THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1922
PHONE METER COST
BELOW FUST BATE
Bills for Measured Service
Surprise Everett Patrons.
SYSTEM IS NOT SO BAD
Three-Fourths Pay Iess Than For
merly and Increase to Others
Smaller Than Expected.
FTJGET SOUND BUREAU, Everett,
Wash., May 1. Patrons of the Puget
Sound Telephone company in this city
and suburban districts today received
their first bill for measured servicfi
under the telechronometer system in
augurated April 1. On the basis of
rates tentatively established by the
state department of public works, to
day's bills call for payment in propor
tion to the use each subscriber has
made of the telephone from April 1 to
April 20, when the telechronometers
were read, with advance payment for
May of the minimum charge accord
ing: to the class of service.
Receipts of the bills today g-ave the
patrons generally something of a
shock of pleased surprise. For more
than three-fourths of the telephone
subscribers the cost of measured
service is shown to be less than the
cost under the old flat rates, while
the increase to the remainder of the
I-atrons is less than had been an
ticipated. One thousand three hundred
subscribers will pay more, while 3928
subscribers will pay less than under
the flat rates, and the 1300 will
pay much less than they had ex
pected to pay.
Revenues 51000 Less.
That the purpose of the telephone
company is not merely to increase
Its profits is shown by the fact that
Its revenues from the measured serv
ice for April will be approximately
$J000 less than its receipts under the
old flat rates of March. The com
pany, acording to President William
Keal Winter, has never believed that
metered rates would increase its rev
enues from present subscribers, but
looks for such increase through the
extension of its service to a larger
number of patrons on party lines,
which the telechronomters keep clear
of interruptions.
The outcome of the postcard cam
paign warning the telephone com
pany to hold its bills down or take
out its phones is interesting. Who
started the campaign, who distributed
the postcards, and the possible animus
of the movement are matter of little
moment, since the May 1 bills have
spoken for themselves. The company
received these warning postcards
from 300 subscribers. Checking the
signatures against the bills for April
service shows that more than 200 of
these subscribers will pay less by
measurement than under flat rates,
while fewer than 100 will pay more.
So far as advance notices indicate,
then, the company has not more than
100 subscribers to convince of the
fairness of the metered service in
stead of the predicted "deluge of dis
continuances." There may be other
complaints, based on the showing of
the May 1 bills, but with 75 per cent
less and the remaining 25 per cent
asked to pay not as much more as
they had fearfully expected, the situ
ation does not seem to be as des
perate as it has been depicted.
City's Bill Decreased.
Some of the news stories sent out
from Everett during the period of
doubt and dread that preceded re
ceipt of the- May 1 bills told of the
case of a commission house, pre
viously on a ?6 a month flat rate and
at the moment looking for a $60 bill
for measured service in April. The
bill of that concern for April Is ex
actly $12. An apprehensive state of
mind was also reported at the city
hall, where the bills are paid by
the taxpayers. The city of Everett's
bill for April, covering all municipal
departments, is $21.75 less than the
flat rate bill for March. County tax
payers also get welcome news.
Snohomish county's official telephone
bill as metered for April is $34 less
than the flat rate bill for March.
Savings by metered service under
the cost of the old flat rate range
from less than $1 to as high as $11.50
In the cases of 3928 individual sub
scribers. Increases f from 10 to 95
cents are recorded for 6-83 subscrib
ers; $1 to $1.95 for 405 subscribers;
$2 to $2.95 for 110; $3 to $3.95 for 32;
$4 to $4.95 for 34. The increase ex
ceeds $5 only in the cases of 36 sub
scribers out of the total of 5774 in
dividual and station phones of the
company. In one case, the highest,
the increase is $24.70. This is the
outbound telephone of an express
company, by means of which every
person to " whom an express package
Is addressed is notified of its arrival.
Savings in the metered service of
other telephones used by this com
pany will, it Is said, considerably
compensate for this increase.
Hearing to Be Held June 6.
