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TnE JIORXIXfi OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, 3IARCII 18, 1916. ,
STATE AGENCY FOR
LABOR IS PROPOSED
Abolition of Private and Mu
nicipal Organizations to Be
Passed On by Voters.
ACTS ORDERED DRAFTED
Advisory Committee Appointed by
City Council on Unemployment
Suggests Grouping All Allied
Departments Into Bureau.
Abolition of private employment
agencies and consolidation of all parts
of the municipal and state government
pertainirg to labor into one depart
ment, to be known as the state depart
ment of labor, is now proposed by the
citizens' employment committee, ap
pointed last Fall by the City Council
to serve in an advisory capacity in
the handling- of Portland's unemploy
ment problem. The committee at a
meeting yesterday appointed sub-committees
to draft measures to be sub
mitted to the voters providing for the
changes.
Tt is said that while two measures
will be provided, both are so allied
that the passage o one without the
other would not be satisfactory to the
rommittee. In the plan for consolida
tion it is proposed to organize all the
state and municipal employment
agencies into one state department
This would include such .organizations
as the State Labor Commission, the
municipal employment bureau, the
State Industrial Insurance Commission
and other organizations having to do
with labor. It is thought they could
get better results by consolidation so
that all could follow (a similar general
policy.
As to the private employment bu
reau?, it is said the state would bene
fit by their abolition and the transfer
of the service now performed by them
to the state department. This has been
done in the State of "Washington by
vote of the people, and members of the
committee expressed the view at yes
terday's meeting that the people of
Oregon would favor this plan.
It is contended that the work of
furnishing labor is strictly an agency
of the state or the municipality and
that the proposed method would be to
the benefit of both employers and em
ployes. Isaac Swett. Marshall N. Dana
and William Strandborg were ap
pointed members of the sub-committee
to handle this act.
Father K. V. O'Hara. H. W. Metzger
and J. H. Barbour were named on the
committee to prepare the act regard
ing consolidation of the various de
partments and bureaus. They will be
assisted in the legal phases of the plan
by John F. Logan.
Those who attended the meeting yes
terday were: Father O'Hara. H. L.
Corbett. Bishop Sumner, J. H. Barbour,
William P. Strandborg. Charles F.
Berg, H. W. Metzger, Marshall N. Dana.
N. F. Johnson, John F. Logan, Isaac
Swett and City Commissioner Baker.
GOVERHORSHIP IS GOAL
SHERIFF HODGE, SEATTLE. MAKES
FORMAL AXXOtSCEMEST.
Wants to "Ruin' Office of Chief Eiku
tlve at OI j'mpia an He Has
County Joh,
SEATTLE, Wash., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Robert T. Hodge this
morning issued a formal announcement
of his candidacy for Governor. He does
not say on which ticket he will be
found, but says "there is a public de
mand for a man big enough to safe
guard and look after the interests of
the people at Olympia."
The following is his formal an
nouncement: 1 "In announcing my candidacy for
Governor, I was not prompted by the
urgent requests from friends, but from
a public demand for a man big enough
to safeguard and look after their inter
ests and not weaken under the tempt
ing influences at all times presented to
them by the agents of our 'invisible
government.'
"My past and present record as a
public servant is assurance to the vot
ers of what they may expect from ine
as Governor along that line. Being ac
cused by politicians of spoiling the
Sheriff's office, it has always been my
ambition to spoil the Governor's office
in like manner, that of replacing poli
tics and graft with efficiency; in other
words, purifying the atmosphere in and
around the Capitol analogous to good
government.
"The public has become tired of lis
tening to the cowardly platitudes and
ambiguous representations of issues
confronting them during a campaign,
instead of espousing their cause in a
plain and eoncise language, that can
be understood by all people of ordi
nary intelligence. I expect to cover the
state thoroughly during the campaign,
at which time I will outline my policy
and be prepared to answer all questions
pjopounded me by the voters. My pol
icy has always been and always will be
a square deal to all."
PERSONAL MENTION.
B. W. Haveland, of Littell, is at the
Katon.
L. G. Allen, of Scappoose, is at the
Perkins.
Mr. P. Rowland, of Baker, is at the
Perkins.
John S. Dolle, of Seattle, is at the
Cornelus.
C. S. Sword, of Waterville, is at the
Nortonia.
Mrs. A. J. Derby, of Hood River, is
at the Eaton.
Mrs. W. L. Clark, of Hood River, is
at the Eaton.
Mrs. E. L. Walker, of Boise, is at
the Portland.
J. W. Collinson, of Boston, Mass., is
at the Portland.
Mollie Stephens, of Raymond. Wash-
is at the Oregon.
E. Slutz is registered at the Perkins
from Hood River.
Mrs. W. W. Stevens, of Camas, Wash,
is at the Cornelius. '
A. V. McDonald, of Seattle, is regis
tered at the Eaton.
A. B. Metzger. of Decatur, is regis
tered at the Nortonia.
Mrs. E. B. Hodge of Silverton, is reg
istered at the Oregon.
V. G. Cozard, attorney of Canyon
City, is at the Imperial.
Hugh McLain, postmaster at Marsh
field, is at the Imperial.
William L. Darch, of Goldendale,
Wash., is at the Nortonia,
M. J. Van Vorst. of White Salmon.
Wash., is at the Nortonia.
George E. Saunders, manager of the
sugar beet factory now being erected
fat Grants Pass, is registered at the
Imperial. '
C. W. Bloodgood. of Pittsburg, is
registered at the Portland.
