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. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, APRIL; 2, 7913TWENTY-TV0 PAGES
VOL; XII. NO. 21.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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CITY KiSM
SUIT TO COLLECT
FIRST VIEWS OF FLOOD SCENES IN STRICKEN CITY OF DAYTON, OHIO
' m 2 :-
IIIMlIffll j
, LADOR 111
" TO SAVE LEVEES
Cairo Still "Keeps Out Flood
Waters by Constant Ef
fort of AH in Threatened
'.City; Bulkheads Built. .
ARREST IS! PENALTY;FOR .
ALL-WHlTDO NOT WORK
Only Those Wjio Are Required
to Maintain Necessities
Are Exempted. '
(United Trwi jLeawd IVlte.)
Cairo, 111, April 2. Water continues
to flow through, th gap. In tlx Big four
levee north of here, and it la predicted
that within two days the lowlands will
be. covered with front 2 to 10 feeT Of
y water.;;.1.''.'1-"':1'" TV' V '" . -. '
-. Southeastern Missouri ' has" "received
warning that the 1 greatest flood since
II15 U Imminent. The levee at Mick
wan," Ky.,i also la weakening, ' , ;
f Jfivery man lit the city la working on
! the levees wltlt the exception of grocer",
physician, bakers, druggists and neWa
Taper teen, wbo art needed in otner,
quarters. All others are threatened with
arrest, unless they report at the levees.
' Karly today -the river was 64.1' feet
here, the-highest , It has -reached In the
history of the cltjv A rise of another
.foot Ma expected. Tha Ohio levee, pro
teCtlng 40 .pHy, blocks, is buJkheaded to
a neigiu vi oo ieet.
Some women and children are still
here and are aiding in the work on the
levees. The railroad communication" be
tween here and Cairo Island Is cut off
but the wire facilities ire generally un-
disturbed.' The weather forecasters de
darts if k break Jo, the river occurs be
low the town H'probably will relieve
Cairo. v : : -.- -
Relief Work Planned.
Columbs. Ohio, -April 2. Governor
Cos -and the Ohio relief commission to,
; . day plan-, a, tour of the state's flooded
... distrJcta ireparatory. to .inaugurating 4
plan of relief work for flood sufferers
, that will run Jhto the hundreds of thou.
- It was estimated todaythatr 1100,000
will be weded n ' Columbus to aid In
, the reestablishing of homes and that
.'l00,00fr will' tie needed -In-Dayton aione;
STlie stricken districts are appealing
' for more money, as the finances in the
hands of the relief commission r get
ting low.; . .' - i"
nayton,,, Marietta Portsmouth and
Zanesvillf need money badly. , -;
: : Lob Angeleg Fuiid Grbwa. T
Loa,. Angeles, Cat, April 2. Fifty
thousand dpllars has been sent' from
. Los Angele today for the flood stif
ferers In Ohio and Indiana. -!More money
Is being raised.' On "Friday afternoon
1be Los Angeles Athletic club wilt stage
nn athletic program to aid the fund.
. Saturday, the profeslsonal boxers will
perform .at aud Junction, and several
theatre haT scheduled benefits for
other nights this week. The Ios An
gcle contribution, it is expected, will
reach $(5,000. , : ;.
i Dayton Needs Food, Cash.
'layton, Ohio, April 2. John. Patter
Bon, presldenf of the National Cash Reg-,
ister company and head of Dayton a re
lief comoaiupn, went to Columbus to
day to confer with Governor Cox and
Miss Mabel Boardman. in official of
, , the National Red Cross. Governor Cox
is custodian of a fund of nearly 1,
OOfl.000 raised for the relief of flood
wufferers. It was said that the food
" supi'ly-In Day'ton will not last tbrea
days;. 1 - -1 -v - .
11
OF
Huge Wreath,' Ordered by the
Kaiser, Placed on Casket
; -byerman Ambassador. .--
mm
BODY
UPON SPECIAL
STARTS
NR.
PORT
::... (t'nltPit Pre Leaned Wife.)'
