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tomorrow In Sunday's sport section. Watch
.tor it. . .
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VOL. XIX. - NO. 243.
Entered aa Second Claa Matter
Potoffk-. Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, " DECEMBER
1920. SIXTEEN PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NCWI
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Broker, Gambler and Author and
His Taxicab Pal Conspjred to
Illegally1 Withdraw Whiskey
v From Warehouse, Jury Fids.
San Francisco. Dec. 18. U. P.)
. Harry A. Erolaskl "and Douglas
Newton were found guilty today by
the,: Jury before which they were
.' tried; for alleged Violation of the
"""prohibition laws. Jules Gamage,
tried with, them, was acquitted.
The verdict was returned shortly after
10 a. m. today after the Jury had been
locked up since late Thursday. .
. Brolaskl i well known' throughout the
United States as a broker, follower of
"race tracks, politician, author and hu
morist ; Gamage, a San Francisco asso
ciate of Brolaskl, and Newton, head of a
taxicab' company, were charged with
hating1 conspired to withdraw liquor
illegally from bonded warehouses and
telling it in violation of the prohibition
laws. : ,'
OTHER TRIALS COMING. ',
: :, Their trial was the first 10 De held on
. a long series of indictments growing
out of the probe of prohibition affairs in
allforniaVwhich followed -the death cf
Loren A, I land ley, former state prohlbi-
k tion director, who was killed In an auto
. mobile wreck near Lodi, Cal.
The trial created wide Interest in San
Francisco and was marked by the testi
mony of John Costello, private secretary
to United States Senator James D. Phe
lan, that he had "tipped" John Tait,
safe owner, to an Impending prohibition
fMd, at the alleged suggestion of. Hand
ler, who, according to Costello, feared
the political effect of prohibition en
forcement activities. .
. HROLASKI alleged head
'.Brolaskl was the central 'figure
throughout the trial. He Always could
.be depended upon to bring a smile' to
court with him in the morning and wear
ir it all day.
Brolaskl is scheduled to lecture Sun
day at a local theatre on the "evils of
boose." , I
Jn the case he was supposed to have
been, according to the government
theory, the so-called master mind of the
-alleged liquor conspiracy.'
BURGLAR
Alii
ROUTS INTRUDER
' A burglar alarm aroused B. F.
Stevens, 800 Northrup street, early
"this morning, causing him to rush
'..-.down stairs just in time to see a man
. retreating across the back yard. The
;. robber had pushed the key from the
lock of the kitchen door with a pass
Key, and was opening the door when
the alarm was set off.
"Charles Newman, Multnomah hotel,
reported to the police this morning that
$25 was stolen from his coat while he
was coming to Portland on the Northern
Pacific from Seattle. Newman said he
left the money in his coat which was
hanging on a coat rack ori the inside of
Ate curtain of his berth.
, John Rubley, 429 Main street, reported
to the police that a burglar entered his
room sometime between -3 a. m. and 4
p. m. Friday, taking a razor and about
$3- in change.
i II. Reavell, 390 Clay street, heard
a man trying to enter a window at his
home Friday night Hurrying to the
. window. Reavell
.o turned and ran across the lawn,
ring, m me darkness.
ley, Gal., Bank
spends Operation
lev. Cat.. 1of is tt' t m. .
National Bank of Grldley, Butte
muay temporarily suspended op-
oy oraer or uie board of di
Manaeer .1. A sh.. -
nounced. , f
Famous
S K 9.
Oregon's sturdy pioneers drank
its product in the days before whis
key making was more" of a crime
than potato baking; their sons
drank when it (was operated under
government license; their grandsons
took clandestine nips when state
prohibition barred its legitimate op
eratlon. . "Now the most historic still in Oregon
. mmY . l,nd plac ln stte historical
, society s museum. In the heyday of
J2cola, the still was one of the centers
.of. attention. Report has it that when
Ecola strove to be designated Oregon's
capital, this vessel of copper was worked
harder and for longer hours than at any
' other -period. '
OEDEKS STILL DESTROYED
Judge Charles E. Wolverton of the
federal co 6 rt this morning ordered the
still destroyed, and it was returned to
Federal Prohibition Agent Jesse Flan
f ders that he might perform this task.
