THE WEATHER .
..
'Portlaad- and Tlelaity Saaday fair
westerly wlads.
OregoB aad WacMng toa Saaday fair
wester portion, probably showers aad
cooler eastern portloa; moderate west
erly wlads.
HOOVER AT WORK j
A eloae-ap view of Herbert ' Hoover, ;
who as cabinet member U glrlsg IS
hoar a day to nls task, a seen by;
Loals Belbold, will be presented ia next,
Baaday's JoeraaL . . - : : J
VOL. XIX. NO. 8.
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND,! OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1921 EIGHT SECTIONS
PRICE FIVE CENTC
7- I f I II 1 11 - I I fl X i r I I X 1 I i. I 1 l I I I . II Iff I X r i I .4 I 1 I
RIVER FLOOD
ENDANGERING
RAIL TRACKS
Steam Hoad embankments on
Columbia Menaced by Rising
Waters Lapping-at Dirt Fills.
Steel Bridges Across Columbia
Watched in View of Rush of
loodj Goods Being Removed.
Flood danger is threatening the
transportation arteries of this dis
trict as the crest of the Columbia
and lower .Willamette rivers contin
ues; to climb to a dangerous stage.
At 8 o'clock Saturday evening the
official gauge of the Willamette river
at Portland stood at 19.6 feet, a rise of
.3 foot in 12 hours. wKh a predicted
Increase to the 21.1-foot stage by Mon
day morning, a temporary lull in the
riset for a day and a continued increase
this week to tha 25-foot stage. ; It is
probable that the river will go even
higher. The flood stage at Portland is
lb feet.
BOADBEDS ENDANGERED
All along the course of the Columbia
river the turbulent waters are tearing
at the railway and highway embank,
meats. Along the S P. & S. railroad,
both on the upper and lower Columbia
river, the flood .waters are lapping at
dirt! fills. On the O-W. R. & N a simi
lar danger exists. - ,
At North Portland the - railroads and
Industrial firms are beginning to regard
the 'rising tide with much apprehension.
Since the "great ; flood1' in 1894 the in
dustrial fills have been made and the
Colombia channel has been considerably
narrowed at that point.
For the railroads the ; first danger
exists at Kalama. where the . Joint rail
line! to Seattle lies close to the- river.
At 'this point the flood water may cover
the rails to Such a depth that operation
wiir.be hindered and possibly be halted
altogether. .. , " "v v.,
RISE TO COXTIXTJE
Officials of the weather bureau and
(Concluded od Pace Fourteen. Column Four)
Delation for One, Inflation for
Speculator, Charged by Farm ,
j Bureau Federation Head ' '
Reseburg. May 21. That the
transportation problem is now the
biggest problem before the American
farmer is the statement made : by
George A. Mansfield, president of the
Oregon State Farm Bureau Federa
tion,' Mansfield has just returned
fron) a trip Cast, where he attended
a grain meeting in Chicago and the
national farm bureau . . executive
meeting in Washington, T. C.
.While In Washington Mansfield ap
peared before the directors of the federal
reserve banks and proposed several of
the features which have been adopted
as a 'part of the banks' future policy. 1
Mansfield this morning , was . chief
Speaker at the farm bureau - meeting
and anade a number of startling state
ments regarding conditions which, he
alleges, exist in the country. The farm
bureau president said that he made a
vigorous fight against the policy of the
federal - reserve bank in - deflating the
farmer and inflating the speculators.
While the - farmer was being de
flated and forced to liquidate, the fed
eral i reserve banks ' passed out huge
loans to big banks of the country at
a rate of 6 per cent," he said. "These
banks immediately loaned out ' this
(Concluded on Page Ten, Column Two)
BANKS' TREATMENT
OF FARMERS SCORED
"Lady Raffles" Leaves Cell
K j r. t 5 ! n n n n ?
Expects Fifth Child Soon
. i
Chicago, May 21. TJ. P.) A
hysterical, sobbing woman was taken
from the detention home tonight so
thatt her expected baby would be
" bor outside prison 'walls, as authorl
tiesi puzzled over the strangest case
In Chicago's police annals. '
Tie story of how Mrs. Etta Heil.
wife of a millionaire banker and broker,
posing aa a maid, robbed many homes
of Chicago's wealthy of $25,000 worth
of household articles and jewalry was
far ff rom completely told, authorities
werf convinced. " . s 3: :
ttaifY AXGZ.ES IT3ISOI.VED
Investigation of how s the 44-year old
grandmother waa successful in eluding
detection in ' her robberies, left many
unsolved angles; Still unexplained was
bow the woman, physically weak, was
able to move many large articles of
furniture, smuggled to her own palatial
home in her $6000 auto. f
Carl Ruder, a janitor in the apartment
. in ; which one of Mrs. .Hell's vic
tims' was located, . gave police . clues
which, added to this mystery. His story
. led. the authorities to believe the woman
might have been the tool of a gang
of burglars. i v
TRIES TO WEEP " .
