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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1919)
is TIIE MORNING OltEGOXIAX,' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1910. LIFE OF SEA BUREAU HEAD IS THREATENED German-Born Mariner Angry at Lieutenant Jones. PLACE ON SHIP DENIED American Legion to Act on Case of Paul F. Kleeman, Who Suggests "Taking Shot" at Superior.- : The life of Lieutenant Harold C Jones, in charge of the local branch of the sea service oureau of the shipping board, is threatened in a letter writ ten to Mayor Baker and the American Legion by Paul F. Kleeman. a grad uate of the government nautical school in Portland, who was denied a position as an officer on shipping board vessels because of alleged radi calism and pro-German tendencies. "I have attempted for over-a . year to get a hearing," Kleeman wrote under date of December 6, "and I have not succeeded. 1 am - convinced that if I take a shot at one of them (mean ing Lieutenant Jones and his assist ant, Carl Braun,) the case will come into court. 1 - am certain that an American jury will decide in my favor after hearing the details of th affair." Kleeman Declared Deserter. The matter is now in the hands of the law and order committee of the American Legion, and action is ex pected soon. , Kleeman first came to the notice of shipping board officials when, after finishing the course in the govern ment navigation school, he was as signed by Lieutenant Jones as a jun ior officer on the steamer Edgefield. After visiting the ship he refused to sail with her and complained of the food and quarters in the presence of a number of apprentices. He also re fused to sign off the ship's articles after being signed on, according to Lieutenant Jones, and was declared a deserter. t "Dangrrom Radical," Saya Jones. Kleeman called later at the office of the sea service bureau, and Lieu tenant Jones, because of the man's actions on the Edgefield, refused him a position. Since that time Kleeman has been writing letters to shipping board officials complaining of alleged mistreatment at the hands of the sea service bureau, culminating in his im plied threat to "take a ehot" at Jones . or his assistant. Kleeman, according to his applica tion for a position filed with the sea service bureau. Is German-born and a naturalized citizen of the United States. He maintains that he has been discriminated against unjustly, while Lieutenant Jones declares that Kleeman is a dangerous radical and not a fit man to command American boys at sea. HAWAIIAN STRIKE IMMINEXT Cabin Boy of Schooner Dauntless Tells of Island Conditions. ABERDEEN, 'Wash., Dec 10. (Spe cial.) C. C. Fernandez, a young Span iard, who came here from ' Honolulu on the schooner Dauntless as cabin boy, spoke Interestingly today .of the eruption of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, which so greatly terrified the island ers living in that vicinity.. Perhaps the most interesting part of his conversation, however, was the statement that time appeared ripe in Hawaii for a great strike of planta- tion laborers, due to low wages. Por tuguese laborers, he says, receive $24 a month and Japanese $20. They start work at 6 o'clock in the morning and work, with half an hour for lunch, until 6:30. The men are acquainted with the fact that sugar has been high in price and that the planters have made large sums of money. The Dauntless had an unusually long trip, being 27 days on the way from Honolulu. SOl'SD YARDS UNDER PROBE TJ. S. Attorney Investigates War time Ship Operations. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 10. Evi Oence of irregularities in war-time operation of Seattle shipyards is 1 ing sought by Bert Schlesinger, San Francisco attorney, recently appointed special assistant United States attor ney to investigate Pacific coast ship yard affairs. Mr. Schlesinger spent today investigating records of local yards. Data showing irregularities, if found, will be placed before the fed eral grand jury, Mr. Schlesinger as sorted. Special agents of the depart ment of justice are working with the prosecutor. STRIKE STATEMENTS DIFFER Employers Deal With Stevedores on Closed Shop Basis Only. SAN FRANCISCO, Cat. Dec 10. Conflicting statements In tegard to water-iront strike conditions were made by both the riggers and Steve dores" and the employers' unions here today following the formation of the longshoremen a assclation for the purpose of ending these conditions today and forming a new stevedores' union. The employers said formation of the association had recruited in several hundred stevedores returning to work today. Union officials said less than 100 returned. Captain C. W. Saunders, a member of the employers' organization, said that, contrary to printed r rorts. the employers will deal with stevedore organizations on a closed shop basis only, and that all future negotiations would be through the longshoremen's organization. Boat Service Curtailed. Beginning next Sunday the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation company will curtail its boat service to Astoria. The Harvest Queen will thereafter make only three round trips weekly. She will leave Port land Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at S P. M., and will leave Astoria Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 P. M., and will lay over-at Portland DELCO-UGHT 1 Thm complete Electric Light and Power Plant Lights the barn. Makes night work easy. Safe, economical, convenient. UOUKK.1. APHLIA.CS CO., Seattle U. A loaier, No. S t St. Portia ad Or. on. - Saturday of ' each week . An nouncement of this schedule was made at the office of Federal Man ager O'Brien yesterday afternoon. Movements of Vessels." PORTLAND, Or.. . Dec. 10. Sailed at P. M., steamer Johan Poulsen. for San Francisco via Westport.' ASTORIA, Or., Dec 10. Sailed at 10:30 A. M., steamer Rose City, for San Fran cisco.' ... SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10 