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TIIE BIORNIXG OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914. 14 IS. DAWSON FREE GRAND JURY ACIS Evidence Found Insufficient to Indict Woman for Murder i of Husband. PRAYERS LAST ACT IN JAIL Premonition of Freedom Comes With 5 Waking and Day's Routine AI- tered by Packing Up to Pre : pare for Departure. . Premonition that she was going to te released from custody yesterday came to Mrs. Johanna Dawson, who was held on a charge of poisoning her IiUsband, George F. Dawson, when she woke early yesterday morning, she eald, and accordingly she packed her belongings in a suitcase and sat down, waiting or the expected news of her release. The grand Jury concluded its hearing cf the evidence against Mrs. Dawson at noon and reported that the evl tience was insufficient to warrant an Indictment. Circuit Judge McGinn lm mediately ordered the release of the prisoner. Mrs. Dawson had been held at the County Jail pending investigation on a, charge of administering strychnine, which caused the death of her husband, George F. Dawson, on July 16, just after eating breakfast in their home, 7344 Fifty-third avenue Southeast, Lents. Although all the drug stores In the city have been canvassed. It has not been ascertained where the poison .was obtained. Comfort Fooid in Bible. "I cannot account for it, but when I woke up this morning I seemed to feel that today was my last day in jail," sobbed Mrs. Dawson yesterday when told of the action of the grand jury in exonerating her. "So strong was that feeling that I offered thanks unto the Lord for his kindness. I did not make my-bed. as was customary for me to Jo soon after rising, ' but Instead I packed my belongings and sat down to wait for the expected news of my ex oneration. "The minute I knew that everything was not right at our home and that I was under suspicion the words of the Lord came to me," she said, "and since then whenever I felt blue I repeated that promise: "Fear not. for the Lord Is with you.' Of course, I am glad to be released, but it is what I have ex pected all along." When asked about her plans for the future. Mrs. Dawson said she had not considered the future, and she repeated the Bibical quotation: "Fear not, for the Lord is --1th you." Future Kot Considered "I have not considered the future," Mrs. Dawson declared. "I have no trade or profession, only as a housekeeper. I am not afraid of the future, for I hive the confidence inspired In me by the Almighty." 'Will you return to your home in Lehts?" Mrs. Dawson was asked. "I Live no other place to go now, I guess." she replied, as she turned her head to gaae wistfully out the open window of her quarters In the Jail. Oh!" she' gasped, as the thought of facing life alone came to her, and Mrs. Dawson bit her lip to avoid tears. "Why not engage In religious work?" the interviewer asked. "My knowledge of the Bible is not sufficient for that." she said. "No, I see nothing for me to do but try to earn my living as a housekeeper. I hall live In our home." she added, fot getting that the word "our" was now out of place. "I refuse to live with my stepdaugh ters." she added. Prayer Offered Before Leaving;. "Can you and Ruth earn your liv ing;" Mrs. Dawson was asked. Kuth' Dawson is the 17-year-old stepdaugh ter over whom Dawson and his wife Quarreled the night before the hus band's death. Mrs. Dawson accused the irirl of being lazy and refusing to work. "1 am not concerning myself with r.uth." ahe replied bitterly. '-Ruth can take care of herself. I have support ed her long enough now and certainly won't do it any longer." Mrs. Dawson's other stepdaughter is Mrs. H. A. Dim mock. 6319 Seventy-second street South east. Mrs. Dawson said she was a member of the Friends' Church and attended regularly, but that her husband was a member of the Apostolic faith. Each evening while In jail Mrs. Dawson has visited the cells of the women pris oners and prayed for the inmates. She was continually singing religious songs. The last action of Mrs. Dawson at the County Jail was to visit the cells of the women in the jail and conduct a short religious service in each cell Then she said farewell and left the Institution. While in jail Mrs. Dawson has been allowed considerable liberty and has occupied Matron Rogers' quar ters. Gcod Things in Markets P RAPES are conslderaDiy more prom inent this week. Several new vari eties have come forward, the choicest of which Is the Rose of Peru, a rich purple grape, which retails at 60 cents a basket. Southern Oregon sends handsome Tokays, for which 