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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1920)
20 THETMORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1920 HIGHWAY BUILDERS ARE SPEEDING WORK Construction Pushed on Many Oregon Roads. MORE CONTRACTS LIKELY Hard-Surface Ride From Portland to Hood River Is Promised Sbriners in June. Contractors are "hitting the ball' on the John Day. Oregon and Wash ington. Columbia and The Dalles-Cal ifornla highways, according to Engi neers M. .C. bennett and C. C. Kelly of the highway department. When the Shrlners come to Portland in June they will be able to ride over hard surface on the Columbia high way as far as Hood Kiver and by July the highway wll be graded from Hood Kiver to The Dalles. Greatest progress is being made on the John Day highway and by the end of the season It will be open for a total length of 72 roles, from Valades ranch to Condon. From Service creek to Spray, 12 miles, it is now prac ' tically completed. This ii unit No. 1. Work on unit No. 2 is under way and also on unit No. 4. Engineers are now on unit No. 3 and materials are imate SO miles. The Butte creek sec tion is naix compieiea. mis btihb v mile stretch. By fall the highway will be completed from Condon to va lades ranch except for some mileage on Service creek. Speed Is being made on the Oregon and Washington highway. There are 35 miles of grading under contract be tween Heppner and the Gilliam county . lins and the work is progressing at several places along the line. In Umatilla county grading is continu ing and the road will be paved this year. Construction to Be Rushed. From the Multnomah county line to Hood Kiver half of the paving is down and there are two plants on the seen and the base rock laid. It is the in tention to rush this work as rapidly as possible to have the job finished when the Shrine convention is held. The Columbia highway from Hood - River to Mosier will be opened by Anrll 1 Ther ar 1 A 000 vards nf material to move. Three miles have been surfaced with rock and the rest of the mileage will be rocked as fast as the errade is comDleted. Between Mosier and The Dalles 70 per cent of the highway has been opened. The contracts call for com pletlon by June 30, but it will be shortly after that before the work is finished. Most of this is rock work and there is a 50-foot tunnel yet to bore at Hog canyon. At the March meeting of the state highway commission bids will be called for the Seufert-Deschutes river section. 12hi miles. In Sherman county, from the Deschutes to the John Day river, the grading is SO per tctn iiiiiniicu ft ii u ji will no completed by June 0. This grade will be oiled. as will also be the sand dunes adja cent to the highway. Across Morrow county the Columbia highway was . graded and graveled, the job being completed this week. For 50 miles a machine can tear along at 50 miles an hour now, there being no "speed cops" on that part of the highway. rem Heppner Junction to Echo, bar ring -the overhead crossing at Mess ner, the grading is finished, and from icho into Pendleton the highway will be graveled this summer. Contracts to Be Made. When the commission meets next month bids will be asked for 20 miles o'f surfacing, from Madras, Jefferson county, to the Deschutes county line. This work should be completed by November 1. This is on The Dalles California highway. On the same highway, between the Jefferson coun ty line and Bend, the right of way is Deing cleared and grading is starting. The commission may contract for sur facing this section when the grading is completed. From Bend to the Allen ranch, 17 miles south, surfacing will be completed within a month. The surfacing material is gravel and ' cinders. On the McKenzie-Crooked river highway, the work between Redmond ana Prlneville will start next week. The commission will call for con tracts for surfacing the 15 miles with gravel. Twenty per cent of the grad ing between Prineville and the Shorty Davis ranch, on Crooxed river, has been finished. Contracts for bridges "across Crooked river will be let at the March meeting and these structures should be in by November. VESSELS TO HANDLE ' Fortland was being spread on the sound, he reported. More recently, E. X. Weinbaum, sec retary of the foreign trade bureau of the Portland Chamber of Commerce-, returned from a trip through Califor nia with the report that the idea pre vails in the south that St. Johns bears f bout the siinie 'elation tn Portland that 3an Pedro -Joes to J-os Angeles. - - A number ofnew names for Port land's greatest rail and water ter minal have beea suggested, among them "Peninsula Terminal," "Imporr. and Export Terminal," and several others. It has aiso been suggested that the city's four municipal ter minals be designated by numbers in- ! stead of names suggested, by their' if-cation In the harbor. . ' The funda- Si-JSJSa0!. tomfkunmakable I TRAD E VALUE POINTED OUT the -fact that it is really and truly a part of the port of Portland. WABAX DIE HERE TOMOROW Allocation of Ships Asked of Shipping Board. Orfcntal Liner Is Coming; With Freight-From Vladivostok. The Pacific Steamship company's oriental liner, Waban. will be at the mouth of the Columbia tonight, ac cording to a radio message received yesterday from her master. Captain Charles Watts, by F. J. O'Connor, local agent of the Admiral line. The Waban is bringing freight ' from Vladivostok, and left the Siberian port February 10. She will dock at the St. Johns terminal tomorrow. . The steamer Coaxet of the same service, which arrived Sunday from . Japan, finished