The Sunday Oregonian., August 21, 1921, Section One, Page 8, Image 8

TTTI2 SUNDAY . OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 21, 1921
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GOVERNOR OLCOTT IS SNAPPED IN MIDST OF PRETTY TELEPHONE OPERATORS.
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Doors Close 6 P. M.
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:' Good, bat Costs More.
6ALEM, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
The only purpose the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph company has In
. the business world is to give the most
; satisfactory service at the lowest pos
sible cost to the greatest number of
people, according to C. O. Bickelhaupt,
commercial problem engineer of the
: company, who was a witness before
'the public service commission today.
Mr. Bickelhaupt admitted that se
lective ringing devices were practical,
but held that to add such devices to a
telephone exchange means increased
costs which must naturally be re
flected in rates.
Poor Sen-Ice Is Denied.
The American company, he eald,
does not attempt to force anything
upon the people that is not wanted,
but instead constantly endeavors to
gtve the people what they want in
the way of telephone service, so long
as what they want will insure good
telephone service and permit the Bell
companies to make a reasonable re
tarn upon their investments.
Mr. Bickelhaupt denied that tele
phone service generally . was poor
where Bell companies operate, main
taining that If the public were great
ly dissatisfied with telephone service
It would not have it and the very fact
' that the American company has built
up a large Industry in a compara
tively short space of time Is proof,
he said, that the service rendered is
, satisfactory. . .
Measured Service Indorsed.
T' The witness Indorsed measured
'Bexvice on business telephones pro
. aiding- that conditions did not make
;the cost of measured service too high
to be practical.
V. When this witness had concluded,
jAssistant City Attorney Tomlinson
'told the commission that he felt that
;Mr. Bickelhaupt was the fairest wit
ness who had appeared in behalf of
'the company In the present hearing.
"I am willing to recommend that
.the American company double Mr.
; Bickelhaupt' 8 present salary and send
him 'to Oregon with a free hand to
operate the telephone business In this
state. I am convinced that if this,
'were done, we would get along fine,"
;ilr. Tomlinson stated, t
'". . Cousin Joins In Praise.
' Mr. Cousin joined In commending
vthe witness, requesting the commis
, tnon to require his continued attend
ance at the hearing until it was con
5 eluded. The commission refused to
follow this suggestion. '
.'. The hearing was adjourned shortly
after noon today to reconvene Mon
day morning. Without doubt the hear
;ing will be concluded about the middle
of the week, according to all par-
tlcipants.
Attorneys Spring Surprise.
Attorneys for the telephone com
,(any sprang a surprise in the hearing
when they called Leonard A. Andrus,
;a. stockholder in the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph company, to the
stand to permit him to introduce and
'explain a treatise prepared by hlm
eelf on the financial condition of the
(American and Bell companies.
J! Mr. Andrus is a consulting engineer
j-witb offices in Portland, and it was
.explained to the commission that he
had prepared his treatise for publi
cation purposes and had submitted
;it to officials of the Pacific 'company
; tne means of checking certain
portions of it. So complete was the
; analysis contained 4n the paper, it
was said, that Mr. Andrus was re
quested to withhold it for publica
tion in order that it might be used in
.connection with the present hearing.
y In submitting his report, Mr. An
. tfrus made it plain that he had nnt at.
; tempted to analyze or pass upon the
local rates for telephone service, but
depending entirely upon the annual
J reports of the American company and
. Moody's financial manual, he had
..checked certain statements, .. which
naa been used by critics of the rates
i to determine the accuracy of such
i statements. .......
J; l Criticisms Are Analyzed.
m-'T found that almost without ex
i eeption, these commentators have
;u3ed only such facts, as published in
i these reports as would bolster their
j.case, hut, by accepting these parts as
Kaccurate, they tacitly acknowledge
'the accuracy of the whole." his report
, reaus.
; "If all the facts presented In the re
.ports had been used, I would have no
quarrel with the telephone company's
critics, but when only half the truth
is stated or incomplete analyses are
depended upon to establish a case,' an
-attempt should be made to provide as
-tnorougn an analysis of the onera
tlons of these companies as may be
fSiaus irom sucn sources.
' After pointing out that the princi
pal criticism against the company
was centered on the 8 per cent divi--dend
of the American company, later
..raised to 9 per cent, on the size of
the reserves and surplus accounts
--snown on tne balance sheets of the
Bell companies and of the American
"company and on the possible over
.''charges made by the Western Electric
f-company on its sales to the Bell com
panies, he proceeds to analyze figures
;. pertaining to these criticisms.
