Morning Oregonian., August 13, 1921, Page 13, Image 13

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921
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PACING RECORD SET
CLEVELAND
Single G. Lowers Season's
Mark of Two Minutes.
1920 SPEED' IS EQUALED
(Mare Ties Time or 1:59 Made
in Atlanta Last Fall Ed
Allen la Driver..
NORTH RANDALL, Cleveland. O..
Aug. 12. A new season's pacing rec
ord for one mile was established here
today when Single G. equaled his mark
of 1:59, made In Atlanta, last fall
The record was made in an attempt
by Single G to lower his season's rec
ord of 2 minutes. Single G., driven by
Ed Allen, Indianapolis, went the
first quarter in 29 M seconds, the half
in 69 seconds, the three-quarters
In 1:29)4 and the last quarter in 29V4
seconds.
With eJx races, including- one heat
of the 2:10 pace unfinished yesterday,
on the card, the races were decided
on the two-in-three-heat plan to com
plete the programme today.
The free-for-all pace, the feature
of the getaway card, went to Hal
Ala hone, the favorite.
Sanardo was forced to pace the last
quarter In 29 seconds to win the first
heat, which furnished the most spec
tacular finish of the meeting. Pop
Geers set the pace with. Sanardo
throughout and barely lasted to beat
the fast coming Hal Mahone.
Sanardo again set a terrific pace in
the second heat, but had nothing in
reserve when challenged by Hal Ma
hone in the stretch and was beaten
a length. The third heat was prac
tically a repetition of the second.
"Walter Cox and Tom Murphy each
drove their fourth winners of the
meeting. Cox was behind Hilda
Fletcher, which took the 2:18 trot,
.nd Murphy drove Carmelita Hall to
victory in. the 2:12 trot. W. A. Collins
of Penetanguishene, Canad'a, owner
of Lucy L., was suspended by the
judges for 30 days today for alleged
Improper driving of the mare in the
first heat of the 2:10 pace yesterday.
After Lucy L. had finished second C.
Valentine of Columbus was substi
tuted in the sulky. Lucy L. then won
the second and fourth heats and the
race. She finished sixth in the third
after bad racing luck.
2:10 class, pacing, purse $1200, unfin
ished, three heats Lucy L, blk. m., by
Xallas M. Jr. (Collins and Val
entine) 2 16 1
lawyer Swift 5 6 1 2
Jessie RtRgs 14 7 8
Peter Oliver S 2 2 ro
Lady Barongale 8 3 3 ro
Best time, 2:064.
2:1b class, trotting, purse $1200
Hilda Fletcher, br. m., by Peter the
Great (Cox) 1 1
Edna Forbes 2 2
Ueneral Knight 3 6
Kilo 10 3
Ulnque v. . 3 3
Best time, 2:08'4.
Free-for-all pace, value $1810
Hal Mahone, b. g., by Prince Argot
Hal (Childs) 2 1 1
Fan Ardo 1 2 3
Frisco June 3. 3 3
Juno 4 4 4
Best time, 2:01.
2:12 class, trotting, purse SlfOO
Carmelita Hall. br. m., by Walnut
Hall (Murphy) 1 1
Bruslloff 2 3
Little Dick 4 3
Bis Bing 3 4
Allle Ashbrook ......6 5
Best time, 2:074.
2:14 class, pacing, purse $1200 (first
division)
The Airship, b. g., by Baroa Gale
(Cares) 1 2 1
flay Forbes 4 1 3
Baby Ginter 2 4 2
Judge Wilkes , 3 8 4
Kid H ' (. 5 e 7
Best time, 2:07V4.
2:14 pacing, pursa $1200 (second divi
sion) Hal W. G., b. g.. by Hambrino Hal
(Jump) 1 1
Tover Boy 2 3
Billy Landis 7 3
Princess M 3 s
Ulna Direct 4 4
Best time. 2:06H.
SHORT GUP LEFT IN
SEPARATE BIDS MUST BE
ASKED FOR SO 00 FEET.
Hlatu9 Is on Pacific Highway
From West Linn Bridge to End
of West Side Pavement.
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OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Paving of 3000 feet of the Pa
cific highway, extending from the
West Linn bridge to the end of the
present contract for paving on the
west side, cannot be undertaken as
an extension to the present road work
and done as a part of the contract
now under course of completion.
separate oias ior tnis work, ac
cording to unofficial advices from the
highway commission, will have to be
advertised for, and the section from
Bolton to the bridge placed in an in
dividual contract.
Possibilities of this being done,
however, are slight at present due to
other complications that it Involves
in the road work In Clackamas
county. It is unofficially stated that
the highway commission will not un
dertake the completion of this gap of
road until matters concerning the im
provement of the South End road,
from Oregon City to Canemah, are
settled.
The reason for this Is that it Is de
eired to secure-a complete paved route
through this section of the state, and
that with the completion of the work
now under contract the strip on the
west end of the bridge and the South
End road would be the only unpaved
portions remaining. ,.
The Improvement of the South End
road has been under' consideration for
considerable time, although no def
inite action has ever been taken
Three possible routes have been sur
veyed and estimates on the work com
pleted. The highway commission
cannot make the improvement for the
reason that a large part of the road
is within the corporate limits of Ore
gon City.
