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f CRITIGiSMQFJUDGE
j GATEHS EXPLAINED
Prosecutor Cites Rulings, and
Decisions to Show Reasons
for Recent Protest.
PERSONAL ATTACK ANSWER
Tr. Evans Comments on Alleged
"Shakedown" of Woman, Flip
pant Parole and Mysterious
Performance at Koadhouse.
As the basis for the protest of Dls'
trlct Attorney Evans to the assignment
fcy Presiding Judge Gantenbeln of fur
ther criminal cases to the department
of Circuit Judge Gatens for trial. Mr.
Evans, Ju a statement Issued yester
day, cites Judicial acts. . Including- the
alleged "shane-down" of a woman by
the threat of prison If a J200 fee was
not paid Attorney Thomas B. Mc
Devitt. Jr.
Mr. Evans made public the reasons
for his opposition to trials before
Judge Gatens after Judge Gatens had
given out a statement attacking the
administration of Mr. Evans.
The attack on his office is virtually
Ignored by Mr. Evans as aside from
the issue, the District Attorney con
tenting himself with the explanation
of his stand that the trial of criminal
cases before Judge Gatens Is "against
the interests of Justice and contrary
to public pollcyv"
In his statement Mr. Evans discusses
the Dell Keesling case, in which the
matter of a forced attorney's fee is
charged; the Albln L. Clark case. In
which a new trial was granted on
what is alleged to have been a feeble
pretext; the Hazel Tackels case, in
which a woman who shot at Municipal
Judge Stevenson was paroled "flip
pantly"; a Holly Lodge marriage, on
which no return of license has been
made; the Conaty bootlegging case,
which Judge Gatens rose from a sick
bed to dispose of without notice, and
other cases.
The signed statement of the. District
Attorney follows:
I have seen a copy of the statement
signed by Judge Gatens, attacking the
District Attorney's office, and the gen
eral answer thereto Is that his attack
covers charges that were pretty thor
oughly threshed out at the recent elec
tion, and I have no further comment to
make thereon.
He purposely evades the Issue raised
by this office with him. The question in
its last analysis is whether or not the
District Attorney's office should be
compelled to try criminal cases before
a Judge whose attitude of mind in crim
inal cases is that of Judge Gatens'.
This office has not reached its deter
mination because of a single case, but
It has observed the court's tempera
ment during a period of five years, and
I recall to mind now the following In
stances which illustrate his attitude In
criminal cases and in the transaction of
other official business.
State vs. Gut Plunder.
Pfunder, after a long record of petty
frauds and at least one Jail sentence,
was arrested in San Francisco and ex
tradited upon a forgery charge, his
father having refused to come to his
rescue as in the past.
The case came before Judge Gatens In
April, 1916. Pfunder offered a plea of
R-uilty, which the court refused to re
ceive, and continued the case indefi
nitely. BTTar e vs. A lb In JL.- Clark.
This man was tried and convicted In
Judge Gatens" court on a charge of
altering 123 ballots while acting as a
chairman of election board in the elec
tion of November. 1914. Shortly after
the trial the official reporter suddenly
died, and this was made the pretext
for granting a new trial, in spite of the
fact that several competent stenog
raphers made affidavit that they were
able to decipher said reporter's notes,
and the further fact that thesdefense in
the beginning had not desired to have
the case reported and that the report
ing was ordered by the state.
.At the hearing of the motion for a
new trial the court permitted the at
torney for the defense to read In open
court letters from various organiza
tion urging the court to grant a new
trial, although the only questions be
fore the court were questions of law.
State vs. llazrl Tackels.
Ihls woman, while in a hysterical
condition, fired several shots in Munic
ipal Court, wounding one person and
narrowly missing Judge Stevenson. She
was placed on trial and convicted by a
Jury, whereupon the court told her "to
corx.e back some time when she was not
busy and he would sentence her." Crit
icism is not offered of the granting of
this parole, which probably was proper,
but of the flippant manner In which it
was done, considering the hysterical
conlitlon of the defendant and the ne
cessity of impressing upon her the
gravity of her act.
Miss Tackels has never found a time
when she was not busy; for the court
never passed sentence.
