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the monxixo okegoxian. Wednesday, aiARcri 20. ioig.
ASTORIA DEMANDS
USE OF HEW RATE
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Urged to Deny Plea
of Railroads for Delay.
ORIGINAL DATE SET MAY 1
Attorney l'ulton Asserts That Re
hearing Can. Be Granted With
out Holding Vp Decision
Won After Lous right.
C. W. Fulton, attorney for the reople
of Astoria, yesterday sent to the Inter
state Commerce Commission a protest
against the request recently made by
the railroads for a stay of execution
of the Commission's order in the As
toria rate case.
The order of the Commission required
the railroads to place Astoria on a
parity rate with Portland and Puget
Sound porta on May 1. A few weeks
ago. however, the railroads filed a pe
tition with the Commission asking for
ii rehearing and for a continuation of
the Commission's previous order pend
intr consideration of this request.
Mr. Fulton's protest was ent to the
Commission yesterday by mail, but no
tification that it had been mailed was
sent by telegraph. Copies were served
on attorneys for the various interested
. railroads.
The protest sets forth that the move
ment to secure terminal rates for As
toria has been under way for many
years and that many of the leading
shippers of the Columbia. River basin
have been supporting the movement.
Included with the protest is a copy
of a. petition recently signed, by ap
proximately 600 shippers, many of them
residing in Portland, asking for a
parity rate for Astoria. Mr. Fulton
calls the Commission's attention to this
situation as a reflection of the senti
ment of the people of the affected ter
ritory on the question.
The request sought by Mr. Fulton,
be says, will not necessarily prejudice
the application of the railroads for a
rehearing on the main issue. He ex
plains that this protest merely asks
that the new rates go Into effect on
May 1 as originally ordered. It Is Im
plied, thereby, that the application of
the carriers for a rehearing can be
considered then on Its merits. Whether
Mr. Fulton, for his clients, the people
of Astoria, will also file a protest
against the request for a rehearing: lias
not been determined.
The. Commission has not replied to
the rehearing petition, which in Itselt
carried a request for a postponement
of the effective date. It Is possible for
the Commission to grant the rehear
ing and yet require the rates to become
effective May 1.
OWN WEAPON WOUNDS
G. W. Evans Accidentally Shot and
Children Call for Help.
George W. Evans, teamster, living at
98 East Seventy-eighth street North, is
In a precarious condition at the St.
Vincent's Hospital as the result of hav
ing accidentally shot himself in the
breast with a 38-calibre revolver yes
terday. Mr. Evans was cleaning the revolver
when he accidentally dropped it. caus
ing it to be discharged. He told his
children he was shot and they sum
moned help.
Following the accident Mr. Evans,
who is GO years of age, was rushd to
the hospital by the Ambulance Service
Company.
Dr. Charles B. Zeebuyth said he had
not yet determined on an operation.
PIONEER MERCHANT DEAD
John Everding, Itelatite of Port
land Family, Passes at 92.
John Kverding. oldest brother of the
late Richard Everding. of this city,
and one of the oldest commission mer
chants on the Pacific Coast, died Mon
day night at his home in West Berke
ley, Cal., according to news reaching
Portland yesterday. He was 92 years
old and for more than 60 years had
been engaged in the produce commis
sion business in San Francisco, Cal. II
also operated a starch factory in
Berkeley. Cal.
Mr. Everding was the fourth member
of his family to have passed away dur
ing the past few months.
Henry R. Everding. of Portland, is a
nephew, and Miss Clara B. Clarke and
Mrs. Theresa Baxter are nieces.
WELFARE BODY TO MEET
Tentative Draft of Sub-Committee
to Be Considered.
A meeting of the investigating com
mittee recently appointed by the In
dustrial Welfare Commission to revise
the code now governing the employ
ment of women, will hold another
meeting in the rooms of the commis
sion in the Courthouse this afternoon.
The tentative draft of code revisions
prepared several months ago by a sub
committee of the investigating body
will be considered section by section.
An effort will be made to reach an
agreement on all those provisions over
which there is no dispute, thus leaving
for future consideration the various
sections in controversy. Public hear
ings then will be given.
MARION JURY INDICTS 7
Si.v Secret Bills Are Drought In
by Investigators.
SALEM. Or., March 2S.(Special.)