Arrived at 6 last night, steamer Willamette, from Portland. ' ' SAN FRANCISCO, Dec-10". Arrived Steamer Effna, from Seattle. Sailed Steamers W. S. Porter, for Meadow Point; Daisy Freeman, for Ab erdeen ? Nanking, for Hongkong; Elizabeth, for Bandon; Krnest Meyer, for Portland. SEATTLE, Wash" Dec. 10. Arrived Steamers Admiral Evans, from Southeast- VETERAN STEWARD ' WILL BE BURIED TODAY. William, A. Hoist. Funeral services for William A. Hoist,' a popular member of the water-front fraternity, who died November S In the marine hospital at Norfolk, Va., will be held-at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the establishment of the Ed ward Holman company under the auspices of the Moose lodge. Mr. Hoist, who was 66 years of age, had been engaged as a steward for the past 35 years on river steamers In the Wil lamette and Columbia rivers and on offshore vessels plying from this port.- His death oc curred at the completion of a ' voyage from Portland to Eng land and back to the Atlantic coast as steward of the ship ping board steamer Ahala. - era Alaska; Gray, from British Columbia ports; Prince Rupert, from Prince Rut pert. B. C. Departed Northwesfern, for Southwest ern via Southeastern Alaska; Manham, for east, coast via Portland; Joan of Arc, for west coast via San Francisco; Eglantine, for New Tork; schooner Fubo Maru, for Yokohama. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 10. Arrived Steamer Jadden, from Seattle. Sailed Steamer Eglantine, for Norfolk. GRAYS HARBOR PLAN HIT PORT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN AGAINST BIG EXPENSE. W. J. P.eterson . Expresses Opposi tion to . Proposed Development Programme; Seattle Case Cited. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 10. (Spe. cial.) W. J. Patterson, chairman of the . Grays Harbor Port commission, today announced his opposition to any plan to spend a large sum of money on Grays harbor port im provement In the immediate future, and characterized as extravagant and unbuslness-like the adoption at this time of any comprehensive plan of port development not warranted by existing trade conditions and govern ment guarantees of co-operation. Mr. Patterson expressed his views at an informal talk before the Grays Harbor Realty board. The utterance is considered important in view of the proposed bond issue of $1,000,000, election to decide which probably will be called in February. Mr. Patterson also stated in the course of his talk that he would not be a candidate for re-election at the expiration of his term, and that should he find himself unable to work harmoniously with the other two, commissioners he would step down before the expiration of his term, one year hence. Mr. Patterson cited Seattle's ex perience with port work, and stated that the municipal port projects of that city had been a losing proposi tion until the war brought the re ceipts to where they were a paying investment. . Tides at Astoria Thursday. High. I Low. . 8:57 A. M 8.4 feet 10:05 A. M...3.0 feet 3:30 P. M 0.0 feet!10:34 P. M...0.1 foot - Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HF.AD, Dec. 10 Conditions at the bar at 5 P. M.: wind, east, four miles. The way to get an increase in pay is not to ask for it oftener, but to work harder to. make yourself worth It. Port Calendar. Offshore Vessels to Arrive. Name. From Date M&nham Seattle Dec. 12 ChaUamba. Sr. M S.Seattle Dec 20 Irene. Am. M. S San Francisco. Dec 20 West Aleta. Am. Str Puiet Sound.. Dec 21 West Harfd. Am. St.8tni?apore ....Jan. 1 Mont Cervln. Fr. St. . Marseilles ...Jan. 1 Coastwise teasels to Arrive. W. F. Herrin... .....Gaviota Dec r E H. Meyer. an Kranc.sco.D45c 13 wioima an r rancisco. Dec ia Klamath san Francisco. Dec 19 Tahoa Sn Vancisco.Dec 24 To Depart From This Port. City of Topeka. F. and way. Dec 11 Mavfair ....San Franclaco . r4 11 ilendora L'nlted Kingd.Dec.il Centaurus West Coast... Dec 32 Monuiut Orient .. Dec 23 Vessels la Port. Else, Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. Inman P.ouln mill. Inca. A. F. Thane Co.. Eastern A Western mllL Celtic C k- iucvorraicK. bl Helena. Slletx. Pacific Steamship company, dry dock. Mendora. Columbia-Pacific ShipDlna company. St. Helena Diablo, Pacific Steamship company, pa cific Marine Iron works. Falls of Clyde. Parrott A Co.. 8t. Johns terminal. Multnomah. C R. Mccormick, drydock. - Diana. Columbia-Pacific Shipping com pany, municipal dock No. 1. Montague, Pacific Steamship company. Clark-Wilson mill. Mayfair, Charles Nelson A Co.. Wauna. 1 Nlshinaha, Pacific Steamship company. North Bank dock, Brookwood. W. R. Grace & Co., Q.-W R. a Nodock. John 'Poulsen. Parr-McCormick, West- City of Topeka. Pacific Steamship com pany, municipal coca o. Captain A. F. Lucas, Standard OH com pany. WlUbrldge. Washtenaw. Union OK company. Will bridge.- - - V. - v-VV.. r. t 1 4 iwaMiiMtrxitmMMKiuniitmcm-ri FLOOD IS PROBABLE Basements on Front Street Held in Danger. SUDDEN RISE MAY COME Acting Harbormaster Advises AH to Obtain Lashings; Snow Curbs Shipping Activities. Conditions were never better, ac cording to Karl Prehn. acting harbor master, for a flood "that will reach the upper levels of the docks and fill the basements on Front street. He is sued a warning broadcast along the water front yesterday for all con cerned to obtain lashings and staad by for high wacer with a strong current. The higher the snow piles up before it starts to go, he said, the higher the river will rise when it also starts to go." Activities all along the water front yesterday were practically at a stand still and several steamship companies did not even open their offices. Front street had the general appearance of a deserted village in Siberia. m River .steamers that moved in the stream were coatea wiin ice ana a thin film was formed all along the banks of the river. The harbor pa trol boat, nosing into the slip at the St. Johns terminal, broke, her way through