Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1922)
THK SUJNDAY OKEGOiNIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 18, 1923 12 RAILROAD DIVORCE Mayor of San Francisco Urges Public to Act. BIG DANGER IS SEEN forschool building' bonds to the amount of $3,000,000 and the II, 000,000 tax levy , for maintenance of school activities during the coming year. Arguments for both appropria tions had been made to voters through numerous channels and the yellow ticket of the so-called pa triotic societies also indorsed the bonds and levy. On the yellow ticket, too, was P. S. Pickering, an east side grocer, who sought the" chair of A. C, Newlll, chairman of the board, and a di rector of considerable educational experience. - In contrast to the probable suc cess of the school bonds and tax levy yesterday" was the defeat of a Prosperity of City and of Cali fornia Declared Dependent oa . Road as Now Constituted. SAN FRANCISCO, June 17. (Spe cial.) The unmerglng of the South ern Pacific and Central Pacifio rail roads, ordered by a recent decision of the supreme court of the United-f 8tatos, is a menace to the public good of all of the people of Califor nla, In the opinion of Mayor James Rolph Jr. The mayor made a weeping appeal 'today to all com mercial interests of the city to op pose this court mandate. The people of California and of Ban Francisco feel," said. Mayor Rolph, "that the recent decision of the supreme court requiring the dis memberment of th central Pacifio and the Southern Pacific in fact. requiring the destruction of this system as systems is a serious menace to the public good." Mayor Rolph -declared these two companies constitute the main in struments of transportation for San Francisco, and anything that effects the weakening or destruction of them is an Injury to "our people of the most serious character." People Urged to Act. The way out. said Mayor Rolph, is for the people to protest against the dissolution and obtain action through the interstate commerce commission, which has the author ity -under the law to permit separate railroad lines to comDine for serv ice. Mayor Rolph's statement follows In part: "California is dependent for its prosperity on the adequacy of trans portation. It is the farthest re moved from the markets of the world of any part of the United States, while its soil produces more that requires distant transportation than any other part of our country. The city of San Francisco as the commercial metropolis of the coast is most vitally affected in the fore going particulars. ' "For these reasons the people of California and the' people of San Francisco, particularly, feel that the recent decision of the supreme court, requiring the dismemberment of the Central and Southern Paci&c sys tems in fact, requiring the destruc tion of these systems, as systems Is a serious menace to the public good. Instrument Main One. "These two companies constitute our main instrument of transporta tion. Anything that effects the weakening or destruction of that system is an Injury to our people of the most serious character. "The sentiment of the people of our state was demonstrated some years ago when the question of dis membering this railroad system was before the public and strong com mittees of our citizens was sent to Washington to express our, disap proval. "A railroad company is merely an agent, performing a service to the public through private means the owners being trustees for the public and such trustees being subject to strict regulation by the federal gov ernment and state governments. - Efficiency Held Needed, "While it Is recognized that the government control is for the pur poses of regulation of these great agencies. It is nevertheless neces sary that these agents be permitted to do their work efficiently and economically through the proper latitude of organization and co operation. Certainly tearing this great system to pieces would, un der no conceivable theory, make for better service or cheapening of the oost to the public. "This Is not a case fit a new com pany entering the field to compete with another company, where each company engaging In the competi tion is complete In itself. This is the case of a system built up during BO years as a single unit; being separated, not along Industrial lines, based on efficiency, but along legal lines resting on technicalities. "This can only mean great injury to the proprietors, destruction to the system and vast injury to the people who are dependent on this great system for regular shipping service. This is the very reverse of what the government of the United States found itself compelled