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THE WEATHER Tonight fair- and
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MAXIMUM TEMPERA TURKS TUESDAY
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Chicago . . v 88 Los Angelas.. ... 74
The BIG OUTDOORS
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A series of striking full page photo- --
graphs in color, one each Sunday, in The '
' Sunday. Journal Magazine beginning
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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
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FOUR INJURED IN
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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.
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CRASH
HEARING ON PHONE
RATES
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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
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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
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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 '."?
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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.