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SEVENTyrFIFTH YEAB,
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
i
MBMffilfflS
Major General Patrick De
clares Planes Surest De
- fense Against Aircraft .
INCREASE RECOMMENDED
"Larger Air Service Declared Neces
sary; Cai In ExpHllture
, of limited Appropria
tions J$ Asked
WASHINGTON, Not. 25. (By
Associated Press). An echo of
the, prolonged controversy within
th war department at to the prob
able Talue in war of fixed anti
aircraft defenses, found its way
into the annual report today of
Major General Mason M. Patrick,
chief of the army air,. service.
General Patrick discloaed that
the air service itself had made a
"very complete study" of the de
j.partmenfs . anti-aircraft defense
project, which had .been submitted
to the department for its infor
mation
"The surest defense against air
craft l is. other, aircraft," he de
clared. "Great "-eare should be
exercised that', the, limited appro
priations be spent to provide the
greatest protection possible.
"Undoubtedly a small amount
of anti-aircraft equipment, con
stating or . guns, machine guns.
searchlights and listening appar
atus are an important part of the
defensive matters to be taken, but
these should be limited to certain
fixed localities and reduced to a
minimum in favor of the far more
mobile and effective defense pro
vided -by the airplane."
The air service chief "recalled
that a year ago he had specifically
recommended increase of, the air
service, correction of conditions as
to commissioned personnel and
legislation to jdevelopv civil avia
tion. .
"During the year Just passed
(fiscal year ending June ' 39,
1925); not one of these recommen
dations has been followed by tan
gible affirmative action," be as
serted. "I have had an additional
year in which to observe the. op
eration of that army air service
apd I am still convinced that
every one ot these recommenda
tions should be at once approved
and carried out."
JvLt the last . year, he declared,
much, had been done to better, the
air,- service, its training and its
equipment.
"The spirit which animates it,"
he continued, "is evidenced by the
fact that more flying has been
done than in any previous peace
year with a resulting Improve
ment, in the effectiveness of this
arm, in its readiness to do its part
ia any emergency. . !
"I commend the greater part of
my personnel tor its loyalty and
for the hard work done under try
ing, conditions." .! , .
The report served to disclose
that the public surprise caused by
General Patrick's testimony re
cently before the president's air
board, when he differed from the
war department by urging a sep
arate corps for aviation, could not
have affected the department- it
, self, since the report contains this
language:
- "Authorize an air corps, giving
the air service a status in the
i army, similar to that of the marine
corps in the navy department."
General Patrick reiterated his
recommendations that the Lassiter
board .program for air service he
carried out; that sufficient ''funds
he provided "to supply safe flying
equipment for at least existing
units and personnel;" that a sep-
arate air corps budget to cover the
entire cost of that corps be pro
vided; that an air service Quarters
to replace the present inadequate.
unhealthy and unsuitable tempo.'
ary structures be built; and that
a separate promotion list with
proper system ot procurement, as
signment, promotion, elimination
and retirement of air service per
sonnel be provided. ;
"This to be peculiar to the air
service," the report commented on
the promotion list recommenda
tion "on account of heavy casual
ties ' as compared ' with . other
branches of the army and the. na-
. ture of the qualifications required
In air service personnel
CATTLE HERD POISONED
VERNON, B C., Nov. 25. (By
Associated Press). The deaths of
thirty head of cattle in. this dis
trict during the past few days
were discovered J today to have
been caused by braa containing,
poison that the animals ate, but
which was set out by Chinese
truck; farmers for grasshoppers
and cutworms. --.,...
YOU CAN MAKE
THE POOR GLAD
Remember the Used Clothes
Party at the Oregon Theater
tomorrow, afternoon is free to
all children who bring a bundle
of clothing or bedding,
Douglas MacLean is de
clared to be his funniest in the
feature picture, "Seven Keys
To Baldpate," a corking mys
tery farce. This special Thanks
giving program was held over
for the children by the manage
ment, simply because it was
such a good show.
Come before 3:30 o'clock, or
full admission will be charged.
The larger the number of chil
dren who come, the better
everyone will be pleased. Look
around tbe house this Thanks
giving Day. Collect the wear
ing apparel other people would
be able to use. Make it into
a bundle, and get ready for to
morrow's show.