."This is the still which Flandera arid
his raiding party seised last summer.
after swimming the Willamette river to
n- imo.nu near inflflnaimndn. .
they found it in a
wnos9 entrance
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LIBRARY HEAD IS ELECTED
MISS ANNE M. MULHERON, former head of the school
department of the Multnomah county library, who was
elected Friday as chief librarian to succeed the late Mary
Frances Isom.
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PLEASES
. Washington, Dec. 18. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Representative Hawley, who
Is a member Of the ways and means
committee, which is considering
emergency tariff legislation, ex
pressed satisfaction today over the
Inclusion of all of Oregon agricul
tural products among the protected
industries, the list including wheat,
flour, beans, cattle, sheep, mutton,
lamb sheep and goat wool for cloth
ing, potatoes and ' onions.
The committee expects to fix the rates
of duty today and have the bill ready to
rush through the house.
The committee will meet later today to
endeavor to work out tariff schedules,
which are certain to be bo high that they
will prohibit - Importation. Committee
members said it is possible that other
products will be added to the list Sev
eral of these products named are now ori
the free list under the Democratic tariff,"
No agreement was reached as to a pro
posed schedule of tariff rates. ,
For the purpose of determining what
course Democratic senators shall pursue
toward proposed temporary tariff legls
lation. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
in the absence of Senator Underwood of
Alabama, Democratic leader of the sen
ate, today issued a call for a caucus of
the Democratic steering committee of the
senate for' 10 o'clock Monday morning.
7'Workers Drowned
In Effort to Cross
River for Holidays
Spring mil, W.: Va Dec. lg. (U. P.)
Seven men were reported drowned at
noon today when a rowboat carrying 18
workers from the armor plate plant of
South Charleston sank while crossing
the Kanawha river.
The men resided in Dunbar, opposite
this place, and were going home for ihe
half holiday. .
Rescue boats saved 11 0f the men.
PRO
ECIKltl PLAN
HAWLEY
Still on Scrap Heat)
ft ..
ild Career for Yparc
CVlieefched olly from the water.
.Judge Wolverton ordered H. II. Buck
ner, who has been operating the stm tv
Pay a fine of 500. Whethfr Uwas t
cause of the historic Interest attach
to the .Implement or because he felt sym
SiftLi family, the court
th0 sentence whicjx he said
the offense merited.
MILK CAW AS STILL
Buckner's attorney, William P. Lord,
himself son of a pioneer, urged upon
Flanders that such a relic should b
preserved for posterity in the custody
of George H. Himes. state historian, in
the historical society's museum in The
Auditorium. Whether this can be done
legally is subject to later decision.
Paul Glivey of Prineville, who made
whiskey in a milk can, pleaded guilty to
the charge and was sentenced to 90 days
In the county JaiL Flivey.shot his part
ner in a drunken brawl, and aa a result
the still was located. ,
WiUiam Shoposhonkoff r South Port
land was fined 1500 for having a small
quantity of mash and a still in his pos
session. Gus Bloom. Astoria soft drink vendor
also pleaded guilty to selling fermented
grape Juice and maintaining a nuisance
and was fined $500.
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MISS MULHERON IS
ELECTED LIBRARIAN
Miss Anne M. Mulheron, head of
the school; department j of Mult
nomah county library since June,
191 9, ' Friday afternoon was 'elected
chief librarian, to i succeed Mary
Frances Isom, deceased, and to fill
the vacancy created by the resigna
tion of Acting Librarian Zulema
Koetomlatsky. who has gone to Cal
ifornia. Her salary was fixed at
$3600 a year.
