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On TWAINS MD
STANDS flVC ti !i
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..III G.I LtD
Reinforcements. Needed to Battle
Ragfng Flames Eating Their
,. Way Through Valuable Timber.
' MontananV in Ex-War -Trucks
Are Sped to Zone of Destruc
- tion; Blaze Leaps Mountains.
Butte," Mont.,' July 1.(U. P.)
Continued . dry weather .nd hlgrh
winds further, intensified the forest
fire situation In Montana today. ,
Reports of many new fires coming
'into the forest office led. officials to
declare . that. . unless the weather
moderates, there -will -not .be . suffl
cleni men In the state to conquer the
conflagrations'.
' Reports from the rSt.' Rests fire show
Is spreading' at th rate of several miles
an hoar 'unchecked. - ; -i
Officials -declare there is little hope
of checking the ' Henderson fire, which
Jumped the mountains into Mullen gulch.
SPREADS UNHAMPERED .
The entire. Sun river -watershed' near
Great Falls is threatened by the blase
which is rarinf apparently unhampered
along: the, north fork, of the river.' , ''
"Boienum reports Indicate the fire on
the-Madison river In-the Bear Tooth re
serve is raffing, wiuie the , one on . iioss
'Peak in the Bridger range apparently
has been controlled. . .
r Report - from, Missoula declare - that
fires. mth Selwayonse-under oontroi,
have, broken -oiat arain,. and that . the sit
uation has become serious. -.
-? The "village "of 'Jimtown near Helena
is :r threatened, V according to . reports
. from- Helena. -. The Kvaro fire, in the
Helena forest, ia. still on a. ramptge,
' but? several-other, fires in that vicinity
are reported , under control, ,.'-.,
' The Cedar -creek '.fire' fn the Kootenai
forest -ts spreadlnar rapidly , and numr.
: ous small Isolated camps in the" htlis
are threatened. ' Thus far no lives have
- ben; reported lost.-" This may . .be . be-
cause: communications with many vil
lages ' have been entirely cut .off and
reports are in many instances unavail-
able. -; - i,f .. -
Seventeen hundred sheep ownedJlsy
(Cenctaded on Pas Two. Column Three)
Professor at Reed Wants to Know
; If Latest Flight of ; Hi Cost
Is Justifiable in City. ' r-
. ' Asking that the city start an in
vestigation to determine the justice
or in justice of the latest increases in
s the cost of living. Professor A. A.
Knowlton of Reed college has bent a
' letter to Mayor Baker calling atten
tion to the smoldering resentment of
,the public. " f , v
.Professor Knowlton' said he did not
know what grounds there might be for
the recent increases and that noseihlv
they were justified, but if so he held it
to be the legal right of the city to ascer
taln. .... ?
The " producers - and : distributors ' have
formed an alliance ' to safeguard their
interests but the consumers have no such
:' protection. Knowlton asserts. It is there
fore a duty of government to accomplish
this protection, for the people.. . .
Regardless of whether prices artifl-
;v cally are too high, Professor Knowlton
4 asserts that the people have a' suspicion
that they- are. v With such convictions,
he says, the seeds of discontent find
ready lodgement.
Mayor Baker, was undecided this
morning as to what procedure the coun-
- cil should take in following out this sug
gestion, s ,
Reconciliation to :;
Settle! the Strike
- Of Grainhandlers
Under an agreement reached bv both
- uuiwii ku 1.119 em
ployers Involved.: the state board of
concuiauon tei to bold hearings on the
issues at stake and 1 the suggestion of
the board, will be- taken as. a rulinir bv
both parties. .The opening meeting will
oe neia at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing in Ubrary halt. Otto Hartwig, sec
retary of the board, stated this morn
ing ; that this : agreement had . been
reached., so that -the board became in
jthis ' case - virtually a board of arbitra
tion. : ' . - i - .
- -This award by the; board of . concil-
. iatlon will - affect the wages of the
grainhandlers all over the : Northwest,
: because, consequently, representatives of
the grainhandlers unions of Seattle and
Tacoma and other ports are to be nres-
ent at the. bearings and to offer testi
mony if desired. . -:
Refusal - to give ' the grainhandlers a
raise of & .cents an hour to go cents
resulted in a .walkout by the members
of the union July 1. . The handlers re
turned o . work . July . 1, agreeing to
abide by the decision of the state board
of conciliation whether they should get
the raise. . . ..,,...'
MAYOR ASKED TO
LOOK INTO PRICES
PEOPLE
OF
DONE
WITH
SAYS HENRY FORD
. ' .By Harry Reulllnger .
