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13 PORTLAND BUSINESS DIRECTORY WORLD'S MOST VALUABLE WHEAT CARGO IS SET AFLOAT AT PORTLAND FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM BY WAY OF THE CANAL AND NEWPORT NEWS. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915. RJBUTE PAID EhiDErJ British Steamer Devon City Has Narrow Escape. PRISONERS TREATED WELL Trip From Moji Made in 24 Days Uvith Kough Weather AU Way Cargo of 7500 Tons Will Be ; Taken to United Kingdom. All honor to a fallen enemy, who ia rate a aailor and a gentleman," ia accorded by ofncera of the British stetmer Devon Cny, an 8100-ton car rier that is being lined at the East ern tc. Western mill preparatory to loallna; wheat, in speaking of Captain Vol Aluller, who commanded the Ger- mai cruiser Emden. by which the De- vol! City narrowly escaped capture by one of those freaks of being in the sane vicinity at sea and not being stinted. The Devon City loaded case oil at Port Arthur, Tex., for Manila, and man agd to make the run without sight ing German naval vessels, but on reaching Manila her officers were star tled to learn that five days before the Kmdeii was in the Java Sea about on the same course the Devon City cov ered and at the Identical time. First Officer M. Thomson, of the Devon City, remarked yesterday that himself and others of the crew did not fear ill-treatment at the hands of the 1 tales told as to how considerate the German commander was of his pris oners. "We heard in the Orient how the Emden had gathered about 40 0 men from various ships she sank and at last overtook a British tramp on which the captain was accompanied by his wife." said Mr. Thomson. "The com mander of the Emden first contem--plated landing his prisoners on a cer tain peninsula, from where they couid walk about 20 miles to a town and be taken care of. But he was told by one of his crew that on the same land wild animals had been seen, and he refused to subject the prisoners to such danger, so he detained them until he captured another British steamer and sent them all to Hongkong. That is what I call a creditable act." The Devon City made Moji from Ma nila and then came across to the Co lumbia Kiver. At Moji the populace was celebrating the return of the Jap anese troops from Kiau-Chau, where the Germans were beaten through the combined attack of British and Jap anese forces. The officers report that the 24. days spent on the passage from Moji were decidedly rough ones. 'There were heavy seas and gales encountered, com ing from the northwest and southwest. and Friday. January 8, a howling hur ricane blew from the north and is classed as the worst these mariners have experienced. As the tramp will have several hundred tons of coal in her bunkers, her total cargo from here will be about 7500 tons, which is to be supplied by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. The vessel proceeds to the United Kingdom and will bunker again on reaching the Panama Canal. "" - ' i . " -. - - fKTT- wr- "pJjX VIP f -y l? f4 fxcr xv ABSTRACTS OF TITLK. PROMPT SERVICE at reaonabie prlcei. Pa ciXio Title Jk Trut Co.. 7 Ch. of Com. ACCOUDKON PLKATINO. ACCORDION. KNIFE AD BOX PL.EAT ING.PICOTINU.itEilSrilCHlNG, BRAID ING, EMBRODERING. EAbltKN NOV -ELIY MffG. CO.. 65 6TH ST., NR. OAK. K. STEPHAN Hemstitohiutf and scalloping, accord, side pleat, button covered, goods sponged, mall order, obo Aioer. 3. voto. AS8AYEBS AND ANALYSTS. MONTANA ASSAY OFFICE. 12 1 2d. Gold, silver and platinum bought. ATTORNEYS. HALL & FL1EDNKR, lawyers; consultations free. 208-U-1O FUeaner blug. Mar. soul, LAWYER; consultation free. Mala 7US Belling bldg. CARPET WivAVlNU. BRITISH STEAMER O.XAVEJi. Classed by the Nrthern Grain & Warehouse Company as the most valuable wheat cargo exported from any port on the globe is that with which the British steamer Onwen, under charter to Strauss & Co., left the harbor yesterday afternoon, the appraisement on 248,388 bushels being $347,743. Larger cargoes have been sent away from here, such as on the tramp Ventura de Larrinaga in October, of 275,942 bushels, but it was valued at J312.500. Since the price of wheat has soared and if predictions of $2 wheat are realized, more valuable cargoes than that of the Onwen will be sent away. The tramp Devon City, here to load for Balfour, Guthrie & Co., may be cleared at a higher figure. NORTHWEST RUG CO. Rugs from old car pets. rag rugs. 1S8 East Sth. Both phone. CELLILOID BUTTONS. BA1K.KS. THE 1RWIN-HODSON COMPANY. 