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1I1K 3IOIIMXG OKEGOXIAN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1913. 10 SHIPPERS RAILED By SGHWERIN TALK Custcm-House Attache Tells Fallacy of Magnates' Com plaint on Bonds. FEE REALLY SORE SPOT Executive of Asiatic Fleet Himself Declared He Would Xot Accept Xon-Xegotlable Bills or Lad ing. Is Latest Assertion. It probably will be a long time before the commercial interests of Portland cease to discuss the statement of R. P. Schwerln. of the Harrlman steamship service, that the Portland & Asiatic fleet lost business and prestiRe largely i hA Uu i nf Collector of Customs Malcolm to accept a blanket Indemnifying bond to protect mra uh shipments arriving from the Orient and Dn which duties were paid here, though they were then sent to the East for distribution. One attache of the Custom-House yes terday ventured the assertion that it - was not because Mr. Schwerln objected to giving individual bonds for ship ments. It having been inferred that such a system would entail a large amount of labor, but it was the fee of J 1.50 charged for each by brokers that Jarred his finer sensibilities. So far as the individual bonds are con cerned. It is said they would not have made the slightest difference in the business, as a number of them could have been printed and any clerk filled them out and filed them at the Custom Houoe. a transaction that would have required no greater time than to make out a way bill. RootiaK Scheme DUcloned. It is also told that during the con troversy between Mr. Schwerln and Col lector Malcolm the former was asked if. In the steamship business, he would accept a bill of lading for the delivers of goods such as he proposed for the collector to accept, one that was simply a copy of the original and marked not negotiable, and he replied that he would not. It Is told that because steamers of the Portland & Asiatic, when routed from the Orient by way of San Fran cisco frequently, so their cargoes could be handled by the Southern Pacific, heavy shippers of gunnies, ordered that their purchases from Calcutta, which were carried to Hongkong by other steamers and there transferred to the Portland & Asiatic, be routed over other lines. Often it was not known until steamers neared the Coast or actually reported at San Francisco whether they were on the way to the Columbia River or Golden Gate. Extra -Service" Charged. Then, again, two or three carriers had been in the river together, making It certain that for a long time there would be no inbound vessels, as but four were maintained in the fleet. Men familiar with the waterfront system say that when the bonded warehouse was maintained by the com panv on Montgomery dock No. 2, and at times 40,000 to 50,000 rolls of mat ting were stored there, consignees were presented with bills for extra service all the way from stenciling and truck ing, and competing lines on Puget Sound were willing to perform some of the same acts gratis to get the pat ronage. DEPTHS AT COAST HARBORS Grays Harbor to San Dleso Are Boundaries of Soundings. Depths at mean low water at various harbor entrances on the coast were shown as follows in the San Francisco Commercial News: Grsvs Harbor. July 1. IT feet. Wiliapa Buy. Jun li. it feet. Xehalem River. April Si 8 feet. Tillamcok Bav. October 2'J. 8 feet. Chan nel straight In from whistling; buoy. Yaqulna Bay. July JO. 12 feet. Middle (round formed on the range; channel north 0s"faw River. July 26. 0 feet. Channel siralghtenlne in good shape. I mpqua River. July 2. 11 feet. Outer bay buov lime feet north of entrance . channel h&o,,Ba-,J& ST. IT feet. Bar .how. "fSquHirRier. July 20. 8 feet. Chan- DCR "sue''Ri"ver. July SO. 3H feet. Channel almost straight out. .lightly to the norlh- "Klamath River. July 3. T feet. Channel due west. Humboldt Bay. August 5, 19 feet. Depth is for stralfrht channel. San Pedro Bav. July 2. 30 feet. Channel 400 feet Tldo. 30 feet deep, nearly to turn- '"tao'leso Bay. July 18. 31 feet. Channel Just north of bar buoy. San PaMo Kay. October. 