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THE MORXTXG " OREG ONT ATJV WEDNESDAY; DECEMBER :30,- 1914.
MORE CARRIERS IN
RIVER. FOR GRAIN
Dozen Sailers Expected in
January Fleet Due to
Load Cargoes Here.
WHEAT EXPORTS GROW
December lias Gain of 350,0 00
.Bushels Over Same Month of
. last Year Two Vessels SUirt
Out for Foreign Ports.
Three grain carriers that were listed
for Portland reported yesterday, al
though one. the British ship Celticburn,
from Antofogasta, made her way to
Fort Townsend and will be loaded at
Tacoma. The British ship Celtic Glen,
from the same port, was towed Into
the Columbia yesterday by the tug One
onta and the British ship Claverdon,
from Callao, behind the tug Goliah.
The Norwegian bark Eidsvold was
picked up by the tug Oneonta and as
sisted Into the river Monday night.
The Celticburn was reported at Anto
fogasta October 12 and the Celtic Gltn
there September 30, so the exact dates
of their departure were not ascertained.
The Claverdon got away from Callao
October 27. The Eidsvold hails from
Tocopllla and was 68 days on the way.
Kight squarerlggers have reached the
river since Saturday, those in addition
to yesterday's arrivals being the Llnd
field, Kinross-shlre, Songvand, Cam
busdoon and Port Caledonia.
The Port Caledonia, Kinross-shire
and Llndfield are at Linnton and the
Songvand and Cambusdoon should leave
up today, as the steamer Shaver
. started down at 8:30 o'clock yesterday
morning with the Hafrsfjord and the
steamer Ocklahama got away at 1:30
P. M. with the Haxila. The Hero and
Sierra Miranda are In the stream, fully
loaded, and should get away this week
if trouble with their crews Is adjusted.
The Poltalloch is the only sailer work
ing. ; The newcomers will be relieved
of their ballast at LJnnton as rapidly
as facilities permit and shift here with
out delay, as there is more than enough
grain at tidewater to fill the tonnage
in the river and heavy consignments
are on the way from the interior ware
houses. Approximately 1,700,000 bushels of
wheat has been floated this month
gainst 1,621,374 bushels in November.
in December, 1913, the total exporta
tion was 1,355,788 bushels, so there
. have been nearly 350,000 bushels mora
exported during the present period,
foreign and domestic wheat shipments
in November totaled 1,748,785 bushels
and there should be a gain, this month
and next, as California shipments nave
resumed.
At the rate vessels are arriving, none
of which will be started until early in
January, the opening month of the
second half of the cereal year promises
to be the heaviest of the season. Be
sides, there are steamers due during
that period and the prospects are that
more than a dozen sailers will be num
bered with the January fleet.
MAJOR FRIES HTjE JANUARY 8
Engineer Morrow Leaves Today and
Colonel MteKinstry Goes) Next.
In an official telegram from Wash
ington, D. CX. yesterday Colonel Mc
Kinstry, Corps of Engineers. United
States Army, was Informed that Major
Amos A. Fries, Corps of Engineers,
United States Army, would relieve him
1 LumgD jl mo vvorns in Lite oecona I
dtctrlct for about a month, beginning j
.January o. colonel jncK-instry recent
ly applied for leave. Major Fries is
widely known in the city and state,
as he was stationed here from October
17,. 1903, to February 10, 1906. On be
ing relieved here he was ordered to
I -os Angeles and had charge of the
Ban Pedro harbor improvements.
Major J. J. Morrow, Corps of Engi
neers. United States Army, in charge
of the First district, leaves the city
today for Fort Leavenworth, where he
will remain for three months taking a
special, sourse of instruction in the
service and staff college. Captain The
odore H. Dillon, stationed on The
Dalles-Celllo Canal work, will be in
charge of the office during Major Mor
row's absence.
FIREMEN" TO LITE OX BARGE
Geo. IT. Williams to Be Stationed
Below Bridges Without Belay.