State v.. I.onfae Gautier.
Abatement suit was filed by the
state against this woman for having
conducted for many years a notorious
dive in the North End. The case was
assigned to Jude uatens who, con
trary to the intent of the . law. sum
moned a Jury to hear the case, announc
ing that he would te governed entirely
bv what the iurv should recommend.
The Jury found the place to be a bawdy
house and recommended that It be
placed under bond of $500. Several
months elapsed before the District At
torney was able to prevail upon Judge
Gatens to sign the findings and decree
Then, when he finally did so, the rec
ommendation of the Jury was disre
garded and a bond of $100 was decreed.
Some time thereafter complaint was
made by the Police Department- that
this woman continued to operate her
house in the same manner, and con
tempt proceedings were brought
against her. supported by-the testimony
of 'several police officers, and rebutted
only by her own denial. The court sum
marily found the woman not guilty of
contempt.
' State vs. Dell Keenllng.
This woman pleaded guilty In Judge
Gatens' court to the charge of adultery
and, upon recommendation of the Dis
trict Attorney, was paroled. Her at
torney was Thomas B. McDevitt, ' Jr..
who is universally known to be a pro
tege of Judge Gatens.
After being paroled she became en
gaged in a controversy with McDevitt
as to the payment of his fee, and Judge
Gatens, upon his own motion, without
making anv order of record oi noti
fying the District Attorney, Issued a
bench warrant for the woman's arrest.
He obtained this warrant personally
from the County Clerk and delivered it
to James McCullough, deputy constable,
for service. Mrs. Keesling finally sur
rendered -herself to the court without
arrest, and a conference was held in
Judge Gatens' chambers between him
self, Mrs. Keesling and Mr. McDevitt.
A representative of the District Attor
ney's office was specifically excluded
from the room during this conference.
In spite of the fact that the proceedings
purported to be one to revoke the wom
an's parole on a criminal charge.
Judge Gatens represented to Mrs.
Keesling. according to Information fur
nished this office, that she had com
mitted a crime by failing to pay her
attorney and that she would be sent to
the penitentiary If she did not pay him
1200. Upon further negotiations this
demand was reduced to $100, which the
woman paid. Judge Gatens then drew
the bench warrant from his pocket In
her presence, tore it up and threw It In
the waste basket.
State v.. George A. Conaty.
This man was arrested and convicted
in the District Court of maintaining a
liquor nuisance. He appealed to the
Circuit Court and the case was set for
trial In the criminal division and would
have come to trial before Judge Davis
had not circumstances delayed it until
tiiat Judge ceased to be a Judge of the
criminal department. At the time when
the transfer of the criminal business
should In due course have been made
from Judge Davis to Judge Gatens the
latter was in at nis noma loiiowing an
attack of stomach troublt at Dr. Dean's
Holly Lodge, and it liml been announced
in the papers that he would not' resume
the bench, but would take a month's
rest in California. In the meantime
Conaty had obtained as his attorney
Thomas B. McDevitt, Jr., and the case
was suddenly called up for disposition
one morning, when Judge Gatens made
a brief visit to the Courthouse, Mc
Devitt offering to enter a plea of
guuty. un protest or tne uistrict At
torney, this action was deferred and
Conaty eventually dismissed his appeal
ana servea ms sentence.
Stat v., Jobitman,
Jobelman. Indicted for assault with
Intent to kill Hugh Park, set up as his
defense that he was attacked by Park
while endeavoring to take from him
certain lefters, which Park intended to
use for blackmailing purposes, and that
his purpose was to prevent such use of
the letters. The court refused to allow
the state to prove In rebuttal or tnis
defense that Jobelman himself had at
tempted to use the letter for black
mailing. - Naturalization.
Complaint has been made frequently
by the United States Bureau of Natur
alization that citizenship is granted in
discriminately In this court to all who
may apply and that vicious and Im
moral characters, whose admission the
bureau opposes, endeavor In every pos
sible way to Jockey the time of their
hearing until such time as it may be
held In this department.
Marriage of Gmm Hlslop.
The records of the County Clerk's
office show that a marriage license was
Issued on Jovemoer is. isio, to George
B. Hislop and Boss Leah Lakin, Hlslop
was at that time bartender In Dr.
