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13 TITE MORNIXO OKEGO NT AN. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1916. DAMAGE BY FLOOD HELD TO Forecast for Crest of Freshet, Which Is Expected Today, Is Given as 20.2 Feet. OREGON CITY LOCKS CLOSE Sharp Rise, Due to Heavy Rains, I'inds Some Companies Unprc- v pared, but Goods Shifted to i Vjjpcr Levels Without Loss. Increasing: Its depth only four-tenths Of a foot between 8 A. M. and 5 P. M. yesterday, as shown on the Morrison street bridge gauge, where the weather bureau obtains river readings, the Willamette River is believed to have attained almost its maximum height for the present freshet. The weather bureau forecast is that the stream will reach 20.2 feet above zero today. At 5 o'clock yesterday it was 19.2 feet. There was a stiff cur rent running yesterday that bothered the river fleet, but in the main the loss resulting from the high water was com paratively slight. The sudden rush Saturday night and rapid climb of the swollen stream Sunday promised to cause trouble to dockmen in getting freight to upper levels, but all was shifted without material damage. The Oregon City locks were closed Sunday night, the water being too high to permit operation longer, and the Tellow Stack steamers Pomona and Grahamona were caught above the canal yesterday, so must remain until the river recedes to permit their re lease. Officials of the line say that service between Portland and Corvallis should be resumed Thursday. In the steamboat dock zone offices and freight were mostly shifted Satur day afternoon, but in the lower part of the harbor where deepwater vessels berth it was not thought the water would bother lower levels, so the sit uation early Sunday was such that prompt and rapid work was demanded. The North Pacific Steamship Company was able to clear Columbia dock, but on Ainsworth dock the "Big-Three" force has a considerable amount of cargo to shift, and up to the time the north section of the dock was cleared yesterday 2800 tons had been trans ferred. Three conveyors, an electric ramp and 140 longshoremen were used in shifting it to the upper dock, while the steamer Bailey Gatzert was obtained in 'which to store about 200 tons, and the steamer Annie Comings transferred two loads to Municipal Dock No. 1. At 5 o'clock yesterday there was two feet of water on lower Ainsworth dock, and Fred Wright, chief clerk, who was on duty until midnight Sunday, said , he had never seen the river gain so rap Idly as it did during the preceding 24 hours. Because of the amount of cargo on upper Ainsworth dock, the steamer Bear, due tomorrow from California ports, will berth at Municipal Dock No. 1 to discharge her inward cargo and to load freight transferred there, but Fhe will sail from Ainsworth dock, as usual, Saturday. W. D. Wells, agent of the fleet, has made arrangements to handle the Bear so she will leave on time. Fine weather is expected to end" the freshet, weather bureau officials say ing that the rain has been largely local. SHANGHAI CARGO VALUABLE Bankoku Maro Takes 4 Million Kcet . of Lumber, AVith General Freight. As she has taken full lumber cargoes here in the past while in the service of the China Import & Export Lumber Company, the present load of the Japa nese steamer Bankoku Maru, cleared yesterday for Shanghai, is the most valuable she has worked, being ap praised at $177,143, and includes general freight in addition to 4.000,000 feet of lumber. She has 3,700.000 feet of rough green lumber and uOO.000 feet of flooring, the material bring worth $37,800, while there is a shipment of close to 600,000 pounds of steel bars, also iron bars, automobile tires, sawmill machinery, groceries, lead, tin. and copper and similar consignments, the cargo aside from the lumber totaling about 1500 tons. The vessel is making her farewell voyage from here under her present en gagement, as she has been rechartered to Frank "Waterhouse & Co. to operate between Pueret Sound and Vladivostok. She is expected to be shifted through the bridges from Inman-Foulsen'a to day. LAUNCH ADRIFT IN FRESHET High AVater Roes Not Add Materially to Burden of Harbor Control. Echo is the name of a small launch recovered early yesterday by the har bor patrol from the freshet waters of the Willamette, it having been located soon after daybreak in the lower har bor below the bridges, and it was towed to the station. Other than submerged Jogs and snags the harbor patrol has not been called on for extra duty as "a result of the high water, though the station watches have been "standing by" continuously to care 7or emergency work. In th main many houseboat owners are said to be negligent about looking after iheir property, and the harbor force Fay that often damage could be averted If owners would attend to mooring lines on houseboats and launches. TWIN CITIF.S' CARGO SOLD Barges