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Section One
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VOL. XL "SO. 21 Entered at Pert land iOri
Pontofflo Second-Class Mutter
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LsTTn!iLLIETTEIIIuE
200 NATIONAL GUARD
WILL GONTO CAMP
OREGON BOYS TO HAVE AVEEK
OF IXTEXSIVE TRAIXLXG.
CRISIS IS PASSED
GIRL STRUCK BY AUTO
IS BADLY INJURED
MARY XICOtAI, DODGIXG OXE
CAR, RCXS IXTO AXOTHER.
STILLMAN ANXIOUS
TO DITCH TROUBLES
'Vixoirum 10 uuim-u
ACCEPT WAGE CUT
PHONE REHEARING
SET FOB JUNE 11
Minn
LOSES SPEED PUCE
Temporary Check Fore
cast for Tomorrow.
BANKERS DECLARE
SETT IEMEXT WITH JVIFE FRp
POSED BY LAWYERS.
RECORDS, MASTER COMPASS
AND EQUIPMENT WIPED OCT..
V
Public Service Commis
sion Issues Order.
RATE INCREASE SOLE ISSUE
March Order to Stand Pend
ing Investigation.
NEW EVIDENCE POSSIBLE
Commission Expresses llope Thai
Data Presented Will Touch
All Sides of Case.
SALEJt, Or.. May 21 (Special.)
Rehearing of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph rate case has been set for
June 27, in an order issued by the
Oregon public 'service commission 46-
day granting a review of the order of
last March, which Increased telephone
rates throughout the state an average
of more than 30 per cent. The hear
ing will be held in Portland.
In connection with the order for
a rehearing the commission held that
the petitioners attempted no showing
whatever to justify a suspension of
the rates fixed in the schedule of
last March, eiher in whole or In part,
and therefore the commission was
warranted In assuming that neither
the law nor the facts support their
contention. As a result of this the
present rates will continue in effect
pending the outcome of the rehear
ing. "Primarily,", said the order, "the
city of Portland in its application
acts on its own behalf and on behalf
of other cities and towns In Oregon j
that have elected to Join with it. We
were Informed by the'eity attorney. In
oral argument, that the principal
cities requested that Portland repre
sent their interests. Consequently,
waiving for the present technicalities,
we assumed that Portland appeared
for the various Interests except In
such Instances as cities, associations
or individuals actually filed applica
tions. Only Oae Order Involved.
"It will serve no useful purpose to
rehearse the grounds here. Irrespec
tive of many references by the city
of Portland in its petition on mat
ters touching other and prior orders
of the commission affecting telephone
rates, there is but one order, and one
order only involved at this time in
the rehearing. This is the order Is
sued last March, known as No. ,689.
Evidence and testimony on orders
other than this ere not only redun
dant, but Irrelevant and Immaterial,
and any attempt to reopen other or
ders is apparently made deliberately
for the purpose of adding confusion
and clouding the issues.
"The telephone situation In all its
phases has been thoroughly covered
in numerous bearings heretofore held,
as shown by the voluminous records
in detail practically from the .time of
the first establishment of a telephone
station in- the state of Oregon to the
present time.
"The orders heretofore issued have
become law. No appeal was asked or
taken from any of the orders, and
they must therefore stand.
"Petitioners for rehearing attempt
ed no showing whatever to justify a
suspension of the rates fixed in order
689, either in whole or in part, and
therefore this commission is warrant
ed in assuming that neither the law
nor the facts support their contention.
New EviaVmce Hinted At.
"This petition for rehearing has
very remotely intimated that there
might be some new facts and evidence
to support the grounds alleged; but
there are no allegations in the form!
of affidavits or corroborating state
ments as to any calculations on the
part of the applicant that forms a
Units Represented at Clackamas
Will Be Infantry, Field Artil
lery, Engineers and Staff. -
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SALEM. Or! May 21. 'Special.)
Two hundred officers and selected
enlisted men of the Oregon national
guard will go Into camp Monday
morning for a week's Intensive train
ing preliminary to the maneuvers at
Camp Lewis next month, according to
final instructions issued today by
George A. White, adjutant-general of
the state.
The camp will be held at the state
rifle range at Clackamas, where tents
have been erected and a model camp
laid out. The units represented will
be the Infantry, field artillery, engi
neers and staff corps. The heavy ar
tillery schools occurred during 'the
last week at Fort Stevens.
