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THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAT. JtTLT 22, 1921 IRISH CONFERENCE EiS FOR PRESENT f. De Valera to Consult With Followers in Dublin. MEW OVERTURES PLANNED Communique Is Issued Saying That Basis for Further Debate lias 'ot Been Reached. LOXDOX. July 21. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The basis for a con ference to attempt a settlement of the Irish question has not yet been found, it was announced in the offi cial communique issued after a con ference today between Earaonn De Valera and Premier Lloyd George, who have been conferring with the object of finding such a bt.sis. Mr. De Valera and his colleagues, added the communique, will return to Xublin tomorrow and he will com municate with Mr. Lloyd George after further discussions with his follow er there. After the conference with the prime minister, Mr. De Valera and Robert C. Barton and Art O'Brien, who accom panied him to Downing street, drove In a motor car to their hotel. Mr. Barton, however, accompanied by Sec retary Childers of the Irish delega tion, immediately' returned to Down ing street, where it required an hour's further discussion before an agree ment was reached on the text of the communique. Irish Submit Draft. The Irish delegation submitted the first draft of the communique, to which L.loyd George withheld his assent. His substitute failed to meet with the approval of the Irish repre sentatives and a lengthy exchange ensued before a draft mutually satis factory was drawn. The text of the commique, which was issued first by the Irish delega tion, being withheld at Downing street for more than half an hour, is as follows: "Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. De Va lera had a further conversation at 11:60 o'clock this evening, lasting about an hour. The basis tor a fur ther conference has not yet been found. Mr. De Valera has arranged to return to Ireland tomorrow and to communicate with Mr. Lloyd George again after further discussion with his coiJeagues." Lord Canon Hopeful. A hopeful view of the Irish peace negotiations wa taken by Lord Cur son, the secretary for foreign af fairs, in the house of lords tonight. It was the government's intention not to have an autumn session of parliament. Lord Curzon said in an swer to a question: but if the Irish negotiation's proved successful -and so far, he was glad to say, they mnieu cnargea witn ho-pe-it was reasonable that the assembling of parliament In the autumn might be Aeueasary. Irish Freedom Demanded, MANITOWOC, Wis., July 21. "Jus tice demands a free Ireland." was the wording of a cablegram sent to Pre mier Lloyd George of England by the tvisconsin p eaeratlon or Labor con vention following the adoption today of resolutions urging President Har ding and congress to recognize the inaepenuence of the Irish republic PLANE'S ABILITY PROVED (Continued From First .rage.) sinking ship while the official observers went ver. to examine the hull, the army planus, carrying one-ton bombs, were ordered out. One Hits Near Edge of Dwk. One of the 1100-pound bombs struck near the edge of the deck on the star board side, tearing a great hole In that deck and the two below and blowing out a part of a shell plating on the ship's side. It failed, however, to penetrate the protective deck. The other two 1100-pounders hit on the starboard side' of the deck be tween the two waist turrets. Both penetrated to the protective deck and badly damaged the superstructure above the upper deck, particularly the uptakes from the boilers. Observers said that, while the ex plosions would have put the force draft system out of commission, they would not have placed the ship out of commission. The two other 1100 pound bombs dropped struck over board near the ship, but apparently did not open up her hull. Before the day's attack, the . Ostfriesland had gone down by the stern nearly two feet as the result of the flood of the after fire room. Officers on the official board be lieved CH is was due to damage done to a leaky valve in the engine room. which had given trouble since the ship first was taken over by the United States. One One-Ton Bomb Bits. Only one of the seven one-ton bombs bombs dropped by the airmen struck the Ostfriesland. The first one launched landed about 104 yards off the starboard bow. The second also was short and It was perfectly evi dent that the bombers were seeking to drop their projectiles close along side, as that proved effective in sink- ng the cruiser Frankfurt. The third bomb fell CO yards off the bow. and "the fourth one hit on the bow, exploding with great force. The fifth landed Just forward of the after turret. The explosion sent a great column of water across her deck. The sixth bomb probably did the greatest damage of any. It struck close along side near the stern and rocked the ship badly, besides sweeping the quar terdeck clean of some gun mounts and torpedo tubes piled on it. Another bomb followed. Istrlklne the water off the starboard (auarter. also showered the decks. The Ostfries land already had begun to settle, but the Handley-Page In the air fleet still carried a ton of explosives, which It dropped as a farewell salute lust after the big battleship disappeared irora view. POLICE CONTINUE CLEANUP Several Men and Women Arrested In Underworld Campaign. "War on the underworld was con tinued last night by the police. Ah Soo, 70 North Fourth street. was found with lottery paraphernalia in his possession and was released on J100 bail. Five visitors were ar rested with .him and bailed out at $25 each. James Allen, Itinerant laborer. 