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. -. " t . : w . r f - . ... . . . K .;,.. :; . V- ' -' CITY EDITION it' All Here and it's All True THE WEATHER Tonight fair- and wtrmtri Thursday fair: variable winds. MAXIMUM TEMPERA TURKS TUESDAY Portland 7S fit. Paul g New York... 74 . New Orleans.... 88 Chicago . . v 88 Los Angelas.. ... 74 The BIG OUTDOORS W THE .OREGON COUNTRY A series of striking full page photo- -- graphs in color, one each Sunday, in The ' ' Sunday. Journal Magazine beginning ;-NElT::SUND.AiY' VrtT r VtTTT" flSin f129 Enter, Bfecnd-cl Matter VUb. VWV111. rW, Portofffce. Portland. Oro 5 PORTLAND, OREGON, .WEDNESDAY EVENING, ? AUGUST ,6, 919. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO ; CENTS, . TRAINS AND NIW STANDS riVK OBNTS PURCHASE OF ROADS CITED American Democracy Controlled by Autocracy of Industry De clares W. F. Stone in Hearing. Pjumb Plan, Embodying Public ; Ownership and.Tripartite Con trol, Urged Before Committee. Washington, Aug. 6. .Declaring that American democracy is "con trolled by an autocracy in industry," Warren S. Stone, grand chief of sbe Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, appeared before the house in terstate and foreign relations com mittee today to urge the passage of tb,e Sims bill, embodying the Plumb plan for government ownership and "tripartite" control of the railroads. et Industrial freedom," he added. Store told the committee that there could be no solution of the industrial problem and no lowering of the cost of living as long as consumers had to pay extortionate profits on their own earn ings for the necessaries of life. . Labor's belief in the Plumb plan was profound. Stone said. "I speak as the voice of two million men." he declared, "delegated . by them to announce to this commlt'tee and to the people of this country that they are supporting this measure with all the strength and all the, unity . of purpose that can move so large a body of cltl i.n.i. Joined with us and represented by Mr. Morrison is the American Fede ration of Labor adding three million and a half men to that body of railway era.- r ployes who instituted this movement.,- "Jn the industrial development of .this ": country." he continued, "great organisa tions of capital first appeared as enr- . plovers. Individual workers, following the example set by capital, organized as employes; Their purpose was to secure better working conditions and a larger ; tCottfthided Jit. Column Tbr) - FOUR INJURED IN IE Car Driven by 'N. C. Christensen Smashes Into Another Ma chine, Hurling Occupants. Four persons suffered injuries, one woman being 'severely hurt, when two automobiles laden with -passengers collided at East Eleventh and Clackamas streets at 10 o'clock this morning. ; The injured are ? ' T Mrs. A Ellison. 875 Halght street, back injured and shocked severely; taken' to Good Samaritan hospital. ' Robert" Ellison. 719 East Pine street, son of Mts. Ellison, right leg hurt. Virginia Ellison, age - 5. daughter of Robert Ellison, bruised. " ' A. Ashla. 1650 Ferrate street, bruised. All of the injured people were in the car driven by Robert Ellison, the ma : chine having been struck squarely and thrown . bottom, site up . on the curb. They were on their way to the grocers picnic at Bonneville. The occupants of the car were hurled onto the pavement. " Occupants of the other car. which was driven by N." C Christensen of Evans Ville. Waste., escaped injury in a re markable manner. . According to the report Of Patrolman . S. T. Tully, "hrlstensen, who was travel ing west on Clackamas street was at fault. Ellison. was proceeding south on East Eleventh street when struck. Those In Chrlstensen's car besides himself were : Leslie Kipper, Eaton ville, -Wash.,; M. McMillan, wife and two year 'old son, Roderick, of 809 Multnomah Street. , .;'' Potatoes Take to Soaring in Chicago Chicago. Aug. 6. (I. N. S. Pota toes joined the ranks of soaring food stuffs todays making an advance of 35 to 75 cents a hundred pounds. Insuffi cient receipts were, blamed by local dealers. - New potatoes in carload lots sold at 84.25 a hundred pounds, the sea son's top price. 3TIWii!0IIUfcmiMUMIHlMIWItSm .1 . . - . i VRE you ' planning this , . . year to take a trip 'in the mou.it.ins, to camp, to hunt to fish, tot pick berries dr to v 1 do mountain climbing? f If ' I I m i i you want to know the best 1 places to go. consult The 1 Journal resort directory, published each Wednesday, Friday and; Sunday. You i will find mi . of the worth- j while places listed there.