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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, . WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1914. NEW TUG WILL BE SECURED FOR CITY 30 feet forward and 75 feet of shoe from amidships aft. with three new planks on the bottom about 25 feet lone, and a new graving- piece along side the keel for a distance of 35 feet. She should be floated tomorrow and sail Friday night. WEATHER AIDS S.ANTA CLARA 16 More Money for eat It Hiierta55 Port of Portland Commission Votes for Proposition Af ter Discussion. 2 MEMBERS OPPOSE PLAN Kced of Th'ird Powerful Vessel Is Reported Urgent Purchase, or Building; of On Proposed. Towage Service Reviewed?. It is reported that tugs offered for ale to the Port of Portland Commission that are at New Tork and other At lantic ports probably will be inspected "by a member of the Commission - in company with M. Talbot, general man ager. Any negotiations will be based Grace Uner Brings More Than 2000 Tons of Xew York Cargo. Except for a call at Bermuda for re pairs, the Grace steamer Santa Clara had an uneventful run around from New York, according to First - Officer Williams, who says weather conditions were of the best. Mr. Williams is a type of American sailorman who evi dently thinks little of caprices of the sea that bother others, for he charac terizes the northwester met on the run from San Francisco which has held back other carriers as "nothing that bothered this ship a bit." The Santa Clara is on her second Portland visit, and brought between 2100 and 2200 tons of cargo. Much of it is steel beams and wire nails, and the remainder is general stuff. Captain Crossley is in command. The Santa Clara is one of f three of the larger Grace ships, having a deadweight ca pacity of 10,000 tons. She has been se lected to be the pioneer of the line to go through the Panama Canal. It is expected that the freight she receives on Puget Sound, at Portland and San Francisco will be routed y way of the big ditch. The Santa Clara began discharging at Albers yesterday, and is being given quick dispatch. She will move to the Northwest Steel Company's dock to unload 750 tons of steel and THEATRICAL MANAGERS WHO WILL TAKE PART IN "FOLLIES" AT HEILIG TOMORROW NIGHT. & fi Sh'; fs - UPPER ROW FRANK COFFIN BERRY MILTON SEAMAX, JOHN r. COR1)- n V. LOWER ROW GEORGE L. BAKER, JOHN JOHNSON, DAN FLOOD. Final rehearsal of "The Two Orphans" was held by the theater managers yesterday, and Walter Gilbert, director, pronounced the showmen ready in cos tuming and histrionic ability for the 1914 Follies which will be staged at the Heilig tomorrow night. Frank Coffinberry, manager of the Orpheum, however, will be obliged to rehearse his song!), Henry L. Bettman. Or pheum musical director, declaring his boss still finds difficulty in reaching a few high notes. The ticket sale for the Follies is increasing daily and the managers pre dict that this year's benefit will be the greatest in the history of the show men's organization. The managers will parade throughout the downtown district, Broadway particularly, at no on. on a final inspection by an engineer representing the Commission, it is said. A decision to secure a tug was reached at a special meeting yesterday, hut it was not unanimous. .In the event a suitable tug Is not purchased, one is to be built, it is said. In response to a suggestion from S. - M. Mears. president of the Commission, the members expressed themselves on the subject. Captain Archie Pease said he regarded the present service good enough with the tugs Oneonta and Wallula available, that when the river towboat Ocklahama was again off the ways any repairs could be made to the tugs and that he was decidedly opposed to a third tug. Captain E. W. Spencer said he thought the Port had sufficient tugs for the present. Owing to the decrease in sailing tonnage and doubt as to trade developments from the Panama Canal, he adviBed a delay and suggest ed the use of the money on hand for channel improvements. Buying; or