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- ' AS---' ?- -irs ALL HtKlC L v , "' r . Toclock THE H EATIItU J asss,. r : 'Nri rcv' T o n l'e h t a n d Y &l Thursday - proba- lLtmQsr bly showers and y ; cooler; northwest- . crly, winds. - - ana &c. ;(: : ITS ALL 1 "'n VOU. XVIII. NO. 117 Enteral BeeoecVclaa'MatMf- -Pctoflir. Portland Onto PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1919. TWENTY PAGES PRICE :TWO CENTS 4 ON TWAIN AND HVW. STANDS FIVC . CUTt TUB OF BIO STRIKE Workers of Three Great Key In 7 dustries; May Quit to Enforce Demands of the Coal Miners. Keen interest Felt as Officials '.'of '.'Triple "Alliance" Meet to Decide "Direct Action" Issue. - London, July-2 . (I. N. S.) By a vote'ornT to 11 the "triple alli- ance" this afternoon decided to put - the question 'of a general strike of miners, 'railway , men jind transpor tation Workers up to a ballot, of the I worklngmen themselves. The "triple . alllance":js composed of the. officials oi the three unions named-. Many -delegates left the conf er- ences singing and waving . the' red. . flag,.? v . . . Vt. . , ; ;, .:. Announcement was made officially today- that troops " have arrived in Yorkshire to guard the mines there during the strike. " 'London. July 23. (I. N. S.) The threat : of a ''direct action" strike. extending to the railway men , apd transport,, workers,; to. enforce the demand of the striking coal miners, hunr over England when the "triple alliance" officials of the miners, railway "an4 transport worker met today. . ' . . ; ;' .- , When the noon adjournment was taken a bitter division had arisen' be tween those who wanted'to defy -the 'government and those who sought a con ciliatory course. . The heated arguments '; indicated ; long and stormy session this afternoon. "..,. , . The cabinet held an important session - today to discuss the Icdustriai situa tion. ' PREMIER' SEEKS SlTTTtEMEKT ; It was reported that Premier? Lloyd Oeorge would confer with officials of i the "striking coat miners this afternoon in an attempt to pav the way tor a settlement. '" . - ' It is decUred by the, Daily Express that the ejctremlat leaders of the strik ing miners in the Yorkshire fields are in constant communication with .the In dustrial Workers of the World, the stormy petrels of the : American indus trial centers. A meeting of the mlnere executive committee will -" be held Thursday to canvass the situation. - Towns supplied. by . the .' Torkshtre ' fields have received - official . warning from:" the ' government to curtail their consumption of coal, gas, electricity and water.' ,; Railway service is to be re--. dneed also. 5ew8papeb 8xjqgest8 conspibAct The Morning Post makes the startling suggestion t that i the ' real cause of the strike is. a long and carefully con certed plan to overturn the existing order : of i.tbtngs and place the whole nation at-the mercy of one eectlon. 'The; Dally Mail - attributes the unrest to inactivity of the laborites in parlia ment.. If they had given expression to strong views in . the house, of commons, more frankly ; uttered, there would : be lens . clamor on -the part ' of local agi tators, , argud this ': Northcllffe organ. The newspaper expresses the belief, fur thermore, : that government - inaction may t-du .to the lack of a settled coal field ' policy! on tha part of the. govern " menC . Premier-Lloyd, George is charged ' with "moving? away ; from natlonaliaa tion ' of mines. s There - are strong rumors ; that Eidward Shortt.- home ' sec - - retary,: ia opposed to ; the . miners' 3e- mand for nationalisation. ' - : j-v .:' INTEREST IX MEETING .Keen interest Is felt everywhere over the meeting - of the.; "triple alliance-- - - officials of the mine,' railway and. trans port workers. As they control about 2,000.000 .workers their decision will be of. great weight in the industrial situation.- " ' ' - a By d irect - action the -officials mean widespread strike to enforce , their de mands. , , The Exchange , . Telegraph predicted that - the "triple alliance'" would un doubtedly recommend a vole on direct action and the release of conscientious . objectors. - Many members . of parlia .. went expects a widespread . strike - to test the unionists strength. ,- Three Vehicles In Smash; Three .' 