; : Kom. Aoril Without awaiting
permission from th Kreiu-h govern
ment. the body of .f.Plerpont Morgan,
the New. York 'financier; who died at
the Grand hotel here Monday afternoon,
! was started on a special train for. llavre,
France, at 8 p. m today, where it will
be. placed aboardi a liner, " I was ac
companied by Herbert Satterlee, Mor
gan's son-jn-!aw, , Mrs. Satterlee, " Mor-
X. jran's daugber, nd Ileren Hamilton,
. There Is mu 1 ,red ,fape to be gone
' through "in- both France and Italy be
fore a body can be removed, but Sat
tei lee attempted the trip, trusting that
AniericaiT Ambassadors Herrick at Paris
and p'Brien at Rome would arrange
niaUex before the speHai train reaches
the frontier. Moat -of Urn' Italian f ai
ins titles, already had been met. -
Before,: the body was remm - , ,i
the Grand hotel, the German hmtma
' ssd'or,. acting under direct ord.'is from
Kaiser Vllhelm. deposited a . huge
- wreath on the easket.V ."
' - Wlth" Vnlted States Ambassador
Ln'grlrn' ftnil relatives and close friends
attending, brief services over, Mr. Mor-
k gan's remains. -were held , today In the
- parlor' of the Urand hotel. , The Rev; Mr.
' Neltion off!' lated.r . I
n "i AeiUuaJTuruiiTurUCw,.
- (Vnlted ITcm fil Wlr.) ,
l'srls. ..pill ' 2. Ula machine TufnTfig
turt'le While S00 feet In the air, Adjutant
; Vves Karciv-vn arhiy .aviator," was
' pleiigeri to the irroimdMn his aoroplana
and instantly kiJlrd Miy
f ' i
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IS01lRNrJ; ' - .TJpll
Suffragette Leader's Trial for
Blowing Up Lloyd-George's
Country House Begins; She
i Pleads Not Guilty;
Pankhurstlan Paragraphs.
, Stenographic excerpts from re
i cent apeechea by the leader of
' the English mill tan ta, , Mrs. Era
nierine Pankhurst:
" "Woahan reaurheguerllia waf- "
fare and continue it'umUl this.
'jueatlon. i settled. '-Ay.'-iT:-..
Human life is sacred to us be-.
yond everything else, but we are v
going to, .do as muoh damage to'
For all that Our 'women have
done, for all they ftre . doing, and
for ah they will do, short of tak
ing human life, I assume full re
sponsibility.' j.
We have to create a situation.,
: In' which the "ordinary bustnesa"
mail will cry out:. "We will not
have this state of things con
tinue any longer."- We are not
, destroying orchid houees, cutting
telegraph wires and Injuring golf
links In order to win. the ap
proval of the people who are at
tacked. . :.' ,
I have not only been breaking
the laws myself, but I have been
Inciting and Instigating and pre
paring other persons to do the -same.
, . '
I hate advised, I have Incited,
I have conspired and I say this:
The authorltfee n.eed not look for
the women . who have done what
they did last night (referring to
the blowing , up of the Lloyd
George house). I accept the re
8ponailtiort.:, .
tnnlted Vtrn Xeaned Wlw.
London. April 2. Self confessed insti
gator of the recent suffragette reign of
terror, Mrs. EwmeTTne ' Pankhurst - was
placed On trial-here today .at the Olid
Bailey, London's historic central crimi
nal court, charged with Inciting her fol
lowers In their attempt to blow up
Chancellor of. the Exchequer Lloyd
George'a country villa at Walton Heath,
on February 19" last
Mrs. Pankhurst pleaded not guilty
without a show of motion. Calmly an
nouncing that she intended to act as
her own attorney; the militant leader ar
rived at Old -Bailey in an automobile and
was escorted .into ! court-hy a scot's or
more militant suffragette leaders.
Justice Lush Is presiding over the
trial and the crown la- represented by
Attorneys BOdkln, Travers '-and. Humph
rey.. ; ' . ' ..'. . , '. .
Attorney Bodkin read the police tran
script ' of the speech Mrs. PankhuVst
(Continued on Page Two..).
F
T BE
TS
, (Tfnlted Pre teaaed W
Washington,; f .T5iX-pt,.si,i..t u ,.
ion explained F, s vlc nn tariff .
Vision to the house ways And means
committee today. Ho told Chairman
Oscar Underwood' that the free list does
not mention foodstuffs, and he Insisted
thaf the committee immediately, arrange
io anmit fiticn comraoames free.
