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THE MORNING OltEGONTAN, FRIT AT. ; - NOVEMBER 12, 1920 HENDERSON STEERED BY PNEUMATIC 6 Steamer Adopts New Device After Official Test. LOCAL MAN IS INVENTOR Stern-Vlieeler Maneuvers in Gale With. Party of Experts Aboard. Xavy May Try Mechanism. A new departure in mechanical stearin? gear for steam or motor ves sels, consisting or a device for con trolling the rudder by air pressure instead of by steam, as is the present general practice, passed a satisfac tory official test yesterday on the river steam Henderson of the Shaver Transportation company's fleet. The pneumatic steering mechanism is the Invention of a Portland man. Peter A. Johnson, foreman in charge of main tenance work for the G. 3J. Standifer consiruciion corporatiuu, mu n. nao been patented by him. The gear was installed in the steamer Henderson two months ago, and she has been operating with it since that time, while minor altera tions and adjustments were made to adapt it to the stern-wheel type of steamer, which has six rudders in place of the single one carried by ocean-going vessels. The official test run was made yes terday with a party of experts aboard who were unanimous In their ap proval of the dev'ce. The party con sisted of Captain John K. Bulger, supervising inspector for the United States steamboat inspection service; A. H. Bryant of the American bureau of shipping; E. F. Wentworth of the New York Air Brake company; Alex Hyde, ex-Inspector for the emergency fleet corporation; F. E. Hogan, super intendent of installation for the Stan difer company; Captain W. C. York, port superintendent for the Pacific Steamship company; A. J. Wolff of the Portland Iron "Works; Captain H. F. Astrup and Charles McDonald, assistant United States steamboat in spectors; George Chalmers, marine inspector for Hooven, Owens & Rent chaler of Hamilton, O., and Captains F. W. and George M. Shaver of the Shaver Transportation company. Steamer Maneuver In Wind. From the Shaver dock, the Hender son proceeded to the mouth of the Willamette river, where she maneu vered in the face of an east wind blowing: 25 miles an hour, and then returned to her dock. Captain Bulger characterized the device as "the per fect steering gear," and the others of the party were equally enthusiastic One of the most attractive features of the pneumatic steering gear is its extreme simplicity. The vital parts of the mechanism consist only of an air compressor, pipe lines and a pair of steel cylinders which contain pis tons connected directly with a trans Terse arm immovably fixed to the rudder stock. By the movement of a small hand lever in the pilot house, air under pressure is admitted to the cylinders, pressing on the forward end of one piston and the after end of the other at the same time, so that the rudder is quickly brought to any uraucu jnTaniun. uving lull apeu astern, the Henderson's ruBders were brought from hard .port . to hard astarboard in nine seconds. ' The in ventor claims for his deviae that with a pressure of 130 pounds in the com pressor a force of 240 tons can be ap plied to the steering gear. Air Acta As Cushion. One of the chief advantages that the new pneumatic steering gear is held to possess over the old steam steering engines is that the constant vibration of the rudder in the stream from the propellor or wash of heavy seas is all absorbed by the cushions of compressed air in the cylinders. Absorption of this vibration by steel springs, as is the common practice with steam gear, if is said, tends to crystallize the steel and leads to fre quent derangement of the gear. For use in case of emergency, the pneumatic device ie also fitted to use water or oil in place of compressed air, though better results are ob tained with the air. Inventors Korm Company. Associated with the Inventor in the perfection of the device was Archie C. Fries, machine-shop foreman at the Standifer plant. For the purpose of marketing their Invention the two have formed the Johnson-Fries Ma rine Construction company, of which Johnson is president and Fries vice president. J. C. Neill is secretary treasurer of the concern, and H.' T. Shaver .is business manager. Other directors of the company are G. M. Shaver. A. E. Chittenden and J. C Neill. Assurance has been received by the company from the navy department that if the new steering gear is shown to function satisfactorily in an ocean-going steamer, a destroyer will be made available for the purpose of demonstration. DEMOCRATS W.VXT $21,000 Attorney Fee Wanted for Prevent- ing Cancellation of Contracts. TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) A. R. Titlow. democratic no. tional committeeman