23 , feet. Depth In Uredci.d channel. , Al5evi River. July 26. T feet. Channel straight and good width. SILK RATE IS XOff REDUCED. Japanese Lines May Ixer Passen ger Fares on Pacific. Demand for flour, wheat and lumber at ports across the Pacific and the fact space is limited owing to the heavy shipments, is keeping rates high but on east-bound cargo, that imported Into the United States, there have been some heavy cuts made this season, the latest being a stiff reduction by the Blue Fun nel line on silk sent to the United States. The three Japanese lines, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Osaka Shosen Kaislia and Toyo Klsen Kaisha, first cut on tea. lowering the tariff from $6.50 to $5:50 and the move of the Blue Fun nel is In retaliation. Steamship men believe that a rate war of considerable extent will ensue among vessels plying the North Pacific and it is even hinted that the Japs will lower passenger fares as the next step. Portlanders are anxious to Interest one of the Japanese lines In establishing service from this port, the reason being that they are the rate regulators of the Pacific, and as they operate 'with cheap er crews, their sailors and most of the company being Japs, it would be cheap er for the shippers if an agreement was entered Into to pay the yearly losses. XO OPIUM CASKS REPORTED San Francisco Official Proposes Sfew Law for Smugglers. . While no smuggling has been re ported on vessels arriving at Portland from the Far East for several months, the Custom House inspectors have not ceased their vigilance and a particular ly strong watch is maintained on trains arriving from Puget Sound, as opium has been taken ashore there and sent to this city in the past. Some say that the best Indication of fered that opium continues to enter the United States in quantity is the fact hat the price has fallen among users of it. At San Francisco such a stir has een caused by the smuggling opera tions that United States District At tornev McNab is drafting a new law he hopes to have the Treasury Depart ment approve, which will provide that n tK a-,n nnllim iS fOUnd abOSTd vessel the owners will be fined an amount equal to the value of the con traband. COAST RATES REMAIN" STEADY Two Steamers Engaged for Lumber From River at 94.7b. Lumber rates to domestic ports are not displaying the feverish upward ten dency of those that have been quoted i nAK a nirchnr vovacres. -as the engagements last week of the steamers Daisy ana ua.iy riccm-" -load on the Columbia Itiver for San Francisco were made on a basis of $4.76. In connection with the charter of the British ship Colony, to load wheat at Portland for the United Kingdom, it Is announced that her rate was 42s 6d. The vessel was taken by G. W. McNear, being the first fixed by that house to work grain in the Northwest this sea son. In another month the harbor should begin to be dotted with square riggers of the grain fleet. There are STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Due ta Arrive. Name. From Beaver ...San Pedro... Roanoke .San Diego... Eue H. Elmore. Tillamook. .. Anvil Bandon Bear mi Pedro. . , Breakwater.... Coos Bay... Nebraskan Sallna Crux. Alliance Eureka Roso CUT Ban Pedro.. Geo. W. Elder. .San Diego. . Isthmian Gallna Crux. Nevadau. . . . . . -Salina. Cruz. Lyra Sallna Crux. Ta Depart. Name. For Beaver San Pedro... Sue H. ElmoreTlliainook. .. Vale JB. F. toL. A.. Roanoke -San Diego... Harvard S. F. to U A. Breakwater.... Cooa Bay... AUiance Eureka Nebruskan. ....Sallna Crux.. Bear San Pedro... Anvil Bandon Ceo. W. Elder. San Diego... Rosa City .San Pedro... Isthmian...... Sallna Crux. Xevadan. . . . . -Sa'.iua Crux. Lyra Sallna. Crux. . Date. .In port .In port .In port In port Aug. 20 Aug. 21 ,Au. 21 .Aug. 22 . Aug. 25 Aug. 20 .Sept. I .Sept. 12 . &;pt. M Data. Aug. 20 . Aug. 20 Aug. 21 .Aug. .Aug. .Aug. .Aug. A UK. 23 23 24 2.1 Aug. 25 lug. iiS .Aug. 28 Aug. 30 Sept. 3 Sept. IS . Sept. 30 none of the deep-watermen here at present, and but two are in the river, the British bark Battle Abbey and French ship La Perouse, both lumber carriers. PASSENGER DAYS RECALLED Records Held of Arrival of Japanese and Chinese Here. " Immigration Inspector Barbour is gaining an insight into days that have passed through the perusal of records turned over to his department by Col lector of Customs Malcolm, many of the papers being passenger lists ap pended to manifests of steamers coming from the Orient. The manifests date back to 1890 and. as the Department of Commerce and Labor was not organized those days, the work of admitting or re jecting Chinese and Japanese feu to the Custom House force. The records are valuable to the im migration branch, as often a Chinese asserts that he came to Portland on a steamer and gives the time of his ar rival, so with the manifest passenger list to refer to his word need not be depended on. There are also old certi ficates turned over to Mr. Barbour, some of them 30 years of age, and Instances have been found in which the name of the original Chinese was scratched and another substituted, but age has brought out the Ink first applied. Xoth. ing can be done in such cases of fraud, as the Chinese have been In the country so long. XEWPORTS SKIPPEK HERE Captain Thompson on Leave When Vessel Sinks at' Balboa. There was no joy In the home-coming of Captain