65 cents a basket Is asked. Right here at home the Mount Scott district is producing the first Concords at 50 cents a basket. From -The Dalles comes a very sweet preen grape, which sells at 20 cents a basket of six pounds. Black Hamburgs and Black Prince at 30 and 35 cents a basket are very abundant. Sweet green Malagas, from California, range from 25. S5 to 40 cents a basket. The grape crop is very heavy, of good quality, and. owing to general condi tions, select fruit, at a low price, may be looked for for weeks to come. Peaches continue to occupy a consid erable share of public attention. The bulk of the early fruit is now in mar ket, and the hot weather Is forcing the later varieties rapidly forward. Probably the largest peach offered 1m the Old Mixon, grown at Mosler. It Is a freestone, of very fine flavor and remarkably abundant meat." They are large enough to fill a box. with 44 peaches, and retail at 20 cents a dozen, or 40 cents a basket The Minnie Ross peach, a large cling, at 25 cents a basket. Is particularly at tractive fruit, of splendid color. Craw, fords, of small size. can. behad at two dozens for a quarter, while freestones, much larger, at 25 cents a basket and 65 cents a box look very nice. A consign ment of Oregon-grown Crawfords, at 75 cents a box. are specially fine. Bartlett pears are being offered In considerable quantity. Stock from this state and Washington, at 20 cents a dozen, look ripe, even-colored and of good size. Green pears at 75 cents a bushel are offered for storage. Local fruit U allowing up well, and Bartlett pears from Mount Scott, at 25 cents a dozen, are no exception. The average price of really good fruit Is $1 a box and 20 cents a dozen. The new season's apples are looming up larger every week. A new crab apple, the Seeley, unusually large and well colored. Is offered at 5 cents a pound. Lady apples, of small size but good complexion, at 5 cents a dozen, are useful for decorative purposes. Striped Astrakhans and Gravensteins, at J1.25 a box, look, sound and good. Some Gravensteln stock from Van couver, Wash., at 40 cents a dozen, or $2.50 a box, are in specially fine con dition. Yakima red apples, at 25 cents a dozen, are bright and attractive. Plums of different species show up well. Oregon blue damsons from the Seeley farm, at 7U cents a pound, are particularly fresh and blue. Bradshaw and greengage plums, at 35 and 40 cents a basket, respectively, meet ready sale. Italian plums, three pounds for 10 cents: damsons, at 5 cents a pound, and nec tarines, at 15 cents a dozen, make as wide a selection of good fruit as can be wished for. The small fruits are represented by blackberries, at 5 and 6 cents a box, in some Instances six boxes for a quarter, and red and blue huckleberries, at 20 cents a pound. Cantaloupes are still offered in. great abundance at 5 cents each and cheaper still. Watermelons are down to 15 and 20 cents each and choice casabas at 25 cents each add tone to the colors lir the market. Bananas at 10 cents a dozen and first- class stock at two dozen for a quarter are as low in price as they are ever likely to get. Pineapples, 10 cents a pound. Oranges, which are becoming a little less abundant, are mostly represented by Valencias and seedlings. The former are of very fine quality and range from 30 to 60 cents a dozen. Seedlings, of small size, can be had for 20 cents a dozen. Lemons are evidently more affected bv the political disturbance than any thing else as yet. except sugar, ana are now ouoted '35. 40 and 50 cents dozen. California grapefruit are 5 and 10 cents each. Almost the only new comer in veg etables is Lima beans at two pounds for 25 cents. Potatoes are offered as low as a cent a pound, but the average is 18 pounds for a quarter. Swteet po tatoes are 5 cents a pound. 'Green corn, including the "lioiaen Banium yellow variety. Is 15 cents a dozen. The Dalies sends consignments oi tomatoes, of very large size,, at 5 cents pound, and choice stock is offered at 15 cents a basket. Pickling onions at 15 cents a. pound are new this week. Quite a number of the vegetables offered now are of local raising, among them green peppers, from 6 to 15 cents a pound. Green peas are two pounas for 15 cents and three pounds for a quarter. Celery is 5 and 10 cents a stalk, and choice lettuce 10 cents a head. Eggplant, two pounds for 16 cents, and some particularly good specimens 15 cents each. Hothouse cucumbers are three for 10 cents. Summer squash 5 cents each and string and wax beans cents a pound. Dried onions, three pounds for a dime, and garlic 10 cents pound. Cauliflower & cents each, and cab bage 3 cents a pound. Radishes two bunches for 5 cents, and carrots, turnips. beets and green onions at equally low. prices. Dill, for pickling, three bunches 10 cents. In the fish market Chinook salmon two pounds for a quarter, sturgeon 20 cents a pound, black, ling and rock cod, red snappers and sand-dabs are all 12 cents a pound, and so are hal ibut cheeks. Newport halibut is 7 cents, and "Ore gon Baby" halibut 6 cents a pound; sea perch and smelt are each 10 cents a pound. Fresh mackerel and bass are each 15 cents a pound. Crabs 20 and 25 cents each; large shrimps 20 cents a pound. ' i Salmon eggs 25 cents a pound, cooked crawfish 40 cents a dozen and shrimp meat 50 cents a pound. ' Salted salmon 10 cents a pound for strips or the backs. 20 cents for the bellies. Hard-shell clams 5 cents a pound. Razor clams are scarce, but a large consignment is expected early In the week. A supply of the peculiar lnkfish is offered at two pounds for a quarter. In the meat market the staples show no change in prices. Kidneys are 10 cents a pound, pickled and fresh tongues 20 cents. Bacon 25 cents a pound by strip, ham 22 cents and fresh ham hocks 12 M cents a pound: tripe 12 cents, beef and lamb hearts 11 cents a pound, - In the poultry market: Hens average 20 cents, broilers 22 to 25 and ducks 18 to 20 cents a pound. . "Guaranteed" eggs are offered at 25 cents a dozen, but the general price for Oregon ranch stock is 30 to 35 cents a dozen. Butter shows a tendency to rise in price, and 65 cents for two pounds is likely soon to be a thing of the past. In the delicatessen market several breakfast changes and dainties are of fered, Including Alaska black cod, cured, and kippered salmon at 20 cents a pound. Salted salmon tips and bellies, the former 35, the latter 30 cents a pound. Smoked German and Italian sausage. In variety, from 40 to 60 cents a pound. A new Oregon commodity, canned crab, at 45 cents for full pound tins. This product has hitherto been Imported from Japan. Columbia River shad roe. In tins, at 20 cents each, or three for 50 cents.. Chicken pies from 25 to 45 cents, and English pork pies from 15 to 25 cents. SHIPS PASS IN CANAL MISSOI BIAV AND ARIZOXAN .TIMED TO MEET IX WATERWAV. American-Hawaiian Service Pnta on Fine Steamers to Handle General and Lumber Cargoes. Laden with 8000 tons of cargo, part of which she will discharge at Port land, the big liner Missourian, of the American-Hawaiian service, will pass through Gatun Lock, 'in -the Panama Canal, today and Is to pass Cucaracha slide tomorrow, telegraphic Information to that effect having been received yes terday afternoon by C. D. Kennedy, Portland agent for the fleet. The liner Arizonan. bound to Mare Island with a cargo of Government coal taken on at Norfolk, goes through the Canal at the same time. The Missourian sailed from New York August 4 and the departure of the Arizonan was timed from Norfolk so she would be at the entrance to the new waterway about the same time. The liner Mexican leaves New York today, the Columbia August 27 and the Pennsylvania September 6. after which there will be a five-day schedule main tained. This means that a steamer will leave New York every fifth day and one start from this side as well, using steamers In the following order: Geor gian, Montanan, Kentuckian, NTebras kan and Alaskan. The new 10,000-ton steamer Washing tonian. one of eight carriers ordered last year, is due to sail from Portland for Charleston and New York Sep tember 13 via the Canal. The Isthmian sails from Portland over the same route September 15, touching at Boston on the Atlantic side Instead of Charleston, and continuing to New York. Other steamers of the line not men tioned in the early schedule are to be held ready to increase bhe service If necessary and until such time they will follow in regular order after those named on the five-day card. The com pany has 26 ships available and it Is understood to be planning to use cer tain ones in the lumber trade as well as in handling general cargo. GRAIN TO GO ABROAD War Risks Expected to - Quoted Freely Today. Be TWO SHIPS TO TAKE CARGO Other Vessels' Likely to Be Or " dered for Export and It Is Said Funds Will Be on Hand if Dealers Are Pressed. War risks on grain cargoes are ex pected to be quoted freely today and the easier feeling in the export situa tion forecasted Thursday cams to pass yesterday when arrangements were made to load the British steamer Fern ley and the Norwegian bark Alcides with cereals for the United Kingdom. In the case of the Fernley it is said war risks