rinns to eliminate lengthy debates
ani K. t to a Quick vote. also wore, din-
. ,ed. ' 1 ' , - -
After conferring with Pident "Wil
son. Chairman unaerwooo said: . r
Some of tire changes suggested in th
tariff bill by the president were general
and soma were in detail. On none of
th points ha raised Is there likely o be
any ' aeriqnsdiaagreemenV in ; jthe corri-
mlttee. we wera quite wiumg.to re
port the bill he will approve, and the
president was quae wining , to agree
with us. I think there will be no rou
ble on-lhat score. ' i
"We presumably win have; a caucus
VuVada thougirr hT t- ot-ihttr r?a3y
OODSTUFFS
MUS
FREE
WILSON
I IVIU
wlttr matters-whHttt' UBt be presentediywm
n It." : .- :' : v v-
Underwood refused to specify the
schedules 1 which; the president disan-
II " '"f'"': ' ' Si ' f I f 'J
. ..i . I T1 . . s , . . ' ; , , '
Toj Fifth 8treet,'Dliyton, Ohio covered -with .water; savinjc old lady . and
i;thrflays. Bottoru Rescuers' at 'work In1 Fifth 'street In.
TO
E
FEED. HOUSE
The JournalThis Morning Tel:
egraphed More Than $1000
to Governor Cox; '
An urgent calL for additional funds
to feed, clothe ana care' for Pay ton's
hungry thousands, of. flood aufferera
was received In a tehgram today by
Mayot Rushlight froirj John .Patterson,
chairman of the Dayton .Cltisens' .Re
lief committee. 'ThO telegram reads:"
'feiluatlon in Hajtbi 'appamg.v" Ft
nanolal help urgently '.deeded at : once, to
feed, clothe and reestablish .our people
in their homes, thousands of which have
been . destroyed. " 1 "' 'j!.-j''
"Sanitary problem .very serious and
win involve great expense we are com
pelled to feed our, entire population aa
supplies of our local grocers practically
exhausted.;, Send remittances to . W. F.
Dippus, .secretary; treasurer .of s Dayton
Citizens' Relief committee." , : '-)
Immediately on receipt of the tele
gram, The Journal' forwarded by "wire
to Governor Cox of Ohio, $11 f7.2lW.t
balance pf the sum collected y tt and
the. Ohio societies by publie subscrip
lion for. the relief of, the sufferers. Prior
to today's . contribution, The Journal an J
Ohio aocitlea had sent $4000", making a
total of JW1T.28. ,z
5 -Mayor Jtushllght said, thla afternoon
that he.,'Ould turrt -the telegram' over
to the. .Chamber Of Commerce relief
committee. hlch at noon today had 'a
bash . balance or 6779.6 or tne (i 3,
276.4S "Raised "hy public donations. -
' The ' committee has forwarded: $7500
east for the relief of flood sufferers,
$2500' going to. Indiana and $5000 to
Ohio. " The moneys were wired several
days ago and since then all 8 members
feared Mother nornts Hear the stricken
areas now' threatened .bs,k flood might
(Contlnued.11 litfie io.) ' . i-
3 mm go
TO
'; (L'ultpd I'reM Lcimtd Wlro.J
' Omaha.. Neb., .April 2. Despondent
over her husband'a tran8fe to the PhM
ippines. THrs. Greta Hull,, wife of Colonel
John Hull, United .Slstes army,' leaped
head foremost 86 feet into the Missouri
river from the Douglas street bridge, in
the jew of hundreds, and is dead here
today. .When her body 'was recovered
hatf lk Jnlte down the stream,- shewas
still bMathijigTT butt PassedTaway aooh
afters fr; : ::;" V- " '.""''
1 Mrs. Hull was a prominent spWety
matron hero and was the daughter of
Jojirt Chase of Des Molnes,) 'Jowa. Hull
in'tL Judge advocate n tHe armyand is
i H Is the youngeat colonel
In tne army.' .-He lert Dea Moines for
San Francisco last" week, and expects .to
a II from the latter-city for the Orient
April fi ,
IP
CLOTH
NED
VE
mm
OR: KINNEfOT OREGOff
DOUBTS-EFFICACy OF
;rFflEDMANN'S VACCINE
Observations So. Par Show No
r Superiority ' t(W: Vaccines in
User but It's-CarlyYetv,
(Scil to.Tbe Jourml.) ' ,.
:. stoila, Oiv .April 3. Dr. Alfred Kla-
ney late lat night reeelved the follow-
Jng message .from ; Br;August Kinney,
Who waj sent bjr-the Oregon state board
of health ,to- investigate the Friedmann
tuberculosis treatment. '' J-s'
"I will start, home this week. Jt i
IIMl... r ..Main Iah... ' T . ...til ' I.
I . ;l.ui. j ti . i . ',.
