OREGON STATE LIBRARY
VOL. XLI NO. 19,196
Entered at Portland Oreeon)
Poatoffice u PecoTid-c'aa Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TIDE'S PULL HELD
CAUSE OP WRECK
MAYOR VETOES PLEA
OF DAYLIGHT SAVERS
MUNICIPAL SETTIXG AHEAD
OF CLOCKS OPPOSED.
FREIGHT CUT HELD
BIG BUSINESS AIL!
GRIEF FORGOTTEN IN
GRATITUDE AND PRIDE
DRUM CORPS SOLOS
SENT OUT BY RADIO
DRAMATIC READING, PIANO
MCSIC ALSO GIVTEN.
LANDSLIDE HELD
TEMPERATURE OF 83
REACHED IN PORTLAND
T
ALL PORTLAND PAYS TRIBUTE
TO BRAVE DEPARTED.
SPRIGHTLY BREEZE OFFSETS
HEAT OF OLD SOL.
BREAKS P
En
HELP
RAILWAY CONTROL
Dead Water Behind Long
Jetty Also Factor.
5 BODIES OF 7 RECOVERED
Plates of Welsh Prince Are
Cut Away.
HULL PARTLY IN CHANNEL
"rash With Steamer low an Is Be
lieved to Have Been Xearly
Head-on Death Instant.
ASTORIA, Or., May 29. (Special.)
Dead water lying behind a long jetty
on the Oregon side of the channel,
combined with the pull of the tide,
swung the bow of the steamer Welsh
Prince Into the' path of the steamer
Iowan Sunday night too late to avoid
the crash which killed seven, men and
sent the Welsh Prince to the bottom
of the river, in the belief of marine
men who worked all today in the
twisted wreckage, cutting through
eteel girders and plates with acety
lene torches to remove the bodies of
the dead.
The position of the sunken vessel,
now lying almost broadside in the'
channel, makes it almost certain,
they declare, that the Welsh Prince
failed to respond to her rudder at the
crucial moment when she found her
self forced to meet the Iowan on a
curve in the narrow channel. Instead
of veering to starboard, the British
freighter's prow turned dead into the
channel and met the Iowan almost
head on.
Steamer Made Unmanageable.
The combined sweep of the tide
against the Welsh Prince's stern and
the fact that her prow had passed
beyond the swift water into the dead
had made her temporarily unmanage
able, marine men believed. E. B.
Hughes, coroner of Clatsop, and his
partner. C. W. Carson, arrived on feie
soene this morning with Captair.'
Cloninger of the river steamer Mel
ville and a crew of men and worked :
until hfgh tide covered the wreckage
tonight.
They burnfld through the twisted
steel of the freighter with acetylene
torches to locate five mangled bodies,
all those of members of the ship's
crew who were killed in the starboard
forecastle in their bunks, probably
Instantly In the first fatal crash.
The. remaining two bodies were dis
covered, but rising tide water forced
their recovery to be postponed until
tomorrow morning.
Fire Occurs In Wreckage.
Fire which caught from the stoves
ta the forecastle and burnel all night
In the woodwork , and bedding had
make the wreck a. scene of more dis
aster. The revised list of dead is as fol
lows?
John C. Clare, able seaman, S Rail
way street, Elaydon-on-Tyne, Eng
land.
H. Ward, able seaman, 37 Foxloote
road, Bristol, England.
Jarvis Blake, donkeyman, 37 Frances
street. Shields, England.
C. M. Jensen, able seaman, Renders,
Denmark.
Joel Buckwaker, able seaman, 724
Petty street, Portland.
William Sharkey, able seaman, 310
First street, Portland.
Knud Yeager, able seaman, Den
mark.
The bodies of Buckwalter and Jen
sen were those still entombed in the
wreck. All except Blake were able
seaman.
Injured Taken to Astoria.
The injured were all brought to As
toria. They are:
James Morgan, fireman, 43, 92 Boun
dary street, .Liverpool; scalp lacera
tions and shoulder cut.
Lawrence Welch, 25, fireman, Cleve
land, O.; bruised right foot, lacerated
shoulder, right hand and arm cut,
generally bruised.
P. K. Holm, fireman. 29, Rotter
dam, 69 Tollinhuistan, Kaphendreeht;
lacerated scalp, right hand and left
thigh cut.
