII 2G, 1921 y pletely restored by further rate re ductions. ' " "For the week ending March 19, 1 actual production at 34.638,490 feel t , ' '' FDR F was 42 per cent Deiow normal. "New business totaled 62,329.539 feet, of which 12,377,041 feet was for PLAYING NOW delivery by water. "Shipments totaled 64,004,344 fefet. of which 13.698,430 feet was repre tented in cargo shipments. - "Orders for rail delivery tothled Alaskan Islanders Suffer Throughout Winter. about 1224 cars as against rail deliv ery shipments of 1210 cars. In 'both respects the business for the week was approximately lOOO'i carloads be low normal. ' "The unshipped balance in the rail 1: t. trade was 3417 cars as against a nor mal of over 13.000 cars. "The unshipped balance In the do FUEL SHORTAGE FACED mestlc cargo trade was 61.654.221 feet; in the export trade 16.691,484 feet CITY EMPLOYES PROTEST COUNCIL RAPPED FOR FAIL Ravages of Disease and Starvation Menace Entire Community After Provisions Are Lost. URE TO GIVE SICK PAY. 1 Hi H Ml l '.I L J, "4Bfc II Ml II 1 II II II li I II M A m 1 II i. "VV lc rjT ir II II II It 11 II II II IE I i ii rr- '-vi r 1 i i i i i is u if :S;!;:::II 1? IT'S HERE ' . -3" X. tfe SEATTLE. Wash., March 25. (Spe cial.) An entire community of 400 persons on the verge of starvation for four months, quarantined for small pox most of the time, unable to take advantage of the natural food sup plies owing to the unceasing storms, and suffering- from a shortage of fuel on a. bleak island off the coast of Alaska, Is the story brought to Seat tle by Leo B. Eraun, who arrived from Unga on the steamer Cordova TVednesday. Braun was employed by the Alaska Codfishlng company at Onga, but left there March 10 on the Cordova, which carried the first supplies to reach that place since October of last year. "Although supplies have reached TJnga now, the condition of the inhab itants is not much improved, because the people have no money to buy with and there is no work for them in sight at present," Braun said. "The winter was the worst I ever saw in the north, and In fact the stormiest one in the memory of the oldest residents of Unga island. The suffering was Intense, especially among the women and children of the community, owing to the hardships which, we all had to endure in common. , Winter's Provision Lost. Our troubles started with the wreck of the Dora on Vancouver is lAnd last fall. She had the winter's provisions for the camp and. of course, they were all lost. The Pulitzer start ed out from Seward with emergency supplies and she never reached us. In the meantime the revenue cutter Al gonquin had placed the town under quarantine for smallpox October 1. and the quarantine was not raised un til January 15. The Eider of the bu reau of fisheries called in, but only had mail and a few school supplies. The people of the town, who are most ly Russians and fishermen, ordinarily make their living by hunting, trap ping and fishing, but the weather was so bad and the snowfall 'bo heavy that it was Impossible for them to follow these occupations. A northwest wind swept, the island for 60 days without a stop, and the thermometer went down to 20 below zero, which is almost unprecedented'aroun-d there. For four months there was no flour, sugar or potatoes In the camp. "There is no doctor in Unga, but the smallpox epidemic was taken care of with druffs that were in the camp at the Apollo mine, which is not at present working. Along in February the fuel supply ran low and even the alders, the only timber that grows on the Island, were burled under ice and snow, making it practically im possible to get fuel. The condition became so acute that two days be fore the Cordova arrived a native tried to commit suicide because he was unable to keep his family from suffering. Relief Work Started. "When we arrived in Seward," said Braun in conclusion, "I reported the conditions at the local chapter of the Red Cross, ani they are at present collecting funds and supplies to be sent to Unga on the first boat to leave for the westward." LUMBER IS HELPED SOME CUT IX FREIGHT RATES STTM C DATES BUYING. Manufacturers Sot Optimistic Over Steady Demand From District j Affected by Reduction. The recent drop In railroad freight rates on lumber shipments to middle western points has resulted In stimu lating buying in, territory where the lates from the northwest are more nearly restored to the old competitive relationships with southern pine, ac cording to the weekly lumber review Issued yesterday by the West Coast Lumbermen's association. "Conservative lumber authorities, nowever, -are of the opinion that the territory