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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LXI NO. 19,215 Entered at JortUt. 4 (Oregon.- Postoffice as Second-class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1922 PRICE FIVE CENTS s HARDING CANCELS TRIP TO' ALASKA LGOME ROSE FETE CONCERT WILL BE BROADCAST BERRIAN BAND AND SOLOISTS PRINCIPALS IN EVENT.- MRS. OLESEN VICTOR r IN SENATORIAL RACE DEMOCRATS OF MINNESOTA NAME WOMAN FOR POST. MR. LODGE HELD MARCONI INVENTS RADIO SEARCHLIGHT GIVEN PRINCESS T OF PRESIDENT SATS PUBLIC BUSINESS INTERFERES. WAVES ARE CONCENTRATED IN ONE DIRECTION. EN ROYAL HASTE IN MERGER RULES PORTLAND A INVINCIBLE ROADS URGED Harriet Makes Stately Entry to Festival City. CROWNING IS BRILLIANT Court Soothsayers Predict Most Happy Reign. WHOLE WORLD BOWS President Harding's Envoy and Other Notable Visitors Take Part in Ceremonies. TODAY'S FESTIVAL EVENTS. Rose show and Sportsmen Tourist show at armory and festival center In park blocks open all day. 1:30 P. M. Regatta on "Wil lamette river between Morri son and Hawthorne bridges. 3 P. M. Miss Alice Mary Robertson, Oklahoma - repre sentative in congress and President Harding's r e p r e sentative to festival, -speaks at auditorium to public. 9 P. M. Admiral's ball, grand ballroom Multnomah hotel, to invited guests only. BY CLARK H. WILLIAMS. Harriet, the Gracious, queen of all Rosaria, entered upon her rule yes terday, acclaimed by hrer faithful subjects and surrounded by pomp and circumstance due her exalted rank. Court soothsayers yesterday foretold, when she grasped the scepter, that her reign will be most happy of all the monarchs who have ruled before her. Frontiers ot other countries are marked by frowning forts and armed guards, but not so the delect able realm of Queen Harriet I, which has no boundaries. Wherever in all the world the rose nods its lovely head on its swaying stem and the eye of the beholder glows with hom age to its beauty, there is Rosaria there are subjects of Queen Harriet who, throughout all her far-flung empire, chose Portland for her capital. Whole World Pay Homage. . In a manner of speaking, one might say the whole world bowed in homage to the queen of roses yes terday. President Harding was rep resented by Miss Alice Mary Rob ertson,. Oklahoma representative in Congress. Brigadier-General Blatch- ford headed a delegation of army officers, who brought greetings from that branch of the service. Ad miral Mayo, United States fleet com mander during the war, and Captain G. L. P. Stone, commanding the bat- . tleship Connecticut, and his staff, . made up an. impressive naval group that gave their allegiance to Queen Harriet. But her beneficent reign extends far wider still. Over everyone who has looked into the heart of a rose and has been moved by its beauty Rosaria's queen rules as, his true sovereign and to her he owes life long allegiance. Day Always Remembered. The one day in the year when the queen comes to mount her throne and ruie over her delightful realm is never forgotten, but always hap p'ly remembered. So yesterday was gala with events and the city was fen fete for its new ruler. Queen Harriet entered her domain yesterday morning, the royal barge with Rosaria's ruler and her court appearing, magically, upon the Wil- la-iette river. Saluted by warcraft i-nd steamers in the harbor and at lenoea oy Doats festooned with roses, the queen was the center of a colorful river pageant that was viewed from the river's banks, the bridges and steamers by innumer able happy subjects. The coronation of Rosaria's charm ing queen was the big event of the afternoon. With beautiful Laurel hurst park as the setting, the cere mony of Queen Harriet mounting her throne and the placing of the royal diadem upon her brow was a pageant of rare delight. Festival Center Visited. Immediately afterward, the royal party went to the Festival Center, where the - queen declared that beauty spot opened and bestowed it upon her subjects for their de light, enjoining all to cast dull care and usual enterprises of in dustry tnC commerce away f0r the four festival days that they may make merry and frolic amid , the city's roses. Probably there were no fewer than 20,000 people present at Queen . Harriet's coronation. Immense as Laurelhurst park is, it seemed filled yesterday