H. Thompson, of the Pacific Mail liner Newport. who reached Portland yesterday from a tour through Kurope, to learn that his vessel had been damaged and sunk at Balboa Saturday. Captain Thompson has been on leave for some time and passed much of his vacation in Nor way and Sweden. He will complete the last leg of his journey to San Francisco on the steam er Beaver, sailing this morning. Dis patches from Balboa stated that the Newport was at a dock after having completed working cargo and about 2 o'clock Saturday morning the dock col lapsed, causing the vessel to sink. None of the crew was lost, but she was a total wreck. Captain Thompson prob ably will be given another ship. Marine Xotes. Captain "Del" Shaver has returned after passing his vacation at Cannon Beach and Captain James Shaver, head of the Shaver Transportation Company, has departed for the shore of the Pa cific on a brief respite. On the arrival of the steamer Casco, which is-bringing a cargo of tanbark from Fort Bragg, consigned to Webber Bros, tannery, at Fulton, barges of the Diamond O fleet will be shifted alongside and the bark loaded on them to be towed upstream. On the first trip of the new steamer America to Portland from St. Helens she made 42 landings and passed 15 minutes at St. Johns, yet arrived a few minutes ahead of the Iralda, from Rainier, which Is rated the fastest of her class on the river. The America will steam at about 12 miles, one mile faster than the old boat of the name. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. 19. Arrived Norwe gian steamer Solveig. from Victoria; steam er J. B. Stetson, from San Francisco. Sailed, steamer J. B. Stetson. for Aberdeen: steamer Ralnter, for San Pedro. Astoria. Aug. IB. Arrived at midnight and left up at 2 A. M. Steamer J. B. Stet ton. from San Francisco. Arrived at 6 and left up at 10:13 A. M. Norwegian steamer Solveig. from Victoria. Arrived down dur ing midnight French bark La Perouse. San Francisco. Aug. 19. Sailed at 10 A. M. Steamer. Nebraskan and Willamette. for Portland; steamer Rose City, lor San Pedro. Coo. Bay, Aug. 19. Arrived Steamer Breakwater, from Portland. Eureka. Ail. In. Sailed at 2 P. M. Steamer Alliance, for Portland. San Pedro. Aug. 19. Arrived steamer General Hubbard and schooner King Cyrus, from Columbia River; steamers Geo. W. El der. Northland and Klamath, from Portland. Sailed Steamer Shasta, for Portland. Rio Janeiro. Aug. Hi. Sailed German ship Terplschore. for Portland. Port San Luis. Aug. 18. Arrived Steam er Catania, from Portland. Monterey, Aug. 19. Sailed last night Steamer W. F. Herrin. for Portland. Sues. Aug. 19. Arrivea igeieropnon. from Tacoma. for Liverpool. Yokohama, Aug. IT. Sailed Titan, for Vancouver. Shanghai. Aug. 19. Arrived previously, Buffalo, from San Francisco. Coronet, Aug. IT. Arrived Director, from Tacoma. San Francisco. Aug. 19. Arrived St.am ers Tamalpata. from Grays Harbor; Nome City, from Everett; Centralla. from Aber deen; Temple E. Dorr, from Gray. Harbor; Chlyo Maru. from Hongkong. Sailed Steamer. Willamette. Nebraskan. for As toria; G. C. Lindauer, for Gray. Harbor. Seattle, Aug. 19 Arrived Steamer. Buckman. from San Francisco; Hilonian. from San Francisco; President from. San Francisco: Northland. from Southeastern Alaska: Dolphin, from Skagway: Sisak, from Hamburg, "via Everett. Sailed Steam ers Delhi, tor Southeastern Alaska: Sals, for Bellingham: Alki for Southeastern Alas ka; City of Seattle, for Skagway: schooner Bender Brother., for Bethel. Alaska. Columbia River Bar Report. Condition at the mouth of the river at 3 P. M., smooth; wind northwest IS miles; weather cloudy. Tide at Astoria Tuesday. High water I Low water T:l! A. M .VT feet 1:04 A M 1.0 feet 0:30 P. M 8.1 feetlS:41 P M....3.5 feet ELLIOTT Special Methods Recommend ed to Attract Eastern Set tlers to Oregon Acres. STATE FARMS ARE PRAISED Visitor Guest of Joseph H. Young at Arlington Clnb Party AVI1I Spend a Few Days Looking Over Willamette Valley. Special agents employed by the slate to travel in the East and advertise Ore gon was suggested yesterday by How ard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway, who arrived in Port land with his party on a tour over the Western field. Mr. Elliott pointed out the work that had been accomplished by the repre sentatives of the railroads in the East to influence people to come to the West and seek places to settle and declared that there is no reason why the state might not undertake the same line of work and accomplish equally good re sults. "The two most interesting things I saw when we made the run up to Bend yesterday," he said, "were the experi mental farms at Redmond and Metollus. I spent an hour at each. They are doing a