The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, April 30, 1911, SECTION TWO, Page 20, Image 36

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    rilE SUDAY OXEGONTAX, rOKTLAyP, APRIp 80. 1911.
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CHINESE
W0RKIN6
CARGO PROTESTED
Lenashoremen Complain to
Federal Authorities, Rais
ing Question of Law.
DOCKMEN'S RIGHT INVADED
Immigration Inspector Inclined to
Think Bond of Wtrhous In
trrrMs Is Sofflclrnt to
Corcr Ce.
Whether Chinese rrw can work
carao aboard a yesael In an American
port and whether they can encage In
transferring lumber acrosa a dock pre-
ortiorr to Ita being hoisted aboard
by longshoremen and atowed In tha
hold, are question that are to be re
fered to J. 11. Barbour. Immigration
Inspector, according to reporta made
to the ilcCabe Company, which loaded
the Bank Line steamer Lucerlc. It la
admitted that before the Bailing of the
Lucerlc before daylight Friday morn
ing the Celestials were drawn from
the hlp and worked In handling about
i.noi) fret of lumber from cara acroaa
Irving dock to the Tessel.
Longshoremen. In complaining of the
act. bare informed the company that
while they realise the work doea not
belong to them and should be bandied
by dockmen. they strenuously object to
railing the Chinese Into serrice ana
propoee to report the Incident to the
Government authorities.
Mr. Harbour am Id yesterday that he
had not been Informed of the trouble,
but that when It waa presented to hla
notice he would give It consideration.
At the aame time, he aald. similar casea
had been referred to the department
and discussed at length and aa he rec
ollected It. a decision had been given
In favor of the employment of the
Chinese. The Frank Waterhouse In
terests have a bond filed with the Gov
ernment and by virtue of euch security
they are privileged to escort the Chi
nese anywhere In the city, while even
without a bond they would bo allowed
to have Chinese on the dock and are
responsible only for the disappearance
of a member of an alien crew.
On the part of the stevedores. It la
aald that the principal reason for em
ploying the crew was to facilitate the
leading of the vessel, as It waa neces
sary for the lumber to be gotten
aboard, and If the work waa performed
at night by union men overtime would
have been demancVd. probably entail
ing an expenditure of about ISO. while
the boatswain of the Lucerlc received
13') to divide among about II of hla
countrymen who formed the gang.
KX PORTS DOfBLKn IX APRIL
March lft Vmr Behind and Show
ing of Lt Year Excelled.
Generally Improved conditions In the
lumber market gave April lead over
the same month laat season of I.o:5.23
feet, the total movement being 17.13.
Il feet, of whl.-h t.SS.47 feet, valued
at IIl.ol. was exported and 7.S.":S
feet went coastwise. The Inrrease In
exports over ilarrh la J.Tla.MT feet,
the movement being more than double,
aa March's total waa .S3.3 fret. The
coastwise shipments were 10.t0t.St3
feet.
The total for April. 110. waa 1MSO
17 feet and In that period the coast
wise shipments were .:.00o feet, a
lead over this month s business of
, l.7I.S7S feet, but the foreign shlp-
menu last April were 7.0S7.57S feet, a
lose, as compared with the present
period. Of S.7. feet.
The foreign market drew from tha
District of Portland a fleet of five ves
sels, three carrying full cargoes. The
British tramp Inverklp cleared April
for Freraantle with 1.100.000 feet
loaded here, valued at 118.00. and tha
aame day the Norwegian steamer Skog.
atad filed her manifest showing a cargo
for Cape Town and other South African
harbors that measured S.404.S7 feet
and was valued at 3S.:04. The Bank
Line ateamer Lucerlc cleared April !
with ISO. "00 fret worth f:00 for the
Orient and the British tramp Berken
ham with 3.t43.03 fret worth I3.4T1.
for Hankow and vicinity. The German
ship Wllhelmtne waa the last to finish,
and she cleared yesterday with 1.S17.
l feet, valued at 2MS. which goes
to I.ondon.
