The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 04, 1917, Section One, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text3 LISTER INVOLVED IH FIGHT ON GAS RATE Demand Made on Governor for Dismissal of All Members of Public Service Board. COMMISSION MAKES REPLY Further Political Ambitions of Ex ecutive Likely to Be Opposed by'. Seattle Organizations, From Present Indications. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Nov. 3. (Special.) In formal reply today to charges or corporation .intrigue, coupled with demands upon Governor Lister that all three members of the Public Service Commission be removed, the Commis sion accuses Charles A. Reynolds, for mer member of the Commission, and Hugh M. Caldwell, Corporation Counsel of Seattle, of uttering intentional falsehoods. Governor Lister has so far made no public statement on the ques tion, but today's statement of the Pub lic Service Commission is understood to be the administration stand. It pre sages a bitter political fight hence forth against Senatorial or other pub lic ambitions the Governor may dis play by Seattle organizations now op posing the Commission. . This was Indicated lately by hot dis cussion before the King County Demo cratic Club, which, finally authorized Mr. Reynolds to draw up resolutions which amount to a denunciation of the Democratic state administration as represented by Governor Lister. Can Rate Is Weapon. . The present fight on the administra tion Is based on the Commission's re cent action in granting the Seattle Lighting Company authority to in crease gas rates and fix a ready-to-serve charge of 26 cents monthly on all connected installations, whether gas is used or not. The city pro tested and asked for a stay of two months in which to prepare its case against the increase. The Commission granted 1 days, or until October 26.. On October 22 the "city asked for a subpena to bring all the gas company records before the Commission, where upon the Commission granted the com pany its increase, to become effective October 31, on condition that all charges be kept by individual account and any amount collected in excess of what the Commission fixed as a reasonable, rate-: upon final hearing be refunded to . consumers. The final hearing was set , for January 2. no tices of similar Increased rates were immediately .filed by gas companies supplying- Tacoma,. Everett, Olympia and lesser points. -Seattle Council Acts. Immediately a flood, of charges of ta4 faith- , broke- loose in' Seattle against - the" 'Commission, ; with Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Caldwell as the principal -accusers. The, Seattle . City Council formally adopted a resolution asking the Governor to ' dismiss the three Commissioners, E, F. Blaine, .of Seattle: Arthur A. Lewis, of Spokane, and Frank It. Spinning, of Sumner. The Commission today- officially re plies to these attacks, in part, as fol lows: Because of t'ae widespread circulation given of charges against this Commission, which chares are based upon deliberate falsehods, desire to call attention to the actual facts regarding the Seattle Lighting Company case. . The laws governing this as well as most regulative commissions require that rates of utilities shall not only be fair and reason able to the patrons but also compensatory and sufficient to the utilities. It must be remembered t'iat under the existing laws approval of the Commission is not required to the inorease of- rates.. , .. Lie ' Given Accusers. The charges emanating from Charles A. Reynolds and from the corporation-counsel's office in Seattle 'In the gas case are false and known to be such by the authors. Not only will this be proved by examination of the records in the cafla open to the publlo In the Commission's office at Olympia, but also by t.i correspondence between this of fice and the corporation counsel. As attor neys, both Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Reynolds know they quibble In a deliberate design to mislead the publlo when they say the Commission had ordered Increased gas rates In Seattle. They know It Is untrue when they say protestants were given no oppor tunity to be .leard and that the city was given no time to prepare its protest. Hugh M. Caldwell, corporation counsel of the city of Seattle, is not seeking to meet t.iis case on Its merits. His first protest filed asked that