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27, 1016.
LUMBERMEN THINK
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
Speakers, However, Advise
Curtailment of Produc
tion Temporarily.
PRICES NOT TO BE LOWER
Trade Is Steadily Expanding anu
Orders Are Coming In, but More
Mills Are Now Active and
Surplus Is Not Impossible.
lumbermen who gathered in Port
land yesterday for the monthly meet
ing of the West Coast Lumber Associa
tion are thoroughly optimistic over the
prospects for trade in the immediate
future.
The weakness that has affected the
market recently, they declare, is due
not to a lack of business but probably
, to the sharp competition that has de
veloped under the steady improvement
that has been prevalent for the last
elx months.
An expanding market, in the last
few months, has brought scores of
mills, throughout the Northwest both
great and email into activity. Other
mills have started running night and
day. The production, which, a few
months ago, was considerably below
the demand, now has caught up with
the demand. Some mills are accumulat
ing a slight surplus as a result of the
increased aggregate production.
Prices Not to Re Lowered.
Reports from mill men representing
very active lumber district In Ore-
chow that the volume of orders is Just
as great now as it was a month ago.
But there are more mills among which
to distribute the business and some
manufacturers, consequently, were
fearful of a depression in the market.
However, there is no tendency to re
duce prices.
"We certainly are not'E-oine' to in
crease the demand for lumber by cut
. ing the prices," said A. C. Dixon, man
ager of the Booth Kelly mill at Lu-gene.-
"We propose to hold strictly to
the present scale."
R- D. Tnman, of Portland, warned
nguiusi. wio possioiiiLy 01 an over pro
duction by the tendency of some big
manufacturers to operate day and
night. Pending the recovery of the
off-shore trade, he advised, it might
be well to curtail the production.
The meeting was one of the largest
ever held bv the association The sob.
ion took place at the Portland Hotel.
Grading Rnles Opposed.
The grading rules governing jDouglas
fir, as laid down by Dr. Hermann
Schrenk, of the American Testing So
ciety, aroused discussion at the after
noon session. jviemDers argued that,
since Douglas fir was Just creeping
into Eastern markets as a building
material, a set of rigid rules regarding
its density would injure the interests
of the Northwest. It was contended that
Douglas fir has the same strength as
denser woods.
is expected, to be defeated at the next
meeting: "Dense Douglas fir shall show
on either side or the other an average
of at least six annual rings per Inch,
or 18 rings in three Inches, and at least
23 1-3 per cent summerwood, as meas
ured over the third, fourth and fifth
inches on a radial line from the pith,
for girders not exceeding 20 inches in
Height and for columns 16 inches
square or less.
"For larger timbers the Inspection
Fhall be made over the central three
inches on the long radial line from the
pith to the corner of the piece. Wide
ringed material excluded by the above
will be accepted provided the amount
of summerwood as measured shall be
at least 50 per cent."
Klrst Aid Is Demonstrated.
"An insane rush to the hospital is
flirting with death," said Dr. W. N.
Lipscomb, field representative of the
American Red Cross, who addressed the
meeting. Dr. Lipscomb Is working
among the lumbermen and in the log
ging camps of Washington and Oregon
giving instruction and practical dem
onstration of "first-aid" methods. He
advocated better preparation for first
aid in the lumber camps and mills and
gave a demonstration similar to that
given in the camps.
Blood poison was classified as "the
greatest enemy in the lumber camps"
and was termed as "unnecessary."
2 FINED FOR ASSAULT
SPECIAL PATROLMAN IN LISCOLN
PARK UPHELD BY COl'RT.
Youths Are Punished for Interfering
with Official In Ejecting Lad
i rouDie tome on Tennis Courts.
Special Patrolman Thomas Healy, on
duty in Lincoln Park, was upheld by
Municipal Judge Langguth yesterday
in a decision affecting the liberties
hitherto assumed by youths of that
district. The court imposed a fine of
$10 on Adam Peters, for assaulting
Patrolman Healy and a fine of $5 on
William Schwartz for resisting a
policeman. The youths are 22 and 20
years of age.
"They told me this star Is a piece of
scrap iron," the special patrolman told
the court. "Now is the time I want
to find out. Is it scrap iron?" The
court ruled that it wasn't.
Testimony showed that the trouble
between the patrolman and the youths
brewed at the Lincoln Park tennis
court. Two young women were at play
on the court, declared Healy, when
Peters. Schwartz and Louie Hahn,
aged 17, appeared and began making
ottensive comments. a. mtie colored
boy, 3 or 4 years old, ran into the
tennis court and knocked the net
down. Healy led the child from the
court. He was followed and assaulted
by Peters, who declared that the
patrolman was handling the child
roughly. His two companions are said
to have taken up clubs and assisted
Peters in the assault upon the special
patrolman.