We need all the used cloth
ing we can get,? said Associated
Charities officials, "we never
have too much." That is the
serious motive behind the
party. Here is your chance to
make other folks thankful.
FOOTBALL SEASON NEARS
CLOSE; CLASHES LISTED
WASHIXGTOX EXPECTED TO
WIN" FROM. OREGON'
Montana and Montana State Meet;
Gonzaga University to
Meet MAAC
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 25.
(By Associated Press.) Football
whirled toward the close of the
1925 flashing campaign in the far
west with a score or more teams
settling, gridiron differences in
Thanksgiving day tilts. Interest
on the coast centered mainly in
the north where powerful Univers
ity of Washington, conquerors of
California and Stanford, will at
tempt to hurdle Oregon, the re
maining oosiacie oeiween success
and a Pacific coast conference
championship. But Washington,
playing on its own Jiome field in
Seattle, is not expected to have
much difficulty in overcbinlniea
team which has not won a confer
ence game this year.
The. University of Hawaii's crack
eleven will takeon Occidental col
lege at Los Angeles. The eleven
from America's most western out
post is playing a return call on
their rivals. Last year in Hono
lulu they defeated Occidental 19
to 6. Y
Arizona and Nevada meet in an
intersections! clash at Tucson,
while Wyoming invades Fort Col
lins to take on the Colorado Ag
gies. - Montana and Montana State bat
tle for home honors at Missoula,
with Utah and the Utah Aggies in
the same role at Salt Lake City.
Traditional rivalry marks the
contest between St. Mary's college
and the University of Santa Clara.
They will meet at San Francisco.
The University of Colorado and
Denver.university meet; in a color
ful engagement at Denver.
Gonzaga university of Spokane
will mate h strength with the Mult
nomah club at Portland.
SECRETARIES WILL COME
WILLAMETTE VALLEY MEN TO
GATHER SATURDAY
A meeting of all the secretaries
of the chambers of commerce in
the Willamette valley is scheduled
to be held in the auditorium of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce Sat
urday morning and afternoon. W.
D. B. Dodson. manager of the
Portland chamber, will be the
principal speaker. The meeting
has been, called by iE. Eugene
Chad wick, president of the. Ore
gon State Association of Secre
taries. The meeting was called for the
purpose of discussing in general
matters pertaining to the Willam
ette valley. It is very probable
that the meeting of ; secretaries
of the Willamette valley chambers
of commerce will be called from
now on every two or three months.
WITNESS PANEL EXHAUSTED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. (By
Associated Press.)-With the pos
sible exception of Colonel William
Mitchell, the panel of witnesses in
the navy's long investigation into
the wreck of the airship Shenan
doah was exhausted today and the
court adjourned subject to call of
its president.- s
PRELATE RETURNS
' SEATTLE, Nov. 25. CBy Asso
ciated Press). Returningfrom a
five weeks trip to Rome, the Right
Rev. Edward JY OUee,! bishop of
the: Catholic diocese of Seattle,
was welcomed by a delegation of
churchmen and Knights ot Colum
bus here tonight, -
BBC
WAISTS
HOLD 11 DECISIS
Herriot's Mission Depends
on Actions of Leaders
of Radical Group
CONFERENCE ATTENDED
Terms Will Be Announced Today;
Briand Will Retain Post of
Foreign Minister, Is
Believed
PARIS, Nov. 23. (Py Associat
ed Press). The success or failure
of M. Herriot's mission to form a
new cabinet now depends upon tbe
socialists. M. Herriot had a con
ference lato tonight with the lead
ers of the left bloc of the chamber
and the democratic left of the left,
at which views were exchanged as
to the program for the prospective
government, both financial and
political, and the proportion in
which the portfolios should be al
lowed in the different groups.
At the conclusion of the discus
sion, the socialists announced that
they would give a definite reply as
to participation and the conditions
of such participation tomorrow
after the party caucus at which
the question will be threshed out.
Until then, M.. Herriot will be
obliged to mark time, for he can
not proceed with -his change of
ministers until he knows whether
the socialists' terms for collabora
tlon are acceptable.