D. H. Stegman, of Centerville, Wash.,
is registered at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry, of
Albany, are at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. James Morris are regis
tered at the Cornelius from Salem.
.1. F. Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge, of
Ashton, Idaho, are at the Oregon.
The Washington State College wrest
ling team is registered at the Oregon.
A. H. Thurlowi steward of the
steamer "Northern Pacific, is at the
Seward.
T. B. Handley, of Tillamook, member
of the last State Legislature, is at the
Seward.
J. N. Grieve. Canadian immigration
agent, with headquarters at Spokane,
is at the Seward.
W. H. Moody, prominent rancher of
Shaniko, and Mrs. Moody are regis
tered at the Portland.
Claude Gatch, National bank ex
aminer with headquarters at San Fran
cisco, is at the Imperial.
Mrs. Helen Brooks, member ot, the
faculty of Oregon Agricultural College,
Corvallis, is at the Seward .
CHICAGO. March 17. (Special.) The
following from Oregon are registered
at -nicago hotels:
From Portland Mrs. E. F. James,
at the Congress; D. E. Hauple, at the
Great Northern.
From Pendleton Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Collins, at the La 'Salle.
SENSATION IS PROMISED
PILLARS OF" SOCIETY IN SEATTLE
MAY FIGl'RB IN SCANDAL.
Sheriff of Kins County Warns Them
to Stop Helping "Badger Queen"
or Be "Shown Up."
SEATTLE, March 17. (Special.)
Sheriff Hodge announced, today that he
will wait no longer for word from Los
Angeles that Deputy M. E. Hally had
left there for Seattle with Mrs. Isabel
Clayburg. alleged Seattle "badger
queen" and then
If no word comes before Saturday
morning he will open up, -he says, on
wealthy alleged, victims of the woman
in Seattle, who, he says, are aiding ,her
fight against extradition and "give
them all the publicity they want and
then some."
"They are hampering the ends of
justice," he declared. "They must be
dealt with summarily.'
This afternoon Attorney" John J. Sul
livan, of Seattle, appeared unexpectedly
in the case at Los Angeles, according
to word from the California city.
"One of the victims has gone from
here to Los Angeles and is financing
the Clayburg fight in the background,"
said Sheriff Hodge. "We have a line on
him as well as on others who are still
here.
"I announce right now that if they
don't withdraw and let the law take
its proper course I will turn over every
bit of evidence I've got, including t,he
names of every victim the gang pho
tographed during the two years or
more of their operations and the pic
tures themselves, to the newspapers.
"At the same time, using photographs
as evidence, I can charge a number
of our best citizens, so-called, with
crimes. The minimum penalty for such
crimes, I believe. Is two years in the
penitentiary."
While Mrs. Clayburg's fate is still un
certain Miss Lillian Peterson and Miss
Dottie Coots, the two other alleged
"badger girls" brought here for trial
from San Francisco, are languishing
in the County Jail.
STATE WINS TAX CASE
Supreme Court Holds That Second
Levy at Bay City Must Go on Roll.
SALEM, Or.. March 17. (Special.)
ine supreme uourt, In a decision by
Justice Harris, has held that a second
tax levy of 3.1 mills made by the Port
of Bay City should have been extended
on the tax roll of Tillamook County
and an order to this effect was issued.
The decision was in the' case of the
State of Oregon ex rel. the Port of Bav
City against Assessor Johnson and
Sheriff Crenshaw, of Tillamook County,
in which the Port instituted mandamus
proceedings to compel the countv offi
cials to place the 3.1 mill levy on the
roll.
The Port originally made a levy of
3.5 mills, but later discovered that an
error had been made and the levy was
reduced 4.10 of a mill. The Assessor
refused to extend the second levy on
the roll. The written opinion in the
case will probably be handed down next
week.
LONG-CLOSED MILL BUSY
Machinery From Adjoining Plant
Taken to Increase Output.
RAINIER, Or., March 17. (Special.)
After closing down for more than
two years, the old Pacific National
Lumber Company's mill, recently sold
to the Multnomah Box & Lumber Com
pany by the receiver, started sawing
lumber Tuesday.
This same company has purchased th
"O. K. Mill, one of the Dodge proper
ties, wnicn adjoins the Pacific National
mill, and, according to Manager Mitch
ell, the new owners will take enough
of the machinery frojn the O. K. mill
to bring the capacity of the other up
to 175,000 feet a day. The remainder
of the machinery will be sold and the
buildings razed. This will give the
mill about 900 feet of waterfront for
yards and loading facilities.
ALDERMAN QUITS HIS JOB
Forest Grove Policeman Also Gives
' Up Cares of Office.
FOREST GROVE, Or., March 17.
(Special.) At a recent meeting of the
City Council, Alderman R. P. Nixon,
who was recently elected to that office,
tendered his resignation, offering no
reason therefor. Night Policeman Ben
nette also resigned his office. The
resignations were accepted and appoint
ments will be made to fill the vacancies.
The sewer work which i being done
by the Elliott Construction Company,
of Portland, is progressing slowly and
there is some friction between the con
tractors and the City Council because
of the delays that are occasioned by
the contractors, and the matter has
lately been before the Council and will
do usen up lor aajustment.
CITY BUYS WATERSHED
Tacoina Also Plans Bungalows for
Power Plant Employes.
