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TTTE SUNDAY OREGONTAN. POTITIjANTJ, APRIIi 25, 1015. 3 D. C. O'REILLY BUYS . NORTH BANK FLEET Transfer Made as Result of Law Prohibiting Railroads Competing by Water. FEW CHANGES IN PROSPECT 3" lie Dalles, Portland & Astoria Line Dates Back to 1891 and Three Steamers Are, Transferred, Norma Is Not Included. Drake C. O'Reilly "head of the Dia mond O line and interested in water front properties, as well as being a member of the Pore of Portland Com mission and prominent clubman, yes terday became the owner of the stock, steamers and other "holdings of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company, an adjunct of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad. The exact amount of money Involved is not publicly stipulated but is generally estimated to be between $66,000 and $76,000 as the property had been held at that figure, it is reported. The formal transfer takes place to morrow, and directors of the company will step down and out, giving way to a new directorate neaaea ny jvir. O'Reilly. The only change announced so far is that Harry O'Reilly, who I- manages the affairs of the Clatskanie J" Transportation Company, will become " manager also of The Dalles, Portland J & Astoria Navigation Company. The .-." Diamond O fleet will continue to be ' managed by R. J. A. O'Reilly, at pres ? ent on his way home from an Oriental ' tour and who is due at San Francisco ' May 6. The steamers Involved In the sale are the Bailey Gatzert, now operating between Portland and The Dalles, the i Dalles City, which is undergoing an overhauling at the yard of the Port- land Shipbuilding Company, and the Capital City, lying idle at the Fulton ; yard. Though the steamer Norma is owned by the Spokane, Portland & 1- Seattle Railroad, she is not listed among the holdings of. The Dalles, Portland nr & Astoria Navigation Company. New Law Voretm Sale. The sale of the fleet was forced .' through a recent decision of the lnter- -' state Commerce Commission to me ei- - feet the railroad corporation could not -"" operate a steamer line parallel with the North Bank- road along the Columbia. i' A hearing was conducted here last year .- in the matter and hope was entertained by officials until recently that an ex "L ception would be made in that case, so the steamers could be continued be .' tween Portland and The Dalles, pos " eibly through eliminating all calls on (,.the Washington side of the Columbia, t but the Commission ordered that the water traffic be suspended by the com pany June 1. "So far as I know we will continue 1 rt to occupy the dock at the foot of Alder v. street and in the main the steamers will run as before." said Mr. O'Keilly. VV "There are no radical changes in pros-- pect. though, of course. Just what will 7 be done depends on how we find things after taking over the active management! The Bailey Gatzert will remain on the run until the Dalles City is thoroughly overhauled and then :" the Gatzert will be off for a time to have a new kingpost installed, which is all ready, and to be repainted inside, reupholstered where required and other new work performed to place her in the best of condition for the Summer. Her run during the season will be the same as before, as I feel that she will retain her old popularity and there certainly will be no diminution of the ' scenic attractions along the Columbia, so it should be an encouraging season." Office to Be Moved, i The head office of the company will ' lie in the Bates dock building, foot of Burnslde street, where the Diamond O line holds forth, but there will be an ' office on the dock for freight and passenger business as at present. The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Nav- . lgation Company was formed in 1891. The steamer Regulator was built at The Dalles for the company, and the Dalles City constructed here, and for a time the fleet was known as the Reg ulator line, but that steamer was burned a few years ago at St. Johns. The Bailey Gatzert was built by the Seattle Steam Navigation & Transpor tation Company, and was the first " sternwheeler constructed on Puget Sound, being launched at Salmon Bay jj" November 22, 1890. After a few trips H she was purchased by the Columbia River & Puget Sound Transportation i Company in 1891 for the Seattle-OIym-r pla run, and in 1892 was brought here, t being used as an excursion vessel until 1895, when she was placed on the Port er land-Astoria route, alternating with ! the steamer Telephone. The company also chartered the sidewheeler Ocean i 'Wave, now a ferry at San Francisco, ' where the Telephone was taken for the came