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i 20 THE 3IOHNIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, .1920 ... , 1 . i : I i. I t . - '"J - : 1 i. 1 COiMOFPACKIi liUSTRWIDED Friends and Enemies Both Heard by Committee. PENDING BILL DISLIKED Government Supervision Declared Xecessary in Order to Restore Confidence Among Producers. WASHINGTON. March 12. Enact ment of legislation for the control of the meat packing industry was ad vocated and opposed today before the house agriculture committee. .lospnh Mercer, secretary of the Kansas Cattle Growers' association, urged the legislation on behalf of the producer, while L. T. H. Weld of Swift & Co., continued his statement against the pending control bill. "The cry that this legislation will put the packers out of business is all bunk," Mr. Mercer said, adding that government supervision was needed if only to restore the confidence of the producers. "We want the government to regu late and control 'the packers and itn.kiarii. as nublic utilities, with periodical inspection of their books," said Mr. Mercer, "mat puoncuy aiuue would do untold good." Large Majority Efficient. Commission firms and speculators at stock yards, Mr. Mercer said, should be regulated "reasonably" by a federal ' commission. A large majority of com mission merchants, he said, give hon est, efficient service to producers, but others should be "weeded out." "With all due respect to tne pacK he asserted, "they're a badly dis credited bunch among the producers nf thf rnnntrv." ris.'xr Mavrr. representing a small inrionpnrient nacker of Chicago, testi tied that in 30 years' competition with the bis packers, both in buying live stork and selling meat, his firm neve had experienced any unfair treatment. nnnnsin" control legislation. Mr. Mavcr said it would break down the credit and place in "grave jeopardy the entire packing industry. Trade Statistics Discredited. Mr. Weld presented information de signed to discredit tiie federal trade commission's criticism of the "big five." The commission's statistics re sardinjr division of livestock pur chases, Mr. Weld said, were mislead ing. Also, he charged, the commis sion did not publish statistics which would have been favorable to the packers. The close adherence to percentages of livestock purchases of the "big five" at various markets. Mr. Weld asserted, was due to "watchful com petition." and not to collusion. He added that if they changed greatly it would indicat connivance. fire marshal's office are here for that purpose. j aiic investigation wnicn tnese men m mane win include inspections 01 the fire-fighting equipment of the city, source of water supply, its force and the condition of the hydrants, to be handled by Mr. Stokes. Mr. Allen will examine into the city's ordinances regarding fire prevention, while Mr. Sykes will take up the educational work with the schools, the commer cial association, the parent-teacher organizations and other bodies in a position to aid. PRIVATE SHIPMENT OF WHEAT RESUMED SAMUEL MERRITT DIES Lived Over Civil ,War Veteran Hundred Tears. SPOKANE. Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Samuel Merritt. civil war vet eran and Spokane's oldest man, died this morning at the Broadway Sana torium at the age of 100 years one month and 24 days. Merritt passed the century mark on January 18, when he entertained mora that 75 friends, receiving them in good spirits and in mental vigor. He was a .member of Reno post of the Grand Army of the Republic, to which he was transferred shortly after com ing here from Topeka, Kan., in 1902. Since that time he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. E. F. Boyles, Granby Court. Obituary. WOMEN OUTiffl MEN REGISTRATION OF SKATTLE VOTERS SHOWS SURPRISE. In Five Precincts Careful Check Shows That in Only One Are Males Preponderant. SEATTLE, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) Women in five of the Seattle voting precincts outnumber the men who have registered for this year's election, a careful check of registra tions showed today. In one precinct men and women are tied. In another precinct, however, there is but a sol itary woman voter, while 2on men are qualified to participate in pri maries and elections. This is the district which at one time contained a large number of families living in houseboats on the tideflats and the waterways, but which in recent years has been filled in and now is occupied by business blocks and lodging houses Precincts where the women out number or eiual male voters are in the university district, 165 women, 151 men: Capitol Hill. 174 women. 172 men; North Capitol Hill. 192 women, 192 men; Capitol Hill, 178 women. 174 men; Fifteenth and Pine, 198 women. 194 men; Madrona, 153 women. 149 men. Registration figures for the city show there are ;1S,937 women and K0,i31 men on the voters rolls, or that of 99,188 registered at the close of the municipal campaign 39. 