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TI1E MORXIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, . FEBRUARY 18, 1916. 16 RAILWAYS APPEAL FOR FREIGHT Interstate Commerce Commis sion Asked to Compel Re turn by Eastern Lines." SHORTAGE IS NATION-WIDE Western Roads in Serious Straits 1 localise of Scarcity of Boats, but Condition Will Be More Critical as Lumber Moves. 0 Western railroads have appealed to the Interstate Commerce Commission to force the Eastern lines to release the great number of freight cars now held at various Atlantic terminals, in the hope of relieving. the car shortage under which the Western territory has been suffering ever since the first of the year. A meeting to consider1 this problem will he held in New York next Wednes day. All the Western railroads will be represented, it is probable that sev eral members of the Interstate Lorn mission also will attend. that the present shortage is ' entirely artificial that the carriers are well able to handle the traffic that is offer ing if the eastern lines unload the cars and return them to their respective home territory." The shortage.- which is Nation-wide, has made itself felt more particularly in the West thait elsewhere. The rea son for this is said to be that the East ern lines are holding the cars of the western lines at their terminals, filled with various commodities destined for Kurope. while they use their own cars, to a large extent, to take care of fheir local traffic. x Loral Traffic Cured For. So far as the Northwest is concerned. there are enough cars to take care of the purely local business, such as the transportation of livestock, ruei ana merchandise, but not nearly Enough to handle the large volume of business billed to the Atlantic seaboard. At the present time the preponder ance of trathc Is eastbound in a most pronounced degree. It is estimated that the eastbound movement is fully twice as heavy as the westbound move ment. The principal commodity that is call ing for car space is wheat. Inability to procure ships on the Pacific Coast is duo to the war and the blockades the Panama Canal. Hops Are Moving. in Large quantities -of hops also are moving overland this year. The usual volume of fresh fruits, dried fruits, fish and other local commodities, any of which ordinarily move by water, also is going out of the Northwest by rail this year. Within the next few weeks the sit uation will be made more acute by- heavy offering of lumber. Dealers In the Middle West now are In the market for large quantities of Northwestern finished forest products, and the local mills are beginning to fill their orders. This business will be on wheels Be fore the end of the month, and addi tional car space will be demanded. As the shortage applies particularly to boxcars, it has been most seVere on grain shippers. To meet this situa tion, however, tho carriers have started to line the insides of their palace cars with paper and are handling sacked grain therein. All the Northwestern lines have a standing order with their coal agents to ship all company fuel in boxcars, on the theory that they will be able thus to draw out of Wyoming and the coal fields of the Middle West, boxcars that can be used for grain shipments out of the Northwest. PACIFIC STATES RICH FORTY PKR CE"T OF POTENTIAL WATERPOWER HERE I V" WEST. Geological Survey Issues Report Possibilities of State of Wasblng tos Yakima Most Valuable. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 17. Forty per cent of the potential waterpower in the entire United States is found in the three Pa cific Coast States, according to the United States Geological Survey. A brief bulletin on power possibilities -in the state of Washington says: The United States Geological Survey and the Washington Board of Geological Survey of which Governor Krnest Lister Is president-and Professor llsnry Dandes Is geoi oiclst, ana co-operating in investigating the water supply of tbe state and the related physical features that affect the develop ment of power and irrigation. Yakima River is probably tbe most valuable stream- in tbe siato. It can supply water for Irrigating about 610,000 acres of land, besides furnish ing 132.000 horsepower continuously and an additional 100,000 horsepower for pumping water during the Irrigation season. vThe fact that only SvO.OOO acres of .land are now irri gated, and that only H.OOO horsepower is available from present power .plafets indi cates great opportunities ror agricultural and Industrial expansion. All the power es timates in the report have been based, there- tone, on the assumption that the water is more useful for irrigation than for power. The estimates given indicate that Naches River, which Joins the Isklma Just above North Yakima, can furnish more power than the main Yakima and Cleatum rivers cont