THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST. 81. 1914.
14
ON LUMBER
FOR
EAST ASKED
Portland Mills Thought to Be
Assured of First Order of
4,000,000 Feet.
FUTURE THOUGHT BRIGHT
New Fleets Prepared to Carry Prod
uct of Northwest by New Water
way to Atlantic Coast and
to European Ports.
One lumber order of 4.000.000 feet,
mostly timbers. Is being bid for by
Portland mills to be moved through
the Panama Canal, and it is said to
be virtually assured that one of the
plants here will be given the busi
ness, though other plants on the Coast
are in competition.
That this port will have the oppor
tunity of becoming the largest shipper
of lumber through the canal is the
ppinlon of some millmen. who concede
that a share will be reaped by Grays
Harbor mills and by firms on Puget
Sound. Because of the number of mills
located between Astoria and Portland,
the ability of operators to turn out
dimension stuff, besides the amount of
cargo to move to Portland from the
Atlantic side, are reasons given why
this region will be the central ship
ping locality.
Among the steamship corporations
Planning to handle large lumber car
goes is the Boston-Pacific fleet, which
Is to have its first steamer on the way
soon. The idea of executives of that
fleet is to transport general merchan
BIDS
dise to Pacific Coast ports and load
back with lumber, not depending on
general shipments on the eastbound
voyages. It Is understood to be the
Intention of the American-Hawaiian to
strive for lumber shipments on certain
steamers and the Grace fleet will carry
the material regularly. The Hammond
Lumber Company will place at least
two carriers in the trade. Swayne &
Hoyt will have the steamer Camlno
to start with and owners of other large
steam schooners contemplate the same
step.
The fact that the canal trade has
been opened with specifications for
4,000.000 feet is viewed by millions as
a most encouraging sign and to in
dicate that a tremendous business will
be developed with fir. Spain and other
European countries also are seeking
Northwest lumber, and it is believed
that with a cessation of hostilities
abroad there will be a ready demand
tor material. Added to the new chan
nel of trade to the Atlantic side is
the assurance that the Oriental, Aus
tralian and "West Coast trade will ad
vance. WAR CURTAILS FUEL SUPPLY
Port of Portland to Use Oil In River
Dredge Fleet.
Lack of cut fuel for dredges of the
Port of Portland Commission, arising
from the fact that sawmills which have
furnished much of it are shutting
down as a consequence of the Euro
pean war having an influence on ex
ports, has prompted the Commission to
authorize the installation of oil in the
dredge Willamette and she will be
burning liquid fuel Tuesday. Tanks in
the new hull of the dredge Columbia
will be shifted to the Willamette for
the storage of oil.
The dredge Wahkiakum, which was
trrdered out of commission recently by
tJie Government because of lack of
funds, will be taken over by the Port
to operate temporarily. The dredge
Portland will be laid up as she is a
20-inch type, while the Wahkiakum is
24 inches. All dredges will burn oil If
the supply of cut fuel ceases entirely,
as it is determined to keep the ma
chines operating, not only to maintain
the channel, but to deepen and widen
it. Advantage is being taken of the
low stage of water to hurry the dredg
ing project. The Port took over the
Government dredge Multnomah recent
ly and will use her at least two months,
at an expense of approximately $8000
V a month.
DOLLAR WILL LEAVE HARBOR
Colusa Due at Portland Mill to Load
for West Coast Ports.
Last of 600,000 feet of lumber for the
British steamer Hazel Dollar will be
loaded at the Portland mill by noon to
day and she drops down to Linnton to
work the last of her load for the Far
East. Soon after she vacates a berth at
the Portland mill, the British steamer
Colusa, of the Grace line's West Coast
fleet, will come into the harbor from
Linnton and take on most of her cargo
there.
Across the harbor the Japanese
steamer Shinkai Maru took on the
Just of her Shanghai cargo at Inman
Poulsen's mill yesterday and left down,
while the Norwegian tramp Chris
tian Bors is nearly ready for sea at the
North Pacific mill. The British steamer
Queen Maud has started loading creo
soted ties at St. Helens, which go to
India, and she will be out of the river
next week.
CARNARVONSHIRE
IS
SAFE
Royal Mall Liner Joins Monmouth
shire at Yokohama.