3 per cent were women and 60.7 per cent males. This analysis of the growth In women's registration is regarded by city officials as significant. ALLIED ALUMNI PLANNED Students of State Institutions to Support Millage Bill. . HOOD RIVER. Or., March II. (Special.) An allied alumni associa tion, composed of students of the University of Oregon, the Oregon Ag ricultural college and the Oregon state normal school, will follow a con ference of ex-students of the three institutions with President W. J. Kerr of the agricultural college, who was here last night to appeal to local people to support the millage hill that will make available funds for the state institutions of higher education. Individual alumni bodies of. the three schools were perfected last night and executives of the alumni associations will appoint delegations to conduct affairs of the inter-alumni association. GARDINER, Or., March 12. (Spe cial.) C. E. Ricker of Gardiner died of heart disease Wednesday fol lowing a conversation with friends in a store. Mr. Ricker was a candidate for nomination as state representa tive for Douglas county, and acting president of the local port commis sion. He was 69 years old, an active Mason and one of the pioneers of Douglas county, owning me of the finest dairy farms in southwestern Oregon. Last year he removed to Gardiner on account of failing health. He is survived by his widow, and one son, Roscoe R. Ricker of Gardiner, and three daughters. ALBANY", Or., March 12. (Special.) The funeral of Mary Jane McFar land, for 70 years a resident of Ore gon, who died at her home in Tangent Wednesday, was held this afternoon in the Methodist church at Tangent. V. was conducted by Rev. J. B. Need ham. Interment took place in River side cemetery at this city, where her husband, the late D. C. McFjjrland, pioneer Oregon minister, is buried. ALBANY, Or., March 12. (Special.) Miss Nancy Henshaw, who died in Salem Wednesday, was formerly a resident of Albany and vicinity for many years, removing to Salem three years ago. She was a native of Can ada and 56 years of age. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Morgan Henshaw, who resides near Albany, and the following brothers and sisters; Airs. O. K. Blatchford of Plainview, Dugald Henshaw of Al bany, Mrs. A. C. Auderway of Crab tree and George Henshaw and Ar chie Henshaw. Local Company Arranges for Export Cargo. BIG FREIGHTER ENGAGED Steamer Eelbeck, Now at San Fran cisco, to Load Here Soon for Is havlnr a merry time supplying the needs ox all comers. The T. K. K. steamship Seiyo Mam ar rived from Valparaiso this morning; en route to Japan. The vessel brought only a few passenaera for this Dort. the ma jority being booked through to the orient. The cargo consists principally of nitrates irom the west coast and there is a die steerage list of Asiatics. The Seiyo will take on fuel and proceed tomorrow. The crippled steamer West Hepburn, In tow of the steamer Ida. Is due here tomorrow at an early hour, according to wireless advices. The Admiral line steamship Senator will arrive from Mexican and Central Ameri can porta with passengers and freight to morrow. The shipping board steamship West Cadorn which cleared for the orient this morning, returned to port later, on ac count of defective steering gear. En route from the orient to New York, the Dollar line steamer Grace Dollar, Cap tain Tasker, proceeded today after taking on coal. The British steamer Tactician. Captain Rhodes. left here this morning for Liver pool via Vancouver, B. C. She has a gen eral cargo. , Trans-Atlantic Port. TACOMA, Wash., March 12. (Special.) With 1000 tons of oil for the Philippine Vegetable Oil company, the Edmore, of the Pacific Steamship company orient serv ice, arrived here this morning. The ves sel is expected to complete discharging The exportation of flour and wheat and commence to load tomorrow. The Ed- to Knronn v nrivate interests. Idle for the past four years, was resumed yesterday, when negotiations were completed by the Portland Flouring" Mills company to send out a full cargo of wheat and flour on the steamer Eelbeck, a 9600-ton shipping more Is in command of Captain Cann, weil-known pacific coast mariner, who suc ceeded Captain Throckmoston yesterday. The Edmore still shows the effect of her passage across the Pacific when she was shaken up by heavy weather. All her boats on the starboard side were carried away and considerable damage done her house and bridge. Te Inconium of this line will be here with oil about April 1 PHOSPHATE BUNKERS TO CONSTRUCTED Dock Commission Grants Au thority for Purchase. PILING WILL BE DRIVEN Bids to Be Advertised for Con struction Work and Furnish ing of Material. i j i i v.- c.,.n,an. Pacific from the orient. UUdlU HI Lite ii.u. l t ,. . , , . . , , line, represented nere u w -".- sound this morning and is loading for bia-Paciflc Shipping company. I west coast ports at the various mills. The The Eelbeck recently completed a Rita will have a full cargo out from here voyage from facinc coast porta yi. uy me oa.rge n. J. x-irno i EuroDe and return, and is now at San Bellingham. II- "m rY, there next The Rogers shipbuilding company ---- ... ,rt t- i launcnea a parciy-compietea wooaen nun Friday and will come directly to Port- a the Tacoma ,hlpbulldlne plant today. land to load a full cargo at tne fori- two hulls here have been purcnased land Flouring Mills dock. Her ties- I by the Foss Launch company, which may tlnafinn has not been definitely an-ioe converted into barges. nounced. but is understood to be Alex- The Justin, of the Garland line, is due , . - cri-ain to I with oil and other cargo for Tacoma. The last cargo of flour or Brain to Tho Florence cl d , 8all to. be exported from Portland on privaie nlKht for Callfornia ort- witn a of account was sent out Aprn 0, lumber from Tacoma. by the Portland Flouring Mills com- The Philippine Vegetable Oil company, nanv on the Norwegian Darn. uijy Rank destined for France. The steamer Braeholm, now build ing at Vancouver, B. C, has also oeen through A. L. Groves, superintendent. announced