Towed to Scene and Work of Raising Vessel Begins. Wheat, forming the cared of the sternwheel steamer Twin Cities, which ("truck a submerged log and was beached in North Portland harbor Sat urday night, was disposed of yester day by the insurance interests to a brokerage firm. Considerable grain is expected to be salvaged when the steamer is above water, which will be in a day or two. The work of raising the Twrh Cities was begun yesterday. Barges of thq IMwinond O fleet and the steamer Vul can were sent there. Charles Steel smith, superintendent of The Dalles Columbia line, is in charge of opera tions. HOCSKR LOADED LOST TRAMP J'enay Bridge Dii-pnlohed From Phil adelphia Early in Mareh. More Northwest wheat went into ICeptune's lc-kers with the sinking of the British steamer fenay Bridge, re rorted from London in dispatches printed yesterday. She was dispatched from Philadelphia Jlareri S by M. H. Houser, of this city, and, like other MILL AT NORTH BEND IS ONE 4, i- S-'.: ' ' . ' . : ffi' ' i- f f -. : : r J i is 'SS I Si I fV , f " ' tz- - - , tlf - - - . " 7 v - , . . k - p ' . ' - - . ' 't - - - s I ' I I , . lj - I PORTER PLANT ATVD STEAM SCHOONER. A. M. SIMPSON. NORTH BEND. Or., March 27. (Special.) The Porter sawmill, included, in the purchase by the Buehner syndicate of the Simpson Lumber Company hold ings In this city and about the county, is one of the most modern mills In the Coast section, and, although a small enterprise, is capable of turning: out 170, 000 feet of lumber daily. The mill furnishes fuel for the Oregon Power auxiliary power plant. The Oregon Power plant has been burned down twice within the past 18 months by fire ignited from sparks flying: from the Porter mill burner. The Kruse & Banks shipyard is just south of the mill, and the Buehner water front extends north and south from this point, a distance of 3200 feet in total. The sash and door factory is a quarter of a mile north of the mill. The Bteam schooner A. M. Simpson is a portion of the property which passes to the Portland people. vessels in the Pacific and Atlantic grain trade, her cargo was fully covered by war risk insurance. As she was the only carrier sunk of 18 sent away so far this month from Atlantic ports with cereal, the percent age of loss is not viewed as heavy through the German submarine ac tivity. Mr. Houser has one more vessel on the way here, the British bark Inver logie, from St. Nazaire, and she is counted on to reach the river between April 1 and 15, while he has the Holt Hill, now here, fully loaded and wait ing to complete her crew. HOLT HILL LACKS SAILORS Former Members Refuse Free Outfit and Think "Trick" Is Practiced. Captain Prederickson, of the British bark Holt Hill, which is delayed here waiting to sign a crew, reported to the Chamber of Commerce yesterday that he had made personal efforts to obtain sailors in addition to having or ders placed with Shipping Commission er Grant, but that they were far from successful. The master of the ship said he met two of his old crew yesterday, men who were in the ship when she ar rived from Melbourne, and they ex pressed themselves as willing to sign for the voyage to Europe at 7, the going wages, but insisted on being paid a month's advance, which the sea men's law prohibits. Captain Fred erickson offered to purchase all cloth ing they reQiiired without cost to them. Whereupon one wanted to know what was the 'trick." it being beyond his comprehension that a skipper would be willing to make such purchases. $6,000,000 Cargo Is Shipped. SEATTLE, March 27. The American- Hawaiian liner Honolulu sailed for Vladivostok today with general mer chandise valued at more than $6,000.- 000 loaded at Tacoma and Seattle. This is the most valuable cargo ever shipped from Puget Sound to Vladivostok. Xews From Xorthwcst Ports. ASTORIA, Or., March 17. (Special.) The halibut fishing steamers New Kiipland and Starr, which liae been in the harbor dur ing the recent ftorm, left today for the banks off the mouth of the river. Carrying a cargo of lumber from Unnton, the schooner K. li. Jackson sailed today for Bombay, India. The French bark Bonchamp sailed today for Kurope with a cargo of prain from Portland. She was towed to sea by the tug Darlnp. The gasoline launch Phoenix cleared to day for Kake. Alaska, via the Pound. With the phoenix No. n, ahe will tow a barge north from Seattle. The American-Hawaiian steamer Georgian arrived from San Kranclsco en routt to Portland. After discharging fuel oil at Astoria and Portland the tank steamer Oleum called for California. The steam schooners Shasta and Tarn al pais are due tonight from an Francisco. ABERDEEN. AVarh., March 27. (Special.) The steamers Carmel and Svea arrived this morning. The former is loading at the American Mill and the latter at the Wilson Mill. Thf Svea brought up a cargo of general merchandise and produce from the