to do as a war measure. Snippers Control Routing. "As the matter stands, the ship pers control the routing of their freight and have done so for many years. "That a Tailroad should prosper, it is not that It should please the shipper. It would seem that before any radical action should be taken under the supreme court decision that would cripple a great public service, measures should be taken by all commercial and industrial bodies throughout California to im press upon the interstate commerce commission the desire of our people that permission be granted for con tinuing this great service which is essential to our welfare. For the foregoing reasons, as mayor of the city of San Francisco which, to gether with all California, feels its welfare jeopardized, I am offering this suggestion. lis "Jt f F. S. Pickering, elected member of board of education. MR. PICKERING IN LEAD (Continued From F!rst Pape. ) proposed three-mill levy for an en larged school building programme at last year's election. This levy was the beginning of what was planned to be a five-year building campaign whereby $5,000,000 was to be raised in that period. The vote for the levy for building purposes was 6059 and against it 8398. While the vote of citizens for di rectors June 18, 1921, the last school election, numbered 22,826, there was but a total vote of 9917, June 19, 1920, when the required levy for car rying on the functions of the school system was approved by almost a two-to-one vote. It is the proposal of the school board to use the $3,000,000 in bonds to build two new high schools and additions to two other high schools, as well as erect five new grade schools and add to four grade schools, doing away with five old combustible buildings. High schools, as Indicated, would involve the expenditure of $1,055,000 and grade schools, as outlined, will mean the expenditure of $1,539,000, while equipment for both high and grade schools will cost $406,000. The $1,000,000 tax levy will be usd to build additions to four grade schools, costing $230,000; restore suspended school activities at a cost of $165,000; to provide for nextJ vear's increase in school facilities; involving an expenditure oi jui, 000; and to avoid repetition of the 1922 deficit paid from insurance and other funds of the district, which calls for the appropriation of $304,000. , BOLT PELT DflUGHEHTT l-XTEKMTER TAKES FLING AT "ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Morgan Influence Declared Too Strong to Permit Prosecution , of Electric Company." NEW YORK, June 17. Samuel Untermyer , took . another fling ' at Attorney-General Daugherty today in a statement issued as be stepped aboard the Majestic for a vacation in Europe. In connection with the attorney general's announced programme for prosecuting war fraud .cases, the oounsel for the Lock-wood commit tee charged that because the ."'Mor gan influence la too strong to with stand, . Mr. Daugherty simply will not budge" toward prosecuting the General Eleotrlc company for the monopoly that committee alleges it holds over the electrio light bulb' business of the nation. "If Attorney-General Daugherty shows as much organizing ability and desire to punish powerful war fraud offenders as I have experi enced in the 25 or more anti-trust cases in which we have been vainly trying to get action from him for more than a year, we shall soon have plenty of - horn tooting and other forms of publicity and cam ouflage under cover of which a few little fellows may be crucified and every really influential offender will slide out under cover of the noise," said Mr. Untermyer.' "Mr. Daugherty is a grand past master in that art. I nave had and am still having my experiences with him. If the public wants to see him in action in the perfection of his skill in protecting one big inter est the fruit of long experience as a lobbyist I commend to its study his .performance in the General Electric case, in which I have for six months been vainly trying to get prosecution." . - - STILL FOUND IN GROUND FOUR PERSONS ARE CAUGHT IN MOONSHINE RAID. POLICE GIVE SERENADE MINNEAPOLIS BAND ENTER TAINS SHRINERS. Plant Located in Room Deep Under Log Through "Which -Officers Gained En,trancel OREGON CITY, Or., June 17. (Special.) A 100-gallon still, clev erly concealed along Still creek, near Estacada, was raided tonight by Sheriff Wilson and two deputies, who arrested E, J. Hager, his wife, Pauline Hager, George Walch and. Matt Parich. The still, which iad a capacity of 30 gallons a day, was being oper ated in a room that had been dug out of the ground underneath a log. The entrance had been cut out of the 14-foot timber