TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1919.
TO NEGOTIATE BONOS
Terminal Contractor May Face
Loss of $17,000.
MISTAKE IN BID CHARGED
Failure to Submit Bond Thursday
Will Result in Call for
"cw Proposal.
Should r.obcrt Wakefield fail to in
duce liability concern to write a bond
lor him by Thursday noon in connec
tion with a bid of ;9.97i.30 he made
to the Commission of I'ublic Docks
for constructing a 3l0-foot addition to
the wharf of pier No. 1 and all of the
wharf of pier . 2. at the St. Johns
terminal, a certified check In the sum
of Ii;,0v0 may be declared forfeited.
At a meetinir of the commission
Thursday Mr. Wakefield reported he
was having difficulty obtaining a
bond, also making it known that in
calculating the different items of the
proposals he had overlooked the cost
of the bond, liability and fire insur
ance, amounting to about $14,000. The
commission allowed him until yester
day to obtain a bond and again, after
hearing of the efforts he -had made
and the attitude of bond representa
tives he hud negotiated with, allowed
blm until Thursday. It was said that
if Mr. Wakefield fails to comply with
the provisions of the proposals as to
the bond all bids must be rejected and
new tenders advertised for.
Bond Itefuned by Company.
The commission was informed yes
terday by Mr. Wakefield that an agent
he had taken up the bond matter with
said his principals refused to execute
the bond, but the agent had taken the
liberty of replying to them, urging
that the bond be given. One reason a
bond was refused, said Mr. Wakefield,
was because his bid on the. work at
the terminal was approximately 160
under the next lowest bidder an
the bond interests feared he would lose
money.
"All of the Insuranco companies are
alike. f.r if one says 'no' they all sa
no.'" lr. Wakefield told the com
mission.
It was decided by the commlssio
that if Mr. Wakefield could obtain
bond the fact he make a mistake In hi
bid figures would be considered whe
the contract was finished and a final
settlement made, but that any allow
ance for the mistake would not cx
ceed t It. .
t'lgarea Opes) im ( mm llon.
The contractor delivered to the com
mission documents showing how h
figured on the proposals. lie said,
however, that be was willing to pro
ceed ith the work without regard to
the $ll.i0 if the commission insisted
Nat McLougall. as secretary of A
ftuthri A: Co.. the bid of which was
-5. had signed a coimnunica
tion to the commission proposing to
undertake the contract at unit prices
mentioned in the tender or to do the
work for cost plus $3.,700 or for
portion of the difference between the
cost and the engineers estimate, bu
the commission ruled it was withou
1Kwer to consider any proposal should
the Wakefield bid be rejected, other
than try for new bids.
of San Francisco secretary. The busi
ness session will commence tomorrow
morning.
Among the important matters to
come up will be the fixing of a tenta
tive wage scale for ocean-going vessels,
advocating the discontinuance of the
issuing of provisional engineers li
censes to aliens for American vessels,
claiming this is discrimination against
Americans, and the advisability of dis
continuing the recruiting stations now
maintained by the shipping board.
GREAT BRITAIN" TO GET TIES
Vancouver to Ship Cargo of Rail
Material Across Ocean.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 14.
(Special. ) A cargo of ties, about IS, 000
feet, will be loaded on a steamer at
the dock of tne DuBois Lumber com
pany within the next two weeks. These
ties will go direct to Great Britain to
be used in reconstruction work.
About 6000 of the ties are already
cut and piled on the dock.
The shipment will be made by Balfour-Guthrie.
SHIPPING MEN TO CONFER
T
All
Interests of State Repre
sented by Workers.
ELECTION IS DISCUSSED
if.
If. EBEY ARRIVES IX SEAT
TLE FOR MEETINGS.
Operation of Shipping Board Ca
Hers to Be Placed Upon Prac
tical Basis Immediately. .
TIME BALL MOVE hlPPORTED
yy lcpartmont toll I Portland Will
Help Pay tol.
On assurance of the fort of Portland
roninusMon and Commission of Public
Pocks that they would bear a share
eiual with the navy department in the
rspenbe of inovinjjr the hydrographie
office time ball from the roof of the
custom house to a tower of the Harri
man bridee. a telfpram was sent to
Washington yesterday by Knslun Clb
botis. In charge of the hydros raphie
office here, detailing the offer of co
operation.
Knstcn Oibbons lias received the
sanction of the U.-W. K. & N. to hav-t?tR-
the time ball placed on the bridge.
Ksti mates of the work necessary tc
have an electric pear installed there,
so it may be operated from the cus
tom house, amount to about $1-00. In
its present position the ball cannot be
seen at noon by the marine contingent
while on one of t he bridge towers, tt
is belie vt d. it will be visible from all
of the deepwuter section as well as
from most points ashore.
S. ii. WILDER IX W IT II C OPRA
Vrcl Load Return Carso of Lum
ber Here.
Bringing a copra cargo from Haapal,
Tonga Islands, the barkentine S. G.
AVilder made the harbor early yester
day morning and anchored in the
stream, shifting at noon to a berth at
the Fifteenth-street terminal. The
copra, amounting to 646 tons, was pur
chased by the Kaola company and will
be transported to the la iter's plant at
tmce. The Wilder loads a lumber cargo
for the return to the Antipodes.
i'aptain W. G. Olson is master of the
essvl and he is a sou of Captain A
;sou. ho was master of the schooner
Kticorc when she was captured in the
Pacific In July. 1917. by the German
raidr Wolf, then on the way from
Portland for Sydney with a lumber
ca rico.
