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22 TUE-MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 SOUTH FIG STATION TO MOVE Henry Building Quarters toBe "Red Car" Depot. LEASE FOR ONE YEAR Permanent Location to Be Strut:- ture Now Occupied by Lyric. Theater. The Fourth-street depot of the Southern Pacific electric system will be transferred to 87 Fourth street, the Henry building. March 1. where for about a year it will occupy the quar ters now used by the Lawyers Title & Trust company. It Is understood that before the expiration of one year the depot will be located in the Rosenblatt property at the southwest corner of Stark and Fourth Streets, now the Lyric theater. The arrange ment for temporary quarters In the Henry building was made yesterday and pending the remodeling or build ing of a new depot, this will be the center of travel over the electric line that runs the red-car trains to the west side lines of the railroad. The Lawyers Title & Trust company will on March 1 occupy its new office on the Stark-street side of the new build ing erected by Herbert Gordon at the northwest corner of Stark and Fourth streets, and which is now nearing completion. The Lyric theater is under lease to the management of that amusement concern until September next. The property is owned by Samuel and Louis Rosenblatt and their two sis ters. It is 50 by 100 feet, and the building will undergo extensive changes or be rebuilt to serve the purpose of a passenger station. It is understood that the proposed lease is for a long term of years, probably to cover the period of the fran chise of the railroad company on Fourth street, which will expire in 1939. While no official confirmation was forthcoming last night as to the lo cation, it has been rumored for some time that various locations had been under consideration. Location of the station in the Henry building will make that locality the uptown center for west side travel. George L. Greenfield early in Jan uary leased from the company own ing the property now occupied by the Southern Pacific, for a period of ten years from March 2. A sub-lease was offered to the railroad company which was not accepted. The station in the block between Washington and Alder streets has been occupied for the past eight years. - 1 l lost m I ; - m m x If jj WHAT SHALL I DO -) ' Wt shall i do; i- " 1 EIS IS liJ CANSUMSET SITTJATIOX LAID TO FOKElfcX EXCHANGE. Curtailed Burins Blamed for Con templated Cancellation of Trip to European Ports. The decline in the European ex change has so curtailed buying on the other side of the Atlantic that the sailing of the steamer Cansumset the latter part of this month for Havre, Hamburg and Liverpool may be canceled, it was stated yesterday by A. C. Stiibbe, general manager of the Columbia-Pacific Shipping com pany, local agents for the European Pacific line, which is operating the Cansumset and eight other shipping board vessels on a direct service from all ports of the Pacific coast to those of Europe. In order to make Portland a port of call for each oj the vessels, 1000 tons of. freight must be provided here, under a regulation made by Williams, Dimond & Co., managers of the line. PVplirhr for thA steamer West Cavntft I of this line, which loaded and depart ed from Portland yesterday, was barely above the 1000-ton limit, and unless cargo for the Cansumset is booked much more rapidly than at present, the vessel will pass Portland by on her next trip. Schooner Coming In Ballast. Contradictory reports and specula tion as to the inward cargo of the schoonei-Snow & Burgess, which is on her way to Portland from Manila, were st at rest yesterday by the re ceipt of definite information- from her owners that she is coming here in ballast to load lumber for Australia. The Snow & Burgess started out from Manila for the Columbia river early last October, but was obliged to put back to that port in a leaky condition and go on drydock. She finally left Manila December 18 and presumably has been on