Dean's Holly Lodge.
The information I have Is that Judge
Gatens performed that marriage cere
mony at Holly Lodge, and yet no re
turn has ever been made on the mar
riMirA licMniiA. ftlthauffh he is liable to a
severe penalty for not having filed the
same.
Dr. Dean was shetly thereafter In
dicted for the unlawful sale of liquor.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced.
The public can surmise how the pros
pnntlnn wnn T have fared had this case
"been assigned to Judge Gatens for trial.
ine same atltorney representee ur.
Dean who represented Jobelman.
I could continue further, but I only
care to go far enough to justify In the
Fuduc mina tne attituae ot tnis u.uuo.
t Is not a personal matter, but a pub
lic matter, and the public Is entitled to
know the reasons which warrant this
office in taking the stand It has taken.
WALTER H. EVANS.
Judge Gatens Version Given.
.The following statement was Issued
by Judge Gatens yesterday as a result
of notification that the District Attor
ney had sought to have criminal cases
kept from trial In his department:
The most Important among the rea
sons given by District Attorney Evans
why Ishould not be allowed by try any
more criminal cases was "loss of pub
lic money." . .
This statement. coming from Mr.
Evans, Is most remarkable and some
what Inconsistent, as the public records
will show. His gross extravagance as
District Attorney is apparent when we
know that during January and Febru
ary of this year there were only four
criminal cases tried In the Circuit Court
by Mr. Evans' office, at a cost of over
$2000 a month, while In the last two
months of Mr. Cameron's administra
tion 17 cases were tried in the Circuit
Court at an expense of $1100. (These
figures do not include the salaries of
deputies or expenses in the Municipal
or District courts.)
In other words, Mr. Cameron tried
about four times as many cases In the
same time as Mr. Evans, at a saving of
approximately $13,000 a year to the
taxpayers. Air. Evans has in his office
11 deputies, two stenographers, one rec
ord clerk and a special agent, while Mr.
Cameron had six deputies, one stenog
rapher and a special agent. Mr. Collier
attends to all criminal cases in the
Circuit Court, Mr. Hammersly Is as
signed to the grand Jury, Mr. Delch to
the Municipal Court and Mr. Mowry to
the District Court.
The people have a right to know of
this guardian of the public funds what
the other seven deputies do for the
salaries they receive from the taxpay
ers. Tne expenses or flir. jivins oint
during 1916 were over $26,000, exclusive
of the "stool pigeon" fund to which
he has access and of which the tax
payers know nothing.
In conclusion, it might be of Interest
to the taxpayers to know that Mr.
Evans, up to the present year, has him
self not been a taxpayer, and this year
his taxes amount to the large sum of
$24.39, yet Mr. Evans has drawn from
the public treasury over $16,000 In the
last four years as his Individual salary
and has never personally appeared In
the Circuit Court representing the state
In the trial of any criminal case; yet
he has time to represent private indi
viduals In civil cases.
Did the taxpayers who elected him to
that office expect him to look after
the affairs of the office of District At
torney, or did they provide him with
such luxuries as two stenographers,
one record clerk, a special agent, 11
deputies, free office rent and a princely
salary that he might carry on his pri
vate law practice, unhampered by the
worries of his public duties?
It might be wise for Mr. Evans to
bear In mind the saying of Abraham
Lincoln that "you may fool all the peo
ple OUHID J . L1IU I. .... V, , j vM ...... . . "
some of the people all the time; but you
can't fool ali or me people rii tuo
time." w. N. GATENS.
DEDICATION CEREMONIES OF ASTORIA'S HANDSOME NEW METHODIST
CHURCH WILL BE HELD TONIGHT WITH PORTLAND CLERGY OFFICIATING
Imposing Edifice Represents Outlay of $40,000 and Is of Colonial Design, Built of Bed Brick, With White Trimmings Inte rior Finish la of White Enamel, With Woodwork and Pews of
Mahogany General Effect Is Highly Attractive. '
ASTORIA, Or, March 24. (Special)
The new Methodist Episcopal
Church, Astoria's moBt handsome
and Imposing church edifice, will be
dedicated tomorrow evening, the serv
ices being conducted by Bishop Matthew
Simpson Hughes, of Portland, assisted
by Rev. William Wallaoe Toungson.
