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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1916)
20 TTTE MORXTXR OTtEOONTAW. FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916. I TEACHER ACCUSED I OF BEING PACIFIST Minnville. One leads west from Mc Minnville to Belle-View Schoolhouse: south through Ballston and Salt Creek Into Dallas, and from Dallas south to Independence and Corvallis. Another route leads west from McMinnville about one mile to the first road turn ing: south; thence south through White son and Amity. The road through Belle-View and Ballston is perhaps the best road at this time, although about three miles longer. IV! r. Kerchen Is Charged With Slurring Boy Scouts, but , Witnesses Deny This. EUGENE TO OFFER CAMP Stopping Place Is Prepared 3Iotor Tourists. ; BIBLE IS IN TESTIMONY ; Supervisor's Views on Evolution t Among So-Called Heresies and His Failure to Fit Ideas With Book of Genesis Veares Some. EUGENE, Or., May 4. (Special.) ugene is to have a campground for the accommodation of motor tourists. Today business and professional men ere at work doing the manual labor ecessary to make the site, north of Skinner's Butte near the business dis trict of the city, as attractive as pos- bie. A force of men has been at work for two weeks building1 a road around the west side of the butte. so that the campground can be reached without making a long trip. The lagoons along the Willamette " Witnesses at the hearing of John L. Kerchen, manual training supervisor of the Portland schools, now under charges, gave strong testimony in his favor last night and the pendulum swung rather to his side. Th cata : logued charges against him appeared , rather trivial after a number of men of education and apparent reliability testified. " Perhaps the gravest of all things brought against him so far was that he was reputed to be a pacificist. It had been rumored, said one. in a rather . vague way that Mr. Kerchen did not believe in fighting under any condi tions. It was further set out in the schedule f accusations that the supervisor had once slurred the Boy Scouts. This was charee No. 14. H. F. Travis, teacher of manual training in the Rose City Park and Allen schools, said he doubted this. as he himself was a scoutmaster and had been a teacher in a military school. This was not seemingly held against ''him. however, by Mr, Kerchen, said the witness, as he was chosen for the po eition among five applicants. The teacher said he is somewhat of a mili tarist himself, as he held a commis sion from the War Department at the time. Hideouts Charge Denied. The witness said Mr. Kerchen had approved the Boy Scouts as far "training and advancement in crafts went. Thus this hideous charge, damn ing if true, went rather into the dis card. The Board of Education, seated as a tribunal to try the alleged heresies of Mr. Kerchen, delved somewhat into trie riddle of creation at last night s ses ""iion, for a talk given by the accused "2 supervisor before the manual training TZ teachers on the subject of evolution z was recalled. IT. B. Murphy, teacher of manual ..training in Failing -School, said at the v conclusion of the talk some seemed to " think the remarks of Mr. Kerchen were contrary to the story of origin of life 1 as told in the book of Genesis, Numer ous foolish questions were asked, evi :lently by some who did not compre hend the real substanceof the talk. 'Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" asked one. Another wanted to know how he -could reconcile his statements with Genesis and Mr. Kerchen is said to have replied he .was leaving the ques tion of Genesis and how God made - man out of it, as he was discussing - the matter only from the scientific point of view of evolution. Involution Heresies Recalled. ,r; At another time the witness said he recalled Mr. Kerchen said it was great event in the life of primitive man when he first learned to stand on .. his hind legs and use a club or some ' eort of tool. S These were the only alleged heretical ; things the witness recalled having heard and he attended ail the meetings I where Mr. Kerchen was alleged to have ; impressed unsound religious and othe views upon his teachers. Dr. H. B. Torrey, teacher of biology ; in Reed College, buttressed the defense ; when he was called and gave it as his ; opinion that the teaching of evolution ! is of much value to the teaching profes ; sion, whether manual training or other ; education subjects are to be taught. I "I should say no teacher in the J Fchools should be without the