Premium Paid for Stock.
"It is generally conceded that
public service corporation, regulated
-as to rates and service, but without
.competition, is entitled to a return o
- 6 per cent on the money invested in
-the business," Mr. Andrus states in his
"findings. "If the oustanding stock
t equals the investment, then all the
stockholder is entitled to earn is 6
t- per cent.
"But in the American company the
-.outstanding stock has a par value of
i- much less than the investment, less
the liabilities. To begin with, the
i. stockholders have paid a premium of
''about $36,500,000 for their stock. This
H amount is carried in the surplus and
-has been consistently ignored by the
J. company's critics. Also no stock
J. dividends have been declared and ai:
surplus and depreciation reserves
have been invested in plants owned
;;by the company or in the securities
-of the Bell companies.
, "The result is -that at the end of
,- 1920, the American company had
stocks and bonds outstanding and re
serves and surplus totaling $914,819,
513 and an equity through stock own
2 ership .in the reserves and surplus of
r. th- associated companies of over
i $259,000,000, or a total of $1,173,900,-i-000,
on which its gross income was
$70,686,904, or 6.02 per cent. The
American company's bonded debt
-: amounted to $317,429,000, requiring
$18,865,638 to pay Interest, leaving
net income of $51,821,216 on $856,
T 471.000 pax value of stocks, and re-
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serves and surplus, or 6.06 per cent.
Surely no one can make a very strong
case against the American company
on such a showing." -
Capital Declared Short.
After going into the various
chargea and earnings of the American
company, Mr. Andrus asserts that the
9 per cent return paid to stockholders
df the American company does not
reflect an, overflowing bounty of a
period of prosperity, but instead en
act of necessity. Ue poimts out that
the company 13 short of capital, is
restrained by law from selling its
s-tockf below par, and therefore It must
do the thing that is necessary to hold
its stock firmly well above par.
He points out that the total amounts
shown as to surplus and reserves in
the 1920 report of the American, com
pany are large, but he- questions
whether they are large In relation to
the investment. In the case of the
Bell companies, they represent the
surplus earnings and " depreciation
charges accumulated since the incep
tion of the business, over 40 years,
the report states, while the American
company has been building up these
funds over a period of 20 years.
"Charity" Plea Charged.
Mr. Andrus takes the position that
it is the stockholder and not the tele
phone user who might complain about
the size of these surplus funds. He
says that if the Western Electric
company is overcharging the Bell
companies for apparatus, that fact
should be easy to determine.
In commenting on the statement
frequently made that the American
company should finance extensions in
Oregon for the Pacific company, Mr.
Andrus says it is a reasonable sup
position that in those sections of the
country from which most of the divi
dend revenue of the American com
pany is derived, telephone rates are
based on actual values there.
"In demanding a return to the old
rates,"-he continues, "local subscrib
ers are asking the American company
stockholders to extend charity to the
people of Oregon to the extent of the
annual deficit on the operation of the
telephones in this state.
When Mr. Andrus submitted to
cross-examination Assistant City At
torney Tomlinson greeted him as a
fellow stockholder in the American
company and as a part owner of the
Bell company.
Have von computed to see it we
are getting too large returns from the
state of Oregon?" asked -Mr. Tom
linson.
"No," answered the witness.
"Do you think that our investments
are safe?"
'Well, I haven't sold my stock," iir.
Andrus said.
In reply to a question by Mr. Tom
linson, the witness said that his tele
phone service in Portland was excel
lent, and is much better service than
he receives from other public utilities
operating in Portland.
FARM LAND1 IS FLOODED
Much Damage Done in Salt River
Irrigation Proeot.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 20. Flood
waters from Cave Creek, which last
night threatened to inundate north
western Phoenix, apparently have
subsided without reaching the city
but have covered much valuable farm
land in the Salt river valley irrigation
project. No estimate of the damage
was Dossible today.
People who were warned to leave
northwestern Phoenix last night have
returned to their homes. .
BIG WILL FIGHT FORECAST
TACOMA PROPERTY I WOLVED
IX MURRAY CONTEST.
Attempt to Settle Case Ont of
Court Expected in Order
to Avoidi IXelay.
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TACOJIA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Tacoma and Butte will be the
centers of the big legal battle over
the James A. Murray estate, accord
ing to General James M. Ashton, Ta
coma attorney, retained by James E.
Murray, a nephew of the dead million
aire to represent him and others in
the case. General Ashton returned to
Tacoma today from Butte, where he
has been-in conference with William
Scallon, Helena attorney.