magnificent work and ought to be encouraged and increased in their scope as rapidly as possible, for they are valuable factors in the broad scheme to lead people to settle and cultivate the soil and build up the country districts. Demonstration Farm Intermits. "Our company had a hand along- with the state in the founding of both of these farms and I feel a great interest in them. However, it appears that the state Itself might properly extend its own influence in these various lines of development activity with profit to the entire commonwealth, not only in extending development work, but in many of the lines in which the rail roads alone have been active up to this time, especially the demonstration work In the East." Mr. Elliott joined the Lakeview excursion party and accompanied it as far as Bend. F. H. Fogarty, assistant general freight agent, attached himself to that party from Mr. Elliott's party and went on to Lakeview. President Elliott and his party will leave this morning for a two days' trip In the Willamette Valley. They will go by electric railway to Eugene, ar riving there tonight. Side trips will be made through the surrounding country in automobiles and the return to Port land will be made by auto and electric railway. They will reach here again Thursday. Young Host at Dinner. President Joseph H. Young, of the North Bank, who accompanied Mr. El liott to Bend Sunday, was his host at dinner at the Arlington Club last night. The guests in addition to Mr. Elliott were: B. S. Josselyn, A. D. Katz, Charles H. Perry, James B..Kerr, H. L. Pittock, A. L. Mills, T. B. Wilcox, Guy W. Talbot, Edward Cooklngham, J. P. O'Brien, C. S. Jackson, D. W. Campbell, J. Q. Barlow, W. R. Scott. George M. Trowbridge, G. W. Luce. H. A. Hen- shaw, Ralph E. Moody, John F. Carroll, J. C. Ainsworth, H. L. Corbet F. I. Fuller, Hugh Hume, Edgar B. Piper, A. D. Charlton, Zera Snow, Charles E. Wolvertnn. R. B. Miller. John H. Harris. John H. Burgard and Mayor Rushlight. The members of the party that ac companied President Elliott from Bend to Portland yesterday were: George T. Reld. of Tacoma, assistant to the presi dent: J. P. Rogers, division superin tendent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, in charge of the train; John Harris, a banker of New York; C. E. Arney, of Spokane, industrial and im migration agent for the Northern Pa cific, and A. D. Charlton, assistant gen eral passenger agent. The party visited the Hill ranch at Maryhill yesterday before coming on to Portland. TAFT WOULD OPEN COURT (Continued From First Page.) it is passed. Mayor Rushlight yester day telegraphed a similar plea and telegrams were sent to the President from many of the larger business houses of Portland. "The Chamber of Commerce of Port land has warmly supported the Pana ma Canal bill at all stages," said the message sent from the Chamber to the President. "For the .first time there is an opportunity to break the monopo listic transportation conditions be tween the Eastern and Western sec tions of this country and to have real water competition. The entire Pacific Coast Is in accord on this measure and we respectfully ask -you to sign the same, if passed." Mayor Telegraphs President. Mayor Rushlight's telegram was as follows: Portland. Or.. Aug. 10. (To His Ex cellency. William Howard Taft, President, White House, wasnington. sj. is.) in oe holf or the City of Portland. I Join with the Chamber of Commerce and other public bodies In urging that you sign the Panama Canal bill. This measure will give an im ttfttui to the commercial activities of the entire Pacific Coast, and will undoubtedly. benefit the shipping. lumber ana manufac turing Interests of this city, and the whole State of Orezon. A. G. RUSHLIGHT, Mayor. The Chamber of Commerce has taken up with the Collector of Customs and will carefully investigate charges made by R. P. Schwerln, vice-president of the Pacific Aiail line and the Portland-Asiatic Steamship Company, that the Portland Customs practioe. in actual operation, is more rigid upon shippers here than in either San Fran cisco or the Puget Sound ports. Mr. Schwerln made the statement that the Collector of Customs of Portland is sued instructions that no import cargo destined by rail to interior points be permitted entry in bond at Portland for such Interior delivery, unless the original bill of lading Is used for entry purposes at that port He asserted that collectors In both San Francisco and Port Townsend accommodate ship pers who bring copies of non-negotiable bills of lading, and exact no bond for the service. Chamber Will Demand Justice. If Inquiry reveals that the depart ment is unable to standardize all port practices in real operation, the