While the formal dedicatory exercises
are to be on Sunday evening, much of
the present week has been devoted to
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AP GO ON SALE
Junior League Girls to Act as
Clerks Tomorrow.
FUNDS TO HELP NEEDY
Garments Made of First-Class Ma
terial Are Offered From Fac
tory Operated for Benefit .of
Women Out of Work.
Tomorrow Is Junior League Apron
day, when the output of the factory
conducted aa a philanthropic Industry
on the top floor of the Worcester
building, will be offered to the publlo
at the down-town department stores.
There are approximately S00 dozens of
aprons, made of first-class material,
the workmanship being carefully ex
ecuted. A number of Portland girls, active
socially and In school and church cir
cles, will take their place behind the
counters in the various department
stores-and sell the' aprons, the prices
of which will range from 69 cents to
$1 each. Some of the girts will -be
saleswomen, some will act aa bundle
girls and some will make personal
deliveries. The entire programme la
undertaken in a serious vein and will
be bo carried out.
Work Provided tor Women. '
Behind Apron day, which has become
an annual institution, there is a heart
Interest story of many - ramifications.
The factory was established several
years ago after the Junior League
girls had cast about for a deserving
branch of philanthropio work.
The facrWy was decided on as a
means of giving women, suddenly left
without support, a chance to make a
living for themselves and children. Be
fore an applicant was put to work her
case was investigated, usually by the
special exercises and services In honor
of the occasion.
On Wednesday evening- there was a
membership rally with a lecture by
Rev. Joshua Stansfleld, of the First
Church,Portland, his subject being "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Thursday even
ing was church fellowship night, when
fraternal addresses were made by the
various pastors of the city and the
publlo was given an opportunity to In
spect the structure. Friday noon the
official board luncheon was held, while
SCENE AT APRON HEADQUARTERS.
league girls, aided by an experienced
social service worker. The league
work soon earnestly attracted the lo
cal girls and matrons.
This year the factory has operated
four months, giving employment to
approximately 60 women during that
time. Indirectly 160 children have
been cared for through this work. The
women earn $1.20 a day and work five
days a week, usually about 20 being
employed each day. In all about $2000
was distributed this Winter, according
to Miss Rose Goodman, who devotes
her time to managing the factory.
Girls Assigned to Stores.
While the Junior League girls do
much social service work during, the
Winter with the families, in some in
stances giving voluntary aid, their
work tomorrow In selling the aprons
clears up their duties for the present,
as the league does not operate the fac-
STJTOPSIS OF 8TORT BEHIND
JUNIOR LEAGUE APRON
DAY.
Sixty women, suddenly left
without means of support, given
work enough to get "on their
feet."
One hundred and fifty depen
dant children thereby provided
with food and clothes.
Women aided in -many cases
formerly were of some social po
sition and without training for
self support.
Practically $2000 distributed by
Portland girls in this way.
Social service experience of In
estimable value given to Port
land society girls and students.
Aid given women in need,
eliminated need for county aid in
some measure.
Aprons to be sold Monday will
foot the bills piled up by Junior
League Girls in running factory
four months. 1
tory during the Spring and Summer,
when the women can get other work.
The girls will be stationed In the
stores tomorrow as follows:
Meier & Frank Mrs. E. L. Deve
reaux. Miss Sara McCully, Misses Eliz
abeth Jones, Elizabeth Jacobs. Corella
Stanley, Alice Smith, Virginia Mene
fee, Virginia McDonough, Katberlne
Ecob and Mrs. Harold M. Sawyer.
Llpman, Wolfe & Company Mrs. J.
N. Coghlan, Mrs. Cos McKenna, Mrs.
at t o'clock In the evening there was
a banquet, at which the visiting clergy
men were the guests of honor. Friday
evening was young people's night, the
feature of the evening being a lecture
by Dr. Ed H. Todd, president of Puget
Sound University.