a solid coating that was cov ered with snow. It was stated by the wise men who remember when teams drawing loaded wagons were driven across the ice on the Willamette that a drop of only a few degrees more would create a thin coating on the river from bank to bank. Houseboats Are Weighted. Houseboats at the Willamette moor age, and elsewhere in the river were so loaded down with snow on the roofs and porches that the water in many cases was almost level with the floors. No sinkings were reported. however, and as all houseboat dwell ers were busy shoveling snow last night, it is believed that none will re sult. The only ship's cargo in the harbor that moved without apparent hin drance from the storm was the mo lasses in the tanks of the sailing ship rails of Clyde. Warmed by steam pipes both in the ship's tanks and in the reservoirs on the dock, the sticky cargo defied the ancient proverb con cerning its action in cold weather, and before noon the last of the ship's tanks was pumped dry. The Falls of Clyde is owned by the Associated Oil company -and will be towed to San Francisco by the Associated Oil tanker W. F. Herrln, which is due in port today from Gaviota.. An effort was made by the Colum- bia-.paciric Shipping company to load the steamers Centaurus and Diana. Two gangs were sent out to work on the Diana and one for the ""ntaurus, but work on both vessels stoDned early in the afternoon and little was accomplished. City of Topeka Loads. The coastwise liner City of Topeka of the Pacific Steamship company loaded as usual under the protection of the East Washington-street ter minal, and it is announcel by the company that she will sail on sched ule tonight. Work on the steam schooner Mult nomah In the Port of Portland dry dock was resumed yesterday and com pleted. The steel steamer Siletz will go on drydock tomorrow if nothing unexpected ueveiops. Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes. ASTORIA,' Or., Dec 10. (Special. 1 The steamer Kose city sailed at 11 :3u today lor-oan r rancisco witn freight and paasen g-ers from Portland and Astoria. The steamer was corn pell ed to anchor for sev eral hours while coming down the river last night on account of the snow storm. .Bringing a cargo of fuel oil. the tank steamer Washtenaw arrived at 3:30 this afternoon from California and proceeded 10 rornana. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Dec 10. (Special.) The. schooner Retriever Is walt- ng to sign . a mate before clearing for Aioiienao, Peru. The Retriever is ex pected to clear tomorrow. The steamer Raymond cleared at ! o'clock thlsNafternoon for San Francisco after loading at the Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle company mill. The steamers Svea and Gravs Harbor arriving here yesterday from San Fran cisco, are loading at the Grays Harbor Lumber & bhingle and Western xnilla. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec 10. (Soeclal.) w un her house and rigging sheathed In ice which formed on the vessel as she was battling with a heavy gale In the Strait of Georgia, the schooner Republic. Captain John lverson, arrived in Seattle this morn ing from the fishing banks off Yakutat. AiHHka. The Republic experienced favorable weather while on the banks and did not encounter the storm and severe tempera ture until she was homeward bound. The schooner was beset by terrific gales yes terday morning, but continued her voy age to Seattle while other small craft Bur ried to shelter. The Republic brough 85.000 pounds of halibut, a very large catch for this season of the year. She left Ketchikan for the Yakutat banks No vera ber 24. Captain C. W. Call, Puget sound and north Pacific pilot, was elected president of Washington association No. 12, N tlonal Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots of America, at the annual election of the organization, the result of which was made public today. Captain Call Is a former president of the association. He succeeds Captain George w. iteeney. Captain B. I. Joyce was elected first vice-president. Captain L. E. Smith sec ond vice-president: Captain O. Gates, chap lain; Captain H. Williams, secretary; Cap tain H. G. Harrington, treasurer, and Cap tain K. E. Mason, Captain T. S. Burley and Captain J. A. Flannigan, trustees. Captain G. W. Keeney, retiring president of the association, was elected delegate to the national convention, which will be held In Washington, D. C. and Captain C. W. Call, alternate. The new officers will be installed during the second week in January. The steamship Cordova, of the Alaska Steamship company, this afternoon was chartered by the Pan-American line to load general cargo In Seattle for ports on the west coast of South America. The char ter was arranged through the Thorndyke- Trenholme company, Incorporated, of Se ttle. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.) The steamer Cordova, of tha Alaska Steamship company's fleet, has been chartered to the Pan-American line to carry freight from Puget sound to west coast ports. bhe Is tne secona steamer of the Alaska Steamship company chartered to enter the west coast trace within the past few weeks. The first was the Skagway. which will take an ex clusive cargo of lumber. With a big shipment of oats and 150 horses and mules, the Dix sailed laat night for Manila. The Mexican route promises to be of more than ordinary importance In the commerce of Pacific coast points, accord ing to A. F. Haines, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Steamship company, who returned yesterday from a business trip to California and other Pa cific coast points served by steamers of the Admiral line Mr. Haines announces that when the steamer Senator sails from San Francisco on December 15. in addi tion to full cargo she will carry 100 passengers for - the several ports of call in Mexico. The movement of vessels to or from Puget sound has been the lightest during the past few days during many