City Attorney Faussett last week
asked the department of public works
either to order discontinuance of the
telechronometers or to increase the
minimum use of measured service six
- fold. A hearing has been set for
June 6.
The minimum net rate of the one
party line, $5.25 a month, includes
600 telechrones. A sixfold increase
w ould give all one-party lines 3600
telechrones. It would give two-party
lines 1800 telechrones; four-party
lines 900 telechrones, and six-party
lines 600 telechrones. Metered serv
ice in March, before the meter rates
were effective and with use unre
stricted, showed that there is only
one subscriber of the company who
had any use for 3600 telechrones in a
month. Only 12 per cent of all the
subscribers use more than 600 tele
chrones a month, and more than 60
per cent use less than 30 telechrones
a month.
The department of public works
reply to the city attorney's complaint
calls attention to the tentative and
experimental character of the pres
ent arrangement and rates, and says
in part: "It will be our policy in the
investigation of this matter to be
made by our own engineering and i
accounting experts to collect data ',
upon the matters as set out in your j
complaint, and this information will j
be available at the time of hearing." j
Meanwhile the telephone patrons of I
Everett and vicinity, including many j
of those who are not quite satisfied j
with their first bills for metered ,
service, are finding some reassurance
in the established policy of the de
partment of public works to hold the
earnings of public service corpora
tions within fixed limits.
fund when it is collected and distrib
uted but there is no provision in the
guaranty act creating a lien or pre
ferred claim in favor of guaranteed
depositors upon the assets of the
bank, which are not included in the
guaranty fund, the supreme court
held today.
The application of T). A. Lewis for
a writ of mandamus to compel Super
visor of Banking Duke and E. L.
Farnsworth, director of taxation and
examination, to give depositors of the
defunct Scandinavian -American bank
of Seattle a preference in all assets
of the bank was denied.
Lewis sought to compel the super
visor of banking to pay into the
guaranty fund all moneys realized
from the assets of the bank until
the amount was sufficient to pay all
guaranteed depositors, leaving other
creditors to realize what they could
on their claims.
M IS FAVORITE
IN TODAY'S ELECTION
GUARD TO CAMP IK JUNE
TIME SET FOR TRAINING ORE
GON'S CITIZEN SOLDIERY.
War Secretary Informs Colonel
White Appropriation Provided
by War Department.
SALEM, Or., May, 1. (Special.)
Oregon's citizen soldiery will go into
camp the last 15 days in June, ac
cording to a telegram received today
by George A. White, adjutant-general,
from the secretary of war. A special
appropriation for pay, transportation
and instruction ofi the Oregon na
tional guard at this camp has been
made by the war department. Colonel
White was informed. This amounts
to $143,269.80. All infantry and field
artillery troops probably will go to
Camp Lewis and the coast artillery to
Port Worden. Field hospital and en
gineers probably will accompany the
infantry, it was said. The movement
will take citizen soldiers from 12
counties and 20 Oregon cities and will
include more than 2000 men.
July was the date fixed by the war
department for the camp originally
and Colonel White's request for the
June date has been pending for the
last two months. The June date was
asked as best adapted to crop con
ditions throughout the counties con
cerned, the men being better able to
leave their work the latter part of
June. The June date also permits
students to attend camp immediately
after the close of school and with
out interrupting their summer's work.
Seattle to Vote -on City, Port
and School Officers.
BITTER CAMPAIGN ENDS
GUNMAN IS IDENTIFIED
Chinaman Who Was Wounded
Picks Out Defendant in Court.
ASTORIA, Or.f May 1. (Special)
The preliminary examination of Wong
Kin, a member of the Bing Kung
Bow Leong tong, on an information
charging him with assault with in
tent to kill, by Ah Quong, a Hip Sing
tongman, and with being armed with
a dangerous weapon, was held in the
justice court today. The defendant
was held to await the action of the
circuit court grand jury with bonds
fixed at $3500. Ah Quong, the man
who was shot and slightly wounded
a few days ago, was the first witness
called. He said that just "as he
stepped onto the sidewalk at the
corner of Eighth and Bond streets,
he heard a shot fired and looking up
saw Wong Kin at a window pointing
a rifle at him.