The barkentmo Kcho. from San
Francisco, reported Sunday and is at
the Ininau-Poulseii null, working, lum
ber for Australia.
TACOMVS l'EKKY IS M "CCES
Pormcr l ily of Vancouver Operated
Without Difficulty.
TACOMA. AVash. April 14. (Spe
cial. The ferry iiy of Tacoma. for
merly the I'ity of Vancouver, is mak
ing good on Iuget sound. 4'aptain
William Brad field, of the craft, re
ports success in operating the ferry on
the Tacoma-ilig Harbor run. It is de-Yt-loping
much outlying territory and
bringing much business to the city.
Steamboat men feared at first that the
ft rry would have trouble entering the
rarrow channel at low tide m hen mak
ing the Gig Harbor slip. Captain
Hradfleld has har.diej the ferry in a
TRinus 6-inch tide without trouble.
The t'tty of Tacoma was purchased
from Portland for M.0iH but was not
used as a ferry until a few weeks ago.
as tt as commandeered by the gov
ernment for use as a transport between
the city and shipyards before the mu
nicipal car line was put in operation.
EXGIXEERS MEET AT ASTORIA
EUing of Tentative Wajre Scale to
Come Before Convention.
ASTORIA. Or.. April 1 4 'Special.)
The fifteenth annual Pacific coast
conference of the Marine Knginers
beneficial association convened here
this afternoon with delegates present
from San KrancMO. Portland. Seattle
and Astoria. W. B. Jackling of Seattle
wa lecte4 chairman and Harry Rylatt
S BATTLE, Wash.. April 14. (Spe
cfal.) Com in ir to consult with steam
ship operators and managers, exporters,
Importers, lumber interests, the chambe
of commerce and commercial club and
other organizations fn an effort to place
the operation of shipping; board carriers
on a practical basts. JJ. H. Kbey. hea
of the board's department of operation
on the Pacific coast, arrived in Seattl
from San Francisco this morning.
"It is our aim to get things golntr o
the most practical basis," said Mr. Kbey.
We seek to conform to the established
customs in each trade route. We are
trying to ascertain where the ships can
best be operated.
"It is our purpose In all cases to work
in co-operation with such organisations
as the chamber of commerce and com
mercla! club, the lumbermen's assocla
tion, the sal man packers as a body
and so on down the line. To take up
Individual problems and troubles would
help but little, if it helped at all. The
heft and most practical way is to dea
with each interest as a whole, consult,'
Intr with the shipping men as a body
with the lumbermen as a body and
with each other's Interests as
body. -. In this way we will work to
obtain a practical basis for our oper
ations in connection with each interest
involved.
"The members of each interest or
trade can get together on their prob
lems and then the shipping board can
get together with them as a body. For
instance, there would be little use in
talking to one lumber mill man when
it is the whole industry that we should
deal with. 1 hope to get the operating
problems worked out satisfactorily, lin
ing the situation up by trades and
agreeing to what is customary and
risht."
FLAG IS TO ay
CAPTAIN" CONRADI ALSO TO
HAVE AMKKICAX EMBLEM.
West Munham Will Be Delivered
Tomorrow and May HaTC Cargo
Ik-low Deck April 2 6.
When Captain Conradi leaves the lat
fr part of the month with the steamer
West Munham. bound for lands across
the Pacific as far south as the Philip
pines, he will have an immense Ameri
can flat: to fly when entering other
ports, the emblem being; a gift from the
city, also a lonir pennant of white with
the name Portland standing forth in
dark lettering, the latter to be provided
by the Pacific Steamship company.
The West Munham probably will be
delivered tomorrow and if her stores
and oil go aboard on schedule it is cal
culated she will have her cargo below
deck about April 26. The matter of
ImvinR the steamer carry a special flag
from the city came up through a con
versation A. V. Zipf. traffic manager
of the line, had with Captain Conradi,
and the former spoke of it at the bt.
Johns terminal dedication Saturday,
whereupon Mayor Baker said:
"Just order the flag, one as large
as von thlnK snouia ue noo, ana
charce it to Portland."
Frank O'Connor. Portland agent for
the fleet, said yesterday tnat wnne
the Stars and Stripes came first, he
believed there should be a banner show
ing the hailing port of the ship. wher.
she was built, fitted out and dispatched,
so he was going to have a long streamer
made that Captain conradi win oe re
quested to fly on reaching foreign harbors.
The first American steamer from tne
North coast to be started across the
clfic. especially as she is the leader
of a permanent oriental service to con
nect the Portland gateway with the
far east, certainly should be sent away
in style, said Mr. o Connor.
WLST TOCilS MAY SAIL TODAY
r'ormcr 'nvjr Mati Joins Crew of
l'leigliier n Oiler.
One of the new steel ships that may
get away before night with Hour des-
ined for Kurope is the west logus.
which j-htfted yesterday from the ele-
aior dock to the Portland louring
Mills company's plant to finish. The
West Tacook Is to be taken over today
by the Pacific Steamship company and
ill begin on, her flour cargo Thurs
day.
One Portlander having heard of the
fame earned by Captain Iowling and
hief Knglneer Christenson when they
were aboard the West Arrow, a ship
urned out by Skinner & Eddy, on
which they made four voyages across
he Atlantic during the stirring days
f the war. Joined the ships company
esterday. 'being . P. McMahon. ror-
erlv attached to the navy intelligence
nd boarding office here. Mr. McMahon
planned to go to the orient on the West
Munham. but tne lure or tne sea eouia
ot be held off longer, so he signed on
the West Togus on learning there was
n oiler needed.
