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T "2 THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1921 riii Riunt; m mfft Iss?"Ifypi nsmiu of mimr Ih-fss ' ioi : , I bill kWWIVI I W I wiaiv I in e if i f r"s J n liiiti n 1 1 ii n Hill i i i iiini Ani i iii 11 mi iiiiii 1111 Wfl rH VHh A h. N. ,1liMwSr'S?ht,,: I I . Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Official Outlines Course. CANAL RATES TO BE MET Witness Before Senate Committee Says Cities in Interior Will Benefit Also. WASHINGTON. D. C, May 31. Transcontinental railroad freight rates are being altered to meet ocean competition via the Panama canal. Edward Chambers, vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, de clared today before the senate com mittee investigating the railroad sit uation. We shall fix the rates from San Francisco to New York to meet the water carriers," Mr. Chambers said, "and then mdoify the interior rates structure so that Kansas City, Chi cago and Cincinnati, for instance, will get the same rate as that to New York and producers in all points will be- placed on a competitive basis." What that means," said Chairman Cummins, "will be that you will then be be carrying freight from Chicago or Kansas City to New York, or vice versa, for nothing." Fafalr Riln Alleged. Senator Pomerene, democrat, Ohio, read into the records a series of rates, showing that Interior cities pay greater freight rates on a number of commodities than coast cities pay for longer hauls on the same products. Mr. Chambers discussed Panama canal competition, declaring that the water rates should be regulated by the interstate commerce commission and that the rates should be high enough to allow the Panama canal to pay interest on the costs of construc tion. Existing freight rates are not re sponsible for the stagnation in the building industry and have not op erated to curtail road construction. Mr. Chambers said. RenpoaaibilMy la Denied. "In cities on the Pacific coast and throughout the west, south and east,' Mr. Chambers said, "conditions sur rounding the. building industry ap pear to be about the same. The gen eral report is that a comparatively small amount of building is being done. At San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, where lumber is at the door, conditions are the same as at Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago or Cleveland. FREIGHT CCT IS AXXOCXCED t. Southern Pacific to Reduce Rates ? on Foods for Export. SAN FRANCISCO. May 31. The Southern Pacific company has decided to reduce freight rates on rice, bar ley, canned goods, dried fruit, dried J beans and dried peas from Calofornia "- points to Galveston and New Orleans Ijr export to Europe, it was an i nounced today by the company. The reductions range from 15 per rent on rice to 43 per cent on dried f fruit in boxes, the average being 3 - per cent. s RAILROADERS' PAY CUT (Continue 4 From First Pa (re contention of the railroads. Testi mony was offered in the hearing, which began April 18 and er.dcd May IS, to show reductions of -0 to 60 per cent in the cost of living. Varying reductions in wages, mostly for com mon labor, were also cited by the car riers. "The board ojlieves." the de cision says, "that based on the ele ments shown the decreases fixed are justified and require!. "Whatever may be said as to the origin or contributing causes, there has been and is a marked depression in every industry, the board says, "As a result heavy financial losses have been suffered, and many nun dreds of thousands thrown out of em ployment and this loas of purchasing power by them has accelerated the general depression by reducing the dtmand for the products they would otherwise have purchased. While it has been argued that the fall In prices has not reached to any large extent the consumer, it has without question most disastrously reached and af fected the producers." Reductions per hour for various classes of employes follow: Clerical and station forces: Storekeepers, chief clerks and cler ical supervisory forces, 6 cents. Clerks (two or more years' experi ence), 6 cents. Clerks (more than one and less than two years' experience), 13 cents. Clerks (less than one year), 6V4 cents. Train callers, announcers and gate men, 10 cents. Janitors, telephone operators and way-bill clerks. 10 cents. Office boys and others under 18, 5 ce n ts. Station and warehouse freight han dlers, o cents. (Sealers and food inspectors, 1 cent above freight handlers, and also stevedores 2 cents above freight han dlers.) Common laborers around stations and warehouses, 8M cents. Maintenance of way and structural forces construction foreman, 8 cents. Assistant foremen, hoisting engi neers and bridge inspectors, 10 cents. Section foremen, 10 cents. Building mechanics, 10 cents. . Building mechanics' helpers, 1 cents. Track laborers, 84 cents. Bridge tenders, pumpers, crossing watchmen, V4 cents. Laborers around shops, 10 cents. Shop employes: Supervisory force, 8 cents. Machinists, boilermakers, etc.. (all crafts), 8 cents. . Apprentices and helpers, 8 cents. Car cleaners, 614 cents. Telegraphers, telephoners ' and agents: Telegraphers, telephoners, tower men and agents (except non-telegraph). 