VOL. LV-NO.- 17.08O.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 21, 1915.
rKlCE FIVE CENTS.
TWO AMERICANS
Oil LIST OF LOST
1 4 of Arabic's Passen
gers Missing.
DISPATCHES ARE CENSORED
r -f nik.. r u: r .,-!,
i nuinuia ui uuicr om,j- ouu.
) Heard in New York.
FEAR FOR LAPLAND FELT
DOUBT OF ARABIC
CONVOY IS FELT
EFFORT MADE TO LEAKX IF
VESSEL WAS PROTECTED.
WASHINGTON WAITS
WITH DEEP. ANXIETY
Single Paint Remains
to Be Cleared.
ACCURATE DETAILS LACKING
Ttovtc. Early Reported Torpedoed. Is
sld to Be Safe New York City
D"trjed. bat Captain and
Of of tl An Landed.
Receiver franklin Agrees Armed
Guard Woald Have Justified
Attack Wllboot Warning.
NEW IORK Asc JO. r. A. 8.
Franklin, receiver of lbs International j
Mercantile Marine Company. sndeav-i
ored to learn by cabla whether the
Arabia was convoyed. Tha significance
of an armed convoy.' be said, waa such
that an entirely near aspect would be
placed on tha Incident should It be es
tablished, aa ion.t reports bava Inti
mated, that a British warship was
convoying bar or had been convoying
bar a short tima before the torpedo
waa fired.
Falling to obtain aa answer to his
Inquiry. Mr. Franklin examined the
newspaper report and declared It his
belief that tba steamship bad not been
convoyed.
-o word bad been received frofi I Big Vessel's Chance Against Vnder-
tha British Admiralty.' Mr. rranniin
Did Arabic Try to Ram Sub
marine? Is Asked.
NAVAL OFFICERS DOUBT
DtTUOPVCtT Cr DAI'S I1B
VlltlU ACT1VITT.
Passengers missing from Ara
ble estimated at 14: two Ameri
can unaccounted for; probably
4 of crew tost.
rears frit for Red Star llnar J
I-aptand.
Bovie. reported stink, now said
to be safe.
New Tork City sunk Thursday;
captain and crew of II land la
Q'jaeastuwn.
Nlrosian. of Lsytaad Una. bound
from New Orleans, reported loot:
sha was kaowa to ba dun la war J
ion i
been aader convoy.
Other veesela suak by subma
rines: ypaal.b stram.r Pert a
Castlttn. I: teas: Norwegtaa
steamer 3v.rrsbrg. 074 tows;
Norwegian etssmsr Prss. 1JSI
tans. and following British
steamers: Brn t'ralo. ISIt
tan,: r.storm.l. lilt tons. Sa
mara. 3172 tons; niadlalar.
B.a bra-Mew 33 Ions;
Bitten. 17T tons.
said, -tbat tha vessel would ba con
voyed. No agreement waa made to
convoy bar. To tba beat of my knowl
edge, there waa no convoy and 1 think
1 would bava been advised if there
bad bea one."
Had tba vessel been convoyed. Mr.
Franklin agreed, aba would bava been
aubject to attack by a submarine with.
out warning.
DISGRUNTLED POET SUES
Veteran Wants 1",00 Because Ho
Was Not Permitted to Recite.
e
f ism anbelkk. Ausl 10 tSpaclaL) arable attempted to ram tha subraa
. . . w , , i v w "viuci g tuaugv vi lutj liner
j reeausa tn.y wou.u no -- course to assist the already sinking
i cite n IS poem, ill vons " .1
t a.
Water Craft Declared Small and
I.lner With Passengers Aboard
Would Avoid Risk.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. Tension in
creased In official quarters tonight
when consular messages forwarding
affidavits of American survivors of the
British liner Arabic brought definite
Information that the vessel was tor
pedoed wthout warning and that prob
ably soma Americans bad been lose
It seemed that but one point re
mained to ba cleared up whether the
Britiiih steamer Dunsley nearbr was
k. 1'nl.n.l NafhAB Wird nl.l.i..l.J V. . h f '
: FltageraJd, a well-known Grand Army I rlna commander aa a hostile approach.
pw.a, Wa m. wa.,,. -. - - - a HN. . WfTlflff r .al II y.
parlor Court today for 110.00 damages! The attitude of the American Gov-
agalnst A. M. Brown. Henry Auit, I eminent tor tno moment la receptive.