now buying in anticipation of lowered rates will soon be stocked for spring requirements," declares the report. "They are consequently not overly optimistic concerning a steady demand until such time as competitive relationships shall have been com- (jet rid of that unsightly rash with Mesinol A pure, healing ointment contain ing a gentle medication that acts quickly and directly on sick skins, usually healing the irritated spots, . and restoring skin health and at tractiveness. " Don't give up when Bes4no! Ointment and Reiinol Soap can be obtained-so easily from any druggist. Girls! Girls!! Save Your Hair With Cuticura Sop and Ofatiaciit to ear Dandruff and Itehfoa;, t&e. ach. Siiplnfrio(CtUUft,DfviX.lUiia.MAii. Ordinance Grants Salary to One Attache of Health Bureau but Others Are Denied. ' ' ' ' A storm of protest has arisen among city employes because of the passage of an ordinance last Wednes day granting 15 days' salary to Gor don Lang, In charge of the sanitary division of the health bureau, who contracted diphtheria la the line of duty. The council refused to grant salary for time lost by sickness by Miss Crystal Corner, who contracted chicken pox while on duty in the city bacteriological bureau, and the coun cil also declined to give Miss Ruth Carter, chief clerk of the health bu reau, salary during time lost while ill, according to the records. City Commissioner Pier yesterday threatened to recall the ordinance in question, but a charter provision pro vides that any ordinance to which an emergency clause Is attached becomes effective on passage and there Is some question if the ordinance can be re called. However, Commissioner Pier said he would introduce an ordinance Monday to repeal the one passed. - City Health Officer Parrish is bit ter in his denunciation of the action taken by the city fathers. Dr. Parrish said he was not opposed to having Mr. Lang receive his pay while sick, feel ing that such pay is due him. But he contends that it is manifestly un fair for the ctty council to refuse such pay to some employes, two of whom are in his department and who he says are now forced to work over time without extra compensation be cause of the prevailing diphtheria epi demic. 15,000-POUXD CAR MIXEMUM SOUGHT FOR OREGOX. Shippers Allege That Present Rule Discriminates in Favor of California Growers. . SALEM, Or., March 25. (Special.) The Oregon public service commis sion, at the instigation of northwest hop growers, has started an action to restore a carload minimum of 15,000 pounds in the shipment of this prod uct instead of the. carload minimum of 18,000 pounds fixed during the fed eral control of the railroads. The case has been docketed before the trans continental freight bureau with head quarters in Chicago. T. A. Livesley and other prominent hop growers who have appeared be fore the commission alleged that the present carload minimum of 18,000 pounds applying to northwest ship ments discriminated in favor of Cali fornia for the reason that the carload minimum in that state was 15,000 pounds. Hops, as a rule, are ordered in quantities aggregating 760 bales, ac cording to the public service commis sion. These weigh approximately 14,000 pounds,' which under the pres ent carload minimum, forces the northwest shippers to pay freight on an 18,000 carload minimum basis. The California public service com mission will be asked to participate in the application for a uniform car load minimum as it affects the Pacific coast states. WOMAN BEATS OFF THUG Man Attacks Housewife in 'Home ' hut Is Routed and Flees. Mrs. Mildred Gianina, 244 East Fifty-first street, beat off a man who attacked her in her home about 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon and frightened him from the house. Ac cording to the story Mrs. Gianina told the police, she was working on her back porch when a noise inside the house attracted her attention. A strange man confronted her when she entered the room. Mrs. Gianina picked up a chair and the man took it from her. She strug gled loose from him and hurled a percolator at his head. The man rushed out of the house the back way and disappeared. The description of the man given by Mrs. Gianina was, age 32 to 35 years, weight 160 pounds, medium complexion and brown hair. He wore a long dark raincoat and a tan cap with a band across the top. Police think he may be the same man who recently attempted to assault women in the vicinity of Sellwood park. WAGE CUT IS DECLINED Spaulding" Employes Agree Upon Opposition to Xew Scale. SALEM, Or., March 25. (Special.) Employes of the C. K. Spaulding Logging company, who yesterday re ceived