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16 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, S ATU1TD AY, 3IAT 20, 191G. HEIRLOOMS TAKEN AT MURDER HOUSE Shirt of Slayer Now Is Consid ered Size Too Small for Bennett Thompson. FLEEING MAN IS SEEN Searchers Arc to Be Organized to . rtenew Hunt for Ristniau'e Body and Oddfellows Are Called On to Assist Work. Further weakening of the circum stantial chain connecting Bennett Thompson with tho double murder near Tualatin Monday night and the strengthening of the robbery motive for the crime were developments of the investigation. chiefly conducted in Portland, yesterday. Could Bennett Thompson, the sus pect in jail at Hillsboro, wear a shirt with a 15 neckband? Investigation yes terday revealed that he wears, ordi narily. a 16 shirt, and at the present time is wearing size 16 V& because of two small goiters on his neck. The bloody shirt that the authorities are now convinced was worn by the mur derer apparently was size She ot Vet Established. That was tho figure deciphered on the neckband by Deputy Sheriffs Bob Phillips and George Hurlburt, of Port land. The big &" could scarcely be distinguished and .might have been a "6." say the officers, t'hould measure ment show that it was 16 the case against Thompson would be much im proved. Sheriff Reeves, of Washington County, lias the shirt, which, so far as known, has not been measured. The overalls found at the house and which were similar to those worn by Thompson when seen early the night of the murder by Deputy Sheriff Ward, were not blood-stained, and were iden tified yesterday as belonging to the Jennings' home. The murderer made away from the Gore ranch with a suit of black cloth with white pencil stripes half an irch apart. Thompson wore a blue serge tuit when arrested. Robbery Theory Stronger. Jewelry and family heirlooms are missing from the Jennings house, and the clothes bag, in which they were hidden, is also missing. In addition to rifling drawers and searching closets, the murderer smashed open a box containing a cornet owned by D. V. Jennings, son of the dead woman, in a supposed search for valuables. These facts, combined with the failure of authorities to find a cent of money in the house, are believed to strengthen the robbery as a motive theory. The tin dispatch box found broken open in the woods near the Gore ranch did not belong to Mrs. Jennings, it de veloped yesterday. The search for the body of Ristman, the" murdered jitneur, continued un availing yesterday. A search which will comb the entire Tualatin Valley is be Ing organized for Sunday by Carl Keinze, of 146 Second street, a friend of the dead man. Motor cars will be asked for to aid the searchers, who will be . friends of Ristman and other volun teers. The parties are expected to start from Second and Alder streets at $ o'clock Sunday morning. ' Oddfellows UrKfi to Help. Henry S. Westbrook, deputy grand master of the Oddfellow Grand Lodge of Oregon, has issued an appeal to Odd fellows throughout the state to exert every effort to find the body of Ristman asking their co-operation with the . authorities. Ristman, it appears, was a member In good standing of Goethe Lodge, No. , 329, Oddfellows, of Chicago. Should he be found alive or his body discovered the successful searchers are asked by Mr. Westbrookto notify K. E. Sharon, grand secretary of the order: Sheriff T. M. Hurlburt or Mrs. Fred Ristman. 6016 Sixty-second avenue. Southeast. Investigation yesterday revealed witness whose name has been with held. He said that at 2 o'clock in the morning, Tuesday, he saw the crouched figure of a man stealing along the rail ' road track near the Gore ranch in the uirecuon oi nerwuou. Shirt Mnd Blood Stains. The shirt found by the officers Thursday was. originally, white with one-eighth-inch black stripes and ; mree-quariera oi an incn apart. ine siW.f TTiflrk fin tllA fihirt-hnnrt woa almnct obliterated bv wear, hut annearerl to he - 15 Vs. Close to the neck-band where the collar rubbed, on the left front, was a darned and patched spot, with b buuuiuer. jliiu paicn was ituuuL iwo inches lnrtor anri one inch wl H . There was no distinguishable laun- . ory man on me garment. i ne snirt una oia ana wen worn. xnere. were " torn places beneath the arm-pits. on i.ne ironc or tne snirt. ine irom .oils red spots, doubtless blood stains. On the back of the shirt was a large carnea a Dieeaing ouraen on nis oacK, A heavy gold watch once owned by Captain G. A. Gore, jewelry that had helonged to other deceased relatives, and many keepsakes, some of trifling worth and others valuable, are missing from the Gore home where Mrs. Jen nings was slain. Heirlooms Are Missing?. T. V. Jennings, the son, recalled yes ; terday that his mother had kept these heirlooms at the bottom of a large ; clothes- bag that hung in her closet. The bag was not to be found. Deputy Sheriff Phillips does not be lieve that the murderer knew of the hiding place, but thinks that he came upon the jewelry by accident as he -appropriated the laundry bag as suitable receptacle for the suit of clothes he was stealing. ' The loss of the suit was discovered . by A. P. Howlson. the fiance of Mrs Jennings, who arrived at her home-yes terday. He was on the verge of nervous breakdown from the. shock "and awfulness of the tragedy. He ; hoard about the murder Wednesday .