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Minimum Temperatures Thursday :
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Pocatello ..28 New York 2$
Los Angeles 68 St. Paul 2g
BfrlnninR next Sunday The Sunday
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dincumrine the several presidential possi
bilities. 'A timely and Informing feature.
VOL. XVIII. NO. 287
Entered u 8cead-CIw Matter
Ponloffic. Pnttltnd. Orrcnn
PORTLAND, OREGON, (FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 6, 1920.TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS.
ON TRAINS AND NIWi
TANOA FIVI OINTt t
FARES PLENTY
HIGH ENOUGH,
. SAYS M'GIl
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runnel uutuu juuge ueuiares
People Will Not Tolerate Fur
ther Increases in Car Rates.
Tells Commission Woodward and
Newell Do Not Represent Pub-
iiv iiiicii 1 iicj uapuuac mac.
Connultlns; EnRlneer J. P. Newell
testified before the public service
4rmmltwlon thin afternoon that a 7
cent fare, plus a one cent transfer
charjje. would steer the Portland
Railway off the rocks and provide
foe all needs. ,
As an alternate proposition, he
said an ft cent fare, with seven tick
els for 50 -ents. with no transfer
charge, would produce essentially
the same result.
Declaring that neither William F.
Woodward nor fcngineer J. P.. New
el t represented the people of Port
land whn thev testified In th ad
vanced car fare hearing before the
public service commission, former j
Circuit Judge Henry E. McGinn took
the stand at the session this morn-
Ingr to assert the people will not j
stand for further Increases In fare.
"1 know the history of the Portland
j railway." McGinn declared "There n
i a consciousness which no one can re-
m r m IVat tn-n.btnn rtf t V a Tin t ir ' t
with the city was wrong. (Referrinic
i to the 8 cent fare")
"Don't add Insult to Injury by In
rralntf fares attain. " McGinn pleaded!
"There Is a feeling slhat J. P. .Newell
Is not a proper representative of the
city. His sfflllaOon with the Portland
Kuilvny. Tjiffht & Power Co. is too in
timate, lie has looked through P. 11.,
J... & P. goggles too long that Is the
feeling."
Nevell Interrupted McQtnn to deny
any relationship with the street car
company, declaring he was never em
ployed by It or associated with It In
any way except once when he repre
sented the company In a wage arbitra
tion question.
"Woodward misrepresented the car
riders." McGinn went on. "when he tes
tified that they would be willing to pay
10 .Cpnt fares for better service. They
are not willing to pay 10 centa or any
Increase.
"In New York the traction employes
ought more wages and the impression
prevailed that thla was a combination
between the employers and the em
ployes to gouge the public. This is un-
(Concluded on !'is Three. Column Three)
RATES RECOVER,
II
English Pound Sterling Market
Opens at $3.34, Reaches $3.39,
Then Reacts to $3.29.
New York. Feb. 6. (U. P.) Al
lied exchange, which slumped in
value badly in the last few days, de
veloped strength at the opening of
the money market today and recov
ered; rapidly. The British pound
sterling opened at $3.34. an advance
of 5 cents from the previous close,
and then rose 5 cents more to $3.39,
-representing a Jump of 20 cents from
the low it reached on Wednesday.
French francs were quoted at 14.32
per dollar, up 48 centimes, and Italian
lire. 18.32, up 40 centimes.
German marks, however, continued
weak at $.0106.,
In the afternoon, sterling broke 4
cents to $3.3114. and lire 20 centimes to
19.52: Francs held steady at 14.52.
loafer in the day sterling reacted fur
ther to $3.2?Vi.
Beading Financier
Dead in New York
New York, Feb. 6. (U. P.) William
V. S. Thorne. 55. financier, died at his
home hdle today of pneumonia. Thorne
was a director in many large corpora
tions. Including the Wells Fargo Ex
press company. Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads. Oregon
Short Line and Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company.
Big Drive Opens to
Lower Chicago Rents
Chicago. Feb. 6. (u. P.) Leading
real estate men. councllmen and news
papers joined in a fight today to lower
rents in Chicago. "Pitiless publicity
was their remedy. Newspapers estab
lished complaint bureaus.
Judge Wolverton's
I Condition Improved
i San Francisco. ' Feb. . (U. P.)
United States Judge Wolverton. con
fined to his room in the CJift hotel by
an attack of the grippe, was reported
today to be on the road to recovery.
HEN TAKE DROP
Man Who Refused
To Halt May Die;
Bullet From Cop
Goes Near Heart
Policeman Wiles Turns Revolver
on S. J. Barnes When
Latter Runs.