Tbomaa l Hull. Thomaa Galbraith. C I anxiously awaiting accurate details and
1L Marryalt and I bchoneld. also Civil I reserving judgment aa to whether the
War vet.rana. ' I action waa 'deliberately unfriendly."
Tba complaint recites that at the I Tha final decision rests with Proai-
i . Uiinllnff.ld.nl Wilson.
a V B, 14 UIJ .aawaa faaawii v. a
I .. ... . ... . . 1 1 .iJlli.. .. I.I I . . 1
e I ton Beaca last atonaay ne steppva i w iumi iHivrnsugn
I tba platform to recite "The Christ In I from the American survivors, tha Em-
I tha FUg." when tha dafendanta rudely I bsssy In London and American Consuls.
I Jostled and elbowed Blm on tna plat-1 onici... .ipki soma woro irom Am-
form and would not permit blm lo con I nassauor uersra at Berlin to indicate
Hons. I whether the attack without warning
on tba Arabic bad tha sanction of the
TESTS OF GOOD BODY GIVEN or . P,nation. ..rtli. there
were qualifying circumstances, sues
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tba Weather.
TESTS RD AT S Maximum temperature. 81
dearies; minimum. t desrees.
TODAT"S Fair and cooler; westerly winds.
Submarines.
Tras A m mriwm r. . mlaataa (mn Anthir' "RoV
safa; other vessels Bunk and reported
suns. I'aae x.
Washington malt, snxlou.ly for Information
ah.iber Arabic tried to ram submarine.
Pee. 1.
Saa cables that Mrs. Bmsulers, Amsrlcan
woman, was droaosd. Pas S.
American editors say German acta are de
fiance ot Lolled (Statea. Fags 3.
Question whether Arabic was convoyed la
raised. Fsge 1.
War.
Busilsn fortress of .NovogeoTSlevsk falls.
i'ase i ,
National.
Frealdent has virtually created National de
fense council to iu Congress in for
mulating policy. Page .
Wtleon creaks some precedents on trip to
Philadelphia. Pit. 1'.
Domestic.
Cuban army of soo.ooo ready to aid United
Males la event or war. i-sge x.
Sport.
Coast Lrf.ru Results Salt Lske 4. Port
land a; Los Anseles u. ban -rrancisov-
2: Vernon 3. Oakland 0. Page 10.
Earl Coooer wins great Elgin road race,
smasiiliig record beta Djr AJeA-aima. jrage
lu.
McLouchlln meets Williams today at New
port. Page 10.
atetty directs experiments along fadeaway
delivery lines, page JO.
Pacific Nortliwest.
Vederal aid for completion of river mouth
improvements rcgaraea as asaureo
Psge 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Hopa recover In quality, price now moot
question. Page 13.
Depression felt on . New Tork stock ex
change, page 13.
Wheat dropa 1 to J H cents at Chicago.
tMge 13.
Oraln tonnage for Portland shows gain
ever last year. Page 13.
r Oft land and Vkinlty. I
Mr. Daly and Mayor differ over jitney or
dinance; modified measure, subject to
referendum, may be passed. Psge a.
Cashier Jury deliberates till late hour.
Page i. ,
National Association of Tax officials may
meet In Portland In 1918. Page .
Approaching Oregon conference to be Im
portant to sietnooisis. rif. i.
Ex-Preildent W. li. Taft Is due tomorrow.
rsgo s.
Unu.ual altuatlon confronts voters at Mll-
rsukle water election today. Page 7.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 4.
NtrW TOltK. Aug. M A revised list
f tha surviving passengers aad tboea
naecoonted for. corrected according to
few Athletic Frata Prove Man's I aa aa attempt by tba Arabic to escape
I or ram tna suomarina, tna disposition
Physical Worth. lon Germany's part to discuss tha case
would In all likelihood ba construed
SAN FKANCISCO. Aug. 30. (bpe-lhera as a disavowal of any Intention
,ha..,yd.sp.,ehr.,.edby ,h.Wb. c..l-H.ra. ,b. teal for a man and
ioa today, waa given out tool.hf. 1 standard for a food body aa "" "
aown to too tsi-vniir vi i..miiini
freshmen by the gymnasium authorities I Hard ta Raewaellc
HKjay. . I uriictaia nere nava touna it aniicuit
Hand vault obstacles aa high as his to reconcile too aci wnn previoua uec-
sbouKlera. larations irora uermany mat taa pur-
Chin himself three times. pose ot too suomarina warfare was to
Ilva bead first to tha ground bile prevent tna carriage or munitions of
war to tna ames. ine Araoio was
ptar
It hvkI II pass.ag.ra still missing,
after careful checking. Tha list In
cluded two A mert-an Mrs. Josephine
I Iimg-il.rw and tldmund F. Woods.