The' election of ' Miss Mulheron came
as a complete surprise to most library
patrons, who suspected - that a man
from the East would be chosen as a re
sult of the trip of W.L. Brewster, of
the library board, who was sent over
the country recently ' for the xprcss
purpose of locating a successor.
Mies Mulheron has been one of the
most popular members of the library
force in her year ani one-half In Port
land, and has been most j efficient in
building up the school department.
APFOIJfTEEJS POPULAft
Miss Mulheron is a graduate of the
University of Michigan, class of 1U06.
She obtained her library training at the
New York library school at Albany, fol
lowing which, she served as general as
sistant in the Detroit and Cleveland
public libraries. She then became head
of the order, department of the Los
Angeles library, which position she left
to engage in war 'service in France.
Here she came into, close contact with
Miss Isom, whom she had met in Los
Angeles, and upon Miss Isom's recom
mendation was selected as : head of ' the
school department of the J Portland li
brary upon the resignation of Miss
Harriet M. Wood in June.: 1919.
ASCMES'HEB DUTIES j
The new appointee took immediate
charge of library administration and
was this morning occupying the desk
that has been vacant since Miss Isom's
death. . ' . ; -
"1 anticipate that things will run along
smoothly, as they have been running,"
she said, "and I shall not introduce any
changes. The library will continue to
serve the public as it has served in the
past, and the changes that come will
come with growth." j "
No successor has as yet been con
sidered for Miss Mulheron ks the head
of the school department. j Miss Mul
heron, in time, will appoftt her own
successor. f '
PLANS WORKING WELL
"The school department is so well or
ganized." said) she this morning, "that
it "does not need an official head for
a while. I have not given a thought as
to whom I shall select for the position."
The new librarian everi declined to
comment as to whether it is probable
that one of the- assistants would be
promoted, or whether an outside libra
rian would be selected. Miss Constance
Ewing will be in charge temporarily.
The choice of librarian was pleasing
to members of the library staff, with
whom Miss Mulheron has always been
popular, and employes thronged : into
the office this morning to extend their
congratulations, j ....
Courthouse Guarded
By Machine Guns to
Save Slayer's. Life
Independence. Kan:. Dec 18. (U. P.)
Machine guns were mounted at strategic
points around the courthouse here today,
and national guard troops watched to
prevent further outbreaks of race trou
ble here. .: j.
Noble - Green, negro accused of the
murder which started the race war, was
spirited out of town early today and
taken to aail at a nearby city.
SEN HARDING
DECIDES ON
HIS POLICIES
Announces That His. international
Program Meets Approval of
Men Representing Every Shade
of Opi nionj Woman Calls
By Jack Royle
Marion, Ohio, Dec. 18. (I. N. S.)
It is all grist in the hopper," Sen
ator Harding said today in discuss
ing his conferences of the last two
weeks. "We are trying to grind out
a product that will be sustaining
and palatable to the American peo
ple." - Senator Harding announced that he
had formulated in his own mind a
plan for an international policy which
he believed possible of accomplishment.
That plan, he said, had been placed be
fore many of his conferees and he
let. It be seen that he was greatly en
couraged over the approval they ex
pressed. AWAIT8 FALL'S OPISIOX
CnK n nn.mrn 1 V, 1 J
from men of every shade of opinion ,
and had been endorsed by thinkers as ;
widely separated as William J. Bryan
and Senator A. B. Fall.
He let it be known that he awaited
with the greatest interest the com
ments of Senator Reed of Missouri, with
whom he discussed the plan today. The j
Missouri senator is an irreconcilable '
of the irreconcilables, so far as the :
League of Nations is concerned. It is
felt at Harding headquarters that he
sacrificed more than any man in pub
lic life by his strenuous opposition 'to
the league and the Versailles treaty.
"Some say I did it to be stubborn,"
Senator Reed saM laughingly, "but
Senator Harding does not agree with
that view,"- he asserted.
