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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 12, 1920 MILL OUTPUT BEATS PREVIOUS RECORDS Klamath Falls Lumbermen Shut Down Plants. BUSIEST SEASON ENDS Box Factories Expect to Continue Operations Tliror.gliout Win ter Months. KLAMATH FALLS. Or Dec. 11. (Special.) liracitcally all sawmill plants in K-famath county are closed for the winter. The three mills that are still running, the ltig Lakes. Mo doc Lumber company and the Lamm Lumber company, will probably sus pend operations this week. The small mills scattered throughout the county some -J in nu'""'" " closed. ThL. output of mills in territory con. ti-uous to Klamath Kails surpassed all previous records during the season now ended. The total production was estimated by A. J. Voye. secretary of the Klamath Lumbermen s associa tion at :.-.". 000. 000 feet aprainst a hi-hest previous yearly average of S2.-.(MHi.f0t feet. The increase was mainly due to the number of new jnil's started this year. Factories Show Irrrf. About 130.000.000 feet of the lum ber sawed this season was manufac tured into box shook, door ami win dow sashes, and other products in local factories. The factories' output this year also showed an increase over former years. r.ox factories are practically all operating and. despite the present curtailed demand, expect to continue through the winter. It is cenerally estimated that shook production at present is running from 23 to 40 per cent of the normal capacity of the plants. This is not an unusual condition lor this season of the year. It Is In ventory time with most of the big buyers of shook and sash, and while Inventories are bt-insr taken, it is customary to refrain from adding more fresh stock than necessary, ex plained Mr. Voye. Cannprr Demand Slack. In the lace of the generally fall InK market for foodstuffs, the can neries have found the demand for their products curtailed, which nat urally reacts in decreasing their need for boxes. With shipment of the nortern Cal fornia orange crop started, however, another avenue for disposal of their product has opened to the box men. Within a few weeks the orange grow ers south of the Tchachipi will he in the market for shook, and the Sacramento valley asparagus fields and southern California lettuce patch es will be demanding boxes. onnnl Operation- Fxpeeted. G. A. Krause. manager of the Klam ath Lumber & lox company which is owned by the Earl Fruit com pany of California, and supplies that corporation's packing plants with boxes, said he expected that after January 1 local factories would all be running at 75 per cent of their capacity, which is a normal winter condition. The sawmill, shutdown is the usual winter condition. None of the local mill ponds are equipped with heat ing facilities, ami the first heavy freeze embeds the logs in a frame of ice, rendering economical operations Impossible. .Mill Open I.ate. Most of the mills started this year opened late in the season. Under fav orable conditions next year it was estimated that the new plants alone would cut as jnuch lumber as was cut altogether in the county this year, and that the total of this year's out put would be doubled. During the past season more than r.OOM men were engaged in the mills, woods and box factories. The pay roll from May to December averaged close to three-uuarter of a million dollars monthly, and statistics of the fctate industrial accident ' boa rd for August, the height of the season. I showed the navroll for that month to i have been approximately 11.000,000. I.eaa Than lOOO at Work. Closing the mills and logging camps and reduction of box factory forces leaves less thana thousand now em ployed. Lumbermen apparently feel, however, that in keeping up opera tions until December 1. the usual time of the winter shutdown, they have weathered the worst of the adverse market conditions, and look for a general readjustment in prices to oc cur before winter is over, which will straighten out their difficulties. The majority seem to expect that a down ward revision of prices will be ac companied by lower wages, but so far there has been no wage reduc tion in the local field, nor any change in working hours. ITALIAN PLAN LEARNED DKSEnTIXG 11KSTROYER TAKES VOm TO DAXMXZIO. l"i;::nc Soclulisls Meet and Declare Themselves Against Govern ment Directed by Poet. FICME, Dec. 10. (By the. Asso ciated Press.) Coincident with, the arrival of the destroyer Kspero. which deserted the Italian blockading squad ron and Joined the D'Annunzio forces Thursday, D'Annunzio claims a plan to force his warships out of the har bor of Fiume has fallen into his hands. He gave out the plan today. The plan aimed, first at the evacua tion of the poet's navy; second at the blockade of Fiume, Veljria and Arbe; inira. at the occupation of Vesrlia and Arbe. and fourth, at the occupation of Fiume. Various groups, hitherto antag onistic, met today and passed a res olution stating they wanted a free and Independent state. They claimed to represent "the absolute majority In Fiume." The socialists also met and declared themselves against D'An nunzio. ALFONSO GETS FULL BAG' Kins of Spain Kills 2500 Pieces of Game In Day's Shooting. MADRID. Dec. 11. King Alfonso yesterday had one of the most suc cessful shoots of the season. In the course of the day at Santa Cruz de Mudela he killed 2500 pieces of game. - Phone your want ads to The Ore Eonian. Main 7070, Automatic 560-95. BIG DUTCH FREIGHTER WHICH WF.ATnF.lt ON HER WAY TO A- j- f '? ' i- - -,wrrr ' . : Wf -oil -. . . ''.'' Wr.:--i-' ... -' .