TACOMA. Wash., March 17. The City
Council has voted $1400 to buv 114
acres of land near the Green River
Headwaters of the city water system.
For the construction of tile bun
galows for employes at the city power
piant at j,a tiranae, so miles from
Tacoma. an appropriation of $7000 was
made, and $1200 for a similar structure
at the oreen River headworks.
Read The Oregonian classified adi.
HAVAL BLACK EYE
IS GIVEN COLUMBIA
Secretary Daniels Says 35
Foot Channel Is Only
"26" Feet Deep.
CRUISER IS KEPT AWAY
Vancouver Troops Ordered to Ta
coma to Board Pittsburg; Cham
ber of Commerce Takes Up
Matter With Washington.
MESSAGE SENT BV THE ORE
GONIAN TO SECRETARY
DANIELS.
PORTLAND, Or., March 17.
Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary
of the Navy, Washington. D. C:
Tou are quoted in a Washington
dispatch to the Seattle Post
Intelllgencer as announcing depth
of water in the channel across
the. Columbia River bar as 26
f Pt. In view of fact that the last
o;. rial report by United States
J f-r.gineers. issued in January,
t 1916, gives the ruling depth at
low tide across the Columbia
River bar as 35 feet, we will ap
preciate a statement from you as
to whether you have been cor
rectly quoted in the Seattle
paper's dispatch.
THE OREGONIAN.
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the
Navy, comes forth with the astounding
but untrue statement that there is only
26 feet o$ water on the Columbia River
bar and for that reason the cruiser
Pittsburg will not be sent here to take
aboard the band and three companies
of the Twenty-first Infantry for trans
portation to San Diego. The statement
is credited to Secretary Daniels, in a
Washington dispatch published yester
day in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Companies A, B, D and the band, of
the Twenty-first Infantry, have now
been ordered to proceed by rail from
Vancouver Barracks to Tacoma on
March 20, and there embark on the
cruiser for passage to San Diego.
If correctly quoted. Secretary Daniels
only missed the true depth at the en
trance to the river by nine feet. The
last survey of the United States Engi
neers, completed early in January,
establishes the ruling depth at 35 feet
at mean low water.
If Secretary Daniels has any author
ity for his statement it is probably the
survey of 1910, when there was 26 feet
of water, but since then the conditions
at the mouth have changed wonderful
ly, dredging operations having been re
vived with the big dredge Chinook,
while the south Jetty was finished and
the north jetty trestle is completed to
its projected length with the enrock
ment started for the full distance.
Channel In Permanent.
Hence early in 1915 the depth there
was 30.5 feet, and during the Winter
the channel widened and in some places
deepened, and the 35-foot ruling depth
attained when dredging ceased in the
Fall was maintained by natural con
ditions during the severe weather,
showing that the road to the sea is
permanent.
If Secretary Daniels, who is quoted as
having said the Navy Department rec
ords showed 26 feet of water had or
dered records brought to him of the
movements of the battleship Oregon,
cruisers Maryland, St. Louis. South
Dakota and Albany, all of which have
been here since 26 feet was the gov
erning depth on the bar, he might have
given a more plausible excuse for the
Pittsburg being refused for the trip.
If the Chamber of Commerce is suc
cessful, it will have an official copy of
a letter to Senator Jones, of Washing
ton, from Secretary Daniels, in which
he outlines his reason for not sending
the Pittsburg. Then the misleading
records of theNavy Department will
no doubt be brought up to date with
data supplied from Portland.
Larger Vessel Sent.
If the Pittsburg is too large to enter
the Columbia River, then the Maryland
should not have been sent in June,
1912, when the latter drew about 26
feet. They are the same size, being 502
feet long, beam, 69.64 feet, and with
mean draft of 24.1 feet. Also, the bat
tleship Oregon drew 27.6 feet when here
in July of that year, and the South
Dakota, which visited in 1913, was
equally as deep. The St. Louis, here
in June, 1913, had a draft of about 24
feet.
If Navy Department records of the
depths of water at other principal har
bors are faulty, it would seem as if the
officials would go to their brethren in
the War Department and obtain the
benefit of frequent surveys made by the
Corps of Engineers. U. S. A.
If Secretary Daniels' ideas alone are
to be followed in directing the move
ments of Navy vessels it is reasoned
that Portland should display deep ap
preciation in having secured the cruiser
Marblehead for the Oregon Naval Mi
litia, inasmuch as she has a mean .draft
of 14.6 feet and could make her way
through some of the sloughs adjacent
to the Columbia River without fear of
injury
FLEET IS FORMED QUICKLY
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Buys Eight
Vessels and Builds One.
Portland is in line to derive the
greatest gains from the operation of a
fleet formed by Balfour, Guthrie &
Co. during the past few months and
which was augumented a few days
ago through the purchase of the
schooners Camano, Okanogan, Spokane
and Gamble, which were sold by Pope
& Talbot. In less than a year the
company has acquired eight vessels
and has ordered another built at Aber
deen, Wash.
The first taken was the schooner
David Evans. Besides the Pope & Tal
bot vessels, Belfour, Guthrie & Co. has
also bought the Geneva, British Yeo
man and Sophie Christenson.
PILOT'S LICENSE SUSPENDED
Steamboat Inspectors Act in Dorr-
Oeklahama Collision Case.
Closing the case when it was con
cluded not to call members of the crew
of the steamer Temple E. Dorr as wit
nesses. United States Steamboat In
spectors Edwards and Fuller yesterday
suspended for 30 daysv the license of
Captain Julius Allyn, pilot of the Dorr,
which collided with the steamer Oekla
hama January 20.
