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TUB WKATHER- Tonight and Wadnea
t day fair wind south westerly.
' , Maximum Temperature Monday: '
Chicago ,.;.., i. 7 Boston 7
Los Angeles..;. 84 y Portland ......' 80
, New Ar leans.... 8S r St, Paul.....-,,. 83
A new photograph of thN pictur
esque beauty spot on the Columbia
river highway will be reproduced
in color on the front page - of
The Sunday Journal Magaaina
NEXT SUNDAY
VOL XVIII NO 134 eatered second -eU Varur
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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1919. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS UNO NIW1
STANDS riVI OBNTS
M'KELLAR
ASSAILS
PACKERS
Tennessee Solon Insists They
Will Move Heaven and Earth
to Thwart Adverse Legislation.
Food Trust Has Been Wonder
. fully Successful in Shaping
Legislation in Past, He Says.
Washington. Aug;. 12. (I. N. S.)
The packers have destroyed the laws
t P airr1 - A a e-i n n si IVivmio-K f hatf i
immense cold storage facilities and
control of food products and feeds.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee
stated this afternoon before the
house agriculture committee, while
advocating favorable action on his
bill; to regulate storage.
"Packers' Interests will move
heaven and earth to prevent passage
of this bill." he declared. "The
riurtlAFO Htaft 1-kaXan writ- rl At" ll 1 1 V
cessful in the past In preventing
legislation of which they did not
approve."
FOOD CONTROL MEASURE IS
INTRODUCED IX THE HOUSE
Washington. Aug. 12. (I. N. S.)
A "necessaries control act." providing
for regulation and control of food,
foodstuffs and feed in interstate com
merce, was introduced in the house this
afternoon by Representative Gard of
Ohio. - The billets framed to meet the
recommendations of President Wilson.
It is provided that "necessaries" Include-
food. feed. fuel, wearing apparel
and other commodities necessary for life
and defines commerce between states,
territories, possessions and foreign com
merce. , .
Undqf the measure punishment for un
reasonably restricting supply, creating
monopoly, selling at unreasonable profit,
destruction, hoarding, engaging in dis
criminatory or deceptive -practices, etc..
would be not more than $10,000 fme or
imprisonment for not more than five
years, or both.
Punishment for conspiracy to aid or
assist in profiteering or hoarding also
is proviaea.
The federal trade commission would
pass on all matters in dispute.
STREETCAR MEN TO
GET BIG INCREASE
President of P. R., L. t P. Com
pany Says Higher Wages Will
Necessitate Higher Fares.
New York. Aug. 12. (U. P.) The
war labor board late today granted
a flat wage increase of 12 per cent
f dr employes of traction lines in
Portland, Or., East St. Louis and the
vicinity of Cleveland.. The increase,
it, was stated, was based on the in
creased ;ost of living.
Streetcar fares will be raised if a 12
per cent Increase is granted traction em
ployes, according to Franklin T. Grif
fith, president of the Portland Railway.
Light & Power company.
'I have heard nothing of the war
labor board s decision to give employes
such an increase," said Griffith this aft
ernoon., "but if it Is so we certainly
must get additional revenue."
He Indicated that he would make rep
resentations to the public service com
mission. Griffith does not know from when the
increase dates.
Driver Fined $50
For Teaching Boy
jnotj to aveai xiiue
For striking a -boy. Sam Gold&tein,
Ifh" a whip when he persisted In rid
ing on a wagon loaded with water
melons, Carl Schnabele. a driver for G.
L. Davenport & Co. was fined 830 by
Acting Municipal. Judge Delch this
morning. The boy exhibited a acar on
the Bide of his face as evidence of the
assault
"If 1 don't chase the boys off the
wagon and they are crushed 'by the
wheel, then I am liable to be held for
manslaughter, and If I do try to keep
them 'out of danger 'without running to
a policeman with every Mttle trouble,
I am fined for punishing the lad."
Schnabele - told the court.
Thno P TJvtoyi Finn.
XUUUi J i -Lb V CLL1 1 J.VJ.JJ. CL
Of Finance, Coming
;i , ;
Thomas V. Ryan, financier, director
of about SO corporations In the United
States and owner of the controlling In
terest in numerous large banking, rail
road land mining concerns in the east,
will arrive in Portland from San Fran
cisco :at U5 o'clock Thursday evening.