02 5th u Pbone Main 312 and A 1-5. CHIROPODISTS. William, Estelle and William Jr., Deveny, the only scientific chiropodists In the city. Parlors 302 Gerlinger bldg... S. W. corner 2d and Alder. Phone Main 1301. DR. ETHEL. A. EACRY, painless chiropodist, SO 6 Panama bldg. Phone Main UOtttt. NEW YORK grad. chiropodist, pedicurlst, manicurist. 201 Macleay btdg., 28tf Wash. CHIROPODY and pedicuring. Mrs. M. D. HilL Office Flledner bldg. Main 3473. CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIANS. Dr. McMahon, 121 4th. 378 Wms. Chronic cases; 81 treatments $15. Others less. CLEANING AND PRESSING. DRESS SUITS for rent; we press one suit each week for Sl.4) per month, UNIQUE TAILORING CO.. 309 Stark St., bet. 3th and 6th. Main S14. COLLECTION AGENCY. Accounts, notes. Judgments collected. "Adopt Short Methods." Short Adjustment Co., 82ti N. W. Bank bldg. Phone Main 974. NETH & CO., Worcester bldg. Main 171)6 No collection, no charge. Established 1U0U. EVE, EAR. NOSE AXD THROAT. Treatment by specialists; glasses Xltted. Dr. F. F. Casseday, 017 Dekum bldg.. Id A Wan ELECTRIC MOTORS. MOTORS, generators bought, sold, rented and repaired. We do all kinds of repair Inr ami rewinding: all work guaranteed H. M. H. Electric Co, 31 First SU North. Phone Main U210. rirK. PORTLAND WOOD PIPE CO. Factory aod office near guh and York at. Mm Hat. KL'BHEH STAMPS, SEALS. -BKAKS Ml, NX PACIFIC COAST STAMP WORkS. 531 Yh. st. Phone Main 71 nd A 1 7 1 1. FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS. PHOENIX Iron Works, East 3d and Haw thorne. General machine and lounary won. OAS REGULATION. GAS BILLS REDUCED Small monthly rental. Nat'l Gas Gov. Co. Main 6406. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES made at your home; flexible stem; best system known. East 703L KODAKS. KODAKS AND ALL SUPPLIES; developing, printing and enlarging. PIKE at MAIii. HAM CO., 313 Washington St. MACHINERY. Engines, boilers, sawmills, bought, sold and exchanged. The J. E. Martin Co.. Portland. MESSENGER SERVICB. HASTY MESSENGER CO. Motorcycles and bicycles. Phone Main 53, A 21oS. MUSICAL, Emil Thlelhorn, violin teacher; pupil Sevcik, 207 Fliedner bldg. A 4160, Marshall 1621). NATUKOPHACT1C PHYSICIANS. DR. PHILLIPS, specialist In paralysis, nerv ous, chronic diseases. 604 Oregonlan bldg. OPTICIANS. A FIGHT on high prices. Why pay to to 10 for a pair of giusses when 1 can fit your eyes with first-quality lenses, gold-filled ftames, as low as $1.50? Goodman, 1U1 Morrisou. near bridge. Main 2124. Satisfaction guaranteed. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. DR. R. B. NORTHRL'P. SOs Morgan bldg., cor. Broadway and Washington street. Of fice phone. Main S49; residence, Eaat 103. PATENT ATTORNEYS. HEATH'S DANCING SCHOOL Lessons dally: class Monday, Friday evenings, 8 to 10. 109 2d St.. bet. Washington and Stark. DENTISTS. DR. A. W. KEENE, Majestic Theater bldg., SSlft Washington L Marshall 3205. T J. G1ESLER, Atty.-at-Law, GU3 Henry. Wm. C. Schmidt, eng. and draftsman. R. C WRIGHT 22 years" practice. U. S. and foreign patents, too Dekum bldg. PAWNBROKERS. 4ji STEIN'S LOAN OFFICE. 26 North 6th St. SHOWCASE, BAK STOKE mit KH FOR reasonable prices, see Western Fixture at Showcase Co.. 4s N. loth. Marshall 714. STORAGE AND TRANSFER, sTUKAUIt AT REDUCED RATES. Furniture. Piano, Merchendlse, etc Goods called for and delivered. We pack for shipment, MOliGAN-ATCHLEY lUMIUHI CO. Grand Ave. and East Stark St. Phones East 21. 11 3.21. PORTLAND Van J Storage Co., cor. Jt and Kearney sis.. Just completed, new fire proof warehouse lor household effects, pianos and automobiles; cuutains sepsrals fl-e and ermln-proof room. sieara-h-ate-x piano-room trunk and rug vaults; track age for carload shipments, vans lor mov. Jug. reduced freight rates on hounold goods to aud from East In through car. Main 6640, all department. C O. PICK Transfer A Storag Co. Office and commodious 4-story brick warehouse, separate iron room and fireproof vaults for valuable N. W. cor. Id and Pin at. Piano and furniture moved and packe-l for hlp-neut, special rales made on goouj In our through cars to all domostlo aad foreign port. Main use, a OL30N-ROE TRANSFER CO. Jew fireproof warehouse with eprato rooms. W mov and pck hooeliold good, and pianos and ship at reduced rate Auto vans and teams for moving. Forwardlug and dlstrloullng agente. rro trackage. Offlc and aarenou. lth aud Hoyt sis. Main &47. A 224,. OREGON TRANSFER CO.. 4 74 Uistaa St., cTr. 13lh. Telephone M.in or A list. W own snd otrslt ! Is ! A warehouses on terminal USUI Lowees MANNING WAREHOUSE A TRANSFER Co. New Location. Dth and Hoyt Sts. Moving, packing, shipping, storage Main 7U3. A 2214 ' MAD1SON-ST. DOCK and WAREHOUSE Office. 