Negotiations have been opened with
the Diamond O line for the charter of
an enclosed barge, about 60 feet long
and 25 feet wide, which may be used
as a temporary home for the crew of
the flreboat Geo. H. Williams, which
w ill be stationed in the lower harbor
shortly.
The site of the new station for that
vessel adjoins Montgomery dock on the
north and construction may be started
soon. . Meanwhile, as the flreboat David
Campbell has been overhauled and is
In .condition for active service at her
Kast Washington-street station, the
plan is to locate the Williams below
the bridges so she will be available
in emergencies. The Diamond O line
officials are willing to lease the barge
for a time and with little work, it Is
said, accommodations can be provided
for the crew and the flreboat moored
alongside the barge pending the com
pletion of the station.
CHINOOK LOSES OXE ANCHOR
Lighthouse Official Looks Over
r South Channel Range Location.
At the request of the Government
engineers, the lighthouse tender Man-zanita-
was assigned yesterday to re
cover an anchor lost from the vbar
dredge Chinook In the lower harbor.
The Manzanita was busy replacing
buoys near Astoria and will try for
the anchor probably today.
Henry L. Beck, Inspector of the
Seventeenth Lighthouse District, left
for the lower river yesterday to look
over aids to navigation aiid probably
arrange preliminaries for the estab
lishment of range lights on Cape Dis
appointment for the convenience of
navigators using the south channel, off
the end of the Jetty. So far, few of
the masters of vensels making port
regularly have indicated a preference
as to the location of the range. The
bar pilots may be asked to give their
opinions.
BARKEXTTSE FOCXD HELPLESS
Irmgard, Dismasted by Hurricane,
Is Towed Into Honolulu.
HONOLULU. Dec. 29. Dismasted by
a hurricane, the American barkentine
Irmgard was found helpless by a tug
sent to her rescue and towed into port
here today. All on board were safe.
The liner Sierra, which left here yes
terday for Sydney, spoke the Irmgard
and sent back word by wireless of har
plight. At first the rescue tug could
not find the Irmgard and it was feared
she might have foundered. "
1 The Irmgard was bound for San
Francisco from the Fiji Islands.
FREXCH VESSEL IS LIBELED
Suit Started to Collect for Damages
Said to Be Dne to Accident.
Deputy United States District Attor
ney Rankin yesterday filed a libel
against the French bark Pierre An
tonine charging negligence on the part
of the ship and its officers when the
vessel collided with the Government
light station on the Desdemona Sands,
near Fort-Stevens, November 19.
The libel charges that the force of
the collision broke off fender piles, six
bearing piles, 16 braces and supports
constituting the foundation of the light
station, and destroyed the hand derrick,
which was a part of the equipment.
After being towed in -by the Port of
Portland tug Oneonta, the libel says,
the vessel lost its anchors through the
fault of its compressor and drifted with
the tide against the light station. The
collision, it is alleged, was due to neg
ligence and inattention of the officers
of the Pierre Antonine. The damages
are estimated at $650.
The cargo of the Pierre Antonine was
libeled a. few days ago by. its officers
and it is regarded as probable that it
will be made defendant in a third libel
suit by the cook, who was injured se
verely Christmas day.
GAMECOCK AIDING STRANGER
Steamer Will Be Brought Here
After Hull Is Patched
Cascade Locks reported yesterday
that the steamer Gamecock had been
locked through and had proceeded to
Dalles City Rock to assist In floating
the steamer Stranger, which struck
there and was beached nearby recently,
When a strain was secured on the help-
less steamer, a block broke, necessi
tating the Gamecock returning to the
locksc She will leave there this morn
ing and make her way toward The
Dalles, though information received
yesterday was that the river was frozen
solid there.
It is proposed to repair temporarily
the Stranger with a soft patch and
bring her here for permanent work.
