THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1914.
OCEAN TRAFFIC IS
AT STANDSTILL
Companies Cancel Contracts
and Order Steamers to
Remain in Port.
MANY VESSELS IN DANGER
Consul Erskine Notified to Allow No
British Ships to IaYe and load
ed Vessels Will Be Held in
River for Present.
Sailings between Portland, the Orient
and European ports have been sus
pended temporarily by the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company, a telegraphic
order to that effect having reached the
Portland office of Frank Waterhouse &
Co. yesterday from headquarters at
Seattle. The Hamburg-American took
similar action Immediately on war be
ing declared by Germany, and the
steamers of both lines are tied up at
arious ports.
The Royal Mail has sent notice of
this action to shippers having con
tracted for space on the British steam
er. Monmouthshire, which sailed from
Kobe Monday for Yokohama, en route
here, as well as those having space
engaged on other steamers due to ar
rive later. The Monmouthshire is to
be held at Yokohama. The Carnarvon
shire left Seattle July 27 for the Far
Uast and London oy way 01 onusu
Columbia, carrying cargo from Portland
and Puget Sound.
Many Vessels In Danger.
A list of other vessels leaving the
Northwest, most of them with grain
cargoes and some with grain, lumber
and other commodities, that may be in
danger of capture Is as follows:
From Portland German bark Earm
bek. April 21: British steamship Olen
roy. May 10; German ship Ossa, May 14;
German steamship Sudmark, May 17;
British steamship Radnorshire, May 22;
British ship Den of Ruthven, June 8;
Cierman steamshiu Hoerde, June 9;
British steamship Glenlochy. June 30,
and British steamship Virginia, July 20.
In addition, the Dutch steamship Maria
left here July 21 for Dublin with a
cargo of barley. The Norwegian bark
Kbrin, loading grain at Portland,
crossed out of the river, bound for Ip
swich, May 6.
From Puget Sound The British
steamer Cyclops, May 13; British
steamer Antilochus, June 10; German
ship Goldbek, April 23; French bark
Michelet, March 24; French bark Marie,
March 28; French ship Thiers, May 19.
Thomas Erskine, British Consul here,
received Instructions yesterday to per
mit no British vessels to leave port.
The orders apply at all Pacific Coast
ports.
Strathalbyn Leaves Portland.
The British steamer Strathalbyn,
which took on 2,120,000 feet of lum
ber, valued at $25,400, and 40,910 feet
of pickets at $490, also 266.220 feet of
laths worth $532, consigned to Mel
bourne, Australia, left Inman-Poulsen's
mill for sea late yesterday, but as she
is to complete loading on Puget Sound
It was felt -certain she could navigate
that distance without fear of capture.
"Whether she leaves the northern har
bor when the last of her cargo is
loaded depends on the situation then.
The British steamer River Forth,
under charter to A Carpentler, which
arrived a few days ago with general
cargo from Europe, shifts from the
North Bank dock to Albina dock to dis
charge the remainder of her cargo this
morning and then hauls down to the
Elevator dock to tie up. awaiting or
ders as to whether she will proceed to
Puget Sound, where she was 1fc take
on an Australian lumber cargo. The
British bark Howth. which has cleared
with a lumber cargo for Liverpool,
leaves down tomorrow morning In tow
of the steamer Ocklahama and will
anchor at Astoria. Her master was
ordered not to leave the river. Though
the British steamer Fernley Is being
lined to receive grain for the United
Kingdom, she will be detained as are
the others.
SOUTH AMERICA GETS FIjOUR
Bear Carries Portland Shipments to
Pacific Mall Fleet.
War has not interfered with ship
ments from Portland to South America,
In spite of the withdrawal from the
field of the Kosmos Line, and while
W. R. Grace & Co. are maintaining
their service with the steamers Colusa
and Cuzco, about 175 tons of flour went
south yesterday on the steamer Bear
to be trans-shipped at San Francisco to
vessels of the Pacific Mall fleet for
delivery In Central and South Ameri
can ports. As that means handling
in all American ships the existing Eu
ropean trouble can have no effect on
their operation.
The Bear also carried a machine
shipped by Silas Chrlstofferson, the
blrdman, and with other cargo had
virtually a full load. There were 285
passengers, including Captain
Francke, superintendent of the line,
who came here on the vessel to look
after the loading of 70 tons of rail
road Iron as permanent ballast. Wind
delayed the Bear slightly in getting
away from the dock and 'lining up"
to go through the Broadway Bridge,
and It Is said complaint will be made
because of a delay when the Bear sig
nalled for the draw to open, as teams
and cars were permitted to cross un
til she signalled a second time.