.Mount Clemens, Mich..'. July 19.
L N. S.)Thls is a tale of a three
mile hike on which the hjkers were,
as soma one "put it;; .la man with a
half a billion and a man with a half
a buck." '.".
; Perhaps the ' figures -were not exactly
accurate. Henry Ford's wealth may be
somewhat . more ' or ." somewhat - lees than
the sum mentioned and the- correspond
ent who trudges along with, him through
the rutted country roads probably had
more than "four bits' in his possession.
But the phrase was relatively true - -
.After the heat of the big legal bat
tle -which has kept him on the stand
all week, the chief figure In the. Ford
Tribune , J 1,000,000 libel suit sought re
laxation.' STARTS OFF OJT STROLL
: "Lefs stroll," : he suggested as he
touched the shoulder of the correspond
ent in the lobby of - the- hotel from
which, - for the, time being, Mr. Ford is
directing all his Immense interests. : He
was . hatless - and clad in a . thin gray
suit ' of - modest cut , and material. So
the pair started off.
First mile. The correspondent ven
tured something abeut the . peacef ulness
of the main street of the town,
"It is peaceful," Mr. Ford agreed.
"The whole world should "be peaceful.
I "don't mean - the whoie ?world should
be as quiet as this. ' We have to have
cities and we have to have noise. But
the whole world-might g well have as
much peace as - this particular- place
seems to have.
"WHO WAX T8 WAR!" . - '
"la .there anyone who, after what the
world has gone through recently, wants
anything but peace?' There may be
some those who profited from the war
or who would profit from another war."
But the people of the -world, the -men
who fought , and - those : who remained
behind and grieved,' those .who saw' the
WITH ; PRESIDEN
Oregon .Senator .Firm, for , Ratif h
. cation.. Wilson .-Explains
vI'Points ;. Not 'lean :t:iA
Washington, ?Jly (WASH
INGTON BUREAU. OP-THE JOUB
NALO Senator McNary was at the
White House' for an hour Friday, dis-J
cussing the , League I of Nations, in
details. ' He described it as a pleas
ant conference, ; the president plung
ing at once into the' subject of the
league.; - '" .. . - f , ...
The senator found himself in, Agree
ment with the' president as to, the un
desirability of any reservations Which
would change the meaning of the treaty
and Involve resubmission of the - docu
ment to negotiation,, because other ' na
tions whose amendment -have been re
jected would then come forward' with
demand for their consideration, in ad
dition to . the delays and . danger ' from
unsettled condltiona '
The president explained : the difficul
ties of the American negotiators in hav
ing their own way, and the necessity for
reaching a compromise between conflict
ing Interests, with the situation further
complicated by agreements entered into
long before and. relied upon. '
Out of this sort, of accusation came
the Shantung clause, Senator McNary
told the president he disliked . that, but
said its severity is mitigated by ex
planations which, he is not free , to dis
close. Senator McKary told the president of
the construction he places upon article
10 and the domestic question and Monroe
doctrine features,' which- he . Intends to
discuss in the senate Tuesday, his views
substantially according with those of
the president. ' They did not discuss the
separate - treaty with France, which
Senator McNary will oppose.
The president said he has not decided
upon the date he can, start WesU
Discharge of Fire
Fighfers Serves to
V QuietWil(i Bumorg
. . in -'
Because It had succeeded in getting
the fire under , control in the Oregon
National forest along Herman .creek, the
forest service this morning laid off ZS
men1 of . its fire fighting crew. Wild
rumors that the town of Cascade Locks
was menaced by flames and that the
woods were - burning , around Wahtum
lake, where Portland Boy Scouts are en
camped. were thus discredited. ;
' The . fire - started July 10, presumably
from a camp fire that some 'sojourner in
the woods had failed to extinguish. Tor
a time It assumed serious proportions,
but was put under control early in the
week. A high -wind, however, caused; it
to spring Into life again, but It gradually
died 'down under 'the combined Influence
of more - favorable weather conditions
and the efforts of the fighters.
;. Indications were today that the fire
would be completely dead within a few
hours.' . r 1 ,
Rioting Breaks Out ;
. AinongEanks dSea.
Workers on Strike
New .York, July 19.iri. N. S.) Riot
ing broke out fn the marine strike her
today. Two men were - seriously in
jured and numerous others , suffered
minor hurts. The disturbance started
with a clash between striking seamen
and strikebreakers. " ...