funda mental knowledge of evolution," said ! Hie. "Evolution is the ground substance , of our modern life, so far as it relates I to living things, and it relates to in , organic matter as well. "To my mind it is essential that th manual-training teacher should b ' biologically trained. The teacher ; biology is too often absent in Oregon ; schools. If any teachers are doing that ; sort of thing, I believe it is a very de I eirable thing to be done. Teachings as in College. Following his talk on the develop ment of life from the single cell. Mr, Kerchen is said to have asked some of his teachers, who had been thoroughly educated in biology, whether he had ;. stated anything that is not taught now adays in the leading colleges of th country, and he was told that he had not. Drawings of a toothbrush holder fig tired among others in last night's hear ing. These were mechanical drawings used as guides by students in manual training. They were either prepared or supervised by Mr. Kerchen and er rors were detected in some of them, One witness recalled he had heard Mr. Kerchen say he would not trust Jesus Christ himself in ordering ma s terial for the manual training shops and he proposed that thereafter a dif ferent system be put in. as many errors had formerly been made in ordering. This was said to have been remarke when some annoyance was shown by the supervisor following blunders ordering material. The prosecution has introduced witnesses and the defense proposes to , go them one better and take the testi mony of about 20. So far the witnesses for the defense have given testimony that seemingly carries more weight ... than that of the accusing 12. The hear " ing will be resumed tonight at 7:30 O'clock. PORTLANDERS TO WITNESS OFFICIAL DIP OF SPEEDY VESSEL BUILT HERE OX GUARANTEE OF STEAMING 22 MILES AN HOUR. for RATE IS PROTESTED West Coast Lumbermen Brief Oppose Increase. in RISE CONSIDERED UNFAIR Charges on Products From Portland to Utah and Idaho and From Other Oregon Points to 1465 Places Elsewhere Involved. WASHINGTON, May 4. Through At torneys Teal and McCulloch, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association today filed a brief with the Interstate Cora- for California after discharging fuel oil at Portland. Th steam schooner Cetllo wilt be due to morrow from San Francisco with fnelghu The steamer Oreat Northern sailed for San Francisco with a full cargo of freight and a fair list of possengers. The steam schooners Shasta and. Temple E. Dorr will sail tomorrow for California with lumber from Rainier and St. Helens. The British bark Alice A. Leigh, grain lsden from Portland for Queecstown or Falmouth, went to sea today. She left with three sailors less than she brought to port, but has her full complement. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., May 4. (Spe cial.) The schooner Virginia, lOtf days from Sydney, arrived today, and after undergoing repairs at the Lindstrom yards will load lumber at the Aberdeen Lumber : Shingle Company for Australia. The steamer Llndauer cleared today for fSan Pedro from the Wilson Bros. mill. The steamer Multnomah la due in the morning from San Francisco. COOS BAY. May 4. (Special.) The gas oline tchnoner Tillamook arrived from Port land today, bringing a capacity cargo of freight. Arriving this morning, the steam schooner Novo is shipping lumber at the North iiend mills. The steamships Breakwater and F. A. Kilburn. which are due tomorrow from Cali fornia ports and Portland, will sail In the afternoon. If here on time. The steam schooner Hardy sailed for San Francisco this afternoon at 2 o' clock with lumber from the Buehner sawmill. Captain J. S. Pol hem us, of the Govern ment engineering office. Portland, is In- I , J - -jt ' " r 1 " "r- ' . nfi ' " - rp TRADER IS SOUGHT Francisco and Puget Sound points. Spo-llnir root: the top floated oiy a few- Kane ana otner Northwest territory. The reduced round trip fares will in- lude mcala and berth, as o all other fares on the b!ir turbiners." 