south. COOS BAY, March 27. (Special.) The steamship Breakwater sailed for Kurcka and other California points today. The gasoline schooner Tillamook, delayed at the Columbia River bar, is due tomor row with freight from Portland. The steam scnooner Coaster, chartered fr transportation by C. A. Smith, entered port this morning and is shipping her cargo. The steam schooner Speedwell probably will sail for San Diego before morning. The steamer Nann Smith, delayed in the lower bay by rough water, is expected to get to sea soon. The oil tanker Whlttier was reported off the bar this afturnoon. having been waiting for a pilot since yesterday at 2 o'clock. HOQUTAM, Wash., March 27. (Special.) The steam schooners Hoquiam and Olympic arrived yesterday, the Hoquiam from San San Krancisco, and the Olympic from San Pedro. The Hoquiam moved to Gray Har bor mill, iloqu!;i m. and took a full cargo of ties for San Pedro. The Olympic moved to the E. K. "Wood mill. Hoquiam, for a cargo of lumber for San Pedro. A majority of vessels now arriving are loading day and night to facilitate work. Tides at AMorla, Tuesday. High. Low. 5:07 A. M 7.S feet 2 :?" A. M 3.S feet 9:4S P. M 7.Q feetj.t:?! P. M 0.3 foot . VesselM Cleared Yesterday. Japanese steamer Bankoku Maru, reneral cargo, for Shanghai ; American steamer J oli an Poulsen, cargo of lumber, for San Francisco. PROMISE TO MARRY DENIED Ilit-li rittsbm-je IJeoluse Answers Woman's $500,000 Suit. PITTSBURG. March 19. Henry Xen iRton. millionaire rerluse. today filed his answer to the JOOO.fiOO breach of promise suit brought against him by Miss Nettie M. Kichardson, a distant relative. Denlston denies that he promised to marry Miss Richardson on July 31 last, said he would marry her "within a month of that time." or even answered her letters. Her calls on him "an noyed" him, Denison said in his answer. OF MOST MODERN ON COAST. MARINEGHANGEOPPOSED PORTLAND PROTESTS AGAIXST STEAMER INSPECTION MOVE. Chamber Makes Appeal to Orrjton Dele gatflon for Action, Citing Business Loss Entailed. Oregon's delegation in Congress has been appealed to by the Chamber of Commerce of Portland to use every effort to prevent General Uhler from carrying through his plan to have a division of the inspection district for hulls and boilers, and the attaching of the Columbia River to the Puget Sound headquarters. 2rt -urging that Oregon be retained in the California district, the Chamber calls attention to the following condi tions: "One concrete instance of a loss that would occur to this port is contained In the following: Y. D. Wells, local manager for the San Francisco & Port land Steamship Company, says that if Oregon is attached to the Puget Sound district, all of their inspection will be ordered in San Francisco instead of Portland. As this inspection reveals the necessity for a large amount of repair work, and brings a great deal of business with consequent payroll into our community, it would be a direct loss to us to have this changed condi tion) brought about by the Ran Fran cisco &; Portland Steamship Company. "We believe beyond doubt that we will suffer in many other ways, for which reason we ask you again to op pose this plan of General Uhler and insist that Oregon be put in the Cali fornia district." Marine Notes. I-eavlnjf Rainier for San Francisco last night, the steamer Johan Poulson had a lumber cargo measuring 750,000 feet. Her inward cargo consisted of 500 tons of asphalt. Though she originally sailed from Ter nambuco October lis. the British bark Inver garry was until yesterday reaching the Columbia River, due to the fact she put Into Montevideo November 25, her top hamper having been damaged, and she con. tlnued the voyage December 17. The ves sel Is under engagement to TOrr, Gifford &. Co. and will leave Astoria for Portland this morning, In tow of the tug Wallula. Her dry docking being ended, the British ship Alice A. Ielgh -was shifted from ftt. Johns to the North Bank yesterday after noon to work a grain carpo. The Nor wegian bark Musselcrag, which finished her grain cargo Saturday, shifted to the stream from the North Bank depot yesterday. It is expected the dredge Portland, of the Port of Portland fleet, which was sent to Flavel Thursday night, will have cleared out a basin In front of the Great Northern Pacific dock, used by the turbiners Northern Pacific and Great Northern, so as to get Away from there tonight or tomorrow. A ftr having made trip to Mexico with a lumber cargo, the M rCormick steamer Klamath is returning here and Frank Bol lam, passenger agent for the line, has fixed her next salting from Portland for April 5, when she will make the usual ports as far as Han Diego. In command of Captain S. IT. Scammon, the Regulator line steamer St a te of Wash ington Is to Inaugurate the night schedule of that fleet between Portland and The Talles Thursday night, when she sails at 