and "had been camou flaged so as to be almost completely hidden. About 24 AO gallons of com mash was destroyed by the officers. All of the prisoners were brought here. The woman was held under bond of $250, her husband under $500 and each of the other men under $1000. All were charged wtih vio lation of the prohibition law. The raid was made while the offi cers were in the d'strict investigat ing reports that several stills were being .operated there. The discovery of the still was accidental. . tenden't of public instruction, left for theJ east to attend several im portant educational gatherings. At the state federation convention Mrs. Preston, as national chairman of the community service department, gave a report on community service work done this year throughout the na tion. ; Mrs. Preston left Spokane Tuesday night for Bozeman, Mont where she spoke Wednesday before the State Federation of Women's- clubs of Montana. Her mother, Mrs. Corliss, is 'accompanying her as far as Min neapolis. - ' - Mrs. Preston's next step, after leaving' Bozeman, is Chautauqua, N. Y., where she will attend the convention, of the general federation of women's clubs as national-chairman. From Chautauqua she will go to ' Boston to attend ' the National Education assclatlon meeting, where she presides as chairman of the wider use of the school plant division. The programme will occupy two days. Following the convention Mrs. Preston will attend a confer ence'of all state superintendents of public Instruction, which also, has been called to meet in Boston. ,v PASTOR ID GIRL ELOPE FATHER OP NINE CHILDREN SOUGHT ON WARRANT. Minister ; Deserts Wife Because She Is "Ignorant" and Not v Equal to His Position. -XB1HA," O, Juno 17. A warrant for his arrest on a desertion charge was filed today against Rev. W. W. Culp. 35, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Spring Valley, near here, . who early Wednesday morning eloped with Miss Esther Hughes, ah 18-year-old music teach er who was boarding at his home. . Mrs. Culp with tneir nine children, the youngest of whom are- 6-months-old twins, signed the warrant last night Police of the state have been notified to be on the lookout for the couple, whose pictures will be broad cast over the state today. Mrs. Culp told authorities that her husband's parting- words to her before the minister and Miss Hughes left together weret 'T -think I like her better than I do you, and I think I am doing the right thing- by leav ing you and? going with her." In a letter.to the district superin tendent Sev. Mr. Culp complained of hardships, among them being "unit ed to a woman for a wife who Is very ignorant and very incapaibla of being a pastor's wife. Chief Jenkins and Captain Ins- keep Parade With Visitors on Way to Convention. oincts showed a consistent lead for Pickering. Lincoln high school, Precinct 14, for example, gave Pickering-, 96; Newill, 55; bonds, yes, 62; - uo, 36; levy, yes, 57; no, 42. Albina school, Precinct 75, gave Pickering 100 votes, Newill, 73; bonds, yes, 83; no, 60; levy, yes, 86; no, 57. In Precinct 20, Fulton park, Pick ering received 33 votes, Newill, 31; bonds, yes, 56; no, 6; levy, yes, 57; no, 6. At Chapman school. Precinct 1, Newill led with 105, Pickering, 72; bonds, yes, 113; no, 43; levy, yes, 104; no, 61. Congestion at, any of the polling places, which were for the most part in school buildings, was avoided -by K. H. Thomas, clerk and business manager of the district, who ar ranged for 28 new polling places in addition to those used on previous elections. Last year there was crowding and tedious waits resulted in, some precincts. It was believed last night that the vote would be as heavy as that of last year, when 22,826 citizens- voted for school directors, while some es timated an increase of 20 per cent This was believed due to. consider able publicity given the . campaign The Minneapolis polioe department band serenaded police headquarters last night then marched to the Mult. noamah hotels - where Sarnners ' were entertained. The 35 amateur musi cians were well-fed, grateful for their trin out the Columbia highway and showed it by putting a fire into their military marches that Sousa s band with more technique but less enthusiasm might envy. Ghief A. C. Jensen flays helicon baas in the rear rank, wearing a uniform distinct from that of his patrolmen only thiough a small sil ver eaglet pinned to lh!s blotuse col lar. He Is the moving force behind bbe- organization. He -is not dead wood, either, for this bass was solid and forceful. "Sure I like to listen to a police band, commented a Crescent Shriner in the Multnomah lobby. "They