afternoon. Every vantage point held its hundreds and thou sands. About the dias, banked with shrubbery and flowers, where the royal throne had been established, Rosaria's subjects were crowded In a far sweeping mass. The royal procession descended (Concluded on Page 8, Column l.) "J Acceptance of Invitations to Visit Western Cities Also Expect- ed to Be Declined. WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20. President Harding's tentatively projected Alaskan trip this summer has been abandoned, it was an nounced definitely today at the White House. The president was said to regret greatly that 'he saw no possibility of leaving: Washington under pre vailing: conditions of public busi ness. ' The president had accepted ten tatively, dependent on his making Uthe Alaska trip, a number of invita tions to visit western cities and also two British Columbian cities. While House did not mention specifically these acceptances it was presumed that they all would have to be de clined at least for thlssummer. Abandonment of the president's plan to visit Alaska will not inter fere with Secretary Fall's trip, it was said at the interior department, except possibly to remove a cause for further delay. If the -president had decided to go to Alaska, it was explained, then Secretary Fall would probably' have timed his departure from Washington so as to join the president as the original plans con templated. As the situation now stands the interior secretary may possibly leave for the coast within two weeks or so, it was intimated. 227 SEAUONARE SLAIN Oregon State Hunter Commences - Work on Coast. ' MABSHFIELD, Or., June 20. (Special.) The season of seallon hunting is on, and William Hunter, who last year contracted with the state . of Oregon to slaughter the animals along the Oregon coast. started at the Cape Blanco reef. killing in his first raid 227. This work was done during quiet weather and the high trade winds which blow from the northwest; create so much" disturbance .about the rocks that the killers cannot land. Busi ness during such times is suspended. Hunter intends to finish work on the Rogue river reef this week and then visit Blanco reef again and work northward afterward. SLAYER GETS LIFE TERM Confessed Murderer of Oregon Woman Is Sentenced.- JACKSON, Mich., June 20. George Straub, confessed slayer of Alice Mallett, pleaded guilty to first, de gree morrder in the Jackson county circuit court this morning and im mediately was sentenced to soli tary confinement at hard labor for life in Marquette prison Miss Mallett, who was matron at a girl's home, was murdered about 10 days ago, having apparently been attacked wiith an ax. Her head was crushed and her body mutilated In a night attack as she was en route to ii-er home. Her parents live in Ontario, Or. - BIGAMY CHARGED TO DRY Leader of Moral Crusade Faces Swindle Charges. LOS ANGELES, CaL, June 21. Rev. Donald D. Stewart, well- Known tnrougnout California as a temperance worker, credited with having caused the elimination of segregated districts from a number of towns of the state, and author of the song "We'll Make California Dry," was arrested near Sierra Madre, 20 miles northeast ot Los Angeles, tonight. It is charged that he had com mitted bigamy in several states and had swindled his wives out of thou sands of dollars. SEATTLE MAN HONORED Marshal Joffre Decorates Samuel Hill, Guide on V. S. Trip. PARIS, .Tune 20. Marshal Joffre, in the name of the French govern ment, today decorated with the in signia of officer of the Legion of Honor, Samuel Hill of Seattle, who esoonea tne marshal across the United States on his recent trio. Marshal Joffre alluded to the hap piness which had been afforded him Dy n-is reception in America. WAR SECRETARY RAPPED Mr. Weeks Said to Be Out of Xnne With Administration. TOPEKA, Kan June 20. Senator Capper of Kansas, in a special dis patch received here tonight, de clared that Secretary of War Weeks is out of tune with the Harding ad ministration. The senator added that if the sec retary does not resign, his resigna tion might very properly be re quested by the president. PROPERTY RETURN URGED Aliens May Recover Holdings Seized in War Time, i WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20. Legislation is being prepared, with President Harding's sanction, which will