Vol. lx-no. 18,923
Entered at Portland Ore on)
PoBtofflce h Scond-C1aBB Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Til LINES TO RON
7-CENT STEAK IS SAID
Tn pact im nnrr
WAH CRAFT SUNK
BY ARMY PLANES
RUM RUNNERS ACTIVE
ALONG JERSEY COAST
CLACKAMAS HEALTH
OFFICE IN TANGLE
TWO DOCTORS CLAIM POSITIOX
AND EACH INSISTS.
MORE PLEDGES OF.
CO OPERATION IN
HEAVY GOLD STRIKES
ARE MADE IN ALASKA
500 PER CENT PROFIT IS
CHARGEIT'TO RESTAURANTS.
MYSTERY SHIP PARENT CRAFT
OF SWIFT WHISKY FLEET.
PROSPECTORS RUSH TO AREA
OF RICH DISCOVERIES.
PARKING CURBED IN
RAILROAD JOINTLY
V
K
V
Direct Service From East
Via Spokane Assured.
HOWARD ELLIOTT IS VISITOR
Physical Conection Slated to
, Be Made This Year.
TENTATIVE DETAILS OUT
Chairman of Northern Pacific
Board of Directors Says City to
Keep Hill Headquarters.
HIGH LIGHTS OF CHAIRMAX
ELLIOTTS VISIT.
Announces tentative details
for Joint operation by Northern
Pacific-Great Northern of Spo
kane, Portland &. Seattle rail
way as through line from Spo
kane and east on same basis as
Portland-Seattle roads operate.
Says elimination of Spokane.
Portland and Seattle will not
mean removal of Portland head
quarters of Hill lines, but that
W. F. Turner, now president,
probably will remain here with
a strong staff to operate Ore
gon Electric and perhaps the
Oregon Trunk and Astoria-Sea-side
lines.
Maintains that proposed ab
sorption of North Bank road
will work greatly to improve
service and to develop Portland
territory, giving In reality two
new direct lines from east.
Indorses 1925 exposition at
Portland and pledges full sup
port of Northern Pacific system
in making it success.
Optimistically forecasts bet
ter times and gradual stabiliz
ing of the country's business
and financial structure.
Portland will be the direct terminus
of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railways from the east by
way of Spokane, as well as from
Puget sound, perhaps in this calendar
year, by the joint conduct of the
physical Properties of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle line, but oblitera
tion of the entity of the latter will
not deprive this city of a headquar
ters for so-called Hill roads, for W. F.
Turner, president of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle, will in all prob
ability be retained here in charge of
the Oregon Electric and other prop
erties. This is the information given out
here yesterday by Howard Elliott, ex
Jrcsident of .the Northern Pacific,
always a Portland and northwest en
thusiast, now chairman of the line's
board of directors, with headquarters
In New York. Part of his statement
was made at a luncheon given in
honor of him and his official party
by the Chamber of Commerce and
the rest direct to The Oregonian fol
lowing the luncheon.
Development Is Assnred.
In his address at the luncheon Mr.
Elliott let it be thoroughly under
stood that the Northern Pacific rail
way, which he said had been in active
partnership -with Portland Tor nearly
40 years, intends to put this city and
the Oregon country to the fore more
than ever Just as rapidly as possible
by entering Into physical operation
with the Great Northern of the Spo
kane. Portland & Seattle line; by
doing its full share in the construc
tion of the projected J2.000.000 freight
terminal and passenger station im
provements and by advertising to its
utmost the advantages of this regiol
throughout its entire system.
The Northern Pacific has both feet
in Portland and is here with bells on,"
said Mr. Elliott. "We are going to
keep these bells ringing in every one
of our offices from the Pacific to the
Atlantic coast, telling the people all
about Tortland and the Pacific north
west." Support to Fair Fledged.
Mr. Elliott put himself squarely on
record as in favor of the 1925 exposi
tion, and declared that the Northern
Pacific system will co-operate fullj
with the people of this section in
helping to make of the fair a big suc
cess. "As to the details of your exposi
tion, I am not so familiar," said Mr.
