SATURDAY. UpRIL 16. 192i.
THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON
WON FRANCHISE
TO GO TO COUNCIL
NEXT WEDNESDAY
The application of J. B. Schaefer,
S . F. Parr and Ixuis Osburs for a
street railway franchise for the pro
posed- Ltnnton street railway, will
CO- before the city council at its
meeting: next Wednesday.
' The proposed ordinance provides that
these men shall have the right to oper
ate a street railway upon and using in
common with the United Railways com
pany, the tracks, poles, etc., now con
structed and maintained under authority
of a franchise granted by the county
court of Multnomah county Aujuit 20,
1915, and a franchise granted fey the City
of Portland February 10, 191, to the
united Railways company. .
- The route as designated In the f ran
ch itie ordinance -Is on Nicola i avenue,
from Thirty-first to Twenty-second
streets; on Twenty-second street to Pet-
tygrove ; on Pettygrove to Twelfth, and
on Twelfth to Burnside streets.
XEW STREET IMPROVEMENT
PETITIONS LXNCMEIUBLE
A notable Increase1 in the demand for
street improvements has developed with
in the past month or six weeks, say city
.officials. Petitions : for this class ' of
work that will be presented at the meet
ing of the city council next Wednesday
will include :
East Fourteenth street, from East An
keny to Eas Burnside; East Twenty-
second atreet, from Alberta to Sumner
streets; Halaey street, from East Third
street to Union avenue ; Stanton street,
from Kast. Sixty-eighth to East Seven
tieth streets ; East Twenty-third street,
from Crane to Skidmore streets ; Tacoma
avenue, from East Seventeenth to East
Nineteenth streets Going street, from
Gantenbein avenue to Vancouver ave
nue; Knapp avenue, from Fremont to
Siskiyou streets : a sewer in Stanton
street, from East 'Sixty-eighth to East
Seventieth streets.
APARTMENT HOUSE PERMIT
- ' j WtLIi BE RECOMMENDED
CommlslsAner Barbur will recom
mend to the city council next Wednes
day that a permit be granted to R.
Markwart for the erection of a' two
story concrete apartment house on lots
IS and 17 of block 3. Hill's addition.
A committee report will recommend
that - the council order the demolition
er renewal, of the two-story house
located on lots 3 (and , 4 of block B,
First Street Terraces.
DIPHTHERIA CASES ARE OX
DECLINE, REPORT SHOWS
Records of the health bureau today
Showed 105 eases of diphtheria under
quarantine . in Portland. The epidemic
Is gradually decreasing. At its peak
more than 400 cases were under quar
antine.1 The health office today received the
Report ; of the death of two children
from this disease. They were George
E. Knight. 3 years old,' who died this
morning at 447 East Ninth Btreet; and
Marie Johnson, aged 3. who died Fri
day at 54s Sixth street.
RAIL DECISION MADE
IN NICK OF TIME
(Contiancd From Pas Owe)
all rules, whether local or regional or
national. If the parties to the dispute
cannot formulate a set of rules by July
. I, next, the railroad labor board will
hand down 'a set of rules binding upon
both slides,
STRIKE WEAPON" WKAKESKD
Naturally the working men imagine
that with the abrogation of the national
agreement, certain aggressive foes of
union jlabor in the railroad world will
assume an arbitrary attitude and that
the strike weapon which ha! hitherto
been used as a means of coercing a Min
gle road, will be of little avail.. If work
ing conditions on the Pennsylvania sys
tem, for Instance, are agreeable " end
wages are fixed to the satisfaction of
the men, there wilt be little reason for
sympathetic action i with the employes
of a Southwestern railroad.
' The power of the railroad "brother
hoods has been their right to negotiate
for all the railroad employes of the
country as a unit.- This has admittedly
resulted in inequities and. the railroad
systems have insisted . that since the
roads came back to them. 200 employes
exist Instead of one federal employer
and tt , is desirable for . each road to
deal directly with its own men on all
questions. - j '
SUBJECT TO RULES 1
The arbitrary ' railroad executives,
however, will still f be subject to the
rules 1 of the railroad labor board, to
which an appeal can be taken if there
are violations of the principles in the
Chicago decision ; just announced. On
the side of the railroads, too, some
thorns will have been removed. It
will be, noted that the Chicago de
cision speaks of payment for the
eight-hour day on a basis of "prac
tically : continuous service."
This,' of course, doesn't relate to
trainmen and engineraen. whose hours
were, fixed by the A dam son law, but
it does have a vital bearing on station
agents and other railroad employes for
whom the railroads have actually had
only two or three hours" work a day,
hut have been compelled to pay a full
day. It is said that there are many
instances of station agents who open
suburban stations for, an hour in the
early 'morning and i again at night,
handling only two trains a day. In
the t interim they have established
themselves in private business, drawing
ly jfrom the railroads for, an eight
hour day ss well as from their own
business pursuit .