Five hundred ships, both privately
and government -operated, -were tied tip
today by 'the strike," and officials es
timated that the. monetary 'loss already
incurred . totals approximately .15,003,000.
WORLD
WAR
awful waste J of human ' life ; and " of
natural material do they want an
other war? I don't believe so. But un
less, there Is a stable, easily available
means of settling difficulties,' I fear
there will be more wars and that the
lesson of this one will be wasted."
"What method of settling difficulties
would you suggest V the ' correspondent
inquired, i . a - -
"A League of Nations, by all means."
Mr: Ford replied. - .
HOW DISPUTES ARE SETTLED
; "If this property owner whose house
we are passing Jiad a' dispute with his
neighbor over4 the line of that fence right
there, -does t he ; go out and hire a gang
of gunmen to.' shoot up the neighbor?
Of course he does not. - He goes down
there to- the red ;. brick, courthouse, a
judge and a' jury settle the matter and
he and his neighbor are good friends
again. , ' .. ; .
' "A couple of- states may differ. Do
they Arm their citizens .and go whoop
ing Into war? ' They, do not. They send
their' representatives down' to Wash
ington and the' highest learned supreme
cpart. adjusts .their .difficulties without
loss of life or. a day's productiveness.
SEES NO DIFFERENCE.' .
. "Now; what's the difference.: I'd like
to know, between these two- neighbors
having j a dispute, two -states having a
difference, and two nations of the world
having a. quarrel? - And if the neighbors
and ; the t states can have their affairs
settled by a county court or a supreme
court, why. can't two nations haye their
difficulties ' adjudicated by a court of
the world? . " .
I . think the main that ' ' opposes - a
league of nations 'and a court of , the
world Is -all wrong." i, - t
Second mile The' pair of pedestrians
turned- off into a by-road. v
' At a fence was a farmhand who had
just "put up his horses and was bavins
a pipe in the darkness before -turning in.
"I look to see In a few "years," Ford
(Conceded on Face Two. Column Tiro) "
TELEPHONE GIRLS ;
LIKELY TO RETURN
T - " ir ' isssBBJss-sseBss . s m
Meeting This Afternoon Expected
.to.Yote tq.ObeyOrdersof.i!
f u vi jMisrjiatJonal Union; t. ;;.V
" sy-ikln mployesi bfjthe; P'aeifio
Telephone & Telegraph company are
expected to. slgii up asf prepared to
return to work Monday, morning at S
o'clock' at a- joint meeting to be eld
this .afternoon , In J,he Selling-Hlrsch
building, including both the topera-'
tors and 'the linemen. 'A vote will be
taken" on. the question." iDelegates of
he union, in- San. Francisco and in
the' Bast have advised returning, and
the international officers have given
orders to that effect. "
It ' is ' necessary, , however, to take . a
vote though- the failure to obey probably
would mean loss" ef- the charter In the
international organisation.
COMFANT COMES, HALF WAT
' The telephone company here . is, ac
cording to w. J. Phillips, commercial
superintendent. ' prepared to take back
the employes," and it Is believed that
there Will be little difficulty over th la,
W; E. Moore, superintendent of plant,
made" the statement during the hearing
of the state board of conciliation, that
if the employes returned to work before
the breach . had widened too far, it
would be possible to take all back and
let the . overturning of the forces take
care of the excess. He said that, unless
the ' offices were : too much filled with
new workers, it would be possible to
shut - down the -schools of Instruction
for a. short time, and the overflow, would'
gradually lower to normal, .
The big mass meeting that was to
have been held in the auditorium of the
Central library this evening at 8 o'clock
has been called off, on account of the
changed orders.
SETTLEMENT TERMS UNKNOWN
It- Is not known locally just what de
mands ' have - been granted, but It : is
judged from the telegrams received
that tha retroactive pay to January 1
has been granted, as well as recognition
of the union and certain concessions In
regard to arbitration of grievances., It
is believed possible that the return to
work Jbas been ordered pending the final
adjustment by the wtre control board
as to. the matter of - wages. The pres
ent rate of wages guarantees a minimum
wage of' S a day for men and 912 a
week for girls, which increase became
effective on June IS,, and was announced
here, on the day the girls went on strike,
Jane 80.
MASS MEETING SUNDAY
A mass meeting of the ' linemen and
operators will be held in the Selling
Hirsch -building Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock, according to schedule, though
there la some question as to the hour,
owing, to the . meeting's depending on
the arrival home of the delegates sent
to San Francisco. ' C 'BL Dunaven and
Miss 1 Lilly Schunke, who have been
there for the last week; will arrive Sun
day 'and will report at the meeting.. .