The Gamecock Is to depart from Port
land tomorrow and, next week, the
steamer F. B. Jones will go on the run
until the steamer State of Washington
is ready. The latter goes to the Wil
lamette Iron & Steel Works today to
have a new boiler installed and is then
to be hauled out for repairs to her hulL
MARINE IXTELLIGEXCE.
Steamer . Schedule.
DUB TO ARRIVE.
Name From
Koanoke. ...an Diego. . ,
Bear .Loa Anicelea. . .
Date.
... In port
...In port
Jan. 1
Geo. w. Elder. .... Eureka
Beam. .......... .Los Angeles. . .
Yucatan ....... -an Diego.
Breakwater. ...... Coos Bar .....
Rose City.. ...Los Angeles. ..
DUB TO DEPART.
Name For
Harvard. ......... .8. F. to L. A. . .
Celllo. ............ San Diego.
Roanoke. ......... Jos Angeles. .
Klamath. ... ...... San Francisco.
... J an.
...Jan.
....Jan. 3
...Jan. 1
. . ..Dee.
.Deo.
.-Dec.
...Deo.
...Jan.
. .. Jan.
... .Jan
. . .Jan.
, ...Jan.
...Jan.
Jan.
. . ..Jan.
. . .Jan.
. . . Jan.
...Jan.
. . Jan.
. . . Jan.
Bear San Diego. ....
Yale 8. F. to U A.. .
Geo. W. Elder. ... ..Eureka. ......
Willamette. .Ban Diego.
Breakwater. ...... Cooa Bay. . . . .
Beaver. . ......... .Los Angeles. ..
Yucatan. ......... .Ban Diego.
Northland......... Ean Francisco.
Yoeemlte-........ .Ean Diego. ...
Multnomah. ...... .Kan Franclaco.
J. B. Stetson. ... ...San Diego.
Rose City . ...... Los Angeles. ..
San Ramon ........San Francisco .
EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL,
SERVICE.
Date.
....Jan, 23
...Feb. 2l
Naua.
From
London . . .
....... London.
. . ... ..'London. ..
For
Glenroy. ..
Glengyle. .
taieniocny. .
Name.
Glenroy.
Glengyle. . .
Gleiilochy. .
...Mar. 20
Date.
.......London. ..
....... London. .
....... London. . .
. . - Jan. 80
..-Feb.
...Mar. 23
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Deo. 29. Arrived Steamers
Asuncion, from San Francisco: Johan Poul-
sen, from San Francisco; British bark
K.inrosssmre, rrom Honolulu. sailed
Steamers Breakwater, for Coos Bav. Danish
bark Havilaud and Norwegian ship Hairs-
ijora, lor -ljulted Jvlngaom. .
Astoria. Dec. 29. Arrived at 3:30 A. M..
Norwegian bark Eidsvold. front Tocopllla;
arrived at 11 A. M.t British ship Claverdon,
lrom callao. Leit up att 11 A. M.. steamer
Johan Poulsen. Arrived at ' 3 and left up
at 4:du, steamer - bogar li. Vance, from
Grays Harbor. Arrived at 3:30 P. M.,
British ship Celtic Glen, from Antofogasta.
Eureka. Doc. 29. Arrived at 10 A. M..
steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland and
Coos Bay.
San Diego. Dec ' 29. Sailed, steamer
Yucatan, for Portland, via way porta
Tacoma, Dec 2U. Arrived. British ship
Celticburn, from Antofogasta.
San Pedro, Dec. 29. Sailed. steamer
Beaver, for Portland, Via way ports.
Astoria, Dec 28. Arrived down at 5:80
and sailed at 11:15 P. M.. steamer W. F.
Herrin, for Monterey. Arrived at 9 and
left up at 10 P. M., steamer Asuncion, from
San Francisco.
San Francisco, Dec 20. Arrived. Steam
ers Shabonee (British), from Takubay:
Elizabeth, from Bandon; Lurllne, from
Honolulu: Mairnolla, from Hongkong.
Melbourne, Dc. 2G. Arrived Steamer
Thor. from Victoria, B. C.