return to approximately 30,000 Germans and Austrians property taken over during the war by the nlien nrnnprtv rMiarnriinn in nmminta of $10,000 or less. It was announced today at the White House. Heiress to Fete Crown Lands in City. RIVER PAGEANT GORGEOUS New Ruler Wins All Hearts , by Simple Cordiality. HARDING SENDS REGRETS Miss Alice Robertson Reads Note From President Expressing Inability to Be Here. From somewhere on the Willam ette river just where is of no con cern Princess Harriet, heir to the crown of Rosaria, boarded her pala tial yacht yesterday morning, sailed up and down the river, and as bands played, cameras clicked, and while crowds cheered and guns boomed in salute, made her initial entry into the kingdom over which she now rules with her fair smile. As the steam yacht Wisdom, carrying this fair princess, who has already won her subjects with her winsome and unostentatious man her, and her court of honor, lnclud ing eight charming young ladies, pulled into midstream, 50 boats of every size and description, all decfi rated in holiday ' attire, appeared, and joined in escort to the royal party. Day Is Ideal. It was an ideal day for a river pageant, with the sun dodging, in among the clouds, as if to insure a comfortable passage for the young sovereign. Thousands lined the bridges, the docks and the river banks to watch and cheer as the parade passed -in review. The long line jbf river craft was led by the lighthouse tender Manza- nita, on which-the Royal Rosarlan band was stationed. Following close behind was the J. C. Post, a ship operated by the United States engi neers, which was not only bedecked with national colors, but bore a huge red rose on , the sides of its main sail. ' . . . r Fireboat In Gay. Flags, flowers ' and greens com pletely covered the brass nozzles on the fireboat George H. Williams, so that had it not been for the trim firemen aboard this ship one' could not have recognized her in the line. Small miniature battleships, com plete as to detail of equipment, not excepting the wireless overhead. darted in and out of the line as representatives of the flotilla of destroyers now in the harbor. The flagship Connecticut was rep resented by the Santa Maria, a (Concluded on Page 9, Column 3.) SHOWING THE ROSE - . , ' . ...... Enggiii OREGON sYfcftWBEftftV iIaW'uIbI VHOVJ G-H V Igi WE-LL StHb A ' Wl254f ALL YOU HMfc . fo fcO. fPMrL2. - T. NTI-J f: "Vf' POT HER WAS "J TO RdSES AND BIB '0U HEXTALL- SwWfc&WS , i- . - :-- - :; v-' '- Sw -i . ; -vr ,!r.5.r,-. .-,--.-.,.;-.. i .. i. I ... - . -, ----- . '' V . :' ' - ..--. The Oregonlah Will Offer Fine Programme to Radio Fans Tonight From Tower. - A Rose Festival radio concert in two parts will be broadcast from The Oregonian tower between 8 and 10 o'clock tonight. During the first hour radio listeners wIlL have opportunity to hear a band concert by the Newberg Berrian band, di rected by "Hal" Campbell, and "at 9 o'clock will begin one of the best concerts thus far . broadcast from the tower. . In it will be heard May Dearborn Schwab, soprano; Dom J. Zan, baritone, and Louis Kaufman, violinist. ' ' May Dearborn Schwab is known as the mother of radio singing in Portland, having provided the first recognized radio entertainment dur ing the last community music week. She has appeared in a previous con cert in The Oregonian tower and has a host of friends in the regular radio audience. Tonight she will sing "You in a Gondola," "By the Waters of Minnetonka," with violin obligato; "Oh Lovely Night" and "From the Land of the Sky Blue Water." Her accompanist will be Mrs. Arthur Crafts. Mr. Kaufman recently returned from New York, where he studied with Knefsel, and the concert to night will mark his second public work since he arrived in Portland. His hand is considered one of the finest in the city and his violin contributions to the concert promise to be an excellent treat. Mr. Kauf man will be accompanied by Susie Michael and will play as his selec tions "Gypsy Airs" (Sarasate), and two Kreisler compositions, "La Gitana" and ''Hindoo Charms." Perhaps the voice of Mr. Zan is better known in Portland than any other baritone here and tonight will be his first radio introduction. The original announcement that he would sing for radio has created unusual interest among the fans and Mr. Zan has chosen four