WAR TALKED ABOARD BEAVER
Purser and Steward Former Fighters
for Great Britain.
On the arrival of the steamor Beaver
from California yesterday one of the
first Inquiries for news of the war
came from Purser Ravenhlll. who is
seriously considering donning the war
elothes he used In the South African
campaign, when he was In the British
service. Tom Brangwln. steward of the
vessel, passed five years in the British
navy and Is somewhat stirred by late
news.
Save for a mysterious column of
smoke seen on the horizon Monday
evening, the Beaver's officers reported
that they had not fallen In with any
cruisers. The vessel had a full list of
cabin passengers and about 700 tons
of cargo, in which were two carloads
of lemons and one of oranges. She
headed into a fresh northwest breeze
from Cape Mendocino to the Columbia,
but weather conditions were fair.
BIG DREDGE ASOTIN IS BUSY
Present Low Stage of Water Proves
Beneficial Below Riparla.
LEWISTON. Idaho, Aug. 5. (Spe
cial.) The Government dredge Asotin
has departed for Texas Rapids, below
Riparla. and will carry on extensive
Improvements there during the present
low stage of water. The work com
menced on the upper river by the Aso
tin will be carried on by the gasolln
boat Flyer, which has left for Moun
i .... riniHs Arrane-ements hav
been made with the Government by
which two men, equipment, powder,
rations and gasoline for the Flyer will
be supplied for a period of six weeks
while the work on tne upper n
In progress.
tk .iva t0t-nAn Lewiston am
Mountain Sheep rapids, a distance of
l) u mues, is nuvf in c-v-...'-
tion and Is open to navigation to an;
of the steamers on the river.
MANIFESTS MUST BE IN FULL
Foreign Vessels Subject to Search for
Articles Contraband of War.
"President has issued formal neu
trality proclamation. Will be published
In Treasury decisions. Direct every
person In your employ to observe neu
tralltv laws." was a message to Col
lector of Customs Burke yesterday
from Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Malburn.
Later Secretary McAdoo sent the fol
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Permit no clearance of foreign vessels
until you receive runner inauutn. .........
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Will KU L J JVU Dllv.n. . -
. - 1 , ... immatintAlv that no
companies anu iiiwm"
vessels will be permitted to clear from your
port until they nave men meir uu
. . , Dn nni.ffnlnc. fnreiern ves
lesis hcu hibu " . . . .
i,, t .kum tn 1i.sn.clnn of tnelr
papers and cargo and by United States
authorities wltnin tne terniormi v.aino
the United States.
Shortly after another order was re
in pursuance my telegram this day you
i v... .1 am fnllnwfl' You will
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they have filed with you their full manifests
and you will at tne same lime uiu; in
ter of each vessel that all out-going foreign
vessels will be subject to inspection of their
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ties within the territorial waters of the
United States.
SHIPPING BILL ACTION URGED
A. P. Bateham Sends Telegram to Ore
gon Congressmen.
A telegram has been sent to Sena
tor Chamberlain and Representative
SInnott by A. P. Bateham. of this city.
urging support of the bill to put ror
eign vessels under American registry.
The teleeram follows:
"The interests of Northwestern apple
and pear growers, as well as those of
eve.rv fruitgrower In United States, are
vitally Involved in proposal to admit
foreign vessels to American registry.
Exports of fresh apples from United
States average for last three years
approximately 2,300,000 barrels annu
ally, including boxes figured at three
to barrel. All but Insignificant pro
portion this tonnage has been trans
ported In foreign bottoms, principally
British and German. With transpor
tation available probably over 3,000,000
barrels, including boxes, will find
market in Europe this season; without
it, this surplus will be thrown back
on domestic markets with results pos
sibly disastrous. We urge fullest pro
tection for this important export."
Bandon to Carry Lumber South.
TOLEDO, Or., Aug. 5. Special.)
The Bandon, from San Francisco, ar
rived here with a consignment of fruit
and various articles for the Toledo
merchants, and also freight for Chit
wood and Eddyville. On her next trip
she will call in at Bandon for a few
tons of coal for this place. She will
clear from Toledo lumber docks for
San Francisco in about three days
with 600,000 feet.
Marine Notes.
T. I. Parks, sales manager for the
McCormick Lumber Company at San
Francisco, Is in the city on a visit.
Fred Clark, chief clerk of the Mer
chants Exchange, departed for Ship
herd Springs yesterday on his annual
vacation.
Cargo on the steamer Yellowstone
for Coos Bay, which was cleared yes
terday, consists of 150 tons of miscel
laneous and one ton of powder.