can t pinch anybody while they're play ing." Chief Jenkins and Captain Inskeep paraded in front of the band from police headquarters to the Mult nomah, where the captain called Chief Jemsen to the speaker's ros trum. 0 . Let me initrodiuce, .a. regular fal low," said Portland's chief. "He could arrest you and make you like -it." Chief Jensen tihn thanked Port land for its hospitality and vowed that members of the band woulr spread kindly thoughts of Portland in the middle western metnoipoHs, Of course Mayor Baker was in the crowd and happened along just In time to make a little speech, like he always does. "Let me introduce the greatest mayor a town ever had," shouted Chief Jenkins ttaoiugih a din of cheers; "Huh! He has to say that in order to hold his job," remarked- the mayor. There were more cheers. The mayor continued: You know, folks, before I was elected mayor and becam commis sioner of police, I thought police men were the bunk." Those were his exact words. "But since I have be come Intimately acquainted with them; have learned to know their moods and the difficulties of their tasks; since I have had occasion to direct their energies, i found out the truth. Now I know they are the bunk." The Minneapolis band pays its fare through a police ball game. Each copper sells tickets. Most of the proceeds go into the police insurance fund, but enough was deducted for the trip to the police ohief conven tion at San Francisco, whither the band continued its way last night It is playing under the directorship of curley Larson, a patrolman. Instruments and players, after the concerts and parade last night. were hauled to the union station In the patrol wagon and "" warned to come again. . Salmon . Sent Henry Ford. ABERDEEN. Wash., June 17. (Special.) Henry Ford, the.million alre automobile manufacturer, will have an opportunity in a few days to sample Grays Harbor salmon. Bobbie Sampson, Taholah Indian, yesterday sent a. case of 16 blue Backs to Mr. Ford and included in the shipment the best wishes of the Uuinauu tribe. Recital Prize ' Won' by Miss Dorothea Schoop. - Concert Stamps Woman as . One of Best Younger Pianists. BODY IS FOUND HANGING Joseph Brack, 65, of Sherwood - -A' Is Pronounced Suicide. ' OREGON CITY, Or, June 17. (Special.) Joseph Bruck, 65, was found hanging from the rafters of his home near Sherwood, on route" No. 5, early tonight. The coroner pronounced the death a suicide. The body was discovered by a nephew. who has gone to the farm to visit his uncle. " j- - ; Mr. Bruck. who was a bachelor, had lived alone on his farm for 15 years. - For some years he had been in poor health and - had been de spondent. - He hanged himself with an . electric light cord, and after tying it about his neck stepped from the ladder on which he had climbed to the rafter of his cabin. There will be no Inquest. - ? . ISS DOROTHEA S. SCHOOP, a young girl who is highly gifted as a promising concert pianist, ap peared in successful recital last night in the ballroom of the Mult nomah hotel, before an audience that was representative of musical Portland. Miss Schoop has been an earnest piano student for several years, ana she also is - iineiy equipped mentally to interpret tne thoughts and tone pictures of the great masters. She plays from mem ory, correctly, witn line rimsn,. modest presentation and. when she likes, a large piano tone from such a slightly built girl. Her recital stamps her as one of the best among the younger recital pianists of the city, and it is a marked and un usual pleasure to hear her play. Her Bach's "Gigue" has uplift and her picture of the "Dance of the Dervishes" (Beethoven-Saint-Saens) is a whirling cloud-of-dust episode, with Arabs as actors. The "Hungarian Etude" (Mac- Dowell) lived in new brilliance, arid the Rubinstein "Stoccato Etude" was quite interesting as a picture of action. One of the best-played numbers of the entire recital, be cause of its .simplicity and swelling beauty- of lovely tone color, was Dream of Love" (Liszt), in which the melody in the bass had a noble, poetic message. "Polonaise" (Liszt) was a song of triumph, with a pic ture of a war horse in action. Miss Schoop, who was cordially received, placed, Exquisitely, as her two extra numbers, "Country Gardens" (Grain ger) and "Butterfly Etude" (Chopin). Otto Wedemeyer, baritone, was in good voice and sang with superb style and interpretation two of Franz's songs and the Grelg song. "My Mind is LlKe a Peak, Snow Crowned." His encore was "Dedi cation" (Franz). - .