There were It coastwise vessels to
clear with lumber, the ateamer River
side having 341.7IS feet for New Tork
and Philadelphia, and three cargoes ap
proximating 5. 070. 000 feet went to San
Pedro, the remainder of the 7.95C.73S
fret going to San Francisco. About
half a dozen carriers entered with gen
eral cargo and were dispatched to
Graya Harbor and Puget Sound mills
to load, because local planta have not
been generally operating on full time,
but Improved conditions In prospect
will take care of the demand at least
from June nntll Fall. .
FAMILY WITHOUT PASSPOHT
live to He Imported Coirs Authori
ties) Are Lenient.
Immigration Inspector Barbour's at
tention -baa been called to a Russian
German family that came here from
Kmerson. Manitoba, without the sanc
tion of either the Canadian or American
offK-ials. The family waa taken Into cus
tody In a dwelling on Knott street yes
terday. Frederick Schmidt, his wtfew two
children and Mlsa Ida Neltts. slter-ln-Jaw
of the head of the household, com
plete the family.
When they made application to an In
spector at Emerson and were directed
to Winnipeg to pasa a medical examina
tion, the Fir.rrson Inspector notified Mr.
Barbour of the Intended destination of
the family and the immigrant were
xoand without difficulty. Inspector Bar
bour placed ail under arrest, but pending
a, d'clsloa of the Washington. D. C au
thorities permitted them to go on their
own recognisance. They may be ordered
Deported.
PORTLAND
GKTS
BENEFIT
Bank Line Annonnce New Policy for
It Four Vessels.
Positive asaurancea are given by tha
Frank Waterhouao Interests that the
four veesela comprising tha Bank Line,
owned by Andrew Weir aV Co.. which
are operated from Portland and Puget
Found to the Far East, will handle In
bound cargo direct to Portland. Instead
of discharging local consignments at
Seattle and forwarding them by rail.
In addition Oriental ateerage passen
gers will be booked from Portland and
those entering this country or return
lag; after a sojourn abroad will be car-
PORTLAND'S CEREAL EXPORTS FOR TEN
1910-11-SEASON.
Cleared. e
1, flag, rig. destination.
Iveroa. Br. ok., Q. or F
1 Hsrculea. Nor. aa, Hongkong
For July
A ag ess.
to FtyrJa. ftor. as.. Hiniksflf
1 9 K umwrtr. Br. as.. Yokohama.
11 MUa. Nor. sa.. Hong fcoag..........
For August
Hepteaabee
SO Andromeda. Br. bk, Q. or T
October -
5 Gea. de BoiedefTre. Fr. bk Havre.
T Denmark. Dan. bk., J- or F
10 eroltisb. Momrrb. Br. mm . 81. Vtne't
j I Hrnrtk inns, Nor. as.. Hongkong..
11 I'ganda. Br. as.. 8t- Vincent
r-j Onalvon. Br. eh.. Q. or K
S Herculee. Nor. as.. Hongkong
-7 Hx-he. Fr. sh.. J. or F
i-j Midart. Fr. bk.. VI. or F
2 Iran. Br. sa.. Kobe
For October
yevemaer
4 vaaunda. Pr. bsl. St. Vlneeot
14 Port St.nlrr. Br. bk.. Q. or F
1 remphllt. Br. sa.. Q. or F
SI Kirkcudbrightshire. Br. eb Q. or F
Ti f.l.ni, Oer. bk, Q- or F
-jBabln Cne.nrs. Fr. bs Q. or F...
For November
jWm T. Lewis. Br. bk, Q. or F
1 Vlnrennee. Fr. bk.. 4. or F
a Pjornstjerne BJornaen. Nor. aa.. St.
Vln.ent
T u.i. Nor. sa.. Honlkool
Thiers. Fr. bk Q. or F...
o r.i.nhnlm Rr. sh.. U. or F.