1 ; Persons Escape ' An accident with " three ; angles, in ; which- three persona narrowly escaped , ; Injury. occurred on i Union avenue be r een Wasco and Knott streets, at 7 :15 thts .morning when a P.. L. & P. street car crashed into a moving auto mobile, and drovo it against a machine parked in.Union 'avenue'. - , ' W. -M; Jerrells. 15 East Twenty-ninth street parked - his ; car before ( a gro- eery; store- a-hlle Je made . a purchase. A - machine- 9wned by - Prey & Allen, ; Lents .paintera and occupied ? bv its owners, was traveling' toward the rear fif thA .t.ndinr Tnuh1nA whn tliA fi- car -approached.- - The Frey i-Jk 'Allen machine .was i rammed 4nto the -Jerrells. machine and. was completely wrecked. - The- occu- psnts were forcibly thrown out but escaped Injury 'The JerreHa 'machine - was- only sIlghUy damaged and an occupant whose name was not- learned I Vy police.. wrapert wntwjr-.-. New, Pacific Fleet Approaches Canal In Separate Units -.. Destroyers Will Reach - Panama During Day? Battleships Are ; Plowing Through. Caribbean.;, By Frank G. Ienke Aboard V.'- S. ) S. Arkansas. With the Pacific Fleet. July 23. (By Wireless.) -CL N. S.)- Enroute to the Pacific coast the six. super dreadnoughts ..of the . Pacific fleet were passing through the Windward passage f : today f anq were due to emerge Into the Carribean sea, 550 miles north of the 'Panama canal, before noon. J'., : The battleships-are traveling alone. The destroyers, which pushed on ahead, were due to reach the canal this morn ing, and the supply ships, which are 1 00 miles ahead of the battleships, to morrow. It Is probable that all will clear- through the locks before the ar rival of r the battleships Friday ' fore noon. .: , ' t - ''';'-j--7. i- '.:" ' The super-dreadnoughts are I making 12 knot through the Windward pas saged The weather Is " clear, but the sea is -slightly choppy. ' It Is reported that some of the older type of battleships that have been en gaged In target practice off Guahtanamo will join the fleet some time , this morn ing. . r , ..w ' .During the. day the battleships are en gaged uln y constant ' maneuvers '.while drills , take place aboard Alt tha hips are somewhat handicapped because . 60 per cent of their crews, are raw recruits pressed into service when the cruise be gan -because the enlistments ref. many experienced men had expired. The rookies are learning quickly and will be prepared to. do themselves proud in the review at San Francisco., -u 'The 'imen are entertained nightly f by two-reel movie comedies and five-reel feature films played on screen' placed aft of the turrets. Delegation to Receive Little En couragement From:ExecutiYe When Plea Submitted," ? Salem. July ,23. r-The delegation from the : National Women's - Sut' f rage association ; is not expected, to receive any great amount of encour agement when It' calls: on . Governor Olcott Thursday "in an. effort to se cure a special session of the Oregon legislature for the purpose of, ratify ing tiro national suffrage amendment. Governor Olcott has already expressed himself as opposed toAa- special session at this, time: In' a telegram to Carrie Chapman ' Catt two months - ago In re ply to a request .for ' a ratification ses sion, the governor declared that such a move did not meet with his approval, inasmuch as the regular session had only recently .been adjourned and in view of the great expense Incident to another session. It is estimated that a single day's session at this time would cost the state $5000. When 'Mrs. Elliott Corbett of Port land called -on the governor' fast L week in' the interest of the. ratification' move the governor , told her -of tils -telegram to Mrs. Catt, but assured her that If it came down to the "point where the vote of one state was necessary in order to complete the ratification, he would .be "willing to. call ,the session, providing the legislators would agree to attend at their own expense Eugene E. Smith of Portland, in a letter