He will leave at 11 p. xn. for hla home
in New York, traveling via Vancouver,
B. C.i according to advices received by
the Southern Pacific passenger depart
ment this morning. He is traveling in his
private car. .
Ybun
Astor
Up
Cash
ctors
(
Cooperative Theatrical Enterprise Pro
posed by Striking Chorus Girls and
Theatrical Stars of First Magnitude
New York. Aug. 12. (I. N. S.)
The spotlight in the actors' strike
shifted suddenly today and found
Vincent Astor, New York's youngest
multi-millionaire, blinking and quite
evidently embarrassed at his unex
pected injection into the theatrical
world, standing right in the center of
the stager.
For young Astor and Mortimer Schiff.
if the actors' plans do not go astray, are
to be the '"angels" who will tide 750
chorus girls, not to mention a whole host
of other stage beauties and male stars.
over any possible financial difficulties
while the strike Is . on. The word has
reached the chorus girls that Astor sym
pathizes with them in their struggle
against the high cost of silk stockings
and face powder, and has hinted that he
will be glad to help.
ACTOR OPESS HOUSE
Barney Bernard and Ed Wynn were
to see the young multi-millionaire and
Schiff today and try to get financial
backing for a series of cooperative the
atrical enterprises to be backed by the
strikers, while they wait '"for the man
agers to surrender.
Wynn himself promised to .place his
theatrical earnings and they amount
to $1000 a week at the disposal of
stranded actors during the strike and
Invited any "busted" actors or actresses
to make themselves at home in his six
spare bedrooms.
"So help me, Hannah," said the come
dian, addressing the greatest collection
of beauties ever assembled in one spot.
since Solomon called his wives to din
ner, "1 don't care if I never play on
the stage again so long as we win this
strike."
SHOW STAGED BY COURT
Perhaps for the first time in history
a musical show was staged here Mon
day night by direct command-tof the
state courts. v
Many of the chorus girls and some
of the principals . of Zlegfeld's Follies
-were reported to have joined the
strikers, so Flo Ziegfeld obtained a
temporary Injunction restraining them
from going on strike.
It was up to the chorus girls to sing
and dance, or- fro to Jail for contempt
of court. ' so' they itang -and danced. ,
The managers were standing pat to
day and awaiting the effect upon the
striking actors of the damage suits
filed yesterday against nearly 300 of
the strikers, alleging breach of eon
tract, and claiming damages aggre
gating $500,000. . ,
PROMINENT ACTORS STRIKERS
Among; the well known stars hamed in
the suit all members and officials of
the Actors' Equity association were :
Barney Bernard. Jefferson De Angelis,
Joseph Santley, Sam Bernard, Eddie
Foy, A1U Nasimova. Tyrone Power,
Frank Keenan, Henry Kolb, Fred Stone,
Otis Skinner, Julia Sanderson. Walker
Whiteside. Francis X. Bushman.
Richard Carle. Douglas Fairbanks,
"William Hart. Lauretta Taylor. Robert
Edeson. Blanche Ring. Dustin Farnum,
Elsie Ferguson, Trixie Frlganza. De
Wolf Hopper, Wilber Lackeye, Frank
DE HAVILANDS FOR
PATROL EXPECTED
Speedy Planes to Replace Cur
tiss Machines to Have Radio
Apparatus.
Salem.' Aug. 12. The eight p
Havlland planes, whlcn are to super
sede the eight Curtiss training planes
now in Oregon on forest patrol duty.
are expected here this week, accord
ing to Major Albert B. Smjth in
command Of the squadron. The
new machines will be manned by
the personnel now in charge of the
Curtiss planes.
The DeHavilands will be equipped
with radio apparatus and four stations
will be established in various parts, of
the forest area for communication with
the patrols. Carrier pigeons may also
be -carried by each plane as a supple
mentary mode of communicating , the
location of firts or any other Informa
tion necessitating prompt and speedy
action. The DeHavilands will have a
cruising speed of from 100 to 120 miles
per hour as against a normal speed of
0 miles for the Curtiss machines.
Who Broke Mickey's
Ribs Still Mystery
All efforts to learn how Mick Mikul
lich's ribs were broken Monday eve
ning have been futile, St Vincents hos
pital authorities reported to the police.