--." .r-xtijfS Ji-r ' -r , r it s r-V- a f ; -ff - " - -' - v $ r - S k t - :.'.j '-4.:; .flffi ti ,,-" " ' ttfSS-" - '- "IJ'I! : T"3SQSEEE STEAM ER MURDER JURY DBTA1HE0 TRIAL OF KAXC1IER IS TO 1JE COXTIXIKI) JIOXDAV. Brolhor-in-I.av of Slain Man's Mollier I'revcntctl Krom Serving Summons. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) With 12 jurors obtained to try (Jilhert T. Inpersoll. - rancher, on a charpre of murdering Henry Stoehsler, a neighbor whom lnsersoll accused of liavinjr circulated stories reflecting on Mrs. Insersoll's reputa tion. court adjourned today until In his nilPnlnr' staiHmnt iCTioinl'r? his openinor .statement special ' Prosecutine Attorney Manning de clared that the state would prove that the slaying of the young- ex-service man was a cold-blooded and premedi tated murder. Attorney Irwin waived the opening address, declar ing that the defense would be con tent to let the evidence speak for it self as it was presented to the jury. Judpre Campbell, commenting from the bench, declared that all of the talismen examined had shown by the Intelligence of their answers an un usual fitness for jury duty. Need of a special venire this morning, follow ing the exhaustion of the regular ven ire, developed opposition from the de fense to service uf summons by Sher iff Humphrey. The sheriff Is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Georse Biehn. mother of the slain youth. An elisor was appointed by the court to serve the talismen. 7 SCIENTISTS- QUESTIONED CLKW TO THEFT OF PAPERS FROM CHURCHMAN SOUGHT. Documents Salt! to Refer to Con spiracy Going On in Church at Ronton. NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Seven mem bers of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, appeared before A. I. Itorke, assistant district attorney, today for informal questioning? on charges made by Campbell Macculloch. former first reader of the church, that his desk had been broken Into and valuable papers taken. Mr. itorke refused to give out the result ofx his interviews, declaring publication of names of those under investigation might hinder the in quiry. . While not directly implicating: any oc the churchmen Questioned, Mr. Macculloch declared he was particu larly anxious to regain possession of papers which, he said, referred to a conspiracy now going on in the church at Boston over the "increasing com mercialism" of the church's govern ing body. "DISTRICT RAISES $45,000 Bend Schools Find Present Funds Inadequate to Needs. BEND. Or.. Dec 1 1- (Special.) The Bend school board concluded ar rangements today for the marketing of a $45,000 6 per cent one-year note Lssue at a 1 per cent discount to take care of operation and maintenance during the latter part of the school year. The Kirst National bank of Bend will hatidle the note issue for the state treasurer. Due in part to unforeseen building activity on the part of the district, and to increased expenditures in pro viding for the city's rapidly growing school population, the funds provided in the last budget were inadequate, the directors found. TENURE TO BE DISCUSSED Multnomah Delegation to , Hear Argument Tomorrow 2Vlght. The school tenure bill will be pre sented to the Multnomah legislative delegation tomorrow night ia the ENCOUNTERED SEVERE AND FROM PORTLAND. MOERDYK, -a.np:elus l'hoto. green room of the Chamber of Com merce. K. K. Kubli. chairman of the delegation, has invitecj members of the school boaril to present the op posing argument and the school teachers have been, requested to send tlit-ir representatives to speak in be irnlf of the bill. Chairman K.ubll Is receiving many requests from various bodies tor op portunity to discuss proposed legis lation to be presented to the state legislature, directly affecting Mult nomah county. An effort will be made to provide time for all who wi.h to appear before the delegation, but to morrow night the school tenure bill will be the sole topic of discussion. State Soldier IWnus ird. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) That the war veterans of Ore- rn -should reeeive a state bonus was dPC,atrei;1. '"h " m.'1U"r I"i"l:"'1 laal ' oi tnree man appointed to confer with the l'ort-1 Tl" San I"'S l eipected to sail to land post on how that post will takei?'s!lt. for ''edro with a cargo of lum- the matter up with the legislators from Multnomah county and like ac- Hon will be taken with the legislators from Tillamook county. The legion also established an employment bu- reau In Tillamook. Kollowinsr the le- frn,.i.'u-i,h Mr V"h r Ai V ! president, Mrs. Kverett Wells vice president, Mrs. B. 1. lieals Jr. secre tary, Mrs. Iceland Krwin treasurer and Mrs. A. O. Crank, Mrs. J. C. Jieedy and Mrs. Floyd Jardner executive com mittee. Club Reports Accomplishments. Reports of accomplishment of the Wood me re Community club during 19'0 and a budget of activities for 1921 was submitted at the regular meeting Friday - n Ight. The- proposed programme of activity for i'JL'l was tentatively agreed upon, but will be submitted to the full membership for ratification at a meeting to be held in January. IAII.Y MKTEOItOI.OGlCAI. RKI'OHT. PORTLAND, Dec. 11. Maximum temper ature, 4C, decree; minimum. 