1.1 Kum.rlc. Br. so.. Hongkong
. . . . r- Kb Q nm
13 1
1 t
-1 Ellrrbrk. Gir. bk.. Q. or F
24 oltls. Nor. as.. Pt. Vlncsnt
2 Mlrhelct. Fr. bk.. Q. or F
11 Quito, Br. aa.. Kobe
For December
4lr.T.raron. Br. sh.. Limerick
T Ruffoa. Fr. bk.. Q. or F
T-&rak a", sa.. FtT Naaalre
p Svottlsh Moors. Br. Sh.. Q. or F.....
IZZHwit; rbsrn"1Nor?'aar. Hoigkoag"
iIZi..... Mr ha.. Q. or F
I 17-Ffarshlre. Br. bk.. Q- or F. ......
I ifirrra Antonlne. Fr. bk.. Q. or F...
I J Mlml. Orr. bk.. Q. or F.
T u-t...i .h u. or V
For January
Febraary
lpvard. Fr. bk.. Q. or F
T -"lc 6l.n. Br sh. Q. or F
13 Fl fried a. Oer. sh . Q. or F ......
17 I'avld d Ans.rs. Fr. bk . Q. or F
21 Herculra. Nr. sa. Honfkong
-t titrathrrsa. Br. sa . I.s Palmaa....
jT vile Br. bk.. Belfast
28 Boaeuet. Fr. bk.. 3- or F.
.
r or t eoruarj
March
4 Htrathlron. Br. ss.. Hongkong......
4 Kilo. Gr. sh.. Q. or F
. r. u. kw a nr r.
tHuvrlc Br. ss.. Tokohsma
14 Valad. Br. as.. Q or F
1 B.ejal Nor. as.. Honkon
24 Kumrrlc. Br. sa.. Bongkong
It BousalnTllla. Fr. bk Q- or F
6 For March
ABell
11 Osreenee. Br. bk. Q. or F.
17 Orion. Russian bk.. Q. or F.
2 I.ocartc Br. aa.. Tokohama
For April
rled to this city. Instead of dlaembark
Ing at Seattle.
scatter at Co, local agents, gave out
the Information yesterday. The Lucerlc
which sailed Friday morning, brought
In conalgnmenta of lumber from the
Orient, but the Orterlc. which la due
about May 13. will have no Inward
cargo aa she did not call at Oriental
porta by reason of having over 1506
Immigrants for Honolulu. She Balled
from the Hawaiian harbor Friday and
will steam via Puget Sound. ' On the
Fuverlc. which la Hue In June, will bo
considerable Portland merchandise and
hereafter vessels will be loaded at Far
Kastern porta ao Portland shipments
will not be disturbed when unloading
In the north. The fact the Bank Line
will give a direct aervlce to this port
may serve to spur the Portland
Asiatic Interests, aa they have routed
Inbound vessels about half the time via
San Francisco, all transcontinental car
go being sent from there East by rail.
Instead of having all move through
thla port, aa waa the caae until It waa
decided to make the Golden Gate the
avenue' through which Eastern cargo
handled by Harrlman trans-Paclf Ic
liners should pass.
The Waterhouse Interests aver that
they are booking all the outward cargo
they care to handle from here under
existing conditions, though June and
July business Is yet light and no wheat
or flour la In sight. The Orterlc will
take out about 2000 tons of grain and
Ita products and over 2.000.006 feet of
lumber, while more lumber will go on
the Suveric and whatever other con
signments are secured meanwhile.
Marine Notes.
To discharge the remainder of her
Japanese oak cargo, the Oriental liner
Henrtk Ibsen shifted yesterday after
noon from Atnsworth to Banfleld's
dock.
It Is expected that the American ship
Reuce will arrive from San Francisco
TXAJfUl tXTELUGKNCsV
Doe to Arrive.