While not going into details of the
case. General Ashton stated that on
account of the extensive property in
terests involved at Tacoma and other
points on the coast the matter is at
tracting wide attenion. General Ash
ton has associated with him here
Gerald H. Bucey. who is looking after
the various angles of the case in this
section. It is believed that W. H.
LInforth of San Francisco will be the
lead-ing counsel In the case.
At Tacoma the Murray estate con
s'sts of the old Washington block,
the. American Theater property at
Ninth and Pacific avenues, tide lands
and residence property. Some of the
Tacoma property, among which is
said to be the Washington block, was
deeded to - James E. Murray prior to
the death of James A. Murray..
One action started is to prevent
the sale or any disposition of this
property until after the probate court
of Monterey county. California, has
passed upon the legality of the will
of the late millionaire. It was said
that thfr are tracAM of foreed and
altered deeds and new and later wills !
around which the fight for the prop
erty will be waged. It was believed
that an attempt will be made to get
the matter adjusted out of court, as
otherwise the case may drag over a
number of years and the heirs ottain
little of value. As it stands, the
fight will be waged in Tacoma, Butte,
San Francisco and Seattle .with the
great array of legal talent either at
Tacoma or Butte.
school, and Mrs. Genevieve Monk,
Genevieve Browning, Martha Peasley,
Edith Over and Ethyl Caldwell,
grades. Three vacancies remain to
be filled. A new school year will
open September 6. Actual work was
started this week on the new Napa
vine high school.
ALIMONY MENACES FARM
Divorced. Wile of Woodburn Man
Presses for Money in Arrears.
SALEit, Or., Aug. 20 (Special!)
Failure , to pay alimony may cause
John A. Fitch of Woodburn to lose
his home, should Judge Bingham up
hold contempt proceedings filed here
today.
' Mrs. Anna Fitch, wife of th,e de
fendant, in today's action obtained a
divorce from her husband in 1917 and
received alimony at the rate of $25
a month. . Fitch paid the amount
regularly for a year. Since then he
has failed to make his payments.
In- an affidavit filed by Fitch, he
alleges that his property was sold for
$400, subject to a mortgage of $800,
and by reason of such sale his as
sets aggregate only $80. His divorced
wife alleges that he is capable of
earning1 $100 a month, and that he
would have no trouble in meeting the
alimony payments..
Fitch asks that his farm be re
stored to him. while his ex-wife in
sists that he be made to comply with
the court's order regarding the pay
ment of alimony.
Have Us Fill Your Prescriptions
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experienced Registered Pharmacists who render you faithful,
conscientious service.
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Wesson Oil. 1 quart 5
Cream Tartar, 4 oz.a 25c, 1 pound 5
Senna Leaves, 2 oz., 15c; 1 pound ; fiOc
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Henna Leaves, 3 ounces .' 25C
Compound Licorice Powder, 4 ounces 225
Sea Salt, 5 lbs 25C Parowax, 1 lb .19c
Extract of Vanilla, 2 ounces 25()
Flaxseed. 1 pound 25
Aromatic Moth Powder, 1 package 25
Boracic Acid. 4 oz., 15. 8 oz 25
Cooper's Dandelion Pills, 1 pkg 25
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SALMON PRICES FIXED
British Columbia Canneries Make
Opening Quotations on Pack.
VAXCOTJVER, B. C. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting- of British Colum
bia cannerymen held today the opening-
prices for this season's salmon
pack were fixed as follows: One
pound sockeye tails, per case, $17;
half-pound) sockeye flats, $18; one-
pound red spring tails, $13.50 a case;
half-pound tins, same grade, $14; one
pound tails cohoes, $10 case; half-
pound, same grade, $11.50; one-pound
pinks tails, $4.50 case; same grade in
half pounds, $6; one-pound chums talis
per case, $4; same grade in half-pound
tins per case, $5.25.
The sockeye season is over here, but
some of the canneries are packing
chums and cohoes to use up their sur
plus cans.
FAIR OPENS
EXHIBIT RECORD EXPEOiED
IX SOUTHWEST WASIIIXGTOX.
All Displays Are to Be in Place by
Tuesday Horse and Auo
Racing la Scheduled.
First Pears Shipped East.
SALEM, Or., Aug.-. 20. (Special.)
The first shipment of pears from the
Salem district left for the east today
from the warehouse of the Oregon
Growers' Co-operative association.
The entire tonnage in. the hands of
the association In the Umpqua and
Willamette valleys has been sold on
the basis of $65 a ton f: o. b. shipping
point for No. 1 grade. Shipments will
be made regularly from this time on.