1st Madison. General merchandise and forwarding agenta Phone Main 11. GREEN nd dry slbwood. blockwood. Pan ama Fuel Co. Mala !. A tstt. WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURERS AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. R. M. Wade & Co., 322-326 Hawtnorne ave. ARCHITECTURAL WIRE A IKON WORKS. Portland Wire et Iron Wka. 2d and Columbia. SHIXGLE BALLAST MADE SAFE Hariuo Goes on Drydock and Port Caledonia Leaves Down. Captain N. J. Smith entered the Nor wegian bark Vanduara, which made such a rattling run from Callao of 35 days, at the Custom-House yesterday with 72S tons of shingle ballast. Other carriers have made their way from the West Coast port of late in safety with shingle ballast because of a new rule that thwartship and fore and aft bulkheads be built temporarily to re tain the stuff, which has shifted ' in the past and caused the loss of ves sel. The Norwegian bark Karmo. which was lying at the North Pacific Mill with the Vanduara. shifted yesterday afternoon to the Port of Portland dry- dock to be lifted for cleaning and painting. CaptalnfB. Martola, master of the Italian bark Loch Garve. from Tocopilla, entered his vessel yesterday. While formerly under the British flag. the ship now claims Genoa as her home port. The Port of Caledonia, which has been loaded for several days, leaves down today. MILL OFFICES LOOK ALIKE Slaslcr Has Vessel at One Plant and Orders Lumber From Another. Several of the waterfront fraternity enjoyed a laugh yesterday at the ex pense of the skipper of the Norwegian bark Karmo. which is discharging bal last at the North Pacific mill, because he ordered a quantity of new decking from another mill and directed that it b hauled across the dock to the North Pacific plant to his ship. In explaining the case the skipper Is quoted as saying that he placed the order while on his way back to the ship from the city and, as both plants looked much alike to him, he walked Into the wrong office. Needless to point out, yardmen at the North Pa cific were surprised when a strange team wended Its way arrrbng the lum ber plies and delivered the decking where it would be handy for the crew of the Karmo, and it was suggested that going rates be charged for mov ing the material over the dock. HOUSEBOAT DRIFTS BY CITY Hirer Continnes to Rise at Volley .Points and Portland. Included in drift carriei through the liarbor yesterday by rising waters of lhe w illamette was a houseboat which krought up against the Morrison-street bridge, but was- assisted away from here and allowed to float past the 'itv. It was unclaimed when last re ports were received. A considerable quantity of drift, evidently left on the janas oy previous iresneis, oegan mov- pig, and all stuff that can be converted .to wood Is being towed ashore, there eing numerous men on the beach these iays gathering fuel. The river here rose one and seven- tenths feet for It hours ending at 8 o'clock In the morning and went up four and six-tenths feet at Wilson ville. four and one-tenth feet at Salem, four and eight-tenths at Albany and only nine-tenths of a foot at "Eugene. District Forecaster Boats reported that the gauge showed a stage of eight and five-tenths feet above zero here and predicts that It will go to nine and five-tenths feet tomorrow. As the flood stage here is 15 feet above zero, there Is no apprehension felL Government Book Hundy. Copies are being received by masters of vessels and others entitled thereto of the 46th annual list of merchant vessels of the Lnited t-tates for the year ended June SO, 1914, issued by the bureau of navigation of the De partment of Commerce, which is con- ined to seagoing vessels snowing their officials numbers and signal letters. The publication contains the same ref erence to all Government vessels, also international and Inland rules of the road, flags of all nations and the latest international signal code. Xews From Oregon Ports. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 15. The schooner Irene was towed today by the steamer Melville from Toung's Bay to Westport, where she will load lumber for Val paraiso. She is the first of the idle fleet of lumber crafts to be chartered, but it is expected that some of the others vill be taken soon. The British bark Klnross-shlre ar rived during the night from Portland with a cargo of grain for Europe. She will go to sea so soon as the weather conditions will permit Th tank steamer Oleum sailed today for California after discharging fuel oil at Portland. The steamer Roanoke sailed today for San Francisco and San Pedro, after being delayed here lor 24 hours on ac count of the storm. The steamer Daisy Putnam sailed to day lor san r rancisco, via uuwa jf with general cargo irom