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Newspaper Page TextG tttt: morxixg oregoxiax, Thursday, july 21, 1021 ABATE TAR PARTIES, IS PLEA OF TEXANS Legislature Urged to Curb Masked Raiders. NUISANCE NOW SPREADING Action Against Ka Klux Klan De manded Eight Cases Reported 'in Last Ten Days. DALLAS. Tex.. July 20. Appeals from various parts of the state to the legislature, now in special session at Austin, for an investigation of the re ported widespread activitiy of masked bands in Texas, were supplemented today by the circulation of a peti tion by Representative Patman. aimed at the Ku Klux Klan. asking the governor to submit a bill during the present legislative session mak ing it a felony to wear a disguise in public. Since April 1 15 or 20 cases of masked activity have been reported, and eight have come to light within the last ten days. The latest occurred today at Luf kin, where Sherwood Vinson was seised at the railway station by four masked men, whisked aw-ay in a mo tor car and 40 minutes later was dumped out in town with a coat of tar and feathers covering his body. It was the second attack there within the last 18 hours. Last night Ben Wiley, 30 years of age, was taken from town and later dumped into a street filled with theater crowds fol lowing an assault. No prosecutions of alleged members of the masked organization have re sulted except at Waco, where a tar party episode resulted in the arrest of four men. Three have been bound over by the grand jury on charges of whitecapping and the fourth was re leased. Knights of Ku Klux Klan have con tributed $500 to the support of Hope cottage here, dedicated to the care of homeless children. The money was mailed to a local newspaper yester day with a letter saying a number of infants being cared for by the in stitution "are due directly to lax en forcement of the law," a condition "which must be met." MOB VICTIM AGAIN WAR.VE1) Tar and Feather Episode Likely to Be Repeated. BKAUMONT, Tex.. July 20. Doctor J. S. Paul, a victim of a tar-and-feather episode two months ago, to day informed the Beaumont Journal that he had been warned again to leave this city by Saturday. The warning, he said, was brought by K. K. Scott, former United States ma rine, and himself a victim last Sat urday of masked men. Scott told Paul the men who tarred and feathered him ordered a message delivered with a warning that if Paul did not take heed he would be forced to undergo an operation and then be beheaded. Paul, who recently was in dicted jointly with Scott on a statu tory charge, declared he would not leave Beaumont. VICTIM RELEASED IX CROWD Hundreds Jeer Man Wearing Tar and Feather Coat. LUFK1N, Tex., July 20. Ben Wiley, about 80 years old, was seized here last night by masked men, given a coat of tar and feathers and released from an automobile on a prominent corner as the. evening show patrons were passing. Wiley ran through the business streets to his automobile and left hurriedly for his home in Dlboll, about ten miles from here. Wiley, who is a service car driver, was Jeered by hundreds of persons as he ran through the midd'le of Slain street. He was severely flogged be fore the tar and feathers were ap plied. TAR COAT FOLLOWS BEATIXJ Victim of Clan to Lay Case Before Authorities. NACOODOCHES, Tex., July 20. J. W. McKnight, taken by masked men near Tenaha last night, was beaten and tar plied on his clothing, but not on his body. He was brought to his home here about daylight this morning by a brother. McKnight said he planned to lay his case before federal authorities In the hope of securing protection. Sheriff Woodlan of this county, was informed today that threats were made at Ttmpson against other resi dents of Nacogdoches. An oil man from this, county was whipped neai Timpson several weeks ago. ROMS ARE ORGANIZED CLACKAMAS ASSOCIATION IS FOKMEI AT CHAUTAUQUA. Harvey C. Cross of Gladstone Se lected as President History of Settlers to Be Compiled. OREOON CITT, Or.. July 20. (Spe cial. Organization of the Clackamas County Pioneers' association was ef fected at a barbeque dinner at the . Gladstone Chautauqua today. This meeting, attended by 250, was the largest held this season by any or ganisation on the grounds. At the election of officers. Judge Harvey C. Cross of Oladstone, was chosen president; David Caufield. Ore gon City, vice-president; E. C. Hack ett, Oregon City, secretary; E. G. Cau field. Oregon City, treasurer, and Molly Barlow Wllkins, historian. As a coincidence, the day also marked the birthday of David Caufield. a pioneer of '47. Dr. Owens-Adair was the oldest pioneer on the grounds at the dinner, her badge proclaiming her arrival in the state In 1S43. At the "love feast," following the dinner. Molly Barlow Wllkins presided, and toasts were responded to by Gilbert Hedges, AL C. George, Harvey G. Starkweather and George C. Hlmes, curator of the Oregon Historical so ciety. It is planned to compile a history dealing with the lives of the pioneers of this section. The Orpheus Four, provided both the afternoon and evening entertain inent. The address on "Who is an American," by J. F. Jenness, sched uled for the afternoon was not given due to the illness of the lecturer, but the quartet filled In admirably. The members of the quartet are: Samuel B. Glass, first tenor; Paul E. Adams. second tenor and accompanist; Will- lam G. Wells, baritone, and Verner A. Campbell, bass. Following is the programme for to morrow: Morning. 