Bound for Alaskan ports as far as
Skagway, the steamer Quinault, fully
laden and with all her passenger ac
commodations full, sailed last night.
Henry L Beck, Inspector of the Sev
enteenth Lighthouse District, left for
Seattle yesterday to look over light
vessel No. 93, which Is undergoing an
overhauling there.
With San Pedro as her destination,
the school Beulah was cleared yester
day, carrying 439,000 feet of lumber.
She leaves from the West Oregon mill
today In tow of the steamer Ockla
hama. To make a second cut on the east
side of the channel at the mouth of the
Willamette, the Port of Portland dredge
Willamette was shifted about 1200 feet
yesterday. She is digging to a depth
of 32 feet and a width of 800 feet.
A. A. Moran, manager of the Moran
line, has returned from Coos Bay, where
he went last week on the steamer rar
aiso, and expects to spend a few days
more here. The steamers Yellowstone
and Navajo, of the fleet, were in port
yesterday and worked cargo at Albers
dock. Both vessels brought freight In
bond that was discharged at San Fran
cisco from the Harrison liner Candi
date. PAVING VALUE FIGURED
COST OF WORK DONE BY STREET -OAR
COMPANY ESTIMATED.
City Aids Commissions, State and Fed
eral, Id Gaining Idea of Rail
road Property.
The Oregon State Railroad Commis
sion, acting for the Interstate Com
merce Commission, Is preparing an
estimated unit cost of Oregon rail
way construction and ascertaining the
values of railways within the state.
The Federal body Is conducting a Na
tional investigation to ascertain the
actual railroad valuations.
At the request of the State Railroad
Commission, City Commissioner Dleck
has prepared an estimate of the cost
of laying pavement between streetcar
tracks In Portland on the lines of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company.
The report was filed late yesterday
and shows the following to be the
estimated unit cost to the company
without added profit:
Classification
Stone block
Wood block
Brick
Hassam
Bitulithlc with headers
Bitulithlc with headers
Asphalt
Macadam
plank
Stone block special work
Brick special work
Hassatn special wor.t
Macadam special work
Stone block dummy strip
Stone block dummy strip
Bitulithlc. 9 feet dummy strip
Wood block dummy strip
Brick dummy strip
Asphalt dummy strip
M icadam, II'- feet dummy strip
Hassam dummy strip
Bitulithlc dummy strip
Stone block
Macadam. 4 feet dummy strip
Bitulithlc dummy strip
Macadam dummy strip
Plank dummy strip
Concrete base
Drain, type A
Drains, typs B
Ttie drain
Excavation for tile drain
Gravel for tile drain
Planklnr for tile drain
LADS LOSE LIVES
IN SWIFT CURRENT
Treacherous Undertow Takes
Two as They Wade Along
Banks Near Camp.
NINE-YEAR-OLD IS HERO
Youngster Drowns in Effort to Save
Brother, While Leader of Boys
Makes Desperate Trial to
Bescue Both, but Fails.
Seized by the swift current while
they were wading in the Columbia
River Joshua. 13. and Jack. 9. sons of
rr and Mrs. Richard Nunn. of 777
Flanders street, were carried away to
their death at the Recreation League
camp near Stevenson yesterday morn
ing. . .
fr.nrAinir tn (Tantairt AftlSOn. OI tne
steamer Tahoma, Joshua first went
down and his little brother was
drowned while trying to save him.
Neither of the bodies had been recov
ered last evening and W. H. Nunn, un
cle of the boys, went to Stevenson with
grapplers.
Eddy Grapples Boy.
ci.ta. ...-u arn KnenrHnc their va
cations at the camp, of which Arthur
E. Wood has cnarge. iast iuiiui
Dr. and Mrs. Nunn left their three boys
at the camp, after visiting them four
days.
The camp is at Cascades station, on
n, -j .. Pnrtlami . Seattle Rail-
nn thA hank of the river. A back
current or eddy flows Just below the
camp and as tne slope into uu n"
is gradual, the boys were accustomed
tn rn wadine there, always under the
eye of one of the leaders.
It Is believed the oacK curreim
which was swift at the point where
i, v,in hni-j worn wadinir yesterday.
had washed a new channel and that
Joshua stepped into this. Seeing his
brother's distress, the brave little Jack
plunged in after him and both were
swept around in the eddy and down
the stream.
Leader Plunges After Lads.
According to Alton Krebs, who ar
i. j , tnA viMnltv of the camp
last evening, one of the leaders, whose
name was given as Clark, Immediately
jumped in after the boys. By hard
work he was able to get one of the lads
and bring him near the shore, where
his comrades could take care of him.
