THE MORXIXG QREGOSIAS, MONDAY, JAXTJAEY 11, 1915. BULL MOOSE LOOK LONGINGLY AT FOLD Several Decide to Return Be fore Washington Legisla ture Starts Work. LEGISLATIVE ' NUMBER CRABS IT NEVER LEGISLATIVE NUMBER CONNER TO BE SPEAKER m(XTl Pick Farnsworlh for Chair and Reeves as leader on Floor Majority Chooses Sena tor French President Pro Tern. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 10. (Special.) Progressive members of Jthe Wash ington State Legislature on the eve of the session are divided between love of patronage and committee assign ments that are perquisites of member ship In the Republican majority and imagined duty to the Bull Moose or ganisation. Another Progressive Senator. Fair child, of Pierce, walned into the Re publican caucus tonight, following the lead established yesterday by Campbell of Snohomish County, Iverson of Island and Hutchinson of Spokane. Senator Phlpps. of Spokane, Is expected to 101 low suit upon arriving here tomorrow morning. Senator Landon. of King County, also has promised to Join the Republicans tomorrow. Campbell and Falrchlld axo members of organised labor, which ele ment Senator Landon also represents to a considerable extent. Scvea De-ride to Hold Oat. On the other hand, the seven Bull Moose members of the House today de cided to keep up their organization, selecting I'r. Clark Black as their can didate for Speaker, while Thomas Murphlne. of Seattle, their floor leader, declared he would tender his resigna tion to the Governor before he would change his party designation to Join the majority. Hour Democrats also caucused to day and selected E. L. Farnsworth, of Lincoln County, as their candjdate for Speaker and Frank Reeves, rf We natchee. for floor leader, announcing they would abandon all claims for patronage to keep tneir organization Intact. Two years ago the Democrats joined with the Republicans to elect Howard Taylor Speaker. House Republicans In caucus unanl mously chose W. W. Conner, of Skagit County, for the Speakership. Conner's election having been made a certainty mora than a month ago by written pledges received from two-thirds of the House membership. All Ready for Legislature. These preliminaries completed, the stage Is set for convening the our teenth Washington Legislature at 12 o'clock tomorrow. Chief Justice Morris of the Supreme Court and ex-Chief Justice Crow will administer the oatns of office to members. The House will orcaniza by electing Mr. Conner Speaker and C. R. Maybury. of Seattle, chief clerk, and the Senate will elect Senator French, of Clarke County, as president pro tern and Frank M. Dal lam. Jr. secretary to ex-Governors Mead and Hay, as secretary of the Senate. . In the Senate Lieutenant-Governor Louis F. Hart will at once announce Uts assignments to 60 standing com mittees, but House committee assign ments will not be announced until Tuesday or Wednesday. Asipnlatanreta to Be UlseuKsed. Consideration of the anpolntments of the Governor requiring confitrma tlon and bills vetoed by him following adjournment of the last Legislature and the appropriation of about 100.000 for the expenses of this Legislature will be the llrst pieces of business com in ir before the session. Tuesday afternoon the Houses will convene In Joint session to hear the biennial message to be delivered by Governor Lister. The liquor question, several perplex ing problems connected with the uni versity and other educational Institu tions and rival plans for economy in state administration promise to be the features of the session. VOL. L PORTLAND, OREG.. MULT CO.. JAN'. 11, 1915. NO. 36. TUB- MONDAY CRAWFISH. -It Never Crabs." Moaday Jaaaary 11, 1815. REX LAMPMAN, Kdltar. EDITORIAL bOLONS. ATTENTION. Of the making of.la.wa there Is no end. anu the Legislature meets at balam today. Wliy. we ask. are not all the laws already on U statute books enforced? It they were, we believe there would be less call on our soions for roort laws. For Instance, there is the law passed by the last Legislature providing; for voting machines This law nas never oeen u- ln. which tm nmthlns- thfv n.nnn.llu we'd rather EO tO WSS WOrkln Well. and be bulb, know something 'about. Newport. dropped the first shot neatly In Kill Hanley asked us to go airs. Josephine Sharp thinks the mouth of the basket from out home with him to laurnji. 