41 dejrreej. Hlver reading. R A. M., 7.1 feet: change In la?t '24 hours. l.:t feet ri.e. Total rainfall .i i . ... n . . - i . tt i . i iiK-nrB; unai , iu-j na. v w--n reporiei. ine wind, ac rainfall dince September 1, .19l'(. 1 7.U4 companied by rain, reached a velorl'ty of Ir.rhes; normal rainfall dlnee j5''pt-mler l. 40 to niliefi an hour. Hundreds of birf 14.C.:t inches: excels tA rainfall sir.ee Sep- J tres were prostrated. Men at locrlnn tmbcr J. 1!20. '2. 4 1 fnch-s. Sunrise. 7:43 ramps, which ar Ju-( closinir here. wr A. M. : sunset. 4 :L'ti I. M. Total ftunhlne kept hu.y do! In k falMnp t r-es and f ; iJecember 1. 4S minutes. I'osrtble sunshlui'. I !ng l;mbs. The heavy downpour of rain S hours. 4S minute. Moonrl.se Sunday. U:US I caused streams to leave th!r banks ("hl- A. M. ; moont. huiMlay, l:.b 1. M. IJurom- eter I reduced to sea level) at " P. M-, Inches. Kelative humidity at 3 A. M., K4 pfR. cent;'at noon, S7 jer cent, at 5 P. M., 69 per cent. THfi WEAT41ER. E ' T Wind a Ms I i 1 I ;? : : Mi j I STATIONS. Baker I SO 3S' . ia:i2:s VT ICIoudy Boise I 3; 42IO. .,NW Cloudy Boston 34! 440.0S:i4iW iCIeaf- Cslgrary ! 12 3f;0.H); . . :W (Rain Chlcaeo . . . 84; 4fi 0.O1 24!S Cloudy Denver ! 2Si 4S.O.00;. .,'NWjClear Des Moines..! 38; 54l0.no . . 3 Clear Eureka 44! r.o;i .3S:. .E ICIoudy Galvealon ..i !6; BSil . TO . . ;jE ;Coudy Helena 36, 40 0.001 .. ;SW ICIoudy Juneaut . ..... !2 0.00, . . Kansas City 40i SOIO.Oa;. . S Clear Us Angeles! !S0 56;o.02..E Rain Medford I 38 46'O.SO. .SW Raln Minneapolis 1 24 46O.00;. 'S Clear New Orleans! 52;. 721 . 12: . . 'SE IRaln New York..; "4 42 0.00 IB NV Clear North Head. 42 48 0. OO 3;NWRain Phoenix ... 34' 4!0.0O . .IE Pt. cloudy Pocatello ...1 32; 3SO . 04 '2S' SW ICIoudy Portland ... 42! 4Sll.ls;..;sw IRaln Roseburs . . I 4n 42;i.3;..:s Rain Sacramento I 48! M 0. 3410 W 'Clear St Louis. ..f 3S 560.0O14IS Iciear Salt Lake..) 36; 4rt 0. 10' . . NWiCloudy San Diego .. SO! (12!0.00;12;W ICIoudy S. Kranclaco! nn' 540.6B 12:NWIPt. cloudy Seattle - 3S' 44:1.02 1413 Cloudy Sltkat I 2038i0.O0;. . Iciear Spokane ...I 341 JS;0.S0;14'SW ICIoudy Tacoma 1 38 461 .0412;sV ICIoudy Tatoosh lsd.j. . . 48;0.OO 10 W Rain Valdtit . . .'14 0.00;. . I Walla Walla! 40' 4 O.0K. 'SW Cloudy WashlnKtoii 42; 40.OO..N iciear Winnipeg - 1 - -1 30 o.OO . ;E Icioudy Yakima 32 4s:o.02..;E Pt. cloudy tA. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Probably rain: westerly winds Oregon and Washington Fair, cooler.; traeh westerly winOa. STEAMER MOERDYK TEMPEST TOSSED Storm Beset Vessel In andiu Out of Columbia River. NEWS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED Uv'o Report Received of Arrival at IMiSrt Sound Altltough Out longer Than Vsual A'oyago. If the Dutch steamer Moerdyk of the. Holland-America line, due at Se attle yesterday from l'ortland. sur vives her present voyage and returns safely to Holland. It will not he the fault of the weather she Is experienc ing on this coast. After barely es caping the beach when she came Into the Columbia river November 26, In the midst of a storm that wrecked two ether vessels. the Moerdyk steamed out from Astoria for lMiget sound. Friday morning and was caught In a second tempest that ap parently was waiting for her. Though she was out 3l' hours from the month of the, Columbia, with the wind behind her. on a voyage that ordinarily takes 30 hours, no report of her arrival had been received by the Merchanls- exchange at o'clock last night from the station lit Tatoosh. Steamer Thought Seaworthy. Damage to the Moerdyk's emer gency steering gear, suffered when heavy seas broke over her while she was riding out the last storm off :he mouth of the Columbia, was repa'red here, so she was in thoroughly sea worthy condition. Another mishap to the big Dutch freighter occurred Thursday night while she was on her way down the Columbia river, when she collided with the sailing schooner C. S. Holmes, which was anchored In th-; upper bay above Astoria. The bow sprit of the windjammer was snapped cleanly off by the bow of the freight er and her headgear carried away, bur no other Injury was received by either vessel. The C. S. Holmes ar rived at the St. Johns Lumber com pany's dock early yesterday morning and will be fitted with a new low prit while being loaded with lumber for the wtst coast of Mouth America. Arrldert Illnmpd on Nrhonnrr. Captain Kdward Sullivan, who was in charge of the Jr-ocrdyk on her trip down the river, reported that 'the schooner was anchored in the chan nel and not showing proper lights. He saw her. he said, just in time to avoid cutting her in two. The Moerdyk is the second vessel of the Holland-America line to come to l'ortlnad. .She loaded 4500 tons of wheat and 100U tons of flour here for Antwerp and Hamburg and went from here to Seattle to load fresh apples, which will be carried In her refrig erated space.- '"raciric Coast Shipping Xotcs. TACO.MA. MHh.. l.c. 11. (Special.) several Bteamera nut from Taromu aie be lieved to be bucking Into the muibwrat gale ffrnat. Local ,hii.pi,,K me., de clared ll.ia ntoriuiiK tbat among iti v-a-wa the motomhip I.lbl.y .Maine and a!i the fteaiu-shlpa Stanwood arid Nor wood. The latter steamer ia bound for Tacon.a and la reported to have had trou- hM a ,ul1 ' I"'"!