6 TIIE SUNDAY OTtEGONIAN. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 2U 1923 TRUST 11 01 PHONES SOUGHT Letters Sent to" Find Atti tude in Other States. REPLIES ARE AWAITED Department of Justice Then Will Be Memorialized for Action on Disputed Point. By pamphlets mailed Friday to publla service commissions of all the states of the Union, the Oregon public service commission took the initiative in seeking to ttave the United States department of Justice obtain an interpretation by the United States supreme court of the Clayton anti-trust act as it relates to telephone and telegraph com panies, j It Is contended by the Oregon commission that the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company, a sub sidiary ot the American Telephone & Telegraph company, is a common carrier and subject to section 10 of the Clayton act, and that applica tion of this section of the act would solve the commission's difficulty in reducing rate base costs. The tele phone company holds it is not a common carrier. Answers Are Awaited. The public service commissions of the various states have been re- j quested in letters acoompanyingr the pamphlets to notify Newton McCoy, chairman of the Oregon commission, concerning their attitude toward the action proposed by the Oregon body. When these answers are re ceived the Oregon commission will memorialize the United States de partment of justice for action on the point under dispute, it is an nounced. "The public service commission of Oregon is now undertaking for the fourth time since 1917 a state-wide regulation of telephone rates to be charged by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company," the state ment to commissions of other states said. Patronage Declared Reduced. ' "This public utility company has had the same history in this state that it has passed through in other states, except that greater vigor of public opinion has been aroused in Oregon, and the utility has dimin ished markedly below normal pat ronage. This diminution we con strue as an emergency which re quires our most serious efforts to arrest before the value of the serv ice to the community shall be fur ther lessened. "As in previous cases, we find ourselves confronted with the prob lem of determining a rate base value and the value of services for which large sums are assessed against the utility, and also that proper regulation seems to be di vided by want of jurisdiction in the commission. Confidence Held Lacking:. "It is our opinion that section 10 of the Clayton anti-trust law. If applied to the telephone utility as a common carrier, would, to a large extent, solve our difficulty la the future. This law, if applied, al though not affording the entire relief and reduction in rate base costs, will at least establish a con fidence now lacking by the public. "We have given some study to this subject and consulted with Commissioner Campbell of the In terstate commerce commission, who passed through Oregon recently, and were advised by Mr. Campbell to present the case to the attorney general of the United States in order to ascertain whether or not his department would undertake a prosecution if a full presentation of the facts were made by the in terstate commerce commission. Enforcement la Sought. . "We are sending you this pre liminary statement In order to en list your irfterest and co-operation in the matter of securing the en forcement of section 10 of the Clay ton anti-trust law. In order to more fully advise you of the prob lem, as we look upon it, we make to you the following statement of our research up to date, showing the present status thereof, to-wit: "Section 10 of the Clayton law, in brief, provides as follows: " 'No common carrier engaged in commerce shall have any dealing . . or shall make or have any contract for construction-or main tenance of any kind to the amount of more than $50,000 in the aggre gate, in any one year, with another corporation when the said common carrier shall have upon its board of directors or as Its present or gen eral manager, or as its purchasing or selling officer, or agent, in the particular transaction, any person who is at the same time a director, manager or purchasing or selling officer of or who has . any substantial interest in such other corporation unless and except . . . by com petitive bidding under regulation to be prescribed by rule or otherwise by the interstate commerce commis sion ... and whenever the said interstate commerce commission shall, after investigation or hearing, have reason to believe that the law has been violated ... it shall transmit all papers and documents and its own views or findings re garding the transaction, to the attorney general.'" Correspondence Is Cited. The commission then cited cor respondence' with the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company in which the telephone company de nied that t is subject to section 10 of the Clayton act and that Its relations with the Western Electric company constituts a violation of this section of the act. "This commission, takes the posi tion," the statement , continued, "that the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company is a common carrier, under the soope and mean ing of section 10, Clayton anti-trust law; and that the violation of this law occurs by reason of the follow ing relationships: "The American Telephone & Tele praph company owns upwards of 75 per cent of the capital stock of the Pacific. Telephone & Telegraph company and exercises its control through the election of directors to cerve the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph "company, two of whom are also officers or directors of the American Telephone & Telegraph company. 