Seven true bills, of which six are secret,
and one not true bill were returned to
night by the Marion County gfand jury
now in session. Patrick O'C'onnell. of
Salem, was indicted on a charge of
perjury, in connection with his ob
taining a quantity of ethyl alcohol.
A not true bill was found in the case
of Harry Cratty. held on a charge of
not supporting his minor son. The
errand jury will continue its inquiries
Thursday.
Eather O'llara Talks Tomorrow.
Father K. V. O Hara, of the Cathe
dral of the Immaculate Conception, will
discuss the negative side of the sub
ject of "Birth Control" tomorrow be
fore the Progressive Business Men's
Club.
William J. Sheehy will be chairman
of the day and Shirley D. Parker will
Tender one or two vocal selections, ac
companied by Harold D. liurlbut.
HOW PERSONS WAITING FOR
WORCESTER BUILDING
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LAND SEEKERS GAY
Comfort and Jollity Share in
Vigil for Opening.
LINE NEARLY 100 STRONG
Vsc of Quarters for Men and Women
Donated by Owners of Worcester
Building More Than 100
Entrants Are Expected.
Ton't fool yourself Into the notion
that those patient folks who are wait
ing for the land opening in the Worces
ter building are unhappy, or uncom
fortable, even.
For the most part they are a phil
osophical lot, those land seekers, and
are contriving to enjoy themselves
until the allotment takes place at 9
o'clock Saturday morning.
Owners of the Worcester building
have opened two or three rooms that
were not being used anyway for the
convenience of the people in line. The
men gather in one of them and play
cards, checkers or dominoes. Another
room is used by women who must sleep
in the building lest they lose their
places in line.
Some of the women are accompanied
by their children. The small boys con
tent themselves during the long night
hours by playing marbles in the halls
and corridors.
Numerous and various other forms of
impromptu amusement have been de
vised. The other night one of the
men brought in a fiddle and enter
tained the waiting crowd for a while.
Nearly 100 people now are waiting.
Officers of the land office expect a
large number of others to join them
today and tomorrow. They look for
several hundred to bo in place at the
opening on Saturday morning.
Althougli only 16.000 acres are to be
disposed of. it is estimated that more
than 100 people will be able to partici.
pate in the distribution, as some ap
plicant will not take their maximum
limit of 160 acres. The lands are scat
tered through the Siletz Indian reser
vation and are not contiguous. Some
parcels are only 20 acres In area. A
person filing on such a tract cannot
take other land to form his full 160
acres. He must be content with the
20 acres alone. Thus a good many
more than 100 people will share in
the allotments on Saturday.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DCl3 TO ARRIVE.
Name. From Taie,
Bear T.os Anceles Mar.
K. A. Killmrn .... San I 'e' Mar.
Northern Pacific. San Fraiicineo Mar.
Braver T.os Angeles. . . . . . . Apr. 5
Breakwater San Diego Apr t
DUE TO DEPART.
Nam. For Pate.
Harvard f. F. to 1,. A Mar. 20
V. A. Jvilijurn . . . . Sa:i Dit-go Mar. ."t
Yale K. F. to L. A Mar. Cil
Northern Pacific. San Franflt-cr Apr. 1
Hear Ios Angeles A pr. J
Klamath San Diego Apr T
"W'apama San Dgo Apr". 7
Breakwater San Diego Apr. S
Braver Lou Angclea Apr. 8
San Die so . . Celtlo. . . Apr. 11
Marconi Wireless Reports.
A1I Mtionft reported at ft P. M. March
28 unlfHt otliemjr) Indicated.)
Enterprise. Hilo for San Francisco. 17."4
miles from San Krantwro. March 17, 8 P. M.
HyafJe. Honolulu for San Francisco, 20i:i
miles from San Francinco, March -7, 8 P. M
Bpi Dollar, Seattle for tho Orient. 162j
mfW-fl from cape Flattery, March 2,7, 8 P. M.
Thoma. Manila for San Francisco. 1 $40
milft west of Honolulu, March 27, 8 P. M.
Hilonlan, Seattle for Honolulu, 4.10 miles
from Cape Flattery, March 27, S P. M.
Oreat Northern. San Priro for "llilo. f."2
miles from San Pedro, March 27, s P. M.
lucan. San Pedro for Honolulu, SOT. miles
from San Pedro, March 27. 8 P. M.
China. S:m Francisco for Orient. 1 ll3
milr. west of Honolulu. March 27, 8 P. M.