purpose, the Ocean Wave orig inally running between Portland and t. Ilwaco. For years the fleet was also known as the White Collar line. 1 The Spokane, Portland & Seattle took over the vessel and the rail line be tween Lyle and Goldendale when about to start the construction of the North Bank road, and has operated them since. GUARD INSTRUCTION MAY 5 Camp for Coast Artillery Corps to Be at Fort Stevens. Announcement was made by Adju tant-tieneral George White, in an or- -, der issued yesterday, that an officers amp of Instruction for the Coast Ar tillery Corps will be held at Fort Ste , vena. Or., May 5 to 10. This will be preliminary to the general instruction camp for that branch of the , Oregon as, National Guard In June. The number of officers and men en titled to attend the camp are specified by the order as follows: One Colonel one Lieutenant-Colonel, two Majors, 11 ' . Captains, 11 first lieutenants, eight f second lieutenants, 44 enlisted men and in the medical department one first lieutenant. Medical Corps, and two en j listed men, Hospital Corps. I Pay will be allowed the men for fou I , days, with the exception of cooks, who ' ' will be paid for six days. The neces srtry transportation will be furnished " by the Quartermaster Corps. The of ficers will be put through various branches of military training under the Instruction of Regular Army officers. EX-SUITOR DODGES BULLET "Woman, 24, Arrested, Says That Man Robbed and Spurned Her. iZ As a climax toin alleged attempt to kill the man who she said had robbed -- and spurned her. Miss Ethel Toung, 24 ," years old, was arrested last night In . her apartment at 27314 Columbia street for discharging nrearms in the city I PURCHASER OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER FLEET FROM SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILROAD IN IN 1 3 I I " ftf -rV III I I SL. . 4 5 III B ' ' ' '-liL-r W I I'T . i . - i WiUllllW'WMlWMgg..J,UMWwMr iwi,i....w,. llj...'HllWl,!l"iK!,'y--!"'yT.r-',- - ' limits. The man escaped apparently I fij 1 W limits. The unhurt. Miss Toung told the police that she fired at Ed Cramer, her ex-suitor, who had robbed her of a diamond ring val ued at $150. The trouble followed an attempt at reconciliation yesterday. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. -Name. From .... Date. Rose City Lob Angeles In port Geo. W. Elder Eureka . .In port Northern Pacific. San Francisco In port Yucatan San Diego ....April 25 Bear Los Angeles '.April 27 Breakwater Coos Bay ....April -( Roanoke -. .San Diego ...May 2 Beaver Los Angeles May X DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Geo W. Elder. ... Eureka ...April 25 Northern Pacific. San Francisco April -o Yale S. F. to L. A .Aurll 211 Rose City. .. . Harvard. . . . . Yucatan Yosemlte. . . . .Los Angeles. . .S. F. to L A.. . San Diego. . . . Saji Diego. . . . , .Sau Diego. . . . .San Francisco .Coos Bav ..April 21 ..April 28 ..April 28 ..April 'Ml ..April UO . .April 30 . .April 30 Celilo Tamalpals. . . Breakwater. Multnomah. .San Diego - . . .aiay 1 1 2 S 5 T 8 a ay San Ramon San Francisco May Bear Los Angeles May Santa Barbara. .. San Francisco May Roanoke San Diego May Beaver Los Angeles May Northland Los Angeles May Willamette Kan Diego - .. .fliay Klamath San Diego May Portland-Atlantic Service. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Date. ..May I ..May S ..May 5 ..May ..May 16 ..May 2o ..May 25 American New York Santa Cecelia. . . . New York. . . . . Santa Cruz New Y ork Iowan .New York. . . . Minnesotan New York Santa Catalina. ..New York Pennsylvania New York Ohioan New York May ZD DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Honolulan New York April 25 American Jieiv York ....May 4 Santa Cecelia. ... New York ....May - 9 Iowan New York ....May V Santa Cruz Js'ew Y'ork ....May 9 Minnesotan New York ....May J Pennsvlvanlan. ..New York. ....... .May 27 Ohioan New York May 29 Santa Catalina. .. New Y ork May -w Marine Xotes. Merchants' Exchange reports show that wheat exports for the week end ing yesterday were 249.460 bushels and 33.514 barrels of flour. For the preced ing week 92,377 bushels of wheat were exported. Receipts of wheat from the interior last week were 106,600 bushels. Boiler repairs aboard the O.