16 00 FIXKS PUT OX BOATS Deal Is On to Buy Ship for Run to Alaska. FINAL CANVASS IS TODAY Tno-Tblrds of Purchase Price Said to Bo Subscribed Vessel Is Wooden Craft, Capable of Economical Operation. STEAMER KITSAP II ON WAYS. Hundreds of people will be at points of vantage about Supple's 'East Bel mont-street yard tomorrow afternoon when the new steamer Kitsap II. building for the Kitsap County Transportation Company, of Seattle, is launched. The vessel is to be ready for her trial trip shortly, when Mr. Supple expects she will travel over a measured course at 22 miles an hour. The contract was awarded to him in competition with Puget Sound builders be cause he was the only one agreeing to turn out a vessel of the speed indicated. The price is 180,000. ' River, which skirts YTie campground. offer excellent places in which to swim, and it is the ultimate plan to convert them i-nto municipal plunges. with all conveniences usually found at such places. U COLORED LADIES JAILED Some Sentences -Revoked on Condi- tion of Departure From City, In a determined mood was Municipal Judge LanRguth yesterday, when he issued ultimatums and sentences to 14 colored sirens of the North End. All of the women appear periodically tn court, and ordinary terms do not appear to feaze them. As the result of a police raid the familiar defendants again ap peared in court. These are the portions or penance the court allowed them: Anna Fields, 45 days in jail; Evelyn Reid, 30 days, or three days to leave the city; Eliza Jackson, 45 days, or five days to leave the city; Carrie Ward, 45 days, or five days to leave the city; Gertrude Smith, 45 days; Cleo Thomas, 45 days; Eva Robinson, 4d days; Bertha Mims, 45 days; Pearl Franklin, 45 days, or five days to leave the city; Mamie Brown, five days; Daisy Seals, 45 day?, or three days to leave the city; Clara Reeves, 45 days, or five days to leave the city; Mrs. James Dyer, 45 days or three days to leave the city. merce Commission, combating' the proposed increases in freight rates on lumber from Oregon and Washington to 1465 points in New Mexico. Okla homa and Texas. ' The proposed in creases average 6 cents per 100 pounds. The complainants contend that the proposed increases are not justified, would be unjustly discriminatory com pared with the California rates to the same points, and ask that they be can celed. In a brief on behalf of Oregon lum ber manufacturers, filed with the Com mission by James G. Wilson in the complaint against the O.-W. R. & N. Co. and connecting railways, involving the reasonableness of rates on forest products from Portland and Bridal Veil to Idaho and Utah, these rates are as serted to be unreasonable per se, and relatively unreasonable compared with rates from points south and north ia the same territory. Cisco. 345 miles from San Kranci-co. Cuzco. Ralboa for Honolulu. b72 miles from Honolulu. Mi 11b, sun Luis for Portland. 617 miles xrom Portland. Wapama. Kedondo for Fan Francisco, 4 mils pouth of San Francisco. Republic. San Francisco for Vancouver, off Point Reyes Spokane, Alaska for Seattle, five miles south of Caps Murine. Asuncion. Cordova for Richmond, 794 mlhs north of Richmond. Multnomah, Pan Francisco for Grays Har bor, 10 miles south of the Columbia River. Z-ucas. for Port El Kegundo, feO miles south of the Columbia River. Clt,- of Puebla, San Francisco for Seattle. lOl miles fcouth of Umatilla lifthtshlp. Celilo. San Francisco for Portland, 6S mile north of Cape Blanco. Great Northern, Flavel for San Francisco, 114 miles south of the Columbia River. Klifcurn. Portland for Coos Bay. bo miles south of the Columbia River. Jim Butler, fc-an Francisco for Port Gam ble. fcO miles north of Cape Blanco. City of Seattle. Seattle for Alaskan porta, at Wrangell. May 3. 8 P. M. 1'pcn the success attained today in interesting certain business men, de pends whether a steamer, now lying at New York, will be brought to Portland to enter the Alaska traae. The vessel is obtainable at a figure held by water- iront operators to be decidedly cheap, in view of the fact that she was turned out in 1900 and. though of wood, oak was used in her hull construction. She has a capacity of 700 tons of freight, and accommodations for 110 cabin passengers, and steams close to 15 knots, with what is regarded most economical fuel consumption. Several men controlling river fleets have met with other business iren to consider the venture, and negotiations have reached a point where actual subscrip tions were made yesterday, contingent on the required amount being obtained today, which is averred to be less than half the money already pledged. hile a route has not been nositlvelv fixed. Southeastern Alaska is favored by a majority as offering the best opening for Portland trade, and Jt Is believed the first steamer, while not as large as some plying from Puget Sound, possesses advantages in the way or reasonable cost or operation that will make it possible to test the trade aevclopment. Inquiry was made yesterday concern ing space for Alaska shipments, the es tablishment of a barge line by the Co lumbia Contract Company