this Commission disregard any rights the gas company might have In the premises and suspend the increases un til the latter part of January or the end of the greater period of gas consumption. Fiom September 18 to the time of the publlo hearing on October 15, every oppor tunity was offered to the city to co-operate wit'.i the experts of this Commission in pre paring its cane, and is still being offered. Despite the wide publicity given only one consumer personally appeared at the hearing at Seattle October 13. at which hearing the Commission took the evidence of its own ex perts who had made a thorough Investiga tion of the company's books and the evi dence of witnesses for the company. COMMISSION'S ACT DEFEXDED Chairman Blaine Denies Charges Made by C. .. Reynolds. SEATTLE, "Wash., Nov. 3. (Special.) Chairman E. F. Blaine, of the Pub lic Service Commission, confronted his critics on the gas reduction case in the King County Democratic Clisb today, accompanied by A. A. Lewis, a member of the Commission, and Engineer Phipps, and Rate Expert O. O. Calder head. William Tucker read a formal statement, prepared by the Public Serv ice Commission, defending its action in allowing the Seattle Lighting Company to put into effect its new rates. Charles A. Reynolds renewed his attack on the Commission, and offered a resolution charging the Commission with inef ficiency and willful misconduct, and urged a full investigation of the charges made by him. The resolution demands Y.M.CA.t Schools Business (bookkeeping, stenographic, secretarial); Business Administra tion and Accountancy; Elementary Courses for Men. College Prtpsra- Electrical Engt- tory. neerlngr. Chemistry, Radio Telegraphy, Pharmacy, Drafting, Automobile Engineering. For Detailed Information Call or " . Write to DEPARTMENT OP EDUCATION, DIVISION" V, ' PORTLAND V. M. C. A.- - CoroNA The personal writing; machine writes anywhere any, time. Only $50 in regular case. E. W. PEASE CO. 110 SIXTH ST. that Governor twister remove the mem bers of the Commission. . The answer of the Commission brands as false the charges made by Reynolds and couples Corporation Counsel Hugh M. Caldwell in the same indictment. The charge that the Commission issued an order increasing the gas rates in Seattle is specifically denied, and it is declared that the protestants were given ample opportunity to be heard, and were Trot-denied a hearing, as has been published in the newspapers. The resolution presented at the meeting- was referred -to.a .special, committee consisting of George E. Ryan, Ben K. Shields. Georgei A, Custer; Paul Land and Hugh C. Todd.- It is not the contention of the Com mission that the gas rates were not in creased, but it is contended,, and proved. : that undef the law the. Com mission has no power to prevent an in crease of tariffs if they are properly filed, and notice served on the con sumer. ' Mr. Blaine made a - statement - that tinged proceedings with dramatic in terest, in which he. denied the charges of .Reynolds, and declared that the Commission :iiad made the only -ruling that would protect all parties. He said that he did not have to continue on the Commission, "not being dependent upon it for a living, but so long as he was a member he would defend its acts and see that no- odlnm was cast upon the administration at Olympia. LARGE FAMILY IS LEFT MRS. DOROTHEA Dl'BAClC SURVIVED BV 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. With Exception of One Son, All of Sirs. Dnbark's Immediate Family of SO Live In Portland. Mrs. Dorothea Duback, whose funeral was held in this city last Monday, left an immediate family:of 50, representing three generations of descendants. She is survived by eight sons, four daugh ters. 2d grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. All of Mrs. Duback's descendants, except one son. who' is in San Francisco, live in or near Portland. Mrs.- -Duback came to the Pacific toast with her husband in 1854, cross- ing the plains with a caravan that en countered several bands of hostile Indians on the way. Her husband was a soldier, sent here- from Fort Adams, at Newport, R. I., and Mrs. Duback was with him through all the trying days of the early Indian wars in Oregon. vvnen air, uuback s term of enlist ment expired in . 