Elliott, "but of one thing I feel sure
if Portland and the northwest Is be
hind It, success is assured. The
Northern Pacific will leave nothing
undone to help you so far as it lies
w-ithin our power."
Mr. Elliott spent an exceedingly
busy day here. Arriving at 10:30
A. M. in his special train over tie
Kpokane. Portland & Seattle from
Spokane, completing exactly 4000
miles of travel since leaving New
York a week ago, he and his party
were met by a reception committee
consisting of Mayor Baker. H. B. Van
Uuzer. president of the Chamber of
Commerce; Julius L. Meier, chairman
of the board of directors of the 1925
exposition; J. C. Ainsworth and M. H.
Houser. Promptly at 12 o'clock the
iCoucluded on Tase 4. Column 2.)
Government Investigation of Retail
Kood Prices Demanded by
Kansas Commissioner.
TOPEKA, Kan.. July 13. J. H.
Mercer, Kansas livestock commis
sioner, today .called upon United
States Attorney - General Daugherty
to Investigate retail prices through
out the country.
.Mr. Mercer said that, while the pro
ducer Is receiving the lowest prices
in years, there is enormous profiteer
ing in foodstuffs on the part of the
retailers and eating houses.
"The best beef on the hoof has been
selling for TA cents a pound," Mr.
Mercer said. 'The same beef retails
for 30 to 90 cents a pound, while at
some, of the higher-class restaurants
and cafes beefsteak is sold for as
high as $4 a pound. The wide di
vergence between the prices the pro
ducer is obtaining for his products,
and the prices to the ultimate con
sumer demands the action of the
government."
Mr. Mercer spent two weeks in
Washington last month on official
business. He kept an itemized list
of food purchased from various eat
ing houses which he is furnishing the
attorney-general. These prices, he
said, were from 500 to 700 per cent
above the retail cost. Food profiteer
ing is more' or less general all over
the United States, Mercer declared.
BOY URGES NATURE FUND
Congressional Committee Is Told of
Benefits of Research.
WASHINGTON. T. C. July 13.
Congressmen, deep in discussions In
volving appropriations and filled with
the views of wiseacres, paused for a
moment today to hear what "Just a
kid" had to say about it.
Members of the house committee
concerned with the affairs of th
District of Columbia heard 15-year-old
Jimmio Bradley of Washington
tell why the children wanted appro
priations to continue nature study
in the schoools.
Armed with letters of approval from
President Harding. General Pershing
and many other notables, Jimmie,
Who was foreman of the John Bur
roughs club Jury which recently de
cided the White House owls might
live, told the committeemen that the
study of birds and trees and animals
filled "any regular fellow with a
sense of Justice."
It was the first time so far as the
oldest old-timer could remember that
a youngster had a hearing before a
congressional committee.
TROOPS OFF FOR ISLANDS
Transport Sherman Leaves Tacoina
"With Artillery Regiment.
TACOMA, Wash., July 13. (Spe
cial.) With 850 members of the 59th
coast artillery regiment on board, the
United States army transport Sher
man left Tacoma today for the Ha
waiian islands and the Philippines.
The artillerymen .are to be stationed
at fortresses on the latter islands for
the next two years.
The regiment started boarding 'the
transport at fc o'clock this morning
and by noon all oc the supplies and
men were on the vessel and she left
on her month s trip across the Pacific
under command of Captain E. S. Mc
Clelland, veteran ot the army trans
port service.
None of the guns or tractor equip
ment was taken overseas, the regi
ment being equipped with guns and
tractors already at the fortresses
which the artillerymen will man.
Brigadier-General Harry D. Todd
Jr., who commanded the 31st coast ar
tillery brigade until it was demobil
ized, June 30, sailed for the Philip
pines on the Sherman to take com
mand of all coast, artillery organiza
tions on the islands.
OBSERVER IS DECEIVED
Airplane Reported Fallen When It
Goes Behind Mountain.
ROSEBURG, Or., July 13. (Special.)