The new church is located at the
northwest corner of Eleventh street
and Franklin avenue and represents an
outlay of approximately (40,000. It is
of red brick, with white trimmings, and
of Colonial design. At the front en
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Paul C Giesy, Miss Antoinette Mears,
Miss Harriett Cummin g, Miss Irene
Daly, Mlss'VOna Guthrie, Mrs. Hazel
B. Lltt, Miss Ailsa MacMaster.
Olds. Wortmin & King Mrs. Lewis
Mills. Mrs. John Mackenzie. Miss Elis
abeth Murphy. Mrs. John Besson, Miss
Frances Fuller, Miss Gretchen Klos
terman. Miss Alma Haines and Miss
Jessie MacLean.
PERS0NAL MENTION.
L. F. Averlll, of Pendleton. Is at the
Multnomah.
Mrs. s. H. Friendly, of Eugene, Is at
the Nortonla.
S. J. East, of Spokane, is registered
at the Eaton.
J. C. Clark, of Salem. Is registered at
the Portland.
J. M. Edmundson, of -Goshen, Is at
the Perkins.
D. C. Ellis Is registered at the Eaton
from Garibaldi.
J. Moreland. of Salem, Is registered
at the Nortonla.
R. J. Gregg, of Nampa, Is registered
at the Cornelius.
Max Mayfield, of Boise, Is registered
at the Portland.
Rev. H. J. Van Fossen, of Ashland,
is at the Perkins.
J. Lillick, of Quincy, arrived at tne
Carlton yesterday.
G. L. McGulre. of St. Helens. Is an ar
rival at the Eaton.
Charles Clark, of San Francisco, Is
at the Washington.
Anton Olson is registered at the Nor
tonla from St. Paul.
E. S. Forstrom, of JTnlon, Is regis
tered at the Carlton.
R. R. Graves, of Corvallla, Is regis
tered at the Seward.
G. E. McCrow, of McCoy, Is an ar
rival at the Cornelius.
C. A. Eastland Is registered at the
Eaton from Bay City.
H. G. Miller is registered at the Port
land from The Dalles.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Nash, of La
Grande, are at the Nortonla.
John Campbell, of Cherry Grove, is
registered at the Multnomah.
Roy Benson, of Moro, is registered
at the Carlton with his family.
J. O. Price, of San Francisco, Is a
recent arrival at the Carlton.
Fred J. Berg, of San Francisco, Is
an arrival at the Washington.
Lynn B. Ferguson, a Newberg drug
gist, is registered at the Multnomah.
trance are four massive columns, and
the entrance is surmounted by a bel
fry, also of Colonial design. The in
terior finish is of white enamel, with
mahogany pewB and woodwork. The
auditorium is separated from the Sun
day school room by rolling doors, so
that the two can be thrown into one
large chamber with a seating capacity
of 800. A large pipe organ, the gift of
Mrs. Mary Elmore, has been Installed and
adds much to the attractiveness of the
Interior. The basement contains a large
hall, kitchen, primary Sunday school
with John Lark in. Postmaster at New
berg. J. F. Johnson "is registered at the
Cornelius from Vancouver, B. C
Vjt E. Hewitt, of Independence, ar
rived at the Perkins yesterday.
' L. B. Hinkelson. of Pendleton, ar
rived at the Perkins yesterday.
Jane Mullenbach and Wllma Waggon
er, of Albany, are at the Seward.
A. E. Harvey, of Clatskante, is spend
ing a few days at the Cornelius.
William H. Maxwell, of Lakeside, is
a recent arrival at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cooper, of Seattle,
are registered at the Washington.
John D. Ehrhardt, of Hoqulam, U
among the arrivals at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Giles, of Wen
atchea. are registered at the Imperial.
Carl Power, of Sandy, who arrived in
the city yesterday, is registered at the
Seward.
Chester A. Adwen is visiting his
grandfather, Thomas . Farnham, in Los
Angeles. -
R. M. Rogers,' of Condon, accompa
nied by hla wife, arrived at the Seward
yesterday. '
Mr. and Mrs. James Patterson, of
Bunker, Wash, arrived at the Im
perial Friday.