to Governor. Olcott some time ago, suggested a special ratification session at the expense of the legislators them selvea . He expressed himself as willing to pay his own- expenses In such; an event. Smith, however, : Is the -- only Oregon legislator who has so far volun teered such a move. Other members of the legislature. - farther, removed from the state capital and to. whom the ex pense - would be tar more .v serious than In the case of Mr. Smith, may not be so enthusiastic over such a session, it is pointed out in , state capital circles. Man Is Knocked Unconscious at, i Electric Station Either from touching a live wire or short ' circuiting ; a - switcli. Fred -Finn, powerhouseman for the Northwestern Electrio v company, was " burned and shocked . at : the Plttock block t central station of the company early this morn Inc. When he was found at 4:15 o'clock he was lying on the floor unconscious. ,- It was said at the St. Vincents hospt tal today .that Pinn had good chances of recovery. J. IX Wright of the police department.' who. is an electrician, - was sent to administer first aid to ; Pinn when the report was received, and he sent the Injured man to. the hospital. TooktNothingi hut r Watahmelons-That Would Be' Stealin' Hush! ? An don' anyone brevVit t a soui:, . Long about three quahters after mid night Tuesday night. .Whew everythin still and dark, somebody done broke the look at Anderson & Loyd's grocer store at 710. Alberta street. . Who done it?.' No one say, chil. , - What was there? ' Wahtahmelons. . of cose. -Green. wif- black stripes. and juiee Inside. . - - . Take anyfing else? Cose. not. -That would be nteMn : ' " f- OLCOTI IS AGAINST SUFFRAGE SESSION Sll East Tower Mechanism of Steel Bridge I Burned and Flag , Pole 1 Above Building Is Splintered. Boats Held in Harbor Until Dam . aged . Crossing Is Repaired? Spectacular Storm Is Local. Bursting over Portland . with all the vigor of a middle' westorn thunder-storm, flashes -jof lightning, ac companied by a v welcome shower, made the atmosphere vibrant at 11 o'clock, this morning. A bolt struck the east tower of the Steel bridge and damaged the f electrical mechanism that operates the draw, setting fire to the pavement and charring: a pileof .briquettes.' 'Another,, or pos sibly the same, bolt demolished the tall flagpole on top 'of a building oc cupied by the Atkins Saw company at First and Oak streets. ' Although the shaft was, completely splintered, no damage was done to the building proper.:, . ' . .; ;.-. A dwelling at 742 Mississippi avenue, owned and occupied by Anna Hoglund, was struck by lightning and damaged to the extent of 4 00, fully covered by insurance. The flash struck where tele phone wires enter the house and '- fire spread to the roof. Mrs. Hoglund was severely shocked when the stove reeled about as a result of the lightning im pact. ; . ' ... ; - ' Forecaster Wells said this morning that the storm was purely local but 'others might . be looked for during the next few days. While rain fell . in torrents for a time, the sun soon reappeared. - The lightning '-manifestations were highly spectacular The bolt that struck the bridge ran down . the Steel structure of the , tower, with flashes and emission of sparka, and jumped to the pavement, damaging the surfaea. Pending thorough Condu0e4 on Fas Two, otamn, One EFFORTS OF FIRE FIGHTERS BEATEN Flames ; Spread and; New Fires Break Out ; Despite Hard Bat tles Waged Against Them. Washington. July 23. (U. P.) Secretary of the Interior Lane today asked congress to permit him to use $500,000 from department funds to fight - forest fires raging in Idaho. He requested adoption of a joint resolution - permitting this as an emergency step. ; Spokane, July 23. (U. P.) A smoke pall hangs " over Spokane. Back in the : timber thousands of weary men are fighting a losing bat tle against a score of fires. Although a light rain, felhin Spokane early, to day, none has. visited the burning areas. .. Local flrefnen for four hours -Tuesday evening fought . a ; stubtlbrn flre In the Hollywood section of the city, which is covered: with pines, and brush. : , New : fires . are reported from half a dozen sections. Supervisors are nearly at their wits' end. . There Is. a shortage of labor and a high Wind is fanning old fires into renewed 'activity. :U TOWIfS I3T DAXOEB : 11 Thompson Falls and St. Regis, Monti, are in Imminent danger, while fires are being desperately headed off from New port, Wash., Enavllle. Kellogg, Muilan and Burke. Idaho. J . - '" t j; - The Bear creek fire spread during the night, traveling about a mile up the north fork of the Coeur d'AIene river. Another crew went in there today, mak ing about 200 men fighting this fire. Cellogg, Idaho. Was savedj late Tues day by -heroic efforts on the part 6f Philip Ness and his crews. Fifteen hun dred acres are biasing- there. . . SEW FIRE BREAKS OCT i ' A new , fire has broken out on Land creek, four miles west of the south end of Priest lake, and a crew has gone to fight It. . The -Round Top fire on the divide has broken from control, forcing the fighters hurriedly ' to move . their camp. Mrs. Howard Flint, wife of Su pervisor' Flint, said , today. - The Boulder creek fire is barely under control. ;) Fires, west of - Newport, Wash-, ' are held and the smoke-filled town ' is not in Immediate danger. '- Three new.flres have broken out-in the Coeur' d'AIene district. . Supervisor Wolff reported this - morning.. One is above Surke. another above Muilan' and the- third - on -Blue creek east of Coeur d'AIene. . . , ' Machine GuhsTTsed On Berlin Socialists Berlin. July 2Li-(De!ayed.) U. P. Despite the. warning, of Minister of De fense Noske against the demonstrations of the Independent .Socialists, the latter attempted to carry out-their plans today, resulting in the use of. machine guns by the government forces. - Several persons .were; wounded and s number arrest. - .A . r - - - ' - Governor Urges Extreme Caution In Handling Fires Regulations Proclaimed Govern ing Campfires in or Near t . Forests of Oregon. Salem. July 23.- With the forest grass and grain fields of the rtate threatened. with ' destruction from fire because of lack of rain, fire wardens are urged. In a proclama tion Issued today by Governor Olcott, to exercise the greatest .caution in guarding against this condition. The proclamation, issued at the re quest of State Forester F. A. Elliott, pro claims that no campfires shall be started in or near forest or brush covered lands within 20 feet. of. any standing or down trees, brush piles or other . litter that may cause the spread of fire, and under no condition is a fire to be built until the ground is cleared to mineral soil for a distance . of . six. feet in every direc tion and.no gulch fire shall be left even temporarily, until' it has been' completely extinguished with water. "Inasmuch as the forests , are one of the state's chief material resources. ' 1 strongly urge every person going-into the woods during the current dry season to refrain, from- smoking, as- any. fire allowed io get beybnd . control is not only, extremely dangerous to all classes of. property, but necessitates use of. la bor and supplies that are essential in other lines of endeavor,; , the proclama tion reads. .; . - f '. - .... :, FOREST SERVICE LOSES RATE CASE Interstate Commerce Commission Turns -Down Joint Rates " on : Sumpter Valley Line. ' Washington, July ,23. (WASH INGTON BUREAU OF, THE JOURr NAL.) The interstate commerce commission in , a decision by. Com missioner ' Hall, made' public today, turns down' the petition of the gov ernment' forestry, service asking for Joint through rates on, forest prod- j ucts on - the' Sumpter-'alley Railway, j ThTe cfeclslbn says" he goveVnment'a charge that. v the. Ecclea .'Interests have laid an artificial burden upon lumber rates - and bottled tip the Whitman national -forest is not. sus tained. It' denies there Is unlawful discrimination between carriers vand finds the existing rates are not un reasonable in themselves!" . V :' ."It does not appear that the operating Income of the Sumpter Valley road de rived principally from rough cut timber is more than the public should be re quired to bear, says the commissioner's report. "No