'v,i- Mnr a. rreat deal of where he' sat. continuing the anu it we nau time we u oo it. influence, ana sae mj right. Anyway, she wants us to boost for community markets, which she says will call for vacant lots to raise produce on. lira S. has funny Ideas about vacant lots, but again, we say. Clarke Letter tells us that Mrs. 14. makes the best pie In Cent, ore., where pie is a staple prod uct. Porter Neff was here from Medford last wees, and nraised Muille Tuwne to her. face be- she may be right. Zore the whole Jackson Club, Mr. Bellamy, the w. k. sll- in solemn banquet assembled, houette artist, says that Mrs. Port Is one of the most lead- B. has beaten him at hia own mg lawyers of Medford, but Is game. Last wk. she presented willing to turn an honest dol- him with a perfect little sll- lar at anything else, being bore houette ef herself. it was a , as an Irrigator: girl, and aside from our having Phil Uetschan gave several sen out when Mr. B. came m thousand of his dearest friends with the cigars, everything Is knives for X-mae. with an ad all Ttkht. for the Imp. Hotel on one side, Budd Hill couldn't get down and a device for opening bot- from Salem for the Press Cluo ties at one end. He says that Jinx.' but be came oown tsrt practice throughout the case. When court adjourned he reached toward the Jury box for his hat and grasped a handful of air. Presently he found what had been a neat felt lid. It was limp and looked discouraged. So did Mr. Idleman. He laughed, but not very hard. Exclusive War Pic tures. . HOW WAR AJrTBCTS U. S. the forced, and we call the attention, alter next January you can heat next night -and entertained the of the patriotic gentlemen, who are meeting at balem today, to tnls fact. o that they can pass another law providing for its enforcement. We have Interviewed a num. ber of prominent men on the subject of voting machines, and while they are by no means in harmony on the matter, we be- lievo In law enforcement when- ever possible. I ilia believe in voting ma chines," said ex-Mayor Rush light to a crawfish reporter no longer ago than ov. l iat, "until somebody threw a brick bat In the works of mine. Since then 1 have doubted their relia bility." Gov. West took a similar stand, lie said voting machines were a good thing proviuea tney were well bandied. -Mine wasn't well handled last Nov.." be added. Geo. Chamberlain, the w. k. 8enator, said that next to bis portable post of duty his voting machine la his one best asset. "I have had one In the house for years and wouldn't be with out U." he said. "It has con tributed .much to my success In life, and the one I have works perfectly not only with Dem. votes, but with any other old kind." The fatal defect In the law was that the last Legislature neg lected to Include an appropria tion In Its provisions. An appropriation is the very life-blood of any law. and such an oversight is enough to kill the best law ever passed. We hope no such blunder will happen this session, and feel that our trusty soions will do their best to see that it doesn't. P. C, assisted by AI Slusner. one of Pendleton's gay young blades. If Billy Goldman feels as good as he Icroks these days, his frame of mind must be as beat. iflc as Walter May's alter the openers into pruning hooks. Dick Kiger was here from Corvallls New Tear's eve. spend ing the evening very pleasantly, this being one of the items that were crowded out last wk. by our having so many of them. Geo. Merrifleld was down tr-nm Rultl. aH mnnrtwl The DOCm "-- cols, by Tom McCusker, i.. iu ti,.. i. .- sweet singer of the Lbrman's they were booming riant along. u,u which la the right way for any body to talk about his home town, where he owns property. Whoever wrote up Ad. Ben nett's birthday for our est. Bean t If u 1 w ork Soci ety Ladies Discussing the Cam paign in Poland, uarman viciorj. ... r.RRlT contribute.! to our ir-urriu-ivw " the la crowded out again this wk., owine to our having prom ised Misses Anna Tumy and Menevs Mumhy. the beautiful and accomplished telephone op erators at the imp. ttosei. ISLANDERS IN NEED Master pf British Ship Asks Aid for Pitcairn People. WAR CAUSES ISOLATION Captain of Clackamannansliire Hopes to Obtain Food and Clotli . ing to Be Left at Isle on Next Voyage of Vessel. The British bark Clackmannanshire, discharging ballast at Linnton, la one of the fastest sailing ships afloat and has visited the Columbia River eight times since her first trip in 1893. It Is commanded by Captain A. Herbyson. The vessel belongs to the old Shire line of sailing ships, which were the best known of all the trading ships that called at Portland. 