9 "That the American Telephone & Telegraph company also owns prac tically all of the stock of the Western Electric company and exercises control of same through the election of the directors of that company and through the existence et A patent pool oatroUed by the American Telephone & Telegraph company. "That through such controlled re lation, the American Telephone & Telegraph company has caused the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com pany by contract to appoint as its purchasing agent the Western Elec trio company, or a like named cor poration of California, all of whose capital stock is owned by the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph com pany, whereby the Western Electric company has become, substantially, a department of the American Tele phone & Telegraph company, and through this relation exercises the unlawful condition in a common" carrier, namely, of purchasing and selling agent of both the Western Electric company and the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, as well as the American Telephone & Telegraph company. "That all, of the officers, most of the directors and practically all of the employes in responsible charge of the conduct of the business of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com pany are stockholders of the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph com pany, and, with the exception ot the directors and some of the officers. are not stockholders of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, and these Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company employes and officer-stockholders of the American Telephone & Telegraph company are such through the substantial Induce ment offered by the American Tele phone & Telegraph company In the form of dividends and stock" prefer ences which tend to render the in terest of such persons Inimical to the interest or the public "A perusal of the decisions of courts in connection with the ques tion as to whether or not the tele phone utility is a common carrier CAUTION Wrappers of the New Year's Edition of The Morn ing t)regonian issued MONDAY, JAN. 1, will bear this label: N ew Year's -Edition Price will be 5 cents a copy; postage, 6 cents In the United States and possessions. 11 other foreign postage will be 12 cents. as contemplated under the Clayton anti-trust law fails to give any basis for action by this commission other than to take steps which will bring about such action as that suggested by the secretary of the interstate commerce commission. "There appear to be no decisions of the United States courts - with respect to the question whether or not telephose companies are com mon carriers within the meaning of the Clayton anti-trust law. In a decision rendered in 1893 it was held that a telegraph company was not a common carrier, but the Clay ton' anti-trust law was not in ques tion'. Moreover, conditions have greatly changed since this decision. There were at that time, according to the 1921 annual report of the American Telephone & Telegraph company, less than a quarter of a million telephones in use in the United States. In 1920 there were more than 12,500,000 telephones in use In the .United States. Modern life is organized In contemplation of use of the telephone, long dis tance as well as local. Rate Fixing- Held Hampered. "Until this question has been de termined definitely, the telephone utility, as represented by the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph com pany throughout the United States, and embracing upward of 9,000,000 stations, and practically all lines of service, is able almost entirely to obstruct any efforts on the part of the state regulatory bodies intelli gently to fix any fair and reason able rates for service as required of such bodies by state laws. "This because there is no measure, other than price, terms and speci fications made by tffe American Telephone & Telegraph company and the Western Electric company, for over 90 pet' cent of all materials used and useful In the property which represents the rate base for fair and reasonable rates, applying to the entire telephone utility, rep resented by the American Telephone & Telegraph company. Control Is Oppressive. "A sidelight on the regulations which shows an unnatural and op pressive control of the American Telephone & Telegraph company, as well as ,the Western Electric com pany, comes from the facts that the supply to the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, of subscribers' transmitters, receivers and induc tion coils used throughout its sys tem and that for "services" of a standardized control nature, the American Telephone & Telegraph company exacts 4 per cent of the gross revenues of the Pacific, Tele phone & Telegraph company's en tire business. fAs a result of a decision favor able to this commission's viewpoint in this matter the telephone utility's property in used and useful service will be purged of the double, profits to the American Telephone & Tele graph company and the ihk Per cent gross revenue charge for instru ments, and services and charges may be altered to conform to such requirements as regulatory bodies are intended by law to afford the public to the end that non-competitive common carriers' services shall be fixed through lawful and reason able regulation." New Jersey Frog Smokes. BROWN'S MILLS, N. J. Caleb Bennett, working along the shore of Saloma lake, tossed the butt of a cigar into the water. Barely