Asuncion. F-l Segundo for Seattle, 10 miles
north of Point Arena.
Herrin. t.sviota for Linn ton, S60 miles
north of aviota.
Coronado. San Francisco for Aberdeen,
370 miles north of Pan Francisco. .
Sptedwcii. coos Bay for San Francisco,
miles north rf San Francisco.
Wapama. Shu Francisco for San Pedro,
40 n iles south of I'tgfKm Point.
Yonemltf. Hoqutam for San Francisco, en
tering Ooldn tiate.
Nnnn Smith. Coos Hay for Pan Francisco,
IS miles north of San Francisco.
Pan Juan. San Francisco for Balboa, 1312
mile south of San Francisco.
President. San Francisco for San Pedro,
off H ueneme.
Centralta. San Jose le Cabo for 9n
Francisco, fino miles south of San Pedro.
San Ramon, Mazatlan for San Pedro, 12
mils north of Oerros Island.
Desoto, iquique. Chile, for San Francisco.
637 miles aouth of San Francisco.
Ba-ge t1, anchored off Hueneme.
Buck, towinif barge Monterey, Linnton for
Mon trey, ."t'i7 m iles from Ltnnton.
Drrvke. Kl Segundo for Vancouver, 13
miles north of St. fieorgeg Peef.
Bear San Francisco for Portland, 26
miles north of Cape Blanco.
Multnomah, Tacoma for Pan Francisco,
five miles south of Cape Blanco.
Kilburn. Kureka for Coos Bav, 17 miles
north of Cape Blanco.
W. S. Porter. Kverett for Fan Francisco,
la miles from Everett.
Queen, Seattle for San Francisco, off
Tatoosh Island.
Spokane, Ala&kan ports for Seattle at
Glacier.
Curacao, for Southern Alaska, off Hawk
Inlet.
Atlas, Pichmond for Seattle, lattltude 45:10"
north, longitude 125 west.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. March 2. Arrived Steam
er Ucorjfiau, Irom N.ew lutk via way porta;
GOVERNMENT LAND OPENING IN
PASS AWAY. THEIR TIME.
X
British bark Invergarry. from Montevideo.
Sailed Steamers Northlanri, for San Kran
cIhco: (Vlilo. for San DI-go via. way ports.
Astoria. March S. J.eft up at Q:o0 A. M.,
British bark lnverttarry.
San Franciseo. March ?S. Arrived at 3
A. M. and sailed, steamer Wapama, from
Portland for San DieKO via way ports.
Sailed at 10 A. M-, steamer Daisy I'lilnani.
for Portland. Sailed at 1 V. M.. steamer
San Jacinto, for Columbia River. March
-7. Sailei at 5 P. M.. steamier Hear, from
San Pedro for Portland. Arrived at 10::Ju
P. M., steamer iteaver, from i'ortland for
ban Pedro.
I'ora Bay. March IS. Arrived at S A. M.,
gasuline schoonei Ahwaneda. from Porland.
Point Hues. March lis. Passed at J A.
M.. steamer E. H. Vance, from Columbia
Kiver for San Pedro.
Eureka. March Arrived at B A. M.
and sailed, steamer Kreakwaler. from Port
land and Coos Bay for San llego via way
ports. Sailed at 0 A. M.. sleamer F. A.
Kilburn. from San Uieco and way porta
lor Portland via coos Bav.
Astoria. March ST. Left up at B:."0 P.
M-. steamer Georgian. Sailed at t:4 P M..
steamer Oieum. for Pan Prancisco: at 10
P. M., steamer F. H. Buck, towing schooner
Monterey, for Monterey. Arrived tlurins the
niKht, steamer Tamalpais. from San Pedro.
Hongkong. March 1'0. Arrived Steamer
Sado Maru. from Seattle. Sailed Steamer
Tacoma Maru, for S.-atile.
Shimo-noseki. March Sailed .Steamers
lrnkai Maru No. 4. for Vancouver, B. C.
March 0 Henrik Ibsen, from Manila for
Seattle.
Yokohama, March 27. Sailed Steamer
Shino Maru, from Hongkong for San Fran
cisco. Seattle. Wash., March -JS. Arrived
Steamers Dolphin. Despatch, from South
eastern Alaska: Admiral Schley, from San
Francisco; Northwestern, from Southwestern
Alaska. Sailed Steamers Honolulan, for
Vladivostok; Mills, for San Francisco; City
of Seattle, Alkl. for Southeastern Alaska;
Queen, for San Diego.