Yokohama cables to the Merchants
Exchange reported yesterday that the
Royal Mail liner Carnarvonshire, which
got away from the river July 24, had
arrived at the Japanese port August
14. As the big liner was en route at
the time war was declared between
Germany and Great Britain some con
cern was expressed for her safety, it
being thought that if any German
cruisers were off the Japanese Coast
they might try for the Carnarvonshire,
as she is a large and fairly speedy
vessel carrying a valuable cargo.
So far as has been learned, the Mon
mouthshire of tbe same fleet, has re
mained Inside Yokohama harbor since
her arrival from London via Manila
and other ports to the southward.
Whether the Carnarvonshire proceeded
has not been cabled. It Is regarded
probable that she was ordered to tarry
until further developments, such as
Japan entering the melee, which ship
pers think will clear the Oriental
Cast of -danger from German war
ships. "
ANOTHER TRAMP TAKES GRAIN
Inverbervie Follows Fernley Here to
Load for England.
With the grain cargo of the Brit
ish steamer Fernley aboard another
tramp load is in sight, for the British
steamer Inverbervie, which sailed
from San Francisco Wednesday for
Puget Sound in the A. Carpentier line,
comes here from the north to dis
charge European freight and load for
the return with wheat from Balfour,
Guthrie & Co.
No war risks In the North Pacific
are being given on grain cargoes con
signed to the United Kingdom, say
exporters, except in the case of the
Fernley. There were no developments
yesterday and grainmen take the stand
that insurance interests abroad will
not quote rates until it is felt certain
that German vessels have left the Pa
cific. On Oriental shipments war risks
are being arranged, but Portland firms
s.iy they do not know how or by whom
the insurance is being handled.
COOS BAY MYSTERY UNSOLVED
Strange Ship Develops Great Speed
After Crossing Bar.
MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The strange vessel which hov
ered about the entrance to Coos Bay
two days has not been sighted today.
When the George W. Elder passed
the position where she was thought
to be aground yesterday, the stranger
had put to sea and was about seven
miles off shore. The craft had great
speed and when three-quarters of a
mile off the bar Tuesday night,
steamed to sea and was out of sight
in a few minutes.
The ship carried wireless, but no in
formation can be had from the local
wireless as to whether she communi
cated with the shore.
News From Oregon Ports.
ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
The steamer Beaver arrived today from
San Francisco with a full complement
MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION NOW CONDUCTING HEARING
ON LABOR CONDITIONS IN PORTLAND.
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Left to Right, Top Row W. O. Thompson (Counsel to Commission); John B. I.ennon, Representing Labor i Frank
F. Walsh, Chairman. Representing Public; Austin B. Garrettson, Representing Labor. Front Row Professor
John R. Commons. Representing Public; James O'Connell, Representing Labor. (Four Members of the Commis
sion Are Not Here.)
of passengers and a heavy freight. The
steamer Bear sailed for that port to
night. The tank steamer W. jr. tierrin ar
rived durine the night and the tank
steamer Maverick arrived from Cali
fornia with fuel oil.
The steam schooner Klamath arrived
this morning from San Francisco with
general cargo for Astoria and Portland.
The stern-wheel steamer tlmore ar
rived from Portland during the night
to go on the run between here and
Megler, replacing the steamer Nahcotta.
which left this morning for Portland
to be overhauled. The British steamer
Colusa, which ran aground Tuesday
night in the vicinity of No. 2 buoy
above Tongue Point, was floated at
high tide last night and left on her
way up the river.
The steamer iucatan sailed tms
morning for San Francisco ana ban
Pedro with a large list of passengers
and a heavy freight.
The gasoline schooner Ahwaneaa
sailed for Newport with general cargo.
The fourth raft of logs which tne
Benson Lumber Company is sending to
San Diego this season came down the
river last evening and was moored in
the lower harbor. This morning the
tug Hercules arrived from San Fran
cisco, and. taking the raft in tow, start
ed for sea immediately. The Benson
Lumber Company is to dispatch another
of the rafts next month, making a to
tal of five for the year. Tonight one
of the Hammond Lumber Company's
rafts of piling is to be brought from
Stella and will be taken to sea tomor
row by the steamer Edgar H. Vance.
Marine Notes.
Bound for Shanghai, the Japanese
steamer Shinkai Maru was ciearea
yesterday with a lumber cargo meas
uring 2,640,000 feet and valued at
$25,560.
Having been floated from the sand
above Astoria late Wednesday night.
the British steamer Colusa proceeded
to Linnton, arriving early yesterday.
She started working lumber there.
Towed by the steamer Ocklahama,
the schooner W. F. Jewett leaves St.