The bodies were reclaimed only
after a day's struggle with the
twisted and battered steel hull of the
Welsh Prince. Most of them were
unrecognizable.
The body of Blake, the first reached
by the coroner's crew, had a gold
Elgin watch, which was still running.
Harrowing tales of the disaster
were told by the survivors. Those
killed were trapped in the hold and
were burned to cinders.
Grewaome and silent reminders of
the shambles in the hold of the ves
sel were found when the crew of the
Melville cut into the contorted mass
of metal with acetylene torches.
Victims Caught by lowan's Bow.
Most of the victims were caught
bythe bow of the Iowan as it crashed
Into the forecastle of the Welsh
Prince, and they were mangled be
yond recognition,
A government investigation Into
the collision will be put under way
Immediately, with Captains E. S.
Edwards and John E. Wynn, United
States steamboat Inspectors for this
district, in charge. Only the reports
of the two pilots are now being
awaited.
The collision occurred near the
bend In the Columbia river at Al-
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Evcrybody Is Free to Make AH Vse
He Wishes of Passing Days,
Says Executive.
The death knell for daylight saving
in Portland was sounded by Maor
Baker yesterday when he issued a
statement declaring that after care
ful consideration of the question he
had decided against advancing the
clocks. '
"I have given the question of daylight-saving
a great deal of study,"
he said, "and have received many
petitions both for and against the
proposal. I cannot Bee my way clear
to support the plan at this time.
"Daylight-saving Is a good idea
and would be excellent If adopted
nationally, but to adopt It as a com
munity proposition is wrong, in my
opinion.
"To have the clocks here an hour
ahead of others in surrounding ter
ritory would cause a great deal of
confusion. As a local matter I feel
that it would be an interference with
personal liberty, especially since it
is possible for all who favor the
daylight-saving plan to put It Injo
effect 83 far as their own business
affairs are concerned without forcing
it onto others who are opposed to it."
KILLING IS CONFESSED
Brakeman Admits He Slew Sales
man With Club In Fight.
EVERETT, Wash., May 29. (Spe
cial.) Donald E. Stevenson, railway
brakeman, confessed here late today,
according to the police, that he killed
A. A. Almour, Seattle salesman,
whose body was found Thursday in a
patch of woods near Stanwood, Wash.
According to the police, Stevenson
says he killed Almour with a club
during a fight over the question
whether or not they would rob a
farmer in the vicinity to procure
funds to buy "moonshine."
The confession was made to Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Kaune and
Sheriff West of Snohomish county.
The officials declared that they be
lieved the confession to be true, and
that Stevenson had a motlve.for the
deed which he failed to reveal. Kaune
was said to have obtained the con
fession after he had filed a first
degree murder charge against the
brakeman.
PORTLAND SHIPPERS WIN
$2699,52 Reparation Awarded to
Fleisclmer, Mayer & Co.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Washington, D. C, May 29. I N.
Fleischner, Marcus Fleischner, Mark
A. Mayer, Sam Simon. Sanford Hirsch,
Josephine Hirsch and Nathan Strauss,
co - partners, trading as Fleischner,
Mayer & Co., at Portland. Or., are en
titled to reparation to the extent of
$2699.52 on shipments of table and
shelf oilcloth from Peekskilt, New
York, and Rock Island, Illinois, the in
terstate commerce commission held
today.
The case was brought by Fleisch
ner, Mayer & Co., in conjunction with
the Portland Traffic & Transporta
tion association against the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle Railway and con
necting lines.
RECOUNT CHANGE SLIGHT
O. 1L Fithian Gains 09 Votes and
Ralph E. Williams 4 6.
Progress of the official election
count in Multnomah county yesterday
did not materially change any of the
figures compiled $r The Oregonian on
the recent primaries and in no wise
affected the results. Up to nightfall
the checkers had completed only the
republican and democratic candidates
for national committeemen.
U. ki. t ithian gained 69 votes over
the unofficial count and Ralph E.
Williams gained 46 votes. Will R.
King lost nine votes in the recount
and J. W. Morrow gained 28 votes.
Official results for these two of
fices were: Ralph E. Williams, 18,678;
O. H. Fithian, 16.869; J. W. Morrow,
4455; Will R. King, 3140.
MAN FACES TWO CHARGES
Ralph Hads of Mosicr, Out on Bail,
Ordered Rearrested.