Cape Town, Dec. 24. Arrived Steamer
South Pacific, from Portland, Or.
Yokohama, Dec. 29. Arrived Steamer
Bessie Dollar, from Seattle.
Gothenburg. Dec. 19. Sailed Steamer
Pacific, for Portland, Or.
Shanghai, Dec. 28. Sailed Steamer
Korea, for San Francisco.
Seattle. Dec 29. Arrived Steamer Ad
miral Schley, from Atlas.
San Francisco, Dec. 29. Sailed Steamers
Sado Maru (Japanese), for Hongkong;
Queen, for San Diego.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported at 8 V. M Decem
ber 29, unless otherwise designated.)
Hyades, Kahulul lor Seattle,, 160 miles
from Cape Flattery. a
Herrin, Llnnton for Avon, 166 miles south
of tha Columbia River.
Queen. Seattle for San Francisco, off Uma
tilla light.
San Jose, San Francisco for Balboa, 1895
miles south - of San Francisco, Dec. 28, - 8
P. M.
Georgian, "New "York for San Francisco,
1200 miles north of Balboa, Dec 28, 8 P.' M.
Santa Maria, Hilo for Port San Luis, 617
miles from Port San Luis, Dec. 28, 8 P. M.
Beaver. San Pedro for San Francisco, five
miles east of Point Conception.
Dakotan. Honolulu for. New York, 2118
miles west of Balboa at 7 P. Mf
Coronado. San Francisco for San Pedro,
18 miles east of Point Concepcion.
San Juan, Balboa for San Francisco, 733
miles south of San Francisco.
Lucas, with barge 93, Richmond for Pan
ama, fe25 miles south of San Francisco.
Chatham, San Francisco for Acajutla, 64a
miles south of San Francisco.
Yosemite, San Diego for San Francisco,
five miles west of Redondo. '
Chanslor, Monterey for Honolulu, 1402
miles out, Dec 28. 8 P. St.
Sonoma. San Francisco for Sydney, 2174
miles out, Dec. 28. 8 P. M.
Aroline, San Pedro for San Francisco, six
miles north of Point Sur.
Kilburn, San Francisco for Eureka, 12
miles south of Point Arena.
Buck, Everett for Monterey, 805 miles
from Everett.
Whittler, Oleum for San Luis, 40 miles
south of San Francisco.
Farragut, San Francisco for Seattle, 25
miles north of Point Reyes.
Oleum, San Pedro for Oleum, off Rich
mond. Rose City Portland for San Francisco, 10
miles south of Point Arena.
Santa Rita, San Luis for Seattle, 238
miles north of San Francisco.
Centralis, Eureka for San Francisco, off
Point Arena.
Nann Smith. San Francisco for Coos Bay,
50 mites north of San Francisco.
Hyades. Honolulu for Seattle, 166 miles
from Cape Flattery.
Dewey, Seattle for San Francisco, 25 miles
south of Blunas Reef.
El Segundo. Richmond for Vancouver, 296
miles north of San Francisco.
Willamette, San Francisco for Astoria, off
Cape Arago.
Lansing. Newport. B. c. for San Luis,
270 miles north of San Francisco.
Argyll. Trondale tor San Francisco, 850
miles north of San Francisco.
Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran
cisco, 91 miles south of. Coos Say.
Tides at Astoria Wednesday.
High water ! Low water
0:07 A. M 6.3 feetJ5:34 . A. M 4.0 feet
11:05 A. M 8.6 feet6:36 P. M.....0.5 foot
Terryville. Conn., has a police department
consisting of two members, Chief E. Grant
Austin and his assistant. Steve Austin.
Steve, who patrols the streets regularly, is
not yet 10 years old.