Injuries sustained by the Oeklahama
were to her wheel, cylinder timbers,
fantail and smaller parts aft, and the
Port of Portland Commission has
awarded a contract to the Portland
Shipbuilding Company for the repairs,
whih will cost about $1700.
Buiulon Iieaves With Lumber.
TOLEDO. Or., March 17. (Special.)
The steamer Bandon, of the Estabrook
line, whose sister ship, the Fifield, was
wrecked, a short time ago at Coos Bay,
left here yesterday with a full cargo of
lir and spruce timber. The Bandon de
parted directly from the mill to the sea.
A number of men working for the
George W. Moore Lumber Company
have been transferred from this place
to Bandon preparatory to starting the
mill there.
SCHOONER NORTHLAND SOLO
Parr-McCormick Line Buys Craft.
Subject to Inspection.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. (Spe
cial.) Announcement was made today
by the Parr-McCormick line of the
purchase of the controlling interest in
the steam schooner Northland from the
Dodge Company. the purchase was
made subject to inspection of ihe
schooner upon arrival here Monday.
The .San Francisco company plans to
use her in the trade between Portland
and San Francisco. According to Fred
D. Parr, head of the company, they
plan a three-teamer-a-week service.
The Northland has been operated by
the Dodge -Company between Southern
California and Puget Sound ports. She
has a dead-weight capacity of 1200 tons
and can carry 800,000 feet of lumber.
The Parr-McCormick line was or
ganized last year to engage in trans
porting general cargo from San Fran
cisco to Portland and Puget Sound, and
up to this time its efforts have been
centered mostly in the Portland trade.
The steamer San Ramon, which was
under the Dodge flag, was added to
the Parr-McCormick interests not long
ago, she being the first carrier con
trolled, and with the Northland the
company will continue the same serv
ice, but will be saved the necessity of
chartering so much outside tonnage.
At Portland the company occupies the
Oak-street and Couch-street docks, and
it is said its northbound shipments are
gaining. Southbound the vessels carry
lumber.
Marine Notes.
Harry Montgomery, shipping . onmisjsioner
at the Custom-house, has Ue.i i.iij)ortuin.-d to
assist iu locating Wendell aminllt, years
of age, who left his home at Medford Feb
ruary 24 and Is believed to havfe-shipped
on & vessel from Portland. He had request
ed permission of his parents to sign on the
British bark Trldonla. which sailed a few
days ago for the United Kingdom, but that
was refused. Captain C. J. Lancaster, mas
ter of the steamer Win. Chatham, is his'
uncle and it was thought he might have
made his way down the Coast. Though 15
years old, he is said to have the appearance
of a youth of 18 and weighs 160 pounds.
Placards have been distributed on the
waterfront announcing a receiver's salo of
the steamer Woodland, lying at Randall's
yard, on the Macadam road, which takes
place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
vessel was formerly owned by Captain Exon
and was traded recently for ranch property.
Cargo she took aboard at New York for
Portland being discharged, the American
Hawaiian liner Honolulan got away at
noon yesterday for Puget Sound, where eho
finished unloading and goes into the Puget
Sound-Vladivostok service.
Lumber laden for California ports, the
steamers Wasp and Daisy Gadstoy got under
way last night.
Frank Bollam, Portland agent for the
Alaska Steamship Company, has received
Information ' from the Seattle headquarters
that the steamer Alaska, billed to sail
March 20, will be held over until 8 o'clock
the morning- of March 22. He also learned
that an advance in rates reported a short
time ago was confined to the steerage tariff
so Nome and -St. Michaels, which was in
creased from $35 to $40. .
Under the direction of United States
Steamboat Inspectors Edwards and Wynn
the ferry City of Vancouver was given her
annual inspection yesterday.
Ballast is to be discharged from the Nor
wegian bark Olivebank Monday and she
will shift to a berth at the plant of the
Portland Flouring Mills Company to load
flour for Europe. After working wheat at
the North Bank dock yesterday, the British
bark Holt Hill hauled across to Irving dock,
where she finishes today.
Making her second trip to Lewiston this
year, the steamer Twin Cities loft here last
night.
Work of overhauling the steamer Oeorgi
ana is to be started at vue Portland Ship
building Company's plant today. She will
be replaced on the Portland-Astoria run
April 15.
Negotiations have been closed by the Hos
ford Transportation Company for space on
Oak-street dock, where the steamers vvcown
G. K. Wentworth and Rowena will berth
when in port. The company will move from
its present location at the foot of Stark
street April 1. .
With 85 tons of coal from RIverton. the
gasoline cchooner Ahwancda was entered at
the Custom-house yesterday. She la to ply
regularly in that trade, hendling general
cargo Irora .Fortlana ana loading back wain
coal. .
News From Northwest Ports.
HOQUIAM, Wash., March 17. (Special.)
The schooner Fred J. wood secured a crew
today and' cleared for Dunedln, New Zea
land. Captain Ralph Peasley has his wife
aboard.
The steam schooner Hoqulam cleared from
the American mill. Aberdeen, for San Pedro.
The steam schooner Grays Harbor, cleared
from the Grays Harbor Lumber Company,
Hoquiam, for San Pedro with ties and lasc
from Little s mill, Hoqulam, for ban Pearo,
ABERDEEN. Wash.. March 17. (Special.)