THE DALLES, Or.. May 29. (Spe
cial.) A warrant for the arrest of
Ralph Hads of Mosier, charging i
perjury, was sworn in justice court!
here today by W. G. McClaren, state
ngent of the Pacific Coast Rescue and
Protective society. Hads, on the wit
ness stand in the trial of Leo Nichol '
of Mosier, charged with a statutory i
crime, is alleged to have perjured !
j himself by testifying to the where
abouts of one of the material , wit
nesses in the case.
The perjury charge will be the sec
ond to be faced by Hads at the
pres -
o in-
ent term of court, as he was also
dieted by the grand jury on a statu
tory chargs involving a 15-year-old
girl. Hads is at liberty on 11000 bail.
MISSING BANKER FOUND
Arthur E. Young of Dubois. Idaho,
Located In San Francisco. j
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. Arthur
E:. Young, manager of the First Na
tional bank of Dubois, Idaho, who was
reported to the police as missing yes
ttrday, was found today t the ferry
pudding by M. M. de Kayser.. whom
Young had been visiting' here.
ivuiig nau ueen. Buiieimg irom a
loss of memory, according to Mr. de
Kayser. -
Nation Declared Quickly
Returning to Normal.
WAGE DROP ALSO FACTOR
All Trades Expected to Regis
ter Good Gains.
CYCLE ABOUT COMPLETED
Mark Sullivan Declares That AVay
Has Been Paved for Return
to Ordinary Prosperity.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
(Copyright, by the New York1 Evening
Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 29.
(Special.) America has now com
pleted the cycle which is expected by
important buslnes smen an econo
mists to round out the groundwork
for the return of business In this
country to whatever is to be the
American post-war normal basis. The
first step, taken about ten days ago,
was the reduction of railroad rates by
the interstate commerce commission,
and the second, adopted this week,
and to go into effect July 1, was the
reduction of railroad wages by the
official action of the railroad labor
board.
It has long been recognized that
high-railroad freight rates were an
impediment to the adjustment of
American business. When this was
put up to the railroads, however, they
always protested that they could not
reduce rates so long as railroad
wages are so high. The interlocking
relation of these two factors and the
necessity of taking action on them
has lpng been the chief concern of
business men and those departments
of government which themselves are
concerned with business prosperity,
Embarrassment J Caused.
The two things combined have been
a source of .embarrassment for more
than a year. Their relation to each
other and the relation of both to busi
ness prosperity was made especially
emphatic at the time of the threat
ened railroad strike last year. Those
departments of the government which
are charged with responsibility for
the interests of the public within this
field have known that freight rates
ought to be reduced and that rail
road wages ought to be adjusted so
as to make the cut in freight rates
possible. The embarrassing question
has been, which step to take first. In
fthe outcome the two steps have been
taken virtually simultaneously.
It is believed that wit'h these two
embarrassing factors readjusted the
way is clear for a thorough-going re
sumption of maximum business ac
tivity. It is predicted by those who
speak with most authority in this
field that in the course of a few
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THIS SHOULD BE A DAY
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Spiritual Memorial of Enduring
Love for, Soldier Dead Is
Erected by Citizenry.
OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF
MEMORIAL DAY. . t
8:30 to 9 A. M. Decoration of J
graves in city cemeteries.
10 A. M. Special exercises at f
Lone Fir cemetery.
10:30 A. M. Memorial service
for sailors and marines at
Stark-street dock.
If A. M. Dedication of sol
diers plot at Mount Scott cem
etery. Noon Memorial of Spanish
war veterans before courthouse.
12:30 P. M. Special memorial
for aviators, Morrison-street
bridge.
2 P. M. Memorial procession
to auditorium, where civic exer
cises will be held, followed by
funeral, at Mount Calvary cem
etery, of Sergeant Schaffer.
Someone slid in verse somewhere,
"Each time we love we turn a nearer
and a broader mark to that keen
archer, Sorrow, and he strikes." It is
not so in Portland this Memorial day,
when the city will give token of its
enduring love for those who passed in
stress and sorrow, but for whom pride
and a vast gratitude have erected a
spiritual memorial that will not yield
to grief. The day of memories will
discover all citizens, their affairs for
gotten and laid aside, ' yielding hom
age to the memory of our soldier
dead. ! '
Today is the homecoming of Ser
geant Walter Schaffer, last of the
Oregon dead to return from overseas,
and the lesson of the day itself will
be indelibly written upon thousands
of hearts by this muted presence that
is the memorial symbol. Drawn by
six black horses, a caisson will bear
his clay through the streets, in the
parade of veterans, and the casket
will rest in honor at the municipal
auditorium when the exercises of the
day are heid.