her way here since that time. Avance Repair Bids Opened. Bids for repairs to the motorshlp Avance, built by the Columbia En gineering Works and severely dam aged by fire and submersion several j weeks ago, were opened yesterday by Henry Hewitt & Co., agents for the underwriters. The contract for the work is expected to be awarded with in a few days. Amounts of bids were not made public, but it was given out that proposals-had been submitted by the Pacific Marine Iron Works, Coast Shipbuilding company, Supple & Mar tin, Albina Engine & Machine Works and Robert Mcintosh. SAILORS THREATEN STRIKE XAVAL IXQCIRY OF RECORDS OF PRISONERS REQUESTED, Denial of Inefficient Discipline by Secretary Roosevelt Is Fol lowed by Demand. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Appoint ment of a naval court of inquiry to investigate the record of the more than 2000 men returned to the service from the Portsmouth prison during the war on recommendation of Com mander Thomas Mott Osborne and the effect of this policy upon the general efficiency, of the- navy has been re quested by Captain J. K. Taussig of the naval war college at Newport, it was learned today. Captain Taussig's request, made in a letter to the judge advocate-general of the navy, was the result of Assistant Secretary Roosevelt's con tradiction of recent charges by Taus sig that the effect of returning these men to ships had been detrimental both to discipline and efficiency in war time. Mr. Roosevelt declared the records showed that "more than 70 per cent of the men returned to the service had made good. Commander Osborne has tendered his resignation from the naval re serve force, and asked Secretary Dan iels to accept it as soon as his suc cessor at Portsmouth can be chosen. Naval officials said Commander Os borne's resignation had no connec tion with charges of immorality among inmates at the prison submit ted by, agents of the department of justice several months ago. They said he 3rst presented his resignation some time before the charges were made but later withdrew it. Dock Workers at Rotterdam and Amsterdam Want More Pay. THE HAGUE, Feb. 12. A general trike by sailors and dock workers is expected to begin next Monday at Rotterdam and Amsterdam. The crews' of the Noordam and other steamers which ply between Dutch and Ameri can ports have refused to answer to muster call. All vessels in port are endeavoring to put to sea before the strike starts. The workers associations, repre senting 15,000 men, demand increased pay. River Freighter Sold. The small propeller steamer Jessie Harkins, which has been carrying freight between Portland and Camas and Washougal for the Harkins Transportation company for several years, has been sold to the Shaver Transportation company for use in the river as a towboat, it was an nounced yesterday by the Harkins company. The service that has been supplied by the steamer Jessie Har kins has been discontinued. PAPER 0RDER RESISTED Canadian News Print Shippers Ig nore Demand of Government. MONTREAL. Feb. 12. Price Broa & Co. ot Quebec, shippers of large quantities of news print paper into the American market, have decided to resist the order of the board of com merce requiring them to supply paper at government-fixed prices to the Montreal Dally Star, Montreal Herald and Perier, Bessette & Co. of Mon treal, it was announced today. The order was to have gone into effect February 10, but no deliveries have been made and the company an nounced it did not contemplate mak ing any. It was considered likely that the company, would be given an oppor tunity to explain its position before any definite action was taken. MARION DRUGGISTS MEET Prohibition Officer Explains Rules Governing National Law. SALEM. Or, Feb. 12. (Special.) Marion county druggists held a ban quet here last night and organized an association for the mutual benefit of its members. Representatives were present at the meeting from Wood burn, Stayton, Hubbard, Silverton, Aurora, Salem and other points in the county. The druggists listened to an ad dress by J. L. Smith, newly-appointed prohibition commissioner with head quarters in Portland. Mr. Smith ex plained what would be expected of druggists in complying with the pro hibition laws, and said their co-opera tion would be expected in enforcing the act. Destroyer Gwin Drydocked. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. The United States destroyer Gwin, the last vessel launched in Seattle for the navy, was drydocked here today to have new propellers installed and to have her bottom painted. Several days ago new engines1 were installed in the Gwin at Tacoma. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Feb. 12. Sailed at T P. M. Steamer Aniwa for New York for orders. Steamer West Cayote for Europe via way ports. Arrived at C P. M. Steamer -Atlas with barge 93 from San Francisco. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Feb. 12. Arrived Steamers West Hike,, from San Francisco: Flavel, from Eureka. Sailed Steamers Avalon for Willapa. Astral for Woosung. Governor for Puget sound. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. Arrived Steamers Shlnyo Maru, from Hongkong; Enterprise, from Honolulu; Anita Kolph, from Valparaiso: Multnomah, from Port land; Nbcanlcum, from Brookings; Helene, from Grays Harbor; Yellowstone, from Coos Bay. Departed Steamers City of Berkeley, for New York; Dilworth, for Seattle; Hyades, for Seattle. ASTORIA, Feb. 12. Arrived at S A. M. - Steamer Trinidad from San Pedro. Ar rived at 7:30 and left up at 9 A. M. Steamef Atlas towing barge 93 from San Francisco. Sailed at 10:05 A. M. Steamer Tiverton for San Pedro. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. Arrived and sailed Steamer Multnomah from Columbia river for San Pedro. Sailed at 8 last night Steamer Florence Olson for Co lumbia river. COOS BAY. Feb. 12. Arrived at 9 A. M. and sailed Steamer City of Topeka from San Francisco for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Arrived at 3 P. M. Steamer Saginaw towing barge Charles Nelson from Columbia river. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 12. Arrived: Steamers J. A. Moffett. from San Fran cisco: Stanwood, from San Pedro via San Francisco; Celllo. from San Francisco. Departed: Steamer Mexico Maru, for Singapore via ports. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. '12. Arrived: Steamers F. S. Loop, Davenport, from San Francisco; Chilliwack. from British Co lumbia ports; Chicago Maru (Jap.), from Yokohama. Sailed: Steamers Mexico Mflru. for Yokohama: Eastern Guide, for Honolulu; F. S. Loop, for San Francisco via porta. Diablo Reaches New York. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) A letter w.ia received today by Harbormaster Sweet from Captain Ed Skog, master of the steamer Diablo. The letter was writ ten at New York and says the steamer made the trip from Astoria to that city in 25 days and 9 hours' actual running time. She was ordered to Philadelphia to discbarge her cargo. Captain Sweet alsr recelved a letter from Captain Bruce of the steamer Nlshmaha. The steamer ar rived at Philadelphia on February 4 after a pleasant trip and began discharging cargo there. - U. S. Naval Radio Reports. All positions reported at 8 P. M. yester day unless otherwise indicated. AUM1KAL UKttisi, Ban i-'ranclsco for Seattle, HMt miles from Seattle. PROVIDENCIA. Grays Harbor for San Francisco, 350 mil-es north of San Fran cisco. STANDARD ARROW, San Francisco for Shanghai, 828 miles from San Francisco, February 12, 8 r. M. Portland. 150 miles from Columbia river. ERNEST H. MEYERS, rays Harbor for San Pedro, 15 miles south of Gray Harbor. EL S EG UNDO, San Pedro for Point Wells, 363 miles south nf Point Wells. ADMIRAL FARRAGCT, Seattle for San Francisco, 121 miles from San Francisco. WAP AM A, St. Helens for San Francisco, 132 miles from San Francisco. C. A. SMITH, Coos Bay for San Fran cisco, lis miles north of San Francisco. FRANK H. BUCK. Everett for Mon terey, 575 miles from Everett. GOVERNOR, Wilmington for San Fran cisco, 1 miles north of Point Arguello. ASUNCION, Richmond for San Pedro, 120 miles south of Richmond. NUUANU, San Francisco for Manila, 1230 miles from San Francisco, Feb 11, 8 P. M. CANSUMET, Honolulu for Seattle, 1010 miles southwest of Cape Flattery, Feb. 11. 