The steamer Avalon cleared today from
the American mill for San Francisco.
The steamer Ludaner Is due In the morn
ing.
COOS BAY. March 17. (Special.) The
steamship F. A. Kllburn arrived off the bar
this afternoon at-l:3U Irom portlana, dui
waited until later bi-iore crossing.
The steamer Adeline Smith arrived from
San Francisco this afternoon at 3:13 and is
loadln? lumber at the Smith mill.
The steamer Nann Smith is due from San
Francisco tomorrow morning at S o'clock.
The steam schooner A. Al. cimpson is aue
from San Francisco.
ASTORIA. Or.. March 37. (Special.)
The tank steamer Frank H. Buck sailed for
California this afternoon after discharging
fuel oil at Portland.
Bringing a cargo of So tons of coal for
Portland, the gasoline schooner Ahwaneda
arrived during the night from Bandon.
The steam schooner Johan Poulsen sailed
today for San Francisco with lumber from
various up-river points.
Carrying freignt and passengers rrom port
land and Astoria, the steamer F. A. Kll
burn sailed today for San Francisco via Coos
Bay and Eureka.
Completing her cargo or lumber at Knapp
ton, the steam schooner Daisy Putnam, will
sail tonight lor Kan rancisco.
The steam schooner Daisy Gadsrjy has
finished loading lumber at Westport and
will sail for California this evening.
TACOMA MAN ON MISSION
Hugh Wallace Said to Be In Europe
at President's Behest.
TACOMA, Wash.. March IT. (Spe
cial.) That Hugh Wallace, of Tacoma,
now in Europe, last heard from in Italy,
perhaps is acting as a special confiden
tial agent of President Wilson with a
mission to foreign countries, was the
surprise sprung by Chester Thorne, of
Tacoma, who returned to the city to
day. Mr. Thorne said he met Mr. Wal
lace in Washington, and that "the lat
ter told him he was going abroad at
the request of the Administration.
Mr. Thorne said that Mr. Wallace did
not amplify his statement and -that he
has no other information.
Mr. Wallace went East some time ago
and sailed for burope early in the year,
He has visited Lngland and France.
Colt Show Is On Today.
LA GRANDE, Or.. March 17. (Spe
cial.) Imbler's annual colt show will
be held tomorrow. The date has .been
often postponed on account of snow
and bad roads, but regardless of the
fact farmers are busy seeding a big
attendance is anticipated. It is pro
moted annually to increase interest in
"better colts." "
Railroad Short of Laborers.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 17. A
scarcity of railroad laborers prevails
in Eastern Washington, Northern
Idaho and Western Montana. The
Northern Pacific Railway, it was an
nounced today, could use 200 foreign
section laborers if the road could ge
them.
ANY BOAT iS GOOD
Great Need for Bottoms Gives
Little Craft Chance.
SCHOONERS TAKEN HERE
Coquille Kiver and Washington
Are Latest to Join Portland's
Lumber Fleet Many New
Vessels Building.
Proving assertions frequently made
of late that even the smallest carriers
find their niche in the prevailing heavy
lumber movement to California, is the
engagement of , the steamer Coquille
River, with a capacity of 420,000 feet,
and the Washington, of 550.000 feet, to
load here for San Francisco at going
rates, which are stiff at $5 a thousand
feet. The vessels have been taken by
the McCormick line and two others
were closed for as well, the Northland,
which is returning here for future op
erations, and the Daisy Gadeby.
The Washington is also coming Pack
after a few years spent in California
waters, trading mostly between San
Francisco and Eureka. During normal
times it was concluded that she was
best adapted to the long runs from
North Pacific ports to California in the
lumber trade, so was switched to the
South, but in these days, with a brisk
demand for lumber along the Califor
nia coast special orders can be taken
care of readily in such a ship.
Following the San Francisco fire in
1906 rates climbed to the highest col
lected since steam schooners began to
figure in the Coast business, but even
then attention paid tonnage was noth
ing as compared to the present situ
ation, when every yard on the Coast is
active in vessel construction and ships
are changing hands with as much ra
pidity as lots would move in a boom
town. '
Ken Craft Bring Rnabrd.
The aim now is to turn out vessels
o they may be in service to reap some
of the benefits of record transportation
earnings and with steel yards working
to capacity, while wooden carriers or
dered have stalled plants on the Coast,
locations are being sought and finances
assembled for new plants. And wooden
vessels are not only to be built with a
view to operating on the Pacific side,
but mostly are of such size that they
can figure in the Panama Canal trade,
especially in the exodus of lumber ex
pected from this side immediately on
normal conditions being restored.
Also the Mexican field is an attrac
tion that promises to expand with the
elimination of revolutionary chaos. The
steamer Klamath left San Francisco for
Guaymas early in the week, carrying a
tie cargo, and will unload another here
before Summer. When tonnage is
easier the West Coast market should
be opened once more and probably in
all trades the largest fleet in the his
tory of the Pacific Coast lumber oper
ations will be in commission.
COOS HAY SERVICE PLANNED
Klmore Line Slay Place Vessel in
Operation From Portland.
Serious consideration is being given
a plan to place vessels of the Elmore
fleet on the Portland-Coos Bay route,
and representatives of the line are
now at Marshfield in the interest of
that move. It wars suggested recently
that the gasoline schooner Tillamook
be operated between Portland and Coos
Bay, she being idle at present, and
that may be followed out.