-W. R. & N. steamer Harvest Queen, at Ash street dock, are being carried on by means of an oxy-acetylene welding ma chine. It is said to be the first time! it has been used on the boiler of a river boat, but electrically-driven machines of the same type were used on the Grace liner Santa Catalina when she was under repair here recently. The Harvest Queen was inspected yesterday by United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller, and her overhauling is be ing completed rapidly. - Bound for Rainier to load a part of her cargo, the steamer Siskiyou left down yesterday, and she continues to Knappton to finish before proceeding south. With cargo for Nestucca and vicinity the gasoline schooner Delia leaves the harbor tomorrow. Captain Lofstedt entered and cleared the steamer Geo. W. Elder yesterday, and she sails this morning for Coos Bay and Eureka. W. R. Landis, for five years connected with the dock force of The Dalles, Port land & Astoria Navigation Company, left that service yesterday to cast his lot with The Dalles-Columbia line, and will be purser of the steamer J. N. Teal when she is placed in commission. To clean up freight awaiting ship ment from Portland to Astoria the steamer Lurline is to make a special trip today. The steamer Georgiana was lifted on the Oregon drydock to have a new wheel fitted yesterday. To work wheat destined for New York the American-Hawaiian liner Honolulan, Captain Anderson, shifts to day from Albers dock to the North Bank dock. Xens From Oregon Ports. COOS BAY, Or., April 24. (Special.) The steamship Breakwater arrived from Portland this morning at 8:30. The steam schooner Yellowstone, loading lumber at North Bend, will sail for San Francisco tomorrow. ASTORIA, Or.. April 24. (Special.) The steamship Northern Pacific arrived this afternoon from San Francisco, crossing the bar at 12:15. She is now under the command of Captain Ahman, who was master of the steamer Great Northern. The Northern Pacific brought a fair list of passengers and about 200 tons of freight. The steamer George "W. Fonwick sailed this afternoon for San Pedro TERESTS, AND TWO OF THE VESSELS I ill 2 C. 0JQe.ry. X Steamer Bailer Gataert. 3 Steamer Dalles City. Insert O. C. O'Keilly, Who Purchased Company. with a cargo of lumber from the Ham mond mill. The steam schooner . Daisy Freeman finished taking on lumber at the Ham mond mill and tb Astoria Company today and left this afternoon for Knappton to complete her cargo. "- The schooner Defiance arrived this morning from San Francisco, being towed in by the tug Wallula. She goes to Portland to load lumber. f The American-Hawaiian line steamer Hawaiian sailed this morning for Se attle, where she will discharge part cargo. The tank steamer wasntenaw eauea this morning for California after dis charging fuel oil at Portland. The steam schooners Nortniana ana Willamette sailed this morning for San Francisco with cargoes of lumber irom St. Helens. The ateam schooner Claremont ar rived this afternoon from San Fran cisco with freight for Astoria and Port- lanrl The steamer Sue H. Elmore arrived this afternoon from Tillamook with a cargo of cheese for California and Port land. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M., April 4, unless otherwise designated). Carlos, Seattle for San Francisco, leaving Herrin, LInnton for Monterey. 301 miles south of Columbia bar. Speedwell. San Francisco for Coos Bay, 220 miles north of San Francisco. Y'ucatan, San Francisco for Portland, off Blanco. Buena Ventura. New Y'ork for Vancouver, Stt miles south of San Francisco. April 1. Santa Cecilia. New York for San Pedro, 692 miles south of San Pedro. April 23. Barge 91. at Ventura. Francis Hanify. San Pedro for Honolulu, 50 miles west of San Pedro. Multnomah, Redondo for San Francisco, 20 miles west of Redondo. Hyades. Hilo for San Francisco,. SIT miles out. April 23. Hilonian. Seattle for Honolulu. 16i3 miles from Flattery, April 23. Wilhelmina, Honolulu for San Francisco. 1844 miles out, April 23. Korea. San Francisco for Orient, 2124 miles out. April 23. Manchuria. Orient for San Francisco, 922 miles West of Honolulu, April 23. Matsania, San Francisco for Honolulu, 844 miles out, April 23. China. Orient for San Francisco, 1052 mtla. ti, Anrll 2ft Chanslor, Monterey for Honolulu, 86S miles from Monterey. April 28. Asuncion, Richmond for Portland, milex north of Point Arena. 10 14 19 10 President. San Francisco for Seattle, miles north of Point Arena. Ktlburn, San Francisco for Eureka, miles south of Point Arena. Y'osemlte. San Francisco for San Pedro, miles south of Pigeon i-omt. Lucas and barge E3, Richmond for Seat tle 4n miles north of Point Beyes. Porter. Everett for Monterey. 46 miles north of Ran Francisco. ' Topeka, Eureka for Sana, Francisco, 34 miles south of Point Arena. Norwood, San FrancLsco for San Pedro, 50 miles south of San FTanclsco. Atlas, Seattle for Richmond. 130 miles from Richmond. Roanoke. San Francesco for San Pedro, off Cliff House. . Siberia, San Francisco for Orient, 85 Georgian, Tacoma for Honolulu, 82 miles southwest of Cape Flattery. Willamette. Portland for San Francisco. 