One of the features of the camp will
be instruction in combat firing. The
Instruction features will be directed
by Colonel Cv E. Dentler, United
States army. Several army officers
from Camp Lewis and Vancouver bar
racks will also act as instructors.
Detachments will leave for Clacka
mas tomorrow from Medford and
Roseburg and on Monday from Eu
gene. Salem, Dallas, Woodburn, inde
pendence, McMinnvllle, Corvallls and
Portland.
Business Situation Fun
damentally Sound.-
FEDERAL RESERVE IS TESTED
New System Held to Have
Proved Its Worth.
READJUSTMENT GOING ON
- re
purchasing Power of Dollar Xow
Growing' and With It Result
ant General Prosperity. "
TARIFF BATTLE FORECAST
Party Lineup on Resolution Indi
cates Fight Xext Week. x
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 21. The
house ways and means committee re
ported today a joint resolution under
which new schedules in the perman-
nt tariff bill would be made effective
immediately upon Introduction of
that measure, if the committee held
that an emergency for such steps re
quired It. '
The action of the committee was
by a strict party vote, all -democrats
present opposing it: Representative
Garner, democrat, Texas, a member
of the committee, announced that he
ould reserve all points of order, in
dicatlng a democratic fight against
its passage.
Republican' members said privately
that efforts would be made to rush
it through, probably next week.
Left Lung Punctured by Broken
Rib "and Victim. May Die
as Result of Accident.
Mary Nicola!. 14-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Nicolai, 9S1
Westover road, received injuries
which mav Drove fatal when she
was hit by an automobile driven by
H. J. ' Blaesjng, at Twenty-third and
Washington streets, yesterday after
uuuu. .-
According to Investigation by traf
fic bureau officials. Mr. Blaeslng, was
cot responsible for the accident. Miss
Nicolai, it was reported, was attempt
ing to dodge, another machine, when
she ran .directly In front of the car
driven by Mr: Blaesing.
Mr. Blaesing picked up the uncon
scious girl and hurried her immedi
ately to St. Vincent's hospital, where
attending physicians said her condi
tion was serious. . The left lung wis
punctured by a broken rib, and t
was feared she might have received
other internal injuries,
i Mr. Nicolai, the girl's father, is
president of the Nicolai Door Manu
facturing company.
ACHILLES TENDON , TORN
Accident at Gymnasium Sends
Chester G. Murphy to Hospital.
Chester G. Murphy, Portland attor
ney and former athlete, is convalesc
ing at Good Samaritan hospital from
an operation he underwent last week
to mend a serious rupture of the
Achilles tendon In the left heel. The
tendon was ruptured while he was
playing handball in a gymnasium
Monday.
According to physicians and sur
geons, a rupture of the Achilles ten'
don Is considered a serious accident
as this tendon controls the muscles
leading from the heel to the toes. Mr.
Murphy will be confined to the hos
pital for another two weeks.
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DRUGGIST IN DEATH TRAP
Cloudburst Fills Basement, Man
Caught in Flood, Drowns.
GRANGEVIULE, Idaho, May 21.
P. M. Granville. Grangevllle druggist
and former county superintendent of
schools, was drowned in the basement
of his store building at 3 o'clock this
afternoon during a cloudburst which
caused the creek passing through the
town to overflow and flood tbe base
ments. -
Mr. Granville had gone Into the
basement to remove goods and waa
caught by the flood waters.
MORE SHOWERS FORECAST.
Belter Weather Latter Part of
Week Is Predicted.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday Issued by the weath
er bureau today are: '
Pacific ' states Normal tempera
ture, local showers first part, fair
thereafter.
BY HARDEN COLFAX.
(Copyright, 1921, by The Oreaonlan.)
CHICAGO, May 21 (Special.) The
banking and business situation is
fundamentally sound and the danger
of a credit crisis has been passed. This
Is the mature opinion and best judg
ment of the soundest bankers In the
middle west and in its way is an an
swer to the critics of the federal re
serve board when a sharp advance In
discount rates was held responsible
for a too-speedy deflation from war
time levels. As a matter of fact, it
was the after-armistice business and
speculation which' strained the money
reserves of the country to tbe limit.'
Those charged with the administra
tion of the federal reserve banks had
never before had opportunity to test
the power of, high interest . rates to
cause business to alow up and thereby
decrease -the demand for bank loans
and improve the reserve position.