- - 1 The Journal Travel and In- 1 -1 -. i I . formation Bureau 'will also I I , be glad to give you addi- -' i 1 ; tional - Information as to . 1 , rates and the way of reach- I - ing th i vr , resorts.' . 1 - 1 AM CRASH HEARING ON PHONE RATES 27 Legality and Reasonableness- of New Rates to Be Considered ' at Meeting in Portland. . Salem, Aug 9. A hearing- to de termine the 'legality and reasonable ness of the Burleson-made tele phone rates institnted by the Pacific Telephone At Telegraph ': company, will be held before the Oregon state public service cbmmission at its Portland offices on Wednesday, Aug use 27. ',' v This hearing- has been ; instituted on the commission's own motion, following a conference Tuesday evening attended by all three members of the commis sion and J. O. Bailey. assistant at torney general. : . " - . In the act .of congress returning, the telephone lines to .private control ,ahd incidentally to the ; Jurisdiction of the various state regulatory bodies so far as intra-state rates : are- concerned, it was stipulated that the rates in effect at the .time rt "them transfer should continue in force for a period of .four months from-the time the government released them to their owners, unless changed by action i of the state com missions. ' - ' Anticipating the return of the wires by Just two days the Pacific Telephone company, instituted 'a new schedule of rates on all their- lines throughout Ore gon, effective July 23. These' 'rates, which were practically Identical with the schedule of rates - which Burleson had attempted to Institute In this state last November, i amounted to an Increase of from one fourth to one . third over 4he rates rranted by the state commission last spring under telegraphic permission. from the postmaster general. : :, , Since that time, however, a supreme court - decision had declared the state regulatory bodies . ; without Jurisdiction over the telephone companies, so long as they were Under governmental con trol. This decision, left the commission powerless to prevent the 'institution of the new rates Just instituted by the Pa cific company in bregon A' flood of protests from all sections of the state affected by' the schedule; how ever, has prompted the J decision of the' commission to -call this! hearing, at which the Increase and the causes lead-. lng up to it can , be thoroughly aired from all angles. ' . The action of" the telephone company in instituting the new rates, while yet under government, control, has, it ia pointed out here.t placed the' burden of proof upon those, goosed to i the? 4n4 orease. As the situation new sUnds the .BurJeson made schedule wilt hold - until proven unreasonable or illegal. Had the telephone company waited two days longer- before Instituting the new rate it would have been .necessary 'for? If to have made formal application before the state commission and to have proven the reasonableness and legality of the new schedule before the - new- rates could have been made effective. " Woman Whtf Claims Portland as Ho me Attempts ! Suicide San Francisco. Aug. 6. (I. N. S.) Mrs. ' Lois Manning, who. claims - Port land,' Or., as her home and who - says she is separated from her husband Who is in business there, swallowed poison this .morning at 1 her apartments, 5056 Geary street, -with suicidal intent. Mrs. Manning refused to ' give the police the initials of her husband or tell what business he was engaged In. All she would -' say was that he lives in Portland and that they had separated. . With Mrs. Manning at the time she took the poison was a man giving . the name of G. E. Tucker, who says he is a friend of the husband. He would tell nothing concerning Manning. Mrs. Manning t refused - to give' any r reason for her attempt at self destruc tion. She will recover. Washington, Aug. 6. (I. N: S.) The present high price of; shoes is entirely unjustified. ' v .This is the finding of the federal trade commission, to be submitted to congress, following an investigation of the activities of the packers, tan ners, manufacturers and . retailers during the period from 1914 to 1918. it wa announced today. - The report of the commission shows a succeesioh of profiteering all down the line. The commission found," according to" the report, that: : . PACKEES TAKE ' PROFITS j. ; 1 The larger packers control the hide supply : and have taken excessive profits And have passed increased costs to sub sequent 'steps in manufacture and dis tribution.' : v; - i 2 -The tanner has taken exceptional profits. i . - ' .' . , ; 3 The manufacturer has taken un usual .marprins. . -," . , ' - ; - 4 The prices 