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THE dUEGON DAILY JOURNAL -PORTLAND, .FRIDAY. MARCH 21, 1919.. 5 PHONE COMPANY OVERHEAD EXPENSE OF HIGH, SAY EXPERTS Inflated Wages and Huge Repair Charge Pointed Out at Hearing Before' Service Commission, "SERVICE IS ALSO SCORED Lack of Attention to Complaints , by Employes Is Brought Out in Hearing; Discourtesy Charged. Children Must Attend School COMMISSIONER BARBUR v Parents I Are Haled Into Court While the blue skies and sunshine are luring school children to thoughts of vacation, the forces of civic welfare are combining; to sweep away all chances of freedom from study. " As a forerunner of the baclt-to-the-school movement, Mrs. Millie Trumbull, secretary of the child welfare commis sion, arrested H. Lenhardt. 821 Garfield avenue, and brought, him into Judge Jones' court, where he was fined $5 for allowing his son, Ray, aged 15, to stay out of school and work.. Ray is only in the sixth grade and did not like to go to school. . He had not been in school for a year, but he will go now.. Mrs. Trumbull also arrested Casper Helm for allowing his son, who is 14 years old and In the fifth grade, to work. The boy has been working at the shipyards at Vancouver and because bis employer is in another state nothing can be done to him. Mr. Helm's case will come up the first f the veek. ' "Owe greatest trouble is not with for. elgn bora parents," said Mrs. Trumbull, "but with American parents who are pretty well educated themselves and ought to know better, . but who seem to think if a child does not want to bo to school, it is a perfectly good reason for him not going." Experts of the public service commis sipn, who for four months have been In vestigating every phase of the operation of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph 'company in Oregon, were placed before the commission this morning. They tes tified that. service rendered was inef ficient and pointed out incorrect esti mates of operation submitted by the company. Today', the fifth day, will probably conclude the telephone rate hearing. ' J. P. Newell continued the report on Tils analysis of operating expenses, both pant and future, which he began Thurs day afternoon. Records of the company were examined by Mr. Newell and his assistants, in some cases verifying and in others disproving the reports of ex penditures and estimated Increases for the ensuing year. Owing to the necessity of keeping In dividual accounts with each of more than 70,000 telephone subscribers in Ore gon, a complete analysis of the books of the company was Impossible, but through a selection of several primary cases he was able to check up the original sources and approximate the actual receipts of the company. i Expenses Are Considered : Operating expenses In the future were ueiJviiucui 1 1 1 a.i m j v.. ... creases in wages to be expected during v i ,... .oM Mr Newell. He went into this matter Just as thoroughly as he did in his other accounts, taking as his examples the comparison of wage increase betwegn 1917 and 1918. The subject of depreciation, which had been the cause of much controversy earlier in the hearing, was taken up by Mr. Newell. His records showed that an allowance oi 5.59 per cent could be made on this point while the records sub mitted by the company claimed 8.8 per cent should be the fJgrure. Mr. Newell explained that such a figure might have been proper many years ago when the company was establishing service, but is much too high for the future. He that twin Aven exceeded UIIIVW xv - the amount prescribed by the postmaster general In ma annual allowance, ma tlmate being. 5.72 per cent. Service Is Scored The next point taken up by the com mission engineer was revenues. His re port covered Portland as an example Wnj ahnmii ttiat iha nrnrmsed increase would amount to about 40 per cent on a. ' . . 1 . 