discharging her in ward cargo yesterday and began load ing for her third voyage from Port land across the Pacific The steamer Wawalona, which also arrived Sunday from the orient, will finish discharging and begin loading for Japan ports only. Telegrams Sent by Portland Dock Commissions and by Chamber of Commerce. BEARPORT LEAVES PORT ST. lERMIN AL LOCATION' MJSUN- DERSTOOD IX CALIFORNIA. Malicious Rumors Do Injury lo Harbor Reputation of Port of Portland. The queriion of changing the name Of the St. Johns municipal terminal xraa informally considered by mem bers of the commission of public-docks after adjournment of the dock com mission's meetin? yesterday morning. No action was taken. . The proposal of chnnsrins the name of the terminal has been a subject of discussion ever since Barney Oldfield of auto racing fame brought from Seattle the astounding report that deep-sea vessels -were docking at che St. Johjis terminal because they could not come up to Portland., Propaganda Atrainst this port to the effect that St. Johns is separate and apart from Carrier to Load Flour for Armenia in Portland. . .. VANCOUVER. -Wash.. Feb. 26. (Special.) The Bearport, the last of the United States shipping: board. emergency fleet corporation ships built by the G. M. Standifer Construe tion corporation, left here today for Portland to load flour for Armenia. There was no ceremony as the giant 9500-ton freighter turned her nose down stream on her trip, which will take her around the world. The trip to Armenia will take 38 days if all goes well. The company has .its five ways filled with ships in building for the Green Star line and when these five are completed three tanks of 12,000 tons will be built for the Standard Oil company. DELAY OF SHIPS QUESTIONED Inquiry in English Parliament In volves Imperatorv LONDON. Feb. 26.The delay in the sailing of the former German liner Imperator under the British flag came up in the house of com mons today. Answering a parliamentary quest tion whether the delay with re spect to British steamships, such as New York and other American ports. Andrew Bona Law. in a written reply, said that considerable loss had been caused the British government by the retention of the steamers in question after completion of the American services in which they were engaged. FURUSETH UPHOLDS SEAMEN Efficient Sailors Declared Neces sary to Merchant Marine. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Andrew Furuseth. president of the Interna tional Seamen's union, told the sen ate commerce committee today that the "initial requirement of sea power is men." Vessels are the tools of seamen,' he said, adding that no nation could long retain its merchant marine with out efficient seaman. Enforcement and extension of the La Follette seamen's act is necessary to keep Americans on the sea, he said, discussing that measure. He intro duced pointed reference to the inter national shloDlntT federation, an or ganization ot European ship owners which, he said, conducted propaganda in every country, including the United States. They had campaigned against the seamen's act, he said, and would campaign against merchant marine legislation In the Lnited States. "They find it easy to get matter in newspapers where the British ships advertise, he said. Steamship Tallac Going to Pieces. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 26. The steam- hip Tallac is pounding to pieces off False Cape, with her cargo of iron ore, according to reports today by a wrecking steamer which took off the rew. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 2. Maximum emjerature -. 48 degrees: minimum tem perature. 31 degrees. River reading. S M.. i.f reet: cnanire in last 24 hours. '.S-foot fali. Total rainfall to P. M. to P. M. ). none: total rainall since Sen- ember 1. 191... 21. S3 Inches: normal rain fall since September 1, 31. inches: defi- lency ot rainfall since September .1, 1919, inenrs. feunrtse. a. m.; sunset, P. M.: total sunshine. 2 hours: dos sible sunshine, 11 hours. Moonrlee, 10:40 A. M. ; moonset. i2:o'2 A. M. Barometer reduced sea level). 5 P. M.. 30.0:1 inches. Relative humidity: 5 A. M.. 9cr oer timtt noon. 95 per cent; 5 P. M., 67 per cent. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. Wind Every effort Is being put forth by the Port of Portland commission, the Commission of Public Docks and he Portland Chamber of Commerce to se cure from the shipping board the alio cation 'of vessels to carry to Japan a large quantity of phosphate rock which has been purchased in Idaho for Japanese interests, w. JJ. B. Dodson, executive secretary of the Chamber of commerce, who is now in Washington, has been in conference with the Ore gon representatives in congress and with officials of the shipping board to urge the allocation of tonnage for tnis trade, according to telegrams re ceived from him by the chamber. The bunkers of 20,000 tons capacity, which are being erected at the St. Johns municipal terminal, are being rushed to completion as rapidly as possible tn preparation for the move ment of phosphate rock. Telegrams Irge Action. Telegrams emphasizing the impor tance to Portland of the movement of this rock have been sent to the snip ping board by the dock commission and the port commission, it was made public yesterday. The telegram sent by the port commission was follows: "The municipal corporation having the duty of promoting the maritime commerce of Portland desires to urge the allocation of vessels to carry phosphate rock to Japan. We under stand the application for vessels is now before you. The