It was not until one of the tnnt.
players, an athletic young woman,
entered the fray as Healy's ally, that
the tide of battle turned. Peters was
arrested at once and Schwartz and
Hahn later. The case against Hahn
was remanded to the "Juvenile Court.
Opening Bids Date Postponed.
ABERDEEN. Wash., May 26. (Spe
cial.) The date of the opening bids
on the building of the Wishkah wate
project here has been postponed from
May 31 to June 7, due to delays in
cetting out the plans tor the Job. Fully
15 bidders are expected to submit pro
posals for doing the work, which prob
ably will start the latter part of June.
It Is expected that from IS to 18 months
will be needed to complete the sys
tem, which is to cost in the neighbor-
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SOME PROMINENT LUMBERMEN
WAR TO LAST, BELIEF
Robert Dollar Declares Early
Peace Unlikely.
VIEW OF SHIPPING GIVEN
Head of Great Firm Has Sold Five
Vessels to Japan at Price of
Several Million Dollars and
Says He Has Seven Left.
Robert Dollar, head of the Dollar
Steamship Company, San Francisco,
does not expect the European war to
end before the close of the year, and
when an armistice is declared the
problem of the various belligerents
reaching terms is going to be a greater
one than the war itself, he believes.
Mr. Dollar was in Portland yester
day, at the Imperial, en route to Co
ciullle to lok after timber interests
there. lie is an encyclopedia on the
commercial or maritime end- of the
European conflict, and. talked of the
world commerce with a facility that
stamps him an authority on that sub
ject. "While the end of the war may be
foreshadowed in the happenings and
talk abroad," he said. "I do not look
for peace before the end of the year.
France, England and Russia particu
larly want the Germans, Austrlans and
allies to say they are "iicked" before
peace will be considered. On the other
hand, Germany and Austria and allies
are not going to make such an ac
knowledgment. So there you are. The
problem is to reach a, common ground
whereupon all of the belligerents can
save their pride, as it were. President
Wilson is not going to move until the
psychological moment for peace among
the warring nations. He received a
snub when he tried to stop the con
flict in the beginning. He will not ba
hasty again in the matter.
"With the coming of peace, the chips
of Germany, Austria and Turkey par
ticularly, will be released. and those
of the other nations will resume their
sailings with old-time freedom. Com
merce will gradually get back to the
normal. There is going to be an ex
ceptional demand for the lumber of the
Pacific Northwest, and I look for great
activity in that line following the re
sumption of world commerce. The
rates of freight will naturally be low
ered as- a. result, but the demands for
lumber will send that product up."
Mr. Dollar said . incidentally that
Japan had spent a-p-proximately- $200,
000,000 buying up steamships and other
boats within the last year so as to
strengthen its hold upon the control
of the Pacific. Mr. Dollar sold Japan
five boats at handsome prices, the to
tal reaching several million dollars.
However, he remarked that he still had
seven vessels running out of San Fran
cisco, several of which go to the Orient
POUND SITE UP AGAIN
KO OXB WANTS CORRAL FOR HOUN'
DOGS AROUND,
Humane Society's Plan to Establish
Ponnd at Lents Junction Is
Temporarily Blocked.
Once more the Oregon Humane So
ciety is in trouble over the city's dog
pound, which was recently turned over
to the society by the City Council for
operation. The society has tentatively
closed a deal for use of a tract of
ground at Lents Junction, a short dis
tance outside of the city. City Attor
ney LaRoohe ruled yesterday that un
der the terms of the society's contract
the pound must be established within
the city,
Mr, LaRoche ruled a short time ago
that there is no law that would pre
vent the pound from going out of the
city. However, the contract between
the city and the society calls for the
pound within the city, and if it Is to go
outside the contract must be changed
by the City Council and " the society
Jointly,
Yesterday's opinion adds but another
chapter to a long tale of woe which has
fallen ipon the Humane Society ever
since .it was given the pound. In the
first place, a site was selected at East
lrtietn street ana roweii alley road
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(1) Fred W. Alexander, Seattle (2) B.
land) (4) Dr. . ;. I.t pneomb. of
cuarenei toj ti. t,. iiniamt, Vancouver, u. c.
the place. The Council balked at the
site and it had to be given, up. The
society then proceeded to select half
a dozen other sites, and all were
turned down.
