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f y : hi mr Mi II r II II PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 19, 1915. VOL. LV. NO. 1 "7.078. TEXAS DEATH LIST IS MORE THAN 100 Damage Is Estimated at $30,000,000. 500 GALVESTON HOUSES FALL 1CCO Feet of Seawall Washed Out; Causeway Breaks. CITY IS WITHOUT WATER Miip Wrecked and Martial law 1 llrd Iiouloa aad s-erser,! Ovne-r Cities and Town Suf- frr Enormous Damage. DaVaTHw LtrOD O OlTH EAST TCI t lOHt. WltS tar .tlon of th flood-tw.rt ar la Texa not t heard from. In estlmat of known d4 t: Virginia Point 5 Port Arthur TexaaCltrl Lynchburg Ualtfitna II Sylvan Beach t Mxitani Point !! Seabrook z Hitchcock I Houiton I La Port 7. PALLA.a. Tex.. A-iC II Pi raw t word from th storm-swept communlHH of th. Southeast Trias toast brought de tail of th tropl.-al hurrlcan which put Galveston, llou-lon. Tnu City anj core of other elite and town In ltr p.rlt. With larg sectlona of th dis trict t unheard from, the death liat rmr than !'". Iha heaviest re ported to being from Virginia Tolnt. opposite i;lvMon. Tha property d.mag mar exceed : it, . . with Galveston contributing Calf that amount. Lao Fjallaaalra laewwaptet. Property !" tilifflain wer vagu t-.pt In a f " w Instance. Houston. Trial .My n-l Port Arthur advices S.a fairly definite- figure for those place., btit most of th cthrr Iowm ro porta! In sts-h phrase, aa "consider able." "very hey- and "not rt estl pafat!. Some of t ht estimate .arc aa fol low: I'M .l . t0 r.tiM ra Baaltir DaaauaaeaV. T omparattvelv amall lo.a of Itf I. atf nouted fc re..lente to th Irpsofii of "H. The population Monday night aizM ref-is in th. stronger buildings of t rtt. where in the disastrous irrm of IS r aiit tliey remained In t"ir home... 'f.erirs K'-'ita against th ga' whicn took th llir of . r.aitrojil. funniii; Into th city to ri i h I annotin. e.t lhv had b-cun mov Ini all ava tabl m.n and machinery lnt t atorni irr from North Texas j to repair tra k an. wairr mama, out nt. procr.aa 1 jtlow. In br.rmc tho brunt of th atnrm. i;Ufiton 11 ind and Bolivar Peninsula ard aa barrterj to brrak tir fon-e of tna hirr.-an j;jiin.i tho littio bay aftpra in.m . hi-h kirt ti larc body of jtr Ijlna In tfi north of the Ivtnl The ba ton hava sufforcd hittr. but prnhMr 5lv born aarrd from utter rfriaMatton rait trm.ta I aobtalaabl. TVrndl'la ao-onni of the lo.r In tN.ti. Ieer town hat not been thu f.e oMjtnaM. hul the loa. of Urea l p-oportlonate'e rfaalf r In ra'h of the loan. tn In ttalveaton. In Virjtma Point, the north end of t?:e va'i.e., more than a av-nre are d.-l. at Tfj "ltr I. of whom - soldiers, are reported drowned, .even at t'.a a'irte a rwl three at Lnrh b rc At llouaton two were kl!Ted d'irtnK th. .form. on. W. II. Kan. a car fr.r, killed hy a fallms ham. and the other, an unidentified nesro. killrj by a live wire. Tie property lo.s haa been etl;iJitl ,t 1 3, . The l-urrt-ar.e atritfk lloueton. av eord pi to re;irt. reaiMra here, ahort- a'lr r-r wire to t;alve.toa had heen l"t out of i'wnmli!il by the .tornt. The burthan waa devtared to he th wort In t'ie hl.tory of the city. I'amai w a. wro-iKht rhtefly to build ing r. t:a wind and to mervhamliac bv water. rwi y wler. Ileal lly. Alone the iulf -oat. tha torm e -a.-ted a heavy toll In properly loe. T'tAt Otty. a'ro. tJ.e bjy from lal veaton. suffered damage amounting; to f i..). The oond dlvt.lon ramp of the t nlted State. Army wa. destroyed, a. were arrrot:matrty I je buliilms. rnot of Ihem -otta:e. No word ha been received tontc'it from I'oirt Boli var, directly a-rot the narrowest part of the bar from l.alvr.ton. Flake. Patt.n. t'aplen and Itollover tao are Blivar Pemn.u!a towns, from whten rto word t.as been brouaht since Xooday. la the Peanmont section. Port A r -ur t?abtne. eatna ras. and ICounl Lake were delueed and are reported te base been heavy lo.