Oregon
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ing. There will be inter
esting articles on the in
tensive farming move
ment, the stored-up min
eral wealth and raw mate
rials for manufacturing
purposes, the state's great
waterpower resources, the
big strides made in the
reclamation of semi -arid
lands, the importance of
lumbering industry and
many other subjects of .
compelling interest to
prospective settlers, man
ufacturers and investors
in other states. These arti
cles will be artistically il
lustrated. In addition to the state .
section there will be a 12
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shipping activity, in which
the Panama Canal is fea
tured, a 16-page section
covering Portland's prog
ress and a 12-page picto
rial section showing Port- -land's
chief business cor
ners as they look today
and how they looked be
fore the modern structures
were built.
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Commission Acts on Erection
of Grain Elevator.
LEASE OF PLANT IS FACTOR
Necessary Annual Income Ilxed at
About $50,000 Report on Track
' Changes on Front Street Ap
proved Trucks Inspected.
Unless taxpayers of Portland vote ad
ditional bonds and grainmen agree to
lease the plant, bo the annual income
will be about $50,000. with which to
care for interest, sinking fund charges.
Insurance, and repairs, there is little
prospect of a modern grain elevator
being erected here by the Commission
of Public Docks. That is the view taken
by tho body and was expressed yes
terday In response to a letter from
Wi J. Burns, resident manager of
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Mr. Burns had written the Commis
sion, calling attention to. the fact that
Seattle's elevator will- have a capacity
of 500,000 bushels and at a cost or
$750,000. There are 25 storage bins
and from them 600 tens of wheat can
be loaded an hour, so in I'D to 12 hours
the average tramp can be giver cargo,
while in loading with sacked grain,
says Mr. Burns, -five to six days are re
quired in which to dispatch a cargo.
The charge for trimming bulk wheat Is
from 2 to 3 cents a ton, he wrote, and
for trimming with a sacked cargo the
cost reaches 30 cents a ton.
Shed Ordered From Waterfront.
The Commission voted to grant
Joseph Supple until July J, 1915, in
which to remove a temporary shed
maintained at the foot of Belmont
street, beneath which boats are built.
Mr. Supple is to pay a nominal rental
of $5 a month meanwhile. He pointed
out to the Commission that the shed
was largely intended as a protection for
workmen during the Winter and that
with the street end not serving any
other purpose at present it could not
interfere with the public.
The annual report of the Commission,
which is to be filed with Mayor Albee,
will be' printed in pamphlet form and
was approved yesterday, though not
complete as shipping statistics will be
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Among the
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resume of .
farming, hor
ticulture and
VOU I.1V.
incorporated, showing domestic and
foreign business, handled during 1914.
To accommodate Portland firms, who
wish to hold goods in bond for short
periods, the Commission authorized
that space be set aside in the new
warehouse at 'the rear of Municipal
Dock No. 1, enclosed with wire netting
for the purpose. The cost was estimated
at $50 and the fence will be so ar
ranged that the inclosed area can be in
creased easily and Inexpensively. ,
Report on Track Changes Approved.
Because of a cement-gravel forma
tion in the slip at the north end ' of
dock. No. 1. which precludes timber
piling being driven satisf actoily, the
Commission delegated J. B. Hegardt,
chief " engineer, to alter plans for a
concrete retaining wall on the Front
street line. Concrete piling may be
used. Mr. Hegardt will obtain bids for
driving fender piling and dolpins be
tween the slip and the Albina ferry
landing.
Mr. Hegardt' s report on changes in
track construction ora Front street,
through which virtually all switching
as . well as the movement of passenger
trains on the Northern Pacific from the
terminal yards will move over private
right of way, was approved. There
will remain one track in the street, but
others are shifted beyond the west line
of that thoroughfare.
. The Commission inspected dock
motor trucks a tad their operation after
meeting and bids will he advertised for
next week since two are to be pur
chased for use on dock No. 1.
C. Henri Labbe, French Consul,' wrote
to the Commission, thanking the raemr
bers for having set aside space on
dock No. 1 for assembling supplies for
Belgium, which will be loaded next
month on a steamer.
Collls & Thompson were named as
auditors to check the books of the Com
mission and probably make recom?
mendations on improvements in the
system.