The janitor told of seeing a strange
Miss Nicblai
Run Over by
H.j J. Blaesiiig
14-Year-0ld Daughter of Harry T.
Nicolai Seriously. Injured in
Automobile Accident .
. Miss Nancy Nicolai, 1 4 -year-old
daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T.
Nicolai, 915 Westover road, waa run
over and seriously injured Saturday
afternoon at Washington and Lu
cretia streets by . an automobile
driven. bylH. J. Blaeslng, 721 East
Fifty-seventh street north.. .
Miss Nicolai was taken to St. Vin
cents hospital. Sha has a punctured lung
and possibly other internal - in juries, ac
cording to the hospital report. The girl's
father is president of the Nicolai Door
Manufacturing company of Kenton.
Blaeslng, who ts head of the Blaesing
Granite company, carried Miss Nicolai
to the hospital in his automobile and
reported to - the traffic department at
once. In his statement . to the police
he said he was going east on Washing
ton street at a rate of 10 miles an hour
and had just slowed down, for he. saw
Miss Nicolai standing near a parked au
tomobile. I
She turned without warning, he stated,
and ran directly in front of his automo
bile No charges were placed against
him by traffic officers. t v
Patrotic Club Offends' Memorial
Day Committee : by Planning
Motorcycle Races May 30. -
; The Daddies' club of Portland, a
patriotic organization of fathers who
bad sons in serviceduring the late
war, has called forth condemnation
from other patriotic organizations, of
Portland because it has planned for
motorcycle races on Memorial day.
For this offending of the sensibilities
of persons who believe the x day
should be'rkept clear of commercial
ized sports, the Daddies', club is to
be eliminated from the place which
was ,to have been assigned to it In
the 'Memorial day parade. - - -
Action; oa the "matter occurred Satur
day afternoon when the general Memo
rial .day committee met at the court
house. . A resolution denouncing the club
for what was termed plans for desecrat
ing the day was passed by unanimous
vote.; -It was-introduced by T. M. Kel
logg of Sumner G. A, R, post, and was
supported by. spirited addresses by C G.
Barton, D.iL. McKay and . D Stevens
of the Grahd Army of the "Republic: W.
K. Eddy of the Spanish War veterans,
W. H. Butler of the Veterans of For
eign Wars and G. R. Kin ports of the
Sons or veterans. , t
The program which the- Daddies club
proposed to give was for the purpose' of
raising funds for the relief of disabled
soldiers. ! -;
The meeting ' at the courthouse ar
ranged for a memorial service at The
Auditorium on Memorial day. with Wll
liana S. Gilbert. Spanish War Veteran.
chaplain of the old Third Oregon . and
department commander of the Amerl
con Legion of Oregon, as the speaker.
San Francisco pBay
, Lumber Yams to
Close on Monday
v San Francisco, May 21. Builders In
all 'parts of the state stand ready to
declare a i lockout any time -the San
Francisco builders exchange shall deem
such a move advisable, according . to
announcement made by W. H. George
of the builders' exchange, following a
conference of state builders held here
today,'....' U- "- '
livery lumber yard and paining mill
in the city will be closed Monday as a
part of the builders' .exchange program
to force members of the building trades
eouncil to accept a 7V per cent cut in
wages. - George said. . , ,
man go to the back door of an apart
ment in which Mrs. Heil had just ob
tained employment as a maid. He never
came out the back door, the janitor' said,
but a few hours later the. apartment was
reported looted. " P '?
Mrs. Heil was In no condition to give
out a connected statement. For 20 hours
she tossed feverishly in her bleak cell.
Dry sobs racked her body. Tears Would
not come as she tried to cry. - Her eyes
were aiiateo, staring madly. -
She shrieked wildly "My God. . I do
not care for myself, but the disgrace to
my four children. my husband who was
always kind, to me. to my unborn babe'
MANIA FOR STEAIiIXO .
Members of her family said she had
all the money she desired, including $300
a month pin money. They stated there
was no reason to doubt her word when
she said she bought the articles at auc
tion sales, which she brought home in
her limousine. - Her husband, without
Question, gave her checks for the amount
which she said she paid for the stolen
good a -a. ' - "r--i!-,v J..
-. They told how she was injured recently
in an automobile accident, but despite an
operation a sore on her limb did- not
heal. This, they said, the physicians be-.
lieved, ' affected her mind so that she
was obsessed with an uncontrollable
(Concluded on Pag Tea. Cohuan "oor)
DADOES
BARRED
Rl
PROCESSION
TAX BODY IS
APPOINTED BY
. OLGOTT
Seven Members Will Investigate
, Problems'' and Make Equitable
Distribution 'Under New Law,
Four Appointees Reside in Port
land Committee, Will Begin to
Function in State on May 25.