Building; Tug. Favored. R. D. Inman declared he favored buying or building a tug, whichever was to the advantage of the Port. He said he regarded it essential that a more powerful tug be ready at all times to lend assistance in the vicin ity of the river. "If loss of life or property resulted through a vessel being in distress there when we were unable to get out side with our present tugs, it would be an everlasting slam at the Columbia River," said Mr. Inman. "If we cannot buy a suitable tug, then build one." said Captain J. W. Shaver. "The Wallula's steam has been cut down, so she has not her former power. While she might get along, we should have a better tug to be oper ated with the Oneonta." D. C. O'Reilly went on record in fa vor of building a tug, not purchasing one. He characterized the situation as urgent aird said there was not suffi cient time in which to look around for a vessel. Increased Service Urged. Mr. Mears read a paper in which he reviewed the towage service from early days and touched on the condi tion of the Wallula and the need of a larger and more powerful and mod ern tug. In this connection he ad vised that with the fleet increased the Wallula might be used iu river towing hetween Astoria and the mouth- of the AVillamette so the Ocklahama might De retained for harbor work. Statistics were presented to show that in 1910 the Port lost $10,861.68 in tows in the harbor, as the Ocklahama was engaged on the river, and for eight months in 1911 the sum was 1 8144.33. Mr. O'Keilly made a motion that a now tug be procured, and those voting aye with him were Commissioners In man, Shaver, Pendleton and Mears, Commissioners Pease and Spencer voting no. A resolution was adopted setting forth the Commission's policy concern ing harbor dredging. 6TETSOX GETS ALASKA LOAD Quinault Will Tow Barge South and Wand's Sailing Is Delayed-. On the departure of the Alaska steamer J. B. Stetson from Grays Har bor last evening, bound here to load, she had aboard 260 tons of box shooks and other stuff picked up there for Alaskan delivery. She will be in the harbor tonight and as she is not due to sail until Wednesday, two or three days will be spent in engine-room overhauling. The steamer Quinault, last of the fleet to get away, has been assigned a tow from Skagway to Chi chagof Island, she being ordered to take a barge there. The steamer Thomas L. Wand, sched uled to sail tonight, has been delayed because of repairs ordered - following an inspection made of her hull yester day by Captain McNaught. surveyor for the San Francisco Board of Marine Un derwriters. On her last voyage to the North she was aground near Ketcni Vm and though not seriously damaged, it wa ordered that 20 feet of her keel be reolaced forward and 40 feet re newed amidships, also a new shoe for then will go to Puget Sound, returning here for outward cargo. FTTRXACE DEVELOPS MUSCLE Abandoned Relic of Columbia. Mis taken in River for Xew Casting. From its resting place on the bed of the Willamette, alongside the south end of Ainsworth dock, an old furnace, torn out or the lost steamer Columbia when she was changed from a coal to a-n oil burner, was raised to the surface yes terday by men aboard the Government dredge Chinook. The resurrection was a mistake. A large casting fell overboard from the Chinook Monday. To recover it a diver. Fritz De Bock, was emnlovpd. He was told the casting had a flange as one of its distinguishing marks. De KocK, down In the swirling depths. found something partly inbedded in sediment with a flange the most prom inent exposed portion. He rigged a cable thereto. An effort was made to raise it. No headway was gained. Cap tain Moreno ordered more tackle and more men. Once more they heaved. No casting appeared. "I believe you made fast to the keel of the Chinook," observed the skipper, addressing the diver. "There's strain enough here for it to be a pier of the old Steel bridge." added Chief Engineer "Bill" Marhoff. Additional blocks and lines were or dered aft, and finally the combined hauling