8 to It Physical culture classes, chil dren's Chautauqua and Sunday school In stitute, 10 to II Bible hour. Dr. W. B. Hinson. 11 Forum hour, boys' and girls' pro gramme, under direction of Physical Cul ture Expert L- J. Frank, and Sunday school graduation exercises. Afternoon. 1:30 Concert, Juso-Slav orchestra. 4 Basefoall, Oregon City versus Arleta. 5 Symposium, "Oregon in the Book World," John T. Hotchkiss; ' Great Amer ican Book Market." Miss Vivian Cooley. Evening. T:30 Prelude, Jugo-SIav orchestra. Lecture, "The Babylonian Finger Writes Again," Tom Skeyill. BEER RULING TP BE MADE PROPOSED MEDICIXAIi REGU LATIONS AXTfOCXCED. Case Expected to Be- Made Unit of Prescription Unless Action Is Taken by Congress. WASHINGTON', D. C. July 20. Prohibition Commissioner Blair today announced that he would issue regu lations covering the use of beer- as a medicine within the next few days unless it appeared prohibitory action would be taken by congress in the meantime. Efforts to bring the Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill to a vote in the senate next week were blocked today by .opponents. The new regulations for the manu facture and use of beer for medical purposes are understood to make the case the unit for prescriptions, but set no limit to the number of pre scriptions which may be written or obtained, on the theory that Attorney-General Palmer held that the quantity of beer or the number of prescriptions might be limited, but not both. Regulations for the use of wine as medicine are understood to permit two quarts to be prescribed at one time. Formal proposals by Senator Ster ling, republican. South Dakota, for final disposition of the measure early next week were thwarted by Senator Broussard. democrat, Louisiana, who refused to enter into a unanimous consent agreement. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon league, today is sued another state.ment urging prompt action on the bill, which, he said, would prevent breweries from making "real beer" in a day or two after the regulations are issued, as they are likely to do. AUTHOR LECTURER HERE "Auntie" of American Expedition ary Forces in Portland. Mother Goose and the "Auntie of the American Expeditionary Forces," one and the same person, by name. CJeorpina Faulkner, author of ch! dren's stories and lecturer, arrived in Portland last night and visited at the home of Sanford Smith, 609 Siskiyou street. She leaves this morning for White Salmon, where she will enter tain the children at the Chautauqua. Georgina Faulkner is the author cf "Story Lady" stories which appeared in the Toadies' Home Journal. A num ler of them also were published r. 'the Sunday Oregcnian several years ago She is now lecturing on a Chau tauqua circuit where she appears Hi the costume of Mother Goose and tells those stories so dear to the hearts of the youngsters. Her interpretation of the stories is also made in phono graph record form. V hile she was entertaining the overseas forces in France she askel an assembly if myone knew whero her nephew was. A soldier down in the front row said, "I wish you were .ny aunye," and thereafter she waJ termed the "auntie" of the American expeditionary forces. PLANES GANT SINK CRAFT Ex-Gcrman Is Hit 13 Times ' by Bombs, but Still Floats. ON BOARD THE DESTROYER DEARY, en route to Norfolk, Va., July 20. (By the Associated Press. Air craft failed today to sink or mate rially damage the ex-German battle ship Ostf riesland. in the opening of the rinal phase of the joint army and navy bombing tests off the Virginia coast to determine the effect of air plane attacks on capital and other types of warships. Dropping a total of 52 bombs, 33 of 230 pounds and 19 of 520 and 600 pounds, navy, marine corps and army aviators placed 13 of them on board and practically all of the others in the water close by. About all the apparent damage resulting, however. was to the upper decks and super structure. Immediately around the spots where the projectiles struck. HOSPITALITY IS PRAISED Dentists Return 'From Post-Grad uate School In Canada. OREGON CITY, July 20. (Special.) With a tribute to the hospitality of Vancouver and British Columbia, four local dentists returned today from a week's attendance at the post graduate school held under the auspices of the Oregon, Washington and British Columbia Dental associa ciattons. Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Mount, Mr and Mrs D, A. Morris, Dr. D. E. Harden brook and Dr. L. L. Pickens were those who attended from this city. FILM CENSOR'S TO CONFER National Movement Is Launched for Uniform Regulations. NEW. YORK, July 20. In an effort to crystallize opinion and attain uni formity of censorship, a conference of motion picture censors from all the principal cities in the United States will be held in Loa Angeles August 16. Announcement to that effect was made today by Carl Laemmle, motion picture magnate, who said he already had received word from represent atives of many of the censor boards that they would attend. TIDE LANDS TO BE PROBED State Officials Carry Investigation to Clatsop County. SALEM. Or, July 20. (Special.) Sam A. Koier, secretary of state, and George G. Brown, secretary of the state land board, left for Astoria to night, where they will make an in vestigation concerning the leasing of tide lands. Applications for the leasing of these lands were received by the elate land board yesterday, but definite action was deferred pending such time as a complete Investigation can be made. Phone your want ads to Tte Ore gonlan. Main 7070, Automatlo 560-85. PHONE RITE COT N Fat Company Should Be Put on Diet, Says Tomfmson. VALUATION BASIS IS HIT Depreciation Costs and Payment of 4 Yi Per Cent to Parent Cor poration Declared UnTair. (Continued From First Page.) depreciation costs, permitted by the commission are too hig'h, according to Mr. Tomlinson. Most public eerv ice commissions, he said, are requir ing public utility concerns to show facts of cost of depreciation. Instead of theory, and this practice should be adopted by t'he Oregon com mission. "Records which we will introduce as testimony show that the Pacif'c Telephone & Telegraph company has collected $23,000,000 for its deprecia tion fund during the last 12 years, which is 28 per cent of the depreci able property owned by the com pany." he said. "We will show also that the com pany has been required to spend but 2.63 per cent of its depreciable property annually. "Diet" la Suggested. "The fact of the matter is that the telephone company has been accumu lating excess 'fat' and the time is at hand when the commission should place the company on a 'diet' until t-hiis fat has been consumed. "We contend that 2 per cent it sufficient for collections for this fund and this convmiesion having the au thority to investigate and fix Phe depreciation as the'needa require should exercise its powers ami re duce this excessive burdens" The present valuations of holdings of the telephone company in Oregon, according to Mr. Tomlinson, are ex cessive and he pointed out that courts have ruled that the commis sion has the legal right to change the rate base whenever justice de manded. - According to Mr. Tomlinson, the valuation of the company's holdings in this state have been fixed by the commission at $12,429,679, of which he said that 31.182.220 consists of In tangible assets. Tfte valuation, he pointed out. is $1,800,000 above the company's own estimate of a prac tical performance valuation and only 3700.000 lower than the highest esti mate made by engineers of the com pany, Comparison Is Made. As a means of proving that the Oregon valuation referred to was ex cessive Mr. Tomlinson called atten tion to the fact that Maryland, in which 'there are 122,000 telephones, compared with 104.000 in Oregon, the valuation has been set at $16,725,000 on December 31. 1919. The Oregon valuation, he pointed out, had been made long before the European powers entered into war fare, when materials were cheaper by far than they wire at the time of making the Maryland inventory. The fair value placed on a telephone in Maryland, he explained, was 1136, while according to his own computa tions, the fair price value of an in strument in Portland is $156.49. In Indiana, a state four times the size of Oregon, the valuation of the telephone company was placed at $15,000,000 in February, 1920. Lower Rate Base Asked. "The rate base In this state should be reduced." Mr. Tomlinson declared, "because we contend and can show that there is much duplication in plant facilities, antiquated equipment is in use and above all, the entire or ganization is top heavy." The commission was told that the city of Portland would contend that the Pacific company should not be permitted to pay the parent company anything for "so-called" services. The present contract between the .Oregon company and the parent company, he declared, contains no provision for extra service of any kind but "merely calls for the payment of 4 per cent for the rental and maintenance of in struments and patents owned by the parent company. "It is our contention that the local company should pay a fair rental for the use of the instruments furnished by the parent company," he said. "And such a