were cared for abroad. The Fernley is under charter to Kerr, Gifford & Co. and reached here August 1 from' Hongkong, but the declaration of war between Germany and England resulted in the vessel being held at Montgomery dock, though her holds were lined ready for grain. She may start working today, but it is felt cer tain that cargo will be going aboard in full swing Monday. The Alcides came here June 24 from Callao under charter to Strauss & Co. to load new-crop grain and while the war has been responsible for holding her back, her lay days do not begin until today, so under the terms of her charter she has not been detained. The German bark Dalbek. also in the har bor, has had her charter canceled, though she may yet be loaded so as to get away among the first of the new crop fleet. Quotations on war risks are said to be around 4V4 per cent, but as there is a general stir toward resuming busi ness, insurance agents here cabled abroad yesterday for definite advice as to the rate and expect official quota tions today. Exporters say there are other complications besides war risks, but with assurance that cargoes can be covered there will-be no reason for delaying the loading of vessels. The British steamer River Forth, first of the fleet held at Portland to break from cover, crossed out to sea at 4 o'clock yesterday morning for Puget Sound to finish discharging European cargo. The Strathalbyn, which also went to Puget Sound from this harbor, was not delayed after load ing until she reached Astoria, where she was ordered to remain for a few days, and she gained the northern har bor In safety. That financial assistance will be forthcoming when war risks are ob tainable is felt certain ana exporters who have been bothered tnrougn ina bility to care for all wheat contracts will be enabled to carry on their affairs as before. - CLUB TO TAKE K1VER. TRIP Progressive Business Men Will Go Down Columbia With Families. . The steamer Georgiana will leave the fnnt nf Washington street tomorrow morning with members of the Progres sive Business Men's jiud ana men families and friends aboard. sr. o Kneeland, chairman of the committee in charge of the trip, said: "We are going down the Willamette and Columbia rivers to Fort Canby and will remain at the fort for about an hour so the members of the excursion may inspect one of our own Coast defenses. "For a long time the club has thought hot wb who live in Portland do not fully appreciate the grandeur of these two rivers, and it is wnn me m ' encouraging pleasure trips on both the WUlamette and Columbia that we have planned this excursion," There will be accommodations for about 200 people on the Georgiana. A trained nurse has been engaged for the care of children. The committee, consisting oi sr. in. Kneeland, S. C Rasmussen, Harold Jones. Fred A. Janin ana ,nenry x Hayek. has promised a variety of stunts and entertainment. GERMLW FLEET IS IXACTIVE i Hamburg-America" Not Receiving Cargo for Oriental Delivery. Seattle Thursday to advance rates to the Orient and ulti mately to make the tariff S5 to all ports save Shanghai, to which the charge is to be $5.50, have not been made known officially to Fritz Klrchhoff, Portland agent for the Hamburg-American, who says he has received no orders to ac cept cargo. It is unaerstooa mi omci lines in the Pacific conference will ac cept bookings, though in the case of the Great Northern line business is subject to delay, as the steamer jainnesuiu. ia to be laid up to have new boilers in stalled. ... Mr. KirchhofT says ne minus uui about 80 per cent or tne Mamours Amerlcan liners are safe at various ports, the others being either on the way or have not been reported in refuge. The prospect of those vessels re-engaging in different trades at an early date is regarded doubtful, be cause of the war situation. EXPORTS COME FROM EUROPE Japanese May Take Away Trade En joyed by Fighting Nations. . . iuava linn been no material falling off In the receipt of bonded ..v. ; - r-nrn Kurnne through the Custom-House. which move by rail from New York and other Atlantic Coast ports after having been discharged from ocean vessels. Consignments from Eng land. Germany, Austria aa ireuco arriving. It was reported yesterday that one Portland firm had opened negotiations with Japanese manufacturers to ascer tain if they would contract 10 iuru uui. . -1 unMAv o-nnHn. novelties and like articles that have been customarily purchased in Europe, as tne Japanese have proved apt In duplicating manu factures of other countries, it is re garded almost certain that they will accept