-night at Knappa, Or., where he is em IPloyed by the Big Creek Lumber Com ; pany. He set out immediately for Portland and the Gore ranch, arrivin ;early yesterday morning. At noon h 'came to Portland to assist as mac as possible the officers at work on the crime. Lontf Suit Is Described. A trouser and coat hanger had been found on a bed in the back room of the house, by Deputy Sheriff Phillips the night of the crime, leading him to sus ' Ject the criminal of taking away change of clothes. '.' "A suit is missing," Mr. Howison told the authorities in Portland yesterday, "'It was almost identically the sam goods as the one worn by Mr. Phillips. It, was black, with tine pencil stripes of white about three-quarters of an inch apart. My name was ' inside the breast pocket. The suit bore the label of the Gold Bond tailors on Washing ton street. He was sure the suit was in the house the last time he had been there. A leather-covered case, containing his cornet, was discovered by the son yes- erday morning -under the bed on which is mother had been killed. A deep ash in the wood had been made by the ledge with which Mrs. Jennings was murdered, and the lock had been broken with the same instrument. The sledge as one sharp edge and was used as a splitting maul. There were no evi dences of blood on the case. The mus4- al instrument was not disturbed, the intruder evidently having thought the ase contained money or valuables. . Thumb Print Clew Exploded. A tin dispatch box, supposed to have ontained valuable papers of Mrs. Jen nings, was found in the woods near the Gore ranch Thursday. It was brought to Portland and the thumb prints on the box were taken by Bertillon Expert Hunter at the City Jail. The prints were found to be those of the jitney men who discovered the box. Yester- ay the entire clew was exploded when the "missing" box was discovered, un- ouched, on a shelf of the house, where had been overlooked. The box is upposed now to have been the prop erty of a Japanese farmer who was JACKSONVILLE PIO.VEKR LAID TO FIXAL RESTING PLACE. Jeremiah JVunan. JACKSONVILLE. Or.. May 19. (Special.) Jeremiah Nunan, aged 77, familiarly known over the southern part of Oregon as "Un cle Jerry," was buried here from the Catholic Church today, fol lowing his suicide by shooting on Wednesday. Mrs. Nunan and his daughter, with whom he had been living at San Leandro, Cal., for the past three or four years, arrived in time for the funeral. For more than 4 0 years Mr. Nu nan was a familiar figure on the streets of Jacksonville, where he long was prominent in business. Ill health was the cause of the suicide. robbed of $45 and such a box 10 days ago near the Gore place.' The overalls found at the home of Mrs. Jennings were not those Deputy Sheriff Ward saw on Bennett Thomp son early the night of the murder. Also, they were not worn by the mur derer. There was not a blood stain on them, and Mr. Howison identified them yesterday as his. Mrs. Jennings was said by neighbors to have worn these overalls when doing particularly dirty Housework. Secret Drawer Hides Jewels. The diamond rings and gold watch owned by Mrs. Jennings were not dis covered by the man who ransacked several rooms of her home. A sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, of Salem, found these articles intact in a secret drawer of the dead woman's sewing machine, Known only to herself and sister. Open dissatisfaction with the man ner in which Sheriff J. E. Reeves, of Washington County is handling the murder case was expressed vesterdav by those in touch with the Investiga tion. He made no attempt to organize a search for the body of Ristman or tor clews to the murderer the night the tragedy was discovered, or the Uav loiiowing. He did not have a deputy on the scene Wednesday, special or regu lar. He put off dragging the river until Thursday. Sheriff Hurlburt Assists. Every important clew has been de veloped by deputies of Sheriff Hurlburt in 'Portland and detectives of the local police force. The local authorities have put their men under the direction cf Sheriff Reeves, but he has failed to take hold of the situation, it is charged and what they have discovered has been on their own initiative. Sheriff Reeves comes in for particu lar criticism because he failed abso lutely to follow up the discovery of the torn shirt sleeve and cuff Wednesday an important clew. He assumed tha the blood-stained cuff was from the shirt of the jitney driver, but when the rest of the shirt was found Thurs day, he announced that he' would bring it to Portland tho next day to have it identified by Mrs. Ristman. He told Portland officials he would be here yesterday morning. He later said he would arrive in the afternoon. Uj to an early hour last night he had no arrived. Possibly he thought the trip useless in the light of the publication yesterday morning by The Oregonian of the complete repudiation by Mrs. Ristman of the theory that her hus band wore such a shirt. Boast of Conquests Reported- Thompson, the suspect, is said by the authorities to have been prone to brag and rather vainglorious of his con quests among the fair sex. He is said to have remarked to Deputy Sheriff C. A. Beckman several months ago, in a boasting manner, "Oh, I know where there s a fat Jane with plenty oi rocks and kale." A neighbor of Mrs. Jennings told the authorities that the dead woman had once told her that Thompson had said that there was only one thing he wanted to do before he died, and that was to "get" the men who put him behind the bars at Salem, and that he wouldn't care what happened to him then. Her fear of the man is said to be common knowledge. Ristman Had No Money Along?. Charles Scrutton, of 222 East Thirty fifth street, a painter who purchased a new automobile for Ristman, was in terviewed by Deputy Sheriff Phillips yesterday. "I last saw Ristman at 6 o'clock Monday evening," said Scrutton. "He had just paid $100 on his automobile and had