'charged . by 'the "re tailers, are not Justifiable.: each factor In; the industry having added to the burden he had to. bear Just before he passed it on to the next. Other outstanding facts established by the - inquiry. ;the report states, are as follows:;.;:,-';; ( : . ; : J Between 191 and 1917 . the, prices of hides, the principal factor In the cost of producing leather, greatly advanced and the differential between' : co'untry hides and. packer hides increased be yond the usual proportion -de to . the mora niarkeU increase ;? price of packer, hldea't AUGUST - r HighCbst Unjustified in i i O reaerai w&m bi aso Secretary Lansing at Hearing on Peace Treaty Says .Letter on Japanese.. Question Solicited. Plan Finaliy AdopJed for League Is ' Better 'Than So-Called American Plan, Tells Borah. Washington.-Aug. 6.-The letter of Secretary Lansing. Henry White and General Bliss, as three of the Ameri can -peace commissioners, sent to the president' regarding the Shantung settlement, was. not. "one of protest," Secretary Lansing testified, before the senate foreign ; relations com mittee today, when it resumed Its hearings on the' treaty of Versailles. Lansing declined to furnish the com mittee with the text of the letter, stat ing ' it was of a personal nature and was still, he presume. in the posses sion of President Wilson. 'The president had conferred with us as to the Shantung situation and asked us to express ohr. views in Writing." Lansing said- "General. Bliss prepared a letter to - the .. president at the presi dnf request, which expressed our views. That was a few days before the Shantung settlement. The letter was signed by General Bliss and sont to the president." 'Will you tell us what was in the letter?" asked Senator Borah. i "I would rather nolt , It was in , the nature of a personal or confidential- let ter, from General JBliss to the president." Lansing replied.' . : Lansing said he had. cabled Premier Clemenceau not . to submit to the French senate the -resume or recapitulation of Concluded on Pag. Eighteen, Cajtuan One) EosiilpSuMter Loses Lite' When : Gun Is Discharged Roseburg, Aug. 6. A. D. Bradley, a prominent man ,of this city and local agent of the Oldsmobile. was found dead at the top of a hill south of the city near the river dam. Death was probably accidental. He drove out In a touring .car; stopped1 and took a shot at a duck In the river with his '80-30 rifle. The, next shot struck him under the chin, the bullet ranging up through the top -of his head. Bradley was the owner of considerable business property in this city. He was unmarried and about 45 years old. A sister, Mrs. McReynolds, his only rela tive, lives in this city. The -surroundings showed that the shooting could have occurred as he stepped on. a fence, s when, his foot slipped. He was a member of Elks lodge- .. ' Europe Goal Job Is Offered Hoover Paris, Aug. 6. (I.- N. S.)-r-Herbert Hoover, head of the inter-allied commlt- Ltee on food relief, today turneddown the coal dictatorship of Europe onv. the ground that Europe must settle her own problems- ,-. ' . .- ' of Slides , Asseirts ommissiosi . 2-5-Though there was an increase in the cost of hides Lto the Unner, the prices of his product leather ad vanced . to-a point', that could - not be Justified, by the cost" of producing- Jt. This conclusion is "supported by the high rates of return on investment re celyed by tanners.- . COST DliKT JUSTIFY 3 The cost of manufacturing shoes Increased greatly between 1914 and 1917 but, as evidenced by : the high rates of return on Investments "not to an extent that warranted ther prices at which manufacturers sold , their products. 4The absolute J margins of profit taken by retail shoe "merchants per pair of shoes, grew wider, as their costs of shoes , increased because their rate of profit remained substantially without change.1 ., ... r As a Iresult the publics hadi to -pay prices for shoes that co.uld not'be "Jus Ufled not only because retalT shoe deal ers took too much profit but because the dealer, had -to pass on to the consumer the excessive profits received by butch ers for hides and also the excess profits of tanners .and shoe manufacturers. ! BE tlF.F' OFFERED ? , f - The report, is accompanied by three recommendations for 'Velief - from the intolerable prices paid by : 'consumers for:8hoesV These are: i . i-. Rigid enforcement 'of the laws against monopolistic control oi commodities ; legislation . prohibiting producers of hides from engaging in - the tanning business and. adoption of a device In the - distribution of shoes that -will ac quaint the i consumer with th rpt.X price of thj manufacturer. - STUDYING U. S. SIR M. VISVESVARAYA; statesman from Bombay, i though he considers pho tographs "immpral, consent ed, to being naughty in this instance on his tour of America- to learn government methods. i i . v ' ... I -ft. K, . , . - . ... I t'1 ' 8 siliHiaW IIHI llllllliJLl llllll 'iirir'T'T " y.