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Q OREGON DAILY r JOURNAL PO liTLAND, THURSDAY. JULY CI, : 131D. ULESOil MITED (TELEPHONE RAISE JCity Officials U nable to Obtain Copy of the Order, However; Contest to Be Kept Up. Orders bave been Issued by Post "piaster General Burleson authorizing 3;Re increase in local exchange tele- t iphotta rates, a wire to Mayor Baker irons ' congressman MCAnnur an eumoeed this morning. It is not pja- Jsibl to secure a copjr-f or the city; as 'requested by the city council imme- . tdlately, the telegram states. "The postmaster general's office ia- u Increase telephone rates, bat it is im- possible to send copies by wire," the tele- tffram from MCAnnur reaaawjtiave rc quested .report be sent to your as soon as completed.' . Although the wire indicates that or- ders .were issued by Burleson authorising VI. increase, city oixiciau. woui kuow .why.it is Impossible to receive a copy, at Issued by Burleson, the order certainly wa completed, .they argue, arid yet It 4 s impossible to get a copy of the order Jin Washington. uepmy waiy; Awraey jJTomllnson maintains that any Increase of rates must be based on an order, and ' Sthat the order must have been completed ' "for the company to act In case It acted without authority, Tomlinson declares it nrould be an easy matter to beat the com- jpany in court. -. -;3T0C0tr-SUBMITTED - Local official of the telephone com- paay also failed to submit a copy of the order to the city council aa requested. X letter to Mayor Baker this morning an nounced that they were unable to comply with the council' request and that the , tdemand of the city had been forwarded ' .Jto the telephone administration. This, say city officials, gives further color to Jthe belief that the company raised rates without authorisation. "The McArthur wire, however, Indi catee that Burleson will stand behind the company," Mayor ! Baker states. "I would take this wire to mean that some sort of. order has been Issued py the -postmaster general, despite jibs fact- that ' it cannot be found .either in Washington or Portland. - In case he has issued an order, the city will cling to its former position of fighting the' advance to the finish. Any I power -that we can use to combat the rates wiU be utilized to the utmost." Deputy City : Attorney Tomlinson is J of the opinion the city will be forced to fight the case through the public service , commission on the basis that . an order has been issued. He points ?out ' that the commission ; has an vnounced that It will hold a hearing on J the new rates Immediately after the wires are (returned to private control. In case a hearing is not called by the commission the city ' Will file uit against the - company with the ; public service body, i it is ? claimed. If no J redress is forthcoming from the com amission, an appeal will - be made to the courts from the decision. Mayor Baker declares. ' ' . ' StTIT TO BE PBOSECUTED In the meantime, the suit of the city, filed in the circuit court against the public service commission two weeks " ago to set aside the advance granted the company on Mar 1. will be nrose. Routed,, according to Tomlinson. JJurle- son's order may, however, cover those rates too, Tomlinson explains, and in that case a new suit would be .neces sary. A suit covering both increases canot be filed' now because one must go- to the public', service commission t, and the other before the Circuit court. ,: . Cousin Back at Desk " ? f . T2 : 1C SI i . M. MMi . ' " jtx, vuuno, . iruiic examiner, re COiilhifSSllERS SAY ' KfJOWLES' OLD PLACE WAS OFFERED TO HIM : f " Exception 'Taken to Article Inti- mating Injustice Done Sol-t- ' . dier Lately Returned. County .Commissioners Ralph, W. Hoyt and Rufus C. Holman challenge an ar ticle that appeared this morning- in the Oregoniaa accusing them of virtually refusing to reinstate C. II. Knowles. re cently returned from service in France, in his old position as assistant road- master for Multnomah county. They aver that Knowles was offered back his old position with an increase in salary. The facts, according to Hoyt and hoi- man, are that when w. A,- Eatchel be came roadmaster 'in August, 1911. after John B., Yeon's resignation and during Knowles absence, a reduction of 9800 a month was made in the administra tive cost of the office. This $800 was unnecessary expense, they state. It cov ered the salaries of employes in the de partment ' who were not necessary to efficient management. As a result, when Knowles returned the commissioners said they had no po sition for him, but to make their word good that . all -returned soldiers should have their positions back they ordered him put on the payroll, increasing the salary he received before leaving for France, jtnd then, to justify the $175 a month salary, - endeavored to make ar rangements j whereby the books of the roadmaster's office should -be kept by him in the roadmaster's office. They are now kept in the county auditor's of fice. As a practical ; matter, said the commissioners, Knowles was given back his old position as assistant roadmaster at an increase of $15 a month over what he was getting 1ef ore entering the serv ice. The fact that H. B.