rate should be not more than 55 cents a year for each instrument and we think even less." Payment Declnred Unfair. Mr. Tomlinson said that the pay ment of any percentage to the parent company was not fair to the telephone users of Oregon because it put a premium on extravagance and poor management and above all is against pubiif policy. By- the present ar rangement he held that the more money that was spent by the telephone company, reflected in in cussed rates meals more money to the parent company. " "The whole push of this case is In the interest of the American Tele phone & Telegraph company. The more that we are Injured and, in fact, the more that the local company is injured, the better it is for the parent company. "This is shown by the fact that when this hearing opened we saw more than 40 witnesses for the tele phone company collected in this city. Some have scattered, but they are within reach or call. Others will come. There are a number of wit nesses here representing the American company, brought here from New York to aid the parent company in re taining its Oregon profits." Mr. Tomlinson quoted in the deci sions from various states that have refused to allow the 414 per cent on the ground that such an arrangement is not scientific or justified. Some of the commissions, he stated, have allowed it, but in their orders they have apologized for so doing. Corey's Statement Doubted. Commissioner Corey interrupted the speaker at this point to say that the Oregon commission had in reality al lowed the parent company less money from Oregon than did other commis sions. Mr. Tomlinson did not agree, hold ing that the commission had included the value of the instruments in the capitalization of the Oregon company and had allowed the parent company 55 cents lor each telephone in ad dition. "What we want is to see a fair rate of rental established and nothing more," he explained. "For we contend that the Pacific company is still pay ing the parent company 4 ',4 per cent of its gross earnings in this state." Inter-relation of the Pacific Tele phone company wits the Western Electric company, as a subsidiary or ganization to the American Telephone & Telegraph company, should be con sidered in connection with establish ment of Oregon rates, according to Mr. Tomlinson. He said that Inas much as the Western Electric com pany was selling goods-at a profit. and that the local company was forced to purchase its materials from this company, the American Telephone & Telegraph company was collecting 4 per cent of the gross earnings directly and in addition profit derived through sale of goods by the Western Electric "It should be borne In mind by this commission," he stated. "That New York tells the Oregon officials when to spend money and how much. If they authorize the expenditure of $5,000,000 the valuation of the com pany is thus increased, adding to the 4 per cent, and the parent company Is also profiting by the sale o.f goods through its supply house." Attorney Tomlinson urged that the commission continue the investiga tion Inaugurated in the Oregon tele phone by the city of Portland. He said that the city had only three months in which to make its probe and that the field is not exhausted. The commission, he thought, should keep its pulse on the utility by es tablishing a rate which would force the utility to practice economy to the very limit. "This commission," he argued, "Is not bound by law to give the com pany any returns. If it is shown that the company is not operating econom ically and if there is an over-valuation of the rate base." "How can you say, off hand, Mr. Tomlinson; that the rate base is over valued?" asked Commissioner Corey. President' Words Quote!. "I m not prepared to demonstrate the fact at this particular time." an swered Mr. Tomlinson. "but I will produce evidence which I am certain will prove to your satisfaction that my contention ia correct and based on fact." Mr. Tomlinson read an extract from the 1920 report of the president of the American Telephone 4e Telegraph, company, in which he wrote that the telephone industry was a national organization and the finances of the company could not be understood unless they were merged into one. He argued that national control of the telephone utility must come and urged .the commission to take the fact that the telephone is a national organization into consideration when arriving at a rate of charges for Oregon. Chairman Williams asked Mr. Tom linson if he approved of government ownership of railroads in Tace of the results of the wartime control of the lines. Mr. Tomlinson said he did not neces sarily advocate government owner ship of telephones, but government control. Chairman Williams persisted In in terpreting the arguments of Mr. Tom linson in connection with the nation-' al control of telephones with gov ernment ownership of railroads, until finally Attorney