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i:SSAGESARE EXORBITAnT
Mihn F. Shorty,;'' Managtr Crt
.r.Uttfnr and Delivery Com
pany, Replies to Citizen.
. - ; -7 7- ..'',
SAYS RATES ARE ABOUT
, THE SAME Af BEFORE
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"Citbeo," fa Reply, Show by Cora-
parativ Tables That Increase Has
, Beea More Than Twenty-Five Per
, Cent and Decries System,
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.:'..' Portland.! Oct If -to the Editor of
Th. JnuinlTh camnlalnt of "A Citl-
nen" In your Issue of yesterday, alleging
that the District Messenger companies
of Portland are charging excessive ratea
for th delivery of telegrams and other
service, deserves more careful ex
plsnatlon than given In th article
jk nubliahed. ; Evidently 'the author
of the article did not trouble nimseu 10
Investigate fully the condition widen to
a. exeat extent govern, this class of the
' puillo service. t v, . r . . ': ' "
I trust that you will permit me to
furnish a' few' tacts nd that you wUl
publish ' Ibem ' as prominently as you
have the. complaint, .to aire the pubjlo
better knowledge of this Wers.'V
Three years ago, any number of boys
between -the age ef IS and si a years
could be -Jisd-tat-messenger "work.' tor
from i f 11 . to- $11 peimonth. - Todayv
owing to th. recently cfactejl child lf
bar lews, a sufficient number of boys
cannot be found to supply .the irequlref
, meats. Men Will . not do this wot It st
any price, claiming that it is boys' work;
They seen to prefer Idleness or begging
to', honest wot that eey 'term boyar
. I 1 h. . . . .... tu.M JaI
wmil l HI i'i J Hvnwvn ji.w rrtn
, Ing this class of work almost universal
ly. I ran eoncelys of no other reason.
Under th 'percentage plan that is de
manded by the unys, they earn from fSI
-to I0 -per. month and many , of - them
much more. This Increasea the navrous
of the messenger companies more thai
" SO per -cent : Of floe rents and other ex
pensee nave been more than doubled. If
Is true that the City Messenger 4s De
' livery company has a "franchise, granted
by the -city of Portland, and It pays
the city of Portland more than $11.00
for such privileges as It receives. This
is an expense that was not counted .upon
three Titers aaro. i
' ; Betee Prectioally th Seaae. ' ,
The' 'messenger rates of today '- are
practically the same as they were Mirer
years ago, as. the published rata cards
' of that period will show. They have not
been -"gradually Increased' and there is
no danger' that they will be. - Prior to
, two years ago we rosiai company oi
not employ its own boys and it haa not
done wefot at leant years. -; The Pa-
- clfle Messenger company, a corporation
owned by ' prominent Portland business
men, performed this servloe and its
charges were Identical with the rates of
today. . .. .. - rf: - '-v
For the lnforroatiOB.ot.-"A Cltlsen"!
and th author of the article published,
as well as tbe public In general, one of
the rules of the Postal' Telegraph Acorn.
' MiitjLevMnlm the - dellverv . of tele.
grams, Is given as foltowa: ' ?.
"Telegrams will be delivered - free
within a radios of one-half mils from
' the office in any city or town of less
Kadk C AAA fHkaK1tna mwA wtlkln . -
radius of one mile from the' office in
any city or town of S.OSS or more In
habitants. Bevond theae limits onlv the
' actual cost' of the delivery service will
be collected." J , ' j- :
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This rale has been in force ' by all
telerranh 'eomnanles for at least IS
years and appllea uniformly to every
cltv in the United States. .
, The messenger rates today In th city
ok runiBnu rv ivwfr 117 innn if in
21 ner cent than In any other cltv la
th United States. Telegrams are de
livered absolutely free wlthjrr a' radius
oft blocks (equal to One mile) from
.Iha.nMNit tAlevrenh office. Onlv the
rviumr 1. J mmwwiiavr nun mrw
charged when th message Is addressed
beyond th .on .mil . limit All tale-a-renh
comnaniea otM and maintain an
office In any community as soon as there
. Is business enough to cover the expense.