for Washington, is suing George P. Wright, president of the Wright Shipbuilding company, for $21,000 attorney's fees. Mr. Tit low alleges that he saved Wright $48,000 on cancelled contracts after the signing of the armistice through his efforts with the Emergency Fleet corporation. He alleges that Wright refused to pay even $1000 for the ex pense of a trip to Washington. Wright is regarded as a multimil lionaire. He is said to have made much money during the war in build ing Ferris-type ships at his yards here. He was at one time mayor of Tacoma and. is interested in many lines of business. REPAIR. JOB COSTS $10,000 iBIotor Freighter Washington . Is Practically Rebuilt. ' TACOMA. Wash., Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) When the- motor freighter Washington left Tacoma after being roDuilt at the Skansie Brother's yard, at Gig harbor, it marked the finish of the largest piece of marine repair work that the boat builderg of the latter town have ever, had. It was estimated that the work of fitting out the Washington cost $10,000. A rep resentative of the New England Fish company, owners of the Washington, declared the work was highly satis factory. , Tl I . In .... A.3 V. . I. TT rilUI LII 111 ft 1 U-l 11V.11TTU U y LUC 11 W England Fish company, the Washing ton was operated on the Sound i,n freighting. She was purchased by Fred Marvin, some time ago, and he in turn sold it to the New England company. The latter company will use the vessel in freighting between Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Ket chikan, with Bide trips to the Soucd. POSTPONE DREDGE PURCHASE Grays Harbor Port Defers Action on Deal for Digger. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) Action was deferred yester day morning by the Grays Harbor port commission on a proposal of the Tacoma Dredging comnany to lease fo the port an electric dredge. J.t was announced at the close of the meet ing that comparative data would be compiled on three proposals now be fore the commission, to lease, pur chase or Build a dredge. Details of the leasing proposed by the Tacoma company were not made- public The commission has been consider ing an offer from the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging company to sell to the port the steam hydraulic dredge Seattle, which is now here, and which has done considerable work on Grays harbor, for the city of Aberdeen and for mill companies. XAVAIi TECHXICIAXS MEET Service Architects and Marine En gineers Hold Session. NEW YORK. Nov. 11. The 28th general meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi neers opened here today with Homer Ferguson of Newport News, Va, vice president, presiding in the absence of Rear-Admiral Washington L. Capps, now on the Pacific, coast on official naval business. Technical papers were read by Professor Lawrence B.' Chapman of Lehigh university on college educa tion in ship construction; by Lieutenant-Commander H. E. Saunders, construction corps. United States navy, on launching ships in restricted waters, and by H. F. Norton. Newport News, on new 20,000-ton oil tank skips- TWO WHALERS GET 70 EACH Vessels Arrive From Jiorthern Wa ters at Close of Season. TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) When the whaling, steamers Unimak and Tanginak arrived in Ta coma from Akutan. Alaska, it marked the closing of whaling season in the northern waters. This year the ves sels' hunt brought 70 whales each. The Unimak and Tanginak are owned by the North Pacific Sea Products company, the firm for which they have been working. The stations of the company along the coast brought in 300 mammals. The largest whales caught . were around 85 feet in length, being of the blue-back and sperm variety. Elkhorn to Load Lumber. The American steamer Elkhorn, 4723 tons, was listed yesterday to load lumber in the Columbia river during December for the United Kingdom- She is under charter to the Oce&n Lumber company at the going rate of $42.50 per 1000 feet, and is to take 1,800,000 feet of lumber at the DuBois mill at "Vancouver, Wash. The Elkhorn has been in the oriental trade out of San Francisco. She sailed from Singapore for San Fran cisco August 27 and touched at Ma nila October 7. She was last reported at Taipeh four days later. Waterfront Union to Meet, i Many Portland shipping men left yesterday . afternoon for Victoria, B. C, where a meeting of the Northwest Waterfront Employers' union will be held Saturday. Among those leaving were Frank J. O'Connor,- agent of the Admiral line andpresident of the Portland branch .of the employers' union; J. F. Ambrose. Captain Frank Sweet, W. D. Wells and J. V. Mason. largest and most valuable wheat cargo which ever left a Pacific coast port. Under orders received from the depart ment, the quartermasters department steamer Major Guy Howard was laid up yesterday for an Indefinite period and is tied up at Tort Canty. The steamer Fornance will continue In commission on the run between Astoria and the porta about the mouth of the river. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Nov. 11. CSpecial.) The steamer Iconium, which sailed last August from Puget sound to the orient in the service of the Pacific Steamship company, arrived this morn nig from Singapore, prooeedlng to Seattle. Wash., for which port she brought part cargo. Two cargoes of copper - ore reached Puget sound today from the west coast of South America on the steamer Santa Rita and the barge W. J. Pirrie, which was towed by the Santa Rita. The ore was consigned to the smelter at Tacoma. After being overhauled at the Todd plant at Seattle. Wah., the schooner Samar shifted today to Bellingham, Wash., where she will load lumber for Dunedin. New Zealand. The Admiral Evans, due tonight from the north, will be taken off the Alaska run for the winter and will be placed on the run between Puget sound and San Krancisco, relieving the Admiral Farragut. The Farragut will enter the Mexican serv ice, operating out of San Francisco. The Hvans Is scheduled to sail Sunday for-San Dollar Company Elects Officers. VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 11. These officers were elected today at the an nual meeting of the Dollar Steamship company: President, A. Melville Dol lar; vice-president, J. Harold Dollar; secretary, K. C. Burns; directors, Rob ert Dollar, Stanley Dollar. Harold Dollar, Melville Dolar and Kenneth C. Burns. Pacific Coast .Shipping' Notes- GRATS HARBOR,' Wash.. Nov. 11. (Special.) The steam schooners Oregon and Bruest II. Meyer cleaned, for Han Pedro at noon today. The Oregon loaded at the WHson mill, Aberdeen, and the Meyer at the Eureka mill, Hoquiam. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 11. (Special.) A cargo of fuel oil aboard the tank steamer EH Segundo arrived at 6 this morning from California and proceeded to Portland. The steamer Alaska arrived from Port land at 4:45 this afternoon and after tak ing on freight and pairpen frers here will sail this evening for San Francisco. Afte- loading 120,000 bushels of wheat at the Astoria port terminals, the British steamer Myrmidon crossed out at 12 last night for Vancouver, B. C, where she will discharge inward cargo from. Europe and finish loading for a return trip to the United Kingdom. The toarkentine James Toft, lumber laden, from Port-land for Australia, shifted to the local harbor at 8 this morning. She will sail Saturday. The steamer West Nivalis, after loading a part cargo of lumber at Gray Harbor will be due this evening to finish loading on the Columbia. The port dredge Natoma. which is now deepening a part of the Young's bay chan nel and incidentally making a fiH at the site of the proposed Young's Bay Lumber company's plant, wiH complete Its work there within the coming few days. The craft- w-iM then shift to Wauna, where it will dee-pen the channel in front of the mill and later wiH remove the obstruction at the entrance to Westport slough. When that is completed- the Natoma will return to Young's Bay, where it will deepen the channel leading to the Paclfio Power & Light company's new plant and make the fill for the south approach to the new Youngs Bay bridge. The steamer West Keen Is to sail to morrow from Sam Francisco and comes to load box shooks and flour at the local terminate for Honolulu. The wheat is now being assembled at the port terminals for the cargo of the Brit ish steamer Orca, which is supposed to have sailed yesterday from Callao for Astoria. The Orca win take on 1.V00O tons or over 500,000 bushels of grain here for Europe, as well as approximately 40-00 tons of bunker coal. She will carry the Port Calendar. i tr Tiverton Str. West Apaum Str. Hawaiian ... Str. Eelbecic .... Str. " Oregonian To Arrive mt .Portland. Vessel From rtnto Sch. Oregon NehaJera ....Nov. 12 Str. "West Nivaria. ... rfl" Harbor Nov. 12 Str. 'WMiingford ...San FVan ....Nov 13 Str. Edna San Fran ...Nov 14 Str. r. Freeman.-. . .San Fran ...Nov 14 Str. Bwe Jty ...... hq f ran. . . . Nov 14 Sch. Meteor San Fran ...Nov. 15 str. ol lopena.o. r . way. Nov. 17 "ran Nov 18 . Kaltlmore . .Nov" IS .N.Y.-Seattle. Nov. 19 -Phil and N.Y. Nov 22 .New York Trt Str. Bearport San Fran. ...Nov 2s Str. West Torus ....Boston Nov. 25 Str. Mount "Herwyn. . Oibraltar ...Nov 25 Str. Lake Filbert. ..Valparaiso ..Nov' as Ptr. Cane Henry. .. .Baltimore ...Nov 28 Str. Moerdyk ....... Antwerp . . . .Nov" 80 . VMnpaHn . . . 