DEFENDANT GETS DIVORCE
Plaintiff, Vancouver Woman, Fails
to Press Her Suit.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 1. (Spe
cial.) Newton McKee, S3 years of age
and a veteran of the civil war, today
obtained a divorce from Mrs. Mary I.
McKee, whom he married here about
six months ago. Mr. McKee was de
fendant in the case, but as Mrs. Mc
Kee did not appear in court to press
her suit, the divorce was awarded to
the defendant.
Mr. McKee told Judge Simpson that
for a week after they were married
all went well. After that Mrs. Mc
Kee began nagging him, he said, and
humiliated him so that he could no
longer live with her. Mrs. McKee
was not allowed any of her husband'?
property, nor was she granted any
a limony or attorney's fees.
Attack on Each Other's Strength
Is Directed by Each of Lead
ing Candidates.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
May 1. Seattle will vote tomorrow to
elect a mayor, city controller, city
treasurer and three members of the
city council. At the same time the
port district, consisting of Seattle and
King county, will elect one n-ew port
commissioner and the Seattle school
district will elect two new directors.
The contest for mayor between Dr.
Edwin J. Brown and Dan Landon,
state senator, has been one of the
most bitter of Seattle's many bitter
campaigns. Nothing that could incite
contempt and hatred has been left
unsaid or undone. The campaign has
been peculiarly of a destructive char
acter, the main effort of each candi
date and his followers having been
to tear down the support of the other
rather than to build up his own
strength.
Dr. Brown Seems Favorite.
Indications tonight favored the
election of Dr. Brown. The offerings
pasted about town at all those places
where the speculative fraternity
gathers hold Brown in first place. The
odds were 10 to 7 on Brown, with
even money that he would win by not
less than 2000 votes. The talent some
tim.es makes mistakes, but in this
case their judgment is supported by
an impartial survey of the situation.
In the primary election Landon had
a lead of about 2000 over Brown, with
22,000 votes scattered among the five
candidate' who were eliminated at
that time. Since then Brown has
made steady gains in spite of a long
record of socialistic activity. A week
ago the odds favored him, 2 to 1, but
a few prominent labor leaders becom
ing distrustful of the declared pur
pose of many conservative voters to
support Brown have gravitated over
to Landon. For a few days a slight
rally in Landon's direction has been
noted, but it is extremely doubtful
that he can overcome Brown's lead.
Controller Has No Opposition.
City Controller Carroll and City
Treasurer Terry are assured of re
election, having no opposition. For
the council, Mrs. Henry Landes re
ceived 31,000 votes in the primary,
and her election Is a foregone con
clusion. Mrs. Kathryn Miracle, the
other woman candidate, has been
gaining right along and is considered
a safe winner. William Hickman
Moore, the only present councilman
to be renominated, landed at the tail
end of the primary ticket and seem3
slated for defeat tomorrow. With the
election of Mrs. Landes and Mrs. Mir
acle virtually conceded, the third
place should go either to T. H. Bolton
or E. B. Cox.
In the port election there are six
candidates for commissioner, with
Clark Net tie ton, Julius Day and
George F. Cotterill bunched in the
lead. Indications in the school board
contest favor the election of Dr. C. W.
Sharpies for the long term and C H.
Eckhart, incumbent, for the short
term.
The initiative proposal to load the
cost of operating and maintaining the
municipal street railway system on to
general taxation probably will be defeated
place between now and October to
nominate 435 representatives in con
gress and 35 United States senators
is a challenge to the friends of law
and order," said a statement prepared
by the league's legislative commit
tee. Pointing out that, while two-thirds
of congress would be required to
resubmit the 18th amendment, a bare
majority could weaken or repeal the
enforcement law, the committee de
clared that "34 avowed national or
ganizations now are at work to dis
credit the prohibition amendment to
the constitution of the United States,
to nullify its purposes and to defeat
its enforcement by the nomination
and election and of wet representa
tives in congress and United States
senators.