such orders. In that event it is wagered that the European war will turn the tide of at least a part of the commerce that has moved across the Atlantic to this region. NAVIGATION MENACES TOLD Hydrographlc Office Issues Warning of Floating Dangers. a f,. Inn. R fAAt think. sroaen iuksi, vw . . . . . . i . i V. A A H.cr.a., 1Q m , n - utea. longitude east 176 degrees 16 minutes. Report by Captain Philips, British steam ship Wabasha. Derelict, visible six miles at sunset, Au gust , in latitude 48 degrees 25 minutes north, longitude hi " wt Report by captain American schoon er Alvena. ' - Log raft breaking up. in low oi ras, Au gust 6. on line of Partridge buoy and Bur- rows ibihuu ii.w . - - Island. Report by commander American steamship President. , , Wreckage, painted white, siie of large boat, with rigging attached. July 19. lati tude north S5 degrees 13 minutes, longi tude west 122 degrees t minutes. Report by Captain Jones, British steamship Dun clutha. Log dangerous, 5 feet In diameter, July 28, latitude north S4 degrees 65 minutes, longitude west 120 degrees 64 4-5 mlnules; submerged. Report - by Captain Ramma. American tamship Arollne. Upright log, standing 10 feet above water, July 15, latitude 47 degrees 65 minutes north, longitude west 124 degrees 4S min utes. Report by steamship Governor. Squared timber, 30 feet long 3 feet thick, covered with barnacles, dry and white, vis ible a long way, July 5, latitude 32 degrees 47 minutes north. longitude 156 degrees 29 minutes west. Report by Second Officer Demerest. steamer China. Upright log. standing three feet above water dangerous. July 14, latitude 12 miles northwest 6 west magnetic from Pigeon Point. Report by Captain Heygendorff. steamship Whittler. Captain Joyce, American steamship San Juau, reports rock, bare four feet at near low water. In Lewis Pass. B. C. about one cable east from Plover Point, Finn Island. Kelp extending one cable length outside of it. Latitude 53 degrees 17 minutes, lon gitude 129 degrees 17 minutes west. ENGINEER OFFICERS COMING Board to Visit Columbia River Bar and Celilo Canal. On the arrival from San Francisco the morning of August 21 of officers composing a board of engineers who are inspecting Pacific Coast projects, they will board the O.-W. R. & N. steamer T. J. Potter for the lower river and spent a day, while the next day they will visit The Dalles-Celilo Canal project and then proceed to Puget Sound. In the party are Colonels Black, Beach, Taylor, Newcomer- and Abbot, with Major Kutz. Colonel Berry, another of the board, was here a month ago, so Is not making the present trip. Colonel McKlnstry, In charge of the Second Oregon District, including the mouth of the Columbia, and Major Mor row, of the First Oregon District, which takes in the Celilo work, will accom pany the party on their eide trips from Portland. The board will report to the chief of engineers at "Washington on progress of projects and other fea tures. v MATHLOMA TO BE LAID UP Deed to Oregon City Locks Goes to AVashington Again. Orders have been given for the Gov ernment dredge Mathloma to start from the Upper 'Willamette for Port land August 24, as there will be no funds on hand after that date to con tinue the work. The river is said to be in the best condition in its history as far as Salem, though the stream stands 1.1 feet below zero. The Yellow Stack line is operating the steamer Oregona to Salem and the steamer Po mona to Dayton. While the water Is shallow in places, a stiff current is also bothering. The deed of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company to the War Department covering the purchase of the locks at Oregon City has been for warded to the chief of engineers aftea: having' been redrawn, and in turn it goes to the Department of Justice for the approval of the Attorney-General. All objectionable features of the first deed, save where the opinion of the Attorney-General was not entirely clear, have been eliminated, and it is felt that the sale will be consummated. BUYERS DIXE ON BIG SHIP Grace Liner Santa Cecelia to 3c Scene of Peception Today. Guests to the number of 200 are to be entertained on board the New York liner Santa Cecelia, of the Grace fleet, at Municipal Dock No. 1 between 12 and 2 o'clock today, the affair having been arranged in the interest of out-of-town buyers who are desirous of in specting a vessel that is' typical of the most modern construction and equip ment In marine architecture. - The Santa Cecelia came in late last night from San Francisco, and has more than 1500 tons of general merchandise to discharge. She