At every cemetery early this morn
ing, varying from 8:30 to 9 o'clock,
the Grand Army posts and their
auxiliaries, assisted by the American
Legion and various veterans organi
zations, as well as by the Boy Scouts
and school children, win. gather to
decorate the graves of soldier and
sailor dead. Special programmes, with
addresses, , vocal selections and in
strumental music, will be held at
some of the cemeteries.
At 10:30 o'clock, on the ferryboat at
Stark street dock, the memorial serv
ices for sailors and marines will be
held, under direction of Commander
HeDevikt and Chaplain Hoadley. The
procession to the waterfront will
leave the courthouse at 9:30 o'clock.
Other features of the observance,
apart from the parade and main ex-'
ercises, are the memorial exercises at
noon for the dead of the Spanish war,
to be conducted by Scout Young camp
and its auxiliary before the monu
ment in the park blocks at the court
house; and the memorial for aviators,
12:30 o'clock, on Morrison street
bridge.
At 11 o'clock the soldiers' plot on
the summit of Mt. Scott cemetery will
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OF QUIET AND REVERENCE, NOT HILARITY AND SPORT.
Degree Team of Knights of Pythias
Puts on Programme; Next
Concert Is Tomorrow.
Drum corps solos, dramatic reading
and piano music constituted the I
hour's , radio , programme broadcast j
from The Oregonian tower last night
between 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock. The
e
drum corps was from the degree team
of the Knights of Pythias, Dramatic
Order of Knights of Khorassan, Abd
uhl. Atef temple No. 117, of this city.
Miss Jane Llndsey gave the dramatic
readings and Mrs. Iona Faladeaux
played three piano solos.
Six members of the Dokles' degree
team form the drum corps whloh gave
the programme, and if any radio lis
teners failed to get their sets tuned
in, all they needed to do was stick
their heads out of the window to hear
the drum' music. In spite of the ex
cessive volume of sound, however,
listeners reported that the rat-a-tat-
tat of the drums was very clear and
that they could hear the tattoos and
marches played distinctly enough to
Identify them. The last number,
comprising a selection of fancy rim
work, was especially plain, operators
said. The other numbers were two
phases of United States army tattoos
and the "Village Quickstep."
Delightful contributions to the pro
gramme were the clever dramatic
readings by Miss Jane Lindsey, who
Is a teacher of English at the Girls'
Polytechnic school. Her four num
bers were "Marching With the Band,"
"Itching Heels," "March Seventeenth"
and "Fair Warning." Miss Lindsey's
readings are semi-musical and she
was assisted at the piano by Mrs.
Iona Paladeaux.
Mrs. Paladeaux gave the third part
of the programme, which consisted
of piano solos. She is an exceedingly
able pianist, combining splendidly the
melody and Interpretation of the
three numbers she playeed. They were
a Chopin Waltz, Beethoven's "Sonata
Opus 10, No. 1," and Reinhart's "Im
promptu." The entire concert was arranged by
the Seiberling-Lucas Music company.
The next regular programme to be
broadcast from The Oregonian tower
will be on tomorrow night- between
8 and 10 o'clock. The two hours will
be divided into two concerts. The first
will present Mrs. Fred L. Olson, so
prano; Miss Lois Gratke, violinist, and
Gordon Onstad. tenor.
SPEECHES TO BE BROADCAST
Harding and Taft Messages Will
Be Sent to Foreign Lands.
WASHINGTON. D. C May 29. The
addresses of President Harding and
Chief Justice Taft at the dedication
tomorrow f the new Lincoln memo
rial will be broadcast by radio tele
phone to the farthest stations of the
world, it was announced'today.
The naval radio plant at Arlington
will be utilized for distributing the
speeches to foreign lands, using a
wave length of 2650 meters, and that
at Anacostia will send at 412 meters
for domestic points.
CHAMBER TO GET BILLS
French Deputies to Be Asked to
Ratify Arms Agreements.