A telephone report from the Black
Rock ranger station in the Umpqua
national forest caused excitement in
the local forestry office today until it
was learned that the report was un
founded. According to word from the
base at Eugene the aviators were fly
lng low in the Balm mountain dis
trict. The fact that they were so
much lower than usual, together with
the "Jumpy" appearance of the ma
chine at such a low level, caused the
Black Rock observer watching the
machine, when it dropped behind the
mountain, to believe that the ship had
been forced down and had chosen the
big snow field on which to light.
The observer reported to Forest Su
pervisor Ram 3d ell. who immediately
got in touch with the officials at Eu
gene. The plane landed safely at the
base, however, a few minutes after
the report came in.
STORM STRIKES MONTANA
I
Hail 15 Feet in Gullies Reported;
100 0 Acres of Wheat Destroyed.
GREAT FALLS, Mont.. July 12.
Hall 15 feet deep in gullies and one
to four feet deep elsewhere was re
ported today, following a etorm that
was declared to have covered a path
from one to six miles wide in this
vicinity. Its course was through a
section largely unimproved, but about
1000 acres of wheat was declared t
have been destroyed.
Many windows were broken and
cellars were flooded here and in
Black Eagle.
A:, Defense of Coast
Against Fleet Shown.
TEST IS 85 MILES OFFSHORE
Hits Scored 50 Minutes After
Beginning of Attack.
20 BOMBS STRIKE TARGET
Former German Destroyer Plunges
Beneath Waves From Onslaught
ol 35 Machines, 3 Blimps.
OX BOARD 17. S. S. DELAWARE,
OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPE'S, July 13.
(By the Associated Press.) Army
airmen accounted today for the for
mer German destroyer G-102, in what
was regarded by army and navy of
ficers as one of the greatest spectacles
In the history of American air service.
Thirty-five army planes and three
blimps came 80 miles to sea to par
ticipate in the operations, demonstrat
ing the ability of this arm of the na
tional defense forces to go out and
meet an enemy fleet approaching the
coast. All but two of the aircraft re
turned safely and the crews of those
two were rescued by naval vessels
after the planes had been forced down
to the water.
SO Bombs Find Target.
Twenty-four of the aircraft that put
out from shore took direct part In
the attack, launching 84 bombs, 20
of which found the target. Seventeen
hits were made with 25-pound bombs
dropped by ten pursuit planes, but
did little damage. The other three
hits were scored with 200-pounders
and they sent the destroyer down to
Join the former German submarine.
U-117, sunk by naval aviators three
weeks ago.
The first of the bombs to find the
mark struck the G-102's bridge, carry
ing part of it away and blowing out
the forward smokestack. . The second
dropped by the same plane, the 13th
of the Martin bombers in the second
attacking squadron of 14 struck the
starboard side-of the destroyer near
the water line and tore away part of
her shell plating above and below the
water.
These hits were scored 50 minutes
after the first attack was started.
Craft Begins to Settle.
The former enemy craft immedi
ately began to settle by the bow and
in five minutes her fo'castle deck was
nearly awash. It was apparent, how
ever, to navy and army officers on
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LET US
Oh SEE
THE LITTLE
BIRD'S-'
Seizure of Foreign Liqurs Valued
at $18,000 Develops Clew
to Illicit Traffic.
ATLANTIC C1TT, K. J.. July 13.
Whisky smugglers once more have
the revenue men on the Jump along
the Jersey coast.
The "mystery emlp" that for the
last week has been prowling around
off these beaches now is believed to
be the parent ship following a. flo
tilla of fleet motorboats, disguised
as fishing smacks, employed In land
ing illicit liquor at isolated points
within a hundred-mile radius of this
resort.
Capture 'yesterday of $18,000 worth
of fine whiskies of foreign manufac
ture aboard a four-ton truck as it
pulled through Ocean City en route
for Atlantic City, arter having picked
up the contraband stuff from a land
ing wharf at Wild'wood bears but
suspicions of coast guards and reve
nue officials who have been on the
alert for such smuggling for the last
ten days. A tip from Baltimore that
the liquor runners were headed this
way from an island off Florida caused
a doubling of the guards at points
where the runners have been making
their landings.