Xamtk From. Data
Nome City San Francisco In port
llsnrtk Ibeea. .Hongkong. ... In port
Beer.......... ' Pedro.... In port
Aavtl. .........Baadoa. In port
Breakwatee. ...Cooe Bay. ....In port
hum H. Elmore Tillamook. ... In port
Uoldeo Gale... Tillamook. ...In port
Boaooke. 6aa Pedro.... Apr. 30
BoeeCltr. .....Baa Pedro.. ..May 3
4o. W. Cider. .Sao Padre.... Amy T
Alliance Eureka 31av T
Falcoa... 8aa Francisco May
Beaver Saa Pedro. ... alay 8
chodnlod 8a Depart.
Name. For. Data
Nome-City Pan Franclaco Apr. 30
Golden Gate.. .Tillamook.... May 1
Breakwater. ...Cooa Bar. ....May 1
AKII... Baodoa. ..... May 3
But H. 17-lmoraTlllanior.... May 2
Roaaoke. ...... Pea Pedre.... May 8
Bear San Peore....afay 8
Hsnlik Ibeea. llonrkong. ... May 6
Bos City San Pedro.. ..May
Aiiian-e Xureka. . . ... May 9
Geo. vr. Elder. . aa Pedro May 10
Falcoa. ....... Pao FrsDclece May 11
Beaver.. ...... Saa Pedro.. ..May 18
May S and the work of loading hsr
will be begun at once, her cargo being
ready at Astoria.
Of 1006 tons of coal brought from
Newcastle. N. S. W.. by the French
bark Marechal de Gontaut. 1800 tons
are to bo discharged at Astoria and
1106 tons will be brought here.
Collector of Customs Malcolm waa
apprised yesterday that beginning
June 1. exporters may pay duties with
certified checks. Instead of being con
fined to payment In gold and currency.
In general cargo, tha steamer Al
liance yraterSay entered at the Custom.
Mouse from Southern ports and the
gasoline schooner Anvil entered from
Bandon. while tha Alliance cleared for
the return.
Following a general overhauling, tha
steamer M. F. Henderson went Into ser.
vice yesterday and the Shaver Inter
ests signed a craw on the "scout
launch Echo and will keep her In ser
vice during the 8ummer.
Delay In arranging the vessel's pa
pers haa caused a postponement In the
departure of the German ship ITU-
helmine. which was to have proceeded
to Astoria today, but she will get away
Tuesday, bound for London with lum
ber.
Longshoremen yesterday finished
MONTHS Or
Flour.
Barrela
Busheia.
Value.
Value.
l.4.f
.4Q
14.T7
112.117
11.TT
SlV.a
5S.1UI
12.77
J1?-?!?
a-8"
..178.S40
;".SM
131.o7
a'"-
70.7.1
110.245
870.SXO
31?0?
110.141
SO.VSlfl
4i.'l3
f loo.ino
34,134 117.
f llt.lOO
3.13 I11T.OS3
1T.1 fo.xn
2.0OT ll.eas
.2iO 14.834
24.073 I100.&S4
101.004
lfie.OOO
72. MS
327. OOO
ST. 121
21H.3HI
107.400
"Vs'.4'lO
liM.e.Ni
3A.bl3
18.130 1.S7S
fl.04d.723 61.173 20.T
203.000
U4.4H8
172.000
73.4!
ort.l
04.000
1717.B13
1 OS. jot
U3.W0O
23. 00O
42.2t4
1 (.3. 43l
103.000
1..VHI
1)10. IWV0
12.V01
23.078
77.S4S
11I.'3
D 3.478
30.13S 1 36.314
2V.M0 Vo'ioi
4V.566 lisb'.ooi
......
' 6.473 21. 890
121. J33
.!H-?MS
1141S7
524.333
112.S24
l.ft3T.41
11.327.217 113.071 443,0O
lOO.TTo t B3.304
117 Vi.iX ,
IM.aes l2.4o.)