RUTH HITS HIS 4 4TH HOMER
King of Circuit Clouters Xow 14
Days Ahead of Last Year.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Aug. 1!
Babe Ruth hit his 44th home run of
the season here in the eighth inning
of today's game with the Philadelphia
Americans- The ball went into the
left-field bleachers. No' one was on
base.
Ruth made his 44th homer in 1920
on August 26 off Kerr of Chicago, in
a game at Ivew York. He is 14 day
ahead of last year's record.
Vancouver 0, Victoria 6.
VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 12. Hansen,
Victoria pitcher, shut out Vancouver,
6 to 0, allowing the visitors but three
hits. Score:
R. H. E.I R. H. E
Vancouver 0 3 3 Victoria... 6 9 1
Batteries Marquis, Rachac and
Boelzle; Hansen and Rego.
RIP KING TO JOIX BEAVERS
Catcher .Says He Is Bringing Spec
Burke With Him.
Big Rip King 1 due here today to
join the Beavers from Regina, in the
Western Canada league. Regina has
dropped out of its league, so King,
who is the property of Portland, de
cided to come here at once instead of
finishing the season with Edmonton,
as he had permission to do.
He telegraphed from Spokane be
fore the game yesterday that he was
there, en route to Portland, and that
Speck Burke, a Portland boy, who
has been doing great as a third eack
er and hitting well over .200, is com
ing with him.
INDIANS BEAT WHITE SOX
SCORE IX OPEXIXG GAME OP
SERIES 6 TO 1.
Faber 3fot Effective as Usual and
Is Taken Oat Hodge Much
More of a Puzzle.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 12. Cleveland
today defeated Chicago in the opening
game of the series, 6 to 1. Faber
did nob have his usual effectiveness
against Cleveland and was taken out
after Cleveland had bunched hits in
each of the first four Innings, scoring
five runs. Hodge was much more of
a puzzle. Coveleskie blanked the
White Sox until the eighth. Score:
R. H. E. R- H. E.
Chicago 1 7 8Cleveland. .6 10 0
Batteries Faber, Hodge and Schalk;
Coveleskie and O'Neill.
Browns S, Tigers 1.
DETROIT, Aug. 12. Van Gilder
held Detroit to six hits today and
St. Louis won, 3 to 1 Leonard was
hit 12 times in eight Innings, but
the fielding of Bobby Jones kept down
the visitors' score. Score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
St. Louis... 3 13 UDetrolt 1 6 0
Batteries Van Gilder and Severeld;
Leonard, Mlddleton and Bassler.
Yankees 6, Athletics 8.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12. Timely
hitting by Witt and Dugan gave
Philadelphia an 8-to-6 victory over
New York and evened the series.
Ruth got his 44th homer In the eighth
by driving the ball into the bleachers.
There was no one on base at the
time. Score:
R. H.E.I R.H. E.
New York.. 6 10 UPhila 8 12 2
Batteries Hoyt, Ferguson and
Schang; Naylor, Hasty and Perkins,
Myatt.
ArSTRAL-IAXS TEJTXIS VICTORS
Decisive Victory Scored Over Team
From Denmark.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 12. Aus
tralia proved its superiority over
Denmark in tennis on the courts of
the Mayfield Country club here to
day, when J. O. Anderson defeated
Vagn Ingerslev and Norman Peach
was victorious over Erik Tegner.
The scores were 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 and 7-3,
6-2, 6-4, respectively.
So decisively did the Australians
demonstrate their superiority at the
net game that it was expected at the
end of today's play that the semifinal
series here would result in a clean
srweep for the players from the far
seas land.
Aggies 13, Washington State 10.'
SEASIDE, Or., Aug. 9. (To the
Sporting Editor.) Dear Sir: Please
tell me the score of the football game
played in 1916 between Oregon Ag
ricultural college and Washington
State college at Pullman, Wash., and
oblige. ANXIOUS.
"ETRIFIED BODY UNUSUAL
Form of Huge Creature With Head
Bearing Horns Is Discovered.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 12. Fur
tber information as to the petrified
body of gigantic proportions found
near Helenwood, in Scott county,
Tenn., has been received here. Cruise
Sexton of Helenwood found the "dev
il." as he calls it, July 20 last while
prospecting for coal.
The formation was five feet under
ground. It weighed something like 500
pounds and had a horned head of ab
normal size. Its mouth is of unusual
size with 24 prominent front teeth.
Long wings of brownish color reach
from the shoulders almost to the
ankles.
SCHOOL LAW EXPLAINED
One Election Covers Continuous
Transportation of Pupils.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Legal voters having approved the
transportation of pupils In the man
ner provided by law need not hold a
new election each year, but the board
of directors may continue to provide
for the transportation of the pupils
until the voters of the district de
cide to discontinue transportation.
This was the substance of a legal
opinion given here today by I. H.
Van Winkle, attorney-general.
The opinion was asked by J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
schools.
TWINS ARE MINIATURES
Billie and Jack Adams Weigh 11
and 17 Ounces Respectively.
BOGALUSA. La., Aug. 12. Billie and
Jack Adams, twins of Mr. and Mrs.
William Adams, are believed by local
doctors to be the smallest living folk.
Billie weighed 11 ounces at birth and
Jack 17.
Mrs. Adams six other children are
cf normal size.
The midgets appear to be in perfect
health.
Furniture of Late Queen Sold.
. HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Hundreds attended the public
auction sale of the furniture belong
ing to the home or the late Queen
Liliuokalanl. Three bath tubs, for
merly used by the queen, were sold
to a Chinaman for $37.50 each. Much
beautiful koa wood furniture was
also sold at ridiculously low figures.
Washington Place, former home of
the queen. Is being renovated in
preparation for its use as an execu
tlve mansion by Governor W. R.
Farrington.
Prohibition Director Xamcd.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 12. The
appointment of M. E. Cassidy of Bis
bee as prohibition director for Arizona
was announced today by Commis
sioner Blair,.
SHORTAGE IN PULPIT
BLAtViED ON CLERGY
Methodist Head Says Dull
Ministers Hurt Calling.
DUTIES HELD NEGLECTED
Some Pastors Belittle Profession
and Ridicule Dy Cartoonists Has
Harmful Influence.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. (Special.)
The clergy Itself Is chiefly responsible
for the serious decrease in the number
of candidates for the ministry in the
United States, in the number of stu
dents in Protestant theological semin
aries, according to Dr. Abram W. Har
ris, director of the board of educa
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
church. And not until the clergymen
themselves are willing to represent
their profession more attractively will
he present shortage be met, he said.
Dr. Harris spoke frankly the senti
ments that a number of clergymen
had hinted at in other articles dealing
with this situation.
"People can talk as much as they
please about recruiting seminary stu
dents in the colleges, schools, and
homes," Dr. "Harris said, "but, after
all, laymen can never take the place
In the work of the ministers them
selves. The other agencies are good,
of course, but the ministers must face
their duty and perform it graciously,
or the condition will not be remedied
Nothing is so forceful as a good ex
ample. If the clergymen were them
selves more enthusiastic about their
calling, and more effective and suc
cessful, they would draw plenty of
others, naturally."
Churchgoers Help "Boycott.
That church members also help to
"boycott" the minister by contribut
ing so meagerly to maintenance funds
that the church canot pay him a de
cent wage was emphasized - in the
California Christian Advocate, a Meth
odist publication, in its issue of May
21. The paper says that the largest
denomination in the United Statees to
day has one-fourth of Its pulpits
manned hy "supply" preachers, men
who are not regular ministers. "An
other denomination reports that 2000
of its pulpits are vacant," the paper
says. "Another reports that last year
over 3500 of its churches were with
outaPastoral care." Still another re
ports 1000 fewer ministers today than
la 1914. The paper goes on to say:
"In one denomination last year
over 1500 more unordained 'supply
preachers" were used than were used
ten years ago. The reason is that
not enough ministers are being grad
uated from the theological seminaries
to fill the ranks of the ministry. One
denomination reports that it needs a
thousand new ministers each year to
fill the gaps. In another denomina
tion, with about 1000 pastors, less
than half devote their full time to
ministerial work. An investigation of
3500 ministers in another denomina
tion showed that' only half of them
had a college education, "and one
fourth had both college and seminary
training.
"The economic boycott against the
ministry is largely responsible for
these conditions. The boycott has
been especially effective the last five
years. . Prices have risen from 50 to
150 per cent, yet the average salary
of the minister is little larger than
before the war- The average salary
paid .to ministers, including the rental
value of the house he lives in, a few
years ago was $700; last year it was
said by the Interchurch movement to
be $937. During the war the national
war labor board fixed upon $1700 as
a minimum wage for a family of five.
Later, in October, 1919, the bureau
of statistics of the department of la
bor made another investigation and
decided upon $2262 as the minimum
requirement for a family of five.
Ministers Ran Down Calling.
"Educators are agreed that as a
rule it is a bad sign when a teacher
does not draw some of his pupils into
his particular field. There Is usually
romething serious the matter with his
teaching if no boy or girl elects the
study from term to term. Tet in the
churches sometimes there is not a
single recruit in years, and the rule of
the classroom .may be applied equally
well to the ministry. A good minister
inspires other young men to try to
be as powerful an influence for good
in some community as he is. The
whole trouble is that'many ministers
actually decry their calling, show too
little respect for their profession, and
fail to Interest others.
Several ministers have deprecated
the fact- that fellow workers have
been known to remark lightly: 'No
wonder he can't afford such and 6uch
thing he s only a minister'.' Or,
Poor soul, he's become a minister!'
Such statements as these turn the
tide away from the profession, these
critics maintain.
The cartoonist ' has also been a
strong factor in keeping young men
out of the ministry, in the opinion
of Dr. Harris and others, who said
that the stiff, unnatural and pious
type generally represented to the pub
lic was a greater deterrent than most
people realized. Dramatists, too, are
fond of depicting a certain type or
pastor easily shocked, effeminate and
altogether unattractive to the aver
age young man with a purpose. The
cartoonist may also be blamed in part
for the shortage in teachers, it is as
serted, by representing the old maid
disciplinarian as the head of the class
room.
The average salary paid to minis
ters would be much lower if the rela
tively few very large salaries were
not included in making up the aver
age. For example, the average sal
ary in the Methodist Episcopal church
is $1176, but one-half the ministers
in this denomination receive less than
$1000, or an average of only $543.
The average salary paid to 91 per
cent of the Methodist ministers in
the United States is only $907; and
the average paid to 98 per cent of
the ministers lii this church, all who
receive less than $3000, is but $1006.