Many people were skeptical about tbe
success of such an effort. But there
is now no doubt of Its efficacy.
The Increase in the rediscount rates
of the reserve banks and the conse
quent increase of the rates on com
mercial loans by all banks, had an
immediate and increasingly strong in
fluence on all business. The price of
money became so h'gh that business I
BERNHARDT IS DECORATED
Spanish Cross of Alfonso XII Be
stowed . Upon Actress.
MADRID, May 21. Sarah Bern
hardt today was decorated with the
cress of Alfonso XII.
King Alfonso will receive Madame
Bernhardt when she returns to Ma
drid from Malaga. -
Allowance of $90,000 Yearly and
Recognition of Child's Legiti
macy Under Consideration.
NEW YORK, May 21. Settlement
of the divorce suit brought by James
A. Stillman, millionaire, banker.
against Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, in
volving recognition of the legitimacy
of the infant, Guy Stillman, has been
sought . by Mr. Stillman's attorneys.
the New York Times announces In
,lts Sunday morning edition. .
The terms are still under negotia
tion, the newspaper states. They,
provide for a separation agreeement
between ' Mr. and Mrs. Stillman
whereby she is granted a yearly al
lowance of $90,000, the abandonment
of the divorce proceedings and recog
nition of the child's legitimacy.
The latest proposals for a settle
ment are reported to have come frarn
Mr. .Stillman's attorneys. Mrs. Still
man is said to have been acquainted
with them earlier in the week. She
is said to have asked for a continu
ance of her present allowance of
$7500 a month, but her husband's
attorneys are understood to have
opposed such a sum.
Should negotiations for a settle
ment be successsful, attorneys are
expected to appear before Justice
Morschauser and ask for a discon
tinuance. This, it is said, would
automatically establish Guy's legiti.
macy, as the paternity of a child In
such circumstances cannot be at-
Engineers Agree to 15
Per Cent Reduction.
WORKING RULES CHANGED
(Concluded on Page 14. Column 2.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
72 degrees; minimum, 49 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 2.
Moving picture news. Section 4,' page 4.
Real estate and building news. Section
page 8.
Music. Section 4, page 6.
Churches. Section 5, page 2.
Books. Section 5. page S. .
Schools. Section 5, pae 8.
Automobiles. Section 6. "
Chess and checkers. Section 6. page 8.
Women's Features.
Society. Section S. page 2.
Women's activities. Section 3. page 10.
Fashifina. Section 5. page 4.
Miss' Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4.
Madame Richet's' column. Section i
page 5. , . -
Auction bridge. Section 6. page o.
men found it-necessary to stimulate I CniId ""'a column. Section 5, page 7.
their business so Abat they could pay Special Features. . ' ...
their debts to tno banks. The banks
refused to renew leans unless the bor
rower Had very good reasons back of
hls'request. The reserve banks com
pelled the banks to pay in order that
the 'reserve position might be
strengthened.
Prices Had te Drop.
So, n addition to paying a higher
price for money, if they got it. bor
rowers at banks had to turn their
merchandise into cash to pay their
bank loans. Turning merchandise into
cash means that prices must be made
tempting. The increase in the re
discount rate, therefore, operated to
orrng apoui a towering oi tne general
price level. In any event it had a
marked influence in producing that
result. .
The process described can be justi
fied by the 'nature of the exigency
that the country faced. There was
not. enough reserve money to warrant
the business speed at which the coun
try was traveling. The alternative
would have been a smash, a panic and
chaos.- The process adopted was or
derly, scientific and effective. The
price of money may possibly have
been manipulated; it may have been
arbitrarily fixed, but however it was.
it was effective.
The banker contends that the high
est service he renders his community
is lii distributing credit when -there
is not enough to go around. The
banker declares he is well within his
rights as a public servant -When he
says to one merchant v''ou cannot
have that much,' and to another "you
can have none at alL" The bankers
have been preventing commercial fail
ures, not promoting them. A high
price for money made their task
easier. It made the work of controll
ing credit less difficult.
With the approach to a final adjust-
(Concluded on Pag 2. Column 1.)
J. K. Gill wins, honorary fellowship. Sec
tion 3, page 7.
Oregon fir used by Peru mining concern.
Section 3, page 11.