Windjammer Breaks Record.
SAN" FRANCISCO. April H. Break
ing all records for the sailing voyage
rom the Philippines the full-rigged
merican sailing vessel Moshula. Cap-
tin John Lancaster, arrived at this
port last night, 49 days out of Manila.
The usual time for the voyage with a
essel of this type is 80 or 90 days.
State Senator B. L. Eddy Chosen
General Chairman to Handle
Campaign in Oregon.
State-wide organization to work in
behalf of the reconstruction measures
which will be presented to the- voters
of the state at a special election to be
held on June 3 was made yesterday at
a meeting of the Oregon reconstruc
tion commission held in Mayor Baker'
office. State Senator B. L. Eddy was
named general chairman to handle the
entire campaign throughout the state.
1 ne personnel of the campaign com
mittee Includes representatives of
every clement and has been selected
from every part of the state to insure
an effectitve campaign in behalf
the measures which the legislature has
referred to the people for approval,
Mayor Baker announced that the city
would have a reconstruction pro
gramme to present to the people as
city measure and that he planned to
appoint a city committee to work in
behalf of tho proposed programme as
wen as work in the city for the Stat
measures.
The appointments made public yes
teraay include representatives of eac
county in the state, the State Edi
torial association, Oregon drainage die
inci, larmers union, state grange,
Oregon state chamber of commerce, re
turning soldiers, Oregon irrigation con
(tress. Oregon Federation of Women
Cluba and tho state Federation of
Labor.
The members of the. various com.
mlttees are as follows:
Admiral Sebree. Anchorage; J. A. Moffatt,
for Sau Francisco.
SHANGHAI. April 10. Arrived Steamer
Cadaretta (from Hongkong), etc.. for San
r rancisco.
YOKOHAMA. April 8. Arrived Steam
ers Archer, from San Francisco: Windber,
from Seattle. Sailed Steamer Malahat. for
mo Francisco.
KOBE. April 10. Airrvea Steamer
Mam, from San Francisco.
Idc
Chairman. Honorable B. I. Edd.
berg.
btate Federation of T.abor (Y R llArtwIe.
i-omana: r.. J. stack, Portland; E. E.
omitn. roriland: Oscar W. Horne. Tort
land: A. W. Iiitrence. Salem; Max UcGee.
r. j. Wallace. Astoria.
Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs Mrs.
n. cutner. Hood River: Mrs. Gcorce H.
-urrr. aic; .Mrs. Alocrt Hunter. La
Grande: Mr. W. r. McNarv. Prndleton
Mrs. Mary Logan. The lallea: Mra. Nora
Appletnn, Sraside; Mrs. F. A. Elliott. Sa-
iem: Mrs. . J. Pnllllps. North Bend; Mrs.
Minnie Washburn. Eugene; Mrs. William
Bell. Koseburg: Mrs. C. L- Schorrlln. Md.
ford: Mra. Collins Elklns. Prlnevlllc.
Oregon Irrigation congress Jiv H. fnton
Prlnevllle; r. u. Burdick. Redmond: C. G.
Brownwell. Umatilla; J. A. Hurley. Vale: P.
Caliagher. Ontario: A. A. Smith. Rakr:
E. P. Dodd. Heroilaton: Mr. Bradbury. Kla-
matn rails.
Oregon State chamber of commerce
Charier Hall. -Mamlifleld , H. S. Bramwell.
.runts Pass: H. G. Mnrtenson. Klamath
falls: A. O. Schmidt. Albany; George W.
Hyatt, Enterprise; Emery Olmstead. Port
land.
state Grange C. E. Spence. Oregon City:
Joe Hlrschberg. lndroendence : Charles L..
Albany; C. D. Herman. LaUrande
Harvey ts. Starkweather, Mllwaukle.
Farmers union J. D. Brown. Portland
W. W. Harrah. Pendleton.
Oregon Drainage congress Samuel R
Brown. Gervals.
State Editorial association C E. Brodle.
Oregon City: Bruce Dennis. LaGrande. C. E.
in gal is. corvallls: A. E. Voorhles, Grants
tas; tlnnn H. uratke. Astoria.
Returning soldiers Lieutenant-Colonel
George H. Kelly. Portland.
Counties Baker. William Pollman. Baker
City: Benton, A.J.Johnson. Corvallls: Clack'
amas. Dr. L. A. Morris, Oregon City; Clatsop,
A. w. Norblad. Anuria: Columbia. E. J.
BaMagh. St. Helens; Coos. E. L. Simpson,
North Bend: Crook, Mayor D. F. Stewart.
Prinevltle; Curry, Judge W. O. Wood, Gold
Beach; Dechutes. C. . Hudson. Bend; Doug
is. B. L. Eddy, Roseburg; Gilliam, M. D.
Shanks, Condon; Urant. Ottis Patterson.
Canyon City; Harney. William Hanley;
Bums; Hood River. E. O. Blanchor. Hood
River; Jackson. Mayor Gates, Medford: Jef
ferson, H. W. Gard. Madras; Josephine. B. E.
Blanchard. Grants Pass; Klamath. Fred
Fleet. Klamath Falls: Lake. Dr. B. Daty.