ained when the water supply is regulated for irrigation. A summary of power avail able on Naches River and Its trlbuatries shows that 97.900 horsepower can be used continuously, and that an additional 63.OO0 horsepower can be used during the irriga tion season - for pumping water to lands which cannot be served by gravity systems. Most of the pdwer sites ob Nacbes River will require relatively short transmissign lines .for tho delivery of energy. t WINE THEFT PUZZLING LAWS HA.VDS MAY BE TIED EVE. IF CL'LPUIT IS CAUGHT. Condemned Llqnor Legally of Xo Value and District Attorney Wonder If Proaecntloa Is Possible. If the persons who stole the contro band booza from the forbidden "wine cellar' of the Courthouse are caught, under what law can they be prose cuted? This is a question propounded by Dis trict Attoraey Evans yesterday. The liquor was condemned. It had no value, for the day following it was to be poured Into the courtyard. To commit larceny one must steal something of value. Tbe question brings up some fine legal points which may have to be threshed out in the courts. , If proved that the men broke into the basement where the liquor was kept, they might be charred under other statutes covering forcible entry. As yet, the men have not been caught. An investigation by District Attorney Evans yesterday led to no discoveries which can be made public. It is prob able that when the culprits have been found there" will be no action before) the case is put up to the grand jury. The boast of Constable Weinberger that he knew the two men who had made away with the liquor did not re sult In any arrest Je6terday. Chemical analysis of .the contents of one of the barrels of liquorand of the wine found cached showed that ' the cached wine had an alcoholic content of 11.7 per cent and the other of but 3.31 per cent. District Attorney Evans believes that the thieves mixed whisky with the wine. COURT CLfiSES AT TOLEDO Jurors Scorn Stoolpigeon Testimony In Bootlegging Cases. N'EWPQRT, Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) Circuit Court at- Toledo came to a close today after a two weeks' session, the longest in the history of Lincoln County. Judge Skipworth will return in May -to take up a few cases he was compelled to postpone to-enable him to appear at the. Circuit Court of. Lane County, which convenes next Monday. PASSENGER .VESSEL OPERATED PORTLAND TO JOIN SHAVER-TOWING FLEET. sinvv-f rwjrynini'Mn i , i n sin in mi jjiw.x.mw.Mmmmf&f f i i n-TTwrnsmriM t - r STEAMER There were quite a number of indict ments for violation of the prohibition law, four of which were tried, all re sulting in acquittal. The others were postponed and will probably be dis missed, as Lincoln County jurymen have refused to srive credence to the testimony of stool pigeons. It is estimated that the prosecutions arising from the evidence they secured will cost the county more than J3000. Only one small fine of $50 was recov ered, from a young farmer who pleaded guilty to giving liquor to a minor. DAILY CAR LIST ORDERED Oregon Commission to Keep Tab on ' Available Hulling Stock. SALEM. Or.. Fob. 17. (Special.) Railroads operating in Oregon were notified today by the -Public Service Commission to report dally on the number of cars which are available for use by Oregon shippers. The action was taken so that if Oregon does not obtain its just share of cars the ques tion can be taken up with the Inter state Commerce Commission. Lumber mills have complained that they were unable to obtain enough cars. The Interstate Commerce Commission today telegraphed the Oregon Commis sion to know the car situation in Ore gon. According to the telegram, con gesting of freight at Atlantic seaports and Gulf of Mexico points has caused serious car shortage throughout the Middle West. HIDE OFFERED FOR LICENSE Hunter AVants 93 Marriage Termit for $2 Bobcat Skin. ' If bobcat hide bounties had been $3 nstead of $2 H. W. Hoberg. of 267 Hal sey street, might have demanded a marriage license with thev skin he handed over to Deputy County Clerk McMenamin yesterday. Could that purchase a marriage ii cenee?" he asked. So. not this time." replied the clerk: "But if the bounty was 3 in stead of 2, we might be able to oblige ou." Well, I'll brine; in two skins next ime," said Mr. liooerg, grinning, as turned away. The bobcat had been killed near Linnton during a day's sport. BARN PROTEST HEARING UP Council Today Will Hear Arguments on Letting Permits. Property owners within 100 feet of four proposed new barns in the resi- ence sections of the city -win nave chance before the City Council this morning to protest against the erec tion of the barns. The protest meet ing will be held in accordance with the provisions of the barn ordinance. The applicants for the barn permits are: Lizzie Goldstein. Vernon Addition; Fannie Sisley, Mount Tabor district R. Hartley. Good Morning Addition A. H. Buxton. East Thirty-seventh and Alnsworth avenue. SCHOOL BOND VOTE CALLED Koscburg Election for $75,000 Is sue Set for March 1 1 . ROSEBURG. Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) At a special meeting of the Roseburg School Board today an election" was called for March 11, when the voters will be asked to authorize bonds in the sum of $75,000 for a new high school building here. It is - estimated that the new building and equipment will cost approximately 190,000. The new structure will replace the one recently Durnea nere. Unit of New Road Being Finished. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) George W. Boschke, the newly appointed chief engineer for the Cali fornia & Oregon Coast Railway, in process of construction from Grants Pass to the California coast at Cres cent City, has arrived in this city from San Francisco and is rapidly placing the lS-mile unit of the road already constructed in condition for the haul ing of heavy freights which are ex pected in the ear future. La Grande Defeats Pendleton. LA GRANDE, Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) Pendleton High was taken into camp by the La Grande basketball team to night, S3, to 23. The game was exceed ingly fast and furious. La Grande got the lead early and kept it with furious floor work. . . JITNEY QUESTION UP Police Want Ruling on cense Requirements. Li- ACT IS HARD TO ENFORCE Inspector Said to Issue Permits Calling for"One-Hour Run Daily , and Cars Change to Taxis at Moment's Xotice. Tielievine- that the manner In which Municipal Jitney Inspector Gill is Is suing licenses to jitneys is not in ac cordance with the intent of the Jitney ordinance. Mayor Albee has asked City ON COQUILLE RIVER COMES TO COQUILLE. Attorney LaRoche for a ruling. Mr LaRoche' expects to have it in a jday or two. Although the ordinance was intended by the Council to require the jitneys to operate regularly between 6 A. M. and 8 A. M. and 4:30 P. M. and 7 P. M. every day. 4t has been differently in terpreted by the jitney inspection de partment. The jitneys are required to file a schedule of their trips. Ac cording to the "ruling of the Jitney in spector, they may tile a schedule to make trips during one hour or even less In a day. They .are required then to operate only during that time, but may operate longer if they desire. City Attorney LaRoche has been asked to pass upon the question of whether they can operate only during the time they schedule in 'their li cense application. Mayor Albee says It would seem that if they are licensed to operate only one hour during the dav they would not be at liberty to operate at other times. Also Mr. LaRoche is asked if it Is lawful for the jitneys to run as jit neys part of the day and as taxica-bs the rest of the time. The rulings have been asked by the police, through Mayor Albeev Much difficulty is being had in enforcing the ordinance because of the conflicting rulings on the sub ject of the licenses. . At present, although subject to regu lation, the jitneys are said to be vir tually running at large without regu lation further than the mere taking out of a license and passing examina tion. It is said they state -in. their ap plications that they intend to operate for one hour, and that they really op erate Just as they" please, instead of attempting to give any regular service. It is said they are y-angf erred from a jitney to a taxicabservice at a mo ment's notice. - MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Summer 8c bed ale. . DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Bear Los Angeles. . . F. A. Kllbum San Francisco. Breakwater. ...... fan Diego... . , Beaver L.os Angeles. . . Koanoke San Diego. Northern Pacific. . .San Francisco. DVB TO DEPART. Name. For . F. A. KUburn San Francisco. Wa Dama ......Han Die mo Date. In port .In port Feb. JO . Feb. 23 Feb. 27 .Mar. i Date. . Feb. 1 8 Feb. la Bear .Los Angeles Feb, Breakwater San Dleeo Feb. 1 23 23 I'd 1 -1 CeliJo tan Diego Feb. Beaver Los Angeles Feb. Koanoke tan Diego Mar. Northern Pacific. . .San Francisco .. .Mar. Port land-Atlantic Service. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Data. Kentuckian New York Feb. IS Honolulan New York Mar. 15 Georgian..-. New York April I DUE TO DEPART. Nam. For Date. Kentuckian...."... Honolulu Feb. 21 Georgian I.. Honolulu April y4 Marconi Wireless Reports. (.411 positions reported at 8 P. M. .February 17 unletia otherwise Indicated.) Lurline, Honolulu for San Francisco, 17."4 miles from San Francisco, February 16, S 1' M. Hllonlan. Seattle for Honolulu. 1S70 miles from Cape Flattery, February ltj, 8 P. M. Bessie Dollar, Orient for San Francisco. I.'tso miles from San Francisco, February au. 8 p. M. Enterprise. Fan Francisco "for Honolulu. 