WOMAN GIVES ADVICE
Entirely different points of view to
those of the Democratic senator were
encountered by Senator Harding in his
other conferences today. Senator Harry
New will spend the week-end with the
president-elect and is expected to dis
cuss at length the situation in con
gress as well as international affairs. '
- Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia university, : was-scheduled. ; to
arrive some time during the day.
His first woman visitor, Mrs. Susan
A. Radley of Chicago, chairman of the
national committee of Quaker descend
ants, informed Senator Harding that it
was her belief that the only : proper
solution of the international situation
was to begin anew instead,: of basing
any future plan on the present league
and treaty.
MATH FALLS
Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 18. Oil
has been struck In the well of the
Klamath Oil company 10 miles
southeast of this city, according to
an announcement just made bythe
company, of which J. W. Siemens
and Ed Bloomingcamp ar3 the prin
cipal stockholders.
The drilling has been in progress for
more than one year. Traces of oil and
gas have been showing since the 948-foot
point was reached, but the flow at the
present depth Of 1595 feet is the strong
est that has yet been encountered. Drill
ing has been suspended until a casing
can be secured and water shut off.
Surface indications here . are that
Klamath Falls is the center of an
enormous oil field extending from with
in the reservation on the north to Al
turas on the south. Oil shale outcrop
ings are numerous and gas has been
strnck in Virtually all deep wells which
have been drilled in the basin.
Pilgrim Fathers'
Descendants Asked
To Send in Names
Mrs. Isaac Lee Patterson of Salem,
vice-president general of the national
society. Daughters of the American
Revolution,, is anxious to ascertain
within the next week the names of
anyone ' in Oregon who is a descendant
of the Pilgrim Fathers, the tercentenary
celebration of whose arrival will take
place in Portland next Tuesday.
"In order that a lasting record can
be made, will those Interested kindly
send in their names and addresses
with name of Pilgrim ancestor to Mrs.
John Pearson, regent of ' the Mult
nomah chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, 740 Schuyler
street, or phone East 1842?" ' said Mrs.
Patterson.
Snow Held Benefit
To Berry Fields in
Hood River Section
Hood River, Or., Dec 18. The open
winter prophets felt somewhat depressed
this morning when they awoke and
found the countryside, under a six Inch
mantle of snow and every indication of
more to follow.
While the snow has - resulted ln a
number of automobiles going into win
ter quarters, it is admitted by ranchers,
especially those engaged in raising
strawberries, that the snowfall it ' the
best thing that could have happened for
them. Recent frosts have had a tend
ency to lift the plants above the ground,
but under . the enow mantle they are
safe for the wintas
OIL STRUCK NEAR
NO COIINE
NoSlFFE
British Publisher, Discussing the
Naval Situation, Ridicules the
Suggestion That Great Britain
Join Forces With the Orient
Portland Reporter
"See" Northcliffe
' (Copyright' 1920, by United News)
"I would like very much to know
what combination he . (Secretary of
the Navy Daniels) suggests. There is
no possible combination."
"As for the suggestion that Eng
land and Japan or China might form
such a combined movement, I can im
agine the howl that would come from
Australia. British Columbia and other
of the British overseas dominions if
any such impossible situation -were
suggested." ,
The famous British publisher com
mented on the British and American
naval programs in an interview with
Clyde Beals, a Pulitzer journalism
student now in Lopdon on a scholar
ship, who after having the interview
approved by Northcliffe, cabled it to
the United News.
Clyde Beals is a former member of
the reportorial staff of The Journal
and several of his articles descriptive
of conditions In Europe have ap
peareain this newspaper.: After leav
ing Reed college he was a Journal re
porter until he became a, student at
Columbia college. He is the son of
E. A. Beals, for many years weather
forecaster in Portland and now with
the weather bureau in San Francisco.
By Clyde .. Beals
(Copyright. 1920. by United News)
London, Dec. 18. "The big and
little ship controversy which I orig--inated,"
said Lord Northcliffe in a
special interview for the United
News, "is an attempt to get from
the best naval minds the knowledge
of what are the best measures -for
the future defense of Great Britain
and her associated nations of Aus
tralia, New. Zealand and others.