having at tracted attention, and it was assumed by some that general freight would be carried north as well as lumber. J. W. Crichton, formerly in the serv ice of the Portland Steamship Com pany in the Alaska trade, who is one of those concerned In getting the ves sel, said progress was made yesterday in obtaining financial assistance, and that he was confident the rematnde would be signed today. LIGHTHOUSE MEN A HE TOO BIG Navy Cannot Supply Men of Light sliip and Tender Willi Suits. Sailors In the service of the Bureau of Lighthouses, at least those on th payroll of the Seventeenth Lighthouse J-Mstrict, headquarters here, are en tlrely too corpulent to be fitted with uniforms by the United States Navv from which department clothing has neen arawn in trie past (or them. Inspector V arrack received a reaui ition the other day for duck trousers ' 48 inches at the waist and blouses with a chest measurement of 50 inches. He tried the Bremerton Navy-Yard an Mare Island Navy-Yard, but paymasters here threw up their hands at the Idea fitting such giants from the Nav tores. Then the problem was pre sented to the Brooklyn Navy-Yard and there it was round that trousers of 4 inches at the waist were the lances ept in stock and the extreme blous measurement was 48 inches. Inspecto Warrack is considering the use of sail cloth to get enough to fit his men o the tenders and lightvessels. FIGHT MADE FOR MAIL. RUN Mr. Ilawlcy Protests Abandonment of Drain-Klkton, Or., Route. OREGOKIAX KBWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, May 4. Representative Hawley has filed a strong protest with the Postoffice Department against the re cent abandonment of the star route be tween Drain and Elkton, Or. "Should this route be permanently discontinued." says Mr. Hawley. "it would not only deprive practically 150 persons of their usual mail supply af forded by box delivery from this route, but it would also deprive the patrons of the Klkton postoffice of the expe ditious daily service they have been ac customed to from Drain." Mr. Hawley said the substitute serv ice which the department proposed to inaugurate, from Gardiner, was not sat isfactory, and as the community at Drain is goinfr forward rather than backward, he insists that its mail fa cilities be not reduced. REED JUN!ORSPLAN 'PROM' Seniors, Underclassmen and Outside Friends Invited. Reed College juniors will hold their annual "prom" this evening in the col lege gymnasium. The class has issued more than 250 invitations, inviting the senior class as a whole, and many underclassmen and outside friends. The promenade is one of the chief social events of the college year, and elaborate preparations are being made for it by the class committee under the direction of Charles Larrabee. The other members of the committee are; Zilpha Dempsey, Emma Uubruille, Jo sephine Saunders, Louise Lewis, Ed ward Boyrie. Clyde Beals and Ambrose Browne 11. I rULK -D YAMHILL DISTRICTS VIE FOR PACIFIC HIGHWAY. LIQUOR VIOLATIONS GROW "Blockade Running" From Califor nia to Med ford Reported. MEDFORD, Or., May 4. (Special.) During the past few weeks there has been an appreciable increase in in fringements of the prohibition law in Jackson County. In the Justice Court Tuesday Arthur Diltz was convicted of bootlegging, and the day before Mrs. Viola Stone pleaded guilty to the same charge and was fined $100. Sentence upon Diltz has not yet been passed. Mrs. Lola Hill, of the Cams room ing-house, is also under arrest on a charge of selling liquor. The greatest problem before the au thorities. with the improvement of the roads over the Siskiyous. is the run ning of the "booze blockade" from Hornbrook, Cal. Three Wj Are Proposed to Be Fol lowed, Each Advocated bjr Dlm- ; trict It M ould Serve. DALLAS, Or., May 4. (Special.) A . lively contest is being waged in the 3 sections of Polk and Yamhill Counties as to the location of the West Side Pa cific Highway. Salem, with the aid of certain towns south of Dallas, insists that the road shall run through New- berg and Dayton, and then follow what . is now known as the River road to Salem as far as West Salem, and from there to Brunk's comer and thence to , Independence and Corvallis. This would leave McMinnville and Dallas, the county teat towns, off the highway. McMinnville insists that the ! highway lead through that city, and from there go south by way of Amity. Three routes are proposed from Me Junction City Welcomes Players. JUNCTION CITY. Or.. May 4. (Spe cial.) The clans of dramatic interpre tation of the University of Oregon. presented