THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA PORTLAND, AUG EST 3. 1919.
RATE CASE HEAR1MG
ENDS AT SEATTLE
Five Months Will Elapse Before
Decision fs Given. -
WASHINGTON MEN HEARD
"Buying of Goods in Many Markets
on Same Basis Declared Bene
fit to Merchants.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. ".(Special.)
Hearing of the Columbia fiver basin
rate case, in which Oregon interests
have asked for freight rates from in
terior points to Portland based on a
iust cost of eervice. was terminated
inis auernoon, inc i:in nay
case, which was opened in .Portland
July 21 and was continued in Seattle
July 29.
Members of division No. 3 of the
Interstate Commerce commission, by
whom the rate case has been heard, in
dicated that no decision could be ex
pected berore nve or six montns nave
- Henry Clay Hall, chairman of the
. commission division, left tonight for
Colorado Snrinrs, his home city, where
he is scheduled to hear two cases. Win
's thro'n M.- Daniels left for Tacoma, where
he is to join the Mazamas of Portland
for a trip to Rainier national park, and
; Joseph B. Eastman, the third member.
automobile. He planned to stop in Spo
- kane on his way to Washington,' X. C.
"Henry Thurtell, chief examiner for the
commission, left for Colorado Springs
by way of Portland just before , the
-- hearing was concluded!
VahinKtoa Witnesses Heard.
There was a general exodus of at
" torneys and rate, men after- the hear
'inc was concluded. Most of the Ore-
gon men left for their homes this after
f'noon and tonight and nearly all of the
" Everett, Tacoma and other out-of-town
"men followed suit.
Today's hearing; was the shortest of
,,'the two weeks, opening at 9: JO and
C closing at 1:12 this afternoon Four wit-
nesses were heard .for the Seattle cham-
ber of commerce and commercial, olub,
two for the port of Seattle, two for the
-' city and port of Everett and two for
Tacoma interests.
Henry Clay Hall expressed his ap
preciation of the open-hearted welcome
' given the commissioners, both in Port
ia land and Seattle and for the entertain
"ment which had been provided for them
; Oswald West of Portland thanked the
.commissioners on behalf of counsel and
r witnesses for the manner in which the
' cases had been heard.
Kxhibit to Be Printed.
The exhibit of J. P. Newell, consult
ing engineer for the public service com
(. mission of .Ore-pron and which was used
i as the basis of the Oregon contention
that rates should be based on just
costs of service, will be printed, it was
announced. Only five copies were pre-
pared originally, but as they have been
- placed in exhibit, the commission has
ruled that copies be furnished to all
... attorneys who will make briefs in this
; case.' The printing bill will not be
'.less than 11000, J. O. Bailey, assistant
iattorney-general of Oregon, has estj
mated.
Seattle's witnesses today were John
- C. Lawrence of Spokane. Inland Em
pire farmer, who was a member of the
public service commission of Washing
..ton when it was known as the ra'lway
; commission; Gordon C. C'orbaley, execu
tive secretary of the Seattle chamber
- of commerce and commercial club, and
ho formerly served in the came ca
parity for the Spokane chamber of com
merce; J. S. Goldsmith, prominent dcat-
. tlfl jobber; C. J. France, executive sec
retary of the Seattle port commission,
and ti. F. Nicholson, engineer for the
'pcrt commission.
Common Basis Demanded.
On the stand for Everett were A. B.
- Te.-in, engineer for both the city and
" port commission, and H. T. Fowler,
I wholesale grocer. Tacoma had only
two witnesses, F) J. .Walsh, engineer
". for the port of Tacoma, and D. D. A.
t Outca!t, trustee of the Tacoma commer-
- cial club. The city of Seattle adopted
. the testimony of other intervenors and
presented no witnesses.
