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.THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920.
N
FOR
FORGIVE
CRIME IS ASKED
BY RUSSELL CLARK
Man Suspected of Slaying Wife
Dies From Wound After Sev
eral Attempts at Poison Fail.
Dad. I tried, honestly I did. God
. i. mm and I know you and
uf 6 '
mother will RusselL"
The above, written on a postcard
and mailed to Matt Clark, a broker
in the Railway Exchange building,
the last message len Dy n
Russell Clark, supposed wife-
was
on.
laver,
Aftr probably half a dozen attempts
t enaing ni m.
through the right temple shortly before
noon Tuesday. .
He was found In a flying condition in
a room at the Oregon hotel, by Deputy
Sheriffs Chriatofferson and Beckman.
He died at St. Vincents hospital at 3 :45
ofclock, without regaining consciousness.
Hit father and mother were at his death
bed. CHLOROFORM WAS USED
Mrs. RussMI Clark, his wife, was
found dead at the Clark nome. Clark-
hurst farm, two miles normeani vi
the Twelve Mile soadhouse. Monday
night at o'clock. It Is believed
he was killed Monday morning about
o'clock by Clark, who then proceeded
to the city, leaving Instructions that his
wife was not to be disturbed.
The 18 hour hearch for Clark ended
with the discovery or the oying ron
by the deputy sheriffs. His wound was
bound up and he was! rushed to the
hospital In an attempt to save his life,
but the efforts were In vain.
Deputy District Attorney Earl Ber
nard visited the hospital In th after
noon in an attempt to secure an ante
mortem statement from the slayer con-
cemlng the affair, but the roan never
regained consciousness. His eyes were
wide open and he groaned continuously
but no Intelligible words were uttered.
He seemed to be in great pain, and
the chloroform which he had evidently
drunk was nauseating.
TACB SHOWS WOBBY
The worry and mental struggle of the
- ...f 9K hnun durlnar which time he
frlH reneatedly to kill himself
. showed plainly on his face. He had
suffered untold horrors during that
time when he knew that he must die.
but evidently revolted against the
thnurht.
Clark had apparently fired the shot
Into his right temple about two nours
before he was found. Indications were
that he had also used a bottle of chlo
roform. whi?h he had purchased on Mon
day afternoon.
The gun he used, the report of which is
aid not to have been heard by anyone In
the hotel, was not the same weapon with
-which Clark Is supposed to have killed
hts wife, but was almost Identical and
was of the same calibre.
Before entering the room Chrlstofter
on pushed the transom open and saw
the blood covered sheets. He then broke
open the door.
CHLOROFORM BOTTLE F0U5D
Clark rented the room" at 4 :30 p. m.
Monday and signed, the name of Law
rence Mcttlnnls or :cOee. of Seattle,
on the register. Clerks at the hotel de
clare he did not leave the room after
that time Monday.
At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning he called
for a half grapefruit for his breakfast.
The bellboy told the officers Clark was
walking around at that time.
The officers also found an empty
chloroform bottle, purchased at the
J6r.es drug store. Clark tried to buy
trychnlne at the Nau pharmacy, stat
ing that he desired to kill a dog. When
the clerk told him that would be too
cruel. a method, he asked for chiorotorm
and was given It.
HAD l.t.Mt ACCOUNT
street. -At about the dm Clark1 left
the drag store, with a bottle of chloro
form, he posted a card to the chief of
police, bearing the crvtlc means re. "I
have killed myself up on King's Heights.
Clark." ; , .. . i
From the drug store, he drove his ma
chine to the Olds, Wortman ft King de
partment store, where he: bought some
cotton and a large to wet Then he Is
believed to have proceeded to the top
of Kings Heights In his automobile.
A bottle of laudanum and the half
empty bottle of chloform were found a
short distance from the Henry L. Pit
tock house on . the heights. Indications
were that Clark had tried to kill himself
by chloroform, but ha devldently be
come violently sick and given up the at
tempt. BEGISTEBS AT OBZG02T
Following his failure.- Clarke drove
back to Portland and left his car at the
corner of Stark and Park streets.
He then mailed the final postal to his
father, the card bearing the postmark of
Station E, 4:30, February It.
Shortly after that he engaged the
room at the . Oregon, signing the name
of Lawrence McGee of Seattle. He at
tempted to disguise his handwriting, but
the nervousness was apparent.