1W 22 120 .73
M.SM A 62.6 ii 210.444
11024 103.R33
T.V42S -s Mo
Ill .7-J ,?I-!I
"?J? UllTi
141.674 121.843
1.2.74 81.107.6M 62.611 8210.44
HO.IOT I.Se
"J.oej 103.016
?L 0
100.100 SS.O00 .... .
40.736 10S.944
I2.8IT l3.noo
123.S33 110.73O
1U.7Q0 S3.0Q0
Hint itti mi An vim slogan
. . ........ -""" . . - - .
H.S31 1104.112
M.8TS :.
K7.44S 74.4H
111.411 lll.Jo 11.101 18.231
107.741 M.tTO
1I2.0 II0TI 15.1117 S0.II7
. 7.1 23.471 82.144
H.: 66.17T
728.28 t:i.00S 88.874 II7S.4&4
13IS.1T lie.614
lO.w.'a a.t.a;l3 "
1M.AA II Oil AS 23.373 (V4.3O0
877.149 1-H3.125 23.575 804.3OO
loading the Norwegian tramp Sark at
Tongue Point and she will sail for
Australian ports, the cargo being made
up of Oregon fir and California red
wood and being dispatched by J. J.
Mooro aV Co.
Bringing a ballast cargo of coal from
Kobe, the British achooner David Evans
arrived up yesterday afternoon In tow
of the ateamer Ocklaliama and an
chored In the stream. She will begin
discharging In a day or two and then
load lumber for the return.
Officers of the steamer Undine are
praising the work of the Government
snaghoat Methlonia, which has been
operating for a week on Lewis River
and haa removed several troublesome
atumps snd sunken logs, which have
been hoisted high and dry on the banks.
Two days behind schedule when she
arrived, the steamer Alliance sailed
last night for Eureka, via Coos Bay,
on time and Captain Thomsen proposes
to keep her steaming In conformity to
the card. On the southbound trip she
lost a day getting to sea and another
by reason of head winds.
Yesterday'a reading of the Govern
ment gauge showed the Willamette at
Portland to be 7.6 feet, an Increase In
24 hours of six-tenths of a foot. Re
ports from Wenatchee, Kennewick, The
Iallrs and Vancouver are to be received
during the freshet season, beginning
tomorrow. In addition to the customary
stations.
.In preparation for the first excursion
of the season to Cascade Locks, the
steamer Monarch yesterday took on
supplies at Washington-street dock,
from which she will leave at 9 o'clock
this morning. Several guests have been
Invited to make the Journey and spe
cial entertainment has been provided.
Beginning tomorrow, the steamer
Sarah Dixon, of the Shaver Transpor
tation Company's fleet, will replace the
steamer Joseph Kellogg on the Cow
lltx River run. the Kellogg having been
ordered to Supple's yard for repairs and
a general overhauling, while she will
have a new boiler and shaft Installed.
The steamer will be out of service
about a month.
Captain Macgenn added laurels to his
reputation yesterday by docking the
steamer Breakwater after a round voy.
ago to Coos Bay In three days and
six hours, on which she handled 750
tons of cargo. (00 tons being discharged
at Coos Bay points. She had 150 tons
on her inward trip. The vessel sails
tomorrow on the first voyage under the
Summer schedule, leaving every five
days at o'clock in the morning.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. April 29. Arrived Bteamer
Breakwater, from Cooe Bay; eteamer Fair
haven, from 8an Francisco; steamer W. 8.
Porter, from Monterey. Sailed Steamer
Rainier, for Ban Francisco; steamer Alliance,
for Cooe Bay and Eureka; ateamer Falcon,
for Ban Francisco.
Astoria. April 29. Sailed at 6 A. M.
Steamer Roma, for Tort Saa Luta. Sailed at
6:30 A. 81. Steamer Thomaa L. Wand, for
Everett. Arrived at 6:43 and left up at
8:40 A. M. Steamer Breakwater, from Coos
Bay. Arrived at 7:3il A. M. Steamr Ne
halem. from San Francisco. Arrived nt 7:40
and left up at 10:30 A. M Steamer Fnlr-
haven. from San Franclaco. Arrived at
11:43 A. M. and left up at 12:30 P. M.