- APARTMENT IS LEASED 10 -"Year Rentals on Broadway Court to Aggregate $125,000. A 10-year lease aggregating rentals of $125,000 was taken last week by E. M. Ellis, Portland real estate dealer, on the Broadway Court apartments, located at 245 East Broadway. Mr. Ellis, who has dealt exten sively" in apartment house property this year, said he closed the lease because of his belief in the future of Portland and of this type of property here. , Tne liroaaway court was pur chased only . a week ago by the Pacific Securities company and J. C. Otte for $100,000 from Marcus and Eugene Cohn. Mr. Ellis nego tiated this sale. The apartment house is a.. three- Btory" and basement, structure of white pressed brick and was built but f our years ago. It is located on a 100 by 100 site. SOUND EDLFEHS COMING PORTLAND AND SEATTLE WOMEN TO CLASH. Intercity Match to Be Arranged as Home-and-Home Series -to Begin Friday.'' V SEATTLE. Wash., June ft. (Spe cial.) All-Portland against all Seattle In- a women's' golf ' team match is what is planned for the latter part oi this week, as an nounced by Mias Helen Farrell, team captain at the Seattle- golf club, who has been selected to lead the Seat- tleites down to the banks of the Willamette. . , - Principally, the team will be com posed, of Seattle golf club and Earl ington golf and country club mem bers, as the tentative plana disclose. It Is expected v the team strength will be between 12 and 15 members. The match will constitute the first half of a horae-and-home affair be tween the two cities, the Portlanders to repay the visit in the fall. There is no trophy put up for the compe tition as yet, but this probably will come along in time about the time that it is popularly grasped that here is a real intercity scrap for golfing honors. - That which gave the "proposed team match a start was the visit hers last winter of a team from the Waverley country, club, a visit that was the outcome of the good time had by all at the 1921 Pacific North west Golf association tournament The Portland women came and with them came thu only snow storm of the season. It will be recalled they played indoors at the Seattle golf club. - But the idea has. grown bigger since that first attempt to start the team matches. , Portland golf club has some fino women players, on the one side, and Earlington has some splendid women.- Players, on the other side. So It was a very simple matter to decide upon a team match- upon a much broader scale than originally was designed. The first half o the match will be played this week. Friday will, in all probability, be the day finally agreed upon. - - STRIKE ORDER OPPOSED Klamath - Protests Notation - on I. Employment Tickets. SALEM, Or., June 17. (Special) With the declaration that an order issue by C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner, . requiring employ ment agencies to explain on their employment tickets that Klamath Falls la a strike district, is making It difficult for concerns in that com munity to obtain the type of em ployes s sought, a number of indi viduals and establishments of Klam ath Falls and vicinity have peti tioned Mr. Gram to withdraw his order. ' Seventeen Klamath Falls' business men hays furnished Mr. Oram with affidavits in which they declare that the strike la not really in progress at the present time and that only a handful of laborers have refused to return to work.,.; .-, ' -; PORTLAND - Mflll NAMED W. Paul Kuntz Is Made Foreign Veterans' Chief of Staff. SALEM, Or., June 17. (Special.) Announcement that he had appoint ed F. C. Sever-, Salem member of Marlon post 661, - as department adjutant and W, Paul Kunta ot Portland, Over-the-Top post, as his chief of staff, was made at a recent meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars by the newly elected depart ment commander, Bolton Hamble. Orders affecting these changes have not been sent out, but will be as soon is the new department offi cers receive supplies from the mem bers of the old administration. Com mander Hamble announced. - CONFERENCE TOUR BEGUN Washington State Superintendent Has Many Engagements. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 17. (Spe cial.) Following her attendance at the contention of the Washington State Federation of Women's clubs at Spokane this week, Mrs. Jose phine .Corliss Preston, state superin DIRECT PRIMARY UPHELD State Tax - Reduction League to . Oppose Repeal of Law. SALEM, Or., June 17. (Special.) - The Oregon State Tax Reduction league will frown on any effort made to abolish the direct primary in Oregon, it was announced here last night following a meeting of he executive committee. Two pro posals for amendments -to the law were discussed at the meeting but no action was taken on either. Postponement of the convention of the league from July 4 to July 5 is announced. A - candidate for governor will be offered by the league at that time, it Is -believed here. Anto Hits Police Motorcycle. The automobile of E. McLean. 