Morning Oregonian., January 04, 1913, Page 10, Image 10

THE MORXIXG OREGOXI.VX, SATURDAT. JANUARY 4, 1913.
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mms OF WRECK
TELL OF PERILS
Escape of Passengers From
Death and Serious Injury
Deemed Remarkable.
STORM DAMAGES GREAT
As Result of Gale Mud Is Said to
Have "Washed Into Tunnels and
Covered Track to Depth
of Several Inches.
Passengers who were on the ill-fated
Southern Pacific train bound from
Tillamook to Portland Sunday morning,
when It was struck by an avalanche
of logs, rocks and scenery, are begin
nlng to come into Portland by various
routes and devices.
Most of them after the accident trav
eled across the country 'to Willamina,
where they were enabled to take a
train. Others went via Elk Creek to
Seaside and returned to Portland on
the Portland-Astoria trains of the
North Bank Road.
Two passengers who returned by way
of Seaside wore B. O. Carl and James
O'Connor, connected with the firm of
Brown Walker & Simmonds, with of
fices in the Yeon building. Both were
tired out, having followed the line and
then taken the trail for 17 miles, only
to be beaten by the difficulties of the
trail and the dangers of the storm and
having to retrace their steps to
Wheeler.
They reported that S. B. Taylor, who
was chief engineer on the Salem, Falls
City- & Western line, had taken the
trail and was an hour ahead of them
at 5 P. M. Monday when they reached
Knright. Mr. Carl fears something
serious may have happened to him. as
it was dark and they could hear noth
ing about him on their arrival in Port
land ye'sterdaq.
"I was In the San Francisco earth
quake, I was on the burning ship Dal
ton in Puget Sound in 1901 and I was
In a flood In 1883. so that I have at
least had some experience, and I have
no desire to magnify matters in the
least when I say that I was an utter
coward in the wreck." said Mr. Carl at
the Hanover Apartments yesterday.
"The Oregonlan printed an account
which was correct, as far as it went.
If It erred it was certainly not on the
side of exaggeration.
Storm. la Terrible.
"The storm was terrific, and when
the landslide came along, to many of
us it appeared as though the whole
mountain was coming upon us. I had
been In the smoker, but a moment be
fore the accident occurred I had gone
to the observation car. As I saw what
was happening. I did not see what
could save us. The next thing I knew
I was out In the grass running in a zig
zag, with my hands 'in front of my
face."
Both men bear out the statements
of H. C. Toumans and his companions
with regard to the accident, while their
experiences on the trail were remark
able. After walking 17 miles they
reached a spot just beyond Enrlght
where they could go no further. The
night of the accident they stopped with
some laborers along the line. On Mon
day they continued their tramp, going
through tunnels which were damaged
and filled with mud and earth and
reaching Enrlght about 4 o'clock In the
afternoon. By that' time it was dark
and they had great difficulty In making
their way, finally reaching a spot where
they could not keep along the trail or
go down. After trying to climb the
steep face of the mountain they stopped,
refusing to go on because of the danger
of being hurled down by rocks which
were loose.
Steps Are Retraced.
They retraced their steps to the
telegrapher, who had a station with a
railroad carriage at Knright. There
the night was spent. "We never slept,"
said Mr. Carl. "Trees were popping on
all sides, and one huge tree fell right
across the river, smashing the top and
landing within 20 feet of the cabin.
During the brief time that the tele
graph was working some 0 messages
were sent through, and we learned that
landslides and trees were across the
line. I do not think the line can pos
sibly be clear for 30 days, let alone two
weeks."
Finally the two men retraced their
steps and got a "lift" to Wheeler.
Thence they went to Neah-Kah-nie,
passing Thursday night at Seaside.
1'lctures Are Obtained.
Among others who returned yester
day was F. J. Ciattrell, with offices at
Stark street. Mr. Gattrell. having
his kodak with liim on the train, took
a number of interesting pictures, among
which are the accompanying.
Mr. Gattrell thinks the escape of the
passengers from instant death or seri
ous Injury was marvelous. It was re
markable, he says, that the entire train
was not carried far from the tracks.
Mohler, near where the accident oc
curred, Is on & level spot at the foot of
the mountains. A few. miles east are
precipitous cliffs, along the side of
which the track is built. Had the slide
struck the train at it passed along
these cliffs the result would have been
disastrous.