3 -. .Inn .nil 1 nrt cent in apartment . nouae raws, wui smaller increase in business, measured I fate ana other service. j He estimated that this increase would Wing the total revenues up to more than $600,000 for 1919. In '1918 the com pany reported it "broke very nearly even" on expenditures and receipts. Taking up the point of efficiency. Mr. Newell severely scored the company on the manner in which it operated the complaint department in this city. He stated positively that, in his belief, the affairs of the company were, not being handled in a satisfactory manner. . He said people were constantly being kept on the wait at the complaint bureau, be cause, while an office force or io to zu - were present, he found only one or two -1 !. .r.craarAjl In oArvfnir th nubile " --"( . Dlsconrtesy Charged ' xfn. Newell commented on the fact the employes seemed to have plenty of time to converse among ineroeeiTw. ww stated that a well dressed- person who came to the counter, was usually at tn immed latelv. while working people were sometimes forced to wait the pleasure or the assistants, no aia k,n. tio ntYiM offices nerformed their service similarly, but pointed out the facts that this department, oems open to the public eye, caused numerous people to become dissatisfied with the Mr. Newell then made the assertion that a dlssastlsfied public was always more expensive and believed that even hf a. nna fB.ttir was the C&USO Of a mniiMrriibla loss to the company. He declared that the attitude of the public , . n fviomdiv toward the telephone company and added that the company would find because of this fact that an Increase of rates would caune them to become more prejudiced and possibly deteriorate rather than build up the revenues in the future if the Increase were established. liVau! A Pfanoh .' ecminer of the com mission, who was later called upon, sub stantiated the statements "made by Mr. Newell. He said, that the company's service was wholly inefficient and that the-company was overloaded with over head expenses. Discrepancies Foisted Oat Mr.- Kasch said that he had studied ment of the company and pointed out cases or.innaiea wages, ne saonuuea Scales of operating expenses of the com- TarMr 'tuHnc tha v,Am of 1917 and 1918 ' J " " - - -c 1 and pointed out discrepancies existing oetween ms accounts wa uiose suunuv ted by the company. . , , - . AlAvandnr Youner. an accountant em ployed by the commission, told of his MRS. CATHERINE REED, RESIDENT OF PORTLAND SINCE 1872, IS DEAD Born in Ireland in 1839 and Came to Oregon 'as Child; Funeral Services Saturday. Mrs Catherine Reed died at her home, 859 Grand avenue north.' Thursday. She was born in Carrick-on-Surr, Ireland, June 24, 1839," and came to Oregon with her parents when a child. Mrs. Reed had resided in Portland since 1872 and was known to a large number of friends. She is survived by three sons and one daughter, Henry K. Reed, assessor of Multnomah county ; Joseph L. and J. T. Reed, and Mrs. M. K. Gannon, all of this city. Kuneral services will be held from St. Andrews church. Ninth and Alberta streets, Saturday at 9 a. m., and final services will be private at Mount Cal vary cemetery. R. T. Byrnes, 901 Wil liams avenue, has charge of arrangements. Samuel Orr The funeral of Samuel Orr. who died March 19 at his home, 658 East Broad way, will be held Saturday from the chapel of the East Side Funeral Di rectors, 414 Kast Alder street, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Orr was in his seventy-fourth year and was born in Ireland. He had resided in Oregon for the past 44 years and had many friends in Portland. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. K. H. Pence of the Westminster Presbyterian church. The body will be forwarded to Rickreall snd final services will be held there on Saturday. Mr. Orr was an active mem ber of the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. RELATIVES OF. NURSE DISSATISFIED WITH INQUIRY INTO DEATH Miss Reid's Relations May Ap peal to War Department to Secure Action in Matter. Earl Peter Rifer "Best Health . In Years" From Internal Baths f .