PARIS, May 29. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The French government
tomorrow will introduce in the cham
ber of deputies bills ratifying the
agreements reached at the Washing
ton armament conference.
I
Spiritualism Will Win in
10 Years, Says Doyle.
rUIIinri 1PTIO IHTCHT HCIilCn
LIRllULLIUliU 111 I Lll I ULIULU
I'm
Here as Prophet, De
clares Sir Arthur.
SPEAKER IS "FATIGUED"
Conversions Not Expected. but
Seed Sown for Crop of Fu
ture, Is Assertion.
NEW YORK, May 29. Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle came to America as a
prophet, not as an evangelist, he said
today. He then declared that within
10 years there would be religious
landslides in thiy country and Aus
tralia and that when the dust clouds
iift spiritualism would be the prevail
ing religion.
Sir Arthur had just returned from a
tour of the country during which he
lectured on his knowledge and beliefs
in spiritualism. He said he was fa
tigued and intended going to Atlantic
City for a "dip" and maybe a lecture,
if he could find an audience.
During his tour, Sir Arthur said he
had sought merely to interest his
audiences and then let them look fur
ther into the mysteries themselves.
"Just as I did; they must spend
years at it. They must squeeze the
Juice out of it and fit it to their re
l'gious belief as best they can," he
said.
Crop Sown for Fntnre.
"I have not been looking to make
facile conversions. I have been
lowing a crop for the future," he
continued. "The results will be here
in 10 years. I am certain of it, as
certain as I am of anything under
the sun. During the war I was a
fairly good prophet. I foretold what
te Germans would do with the sub
marine. I know I'm prophesying
again. Within 10 years there will
be a landslide in this country and
I think Australia, too. of spiritualism.
It will be the .prevailing religion.
It was not so easy to say whether
the landslide would come " to Eng
land, too, he added., ' because the
public mind is different in England.
"It is not so open, so receptive as
here," he said. "I have received no
anonymous and threatening letters
in America, and I did in England."
Spiritualism Held Spreading.
"Spiritualism is filtering into the
churches and spreading rapidly over
the world," Sir Arthur declared. "A
striking example," he said, "were the
remarks of former President Wilson
on the unknown soldier."
"You may recall," he said of the
unknown soldier, "that he was not
alone; that hovering about were the
sculs of thousands who had eiven
their lives in war," said Sir Arthur.
i wu even uci tjcigy Buying ine
same sort of things. What is it?
Spiritualism. But they do not call
it that because they don't like the
sound of the name. Well, we may
have to change the name."
He suggested that psychic Chris
tianity might do.
JOBS OFFERED JAILBIRDS
Farmer Would Pay Fines, hut
Fails to Get Help.
BEND, Or.. May 2S. (Special.) So
scarce Is farm labor hat W. A. Clark
Tumalo rancher, drove to Bend today
and offered to pay the fines of all
prisoners in the city jail if city iiffi
cials would release the men to work
cn his land The request was re
fused and Clark departed vowing that
ne 'would import Japanese labor.
. The Bend commercialclub is plan
ning to maintait a free employment
bureau, which, according to present
indications, will have as its chief
function the securing of men for the
jobs rather than jobs for the men.
THIRD CRASH VICTIM DIES
Death Toil From Trinidad, Colo.,
Collision Increased. ,r
TRINIDAD, Colo., May 29. The death
of John Bellenaso, 31, today increased
to three the death toll resulting from
the collision of a seven-passenger au
tomobile and a motorcycle and side
car on the highway north of here Sun
day afternoon.
In the crash Mary Sidello, 10, and
her sister, Angelina, 8. were instantly
killed. They were riding in the side
car. Bellenaso, riding the motorcycle,
was so badly injured that he died a
few hpurs later at the hospital.
John Castro of Barnes, Colo., who
was driving the car that struck the
motorcycle, was arrested and is being
held at the county Jail.
OLD-TIME BARBER PASSES
Man Who Shaved President of
Long Ago Dead.
-.WASHINGTON, D. C. May 29. Louis
W. Miller, who shaved four presidents
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan and Lin
colnis dead here at 88. 3
Miller, who for years conducted a
barber shop at the New York and St.
Germain hotels in New York, contin
ued his trade until three years ago,
Day Is Not Oppressive, Except in
Downtown District; River
i
Expected to Fall.