will be the first of the Grace fleet to be loaded here and go through the Panama Canal. The British steamer Colusa, of the West Coast service was to have been here today as well, bu torders have been is rued detaining her on Puget Sound. . COLUMBIA LIGHT PERMANENT. Fort Stevens Wharf Light to Be Changed Next Month. From the headquarters of the 17th lighthouse district the following was issued yesterday for the guidance of mariners: Columbia River Fort Columbia' WJiarf Light To be hereafter exhibited through out the year. No other change. Fort Stevens Wharf Light Characteristic and Intensity to be changed about Septem ber 1 from fixed red to group occulting red, of about 33o canUlepower. to show a group of two occultations every 10 seconds. The illumination apparatus will be a lens lantern with an electric incandescent light. Wlllapa Bay Light Station Characteristic of light to be changed and intensity in creased about August 15. characteristic to be changed from fixed white, varied by a white flash every two minutes to fixed white, varied by a white flash every 20 seconds. Xews From Oregon Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.) The British steamer River Forth sailed this morning for Seattle in ballast. The steam schooner J. B. Stetson sailed during the night for Southeast ern Alaska. The steam schooner Columbia arrived during" the night from San Francisco with cargo for Astoria and Portland. The steam schooner San Ramon sailed today for San Francisco with lumber from Portland and Rainier. The steamer Breakwater arrived this morning from Coos Bay. The steamer George W. Fenwick, which has been taking on lumber at Linnton and Prescott, shifted tonight to Midsummer at Newport Call at City Ticket Office. 80 Sixth reservation, descriptive folder John M. Scott. General Passenser Take the "Loop Trip" from the Heart of the City to Oregon Creamery Butter 2 Pounds 60c, 65c and 70c Country Butter 2 lbs for 55c Lamb Roast, lb PC Hamburger Sausage Meat. Boiling Beet Beef Roast . Lamb Chops. . . smoked jo wis s. Bacon Strips I Fancy Dry Salt PorkJ lb. Sugar Cured Bacon I OOr Sugar Cured Ham f s--'- i li r ; ; ID. 1UC WASHINGTON Milk Is Going Up. Aster Milk 90 Dozen. Pioneer and Carnation $1 Dozen. CORNER FIRST AND WASHINGTON ST. U. S. GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS. Buy Your Meats Here and Uncle Sam Protects You. We Handle No. 1 Steer Meat Only . Highest Grade of Pork and Mutton. GEORGE L. PARKER 149 FIRST STREET. BOTH PHONES. finish loading at Westport and Wauna. The steamer Edgar H. "Vance la due tomorrow night from San Pedro to load lumber at the Hammond mill. On her trip south she will tow a raft of piling to San Francisco. The steamer Alvarado arrived this morning from San Francisco with gen eral cargo for Astoria and Portland. The gasoline schooner Delia arrived this morning from Nestucca with a cargo of 47 cases of cheese for Port land. The steam schooners Multnomah ana Siskiyou expect to sail tonight for Cal ifornia with lumber and the steam schooner Northland will sail for Puget Sound to finish loading. The gasoline schooner Patsy arrived tniliv from Umpaua with a cargo of dairy products. ' The American steamer miu euiv.. of the Grace line, arrived this after noon from San Francisco, en route to Portland. ' Marine Notes, irrivlnr laRt nltrht from Coos Bay, Captain Macgenn, of the steamer Break water, said he did not sight any naval vessels, or, in fact, anything eise, as it was so thick he figures he did well to find the river. As the steamer Georgiana carries ex cursionists to Fort Canby tomorrow as guests of the Progressive Business Men's Club, the steamer Undine will be dispatched at 7:30 o'clock from the Washington-street dock to carry regu lar excursionists to Astoria and return. Coming from San Francisco with gen eral cargo the steamer Columbia ar- a .-...ni. ti H Worthed at Couch- 1 1 yi:u j coivi " street dock to discharge. She will pro ceed to Grays HarDor to ioaa lumuc. for San Francisco. w..ir e lo-o-tnc- t Rlmicrhter's was TV VI V V IBB"'0 ui.rd.v hv the Government BUtlCU ....... . . dredge Multnomah, which is being oper ated with funds suppnea oy mo of Portland Commission. Later she goes to the new straight channel across the Tongue Point Crossing, which will be dug- to 25 feet and a width of 300 feet. , Bound for San Francisco the steamer San Ramon was cleared yesterday with nnn rf iiimhpr. The steamer U - U, U 1" i ' 1 - " - Northland goes to San Pedro with 160.