showing is .made that op-, era tiny conditions ft similar 'severity are encountered by any-of the 2S short lines serving competitive timber tracts which maintain lower rates." f Commissioner . Eastman filed a dis senting opinion concurred in by Com missioner McChord. Eastman says the solicitation of the forest service for pro tection of the public interest is in every way to- its credit, investigation having shown the government , would benefit by the higher price for stumpage if the joint rates were established. . "If the joint rates were not used." says Eastman, "certainly the defend ants would have no cause for complaint. It seems o me the group rates .should fairly be extended to the Sumpter val ley territory." v . " s, J- Major R. A, Fenton Back in -Portland j Served in France Major-. Ralph Ji. "- Fenton. who' Went overseas with -base hospital 4S. returned to- Portland today after , more than a year's service with the A. E. F. , Shortly after arriving in France he took additional straining at LangTea and was 'transferred to Evacuation hospital No I, nearer the front lines. -.. Following the armistice ha was' as signed to the third army nd accom panied it Into occupied Germany as officer in charge, of eye work,' v n w . In. the meantime Mrs.. Fenton was en gaged in -war work with ..the ? French government, first as a translator, and later in. identification work in hospitals. : Major and Mrs. Fenton enjoyed leaves together in France, one trip taking them Into Brittany.' Major ' Fenton reached". Camp Lewis this week and expects to be discharged from service in a few days. - He will resume his 5 practice - as aft eye,- ear, nose and throat specialist in Portland. Mrs. Fenton is expected home in.-a few weeks. Husband Chases His Wife in Eacing Car .'' -'-.- i? ..; " """' v r!.""; ;.l? Butte, MonU July 23. Speeding across the' continent in a high ' power racing" car, L. H. Winston, said to be a wealthy Floridan, arrived in Butte to day 10 minutes after Mrs. .Winston had departed for Seattle. Winston said' his wife had eloped . with f a tourist. . He vowed to take summary vengeance, on the couple.- . - TJ. S. Engineers From Archangel- at ; Brest BresU July . 23. U. ; PO -The first battalion " of the - American engineers reached here yesterday from Archangel. The 10th engineers are from the 85th division. Michigan - and Wisconsin NattOtSl 'Onard: ' "- ... -. .. White! House1 Statement Brands - "as False Story Published in Which Contrary Was Stated. Truth Is, President Did All He Could the,0ther Wayj Explan ation Expected : From Japan. .Washington. July 23. (L N. S.) President (Wilson neither origi nated nor formulated the. Shantung provisions of the peace treaty, it was declared in a statement issued by the president's direction from the- White Iouse this afternoon. The statement follows:'?'-- - . -i , The ' president authorizes the an nouncement that, the -statement carried In several of the rapers of this'morning that he orIgi;iaied or formulate! - the prevision with regard to Shantung in the treaty - of peace with. Germany Is altogether false. Ke exerted all tho In fluence he was at liberty to exercise in the circumstances to obtain a ino-lifica-tlon of them, ard believes that the ultimate action of Japan with rg:ird to Sbantung will. the whole maimer In its true Hgnu : i . TAFTS IDEAS OS TREATY T . , ARE GIVEN ATTENTION .Washington, July 23. U.'P.) -Reservations to the peace tneaty suggested by William Howard Taft are being seriously" considered by Senate Republi can leaders. It was learned today. : ;-. s " Taft'S ; suggestions cover ' article ;0, domestic questions and the Monroe doctrine.'