demand probably will be made that the Cham ber take steps In conjunction with the railroads, to see that goods may be sent out of this port without the original bills of lading being presented. It is asserted by shippers of the city that Mr. Schwerln has formerly shown a tendency to discriminate against Portland in favor of other Pacific Coast ports. It is recalled that during the Russo-Japanese War he refused to permit the Portland-Asiatic steamships to sail, on the ground that they might be captured and their cargoes seized. On the other hand the Pacific Mail line continued operations. As the Japanese Increase in tariff on flour was soon to become effective and large shipments from this port had been booked for HOWARD URGES ADVERTISING v.a ntv this antinn nn the nart Of the Portland-Asiatic management was a serious blow to the port. At that time. In August, 1904, the Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution con demning the action of the management of the line and in due time the service was resumed. ' President Knapp Offers Opinion. F. C. Knapp, president of the Port land Chamber of Commerce, in a letter to O. M. Clark, chairman of the Oriental trade committee, gives his opinion of the attitude of Mr. Schwerln toward the Portland port and the statements Mr. Schwerln has made concerning the Cus toms Collector, as follows: My Dear Sir: On page 8 of The Ore gonian. of August 7. I note copy of letter written from Washington. D. C, by R. r. Schwerln. vice-president and general man ager of the Pacific Mail line and the Port land & Asiatic Steamship Company. If I correctly Interpret Mr. Schwerln s words we are Informed that he took over the management of a certain steamship una between Portland awd the Orient and Im mediately stopped a loss which had av eraged somewhere between S12o.000 ana S1SO.000 per annum. If a man who, by his own testimony, has but one mission in life, and that is the help ing of San Francisco forever to hold suprem acy as a seaport, can run a line of boats from Portland to the Orient without loss. It would seem that a line of boats operated by some company under the management or a man working strictly 'for the Interest of Portland and its people should be able to carry on this business at a profit. n . . . , I Xffav rnllma In another part of Mr. Schwerin's letter we are told that certain ruling, of the Col lector of Custom, at the port of Portland created a different business custom at this port than at any other port of entry in the United States this difference being entirely against our cuy. Your committee has no time to discuss dead issues, as you rr , tablishment of .a strictly Portland line ol . - . . ... In KnnnM. nil steamers to me "-" . " " 1 with this work it may be well for you w Investigate this statement relative to the ac tion of the Collector of Customs at the port of Portland and should your Investigation prove that there Is a liability of this city being discriminated against In the future 1 should be pleased to have you call my at- 7 . in n as t n Q f a eriA tentlon to tne nitiuc. ... - - cial meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce may be held with a view of taking steps to rectny i iM.iuuti ASTORIA ALSO TAKES ACTION Cliamber of Commerce Backs Up Message of Portland Interests. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.) On account of press advices received from Washington that there is danger of President Taft vetoing the Panama Canal bill recently passed by Congress and in response to a letter received from the Portland Chamber of Com merce, asking that all commercial bodies in the West urge the President to sign the measure, the Astoria Cham ber of Commerce today sent a message to President Taft which reads as fol lows: "We most earnestly urge the appro val of the canal bill as passed. The West approves this by a large major ity and it certainly means everything to the entire West Coast." Chairman McLeod, of the Port of As toria Commission, sent a similar tele gram to the President, urging that he sign the bill as passed. ELEPHANT POACHER SLAIN (Continued From First Page.) come out of Africa. Captain Fox' re port' in this respect resembles most nearly perhaps the tale of General Funston's dogged pursuit of Aguinaldo in the Philippines. For the purpose of tracking the out law the English commander took with him a non-commisssloned subordinate and six Soudanese soldiers. Body car riers and mules for the transportation of supplies wore part of his equipment. His Instructions were plain not to re turn until the outlaw was captured. With a soldier's - disregard for red tape. Captain Fox In his report fails to mention dates in describing the man