-' ' l.ibby .Maine & nart r.r.n e.vereit. The Tl.n.ral -"Vrt , h , Lal Momiav. u",Ih. will I The Manila Maru of the Osaka shown ! Kaisha line will a!l from here Sunday J no"n ,or th" orient. The venvl will pick ! ... " oun" some pwrncn The Kteamer haH a fair ?.n.,OUnt.of freight out from here The Hawaii Maru of the Orika S'hnn ivaisni line, innound. Is due here Tursd The ItakerFfield of the Kuropean-Paclfic line, due at Taroma Monday, has n lre amount of flour and general freight to load at Tacoma. The KeMteck of this line sailed this morn Utc for New York ndKurope. The stenmer had a largre shipment of doors out from here. President Alexander of the Pacific Steamship com puny returned home this afternoon from California. CRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. Tec. 11. Pperil. The steamers Caoba. Daisy Matthews. Tahoe and Itaymond are in the lower harbor waiting for a favorable ba r t pass nut. Phlps loading in port tonight were the steamers Cape Henry, Daisy Cadshy. Hor net. Idaho and Usen and the schooners Irene and Defiance. PORT TOWNSKNO. Wash.. Dec 11. ff?pecial. Reports from surrounding di- trict indicate that yeKterday'K utorm wan on of the severe. t this season, caustni; sme n.iniac in property, but no rukiiai- : marum vai.ey Is flooded. Manv hlirh waM on tne u.ymplo ppnlnnula are blockeil with trees. Along the strait several log rafts were broken up. All mail craft were driven to shelter, while regular Fteamera were behind schedule. The storms during the past few weeks have been the m-verest and most numerous occurring here during the la.t 25 years, or since the estab lishment of the ITnited States weather ob- servato-y station at this p:ace. 1 Making her first vi.H to Puget sound, lite titiiLiim-rtiiiriira liner .VIDorlyK ar- rivedsMhls evening from Portland to loud grain and tipples for the I'nitctl Kingdom and Rotterdam. Carrying a cargo of lumber loaded at Port Angeles, the British steamer Teucer sailed today for Europe. The Freuch steamer Jim Butler, after Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessel From Str. Rose City San Fran.. Str. West Kedron San Fran... Str. Tiverton San Fran... Str. E. H. Meyer San Fran... Str. M. C Brush. . ... . .San Fran. . Str. Pawlet Kobe Date. . .Dec. 13 .-Dec. 14 .-Dee. 14 Dec. 14 . . Dec. 15 -Dec. 15 Str. West Camargo. .. Australia ....nee i Str. Etbergen Hamp. Roada.Dec 18 Str. Steel Voyager. ... New York. ...Dec "u' Str. Quillwark San Fran . . . . Dec 20 Str. t'oaxet .......... .Yokohama . .Dec 4 Str. Eldorado New Orleans. .Dec "4 Str has H. Cramp. . Phlladeiohia. .Dec' Str. Effingham, J?an Fran Dec 27 Sir. Mertden W. C S. A...Dee!:il Sir. Eurydamas Liverpool . Dec 31 To Depart From l'ortland. Vessel For Date. Sir .lohan Poulsen. . . San Fedro Dec 1' Str. Haxtum L. K Dec! 12 U S. S. Renshaw Bremerton ...Dec 12 Str. Bearport Oris nt ....... Dec 14 Str. A bercos ......... Orient Dec 3S Str. Eastern Sal lor... u. K. Dec. 22 Vessels In Tort. Vessel Berth. Str. Abercos ?,r.Jilo'JJ'ln,f "'- Str. Arakan Columbia dock. Str- Bearport Terminal No.. 1. Sch C. S. Holmes St. Johns mill. Sir Eastern Sailor. . . St. Johns mill. Str. Haxtum Montgomery dock. Str. Johan Poulsen. .. Westport. Str. Juneau Inman-Poulsen mill. Bkc. Hawaii Drydock. Sth. John W. Wells.. Drydock. Sch. Meteor East & West mllL Str. Mount Berwyn. ..Elevator dock. U S. S. Renshaw North Bank doclc Str. West Apaum Terminal No. 1. Str. West Tubus. Wauna. 6tr. West Nomentum. Terminal No. 1. parsing out at Cu.p Flattery, finding ihf could make lit'.ie headway, returned to await more favorable conditions. VANCOUVER, li. C, Dec. 11. iSpe ciui.t iicharu i'eaibcrion, inspector of 1 cuiicftruclioii tor llie uwiilnnon upuiiintni ! of murint: on the fucuic uou.dt. utLs been I promoitd lo represent, tut kov -vraittvnt i Ai.ttuitu aru w nere lu.ww-ioii aieameru a. re being uutit tor tile KvernuietiL lieet. la.K sender crviue will be csiaoli&neu 0 me iiue b uiinei line in conj uiietiou w ah the Ua.iiutu.11 kov eminent inerciiaiii. ine woru K' vtoru iwm te The Cuiia.uao merchant tterviue ($uilu. a.n ortfa.luxa.tion Cvuipoetiu ot all Ine Rtl-oe-ra anU iiiulcd on me Cunaulau .oal. Mill open big eiub rottnis here. iiiu iiiiM.viiu.ry veei i awm w Crosby, vthicli went, a-diiore near tikueuaie. . Leceu ber lias uiuncu up on Wie iw-hii. U-alllt;r ITuVlUCliLiU Jillll pittJ "S 1U liO- leo is uue Here Ucvcaiucr to ioaxl iur outlierii porta. .Negotiations are in progress for tbe pur chase by Hie Luiuh steuuisiup company ( ot British Uulumoia, esae.s arm ous.- cs 01 the Xerimnai Steam a iatou company. A8TUK1A, Or.. Uec 11. (Special.) The Britiu toieamer Urea, which arnvel yes teiiiay morning irom i,oroiiel. Chili, bt r tiled this morning at the port iltKKu, w nere she will be lined, take on bunaer eoai and load whtHt.. miv w i.l be opeii lor inspection tomorrow, and Cuptuin Uavies, her maier. has extended an Mivnattiou to the public to vittit the vessel. - becauhe of the lailure of the L'nlted States engineers' U-itar-nien t to dig out the shoal which has been forming in the main channel between the mouth of inunt-n river and Furl Steven, the or ; may not be able to lake on Quite as large- a cargo ot wheat as was expected, al though she will probably It. ad over OtHl.OoO huKhtla. When lully loaded and carrying her complete quota of bunker coal, the vessei drawi 3 leet and four Inches. The intention was to load here So more than 3.V leel. but unless the engineer! depart ment cuts down this shoal immediately the pilots will restrict her draft to 34 feC . K. M. Sweet, general mananer of the