They can hardly be expected to do more
.than that--. - . , -
f,, i- n Uk a Bterchant,
Where th telegraph company has on
" wjMggggSggggg'gg " "'
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ROYAL Baking
Powder is indispens
able to the prepara- -tion
of the finest
cakejij hptread f
rolls and
; No ctliw bolting Jpowdct . equals it ia
zttczefot pvtity and T7hoIomcncs3a, ;
edvol jno no cuDCTmrm
telegram to .deliver . In airy suburban
point the large merchant will have
wagon load Of packages and can afford
to do it free, especially as he always
figures It Into hie selling prloe. The
small merchant will not deliver at 'any
price. All figure th cost of what dei
Uveiing they .do, while - th telegraph
company figures only on th delivery
stated In tbe above quoted. rule..
Any person who- haa a telephone can
have bis messagea telephoned by filing
such a request at either telegraph of
fice. This method Is much preferred
by the messenger companies and th
telegraph companies. J- "
: JOHH K. SHORBT, MaHagai".
City Messenger s Delivery Co. .
SHOWS INCREASE IN RATES.
Ooayaxativ Table eiivea So Prove 0n
testloa Tturt Charges Art To Mlgk.
In support of hi contention that there
Is a "combine" bet wee a th City Mee-sena-er
St Bellxery rwiiMBT aad the
American' District -TlfleaTaDh. - company
the former handling'"the messages of
tbe Postal Telegraph -company and th
latter those of the Western Union
that the prices fixed by this combine
are exceaslv and that th city ordi
nance under which they are granted
privileges of stringing wires on th
streets should Umlt th amount .of tbelt
charges to .more moderate figures,. "A i
Cltlsen" produces evl donee to prove that -
there has been -a considerable Increase
In the rat ,echedul, of , th masenger
companies. Th present - schedule in
force, signed by Mr.. Bliorey and filed at
tha pfflce of the Postal Telegraph com
papy, " shows ; the" rates that are col
lected by the messenger company from
suburban residents to whom telegraph
messages are delivered, rn addition to
th regular telegraph charges on the
massage. Ia the offlce of the Western
Union la a similar schedule, signed, by
th American District Telegraphs com.
pany. .. The prieee - for delivering, me
ssges are , identical. These - schedules
have been in fore sine October 1,
1SSS. Prloi to that time a schedule of
delivery prices considerably lower was
In effect Th old schedule is pub
Ushed In th Postal -Telegraph com
pany's year- book for 104. The mes
senger companies - have this year in
creased their charges.'. onv an average,
more than 15 'per cent and In a few
cases doubled them, notwithstanding
Mf. Bhorey's disclaimer. ; - t
',' 'Ta Soadal .
- Th two schedule are as follows:
.,-.' Old New
." ' - .""f' , . . f . Rata. Rate.
Fulton'
SO
SI
IS
II
SO
ss
10
II
so
ss
SI
II
so
so
II
II
so
10
IS
Golf Unas IS i,
Highland r... ....,........ It
Irvtngton ',.., S
Lincoln Park .............. IS . .
Montavllla . SO
Mount Tabor SS ;
Piedmont ..I.............. IS '
Portland Heights II
Portsmouth 10
Richmond ........ If .
Riverside S
St Johns .................11 ,
Sellwood .................. 10
South Portland II ;
Sunnyald ................. II
Treraont. w . 4 10 ,
University Park ........... 10 '..
Waverly
II
Willamette Heights ....... 11
Woodlawn ............ l
Woodstock .4....'..... IS
SSi
so
, Baa tjstam to Blame.
' For th last two year th City Mes
senger company has had the bualneas of
delivering, th telegrams of ths Postal
Telegraph company. Prior to that time
the company practlcally-reltvered Its
own messages. It leased land managed
the Paclflo Messenger company, a local
concern, and fixed ita own charges for
delivery, which were much less than the
present charges by th combined mes
senger companies. -----
i The present high prices are said to tx
caused by th aystem of the telegraph
companies of farming out. the work of
delivering their messages. . In formet
days the telegraph companies kept their
own forces of messenger boys arid mes
sages were delivered practically at cost
the publlo paying only f or th transmis
sion of th messaga by wire, and th
cost of a boy to carry It to office oi
horn of th recipient
Th Bol That Wan.