The liquor seized was in charge of
John G. Leflar, a Wildwood express
man, and his son. W.' H. Lefler. There
were 150 casee, all of foreign make,
aboard their truck. The haulers de
clared ignorance of contents of the
cases, asserting they had been asked
to pick it up from the fisheries land
ing near Wildwood and convey It to
this city. The man who hired them
was a stranger, they said.
A suspicious steamer twice has been
sighted off this city during the last
week, both times at night. The craft
did not carry the usual lights pre
scribed in the maritime regulations
and refused to "speak" when signals
were flashed by vessels she circled.
Her speed was sufficient to swing
around the fastest ships that sighted
her, which led the revenue men to be
lieve the mystery ship was the one
to which their tip related.
After an investigation at Wildwood
today the revenue men came to this
city following a clew. Later they
boarded a cutter and started toward
Cape May on the lookout for several
of the auxiliary boats believed to be
hovering between this city 'and the
cape awaiting favorable opportunity
to land their cargoes of wet goods.
The federal men w-ere convinced the
hooch runners are directed, by the
same gang that for a time used the
Atlantic City inlet as a landing point,
and were tripped up when J50.000
worth of English liquors were seized
in a bathhouse in the inlet district.
Within the last week there has been
more "good liquor" on tap around
town than at any time for the last six
weeks. Profits to the smugglers have
not been so large because buyers were
wary of the stuff, following the
swindle put over by other runners
who dumped Job lots of "terrible
stuff," as 'victims term it, about the
city. .
Good liquor now Is back to $12 a
quart, a drop of $4 on the price pre
vailing for the last month and there
are not near so many takers.
HOPE THAT THE DOVE HAS FOUND LAND.
7 JTS
Court Names Physician, but One on
Job Refuses to Give Up, as
No Charges Are Filed.
OREGON C1TT, Or., July 13. (Spe
cial.) Clackamas county isn't quite
sure whether It has two county
health officers, one, or none at all.
- The county court appointed one
doctor to the position already filled,
which can only be declared vacant
by the state board of health. The
county Judge says that his candidate
is the incumbent. The state board
of health says that the man who has
held the office is still retaining his
position, and cites the law on the
case.
Meanwhile two doctors are pro
ceeding to conduct the business oj
the county health officer.
On June 21 the county court issued
an order appointing Dr. W. E. Hemp
stead to the position of county health
officer, at a salary of $1050 a year.
Dr. O. A. Welch, "who holds the office,
refused to turn over the records to
Dr. Hempstead, saying that be had
received no notice of his dismissal.
The commission of Dr. Hempstead,
according to Judge H. E. Cross, was
confirmed by the board. This, how
ever. Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, sec
retary of the state board of health
at Portland, has denied.
Dr. Welsh states that he has re
ceived no notice of charges being
filed against him, as the law re
quires, and no mention in the tele
gram from the secretary of the state
board of health is made of any such
charges being filed. Under the pro
visions of the law he then still re
mains in office.
According to Dr. Hempstead, a let
ter was received from the state board
of health to the effect that his ap
pointment would be recognized as
soon as official information of his
appointment was received from the
county court. This information was
sent to the state board immediately
after Drr Hempstead was to take of
fice under the order by the court.
This letter is said to be in the posses
sion of Judge Cross.
PRESS RATE BJSE SLATED
Western Union Proposes-25 Per
Cent Increase in Washington.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 13. (Spe
cial.) Press rates over Western
Union wires will be raised about 25
per. cent in the state of Washington,
if the tariff filed with the depart
ment of public works by F. C. Coles,
district commercial superintendent
of the company, with offices in Se
attle, are allowed to stand.
The new tariff Is filed on the same
basis as that which has been in op
eration by the Postal company for
some time and provides that the
night press rate shall be one-sixth of
the rate charged for commercial mes
sages. The press rate over the
Western Union, according to the de
partment of public works, will be
about 20 per cent higher than -the
Postal rate.
ii
Britain and Italy Act on
U.S. Invitation.
FULL APPROVAL EXPRESSED
No Opposition to Disarma
ment Conference Noted.