the comedy "The Newly Mar ried Couple," here last night. The trio of -the school of music, composed of Winifred Forbes, violinist. Daise Berkett Middleton. dramatic contralto, and Jane Scotford Thatcher, pianist gave their regular programme. Linn-Lane Bridge Advocated. EUGENE. Or.. May 4. (Special.) Agitation for the construction of a wagon bridge over the Willamette River, to supplant the ferry at the crossing on the Pacific Highway at the Lane-Linn County line, is being revived. It is said that because of the existence of the ferry, many motorists are avoiding the road and going over ;-jlhe west side route MARINE INTELLIGENCE. etc Schedule. DUB TO ARRIVE. Xima. From. Date. Beaver Loa Anaelei In port Breakwater Pan Diego May 6 Great Northern. . ..San Francisco. . . .May T Bear .Los Angeles. ... , May lO F. A. Kilburn fean Dteg iiay 1J DUE TO DEPART. Vamv For. Date. Yale S. F. to I. A... ... May 6 Beaver. los Angeles .May Harvard b. t . to A. iay Breakwater San Dieco May Celilo ...San Francisco... May Great Northern . . . ..van x rancisco. . . .Jday T. B. Stetson an Ulgo vv apama. . . . , ... . .pan oietfu Korthland San Diego Bear Lob Aneeles. . . F. A. Kilburn an Dlej?o May Willamette. ...... .San Diego May Yo Semite . . .... . . . .san Francisco. . . .May , May , May May cws From Northwest Iorts. ASTORIA. Or.. May 4. (Special.) A wirelens message was received today by the Columbia River Fackers' Association stat ing' hat at noon on May 3 the ship St. Nicholas, en route from Astoria for Nuiha- eak River. Alaska, waa -0O miles from Uni- muk Pass. AU w-ere well on board. OarryinB" freight and passengers from As toria and Portland, the steamer F. A. Kil burn sailed for San Francisco via way porta. The steam schooner Johan Poulsen ar rived during the night from San Fran cisco bringine freight for Aatoria and Portland. Tho ateamer Nocanlcum arrived from San Francisco and went to Stella to load piling for San Francisco. The tank steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas sailed spec ting Government a ork at Bandon and Cooe Bay. Foggy weather Is common here of late and vessels frequently are delayed on that ac count. Marconi Wireless Reports. f All portion reported at 8 P. May 4, unless otherwise Indicated.) Coronado, San Francisco for San Fedro. 20 miles east of Santa Barbara. Governor, San Peo.ro for San Francisco, thro miles west of Point Conreoclon. Drake.. El Segundo fur Seattle. fc7 milea north of El sfgundo. Speedwell. San Pedro for Pan Francisco. lOO mil- south of San Francisco. Pan Jose. San Francisco fgor Balboa. '2tQ mlit Rniith of San Francisco. parai so. San Francisco for Peru. S00 miles aoitth nf San Francisco. Buck. Seattle for port San Luis. 2 miles south or Seattle. Breakwater. Eureka for Coos Bay. 23 miles north of Eureka. El Segundo. Richmond for Portland, -So miles north of Richmond. Grace Dollar. San Francisco for Tacoma, Hi miles north of San Francisco. Queen. Fan Francisco lor Seattle, 37 miles north of Blanco. Yosemite. Portland for San Francisco, seven miles north of Blunts Reef. Windber. Balboa for Seattle. 40 mJTes north of Blanco. Adeline Smith, Pan Francisco for Marsh field. 259 miles north of San Francisco. Matsonla, Honolulu for San Francisco. miies from San Francisco. Asuncion. Cordova for Richmond, 00 miles north of Richmond. l'eacklvania. Yokohama for San Fran Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. May 4. Arrive :imr Johan Poulsen. from San Francisco. Sailed steamer Temple E. Dorr, for San Pedro. Astoria. May 4. Arrived at :15 and left up at 11 A. M., steamer Necanlcum, from Eureka. Sailed at 11:30 A. M-, steamer F. A. Kilburn. for San Diego via way porta. Sailed at 12:10 P. M.. steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas, for San Francisco. Sailed at 2:50 P. M., British ship Alice A. Leigh, for initea Kingdom. Sailed at 2 P. M., steamer Great Northern, for San Francisco. San Francisco. May 4. Sailed nt 1 I iC. steamer Santa Barbara, for Columbia River. May 3. Sailed at A P. M steamer El Se gundo. for Portland ; at 6 P. M., steamer Breakwater, from tean Diego and way ports. i or roniana via way ports; at 7 P. M. steamer Daisy, for the Columbia River. San Pedro, May 4. Arrived Steamer Bear, from Portland via San Francisco. Coos Bay, May 4. Arrived at 7 A. M., gasoune scnooner iiuamooK, from Portland. Glasgow, May 1. Arrived French, ship Ana re i neoaore, irom fort tana. Astoria. May 3. Arrived at 7 and left up at e:.u f. .m., s.eamer jonan rouistn, xrom can rrar.cisco. Yokohama, May 2. Arrived Steamer tanaaa Alaru. from