V THE MORXIXG OREGO'IA MONDAY, MAY 2. 1921 ALBANY'S CEIERf IS RAZED BY FIRE Total Loss Estimated to Be Around $25,000. PLANT MAY BE REBUILT Co-operative Association's Institu tion One of Largest and Best Equipped in Valley. ALBANY, Or.. May 1. (Special.) Ihe creamery of the Albany Cream ery association, which was one of the largest and best equipped plants of the kind in the Willamette valley and which was the largest co-opera tive creamery in Oregon, was de stroyed by fire this morning. With the loss on some of the equipment and supplies not fully determined. it was estimated that the total loss would reach $5,000 and might exceed that figure. Insurance of J'JOOO was carried. It is practically certain that the plant will be rebuilt as soon as pos sible. The fire razed the entire plant, ex cept the extreme east end of the building. The central portion of the l-uildine was entirely destroyed. All of the eastern portion of the plant was burned except the refrigerator. The outside of the big storage room is burned so badly though that It was a total loss. Company Record Safe. The only property removed from the burninc- plant were some cans and some cream. Seven thousand pounds of butter were in the refrig erator and probably will De savea. If the butter was damaged it will make the loss from $2000 to $2500 greater than now estimated. A large quantity or cream, .as wen i supplies of various kinds, were lost. Some of the machinery may be salvaged. The safe and records ot the company were not damaged. The fire was ' discoverea snon.' before 6 o'clock this morning. Its origin was not known. Frank Kroman. r.ight watchman at the plant, went off duty at 4:45 this morning. Just an hour later tne lire siantu. n originated just under the roof and near the east end of tne DunoinB. This is the opposite end of tne ouna- lng from the boiler room. it was presumed defective wiring was in- cause. Plant Run Since 13. The Albany Creamery associatloi was organized in 1895 and had oper- ted the plant ever since, ine nni riant was bu-ilt on tne site oi ine structure burned today, but it was en larged two or three times. The association is composea oi farmers residing in Linn county ana was organizea ana uu utcu - ained as a co-operative Institution. Unlike most co-operative companies It has been a success from the Stan. ts careful management resuitea in he development of one of this city's eading enterprises. The plant was doing a large business. C. L. Shaw or tnis cuy is preaiucu. of the association and Wayne F. Dawr arn of Albany secretary and manager of the plant. In addition to these two ifficcrs, the directors or ine aocm ion are J.D. Isom of Albany, Henry Kreerksen of Shedd, J. H. fecou oi Tangent and Isaac neaiaon oi lainview. bany. Miss Hazel Gore of Portland, Mrs. Dan Molver of Coquille, Or., and Miss Locile DuPee of San Francisco. 'ORTH BEND, Or.. May 1. (Spe cial.) Word was received here last night of the death of Mrs. L. J. Simp son at Burlingame, Cal. Mrs. Simp son went to California last fall in the hope that the change of climate would have a beneficial effect on her health, b t although site seemed improved for a time she suffered several re lapses and the last one resulted in her ceath. Funeral arrangements have net been announced. Funeral services of Albert J. Ray, prominent business man and hop deal er, who died at his home at Hillsdale Friday, will be held at the Unitarian SIBSCR1RKRS TO THE C'OM Mt.MTY CHEST. The April and May install ments of your subscription to, the community chest are due May 1. Please pay by check if practicable. Make checks pay able to Edward Cookingham. treasurer, and mail to commu nity chest headquarters. Sixth and Morrison streets. Make cash payments there also. EDWARD COOKINGHAM. Treasurer. church, Broadway and Yamhill street, at 3 P. M. today. Rev. W. G. Eliot Jr., will conduct the services. Interment will be in the family plot at River- view cemetery. H. A. Swart, G. A. Nichols. R. M. Newcomb, E. E. Crabb. R. J. Buckley and S. E. Stratton will act as pall bearers. The body will lie in state at Skewes' undertaking parlors. Third and Clay streets, until 2 P. M. SOID WILL FIGHT SE Seattle, Tacoma, Everett to Ask Suspension of Tariff. HIGH COURT MAY DECIDE EAGLE BOAT 38 IS HERE EW "AVAL TRAIXrXG SHIP IX PORT FROM SAX FRAXCISCO. Roujrh Weather Forces Craft Put To Off Oregon Coast on Saturday Xight. MAY FETE ON 5 AND 6 BIcMinnvlIle College Prepares