Mtkullich, who speaks English poorly,
told a disconnected story about a fight
with a man. but whether the fight was
a drunken brawl or an attempted rob
bery could - not be determined. -The
fight Is believed to have occurred in the
Eastxnoreland district.
Committee of State
" Chamber to Meet
Charles B. HaU of . Marsh field, presi
dent of the State Chamber of Commerce,
has called a meetina- of th
committee and board f directors rof
wie cnamoer tor next Monday in .the
Oregon building. The meeting will con
vene t 10 a. m,-
Puts
to
in
Strike
Mclntyre, Robert Mantell. Julian
Eltinge. Chauncey Olcott, Eleanor
Painter. Maclyn Arbuckle. Donald
Brian and Maurice Costello.
FILM COLONIES ARE KEEN Li'
INTERESTED IN ACTORS' ST HIKE
Los Angeles, Cal.. Aug. 12.(I. N. S.)
Los Angeles' fi)n colony was awaiting
today with keen Interest local develop
ments in the suit of the Shuberts ill
New York against the Actors' Equity
association. Efforts to locate George
Beban and Douglas Fairbanks, named
in the action, were unavailing.
It became known today that William
Farnum, also named fn the suit, has left
for New York, and there was consider
able speculation as to whether his trip
has any connection with the suit.
It was stated at the Fairbanks studio
here that inasmuch as Fairbanks is a
member of the United Artists corpora
tion, comprising the '"big four" of Clm
dom, it is probable that he will be rep
resented in the action by the corpora
tion's counsel.
No official comment could be obtained
at either the Fairbanks or Beban studios
as to whether there is a possibility of
tha film colony here Joining in a "sym
pathetic strike" or giving active sun
port to the New York strikers. .
PORTLAND THEATRES ARE
NOT INVOLVED IN STRIKE
What the future may bring forth in
Portland local theatrical managers can
not say at the present moment but it is
their Impression that the trouble will be
well over before it affects this city In
any way. At the present time there is
only one so-called "legitimate" house
open. That is the Alcazar.
Henry Miller and 8 Blanche Bates
will open here Thursday at the Heillg,
but there is not one chance in a hun
dred that their company' would rebel
and Miller himself Is anti-Equity ; in
fact with Mrs. Fiske and John Drew,
he has formed the Actors Cooperative
association, whose express purpose is
to fight the Equity. 1
The Actors' Equity' association, until
recently considered a "highbrow" organ
ization subordinate to the wishes of the
managers Cat least, the White Rats
so accused, them), after a long fight
secured the recognition xf the American
Federation . of .Labor. ' This proved a
death blow to the "White Rats which
aspired to .-be the dominant organiza
tion and which was largely made up of
vaudeville and burlesque performers.
The vaudeville houses, of which there
are three In Portland, Pantages, Hippo
drome and the Strand, are not affected,
these performers belonging to the
National Vaudeville association, which is
not involved in the present dispute.
It is the impression here, judging from
newspaper . dispatches and theatrical
publications, that the Equity is centering
its attack on the big New York and
Chicago houses and expects that victory
or defeat there will settle the issue else
where. The cause of the trouble Is a
long list of grievances which Include
performing on Sunday, rehearsals and
other matters considered objectionable.
OF AMERICAN PLAN
Law Partner of Colonel House's
Son-in-Law Testifies as to
Paris Proceedings.
"Washington, Aug. 12. (I. N. s.)
That President Wilson was the
author -of the American plan for a
eague of Nations discarded at the
peace conierence was the under-
i standing he had from Colonel House,
David Hunter Miller, an American
legal adviser to the Commission on
the League, told the senate foreign
relations committee today when It
resumed its hearings on the treaty
of Versailles.
Miller, law partner of Colonel House's
son-in-law, Gordon Auchincloss, who
acted as the colonel's secretary at Paris
and Versailles, stated that the original
and modified - league : covenant was a
"composite of various plans and ideas."
"I first saw the American plan In
printed form. I assumed it came from
the president.- That was my under
standing when I discussed it with Colo
nel House before the commission when
the league met," MUler said.
"What became of the American plan?"
asked- Senator Brandegee. ,
"I believe It was submitted to the com
mission on the League of Nations."
Miller said he participated in the de
liberations of the - commission which
framed the original and amended the
present league covenant. ? !