30 years afro. The Selkirkshire, sister ship of the Clackmannanshire, holds the sailing record across the Pacific, making a voyage from Yokohama to Astoria in 20 days. The Clackmannanshire's outward passages have averaged better than any other sailing ship except the fa Trading Stamps Given With Purchases Start a Book and Get Valuable Premiums Free EUROPEAN HOI.OCA16T Sklpoffski. on the Zxet on the Front firing line. 100 kilo watts from the enemy's trenches. By grapevine to Ostravi'tch, by' mous Muskoka. She sailed on her first Ice-bound boat to Itchskyoff .1 Th. Tola. 1 v.. .Inn? fr.lrht trt LondOU morning contemp. last wk. left P , X n, a . ao ln (Ke,aved by wireless to Puyall out the most Important thing ; , D passenger- train into of all. which was that Ad. has Da" lu r.wfih office fill rights 12 grandchildren and .one great- granacniia. Keaa The craw fish for the news complete ln . th w k Alaskan The other aay Air. xaieman put -1 " ..... . . - - - , ( , watched "the" old year hi. hat on the Jury box. took a clysm wh Ich I learn on high "fair city' and kept bit. off hi. plug and started to authority is to change he map Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. C. M. Idleman, ex-Attorney- .. ...n ... hi.h General of Oregon, .has a habit scribe bas two orchis own. of laying hi. hat on top of the It Is now safe to say that Jury box when he starts to try a Jim Rerrv. leadlh nrevarlcator case, tie also cnews or Seattle, seaport. watching until Jan. S. try a case. The Clerk needed Ev Johnson, we learn, has extra Jurors, so he removed the another- girl at Newport.' which hat to pull out the names. He was the specific place on the laid the hat In the wastebasket T.ma Oi-.an that hn xnmnt and forsot about It. There was Dm. New Tear s. We hope to dance no cuspidor handy. The waste- at EV. weacllng. whether In basnet was some ui.muco Newport or Tacoma. although but Mr. Idleman'a rangeflnder h rrawfish office (Ail rights unreserved ln Great Britain.) BT PERCY CLAUD NU.msus.. I reached this terrible spot. red with the blood of millions, Just in time for supper. Al ready I have rotten a.dosen ex clusive Interviews on the cata- Locals and Personals. Plenty of rain for the pres ent. What ha. become of Lloyd McDowell? Ye scribe Tuesdayed at Oak (Jroe with friends, a'so rela- atlvea shad Krant. left for Salem on business yesterday, chaper oned by Mrs. Krantz. Painless Parker say. this new dentist, who is doing so much advertising. hasn't got any thing on him. Many of the most beautiful stenographers of our fair city went to Salem on business yes terday. Joe Finger will spend a few v.ka at balem, but otherwire he expect, hia expenses will be light. Wes Caviness and John Rig by are here from Vale irrigat- TIGE IS OUTGENERALED. of Europe. The most sickening ono I send first, as follows: (TO OUR READERS: The thrilling story by our man was evidently held up ana operaieu on by the censors. We have taken this in with the local war college and will see It don't happen again. d.l Our Weekly Mystery Story. Markey Mayer. Mayor of May erdale. was in town last week renewing his acquaintance with Dave Warfleld. Among other important matters occupying Markey's attention was the problem of devising means to prevent a fit of industry, that suddenly seised Fred Jacobs, from striking in and proving fatal. At last accounts Fred as still able to sit up and un dergo treatment to preserve his hirsute adornment. Sanfleld Macdonald say. he believes nearly all streetcar conductors are Scotch. Anyway, he ays he never saw one drop a nickel. Poet's Corner "'facta Aiaseltur, Nob fit,' THE TELEPHONE GIRL. (Great cereal poem.) Of that quiet, demure looking teleDhonn eirl. If the telephone girl told all that she knows It would turn halt our friends Into bitterest foes. She could sow a .mall wind that would be a big gaie. Engulf us ,ln trouble and land u. ln jail. (More next wk.) his mother, Mrs. George Hancock, of 693 Everett street. In Augustvhe was arrested ln San Francisco for the theft of a suitcase from the Astoria Hotel, of that city. Rvans says he was drunk Saturday night and. does not remember how he broke into the market or for what purpose. MACADAM SURFACE IS DUE l'artfic Highway to Be Improved ln Western Vashlngton. RIDGEF1ELD. Wash, Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) The Pacltlc Highway will be graded and given a macadam surface from the end of the present pavement at the Salmon Creek bridge all the way to La Center, according to present plans. This will replace one of the bad