-vAXi RETIRED OFFICIAL OF INDIA VISITOR Ex-Prime Minister of Mysore Studying Municipal Govern ment and Reconstruction. ' Sir M. Visvesvaraya, retired prime minister of Mysore state, India, who is making a tour of Japan, United States and England to study various forms of .municjpal government and the 'measures for reconstruction, has arrived with .his secretary, T. K. jSalvj Itao.- at the Multnomah hotel. He is today holding coaferences wltn Alayer 3akr. thai Chambee,-OX Commeroe and other men and organixations idett t If led -with- municipal affairs. " He "de clines to talk 'about India or its govern ment or to give lany of his impressions of American city governmentts. "I am with the government," he ' said, "and it would nojt be delicate for me to say anything." . .. FORM OF GOVERNMENT LAUDED "But I' thinkj your country is pro gressingly rapidly," he added. "You have more scope for development here than In other countries. Your form of government ' is very progressive. In stitutions are growing- rapidly and you are doing big things. I " visited' your country 10 years ago, but I got no far ther than Chicago." The visitor hesitated about posing tor his picture, thinking it was Just a little bit immodest, but finally consented. "We try to travel quietly," explained Secretary Rao, "'but In this country, the newspapers seem to' be everywhere." Vlsvesvaraysf retired . from Indian di plomatic life six months ago to make a tour of the world and study municipal affairs, of which he is a . keen and vi tally interested student, as well as along all lines of social and political science. Re'lIEF TO FOLLOW BENT . It Is a great! relief, after the stress of official life, to follow out for-a pe riod the things 'most interesting td him, according to the former minister. "I cannot promise what I will do with my Information," he said. - "I cannot promise it will be used as a basis for study in solving Indian mu nicipal problems. I cannot promise anythirig. If iwould be Indelicate." Visvesvaraya! traveled first through Japan. From Seattle he came to Port land and afterj visiting thfs country' lie expects to tour England.- Upon arriv ing at the Mutnom'ah he and his sec retary discovered the, Mehtas-and Ca mas from Bombay, -who. are . old ac quaintances, . and a reunion is being planned. , i - . Brooklyn Eapid Transit Employes Latest Strikers New York'. Aug. 6. (U. P.y -Several hundred employes of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company went on strike at 5 o'clock this morning following .refusal of Lindley M. Garrison, receiver, to grant demands, including 75 cents an hdur, an eight hour day and recognition of their union. - Company officials admitted their ele vated and subway lines were affected, "largely 'through intimidation of loyal employes,, bat contended their sur face lines were maintaining full service. The final, vote to strike was taken at a mass meeting at 4 o'clock this morn ing, attended by about' 2500. men. who said they spoke' for 8000 of the com pany's 13.000 employes. Sporadic disorders broke out in many sections . during. the-- forenoon. 'Crews' which had, refused to walk . ou were 'pulled from cars, irolley wires were cut and In De ' Kalb' avenue, Brooklyn, , two cars were partly wrecked - by strikers, 'i Two men were- stabbed in a general fisht between strikers' pickets and non striking shopworkers at, the v Thirty ninth street barns, :i - ; - ' Attempt: to. Destroy v Docks at Liverpool ' London.. Aug.. . I.' N. S.") An "at tempt was made to. burn the great sys tem of docks at 'Liverpool during the strike.- it ,-wa admitted -in .the house ct commons this frrnooii lime Secre tary Edward i Short' ' . t '."? ' - 1 ' ' . ' " IE E FOR ROADS State Highway Commission Lets Work Calling for Expenditure of $900,000, Some Held Up. Conciliation Board Asks Com mission to Use Its Influence to id Strike of Roller Men. Contracts aggregating in esti mated cost approximately $900,000 were awarded today by the state highway commission. They were as follows: Bridge across ; John Day river In Wheeler county, J. FV Clarkson, .