CT
Lake 1400 Square Miles in
Extent Covers Farms.
l MANY ARE HOMELESS
MILL OWNER IS KILLED
AtJTO WRECK IS FATAL TO
ELIAS P. LINDBERG.
Two Children Let Out of Machine
Shortly Before Accident Oc
curs on Steep Grade.
GOLDENDALE, Wash., May 1
Elias P. Lindberg, owner of a sawmill
near Wahkiacus station of the Gold
endal branch of the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle railway, lost his life
in an automoblJe accident today
through failure of his brakes to work
after he had "killed" his engine on a
steep pitch about half way up the
two-mile grade on the wagon road
out of the big Klickitat canyon. The
road leads from Wahkiacus to the
high prairie section of the Klickitat
wheat belt. The death was reported
by Merle W. Chapman, coroner of
Klickitat county, who returned to
Goldendale with the body this after
noon. Mr. Lindberg was en route from his
sawmill to Lyle accompanied by two
children, Mabel, 9 years, and Clarence,
3 years. Shortly before the accident
happened he stopped the car and put
the children out, telling them they
had better walk until he got around a
sharp curve. When near the curve
his engine stopped and the car came
racing back down the hill swerving
off the grade backward near the
place where he put the children out
for safety.
The coroner says that the machine
apparently backed down the steep
hillside about 200 feet before turning
over backward and rolling about 250
feet to the bottom of the canyon.
Lindberg was found lying with his
face In the creek at the bottom of the
canyon, his skull crushed and both
legs broken. The car was found about
50 feet away right side up, headed
up the opposite bank, a total wreck.
E. P. Lindberg had been a resident of
Klickitat for 15 years, was about 50
years old and is survived by his
widow and five children.
LIQUOR TO BE FORFEITED
Proceedings Against 90.000 Cases
of Scotch Whisky Ordered.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 1. Or
ders for the forfeiture of what was
declared to be the largest quantity
ot liquor ever affected by a singleJ
prohibition bureau decision were ap
proved today by Commissioner
Haynes.
The decision calls for forfeiture
proceedings against 90,000 cases, or
more than 100,000 quarts of Scotch
whisky, shipped into this country by
David Heilbron & Sons, Ltd., of Glas
gow, Scotland, a large quanity of
which was said to be consigned to the
Alps Drug company of New York.
WET CANDIDATES RAPPED
Anti-Saloon League Appeals for
Election of Drys.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 1. In
an appeal to, "friends of prohibition
enforcement," the Anti-Saloon league
urges defeat at forthcoming primar
ies and election of all candidates for
the senate and house of representa
tives who favor modification of the
Volstead law.
"The situation which confronts the
people in the primaries which take
MOTOR LAW IS UPHELD
Cities' Rights to Regulate Streets
Declared Xot Curtailed.
OLYMPIA, Wash., May L (Spe
cial.) Rights and powers of cities to
regulate the use of their streets are
not curtailed in any degree by the
motor vehicle law, which gives the
department of public works authority
to grant or withhold certificates of
public convenience and necessity, the
supreme court held today. The de
partment's order granting the Sound
Transit company a passenger certifi
cate to operate between Seattle and
Roosevelt Heights, with a limiting
clause subjecting operations within
the city of Seattle to the city's ordi
nances, was sustained by the decision.
The decision reversed Judge Wilson
of Thurston county, who had ordered
the department's order cancelled.
Thousands of Refugees Continue
to Cause Problem to Work
ers in Two States.
NEW ORLEANS, May 1. Relief or
ganizations continued work today
among the thousands of homeless in
the stricken flood zones of Louisiana
and Mississippi. Particular efforts
were directed to the area in central
eastern Louisiana, where a lake of
more than 1400 square miles now
stands on fertile farm lands and com
mercial towns as ia result of the
breaking of the levee of the Missis
sippi river near Ferriday.
Harrisburg, La., continues to pre
sent the most serious problem. Food
is the need of the residents and sev
eral thousand refugees.