Lakevicw: Lane. F. E. Chambers. Eugene:
Inroln. B. F. Jones. Newport: Linn. Frank
Miller. Albany; Malheur. J. A. Hurley,
ale; Marion. Mr. Roth, Salem; Morrow,
. E. Woodson. Heppner; Polk, I. L. Paul
son. Kola. R. F. D. Salem; Sherman. A. M.
Wright. Moro; Tillamook, T. B. Handiey,
Tillamook: Umatilla, Roy Rittner.- Pendie-
on: 1'nlon, Walter N. Pierce. LaGrande:
Wallowa, S. L. Burnaugh, Enterprise: Wasco,
udge T. T. Rorick. The Dalles: Washlng-
W. G. Hare, Hlllsboro; Wheeler. James
tewart. Fossil, mall Corvallls; Yamhill, W.
Vinton. McMlnnville; Multnomah. H. Ifc
orbett. Portland: R. E. Williams. Port
land: S. C. Pier, Portland; F. W. Mulkey,
Portland.
SHIP N SURPRISED
i-i. I.
TACOMA ABTILLERYMEX CAR-
HIED ACROSS CHAXXEL.
Meeting of Old Friends in Europe
Daring War Among Pleasant
Incidents of Conflict.
2 A.
17 P.
Tidr mt Atori TurtMlmy.
M J . fei n ..O A. M 0 0 fret
M ft P. M - 7 feet
Gras Harbor to Vote on Bonds.
TACOMA. April 12. Grays Harbor
county tomorrow votes on a 9490.000
bond issue which, if carried, means
addt'd $"0."09 federal and state
id and $S54,tH0 in available taxes.
making a total o- $1,654,000. which will
immediately be used in highway con
duction, it is reported from Aber
deen,
TACOMA. Wash.. April 14. (Special.)
The war brought many surprise3, but
one Rreater than that which came to
Captain James C. Brennan of the Pa-
ific Steamship company, in South
hampton, last summer, when a number
f his old friends who were in the 63d
rtillery boarded the steamer Yale and
rode across the English channel with
im.
Captain Brennan was in command of
he Vale at the outoreak of the war.
The government commandeered the
hip and ordered it to Hampton roads
for refitting. At the western entrance
f the Panama canal Captain Brennan
lipped in ahead of six boats waiting
for the locks and made a record trip
hrough the ditch. Then he did not stop
for coal, but steamed directly to the
Virginia port. When he reached there
he reported to Washington, D. C, by
telephone.
"Why, you're supposed to be at the
western end of the canal," exclaimed
the surprised naval attache.
"Canal, hell." returned Captain Jim
my. "I'm at Hampton roads waiting
for a pilot and some coal."
Captain Brennan took the Tale
across the Atlantic and then went to
work transporting troops across the
channel to Havre. France.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, April 14. Arrived at mid
night, barkentine Echo, from San Francisco.
Arrived at 1 P. M.. barkentine 8. G. Wilder,
from Lifuka. Tone Island.
ASTORIA. April 14. Sailed at 11:30 last
night. Bteamer Provtdenct. for Santa Rosa
lia. Sailed at 11:30 A. M.. barge Cham. B.
Kennev. for Eureka. Arrived at 4 P. M.,
learner Willamette, from San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. Arrived at 7
A. L, steamer Dairy, from Columbia river.
TACOMA. April 14. Sailed Steamer Ad
miral Deey. for San Francisco. j
SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. Arrived
Steamers Bel lot. from Honolulu; Daisy, from
Astoria.
YOKOHAMA. April 7. Arrived Steamers
Saw a Maru. for Seattle via Victoria; Kirin
Mara, for Seattle.
SEATTLE. April 14. Arrived Steamers
Admiral Kuiffht, from southeastern Alaska;
tovernor. from Sun Diero; Victoria, from
Manila; Rainier. toenute, from ban r ran-
risco; Fred Baxter, from San Pedro. Sailed
Steamer Admiral, for ScbJay, San Dieco.
V. S. Xaval Radio Reports.
(All positions reported at S P. M. ye ter
aay aniens otherwise indtested.)
ADMIRAL. SCHLEY. Seattle for San
Francisco. 49 miles from Seattle.
TIG HERCULES, towlnr baree. Chas.
Kenney, Astoria for Eureka, 327 miles north
oi burfKa.
EL SEGUNDO, towfnr barge 93, San
Francisco for Portland. 1G8 miles south of
Columbia river lig-htshiD.
PROVIDENCIA. St. Helens for San Fran
Cipro, so miles north of San Francisco.
ERNEST H. MEYERS, St. Helens for
San Diego, 18 milesi north of San Fran
Cisco.
WAPAMA, San Francisco for Portland,
Jtt miles south of Cane Blanco.
WAHKEENA. San Francisco for Portland,
Jin miles north of San Francisco.
STANWOOD. San Francisco for Seattle,
3d4 miles north of San Francisco. -
WASHTENAW. Portland for Port San
laUis. dJa miles north of Port San Luis.
Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes.
ASTORIA, Or April 14. (Special.) The
Biea.rn scnooner rovidencia sailed a
o clock last night for Santa Rosalia. Mex.,
with lumber from Puget Sound, Grajs liar-
oor ana m. Helens.
The San Francisco tug Hercules sailed at
11:40 today for Eureka, towing th barge
. nu. a. ivenney iaaen with iumoer from
w est port.