Dropping the lad in the water near
the bank, Clark plunged in after the
other one. The current was swift, and
it is declared the boy he had at rirst
saved was again swept into the chan-
iel. Desperate efforts again to recover
lther of the bodies were fruitless.
rrv. hnva at th ramn were not al
lowed to swim in the river, but were
taken for this purpose to Eagle Lake,
ui ia airav Thft two Nunn bovs
were wading in the shallow water on
the sand spit. Tne Doys oiten mo.
and it was not considered dangerous,
as the water was shallow for a consid
erable distance from the shore. The
backwater, however, had washed a
new channel, unknown to the boys, and
into this Joshua stepped.
TWO STEAMERS BOUGHT
HARKINS COMPANY TAKES LUR
LINE AND UNDINE,
Craft Already Under Operation of New
Owners Georslana's $1 Rate
Maintained.
The steamers Lurline and Undine, of
the Vancouver Transportation Com
pany, were bought yesterday by the
Harklns Transportation Company. The
steamers have been formally taken
over, the Lurline to make her first run
this morning to Astoria under the new
management and the Undine to be op
erated one day every week between
Portland and Astoria when the fast
propeller Georgiana lays over.
Captain L. P. Hosford said yesterday
that the $1 tariff would be maintained
on the Georgiana, as she continues her
schedule of a round trip daily between
this city and Astoria, making the run
to Astoria and Fort Canby and return
Sundays. The Lurline remains on the
regular freight and passenger route
and the tariffs will be in line with
that of the O.-W. R. & N. fleet.
Captain McCully is to continue as
master of the Lurline and Captain Ar
thur Rlggs, master of the Undine, be
comes pilot on the Lurline. The present
dock of the Vancouver Transportation
Company, at the foot of Taylor street,
will be retained until September 1,
when it is planned to have all steamers
at the Wasuington-street dock of the
Harklns' line. The Harklns fleet now
consists of the steamers Jessie Har
klns, Georgiana, Lurline and Undine.
J. Allen Harrison, superintendent of
the Vancouver Transportation Com
pany, will assist for a short time in
getting the Lurline started under her
new owners. Later the Vancouver
Transportation Company Is to be dis
solved. STEEL FOR NEW LINE HERE
American-Hawaiian Steamers Not to
Be Sent to Europe.
Among 1600 tons of cargo -brought
by the American-Hawaiian liner Neva
dan, which began discharging at Al
bers dock yesterday was a shipment
of 450 tons of steel rails for the Wil
lamette Valley Southern road, which
is under construction from Oregon City
to Molalla. Tho vessel is to be hero
until Saturday, when she will sail with
New York shipments that are to be
transferred to the Honolulan at San
Francisco. Captain Suffy, pilot for the
Unit
cost.
S 1.84
1.57
1.70
1.06
1.00
.98
1.06
.46
.43
BM
55
1.70
.78
3.00
1.33
.61
.90
.00
.58
.30
.62
Unit,
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Track feet
Square lanl
Square yard
Square yard
Square yard
Square yard
Lineal feet
Lineal feet
Lineal feel
Lineal feet
Lineal feet
LIueal feet
Lineal feet
Lineal feet
Lineal feet
Lineal net
Lineal foet
Unea! feet
Lineal feet
Cubic yard
Lineal feet
Cubic yard
Cubic lard
Fact
Quantity.
19.1i)9 feet
2.049 feet
115.013 feet
05,478 feet
IU,S2 feet
700 feet
l.UM feet
2;;, 404 feet
456 feet
4.uS2 yards
1.245 yartls
913 yards
332 yards
60 yards
6.068 feet
99 feet
1,365 feet
1.712 feet
59,843 feet
567 feet
29.S27 feet
94..: 55 feet
413 feet
137 feet
1,800 feet
9,9S:! feet
230 feet
39.407 yards
89 yards
6U yards
459.09S feet
10.986 yards
13.760 yards
229,501 feet
.62
.30
.42
6.25
2.00
12.00
.05
.75
2.00
18.00
American-Hawaiian on Puget Sound,
came from Sdattle on the Navadan and
returns home today.
C. D. Kennedy, Portland agent for
the line, received instructions from
the New York office yesterday to deny
erroneous reports that the vessels of
the line were to be withdrawn and
placed in the Transatlantic service be
cause of the war. It was also tele
graphed that there was no truth in
rumors that the opening of the Panama
Canal, set for August 15, had been de
layed. GASOLINE SCHOONER CRIPPLED
Bottom Touched in Leaving at Low
Tide at Marslifield.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 6. (Spe
cial.) Attempting to leave the Coqullle
River at extreme low tide today the
gasoline schooner Randolph, loaded with
freight for Port Orford, broke her
wheel on a rock in the river and drifted
out over the bar. The Bandon life
saving crew went to the rescue and
succeeded in getting a line on the
Randolph so she could be safely towed
back to port.