San Francisco, Marvh 2S. Arrived
Steamers Wapama, from Astoria; Nehalem,
from Astoria: William jr. Murphy, from Port
Oamble; Wilhelmina. from Honolulu; Bee,
from Port Aneeles; Daisy Freeman from Ab
erdeen; Admiral Dewev, from Seattle;
Waikawa ( British from Vancouver; Ta
hoe. from Grays Harbor. Sailed Steamers
Daisy Putnam, for I'ortland: Lurline. for
Honolulu; Tenyo Maru (Japanese), for
Hongkong; San Jacinto, for Astoria; motor,
ship San Francisco (Swedish), for Gotten
bourge. News From Northwest Ports.
ASTORIA. Or.. March 2S. (Special.)
The steam schooner Tamalpais arrived dur
ing the nig-ht and went to Knappton to tako
on lumber. She will shift to Rainier to
complete her carpo.
After discharging fuel oil at Portland, the
tank steamer Frank H. Rtick. with the barge
Monterey in tow, sailed during the night
for California.
The British bark Invergarrv that arrived
yesterday from Brazil lefL today for Port
land to load grain.
A red tank buoy has been placed in the
south channel at the mouth of the river to
replace temporarily the gas buov which went
adrift a few days ago. The gas buoy is at
Tongue Point to be repainted before being
set again.
The steam schooner ShAsta is due from
San Francisco to load lumber at Portland.
COOS BAY. Or.. March 2. (Special.)
Tho steamers Nann Smith and Speedwell
left port last night.
The oil tanker whittier came Into port
today after being outside for .iti hours The
Whittier had oil for the Oregon Tower Com
pany. The steam schooner Coaster, with lumber
from the C. A. Smith mills, sailed for San
Francisco.
I.ad-n with lumber, the steam schooner
Phoenix went down the bav, bound for San
Kranclsco. sne was held it Charleston Bay
by fog and may not cross out until morn
ing. Arriving today from San Francisco the
steamer Adeline Smith will load lumber at
the Smith mills.
Th. gasoline schooner Tillamook arrived
from Portland with a cargo of freight.
ABERDEEN". Wash . March S. (Special
The keel for the largest ship vet to be
built on Grays Harbor was laid 'here yes
terday. This Is -221 feet long and Is for
an auxiliary cruiser to be constructed for
the Balfour. Guthrio Company, of San
Francisco. The overall length of the ship
will be 240 feet.
The schooner Ariel today completed load
ing cargo of nnn.OOO feet of lumber" at
the Bay City mill and will clear the latter
part of the week for Adelaide. The vessel
is now in command of Captain Charles
Lorentzen. who succeeded Oscar Anderson.,
who resigned, due to in health.
Repair work on tho schooner Repeat Is
being rushed that the vessel may clear
for Astoria to load the latter part of the
week.
The steamers Norwood and Carmel will
clear in the morning for San Francisco.
FIXRENCE. Or.. March 2S. (Special.)
Gasoline schooner Patsy arrived from
Gardiner today and sailed for Portland.
Notice to Mariners.
The following affects aids to navigation in
the 17th lighthouse district;
Coajt Orford Reef gas. whistling and
submarine bell buoy, 2 OR. reported by Cap
tain Smith, S. S. Admiral Schley, as ex
tinguished. March 20. To be relighted as
soon as practicable.
P.OBKRT WAR RACK,
Lighthouse Inspector.
Tides at Astoria 'ednesday.
High. I.ow.
9:23 A. M 7.0 feet 3:4:! A. M ".1 feet
10:o P. M 7.7 feet 4:1S P. M 0.2 foot
Vessels Kotered Yesterday.
American steamer Georgian, general cargo,
from New York via way ports.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
American st.anier Georgian, cargo In
transit, for puael Sound.
'dredge to tie up
Improvement Fund for Three
Rivers Nearly Exhausted.
HIGH WATER DELAYS WORK
Appropriation for Ijewis, Cowlitz
and Clatskanie Is Dwindling.
Monticello Is Ordered to
Discontinue Operations.