Marine Notes.
One of the most attractive Christmas
cards found in transportation circles
this year came from the office of
Charles D. Kennedy, Portland agent of
the American-Hawaiian. On the left
half of the card is shown the outlines
of North and South America, done in
diminutive holly leaves, and red ber
ries Indicate Portland and New York,
while a dotted red line marks the route
of "The Panama Canal Line", through
the big ditch.
"When Oregon Goes Dry is the title
of a song composed by Captain Mac
genn, of the Portland-Coos Bay liner
Breakwater. The skipper has been
known for many moons as the poet of
the Pacific, but it is the first time he
has Included melody in his composi
tions. Statter & Co., agents for the Boston
Paclfio fleet, and Frank Waterhouse
& Co.. which firm is agent for the Royal
Mall line, will move this week from
the fifth floor of the Concord build
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building. '
H. W. Roberta, who has' been Puget
Sound agent for the American-Hawaiian
for - a lengthy period and was
recently promoted to - the Los Angeles
agency, passed through the city yes
terday en route south. He will relieve
R. D. Lapham, who was advanced to
the berth of assistant traffic manager
with headquarters at Sara Francisco.
C. Iv. Mats 111 becomes agent on Puget
Sound.
Because of having struck . a sub
merged object in the Columbia River
Monday, when bound here from San
Francisco, Captain. Nopander. - of the
steamer Bear, filed a protest at . the
Custom-house yesterday.
In ballast from Valparaiso, the Nor
wegian bark Llndfield was entered yes
terday by Captain H. Teigen. She
carries a crew of 25 men.
In command of Captain John W.
Spencer, who succeeded Captain Kirk
wood, ' the steamer' Asuncion arrived
yesterday from San Francisco with a
cargo of fuel oil. : Captain Kirkwood
was sent to the tanker Atlas, relieving
Captain Albers, who was . given com
mand of , the new tanker Lyman D.
Stewart. .
United States Inspectors Edwards
and' Fuller were the recipients yester
day of a whale harpoon from Chlgnak
Bay, Alaska, having been part of the
equipment of a whaler wrecked there.
Xews 1 Voin Oregon Ports.
" COOS- BAY. Or., Dec.' 29. Special.)
The Geo. W. Elder sailed for Eureka
last night. '
Sailing today, the Adeline Smith car
ried 1,600,000 feet' of : lumber for San
Francisco.'
ASTORIA, 'Or.,' Dec. 29. (Special.)
The steamer Edgar H. Vance arrived
from Grays Harbor and goes to West
port to take-on lumber for San Pedro.
The British ship Claverdon, 63 days
from Callao, was taken in tow by the
tug Goliah. 30 miles off the mouth of
the . river and brought into port. She
reports an uneventful trip. Captain
James Boyd, her master, visited the Co
lumbia River the first time about 35
years ago. The Claverdon is to load
grain at Portland.
The Norwegian bark Eidsvold ar
rived today, 68 days from Tocopllla,
having been picked -up by the tug
Oneonta. She is under charter to load
grain at Portland for -Europe.
The British ship -Celtic -Glen.- from
Antofagasta, was picked up today by
the tug ' Oneonta, approximately 30
miles oft the bar, and brought, inside.
The Norwegian bark - Hafrsfjord and
the Danish bark ' Havila, both ' grain
laden for Europe, are en route down
the river. On their arrival the Nor
wegian barks ' Cambusdoon - and
Eidsvold, and the Norwegian ship
Songvand, will leave: for Portland to
load grain.
. The British 1 ship Centurion, grain
laden for the United Kingdom, will not
mx.
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go to sea before tomorrow on account
of her chronometers being out of order.
The tank steamer Asuncion arrived
from California with fuel oil for Port
land. Notice has been received that the de
partment has ordered the lighthouse
tender - Columbine. - which is now In
Alaska and the tender Kukui, Which is
at Honolulu,- to shift stations. The
former is commanded by Captain W. E.