The cargo was transferred to the
Rustler and the Randolph will be laid
up at Bandon several days for repairs.
Captain' John Anderson is the master.
News From Oregon Ports.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.)
The steamer Beaver arrived this morn
ing from San Francisco and San Pedro
and the steamer Bear sailed for those
ports this evening.
The steamer Daisy sailed this morn
ing for San Francisco with lumber from
Wauna and Westport-
Thn Ttrttlsh steamer Strathendrlck,
which Is taking on lumber at the Ham
mond mill, left this evening ior vtauna.
Tha lunlr ctcavnnr Frank H. Buck
arrived today from California with a
cargo of fuel oil.
The gasoline schooners Enterprise
and Mirene arrived today from New
port with cargo.
Tho tnnir tamr Maverick sailed
today for California alter uiscnarsi"B
her cargo of fuel oil.
rnns rit Or Auir. 5. (Special.)
The steamer George W. Elder will
arrive early tomorrow morning uvw
Eureka and will sail at 10 A. M. for
The Redondo will sail tomorrow
morning for San Francisco.
rantiin ti T TCdwards. for years a
river and bay captain here, has trans
ferred to J. O. (Jtt nis interests m i
river boats Alert and Millicoma and
will retire.
Th tnsr Robarts Is here from the
QiuKinw River for frelerht.
There was a heavy log at tne iuus
Bay bar this morning.
L 37 FEET DEEP
NEW COLUMBIA ENTRANCE IS NEAR
END OF SOUTH JETTY.
Cutting of Way by Dredge Expected
to Change Current So That Wide.
Passage Will be Scoured.
asti-iria Or.. Auk. 5. (Special.)
There is a channel across the Shoal
t the mouth of the Columbia River in
rhieh the lowest depth of water is
37 feet at mean low tide. Tliat was
finltelv determined this morning,
when the members of the navigation
mmittee of the Fort or uoiumoia
Commercial Club made a trip to the
bar on the steamer Captain James
Fornance, as the guests of Captain
Barron.
Soundings were made along the line
of this channel, which runs in a west
southwesterly direction between No. 6
buoy and the obstruction buoy off the
end of the jetty. The shoal in this
waterway IS exceedingly narrow and is
said to be rapidly washing away. This
channel, the members of the com
mittee say, can be used by high-power
craft or by others in fine weather, but
Is top close to the end of the south
jetty' to be safe for low-power boats,
such as freighters, when the seas are
rough. . ,
The line on which the dredge Chinook
Is working runs in a southwesterly
direction and at a point about 2500
feet from the end of the jetty. Those
in charge of the dredging operations
assert that by cutting a channel there,
the currents will be so directed that
they will wash out the shoal between
It and the Jetty giving a wide and deep
channel the entire way. As a result of
this morning's visit, the navigation
committee will request the Lighthouse
Department to supplant the can ob
struction buoy with a combination
blinker and bell buoy. The committee
will also request that the gas buoy
now on Edge of Clatsop Spit be
changed to a bell buoy and that a
light be established well up on Clatsop
Spit.
STOCK DEATHS MYSTERIOUS
Theory Near Baker Is Heat Cause of
Animal Disease.
BAKER, Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) A
peculiar disease, which some of the
farmers attribute to the excessive heat
of the last week, has appeared among
livestock and even rabbits at Pleasant
Valley, on the O.-W. R. & N., 12 miles
east of Baker.
The temperature there has been
breaking records for a week. On Sun
day It reached 104, the highest ever
recorded there. Cows and hogs have
been found dead in fields and now
farmers are finding dead rabbits in
large numbers In the fields. The theory
is that either the heat or peculiar food
condition is responsible.
Dr. F. T. Notz. County Stock In
spector, returned from Pleasant Valley
today, after an examination of the
dead animals. He said that he was
positive that this is not anything llko
hydrophobia.
SNAKE VICTIM MAY LIVE
J. Ti. Richards Lands at Weiser Hos
pital Unconscious.
WEISER, Idaho, Aug. 5. (Special.)
j. L Richards, former Prosecuting
Attorney, who was rushed to the
Weiser General Hospital yesterday,
atifr heinz- bitten by a rattlesnake, Is
greatly improved and it is believed all
danger is passed. Mr. Richards was a
member of a fishing party on Upper
Mann Creek, 25 miles north of here,
when the accident occurred. He was
bitten twice In the hand, after which
he ran two miles to camp and was un
conscious when he arrived at the hos
pital four hours later.