Messrs. Houlihan and Elmore, die'
eat. hes received by the State Depart-
neol ta.t night said, were among thai running and roll to hie feet.
avail "They previously bad bee a re
ported missing.
I.fewls Are Wevtaed Aaala.
WMI. !tar lisle cabled last night
rontamed th names of Mr. and Mrs.
FreI Burs-ess as among tba survivors.
Official, were unable lo explain tie RED-EYED VIREO IN OREGON
they ara m,,,,r.s. Burgas, a chauffeur. tnlTCr,,t, Zooloflat Collects 2J0
Jtruguleres employ.
Tha company's meseaxa from IJver
pool tonight mentioned five survivors
who had salted at the last moment and
namea were not on tha list
"'. here Thursday night.
Run 100 yards In less than 1 seconds, bound for an American port and car-
nw tnerviora no cvniriDtnu.
Halm t yards.
live from a height of ire feet.
Dwlra 8e yarda supporting a helpiesa
companion.
2 KILLED, 1 HURT ON LINE
Ixg Train Crashes Into Light En
glne Xear Rivera.
H. P. Best, a conductor, and T. E.
Potter, a brakeman. were instantly
killed at 1:30 last night, when a South
ern Pacific freight train collided with
a light engine near Rivera, about four
mllea south of Portland. J. B. Thatcher,
a brakeman. Was seriously Injured. He
is at the Good Samaritan Hospital.
Best and Potter were members of
tba freight crew. Their train waa car
rying it load of lose to Hl.lgboro. They
were proceeding backwards, with tha
Idea of turning around at tba Oswego
bridge.
Tha conductor and brakeman were
riding In tha caboose, which was the
head and of tha train, and were crushed
between tha timbers of tha car. .
JUfll IN CASHIER
CASE LOCKED UP
Verdict Is Not Reached
After 12 Hours."
CUBAN ARMY READY
TO HELP AMERICA
300,000 TROOPS AVAILABLE IX
EVENT OF WAR.
Commissioner-General Declares Is
land Republic Would Pay
Debt of Gratitude.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. (Spe
cial. "Should the Cnited States be-
Involved in war. a Cuban army
CASE ENDS BN cil-,
ucivuuu niiu wiiiuii it, wouia uei-ejiu
".IT
Judge Bean Defines Conspir
acy as Used in Trial.
SIX AWAIT JUDGMENT
Court Orders Acquittal for Inventor
of Machine, Evidence of 75 Wit
nesses Reviewed and Part of
Patent Testimony Barred.
Tha censorship In Great Britain of
press dispatches on tha disaster creat
ed tha impression that perbaps facts
were being withheld which might af
fect the case vitally.
Official messages, however, ara not
subject to censorship, and confidence
'Concluded on i'afa 2. Column 1.)
BRITISH LOSE SUBMARINE
Erii Is Destroyed; Part of Crew
Reported Missing.
BERLIN, via London, Aug. 20. The
following announcement has been made
by tha admiralty:
"During the forenoon of August IS
the British aubmarine E-13 was de
stroyed at the southern outlet of the
sound."
The E-U waa previously reported as
having been run ashore. Fifteen of
the crew of 30 were reported missing.
At 11 o'clock last night, when the
Jury was locked up for the night, no
verdict had been returned in the united
States Cashier Company case.
At that time the Jury had been out
for nearly 12 hours. Federal Judge
Bean concluded his Instructions and
submitted the case to the Jury at 11:17
o'clock yesterday morning.
The six defendants in the case are
Frank Menefee, president of the
United Staes Cashier Company; C. A.
Campbell, vice-president and director:
M. LeMonn, ex-sales manager; O. B.
Gernert. ex-asfilstant sales manager:
and B. F. Bonnewell and H. XL Todd,
former stock salesmen.
Thomas Bilyeu, inventor and direc
tor. of the company, who was also In
dicted and brought to trial, has been
a defendant in a. technical sense only
for the past few days, as Judge Bean
on Monday granted a motion for a di
rected verdict of not guilty in his
favor, and so instructed the Jury yes
terday.
I'se of Malls In Fraud Charged.