-. lAteat eattmates of th. dead In the L.land city Itself placed th number t I- j It Is feared, however, that the loss of life la eti.trw-te surroundin tialves- iCac;dad ea ra 2. Celama X.) i CAMP FOR BUSINESS MEN IS DESIGNATED MIIlTVItV TRAIM.XU TO BE Glfc- IX OllTHHST. Ame-rlraa Ike Mte Is Chosen and IkrUlls Probably Will Ii Worked Oat at Yanroaver liarracl.. ORK'iONlAX NEWS BVRKAC. "Wash ington. AuT. If. A business men's ramp, similar to that at riattsburc. N. la tw be established Immediately at Amerlcao lka. near Tscoma. and to be open ta businesa men of all th Northwestern states dealrlna; military Instruction. Orders to tbla effect hav been Is sued to General Murray, commanding the Weatern division at tan Francisco. Selection of officers to art aa Inatruc tor will b made by General Murray, probably throucb the department com mander at Vancouver Barracks, who also will be entrusted with working out the details. So successful bsa been the riatts bura: ramp and so many men have ap plied for Instruction there that th War Department haa been encouraged to extend, thta work all or th coun trr. No time has been fixed aa to th duration of th camp at' American Lake. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IT. When the enrollment office received the names of business aod professional men willing to submit to four weeks of military Instruction at tha Presidio camp closed tonight 4,1 names had been received. Enrollment closes August 20. By that data HO names must be se cured or lh training; camp will not be held. Unly 11 nsmes wer nrolled to day. TREE YIELDS $3000 CROP Alligator Pear Inanrrd Agaln.t Wind and Fir for 30.O0O. ORHGONIAN NEWS BL 'REAL'. Wash ington. Aug. !. What appears to be the most valuable fruit tree In the world stands at Whlttler. In Los An geles founty. Cal. It Is an avacado (alligator pearl, and Is Insured against wind and fire by IJoyds. of London, to th amount of t:)04. The value of this tree arises from tha great value of Its product. This trea laat year yielded two pears, which sveraged to the owner So cents each. It alao produced $lii worth of bud wood, making a total production for the ysar of IJ'W. 63 TONS OF SUGAR WANTED Inmates of Washington Inslltatlons Average X Pound-. Monthly. ol.VMPlA. Wash.. Auc. 1. tSpeclal.) Th .State Board of Control has Just as-rrtalned that Inmates and employes of the 11 state Institutions consume bout three pound of sugar eacn month, according to requirement of ...i...ini endenta for the neat SIX months. The Board will open bids on Septem ber 13 for supplying the state with 1-S.- pound of sugar, approximately l ton, Six montha aao tha Board bought l tons. There were soil inmntea sou at ut employes In state Institutions July 1. AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMES Two Million IHllar to Be? Itrcolncd Into American .Money. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1. Two mil lion dollara In gold sovereigns of Brit ish coinage arrived here today on the steamer Ventura. shlppeJ by Austra lian banker and consigned to three San Francisco banks, to be coined at tha I ntte-l States branch mint here Into gold coins of the United States. The shipment of th gold here. In spite of heavy transportation and In surance charged w as raid by the banks to be profitable ecau.e of th low rale of exchange at present. - PARIS GETS CHEAPER BEEF Kotrlcllon on Importe Irom Amer ica Arc Komoved. PARIS. Aug. 1. Tha government committee In charge of provisioning of Paris decided today to recommend that all restrictions be removed from the rale of refrigerated meat Imported from America. Hitherto only certain dealer hae been jcrmltttd to sell this meat. The average prlc of a carcass Is equivalent to al-out li cent a pound, lower than for domestic b"ef. DACIA IS RENAMED YSER .Irnrrlran Steamship Sclxcd by lYancr o In Neva Owncrh!p. . PARIS. Aug. IV The steamship Pacta, condemned by a French prise court, owing t her transfer from Ger man to American registry after th outbreak of the war. has been sold. Her new French owner ha renamed her the Y.cr. She sailed today under the trl-color from Cherbourg for Cardiff, to take on a cargo of coal for L.reet. Clarke Oddfellows Plonk: Saturday. KllnJKKIKLD. Wash- Aug. li. I Special. Nearly Z09 Oddfellows w ith their families and friends of this place will board the special mat will leave Klaicfleld Saturday at S o'clock for Battle Ground Lake on tne annual ex cursion of the Oddfellows of Clarke County. At Vancouver the special will pick up aout JOS mora picnicker, lrg detegatlone will com from both Cams and WhoasJ. 