20 miles north of cape tsianco. H. T. Scott, with Acapulco in tow, San Francisco for Nanaimo. 80 miles north of Cape Blanco. Northland. Portland for San Pedro. 170 miles south of Columbia River. Governor. Seattle for San Franrisco, Via Victoria, 27 miles north of Cape Blanco. "Movements of Vessels. Astoria, April 24. Sailed at 3 A. It steamers Northland and Willamette, for San Pedro, via San Francisco; at 8:40 A. M.. steamer Washtenaw, for Port San Luis; at 11 A. M Rtea.mer Hawaiian, for New York. J via way. ports. Arrived at 11 A.M., schooa- er Defiance, from San Francisco: at 12:15 P. M.. steamer Northern Pacific, from Fan Francisco. Sailed at 4 P. M., steamer Geo. W Fenwick, for San Pedro. Arrived at 4 and left up at 7 P. M.. gasoline schooner Sue H. Elmore, from Tillamook. San Francisco, April 24. Arrived at 1:30 A. M., steamer Roanoke: at 4 A. M., steam er Tamalpais: at 5 A. M.. steamer Beaver; at 10 A. M.. steamer Santa Barbara, from Portland: at 11 A. M., steamer Bear, from San Pedro, for Portland; at 1 P. M.. Nor wegian steamer Christian Bors, from Port land, for Limerick. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Saginaw, for Portland. Sailed, steamer Santa Barbara, for San Pedro. April 23. Sailed at 7 P. M., steamer Titos. L. wand, for Portland. Coos Bay. April 24. Arrived at 9 A. M., steamer Breakwater, from Portland. Everett, April 23. Arrived, steamer Hor net, from Portland, via Mukilteo. Astoria. April 23. Sailed at 7:30 P.M., steamer Johan poulsen, for San Francisco. Seattle, April 24. Arrived Steamers Dolphin, from Southeastern Alaska; Carlos, from Everett. Sailed Steamers Alameda, for Southwestern via Southeastern) Alaska; Spokane, for Southeastern Alaska; Edith, for Nanaimo; Carlos, for San Francisco. Yokohama, April 21. Arrived, Frank 1. Buck, from Portland, Or. Sailed, Tamba Maru. for Tacoma. Vladivostok. April 21. Arrived. Glengyle, from Victoria. fiw -crnnio A titM 1 4. Arrived Steam ers Roanoke, from Portland: Tamalpais and Santa Barbara, from- coiumDia rttver; xo semite and Norwood, from Grays Harbor; Admiral Dewey. EI Segundo and Mgar ri. Vance, from Seattle: Christian Bors (Nor wegian), from Astoria: Beaver, from Port land; lacnee toritisnj, irora nwignuuB. Sailed Steamers President, for Victoria; Siberia, for Hongkong; Saginaw, for A toria; Captain A. F. Lucas, for Seattle: Asuncion, for Puget Sound; schooners Hugh Hogan. Annlo Johnson and Prosper and bark Albert, for Bristol Bay. Tides at Astoria Sunday. - High. Low. 9:18 A. M 7.0 ft.'3:37 P. M 2.8 ft. 10:0o P. Iv 7.9 ft.a:44 P. M. . . .. .1.4 ft. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. April 24. Condition of the bar at 5 p. M. Sea rough; wind north east. 20 miles; cloudy. FERRY LANDING ON WAY TEMPORARY STRUCTURE IS ALMOST COMPLETE, Vancouver Hurries Work tn Prepare, tion for Interstate Bridge Largest PiledHver to Be Uned. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 24. (Special.) The temporary ferry land ing, at the foot or Columbia street, to be used while the Columbia River Inter. state bridge is being built, is nearly completed. Piles have been driven and cables stretched across. On these cables the slip has been built and when finished it will be filled with rock, the cables will be cut and the structure will sink to the bottom of the river and rest on the bank. The pontoon, used at the present site, will be floated down one block and towed In place and used for the ferry to land at the new slip. The bank of the river Is being cut down with teams and ecrapers, to make a roadway from the ferry landing to Second street. Piling will be driven and a viaduct made over the low lots anf! the roadway will come out on Second street, on the hard pave- The largest piledriver In the world". it is said, has been built for the driving of piling for the piers 1n the main bridge. Piling from 9J-10 115 feet will be driven in excavations 45 feet below the aero mark of the river. On these then will be built the concrete piers. A raft of exceptionally long piling has been towed and anchored below the ferry landing on Hayden Island and will be taken to points needed. A channel has been excavated from the water line in the Columbia River to points several hundred feet towards Hayden Island, where the first pier of the bridge is to be built. v FAIR MEETING IS TOMORROW Clarke Association to Discuss Hold ing Wild West Show. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 24. (Spe cial.) The directors of the Clarke County Fair Association, which handled with such success last year the Colum bia River Interstate Fair and the- Wild West Show, will hold an important meeting Monday at 2 o'clock to con sider holding another Wid West Show this year. Irwin Brothers' Show has made a proposition to come here again this year. The attendance last year was greater than It had been for the entire three years previous, which was due largely to the Wild West feature. LOGK DEED AWAITED Papers for Oregon City Project Some Place . in Mail. FUTILE SEARCH IS MADE Closing of Transaction Delayed TTntll Documents Arrive Trans portation Company Has New River Tariffs Ready. Somewhere between Portland and Washington, D. C, is a package con taining a deed transferring tne locks and canal at Oregon City to the War Department from the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, a late opinion from the Attorney -General of the United States as to the final title, and several other important enclosures, all of which should have reached the office of Colonel McKinstry, Corps of Eugi neers, U. S. A., yesterday. Only one of two packages reached him, and that was a map of Linn City, which, tn early days, was a hamlet on the bank of the Willamette where the locks now are. A search was instituted at the Post- office, but the documents were not un earthed. District Attorney Reames had delayed a trip out of town two days so as to be on hand when the deed reached here,- and all concerned had looked for the transaction to be closed yesterday afternoon. No Information Available. - Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany, was a caller at Colonel McKln stry's office yesterday, bent on ascer taining the status of the case, but there was no definite Information available. In a letter received from Washington yesterday it was set forth that the opinion of the Attorney-General must be abided by in closing the purchase. The agreement to sell the locks was approved by the War Department in 1912. The interval has been spent in establishing the vendor's title and in expressing in terms satisfactory to the United States conditions attached to the sale by the vendor. The conditions are numerous. One of them is that the United States shall construct a wall to separate the navigation canal from the power canal. Heretofore certain mills have taken water direct from the upper lock level, producing currents unfavorable to nav igation. This condition could not be permitted to continue after the United States took over the property, so, to prevent any interference with the wa er supply to the power wheels, the ven dor required that the United States should build "this wali. . The space be tween the wall and the buildings will constitute a forebay for the water wheels; it will open into the river well above the falls. Coat Hit Reach S150.000. The construction of the wall is the largest single item of work now con temolated. It will cost between $125,- 000 and $150,000. The other work to be done Is, briefly, the repair of the lock gates and the deepening of the upper and lower approaches to the lnnkx. The last Item includes the low ering of the lower sill of the down stream lock and the building of a new nnlr of Grate3. Tlie purchase price of the locks was t37K nnn- fhe cost or tne repair mm other work now contemplated Is $300. nnn. a. total of $675,000. Considering In ifroat on the Durchase price and depre ciation and operation, the total cost to the public will be at least $30,000 a year. The State of Oregon contributed f3nn nnn nt the $675,000. so that the cost of this transaction to taxpayers of the state will be the Interest on $300, 000, from $12,000 to $15,000 a year, plus their share of the balance or tne ju,uuu, Tolls to Be Taken Off. The tolls charged while the locks were in private ownership have been 50 cents a ton for freight and 10 cents for each passenger. These will be taken off when the property has passed to the United States. When the im provements contemplated are carried out and the depth through the locks is increased to six feet, the cost or trans portation will be lessened. For . the year 1913, the tonnage through the locks was more than 6000 short tons and the tolls not more than $3500. The saving of this sum to shippers and consumers, with Inci dental saving to transportation com panies dijav-to Increased depth, will go but a short way toward offsetting the yearlv cost of the locks to the public, or $30,000. If the purchase is to prove a profitable one for the public there will have to be a considerable increase in commerce by boat and rail througn out the Willamette Valley. Officials of the Oregon City Trans portation Company, operating the steamers Grahamona, Oregona and Po mona between Portland and points