Even Home Brew
-And Wineior Use
-;At Home Must Q6
Washington, July 1. IL N. S.)
Home made wides and beer, even though
intended 1 purely for home consumption,
will not be exempted under the prohi
bition enforcement law.
. - Representative Fitzgerald ef Massa
chusetts.: this -' afternoon offered an
amendment "to the . blir seeking . excep
tion for home brew," but Representa
tive Good, who was Jn the chair, sus
tained - the contention, of Representa
tive Blanton of Texas that the amend-,
mcnt ,was ot In order. -
' ' " !
OAPFf n IP
EllLLlOI
Fourteen Nations Represented by
18,000 Soldiers and Sailors In
London Peace Procession Today
- v , - t S 1 .- S .
" 5 " " r
General Pershing; Leads First
v Section and ReceivesThunder
ous Applause All - Along " Line.
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...London, . July "-.If. il..JN.
With American troops In the place-qf
honor, 1 1 4 nations .joined with Eng
land today in celebrating peace with
the most , brilliant and . stupendous
parade this nation has ever seen.
I Fully 2,500,000 people saw the
seven-mlle-long v ' procession that
passed through the 'city amidst, the
plaudits of the multitude.. --At- some
points the spectators - were massed
from 100 to 200 deep on ; both' sides
of- the marchers. '
.Marshal Foch, . generalissimo of - the
allied armies. General Pershing, ; the
American commander--in chief, and
Field Marshal Haig. commander Of the
British army, took part.. : , ,
Eighteen thousand . troops were V in
the procession which took , two hours
to pass :a. given point. For - the first
time - women were given as place in
such . a strictly military event. Six
hundred "Waacs". in, uniforms marched
with the men. i , , ., , ' . -
Great excitement .was caused in
Trafalgar Square - when he. f spectators
broke through - the police lines and-500
police.-reserves battled - with' the' crowd
in i an effort, to .open; a lane; for the
troops to get into the Mall..,
. A dozen women fainted-in the erdsh.
Never had -London. heard ' such .'up
roar , aa , the - salvos, of .applause '. which
greeted the . famous airnyy and., navy
officers, as the 'troops swung through
the , streets- :to j the , sOrrlng -martial
tunes of the bands. " . And no less was
fCoeoiodcd att 'Tvur Sixteen,, situate ia)
Pumping Engineers Walk ;0ut
and 1 PiaceV Are Filled .With ;
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Lmergencjneip.
Chicago, July ; 19.- (U. P.)-Chi-cago's
labor;, problem already in
volving more than. 115,000 persons
was made more serious today, when
resignations were received by. the fire
department of 237 fire department
and . pumping station engineers..
City officials declared that stations
will, be manned with emergency . engi
neers and that the city will be amply
protected from fires. - ,.:
. .The. engineers voted to go out at 8
a. m. today, and to stay -off duty ' until
their demand of 80 cents - an hour- is
met. ...They, now receive .41.
: Surface and elevated - transportation
employes announced their vote of more
than 100 to 1 in favor" of a strike to
force their ' demand for more pay. Sur
face line employes voted 10,01t for:and
435 Jtgalnst the strike, while . "L em
ployes were 3501 to 38 In favor. - -.
Hope of a settlement in the building
trades -lockout.' affecting lOO.OOflr men,
appeared today.' . ;
TR.CTI0N . LIVES ARE TIED " -
UP WHEN CITY BEGINS DAY
. Providence," R. L,' July 19. (L ' N. " S.)
Half" a' million4 people ..here ' awoke
today to find all of the traction lines
operated by the 'Rhode Isjand company
tied . up with 2500 - employes " of ' the
road ' idle,' more than ' 600 cars locked
In the barns and- - approximately 400
miles, of track useless, as the result
of the failure", of the trustees of the
street ' railway company, and represen
tatives . of - the. Providence . street . car
men's - union to- agree- on t a . wage
schedule. '
The strike ties up virtually the
whole- state of : Rhode . Island " with the
exception of Newport." . eight hundred
trolley men at Westerly, In the south
ern corner of . the . state, , are also on
strike. - - . - ' ' i t -.'.'..',- ' ' " ;
- The. strikers t demand - 75 - cents -. an
hour. - . They had .. been- - receiving a
maximum of 43 cents -an hour. f
Portland Youth Is
Awarded Medal for 4:
Herdism.atVerduB
" Washington, July -19. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
It is announced 'that General Pershing
has awarded the distinguished service
cross to Private Eugene' McEntee of
headquarters company. Twenty -sixth in
fantry. ' -.----.-
His mother is Mrs. E. M McEntee of
817 Gantenbein avenue. Portland, Or. U
The award is for extraordinary- hert
ism In. action near Verdun on .October
2... 1918, when Private McEntee was in
charge of maintaining a telephone 'line
with an advance patrol." "; - j
After being shot In the ankle;: be re
fused to go to the rear . and advanced
1300 meters- under heavy machine gun
fire to repair the lines and keep up com
munication by telephone. with the forces
In the rear. - ' , - ;
FIREhiEli JOiij.lij :
CHICAGO STRIKE
. ' , V ' - - -i - t I- . J". -'3 - .