- Mia. Prmnon Herrod. car j of Plunk ett-Jmn-e!l Croccry' Co., Little Rock. Ark., writes Tyrrell' Hycienk: Institute of Mew York a follows: 4 "I am Terr Udto tell yoa that 1 km more than pleased with the results obtained from the turn of the J. B. I Cascade,' and am In better health than I nara been in years." This 1 but on of thousands of the same kind of letters received by Dr. Chas. A. Tyrrell of New York, the inventor of the "J. B. L. Cas cade." - '- By a purely natural pToeesa of properly ualnc warm water, the ."J. B. L. Cascade" rbkhh all : the poisonous- waste from the lower intestine, .which physicians . acre is the ea use of 95 per Sent of all human aibnenta . Woods rd, Clark A Co. 'a drug store in Port land, Or., have -filled an enormous demand for J. B. tk Cascades" in the past few years, and . will show-and explain it to you on . leanest. An interesting booklet on Internal Bathms "Why Man of Today Is Only 50 Per Cent Ef ficient" can be obtained at their store free The funeral services of Earl Peter Rlfer were held from the F. S. Dunning chapel Wednesday afternoon. March 19, and final services : were In Rose City cemetery. He died March 17 at the Good Samaritan hospital from an attack - of diabetes and was in his thirteenth year. Karl was the' son of Fred II. and Grace M. Rlfer and had three platers and two brothers; Ruth, Hazel. Dorothy, Letha May, Alfred John and Frederick H. Rlfer, all of Hillsboro. He was a stu dent in the public, school of Hillsboro and had a lovable disposition and was the friend of many schoolmates. San d Francisco. March 21. ( TJ. P.) Alleging local army officials are far from dUigent in their efforts to locate the persons responsible for the death of Ines Reid, army nurse, relatives, of the dead woman today are considering an appeal to the war department for an in vestigation. They state that in the two weeks since the Identity of the body found in a can yon near San Mateo was established, the army investigators detailed on the case have apparently accomplished noth ing. Arthur Reed, brother of the dead woman, is making a private investiga tion to determine whether the army in vestigation apathy is due to lack of In terest in the case or to a desire to cover men in military circles who might be connected either with the girl's betrayal or her death as a result of an illegal operation. For several days police have been awaiting announcement from the Pre sidio of the arrival of the' dead girl's effects from Fort Riley, Kan., where she was stationed. Although there is reason to believe the trunk may contain clews leading to the solution of the mystery surrounding the girl's death, police say, army officers have not in vestigated the trunk's non-arrival. Film to Be Used In New Loan Drive STARTS A FINISH FIGHT ON PORTLAND 'TRUSTS' asaai"ssBWJsiswBsaBpiiMwa Coincidence in "Bids for Sand and Gravel Stirs City Offi cial to Action. William P. Schauble The funeral of William P. Schauble, a well known farmer of Clackamas county, will be held at Oswego Saturday at 3 p. m. Mr. Schauble was born in the state of Washington of pioneer parents, and died in his-sixtieth year in this city Thursday. He is survived by five chil dren, Mrs. Mary Henderson and Mrs. Cecelia Nemec." Oak Grove, Or. ; John and Mathew : Schauble, Port Angeles, Wash.; Joseph Schauble of Oregon City. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Miller & Tracey. findings on the 4V4 per cent charge. This amount is the payment that the Pa cific company makes annually to the American Telephone & Telegraph com pany for services rendered in making re pairs on their equipment. He said that the company had no records available, but, through a process -of elimination, arrived at the conclusion that the com pany was paying approximately $5,600, 000 for this service, an amount which he declared was far in excess of the amount the service rendered was actually worth. .' Jjos Angeles. March 21. (IT. P.) "Knocking Knockers" is the title of the official government propaganda film for the Victory loan drive. It was made at the Douglas Fairbanks studios here and from an Outline of ideas furnished by Frank R. Wilson, director of publicity for the Victory loan. Democracy,' sedi tious propaganda, dissension, brute ig norance and