A number of encounters with rat
tlers have been reported this season
by fishermen and hunters.
Roseburg to Vote on Railroad.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Aug. 5. (Special.)
More than 500 voters of Roseburg
have signed the initiative petitions
for the proposed bond issue election
to be held in conjunction with the
regular city election here on October
5. The bond issue calls for $500,000
to construct a railroad from Roseburg
to the coast. In the event the local
bond Issue carries Coos County has
promised to authorize a s milar bond
issue, thereby making a total of L-000,000.
DOCK FIRE NIPPED
Suspiciou&Blaze Is Discovered
Near Elevator.
OIL POINTS TO INCENDIARY
Burning Debris Found Between Rail
road Tracks and Waterfront on
East Side Recalls Past
BlazesFirebug Sought.
Discovery of burning boards and
other drift between the O.-W. R. & N.
tracks and Elevator dock yesterday
morning leads to the belief that an at
tempt had been made to add another
East Side grain dock to the list of
those destroyed by fire since March.
A bunch of oil-soaked waste was found
in the burning debris.
D. 3. Quinn, yardmaster for the O.
W. R. & N., discovered the blaze at 10
o'clock when checking cars alongside
the dock and notified David T. Brush,
superintendent for the Pacific Coast
Elevator Company, who succeeded In
extinguishing it with buckets of water.
Pieces of lumber two Inches thick and
10 inches wide, which had been thrown
on the pile, were ablaze at the time.
"In 10 minutes the dock would have
caught without question." said Mr.
Brush. "In my opinion the only reason
the person who started It did not be
gin operations beneath the dock was
the fact that if he was caught there it
would have been decidedLy unpleasant
for him, while in starting it between
the track and the dock he had an op
portunity to dodge between the cars
there and sneak away among trains on
the other side.
"The fire was on a line with the ele
vator itself and had it gained hold un
der the dock I doubt if we could have
controlled it. Grass and debris around
the spot arc absolutely dry and in
flammable and would have carried the
flames like so much paper."
Dock oqr Old Fire Scene.
The Elevator dock is the next dock
south of the site of Oceanic dock
which burned July 5 and Is believed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
The Elevator dock lies several blocks
below the location of Montgomery dock
No. 1 and Columbia dock No. 2, which
were burned to the ground March 12.
The fire of June 3, which razed the
plant of the Northwest Door Company,
adjoining Columbia dock No. 2, and
spread to two sections of Irving dock,
was said by some to have started from
burning embers on the site of Colum
bia dock No. 2, while others contended
that circumstances pointed to the fire
as being of incendiary origin.
West Side Not Harmed,
There have been no fires on the West
Side docks, where general cargo is
handled principally. The East Side is
thought to have been selected by a
firebug, who is either mentally de
ranged or has a grudge against grain
or insurance Interests.
Immediately after the Elevator dock
fire was discovered Harbormaster
Speier made an investigation and later
City Detective Tichenor was assigned
to the case. As considerable wheat is
on the dock and more is lying In cars
being unloaded, with additional ship
ments on the way from the Interior,
its destruction would have entailed
great loss.
Thoroughly convinced that there is
a plan afoot on the part of one or
more persons to burn Portland's grain
storage facilities, those in charge of
the docks are maintaining a strict
watch.
Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Aug. B. Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M. : Sea, smooth; wind, north
west, 110 miles.
Tides at Astoria Thursday.
High Water. I Low Water.
0:27 A. M 8.8 l'eetI7:3C A. M... 0.8 feet
1:41 P. M 7.5 feet;7:40 P. M... 2.0 feet
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Aug. 5. Arrived Steamers
Beaver, from San Francisco; F. H. Buck,
from Monterey, sailed Steamers Yucatan,
for San Diego; Quinalt. for Skagway and
way ports; Bear, for San Pedro; Maverick,
for San Francisco; British steamer Strath
albyn, for Melbourne and way ports via
Puget Sound.
Astoria. Aug. 3. Arrived at 3 and left
up at 7:20 A. M. Steamer Beaver, from
San Francisco. Arrived at 7 and left up
at 9 A. M. Steamer F. H. Buck, from
Monterey. Sailed at 10:15 A. M. Steamer
Daisy, for San Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. I. Arrived at 11
P. M. Steamer Saginaw, from Portland.
Aug. 3 Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer Wil
lapa. for Portland.