spota In the Pacific Highway In Wash ington. The State Highway Board has rec ommended an appropriation of $60,000 from the public highway fund, to be taken from the amount appropriated for the Pacirlc Highway, to be used for grading and relocating the road from Salmon Creek to La Center. . The funds for placing the crushed rock on the road will be furnished by the county from the permanent high way fund. The total amount will ap proximate $27,000, making the total cost for the 10 miles of road 1ST. 000. $180,000 IN FL0UR GOING Tacoma Contributes Much Canned Milk, to Needy Belgians. TACOMA. Wash, Jan., 10. Approx imately $134,000 worth of flour will fro to Belgium on the relief ship Washington, which arrived here last night from Moji, Japan, being the first expenditure of a fund of $000,000 sent to Theodore H. Wilcox, of Portland, by the American Commission for Bel gian relief. After loading at the Puget Sound flouring mill, at Tacoma the steamer will shift to Seattle, then sailing di rect to Antwerp, via the Panama ( anal. The steamer Cranley will fol low the Washington to the Northwest, loading chiefly at Portland. Tacoma contributions to the) Wash ington s cargo amount to about IS. 000 In value, the largest single consignment o t foodstuffs being tabued milk. KNIFE SINKS NEAR HEART Italian Sailor Slabs Norwegian Man of Crew After Drinking Bout. As the result of a stabbing fray on the Clark ft Wilson Lumber Company dock at Linnton Saturday night, Her man ' Petersen, a Norwegian sailor, of the barque Cambuskenneth, was taken aboard his vessel with a knife wound an inch below his heart, and Colombo Carlo, an Italian sailor, from the Eng lish ship Claverdon, Is being held at the County Jail for assault. Petersen may die. The fight occurred after a drinking oout ashore. Sheriff Hurlburt dis patched Deputies Chrlstoflersen and Franklin to the scene and they took iano 10 me county jail, ieputy .Dis trict Attorney Robinson accompanied the deputies. Petersen was too badly wounded to be moved. Two witnesses also are held. ton. Eastern Oregon, Northeastern Califor nia. Nevada. Northern Utah. Northern Colo rado and along the South and Middle Atlan tic Coast temperatures are above, normal throughout the country. The conditions are "favorable for occa elonal rain Monday In Western Oregon and Western Washington, for rain or anow In Es stern Washington and Northern Idaho and iVr gpnerallv fair weather In Eastern rtrM-nn nnH Knuthfirn Idaho. TemDerature changes will not be important and south-J easterly winds or gaie torce a.ong loo cui will obtain. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Occasional ralm-f- southeast winds. Oregon Occasional rain west, generally fair east portion; southeast winds of gale force along the north coast. Washington Ram west, occasional rain or jdow eatst portion: sosttheast winds-- of gale force near the coast. Idaho Occasional rain or snow north, generally fair south portion. THEODORE F. DRAKE. Acting District Forecaster. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Jan. 10. Maximum temner- ature, 47.4 degrees: minimum temperature. 40.8 degrees. River reading. 8 A. M., 4.8 f?t. i hanere In lent 14 hours: H-foot ris. iotai rainraii f5 f. m. to 5 P. M.), .H Inch. Total rainfall since September 1. 1914, 145 Inches. Normal rainfall since Septem ber L 2i.7 Inches. Deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 1914. 6.S lnehes. Total aunshlne, 1 hour 29 minutes. Possible un tune. 8 hours 54 minutes. Barometer (re duced to sea level), 5 p. M.. 29.94 inches. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. K 7 H in Wind State of Weather LAD CAUGHT AS BURGLAR Paroled Tooth From San Francisco Saya He Was Drank at Time. Captured bjr Special Officer C. T. Pot ter In the art of robbing the State Market at First and Salmon streets. Carl E. D. Evans, aged 19. was early yesterday morn In a; piaced under arrest, rharsred with burglary. Entrance to the market had been rained by twist Ins; f-e lock from the side door with the aid of an old Jackknlfe. Evans is under parole from San Francisco and bas been livlnr with Baker Bolsa Boston .... Caliary Chiiago Denver Dfti Moines .... Dultith Eureka Galveston .... Helena Jacksonville .. Kansas -City .. Anire-le. . . Uarshfleid .... Metirord .1 Montreal ...... New Orleans .. New York North Head ... North Yakima . H.natello Portland Rosburv ..... Sacramento ... St. LrOUla ...... Salt I-ake ..... ban Krancisco . Seattle ........ Spokane Tacoma Tatoosft tsl.nd Walla Walla .. Washington ... Winnipeg JliO.OOl 4 SWICIondy Cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy ciouay Clear Cloudy Cloudy 40 0.O 4lS 36 o.eo 4 sw 34 0.00 4 W 400.O,14 S J 0.01) SW J O.00! 4'SW : o.oo'io w IS 0.00 8 SW IPt. cloudy 61' U.S. iv. n iciouay 3:10. OOl 4 SW Cloudy 2 0.00! :NE 'Cloudy SS 0.1, 4 NWlCloudy 70 0 .00 w Clear a t.04( 4 S (Cloudy 41 0.001 4 .VW'Clear 14 0.00! s:s (Cloudy :0.2-' 14 SB (Rain 34 O.0i' 4'SW IClear 4S 0.6S 4S SB (Rain l0 .00' 4 SK Cloudy SO O.OQ.IO'SB IPt. cloudy 4. 0.14. I SB IClOUdy S.1,0.0; ;SE ;Pt. cloudy S; 0.01..: Pt. cloudy 40:0.00 14 SE Rain HO. 01 4NW;ciear 54 O.00! 4!N W'clear 4 O.ro! S SE IRaln 55 0.0O-! S E Cloudy 44 0.341 4 SW .Rain 45 0.TS 43 S IRaln 4410.001 4 w c;oudy 4? o.on: 4'S clear So O.00;10 SW Icioar WEATHER CONDITIONS. Except in the extreme Northwest and over the Oulf State, high pressure obtains in all parts of the country. The pressure is decreaelna; on the North Pacific Coast, due to the southeastward advance of a stoma of considerable eneray now central near Prince Rupert. Southeast storm warn In ra were ordered tflsplaved at 11 A. M. to dav at the mouth of tne Columbia P.lver and aionrr the Strait of Juan de Fuca. and extended at :4t P. M. to Grays Harbor. Maximum wind velocities of 46 miles south at Tatooeh Island and til miles southeast at North Head hsve been reported. Pre cipitation ha occurred In Western Oregon. Western Washington. British Columbia. Vtah, Colorado. Kansas. Oklahoma. Missouri and the West Oult States. A thunder storm was reported from Galveston. The weather l. 10 degrees or mors warmer In BritlMh Columbia, the t'rapqut Valley snd the lower lake region. It is coreepondingly cooler In Northern Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas. Except ln Southeastern Washing- MARINE INTELLIGENCE. ' Steamer Schedule. DUE. TO ARRIVE. Name. From Date. Rose City .Los Angeles Indent. Geo. W. Kldsr .Eureka - In port Roanoke San Diego In port Bear .Los Angeles .Jan. 12 wreak water Cooa Bay Jan. 15 Beaver .Los Angeles. Jan, 17 Yucatan ..an Diego Jan, 17 PUS TO DEPART, Name. For Data. Rose CUT Los Angeles Indeft. Yftie & F. to L. A. Jan. Breakwater Coos Bay Jan. Roanoke an Dtego Jan. Roanoke San Diego Jan. Klamath San Diego. ...... .Jan. Sau Ramon. ...... .baa Francisco . . Jan. Bear Los Angeles Jan. Geo. W. Elder Eureka Jan. Harvard S- F. to L. A. Jan. Willamette San Diego Jan. Yucatan .... .San Diego Jan. Yosemite......-...an Diego Jan. Beaver Los Angelea. ...... Jan. Multnomah San Francisco. .Jan. Northland. ....... -San Francisco. . . - Jan. EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL SERVICE. Nam. From Glenroy. ......... .London. CITY WOULD END STRIKE COINOI- HOLDS A CONFERENCE WITH MILL WORKERS. Socialist Said to Prevent Peace as Dif .Terences, Seem Adjusted and All Are Uopefnl. Rio Paslg. . Glengyle... Glenlochjr., Name. Glenroy. ... Rio Paslg.. Glengyle. .. Glenochy. ., .Manila... ,. London. . ..London. Far . .London. .Kobe , . London. . . .London. . Date. Jan. 21 Feb. 10 Feb. 20 Mad. 10 Data. .Jan. 30 Feb. 15 Fen. .Mar. 3 Marconi Wireless Reports. All rwts.it Inna rrnorted at S P. M.. Janu ary 10, unless otherwise designated.) Multnomah. Portland for San. Francisco, five miles north of Cape Blanco. Herrln. Linnton for San Francisco, la miles south of Columbia River. Governor. San Francisco for Seattle, via Victoria. 157 miles north of Cape Blanco. Far ra cut.. San Francisco for beattle. oil Umatilla Reef. Admiral Schley, Seattle for San Francisco, Off Milestone Point. Drake, towing barge 11. Seattle for Red mond, 161 miles west of Race Rocks. Klamath, San Francisco for Portland. SO miles north of Hecelta Head. Lanalnr. Vancouver fur Sn Luis. 350 miles norm or ran j? rancisco. Santa Rita. San Luis for Seattle. 21S miles north of San Francisco. Damara, Balboa for San Diego. 1625 miles eat of san Dtego. January . Speedwell, isan Pedro for Kan Diego. 35 miles south of San Pedro. liiitmette, San Francisco for San Pedro, miles west of Point Vincent. Tucatan. San Francisco for San Pedro. 12 mil east of Point Concepcion. Wmdber, New York for San Francisco, 78 miles south of San Francisco. Lewis LsUcJcenoacn, ban t rancisco lor New York. 9$0 miles south of San Pedro. XfWDort. San Francisco for Balboa. 1S49 miles south of San Francisco. Colusa, san Francisco tor syaney, no miles out. January 9. f Lurline, San Francisco for Honolulu. 