-Clerks at the hotel declare that he
staggered slightly, as though drunk. This
is thought to have been from the ef
fects of the chloroform. At
11 o'clock Tuesday morning a representa
tive of The Journal inquired wnetner
Clark had registered at the' hotel. The
signature of the man In room 330 ap
pearing suspicious, a bellboy was dis
patched to the room, and reported that
affair, no new .light being thrown onto
the tragedy.
There is Mttle doubt and members of
Clark's family believe, that Russell
Clark fired the shots which ended his
wife's life. No motive for the deed
can be definitely attributed, , Inasmuch
as both died without making any state
ments. , - i
Two theories predominate. One Is
that Clark, in a heat of rage brought on
by his wife's discovery of hl financial
difficulties, shot her without realising
what he was doing. The other is that
advanced by Matt Clark, father of the
young man, who believes that Russell,
fearing the disgrace attendant upon his
financial wreck, and not wishing his
wife to bear the stigma alone, deter
mined to kill both her and himself.
This would have been more plausible
had Clark shot himself immediately fol
lowing the death of his wife.
The opinion of the coroner was that
Mrs. Clark died almost instantaneously
from the first wound. ' 8he .had been
shot three times, once through the heart.
once through the right temple and once
in the forehead over the right eye.
KmS. CLARK WAS WALLA WALLA
RESIDENT; MOTHER IN PORTLAND
Walla Walla, Wash., Feb. 18. Mrs.
Russell Clark was a native of Walla
Walla She was before her marriage
Miss Frances Norman, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. B. D. Norman. Her father
was for a number of years agent for
the O-W. R. ft N. at Dayton,
Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Norman have
separated and the latter is living at
Second street. Walla Walla.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark were In Walla
Walla a week ago today, Mrs. Clark
coming by train and' Clark in an air
plane with Walter C Lees. Both of
them spent several days here visiting
friends. Clark and Lees made partial
arrangements during that time for
landing field for their airplane. Accord
Intr to the relatives of Mrs. Clark, the
latter'S husband had frequently been in
trouble and his parents, at one time
people of some means, have spent large
sums In keeping him out of trouble.
Recently Clark is said to have shown
indications of having acquired consid
erable rhoney. He built a large home
In Troutdale, and Is said to have enter
tained often and without regard for
expense. Mrs. Clark's relatives here are
at a loss to understand how be came
by his money.
RUMORS OF CROOKED BUSINESS
DEALS PASSED AT PENDLETON
. Pendleton, Feb. 1$. Alleged irrigulari
tles in the conduct of business here and
In Portland were mentioned here today
In connection with the Clark tragedy.
One charge which Is made is that Clark
forged warehouse receipts on Penland
Bros., local transfer men, showing stocks
of cars on hand and then obtained credit
from Portland on these stocks. Mrs.
Clark. It Is said here, was vice president
of the Manchester Clark company and
supplied most of her husband's backing.
present In Portland with three sisters.
the man was walking around, evidently Two other sisters are Mrs. . K. Scholl,
rtruire- 821 Valencia street, and Miss Anna Hill,
SEE HIM THROUGH TBAKSOM
Tt waa undoubtedly shortly after that
that Clark fired the shot Which ended his
life. Deputy Sheriffs Chrtstofferson and
Beckman, making an Investigation of
the hotels, noted the same signature on
the hotel register, and determined to
visit the room personally.
A poise closely resembling that of a
man snoring came from the room, and
they were about to leave, when Chrlstof
ferson hoisted himself and looked
through the transom. Clark was lying
In a puddle of blood on the bed. The
deputy sheriffs entered the room, and
the police were notified.
Appearances in the room gave rise to
the conjecture that Clark had attempted
to kill himself many times during me
night and morning. Chloroform was
spilled lp a corner of the bathroom.
EMBEZZLEMENT SUGGESTED
At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning he or
dered some grape-fruit sent to his room,
and indications are that he tried to take
the poison with the fruit A towel, sat
urated with chloroform, was found in
the room. He had evidently tried to
wrap It around his head and die from the
stro.ig effects of- the drug. In this he
was unsuccessful.