fontana. The State Hoard Of Pilot Commis sioners at its meetftig held a couple of days ago in Portland granted bar pilot branches to captain tj. a. Anoeraun, r.nt.ln H. F. Astrun and Captain J. Lapping. The Hoara also reneweo. inn bar branches held by Captain C. S. Gun- derson and Captain George W. Wood. The steamer George w. renwicg aailad todav for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber from the Hammona mm. The bar is reported as moderate to night and as the weather promises to be fine some of the delayed fleet of windjammers will probably get- to sea tomorrow. r-nns BAT. Of.. Jan. 15. (Special.) The lighthouse tender Manzantta saitea today at 10 oclock to ngni me acety lene gas buoy at uox. bock, near waye 111 nffi u. steam schooner Yellowstone sailed for San Francisco today at 10:30, with lumber for that port. Th c. A. Smith lumber carriers Nann Smith and Redondo sailed for San Fran cisco today at 11 o-clocK. Tho sreamshiD Hazel Dollar, which has been barbound for the past four days, sailed at noon for puget wrana. Marine Xotes. M. Talbot, manager of the Port of Portland Commission, who went to California early in the month on leave, is expected home tonight. r.niain w E. Hutton has arrived from San Francisco to take command of the steamer Thomas L. Wand, which has been idle here since she terminated her connection with the Portland Alaska line. The vessel Is to begin loading Monday at Inman-Poulsen's and the Eastern & Western mill, finishing at Tongue Point. Passengers for California will get away this afternoon on the steamer Bear from here and the steamer niam- ath from St. Helens. Both will have fair lists. Alcoa Est is the destination of the Norwegian bark Lindfleld, which has been cleared with 112.279 bushels of wheat and 5715 barrels of flour. Movements of vessels reported to the Merchants' Exchange yesterday in cluded the arrival at Victoria, B. C yesterday of the Royal Mail liner liien roy, which began her voyage at Lon don and proceeded via Oriental ports and Honolulu. She comes here with about 1000 tons of cargo and then loads for Vladivostok. steamship men say that there are nrnsnects that the new liner Great Northern, which leaves the East Coast the latter part of the month, will ne ordered to make a voyage between San Francisco and Honolulu after her ar rival within the Golden Gate, because the Flavel-San Francisco service will not be started until the liner Northern Pacific reaches the Coast. Work is being done on the hull of llghtvessel No. 67, which has been lifted on the Oregon drydock. Swayne & Hoyt have laid the steamer Navajo, which has operated regularly between Portland and California ports, qn the berth at San Francisco for Gal veston. Tex. She is to sail January 30, and it is understood that she loads cot ton there for Germany at a rate alleged to be the highest yet paid for the busi ness. The Bureau of Warr Risk In surance at Washington has lowered quotations on cotton cargoes to Ger many from 5 to 3 per cent. Mitsui & Co., owners of the Japanese tramp Asumusan Maru, well known here, have announced that the vessel will reach here in March with a part cargo of hardwood and then load lum ber for Shanghai. Tho firm has the Japanese steamer Senju Maru coming In February to load wheat and flour for Japan. On her way to the Coast she will bring general cargo for San Fran cisco and Portland. JITNEY HABIT GROWS New Malady Developed by Late Body of Straphangers. DRIVERS' RANGE IS WIDE Much Business Is Acquired From Ranks of Elderly Persons and Invalids Requiring Fresh Air. Seattle Has Organization. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 15. (Spe- ciaL) The jitney bus or nickel auto which is revolutionizing urban trans Dortatlon in Seattle has also brought with it a new disease, which, for want of a better word, is called by its vic tims jltneyitis. The newest malady is credited by a number of Seattle physicians to the efforts of the late straphangers to become accustomed to rapid transpor tation in the open air. The first symp tom is a "stuffy" feeling in tne neaa followed by something on the order of hay fever complicated witn mornlnsr after" sensation. A faeattle physician discussing the disorder this morning said: There is small douut in my mma that the epidemic of colds prevalent today is the direct result of former patrons of streetcars riding in iasi movinsr automobiles. Riding rapidly through the open air is equivalent to sitting in a cold draft well wrapped in outdoor clothing. Regular users of automobiles of course will not De at fected, but the rank and file whose automobile jaunts have been limited H0PMENv RAISE $6000 