There was a constant agitation at
; every common point in eastern Wash
. ington to reach Portland and si. and
1 markets on at common basis until the
parity of rates was made effective,"
. ai'i .Mr. Lawrence. "Those conditions
; would recur if the party was to be
disturbed. There has been no contro
versy since the equal rates were estab
lished." A rate parity is an advantage in the
' development of communities, Mr. Cor
. baley declared. The first problem of
' a city In any section of the country,
he said, was to provide markets' par
ticularly for Its manufacturers.
DiNtnrbanve la Opposed.
"Seattle is only at the real beginning
' of its industrial development," said Mr.
Corbaloy. "We do not want to disturb
' our whole distributing fabric. The cit
ies in the northwest will not amount
to anything unless the country is de
' veloped."
Mr. Corbaley said the total value of
". Seattle's more than 1200 manufactur-
ing institutions was approximately
$100,000,000. those of Tacoma about
"one-third of that amount and those of
". Portland about one-half. There are
.nearly 2000 manufacturing institutions
'.on l'uget sound, Mr. Corbalev said. H
placed Seattle's annual sale of .manu
factured products at between $100,000
' ot'O and $125,000,000 and Portland's be
tween $50,000,000 and $60,000,000.
.Mr. Ooldsmith said credit and trade
relations between the coast and interior
would be broken down by a disturbance
of the present equal freight rates. Hall
way rates determine, he said, where
the business shall go, and that it was
an advantage to merchants to buy in
.as many markets as possible on the
tame basis.
Koreljtn Trade Volumes Compared.
The testimony of Mr. France was in
troduced to show the volume of. Seat
ties foreign trade compared with that
of Portland and to show that - while
.wheat was the principal commodity
exported from Portland on the sound It
was only an incidental item in world
trade. Mr. Nicholson told of the mam-
-moth port facilities which have been
.constructed in Seattle to aid shipping.
lacoma sougnt only to call atten
tion to the volume of her ocean com
, mere and the f acil it ies she now bas
and has planned to develop that branch
of trade, and the city's industrial
: plants' valuation, which, it was said.
totaled $19,090,000.
. Kverett witnesses told of the trade
in that city and declared that if Port
land obtained a rate differential Ever
ett would want the same over Seattle-
Several of the witnesses were, not
cross-examined at all. and in all other
cases examination was very brief,
every one connected with the case cooperating-
to expedite the. hearing; so
it could be completed early today.
0 Days Given to File Brief.
Presentation of the cases of the In
land Empire Shippers' league of Pen
dleton, those of Portland interests,
public service commission of Oregon
and part of the defendant railroads was
concluded during the seven day and
three night sessions in Portjand. The
Warrenton case also was heard in
Portland.
During the five day and one evening
sessions in Seattle the railroads com
pleted their case and the Astoria, Spo
kane, Everett. Tacoma, Seattle ' and
public service commission of Washing
ton intervenors were heard.
Cases of the three principal com
plaints were consolidated to conserve
time and the defense was conducted in
the same way.
Attorneys in the case have $0 days in.
which to present briefs. Henry Thurtell.
chief examiner for the commission,
then will present a tentative report to
the commissioners and then after an
opportunity for argument is afforded,
the decision . will be made. It will be
final as far as the commission division
concerned, unless the case is re
opened or re-beardr
POLES CONTJNOE MARCH
AUTHORITY GR.VXTED AT PEACE
TABLE EXCEEDED.
Ukrainians Reject German Offers
and ' M ill Buy Goods in
United States.
VIENNA, Aug. 1. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Poles announce a
continuance of their victorious march
against the Ukrainians. They are
crossing the Zbruca river at various
points. (It should be noted that the
Poles were given authority by the
peace conference to proceed- only to
the Zbruca.) The Polish army objec
tive is, -said to be Kamenetz, Podolia,
which is the capital of General Simon
Petlura, Ukrainian leader.
The Ukrainians recently resumed
diplomtic relations with Roumania,
having" previously sent missions to
Italy, Switzerland, -Germany and Aus
tria, and are said to be seeking to
establish one in the United States.
They declare that they, like the
Serbs, will continue to fight indefinitely
for their independence.