$17,885. Three bridges In Jackson county over Neil creek; Frank Jordar. $14,078. Paving 4 16 miles Salem-Brooks; Blake Compton . company, asphalttc concrete, $92,445. Grading 9.5 miles Butt creek section John Day highway ; J. K. Clarkson. $47, 743. ' v1'' Macadam 4-5 miles, stage road pass Josephine county ; Warren Construction company, $40,175. Paving 11.8 miles Athena-MIWon. Uma tilla county: Warren Construction com pany, bitulithic, $260,970. Grading and macadam 8.6 miles Yon calla section Douglas county ; A. An dersen, $97,820. . Paving 2 miles. The Dalles-Three Mile creek ; Onited' Contract company, bitu lithic, $46,188. . Grading and macadam 9.7 miles,. Baker-Haines ; V. C Oxman, $96,094. Grading 9.8 miles Myrtle Creek-Can-yonville; H. J. HOdeburn, $85,950. SOME BIDS REFERRED The following bids were oeferred to the engineer for further consideration : Bridge across Mplalla, Portland Bridge company, $47,793. '-Madacad. 11 miles. Canyonville-Gales-ville. :f Warren . Construction company. i Jtadara, ru- Lone Pia-Hpt Lake Unleir county; Warren - Consitruc tion eonipany.; $4ft,57k-i: '' Maca'dam. 1.36 miles. Divide. Douglas county, J. H. Hawleyi $13,801. Grading and macadam, 7.S2 miles. Yamhill-Gaston, Yamhill county court, $9).98i , Gradingr, ,9 mile. Rainier, Columbia county. Pacific Bridge company, $56,935. SEVERAL BIDS REJECTED On the following projects the bids were rejected and read vertlsement ordered: Bridge across Miller creek, Jackson county ; three bridges and four cul- ( Concluded on P Two. Column Four) PAY THE OLD RATE, ASSERTS OFFICIAL Deputy City, Attorney Says Tele phone Company Hasn't Shown Authority to Raise Price. "Pay telephone rates in force pre vious to the war." This is the advice given Portland telephone patrons in a statement is sued by Deputy City Attorney Tom linson today, questioning the report that an order has been issued .by the postmaster general authorizing in creases in telephone charges, and flaying the company and government authorities for failure to show the alleged order on request of the Port land city; commission and representa tives in congress., "It looks as though the government never lawfully authorized increased rates,", Tomlinson declares. "The com pany has made radical, increases - in rates a matter of vital Importance to the people, and which-also affects their rights, because people do have rights which are affected by public utilities and the service they render. , "If the 'company was authorised to make "those - radical increases there Is but one source from which, it could be obtained, and that is rrom the post master general. The company has been asked by the city commissioners to show authority from the government for the recent raise. The company. has failed to show any authority whatever. All of Oregon's representatives in con gress have been for days trying to et Information from the postmaster gen- tral concerning .authority for the ad ance, but without . success. . ( ' ; "The raise,"' unden. present circum stances, is in any event a high handed, cxar-like piece of 'work, and doubly, so since the company declines to furnish evidence of authority: for the. acf.No reasonable man will doubt' thajt the people have a right to know on what authority the rates are raised and id be shown the order putting the rates into effect- . ' "Under : - present circumstances t would - seem that the -telephone users are justified " in tendering to the com pany payment of lawful pre-war rates, and of refusing to pay anything addi tional until the long,-heralded and some what "mysterious and elusive " govern ment 'order is forthcoming. If the com pany expects people to be fair and frank wtth' them.'. they should' be' lair and frank --r1- popf V Go Into Shipping Portland's future as a maritime, center must .? be spelled in dollars arid the future commercial struc ture ..of the port must ber founded in large part ' upon shipping and built with public interest if Portland. Is to achieve the destiny she hops for. ' - This Is Max H. Houser's analysis of the situation which was viewed from a broad angle, here on Tuesday by John H. Rosseter, director of operations of the United States shipping board. Build ing upon a basis of" real money and real interest there may be no. limit to the extent of the shipping development of the porti. Houser believes. . " WILL TAKE 3IILLI0N8 "First comes the matter 'of money,'.' Houser declared. "We cannot go .into this thing with our eyes on tjgjusands, for the purchase price of what Port land wants to be as a shipping center is millions. Rosseter's' seeming scorn for the unusually modest ' start that has been made here was well' placed, for those who ambitiously launched shipping