"The plan that was taken as the basis
(Concluded on Pace Sixteca. Column Seven)
Veterans of Marne 4
And Chateau Are
Seen in Review
Help
PRESIDENT AUTHOR
Washington.. Aug. 12. (U. P.y-l-The
marines of the Second division, includ
ing: many veterans of the Marne and
Chateau-Thierry paraded up ! Pennsyl
vania avenue today. "President Wilson
reviewed the troops at. the. White House.
There were two regiments in line. - -
At the request of SenatorsLodge, the
sonata recessed for two hours In honor
of. the .marines. , ' Chaplain Prettyman
mentioned the marines In his prayer at
the Opening, of today's session,
- ,"" t , - - , .- r . . j , ' - - -
Of
era to
FIX SCALE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers Meet at
Cleveland to Decide Demands.
Action After Presentation Will
Depend Entirely on Govern
ment; Firm in Their Purpose.
Cleveland, Aug. 12. (I. N. a)
Wage demands soon to be presented
to the railroad administration will
be decided upon at meeting of 300
local chairmen of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, which opened hv today.
The union induces in its' membership
the firemen, hostlers and engine han
dlers of All of the roads in the United
States and Canada. At a recent conven
tion it was voted to demand wage in
creases and the committee was given
power to frame a new scale for
presentation.
"When completed, we will present our
demands to the 'railroad administration,"
said Timothy Shea, president of the
union, today. "Further action will de
pend then upon the railroad administra
tion.; We are firm in our purpose to ob
tain better living conditions for our
men."
STRIKING UNION MEMBERS
AT DENVER BACH AT WORK
Denver. Colo.. Aug. 12. (L N. S-
The decision to return to work was
reached at a meeting of the executive
board of all the crafts of the striking
unions held Monday afternoon and the
strike was declared off at 12 :01 o'clock
this morning. The strikers went out
last Thursday and Friday and number
nearly 5000, and include machinists, car
repairers, blacksmiths, roundhouse men
and cleaners. . '
Tbo shopmen return to work, accord
ing to union officials, pending the ballot
ing of a vote among the members of the
International Un!oiof Railroad Merr
regarding the demands for higher wages
which have been handed to the railroad
administration by the international of
ficers. CHICAGO RAILROAD SERVICE
IS HAMPERED BY ST IKE
Chicago. Aug. 12. (U. P.) Officials
of railroads centering in Chicago today
asserted the labor situation was un
changed and that freight and passenger
service was being conducted on a slightly
limited scale, as has been the case since
upwards of 30,000 shopmen quit work 10
days ago.
Nearly 1000 strikers returned to work
yesterday. Others still held out. their
"councfl'1 refusing to send representa
tives to Washington to confer with Di
rector General Hines. No official rec
ognition has been made of the claims,
It was said here.
SENTIMENT GROWING IN
FAVOR OF CONFERENCES
Waor.notftn Alitr 1ITT T CanL
ment in favor of an' industrial con-A
ference between capital and labor as
proposed in the Poindexter-Kelly reso
lutions appeared to be gaining here
today.
Two more senators Pomerehe, Ohio,
and Harrison, Mississippi declared
themselves in favor of such a confer
ence. "I favor anything that will bring
about a better understanding between
employes and employers. The amount
of good this particular plan would do
will depend largely on the personnel of
the conference," Pomerene said.. ' -
"I don't ' think it will do any harm
and it may do a great deal of good,"
Harrison said.
Seniority Rights Swept Away
Chicago, Aug. 12. (U. P.) Federal
Judge Alschuler today swept away,
seniority rights of packing house em
ployes who struck last week in pro
test against the presence of armed
guards. Taking up wage demands of
the employes as arbitrator, the judge's
first ruling was that the seniority of all
workers, would be based on the order of
their , return to work. Arguments re
gading wage scales are to be considered.
Ford, Edison and
Burroughs Enjoy
Living Simple Life
Tilton. N. H., Aug. 12 . N. S.) The
Henry Ford-Thomas A. Edison-John Bur
roughs camping party abandoned the
simple life of the forest after motoring
across Vermont from the Adirondack,
and spent Monday night in a local hotel.
It was the first night. Ford sadU that
the party had slept under anything more
substantial than a canvas roof for two
weeks.
Ford and Edison swapped views about
the weather and local scenery with hun
dreds of residents of Tilton who gath
ered about the hotel this morning before
they resumed their tour of the White
mountains. .: .