. : ' , ' , '. ; ' - Senators . who " conferred : with Presi dent. Wihrm - today indicated that the 1 aft program also. la being stuiied.by Wilson. ,-Taft's suggestions - were,; or iginally outlined -in a letter to the editor of .the Grand Rapids . (Mlch.) Horald which -, was . - transmitted to . Senator Spencar; 'Missouri. - - " , Later v. It waa suted Taft - embodied his . ideas on reservations which he called ;"resolatlon." in a letter to; Will H. liays. chairman of - the .Republican national committee,' who is tn Indiana. In"' the suggested - resolution which Senator ; Spencer has. Taft suggested that article tea .be Interpreted as pow erless' to force the United States into war - without- specif k - action ' of .'con gress; ; that a : specific reservation be mado .of the control -ot, all .domestic questions such as coastwise trading, immigration and .'tariff, and that , the Monroe "doctrine bo reserved. . j a - .Senator . Lodge- declined to comment on the1 Taft program, but among other Republican senators - the - word was be ing passed today 4hat Taft's sugges tions will form the bests bf a com- f promise between President Wilson and the league opponents . which will- be embodied in the resolution pf ratifica tion. ... .- EUROPEAN UNREST HELD BIG Samuel Hill Much Impressed by Social and Political Upheaval . In Old Worlds Conditions In Europe are chaotic and no nan can predict the outcome, said Samuel Hill, , who passed through Portland today , on his. way to Maryhin. Mr. Hill has .just re turned from one of ? his periodical visits to the Old World. ... T was in England. France,' Belgium. Turkey, Sebrla.' Roumania. Greece and Spain," he said. "There Is a social and political - upheaval going on. Every where the cost of living is high, i For example, I paid $18' a day for a small room and bath at Paris. Meals were .in proportion.' . The best hotel I found was In Madrid, and it was run by-a Belgian.' I also learned . something about sidewalks' in Madrid." TheyThave a Tractlce there 'I should like to see . adopted in .this coun try, of -not smothering the. shade trees with concrete. The tree Is given a chance to breathe, and-aloflg the walk are little canals of water." Discrimination hy - Phone Company in 'Salem Is, Charged ? Salem. July 23 With several : cases of . alleged discrimination , against for, roer telephone- operators in the employ of the Salem' exchange of the Pacific Telephone company and four substitute operators, who have a- yeV not, been reinstated In accordance with the agree ment ,of the company,' the telephone strike situation is not -altogether settled here ; yet, according to - Roy Slmeral. president of the Electrical Workers' -Union.,, with ; which the : operators are affiliated. . . ; The company In several instances has failed to reinstate former employes in the-old' positions, according to the un derstanding under, which- the operators went back to work,1 Simefal states, and several -non-union operators are being retained contrary to the agreement. - . RATE CASE CONTENDERS - ',-, - . - . . - - - - - - --- 1 MONG interesting figures at hearing of Columbia basin Z ' freight rate adjudication are, at left, John H. Smith of r Astoria,repre5enting lower river ports, and Thomas J. Kennedy, assistant corporation counsel of Seattle, who is aiding the railroads in fight against water grade method of rate making. ' . 1 J3 is' - - jfir ;.v . : i' 1 n- .-. '-VVutXV '':"1S K w . if 'La . i i ,' 1 'sT'L. " r 4 ' " 1 ' 1 ' i' ' V ' f! 3 mammmammmmm ' .. 4 ::.- - y mr IW.IIWpf j . 1 v " " 1 ... i : I : m--r' ii ..:: :.f. J : l Ki 1 ' - , i "it : i'M i. Jf- ' t '-ri i ) ' d ' - .. o..-. :.:.:.-;-:: t, I Wi is zf, r- 4i , 'If" v V . - J - . f 1 1 1 1 1 II I II 1 1 1 1 u 1. LONGEST TOa COAST FIXES RATE : PAID BY FREIGHT JAMES J, HILI4 the empire builder, said: f'Kature' made the palss; water .follows the lines. Of least resistance; and so, does, commerce. "With ; water ittls some .physical obstruction, but withf commerce It Is dollars and cents. A thousand tons of f relgbt can roll!downthe Janks of tbat'river (the Columbia) cheaper than we can. take it over the tops of the mountains." ' i , ... . . , - ..... ; , ... . The grade of the Northern Pacific over, the mountains to Puget Sound is 11 times Meeper than tho grade of the' S., P. & S. between Portland and Pasco. I . '. . ; ' ' -' v One item of cost fci mountain transportation Is tho Investment by the Great s.Ndrtherri f between $5,000,090 and $6,000,000 lor snow sheds to prevent K Gnowslfde sweeping another train and its passengers to destruction as happened near Wellington a