TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAHV PORTLAND, MARCn 27, 1921
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BASIN RATES JUST,
COMMISSI
Public Service Body Backs
Interstate Decision.
REHEARING IS OPPOSED
Good Faith of Washington State
Interests Rapped In Seeking
Readjustment of Tariffs..
That the rates announced by the
rnleratate commerce commission in
the Columbia river basin case are
equitable and just and that they will
be so proved once they are given a
fair trial by all concerned, is the con
' elusion of the Oregon public service
commission, through I. H. Van Win
kle, attorney-general, and J. O. Bai
ley, special counsel, in its reply to
the application of Washington state
interests, made public yesterday. This
answer will be filed, together with
the one sent In by other Oregon in
terests, the facts concerning which
have been publisned.
Thcra Is no reason for a rehearing
of the case, because the interstate
commission went carefully Into all
, details during the time it was before
the members and all of Its many
phases were carefully considered, de
clares the reply of the Oregon com
misHion. signed by Fred A. Williams,
chairman: H. H. Corey and X''red G.
Buchtel, commissioners.
"After the new rates have been put
Into effect and have teen given a
fair trial, the Pugct sound Interests
may find that they are not injured
as much as they now anticipate they
will be," concludes the reply.
Baste Bqnality Not Wanted.
"Puget sound cities have many ad
vantages which are not enjoyed by
Columbia river ports, and we do not
hear of them advocating that the Co
lumbia river ports should be given
rate concessions whereby they may
compete on sn equality with them,
but we do find the i'uget sound ports
contending that whatever Columbia
river ports have should be shared
with them." is one little jab at the in
terests which are seeking to get a
rehearing. Another Is:
"Nothing has been suggested or no
arguments advanced in the petitions
for rehearing which were not fully
argued before and considered by the
commission, and there is no reason
why a rehearing should be granted
or why the case should be reopened,
for the purpose of introducing addi
tional testimony.
"Thi delay in filing the petition
for rehearing Is significant, and it
becomes quite apparent from such
delay, and from reading tiie differ
ent petitions for rehearing, that the
main purpose sought by the Puget
sound interests Is to procure a few
more years of trace in which to en
joy what was granted to them in the
way of rales in the beginning, as a
sort of subsidy in the building up
of the J'uget sound ports."
RenNnim Are Hrtalled.
The Oregon commission's repiy goes
more fully into three features of the
contentions of the Washington In-1
terests. although covering others.
These include the allegation that the
Interstate commission should reopen
the case in order to hear evidence as
to the cost of operation under the
electrification of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul: cost of service
in general as between Puget sound
and Columbia river ports and the As
toria feature.
With regard to the Milwaukee
electrification, the Oregon commis
sion sets forth that no figures are
given In the Pugct sound applica
tion for rehearng to support its con
tention and it Is shown that It would
scarcely be business-like to grant
such application on the mere state
ment that such is the case. Anyway,
It is pointed out. if it Is posslblo to get
cheaper rates over the electro road,
"the Milwaukee has not attempted to
reduce its rates so that the public
may benefit thereby."
Electrification Is Discussed.
The statement continues:
'The electiilication of the Milwau
kee road Is an experiment, and all
experiments are, to say the least, ex
pensive. If the electrification of this
line proves successful from an eco
nomic standpoint, then the other lines
li the northwest will profit by the
experience of the Milwaukee and will
.probably be able not only to effect
economies in making the change, un
known at this time, but also to Im
prove on the method of electrifica
tion. The pioneer must always en
dure sacrifices, that those who come
alter may enjoy the fruits of his
labor. '
"The fact remains, aa we have
pointed out, that electrification of
railroads does not level the moun
tains, and the only saving which can
be accomplished by electrification of
mountain roads as compared to water
grade routes is the elimination of cer
tain factors from the cost of opera
tion poc 'Iiar to mountain routes."