Then came the plan to move'outside
the city. Men have been put to work
clearing the land for the pound at the
Lents Junction site. Owing to the fact
tnat there is strong objection to the
pound at this site, it is probable the
society will meet with another setback
when it comes before the Council to
ask for a modification of the contract.
Among the protestants against the
Lents site is Dr. Harry McKay, who
has a beautiful suburban home on the
tract adjoining that proposed to be
used for the pound.
HARNEY MAN DIES HERE
C. A. HAIKU!, .POSTMASTER OF AR
ROWS, PASSES AWAY.
Family Are In Portland When Knd
Comes to Long Career of Business
' Success In Oregon.
Charles A. Haines, postmaster of Nar
rows, Harney County, and prominent in
the development of the central section
of the state, died at Portland Surgical
Hospital, at 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ning: He had been ill only a short
time.
In 1872, when a boy of 20, Mr. Haines
left his home at New Marion. Ind., for
tho West. He chose Oregon as the land
of greatest promise, and located in
Harney County, where he opened a mer
cantile store at Narrows. The business
has been continuously in operation un
der' his management since that time.
Prosperity came easily to the young
Easterner.
Few men of Central Oregon were
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Charles A, Haines, Postmaster
and Prominent Cltlsen of ,r.
rows, Harney County. Mho
Died In This City Yesterday.
more widely known. In Harney Coun
ty, in addition to his mercantile inter
ests, he was the owner -of -much -real
estate. For some time past he had
served as vice-president of the First
National Bank of Burns, and for mors
than 10 years he has been postmaster
of Narrows,
Mr, Haines was 84 years of age,' and
is survived by his wife and three chil
dren, all of whom were present in this
city at the time of his death.
The body was taken to Burns yes
terday evening, and will be iniorred
there. Funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced.
Itosol'urg Hurries Kailroad Plans.
ROSEBURQ. Or; May 26. (Special.)
At a meeting of the City Council
City Engineer L. G. Hicks was author
ized to proceed and prepare plans and
specifications for the proposed Rose
burg &. Eastern Railroad, which will
have its terminus at Rook Creek. As
soon a-f the plans are complete bids
will be asked for the construction of
the road. Kendall Bros, some time ago
said they would agree to build and
equip the road for $300,000. and It ii
probable that they will be awarded the
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PORTLAND HOTEL YESTERDAY.
G. Ames. Seattle! 3) II. D. Inman, l'ort-
American Red t'ro (8) I. L. Lewis,
WAGE DEMAND REJECTED
SEATTLE EMPLOYERS ASK CONFER
ENCE WITH LONGSHOREME.V.
I n Ion Is Told Proposed Scale Is Ex
orbitant, bnt That "Fair In
crease" Will Be Given.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 28. The de
mands for inct-eased wages presented
yesterday by the International Long
shoremen's 'Union to employers at all
ports on the Pacific Coast, were rejected
today at a meeting of the executive
committee of the Seattle waterfront
employers' union, representing the
steamship and stevedoring companies.
The committee notified the Long
shoremen's Association that the pro
posed wage scale was exorbitant and
could not be considered, and asked the
men to reply to a request for a con
ference not later than tomorrow. The
employers said they were willing to
give the longshoremen "a fair In
creaae."
Officials of the Longshoremen's Asso
ciation would not indicate tonight what
their attitude would be toward the em
ployers' request for a conference.
The scale presented yesterday called
for from 55 cents to $1 an hour for
straight time and $1 to $1.50 an hour
for overtime, according to the class of
work. The men have been receiving a
minimum of 50 cents an hour for
straight time and 60 cents an hour for
overtime.
ACTION ON SOl'XD AWAITED
Grays and Yi'illapa Harbor Wages to
Change With Others.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 26. (Spe
cial.) Longshoremen's wages on Grays
Harbor and Willapa Harbor will be In
creased June 1, provided the demanded
raise is given upon Puget Sound, ac
cording to a statement made by Hugh
Delanty, manager of the Grays Harbor
Stevedore Company. Delanty said the
longshoremen's pay here will be gov
erned by wages prevailing In Seattle,
and Tacoma.
Mr. Delanty said, however, that the
Willapa Harbor and Gray Harbor
Stevedore companies will not give in
to the union demand for a "closed
shop."
HEALTH BILL IS DEBATED
W. F. WOODWARD ADVOCATES PLAN
BEFORE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE.
James B. Kerr Opposes Insurance Meaa
nre and Woman's Division la La-
bor Department Favored.