130 CARS FOOD, INVESTIGATION N
ARE BELIEVED TO BE REMEDY
San Francisco. Aug. 12. (L Nr. SO
One hundred and fifty carloads of government-
foodstuffs, plus an active In
vestigation on the high cost o! living by
the department of justice will tend to
break the food market even further this
coming week in this district, said gov
ernment officials today. The depart
ment of justice is investigating each
food separately, first taking perishables.
They will; attempt to learn who makes
the profit and how much it is.
Japanese Become
Investigation Aim
Of Seattle Clubs
Congressional Action to Ascer
tain Facts Demanded of Chair
man of House Committee.
Seattle, Aug. 12. (U. P.) Con
gressional investigation of the Jap
anese situation In Seattle and the
state of Washington was demanded
of Congressman Albert Johnson,
chairman of the house immigration
committee, in resolutions adopted at
themas meeting of civic organiza
tions held in Fine Arts hall. Monday
night.
; Approximately 230 attended the mass
meeting, which was called by the Mu
tual Business club.
Practically every civic organization in
the community was represented." The
object of the mass meeting was to dis
cuss the rapid increase of Japanese
population . in the Pacific Northwest-
The resolution demands that Congress
man Albert Johnson, chairman of the
house immigration committee, "as soon
as possible, appoint a sub-committee of
the Immigration committee, to investi
gate fairly and impartially, yet thor
oughly, the Japanese situation in the
Northwest, and particularly in the state
Of Washington.
"And that his attention be called to
the records of the immigration depart
ment as to the admission of Japanese,
including picture brides, in the last five
years, their possession of hotels, gro
ceries, markets and other places of busi
ness ; and that the committee do its in
vestigating in Seattle."
SPECIAL SESSION NOT
PLANNED BY STEPHENS
San Francisco, Aug' 12. (U. P.) "I
am not considering the proposal to call
a special session of the legislature to
deal with the Asiatic question or any
other problem," said Governor Stephens
here today.
His attention had been called to a tele
gram sent him by the Fourteen Coun
ties' Protective association asking a spe
cial session to consider the Asiatic ques
tion. He had not yet received the tele
gram. 4 ,
The telegram was signed by Van Ber
nard5, president of the association, and
declared that the appeal for the special
session was made in , behalf of the com
ing generation.
Legislation affecting the Asiatic ques
tion and. concerning the welfare of Cali
fornia was termed t -vital importance."
TO
BIG TIMBER TRACT
Oregon Lumber Company Will
Build 35 Miles of Road
From Wilkesboro.
To develop the Dubois timber
tract and other holdings of the Ec
cles interests in Washington and
Columbia counties, construction
work- has begun on 35 miles of rail
road extending into the tract from
Wilkesboro, according to Charles T.
Early, general manager of the Ore
gon Lumber company. A contract
for building the road has been let
to the Utah Construction company
of Salt Lake City.
Camp will be established along the
line of the railroad and its branches and
sawmills will be created at convenient
points to handle the output. The new
railroad will be operated in ' connection
with trie United Railways and the S.,
P. Sc. S. line, according to Eccles, and a
sawmill of large capacity will be lo
cated on the lower Willamette river.
- Operations Initiated for the develop
ment of the Eccles properties involve an
expenditure, of over-f 2,600.000 and will
ultimately result in the investment of a
much larger sunv say officials of the
Oregon Lunber company. It Is also an
nounced that headquarters of the Ec
cles lumber interests will be moved to
Portland from Salt Lake in the near
future.
Battleship Oregon
Will Be President's ,
Flagship at Eeview
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 12. (U. P.)
The historic battleship Oregon has been
chosen, as the vessel on which Presi
dent Wilson will review the fleet when
it sails in the Golden Gate late this
month.
The Oregon is now at Bremerton and
is being recoin missioned, preparatory
to sailing for the south.
She had previously been placed out
of commission and was being scrapped
at the Puget Sound navy yards. After
acting u President Wilson's flagship,
she may be turned over to the state of
Washington for memorial purposes.
Andrew Carnegie
Saw World Peace in
League of Nations
New York. Aug. 12. I. N. &) One
of the last letters written by Andrew
Carnegie, two days before his death,
was received today by Charles C. James,
a. New York broker,
"1- rejoice m having lived to see the
day when, as - Bums puts It : "Man to
man the world o'er shall be" brothers
and - a"- that, -wrote the ironmaster."