made a deposit of money at the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He was never a man to carry much money with him and I doubt if he had several dollars with him that night." Two miles from the Jennings home last night another suspect was arrest ed, but when taken to Tualatin several citizens recognized the man, who is about 60 years old, as one who had been doing odd jobs in the vicinity for years and was a harmless individual.' He slept in the Tualatin jail. last night and probably will be released this morning. Dance Oivcn for Eugene Queen. EUGENE, Or.. May 19. (Special.) The Eugene armory was crowded to night with dancers, the occasion being the last public function to assist the campaign of Miss Ldel Fraasch s can didacy for queen of the Portland Rose Festival. The feature was the "Rose Queen Waltz," composed by Professor Albert Perfect, of the University of Oregon. X it i - '-iVIi X t x . vx " , ij 4 rftlfiffiflri -3 f GRAVE MENAGE TO SHIPPING IS NOTED Application of Seamen's Law Likely to Work Particular Hardship on Portland. OTHER PORTS AFFECTED Chamber of Commerce Cites lie- ccipt of Letters From Owners of Vessels Protesting About Delays Experienced Ilcre. In the application of provisions of the seamen's law, developments are held by the Chamber of Commerce to ave been such that the future of Portland's maritime interests are not of the brightest, insofar as they will be aff. cted by the attitude of foreign vessel owners, who have objected strenuously to detention experienced by their ships. The following statement was given out yesterday respecting the situation: Portland s losses that will be suf fered as a result of enforcement of the seamen's act are becoming a serious topic in shipping circles. It is fore casted that the community will be heavily penalized in future business unless there appears some hope of re lief. Oirners' Letters Disconcerting. . "The only comfort in respect to these penalties is the fact they will apply to the Pacific Northwest equally, and perhaps the Pacific Coast. It is con ceded that Portland has been a little worse off tha.i Puget Sound in the matter of getting crews, because en forcement of the seamen 8 act was at tempted at the tail end of the season, and when it would have been rather difficult to get men under ordinary circumstances. It is also recognized that fie community is much worse oft than San' Francisco, where there has been relatively little delay owing to the presence of a larger number of seamen there than in the Columbia River port. Letters being received from owners since announcement of the delays ex perienced here are disconcerting. The following is an excerpt from a letter from one of the first victims of the delay. 'I is our intention to place the matter before the Ship Owners' Asso ciation, as we consider the delay and expense will prevent British ships from visiting the United States, unless there is forr-3 amendment to the act. Community Held t Vault. Another owner wrote that he felt especially aggrieved at the delays here and that he viewed the efforts made or. the par,, of the community to remedy the situation as not what they should have been. 'Every shipper has been giving the subject profound study. In some quar ters there is serious apprehension that the already critical situation, with re spect to the movement of local com modities to foreign ports, is going to dc sadly hampered by this new cause. A large number of idea? have been developed as to what could be done to remedy the situation and it is hoped that out of these some practical procedure may be evolved which will mean the procuring of crews promptly. it is also clear that the ship owners of the foreign countries are not going to be bulldozed into paying wages and doing things with respect to the oper ation and use of their ships which do not meet the approval of the sound business management of the people wno nave developed the industry. "If the United States is bent upon enforcing theories that are not in harmony with the principles that have enabled foreign Investors to build up their shipping business, these foreign shipowners are going to avoid the United States just as long as they possibly can in procuring employment for their ships. To that extent the producer and the business of the United States will be injured." COOS BAY SCHEME ADOPTED Sums Are Distributed for Improve, ment of. Inlets. MARSH FT ELD. Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) The scheme of improvement adopted at the May meeting of the Port of Coos Bay Commissioners for the vari. ous inlets involves an expenditure dis tributed as follows: Isthmus, $4200 South. $3800; Kentuck, $2000: Larson, 2SU0: .North, $500: Catching, $500; Wll lanch, $200. Besides the inlets enu merated, there are Coos River and Haynes. Coos River is provided for annually by a Government appropriation of $3000. which is devoted to dredging shoals and removing snags which block the river when freshets bring down entire trees ana sinkers. A sinker, two years ago, was struck by a small gasoline boat, and one of the occupants. Philip Fourier, lost his life when the boat overturned. Haynes inlet had been provided for in a former appropriation by the port, and is being dredged at the present time The scheme of improvement contem plates a channel that will carry three or four feet of water at mean lower low tide in all the inlets. Willanch inlet has been the beneficiary of sev eral thousand dollars' worth of dredg ng before, but shoals occur frequently and the work of keeping the channel open is expensive. Catching inlet also is given to shoal ing, and is one of the most imnortan and