They are on trial for conspiracy to
use the United States mails in further
ance of a fraudulent stock-selling
scheme. Yesterday was the 34th ac
tual trial day of the case, and the 46th
day since selection of the Jurors began
or. July A. . -
The twelve Jurors In whoso hands
the fate of the defendants now rests
are: George T. Praether, farmer. Hood
River; David N. Lash, clerk. Portland;
Harry M. Francis, farmer. Hood Riv
er; Frank Dayton, retired merchant.
Portland; J. D. Kelly, farmer. The
Dalles; 1L C. Bressler, farmer, Salem
Hutch Carroll, grocer. Portland; George
McGraw, farmer. Banks; W. D. Allard,
sales manager. Portland; Jordan V.
Zan. manufacturer, Portland; William
Fleming, real estae, Salem; G. L. Kel
ty, retired farmer, Newberg.
The defendants are charged with
having conspired together to sell
stock of the United States Cashier
Company, using the mails to further
the alleged fraudulent scheme, know
Ing the stock not to be what it was
represented to be. .
73 Witnesses Are Called.
The extent of this alleged conspiracy,
as charged in tha Indictment, was from
its own flag," declared General Enrique
Loynaz del Castillo, Commissioner
General of Cuba, speaking today at the
Pan-American ceremonies of the In
ternational Students' Federation here.
"Cuba." said tha General. "has
deemed it her duty to make herself
strong enough to be able to defend
herself against any power In the
world. She can not only raise an army
of 300,00 men. but can equip it with
arms and maintain it in the field. If
any day the United States, to which
we owe so great a debt of gratitude,
goes to war. the army will be at her
disposaL" '
General Castillo declared that the
people of Porto Rico are not dissatis
fied with their preesnt relations with
the United States and would be glad to
be admitted to the Union as a state,
but would be made still happier to
be made an independent republic.
or Haiti, the Cuban General ex
pressed the hope that the United
States will not only establish a stable
government there but will clean up
the country and establish modern in
stitutions as it did in Cuba, and leave
it strong and independent.
RIVER MOUTH SURE
OF FEDERAL HELP
Harbors Committee Im
pressed With Needs.
SATISFACTION IS EXPRESSED
Estimated Cost, of Completing
North Jetty $2,400,000.
INSPECTION IS THOROUGH
Representative Sparkman, Chair
man of Delegation. Has Engineers
and Others Snpply Detailed In
formation on Many Aspects.
TOAST TO KAISER OPPOSED
Portland Attorney Complains
Against American Army Officers
American Army officers should not
Join in "Deutschland Uber Alles" and
'Hoch der Kaiser," or other such toasts
n a public cafe or discuss openly in
German the success of the Kaiser's
army with German subjects, opines
George S. Shepherd, a Portland attor.
ney, who witnessed such a scene yes
terday at Astoria.
Mr. Shepherd, after obtaining the
names of witnesses present, wrote a let
ter to United States Senator Chamber
lain, chairman of the Senate commit
tee on military affairs, who was i
member of the delegation from Port
land.
Senator Chamberlain declined to say
last night what action be would take
with reference 16 the communication.
I Concluded on Page 4. Column g.)
Specimens la SNklyous.
EUGENE. Or, Aug. SO. (SpeciaL)
A song bird, heretofore unknown la
the Flate of Oregon, but common east
When th. White tar offices closed ' Rocky Mountains, the red-eyed
late tonight It was announced tbat the ,r. found by A. C. Shelton. Held
list then stood at 14 passengers mlsa- woraer ot tne department of ecology
at the University of Oregon, during
his survey In the Rogue River Valley If
and the north spur of tba Siskiyou
Mountains.
Only three or four times has this
bird been found In the West. Mr. Shel
ton brought back among 150 specimens
of birds, animals and reptiles collected
during his six weeks trip.
Ing. two of whom were Americans.
14 frill 1 nareoaated For.
Tha passengers unaccounted for now
stand:
Mr. Jo.iepbtne L. Kruguiere. Amer
ican.
Dr. Edmund F. Wood. American.
Mrs. Mary Ensllsh.
I'atrl.-k Fitxcersld.
Mrs. John H. Neave.
Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Kami all.
Mrs. Frank TattersalL
Miss Mary Harrington.
Mrs. L. Hermans.
Thomas Mi-Mahon.
Miss Msry Raddtngtoa.
Cornelius Sjlllvan.
Florence Tbomaa.