010 CT BYVQN HINDENBUHG Czar Loses SecondLine Northern Fortress. RUSSIANS NEARLY ENVELOPED IVilna Under Incessant Aerial Raid; Evacuation Planned. GERMANS GET 400 CANNON Von Markenscn Is Altacklns Outer Works of Drest-Litovsk In South. Ilrltlsh Expert Thinks Move Against I'ctrogrjd Likely. LONDON. Aug. IS. Kovno. th northern fortress of th Russian sec ond line of retreat, has been stormed aad captured by the Germans, and Vllna. to miles east. Is under an In ceasant bombardment by airmen, and s-asaratlons are being made to evac uate tha city. General von Mackensen's army has attacked the outer works of Breat Lltovsk. tha southernmost fortress of the Russian second line More than too cannon and vast amounts of other war materials were csptured by the German at Kovno. according to a Berlin report. All Metal BelnaT Reaaoved. Th Governor-General of Vllna bas ordered the removal of the equipments of factories and of banks, together with supplies of metals. Including church bells, leather and everything els which might be useful to the In vaders. Horses and livestock are be ing taken away. Preparation for the evacuation of Btllystoclt continue. The town Is In darkness at night ca account of at tacks by German aircraft Reports reaching here from Poland are that Russians, who remained In Warsaw after It capture, have been removed to the Interior of Germany. Fertreaa Takea by Stares. Th text of tha atalement Issued to day by tha Germany army headquar ter staff report as follows: "Army group of Field Marshal von Hlndenburg The fortress of Kovno. together with all its forts and Innum erable quantities of material. Including mora than 4"0 cannon, fell Into Ger man possession In the course of the night. The fortress was taken by storm In the face of the most stubborn resistance on tin part of th enemy. "The armies of General von Schols and General von Gall will penetrated further towards tha east. Our fore most divisions are approaching th Blalystok-Blelsk Railway. .ve.rlevk Farta Fall. "Before Novogeoralevsk two further forts on the northeastern front were captured by storm. We took 00 pris oners and captured io cannon. "Army group of General Field Marshal Prince Ieopold of Bavaria The left wing met with renewed strong .luned. on laj 3. 4'olumn 4- HOW CONTENTED ' : t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. IE5TEHDATK Msxlraum temperature. M larers. minimum, vtt desr.. TOD It s-Kjlr. alth northerly winds. War. French ni count on another year of war Pat 1. Germans capture Kovno and bombard Vllna. rasa 1. Mexico. Villa, acceptance of peace plan received In Washington. Pas. li. National. miliary ramp for business men to be as tabllshed at American Lake. Page r. isomeric. Man leads In race for presidency of Na tional Educational Association, rase Governor Wlthycomb praises Oreon build in and Mr. Benson commends those whs reoeresent Stat, at exposition. Pas S. Contemplated American loan to foreign countrtes will b. much reduced. Pace e. More lhn l"0 dead In Texas atorm-swept dla-iict. rase J. Ex-lov.rnor Hlaton denounces Mayor of At lanta, rase 1J. Sport. Caatl t.eaau. results Sslt Lake 1. Port' land. 0: Los Angiles. 11. Kan Francisco. B; Vernon. S-2. Oakland. 1-3. Page 12. Thousands see Braves beat St. Louis In t-to-1 fame. Pace li William Johnnton. former Oreaon champion. In treat form defeats wsshburn. Pas. 13. Pactnc Northwest. Western states are naming delegates for water power conference to be held at Salem. Pag 5 Cemmereial aad Marine. Water to be let Into Dalles-Celllo canal to day. Page 14. Wheat market unsettled at Chicago. Pag IT. War stocks still monoDollse Interest aad I'niied State steel hits new top flgur. Pag. IT. Wheat buyers aay little wheat would depress market. Pace li. Portland aad Vicinity. Rivera and harbors committee arrive aad goes right to work. Pag 1. Mrs. Joseph Fels. single tax lecturer, ar rive, la Portland. Page . Funeral of Charles Allaky to be held to day. Pag 0. Senator fit one. of Missouri. Portland visitor. Psge 11. Weather report, ue.ta and forecast. Page IT. DORY SAILS 1800 MILES To Alai-ka Fishermen Make Voyage In l-l'ool I'lut-Bottom Boat. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18. After a voyage of 18(10 miles from U'ngs. Alas ka, in a 16-foot, flat-bottomed cod fishing dory, Thomas R. Thompson and John Abranis, Alaska fishermen, sailed Into San Franciscu harbor last night. They made the trip In 45 days. The dory, which had been condemned, they bought for $5. They decked it with canvas and provisioned it with canned goods and hardtack. The bard tack turned mouldy and their drink ing water went bad. but a fortunate encounter with the steamer Quinault enabled them to replenish their stores. VALUATION NOT REQUIRED shippers X-ot Compelled by Law to Make "Declarations. WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. Because of