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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1922)
HE MOItXIXS OREGONIAX", THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923 STATE OFFICIALS TO ALLOCATE CARS club directors Friday and for further discussion at the next meeting of the club. The club also adopted resolutions favoring immediate launching of a ten-year programme of intensive ad vertising. ' - The Pev. Charles MacCauchey spoke in favor of the fair aad asked the support of the club for the booster parade Saturday night. The plan outlined by the exposi tion directorate for a ten-year pro gramme of state development was announced by J. A. Davidson. O. J. Freeman, M. L. Shenk. Frank K. Woodward and John J. Lane made sales talks. Judge Rossman spoke on behalf of the suppression of nar cotic drugs. U.IWIIMI i 'Interstate Commerce Body Issues Orders. li! PRIORITY GIVEN FRUITS moil DIPLOMAT HHP THOMAS NELSON PAGE PASSES IN VIRGINIA. Aorthwet Public Service Com missions Practically Get Con- trol of Situation. f2 ' THE OREGONIAN NEWS BU EEAU, "Washington, D. C, Nov. 1. The public service commissions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho ap pear to have received practical con trol of the allocation of refrigerator cars for the movement of the fruit crop in the northwest, in a telegram sent to the presidents of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Union Pacific railroads today by Clyde B. Altchison of the Interstate Com merce commission, who has charge of all cir service orders for the commission. The telegram, which directed that the most perishable products shall be given priority in car loading, read as follows. "In carrying out intent -of our service orders, it is our understanding that when your road cannot transport all perish ables offered, you will handle most perishable perishables first. Pres ent observation applies to apple crop in Pacific northwest. Of course you will make every effort to avoid discrimination between states, dis tricts and individuals. To accom plish this we will be glad to have you. confer currently with repre sentatives of Washington, Oregon and Idaho commissions and obtain their'advice and co-operation in dis tributing to individuals cars allo cated to shippers in these states re spectively. Please advise if these uggestions will be carried out." Cr Are Delivered, Refrigerator cars continue to be delivered to the northwestern lines at a satisfactory rate, according to reports to the car service division of the American Railway associa tion. "Including Sunday's performance," read a statement from the Amer ican Railway association today, "lines east of Buffalo have delivered their connections 1245 cars on prom ise of 650. The direct connections of the Burlington, Illinois Central and Great Western, which roads are handling the refrigerators for the Twin cities, have delivered 2618 cars on order of approximately 38(H). There are en route approximately 1455 refrigerators to the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, and direct connections have to date de livered 694 to the Great Northern and 608 to the Northern Pacific. Some relief from the present car shortage for moving the northwest apple crop was promised by the shipping board today after listening to a plea from James A. Ford, secre tary of the Spokane chamber of commerce, who asserted that the railroads were unable to handle all of the apples of tha tsection within the marketing season. V Vessel Coming lor Apples. The board agreed to have- the Neponsett, a shipping board vessel now loading in New York for Puget sound to load with apples at Seattle for the return trip. This vessel, it was said, will carry about 400 cars of the fruit. The 'board also promised to try to find a way to give further assist ance in the transfer of northwest apples to eastern markets. CAR "FAMEfE TO CONTINUE Relief for Northwest Reported Another Month Distant. OLYMPIA, Wash, Nov. i. Spe cial.) Practically no relief from car shortage conditions on the Pa cific coast can be expected for at least three weeks, and probably four, E. V. Kuykendall, director of the department of public works, said late today, following receipt of word from O. O. Calderhead, the de partment's traffin fivnprt 4 wnck. ington, D. C, that the first group of empties being sent west as a result of the recent order of the car serv ice section of the American Railway association will reach St. Paul next Saturday. "The department of public works will continue to urge the Interstate commerce commission, to intervene and assume control ofthe railroads under the sweeping powers con ferred by the transportation, act of 1920," Mr. Kuykendall said. "Only in this way can an equitable dis tribution of the cars which move west be obtained." Car service reports received from the railroads covering the condition Monday showed 2304 boxcars or dered for western Washington, with 280, or 12 per cent available and 251 refrigerator cars ordered, against 98, or 28 per cent, avail able. In eastern Washington 1616 boxcars were ordered, against 131, .or 8 per cent, available, and 1021 refrigerator cars ordered, against 127, or 12 per cent, available. dlER .URGED TO HOT AD CLTTB WANTS DECISION ON RAILWAY DIVORCE. Former Ambassador to Italy Best Known for Bodks He Wrote , on Southern Life. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 1. Thomas Nelson Page, former ambassadoi to Italy and widely known author, died at the home of relatives in Hanover, county, Virginia, today, according to a report received by the News Leader. Mr. Page's death was sudden. The first intimation Richmond relatives had of his illness came this morning when they were called to the plan tation where the former ambassador had gone for a rest. The only detail received here was that the end had come at 1:20 P. M. Although, he served as American ambassador at Rome for six years, Mr. Page was best known for his literary productions, which had made a name for him at home and abroad before President "Wilson at the beginning of his administration asked him to enter the-diplomatic service. He was appointed ambas sador to Italy in June, 1913, and served in that capacity until August, 1919. He was born April 23, 1853, in Hanover county. Mr. Page was author of a number of books on southern life. His serv ice as ambassador to Italy covered a critical period in American-European relations and many of the im portant diplomatic notes passing be tween the United States and the al lied governments went through his hands. WILKENS CfiSE NDSB Ei PROSECUTION MAKES FINAL ARGUMENT TO JURY. Alleged Wife Murderer Declared to Have Taken No Chances With Auto Bandit Slayers. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1. Henry Wilkens. on trial on a charge of wife murder, took no chances w'th the automobile bandits who ldnpH Mrs. Wilkens, although he was sup posed to be "Doiiing with rage. Leo Friedman, assistant district attor ney, said today in the prosecution's final argument to the jury. "He put the pistol back in his pocket," Friedman said. "He drove slowly and carefully along looking for a hospital he did not know 'tha, location of and paying no heed to his dying wife's request that he take her to a nearby house." Before beginning his argument Friedman announced that the prose cution would either suggest or open ly ask for the death penalty for Wilkens. Frank J. Murphy, chief defense counsel, Is to follow Friedman. The case is expected to so to the Jury Friday. Commerce Body Asked to Carry Report of Committee to Suc cessful Conclusion. The Chamber of Commerce was called upon to act upon its com mittee's report recommending the separation of the Southern and Cen tral Pacific systems in resolutions adopted at the luncheon of the Ad club at the Benson bote) yesterday noon. In connection with the adoption of me resolution the charge was made that the chamber is evading decision on the report of the committee. George L. Rauch, president of the Ad club, made an appeal for expres sion calculated to "galvanize the chamber into life." The active clause of the resolution adopted by the Ad club says: "Therefore be It resolved that the Portland Ad club strongly urges the Portland Chamber of Commerce to adopt and exert its best efforts to carry to a successful conclusion the report of its committee heretofore submitted to its board of directors." It was announced that owing to the informality of yesterday's acton by the Ad club, the queston of the Chamber of Commerce's failure to act in the matter would again be brought up at the meeting of the Ad "MARBLE KING" IS DEAD Aged Man Dies and Is Identified as Millionaire. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. An old man suffering from injuries received when he was hit by a taxlcab was brought to the Bellevue hospital last night. He was unable to give his name. No one called to watch by his bedside or to Inquire as to his condition. The old man died today. A few hours later the body was identified as that of John Russell Taber, a millionaire maker of decorative marble, known for many years as the "marble king." . ' His daughter,. Marlon Taber. has charge of the occupational therapy work at the hospital where her father died. RECALL M0VEJS RAPPED Business Men Give Vote of Con fidence in Judge Cross. ORFiGfyv orrv Ap Tjntr i (so cial.) As a vote of confidence in H. E. Cross, county judge, whose re call wan go on xne jvovmioer v ballot, 112 Oregon City business men October 25 signed a petition branding as insufficient to warrant the recall the charges advanced against th Judge. Only gross In efficiency or malfeasance in office should give rise to a recall, the petition stated pointing out that no substantiation of the general allega tions of misconduct had been ad vanced by the recall committee. The petition which was placed in the hands of the county judge, was sponsored by Lou Adams, Linn E. Jones and William Hammond, who state that their purpose in circulat ing it was to "crstalize the senti ment among the business men" re garding the issue. a i M M EX-PREMIER MUST REST Lloyd George Compelled to Cancel Speaking Engagement. LONDON, Nov. 1. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Mr. Lloyd George nas aevewpea a sore throat and on the advice of his physician, Lord Dawson, has abandoned his en gagement to speak at Bristol to morrow. Lord Dawson said today that few days' rest were absolutely es sential for the former premier. It is understood, however, that his In disposition is not serious. MURDER SHOVEL FOUND Tool Believed Used to Dig Grave for Ohio Woman. CLEVELAND, 0., Oct. Nov. 1. A blood-stained shovel, which author ities believe was used to dig the shallow grave in which the body of Mrs. Hazel Burns was found near Painesville a week ago, was found today in the woods near the grave. On the handle were splotches of blood with two well-defined finger prints, which will be examined by Bertillon experts, it was announced by authorities. r 14 tt y, SSv, mull in i ... A . vt a! 7" V5J!M ml Adapted by Frances Marion from the play of Samuel Ship man and John B. Hymes, pro duced by William Harris Jr. Remember Its Thrall . on the Stage? Great! But Now See It on the Screen the new piquancy of little Ming Toy, who "don't think China don't feel China don't know why for Hell God ever put her in China." Yesterday, offered as a slave on the Love Boat at Shanghai. Today, sought as wife-slave in San Francisco's Chinatown caught in the whirlpool of color conflict when white man and yellow love her. Delightful, poignant, winking, wooing, smil ing, sobbing little Ming Toy sometimes you'll cry over her, sometimes laugh. Eight Reels Eight Banner Reels Just as "Smilin Through" was Norma Talmadge's First Great Triumph So "East Is West" Is Constance's it a V B5 ; 4 m ft ,7 -A 4 as: Ear-? IN i I An Elaborate Prologue at the De Luxe Performances Only Chinese Overture Arranged by KEATES on Our Mighty Organ AN INDEFINITE ENGAGEMENT WITH NO ADVANCE IN PRICES 2B 75Etf- VON HERBERG W Jtl1 si ii !: " u p.r ? fcj m n n