Mr. Citizen are the leading characters. i- Proseeution of business combines within the city declared to be- operating as trusts is promised by the city. An investigation is now under, way to es tablish proof of such operation,' and if a case is found, the city will take legal steps to punish Infraction of the law, according to Commissioner Barbur, who requested the investigation. Portland has an anti-trust law drawn lnnr th. lfnog nf th federal law. mak ing illegal combines established to raise prices or for restraint of trade. Bids for sand and gravel recently re ceived by the city are the basis for the mia m-nfforArt tv three compa nies were identical, and all were re jected. They were, exorbitant. Commis sioner Barbur claims. He believes that other firms are practicing similar metn ods to boost the prices of their goods. fu t-r ani.tr-iiKt ia.w was invoked against an alleged laundry combine about a year ago. we Drone uy u combine, although we didn't prove our case.' Deputy City Attorney j-ning stated this morning. CHAPLAIN REPORTS ON FUND Major Gilbert Writes Letter From France to Mayor Baker. fri.. 4i...iinn mfulA of a S1000 fund A. 1Q .j .... w - - ... - sent Chaplain Gilbert, formerly of the Third Oregon, by Mayor uaaer amu as sociates for- use of Oregon boys in France, was detailed In a letter from the chaplain to the mayor and received Thursday. . "The fund has been used incessantly and repeatedly as a sort of revolving loan fund to help out soldiers in emer gencies and was returned, except in ex treme cases." Chaplain Gilbert, now of the First army corps, writes. "Thus our fund has helped many soldiers during the time when men were not paid for three, four, five and even seven months on account of continual movement, loss of service records and . other reasons." Chaplain Gilbert requests permission to employ the remaining S200 . for contin ually arising emergencies. The men now remaining In France are homesick, the chaplain declared. TO INVESTIGATE UNFORTUNATES representatives of the T. M- C A. and the federal employment bureau. To Expedite Return of Troops To expedite the return of the 148th field artillery, composed largely of Ore gon boys. Senator Chamberlain has gone to the war department, and will also take the matter up with Chief of Staff March on his - return to Washington. The unit has not yet been listed for re turn to' the United States. This Infor mation was contained In a telegram to Hal M. White, secretary ' to Mayor Baker, received this morning from Sen ator Chamberlain. 1 Band to Be, Reorganized The Portland Fire Department band is in the course of reorganisation and Will be heard in the city during the com ing summer.. The organisation disband ed during the war because of the enlist ment -of a majority of the musician's, who have now returned to the depart ment. The band will consist of about SO pieces. ' Miss Goodin Appointed Matron -Miss Lena Goodin. has been appointed matron of the Cedars, the city detention hospital for women, by Commissioner Mann. Miss Goodin was formerly chief nurse for the city. " The number of pa tients under treatment at the Cedars has decreased from more than 60 last fall to X0. , Committee Will Attempt Solution or -' ' Problem in Portland. ' A committee to delve-into the disposi tion to be made of unfortunates who endeavor to eke out a living on Port land's streets, was appointed Thursday by Commissioner -Perkins and will meet at the council chamber today to discuss the question. The streets are becoming crowded with such persons, the com missioner declares, and the committee has been, asked to make recommends tions for their proper care. ; . The committee will be made up of Chief of Police Johnson ; J. F. Myers superintendent of the school for sight less ; A. R. Gebhart, of the public -wel fare bureau ; W. F. McKlnney. of the Big Brother committee of the Elks ; Harry Anderson, ex-president of' the Central Labor Council; Oscar-Horn and Autos Collide on Boulevard; Woman Slightly Injured Mrs. Ed Blyue of Hillsdale was slightly cut on her head and face this morning when an