" "The late Lord Fisher had an uncanny
faculty of being right. He was usually
years ahead of his time. He invented the
now defunct dreadnought and the fast,
highly armored cruiser. - He was the per
sistent advocate of oil and turbine.
TIME TO TALK
He believed in the submarine at a time
when it was regarded as a dangerous
toy. Back in 1915, he told me that the
day of the big battleship was gone. He
is now supported by Sir Percy Scott. I
call to mind and refer back to a contro
versy in which Sir Percy Scott engaged
early in 1914. just before the war. when-
he pretty, accurately predicted what'
would happen to the big ships and to the
growing power of the little ships. -
"I have no views myself on the sub
ject.and do not profess to know anything
about it. But at a time when we are
being asked to commit Great Britain to
the building of a large number of ships
which are to cost fifty million dollars
each, I think we ought carefully to in
quire whether we are' building useless
monsters for other people's submarines
to lock up in barbors.
NO COMBINATION
"As for rivalry., Between the fleets of
the United States and the fleets of Great
Britain:
"Our fleets are wanted for an entirely
different purpose from yours. . Ours is a
fleet for defense and mainly commerce
defense. If my friend Secretary Daniels
ever did suggest that the United States
had to arm Itself to compete against any
combination of powers against the United
States I would very much like to know
what combination he suggests. .There is
no possible combination.
"Is It suggested, that Britain should
combine, for example, with the Japan
ese, or the. Chinese against the United
States? I can imagine the howl that
would come from Australia, British Co
lumbia and other of the British oversea
dominions if any such impossible situa
tion were suggested.
; "Perhaps some Washington correspon
dent will give my love to Mr. Daniels
and ask him to make his combination."
DUE. A
IS FOUND GUILTY
New York, Dec. 18. (U. P.) Dr.
Edward A Rumely, charged with
concealing German ownership fn the
New York Evening Mail, was found
guilty today on two counts in the
indictment.
. Rumely will be sentencedMonday. The
maximum is two years' imprisonment or
S10.000 fine. He will appeal.
Rumely was charged with violating the
trading with the enemy act. The two
counts in the indictment on which he
was convicted allege that he borrowed
$1,451,000 from the imperial German gov
ernment. Three counts oa which be was
acquitted alleged that the German gov'
ernment actually owned the stock in the
Evening Mall and that Rumely held it
for Germany. - ... . , i : .
Western Irrigati on
Sale Brings $100,000
Lands and canals of the Western Irri
gation company, near Hermiston, were
sold for $100,000 at Pendleton Friday by
Robert Maguire. special master for the
federal court. The Central Trust com
pany of Cincinnati was the successful
bidder. Judge Wolverton has ordered
that the $100,000 be prorated among the
former bondholders In' te company.
IKY
56 Organizations Are Interested
in Forming a .Million Dollar
Bank to
ganized
Finance Recently Or
Cooperative Market.
By 9. G. Tj. Bricker
St. Louis,! Dec. 18. (I. N. S.)
Having laidi final plans for the es
tablishment! of a cooperative grain
market to be conducted by the farm
ers themselves in an effort to oust
the manipulating price influence of
speculators ?rom the nation's supply,
representatives of 16 national and
40 state farmers' organizations meet
ing here today took up the estab
lishment of a million dollar cooper
ative bank in St. Louis to dissolve
credit difficulties agriculturists
claim they j are encountering. ,
STOCK TO BE SOLtt
Under the plan outlined, stock in the
bank would ibe sold to both the agricul
turist and the consumer, thus completing
a powerful "combine between the pro
ducer and - the ultimate purchaser
against the middleman, money specula
tor and gambler on the products of the
soil. Under the. cooperative plan adopted
by the conference prices of staple prod
ucts of the farm will be increased to the !
producer and decreased to the consumer,
through direct eelling by the farmer and
the cutting; off of the percentage of
profit extracted by the middle man.