Whatever may be the eventual
composition of the ministry, M,
Briand is almost certain to con
tinue as foreign minister, for the
premier-designate tonight asked
him to retain his portfolio and it
is understood he promised he
would.
M. Herriot, it is declared by ex-,
perts who are closely following the
political crisis, will be obliged to
rely upon socialist collaboration.
If M. Bluem, the radical leader,
and his friends are exacting with
the president of the chamber as
they were with M. Briand, they
will demand the ministry of fi
nance for Vincent Auriol, the min
istry of war. for Paul Boncour, the
ministry of Justice for M. Bluem,
agriculture for Compere Morel,
public instruction for M. Locquin
and three other portfolios.
Socialistic participation in the
government will, it is assumed,
mean another attempt to force a
capital levy through the chamber,
that being the essential feature of
the socialist program.
M'INTIRE LEAVES TODAY
BOARD WILL NAME DEAF
SCHOOL HEAD THIS WEEK
O. L. Mclntyre, superintendent
of the state school for the deaf,
will leave at .11:30 o'clock this
morning for Council Bluffs,- to as
sume charge ot the Iowa school
for the deaf. Mr. Mclntyre has
been in Salem for nearly three
homa.
homa.
T. A. Lindstrom, printer at the
Oregon Daily Statesman and an
instructor at the school, has been
placed in charge of the institution
for a few days until the board of
control can appoint a successor to
Mr. Mclntyre. Many applications
are on file and are being given
consideration. It is expected that
Mr. Mclntyre's successor will be
named this week.
on days set aside for
the purpose, but as an Institution set aside by
proclamation of commonwealth authority and
in recognition of labor's fruits yielded through
Divine providence, it is distinctly American. - r
Governor Bradford first instituted the day as
one devoted to thanksgiving to tWe Creator for
bountiful harvests and other blessings.1 This
was:ia lG21 a little over three centuries ago.
This first Thanksgiving day celebration followed
the period of, fa mine suffered by the early New
England colonists- a period when cold, hunger,
epidemics and isolation had reduced these first
.Pilgrim bands to a point where annihilation was
imminent, - .'
- And through all the Thanksgivisg celebrations,
there has never been another so picturesque in
surroundings,' or so reverent as was the first.
The families In the little Plymouth colony were
not numerous enough, to hold their own home
feasts;. - there were - tod many vacant e places
around the family board, and so they all ateK
GERALD CHAPMAN AGAIN
GIVEN, EXECUTION STAY
FOUR MONTHS REPRIEVE IS
GRANTED BY GOVERNOR
Commutation of Atlanta Prison
Sentence Will &ot Be Accept-
Nl by Btalit
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 25.
(By Associated Press.) Gerald
Chapman, under sentence to dis
on the gallows for murder and
whose term in Atlanta prison for
mail robbery was commuted by
President Coolidge today, has had
another extension of his days, on
thiSi.earth. -
- Governor John H. Trumbull to
night signed another reprieve
which fixed Chapman's death date
as March 3 next, instead of De
cember 3, the date set'after Chap
man's first reprieve last June 26.
Chapman was sentenced to be
hanged in June by Judge Newejl
Jennings in Hartford superior
court after his conviction for tle
murder of Officer James Skellej?
of New Britain.
Under the stay of execution
which came with the second re
prieve. Chapman's counsel expects
to go to the United States supreme
court for decisions on points they
will raise.
Two of these points will be baj
ed on the refusal of Chapman to
accept the presidential commuta
tion of sentence for mail robbery
and on the scope of his rights
under the execution which are to
be claimed at a hearing on a writ
of habeas corpus in the state pris
on before federal Judge E. S
Thomas next Monday. p
These changes in the case havt
been brought about by the service
of a writ of habeas corpus on
Warden H. W. K. Scott of the prijj
on; notification given Chapman in
his cell by state's attorney Alcorn
that President Coolidge had com
muted the mail robbery sentence
to the term already served; the
immediate refusal by Chapman,
upon advice of counsel, to accept
the commutation; a conference of
Joseph Freedman, Chapman's
counsel, with state's attorney Al
corn as to a second reprieve and
finally an agreement on the appli
cation to Governor Trumbull for
a second reprieve. - ..!