The steam schooner Celilo shifted Sunday
irom roruana io st. Helens where she ii
to load lumber for California. She Is short
tne greater portion of her crew, the me:
being held in Portland to answer a charge
uooiiesRing.
The emergency fleet steamer Ash burn
shifted Sunday from Portland to L Helens
where she is to load ties for the Atlantic
coast.
Tho steam schooner Wahkeena arrived at
4 o'clock this afternoon from San Fran
Cisco en route to Portland.
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. April 14. (Spe
cial. rne scnooner Kesolute cleared yes
terday at 2 o'clock P. M. with lumber for
laiiao. .she loaded at the E. K. WooJ
mm. The Resolute is the first vessel to
carry lumber from this port to South Amer
ica lor many months.
The schooner Premier arrived at 2 o'clock
yestcraay rrom. Kan Francisco and is load
Ing lumber at Grays Harbor Commercial
mill at Cosmopolls. The lumber will be con
signed to Alaska canneries.
? he steamers Chehalis and San Jacinto
Cleared yesterday at 2 o'clock for Call
fomla ports, the former from the American
mill and the latter from the E. K. Wood
mill.
COOS BAY. Or.. April 14. Special.) The
steamship City of Topeka sailed for Astoria
and Portland last night at 8 o'clock, carry
ing a numoer or passengers from here.
The steam schooner Martha Buehner ar
rived from San Francisco this afternoon a
4:4.", bringing general freight for the cities
ot larshfield and North Bend.
TACOMA. Wash.. Anril 14. fSneclal.l
witn copra from Levuka the schooner Blak
ely Is expected to tow in here this evening.
The vessel was expected Sunday evening but
went into a down-sound port for orders.
ine fiaKeiy is under charter to the Amer
ican Trading company. This is tse second
schooner they have had here during the lasi
two weeks. The company has several others
on the way.
To load lumber here for Port Pirrle. the
barkentine Lahalna. Captain J. Arnesen, ar-
nvea nere Sunday atternoon. The vessel ii
taking her cargo from the St. Paul A Ta
coma Lumber company and Pucet Sound
lumher mills.
Tho steamer Wantzu was libeled for $10.-
in the federal court today by Fred Qil
breath, longshoreman of Hoqulam. who al
leges that through negligence of the ship s
officers he had his leg crushed while ban
dllng lumber on the vessel recently.
The Tacoma Longshoremen s union, local
83A, of the International Longshoremen's as
sociation. Is desirous of having known the
conditions pertaining to its work and the
plan, emanating from Seattle to establish an
employment office here. Port Commissioner
Edward Kloss points out that in Tacoma the
waterfront now has a peaceful condition and
the prospects for the successful port elec
tion will be hindered If the new of ice entered
he field. Tacoma longshoremen point out
that they refused to walk out In sympathy
when the general strike was called by ship-
ards crafts.
A communication from the port of Seat
tle, asking that Tacoma loin with Seattle,
Everett and other Puget Sound ports in a
joint com p lain tn in intervention in the ap
plication of the city of Portland with the
interstate commerce commission for lower
freight rates from the Inland empire to
Portland and Astoria, was read before the
cLtv council today.
The communication states that should
Portland succeed in getting lower freight
rates from the inland empire, which Is the
great farming and fruit-raising district in
Washington, nearly all of the grain and
fruits would be sent to that city and Astoria
as a marketing place instead of Puget Sound
ports as it now is.
The matter was referred to tne city at
torney.
of
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 14. That the
Emergency Fleet corporation expects soon
to have no fewer than 35 wooden hulls laid
p at its mooring In Lake Lnion was dis-
iosed this morning when Captain W. A.
Ma gee, north Pacific district manager of
he fleet corporation, began arrangements
for Increased protection for the vessels at
he moorage. Jt is understood tnat tne
ooden carriers built in Oregon will be laid
up In Youngs bay below Astoria.
Fifteen fishing vessels, bringing a total
83,700 pounds of halibut, sable risn and
mixed cod, arrived in Seattle during the
first ten days of April, selling their catches
the Seattle halibut exchange. The
catches consisted of 240,000 pounds of hali
but, 32,700 pounfls of mixed cod and 11,000
pounds of sable fish.
Captain I. N. Hibberd, supervisor-general
of the sea training bureau of the United
States shipping board. Is expected in Seattle
tomorrow on an Inspection trip and win
spend considerable time at the merchant
marine training station in West Seattle.
Completing a voyage from Seattle to
China, Japan, the Philippines and Hawaii,
he Alaska Steamship company s liner Vic
toria. Captain Julius Johansen, steamed
into the harbor this .afternoon, bringing a
cargo of 5000 tons of hemp and 100
passengers.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. (Special.)
Thirty young men who have just returned
from their first voyage on a sailing ship,
hastened asohe from the full-rigged ship
oshulu today and reported to their vari
ous homes that they were proud to be asso
ciated with the new merchant marine. The
pprcntices. who are now designated as or-
nary seamen, include t nelsons ot a num
ber of well-known men in the shipping
world.
The American ship Chllllcothe, Captain
Donovan, which came from Manila as far
as the lightship three days ago, is still out
side, and if the wind does not- shift toward
the southward, she may remain there for
several days longer. Captain Cousins of the
Pacific Steamship company's steamer Presi
dent, enroute from this port for the south,
today sent in a wireless reporting the sail
ing ship about six miles southwest from
Pigeon Point. One of the local tugs was
again sent out to find the craft.