The pro and con of compulsory health
Insurance was discussed yesterday at
the luncheon and business meeting of
the . Consumers' League, held at the
University Club. Mrs. W. F, Ogburn
presided. Father !). V, O'Hara took
charge of the meeting during the dis
cussion. W, F, Woodward spoke in
favor of a proposed bill for health In
surance and James B. Kerr dissected
the bill and explained what he re
garded its deficiencies.
. "It would not increase taxes and
would be a fair distribution of the bur
den," declared Mr. Woodward. He as
serted that health insurance for people
receiving salaries under $100 per month
would mean doing away with much de
pendence and charity and would solve
many present-day problems.
Mr. Kerr's argument declared the
measure unconstitutional, wholly im
practicable and a menace, as it tended
to increase class distinction. No ac
tion was taken and both speakers re
ceived applause.
A resolution was adopted supporting
the Jones bill, that would provide for
a woman's divison In the Department
of Labor. ,
Another resolution expressed a pro-
test against the' attitude of the gar
ment manufacturers of New York in
their alleged refusal to confer with the
workers, thereby shutting out 60,000
employes.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HKAD. May -26. Condition of ths
bar at 5 P. M. : Sea moderate, wind a.uith.
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Rivermen Demand $55, but
$45 Is Vessel Owners' Offer.
STRIKEJUNE 1 THREATENED
Other Concessions Sought Are 12
Hoar Working Shift, and One
Rest Day In Week Union
Recognition Is Involved.
Wages of deckhands, firemen, ollera
and watchmen on river steamers oper
ating from Portland will be advanced
(5 June I. making the minimum (45
a month. Demands were made by the
union for $50 a month for deckhands.
12 hours to constitute a day. and 50
cents an hour was asked for overtime,
with one day of rest in a week. For
firemen, oilers and watchmen $55 a
month was the demand, with other
conditions the same. It being set forth
that' if steamers operated longer than
18 hours in 24 hours they were to carry
three liremen.
It is understood that steamboat
operators will take the stand that the
union is not recognized. Some lines
are paying liremen $45 now on long
runs, such as to The Dalles and to
Astoria. Besides, there are watchmen
in cases where they are men long in
the service, or were given the posttioiks
because of special reasons, that are
paid $50 a month.
It ia declared that on excursion
steamers, though it is demanded under
Federal regulations that a certain
number of deckhands be carried, the
men have little to do other than, keep
the vessel clean, so are not entitled
to the ecale demanded. On freight
lines It Is said $50 is unreasonable for
deck work, as owners have not profited
through prosperity that la effecting
owners of certain classes of deepwater
vessels that are . reaping high ' charter
rates.
On log towboats there Is virtually
no deck work such as oi the regular
passenger and freight runs, the force
being mostly used in log work that
ordinarily can be attended to by men
not so husky as those trucking freight.
That there will be a strike June 1
unless the demands of the men are
met, as set forth In communications
sent steamboat owners yesterday. Is
tho statement of Charles Bennett, busi
ness agent of the River Steamboat
Men's Union.
"There are about 460 men in the
organization, and affiliated unions on
the river increase the total waterfront
membership to 2000." he said. "The
demands are general along the Pacific
Coast, and the employers are allowed
until 6 A. M. June 1 to accept the
scale."
The new scale submitted last week
by longshoremen of the Coast also be
comes effective at that time. It has
been reported from Puget Sound that
the new scale might not be accepted
by the stevedores, and it is assumed
that Portland firms will decide after
those In the north take action.
STREET ENDS MAY RE USED
Dock Board Will Exercise Jurisdiction
Over River Spaoe.
Regulations governing street ends
have been adopted by the Commission
of Public Docks as the result of the
passage of an ordinance Thursday. It
Is proposed to afford vessels use of
landing at the ends of streets under
reasonable rules and to grant revocable
permits for dock space to accommodate
business interests.
It was arranged that the Oregon
Alaska Steamship Company, which Is
to operate the steamer Cape Cod be
tween Portland and the North on her
arrival from New York, have a berth
at Municipal Dock No. 2, at the foot of
East Washington street. A contract
held by Miller & Hall for wiring offices
at Warehouse B, in the rear of Dock
No. 1, was accepted and final payment
made on the improvements at the Mu
nicipal Boatlandlng. at starR street.
KOREA AND SIBERIA ARE SOLD
Tojo Kisen Kalsha Buys Liners for
Vaciflc Passenger Service.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26. The
former Pacific Mail liners Korea and
Siberia have been purchased by the
Toyo Klsen Kalsha, It was announced
last night, .for the trans-Paclflc pas
senger service. The price paid was
said to have been approximately
$4,000,000.