A message from the company's Liver-
tool offic f.Ul I h.r. was utm. lin.-ar
tamty cvn.-.rnlng the safely of Mrs. u cu0,r to check up on
TONGS WEIGHED WITH ICE
California Official Starts Crusade
After Experience.
SACRAMENTO. Aug. 20 Charles O.
Johnson, state superintendent of
welghta and measures, today sent word
tbo icemen.
Johnson ordered pounds of Ice at
his bouse and found that he received
only 37 pounds, and that Included the
weight of a three-pound pair of tongs.
Honor of JOO,000 fetation.
Irene Taitsrsail. Her name was not on
the saUins I'.-t and It was not definitely
known if she waa among tbo pas
sengers. tfcer Tesswla Repwrtrd Paak.
Tn. lack of .4 ft n I r . si.as. rMm
abroad was balanced by a hoot of m- MR. TAFT AT POCATELLO
Btors tbat tried tha nerves of officials.
and left them tonight in a keen state I Ex-President Attends Banquet In
r apprehension aa to tno fata or at
least one mors large steamer la or near
tbo war sons, the Lapland, which sailed
August 13 from this port for Liverpool I POCATELLO. Idaho, Aug. SO Ex-
with 311 passengers. Including 13 Amer- I President Taft made an address here to-
cans, and a capacity cargo of war ma-j algbt at a banquet In hooor of the
alone aad other supplies. I opening of the f SOO.OOO station by the
Anoeg these waa the report that the.Oregoa Short Una
liner Bovic. a fr.lahtvr. departing from I At th conclusion of the celebration.
New Tork August with a big cargo I Mr. Taft continued his trip to Port
but aa passenaers. for Manchester, bad I land.
met the Arabic a fate. Word that the
had b..n suck waa rec.lv ed la a
press dispatch hare from Loadoa at S.3t
P. M. today. Nearly four hours P re
vise sly a private shipping firm la this
city had ro ved cable advice report
ing lbs s'nklnc A later dispatch said
tss steamer arrived at Liverpool today
and proceeded to Manchester.
Tisep.blp Hemes t elis4,
A third report dealt with the steamer
Nicowtan. of the Ley land line, a sub
sidiary of fiS International Mercantile
fclar la Company, owners of tbo White
tvsded sa rase a, C-ts 1-i
CADET SHIP IS FOGBOUND
Japanese Vang Outside Kan Fran
cisco Seek Ins Pilot.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. SO. The Tai
st Maru. a Japan merchant marine
training ship, arrived b.re today. 72
days out of Kobe. Japan, fne stood off
tba harbor alncs Tuesday, unable to
pick up a pilot because of the deos fog.
There are 107 cadets from the Tokyo
Nautical College on board the vessel.
GETTING TO BE AN UNCOMFORTABLE HOBBY. j
Ft& r!fc Jjlilr j
I
FIRE PRECAUTION RENEWED
Dry Weather Causes Apprehension
in Forestry Office.
Although no fires were reported to
the forestry officials of this district
yesterday, all officials of public and
private fire protection agencies are
taking unusual precautions during the
continued dry weather.
A low humidity that has been no
ticed in this region for the last few
days admits of the rapid drying of
vegetation and the dangers of fire are
becoming greater daily.
As a result of the dry weather fewer
fire permits will be issued, so that the
dangers of fire will be reduced to the
minimum. Hunters especially are re
quested to take the greatest precau
tions in the matter of building fires-
CLIMBER KILLED ON RAINIER
Boston Tourist Plunges Over Cliff
on Mountain Xear Tacoma.
TACOMA, Aug. 20. While climbing
to Gibraltar Rock on Mount Rainier,
with a party of Eastern tourists last
night, G. F. Ordway, of Boston, plunged
to death down a canyon. Mrs. Ordway
saw her husband's body go crashing
down the cliff. Ordway s body was
recovered by members of the party.
Although 23,000 tourists have regis
tered at the National Park this sea
son, this is the first accident of the
kind since 1912. when a young woman
fell from Pinnacle Peak.
GREECE DISCUSSING WAR
Premier Consults London and Paris
About Money Matters.
PARIS, Aug. 20. A dispatch to the
Temps from Athens says the corre-
pondent has been authorized by diplo
matists to announce that M. Venizelos,
the Greek Premier, is principally occu
pied with the possibility of floating a
Greek loan through the assistance of
the allies.
The Premier is declared to have con
sulted London and Paris.