"There Is a general impression that
the ministers of the Congregational
church are better paid than in some
of the other denominations. The ever
erage salary In the Congregational
church is $1042. The following gives
the salaries for the various groups In
the Congregational church, the fig
ures being based on reports from 4971
of the 6103 Congregational churches."
Figures prepared by the interchurch
world movement in Its 1919 report
show that 2783 ministers were paid
less than $1000; 1340 were paid from
$1000 to $1500; 517 were paid from
$1500 to $2000; 165 were paid from
$2000 to $3000; 89 were paid from
$3000 to $4000; 77 were paid $4000
or more.
"All denominations are about equal
ly guilty In boycotting their minis
ters." says the California Christian
Advocate.
Union Row Ends In Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 12
(Special.) A free-for-all fight was
started in the assembly and recrea
tion room of the BuiMing Trades"
tem-ple today by men who were de
nied the use of the auditorium of the
temple for a meeting of the rank-and-file
federation of workers.
In the skirmish billiard tables were
overturned, a large portrait of P. H.
McCarthy, president of the Building
Trades council, was destroyed, and
other minor damage done. No one
was injured, and the fight was
stopped without calling the police.
Later the members of the rank-and-file
federation of workers ad
journed to the Socialist hall, where
an Indignation meeting was held to
protest the action of the Building
Trades council in repudiating the
general strike, branding the rank-and-file
federation of workers as an
"illegal" organization, instructing all
unions to sever their connection with
the federation,- and denying the or
ganization the use of a hall in the
Building Trades temple.
TAIL OF COMET PASSED
EARTH SAID TO HAVE MADE
PASSAGE OX ACGCST 8.
Bright Object Observed Xear Sun
on August 7 and Described
aa Brighter Than, Venus.
HEIDELBERG, Aug. 12. Announce
ment is made at the Koenigstuhl ob
servatory that the earth passed
through the tail of a comet on the
night of August 8.
At sunset, August 7, a bright ob
ject was observed near the sun by
W. W. Campbell, director of Lick ob
servatory, which is located near San
Jose, Cal. It was described as
brighter than Venus and was located
three degrees east and one degree
eouth of the sun. Reports from the
observatory indicated- that experts
there believed it might be the nucleus
of a bright comet. .
Sky Searched Unsuccessfully.
WASHINGTON," D. C. Aug. 12.
Since the .night of August 7 a spe
cial detachment of observers, directed
by Commander F. B. Littall .of the
naval observatory here, has been
searching the sunset and sunrise skies
without success for traces of the new
celestial body noted at Lick observa
tory, California. Commander Littell
said the Heidelberg observation could
be taken as additional evidence of the
existence of a nova, but that scien
tific proof was far from complete in
the matter.
Medford Sees Body.
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MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) It may or may not have any
connection with the announcement
just made by the Lick observatory of
the discovery of a new comet, but
for several weeks responsible resi
dents of the west side of the Rogue
River valley have been much inter
ested in a strange astral body which
appears over Mount Pitt or Mc
Loughlin each morning about sun
rise. When the suspected celestial
body first appeared three weeks ago
it was much larger than at -present,
of a silvery tone and slightly blurred.
The last few days the body has de
creased in size, and is accompanied by
a little red spot. Letters have been
written to the Lick observatory for
an explanation, but as yet no reply
has been received.
TUBE LOST
VIAL, DISLODGED BY PATIEXT,
REACHES SEWER.
Instrument, Unnoticed, Is Emptied
Into Hospital Basin and Re
covery Held Dou.btful. -
A tube, of radium valued at $6000
was lost yesterday morning at St.
Vincent's hospital. The loss of the
valuable vial was not discovered unt'l
it had been thrown Into the sewer and
recovery is now considered doubtful.
The radium belonged to Dr. Ralph
C. Walker, X-ray specialist, who was
treating a cancer patient, Fred Wer
ren, 1360 East Lincoln street. Werren
was taken to the hospital August 4
Late Thursday -night the doctor ad
ministered the tube of radium and
during the night the patient beca-ne
restless and dislodged the tube. Un
noticed it was emptied into a basin
with other things and the basin In
turn was emptied into the sink.
The loss was not discovered until
Dr. Walker arrived at the hospital in
the morning to take out the tube.. He
said that in all likelihood it had
reached the river before the loss was
known and was beyond recovery. Dr,
Walker at once notified the company
in which his radium is insured but
gave as his opinion that the rad.um
could not be found.
Instances have been known in
which radium was extracted Jrora
ashes after having been thrown by
mistake into a furnace, or from the
ground when a vial accidentally
broke, but the usual methods of re
covery by chemical detection and at
traction are said to be futile when a
tube is lost in a large body of water.
This is said to be the first radium
of any considerable amount ever lost;
on the Pacific coast.
FABBAB-CMHP IS CLOSED
DIVA BELIEVED PliAXXIXG
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA.
Singer's Parents Understood
Have Departed on Way West
to Ixs Angeles.
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CHATEAUGAT. N. T., Aug. 12.
(Special.) Indications at the summer
camp of Geraldine Farrar on the
lake shore here were that the diva.
who Is having matrimonial difficul
ties with her husband, Lou Tellegen,
the actor, either is in California or
Intends to go there.