The two ships, with the liners Man
churia, Mongolia and Persia, were pur
chased last Fall, when the old Pacific
Mall company abandoned Its trans
Pacific service, by the Atlantic Trans
port Company. The price paid for the
five ships was announced at the time
as $5,000,000.
The Toyo Klsen Kaisha bought the
Percla, which is now running as the
Persia Maru, soon after its sale to the
Atlantic Transport? Company.
SEAS DELAY ATLAS ONE DAY
Navigators Hope for Change In
Ocean Winds In June.
Head winds encountered as far as
Cane Blanco, there having been a stiff
northwester on. with a big sea running
that held on north of the Cape, though
there was then a shift of wind to the
southward, held back the Standard Oil
Company's tanker Atlas 24 hours. She
reached Wlllbrldge at 6 o'clock yester
day morning, and Is due to sail at 8
o'clock this morning.
Coasters reporting during the past
few days, steamed along the coast In
rough sea, and skippers hope for a
change next month in the general trend
of weather. Some refer to the condi
tions of the past few days as freakish,
as It is often the case that northwest
ers are, on along the entire coast at this
period. '
INVKRLOGIE TO LEAVE PORT
Bark Tows Down Stream Tomorrow
and Steamer Left Yesterday,
Captain Ryder has ordered a. towboat
for tomorrow morning to shift his
command, the British brfrk Inveriogie,
to Astoria, on her way to the briny
deep, after having been in the river
Fince. April 12, when she arrived from
St. Nazaire.
The vessel was cleared yesterday for
the Azores for orders-and carried 189,--873
bushels of wheat valued at $174,
K41. More than half of the time spent
here has been lost awaiting sailors
to fill out the crew. One grain carrier
to depart after fairly good dispatch
was the British steamer King Mal
colm, which sailed early yesterday for
the United Kingdom, via San Francisco,
and passed out to sea in the afternoon.
The vessel ' carried 246,285 bushels of
wheat, valued at $1 a bushel.
Delayed Mall Goes North.
SEATTLE. May 26. The steamship
Jerferson sailed for Skagway today
with a large amount of second and
third-class mall which has accumulated
pi th Seattle poFtofflce lnr Inst No
WAGE eis
vember, and addressed to points on the
Yukon River below White Horse Dur
ing the Winter only first-class mall Is
sent to points on the fresen river below
the railroad terminus
ALUMNA IN VARIED WEATHER
Schooner Ends Voyage With Only
Ijoss of Section of Foretonmast.
Rain, storms, head seas and calms
were the varied weather conditions
experienced by the schooner Alumna,
which reached the harbor early yes
terday morning from Sydney, after a
voyage of 78 days, and was lifted on
tho Port of Portland drydock.
"Other than carrying away about
eight feet of the foretopmast, we suf
fered no damage from the blows," said
Captain Nymen yesterday.
The crew of the Alumna, was paid
off yesterday, and on being' floated
from the dock she will be towed to
Knappton to work a full lumber cargo
for Melbourne, she being under en
gagement to A. F. Thane & Co. for
tho voyage.
GATZERT STARTS TOMORROW
Regulator Line Will Operate to
Warrendale on Dally Schedule.
Dally round trip between Portland
and Warrendale. with Multnomah
Falls the principal stop, are to be mode
by the steamer Bailey Gatzert, her
first run being from Alder-street dock
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
A rate of $1 has been fixed for the
Journey from Portland to the ter
minus of the Columbia Highway at
Warrendale and return. Tickets are
interchangeable with autos running
over the highway from Portland.
Shaver Cracks Shaft.
Whilo working in the Cowlitz River
yesterday assembling log rafts, the
steamer Shaver, operated by the Shaver
transportation Company, was tempo
rarily ordered out of service because
of a cracked shaft. She arrived here
last night and it Is probable a band will
be fitted so the shaft may be used until
Fall. It is the third shaft broken on
the Shaver since she was built.
Kovs From Northwest Ports.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 2fl. Specials
Timber for laying the keel for the second
Z.OOU.uoo feet capacity auxiliary limber
schooner, to be built at the Schubach yards
here, are now being prepared for laying.
The vessel mill be ttOO feet long and Is for
Swayne, Hoyt & 10.. of San Francisco.
The steamer Doris arrived, discharged a
large cargo of freight, and proceeded to the
American mill to load.