HiUOvms 45,00
Acr6$ of Timber
He and Associates Plan to Pool
. - Pine for Milling on the
, .-' '. , Deschutes, i ' - . '
Bend, July 18. It has been' ascer
tained from . official records that
Louis Hill and associates own in Cen
tral Oregon,- from the summit of the
Cascade, mountains eastward to the
Deschutes, river, approximately 45,
000 acres of valuable vpine timber,
which surrounds , the proposed line
of the Portland V Southeastern rail
road, which - It ; has been announced
wilt be ; projected from Mt. Angel to
Bend as soon as the railroads are re
turned to private ownership. ;
. Careful check has been made , of the
timber belt 'and it has been found that
of the five billion feet of Umber directly
tributary- to -the proposed line, .which
Includes government timber;' the Hill in
terests own , approximately 800,000,000
feet of timber. ''--, ' -
It is certain here -.that 'for 'several
months a ;plan . for. a- merger has been
going, on by which private . owners, In
cluding Hill Interests, plan to pool tim
ber' for milling somewhere on the
Deschutes river near Bend." -
LUMBERMEN EIGHT
State' Chamber Putting Shoulder
to-Wheel te: Flatten Differ- ;
' Vnce in Rates in Oregon.
-.r'-,--v;; - -'! i ' ' "',- ; "V
- - Practically every lumber, and tie
concern 'west of the Cascade moun
tains and between. Portland and the
California -boundary has joined in an
appeal to the railroad administration
to' secure for shippers and consumers
the , same . rates . on. lumber , between,
local points in Oregon" as now exist
bf tweent i.pcal,ppmts Jnashingtoni
; Alleging that,'lntresta" lii 'Western.
Oregoa - shippins? eve - the Southern- Pa-
eiflc ana the 'Oregon El eetrhs and their
branches - bave- . been " unjustly discrim
inated - against, the Willamette , Valley
Lumberhjens . association and 22' firms
of the western jart of the staW. are go
ing to. present a- solids front, backed, by
the-rState .Chamber, of .. Commerce and
other state, bodies, demanding -an equali
sation of, rates, - -, ', . - t;, "
-A , letter' calling attention to the In
equality, of .freight rates .maintained
on . lumber and r lumber products , be
tweeiT point in.' Western Oregon - and
points., in .Western ..Washington: on the
Northern Pacific" . Oregon-Washjnfton
lines,. Chicago, Milwaukee at-1 St, . Paul
and. Great' Northern railroads, has been
presented' to the Portland district
freight-traffic committee. .-- .
.', ,-S'Revews of the existing tariffs," says
the complaint,' "which has been organ
ised by F. G.; Donaldson, traffic man
ager of the-association shows that the
local rate on lumber In Western Oregon
are very materially higher than in West
ern Washington for the same distance.
The operating conditions between points
In . Western Oregon and Western Wash
ington i are substantially similar and
there - seems to - be no -Justification lor
the railroad administration, ? which, now
controls all .lines, continuing the. long
existing discrimination against Oregon
shipments. Undue .preference has been
granted Western Washington shippers
in the matter of local lumber rates." . .