Prices, it was declared, would be sta
bilized through the clipping of the claws
of the grain; speculators.
NO ACTIOS IS TAKEN
The conference adjourned without tak
ing any definite action on the coopera
tive bank plan.. Committees were ap
pointed to organize the farmers of each
section of the country and report back
to a conference to be held early in 1921,
-when, final arrangements will be made
for the opening of the terminal grain
markets. . j- ' ; .
It was stated the new cooperative sell
ing plan for grain would be in operation
in time to handle the next harvest.
The grain, selling plan calls for the es
tablishment of selling terminals at St
Louis, Kansas City, Chicago. Omaha.
Galveston, i Baltimore and Minneapolis
and St. Paul. The selling establishments
"will be financed by the farmers them
selves through contributions from vari
ous cooperative selling agencies already
in existence and the management will be
in the hands of a committee of. leading
grain, men to be appointed by C. S. Bar
rett, chairman of the national board ' of
farm organisations.
STAGG SENTENCED
FOR STEALING SON
! 1
Tacomi, Wash. Dec. 18. (U. P.)
--George, T. Stagg, New York news
paper man and former army avia
tor, who ".disappeared "September 14
following, the kidnaping of his 3-year-old
?son from' the home of his
divorced wife here, suddenly reap
peared last night and in superior
court today was sentenced to from
10 to 15 years in the penitentiary,
following a plea of guilty.
Betty Brainerd. Seattle society girl,
who was arrested in New York for com
plicity in1 the kidnaping and who was
brought back to Tacoma, was absolved
from alU guilt by Stagg and Judge
Fletcher ordered the case against her
dismissed,
Following passing of sentence on her
former husband, Mrs, Edith Cunningham
announced her Intention to ask Governor
Hart to pardon him. ;
"After all, George is the baby's father
in fact. If not in spirit,' Mrs. Cunning
ham said "I am not vindictive. If I am
assured tfc'at he will never again molest
me or the baby, I win do all in my power
to get him a pardon."
Little Bobby Stagg was taken from
his mother's home here and spirited
away in ia closed automobile by Stagg.
was rushed across the continent and se
creted tri New oTrk city. The child
later was restored to its mother in Van
couver, B. C, being brought from the
East by two women friends of the father.
Stagg meanwhile had disappeared and
all efforts of the authorities to locate
him failed. Negotiations through friends
brought labout an agreement with the
prosecuting attorney here, whereby Stagg
surrendered himself on condition that the
chargea against Miss Brainerd be dis
missed. 1
Lewis Is Reelected
By Mine Workers;
Victory Is Crushing
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec 18. (I. N.
S.) John L. Lewis has administered a
"crushing defeaf to Robert Harlin of
Washington in the election . for the in
ternational presidency of thes United
Mine Workers of America it was stated
at mine workers' headquarters today fol
lowing receipt, of. unofficial returns of
Tuesday's balloting. The majority for
Lewis will reach landslide proportions,
it was declared. Unofficial returns from
every district indicate a "very large
majority for Philip Murray, candidate
for reelection for vice-president. Over
Alex Howat of Kansas, it was said. ' v
The Harlin-Howat ticket had the sup
port of the "extreme radical and com
munistic element" in the country both
In and out of the miners, said a state
ment isaued at union headquarters.
Smiles, Tears,
Follow Infant
, ...... ..-.- . 1
Into Woman's
Vard of Jail
Something strange happened in"
the woman's department of the city
Jail Friday night and for one little
hour the sordid lives of 13 women
prisoners were brightened, even
though several faces were stained
with tears. -
Hardened by crime.' some dulled by
cocaine and morphine, these women' re
sponded to the presence of a strange
visitor, and little S-months-old Eugene
Pedisch, quite unconscious of his Influ
ence, did what many social workers and
reformers had been unable to do, at the
same time blending tears with laughter
and making the admittedly hopeless
think of better things.