The question of cost of service is
given considerable detailed attention
by the commission, concluding with
the following:
"Kates, of course, cannot be based
on the fact that some railroad is more
up to date than some other line, and
has put Into effect the latest im
provements and inventions in railroad
operation. The public, which Is the
one most vitally concerned In rail-
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the different railroads adhering to
antiquated and out-of-date equipment
or methods of operation."
Lines Mildly Takes to Taak.
In the Astoria' case the commission
declares that the decision la not in
consistent, as Is contended by peti
tioners for the rehearing, and a num
ber of pages are devoted to a history
of that feature to show its relation
ship to the other phases.
The reply mildly takes the rail
roads Involved to task for not com
plying with the Interstate commis
sion's order that revised tariffs
should be published within 90 days of
the filing of the decision, and inti
mates that Puget sound interests do
not anticipate favorable action on
their case.
The Interstate commission recently
granted time extensions to the rail
roads on the tariff feature pending
the rehearing.
BM CASHIER KILLS SELF
HEXKr IXXT, CLARKSTOX, IS
FOtTND DEAD BY WIFE.
Business Affairs in Perfect Condi
tion and III Health Is Be
lieved Responsible. .
LliWISTON, Idaho, March 26. (Spe
cial.) Henry Lunt, assistant cashier
of Clarkston State bank, died today
from a self-inflicted bullet wound
from' a revolver. Tho. body was
found by Mrs. Lunt in a woodshed at
the rear of H. K. Barnett's home,
where the Lunts reside, and it was at
first thought that death was acci
dental. Examination showed that two
bullets had been fired, the first not
takln? effect nl the second pene
trating the temple, causing: instant
dtath. Depression caused by ill
health is believed to have been re
sponsible for the shooting. Mr. Lunt
was a.vestryman and treasurer of the
Episcopal church and active in church
work.
The bank examiner yesterday com
pleted an examination of the books
of the . State bank and pronounced
everything in perfect condition. The
personal affairs of Mr. Lunt also
were entirely satisfactory.
Henry Lunt was born In 1878 and
graduated from Dartmouth college in
1900. He entered the Indian service
In 1S10, coming to the Lapwai agency
In 1912. Here he married Mary Eliza
beth Metzler in 1916 and came to
Clarkston the following year to enter
the employ of the State bank.
Surviving relatives include a broth
er in Oakland, Cal.. and his sister in
Schenectady. N. T. The funeral prob
ably will take place MoiMlay after
noon. SCHOOL HEAD RE-ELECTED
Superintendent Carlton of Eugene
Chosen for Another Year.
EUGENE, Or.. March 26. (Spe
cial.) li. i Carlton has been re
elected by the Eugene board of educa
tion as city superintendent of schools
for another year. Mr. Carlton as
sumed his present position last fall.
having come here from Salem, where
he had served for a n imber of years
as assistant slate superintendent of
public instruction.
The members of the board ex
pressed much satisfaction over Su
perintendent Carlton's supervision of
the schools since taklnsr the position.
He was elected at a time when the
schools were in a turmoil on account
of differences between . the teachers
and the former superintendent, but
members of the board, said every
thing now was harmonious.
EUGENE PASTOR IS DEAD
R.cv. H. A. Green of Baptist Church
Succumbs to Paralysis.
EUGENE, Or., March 26. (Special.)
Rev. H. A. Green, ex-pastor of the
Eugene Baptist church, died at his
home here early yesterday morning
at the age of 61 years. He suffered a
stroke of paralysis two years ago.
from which he never recovered.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. C. H.
Neff of Yakima, Wash., and Mrs. L. H.
Neff of Florence, and a son. Paul
Green of Eugene. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon.
Purebred Beef Cuttle Sold.
MARSHFIELD, Or., March 26.
(Special.) The animal husbandry
department of Oregon Agricultural
college, in co-operation with the Coos
county farm bureau, today sold 12
male and 6 female registered Short
horn and Hereford beef cattle,
averaging $188. O. D. Lund of Ban
croft paid the top price, $257, for a
2-year-old Hereford bull, Beau De
bonaire, sired by Beau Grove out of
Lady Grove. The following buyers
were most prominent at the Bale:
Fred Mast, A. E. Martin. Hugh Hast
ings. L. A. Lawhorn, G. W. Halter, A.