The steamt-r Fair Oaks cleared from th
National mill, while the Svea cleared from
the Wilson mill, and the Qulniault from the
American mlll.
The schooner Expansion, 113 days from
Sydney, arrived, and after undergoing re
pairs at the Lindstrom yards will load for
Australia at the Anderson-Middleton mill.
The schooner Resolute came off the LJnd
strom marine ways and proceeded to the
K. K. Wood mill to load. While In tow of
the tug Forest she struck the Northern Pa
cific Railroad bridge at Hoquiam, doing
small damage to that structure and to her
rigging.
The steamers Solano and Grays Harbor
are due from San Francisco.
The ochooner Virginia Is expected to salt
tomorrow for Australia from the Aberdeen
Lumber St Shingle Company's mill.
COOS BAY, Or., May 26. (Special.) The
steamer Adeline Smith arrived from San
Francisco.
The bar was reported rough today, and
the dredge Michle was unable to work.
The gasoline schooner Tillamook has fin
ish r d unloading and sailed for Portland.
Captain Britt, of the coast guard station,
had to send a requisition to Washington be
fore he could obtain permission to bring the
coast guard power boat around from Sunset
Bay to Coos Bay. The boat broke down
the fore part of the week when the crew
went out on a rescue mission. The craft
will be towed around the headland by the
gas schooner Tramp.
The new coast guard station was today
connected with the upper bay by telephone.
Superintendent C. A. Martin directed the
work, which Included laying a aubmarlne
cable across the bay at Charleston.
ASTORIA. Or., May 2. (Special.
Bringing a full cargo of freight and a fair
list of passengers, the steamer Northern Pa
cific arrived this afternoon from San Fran
cisco. The steam schooner Santa Monica arrived
during the night from San Francisco and
rnt t. West port to load lumber.
Bringing a cargo of fuel oil for Astoria
and PortJand. the tank steamer Atlas ar
rived during the night from California.
The steam schooner Daisy Gadsby ar
rived from San Francisco to load lumber at
Westport and Wauna,
The British steamer King Malcolm, with
era In from Portland, sailed today for Eu
rope. Marine Xoten.
Only slight rises in the Willamette were
reccrded at Albany and Salem In yesterday's
reports, the Snake and Columbia having
fallen at all points. Weather Bureau offi
cials say the stream will fall here today and
tomorrow, rising slightly Monday.
Inspection of the Yellow Stack steamer
Orahamona was completed yesterday and the
last of hor repairs are ended, so she will
leave this afternoon for Oregon City with a
party of Rosa Hans. The vessel was damaged
recently when passing through the Morrison
street bridge draw.
In gathering California cargo the "Big
Three liner Bear made a few harbor moves
yeeterday and will be at Alnsworth dock to
day to work more cargo, sailing Monday for
tho south.
Axel Johnson, treasurer of the North Pa
clfiu Steamship Company, Is In the city,
also Henry Cave, marine superintendent of
that fleet. The steamer Breakwater got
away late lsst night for ports as far as San
Pit-go after having undergone repairs. The
F. A. Kllburn Is expected in port Thursday.
Before noon today the new steamer plit
sap ll is to leave Yuppie's yard for Seattle,
stopping nt I.lnnton for fuel oil and then
continue to Astoria, passing to sea Immedi
ately on arrival unless weather conditions
are adverse.
Another of the grain fleet, tha Norwegian
bark Gezlna. has arrived out, aha having
reported at Tublln yesterday after a voyage
of 103 dajs from the Columbia. River.
Tides t Astoria Saturday.
High. Low.
1P:oS A. M 6ft feet 4:lt A. M....0.9 foot
:0S P. M 8.8 fet f3:55 P. M....2.3 feet
Vessels Entered Yesterday.
American steamer Atlas, cargo of oil. from
San Francisco.
American schoonur Alumna, ballast, from
Sydney.
Vrsaels Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer Atlas, ballast, for San
Ft sn Cisco.
British bark InverIogie. lo9,S73 bushels
wheat, for Amrs for orders.
BAKER DRUGGISTS WARNED
Prosecution to Take Action If Sale
of Alcohol Does Xot Stop.
BAKER. Or.. May 26. (Special.)
Too much ethyl alcohol Is beinsr sold
without & phyKlclan's prescription . in
this county, and if there is not a
change injunction suits -will be brought
against kit the druggists of the
county, District-Attorney Godwin an
nouncod today.
Mr, Godwin Is basing his action on
the recent opinion of Circuit Judg-a
Bradnhaw, of Tha ralles, declaring it
to be unlawful to sell the alcohol with
out a jiencrlption. The District At
torney believes that much of the liquor
is being purchased for other purposes,
and that injunction proceedings now
are the only nolution.