He finally crawled into bed, pulled the
covers about him so as to muffle the ex
Dlosion. and pulled the trigger. The bul
let lodged In his head near the brain. ,
The theory that Clark had been
found out in a possible attempt to get
away with a large sum of money, was
advanced by his partner, F. E. Man
chester, and District Attorney Evans
TnfiBv afternoon, on discovery that
Clark had drawn some $35,000 or $45,000 I
within a few days. It was Intimated fur
ther that other sums gained through ad
vances on automobile contracts for ma
chines to be delivered later might be
involved In the . affair.
A bank book showing that $30,000 had
been deposited in one of the local banks
since January 21. was found among
Clark's possessions in the room at the
hotel J There was no indication as to
how much of this he had withdrawn
recently.
It Is not considered likely that he
had this money In his 'possession when
last seen. It Is understood mat tne
method he used to obtain the money
was to utter a number of forged ware
house receipts on a fictitious warehouse
or firm, and with these as security he
would borrow money. The receipts usu
ally contained a certified record of de
posit of goods in a fictitious warehouse.
Manchester would say nothing con
cerning the deals when Interviewed at
the offices of the firm In the Teon build
ing. He did say, however, that Clark
had managed to procure a sum of ap
proximately $35,000 recently.
McCargar. Bates ft Lively, Insurance
brokers, are understood to be among
the heaviest losers through Clark.
BELIEVES SON WAS H05E8T
Matt Clark, father of the young man,
maintains that his son was merely un
fortunate In money affairs, and tnat nis
POLICY OF CITY
OWNING ITER
F
RIM IS
URGED
E. J. Jaeger, Returned From Cal
ifornia, Brings New Ideas on
Port Betterment of Portland.
65-Piece Band Plays
For Legion's Grand
Ball at Auditorium
A CS-pleoe band will play for the
several thousand ex-service men "and
women who will dance Thursday night
at the American legion's entertainment
in the Auditorium.
The Red Cross Canteen . band, veteran
of home coming fetes, has donated Its
services, and with other features will
take a lam nlace on the program. Tne
American Legion dance Is free to mem
bers and their guests..
Portland mast own her water
front If she is to keep pace with,
other ports on the Pacific coast.
Portland must be ready to put on.
at once, the garb of a big city and
to do things on a big scale or she
will find herself a village among
great cities.
These are the beliefs of E. J. Jaeger,
merchant long active In civic affairs.
who has Just returned from a 80 day
tour of California with Mrs. Jaeger. The
Jaegers shipped their automobile to San
Francisco and from there toured over
2500 miles of California's pavements.
not only viewing the scenery, but the
astounding business activity of Califor
nia cities and the effects of tourist
traffic that Is crowding all accommo
dations to the limit all the time.
TOFRIST8 GET WELCOME
Eight days in advance of their arrival
at Los Angeles Jaeger wired for res
ervatlons at a leading hotel. When he
arrived he found his name 180 down on
the list of reservations. And California
gets the tourist trade because it wel
comes the tourist and when the tourist
arrives he 'is made comfortable, Jaeger
says.
"I'm fairlybubbling over with enthu
siasm as a result of what I saw in the
BEWICK SENDS
APPEAL FORWARD
Inclusion Asked in Zone South
of Snake River, 'Where Spe
cial Rate Applies.
CAMPAIGN GOLD
FLOODED MICHIGAN
Newberry Money Rivulets Reached
High and Low Places, Federal
Witness Testifies at Trial.
Kennewick's appeal for benefit
from the interstate commerce com
mission's decision of the Columbia
basin rate case has gone forward
to the commission at Washington,
D. C.
' Kennewick asks inclusion In the
zone south of Snake river between
which and Portland-Vancouver,
Henry Thurtell, chief examiner of
the commerce commission, reported
the rate should not exceed J0 per
cent of the rate between the same
zone and Puget Sound or Astoria.
F. R. Jeffrey, attorney for Kennewick,
calls the commission's attention to the
fact that Kennewick Is nearer Port-
South. At every stop-we were furnished j land than towns like Walla Walla
WILSON AND
L
ANN
(Continued From Pac One)
JtlAwlr VtuA .rrnnnH the hath tow-
els and carpets In the bathroom to dealings throughout were absolutely hon-
form a bed. and from appearances at
tempted suicide there by drinking the
chloroform.