San Pedro, Aug. 5. Arrived Steamer E.
H. Vance, from Portland.
San Pedro. Aue. 4. Sailed Steamer
Roanoke, for Portland, Arrived Steamer
Gen. Hubbard, from Portland. Sailed
Steamer Mary Olsen, for Portland.
Eureka. Aug. u. sailed at noon bteamer
Geo. W. Elder, for Portland.
Nagasaki. July SI. Sailed British
steamer Monmouthshire, from London for
Portland via Kobe and Yokohama.
Astoria. Aug. i. Sailed at 5 P. M.
Steamer Catania, for Port San Luis. Ar
rived at 7:SO P. M. Steamer Solano, from
San Francisco.
Yokohama. Aug S. Sailed Steamer Em- 1
press of India, for Vancouver. B. C.
San Francisco. Aug. 8. Arrived Steam
er Wilmington, from Port Angel's; schooner
Great Northern Railway
Summer Excursions
To the East and Return
Tickets on Sale Daily
to September 30th
New York 8108.50
Philadelphia 10S.50
Buffalo 92.00
Detroit 83. 50
St. Loula 70.00
at. tXraL Mlnneanolls. Uuluth. Winnipeg:, Kansas
St. Joseph, 860
Corresponding Reductions to Other Points
Final return limit Oct. 31st. Stopovers allowed going and returning
and tickets good going one road, returning another. Hide on the
Oriental Limited
Through standard and tourist sleeping cars to Chicago In 73 hours,
making direct connections for all points Bast. Lnsurpassed dining
car service. Compartment-observation cars.
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Telephones
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Season June 15th to Sept, 30tu. Write or nsk for Booklets.
"Of all the acenea beneath tha sun you shouldn't miss the grandest one."
A Great Triumph
Over Blood Disordi
The Stubborn Facts
Merit of Famous Remedy.
S. S. S. Msani furs Blood Which Insures Loaf Life and Health.
Not a day pastes bnt whst someone an
nounces Ms complete recovery from some
lingering blood malady, after using 8. 8. 8.,
the famous blood purifier. And these re
coveries vary from severs forma of ersema
and other akin dlaiaaea to those wblcb at
tack the deeper tlsauas causing general
catarrh, chronic rbeumattim, glandular
swellings and all sorts of painful, distress
ing and eruptive conditions wf tha blood.
The action of s. S. S. is antlrely In tho
blood as It Is not a mere laxative, not a
"dope" for the nerves, eontalna no miner
als of any tort, la acceptable to the weak
est stomach and la alwaya tha aamo force
ful Influence. Its propertlea are aurn that
unlike moat remedies the ayatem never re
sists lta action but welcomes it. Thus
from the time It la drat used until com
plete recovery It Is the same dominating
force In the blood and cannot produce any
other than a most beneficial effect and
continuous curative tendency. Where thf-
"A Perfect Woman Nobly Planned
To Warn, to Comfort an cfCommand"
Nature never intended woman to
"nerves." Women in middle age complain of "hot flashes.' Many
women suffer needlessly from girlhood to womanhood, and from moth
erhood to middle Ufa, with backache, or headache, dizziness, falntnesv or
bearing-down sensations. For a permanent relief from these distxessinj
symptoms nothing is so good as
DR.
FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIQ
as a toothing and strengthening ner
vtne allays and subdues nervous excitability.
Irritability, nervous exhaustion, and other
distressing symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic diseases oi tha
feminine organs. It induces refreshing sleep
and relieves mental anxiety and despondency.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and fas vigors to
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, ttay granules.
Wlnslow. from Eten, Peru. Sailed Steamer
Queen, for Seattle.
Singapore. Aug. 4. Arrived Steamer Den
of Alrile, from London, for Portland, Or.
Marconi Wireless Report.
(All portions reported at S P. M.. August .
unless otherwise designated.
.i i, ,.i ,,,,., f.ir Vancouver. 4S
miles north of San Francisco.
Maverick. Portland for Richmond. .3 miles
south of Columbia River.
s ....... i Ciiaiiiii nrr
Lucas, romi wnciii, ivi
Yaqulna Huad. .
John A. Hooper, Grays Harbor far San
l'edru, 42 miles ouin oi t.uiui- V ",,
n r..i. ...I fnr Unn Vrjini'i.irn "l HUM f
iMi, rui l j 1 1 v v r
south of Columbia River.
. c-.. , ti I a J?1 m mV
St. naiens, inoiiio iur -cs .uc, -
west of Cape Flattery at 8 P. M., August 4.1
FOUR MARTIAL KNOTS CUT
Judge McGinn Gives Decree to Wife
When Man hues.