The camp was closed today and
even the attendants departed, and a
great number of trunks and other
bits of luggage were shipped to the
Pacific coast. Only a single care
taker remains here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Farrar, the singer's
parents, were here until a few days
ago, but it was understood they also
have departed for Los Angeles.
Connty Health Officer Xamed.
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Dr. C. B. Wade, ex-naval offi
cer, today was appointed county
health officer to succeed Dr. K. L.
Miller, whose resignation recently
was tendered to the county court.
Dr. Wade has been practicing in
Roseburg for the last eight years and
at the outbreak of the war resigned
the position of county coroner to en
ter the naval service. He won rapid
promotion and held several high of
fices while in the navy. He had the
recommendation of the local legion
post In his candidacy for the position
of county health officer,
'GO-BETWEEN' HELD
TO BE HEY SAVER
Relations of Western Electric
Are Explained.
PHONE CONTRACT LAUDED
Witness at Rate Hearing Tells How
Allied Corporation Acts as
Purchasing Agent.
Purchase of supplies from the
Western Electric company by the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph company
results in large annual savings, ac
cording to the testimony given to the
public service commission yesterday
by F. H. Leggett, general manager of
the telephone sales department of the
Western Electric company.
The progress of the telephone re
hearing speeded un somewhat yester
day, the city closing its cross-examination
of F. L. Rhodes, outside plant
engineer of the American Telephone
ec telegraph company, who has oc
cupied the stand in the rehearing
since Tuesday morning. E. M. Cousin,
representing the Telephone federa
tion, spent an hour investigating Mr.
Rhodes, after which Mr. Leggett took
me stand. Direct examination of this
witness by Attorney Shaw of th Pa
cific company occupied little more
than an hour, when cross-examination
began under the direction of Ma
jor Garrison Babcock. This cross-examination
will be continued at 9
o'clock this morning, when the hear
ing resumes.
Official Prom New York.
Mr. Leggett, who traveled from New
Tork to participate in the present
hearing, has been associated with the
western Electric company since 1898,
when he graduated from Dartmouth
college. After filling a number of
Incidental positions with this company
no was named secretary-treasurer of
me rvippon branch of the Western
Electric company, located In Tokio,
Japan. Later he became manager of
me ceii iuanuiacturing company of
Antwerp, Belgium, this company be
ing a branch of tho Western Electric
company.
Later he was selected as the for
eign 'sales manager, with headquar
ters in New York. He then went to
San Francisco as Pacific district
manager for the: Western Electric
company. After spending a number
of years upon the Pacific slope, Mr.
Leggett returned to New York as
eastern district manager for the
Western Electric company. A few
months ago he was made general
manager of the telephone sales de
partment. Two Companies Affiliated.
The Western Electric company, ac
cording' to Mr. LfllTPPlt. fa tho t,t.-
tacturing and a part of the engi-
uceriog lores or tne iieil telephone
system, and in addition serve as large
electrical manufacturing jobbers.
It was back in 1882, according to
mo wuaesa, mat me present Western
.electric company was formed, after
the Western Union company had dis
posed of its holdings in the company
to tne American Telephone & Tele
graph company.
The present standard contract plan
which operates between the Western
Electric company and all associated
companies of the American oomnarw
including the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company, was not in ex
istence until 1901. At that time, ac
cording to Mr. Legerett. the mnnne-pr
of the Bell Telephone company of
Pennsylvania approached the West
ern Electric and requested that the
latter company serve as purchasing
agent and storekeeper for the Bell
company of Pennsylvania.
A one yea'a contract was entered
into at. that time, the witness testl
ned. on the agreement that If the
supplies furnished by the Western
Electric company during the year
cost in excess of the price which the
company might pay In the outside
market, a refund of such excess price
wouia De maae.
So advantageous was this contract
to the Pennsylvania company, the
witness stated, that it was not long
before other Bell associated com
panies appeared, asking for the same
arrangement. In 1905 the standard
form of contract was written, and
this same contract, with some amend
ment, is now in force, according to
the witness.
This contract, which is the same
form that is In existence between the
Western Electric company and the
Pacific Telephone ' and Telegraph
company, provides, in the main, the
following provisions:
8 Per Cent Chance Allowed.
1. That the Pacific company agrees
to purchase supplies not manufac
tured by the Western Electric com
pany, which the Pacific company
may reasonably require for its busi
ness at cost plus 8 per cent to cover
cost of services of the Western Elec
tric acting as purchasing agent and
storekeeper and on account of the
investment required by the Western
Electric to make the necessary pur
chases.
The Western Electric company
agrees to perform such services as
disposing of used apparatus, carrying
special stock of any article which the
telephone company may require from
time to time; buying and inspecting
poles; operating a local repair and
emergency shop ( which is done at
Berkeley, Cal.), receiving, storing
and delivering telephones and trans
mitters; maintaining a local stock of
lead covered cable at the Btorerooms,
payment of transportation charges
on shipments to the telephone com
pany and taking up and adjusting
claims with carriers; Installing
switchboards and additions; purchas
ing paper used for directories and
printed forms; any special account
ing or clerical work not ordinarily
required of a purchasing agent and
any other services mutually agreed
upon by the parties affected.
3. The Pacific company is given
the right to purchase supplies from
other agencies other than the West
ern Electric company with the provi
sion that in such case it must give
the Western Electric company reason
able notice of such Intention and also
relieve .the Western Electric company
of any loss sustained on account of
reasonable amount of stocks carried
or ordered by the Western Electric
company prior to the receipt of notice
from the Pacific company.