An all morilng search on King's
Heights resulted from the receipt by
Chief of Police Jenkins of the following
postal :
"I have killed myself up on King's
Heights. Clark."
Faulkner went back to his home for his
card, Allen said, and returned to the
hall, standing inside to watch the pa
rade go by.
Faulkner said he told the men in the
hall he didn't think there would be a
raid, the attorney testified.
CAUGHT IS I. W. W. HALL
The parade came by, the soldiers
'. halted and someone yelled: "Grab them,
crab them," and a rush was made on
Deputy sheriffs and police detectives
Immediately rushed to the summit of
the hills, and made a thorough search
Of the woods.
,A bank book found In Clark's posses
sion showed that wince January 21 he
had deposited $30,000 In the First Na
tional bank,
r The search on the heights was aban
doned when a' bottle of laudanum, an
other of chloroform and a towel and
, some cotton were found about 100 yards
west of an old real estate office some
distance from the Ptttock home.
MAILS CARP TO CHIEF
Clark visited his father about 11 o'clock
' Monday, and borrowed $10. from him.
The father says that his son betrayed
Bo especial emotion at the time.
. From there Clark proceeded to the
est
"Every creditor of my son will be
repaid from the estate if it is possible
in rin so." ha stated to a representative
of The Journal, following the death of
Russell. "My wife and I will not take
one cent of the property. If there is
anything left after the affairs are set
tled. It will go to the parents of Mrs.
Clark.
"I am sure that Russell did this be
cause of financial worries. He and his
wife were not unhappy. On the con
trary, they were extraordinarily happy
It was his concern for her and the hope
of shielding from her the worries and
disgrace attendant upon his failure that
made him take the step.
PAIK SEEMED HAPFT
"Russell made money fast and ap
parently spent It fast. Two or three
weeks ago he asked me for a check for
I 11400. which I gave him. I learned later
that he bought a truck with the money.
He repaid me. but a few days later ex
Changed checks with me for $1250.
"His check, I learned, waa no good.
But within a few days he repaid me.
"Never did my boy and his wife quar
rel that I know of. Our friends often
remarked that they seemed unusually
happy.
"My belief Is that financial worries
made him despondent. Not wishing to
impoverish his wife or cause her trouble,
he killed her."
The coroner's Jury Tuesday night re
turned an open verdict In which it de
creed that Mrs. Russell Clark came to'
her death from gunshot wounds fired
by some person unknown. It was mere-
to begin his speech at night, a photo
grapher took a flashlight. Now Mr.
Wilson has had that happen to him
many times before, but on this occasion
he blurted out angrily "we ought not to
care how we look, but how we act" and
the crowd which had been amused as al
ways by a sudden flashlight picture,
stopped Its laughing abruptly and won
dered. Again at Salt Lake a fortnight later
the president was talking about Article
X and asked a rhetorical question the
kind that a crowd Is not supposed to an
swer but Mr. Wilson's delivery was so
forceful and had been getting such en
thusiastic applause at the end of al
most every sentence that somebody ap
plauded In the wrong place. I am sure
tt was unintentianal. The president
stopped short and Issued an angry re
buke In the direction from which the
applause came "better wait till you
hear It all before you applaud " was his
reprimand, and the crowd wondered.
SERVOL8 FOE TWO TEARS
Time was when Mr. Wilson schooled
himself to repress his temper. Once or
twice when delegations visited him In
the White House he got his dander up
but usually the stenographic record of
what was said never was Issued and
the public was none the wiser. It has
been noticed, however, that In the last
two years the president has been given
every now and then to Intemperate ex
pressions. In a nutshell, his duties and
burdens got on his nerves and are still
on his nerves. Wood row Wilson three
years ago would never have done what
Wood row Wilson Is doing today. Cabi
net members have led him astray and
gotten him into worse dificultles and
uncomfortable moods than did Secre
tary Lansing's adventure in protecting
the president from adverse criticism
when he was unable to discharge the
duties of his office. The man who has
long stood for the inefficiency of the
postoffice department and the public
criticism of Secretary. Baker, Secretary
Daniels and others In the senate and
house whom he had been accustomed
to support without regard to public
opinion Is not the same man who dis
missed Robert Lansing as secretary of
state. He Is a man upon whom the
burdens of the war and peace have left
a residue of nervousness, irritability
and intolerance that will be repressed
with difficulty as Wood row Wilson
serves the remaining 12 months of his
term.