Gregory, while the latter is under the
command of Captain F. Warrlner, both
of whom ate former Astorians. The
vessels are to meet at some point on
this Coast, probably San Francisco,
about the middle of next month, to ex
change masters, as well as some of
the -other officers, before proceeding to
their respective stations. The Kukul is
a craft of the type of the Manzanita,
is equipped with heavy derricks and
like the Manzanita has a bow that was
especially constructed for Ice break
ing. She Is, therefore, much better
equipped for the work in northern
waters than Is the Columbine.
NURSE DEMANDS ANNUITY
Woman Wlio' Attended Cancer Pa
tient Says Promise Was Made,
. PASSAIC. N. - J., Dec. 29. Suit has
been brought against "the estate of the
late-Representative Bremner, who died
of cancer last Spring at Baltimore, by
Miss Theodora Nash, of Paterson, a
trained nurse, who demands payment
of $150 a month for the rest of her
life. She alleges this sum was prom
ised ber by Mr. Bremner as compensa
tion for services during his "fatal Ill
ness. . "
The fight of Representative Bremner
against cancer attracted wide atten
tion, because of the efforts made to
save or prolong his life by radium
treatment.
BIG BARGE LINE PLANNED
Eastern Men Propose to Handle
Freight on Mississippi.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 29. Plans for a $5,
000,000 freight barge line on the Mis
sissippi River were submitted to the
Board of Public Service of St. Louis in
a letter received today from Johri I-L
Bernhard, of New York, technical ad
viser of a group of Eastern financiers.
The company proposes, to construct
terminals at its own expense at the va
rious large shipping points on the
river, if it is assured the co-operation
of those cities In the Interchange of
freight from river to railroad facilities,
the communication said.
- According to an English scientist tho light
of -tho sun exerts a pressure o 70,600 tons
on. the earth.
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13 MONTHS' TERM GIVEN
JOHN COfiBl'RN ADMITS MISUSE Of
MAIL. IX I.A.D-(iRA,T FRAUDS.
Seventh Member of Oregon Realty
Company Sentenced In Connection
With Oregon-California Case.
Following his plea of guilty to the
indictment charging him with the mis
use of mails in connection with the
Oregon & California land grant frauds.
John Cogburn was sentenced yesterday
by Federal Judge Bean to serve 13
months In the Government penitentiary
at McNeil's Island-. He will leave
Portland this morning in the custody
of Deputy United States Marshal Dave
c unci, g
The term of sentence was fixed by
Judge Bean on the recommendation of
United States District Attorney Rearaes,
who had Induced the defendant to
waive trial and accept sentence. Cog
burn was arrested last week on a
ran ch near Albany.
In his confession to Mr. Reames,
Cogburn admitted that he had worked
under the direction of . J. W. Logan in
making fraudulent locations on lands
and that he had traveled about to se
cure applications for entry.
He is the seventh former member of
the Oregon Realty Company who has
been sent to prison by the Federal
authorities. J. W. Logan, W. F. Minard
and Dan J. Connors are now at Mc
Neil's Island, while C. A. Severance. O.
E. Gross and Henry J. Harper have
served sentences following conviction.
Mr. Reames admitted yesterday that
secret indictments have been returned
against Ben F. Falrchild and L. C.
Miller, now fugitives from Justice, who -are
presumed to be in Canada. Cogburn
formerly lived at Lakeview, Or. He
operated under the alias of J. II.
Hunter.
SALEM, MASS., HAS RECALL
Mayor Defeated in First Exercise of
Power in New England.
SALEM, ' Mass., Dec 29. Mayor
Hurley was recalled by the voters in a
special election today.
Matthias J. O'Keefe, leather manu
facturer and candidate of the Better
Government Association, defeated him
by a vote of 3465 to 2629. It was the
first recall election in New England.
In the campaign the opposition
charged that Mayor Hurley had not
enforced the liquor laws. He had
served as Mayor four one-year terms
and two years of a fifth term of three
years.
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