Mad Covers Ralls.
Many other parts of the line have
suffered as a result of the recent
storms. Mud has washed Into the tun
nels, covering the rails to a depth of
three or four Inches. Hock has broken
loose from the tunnel walls, it is re
ported, obstructing the tracks.
Efforts now are being made to repair
the track and to restore it to useful
ness. It is possible, however, that it
will be a week before Bervice can be
resumed.
PERS0NAL MENTION.
Mrs. S. L. Hyman. of Raymond, is at
the Portland.
N. W. Bethel, a Medford contractor,
is at the Bowers.
Peter Soott. a Hoqularn lumberman,
is at the Perkins.
Frank G. Micelll. a Roseburg brewer,
is at the Imperial.
C. E. Selleck and wife, of Omaha, are
at the Multnomah.
H. M. Parks, of Corvallls, is regis
tered at the Oregon.
R. M. Jennings, of Eugene, is regis
tered at the Portland.
Colonel John Adair, of Astoria, Is reg
istered at the Imperial.
James H. Pe Venre, a Seattle capi
talist, is at the Oregon.
Judge C. E. Kindt, of Kenton, is reg
istered at the Imperial.
Dr. A. A. Tozer, of Seattle, is regis
tered at the Multnomah.
C. E. Harkins. a Walla Walla mer
chant, is at the Perkins.
H. Palmer, a Roseburg merchant, is
registered at the Oregon.
M. J. Gordan, a Tacoma lawyer, is
registered at the Oregon.
F. L. Robinson, a Coeur d'Alene
miner, is at the Perkins, accompanied
by Mrs. Robinson.
Dr. C. W. Bice, of Ritzville, is reg
istered at the Multnomah.
J. H. Dunlap. a Cascade Locks lum
berman. Is at the Oregon.
M. Gorman, Mayor of Cathlamet. !r
registered at tne Imperial.
Captain W. H. Carpenter, IT. S. A., Is
registered at the Portland.
E. C. Evan, a Parkdale rancher, is
registered at the Cornelius.
Ai J. Heskett, a merchant of Rex, Ir
registered at the Cornelius.
George W. Bradley, a Klamath Fal'.t
merchant, is at the Imperial.
Captain and Mrs. II. H. Robert, of
The Dalles, are at the Portland.
W. F. Rogers, a Spokane railroad
man, is registered at the Bowers.
Scott Blodgett, a Hood River mer
chant, is' registered at the Perkins.
C. XL Mabury. manager of the Hotel
Savoy of Seattle, Is at the Perkins.
P-. A. Dungan. a Tacoma merchant,
and Mrs. Dungar are at the Cornelius.
S. R. Thompson,, prominent in Perr
dleton's business affairs, is at the
Eowers.
J. C. Righton and wife, tourists frcir.
Memphis, Tenn., are registered at the
Multnomah.
X. C. Evans, president of the Hydro
Electric Company of Hood River, Is
registered at the Imperial.
Henry Blackman, ex-Senator from
Morrow County, is at the Perkins, re
turning from a trip to California.
W. 1. Tallant. president of the Tal-lant-Grant
Packing Company of As
toria, is registered at the Portland.
Miss Minnie L. Spauldlng, who has
been seriously ill at her home, 112b
Hawthorne avenue, for the past month,
is slowly improving.
R. P. Dunbar, secretary and auditor
of the Nevada, California & Oregon
Railroad at Reno, and Mrs. Dunbar, are
Portland visitors, guests of Mr. ' and
Mrs. J. H. Ballin. Mr. Dunbar was
formerly assistant auditor of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle at Portland.
WILES' SUIT DfSM SSE
CASE CLOSED OX MOTIOX OF
PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEYS.
They Issue Statement "Declaring" Con
tention of Prospect Park Com
pany Is Justified.
The suit of Elwood Wiles against the
Prospect Park Company and others,
commenced in the Circuit Court in the
month of July last, was dismissed yes
terday upon motiqn of L. A. McNary
and William r. Fen ton, attorneys for
Wiles. This equity suit was brought
for the purpose of setting? aside the
transfer of certain real estate formerly
owned by the Prospect Park Company
and later conveyed to the Realty As
sociates of Portland, Or.