Tomorrow's article the laat of th. Mriei
will deal with 8srUrj Laiuinc'l policies and
tne proDime sicmncanre of toe episode from
sn international as well as national point of
viw.
with carefully prepared maps, freshly
marked with detours and other travel
data. We found automobiles from every
state In the union and practically from
every city. 'The work of caring for au
tomobile tourists Is largely In the hands
of the automobile association, which is
not in any manner a social organisa
tion. The association, in fact, conducts
Its own insurance companies and, be
sides forcing the private companies to
reduce their rates 25 per cent, has It
self dropped rates another 25 per cent,
thus forcing a total reduction of 50 per
cent.
OAKLAND'S SHIPPING PRAISED
"Oakland and Los. Angeles own prac
tically all available water frontage In
the two ports. Oakland has more ships
In sight In a minute than we have nere
in a year and her industries are more
like human bee hives than anything
else. The result is that these two
cities are taking Industry away from
Portland, and even away from San
Francisco. Oakland shadows San
Francisco as an industrial center and
soon will outdistance her in shipping.
"When a manufacturer seeks a site m
Oakland he Is taken in hand by the
commission of public works, in cooper
ation with the Chamber of Commerce.
He ta offered in an hour all available
information and in addition is offered
a lease on water front acreage, owned
by the city, at a very low rental. There
are no 'free' sites, but on the other hand
there are no get-rich-quick realty deal
ers to fleece the . investor in iactory
sites. Oakland Is bo sure of her system
that ehe defies Portland, grabs her in
dustries and tells us we can't compete
with her.
THET "TALK TURKEY
"Oakland got the Llbby. McNeil
Libby plant that wanted to locate here
and it has only recently taken from us
the Palmollve factory. They own their
land and they are In a position to talk
turkey. Their Chamber of Commerce is
made up of experts, who, at a single
conference can present to an informa
tion seeker all the facts he wants, from
the cost of electric current to the ship
ping facilities and the lease price of
puTSlic land, based on Its cost to the
city. In an hour the Investor learns at
Oakland what it would take him a year
to find out In Portland. There are no
superfluous boards and no unnecessary
action."
Hoover Announces
Policy on Several
Important Matters
New York. Feb. 18. (U. P.) Her
bert Hoover made known his attitude
on several national and lnternation ques
tions in a speech before the American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, of which he was unanimously
elected president. He declared for:
Prompt ratification of the peace treaty.
Establishment of a federal budget sys
tem.
Right of employes to bargain collec
tively.
Retention of a large merchant fleet
to protect American overseas commerce.
Regarding returning of the railways
to private control, Hoover said, "It places
predominate private operation upon its
final trial."
Hoover said there was little danger of
radicalism ever controlling this country,
because of the large farmer population.
Frank Nau drug store. Fifth an.i Alderly a perfunctory Investigation of the
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CORBETT BUILDING
" riftk aid Morrlsos.
C. 8. SAMUEL. Gen. Mgr.
Portland, ; Or.
S. N. STRONG, Asst. Mgr.
I Pythian Building
Is Dedicated With
Fitting Ceremonies
The largest assemblage of Knights of
Fythlas known in years was present
Tuesday night at the dedication of the
Pythian building (formerly the Masonic
temple) by officers of the grand lodge.
A session of Ivanhoe lodge, owner o'f the
building, was opened by A. W. Ruhn
dorff, chancellor commander. After the
ceremonies led by Grand Chancellor
Julian A. Hurley of Vale. Fred P. Holm
turned the gavel over to Leslie E.
Crouch, past chancellor commander.
who presented emblematic Jewels for
having been continuous members for 25
years, to the following: Richard Breyer,
Peter Borgan, Fred Cooper, C H. Fox.
Ben F. Green.. W. E. Jacobs. F. M.
Lasche, J. K. Pelton, D. Rosenbaum, J.
A. Ryan, Xels So r en son, John Sennett,
George L. Spencer, Fred Haldeman, Sol
Harris. Six others were unable to be
present.
Crouch waa called to the altar and his
wife was sent for to stand beside him
while Grand Keeper of Records Walter
G. Gleason presented them with a silver
set. - Speeches were made by many
grand officers and past grand officers.