"It was arranged that R. LVUid'
eon, assistant state's attorney; as
Mr. Alcorn's representative should
go with Mr. Freedman to Govern
or Trumbull's home in Plainville
with the papers for signature
which would fix the execution date
as of March 3. 1926."
HOMECOMING IS PLANNED
HGH SCHOOL OBSERVES AN
NUAL EVENT DEC. "23.
Homecoming day at the Salem
high school is to be held December
23, the day before the beginning
of the Christmas vacation, accord
ing to announcement made by
Garland Simpson, yell leader, be
fore the student body of the high
school at a pep assembly Wednes
day afternoon, held in anticipation
of the Franklin game. The feat
ure of the event will be the an
nual Salem-alumni ; basketball
game.
Simpson stated that the night
of the homecoming will be the
annual "fusser's" night. The boys
were all admonished to store up
dates for the evening, and told to
take the girls to the basketball
game, later to the movies, and if
the purse was not impossibly de
flated by that time, to "blow
them to the eats."
wwtofltrittg gag
THANKSGIVING
DAY as an an
nual event i s
unique in the annals
of American history.
Other nations have
from early days held
thanksgiving feasts
DEFENSE WITNESS SAYS
KIP KNEW WIFE COLORED
DRIVER FOR RHIXE LANDER
FAMILY TESTIFIES
Surprise Witness Declares Plain
tiff Admitted Knowing of
Negro Blood
WHITE PLAINS, X. Y., Nov. 25.
(By Associated Press.) Re
called t the witness stand today
after a brief respite from his week
long ordeal, Leonard Kip Rhine
lander reiterated previous state
ments that Alice Jones had told
him before their marriage that she
was white. A little later the de
fense in the annulment suit pro
duced a surprise witness, Ross
Chidester, formerly chauffeur for
Leonard's father. He said he told
Leonard three years before his
marriage that Alice's father was
part negro, and that young Rhine
lander answered, "I don't care ir
he is."
The recall of the plaintiff fol
lowed Supreme Court Justice
Morschauser's announcement of
granting the plaintiff's request to
amend the original complaint by
charging that Alice defrauded
Rhinelander by failing to tell him
she was of negro blood. Previous
ly the complaint had charged that
she told him she was white.
Chidester's testimony was very
brief, but apparently was discon
certing to the plaintiff's attorneys.
In December, 1921, he said, he
visited Rhinelander in Stamford.
Conn., and' Rhinelander showed
hm a clock.
"I'm going to give this to Alice
Jones for Christmas," he said
Rhinelander told him.
"Don't you know her father is
colored?" Chidester asked him,
and Rhinelander replied that he
did not care.
Under cross examination Rhine-
lander's counsel made efforts? to
show that Chidester's memory was
poor, but without success. After
Chidester's testimony, court ad
journed until Monday.
Three members of the Jones
family and one relative by mar
riage were called as defense wit
nesses by Lee Parsons Davis, at
torney for Alice.
Grace and Emily, sisters of
Alice, said the color question had
never been brought up in their
presence on any of Rhinelander's
frequent visits to the Jones home.
Mrs. George Jones, white mother
of Alice, also said she had never
heard Alice tell young Rhineland
er she was white.
WOMAN ORDERED TO PAY
WIFE GETS NO DIVORCE, MUST
SUPPORT CHILDREN
SPOKANE, Nov. 25. (By As
sociated Press.) Flaying Mrs.
Jennie Hollis for attending dances
and neglecting her three children,
Judge Lindsley in superior court
here today awarded the custody of
the children to their father; James
Albert Hollis, and ordered Mrs.
Hollis to pay $J0 a month towards
their support. It was the first
divorce ; case in' Spokane county
where a woman was ordered to
contribute toward supporting the
children. Mrs. Hollis sued for the
divorce but Judge Lindsley grant
ed it to her husband. Mr. Hollis
must pay $40 a month for the sup
port of the children who will be
placed in a private home.