for Elaborate Festivities. McMINN'VILLE COLLEGE. McMinn- Mi rir. Mav 1. (Special.) prepa rations are well under way for the nnual May-day festivities May o-o. which will be the banner campus event of the entire college year. All classes will close on tne anernoon of May 4, and will not resume uoui TThe entire day Thursday will be driven over to cleaning up the campus. he athletic rieia ana me courts and arranging stands ana a platform for the coronation exer- ises. students ana wtunj. tim ing to established custom, win join In the work, and white collars will be taboo for the day. Miss Mildred Christenson or Port land will be crowned Queen aumrea i Friday morning. A baseball game and tennis tournament with teams irom Pacific college will De neio in me ifternoon. Other entertainment tea nrps will include a play by the dra matic club of the preparatory depart ment Thursday night, and an oper- tta by the girls' giee ciud The court, as chosen oy jjuss nn- tenson, follows Proressor I a. nu maker. bishop: Avard Whitman, her- id: Elizabeth Pangoorn, mam onor, and Esther xeicner, uem Stewart. Alma Carstens. alary i.ouise ndrews, Mary Ballard ana niyriie Ballard, maids; William Swift. Ben Larson, Edwin Kratt, tiusseu mhoh. Orin Wilson and Kenneth Riley, uards. and A;x Knine ana jesse Manley. Jesters. Continued rain may cause tne post ponement of the event. MRS. L. V. JENKINS IS LOW Transfusion of Blood Pronounced Success by Physicians. Mrs. L. V. Jenkins, wife of the chief of police, was Etui in a critical condition from pneumonia at St. Vin- nt's hospital last nignt ana attena g physicians said she had but a ghting chance for recovery. Because ot tier extremely iow i- tality and feeble heart action it De- ame necessary again yesieruaj iu transfuse additional blood into Her eins. Shelley Ingle, police patrol man, auomitiea to mo udiioiuotuH peration which pnysicians pro ounred a success. This is the sec- nd blood transfusion operation to hich Ingle has submitted in an et- fort to save the lite oi airs. jenKins. Chief Jenkins Is speeaing to port- land from the east and win arrive ere at 7:30 o clock tonigni. tie is being kept In touch witn airs, jen- ns' condition oy nouriy telegrams sent by Inspector J.ungensmun. Chief Jenkins was intercepted at amestown. N. L wnue en route to ew York when Mrs. JenKins tooK a dden relapse Saturday morning. Jagleboat xo. 38, Portlands new naval training ship, arrived in the harbor from San Francisco yesterday afternoon manned by a crew of naval reserve men from Portland and vicin ity, and tied up at the dock at the foot of Jefferson street at 5 o'clock. Officers of the vessel reported a good voyage up. The entire crew arrived in good spirits. Captain J. Speier, harbormaster. met the eagle boat in his launch and assisted in getting her moored at the dock. Lieutenant-Commander John A. Beck with, commander of the Portland sub-district of the naval reserve force. and Lieutenant-Commander Frederick K. Elder of the navy recruiting sta tion, met the vessel at Astoria and came up the river on her. A large crowd met the vessel at the dock. The Eagle boat left San Francisco Thursday morning, and the boys re ported encountering- some heavy weather on the way up which tested the sea-going qualities of the ship ana maae veterans out of the ama teur sailors in the crew. Off the Oregon coast Saturday night the boat encountered a 50-mile gale and Lieutenant St. Clair, who was 'in command, was compelled to put to and wait until yesterday morning to make the mouth of the river. ----- The boat made the first start for Portland three weeks ago under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Beckwith. After getting 250 miles from San Francisco the vessel devel oped engine trouble and it was neces sary to put back for repairs. Lieu tenant-Commander Beckwith then re turned to Portland and left the ship in charge of Lieutenant St. Clair. The vessel was put in shape for service by a crew of Oregon reserv ists under the leadership of Ensign Nicholas and Lieutenant St. Clair. PAPER MILL CUTS PAY 125 Men in Salem Plant Affected by Wage Reduction. SALEM, Or, May 1. (Special.) Reductions of approximately 20 per cent in the wages of the employes of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company, with headquarters in Salem, was an nounced by officials of the corpora tion today. The reductions will effect about 125 men and will amount to about $100 per