BASIS IS IAU :
The full effect' of the decision will
pot , be immediately apparent, The
tpeclfio rules have yet to be formu
lated by the road and representatives
r labor. But the Chicago decision
affords basis for compromise and
readjustment and the general feeling
In1 the ' national capital here, particu
larly among these who have made a
etudy of the railroad problem, is that
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COLUMBIA BEACH
PAVILION
NOW OrE2i FOB SEASOJT
Every Sunday Evening
Men 50c . Ladies 25c
VANCOUVER CARS ..
OA
the Chicago decision starts the ball
rolling and! that, if expeditious action
can be secured on the general question
of wages; the railroads will slowly
emerge from i chaos to the efficiency
which ; formerly characterised- private
operation and: control. ,
-. President i Harding is for. the moment
occupying himself with consultations
looking toward a compromise between
both labor and employers on the wage
agreements which, of course, are un
touched by the Chicago decision. Some
stimulus from the chief executive may
be necessary before a decision is
reached on the wage question, and
there is talk t of a general conference
between employers and, employes of
each ; region to adjust wage' scales
irrespective of : the outcome of the
cases pending: before the railroad labor
beard at Chicago,
CLEAN-UP CHEST
(Con tinned From Pas One)
land have subscribed $4078 to the Chest
fund. ,!)'-..-
SUBSCRIPTIONS OF $! AND VP
Balfour-Guthrie Co.. employes. . .$' 520.00
Crown Mills Co., employes 209.60
hope Brick company '. 100.00
W. B. Mackay 100.00
W. C Bristol 150.00
Edith W. Stubbs 100.00
Pacific States Fire lis. Co 325.00
Aready Press Machinery Co... 100.00
V. J. Cobbs . , 200.00
I.,outse P. SImonds ; 100.00
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Benson .... 100.00
Warren Construction Co.
Officers and employes ........ 2,000.00
Mrs. F. A. Douty 100.00
Mrs. 13. S. Collins 200.00
Bishop and Mrs. W. T, Sumner.. 400.00
Packers Win Suit to
Condemn 1459 Cases
Salmon at Seaside
Seattle, April 16. (U. P.) After
months of i preparation the government
lost ita premier case of the kind when
Federal Juuge E. E. Cushman held for
the defendants ih the Northern Packing
company's j contest of condemnation pro
ceedings against 1459 cases of Its canned
salmon. I 1
The salmon in question was brought
down from Juneau last - September, in
vestigators from the United States food
and drug laboratories made tests on the
strength of which the entire shipment
was ordered condemned in federal court.
Many thousands of cases of salmon have
been thus kept in storage. The usual
procedure I has been for the owners to
recondition the salmon for animal food
and for fertiliser, which has been found
to be a costly process.
For the! first time In the local court
condemnation proceedings were fought
when the! Northern Packing company
"contested Ithe forfeiture. -
Judge Cushman held that the percent
age of salmon unfit for food was too.
small to warrant condemning the whole
and it will he returned to the owners. W.
A. Eetus and W. A. Hansen, and sold.
Adolph Spreckels
Saved Erom Burning
i Gar by Policeman
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San Francisco, April 1. (U. P.)
The -life of Adolph Spreckels, million
aire sugar magnate, was saved today
by two- policemen who dragged him
from a , burning automobile at the
Monticello Steamship company's pier.
f-'preekels 'had .driven onto the pier
and the friclion of the brakes in stop
ping the I car, it was believed, set the
machine iafire. The chauffeur, without
noticing the blaze, left the machine.
The fire spread quickly and was
seen by the two ponce officers, who
dragged (Spreckels from the automobile
t9 safety.
! ! BORING
Boring Or.. April 16. MThester Fryck-
gtrom, .wjto operates the vulcanizing shop
in the Boring garage, was severely
burned when a steam safety valve ex
ploded. ! " '
Mrs. Si Ix Oregaon and daughter Car
rie were lin Portland Thursday.
K. W. Morgan, tie inspector for the
O-W. It-! A N. has moved from the John
Meyer house Into one of W. It. Telford's
houses. j
John Andregg, who recently sold his
farm in Boring, has purchased the John
Meyer residence on Main street.
Mrs. Alfred Vaun has been seriously
111 and Mrs. Mary rotter has been caring
for her. I s
Otis Rich i moving his family to the
John Meyer residence on D street and la
improving the place.
. Mrs, Kestereon of Sycamore. Or., la
visiting- Mrs. J. A. Rtchey.
Mr. and Mrs. JU C. F'shrr, who own a
home in Boring but have been away
working have returned.
Mr. Dogger, while working on the road
on the Aemiseegger hill, lost his purse,
containing $40.