Buying Power Increased.
In addition, the contract carries a
modification giving terms on lead
covered cables and other specified
articles and terms of service, the
price of which conditions have forced
either upward or downward.
Value of this contract to the Pa
cific company,' according to Mr. Leg
gett, comes from the combined pur
chasing power which the Western
Electric company enjoys. This power
is accentuated by the fact that under
this contract the Pacific company and
all associated companies submit at
the end of each year a list of needs
for the ensuing year. With such lists
on hand the Western Electric com
pany is enabled to purchase raw ma
terials on the basis of supplying
year's demand.
In addition, the witness Insisted
that the Western Electric company,
as a large buyer, can get preferred
service, which at times is as impor
tant as economies in price.
The company, he said, is able hy
virtue of its many contracts with the
Bell companies to make economical
Inspection of goods purchased by it
for the associated companies, to de
termine if such goods are at the
proper standard as to quality. The
company, he said, also maintains a
traffic department for the purpose
of seeing that freight is given -the
proper classification and also tor the
purpose of adjusting all difficulties
encountered in dealing with trans
portation of goods.
At the principal factory of the
Western Electric company, main
tained at Hawthorne, a suburb of Chi
cago, one department is utilized as a
clearing house. To this department
is sent all slow-moving apparatus dis
carded by the associated companies,
which is repaired and reissued by the
Western Electric. Since the estab
lishment of this department a total
of $8,250,000 of such apparatus has
been handled in thi-s depatraent. ac
cording to the witness.
If the present contract were not in
existence between the Pacific com
pany and the Western Electric com
pany, Mr. Leggett maintained that
the Pacific company would be forced
to organize forces for the purpose of
purchasing supplies, handling traffic,
inspection of goods, warehouses for
storage of good-a and shops for re
pair instruments and equipment. In
addition, ' he eaid. that under such
conditions, tha Pacific company would
be forced to carry" Its own stocks of
supplies and would also nave to dis
pose of its -slow-moving apparatus.
Under the contract existing be
tween the two companies, the witness
explained that the Western Electric
company is required to furnish ma
terials to the Pacific company at
prices as low as or lower than actual
comDetltive orices.
The Western Electric does not sell
materials and supplies as cheaply to
non-associated companies as it does
under the standard contract, accord
ing to the witness. In 1914, he said,
the prices of materials to the non-
oontract purchasers were 15 per cent
higher than those to the associated
purchasers, while in 1920 the price to
the non-associated companies was 39
per cent higher than the price to the
associated companies.
Purchasing Medium Provided.
To show that the Western Electric
company provides a purchasing me
dium that is cheaper to tho associ
ated companies than Is the competi
tive mart, Mr. Leggett produced fig
ures which showed, that comparable
prices of one independent telephone
supply house in 1920 were 36 per cent
higher than those of the Western
Electric company, while the prices of
another important independent tele
phone supply house were 24 per cent
higher than those of the Western
Electric.
Mr. Leggett explained that a com
parison of prices had been made from
invoices found in the files of the
Home Telephone company of Los An
geles, which has been consolidated
with the Bell company, and. those of
the Western Electric from 1904 to
1915.
The prices used In this comparison
were only on supplies and materials
that were comparable and showed
that if the home company had been
an associated company during that
period, buying under standard con
tract from the Western Electric com
pany, it would have saved 24 per cent.
This comparison, the witness averred,
was made as one of the means of
checking prices of the Western
Electric and those of its competitors.
The Pacific company purchased
$3,238,000 of materials and supplies
from the Western Electric company
in 1920, and according to the witness
made a net saving of 8.8 per cent on
these purchases, when the prices of
his company to the Pacific company
were compared to the prices of com
petitive concerns.
Prevent Prices Higher.
Present- prices on the Western
Electric company average 52 per cent
higher than the prices of the com
pany in 1S14, according to the witness.
Mr. Leggett said that the Western
Electric company made a return of
7.2 per cent in 1920 on an average
yearly investment of $114,920,000; in
1919 the company made a return of
6.9 per cent on an investment of
$81,439,000; In 1918 6.1 per cent on an
investment of $84,637,000; in 1917 6.2
per cent on an investment of $76,168,
000, and in 1916 a return of 6.4 per
cent was made on a yearly invest
ment of $58,907,000.
The affiliation of the Western
Electric company with the Bell in
terests precludes it from making as
large returns as are made by some
of the independent competitors, ac
cording to the witness, who quoted
figures of large returns for indepen
dent concerns to show that his com
pany was operating on low returns
for the benefit of its contract mem
bers. The non-contract business enjoyed
by the Western Electric company
during 1920 was $70,000,000 of a total
$206,000,000 domestic business.
Foreign Balaesa Large.
The Western Electric company, the
witness stated, has a large foreign
business, which is prosperous enough
to cover cost of its own operation,
pay its own interest and return a 7
per cent dividend upon preferred
stock.
The principal factory of the West
ern Electric company, located near
Chicago, employs 30,000 employes,
who have an average earning of
$1600 yearly compared to $800 in
1914. There has been no reduction
in the standard wage scale, accord
ing to the witness, although the 10
per cent bonus enjoyed by the plant
employes has been cut off. The turn
over in the Hawthorne plant is ex
cessive, he maintained, being 107 per
cent during the first five months of
the present year.