told, and as the weary work ers peeped over the side when told to belay there was the furnace. The search for the casting was resumed. HEAD WIXD DELAYS PARAISO Aroline Yet Considered as Second Passenger Ship for Fleet. Northwest wind deterred the steamer Paralso, of the Arrow Line fleet, from holding to her schedule on the way from California, and she was one day late making port. The vessel began discharging- at Albers dock yesterday. and is to sail today, calling at Coos Bay on the way to San Francisco. She brought 900 tons of cement and 300 tons of miscellaneous freight. The Arrow Line interests are anx ious to return the steamer Aroline to service as a companion to the Paraiso on the Coos Bay run, when harbor dredging is completed there. The Yel lowstone is - being used as a running mate for the Paralso for the present. There is said to be an excellent chan nel from the entrance to Coos Bay to Marshfield. and it is intended to have plenty of depth alongside a dock under construction that the Arrow Line will use. Xews of Oregon Ports. MARSHFIELD. Or., May 19. (Spe cial.) The steamship Breakwater ar rived today from Portland with freight and 58 passengers. The tug L. Roscoe sailed today from Marshfield for Florence with the barge Lawrence in tow. The barge was car rying 300 tons of coal for Porter Bros. The gasoline schooner Rustler is due tonight and will load freight for Gold Beach and Wedderburn. With freight and passengers from San Francisco, the steam schooner Nann Smith is due from San Francisco Wednesday. The steam schooner Adeline Smith will sail from Coos Bay with lumber tomorrow for San Francisco. FLORENCE. Or., May 19. (Special.) The tug Printer, from Grays Harbor, and the tug L. Roscoe, of this port, towed the Hugh Hogan to sea yester day and the Printer will take the Hogan to the Willamette River for drydocking. The tug L. Roscoe towed the schooner Sausalito to sea yesterday with 400,000 feet of lumber from the Tidewater mill. The Sausalito is en route to San Francisco. The gasoline schooner Rustler dis charged a cargo of freight brought from Coos Bay on Sunday. 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BANDON, Or., May 19. (Special.) The steam schooner Brooklyn sailed .Monday evening at o v " . . . cargo of lumber for San Francisco. The Grace Dollar, a steam schooner, sailed from here last night with lum ber for the San Francisco market. ASTORIA, Or., May 19. (Special.) The tank steamer Maverick arrived today from California with a cargo of crude oil for Portland. The steam schooner Daisy Putnam arrived during the night fro(h Aber deen, where she loaded shingles and went to St. Helens to finish cargo. The steamer Multnomah arrived to day from San Francisco with passen gers for Portland. The schooner M. Turner sailed to night for Callao with lumber from Portland. The whaling tug Westport, that Is operating off the coast, came into port today for water and. supplies. The steamers Carlos and Johan Poulsen are dne to arrive tonight from San Francisco. Several tons of chain and cable ar rived on the steamer Northland yes terday to be used by the Hammond Lumber Company in the construction of its seagoing piling rafts. It is un derstood the company will send five rafts to San Francisco this year and the Benson Logging Company will ship five rafts of logs to San Diego. The crippled schooner Hugh Hogan arrived tonight from Siuslaw In tow of the tug Printer. The Hogan was on the beach recently at Siuslaw and lost her rudder as well as being other wise damaged. She comes for repairs. NEWPORT, Or.. May 19. (Special.) The Ahwaneda entered from Bandon, the Mirene cleared for Portland and the Enterprise cleared for "Waldport today. Movements of -Vessels. PORTLAND. May 19. Arrived Steamers Maverick and Multnomah, from San Fran cisco; steamer Daisy Putnam, from Aber deen. Sailed Norwegian steamer Cusco. for Valparaiso, via San Francisco; steamer Al liance, for Coos Bay and Eureka. Astoria. May 19. Arrived at midnight and left up at 2 A. M.. steamer Daisy Putnam, from Aberdeen. Arrived