T believe this happy condition is as
sured by the League of Nations and that
civilisation will - now "march " steadily
forward,, with no more wars to roar its'
progress." -
RAILROAD
OPEN
WIRELESS
Of HOOD
Elijah Coalman, Lookout, Talks
to Assistant 7225 Feet Be
low Without Use of Wires.
Successful Experiment Made by
Forest Service; Boy' of Eight
Climbs to Top of Mountain.
"C-c-can you hear me?"
Elijah Coalman, lookout on the
summit of Mount Hood, stood Sat
urday 11,125 feet above the level of
the sea. silhouetted against the white
of a snow bank and spoke eagerly
Into a small black Instrument. G. C.
Maroney, his assistant, waited im
patiently by his side. Forty-seven
feet of bamboo polo swung in the
wind above them.
"Yes. Go on."
C. M. Allen, telephone engineer. United
States forest service, stood eight miles
away and held a wireless telephone re
ceiver in his hand. He was 7225 feet
below.
ACHIEVEMENT BIO SrCCESS
For the first time, probably, In "the
world, a wireless telephone Instrument
had been installed successfully on the
top of a large mountain for communica
tion with stations below.
The installation is more than a suc
cessful scientific achievement on , the
prt of the United States forest service.
It is a long sought source of protec
tion against forest fires, a guard with
an eye that can see hundreds of miles
and a voice that can shout. If necessary,
all over tw"o states. -
Coalman and ' Maroney carried the
necesstsry instrument and accessories
up the mountain.. The pole, although 47
feet long, is constructed of bamboo, and
weighs only 80 pounds. . ..
BOX OF EIGHT CLIMBS. : -; )
MraAJltJikadwIawUle
old. visited the instrument before the
test was made. Jack is, so far as is
known, the youngest person over to have
climbed-Mt. Hood. ; r : ,
More tests will be made of the, wire
less telephone Wednesday. The . lower
station will be : moved from place to
place. , i , '
A fire on .the Warm Springs Indian
reservation was reported during the test.
Power for what is probably the highr
est wireless telephone station in the
world will be supplied for the time be
ing by storage batteries, fcater on wind
mills will be erected to utilize the pow
erful wind always present on the moun
tain top.-
4 LARGE TIMBER
SALES ARE MADE
Fir and Cedar Tracts Transferred
in Siuslaw, Umpqua, Olympic
and Rainier Forests.
Sales of timber on four of the na
tlonal forests .of this, district were
announced today by District For
ester Cecil. The Monroe Mill com
pany1 of Eugene has purchased 971,
000 feet board measure of Douglas
fir at 11.80 per thousand, and 600,
000 feet board measure of Western
red cedar at $1.10 per thousand,
from a tract located in the Siuslaw
national forest in Western Oregon.
The Western Lumber & Export com
pany of Cottage Grove, successor to the
U. S. Logging company, has been award
ed the sale of a large tract in the
Umpqua National forest, prices being
$1.25 per 1000 for Douglas fir and cedar
and 6Q cents per 1000 for other species.
This tract-ad joins timber lands already
owned1 by the purchasing company. ,
The .Beck Brothers Logging company
of Qullcene, Wash., has purchased
1,000.000 feet of western red cedar and
100,000 feet of Douglas fir and western
hemlock in the Olympic National forest.
Sa prices were f 3 per 1000 for cedar,
$1.25 per 1000 for Douglas fir and 0
cents per 1000 for hemlock. - ,
Gustaf Llndberg of Tacoma has pur
chased a 40 acre tract, of timber in the
Bainier National forest at $1.37 per
1000 for Douglas fir, $1.50 per 1000 for
cedar and 40 cents per 1000 for hem
lock. Timber on this tract wss entirely
killed by a severe fire last summer and
the prices received are considerably lees
than for live timber.
Varying prices for the same species
at which these sales were made are due
to differences In the quality of the timber,-
its accessibility and other factors
usually considered in fixing stumpage
prices. - ,
Columbia Highway .
Closed at Cascade
According to a te!ephone message re
ceived today by S. Benson, chairman
of the state highway commission, pav
ing work will begin Wednesday be
tween Cascade Locks and the Multno
mah county line, and 'in consequence
the - Columbia river - highway, will be
closed - at that V point., r . An - alternate
route will be from' Vancouver over the
North Bank-road,' crossing back on to
the Oregon side by . ferry at Cascade
Locks or White Salmon. .