months. While there is a vast quantity of freight awaiting- movement there Is a shortage of bottoms. Shippers are making demand on the United States shipping board for ves sels, but there seem to be no craft available. TACOMA, Wash., Dec 10. (Specials The Jadden, the first of this week's list of vessels to come here to load flour, ar rived last night and will commence taking cargo tomorrow morning. The Jadden is the 69th vessel put out by the Skinner A Eddy corporation. She Is a 10,0O0-ton ship and Is commanded by Captain Frank Pur lngton. The Gaffney is expected here Fri day morning to commence loading flour. The Andes Maru. bound for Tacoma from the east coast, is reported as sailing from Balboa. , The vessel will take coal here before proceeding to Yokohama. The Africa Maru. of this line, from the orient, is expected about Dewmlwr 25. The expected storm due here last night did not materialise to the extent expected by steamboat men. The wind reached a velocity of 25 miles an hour. However, there is a very low barometer, which is holding shipmasters in. The Port Angeles; expected here from San Francisco, has not been reported to her agents here. A 65-mile rale is reported outside, which Is believed to be holding the vessel back. If the Intense cold continues, it was said on the waterfront today, that the Puy allup river near its entrance into the sound would be frozen over In 24 hours. The O. S. K. line reports that the ship ping board vessel Eastern Knight, which they have under charter, sailed for Tacoma on December 1 from the orient. The vessel will be turned back to the shipping board after she discharges here. Reports received by the Tacoma Ship building company from the crew of the mining Render Ambassador, built at this yard, says she arrived at Juneau in fine shape. The vessel was 11 days making tne run nortn, but stopped several days on account of a snow storm. SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 10. (Special.) Representatives from all of the Ameri can and foreign shipping concerns operat- ng vessels on tne Pacific to foreign ports will assemble here tomorrow to discuss Im- I portant traffic problems. Owing to the recent development of overseas trade, new traffic problems have come up that cwill have to be handled by adjusting bills of lading, and numerous changes will have I to be made to conform to new conditions, It Is announced. One of the problems that ay be considered seriously Is that of providing some method which will compel nippers to remove their merchandise from piers and bulkheads ranter. order to I make room for other freights. The hear- I ng promises to be one of the most Im portant ever held here. The officials who have gathered here Include E. J. Manlon, assistant manager of Dodwell St. Co. at Seattle, also representative of the Blue Funnel line; M. Naks.se, of the Nippon I X usen jvaians; jonn tr. uowiing. or UM. I well A Co.; F. H. Clendennlng. of the Can adian Pacific ocean service: H. L. Lalng. of Frank Waterhouse Co.; A. J Chal mers. James urlfrlths A Sons or Seattle; W. Wagner, of the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha; R. D. Plnneo, or tne Admiral Line: C. E. Daymude, secretary of the Pacific Coast Oriental Traffic bureau of Seattle, and representatives of all of the ateamshln concerns wiin neaa oiiices nere. With a large passenger list and S20.- 000,000 in gold and silver In her vaults. the China Mall liner Nanking, Captain Dobson, put to sea this afternoon in the face of the southwest storm on her way to Hongkong and orient ports. A heavy guard was on hand to see that there was no repretition of the disappearance of part of the Immense store of precious metal such as occurred aboard a Japanese liner bound from here to a Japanese port recently. The Nanking carried a full cargo ol miscellaneous merchandise. The shipping board steamer Bakersfleld. assigned to K. C. Evans & Sons for load ing from this port for Europe, arrived irom fcan rearo today In ballast and will go on the berth lmmedaltely. This vessel was built in the south. The steamer Effna went out on her offi cial trial trip today and made a good recora. The Pacific Mail Itcimahln Newnort Captain Holland, arrived today from Bal boa with passengers and freight. Assisted Dy ire strong winds from the south, the vessel came In a few hours earlier than was expected. J. S. Naval Radio Reports. COAXET. Portland for Yokohama. 332 mi. es ii uiu Anuria at o f. sa... uecenv Der 9. ROSE CITY. Portland for San Francisco 102 miles south of the Columbia river bar. SEUUNDO. Point Wells for Rich mond. 454 miies north of Richmond. ADMIRAL SCHLEY. Seattle for San rancisco. S0 miles from Seattle. BALL1ETA, Honolulu for San Francisco. 807 miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M., December 9. ENTERPRISE, Hilo for San Francisco. 746 miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M.t December 8. MOFFETT, San Francisco for Seattle. 475 miles south of Seattle. QUEEN, San Francisco for Seattle, 20 miles north of Cape Blanco. W. F.'HERRIN, Gaviota for Portland. 595 miles north of Gaviota. NORTHWESTERN, off Gabriola reef. northbound, at 6 P. M. LA BREA, 1450 miles from Port San Luis at 8 P. M.. December 9. W. S. PORTER. Port Costa for Meadow Point. 127 miles from Port Costa, CHANSLOR. Gaviota for Linnton, ' 383 miles north of Gaviota. CU R AC AO. Eureka for San Francisco, 140 miles north of San Francisco. WHITTIER. San Luis for Olejim. 