automobile, driven by Mrs. R. Hoffman, also of Hillsdale, and tn which she waa riding, was struck by an automobile driven by Cecil Earsaxt. The accident occured on Terwilliger boulevard. The automobile driven by Earsart struck Mrs. Hoffman's machine from the rear and swerving from the road rolled down a 20-foot embank ment. Neither Earsart nor Everett Rob inson, owner of the car, was injured. . POLICE ARE HUNTING THREE UNKNOWN MEN OAKLAND BOMBING Postal and Police Inspectors Start Out for "Unannounced Destination This Morning. Oakland. CaL, March 21. (L N. & Out of a mase of clues In the bomb out rage in which Mrs. George Greenwood met death at her home in the fashion able Lake Merritt district, one la out standing today, and the energy of the police and Inspectors has been directed to running down three -men who were seen near the home immediately xouow ina; the explosion. What is considered an Important bit of information was received by the po lice this morning from Identification Expert Frank De Pue of San Francisco, who "said that there is an excellent "print" of the finger of the author of one of the numerous "blackhand letters among the effects of the late Theodore Kytka, handwriting expert. The local police immediately communicated with Mrs. Kytka to obtain the "print." Immediately following this announce ment. Postal Inspector McHenry arid. Inspectors McSorley and Kyle of the Oakland police force sped away in an automobile for an unannounced destina tion in following out a hot tip. found not t guilty on a charge of al lowing "gamblers In his place of busi ness. Thlrty-aeven other men In the room ., at the time of the "raid were found not guilty on a charge of visiting' a gambling same. ;,.'.':. . . mmt mrf 'I I ' vj Rains Bring Grippe Five Are Fined on Gambling Charges Five men found guilty of, gambling by Jury trial Thursday afternoon in the municipal court were fined $50 each this mornlngr. They are Frank Wil liams, C. Speeder, Mike Bro, Sidney Mienyr and Charles ' Miller. The pro prietor of the club, John Grant, was The Spring - : - ' ' - - . " saV a a, . a. " m ' Thissort of weather brings colds and grippe. If i t s 3ust a common cold people say, "there's no danger in that I But many a fatal sickness begins with a cold with vital ity weakened the system is ready for the Influenza trArms. Ttefrin earl v to ward off the attack. Purge the system of the toxins (poisons) ' by taking castor oil, or a vegetable laxative made of Mayappie, leaves oi aioe, ana jalap, rolled into sugar-coated pills and to be had at all drug stores as Dr. Pierce's ; Pleasant Pellets. If the cold starts with a cough, and it persists then some local treatment for this condition should be taken. A well known alterative extract which has been on the market for a great many years, and which has been highly recom mended by thousands of users, is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery. This tonic compound is composed of an extract of roots and herbs -without alcohol, and has a soothing effect : upon the mucous membrane, allays tho irritation and at the same time works in the proper and reasonable way, at the seat of the trouble the stagnated .or poisoned blood. Men's Spring Hats $4 Trimble, . . Dunlap . . . Stetson. to Schoble. . . Borsalino. J V0 Men's Caps$20 Ben Selling Leading Hatter Morrison at Fourth Special Sale Boys' -Knicker Suits Two IN ORDER to close out all remaining' heavy-weight boys' suits I shall offer tomorrow, as long as any remain- Boys' Regular $20 (TM r QC Two-Knicker Suits M O.OO Boys' Regular $1& -I O CT Two-Knicker Suits M O.OD All are good durable suits that will give the utmost in service. . Newest belted models, srnartly tailored, i . i Positive Saving of Over $4 on Each Suit Ot r Boys' Shop, Second Floor Ben zts Morrison street at rourov 1 i Telephone Us Your Order Our Private Exchange, Main 1786, Connect With All Departments of the Store. Great Crockery Special! Saturday Only Your choica of our 42piecv Dinner Sate, regularly priced SI 1.65 (PrT QP Special for Saturday. . . . & f OU Regular 65c 7-inch