BIT OF' OTHER HALF
Eugene's mother, Mrs. Helene Tedlsch,
was arrested Friday night at 114 North
Fifteenth street, on a charge of selling
wine to several . visitors found in her
home. Because Mrs. Pedisch had no
money and because "cash down" is the
rule at the city jail, little Eugene's
mother was unable to furnish bail and
w-as forced to go to Jail. There was
no one to look after the baby and little
Eugene, with eyes that did not under
stand, saw for the first time how the
other half lives. v
No sooner did the other prisoners learn
who had come among them than an
impromptu reception was . held, and
about the mother and her child they
gathered, in admiration.
BABY SMILES ON ALL
Good natured and happy the young
ster received them all . graciously, ac
knowledging their extravagant compli
ments with a simple, unaffected "goo.
goo," bestowing , impartially the order
or the smile, and in a language that
only a few understand, explaining the
true meaning of his 10 pink toes.
Someone Bobbed, "I wouldn't 'a been
here tonight if my young one had lived."
Fbr the "13" the hour was too brief,
and too soon little Eueene was taken
away. Friends of his mother raised
the required ,$500, and the two were re
leased. RATE BOOST URGED
BY GAS MANAGER
Comparison of gas rates here and
at Seattle and other cities shows
marked advantage to the Portland
consumer, according to evidence sub
mitted by Hllmar Papst, general
manager of the Portland Gas & Coke
company, at a hearing before the
public service commission .at the
courthouse this morning.
Papst submitted data showing that the
rate charged for. gas at Seattle Is $1.65
per 1000, while the proposed rate asked
by the local company Is $1.30 per 1000.
The Seattle -concern uses coal in the
manufacture of its gas. and under exam
ination by attemeys for the : company
and the commission Papst showed that
installation of equipment for the substi
tution of coal for oil by the local plant
would cost approximately $3,000,000.
SATS WAGES HIGH -'
It would not be possible at this time,
Papst explained to City Attorney
Roche, to secure favorable 'contracts
with the coal companies. He also
showed that the plant now In use for
manufacture of gas from oil would go
to the scrap-heap if coal were substi
tuted. Gas Is a more economical ' fuel for
heating purposes, at prices charged by
the gas company, than any other fuel on
the market, according to evidence sub
mitted at this morning's- hearing.
Papst showed that wages of the 523
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Slide From Marquam
Bill Blocks Traffic
On Terwilliger Blvd .
A slide of loose earth from Marquam
hill covered TerwUHger boulevard with
a coating of clay from 18 to 36 inches
in depth for a distance of 30 yards, at
about midnight Friday. The slide oc
curred just below the site of the new
county hospital and was caused by earth
from excavations for the hospital being
piled too near the edge' of the embank
ment. Workmen are busy clearing the
roadway and the boulevard will be open
for traffic at 1 :30 p. m., county officials
said this morning.
Baby Issue Stirs U. S. Senate
. . . e ac tt at k
Elders Are Defeated in Tilt
By Loewcll Mellett '
United Kwi Staff CorreipondeBt :
Washington, Dec 18. The-old
men and the young men were fight
ing it out on the floor of the senate
Friday afternoon with some of .the
elders admitting In advance triat
they were defeated. The subject of
the conflict; was a bill the 6hep-pard-Towhfr
billIntended to safe
guard the -business of t bringing
babies into the world. .The ground
for the opposition of the older mem
bers was not that which might have
been expected, namely, : that old
fashioned ways are good enough
ways -at least only a little was said
to suggest that but the ground of
expense. Today the . senate passed
the bill.
The cleavage between youth and age
I .
SENATOR FROWI
HARDING'S EYE
Chamberlain May Be Given Place
on Shipping Board After;
March 4 Teal Is Able, Yet'
Politics Intervene."