of the best numbers from his repertoire for them. His selections are "On the Road to Mandalay" (Speaks), "Your Eyes Have Told Me So' (O'Hara), "Gipsy John" (Clay), and "Only in Dreams" (DeKoven). He will be assisted at the piano by Mrs. Van Renssalaer Strandburgh. The Berrian band is in town to participate in the Rose Festival, and as many of the players as can be accomodated in the tower broad casting room will assist in the band concert. Miss Evah Hadley, queen of the Berrians' float, will sing sev- eral solos between the band num bers. The band is directed by Mr. Campbell of the Seiberling Lucas Music company, and he has submitted the following programme: "Invercargill", march ; "Serenade," baritone solo; "The - Enchantress," "Golden Memories." "Exuberance," "Ap ple Blossoms," "Plantation Songs," "Kiss Me Again and Cyrus the Great." HAWLEY CONCERTS GIVEN Hundreds' of Portland Fans En tertained by Programme. Two radio concerts, broadcast from the Hawley Jr. radiophone station KYG entertained hundreds (Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.) FESTIVAL VISITORS A FEW Miss Kaerschner Is Nominated oy Republicans for Clerkship ' - of Supreme Court. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20. (By the Associated Press.) A woman has been nominated for United States 'senator by a major political party for the first time in the his tory of the country. This became apparent tonight when returns from half the pre cincts participating in Monday's pri mary election showed Mrs.' Anna Dickie Olesen had captured the sen atorial nomination of the demo cratic party from two male oppo nents. When 1715 of the state's 3348 pre cincts had reported, Mrs. Olesen had a margin of 4200 Votes over Thomas Melghen, her nearest opponent, the count then , standing: Mrs. Olesen, 18.212;,,Mr. Meighan, 14,029. Opposing Mrs. Olesen in - the November election will be Minne sota's junior senator, Frank B. Kel logg, who was renominated on the republican ticket with other state officers Indorsed by the party's state convention. Henrik Shipsted, farmer-labor candidate, also will be an opponent. . The closest contest of the pri mary was that in the third con gressional district, where "Charles R, Davis, representative, and Reuben Thoreen fought it out for the re publican nomination, with Mr. Davis holding a slight advantage tonight, when 269 of the district's 2? pre cincts had reported. With seven missing, Mr. Davis had 19,928 votes and Mr. Thoreen. 19,803 in the un official compilation. - While the democrats were nom inating Mrs. Olesen for the federal senate the republicans were nom inating Miss Grace F. Kaerscher of Ortonville for clerk of the supreme court over Herman Mueller, Incum bent Miss Kaerscher had the in dorsement' of the state convention. Born in Minnesota 36 years ago, Mrs. Olesen lived on a farm In, the southern port of the state until she was married to Peter Olesen. now superintendent of city schools at Cloquet They have one child, Mary, 14 years old. who has taken an active interest in her mother's entry into poiltics. j SENATOR HALE EASY VICTOR Incumbent Renominated in Maine Dy Republican party. PORTLAND, Me.,' June 20. Fred erick Hale, senator, republican, without making a personal cam paign, won an easy victory in the state primaries yesterday. The vote cast for him was larger than the total for his two opponents, Frank E. Guernsey, ex-representative, and Howard Davies, ex-state senator, and Ms plurality over Mr. Guernsey Was nearly 20,000. Mr. Davies ran a poor third. Percival P. Baxter, governor, re publican, " was renominated by a plurality of 25,000 over John P, Deer ing, with Leon F. Higgins trailing. Representatives Beedy, White, Nel son and Hersey, all republicans, were renominated without opposi tion. The democrats nominated for senator, Oakley C. Curtis, ex-gover-(Conclude on Page 4, Column 1.) OREGON ATTRACTIONS. Massachusetts' Support Thought Certain. SENATOR EXPECTS TO WIN Third Candidate Needed to . Upset Dope. . FEARS ARE CALLED BUNK Political Leaders, Far Distant From State, Are Only Ones Who Feel Any Qualms. BY MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright, '-1922, by New York Evening Poet, Inc. Published by arrangement.) BOSTON, June 20. (Special.) Every once in so often you read in newspapers distant from Massa chusetts