'Monr Oris... Str. Oregonlan New York ...Deo. 8 ; To Ieprt From Portland. Vessel For Date Str. Lehigh Philadelphia .Nov "is Str. Meiyo Mara ....Japan xov Str. Klamath ,Shii Fran ...Nov" 16 Str. Montasuo Orient Nov. 18 Str. Hawaiian ......New York ...Nov. 23 Vessels in Port. Vessel Berth. Str. Ialsy Matthews.Bt. Helens. Str. Kl Segundo-t.. .Standard Oil dock Str. Haleakala Inman Poulsen miii Str. Joan of Arc ....St. Helena. Str. Klamath St. Helens. Str. Lehigh Portland Lbr. Co w. Str. Montague Terminal No. 4 Str. Meiyo Maru ... Terminal No. 4. Str. West Camak ...Du Boia mill. Francisco. WATTLE Wash., Nov. 11. (Special.) The liner Arabia Maru. now loading in Vancouver,. wHL move to Tacoma next week and then come to Seattle to com plete her cargo for the orient. She will sail for Yokohama on November 20 from pier 6. After her annual overhaul and repair ing, the steamship Deuel ah if ted from the Todd drydock today to the east waterway dock to take on cano. The vessel is shipping board carrier, operated by Struth- ers & Dixon, The Pacific Steamship company vessel Admiral Evans was due in port Thursday on her last trip from Alaska for some time. She Is scheduled to sail for Cali fornia on Sunday, where she will enter the Mexican coast service. Shipping - board vesse Eastern Ocean was scheduled to sail from New York to Seattle Thursday, according to word re ceived by the Pacific Steamship company linKing the rmilti-m.uion dollar Harri man shipping interests to Seattle, the big steamer Hawaiian, of the American-Hawaiian line, arrived, late Thursday. She sailed from New York for Puget sound October 1, inaugurating' the lntercoastai service of theorganJzation, Back Crom a 16,0VO-mile voyage that be gan the middle of last April and took her aionf the Siberian coast from Petropav lovsk to Anadyr, thence to Nome, thenoe Into Bering strait, where ice conditions halted her efforts to get into the Arctic, the stout Mittle power schooner Bender Brothers, the "ship that always comes back" is undergoing overhaul at the West waterway plant of the Maritime Boat and Engine works. To discuss the equalizing of the Inter national towing rates, a large delegation of members of the Northwestern Towboat Owners association will leave tomorrow for Vancouver, B. C, where they will meet with the members of the British Columbia Towboat Owners' association. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11. (Special.) The Panama canal is rapidly paying for itself, according to a report issued by the Panama canal register. A record of the movement of vessels passing through the canal for the first six months of this year shows a total of J 324 steamers, against 1154 water carriers for the same period of last year. An outlay for improving the port of Yokohama, estimated at 14.000,000 yen (about 97,000,000), has been decided upon by the harbor officials at that port, it was reported by the shipmasters arriving here from the orient. It is stated that this action was decided upon following a conference called by the Japanese harbor officials. Plans are also under way for improving and construction of new piers at Kobe, Shimonosekl and Kuartsu. A contract renewal between the United States shipping board and wireless com panies for the maintenance of Its wireless apparatus on approximately 1200 vessels has been consummated. The companies involved In the contract with the board are the Radio Corporation of America, the Shipowners' radio service and the Inde pendent wireless and telegraph service. SAN PEDRO. CaL, Nov. 11. (Special.) Activities on the waterfront were suspend ed tod-ay owing to the fact that it. was a legal holiday. Cargo was not discharged from steamers except such as were' com pelled to keep their schedules. The day was observed generally. " VANCOUVER B Nor.-11. Special. X Vancouver' aarDor commissioners are concluding an agreement with the city to construct a suitable wharf for tcrw boats at- the foot of Gore avenue. The harbor commissioners ordered all towboats from Heatley avenue wharf when work on the Ballantyne pier commenced.. - There are about "O tow boats regularly engaged In the harbor. The northwestern waterfront employers will hold their general meeting In Victoria Saturday. The Northwestern Towboat Owners' association, will meet in Vancou ver on the following ' Saturday. The Australian passenger liner Nia,gara, due here today, was delayed off the' coast by bad weather Tuesday and -will not get to port until lata Friday evening. She has 25,0x0 cases of butter and 10O0 mutton car casses in her refrigerator holds, TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 11. (Special.) A bid for the holding in Tacoma of the bearing