carries more traffic than any other tributary, excepting Coos River and Isthmus. BIG LOAD GOES OX BEAVER Liner Started South With Capacity Cai'so of Oregon Products. More than 2700 tons of freight were aboard the "Big Three" liner Beaver yesterday afternoon on her departure for California, she having been de tained a short time for the last of the load to be stowed. Wheat is moving to the Bear State whenever space permits, and 400 tons -on the steamer was only a portion of what was offered. With 500 tons of flour, some destined for Central America, and the regular Cal ifornia shipments of newspaper, cou pled with rolls of the material for Honolulu and Manila, squeezing was resorted to as a means of getting all into the hold. On the passenger list were 100 names, with other reservations made for As torians. From now until the vacation season opens full cabin lists will not be in order, though following the Rose Festival next month a rush is looked for. The liner Rose City left the Gold en Gate at 2 o'clock yesterday after noon and is due tomorrow afternoon. UMPQUA BOND VALUE BISES Delay of 1 5 Days in Sale Adds About $5000 to Price. MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) Since the tale of the Port of Umpqua bond issue of $200,000. the commissioners have found they in creased the price about $5000 by post poning the sale from May 1 to May 15. The spot cash sale was about $2000 greater than any offers in the early part of the month, and the commission ers are asking bids for depositories, with the practical assurance they will benefit to the amount of $3000 addi tional in interest from whatever bank is made official distributor. The money derived from the bond sale will be utilized in the construc tion of a jetty on the north spit of the Umpqua River, plans for which, have been drawn and specifications furbished by Engineer J. S. Polhemus. of Port land. The work, it is expected, will not be started before the lapse of 30 days, for the transcript will be ready In a week, and the attorneys of the bid ders will require two or three weeks in which to scrutinize the same. LUMBER TAKEN" I'OIi if.WVAII A. I-'. Coates Arrives to Work Cargo at Cliarter I lute of $2 6. Leaving up from Astoria at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the schooner A. F. Coates, which towed into the river at 10:45 o'clock from Hilo after a run of 22 days, is due in the harbor this morning and will berth at the. dock of the Multnomah Box Lumber Com pany to load a lumber cargo for the return. The vessel is under charter to the Coast Shipping Company. In connection with the coming of the Coates shipping men have found some thing of interest in comparing the for mer rate of about 9 a thousand feet on lumber to the Hawaiians with $26 being paid that vessel. The vessel has a capacity of 800,000 feet. Invcrlogie Short of Tars. Following more than a month's stay here. with prospects that he will have at least another week in which to be come better acquainted with Portland. Captain Ryder, master of the British bark Inverlogie, faces an item of ex pense for the future in the way of postage in corresponding with many new friends found. The delay is due to scarcity of sailors and. though three were signed yesterday, five are lock ng to fill out the crew. The ship came here April 12 from St. Nazaire ani the wheat cargo aboard is destine! for the war zone, so the ship will be n homo waters again before the Fall campaign wanes. Hate Made for New Carriers. Vessel owners do not feel that in surance interests will hold to a rule recently suggested that auxiliary ves seis nnea with oil-burning engines be convoyed by tugs when entering or leaving outside harbors. It is be lieved that as soon as the larger type are placed in service and make a voy age or two they will be extended the same privileges as gasoline schooners Tho Port of Portland Commission l! to make a flat rate to and. from the Columbia River on the new motor ships. Kona Damaged In Big Blow. SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. The schooner Kona. belonging to Hind. Rolph & Co., of San Francisco, put into AUCKiand, IM. Z.. leak ng and badlv aamagea by a hurricane, according to a cablegram received here today. The vessel was 21 days out of Newcastle Australia, for Port Allen, T. H. Cargo has been carried from Tort- land by the Kona and she has figured in the Coast lumber trade since her completion at Alameda in 1901. The vessel has & capacity of 900,000 feet. News From Northwest Ports. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash. Mh v in (Sua. cial. 1 Tho steamer Shasta, due tomorrow rrom San Francisco to load at the K. K Wood mill, will bo the first steamer ever to load on Grays Harbor for the Hawaiian Is lands. lndlammers have often carried trays Harbor lumber carsoes there, but never a steam vossel. The advance of freight rates from 0.5O to $17 to the Hawaiian islands since February 2tf this year un doubtedly has been the cause of the tihasta Delng chartered for this trade. The stea-mer Daisy Freeman cleared from tne Vinson mill today for San Francisco. The steamers Solano and San Jacinto cleared today for San Pedro, the formt-r from the American mill and the latter from tne E. K. Wood mill. The steamer Celllo which cleared venter. day with a cargo of I.IX'O.UOO feet of mining timbers loaded In 1 hours, which is close to tho record for loading that kind of lumber. The keel for the second Swayne-Hoyt auxiliary a.OOO.OOO feet capacity lumber schooner will be laid at the Schubach yards next ween. ASTORIA, Or., May 11. (Special.) The schooner A. F. Coats arrived this afternoon. i'O days from Hilo. Hawaiian Islands, and goes to Portland to load lumber. Captain jnorriB, her master, reports a pleasant trip, excepting that on the second day out the schooner ran Into a sale that carried away tne roretopmast. Bringing freight for Astoria and Portland the steam schooner Coaster arrived this morning from San Francisco. The steamer F. A. Kllburn sailed today lor San Francisco and way ports with frelgh and passengers from Portland and Astoria. The observer at North, Head reported thl morning that a large tank was drifting ou over the bar. a menace to nalgation. 