Regarding Polish charges that the
Ukrainians are favoring German com
mercialization of Russia, M. Stepano-
kov. director of the co-operative, land
banks maintained by 14,000,000 farmers
with headquarters formerly at Kiev,
said :
"The country above all we wish to
do business with is America. It is true
that at present French politics is driv
ing us into the arms of the Germans,
but w'e realize that the Germans would
attempt to exploit us and also that
they haveno resources.
"Recently the Germans offered us a
very big loan and also unlimited sup
plies, but we rejected the offers as we
felt acceptance would mean the ruin
of our prospects in the United States.
We are willing now to. buy clothing
and machinery, and have 12,000,000,000
rubles with which to pay." .
PRESIDIO CADETS; DUNCE
KNIGHTS OF' COLUMBUS HOSTS
TO EMBRYO OFFICERS.
Competitive Manual of Arms and
Singing by Oregon Aggies Are
Oilier Features of Evening.
PRKSIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO. Aug.
2. t Special.! A formal ball given by
the San Francisco Knights o Colum
bus to the members of the reserve of
ficers' training corps-came last night
as a srand finale to the six weeks'
summer camp here. Invitations for
the cadets and for their women friends
were driven out and .the affair was ex
clusively for the 4S0 reserve officers
training corns members, beinq held in
the Oregon building on the Panama
Pacific international exposition
grounds. 1
A feature of the evening was a com
petitive manual of arms, in which each
of the eight companies entered a team
of six men. After about 20 minutes of
drill with rigid inspection, all but one
man hd been .jlimlnated, and the win
ner of the gold medal offered by the
Knights of Columbus was declared to
be a student of New. Mexico Military
institute. The lad was but 16 years
of ase and probably the smallest one
of the 4S men in the competition.
At 9:15 the grand march began, with
Colonel Pierce A. Murphy, commander
of the camp, and Colonel John P. Ryan,
instructor of minor tactics, with their
partners, leading.
Singing by a company H quartette
composed of Earl A. Hutchirgs and
Robert A. McClanathan, Oregon Agri
cultural college; Glenn H. Wilson. Uni
versity ot Washington, and William V.
Em ry. University of California, was a
feature of the programme.
TILLAMOOK CORPS MEETS
G. A. R. Aide Has Reunion Session
at Rockaway Cottage.
ROCKAWAV. Or.. Aug, 2. (Special.)
The annual meeting of the Women's
Relief corps. G. A. R.. of Tillamook,
Or held July at tromit i.6t
wn more than ever a
successful re-
union.
Thrt nresent were:
Mrs.
Shrader. Mrs. H. W. Spear. Mrs. Fred
Davidson. Mrs. Clyde Craver and son.
Mrs. W. E. Noyes, Mrs. B. C. Mapes and
son, Mrs. Grace Johnson and daughters.
Mr and Mrs. C. E. Reynolds, Mrs. R. E.
Stanley, Mrs. Olive Travis. Mrs. C. B.
Stanley and son. Mrs. B. M. Doty. Mrs.
F R. Cardiff, Mrs. W. T. Dathout and
Mrs. C. Ebersold.
HULIIMG IS BOUND OVER
Ex-Husband Assists Prosecutor at
Trial on 'Woman's Charge.
MARSHFIELP. Or, Aug. 2. (Spe-
rial. Chet Hulins, cnargea Dy airs. o.
D. Pulford. of Myrtle Point, with be
ing the father of her si-x-months-old
rhild. was bound over to the grand
Jury today in Justice J. J. Stanley's
ourt at Coquille.
L. ruttora. ine woman a uivorcea
husband, assisted John F. -Hall, district
attorney, in prosecuting at the prelim
inary hearing. - The man accused is 4S
years old. while the woman is 35.
Marshflcld Hopes for New School.
MARSHKIELD. Or., Aujr. 2. (Spe
cial.) A Catholic 'parish school may
be opened in Marshfield this fall, ac
cordinK to Rev. H. J. McDevitt of S?t.