Under that policy th telegraph com
panies enacted the rule quoted by Mr.
Bhorey. The spirit of this nils was that
th publlo ahould not be charged a profit
on th work of th messenger boys,
and that th telegraph companies should
confine their profit-taking t th rate
charged by telegraphic transmission. Mr.
muffins. VV.:U:!-V::i::f:
"If .'ROYAL BAKINd POWDER C04 NEW YORK
Shorty's Interpretation of the niU Is
mad to cover hi company, th raodere
"mlddle-msn" In th transaotlon. Th
proper coat of delivering th message,
"Oltisen" conUnda, is th prlc paldto
th boy tot carrying It 'from th tsl
graph offlo t: Its destination. Th
practice under th new )nessenger com
pany regime is to glv th boy 40 p
cant of th price of delivery, and put
SO per cent Into the pocket of the mes
senger compsny. This Is th system In
vogu In th messenger delivery busi
ness at tha present time In Portland. Of
every (toller paid by the publlo' to th
messenger bora. IS cents goea to th
messenger company till. . Inquiry at th
offtoes of the companies proves that Mr.
Shorey's statement ss to th wages
earned by the messenger boy Is approx
Imately true. Soma of them earn $10
and -over per month. .'The average is
from 131 to 140. A boy who earn $40
a month for hlmelf earns I0 a month
for the messenger company. j
' " Shorey's Statement Oonfmaln;.
'Th statement' that th company "pays
th city of Portland mora than $11,000
for such, privileges ss It receives," which
Mr. Bhorey says )s "an expense not
oounted upon three years ago," Is so mar
what confusing, 'unoer tn ordinance
arantinr a franchise to the City .Mee-
senger compsny. the city collects fiol
annually as psyment for th franchise
for the first five years., Th only mone
thig -company Is paying to the city, so
far as known at the auditor's office, is
this -amount. . Should the company con
tinue bualneas nnder Its franc hi a after
five-year. It 111 pay $100 a year for
the next nv ye re. At tne end or 1
years It would begin paying' $400 a year.
and gradually Increase until at th end
of II years it would have paid tha elty
tbe aggregate sum of $10,100 as th to
tal prlc of. its franchise for us of th
att, ..:it x ,. . t ' 1 :
In a rU!l ator on. Washington street
is posted a sign announcing that "All
purchase In amount -over $1 will be
delivered free to any part of tha city.
Purchase of amount less than II will
be delivered to- any .part of the city fori
10 cents." no stipulation la mad by
Portland retail merchants as to th
amount of goods to be delivered In any
particular neighborhood to enable a cus
tomer to have a package delivered at the
home. Most store deliver paoages In
discriminately, and outslds of the mile
limit only a nominal fee of 10 cents is
charged to cover car fare. - This rule.
"Cltlsen" declares, should be followed by
the telegraph companle and other publlo
servle corporatlona. and whenever any
system is Introduced by middle-men im
posing burdensome charges, he says, the
city, authorities should step In knd limit
the charges, I .
MANY CAUGHT BY FLOOD -
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for four or flv weeks,. and tha annul
ment of thetr charter in New ' York.
About th sam time he waa notified
that a receiver had been appointed to
straighten out the affairs of th con
cern. .. " ..' 'i .
From th time th men were Impris
oned nothing was heard from headquar
ters but the weekly payments still were
sent to New York. The sam thing was
true in many other large cities and It
is said that the amounts which war for
warded to New York must have reached
nearly $100,000. : What has become of
this money Is th queetlon which I be
ing asked of th contract-holders. They
feel that they ahould have been notified
by wire from New York of th failure
of the- concern1 as soon as the promoters
were arrested ' and th receiver ap
pointed. . ' !""- ' . -'
The- contract-holders -who lost the
money -are power lass t d anything,
but they blam the. authorities of New
Torn for not sending, themv notlfloation
as soon as ths failure- was known.' .
A complete statement of th affairs
of. the defunct company and th op ra
tions of the-promoters bss beea received
by th contract-holders in this city.