-Chapman, who has been in the roadmaStefs office for 15 years and Is ' recognized as a lead ing expert on paving in the state, should be receiving more, money than Knowles has nothing to do with; the case, they said. Mr. Chapman is , superintendent of maintenance of the road department Seven .'Drownvin : Wyoming Hoods; Town Is Wrecked Casper, Wyo., July 31. (U. PD Seven persons are reported to have been drowned In terrific rains near Lander and Dubois, Wye, on water sheds of national forests. . , A cloudburst along Horse creek, which runs - through , Dubois, is reported to have swept away: half of the latter town's buildings, causing five deaths. Two were drowned north of Lander. cently deposed by the city council, re- turned b his office this morning. His vacation -period of " 15 days has six J days to run, and he explained that he whad returned to work for the remaln- ing period because of the action' of the telephone company in advancing rates. COLORADO CLOUDBURST CAUSES I ; PROPERTY DAMAGE OF $40,000 Longmont, Col, July SL (L N. S.) A terrific cloudburst late yesterday in the . St. Vraln river ; district west of Lyons, caused a property damage of between . $30,000 and $40,000. but too loss of life. ' A half dozen bridges were'jstyept'; away togethei1 -with .many automobiles ' which were abandoned by their owners in" rtheir mad flight to escape death. 1 The machines were car ried , down the north fork of the St. Vraln. Several thousand acres of farm land along the bed of the river were Inundated and in many instances crops were practically ruined. Pays $20 fine " .. F. B. Decker appeared' before District Judge Dayton Wednesday to answer to a charge of . speeding on the Base Line road.: " In extenuation of the rate of 40 miles an hour which he ad mitted making. Decker pleaded that he was taking a friend to a train. He was fined $20. Kouniahians Much Dissatisfied With - Treaty of vPeace Bucharest. July SL L N. &) 'Hou mania is profoundly dissatisfied with the peace conditions - and unless I . obtain guarantees Of some concessions I shall resign," declared Premier BraUano of Roumania in an interview today.' He continued : ''iiyy .-. f ; tf "s ' :r The . reparation clauses are ' insuffi cient and it is unfair to expect us to pay any portion of the Austre-Hungarian debt if Transylvania is 5 ceaeu vt Roumanians are - Indignant ' that Paris f the peace conference) made so - many concessions to j Servia at ; our ' expense. Wo are sure our troops, with the help Of the allies,' can crushi BelaKun. - We think that Paris and London do not understand the menace to tfieNpeace of Europe that lies -in the soviet gov ernment at Budapest. It is a festering sore." -i REORGANIZATION OF WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL IS PERFECTED Realty Firm : Is Formed to Con duct Business in Connection .i With Plant Reorsranization of the affairs of the Willamette Iron Steel works of Port land whereby certain stockholders are to purchase the interests of other stock holders, has been effected. To carry out he purposes of the stockholders, a sep arate ; organisation known as tne Wil lamette Iron & Steel Works Realty com pany has been formed. The incorpo rators of the new company, according to articles filed Wednesday with the secre tary of state at Salem, are: B. C BaU, president of the Willamette Iron & Steel works, James B. Kerr and M. H. Insley. The purpose of .the realty firm is to engage in a general real estate business in connection with the plant, it is de clared in the articles. ? ,: ; Referring to the new company. Presi dent Ball today said: 5 "The Willamette Iron & Steel Works Realty company has been incorporated for the purpose of carrying out the plan of reorganisation of the Willamette Iron ss Steel works, whereby certain stock holders ofthe plant will purchase the in terests of , other stockholders. Further announcement will be made J n a few days when the transaction is completed." According to a reliable authority, the actual mission of the realty concern is to enable a financial adjustment whereby the change In stock ownership is to be consummated. : The-; agreement already reached, it is declared, is that W, C Al vord and the Failing Interests are to sell out to the other stockholders at a figure insisted upon by the retiring members of the company. : ' - - s, ;- ; . The settlement marks the closing chapter in efforts to amicably adjust the affairs of : the stockholders, which has been pending for: a considerable period. The Willamette Iron & Steel works is one of the pioneer industrial institutions of Portland, and the Pacific' Northwest. The plant has a long record of achieve ments in ' the way of rebuilding : ships; manfacturlng-logging engines, ' and dur ing the war period of building Scotch marine boilers for shipping board ves sels. The ' boiler shop is said to be the largest of its kind in the United States. - . . - i i '- Justifies Motor Manufacture . Washington, July 31. (L N. S.) Time consumed, in perfecting the Lib erty motor, for use in American air planes was justified- and denial of waste of appropriations for aircraft was made today by Secretary Baker before the aviation sub-committee of the house committee investigating ex penditures in the war department. Ay 0TH fS Let the Chart be your guide Correct L-ubrication with Zerolehe will mean better performance and longer life