Aurora Sleeting Takes Stock in State Growers Association. SALEM, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.) Every one of the 90 hopgrowers present at the meeting held in Aurora today under the auspices of the Oregon Hop growers' Association subscribed for stock in that organization to the full amount of his acreage and nearly 36000 was raised to assist in financing the association. David Keil was chosen chairman of the local committee and Franz Krax berger secretary. Other members chosen were Bryan Grimm, George Yer gen and Jake Ritter. This committee will complete the work of organizing the hopmen of the section in the state-wide association. L. H. McMahan and M. L. Jones, Salem, outlined the work and purpose of the association and there were sev eral local men,. who have taken a great interest in the organization, who Bpoke. E. V. D. Paul, Sheridan, state organ izer, said: "For the purpose of cover ing the state more rapidly the commit tee has been divided into several flying squadrons. One of these, headed by John Cartwright, Harrisburg, and J. L. Clark, Springfield, is operating in Linn, Lane and Benton counties. It is to hold meetings In Albany, Corvallis and Eugene and nearby towns. Another, composed of Walter Miller, McMinn- ville; W. K. Kirkwood, Amity, and JS. V. D. Paul, Sheridan, is finishing the work in Yamhill and Washington coun ties. The third, made up of L. H. McMahan, M. L. Jones, H. F. Jackson and Marion Palmer, of the Sal em - Silverton district, is operating in Marion County. "The committee has been working since early in November and will com plete the work before February 1. There is no longer any possibility but that 90 per cent of the growers will be signed up by that time and the re quisite 3300,000 raised." GALE HITS BREAKWATER STEAMSHIP BUFFETED Bf 65-MILE WIXD AND SWEPT BY SEAS. Bulwark Amidships Bent and Water Fills Captain's and Other Rooms. Freight Cargo, Mnsaed Up. MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 15. (Spe cial.) The steamship Breakwater, which sailed from the Columbia River Wednesday at 1 o'clock, after finding through wireless that the storm was abating at Cape Blanco, encountered the worst gale the ship ever weathered that night at 8 o'clock. AlKl 1MI HUoGY TOPS. DUBKILLB BUGliY XOP CO.. 2d t. AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES. BALLOU & WK1UHI, 7th and Oak sta. BAGGAGE CULtKJiD AX HOMS. Baggage Jt Omnibus Transfer. Park A Davis. B1CYCLKS, MOTORCYCLES SUPPLIES. BALLOU at WfilijHT, 7th and Oak sta. UKKII) ItAKKKV. Royal Bakery 8 Cont., Inc., 11th and Everett. BREWERS AND BOTTLEBS. HENRY VVELN'HARD. 13th aud Burnslde. CASCAKA BARK AND GRAPE BOOT. KAHN BROS., IH1 Front St. CEMENT. LLME AND PLASTER, T. CKOWE & CO., 45 Fourth at. DRY GOODS. FLEISCHNER, MAYER & CO.. 20T Ash St. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. Stubbs Electrical Co.. 6tn and Plna sta. GRAIN MERCHANTS. Albera Bros. Milling Co.. Front and Marshall GROCERIES. WADHAMS A CO.. tlW-ia Fourth St. UA1U GOODS. M WHOLESALE UM.Y. 411 DEKUM BLDO. HATS AND CAPS. THANH AUSER HAT CO. 6a-3 Front St. HIDES. PELTS, WOOL AND FURS, KAHN BR08-, 1U1 Front street. LEATHER AND SHOE TRADE PUFPI.Ulb. CHAS. L. MAST1CK. St CO., 54 Front; leather of everv description; taps, mil- findings. MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NEt'RWEAR. Columbia Neckwear alls. Co.. btt rittlt at. IRON WORKS. PACIFIC IRON WuRKS, PORTLAND, OREGON. STRUCTURAL STEEL PLANT. FOUNDRY. MILLINERY. BRADSHAW BROW., Morrison and 7th sta ORNAMENTAL IRON AND WIRT. Portland Wire A Iron Wka ad and Columbia PAINTS AND WAIL r.rKR. W. P. FULLER CO.. lath and Davis. PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS. RASMl'SUEN CO., 2d and lavlor Sta PIPE, PIPE PITTING AND VALVES. M. I- KLINE. H4-SU Front at. PLUMBING AND STEAM SUI'l'LIES. M. L KLINE. B4-atf Front St. PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS. P. W. BALTEa A CO., 1st and Oak ata. PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS. EVEUDI.NU A FAIUtELL. HI) Front st- ROl'E AND BINDING TWINE. Portland Cordaae Co.. 141h and Norlhrua SAND AND I.IUUU COLUMBIA DIUGIilt CO.. foot of Anksny. SASH, DOORS AND GLASS. W. P. FULLER CO.. lath and Davla Portland Iron Works, I4lh and Northrup. WALL PAPER. VOROAN WALL PAPER CO.. 28 5a St. WHOI.ENAI.K JEWELERS OPTUIANH. BL'TTKUKIELD HltOM.. MOHAWK BLDO. PROBE ON IN IDAHO Alleged Shortages in State Funds Are Reported. REPORT OF EXPERT FILED made less than six knots an hour. The storm was from tne southwest, but dur ing the night shifted to west-southwest and tremendous squalls succeeded each other in fast succession. At 3:50 a tremendous