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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 18. JOINT 0P11 OF LIES IS Southern - Central Pacific Petition Filed. AUTHORITY IS CITED Rivals Can Be Combined Under One Institution, According' to 1920 Transportation Act. WASHINCJTON, D. C., Oct. 17. The Southern Pacific today filed with the interstate commerce com mission a petition which, it was said, if granted, will prevent the separation from its system of the lines of the Central Pacific, although this separation was ordered by the supreme court In a decision several months ago, and a rehearing of the case was subsequently denied by the court. , According to the railroad's peti tion, the commerce commision has power, under the transportation act of 1920, to allow the operation of the combined railroad system as one institution, even though the supreme court declared the situation to be an example of the merger of parallel and competing lines, which is for bidden by the Sherman anti-trust law. Divorce Held In Abeyance. The commission's decision on the issue, if affirmative, lawyers as serted, will be the first setting up of a policy of transportation regu lation in disregard of the anti-trust laws which have hitherto been ap plied to maintain competition in railroad operations asin other in dustries. The Southern Pacific pe tition pointed out that the trans portation lines, when it adjudges the result likely to better transpor tation conditions and cited that tentative plans of the commission for general consolidation of rail roads, now under consideration, pro vide for a continuation of its mergef with the Central Pacific. While awaiting the determination of the commission it was indicated the actual process of separating the two railroad properties as ordered by the supreme court will be held in abeyance. Lenitlng Properties Suggested. As a method for the commerce commission to follow in applying its authority, the Southern Pacific petition suggested that an order should be issued allowing that com pany to lease the entire properties of the Central Pacific, which it now operates, on terms similar to those existing at present, with the excep tion that the leases should be terminable at the pleasure of the commission. Thereafter, it was proposed, the commission could go forward with the pending investigation of gen eral construction plans and at the conclusion make final disposition if the entire matter. It was pleaded that a separation now would cause a disruption of traffic and opera tion systems, leaving the Central Pacific as a partial transcontinen ta' line and raise questions in re gard to the payment of bond inter est and principal among the security issues which are joint obligations of the two systems. Even were this done, the South Pacific petition re cited, there might a reunion later under the construction project, which would make the whole pro ceeding unnecessary. Act Held Aot CoiiNiflered. It was further recited tht the supreme court, passing as it did upon an anti-trust issue in a case begun in 1914, could not and did not take the transportation act pro vision for constructions into con sideration. This act, the railroad further alleged, "constitute a radi cal change in the policy of con gress towards the railroads of the country," and justifies the commis sion in allowing something which the supreme court held illegal. The Central Pacific runs from Ogden, Utah, to California cities with branches orth and south in California and Oregon. Since 1870 it has been operated as an integral part of the Southern Pacific. STEP MEKELX TEMPORARY Nothing to Be Done Until Final Decision Is Reached. That the application of the Southern Pacific is a temporary step merely was the explanation of William Sproule, president of the company, i,n" a statement issued at . San Francisco headquarters yester day and telegraphed to Southern Pacific offices here. It was as follows: "Until a final conclusion is reached by the commission nothing permanent as to the relations of the Southern Pacific and Central Pa cific can be determined," the an-, nouncement said. "No other rail road could buy the property without the consent of the interstate com merce commission under the law. The commission has large powers over questions of joint use of terminals and the like. "If the application be granted by the interstate commerce commission it simply means therefore that there will be no disruption until the question is finally and definitely determined as to where the Central Pacific shall go. "So obviously is it In the interest of the public not to have a tem porary separation that there should be no objection to approval of the lease by the interstate commerce commission, and if any opposition comes it will be from those having selfish interests to serve and those who are afraid of what the inter- A dustless mop, treated with a few drops of Calol Liquid Gloss, gives that hardwood floor new beauty and lustre. Get a can today at your dealers. ASKED 45 CALOL Wft LIQUID 171 GLOSS H 5M-Wi STANDARD OIL 1 f-W. COMPANY 1 I ' (California) state commerces' commission may ultimately rule in the 'matter. "The ultimate outcome will not be affected by this lease, since the interstate commerce commission will reserve the right to allocate the Central Pacific to some other system if it deems best." INDIAN ASSESSED '$500 Man Already . In Jail Loses Suit Over Automobile Wreck. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 17 (Special.) John Eyle, Indian, and his wife, Julia, owners of a big car which crashed into the machine of Ernest DuBois of this city last month and wrecked it, will have $500 damages on the DuBois car to pay in addition to the year in jail and J1000 fine which Eyle drew re cently for driving while intoxi cated. When Eyle was arrested he had two kindred spirits with him, in clr.diifj Mrs. Lillie Charlie, an In dian widow. Eyle' wife, who is joint owner of the machine, was not present, but 'She was co-defendant in the suit brought by DuBois. Judgment for the plaintiff was found today by Judge Simpson of the superior court of Clarke county. The case was not contested by Eyle, whe will be in jail for nearly two years as a result of the crash. TEN ON DEBATE SQUAD Portland Stndents Out for Places on Corvallis Team. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis. Oct. 17. (Spe6ial.) Ten men have places on the debate squad, to train for the state cham pionship triangular debate between the University of Oregon, Reed col lege and the Oregon Agricultural college, December 8. New men winning places on the squad are Paul Dickey of Corvallis. George Studor, Portland; Henry Gunn of Portland, Edward Salstrom. Portland; G. E. Beagle, Hermiston, and G. I. Smart, Corvallis. Men of last year's varsity winning places were John Gray, Gardena, Cal.; Paul Knoll, Corvallis; Chester Merklin. Walla Walla, Wash., and a member of last year's rook squad Vernon Pairie of Eugene was successful. ATLANTIC LINER STRUCK Queen of Clyde Fleet Aground Off St. Johns, Fla. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 17 The steamer Lenape, queen of the Clyde line fleet, with 247 passengers aboard, bound from New York for this port, went aground off the St. John's bar today and was still hard and fast tonight. Two tugs and a steamer were standing by, while the Lenape maintained constant wireless com munication with her sister ship, the Arapahoe, here. No apprehension was felt for the passengers. RECTOR'S WIDOW TESTED (Continued From Firet Page.) searching the fields near the spot where the couple were later found. Prosecutor Beekman of Somerset county today made public some of the letters found on the body of the Rev. Mr. Hall. They were, he said in the handwriting of Mrs. Mills, although unsigned. One of them was" a critical epi logue of a book the rector was said to have given Mrs. Mills "The Mother of All Living," by Robert Keable, described as a love story of Africa, exotic in atmosphere and frank in treatment. Affectionate Terms I sell. "Dearest," the letter said, "how fast I read; I remember, too, honey mine, what a lot there is to talk about after I read this book we must take it with us when we ride and talk about it, especially the marked parts this Keable certain ly knows hearts it is sweet but nothing compared to ours I don't want to read such books ever again. Why? You know. TJiey make me yearn for what perhaps I missed in life. And to think that now and hereafter I shall never escape this longing until our souls are one at last." "Dearest, dearest boy of mine, good morning," another letter be gins. "What joy and peace is ours today, and strength. Now! gracious God is to privilege us to know this most, joyous, greatest blessing. I am on my knees, darling, looking up at my noble man, worshiping, adoring. Wonder of wonders, that I love you even more than yester day." Letter Held Important. Prosecutor Beekman attached im portance to a third letter, in which i3 found: "Honey mine, 1 was need ing you as only yo know, but he was here and so I said not to come." Henry Stevens was questioned, ac cording to Attorney Pfieffer, re garding his alibi for the night of the murder, when he said he had been hunting near LaVallette, N. J. He announced today that his pro posed trip had been one planned to South America, not to Europe', as has been said, but stated that ar rangements had been cancelled. Officially, the results of today's re-examination were not made known. Once more a new drive has bee nstarted; Vaguely, It Is believed that new evidence has ben uncov ered and the return from scatterel trails to the massed attack today is expected to bring definite action. Day in Court Expensive. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 17. (Special.) Fred Wehrlng had his day in court today, but it was ex pensive, both from the standpoint of time and money. His landlady, Mrs. May Crowley, appeared in court against him to testify that the black eye she wore was the result of Wehrlng's accuracy in throwing a rock. He Was fined J25 and costs, which amounted to $9.6-0. Then Wehring had to defend himself on a charge of having liquor In his possession. For this he drew $100 fine and 30 days in the counyt jail. Wehring smlied during the testi mony in the first case, but his smile was missing when he reached jail. Power Officials Convene. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 17. (Spe cial.) Eighteen district managers from Oregon, Washington and Idaho and 19 other officials of the Pacific Power & Light Company arrived to day to attend the annual convention of the public utility. The delegates spent today inspecting work on a new $1,250,000 hydro-electric . plant being constructed for the power company on Hood river by the Phoe nix Utility company. A dinner was served at the camp tonight. The convention will end in a banquet at the Columbia. Gorge htel tomorrow night. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. All its readers are inter- jeeted in the classified columns. TEMPORARY POWER PERMITS GRANTED U. S. Approval Gained for Deschutes Projects. THREE SITES INVOLVED Development of 274,000 fiorse power Expected to Result From New Works. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C, Oct. 17. Two preliminary permits involving ul timata development of 274,000 horse power on the Deschutes river in Oregon have been granted by the federal power commission, it was announced today. The commission has authorized the issuance of a npcliminarv TlpriYI it for one year to the Pacific Power & Light company for a power development on me Deschutes river at the so-called i-opiaTYintinn site abaut 20 miles up stream from the point where it empties into the ColumDia river. It is estimated that there is water available for the development of a hydro-electric plant having, a ca pacity of 54,000 horsepower. The water wheels will operate under a head of 190 feet. The company has a growing market for power and will be able to utilize all the power developed eventually. , A preliminary permit' for three years has been authorized for issu ance to the Columbia Valley Power company of New York for power de velopment on two power sites on Deschutes river, one of which is a short distance below the junction of the Metolius and Deschutes rivers in Oregon, and the second about four miles below. It has been estimated that the stream flow is sufficient to warrant the installation of about 220,000 horsepower of generating equipment, provided a market can be found for the power. The company applied originally for five sites on the Deschutes river. In view of the fact that there is at present no market for the great amount Of potential power available, it was decided to authorize the issu ance of only two of the five sites for which application was made. Practically all of the lands to be flooded by the proposed dams are vacant public lands or lands within the Warm Springs Indian reserva tion. SURVEY WORK TO BEG IX Pacific Power & Light Company to Send Out Engineers. A preliminary permit to develop power on the Deschutes river grant ed to the Pacific Power & Light company Tuesday by the federal power commission gives the utility concern authority to make surveys of a proposed project on the stream at Benham falls and to compile data to determine the feasibility of that site as a generator of electrical energy. While no survey in detail has been started yet, it is expected that com pany engineers will begin an inves tigation very shortly. According to John A. Laing, vice-president of the company, the Benham falls site is being relied upon to produce from 40,000 to 50,000 horsepower. It would cost in the neighborhood of $3,500, 000 to develop such a project, at a rough estimate, said Mr. Laing. "The site for which the permit is issued," said Mr. Laing, "is at Lock ett, Or., and is known as the recla mation site. Our company has been on the lookout for available new power sites that will be needed in the near future if we are to take care of our rapidly growing de mands, and it is hoped the Benham falls location will prove, after fur ther Investigation, to be the one most suited to our plan of future expansion. Guy W. Talbot is president of the Pacific Power & Light company, Lewis A. McArthur is corporation counsel and H. H. Schoolfield is chief engineer. Mr. Talbot is ab sent on an eastern trip. BERT CHARGE FAILS ANOTHER KJXG COUNTY CASE RESULTS IX ACQUITTAL. Directed Verdict Is Returned at . Trial of Charles B. Wood and W. A. Wilkins. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Oct.