141 miles out, January 9. Moncoiu.. ban I-rancio zor orient, 7t miles out, aJnuary 9. Hyades. Honolulu ror beame, ss miles from Flattery, January . Bear, isan j rancisco zor rorysna, mues north of Arena. President. Seattle for San Francisco. S9 miles south of Arena. Yooerntte. San Francisco for San Pedro, 5 miles south of Pigeon Point. - Kllbourna, tan i- rancisco lor juuressL, i miles south of Arena. Oieum, an uuis tor roniuo, iv i mues north of San Francisco. Monoa. Honolulu ior can r ranewco, ua miles out. Chanseior, iinnoiuiu sor oan r rancisco, oj miles out. Aroline. Ssn Francisco for San Pedro. 32 milts north of Point ArguaHo. Santa Clara, san f rancisco ror isew none, 130 miles eouth of San Francisco. CENTRAL.IA, Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) The Ceptralia City Commission is endeavoring- to effect a settlement of the strike at the Eastern mill. A meeting was held Friday afternoon be tween the Commissioners and repre sentatives of each of the local unions, but there were no definite results and another meeting was held yesterday afternoon between the commission and officers of the timber workers' local. At this second conference the com missioners urged that 'the strike be called off unconditionally, after which a conference be held with the, mill officers to reinstate the strikers as there is room for them. The commis sion thinks the mill company will agree to make this concession. The strikers' officers appeared to favor this plan, but were dissuaded by W. H. Stackhouse, a local Socialist who Is said never to have worked at the mill, but who has been one of the strike leaders since the trouble started. As a result nothing of im portance was"'accomplished. . , At the meeting Friday afternoon Stackhouse asserted that the strike is now based on the right of the men to deal collectively with the mill officers. He said that the wage quetsion is no longer an issue and that the men are wjllfng to return to work . at the present wage scale. H.. C. Farris, one of the strikers, whose argument impressed the com mission favorably, said that the strik ers are not asking for a closed shop and that they would have no objection to nonunion men being employed once the strike is settled. CAPT. A. M.SIMPS0N DIES Pioneer Lumber and Shipping Man Lives to Be Almost 90. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 10. (Special.) Captain A. SI. Simpson, one of the pioneer lumbermen of the Pacific Coast and president of the Simpson Lumber Company, died at a sanitarium here. He had been suffering from a heavy cold for two weeks. He complained Saturday that his strength was taxed by it. and was persuaded by his daugh ter, Mrs. Roy M. Pike., to go to the sani. tarium. He lost consciousness at 5 o'clock and died at 1. Captain Simpson lacked one month of being 90 years old. He was in active and vigorous command of his exten sive Kusiness interests, established ln 1850, until he died. At one time he owned and operated as many as 10 large lumber mills ln Oregon and Washington, and owned 50 ships oper ating on this Coast. Official Quits Unceremoniously.. PASCO. Wash.. Jan. 10. (Special.) T. J. Clark, who has been court com missioner here for the past four or five years, left town recently, unknown to his friends. His disappearance was unnoticed for several days, and it is said that lie wrote recently from a Coast cits, announcing that he was embarking tor fcoutn America. Mr. Clark was a candidate for the appoint ment as judge to succeed Judge Hol- icomb for this district trip from Portland in October, 1893, ar riving at Queenstown 117 days later. Her next voyage from Portland to Queenstown was in January, 189S, and took 124 days. Record Is Made. In August, 1896, she made the run to Algoa Bay, South Africa, in 87 days, which is still the record for that dis tance and voyage. In 1906 the Clack mannanshire made her slowest passage, consuming 119 days on a trip to Aus tralia. In 1908 she had slowed down to 1J7 days on a run from Portland to Queenstown. leaving out ln January. She has just returned and will sail again this month, as she did on nearly all her previous trips. The Clackmannanshire was listed from Balla Balla and nobody knew where the place was until the ship ar rived. All sorts of guesses were tried, but the skipper himself was the first to announce that Balla Balla is in Aus tralia. Aid for Islanders Sought. Captain Herbyson is trying to get food and xjlothes for the destitute Pit cairn Islanders. Pitcairn Island is tropical rocky Island in the middle of the Pacific. It has 175 Inhabitants be sides the Polynesian