1858 the family,' in cluding two children, located on a farm near Vancouver, Wash. Here the other 10 children were born. All are living and are married. They are Mrs. L. A. Bailey, Mrs. May Bybee. Mrs. Matthew Steele. Mrs. Julia Brown, Frank. Fred. Charles, Nicholas, Henry, Dr. J. D.t Ed win and Ray Duback. One sister sur vives, Mrs. A. D. Brawn, of Seattle. Wash. Mrs. Duback died October 27 at her home. 466 Park street. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. W. Youngson in the chapel of J. P. Flnlev & Son and Mrs. Duback was burled be side her husband in the City Cemetery, Vancouver, Wash. MEDICAL SKILL HELPS CAl'SES PRECLUDING YOUTHS EN TERING SAW REMOVED. Daring: Past Eight Months) 300 Yanag Men Have Been Signed fp by Menna of Operations. Medical skill is coming: to the aid of the recruiting: officers who are en listing young men for service in the Navy. At the Portland office durinr the past eight months, some 300 youths and men have been signed up for the naval service Dy meaas of operations by naval surgeons attached to the Port land office and other patriotic physi cians in the city, whose work has been given absolutely without any fee or charge for their service. Causes that precluded their entering the service when they presented them selves for enlistment were removed by the surgeon's knife and there was no longer any bar against their service. This work will be continued, gratis, and defective teeth that are sufficiently bad to prevent the applicant passing the naval requirements will be attended to by patriotic dentists of Portland, free of charge, except for expensive crown or bridge work. Among causes for rejection that can be removed by medical treatment are the following: Hernia (rupture), Inguinal, femoral, um. biltcal and Incisional. Varicocele (enlarged velna in scrotum). Only very largo varicoceles are rejected by the Navy, where no symptoms exist, and these will be operated upon. Varicose veins in leg. These do not re ject unleea fairly large or give trouble, and will then be corrected by operation. Hydrocele (fluid in scrotum) is always a cause for rejection, but la corrected by very simple operation. Tumors that are movable and therefore probably not malignant, will be operated. Hammar toes and ankylosed (stiff) fin gers cause rejection, but will be operated gratis. Haemorrhoids (piles), fistula, etc Tonallltls. Any other condition remediable by opera tion. Students .Buy Bond. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or., Nov. 3. (Special.) The Phlladorian and Phlladoslan Literary Societies of Willamette showed their patriotic spirit when they bought a $100 liberty' loan bond. The societies are composed of young men and women of the uni versity. Each member paid his or her share, 'and the bond will be left to the societies as a gift, with the request that it be used ih reflxing the halls when it comes due, 25 years from now. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070. A 6095. r" X A i .H I & fvf " r t J " l t Mrs. Dorothy Duback. I - 4 ... . . . .4 A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION I, ' : I FKOFJLKS t BEGINNING TODAY v PHOTOPLAYS OF MERIT If THE TROUBLE. BUSTER .... ; J ; : with j -TV Tf "J W f7 f 15v Y - Vv THE BEST V 7 I Vf n Jk 1 NT ; ON EARTH A breezy story of love, pluck '" t,JY - - and thrills. A touch of ' Lh.fyH: t f X. pathos, a touch of laughter fclP ( and a , lot of the personal 7 yj4 charm that has made "Miss fe t . Martin-a star of the first v ; :"' ' ' -'rank. - . ..- , , . VAj.j- i , - ' ALSO : THE LATEST HAPPENINGS ALL - . - : OVER THE GLOBE IN PICTURES " .V 'V f& - NOTICE : - . - Srr v V On account of the general in- J' r -4 ing the exhibition of high-class 'f ' Y it l photoplays .the -Peoples and . .' . Star Theaters were obliged to ' ' '' j, - i ;. fix following scales of admis- COMING: X . C - H . -s 8ionprices: ANN PENNINGTON .: ' 'p-. children adults boxes IN "ANTICS OF ANN" y '4 .90 18 270 X . ' n"t?r War Tax lc War Tax 2c War Tax 3c f C . ' J -O.A.C. PLEDGLIfJGSIN Sororities Announce Neo phytes for This Year. RUSHING SEASON PASSES Chi Omega, PI Beta Phi, Alpha Chi Omega, Beta Tau Beta, Alpha Chi Delta Alpha and Kappa Kappa Kappa at Corvallls Busy. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Nov. 3. (Special.) New pledges to the sororities at O. A. C. were announced this afternoon by the various houses. The women of the college have Just completed a three weeks' rushing season, prior to which they were not permitted to ask any new girls to Join their organizations. Chi Omega Omega, V omen s na tional Fraternity, Eta Alpha Chapter, announced-the following pledges: Mil dred Catton, Portland; Helen Catton, Portland; Violet Lister, Prlneville; Frances Castner, Hood Klver; Joann Hogshfre, Portland. Oregon Beta of PI Beta Phi Ethel Josephson. Marshfield; Ethel Frazier and Esther Spitzbart. Salem; Estelle Chadbourne, Irvington, Cal.; Margaret Watson. Corvallis; Neva Blllingsly. Nettle Peterson, Jean Conklin and Elsie Gibson, Ontario; Thedesia Wells, Ontario; Leone Casheau, Roseburg; Daisy Ernst and Virginia famim. Vale; Lois Dome, Pomona. Cal. Alpha Chi Omega. Chi Chapter Clara Hedlund, Bernice Haines and Elsie Spamer. Portland: Marjorle Shute, Chicago; Susan Halley. Husum. Wash.; Roma Jacobson, La Grande, Or. Beta Taul Beta, local Eckford Cam eron, Gresham: Evangeline Aitchison, Chehalis; Edith Lindsay, Corvallis; Linnette Svenson, Astoria. Alpha Chi, local Grace Crandell, Vancouver, Wash.: Mary Woodward, Portland; Ruth Chambers. Portland; Rose kOakleaf, Portland; Marion AV'est, Portland; Marguerite Freyjlig. Suther lin. Or.; Edith Chandler. Kemworth, 111.; Erma Yates. Corvallis. Delta Alpha, local Lavina Rogers. Ethel Wheeler and Ethel Langley, Portland; Lucille -Fierce, La Grande. Kappa Kappa Kappa, local Marie Johnston, Portland; Alta Mentzer and Hazel Strain. Pendleton; Myrtle Cooley, Smith River, Cal.; Mildred Heinie. Medford; Fay Millett, North Bend. LABOR DEMAND IS HEAVY Many Positions Provided Applicants During October. The Municipal Free Employment Bu reau furnished employment for 308 persons during October, according tp the monthly report issued yesterday by A. W.. Jones, director of the bureau. Calls were received at the bureau of fice for 6137 men. Apple pickers were in most demand during the month. The bureau furnished 1412 for this work. Laborers came second with 1176, wood handlers third with 370, millmen fourth with 337 and farm hands fifth with 104 Positions were given, 72 boys during the month. . . Bank Observes Anniversary THE DALLES. Or.. Nov. 3. (Special.) French & Co.. bankers, have sent out handsome cards announcing the 50th anniversary of the founding of that in stitution. This bank has the distlnc tion of being the oldest bank in East ern Oregon, having been established In 1867 by J. W. French and IX M. French. Lewis County Exempts Many. CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 3. (Spe cial.) The Lewis County exemption board has allowed the claims for ex emptlon filed by the following? draft registrants: Katsuhel 8eeko, of Napavlne; John G. A. Oqulst. ot Mineral: Giovanni Marchl, of Napavlne; Otoliko Kanaaawa, of Vader; Benjamin H. Klnir. of Uentralla; Alben A. Nelderberger, of Centralla; Carvllle O. Jones, of Pe.SU; George Strasser. of Littell; Dan M. Skeen. of Moskill: Alnllle F. IJamron. of Mosiyrock; Otla Strld, of Centralla: Archer S. Kresky, of Centralla: John F. Pankratz, of Chehalli: Jotieph Duncanson, of Mineral; Roland W. McMurphy, of Vader; Arthur H. Fonytho. of I Ell; William J. Kllbreath. of Onalaska; Henry E. Rogers, of Centralla; John L.. Hudson, of McCormick; Bruce G. Thacker, of Centralla; Blaine Boyd, of ilan die:L.ouls A. Vimont. of Chehalis; Roy K. Elmendorf. of Centralla: Percy B. Fos. of Doy: Ross yv. Ball., of Centralla, and Earl W. Adams, of Centralla. Tribute Is Paid to A. W. Nye by Life-Long Friend. John M. nentlej-. of Pendleton, Ar rives to Attend Funeral of Pioneer Vniatillu County. BY ADDISON BENNETT. AMONG the many Pendleton friends of the late A. W., Nye, whose fun eral will take place in Portland this afternoon, is John M. Bentley, who had been a friend and chum of Mr. Nye's from early childhood, a period of nearly 5 years. Both were born in Green County, Missouri,, in 1842, Mr. Nye's birth occurring six days previous to Mr. Bentley's and their birthplaces be ing a scant two miles apart. Mr. Nye's father was a physicukn and he assisted In bringing both of the youngsters into the world. From the time the boys were able to toddle about they were chums. They went to school together, played to gether and later worked and courted together. When they were 19 years old they left their Missouri homes and came West, Mr. Nye coming to Oregon nd Mr. Bentley going to California. For 10 years they were separated, but in 1871 Mr. Bentley followed Mr. Nye to Pendleton. A year later Mr. Nye was elected Sheriff of Umatilla County and served a term of four years. Four teen years later Mr. Bentley was elect ed to the same office and served one term. From their early days In Umatilla County they were, as a rule, in th K,-mt. II I ill ! 