L. A. McNary and William D. Fen
ton, attorneys for Wiles, made the fol
lowing statement after the dismissal:
"After the complaint was filed in this
equity suit the defendants filed their
answer, in which they denied all of the
material allegations of the complaint.
The dismissal of this equity -suit fully
Justifies the contention of the defend
ants that the transfer of the property
In question was made in good faith for
a valid and valuable consideration and
without any intent to wrong or injure
anyone.
"In justice to all parties concerned
and particularly to Thomas D. Honey-
man, A. C. i-mmons and R. D. lnman,
officers of the Realty Associates, and
to S. B. Huston and A. R. Diamond, who
were the owners of the stock and direc
tors of the Prospect Park Company, it
should be stated that all of the facts
and circumstances concerning the
transfer of the property show that
there was no intention to wrong or in
jure anyone or to deprive the plaintiff
of an opportunity to collect such judg
ment, if any, as he might obtain against
the Prospect Park Company, and the
action at law still pending: will de
termine this question.
"In justice to the defendants named.
as well as to ourselves, we desire to
withdraw without qualification or res
ervation any charge of fraud or un
fairness attending this transaction."
WILD WAVES PLAY PRANK
Man Xear Newport Caught by Big
Breaker but Rescued by Another.
NEWPORT, Or.. Jan. 3. (Special.)
To be caught in the breakers, car
ried out to sea and thrown aehore
again was the New Year experience
of an unknown pedestrian at Schooner
oint. six miles north of this place.
Bert Morrison, who was with the
victim at Siletz Bay, says, "I warned
him not to try to go around Schooner
Point while the ocean was .so rough."
This advice, however, was disregard
ed and the daring attempt nearly cost
his life. He was caught by a huge
breaker and carried out to sea, but
landed on an incoming wave and was
able to catch a protruding rock and
scramble out of dansrer, but lost his
pack of blankets, with two Bibles, his
safety razor and hat.
Later he passed through ISewoprt,
southbound.
ARSON CHARGED AT BAKER
Studio Owner Admits Setting Fire
to Competitor's Property.
BAKER, Or.. Jan. 3. (Special.) W.
R. Mead and Ed Hermsen were arrest
ed by Sheriff Ed Rand and Deputy
Sheriff I. H. McCord this morning on
the charge of arson. Hermsen, who is
21 years old, was taken first. He con
fessed to the Sheriff. Then Mead was
arrested. He finally confessed.
The specific cases involved in the
charge are the burning of the White
studio, at Washington and Second
streets, and the attempted burning of
the -same firm's property at their pres
ent location on Center street.
In the course of the confession Mead
admitted that he had set both fires and
that Hermsen only accompanied him.
His supposed purpose was to destroy
competition, as he was the owner of the
Elite studio, of this city.
BILL TRACED TO BURGLAR
Xorth Bend Lad, 1 6, Confesses to
Robbing Store With Companion..
MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 3. (Spe
cial.) A ten Iollar bill torn in two
was the clew that led to the arrest of
Phil Lennon. one of the participants in
the robbery of the North Bend News
Company s store last ween, juennon,
who is 16 years old, used the bill in
payment "for a lunch and it in turn
was passed on to a outcner wno de
posited it with the North Bend Ore
gon Trust Company, who were on the
lookout for it, having been notified that
such a bill was among those stolen
from the safe at the time of the rob
bery. Lennon was soon located and he
confessed that he was the guilty party
and implicated Clint Akers, 20 years
old, who had sailed on the day pre
vious for San Francisco.
The wireless was used to notify the
vessel and San Francisco officials to
capture Akers on his arrival there.
PHOTOGBAPHS SHOWING HAVOC WROUGHT BY LANDSLIDE ON
MOHLER.
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PARCEL SERVICE
STUDIED BY fill!
Stores May Substitute Govern
ment for Motors in Sub
urban Deliveries.
COUNTRY POULTRY ARRIVES
Many StiH Make Errors in Starting
Packages, but Practicability Is
Believed Established and
More facilities Needed.
Express companies are watching he
operations of the new parcel post serv
ice to determine what effect it will
have upon their business. Department
stores and mail-order houses are giv
ing it the fullest experiment and the
Federal authorities themselves are ob
serving: its development so that they
may make ample future provision lor
conducting it efficiently.