today the signing of contracts with the Pacific Steamship company, Nip pon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steam- shipp company) and the Osaka Shosen SCHOOLS SEEK OLD PAPER Revenues From Sale Will Be Used for Corvallls Library. CORVALLIS. Or, March 12. (Spe cial.) Corvallis school children will engage in a paper drive this month and next with the idea of raising money for the school library. Old paper is worth 122 a ton In Corvallis. the highest in history, and judging from what other towns have done at less rate per ton the schools expect to gather up $600 worth of paper. FIRE SURVEY TO BE MADE State Officials Visit Pendleton to Inspect City Equipment. PENDLETON. Or.. March 12. (Spe cial.) Pendleton and other towns in Umatilla county are-' to have fire surveys made during; the coming week. Horace Sykes, Gilbert Allen and George W. Stokes of the state KELSO, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) B. Alberti, a resident of Bray- nion Mountain, northeast of Kelso, where he took up a homestead in 1S89, died Tuesday following an ill ness of two years. Mr. Alberti was born in Biasca, Switzerland, in April, 1863, and came to the United States in 188 1,, locating at Los Angeles, CaL for a short time. He cleared a fine farm from the timbered wilderness. Surviving him are bis widow and six children. CORVALLIS, Or.. March 12. (Spe cial.) The funeral of Mrs. Mark Rickard of this city was held yes terday. She is survived by her hus band, a well-known automobile dealer here, and by her brother, Hugh Guth rie, another Corvallis business man. Mrs. Rickard formerly lived at Mon mouth, where she attended school. HOQUIAM, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) Surrounded by two score grandchildren and great-grandchil dren, in addition to her many sons and daughters, Mrs. Carrie Nelson pioneer, died last night at the age of 91. She lived in Grays Harbor county for one-fourth of a century. HOOD RIVER, Or., March 12. (Spe. cial.) Funeral services for James B Hunt, pioneer resident of 31 years, were held Wednesday afternoon. Ritualistic services of the Elks and Knights of Pythias lodges were ob served. A delegation of The Dalles lodge of Elks was here for the funeral. The following were pall bearers: R. E. Fewell, F. H. Coolidge, John Baker, Fred Rand, W. L. Nichols and L. F. Brazeau. Rev. J. L. Hershner, pioneer Congregationalist minister officiated. Mr. Hunt, whose death occurred Monday morning from pneumonia, was a native of Iowa. He was 55 years old. His widow and one son, Glenn B. Hunt, survive. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 12. (Special.) Mrs. Marion E. Lee, wife of James P. Lee, died at the family home at S05 West Fifteenth street. today. She Is survived by the widower, a daughter, Lorine, 8; three brothers, B. L. Dorman and R. H. Dorman of this city, and S. D. Dorman of Camas, and five sisters, Mrs. E. W. Scott of Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. E. A. Ball of Vancouver, Mrs. Sylvester Fanning and Mrs. Curtis Anderson of La Cen ter and Mrs. J. G. Eddings of this city. The funeral services will be held Sunday. John B. Cooncy, 114 Alberta street. dropped dead from heart disease at his home yesterday morning. The body was taken by Deputy Coroner Goetsch. Mr. Cooney, who was 68 years of age, had gone out to the woodshed, to cut some wood. Shortly afterwards he was found dead by members of the family. He is survived by his widow and four children. EUGENE. Or., March 12. (Special.) Rev. George F. Stivers, a pioneer minister of the Christian church and father of Dr. E. V. Stivers, pastor of the First Christian church of this ity, died at his home here today. He waa 68 years old. Mr. Stivers was born in Washington county. III, and was for many years engaged in min isterial work in Washington. He had been living in Eugene for six years. Besides his son Dr. Stivers, he leaves a widow and the following children: H. C. Stivers of Moscow, Idaho; T- A. Stivers of Garfield, Wash., Paul Stivers of Eugene; Mrs. W." J. Vernon of Grants Pass, and Mrs. T. E. McCroskey of Salem. SALEM, Or., March 12. (Special.) L. C. Cavanaugh, aged 65 years, and for more than 50 years a resident of Marion county, dropped dead in a Cigar store here today. Mr. Cava, naugh was born in Iowa and crossed the plains when a young man and located near Turner. There he was engaged in hop growing and live stock buying for a number of years. He was prominent in local Masonic circles. Besides his widow Mr. Cava naugh is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Otha Ragan of Salem and Mrs. Ernest Wiggans of Oregon City. fixed by . the Portland Flouring Mills Kaisha (Osaka Steamship company) company to. load on rugei spunu ivi Alexandria. During the period of the war and since the exportation of wheat and flour- to Europe has been conducted entirely by the United States tood ao m 1 11 ist ra t inn. Small quantities of flour in parcel I shipments are routed from this port di lots have been sent to Europe in re- rect from the Milwaukee docks, where the cent months bv local firms, ana con- i.6. . i ..