Monica's church of this city. Negotia
tions for the sale of a fine residence
property near Si. Monica's church are
under consideration by the Sisters of
Mercy who operate the 3ercy hospital
at -North Bend.
LT
IN CHAOS BY STRIKE
Police Walkout Is Signal for
Looting of Stores.
TROOPS CALLED TO CITY
Few Loyal Men Remaining With
Force ICliarse Crowds of "Hooli
gans"" With Batons.
Copyright by the New York World. Pub-
lihed by arrangement.)
LONDON," Aug. 2. (Special Cable.)
"The lightning strike" of the police In
Liverpool was -seized upon by violent
crowds, largely composed of hooligans,
to wreck and plunder shops. The few
Liverpool policemen who remained loyal
charged with their, batons and num
bers of people were caught in various
shops and. received severe punishment.
In the whole of Scotland road scarcely
a' shop was left intact. Windows were
broken and all the contents were car
ried away. One jewelry . establishment
was ransacked from top to bottom,
boot shops were entirely cleared of
their stocks. Scarcely any of the real
strikers were involved in the rioting.
At an early hour today the military
was summoned to suppress the rioting
as only some 50 policemen remained on
duty. It is understood here that never
in the history of Liverpool have its
principal thoroughfares presented such
scenes of wreck as at the present
moment.
The strike ordered by the London
police union on Thursday night met
with but little response. The London
metropolitan force numbers between
L'l.oou ana 22,000, and or these only
568 men had failed to parade for duty
last night. But as soon as the news
that the strike was called off spread,
there was-an outbreak of looting by
hooligans in the old Kent road district.
A number of shops were entered and
rifled in the early -hours of yesterday
In the city of London force only
very few men were affected and it was
reported that the policemen through
out the country are remaining on duty
except in Liverpool. The strikers al
ready have been dismissed from the
metropolitan force here, and it is an
nounced that the government will not
weaken in dealing with the strikers
anywhere. In the house of commons
today the home secretary announced
that, according to the information at
his disposal, the strike has failed com
pletely. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 2. Military au
thorities have dispatched six lorry
loads of troops from Crosby, while
special constables also were called out.
The looting continued in the poorer
districts tday. and the lord mayor
asked for volunteers to help guard the
city.
The Liverpool authorities followed
the example of the London officials in
expelling striking police officers. Loyal
police of - Liverpool made several
bayonet charges, and there were half
a dozen arrests in the attempt to check
looters.
NEW EGG RECORD IS MADE
Cottage Grove Pullets Hang Up
Mark for Quick Laying.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 2.
(Special.) What was thought to be a
world's record of four months from egg
to egg. made by the Bert Hands White
Leghorns a month or so ago. has al
ready been reduced 20 days by Cottage
Grove pullets, a record of three months
and ten days being reported by Harry
Wynne.
The Ray Hands pullets reduced the
record to 3 months and 27 days and
the Waldo Miller pullets reduced that
record to 3 months and 21 days. The
pullets- in each case were White Leg
horns. LAND VALUES
Decrease Shon n in Country, But
Standifer Yards Boost Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 2. (Spe
cial.) The assessment roll of Clarke
county property for the current year,
just completed by County Assessor
John F. Eddings. shows a decreased
land value from that of the year end
ing in 1918. The country districts' de
crease is about $21,000, but the total,
including improvements, shows an in
crease of about $100,000.
Assessor Eddings explains the de
crease in land values by reason of the
cutting of timber from the land from
March. 1918, to March. 1919. Extensive
building, new automobiles and new
HI
'jfe -
Over b Million People; Served LasbVear
equipment at the Standifer shipyards
account for the increase in the value
of improvements on the land. "While
land values in Vancouver are assessed
about the same aa in 1918, the value
of improvements In the city ahows an
increase ofc- $100, 000, over the previous
year.
The board of equalization, consisting
ot the assessor, commissioners and
treasurer, on Monday will open a three
weeks' session to hear grievances.