KING TO ATTEND FUNERAL
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 25. (By
Associated Press).- King Chris
tian and Princess Alexa and Val
demar left for London today to at
tend the funeral of Queen Mother
Alexandra. . They took enormous
boxes of wreaths.
drank and expressed their thanks together. - In
recognition of Indian friendship and aid ten
dered them during the days of greatest stress
there were present at the feast Chief Massasoit
v and -a hundred of his primeval braves clad in
their native costumes and able to respond only
through an interpreter, -!
But at this first Thanksgiving gathering new
visions ot life's possibilities in America were
t formed; new resolves were made; and the vic
tory of faith was assured. And out of this day
the greatest since the! memorable day of the
landing at Plymouth there has developed in
America, general observance of" Thanksgiving ,
.day. .-' - , ;
The first national Thanksgiving day procla
mation was issued by President Washington set
ting aside Thursday, November 29,'1789, to this
purpose. And from this act by the first chief
executive down to the present time executives,
state and national, have proclaimed the last
Thursday in November as a day for rejoicing
and expression of gratefulness to the Giver of
all gifts. r -
- The entire citizenship or the state and nation
are urged to pause from their ordinary work
and acknowledge to the Creator the blessings of
the year. The individual-heart will throb more
lightly, the home will be happier and the nation
more' secure through this acknowledgment of
faith and trust in the Father supreme.
QUIET HOLIDAY IS
E HOUSE
Executive and Wife to At
tend Church and Spend
Rest of Day at Home
SON STAYS AT COLLEGE
John Coolidge to Remain at Am
herst Until Christmas; Of
f trials Are Planning
Day of Rest
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. (By
Associated Press.) Thanksgiving
day for President Coolidge and
members of his cabinet will be a
quiet holiday, their activities cen
tering about church services and
turkey dinners.
With Mrs. Coolidge, the presi
dent plans to attend morning serv
ices at the First Congregational
church and pass the remainder of
the day at the White House with
his guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
W. Stearns of Boston, possibly de
voting a little time also to his
message to congress.
The White House turkey will
be served to the Coolidges and
their guests. The illness of the
president's father at Plymouth,
Vt., prevented him from coming
here for the occasion, and John
Coolidge, the executive's son, will
remain at Amherst college until
Christmas.
With the departments closed,
Washington officials and govern
ment employes generally expect
to enjoy a restful day similar to
that planned by their chief, divid
ing their time between the special
church services, feasting and such
outings as the tricky weather per
mits. Officials of the anti-saloon
league in a statement tonight en
titled "The Nation's Thanksgiv
ing," said:
"For unexampled wealth widely
distributed, for doors of oppor
tunity open to every soul, for
health that is better than ever in
our history, for happiness that
needs no artificial stimulant, fojr
religion that finds the expression
in daily life as well as in the
formal service of the church, pro
hibition America returns thanks
this week, with the hope that the
poverty ridden, wine drinking and
beer dulled nations of the world
may abandon their forced frugality
for sober feasting."
STILL OWNERS ARE FINED
THREE OPERATORS OF MOUNT
ANGEL PLANT SENTENCED
Henry Johnson, John Andrews
and Lester Dixon were sentenced
in Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan's
court yesterday, after being con
victed of illegal possession of a
still. Andrews and Dixon must
each pay a fine of $500, while
Johnson, a man about 65 years of
age, was fined $250. The trio
was arrested on April 28 in con
nection with the seizure of the
huge liquor plant on the Joe Walk
er farm near Mount Angel.
In a previous trial, the three
men were convicted on another
charge of manufacture of liquor.
In this trial, the charging part of
the indictment had reference only
to the possession of a "still."
In passing sentence on the three
men, Judge McMahan said:
"These defendants have, here
tofore, been tried, convicted and
sentenced for manufacturing
liquor in the identical still for
having which in their possession
without its being regsitered, they
are now to be sentenced.
"In the present case they are
charged only with having an un
registered still in their possession",
a charge that could be brought
against any man who might have
in his possession an unregistered
still for extracting oil from mint,
or for distilling water only. The
law nowhere provides that in case
the unregistered still shall be used
for manufacturing liquor that the
penalty shall be more severe than
it would be if it had been used for
distilling mint or water.