--, ' 1 "'""i"" , i, ,av hoen pany is located. The oil is pumped out of siderable quantities of flour have been ?he'UnkB of the vess?l9 Vect to the exported to tne oncui, ui -'&' tanks of the company here. lots. 1 I The steamship Wakena. with paper The exportation of two full cargoes 1 from the north, arrived at the Commercial bv the Portland Flouring Mills com- dock today and after discharging shifted whereby all oil and copra cake cargoes for the oil company from Manila and other porta In the Pacific will discharge at -the Milwaukee docks here. It was learned from Mr. Groves that San Francisco and Seattle had been bidding for this busi ness. Mr. Groves explained today the advantage of rail terminals. Most eastern pany is considered, therefore, to mark both the passing of the control of the United States grain . corporation and the return of Portland's commerce to its pre-war status. Pacific Coast Shipping Aotes. ASTORIA. Or.. March 12. (Special.)- The steamer Wawalona, with cargo from Portland, sailed at 7 this morning for Vnhp lanrnt After discharging fuel oil in Portland. the tank steamer Washtenaw sailed at i. last nieht for California. Bringing, freight and passengers for As toria and Portland, the steamer Kose uy arrived at noon today from San Francisco. The tank steamer William F. Herrin sailed at 12:30 today fo- California after disohareine fuel oil In Portland. The steam schooner Trinidad finished loading lumber at the Hammond mill this evening and tonight will sail for San Pedro. Completing her cargo of lumber at Knappton, the steam schooner Daisy Mat thews will sail tonight or tomorrow morn ing for San Pedro. The lumber-laden schooner K. V. Kruse completed her crew this morning and is ready to sail for Sydney as soon as weather conditions outside are favorable. Carrying a cargo of flour from Portland for Armenia, the steamer Bearport crossed out at 7 last night for New York. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 12. fSDe- clal.) Twelve 11, OOO-ton steel steamships. lurming ine migntiest ueet ever oper ated in the intercoastal trade, will be placed in the Scattle-isew York route, via me x-anp.ina canai, it tne interstate com merce commission grants the aDDlicattnn of the Isthmian Steamship company for down sound. The Amazon Marue. of the O. P. K. line. Is due in port March 15 to bunker for her journey across the Pacific. She comes di rect from New. York. $3,400,000 BID FOB SHIPYARD David Rogers Makes Offer for Se attle, Wash., Construction Unit. WASHINGTON, March 12. An offer of $3,400,000 has been made to the shipping board by David Rogers for the Skinner & Eddy shipyard No. 2 at Seattle, Wash. Chairman Payne said today the board was considering the offer, but that the present op erators would also be given an op portunity to bid. The government purchased the yard two years ago for S3, 874, 000. Ossa Leaves With Flour. The steamer Ossa, which came here from Seattle to load flour for the grain corporation, completed a cargo of 6450 tons yesterday afternoon, and left down at 11 o'clock last night for New York for orders. The steamer West Campgaw, soon to be completed on Puget sound, is the only other vessel now scheduled for Portland loading for the grain corporation. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, March 12. Sailed at 1 permission to use the canal, according ta diw k.m r Vr n..i'B.,u. ri advicrs today from the east. The com- p. Crocker, for Sydney, via Willapa Har mission began a hearing on the application bor. Sailed at 11 P. M. Steamer Ossa. last week. The Isthmian Steamship com- ii,.. .t sn.i .fin iu pany is a subsidiary of the United States steamer Wahkeen'a, from St. Helens, for Pedro. Sailed at 8 P. M. Steamer San Multnomah, for San Pedro, via tVestport and San Francisco. Sailed at 9 P. M Steamer City of Topeka, for San Francisco, via Eureka and Coos Bay. bteel corporation. The steel corporation owns a small railroad. Under an act of cr.ngress, no steamships owned by railroad iniOTsu aro allowed to enter the inter coastal trade via the canal. The owner. ship of the Isthmian company contends it T ' T- aa " " ASTORIA. March 12. Sailed at mid VA . "T.?r lro 0Pa"ons night Steamer Washtenaw, for Port San with lh cn. : . "; '. .M..r,eu.: Sailed at but night Steamer act is to preserve competition between the . i.wuoua ran me intercoastal steamship ........ nmu u wie canal route. The commission of public docks yesterday granted to G. B: Hegardt, chief engineer for the commission. authority to purchase material and proceed with the preliminary con struction of bunkers at pier No. 5 of terminal No. 4 for the handling of phosphate rock in buik. Contracts for the movement of 40.000 tons of this rock 5000 tons in sacks and the remainder in bulk already have been signed, and the announcement of con tracts to bring this amount to 90.000 tons is expected in a few days, with a good prospect that the movement will amount to 300,000 tons a- year through-Portland for several years. The dock commission will advertise immediately for bids for furnishing all the material for the construction of pier No. 5, where the bunkers are to be located, and for the driving of about 1300 pieces of piling. - By as sembling the material and having the piles driven Immediately, the com mission expects to have the pier and bunkers completed at an earlier date than if the entire job were let to con tractors in the usual way. Rail Extension Denied. A formal order from the public service commission, denying the re quest of the dock commission for an extension of the St. Johns line of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company to terminal No. 4, was re ceived at yesterday's meeting and re ferred to the secretary and city at torney to take up again with the pub lie service commission. Transporta tion to the terminal is held to be i necessity and the commission is dc termined to build