contusion among shippers over declsra tlons of value, a statement was Issued by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion today explaining that there is no provision in the interstate commerce law or the Cummins amendment or In any Interstate Commerce Commission ruling that requires a declaration as to the value of property shipped In Inter state commerce. The law does provide penalties for obtsintn; special rates by making false statements of value. Yrnizclos Will Accept. Ia'iNPON. Ana. IS. Kx - Premier Fleutherlos Venizelos today notined Kins Conctantlne of his readiness to form a new Grecian Cabinet in suc cession to the Gounarls ministry, which resigned at the opening of the Grecian parliament yesterday, according to a dispatch to the Central News -Agency from Athens. HE WOULD BE IF THAT DOG FRANCE STEELED TO LONG PERIOD OF WAR Allies Are Expected to Help by Spring. vV, OPINION sr cams People Believe Roumania Will Join at Agreed Moment. DUTCH RUMOR CREDITED Story Circulated That England lias 3Iade Agreement th Holland to Permit Attack on Bel. glum by Way of Rear. BT CAROLYN WILSON. (Copyright, 1918. by the Chicago Tribune. Published by Arrangement.) PARIS, July 29. A nonth ago you could not have found anyone to admit that the war would go through an other Winter campaign. No matter if a man feared it. he wouldn't admit it; it was beyond the possibilities of ac tuality. In Just a short month, spread by I know not what vague rumor, the opin ion has now gained force until every one says calmly that the war will un doubtedly last another Winter and Spring. "We shall continue to bear the strain,' snld a Frenchman to me, "Just as we have borne it from the begin ning, until, the English and Russians get really to work, and that probably won't be until next Spring." Hope ef New Allies Kntertalned. When Itouma...a will enter no one seems even to prophesy. Most people profess to know that the agreement has been signed some weeks now, sim ilar to that signed with Italy long In advance, by which the . Roumanians agree to come In when .wanted by the allies. It Is also currently said her that Holland has been "fixed" by the Eng lish. Of course, it was well known that Holland was doing an immense export and import business for Germany, and toe English wished to put a stop to It. The theory advanced here in Paris is that England threatened to call on her ally, Japan, to take the Dutch colo nies in the Pacific if Holland did not slop this generous trsding with the enemy; optimists say that the agree ment calls for free entrance into Hol land of English soldiers at such time as England may want to attack Bel glum from the rear. But that bas a fanciful ring born of a hopeful mind, t fear. Swltaerlaad Already Cared For. . Switzerland is pretty well cared for. Shi imports to such a huge extent that failure on her part to comply with the conditions of the allies would lead to practical starvation for her people. For ber 4.000,000 inhabitants she Im ports about 8400,000,000 of goods, and at the present time both her agricul ture and industry are enfeebled owing Concluded on Pace 3, Column 3.) WAS MUZZLED. Wednesdays War Moyes OVNO. one of the crucial points In the Russian defensive in the north. has been captured by the Germans, and the road to the Vilna. Warsaw and Pe trograd Railway is now open to the troops of Emperor William. The capture of the fortress was an other triumph for the German 16-rinch guns, which throughout the present war have been brought against no fortifica tions they were unable to reduce. With the fortress of Kovno the Germans have aken more than 400 guns, and. accord ing to their account, an enormous quantity of war materials. This, however, is not the most Im portant part of the matter to the Rus sians. Besides opening the way to Vilna. which Is an open town, and from which most of the inhabitants have de parted and from which everything that might be. of use to the invaders has been removed, the fall of the fortress takes away the last protection, with the ex ception of the Russian field army, to the main-line railway ' to the capital, and also places the Germans in a posi tion to threaten the flanks of the Rus sian armies retiring to the Brest-Li-tovsk line and those operating in Southern Courland. Grand Duke Nicholas apparently ex pected the fall of Kovno, for his armies are hastening their retirement in Po land eastward. They still hold their own