The report ': says further ' that; the
higher bate being, paid in : Oregon for
transportation . of .lumber and, its pro
ducts amounts to from . 15 to 40 per
cent more than the rate' in Washington
and that tn -all fairness both, districts
should be ' given the -same rate. -
Believing that the subject of rate equal--Ization
Is one of . state-wide import to
producers and users of lumber, since
it la estimated - that' 25 per cent of the
total product is consumed locally and
that on nearly air of . this the alleged ex
cessive - rate Is now : being - paid, - the
State- Chamber of Commerce has Issued
an' appeal to Its constituent bodies for
their cooperation . in eliminating the un
just rates. ,
- Accompanying the complaint of the
Western Oregon . lumber and" tie men
is a petition signed ' by nearly every
lumberman west, of the Cascade moun
tains asking ' that a public hearing be
given the case by (he local traffic com
mittee so i; that the shippers may be
afforded an opportunity to give - testi
mbney why there should be a parity of
rates between these two producing sec
tions. i '; ' ; t ' : . ; ;
Auditorium Needs" r
-Reinforcement to
: Bemoye All Danger
Complaint reaching Governor Olcott
that the auditorium at the Gladstone
Chautauqua was unsafe' has led .to an
Investigation by W. C. Knighton.' chair
man of the .slate board of architectural
examiners, and City Building Inspector
H. E. Plummer. That the structure is
In no Immediate danger, and can be eas
ily made safe by reinforcing the buck
ling top chord of the trusswork was the
statement of Mr, Phimmer today.
The building la comparatively new. It
has a seating capacity, of about 5000. .
MaU Flyer Is KiUed.
.When Plane Plunges
EeUefont. Pa, July 19. L N. S.)
Aviator Charles Lam born, one ot the
postoff Ice mall flyers, . was- killed, when
his machine fell from a distance of
6000 feet at a point about 10 miles west
cf .here .today. Lamborn' was : on. his
way to Cleveland. The aviator's home
was t Lea Angeles, Cal' -
On Proposed Line
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RAILROAD CHARGES
Hill
LDOul.'C I,1
RffilSE
Justice 'for Columbia v Ports Re
quires Solid Front; Opponents
" of Water Grade Join ! Forces.
Railroad Administration,; Forget
ting Economy Promises, Sends
; Experts- to Help Opposition.
4 "
' Portland's chief business next week
will be 'the Columbia basin rate case
hearing before Interstate Commerce
Commissioners Hall, Danlela ; and
Eastman.
: . The hearing begins Monday morn
ing in room 203 of the Multnomah
county courthouse. r
' Though this is a busy time for bus
iness men and shippers, .. many of
them., will drop their, personal affairs
entirely. If necessary,, to offer their
testimony supporting the Justice "of
the great -fight1 for recognition '
the Colombia water grade. " , . , t
EXTRA. TAX WOW LEVIED
They realise that as long as the rail
rate by way of the Columbia is the same
as over the mountains to Puget Sound
an extra tax will be .laid upon every
bushel of wheat that leaves the - Inland
Empire, upon every" commodity . that is
brought Into or taken from, the Columbia
basin and upon every article used by the
people of the entire- region. . . --
The discrimination places . a handicap
upon, the development of the Inland Em
pire and-the growth of the ports of the
Columbia. And those who have testimony
bearing importantly on the Issue will give
it eagerly, knowing that now is vther time
when ail who: are Interested la -the .fu
ture, of the Oregon . county, must Join
forces and .fight to a. finish , t .
OPPpSKSTS ARBtTIflTEB !y ,.
t. Opponents of the Columbia basin cause
-are --uniting . for -determined resistance
against granting the petition of the In
land Empire , and ..the ports of the Co
lumbia, . . . v.'V.-;' :
.: The; railroad administration, 'defend
ant- in the 'action, is'i sending its'- best
traffic experts-to testify that the water
grade fates should be maintalned' on a
par with the rates of the northern mount
tain linea " ' -g ,'
' Although the testimony, of these men
appears time and again .in 'connection
With other actions, declaring that the
cost of railroad transportation over' the
mountains'-is 4 always greater tha by
way of. "valley, lines,". they are. coming
here noW to say that the cost of perform
ing . the transportation - service should
have no bearing on the rate charged for
the service., .-.
GOVERNMENT PROMISES
rORGOTTEir - '
.The fact' that the railroad administra
tion announced at the outset that the
railroads would be treated as a group,
that the shortest lines and easiest grades
would be employed. ' that the laws of
economy would be observed In the inter
ests of efficiency, and that the burden of
transportation . cost upon . the public
would be made as light as 'possible .Is
apparently given no consideration by the
experts who have come at public - ex
pense to' attempt to defer Justice to the
people of the Columbia .drainage area,
J. G. Wood worth, assistant to Regional
Director. Aishton of the railroad admin
istration - and vice , president in charge
of traffic of .the. Northern Pacific, has
been tn Portland several days actively
aiding the attorneys who are to fight
the Columbia basin rate case,
WASHINGTON COMMISSIONERS -OPPOSED
- - . -. j - .