Today it was reported that some
food had been brought in by boat
from neighboring communities which
it is hoped will last until a boat with
food which left New Orleans last Sat
urday, arrives. In addition to those
in need at that town it was reported
that boats laden with 1000 refugees
are en route there. There is also a
serious shortage of shelter at Harris
burg. Only 50 tents are available and
many are sleeping on the ground
Refugees Are Cared For.
In southern Louisiana, where the
river is continuing to spread, refu
gees are being brought to the out
skirts of New Orleans, where better
shelter, medical attention and food
can be given them.
In central western Mississippi
renewed efforts were made today to
rescue the marooned In the Yazoo
basin, where a stretch of land cover
ing 1700 square miles is under water.
Relief bodies are being taxed to capacity.
With the crest still to come in the
lower and central reaches of the
river, scores of towns and villages in
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
are covered with water to a depth in
some instances of 20 feet, while many
larger communities have encircled
themselves in hastily constructed em
bankments which they hope will hold
out the water.
Another Rise Expected.
Levee engineers and thousands of
workers are preparing against an
other rise, expected within a iev;
days. Meanwhile the problem cf
sheltering and feeding refugees was
increasingly serious. Thousands or
volunteers continued a search for
marooned families.
Many residents in the Black river
section are 75 miles from dry land,
and the fact that they can be reached
only with launches and small boats
presents a serious problem to the
rescue workers. It is estimated that
10,000 people in this district must be
cared for. A Red Cross station has
been established. Shortage of tents
and other shelter presents a diffi
culty. At Rhinehart, La., it Is hoped to
care for at least 5000 refugees.
There was reported to be a serious
food shortage in Isseuna county,
where a large area has been under
Water for eix weeks, and In the dis
trict around Yazoo City, Miss.
GAS BOAT FUMES FATAL
South Bend Man Survived by
Widow and Four Children.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., May 1.
(Special.) Elmer Johnson died here
this morning from gas poisoning
shortly after he was found by his
wife unconscious in a gas boat.
Johnson was about to beach the boat
which was leaking and had worked
all night on it. Fumes from the en
gine overcame him. His wife
chanced to go down to the boat and
after finding him summoned help.
Johnson died before he could be
taken to the hospital. Four small
children and his parents also survive
him.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95.
KLAN JUflORSjSUM MONED
INQUIRY INTO LOS ANGELES
COUNTY FRAY TO BEGIN.
Grand Jury to Be Assembled Next
Thursday to Take Testimony
on Raid at Inglewood.
L.OS ANGELES, cal.. May 1. Sum
mons was served today upon pros
pective members of the grand Jury
ordered drawn to aid in the Investi
gation of Ku Klux Klan activities in
Los Angeles county, and District At
torney. Woolwine said he did not ex
pect any striking developments in
the investigation till after the Jury
is sworn next Thursday. The district
attorney added that he was ready to
present testimony as soon as the Jury
was ready to receive it.
Lists of members of the klan in
Los Angeles county, as disclosed by
records seized from the organiza
tion's headquarters here, exceed 3000
names, according to previous an
nouncements at the district attor
ney's office.
Mr. Woolwine and his assistants
declined to comment on a statement
by W. S. Coburn, grand goblin of
the klan for Its "Pacific domain." to
the effect that all persons that took
part In the, raid at lnglewood on th
night of April 22 would come volun
tarily to tell what they knew of the
affair. According to Coburn, about
160 citizens of Inglewood took part
In the demonstration, believing It to
be an attempt to wipe out a "boot
legging resort" under th direction
of peace officers. The grand gob:
declared not more than IS members
of the klan took part In the raid,
which resulted in the fatal shooti
of Constable Moaner, one of the raid
ers, by Deputy Marshal Woerner.
SPELLING BEE ARRANGED
Vancouver Elks Lodge to Hold Con
test Tonight.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 1.