Divorces were granted by Judge Mc
Ginn yesterday to four couples. George
W. Dodds sued Helen M. Dodds after
Ave months of married life. Cruel and
inhuman treatment was charged.
Elfriede Wormald. alleging her hus
i ,i vinvH Wnrmnlil was so Jealous
and quarrelsome she could not live with
him longer, was ireea. jennm awsssvww
was freed from Mark Sullivan for non
support. James G. Bartlett sought
j, , hiy . 1 1 . M.iriraret K.
Barlett, with cruel treatment. Judge
McGinn gave the divorce to tne ue.
i i ... .,.,..,. ... u rllvnrce to
JUUgQ . . " rr, ' -'
Ia M. Myers, who sued ClaTa B. Myers,
charging nagging and cruel treatment.
Property rights or tne two already
been adjusted.
DR. YOUNG F0UND GUILTY
jOeniency Shown Man Accused of
Practicing WRhout License.
"Stnni nisrnnn." "Artful dodger" and
n,rr.v Hnck" were terms contemptu
ously used In Judge Jones' department
of the District Court yesterday Dy rivai
attorneys in tho hearing of H. Dudley
Young, on trial for practicing medicine
without a license.
Th -oiirt found Dr. Young guilty
and fined him 1100. He. however, sus
pended sentence upon the promise ol
the defendant that he would not prai -
Boston Sim. on
Waablnston. D. C 107.50
ruts burn 01.50
Chicago 72. SO
Denver 55. OO
City, Osnaha and
CITY TICKET
OFFICE
348
Washington M.
Portland, Or.
That Establish T
general health la falrlr good tha
with which 8. 8. H. clears tha skin I
sightly ernptlnna or bnntahea th
rneumatitm, has heen a mm en ted
phyalrlana. cbsmltta and ovarjoya
tlents as truly remarkable. And el
those severe typea of blood du-ss I
Its ravages hare been a iorlura fori
tuft Improvement that has taken pl
tar a ahort uaa of 8. 8. 8 has In
a wonder that nature should basal
ua ao remarkable and prfe. t an sol
You will fii.d S 8 ..a sale
drug stores bnt carefully avoid all
atltntea. Wrapped aroutnl the bottll
desriiptlre folder that lella yon ahod
famoua free medical department tha
been tha hope, the Inspiration anl
successful guidanre of a boat of ant
for a apeclal treatla on blood trq
written by a skilled doctor write!
Swift Specific Co., 30 Swift Bldg.1
lanta, Oa.
be delicate, ailine. or a suflcrer
PIERCE'S
The "Favorite Piaaci Iptlon
Is known everywhere and tor over 40 years i
tha standard remedy lor the diseases
women, l our dealer in medicines sells it
liquid or tablet lorm; or you can send .SO onl
rent stamps lor a rriaj box of lit. fierce
Ksvorite Prescription tablets. Addra
Pierce. Invalids' Hotel BufuUa, R Y.
tice again. Prosecutor Ryan an. 11
Harry 1". McKay, i omplnliiliiK witttl
agreed to this disposition or ine
( anaila Huj Two mi hmurincr
SfcATTLK, Aim. 6. Two powel
submarine vrsaels Just completed
Seattle shipyard for the Chilean nl
have been sold to the Canadian U
ernment. They proceeded to Vlctc
B. C. under their own steam
night. They ure each lSu feet long
of i.O tona.
Boy or Girl?
5 Great Questiol
This brings to many minds an old
tried family remedy an externa!
plKatlon known
"Mothers rrlen
I Hiring the perloil
expectancy It is
plied to the
domtnat muaclee
I designed to aool
the Intricate netwl
of nerves tnvolv
In this manner
has such a splenl
influence as to Jus
Its use In all rases rt coml
mother-hood. It has been generally rl
ommended for years and years and thd
who have used It speak In highest pral
of the Immense relief It affords. Part id
larly do theae knowing mothers speak
the absence of morning sickness, ahsen
of strain on the ligaments and freedd
from thoae many other distresses ut
looked forward to with auch concern
There la no question but
"Mother's Friend" has a marked trndenl
to relieve the mind and this of Itself
addition to the physical relief has glvl
It a very wide popularity among worn'
Tou can obtain "Mother s Friend
almost any drug store. It has helpe-1
host of mothers to a complete recoverr
It la prepared only by Hradfleld Re
viator Co.. 301 I a mar Kldg.. Atlanta. i
Avoid the many worthless substitute
WOMAN IN
BAD CONDITIOi
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the time, would hav J
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