Tomlinson insisted that railroads are not very pertinent in fixing" rates of telephones." Request for Data Ignored. A number of requests to the tele phone company by the city had not been heeded and Mr. Tomlinson re quested the commission to compel the company to supply the data, includ ing lists of telephone subscribers who had demanded removal of telephones since March 1, the number of tele phones actually returned since that date, the number of new installations made in the same period of time, sev eral maps and the names and ad dresses of subscribers connected on four and ten-party lines. In closing his argument. Mr. Tomlinson stated that if the telephone company could actually show that additional revenue above that received prior to March 1 was necessary to give adequate serv ice, the commission should place the additional burden upon toll lines, business telephones and possibly one party lines: in other words, place the burden upon enterprises that received some monetary benefits from the use of the telephone, and not upon resi dence telephones required simply for emergency and infrequent use. Presentation of evidence to sup port the city's application for a re hearing, will begin tomorrow and probably will continue throughout Friday. War Contract Held in Force. Charges made by Attorney Tomlinson that present telephone rates are based in part on a standard contract adopt ed by ex-Postmaster-General Burleson during war times and not on the actual contract existing between the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com pany and the American Telephone & Telegraph company, the parent con cern, opened up an argument in which members of the commission as well as counsel for the telephone company participated. After lengthy argument, it was de veloped that the standard war con tract had never been signed by offi cials of the Pacific Telephone com pany, because, according to Attorney Shaw, the -original contract entered into many years ago. with amend ments made later, had peculiar advan tages to- the local company. It was developed also that the con tract undVer which the parent company and the Pacific company are now op erating was not in the records of the commission in previous cases, al though attorneys for the company ...an.m.nrea uiit tney nad explained the situation fully to the commission regarding these contracts at hearings in the past. The contract subject came up dur ing the time that I. Greenbaum a drygoods merchant of Salem, was on the stand. He had testified that as a member of the Salem city council he had made an exhaustive investigation into the methods of operation em ployed' by the telephone company and had found that the company had three sinking funds. The first of these funds, he held, waa for replacements, which he held to be proper. The second covered ex tensions, which the witness believed present subscribers should not be called upon to pay for. The third covered redemption of bonds. This he thought was not a regular procedure. Payment Arev Criticised. Attorney Shaw of the company, during the cross-examination, found that the witness had not read the last order of the commission relating to the telephone case. He then in formed the witness that the commis sion had corrected just the things he had complained about. The witness then expressed the opinion that no company could be successful If It paid 4V4 per cent of Its gross earnings to a parent com pany. This the telephone company h.ad done. Chairman Williams handed the witness a copy of the telephone rate order, informing him that the com mission had put an end to the pay ment of 414 per cent of the company's earnings, and that aNcopy of the con tract existing between the two com panies could be found in the order. It was at this point that Attorney Tomlinson entered the ease, present ing a hypothetical question to the witness, in which the latter was asked to assume that the contract between the two companies was not in the record of the commission. "What are yon trying to do?" asked Chairman Williams. "Are you endeavoring deliberately to mislead the witness, Mr. Tomlneon7" "No, your honor, I am not," an swered the attorney. 