aeattle. Shanghai. May 3. Arrived Steamers rfeeska Dotlar, from Victoria. B. C. ; J.ama kura Maru, from Seattle. San Francisco. May 4. Arrived Steamers congress, irom r-eattie; Santa .Maria, from ancouver; Jacob Luckenbach, from New lork; Phoenix. from Bandon. Sailed fcteamers ania Haroara, lor Astoria; Carlos, for Grays Harbor; Yawry c British), for Fal mouth; schooner Roy Somors, for Bristol Bay. Seattle, "Wash.. May 4. Arrived Stsa ers Sado Maru Japanese., from Hongkong; Ixlon (Britich . from Manila; Lyman Stewart, from Port San Luis; Bee. from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers Cordova, for Southwestern Alaska ; Curacao. Jefferson, fir Southeastern Alaska; Star I, Xor Port Armstrong. Kid on Condemned Equipment. Bids were opened for th sale of condemned Government property yea terday at the office of Major Jewett, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and while figures accepted in sonic instances appear small, the Fed era! officials feei that fair prices were obtained. The property was collected at Fort Stevens and the Government Moorings. H. B. Davis bid $3180 for a boiler, the Pacific American Metal Company JMi for brass, the Alaska Junk Company $541 for a collection of junk, 9a for a narrow cruairo motorcar. oo0 for a Jetty locomotive and $1075 for copper and brass, J. Simon & Brothers $1116.21 for Junk, and Auras Nelson $12.50 for a discarded quarter boat hull and $1 for a rowboat Those mentioned were the hifrhost bidders for the various lotw. No proposals were received for the old hull of the steamer .Mathloma. HARDWOOD CARGO DUE SOON Japanese Vessel Also Carries Ship ment of Sulphur for Portland. Preparations are under way to re ceive the first shipment of hardwood for the new yard or Mitsui & Co.. the rear of Municipal Dock Xo. 2, he foot of East ashinston stree which is due to arrive a week from to day aboard the Japanese steamer May achl Maru, until recently known as th 1 ami Maru. The steamer also has shipment of 100 tons of sulphur on being- discharged Roes to Pusret bound to load. The Japanese steame Atagosan Maru comes the latter part of June or early In July, with a pa cargo of gunnies and bags from Cal cut la. The British steamer Hazel Dollar oadinp lumber at Westport for China. and Robert Dollar, head of the Dolla fleet, is in the city in connection wi the cargo. Students to Discard Canoes. "Walter Stirling, a well-known Port land diver, returned yesterday from hugene. where he searched in vain for the body of Owen Whallen, drowned tnere faunday irom a canoe. Mr. Stirl ing says that he met a number of stu dents of the University of Oregon and illustrated to tnem the danger of ca noeing in swift water, citing statistic: as to the number of accidents result ing therefrom, and he was assured tha ioc use oi sucn cratt would be cu down materially if not eliminated here after. Tidea at A "torts. KHday. Higll. Low. 1:."7 A. M 8.3 feetl:19 A. M....-0.2 foot .-9 i'. J1.....0.U ieti,w;u r. i. ... i.s lee Vessels Entered Yesterday. American steamer Beaver, general cargo, irum ran re'iro aiiu fan r rannmo. -Vnrtcan steamer jhan Poulsen, cargi oi upnaii, irom ."an rrar.cisco. Venls Cleared TeMerda; American ntwmer Heaver, gen for Kan Francisc-o and San Pedro. Amrian steamer. Johan Poulsen. cargo of lumber, for San Fran-ro. ral cargo, Federal Collector Penalizes Owner of Craft for Violations. ASTORIA, Or., May 4. (Special. During the past few days a number of motorboats have been checked up by local customs inspectors and Deputy Collector lladdix has imposed fines amounting to $4600 on owners of craft which were not properly equipped, ac cording to the rules of navigation. The persons fined and the amount assessed against each are as follows: E. FJngebretsbn. Rainier. $310: Frank Pierce, Clatskanie, $550: August Kuk kols, Clatskanie. $100: Clat.kanie Creamery. Clatskanie. $100; George Nelson. Rainier. $100; C. R. Patching. Rainier, $350: C. H. Wood. Rainier. 0; Sergeant Kelly, Vancouver, $450; Knutsen. Vancouver. $100; Bert Hays. Vancouver. $100; H. N. Cade. St. Helens. $100; Dan Richardson. St. Hel- ns. 1450: Joe Specht. St. Helens, $100: Doty Fish Company. Kalama, $100: Van Houte Brothers. Kalama, $450; R, B. Emerson. Rainier. $4 50; August Hil- gula. Clatskanie. $100: Abe Karvonen. Clatskanie. $200: Hammond Lumber Company. $200. The last fine was for aving a log raft in tow at Rainier without the proper lights being displayed. SHIPPKRS VISIT MARSHFIELD Vessel Owner and Submarine Build er Make Inspection. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Mav 4. Spe- ial.) Two prominent shipping men and a builder of submarines are visit ing Coos Bay. R. X. Swayne. of the firm of Swayne and Hoyt. who have a large fleet of vessels, and John F. Craig, of the Craig Shipbuilding Com pany, of Long Beach, both interested in the North Bend Mill & Lumber Com pany, are inspecting their industries and looking over this section. bince the war began the firm of Swayne & Hoyt have disposed of the vessels Cam! no and Navajo, and two ships now being built on Grays Harbor are to replace them. Mr. Craig, whose firm has several submarines for the United States Government under way, has recently withdrawn a large amount of his interest from the company, and is expecting to retire. inches below the surface. coa.Ututing a menace to navigation. TheAstoria, which belongs to the Port of rtland. is expected to be returned to hr own ers Monday, as the regular Harbor Patrol launch was lowered Into he wa ter last night and her overhaul! g wiil be finished tomorrow. COAST RATE GOES HIGHER Two Sailers Taken for Offshore 3 lore Than a Year in Advance. To carry a cargo of lumber from Grays Harbor to San Pedro, the steamer Daisy Gadsby is to receive $7 a thousand feet, the record price yet paid for lumber transportation in the coastwise trade since the climb in freights following the San Francis co fire. Previous to the engagement of the Gadsby. made known yesterday. rates were $o.b0 to ban Pedro and $a.o0 to San Francisco. News from San Francisco yesterday was that two sailers had been chart ered for the North Pacific-Australia lumber trade, August-September, 191 at 115 shillings. Hi? Snag Proves Awkward. Two hours were required yesterday for the Harbor Patrol crew aboard the gasoline tug Astoria to shift a 40-foot og from the channel to shore. The log was standing almost upright and the base wa s adorned with iHre. spread- Marine Note. Acting Forecaster Drake, of the "Wat her Bureau, predicts that the Willamette Riv. r will attain a stage of 13 feet here S-nday afternoon. Th gauge showed a deph t 13.3 feet abov ro at S o'clock etrday morning, a gain of only one-tenth of anlnh In 24 hours. The grvaien rise In tha ama time was at W'enatchce, where 1.9 feet was recorded. Finally getting away for the United Kng dom with a full crew, the British ship Aico A. Leigh was reported yesterday as havng sailed at " :30 o'clock. The French lp Andre Theodore reached Glasgow from Port land on May 1. As the steamer Breakwater is on time, iha la looked tor here tomorrow, and sails Mu-day. To load a bunker supply, and undergo 'n epectlon. Hunt vessed No. 07 has t earned to Seattle from Utr.attUa Re.f. being rt-plaiad by light ve sse I N o. John Reid has replaced William Pomtoy In charge of tha launch Wuen, at KaJaima. Lumber with which the steamer Johan Poulsen will sail for San Francisco is to measure 735.100 feet, according to her mani fest filed yesterday. She discharged 500 Uoi of asphalt here yesterday. Annual inspection of the steamer Rassalo Is to take place today, and Immediately aft erward fnlted States Inspectors F.d wards and Wynu will check over the lifeaving equipment aboard the Vem-1, as demar.ded before an excursion penult Is issued. They will a!so check the equipment of the steamer Pomona and that is to be followed In te future with all vessels in the excursion cl- Excesslve frvlght offerings held the steamer Lurllne back so she did ot leave Astoria Mntil 7 o'clock yesterday morning, and she will get away from Portland on time this morning, while the I'ndmc Kl pressed into service to assist in taking care of the business. School children of Oregon City are to visit Portland this a: ternoon a boar a the steamer Pomona, of the fellow Macs fleet, and the same vessel will leave Taylor- street dock at 7:0 o'clock tomorrow aborti ng with a number of pioneers ana tneir families bound for the annual ceibratioo at Champoeg. From teams and canvas-covered wagons some gypsies have turned to auiomooi." as the best mode of transportation. tw families having been so eulppfU wnen it last qifiu ior i ne uai.es on wm nn-i ate of Washington. With each fauu.y went several children, also tne cunomaiy followt-rs In the way of dogs. Round from Portland with a cereal carg). the Norw egian steamer V ascana left t Vincent Tuesday on her way to the t'nlted Kingdom, says a message to me iercuttni Exchange. Bringing 130 passengers and l.w tons of freight. Included in the latter being the usual consignments oi maionnn i ui l, Thr" liner Reaver arrived about o'clock Wednesday night. Captain Mason said the voyage was under fair k!es. wim uiu northerly wind at times ana smooi n -. First Officer Clyde Parker was at his old position w hen she ranged alongside t he do-k hsving shifted from the Bear at San Frencis.