on section 28 of the merchant ma rine act, announced yesterday by Admiral Benson, chairman of the United States shipping board as to be held In the . near future, was made yesterday by Jay W. McCune. secretary of the traffic and trans portation bureau of the Tacoma. commer cial club. The request that the hearing be held on the Pacific coast, if possible, preferably at Tacoma, was made- In a telegram dispatched to vAcfcmlral Benson. In the event that the hearing can not be brought to Tacoma or some -other Pa cific coast port. Secretary McCune sug gested that it be set for December 6 in Washington, D, C, on the ground thtat all coast ports will have representatives at the interstate commerce commission hear ing at Washington set for December 2 and 3 and these representatives would be. able to attend both hearings conveniently. On account of a heavy easterly -wind outeide and blowing1 down the straits, the steamer Santa Rita and barge W. J. Pirrie are said to be making very poor tfme. The vessels were expected here at noon today, but last reports give the vessels as ar rivals some time tonight.- Both steamer and barge have full cargoes of ore to dis charge here from Peru and Chile. On account of this being Armistice day no work was done in loading the Culber son, in port, taking wheat for London. The Culberson may finish and sail tomorrow. The -Endlcott. with oil for Tacoma dis charge, is working today and may get out tonight for down sound ports. Tbe vessel is operated by the Pacific Steamship com pany and Is expected to return to the orient. The Havilah, which was to have loaded a cargo of grain here for Europe has been held up and the cars taken by the 3ndi oott, due here Monday. This is the first of three steamers listed for Tacoma load ing this month in the wheat export trade. The Phyllis arrived this morning from San Francisco and. is loa firing lumber at local mHls for San Pedro. The Santa Rita, with barge W. J. Pirrie in- tow, is having more d4ff1culty coming up the coast . than she expected, she was due at the Tacoma smelter, but last night she was oniy 505 miles north of San Fran cisco and it is expected she will not ar rive until the last of the week. Petitions nominating Edward Kloss, business agent of the Longshoremen's union, for re-election as port commissioner, have practically all been signed and will be filed with the county auditor before Saturday, the time limit. At yet, no one has come out to oppose Kloas, who has been a member since the creation of the port district here. With a -bout 4000- tons of Ta coma-made products on board, the Matson liner Holly wood was expected to clear from the Pratt dock Thursday afternoon. The vessel will take on fuel oil and then go to Mukilteo for a deck load of lumber. She la sched uled to sail for Hawaii November 13. The West Keene, taking the p4&ce of the Delwood. will be the next Matson boat in. She Is due November 20 to load outward freight. With 1W0 tons of Keraeeott ore of rlous gr&aee, tne steamer .Northwestern ar rived at the smelter early today. The F. S. Loop was aieo expected in with 450 tons of Sheby ore from California.. The big steamer Hawaiian of the Amer ican-Hawaiian line, which, links the multi million dolrar Harriman shipping Interests with those of the Tacoma sound, is ex pected here in a few days. The vessel has just come around from New York via the Panama canal. Sfae was expected at Seattle late. After dischargln-g there she w i H come to Tacoma. With no.OOO feet of lumber, flour, and general merchandise, the new steamship Jeptha was expected to clear from the Northern Pacific oriental dock for Peru and Chile about Friday. She will stop at San Fearo en route, xne vessel is operated by the tienerai toteamsxipp company. Marine Notes, The schooner Meteor, chartered by Bal four, Guthrie & Co, to carry lumber from Portland to Adelaide, Australia, left San Francisco yesterday In" tow of the steam schooner Ryder Hanify. The steamer will leave tbe schooner at the mouth of the Columbia river and continue to Willapa to load. The auxiliary motor schooner. Oregon, which grounded recently in the .Nehalem river at Wheeler, Or., while on her way to Nehalem to load, left that port yester day for Portland to go on the port dry dock here. The steamer Alaska of the San Fran cisco & Portland steamship company left down at lO o'clock yesterday morning on her first trip from Portland to San Fran cisco. The McCorraick line steamer Multno mah sailed from St. Helens at 5 P. M. yesterday with lumber ,and passengers. 