During the war one-third of the
Western' Electric company's 'plant
was turned over for government serv
ice. The witness said that his com
pany had developed the use of the
radio for communication between j
submarines and between airplanes, a j
service which was considered to be
quite a contribution to the "winning
of the war." .
The company, he said, contracted
for about $32,000,000 of goods for the
government, on which an average
profit of 6.3 per cent was made. The
Western Electric company lost about
& per cent on $8,000,000 of this work,
the witness said, on cost-plus con
tract, due to the failure of the gov
ernment to allow sufficient overhead
and also for failure to allow losSes
when the contracts were terminated.
Major Babcock, who cross-examined
Mr. Leggett for the city, hati not
progressed very deeply into the tes
timony when adjournment came. He
reviewed some of the testimony and
attempted to show by questions that
the witness was not familiar with
some of the figures and the manner
in which they were arrived at, al
though the witness produced them as
a part of his testimony.
Conclusions Are Explained.
In answer to this. Mr. Leggett ex
plained just where and how he had
reached the conclusions which he had
presented.
In addition. Major Babcock brought
out that the contract between the Pa
cific company and the Western Elec
tric company is with the Western
Electric company, incorporated, of
California. The witness and Attorney
Shaw explained that this designation
is. simply a corporate differentiation.
made in order that the Western Llec
Ttrio can escape the heavy taxes in
cident to foreign corporations op
erating in the state of California.
During the morning session Mr.
Cousin sprang a surprise when he de
viated from the attack of the city of
Portland on the company by making a
statement in which he agreed with
the telephone company that its 4 14
per cent contract with the parent
company was an inter-contractual re
lation, over which the Oregon public
service commission had no authority.
inr. tousln proceeded to cross-ex
amine Mr. Rhodes for the purpose of
showing that improper relations ex
sted between the Pacific company
and the parent company, but if any
ira.ua on tne telephone users exists
as the result of the contract it was
not unearthed by his examination, for
his questions were larcelv rlAvntaii t
determining the size and proportion
of telephone buildings owned in New
tone ty the parent company.
MINE GELIEVED BONANZA
Rich Copper Vein Struck Xear Lake
Quinault in Canyon.
HOQUIAM. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Olson brothers of Lake Quin
ault. whose discovery of copper veins
15 miles northeast of the lake result
ed in the formation of the Quinault
Copper Mining company, recently in-
gorpordieu, aeciare they are firmly
convinced they have struck a big
vein. The principal one Is on the
little south Quinault. five miles back
rrom wnere it flows into the main
river.
They report an outcrop of from 20
to more than 100 feet can be traced
across the canyon through which the
stream runs and up the mountain side
in eitner direction for a lonir distance
They assume it is the principal ore
body of the vein on which the Great
West Copper company of Snokane
started work last year. The company
is peing nnanceu locally. J. w. Clark,
Aberdeen, Is president; Herbert Olson,
vice-presiaent, ana r L. Morgan, sec
retary, and G. A. Johnson, treasurer
The Olsons are pioneers of the dis
trict.
SIERKS TO BE RESTRAINED
Man Who Escaped From Hospita
Assigned to Criminal Ward.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
John Slerks, who escaped from the
state hospital farm here Thursday
night, and was later captured in the
vicinity of Silverton. will be assigned
to the criminal ward for the insane,
according to Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner,
superintendent of the institution.
Sierks was committed to the hos
pital frdm Columbia county, and later
confessed that he murdered Mrs.
Daisy Wehrman and child near Goble
Sierks has been a trusty for several
years, and until recently had not
given tne hospital otncials any
trouble.
WEDDING JI0B REFUSED
Judge Declines tp Unite Chinaman
and White Woman.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 12
(special.) The color line on mar
riages was drawn today by Judge
George B. Simpson when he refused
to unite Willie Wo. Tacoma China
man, aged 23, and Evelyn Reilly, aged
29, also of Tacoma.
I won't , marry any white woman
to a Chinaman, said the judge when
asked the reason for his refusal.
The would-be bridegroom Is de
scribed by J. L. Garrett, county audi
tor, as a small man, well dressed and
appearing younger than 23 years. Th
witness to the license was Mrs. Ela
Iwai, a. white woman.
FINAL DIVIDEND', IS PAID
Voncalla State Bank Liquidation
Declared Closed.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Checks have been prepared and to
day were mailed to all creditors wh
filed claims in connection with th
failure of the Yoncalla State bank
according to announcement made by
Frank Bramwell, state superintenden
of banks. This is the final dividend
and represents 7 per cent.
This bank was chartered February
4, 1908, with an authorized capital
stock of $10,000. The institution wa
closed February 23. 1915. by the Stat
suoerintendent of banks, and on tha
date tho assets aggregated $74,355.18
The liquidation is now closed and
the depositors have received combined
dividend payments of 60 per cent.
Extradition Is Granted.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Governor Hart today honored
the requisition of the governor o
California for the return to that stat
of- D. T. Frame, wanted in Stanislau
county, because he was alleged to
have failed to provide minor children
with the necessary food, clothing,
shelter and medical attendance. H
was turned over to Emmett Elmore
for extradition.