few years ago. , i - f '.The C, M. & St.1 P. has" spent $12,000,000 for electrification across the Rockies and ,is spending $ 9,500.000 - for electrification across the Cascade range to save transportation costs that would not appear In water grade transportation. j '-",'' . '' . . Despite the shorter distance and ' water grade routes; between the Inland 'Empire and iorts of the; Columbia, the 'longest and; steepest route, the Northern 2 Pacific, between th interior and Puget Sound la the basis of allratos.r mountain 'and water, grade, between ( the " Infand Empire' and the seaboard. ; ' .' -s.,,;.rr ': ' '';' Sci . The Columbla: basin rate hearlng lf ah appeal t or ja new rate based on justice arid sense a rate based! on the cost of water grade transpor. tation. - j- I ' - E FOR INTERVENTION News of Mexican Menace Mostly Propaganda of Unscrupulous :y Interests', Says Editor. : '-in . Mexico City, Vuly j 23 (U. P.) It waa announced officially today that the Mexican government will publish correspondence captured In the recent Vllla-Angclcs raid on Juarez, t, ;'r "::;..-:' m :fh r. ;,' V lv , The correspondence. It was stated, contained ; allegeJ ; eDommunlcatlons from farmer 3oTemorj Georg W. Hunt , of Arizona- Intimating: to Villa that Senator Fall and other Ameri cana wished to - visit him at some appointed place In the state of Chi huahua to discuss extension of aid in his campaign against the Mex ican government.'. '' -' . . -; Washington, July 21.ll N. S.) Pancho ,V 1 1 1 swf'banait:iMdcr;has discharged hi entlreforcev: which has -"scattered " completely demoral ized. V according : to - official -. advices received today ' at the Mexican em- The advices added that correspon dence of Felix ' Diaz,' seized' by . the Mexican gdvernment.' included - a YS Te. Coln; Fn)i DRV IS ALLEGED i .(..?,.., .1 .. ... . , - .. . .... . ill. 11 ..if II il 11 1 I -I BOARD HEARS PLEA Demand for : 80' Cents; an .Hour ; Instead of .75; to ;Be De-; - . termined by-Hearing. - - Representatives, of the , grain handlers' unions of the Northwest took 'the stand this morning 'before' the state board ; of conciliation in the opening hearing, at the Central library on the matter of the increase in wages demanded by the unions. The testimony V tended to show that while only the ; Portland union had actually engaged in a strike, the matter of demanding- an Increase was being fomented In Seattle and Tacoma and that a , strike ; was ' avoided In . those cities by reference of the question . to the Oregon board. : ;.-- ,. The demand of $0 cents per hour for straight tiem instead of -75 ent. - and $1.20 per hour for over time Instead of $L124 was held to be Just by the wit nesses,' including L. : F. Stein ford, sec retary of the Pprtland local $ Edward Kloss,. business agent- of the:. Tacoma local, and Joseph Taylor,' president of the Pacific coast , district of the Inter national Longshoremen's association', of which the grain handlers' union is a part. . ........ t Inasmuch, as the question will -be definitely settled by thet board, under the agreement reached by the men and the' employers, jnuch interest . was, taken CaclBded m Face igbtea,.-ColUMa Sea) 0 G AIN AN mm ASE(S Jll I IBQEI City Appears in Rate Hearing as Member of Family Abused in Favor of Puget Sound Cities. Testimony Shows in No Other ' Advantages So Fully; Ignored. Portland, the "orphan of the fam ily." appeared as chief pleader in to day's continuance of the Columbia basin rate hearing before Interstate Commerce r Commissioners . Hall, Daniels and Eastman. .' .' J.' N. Teal and V. C. McCuIloch, counsel, and John II. Lothrop, wit ness, for the Portland . Traffic and Transportation association and the Portland Chamber of ' Commerce, brought out a number of startling facta of-which the following are typical . - The terminal .. rate group of which Portland is a member cannot be dupli cated - anywhere else In the United States. Portland, closest to the In terior and with a water level haul, pays the same rate as Puget Sound, with mountain routes, and Astoria, 100 miles farther from the -Interior. New York and Philadelphia, SO miles apart, have different rates, based on distance, and so have Boston and 13a I -tlmoje. 