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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1905. ELDER NOT FLOATED The Pitts Th Cvi LOCOMOTOR Attempt to Pump Out thei Stranded Steamer Failsr LEAK HAS NOT BEEN STOPPED British Steamship Ras Elba Char tered to Load Part Cargo at Portland for the Orient Forest Brook May Come. GOBLE. Or.. March 2. (Special.) An unsuccessful attempt iras made today to float the stranded steamer George W. Elder by pumping her out, but the leaks -worked just as last as the pumps. The pumps used have a capacity of 400 tons per hour, and another one is being put la place as fast as possible. The operation began at 6 o'clock this morning, and to night when the "wrecking crew knocked off work there was as much -water in the steamer's hold as -when they began. It has been decided that more cargo must be taken out. At 11 o'clock this morning a large sail was lowered over the side and an attempt made to cover the hole and thus stop the Influx of water. At 2 P. M. a diver went down to examine the forward part of the vessel Xrom the outside, looking for ad ditional leaks. At about the same time the steam hose leading from. the boiler of the Harvest Queen to the pumps burst and the pumps stopped. Last night all hands -were ordered to bring their effects aboard ready to leave for the drydock today, but the dale of their departure is indefinite. The chances of success in pumping out the -water are very poor at this time, and one of the officers on board did not hesitate to say that he did not expect the effort -would succeed. The pumps have entirely failed to lower the -water in the forward hatch, and have done but little In the after hold. The vessel is gradually listing to star board, having increased her list SO de grees since the salvage crew began work on her. Three cables have been passed between the vessel and the shore, other wlse she -would probably have turned tur tle before this time. Unless something further can be done to shut out the wa ter, the ship may never be taken off the rocks. At 2:35 P. M. the steamer Harvest Queen, -which had come down this morn ing to tow the Elder to the drydock, cast off and returned to Portland alone. RAS ELBA COMES TO PORTLAND Steamer Will Load Part Cargo of Hay for Orient. Two tramp steamers are due In Port land next week. In addition to the El leric, -which Is coming for a load of bar ley, the Has Elba will be here to com plete her cargo with hay. The last named steamer is expected to be in port Wednesday. V The Ras Elba Is now at Seattle, where she recently arrived, after a tempestuous voyage from Shanghai. She will fill a part of her space there with oats, and will then come to Portland and All up with baled hay. The local part of her cargo will aggregate 1200 to 1300 tons, and as much oats will be taken aboard on the Sound. Albers Bros, are to supply all the cargo, and when here the steamer will load at their dock. The Ras Elba Is bound for the Orient, but to what port has not yet been decided. She will cer tainly not take her freight to Vladivo stok, nor will she go to Japan. This steamer has never been here. She flies the British flag, has a net registered tonnage of 1969, and is commanded by Captain H. P. Green. She was built by Furness, Withy & Co. at Sunderland in 1S95, and Is owned by the Ras Steam Shipping Company, of .London. The same Arm also own the Ras Bera, Ras Dara, Has Issa, Ras Mora and Ras Rowa. Soon after this vessel leaves Portland another will take her place at the same dock, also to load hay for the other side. The second steamer may be the Forest Brook, which Is now at Seattle, though the negotiations for her charter have not yet been closed. The Forest Brook came over from. Asia to load forage at Seattle but lost her charter by arriving too late. If she Is rechartered It will be to take part cargo here, and If the deal falls through another steamer will be secured for the purpose. The steamer Elleric is under engage ment to Balfour. Guthrie & Co. to carry a. full cargo of barley to Japan. She is on her way across the Pacific and is about due at Tatoosh, where she will get her orders to proceed to Portland. GOVERNMENT WANTS TONNAGE Calls for Bids for Transporting Lum ber From Portland to Manila. Captain Jesse M. Baker, Disbursing Quartermaster. XT. S. A., has