1H7 miles from Sail Francisco, February iu. 6 P. M. Hyades, Honolulu for San Francisco 401 miles from San Francisco, February 16, & P. M. Manoa. San Francisco for Honolulu, 862 miles from San Francisco, February P. M. Beaver, Fan Francisco for San Pedro, 34 miles south of. Point Sur. , Congress. San Francisco for Seattle. 10 miles north of Point Arena. Breakwater, pan Pedro for San Francisco, off Pigeon Point. Multnomah. St. Helens for San Francisco. five miles north of Point Bonita. Peru. San Francisco for Balboa. at uazatian leaving lor baa .Bias midnight) 8 P. M. February 16. Northern Pacific, san Pedro for Honolulu. 46 miles from San Pedro. Speedwell. ran Diego for San Pedro. 75 miles south of San Pedro. ; San Jose. Balboa for San Francisco. 805 miles south of San Francisco. . entralla. Ban Francisco lor Mazatlan. sis mires south of San Pedro. Cuzco. San Frrncisro for Callao, S9L miles south of San Francisco. Coronado. Aberdeen for San Francisco, ftfi miles south of the Columbia River. Herrin. Linnton lor Avon. 60 .miles south of the Columbia River. Klamath. Tacoma for San Francisco. 78 miles south of Fiattery. Chanslor. Monterey for Everett. 34 miles north of Monterey. Drake, port Angeles torn Wan Francisco, 210 miles north of San" Francisco. v Adeline Smith. Marshfield for Pan Fran cisco, iT5 mlles.north of San Francisco. an Ramon. Portland for San Francisco. 27 miles north of San Francisco. Roanoke. Portland for San Francisco. IBft miles south of th Columbia- River. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Feb. 17. Arrived Steamers Wapama, Mills. Asuncion, from San Fran cisco; F- A. Kilburn, from San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Bay: British bark Tridonia. from Newcastle via Astoria. Sailed Steamers Asuncion and w. F. Her rin. for San Francisco; British steamer Grey stoke. Castle and Norwegian steamer W'as cana, for .United Kingdom. Astoria. Feb. 17. Arrived at 4 and rert up at 6 A. M., steamer F. A. Kilburn, from San Francisco via Eureka and Cooj Bay. Sailed at 5 A. M.. steamer Roanoke, for San Diego via way ports: at 8 A. M.. steamer Daisy Gadshy. for San Francisco. Sailed at 10:40 A. M.. British- ship Langdale, for United Kingdom. Arrived at 11:30 A. M.. French ship Notre Dame d'Arvor, from Mel bourne, balled at 2 P. M., steamer W. . Herrin, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 3 P. M., British steamer Greystoke Castle. San Francisco, Feb. 17. Arrived t T A. M.. steamer Tamalpais, from. Portland. Sailed Steamer Beaver, from Portland for San Pedro; at 11 P. M.. steamer Santa Bar bara, for the Columbia River. February IB Arrived at 8 P. -M.. steamer F. H. Buck, from Portland. , Cork. Feb. IB. -Arrived French bark Du pleix. from Portland. San Pedro, Feb. . J 7. Arrived Steamer Willamette, from Portland via San Francisco. Astoria Fh. lti. Arrived at j and left up at 7:10 P. M., steamer Mills, from SSn ITanclsco. Arrived at 6:40 ana lert up at 10 P. v'M., steamer Asuncion, from San Fran cisco. Left up at 0 P. M., British bark Trldonla. . . . Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 17. Arrived Steam ers Sado Maru (Jap.), from Hongkong: Jef ferson, from Alki; Redondo, . from South eastern Alaska, San Francisco. Feb. 17. Arrived Steam ers Grace Dollar, from Tacoma; G. C. Lin dauer, from Grays Harbor; Tamalpais, from Columbia River;-O. M. Clark from Balboa. Sailed Steamers Tahoe, for Willapa: Santa Barbara, for Columbia River; Congress, for Seattle;- Kiyo Maru (Jap.), for . Coronel. Havre. Feb. 14. Arrived Steamer Pa cific, from Seattle. Hongkong, Feb. 14. Arrived Steamer Aki Maru, from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Chicago' Maru, for Seattle; Tenyo ACaru, for San Francisco. Yokoirama. , Feb. 17. Arrived Steamer Canada Maru. Seattle for Hongkong; Panama Maru. from i-.an- Francisco. Taltal. Feb. 10. Arrived Steamer Cali fornia, from Buenos Aires for San Francisco. Tocopllla. Feb. 6. Sailed Steamer Co lumbia, for San Francisco. News From Northwest Ports. ASTOP.IA, Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) After discharging fuel oil at Portland the tank steamer "William F. Herrin sailed today for California. . - The, British ship Langdale sailed for the United Kingdom . with a cargo o craln from Portland. Acting under instructions from the own ers. -Captain Mackenzie began discharging trte carjo from the water-logged schooner Repeat. The vessel has on board about r.00,000 feet of lumber, and it is expected the greater portion of this will be taken out In order that an examination .can be made of- the hull to determine -ntu&t re pairs ar necessary. Neither the vessel nor her cargo was insured, so the owners are the only ones concerned in her repair. Whether or not an agreement regarding the amount of salvage has been- reached Is not known. Tho steam schooner Daisy Gadshy sailed for San Francisco