'The Multnomaji will turn around at San Francisco instead of continuing to Los Angeles. The Union Oil company's tanker Oleum left down in ballast at 8 o'clock yester day afternoon. The tanker El Segundo of the Standard Oil company arrived at her dock at 6 o'clock last night with a cargo of lubri cating oil from Richmond. Cal. The steam schooner Daisy Freeman was reported yesterday as sailing from San Francisco for the Columbia river. The General Steamship corporation's steamer Wailingford, en route 'here' from ports of the west coast of South America via San Francisco, is bringing 450 tons of cottonseed cake, which she will discharge at municipal terminal No. 4. The European-Pacific line steamer West Camak arrived at the Du Bols mill, Van couver, at 7 o'clock yesterday morning to load ties for the United Kingdom. The steamer West Nlvarta of the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company's North China line was scheduled to get out of Grays" Harbor at noon yesterday to' com plete cargo foe the orient. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Nov. 11. Arrived at 7 A. M., steamer West Camak, from San Francisco; at 5:30 P. M., steamer EI Se gundo, from San Francisco. Sailed at 10 A. M., steamer Alaska, for San Fran cisco; at 6 P. M.. steamer Multnomah, for San Francisco. ASTORIA, Nov. 11. Sailed at midnight, British steamer Myrmidon. for United Kingdom via Puget sound. Arrived at 2 and left up at 8 A. M., steamer El Segun do, from San Francisco. Arrived at 8 A. M., lighthouse tender Rose, from sea. Sailed at 7 P. M.( steamer Alaska, for San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11. Arrived at 2 A. M., steamer Steelmaker, from Astoria, for New York. Sailed at noon, steamer Rose City. ' for Portland. Sailed at 10 A M., steamer Daisy Freeman, for Port land ; schooner Meteor in tow steamer Ryder Hanify, for Portland. Sailed last night, steamer Lavada, from Portland, for Philadelphia; steamer Wailingford, for Portland. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Nov. 11. (Special.) Arrived Steamers Brunswick, from San Diego, 8 A. M.; Caoba, from San Fran cisco, 7 A. M.; Daisy Gadsby, from Grays Harbor, 1 A. M.; Humboldt, from San Francisco, 3 iA. M.S Daisy Putaam, from Grays Harbor, 3 A. M.; Flavel, from As toria, 1:20 A. M. Sailed Steamers Bruns wick, for Fort Bragg, 10 A. M. ; West Ca hokia, for Atlantic, 9 A. M. ; Coquille River, for Fort Bragg, 6 P. M.; Necani cum, for Brookings, 6 P. M.; Humboldt, for San Francisco, 9:30 P. M. 1J LONDON, Not. 8. Arrived, Steel Exporter, from Portland. steamer LIVERPOOL, Nov. 9. Arrived, steamer Hawarden. from Portland. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 11. Arrived Iconium, from Sing-spore via Manila and Yokohama. Departed Admiral Dewey, for San. Diego via San Francisco; Spokane, tor southeastern Alaska. TACOMA. Wash., Nov. 11. Arrived P S. Loop, from San Francisco; Northwest ern, frii, Alaska; Phyllis, from San Pe dro; Quadra, from Britannia Beach. Departed Hollywood, for Honolulu via Mukilteo; Quadra, for Britannia Beach. . HONGKONG, Nov. 8. Arrived Toyama Maru, from Seattle. - - LIVERPOOL, Nov. ' 9. Arrived Hawar den, from Seattle. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 11. Arrived Steel Maker, from Portland: JBayard, from- Buenos Aires; Svea, from Grays Harbor. Sailed City of Sydney, for Melbourne; Meteor, for Columbia river; Daisy Free man, for Portland Rainier, for Corinto; Roma, for Wellington; Ryder Hanify. for Columbia, river. VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 8. Arrived West Jena, from Manila, etc.. for Seattle. KOBE. Nov. 7. eailedi west Momen tum, for Portland. IB B H- H u B B B B H Sbip Reports by Itadio. by " Radio Corporation of (Furnished Positions reported at a jr. m, yesieruaj. unless otherwise Indicated, were as iouow.. hri-iwood. San Pedro for San Fran cisco, 133 miles south of San Francisco. ' BEARPORT, Philadelphia for San Fran cisco, 220 miles from San Francisco. WEST APAUM, San Pedro for San Fran cisco. 50 miles north ot san rearo ai noon. PORTER, uaviota lor ovcis : uoi miles from Gaviota. WEST MAHWAH, Bellinsham for San Francisco. 62 miles northwest of Cape Mendocino. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Seattle for San TrjuinWri. 15S miles from San Francisco. n a SMITH. San Francisco for Coos Bay. 820 miles north of San Francisco. -SISKIYOU, San Pedro for Bellingham, 185 miles south of Bellingham. DBLROSA,- San Francisco for Tacoma, A 'IK n,!!.. nnrtn nf Ran FranCiSCO. BRAVE COUER, San Francisco for Ta coma, 403 milea from San Francisco. -.wiT.H HLMINA. Honolulu for San Fran clsco. 1950 miles from San Francisco No vember 10. 8 P. M. HAWAIIAN, latitude 47:16 north, longi tude 12533, west bound. New York to Se attle, November 11 at noon. GEORGIAN A ROLPHS, Portland for San Pedro, eight miles south of Columbia river. . ERNEST H. MEYER, orayi .Jtiaroor ior San Pedro, 00 miles south- of Grays Har bor. - LYMAN STEWART. San Luis for Van couver.' 