Johnnie Kupger was in Portland on
business Thursday. '
Mrs. II. SC. Compton, chicken raiser,
received another shipment of 900 baby
chicks. I She has 1900 baby chicks in
brooders and about 600 laying hens.
Miss Ada Farmer, intermediate grade
teacher in th Boring school, received
word this week of the serious illness of
her mother at MeMinnvillc.
Urn. Bessie Jlanlon end daughter,
Dorothy Burpee, have been in Portland
visiting relatives.
Arthur Klein. Xorvil Nass and Percy
Sieter are ill with the mumps,
j m ii.
Publicity Is Shunned
Vancouver. Wash.. April 18. Because
they were unable to escape newspaper
publicity, two negroes declined a mar
riage license in Vancouver, Friday. The
couple, i accompanied by their witness,
asked County Auditor J. U. Garrett to
"name his price." When Garrett replied
that he, was unable toi accommodate
them, the bridal party left without
further delay.
Barracks Service Announced
Vancouver, Wash.. April lt-(-The reg
ular Sunday morning religious services
will be: held in Service club No. l at
Vancouver Barracks, according to an
nouncement by Chaplain F. Br on son.
Mrs. Ei O. Ditlevsen of Vancouver will
sing and the sermon topic will be. "Sen
tinels of the Soul."
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Says Husband Threatened
" Vancouver, Wash.. April 18. Alleging
that her husband had threatened to take
her lif until she lived tn continual fear
of him, Krmal Cbriatensen has filed
suit for divorce against Robert A. Chris
tensen.l ' '
j Marrtago License
Vancouver, Wash.. April 18. a mar
Hare license was. issued here Friday to
J. H. Wissing. 33, and Marie Alexander,
Zt, Seattle. .
DfflVE IN
PLANNED
MUSIC CONTEST IS
BY GLENCOE.
Glencoe, Creston and Ockley
Green schools won first places in the
music .memory held at The Audi
torium Friday afternoon. : First
counts showed Kerns school In the
lead, followed by Glencoe and Irv
ingrton, but closeness of averages! re
sulted In. a complete new count
which changed the 6rder.
Harriet H. Hay of Couch school,! 674
Northrup street, won-the first prlzeof
?5 given by Mrs. Evelyn M. McClueky
for the best poster submitted. Hazel
Borders. Washington high. J018 Pacific
street, won the ' second prise ; of 2,
given by Eorene Riley. Honorable men
tion was given Albert Call, 715 Bid well
street, and Henry Schlegal, Rose City
school, 647 Forty-efgnth street.
8M PUPILS IX CONTEST
Between 800 and 900 pupils entered
the contest, many of whom scored 10
per cent in giving the name and com
poser of 20 selections played. The
exact number of 100 per centers has not
yet been counted.
tiiencoe, j ior iirst prize, win; re
ceive a picture. This must be won
three successive years before it becomes
a permanent possession. The second
school prize is J20 In cash and the third
prise (10 in cash.
RECORDS FOR OTHERS
Kvery child who has made 100 In the
test will be given a 11.75 record by one
of the music houses, a ticket to the
Symphony orchestra concert to be given
at the Heilig theatre next t Wednesday,
when Mrs. McClusky will be in charge
of a line party, and a certificate of
honor.
Judges of the posters were Mrs.! Ed
ward Caswell, president of the Wednes
day morning art class, Mrs. Julia Mar-
quam of the MacDowell club and H. H.
Perry. Teachers of the schools partici
pating checked the score cards.
following the contest the woman's
chorus of the MacDowell club sang, the
Portland Symphony orchestra and the
combined Irvington and Sunnyside school
orchestras played. . Riverdale pupils
gave a pantomime dance. : !
TORNADO SWEEPS !.
MID-WEST STATES
(Continued From Pace One) '
The Btorm today centered over Illinois
and was sweeping toward the region of
the Great Lakes. The wind reached a
velocity of 70 miles an hour.
H. J. Cox, in charge of the United
States weather bureau here, said it was
Chicago's worst storm. The wind was
accompanied by a rain which was near
ly a cloudburst. The rain fell in torrents
for a period of more than 12 hours,
RAILROADS BLOCKED
In the Northern and Western states a
heavy snowfall blocked railroads. All
trains that were not entirely suspended
were running hours late.
, Freestng weather over a lafge portion
of the storm area as forecast for to
night, with additional damage to crops
in prospect.
Wisconsin is being swept by the most
severe hail storm since 1910. Ih Mil
waukee a foot of snow lies on the streets
and a gale is blowing.
A temperature of 20 above zero Is re
ported at Fargo. N. D. i
Much colder weather is reported from
virtually all of the Northwest.
TORXADO LEAVES DEATH
AND DAMAGE, IV ITS WAKE
Little Rock. Ark.. April IS. Thirtv-
five were reported killed In the storm
which ewept Southwestern Arkansas.
according to meagre reports this! morn
ing, j
Property damage wu placed at $500,-
000. ' i
Communication with the stricken
area was paralyzed.