Astoria Stevedoring company, received word la.t night that hit company had In-en awarded the rnn tract for ilacing the venel'H CHren "n harl. Itolert Mclntonh hax lifen awarded tlie on tract for 11 iilns tin Urea ami upwards, of l."o.OK feet of luinhr will be required for the work. The Kteam cliooner Willamette, with a caruo of lumber from Kt. Hla.s for San Idro. fhlfted to the local harbor at 1:3d thli morninc and In awaltlns better weath er before pofni? to pea. After dlKt'harRlnR fuel nil In Portland, the tank M earner Washtenaw sailed at 1:"?n this morninc for California. The ?rhonnrr C. S. Holme left last nlcht for Portland, where she will load lumber for Call an. Aft er tak In c on a part nrq:o of wheat at the port terminal, the Hutch cfenmer Arnkan phlf ted lat nicht to Portland, where she will com pie tr her rarert. The steamer Alaska, with freleht and pn?'.,enjrrp for Pan Kra nelvro. n rrl ved f rm Port In nd at 4 :HO thl n ernoon and will pnlt tonight. If the conditions outside will permit. The M earner Curnrrto. with frlcht nfl ra.cTieer from Portland and A:orIn for Wan Franel.ceo and wav polntx, nftr H'lnq; hr over nlht on peiinnt of tb enle. went below tfitt mornlne fd if piipn(ed to have eroed out iboot 1 :SO thlja jiftr- nr-on, althotiRh no word h;ii been rrevpl from hr. Th tnm frhnnrr Trlnldnr) ! fn tmm pdro to load 'umber at the IT a m mon mill. Pv rnono. rii.. r 11. rspHai. Officer of the Anqflcii Pacific N:iv- .rntlnn fnmpany lcllvo that rrfatT nr livlty will be th" result f the Prtcifin tramrtip comn:n!c nr1"Hntr a pen em! fMurtlnn In rafn, The reduction will nf ft this T"rt prohn bly more than a nv other on the p.-iHflo nwlnflf to the Krcat ffh'nmenf.i of. oil rnl oil products. No .fish"" wns recelvl hy the rannrrlf-i here last w ! , i reorrt I n it to rhe report of the fish nnrt trartie iffior. The market! received 4.000 pnunilx of fish in the last week. Of thl more than S.1,000 pounds wit yellow tall. The Anclfn rieetion of theAmeriran Society of Mechanical Kntrinerj wn." the pust of th ArcHfH Shtnhuifcllne company today. After ln.ncft inp the yards the party made , tour of the harhor. SAN FnANCTSrSrTec. 11. Spec!al. For the purpnt- of interview inp Fhlp owner of Austrnlasin to ascertain what future burin MiJpya rdn of the Pacific coa.t and R.tn Francisco in particular ma y cxp-ct from that paj-t of the world John T. ireany. ai-flstarit KaI inunaepr of the Tthlethem Shiptmf Id I n corporal Ion, left here today for Vancmiv r. ;r-aney will Jfave out on the Inion Steamship liner Makura for the Antipodes on iecemner j t. Tiif steamer Venezuela of the Pacific mail departed yesterday for the orient. AH passenger accommodations were filled and a fair frefpht H.-t. The Matron liner Maul vao place d on the Hunters I'olnt -drydr-ck today. A survey revealed that no damage other than scrap ing porne of the paint from the hull wax fluttered by the liner when ahe went aground on a reef near Hilo on her la.t voyage. I Manned by a crew of Otlhert islander. ine wnnwn mr-ioririip uorif franc, in com mand of ('aptatn William McCuiloch. Failed from here yesterday on hr malil.n trip. The vrssol in bound ior the Panning inlands 7! ne. 1Jrtl!"h catde station in.tlie mld- ain it. i) i in nn nn linn enp win hp op erated In the copra trade to this coast. With a r-outliweM wind blowing and the bar reported rough, the barge Kr.kine M. I'hclps. Captain William I.Ioyd. in tow of the tug a Kacie wast forced to return here for the second time yesterday due to the- inclement weather. A Ktaniard oil tanker attempted to erne out, but returned to port on account of bar cond!t ion. Southwest storm warnings were ordered out by the weather bureau from Point Keyea to Taioosh inland ine i iiiio Biai's i-ir i-r iceno. ar- rlvin from San nimo t.wlay. reported tlie lo!s of a tailor washed overboard by heavv ffis that enveloped the craft ashe eroded In over the bar. On time, iW-ttplte the storms that have been a wee pins ihe coat ami believed to have held track trann-J'acif Ic commerce, tlie hlna nail liner Nile arrived here late tonight and will proceed to her pier to morrow morning, Krom elllnteton and way porn, the 1'nlon Steam.-hlp liner Tofua arrived t- niKht and will dock tomorrow with pad- elll;t'K and a fair 111 of freight. On her first trip since being verhauled. the San h'ran'lco anil Portland steamer Rose City ttulled at Duon today un her run. Ship IlOKrts by K.-idio. (Furnishrd by Itadio Corporation of Amerlcji. L Positions reported at S P. M. yesterday, utiles otherwise Indicated, were ss follows: HUMtlOLUT. San Pedro for San Fran cisco. 12 miles Miuth of San Francisco. Admiral Wainwrlglit, 13u miles bouth of San Francisco. EASTERN MERCHANT. San Francisco for Honolulu, 1MI0 miles from San Fran cisco. A ROY LS, San I-ii If for Santa Rosallna, 107 miles from San I.uls. WHEATLAND MONTANA, Kobe for Seattle, Still miles from Seattle. ELK HORN. Vancouver, H. C, for Port A.ngele&, 10 miles from Vancouver. NORWOOD, San Francisco for Seattle, 35 mites from Seattle. MOERDYK, from Portland, arrived at Seattle, 11 P. M. CORDOVA, San Francisco, for Vancou ver, 12ft miles from Vancouver. WEST KEDRON, San Francisco for Port land, 258 miles northwest of Jran Francisco. GEORGINA ROLPH, Tacoma for San Pedro, 163 miles north of San Francisco. LYMAN STEWART, Seattle for Wilming ton. 6.i0 miles from Wilmington. SALINAS. Portland for San Pedro. 