with a cargo of lumber f rom Westport. Carrvinic freight and passengers irom Astoria and Portland, the steamer Roanoke sailed for San Francisco and San Pedro.J She ioaded .about ISO tons of canned sal mon and general freight here. --Bring.nir freight and passengers, th steamer F. A. Kflbum arrived from San Franctsno via Eureka and ffods Bay. The British bark Trldonla left during the nicht for Portland, where she is to ioaa Brain- The Norwegian steamer "Wiscawa and the British steamer Greystok Castle arrtvea from Portland and will go to sea tomorrow. HOQUIAM. Wash.; Feb. 17. f Special. The steam schooners Daisy Freeman, Cor onado and Nehalem cleared today for San Franciscc with lumber former two from Aberdeen, the latter from Hoquiam. The 8 team schooner Temple E. Dorr ar rived from San Francisco and is loading at the Andersn-MIdd1eton mill, Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash., Tho Fteamrs Daisy and Nehalem cleared Feb. 17j fSneclal.) Freeman, Coronado today with lumber for San Francisro. The steamer Temple E. Dorr arrived and Is loading at the Anderson-Middleton mill. COOS-BAT. Or., Feb!" 1 T. (Special.) Th. steamer Adeline Smith sailed for San Fran cisco todav with lumber and passengers. The steamer Coqullle. bought by Portland nfirtie. tmm t Vi e nwner. on th Coaulllfl Kiver, passed here today, en route to the Columbia River. The gasoline schooner Rustler has returned from a. freighting trip to the Coquills River. Vessels Krtered Yesterday. American steamer Bear, general cargo, from San Francisco. V American steamer Asuncion, cargo of oil, from San Francisco. . American steamer Mill,, cargo of oil, from Han Francisco, American steamer Daisy Putnam, baHast, from San Francisco. " . ' Gasoline schooner patsy, general eargo, from coast ports. Gasollneschooner Tillamook, ballast, from Astoria. British bark Tridonia, ballast, from As toria. , Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer Mills, ballast, -for Mon te re v. American steamer Asuncion; ballast, for San Francisco. American steamer Wapama, 1,000,000 feet lumber, for San Francisco. American steamer Daisy Putnam, 807,000 feet romber, for San Francisco. Gasoline echdoner Patsy, general cargo, for Tillamook. ' Tides at Astoria Friday. T-Tlirh. Low. 0:.r.4 A. M foet'6:S7 A. M 2.6 feet 0:117 P. M S.u leet:J4 f. aa....-o.x joi Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Feb. 17."-Condltlon of the bar at G P. M. Sea, smooth; wind, east, 20 miles. JAPANESE BRING SPECIE CRUISERS WITH 51,460,000 aboard REACH VICTORIA. Money Meant for Purchase of War Sup plies for Russia Great Secrecy Observed In Movements. SAJf FRANCISCO, Feb. 17. The Jap anese cruisers Chitose and Toklwa. on board which is said to be 51, 460,000 in Bold specie for tne purcnase or war supplies for Russia, arrived today fjom Japan at Victoria. B. C, according to telegram received here oy a Japa nese newspaper. The Chitose and Toitiwa were last re ported on the lee of the Island of Maui, T. H., where they were coaled and pro visioned by the Japanese collier Kwanto Maru. The greatest secrecy was maintained regarding the movements of the two cruisers. Before sailing from Japan the cruisers carried heavy shipments of specie, including the shipment hey brought to Victoria, to Maizuru, Japan from Vladivostok, where it had been conveyed from Petrograd under heaAay guard. . The shipment to Japan was the- settlement of a balance owed by England to Japan, which England squared with Russia by giving Rus sia credit in London. PLEASURE AUTO DECRIED BRITAIN APPEALS TO OWNERS ' FOREGO LUXURY. . , TO Savins; of Millions and More Workers for Uaeful Channels) la Object -Given by Government. LONDON, Feb. 17. The government war savings committee issued the first of a series of appeals in which it will point out to the people of the country facts regarding various forms of expen ditures "which should be checked as wasteful and as absorbing labor that could be put to better use." - The first appeal deals with the use of automobiles and motorcycles for pleasure. . "If this form or semsn, mougruiess extravagance is stopped,!' says the ap Deal. "millions of pounds will be saved and many workers transferred to more useful channels. We appeal to all own- era to consider earnestly whether the se of their cars can be Justified by any public utility or real necessity. "wo cannot ask tne poorer classes' to save as long as they see the well-to-do enjoying such expensive luxury." The Hotaenzollern fortune, which totaled S5 000.000 wven the great-grandfather of the present Kaiser died, is now estimated at seven times that figure. Eighteen months a?o the Kaiser paid military tax ol IS Purchase of Steamer Hinges Upon Safe Arrival. SHAVER INTERESTS TO BUY Vessel Will Co Altered for Serv ice la Towing ' Fleet and Con verted Into Oil Burner Craft Due Today From