Corvallls co-eds grind out teapots. Sec
tion 3, page IK . -
Huge copper, gold and silver deposits
found at Portland s back door. Section
4, -page 5.
Explorers 'plan to scale Mount Everest.
Section 4, page 7.
Hill Military cadets enjoy encampment at
t ort btevens. bection 4. page 7. '
Speed spelled by local craft. Magazine sec
tion 1. page 1.
Tendencies of ultra-modern art. Magazine
section, page 2.
Mirage of gold entraps many In Baker
estate hoax. Magasine aectiont page 3.
News of world as seen by camera. Maga
sine section, page 4.
Hays human live wire who delivers letters.
Magazine section, page 5.
Newest marvels of zoo surgery. Magazine
section, page 6.
The Other Shoe, fiction feature. Magazine
section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, '.page 8.
Home building and arrangement. Section
3. page 1.
George Ade fable. Section 9. page 1.
James J. Montague feature. Section 5.
page 6.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the day.
Section 5, page 7.
Two women college professors start on
world hike. Section i, page 8. -Foreign.
.
German commerce sees hope in east. Sec
tion 1, page S. ,
Poles are blamed for Slleslan war. Section
1, page 3. -
Briand-Lloyd George row over upper Silesia
subtle political game. Section 1, page 4.
British Columbia log prices falL Section
1, page 7.
Pepe sends plea 'for peace in Erin. Section
1; page 2.
Germany baa gold enough to pay bill now
due. section 1. page 14.
Farrell attacked In shipping debate. Sec
tion 1, page 14. ' ' i
National. ',
Marine workers accept wage cut. Section
1, page 1.
Harding's programme of foreign affairs
makes good progress. Section 1, page 5.
Senate committee hears of Columbia basin I
Irrigation possibilities. Section 1, page 2. 1
Domestic.
Crisis passed and business situation sound,
say bank authorities. Section 1. page 1.
Mrs. Stillman to get t'JO.000 annual allow
ance in divorce suit settlement. Section
1. page .
Presbyterians Indorse Billy Sunday. Sec
tion 1, page 4. v
Gardner reported surrounded. Section 1,
page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor names tax investigation commit
tee. Section 1, page 3.
Three hundred agricultural college men to
entr summer training camps. Section
1. page 7.
Crash of non-partisan league befuddles
Idaho. Section 1, page 8.
Two hundred selected men of Oregon na
tional guard go Into" camp this week.
' Section 1, page 1.
June 27 date set for rehearing of telephone
rate case, section 1, page 1.
Radio Operators and Seamen
to Sign Separate Pacts.
OFFICIALS HOLD CONFAB
Strike' Settlement . to Affect All
Government-Owned Craft on
Atlantic and Pucific.
WASHINGTON, May 21. Accept
ance of the 15 per cent wage reduction
for marine engineers demanded by the
shipping board, but with modifica
tions as to working conditions, is un
derstood to be' Included In an agree-
ent reached here today at confer
ences between Secretary Davis, Chair
man Benson of the Doard, and repre
sentatives of the Marine Engineers'
Beneficial association.
Separate agreements, it Is under
stood, will be signed by representa
tives of the radio operators and th
seamen,
The changes in working conditions
and overtime, it was indicated, would
bring the actual reduction in wages
to somewhat less than 15 per cent.
Secretary Davisf W. S. Jenkins of
the shipping board and the marine en
gineers' representatives will go" to
New York today to confer with the
American Steamship Owners' associa
tion in an effort to have it. agree to
the terms alse.
The radio operators and seamet
representatives would agree to the
same terms, Mr. Davis believed-
The settlement came as a result of
an agreement Thursday night by the
engineers to leave the matter to bee
Coast Guard Cutter Called Out bnt
Is Helpless; Man on Watch.
Using Small OH Store.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 21. (Spe
cial.) The Westport naval compass
station, put in commission. April 20,
was completely destroyed by fire at
6 o'clock this morning, entailing a loss
of the records, master compass, other
equipment and the building, and
throwing the radio station completely
out of commission.' The fire started
from an oil-stove explosion in the
watch room. The radio tower la un
harmed.
The man on watch was using a
small oil stove for heating. The coast
guard watch as well as the compass
watchman turned In the alarm. The
coast guard was called out, but was
helpless, as the light frame building
was quickly enveloped In flames.