day. The present daily payroll aggregates $500. Under the new scale of wages the minimum compensation will 'be rec duced from $4.32 to $3.46 a day. Some of the men in the plant have been receiving as high as $7.50 for eight hours' work. It was said today that the men had accepted the new scale, which is in line with the wages recently estab lished by many other paper manufac turing concerns throughout the country. Wallace Eakin Better. ALBANY, Or., May 1. (Special.) Wallace Eakin, city editor of the Al bany Daily Democrat, who has been in St. Mary's hospital here for four weeks recovering from an operation for appendicitis, has recovered suf ficiently so tl.at it was possible to remove him fioin the hospital yester day. He will not be able to return to work for sor.ie time. In the mean time te will visit Mrs. Eakin, who is ill in a Portland sanitarium, and his parents, Circuit Judge and Mrs. Eakin, at Astoria. Shippers. Challenge Commerce Com' mission's Right to Increase Intrastate Rates. SEATTLE, Wash., May 1. (Spe ciai.) Shippers of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett will fight the interstate commerce commission's Columbia b;:sln rate case decision to a finish. i r.ey will challenge in the supreme court, is necessary, the lower of th commission to order a 5 per cent in crease in the intrastate railroad rate between Puget sound and southeast urn Washington to help create a 1 per cent differential in tavor of Port iand in that city's southeastern Wash ington rates. inis decision was reached las' night when representatives of the i uget sound shippers conferred in fccattle with E. V. Kuykendall, direct or or tne Washington state depart -nent of public works, and F. R. Spin r ing, one ot his department lieuten ants. Representatives of the Puget sound cities asked the state depart ment to assist them in continuing neir ngnt to nullify the decision, Sanpenxlon Order to Be Anked, As a result of the conference it was agreed that as soon as the railroads file the revised tariffs that will create the 10 pe.r cent differential ir favor or Portland, the Puget sound, through their commercial .organizations and shippers' associations, will apply to the state department of public works for an order suspending the proposed increase m tne Puget sound-south eastern Washington rates and calling upon tne carriers to show cause why the suspension should not be made permanent. This action will put it up to the carriers to defend the proposed rate Increase before the state department and if the department rules that the increase is not justified and makes the rate suspension permanent, the carriers will receive the support of the state department in any fight they may be compelled to make in the courts to enjoin the interstate commerce commission from forcing them to comply with its Columbia basin ruling. Fight Hinges on Law. Resultant litigation would bring squarely before the federal courts the question whether the interstate com merce commission has authority to fix or alter intrastate railroad rates rbitrarily. It is on this still undecided ques tion of the constitutional law that the fight to be made by the Puget Sound cities hinges. The federal courts have had the question before them, but never in a form as clean-cut as it is presented in the Columbi basin case, said Pugt Sound repre sentatives. In the Columbia basin case, in which the interstate commerce com mission recently refused to grant the Puget sound cities a rehearing, the commission decided last November on an application filed by Portland shippers, supported by the Oregon state public service commission, that a differential of 10 per cent in favor of Portland and against the Puget Sound cities in rates into the terri tory south of the Snake river must be established by the railroads. This action was based principally on the ground that Portland had a somewhat shorter haul. The commission ' held that the southeastern Washington rates should not be blanketed and that Portland should have a lower rate than the sound cities, where for years the rates had been on a parity. The Puget sound shippers, repre sented by the chambers of commerce of Seattle and Tacoma, the mechants' exchanges of both cities, the port of Seattle and what was then the state public service commission, protested, contending that a departure from the rate blanketing system would disrupt the existing rate structure in the Pa cific