Salem; May ,21. The names of
the seven men who will be asked to
serve on the tax Investigation com
mittee created by the last legislature
were announced this afternoon as
follows: ..Henry Reed, Portland;
L N". Day, Portland; C. S. Chapman,
Portland;. Coe A. McKenna, Port
iana; waiter, m, fierce, ia uranae;
E. JT-Smith, Lakeview, and Charles
A. Brand of Douglas county.
The "'. appouitments will be i effective
May 25, ; on ; which date . the new law
becomes operative. J V I" i j :
MEMBERS WEtl, KJJOWX
Reed Is a tax expert and for several
years county ; assessor for Multnomah
county, and now an officer of . the
Hartmart Sc. ThomDSon bank i id Port
land.- . . -..:-A-: ; ':.- i'.r- J
Day, who will represent the ; general
business interests ,of the state, is a
student on taxation : matters and was
a member of the apecial committee
appointed by ; the governor before the
last legislative session to investigate
tax problems, . -i.-.-- "
Chapman is former district forester
and now is secretary-treasurer of the
Oregon Forest Fire association.
McKenna la president of ;the ' Port
land Realty board and vice president
for Oregon of the Interstate Realty as
sociation. ;
Pierce is a farmer and ' stockman
with extensive interests In Union county
and was formerly a member of the
state senate.
OITEX WIDE ATJTHOEITtr -
Smith is county judge of tLake county
and president of the State Association
of County Judges and Commissioners.
(Caneinded . ea . Pai VUteca. Colana Two)
Harvey Roasted in ;:
llouse tor London
Speech on ; League
Washington, May 21 j CI."N, S.) Colo
nel George Harveyr American ambassa
dor to Great Britain, was criticized today
in the house by Representative Steven
son, Democrat, South Carolina, for state
ments against the League of Nations and
the cause J of . America's entry . Into
the war. ' , " ; -
"He said we went Into the war to save
our hides, not to save civilization, de
clared Stevenson, "and that we will have
nothing to do with any League- of Na
tions. President Harding has promised
to work out some association or league
for peace in which the United States
will participate. There is a conflict in
purposes here, it seems to m& v-
"But Colonel Harvey came to Charles
ton. S C. in 1906 and spoke before the
Saint Andrew's society. He then boasted
that, some of his ancestors had' not
fought for the Union in the Civil War,
some of them hired substitutes and some
of them went to jail in preference to
fighting. He boasted : of r this yellow
streak in his ancestors. ; I suppose he
will be telling the British that some of
his ancestors had failed to fight against
them In the Revolutionary war or had
hired substitutes to do the, fighting."- .
Taft Is Urgedlfor ' -TJ.
S. Bench Post by
Oregon Justices
. Salem, Or., May, 21. Appointment of
William Howard Taft as chief justice of
the United States sapreme court Is urged
upon President Harding by the members
of the Oregon supreme court in a tele
eram ; forwarded this afternoon." ; The
telegram, which " the justices declare is
an entirely unsolicited expreasion of the
sentiment of the members of the supreme
branch of this state, reads as. follows :
'To the PresidentWashington, D. C
Justices of Oregon' supreme court
unanimously recommend that you ap
point William Howard Taft chief jus
tice of the United States supreme court."
It li signed by Chief Justice George IL
Burnett and Associate Justices Johns',
McBride, Benson. Bean; Harris 4 and
Brown. - .' i '
Auto Bandits Rob
; Conductor of ; $40
O. J. Hochtritt, 674 East Seventy-second
street,- conductor for the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company, was
held; up and robbed 5 of $40 In fare re
ceipts last night. '"- He had- left his. car
at East Twenty-eighth and Hoyt streets,
and was on his way to : the car barn,
when twos men in an. automobile "drove
up and - compelled . him to deliver the
money and his watch. ." "! ? w.
Valley Dentists Hold
Convention in Salem
Salem, Or., May 21. Dentists of the
Willamette ' valley ,- were assembled in
convention here - today with soma 40
members of the profession present. Inter
esting papers on dental surgery were
read at the . afternoon session, of the
convention, held In the Commercial club
rooms. A banquet at the Marion hotel
this evening closed the day's program.
GOV
SEAENGNEERS
SIGN; STRIKE
IS
Accept 15 Per Cent Wage Cut at
. Conference Between Their
. Agents; Benson, and Sec. Davis
Radio Operators Also Agree to Re
turn to Work: Seamen's Union
and Firemen Not Represented.