1 '1 o'clock. The vessel w ill arrom modate at least 75 night travelers in berths, and It Is expected she will prove popular. The company will continue the operation of the steamers Dalles City and Stranger In the dally service. Ia a message received yesterday from the master of the steamer Admiral Schley, at the office of Inspector Warrack, It was reported that Orford Reef jths. whis tling and submarine bell buoy 2-OR was not burning. Aboard the Oovemment tug Geo. T-T. Men dell a party of field workers of the Vnited Htates Engineers' force will leave today for the mouth of the river to tinder take the March survey of the entrance. How soon the data will be assembled depends largely on weather conditions during the next 10 days. Captain "Jlmmie" Murray was in port yesterday with his rhare, the tank steamer Oleum, which' discharged 27.ono barrels of fuel oil, 4500 barrels of gasoline and 1R00 barrels of kerosene. V Two of the crew of the Japanese steamer Bankoku Maru are now chalked on the official list as miwnfng. Taklhi Awa hav ing Joined the runa way squad Sunday, and $50 has been offered for his return, making 10O now posted by the master for missing men. CATS, DOGS, COYOTES FIGHT Casualties for All Combatants When Tlanspr TIays Peacemaker. WINXEMUCCA. Cal., March 20. The Santa Rosa forewtation has been added to the list of plaors where rabid coy otes have appeared. The animal appeared on the premises of V. A. Herrell. the forest ranger, and attacked two dofes. Several men killed the coyote, the two dogs and half a dozen cats that were mixed up in the ficht. The coyote was in convulsions when shot. Kinic Feter of Serbia is an ardent ad mirer of the cinematograph, and had a ape rially built cinema theater In hla palace prounda. where before the wnr he jtpent considerable time enjojtng the newest films. WAR SUPPLIES WAIT President Farrell Goes North Probably for Ships. RUSSIAN CARGOES LARGE Portland Socks Loaded With Ship ments So Cars Could Be Re turned, Likely to Be Reloaded Here for Eastern Transport. Diverting part of the Puget Sound Vladivostok fleet to Portland so as to load Russian war supplies now held on docks here is a plan understood to be under serious consideration. It was reported along the water front a few days ago that railroad in terests were seeking- space other -than afforded on docks controlled by them, so that cars now on the way from the East could be routed to Portland and discharged, rather than be hauld to Puget Sound and remain on sidings there until space was available on docks for the freight. The departure last night for Seattle of J. D. Farrell, president of the O. W. R. & N., is thought to have a bear ing on the present situation, as Frank Waterhouse, head of the corporation bearing his name at Seattle, at pres ent engaged in the shipment of Russian supplies, is also Oriental agent for the O.-W.- R. & N. system, and as the com pany is handling numerous trains across the country with Vladivostok consignments, the officials are nat urally concerned in expediting dispatch from the Coast. Because of the congestion, which has taken many cars out of service, some of the trains have been sent via Portland and the freight discharged on the Oregon-Washington dock and elsewhere, so the cars might be re turned to the freight department again, the Russian shipments to be held until they could be reloaded with assur ance that on being moved to Seattle or Tacoma they would be loaded promptly aboard vessels. It is reasoned that since the freight has been stored here the natural ac tion would be to send the vessels to Portland and load the shipments direct, thereby saving the cost of rehandling to the northern port and at the same time have the use of cars which would be required for the movement. Portland-is the only Pacific Coast terminal today in which there is ample space for the storage of offshore car go, though coastwise steamers have been hampered in working out all of fered them. Municipal and privately owned docks can be utilized for stor age purposes now, since there is little grain moving. Steamers that might bo sent direct could proceed to load im mediately on arrival. If a disposition was shown to employ the same num ber of longshoremen as are used on Puget Sound, the ships could be dis patched promptly and not be detained by such things as waiting for berths. Portland is the natural outlet for such business today, in view of the congested conditions in the north and at San Francisco, and it is firmly be lieved there will be arrangement worked out to bring some of the steamers here now. bound for Puget Sound. TORPEDOING IS RELATED FORMER SKIPPER OP GLENHOLM BRINGS IN INVERGARRY. British Bark Arrives From Brazil With 'tne Cases of Berl-Berl Among Crew To Ivoad Grain Here. ASTORIA. Or.. March 27. (Special.) The British bark lnvergarry arrived this afternoon, 149 days from Per