(Special) An oid-fashioned spelllnr
bee will be held by the Vancouver
Elks at their temple here tomorrow
night. Members of the lodge will b
divided into two camps, one of which
will be headed by Lewis Shattu
and the other by J. W. Shaw. A
team of ten members will be chosen
. k . ... .inhnlrf rh. .lUllHn.-
honors of Its supporters. The losing
eiria will be comDelled to provide t:
winner's supper.
S. W. Merrlfleld will pronoun.
the words and act as Judge of th
contest.
Read The Oregonlan classified ads
Opinion on Bond Sale Given.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. May 1. (Spe
cial.) Moneys raised by the sale of
bonds voted and issued for the build
ing of certain specific hlgnways can
not be -diverted to any other high
ways and any surplus remaining after
the work has been completed can only !
go into the sinking fund to retire the I
bonds, Attorney-lienerai Thompson
held today in an opinion to George
Acret, prosecuting attorney of Grays I
Harbor county.
Minor Is Bridegroom.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 1. (Spe
cial.) Stephen Toth, 19, today mar
ried Miss Kva Gritzmacker, 18. Both
were from Orenco, Or. The lad's
father. Steve Toth. accompanied his
son and gave his consent to the
marriage.
S. & H. green stamps ror cash. Hol
man Fuel Co.. coal and wood. Broad
wav 6353 560-21 Adv
InKpf when one tias to yH
VBBfffJf look away to keep vmSsffi
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Writer to Resume Work.
HO QUI AM, "Wash., May 1. (Spe
cial. ) Major H. W. Patton, widely
known newspaper writer, after a va
cation of several weeks at his home
here following a trip of several
months through the South Seas, will
leave tomorrow for Seattle to resume
work with a newspaper syndicate.
His first work is to be articles on
western Washington from the Cana
dian border to the Columbia river,
after which he probably will cover
the eastern section of the state.
HalfbreeU Faces Serious Charge.
HOOD RIVER, Or., May L (Spe
cial.) Charles De Lore, half-breed In
dian, ex-presldent of the Tygh valley
district, where, according to officers
he was formerly in trouble, was held
today by Justice of the Peace ,On
than on a statutory charge involving
Belle Morgan, 13-year-old daughter
of De Lore s wife. In default of $1000
bail, De Lore was committed to jail.
BANK RULING IS MADE
Only Certain Depositors Can Par
ticipate in Guaranty Fund.
OLYMPIA. Wash- May L (Spe
cial.) Only guaranteed depositors in
'a defunct member bank of the Wash
ington State Bank Guaranty Fund
bank may partuipate in the guaranty j
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OPTOMETRIST.
Gold From
Lead
Many years ago the
white-headed old men
with long beards and
bleary eyes got much
reverence from the pop
ulace and pension and
backsheesh from the
kings who bossed the
works, because they
were alchemists.
An alchemist was a learned old geezer who
was always in quest of the Elixir of Life, which
allowed its drinkers to live forever. When tired
of hunting drink, they turned to the philoso
pher's stone, by the touch of which would turn
lead to gold.
The alchemist's idea that lead could be
turned to gold has been a symbol of laughter,
just as the historians are going to laugh at Vol
stead as a symbol of prohibition. But nowa
days we are not laughing at the old alchemist
quite so much, as it begins to look as if we
might manage to turn lead to gold after all.
While you and I have been going quietly
about our business, selling groceries, examin
ing eyes, making glasses, doing our experiments
in our cellars, getting rich, keeping out of the
poorhouse, a lot of alchemists have been exper
imenting and bringing a lot of things to light
which we didn't know about before.
Well, the results are so astonishing that a
lot of people didn't believe it. Of course, that
doesn't alter the facts. People didn't believe
the earth was round,- or the sun a star, or a
steamboat possible, or a flying machine practi
cable, but that doesn!t alter facts, either. And
you can believe it or not, but we have been
doing wonders with glasses, the greatest of
which is curing cataracts with special lenses,
which will head off many operations on the
eyes through this mar
velous discovery.
Be fair to your eyes and
they will reciprocate.
Glasses perfectly fitted.
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Opticians
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