(By 'CnifcnuU Serriea) t
. "Washihgton, May 21. The marine
strike is settled. A basis for settling
the - controversy : which has crippled
American shipping for the last-three
weeks was agreed; on.- by representa
lives of the government an strlkeji
todays ' i - :
Formal announcement; o tne settle
ment and the terms of the agreement
await only definite acceptance by the
American. Steamship Owners associa
tion of the" details agreed, tp by the
government. No difficulty- is anticipat
ed, in , this quarter. " t 7 "
50T ALL REPRESENTED
The agreement- today was reached at
final conference of Admiral Benson,
chairman of the- shipping board ; Sec
retary, of Labor Davis, who has been
conducting the negotiations for the gov
ernment and representatives of-the em
ployes. The employes' delegation was
headed by W. S.; Brown, president of the
Marine Engineers' Beneficial associa
tion, and Benjamin Beckerman of the
radio operators. j .
Andrew Furuseth, president of the In
ternational Seamen's Union of America,
was not- present and for that reason
did not agree Co the basis of settlement.
It Is possible therefore, that the able
seamen, - marine -.firemen and common
sailors may attempt to hold out against
the; terms accepted, t ( f
NOT IXVITED 'a.--
Mr. Furuseth said : "I was not in
vited ' to attend the final conference.
and our organization is not a party to
the agreement.",' " . , - . -
The Engineers union Is the dominant
Organization involved in' the contro
versy, and with their return to work.
along with' the radio operators, the
other highly skilled group, it Is not
believed the remaining groups - of ma
rine workers will pe able to resist the
proposed terms. j v s
Owing to the dominant position of the
shipping board in) the marine world,
likewise it is regarded as certain that
the private owners .win accept 'the
terms without delay." ; Secretary " OaMs,
tConctodtd on Pwe Ten. Column Foot)'
E
SETTLED, REPORT
Banker Said to Have Recognized
Son, Whose Paternity Was
Denied.
New York, May 21. (U. P.)
James Stillman, New Tork banker,
has agreed to discontinue his divorce
action on r terms demanded by his
wife, Anne' TJ. Stillman, it was re
ported here tonight.
The settlement was said to have in
cluded recognition of Guy Stillman,
whose paternity , was denied in the di
vorce petition as nis son. v
SOX RECOGNIZED ' 1
John Mack, guardian for Guy. who
has stood out for full recognition of his
ward a 'legitimacy, j refused ; to deny or
confirm the. report! of settlement.
. The reported settlement , followed two
postponements of i the secret hearings
in the divorce proceeding. At the time
of . the first postponement it was re
sorted that Stillman had. " decided . to
withdraw the suit ! and attempt a com'
promise with Mrs. Stillman. : His terms,
including the repudiation of Guy's claim
to a share , In the Stillman children's
trust fund, and the stipulation that his
wife reside abroad; were flatly rejected
by Mrs. Stillman. i
DRAGS I3T COUBT8
Today's developments followed a trip
by. Mrs.- Stillman and two advisors to
Poughkeepsie yesterday to confer .with
Mack. It was said that, ahe refused to
consider the advice of menus mat. sne
agree to settlement on her husband's
terms as slightly modified.
- The Stlllmans divorce case has been
in the courts , since last September. It
actually began on July 8, 1920. when
the summons and complaint were served
on Mrs. Stillman on board the Olympic
as she was about to sail for Europe.
' The first hearing was held December
16. 1520. - At that time J Mrs. J Stillman
merely replied . with a . denial, of ? the
charges. Later, following the urging of
her friends, she adopted the "affirmative
defense" plan. and in March,. 1921,
amended her answer to : include the
counter charge, v naming Florence H.
Ieeda, It was at this time .that the
action became public
WIFE .HEFUSES .
During the first week in May Stillman
was said to have : made his f lest com
promise offer, . agreeing to discontinue
the case and give his ' wife $90,000 a
year if she would give up in Guy's name
afty claim' to - the Stillman v children's
trust fund of $7,000,000 and would her
self reside abroad, ' ' " f ?
- This offer she refused flatly. John
Mack, guardian for- Guy, also refused
to consider It, declaring that he could
not countenance any settlement that
did 'not fully protect the child.- '
NEAR
STILL M A f J
CAS
British to ;
Repays Sims
By Lionizing
Destroyer: Flotilla Will , RSeet U.
S, Admiral Wha Praised
; , John Bull's Navy.
'. . By Robert J. Pyew
UniTeml Serriee Stff CancruioMmr ' rt
London, May 21. A "' flotilla of
British destroyers wilt etekm out of
the - Irish sea tomorrow to escort
Rear Admiral "William Sim, of the
tT.. S. navy to Liverpool aboard the
S. . S. "Cedric. ' ' ' e .
By thus conferring an unprecednttitl
tribute on a foreign citizen traveling on
a private mission, the British govern
ment is conveying its official recommit tcn
of . Admiral Sim's frequent eulojises of
the war. work of the British navy.