It is apparent that the new postal
service will interfere with the express
business on short hauls. The postal
rates generally are lower. The ex
press companies are making careful
analysis of the traffic If it deprives
them of a considerable portion of their
short-haul shipments the express rates
probably will be lowered to meet the
new postal rates.
Department stores already are mak
ing liberal use of the service. Some of
them are sending as many as 250 pack
ages a day by mail. Local department
stores do a mall-order business that
covers the entire Northwest. The scope
of their territory includes Montana
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, the Ha
waiian Islands, the Philippines and
Alaska. The parcel post service will
develop this field wonderfully. Many
packages that heretofore have gone
express now will go by parcel post.
Coata Are Analysed.
Full experiments will be conducted
by local department stores in delivery
of packages to their regular trade in
the outlying districts. The estimated
cost of delivering an ordinary parcel
In the territory five miles removed
from the retail centers Is nearly 15
cents. The average cost of all deliv
eries in the city is more than 7 cents
per package.
Now it will cost but 10 cents to send
a two-pound package anywhere within
50 miles of Portland by mail. Four
pounds will cost only 18 cents. If the
service is as good as that of the regu
lar delivery wagons it is probable that
much of the goods handled between the
department stores and their suburban
patrons will go through the postoffice.
Many packages that the department
stores have been required to send by
express on account of the weight lim
itations will go by mail now. The av
erage woman's Winter suit weighs
a little more than four pounds the
previous maximum mail limit. This
compelled its movement By express.
The parcel post will be a convenient
way of handling such commodities in
future.
Foreicrm Mail Vril.
ITse of the parcel poet already has
been made in shipments to foreign
countries. A man yesterday sent an
mpty suitcase to Parral, Mexico. It
was consigned to his son, who is in
the mining business there.
A half dozen dressed chickens ar
rived in Portland yesterday from Ger
vais and were delivered to a family on
the East Side, where they were served
last night at a dinner party.
These incidents merely illustrate the
practicability of the newly established
SHOWS" DERAILED AXD A Jl OTHER
service. They emphasize, too, the ne
cessity of early remedial action at the
local Postoffice 'to provide more ade
quate facilities for handling packages.
The local office was crowded for space
before the parcel post was inaugurated.
As the use of the service by the people
becomes more general, the need for bet
ter facilities and larger qnarters will
be more 'mperatlve. Provision of this
sort would have been made before Jan
uary had it been possible to gauge be
forehand the extent of Its use.
Whether space can be provided in the
present undersized Federal building or
whether rooms will have to be" rented
in a near-by building is a detail that
now is receiving consideration. .
Small Package Are Rule.
Large packages are the exception
rather than the rule. The average
weight has been less than four pounds.
Few freak packages are moving now.
One or two hats were sent on the first
day by the enterprising millinery
houses. It is not likely that the use
of the post for such service will be
come general.
Incoming service has been light.
Thus far packages have been received
from the Northwest and California ex
clusively. The first Eastern shipments
will be due on Monday.
About 20 per cent of the people dis
obey the rules. Either they fail to
attach the name and address of the
sender on the package or they use the
regular first-class postage stamps.
Packages without the sender's name
and address will be held at the send
ing office temporarily. It is likely that
ihey will be forwarded to destination
Instead of gbing to the dead letter of
fice. Packages to which the wrong kind
of stamps are attached will be held
pending notification of the addressee
and receipt of the regular parcel post
stamps.
Special delivery service does not ap
ply parcel mail. The department has
issued a special instruction to all of
fices that it does not intend at an
time to handle packages by special de
livery. Unless a rescinding order is
issued, this restriction will be perma
nent. It never was intended that spe
cial delivery should apply.
Parcel insurance, however, is pro
vided for. It costs 10 cents a package.
The Government assumes responsibility
to the extent of $50.
Confusion that existed in the first
two days of the service has given way
to an orderly disorder. Seven substi
tute clerks are on duty at the main
Postoffice and they are handling the
packages with a minimum of trouble.
People are beginning to learn that they
cannot drop their parcels into the. ordi
nary package boxes, but that they have
to bring them to one of the stations
authorized to receive them. If they do
this the clerks on duty will see that
they are mailed in conformity . with
rules.
Dirty Shirts Sent to Koscburg.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
The first parcel post package to be
received in Roseburg since the recent
ruling became effective arrived here
today. The package contained several
dirty shirts and was consigned to i
local laundry by a resident of Yon
calla. Postmaster Parks says the par
cel post ruling is already having its
effect locally. In fact, numerous pack
ages have been consigned to Eastern
points from Roseburg, while many
others are daily sent out over the
rural routes.