'the tank Is one of those built some years ago by Contractor Petersen and was used to asnist In raising the steamer Geo.' W. Klder, when she waa sunk In the river near Goblc. Fo a long time the tank was hung up In tho slough at Stella and was brought out by the recent freshet. A wireless message received this morning by the Cclumbla Kiver Packers' Association states that the cannery ship St. Nicholas, from this port, was 70 miles from th mouth of Nushagak River at 8 o'clock las night. tTnless Ico prevents her from entrrlnz the river, she should reach her destination today. The British steamer King Malcolm ar rived during thn night from Calcutta via San Francisco with a part cargo of grain bags for Portland. The steam schooner Shna Yak arrived dur. Ing the night from San Francisco with freight for Asoria and Portland. The Japanese steamer Xayachl Mara, which discharged a cargo of oak logs an sulphur at Portland, sailed this morning fo Seattle, where she ia to load munitions for v ladl vostok. Carrylnr cargo of rtoo.ono feet of lumber from Prescott. the steam schooner Alcatraz Bailed today for Pan Francisco. The steamer Edgar H. Vance sailed today for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber from the Hammond mill. The steamer Necanlcum sailed this after. noon for San Pedro with lumber for th Hammond mill. E. M. Cherry received notice today from the owners of the stranded schooner Oak land, that ail the bids for the purchase o the vesse- had teen rejected. It Is tinder stood the owners aru negotiating with a firm which will attempt to float the schooner. ' The steam schooner Multnomah arrived this afternoon from San Francisco en route to Portland. COOS BAT. May 10. fSpecIal.1 Engl neer D. M. Charleson and a crew will com mence the Government survey of tho Co quille River between Handon ftnd Coquille, a distance of -6 miles, tomorrow morning The survey Is being made with a view of dredging a 10- foot channel between the two cities. The gasoline schooner Rustler finished loading today for Rogue River and will sal. Saturday forenoon at 11. The steam schooner Westerner will call here next week for a cargo of 50oo white cedar ties to be shipped at the Empire dock. The ties are consigned to Kan Diego. D. M - Charleson, who has served four years as port engineer for the Port of Coos Bay. has been engaged by the port com missioners of the port of Umpqua to direct the work of building their north Jetty. The steamship F. A. Kllburn. from Port land, and the Breakwater, from Eureka, are due tomorrow morning. Junior Engineer James IT. Polhemus. of th dredge Mlchle. has been recommended to the Civil Service Commission as a mem ber of tho examining board of five members for the Oregon district. The gasoline schooner Pats. from Port land, arrived at 'J o'clock this morning wlta Coos Bay freight. The gasoline schooner Tillamook will sail late today for Portland. The steam schooner A. M. Simpson is due this evening from San Francisco. Tide at Astoria Saturday. High. I Low. S:07 A. M. 0.7 feet! :2! A. M. -. . .-1.6 foet 2:48 P.M. ... I.a Iectl9::& A. At. ... 3.3 feet TRAINING IS HELPED acific Telephone & Telegraph Company Encourages Men. PAY IN ABSENCE ALLOWED JEmplojes Arc Permit toil to Leave Work for National Guard, Naval Militia Duties, or to At tend Training Canisi. Kmploves of the Tacific Telephone & Telegraph Company who are members of the National Guard or Naval Militia are to he encouraged to penorm an heir duties in that service and win re- rcii-A full nav from their employer when that duty calls them irom tneir employment. This is one of the provisions oi a resolution which was adopted unani mously by the board of directors of he company at a meeting in tan r ran Tlie resolution further provides mat any employe of the company desiring to attend the Federal military ca.mp will be excused for uch purpose ana will receive full pay during his absence. It ix nrovlded. however, that tne at- endance at the training camp shall ne considered to include regular vacations. Any absence caused by Naval Militia or National Guard service, however. will not curtail regular vacations. Hay of 1 ntrnlned Soldier Pswifil. In connection with the adoption of the resolutions B. C. Carroll. San r ran Cisco general agent, ismied a statement which is in nart as follows: There is no denial of the fact tnat world events are forcing the American neonlo to a consideration of contingen ies. unpleasant to contemplate, ana probably remote, but a disregard of which may possibly involve the Na tion's life and honor. The maxim of our forefathers tnat preparation tor war is preparation for peace in finding an echo in a constantly increasing in terest in those things which mean Na tional preservation and protection. "If there were any doubts as to military efficiency being a matter of scientific and systematic preparation existing over a long period, they have been forever dispelled by developments in the terrible liuropean conflict. The day of the untrained "volunteer" is as much closed as i that of the flintlock and powder-horn. Obligations! Are