8 P. M. WEST- KEENE. San Francisco for Hono lulu, 1162 miles from San Francisco, Feb. 11, 8 P. M. MISKIANZA, San Francisco for Manila, 1179 miles from San Francisco, Feb. 11, 8 P. M. ECUADOR, San Francisco for Orient, 1219 miles from San Francisco, Feb. 11, 8 P. M.- COLOMBA, SI miles from San Francisco. Feb. 11, 8 P. M. . MULTNOMAH. San Francisco for San Pedro, 25 miles south of San Francisco. WASHTENAW. Portland for San Luis Obispo, 235 miles from San Luis Obispo. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, San Francisco for Seattle, 59 miles north of San Francisco. ARGYLL, Oleum for Seattle, 525 miles from Seattle. DILWORTH, Richmond for Seattle, 91 miles from Richmond. LABREA. Port San Luis for Vancouver, 600 miles from Vancouver. USTS IRIS, 40 miles south of San Fran cisco. ASTRAL, San Pedro for Shanghai, 174 miles west San Pedro. JOHANNA SMITH. San Francisco for Coos Bay. 15 miles north of San Francisco. ADMIRAL NICHOLSON, Santa Barbara for San Francisco, 6 miles from San Fran cisco. ROSE CITY, San Francisco for Portland, 22 miles north of San Francisco. RICHMOND, towing Barge 95, Honolulu for San Pedro, 518 miles from San Pedro. Tides at Astoria Friday'. NORTH HEAD, Feb. 12. Condition of the -bar at 5 P. M. Sea smooth; wind southwest. Pulitzer Begins Loading. The auxiliary motor schooner Jo seph Pulitzer, recently purchased from the Port of Portland by Dr. Andrew C. Smith for use as a mail carrier in Alaskan waters, started loading stores at, the Couch-street dock yesterday, and will sail today for Unalaska. The Pulitzer will be the first vessel to leave the harbor this year for Alaska. Naval Transport Sails. VALLEJO, Cal., Feb. 12. The naval transport Newport News, which has been undergoing repairs at the Mare Island navy-yard, sailed today for the Asiatic station. The supply, ship As toria is under orJers to sail this week for Bremerton navy-yard, P u g e t sound.. "The Oldest Life Insurance Company in America" The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 34 Nassau Street, New York In 1919 Paid Policyholders a Total of $81,113,205 One Billion Five Hundred and Fifty-Three Million Dollars paid to Policyholders since the Company began business in 1813 Total Dividends to Policyholders Since the Beginning; of Business $313,398,317 Total Paid-for Insurance Issued in 1919 $354,442,133 Insurance in Force December 31, 1919 $2,089,171,357 Balance Sheet December 31, 1919 ASSETS Real Estate $ 14;I01.121.03 Mortgage Loans 100.754,822.85 Policy Loans ' 82,740.384.67 U. S. Liberty Bonds 73,023,640.00 Other Bonds 348.601.869.78 Stocks '. 23,850,859.50 Interest and Rents Due and Ac crued 8.341.248.38 Premiums in course of collection 6, 175,273. 4 Cash 01,723,828.60 at interest).. 2,195.815.17 Cash advanced to pay claims.... 2,805,239.89 Total Admitted Assets 662,390J74.DO LIABILITIES roller Reserve $549.1.'in.l.H.nO Supplementary C'ontrart Reserve 4.4X7.S1A.47 Other Policy Liabilities Il.la5.782.03 Premiums; Interest and Rents paid in advance l.OI.JM.I Miscellaneous Liabilities 1,402,667.74 Reserve for Taxes Payable in 1920 ,!!. It 7.30 Dividends Payable In 1920 21,594,337.28 Reserved for Future Deferred Dividends 4fi. 859.769. 86 Contingency Reserve (Surplus). 19,551,214.93 Special Reserve Account of For eign Securities 4,500.000.00 Total Liabilities Ms2-11Mi.274.IK) Ten Years' Progress Dec. 31 1009 . . . 1B19 . . . Pnymr-sita to Innuranrfi AhnHn Liabilities Snrnlna laeonte Polieybolilrra In Forre .."ifi,122!S $.V42,0:MIS 1 7..M D.XW) S0..al)) $.YI.IMM.64 il.-H L.T.I.I.M. . mzxmxii w2,mo 10.551,215 112,73:1,157 m, 11:1-05 a,H.i7iiA7 ALMA D. KATZ, MANAGER 416-428 Corbett Building Portland. Or. A new fly swatter is a cone of wire that is shot out from a pistol by a spring, Its shape making: the escape CITY OF TOPEKA, san Francisco for of an insect almost impossible. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The united States Steel Products com pany, which is the export subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation, has filed an application with the interstate com merce commission for permission to op erate a fleet of steamers on a regular schedule between Atlantic and Pacific ports, including San Pedro, San Francisco and Seattle. The Steel Products company controls the largest fleet of steamers under the Ameri can flag, their holdings including the American-Hawaiian fleet and other ves sels still on the ways at various shipbuild ing plants. The company plans to operate regular freight service through the Pan ama canal, a number of their ships to be placed on the run.' Admiral J. L. Jayne, commander of the 12th naval district, was in San Pedro yes terday looking over the submarine base and the vessels of the Pacific fleet. Vessels of the fleet will hold short-range battle practice all next week and shipping inter ests have been warned to steer clear of the battle grounds, which lie between San Pedro and Catalina. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. Antofagasta Is teeming with shipping activity and much freight is being handled for many of the big world ports, according to Captain Rob ert Wilson, master of the steamship Santa Inez, of the fleet cf W. R. Grace & Co., now In port from the west coast of South America. Captain Wilson said that while the Santa Inez was in Valparaiso, Chile, dur ing the voyage just completed, 27 ves sels were loading nitrate and working night and day. 'The steamships were taking aboard from 500 to 800 tons a day each and II certainly made a busy scene, said Cap tain Wilson. "Only two of the vessels were loading for the states and the rest for Europe. The Virginian of the Araer- Fall Fatal to Newspaper Man. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. William Kennels, a Los Anpeles newspaper man. Jumped or fell from the window of his room on the third floor of a local hospital today while delirious from an attack of influenza and was killed. I I NOW THAT THE BOOTLEGGERS ARE PEDDLING IT FROM THE SKY. t j ff t i t(3v pajamas r m . i r, " g-drr - it mjssK .mm j - i WCfrtE TRAFFIC COPS ff ' IooJtTefiw.l.L witL waken woKTty AFreR, bTros,nst atmai. time. 1 i . u j I lean-Hawaiian Steamship company in port loading. Averaging lu knots In her speed testa, the new 4400-ton wooden motorship Booby alla, ninth vessel completed by the Patterson-McDonald company's Duwamlsh wa terway plant, staged a highly successful trial trip on the sound today. She dry docked at the Todd plant for final In spection preliminary to formal delivery to the Australian commonwealth govern ment. Following the delivery the com monwealth government will turn the new carrier over to J. E. Chilberg, the Booby alia being one of the ships Mr. Chilbers purchased from the commonwealth. When tne steamsnip Aumirai noaman, of the Pacific Steamship company, leave the harbor island plant of the Todd Dry docks. Inc.. she will virtually rank as a new vessel. The planking of the entire forward half of the hull has been moved and will be replaced, the work being necessitated by damage sustained bv the vessel when she was bucking Ire in Alaskan waters early In the winter. She ran Into a field of sheath Ice and had lively tussle with it before she reached clear water. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) Th! tank steamer Atlas, with barge 93 in tow, arrived at 7:30 this morning rrom Call fnrnia. and nroceeded to Portland. The steam schooner san Jacinto arnvea at 2 o'clock this afternoon from San Fran cisco and is to load lumber at i-oriiana nnri Westnort. The steam schooner Tiverion, carrymK lumber from Prescott and Viestport, saueu at 10:30 today for San Pedro. ThA steam schooner rnniaaa arnvea ai 7 this morning from San Pedro and went to the Hammond mill to load lumDer. a iPOMt four and Dernaps live ot tne Benson company rafts of logs are to be towed to San Diego during the coming summer. The Hammond Lumber com pany has a raft of piling completed at it- tifoita nlnnt for towing to San Francisco and It is possible a second one will be sent routh this year. The Penson force at Wallace Slough also nas ono ran juiuhcivu and Is constructing ine spcunu The steam schooner uaisy huij- in lumber at Knappton mis uwrnuou to sail for San Francisco. ' The ateam scnoonem jmo, Florence Olson are due from San ran- cleco. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Feb. 12. criai When the United stales snip- , ping board steamer Lake Alynus arrives from the west cohm v. . 1 with a cargo of nitrates ehe will be turned over to W. R. Grace Co. to be loaded with 1,150.000 feet of lumber for Cuba. Another steamer of the Lake type has been secured by Grace & Co. to carry 1 500 000 feet of lumber, also for Cuba. 'with nearly 1,000,000 feet of lumber loaded at Port Blakely, the schooner Ed ward R. West sailed this morning for Ade laide The barkentlne Aurora also sailed today for Adelaide with lumber loaded at Mukilteo. . Announcement has been made by the Trans-Ocean company that during March three big 10,000-ton steamers In Its serv ice will load on Puget sound. The steam ers are en route to the northwest from the orient. The Kaisha Maru la due March 6. In addition to general cargo she will take a big shipment of explo sives to Japan. The other steamers are Hokal Maru, due March 15, and the Ura susan Maru, due March 25. During her trial trip yesterday the mo torship Boobyella, recently acquired by the J. E. Chilberg interests from the com monwealth of Australia, developed a speed of 10 knots, which is a record for a ves sel of that class. Today she was lifted at the Todd drydock for further inspec tion before final acceptance by the Chil berg concern. She will carry lumber from Puget sound to port not announced. The schooner Mary E. Foster, coming from Honolulu in ballast, arrived early this morning, proceeding to Mukilteo to load lumber tor return cargo. To complete her cargo of 3,500,000 feet of lumber for Taku Bay. the steamer Higho shifted last night to mukuwo. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., Feb. 12. (Special.) The steamers Chehalla, Ernest H. Meyer and Daisy Matthews dropped down to the lower harbor this afternoon, expecting to get out tonight. The Che halls loaded at the American mill and will sail for San Francisco. The Ernest II. Meyer will clear for San Francisco from the Grays Hartior Lumber & Shingle com pany mill. ' The Daiy Matthews Is bound for Honolulu from the West mill. , The steamer Frank E. Stout arrived this afternoon and began loadnlg at the Eureka mill, Hoquiam. The Eureka mill has just resumed operations after a shutdown of several days for repairs. COOS BAT, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The steamship City of Topeka from San Francisco called nere at 8:45 thin morning on her first trip since being damaged In the Columbia river. She had a big freight cargo and was delayed several hours past sailing time, departing for Portland at 5:55 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. (Special.) The T. K. K. liner Shinyo Maru arrived here today from oriental porta via Hono lulu with 230 first-class passengers, 87 second and 823 In steerage. A valuable cargo of merchandise, including 3(H) tons ot silk valued at $J,0OO,(HiO, and a con signment of tea for transshipment to eastern points, was carried. Six deaths were recorded from Influenza on the ship before it reached Honolulu and two on the Honolulu-San Francslco trip. All the deaths were In the steerage, where a heavy list of Japanese tourists and merchants were numbered among the passengers. It wa announced that Captain Frank Atnsworth, well-known Pacific coast mar iner and ex-immigration commissioner, has been appointed to command the troop ship Mount Vernon when she leaves this port for Vladivostok at the end of this month. The