had It touched the surface when a big green frog, Bennett says, leaped from among the weeds, seized the cigar, and climbed upon a log, with the cigar still steaming in his mouth. The Harvard Classics Prof. Eliot's five-foot book shelf, complete A.00 in 50 volumes. . . . - Encyclopedia Britannica, eleventh (latest) edition, flexible bind- $Q. 00 ing, 29 volumes. .Ot- - See us first for sets of books. We have a large selection at right prices. The A. W. Schmafe Book Shop 2JW Morrison St., Corbett BIdB Ground Floor. Open Evenings. BREWER KILLS HIMSELF WIIJIAM J. UEMP SUICIDE IX sST. IiOL'IS. Small Sum Received for Big Plant Declared to Have Depressed , President of Company. - ST. LOUIS. Dec. 27. (By the As sociated Press.) William J. Lemp, 54, president of the William J. Lemp Brewery company, committeed suicide, today by shooting himself twice through the heart in the of fice of the brewery in the southern section of the city. It was the third suicide in the family of famous brewers, his father and a sister hav ing taken their own lives. ' The William J. Lemp Brewing company, just before the advent of prohibition, was considered one of the largest brewing companies In the world. It covered -a 14-acre triangular tract In :; the southern section of the city and was valued at $7,000,000. It was sold at auction last Jirtie to five different interests for a total of $585,000. Lemp had been downcast since. It was said he had hoped to get a much larger price for the property. Lemp appeared at his office at 9 A. 1L. today as usual. It was stated, and shortly thereafter Henry Vohl kamp. vice-president, arrived and greeted Lemp: "Well, how do you feel today?" "Oh, I'm feeling worse," Vohlkamp said Lemp replied. Vohlkamp stated; Lemp had been extremely nervous for the past sev- war eral months. Although his face was flushed, Vohlkamp said he triad to cheer him by saying "you look bet ter," but Lemp would not be con soled, replying only "I'm feeling worse." ' , Vohlkamp said that he then went to his office as Lemp's secretary, Miss Olivia Berschek,- arrived, be lieving the spell of melancholia would wear off. ' Miss Berschek explained Lemp dismissed her presently on pretext of an errand to the company's ar chitect in another part of the build ing. She had gone only a ehort way, she added, when she heard two shots. Lemp was found lying on his back, a .38-caliber revolver near his right hand. A physician pronounced him dead. Letup's father, also William J., head of the brewery during the height of Its prosperity, shot and killed himself February 13, 1904, at the age of 67. His sister, Mrs. Elsa Wright, committed suicide by shoot ing, March 20, 1920. She was 37. WflH IN NEAR EAST LIKELY BRITAIN AND FRANCE SAID TO BE AIDING GREECE. Hellenes , Will Do Fighting on Supplies Furnished hjrAUies, Correspondent Declares. BY OTIS SWIFT. (Chicago Tribune Foreig-n News Service. Copyright. 1022, by the, Chicago Tribune.) ATUiSNS, Dec. 30 The Greek army, with 130,000 men under arms In Macedonia and western Thrace, may again become a factor in the near east situation if the Lausanne conference fails. ' Faced with Intractability by the Turks at the conference, both Lon don and Paris have hinted strongly to Greece that were its army in good fighting shape if the Lausanne parley broke down Athens might obtain powerful aid in a war against Turkey. Following these whispered, advices Greece has concentrated all its efforts, reinforcing and equip ping units with which to hold the Maritza front. Today Minister of War General Pangalos took personal command of the Thracian forres. Under his di It wiir pay you to watch for our advertisement in Tuesday, morning paper MEN'S Fifth at I ' : Wishing our pattern and friends Hi a Prosperous New -Year 1 ' . Selling Building G. CRAMER CO. ' , rection new troops are training daily at Saloniki and other Macedo nian cities. Meanwhile, despite the fact that Greece has scant funds to pay for anything, allied business represent atives at Athens are said to be do ing a brisk trade. The sudden business boom here is being . carried out through credits and the most liberal credits are betg offered in cases where sup plies are- purchased in England and France. ' Simultaneously the whole tone in government and diplomatic circles here is changing. A few weeks ago it was peace at any price. But today there is a strangely confident note as the Greek's voice: "We do not care if the Lausanne confer ence breaks down. Perhaps it would be more to our advantage it it should collapse. We have a strong army we could march right through eastern Thrace to Constan tinople." The Greeks today believe this. But they would never have thought of the idea themselves if allied diplo mats had not suggested it. The facts of the case are that England and France, having found the Turk stronger at the conference table than they wished, are getting ready for another war, with Greece doing the fighting provided that an agree ment cannot be reached at Lausanne, STftTE CAFE IS OPPOSED RESTAURANT MEN IN SALEM THREATEN SUIT. Secretary of State Goes Ahead With Plans for Feeding Solons at Session. " SALEM, Or., Deo. 29. (Special.) Salem restaurant operators today employed attorneys preparatory to starting proceedings in the courts to restrain the secretary of etate from installing a restaurant in the basement of the capltol building during the next session of the legislature. It was said tonight that the restaurant proprietors first will notify the secretary of etate of their contemplated action and If he re fuses to meet with their demands the suit will be filed In the