Washington, Dec. 18. (WASH
1NGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL. ) The shipping board now in
office will jot be confirmed. This
seems tp be as firmly settled as any
event of the preseri session of con
gress, in view of prevailing Repub
lican sentiment. When Harding
comes into office and selects the new
board, will any of the present mem
bers be renamed? Harding alone
knows, but opinion here is that he
will pick all new men.
Members of. the board cherish no Il
lusion about it. One of the Republican
members frankly remarked to the writer,
"Let nobody suppose that any of us
expects to be here after March 4."
GOSSIP GETS BEST
Assuming this to be the true situation,
gossip has turned to the choice of the
new president. There will be two ap
pointments for Pacific coast states for
the, places held - by Joseph N. Teal of
Oregon and Chester H. Rowell of Cali
fornia. Commissioner Teal Is reported as hav
ing made headway in the new board
by reason of his knowledge of trans
portation and accounting problems, and
if merit were the deciding factor a dif
ferent story would be told, Rowell, a
Republican who supported Cox, has from
the first been regarded as sure of re
tirement at the end of the Wilson ad
ministration. Me 'Is an able man, but
politically unavailable.
CHAMBERLAIN IN FAVOB
At the capital among the persons, who
are believed to know Harding beat there
are persistent reports that Senator
Chamberlain is down on the president
elect's list for "something good." Some
say they are sure of it. Senator Lodge
has said that - he hopes Chamberlain
will be tendered a place where the
Oregon senator's executive ability can .
be utllfzed as an asset by the new ad
ministration. Republican senators gen
erally echo this sentiment, and they, in
dicate that Chamberlain will be readily
confirmed for any poitlon . for which
he Is selected.
While Chamberlain has been mentioned
as a suitable selection for secretary of
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LACK OF CAPITAL
Lack of capital has been respon- 1
sible in almost every instance for '
charges of mismanagement being dl- i
reeled against A. L. Parkhurst, man- I
ager of the Crater Lake hotel, ac- i
cording to the report of the special !
committee appointed by Governor '
Olcott to investigate conditions at the
resort, which was submitted to the
Governor today. ,
Members of the Crater lake investiga
tion committee making the report werej '
Sidney B. Vincent, chairman. Portland ; i
John B. Yeon and R. W. Chlids. Port- i
land; Pat Foley, The Dalles; C. S. Hud
son, Bend ; J. W. Siemens, Klamath i
Falls Bert B. Greer, Ashland ; Vernon
H. Vawter. Medford. and Frank C. Bram-
ell, Grants Pass..
"It is the duty of people of Oregon
either to get behind Parkhurst finan
cially or otherwise or to have someone
organize a corporation Which will buy'
out the existing corporation on a fair
basis of return to the stockholders and to
fairly compensate Parkhurst for the 10
years of nerve racking toll which ha'
has undergone, says the report
"We also are of the opinion that the
government should carry some of the
burden of improving the Crater 1 lake
situation aside from the road work which
the forestry department is doing."
The committee substantiates some of
the criticisms directed against the con
duct of Crater. Lake hotel, but credits
most of the misconduct to lack of fi
nance. . i
was shown strikingly during the course
of the debate when Senators Warren,
Thomas and Frelinghuynen, each
thatched with white hair, spoke against
the "'measure, and were followed by
France, Sheppard and Pittman. all men
untouched by the silver-plating process
of years, - .' - ' v - ,. "
ADMITS IT WILL PASS .
Something of the spirit of the op
ponents of this measure, wh:h is moth
ered by practically. every woman's organ
isation in the country, was evidenced by
a, remark of the Colorado senator:
"1 believe," he said, "that we have got-i
ten along pretty weir in the good old .
fashioned way, the people attending to
their Own business the best they can.
while the government should attend to
its business the best It can,"
; "I think I have received about 25 or
30 letters and telegrams since yesterday ;
morning from the good women of my
state, calling on me to support this
measure ; and I am satisfied that the '
ladies of the other states have been just
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