B. Miller, C. E. McCurdy, Krewwon
Brothers & Anderson, A. H. Towers
and J. L. Sm'th.
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James Gibbons Welcomed to
Portland in 1887.
TRIP WEST WAS OVATION
Prelate While Here Spoke In High
Terms of Prosperity Already
Evident About City.
ARCHBISHOP CHRISTIE'S
TRIBUTE TO CARDINAL,
U1BBOS3.
The late James. Cardinal
Gibbons was for many, years
the leading member of the
Catholic hierarchy in the United
States. His life covered the
most Important period of the
history of the Catholic church
in the United States.
His expressions were looked
for regarding the attitude of
the Catholic church in this
country toward every prominent
move, and his words were al
ways weighted on sound wis
dom and clear direction.
The broad lines of his Influ
ence were evident from the
great respect he merited from
non-Catholics, as well as from
Catholics, particularly from the
high officials in governmental
positions. "
The death of James, Cardinal Gib
bons, archbishop of Baltimore and
senior prelate of the Catholic church
in the United States,' at Baltimore
Thursday brought to the memory of
many of the older residents of Port
land the visit made by Cardinal Gib
bons to this city more than 33 years
ago and the elaborate reception given
him at that time.
It was said to have been the first
time in the history of the nation that
a cardinal of the Roman Catholic
church had been west of the Rocky
mountains and consequently it was
treated as an event of unusual im
portance, especially among the of
ficials und members of the Catholic
church.
At the time of his visit here Cardi
nal Gibbons, in speaking at a recep
tion given him at the Casino theater,
the largest auditorium in the city at
that time, paid a tribute to the ad
venturous and enterprising citizens
of Portland and to the prosperity of
the city.
Conferred Religious Rite.
Cardinal Gibbons visit was pri
marily for the purpose of conferring
the sacred pallium upon Archbishop
W.VH. Gross, who at that time was
head of the -Roman Catholic church
here. He arrived in Tortland on Fri
day, October 7, 1887, and was in the
city for several days, leaving for San
Francisco on October 13.
The cardinal's trip west from Balti
more was a succession of ovations at
various cities passed through - en
route. He stopped off at St. Paul,
Helena and other points, finally ar
riving in The Dalles on Thursday,
October 6.
A committee of church dignitaries
and prominent citizens of Portland
met the visiting cardinal at The
Dalles for the purpose of escorting
him to Portland. Services were con
ducted Jn the little church at The
Dalles by the cardinal, however, be
fore the trip to Portland was made.
The party, Including the cardinal and
the members of his immediate party
and the reception committee from
Portland, then embarked on board
the steamer Harvest Queen for the
trip down the Columbia river to Port
land. Vancouver F.arrarka Inspected.
At the request of officers in com
mand of Vancouver barracks, a brief
stop was mad j there for the inspec
tion of the barracks. The trip to
Portland was then resumed, the ar
rival at Ash-street dock being made
about 6 o'clock Friday night, October
7, 1887.
Here a parade in honor of the visit
ing dignitary was staged and the
cardinal was escorted to the house of
the archbishop. His special guard of
honor on this occasion was formed
by Rev. Father L. L. Conrady and
five Indian chiefs from the Umatilla
mission, all mounted.
On the following day the cardinal
conferred the pallium upon. Arch
bishop Gross at services held at the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
at Third and Stark streets. The church
was crowded with prominent Port
landers and the cardinal preached a
long sermon at that time.
The grand reception officially wel
rnmintr Cardinal Gihbons to Portland
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was held In the Casino theater on the
night of October 10. Addresses were
delivered by Henry E. McGinn and
M. G. Mnnly and Cardinal Gibbons re
sponded in a brief address.
He referred to the prosperity and
progress which he had witnessed on
every hand on his trip west and then
in speaking; of Portland said:
Great Future ls Seen. .
"Here you enjoy prosperity already
In existence and with grand and
great hopes for the future. For I
bless God that this great city on the
Pacific slope ls prospering in every
way under the influence of its ad
venturous and enterprising citizens."