There are 10 druggist) In the county,
five here and one each at Sumpter,
Haines, Huntington, Kichland ,nd
Halfway.
Kscape Hearing Is Set.
CKXTRAUA, Wash., May 26. (Spe
cial.) H. H. Balch, a Grand Mound mill
owner, for whom a warrant wa s is
sued Wednesday on a charge of assist
ing Pearl Mann to escape from the
State School for Girls at Grand Mound,
will have a hearing Monday. Mr. Balch
was not technically arrested, the war-t-n
Mnii read to him over the phone.
WAR CRAFT
CO NG
Battleship Oregon, Cruiser
.South Dakota, to Visit.
MARBLEHEAD IS SOON DUE
Maryland Also May Be Sent Here.
Vessels AV1U Bo In Port During
Itose Festival Prospect
Pleases Navy Men.
Making: her second trip to Portland,
the famous battleship Oregon Is to be
hero during the annual Rose Festival
next month, joining the cruiser South.
Dakota, and they will remain In the
harbor until June 10.
In a. letter to Harbormaster Speler.,
the orders for the Oregon were made
known yesterday by Admiral W. i .
Fullam. who arranged for the cominsr
of the big battleship immediately after
Harbormaster Speier conferred with
him off San Diego last week, where
Admiral Fullam is directing maneuvers
from his flagship, the cruiser Pitts
burgh. Lieutenant Blackburn, United
States Navy, was also informed of the
programme.
South Dakota lias Orders.
The commanding officer at the Brem
erton Navy-yard has been instructed
by Admiral Fullam to dispatch the
cruiser South Dakota. Captain C. F.
Toner,, from there June 4. June S tha
battleship Oregon. Captain J. M. Reeves,
w ill get under way at San Francisco,
for Portland. Harbormaster Speier has
been requested to attend to all details
concerning the coming of the ships in
the way of bar and river pilotage and
for anchoring them in man-o'-war row
on the east side of the harbor, below
tho Broadway bridge.
The cruiser Marblehead. assigned by
tho Navy Department to replace th
cruiser Boston here as trainingship for
the Oregon Naval Militia, will be in
port in advance of the arrival of tho
regular ships, and with the Boston held
until definite orders are received, there
will be four of the seagoing fighters
here for the big June celebration.
Maryland May Follow.
And that is not all. In the event cer
tain work is completed aboard the
cruiser Maryland, she will follow, but
in any event it is felt certain by Har
bormaster Speier that some of the fleet
now in southern waters will make tha
Columbia River during the season.
He says that all officers, from Ad
miral Fullam and Admiral Wlnslow
down to ensigns, are anxious to visit
Pcrtland. On their request copies of
the Chamber of Commerce chart of the
mouth of the Columbia River has been
forwarded and they at least will have
first-hand knowledge of the river,
though Secretary Daniels lacked it
when he recently declined to permit
the Pittsburgh to come here to load
troops.
Captain Reves. of the Oregon, is
known on the Pacific Coast because of
his active duty as assistant engineer in
189S. when the Oregon made the famous
trip around the Horn, under command
of Captain Clark.
The other officers of the Oregon on
her forthcoming call are: Lieutenant
Commander Banjamin Barthalow. Lieu
tenant R. L. Irvine. Assistant Surgeon
T. M. Harris. Paymaster F. K. Perkins.
Lieutenant C S. Graves. Lieutenant
(J. G.) E. D. Almy. Lieutenant (J. G. )
O. O. Hagen. Assistant Surgeon C. I.
Wood. Paymaster G. Skipwlth.
Warrant officers: Boatswain J. Rob
erts; Chief Gunner F. T. Montgomery;
Chief Gunner C. L. Bridges; Chief Ma
chinist A. Peterson: Machinist K.
Smith: Chief Carpenter W. O'Neill; Act
ing Pay Clerk H. Iawson; Chief Gun
ner J. Ronan: Chief Machinist T. W.
Smith; Chief Machinist K. W. Dobie;
Chief Carpenter R. Morgan; Fay Clerk
If. C. Lassiter.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
Dt'K TO AKR1VE,
Name. From Date
Bear Los Angflrs In port
Northern Pacific. . .Sin Franc Iseo. . . Jn port.
Beaver los Angeles .May HO
K. A. Kllburn San Dit-co June 1
Rose City ........ . Lob Anm-lcS. ... ..J una 4
Breakwater Utego .... June 7
UUK TO DEPART.
