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THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER . 2, 1917. PETITION FILED T0 READJUST CARFARE If Portland Employes Are to Get More Pay, Company Wants More Revenue. BOTH DEEMED NECESSARY President Griffith Advises Public Service Commission Tbat Com pany Needs 6 Per Cent Re turn to Raise Salaries. SALEM, Or, Sept. 1. (Special.) Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany, today filed with the Public Serv ice Commission the petition of that company to readjust its street railway fares to give the company a minimum of 6 per cent upon the value of. the street railway property, after deducting all reasonable operating expenses, in cluding taxes, public charges and de preciation and including also such addi tional compensation to its trainmen and shop employes as may be determined by the Commission. The petition sets forth that the Com mission fixed the value of the property for rate-making purposes in its order of April 30. 1917, at 118.233.371.55; that the appreciation annuity necessary to ' be provided for the portion of the property devoted to public service was $714,066, of which amount $360,050 was required properly and efficiently to maintain the street railways. Notwith standing the fact that the value of $18,233,371.55 was several millions less than the value of the street railway property as appraised by the company, the petition states, "your petitioner is, for the purpose of this application, as serting only the right to consideration of the said value as found and deter mined by the Commission." 6 Per Cent Return Wanted. The petition sets out that the mini mum rate of return to which the peti tioner considers itself entitled upon the value of the properties In question is 6 per cent per annum, or $1,094,002. For a 12 months' period ending June 50. 1917, the gross revenues of the pe titioner from the operation of its street railroad properties were $2,787,855, the. petitioner states. The petition then sets out the follow ing figures, showing the various items of cost and the net' income: Operating expenses for 12 months ending June 30, 1917, $1,650,481; taxes and franchise fees paid during same period. $205,423;' payment for bridge tolls, $66,627; de preciation for 12 months, $340,050. The net income for the 12 months in question is placed in the petition at $505,274. "which sum," the petition re cites, "was $588,728 less than a mini mum return of 0 per cent upon the value of the street railway property as determined by said Commission. The petition estimates the cost of op erating the street railway for the 12 months ending June 30, 1918, as fol lows.: Operating. expenses. $2,113,567; taxes and franchise fees. $205,423; bridge rentals, $114,200; depreciation, $360,050; aggregating a total of $2. 793.240. At the same time the petition esti mates that, based upon present traffic' and the present indications of increas ing' volume of street railway transpor tation, that such transportation will be 15 per cent greater than during the 12 months ending June 30. 1917. 1018 Revenues Estimated. At the present basis of fare the peti tion estimates the gross operating rev enues of the railway will be $3,206,033 for the year ending June 30, 1918, with a net operating income of $412,793. or $681,209 Jess than a retur-- of 6 per cent upon the value as determined by the commission. The petition then recites that the employes have worked for more than 20 years on the basis of a 10-hour day for trainmen and the greater portion of other employes, but a petition now has been filed with the company to es-H tablish a basic eight-hour day, which, if granted, would cause an increase of $600,000 annually in the operating ex penses of the railway properties. ; "If the said requests." continues the petition, "of the said employes olaour petitioner should be granted and even though the traffic upon said street railways should increase 15 per centum as aforesaid, the result to your peti tioner . would be that the annual net earnings of the said street railway property of your petitioner would.be more than $1,500,000 less than a mini mum return of 6 per cent upon said value of said street railway property no determined by said Commission." 1 More Pay for Men Needed. It further is pointed out in the peti tion that the cost of living of all men and women employed by the company exclusively in the operation and maintenance of the lines is materially higher than in the year 1913, and prior thereto, and "that your petitioner be lieves and therefore alleges that its . said employes are entitled to and should receive a higher rate of com pensation than is now or heretofore has been paid them and a higher rate of compensation than it is possible for your petitioner to pay them within the , present 1.1 m its of . Its revenues t from street railway operation." The- proportion of bonded or funded debt of the company chargeable to street railways is placed at $12,822,803, and in addition there is funded against the railway's unpaid assessments for street improvements in the city of Portland a bonded debt aggregating $809,752, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent, the annual interest charge now equaling $48,986. The present net operating income is said by the petition to be less than the annual fixed charges and it is declared If the petition -of the employes is granted and the petition to the Com mission is denied "the said street rail ways will fail not only to earn suffi- . cient to pay the said fixed annual charges, but will fail to earn operating expenses and