OUSTER SUIT IS STARTED
Owners of Empress Theater Bnilding
Want Possession.'
An ouster suit to gain possession of
the Empress Theater building, south
east corner of Park and Washington
streets, was instituted in the Circuit
Court yesterday by the Fechheimer Es
tate Company, which owns the property
and claims the right to Immediate pos
session, of the premises by virtue of
the lease on the property having ex
pired at midnight on December 31. The
defendants are the North Pacific Coast
Amusement Company, the Empress The
ater Company and Sullivan & Considlne,
owners of both.
The Empress Theater Company is
holding onto the building for the rea
son that the new theater building, now
in course of construction at Seventh
TILLAMOOK EALLEOAD NEAR
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OTERTUESED.
and Yamhill streets, will not be ready
for several weeks, and a place to put
on the shows is desired in the mean
time. The Fechheimer Estate Company
wants to tear down the old theater
building, originally known as the Ca
sino, and erect a modern office building.
The summons and complaint will be
filed today, and thereafter the defend
ants have 10 days in which to answer.
LEWTORBET SENTENCED
BOY GIVEN' LIFE IMPRISONMENT
FOR MURDER.
Yonth of 10 Will Pay Penalty for
Killing of Mrs. Margaret Bel
laire, Sweetheart's Mother.
Without the slightest exhibition of
feeling. Lew Torbet, aged 19, yesterday
heard Circuit Judge Gatens sentence
him to the State Penitentiary for the
term of his natural life for the killing
of Mrs. Margaret Bellaire, mother of
Harriet Bellaire, his sweetheart, on
April 26 last. The floy did not seem in
the least concerned,
Torbet was convicted over two months
ago, but passing of sentence was stayed
pending argument on a motion for a
new trial. The verdict of the jury was
murder in the second degree- The in
dictment charged murder in the first
degree. Torbet's attorneys, however,
did not press for argument on the mo
tion fo,r a new trial and the time ex
pired yesterday. Torbet will be taken
to Salem today to begin serving his
sentence. By exemplary behavior it is
possible for him to gain sufficient merit
marks to gain his release at the end
of 15 years.
Shortly after sentence was passed,
W. T. Whitlock, the boy's aged foster
father, a patriarchal figure, came hurry
ing into Judge Gatens' court with the
query: "Is my boy here?"
"He has Just been taken upstairs to
jail again," answered Judge Gatens.
Mr. Whitlock was under the impres
sion that sentence was to have been
passed at 4 o'clock, and when Informed
that It was all over he shook his head
sadlp and tears began to roll down his
cheeks. He seemed to think that if he
had been there he might have done
something to get the boy oft with a
lighter sentence.
The old man was still weeping when
he left the judge's chambers and went
toward the elevator to be taken tip to
the Jail. Under his arm he carried a
parcel for "my boy."
GERMAN SKIP LOSES ANCHOR,
THEN STRIKES ON SAND.
Heavy Squall Hits Vessel and Tug
Fearless Near Tongue Point.
Damage Slight.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
The German ship Goldbek Is aground
with her nose on the sands just below
Tongue Point. She was being towed
down the river today by the tug Fear
less on a hawser, and shortly after
rounding Tongue Point a heavy squall
struck her and drove her out of the
channel before the tug could shift suf
ficiently to pull the Bhip onto her course
again.
The Goldbek dropped an anchor, but
the chain parted and the anchor and 45
fathoms of chain were lost. Before her
headway could be checked the Goldbek
ran her nose onto the sands, where she
now Is. She will probably be floated
at high tide tomorrow. Captain
Kaletsch, master of the Goldbek, who
was ashore this evening, says that,
aside from the loss of the anchor and
chain and slight damage to the fore
castle rail, the ship is apparently uninjured.
GOLDSEKRUNSAGROUND
liBURG HE
Elli
TODAY IN
Report on Columbia River-Conditions
to Be Read in
Germany.
CONFERENCE MOST VITAL
If Sufficient Cargo Is Assembled
Here Portland Undoubtedly W ill
Have Service Line to Orient
Established Soon.