-17. Another of the in dictments returned by the recent King county grand jury went by the board today when a trial jury brought in an instructed verdict of acquittal in the case of Charles B. Wood, county purchasing agent, and W. A. Wilkins, Seattle bookbinder. The defendants had been charged with grand larceny, based on the purchasing agent's approval of a voucher for $1200 issued to Wilkins in payment for record books which, it was alleged, had not been deliv ered at time of payment. Trial began Monday before Judge Askren of Pierce county, and when the state closed its case today the court immediately instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. v - The only other indictment by the grand jury which has been tested by trial was that charging grand larceny against J. E. Chilberg, ex president of the defunct Scandinavian-American bank of Seattle. Chilberg was acquitted. Indictments against J. F. Lane, ex-cashier of the bank, and against the three commissioners of King county and others in connection with the county ferry lease have been dismissed on motion of the prose cuting attorney for lack of evidence. The formal protest of five superior court judges of King county against Judge Griffiths' action in calling for another grand jury in November was filed for record today. Only one King county judge, aside from Judge Griffiths, has sanctioned the call. ! SHIP DELAYS AMUNDSEN Aerial Flight Across North p'ole Prevented by Schooner. .PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 17. Captain Roald Amundsen would have been able to hop off from Point Barrow during the last summer for his flight across the northpoleto Spitsbergen, if he had gone to the arctic in a steam vessel, according to officers of the United States coastguard "cutter Bear, which arrived In Seattle this morning from her annual cruise of the Arctic The sailing schooner C. S. Holmes, in which Captain Amundsen and Lieutenant Oscar Omdahl were to attempt the voyage to the northern most tip of the North American con tinent was helpless in the great Ice floes of the Arctic. The Bear and the whaling trading steamship Herman of San Francisco both were able to fight their way through the Arctic ice to the top of the American continent. The Her man succeeding In going as far to the eastward in the Arctic as Her schel Island. - WET LINERS CROWDED Passengers Booked Far Ahead on . Canadian Vessels. VANCOUVER, B. C, . Oct 17. (Special Inquiries for bookings on Che Canadian Pacific passejjfeer liners to the orient from this- port have nearly ' doubled from United States points in the past week, and the officials here ascribe the influx of applications for transportation to the Daugherty opinion prohibiting liquor on American boats. Chinese who have heard that there will be no sam suey on boats flying the stars and stripes are making inquiry as to whether the same law applies to Canadian boats and on being told no, have booked well ahead the passage home, stat ing that "now plenty Chinaman go these boats, maybe not muchee room. Transport Leaves ?or West. , PHILADELPHIA, Oct. .17. With 800 enlisted men and ,46 officers and their families, the United States navy transport Argonne left the Philadelphia navyyard today for the Pacific coast. The men and. officer will be set down at various places along the coast to which they have been assigned. The Argorine is due in San Francisco early in Novem ber. happily i " Mr. Fred Williams rose at 7.15. He was detidedly put of sorts and he didn't care who knew it. Mrs. Williams and the cat took refuge, in the kitchen. Fred cut himself shaving there was no hot water for his bath the soap slipped out of his hand, as soap will do doggone it, the whole day seemed to be starting wrong. Then suddenly he stopped and took a long, soul-satisfying breath. Mrs. Williams was making Coffee. The aroma of it the mellow fra grance of it the irresistible appeal of it came floating in to Fred with' its glad 7good morning." It was like the handclasp of some old and trusted friend. From that instant all was well in' the Williams household. "Feeling fit as a king," said Fred as he kissed his wife good-bye. "I tell you, there's nothing like a good cup of Coffee to cheer one up in the morn ing. ' ; Mrs. Williams, being a clever little woman, smiled happily and made a note on her daily calendar. 18 VVyl X Lsl-S Pacific coast biscuit co. IBlM I -the unweml drink I B coptif- conducted by th. CoSe. mvduu ot I IB M&WK ?WVVM M W I f TiPfWrf? JfS . th. United States in erratic with the planter, " 1 1S W4lCSWQ I &Wf 8,lf 1 Mt?.gCVj,p W 3 ! I W SmoPmoIo. Brazil. Joint CoSeoTnd Publicity If aftZf IM;r!-:i-Jrri; :QLfergrf?ir:3, S r.sLr. Ssf f:S? FEW JURORS iW j WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS IX- STILTED AXD HECKLED. Mrs. James M. Reeves Reports on Incidents in Trial of Re cent Tong Murder Case. In defending her actions on the jury which sat in the tong murder trial of Lira Kee and was unable to reach an agreement Mrs. James M. 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