The tornado originated near Texar
kana and swept eastward through
Miller and Hempstead counties, i It cut
a path more than a mile wide, accord
ing to late messages. Small villages
and plantations in its path were re
ported demolished. j
Vourteen bodies, most of j them
negroes, had been brought to Tex-
arkana early today. The storm reached
its height near Shi loh.
The. twister swept a district- 25
miles long and several miles wide. It
originated in Texarkana and it was
there the heaviest loss of lif and
damage was reported. Eleven persons
were reported early today to hav
been killed at Texarkana, 30 injured
and many homes destroyed.
A report reaching here from Trescott
said that several are dead there and
me iaiamy lust is still increasing.
Rescue workers reported nine rirnri in
the vicinity of Shrudell. j
In the Red River district much nron-
erty damage Is reported. Five mem
bers of the family of Charles Jones
were reported killed. i
FARMS LAID BARE BY WIND;
AID SENT TEXAS DISTRICTS
Texarkana, Texas, April 18. U. P.)
Physicians, nurses. citixenry and
other relief was being rushed to etorm-
etneaeit communities in Northeastern
Texas and Southwestern Arkansas - lo
usy. - , )
vmn farms laid bare, plantations
razea ana parts of small towns dam
agea. reports or deaths and i injuries
filtering in were meagre because of
navoc piayea with communication by
mo iwieier. jailmates or deaths con
tinued to range from a score to a pos
sible 40 and the number injured from
scores to hundreds.
While the tornado was reported to
have done serious damage only In Cass
and Bowie counties, Texas, and Miller
and Hempstead counties, Arkansas,
high damaging storms i .were reported
all over the northwestern corner of
Texas and Southwestern Arkansas,
tearing out communication and; damag
ing buildings.
FOUR STATES "DIG OCT' I
OE SPRING SN'OWKALL
Denver. Aprit 16. (I. N. S.1 Colorado.
Wyoming and Northern New Mexico are
digging out " today following one of the
worst spring snowstorms and b II wards
in a score of years.
Eleven Inches of heavy wet Know in
Denver , tied up street- car traffic and
caused considerable property damage.
The city was completely cut off from
communication to. the east and south at
an early hour today.
Meagre reports over crirmled vim in.
dicate that many towns in Colorado nave
over two feet of snow. Railroad trains
are delayed. A passenger train on the
VON
CRESTON
OCKLEY
Denver & Salt LaJce railroad is stalled
In eight-foot ; drifts near Tabernasb.
Colo., and much difficulty is being ex
perienced in carrying food to the pascen
gers.
Telegraph and telephone companies re
port transcontinental wire service at a
standstill because of hundreds of poles
and many miles of wire being down in
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado.
Low. temperatures prevail today fol
lowing the precipitation and fear Is ex
pressed of heavy damage to the fruit
crop in Western Colorado.
Stockmen declare the plentiful supply
of hay and grain will protect the cattle
from much suffering and the wheat Belt
of Eastern Colorado will benefit much
from the moisture. ..
No fatalities had been reported early
today, but one man was missing near
Colorado Springs, where he was last seen
in an abandoned automobile on a wind
swept road.
FINE WEATHER HERE WHILE
BIG STORM RAGES IN EAST
Oregon will not even be flicked by
the tail of the blizzard that grips the
entire territory from the Rocky moun
tains to the Great Lakes, says K. L.
Wells, weather forecaster of the . local
bih-eau. Even the heavy frosts pre
dicted for Western Oregon did not m
terialize this morning. A light frost
was reported in the Portland district,
but it did no damage. The storm is
moving eastward and the West is to
be treated to fair weather.
! Storm Moving Northeast .
Washington, April 16. (U. P.) Colder
weather following the storm now sweep
ing the Middle West was forecast by the
weather bureau here today. The Btorm
will not hit the Eastern states, the bu
reau said.
The storm is now central over South
ern Missouri and is moving east-north
eastward, the bureau said. It has been
accompanied by snow in the upper lakes
regions, Mississippi valley. Middle Plain
nates and Rocky mountain regions.
The snow has stopped, however, In the
Rocky mountain states. It Is heavy in
Colorado, Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan
and Nebraska.
i Fifty Houses Destroyed j
Birmingham, Ala., April 16. (L N.
S.) Fifty houses are partially de
stroyed, several persons Injured as a
result, huge trees are uprooted, the
sewerage system is overflowing ana
debris is thick in many streets of this
city as a result of the. heavy rain and
wind storm that swept the city early
this, morning. Wire communication
was demoralized.
A number of plate glass windows
were blown from downtown stores.
A; big smokestack was blown down, i
Storm Hits Michigan '
Detroit. Mich., April 16. 1 1. N. S.)