that the fight against Senator Lodge is going to be the big feature of the political show this year. Only last week Senator Moses of New Hampshire said the Lodge campaign in Massachusetts would be the leading political event of the year and that he. Moses, ex pects to pass all his time helping Lodge in his fight. In all this kind of talk there is more hope on the part of the na tional democratic leaders distant from Massachusetts and apprehen sion on the part of the national re publican leaders than anything elsr Here on the ground in Massachu setts, as things stand today, you oan't figure out any way thatLodge can be beaten: Only some unfor seen happening between now and November can give the democrats the faintest chance of retiring Lodg. Iode Expected to Win. mere are plenty of persons in Massachusetts and many t of the gpoa people and important people, wno disapprove of Lodge for hi3 course on the league of nations but most of them will vote for Lodge in November just the same. What good would it do them to re place Lodge with a democrat when everybody knows that the demo cratic organization In this state is more anti-league of nations than Lodge himself? For that matter, the ' league of nations is not cutting any figure in the present political thought of this state. In Washington and New York and elsewhere it has been widely printed that Lodge's oppon ents were going to beat him by making use of another republican, ex-Governor Samuel McCall. There was never anything in that. McCall, himself, never gave any counten ance to it and never had any real thought of becoming active in the campaign. , Organization Is Satisfied. ' If McCall had determined to run in the republican primaries against Ledge he would not have received one vote in five. The republican organization is completely satisfied with Lodge and will be for him with a strength that no outsider can overcome. - The only strategy that could pos sibly endanger Lodge would be to persuade McCall to run on an inde pendent third ticket in November. In such an event McCall might get enough republican votes to give victory to the democrats. But no body can expect McCall to do that He is a man who has spent almost a whole lifetime as a republican governor. He is not going to end his career with a spite candidacy that could have no possible outcome extfept to help the democrats. Lodge is pretty near invincible in Massachusetts. The state thinks of him, with his 30 years in the senate, as Its most distinguished public figure and that sort of pride counts for much in Massachusetts. . Democrat Have Nobody. The democrats haven't anybody they can nominate, who even faintly approaches Lodge's standing In the state. If ex-President Wilson should take a personal hand in the effort to beat Lodge, as he has in the case of Reed, that would make votes for Lodge. That is the temper of Massachusetts. If t,he other democratic leader, Mr. Cox, of Ohio, should come into Massachusetts to speak against Lodge, that again would help Lodge. If the tariff should turn out to be unacceptable to Massachusetts and it seems likely it will, the Massa chusetts republicans will say Lodge is not to blame. They will say that Lodge would have made a good tariff if those wicked western farm bloc repub lican senators had only let him. In short the . distinction and length of Mr. Lodge's public career have given him an invincible hold on Massachusetts. You could no more dislodge Lodge than dislodge the sacred god from the statehouse wall. There will be candidates and a fight for the democratic nomina tion, but that will be more a case of getting in line for future honors than any real expectation ot beat ing Lodge this year. Famous Italian Thinks Device Can Be Used to Rid Sea of ' Some of Its Terrors. NEW YORK, June 20. Senor Mar coni, wonder man of wireless, to night announced the invention of what might be termed a radio searchjjght, by means of which radio waves, which can be reflected like light waves, may be sent in a given direction in a beam, instead of being scattered to all points of the com pass. v The famous Italian said he be lieved this Invention could be uti lized in such a manner as to rid the sea of some of its terrors, for, with a revolving reflector, the transmit ter would constitute a radio light house, capable of flashing guiding