people of Port land and vicinity have expended over Jll.000,000 on channel, harbor and ter minal facilities. The phosphate rock movement offers opportunity to move also vast quantities of lumber, for which tonnage has not been available heretofore. A large part of the pres ent facilities have been provided on recommendatian of the port facilities division of the shipping board. Lum ber being the principal industry of this district, an outlet should be pro vided for the product and prevent the closing of mills. The rock movement from Idaho to this port would mate rially equalize car distribution. Pub lic dock commission now constructing special facilities for quick and eco nomical handling of phosphate rock. Business in view requires prompt ac tion. We hope your body will take favorable action at once." .. Dock Commission Acts. The following telegram on the same subject was sent to the shipping board by the Commission of Public Docks: The Commission of Public Docks of Portland, Or., has agreed to pro vide pier and bunker facilities for. parties bringing in phosphate rock from Idaho and Utah for trans-ship ment to oriental ports and is new pro ceeding with such construction which will cost in excess of $200,000. The commission is, in view of these large expenditures, vitally concerned in the allocation of adequate ccean tonnage for handling this commodity through the port. Phosphate reck will Be shipped in bulk at rate of about hal vessel capacity, remainder of space to be lumber or general cargo. Favor able action by your board on alloca- cation of required tonnage is there fore respectfully urged by this com mission. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. SAX PEDRO, Cal., Feb. 26. (Special.) Directors of the San Pedro chamber of commerce today requested a hearing from the harbor commission for a committee locally appointed to press for the installa tion of a ferry system here , According to reports to the commercial organization, the harbor commission is planning to re duce the original amount of 1'2,000 for a ferry system to $90,000. Business men appearing before the commercial organ ization declared the need the most press ing of all harbor needs. Directors of the institution authorized the appointment of a committee to confer with the commission and with th- Los Angeles chamber of commerce. A large delegalon of navy men have ar rived from Mare Island to undergo a course ot instruction on suomarines here. The. steamer West Cayota sailed for Lon don today. The West Him rod sailed for San Pr.n Cisco, and the Fairhaven sailed for Central America. day were the steamers Helene, Hoquiam; Daisy Gedsby and Srea. The Helene loaded at the Lytle mill, Hoquiam, the Hoquiam at the Donovan mill, Aberdeen; the Daisy Gadsby at the National mill. Hoquiam, .and the Svea at the Western mill Aberdeen. The steamer F. S. Loop of San Fran cisco arrived at 10 ' clock this morning and began loading at the Donovan mill. Aberdeen. The steamer Frank D. Stout arrived from San Francisco at 10 o'clock this morning and began loading at the Eureka mill, Hoquiam. Thirty-four vessels have arrived here for lumber cargoes to date this month. Five more steamers are ex pected to arrive here by Saturday, making an unusually Heavy mmber-snipping moum, ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.-) I After taking on 50,000 feat of lumber at Westport, the steam schooner F. S. Loop sailed at 1 o'clock this morning for Grays Harbor to complete her cargo. The steamer Rose City, carrying freight and passengers from Portland and Astoria, ailed at 10 last niirht for San Francisco. The emergency fleet steamer Wonahbo will ieave tomorrow morning for Portland to be turned over to the shipping boaro. The tank steamer Frank H. Buck was due tonight from California with fuel oil lor Portland. COOS BAY. Or.l Feb. 26. (SpeehU.1 The steamer Johanna 8mtth arrived this afternoon from San Francisco at 2:30, comlns: for a careo of lumber. The steam schooner Tiverton sailed for San Francisco this afternoon at 6 o clock. SWITCHING ErJGINE FOB DOCK ORDERED Commission Prepares Rock Shipments. for CAFETERIA TO BE SOLD Time Extended for Construction of Pier and Pier Shed at St. Johns Municipal Terminal. The nnrchase of a railroad locomo- having on board lumber from the North tlve for switching work at the St. Bend Mill & Lumber company plant. Johns municiDal terminal was author- - Kw Vi q .stmm tcslnn nf TtllVtlln (Special.! The steamer M. S. Dollar, com- - " " Ins trom Mail, via Vancouver, arrived this "g. wa3 POimea oui oy i. r. morning and proceeded to Seattle to dock Hegardt, chief engineer and secre for overhauling- and also to have some I tarv of the commission, that between alterations made befora she is placed in 15ft snrl Ifift hnx cars, all fullv loaded service irom ruget souna to tne orient wlth freight, are massed at the St "Shf VSES S?.r. .,, ... Johns terminal for the loading of er Brave Coeur. which lost a blade from their contents on the steamers Coaxet her nroieiior when 400 miles off Cane and Wawalona which recently ar- Fiattery enroute to the orient returned I rived from the orient and are schedJ here tonight and proceeded to Seattle lor I ued to sail March 9. repairs. Th jmmeaiate purchase of a switch The five-mast schooner George E. Bill-I , . M ..... , . lngs arrived this morning from San Fran- engine is maae imperative u, u Cisco, proceeding to Everett to load lumber that 2500 tons of phosphate rock, tne for Sydney. first of a contemplated large move- The schooner Melrose, returning from ment of this commodity, is to be