The compass station is near the
witter line, almost directly west of the
life-saving station. The wireless
tower is located near the coast guard
station and was not damaged. Canles
connecting It with the compass, wera
destroyed.
Construction of the Westport radio
station was started a year ago" this
month. '
S. E. Fields, chief electrician. Is
commanding officer at the plant.
Compass station at Westport is burned.
End of Washington coal strike In sight, rctary Davis with certain suggestions
Section 1, page 14. as to working conditions and hours.
The agreement affects all government-owned
vessels on both the At
lantic and Pacific
Hports.
Cpast tra.-Jc meet won by. Washington. Sec
tion 2, page 1.
Three new local speedboats are deep
mystery, section 2, page a.
American golfing stars beat British. Sec
tion z,.page 6. .
Defeated Olympic club water pololsts poor
losers, section i, page 4.
Stanford to have new football coach. Sec
tion z. page 4.
Major leagues on way. to batting Jubilee.
section 2, page 3.
Carpentier's stock has decided slump. Sec
tion z, page
Moore hard nut for Mascott to crack. Sec
tion 2, page 2.
Young net stara to play for titles. Section
2, page 2.,
Boys defy barbed wire to see Carpentler.
aection i, page z.
Harvard noses out Princeton in meet. Sec
tion 2. page 1.
Multnomah club to meet University of Ore
gon swimmers, section 2, page 3.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat movement from Portland for season
breaks all records. Section 1. page 18.
Rapid advance In Chicago wheat on crop
damage reports, section . page ID.
Stocks are lower under further bear sell
ing. Section 1, page 19.
Swedish motorship Formosa loading wheat
ror export, section 1. page 17.
Pacific ship operators to make effort to
revive westbound conference. Section
1,- page 17.
Upturn in security markets erratic Sec
tion l, page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
City seeks larger revenue by extending
license taxation, section 1, page Id.
Marshall Fraser, bine-sky law 'violator.
sentenced to penitentiary. Section 1,
page 10.
1920 lumber cut beats all records. Section
1, page 18.
Delay In patronage Irks plum hunters. Sec
tion 1, page 13.
Mary Nicolai, daughter of manufacturer.
run down by automobile. Section 1,
page 1.
Road commission to let Mount, Hood Job.
section l, page 12.
Public Health association of Multnomah
county reports year's work. Section 1.
page 14.
Rise in Willamette loses speed. Section 1,
page 1. .
Patriotic bodies ban- Daddies' club. Sec
tion 1, page 9.
Reorganization of Albers Milting company
declared certain. Section 1. page 9.
UMOX OFFICIALS ARE S1XENT
Engineers Body Today Will Discuss
Reports of Officers.
NEW YORK. May 21. Members of
the Marine Engineers' Beneficial as
sociation will hold a mass meeting
here tomorrow to receive the report of
their officer's Sent to Washington to
participate in conferences with gov
ernment officials regarding settle
ment of the nation-wide strike.
Meanwhile local union officials
would make no comment regarding
th report that an agreement had
l?een reached in Washington today.
They "were waiting for the report of
Bert L. Todd, their representative,
they said.
Thomas B. Healy, representing the
engineers of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts, and Ernest F. Pegs, represent
ing Pacific coast unions, already had
announced they would oppose any set
tlement that carried a pay cut.
Winthrop L. Marvin, speaking for
the American Steamship Owners' as
sociation, declared the owners would
stand by their statements that they
would sign no more agreements with
seagoing unions.
RESTRAINING ORDER SERVED
Pickets Continue on Duty at Docks
- Despite Federal Injunction.
A, temporary restraining order, for
bidding violent picketing operations
In connection with the trke of ma
rine workers, was served yesterday
by deputy United States marshals on
the local representatives of the vari
ous marine unions. No great 'change
In the attitude of the pickets was no-
JUSTICES MCORSE TAFT
Members of Oregon Supreme Court
Telegraph President Harding.
SALEM, Or., May 21. Members of
the Oregon supreme court today
joined in sending a telegram to Presi
dent Harding urging that the latter
appoint William Howard Taft as chief
justice of the United States supreme
court to succeed Edward D. White.
The telegram was signed by all
seven members of the Oregon court
and was as follows:
"Justices of Oregon supreme court
unanimously recommend that you ap
point William Howard Taft chief Jus
tice of the United States supreme
court."