Carl A. Nelson, formerly ensign in the
censor's office of the navy department, has
organized the tlelegraph-cable traffic bu
reau, for the purpose of assisting the local 1
shipping firms, exporters and importers and
other business concerns to solve their cable
radio problems. At present the cables and
radio plants of both the Atlantic and Pacific
are laboring under the greatest strain in
history. There Is a delay ,on the Pacific
cable here of eight days outgoing and five
days incoming from Guam. There Is an
equally long delay over the British cable at
Bamfleld. It is now not possible to secure
corrections on account of mutilated code
words. Nelson hopes to correct many of
these delays and if he succeeds the service
will be of much benefit to coast shippers.
TRUCK
BARGAIN
WEEK!
Means bargains for the man in need of a truck
values that will tickle his shrewdness. Almost any kind
and size of a truck, at almost any price and on very
liberal terms.
It's just because we have got too many used trucks in
stock and are determined to clear them out. Costs have
been forgotten and prices fixed to make certain of quick
sales. Some of the trucks to be offered are:
1 Republic
-Ton
1 Federal
1-Ton
1 Studebaker
Panel Body
3 Overland Deliveries
Panel Bodies
2 Reo Model J
2-Ton
1 Indiana 3-Ton
Hydraulic Dump
Several others of various makes and sizes to choose
from. Competent salesmen to attend to you promptly.
No misrepresentation arid a demonstration of any truck
on request.
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
Alder at Eigthteenth
'JWEMEUT TO HAVE TEST
CITY AXI) CONTRACTORS JOIX IX
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Plan to Tc.t Durability of ITard-
Surface Laid by City Sug
gested by Mr. Barbur.
The improvement of East Seventeenth
and East Ninety-second streets by the
county, through an award of contracts
to the city of Portland and to private
contractors, will provide a test of the
urability of hard-surface pavements
laid by the city paving plant.
On both streets tho city will lay a
portion of the hard surface and the
remainder of the improvement will be
handled by private contractors. This
arrangement was made by the county
commissioners at the suggestion of Cityj
Commissioner Barbur, who says that
he is anxious to prove that the city
can lay tho same grade of hard sur
face pavement as the private companies
lay at a much higher price. k
With the municipal pavement lam
on a portion of a street on which pri
vate companies have a pavement, Mr.
Barbur declares there can be no mis
take in the deductions which can be
made after the pavement has submit
ted to -wear, as both stretches of nave
ment will get the same amount ot traf
fic.
The city is not anxious to break into
tho hard surface pavement business.
according to Commissioner Barbur, ex
cept when its own interests are con-.
cerned and with the city of Portland
oavine approximately 94 cents on every
dollar collected in taxes in Alultnoman
county, Commissioner Barbur is anx
ious to see the hard surface roadways
of the county laid as cheaply as is pos
sible with good quality considered.
Marine Notes.
- Tn a telegram to the commission of pub
llc docks. Storey, Palmer, Thorn dyke A
Uod ge, eastern bon d attorneys, conveyed
their derision vesterday that the issue of
$1,250,000 of harbor development bonds to
bo offered lor sale -May x was iegai in every
detail to date.
With .'0 tons of miscellaneous freight for
Waidoort and -5 tons of the same cargo
for Newport the gasoline schooner Roamer
was cleared yesterday, inward she Drought
lumber for Slleli Bay.
To sruard against accidents the commli-
sion of public docks has decided to carry
explosion insurance on traveling cranes used, Michaelsi
on the docks, not naving in mina tne ret-
covery for property destroyed as mucn as
the members feel the inspection ot Doners
of such equipment, as provided for In the
policies, is a safeguard.
The steamer Daisy Mathews worked at
Couch-street dock yesterday, discharging 7-"0
tons of general cargo from San Francisco.
The shipments were transported In the Parr
McCormRk service and another ship is due
todav, the Willamette, aboard which there
are 7f0 tons of freight. The Wapama Is on
the way from Golden Gate and should ar
rive in the river tomorrow.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marriage Licenses.
TUCKER-HUBBARD Robert L. Tucker,
6.) 10 Foster road, and Miriam Hubbard.
18. 3S9 Dover street. a
DARDANO-PORCELLO Francisco Dar-
dano, 26, 13S Idaho street, and Lpucia Por-
llo. 0. l.i Idaho street.
PATTERSON-SHAMBURG J. B. Patter
son, legal. AfarysviNe, Cal., and Matilda
Schamburg. legal. 245 East Broadway.
zAK. H UL l -utKlCK waiter j . Arnhoit.
legal, 2077 Thompson street, and Emma J.
Derlck, legal, 09 East Fifty-eighth street
North.
SHIVES-RUETER Alexander C. Shlves.
legal. Timber, Or., and Emma Rueter, legal,
No ast Taylor street.
LEWIS-CAMPBELL John V , Lewis. 6'J,
572 Sixth street, and Flora Campbell, 6,
S70 East Ash street.
DAVIS-WHITE Andy p. Davis, legal, of
Marshfield, Or., and Mabel ii. White, legal.
Hotel Carlton.
PERRY-LEMBCKE Clyde H. Perry. 26.
4924 Sixty-sixth street Southeast, and Em
ma Lembcke, 23, 701 Washington street.
McKEY-JOT Walter Scott McKey, 23,
ancouver, n ash., and Dorotny Anna Joy,
Waseue apartments.