260 miles north of San Francisco. KLAMATH, Portland for San Francisco, hove to 25 miles south of Cape Blanco. . ATLAS, Point Wells for San Pedro. 530 miles north of San Pedro. ADMIRAL DEWEY. Seattle for San Francisco. 284 miles from San Francisco. OSAQC1MSICK. San Francisco for Se attle, A50 miles from Seattle. LANSING, San Pedro for Honolulu, 730 miles from Honolulu, 8 P. A. M., De cember 10. IMLAY, San Francisco for Portland. 10 miles north of San FcAnciaco. HOLLYWOOD, Honolulu for Pacific coast, 1G5 miieo from Honolulu, 8 P. M. December lO. HAYDEN, San Francisco for British Co lumbia, 122 miles south of Tatoosh. ADMIRAL EVANS, San Francisco for Seattle, 220 miles from Seattle. REDONDO. Raymond for San Francisco, anchored off Point Token. HATTIE LUC KEN BACH. Seattle for San Francisco, 150 miles south of Flattery. WAPAMA. Everett for San Francisco. 300 miles from Everett. AVALON, San 'iiai.u;co for Grays Har bor, wlndbound outside Grays harbor. WASHTENAW. Portland for Port Saa Luis, 6S5 miles- from Port San Luis. Report From Mouth of Conlmbla. NORTH HEaV Dec. 11. Condition of the sea at 5 P. M.. rough; wind, north- west, 36 miles. 1 Phone your want ads to The Ore- gonlan. Main 7070, Automatic CC0t95. SEVEN TffiKERS FDR OIL LINE ARE NAMED Contracts Will Be Completed About September 1. MORE ORDERS EXPECTED Total oi 0 4,000 Doartweifrfit Tons to He Completed in District When Orders Arc Filled. Names of all seven tankers being hullt by tne Northwest T.rldge & Iron company for" the Swiftsure iil Trans huilders j-esterd-ay. The names of the vessels, in the order In which they will be launched, will be Sw'.ftsure. Swi ftarrow, S'wiftstar, Swif twind, Swlfteairle. SwiftMght and Swlftkin?. The first of these is scheduled for launching next Wednesday. Two ot hers are In course of construct Ion and the keel of the fourth will be laid immediately following the launch ing of the SwiftFure. All of these ves- S4.-ls will be of 12.00U tons deadweight capacity. I It i.s estimated by the Northwest J Bridge & Iron company that work un der this contract for seven tankers will be completed by September 1. 1921. and it is expected that the oper ation of the plant will be continuous" until that date at least. Heads of the company also expect - to obtain further contracts before the last of these tankers is launched. A total of 974.!i't0 deadweight tons of steel ships will have been com pleted in this district when work un der the present contracts held by the Northwest Bridge & Iron company and tl. M. Rtandifer fonpf urtlon cor poration is finished. One hundred and four steel steamers, with an aesrre gate deadweight tonnage of have been launched in the vVljlam ette find Columbia' rivers to .date since the building of steel Oiips was started for the emergency fleet cor poration. FISH CATCH 9 7 2,500 POUNDS Independent Fleet Makes Record In November. fiKATTLK. Wash., I ec. 1 1. c eat tie's independent fleet of f b hins" craft, operated on a share plan, l::nded 97Z.5U0 pounds of halibut and cod in" this port during November, compared with 221.500 pounds th :ime month in 1919. an Increase of 7 4 1.000 pounds, nccor4in- to figures compiled by the Fishing Vessel own ers' associatibn. The catches were sold on the Heat tie halibut exchange In the dock houe at pier S nnd were In addition to shipments of fish brought hy steamship from Alaska and receipts by vessels owned by fishing com panies which operate from this port. The catches landed by the independ ent fishing fleet were composed of 7r.fJ.S0rt pounds of No. 1 halibut. 1S0, TitO pounds of No. 2 halibut and 55, 000 pounds of mixed cod. - Representatives of the Fishing Vessel Owners association attribute the heavy receipts of fish during November to poor market conditions and low prices in ITlnee Rupert, causing vessels to be diverted to thif port, and better weather on the banks 'during, all but the last part ot -No vember than in the same monin m&i car. (iRAIS IXSPECTIOX IS WASTED Tacoma Seeks Grading ot Cereals nt Railway Junction l'oints. TAtK'MA. Wash., Dec. 11. ( (Spe cial. ) The Tacoma merchants' ex change I" to co-operate with other in terest. in the effort to ret innpeciion of Trains at traffic Junction points on railroads "servins Tacoma and Se attle. . The irradin of Brains at junction points, if effected, will change entire ly the usual course of trading In Brains in Tacoma. it is asserted. ;rain would be sold by samp'e on the floor or the local exchange before the car was delivered from the Junction point. Diversion of the cars at the Junction i n k n i ction point to Its ultimate decl nation at once coula oe mane, wnn .,',n..ol,t o-ivinir of freight charires. for useless hauls. It also was rlecided to accept IS cents a sirn,in door from the railroads as compensation for the savins of Brain doors after the unloading of cars. '"- Radio Wireless and Compass Sta tions Near Completion. AHKItDRKN. Wash.. Dec. 11. (Spe cial.) The radio wireless and naval compass stations at Westport have al most been completed, according to statements by those who have been w-orkins on the plant. The radio compass station, which Is one of the eipht beine Installed on this coast, was desliined to enable ships to find their own locations des pite weather conditions, thereby mak ing navigation von this coast much less hazardous. In addition to the naval compass station, the radio wire less will be maintained by the navy with