There are to be closeted' at Ham
burg Germany, today directors of the
world's best-known stesmship line, the
Hamburg-American, to listen to and
comment on the report of G. Giese, who
made an exhaustive investigation of
prospects and conditions here with ref
erence to the establishment of a serv
ice to the Orient.
From that meeting will emanate de
tails of the things that are in store for
the future that will guarantee products
of the Columbia River basin being car
ried across the Pacific.
Fritz H. Kirchhoff. representing the
China Import & Export Lumber Com
pany, formerly in charge of the Oriental
territory for the Hamburg-American
and who has worked in the interest
of bringing the service here, said he
had received no further intelligence as
to the plans since the arrival of the
second official announcement that the
step would be taken. ,
Interest Here Great.
But Chamber of Commerce officials
and others who have given time and
efforts to centering interest In the
undertaking, have been unofficially
shown a supreme advantage enjoyed by
Portland through the terms of the last
announcement, which eliminates San
Francisco as a port of call also that
the expressed intention of calling at
Puget Sound cities, if inducement offers,
means simply that in the event suffi
cient cargo is not assembled here the
company will go lsewhere for patron
age and the port furnishing large and
regular business will be given the best
service.
The main competitor of the Hamburg-American
is the Blue Funnel
fleet, and some look for keen rivalry in
the service from Europe to the North
Pacific Coast via the Orient.
But those familiar with the Inner
workings of the corporations say only
friendliness exists between the' two
flags and the Hamburg-American will
not poach on business gained by the
Blue Funnel that goes to Puget Sound,
so the natural move is for the former
to center its forces here, always pro
viding that the business community
stands ready to back up the service.
Powerful in Influence
In that connection is classed the
probable attitude of the rail lines in
handling cargo to and from the Atlantic
territory, as well as Middle West. The
Hamburg-American will have powerful
influence in the Far East and it will be
in a position to proffer business to the
rail interests, in the way of freight car
ried across the Pacific for transcon
tinental destinations.
In diverting that to one or more
railroads the executives will expect
reciprocal action in the way of being
given some cargo that goes either to
Puget Sound or San Francisco under
present arrangements, or to work up
new business for the Portland gate
way. Another benefit Portland will derive
in satisfying the Hamburg-American
directorate as to the business avail
able will be In getting the line that
will ply through the Panama Canal to
the Pacific Coast, for unless large ship
ments are offered for delivery north of
the Columbia cargo brought from
Europe probably will be discharged
here for transshipment to those ports.
PLEIADES' COMING AFFIRMED
Failure of California & Atlantic Line
Is No Bar to Ship.
Exporters who had engaged space on
the steamer Pleiades for grain to San
Francisco wore a dubious mien yes
terday when it became known that her
charterers, Bates & Chesebrough, had
admitted failure and financial embar
rassment. It was regarded certain that
she would not proceed here, but tele
grams received in the aiternoon were
to the effect that her Owners would
accept the business on the same- rates
and order the steamer here as pro
grammed. The San Francisco and Portland has
cut the wheat rate for the steamer
Bear, sailing Monday, from $2.50 to $2
for San Francisco delivery, and it is
reported that considerable grain busi
ness was secured thereby. N. F. Titus,
who allotted space on the Pleiades to
shippers, said yesterday that all he had
accepted was on a basis of $2.25 for
wheat to San Francisco, the same as
is charged on steam schooners, and
that he was not responsible for rate
cutting. It was alleged last week that
the Pleiades had taken wheat at $2,
which started the reduction.
LEELANAWS ANCHOR FOULED
Tug Skippers Respond to Call for
Help Fruitlessly.
Anchored off the mouth of the Co
lumbia, because conditions prevented
her crossing in, the master of the
steamer Leelanaw sent a wireless yes
terday for assistance, and on the tug
Oneonta. of the Port of Portland fleet,
going to ftis aid reported that his
anchor was fouled. He was advised
bv the tug captain to provide a buoy
and let go the chain, so it could be
Dicked up later. He refused. 'I he tu;
Tatoosh, of the Puget Sound Tugboat
Company's fleet, also spoke him and
suggested that the chain be buoyed,
but up to a late Hour tne Leelanaw
was said to be holding on.
The bar report at 6 o'clock was that
the wind was from the northwest and
blowing 36 miles, while the bar was
rough. The Leelanaw was not in a
dangerous position, but mariners here
Insist that, nothing was to be gained
by holding on to the anchor, while it
the chain was buoyed one of the tugs
could probably recover it when the sea
calms down.