96 .uast eighteenth street North, col lided with a police motorcycle and sidecar yesterday afternoon at First and Columbia streets. No one was hurt. McLean was arrested and charged with failing to give right of way to an emergency vehicle. He tried to beat Motorcycle Patrol men Payne and Cameron across tho intersection,-they said. He was re leased on his own recognizance. Roost Raiders Are Killed. GRANTS PASS, Or., June 17. (Spe ciaL) Two large bobcats were killed near here yesterday by Veltie Pruitt, who saw the animals play ing while he was hunting coyotes. Both of the cats, which were fe males, werewsxceptionally large and are thought to have been responsi ble for may depredations on tur key roosts in 'the neighborhood. PATI ENT, HANGS HIMSELF Inmate of State Hospital Ends His Life in Barn. SALEM, Or., June 17. (Special) George Clark, 42 years old, a volun tary patient at the state hospital for the insane, committed . suicide ; by hanging himself In one of the poul try barns at the hospital this after noon. He was found by attendants at 4:30 o'clock 'and- was believed to have been dead about two hours. "Please notify W. D. Stevens of Salem, a note found in Clark's hat read. A postscript added, "Please send my body to Devitt" Clark presented himself for treat ment at the hospital here on May 14 Of this year. He was formerly a steam engineer and made his home at De-vitt, Benton county. Or. NEW SECRET0RDER BORN "Royal Riders of .Red Robe" Try , ing to Incorporate in Oregon. SALEM, June 17. "The Royal Riders of the Red Robe" is the name of a new secret order that is attempting to incorporate in Ore gon, and which is said to have head quarters in Portland. Filing of the articles of incorporation has not yet been completed, and more specific Information ,may be required by Corporation Commissioner Handley. The Bignera of the articles are W. D. Quinn, A. Townsend Kurtz and C. W. Hurd, all of Portland. l-NU-SINK'l Oregon Pensions Granted. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D. C June 17 Ore gon pensions recently granted in clude: Julian Condol, Portland, $12; Hirge G. Fields, Cottage Grove, $12; Lawrence L. Bradley, Marshfield, $12; Charles G. Shumway, Bridge port, $18. Pacific Fleet Welcome Dance Tonight BOAT BLUE BIRD Come Help Entertain. .. Ladies 25c Jeff ersbo-St, Dock 8 :45 For Your Drain Board, . Chairs, Toilet Seats, Bedsteads, Etc. For Sale fcy ' Department, Hardware, Grscery, Wall Paper aa4 I'almt Stores, or if unable to procure locally, POSTPAID UPON RECEIPT $1 UHL BROS. : Exclusive Distributors - . , 230 Second's treet ... : PORTLAND.- OR. WALL PAPERS-PAINTS Visit Portland's Great Free Picnie ' , and Playgrounds , COUNCIL CREST PARK All Rides and Games in Opera tion All Day. DANCING Every Evening Except Sunday. MONDAY IS V. 8. NATT DAY. EASY TERMS GE rum VURTZ nture Company 185 First Street, Near .Yamhill Street 1 No Interest m All Prices Reduced for This Week's Great Rag Sale Wilton Velvets With linen Fringe 9x12 Rugs, regular $87.50. $65.00 8-3x10-6 Rugs, regular $79.50 ..,.$59.50 9x12 Rugs, regular $67.50 .$52.50 9x12 Rugsregular $62.50 .....$47.50 and remember, these are all fine Velvet Rugs, new pat terns; no old stock. , . Brussels Rugs 9x12 Rugs, regular $28.50. .......... .$22.50 9x12 Rugs, regular $39.50 .,$31.50 8-3x10-6 Rugs, regular $26.50 ....$22.50 8-3x10-6 Rugs, regular $33.50 ......... $26.50 These Brussels Rugs are sturdy and close woven, long wearing and worthy of your attention. Do not con found them with the so-called Brussels Rugs you can see through. Hundreds of fine rugs to choose from and all at our well-known low-rent prices. Take your own time to pay for them. . $t .00 Places any one of these J? p3X -.- jl - line KUtrS in your nome. Buck's Gas Ranges are wonderful, and the prices now are so astonishingly low. This beautiful model, all white doors and splashers S-CQ.50' installed in your Mahogany William and MaryDiningSet 48-inch Mahogany Veneer Dining Table and 4 Solid Mahogany Chairs, upholstered in genuine blue or brown leather THE SET places this fine set in your home. Easy terms on '. the balance. 1 iri 1 fSSMt Bed. Spring and Mattress 2-inch post Bed in walnut or bronze, Simmons steel spring, and 40-lb. felt mat tress. $1.00 Cash $1.00 Week Fine Duo-Fold Davenport . fral J A iWf . .-"3 Upholstered in Spanish leath er e 1 1 e o a k frame $5.00 Cash $1.00 Week FUR N I TURE C O M P A N Y 185 FIRST STREET, NEAR YAMHILL