THOMAS M'MAHON WEDS
" LOIS CLE0RA ERWEN
(Special DUsateb te The JoarnaLt
Seattle, Oct 18. Thoraaa McMahon,
a well-known local politician,- was last
night married to Misa Lois Cleora Kr
wen. th 10-year-old daughter of Louis
C. Brwen, at their West Seattle home.
McMahon met Mlsa Krwen five year
ago- July 4. when he gave her $10 to
purchase 'fireworks. Th attachment
has been a matter of common comment
ever . since. The groom - Is about ' 10
years of age.''- .
Ptold Hons Barns. ''-.
:fJoaral Special Serrie.)
Princeton, N. J., Oct . 18. The big
field house on the university athletlo
field, containing dressing rooms and
training quarters of th baseball, foot
ball and track teams wss destroyed by
fire last night Loss, $10,000. '
Makes
the lightest
delicious
and
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hot biscuit
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fiihok o.
(1LLSI1CELF
Seattle Millionaire Found Lying
- ... on Floor With Gu Tube
,. (- . ;:by 'SJde;- - -
MARRIED NOTED LOCAL; .
- SINCER FEW MONTHS AGO
No Cause Known for Rash Act as
Batiness Affairs Afe in Excellent
. ShapeOccupied Apartments
,' Fashionable Hotel. '
at
(Special Dispatch t Tbe Joaraal.) - " '
SeatUe. Waah.. Oct II Frank B.
Hubbell. a millionaire . owning ( - the
Union block and half a mil of prop
arty on Union atreet In th heart of th
business district of this elty, com
mltted suicide In his luxurious apart
menta at tb Washington hotel this
morning by taking Illuminating gaa, H
was unconscious whan found and died
at noon. . - .- .-
July $1 h married Miss Helen A.
Moor, a noted local singer,' and since
then haa - been a guest of tha Wash.
Ington. His wife or friends are unable
to assign any caua other than worry
over his vast property Interests, which,
however, are In excellent shape. Lately
they had noticed that ha' was raelant
choly. Mrs. Hubbell occupies a bed
room on their main sitting room and
Hubbell another on th opposite aid.
This morning at S o'clock Mrs. 'Hub
bell arose and after dressing went to
her husband's room to awaken him. On
opening th door there was a rush of
gaa and on th -floor lay Hubbell. hi
arm outstretched and a ' rubber tub
extending from th gaa Jet with the, end
lying close to his month. ,
Dr. Harris waa ; Immediately sum
moned. Oxygen was Immediately given,
but he passed away at noon.
u:;gai::iy rocx disappears
- OFF car:.!aak
Known as Mark Hanna and Rs
-v garded With Suspicion by
. All Sailor, i
'(Setclal Disnatch te Tb Joenul.t '
Victoria, B. C, Oct 31. Keeper Day
kin of th Carmanah lighthouse reports
th sudden disappearance of the rock
"Mark Hanna." which stood $0 feet eat
of water near Bonllla Point ell Car
manah. . 1
' Th rock was so named by Daykln
soma tlm age on account of tha strik
ing resemblance to, the late senator's
face shown tn the outline of the rock
when viewed from one direction. ...
.. Seaman regarded the rock as really
uncanny. It was the cause of many
wrecks, sailors contending that It had
magnetic power' which attracted vessels.
Among vessels In recent year loat by
striking this rock were th Duchea of
Argyl. Puritan and Wmp Brothers.
Lighthouse Keeper Daykln think It
waa struck by. lightning, thus kseplng
up the romance which has surrounded
the rock. Day kin's 'reasons for this Is
thst th morning sfter a terrtfio thun
derstorm "Mark Hanna" was lost to
view. He (Irmly believes It waa de
stroyed In the way indicated. Exposed
as It was ' to stormy seas It Is quite
probable that their action wore the rock
off, below the eurf ace until finally It
toppled over during the storm. ;
BLOOD FLOWS IN RUSSIA
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being badly wounded. At Tomsk a mob.
Is marching through the streets singing
revolutionary songs and . demanding a
communal republic " Troops charged
the rioting erowd, forcing many to dis
perse shd many were wounded. The at
tack waa followed by a atrlke o( the
railway employee, who had remained at
work until this morning. . ..