F. J. Frist, of the Associated Oil Com
pany, is registered at the Multnomah
from San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hayfleld and Mr.
and Mrs. F. J. Hayfleld, of 8pokane,
are registered at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ash, of Blng
hamton, N. Y.. have been visiting in
Portland, the guests of Dr. and Mrs.
E. A. Pierce. Mr. Ash is a hardware
manufacturer, and was much interested
in the business outlook in Portland
under prohibition. He has asked the
Chamber of Commerce for statistics
which he will use in a campaign for
prohibition in' Bingbamton.
Storm Said to Guarantee
Good Clam Crop.
Students of Sea Food Declare Abun
dant Quantity of Kelp Washed In
Provides Proper Sustenance.
SEASIDE, Or, March 34. (Special.)
Why Is a clam? The big equinoc
tial sou'wester. Just terminated, has
provided the answer in a more emphatlo
manner than for many years, accord
ing to local clam students.
Those who have considered the elam.
his ways and means of life, say that
he subsists on. vegetable matter pre
cipitated from sea water, and that if
there were no seaweed there would be
no clams.
It is known that there are large
kelp beds off the Oregon coast. Kelp
drifts to the beach at all seasons, and
during the recent storm came in in un
usual quantities. At the same time
the water assumed a deep coffee color
for a distance of about 200 feet out,
so that the cascading breakers showed
muddy, like a mountain stream in
freshet time.
This discoloration, it is claimed. Is
due to the presence of particles of
kelp torn from its bed and pulverized
by the action of the waves. The par
ticles gather In brownish-black patches,
resembling crudo oil. Skimmed from
the water and bottled, the resemblance
Is heightened, and the substance seems
to be a true vegetable oil.
This- oil floats when the sea Is agi
tated, but deposits a sediment when
the water becomes quiet.
Sinking' to the sandy bottom, tne
oily particles provide sustenance for
Mr. Clam. Mrs. Clam and the whole
clam family. '
Hence, with much kelp oil In evi
dence, the prediction of experienced
cYamsters is that the 1917 clam crop
will not only be plenteous, but fat
and tender .
Chamber ' Bureaus to Elect.
The annual meetings of the mem
bers' council, the Oregon development
bureau, and the bureau of publicity
and conventions of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held tomorrow at
the Chamber.- Phil Metschan. Jr, is
the retiring director from the publicity
and conventions bureau, whose place is
to be filled, and John T. Dougall is
the retiring director from the mem
bers' council. Emery Olmstead retires
as director of the Oregon development
bureau. The members' council will
meet at noon and the other bureaus
in the evening.
Vesper Services Public.
George C Myer will conduct vesper
services at the University of Portland.
Seventeenth and Lovejoy streets, this
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The vesper
services are open to the public.
room and the parlor. The latter is
equipped with a large fireplace and is
designed for holding the meetings of
the various auxiliaries of the church.
The heating plant, which is of the hot
air type, with a blower system, is lo
cated in the sub-baeement, which also
contains the fuel storage rooms.
One pleasing feature of the new edi
fice is a beautiful art window presented
by John Fox in horor of the memory
of his mother, who for many years was
one of the most prominent members
of the church
SHIPPERS PROTEST
INCREASE IN RATES
Theory Urged That Goods Are
Sold Months Ahead on
Basis Now in Force.
AMPLE NOTICE DEMANDED
Point Is Blade That Railroads Are)
Responsible Already for Heavy
Borden on Patrons Through
Failure to Provide Cars.
Shippers in Portland do not take
kindly to the proposal of the railroads
for an Immediate Increase In freight
rates.
They do not object to an advance tn
three or four or six months from now,
if the carriers convince the Interstate
Commerce Commission that it is nec
essary, but they object to the applica
tion within the next few weeks or few
months, as great volumes of freight
have been booked to move and the
goods sold on a basis of the present
rates.
This applies particularly to the wheat
movement. Millions of bushels of
wheat of last year's crop remain in the
granaries and warehouses of the North
west, principally because the railroads
have failed to supply cars to handle
It. This wheat has been sold at prices
based on the present freight rates. A
sudden advance would throw a heavy
loss on a great many grain dealers.
Merchants Exchange Protests.