Summer came one day and one de
gree nearer yesterday. The carefully
groomed and attended thermometers
of the government weather bureau
registered 83 degrees at 3 and 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, one de
gree above Sunday's maximum.
Except in downtown districts the
high temperature was not oppressive.
As had been the case on Sunday a
sprightly breeze practically through
out the day served well to offset the
work of old Sol.
The Willamette river was estimated
by the forecaster to have reached the
crest of its present rise yesterday,
at 17.3 feet. It Bhould begin falling
.today. Should the present warm
weather continue over the Columbia
and Willamette watersheds, its ef
fects will in a few days again be re
flected in higher water in these
streams.
Hourly temperatures of yesterday
were reported by the weather bureau
as follows:
B A. M !8';12 noon
6 A. M 581 1 P. M
7 A. M 1 2 P. Jl
8 A. M C5I 3 P. M
! A. M Bill 4 P. M
10 A. M 761 5 P. M
11 A. M 781 6 P. M
79
SO
82
S3
8:t
83
82
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 29. (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen, yesterday experi
enced the hottest May day since 1914,
and the third hottest for the same
month since 1901, according to James
D. Carter, weather observer, who
thi
s morning compared Sunday's re
port with those of previous years.
The thermornter yesterday registered
83. Saturday it reached 80. The
highest temperature recorded in May
was in 1914, when the thermometer
registered 91 degrees, and the second
hottest May day in 1912, when the
temperature was 90 degrees.
LIQUOR FRAUD CHARGED
Alleged Forger of Permit to Ob
tain Alcohol Arrested.
MONTREAL, May 29. Harry Gross
berg of Cleveland, O., is under arrest
here charged with forging a permit
for the removal of $4,000,000 In liquor
with intent to defraud the United
Sattes government.
It was alleged the permits were
presented and honored at the store
houses of the Flelshmann Distillery
company in Cleveland, O. Grossberg
pleaded not guilty.
The attorney-general's department
at Washington made the charges
against him.
GENOA PACT IS APPROVED
Italo-Russian Trade Agreement Is
Accepted in Rome.
ROMK.. May 29. The council of min
isters l-.ss approved the Italo-Kusslan
commercial treaty negotiated at
Genoa between Signor Sohanzer, the
Italian foreign minister, and M.
Tchitcherin, head of the Russian
soviet delegation.
The draft of the treaty was agreed
to at Genoa on May 24.
JDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Wenlher.
YBPTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 83
decrees; minimum temperature, 58 de
grees.
TODAT'3 Fair, continued warm: northerly
.vlnds.
Forpiffn.
German chancellor nays Genoa conference
marks new epoch. Page 3.
National.
Suprfme court breaks up Southern Pacific
control of Central Pacific. Page 1.
Freight and wafre cuts declared to pave
way to prosperity. Page 1.
Bonus approval by senate committee pre
dicted. Page 18.
Domestic.
Religious landslide in tn years predicted
by Conan Doyle. Page 1.
Western farmers advised to organize
Page 2.
Two missing characters, in Peters-Ward
shooting case found. Page 2.
Southern Pacific tnay have to sell Central
holdings. Page 3.
Gompere declares workers are penalized bj
rail labor board's decision. Page 4.
Pacific Northweht.
First forest fires rage in Washington
Page 5.
Pull of tide held partial cause of wreck
of Welsh Prince. Page 1.
Jimmle Burns is hero of wreck In river.
Page 7.
Sports.
Idaho middleweight takes on tough battle
with Ortega tomorrow night at armory.
Page 12.
Browns fall on Tigers and win. Page 1C.
McCarthy forced to call special meeting of
Coast league. Page 12.
Baseball Is not a trust, aays supreme
court. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat trade waitinsr until May deaJ is out
of way. Page 18
Chicago wheat prices have extreme drop of
10 cents. Page 18.
Railroad issues strong features of bond
market Page 19.
Position of stocks economically sound
Page 19.
Wage cuts stiffen rail stock prices. Page 19.
Industrial chiefs outweigh bankers. Page 18.
Decisive action expected -today in local
waterfront controversy. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Investigation of lowan-Welsh Prince col
lision to be started. Page 8.
Grief for soldier dead forgotten In vast
pride and gratitude ot the living.
Page 1.
Fraternity plans to fight restrictive laws.
Page 10.