as far south as Corvallis and up the Yam hill River to Dayton, have worked out changes in the tariff that show reductions of from 20 cents to $1 ton. Between Portland and Newberg the average reduction will be 58 cents on class rates. It is said that a flat decrease of 60 cents a ton could not be made. ELKS TO GET SPECIAL RATE Vale and Harvard Make Bid for Los Angeles Convention Travel. Portland Elks and those of other Northwest lodges who will go from San Francisco to the Los Angeles con vention in July will be allowed round-trip rate of $10.70 between those cities aboard the steamers Harvard and Yale if 100 or more travel together, says Frank Bollam, Northwest agent for tho speedy turblners, who was ad vised yesterday that the special fare had been decided on. San Francisco Lodge. No. 3, has ar ranged to send delegates and members from the Golden Gate on the steamer Harvard. July 10. While more reserva tions can be made on the same steamer, other Elks will go on the vessel be fore and after that date. Mr. Bollam says that the rate applies regardless of how the Elks make their way from the Northwest, either on steamers leav ing for San Francisco or by rail. M"ETTjAKO FOR LEWIS RIVER Steamer Starts Xe.xt Month on Daily Round Trip Schedule. Preparatory to going on the Portland-Lewis River run May 1. the steam er Metlako is to be inspected tomorrow by United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller, when she will be allotted her passenger license. When built in 1900, the Metlako was equipped for carrying passengers, but later went into towing and since certain regula tions have been altered governing ap paratus to be aboard for travelers, she is being brought up to standard. The Metlako Is 109 feet long with a beam of 24.4 feet and a depth of hold of 4.8 feet. She Is under the control of Captain H. N. Caples and he plans operating her on a dally round-trip schedule. The La Center and Woodland are on the route now, but Captain Caples believes there is room for an other vessel. Klve Schooners Sell for 0,00 0. SEATTLE, Wash., April 24. The Federal Court today confirmed the sale of the five sailing schooners of the bankrupt Globe Navigation Company to a committee of the stockholders for $90,000. The " committee has received offers of charters for the United King dom for the five vessels at a rate that will yield a profit -of $140,000 for a single voyage, and has decided to ac cept the offers. The vessels are the J. W. Cllse, William Nottingham, Wll bert Li. Smith. Willis A- Holden and Alexander T. Brown. GERMAN RAID FORECAST CAPTAIN ISTER-VEH IN PORTLAND SAYS CANADA. 19 IN PERIL. Drlbrk's Master Thinks Squadron Is on Way, Probably Having Taken Route . Along: Coast of Norway. Headed for the Atlantic Coast of Canada is a German squadron of l or 15 vessels, bent on bombarding Import ant cities and fortifications there, says CaDtain Carl Brauch. master of theOer man bark Dalbek, who received a letter yesterday from a friend who is a deck officer of the German navy. Eiirht days before the German fleet bombarded Scarborough, Hartlepool and other ports near the Tyne I re ceived a letter from the same friend telling me that the German fleet would strike for the British coast, and I thought that statement was laughable," said Captain Brauch yesterday. "Since it came to pass I am convinced tnat the move of the squadron to the Cana dian coast is not a myth. The last five letters I have received from Germany have not been censored, only an official tamp being used to show they had passed through the hands of certain officials." Captain Brauch, whose ship has been interned in Portland since July 23, when she arrived from Santa Rosalia, said he believed the German squadron re- erred to was one that was reported making Its way along the coast of Nor way recently, and that in all probability a northern course had been selected. He said others on the Dalbek had received information at different times of an im portant character dealing with prospec ive moves on the part of Germany, all of which had been borne out, so he is convinced either that a Canadian raid has been planned or one is actually under way. The . letter which arrived yesterday has been on the way since March 24 having been mailed to an European ad. dress and forwarded to Portland. Those on the -Dalbek said they had kept in close touch with the war through Ger man newspapers and private letters, andhile hopeful that the strife will end shortly, are sanguine that Germany will be victorious. ROSE CITY TO .LEAD PAltM)E Crew of Liner Wants Boat Race With Crack Militia Oarsmen. Captain Oliver P. Rankin for the sec ond time will