Itecognized. "The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company has always recognized tha it has civic as well as commercial obli gallons, and in this spirit its board of directors has officially taken cognizance of present National necessities and pos sibilities. "It is to be understood on the part of the company that this policy is adopted with a view of encouraging. but in no way coercing, its employes to take an active interest in this al important matter. "The telephone company accepts its obligations as a company to the Na tion and wishes to show this recogni tion - by such direct action as may be poseible. It also recognizes the fact Miat a better citizen is a better em ploye and that in good citizenship there is no element of greater value than patriotism. EAST COAST RATES HIGH SAX KAMON WIM, MAKK VOYAGE TO ATLANTIC. Parr-MrCormlrk Iine Kinds it mmry to Take Outxlde VeMeIs for General Cargo Tkia Way. High rates on the Atlantic have aain proved more than owners could with stand a .id the steamer San Ramon has been fixed to ply on one or more voyages to the Atlantic. I II. Will iams, Portland representa tive of th Parr-McCormick line, was informed of the engagement yesterday, The fixture early in the month of the steamer Northland to operate in the Puget Sound -Alaska service at abou $3Cu a day for six months has made it necessary for the company to take outside ships to handle general cargo this way and load back with lumber, The Coaster and Bowdoln were taken last week and yen terday the Daisy r reeman was added. The Coaster reached the river yea terday from the Clolden Gate with as phalt ard cement. The slcimer Multnomah entered the .ivcr it 6 o'clock last night from San Francisco with S50 tons of miscellane ous consignments and will discharge here today, sailing with lumber from St, Helens Monday. The Willamette will start southward the same day and thy will be followed by the Wapama, which is due here Tuesday. The JSha Yak, an arrival yesterday, was cleared for San Pedro with 950.000 feet of lumber. The steamers Xehaiem and Brunswick sailed from St, Helen witn full loais. to be followed today by the Johan Poulsen. from V estport. 31 Alt I XE LTULL1G EXCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. Ntm. From Date. Rote Cliy LofcAnKelea My Northern Pacific... San Francisco... .May Bream water. ...... an uieno May bear .Lm A tig lea .iay Beaver .! Angeles. .... .May K. A. Kllburn San Uiego. ..... ..June DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Harvard. ......... S. K. to L, A May W illamette. an Piego. ...... .My Multnomah Son DIcku May 1 aid S. K. to i-. A May Breakwater. . . .... an Dieao May Northern i'acific . . .ban iiancisco. ..May xiwbo City i.u A ngcle . . . . . . ...ay Bear Los Anclca May Wapama tan Diao May o r . a. Kuuuro. ... . .aan uifo. ...... j una Beaver . . .Un Angeles Juno Marine Xotcs. Repairs 'on tho stetmM-r Orahumona are oeinB nurriea at buppie a yard and u i: promised she win t ready the lat next week, as she la to carry an excuri made up o Itosarlans a week from today. BrtneinK shipments of interior freieh the stparntjr Twin Cities ia due today from i.ewision ana -way points, and the is to dc sianea on me return Monday morn injr. carrying a capacity load of mtr chandlKc. Taking advantage of the fact the Gov ernment dredges Multnomah and W'ahk aicum cannot worn in tne toiumbia. eve though the rivera and harbors fnnda were available, because of the current, consid era bie overhauling is being done at th uovernmen t Moorings, where t hey were towea arter xmisning tne new channel Slaughter's. Minor repairs were made yesterday to tne boiler or tne Kteami-r No Wonder. the Thayer fleet. All other vessels of th nag are engagu in log towing and the X Wonder -will bo started out immediately Captain Oliver brought the British steam er King Malcolm Into port yesterday morn ing from San Francisco and she b-rthed at the Eastern & Western mill to be iined with a grain cargo. The vessel nhift Alhina dock to work the cereal, which destined for Kngland. It is reported from Fan Francisco that Swe s. ne & H oy t are to take ad van tar au wpilua is.ei.cl ou tho Norm Macule jtteaiu r Yucatan for her purchase at $250,000. It was rumored early in the season that :;c, "( had been offered for the amp by Japanese. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. May 19. Arrived Steamer onter and .British steamer King Malcoim. rom San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Brunswick, tor 2an Francisco: Beaver, for tn Pedro ia San Krancinco: Nchalem. or San Diego via San Pedro: F. A. K.U- urn. nr tan UUKO via way ports. Astoria. May ly. Sailed at midnight. iipanese steamer Msyachl Maru. for Se ttle. Arrived at .i:lo -and left up at s M.. steamer Coaster, from San Fran- lio: arrived at 10:4. A. M. and left up tUP. M.. schooner A. F. Coats, from Hilo. ailed at ll::io A. M . sl.amer Alcatraz. or San Francisco; at - P. M., steamer No- nlrum. lor San Pedro: at 4:JO P. M . teamer F. A. Kllburn. for San Diego ia way ports. Arrived at 4:1. and left up u 1. M. steamvr Multnomah, froiu San Francisco. fan Francisco, Mar ll. Arrived at 2 M.. st'.imer Santa Monica, from Co lumbia River. Sailed at - P. M . steamer Rose City for PorliamL Arrived at J:30 M.. steamer Northern Pacific. from Flav.