'I mean to ray that the copy of the contract appear ing In the records is not the contract under which the Pacif'c company and the parent company are operating. If I am not mistaken, it is a copy of the so-called standard contract, which 'n this case ia between the American Telephone & Telegrapli company and the Southern NW Englaua company "As a matter of fact, a. search for the real contract was made and I went to your employes to aid me and they were unable to una It. "You may be omnipotent and omnl sclent," said Chairman Williams, "but the contract waa in the record. I read it and wrote it into the order. If this is not true, then I am a per jurer and have violated my oath of office." Commissioner Buchtel said he had sent a certified copy of the contract to Mr. Tomlinror. several days ago. "I have that, but it is my opinion that it is not the same contract." Mr. Tomlinson said. Attorney Shaw, who had vigorously objected to Attorney Tomlinson "s questioning and references to the contract, said he probably would clear up the situation by explaining that one of the exhibits placed into the records two years ago was a copy of the standard contract adopted by Postmaster-General Buries )ii. Pact Declared Not Signed. The standard contract which the government adopted during the war. Attorney Shaw explained, had not been signed by officials of the Pa cific company, but when the holdings of the telephone company returned to private ownership, the Pacific com pany reverted to its old contract. "There is not an element in this contract that has not been presented to this commission in detail," Attor ney Shaw declared. . Before the smoke had cleared away on this argument. Attorney Tomlin son precipitated another clash when he Inferred that the telephone com pany was actually paying the parent company 4 per cent of its gross earnings. In face of the failure of the commission to recognize such a cnarge in its last order. It had been pointed out by the commission that the actual value of the instruments loaned to the Pa cific company and the cost of main taining such instruments had been included In the valuations of the Pa cific company and that in addition the Pacific company received the right to pay the parent company 55 cents a year ror each telephone station in the state as payment for other serv ices. Discrimination Is Asserted. ' Objections were hurled by the coun sel of the telephone company that Mr. tomlinson could not possibly be on the right track, but finally he was permitted to continue question ing his witness. "Assuming that the Pacific com pany Is paying the parent company $3.37 out of the $75 that you pay for your business telephone for service actually worth 55 cents," he ques tioned, "assuming that the company is paying 'this sum in spite of the commission and if the Portland tele phone rate is $120 a year and assum ing that the company is paying the parent company $5.40 out of this, would you call that discrimination?" "I certainly would." answered the witness. Ray L. Smith, city attorney for Sa iem, called Mrs. R. D. Barton to the witness stand during the morning session. She testified that for three months following the time telephone rates were increased, she encountered poor Bervice, including calls to her telephone which were intended for other parties. On cross-examination by Attorney Shaw, the witness said she had been informed that the telephone company was making extensive changes In the Salem system for the purpose of im proving the service, and that after July 1 she had encountered no trouble. TELEPHONE EARNINGS HIGH Prosperous Showing for 1921 by Parent Concern. The American Telephone & Tele graph company's report for the first six months of the year ended June 30 showed a balance before dividends of $26,512,103. equivalent to $5.89 a share earned on the $449,384,000 capital stock. This compared with $26,328, 663, or $5.95 a share, on the $441,981. 200 stock in the corresponding period of 1920. After dividends of $18,938. 597 were paid, the company showed a surplus amounting to $7,573,506. against a surplus of $S,646,320 last year for the same period. The total Income was shown as $53,428,855. so that with a deduction of expenses amounting to $17,048,730 the report indicated net earnings of $36,380,125, against $35,750,460 earned In 1920. W. S. Giford. vice-president of the company, pointed out that the surplus of $7,573,508 did not include the undivided earnings of the asso ciated companies, so that including the company's equity in these earn ings, for the same period, the surplus earnings were more than $12,000,000. In .his statement to stockholders President H. B. Thayer said: "In spite of the slowing upof gen eral business, the exchange in toll traffic of the Bell system is larger for the first half of this year than it was for the corresponding period last year. The growth in subscrib ers' telephones has also been unin terrupted and a net gain of approxi mately 285.000 telephone stations has also been made during the six months of the year. This growth has been air ready financed and is now on a rev enue producing basis. "With the service as a whole better than ever given previously In this country or elsewhere, there is a spirit In the entire organization wnicn wuj not be satisfied untrl still higher standards have been reached." TEST WELL BLOWS GAS Flow Ignited and Costly Drilling Equipment 19 Wrecked. BIIjLINGS, Mont.. July 20. The Barnsdell Foster corporation of Tulsa. Okla., encountered a heavy flow of wet gas In its deep test well on the Battle Butte structure. Lake Basin area. 21 miles northwest of Billings