Helens today for San Pedro, lumber-
laden. The barkentine James Tuft
leaves down from Portland today for
Iquique, fully laden with lumber.
Late reports from San Francisco are
that 57 steam schooners of the Coast
fleet have been withdrawn from serv
ice. It is estimated by mariners that
fully 1000 licensed officers, which
means masters, mates and engineers,
are seeking berths on the Coast.
Wells. Fargo & Co. have notified
steamship agents that traveling checks
may be sold that will be redeemed at
any point in the United. States, but no
checks will be sold travelers going
abroad.
With a hole in her hull well for
ward, the result of having struck a
snag in the Cowlitz River late Wed
nesday, the steamer Joseph Kellogg ar
rived here yesterday for repairs. A
soft patch was applied so the vessel
could steam .here and she will be dis
patched on the return todav.
Arriving at Ash-street dock last
night, the steamer Nahcotta, of the O.
W. R. & N. fleet, is to be held here to
undergo an overhauling. Her place
on the Astorla-Megler route has been
taken temporarily by the sternwheeler
Elmore.
Carrying 1,085,000 feet of lumber,
the steamer John A Hooper was
cleared yesterday for San Francisco
via Willapa Harbor, where she Is to
finish.
When the steamer Bear sailed yes
terday she carried 2700 tons of cargo
for California, made up largely of
grain, paper, canned milk and other
Northwest products. She had 320 pas
sengers. La Grande Fire Record Made.
LA GRANDE, Or., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) A record in the history of the
La Grande Fire Department was es
tablished today when the truck re
sponded to four calls, two this morn
ing, one at noon and another tonight.
None' of the fires reached serious pro
portions. 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening and
9 o'clock other evenings is the clos
ing hour for accepting classified ads.
for proper classifications for the next
day's Issue. Classified advertisements
accepted after these hours will be run
under tbe heading "Too Late to Clas
sify." Adv.
LABOR AND CAPITAL
UNREST DISCUSSED
Editor Harris Believes Em
ployer as Well as Employe
Should Organize.
MANY WITNESSES HEARD
Seasonal Occupations, Excessive Im
migration and "Agitators" Are
Variously Blamed for Lack
of Industrial Harmony.
The relationship, between employer
and employe in Portland and vicinity,
from the point of view of each side,
was discussed frankly and critically by
nine witnesses who testified at a public
hearing before the United States Com
mission on Industrial Relations, held, in
the assembly hall of the Central Li
brary yesterday.
The Commission is in Portland in the
course of a trip in search of evidence
on industrial relations that is to take
it to virtually every large city and
industrial center in the country. The
hearing will be continued today and
tomorrow, the Commission going from
here to San Francisco on Saturday.
One of the most interesting witnesses
of the day was A. H. Harris, editor of
the Portland Labor Press. He seemed
to take a broader view of conditions
than any other witness, and he had
definite ideas as to remedies.
Asked whether he knew of unrest
among laboring men here, Mr. Harris
said that there was a condition of
unrest and dissatisfaction among both
organized capital and organized labor.
"Both sides have grievances." he went
on, "that make them both dissatisfied."
Employers' Hardships Cited.
In response to further questions, he
explained: "The employer, in the first
place, is working on the Pacific Coast
under financial conditions that make
his position harder than would seem
to be the case at first glance. Subject
to this worry, it is harder for him to
make concessions than otherwise would
be the case. On the other hand, Ore
gon labor is working under bad con
ditions because of unrestrained immi
gration and consequent oversupply of
the labor market, and unemployment.
"This makes a gap between the two
interests when there is absolutely no
logical cause for it. I think organiza
tion is the only effective solution."
"You mean organization of both
capital and labor?" asked one of the
Commissioners. Mr. Harris said that
he did. He said that he believed in
organization for labor, and saw no
reason why capital should not organize
also.
Vocational Training Advocated.
Mr. Harris emphasized his belief in
the need of early vocational guidance
for the boy. to begin at the formative
period of his life. He thought this
would do much to solve the problem
of the many who struggle along in
a "blind alley" for which they are not
fitted, and which they might have
avoided had they had guidance.
"The problem of immigration is the
real problem of unrest on the Pacific
Coast," he said. "A great many men,
some with families, who have limited
means, come here in response to glow
ing advertisements. They find land
values away out of their reach. They
are forced out into industry, and there
is a consequent crowding of industrial
lines."