Prutce of Wales
Greeted by Great
St. Johns Crowd
Heir to British .Throne Reaches
Newfoundland Port on
- Cruiser ; Dragon. ;
St. Johns, 12. -(I. N.
S.J. The Prince oX, Wales arrived
here at 11 o'clock this morning,
aboard the cruiser Dragon, escorted
by the cruiser Dauntless, the battle
ship Renown, on which he crossed
the Atlantic, proceeding on to Hali
fax." ; : v '.:?i
' The- prince came ashore at noon and
was greeted by practically every citizen
of St. Johns, as well as-thousands from
small Newfoundland villages.
Business was suspended for three
hours and a cheering crowd lined the
route .of - the procession in ' which the
young prince made hla way to the gov
ernment, house. . ."."."
The ceremony as the- prince ' came
ashore was very formal. Addresses of
welcome - were delivered by representa
tives of the municipality, the board of
trade and the New Foundland legisla
ture. The prince had previously pre
pared written replies to these -addresses
which were read Immediately afterward.
The royal party then entered automo
biles and were driven beneath quaint
triumphal arches, some of them con
structed, of rude logs and Intertwined
with branches offir trees and others
ot spars of fishing vessels, indicative
of. New Foundland's principal industry.
A luncheon - in honor of - the prince
this afternoon was attended by officials
of theclty of St. Johns, members of the
legislature and prominent cltixens.
WATER METERS TO
Commissioner Mann Says Growth
of City Will Demand Greater
Facilities Without Delay.
-- ''It her present growth continues.
Portland must install jnore meters
or, a new pipelin within ih-ext
supply is to
be adequate for- the needs of the
city.'. Commissioner John 11. Mann
declared this morning in announc
ing that he would ask authority from
the- council in November to give me
ters to those requesting them. "
'The . money . will come from savings
accomplished in the water fund ; by
Mann,. he ways. A new pipeline will en
tall an expenditure of $3,000,000 for pipe
and reservoirs, whereas meters can be
installed at, a cost of , $9 apiece, Mann.
asserts. ' .. :
. "If the city' grows like, it has during
the last two years, it means either an
additional pipeline or meters," Mann
explains. "'We are "carrying our peak
load now and, a big- fire would mean
that the' water supply must be limited.
We have a capacity of 65.000,000 gal
lons dally and 64,000,000 are being con
sumed. ; Our income was $$5,000 more
lasV year than for any previous period
and this year's returns will doubtless
exceed last year's total by $10,000,
"A-fair indication of the city's growth
Is given in the figures, and an Idea of
the steps that must be taken to Insure
plenty of water is also afforded. About
3000 people are requesting - meters now
that cannot obtain them and I shall ask
the councillor authority to install them
with funds accrued in' the water depart
ment when my budget is made up in
November. ' :r -""- . "'.'v
, "The waste stopped through the use
of meters .would - make a new pipeline
unnecessary for several years in spite
of our growth. Three lots with a home
can be sprinkled bfr B0 cents a' month,
but when people wse water without re
gard to the amount, it taxes the supply
to the .maximum. - I have opposed
meters before; but It. is now a matter of
either installing them or laying a new
pipeline at a cost of $3,000, 000.
Fund for Welcome
Of Pacific Fleet
Is $11,00Q at Noon
Thesum raised to. welcome the Pacific
fleet to Portland reached $11,000 by noon
today. Ben Selling chairman of the fi
nance committee, made this announce
ment. .
A total of $26,000 is sought in the next
few. days.'
.: A meeting ' of ' sub-committees was
called in Mayor. Baker's office at 3 :30
o'clock tbis afternoon. It will arrange
details of the campaign and consider
how the money, may be spent. ; -
: "Further : prompt contributions are
earnestly sought', by the committee.
Among contributions already furnished
is one for -$200 from The Oregon Journal.
Colonel Jackling
To Be Here Tonight
Colonel Jackling, famous mine owner
and railroad - magnate. , will arrive in
Portland by" the Great Northern at 11
o'clock .tonight in his private car and
will, leave two hours later for San Fran
Cisco. Colonel Jackling is returning to
his home in California from a visit to
some of his mining property in Alaska,
Would Use Secret .