CAMP SAVED BY WOMEN
Fire Is Successfully Fought in Abi
sence of Men.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Aug. 20.
Eight women campers saved Fredalba
Park camp, on the crest of the San
Bernardino 1 Mountains, from destruc
tion by fire, according to Forest Ranger
Switzer, who reported the flames under
control today, after eight cottages and
a barn had been burned.
There were no men in camp when
the fire broke out, and Switzer said it
was the prompt and efficient work of
the women that prevented tHe destruc
tion of the camp.
i
Sea Fight Oil Near Riga.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 20, via London,
Aug. 2L A German fleet has pene
trated the Gulf of Riga and is engsged
with Russian warships defending the
coast, according to an official state
ment issued tonight at the Russian
War Office- ' - I
BT W. E. MAHONEI.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Ample funds for the completion of
the improvement project at the en
trance to the Columbia River will be
forthcoming at the next session of Con
gress if Judge Sparkman. chairman of
the House committee, that today in
spected the scene of operations, has
his way about it.
"I am fully satisfied with the show
ing made and the Information received
on this trip has thoroughly convinced
me of its importance," he raid. Oth
ers of the committee were equally as
favorable, though only limited time
was available to explain to them in
detail the actual progress made.
Support Is Indicated.
An approximate estimate furnished
Representative Sparkman was that
32.400,000 would be required to finish
the north Jetty and it was felt from
his observations and comment on the
headway gained that all reasonable
support would be given from Washington.
Standing well forward on the bow
of the torpedo-boat Fox, in fact al
most as far toward the stem as the
party could And room. Judge Spark
man studied oharts of the river's en
trance and" almost 'as rapidly as one
of the guns alongside of him could be
operated he fired questions at Major
Jewett, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A.:
G. B. Hegardt. chief engineer or tne
Commission of Publio Docks, who was
formerly In charge of operations on
the south Jetty when with the Gov
ernment engineers, and E. W. Wright.
manager of the. Port of Portland, who
has to do with the operation of tugs
in handling ships to and from the
river.
Knowledge of Work Apparent.
Questions asked by the chairman of
the committee impressed those about
him with the fact he had studied the
character of the work under way and
obstacles that had been surmounted.
Besides obtaining a first-hand view of
the ground Judge Sparkman said he
appreciated the fact that he was able
to procure direct information irom
men having such a thprough knowl
edge of what was required.
On the train wnen en route from
Portland he spent much of the time
with the same men in ascertaining
the amount of commerce on the river,
the area of Portland's harbor, river
conditions as to the channel and a
mass of such data.
Information Is Gratifying.
But the main topic was devoted to
the entrance and Judge Sparkman ex
pressed himself as particularly pleased
to learn that the bar was under absoi
lute control through the changes
brought about by the Jetties and work
of the dredge Chinook, also that the
bar had no longer moved seaward, as
he had been led to believe, but In fact
was shorter than before, as the move
ment of sand Inside was deepening to
ward the bar.
The results attained this season by
dredging, in that the cut being made
by the Chinook was increased from a
depth of 26 feet in April to 36 feet on
soundings made the latter part of
July, were surprising to the chairman.
Federal Engineers tn Party.
In the party from Portland, which
was arranged by the Chamber of Com
merce, were Colonel Potter and Major
Jewett, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A- in
charge of the improvements from Port
land to the sea, and they were kept
busy answering questions of the vis
itors. Robert Warrack, Inspector of
the Seventeenth Lighthouse District,
was called on for information dealing
with aids to navigation and how
progress In the bar work had prompted
the bureau of lighthouses to install
one of the finest- lighting systems in
use .anywhere in the United States.
United States Senators Lane and Cham
berlain, with Representatives Hawley
and McArthur. did their share toward
showing the value of commerce In the
river and the demand for the project
being completed.
The matter of constructing a special (
dredge for the entrance, to be used
after the completion of the north jetty,
was taken up wUh Judge Sparkman,
but he did not express himself on that
feature at length, advising tbat the
proper way to obtain attention at
Washington for that waa to have it In
cluded in recommendations from the
district engineer.
Fox Used for Investigations.
Others on the trip were Edward Ehr-
man. Nathan Strauss, W. P. La-Roche.
C. G. Wilson, Captain J. Speier, G. B.
McLeod, Representative Burgess, ot
Texas: Representatives Humphrey and
Johnson, of Washington; Representa-
tConcludea va fag. 2, Columa 4.