He also touched upon the labor
problems which had greatly interested
him at that time and said:
"I am a friend of the laboring man
and also of the capitalist. Both must
work together. Brain and arm must
work together and by means of these
arms and these brains our country
will be so developed as to surpass
any other nation on the face of the
earth."
A feature of the reception was the
reading of an original poem by Miss
Mary McCarthy, now a teacher in the
city and living at 297 East Thirtieth
street.
Both Catholics and non-Catholics
participated in the welcome. Among
those occupying seats of honor at the
reception were: Ex-Mayor P. Was
serman, Sol Hirsch. Judge George H.
Williams, Mayor John Gates, Judge
R. Stott, Frank Dekum, Bernard
O'Hara, H. L. Pittock, G. E. Withlng
ton. Councilman Gallagher, General
Rufus lngalls. M. C. George, Judge
Levi Anderson, ex-Senator L. F. Gro
ver. Senator J. H. Mitchell, Joseph Si
mon, Judge W. F. Trimble. Judge E.
D. Shattuck, Joseph R. Wiley, John
Donnerberg, Henry E. McGinn. H. W.
Scott, R. R, Knapp, Anthony Noltner,
Judge L. B. Stearns, Dr. McElroy,
C. H. Dodd, Fred K. Arnold, Charles
A. Malarkey and Charles McGinn.
The cardinal was entertained at
lunch at the home of R. B. Knapp
previous, to his departure for San
Francisco on October 13, 1887. The
day preceding his departure be made
another visit to Vancouver and was
entertained at a reception at tha
barracks.
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NEARLY two score years ago, a Portland paper
made mention of the establishment of Jones .
Cash Store by F. A. Jones. This quaint little
item, tucked in between news of the first overland
mail service and steamboat sailings, announced
the first mail order house of the West. ,
Rice & Phelan, too, is a pioneer concern. Side by '
side, these two mail order houses have grown up
here, each serving its own circle of customers and
each expanding as the years passed because of fair
pricing and square dealing.
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Lady Barber Gets More Than
$10,000 in Three Years.
J. C. JOHNSON CONFESSES
Woman's Promise to Wed Dazzles
Confidential Secretary Who
Cashes Firm's Checks.
For the love of a lady barber, J. C.
Johnson, assistant secretary and con
fidential employe of Iver J. Rosten
company, railroad contractors, looted
the funds of his employer over a
period of three years until more
than $10,000 had been dropped into
the lap of his willing feminine ac
quaintance, he confessed to newspaper
reporters at the county jail yester
day afternoon following his .arrest
on an embezzlement charge.
That the woman really did not love
him all the time she was promising
to marry him is the conviction now
strong in the mind of Johnson, for he
says that she has been communicated
with concerning the possibility of
restoring some of the money to him
that he might make restitution to his
employers and escape criminal prose
cution, and that she has definitely
refused to help him In any manner.
Charmer Leaves, Portland.
The woman In the case, according
to Johnson, is Rae HaddoN, whom he
met while she was employed as a
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open house for old friends and new in the big store built espe
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lady barber In a Sixth-street shop in
Portland. She now Is operating a
barber shop in Aberdeen, Wash., be
says, and has been there for nearly a
year. He has only seen her in the
past year on occasions when she
would visit Portland to borrow money
from him on one pretext or another,
usually to pay doctor bills, he de
clares. Information In the hands of the
district attorney's office would indi
cate that the woman was married but
Johnson declared that in the three
years he had known her she had
always represented to him that she
was not married and that some day
she would -be willing to ticome his
wife. She is about 30 years old and
"fairly good looking," says Johnson,
who is 33, an unnaturalized Norwe
gian, who came to Portland In 1913.
Shave Opens Acquaintance.
"I saw her in a restaurant for the
first time and noticed that she worked
in a barber shop nearby," expained
Johnson yesterday. "I went in to
have a shave, and met her in this
way. It was In Apr! or May of 1918,
I think."