29 years old, was arrested with cocaine in his possession. Violet Kerns, 20 years old. was ar rested at 284 North Second street charged with violation of the hotel ordinance. Bail was set at J100. Mrs. S. Clarke, 35 years old. was taken at 322 First street, charged with disorderly conduct. Dora Duffy and Grace Wilkinson, negresses. were arrested at Eleventh and Hoyt streets and booked as vagrants. SERVICE ATTACKED By PHONE TESTER Results of Portland Investi gation Announced. EX -EMPLOYE ON STAND Tjfmg Waits Before Central Re sponds and Disconnections Be fore Conversation Ends. (Continued From First T-agel the sinning ship and was given cheer by the guests on the Hender son when he passed that vessel after he had headed his Z-5 pursuit plane for Langley field. General Mpnnh.. later sent him the following radio message: iiiisrttcuiaiions to you and en tire aircraft brigade on your urilliant periormance today." With the sinking of the Ostfrles land, the air men. during the month or joint DomDlng tests off the coast have sent down by means of bombs practically every type of fighting a suomarine, a destroyer, i cruiser and a dreadnaught. In add! tlon. navy airmen found and bombed me oia oattieship Iowa while that craii was seeking to approach the cuaoi irom sea under radio control. Denby Issues Statement. Soon after the Ostfrieslanri rtls.rv. reared. Secretary Denby of the navy department, who with Admiral Koontz, chief of naval operations, and many other high naval officers, army officers and members of congress, had viewea me DomBlne from th transport Henderson, issued the fof- iuming statement: lhe plunge of the Ostfriesland wnen ene sanK after the terrific pounding of the last few days, ended one of the most remarkable and in teresting series of experiments ever conducted. They have been orai-tlo- ally perfect in co-ordination between the two services and have been char acterized throughout by a fine spirit of comradcshlD. Scientific inn,o, of the utmost value undoubtedly will uuLamnaing ana a most admirable feature has been the splen did courage and skill of the airmen. 1 congratulate them." Bomb Held Real Menace. Ma jor-General Charles F. Menoher. chief of the army air service, who was aboard the Henderson, declared in a statement that he-did not think the sinking of the Ostfriesland showed that the battleship was doomed, but that it did show that the aerial bomb constituted a real men ace to capital ships which roust be met. "A cold, material fact has been demonstrated," he said. "That fact is that the battleship can be sunk by the aerial bdmb. That's the real lesson of this affair. The only thing to be done is to view that as a cold, ma terial fact and attack the problem ac cordingly. "I have not changed my mind at all as to the result of the bombing maneuvers. I have always- contended that the bomb did constitute a very grave menace to the capital ship and that extraordinary precautions had to be taken to meet the menace. That's the whole story." Two Distinct Attacks Made. Naval experts said the science of naval construction had not pro gressed to . the point where a ship could be built which would withstand such explosions as those occurring almost directly alongside the Ost friesland. They said the problem of protecting the battleship would have to be attacked Just as was that of protecting them against torpedo boats and later against submarines Two distinct attacks were carried out today against the Ostfrieslard after the bombing yesterday with - 230. 520 and 600-pound bombs. The first was made by seven army Mai'n bombers, which launched five bombs of 1100 pounds each, scoring three hits. These apparently failed to coinage the ship In any vital part and GENERAL CUT FORECAST Redaction in Rediscount Rates All Over Country Expected. WASHINGTON. July 21. Reduc tions in federal- reserve rediscount rates throughout the country gener ally were indicated today by high ad ministration officials as likely to fol low soon upon the action of the re serve banks of New York. Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco in bringing their rates down from 6 per cent to 5 per cent. Belief was ex pressed that the readjustment of the rediscount rates would mean the re duction to S per cent on those now 6 per cent and to 5V4 per cent of those now 6 per cent. A favorable reaction in the business situation throughout the country, ad ministration officials said, could be looked for as a result of lower levels, as this clear indication of easier money should stimulate idustrjes and business to greater activity. PILOT OF GOVERNOR DIES Captain's Appeal From Verdict of Negligence Yet Pending. SEATTLE, Wash., July 21. Cap tain Henry Marden. veteran Pacific coast steamship master and pilot of the steamer Governor when that yes ael sank off Port Townsend. Wa sh., last April 1, died at a hospital here last night after an illness of several months. He was born in Stockton, Me., in 1Kb 3. Captain Marden's appeal from a de cision of the local board of the steam boat inspection service finding him guilty of negligence in connection with the sinking of the Governor and suspending his pilot's license for one year is still pending. Woman Hugs Patrolman, Praying Fervently. After Policeman Escapes, Moon shine Drinker Crawls Out on Window Lediffe, But Is Rescued. w EDNESDAT night while they were doing their best to tame wild woman. Motorcycle Patrolmen Forken and Case were themselves nearly reduced to submission. She spat in Case's face and scratched Forken's glasses from his nose, break ing them. The luck continued last night when the pair answered a call at 241H First street, where Mrs. Sarah Cail, 50 years old. hugged Case while she fervently prayed. The call was sent in by a passerby who heard the woman