AIR EXHIBITION DESIRED
Portland Can Obtain Circus Exhi
bition by Recruiting Men.
Portland may have another air circus.
Word was received at general army
recruiting headquarters yesterday from
the offioe of director of the air serv
ice in Washington that the city which
will supply from 13 to 20 recruits for
the service will be entitled to a dem
onstration, and. efforts will be made to
win the prize for Portland. Thirty
per cent of the young men who entered
the service during July expressed pref
erence for the air branch. The letter
from the director of the air service
says:
"The people of your community should
be made to realize that the .air service
belongs to them, .that they must sup
port it, and that they must assist in
providing men to serve wgth it. It is
part of- the nation's fighting equip
ment and an important part, and cit
izens must rea-lize they are responsi
ble for its maintenance. Civic organ
izations should take an active part in
urging young . men to take up the
work of the air service, as the field
offers some of the greatest opportuni
ties" to young men that any new field
ever has offered."
WESTON FUNERAL IS HELD
Widower and Three Sons Survive
Vancouver Woman.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. .2. (Spe
cial.) Funeral services for Mrs. Eliz
abeth Weston, wife of Fred S. Weston,
who died yesterday at the family resi
dence. Franklin court, after an illness
of three weeks, was held at 2 o'clock
today at the Knapp parlors. Rev. F. E.
Dark officiating. Services will be held
at the Portland crematorium on Mon
day. ,
Mrs. Weston was born in Vancouver
4 8 years ago. She was widely known.
The widower and three sons survive.
The sons are Roy T. Weston of Los An
geles. Cal.; Horace Weston of Bremer
ton. Wash., and Robert, who is in Cae
United States navy.
COOKING COURSE TO OPEN
Mexican-Spanish Delicacies to Be
Subject of Lecture.
Portland housewives will have an op
portunity to learn to make chill con
carne, tortillas, frijoles and other
Mexican-Spanish delicacies, as well as
tempting American dishes, at the do
mestic science lectures under Mrs.
Bertha Haff ner-Ginger starting tomor
row at 2:30 o'clock in Meter & Frank's
auditorium. . Mrs. Ginger is a domestic
science and culinary expert who has
spent years in studying the problems
of housekeeping and is the author of
several books on the subject.
A special feature of the course is a
modern white kitchen, equipped with
the latest devices, which has, been built
for demonstration purposes.
FIRE HAZARD FIGHT BEGUN
Drive to Reduce. Losses In Tillamook
i County Started.
SALEM, Or.. Aug 2. (Special.) Dep
uty State Fire Marshals G. W. Stokes
and G. W. Marshall have launched
campaign in Tillamook county for the
elimination of fire hazards and preven
tion of fire losses, according to word
received by the state fire marshal this
morning.
The deputy fire marshals yesterday
met with the members of the Tillamook
city council, fire department and other
organizations interested and outlined
plans for the campaign. State Fire
Marshal Barber says the crusade will
be carried to all parts of Oregon and
good results are anticipated.
Bend Become Elks.
BEND, Or., Aug. I. (Special.)
Twenty-five neophy-tes chiefly from
Frineville,' became fulifiedged Elks last
night when initiatory ceremonies were
held by Bend Lodge No. 1371. The new
members are: P. A. Howard, Charles
King, H. R. Laken. Joe Lister, E. J.
Wilson, Homer Ross, H. O. Kennard,
Lynn Nichols, E. K. Slayton, F. F. Hoel
scher, R. L. Schee, James Dixon, Max
Strixner, Anton Carlson, I. M. Mills,
F. B. Foster, Seth Dixon and Joseph
Gerarde of Prineville. R. M. Smith, H.