Funds for the improvement of the
Lewis, Cowlitz andj Clatskanie rivers
fting virtually exhausted, coupled
with hisrh water conditions that ham
per operations, the Government dredfre
Monticello has been ordered tied up
and will Join the fleet at the Govern
ment moorings Saturday. When she
will be recommissioned depends on the
passage of the rivers and harbors bill
by Congress and whether or not the
staee of water is satisfactory then.
The Monticello, with the steamer
Woodland as a tender. Is engaged in
channel work in the Lewis River. She
is a new vessel, having been turned
out last year, and after completing
considerable channel work in the
Cowlitz River was shifted to the Lewis
River. There t-he has been digging
steadily for a few months, and, even
during the stormy conditions and run
ning ice contended with in January
and February, lost only a few -days.
The dredge Clatsop, which operatea
in the estuary of the Columbia, was
ordered tied tip last week, as funds
were expended for her services, and the
only P'ederal dredging machines now
running are the pipeline dredges Mult
nomah and Wahkiakum, digging the
now cut at Slaughter's, on the Lower
Columbia, where they are to be re
tained until that part of the main
channel project is finished.
The big bar dredge ChinooK, under
going repairs and an overhauling here,
will be ready on time, and should make
her first trip for the 1916 season May 1.
The March survey of the entrance to
the Columbia may be started today, a
crew having left yesterday aboard the
tug Mendell to perform the quarterly
task. From data obtained this time the
dredging area for the season will be
mapped out, and once the Chinook is
started she will put in full time until
Kail weather drives her inside.
The dredge Colonel P. S. Michie.
used at the entrance to Coos Bay and
which is under repairs here, will be
ready for her trip to that harbor April
15, and will operate during the entire
season.
Jetty operations are in full swing at
the mouth of the Columbia, and while
the rivers and harbors bill Is expected
to be passed without material delay,
there Is money on hand for the most
important improvements.
GllACK LINE CLOSES AGENCY
Lust Liner of American-Hawaiian in
Iort but Office Remains.
Preparations have been made to close
the Portland office of W. R. Grace &
Co.. in the Railway Exchange building,
and until that line returns to the
Panama Canal route, in conducting a
service between New York and Pa
cific Coast harbors, it is doubtful if the
office will be reopened.
The American-Hawaiian line will
continue its Portland agency, though
the last steamer of that fleet to reach
Portland, the liner Georgian, arrived
yesterday and loads a cargo for Hono
lulu, where she will take on sugar
shipments. Like the Grace fleet the
American-Hawaiian vessels are largely
scattered in other trades, the officials
of the line having taken advantage
of fabulous freights in vogue, and they
are not expected to be back on the
run for a time, even though the Panama
Canal Is to be thrown open again April
15. The Minnesota is the latest steamer
of that fleet taken, she having been
chartered for the Atlantic Coast trade
to Brazil at $102,500 a month.
LAW IS NOT UNDERSTOOD
Delay to Shipping Now Cliarged to
Limited Number of Salts.
Confusion as to interpretation of the
new seamen's law relative to sections
governing the shipment of sailors prob
ably tended to delay shipping here, but
scarcity of seamen for European voy
ages and not the law is responsible
for detention now, asserts J. H. Bar
bour. United States Immigration in
spector, who investigated the reported
interference to commence at Portland
as called to the attention of the De
partment of Commerce by the Chamber
of Commerce last week.
Mr. Barbour avers that the law, as
first understood, may have contrib
uted to the situation, but that at pres
ent, since masters of vessels agree to
reimburse th shipping commissioner
for supplying men, it is assuredly a
matter of the men not being available
so they can be assigned immediately
to a vessel being made ready for sea.
GRAIN SHIP LIST SMALLEST
Only Three Carriers Now Bound for
Portland to Work Cereal Cargoes.
On the en route board at the Mer
chants' Exchange is shown the slimmest
li.st of grain carriers since that or
ganization was launched, there being
three vessels bound here to load cereal
for offshore ports, the British bark
Inveresk. from Dublin; British bark
Inverlogie. from St- js'azaire. and the
British steamer King Malcolm, which
sailed from Calcutta March 16.
The low ebb on the list almost was
reached last year, when it was dimin
ished to four carriers, but in March
there has been activity in new crop
chartering in the past, so the board
began to fill, though some of those
listed would not be due for several
months. This season no new crop en
gagements have been made.
FRESHET IS RECEDING NOW
Slight Fall Indicates Passing of
Crest ot High Water.