The gasoline schooner Patsy is in
service from here as far as Bandon.
and the steamer Sue H". Elmore, which
plies on the Portland-Tillamook run
during the Spring, Summer and Fall
seasons, is tied up at Astoria with the
Tillamook. It is said N. F. Titus will
join the Elmore interests at Portland
if tho Coos Bay service is inaugurated.
BALLAST - QUESTION PUZZLES
Family Meeting Will Be Culled to
Reach Uniform Understanding.
As one firm engaged in handling
ballast discharged from ships has giv
en notice that it will not take care of
more of the material after June 30 at
the rate of 5 cents a ton, and others
are asking for a higher revenue, the
Chamber of Commerce plans to foster
a meeting of all Interested in the bal
last question, so that it may be
threshed out thoroughly in advance of
the 1916-17 cereal season opening
July 1.
As the Chamber has guaranteed ves
sel owners that ballast will be taken
from alongside ships for 6 cents, it has
been called on to pay a differential
in a few cases in which a higher rate
was insisted on by those controlling
ballast docks.
, MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUE TO ARRIVE.
Name From Date.
Bear Loi Angela In port
Northern Pacific. San Francisco In port
Breakwater San Diego Mar. liu
Beaver I-oa Anselea Mar.
F. A. Kllburn. . . . San Diego Mar. 29
DUE TO DEPART.
Name. For Date-
Harvard S. F. to L. A. Mar. 18
Bear Lob Angeles Mar. IS
Northern Paclfia. San Francisco Mar. is
Yale S. F. to L. A. Mar. 20
Wapania san Diego. ... . Mar.
Breakwater -San Diego Mar. 24
Beaver Los A nee lea Mar. 2."
Northland San Diego Mar. 25
r'. A. -K-HDurn. . . . ban uiego jaar. ai
Portland-Atlantic Service.
DUE TO ARRIVE.
Name. From Date.
Georgian New York April 1
' DCE TO DEPART.
Nam... For Date.
Georgian Honolulu April 4
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported at 8 P. M., March
17, unless otuerwite designated).
Manoa, San Francisco for Honolulu, 601
n.iles out, March 10.
City of Topeka, Eureka for San Francisco,
12 miles north of Arena.
Breakwater. Santa Barbara for San Fran
cisco. 152 miles south of San Francisco.
Yucatan, Honolulu for San Francisco, 55
miles cut.
Wm. F. Herrln. Gaviota for Llnnton, 72
miles north of Gaviota.
Queen, San Francisco or San Pedro, four
miles south of Pigeon Point.
Drak-s, Richmond for Seattle, 325 miles
from Richmond.
El Segundo, Honolulu for San Francisco,
six miles out.
Atlas, Richmond for Portland, 25 miles
north of Blanco.
Willamette, Grays Harbor for San Fran
cisco, 240 mile north of San Francisco.
Aroline, San Francisco for Seattle, three
miles south of Trinidad Head.
Nann Smith. San Francisco for Coos Bay,
265 miles north of San Francisco.
Kllburn, Portland for Coos Bay, barbound
off Coos Bay.
Hilonlan, San Francisco for Seattle, 40
miles north of Blanco.
Newport, San Francisco for Balboa, 1271
miles south of San Francisco, March 16.
Klamath. San Pedro for Guaymas, 250
miles south of San Pedro.
Geo. W. Elder, Balboa for San Francisco,
at Ensenada.
Olilo, San Pedro for San Diego, 25 miles
east of San Pedro.
Bradford. Antofagasta for. San Francisco,
390 miles south of San Francisco.
Georgian. New York for San Pedro, 383
miles eoulb. oX ban Pedro at noon.
Honolulan. Columbia River for Seattle, en
tering Colum'i'a RUer.
Buck. I.innton for fan Francisco, i4
miles south of the Columbia River.
Lucas, to-n ing bare ll. Seattlo for
Richmond. 45S miles from Richmond.
Porter. Seattle for San Francisco, 230
miles from Seattlo.
Governor, Seattle for San Francisco, four
miles west Slip Point.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. March 17. Sailed Steamers
Honolulan. for Puget Sound; Daisy Gadsby,
for San Francisco; Wasp, for Mukilteo.
Astoria. March 17. Sailed during the
night, steamers Johan Poulsen, for San
Francisco; F. A. Kllburn. for San Diego via
way ports; at - P. M., steamer F. H. Buck,
for San Francisco.
San Francisco. March 17. Sailed at 1 A.
M.. steamer Coquille River, for Portland.
San Pedro, March 17. Arrived Steamers
Celtlo, from Portland for San Diego; Beaver,
from Portland via San Francisco.
Sydney. March 16. Sailed Schooner John
A. Campbell, for Columbia River.
San Francisco, March 17. Arrived
Steamers Bandon, from Yakima Bay; Caddo,
from Vancouver; Svea. from Grays Harbor;
Daisy Freeman, from Grays Harbor: Yellow
stone, from Coos Bay. Sailed Steamers
William H. Murphy, for Port Gamble; Colo
nel E. L. Drake, for Seattle; F. S. Loop,
Coquille River, for Portland.
Shanghai. March 16. Art-lved Steamer
Manila Maru, from San Francisco for Hong
kong. Hongkong. March 13. Sailed Steamer
Yokohama Maru, for Tacoma.