67tf2' I Wm&m jmrr-fi 'vwr n jiii ih i . mrr-TfiT-- same business, raising sheep or cattle or farming, but seldom did they op erate together but always chums and companions. They were both active in organizing the Pioneer Society of their county and each served as president of that society. Neither has been active in the Ftock business for a number of years, Mr. Nye having been secretary of the Pendleton Commercial Club un til his health became impaired, and Mr. Bentley for a number of years has been in the insurance and real estate busi ness for several years. Both were Masons and they belonged to the same chapter and lodge. As I talked with Mr. Bentley at the Perkins yesterday I could scarcely be lieve that he had passed his 75th birth day. He looks strong and robust, car rying the weight of years like a man of 40. And yet he has been a resident of Pendleton for well on to 50 years, and, like Mr. Nye, has always been held in high esteem by all who knew him. As he talked with me about his de parted friend his eyes were moist with tears and his utterances were often confused, for Mr. Nye had been more than a friend, more than a brother, and their love for each other was like unto the love of David and Jonathan. "The death of my dear old friend was a sad, sad shock to me," he said, "and the shock has somewhat unnerved me, for there were few such friends as Nye and I. He was one of the clean est, finest, most lovable men that ever lived and Umatilla County and Oregon have lost a citizen whose record la as clear and bright as any man who ever lived with us. He was not a wealthy man, not a great money maker, but he was a friend at all times to those in distress, and but few men in our county will be missed more at their death than my dear old friend, companion and chum. A. W. Nye." Normal Students Aid Red Cross. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL. Mon mouth, Or., Nov. 3. (Special.) A cafe teria dinner given by the students of the Oregon Normal Training School this week netted 164 to the Red Cross fund. The labor for the affair was given en tirely by the pupils, who drew a large body of parents and other citizens of Monmouth to eat. The dinner was one of a programme of events planned to raise money for the Red Cross work and for the Army Y. M. C. A. Every class nf the normal school Is earnlns; DINNER -DANCING is more popular than ever at The Portland this Fall. You just can't help from having a good time. Everything seems to blend in making an atmos phere of joviality. You'll like the people the music and most of all the Dinner. You'll see when you come Mon day night. mm money some way to contribute to the two organizations. No BonTirc This Year. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Nov. 3. (Special.) The annual bonfire preceding the homecoming festivities at O A. C. will not be built this year, but the time and labor usually spent by the freshmen will be put into con structive work. It is considered a would know coat, but you A smart top ISlSlfcaugM in the 1 ftWK His New I M Overcoat"! mm ymmmm: what the but a real raincoat m service keep you dry in a driving rain. "The coat with lungs The "lun&s" in every AIR-IN are a new idea that means new comfort. In every AIR-IN there are a series f of hidden vents or openings under the plait in the back. As you walk or move these "lun&s" open and close, forcing fresh air in and the heated air out. For the first time this AIR-IN construction makes a raincoat really comfortable. There are a number, of models and a variety of fab rics to choose from. Prices ran&e from $13.50 to $25. ANOTHER DB LUXE PROGRAMME waste of fuel to put wood into the hig blaze this year. Formerly President Kerr has donated a large amount of wood, and the neighborhood has been ransacked fr old lumber and boxes. Work on the college tennis courts and athletic fields will be substituted for the labor on the bonfire. Cooked crabs claws are nibbled by the people of Seville. Spain, more foe pnstime than for FtiKtenrt nee. neighbors thought,but he knew he was wear ing an AIR INfNobody an AIR-IN is will "when it coat in appearance. o mm