L. E. Wetting ef r Chicago,' general
freight agent of the Northern Pacific
and a statistical expert of noted ability,
la here and has been observed In close
conference with O. O. Calderbead, - the
rate expert of the ! Washington public
service commission. The three members
of the - Washington commission, ? E. F,
Blaine, Arthur A. Lewis and Frank -R,
Spinning, have been in Portland going
carefully ever the ground in their prep
aration to defend the interests of Puget,
Sound' and Ignore the Columbia basin
portion of- Easterin Washington. ri :.
Hance-Cleland. assistant attorney gen
eral of Washington, has arrived In Port
land and is expected to assume the act
tve conduct of the case for 'the Wash
ington commission. . - .. i , , -:
Another of the railroad rate experts
who has .come to help defeat the Co
lumbia basin .petition... is Charles Don
.nelly of the Nothern Pacific. ' ,j '
COMJIISSIOJTER" ON WAT " j
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
HaU, Daniels and Eastman are expect
ed to arrive In Portland Sunday morn
ing, coming from the south,' They tele
graphed the - Portland - Ad club Friday,
accepting the club's Invitation for lunch
eon at the Benson hotel next Wednesday
noon. They will not, of course, discuss
the rate caWat-that time. - -.
820,000,000 Estate
Beingllivided; Heirs
Are Sought in rlTi S.
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Dallas Texas. July s4Xi N. : S.)
Felix Voorhies, a Dallas mechanic, said
to be a distant relative of Pope Benedict,
was notified today that he has Inherited
a 11.500,000 share in an Italian estate
that was left in trust with the 'Italian
government In 1833.'
: Joseph . McDonald a hod carrier of
Lake Charles,. La also is said to be
heir to $5,000,000 of the same property.
. The , estate is ' declared to" be ; worth
$20, 000,00 and other heirs are I being
sought-' v- ' " '- -.-
Airplane Vill Be
Used in Unique
RaceAgainstTime
Robert E. Smith, Director of JVar
. Loan Organization, . to Mike
. .Speed on Trip to Alaska.1
A pony express using a steed of the
akies will leave San Francisco this
afternoon and come byway of Port
land in a. spectacular race - against
time; to transfer .1500,000'. in United
States treasury certificates from. the
Twelfth .Federal ; Reserve ; bank ; to
Alaska. , ' , .
Robert E. Smith, formerly manager of
the Liberty : loan organisation for Ore
gon and now director, of the war loan
organisation for the twelfth reserve dis
trict, Is the express rider. ( He comes, by
airplane from San Francisco to Port
land, will leave the plane here and pro
ceed by fast motor boat to Kalama, and
proceed thence byautomoblle to Seattle,
where the package of treasury certifi
cates will be placed aboard the 'ship for
Alaska: ' , .
The leaving time at San Francisco Is
5 o'clock today; He expects to arrive
In Portland at 4 o'clock Sunday . after
noon, having stopped at Redding over
night and at: Roseburg, his home city,
for a, few minutes to take on oil and
gasoline. v Arrangements for the motor
boat and automobile are in charge of E.
E. Edmunds, accounting-' of fleer , of the
Liberty loan organization . for - Oregon.
Mr, -Edmunds expects to' ge a boat
which will make a new speed record
for the. run. to Kalaraa. Mr. Edmunds
received .the . following .: message ;,. this
afternoon from director Smith : ; , , -.
"Am arranging for pony express ' by
airplane, auto and "motor ' boat, San
Francisco to Seattle, with half, million
dollars new treasury savings certifi
cates to catch mall boat " to Alaska. , I
return Seattle to Portland by rail.' I
will ; leave ; San . Francisco by airplane
late this ' afternoon and should, arrive
Portland about 4 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon, when I go by . motor boat and
auto to'- Seattle." ' ' '' '. !" -
WHO BOUGHT THE
AUTOMOBILE TIRE
if , -t ,,
Ex-County Purchasi ng'Agent J4aj
" Explain 4 Purchase! Perturbing ;
i'- j-. Office. Holders. '
" Responsibility for f the purchase
with county funds of the mysterious
fifth automobile tire" laid at the door
of County 4 Commissioner Rufus C;
Holman by County AudUor 8am Mar
tin, knowledge of . which was denied
by.Holman and ,Jater traced, by Mar
tin to the car of William Davis, busi
ness associate of : the commissioner
had resolved itself at noon today into
a matter of which would require, an
explanation from C. A Kelson,', for
mer county purchasing agent; .