advertised tor bids for transporting 2.200,000 feet of lUnar?om Portlaaa to Manila. The bids will be opened March 10, and the com petition is open to both American and foreign bottoms. The lumber Is to be loaded at the mill of the Portland Lumber Company, and is to be placed at ship's tackle at the rate of 150.000 feet per day When the contract was awarded to the :?r..compjmy' 11 understood that 450,000 feet of the lot was to go forward on the Army transport Buford. which has been ordered here to convey the Nine teenth Infantry to the Philippines, but the calling for new bids would indicate that the Buford will be given up entirely to th soldiers. Arabia Brings Big Cargo. The Portland & Asiatic liner Arabia sailed from Yokohama for Portland March L and Is due here March IS. Un like the latest arrivals of the fleet, the Arabia will bring a full cargo, made up of the usual Oriental lines, including 60 tons of raw silk. The steamer Numantia, which is now in port. Is making fair progress with her outward cargo, and will get away on her scheduled date, March 9. Strands, but Is Lifted by Tide. NEW YORK, March 2. While making the sharp turn In the main ship channel at Southwest Spit. In the lower bay, to day, the French line steamer La Bretagne went ashore. La Bretagne was outward bound to Havre. She touched on the sandy bottom, and was soon freed by the rising tide. She then proceeded on her voyage apparently uninjured. Waterhouse Charters Nalru. SEATTLE, Wash., March 2. Frank Waterhouse & Co. today announced the charter of the British steamship Nairn for a voyage to Japanese ports. The vessel will commence loading on Puget Sound March 25. Mr. Waterhouse has also secured the British steamship Fo rorlc Nelson Puts Back for Repairs. SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. The Mer chants' Exchange has received advices from Victoria, B. C. that the British ship Nelson, from Victoria for the United Kingdom, has returned to Esquimau with her stern ports leaking. Schooner Olsen Renovated. ABERDEEN, Wash., March 2. (Spe cial,) The schooner Oliver J. Olsen. which has received an entire new bottom, has been turned out of the Lindstrom hlp- CONTRAST BETWEEN WELL KEPT AND ILL-KEPT GROUNDS IN PORTLAND yard and towed to Hoqulam to be loaded. The repairs have cost nearly 56000. The teredo worm destroyed the old hull. Marine Notes. The arrival of the barkentine T. P. Emlgh at Astoria sets at rest all feats for the safety of this overdue vessel. Captain Barkley, overseer for P. Ircdale & Porter, owners of the Lonsdale. Is In the city, looking after the ship's business. Discharging of cargo began at Greenwich dock yesterday morning. The Pythomene, which moored at the foot of Pine street "Wednesday night, will drop down to Columbia dock this morn ing to discbarge her cargo. There 13 only IS feet of water alongside the Pine-street dock, and the ship draws 22 feet. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. March 2. Arrived at 1:30 and left up at 2:S0 P. 1L Steamer TV. II. Kruser. from Baa Francisco. Arrived at noon Barkentine T. P. Emlgh, from San Francisco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind south; weather partly cloudy. San Francisco, March 2. Arrived at 8 A. it. Steamer Cascade, from Portland. Arrived Steamer Senator, from Victoria. Sailed Steam er Gneh&Us. for Cray's Harbor; steamer Olym pic, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Roanoke, for Astoria; et earner Czarina, for Coos Bay; steam, er Wellington, for Kanalmo; bark Louisiana, for Blakeley. Hoqulam. "Wash.. March 2. Sailed Schooner Dora. Blunm. for San Francisco. New York. March 2. Arrived Prinzeas Vic toria Louise, from West Indian cruise; Ixxn b&rdla, from Genoa; Pennsylvania, from Ham burg; Victorian, from Liverpool. PUBLIC DOCK FOE ST. JOHNS Commercial Club Recommends Build Ing at Foot of Richmond Street. At the meeting of the St. Johns Com mercial Club Wednesday night. A. S. Iouglas presiding, it was decided that the proposed public dock be located at the foot of Richmond street In preference to Philadelphia street, and the dock com mittee was Instructed to recommend to the Council that the dock be built there. It was estimated that the cost of building a dock at the foot of Richmond would bo much less than at the foot of Philadelphia street, as part