this afternoon and ten minutes later the his derrick and drilling equipment of the company were a heap of ashes and molten steel and Iron. Sparks from the forge in the derrick had ig nited the gas as it rushed upward through the casing. Tonight the burning trass er was sending flames 40 feet into t'he air and the fire was visible for miles around the well. The flow was est! mated by company officials at from three to four 'million, cubic feet a day. Tools were plugging the hole and a big stream of water was being turned into the casing in an effort to extitt guish the flames. REVOKE PAROLE, IS PLEA Youth May Again Be Returned to State Training School. SALEM, Or., Jul 20. (Soeclal.) Application to revoke the parole of John M. Splker, IS years old. .con' vlcted of forgery, and later paroled from the state training school for boys, was filed In the circuit court here today with Judge Kelly. Com plaint against Splker waa made by Gale & Co. The hearing has been set for Frl day. Since Spiker's parole he has been employed on a ranch. SMASH CAUSES -WRANGLE Hood River Takes Sides Over Auto Accident on Downtown Streets. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 20. (Spe cial.) Although only minor damage resulted to the automobiles and no body was injured, no Hood River au tomoblle accident has created such excitement as a collision tonight be Cook: Carnation Puddings jj Cream Sauces, Y Fudge Custards Gravies ' Cakes Biscuits Scalloped Dishes; 4 tween cars driven by Karl "Weber, a local man, and W. J. Farrell, accom panied by his wife, en route from Casper, Wyo., to Portland. The crash occurred at a prominent business street intersection. After wards Mr. Farrell proceeded on out of town over the Columbia river high way. Traffic Officer Murray over hauled the visiting motorist about six miles west of the city. A charge of speeding at the time of the accident was booked against Mr. Farrell. He was released on $10 bail but declared that he would return to fight the case, which will occur at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Opinion of bystanders was divided, some ac quitting Mr. Weber, while other prom.' Inent business men. have offered to take the stand in behalf of Mr. Farrell. JITNEY DOOM PREDICTED Seattle Expected to Regulate Buses Off Streets. SEATTLE, Wash., July ?9. Within 30 days not a Jitney will be left on the streets of Seattle, Carl H. Reeves, su perintendent of public utilities, pre dicted today, following the news that the state supreme court had upheld the . right of cities to regula-te motor buses. Mr. Reeves pointed out that the city council had passed a resolution declar ing- its intention to refuse permits to jitneys except in the cases of those serving: in an interurban capacity or those running in districts not covered by street cars. This resolution was made temporarily ineffective by an in junction which stayed proceedings un til the supreme court could pass on the question. At present there are scores of Jit neys paralleling street-car tracks all over the city. MOVIE ACTRESS DIVORCED Degree Given Pearl White From McCutcheon on Xeglect Charge. PROVIDENCE, R. I.. July 20. Pearl White, motion picture actress, has been granted a divorce from Wallace McCutcheon by the superior court here on the ground of neglect to provide. The petition was filed under her real name. Pearl McCutcheon. Di vorce was granted without alimony. Final decree will be entered in six months. Ben Branch's Estate $4000. Ben B. Branch, pioneer Portland po liceman, left an estate valued at 94000, according to the petition for probate of will filed in the circuit court by the widow, Mrs. Emma Branch, yes terday. Mr. Branch died July 2. Real estate valued at $2000 and a life in surance policy for that amount com prise the property. In a will ex ecuted October 2. 1900. Mr., Branch bequeathed his daughter, Mrs. May E. Tompkins. $100. and left the residue of his estate to his widow. Bridge "Hangout" Protested. The Shaver Transportation company filed petition with the city council yes terday asking for police aid in clean ing up a hangout of drunks and loafers under the east approach of the Burnside bridge. The women employes of the company are forced to pass the lounging place going to and from work at a company office maintained on the waterfront beneath the bridge. Boys Returned to School. SALEM, Or., July 20. (Special.) Loren Travis and Hampton Hartwig. who escaped from the state training scnooi nere iu days ago, were cap tured yesterday near Crow, Lane county, according to Information re ceived at the school today. The boys will be returned here tomorrow. At the time of their escape they were employed about the grounds of the institution. .Federal Theft Charge Faced. SALEM, Or., July 20. (Special) Archie Donson, arrested here recently charged with the theft of an automo bile in San Francisco, was taken to Portland tonight by