CH., iWH.Ul, i( TH1 UBimr 1,11, tl n AttAAmAn, 1 h. L,r
waosi uur unjinuig i it u rule 18
known Jn regard to the results of the
treatment of "the pulmonary tuberculosis
cases., So far In these the improvement
la "hut alight.Mn surgical tuberculosis
of i glanaa; bones and joints the im
provemeht ' la fairly rapid, r believe
this to bo due to the Intravenous Method
of administration and I think tubercu
lin, as we "use it, If so given, would show
uniformly as qulca -Improvement. . I
think Friedmann is sincere and . that
nia 9 vaccine is or great value in se-
lectedcases. hut from observations to
date, I cannot see the advantage of his
Vaccine over the ones we' are using In
pulmonary cases,, for so far as observed,
we are; getting better, results.
. I have arranged here with ur. Proc
tor, in .charge of. the consumptive ward
at Belleyua hospital, to, send me weekly
ins dally observations made up in rec
ords and charts of, all the patients
treatea by Friedmann m uaiievua-'of
wnom. " i nave me , reooras ana cnaria
previous , to receiving ' the Friedmann
treatment. These are of patients resi
dent lin BeUoviie . from , one to several
months with 'sanitary. , 'conditions un
changed.; Whatever degree of Improve
ment is, noted in thesis cases will show
' . -
the , treatment. .. ..-r- : ' I
a-rtAn u.aoa .uinnl, .nil,, nhn.t. .1
pon these records, and" harta of
Inatlona, of. the lungs I will make
y final report to the Oregon state
exam
up m
tall, that ,eve pulmonary expert " In 1
Oregon can form his own .conclusions-"
- 1 ''-'. '" . ';
AMBASSADOR WILSON
S nPTiiiMi rnrn'L. a,r
(RKrll to The Juuranl.1
Spokane,, Wash;. April 2. On the ex-
nlratlon of his service '"as ambassador
to Mexico.; Henry Lane Wilson will re-1
urn to Spokane to make hla home. This
Is according to a Jjersonal letter received
from Wilson by J. C. Cunningham, of
the Union Trust ft savings bank of this
cltyr" Wilson resided here, before enter,
lng the dlpiomatto service 19 years ago.
He has been ambassador to Chile, Brua-
srirandexieen-that-tfiner-WilsoB
expresHes gratitude to hla friends for
their kind remembrances of him -during
these difficult,-hours," in , a letter o
Cundlngham.
llaska, -Jlclps
':"'Niwer"A raaaar-Apfii " 2:Th?
fund for- Oitio flood auf fevers.
n'lef
ichJ
was begun by the Kugget, ls iuw $.,m,
This amount will' be wired to (h9 i .- '
Croas St Columbus, Ohio, - - .
.... .. ' .
' ion who had been jmarooned - for
the wifr current.' ' ' .
ttttCERTAIN---
E
L
Senior-Senatorl SHys iNam'es
Not to ; BeA rrno u nc.edj King
ill J War, re. Q H Hot . - '
Willi 1 1 liUI d VJItrv 1 1UL "
(Whlngton JlurcRu.of TJie-VHrDal.t
; .WaBhington.Apilt 2, There la no
doubt about an agreement being reached
between the Oregon senators , regard
ng patronage. Senator Chamberlain
admitted today that he and Senator
Lane were In reasonable accord on some
places and lie said shall aaree on
I .. . ' . -
1 A . . .,, -
i ...s w..Mvv ... B , , fc
t""1"""" "u""t'
Ha. did not know Just how an agree-
ment " would "be reached," posaibly by
drawing straws, and then of course, the
admlnistratlon may not accept the sena-,
tors' recommendations.
Judge King's piece of pie is still fn
the political cupboard; He has been
named In connection with the appralser
Shlp of merchandise in New York, which
position carries a salary of $9000, and
he woild take that but the oracle at
the SVhite House has not spoken. But
he surely 'Will get something and
in
about a week, he hopes.
listIMStS:
( Wathlnctufl Btireiia of The Jonrnil.k
Washington, April 2. Senator Cham
berlaiR has transmitted ; to the secre
or indorsement, and petitions,, received
bv hlm-1n behalf "of MmHilatae -,.