the extension of the line from "its own funds if necessary, and to make arrangements with the traction company to operate the line after its completion. It is considered probable that if an increase in fares is granted the traction company, the extension can be built by the com pany. Elevator in Shape. The municipal grain elevator at terminal No. 4 is in shape so that can be used now for the storing of grain if necessary, it was reported to the commission by Engineer Hegardt. The installation of machinery and the finishing of the elevator will be com pleted within a short time. Income to the city from the opera tion of municipal docks and terminals during February amounted to J27.288. ward to Herschel Island and beyond. The Olga la a staunch wooden schooner virtually of the same size as the famous little power schooner Bender Brothers of Seattle, which has been voyaging Into the Arctic for many years. The Olga Is 76 feet 6 inches long, 19 feet 8 inches wide and 8 feet 6 inches deep. Her cargo capacity is 200 tons. Next fall, at the ; close of the Arctic season. Captain Allen will bring the vessel to Seattle, which is to be her winter home port. PORT OFFICIAL- APPOINTED H. R. Elliott Assistant Captain, for Xippon Tnsen Kaisha. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 12. The appointment of H. R. Elliott as assist ant port captain of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha with headquarters on the Great Northern dock was announced today. While he served with the railroad administration during the pe riod of governmental operation, Mr. Elliott is an old-time steamship man of Seattle and Alaska, Mr. Elliott entered the steamship business in Alaska In 1898. the year of the great Klondike movement, serv ing as a special agent in the north for the Alaska Steamship company. In 1906 he came to Seattle to join the company's traffic department, but two years later returned to Alaska, hav ing been appointed the Nome manager for the steamship corporation. In 1910 he left the Alaska Steamship company and went into the Tukon country, where he was connected with the Northern Navigation company, a subsidiary of the Northern Commer cial company, which engaged In river transportation operations. In 1912 he returned to Seattle to take charge of the freight of the Cunard Steamship company. E R. TONNAGE HOT QUESTION PRE-WAR SERVICE WITH FEW ER SHIPS DECLARED GREATER. Ex-Director of Shipping Board Operations Says Usefulness Xow Is Half of What It Was. After a severe attack nf nfln.nT, .1.1.1. has confined him to the house fo'r more than two weeks. Walter r rv... dent of the Marine Supply company, pier 1. has recovered his strength in th. .. ..c . auowea io De up several ,uu.o udj. it will be more, nowever, before work. Air. ek nr he csLn rti,m ,a midni was irMi-iia. .i.u fhionva o.l.il i r Jli" ...... , 41i vucuuver,- B. c. on business. He wsi braiifht ki, c' .... by James E. Pharo. of the Maritime Ship- F" lumpany. wno 1ft th. ,v onn ,1Im at present. More than $10,000 I. hi . . provin the veteran power schooner BenI Bros by L. Seidenverg of Nome, who .. Iannis ana Transportation company a few week. .. .p:r;?tT"i? Tfi"?; a. w Joo-hor.ePowe; i win develop " " 'hn Hnnts. The vessel h.,a tofore has had a 0-hor.epowe" gasoTlne engine, developing a speedof "no" i cial.) The fight against ,n.?Z: oi.ii.eoi iratlic manager of the harbor man, for Ocean Falls, B. C. : Z- LV" rmer In Los .,ij 7 . . c"y council yesterday voted to instruct the attorney to prepare the ordinance authorizing the change three councilmen voted against tie instruc tion, n was learned that the Los An. 5iv? a.m,b.e.r., J and other vtenauiaauuns. inc un nr m. i j Bearport, lor Armenia, via Aw York. Ar rived down at 2:30 and sailed at 7 A. M Steanr Wawalona, tor Yokohama and Kob. Arrived at 2 and left up at 6 P. M. Steamer Rose City, from San Krancisro. Sailed at noon Steamer W. F. Herrin. tor Gaviota. SYDNEY, March 10. Arrived Schooner Inca, from Columbia river. COOS BAY, Or., March 12. (Special.) Arrived Johanna Smith, from Ban Fran Cisco, at 6:15 A. M. Sailed C. A. femiLh, for San Francisco, at 5:30 A. M. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. March 12. (Special.) Arrived Steamers Iris, from San Diego, A. M.: Queen, from Seattle, 4 P. M. Avalon, from Willapa, l:l0 P. M.; Whit- tier, from Port San Iula. 3 P. M. Sailed Steamers Halco, for Astoria, 5 P. M. : Arctic, for Mendocino, in the night SEATTLE, Wash., March 12. Arrived Steamers Eastern Planet, from Kobe; Ad miral Dewey, Yosemite, from San Fran Cisco; Morning Star, from British Colum bia portsr Departed Steamers President, for san Diego, via San Francisco; Admiral Rod,- March 12. Arrived! from orient; Santa TACOMA. Wash., Steamers Edmore, Rita, from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Florence Olson for San Francisco. Cllf HD k TTO1A lf..Vi V 1.ImJI n , ""o tiiB world I ivn.iovu, .11 aik,u x . ai . i vti - j opposed to abolishing the Steamers Admiral Farragut, from Seattle; office and favor the emiiUvm.m . . t a vfff..t f,m iir, w.n- K.lvn -v. 7 irauic man. The steamer Point Rnni. m. ,. .hi. ,, ..... ... " oo un- e.Th; ' ..?y' b"9 rrived from r.n.rr K.:?ax -w"? 