Answering questions from the Com
mission, Mr. Harris enumerated the
names of several firms boycotted as
unfair by the labor federations, the un
fairness having consisted principally In
employment of non-union men in build
ing operations, or refusal to employ
union engineers on an eight-hour basis.
T. H. Burchard, president of the State
Federation of Labor, and of the Cen
tral Labor Council, of Portland, and
E. J. Stack, secretary, agreed with Mr.
Harris that the large immigration here
from Eastern States in response to ad
vertisements was a leading cause of
unemployment and unrest.
Organization Is Favored.
An honest, thorough survey of con
ditions of labor in the state, especially
in such occupations as logging, with
the widest publicity of the findings.
Mr. Stack suggested as a partial rem
edy. He expressed belief that com
pulsory Investigation of the causes for
disputes between employers ana em
ployes would be a good thing.
Two other representatives of or
ganized labor were among the nine
witnesses examined. They were B. W.
Sleeman, business agent of the Car
penters' Union, and Mrs. L. Gee, mem
ber of the Garment-workers' Union.
Mr. Sleeman thought that employers'
organizations should be desirable from
the standpoint of organized labor, so
that bargaining on both sides might be
conducted collectively. He testified to
improved labor conditions in the build
ing trades in the last few years.
Mrs. Gee said that the average re
muneration of garment-workers was
from $10 to $25 a week, with few get
ting the latter wage. Too many work
ers and too long hours were causes she
attributed to industrial unrest.
The first witness of the day was Dr.
F. G. Young, professor of social sciences
at the University of Oregon. His testi-
mony related to general rather than to
specific conditions.
A E. Wood, instructor in social
science at Reed College, testified in
connection with an exhaustive survey
he had made of conditions among the
unemployed kept at the Gipsy Smith
Tabernacle last Winter. He said that
the unemployment situation was one of
the leading causes of unrest, and spoke
of the large number of men he had
found that had come here under false
impressions.
A. H. Averill, president of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, was the
main witness in behalf of the employ
ing interests. W. C. Francis, secre
tary of the Employers' Association,
who was to have been a witness, was
called out of town but sent a written
statement to the Commission. Charles
H. Carey, another witness, was not
present either.
Mr. Averill thought underlying causes
of Unrest on the part of labor were
seasonal occupations and agitators. At
mention of "agitators" there were
hoots from the rear of the room. Chair
man Walsh of the Commission prompt
ly demanded that there be order.
Seasonal Work Blamed..
"There is a tendency by the unem
ployed to flock to the city when not
employed and that is the time the un
rest occurs," said Mr. Averill. He sug
gested that the best relief would be
to have more industries here so that
laboring men could find employment
when through with the seasonal work.
He declared that as president of tne
Chamber of Commerce many persons
had come to him to talk over the pros
pective establishment of manufactur
ing plants. In a large number of in
stances, he said, they had been fright
ened away by the labor situation and
by uncertainty as to laws that might
be passed.
"Agitators" Are Condemned.
He went on to quote figures, how
ever, to show that longshoremen here
are paid considerably irher than on
Puget Sound a condition, he said, that
was injuring the town in its shipping
business. Later in the session a labor
witness disputed the entire justness of
Mr. Averill's figures, asserting that
one reason for higher wages in Port
land was the fact that loading and un
loading equipment here is less up-to-date
than in any city on the Coast.
Referring again to "agitators," after
Mr. Garrettson had asked questions in
tended to show that "agitators" re
flected in their agitation actual condi
tions, and obtained a following be
cause of that fact, Mr. Averill said:
"The soapbox orator, when he'll get on
a soapbox and damn the Government,
damn the flag, damn all property and
everybody who owns property, I con
sider as distinctly a dangerous per
son." Isaac Swett, executive secretary of
the Oregon Civic League, testified in
much detail to me part taken by the
league in helping car? for unemployed
at the Gipsy Smith Tabernace. He also
explained the system of self-government
adopted by the Jnemployed
League.
The hearing v-"' be resr""l at 10
o'clock this morning.
Mazamas to Visit Oswego Lake.
The Mazamas will resume their Sun
day local walks next Sunday, with an
outing at Oswego Lake. The party will
leave on the Fulton car at 8:37 A. M.,
and tramp from a point near River
view Cemetery to the lake. The re
turn will be made by the Southern Pa
cific from Lakeview Park Station, leav
ing at 5 P. M.
La Crosse. Wis., trade unions have in
vestigated the question of living: costs and
agree that a family can exist at a weekly
cost of $12 .92.