circuit court. Although refusing to Issue any statement tonight, the secretary of state apparently Is fortified against any action on the part of the restau rant operators by a resolution adopted by both branches of the legislature at the 1919 session. This resolution, as approved by the lawmakers, requested the secre tary of state to Install the restau rant for the convenience of the legislators and the legislative em ployes. The restaurant was in stalled prior to the 1921 session of the lawmakers. It operates only during the legislative sessions. The restaurant authorised by the legislature is operated as a con cession and without cost to the state. CAPTAIN MILNE RALLIES Blood Transfusion Gives World War Hero Chance for Life. Improvement in the condition of Captain Jack Milne, ex-captaln In the 91st division and a wearer of the distinguished service cross, fol lowing a blood tranfuslon at the United States hospital here Friday, it was announced. A call issued by Over-the-Top post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, for an able-bodied man to give his blood to stem the ebb tide which was about to carry away the cap tain's life met with success. Many volunteers appeared, and one, whose blood count was near that of the patient's, was selected. PAIR HELD FOR ROBBERY Members of Prominent Oregon Families Indicted. SALEM, Or., Dec 29. (Special.) Wayne A. Dimmick and Ernest Crab tree, members of prominent southern Oregon families, were indicted by the Marion county grand jury today on charges of assault and robbery. They will be arraigned in -circuit court tomorrow. Dimmick and Crabtree were ar rested in Portland a few weeks ago and later, it is said, confessed to robberies in different parts of the state. Among their alleged victims was Charles E. Miller, a local street car conductor. Miller waa held up on the night of October IS and re lieved of $8. The prestige of Oregonian Want Ads has been attained not merely by The Oregonlan's large circulation, but by the fact that all Its readers are interested In Oregonian Want-Ads. WEAR Morrison DUMM FETE LMCHED ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY PRESENTS TWO PLATS. Splendid Episodes of Series. Are Given Before Large Audiences With Elaborate Detail. The initial performance of what promises to be a festival of splendid dramatic episodes was given last evening by the drama section of the Arts and Crafts society. This is a newly establiched department and the reception of its premier productions Friday at a matinee and at night, in the women's club building, augurs well for subse quent productions. Enthusiastic audiences attended both performances and the proceeds -from the entertainment will be applied to a fund for further work in this department. The Arts and Crafts society ex ecuted the scenery and costumes for one of the interesting pieces, "Abra ham and Isaac," a 15th century miracle play. The cast Included Eugene Horton, an excellent char acter artist, fn. the role of the patriarch Abraham; Phyllis Muirden, who gave an exquisite portrayal of the child Isaac Louise Linthicum, as the angel, and Otto Wedemeyer, who gave dramatic fire and color to the voice which spoke to Abraham. A monks' chorus added a delight ful note.- f Garbed in their dun- colored robes, the octet, carrying lighted tapirs, walked along the aisles and in the balcony singing lovely Christmas carols. They sung also a beautiful processional com posed by Dent Mowrey. The choruf consisted of J. Ross Fargo, V. 3. Chapman, A. K. Houghton, H. G. Anderson, Ernest Morgan, N. B. Stone, A. E. Davidson and G. H. Cramer. . : The other production was a quaint and picturesque pantomime entitled "The Shepherd in the Distance," in which the original and effective costuming by Herman Rossi and the unusual and unique musical in terpretation with which Dent Mowrey accompanied the pantomime proved memorable and most enjoyable. The pantomime waa cleverly en acted by students of the Portland art museum with the following cast: The Maker of Sounds, Dent Mowrey: The Nubian, Alex V. Muirden; The Princess, Margaret Weeks; Attend ant, Leta Kennedy; Slaves, Marjorie Larson, Agnes Schultz; The Vizier, Elizabeth Walker; The Wazir, Flor ence Hansen; The Shepherd, Betty Smith; The Goat, Edgar Bohlman; Ghurri-Wurri, John Reisacher. OLD SECRET IS LET OUT Killing of Family Pet by Youth ' Is Finally Discovered. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 29. (Special.) A secret guarded for 20 years by Tom Kemp, deputy sheriff, is now public property and all be cause women can t keep a secret, Kemp avere. When Kemp was a youth on a Montana ranch his parents owned a big dog, a family pet. One night Kemp and hia brother, while en route home, saw two eyes staring at them from a bushy place. Kemp pulled a revolver and shot at the eyes. He made a good hit, but soon learned that he had killed the family pet. The dog was buried secretly, however, and the mystery of his disappearance passed into family history. - A few nights ago, at a gathering here, Kemp's Bister-in-law, who had I The Oregon State ! COLLEGE OF I CHIROPRACTIC F.iuiiiiiiiiitiiiiifiiiiiimuiimiimniiiimmiHiiiiiimiau Sixth and Oak Sts. The Best in the Northwest " u iJi-IiiMI!I'uisiiiiii.iiuij I. m ii I Mini. iim-m ill iiii.i Only Chiropractic School in Oregon giving X-ray with the course. Best instructors. A state stand ardized college. You get Chiropractic here from the very beginning. Incorporated and chartered under the laws of Oregon. Our students issue an open challenge to all others in adjusting. 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