"When did she first get money from
your" he was asked.
"Oh, a few weeks later." replied
Johnson, who speaks excellent Eng
lish, with little trace of an accent.
"She wanted to buy a pair of shoes."
"What did they cost?"
"About $12."
"What was the most you ever gave
her at one time?"
- "It was $700."
"How much did you. take alto
gether?" "Well it was more than $10,000. I
saved all the checks. They could
never have traced it if I hadn't."
"How much of the $10,000 did Miss
Haddox get?"
Ills Salary la Shared.
"All of it and all the money I
could save out of my salary, too. I
just kept enough for living ex
penses." "How much did you receive a
month (km salary?''
"It averaged around $200."
Virtually all the office management
and bookkeeping in the Rosten office
was left to Johnson, who had been
in the employ of the concern for
eight years. He had no authority to
wh
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sign checks but his employer often
left signed drafts in the check book
to be filled in by Johnson. Johnson
would make out the check-book stubs
in favor of various firms having
business with the company and the
checks out to himself, and cash them.
He always gave cash, never checks,
to the lady barber, lie said.
The warrant was issued late Fri
day for the arrest of Johnson on
complaint of Mrs. Christina Rosten,
wife of the head of the firm, who
had been investigating shortages for
several months. Johnson wm arrested
at the office of tte company abont
6:30 by Deputy Sheriff Kendall and
held incommunicado at the county
jail until yesterday. Bail was fixed
at $10,000.
Restitution Was Expected.
Johnson made no apparent effort to
hold anything back when questioned
at the county jail and was quite frank
as to the sums taken. Had he wished,
he said, he could have torn up the
cancelled checks, covered his tracks
and fled from the city several months
ago to avoid facing the music. He
expected at some, time to be able to
make good the shortages, he de
clared, though he was somewhat hazy
as to the manner In which that was
to be done. He asserted that he had
been promised shares in the company
as a reward for faithful services, and
that might have been a way for some
restitution.
Any delusions he may have enter
tained concerning the affection of
the woman for him apparently had
been shattered, yet he did not speak
bitterly of her. Asked if she was of
his own nationality, he replied that
he thought she was Irish, but was not
certain. Some of the money he had
given her was to help her buy inter
ests in barber shops, he thought, or to
defray bills incurred through illness.
Cascadlans Seek Alpine Axes.
T A KIM A, Wash., March 26. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Cascadians of
this city, In anticipation of their
climb of Mt. Adams next summer, are
trying to obtain Alpine axes. The
climb will Include the most difficult
and dangerous parts of the mountain,
it was said. The club now has one
Alpine ajc, loaned by the Mazama club
of Portland.
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fencing, garden tools! machinery and automotive
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WHOLESALE TRADE SLOW
RETAILERS ARE BLAMED FOR
FAILING TO TARE LOSSES.
Federal Reserve Bank Says Refusul
to Sell Out Old Stock
Holds Cd Market.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 26
Wholesale trade In the 12th federal
reserve district is still depressed,
largely because of the hesitancy of
retailers to liquidate high-priced in
ventories, take their losses where
necessary and restock with goods at
present wholesale prices, according
to a statement issued by the federal
reserve bank here today.
Reports from 142 wholesale firms
In eight lines for last month showed
recessions in value of net sales when
compared with February, 1920, but
showed an increase in the value of
net sales of dry goods, groceries,
shoes, furniture and automobile tires
when compared with January, 1921,
the report said.
In two lines, automobile tires and
groceries, retailers have liquidated
much higher-priced merchandise and
are buying stock at new wholesale
prices, it added. In the other six lines
hardware, dry goods, drugs, shoes,
stationery and furniture this ten
dency Is not defined, some firms re
porting that llquldiation is still going
on, but present buying is merely to
fill depleted slocks. Current un
filled orders were reported smaller
than usual.
Dr. McElvecn to Sjwak.
Dr. W. T. McElveori, pastor of the
First Congregational church, will give
an address on "Love and Marriage" at
B'nai B'rith club rooms tomorrow
night. The address will be open to
the public.
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