295 miles irom ancouver. ANNETTE ROLPHS, Tacoma for San Pedro, 200 miles from Tacoma. ATLAS. San Pedro lor Jfoint weiia, sou miles from Point Wells. GRIFFDU,. towlns; barge nawni VXJU- LARB, Ban Francisco for Beiiinsnam. 15 miles north of Cape Hears. . NILE, Kobe for Vancouver, 770 miles from Flattery November 10. 8 P. M. SPOKANE, nortnDouna. J.ua miles nortn of Seattle. , ADMIRAL rodman. soutnDouna, in Active Pnss, at 7:30 P. M. WILHBLM1NA, Honolulu for San Fran cisco, 160 miles from San Francisco No vember 10. .8 P. M. FOREST KING. Seattle for Callao. 85 miles north of San Francisco. PROVIDBNCIA, Port Angeles for San Francisco, 90 miles from San Francisco. - DER BYLINE, Manila for San Francisco, 281) miles from San Francisco. MANOA, San Francisco for Honolulu, S78 miles from" San Francisco. DRAKE, Wlllbridge for San. Pedro, 70 miles from San Pedro. QUABBIN. San Pedro for Honolulu, 714 miles from San Pedro. ADMIRAL GOODRICH, Eureka for San Pedro. 265 miles from Humboldt bar. ADMIRAL MICHEL.SON, San Francisco for Santa Barbara, in Monterey. PRESIDENT, San Pedro for San Fran Cisco, 28 miles south of San Francisco. . ROSE CITY, San Francisco for Portland, 91 miles north of San Francisco. RICHMOND, towing- barge 95, San Pe dro for Seattle, 300 miles north of San Francisco. m WEST CARMONA, San Francisco for Manila, 1002 miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M. November 10. LAVADA, San Francisco for New York via Panama. 165 miles south of San Fran cisco. W. S. PORTER, Gaviota for Everett, 681 miles from Gaviota. FRANK H. BUCK. Wlllbridge for Mar tinea, anchored off Alcatraa. W. F. UEHRIN, Monterey for Portland. 198 miles from Monterey. TO BE BY THE Union -Pacific System ON ID Ml K 13 M li B a R a u B H a u M K B H K B B a B sunaav. iNovemo f 7 -d a -d s er 14, lyzu As a Through Solid Train, Between Portland and Chicago, Without Change, in 72 Hours EQUIPMENT TRAINS 17 AND 18 Composite Observation Cars, Standard Drawing Room Sleeping Cars, Tourist Sleeping Cars, Reclining Chair Cars and Dining Car Service between Portland and Chicago. Standard Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between Portland and Denver, also between Portland and Salt Lake City. Barber and-valet service en route. Other Changes in Train Service EQUIPMENT CONTINENTAL LIMITED Trains 4 and 19 Between Portland and Omaha . Standard Sleeping Cars and Tourist Sleeping Cars between Portland and Chicago. between Portland and Kansas City, also between Portland and Denver. Dining Car service. Chair Cars. .NEW TRAINS 23, and 24 EQUIPMENT Between Portland and Salt Lake City Standard Sleeping Cars between Portland and Salt Lake City, between Portland and Pendleton, between Portland and La Grande. Chair cars and coaches. Train service between Portland and Spokane remains unchanged, except that No. IX will leave Spokane . . , 9:15P. M. instead of 9 P. M. Arrive Portland 8:15 A. M. M El B a EAST BOUND CONDENSED SCHEDULE WEST BOUND NO. 24 11:00 P. 12:55 A. Ii40 A. 7:15 A. 10:55 A. M. M. M. M. M. 1:11 P. M. 8:15 A. M. NO. 4 5:00 P. M. 7:20 P. M. 8:10 P. M. 12:20 A. M. 3:35 A. M. 5:54 A. M. 7:00 A. M. 9:30 P. M. 6:20 P. M. 5:00 P. M. NO. 18 9:00 A. M. 10:55 A. M. 11:45 A. M. 4:50 P. M. 7:50 P. M. 9:35 P. M. 8:45 P. M. 11:00 A. M. 5:00 P. M. 10:55 A. M. 9:20 A. M. Lv.. Lv.. Lv.. Lv.. Lv.. Lv.. Ar.. Ar.. . . Portland Ar. . .Hood River ..The Dalles . . Pendleton ........ ..La Grande , . . . Baker ........... . .. Omaha Lv. .. . Chicago Lv. Ar.... Ar. .j .Salt Lake City Lv. . ... Denver Lv. ..Kansas City Lv. NO. 17 t 7:30 P. M. 5:15 P. M. 4:35 P. M. 12:25 P. M. 9:00 A. M; 7:05 A. M. 11:15 A. M. 9:30 P. M. 1:15 P. 5:00 P. 10:40 A. M. M. M. NO. 19 8:30 A. M. 6:10 A. M. 5:30 A. M. 1:28 A. M. 9:55 P. 7:55 P. 1:25 A. 10:30 A. M. M. M. M. 1:30 P. M. , 6:15 P. M. NO. 23 7:30 A. M. 4:40 A. M. 3:50 A. M. 10:30 P. M. 7:25 P. M. 5:07 P. M. 11:30 P. M. Call on our representatives for any detail information desired. They will make your reservations and deliver your tickets. C. W. STINGER, Agent. L. E. OMER,xCity Passenger Agent, CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE, J. L. MILLER, Agent Union Station. 701 Wells-Fargo Building. Third and Washington Streets. Broadway 802. Broadway 4500. Main 3530. - Wm. McMurray, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon H B B B B B B B B B B B B a B B B B IB1BSBI SCHOOL MOVIES IS TOPIC w. f. woodward beueves public would pboht. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL, REPOKT. PORTLAND, Nov. 11. Maximum tem perature, 48 degrees; minimum, 42 degrees. River reading' at 8 A. M., 3.9 feet; change in last 24 hours, 0.4 foot rise. Total rain fall (5 P. M. to 6 P. M.), none; total rainfall since September 1, 4920. 