natives. Of these only four are full-blooded whites. The island Is under the British gov ernment. which has sent the Algerlne or some other British naval vessel an nually to look after the welfare of the inhabitants, but the war has probably rendered this Impossible this year. Easter Island, not far from Pitcairn Island, is even more Isolated. It has only one resident and he raises sheep, Tho island belongs to Chile. The Clackmannanshire will call In at Pitcairn Island on her way to England as Captain Herbyson promised that he would bring aid to tne residents. CAPT. MACGESX" GQIXG EAST Martin, of tho Breakwater, Will Explain Coos Bay Xeeds. When the Breakwater sails for Coos Bay Tuesday she will have a new mas-t.i- who will temporarily relieve Cap tain T. J. Macgenn. who goes to explain 'the currents and deposits of Coos Bay tn th. united States engineers in Washington. Captain Macgenn had expected to have Captain H. C. Nelson, now a Co lumbia River pilot, take his ship, but Captain Nelson is ilL The position was offered first to captain v;. . rariter, first officer of the Beaver, but Captain Mason couldn't spare Parker. Captain Macgenn now looks toward Captain John Peterson, a deep-sea mariner, who ia now a Columbia Klver pilot. Captain Macgenn will leave for Wash ington Wednesday. He is one of four members of the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce who will present lacts re lating to Coos Bay. The other three are: C. A. Smith, W. S. Chandler and I J. Simpson. ' News From Oregon Ports. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 10 (Special.) The American-Hawaiian line steamer Montanan sailed today ror Mew lorn, via Puget Sound, with general cargo from Portland. The tank steamer Frank H. Buck ar rived this morning from California with fuel oil for Portland. The steamer Breakwater, from Coos Bay, and the steamer Roanoke, from San Francisco and San Pedro, arrived today with freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland. - The steam schooner Daisy Putnam arrived today from San Francisco, via Coos Bay, with freight for Astoria and Portland. v COOS BAT, Of., Jan. 10. (Special.) The steamer Nann Smith arrived last night from San Francisco at 8:30. The steam schooner Hardy arrived yesterday evening from San Francisco, and is loading lumber at North Bend. The steamships Adeline Smith and Hazel Dollar went down the bay this afternoon from Marshfield at 4 o'clock. It is reported from the bar the chances are they will not sail. Olds? Worlman & King Reliable Merchandise Annual Clearance Sale Extraordinary Price-Reductions Now in Force Look to Your Needs Sale Single Dinner Sets Dept., Third Floor 14.75 Dinner Set At $9.85 English Semi 7 Porcelain, Old English design in Ori ental effect, blue, reen and red, $14.75 single set now on sale (JJQ QCZ at low price p70J $39.00 Set 29.95 Fine Aus- trian China Dinner Sets with dainty gold border decoration.! The Clearance COQ Ql' price is" only PsWe.JsJl $42.60 Set S2S.40-Haviland & Co., French Chiua with pink flowers and neat gold edge. The $42.60 Sets are ffOQ df on sale now at PwO.f-l $15.10 Set $10 Hoantit'iil liand- deooratcd design with turquoise. blue border. Kegular $15.70 Set at Clearance C 7 I fC price of only J?-I-vJW $40.15 Set $26.0011 a n d s ome Dinner set with attractive pold band border. Kegular price is H0.15. Clear ance price is $26.00 Great Assortment of English China Plates, Clearance 1-3 OFF Closing Out Large Line Single Pieces In Cut Glass at Reduction. Entire Line White Parisian Ivory Figures, Ornaments 1-3 OPF All Desk Furnishings, Paper Cutters, Ink Wells, Calendars, Pen Racks, Pencil Holders, Pen Wipers, Pads, Book Consols, Desk Sets,- Etc., Vi OFF Many new articles received since holidays. Marine Jiotes. The Clan Galbralth. under charter to M. H. a British ship Houser & Co. WHAT WILL RELIEVE T STOMACH ROUBLE? Aft.r more than 40 yeara two unexploded German shells fired during the Franco Tviin war have been found durinr diralna of trenches near a fort on the outskirts of Paris. A Hard Question But This Retired Ohio Farmer An swers it Mr. Matteson's Statements Are Reliable. Upper Sandusky, Ohio. "I suffered from nervous oyspepsia ana stomacn trouble so that large lumps would seem- toy come up in my tnroat, ana would get so dizzy 1 could not stand un or even see. I tried different reme dies but nothing seemed to help me until one day my druggist told me about Vinol. I tried it and soon noticed an improvement and now I am well." Ira