-, Although the trip is unofficial, tfce
aarmraity is taxing tne American na-val
officer under its wing. Issuing today a
program for his visit. . No call on King
George is formally scheduled but one
certainly will be included,- The duke of
Connaught was observed eagerly seek
ing information from Ambassador Har
vey at , the Pilgrims banquet Thursday
night regarding the admiral's plana with
a view of proffering royal compliments.
Aide from tbe various social calls,
the visit includes an inspection of the
British battleship Queen Elizabeth,' one
of the prizes of the British navy - -
A dinner will be given In Admiral
Sim's honor by the fleet lord of the
admiralty - and also a . luncheon - by' the
Pilgrims., . V " " -'-y
The American naval officer will meet
Marshal Foch at Cambridge university
on May II, -when both will receive the
university's honorary degree of doctor
of laws. . . . .. . :..
Pope Makes Plea
v For Irish Peace
London, May 21. (U. P.) Pope Bene
dict, in a message to Cardinal LogueV
msn primate nas urged Brltlah , and
Irish alike to abandon violence and
reach a settlement through a 'body se
lected from the entire Irish nation, ac
cording to the Weekly Dispatch tonight-
News Index
Today's Sunday Journal . Is Complete in
Eight Sections:
' t . CaRorial , ' .
. ; Section 2, Pac 4. , ,,'.'
Aastriaa Caildraa to 9 Fed 8 actios 1, Pac 1.
1,0 11 la Upper SUeaiarVSectioo .1, I'M 1.
kariae Strike Near. End Section 1. Pac 1. - ,
Shipboard DebaU la On -Section X. Pat 1, .
Alliaaec Intansts U. 8. SoctioB . Pae 1. .
Plan to Disarm Section 1. Pac J.
President Baa Powt OTr Cabla Situation-
Section 1, Pan 2. -
Hardin oo War to Hew Ypik-r-Sccdoa l.Paga S.
Chief Justice White ectioo 2. Pace S. '
' Demaatto ' t "
S till man Caea Settled- Section 1. Pace 1.
Bntarians Charter Liners Section 1. Pace 1.
Cijtar Dealer Arrested Section J, Pace 4.
GoTernment la Boca of Air Section 1. Pace 5.
. .. Northweel .
Gorernor Appointa Tax Body -Section 1, Pace 1.
Cloudburst Kills One- Section 1, Pace 1.
Treatment o( Farmer- Scored' Section 1. Pace 1-
Phone Bate Bebearinc Section. lrPaaa l.
Uay Festirsl at Pacific Cniremty Section 1,
r Pace 1.
Hiehway Boute Fixed Section 1 Pace 1.
Pendleton Merchant Honored Section 1, Pace 1.
Paceant at VancOTTer Section 1, Pace 10.
Hicbway Loop Inspected- Section 1. Pace 12.
Itotor Truck to Be Exported Section 1,
1 Pace 15. '
O. A. C. to Hare ComiTal Section 2. Pace 8
' rertland
Taller Sawmilla oo Parity Section' 1. Pace 1. ,
Flood Endancera Track Section' 1, Pace 1. ;
Daddiek' Club Barred Section 1, Pace 1.
Uiaa Nicolai Bon Orer Section 1. Pace 1.
Tala in China Section 1, Pate Z.
Barised Lice rue Ordinance Section 1. Pace
Plumbers Cleae SeaaioB Section J. Pace 4.
Sound Amplifier Feature Section t. Pace 4.
Epworth Leacue Electa Section 1. Pace .
Boy Scout Forces Dhrided Section 1. Pace 0.
To Build Bis Sawmill Section 1, Pace 10.
r:rH rhntsr to Meet Section 1, Pace 12. -
Graduates ReceiTe Diplomas Section 1. Paca 12.
m.hm Tril Lumen Section 2. Pace IV
mum to Receire Qneationa Section 4. Pace S.
' uaineat Hewt - : -: -
Real Estate and BnUdtiuta Section 8, Pace 1-2.
Markets Section 8. Pace 15. ; ;
Finance Section 3, Pace 14.' . .
Marina Section 1, Pace 14.
. Road Informatlea ,; . .
Section . Pace 6.
i aport
Sectioa 2, Pacea S-T.
Section 8, Pace, 16.
:. hmiiaainetits
f Section B. Pases
. on the Finer Side
The Week fat Society Section 4. Pacea 2-3-4-5
Women's Club Affairs Section ; 4 Pace .
In . Portland Schools Section , Pace T.
Fraternal Section. 4. Pace 7. .
Americas Legion Jfew Section 2, Page 5.
The Grand Army Section 4. Page T..
The Realm of Music Section 6. Pace 8.