8 Inches; normal rainfall since September. 1, 7.76 Inches; excess of rainfall since September 1, ltt'JO, O.t inch. Sunrise. 7:0K A. M. ; sunset. 4:44 P. M. Total sunshine, 8 -hours 33 minutes; possible sunshine, 9 hours 38 minutes. Moonrise, 8:02 A. M. ; moonset, 5:42 P. M. Barometer reduced to sea level) at 6 P. M., 80.10 Inches. Relative humidity at 5 A. M., 47 per cent; at noon. 81 per cent: at 5 P. M.. 35 per cent. FORKCASTS. Portland and vicinity Ram; easterly winds. Oregon Rain In west portion; rain or snow in east; fresh easterly winds. Washington Fair; fresh easterly winds. EDWARD Lu WELLS. Meteorologist. $800 to $20M Needed to Take Pictures of Children at Work. Plan Thought ExpensiTe. Ways of informinsrthe public about the schools of Portland, particularly the high schools, were discussed at the school board meeting- last nig-ht-The question did not come up as part of the regular programme, but the discussion grew out of a presentation of the matter by W. F. Wood-ward, director. Mr. Woodward raid the idea had come to him to have moving: pictures taken of children at work In some of the high schools, such as the Benson Polytechnic. These pictures would be shown in the theaters of Portland to let the public know the wax In which the work is progressing: in the schools n. ' The directors agreed that the plan would be a fine one, but thought that it would probably involve too great an expenditure of- money. Estimates from t&OQ to $2000 were submitted. "I believe that it would be a splen did thing to let the people of Port land see what is being done in the schools," said- Mr. Woodward. "I think that some of those hi the au dience would be so surprised that they would faint if they saw that we had such-a thing as the Benson Polytechnic school." Mr. Woodward said that he hoped it would be possible for school board members to speak ' at various civic club luncheons, explaining briefly the school programme. He said that the public must be educated to the value of the schools. .The board decided to return to the old form of diplomas for high school graduates. Last year the diplomas were bound with paper covers instead of leather,-which had been used, .for several years previously. Petitions from all the high school graduates In the city asking that the leather covers be reinstated have been sub mitted to the board. The action last night was made on the recommenda tion of D. A. Grout, superintendent. A committee from the Parent Teacher association of the Ockley Green school appeared before the board and asked that a rest room for the teachers be provided at their school. The board voted to equip an old room In th building for this pur pose at an expense not to exceed J300. The committee which presented the matter was headed by Mrs. C. A. Wil liams. . The board decided to purchase a roadster for Assistant Superintendent Rice at a cost of $1445. This car will replace one which has been used for a number of years. '" MRS. SPENCER TO RECOVER Condition Is Reported to Be Im proving. Mrs. Naomi Spencer, wlwJ was shot and seriously wounded by her hus band, S. C. Spencer, at the family home Wednesday morning, was re- For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Uways bears 0 ported to be improving slightly at St. Vincent's hospital last night, and it now is believed her recovery Is cer tain. Mr. Spencer took his own life after first attempting to murder his wife during an attack of insanity brought on by financial difficulties and overwork. The funeral of Mr. Spencer will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Holman undertaking chapel. Services will be conducted by fellow lodge members of the deceased law yer. He was a Shriner and an Elk. Dr. Irazier Addresses Academy. Members of the Portland chapter of the American Academy of Medi cine,, assembled in the Hotel Benson last night, heard a technical lecture on treatment of diseases of the brain, by Dr. Charles H. Frazier, professor of surgery in the University of Penn sylvania. His was the first of a new series to be given here this winter. Report From Mouth of Columbia. NORTH HEAD, Nov. 11. Condition of the sea at S P. IS., smooth; wind, east, 16 miles. Tides at Astoria Friday. High. Low, 2:00 A M...7.7 feet T:R4 A. M. . . 3 3 feet 1:25 P. M . 9.0 feet I 8:83 P. M.?.-01 foot KeepYourSkin-Pores Active and Healthy With Cuticura Soap Sop.Otetment,Tlcom.lfc.renrvrher Fw npT Cascarilla Tonic THE FAWOCS WEST INDICT SnMULANt. 1H VBC ro OVEK TWO mjDP TKAK3 F0 Debility of Stomach and Bowels. 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