The pears are running strongly to the
No. 1 grade in spite of the unusual
amount of scab following the lat
spring, rains.
Burglar Escapes Through Window
SALEM, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
When Mrs. Earl Fisher was awakened
by her baby early this morning, she
got out of bed and started into an
other room of her home, where she
was confronted by a. would-be burg
lar. She screamed, with the result
that her husband was awakend. The
burglar did not wait for any formal!
ties, but Jumped through an open
window and made his escape. Mr.
Fisher pursued the prowler for a
short distance, but was unable tc
overtake him.
CENTRALIA. Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe-
1 cial.) All records in attend-ance and
quantity and quality of exhibits are
expected to be broken at the 13th an
nual southwest Washington fair,
which will open Monday at the fair-
srrounds midway between Centralia
and Chehalis. Monday will be ar
rangements day and school children s
day and no admission will be charged.
All exhibits will be in place, however,
by Tuesday morning.
Horse racing will Degln Tuesday
afternoon and will continue through
Friday. Automobile races will be held
Saturday. The fairgrounds track ie
in fine shape and a successful week
of racing is expected.
Thursday will be governor s day.
and Governor Hart -will attend. Fri
day will be Centralia-Chehalis day
and a half holiday will be proclaimed
in both cities.
The stock show, poultry show, as
ricultural and horticultural exhibit
and women's departments will all ex
ceed those of previous years, accord
ing to George R. Walker, secretary of
the fair. Scores of infants have been
entered! for examination In the better
babies department.
The stock show in particular prom
ises to set a standard for western
Washington that will be hard to beat
in the future. More than 500 head of
cattle will be exhibited, in addition to
entries of hogs and sheep. New stock
barns recently built to house 300 an
lmals will be used to capacity and
temporary barn space will be re
quired.
Frank A. Turner.
SALEM, Or., -Aug. 20. (Special.)
The funeral of Frank A. Turner,
prominent Salem attorney who died
here yesterday, will be held Monday
and will be in charge of the Masons
with Knight Templar escort. Inter
ment will take place in Mount Crest
Abby mausoleum.
McAdoo Club Organized.
SEDALIA. Mo.. Aug. 20. A "McAdoo
for President" club for the purpose
of boosting William G. McAdoo for
the next president of the country,
was organized, nere last aignu
HOSPITAL, IS WH1SKYLESS
Nothing Doing When Man Bitten
by Snake Wants Drink.
NEW TORK. Aug. 20. James Mc-
Ardle, a keeper in the Bronx zoo, was
reported recovering today from the
effects of a bite by a copperhead
snake.
McArdle asked for a drink of
whiskey, which he declared was the
best remedy for snake-bite, but the
doctors at the hospital where he was
taken told him there was no whiskey
in the institution. They gave him
a serum instead.
Home Robbed of Furniture.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Unidentified robbers some time Thurs.
day night visited the home of Mrs.
William Patrick, located about a mile
west of Salem, and carried away
practically all the furnishings of the
dwelling with the exception of the
kitchen range. Investigation by the
officers today Indicated. that the men
responsible for the theft used an
automobile truck la carting away
their loot.
PERFUMES
EVERT WOMAN can now enjoy the most
expensive perfumes: NIPS are doing it
the tiny, sealed glass containers that
carry the precious drops of DJER KISS,
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CLA-WOOD Peroxide, 25c and 50C
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Klpan-Well Tooth Brushes, regular
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Hand Brushes, regular 50c; special. .ZOh
U-Ar-Daa Bath Tablets, 1 box 75c; 3
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$2.50 "Slumber Stopper" $1.98
$3.50 "Slumber Radiant" $2.98
$3.50 "Brownie" :$2.75
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$4.50 "Typhoon" ..$3.47
$4.00 "Junior Tattoo Radiant"..$3.53
'wts $5.00 "Gilbert" Nine-day $3.97
Gilbert" Radiant 9-day$4.97
$6.00
$6.50 "Simplex" Radiant Dial. $5.60
$5.00 "Winlite" Radiant Dial.. $3.29
$3.00 "Tattoo" $2.33
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Silk Purse Really Made of
t Sows' Ears.
Fallacy of Old Proverb la Proved
by American Chemiat.
cial.) The Chehalis cannery of th
Lewis County Canning association,
which has not previously operated
this season, will open soon for a big
run of evergreen blackberries. The
local plant, like many others in the
northwest, had a lot of 1920 pack
carried over, but recent sales have
greatly cleared this stock up.