The tall of the tornado which has just
scourged the southwestern and central
states swept over the section between
Rochester nnd Ortinville, 20 mHe3 from
Detroit, this afternoon. In 20 minutes
every pole "and wire in a 24-mile area
was down. The miniature cyclone was
accompanied by a terrific downpour of
hail. No lives were lost ana reports
so far indicate that no homes were
destroyed.
Aid for Tornado Victims j
ct Tiii n .. Anril 16. ftl. P.
Full resources for disaster relief of the
southeastern division American Red
Cross, with headquarters in St Louis,
have been offered the citizens of south-
wAotm Arkansas Rtnirk bv a tornado.
Experts were sent to the scene to
render relief. !
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Transportation Tax
Repeal Is urged
Republican Leaders
Washington, April 18. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL
Among the taxes which some of the con
gressional leaders. will urge for Immedi
ate repeal is the transportation tax,
which last; year produced more than
$252,000,000 from freight! charges and
passenger fares.
These taxes, it is asserted, have added
to the burden of the railroads, since
they enter into every passenger ticket
and freight bill. Congressman Good of
Iowa, chairman of the appropriations
committee, declares that the amount re
ceived from this source should be made
up. from increased taxes on luxuries. He
has especially In mind an incriase of
DO,000,000 to 100.OO0.O0O from spirits
withdrawn from bonded warehouses andl
$150,000;000 or more than is now Ire-i
celved from tobacco, cigars and cigaH
ettes. i
Mr, Good also suggests a horsepower!
tax on automobiles, contemplating) at
the same time a repeal of the present
federal sales tax. He says there are
more than 8,000,000 automobiles in the
country, and a tax averaging $25 1 on
each machine would yield $200,000,000.
This sum, he points out, would enable
the appropriation of : $100,000,000; to
carry out federal aid to roads and leave
an equal euro' for other governmental
requirements. i
Mr. Oood Is against the excess profits
tax and also against the sales tax.. Re
peal of profits taxes, he figures, would
stimulate, business and add perhaps a
billion and a half to the collections
under the income tax. .- i
Only 1,500,000
Victory Medals
Are Distributed
Washington, April !.--( WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
After months of effort by the war de
partment, assisted by liberal publicity
In the press and by united help from
the American Legion, Veterans of For
eign Wars and other patriotic, organi
sations, the department, fj'nds it has
been able to distribute only 1.500,000
victory meoaia out or more than 4,000.000.
Colonel Charles H. Martin, who was in
charge of the . recruiting service until
that work was discontinued, has been
put in charge of 24 officers from the
recruiting service who will give their
entire attention to distribution of the
medals, with the country divided j Into
six districts, each in charge of a re
gional director.
Colonel Martin says the department
has removed all restrictions except
those deemed absolutely necessary to
prove identity and prevent the rewards
of service from falling into the hands
Of unscrupulous people. !
Injunction Blocks
j Blue Sunday Laws
i LoslAngeles. April l. (X. N. S i Pre
siding Judge Shenk of the superior court
today issued a temporary injunction re
straining the city officials pf Pomona
imiiMic inu eriect tomorrow the
recently-adopted ordinance prohibiting
motion picture theatre fmm Aiwtin.
on Sundays. - i
CONGRESS TO SEEK
CAUSE FOR DEFICIT
IN SAIL EARNINGS
Washington, April 16. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) -The railroad question Is one
that Is coming back for renewed at
tention by congress. Thoso who
supposed that the Esch-Cummins
transportation act had said the last
word are disappointed to find ILjU
it is coming: back so soon.'
With freight rates arousing protest
from all parts of the country on the one
hand and big railroad systems seemingly
headed for bankruptcy and receivership
on the other, congress is perplexed. Sen
ator Cummins,- chairman of the senate
committee on interstate commerce, says
he intends at the opening of the extra
session to propose a resolution for, "the
broadest sort of investigation into the
subject.
DEFICIT GROWS LARGER
One object of this is to learn what has
been piling up the Immense operating
costs since the railroads were turned
back to their owners. The standard re
turn was guaranteed for six months be
yond the period of government control.
and the deficit, for those six months
reached the astonishing total of $631,000,.
000, which is about 85 per cent as large
as the entire deficit of $715,000,000 in
curred during 26 months of federal con
trol in the trying days of lsU-19..
Under government operation the aver
age monthly deficit was $28,000,000, but
since government operation ceased, the
monthly deficit increased to $105,000,000.
Effort to account for this by strike dif
ficulties and- wage increases fails to
make a convincing case because in 1918
there were unprecedented weather condi
tions. . .
191 BAD' TEAR
in 1919 there was the very substantial
and disturbing steel strike and also in
that year an increase in wages amount
ing to more than $800,000,000.