wave was shipped and the Breakwater was damaged badly. The starboard bulwark amidships was bent seriously, water broke windows in the saloon cabins and upper deck state. rooms, and Captain Macgenn s room was filled with water, as were two other rooms nearby. The flood drove the wireless operator out of his quar ters. The rough voyage mussed up the freight considerably and several claims for adjustment were presented today. The Breakwater, stayed offshore dur ing the night and entered port this morning at 7 o'clock. The wind had a velocity of between to an occasional ride in a friend's carJ $s an(j 75 miles an hour, and the vessel' ana WtlU- l.U txxjrr j time or. payment of a nickel, are nnd- lnar cold and congestion in greater or less degrees fellow tneir new-iouna means of transportation. This state once passed there should be no fur ther trouble. "Jitnev Jaunters" constitute a new class recruited-from the ranks of the aged and Infirm as well aa the middle class unable to airora to Keep a car. Their numbers grow daily and they are a great source of revenue to the owners and drivers of the nickel busses. Armed with a handful of nick els they sally forth, select the best seat in the first vacant buss ana Dass the hours of the pleasant after noon like millionaires. Invalids and elderly persons requiring daily doses of fresh air are among me most nu merous of this class and as they us ually ride in the slack hours of tne day they are welcomed Dy me jitney drivers. The "Jitney Jehu" is a remarkable bird ranging in Importance from the graduated truckdriver who shouts "no chants" to a waiting passenger to the well-groomed college man who halts his car and says 1 regret we have no more room, madam," when a feminine patron waves an invita tion to stop. "Jitney Jurisprudence" is here, too. With the organization of 460 drivers and owners In the Commercial Club last night steps were taken for the formation of an organization that shall protect the busses from damage suits, provide for transfers and the issuance of six tickets for a quarter. Steps will be taken also to have the drivers and owners represented before the Coun cil when that body begins regulating the new method of transportation. DEJECTED WOMAN SUICIDE Lile Taken After Fruitless Search for Wort at Kosetrarg. ROSEBUEG, Or., Jan. 15 (Special.) Leaving a note to " the ' effect that she was penniless and could not find employment, a woman giving her name as Miss Agnes O'Leary and her address as San Francisco late last night went to an isolated spot south of Roseburg, where she committed suicide by shoot- ng herself through the stomach with a S8-caliber revolver. The woman arrived here Tuesday and registered at a rooming-house as Mrs. Agnes' Johnson. She visited many busi ness establishments in an unsuccessful search for employment She was ex pensively dressed. The body is being held here pending an investigation by the San Francisco officers. She was about 35 years old. OAKLAND ELECTION VALID Fudge Hamilton in Ruling Sustains ex-District Attorney Browns. ROSEBURG, Or, Jan. 15. (Special.) Judge Hamilton today sustained for mer District Attorney tieorge jyi. Brown, when h held that the local option election held stt Oakland Novem ber 6 was regular ana legal, xne elec tion was contested by J. K- Bell, an Oakland saloon-keeper, on the, grounds that persons not possessed ox the re- uired qualifications voted. uaKlana went ."dry" by 10 votes. House Passes Bill to Create Three Xew Counties Public Utilities Commission May Be Shorn of Power Officials Testify. Tjrvrain Trtuhn Jan. 15. (Special.) The opening of the legislative investi gation into state departments and transactions of state officials; the filing of Expert Gleason's first report declar to. tho Ktate has lost money in the . . V. n.iKli. Hi 1 1 i 1 H I Tl ! endOW- nanamiE, lJL Lw- fund- the passage, with prac i..iin nr. oDDosition. of Boundary, u...ii and Teton County creation ..ii- i th House, and the attack made on the Public Utilities Commission, fol lowed In close succession aa mo i .. f todav's leeislatlve programme. Senator Thomas, of Bingham County, ottoi-iced the Utility Commission by in troducing a bill to strip it of the power to regulate competition between public utilities, seeking to repeal section 48 of the act. Attorney - General Peterson. State Treasurer Eagelson, E. H. Dewey and others appeared before tne inveane. In'cr committee. The testimony of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Krull as to legal action taken to recover state funds on deposit, briefly summarized, was to the effect that after the state depository failed tney insti tuted suit to