NORTH BEACH
Always Delightful, Has Never Been
More Alluring Than This Year
WEATHER SPLENDID
BATHING FINE
SERVICE EXCELLENT
SPECIAL
Steamer Potter leaves Ash-street Dock, Sat
urday, I P. M.; Hassalo 9 P. M. Returning,
leave Long Beach, Sunday, 7:50 P. M.
For full information, tickets and reserva
tions, ask
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, Third and Washington
Streets, or at ASH-STREET DOCK
Phones: Marshall 4500, A-6121
KNOWLES EMERGES
FROM LONE WOODS
Nature-Man Back to Civiliza
tion and Comfort Again
After Month's Test.
DAWN OF LAST DAY LOVED
Mountaineer Prizes Picture Painted
With Forest Material as His Best
Possession and Regrets He
Had to Kill Deer.
BY JOB KNOWLES.
CAMP KNOWLES, Klamath National
Forest, via Grants Pass, Or., Aug. 20.
(Special.) Can you imagine how you
would feel after an absence of 30 days
from all civilized comforts and from
the companionship of your frienda,
alone in the wilderness, unknown to
you, where the wild animals and birds
were your only neighbors? I have lived
for 30 days as outlined above, as a test
of what a man may do if put to it, or
if by accident was left alone to depend
on nature for an existence.
Today I have completed my self- im
Dosed task and I am prouder of my
achievement than I would be of $1,000,
000, which I never hope to have. I am
proud because my efforts have been
fully appreciated.
Day Most Welcome.
I sat before my fire last night watch
ings forms shape themselves in the
glowing embers till the first grey
streaks of dawn crept In through the
branches of the giant fir and reminded
me that this was the day I was to
leave my forest home and go out and
meet my friends, who were waiting for
me on the outskirts of my domain.
Looking forward with the greatest
pleasure to that meeting, it was not
without regret that I took a parting
look at my crude shelter and my last
fire, the two silent witnesses of my
self-imposed test.
I have painted a picture in run color,
without the aid of a brush, paint or
canvas. This picture is painted on a
sheet of fir bark and the pigments are
dry leaves, balk, decayed wood and
moss. 1 believe the painting of this
picture, under the circumstances and
with the material which nature had
discarded, is my greatest accomplish
ment. Sorrow Felt for Deer.
I am not proud of the fact that I
snared an innocent deer. I would not
have done it had not absolute neces
sity for food and covering driven me
to it. I did not go in on this experi
ment to see how much innocent game
1 could destroy, but rather to see how
little I would have to kill to supjly my
n6Veil, the little bird sang her fare
well song to me this morning and the
brown digger squirrel barked at me as
I passed him on the trail. I am back
in camp with my friends and have seen
the papers witn articles aooui me, i
have finished reading my mail and
know that it is all over. A faint
longing creeps over me to come back
some day to this range of mountains
and wonderful timber country and
visit my woodland friends, whose ways
and habits are like an open book to
me. 1 love them and I love the
natural wilderness tney inhabit and 1
love our great mother nature. who
never betrays her children.
KNOWLES IX PERFECT SHAPE
Woodsman Loses 24 Pounds but
He's Firm as a Rock.
BY A. L. FAIRBROTHEB.
KNOWLES' CAMP, Klamath National
Forest, via Holland and Grants Pass,
Or. AU2-. 20. (Special.) Clad In a
deerskin robe, with ornamental trim
mines and carrying a wonderfully col
ored drawing. Joe Knowles, who has
heen alone in the forest about 29 days
and some hours, entered the camp this
afternoon in perfect physical condition
and with his exposed skin bronzed
until he looked like an Indian. Sitting
in the camp waiting for him were the
members of his party Professor C. L
Edwards, of Los Angeles; J. G. Sill, of
Portland, and Philip KInstry, of the
San Francisco Examiner.
Knowles fairly stole into camp on
his moccasined feet, and, though he
was expected, his appearance fairly
staggered everyone.
After his 30 days in the woods Joe
Knowles is in perfect physical condi
tion. When he went in he weighed
194 pounds and today he tips the scales
at about 170. His flesh is hard and
his muscles are like iron.
Knowles' experiment has received
the absolute approval and sanction of
Professor G. L. Edwards, who has been
here continually during Knowles' ab
sence in the woods.