It is evident that increase of rates is
not the remedy. Students of the proh
lem, including many of the railroad traf
fic men, say raj:es are too high, because
they have stopped the movement of many
kinds or commodities. Any summary
action for reduction of -wages is fore
stalled by the railroad labor board, which
has been set up to inquire into the jus
tlce of such reductions before they are
made.
It has been charged that railroad mam
agers have run up operating expense by
letting, big repair contracts to outside
shops, and that excessive prices have
been paid for coal and supplies. Whether
"honest, efficient and economical -man
agement and reasonable expenditures"
required by the transportation act have
actually been applied under private man
agement has been called seriously -in
question.
FACT8 ARE WASTED
"The people want to know Just what
has happened during the past year
says Senator Cummins. "They want to
know why existing railroad rates have
not accomplished the purpose of the act
which returned the roads to their owners,
and especially why the cost of mainte
nance and operation has not been re
duced."
One of the big questions Is how addi
tional capital is to be supplied with
railroad securities offering such poor
prospects to the Investing public Advo
cates of public ownership make a point
of this, for they say that if nublicly-
owned the roads could obtain the money
and also secure the advantages of uni
fled control Iri routing freight, terminals
and other facilities.
URGE DISMISSING SC.MPTER !
VALLEY ROAD COMPLAINTS
Washington. April 15. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Tentative opinions by an examiner of the
interstate commerce commission: which
are subject to final decision by the com
mission, recommend dismissal of two
complaints by C. S. Maltby against the
Sumpter Valley railroad. One complaint
was directed against the rate on chrome
ore between Prairie City and Baker, Or.,
and the other against the rate on the
same commodity from Baker to South
Chicago. The examiner finds the rates
are not unreasonable.
Alleged Estacada
Robbers Deny Guilt
Oregon City, April 16. John Mabus
and James Steele, accused, of blowing
two safes and robbing four stores in
Estacada in February, pleaded not guilty
this morning and are being held in the
Multnomah county jail in Portland
awaiting trial. They are kept in Fort
land because of the ease with which
prisoners have escaped from the jail here
recently. -i
Lumber Output 61 ,
j Per Cent of Normal
Seattle, April 16. fU. T.) The latest
report of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association shows that production in
Western Oregon and Washington for the
week ending April 9 was 39 per cent be
low normal. New business totaled 67,
306.835 feet. Actual production was 52,
320,268 feet i :
Board Can't Amend
j Fishing Compacts
.i ? .
Olympla, Wash., April 16 That the
state fisheries . board cannot annul or
amend the compact relating to fishing
rights entered into by Washington and
Oregon in 1915 and ratified by congress
in 1918, was the opinion handed down
yesterday by the attorney general, i
Mjlcs Warfield Hero
, Miles S. Warfield of Kansas Cty, na
tional president of the Order of Sleeping
Car Conductors', Is in Portland this week
ronftrrinK. with local representatives Of
the organisation. Warfield is making
his first tour to the Pacific coast and is
attempting te effect a closer spirit of
business efficiency in the ranks of his
organization. '
: Ki?ht Hens Are Stolen
Eight full grown hens were decapi
tated and then stolen from the chicken
house of J. Rlethel, 618 Mall street, Fri
day night. The thieves wrung the
necks of the birds before carrying them
away.', v ; . " "
TroDt to Be rianted
Vmxnlinr Wash.. April 1ft. A C.
cording tos, an announcement by L. E.
MctJuray, gamn worunn, ou.vvu ; orooa
trout will be '"planted tn Clarke county
streams at once. These trout were
assigned here from the Chambers creek
Los Angeles Mauls
Named as Possible
Ship Board Member
Washington. April 16. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Recent conferences at the White House
are, believed to have decided that Meyer
Lissner of Los Angeles - will be -appointed
a member . of the shipping
board, which balances the geographical
distribution. Chamberlain having been
selected , some time ago as one of the
Pacific Coast members. Lissner Is a
political adherent iof Senator Johnson
and had unimous backing by Callfor
nians. It is believed that Charles R.
Forbes of Spokane, who was a fof
midable candidate, will be rewarded
with ; some other important appoint
ment, . . ' -'
Oregon Man Is Held
In Connection With
'Whiskey Swindle'
! - . . :
New York, April 14. Leo Baldwin,
Centralia. Wash., and Charles F. jFalr
child, Hillsboro. Or., were held lnj $2000
bail today, charged with having sold
Lee j Terrence, Bridgeport, Conn., hotel
man, 20 whiskey kegs full of water for
$5100.