Bandon On the safe arrival in the river to day of the steamer Coquille, which left the Coquille River yesterday morning, hinges her 'sale to the Shaver Trans portation Comparry, which corporation will use her in Rie towing service in conjunction with the present fleet. Captain J. W. -Shaver recently made a trip to Bandon to inspect the vessel, and agreed with the Myrtle . Point Transportation Company as to the pur chase price, the latter to undertake delivery or the' steamer at Portland. Taking advantage of favorable weather prevailing along the Coast during the past "few days, it was decided to get the Coquille to sea early yesterday, and it is estimated that she will have covered the distance to the river by noon today. The Shaver interests plan to elimi nate passenger accommodations aboard the Coquille, which has been used in the general trade between Coquille and Bandon. The after section of her house will be cut away, leaving one state- Uroom on each side; the stack is to be lowered so she can pass beneath the bridges, and there will be other changes to fit her for-the towing trade. In a way the Coquille is only a product of the Coast harbor in part, for her hull was built of Port Orford cedar and the present engine and boiler were built at Portland three years ago. The vessel was originally turned out in 1908 for the Coquille River , Transportation Company, and was to have been the speediest o"r her class on that stream, but fel! shot-t to some extent and was rebuilt later. The machinery was changed, an upper deck was added that her owners de clared made her topheavy, so changes were made, and in her present condi tion she has proved satisfactory. The Coquille is burning coal on her present voyage at sea, and at Portland she will be converted into an oil- burner. The Shaver fleet is now jnade up of the steamers Henderson, Cas cades, Sarah Dixon, Shaver, No Wonder and Wauna, the gasoline tug Echo and gasoline launch Dons. The Coquille is 76.7 feet long, with a beam of 15.7 feet and depth of hold of 7.9 feet. She is of 63 tons gross ard 46 tons net register. CASCADE JjOCKS ARE OPENED Tee Bars Passage or Portland Ves sels for a Time. Ice that partly filled the canal at the Cascade Locks was responsible for the steamer Tahoma, of the People s line, being held there from yesterday morn ing until 2:30 o clock in the afternoon, atwhich time the steamer Dalles-City, of the Regulator line also locked through, the vessels being the first to pass the locks since the freeze up early in January. The Tahoma left Portland Wednesday night with a full load of freight that had been held here, it being expected that tho locks could be operated early yesterday. The Dalles City departed at 7 o clock yes terday morning. The steamer Stranger leaves here today, and service will be uninterrupted hereafter. On the Portland-Astoria run the steamer Undine leaves this morning for the lower aiver in the Harkins line service, and will return from Astoria tonight, the J.urnne taKing ner place tomorrow, so th4?former schedule of a round trip every 24 hours will be resumed. The O.-W. R. & N. steamer Harvest, which has been on the day light run during the ice period, ar rives this afternoon and leaves at 8 o'clock tonight resuming her former service. NOTRE DAME D'ARVOR IS IX Holt Hill Had 13 Days' Start ot Frenchman From Melbourne. 0 Of two ships on the way from Mel bourne to join tne grain neet, me French hark Notre Dame d'Arvor towed into the river yesterday after a voyage of '65 days. The British bark Holt Hill is reported to have. sailed from the same harbor 12 days in advance of the Frenchman and is daily looked for. The Notre Dame d'Arvor is' consigned to Strauss & Co. and will load for the United Kingdom. The Holt Hill is under engagement to M. H. Houser. The British ship Langdale, flour laden for Europe, sailed at 10:40 o'clock yester day morning. With the arrival of the Notre Dame d'Arvor the en route list for Portland has dropped to 13 vessels for grain. while on the way to Puget Sound are two ships and three others, are in port. DOGS ACT AS FOG SIGNALS Skipper ot IVaparmi Says Golden Gate Fogs Aro Not Troublesome, Captain Foldat, of the McCormick steamer Wapama, which was held off the river from Tuesday night until Wednesday afternoon by fog, asserts that it is easier to navigate into the Golden Gate in thick weather than into the Columbia, saying, there is bull pup maintained on the north side of the entrance and a St. Bernard on the south side, and as they keep up an incessant Tjarking they serve as most excellent fog signals. The Wapama brought up an iron bark rudder stock for the schooner ,Inca, loading at Westport, which lost her rudder here through being struck by a barge, and is fco have a new steer ing rig when she departs for Australia with a lumber cargo. The vessel loads for the return voyage at Clark & Wil son's and the St. Helens mill. HOOD RIVER WATER IS HIGH Despite Drop In Columbia, Present .Stage Is February Record. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) While the Columbia River at this point has fallen 4 feet since last Saturday, it is still 6JA feet above normal at this season of the year, and local river men are predicting record high water this Spyng and Summer. Ferryboats of tne Hood River-Un derwood system, although ordinarily they do nor. tana mere except at tne annual season of extreme high water in May. are-now beaching at a point Just north of the, O.-W. R. & N. pas senger station. - The river is now at a record nlgn water mark for February. - Deckload Toll Is. Opposed. Added tolls on deckloads of lumber carried through the Panama Canal, rec ommended by Major-General George W. Goethals, will be fought by the Portland Chamber of Commerce, it be ing maintained that this tax lays a heavy hand upon lumber manufactur ers of the Pacific Northwest. The sub- COOUILLE COMING 10 Days I I 1 Land of Geishas and Flowers (Round Trip Now $300) 15 Days (Round" Trip With optional overland tour throni - Nanking and Shanghai, or vice versa, for 17 Days to Manila (Round Trip Now $337.50) Uncle Sam's Greatest and most progressive Colony by Canadian Pacific luxurious Empress of Russia-Empress of Asia Quickest Tim Across f Aa Pacific Europe Is Closed, but the Orient Is Open One way via Honolulu, if desired. Our offices at e.irh port give travelers every assistance in planning itineraries and securing reliable guides. Full information cheerfully given. 'Phone, call or write . J. V. Murphy, General Agent. 55 Third St., Portlaml. Or. C AN AfcJJ ANc-P AC I Fl C ject was taken up at a meeting of the navigation committee of the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night and it w'a's decided to refer the matter to lum ber manufacturers of tc Northwest, so as to get their ideas and to make a determined and united protest at a later date. SVUVF- IS HELD OF BOSTON Cruiser May Re Sold Here When Given Up by Naval Militia. There are prospects that the cruiser Boston, stationed here for more than four years as training ship for the Oregon Naval Militia, will be sold at Portjand, the Navy Department not un dertaking to shift the vessel back to the Bremerton Navy-yard if bids for disposing of her here are satisfactory. She' is to be replaced next month with the cruiser Marblehead: On the Boston a survey was started yesterday by officers detailed from the Pacific reserve fleet at Bremerton. The Boston had been offered for sale pre vious to being sent, here, and bids had been filed when the plan was changed. STEAMER TIMBERS MILLED Three 60-Foot Lengths Turned Out at Aberdeen for New Carrier. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) Three heavy timbers, each more than 60 feet long, were cut by the Wil son mill today for the Wilson steamer to be built at the new Andrew Peter son, yards here. The steamer will be called the Oregon, after the state in which Wilson Bros, conducted their first lumber operations. The vessel will be 200 feet long, and 42 feet wide and of l.OOO.OJO feet capacity. The keel for the vessel will be laid by March 1 and the vessel will be completed by August 1. ' Puget Sound Exports $8,600,000 SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 17. Puget Sound exports in January were valued at $8,600,000 and Imports at $7,800,000, according to report ot collector ot lus toms Brumheller. Japan was the best customer, sending merchandise worth J3.500.000 and buying goods worth 700,000. The principal article of import was raw silk, the principal export, raw cotton. Aberdeen Company Formed. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 17. (Spe cial.) The Darragh Transportation ComDany. of this city, Jias been in cornorated for $9000 with T. B. Dar ragh, I J. Isaacson and Tom Freeman as the incorporators. Marine Notes. Arrivinir "vesterdav afternoon was the steamer F. A. Kilburn from San Francisco via Eureka and Marshfield. Lumber with which the steamer Wapama will sail from Tortland for San Tertro Is to measure 1,000,000 feet, according to her manifest as filed yesterday. Tho steamer rjBisv Putnam was cleared for San I'ran- clsoo -with 600,000 feet. Brlnghis; a barBeload of piling, which was snlftea trom me scens i "i""' the north Jetty for use at the Oregon City locks, the Government tuR Aragp arrived up yesterday. Sne win return iony " Fort Canby with a plledriver in tow that will be operated there In driving fender nillnc and other work at the receiving dockjs. rTr,i.rt state steamboat Inspectors Ed wards and wynn yesterday Investigated the mm of the Bteamer anaver-oirmiiis m nf tha O -W. . K. & N. bridge n,aub- i-nrrvlna; away her stem, and it i. not helieved further actlon will be uvn A