- 000 feet of lumDer ana ouu iuj m grain while the steamer Siskiyou was cleared for San Pedro with a lumber cargo measuring 1,143,000 feet. The steamer Geo. W. Fenwick was cleared for Los Angeles with 500,000 feet. Masters of the Norwegian bark Al cides and German bark Dalbek, which i . r.inntnn hnllnst dock. are uei uicu - complained to Harbormaster Speier yes terday that certain river bico-wicio passed there at a speed In excess of the .. i. wrnr-irtttr llnefl tO break. limil. WUOlufe ... . . . As the district is without the confines of the city the matter was rererreu. iu Colonel McKlnstry, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. Excursionists from Idaho and East irn Oregon arrived here yesterday to the number of 250 and Doaraea xne steamer T. J. Potter for North Beach. The vessel had a total passenger list of 374 persons. As the Port of Coos Bay is unable to longer share the expense of operat ing the bar dredge Col. P. S. Michle at the entrance to that harbor, she was ordered out of commission yesterday by Major Morrow, Corps of Engineers, Fares $6.25 Season Fare From Portland. C3.75 Week-End Fare Saturday-Monday. Similar Low Fares Other Points. street, corner Oak for and full information. Agent, Portland. Orego 7 lbs. Rolled Oats.. 3 cans Pineapple... 3 cans Corn 3 cans Tomatoes... 7 bars Soap 25c Fresh Salmon 1 11 1 I&smViis:::: lb. lUc Halibut, pound 8J Hard Shell Clams, six O" pounds 6Jl Newport Baby Halibut, lb 6 Grecian Ripe Olives, per OfJ pound 4UJ Best Cooking Apples 900s bx Cantaloupes Three for 10 . Malaga Grapes Pound 5? , V. S. A. The dredge Oregon, working Inside, ia to be kept going until Septem ber 1. Friends Urge AVllson to Rest. WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. Friends of President Wilson are urging him to take a rest within the next two weeks but so far he has made no definite plans. Ffiur vears ago the lntter carriers in rtnofnnnH hmncli nostofftct) began to save all the twine on incoming mall instead of throwing it away. A ball waa made oi an not used on outgoing mull, and this ball now measures 21) Inches in niameier anu wc-ign 75 pounds. It Is estimated that It is a least ::5 mll"s In length. will be given anyone who tries a can of (Crescent Bak ing Powder It raises the dough and does it perfectly. 5J If You Eat cake or biscuits, read Bul letin No. 103, V S. Dept. oi n;nc uizure. Learathetruth. app u t atumiA. pum compounds- in bak-l ,ing powder. ask us for copvl Crescent Manufacturing Company SEATTLE 25c a IB. ALL GROCERS CREAMERY BUTTER Two Pounds at 55c and 69c Ranch Eggs, dozen 30 Fresh Eggs, 2 dozen 55 Full Cream Cheese, 2 lbs 35 Cream Brick Cheese, lb 20 Swiss Cheese, lb 25 Chicken 16 and 18 All Goods Retailed. At Wholesale Prices. LA GRANDE CREAMERY 264 YAMHILL. J El Proof of Excellence agpp August is essentially a beach month, and the most delightful time in which to spend a vacation at Newport, to get away from the heat and dust and cares of business life and spend a while en joying delightful recreations. Health ful drives, deep-sea fishing, boating, surf bathing. ' Improved Train Service - adds to the pleasure of the trip. A through tourist sleeping car leaves Portland every Saturday morning at 1:30,- (open Friday evening at 9:30), making stops at Oregon City, Wood burn and Salem. Special Low Round-Trip I (04DEH 15HA5UU. I I ROUTES I I the Heart of the Valley lafferiy; vs. hgarth FROM SAME BEGINNING, OPPO. SITE ROADS ARE TRAVELED. Starting 10 Years . Ago as Land Agents, Lafferty Has Served ths Poor, McArthur the Higherups. A. W. LAKKEHTV, Ten years ago, when the so-called land fraud cases were being tried. A. W. Lafferty was 28 and C. N. Mo- Arthur 25. Both wero employed by the Government, and received their In troductions to public life In Oregon through the work then done. Since that time Lafferty hiis twice been elected to Congress, and McArthur twice to the Oregon Legislature. Kch will soon finish his second term In the legislative body to which he wm elect ed, and they are now opposing candi dates for election to Congress for lh term to begin March 4. 191 V McAr thur Is the regular Republican nomine and Lafferty Is running as an "Inde pendent Public Ownership-' candidate. A battle royal Is promised. Sympathised AM lb Mitchell. During the land fraud trials l.srfertir sympathized with many of the defend ants, particularly Senator Mitchell, Congressman Williamson and founty Clerk Ira Wade, of Lincoln County. Lafferty did not believe any of these defendants guilty, and openly said ra at the time. He wrote a letter of sym pathy to Senator Mitchell during his trial, expressing the hope that ho would be acquitted. About the first of August. 19n.