He did not get his bear, but he did
capture a deer. All his energy for the
GOING SATURDAY $
RETURNING SUNDAY
3
first two weeks was utilized In pro
ducing a picture, which for beauty of
expression and composition is exquisite
enough for a salon. From the decayed
and discarded mosses in the forest, for
which even nature itself has little use.
he produced a painting in colors that
is a wonder of technique and composi
tion. Tomorrow Knowles is to take the
entire party to his "ranch," he calls
it. There he will demonstrate more
fully how he has lived, what he has
made and the utensils he has con
structed for his daily use. Knowles
was not tired, in the sense of weari
ness, when he hit the camp. He was
offered a cigarette.
"No thanks," he said. "I don't want
it; no more cigarettes and other things
for me. I have not wanted to smoke
since I went into the woods, nor a
drink, and I feel like a new man."
Joe made but two fires in the woods.
The wood here, he says, is hard to
light and it takes desperate hard work,
so after his fire went out and he got
his second, he carried a spark with
him in soft punk.
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Aug. 20. Arrived Steamers
Maverick and Klamath, from San Francisco;
Beaver, from San Pedro and San Francisco.
Sailed Steamers John A. Hooper, for Wil
lapa Harbor; Daisy, for San Francisco; Jap
anese steamer Shinkai Maru, for Shanghai.
Astoria, Aug. 20. Arrived at 6 and left up
at 7:25 A. M., steamer Beaver, from San
Pedro and San Francisco. Arrived down at
11 last night and salted at 2:1 P. M lug
raft, for San Franclnsco. Arrived at 7:80
and left up at 10:45 A. M., steamer Klamath,
from San Francisco. Arrived at 7;5o and
left up at 10:48 A. M., steamer Maverick,
from San Francisco. Sailed at 10 A. M.,
steamer Yucatan, for San Francisco; British
steamer Colusa was floated at 11 last night
and proceeded to Linnton.
San Francisco, Aug. 20. Arrived Steamer
Daley PuLn&m, from Portland, via Coos
Bay. Arrived at 5 A. M., steamer Roanoke,
from San Pedro, for Portland. Balled at 11
last night, steamer Yellowstone, for Port
land. Seattle, Aug. 19. Arrived Steamer Thos.
L. Wand, from Alaska, for Portland. Sailed
British steamer Strathhalbyn. from Port
land for Melbourne.
Aberdeen, Aug. 19. Arrived Steamer Ne
halAn, from Portland.
Marshfleld. Aug. 19. Arrived at 7 P. M.,
steamer Geo. V. Elder, from Portland.
voknhimi. Aut. 14. Arrived uritisn
steamer Carnarvonshire, from Portlsnd.
San Pedro. Aug. 20. Arrived steamer
Yosemite, from Portland via San Francisco.
aiverett. Aug. -u. Arrived steamer v.e-
Ulo, from Portland.
Tacoma. Auir. 20. Sailed at 8:30 A. M.,
steamer Alcarado, tor Portland.
Astor a. Auz. m Sailed at 7;JO f.
Rosalie Mahoney, for San Pedro.
Tacoma. Wash.. Auk. 20. Arrived steam
ers Canada Maru (Japanese), from Yoko
hama.
Seattle. Wash., auk. -0. Arrived steam
ers Thomas L. Wand, from Southeastern
Alaska. Sailed Steamcra Candidate (Brit
ish!, for l.iverDooi via San Francisco. Ad
miral Farragut. for San Francisco; Thomas
L. Wand, for Portland; Santa Cecilia, for
New York via ports.
Rotterdam, Aus. go. Arrived, steamer
Rotterdam, from New York.
Chrlstobal. Aug. 20. Arrived steamers
Admiral Schley, from New York for fean
Pedro. San Francisco; peter M. croweu,
from Baltimore for Seattle.
Newcastle, Aug. It!. Sailed steamer
Tricolor, for San Francisco.
Tides at Astoria Friday.
High. Low.
4:04 A. M 9.1 feet!7:07 A. M....-0.8 foot
1:11 P. M 7.S feet7:ll P. M 2.1 feet
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Aug. 20. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. M . cloudy; sea, smooth;
wind, northwest 12 miles.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(Positions of all vessels shown at 8 1. M.,
August 20, unless otherwise designated.)
Santa Maria, Puget Sound for Port Har
ford. 430 miles north of San Francisco.
Catania. Port San Luis for Seattle, 4j
miles north of San Francisco.
Columbia, Aberdeen for San Francisco, 85
miles south of Grays Harbor.