750 ns of ll north tomorrow. She Wi" The United States training ship ihs n7jLedfh'rm the, Meilcan ' via San Diego this morning. For the first time in the history of th. vessel sine" It b, been used for training cadets for The merchant marine, the vessel entered for eign waters "Abandon ship" and other ... given on board. The CW..nla7e ei,cellent records In "abandon : ' - , 7 " vessel in 4 min utee and 30 seconds. J. A. Moffett. from Mam. from Valparaiso. Departed- steamers Grace xonar, zor New York; Atlas, for Juneau; Tamalpals for Astoria; Necanlcum, for Brookings Landing; Tactician, for Liverpool; West Kasson, for Colombo. Battleship to Carry Prince. PORTSMOUTH, Eng. The battle ship Renown has been fitting out here to carry the Prince of Wales on his Australian trip. Additional cabin space has been made and a steam laundry installed. . . PORT TOWNSEND. Wuh M.r-h special.; ma steamers K.srom tiq. and Mandasan Mara, which arrived this morning" from the orient, report exception ally fine weather crossing the Pacific un til about 400 miles off Cape Flattery, when an una Hindi ana a neavy sea were en countered. Both vessels were given pra tique this morning, proceeding to Seattle to discharge. Considerable activity Is being- displayed among Alaska packers In getting their neei oi sailing vessels in readiness to sail north. The big windjammers have been brought from their winter quarters and are being overhauled, after which they will load supplies for their stations In Alaskan waters. Already a large force of men have been sent north by steamer to prepare tne canneries lor operation. It is oeuevan mat tne nsning season will open earlier this year than usual, hence tne activity aispiayea. Included In the cargo of the West Ivis. arriving yesterday irom tne orient, was a dir snipmeni oi wine tor trans-shipment to Vancouver. To keep the shipment in tact a heavy guard has been placed by the steamship company. SAN FRANCISCO, -March 11. (Special.) The Pacific Mail steamship City of rara win sail lor BalDoa via ports of Mexico and Central America tomorrow with a full cargo and capacity list- of passengers. Owing to the demand for transportation the passenger department TJ. S. Naval Radio Reports. (All positions reported at I P. M. yester day unless otherwise Indicated.) LYMAN STEWART, Fort San jluis tor Vancouver. 372 miles from Vancouver. WASHTENAW, Portland for Port San Luis. SSO miles from Port San Luis. W. H. HERRIN. Ltnnton for Avon, 1 miles from LInnton. ARDMOORE, Vancouver for San Fran clsco. off Cape Flattery. EL SEGUNDO, Point wnson tor Port land, 1st miles north of Astoria. PRESIDENT, Seattle for San Francisco, n7 miles from Seattle. RICHMOND, towing barge 85. Honolulu for San Pedro. 1439 miles1 from San Pedro at 8 P. M.. March II. IDA. towing West Hepburn, 217 miles west of San Francisco at 8 P. M., March 11. CANSUMSET. San Francisco for Seattle, 81 miles of Point Reyes at 8 P. M., March 11. ENTERPRISE. Hilo Tor San Francisco, nff Ran Francisco HehtshlP. WEST KASSON. San raneiBco tor Honolulu, 63 miles from San Francisco. CAPT. A. F. LUCAS, wnonage tor can Pedro. 262 miles from San Pedro. SEQUOIA. San Francisco tor ban uiego, 60 miles from San Francisco. DILWORTH, San Pedro for Seattle. 840 miles from Seattle. LA BREA. Honolulu ror los Angeles, 460 mlle from Los Angeles. ASUNCION. San Pedro for Richmond, 10 miles south of Richmond. MUNRA. Astoria for New York. 837 miles south of the Columbia river. CANSUMSET. San Francisco for Seattle, lOfl miles north of Point Reyes. OLEUM. San Luis for Astoria, 618 miles from Astoria. W. S. PORTER, LInnton south, 600 miles from LInnton. MATFONIA, 1581 mile west of San Francisco. I "WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. Although the world's ship tonnage is greater than before the war, service rendered is not more than one-half of what it was, J. H. Rosseter, formerly direc- toro of operations of the shipping board today told the senate commerce committee. Delays of all kinds have reduced materially the efficiency of the vessels, he said, giving instances of strikes in many countries. The statement resulted from an ef fort by Senator Fletcher, democrat, Florida, to get an estimate as to what American tonnage would be. The wit ness replied that a figure "out of the sky" would be 12,000,000 deadweight tons. Rosseter strongly favored a "bar gain sale" of all wooden ships owned by the government at a rate of $50 a ton and without restrictions as to flag or trade. While not fully agree ing with Senator Nelson, republican Minnesota, that all government ves sels below 5000 .tons were "rubbish,' he said the wooden craft were "a mis taken from every viewpoint." The crying need of the American merchant marine programme, Mr, Rosseter said, was for -cargo craft of the "liner class," ships of 10,000 tons with a speed of 13 to 14 knots. These were needed, he said, to establish guaranteed return routes. "If we are ever to accomplish our dream of making New York instead of London the financial center of the world," he said, "the only way is to establish these regular lines." Mr. Rosseter agreed with Senator Nelson that funds from sale of small wooden and steel craft could well be used In adding such new types to the existing programme. CAPTAIN ALLEN BUYS OLGA Old-Time Arctic Explorer Takes . Possession of 'VJooden Schooner. SEATTLE, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) For operation in the Arctic, Captain Alexander Allen, old-time trader and navigator of the northern ocean, today purchased the schooner Olga from Captain C. X- Peterson of San Francisco, taking immediate pos session. The new owner will install an engine in the vessel and at the beginning of the warm season will sail for Bering strait and the Arctic on a voyage that will take him east- G. DIECK INDORSES PLAN TO CENTRALIZE