northwest. Consideration Is Refused. Both at the hearing of the case and on the petition lor a renearing tne interstate commerce commission re fused to consider this aspect of the case. In its decision the interstate com merce commission held that in estab lishing the 10 per cent differential in favor of Portland the railroads enter ing southeastern Washington from Portland should make a 5 per cent re duction in their rates, while the roads ntering the same territory from Pu- r-4 ff -2&- :JftSfe: w,-"u' i fs 1 z: tV T" .SB Mmm scl' Cars Under My Personal Diredioti This is Portland's greatest sale of Renewed Cars. .It is an event that will be long remembered by every one taking advantage of this great SACRIFICE OF PRICES. Every car shown in this sale is backed by our reputa tion, gained in over 13 years in the automobile business in Portland, and has our absolute GUARANTEE OF SATISFACTION. 'MM 23 Different Makes in All mmmt mm m F. W.Vbdler- President & and Alier Streets Pione-Broaaway-14)J r y get sound should make a 5 per cent ncrease in their rates. In laying their case before the state epartment of public works last ight the shippers miormea tne state fflcials that while they did not dis- rode 33 miles in order to be present at a meeting of the Linn county grand jury here today. The session of the grand jury was delayed one day on account of the fact that Roberts had not received word of the date of meet- pute the power of the interstate com- . ing. Roberts resides in the Big Bottom country, 16 miles northeast of Foster. The other grand jurors assembled at the courthouse yesterday, but Roberts was missing. merce commission to lower the Portland-southeastern' Washington rates, ince they were interstate, they did ispute and would challenge the com mission's right to increase the Puget sound-southeastern Washington rates ince they are entirely intrastate. Tne purpose oi me tuiiicieiiuo . was to ascertain wnetner tne siaic ; ftuort.n, maj vtv.B..; epartment would entertain a petl- Juage .euy win convene tne may inn to sii.menH the increased intra- term of state circuit court ror unn Court Convenes Today. county here tomorrow morning. From" present indications the trial .docket for this term will be very light, and only a few cases will be heard. The March term was one of the heaviest held here in many years. tate rates when they were filed by I : the "carriers. The answer was satis-' factory and the shippers thereupon announced their intention to ask. the uspension. It is still uncertain when the car riers will file the new tariffs, but it is expected that the action will be taken within the next 30 days. RAILWAY TO EXTEND LINE Expenditure of Millions Depends on Continued Peace In Mexico. EL PASO, Tex., May 1. A. De Ber nard!, vice-president and general manager of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway company, who re turned today from a two weeks' in spection trip over the Orient lines in Mexico, said the company .is contem plating the expenditure of $20,000,000 to $35,000,000 to complete the line from Kansas City to the Gulf of California. The proposed expenditure, Mr. De Bernard! said, is conditioned on the continuation of the present peaceful conditions in Mexico. The Orient is now in operation from Wichita, Kan., to Alpine, Tex. Taxis to Be Forum Topic. The taxicab and forvhire situation in Portland will be discussed at the 41 MEN ARE SENTENCED udge Blames Low Wages for Ex press Company Conspiracy. MACON, Ga., May 1. In sentenc ing 41 men, 36 of whom were louna uilty and five oi wnom pieaaeu uilty to charges of conspiracy to rob he American Railway Express com pany Ot sl,UVU,uuu, reaerai juuge vans declared toaay mat tne con spiracy was Drougnt . aDOUt Because the express company did not pay the messengers sufficient wages. Judge Evans declined to hear pleas for leniency from lawyers. He gave enitentiary sentences to 13. GRAND JUROR IS LATE John Roberts AValked 16 Miles to Attend Sessions. ALBANY, Or., May 1. (Special.) John I Roberts of Foster walked 16 lies yesterday afternoon ana tnen B. & H. green stamps for cash. Hoisian Fuel Co, coal and wood. Main 353. 60-21. Adv. Read The Oregonian classified ads. Obituary. ALBANY, Or., May 1. (Special.) The funeral of Joseph .Marlon UuPee, who died yesterday morning at home of his son, A. W. DuPee, in city, was held this afternoon at Fisher-Braden chapeL Rev. T. 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