'The -blanket rate grouping of Inland Empire polnu, likewise, cannot be du plicated anywhere else in the United States. Chicago and Milwaukee do net take the same rate although but 85 miles apart Nor Is there a rate parity betwem such keen competitors as Pe trolt. Duluth and Minneapolis. Mr Lothrop stated that from a sons south of Snake river, shown by a map entered in evidence,' the average dis tance to Portland is 260 miles, to St--attle ,S0 mile, and to Astoria 869 miles. ..Yet .tlifl..rte- Is. ! !. .'V tone contains such Important tMiri points as Pendleton. Athena, Milton, Walla Walla, . Waltsburg, Dayton and Pomeroy,. the last, four in Washington.' FCJITMKR IX.8TAWCEH CITED' , . sIn'a zone' horth'of Snake river whU h contains Spokane, Lewlaton, .Pullman, Moscow, r Cojfax. Garfield. Oakes Jale, Tekoa, Rosalia, LInd and Itltrvllle, the average distance is: Port land 367.7 mJles. Seattle 3D2 miles and Astoria 87 miles, the aversge distance to Seattle being . 106. per cent of the average distance to Portland. Yet the rate in the same. . In , the . territory north and east of Spokane, actual , distance favors Ke-, attle. but on an equated mileage basis measuring the energy needed to move freight over the mountains to the Sound in contrast with the power required for the water grade haul Portland Is much nearer even in this zone. 85 OW SHEDS EXPENSIVE 1 One minor Item of the cost of moun tain transportation - obtruded in Mr. Lothrop.s testimony. A few years ago a snowsllde on - the line of the Great Northern near Wellington swept a pas senger train of f the . tracks and killed a .number of people. To avert future accidents of the same kind, the Ort-at Northern has since spent .between $5,000,000 and $1,000,000 tn an elaborate system of snow sheds. The water grade; routes have no 'snow sheds, nor d they need them, but. the public pars Un same rate to use mountain or water grade points between the Interior and the seaboard. . . , Tho maximum grade of the S., Y.'.tt S. on the water haul between Portland and. Pasco Is two tenths of 1 per cnt. The maximum ' grade of the Northern Pacific over the mountains is 2. per cent. The mountain route. Is 11 times steeper than . the water grade; yet ' the mountain route, with 'its- lonjter dis tances, and steep pull, is the basis -of the rate charge by all . lines In the Northwest between the interior knd the coast. . , . . ; ,.. . . ARBATf OEM FIST ABJtOHHAL ; , -; Mr.' Lothrop testified: :' "The 1 carriers In- making the same rates from Seattle over the longer routes as are in ' effect from Portland vfa'the shorter routes," again for the moment: disregarding dissimilarity in transportation conditions, are not doing so because of railroad competition, but solely for the purpose' of equalizing the market : or. cemmerclal competition , by unfair and abnormal adjustments." ' , As a more . direct comparison,' Mr. Lothropaverred : - ' "The normal SeatUe-Pendleton first class rate would be 121 per cent of the Portia nd-Pendleton rate. . iThe westbound equated m lies ge be tween -Seattle and Pendleton is 241 per cent of the westbound equated mileage between Portland and Pendleton. East bound the percentages of distances and rates would ,be207.2 per cent' and 167. per "cent respectively." RATE TI V- PORTLAND SAME " The' testimony brought out the : fact that the. O-W. R. tc N. hauls livestock from : Pendleton through Portland to Seattle at the same rale - as to Port land. J - " :. ' . Though the effect on transportation cost of the mountain routes is denied In rate' making "between the interior and the coast, the rate charged, between Cul de. Sac and Orangevllle. Idaho, is on a basis of two miles for one, and north of Bed Bluff, crossing the Slsklyous, IS miles to one. . The prophetic words spoken by James J; Hill, the empire builder, were re peated: , - .. , , '-TNatare made the pass; water follows the lines of '.least resistance, and so does commerce. :Wlth water it Is some phys ical obstruction, but with 'com mere It (Ceaelodcd en Fas Se.tu, Calomn Oar)