hunt. Apparently the denouement of the jungle drama came three months ago. Pursuit Leads Across Kile. The pursuers then had spent weeks plunging through the jungle that al most defied passage, Rogers cunningly leading them through the densest of swamps and forests and across deep streams. Before the outlaw was over taken he had crossed the Nile into the Belgian Congo. Creeping up the Uganda bank of the Nile the expedition pushed forward for six weeks before the quarry was lo cated. Fox and his men then had worn their clothes to tatters and their sup plies were exhausted, leaving them fac ing starvation in the wilderness. The last 12 hours of the pursuit were particularly trying. The chase led over a mountain, with Rogers' men a short distance in advance. As they fled, the ape-like native companions of the out law sent back taunts and jeers at their pursuers. End of Chase Dramatic Dramatic in the extreme is Captain Fox' explanation of the death of Rogers. In the jungle into which they had de scended from the mountain his party came suddenly upon a camp. A native approached the English officer and said: "The commander wants you to come In. He is sick and cannot come out." Entering the hut Captain Fox found himself in a room dimly lighted by a candle. A white man was lying on a couch and beside him sat a companion, also white. For a time there was a dead silence. Captain Fox believing he had been led into a trap. Then he Asked "Which is Mr. Rogers?" "Mr. Rogers has been shot," replied the outlaw's companion. Quarry Found Dying:. "Yes," interrupted Rogers, "and by your men." "Come, stand right here so I can look at you." Rogers continued. His eyes were blazing and from beneath a blan ket he drew a revolver and pointed It at the officer. "I am a dying man, I guess," he said. "I didn't think they could kill old Rogers, but they got him this time. Still, you are in Belgian territory and you stand more chance for arrest than I do." Fearing that the revolver which menaced him might be discharged at any time. Captain Fox argued with the outlaw to gain time. Finally, Rogers turned to his companion, whom he ad dressed as "doctor," and said: "I want you to witness what I say, doctor. Captain Fox, I am a dying man, so would not lie about anything. This was my show 'and all my work. I am afraid I have brought you into trouble, doctor. White Companion Shielded. "Well, I had my good times, as well as bad. I can't stand religious people. If you have religions, just live up to them." ' A noise in his throat interrupted the words of the old man. "Say, did you hear that?" he ex claimed. "That's the death rattle. I've Have you been looking for a wholesome food, One that's healthful and nutritious? A suggestion, perhaps, will do some good, Try Post Toasties, they're delicious. care One of the 50 Jingles for which the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich., paid $1000.00 in June. STRIKES THE BOTTOM PRICES OX PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS CUT TO THE LOWEST POINT EVER KNOWN. Yesterday Was Another Reeord-Brenk- er In the Reed-French Cloalngr-Out Sale Buyers Coming From Fnr nd Near New Full - Slsed Uprights, Splendid Pianos, Only 9168, f 130 and Even as Low as 06 Tin Surely Piano-Buy infr lime. Yesterday was another record-breaker in the Reed-Kre-nch Piano Co. s Closing-Out Sale. Up to the time of this announcement going to press, late yesterday afternoon, fourteen sales had been recorded on the books, with sev eral more buyers coming in in the evening to select pianos and player pianos. There are two reasons for this veritable stampede of piano buyers. First, the high quality of the many fine pianos and player pianos offered, and. secondly, the ridiculously low prices at which they are obtainable in this Qulttlng-Business Sale. Profit is out of all question now. Our lease expires on August 31st only twelve days more. That's why our entire stock of pianos, and elegant player pianos, and splendid Knabei, and Llndeman. and Schubert, and Howard, and Starck. and Haines Bros., and others baby grands, and all, have got to be sold. ROCK-BOTTOM PRICES. Just think of it. 129 and $168 will secure choice of several beautiful brand-new $300 styles of new pianos of well-known Now York makes, such a a hava r, ofpr hppn .t M East Or West. for less than $265. Others will go for still less money. AH are gooa, rename, warranted pianos. Have several strictly highest-grade, seven and one - third octave pianos, carved or plain panels, full swinging duet music desk, revolving lock board, continuous nickel hinges, and three pedals, for $236. This is less than half price. A fancy mottled Circassian wal nut, or a most brilliant figured Bra zilian