Steamer W. 8. Porter, from Monterey.
Ban Francisco, April 20. Arrived at S
A. M. Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Port
land. Arrived at 2 P. M. Steamer J. A.
Chaoalor. from Portland. Sailed at 2 P. M.
Schooner Virginia, for Portland.
Tatooeh. April 2U. Passed in British
eteamer Beckenham. from Portland, for
Boat Harbor.
Falmouth. April 28. Arrived French bark
Cannebierre, from Portland.
Shanghai April 28. Arrived British
Bteamer Northumbiia. from Portland.
8mn Francisco. April 29. Arrived Steam
era Elisabeth and Flfleld. from Bandon:
Northland, from Seattle: St. George, fora
Antwerp: achooner Waahtor. from blisslaw.
Mailed riteamere Sierra, tor Honolulu: Nuah
asak. for Bristol Bay: MacMaston, for
Queenstown: President, for Seattle.
Seattle. April 2U. Arrived Steamer Hy
adee. from Tacema; steamer Wasp, from
T a c ma ; steamer Santa Ana, from ekagway;
ship Aryan, from Philadelphia. Sailed
Steamer Hradea. for Honolulu; schooner F.
R. weet. for Australia; ateamer Waap, tor
Saa Franclaco.
Tides at Astoria Sua day.
High Walac I Low Water.
1:22 A. M....96 feef6:08 A. M. . 1.2 feet
2:30 P. M....7.8 feet. 8:08 P. M....2.7 tut
When ea electric are light hisses, the
carbon, melted from one of tbe rods, is
actually boiling la the little crater formed
in the end of the rod. The superheated
liquid, with blinding flashes of light moves
and Jumpe about very much as water doea 1
ea beginning to boll. I
FISHER'S NEW JOB
TO CHEAPEN GOAL
Accepts Interior Portfolio With
View of Settling Cases
in Alaska.
TAFT GIVES FREE HAND
Congress Expected to Pass Law for
Leasing of Lands on Basis of
Royalty to Government on
All Coal Mined.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 29. (Spe
rlal.l How would the people of Port
land. In common with other cities on
the Pacific slope, like the' best anthra
cite coal at fi a ton?
That condition in the fuel problem
may come to pass if the plans of Walter
L. Fisher. Secretary of the Interior, are
carried out. Secretary Fisher, who Is
not a politician, welcomes the chance
to solve a hard problem. It was he who
settled the seemingly hopeless Chicago
streetcar tangle after everyone else had
given up in despair.
He also ran down the looters -of the
Illinois Central Railroad, who had ob
tained hundreds of thousands of fraud
ulent repair bills. He has accepted the
Cabinet portfolio because It Is a hard
Job and he like the prospect.
He has no Idea of political future.
His sole purpose in accepting the post
Is to settle the Alaska coal problem.
He has been given a free hand by Pres
ident Taft and already has removed
from the Interior Department a number
of officials who were connected with
the Balllnger-PInrhot controversy and
It Is understood that he will effect oth
er resignations among his subordinates
with the Intention of getting the Gen
eral Land Office shaped according to
his policies.
Fisher Is Conservationist.
In a way. Secretary Fisher is a con
servationist In line with Plnchot. but ha
Is a thoroughly practical man and be
lieves In putting the forests and coal
mines and all other out-of-door re
sources at work yielding profit . to the
Government and the people. The recent
decision at Portland in the Oregon ai.d
California case, and at Spokane In tne
iJoughton case, will smooth the way to
a settlement of the Alaska coal claims.
Secretary Fisher wishes to hasten tha
court proceedings In the Alaska cases,
but can do nothing effective until the
Supreme Court has heard the Govern
ment's appeal In the Stracey cases, of
which the hearing. In spite of every
effort to the contrary, has been delayed
until the October term.