. Following Martin's discovery that the
tire .was one the car belonging to Davis,
a deputy sheriff, on his statement that
the tire belonged to the county, removed
It from the car and brought It to . the
courthouse.
Martin stated that he did this to pre
vent It being lost and -, said that the
wAole matter would be laid before the
grand Jury on Monday morning.
COMES WITH CHECK
Later Commissioner Holman appeared
at the courthouse with a cancelled
check for $44.60, made out to C. A. Nel
son, Indorsed by Nelson and dated Feb
ruary 19, 1919. which was the day after
the tire in question was bought.; Hol
man said he found that amount charged
against Davis ; in the books "of their
concern which would indicate, he said,
that the , tire had been purchased by
Davis through Nelson.- Holman said
that : today was the first time he had
ever heard of the purchase of the tire.
Martin, on the other hand, said , that
the books of the county treasurer con-
'( Concluded on Ptce Thirteen. Column tmr
Secretary Daniels '
. Coming to Coast
Washington,: July 19, (U.PO Sec
retary. Daniels said today he expects
to leave Washington for the Pacific
coast about August 1, arriving in San
Diego August to 'meet the Pacific
fleet, ' which Is due the -morning of
August 1. The president. It Is under
stood, will arrange to be on the Pa
cific coast in mid-August and probably
will review the fleet in San Francisco;
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J-.'-YOURSELF-TO:.:0?aUOV
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Six of World's Most- Powerful
'Dreadnoughts 23 Destroyers,
Lead' Grand Naval Procession.
First of Aggregation of 200 Wcr
Craft to Guard Coast Depart
Unattended by Any Ceremony.
. Newport News, ; Va July 19. (I.
N. S.) -The proudest ships of tha
mighty fleet which ' henceforth will
guard -our Pacific shores sailed out
of Hampton Roads today, bound on
the Ipng Journey to home waters.
- Six of the most powerful super
dreadnoughts In. the world, 23 de
stroyers and three supply ships
formed the naval procession which
left , at full tide today, under com
mand of Admiral Hugh 'Rodman.
But before' the fleet passes through
the4 Panama canal and begins moving-
northward in the Pacific prob
ably 50 ships will be in line.
From every port on the Atlantic son
board fighting craft of the American
navy will meet up with the main fleet.
Others will travel along and within six
weeks or two months . there will be
massed along the California, Washing
ton and Oregon : coast - line nearly 200
war 'craft of every description a fleet
which will remain permanently in then
waters and provide absolute protection
for" every: exposed spot along the Pa
cific coast.
i.sNoi : salvo of - cannon from the' hore
batteries at Fortress Monroe marked the
departure of ' the fleet 1 today ; no tu
multuous, farewell was blasted by har
bor craft. There was, strangely enougrh.
In the sailing away of the fleet a cer
tain solemnity and grimness unusual for
peacs .times. :. -
Shortly before :30 a. m. the M.t
for departure was flashed from Mltlp to
ship, and at one- there was feverish ac
tivity. , Anchors were weighed; the crhfts
made shipshape for the long voya:e.
. Four, destroyers, - moving aUicast,
started out of the roadstead to the fa.
When the- New Mexico, flagship of the
fleet, ihe greatest ship in the navy, per-
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FRUIT M DECiiV
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Dealer Claims Undue Effort
Made in New Tariff to Placo
- Burden on Entire Industry.
With a review of the history of
perishable ; freight shipments oris-,
inatlng. in the Northwest, and with
sweeping objections to proposed
widespread changes in the-charges
fruit and other freight have to bear,
J Curtis Robinson, traffic manager
of the. Northwest Fruit Exchange of
Seattle, entered valuable testimony
in the interstate commerce commis
sion ..hearing on. perishable ' freight
tariffs late this morning.
Robinson, who presented a great col
lection of exhibits covering the pattt snd
present status of perishable freight
rates, is one of the last witnesses for
northwestern fruit growera and uhippcrs
In the cae that is expected .to cauwe
the - Interstate commerce commission to
prevent radical Increases In freight
costs proposed by the railroad adminix
tratlon for the benefit of the Paciflo
Fruit express and others
That the hearinc will be concluded
this afternoon is the opinion of thone
conducting the ease. Technical testi
mony on freight rate charges. Includ
ing the expenise of Icing, heating on.l
hauling perishable freight, such as fruit,
will be submitted in scores of exhibit
prepared by the several different per
sons and. groups endeavoring to thwart
the rail administration's new and rad
ical tariff schedules. ,
.- The first witness for growers r.d
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