POWER. To Traveling Salesmen Y Economy and Efficiency of Pro posed System Laid Before City Clubs in Address. The best results in the maritime and commercial development of this city can be secured by the centraliza tion of power and authority over all harbor activities in a single port ad ministrative body, members of the city club were told yesterday at their luncheon in the Benson hotel by Robert G. Dicck, former city com missioner and now advisory engineer for-lhe committee of 15. Ir. Dieck reviewed the organir.a-. K tion and activities of the committee, which was appointed last fall by the city council and Mayor Baker to in vestigate the requirements of the city nd make recommendations for its development in an industrial and com mercial way. The committee has been working steadily, Mr. Dieck said, toward the greater commercial ac tivity of the port and the develop ment of now idle tracts as Industrial sites. "The two port governing bodies, said Mr. Dieck, "are now working i closer harmony than ever before, an good results are being accomplished, The fullest co-ordination of activities, however, is to be secured only by th unification of the two bodies and ex tending the authority of Hhe new con solidated body to include not ojily th maintenance of the channel and th construction and operation Of termi nals and drydocks, but also the con trol of all industrial sites. Thus firm desiring to establish an industry here could, by dealing with the one administrative body, secure the land desired and have it improved for its purpose. The operation of a belt line should also come under the manage ment of a centralized administrative body. This plan has been adopted with great success by other cities, and is the logical step for Portland, The economy that can be effected by combining the two commissions is also worthy of consideration Indorsement of the merging of the port and dock commissions as advo cated by the committee of 15 is ex pected from the two bodies concerned, as they are represented by two mem bers each on the committee itself. When details of the plan are worked out the entire matter will probably lie settled by an initiative measure at the next election or by an act of the 1921 state legislature. Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessel From. Str. Daisy Str. Santa Monica . Str. Klamath Str. Johan Poulsen Barge Acapulco . . . str. Daisy reeman Str. Celllo Str. Cansumset ... Str. Willamette ... Rtr. Tomiura Maru Str. Angeles San Pedro Sch. Snow & Burgees.. Manila Due. San Francisco Mar. 13 San Francisco 3iar. 14 .San Francisco Mar. 15 .San Francisco Mar. 15 .San Francisco Mar. 15 .San Francisco Mar. 1" ,.San Francisco Mar. Ill . Seattle Mar. 20 .San Francisco Mar. 21 Orient Mar. Mar. 25 Mar. 25 Apr. 1 Marine Notes. The Admiral line steamer Waban. tak ing general freight 'for the orient, went to tho oil tanks last night to fill ber tanks. She will go to the Crown mills this morning to load 500 tons of fiour and will then return to terminal No. 4 to com plete her cargo. Carrying a full list of pass-ngrs and freight, the steamer City of Topeka de parted last night for San Francisco via Cous Bay and Eureka. The steam schooner Multnomah finished discharging at the Bates dock yesterday evening ar.d dropped down to Westport and Wauna to load lumber for San Pedro. The sailing schooner Inca, carrying lum ber from the Columbia river, arrived a Sydney. Australia. March 10, according to a Merchants' Exchange report, com pleting the voyage in 65 days. The schoon er William Bowden, al.o from Portland arrived at the same Australian port two days earlier and required 86 days for the trip. The woodon steamer Boynton. one of the four vessels remaining to be completed for the shiDDinir board In tnis district, nsd a successful dock trial yesterday at the fount Shipbuilding company a plant. &ne is expected to be delivered abou: March 25. The barkentlne Charles F. Crocker, which brought a cargo of copra here from the Gilbert islands and has been undergoing repairs and overhauling in the port ary dock, left down yesterday afternoon for Willapa harbor to load lumber for Sydney. Tides at Astoria, Saturday. Hleh. LOW. 6-36 A. M T.O feet0:43 A. M 3.6 feet 8:18 P. M 5.7 feet2:03 P. M....1.5 feet Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, March 12. Condition of the bar at o P. M. sea rouga. wind southeast, as mllna CORNELIA BISHOP DIES Str. Montague Orient To Depart From Portland. Str. Daisy Matthews.. San Pedro Mar. 13 Str. Tiverton San Pedro Mar. 1.1 Str. Wapama ....... San Francisco Mar. Ki Barire 1)3 San Francisco Mar. 13 Str. waoan unent tar. 2, v Vessels In Port. Vessel Berth Rarae 83 Willbridce. Str. Col. P. S. Michle.Pac. Mar. Iron Wka. Str. naisy uatnewa. .Knappton. Sch. K. V. Kruse. ... Knappton. Str. Multnomah . .. .. Westport. M S. Oronite Westport. tr. Tiverton Westport. Str. Trinidad Tongue Point. Str. W. F. Herrin.. . LInnton. Str. Waban Crown mills. Str. Wapama St. Helena, Resident of iorest Urove, l, Passes Away in Hawaii. HONOLULU, T. H., March 12. (Spe cial i Mrs. Cornelia Bishop, mother of Dr. John S. Bishop of Forest Grove, Or., died here- on February 29. Mrs. Bishop was one of the pioneers of Hawaii and was 94 years of age. Born in Watertown, N. T., she came to. Hawaii 67 years ago as the bride of Sereno Bishop, one of the first missionaries. Besides the son, the leaves a daughter, Mrs. Delia Shaw of this city. , Houses in Demand. HOQUIAM, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) With every available house and apartment in town taken and de mands existing for scores more. Ho quiam and Aberdeen face an un precedented need for building and a boomof building is Imminent. Ho tels are crowded. Population is in creasing steadily. New settlers are flocking in. Logged-off land is be ing taken tip right and left. Ranches are opening up. Poultry raising is now being added to other industries. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070, A 6095. OU know the value of the human voice! You know that next to a face-to-face con versation, the best thing is a long-distance conversation. With factories behind with orders, with shipping delays and changing prices, you know how your trade requires a constant, PERSONAL attention. But do you also know that here in the Northwest is a strictly long-distance tele phone company, independently owned and operated ? That we LIKE to handle rush calls, to locate parties, and to do everything that you might ask a long-distance operator to do? Then the next time you phone a customer or call the house just say, "Northwestern Long Distance" to the operator. A hanJy, compact book for recording loni-i'ulanct calls H'ill be sent (free) upon request. We Reach Any Telephone In These and Many Other Cities and Towns OREGON Portland Dallas Oregon City Corvallis WASHINGTON Albany) W oodburn Mount Angel Silvcrlon Chchalis Ccnlralia Bellingham Lverett Seattle Tacoma Aberdeen lloquiam Don't Ask for Long Distance SAY HORTHWESTERM LONG DISTANCE NURSE SHORTAGE ACUTE MAItV E. MARSHALL, NEW YORK, TELLS OF .EEI. Oilier Vocations Prove More At tractive to Women Than Care of Sick, Says Eiert. Because other vocations for women are being made so attractive, the nursing, as well as the teaching pro fession, is facing a ehortKe. This was the declaration made lust nlsht by Miss Mary K. Marshall of New York, director of the bureau of nurs ing of the National Tuberculosis as sociation, in addressing a gathering of representatives of all the public health acencit's in the city at a dinner at the Benson hotel. .The gathering last night was the first of Its kind ever held in rortland and represented city, stale and county health offices, the Visiting Nurso as sociation, Red Cros. tiraduate Nurnrs association, anti-tuberculosis work ers and others. Miss Marshall outlined some or the methods by which the three national organizations interested plan to re rruit their ranks. She told of lecture .nurses which will acquaint all of those who are nurses with full de tails as to tuberculosis, of Hate In stitutes and of the need of each stnte having a committee on public health nursing. press themselves after careful con sideration of every phase of the sub ject' of beneficial legislation. . A resolution was adopted by th meeting by unanimous vote calling upon congress to adopt the recom mendations of the national executive committee of the American Ix-rlon providing for aid In land settlement, home building, vocational education and pay readjustment. Statements in previous dlppatrhea that Mr. White was to speak at a local political meeting were erroneous. VETERANS URGED TO ACT George A. White Addresses ex-Serv Ice Men at Eugene. EUGENE, Or, March 12. (Special.) George A. White of Portland was the speaker here last night berore muss meeting of war veterans called for the purpose of considering beneficial soldier legislation. m neeting was called oy tne American .eglon, Span'sh-Amerlcan War vet- rans and veterans oi rrnn vm, arhn asked Mr. wnue to ineci wim them and explain the status of sol dier legislation now before congress. The speaker eaia mat wnue puonc ninion doubtless favors rair ana equitable readjustment for those who were in service congress was uncer tain whether action at this time would be popular and that it was up the former service men to ex- ROAD CLOSING FIGHT ENDS Opposition to Paving Xot Xow El pooled at Hood Rlvrr. HOOD RIVKR, Or., March II. (Spe cial.) Hood River clt liens, who sev eral weeks ago were proponing a com plaint before the state hishnar com mission against contractors rloKlnr the Columbia River highway between here and Wyelh. while paving Is In progress, are tempering their remon strance, and such action does not now seem likely. At first the local citizens 6rlrd that the road should be kept open, a part of the dsy at least and over Sundays, in order that motorist could come here for the apple blos som season. STAND 0NB0NUS ISSUE Candidates to lie Aokrd QueMlono by American Lrgion PoM. SPOKANK. March 1 S. Statement of their attitude towsrd proposed sol dier bonus legislation are to he asked of Richard I Jones, democratic can didate, and Cyrus Happy, Jr., repub lican candidate for the stale legis lature In the fifth district by a com mittee named by the executive com mittee of the local post of the Ameri can legion today. Both candidates are former service men and members of the local post. Corvallis Station Impossible, OREQONIAN NEWS BLR EAC. Washington. March it. The rhlef cf the United States weather bureau de clined today to establish a weather station at Oregon Agricultural col lege, Corvallis, asserting that It was impracticable, also Impossible by rea son of lack of funds. Phone your want ads to The Orrgo- nlan. Mnln 7070. A 0S. What Is Rheumatism? Why Suffer From It? Sufferers Should Realize That It Is a Blood Infection and Can Be Permanently Relieved. Rheumatism means that the blood has become saturated with urlo acid poison. 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