portray the role of Ad- iral in the Rose Festival marine par ade the opening day and his charge. the liner Rose City, will make her third appearance as flagship of that spectacular event. The vessel is due to arrive in Portland June 6 and eail June 11, and as the Rose Festival dates are June 9 to 11, she Is to be accorded the rijht of i r Vof tr. ilJion ' w"Tv por The Be rirht of line. It Is the custom to select the "Big Three" liners for that each year, the vessel that is to rt at the time being chosen. eaver was in port last year and one of her lifeboat crews won a silver cup in the rowing event. Captain Ran kin his his men are ready to challenge a crew from the cruiser Boston, train ing ship of the Oregon Naval Militia. arid either an extra boat from the Bos ton will be used or both crews placed in boats from the Rose City, so there will be no advantage accorded either. There is a feeling that a cup should be offered to be rowed for by crews of the "Big Three" steamers when, they meet at San Francisco or San Pedro. DEFIANCE HERE FOR LCMBHl Wni. Bowdcn Following From Gol den Gate and Marston Is En Route. V Terminating a run from the Golden Gate that began April 9, the schooner uenance mace tne river yesterday and was towed inside to continue here to work a lumber cargo for Melbourne. The vessel is to reach Inman-Poulsen's mill today and ber cargo will be loaded in the interest of A. F. Thomas & Co. She will take on about 800.000 feet. The schooner Wm. Bowder. is another heading here from San Francisco, hav ing put to sea Friday. The vessel loads for Peru under charter to Comyn, Mackall & Co. The schooner W. 11. Marston, pride of the port because she is one of a few deepwatermen owned outright here, is making her way from East London, which port she left Janu ary 11. The vessel is in ballast and loads a full cargo here for Sydney, J. J. Moore & Co. being the charterers. Bids for a cargo of lumber to be de livered at the Panama Canal are to be opened Monday, and mlllmen are laying odds that a Portland plant will be awarded the business. THIRD SALE BRINGS CROWD Articles Auctioned at Albany Vary From 25 Cents to $00 In Value. ALBANY", Or.. April 24. (Special.) Ranging from a wire stretcher, which brought 25 cents, to a span of mules that sold for $200, scores of articles were auctioned at Albany's third monthly public sales day today. A big crowd from all parts of the surrounding country attended and the bidding was spirited. Less stock than i)sual was sold, but more farm ma chinery was offered. About $1000 worth of property was auctioned and there were many private sales. One man. who brought two cows, a team, wagon and harness to the sale, sold the whole outfit for $120 cash before it reached at the auction. A 6tallion show was held In connection with to day's sale. Although the entry list was not large, some splendid animals were shown. Professor Carl N. Ken nedy, of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, gave an address on the breeding and raising of horses. Man, 7 0, Answers Wire's Suit. John W. Deitz, 70, yesterday filed an answer to his wife's suit for divorce and asks that the union remain intact during the rest of his life. Mr. and Mis. Deitz were married in 1874. They lived toegther 30 years and in 1904 sep arated, making a written agreement as to their property. Since then Mr. Deits says he has earned and paid for a $.000 form In Clarke County. Washington. He asks that he be allowed to keep this to support him during nis declining years. I.iqnor Law Violation Charged. WENATCHEE, Wash.. April 24 (Special.) E. Nlccuhi, of the Olympla Hotel, was arrested Thursday night on a charge of selling liquor in violation of the law. This is his second arrest for this offense. GLUBFQUNDERSDINE Charter Members of Multno mah Club at Banquet. TOASTS EVOKE SMILES In Absence of Bishop Sumiirr, II. K. Judge Talks on "Multnomah Veterans as Spiritual Factors World." in Celebrating the twenty-fourth an niversary of the organization of th Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. Ihe charter members of that association hc;ld a banquet at the University Club last night, it being the fifteenth an nual banquet honoring that occasion. About 30 of the veteran members of the club were present. None of the speakers, who had been slated to give addresses, were present and as a consequence the toastmaster. Judge R. G. Morrow, called upon dif ferent ones present to represent them. Rev. W. T. Sumner was represented by H. K. Judge, manager of the Val vollne Oil Co., who was thus called on to respond to the toast. "The Multno mah Veteran as a Factor in the Spir itual World." The toast of