The building cost $180,000 and has
recently undergone reconstruction on the
fifth floor for large club, banquet room
and hall to be the special home of the
lodge and the order. ..
The secret of a delicious salad dress
ing Is Imported PompeiaB Olive OIL Ad.
Bootlegger Profits
Enormous; Costs $4
A Gallon to Make
Every time you pay a bootlegger $80
a gallon for moonshine, he is making
2000 per cent profit- The stuff doesn't
cost him more than $4-
.T. E. Flanders, federal prohibition
agent, believes the moonshiner and hts
... . J I B Tall "TVi A
hlgn prices are nums
national nrohlbitlon act" he declares,
"sooner or later will reach the moon
shiners in the cities ana in we nuis.
since January 16. when the national
nrn)iihiinn act went Into effect, more
than 6000 gallons of moonshme whiskey:
and red wine have been seized In Ore- j
on Their value, according to current ;
quotations, U around 8800,000, Flanders j
said.
.
Marriage Licenses
vanvinver. Wash- Feb. II. Marriage
licenses have been issued to the follow
ing couples: Charles P. Becsey, 37. and
Rowena L. Allan, 36, Portland; Albert
L. Schatx, 38. and Agnes F. Summers, 2,
Portland: Horace ta. nan num. . mi
Gladys L. Elliott, 19, Portland; John H.
Wlmroe, legal, and Ellen L. Long, legal.
Portland; Irving L. cnarter.
skanle. Ore., and beth Moray. 86, Port
land; Charles S. Tourtellot, legal, and
Rose Dahmer. legal. Seattle ; E. S. Eaton,
40, and Francis Cornelius, 42, Portland;
MarshaU E. Gregory, 26. and Bertha M.
Peyton, to. Vancouver.
Bid Mill to Resume I
Spokane, Wash.. Feb. 18. The Black
weU Lumber company's big mm . Win
resume operation JWonday,
which are in the sone expressly referred
to by Thurtell. He adds:
FARTHEST POIICT HOKTH
"Kennewick Is the farthest point
north on the Columbia river to which
the river boats ply from PorUand. It
is only a few miles across the Columbia
river from wallula and other, towns
which will undoubtedly be covered by
the language of the chief examiner.
Kennewick Is on the main line eff the
Sookane. Portland 4 Seattle railway.
It is" also connected with Portland by
the same routes of the O-W. R. N.
and the Northern PaclflO as Walla
Walla and other Inland Empire points.
In its commercial activities Kennewick
competes with Walla Walla for the
business of Wallula, Attalla and other
towns on the east bank of the Columbia
river and also several towns south of
Kennewick on the ,west bank of the co-1
lumbla river. Therefore, if the lan
guage used by the chief examiner Is
unchanged and the railroads In Inter
preting this decision should determine
tht Kennewick was not Included ro
the Inland Empire south of the Snake
river,' Kennewick would be unable to
compete on an equal commercial basis
with other towns situated In the Co
lumbia river and Snake river basins, of
which towns it is a natural competitor.
It would appear that the same argu
ment applies to each and every town
along the line of the Spokane, roruano
& Seattle railway between Kennewick
and Vancouver."
EXCEPTION FILED
Exceptions to Chief Examiner Thur
tell's report have also been forwarded
to Washington by Seattle and Tacoma,
represented by the Chambers of Com
merce of the two cities, the city of Se
attle, the city of Taooma, the port of
SeatUe and the port of Tacoma.
A protest against disturbance of the
"sacred rate structure" is Inferred from
the exceptions of the two cities, which,
read : ,
"Their (Seattle's and Tacoma's) pri
mary exception is to the recommenda
tion that the commission find that the
rates between Portland and Vancouver
and points In the Inland Empire south
of the Snake river are unduly prejudi
cial to Portland and Vancouver when
compared with the rates between SeatUe
and Tacoma and the same points.
"In arriving at the conclusion upon
which this recommendation Is based the
chief examiner limited asd confined his
statement and consideration of the facts
bearing upon the issue of undue preju
dice to that part of the blanket territory
involved which is nearer Portland, and
threhv failed to show that In other
parts of the territory the conditions fa
vor thet cities on Puget sound and that.
considering the blanket territory as
whole, the existing parity in rates ts rair
and proper, and there is no undue pre
judlce.