Road Engineer in Conference.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, Aug. 12. L.
Hewes, formerly stationed at Port
land for the federal bureau of publi
roads, but now deputy chief enginee
for 11 states, with headquarters
San Francisco, is in Washington con
ferring with the department head
with reference to future highway
policies.
Vacations at the Ocean
The people of Portland have the finest salt water re
sorts in the land Clatsop, Cannon and North beaches,
on the Pacific Ocean reached by a short, delightful
trip on fast trains of the North Bank Road along the
Lower Columbia River.
To Seaside, Gearhart and North Beach1 points trains
leave Portland: Limited, 8:30 A. M. daily and 1:45 P. M.
Saturday; Express, 6:20 P. M. daily. Similar service
returning.
Tickets, Parlor Car Seats, Etc., at:
Consolidated Ticket Office, Third and Washington;
North Bank Station, Tenth and Hoyt Streets.
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ROBBERS ARE ROUTED
I.VTENDED VICTIM CHASES 3
WHO IMPERSONATE OFFICERS.
Several Robberies Are Reported, as
Well as Burglaries, and Oil
Station Is Looted.
Four holdups, one robbery by a
pickpocket and several minor house
burglaries gave emphasis last night
to Chief Jenkins' request for more
men with which to police the city
during the coming winter. The latter
were the work of sneak thieves and
but little loot waa obtained.
Three bandits, flashing deputy
heriff badges and revolvers, accosted
Gus Johnson, 663 Overton street,'
while he was changing a tire on his
automobile on Fifth street near Mar
ket street. They told Johnson that
they were officers; that they smelled
moonshine and that he was under
arrest; that the patrol wagon was
waiting for him on Jefferson street.
They ordered him to drive to the
wagon. When he reached a point
near Fourth and Market streets all
three of them covered him with their
revolvers and- ordered him to "stick
em up." There followed a tussle.
Johnson seized one of the revolvers
by the barrel, which frightened the
robbers. They jumped from the ma
chine and fled, being pursued to Third
and Montgomery streets by their in
tended victim. His trail ended at a
Are hydrant there, which tripped him
as he ran. The three men were re
ported to be young, nervous, and evi
dently amateurs.
The Standard Oil filling station at
Twenty-fourth and Broadway was
held up by an 18-year-old robber who
covered the tender. Kenneth E. Cole
man. 392 East Forty-eighth street
North, with a nickel-plated revolver
and robbed the till of about $40. Cole
man said that he wore a white mask
with black stripes in it. Delay in re
porting to the station hampered po
lice in their efforts to catch the
robber.
A patient of the Good Samaritan
hospital out for a walk, H. J. San
ders, was held up at 11:20 at Twenty-
third and Marshall streets by a man
with a nickel-plated revolver. When
Sanders explained that he was an In
valid the man left him. About 15 min
utes later a man of the same descrip
tion robbed H. W. Fish. 194 Nine
teenth street, of $3 at Nineteenth and
Irving streets. Fish said his robber
was young and nervous. Police
combed the district but darkness and
an abundance of shrubbery sheltered
the outlaw.
H. B. Dougherty, San Francisco
salesman, strolled from the white
lights of Washington street into the
north end and unwittingly fell Into
the clutches of a brace of negro
women. One of them jostled him, he
said in his report to detectives, and
later he missed a wallet containing
$20 cash and insurance papers.
LECTURER'STALK ANGERS
Hearer Remonstrated, Walks Oat
and Is Arrested and Released.
When D. V. Bush, lecturer at the
municipal auditorium, took exception
to passages in the- Bible concerning
the Virgin Mary and compared Jesus
Christ to Abraham Lincoln, Hugh
Coyle, 58 years old, a salesman in the
audience, boiled over.
"You're getting too dirty for me.
I'm going to walk out," he exclaimed,
as he rose to his feet to suit actions
to words.
Coyle was taken to police head
quarters and charged with disorderly
conduct, but was later released upon
request of Mr. Bush.
POISON ATTEMPT ALLEGED
Woman Alleged Husband Treated
Her in Cruel Manner.
. SALEM, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Rena Jackson, in a suit for divorce
filed in the Marlon county circuit
court here today, charged that her
husband, Benjamin F. Jackson, ac
cused her of attempting to poison
him. Other acts of alleged cruelty
also were set out In the complaint.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were married
in Idaho but have resided in Salem
for several years. Property division
has been agreed upon, according to
Mrs. Jackson.
GERMANS PROMISE GOLD
Allies to Get Billion Marks on An-,
gust 3 0, Says Vorwaerts.
BERLIN, Aug. 12. Tho Vorwaerts
announced that the payment of 1,000,
000,000 gold marks to the allies
would be made August 30, according
to schedule.
This newspaper also stated that the
dissolution of the German self-protection
troops in upper Silesia would
take place soon.
$1,437,000 Available for. Harbor.
HONOLULU, T. H., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) The sum of $1,437,000 Is avail
able for improvement of tho Pearl
harbor naval station here, according
to the naval appropriations bill
passed by co-.gress July 12. Among
other things a new naval ammunition
depot is to be built, and $150,000 is
to be expended on a new submarine
base.
ROUND TRIP FARES
. $4.50 Week-ends
Tickets on sale Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. Return limit Monday.
$6.00 Every Day
Return Limit October 31
War tax 8 additional.
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