nambuco, Brazil, and is under charter to M. H. Houser to load grain in Port land. She has nine cases of beri-beri on board, that many of her crew having- been taken ill with the disease about six weeks ago. A few are in a serious condition. The Invergarry lost some of her spars during a storm soon after sailing from the Brazilian port, and put into Montevideo for repairs on November 25, remaining there three weeks. The bark is being fumigated here and will leave for Portland tomorrow morning, the sick members of her crew going" on her. Captain J. R. Campbell, master of the Invergarry, was in com mand of the BritLsh ship Glenholm when that vessel was sunk by a Ger man submarine on May 21 of last year off the Irish coast and about 45 miles southwest of Fastnet. Relating the incident he said the sub marine came close to the Clenholm and set the signal "A. B.," which means "abandon the ship as quick as possible." Captain Campbell, his daughter and the members of the crew, 31 persons in all, took to two small boats, leaving all their belongings on the ship. The submarine then fired 38 shots at the ship, and, failing to sink her, retired to a distance of about 1000 yards and fired a torpedo into the hull. She then fired two shots at the small boat containing Captain Camp bell and his daughter, but no one was injured. The small boats pulled for 16 hours, and on the following morning both landed at Berehaven. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, March t!7. Sailed Steamer Johan Fouieen, for Kan Francisco, via Rainier. Aatorla. March 27. Railed at 6 A. M. French bark Bonchamp, for Ipswich; at 7:15 A. M. Pchooner K. B. Jackson, for Bombay. Arrived at !:30 A. M. British bark Invergarry, from Montevideo: at 4:40 P. M. Steamer Georgian, from New York and may porta. San Francisco, March 27. Arrived "at 2 A. M. Steamer Daisy Gadsby, from Port land. Arrived at 2:30 A. M. Steamer Northern pacific, from Flavel. March 2ft Arriv d Steamer Santa Barbara, from Columbia River. Sailed Steamer F. A. Kil burn, from San Oleso arvi way ports, for Portland, via way ports. Tatoosh. March 2. Passed in Steamer Davenport, from Portland for Tacoma. Uavtota. March 26. Sailed at S P. M. Steamer W. F Herrln for Portland. Astoria. March 26. Sailed during- the n!(?ht Steamer Santa Monica, for San Francisco; at noon Steamer Helene, for San Pedro. Callao. . March 27. Arrived Steamer Alvarado from San FrancUco. Yokohama, March 24. Arrived Steamer Awa Maru, from Seattle for Hongkong. Arica. March 25. Arrived Steamer Klyo Maru from San Francisco. San Francisco, March 27. Arrived Steamers British Empire (British), from Mazatlan: Northern Pacific, from Astoria; Yellowstone, from Coos Bay: Sierra, from Sydney: Pretsident, from Seattle ; California, from Taltal. Sailed Steamers Frovincla, for Santa Rosalia; Adeline, Smith, Daisy Cadsby. for coos Bay; Grays Harbor, for Willapa. Sew-ttle. Wash.. March 27. Arrived Steamers Governor, from San Dieo; Mukll teo. from San Francisco : Prince Rupert iBritJsh). from Prince Rupert; bark Mnrc rhal d VI Hers i French), from Va I para I so. Sailed Steamer Prince Rupert (British), for Prince Rupert. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All position reported at P. M. Mareh 27 unlesa otherwise deaimated.) Speedwell, Coos Bay for San Francisco, 20 mties south of Cape Arago. Nann Smith. Coos Bay for Pan Francisco, 20 milts south of Coos Bay, "I miles I Breakwater. Coos Bay for Eureka, mila amirh nf Cnnm Klanco. Atlas. Richmond for Seattle, 40 m north of Cape Mendocino. I Yosemite, Hoquiam for San Francisco, 39 ; miles north, of blunts Keei. Adeline Smith, San Francisco for Coos Bav, 37 miles north of San Francisco. Matsonia, San Francisco for Honolulu, loSi miles from San Francisco, March 2J China, San Francisco for Orient, 9S1 miles west of Honolulu, March 26. Lucas, tsan PeJ.ro for Honolulu, 040 miles from San Pedro, March Great Northern, San Pedro for Hilo, 4S2 miles from San Pedro. March 26. Columbia, Honolulu for San Francisco, 812 miles from San Francisco. March 25. Wilhelmina. Honolulu for San Francisco, 503 miles from San Francisco, March 26. HHonian. Seattle for Honolulu, 200 miles from Cape Flattery, March lift. Bear. San Francisco for Portland, off Point Reyes. ' Beaver, Portland for 'San Francisco, 80 miles north of San Francisco. Topeka. San Francisco for Eureka, 14 miles south of Point Arena. Kl Segundo, Point Wells for San Fran cisco. 51 miles north of San Francisco. Drake, El Sepundo for Vancouver, 34 miles north of Point Reyes. Wapama, St. Helens for San Francisco, 35 miles south of Point Arena. Herrln. Gaviota for Linn ton, 187 miles north of Gaviota. Spokane, Seattle for Alaskan ports, off Grave Point. Willamette. San Francisco for Seattle, 43 miles north of the Columbia River. Buck, towina barge Llnnton for Monterey, off Astoria. Multnomah. Tacoma for San Francisco, 20 miles north of the Columbia River. Georgian, San Francisco for Portland, 52 miles south of the Columbia River at noon. Governor, San Francisco for Seattle, three miles south of Smith Island. Hilonlan, Seattle for Honolulu, 450 miles from Cape Flattery. Colusa, San Francisco for Callao. 