Freshet waters of the Willamette
have again begun to decline, and the
official gauge showed a stage of 19.4
feet above zero at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, a drop of one-tenth of a
foot.
There was some drift to appear yes
terday, but not in sufficient amount to
bother navigation. The current was
said by steamboatmen to be stronger
than was noticed Monday, and one re
sult of that was to delay the shifting
of the Japanese steamer Bankoku
Maru through the bridges from lnman
Poulsen's, where she loaded the last of
her cargo for Shanghai.
All lower docks are covered with
water, and will not be reoccupied until
the water falls sufficiently to permit
of sediment being cleared off.
DERELICT OF MONTHS SAVED
Fishing Tender Volante Picked Vp
After Long Wanderings.
PRINCE RUPERT. B. C. March 2S.
After having been abandoned as sink
iDm in a January alc oil the Alaska
coast and drifting for three months
to and fro at the mercy of the Pacific
Ocean, the fishing tender Volante, reg
istered from Seattle and operating out
of Herthberg. Alaska, was towed into
prince Itupert harbor today.
The Volante's hull is trailing yards
of weeds, but is still sound. On ooard
of her are several tons of valuable
fishing gear.
LUMBER FREIGHTS HIGHER
Delivery I'rom Grays Harbor to San
Pedro Costs $6.50 1000 Feet.
Reports of the charter yesterday of
the steamer Daisy Putnam at $6.50 a
thousand feet, to transport a lumber
cargo from Grays Harbor to San Pedro,
marks the highest freight paid so far
in the coastwise market this season.
At the same time the steamer Daisy,
of the same flag, is on the way there
to load a cargo for San Francisco at
$5.25, and vessel owners say the range
between the Golden Gate and Southern
California ports should not be more
than $1.
A week ago the Grays Harbor-San
Pedro voyage was done at $6.25.
SEAMAN'S JOB BUREAU FORMS
Seattle Immigration Commissioner
Seeks to Solve Labor Problem.
SEATTLE. Wash.. March 2S. Immi
gration Commissioner Henry SI. White,
on instructions from Washington, is
establishing a seamen's employment
agency here in an effort to remedy
the shortage of certified seamen. Deep
sea vessels are unable to obtain crews
at present.
Inspector Lawrence Wood, in charge
of the Federal Employment Bureau in
Seattle, says he is unable to supply
the demand for servants, loggers and
ranch hands.
Hosford Fleet Enlarged.
Negotiations were closed yesterday
whereby tho L. B. Menefee Lumber
Company interests purchased a one
third of the stock of the Hosford
Transportation Company, which oper
ates the steamers Weown, G. K. Went
worth and Rowena. The new stock
holders turned in the tugs Cruiser and
Liberty, so the latter will be operated
with the fleet hereafter. The tug
Anne W., of the Hosford line, was sold
recently to the Alaska Railroad Com
mission. With the addition of the
Cruiser and Liberty five towboats will
be available.
Ship Slay Be Quarantined.
Until nine victims of beri-berl aboard
the British bark Invergarry are re
moved from the vessel for treatment
ashore, the ship is expected to be held
in quarantine. The vessel left As
toria early yesterday in tow of the
tug Wallula and was due last night.
City Health Officer Marcellus and Har
bormaster Speier will take charge of
the cases this morning and on the re
moval of the men to a hospital the ship
is to be thoroughly cleaned and fumi
gated. Marine Notes.
Captain Smith, of the American-Hawaiian
liner Georgian, which sailed last night for
Puget Sound after discharging 400 tons of
New York cargo and taking on consign
ments for the Hawaiian Islands, made the
run from New York to San Pedro In 49
days, steaming via tlv Straits of Magellan.
With stops at San Pedro and San Fran
cisco the vessel was less than 00 days lo
Portland.
One more voyage at least will be made
between San Francisco and Central Amer
ican porta by the steamer Geo. W. Elder,
so for the present the steamers F. A. Kil
burn and Breakwater will continue to han
dle the trade of the North Pacific line out
Jf Portland.
Aboard the steamer Bear, of the San
Francisco & Portland line, due today, is
1100 tons of freight and 140 passengers.
The steamer Beaver, which left Portland
Saturday afternoon, did not report at San
Francisco until 10:30 o'clock Monday night,
having been hrsld. back by aoutherly weather.