DERRICK SCOW . HITS BRIDGE
Tug Stlmson Has Losing Tussle With
Current Shifting "Jumbo."
Repairs were made necessary yester
day to the "Jumbo" derrick scow of the
Pacific Bridge Company's fleet as a re
sult of the current having carried her
against the Morrison-street bridge,
though the latter sustained no damage.
The tug Stimson had started from the
bridge corporation's moorings, on the
East Side between tne iiawtnorne
avenue and Morrison-street bridges,
heading upstream, but the strong cur
rent was more than the tug could stem
with her charge and she drifted against
the bridge. The gasoline tug Dlx was
POM
lent for and assisted In getting the
lerrick back to the dock.
The derrick scow is credited with be
'ng the most powerful on the Coast and
;apable of lifting 40 tons. The rising
A-aters also caused trouble in' other di
rections, as they have brought down
drift to the detriment of river vessels
and some of the steam schooners head
ing through the harbor have been com
pelled to use towboats as an aid to
more secure navigation.
TILLAMOOK LIGHT BURNING
Small Stations In Northwest Dam.
aged to Minor Extent.
Information from residents of Sea
side that they have seen the Tillamook
Rock light during? the past few nights
has relieved anxiety felt by Henry L.
Beck, inspector of the 17tb lighthouse
district, who feared that stormy condi
tions of last week might have caused
damage to the station similar to that
sustained in October.
Of a mass of reports to reach the
office yesterday damage was mads
known to beacon No. 10, on Wlllapa
STEAMEB INTELLIGENCE.
Due to Arrive.
Xam. 1-rom Date.
Breakwater.'. . .Coos Bay In port
Sue H. litmore. Tillamook. ... In port
liear Sau Pedro. ... In port
Anvil Kando.-i Jan. 4
Roanoke San Diego. ... Jan. S
Rose City San Pedro. ...Jrn. 6
Alliance Eureka Jan. 9
Beaver San Pedro. ... Jan. 11
Geo. V Elder. .San Utcgo. . . . Jan. 12
To Depart.
Name. For Date
Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook Indef.
Tamalpals Pan Fran. . . . Jan. 4
Harvard S. F. to L. A Jan. 4
Breakwater. .. .Cooe Bay Jan. 4
AkaJon Snn Kranrlsco Jan. 5
Willamette San Pedro. .. Jan. 5
Camlno, -San- Fran. ... Jan.
Yale S. F. to U A.. .Jan. 0
Bear..... San Pedro. .. .Jan. 8
Anvil Bandon j-n.
Roanoke .San Diego . . . Jan. 8
Roie City San Peuro. . . . Jan. 10
Alliance Eurka -Jan 11
Geo. W. 21der..San Dieto. ...Jan. 15
Beaver Sao Pedro. .. .Jan. !
Harbor, and a post light at Pulley
Point, on Puget Sound, lie wharf at
the sub-buoy station at Edith Hook,
near Port Angeles, also suffered sllght
i n rwi manv nnstliGrht kepDers reDOrt-
ed' they experienced difficulty main
taining the illuminations wius iu
high wind. The sea encroacned closo
to the foundation of the light; station
at Brown's Point, near .Tacoma, result
ing in damage that will cost $100 to
repair.
Crown Ordered to Portland.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Captain Hunter, master of the British
bark Crown of India, received Instruc
tions from his owners today to take
his vessel to Portland and await or
ders. The vessel will leave up the riv
er tomorrow morning. So far as known
the bark has not been chartered and
no contract has been awarded for re
pairing her. While Captain Veysey.
Llovd's surveyor, made a survey of the
vessel a few days ago, he made no of
ficial estimate of the cost of repairs,
although he Informed Captain Hunter
the expense would probably be in the
neighborhood of $8000.
Mildred II. Seized for Debt.
The motor launch Mildred H., which
has been operated between Portland
and Kainler, was seized yesterday on
a libel proceeding filed in the United
c?.., -rct,-!. tnurt hv the Union
Oil Company to re'eover $149.16 for fuel
oil furnished, it is saia ura -mortgage
of $1500 against the launch
and a number of claims other than
that of the Union Oil Company.