Let everybody save his own daylight, says
mayor, opposing municipal action.
Page 1.
State bank to pay 35 per cent dividend
after July ). Page 20.
Temperature of3 reached in Portland.
Page 1.
Country to keep tab on welfare board ex
penditures ot public funds. Page 20.
Gigantic swindle, charged to ex-bankers.
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Drum corps solos sent out by radio. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. . Page 19.
Dark and evil days are facing baron,
rags 4. .
Southern Pacific to Give
Up Central Pacific.
SUPREME JUSTICE DAY ACTS
Portland to San Francisco
Lines Are Affected.
AGREEMENT IS" ADVISED
Either Apportionment or Pact for
Joint or Common Use Is
Recommended in Decision.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 29. Dis
solution of ow.!hip and control of
the Central P .fic railway by the
Southern PacitV company was or
dered today by the supreme court in
an opinion delivered by Justice Day.
The decision in the case which was
the last of the railroad merger suits
to come before the court, held that
the two lines were competitive. Jus
tices McReynolds and Brandeis, be
cause of their official connections
prior to going upon the bench, did not
participate. Justice McKenna deliv
ered a short dissent.
The court directed that a decree be
entered severing the control by the
Southern Pacific of the Central Pa
cific by stock ownership .or by lease,
but in accomplishing that end so far
as compatible, said the mortgage lien
In the Union Trust company of New
York should be protected.
Apportionment Is Sag-BeMed.
The several terminal lines and cut
offs leading to San Francisco bay
which have been constructed or ac
quired during the unified control of
the two systems for convenient access
to the bay, and to the principal ter
minal facilities about the bay, should
be dealt with, the court declared.
"eilher by way of apportionment or
by provisions for joint or common
use, in such manner as will secure to
both companies such full, convenient
and ready access to the bay and to
terminal facilities thereon that each
company will be able freely to com
pete with the other, to serve the
public efficiently and accomplish the
purpose of the legislation under
which it was constructed,"
A like course should be pursued,
Justice Day added, in dealing with
the lines extending "from San Fran
cisco bay to Sacramento and to Port
land, Or."
C'aie Tending; Since 1814.
The case had been pending in the
courts since February 11, 1914, when
the United States asked the United
States district court of Utah to re
strain the two railroads, the Union
Trust company of New York, and the
directors and officials of the Southern
Pacific under the Sherman anti-trust
and the Pacific railroad act. The
United States asserted that the lines
of the two ranroaos constituiea com-
petllive sysiems am auueu iiim n.e
ownership acquired by the Southern
Pacific of a controlling interest in the
Central Pacific be declared unlawful.
A minute review of the history of
the two roads was given by Justice
Day leading up to what he termed
"the outstanding facts" of the physi
cal operation of the two railroads.
Systems Held Separate.
"The Central Pacific, with Its east
ern connection at Ogden, forms one
great system of transportation be
tween the east and the west," the
opinion stated, "and the Southern Pa
cific with its roads and connections
and steamboat lines, forms another
great transcontinental system for
transportation from coast to coast.
The Central Pacific constitutes some
800 miles of transcontinental line of
which it is a part. The Southern
Pacific system has practically its own
.line of railroads and-'Steamboat con
nections to New York via Galveston
and New Orleans."
The acquisition of the Central Pa
cific stock by the Southern Pacific
was h6ld to be unlawful under the
opir.ion of the court in the Union Pa
cific case, "unless justified by the
special circumstances" relied upon for
that purpose, but the court, after
analyzing the special circumstances,
discarded them as not justifying
the control. The present case did
not differ from the Union Pacific
case at all in principle. Justice Day
asserted, the only difference being
that in the Central Pacific the South
ern Pacific acquired a competitive
system of 800 miles in length, whereaj
in the Union Pacific the competing
system absorbed was 1000 miles in
length.
Systems Held Competitive.
'These two great systems are nor
mally competitive for the carrying
trade in some parts from the east and
middle west to the coast," Justice Day
said, "and in greater volume for the
trafffc moving to and f rom ..centra.
and northern California, including a
great volume of ocean-borne traffic
which lands on the coast, destined to
cross the continent to the Atlantic
seaboard and intermediate western
and eastern points, or is destined
from the latter points to foreign ports
via San Francisco or other Pacific
coast points."
Reviewing previous railroad-merger
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