S. J. Barnes, 27 years old, of 1191
Front street, is In St. Vincents hos
pital in a probably fatal condition
with a bullet lodged beneath his
heart. Charles Foster, 32, is being
held in the city Jail for investiga
tion. 4
Barnes was shot at Fifteenth and
Morrison streets shortly after 1 :30 this
morning by Motorcycle Policeman Wiles,
when he refused to obey the policeman's
command to halt.
An emergency call had reached the
police station from Mrs. Clara Manas,
141 Lownsdale avenue. Twe men, ap
parently drunk, were smashing down the
doors to her apartment with the avowed
intention of getting her, she reported.
They had already broken down one door
and were -beginning upon a second when
they were frighteped away. Officers
Wiles and StileB responded to the call,
and although they could find no one
around the apartment house, a block
away at Fourteenth and Morrison street,
w-ere Barnes and Foster.
Barnes started to run down Morrison
street at the sight of the police, while
Foster started down Fourteenth street.
Wiles fired one shot into the air to
warn the men, and when they refused
to stop, he fired directly at Jlarnes, hit
ting him In the back. The men ac
knowledged, being drunk, but they said
they did not know whether they were
the ones who had broken Into the apart
ment or not.
ROSE FESTIVAL
OATES SELECTED
June 24 and 25 Chosen, Dates
Immediately Following Con
vention of Shriners.
Dates for the 1920 Rose Festival
were fixed at Thursday and Friday.
June 24 anJ 25, immediately fol
lowing the Shrine convention, by the
board of directors of the Rose Fes
tival association, at noon today.
The festivities will be crowded into
two days instead of the usual three,
with every hour crammed with features
of some sort. The Shrine convention
nds at noon Thursday. Saturday will
be left free for visitors to shop.
Harvey Wells presided at the meeting
in the absence of Rric Hauser, presi
dent, who Is In the hospital. The board
plans and budget were discussed, but
no action will be taken until Hauser
returns to active duties.
San Diego Will Have
Automatic Telephone
.San Diego. Cal., Feb. 6. fU. P.) The
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company
today announced plans for changing Its
main office here from the manual to
the automatic system. Advancing labor
costs were given as the reason for re
"' ''"" he "hello girl" with automatic
switchers.
JURY THAT IS TO TRY 11 ALLEGED I. W. W. AT MONTESANO
FIRST photograph of the jury selected at Montesano to try alleged participants in the Armistice day killings in Centralia last November. Reading from left to right, in the back row, standing,
are Samuel Johnson, Montesano, fisherman; Carl O. Hulten, rancher, Lake Quinault; P. V. Johnson, laborer, Aberdeen; Harry Sellers, laborer, Elma; F. H. McMurray, teamster, Aberdeen; E.
G. Robinson, carpenter, Aberdeen; E. E. Torpen, rancher, Montesano. In front, squatting, are W. E. Inmon, rancher, Elma; Frank Glenn, rancher, Brady; E. E. Sweitzer, rancher, Oakville;
Edward Parr, logging engineer, Hoquiam ; Aubrey T. Fisher, real estate dealer, Aberdeen. In addition to these twelve, two alterna tes will hear the testimony and be ready to take the place of jurors
who may be compelled to drop out during the trial of the case, which is expected may last as long as two months.
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TRIAL JURY
IN RED CASE
IS SWORN IN
Jurors Who Were Temporarily Ex
cused to Attend to Business
Return Expecting Long Stay.
Vanderveer's Action in Waiving
12th Peremptory Challenge
Causes Speculation and Talk.
By Fred H. McNeil
(tWer The Journal'. Special leased Vire
Montesano, Wash., Feb. 6. Ab
sence of Superior Judge John M.
Wilson in Olympia delayed the open
ing of the Centralia murder trial
until 2 o'clock this afternoon. The
first order of business was the
swearing of the Jury.
Jurors who were excused to go to.
their homes and attend to business af
fairs before settling down for the dura
tion of the trial, began drifting into the
courthouse again at noon today, with
suitcases and other baggage. Evidently
they are preparing for a long stay.'
The action of Attorney George F.
Vanderveer in waiving his twelfth per
emptory challenge Thursday afternoon
came as a great surprise, and is a mat
ter of discussion today.
From the first hour that the trial
begun, Vanderveer has been taking ex
ceptions to form the basis for his bill
of errors in preparing an appeal.
The number of these exceptions has
mounted into the hundreds.
But in waiving his twelfth per
emptory, under the laws of this state,
the attorney also waived all of his ex
ceptions, including the ones he noted in
his motion for a change of venue.