OUTSIDE POWERS CONTENT
Japan Only One of Five Yet to Be
Heard From and Acceptance
Confidently Expected.
. WASHINGTON. D. C July 13.
Additional pledges of co-operation
reached Washington from several
quarters today In response to Presi
dent Harding's proposal for an inter
national conference on limitation of
armaments and other world prob
lems. Definite acceptances of the presi
dent's invitation were received today
from Great Britain and Italy, while
informal advices came that a favor
able reply from China might be
expected soon.
France having previously expressed
her willingness to take part, the only
invited power from which no sort of
an expression had been received to
night was Japan. Administration
officials were confident of accept
ance from the Tokio government,
however, and in Japanese quarters
here it was Indicated that the delay
undoubtedly was due to the-formalities
of consultation among various
branches of the Japanese- govern
ment, which are necessary in the
decision of an important public
question.
IS'o Outsiders Object.
It is understood that no advice of
an adverse nature has reached the
state department from powers not
asked to participate. Sentiment
abroad seems content with the presi
dent's decision to have the member
ship of the conference limited to the
big five powers and China. -
Press dispatches indicating that
some British statesmen desired to
have the preliminaries of the con
ference held in London were not
taken seriously, either in British
quarters here or by officials of the
administration. It was pointed out
that the British government had ac
cepted definitely the president's .pro
posal for holding the meeting here.
Among high American officials
there was manifest a strong senti
ment that the whole conference should
De neia nere, both on account of
the facility of business such a plan
would make possible and because of
a feeling that America was entitled
to be host since she had initiated the
movement and issued the invitations.
Public Opinion Factor.
It was apparent also that conven
ing of the meeting on American soil
would be reckoned here as giving the
administration an opportunity better
to keep in touch with the putee of
I American public opinion and morel
easily to marshal public sympathy
and support for the -efforts of the!
1 negotiators.
Whether limitation of armaments
I or the Pacific situation would be
taxen up nrst, will rest with the
delegates themselves, it was em
phasized. VATICAN' VOICES APPROVAL
President Congratulated on Initia
tive He Has Taken.
ROME, July 12. (By the Associat
ed Press.) The Osservatore Romano,
the organ of the Vatican, today prints
a semi-official note warmly congratu
lating President Harding on the in
itiative he has taken for an inter
national conference on the limitation
of armaments.
The newspaper Paese says:
"It is not the first time the reduc
tion of armaments has been talked of,
but each time heretofore armaments
were increased. President Harding's
proposition is certainly made in per
fect good faith."
JAPAN'S ACCEPTANCE LIKELY
London Confident Nippon Will Fig
ure In Conference.
LONDON, July 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Word has not reached
London whether Japan has accepted
President Harding's invitation to-"a
conference for the limitation of arma
ments, but there is little doubt here
that acceptance will be forthcoming.
The view of the Japanese embassy of
ficials is that necessary formalities
at Tokio with reference to the invita
tion have delayed the reply.
The personal attacks which have
been made in Some quarters on Pre
mier Lloyd George and Lord Curzon
in connection with their possible visit
to Washington are generally depre
cated but they have given rise to a
discussion as to whether on general
grounds it would be advisable for the
prime minister to represent Great
Britain.
The idea is that if the armaments
conference materializes Its sessions
(Concluded on Pace 3, Column 2.)
Dozen Quartz-Bearing Fissures Are
Uncovered- Near Anchorage. j
Run $100 Per Ton.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska. July 13.
Strikes of gold quartz apparently
bearing more than $100 to the ton, in
a district 39 miles south of here, were
reported today. The news no sooner
had reached here than prospectors
stampeded to the area of the dis
covery. Men returning from there said a
dozen big fissures of quartz heavy in
gold had been uncovered within a re
gion 12 by 7 miles. The first strike
occurred at Girdwood, on the govern
ment railroad. According to mes
sages received here, the original find
was followed by numerous others of
equal Importance. The quartz was
desciybed to have been found largely
in porphyry rock formations.