T. Matteson, Upper Sandusky, O. Vinol seldom fails to strengthen and tone up the tired, overtaxed and weak ened nerves of the digestive organs and remove the cause of indigestion and soon enables the sufferer to digest with ease the foods that once caused dis tress, vinol also creates a neaithy ap petite and builds up the weakened run-j We have such faith ln Vinol. our delicious cod liver and Iron tnic with out oil, that we ask every person ln this vicinity suffering from nervous dyspepsia or stomach trouble to try Vinol on our offer to return their pur chase money if it fails to benefit. The Owl Drug Co, Portland, Or., and at leading drugstores everywhere. Adv. 1 to load grain for Europe, sailed from Germany, aged 26, and left one sister. Honolulu for .-ortland Saturday The George W. Elder sailed yestcr day morning for Coos Bay and Eureka with an average winter cargo ana large list of passengers for the former port. The Roanoke arrived about 10 o'clock last night with passengers and freight from San Francisco, San i"earo ana San Diego. The Montanan crossed out over the bar for New York via Puget Sound yesterday morning. The Breakwater arrived from Coos Bav at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon with a light cargo and small list of passengers. The Daisy Putnam, of the coastwise fleet, arrived last night from San Kran cisco via Coos Bay. The oil tanker F. II. Buck arrived from California last night. . TWO VESSELS DKIVEX ASHOltE Salving Vessel Standing by Scene of Disaster in Royal Roads. VICTORIA, B. C. Jan. 10. The Nor wegian bark Wulff and the Canadian fisheries cruiser Galiano were driven ashore during a southeastern gale ln Royal Roads last night. The Wulff was not seriously dam aged and will be floated at the next high tide. The Galiano sustained much greater injuries. A salving steamer is standing by. Schooner Goes Asliore. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 10. The 192 tnn schooner Harold Blekum. of Seattle, is ashore on Karluk Spit, Kodlak Island, Alaska. She struck during a storm De cember 24. The crew reached shore safely and are now at Uyak. Fireman Drowns in Columbia. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 10. (Special.) Max Schwalbe, fireman on the steamer R. Miler, was drowned last nigni Dy falling overboard. He was a native of who resides at Knappton. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Jan. 10. Sailed Geo. W. Ehlur, for Coos Way, 0 A. M, Arrived lulsy Putnam, from San Krancisco via Co liuy, durlnit night; Ttreakvtater. from Coos llay, 2 P. M. ; Itoanoke, from Han Ilego am! way ports, durtnx nlcht; F. H. Hack, from ban Prunclsco. 0 P. M. Astoria. Jan. 10. Wind southeast, weather cloudy, hta smooth. Arrlel and left mi at 1 M. Steamer ltreukwaler. from Coos Bay. Arrived at S:IM) A. M. and left up at :40 A. M. steamer K. II. Buck, from San Francisco. Sailed at 8 A. M. SU-amur Montanan. for New York via Fuft Sound. Arrived at 1 a : rtl 1 M. and left ut at 1:0 P. M. Steamer Italsy Putnam, from Coos Bay and San Franclhco, Arrived at 12:S."i and left up at : P. U Steamer Roanoke, from" San Francisco, sailed at l P. M. Steamer tieo. V. Elder, for Coos Bay. San Francisco, Jan. 10. sailed at 11 lat night steamer Yucatan, for San Dletu. Tide at Astoria Monday. High. Uw. 8:.U A. M S 8 fcet 5:0" A. M feet 10:0 P. M i.O feet.4:08 r. HI 0.0 feet Columbia River Bar Repart. NORTH HEAD. Jan. 10. Condition of the har at ." 1'. M: i-.o. rouah; wind, southeast, 4 miles. Womun Choked to Death. LAKE VIEW, Or., Jan. 10. (Special.) Saturday night, between 10 and It o'clock, a woman was strangled to death in the red light district here. The woman's trunk had been rifled, her purse opened and emptied and her Jew elry taken. A Coroner's Jury empanelled this morning returned m verdict of homicide by persons unknown. No arrests have as yet been made. TOO l.ATB TO rl.A.FY. WU1NKLE SundHy. Jan. 10, John T. Wrinkle, at residence. 403 West Johns st . horn in Mass.. aurvlved by widow and 2 children, llvert. Alice. Wesley, and a brother. J. F. r. Wrinkle. Funeral ecrvW-es 'will be held from St. Clement's church. St. Johns, on Tueailay, 0 A. M. Intettnsnl Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Friends Invited. GIRL for general housework, small wsgaa. Call l" loth St.. In rear, at Stark. ' l jh: German-American Coffee, steel-cut, in air tight tins, set a new standard in the North west! Ask your grocer! Try it today! Hoaatrd, steel rat and packed, dally in Tertians! by LsssT st t. Ln