Terrence, former trainer of Jim Cor
bet t 'and Terry McGovern. sampled the
contents through a hose, but it is said
the end of the tube was plugged, and It
was! filled with good whiskey. iWhen
the purchaser tested, his goods at home
lie found water in the kegs. j
The secured were" traced to Cleveland
and Buffalo, where they were arrested
yesterday. )
H. H. Ebey to Remain
For J. N. Teal Dinner
H. H. ' Ebey, district director on the
Pacific coast for the bhipping board
will remain for the formal dinner, in
honor of Joseph N. Teal, ex-member of
the United States shipping board, ac
cording to announcement at the Cham
ber! of Commerce this morning The
dinner will be given in honor of the rer
turn of Teal and will be held in the main
dining room of the chamber Wednesday
evening. jOovemor Olcott has also ae
cepted an invitation to be present.
Ford Paper Granted
Order Against City
Cleveland. Ohio, April 16. (U P.)
Federal Judge Westenhaver late today
granted the Injunction asked by the
Dearborn Publishing company restrain
ing! city officials from interfering with
the sale of the Dearborn Independent,
Ford's weekly, on the streets of Cleve
land.
ESTACADA
At a meeting of the local order of Re-
bekahe, Mrs. Charles Kltching and Miss
rela Lovell were elected delegates to at
tend the grand lodge session at Albany,
May 17. :
Miss Florence Kendall, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Anna C Mor
ton, returned to Portland Friday.
Mrs. R. G McGall entertained this
week,, guests being Mrs. Anna K. Mor
ton, Mrs. U. H. Gibbs, Mrs.l Irving
Srhith, Miss Florence Kendall, Mrs. Burt
Moore, Mrs. A. E. Sparks, Mrs. Theodore
Ahlberg and Mrs. Fred Bartholomew,
"Bob" Morton was here from Portland
Wednesday night to visit his (brother,
rom, ana mother lor a few hours. Tom
Morton expects to start for Alaska tn a
few days. He Is in the government
employ. I
Manager Linn of Xhe Family) theatre
donated use of the house, to Mrs. A. V.
Sparks for an entertainment Monday
ight fOr the benefit of the public library.
The photoplay "Dinty" will be shown.
A district meeting of Kebelkkhs will
be held at Estacada April 27, at which
time the Estacada lodge will (entertain
the president of the Rebekah assembly
on her official visit. . . M
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. Lutherans to Celebrate
Vancouver, Wash., April 16. The
four ' hundredth anniversary j of the
founding of the Lutheran church will be
observed by ' special - services at St.
Paul's English Lutheran church Sunday.
Rev. Luther B. Deck has announced' as
his sermon topic, "Christian Liberty."
in which he will trace the development
of th- formation - of the 1 Protestant
church.. No evening services IwiU be
held. the church Joining - with other
Lutheran churches in a -rally meeting
at Bethlehem church. Fourteenth and
Davis .streets. Portland.. 1 I
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ing too taste, contain
bur little irouxtehTpeTit.
Gsa.peWtits
flavor the full nutriment
ofvrhest and malted harkff
which make it an ideaflitxxL
It has been the favorite
rea&jrMD-eat cereal for
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PENROSE BANKS IN
EDG.0.P.;
TARIFF DISCUSSED
Washington, April 16. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU Oft THE JOUR.
NAL.)j What does Senator Boies
'Penrose mean ? 'He is j talking about
the need for a "disciplined" Repub
lican arty, which he regards as a
synonym for "united." He pictures
the Republican senators marching
about j in full discipline under their
captains, which is to be the crown
of Republican victory.
. Talking to the correspondents. Mr.
Penrose expressed the opinion that it
will be easy to pass an emergency
tariff bill, using, the Payne-Aldrlch bill
as a guide. The minute that law was
repealed, he said, pie! country "was
threatened with . horrible disaster,"
which was only prevented by the out
break iof the European war. '
TO SIWK DIFFERENCES '
Now. he said, he has hope that a
united Republican party will enact the
necessary legislation to return the
country to Payne-Aldrich days, and
added E : - .
, "Which means .a disciplined Repub
lican party, sinking sectional and per
sonal differences and controversies."
The) Interview habit appears to be
growing upon Senator Penrose. He Is
chairman of the finance committee,
whichj will report thelcomlng tariff btll,
and which also has charge of revenue
legislation ; and soldier - bonus plana
Recently he has been giving dally in
terviews. He is, not yet in good health,
usingj a wheel chair, to and from the
senate chamber, but grimly determined
to tackle the Job and i do his part In
turning out the Penrose-Fordney high
tariff bill which Is the cherished ambi
tion Of his sentorlal service. "
PENROSE IS FIGHTER
Penrose does- not always agree fully
with Senator 'Lodge, ithe Republican
leader. Lodge appears - to be playing
closer to President Harding, and Pen
rose seems to be slowly slipping from
the day when his word was received In
awe and taken as law by the senate
he gives ground slowly. He stIU has
many! followers who take his opinion
in preferences to all others.