of the piles are now stand ing In Richmond street and can be used. Secretary J. C. Crorae Is corresponding with some manufacturing concerns seek ing locations at St. Johns, which will in crease the pay roll of the place. PERSONAL MENTION. Otto J. Kraemer, who spent last week In San Francisco, returned yes terday. " Captain and Mrs. J. H. McMillan, of Portland, have located for the present In Oakland, Cal. They are enjoying their honeymoon- In California. E. B. Gage underwent an operation for appendicitis yesterday at St. Vin cent's Hospital, and while very weak, his physicians assert that he will re cover. City Superintendent of Schools Frank Rlgler Is confined to his home on "Wil lamette Heights seriously ill with pneu monia. He has suffered from severe cold for some time, and was taken worse upon going home "Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Cudtworth. of StI Paul, Minn., are spending a few days in Portland. Mr. Cudiworth is the as sistant chief clerk in the general pas senger office of the Great Northern at Sr, Paul. Gives Bond After Arrest. Gustav Klaetsch. who failed to giv bonds under his indictment by the Fed eral grand Jury In the land-fraud cases, was arrested on a. hfnri Tpormnt Deputy United States Marshal Blowers at "Woodstock yesterday. After his. ar rest he furnished the stipulated $4000 bonds and was released. vusw ON riAXDERS STREET, NEAR CRY IS "BE GLEAN" Slogan of Civic Improvement Association. PORTLAND MUST LOOK TIDY Where Clvio Pride Does Not Cause Owners to Do Better the Law Will Be Invoked to Make Them. Put the black-bordered handkerchief in the cedar closet and drop a final tear, for the lack of clvio pride which may have infested the city heretofore has passed away and in its place has come a revival of better things. Trees are to be trimmed, sidewalks will no longer be crowded with the wares of merchants, contractors will no more fill the street with sand and lumber, nor will the tin can be allowed to repose undisturbed in the midst of the vacant lot. The citizens have spoken through the Civic Improve ment Association, and their word Is law. As unto the gamblers is Sheriff "Word, so unto the dirt and filth that has gath ered in out-of-the-way places Is the newly-acquired strength of this organiza tion. A. mass meeting is to held at a near date, at which the slogan will be "clean your vacant lots." Bands of men earnest In mind and determined in spirit have declared that the billboard shall no longer exist. Committees of the associa tion are busy appointing sub-committees who will police the city, as It were, and keep record of property-owners who fail to observe the ordinances calling for cleanliness. Rigorous Campaign On. .Anticipating the rigorous campaign about to be inaugurated by the Civic Improvement Association, the citizens in general are cleaning up before hand, that the sub-committee members will find everything in good shape on their first visit. The threat of taking steps against property-owners who fall to show civic pride has resulted in much good. "While the police department has been after contractors who fill the streets and merchants who. pile wares to the outer edge of the sidewalks, the citizens themselves have hastened to telephone the man who trims trees, the man who builds bonfires and the gentleman who rakes the yards. "The city Is a multitude of bonfires," said a prominent citizen yesterday. "More trees have -been trimmed in the past week than ever before In any week in the city's history." Where Civic Pride Fails. But still there are places where civic pride has failed to penetrate and where the harsher and sterner arm of the law will, perhaps, have to Interfere, before the proper spirit is manifested. There are some vacant lots that resemble a huge garbage barrel, some corners where a small child could lose itself In the underbrush, some places where the grass is so tall that cougars could hide there. It is these places that have aroused the Civic Improvement Association, and It is these places that will be surrounded and besieged until unconditional surren der Is made. Not until the last out-of-the-way corner Is thoroughly clean will the Improvement people rest from their la bors, and then a last dusting will be given to the city, the front parlor will be thrown open and the ready-for-vlsltoxs