at 8:40 and left up at 9:50 A. M., steamer Multnomah, from San Francisco. Arrived at :30 A. M. and left up at 1, steamer Maverick, from San Fran cisco. San Francisco, May 19. Arrived at 2 A M.. steamer Stanley Dollar, from Portland. Arrived at 8 A. M., steamer Daisy, from Co lumbia River. Arrived, steamer Rose City, from Portland, for San Pedro. Arrived at noon, steamer Beaver, from San Pedro. Sailed last night, steamer XF. H. Iggett, tor Portland. Callao, May IS. Sailed Norwegian bark Alctdes. for Portland. Port San Luis, May 1. Sailed yesterday. Steamer Roma, for Portland. Monterey. May IS. Sailed yesterday, steamer W. S. Porter, for Portland. Coos Bay. May 1. Arrived at 6 A. M-, steamer Breakwater, from Portland. Astoria. May J8. Sailed at S-.45 P. M., German bark Osterbek, for Valparaiso. San Pedro, May 1. Arrived yesterday, steamer Portland, from Portland. Arrived, steamer Nehalem. from Columbia River. San Diego, Cal.. May 19. Arrived Steam ship Tucatan, from Portland. Sailed Steam ship Yucatan, for Portland. Las Palmas, May 17. Sailed Steamer River Forth, from Antwerp, for San Fran cisco. New Tork, May 19. Arrived Steamer Santa Cecilia, from Seattle, via Valparaiso. Melbourne. May 19. Arrived previously Steamer Strathendrick, from Eureka. Seattle, Wash., May 19. Arrived Steamer Dolphin, from Southeastern Alaska. Sailed Steamers Congress, for Los Angeles; Awa Maru (Japanese), for Hongkong; Santa Ana, for Southeastern Alaska San Francisco. May 39. Arrived Steam ers Lnrline. from Honolulu; Daisy, Stanley Dollar, from Columbia River: Strathflllan (British), from Huacho, Peru. Sailed Steamer President, for Seattle. San Diego. May 19. Sailed Schooner Maweema, for Grays Harbor. Los. Angeles, May 19. Arrived Steamer Camino. from Balboa. Honolulu. May 19. Sailed Japanese Cruisers Asama, Adsuma, for Los Angeles. Tides at Astoria -Wednesday. High. Low. 10:02 A. M 6.3 feet!4:21 A. M 1.6 feet 10:01 p. M 8.5 fect4:06 P. M 2.4 feet Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. May 19. Condition of the bar at fi F. M., clear; bar, smooth; wind, northwest. 30 miles. Marine Notes. Bringing general cargo from Manila and the Far East, the British steamer Robert Dollar has arrived at San Fran cisco, and after discharging will pro ceed here for a lumber cargo to the Orient. The Norwegian steamer Cuzco, of the Grace fleet, laden for Balboa and ports on the west coast, departed down the Columbia yesterday afternoon from the North Pacific mill. Though she arrived in the river Sat urday, the British steamer Queen Eu genie is expected to be loaded so as to leave St. Helens for India this aft ernoon, meanwhile having worked 3,400,000 feet of creosoted railroad ties. She had taken on 1.600,000 feet at Eagle Harbor before coming up the river. The tramp Queen Maud is due in July to load ties at St. Helens for the same destination. Under her own steam the Grace liner Santa Clara moves early this morning from Albers dock to the plant of the Northwest Steel Company, in South Portland. Towed by the tug Printer, the schooner Hugh Hogan. recently Btranded at the mouth of the Siuslaw, is on her way here for repairs. She will be placed in the Oregon drydock. The lowest of four tenders received for the overhauling of the lighthouse tender Manzanita was that of the Seat tle Construction & Drydock Company, amounting to $996.50. To load additional lumber for Cali fornia, the steamer Navajo left for Westport yesterday and will proceed to Wauna. returning to Portland to work the last of her load. Having discharged a consignment of sulphur at St. Johns, the Japanese steamer Azumusan Maru wan hauled to the North Bank dock last night to unload hardwood, after which she will take on fir for Japan. Pendleton. Ships Sheep. PENDLETON. Or., May 19. (Special.) Twelve carloads of sheep have been shipped from Pendleton to Coast points by Peter Snyder and arrangements have been made for shipments aggre gating more than 5000 head during this week. STOP THAT ACHING TOOTH INSTANTLY, !aV. NSIST UPON 9. ALL DRUGGISTS - 15r