TAVLOR-FOS9 Joseph H. Taylor, 26,
5310 Thirty-ninth avenue Southeast, and
Mary Foss, 20, 683 Beech street North.
ARMoTROMii-UA i rUKU Timothy Arm
strong, 3.1, 110 East Eighteenth street
ortn, and siditn iv. cayioru, -a, os Lnion
enue North.
ROSEN-ARNO Tsadore Rosen, 39, 932
East Fourteen th street North, and Teresa
C. Arno, 30. same adttress.
BROCK-NACKER William H. B-OcK,
legal, of Crescent, Or., and Kate . N acker,
legal, Seward hotel.
ALAKcSH-mcajn i r Lorinr Aiarsn. le
gal, of Burns Lake, B. C. and Nora A.
Mclntyre. legal, 272 Mill street.
tiRAMEs-iiKA.Mc.cs Levi jyi. frames, le
gal, imperial note., ana ' Virginia Ann
Grames, legal, same address.
Vanconver Marriage Licenses.
HANGER-PHILLIPS Reid Hanger, 21. of
Corvallis, Or and Edna Phillips, 18. of Port- i
land.
" A ULT -DUFF I ELD William R. Ault. 30,
of Portland, and lna Duiueid. ot fort- .
land.
STONE-KERN Frank L. Stone. 26. of
Multnomah. Or., and Alma D. Kern, 21, of j
Clarke County, wash.
CUE-STEWART Henry Cue, legal, of The
Dal les. Or., and Grace Stewart, legal, of
Portland.
GALLANTINE-DOERING Robert Gallen
tlne. 22, of Husum, Or., and Florence Doer
ing. IS. of Portland.
DALE-WELLS Edward E. Dale, 42. of
Portland, and Anna S. Wells, 37. of Port
land. SMITH-MARCHTEL Albert E. Smith. 3u,
of Portland, and Echo Marciel, 24, of Port
land. BIRDS ALL-BREWER W. S. Birdsall. 24.
Washougal. Wash., and lona Brewer, 23. of
Silverton. Or.
HAMMER-PLANK Dean T. X. Hammer.
IS, of Hillsboro, Or., and Edna Irene Plank,
IS. of Hillsboro. Or.
MlCHAriLS-wuhj ri i jnarne r-ow
19, of Vancouver, wasn., ana
Thelma R. Worthy, 19. of Vancouver, wasn.
BRADLEY-SULLIVAN Josepn J. firaa
ley, 25. of Portland, and Delia Sullivan. 20,
of Portland.
RANSDELL-JORDAN Fred L. Ransdell.
29, of Portland, and Kathryn Jordan, 26,
of Port'and.
WILLIAMSON-LIVINGSTON Martin Will
iamson, legal, of Vancouver. Wrash.. and
Cam Livingston. legal. of Vancouver,
Wash. A
YOUNG-DUN WOODT Horace Eaton
Toung. 4, of Hood River, Or., and Frankie
Beii Dunwnody. 23. of Portland.
FLEillNG-iUcDONAlOJArcllie B. Flem
ing. 37, of Portland, and Maudo A. Mc
Donald. 2-'t, of Portland.
MARTI N-BRISTON John C. Martin, le
gal, of Vancouver. Wash., and Anna M.
Briston. lpal, of Vancouver. Wa?h,
DAVIS-RILEY Carl A. Davis. 2. of For
est Grove, Or., and N. Fa ye Riley, 20, of
Forest Grove Or.
WAKIMOTO-GONZALES Taichl Waki
moto, SO, of Stockton. Cal., and Thcressa
Gonzales, 27. of Stockton, Cal.
PETERSON-HOPKINS Lewis C Peter
son. 43. of Portland, and Jane Hopkins, 40.
of Portland.
McCLELLAND-TABER T. B. McCIel
Portland. land, 39. of Portland, and Hila Taber, 32, of
BERRY-BRAN HAM Gilbert Berry. 21, of
Portland, and Nettie M. Bran ham, 22, of
i-ortiana.
SOUTHWICK-PERRY Eugene W. South
wick. 21. of Salem, Or., and Marie Perry.
IS. of Salem, Or.
Births.
MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Miller,
633 Insley avenue, April 3, a daughter.
HE ACOCK To Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Hea
cock. 1102 Woodward avenue, April 7. a
daughter.
DENNY To Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Denny, 719
East Twenty-second. April S. a ton.
SWAIN To Mr. and -Mrs. H. Swain, Yam
hill, Or., March 31. a daughter.
BRADNACK To Mr. and Mrs. William
Bradnack. 5704 Fifty-eighth avenue, April 1,
a daughter.
CON To Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Cox. 527
East Twenty-seventh. April 2. a son.
WAKER To Mr. and Mrs. A. Waker, 302
Ivy. April 4, a son.
FLY N N To Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fl y n n .
2141 East Washington, April 6. a daughter.
PUTNAM To Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Putnam.
315 North Twenty-second. April 5. a son.
WANN To Mr. and Mrs. 12. F. Wann,
Camas. Wash., April 9, a snn,
HANCOCK To Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Han
cock, 0215 Eighty-fourth, April 0, a daugh
ter.
SPEOL To Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Speol, 100
East Fifty-first, April 2, a son.
BLACK To Mr. and Mrs. E. Black. 7
East Seventy-fifth, April 11, a daughter.
ELLIS To Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ellis,
Lakpgrove, Or.. April 9, a son.