TWENTY - THIRD STREET, SHOWING RESIDENCE AND LAWN OP G. T. BESSEIX. HEAVY UNDERBRUSH ON LOT AT EAST air will bo upon the Rose City, house-party of 1905 will begin. The Sub-Committees Are Named. The committee on streets and the committee on street obstructions, poles and signs, appointed by President Wheelwright, of the Chamber of Com merce, mot yesterday afternoon and or ganized. N. Edward Ayer was elected chairman of the committee on streets and Leo Friede was elected chairman of the committee on street obstructions, poles and alleys. . The members of the street committee are N. Edward Ayer, Thos. Scott Brooke, L. Goldsmith. J. C Ainsworth, R. L Macleay, Joseph X. Teal, and Is am "White. The members of the committee on street obstructions, poles and signs are Leo Friede, George Hyland, I. I. Hawkins, S. B. Llnthlcurn, S. M. Mears, Thomas McCusker and "William Mac Master. Little was done beyond the or ganization of the committees, this be ing the first meeting. MAY DECLARE IT NUISANCE. State Health Board Expected to Con demn City Crematory. By an act passed at the last session of the Legislature, the State Board of Health has authority to declare the Portland city crematory a nuisance, and to cause the arrest of the Mayor and Council if they neglect to abate such nuisance. Members of the State Board of Health are seriously considering taking this step. The promises made that the conditions at the crematory would be Improved have apparently not been carried out. for the condemnation of that place of foul odors Is just as sweeping as ever. City Health 'Officer Biersdorf has lis tened to scores of loud complaints. He has evolved a scheme. "I believe that It would be well to es tablish a crematory on the East Side," said he. "It seems almost impos sible, to haul all the garbage across the river and out to the city crematory. No, I haven't thought where to locate the crematory on the East Side." The e pedal committee of the "Women's Club is preparing for another campaign against the present conditions at the crematory. This committee, among them Mrs. B. H. Trumbull and Mrs. C. C Chapman, were present at the last meet ing of the Council to see If anything af fecting the garbage matter came up. But nothing appeared. Though people on the East Side of the river are not afflicted with the odors of the crematory as the residents of "Wil lamette Heights and adjacent districts say they ore, yet the East-Siders have troubles of their own. Around Vancouver avenue and Weidler and Victoria streets is a deep gulch which runs down from Irvlngton. Into this gulch is dumped debris of all kinds. A. row of buildings backing upon the gulch are said to be without proper sewerage. Com plaints and remonstrances to the health authorities have availed naught, say the neighbors. Warner Settlers Denied, Relief. SALEM. Or., March 3-(SpeciaL) The4 latest enoru or uovernor tjcamDeriain to secure relief for the "Warner Valley set tlers through the Department of the In terior have coma to naught,, and the Governor will discontinue his efforts In that direction. His last request was that the Secretary of the Interior send a spe cial agent to visit "Warner Valley and de termine whether the lands In controversy were swamp lands, as alleged. This re quest Secretary Hitchcock refused to grant. A suit Is now pending In the courts be tween the settlers and the "Warner Valley Stock. Company. XBK XTBB AJfD XTEIXD9. Gruulated Eyelids and other Eye troubles cured by Murlaa Eys Remedy, It doa't BLSxt. Sold ay all araczisu. v MADISON AND UNION AVENUE. REFUSE THE STEW Rockpile Gang Strikes on the Food. ALL GO TO' BED SUPPERLESS City Physician Pronounces the Food Wholesome, and Chief of Police Hunt Says They Must Eat It or Go Hungry. "Say, jailer, the mulligan stew is sour, and we refuses to eat It see? Also we won't touch the potatoes, the bread and coffee." "With the foregoing as a warning, mem bers of the city rockpile gang yesterday at 1:30 declared against the food provided for them by the officials, and refused to eat a bite of It. How long they will hold out remains to be seen, but they were in a very sullen mood and were ugly-tempered. Chief of Police Hunt was notified of the attitude of the rockpile men, and made a personal Investigation of the food. He came from the jail saying he thought