beams nearly a hundred miles. Addressing a joint meeting of the Institute of Radio Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers on his latest discoveries, the inventor said of the proposed radio lighthouse: "By means of the revolving beam of electrical radiation, it is possible for shipsr when within a certain distance, to ascertain in thick weather, the bearing and position of the lighthouse. "It seems to me that it should be possible to design apparatus by means of which a ship could radiate or project a divergent beam of the short wave rays in any desired di rection, which rays, if coming across a metallic object, such as another steamer, would be reflected back to a receiver on the sending ship and thereby immediately reveal the presence and bearing of the other ship In a fog or thick weather. One further great advantage of such an arrangement would be that it would be ablo to give warningof the pres ence and bearing of ships, even should these ships be unprovided with any kind of radio." Marconi's radio searchlight bears little resemblance to the battleship searchlight It is rather a special arrangement of wires on towers or masts. During his lecture Marconi ex hibited pictures of reflectors resem bling the weird apparatus pictured in imaginary tales of the' conquest of the world by Martians. Through the use of these reflectors at both ends, clear speech was exchanged during experiments over a distance of 99 miles, between London and Birmingham, he announced, estab lishing a teccrd in long-dfttance radio transmission and reception with short wavea. SHOWERS ARE FORECAST Weather Man Bound to Dampen Rose Festival Pleasures. : Showers and cooler weather were forecast by the weather bureau for today, in spite of the pleas of Port land citizens for fair weather dur ing Rose Festival week. South westerly winds are scheduled to bring the unwelcome rain-bearing clouds. An appeal has been made to Mayor Baker by various prominent citizens, and the mayor has inti mated that he may refuse the clouds the use of the city.' , INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather.- YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 77 degrees; minimum 61 degrees. TODAY'S Scattered showers and cooler; . moderate southwesterly winds. Foreign. -Sir Craig's castle stormed by mob. Page 1. Britain has plan to appease Russia. Page 6. National. Senate makes bonus bill special order following disposition of tariff. Page 2. Senator Lodge held about invincible. -Page 1. Harding cancels trip to Alaska. Page 1. Domestic. Fourteen liquor-laden autos captured In duel. Page 3. Haste in merger of roads is urged. Page 1. Marconi invents radio searchlight. Page 1. Mrs. Olesen wins democratic nomination in Minnesota. Page 1. , Strike now would be disastrous for rail way unions, says labor board chief. Page 6. McCormick gets copy of divorce. Page 6. Woman physician says birth control is certain to come. Page 4. Pacific Northwest. Officers In guard promoted for day. Page 5. Clatsop sheriff halts vigilantes. Page 5. Veteran official to retain place. Page 7. Ex-Oregon man is murdered. Page 4. Sports. Browns win, 7 to 3.. from Athletics. Page 14. Regatta on river booked ' for today, t Page 15. Pacific Coast league results: At Los Angeles, Vernon 9, Portland 7; at Oakland 4. Seattle 1 ; at Sacramento 1, San Francisco 7 ; at Salt Lake 6, Los Angeles 5. Page 14. Ruth is suspended for naughty talk. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Wheat bids advanced, but trading Is limited. Page 22. Dry weather reports lift wheat prices at Chicago. Page 22. 1 Trend of bond market Is upward. Page 23. Recent conferences believed to forecast end of watertront strike. Page 15. New York bond market firm and buoy ant Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Portland greets Princess Harriet. Page 1. Flowers beautify festival center. Page 8. Tongs officially sign peace. Page 13. Boatswain's mate of navy drowned dur- " ing Rose Festival marine parade. - Page 9. fvnse Fete concert will be broadcast tonight by The Oregonian. Page 1. Gilbert school boara row may be taken to court. Page 12. i Harriet crowned Rosaria's queen. Page 1. Portland's choicest roses -now on dis play at armory show. Page 9. Switching rates on east side cut Page 7. Weather report, . data and forecast Page I. . . 