103 miles from Oleum. OLEUM, San Luis for Portland, 663 miles from Astoria. FORESTER MAKES PLEA Colonel H. S. Graves Asks Exten sion of Federal Service. Assistant District Forester W. O. k e.u - Lake city, where he attended a na- tional conference of forestry heads in comnany with District forester A faotnrA -f tha Salt T .o Lr nnc' ro Kv rnl-.nml TT r'rnvos i k. enlargement of the programme of the service so as to include the conserva tion of timber on privately owned lands. Tike colonel maintained that tills extension is necessary because the forest lands now in public own ership are not sufficient to provide for the needs of the country. The fir'st weed, he said, is to make fire protection or iorests. including- cut- over lanag. a requirement, witn me states aiding; by the maintenance of a system of organized protection. LECTUKt UHANUciS MAUt Frederick L." Rawson Will Give Ad dresses Down Town. Because of the unfavorable weath er conditions, the meetings of Fred erick L. Rawson, eminent London scientist and metaphysician, have been changed from the municipal au dltorium. His first address will be given before the Progressive Busi ness Men's club at noon today. At 3 o'clock he will deliver his first ad dress open to the general public at the Multnomah hotel. tils general subject will be 'Life Understood" and he will speak at tne Multonman to- night at 8 o'clock and three times on both Friday and Saturday, at 12, 3 and 8 o'clock. Sunday he will speak three times in the Washington high school at East Twelfth and Stark streets. Mr. Rawson's assistant. W. N. Wes ton, is in the city, located at the Mult nomah hotel, where reservations also are held for Mr. Rawson and his party. Labor Conference Postponed. A conference between State Labor Commissioner C H. Oram, Wilfred F. Smith, former manager of tne red eral employment bureau in Portland, and Arthur W. Jones, manager of the municipal free employment bureau, in regard to the employment problem in Oregon, which was scheduled for yes terday, was not held. Trains were so delayed by weather conditions that Mr. Gram .was unable to reach Port-' land from Salem and Mr. Smith, ac cording to a telegram received yes- terday by Mrs. Smith, was snowbound on his way here from Bend. The con ference will be held today or as soon as Mr. Gram and Mr. Smith can reach the city. .PJione your want ads to the Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6095. PRICES OF MILLFEED ST LL ADVANCING Growing Scarcity of Millrun in This Market. STORMS INCREASE DEMAND Present Price of $44 at Mills May Xot Hold Lions Other Feeds Are Also Climbing:. The winter storm has further increased the demand for mill feed. Local mills for some time past have been unable to fill all their orders for mill run and their books are now burdened worse than ever with back orders. The price now rutins; at the mills Is $44 and the etreng-th of the market indicates that a higher quotation will be current In the near future. Other mill feeds are also advancinr. The wheat market was strong but quiet. as very little Is 'being offered by farmers. A premium of 60 cents on bluesstem. which is becoming a scarce article, was reported The coarse grains were firm and higher on the local board. One hundred tons of No. 3 eastern yellow corn were sold at SSI for December shipment, or $1 more than was bid on Tuesday. January corn was also $1 higher. Sacked oats bids wer. raised 50 and 75 cents and clipped oats 50 cents and II. For 88-pound clips. Spo kane bluing. December shipment, (58.50 was bid. Northwestern barley was un changed, but bids on eastern bulk barley were advanced 25 and 60 cents. The Chi cago barley market closed A and 1 cent hlsrher Regarding the Argentine situation. Broomhall cabled: "Weather continues fine and cutting has. been resumed. New crop supplies expected rather early in good volume. A good harvest is being pre. dieted. Undertone of the market la heavy. American Interests have been buying fair amounts of both near and distant dellv erica, but European buyers have been less active." Terminal receipts. In cars, were reported by the Merchants' Exchange as follows Wheat. Bar. Flour. Oats. Hay Portland Wed 14 10 4 2 Tear ago .... 18 17 120 '703 IS. 2116 1232 29 Season to date..48lo 838 531 SSI Year aao . . . . 5 1 U 1 1840 Tacoma Tues 2.1 Year ago .... 47 Season to date.ssn:1; 55 19 6 iii 43 116 112 1 875 428 630 74U I 24 728 160 xear ago . 3383 Seattle Tues . .IK 3 2 878 775 Year txo.... 24 Season to date .3291 xear ago ....85A5 POTATO PRICES HOLDING STEADY Basilicas In Country and City Is Checked tT Wintry Weather. Potatoes were steady, but vary little trading was done on account of the weath er. One car of Oresons arrived. Shln- menta Tuesday were four cars to Stockton and one each to San Francisco, Oaklajid, Eiugena and Corvallts, Market condition's at leading- shipping I Mint vnr win n. fniiA... Minneapolis. Very light wire Inquiry, demand light. movement slow, mar ket firm, little change in prices. Carloads, f. o. b., usual terms, few sales, white varie ties, partly graded. $2.90; Red River val ley. Moor head rate. Red River Ohios, field run, very few sales, $3. Idaho Falls, Ida. No hauling and no sales on account of weather. ureeiey, coio. no hauling on ac count of weather. Llt wire inquiry. No sales on account of weather. Waupaca, Wis. Some stock showing effects of late blight. Carloads, f. o. b.. usual terms. Moderate m-ire inquiry, de mand and movement moderate, market strong, prices higher, round whites, U. S. No. 1. mostly S3. Some consigned. Some present shipments are from previous sales. Warehouse cash to growers Practical!: no hauling. Too few sales to establish market. Buyers offering Round whites, bulk, at "Waupaca, mostly $2.60; at other Wisconsin points, 2 50 2.75. TRADING IN BUTTER IS LIMITED Receipts are Small and Deliveries Difficult. - Storage Kggs Active. The snow storm seriously hampered trading In the dairy produce market. Re celpta were light and handlers found It difficult to make deliveries except to down-town points. A limited amount of business In cube extras at 64 cents was re ported. Prints were unchanged. Frencn egg supplies nave oecome sra al and dealers did a larger business In stor- age. mostly ou cents. An a usance " I fresh ranch was talked of. Poultry and dressed meat arrivals were very small and cleaned up at unchanged I P"c' ' I rTOul street CIOICU ny in mo .iter noon. There was some demand from re not much could b dons in the way of maklnc deliveries. Receipts were light. Ilmnk. Cleartnajs. Bank clearings of tbe northwestern cities ware as Xoiiowe: I Seattle .juaemrs. balances. .