. ... ... ' . ' i .
pointment to positions 'now pendlnW in
land. of flees in-the etate of Oregonri
rniinir ' 'M i
Keceiver at Burns: v. g. cozad, Char;
1 ? w.-? EIlts.v Wiiism KnAv- sWrii
Motherahnad J n wism ' .n'"l'
ON STATE PATRONAG
SA
CHAMBER
FOR LAND OFFICE JOBS
Worthlngton.,!,,Recc!vpf, at'La Grande jr. stowell ."asserts"1 at
A- Cln ,war- J. A. French. R. A..Crefe-.fi,.':..,;d ,,iUs as proof, that
Z'J' l'1' t.'f' ! " rent,y , charg.n
isrles A;. Small. R, 11. ie
Register at Lakeview: Jann-s
burgess, W, A. Orton. .'. Receiver at
1 n vaues: ti, .a meson, u, A.uootli,
'i.orum, eorge n.- cuihertaon,' it.
Driver, J. Ht Phirman. Reglstet at
The Dalles: R. H. Coaiiow," A. P. Nel
son, H. F. Woodcock. T. K. J.,Iuf.fy,
JOHN .D. JR. BALKS '.
AT $180 TRAIN BILL
"".'"tValTeff rwi Ua'aed Wlrr V ' i
Colon, April 2. One hundred and
flghty dollars Is altojrther too much to
pay..fof"l' apeplal twin across the Jstft.
mus of Panama, in the opinion of John
1). RockefHlefr Jr.j 'Who -hired, each i a
Ion 'account of the prt-'e. The train wan
finally taken .over h.v fellow tourists of
r.orkefellcr's (from. New Vork. and the
vnMlionaire rode. arrriaa .the lxthniua In a.
iir, passienger-coarH.'-"- .
; ;,'
JUDGESJEMBERS
OF LEGISLATURE,
ALL GET PASSES
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Demands Wholesale-
. Arrests in Colorado
for Violation of Law.
rcnft4 Tresi tetfed wlre.I
Washington, April i. The Interstate
opramarce commission today reported on
Its recent lnventfgatlon Into alleged fail
road- p ss grafting In Colored o. It ds
manda'Tft'Jnttlcttdeht6f the Colorado
Fuel &.: Iron Co., the Victor-American
Fuel company, . the Colorado Portland
CemenT"corapany, and the Great West
ern Sugar company for accepting passes
and the Rio' Grande and the Colorado
Southern railroads for granting pajses.
The teport alleges that Judges, state
officials, legislators and County and
municipal officers th Colorado ' used
passes, adding: , v" -
"The' record shows that where passes
were not voluntarily granted, that pub
lic officials, asked for them. Even
Judges have not hesitated to pursue this
course. The records disclose personal
requests for, passes by; Judges, accom
panied by, expressions of their sense of
obligation for such" favors granted be
fore and after they went on the bench.
Railway witnesses frankly explained
that such passes were given because of
political services. ,
FIRE DAMS ftlVER; LOSS
LARGE 'AT JANESVILLE
" '"'"
' "tOnlted Pri Ld Wlr.)
Janesvllle, Wis., April 2. By causing
the buildings it was consuming to topple
into-t he -rtverrthua -damming up-1 he
stream and flooding the lighting plant,
a fire was responsible for $500,000 dam
age here last night. The blase started
n the Reed clothing store and quickly
spread-to many buildings along the
waterfront. ' .
P. I L 8 1
CHARGES
: : LIGHTING. SAYS COMPLAINT NOW ON FILE
The More Light Bulbs in a Residence, the Higher the Rate,
;, According toP. E. Stowell
. Condition Not Shown
Tl(m Bureau of The Journal.) ... .,
Patem", Or' April 2-CrIous alleged
discrimination in charges, for eiectno
lighting: service Pmade by the Portland
RaUway,- Ughb & rower company jr
pointed. out Jn a complaint filed with
the state .ralrod.commiseibn' today by
P. , - Stowell fi 834-, Corbett street,
Portland
nd offers r
the company,
g every f us-
ttinn-i tne same. rrV in-. reei.ivy ciwrjji's
no tw ii like. He alleges that the mora
lif;ht i iHis one has In his residence the
'hierhcr Is the rate he has' to pay for the
Juice consumed. In other : words-,'-ho
aVs, a man with '30 lights In his house
is made to pay a higher rate for the
actual Juice consumed than Is charged
a person with 20 lights Installed.:-'-'
Hpw fhe. Company Xxplaiia It.