development have been figuring in small change instead of fortunes. "We cannot expect to buy. our marl time future ' for the price of an outfit of office furniture. Just as Rosseter said. It is, however, ' none the less necessary that we-do not Jump into the sea of development without first prepar ing ourselves for the water. The start must, perforce, be a modest one, ' but It must be backed with a wealth of money and public interest. BIG LINE NECESSAItV - "The future will, to a large extent, take care of itself if we provide the money -and -4he interest to float it. The establishment of one birr shipping line, properly flnaijeed. would be nothing less tan a leap-toward the goal we aim at. Iwould be personally Interested In such a movement to the limit. "The trouble seems to be that we've been aiming at the stars with nothing to shoot -with. We are not going to rmake a seaport of Portland overnight, nor are we going to turn the trick with a few thousand dollars 'In the pockets of a few interested men. FIRST PLAIT UNFEASIBLE . "When the proposal to create a traf fic bureau appeared here we aimed high We aimed at a $25,000 man as a traffic manager. That would mean a $10U.O00 Organization to back him. .There, W an hour, we - Create a a bureau tthat could ideaL.wlth . hlpnj,igna. patlopUcoc. arm we nave no sucn snipping ,iq aeai with. - , ' "The more , sane way Is that which we now, have under way.V We will make a modest start toward a traffic bureau,' with a Capable man who doesn't, want his weight In gold, and. develop the ship ping industry. The money it would take to keep up the bureau as originally planned must be more than provided In any event But in place of spending it. for a bureau it might go toward bu'yr lng 'ships, or toward other 'development. In that manner we are providing a. bu reau and something for .the bureau to ,work with' on thesame capital.' NEED FIVE MILLIONS . "Rosseter's 1 statement that we need $2,000,000 to start our development" is all right in Its way. I believe, how ever, that $5,000,000 would be a better figure. Given the money, public interest-might automatically develop to a large extent." The psychology of Houser's outlook appeared to be that the little shipping AD CLUB LUNCHE After Eating, They Boost Home Towns Sky High, Giving Juclges Big Problem. Nearly one thousand out-of-town buyers, here for Victory Buyers' Week, were guests at noon today rt the Ad club luncheon in The Audi torium.' ; After the luncheon, . made doubly enjoyable by care-free good fellow ship with .business - discussion set aside foV s41ads and sandwiches, the home town, boosting contest was be gun. -All afternoon men and women rose to their feet, faced the Judges, and r., Ail r-inh members and their uest3 why their town was the - best little town on the whole map. : All afternoon F"red Lockley and the nt .the closely fouaht con test sat and wondered how It would PS POSSIOIC iijmcvc o. viv.mi.. 1 so many bursts of two-minute orrtory. so many briefr but pointed, perorations. ; Late today no - decision -"had been made. No one yet knew to whom be longed the solid silver baking dish, and fffred by the Ad VI-tS W " ' - . . chib for the" best speeches of the day. - - . - aI.a, ' AvaivaM Meanwhile aeiegaies io i State Pharmaceutical association were lunching at the Vogan Candy company and inspecting the Vogan plant after a morning of sharp discussion of subjects pertaining to ;drug interests. i The curiosity of anyone who has ever wondered . what . it is druggisU think about as they sort out the tooth brushes from the cough drops or mix up asa foetlda and turpentine in the little "back room ..behind ' the shelf with all the bottles .on it. may be. satisfied at JasU The prograntf-? for? discussion by the O. a P. A..nnounced Tuesday by the president. H. -F. Pandon is varied and pertinent. - A.nd the interest shown in the committee report at this morning's session shows that the topics are dear to the druggists' hearts, j Topics discussed . Include : '' X. Itinerant- vendors .of medicine operating- with wagons. ' ; a. The venereal law. , . (CoochKled es Pa Two,- Cetama Two) BUYERS GUESTS AT ON Interests, Insufficiently capitalised. Is a detriment to other and perhaps larger lnteests. "Other .Interests will look Into 'our port and see a little organization strug gling hopefully and conclude that the field is cared for as , well as it deserves to ; be and will., wander on to to'ther ports The.blg fellow would draw from the start big business and ' other big interests, seeing his success would naturally follow his lead. k STARTING