Bear. Portland for San Francisco. 37 miles
south of Columbia River.
Hubbard. Aberdeen for San Pedro, 03
miles south of Grays Harbor.
Yucatan. Portland for San Francisco, 8
miles north of Heccta Head.
Willamette. San Francisco for Astoria, 5
miles south of Tillamook Head.
Cyprus. Seattle for San FrancUco, off
Tillamook Bay.
Richmond. Richmond for Seattle, 540
miles from San Francisco.
El Segundo, Tacoma for Richmond, 474
miles north of San Francisco.
Buck. Monterey for Portland, 377 miles
from Monterey.
Drake. Seattle for Richmond, 12 miles
south of Heceta Head.
Senator.-vSeattle for Nome, 032 miles from
Flattery. 8 P, M.. August 19.
St. Helens, Seattle for Nome, 621 miles
from Flattery, 8 P. M August 19.
Hedondo. San Francisco for Redondo, 33
miles north of Redondo
Yosemite. San Pedro for San Diego, 4
miles east of Point San Juan.
Governor, San Pedro Tor San 1- rancisco,
off Port Argue! lo.
Yale. San Pedro for San Francisco, passed
Point Hueneme. 6:34 P. M.
W. M. Chathan, Eagle Harbor for San
Francisco. 9 miles east of Port Townsend.
Chanslor. Honolulu for San Francisco,
1681 miles from Monterey, 8 P. M . Aug
ust 19.
Manoa. Honolulu for San Francisco, 1739
miles out. 8 P. M August 1.
Santa Rita, Kehel for Port San Luis, 1870
miles out. 8 P. M . August 19.
Sierra, San Francisco for Honolulu, 427
miles out. 8 P. M . August 19.
Korea. Honolulu for San Francisco. 347
miles out. 8 P. M.. August 19.
Admiral Watson, San Francisco for Se
attle. 25 miles north of San Francisco.
Fenwick. Astoria for San Pedro, 110 miles
north of San Francisco.
Hyades, San Francisco for Seattle, 5 miles
south of Point Reyes.
Northland. San Francisco for San Pedro,
20 miles south of San Francisco.
Korea. Honolulu for San Francisco. 106
miles out.
Hanalel. Eureka for San Francisco, 30
miles north of Point Arena.
Lansing. Port San I.uls for Vancouver.
50 miles north of San Francisco.
Queen. San Francisco for Seattle, 53 miles
north of Blanco.
Elder. Coos Bay for Eureka, 7 miles south
of St. George's Reef.
Leelanaw. San Francisco for Nanalmo, 225
miles north of San Francisco.
LAFFERTY'S RECORD
OF ACHIEVEMENT
HAS HAD 30 BILLS PASSED IN
THREE YEARS.
Was First to Introduce Woman's
Eight-Hour Law and Bill for Street
Railway Ownership in District of
Columbia.
Secured First Vote Ever Had in House
on Parcel Post.
Only Member of Congress Having Bill
Pending for Agricultural Asset Cur
rency. A. W. LafferrT.
Latterly unblushtngly claims In have a
record of achievement. He has nons.
The foregoing I" from nn editorial
In The Oregonlan of August It.
Lafferty'a 1IIIU I'aased llurlaa Sixty
Second t'nuarese.
The following l a list of my bill
which were passed during the Sixty
second Congress, my first term:
M. R. 7690 To authorise the construc
tion of a bridge across the Snake
Hlver at Nyssa, Or.
H. ft 145S8 Granting a pension to
Hattle Fordyce. fl2 per month.
H. R. 15181 For the relief of Hariy
S. Wade, Injured at Celilo Canal, ap
propriating $2500.
H. R. 15182 Granting an Increase of
pension to George P. Walling, $30
per month.
H. R. 20956 Granting an Increase of
pension to Edmond Bonneau, $30 per
month.
H. H. 22002 Innocent purchaser act.
relating to Oregon A California Rail
road land grant. Under same $l.u0fl.
000. approximately, has been turned
Into the United States Treasury and
the decks cleared to win the case
against the railroad In the main case
for the 3,100,000 acres of unsold
lands.
H. R. 25971 For acquisition of a site
and erection of a postofflce building
at St. Johns. Passed, appropriating
$5000 for site.
H. R. 17355 Kor the relief of Robert
K. Scott. Passed House, appropriat
ing $487.07. Old not pass Senate.
H. J. resolution, 108 Loaning Army
tents to Astoria Centennial.