. " Martial fcaw at Warsaw. '
Martial law has been declared at War
saw. Tha governor-general has ordered
every"labor agitator found with arms In
his posseeslon shot on ths spot. - Every
person after t o'clock at night on tb
streets will be arrested end searched
and If revolutionary literature Is found
upon him he will be shot. Oreat ex
citement followed the promulgation of
the order, which was followed by the
dynamiting of the bridge at Kyaakoff.
a suburb, and tha tearing up of the
railway , tracks for a considerable dis
tance. A mob at Reval flred th theatre this
morning and prevented the firemen from
extinguishing the , names. - Troops
charged ths rioters with clubbed guns
snd a number of caaualtiea resulted.
Crowds are pillaging factories . and
shops. All government . institutions
have been closed.
- mietlar at waeaT.
At Kleff a mob gathered and made
threata of violence. , The troops placed
machine guns at the railway station
expecting aj) attack. The military com
mander -has ordered the troops to re-capture-
Kharkoff, where a state of war
Is declared te exist and much blood
shed Is - expected to follow the execu
tion of the order. . ' - '
' At Loda the strike Is most complete,
very employ In th city being out ex
cept the gaa workers, whom th mili
tary have compelled to continue at
work. The- governor haa ordered th
troops to fir In th event of disturb
ances ahd to act without mercy.
. The law creating a responsible cabi
net is expected to be promulgated this
afternoon and Witt a appointment as
premier announced. - Machine guns
which have been Collected at eTearskoe
Belo for tha protection of : th' palace
hav been brought here as It Is feared
th revolutionist may resort te . vio
lence. ",'-,.' . '' ''' -
No attempt was mad . to Interfere
with tbe monater mass meeting held at
tha university yeaterday. Big meetings
were eJso held In th technological; art
Institutes and engineering schools.' ;
It Is reported, that tb csar will with
draw his ' Imperial edict ' creating a
douma and will glv a liberal constitu
tion, fashioned after the EngUah -model,
to the Ruaalan people. Witt 1 aald to
favor thla policy as th only action
poaalbl to bring peace to the country.
Unless som such action is taken Witt
has threatened to leav th oountry. .
' miton 'jM,'Oee SX '
s (Special Dlatrs- te TaS oanx'l.) ' - '
Marahfield. Or- Oct. . elenator
ton attended a dinner In his honor given
by Mayor U J. Blmps(m of North Bend
last night " , ,
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THIEVING WAITRESS IS
SENT TO PENITENTIARY
" (SpeeUr Dispatch to The iownal.)
Chehalla, Wash, Oct It. MyrU Fel
ter, a waitress, who came here from
Portland and was 'employed aV the St
Helens hotel In thla elty. pleaded guilty
to grand larceny before Judge Rio and
waa sentenced te three years In the
penitentiary. ' She stole money and Jew
elry from other enrploye at the hotel
and attempted to faaten the guilt on a
young man employed In the house. .
.'Good Taste and Bad Taste
,
" in
IT:
' Pictures of good houses on one side -of the
p " i - i j
page and on the other a sample of the
ugly architectifre with - which this country f
. abounds the contrast is striking. See the
The Ladies Home Journal
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
TREMAINS IS ACQUITTED
OF'MURDERING MARSHAL
t ' ejeassesMsaaieaasBBSBssase . ' , '" .'
"" Aberdeen, Wash., " Oct - J7. Barauel
Tremalne, who was. accused of kicking
to death, Marahal Clay of Elma last
August whsn the latter was trying te
arrsst him, was yesterday acquitted on
th ground of aelf defense.
Lisbon, Oct $$.-Enthualaatlf recep
tions are being accorded President Lou
bet during- hia visit ' : . -
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Small Houses -
NOVEMBER Number of ;
15 Cents a Copy at Dealers
MALHEUFT DITCH BOUGHT
- BY MINNEAPOLIS MEN
(Special Dtepatr ts The jiorasl.) ' '
Welaer, ' Ida, Oct XI. Minneapolis
capitalists have bqught . th , Malheur
ditch, which waa projected about four
years age to Irrigate IS, 00 acre on- the
Oregon aid of th Snake river. The
completed idltch will be about Si miles
long, about one-quarter of It haa been
completed and th nw purchaser bend
themselves to finish It by May II of
naxt year. ''','
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