DRY AGEN-TIS ARRESTED
Prohibition Officer Charged With
Drunkenness in Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 21. S. S
Murphy, chief of the federal prohi
bition enforcement agents in eastern
Washington, was arrested here to
night and booked at the city police
station on charages of drunkenness.
Murphy gave his name as "John
Smith," according to the police, but
members of the force immediately
recognized him.
Murphy was among the officers
given a six weeks' furlough today
when the Spokane office was closed
by the government 4ue to lack of
funds.
CREST NOT YET IN SIGHT
All Signs Point to Greatest
Flood Since 1894.
LUMBER MILL IS CLOSED
Houseboats Float Among Telephone
Wires and Halt lit Dredging
Operations Threatened.
DESTRUCTIVE ACTS OK SIM
MER 1HHS1IKT SUMMA
RIZED. Tortland Willamette river
loses speed in rising, with tem
porary check slated for tomor
row. West Oregon lumber mill
forced to close. Flour caught on
lower dock. Dredging opera
tions threatened.
La Grande Another levre
breaks. Heavy rains fall. Cath
erine creek swollen. Flooded
areas estimated at 31.000 acres.
The Dulles Indian village
flooded. Inhabitants quickly
pack household goods and flee
in rowboats. Columbia stands
at 35.1 feet. Farmers rake and
haul hay green.
Hood River Additional truck
gardens Inundated. Columbia
records rlso of Inch an hour.
Vancouver, Wash. Columbia
Continues to rise, reaching 20
foot mark. Grain fields flooded.
Livestock moved to hither pas
tures. Kalama. Wash. High waters
of Columbia endanger diking
district between Woodland and
Kalama.
j.
(.Concluded on Puge 15. Column 1.)
221 CHAMBER SEATS WON
Coalition Party Has Safe Majority
in Italian Elections.
ROME, May 21. Final reports of
the parliamentary elections lq Italy
last Sunday showed that the coalition
parties will hold 221 seats In the next
chamber of deputies. The other po
litical parties will be represented as
follows:
Fascista (extreme nationalists), 28;
agrarians, 22; socialists, 125; Catho
lics, 106; communists, 15; republi
cans, 9 Slavs, 5; Germans, 4.
The election of Slav and German
deputies raises the question of the
language to be used in the chamber.
HEAT IN EAST IS ' FATAL
One Death and Five PrositraMous
Caused In Chicago.
BOSTON, May 21. One man died
and five persons were prostrated by
the heat in Boston today, the hottest
May 21 recorded here. The official
thermometer touched 93 degrees.
CHICAGO, May 21. Many heat
prostrations were reported as the
mercury climbed to 90 today, the
highest mark ever recorded in Chi
caero on May 21.
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4
Cooler weather over the watersheds
of the Columbia and Snake rivers,
with a fall of more than half a foot
in the Snake at Lewiston. led to the
prediction yesterday that the present
flooding of the Willamette will be
checked temporarily Monday, when a
stage of 21.1 feet will be reached, and
that the river will remain nea.ly sta
tionary Tuesday.
Tbe crest of the flood Is not yet In
sight, however, according to Edward
L. Wells, weather forecaster, and the
flood will probably go to a stage tt
from 25 to 27 feet before it brgins A
recede in earnest.'
The official gauge on the Morrlson
stree. bridge showed a height of 19 t
feet at R o'clock yesterduy morning
an increase or 1.1 feet In 24 hours.
By 4 P. M., the river had risen to 19.6
feet, showing a slight decrease In the
rate of rise. A stage of 20 feet if
forecast for today.
Flood I'ropec Mlprh.
Indications are for a flood this year
that will be the highest since the
"great flood" of 1894. On June 7 of
that year the flood reached a crest of
33.4 feet. Since that time tbe highest
water was a stage of 25 feel, reached
June 23. 1899.
A considerable quantity of flour
was caught by the rising waters at
the mill and dock of the Portland
Flouring Mills company. A large
force of men was busy there yester
day morning moving sacked flour
from the lower to the upper level of
the dock, while other' men were car
rying sacks, bran and other less val
uable products but of the already full
upper level and storing them In the
open to make room for the flour.
At the Willamette moorage house
bonts were floating among the tele-
(Concluded on Pun 13. t'oiumn 3.)
EVENTS OF WEEK AS VIEWED BY CARTOONIST PERRY.
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