Oral Cot- KO ered Casserole. JOi FIRST, SECOND AND ALDER. STREETS Hardware Section ' Specials Barney and Berry Roller . . I0 A( Skate. Saturday . . ... . . DaC(e4:U Conron and McNeal Ball CO ff Bearinc Roller Skates, special W.UU Universal Lunch Boxes, Sat- QO QQ urday .pedal t. .. . . . . . .. Da4ieO7 ' Lowest price on fUhinf tackle. r it 'Em 500 Dress Only $1.15 Finest material.; color -abao- lutely guaranteed; right .up' to the minute for style and service. . All sizes for. men. Men's Derby Hats $4 Values Mrs. Housewife: See These Aluminum Specials Regularly $3.25 No. S pure aluminum Tea (PO ?Q Kettles, Saturday D.Us7 Regular SI .85 Pure Alum inum Percolator; CI C9 6-cup OQ Regular $1.85 Pure Alumi num Straight Ket- C" CO ties. 4-quart. . . . UAetJO $2.29 Mallory and other makes. ' Take your choice at only $2.29. Men's Soft Hats Choice $1.49- A special assortment la Tarieas colors. Take year choice. Erery one a bargala! i French Serge Dresses J 1 II (TJhCf $18.50 Values at I .Zt A Saturday special that will bring many a fair customer to Simon's. Dresses in the very latest styles at a fine reduction. The colors are reseda, brown, nary and Burgundy; trimmed with white satin collars and cuffs. Splendid garments for women's business wear. Misses' Coats Lot 2. Zibeline Coats Values to $25.00 'S Men's Overalls and 'l v Jumpers Your Choice at $1.79 . A aew lot Jast la eollo bias, gray, blae stripe, light stripe. . Women's and Lot 1. Winter Coats Values to $15.50 $2.98 A United umber of plaids, slight., ly soiled, to go at this anheard ef firleel Spleadld coats for motor g or traveling. MEV8 BELTS W belts to sell; refmlar 7ie Talaes;r bukl OQ with patent Jock; choice... a7- $5.98 All Standard Tobaccos at Reduced SATURDAY GROCERIES For Sunday Breakfast and Dinner Booth's Sardines (not OTer 1 Oa, 6 cans to a customer) . . AOU Golden Elk Puree Tomatoes, No. 2H cans; Saturday 2 Purity Cross Lobster a la New burg; 4-oa. can, 25c;. tC Liberty Brand Pitted 1 Prunes, 15-oa. package. . AJ1 Extra Standard Corn, Peas 1Pt and Beans, the can AJ 1 01m-iBt : Hard Wheat Flour. . . $2.80 WUconsin Buckwheat; S- QK0 la black oaly, slightly soiled. ObIt a limited nember to be sold. Eaea garmeat an astoaishlag bargain I 70c U N DERWEAR ! A Cleaaap of Odds sad Eads 10c This lot consists ot children's tinder-waists, small women's anion salts, pants, etc. As long as any remain, choose at oaly- lO. CURTAIN SCRIM 25c Quality 19c Shown la white, eream and eera, with beaatlfnl filet border. - Aa amazingly low price bny now! Horse Shoe and Fena's thtrki alna Spearhead thick; the plag gQg Granger "Twist (dos, , 91.10K each 1UC HUU Dl'BHAM Is back! - for25t) each.......... 1"; TUXEVO In 16-os. glass 1 tf MEli "CIGARETTES 17-, (carton, S1.60), package. A v Limit 1 carton to a. easterner, CIGARS Kosadora, Washington's Cabinet, Sew Bachelor; t1 OR tins ef S cigars at.'.... 9 A.OiJ 1h. aaek Crackars, the lb. , X5C Cookies, good quality, ' IF. pound xoy .Irory Soap, large, bar " (g I . . .. .. ... .... xwv , W . P E CI AILS 4 GOOD SHOES FOR LESS .We hare assembled four wonderful specials for Saturday cus tomer. You will find at Simon's Portland's lowest prices on oo- Women's Shoes 1 DVyo' ' wiiuco Sixes 9 to 13, SI. 98 . Sines 1 to 6 for S2.39. Calf batton shoes, made for hard service neat, dressy last. Children's "E. C. Skuffers" ''. IMl Talnes $2.49 Genalae sknffers la black, tan and smoked horse (elkskln) Botk lace and bnttoa styles. Ia sixes 8 to IS. fS Talnes $3.49 High tonality shoes for an occa sions; In kid and ligkt calf laee and bnttoa military and French heels, i A rare bargain I Men's Shoes Te M Talaes $3.98 COFFEE! qOFFEE! Mi J. Brandenstoin, Edwards' - highest grade bulk coffees . 28c Ik Men's S u i t s, O v c r do a t s and Maddnaws, at Lowest 'Prices. Bu y at S i m o'n's ' and Save M oney For dress and work all deslr. able lasts and leathers aa ex ceptionally large assortment from which to select. PURE CAN E SUGAR 1 1 &'4? 1 Government Inspected Meats At prices you cannot afford to overlook t Ham 28clb. Bacon 32c lb. i.. of any cost. Adr. .. ... -