-., In the midst of the land fraud trials, Thomas H. Neuhausen. chief special agent, notified Lafferty that his serv ices would not bo needed longer In run nection with the trials, ami thnt he could go to Lincoln County to Investi gate homestead entries. As homestead InveHtlgator Lafferty stood flatfooted for the settler, and against the contentions of the (ienoral Land Office. He refused to make an adverse report agslnst the entry uf any settler who had not sold his claim to a speculator. Started Suits Aanlont Itsllrond. In 1908 Lafferty resigned ns Kpeclal agent and opened a law office In the Fenton building. In 1907 he started tho first suits ever brought to enforce the Oregon railroad land grant. A year later the Government filed a similar suit, practically adopting the allega tions of Laf forty's complaint. When Lafforty was elected to con gress In 1910 the land grant cusn was lagging. By many it was considered dead. It has since taken on new life, due to Lafferty's continued agitation of it, and the case is now In the Su preme Court, where a finnl decision will be rendered Inside of the next eight months. Author of I.eaUlnllmi. In Congress Lafferty has st.n.d for the poor people on all question. H Introduced the first eight-hour hill for women, and the first street railway ownership bill ever offered in Congress. The former is now the law and the lat ter has In a later bill been favorably reported to the House and will soon be the law. Big business says Lafferty never gets anywhere. But the things he starts come to pass. From. the day he was i'l tin no came n n,.i,An In IQH. I.nffiTtV til'lli'llcetl law at Montgomery City, Mo. Il wan raised on a farm and graduated at ;0 from the law department of the Mate University. In Missouri. Lafferty served as prosecuting attorney, secur ing the first convictions against option gambling In agricultural products ever had In that state. McArthur Helped Hurnm. Now a word as to McArthur. In I95 he aided Detective W. J. Hums In fill ing the Jury box with anti-Mitchell men. Lafferty took no part In the Jury box filling and knew nothing about it. McArthur assisted In It be cause powerful Influences were brought to bear on him to do so. He was a re porter on The Oregonlan when hired by Burns for the Job. The letter of the Attorney-General to President TsCt, dated May 10, 1912. says: ".Mr. McArthur, It Is to ho remem bered, was one of Burns' agents and furnished many of the reports now on file in the Department. He claim, how ever, that he did so with great reluc tance and under duress and after much nersuaslon. He does not state the na ture of the duress, but I am Informed, s willing to do so If you Insist. ery respectfully. UKO. W. WICKEKSIt A.M. "Attorney-General." If Mr. McArthur should bo elected to Congress and should refuse to nerve the interests, he would have even more owerful inliuences nrougni in oe.ir .-n lm. Lafferty has been offered lullms of cash, and bribes of favorable news paper publicity. Since both of tliexe failed, he has been threatened wlthi scandals and near scandals. It la an old political trick to "pull a scnndal on the man who cannot be boiiKht. McArthur an "Amenably" Mn, In 1910 Mr. McArthur one of the prime movers In mo .fscinoi in Portland, and was It nominee lor State Senator. He wua defeated by George W. Joseph, the direct primary ""Between 1910 and 1913 McArthur was out of office, and whom did he serve in private lire: lie rerveu as presi dent of the Hood Biver tins v i-.iecirm Company, a subsidiary of the l'aclfio Power L.lgni vompuny, iirmiiii'xn i'm the purpose of freezing nut an nide nemlent competitor at that place. That McArthur served as president of tills company in 1912 Is ahown by the it- lOrt Of tne corporation on rue . em. McArthur's brother. Lewis A. McArthur, Is assistant general man ager of the Pacific Power A: Light Company. Special Interests Support McArthur. t thu eamnaiipn everv snecial Inter est Is supporting McArthur. His elec tion would mean that service to the corporations brings better rewards than service to me iiwm. That i.affertv will be re-elected No vember 3 bv an overwhelming majority Is practically a foregone roncluslon. He . , .11 1.1.. n ........ I u -n I V. .. r- ls aevocins mn o' nalgn for the first time, and he will Uin H Is not the kind who loses, at least without a fight. Ills defeat would mean that a iiierime oi nnncm nervo o to the public will meet with no sympa thetic response from the voter, and the setting of such a precedent is un thinkable. (Paid advertisement by A. , Laf ferty, 733-3 Pittock block.) rfov -'V