Service on -Prices
.Washington, Aug. .12. tf; P.) Presi
dent Wilson . todajf asked congress for
authority, to use the secret service in
running . down profiteers and v food
$175,000 for the work.': . 'mj I
BE RECOMMENDED
POMLMB
SITS ST
HI6H COST
W. K. Newell Will Reorganize
Price-Fixing Committee That
Did Service 'in War Times.
Prices Falling Elsewhere in the
United States but Not in
Portlandj ! Market' Criticised.
'Portland, consumers are going to
find our who's pocketing the profits
In the high cost of living and why
prices don't come down.
According to government reports,
prices on many commodities show a
falling price in various parts of the
United. States, but no such decline
is noted in Portland.
W. K. Newell, . former federal food
administrator for Oregon,' had a con
ference today with Bert H. Haney snd
he announces that he will reorganize -his
price-fixing committee and publish
prices as was 'done during the stress
of war times. Newell received a tele
gram today from Attorney General Pal
mer asking him to reorganize his force
to help combat the' high cost of liv
ing. WILL PUBLISH PJlICES
. During war, the food administration
y V.W.11I UIICI, U1I L.CI 111. UVaiUIHf UJ
I threat to revoke a dealer's license. Now
that the war is over, no such authority
remains, but publicity measures will be
used, to tell the public what they should
pay, said Newell, who will announce
hla price-fixing committee, in a few days.
Portland's public market is also com
ing Is for sharp criticism. "Profiteer
ing that is almost criminal is practiced
in Portland public markets." Grant
Thomas tells Commissioner Blgelow in
a letter received this morning. Thomas
declares that corn for which 25c a dozen
ears would be a fair price Is sold for CO
cents and that honey formerly purchased
for 16 cents a pound now brings SS or
4 oente on the market. - He saks the city
to regulate the price.
Although he does not agree with
Thomas that profiteerlng exiKts, Blgelow
is. conducting an investigation.
PORTLAND .PRICES HIGH
Portland Is paying more for butter
than any of the other, big markets of
the United States. It, Is paying more
for pork and . pork products than any
other market of the country, and it is
today In the grasp of a combination of
Japanese growers tnat will in future
-years force every, American out of the
producing business so far j, as average
farm proddcts ate concerned.
. Portland is, in -many cases, paying
more, money for its products on the
public market- thun It' Is able to secure
similar goods and quality in the regular
retail establishments. It is not only
paying more money directly for these
products than the same stock can be
purchased elsewhere, but it is likewise
furnishing these profiteers almost free
rent, - water, light, garbage collection,
besides giving free advertising to such
goods..'..
RETAILERS UNDERSELL MARKET
' Prices are made so high on the public
market that even after paying the reg
ular profits to thw commission men,
regular retailers, paying huge rentals
alongside of the market, are able to
j Concluded oa Pace bixtoa, Cofotnn Fit
FRENCH, PEEVED,
; SLIGHT YANKEES
American General Told There
Was No Room for Him on
.Train for Budapest.
Paris. Aug. 12. (I. N. S.) It was
learned today that General Band
holtz, American member of the allied
mission to Budapest, was prevented
by the French from accompanying
the other members of the mission to
the Hungarian capital . on the spe
cial train run by the French.
At the tait moment General Bandholtz
was notified that there was no room on '
board for him. The Americans over
looked the, incident and immediately se
cured a special train from the Austrian
at -Vienna, , beating the allied special
Into Budapest.- "
So bitter is the French attitude In
Austria and Hungary, against Amer
icana because of the American stand
on the question of forcing the Rou
manian! out of Budapest that every-,
thing possible has been thrown in thlr
way. The treatment accorded General
Bandholts ' is said to be but a single
instance.
The Americans, realising their help
lessness, v have had to swallow the
slights , and do the best they could In
the face of difficulties.
Because of its diplomatic delicacy no
mention was made of the Bandholtz af
fair. ' ,Roumanla's reply to the entente's note .
threatening to break off the alliance
with the Balkan '. country unlesn
Bucharest obeys the peace conference's
mandates has been received by wire
less. Parts of the note were lost in
transmission.
' Assurances are given by the Kcho de
Paris - that the supreme council will
recognize Itoumanfa as fast as the Rou
manian authorities comply with the
allied note.