The Merchants Exchange Associa
tion, composed of local grain dealers,
yesterday expressed Itself on the sub
ject in the following telegram sent to
the Interstate Commerce Commission:
"It is rumored railroads intend ask
ing permission Increase rates effective
early date. Do not know on what pro
posed Increases may apply, but desire
protest vigorously any Increases af
fecting Pacific Northwest grain move
ment any direction until railroads han
dle present crop. Dealers unable Oil
millions dollars' worth sales made on
prices delivered Eastern points on basis
current rates account carriers' deplor
able failure furnish cars. Interest, in
surance, storage charges have been
piling up for months and taxes incurred
account carriers' pitiful inability move
shipments. Some car orders five months
old still unfilled. Permission increase
rates under existing conditions would
lje monstrous injustice."
Injustice Pointed Out.
The same situation applies to tha
steel which is contracted to move from
the East to the local shipbuilding
plants. Canned goods and other com
modities sold by wholesale grocers in
advance of receipt from the consignors
are likewise affected.
While the Western roada have made
no formal application to the Commis
sion for an advance, it Is understood
that they intend to do so.
Probably they will wait to learn tha
outcome of the Eastern roads' applica
tion, which was filed on Friday. West,
ern and Eastern lines are affected alike
by the increases In wages granted the
trainmen under the Adamson law which,
recently wu held constitutional by the
Supreme Court.
The carriers say they will have to
get more money to meet the increased
payrolls under the new law.
While the shippers expect to pay tha
bills they want a chance to' pass tha
burden on to the consumer, where It
always goes in the end.
DAVID JACOBY IS DEAD
RESIDENT OP JASPER StJCCXTMBS
AFTER MONTHS OP ILLNESS.
Daughter and Three Sona Survive, aa
Well as Grandchildren. and
Brothers and Sisters.
JASPER. Or., March 24. (Special.)
-David Jacoby died at his home near
Jasper last Sunday after several
months' illness. He was born in Ohio,
November 22, 1844. and at the time of
his death was 72 years old. He
worked in the early days on a dona
tion land claim at Jasper. On Sep
tember 18, 1870. he married Henrietta
Hill and moved to the place where he
resided until his death.
Besides his widow, he leaves one
daughter, Mrs. C. E. Logsdon, of Rid
dle; three sons, Lester and John, who
reside on the home place, and Galney,
who resides nearby, and two grand
children, Wllametta Logsdon and
Harry David Jacoby.
He also leaves four brothers and
four sitters, all living in Missouri, ex
cept one elster in Indiana. He was a
member of the Presbyterian Church,
and a member of the Oddfellows
lodge at Springfield.
He. with his wife's assistance, ac
quired a beautiful home at Hill's Sta
tion, on the Oak Ridge Railroad.
He was laid to rest in the Mount
Vernon Cemetery by his brother Odd
fellows, assisted by Rev. Mr. Perkins,
of Springfield, last Monday.
STEEL PLANT GETS 'SITE
Title Taken to ' 1 0-Acre Tract at
Willbridge by Big Company.
Deeds have been filed, giving tha
Pacific Coast Steel Company title to a
10-acre tract at Willbridge, afar Linn
ton, purchase of which was announced
last November. Just when the com
pany will develop the property with,
roller mills, furnaces and docking fa
cilities equal in importance to those
operated by the same company in San
Francisco and Seattle la still a matter
of conjecture.
Definite announcement of future
plans is expected when executive offi
cials of the company next visit Port
land.
The property at Willbridge was
owned formerly by the Holbrook In
vestment Company.
CHAMBER BODY IS NAMED
Committee Will Co-operate for Re
cruiting In All Branches
Appointment of a special committee
to co-operate with the local naval and
military authorities to stimulate re
cruiting in the Naval Reserve, the Na
tional Guard, the Army and Navy, has
been made by the Chamber of Com
merce, and the members of the new
committee were notified of their desig
nation in a letter sent out from the
civic bureau yesterday.
The members of the committee frora
the Chamber are: W. F. Burrell. Gen
eral Charles F. Beebe, J. L. Meier, W.
D. Skinner. S. C. Bratton. Dr. A, C
Smith and Hy Filers.
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