National Guard Section 2. Pace 7. J
. " feature : v
Rins Lardner'S Letter Section 4. Page 8.
SecreUry Mellon, by Louie Seibold Section 2,
Pae ' 2. ' - ' t 1
SecreUry Mellon (caricature) T by . Frnab Sec
tion 2. Psae 2. -.. ,
Human Interest Js News in New Tork, Says Fay
' King Sectioa 2, Page 8.
Tha Nation's Capital Section 2. ' Page 8. 1,
Earopeaa Press Comments-Section 2, Page 5
Fashion Notes Section H, Pace 4. -
Enaene a UniTendty and Business City Seo-
iji tion 4. Pace 8. -.i--- v - r , "v . ,
Franklin : K, Lane's Coafidenoes Sectioa 4
Pace S-S - i-i ;
Ana ,Old Enough to Be Star . ( pictorial ) Sec
tion 5, Page J. ; .v
Current Opinion Section 8, Page 8.
' . . Magazine
General Newt (pictorial) Sectioa 7.- Pace L
How Volcanoes Cause- Blizzards Section , 7,
Pace 2. ; , 'v r; -' .
Mile. CampbeHa 8pom 150.000 Franc Neck
lace Sectioa 7, Pace 8. - , -
On Board Stillman' Tacit Section 7. Paces 4-5.
New Boudoir Vamps Section 7, Pace .
Health. Beauty nd Home Section 7. Psge 7.
Metaam. by John Buasell Sectiotf 7, Page 8.
!-; ' t? : " ..' comics "' " : ; "
"Jlggc and llaggle"- Sectioa 8. Page 1.
"Jimmy" Sectioa 8,' Page 2."
"Maud" Sectioa 8. Faze 8. ' " .
''Katxenjamers -Section 8. Pace 4.
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BE JUNE 27
Meanwhile, Advance in Effect Is
to Be Continued, Says Order
of Public Service Commission.
Board Hints There Are no Just
'Grounds for Kicking, but ; Is
Willing to Hear All Testimony.
fr " -
SsAjem, Or., May 21. The public
service . jmmisslon. In an order Is
sued tliis afternoon, fixes June 27 as
the datW for a rehearing of its order
of last Search granting to the Pacific
Telephon e Telegraph coin pany ma
terial increaees in its rates to patrons
of its lines Inipregon, ' ; :j;
There will, hoever,. be no suspension
of the telephone rates granted In the
March order pendiCr action- oa the re
hearing, the oder polntina; out that "pe
titioners tor ; rehearing attempted no
showing whatever to justLJKa suspension
of rates fixed in order 8S,x either in
whole or in part, and therefore this com
mission is warranted In assuming that
neitner the law nor the facts support
their contention. '
SKES XO SPECIFIC EKEOB '
Declaring: that no specific points of
error in the rate order had been ahowa
by the petitioners who had only "very
remotely Intimated that there might V
some. new facts and evidence to sea
port the grounds alleged,' the orci r
points Out that the commission has nc
desire to "be so highly technical as to
prevent the presentation of testimony or
evidence material or competent and
bearing on the issues involved," and that
"therefore the rehearing will be granted
to give all interests a further opportu
nity of offering new; facts, relevant to
tne issues involved." : ::.
The rehearing v order, which covers
seven typewritten pages, recites in de
tail the circumstances surrounding the
Issuance of the present effective order
and the move for a rehearing of the rate
order. . -.-i -
BATE OBDIR ONLY ISSUE ' "
The rehearing Is granted on the netl-
tion of the city of Portland "on its own
behalf an1 on behalf of other" cities and
towns In Oregon,? and the order makes
It plain that th only question at issue
is the rate order of last March. .
Irrespective -of many references by
the city of Portland in its petition to
matters touching other and prior orders
of the commission affecting - the-- tele
phones, there is but one order, and one
order only,; involved , at this time, in the
rehearing and that is order-number 889."
the order reads, Evidence and . testl-
(Concluded ea Paga Thirteen, Column Frrej '
HOUSE IN DEBATE
OVER SHIP BOARD
Wingo Wants to Know When the
Present Administration Ms
- .Going to Act.
' "Washington, May 21. (WASH
INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR
NAL.) Growinjg ; impatience over
the failure of President Harding to
appoint a new shipping board, de
mands for some Jefinition of policy
by the new administration and criti
cism of suggested selection of Presi
dent Farrell of the steel corporation
as chairman of the board, featured
a debate in the house today when
the deficiency appropriations for the
.board were considered, ; : ;
The debate failed to change figures
whereby large additions are made to the
shipping board ; appropriations for the
coming year, f Representative Good atat
ed -that $5,000,000 a month' is .being lost
la " operations.;; One item granted will
pay salaries for members of the board
named last 'December who were 'not
confirmed, including- Joseph N." Teal of
Oregon and Chester H. Rowel 1 of Cali
fornia, and also -pay Admiral Benson
for acting as -president's agent at the
head of the shipping board affairs since
March 4.