"It was not, necessary for the
State to prove in order to secure
conviction that these defendants
had any connection with making
liquor therein. All the State had
to prove was that the still was not
registered and that defendants
were in possession thereof, but it
did appear from the testimony, as
an incident only to the trial of the
case, that the still at the time It
was alleged defendants had pos
session ofltV war used for manu
facturing whisky.
"Since these defendants have all
been tried convicted and sen
fenced for manufacturing liquor
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Li
PET DUCK BRINGS $540
LITTLE GIRL HAS NO MON
EY BIT SWELLS FUND
WARREN. Ohio, Nov. 25.
(By Associated Press.)' - Eva
Boran,-10 had no money to give
to tbe current community chest
fund today, .but: she '.gave her
pet duck as her contribution.
At a (luncheon the duck was
auctioned off, a part at a time.
The bill brought $35, the feet
$20 each, and the auctioneer
collected $340, for the fund.
Then the buyers surrendered
title and the dack was returned
to Eva.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
ARE DECLARED VIOLATED
IUV ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
FLAYED nY JUDGE
M'Mahan Criticizes Present Con
ditions in Address Before
Rotary Club
Law enforcement officers were
severely criticized by Judge L. H.
McMahan, speaking before the Sa
lem Reparians at their weekly
luncheon Wednesday. He de
clared that "under the guise of
enforcing laws constitutional
rights are violated every day."
"You boast of being 100 per
cent Americans," he told the Ro
tarians. "You are not, or you
business men would not tolerate
the conditions existing in this state
today. We have gone far from
the ideals of American citizenship.
I am talking to you about a mat
ter of which you have lost sight."
Judge McMahan expressed him
self as being particularly dis
pleased with the condition exist
ing whereby the man wfth money
and political influence is protected
from the law while the humble
and poor man who is unable to
defend himself is prosecuted to the
full extent of. the law.
"When it comes to pass in this
country that the law is enforced
only against the man who can not
protect himself, when justice is
dealt to a class instead of to all,
the." government- of the United
States.wlll crumble," he predicted.
He said that France in less than
a year's time will be placed un
der, a dictatorship because of her
failure to, administer impartially
the law, and that the British gov
ernment Is tottering for the same
reason.
"You men are not numerically
in the majority," he declared.
The laborers supply the brawn of
this country. It is they who
fight fqr the country,; yet you en
force the law against them and not
against'others."
That, officers of. the law are
continually making unwarranted
arrests, was Judge McMahan's con
tention. He cited a recent case in
which a city police offier point
ed his gun at a man for breaking
a jug of liquor on the street. '
"It a man is guilty of a misde
meanor only, and an offier shoots
at him, he has- the right in self
defense to kill the officer, and no
law in the United States can touch
him."
"As for prohibition,' you are dor
ing to it what saloons did to the
prevalence, of liquor, you are put
ting it out of business by abusing
enforcement. Too many" people
are given leaway under the law.
When the law says, 'you can't'
(Continued on pafe 2) "
STATE WARDS TO DINf
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING DAY
. MENUS PREPARED
Special .Thanksgiving dinners
are In order today: for .wards' of
the state at various' institutions.'
While the menus in the main
are similar, the thief interest lies
in the-vast uantitles of foodstuffs
that are needed, particularly at
the state hospital which - has a
population equal to that of a small
city of several thousand. ;
BuMittle business will be trans-.
acted as nearly all the stores, city,
public and state offices and banks
are closed. . The main attraction
is the football game between Sa
lem and Franklin high of Portland
on Sweet.land field at 2:30 o'clock.
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BOOTLEG QUEEN" HERE
i Prison gates clanged behind Mrs.
Arthur Zielke Wednesday as she
entered the penitentiary to serve
one j-ear for" conviction of an arson
charge at Astoria, . Mrs. Zielke, be
fore her marriage, was known in
Portland police circles as- Dolly
Quartier, "queen of the bootleg
cers." - v.iv ', v'
With the arrival of Mrs. Zielke
the female population is Increased
tannine."; Of this number five are
federal prisoners, being "boarded
by the state and - four are state
prisoners - -
ITEB COMPETITION
BY S. P. IS WM
Order of, Interstate Com
mission Prohibits Meet-1'
ing Ship Rates
INCREASES SAID LIKELY
Railroad Officials IXvlare Order
Will Necessitate Increase
in Many Articles on
Coast Route
PORTLAND, , Or.. Noc. 25 -
Word was received here today that
the interstate commerce commis
sion has issued an order effective
December 2S which will prohibit
the Southern Pacific company
from meeting water competition ,
oa many articles moving between
Oregon and California points.