federal officers He will be prosecuted under the fed eral act making It a crime to take a stolen car from one state to another. For en abundance of soft. lUAununr v $v-i MM wifrh beauty (MH and radiant wifh life.use - wNlewbro's34Terpicide anhattan hirt Beginning this morning we will place on special sale our entire line of Manhattan Shirts. This will be your best opportunity to supply your shirt needs for the season. The materials are in Percales, Madras, Flannels, Silks and Silk and Linen Mixtures. Manhattans 2 i f Manhattans $2 $3.00 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00 $5.50 $6.00 $7.00 $7.50 $8.50 $10.00 See Our Window Display ma. MEN'S Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison STATE NOT TO GET SHIP EOOXOMY PREVENTS ASSIGN MENT OF OREGON. Letter Conveying Information He ceived by Adjutants-General From Mr. Roosevelt. SALEM. Or., July 20. (Special.) Reduction of naval appropriations will make It impossible for the gov ernment to assign the historic battle ship Oregon to the state this year at federal expense, according to a letter from Assistant Secretary Roosevelt received today by George A. White, adjutant-general of Oregon. The letter was a personal rather than an official communication and referred incidentally to Mr. Roose velt's desire to send the battleship to Oregon in accordance witih con versations which he had had with Colonel White on the subject. Oregon may have the battleship of course, by foot-ins the bill fo-t keeping the boat here. Mr. Roosevelt said in his letter. "That matter Is entirely outside my province," said Colonel White, "as I had merely suggested that tine ship be sent here for the training of naval reserves residing In Oregon and entirely at government expenee." Red Men Plan River Trip. OREGON CITY, Or.. July 20. (Spe cial.) The first river excursion to leave Oregon City for many years will be on Sunday, August 14, when steam er Madeline of Portland, will leave the Busch dock at Twelfth and Wa ter streets for Latourelle falls. The excursion Is to be given under the auspices of the social club of Wacheno Tribe, No. 13, Improved Order of Red Men. There will be dancing on board. The Kam-l-ac-kin orchestra of six pieces will furnish music and jazz for the occasion. Fare Reduction Proposed. SALEM. Or.. July 20. (Special.) Edwin Foster, traffic manager of the DEMAND FDR TANLAC BREAKS ALL RECORDS Amazing Success Achieved by Celebrated Medi cine Not Only Phenomenal, But Unprece dentedOver 20,000,000 Bottles Sold in Six Years Foreign Countries Clamor for It. Never before, perhaps, in the history of the drug trade has the demand for a proprietary medicine ever approached the won derful record that is now being: made by Tanlac, the celebrated medicine which has been accomplishing such remarkable results throughout this country and -Canada. As a matter of fact, the marvelous success achieved by this medicine is not only phenom enal, but unprecedented. The first bottle of Tanlac to reach the public was sold just a little over six years ago. Its success was imme diate and people everywhere were quick to recognise It as a medicine of extraordinary merit. Since that time there have been sold throughout this country and Canada something over Twenty Million (20,000,000) bottles, establishing a record which has prob ably never been equalled In the his tory of the drug trade in America. Fame I. International. The Instant and phenomenal success which Tanlac won when It was first Introduced has been extended to prac tically every large city, small town, village and hamlet In North America. Its fame has become International in its scope and England, Japan. Mexico, Cuba, Hawaii, Alaska. Porto Rico and many European countries are clamor ing for It. From coast to coast ana from the Great Lakes, Tanlac Is known and j honored. Millions have taken It with L lie mvs; a VA. " " - Sale! Manhattans 5 Manhattans 3 Manhattans $3 Manhattans this wear Willamette Valley Southern Railway company, has filed with the Oregon public service commission applica tion to Put Into effect for a short time special week-end fares from all points on his line to Oregon City and Portland. A fare and a third for the round trip is the charge set out in the proposed new tariff. No action had been taken by the commission to night with relation to the applica tion. Uead The Oregonlan classified ads. 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Still others, who seemed fairly well, yet who suffered with indigestion, headaches, shortness of breath, diaxy spells, sour, gassy stomachs, coated tongues, foulness of breath, constipa tion, bad complexion, loss of appetite, sleeplessness at night and of terribly dejected, depressed feelings, state that they have been entirely relieved of these distressing symptoms and re stored to health and happiness by the use of Tanlac Tanlac Is sold In Portland by the Owl Irug Co. Adv.