Penrose' believes the j West and South
have j too big a nold j and share too
largely:: in the appropriations. He
turned his batteries . the other day on
the j agricultural appropriation ;blll,
which he termed the most extravagant
and reckless of any. . He expressed the
hope j that the new chairman of the
agricultural committee will be a man
who will prevent "ridiculous" expendi
tures!. ... -'' j .
This has reference to the controversy
over the chairmanship, which Is va
cated by the retirement of Senator
Gronha of North Dakota and appears
to lie between Page ) of Vermont and
N orris' of Nebraska. Norrls Is the fa
vorlte at western senators, who believe
that liberal appropriations'" should be
made, for the basic! industry of the
country.' Page Is the choice of eastern
senators who want - to pare down the
appropriations- for -"hunting bugs an
putting out" campflres," as they dis
dalnfslly refer to the bill that aids the
farmers and protects the forests,
f Mrs. Harry Peckover Dies
Oregon City, April 1$. Mrs. Elizabeth
Peckover. wife of Harry PeckoveF of
Park place, .died at 1:15 o'clock this
morning, after a week's illness -from
meningitis.. The Peckover family had
resided at Parkplace for more than 2
years, Mrs. Packover was borrt In
England SS years ago. coming to the
United States a year after her marriage.
The I following sons and daughters lur
vive:- Mrs. Fanny Rauch of Gladstone
Mrs. Ruth Knight and Miss Amy Pack'
over! .of Akron, Ohio. Funeral services
are in charge of Holmant Face.
Odd Fellows In Session
Oregon City, April I Is. Oregon City
members of the I. O, O. F. order are
attending a county convention In Molalla
today.. Gladstone, Oswego, Clackamas,
Boring, Estacada. Sandy and Gresham
also sent delegations. . i A contest between
the (degree teams of the several orders
Is a! feature of the afternoon session.
banquet and " program in the evening
win rouna out the day.
Caldwell to Appeal
Oregon City, April H. C B. Caldwell
of Meldrum- was fined $50 and costs by
Judge 'Noble, . Fridays on a charge of
fishing Tor salmon in the Willamette
rivef with Jtwo lines. Caldwell filed
notice of appeal. ' I
SCP
thmEaVor
oie
San Francisco Man
Leaps to Death at
Aberdeen, Wash., April 16. A little
fishing launch, identity unknown, sailing
from Portland to Seattle, was abandoned
about 10 miles south of Copalls, Waph.
A man supposed to be j. Gambcr of 421
Eddy street. San Francisco, fearing the
boat would-be dashed on the rocks, put
on a life preserver, Jumped overboard
and was drowned. His body was found
on the beach and is now at the Whiteside
undertaking parlors. Papers found make
almost certain the Identification of J.
Gamber. -
A Mexican named John Sonctiee and
another man named Cardyr remained in
the launch and finally succeeded In mak
ing shore In a small dory the launch was
towing. The launch is anchored at the
place where the crew abandoned it and
the coast guard Is making effort this
morning to get it. A receipt In the. povket
'of the dead man dated March 17- this
year, shows he paid $2100 cash for a
C'.U 1 ' ,
Police Chief Is Told
Patrolman Wells Was
Biding Too Wildly
Several complaints have ben received
by Chtef of Police Jenkins concerning
the reckless manner In which Patrolman
George W. Wells of the auto theft de
partment rode his motorcycle up College
street Friday night Just before he was
thrown off and severely bruised and
cut. Wells waa taken to his home at
490 Mill street. Reports to the chief nay
that Wells was off duty and was driving
so fast he could not turn the corner.
Jenkins stated this morning; that Wells
Would be removed from I motorcycle
work.,. . -
lined for Bootlegging
Fred T. Hansen pleaded guilty be
fore District Judge Bell Friday after
noon and was fined $200 for boot
legging. James W. Staten, who Is al
leged to have been In partnership with
Hansen In the operation of a still at
$72 Wasco street, asked District Judse
Hawkins for a 30-day stay in his case.
Staten 'pleaded guilty.
$5,387,490 for Berkeley
Sacramento, Cal., April IS. (I. N.
S.) -Chief among the bills reported fav
orably by the senate finance committee
was an appropriation of $5,387,499 for the
University of California, part of the
$3,000,000 recomendeJ !'' the utate budget
board.
Mrs. Anna Murlu, Tawncy
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Maria
Tawney, wife of Urlah-Tawney, 711 Kast
Yamhill street, were held at the Flnley
chapel Thursday afternoon.. The Inter
ment was made at Rlvertlew cemeter.
Mrs. Tawney, who was "born In Ohio
in ion. uttiu m me 1 a, in 1 1 y iiume ncunes
day. Shells survived by her husband.
three daughters and two sons.-
Bernard Back at Desk
Deputy District Attorney Karl Her
pard, who has been on vacation since
shortly after the first rrturdrr trial of
Thomas Lotisso, was hack, at his deal
today. Bernard was near a breakdown
after the strain of the trial.
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