H. R. 17838, 14675, 14699. 17840, 17841.
17843 and 17843, appropriating a
total of $66,000 for final settlement
with seven Indian tribes In Oregon
and Washington, were favorably re
ported by House Indian affairs com
mittee, included In Indian appropria
tion bill and passed.
Record for Present (osgms,
The following is a list of my bills
so far passed during the present Con
gress: 11. R. 4380 Granting Increase of pen
sion to Edward O. Hamilton, $40
per month.
H. R. 4961 Granting an Increase of
pension to Reglna 1-'. Palmer. $30
per month. Haa not passed the Sen-
H. FX. 0526 Granting an Increase of
pension to Joseph R. Brown, $30 per
month.
H. R. 9627 Granting en Increase of
pension to Chester W. Lyons, $24
per month.
H R. 11149 Granting an Increase of
pension to Frederick H. Rlx. Passed
House March 17. 1(14. Rlx die. I
June 14. 1914, before Senate had
acted on bill.
H. R. 8212 Granting pension to Susan
R Hens, .11 II ' tier month.
H. R. 1797 To authorise the establish
ment of fish-culture stations on me
Columbia lllver or lis irmuiaries in
the State of Oregon, appropriating
$50,000 for that purpose. Favorably
reported by the (louse committee on
merchant marine and fisheries April
9, 1914 and Included In omnibus ffsh
culture bill, H. IS. 15506. Now on
calendar.
H. R. 1234 Granting a pension lo
Nancy K. Tate, $11 per month.
H. R. 1242 Granting a, pension to
Mary Dager, $12 per month.
H. R. 1243 Granting a pension to
Rebecca Crawford, $12 per month.
H. R. 1246 Granting an Increase of
pension to Rachel I. Holllway, $20
per month.
H. R. 1247 Granting an Increase of
pension to John Beazen, $40 per
month.
H. R. 1249 Granting an Increase of
pension to Samuel W. McLean. $.1
per month.
H R 1250 Granting an Increase of
pension to Ronert D. Rector. $4 per
month.
Beneficiaries Hcslde In Portland.
All of the persons mentioned In the
foregoing private bills are residents of
Multnomah County and most of them
reside In Portland. A tremendous
amount of work was connected with
the securing of the passage of so many
relief bills. Hundreds of affidavits
were written and presented to the ex
aminers of the committees. The grant
ing of a pension by special act of Con
gress Is never done, except where the
circumstances show that the applicant
Is deserving and that Justice cannot be
done under the general law. As I have
stated before, my private secretary.
Richard L. Merrick, Is entitled to the
credit for my having secured tbe
passago of so many private bills. He
looked after the details of the lasea
and appeared with me before the com
mittee on pensions.
Introduced Many other Measures.
The foregoing lint of 30 bills passed
is only a small percentage of the bllla
I drafted and introduced. My bill pro
viding for an eight-hour day for
women In the District of Columbia was
the first ever offered In Congress. The
same Is true of my bill for public
ownership of the street railways in
the Capitol. La Follette followed me
six months In offering the eight-hour
bill, and his bill became the law.
l.'rosser, of Ohio, followed me a year
in offering a bill for public owner
ship of the street railways, and his
bill has Just been favorably reported
to the House. I wus first to In
troduce a bill providing for the loaning
of Treasury notes direct to the farm
ers. The plan Is now being seriously
considered, but mine is the only bill
pending which provides for agricul
tural assets currency.
I secured the first vote ever had in
the House on the parcel post law, when
I offered an amendment to the post
office appropriation bill In May, 1912,
providing for a parcel post. It faild
In the House, but was a law Inside if
three months.
Has Stood for the Public.
The fact Is that I have performed my
simple duty and stood for the folks at
home on all occasions. That Is why I
have shocked those who are In the
habit of using Congressmen as mere
tools of the various special Inteiests,
whose lobbyists Infest our National
Capitol. The Interests also use the
newspapers and magazines ns powerful
weapons with which to bludgeon timid
Congressmen Into line. I was either
fool enough, or courageous enough,
whichever you choose to call It, to tell
all those In the habit of misusing your
agents at Washington to go straight
to the not regions, una mat win ne my
course hereafter If continued In office.
November 3 will tell whether It pays
to serve the folks at home or the
greedy special Interests present around
the Capitol. Very respectfully.
A. W. LAKFKRTy,
733-3 Plttock Block,
(raid Advertisement by A. W. LaXferty-i