State Hospital Patient Escapes.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
William Miller, a patient at the state
hospital, late last night escaped from
the trusty gang near the Keisei
school house, jumped into a passing
automobile and rode into Salem. He
then disappeared, and hospital at
tendants believe he is making his
way toward. Portland. Miller was
dressed In regulation garb of the hospital.
School Opening- Announced.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 20.
(Special.) The county superintend
ent has announced the date of open
ing of the following schools: Sara
school, next Monday morning: Wal
nut Grove, August 29; Vancouver,
Tacolt, Battle Ground and Camas
high schools, September 12, and
Washougal, September 19. Some 15
county schools will start work Sep
tember 5.
X'apavine Teachers Named.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Napavine school board
Thursday announced as follows the
personnel of the teaching force for
next year: E. Paul Todd, superin
tendent; H. G. Clothier, Elsie An
drews and - Florence Gowdy, high
Iread naught Flotilla Sails.
BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. 20.
That portion of the Pacific fleet which
which spent the summer in Puget
sound for overhauling and repairs
sailed from here today for San Fran
cisco to take part in the annual ma
neuvers off Catalina islands. The flo
tilla included the New Mexico, Idaho,
Mississippi, Texas, New York and
Tennessee.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Aug. 20. A
silk purse made from sows' ears,
as chemistry"s answer to the old say
ing that it couldn"t be done, will be
shown at the chemistry exposition in
New York during the week of Sep
tember 12.
In announcing the successful re
sult of experiments, Arthur D. Little,
Inc., chemists and engineers, of this
city, said the silk was not very strong
and that there was no present indus
trial value in the process involved.
It was more or less the product of
chemistry at play, but a contribution
also to philosophy In proving the fal
lacy of the old proverb.
In recitinir the factors that entered
Into the transition of sows" ears from
Chicago stockyards to a silk purse
suoh as a woman might carry, the
chemists explained that the first step
was to analyze the silkwornVs method
of making -jilk. This done, its cater
pillar chemistry was copied in the
laboratory.
It wis found that man had to pro
vide a substitute for a process by
which the silkworm exudes from two,
fine ducts m its head minute threads
of a viscous liquid, coated with an
other secretion, wlhich are cemented
into a double strand. This becomes a
firm filament of silk when It coagu
lates on reaching the air.
Analysis of this viscous liquid
showed it to be like glue and with
srLmawhat similar chemical properties.
The sow's ear, being chiefly gristle
and skin, also has the natural ele
ments of glue. This was obtained
from the ears and it was put through
several processes of preparation, fil
tered under pressure and placed in
spinning apparatus of a special de
The solution of glue and chemicals
came out as 16 very fine colorless
ctrums. Joined into one comiposite
liter, treated to give It strength and
color, and processed yet again to ob
tain the desired soft, silky feel. The
weaving followed on a small hand
loom, the fabric was formed and the
purse made.
Cheballs Cannery to Open.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe-
Centralia Tax Lower.
CENTRALIA. Wash, Aug. 20.
(Special.) Centralia's 1922 munic
ipal tax will be slightly lower than
this year, according to Miss Mabel
Lee, city clerk, who is at work on
the city's budget for next year. Final
action on the budget will be taken by
the commission August 30. Centralia
will also pay .a smaller school tax
next year. Last spring a special levy
of five mills was voted for 1922.
whereas the extra levy thi3 year was
eight mills.
Toledo Budget $2 004.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. Aug. 20.
(Special.) Toledo's 1922 budget, pro
viding for the raising of 2004 by
taxation, was adopted at this week's
meeting of the 'city council. Esti
mated expenses tor next year art
$2004. while receipts total only $40.
Regulation of dance halls and con
demnation proceedings against Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Alger to obtain right-of-way
for a new route for the Pa
cific highway through Toledo were
provided in ordinances passed for
final reading by the council.
Tacoma ns to Attend Kair.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Next Wednesday 100 business
men of Tacoma are expected to attend
the southwest Washington fair. The
business men expect to visit the Che
halis Citizens' club. The local or
ganization has arranged a luncheon in
the Citizens' club rooms.
Kirschbaum Clothes Fall and Winter 1921
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lue Bird Tonight
v Special Sunday Announcement
Boat leaves 7:45 F. M., anchors at Sellwood ferry returns 11:45 P. M.
THREE HOURS OF DANCING
(Billy Webb's Orchestra)
Fast launches every 20 minutes from Morrison-Street .
Bridge to and from the Bluebird.
Autos and street cars to Sellwood or Fulton Ferry;
launches every 10 minutes.
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