The legal slate is thus wiped clean
and the case will virtually reopen when
testimony taking starts Monday morn
ing. In his motion for separate trial
(Concluded on fife Two, Column FWe)
New Division of Liquidation
Claims Named by Director Gen
eral for the Government.
Washington. Feb. 6. (I. N. S.)
Director General Hines today ' took
the first big step preparatory to the
return of the railroads to their pri
vate owners when he appointed a
division of liquidation claims with
Max Thelcn of California as direc
tor. The new division will have
charge of the liquidation of all
claims between the carriers and the
government.
The division of capital expenditure, of
whii'i W. C. Powell, vice president of
the rie railroad, is director, will go
out of existence on February 15 and its
work will be taken over by the newly
created division.
Thelen was formerly president of the
National Association of Railroad Com
missioners. -y I i?y
HINES PLANS FOR
RETURN OF ROADS
iyyy-
EURdPt SAYS
F. VANDERLIP
Food and Raw Materials, Not
Money for Rehabilitation, Are
Needs of Suffering Countries.
Stricken Nations Must Work and
Save, but They Must Have
Something to' Work With.
(Copyright. 1920. by United Pres.)
New York, Feb. 6. (U. P.)
Frank A. Vanderlip, who first called
attention to Kurope's serious eco
nomic decline nine months ago, de
clared in a statement to the United
Press today that the foreign ex
change situation can be righted and
Europe can be put on her feet only
if the Europeans will go back to
work. But Europe can bnly do this,
he said, if America will supply her
with food and raw materials.
The former head of the famous Na
tional City bank of New York, added
that America can easily undertake the
work of rehabilitation. The first step,
he said, was the most important, though
It need not be a large one.
"A billion dollars will go a very long
way," Vanderlip said, "in starting Ku
rope on its way to production. But it
must be a billion dollars spent for food
and rav materials. It mustn't be a bil
lion dollars spent on any financial re
habilitation. EXPORT CARGOES AFFECTED
"This is the first move necessary to
help the exchange rates recover. The
present decline in exchange tends now
to halt our exports. It is conceivable
the halt might occur very sharply. To
a considerable extent ships are now
going to Kurope without full cargoes.
"Last year we exported $8,000,000,000
worth of goods, and the trade balance
in our favor was $4. 000.000. 000. In pre
war days, a trade balance of $600,000,000
for us was about the top figure. These
figures indicate that if the halting of our
exports goes far enough it will result In
a jar that will pile up cotton, agricul
tural products and, to some extent,
manufactured goods.
trSEMPLOYMEXT PRASE FACTOR
"I do not hell eve such a situation
would result in any serious unemploy
ment for us. There might be some
thrown out of work while a process of
readjustment went on, but very little
hardship would follow. Our consuming
capacity is greatly in excess of our
present consumption.
"It Is rather psychological that we
should feel a continuation of the pres
ent decline in exchange. The situation
now facing us means the people on the
other side are unable to pay for what
they vitally need and that their eco-
(Concluded on Pe Two. Column One)
Brothers, Alleged
Radicals, Arrested
St Helens, Feb. 6. Two brothers,
Jerry Chapman. 45, and Oscar Chap
man, 56, woodcutters, were arrested
near here by a Portland government
official. It is alleged that In their
possession, literature and cards against
the government and membership cards
in the Communist party were found.
It is said radical remarks led to their
arrest.
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Taper Townsite
To Go by Boards;
Many Investors
Face Awakening
Imperial Boom Town of Central
Oregon of Former Days, to
Be Foreclosed.
Bend. Feb. 6. Foreclosure pro
ceedings have been started against
the townsite of Imperial. v
Eleven years ago, when Central
Oregon was passing through a tre
mendous boom period, and when
townt.sites were springing up at al
most every cross roads. Imperial, on
paper, possessed two banks, a high
school, churches, paved streets and
was situated on a railroad. Today
it is necessary for one desiring to
locate the once "paper" town of Im
perial to employ an experienced
guide, for on the vast desert coun
try to the south of Bend some 60
i miles only shado,ws are left, repre
jsentlng the dashed hopes of hun
' dreds of investors.
More than 600 Imperial city lots are
being advertised in foreclosure proceed
ings. One hundred and ninety-seven for
mer owners of property will yield their
last legal claims when the foreclosure
Is finally effected.
The paper city was once the property
of Miss Constance Reid of Portland.
The townsite was platted in 1911. Sub
sequently the lots were marked under
the direction of M. C. Montgomery.
Scores of investors would welcome an
opportunity to meet Montgomery.