As the ztern of the steamer Twin Cities
settled in the mud at North Portland har
bor, where she struck a sunken log and
was beached Saturday night, It proved dif
ficult to get chains beneath the vessel, but
headway will probably be more rapid today.
Captain I-undy yesterday filed a report with
United States Steamboat Inspectors Ed
wards and Wynn covering the accident, and
it being decreed unavoidable by the inspec
tors, 110 investigation is to be held.
Her new boilers being in place and other
heavy work done in connection therewith,
the "Big Three" liner Rose City shifted from
the Willamette Iron & Steel Works to the
slip at the north end of municipal dock No.
1 yesterday, where the work of connecting
up the new equipment will be finished. She
should be ready to rejoin the fleet May 1.
With Captain Scammon on th.a steamer
State of Washington, which goes on the
night run between Portland and The Dalles
at midnight tomorrow, will be Pilot Rooney,
Chief Engineer Joe Hayes and Roscoe Pierce
as purser.
Explains Wliy
Coffee Hurts Many
Dr. W. A. Evans, prominent Chicago physician, who edits the "How to Keep
Well" columns of the Chicago Tribune, said in that publication, under date of
March 7, 1915:
"Coffee is a drug;. Those who are addicted to its
use are drug; addicts." "From the standpoint of
Public hygiene the coffee question is worth while.
It is the most widespread form of drug addiction."
Some coffee drinkers go on for years without seeming ' harm', but with
others the telltale effects of the drug, caffeine, in coffee, show in various ills
and discomforts, such as headache, bilbusness, indigestion, nervousness, sleep
lessness and heart disturbance.
When the health of a coffee-drinker begins
to suffer it's high time to quit the coffee.
The change to
Instant
Postom
is easy and pleasant. Better health usually
follows, and a ten days' trial proves.
Postum comes in two forms. The original
Postum Cereal must be well-boiled 15c and
25c packages. Instant Postum a soluble,
powder is made in the cup. No boiling re
quired. 30c and 50c tins.
The two forms of Postum are equally deli
cious, and the cost per cup is about the same.
"There's
1 ens tier rLxrierjence
Mrs. Dunlap Sends a Letter Ad
dressed to the Readers
of the Paper.
A sense of duty to others who .night
suffer as she had Impelled Sirs. R. C.
Dunlap. of Dekalb,- Mo., to send the
following signed statement to the St.
Joseph, Mo., News-Press:
"The readers of the News-Press.
especially those suffering from gall-
stones, stomach trouble and appendi
citis, will find In Fruitola and Traxo
a permanent cure. After sufferring for
three years the most excruciating pain
from gall-stones I found this wonder
ful remedy and am now in perfect
health and have been for almost four
years. Never have any symptoms of
the old trouble. I had been told by
three doctors that nothing but an
operation would save me. I know sev
eral who have undergone an operation,
but still have gall-stones. This medi
cine is an oil which softens the stones
and cures the liver. It can be bough t at any drug Btore."
Fruitola Is an intestinal lubricant that softens the congested masses, disin
tegrates the hardened particles that cause so much suffering, and expels the
accumulation to the patient's great relief. Traxo is a tonic-alterative that
acts on the liver and kidneys, stimulates the flow of gastric juices to aid
digestion, and removes bile from the general circulation.
Fruitola and Traxo are prepared in the Pinus laboratories at Monticello.
111., and arrangements have been made to supply them through representa
tive druggists. A booklet of special Interest to sufferers from stomach trouble
can be obtained by writing to the Finu Laboratories at Monticello, Illinois.
VISTA DANGE MONDAY
Old-Fashioned Programme to
Feature Memorial Benefit.
THEATERS LEND A HAND
Entertainment Will Bo Frovidcd by
Acts Gathered From Portland
SIiow Houses Tickets
Are Placed on Sale.
An old-fashioned dance is the plan
for the Vista House ball next Slon
day night at Cotillion Hall, and the
Vista House Association, the Cham
ber of Commerce, through the Retail
Merchants Bureau, and the theaters
of the city are co-operating in plans
to make the entertainment a success,
and to raise by it as large a fund as
possible for the pioneer memorial for
Crown Point.
Theaters of the city are arranging
to send vaudeville numbers to the hall
to add spice to the evening. Nick
Pierong, of the new Strand Theater,
announces that he is preparing to send
his entire show. Other managers will
contribute performers, so that there
will be something doing every minute.