The Issues are so clean-cut that a
speedy decision of the court is expected
and there seems to be no question that
the ruling, whatever It may be, will be
followed by the opening of the Alaskan
coal lands for such use as Congress
may direct.
It Is expected that the present session
of Congress will pass a law providing
for the leasing of coal lands for their
operation on a royalty basis. While
waiting for the court's decision. Secre
tary Fisher Is preparing for a thorough
survey of the great coal fields of
Alaska something which has never
been undertaken. The geological sur
vey has made some estimates and ex
perts have guessed at what the coal
areas amount to; but up to the present
time there hss not been a real scien
tific expedition to learn the value of
the measures that are said to be the
most extensive and the most valuable
in the world. Information hitherto
gathered as to the coal deposits has
been merely Incidental to the work of
the Forestry Service or of the Geo
logical Survey.
Majority Probably Will Lose.
There seems to be not tha least doubt
that whatever way the Supreme Court
decides the esse pending the vast ma
jority of the Alaska coal claimants will
lose their holdings. The evidence of
fraud Is said by land officials to be so
overwhelming that the attorneys tor
the Government are anxious that at
least one case will come to trial, so
that they may demonstrate in court
how claims were taken up by men hired
In the saloons of Seattle and Alaskan
towns to file on claims and then as
sign them. The hearing of the Cun
ningham case was not valuable In
showing operations of land locators,
because the Cunningham locators are
among the cleanest of all the Alaska
groups. The so-called Detroit-Alaska
claims are said to be the most corrupt.
There Is no Intention ef prosecuting
any of the claimants now indicted and
It Is doubtful If an effort will be made
to prosecute the Indicted beads of
groups. The prosecution of those men
might even delay the opening of the
land, which Is the end sought. As to
the Alaska coal claims, a curious fea
ture appears in the failure of land
fraud magazine articles and Congres
sional debates t bring out the fact that
the Guggenheim-Morgan syndicate has
never filed on any of the lands. That
aggregation of capital has built a rail
road which can readily be extended to
the coal fields and very likely the coal
when it Is taken out will be mined by
the syndicate. But this will be be
cause the syndicate has spent 820,000,
000 in building a railroad. The Alaska
Steamship Company, which Is owned by
the Guggenheim-Morgan combination,
has reserved a large area of land on
Seattle harbor for use as coal bunkers.
It was Stephen Birch, of the Alaska
syndicate, who first gave the country
an idea of the enormous value of the
coal fields. At least the Guggenhelms
will carry the coal to market.
Claimants Weary of Conditions.
When the cancellation of the coal
claims is begun, the proceeding will be
to file notice on the claimants to show
cause wh the claims should not be
canceled. Many of the claimants are
heartily sick of the notoriety and ex
pense to which they have been sub
jected and will make no response.
Those who do appear to show cause
will be confronted by the mass of evi
dence gathered by the agents of the
land office. Charges have been filed
against 640 claimants, and 60 more
claimants are under Investigation.
There Is a grand total of 1000 claims
and all the 800 others not enumerated
In the foregoing are under suspicion.
The decision as to cancellation will
rest with the land office and under
the present policy the outlook for the
claimants Is decidedly poor. It Is not
at all unreasonable to expect a settle
ment of the whole controversy before
the end of the year. There will be no
appeal from the decision of the Su
preme Court and It the decision Is ad
verse to the present locators there Is
no doubt that public sentiment would
not permit that the lands be located by
Individuals or corporations.
"The time has gone past." obaerved
Attorney-General George Wlckershara
at the Arctic Club smoker last Sum
mer, when discussing the Alaska coal
claims, "for the Government to give
away any of Its valuable property."
Tha delay In the hearing before the
Supreme Court will afford Secretary!