-u. Second Officer R-nnett resign-rt fr.im the Beaver at San Francisco and Third Officer Nicholson was sicned. lie was quar termaster on the H aver for three and a half years and later second mate of the tanker J. -V. Moffett. ti. i,. Blair, general manager of the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company, has returned from San Francisco to remain until the steamer Roso City re-eaiers service Wednesday. Captain H. Odsen has arrived from Se attle to take command of the tug Samson, which the Columbia Contract Company will operate between Portland aud Alaska, tow lug barges of lumber. liner Takes 1 11 Cuct-ls. Travel to California on th twin pal aces line Is gradually gaining. The Great Northern carried HI passengers southbound yesterday and 1300 tons of freight. Among the consignments were potatoes, cascara bark, wheat, oats, box shooks, cheese and canned goods. Columnist River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. May 4. ""onjition of the bar at A P. M.; Sea. smooth; wind, south west 4 mlhs. and ith The cultivation of spires in Grenada. Windward Islands, is confined almost en tirely to nutmegs, with their derivative. ina.ee. GATZERT OUT THIS MONTH Duncln and Auto Trips to Be Of fered "With Excursion-. To expedite preparatory work aboard the steamer Bailey Gatzert so that she will be available for the Columbia River excursion route the latter part of this month. D. C. O'Reilly, head of the Regulator line, hag ordered the en gineering force assembled this week. Boiler work is to be undertaken and soon after repainting and general overhauling will be In full swing. As yet inquiries by tourists for Co lumbia River trips have been confined largely to the automobile route, but by June 1 It is intended to resume the middle Columbia schedule and. besides, provide for moonlight excursions. On the main deck of the Bailey Gatzert a dance floor Is to be constructed and that amusement is expected to prove popular on the water. BARGE TO IRRIGATE LAX1 Contract Let for New Device Intend ed for Service on Upper Columbia. On a barge contracted for with Joseph Supple, which is to he ready by June 1, . W . telange. whose home is in Iowa, proposes to Install machinery thereon and use the equipment on the Upper Columbia River, pumping water irom tne stream lor irrigating pur poses. A powefful water wheel is included In the gear and. in addition to raising water onto land adjacent to the river. a feature of the rig will be the fact It can be shifted from point to point where Irrigation is necessary. The barge is to be SO feet long and have a beam of 20 feet, the plans being for a square-nosed type ana of medium draft- HEAVY TRAVEL LOOKED FOR Round-Trip Tariff on Biff Turbiners to Bo Lowered Next Month. The Great Northern Steamship Com pany is preparing for heavy tourist travel this Summer, and the twin -pal aces of the Pacific." the Grea North ern and Northern Pacific, will be on the run between Flavel and San Fran cisco June 1, sailing Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays from each ter nnnal. Round trip fares between Portland and San Francisco are being reduced. effective June b. from 40. which is the allrail fare, to $32, with limit of 30 days, and 3j, with limit of three months. Corresponding reductions will he made as soon the tariffs ran be published ia Xarcs between au The Hard-Headed Business Man Insists on a high degree of "fitness" in his employes. That means proper co-ordination between brain and body, and for its best realization there must be care in the matter of food. A well-balanced diet is essential one easily di gestible and rich in nerve-building material. Very often the result of improper food is .seen in indi gestion, "brain-fag," nervousness and general inefficiency. Grape-Nuts a delicious food made of whole wheat and malted barley, is admirably adapted for brain workers; for included in its rich nutriment are the vital mineral elements phosphate of potash, etc., grown by Nature in the grains. These mineral elements are absolutely essential to well-balanced bodies, brains and nerves, but are often lacking in much of the food that goes to make up the usual dietary. A daily ration of Grape-Nuts along with other food is just the thing to put one in fine fettle. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts sold by Grocers everywhere. v