-L Sau Pedro. Mav Arrived Steamer Bear, from Portland via San Francisco. Monterey. May 19. Sailed at midnight. learner F. II. Buck, for Portland. Kureka. May 111. Arrived at noon and ailed at 3 1. M., steamer Breakwater, from an Di.it and way porta, for Portland 1& Coos Bay. Cotis Bay. May 1!. Arrived Gasoline achiKinrr patsy, from Portland. Astoria. May Ih. Arrived at S and left up at :30 British steamer King Malcolm: rived at S and left un at lO P. M . steamer Shna Yak. from San Francisco. San r rancisco. May i. Arrived steam ers Yosemlte. from Grays Harbor: Wairuna Rrttlshl. from Vancouver: Tellowstono, rom Coos Tlay: North Pacific, from Astoria. Sailed Steamers Rose City, for Portland: . S. S. Saturn, fr Alaska; Adeline Smith. for Com Bay: Fair Oaks, for Aberdeen; Asuncion, tor rveicmaan. Seattle. V ish.. May i. Arrived Steam. ers lllrhlyo Mam t.Tapanesel. from t'ma- flla: t olonel i- l.. oralce. from San Fran cisco: Admiral r.vans. rrnm Southwestern Alaska: Iiolphln. from Southeastern Alaska. S.Hed Steamers President, for San Diego; lumbold'. Alki. for Southeastern Alaska; olonel E. I.. Drake. W. S. Porter, for San Francisco. Kirkwall. Mav 1 Arrived Steamers Somm-rwlcan. from San Francisco. Manila. May i. Arrived steamer Nann Smith, from San ! rancisco. Hongkong. May i Arrived steamer ur-ioiie. from San r rancisco Pl.tliidelnhla. May i:. leared steamer SMr.ko Maru Sakai. for Japan via Nanalmo, B. C. Balboa. May Arrived Mntorshlp Su- cla. from Christlania for San Francisco. Marconi W ireless Reports. (All no it ton reported at ft . May 19, unirM otnrrwiMi untiinMiru.; Matron. a. San Francisco for Honolulu. 466 mi e from San- r rancisco. May jn. t'uxco. Honolulu lor Seattle. H04 miles from Cano Flatterv. May is. t oronado. a berrten for San e ranciaco, i miles -couth, of Point Arena. Adeline smith, san I- rancisco ror looi Bm v. f.". mile north of San Francisco. Heck, Monterey for I'ortland. mile norm or Monterey. icscmtte. San Francisco lor San 1'edro, -.U miles north of Point Sur. M Secundo. Point wells lor Kicnmona, 113 miles north of Richmond. Asuncion. Richmond for Ketchikan. 6 miles north of Richmond. Rose Citv. Sun Francisco for Portland, off Bo!eta Head. oiusa. (suavaniill for san Francisco. -yu mi leu south of San Francisco. Atlas. San Dirsn for Richmond. 176 miles irom Hicnmond. Speedwell. San Dleeo for San Pedro, cross ing out i-an Diego Bay. 1 1 race Dol'ar. San Pedro for Fan Fran cIhco. "T mil.'s t-st of Ssn Pedro. Moffftt. to win bar ire Richmond lor .Balboa. :;$7 miles south of llehtship. Lilian. Kl Kctruiulo for Vancouver. 100 miles north of Kl Sejrundo. emo. i , rays tiaroor lor san r rancisco. ni ies south of lilanco. w niamette. San i- r-incisco for Portland. -u mites north or Hiunts Reer. K rea k .v a t e r Kureka for I !ooa Ba x A mn-s north of Kureka. Uueen. Sail Fr.incisen f rr Koatt le off i a i.tosn. Iresident Sehttle frr San rninclwo rtH mites from Vi-t or! a. U S Porter. Mnnl.Tav In f- Pnlnt W oils i or fori tun i,uis, oxt miles from Point Wells. Kllburn. Portland for Coos Bav. 4f miles south of the Columbia River. Mills. Martinet for Portland, OO miles south of the Columbia River. .1. Is. l.uenenhach. New York for Taku. China, via Seattle. id, mile south of Flat tery. Vewteb Kntered Yeaterday. British Steamer Kinir M a Ion 1 m ha:ia from San Francisco. American steamer Shna Yak. rarrn of asphalt and oil, from San Francisco. Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer Shna. Yale !i.".o foot lumber, lor San Pedro. FORGER SENTENCED AGAIN K. A. Koinliie. Who Obtained S15.- OOO, Gets 3 to 20 Years. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 19. (Spe cial.) K. A. Komine. confessed forger of checks and money orders aggregat ing $13,000. and who waa arrested here Monday after he had secured $185 on three checks passed on merchants in this city, today was sentenced by Judge tiacK to serve from three to I'O years In the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. Though but 23 years of afire he admits serving; 44 months in thn Illinois tate Reformatory, a. term in the Reform School in this state, and he was only recently paroled from the Washington State Penitentiary, where he was sent on a forgery charge from Snohomish County for one to 20 years. NEWS WRITERS ARE HOSTS Candidates Itoccivc lOlectlon IIc tiim nt 1'rot.s Club. Open house for candidates, with clec. tion returns as a special attraction and music was held by the I'ortland Press Club last nltrht. A Rood sized trather Inif of candidates and their wives and friends enjoyed the affair. The scribes had promised in advance that all Instruments of torture which were used in the candidates' breakfast last Sunday would be put away for the occasion and the promise was kept. Only onco did they break over the traces and that was when a ballot was faked to show that Dan Powers, legis lative candidate, had received only two votes in the incomplete returns from 36 precincts. JUNIOR POLICE ELECT Pl;ms Are Laid for Guard Duty miring I-'et-itivuI Week. The Portland Junior Police, number ing 35 boys, will he on duty during the entire Kose Festival, according to plans of the organization made at Its meet ing last night at 232 Chamber of Com merce. Reports were also made that the float of the organization for the Festival is under way. The election of officers resulted in the naming of Klmer Peterson as chief. Other officers elected were: J. Wolf, first captain; T. Wood, first sergeant; C. Hoffman, second sergeant: F. H. Haas, ex-chief, head of the detective department. All boys who wish to become officers for carnival duty will hand in their applications before June 1. STANDARD PRODUCT IS AIM I-iOita ii berry Juice Makers to Confer Willi Chamber Itureau. Loganberry juice manufacturers and representatives of the manufacturers' and industries bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will meet with State Food and Dairy Commissioner J. L. Mickle at the Chamber on May 31 at 10 o'clock to consider the establishment under the