the stew was all right, but that the men who break rock for Portland said it was sour and that they would not eat It. "I'll settle this thing by calling City Physician Zan." said Chief Hunt, "If Extra! Extra! SHERLOCK HOLMES BACK! Arrived this morn ing. Report of his death greatly exaggerated. Has thirteen reat stories to tell of recent adventures. Says this is positively his last appearance. THE RETURN OF Sherlock Holmes By A. CONAN DOYLE At Alt Bookstores. Cloth, t2mo. $t.50 McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO., 44 E. 23d he pronounces the food good, they'll eat it or nothing." "That stew Is perfectly delicious," said Dr. Zan. after examining It. ' "I would eat It myself If sufficiently hungry. It's plenty good enough for the prisoners, and Is wholesome. They are too par ticular." "That settles It," said Chief Hunt "It'3 eat that stew, or do the next best thing." News of the decision of Dr. Zan and Chief Hunt was communicated to the prisoners. They were more sullen than before. They still declared they would never eat a bit of supper, and that they would refuse to partake of any more stew or potatoes unless they were sweet and nutritious. They seemed to think themselves the best Judges of the quality of the food served to them, and scorned to sit up and notice the mulligan be cause of Dr. Zan's decision. . Those Who Refuse to Eat. The men refusing to eat the food were a M. Hill. Henry McGloln. O. Keith. Austin Duffy, H. Hawell, R. McRevy. William "Williams. McGloln is believed to be the instigator of the. affair. He is one of the prisoners who escaped through the bathroom last Friday night, Keith 13 another. They were recaptured and since have been very sullen. It would not surprise the police if the rockpile gang strike this morning when ordered out to work. They were very ugly last night, and complain bitterly of their treatment. Meals are furnished to the city prison ers twice daily. For each prisoner the city pays the American Restaurant nine cents. The manager of the establish ment declares the food furnished last night Is the same as fed to hundreds of patrons yesterday. Thi3 is not the first time, however, that prisoners have complained. Body to Be Sent to Old Home. WALLACE. Idaho. March 2. (Special.) ATAXIA MfaK Pfeefce Ett SooOoe CGta,N.Ysays Bfy trouble began witn mgchoos in my Sect aod spread tiuoogc. fcotn Stubs. The pakt TOskxtecK. I couldn't walk wHfcoytzcane. Couldn't walk at afl in the cUtfc. Finally fc3tfnntbely helpless. Now I am well, do my own work; can even run un and down state. love my cuee -entirely to Br.Wfitems' Pink Pills for Pale People ThisspecHk foruemxwdk orders has also cared stubborn coses of sciatica, partial" paraly sis and St. Vitur daoca, and is highly tooommended foe name troubka. such a neuralgia, prostration dfb&ty. fainting spells, dgzmeat and the Irks. FOR 8AtS BY MX DfMMSMTS. The body of "Walter Salisbury, -whlct was found near Borax, Mont., last iloa-l day. was brought here today. It will shipped to Streator, HI., for Interment Salisbury became lost last month while packing supplies to Bullion mine from the railroad, a distance of three-quarters a mile. Search was made for htm for sev-j eral weeks. "With the weather 40 degree below zero he had wandered In the monn-j tains without a coat. He had consume all his matches in unsuccessful effort to start a Are. Governor Wright's First Receptjor MANILA. March 2. Governor-General I "Wright In his new capacity held his public reception tonight at a lawn fete.l which was notably brilliant, rivaling li picturesquenees and attendance the ever-l memorable farewell iete In honor of ex Governor Taft. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Babr Is Cuttla? Teeth. E enre and use that old and well-tried remedy. I lira. Wlnolowa Soothlnx Syrup, for chlldml teetninr. ooues us coua. soruna in gura allays all pain, cure wind cMlo and diarrhoea. I Pears' Pears' Soap makes white hands, gives clear skirt and imparts fresh ness to the complexion. A cake of Pears' is a cake of comfort. Comfort by the cake or in boxes. Of coarse Gjbir&?&ellia Ground Chocolate is a per feet breakfast drink but ft tastes goodand- doea-goodat any time of day GhirardelFs is- the &k ideal for every xneaL More convenient and -ecooocaical than cake chocolate. St, NEW YORK 4