Mahukona, arrived this morning at Port oa(jed direct from the cars into the steamer Wabanwhich will arrive at Angeles. She will load lumber for return The Norwegian steamer Baja California Portland tomorrow from Vladivostok with general cargo loaded ud sound com- 1 and sail again for the orient April 1. pleting at Anacortes with box snooks. Reports published recently in an sailed tonight for the west coast of South afternoon paper to the effect that the .mer!SV,. dh,e ,wli' vCaU at San Fran:1c Northwest Steel company is about to 'OrPiveddbfg0JaaIpa'neeilhft;e.ghter. in th. serv- sume the building of ships were Ice of the Transoceanic comnanv will sons discredited at yesterday's meeting of arnve on i'uget sonnd and at Vancouver. I me hock. cummiiuii uy mo icveipi The COmDanv hat bnnkr1 finnrwi tnna nf I frrtm TTanlrott- Rrn nf an nffar tn sell freight on Pujret sound and a.t Vanpouvrir tha flnntir,o- ofatali fnrmorlv naprl fThP.rinmeT,r"t. ,... . as a lunch room for the employes of sound for the Australian T government and i tn? No.rth west. .S.t??? company. The receitly acaulred bv th. rhiihrt intr. cafeteria cost J3U.U00 to buna, ana is ests shifted last night to Port Blakeley, now Offered for sale for $12,000. If where she win load 145.000,000 feet or the Northwest Steer company were lumber for delivery at Glasgow and Bel- about to resume operations, it is con- 1 siucreu very uuitaciv iiiat lmv TACOMA. Wash.. Th a Rnui I teria would be offered for sale, of th. Hf,h,'il.tr-??.""n' t.tbl plni o Be Filled. be launched March 9. This vard wim I An agreement was entered into formerly known th 'Mm-Hnnlt.'h Rhlr.. I VARtarrin v hv th nnmmlRHiom of 1111b building company, which met financial He docks and'the O.-W. R. R. & N. a . i "towing the launching of the company whereby a strip of land 29 auxiliary schooner Dockton. The Ella A. .Hl.l.lL .. St Thn t-r. IS One Or tWO KhAnnM lft In th. .tn.lra jw....0 ...w The Harbor Navigation f-nmnanv i. mJ mlnal and owned by the railroad poatd of Grays Harbor shipping men, company is to be filled with tailings Aje.. rauisen, weii-known mill man, being from me areaging 01 tne new sup m among the company. The Ella A. Is to the terminal, without extra cost to loa.1 lumber at Everett. Llthr nrtv. The filling nf this striD L "lf.r.H..?: ?reiZ-l?.-'?ue "lol land will Increase, the value of the vnwi win iort . , 1. railroad company's property and pro here for California. Th. Saginaw and vide a convenient dumping place for Charles Nelson were due to shift down the material dredged from the river souna tonight to complete loading for I bottom. San Francisco. I Kit-nalnnn nf time worn fcrranted A shipment of 86T bales of silk on the tt..i!.- . e. i j t Canada Maru figured in a suit filed her. fin, n I lt,r7,P today in the federal court against Di- M- Dougan & Co, contractors re-rector-General of Railways W. D. Hines spectively for the construction of pier and the Chicago.. Milwaukee A St. Paul No. 3 and the extension of the shed railway. The silk was damaged through on Pier No. 1 of the St. Johns ter- an accident to the vessel, but dried, it is alleged, before the railway company would snip it. A juagment amounting to fi.t. S6S.82 is asked by the American Silk bpmning company of Rhode Island. When asked' today whether Captain Farley, who had submitted the highest bid to the government for the purchase of the turbiners Yale and Harvard, for minal. In the case of Elliott & Scog- gin, the dock commission refused to waive the cost of field inspections as asked by the contractors. Wiring Cosrtract Awarded. A contract for wiring the St. Johns terminal for light and electric power operation on the Sound-California service, I was awarded yesterday to the Na- was representing the Pacific steamship tional Electric company on a bid of company. H. F Alexander, president of U16 311 whlch was the lowest Of four the company, said that Farley was not I 77", , . Weather. nPFN WflSTR i Sr FNT1 A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head and Nose are Stuffed Up. Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappears. Tour clopged nos trils will open, the air passages of your head will clear 'and you can breathe freely. No more snuffling;, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no struggling- for breath at night. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream tn your nostrils. It penetrates through' every air passage of the head, soothing and healing the swol len or inflamed mucous membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable.. Belief U ura.-v-A.dv. Bakr Bois Boston Canary . . ; . Chicago . .. Inver Des Moines. vton . elena .... tJunfAU . . . an. tan Ctly ls AnsMes Mjmhfield Mwrford . . 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NTVlciear 4Sf H4 O.OO 12 SW iPt, cloudy 34 4 O.OO U N Pt. cloud; 26 ..2 0.00' JW Pt. cloudy 26 40-O.00..!N Cloudy 34! 4rt.o.in..l;E Pt. cloudy lear lear Irti 4S O.row. . NWClear 'O' 2S0.0O20i.NW Crear :2;. . 