Democrats taunted the Republican
because of. inactivity which has existed
in shipping board matters since March
4, to which Good answered that the
president has had difficulty securing
a $100,000 man for a $12,000 job and In
selecting a board with " members from
each geographical section.; President
Harding will substitute a business pol
icy for lack of business policy, he said.
; Wingo of Arkansas retorted that "you
had better pick up and go to work and
cult ' talking about the past. When Is
this administration going to function V
Woman Hurt When
Autos Hit Head-On
Salem, Or.. May 21. Mrs. Argyll M.
Harris of this city auffered a lacerated
knee and severe bruises about itbe bead,
and three children, occupants of her car,
were slightly Injured when the automo
bile she was driving : crashed ' head-on
into a car driven by F. S. Eberhard of
Portland on the .Pacific highway near
Gervais this morning. Eberhard is said
to have been attempting to pass a load
of bay when the cars crashed.
PHON
RATE
REHEARING 0
Harvey Wealc
In Diplomacy,
Says Editor
"But He'l! Win Way as Good Fel
low,":. Declares Alfred Holman,
1 Here on a Visit.
' Colonel George Harvey may fail
to, win the approval of the British
by his diplomacy, but he will win
his way in England as a "good fel
low' Alfred Holman; editor of The
Argonaut, San Francisco, and one
of the best known newspaper men
on the Pacific coast declared Sat
urday, In an interview.
. Holman waa for many years con
nected with the Oregonlan. For a time
he . was editor of the Seattle Post Intel
ligencer. Since 1907 be haa been editor
of The Argonaut,
Holman expressed admiration for
Colonel Harvey's talents and mentality,
but declared the new ambassador to the
court of St. .James lacks the training
Mi necessary to a representative of the
American government In such a poet, "
Tnuluals ARE 5EGATIYE
71 know Colonel Harvey wett," said
Holman. . "He Is a man of exceptional
ability who thinks positively along nega
tive lines." . . .
Holman recalled that Colonel Harvey
was a Democrat prior to the election
of President Wilson and had later affil
iated with . the Republican party "less
as- a matter of conviction in respect to
governmental matters than of resent
ment toward Mr. Wilson..
"Personally liking Mr. Harvey as I
do, j nevertheless I say frankly that I
regard his appointment as one of ques-
(Concluded oa Page Three, Column One)
. IfMSIS 0.1
America Hopes Proposed British
Japanese Pact Will Exempt
It in Case of War.
j. A By A. Ii. Bradford ,
.-' ! IJnited Prea Staff Corropondeot ,
Washington, May 21. Tho United
States government hopes to see this
country exempted tronV application
otJi the Anglo-Japanese alliance If
that pact is renewed, t was under
stood tonight from authoritative
quarters. - - , ,
The American government has ex
pressed no opinion on the question of
tenewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance
directly or Indirectly, and it does not
intend to inject -itself into the discussion
about to . begin "in London and Toklo,
since it considers this a question solely
foi settlement - by Great Britain and
Japan. h - ?-' --; v. i'Jt;;J.-'.
However, it would be pleasing to this
government if Great Britain and Japan
decide to Include in the alliance a clause
stating . that neither country ; would be
obligated io fight in the event of a break
between, the United States and the other
contracting party.: ;.
ALLIAXCE BBIGS CBITICISM
- High administration officials are un
derstood to bav taken note that in anti
Japanese or -anti-British expressions in
this country the Anglo-Japanese alliance
has been subject to criticism, being cited
aa ; obligating ..Japanese " to attack . the
(Concluded on Pac Fourteen. Column Two)
Transfer of Ships
. To Rest With Army
: Washington. May- 21. WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
W.i B. Keene," acting director "of opera
tions of the shipping board, has written
Senator McNary in reference to th sug
gestion that the steamers Great North
ern and Northern Paclf ie be returned for
operation out Of . Portland. The army
still controls these . vessels, but if the
shipping board acquires them it will be
glad to entertain any proposals the Spo
kane,' Portland eV Seattle . railroad may
submit for operating them on a bare
boat charter.
COMING ALLIANCE
Employers Threaten CHurch
r.' ii k n n r.. v n . t t;
Resent Ministerial Activity
By Carl Victor Utile ,
' ' TJniUd Preaa Staff Correspondent
: Winona Lake, Ind., May-. 21.
Chiirches of. America will continue
to'jj participate actively In industrial
disputes, despite threats by employ
ers that large contributions would be
discontinued unless they adopted , a
"hands off policy.