rules of the Commission of a sys tem of standardization to protect Ore gon's output of commercial loganberry Juice. Co-operation of manufacturers, of the Chamber of Commerce and th- State Agricultural College will le soi.gl.t in walking out an effective syctuni. MR. MOHLER RESTS Union Pacific President to "Loaf and Fish." PRIDE IN WORK -IS FELT. Humors as to Suix-rssir Already Cur rent J. 1. I'arrcll, X. H. Loomis K. i:. Calvin. W. B. Scott and J. A. Monroe Mentioned. , OMAHA. May 19. Special.) Presi dent Mohler. of the Union Pacific sys tem, -who last niglit announced his com ing retirement from railroading to take effect July 1, will loaf and fish to his heart's content as soon as he is relieved. of his official duties. In an inter view today. President Mohler said: "1 am retiring; from my present man kiiUntc position because I think 1 wilt prolong my life by doing so. For 4S years I have been under a constant strain. You can have no idea what a. constant battle such an office neces sitates a battle with all sorts of leg islatures, boards, politicians, business organiza'.ions, organizations of em ployes. Ajce Just Realised. "I !! 67 years old. and I Just real ized it the other day. Kor the first time in my life I want to be a plain A-.r.erican citizen, not to be bothered with telephones and telegraphs at all hours of the day and night. I want to think cf something besides revenues and maintenance. "When July 1 comes along I shall go with Mrs. Mohler to the Atlantic seashcre, ret in'.o an old suit of clothes and try to forget telegraphs and tele phones and stenographers, and all this stuff. 1 want to lish and loaf mostly loaf. "I must get my outings right away, if I'm to get them at all. "I may decide to come back to Omaha and engage in business." he resumed, with a smile. "I don't know what business 1 would go into, but I might" Retirement Wholly Voluntary. "Your retirement is wholly volun tary?" he was asked point-blank. "Absolutely," was the quick response. "Why should it be anything else? Can you point to a more valuable railroad property than Union Pacific since I have been its president? Is there a better maintained line? Is there one that has made more improvements, more line extensions, or that has fur nished better service than Union Pa cific since I became president?" "I never was with a railroad except to build it up." he continued, with pride in his voice. "My history will prove that. Not one with which I have been connected has ever done anything but Improve and progress. "After I have left the Union Pacific as president I shall still hold some sort of 'an advisory position, which viill be detailed late--." Mr. Mohler said that he has abso lutely no advica as to his successor, and thai he could not even venture & guess. "Just say that I am going to take a long vacation one that I have earned that is all." Rumor. A. to Successor Rife. Rumors of a possible successor for President Mohler were rife throughout the railroad offices One of the first names mentioned was that of General Solicitor N. 11. Loom is. of the Union Pacific, with headquarters here. J. 1. Farrell. of Portland, president of the Oregon-Washington Railway &. Navigation Company, is another official prominently suggested as Mr. Mohler s successor. K. E. Calvin, vice-president of the Oregon Short Line, of which Mr. Mohler is president, is also named. W. B. Scott, president of the Sunset Central Lines, is also spoken of. While John A. Munroe, present vice president in charge of traffic of the Union Pacific, is spoken of. his friends do not believe he would accept. AIR MAIL RUN HELD UP ACTION DK1.AVKD OX CONTRACT FOR SKRVICK IN ALASKA. -Vet Savins; of . S3LA5S Annually anal Decrease In Time Required la Kiprrtrd to Result. WASHINGTON'. D. C. May 19. (Spe cial.) By wireless, the Postmaster General has instructed the postmaster at Iditarod. Alaska, to advise Earl L. By ers. of Iditarod. who suDmitted a bid for providing aeroplane service be tween Seward and Iditarod, that a de cision upon the bid is being delayed until a satisfactory bond is furnished. The department is informed that surety companies are willing to write such bonds. The Postmaster-General's telegram also asks what equipment Byers proposes to use and when the service could start if the contract were awarded. Desiring to give every encouragement to the development of the aeroplane as a carrier of mails, careful consideration has been given to the financial and service questions raised by the bid. Mr. Byers proposes to furnish aero plane service twice a week all tho year for 1000 pounds of mail per trip at a rate of 949.500 a year. There would be an estimated net savin? amounting to $34..jS a year and the mails from the United States to the Nome, Alaska, district would be ad vanced from 20 to 21 days. ENGINE COMPANY BANQUETS Old-Timers Attend Keception at Imperial Hotel. An event that recalled eaj-ly memo ries among many of the guests was the reception and banquet given in the Hotel Imperial for the Multnomah En gine Company Benevolent Association on Thursday night. Charles H. Dodd presided as toa&t master. Short addresses were given by Abe Stewart, the eldest volunteer; Russell Chamberlain, John Gottliardt and others. Judge Henry McGinn. Harry L. idle man and Rev. A. A. Morrison were among the speakers of the evening. l'.pwortli Convention Ojaens. SPRINGFIELD. Or.. May 19. (Spe cial.) The Kugene district of the iOp worth League opened its 13th annual convention here tonight with 10 dele gates in attendance. The picgianini: includes a number !' aodrese?. Thcv will be a picnic ii.pcr S:i l ;iri:-. ami .-t onvent.on sertv.on Sn:i!:ty tbc M. I son.