2233 miles south of San Francisco. March 26. Consrress, San Pedro for San Francisco, 10 miles west of Hueneme. San Ramon, Mazatlan for San Pedro, 570 miles south of San Pedro. Desoto. Iquiqne for San Fraiclsco, 820 miles south of San Francisco. Yacht Venetia, San Diego for San Francis co. 12 miles west of Point Vincent. Barge 11, loading at F.1 Segundo. PROSPECTS IN SOUTH GOOD Birmingham Xewspaper Alan Shows How Business Is Improving. WASHINGTON', March 19. (Special.) "The South has a far brighter pros pect this year than It has had since the war," remarked Frank H. Glass, owner and editor of the Birmingham News, at the Raleigh. "Business has been improving ever since las Sum mer, and today the iron and steel mills are working at greater capacity than ever in their history. Farmers are prosperous, because they received a grood price for their last year's cotton crop; the banks have plenty of money and are not holding it. "For the first time the boll weevil has made its appearance in the Ala bama cotton fields in numbers great enough to be serious. We produce about 2.000,000 bales of cotton a year, and the approach of the weevil very nat urally causes apprehension among the cotton planters. But the weevil prob ably will prove a blessing in disguise, for already the farmers are turning to other crops learning to diversify. "What is very important, from my point of view, is the increased inter est in stock farming. In the last year hundreds of carloads of fine cattle have been brought into the state for breed ing purposes. Before the Civil War the South produced a large part of the beef cattle of the United States, but the industry languished, until it be came practically negligible. The rein troduction of the industry of cattle pro duction for meat purposes will prove a great thing for the entire South, for we have the grazing land and the fa cilities for producing beef. "Alabama is a 'dry' state by action of the Legislature. The constitutional amendment for state-wide prohibition was defeated, and the prohibitionists by diligent work succeeded in electing a majority of the Legislature. I have always been for local option, because I do not believe in arbitrary prohibi tion. It is altogether probable that the prohibition fight will be revived and that the next Legislature will be called upon to repeal the present law. In my opinion., a referendum to amend the constitution would not be carried in Alabama. It has been prettv well proved in' the South that state-wide prohibition docs not prohibit." HOOSIERS TO NAME LEADER State Convention to Be Busy Since Xew Did Xot Clet Majority of Votes. WASHINGTON-. March 20. "Inas much as Harry New, who defeated ex Representative James Watson in the recent Senatorial primary, did not get a majority of the votes cast, the state convention, which will meet next month, will be called on to name the Republican candidate." remarked J. A. Andrews, of Indianapolis, at the Shore ham. "Jt has been decided that this shall be the procedure and the state con vention therefore will, in fact, make the Senatorial nominations. - The death of Senator Shlvely will give the state convention the privilege of naming two Republican candidates, and in view of the primary result, it is my guess that New and Watson will be the choices. The Democrats may name Governor Ralston as their candidate for Mr. Shively's seat and the other candidate, of course, will be Senator Kern, who had no opposition for renomination. It looks like Indiana Republicans will be represented by two United States Sen ators In the next Congress." FIGHTER'S MOUTH IS TIED His Xanie Is Jack Johnson, He Is niacks and Weighs 1000 Pounds. SAN DIEGO. March 20. Jack John son, black and smiling, arrived in San Diego. Johnson weighs 1000 pounds and is 12 feet tall and is still some fighter, but it is not Jack Johnson, the colored man of the prize ring, but a fighting alligator to be installed in the alligator farm on the isthmus. Samson, a 14-foot crocodile, and one one of the tank containing the only crocodiles in captivity, is another fa mous animal in the special car of more than 2."0 alligators and crocodiles that came to the exposition. Every one of the animals, which range in age from 6 months to S00 years, made the trip from the north with their mouths tied shut. This pre caution is necessary to make the size of the crates a fraction of what they would have to be if they were per mitted to open their jaws and it also prevents fighting. The male crocodiles are valued at $1500. and the females from J500 to 800. THEFT FEAR SHUTS IN MAN Colored Offender Says