FIRST STEP "We are now angling for a traffic manager for the proposed bureau and we. have several good, men under; con sideration. - I . expect an .announcement of our choice will be available in 30 days. That-is, however, only one step toward , a start in the ; race that ' will bring Portland into competition with other ports. -... ' " "I do not favor plunging our wealth Into a fleet of shipping board vessels until we have been , able . to feel our way along.. The board, might sell ships a few days after be buy at a greatly reduced figure and we would ' have to call for ; help. ";'-.' " ' ' fin that connection I do not think I am making an unreasonable suggestion when I call attention, of shlrbullders-to this proposition Would It not , be a splendid thing for the builders, whose plants axe now largely Idle, to launch this shlppWfg developmer-t era by agree ing to build fof local Interests one or more vessels at cost?'. DO you see what anj -Impetus such a thing would auto matically ' be to shipping. ARE PREPARING DATA ' - . , "In line with Rosseter'n suggestion that port data be prepared ;aml at hand for every call, we have, of course, the greater part of such data ready for presentation, but we are now: prepar ing facts and figures for shippers on the natural advantages of the harbor and of the river. " - ' "This entire problem reminds me of the farmer I knew. He built many splendid' barns upon his stock ranch, and continued to build them, spending air his money ; on the .work. After he hat enough bams he. decided It was time to buy stock' to.house in them and he found himself ruttied because, in the meantime, autmoblles and tractors had supplanted stock. -. ' . . "When we get' a cargo we must have a ship to put it in. It would not be advisable to have a fleet of ships with out cargo, a mass of cargo without; a ship, or a ponderous organlxaUon to direct shipping . development ; without hipping to deyelop. !'s , ' , ASXIOl 8 W HKLP- PLA3I , -T- If Portland had the organised capital to deal with the shippin!-Industry ae if should th port would le In a ponlti6n to demand the allocation of more ships from the shipping- board when that time comes: The port - would be in a posi tion to buy ships to meet Its needs, too, and would not have to depend upon con gress or any other -agenc toi aid In the solution of the shipping problem . "In sum and nubstance, a big capital isation and a big and general public In terests are the essential necessities of the port Just now,. Given those- two things and I think' the shipping : future of the. port would be assured. ! ' '.We must step lightly Into the busi ness, but we jnust - step, at the same time, with the consciousness that we are amply qualified financially for the tight or the heavy step. That will re sult in success for our- hopes. To any plan that will, with sure financing on a large -scale and with proper ambitions, start the 'shipping industry here on a new footing I shall gladly be a party. Pl1nE COMPLETED Sailings to Be Every 28 Days, With Addition of Another Ship to Fleet Today. With , the addition of another unit to the fleet of the Pacific Steamship company, tle new ' Portland-Orient freight line, which was initiated re cently, today completed its comple ment of ships by which the company will have a sailing out-of Portland for the Far East. every 2 .8. days.".-' The new - steamer, assigned to trie oper atfng , firm by . the shipping ' board, represented in Portland by C. " t. Kennedy, is the, Montague, a. 9500 ton vessel now being- finished at' the Vancouver, Wasli.yafd of the O. M. Standifer Construction company., r 4' The new steel' ships previously as signed, to the Pacific Steamship company are the West Munham, which is now on her return voyage from the orient; the Coaxet, a 9500 tonner, which a few days ago cleared from Portland on her maiden voyage to th'e orient, and ' Wabari, 9500 tons. Both of the latter snips are. also products , of : the G. M. Standifer Con struction company. - The" West Munham was built by the Columbia River Ship building corporation of Portland and her tonnage deadweight is $800. : . . ' ' " ' 'in maintaining Its "service the opera tors will make full use of the' new mu nicipal terminal- pier at St: Johns. " ' " ... All sailings thus far booked by the company have been with full cargoes of general freight.