Announcement of the order was
made by J. H. Mulcahy, assistant -
freight traffic manager of the ,
Southern Pacific company. -
Typical rate increases on some
commodities moving from Port
land to San Francisco or vice versa
will be from 72 cents to $2.11 per
hundred pounds; 58 cts. to $1.80, .
$148 and $1.26, and from 39
cents to $1.06.
Portland officials of the South
ern Pacific today verified the fact
that the order will necessitate
these great increases unless the
company makes almost complete
revision of its rate structure in
Oregon. The alternative of the
railroad, it was stated; would "be
to reduce rates to intermediate
points. One official pointed ' out .
that to inaugurate rate reductions
to intermediate points sufficient to
maintain the present long haul
rates "would so reduce the road's
revenues that it would of neces
sity be forced to retire from much
of this business regardless of its '
views, or the effect the 'i higher
rates would have upon many man
ufacturing and agricultural indus
tries." - ; :
The order requires the railroad
to discontinue lower class rates be
tween Portland and San Fancisca"
bay than are "applied at intermedi.
ate points . "to all business on
which the steamship; lines plyinj
between Portland and" Sai; Fran
cisco bay do not also' apply class "
rates." Tbe order also automati
cally applies the same restrictions
to rates between Salem, Albany', -j.
Eugene and other -Willamette Val- .
ley points .at this end and San
Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento,
Stockton and other northern Cali
fornia points at the southern end.
The Southern Pacific has filed a
petition with the commission seek
ing suspension of the order but
this,, it was said, may,n,ot be acted
upon for some months. ?
A statement relating to the or
der -has been-made by-J.;H Mul
cahy, assistant freight "traffic man
ager, in' part follows; -f
'The Southern Pacific has al
most from the time its line be- '
tween San Francisco and Portland
.became operative .over 30 years
ago. carried rates between Port
land and San Francisco that' were
lower than the. rates to and from '
intermediate points because "of
water competition rates between
interior points of Oregon south of
Portland and points north ft Oak
land, Cal., being graded upwards
over the port-to-port rates .until
the maximum basis was reached.
This rate arrangement "was estab
lished voluntarily, but during the
past 13 ear his' been authorized
and protected under orders of the
Interstate commerce commission,
known as relief or waivure orders
under the Ions, and short haul pro-Vision-
or f ourth section, of the 4n
terstate commerce act
' "Our shipment! between Port
land 'and Sari Francisco Inoving in
either direction, " rises- per too -pounds
oh "specific commodities.
(Continued on par 8)
LLOYD, TO HANG MONDAY
SLAYER WILL PARTAKE OF
; " FIXE DINNER TODAY
Formal notices of the execution
of W. R. Lloyd, of Cottage Grove,
Monday morning at 10 o'cloek.
were mailed from the penitentiary
Wednesdayvt: Lloyd was convicted
of; the death: of Clint LT Baum, In-,
dependence taxi driver and World
war reteran, tbe night oX Septem
ber 1, on the Albany-Independence '
road.
Lloyd will not recelYe a special
Thakkiglvlng dinner,-but will re
ceive full portion of the 'Maia
line" menu served other, Inmatea
of the penitentiary.; That he -will
not suffer" Is evident Irons the
raeatv which, according to J. W.
Lfllle, ieputy warden; consists ot
celery hearts, green tomato relish,
roast chicken, cranberry ' sauce,
dressing, jgiblef . gravy, candle d
sweet potatoes " southern style,
scalloped v potatoes,? hot, buttered
rolls, waldorf salady sweet apple)
cider? pumpkin, pie, two kinds o$
cake,-cookies acd ccflae, ,
(Cost lav M a pass 2
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