screaming for help, and, fearing that murder was being done, the streets echoed the hideous warning of the siren. Mrs. Cail, in company with Harry Wilson, 50 years old, had been toying with moonshine. Case did not ob3ect to the prayer, but in combination with bad whisky it proved stifling. While Forken was caring for Wilson, he got rid of her by saying: "Go on into the other room and hide under the bed. The other officer never will find you. She reluctantly released him, but instead of hiding under the bed. she crawled through an open window onto a narrow sill, pulled down the curtain and lay there, flirting .with death in the chape of a possible fall of 20 feet. She was observed from the street and wild footsteps echoed in the hall of the house as someone searched for the room in order to rescue her. W hen the patrol wagon arrived she was unceremoniously pulled into the room and observers in the street breathed more- easily. Both were lodged in jail; Mrs. Cail booked as drunk and disorderly and Wilson charged with disorderly conduct. you were making the test for the city influenced the majority of the 'sub scribers to some extent?" Interrogat ed Attorney Shaw. "No, I don't." she answered. "Many of them refused to answer my ques tions be'cau&e they said that they feared that by so doing they would have their telephone removed." "Would you not have been sur prised if any person you called had told you that the service was fine and that the rates were satisfactory?" asked Attorney Sl)aw. "I don't know," the witness stated. "Two or three of them did say that rates were all right. One of them was an attorney in the downtown dis trict." "Was he an attorney of the tele phone company?" the company's coun sel asked. "No," she said, "but he was' on the inside." Lqngest Walt 137 Seconds. In connection with her test, Mrs. Johnson declared that the maximum time reported before central respond ed to a call was 137 seconds. She said that in making her test she had recorded only complaints which indi cated unusual trouble, throwing aside the complaints which, from her tele phone experience, appeared to her to be trivial and unavoidable. The exhibit contained extracts from the 1920 report of the Washington state public service commission in which it showed that the average time consumed before - the operator re sponded for a. number in telephones of email cities of the state was 4.26 while in Seattle the average time was 4.26. This test, it was explained, was made in 1918, shortly after the armistice 'had been signed and during an influenza epidemic During the last week of her test, which covered a period from June 29 to July 13, Mrs. Johnson told the commission that she had asked tele phone subscribers in Portland about the rates and in the majority of cases found that they were not satisfied. A few, she explained, wore willing to pay existing rates if the service was improved. In an attempt to show that every telephone subscriber would of neces sity suffer to some extent the poor service charged. Attorney Shaw dur ing cross-examination asked a series of questions concerning the usual ex perience of a telephone operator. Mrs. Johnson admitted that it is practically impossible to prevent the calling of wrong numbers, now and then, or to prevent cutting off par ties when they are talking, although she said that the operators, if com petent, should not do so. Astoria Contentions Heard. During this portion of the exam ination, with Attorney Shaw pressing hard to discredit the report covering persons caHed to their telephones when other numbers were desired, the witness was asked if it was not true that any telephone subscribers, in or der to tell the truth, must admit such a thing has occurred now and then. "Yes," - the witness admitted, "but my report covers persons who com plained of such an occurrence fre quently. For instance, I have the record of one woman who complained of being called to the telephone seven times in 30 minutes when the call was not intended for her telephone." During the early portion of the afternoon, James Mott, city attorney for Astoria, presented the conten tions of his city in the telephone re hearing case. Rates Are Declared High. Astoria is complaining, he said, be cause she is being called upon to pay rates which produce a return of 8.68 per cent, when computed upon a basis of returns of ten months of the present year, and two months of 1920, or 9.7 per cent when computed upon the estimated returns of 1921. He called N. Wigdon,- a rate expert in the employ of the telephone com pany, for the purpose of establishing the rate of return the company is receiving from Astoria.- Attorney Shaw objected to permit ting one of his witnesses to go- on the stand before the defense was called upon to lay its case before the commission.' Members of the commission, fol lowing the noon adjournment, over ruled the objection. Attorney Mott established the fact that the base rate of return in As toria is now $229,350, while in 1920 it had been $187,000. The rate of re" turn as shown in exhibits produced by the company at the last hearing based on estimated revenue was about 21 per cent, he developed, but this amount was reduced after the company had expended approximately $42,0K in improvements in Astoria. Plant Ensrlneer Called. Mr. Wigdon testified that the com pany e return in the state was 3.01 per cent and in Portland was a trifle over 2 per cent of the money invested. C. C. Flegger. plant engineer of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com pany, with headquarters in San Fran cisco, was then called to the stand by Attorney Mott. Mr. Flegger testified that the com pany was spending a large sum of money in Astoria