Mining men here who have made a
preliminary investigation of the dis
covery predicted it would prove
epochal. Some of the strikes, they
said, developed on railroad cuts along
Turnagain Arm.
YUKON WETS' JOY DITCHED
Hopes for Liquor Importation Is
Dashed by U. S. Embargo.
DAWSON. Y. T., July 12. The en
thusiasm of the wets in the Yukon
over the big vote Monday in favor of
importation of liquor was dampened
today when it was. learned the United
States already had placed an em
bargo on all liquor shipments through
its territory. All transportation
routes into the Yukon cross American
territory in Alaska.
Canadian Pacific railway officials
at Skagway, Alaska, notified George
P. McKenzle, chief executive of the
Yukon territory, that only shipments
which arrived on the steamer at
Skagway today would be allowed to
go forward.
Mr. McKenzie said that unless per
mission from the United States au
thorities could be obtained, the Yukon
would be cut off from its liquor sup
ply. SCHOONER GOES ON ROCKS
General Pershing Reported Break
ing Up Fast; Crew Is Removed.
TURKS ISLAND. Bahamas, July 13.
The General Pershing, an American
five-masted schooner, which left
Norfolk June 30 w-ith a cargo of coal
for Bremerton, went ashore on Endy
mlon rock, July 11. The vessel was
reported to be breaking up fast, but
the crew has been taken off and
some materials and stores saved.
The General Pershing was built at
Olympia. Wash.. In 1918. The vessel
had a gross tonnage of 2466.
JAILERS CRUEL, IS CHARGE
Depositions on bca-ttle Conditions
JLaid Before Mayor.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 13. Affi
davits charging cruelty or the part
of jailers in the city jail here were
laid before Mayor Caldwell today. The
mayor -said the matter would be in
vestigated. Two men who were
prisoners on the night of July 4,
charged with minor offenses, signed
the depositions.
They declared) they saw prisoners
beaten with blackjacks and com
plained of insanitary conditions at
the jail.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature. 76
- degrees; lowest. 55; clear.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Premier Lloyd George and Irish republi
can leader meet in London today. Page 2.
' National.
More pledges of co-operation In disarma
ment conference received. Page 1.
Senate to vote on recommittal of bonus
bill. Page S.
Senators take refuge behind Harding on
bonus bill Issue. Page 2.
Army fliers seek ex-German destroyer.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Schooner wrecked by gale In Bering sea.
Page 7.
Banker admits own marital Infidelity.
Page 3.
Jersey coast is alive with rum-running
craft. Page 1.
Exorbitant profits on food charged to re
tailers. Page 1.
Students at Oakland. Cat. menaced by
Jazz ana auios. r-age tf.
Mrs. Kaber. altered murderer, faints In
court ruom and trial is halted. Page 5.
Pacific Northwest.
Heavy gold strikes are made In Alaska.
Page 1.
Vancouver labor session In uproar. Page 4.
Two doctors claim Clackamas health of
fice. Page 1."
Chautauqua lecturer calls on public to
give more study to issues. Page 5.
- Snorts.
Dan Aubrey, rank outsider, wins turkey
foot stake. Page 12.
Georgia Lee makes hit In workout Page 13.
Visitors are class ot tennis tourney.
Page 12.
Commercial sod Marine.
Bend sale will wind up active part of Ore
gon wool season. Page 19.
Chicago wheat higher with spread of black
rust In North Dakota. Page 19.
Liberty bonds firmer and stocks quiet in
VVall Street. Page 19.
Cold storage facilities promised growers if
needed. Page IS-
Seattle stevedoring cut Injures Portland
says agent. Page IS.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland tenure law vindicated at National
Education association a convention.
Page 11.
All city will' bid welcome to Elks. Page o.
American Legion buncoed by republicans
says Henry T. Rainey. Page 10.
Council adopts ordinance prohibiting all
day parking of automobiles. Page 1.
Motorists denounce speed policy of St.
Helens. Page 8.
Two lines to operate Spokane, Portland &
Seattle railroad. Page 1.
Bakers declare bread prices cannot be re
duced yet. Page 10.