He's Afraid to Leave Home, Lest He Steal. ATLANTIC CITT. March 20. Afraid, he said, to trust himself on the street because of his thieving proclivities. Charles P. Smith, colored, was arrested at his home by Constable Nusbaum on a bench warrant charging him with failure to pay installment on a parole sentence. On his way to the City Jail Smith confided to his captor that the only reason he had failed to meet his obli gations was his fear that, once at large, he would "get mixed up in another rob bery. I knew I wouldn't be safe out side," he declared earnestly, "so I stuck right by the house." Th Prince of Wales has been initiated into tha cialt of ilasoury. PAP E'S DIm DUD FOR INDIGESTION OR M UPSET STOMACH Instant Relief from Pain, Sourness, Gases, Acidity, Heartburn and Dyspepsia-No Waiting! Wonder what upset your stomach which portion of the food did the dam agedo you? Well, don't bother. If your stomach is in a revolt; if sour, gassy and upset, and what you juat ate has fermented into stubborn lumps; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acid and eructate ' undigested food; breath foul, tongue coated just take a little Fape'a Diapepsin and In a. few moments you wonder what became of the indigestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that it is needless to have a bad LINE MUST STAY OH Proposal to Number Land seekers Is Unauthorized. ORDER RULES PRESCRIBED Persons Desiring Siletz Home steads Told to Continue Vigil and to Preserve Quiet 61 Xow Walt at Office. Applicants for free homesteads in the lands of the former Siletz Indian Reser vation in Lincoln County must remain in line in the Worcester building until the formal allotments, take place at 9 o'clock on the morning of next Satur day, April 1. N. Campbell. Receiver of the local Land Office, and George I. Smith. Reg ister, have ruled to this effect after hearing suggestions that the persons in the line might be given numbers that would permit them to leave their places and return in the same numeri cal order when the drawings actually take place. The Land Office officials point out that they are governed en tirely by the instructions received from their superiors at Washington. D. C. and that no instructions that would permit them to disband the line and to recognize it in its present form on Sat urday morning have been received. Une Number 61. Late last night 61 persons were in line. The line is growing constantly. The following order was issued yester day by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Smith: "In order to avoid confusion in the presentation of applications covering lands within the former Siletz Indian' Reservation to be open for entry on April 1, 1916, it has been deemed ad visable to adopt the following rule with reference to the formation of a line at the outer door of our office, and in the consideration of applications to be pre sented for such land on the said date: "But one line will be permitted or recognized, and that is the one already formed. The first person in this line will be given No. 1, the second No. 2 and so on until each and every person within the formation will be given a number. Numerical Order Considered. "The application of the person having No. 1 will be received and considered first. No. 2 second, and so on until all of the people in the present formation will have presented such application as they desire to file. "It will be necessary for those form ing this line to do their part towards preservation of order and to avoid any thing that might lead to confusion or difficulties. While we make this re quest and expect that you will observe it to such a degree that any interfer ence ,by outside authority will be un necessary, we are disposed to preserve order and to take such steps as are necessary to preserve order and to take such steps as are necessary to accom plish this end. "Numbers will not be handed you until immediately before the opening, and each having a number must per sonally be on hand for the purpose of presenting application, otherwise the next in order will be recognized." HONOLULU IN RADIO CENTER Since June Last Year Plant Has Ks tabli.shed Line Wtih Samoa. HONOLULU. Hawaii, March 20. That Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii will be in direct radio com munication with Australia, New Zea land and several stations scattered through the South Pacific is the pre diction voiced by the management of the Mutual Telegraph Company, with its headquarters in Honolulu. Since June. 1915. the Honolulu plant has established communication with Apia, Samoa. The Apia station re ceives and sends messages daily to points on the Australian continent. There is a marked demand for service between Hawaii and the populous cities of the great southern common wealth. Radio business from Honolulu to Ta hiti by the way of Suva, Fiji, has been temporarily discontinued