Sea Is Reported Rough.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)"
hronirht the
British steamer Strathlorne inside to
day, reports tne seas rougu
... . ....... 1 1 n' i urn wnn :L
witn irequem. bu-. , , ,
heavy break on the bar. The wind
shifted to tne iNorinwesi
during the squalls there were several
flurries of snow.
Marine Notes.
Lacking" her usual cargo of wheat
the steamer Carlos cleared yesterday
for San Francisco with 750,000 feet of
lumber.
Victoria at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. She will work a cargo of barley
for Europe under charter to M. H.
Houser.
Lumber laHen for Hilo, the schooner
Alert was towed to sea from Prescott
last evening. The little bark Albert,
which goes to Napier, N. Z., cleared at
the Custom-house yesterday with 6BV
000 feet of lumber valued .at $12,407..
According to the Bureau of Naviga
tion, the new steamer Paraiso, of
Swayne & Hoyt's Arrow Line, is of,
1583 tons gross and tons net reg
ister. She was built at Long Beach,
Cal.. and will soon be ready for serv
ice. As the plant of the Portland Lumber
Company has been shut down for an
nual repaiis and overhauling, the
steamer Weown, which tows logs from
the lower river to the mill, has been
tied up. The steamer G. K. Wentworth,
of tho Hosford fleet, also was ordered
out of commission a month ago.
Coming from Callao the German
ship Ossa entered at the Custom-house
yesterday in water ballast. She loads
grain. As the French bark Marechal
de Nig Negrier failed to appear from
Newcastle-on-Tyne by December 31, she
forfeited her charter to load wheat for
Europe. Inbound she is consigned to
Meyer, Wilson & Company with gen
ial cargo and has been on the way
172 days. Hind, Kolph & Company had
her fixed outward and the cargo was
to have been supplied by the Portland
Flouring Mills Company. The German
bark Olona, from Taltal, missed her
cancelling date by not being in the
river the last day of 11)12. The Boadi
cea left for Astoria yesterday, grain
laden for Eurupe.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Jan. 3. Arrived Steamer
St Helens, from San Francisco; steamer
Wasu from San Francisco; steamer Break
water from Coos Buy; steamer Willamette,
from' San Franria.o. aHed-Iapan.o
it"iSnr Manahu iluru. f"r Shanghai, via
"loria. Jan. 3. Arrived at S and left up
at lo A II.. steamer Wasp, from ban ran
cisco Arrived at 7:: a"U left up at A.
M itcamer Breakwater, from loos Bay.
rrlved at 7:35 and left up at :.: A M.,
teamer Willamette, from San l-ranclsco.
Arrived ul S:30 A. M.. British .leaner
Strathlorne. from Victoria. Arrived at 4:10
p M British steamer Anerley, from .,uay
maii '' Arrived at 4:4 P. M. and left up,
steamer St. Helens from S..n Francisco.
Son Francisco. Jan. ,1. bulled at 10 A.
M.. steamer Roanoke, for Portland, bai e.l
at noon, steamer Necanlcum, for Columbia
BiMornterev. Jan. 3. Sailed at 2 P. M.,
steamer Rosecrans. for Portland
San Pedro, Jan. 3. Arrived Steamer
Rose City, from Portland.
San Francisco. Jan. 3. Arrived Steamer
Co'' E L. Drake, from Seattle; schooners
Advance, from Coquliln River: Americana,
from Newcastle, Australia. Sailed Steamers
City of Sydney, for Ancon; Roanoke, Necan
lcum. for Astoria.
Seattle, Jan. 3. Sailed Steamer Lodaner,
British, for Australia.
Port Gamble. Wasn.. Jan. 3. Sailed
Schooner Okanogan, for Valparaiso.
Everett. Wash., Jan. 3. Arrived Steamer
Jason, from Los Angeles: schooner Fred 13
Sander, from San Francisco.
Eagle Harbor. Jan. 3. Sailed Steamer
Tallac. for San Francisco. .
Shanghai. Jan S. Arrived previously
Nippon Maru, San Francisco.
. Columbia River Bar Report.
Condition at the mouth of the river at 5
P. M., rough: wind, northwest, 3li miles;
weather, cloudy.
Tides at Astoria Saturday.
High. Low. ...
10:2S A. M 9.0 fcet'4:.H A. M "' '
15:51 P. II... 0.0 foot