- ' . Sweek Nominated as Register of the Land .Office in Portland . Washington; Aug. tWASHIN'O- TON BUREAU OF THEf JOURNAL,)- The nomination of Alex Sweek for regis ter of the United States land office at Portland was received by the ses?r l:i executive session late Tuesday T JY " r. mm in GOIE IS CHARGE Prosecution Under Sherman Law i ' Decided Upon After Review of Evidence, PalmerAnnounces. President to T llJoint Session v of Congress Friday His Plans to Reduce the Living Cost. Washington, Aug. 6. (I. N, 8t) The big five packers are to be prose cuted on a charge of having violated the anti-trust laws,' Attorney General Palmer announced this afternoon. "The department of Justice," Palmer stated, "has made a careful review of the evidence developed bv the Invent ia-- ' tions Into- the combination . of packers. DOtn oy the-, federal trade commission and the hearings before the committees of congress. This review has been mad by lawyers specially retained for the purpose and their report Is now in hand. "I am satisfied that the evidence ad duced Indicates a clear violation of the anti-trust laws, and prompt action will be taken accordingly. Further proceed ings, 'while Under the Immediate direc tion of the department of Justice, will be In charge of Isadore J. Kressel of the law firm of Jerome. Rand tc Kresael of New York, who will be riven such as sistance as the case seems to warrant The attorney-general pointed out that prosecutions under the food control act ahd anti-trust laws would reach groups of profiteers, but ik, .a... ,i i. - said that the department had a method oy wnicn me individuals also could be prosecuted. He declined, however, to reveal what that method Is at this time. The food control act. he added, would hold good only. until the ratification of the peace treaty by the senate, when It would be necessary -to enact substitute legislation. PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS . , - . . CafttJlE. OS PRICES Washington. - Aug. 6. (I. N 8.) President Wilson will addrens a Joint session, of congress at noon Friday. At that ; time he will make public his plane for. legislation designed to reduce the high 'cost of living. - '', President Wilson refused to defer hie Promised address to -rnnirr.ii on (h. high cost of .living until next week, as uggesiea m a jeuer rrom Representa tive Mondell. suggesting that he post pone his message until next week. v The president spent most of today In' his study, examining various i sugges tions prepared by cabinet members to meet the existing alarming conditions. It It known that there Is a wide diver gence of views In the president's offi cial - family - regarding measures to be taken, and that his task of reconciling them is none too easy. Officials did not expect that , the president would make nnv radical in gestions to congress. The power to punisn profiteers already exists. The department .of Justice has Initiated movements to this end In various local. (Concluded on le KlfUcn. Column Tlirni Fourth Engineers Detachment Dim IS t nil. m m uny lomorrow Sixty-three returned soldiers from Camp Mills on their way to Camp Lewis ; for discharge were entertained this afternoon in Portland. Dinner "was served at the Benson hotel at t2 :30 O'clock and Mayor Baker gave the boys a cordial welcome to the city. An Oregon-Washington detachment of the Fourth engineers with 220 men In ' comrriand of Lieutenant' H. J. King will arrive in roruana at iv o ciOCK 'inurs day morning. Arrangements have . been made for dinner at 12 o'clock at the Benson .hotel and other features will keep the visitors busy until 2 p. m, when their special train will leave for Camp Lewis. Seven Portland boys are In the contingent. Superintendent to Attend Conference :: . On Park Activities : C. P, Keyser superintendent of city parks, will leave August 17 for Hart ford. Conn., to attend) the national con vention of park" superintendents, which Opens there August 27. Keyser pro poses to visit many of the large cities for a study of park, playground and golf link 'condition and administration, paying special heed to aviation fields. ' With the proposed lease of a muni cipal aviation field In -Portland, which would fall under his administration. Keyser hopes to gain some valuable Ideas from cities- which already have such landing places. , Judge Will Get New . Furniture for Court Circuit Judge Robert Morrow mad a request to the 'county commissioners this morning for authority to purchase a set of furniture for hlf courtroom. Judge' Morrow stated that the furniture that had been provided him had never been satisfactory but that it would bo entirely suitable for" the newly created court of domestic relations. The com missioners agreed to the request but stipulated' that 1 the county purchaalng szent suild make the purchase, m.