Seattle, Wash., March 10. Arrived
Steamers Congress, from San Diego, "Vv 11
mtngton. Mills, from San Francisco. Sailed
Steamers Oleum, for Port San Luis; Mills,
for Los Angeles; Governor, for San Diego;
Shldzuako Maru (Japanese), for Hongkong;
.Tavary, for Shanghai; Rush, for Bering Sea;
power schooner Ruby, for Bering Sea.
Balboa, March 17. Arrived Steamer
Peru, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer
Guernsey, for San -Francisro.
Tides at Afttoria Saturday.
High. Low.
0:00 A. M 8.0 feet:6:30 A. M 1.7 feet
0:10 P. M.....S.0 feeti5:43 P. M 0.8 foot
Vessels Entered Yesterday.
Gasoline schooner Ahwanada, S5 tons coal,
from Riverton.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer Honolulan. cargo in
transit. Tor puget Souna.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. March 17. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. M. Sea, smooth; wind,
northwest, 14 miles.
ORANGES FOUND GUILTY
FORMER OFFICEIl IX NAVY COX-
VICTKD OF SHOOTING TAILOR.
Defendant Claim Victim Had Picture
of Wife Taken in "Altogether."
Self-Defenne Plea Fails.
Alexander Dranges, formerly a. sub
ordinate officer in the Navy, was
found guilty of shooting Aaron Gold
stein, a South Portland tailor, on Feb
ruary S, 'when he appeared before a
Jury in the court of Circuit Judge
Morrow yesterday. Sentence will be
pronounced March 22. The penalty is
six months to ten years or a fine of
1100 to $1000. Self-defense was the
plea of Dranges.
"He picked up his scissors, opened
them a bit and started to get up from
his chair, ' said Dranges. "I was afraid
he was going to attack me. I was
nervous, too, and drew my gun and
fired twice at his feet." Both bullets
lodged in the tailor's leg.
The injured man 'told a different
story. He said Dranges entered the
shop, demanded to know where his wife
was, and accused the tailor of having
pictures of Mrs. Dranges, taken in the
nude. Goldstein denied knowing any
thing about Mrs. Dranges. and told the
sailor that if he was looking for trou
ble he might find it, upon which the
visitor shot.
Deputy District Attorneys Collier and
Hindman prosecuted Dranges.
Comedy relief was offered in the
trial when Angelo Mazzacco, a Court
house janitor, was called in to act as
interpreter for Antoinette Salmandra,
a pretty seamstress employed by the
tailor.
"Before t start I want to say some
thing to the court," announced Maz
zacco. "I get pretty nervous doing' this,
and I don't want anyone to jump on
me."
Judge Morrow assured him that he
would be under the protection of the
court and In no danger from fire
breathing attorneys.
IRS. FITCH WINS, LOSES
COURT FIXDS PLAGIARISM BUT
LAW GIVES AO RELIEF.
Publisher Saved by Fact That Act Pre
venting Xovellxation of Play
Pout-Dated Copyright.
NEW YORK. March 17. (Special.)
On a technicality. Judge Hand, of the
United. States District Court, dismissed
today a copyright infringement suit
brought by Alice $1. Fitch, widow of
the playwright, Clyde Fitch, against
Courtland 1-1. Young. publisher of
Young s Magazine, and Sallie Under
bill, author of a story entitled, The
Liar," published in the latter magazine
October 13. The story, according to
Mrs. Fitch, was plagiarized from her
husband's play "Truth."
"I have not the least doubt," said
the judge, "that the story was a cheap,
vulgar plagiarism."
Nevertneless the judge said the copy
right law of 1907. when Mrs. Fitch
copyrighted the play, did not prevent
the novelization of a dramatic compo
sition. It was not until 1909 that the
scope of the law was broadened to
cover that point, the Judge added.
THROAT CUT ON STREET
Portland Man Attempts to Commit
Suicide Before Tacoma Crowd.
TACOMA, Wash., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Jumping on a van as it moved
along a residence street, a stranger, be
lieved to be B. . Beero, ot Portland,
whipped out a razor and slashed his
throat in view of many pedestrians. J.
T. Showe, Fred Blair and H. A. Suike
attempted to lasso Beero and stop his
act. but they were unsuccessful. An
officer took the razor from him. He
is believed to be dying at the County
Hospital.
Beero appears to be a Greek, and is
about 40 years old. He is believed to
have arrived in the city from Portland
early today.
BRIDGE IS CONTEMPLATED
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Survey
Party Busy at Young's Bay.
ASTORIA, Or.. March 17. (Special.)
A party of Spokane, Portland and
Seattle engineers is now making sur
veys in Youngs Bay, gathering data
for the United States engineers. The
data will be submitted with a petition
from the railroad company asking per
mission to construct a new draw
bridge. The ralroad company plans to erect
a new double-track drawbridge at
fYoungs Bay next year, as the present
draw is not strong enough to carry
the heavy traffic expected to develop
following the extension of equitable
freight rates to the Lower Columbia
River district.
235 in Umatilla Buy Liquor.
PENDLETON.' Or., March 17. (Spe-
STOMACH TROUBLE
CURED BY PLANT
JUICE
Remarkable Statement Made
by Milwaukee Lady, Who
Claims.She Is Feeling
Best in Years.
Statistics show that stomach trouble
is far more prevalent than the average
individual would suppose. It is simply
self-destruction to let this trouble sap
your comfort and health away. It wears
its victim down until he grows weaker
as the disease gathers force, nourishing
itself on the patient's very life blood. It
is more than probable that there is one
member in every family who Is afflicted
in this way. Plant Juice, the new sys
tem tonic, has no peer in all cases of
stomach, liver, kidney trouble and rheu
matism, as is attested by the number of
people throughout the United States
who speak of it in glowing terms. Re
cently the signed statement of Mrs. S.