A few days ago one of the unwary in
vestors arrived In Bend and Inquired
when the Imperial train departed. Being
persuaded to remain over night in Bend,
the homeseeker took a long 70-mlle auto
mobile trip. The, driver was mystified by
his companion's Inquiries about the Im
perial banks, hotels, population. Upon
arrival at Imperial he found a huge
sand dune where his property was sup
posed to be. a few dilapidated shacks
and no place to spends the night. He
will permit his property to pasa to fore
closure. Many Investors live in remote parts
of the world. The tax list shows liens
amounting to nearly $7000, In that por
tion of Deschutes county inherited from
Crook county when the county of De
schutes was created three years ago.
In addition to the Imperial property,
more than '300 lots are being foreclosed
at Harpers and se-wafnrmdred more
lots adjacent to Redmond are to suffer
the same fate. Hillman Is another town
that flourished In 1910, but never grew
except Vn a real estate office or on
paper.
Market Has Break;
Call Money Lower;
Opening Is Strong
New York, Feb. 6. (I. N. S.) The
worst break of the year occurred in the
early afternoon. There was a siarp
rally when call money dropped to 15
per cent. Baldwin Locomotive, after
selling as low as 104, rose to 109.
Republic Steel, after dropping to 103,
rose to 106 and steel common from
its low of 9794 rallied 2 points.
General Motors, after breaking 24
points to 258, recovered 7 points and
Mexican Petroleum, after selling down
16 points t6 169. rallied to 175.
The market opened with a great show
ing of strength, advances of a fraction
or two to 7 points being scored at the
start of the day.
JAPANESE IN
BOYCOTT RIOT,
FIGHT YANKS
, i
American Mate and Manager of
U. S. Shipping. Board Vessel
Attacked in Yokohama Harbor.
One Japanese Laborer Killed
When Lightermen, Armed With
Knives and Clubs, Board Ship.
Iondon. Feb, 6. (I. N. S.) The
Japanes- boycott of the United
States shipping board's vessels re
sulted in violent disturbances at Yo
kohama in which one laborer was
killed during the- unloading of the
steamship Lake Gila:io, said a Toliio
dispatch to the Daily Express today.
A tugboat of .lightermen armed with
knives and clubs cut loaded lighters
adrift and then boarded the steamship,
j In the ' fracas a Japanese laborer was
I killed and the American mate and man
ager were attacked.
The boycott, according to tfce corre
spondent, is causing an interruption to
American trade. The grievances have
j arisen over granting lighterage to the
j United States shipping board's vessels.
Former Food Administrator Gets
as Many Votes as Other 12
Candidates Together.
Two of those voting in the presi
dential poll have written in the
name of Henry Ford, two William
J. Bryan and one President Wilson.
The figures of the count up to. 11
o'clock follow:!
Gerard 3 Owen 2
Harding ;1 Pershing 3
Hoover 3 Wood 7
Johnson .....14 Bryan 2
Lowden -2 Ford , 2
McAdoo 34 Wilson 1
Polndexter ... 1
"A thorough American and a fighter
for American rights and Justice this
is the reason why I would like to see
Johnson of California become our next
president." write one voter. He says
his second choice is General Wood.
"I do not want either a politician or
a military man. 'but would like to try
what a business man would do for our
country. I am .a Lincoln Republican
and Civil war veteran," says a Hills
boro man.
"I can't understand why Henry Ford's
name was not put on the ballot." writes
a Portlander. "Henry Ford enters into
the fiber of every man that works to
get an honest living. No other man I9
the United States has done so much to
keep up a living wage, except President
Wilson. The only man who can keep
the Democrats in power are Henry Fori
or William G. McAdoo."
(Concluded on l"e Two. Column Sill
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HOOVER LEADING
IN JOURNAL POLL
PRESIDENT
MAKES TWO
iNoMlJNA'lIONb
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. U.
P.)! The president sent the
following nominations to the
enatc: ;
To be a member of the Inter
state commerce commission,
Henry C. Stuart of Virginia.
To be a member of the United
(States shipping board, Louis
ritiiH or California.
Stuart Is a Democrat, formerly
governor of Virginia, and Is now
a member of the second indus
trial conference.
Titus is a prominent Republi
can attorney in San Francisco
and was a member of the public
group in the first Industrial con
ference. 1
CAR LINE REVENUE
Lines of P. R., L. dt P. Co. Car
ried More Passengers in 1919
Than Ever, Report Shows.
Lines of the Portland Railway,
Light A Power coimpany carried
more than 5,000,000 passengers in
1919 in excess, of any previous year.