from Kovno to the south of Osso wetz. but south of that they are being pressed from the northwest by Gen erals von Schalz and von Gallwitz, and from the west from Archduke Leopold, who has crossed the Rug River and is approaching the Brest-Litovsk and Biaiystok railway. It is the same in the south, where General von Macken sen, after many rebuffs, finally has suc ceeded in driving the Muscovites into their outer positions of the fortress of Brest-Litovsk. For the first time since he, began his retirement from Western Galicia in May, Grand Duke Nicholas, in the opin ion of military observers, finds part of his army in serious danger of envel opment. The military writers express curiosity as to how he will extricate himself. The Russian troops are in orderly retreat, as is evidenced by the fact that outside of the guns taken with the fortress of Kovno or captured in the forts of Novogeorgievsk, two more of which have fallen, the Germans make no claim to the capture of artillery. It would appear also that few prisoners have been taken, which doubtless means that a considerable part of the Austro-Germans in their most recent advance have not met with serious fighting. . - With Kovno in German hands, and another German army across the Bug, south of Brest-Litovsk, a speedy exit, according to military Observers, is the only safe one for the Russians if they are to escape before the second set of pincers prepared for them are closed. While fighting to crush the Russian army, the German are finding time for minor activities in other fields. They carried out their seventeenth air raid on England on Tuesday night, visit ing eastern counties, ' where they dropped bombs, which, according to the official communication, killed 10 and wounded 30. As in the last raid, the Admiralty reports that it believes that one of the Zeppelins, of which there was supposed to be four, was damaged. The German submarines also have been busy and during the day the sinking of three British and three neu tral steamers and a trawler has been reported. . As an offset to the German successes in the East, the French official com munication reports further gains for the French troops in the Vosges, while General Sir lan Hamilton, commander of the allies' forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula, announces an advance by the new force of allied troops, which landed at Suvla Bay, and the repulse of a Tur kish attack against the right flank of the Australians. The Turks, on the other hand, say that all the British attacks were repulsed. Any progress made by the British at Suvla Bay would, according to the mili tary experts, be important, as it would threaten the Turks, who are facing the Australians down tne coast and. like the other operations against Turkey, would have an influence on the Balkan States, which seemingly are about to decide 'which set of belligerents they will join. Serbia probably will make her reply this week to the suggestion of the entente ministers that she cede Macedonia to Bulgaria. Opinion is di vided in Serbia as to what the reply will be. but it is expected it will be it Is asserted, would like to await the outcome of the Greek crisis before giving her decision. This, how ever, is likely to continue for some days, and is expected to end in an agreement between King Constantine and the new Premier. M. Venizelos, which will guar antee the continued neutrality of Greece. SCHEDULE CHANGE CURBED Washington Railroads lose Right of Alterations "at Pleasure." OL.TMP1A. Wash.. Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) The time-worn device on rail road timetables announcing that the railroad "reserves the right to change this schedule at pleasure" or without notice, ts doomed in the State of Wash ington, unless the railroads can offer a convincing excuse. The Public Service Commission today made an order forbidding changing: of tire eta Dies without 10 days' notice, posted beforehand In the stations. Oregon Man Gets Federal Position. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 18. C M. Hartsock, of Albany. Or., haa been appointed tape man and computor In the railroad valu ation department of the Interstate Commerce Commission. i HARBORS BODY IS BUSY ON ARRIVAL Portland, Oregon City," Vancouver Inspected. OUTSIDE DELEGATES HEARD Celilo Today and Mouth of Co lumbia Tomorrow Itinerary. CHAMBER TO GIVE DINNER Members of Congressional Commit tee Declare Information Pro cured on Trip Will Be of Aid to Legitimate Projects. When the next Congress begins to make appropriations for waterways improvements in Oregon, the rivers and harbors committee of the lower house will have an abundance of direct first-hand information on the subject. Six members of the committee now are in Partland for the purpose of spectlng all improvements made In this vicinity in the last few years and to learn what additional Improvements are required in the next few years. They are making every effort to gain all the knowledge possible while they are here. They had a busy time yes terday. They visited the local harbor, the locks on the Wllltmette at Oregon City and the Columbia River harbor at Vancouver Wash. Coos Ray Delegates Heard. Besides that they held conferences with an energetic committee from Coos Bay and heard reports from various other districts that are said to bo in need of harbor development. Today they will go to Celilo to see the locks recently completed there at Government expense, and will learn, if possible, what further appropria tions are needed to make the Colum bia and Snake Rivers navigable be yond their present limits. Tomorrow they will go to the mouth of the Columbia to see the Jotty con struction and the dredging now in progress there. They will Inspect, also, the South jetty which wos com pleted several years ago. From the mouth of the river some members of the committee will Bo by water to Grays Harbor, while others will return to Portland and start from here for their homes. Oregon Congressmen In Attendance. The visiting committeemen arrived In Portland over the Southern Pacific at 7:20 yesterday morning, accompa nied by Senators Lane and Chamber lain who had met them at Crescent City, California, and by Representa tive Hawley, of the First District, who had joined them at Salem. Represen tative McArthur of Portland, who had been Instrumental in bringing them here met the party at the station and escorted them to the Multnomah hotel where they are the guests of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. At the head of the party Is Stephen Ar. Sparkman, of Florida, chairman of the committee. Others members are George F. Burgess, of Texas, ranking Democratic member; Charles G. Ed wards, of Georgia; Thomas Gallagher, of Illinois: Charles Lieb, of Indiana, and Robert M. Swltzer, of Ohio, the only Republican member. Member Bring Families. In addition. Mrs. Ewards and son, Mrs. Gallagher, Mrs. Lieb. Mrs. Switz er and son, C. L. Sparkman, son of the chairman and his private secretary; J. H. McGann, secretary of the com-' mittee, and Josiah H. Shinn. secretary of the Senate committee on commerce, accompanied by Mrs. Shinn. are in the party. Inasmuch as the party had been long on the road and was dusty and tired after many miles of weary travel, tho formal Inspection trips did not start until the early afternoon. Meanwhile, however, the members of the committee were bu3y with the Coos Bay delegation, consisting of Henry Sengstaekcn, secretary of the Port of Coos Bay, and Hugh McLain. postmas ter at Marshfield. They insisted that the committee visit the Coos Bay dis trict and learn, for themselves what the needs of the port there are. But it was explained that this was impossible. So the delegation contented itself with a presentation of arguments and sta tistical information intended to con vince the committee that Coos Bay merits financial aid from the Govern ment for the development of its har bors. Coos Appeal Persistent. Incidentally it developed that this was not the first time that the com mittee had heard from Coos Bay and its needs. Even when the party was in California, Marshfield, North Bend and Bandon residents called upon the com mittee individually and collect'vely and presented their arguments. The Coos Bay people also kept them informed by letter and by telegraph and by personal appeals at Grants Pass and other points on the way to Portland. Chairman Sparkman promised to give the Coos Bay district earnest consid eration. Representative Hawley, in whose district Coos Bay is located, al ways has been energetic on behalf of the port there and promised the com mittee yesterday that he will con tinue his efforts. "While we are not in the habit of traveling about the country and prom ising waterway improvements to every port that we visit." explained Mr. (Continued on Page lo. Column a.) """ aawwwww i j n.ij i MMmV