for your car. By exhaustive study and actual tests our Board of Lubrication Engineers has determined the correct consistency of Zerolene for, your make of automobile. Their recommendations are available for you in the Zerolene Correct Lubrica tion Charts. Get one for your car atyour dealer's or our nearest station. , , . STANDARD OIL COMPANY (California), &ade for each type of engine fflfflSTMlY ISNT BORilE OUT Professor Declares That Ford Is Not Advocate of Anarchy; Dic tionary Introduced. By Harry Reutlinger . (Iaterosticnal New. Berriee 8Uff CorrpoBdest) Mt, Clemens, Mich., July J1-L N. S.) Nothing: . whatever - in the writings or utterances of Henry Pord cad be called anarchistic, in the opin ion of Professor -William Dunning, present : science expert of Columbia university. For: the tlilrd consecu tive day, Professor-Dunning - today was ' the chief 'witness in the Ford Tribune $1,000,000 libel suit. - - "Do you find to any "of Henry Ford's teachings anything containing an as sault on the character of God, the rights of property or the order of society? Attorney , Alfred LMcklng.- for - Ford, asked the witness, ( . . I bare found &o thing," . was the re ply. , KOTHiarG ANARCHISTIC "Is there anything ? fundamentally anarchistic except those three things? LwHng staked,' - '.-'-.,..--.:..'.'.-.. Z know ef none," Dunning answered. ' Then, said the attorney, "the opin lcsa of -Henry Ford pn other topics is ursjmportant.' VolumtB of Webster's dictionary and supreme court records were produced by. tbe plaintiff today to an effort to prove that '"farce and violence' are nec essary In the actions of any man be fore he can be called anarchist. The definition "one who seeks to overthrow the government by violence or destroy the laws of the state is an anarchist," was read j "Is that your idea of an anarchist T" Dunning was asked. - "It corresponds to my views," the wit ness replied. "Do the law of the United States for bid anarchists, from entering this coun try r Attorney Lucking inquired. v , , "1 believe so was the answer. EMMA GOLDMAIf DISCUSSED "Was Enmut Qoldman against prohl bitJonr- "Yes," Dunning said. "What were her vJews on woman suf frage T I believe she has been against it," the witness said. . . The object of these Questions. Attorney Lucking explained when objections were interposed. : was to show the diversity of opinion . between - .Emma, Goldman, leading exponent of anarchy, and Henry Ford. ;i. Attorney - Elliott Stevenson, for the Tribune, attempted . to counteract this testimony by pointing eut that both Ford and Emma Goldman Were opposed to in tervention in Mexico. Several -Killed By Explosion, in Southern Still Tulsa, Okla, July 31. (I. N. &) Sev era! men are believed to have been killed when a still at the Cosden refin ery exploded here at 10 o'clock this morning. Every available ambulance In the city has been sent to the refin ery, where flames are making the res cue work difficult. One body has been recovered and it is f eased , that many workers have been trapped by the fire. S. H. Oreea it tempi m cash. Hol man Fuel Co, Main 153. A-325L Block wood, short slabwood. : Rock Springs end Utah coal: sawdust. Adv. PARTIES TO SUIT AT BOILING POINT, BUT Y PEACE MAINTAINED A . t : ...... - - . .:' ''-m"". .- -' " " '' ' ' a . ' '' '"' Except Commenti No. Further Trouble Occurs in Case Fea- - tured by Fist Fight . Either an armistice ' has been con cluded between litigants In the legal controversy over the estate of the late William T. . B. Nicholson or the threat of punishment for contempt of court issued by Judge Ts swell last Thursday following: the free-for-all- fight among the parties in the corrldorsjof his court has proved efficacious. The hearing be gan Wednesday, and although eruptions have been momentarily expected, noth ing has happened so far. Attorney Dan Malarkey, representing Grace Nicholson Holman and a promi nent figure in the fistic tangle last week, in his opening, address ,Wednes day shot a few fiery remarks to the - " W .miv.to VUUVIUII . against nodding their heads and making uciugaiory remarks about his client. It was something like this' that Caused the near riot last week. -j. The suit is an attempt on the part of Grace Nicholson Holman, daughter? of William T. B. Holman, to have $27,000 in cash paid to her in lieu of property from her father's estate. s -r - WOULD SLAY HER, ALLEGED Last Friday John Liska lureatened to kill his wife, Mabel Liska,' if she com menced action for divorce. .This is averred in the complaint far divorce filed Wednesday morning in the circuit ' ussa is in jail on a charge of non support sworn out shortly after his aUeged threat against hia wife. , Deputy Constable Watklnds, whC mad J the arrest Saturday, found Liska on the lawn in front Of his house at 643 Web ster street Mrs. Liska was barricaded in a neighbor's house nearby, terrified at the threats which she says her hus band had made against her. - "Tou have been chasing around with other females" Is one of the accusations which Harry Stewart says in his com plaint for divorce Helen Stewart hurled against him and wfclch he vows wag wholly ' without foundation. 'Know them by Jet Black Jreadl" ' w - " m w"k. ssv -saaaw m. .. m m. m sssssa.- .sw. . . 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