Name. For Data.
Northern Pacific. . .San Francisco. .. .May -T
Harvard S. F. to L. A. May 2T
bear L.oa Angeles May 24
Yale f. F. to I- A. .May H
F. A. Kllburn San Diego June '2
Beaver. .. ........ .Los Angeles. .... .June V
Multnomah. ...... San Diego. ......June o
Hose City Lot Angeles..... June H
Breakwater. ...... San lleo. ...... June R
Waiania &vn Diego....... June 9
Movements of Vessels,
PORTLAND. May tArrlved Steamer
Atlas, from Sn Francisco. Sailed Steamers
lirtakwtter, for tan Diego via way ports;
Wapama, for San Francisio and an Pedro;
Bilt.sh steamer King Malcolm, lor Vnited.
Ki Kdom via San Francisco.
AMoria. May 2. Sailed at It A. M.. pas
schooner Geraid , for roost ports. Arrived
nt ll:ort A. lighthouse tender Heather,
from cruise. Arrived at 13:40 P. M.. steam
er Northern Pacific, from San Francisco.
Arrived atJ:20 P M-, steamer Daisy Gads
by. from tan Pedro. Arrived down at S and
sailed at 4:30 P. M-, British steamer Kins;
Maicolm. for United Kingdom via San Fraa
cifco. ean Francisco. May 2o. Arrived at
A. M., atetLmer Daisy, from Columbia River;
at 9 A. M., steamer F. H. Buck, from Port
land. May CV Sailed at 10 P. M.. steamer
Argyll, for Portland.
Coos Bay. May 25. -Arrived Gas schooner
Tilinmook. from Portland.
Dublin. May 24. Arrived Norwejlan ahlp
Geztna. from Portland.
AMoria, Mav C.V Arrived at 10 P. M. and.
left up at midnight, steamer Santa, Monica,
from San Framisro
Seattle. May 2V Arrived Steamer Farra-g-ut
from Southwestern Alaska. Sailed
Steamers Mavach! Maru (Japanese), for Vla
divostok : Ixion British", for Manila ; Gov
ernor, for San Diego; Northland and Jeffer
son, for Southeastern Alaska.
San Franctftoo. M ay VH. Arrived -Steamers
Daisy, from Columbia River; Tamalpals,
from tirav Harbor: Frank H. Buck, from
ArUoria ; Novo Hardr. f rom "oos Bay ; Cool
gnrril. (British. from Sydney. Called
Sieumcr Raymond, for South .Bend.
Marconi AYireless Reports.
A11 positions reported at P. May 36.
unlfss otheriTife designated.)
Lurlino, San Fram-.isco lor Honolulu, 610
miles from San Francisco. May H5.
Htlonlan, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1973
miles from ban Francisco. May -.".
Knterprise San Francisco for Hilo, lvSS
miles from San Francisco. May
Manoa. Honolulu for San Francisco, lioi
miles from San Francisco. May '-.".
China. San Francisco for Orient, 403 mil-s
from San Francisco. May i5.
El Segundo, Richmond for Kef-hlkan. Q'J'd
miles north of Richmond. May -.".
Topeka. San Francisco for Kureka, 3
miles porth of Point Rec,
Celllo. San Francisco for Grays Harbor,
off Point Reyes.
Queen. San Franciwco for Pan Pedro, seven
miles north of Pigeon Point.
Puebla. Seattle for San Francisco, 'X
mil s south of Blanco.
Beaver. San P-dro for San Francisco, 15
miles east of point oncepcion.
K ilburn. San D'.ero for San Francisco. 17
miles so.ita of San Pedro.
K lama th, San Francisco for San Tcdro,
"J miles south of Snnta Barbara.
Willamette. San Francisco for San Pedro,
lO mt'es north of H ueneme.
Yosenilte, San Francisco for Portland. iO
mll'-a north of Vmpqua,
V. S. Porter. Monterey for Everett,
miles from Monterey.
Lucas, Vancouver for Kl Eegnndo, 5-0
mflf north of El Segundo.
Mills. Martinez for Richmond. 516 miles
from Richmond Beach.
Grace Do! :ar. San Francisco for Tacoma,
504 miles north of San Francisco. f
Adeline SmitTL Coos Buy for San Fra
clsco. 37 2 miles north of San FYancksco.
Governor, Victoria rr Mn Francisco. 15
mile ea-w of ap Flattery.
Consre-s, San Francisco for Seattle, eight
vnW t .f Bnce Rocks.