12". JSE Cloudy :2 52 0.00 lOiNE ICiear SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 26. (Special.) Instead of sending th big- steamship Robin Goodfellow rom Japan to Europe, as was contemplated, the Robin Steamship com pany will bring- her back to Seattle to load anoioer auw-ion cargo ror Japan ports. The vessel sailed recently on her maiden voyage with a full cargo from Seattle for Japan. The Pacific Steamship company lurmsueu inc iirac cargo, -mis company will also furnish the second. The decision to bring the big: ship back to Seattle is due to the continued pressure on the export cargo movement from Se attle to tne orient. ine movement is run ning at high tide and from all Indira. tions will rank as the great outstanding feature of the ports following- comm the forepart of the year. In accordance with its recent decision to speed up the movement of cargoes and to make every effort to eliminate excess ive operating expenses, the Seattle port commission this afternoon took under con sideration a numoer 01 mecnanlcal devices. including an elevator conveyor which, if adopted Dy tne port, it la asserted would revolutionize freight Dandling on the Se attle waterfront. ' Through E. P. Marsh and G. T. Harvey, United States commissioners of concilia tion, the department of labor division of conciliation nave orrered its offices in an effort to settle the controversy on the Seattle waterfront over condition of labor between tne .Northwestern Employers' union and International Longshoremen's association. Letters asking that a conference be ar ranged were sent to officers of the em ployers' union, the longshoremen's associa tion and the port commission. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Feb. 26. (Special.) Grays Harbor clearances to- Port Calendar. 34! 4rt.O.OOi..SE Pt. 3S; 46 O0Oi. JNE 'Cl( ij,34 o.oo.. .Ink cu t A. 5f. today. P. M. report of preced ing day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Rain and colder; moderate winds, becoming northerly. Oregon Raia in the west portion, snow, in the east portion: colder; moderate winds, becoming northerly. Washington Probably air; c elder; nod. erats northerly wind. T Arrive at Portland. Vessel From Due. Str. F. H. Buck. . Monterey Feb. 2T Str. Waban Vladivostok Feb. 28 Str. City Topeka. S. F. & way . . .Feb. 29 MrAiiai .can r ranctsco ....Mar. 1 Barge tM san rrancisco ....Mar. 1 Str. Mont Cervin. Seattle Mar. 1 Str. Nome City. ..San Francisco ....Mar. 1 Str. D. Putnam. . San Francisco ....Mar. 1 Str. Celilo San Francisco ....Mar. 2 Sch Sn'w&B'rrs. Manila Mar. 15 Str. CaiTfeumset. . Seattle . Mar 15 Str. Montague Orient April 1 Str. Mt. Etna.... Seattle April l Str. Alvercos Orient April 4 To Depart From Portland. Str. Idaho Grays Harbor ....Feb 27 Str. Wapama....San Francisco ....Feb, 27 Str. Klamath.... San Francisco ....Feb 27 Str. Trinidad. . . . San Francisco . . . .Feb! 27 Teasels In Port. Vessel Berth. Str. Bearport.-... Municipal dock Xo.L Str. Coaxet Municipal dock Xo.1. BkL C. F. Crk'r. Jrdock. Str. rGaho Dry dock. Sch. K. V. Kruse.Knappton. Str. Klamath. ... Peninsula mill. Scfc. Mindoro. ... Astoria. ? St r. Trinidad .... Tongue Point. Str. Wapama. ... West port. ' . - ! Str. Wawalona.. .Su Johns Tcfalfiil. ' . . j representing the Admiral line. This sets at rest the rumor coming from San Fran cisco that the two big liners had been purchased by the Pacific Steamship, conv i bids received. A request from Captain F. A. Wil son, owner of. the river steamer As j torian, tor permission to use the mu Cisco for Grays Harbor. 05 miles south of Grays Harbor. - GLOR1ETTA, from Port Allen for San Francisco, 1050 miles from San Francisco. CAPTAIN A. F. LUCAS, from fotni un ent for Point Wells, 106 miles from Richmond. ROSE CITT. from Portland for San Francisco, 2o6 miles north of San Fran cisco. . DEVOLEXTE, from Everett for San Francisco, 265 miles north of San Fran cisco. WEST HIKA, from San Pedro for Hono lulu. 79S miles west of San Pedro. ADMIRAL FARRAGCT. from Seattle for San Francisco, fc64 miles north of San Francisco. C. A. SMITH, from Coos Bay for San Francisco, 312 miles north of San Fran cisco. JCITT OF TOPEKA. from San Francisco HORACE X. BAXTER, from Vancouver, B. C, for San Pedro, 522 miles north of San Pedro. ENTERPRISE, from San Francisco for nno, 1404 miles west or an rrancisco. WABAN, from Vladivostok for Portland, 542 miles from iiirhtshlp. MAUI, from Honolulu for San Francisco, 1939 miles west of San Francisco. COLUSA, from San Francisco for Hono lulu. 1810 miles from San Francisco. HYADES, from Tacoma for Honolulu, 870 tnlles from Tatonsh. WALUNGPORD, from San Francisco for Honolulu. 1110 miles from San Francisco. NANKING, from San Francisco for orient. 1440 miles from San Francisco. CELILO, from San Francisco for San Francisco. 27 miles west of bant a a roars. SANTA INEZ, from San Francisco for Tercopella. 448 miles from San Francisco. PHYLLIS, from Everett for San Pedro, 20 miles from Everett. ATLAS, towing barge 93, Richmond for Portland. 100 miles from Richmond. PORTER, Gaviota for Linnton, 521 miles rrom oaviota. A NY OX, for San Pedro, 56 miles south east of Farrallones. ADMIRAL NICHOLSON, Santa Barbara for Monterey, arriving at Monterey. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, San Francisco for Seattle, 62 miles north of San Francisco. MOFFETT. San Francisco for Seattle, 96 miles north or San Francisco. EASTERN MOON, SeatUe for New York, aoeam nan rrancisco. COALINGA, Port San Luis for Antofa- gasta, 610 miJs from Port San Luis P. M., February 25. ANY OX, Tacoma for San Pedro, 10 miles north of Point Reyes; 8 P. M., February 25. Marine Jfotes. The Shell company's tank steamer Sil ver Shell will leave down for San Francisco in ballast at 2 o clock this morning. Laden with 1,551.000 feet of lumber, the barkentine George U. Hind left down for Durban, South Africa, at 8 o'clock last night in tow of the tug Relief, which brought the schooner K. V. Kruse from San Francisco to Knappton. The Relief wjll tow the windjammer as far down the ccast as San Francisco if a fair breeze is not encountered before that time. The new steel steamer Bearport shifted from the Standifer Vancouver plant to mu