6 cents. Agents (non-telegraph), 5 cents. Engine service employes: Passenger service Engineers and motormen, firemen, helpers, 6 cents. Freight service Engineers, fire men and helpers, 8 cents. Yard service Engineers, firemen and helpers. 8 cents. Hostler service Hostlers and help ers. 8 cents. Train service employes Passenger service (including subur ban service): Conductors, ticket col lectors, baggage men. flagmen and brakemen. 74 cents. Freight service (local and through) Conductors, flagmen and brakemen, 8 cents. Yard service: Foremen, helpers and witch tenders. 8 cents. Stationary engine and boiler room employes: Signal foremen, inspectors, leading j maintainers, gang foremen, signal men and signal maintainers, 8 cents. Engineers, firemen and oilers, cents. Water tenders and coal passers, cents. Signal department employes: Helpers. 6 cents. Floating equipment employes (wages per month): Ferries Captains. $200: engineers, $190: firemen and oilers, 1110; deck hands. S125: Dorters. 1100. Tug and steam lishters Captaina 8200: mates and first deck hands. $130: second deck hands, float me and float watchmen, $123; engineers, $190: firemen and oilers. $140: bridge mpn. it 2.V Llzhters and barges Captains, $1 to $150; engineers, 140 to $160; mates, $100. Thn 31 unions affected are: American Association of Railroad Tifkpf Airents American Federation of Railroad Workers. American Train Despatchers asso Ha t ion- Brotherhood of Locomotive En Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- mpn inH Fneinemen. Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America. Brotherhood of Railroad Station Emnlovea Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Brotherhood of Railway and Steam shlD Clerks. Freieht Handlers. Ex- nnss and Station Employes. Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. International Alliance of Amalga mated Sheet Metal Workers. International Association of Ma chinists. International Association of Rail road SuDervisors of Mechanics. International Brotherhood of Black smiths. DroD Forgers and Helpers. International Brotherhood of Boil ermakers. Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America. International Brotherhood of Elec trinal Workers. International Brotherhood of Fire men and Oilers. International Longshoremen s asso ciation. International Moulders Association of North America International Association of Steam and Operating Engineers. k' n 1 o ), I d n f T.nhnr National Organization Mastrs, Mates and Pilots of America. Order of Railroad Station Agents. Order of Railroad Telegraphers. Order of Railway Conductors. Railroad Yard Masters of America. Railroad employes department, American Federation of Labor. Switchmen's Union of North America. United Association of Railway Em ployes of North America. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers. Railway Chief Disappointed. Railway executives tonight ex pressed disappointment at what they termed inadequate wage decreases announced by the railroad labor board. B. M. Jewell, president of the rail road department of the American Federation of Labor, refused to com ment, but declared that the decision would be taken up at a meeting of the executive committee, probably in Chicago soon. "The reduction is not, in my opin ion, sufficient to meet the demands of the situation," said H. E. Byram, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. "The railroads in good faith asked for and expected that the board would make a reduc tion of wages equivalent to the ad vance it granted July 20, 1920. That advance proved to run at the rate of almost $800,000,000 a year when the railroads were handling a normal business and averaged about 22 per cent. Rate Reduction Problem. "The reduction is just about one- half of this sum. It Is estimated that it will amount to $400,000.0u0 a year or an average of about 12 Jer cent. The reduction granted will be help ful, but it will not be sufficient. Whether it and "other developments will make practicable any reduction of rates will depend on the effect upon the net earnings of the rail ways. It does not seem probable that the net earnings of the railroads will be increased enough to make prac ticable any substantial reduction in rates in the .near future." S. M. Felton. president of the Chi cago Great Western railroad, de clared that the decision "was very disappointing." "The relief granted to the roads," he said, "is relatively so small as to preclude consideration of any sub stantial reduction of freight and pas senger rates, although where dis criminations exist or where it is shown that the rates are seriously hindering movement of traffic changes will be made." DECISION" VICTORY; FOR MEN Four More Soldiers May 'Die From Wounds. PROJECTILE IS ON PLANE Explosive Rolls Off Aircraft and Is Set Off When Tail of Ship Hits It Officers Hurt. BALTIMORE, ML, May 31. Two soldiers were killed and 13, including three officers, were injured, four per haps fatally by the explosion of bomb at the army proving grounds t Aberdeen, Md., today, according to a brief official statement tssuea oy order of the commanding officer late this afternoon. The following list of casualties was included in the statement: The Dead. , Private A. A. Shermer, 14th squad ron, air service. E. H. Grinnel. 