mahogany case costs $24 extra. Some little plainer, yet very beauti ful Instruments, are only $224, and others $197 this is at least $200 be low the lowest retail price of these or other same-grade instruments in this or any other city. (000 ONES NOW 334. The finest cabinet grand slze, thor oughly reliable, highest-grade upright pianos, in mahogany or oak, standing four feet nine Inches high, with all lat est improvements. Instruments that we fuarantee cannot be bought at the New ork factory for less than $600, go during this sale for $334, and the ebonlzed cases for $22 still less. Another well - known make, recog nized everywhere in the trade as the most durable and dependable make, the most perfectly-finished piano, but in a plain-case design mahogany, oak or walnut cases, retail price $325 and $350 are now only $172, $177 and $186. PRICES IJT PLAIN FIGURES. You can wait on yourself if you choose. All prices are marked in plain figures. We ought to get all cash at these bare-cost prices, but, in order to sell out everything quickly, we will give everyone an equal opportunity. Payments of $15. $20 or $25 down, and at the rate of $6, $8 or $10 a month can be arranged. Store and office fixtures, typewriters, desks, safes, rugs, carpets, shelving, cases, oil paintings everything is for sale, and delivery right, after sale closes. Make HB a bid. Open day and night until everything is disposed of. Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co. estab lished since 1906. Sixth and Burnside streets (Commonwealth building). heard that too many times to make any mistake." This prediction proved correct, for those were his last words. Throughout his talk with Captain Fox, Rogers shielded his white com panion and did not reveal his identity. Captain Fox' report also is singularly silent on this point, as he says he did not know the doctor. It is thought likely, however, that this was done to protect the man. NEW PIANOS $96. Large, full size, new uprights, - now $129, $117 and as low as $96. Abso lutely lowest prices ever known. We're positively quitting business. Reed French Piano Co., Sixth and Burnside. Open evenings. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Aug. 19. Maximum temper ature, 7S degrees; minimum, 54 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M.. 5.9 feet; change in last 4 hours, 0.2 foot. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M., none; total rainfall since September 1, 1911, 37.31 inches: nor mal. 44.SO Inches: deficiency; 7.40 Inches. Total sunshine, 10 hour. 40 minutes; pos sible sunshine, 13 hours 50 minutes. Bar ometer (reduced to sea level at a r. ju. 30.02 inches. S U Wind o3 S S" 5 0 S - c w o o UD o o X 0 2 5 ? : ? 3 n ; - a ? STATIONS, State ol tVeathu Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Cloudy Kaln Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Pt. cloudy Clear Clear Clear Pt. cloudy Clear Rain Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy uiear Rain Pt. cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. A weak high pressure area overlies the North Pacific States and the barometer is relatively low over California. A small dis turbance Is central over the Upper Missis sippi Valley. Showers and thunder storms have occurred In Montana, Northern Wyo ming, the Dakota.. Minnesota. Iowa, the Written by E. P. DANZ, Hart & Murphy, St. Paul, Minn. Baker ... I 680:00l 6INW Boise I 7410.001 8'W Boston f 700. 01112 SW Calgary 70r0.00 SINE Chicago 8010.44 4 NW Colfax 7.10.00 4W Denver 86 0.00 8SE Des Moines 9010.74 O S Duluth BOO.OOlOiNE Eureka B0I0.00 B'NW Galveston 8Si0.0012ISE Helena 8OI0.12llOiSW Jacksonville 00)0. 00! BE Kansas City 04 0. OO! 8SW Klamath Fall. .. 740.O0 4NW Laurler 800.00! 6 SW Lo. Angele. 7810.00110'S Marshtleld 8S10.O0 8'NW Medford H6 0.00 4IN Montreal 740.OO12lNW New Orleans 940.00 8S New YorH 82 0.28 IS S North Head OOiO.OO 18lNW North Yakima ... 7810.00 4'W Pendleton 79 0.00 6 W Phoenix OSjo.OO 4 NW Pocatello 72 0.00 4 W Portland 78 0.00110 NW Roseburg 80 0. 00' 8N Sacramento OO'O.OOI 4 S St. Louis 0210.00 10 S St. Paul 780.24 8 N Salt Lake 76 0.0014NW San Frar.cl.co.... 6910.OOI22IW Spokane 72O.00 6!SW Tacoma 6.80.00 SIN Tatoosh Island ... r.8'0.00 4lNW Walla Walla 70I0.OO 8N Washington 92I0.30 8iW Welser 84!0.00 6'SE Wenatchee 800.00 6 S Winnipeg 7-jio.OO 4'W Yellowstone Park. 54j0.06 BS HOTEtS AND HOTEL CORNELIUS House of Welcome Portland, Or. Our 14-passenger electric 'bus meets all trains. A high-class, modern hotel in the heart of the theater tnd ahopping district One block from any carlmfc 1 cer day and ud. European plan. uu'ICl COKNliLlLS CO, Proprietors, j, tv. Blaln, Pres. Fielder Jones, Vlce-Prea. HOTEL OVERLOOKING THE OCEAN. OPENED JUNE 1, 1VITII COMPLETE SUMMER CHEW. Manv new and modern Improvements. Electric lighted. Rooms with or without bath Hot salt baths and surf bathing; pier for fishing. Steam heat iTid running- water Sea foods a specialty. The dining-room and kitchen w .1 5S In charge If John lhner. who la well known through bis connection with the Arlington Club for past six years. rLATSOP BEACH, SEASIDE, OK. DAN J. SIOOItE, Prop. HOTEL MULTNOMAH JSlPllH HOTEL OREGON, Portland, Or., . Wrifiht-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. HOTEL SEATTLE, Seattle, Wash. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. The PORTLAND C. J. KACFMAXIf, Manager A homelike hotel, pleasantly located In the heart of the city. All outside rooms. Con cert by Symphony Orchestta In courtyard every evening. Hotel motors meet all trains and steamers. European, 1 1.60 upv.-ards. FURNISHED TENTS AT COLUMBIA BEACH ON THE PACIFIC Each tent is equipped with beds, bedding, stove, table, cooking utensils, etc. You will have the free use of shower baths, water, swings, tennis courts and boats. Good board may be secured at 35 cents per meal or $1 per day. Make your reservations at Western Oregon Trust Co., 272 Stark Street, or write Frank E. Roberts, Manager, care Columbia Beach Hotel, Columbia Beach, via Warrenton, Oregon. I.akP reffion. Middle Atlantic and New England States. It is warmer In OroRnn and Washington. No precipitation has tallen at any reporting station on the Pacific falope in the last -J4 hours. The conditions are favorable for fair weather In this district Tuesday with higher temperatures except along the coast and In Southern Oregon. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity: Fair and warmer. Northerly winds. Oregon: Fair, except increasing cloudiness southwest portion; warmer north and east portions. Northerly winds. Vashington: Fair, warmer, except near the coast. Northerly winds. Idaho:. Fair and warmer. EDWARD A. BEAT.S, District Forecaster. SUMMER RESORTS. Mineral Springs Hotel Block House Mineral Spring -water is unsurpassed for rheumatism, indiges tion and skin diseases. Everything clean and sanitary. Terms reasonaDle. Address DR L Bi SMITH Formerly 409 Orepronlan Kids Xow Block Houwe, Wash. BIOUKTAIX VIEW HOTEL At Old Government Camp, on the base of Mt. Hood. Just opened. The most nmdern and upto-dnte mountain resort in the Pa citic Northwest. Located at the terminus of tne fceeme lu tioua uutu J uau, o uvui a auto from Portland. Headquarters for par ties ascending the mountain. Kates, per day; 1- per ween, anu per mom". For further information, inquire at Hotel L.enox, xnira anu aiuiu write Mountain View Hotel, via Rowe. Or. ARE YOU GOIXG CAMPING f TUV WILHOIT SPRINGS Beat Camp Grounds on the Coast. Auto Stage Every Day. Hote!i European Plan. Rates Reasonable For Information PHONE EAST 313. Sea Croft and Annex, SEAVIBW, WASHINGTON. Splendid location, facing; the ocean; electric lights among the trees; large sitting; rooms with fireplaces. Best of meals served In Seacroft's dining-room. Housekeeping apartments In the Annex. Sirs. IV, E. Hutchinson, Manager. STJMMKK RESORTS. A Cronae, Ml OORE PORTLAND OREGON 1U one, nypoiiiwwi'""- - v-- and fireproof quality o',1? building the leading hotel In Portland, the Multnomah, offers to the discriminating traveler every comfort and convenience found only in the best hotels of, the East. Nine stories of stew and concrete, with 726 rooms and suites, palatlally furnished, with rates from $1.50 to $5 per day, European plan. Motor 'busses meet all trains and steamers. H. C. noWERS. Manager, J. M. UROWNKXL. Au't Mglk Both hotels centrally located, modern in every respect, and conducted on tb European plan. Hotel Hoyt JUST OPENED Sixth at Hoyt New, fireproof, 200 rooms. RATES, 75c UP. Permanent guests solicited, special rates. One block from depot. H. JENNING & SONS, Props. Y. C. Harrington, Mgr. mm. SOL 1JIIC HOT SPRIXCS HOTKI,, The Carlsbad of America la the Heart of the Olympics. The Vacation Season Is Nowon SOL Dl'C HOT SPRIXGS altitude 1700 feet, offers superior advantages to the vacationist. In this moun tain paradise you get the benefits of the matchless hot mineral waters, while you mav enjoy all the de lights of a thoroughly modern hostelry. Fishing, mountain climb ing and all kinds of sports. Ponies, burros, trained guides, etc., for climbing' parties over numerous trails. Boats leave the Colman Dock. Seattle, daily at 8 A. M. Daylight trip. For descriptive litera ture, address Dr. Wm. W. Earles. Medical Superin tendent, Sol Due, Wash ington. Peck - Judah free Infor mation bureaus. RATES HOTEL UROPLAN PERKINS WITH BATH PORTLAND.i $1(T.R WCf UP, WITHOUT MTH $112 UP, M r . " I