Mount Vernon Is now In dry dock at Mare Island undergoing repairs. One of the quickest bunkering Jobs ever done here was the placing of loon tons of coal on the Japanese steamer Toyohashl Maru In seven hours. The steamer arrived here at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning from New York and left out this port 24 hours later for Yokohama. Bound for New York on her maiden voy age, the steamer City or Berkeley, 3741 tons, Captain Grey, sailed today for New York. The City of Berkeley was launched June 14 last from the yards of the Union Construction company, Oakland, and was named in honor of Berkeley for the city's over-subscription in the last liberty loan drive. Swayne & Hoyt are operating the vessel. The barkentlne Alicia Havlslde, Captain Hansen, sailed today for Delagoa bay with lumber for South Africa. This is the Ini tial trip of the vessel. She Is operated by the Pacific Freighters company and Is one of five hulls purchased by the com pany from the United States shipping board The Japanese steamer 8tberia Maru sailed this morning at 8 o'clock from Hono lulu lor tnis port. Word was received today that the motor ship Oregon that arrived at Pago Pago from Apia November 27 last with engine trouble, was still In Samoa. It Is stated that the vesel may be towed to San Fran cisco by the United States navy colllrr Brutus. Part of the Oregon's crew Is still on board and she has In her hold a large cargo of copra lor this port. TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The Hyades Is due here Monday to load for Honolulu, after being away from Ta coma for about three years. The Hyadn some 20 years ago plied out of here as one of the Boston Towboat company vessels in the oriental trade. The Pleiades Is on the east coast for the Lurkenbach company, The Eastern Guide sailed this afternoon for Honolulu and the Mexico Maru thii morning for the orient. The Eastern Guide had about 2;00 tons of general frelgh out and the Mexico fiOoo tons. The Chi cago Maru arrived from the orient this afternoon. The Davenport arrived this afternoon from San Francisco with freight for Ta coma firms. The Davenport will load lum ber at the different mills here for Cali fornia. After a meeting of the Pacific Steamship company agents and the heads of the ac counting department of the line, the coast agents who have been spending a few days on the sound, left for Seattle, wnere a nan- quet was given tonight. Among the agents here today were: . ... inasem. nan r ran claro: W. Parrish. Wilmington; W. John nn San Dieeo: W. E. Parrlnh. Eureka: C. Banberry. Portland: W. Graham. Van couver, B. C: W. J. Mickley, Seattle; w. Flvnn, Everett: R. W. Gillam, Tacoma, and W. B. Ross, claim department, beattle, Word was received at the main office nf thn 0aka Hhosen haisna in lacoma to day to the effect that the Osaka Shosen Kaisha line will inaugurate a 'laswenger service from Tacoma to oriental ports with rx larire mSS! t'on2 .'Jr. W"h a"Plnt of TIim v.rl. will P,ra! on th. Orien tal rvlo In .l,ln IO th. fl,rt f .m.IIrr rr-lifhtrr. w,C r. , t miliar Inurval.. r.ordln to ar rnitrm,nu th llnr will par. ,h, nMr rtrani.hlp. Ohlle M.ru and I'rru ll.ru and Hawaii .Maru on th. n-w wrvlr. Tho Chll. and IVru Maru ar. nrarln. completion while the Hawaii Maru ha been In the .ervlre fur mime time Th. Chicago Maru and Cuna.la Maru. wh ch have been ralllnn her. regularly, will be taken off the aervlre. Paainer arrommoilatlona aboard th. new fleet will be provided for the follow. Ing- number of traveler: Peru Maru 4iuv Chile Maru, 4IU; Hawaii Maru. 1:'I7: MI nll Mn,. :IU2; Africa Maru. 44; Arabia Maru, 424. TKATELKKS' CCIHK. Ml fejrEa4M5IfIP ii aa nya wtwruiuui 8. 8. "MTV OK TOI'F.K V Sail from Portland II I'. M. February 14 for North Bend, MamhfMil, Kureka and Kan Franclio, ronnertlnir with ate&mera to Los Anitelea and ban Dli'iu. TO ALASKA I HOM HKATTI.K. S. a "CITY OK HKATTI.K." to Juneau and way porte. tVhrtiurv la. 8. 8. AD.MIKAI. 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