Farmer should study to solve his prob
lems, says speaker. Page T.
BUSINESS DISTRICT
New Traffic Law Passed
by City Council.
ALL PROTESTS OVERRULED
Suit to Block Ordinance to Be
Instituted Today.
RULES TO PREVAIL SOON
Lert-IIand Tarns in Downtown Dis
trict to Be Barred Signs .
Are to Be Posted.
By unanimous vote cf the city coun
cil the ordinance prohibiting all-day
parking of automobiles and limiting
the parking time in various sections
ot the business district was passed
yesterday.
Announcement that suit for an in
junction against the city to prevent
application of the new ordinance
would be instituted this morning,
was made last night by F. M. Leeston
Smlth, who represents the automobile
trade on lower Broadway.
The automobile dealers north of
Couch street are opposed to the 30
minute parking restriction applied in
the ordinance to their street. These
dealers filed a petition with the city
council protesting, but their protest
was overruled.
Slsns Will Be Pasted.
The ordinance carried an emergency
clause which under ordinary -circumstances
would make it effective from
the time of passage. However, mem
bers of the council announced that the
provisions of the new ordinance would
not be put into effect until signs
necessary to inform the public of the
new regulations had been prepared.
This means that the new regula-,
tions will not be enforced for two or
three weeks. Announcement will be
made when the ordinance is to go into
effect.
KSr a time yesterday it seemed as
if the passage of the ordinance would
be delayed. Commissioner Mann
threatned to vote against the emer
gency clause because of the insertion
of limitations which had not been
agreed to when the ordinance was
considered last Friday.
Left-Hand Turns Barred.
At that time it was agreed that
left-hand turns would be eliminated
in the district bounded by Third,
Broadway. Stark and Yamhill streets.
When the ordinance appeared before"
the council yesterday Park and West
Park streets had been included in
the district in which left-hand turns
will be prohibited.
Commissioner Alann was not in
favor of the elimination of left-hand
turns in so large a district and said
that inasmuch as the two new streets
had not been considered by the coun
cil when an agreement had been
reached, he was not in favor of the
eleventh-hour change.
I object to the emergency clause,"
announced Commissioner Mann.
"I object to the removal of the
emergency clause," said Commissioner
Barbur, chairman of the traffic com
mittee. "We must start sometime
and I think we have had this matter
under consideration long enough."
Mayor trues Compromlae.
Mayor Baker then intervened by
declaring that the members of the
council should be willing to give and
take, and that in view of the fact
that Park and West Park streets had
not been agreed upon, he would be
willing to eliminate those two streets
from' the district in which left-hand
turns are to be prohibited.
Protests were made against the 30
minute limitation on parking on lower
Broadway streets' by Ralph J. Staehli
and F. M. Leeston-Smith, representing
the Automobile Dealers' association.
Members of the council took the posi
tion that no special privileges could
be given and overruled the protests.
No other opposition developed and
when the objection of Commissioner
Mann was met he ordinance was
adopted.
Parking Limits Stated.
Under the newordinance parking
will be prohibited unless a person
competent to operate the machine re
mains in the car and then not longer
than 30 minutes on the following
thoroughfares:
Washington street from Tenth to
First streets; Alder street from Tenth
to Front streets', Morrison street from
Tenth to Front and on the Morrison
bridge and its approaches to East
Water; Madison street from Second
street to East First street; Ankenf
street from Sixth street to the river;
Burnside from Front street to East
Third street; the SteeJ bridge and
its approaches and Broadway street
from Oak street to Larrabee street.
The ordinance provides for a limit
of two hours in parking in the follow
ing areas: From Oak to Couch, Tenth
and the river; from Oak to Madisou,
except Washington, Alder and Morri
son streets, from Second street to the
river; from Tenth to Thirteenth street,
Burnside to Taylor streets, and from
Tenth to Second, Taylor to Madison
streets.
Thirty minute . parking will be per
mitted in the area bounded by Oak ti.
Taylor, Tenth to Third street, with
the exception of Washington, 'Alder
IConcludcu uu 1'agu 2. Culumn I.)
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