E. Dailey, who resides at 3316 Chestnut
street, and is a popular and well-known
resident of Milwaukee. Wis., was re
ceived. She said:
"For years I was troubled with my
stomach, gas. indigestion and dyspep
sia. While under the doctor's care I
read about your Plant Juice in the daily
papers and decided to try it. My hus
band did not want me to take it, but Z
did so, and the first tablespoonf ul gave
me immediate relief, and I took three
bottles; was out of it for a week and
want some more now, as it did me so
much good I discharged my doctor. I
had no further use for him. as I am
now entirely cured a well woman
and give all praise for my present good
health to Plant Juice."
Plant Juice is sold in all Owl Drug
Stores.
cial.) During the month of February
the people of Umatilla County, accord
ing to the reports of the transporta
tion companies, filed with County Clerk
Frank Saling, purchased 407 quarts of
whisky, 504 quarts of beer and 19
quarts of other varieties of liquor.
There were 235 applications filed from
all of the stations in the countv.
Pendleton, with 229 quarts of whisky
and 24 quarts of beer, was the heaviest
consumer. There were 133 sales of
lcohol in drugstores.
FIRE ACCIDENTS ARE FATAL
State Commission Reports 188 Per
sons Injured Durintr Week.
SALEM. Or., March 17. (Special.)
For the week ending March 16, 1S8 ac
cidents were reported to the State In
dustrial Accident Commission, of which
five were fatal.
Of the total n.imber reported. 129
were subject to th. Workmen's Com
pensation Act; 34 were from public
utility corporations: 24 were from firma
and corporations which have rejected
tne act and one was from a firm not
employing labor in hazardous occupa
tions.
The following shows the number of
accidents by industry: Sawmill, 52:
railroad operation, 31; logging, 17;
paper mill, 14; construction. 8: meat
packing, 6; Light and power, 5; iron
and steelworks, 3; logging railway .":
carpenter, 3; traveler on highway, 3;
laundry. 2; fuel company. 2; door manu
facturing; planing mill. 2; shingle
mill, 2; machine shop, 2; irrigation. 2;
cooperage company, 2: box manufactur
ing. 2. The following one each: gar
age, tile works. milk condensarv.
woolen manufacturing, electric com
pany, can company, sheet metal work,
mining, boiler works, veneer manufac
turing, woodsaw, cordage manufactur
ing, brass works, blacksmith, creamery,
equipment company, blower and pipe
company, oil works, quarry, shipbuild
ing, railroad passenger, oil and paint
dealer, sprinkler company, department
Ljtore and plumbing supplies.
WOMAN FAINTS AT VERDICT
Two Persons Are Found Guilty f
Selling Intoxicants.
Ida Morris, shocked by the verdict
of guilty returned against her by a
jury in Municipal Court yesterday aft
ernoon, fell in a faint. She was taken
to the Emergency Hospital. As she
regained consciousness the woman be
came hysterical.
"Oh, if I could only die," she shud
dered. "Those poor children; what will
they do?"
The same jury also returned a verdict
of guilty" against S. H. Meyers. Both
defendants were charged with selling
intoxicating liquors at the Ross house,
213 i-i First street. They were arrested
on March 10 in a raid conducted by
Lieutenant Harms and squad.
Judge Langguth deferred passing
sentence until today, and the prisoners
were released or their own recogni
zance. GRAFTING IS DISCUSSED
Sandy Grange Also Decides to Make
Special Efforts for Fair.
SANDY. Or.. March 17. (Special.)
At the last meeting of Sandy Grange
A. C. Crumback and wife were elected
representatives to the State Grange,
which meets at Grants Pass May 9 to
12, inclusive. M. V. Thomas and Mrs.
Blanche R. Shelley were elected alter
nates. A special committee was appointed
to canvass business houses in the in
terest of the district Grange fair, to be
held In Sandy next Fall. It was the
motion of the Grange that special ef
forts be made to have the best fair
yet held.
"Grafting and Budding" was the sub
ject of an address by M. J. Morrison,
followed by talks on strawberry beds.
A general discussion was held on the
topic of "Preparedness."
Mll-waukle School Has Apparatus.
MILWAUK1E, Or., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Milwaukie School has been pro
vided with playground apparatus, in
cluding swings, rings, horizontal bars
and other things. The apparatus
was secured through the efforts of
the Parent-Teacher Association. Hot
lunches are being served every day to
80 or 90 pupils of the school, the menu
being hot soup, two sandwiches and
salad, all for 5 cents. This lunch is
under the auspices of the Parent
Teacher Association.
Pendleton Postoffiee Progresses.
PENDLETON, Or.. March 17, (Spe
cial.) With the coming of Spring work
is progressing rapidly on the new
Pendleton Federal building The ex
terior of the structure has been com
pleted and Federal Superintendent J. C.
Johnson says that the building will be
ready for occupancy September 1. The
building, when finished, will be one of
the finest in Eastern Oregon.
Spokane Italians Set Tag Day.
SPOKANE. Wash., March 17. Prom
inent Italians of Spokane decided to
day on April 23 as the day that tags
will be sold on the streets for the bene
fit of the Italian Red Cross.
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