(S.210.0U2 1762.466 I Tacomi I3I.4HU 17U.704 . 1. 843.333 636,851 Spokane . I foKTLAND MAKKET QUOTATIONS Grain. Flour, Feed. Etc. Merchants Exchange, noon session : Bid. Nferlil-lM 5820 5S.50 ee.so 70.04 o.so Standard fees .............. 6900 No. 3 blue ew.&O Corn No. 8 yellow 04.00 Eastern oats ana corn, duik: Oai 80-1 b. clipped 50.50 88-lb. clipped .............. 57.50 56.50 SB. 50 Corn No. 8 yellow 01.00 59.50 .Bariey- No. 2 08.23 09.00 WHEAT Government basis. 82.20 par bushel. FLO UK patents. sil.TO: Darters' bard wheat. (12.33: whole wheat. 810.T8; gra ham, $10.50; valley. $10.45. MILLFEED Mill run., f. o. b. mill, car- lota, ton lots, or mixea cars. 544 ton I rolled barley, S5; rolled oats. J 63. ground I oariey, . scmicii iwo, w CORN Whole. 175. cracked. 87T. HAY Buying prices, f. o. b. Portland: Alfalfa. (28: cheat. (18: clover. (2: oats and vetch. (28; valley timothy. 2o42. Dairy aad Cooatrr Vrodaea. BUTTER Cubes, extra, 64o pound; prime firsts, 63c; prints. parchment wrappers, box lots. 08c: cartons, OUc; halt boxes. He mora; lesa than half boxes, le more; butterfat. No. 1, 70 072c per pound. CHEBbE Tillamook, f. o. o. Tillamook: Triplets. 82c; Young Americas. 33c, long horns. 33e: Coos and Curry, f. a b. Myrtle Point: Triplets. 31c; Young Americaa, I Oregon ranch, candled, 74975c: selects. icuub jooDioi prices 10 retailers - 1 '"ci ""'"r 0;,S . POULTRY Hens. 25 30c: broilers. 23 O30c: ducks. 30o; geese. 25c; turkeys, live 35c; dressed, choice. 42c per pound. VEAL Fancy, 23c per pound. PORK Fancy. 21 V, 22c per pound. Fruits aad Vegetables. FRCITS Oranges. (4.50&S; lemons. (5.60 4.75 per box; grapefruit. (3.50fe8.5 box; bananas, 10 telle per sound; apples, 10 3.5O box; grapes, 12 H 015c pound, ca ubu. 4c per pound; pears, l2.25Sa.50 Der I pox; cranberries, (4.50i5.50 per box; (13.50 015.50 per barreL VEGETABLES Cabbage. 2ttrSo per pound; lettuce. (4.50&5.50 per crate; beets, (2.75 per sack; cucumbers. (2&2.50 doz; tomatoes. (2.50 per box; eggplant. 20c per pound: carrots. (LAO per sack; squash. 2z per pound: pumpkins. 2He per pound; celery. (7.5U per crate, pep pers, 200 per pound; horseradish. 15c per pound: garlic. 40O45o per pound, turnips. S2.7S' per sack. potatoes Oregon. iz.9oas.Z5 net sack: sweet. 4H&54c per pound. U.MU.Na Oregon. 4c per pound. Staple fiie siilea Local jobbing quotations: SUGAR Sack basis: Fralf or bam. (9.77; beet. 11.2T: golden C. S9.27; pow. dered. In barrels. (10.37; cubes, in barrels. (10 ez. NUTS walnuts. 8V40c: Brazil nuts. 80c; filberts. 33c: almonas. 87w38o; pea nuts. 1516c; chestnuts, 25e, sAliT nail ground, loos. SIT per ton: 60s. (18.76 per ton; dairy. (2L50W2S per ton. RICE Blue Rose, 14ttc per pound. BEANS White. (He: pink. 8t4c: lima. 17 H per pound; bayous, 8o; Mexicaa red. CurtS Roasted. In drums, 80050a.. FrovlsioM. Local Jobbing quotations: HAMS 10 to 14 pounds. 84c: skinned. 27 a 30c; picnic. 26c; cottage roll, 30c. LARD Tierce basis. 81c; compound. Se per pound. uki &a.i'x snort ciear oacits, 350310; plates. 24a uauua r ancy, eevauc; standard. 83 0 8AO. Hepa. WaoL Etc HOPS -1919 crop. S5c per pound; Syeat contracts, 60c, 40c, SOc MOHAIR Long staple. 40c; abort staple, 25 j 30c TALLOW No. 1 10O12O per pound. CASCARA BARK. New, llo per pound. WOOl- Eastern Oregon, fine. 35tt55c; medium. 400x50c; coarse. 3640c; valley, medium. 45 a 65c : coarse. 86 'a 40c. Felts. PELTS Dry long-wool pelts. 80932 per pound; dry medium wool pelts. 2S&280 per pound: dry shearing pelts, 50cfe'(l each: salt long-wool pelts. (J2.50 each; salt medium wool pelts. (1.50O2 each; salt shearing pelta. 5Qcfr(l each. Oils. LINSEED Oil. Raw. varrels. S2.06; raw, cases. S2.1B; boiled, barrels. (2.08; boiled, cases. (2.18 TURE.NT1SE Tanks. (1.91: cases. $2.01. COAL OIL. Iron barrels, 13HlSc; tank wagons. 13Sc: cases. 2431c OAbQLl.NE Iron barreia. 2Zo; taas wagon. iiVtC: cases. 34c SEATTLE LAW COSTLIER Bar Scale Committee to Submit New Fee List Today. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 10. Legal actions in Seattle are scheduled to follow the rlsingr cost line in the very near future. Wednesday the "scale committee" of the Seattle Bar asso elation will complete its new list of minimum fees and submit it for adoption to the association members. Increase in fees by bar associations of Spokane, Portland and San Francisco recently caused the Seattl attorneys to name the committee consider the upward revision of minimum fee list, Thomas M. Askren secretary of the association, an nounced. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Dec. X0. Maximum tern perature. IS degrees; minimum. 16 degrees. River readlnx at 8 A. M.. 2.5 feet; cbange In last 24 hours. 0 5 foot fall. Total ralnfa! (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.). 1.40 inches; tota rainfall slr.ee September 1. 1019. 14. CT inches; normal rainfall alnte September 1 14.40 Inches: deflolncv of rainfall since September I. 1U1M. CSS Inch. Sunrino. 7 :4a A. SI.; sunset. 4:26 P. M. Totil sur.snine December 10. none; possible sunshine. ! hours 44 minutes. Moonri.p. 8:40 P. M. moonset. 10:24 A. M. Barometer ie duced to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 2I.S2 Inches rieiatice numiaity at 3 A. M.. 3fl per cent t noon. u per cmt; at a r. M w per cent. Snow depth. 13. 7 inches. THE WEATHER. Wind CTATIOKS. Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicago Denver DeB Moines Euteka .... Galveston .. Helena .... Juneaut Kansas t?lty 8 40 0. 00!. .IS ICloudy 38 44:0.00!. .SB Cloudy 40! 560.S2i22IW Clear 321-1410. 00! . .INWjClear 21 4 0.oIio'sw Icioudy . . Bo;0.OO'24lSW C'ear -20' 210.00..iSE ,vt. cloudy 42 SS'0.421. .!SB tt.-iin ..I 480.00I14N lOlo&dy -181-10:0.06 lOiNWISnow l!"22'o.oo. .jsw Iciear 41 laio.ool. .SE IClear 481 A210.COI. .IPW IClear 36! 