nicipal dock No. 1 at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. one will do taken over today by the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company and will begin loading Monday morning. The steam schooner Idaho was refloated from the port dry dock at 4:30 o'clock yes-v terday afternoon, and will probably leave today for Grays Harbor to load lumber. The Idaho brought a cargo of nitrates to Portland from Chile for Balfour, Guthrie & Co. The wooden shipping board steamer Car ton a, unifer construction by the Peninsula Shipbuilding company, was refloated at the same tirr.e and towed back to the Peninsula plant for completion. The Car tona will be the last shipping board steamer to be delivered in the Oregon dis trict. Three other wooden steamers are to precede her. The steam schooner Wapama, loading lumber for California In the lower river, shifted yesterday from St. Helens to West port. She is expected to get away from Westport to sea today. The steam schooner Klamath, also load Ing lumber for California, will shift today from the Peninsula mill to St. Helens. Tides at Astoria Friday. High. Low. 6:20 A. M 8.9 feet 0:07 A. M 3.1 feet 8:04 P. M 5.0 feet ( 1:49 P. M 0.6 foot Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Feb. 26. Condition of the bar at & P. M. Sea smooth; wind west., ' pany and would be operated by this line nicipal motorboat landing at the foot in conjunction with its other coastwise ships. The Manila Maru, of the O. S. K. line, now loading a full cargo of general mer chandise for the orient, will clear March 4. Today the big freighter took of Stark street for loading and dis charging the Astorian s passengers was denied by the commission. An excursion trip around the har bor, to end with an inspection of the on a cargo of 1700 tons of coal at the gt. Johns terminal, has been arranged I by the Associated General contractors In c6nvention here March Z and 3 at the Multnomah hotel. The excursion is to be made next. Wednesday, and the dock commission acceded to the request of the contractors' associa cific Mail steamships. It was announced tion to sena a representative of the todar that T. K. Oaks, chif officer of commission on tne trip. the Columbia, which has just arrived bunkers for her voyage cross. This will for metlm., accdlns 7u th. oiZ?. ?f the Pacific northwest, who will be of the company, yet the warehouses are packed with freight for the orient. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. (Special.) Numerous changes are being effected in the personnel of the officers on th Pa from the orient, has been appointed cemmand the steamer Point Adams, and has been detached from his old ship. The vacancy has been filled with the appointment of S. L. Cox, recently first officer of the San Juan- Cnx ia also an able officer and was fourth officer of the Columbia 18 months ago. When he brought his dunnage aboard the Columbia today. he was greeted warmly by Chief Steward Daddy Hayes and Chief Engineer Frank i PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO OPEN Steamer Astorian to- Make Daily Trips Down River. Spring will officially arrive on the Willamette river tomorrow morning with the opening of the steamboat P. Littlefield, becanse Cox was always alr,Aanl Mff; & nmmin.AmAn Qo tne veterans. According to information received here today, a total of 1142 captains and other made yesterday by Captain F. A. "Wil 1 son, owner pf the steamer Astorian, formerly the Puget sound steamer ship officers of alien birth, not citizens Nisouallv. that the boat will leave the of the United States, hold positions on T&vlor-street dock for Astoria and re- American vessels by virtue of the posses- I i t sion of red tickets. As far as known, none "u " "Tn " are stationed on vessels operating here. at 7:4 clock Sunday morning all being on the Atlantic, Steamship men The Astoriaw s to make trips daily teturning from New York say that there I exceDt Friday thereaiter. carrying are numerous efficient American ship of- passengers and fast freight between fjcers tramping the beach In search of Pz-rtlanrt nnrt Astoria. She will leave FLIER TO RECEIVE DEGREE It. Pearson First Oregon Bachelor of Business Administration. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene, Feb. 26. (Special.) Lieutenant Alex ander Pearson of Portland, former member of the class of 1917 in the University of Oregon, now a lieu tenant in the United States army air service, made arrangements yesterday with the registrar's office to receive his degree from the university. The degree to be granted Pearson will be the new one here of B.B.A. (bachelor of business administration. Just cre ated), and Lieutenant Pearson is the first Oregon student to receive that degree. Lieutenant Pearson is now on leave of absence from the service. He was one of the first tnree in the trans continental air flight last fall, which was won by the spectacular "sky pilot." Even a better showing on the part of Pearson was prevented by his running into a snowstorm in Wy oming. . His present base is on the Mexican border, where he pilots one of the planes running from El Paso to Douglas, Ariz., on scout duty. mwFTxm . in-", Will that Boy of .Tours Make Good? That boy - yours has great possibfli- ties. The chief factor in his success is , good health. The chief factor in good health is cleanliness inside. Keep his mind keen and his physical force ever increasing through the proper elimination of waste matter and intestinal poisons from his system. By an entirely new principle Nujol will keep the poisonous waste moving out of the body. Every other form ot treatment either irritates or forces the system. Nujol works on the waste matter instead of on the system.' Nujol prevents constipation by keep- - ing the food waste soft, thus helping Nature establish easy, thorough bowel evacuation at regular intervals the healthiest habit in the world. It is absolutely harmless and pleasant' to take try it. Nujollissold by all druggists in sealed bottle, - only bearing NUJOL trade-mark. Write Nujol Laboratories, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), 50 Broadway, N. Y., for Booklet, !'Thlrty Feet of Danger." A New Method ot Treating an Old Complaint was stopping when death came, he is survived by four sons Thomas W. of Bend, Rev. Ora C. of Virginia and Creed M., now living In the Willam ette valley. The body was brought to Bend this afternoon. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Dr. C. W. Tower, an early settler here, died today arter a snori illness. Dr. T)wer came to Coos Bay in 1868 and practiced medicine for some years ana later reurea irom active life. Of late years he has spent his time here and at Monrovia, Cal., where his daughter, Mrs. L. JU Day, resides. He was 78 years old and was Identi fied with progressive affairs on Coos Bay. working through the Chamber of Commerce. Those in the family sur viving him are Mrs. Tower. I. R. Tower and J. B. Tower, Bons, of Marshfield. The funeral will be held sunoay under the auspices of the Knights Templar. Fugitive Boys Are Caught. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 16. (Special.) Morris Stearns and Glenn Yost, who escaped from the state training school for boys here Tuesday nignt, were captured today near Marion. Clarence Brand and Edward Dunn, who escaped from the school two weeks ago, also were returned to the Institution today. Independence Woman Is Killed. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.) Mrs. C. L. Wllsos, prominent Inde pendence woman who was run down by an automobile stage nere inree month ago. died in a local hospital oday as a result of her injuries. Mrs. Wilson is survived by her husband. increase was noted today In the num ber of Influenza cae and the dis ease which has become prevalent In Rend Is still of a decidedly mild type. There -is less and less work for ths registered nurses, who were enrolled by the health department. Xews Print Paper Going Vp. NEW YORK. Feb. S. The price f news print on International Taper company contracts will be advanced from 4Vs cents a pound to 6 cents for the quarter beginning April I. C. W. Lyman, vice-president of the company, announced today. Read The Orearnnlan Hns.Hlert d. "BAYER CROSS" ON GENUINE ASPIRIN I Ji Bend Influenza Is Mild. BEND. Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.)- ELKS PLANNING TREATS employment, who are being- kept off the American snips Decause the red ticket. permittee as a war emergency measure, still honored. There are lots of erood Americans being removed from their posi tions when ships have financed hands. As a result tnere is considerable indignation among tne snip omcers here and else where, is it announced. The Dutch people, official and othr. wise, are giving a hearty welcome to thu shipping board vessels that make calls at tne various ports or Lmr.cn .East Indies ac cording to a letter received todav from Captain Randall Rogers, commander of the steamer West Helix, which is being operated by Struthers & Dixon. Rogers the Taylor-street dock at 7:45 every morning- and the Callendar dock at Astoria for the return trip at 2 o clock in the afternoon. Movements of Vessels. SAN PEDRO, Feb. 28. Arrived: Steam ers, t. C. Ltindauer irom Mendocino, o M.; Whittier rrom aan .Francisco, 5 A. M.; Asuncion from San Francisco, 6 A. M.; Cell l o irom san utego. 6 A. M Sailed: Steamers West Cayote for London, 5 p. m. ; Celito for San Francisco, 9 A. M. Asuncion for San Diego, 1 P. M ilayfair said that the recention ivn tn th. u.iw for Eureka. 6 P. M. ; Governor for Seattle, the officers and the general spirit shown 1 A- M.; Fred Baxter for Puget sound, 6 indicates that the Dutch are heartily in I p- M: Fairhaven for Central America, 6 itfvUr ui inn extension or tne American r. m, manne cover ail of their I P. merchant ports. The I. A. Norris yacht Shawnen. whlrS aui.ru recently wyn eastern-engines, "' .v-umiiuti Atuio ana nil r- West Hlmrod for San Francisco, 5 ceived a trial trip In which better than seven Knots developed. Norris is to build another and larger yacht in th United States Inspector of Customs Fit- j gerald searched a Japanese comine off I me ciiicru ioaay ann round triat it-nutv carnea a pacKago ol cotton seed uui i.n-sira witn tne pink cod tin moth. The shiDDinr board ttomr xl.. burn, operated by the Robert Dollar com- I mh. nu en roore irom Kob for San Francisco, has lost a propeller blade In latitude 45 degrees north and longitude 1(4 degrees west. Assistant k Hn sent to the crippled vessel, which is steam- ! ins i mree Knots b.a hour. The vessel is not In any danger, it was reported. The T. K. K. will Install th steamer vuju -vi ru m me service between the orient, San Francisco. Havana and New Orleans on March 30. it was announced today. The Seyo Maru of the same line uu? w rnve from Valparaiso March 10 PORTLAND. Feb. 26. Sailed at mid night, steamer Silver Shell, for San Fran Cisco. ASTORIA. Feb. 36. Sailed at 9 last night, steamer F. S. Loop, lor San Fran Cisco; sailed at midnight, steamer Rose City, for San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26. Arrived at 6 A. M steamer W. F. Herrin. from Port land, sailed at 8 A. m., steamer Atlas towing barge 83, for Portland. SAN DIEJO. Feb. 26. Arrived at 8 , M., steamer Wahkeena, from Columbia river. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer City of Topeka, for Port land via Eureka and Coos Bay. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 26. Arrived Steamers Point Adams, from Cristoba.; Mukliteo, from Port Angeles: Caspar, from Caspar; Tamalpais. irom trays nanwr. Capt&ln A. . ljucas, lor i-on vteiia; Ad miral Schley, for Seattle; J. A. Moflett, foe Seattle. SEATTLE. ' Wash., Feb. 26. Arrived Steamer, MelTllle Dollar, from Vancou ver B. C: Ixion, from Manila via ports; Annette Bolphe. from Valparaiso via porta: H. Lovejoy, from San Francisco. Departed Steamer Admiral Evans, for southwestern Alaska. here for Yokohama. ..o r-resiaent urant, bow berthed at Pier 39. will sail for Vladi vostok tomorrow at 5:30 A. M. The Pacific Mall steamship Point Adams arnvcu tooay irom cienfeugos and Cria- IUU.1, Vancouver Liquor Hearing- Today, T&peciai.) The arraignment of Mr. ana Mrs. Oscar Lund, Ralph Hedderly Salem Lodge Prepares for Enter tainment of Visitors. SALEM, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) Salem Elks, at a meeting: held here last night, took another step In the arrangements to entertain the 10,000 lodgemen and their wives who are expected to attend the state conven tion of tne order here In July. An elaborate programme is being worked out and nothing- will be left undone to make the event the best of ite kind ever held in the state. Special efforts will be made to obtain plenty of automobiles in order that the visi tors may have an opportunity to in spect the etate institutions and nearby orchard districts. sOTVV COLUS V V 48,000 Drug Stores Sell It. Five million peo use it to KILL. HILL'S ttSCARAL-MUININt Standard cold remedy for 20 years in unlet form aaie, sure, no opiates breaks up a cold in 24 hours relieves grip in s oavs. Money back U it tsus. 1 ne genuine dox nsi a icea S. too with air. HiU's VV picture. At All Drmt Star "Bayer Tablet! of Aspirin" to be genuine must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy aa unbroken Bayer package which con tains proper directions to safely re lleve Headache, Toothache. Earache. Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tla boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents at drug stores larger "Packages also. Axpirlnisthe trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of MonoacetlcmcldMler of Sallcyllracld Adv travki.kicv nnnr. Obituary. TACOMA, Wssh., Feb. 28. He and A, E. Loyd, charged with unlaw- Steamer Alameda, for Alaska Ports; steam- ful possession of intoxicating liquor ' Sasinaw towing barge Charles Nel- wlll be held tomorrow before Cedric " tor Fn"":"co- Miller, justce of the peace. The de- , x im,. . fendante are at liberty on 25ff ball U- S Radl P0- each. Mr. and Mrs. Lund are .also a r. M. resterdar unless charged by the federal government I otherwise Indicated.) witn transporting liquor from one VALDEZ, from seamo ior can r-uro, state to another. The four were miles north of Cape Blanco. captured by the sheriffs fore, eev- ti RTchnTotd.'" eral weeks ago when about $3000 WASHTENAW, from Port San Luis for worth of whisky was .seized in two Portland. 210 miles from Portland, automobiles. ' ' ERN.ESI H. USJSB.S, from San Fru- Mrs. Amelia J. Dayton, wife of A. J. Dayton, died suddenly Wednesday morning at the Whitehall, 253 Sixth Btreet, at the age of US. She had made her home In Portland since 1904 and was an active worker In the Portland Woman's club, the American Bed Cross and a number uf charitable organizations. "She Is survived by her widower and their son. Arthur C. Dayton, a judge of the circuit court. Funeral services will be held at the St. Rose church in Rose City Park Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock, after which the body will be shipped to Albany, N. T., for burial. ; - Mrs. Jane P. Cady, widow of the late E. H. Cady, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. E. A. Smith, 711 East Davis street, at the age of 90. Mrat Cady was brought to this country by her parents from Truro, England, when 4 years old and lived for many years in eastern Penn sylvania. She came to Portland from Cleveland. O.. In 1908 and until re cently enjoyed remarkable health. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. D. C. Hines of Wheeling, W. Vs., and Mrs. Smith of Portland. Funeral serv ices will be held today at the home at 2:30 o'clock. BENT). Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) Word was received here this morning from tbe town of Sisters of the death of George W. Trlplett, 85, veteran of the Confederate army and one of the early residents of this part of cen tral Oregon. Mr. Trlplett came to Bend from South Carolina early In 1903, settling at Prineville and a year later moving to Bend after tak ing up a timber claim. In addition to Millard Trlplett, at whose hvmt tie raNsenger and t-'rriirht aervir NKW VOKK to I.IVKRPOOI. Carmania Mar. 4, Apr. f. Mar 1 1, Jane li KKW VOKK tn rllKHHOl KU and KUITHAMITIIV Manrelanla liar. 20. Apr. 17, May 11 Impentlor ....Alar. Ct Mar i, XV NKW VOItK to rl.YMOITM II.WKE and Mil TIIAMITON Roral Cieorae Mar. Apr. 14, May II NKW YORK to I'LYMOITM and IMYRK Saxonta Mar. . May 1 NKW YORK U (il.ANUnW Columbia Mar. IS, Apr. II. May tl PORTLAND, MR.. U (.I.ASI.OW SafurnU Mar. a. May I, June taaAdra Apr. a. slay 13, Jun 19 NKW YORK to Pl.YMOITH. CIIKR HOIKli. I.IYKHI'OOl, Kalserln Asote Yfrljina Mar. 1, Apr. t. 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