depreciation." Accompanying the petition was a letter from President Griffith, in which he eays that the city of Portland has been asked to waive the customary statutory notice of 10 days, which, with the time given to reply, would extend the time to 20 days, making it likely that nearly a month would elapse be fore a hearing could be held. In event the city waives the notice it is planned to hold the hearing next Thursday in .Portland, EXAMINATION DATES FIXED Several Civil Service Positions Are Listed. The United States Civil Service Com mission announces open , competitive .examinations, as follows: Inspectors of ordnance equipment, grades one and two. for men only, for duty In the office of the Chief of Ordnance, Washing ton, D. C.. er in the Ordnance Department t Large, at entrance aalarle ranging Iron 1500 to fJ400 a year. Inspector of cloth, for men only. In the Ordnance Department at J.arse of the War Department, at L'500 and 3000 a year. Land Classifier, for men only. In the geological survey; at entrance salaries ranging from $1800 to 1 2400 a year with, ex penses when on field duty. Trained nurse, for women only, in the In dian service. The entrance salary for this position la $720 a year and laundry of uni form. Until further notice, and on account of the urgent needs of the service, applica tions for the above positions will be re ceived at any time. September 11. Designing engineer, armor plant and steel mill; Designing engineer, heavy steel mill construction; designing and constructing engineer; open-hearth furnace plant; hydraulic and sanitary engineer, for mert- only. In the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department. Washington, D. C. at $10 to 16 per diem. September IS. Senior expert electrical and mechanical aid, for men only. In the Bureau ; RIDGGFIGID LAD OBSERVES FOURTH BIRTHDAY. . X - j& ' " ' X I i 1 ' Pope Photo. 1 William Homer Hall. RIDGEFIELD. Wash., Sept. 1. (Special.) William Homer Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Hall, of this place, celebrated his fourth birthday -Tuesday, August 24, by giving a picnic party to a number of his little friends and their mothers in the City Park. Those participating in the afternoon's pleasure were: Evelyn Seamon, Ethel Weill, Gen evieve White, Maurice Wood, Gordon Keith, Gordon Brice, Bruce Littler, Franklin White, Dick Layne, Donald Layne, Er ma McConnell, Zura Malkson. Mrs. James E. Keith, Mrr;. Calvin Wood, Mrs. Homer S. McConnell, Mrs. C. A. Stiver and daughters. Donna and Thelma, of Portland, Mrs. E. B. Hall and the young host. of Steam Engineering. Navy Department, Washington, r. C.'. at $12 per diem. September 18. Investigator In accounting and office management, for men only, in the Bureau or Jt,meiency. Washington, D. C. at $2000 to 3M)0 a year. September 19. Kield assistant In forest pathology! for men only. In the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, for duty in the field, at a salary ranging from $1200 to $1(520 a year. September 19. Dynamo tender, for men only, in the Bureau of Engraving . and Print ing, Washington. D. C; at $3.68 per diem. September 19 Assistant in marketing live stock and meats, grade one and two, for men only. In the Bureau of Markets. De partment of Agriculture, with headquarters in Washington, D. C. at salaries ranging from $1200 to $2400 a year. October 3. Copyist draftsman, for- both men and women, at .the Naval Torpedo Sta tion. Newport. R. I., at $2.b per diem, or at any Navy-Yard or other naval establish ment, at entrance aalariei ranging from $2 to $3.44 per diem. October 3. Clerk qualified aa typewriter repairer, for men only. In the Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C, at $1200 a year. Further Information and application forms may be obtained from M. K. Wlgton, local secretary. Board of United States Civil Service ' Examiners. Postofflce building, Portland, Or. STATE MAY GET TAX ftlESTIOS AS TO HEJfllY MILLER . ESTATE INVESTIGATED. ' If Assessment Can Be Collected, Total of $100,000 May Enrich Treas ury of Oregon. SALEM, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) Ar rival of Assistant Attorney-General Benjamin! of California. here has shown that the question of whether or not the state of Oregon is entitled to inheritance tax from the estate of Henry Miller, of Miller & Lux, is being investigated. Mr. Benjamin is here obtaining data relative to the fight which is being made in California to resist the imposition of inheritance taxes on the great estate of Henry Miller. A similar question is being looked into here as far as Oregon is con cerned, in connection with the investi gation into the Pacific Livestock Com pany case. Henry Miller died In California last year. The Miller &. Lux Company has been appraised around J40.000.000 in value. The company had 120.000 shares of capital stock, of which Henry Miller owned all but 128 shares, which were owned by his daughter. Mrs. J. Leroy Nlchol, and her husband. The Miller & Lux Company was the sole owner of all of the shares of the Pacific Livestock Company operating in Oregon,' which has an estimated valuation of between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. So far no active steps have been taken by this state to collect any in heritance tax on the Pacific Livestock Company's holdings, as they were held by the Miller & Lux Company and Henry Miller died out of the state. But it seems possible that Oregon is entitled to some inheritance tax from this company and, if it is, the tax might equal $100,000 or more. Two Get Decrees. OR-EGO NT CITY, Or., Sept. J. (Spe cial.) Divorces were granted here to day to Belle Wallace from John Wal lace and to Mrs. E. M. Sanders1 from M. G. Sanders. Judgment was allowed the Peters Hardware Company from Adolph Koellermeier for $181.37. for which the sale of the west half of th northwest quarter, section 8. township 3. south of range 1 east, was author ized. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6o. . . HANYFRESHUENDUE Dean Straub Predicts Large First-Year Class at Eugene. FORECASTER TRIES AGAIN Man Who Picks Attendance at State Institution in Early Estimates Says 3 00 to 5 00 Students "Will Enter Freshman Class. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) The freshman class in attendance at the University of- Oregon when school opens October 1 will number between 300 and 500 students, according to a statement made by John Straub, dean of men", who has Just returned from a visit to many cities of'the state, where he has been doing missionary work in the interest of the university, and who will leave Monday morning with a sim ilar object in view for a trip through Eastern Oregon. Dean Straub has been forecasting the attendance at the university for many years and boasts that -he - has never missed on his estimates. Last year he predicted a - total of more than 1000 students on the campus. The enroll ment was 1050. , "We- will have a larger freshman class than last year," Dean Straub said today. "The freshmen will more than make up for the loss of upper classmen who have gone Into the Army." Mr. Straub said the investigation dis closes that nearly every important town in the state will send from 12 to 15 . students and some of them many more. FAIR TO FEATURE WAR FROMINEXT SPEAKERS WIIL TALK AT SALEM OX ISSUES. Speakers Are Engaged by Food Admin istrator; Food Conservation Also to Be Demonstrated. SALEM. Or., Seot. 1. (Special.) Leading Oregon men and women will talk to the citizens of Oregon on war issues and war problems at the State ""air on request of the food administra tors of the Government. Secretary Lea received advices from W. B. Ayer, food administrator for the state, that he has named Stephen S. Lowell. Pendleton, and Justice Wallace McCamant, -Dan J. - Malarkey, Mrs. George McMath and Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, of Portland, as speakers. It is planned to have one speaker a day and the sixth will be selected. He also received advices from Mr. Ayer that the Agricultural College and the Government will furnish lecturers and demonstrators on food problems who will appear daily at the. fair. .From the arrangements that are now being made the question of war issues aud food issues as they have to do with w-ar problems will be one of the big features at the State Fair. KANSAS TEACHER CHOSEN W. II. Grayum Elected Principal of Centralla Hlgli School. ' CENTRALTA, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) W. H. Grayum, last year prin cipal of the high school at Neodesha, Kansas, Wednesday was elected prin cipal of the Centralia high school to succeed C. W. White, who recently re signed to enter the officers' training camp. Professor Grayum is a gradu ate of the Kansas State Normal, aud comes highly recommended. Miss Mpdge Finley, a graduate of the University of Washington, was elected to teach mathematics in the high school and Miss Gertrude Barndt. a graduate ot Whitman College, to teach history-and civics. E. S. Smith, a local attorney, was elected substitute in structor in physics and athletic coach. Opinion of Commission Sought.' SALEM. Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) J. B. Middleton, manager of the Home Telephone Company, of Portland, - has asked the Public Service Commission if, under the arrangement whereby a com mission of three months' free service is given for a new subscriber, the wife of the subscriber may receive the com mission. The commission has not yet answered the inquiry. "JACO'l Manufactured by Jacobs Hat & Cap Works, Portland, Or. Ask for the Jaco Brand In all leading: stores. 'Jbotkache STOPS THE ACHE CLEANSES .HE CAVITY PREVENTS DECAY Sold everywhere 1 5c C 8. Dent & Co. CATARRH is now easilv nvprrnmp Vw licintr ti antiseptic oil spray which absorbs and dislodges the hard weblike mucous membrane of throat and nose. Quick relief is always obtained by using: the McKenzie Catarrh Srjrav. The complete with special atomizer , is only 52.00. We pay the postage on this and all other drug orders. Laue-DavisDrugCo. Truss Experts PORTLAND, OREGON ff A Ml affair -Starts Today Only 4 Days At the Liberty -- .... . i, -..-.., , .. -.ll. . , . t . i , u i ) , l -ti ni "-mn ni in I 9 Tri almost any other theater on earth, the Yankee Doodle Boy in this wonderfully entertaining mystic comedy would be at traction enough, but the magnificent i Liberty gives you, for good measure, the funniest two-act comedy of the year it's a huge joy programme guaranteed to chase gloom it happifies. i Also at 7:30 and 9 P. M. Gowns Courtesy Eastern Outfitting Co. ' LL d I ezt n 1 1 tsJ I j j N) M I I iX 1 Tvt f IV 1 U U 3 -Sjf, 5iw Fashion Show Special Fashion Show Matinee Tomorrow, Labor Day, at 3 :30 Also at 7 :30 and 9 P. M. Gowns Courtesy Eastern Outfitting Co. Folk tells us : "The Liberty is the finest photoplay theater in the West!" Have you visited our reception-room, on the mezzanine? ALSO Fatty Arbuckle frolics and romps through a half hour of care-chasing antics in the excruciatingly, funny comedy "His Wedding Night" He gets a bride but it "mighty nigh" wrecks him you'll see Daily from 11 A. M. to bedtime 15c; Kiddies a nickel THERE'LL BE rlt APPROPRIATE MUSIC, OF COURSZ' ON THE ' 1 WURLITZER ... ii1 CT 103.2