"The comjny' plea is that it makes
this charge, 'because- it stands by ready
to aupplv-.' the current, for all outlets
figured, but jest ao the gas conipany;.or
water ' conu'nny ciuld' make thp same
plea." fays Mr. Stowell, ' '-
Mr. fitowell enclosed ' with hi, (com
plaint 'two .receipted bills, for 'lighting
servlc,i! ' Both-' 'bills wei:...tor;,the, con.
k u i o t pi Hn o f . i 2 : k ii o wft 1 1. h o u re; ';'. 1 n-,"oi i e
W 1 1 - hf jrira4Ua-i',aittf j'tt lau;s uu
charged ftfr..t the-..rat' .f .8 c'iiij wii.l
the remaining. 9 4t T wonts.- In the
bill only the--.first-; 19; ''kilowatt I
w.-i'e charged for af.the rate of 0
'. - v. : k t 10' 'were'',-7' ccnta .. r
hpr
i'-l
Complaint Against P. R., L &
P. and P. G. & C. Co. Filed
( by" City "Attorney; ' Over
. $90,000 Claimed Due.
ACTION IS BASED ON
THE GROSS EARNINGS
Companies Declare City . Has
t No Right to Levy Occu
pation Tax, ; . '
City Attorney Frank S. Grant today" -filed
complaints against the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company and
the Portland Gas A Coke com parry
recover for the city an 4 aggregato
amount of more than $90,000, due under
the three per cent Initiative tax ord'-
bancs, from ' the companies r on ' thrtr
gross receipts for 1912. ''. "A '''
The companies have demurred, from
a similar complaint filed last year for
the eoll action of -'the tax -tar ipart ..of-.
19J1: These cases have been pending
In ' the courts ever since last. May ami
are to be argued within a few Jays. '
The corporations contend that the cltv
has.no uthorlty to levy an occupation ,'
tax. under the terms of the, present
charter., . Before the legal question In- '
vfflved i a decided another and even mora
important quesion will be Injected Into
the' controversy. ; The city will attempt
t prove that; the- Portland Railway, .
Light &' Power company has been an I
f still engaged in the business of sell
ing light and power without a ; fran
chise. , H V . '::,'.;; ij..- .-.W-'-.i. , .-.
There Is duejffom the gas'compan
under the three per cent tax measure
the suftTof $34,862, and from the Port- -land
Railway Light A Power companv -the
sum. of $56,B4S, for business done in
1912. The grose receipts of the for
mer company amounted to $1,145,000 an.l
of the latter company $1. 884, 944.
SCUTARI IS BURNING;.
FURIOUS ATTACK BY
ALLIES JSIIO
Montenegrins - Refuse. Trans-'
mission of" Austria's Mes
sage Regarding Civilians. '
(Untied Prt Loasml Wlr.)
Cettinje, April 2. Servian troors this
afternoon began a terrific bombardment
of Scutari, independent of the Monten
egrin troops.
The report that Scutari was In flames
was confirmed late today, and the city's"
fall is hourly expected. (
The. war office asserts that the Mon
tenegrins captuted three of the Tan
bosch forts, and. the capture pf the re
maining two Is Imminent. - : ; , ;
t Montenegro has answered the demahd
of . the powers . that the, civilians.' in
Scutari, be allowed. to leave. Jth the
statement that its; army', commanders
Will not allow a cipher message to that
effect to beJranBmltted, to tjtha com
mandant of the beleaguered town. A .
crisis la threatened. - -
Council Removed Attorney , Bogy.
(Special to The Journal.) :
Mdford,-Or, -April 2,--The ci ty coun..
ell last night, by unanlmoa vote, re- -moved
City Attorney O. C. Boggs -on th
charge of using his office for political
persecution of. one of the. councllmen,
George H. Wller. The vote was taken r
after. Boggs.had refused to resign.' .
of Portland in' Alleging .
on light "Contracts." "
mainlng 2 were I cents. Thus wh'la
on the face of the bill the ratesi
the same, the first consumer Is chares
"more" than the ; second ' for the same
amount of Juice. , s , ,; -
"The current eonaumed never figure
out the same price per kilowatt hour
for any . two months unleaa the 'same
-;iet amount is used, neither turn
conaun:"' pay the same for 'the' asmo'
amount of current unless thir posuih!
consumption be the funis, i. t. has t
same number of oitieta in tho hm.
froui which ' current could he t a ..'.
says Stoweil's complaint. - "Honc, t
charge per kilowatt hour Is not uniVoti-.
all or equal to afl or even eyi,l t
anyone particular prrtioti twlei in u -cession.
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"It ih exactly as if th con
would rnarga. on-a percontii t
not: what 'was actually n-.-
Whafcould be met(r"l if t,
paxity, were run'- through
stoves, "etc.; all the time,, or if t
were- ichartted.- not. on im ;
waai-'artually ;tlfted huv --on
what tould be. ud from :
toilets, baths, etc If r::'-."
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