4210.121. JSE IRaln Los Angeles Aiearora Minneapolis -161 0 0.0OI12ISE ICloudy New Orleans . . 60'O.00 14IN Clear New York . . . North Head. N. Yakima. Phoenix ... Pocatello ... Portland . . . Roseburs Sacramento . 46 4Si0.74l30:NW'Clear 20 S8'0.20l. .IE Clear Snow Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain 6 16 0. R4I. .ISB 321 6Si0.0ll. .Iw 14 SA'O.OSiSK's 16 18:i.40;10!E 40 BOH. 141. .ISW 42! S20.SB 2O SE Rain St. Louis 0 1810.0Oll2iSE IClear Salt Lake. . .1. . .1 40!0.0O!10S ICloudy ran iieBo. ..1 441 ou w.vuiio a w iciear San Franco. 441 S4l .Oti'lStSW Seattle 181 ... 10.061 .. IN Sitka 14 2S'0.0O..IN Spokane 21 10'0. 18! . . NE Tacoma 16! 260.20I10INW Tatoosh Isl'd 24! 26I0.00'26IE Valdext 4'241O.0Ol. .JSE Walla Walla 6! 100. 72!.. (S Washington 42 42!1.50..N Winnipeg -24!-16;O.00. .18 Rain Snow Clear Snow Cloudy Clear Snow Snow Clear IClear tA. M. today, day. P. M. Report of preceding FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity probably snow flurries, continued cold; moderate winds, mostly northeasterly. Oregon Rain in the south portion, rain or snow In the northwest portion: con tlnued cold in the northwest portion, colder In the east portion; moderate winds, most' lv northeasterly. Washington Fair in the west portion. snow In the east portion; continued cold moderate northerly winds. Fifty years 'ago before Sir Joseph Lister founded antiseptic surgery surgical opera tions often were followed by gangrene and blood poisoning. Today such consequences are rare exceptions, and medical cience has so extended the idea of sickmss prrventitn that the great plagues of the past no longer ravage the world. Serums, vaccines, anti-toxins, sanitation all stand guard before the citadel of health. Now science has developed an effective agent against that general condition that underlies 90 of all hu man disease constipation. That effective agent is Nujol. Leading; medical authorities agree that pills, salts, castor oil, etc., simply force and weaken the system. Nujol softens the food waste, and encourages the in testinal muscles to act naturally, thus removing the cause of constipation and self-poisoning. Nujol helps Nature establish easy, thorough" bowel evacuation at regular intervals the healthiest habit in the world. Get a bottle from your druggist today. Fe- vliutiU khk MUt "Thirty Feet of Dsnjer" fr. writ. Nujol Lsboratuio. Standard Oil Ce. ( New Jersey.. SO Bruswsr. N. Y. dl lllllg jhivi.ii r." mi A"h". Jm w mtfirfnm mtatBoa. a us. pat. or. For Constipation , SICKNESS PREVENTION HATCHERY FEARS STORM CREWS WORK HARD TO KEEP PIPE I-IXES OPEX. Four Keet of Snow Covers Bonne ville Grounds; Eggs Begin Development Period. Salmon and trout esres. iust besrin- ning-. to develop at the state fish hatchery at Bonneville, are up against hard proposition during the storm and two crews of men are fighting to keep open the pipe lines and lat erals there. The hatchery is snowbound, and it was necessary yesterday to send 500 pounis of provisions and four camp cookstoves there by train to meet the situation. The entire crew worked 84 hours without rest, trying to clear ice from the main line from stopplns the branches and to prevent any from freezing entirely shut. -A relief corps of ten men was sent from the city on the train carrying food supplies. Four feet of snow covers the hatch ery grounds and in many places snow has drifted much deeper. R. E. Clan- ton, master fish warden, telephoned yesterday that the snow was coming down in such quantities that the workers could not see farther than three feet ahead of them. The Columbia highway is impass able, due to snow slides and deep drifts, and the only means of com munication with the place is by the uncertain train service. Other hatcheries in the state report bad snow conditions, but none is as serious as at Bonneville. "If the sit uation can be controlled there." said State Game Warden Shoemaker, "trout and salmon work will not be seriously handicapped this coming season. The storm came at an ex tremely inopportune time for us, as the eggs are at a stage when the water supply cannot be cut off from the troughs. Of course, the water is cold and this helps, as it can stand in one place longer than when warm. Our .main object now is to keep it agitated and enough in the troushs until the pipes can be opened again.' Obituary, in c.,,1,1 oneerresident of SALEM. Or., Dec. vv 1111am Bowen, pion Marion county, died here Monday. He was born in Monitor county. Mo., on August 4, 1844. and crossed the plains by ox team in 1S53. Since coming to Oregon Mr. Bowen resided almost continuously 'in the Waldo hills vicinity. He was a member of Willard Congregational church. Mr. Bowen is survived by his widow and four sons, C. E. Bowen of Dallas. A. Lfc Bowen arid C Bowen of Salem, and K K. j .Nr. R. A. Bowen of Great Falls. Mont rs. Jemima Taylor, widow, a na tive of Edinburgh, Scotland, and resi dent of Portland for 12 years, died Monday night at the Portland Sani tarium after an illness extending over several months. She was a sister of Mrs. W. G. Howafd of the Capitol bill district at Hillsdale, and is sur vived also by three brothers, David R. and R. C. Black of Duluth: Minn.; James Black of Grand Forks, N. E., and a sister living in Scotland. Fu neral services will be held at 2:30 P. M. tomorrow at the Holman under taking parlors. JUNCTION CITY. Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) The funeral of James Alexan der Boone, ex-councilman and civil war veteran, was held Monday in the Miller chapel. Rev. Boyd Moore offi ciating. . Interment was in the I. O. O. K. cemetery. Mr. Boo-e was 70 years of age and as a native of Calloway county, Missouri, where he resided until the war bioke out. ' In 1889 he moved to this city, where he had since resided. Surviving him are the widow of this cit , Samuel T. Boone. Detroit, Mich.; James Boone, Woodland, Cal., and a daughter, Mrs. E. M. Oliver Boone, Montgomery, Mo. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 10. (Special.) Mrs. Allie May Branstet ter, 34 years old, a resident of Al bany, Or., while on a visit here died Monday night at St. Joseph's hospital. She was a native of Mis souri and is survived by ber parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McMann, a daugh ter, Lena,, two brothers, Arthur Mc Mann and G. W. McMann, all of Al bany, Or.; a brother, Lionel McMann, of Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. Cook, of Bend, Or. The body was sent to Harrisburg, Or., for interment. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. BOBERTSON-McGOWAN George Rob ertson. 25. 248 Yamhill street, and Blanche McGowan. 24. 563 Rodney avenue. JENNINGS-MUNRO F. A. Jennlngsr" le gal, Conradine hotel, and Lottie Clarissa Munro. legal, 2S4 North Twentieth. VISKOV-McCOT Sam Viskov. 23. 754 Water street, and Thelma McCoy, 18, 322 Delay street. BESAW-PETERSON Charles B. Besaw. legal, 842 East Twenty-fifth street, and Selma A. Peterson. legal. Washington apartments. HOWARD-MILLER William Howard, B2, 422 H Morrison street, and Elmlra Miller. 422 M Morrison street. . Vancouver Marriage Licenses. LUCAS-De LILLES Charles F. Lucas. 24, of Oregon City, Or., and Lola De Lilies, 19. of Los Angeles, Cal. LAKE-GIF FORD C W. Lake. 4.1. of Today We Go Even Further ifii.Usr! WAS ATTACKED WHILE SHOPPING Mrs. Lesina Was Sent Home in Bad Condition. "Tanlac Is 'Wonderful," She Declares. "For ten years I was in such a ter rible condition I had to spend much, of my time ii. bed, but. thanks to Tan lac. 1 am now a well and happy wom an," was the statement made recently by Mrs. Eva Lesina, a well-known artist who resides at 11S1 East 29th street North. Portland, Oregon. "I would not take a thousand dollars for what Tanlac has done for me." she continued. "Following a general breakdown ten' years ago I had been very weak, and then I had an attack of grip that simply sapped nearly every bit of strength I had left- My stomach waa so upset that everything I ate seemed to ferment and the gas would press up against my heart and cause it to flut ter so bad I felt like it would fly out of my body. I had no .appetite, energy or ambition and was too weak to do my housework, and my 11-year-old daughter and my husband had to get along the best they could. Several times I got so sick downtown trying to do my shopping that they had to send me home in an ambulance. I be came so nervous that any little noise would make me Jump out of my chair and I could not sleep at night be cause my arms and limbs would Jerk and pain so. The only way I could get to sleep would be to walk the floor a while or take a big drink of water, -which seemed to quiet my nerves. And the dreams T had would be so vivid that I would be fright ened and nervous all the next day. "I had to give up my painting be cause I was too weak to even hold my brushes for more than two or three minutes at a time, and I was constipated all the time and had to take a laxative five or six times a week. "I had been reading about Tanlac, and I tried the medicine. With the second bottle I began to notice a de cided Improvement -in mv - rnnriitlnn Now. after taking eight bottles, I feel I perfectly splendid. My appetite is KOod and I never bave any bad after tF? eating I sleep sound as pounds and am so well I do all my housework now and paint, too, with out a bit of trouble. And I don't have those terrible nightmares any more. I was in my old home town of Roseburg, Oregon, recently, and my old doctor there asked me what was aking me so stout and well. I told him Tanlac. He just laughed and re plied: 'Well, I guess It won't hurt it yi "I think Tanla I Icine. and I rec ao Is a wonderful med commend it to all Un people in the neighborhood." Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl Drug Co. Adv. Portland, and Fay Glfford, S8, of Portland EVANS-VERNON Norman Evans. 2. Portland, and Geral?.ine Vernon. 22. -f Portlsnd. ANDERSON-MORTEN SEN Amy An derson, legal, of Portland, and Harriet Mortf nsn. "4. of Portland. TRAVELERS' GCIDE. jJteamotip "S. S. Topeka" Sails from Portland 9 P. De cember 11th, for Marshtleld. North Bend. Eureka and San Francisco, connecting with steamers to Loa Angeles and San Diego. Passenger and Freight Service to Mexico and Central America Frosa Baa Frmaclce "S. S. Senator" December IS, 1919. MiuUn Maaaa mills) Acapulco Salina Cru Csanperlcs Baa Jose de Guatea A ra jut la La Linloa Corlnte) TICKET OFFICE 101 THIRD ST. Mala 8281 Freight Office Main 8281 PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COM PANT OS I SAILINGS I DIRECT TO I Great Brilim-Continent 1 .-xrt t si, , 1 1 iw u nn . ' rival c f. it. train irom tne west Steamnhlp Kate To I forties ii lee. 13 Liverpool Pre tori an 16 c.laMgnes- Knin. f FrmBM Dee. 23 I.lvernool Mrilian , Iec. 2S tlav.-Xon Tunisian lec. ?9 Antwerp Scandinavian Xec. SI Liverpool Scotian Jan. 4 Antwerp TO JAPAN-CHINA-MANILA. Quirkettt Time Across the Pacific KOM VANCOUVER. It. C SteamHhip Data, km rRKss or japan. . l K-MPKKSS OF ASIA Dec 25 KMPKKSS OF KL8SIA..jMa. St MONTMGLK "eb. I K.MPKF.SS OF ASIA Feb. 19 EMPKKSS OF JAPAN. . .Feb. 24 F.MPKKSS OF Bl SSIA..Aprl. EMPKESS OF J APAN . Apr. 20 AU Infornvatloa from CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAM SERVICES Pbone Bdwy. M. fortluod. SAiN hRANCfcCO S. S. Rose City Depart 12 Noon THURSDAY, DEC. 18 From Ainsworth Dock Fare includes Berth and Meals. ' City Ticket Office, 3d and Washington Phone Slain 3530 Freight, Office, .Ainsworth Dock Phone Broadway 268 SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. LINES c.xmm N. V I 1 AUSTRALIA Honolulu. Suva, New Z-alantl. Tbf Palatial Pa ttte tiger rsteaiuen R. M. S. "M AdARA" K. M. S. M AKL'RA" 20,000 Tons 13,&Oo Tom ttail from Vancouver, 14. C. For fare and oat I In km apply Can. Par. Rail way'. 5- Third st Portland, or Canadian Australian Koyal Mail Lioc, 440 beinoar fet., Vancouver. 1. C. . i