The ball will be strictly informal and
in keeping with the character of
amusements. Old-fashioned card games
will be played between dances and
from the large number of pioneer peo
ple who are planning to attend there
Is no doubt as to the popularity of the
programme. Devotees of pinochle and
pitch will have just as much fun as
the people who prefer the Virginia
reel and the classic minuet to the fox
trot and' the wiggle-waggle.
Tickets yesterday were placed on
sale at the Wiley B. Allen Company,
at Sherman Clay & Company. Lennon's,
Spalding's, and the offices of the Un
derwood Typewriter Company.
The committees in charge of the
event are: ,
E. H. Holt, chairman: Bessie F. Colwcll.
vice-chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.
Berg. David Brlggs. Miss Iva Hughes. A.
C. Black, Mrs, M. Drennon. Mr. and Mrs.
VV. H. Daugherty. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Conk,
lin, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Crouch, J. L. Duffy,
Miss Elizabeth liann, Aaron Frank, Mrs.
W. B. Mack. L. R. Centro. Miss L. Egbert,
Mr. and Mrs. T. L,. Graves, Mr. and Mrs.
George D. I.ee, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Mills,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Moses, Mr. and Mrs.
a Reason" for
To Benefit Others
f - I
W. .1. Piepenbrink. Mr. and Mrs. Tra T,.
Rigge. Mr. and Mrs. Milton I.. Seaman. Mr.
and Mrs Oscar M. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Fre.l
Spoeri, Mr. and Mrs. z, Swett, M. E. Smead,
Mrs. J. M. Brooks. Harry Roberts, Miss Bess
Young. Edwin N. lMnbanm, Miss M. tel
lers. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Werlein. Mr. anit
Mr. Ij. A. Spangler. Roy Edwards. Mip
AVilletta Warmouth. E. T. Carswell. Ocean
Jolly, Miss M. Thompson.
Subcommittee.
Publicity 13. T. Carswell. chairman;
Ocean Jolly, vice-chairman.
Music I. L. Rises, chairman: E. H. Holt,
vice-chairman.
Cards I.. Ft. Centro. chairman; Mrs. W
H. Daugherty, vice-chairman.
Floor L,. K. Crouch, chairman: Mrs. M.
L.. Seaman, vice-chairman.
Decorations L.. A. Spangler. chairman;
David Briggs. vice-chairman.
Ticket selling M!t M. Sellers, chairman;
Mrx. S. Mills, vice-chairman.
Concessions Samuel Moses, chairman; W.
J. Piepenbrink. vice-chairman.
Refreshments Oscar M. Smith, chairman;
Sf rs. T. L.. Graves, vice-chairman : Mrs. I
E. Crouch. Mrs. Oscar N. Smith. Mrs. V'. B,
Mack. Mrs. .T. R. Werlein.
USE OF FUND QUESTIONED
Method oT Handling Road Money la
Referred to County Advisor.
portioned to the city, which is a road
district, was considered today by Pis
trict Attorney Hedges and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Burke at the request o
County Judge Anderson.
In the Oregon City road district the
70 per cent is turned into the road
fund of the city and spent under the
direction of the Council and the Street
Commissioner.
In other Oregon towns, however, the'
County Court appoints a road supervisor
for the city.
GRANTS PASS HAS DELUGE
More Titan Three Inches of Rain
Falls in 4 8 Hours.
GRANTS PASS. Or., March 28. (Spe
downpour of rain as Grants Pass has!
witnessed for manv a day, the clouds
broke away about 8 o'clock last night
and clear weather again reigns. Al
heavy frost was averted last night by a
thick fog which lasted until well
into the morning.
During the past 48 hours more than
three inches of rain fell, making the
excess precipitation since September 1
more than eight inches.
The heavy snows in the mountain
have been greatly reduced during the'
past two days by the warm rain.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
OREGON CITY. March 2S. (Special. f
The legality of the method employedl
by the county and the city in handling!
the 70 per cent of the road fund ap4
Instant postdii
It regular Pesfum in a concantraf erf form rTmn$
MtL See dircl"orvfcor prpnr o otnr '!
Postom
a. O . t. orr.
CEREAL
and a small portion of Molassa.
f
fUMUrACTURED BY
Postum Cereal Company.Lta
Battle Creek. MICH.U-S.A.
NET WEIGHT FIGHT OUNCES.
Postum