14th squadron, air service. The SrrloOHly Injured. Captain J. E. Hall, air service. New Haven, Conn.: wounded about the face, Private Samuel Weinstock, 34th ord nance company: punctures lung. Privates L. S. Hite, P. W. Hall. M. JJ. Blezins. all of 11th squadron, air service. C. J. O'Neill and Edward Jerry, 34th ordnance company. The Lea SerloiiMly Injared Weret Privates S. P. Maac, fth ordnance company, and L. J. Titlow and R. F. Bohle. 34th ordnance company, and R. Id. Herr, a civilian. Reponxlillty Not Fixed. Neither Major Borden nor Captain Roberts attempted in oral reports to night to fix responsibility. They said they had been unable to ascertain the full facts, but would make a thorough nvestigation. They were ordered to Aberdeen by airplane upon receipt of first reports of the explosion. According to other report, how ever, a bo-pound bomb rolioa trom me airplane and was struck by the rudder as the plane swung around. Unofficial advices said that Captain Hall had both eyes blown out and that Mr. Herr had his left leg blown off. . Bomb Falls From Plane. The official report stated that three bombs weighing 100 pounds each and one weighing 50 pounds, had been oaded upon an airplane for tests. As he plane was about to start its flight it was decided to turn it around ana 11 the Injured an dead were about he big plane helping in the opera tion. As the plane turned the 50-pound bomb rolled off and an instant later was struck by the rudder of the machine as it swung around. This caused the explosion in the very midst of the men about the machine. Cut of at Least 25 Per Cent Sought by Railroads. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 31. None of the heads of the railroad enr ployes' unions who could be reached tonight would comment on the rail road labor board's order decreasing railway wages an average of 12 per cent. W. S. Carter, president of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, who, with W. G. Lee, presi dent of the trainmen, and L. E. Shep- ard, president of -the conductors, is here for a conference with represent atives of southeastern roads, said he would call a meeting of all the gen eral chairmen of the conductors for July 1 at Chicago, where the wage reductions would be discussed. In labor circles generally the action of the board was regarded as a vic tory for the men. as the railroads had sought a reduction of at least 2a per cent. Railroad executives here declined to comment tonight upon the announce ment. NEW CRASH PROBE ORDERED rJ. nspcctor-Gcncral of Army Acts Over Deaths or Seven Men. WASHINGTON, D. C May 31. Inv estigation by the inspector-general f the army of the airplane crash at Morgantown, Md., Saturday, in which four officers and an enlisted man in le army and two civilians lost their ves was ordered today by Secretary Weeks. Instructions transmitted by Major-General March, chief of staff, irected that every angle of the isaster be carefully reviewed. The report will form the basis for any further action, which may be decided pon by the war department. This investigation will be Inde pendent of the action taken by the air service's board of Inquiry, which re ported today to Major-General Me- oher, chief of the air service. This report exonerated the pilot. Lieu tenant Stanley Ames and said there as no evidence of defective design n the machine. The inquiry by the inspector-gen- ral presumably will be of wider scope, however, and take cognizance of the statement made by Captain De Levergne, air attache of the French Embassy, who rode in the wrecked plane from Washington to Langley Field, but who declined to return in it, saying that he had noticed on the way down lack of balance at times and that the ship was at times out of control of its pilot. AUTO PARTY FIRED UPON Alma D. Katz and Friends Victims of Assault Near The Dalies. Warrants charging assault with a deadly weapon were sworn out against unidentified autoists at The Dalles Sunday by Alma D. Katz. Portland resident, after, he says, he was fired upon by persons in another automo bile because he refused to give up the right of way along a bad stretch of road when they signaled to pass. Mr. Katz said that one shot hit the top of his machine and shattered the glass. He did not know how many snots were fired. The firing, he said took placeabout 15 miles this side of ine L'anes, as ne was ariving a Dartv ok irienas to tnat city. Other occupants of the Katz ma chine were Mrs. Katz. Colonel and Mrs. John Leader, Edith Sherman and George Folsom. BURNING IS JEW THEORY (rvintlnufd From First Page.) we heard a man come up to the Ma honey apartment, and we saw Ma honey trundle out