Governor Withycombe. "The Proper Way to Raise Chickens," was responded to by C. F. Swigert, of the Pacific Bridge Co., and that of John B. Yeon. "Thn Athlete as a Road Builder." by Dr. Albert E. Mackay. W. A. Holt, of the United States National Bank, who rep resented Mayor H. R. Albee. was called on to speak to the subjor-t "Public Playgrounds." and Attorney R. W. Wil bur, who spoke for ex-Governor Wet. had the subject. "Why Oregon Is Goinc Dry." In the majority of Instances the subjects were so entirely foreign to the experience and calling of the speakers that the effect wa lauihal'e. The programme was livened with a number of vocal selections by Dom J. Zan, baritone soloist. The main dining-room at the Uni versity Club, where the banquet was held, whs elaborately, decorated for the occasion. College and university pen nants, streamers and festoons gave h beautiful comlSnation of . color to the walls. The committee in charge of the ban quet preparations' consisted of Mark W. Gill, W. H. Wallace and R. G. Mor row. The list of guests follows: W. M. Cake. T. H. McAHIb, II. M. Montgomery, Dr. A. E. Mackay. George 1 B'.ckel. L. J. Goldsmith. J. W. I'. McFall. W. it. Wallace. Mark Gill. It. C. Hart, r. J. Zan, W. A. Montgomery, R. L. Gllsan, C. F. Swigert, R. F. Prarl. W. A. Holt. W. C. Alvord. James II. Murphy. George T. Wlllett. H. 10. Judge. G. W. Hoyt. G. P. Dekum, T. G. Far rell. H. I. Story, Ivan Humason, Felix Friedlander, R. G. Morrow, F. A. Nitchy. R. W. Wilbur, A. J. Vantine, George T. Myers and J. N. Teal. CLEARING AT POST ON SOON Contract Ix-t to Prepare Vancouper Barracks Maneuver Field. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wat-h.. April 24. (Special.) The contract for clearing about' 73 acres of ground in this military reservation has been let to Eager & Black, of the Slfton Wood" Company. The bids were opened sev eral weeks ago and the bid of the suc cessful firm was recommended by Van couver Army officers. This has been approved by the Department headquar ters at San Francisco and the work of clearing the land will begin at once. The price for clearing was $70 an an acre and $1.26 a cord for cutting the wood. The largest trees will be left and trimmed free from limbs for 20 feet. This will make the cleared ground a park and suitable for the maneuver ing of troops. ROAD ENGINEER UNLIKELY Clackamas Commissioner r-ec No Need for Appointment Xow. OREGON CITY. Or., April II. (Spe cial.) Although two months ago it was considered probable that the County Court would appoint a road engineer during the Summer months, Judge Anderson and County Commissioner Knight said today that such action now was highly Improbable. Until February the County Court em ployed a road engineer, whose duty it was to supervise road work, althougrl liis authority was not equal to that of a roadmaster under the state law. At the time he was dismissed, it wat announced that the court was consid ering the employment of an expert In June, July, August and, probably, Bep- tcmber, when road work was at its height. COMMITMENT IS ILLEGAL James LaGrand 1-Yeo of Charge of Aiding Girl's Escape From School. SALEM, Or.. April 24. (Special.) An Indictment against James LaGrand, of Portland, charging him with assisting Virgie LaGrand in escaping from tho State Industrial School fur Girls, todsy was dismissed in tho Circuit Court upon recommendation of District Attorney Rlngo. The action was based upon the belief of the District Attorney that the com mitment of the girl was not legal. She was under 18 years of ago when com mitted by the District Court of Multno mah County and should have been com mitted to the Juvenile Court, according to Mr. Rlngo. LaGrand. however, is still under indictment charged with aid ing two companions of the LaGrand girl in escaping from the institution. CHECK-PASSERS INDICTED Grand Jury ut Mnrt-hrield Return True Bills Against Kivc. MAIISHFIELD, Or., April 24. tp cial.) The Coos County grand Jury to day returned Indictments aigalnst John Penovich. Sam Logan. Joe Seavich. Mak Matich and Dan Madich. who passed al leged worthless checks on North Bend and Marshfleld merchants la Satur day. Mike Dustch was released. Claude Allen, a North Bend man, was indicted for robbing a henhouse and six secret indictments were re turned. Vromtnenf Mason Is Dead. MARSH FIELD. Or.. April 24. (Spe cial.) Edward M?rsh. prominent in Ma sonic orders and a veteran of the Civil War, died today at the home of his son. Charles Marsh. Southern raclilc right-of-way man. He was born in Knox County, Illinois, in 1R:;.".. and served in th Thirty-third Illinois Regiment In the war and was wounded at Vicks-bins;. r