Additional revenue is jasked because,
the company explains, the cost of
operationg has doubled, outdistanc
ing by far the increase In revenue
from increased fare and additional,
passengers, and the lean years be
tween 1913 and 1918 postponed nec
essary repairs that are .ssential this
year if the lines are to continue In
operation.
RETENUF. INCREASES
Here are the figures on revenue pas
sengers from 1912 to 1919:
1912 i 64.76MT0
1913.X 65.065,295
1914 , 61,912,660
1915 52,830,755
1916 i 63.085.176
1917 i 60,659,276
191S 68,620,417
1919 .....its. 73,960.471
' The slump between 1914 to 1916 was
caused by the business depression,
chiefly. President Griffith declares,
though the Jitneys were responsible for
some of the loss.
Figures also Indicate that revenue
passengers per car mile and per capita
have increased considerably In the last
four years in Portland. In spite of the
6 cent fare, automobiles and closing of
shipyards.
TRATEt HEAVIER
Whereas the lines carried 314 Pas
sengers per car mile in 1916, they now
carry 4 per car mile. In 1916 rec
ords show 180 rides per capita In com
parison with 220 in 1919. There has
been a steady advance In passengers
per capita and per car mile since 1916.
A heavy falling off is noted between
1912 and 1916.
Although the number of passengers
has increased and the gross revenue is
greater, operating expenses have ad
vanced at a rate greatet, the com
pany officials declare. The company re
ceived 4.563,339 In revenue from all
sources last year, the figures show, and
J305.000 less in 1918. Yet the net rev
enue In 1918 exceeded jlhat of 1919 by
approximately $100,000 jand the net In
come was $78,000 greater.
STEADILY GAINING
OCEAN LINER
IS TOSSED ON
N. Y SHORE
Princess Anne, With 32 Passen
gers and Crew of 72, Beached i
by Most Terrific Wind Storm,'
Heavy Seas and Ice Render Aid!
Impossible; Fierce Gale Is
Raging Over Atlantic Coast.
New York. Feb. . (I. N. 8.)
Late $hls afternoon It was iiiinoiinced
that Iho Princes Anne's wlrelcn"
was gone and the marooned mramer!
was cut off from communlcationr',
with attempted rrM-uors and the
shore.
New York, Feb. 6. ( I', P.) Khore
wireless stations today received m
wireless message from the old Do
minion liner Princess Anne, ashore
on Rorkaway Shoals, stating that
the ship Ih gradually ftlllns with
water and asking that tugn lw ills
patched to remove the pasMciiKors.
The sea was abating at 3 p. m.
but efforts of const guards to go to
the aid of the distressed vessel were)
futile.
The Princess Anne, bound from Nor
folk, Va., to New York, with 32 passen
gers and a crew of 72 aboard, was driven
ashore by the gale that has been raging
on the Atlantic coast for 48 hours.
CITY 18 PARALT7.ED
The steamer Is a freight and passenger
carrier of 3629 tons.
Although the snow and sleet had quit
falling today the city was stilt paralyied
by the bllKard. Off the coast the wind
was blowing a gale. Imperilling shipping.
A shortage of food due to crippled
railroad and street traffic Is fesred. Ac
cording to officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad the movement of freight toward
this city is only 25 per cent of normal.
A further fall of snow and sleet dur
ing the night, bringing the total depth
nearly to eight inches, added to the
stagnation of all traffic. Huge drifts
blocked side streets and street railway
traffic and foot traffic In the main
thoroughfares was almost Impossible at
many places.
Long Island Sound anJ the harbor
were full of Ice floes. Six passenger and
freight steamers that had started up the
sound for New England - ports were
caught In the Ice floes and signalled
for tugs to break through and haul them
out.
WORST STORM IN St YEARS
Accompanying the storm, which was
the worst this city had known since the
historic blizzard of 1888, the Atlantic
coast was lashed by the highest tidal
waves In 34 years, causing Immense
damage.
The disturbance on the coast was gen
eral from Cape Hatteras to Province
town and wireless reports received here
ay that the coast Is littered with
wreckage.
Trade With Soviet .
Russia Impossible,
Say Ambassadors
Paris. Feb. 6. (IT. P.) -The council
of ambassadors has decided that re
sumption of trade with aovftM Russia,
through her cooperative societies now
practically is impossible because of the
soviet government's control of the co
operatives, It was learned today.
The resolution came up at the coun
cil's meeting today when the signing of
peace between Rsthonla and the Kus
slan soviet government was discussed.
TJe Journal
Presidential
Straw Ballot
Vote for one, placing X before name.
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