a competent staff of operators, who will handle both government and commercial business. The messages will be relayed by Weitera Union from 'Westport. NOVEMBER BUSINESS IS GOOD Tacoma Imports and Exports Show Gain Over Previous Months. TACOMA. Wash.. Dee. 11. (Spe cial.) Taeoma's exports and Imports for November showed a gain over all months for the previous half year Kxports for the month totaled 392,210 tons, including both coastwise and offshore trade. In addition 40,996 tons not reported in October were added to this total. Imports for November totaled ..85, 100 tons. Within the month 113 ves sels either discharged or loaded off shore cargo here. The unusual boom In lumber carproes and the Inaugura tion of a service to the Atlantic sea board and Europe were responsible for the increase in business. Many Moves Scheduled. The Admiral line steamer Abercos. loading general cargo for the orient, started on a busy programme of har bor moves yesterday afternoon when she went from - the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company's mill to the Shell Oil docks for fuel oil. From there she will shift to the Portland Flour ing mills at 6:30 o'clock this morning to load flour. Monday morning at 7 o'clock she will go to the O. & W. dock for another parcel of flour, will cross the river to the Crown mills at noon Monday for a third flour shin- ; ment, and then will go to the Albina. Tours to the Honolulu. Japan. Manchuria. North and South (Thirn and th. I -h 1 1 i nui n . Islnrtdn Salliner from Vancouver Januarv 1.1: from San Krancixco January 24, February "a and 2, March IB. April 2 and 30. May 2S and June 25; from Seattle March 11. Small- congenial parties under personal escort. Write for detnila. Also Cruises to Sotrth America and the West Indie. Wherever you travel carry those spendable everywhere American Kxpress Travelers ' h e ( 1 1 1 e AMERI(MEXPRESS J, TRAVSJ. DEPARTMENT S V Knrl I). U nlkcr. I. p. A. S M X r. fill! and rorllnn.l. "",p uruHuwny Dependable Freight and Passenger Service California Service Reffiilnr Freight nnd PaMrnyrer Servlcr to . COOS HAY KLItKKA A.MJ SA Kit A CISCO Snlllnsr Kmra I'ortlnnd. f. M. H. ?. CI H.U AO,- lire. 21. Jan. 3. Connecting at San Irancloi With Steamers for la AnxrlfM anil San liietco neicalar Krelj?ht and 1'ansrBErr Srn Ice to Mexleo, Central America und AlaMkik. TUANS-PACIKIC KKHVICK to all friental I'orts. 17. S. S h i p p I n k Uuard A-l Steel American Vessels. Snllfnir From Portland S. AUKla.uS Hoc. IS S S. I'AWI-KT Jan. 13 S. K. COAXKT Keb. 10 101 THIRD ST. dock Monday nlfcht for r. fourth flour tihipmrnt. The last move so far nr hed uJed will be from the Albina dock 10 municipal terminal No. 4 Tuesday morniiiK. Astoria Frcllit Slops I-Iikt. The Fteamer West Kedron, sched uled to reach the Columbia river Tuesday from A.storia in the service of the Kuropean-l'acif ic l!ne, will load a larjce parcel of freight at Astoria bofore coming to l'ortland, it was an nounced yesterday by the Columbia Pacific Shipping- company. local atyents for the line. The West Kedron will be the first vessel of this fleet to make Astoria a port of call. She will be followed here by the steamer Kf finf?ham, due about December 1'7. Marine Notes. The steamer M. C. r.msh, purchased from the shipping Imard by the North At lantic & Western Steitmship company, and sehe.lul.-il to come here as the next vess.-l in this company's coast-to-coast liner serv ie... nrrive.i at Astoria y-erday. Hfeord ing to a Mt-rehants' Exchange report. The passenger liner Alaska, of the San Francisco & l'ortland Steamship company. l..rt down from tlie AlnsworUl doeu sehedule at lo o'cliK-k yesterday morning -r Hose f..r San Francisco. The steamer City, which alternates with the Alaska, was reported as sailing from Astoria at noon yesterday for Portland. The Columbia-Pacific Shipping rom panv's steamer narin.rt of the North Chlr.a line will go to the 1 tuna"-Pu 1. n mill Ibis morning to complete her cargo with lumber. The steamer West Nomentum. which ar rived Friday from North China ports, fin ished discharging her inward cargo and was fumigated yesterday at terminal No. I. i:d Chrltenson of the San Kranelseo ..,.. inn- firm of Sudden Cliristen- son. who has ben attendliiB the myeling. here of the board of directors of the " "-- las Fir Exploitation r.sini left for tiravs and Wlllapa harbors last nicht to Inspect new lumber mills which he has acquired. He expected to be back In Portland next Saturday. The Dutch steamer Arakan. loading full caruo of wheat tor r.unn- under t charter to Kerr. ilfford ( V... came up the river Friday night nd docked at the Columbia dock at A M. yesterday. Mie took lOINI tons of wheat at Astoria and will load the remainder of her cargo here. The sailing schooner John W. Wells, which arrived here a week ago from Kng land in ballast, is still without a charter, and drydocklng of the vessel for exam ination and repairs is being held in abey ance pending Ihe receipt of instructions from her owners, the Pacific Freighters company of riali Francisco. The barkentlne Hawaii, which has been King at the- port drydock while federal officers were looking for her former mas ter Captain Agldios. on a charge of smug gling opium, will move up to the Inman-1-oulsen mill at noon today to start loading lumber for Talara. l'eru. She Is under charter to Italfour. Uuthrie At I o. The steamer Iluitum la expected to go down the river today from the Montgom ery dock with a full cargo of wheat for Kurope. The destroyer Renshaw. which arrived Friday with naval reservists returning ftom a two weeks' crulre. will go down the river at 8 o'clock this morning for Bremerton. f Movements of Vessels. FOKTLAND. Dec. 11. Sailed at S A. M., steamer Haisy Freeman, for San Pedro; ..i. at in A. M .. steamer Alsska. for kaii Fianclfco; arrived at 4 A. M., auliuoncr C S Holmes, from San Francisco; at a' M.. Dutch steamer Arakan. Irom San Francisco. A STOIM A . Dec. 11. Arrived down at 1-30 A- M. steamer Willamette: sailed at 10:45 A. m". steamer Washtenaw, for Tort San Luis. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 11. Arrived Steamer M C. Brush, from Boston for Portland: sailed at 1 P. M.. steamer Rose City for Portland: arrived at 3 A. M steamer Oregonlan, from Portland for New York. BALBOA, Dec. 8. Arrived Steamers Haleakala and West Camak, from Port land for United Kingdom. 5AN FRANCISCO. Pec. II. Arrived: dmlral Schley, from Seattle; Oregonlan, from Astoria; Wallumo. from Ocean Falls; J. A Moffett. from Seattle. Sailed: Ven ezuela, tor Hongkong. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 11. Arrived: Norwood, from San Francisco. Departed: City of Seattle, for southeastern Alaska. TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 11. Departed: Steamer Belbeck. for European ports; steamer San Diego, for San Pedro. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Dec. 11. (Special.) Arrived at 8 A. M.. Charles H. Cramp. from Philadelphia: at 3 P. M-. Presid.nl. from San Francisco. Sailed at 5 P. M., Coqullle River for Fort Bragg; at S A. M., Captain A. F. Lucas, towing barge 03. for Portland; at 6 P. M , Svea, for Grays Har bor. - " Tides at Astoria. Sunday. High. Low. " A M ...7.8 feet8:14 A. M 3 7 feet 1:3 J P.' M 0 0 feet8:47 P. M U.2 foot Cndahy Packing Company Sned. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Dec. 11. (Spe- cial.) Henry A. Schmidt of Hemlock, south of here, today filed suit in th Orient Oiik St. M Or. . INTKKC'OASTAL SKHVICK. Hoston and Philadelphia. Newsco I..ine. bbuO-Ton Steel American Vessels. Sailing From Portland S. S. Blil'SH nee. 15 S. S. YAI-ZA Jan. T, S S. AUTKJAS Jan 2" For Further Information Apply to THONK MAI hSHU Circuit court against the Cudahy i'ackirify coripany for $2"'fl dumageH for alleped injuries received when an automobile said to have been oper ated by the com pa ny ran hi in do w n on the road near Hemlock. He asserts that the automobile was driven on the wronif side of the road and that ita steering c.ir was defective. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage Ucenses. R AC! A N-HAI.I. Hubert Ragan. 27. 4!1 Kast T'lltty-thlrd street, and l.etha M. Ma::. 27. 4'.c K.tm Th ' r; v-:h !rd street. MAl:l:ISSKT-rtEI.SH lay l Marisset. 21. l'orl.and. and Kern We:h. lit. 44) E i :s a. uu". JIKNKK-FECHTXKR John Henke. 37. 12" Ka.-t F.rty-th:rd street, and Josephin.l Fechtner. :I7. 740 Cnrbett street. 1 I.KU-M K K.N K Y E mer Ooch'.er. '" 1 Kasl K'tsi sLrt-e; North, anil Veva McK.nn-y. 111. 2t Ea-ic First street North. I I'H AlI.l h;-m ills S'dt.ey Prairie. 22. sss .larreit sLret, and ElM M. AllUs. 11G3 l!i i'Tiont s" reet. 111! l;; K It M AN-ANDK RSON P.. F. P.rt' 'jirniari. I. gai, Los Angeles. i'a:.. and liora .M. Anil'" rin. leva). l."7 Sjierrett avxenue P A I.M KH-SWA ItTZ Done tan I'al'ner. 22. ii::4 Wind.e street, and Aiice E. Swart. 21. ll'ol Ht-rki :ev av.-nue KKX-i illl'TdN W.- Arthur Ilex. 23. I ' -iar.ei sireet. anu Alary compton. is. j 411 MarUet SLreel. r TIIAVKI.KKS' C.tlDE. Holland - America Line NORTH PACIFIC CtMST LINE tJoint Service of Holland-Amer!" lid and kgyal Hail Sieaul Packet Cal Between tB t rtiaviM,, C. fneet Sound, fortland. rancisco and J.oa Anselea Harbor -An Itotterdam. Antwerp. l.nndno, Liverpool llusiburg, Havre. " I KKlCillT ONLY. Sailing will take place as follows! f yOKKDTK (12.000 tons d. w loading .....Nov. 20 to Dec S And regularly tnercattsr. steamerr are specially fitted with larg cool room nnd refrlgrutors for tiio trans lyuriatiuu of Iresa Iruit. fish, ota. For freight rates and particulars apply to OREC.ON-PACIFIC COMPANY. na Hilroi lildg. I'bono Main 43CJ TOYO KISEN KAMA FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE Portland to Japan and China. For Yokohama, Kohe, MoJl nnd Kongkung. SS. ANVO MARf, 12,000 tons, loading January l.'i, l!l. For rates, fares, space and information Address OREGON-PACIFIC COMPANY General Ax eats Wilcox Bide. Main 4565 HONOLULU SAILING S.S. HOLLYWOOD Sails From Port of A tort a. Orejron, Pi-r o. 1. DECEMBER 20 Ample space Available. For freljrht rntea and other particulars apply to H. L. TABKE Traffic Msssger, Port of Astoria, Multnomah Hotel, Astoria and Way Points STR. GEORGIANA Ronnd trip dally (except Friday) leare Portland 7:10 A. M.. Alder-Htreet dork. Istch Awtorit. 2 P. M., Flavrl dork. Fare (2.00 each way. Special a la carte rtininc service. Iirect connection for Houtb Ueaches. Klitnt boat daily. 8 P. M.. dally except Sunday . Tlie Harkin Tratasporta tioa Company. BJaia 1422. 641-22. AUSTRALIA Flonolala, Sura, New Zealand, The Palatial I'awwenjcer Steamers K. M. S. "Niagara" It. M. S. "MAKl'RA 20,000 Tons 13.500 Tons Sail from Vincoowr, It. C. For rates and alllnen apply Can. Pae. Rail, way, 65 Third Ht.. Portland, or Cnnadiao Australaian Royal Mail Line, 440 Seymour bU, JU. C. A i.