3 State Commissions Join in Appeal. GROUPING THOUGHT SOLUTION Southern Pacific May Put Central Stock in Escrow. MR. HERRIN GIVES VIEW Action to Be Taken if Rehearing . of Case Is Denied by Su preme Court.. SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. A conference of public utility com missioners from far-western states to discuss the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific separation question closed today with a telegraphic ap peal by the commissions of Cali fornia, Arizona and New Mexico to the interstate commerce commission to expedite its proposed consolida tion scheme for the two railroads under authority of the transporta tion act of 1920. Comm.issoners Heywood of Utah and Simmons of Nevada declined to join in the appeal on the ground that they were only authorized to attend the conference to obtain in- formation on the situation, while the Oregon body made no appear ance here, notifying the California railroad commission that publ'o opinion in Oregon was divided on the question. New Mexico Not Represented. New Mexico was not represented at the conference, but authorized the California commission' to appeal to the interstate commerce commis sion on its behalf. The three bodies took the position that retention of the Central Pacific by the Southern Pacific seemed at the present time the best thing for their states from the standpoint of service and gen eral public interest. The telegram was signed by D. F. Johnson, chair man of the Arizona corporation commission, H. W. Brundige, presi dent of the- California railroad com mission, and by U. H. Williams, chairman of the New Mexico cor poration commission through Brundige. Although the recent Unite'd States supreme court decision which caused the conference ordered the sepa ration of the two lines as a com bination in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, it was brought out that after the unmerger took place the interstate commerce commission would be authorized, under the' transportation act of 1920, to put the two roads together as part of its programme for grouping all Amer ican railroad lines into a few large systems. Southern Pai-lnc Favored. It was generally agreed that the only possible future" for the Central Pacific would be control either by the Southern Pacific or the Union Pacific, and the California, Arizona and New Mexico commissions took the view that Southern Pacific con trol was more to the public interest Accordingly they asked the inter state commerce commission to con sider the far western railroad situ ation before It took up the south eastern transportation question. If the supreme court fails to grant a rehearing, the Southern Pa cific will put the Central Pacific stock in escrow in the hands of a trustee to be held until the inter state commerce commission carries out its ' proposed new grouping, it was indicated today by William Y. Herrin, general counsel for the Southern Pacific company. A declaration that if the Union Pacific comes Into control of the Central Pacific, California will have a period of free competition in serv ice that it never has had before, and that the Union Pacific's past record of development will be car ried out in this state, was made by Fred G. Athearn, a San Francisco at torney, appearing for the Union company. . Discrimination Is Charged. "Except when the Central Pacific was controlled by the Union Pacific under E. H. Harriman, the Union Pacific always has been discrimin ated against in the movement of traffic," said Athearn, "because the tonnage has moved by the Southern route. That discrimination should be removed. "I promise you that the Union Pa-' cific will stand by its record of operating all of its lines for the development of the communities it serves, regardless of whether there is competition or not. In on valley in Idaho, scercely-25 miles apaft, we have three lines and no competition to cause it either. We have kept in the vanguard of development and not behind H. "I might point out to you what free competition has done by ask ing you to think of your sister city. Los Angeles, with three competing transcontinental lines. Allhougli we only acquired the Clark inter ests in the Los Angeles & Sau Lake railroad a year ago, vvi- it, mediately started relaying railb an;! (Co&cluded on Page 2, Column 2.)