a packing case. We had noticed him taking the packing case into his home several days be fore that. ' "Then between 12 and 1 o'clock that night an auto drove up to the door, and Mahoney carried a trunk away in it. "I'm positive that the police were wrong when they said the express man took away the trunk. It was the packing case that he had. And the trunk went away In an automobile. I haven't the slightest idea whose car it was hut it wasn't the Mahoney'a. I saw that later, so I know. "Sunday, the day after we heard the awful groans Mrs. Nora Ma honey. Mahoney's mother, came to the apartment, and went away with a suitcase that was bulging fuIL Mnhonry Seen With Woman, "Mahoney went out that same day, and it was not until more than a week later that we saw him again. I think it was probably about April 25 tfiat he came home. He had a dark- haired woman who stayed with him I don't know who she was or any thing about her, except that she cer tiniv won nnt Mrs. Mahoney. "Nothing really unusual happened though until Sunday night. We heard Mahoney fooling around in the apart ment und there was a fire in his Ktnve "He had kept the fire going almost constantly ever since he came oacK, In fact. We noticed because we thouzht it was peculiar, as the weather certainly wasn't very cold. Bad Odor la Recalled. "About 7 o'clock that evening there was an awful odor the worst I ever sme-lled. It lasted for hours. "About midnight Mahoney left in his automobile. I don't know whether he carried anything out with him, but I do know that the odor stopped Just about the time he went away. "He didn't , come back until Tues day, and his automobile was just cov ered with mud. Mahoney got a hose and washed the car off in front of his house washed it both inside and cutside. "My husband's suspicions were aroused by then and he went down and talked to Mahoney for about an hour. Mahoney told him he'd been up to Vancouver, but when my hus band asked him about the roads up there he appeared uneasy and tried to change the subject. Quick Lime Is Purchased. "He did say something about a de tour just above Monroe, though." It was known that the police had been making investigations in the vicinity of Monroe, but until the Klettes statement became known there was no intimation as to their mission. According to police information it was at the Buchanan Hardware Ac Paint company that Mahoney bought quantity of quick lime and rope a few days before the supposed murder. Boy Fails to Find Trunk. Harold Taylor, the 11-year-old boy living at 556 Ward street, who told of having seen a blood-stained trunk on the shore of Lake Union about a month ago, attempted to lead in vestigators 4o the spot yesterday, but could find no trace of the trunk. The youngster was positive that he had passed over the place where he had seen the trunk, but there was no evidence to bear out his statement. 'At, police point out, however, that Mahoney had his wife's automobile almost constant use during tne first three weeks in May and might have removed the trunk. TEXAS BRANDED LAND' HOG New Mexico Alleges Lnscrupulous Grabbing in Boundary Dispute. WASHINGTON, D. C. May 31. The state of Texas Is attacked as a would-be land grabber," in briefs filed today In supreme court by Frank W. Clancy, counsel for New Mexico. the original suit of tnat state against Texas to obtain an official delimitation of the interstate boun dary along the Rio Grande river. Declaring that the present claim of Texas would put the Rio Grande on roTky bluffs or sand hills, rar above any possible bed of the river," the brief called attention of the court to' what was described as "the pred atory, and unscrupulous character of he-defendant-(Texas in land mat ers. , . ... til K H Mill.. HIS? MAST EtfSlVOIGE - EG, V;S, PAT OFF. v ew mttodav .ecordls itoir Jume 19 Lucrezla Bori Sophie Braslau Enrico Caruso HISTORY CONTEST CLOSES Four School Lssays Prizes Totaling Will Draw $180. The state history contest held by the Oregon Historical society closed vfsterdav and judges soon will be selected to determine the four school pupils to whom S180 In prize money will be awardea. More tnan aw essays were in the hands of the society yes terday and all in the mails during the day will be honored. The contest was announced ror March 15 to May 31, inclusive, and was open to pupils from 13 to 18 years of any school, public or pri- ate. in the state. The subject was The name 'Oregon,' its origin and ignificance." Juderes will be chosen within the next ten days and announcement of prize winners will be made as soon hereafter as possible. cnaries n. Carey. George H. Himes and B. is. Beekman were the members of. the committee of the historical society is charge of the contest. - Ieniston Rose Carnival June 3. LEWISTON, Idaho., May 31. Elab orate floats prepared by eLwiston business houses and private cars deco rated with flowers, are planned for the parade of the rose day carnival. Nozze di Figaro Deh vieni, non tardar? (Ah, Why Delay So Long?) 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