recover against the bank as principal and the personal sureties, C. I. Hickey for $10,000, S. W. S. Strode for $10,000 and George Duval for $20, 000; that as the personal bondsmen owed the bank, a compromise agree mont wna reached by the Attorney- General by which the bank released them from their obligation to it, and the state then sought to recover from them in payment for its deposit. Their personal property was seized and Krull appointed as a trustee to administer collection on it for tne Biate. . up m the present time the state has not re ceived the full amount of its deposit. The first report of Expert Gleason probing into the affairs of state ac counts and funds was filed with Gov ernor Alexander today. It deals exclu sively with the public building endow ment fund, alleging a total of $83,509.61 has been lost from this fund itemized as follows: Seventy-five thousand dol lars lost by disposing of $750,000 worth of Capitol bonds sold at 4 and 2 per cent when they should have been old at 4 per cent: $2982.87 In over pay ments to contractors and supply com panies, and $5526.85 expended from the trust fund for Capitol maintenance. RIVER - DREDGES STOPPED High Water Causes Two Diggers to Be Withdrawn From Service. With a depth of 14 reet of water on Meldrum'B Bar, in the Willamette River, the Government dredge Champoeg is unable to work and Assistant Engineer Thomson, of the United States Engi neers, yesterday ordered the digger re turned to the Government moorings for the present. He will leave Monday for Harrisburg to board the Mathloma, on which he will travel to Corvallis to inspect work done in clearing the chan nel, and she probably will be ordered here also. Other Government machines, such as the Wahkiakum. Multnomah and Clat sop, working on the Lower Columbia, are not disturbed by the rise. The Chinook is being continued at work below Astoria for the present and comes here for an overhauling next montn. Oregonian to Be Drj docked. IXS ANGELES. Jan. 15. The steamer Oregonian. whicn grounded on Mormon Island Wednesday night, while back ing out of the harbor basin, and dam aged her rudder, will go to San Fran cisco and be drydocked. Inspectors for the marine underwriters, who made survey today, said it would be unwise to let the ship proceed to New York in her present condition. The Orego nlan was bound from Portland and Puget Sound for New ork. 3IARIXE IXTELLIGKXCE. Steamer Schedule. , DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From DJ'' Rose City Los Angeles Itideft. Bear Los Antjeles In port Geo W. Elder Eurelca Jan. 1 Weaver i.os Anxeies jau. i Yucatan Sn Dli-go Jan. 17 Beakwatcr Com Bay Jan. 17 Roanoke Sn:. u. -go Jan. i DUB To DISPART. . Name. For Dale. Rose City Los Angeles lndofl. Klamath San Diego Jan. 16 Bear .. .Los Angeles Jan. Ill Oeo. W. Elder .Eureka Jan. 17 Yale S. F. to L. A Jan. Is Breakwater Coos Bay Jan. Harvard S. F. lo L. A.. .-. . . Jan. Yucatan fan Diego Jan. -0 Beaver Los Angeles Jan. 21 Willamette San Diego Jan. lii! Yosemlte San Diego Jan. 22 Northland San Frant'.sco. . Jan. 'Si San Ramon J5an Francisco Jan. 23 Multnomah San Francisco. . .Jan. 2:i Roanoke San Dlegc Jan. 27 EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL SERVICE. Name. From Date. Glenroy London Jan. 25 Rio Paslg Manila Feb. Ul Glengyle London Feb. 20 Glenlochy London Mar. 10 Name. For Date. Glenroy London., Jan. 3u ...... r eo. Rio Paalg .Kobe Glengyle. . . London'. Gleenlochy London. Pi1.... " Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Jan. 15. Arrived British steamer Devon City, from Moji. Sailed British steamer Onwen, for United Kingdom. Astoria, Jan. 15. Left up at 9 A. M. Schooner Irene. Sailed at 8:10 A. M. steam er Roanoke, for San Diego via way ports. Sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer Daisy Putnam, for San Francisco via Coos Bay; at 1:31) P. M. Steamer Geo. W. Fenwick. for San Pedro. Victoria, Jan. 14. Arrived British steam er Glenroy, from London, for Portland. San Francisco, Jan. 15. Sailed at It A. M. Steamer Yucatan; at noon. Steamer Beaver, for Portland. Jan. 14. Sailed at S P. M. Steamer Siskiyou, for Columbia River: at 8 P. M. Steamer Paralso, for Portland via Coos Bay. Eureka, Jan. 15. Sailed at noon Steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Portland, via Coos Bay. Coos Bay, Jan. 15. Arrived at 7 A .M. Steamer Breakwater, from Portland. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer Yellowstone, from San Francisco, for Portland: lighthouse tender Manzantta, for Columbia River. Astoria, Jan. 14. Arrived down at P. M. British bark Kinrosshlre. Left up at 7 p. M. British steamer Devon City. San Francisco, Jan. 15. Arrived Steam ers Queen. Col. E. L. Drake, from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Yucatan, lor Astoria, Beaver, for Portland. . Eureka, Cal., Jan. 15. Arrived Steamers G W. Elder, for Portland. Sailed Steamers c,M.v..