notice that on April 1 their compensation would be reduced from 33.60 to 33 a day, will resist any cut in the present wage scale, according to a resolution adopted at a, meeting of the workers held here today. In addition to posting a notice in the mill yards announcing the reduc tion tn wages, the company also noti fied the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen that it will discontinue its membership in that 'organization. Representatives of the C.K. Spauld ing company, which is the largest concern of its kind operating In this section of the state, said the cutin wages was due to similar action pre viously taken by other mills. The resolution will be presented to the mill owners next week. Child Dies at Hospital. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 25. (Special.) Robert Guy Bennett, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bennett, died at a Portland hospital last night after several weeks' illness and an .operation. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon, March 26. Rev. C. C. Curtis of the First ptiristian church will officiate. Read The Oregonian classified ads. The hilarious tale of a man who had to squander a fortune and couldn't. George Barr Mc Cutcheon's world famous novel coined into a picture jin- . gang STARTS TODAY m S r .iCPamm wf I - l h1r ' 'r-L. ilk: with fun. v-jr:o?ff 4fSl ri mm i 10$ OSES? W It f 7 - ApZl N. tf " jiwcaaaua' wiaana.au n aw uiri mini im.n- , 'f; ? ' A WHALE OF A STAR IN A WHALE OF A PICTURE j . U : U I. " . , Following This We Will Show I r ; I rprf rAMiFis ; ihf rniimN'T hfi.p it" I Ivl I " v. r, - -.- ., i Tdt i a rrom the story, "In the Bishops carriage." I fl - -A iff (n6 II raiitiMaaiiwiiiaaaaiiw1ii..aMiaiiiwwa.ajajjaiiiaiaaiiajrnsHirstiaiiiilLiiaaiiiaiaiiwir irrnTTirTTTff-TTin.i sjiwiiaawi-rnnn rTTTTriT-rrrr ll II, i i .1 rmnniaaiw)iirniFr rrw 'S;.V v . ;. ;!.!:. v--. . r 5i. 4 VZ Ever wonder how you'd spend a mil lion? Well, Brewster got his, and had to squander it every cent in a year! But when everything he touched made money you'll howl with glee at the stunts he did to grow poor! A comedy king in a picture lavish with laughs. COME AND ROLL IN LAUGHTER WHILE FATTY ROLLS IN WEALTH MUTT AND JEFF in "FACTORY TO CONSUMER" FOX NEWS Rivoli Augmented Orchestra Salvatore Santaella, Conductor and Pianist SPECIAL SUNDAY CONCERT 12:30 Noon, Tomorrow "II Trovatore" Fantasia G. Verdi Chinese Wedding Procession. .Lucius Hosmer Selection "Babes in Toyland" ". Victor Herbert Flute Solo "Andalouse" . . . Emile Pessard Played by F. V. BadoIIet. Valse Triste Jean Sibelius Overture "The Barber of Seville" .... C. Rossini Concert Number During Week AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS Selection Glorianna R. Friml SPAN RENTAL IS flnflGKED STEEL BRIDGE CHARGE TO RAILWAY DECLARED UXFAIR. Action by Multnomah County Is Alleged to Be Unreasonable and Against Public Policy. With the charge that the present contract with the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company for the rental of the Steel bridge by Multnomah county Is "unfair, unjust inequitable, unconscionable, unreason able and against public policy, Kob ert J. Linden, Portland taxpayer, filed suit in the circuit court yesterday to enjoin Sheriff Hurlburt from collec tion of 113,434.52 in taxes to pay the increased rental and depreciation from January 19, 1920, to January 19, 1921, and to compel the county com missioners to cancel the contract. Annulment of the contract is sought on the specific charge that the same was executed at a time when the rountv alreadv was in debt $5000. the statutory limit, and that it required the county to assume an additional obligation In excess of that amount The contract is binding for one year only, though providing for re newal. If agreeable on its terms, for 35 years. The old rental of the Steel bridge was $48,867.96 and the new rental demanded,-and estimated as just by J. P. Newell, employed as expert en gineer bythecountybeforetheccm- tract was entered into, is $62,600 a year, with depreciation at $700 for the first year, $1400 for the second, $2100( for the third, etc., increasing $700 a year for 35 years. The annual aver age for depreciation, Mr. Linden fig ures, on the 35 years' basis, would be $12,600, aggregating $441,000 in 35 years. The suit was filed by "Wilson T. Hume, attorney. GOOD FRIDAY CELEBRATED Devotional Services Are Held In Portland "ChurJlies. Special services and appropriate de votional programmes marked the ob servance of Good Friday in Portland churches yesterday. In many congre gations exercises concluded an active week of pre-Easter