BASED ON DISTANCES
"The recommendation of the chief ex
aminer is based upon a comparison of
iiitiiM and does not take into con
sideration other elements of greater !n-
nortance in connection with an estab
lished rate structure, such as the history
and development of the rates, the res
sons for their establishment, the nature
of the traffic, the competition between
onrri. ahiDDers and communities, the
advantages of group rates for points of
production, the interests or tne wneat
growers and other producers, and the
merchants and consumers of the Inter
ior, the manufacturers and Jobbers of
the coast and the effect upon business
and commercial conditions."
SeatUe and Tacoma also contend that
Examiner Thurtell failed to take into con
sideration the impending electrification
of the C. M. St. P. railway and the
Puget sound allegation that any modi
fication of the rate structure will be
unsatisfactory to grain shippers who
are presumed In all the Interior territory
not to be concerned primarily with the
cost of transportatlpn but merely with
ability to reach both markets on an
equality.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. 18.
hIIow the golden stream of Newberry
campaign funds waa broken Into
rivulets that trickled Into the little
villages, the small town motion pic
ture shows, railroad roundhouses
and tower stations, waa outlined In
testimony In the government's con
splracy case against United States
Senator Truman H. Newberry and
122 others.
John B. Madeau, who was asked by
Sheriff Fred C Cronenwott of Monroe
to do some Newberry work on primary
day of 1918, dipped his fingers Into the
river of wealth quite unconsciously.
"1 was coming down the street (in
Monroe) several dys after the prima
ries," he testified, "when Sheriff Fred
Cronenwott came past me very last, as
he went by he passed me a $5 bill. It
was very fast!- and, the witness im
plied, very unexpected.
E. S. Desy never did any Newberry
work refused definitely even to pledge
his vote to Mr. Newberry when ap
proached by Allan K. Moore, who vis
ited hlro in the railroad roundhouse,
where he was employed. But Mr. Xesy
was forcibly blessed with 10 of the cam
paign dollars.-
$1500 Is Turned in
By School Children
To Near East Relief
school, with the report that more Is yet
to come. Lincoln high expected to make
a substantial report this afternoon.
Chairman S. C. Lancaster and his
aides are bending every effort towards
rolling up Portland's $73,200 quota, only
half of which Is now on hand. The de
lay is ascribed by the drive executives
to the fact that there has as yet been
no systematic canvassing of the down
town district nor of the wealthy men
and women and of. heads of large busi
ness and Industrial concerns. Repeated
endeavors to secure a flying squadron
for this work have met with failure.
Mrs. O. F. Larason of Seattle. Arme
nian, address the Knights of Pythias
Tuesday night, and was assured of
substantial support. She will speak to
night at the East Side Baptist church.
Northern Michigan
Gripped by Blizzard;
Three Die From Cold
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 18. (I. N.
S.) Northern and Western Michigan
is still in the depths of the worst bits-
sard of the winter, which has been
raging for three days. Three deaths
are known to have resulted from the
cold.
Railroad and lnterurban traffic is
oaralysed. No trains have arrived or
departed from Petoskey for. 1J Tieurfi
and the situation Is almost a bad In
other sections. Fear Is expressed for
the safety of three slelghtoads f per
sons last seen crossing tne straits ot
Mackinaw In the bltssard early Monday.
Fuel Is growing scarce in many of
the smaller cities.
Hindu Shot by Chinese
Rann Singh. Hindu, Is rn emergency
hospital with a bullet wound In his leg.
Police are looking for an unknown Chi
naman who,-it Is said, shot at Singh at
6 p. m. Monday, near Fourth and Ever
ett streets. Cause of th shooting was
not learned.
More than $1500 has already been
raised and turned in for the Near East
Relief fund by the school children, and
as several thousand children are still
working to accumulate pennies and
small silver for the starving Armenian
children, this amount will be materially
increased by the end of the week, when
the drive closes.
Tuesday afternoon $483.50 was turned
In by students of Washington high
One Fourth of Paving Signed
Bend. Feb. 18 In one day 8000 front
feet of Bend's 8000 feet paving program
to be presented to the council at an early
date has been signed up. W. C. Blrdsaii
has circulated petitions urging that pav
ing replace the present cindered bual
ness streets..
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