EDWARDS To Mr. and Mra. F. J. Ed
wards. 97 Morris. April 9, a son.
LABENC To Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Labcnc.
62 Cook avenue. April S. a son.
ROWLEY To Mr. and Mrs. S. Rowley,
671S Eighty-ninth. Apnl 7. a son.
deficiency of rainfall since September 3, 191.
1.0ft Inches. Sunrise, 6:26 A. M. ; sunset,
7:36 P. M. Total sunshine April 14, 9 hours
48 minutes: possible sunshine, 13 hours 30
minutes. Moonrise, 7:45 p. M. ; moonset.
5:53 A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level
at 5 P. M., 30.2S inches. Relative humidity
at noon, til per cent.
THE WEATHER.
GTAT7.0X&
Wind
Moonshiners Fined $200 Eatrli.
CHEHALIS, Wash., April 14. (Spe
cial.) Fines of $200 and costs each
were assessed today against Con ley
Blankenship and J. S. Riser, two Riffe
students captured Friday while op
erating a moonshine still. Both plead
guilty before Justice Prewitt.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, April 14. Maximum temper
ature, &H degrees; minimum, 3S degrees.
River reading at S A. M,. 9.5 feet: change in
last 24 hours. 0.8 foot fall. Total rainfall
(5 P. M. to 5 P. M.), 0.03 Inch; normal rain
fall since September 1, 191S, 3S.2." inches;
Baker
Boise
Boston
Calgary . . . .
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines.
Eureka ....
Galveston . .
Helena
Juneaut
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Madshfield .
Medford
M inneapo'.is . .
New Orleans. .
New York. . . .
North Head . . .
North Yakima
Phoenix i
Pocatello
Portland
Roseburg
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake
San Diego. ... I .
San V ranosco.
Seattle
Sitka !
Spokane I
Tacoma !
Tatoosh Island!
ValriezT
. .1 26i r,ftin.fl0..lSU jClear
, .1 21 48 0.0 ..W Clear
..1 40J. . . io.ooI . J. . ..(
!22 44 o.oomwwicioudy
:' r0 ,0.71S ,NE Rain
42! ri4 0.0O.40 N Cloudy
4J 4S 0.42 12!E Rain
. as; ;.i;o.oo;. .IN Cloudy
t'.iil 7i! n.ooiioiSB Cloudy
,. 32! 4S 0.00114! W Pt. cloudy
.. ;;4 "o o.li. Jhb Cloudy
. rS 6S0.0014W Cloudy
.) !4 7i 0.001 . .SW ICIear
ao o.oo! . . lis w ii iear
..( OtiiO.OO!. .INWjClear
421 44 0.02'2S NE ITtain
fii MIO.OO'IO S ICIear
40 00.0n!14:NWC'ear
40' r.O O.OOiltJlNWIClear
2S 80 0.0OI. J W Clear
f.4i Ktt o oo'. .ISW ('Iear
...I 321 400.12,10 sV iPt. cloudy
...i 4fi r.vio.oi . .IN WMMear
... Hrtt 2'O.O0t,.IW Clear
42 S O.wO IOlNW Clear
S2 0.01 22'SW IPt. cloudy
400. 0(1; lOINWtClear
7IO.O0110!NWlClear
70 0.00' . .W ICIou.ly
40j HSIO. lS12lNW)Clear
. . .r4 O.OO I. .1 Rain
.".( 50 o.ooiI4 svy li'ioudy
3S ."2'0.0O. .IN ji'lear
40! .VJiO.Olt. . NWIClear
l0ir.00.00! . . . ...ICIear
Walla Walla. .1 42 .".0 0.00. .V iClcar
Washington .-I 4 2:0. 00! . . SW (Cloudy
Winn Ine I 301 54 0 . 00! 1 0 E Clear
tA. M.
day.
today. i4. M. report of preceding
, FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; gentle varia
ble winds.
Oregon Fair except possibly rain south
west portion; gentle variable winds.
Washington Fair; gentle variable winds.
Idaho Fair.
EDWARD L. WELLS. Meteorologist.
Columbia Hirer Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. April 14. Condition
the bar at 5 P. M.
west. 11 mils.
Sea, smooth; wind, north-
ELECTRIC STEEL FOUNDRY
stilf AND MACHINERY STEEL CASTINGS
QUALITY. TWENTY-FOURTH AND YORK STREETS. SEJIVICK.
Phone, Marshall 32S. Home A 1428. Portland. Oregon.
STEEL
STRUCTURAL SHAPE!, .
PLATES.
BARS,
RIVETS, BOLT
UPSET RODS.
FABRICATED MATERIAL
FOR
BRIDGES, BUILDINGS.
TANKS. TOWERS,
SHIPS.
NOKTHWEST BRIDGE & 1R0.N
COMPANY
PORTLAND. OR.
P. O. Box 9SH. Phone Main 1103.
Specialty Foundry &
Machine Works
Iron and Brass Castings
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Moulding Machines Used
Special Ratea on Small Work.
eventh and Belmont.
Portland. Or.
Neustadter Bros.
- Manufacturer of
"Boss of the Road"
Overalls
STANDARD SHIRTS,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
ALBINA ENGINE &
MACHINE WORKS
INC
iVm. Corntoot, President.
STEEL SHIPBUILDERS
Plant and General Office. Portland,
Oregobw '
EAST SIDE MILL &
LUMBER CO.
Lumber Manufacturers
Foot of Spokane Avenue,
Portland, Oregon