gatherings. A large meeting in the Heilig thea ter was addressed at noon by Rt. Rev. Walter T. Sumner, Episcopal bishop of Oregon, who spoke under the aus pices of the brotherhood of St. An drew on "What Religion Offers to Men." Bishop William O. Shepard of the Methodist Episcopal church spoke at noon in Pantages theater under It's Steel , Guitar Time Easy to learn and such sweet music. Lessons free. Largest assortment now on sale at half price. Call or write Oregon Eilers Music House. EASTER SPECIAL! At Stout-Lyons lc Sale One-Half Dozen Fancy Sun Kist Oranges 15c The Second One Half Dozen for 1 Cent One Carload on Hand at Our Third and Morrison Street Store the auspices of the Portland federa tion of churches. Holy communion was administered at Lutheran churches of the city, and a large number of churches held night meetings at which pastors de livered sermons on the Good Friday theme. Catholic churches followed a morning programme of lesson, col lects, worship of the cross, mass of the pre-sanctified and vespers. Truck Overloading Is Charged. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 25. (Special.) J. W. Moore and J. S. Moore, wood haulers, were arrested today 'by Clarence Studer, county traffic officer, on a charge of over loading their trucks. They had nearly double the amount of their licenses. Each pleaded guilty and was fined $15 and costs. - Pioneer Writes Song. MEDPORD, Or., March 25. (Spe cial.) Simpson Wilson of Central Point has composed a song entitled 'In the Days Gone By," which is at tracting much local interest. He Is a pioneer of Oregon and he and Mrs. Wilson were married at Llnkville, now Klamath Falls, , July 16, 1871. They were the first couple to be married In the Klamath land and ' . O. A.C. Students' SPECIAL TRAIN to CORVALLIS via Oregon Electric Ry. Sunday, March 27 Leave North Bank Station 4:35 P. M. Leave Jefferson St. Station 4:50 P. M. Arrive Corvallis ...7:40 P. M. This train will run through, directly to Cor vallis, accepting passengers for that point only. Regular Daily Trains to Corvallis Leave North Bank Station: 6:30 A. M., 8:30 A. M., 10:45 A. M., 2.05 P. M., 4:45 P. M. Leave Jefferson Street: 6:45 A. M., 8:45 A. M., 11:00 A. M., 2:20 P. M., 5:00 P. M. Arrive Corvallis: 9:55 A. M.f 11:35 A. M.t 2:20 P. M., 5:40 P. M., 8:03 P. M. Tickets on sale at Third and Washington Sts.; North Bank Station, Tenth and Stark; Seward Hotel; Jefferson St. Station Details Will Be Furnished by Agents 1 Oregon Electric Ry. one of the very few who escaped being murdered by the Modoc Indians who took the war path in November, 1872. and both say that their lives were saved by the diligence of Cap tain O. C. Applegate, who now resides In Klamath Falls. PHONOGRAPH Record Sale 55c Will buy a fine, brand new record in our fresh-air record department on Friday and Saturday. Choose from a collection of 1000 records. These records are going at LESS THAN COST Our musical floor, the seventh. Lipman, Wolfe. & Go. JREGON HUMANE SOCIETY Investigates all cases of alleged cruelty to animals. Offices, room 150 courthouse. Phone Main Hi from 8 A. M to 5 P. M. The society has full charge of the city pound at its home, 635 Columbia bou levard. . Phone any time. Woodlawn 764. DiTgs for sale. Horse ambulance for sick or disabled horses. Email animals painlessly electrocuted where necessary, and stray animals cared for. Ail dead animals, cows,' horses, etc picked up free of charge. TOO ILL TO WORK A Mother Tells How Her Daughter Was Made Well Again by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Philadelphia, Pa. -"At the age of sixteen my daughter was having !yj!!iJv;!',.MHj trouble -every month. She had "&T i;iDad pains across 11 her pack and in 13 tier siaeS; ner DacK would nam tier so V $ tht she cmiirfnot do her work and i . ijjaaugnter i.imenaea j 'fi Pinkham's Vege- would have tc lie $ Jfown. My married recom mended Lydia E. table Compound. She took it faithfully and is now reg ular and has no pain. We recom mend the Vegetable Compound and give you permission to publish this letter." Mrs. Katie Eicher, 4034 N. Fairhill St., Philadelphia, Pa. Standing all day, or sitting in cramped positions and often with wet feet, young girls contract deranged conditions, and before they are hardly aware of it they develop headaches, backache, irregularities,' nervousness and bearing-down pains, all of which are symptoms of woman's ills. Every mother who has a daughter suffering from such symptoms should profit by the experience of Mrs. Eicher and give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial. 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