to place the plant in that city in proper condition. Dur ing the war. he said, the company was not permitted to make any im provements except those absolutely necessary. He announced among other improvements the company was work ing on the removal of wires running through the windows of the exchange in Astoria. "When you do. Astoria will have a celebration," announced 'Attorney Mott. Rate Declared Excessive. In making his argument to the com. mission. Attorney Mott. using the fig ures presented by the company. - held that Astoria was paying an excessive rate of return to the company. He maintained that it was not fair for Astoria to pay for any deficit whica might occur in some other city of the state. . The commission was urged by Mr. Mott to readjust the Astoria rates to a point where the company would obtain only a reasonable return on its investment. "If it were necessary for the com mission to increase the telephone rates to enable the company to have & reasonable return, Astoria would not complain," he said. "But Astoria doesn't want to bear the burdens of Linn county or Marion county or any city in the state that might be oper ating at a loss. Flararea Are Challenged. "If it is unfair to ask California or Washington to pay rates that will aid the company in operating at a deficit in Oregon, then it is unfair to ask one community which gives a profit for its telephone service to help some other city or town that is receiving teiepnone service without paying a return upon it. "I don't believe that the rates com puted by the company are correct. I think that the engineers from Port land and other cities will knock these figures to pieces. But in spite of this, I have presented the company's own figures, and I hold that Astoria is paying an excessive return. I must leave this in the hands of the com mission, and let your conscience be your guide." After complimenting Attorney Mott on his logical and forceful presenta tion. Attorney Shaw in rebuttal, held that the Astoria city attorney had not grasped the real situation that exists in making rates for telephone service. Company's Side Heard. He declared that the company did not expect to make 9 per cent or any such similar figure in return for service given in Astoria, but said, that in presenting computation for the purpose of rate making, sums intended for future investment in plant extentions were Included. "If we did not include money that we have arranged to expend," he said. "we would be having rate cases in different cities throughout the state every other week."- But it should be borne In mind that we have expended large sums and are not yet througn with expen ditures for improvements. The in vestments reduce the rate of return, and as a result we will never see a 9 per cent return in Astoria. If I thought we would, I would ask the commission myself to reduce the rates In that city." Attorney Shaw also explained that the company attempts to distribute the rates throughout the state so that reasonable return will be obtained as a whole. In so doing, especially in a state that has not been fully de veloped, the company expects to gain Bigger returns from the large cities in order to offset the losses which come from -deficits for service given to small settlements and common! ties. Ratei Declared Too Low. Larger cities, he explained, profit rrom tne development of the state, and as a result it is considered fair that such cities bear a portion of the pioneering expense. "But even -under this theory we do not ask for a rate that is unreason able from any of the cities or towns," he explained. "I don't think this com mission, in its report of March 1, gave the company reasonable returns from any city or town in the state of Ore gon." Before presenting his first witness. Attorney Tomlinson called attention to the fact that in making compari sons on Wednesday on valuations of telephone systems of Oregon and oth er states he had given the valuation made in Oregon shortly after the pub lic service commission was estab lished. This valuation, amounting to $12, 000,000 in round numbers, had been increased, he said, by subsequent ad ditions to the plant, until today the valuation is $16,300,000. -Other Valuations Cited. The rate base, he explained, in West Virginia, which has twice the popula tion of Oregon was $9,000,000 in 1920; the valuation in 1920 of Virginia, three times the population of Oregon, was $13,000,000; the valuation of Mary land in 1918 was $16,000,000, while the rate base of Indiana, with four times the population of Oregon is $15,000,000. Edward ML Cousin, appearing In be half of the Oregon Telephone Federa tion, made his opening statement to the commission this morning. This statement was scheduled to have been made before he presented his witnesses but was delayed because of the desire of some of his witnesses to return quickly to their homes. In a general way, Mr. Cousin fol lowed the arguments offered on Wednesday by Attorney Tomlinson. Before closing, he informed the com mission that he would call about five or ten more witnesses before the case closes. FLAX HARVEST TO BEGIN More Than 200 Pnllers Seeded to Harvest- Big Crop. SALEM, Or.. July 21. (Special.) Marion county's flax crop, which pull ers will start to harvest next week, proDaDiy win return to the growers approximately $45,000, according to a survey completed recently by Robert Crawford, superintendent of the peni tentiary flax plant. a totai or (u acres or flax were planted this year, all but 40 of which were covered by state contract. Grow ers will receive $55 a ton for the Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. ROBERT VV. 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