-HtA n-ft'i.hi for Ttritish Columbia ports; Brooklyn, for Bandon; O. W. Lldor, for Coos Bay. . . Coos Bay, Jan. 15. Arrived Steamer Breakwater, from Portland. Sailed -Steam er Hazel Dollar, lor ruget oounu; u. o. . Manzanitl, for Astoria. HoTiikonir. Jan. 16. Arrived Steamer Manchcrla, for San Francisco. Seattle, Wash.. Jan. lb. Arriveo oitim ers Awa Maru (Japanese), from Hongkong; Congress, from San Diego; Admiral Dewey, from San Francisco; Jefferson, City of Se attle, from Southeastern Alaska. sailed Steamers Governor, for San Diego, cam. Port Ludlow. Wash.. Jan. 15. Sailed Steamer Rainier, for San Francisco. . i-. i.n 1!V Arrived Steamer Low ther Range, from Portland. Or, and Newport N Newport News. Jan. IS Arrived Steamer Lompoc, from Port Talboy, for San Ijran 01 BaIb'oaand PJneded Va.-Arrlved-Steamer. Ptrathallan, from Portland. Or., for New port News; Pleiades, from San Kranctfco. for Ct v- -1, a hnth iirrtreed ed ) . Sailed Steamer Captain a. r. juulub. aw emu Cl"critobal. Jan. 15. Arrived Kteamer Alaskan. from Xew York, for San Frnciajo (and proceeded); Louis K. Thurlow from Boston end Newport News for San Fran cisco. Failed Steamer Rhodesia, from Copenhagen, for Ban t ranclcr.. isle of w ism jm. King Edgar, from Seattle, for Ipswich. . Feb. .Mar. Red ndo. Coos Bay for San Francisco, oft Seul lockB. K rr, Kureka Tor Coos Bay, 20 ralles north of Northwest Heal Rorki. Hilonlan, San Francisco for Seatlla, 45 miles south of Blanco. Curunado. (.rays Harbor for Pan Fran cisco, five mllrs north of Blunt lteef. Northland, port Ancelea for Han Kran cinro, i!4 miles north of t'aps Mendocino. Farm ir u I, Seattle fr Sun Francisco, 11HI mllfs north of Kan Franclmo. Hyartr. Seattle for Honolulu, 130T mile from Flattery. Jan. 14. Matsnnia, Honolulu for San Francisco, 15W miles out. Jan. 14. Mongolia san Francisco for tha Ortant, 1S1H miles out, .lan. II. t'oluxa. Pan Franclaco for Sydney, 2414 miles out, Jan. 14. Sherman. San Francisco for Manila, 21 1 i miles out. Jan. 14. Santa Maria, liilo for San Luis, 18.V2 miles out. Jan. 14. , Beaver. San Francisco for Portland flva miles north of Arena. Asuncion. Portland for Richmond, off Duxburv Reef, Centralis. San Franctucn Tor Eureka, li miles north of Point Keves. Topekft, Eureka for San Francisco, flva mll unuth of Arena. Hrhlev. San Francisco for Seattle, IS miles north of Reves. Qeeen, San Francisco for San Pedro, off Pigeon Toint. Lansing, San Luis for Victoria. 110 miles north of San Francisco. Willamette. San Pedro for San Francisco, five miles north "f Point Pur. Yucatun Kan Franciaeo lor Portland, M miles south of Arena. Kllburn, San Francisco for Eureka, 17 miles south of Arena. Oleum. Portland for San Luis, 423 miles north of San Francisco. Vance, San Francisco for Seattle, off Bonlta. Grace Hollar. Eajtle Harbor for San Fran cIpco. 157 miles north of San Francisco. Paralso. San Francisco for Cooa Bay, 23 miles south of Mendocino. Jlllonlnn, Ran Francisco for Seattle, 5 miles south of Capo Blanco. Governor, Seattle for San Francisco, at Victoria. Tides mt Astoria Saturday. High. Low. l:r.O A. M 7.5 feet'7:32 A. M 2.9 feet 1:08 P. M .3 fet'fi:1.1 P. M . .1.1 feet Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Jan. 15. Condition o th bar at 5 P. M. : Sea, moderate; wind, north east, 6 miles. IIju de's Arc Kccorded as 3 Years. - SALEM, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.) X curious mistake caused some amuse ment at the County Courthouse today, when the age of a bride to whom a marriage license waa Issued yesterday was recorded as 2 years 5 months and 25 days. The license was Issued to John Lv McDonald and Miss Edith Litchfield, whose age should have read 24 years. TOO LATE To CLASSIFY, PETERSON Jan. 3R, at the family residence 11S5 E. 10th st. N., AuKiist Peterson, aired AS years. Remains at Pearson's undertak- Ing parlors. Hussell st., at Vnlon ave. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All pltlon reported at S P. M., Janu ary 15. unleaa otherwise fiesupiarra. t Roanoke, rortiana ior ou .-v., miles south of Heceta Head. Kafir riara. San Pedro for Santa Barbara, 30 miles north of San Pedro. Francis Haniry, aotioik ir r.n rr-., 940 miles south of San Francisco Danara. Balboa for San Diego, ICS miles south of San Dletc. t'lty of Para, Balboa for San Francisco Witt milea south of San Francisco. 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