by British authorities, it being asserted the wire less company had made serious inroads into the traffic over the British owned cable from Victoria, B. C, Suva and Brisbane. HOW TORPEDO WORKS TOLD Most Terrible of Modern Weapons Is an American Device. PHILAPELPHU: 'March 20. Many of the military devices in use in the European war are of American origin. The automobile, the telegraph, the tel ephone, certain types of arms and am munition, the aeroplane, the subma rineall these received their first de velopment in this country. That most terrible of modern weapons, the tor pedo, is a "Yankee notion." David Bushnell. an American inventive ge nius, made a torpedo in 1777. but his attempt to destroy the British ship Cerberus was a failure. Robert Fulton made a successful torpedo in 1805. but could not inttrcst any sovernment iu 1 stomach. A little Diapepsin occasion ally keeps the stomach regulated and they eat their favorite foods without fear. If your stomach doesn't take care oi your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food is a damage instead of a help, remember the quickest, surest and most harmless relief is Pape's Diapep sin which costs only fifty cents for a large case at drugstores. It's truly wonderful it digests food and seta things straight, so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. Try it. his idea. In the American Civil War torpedo shells ignited by electricity were successfully used and from that time forth the torpedo has been em ployed by nearly all nations. The present-day torpedo is a very different sort of weapon from that used half a century ago. It is shaped some thing like a cigar and is about 23 feet long and 21 inches in diameter. Jt weighs considerably more than a ton and its construction costs from J3000 to double that sum. It is made to travel in a certain direction in a fixed time and to explode when it strikes some solid object, such as a ship's bot tom. A torpedo of the largest and most modern type will tear a gaping hole in the stanchest ship ever built. The nose or "explosive head" of a tor pedo contains the deadly charge of high explosives, nitroglycerin and gun- cotton being oftenest used. When the torpedo strikes its target a tremendous detonation follows in stantly, driving in both the outer and inner "skins" of a vessel. The hole it makes in a ship's bottom varies in size, but is seldom less than 10 by 30 feet. The torpedo travels toward its victim at the rate, roughly, of about 1000 yards a minute. The distance and rate of speed have to be calculated to a nicety before the torpedo is dis charged. It is kept to its destined course by perpendicular rudders in its tail. The modern "dirigible" torpedo was first used in a naval war during the Chilean revolution of a quarter of a century ago. American Beauty to Wed Norwegian. LONDON. March 23. Another inter national wedding of note will tak place here soon with a beautiful Ameri can woman as the bride when Mrs. Alice von Andre marries Baron V. H. 11. Wedel Jarlsberg. Norwegian Minister to France. Mrs. Andre is the sister-in-law of ex-Senator Chauncey M. Depew and the widow of a wealthy German who lived in Paris for many years. He died in 1911. During her residence in the French capital she met Baron Wedel Jarlsberg, probably the fore most of Scandinavian diplomats. Constipation Treated With Paraffine Scientists Claim That Pure Paraffine or Petroleum Taken Inwardly Re lieves by Lubrication. Lubricating or oiling the inside of the bowels with pure paraffine oil is a. treatment which has come to us highly recommended and has proven remarkably successful. The value of petroleum or paraf fine oil in stubborn cases of consti pation and other intestinal ills has already been demonstrated in hun dreds of cases. The lubrication of the bowels and intestinal tract has been proven most beneficial. It has been particularly efficient in cases of long str.ndlng and of the most stubborn nature. Taken inwardly, the petroleum or paraffine lubricates the bowels and softens all matter which has become hardened and caused a stoppage in the passage. The action which nec essarily follows as the result of the softening and lubricating process is entirely mechanical, gentle and nat ural. This liquid petroleum or par affine is sold under the name of Ameroil. Ameroil Is nature's rem edy for constipation. It can be safely used by all ages from grandma to the tots. -meroil is a pure. water-white. tasteless and odorless mineral (paraffine) oil safe to use because it does not force an unnatural passage. Ameroil is not a medicine in the true sense of the word. It is not absorbed into the system nor does it act as a stimu lant. There are no disagreeable aftereffects. It has been used in many cases with great benefit. Am eroil is sold at all Owl stores in pint bottles at SOc. 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