in the case of the steamer Annie Comings, which struck the bridge the same i.v and damaged part of her house, the heavy current running at the tlmo is held to have been responsible. wnrlrlnir A flarce! f lumber t the Multnomah mill, tiM steamer Tampleo i' in haul across to Wiman-Poulsen s for lon.noo feet and finish down the river. sailing or the west coast. t -Hon with freight for Oregon coast ports, th irHsollno schooners Tillamook and Tatsy of the Kimono fleet, are to be dispatched today The Tiliamook had repairs made yesterday in the engine-room, a cylinder head having given trouble, but is expected to get away on umo tuuy. Harrv Brandt of the passenger depart ment of the PacVle Coast steamship Com nonv is In the city on business. Walter Stirling eipecta ,to resume diving operations again aner naving rao. from a brief Illness. He declined to dive In th Columbia River during the recent freezeup, preferring to await warmer condl tlrtnw That Tunnel Point light, on the Middle Columbia, had been mmra om w - reported "to the headquarters of the Sev enteenth lighthouse pVrlct yesterday. In stead of Cottonwood Island lower resr light having been carried away on the lower river, pilots have Inrormea tne ngnyiou. officials that the missing Illumination Is the Cottonwood Island lower and upper front range light. Minor amendments are to be made .,he dock tariff of the commission oi j-ikhh- Docks, and. because or mo tuants". " been determined to issue a. new iri", which will be a loose leaf gystem so ship pers may he supplied with changes -In the future, eliminating the necessity of reissu ing the entire tariff. O D Kennedy, rortiana sgeni ror mi Arian. Hawaiian, received a wireless meseige yesterday that the liner Kentuckian would r otr tne this morning. At noori yesterday she was S mile to the sournwarn. Portland Man Is Safe. Fears' that Jim Bcakey, jf Portland, oldst son of Mrs. George M. Harris, badost his life in the fire in the Ana conda Conner ifinin Company's Penn sylvania mine Tuesday were placed at rest when a message was received trom him last niKht by 'George H. Harris. manager of the Burnside Theater. The telegram said that he was ail right, 5 n ! to Japa to China Now $337.50) h Jnpan and Korea via Mukden to Peking. $60 gold extra. GIRLS! MOISTEN A CLOTH 'AND DRAW IT it Becomes Beautifully Soft, Wavy, Abundant and , Glossy at Once. j Save Your Hair! AH Dandruff Goes and Hair Stops Coming Out. k Surely try a "Dundcrine Halt if you wish to Immediately Cleanse" double the beauty of your hair. Just moisten a cloth with Dandertno anol draw it carefully through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; this will cleanse the hair ot dust, dirt or any excessive oil in a few minute you will be amazed. Your hair will bi wavy, fluffy and abundant and poattosj an incomparable softness, luster and luxuriance. Besides beautifying the hair, one ap-J plication of Danderlne dissolves every; particle of dandruff; inviKorates th scalp, stopping Itching and fulling hair. Danderlne la to the hair what fretri showers of rain and sunshine are la vegetation. It goes right to the root.t. Invigorates and strengthens them, lis exhilarating, stimulating and life-producing properties cause the hair fa grow long, strong and beautiful. You can surely have pretty, soft, lustrous hair, and lots of It, If you will just get a J3-cent bottlo of Knowlton'a Danderino from any drug store or tuU let counter and try It as directed. Save your hair! Keep it luoklni? charming and beautiful You will sayi this was tho best 25 cents you over spent. Adv. ' and doing surface West Colusa mine. surveying at tin Six Robber Suspect Held. In 'the room of Frank Smith, hold for vagrancy, Detectives Leonard, I. Salle and Golta found a revolvri, wrapped in newspaper and hidden In . cookstove. The weapon bus been Iden tified as stolen property. Smith, wliti William Franklin a"J John A. IVrry, are serving short sentenecs m va grants, but th officer declare) that all are under suspicion as yeggmen. YeHterday afternoon the trio of de tectives arrested three others, (Miarte Brown, o( many aliases, Edward, Thompson and Frank Daly. 7 FOR THE BOILS nPwaf Urttira a n WnnA Will keep Liver and 1 - "w . ' Dowels Kight. You Who Take Exercise in an Easy Chair Must Take "Cascarets." Enjoy life feel bully! Don't star sick, bilious, headachy, constllpated. Ks move the liver and bowel poison whicii a keeping your head dizzy, your tongue coated, your breath offensive,, stomach. sour and your body full of cold. Why don't you get a 10 or 2a-cent box of Cascarets at the drug store and enjoy . the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel leansing you ever experienced? Cas carets work v.-hije you loep. You wi! wake up feeling fit and fine. Cliildrr neud this sandy cathartic, too. Adv. THROUGH HAIR GRANDPA NEED CASCMS .'