M. Stephens and H. J. Overturf of Bend.
mas-re
uSte
Salem to Entertain Editors. TsST1 I
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.) Vt TV fl Vt J I
Elaborate preparations are being made MiliHbZZvvwTY.a i
in Salem for the entertainment of j " !
members of the National Editorial as- p iwin in.
sooiation, who will pass-a few hours OMBJLMUUMBBmmS
KIRSCHBAUM
CLOTHES v
for Young Men
Offer Style, Quality and Value
Just a glance at these new waist-seam
models will convince the young man
who knows, STYLE. A good look at
the woolens and the workmanship will
prove the case for QUALITY. .And
the surpassing style, and the fine qual
ity of these Kirschbaum Clothes at our
moderate prices insures good value
1 UNUSUAL VALUE.
$35, $40 and $45
Phegley&Cavender
Cor. Fourth and Alder Streets
here a week from Sunday. The tenta
tive programme includes .inspection of
the state institutions, visit to the fitir
grounds and possibly a luncheon. The
editors will arrive in 4aiom some time
Sunday afternoon and will depart later
in the evening.
W. J. Vrpuliart Gets New Job.
YAKIMA, Wash.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
I. L.. Plette has resigned as manager
of the Yakima Valley Traffic & Credit
association and was succeeded today by
W. J. Urpuhart, formerly traveling
claim agent for the O.-W. & N.p with
headquarters in Portland.
Hood Prepares to Be Host.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 2. (Special.)
Valley and town are polishing up for
SPECIAL DIAMOND
ENGAGEMENT RINGS
At $25, $50, $100
are unusually handsome
"The
Only Girl"
will love the one you
choose for her, whether it
be a pure eolitaire or set
in filigreed white gold or
platinum.
B?aa
And
the happy sequel, a
JACOBY'S LUCKY
WEDDING KING j
the reception to be tendered 125 prom
inent New York and Brooklyn citi
zens due here at 5 o'clock next Thurs
day morning: by special train over the
O.-W. R. A- X. line. The visitors, who
ESUIL'
NOT WORDS
Vis id,
r r
Dr. B. E. Wright J-f JLIX1 I 1U i il JL
J I want your dental work on the basis of giving you better
results, dollar for dollar, than you can receive elsewhere.
l I believe in publicity, provided the advertiser confines
himself to the plain, unvarnished truth.
Q I do not claim supernatural powers or to possess a secret
remedy unknown to other dentists learned and skilled in
their profession.
J I do claim that I am as skillful in the science and art of
dentistry as any- man living. Some dentists might condemn
me because I advertise, yet few of them would deny that I
am the equal in skill of any dentist that has ever practiced
m the Pacific coast.
f It is a common error that to produce a plate requires lit
tle skill and that all dentists can produce about the same re
sults in this line of work.
J Nothing can be further from the truth. A well-fitted
plate that does not work loose, mar your articulation and
that you can use with confidence on any kind of food re
quires the greatest skill to produce.
CJ In this and other branches of my profession you will se
cure only the best results at this office.
DR. B. E. WRIGHT
PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH
Twenty Years in Active Service
. Northwest Corner of Sixth and Washington, Raleigh Building.
Phone
Office Hours: 8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Open Evenings by Appointment
. "mm,
Does Four Kinds of Laundry
No. 1 High-grade, hand-finished work.
No. 2 Rough dry at 7 per lb. All flat pieces nicely ironed
and all starch pieces starched ready to iron.
No. 3 Economy family wash at 5c per lb. All flat pieces
ironed and wearing apparel dried in vacuum dryers.
No starch.
No. 4 rWet wash. 15 lbs. for 65c Monday, Taesday and
Wednesday. 15 lbs. for 60c Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. 23 drivers waiting for your' phone call.
East 494 B 2822
-
Every man in Portland who is particular about his collars
should try our new collar work.
llf
film
are touring1 national parks and the .Pa
cific coast under auspices of the Brook
lyn Eagle, will be honored while here
with an automobile ride through th
orchards.
TPS
IS WHAT
COUNTS
IN THE
PRACTICE
OF
Main 2119
Consultation Free
Sundays 10 to 12 A. M.
East Eighth and Clay Sts.