Churchmen hold that It Is the right of
churches to have a social and industrial
creed as well aa religious and to exert
their influence on the side of right- j. -COTJSCIL
CKITICIZEB
The 1000 commissioners of the Presby
terian church - general assembly here
were, almost unanimous in backing up
the work of the' federal church council,
a rbody organized from virtually all
denominations and whose business it. is
to exert influence in the economic field.
Pr, Robert E. Speer, prominent Presby
terian churchman, is secretary of the
council.
Wholesale criticism poured down upon
the council when It Issued a statement
condemning employers for : their' open
shop campaign. The eouncil -stated it
was simply a disguised attempt to wreck
union labor organisations. . .
THREAT IS MADE V .,
In a report made public at the assem
bly, it was stated that the . chief attack
B
KILLS ONE ft
L
k a
Stream Through Idaho Town Is
Sent Raging Over Its Banks;
Flood 30 Feet on Main Street.
Druggist Trapped in Basement
and Drowned; Theatre Build
ing Crumbles; Details Meager.
Lewiston, Idaho, May, 21. One
man lost his life, a theatre buildin;
was wrecked and adjoining struc
tures were damaged when a cloud
burst swooped down on the town of
Gra'ngeville population about 2000,
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The cloudburst sent a small stream
raging over Its banks arid into the main
street of the town. P. M. Granville,
owner of the Granville pharmacy., was
trapped In the basement of his store
and was drowned before assistance couli
reach him.
The theatre crumbled as If It had been
built of sand. Other buildings In the
same block were on the verge of destruc
tion. Water from the swollen stream for a
time covered the main street to an esti
mated depth of from 25 to 30 feet.
. Details from the disaster so far are
meagre. '
The storm, which" swept In from the
outh almost without wornlng, tore up
Main street and portions of Intersect
ing thoroughfares,- damaged buildin:
and Tnany etocks nt j,oola k;iJ c -tnovranija
of dolisra of s-
at M - lly'l'- to! JT-i '.It-ii v
mate the figures.
The : Sasnberry "clothint ffoit,
La mi A drug store, ih Main Sir-t
age, the Lyric theatre and t2ei.i o.
buildings were flooded. -s.
Water ' flowed through Main strict
to a depth of four feet within a' few
minutes after, the storm struck, and at
low points It la said to tiave been 14
feet deep. There was sufficient warn
ing before, the cloudburst broke for per
sons on the streets to reach shelter, but
several narrow escapes from drowning
were, reported. ! .
: Reports indicate that' heavy damae
has resulted from the storm la territory
between "here and the Salmon river c
the south, and northward to the Clear
water -riser-. It la said that Mvestoi.it
was drowned and fields washed out.
VALLEY: SAW Wi ILLS
if
i
Export Rates Granted on' Lumber
Loaded on Vessels at Other
Docks Than S. P.'s.
Willamette valley sawmills wCl
henceforth have Increased opportu
nities for shipping lumber by water,
according to an announcement made
by Secretary F. G. Donaldson at the
annual meeting of the Willamette
Valley Lumbermen's association at
the Portland hotel -Saturday after
noon. The Southern Pacific company has
granted the lumbermen's request for ex
port rates on lumber loaded on vessels
at other docks than tbone of the South
ern Pacific In Portland, which means
that parcel lota can be shipped at much
lees expense than waa possible when
the vessel had to shift to the Southern
Pacific dock or the material haul? i
therefrom to tha particular dock where
the vessel waa loading other cargo.
Under the old rate, the shipper paid
the export rate to the Southern Pacific
dock and In addition thereto the local
rate for the distance from the Southern
Pacific' dock to the dock where the ve
sel waa loadfngan arrangement that io
Concluded oa Pafe Thirteen. Column Tin)
came from William F. Long, general
manager of the Pittaburg Employers' as
sociation, who sent out a letter to em
ployers attacking the stand taken by the
council. ,
The report -quoted Long's letter as
saying "many of our nrembera are ex
pressing themselves u determined to
discontinue financial , support of their
respective churches unless they would
withdraw all moral and "financial up
port from the federal council."
Dr. John McDowell of New York ha
been, the chief proponent of an indus
trial and social creed in the Presby
terian church.
LIES "WITH CHl'BCH
Dr. McDowell, who was Incapacitate !
for mining work when a boy, studio
for the ministry and has been wagirg a
battle for what he calls social Jus:..
within the church.
In the report to the assembly, it was
stated that "as long as the worker an I
the .employer face each other in battle
array, the general public and the worU
will suffer.
"Under present conditions both partic,
insisting on their rights, forget tht
freedom, has often In history been lo-t
by such Insistence without equal insis;
ence on duties.
"A very Important part f the work f
handling these questions lies with t
clrurchea".
CLOUD
UR
GRANGEVIL
ARE PUT ON PARII