Fisher an opportunity to become Intl
mately familiar with a - situation so
complex as to have baffled all who
have undertaken to master it. On this
point Falcon Joslin, of Fairbanks,
president of the Tanana Valley Rail
road, who is in Seattle after a visit
to Washington. D. C, says the Impres
sion that Secretary Fisher was to be
gin his official career by throwing open
the coal fields Is entirely wrong.
"The whole trend 6f his talk." Mr.
Joslin says, "was that he desired to
put the question oft for careful study,
until some practicable solution of al
loting the lands could be made and the
many-angled legal questions of the sev
eral prosecutions for fraud could be
settled. Just when to expect any action
that will at all relieve the tie-up is a
prediction I do not care to make.
"Secretary Fisher told me frankly
there was no prospect of executive
action prior to the decision of the Su
preme Court. This did not cause me as
mucf uneasiness, however, as his
further statenent as to allotment. He
favors a leasing plan, whereby the
Government will exact royalty from
each ton of coal mined. If he holds out
for this, and Is backed by the Admin
istration, then the whole question will
revert to tha old fight. It will be
shouldered on Congress and Congress,
as Is evident from the rejection of a
similar proposal at the last session,
will refuse to enact such a bill. Sec
retary Fisher lsvery much In earnest
In his hope of properly adjusting this
costly tangle, but I fear he will not
prove to be a man of fast action. He
admits that he is not fully conversant
with the question and says he will
have to give It a great Seal of study
before being Justified in making recom
mendations." PORTLAND EXPORTS LEAD
April AVheat Shipments Exceed
Those of Northern Ports.
While Portland shipped slightly
more than half the amount of wheat
forwarded in March, the showing of
618,100 bushels was 362,292 bushels in
excess of what Puget Sound floated.
The exports of Portland were 377,149
bushels, valued at $293,125. Puget
Sound exported 162,216 bushels.
The British bark Oweenee cleared
April 11 with 139.557 bushels, valued
at $118,624. and the Russian bark
Ocean April 17, with 70.926 bushels,
valued at $63,833, both for the United
Kingdom, with the Bank Line steamer
Lucerlc clearing April 26 for Oriental
ports with 166.666 bushels, valued at
$110,668. To California Portland sent
240.951 bushels.
Puget Sound shipped no grain to
Europe, sent but 93.592 bushels to Cali
fornia, 28.881 bushels to South Amer
ica and 133,335 bushels to the Far East.
In the comparison between April and
the same period last year there Is a
falling off, Portland having floated
previously 753,433 bushels, but for the
season to date she is credited with for
warding 10,323.396 bushels, against 8,
911.056 bushels for the same period
last year. Puget Sound has forwarded
this season 5,637,604 bushels against
Jast season's total of 6,161,888 bushels.
The tortoise lives longer than any other
known animal.
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NO MONEY REQUIRED TO
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WRITTEN GUARANTEE Dr. Smith's written guarantee means a cure
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DOCTOR A. G. SMITH
ENTRANCE 234 MORRISON STREET, PORTLAND, OR. s
THE
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MANY CASES PERMANENTLY
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should take advantage of this op
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you want.
VARICOSE VEINS
impair vitality. I daily demon
strate that varicose veins can be
cured in nearly all cases by one
treatment. In such a satisfactory
way that the vital parts are pre
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ceases, swelling subsides, a
healthy circulation is rapidly re
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HERNIA RUPTURE)
Disregard of existing hernia has
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cases cured to stay cured In ono
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PILES AND FISTULA.
The sequelae of these af f lleticms
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KIDNEY AND BLADDER AIL
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gans. By my searching illumina
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condition of the kidneys, thus lay
ing foundations for scientific
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NERVOUS DEBILITY
Cerebro. where the mental forces
are impaired. Spinal, where the
spinal centers are involved. Vital,
where the sympathetic nervous
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right track to health, reetoring
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I use Professor Ehrllch's won
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I CURE
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Piles,
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because my knowledge is more perfect.
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The Old Reliable Specialist.
Corner Alder and Second streets. En-
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