Morning Oregonian., June 29, 1916, Page 18, Image 18

THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, .TUXE 29. 191C.
ROADS EXPECTED TO
OPPOSE NEW RATES
Traffic & Transportation Asso
ciation Head Forecasts
- Fight on Decision.
LEGAL ADVICE IS AWAITED
B. Jj. AVinchell, of I7nion Pacific, Is
of Opinion There Is Xo Appeal
. From Ruling of Interstate
, Commerce Commission.
Rates are still uppermost in the
minds of Portland jobbers and others
directly interested in the subject of
transDortation between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts as a result of the
decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, announced yesterday, set
ting aside previously ordered tariffs to
the Pacific Coast based on the effoct
of water competition.
' Jobbers are as yet unable to give a
full opinion on what the newly ordered
rates will bring in the way of lost
business or other dieadvantages. al
though it is predicted freely that the
new tariffs mean a general readjust
ment and an increased cost of doing
business.
No predictions as to what will be
done, if anything, in the effort to have
the latest order rescinded are forth
coming from local jobbers. It will not
be until after the meeting of the Port
land Traffic and Transportation Asso
ciation tomorrow at 4 o'clock at "the
Chamber of Commerce that future steps
will have been decided upon.
H. W. Mitchell, president of the
Portland Traffic and Transportation
Association, said ysterday the newly
ordered rates do not appear to be jus
tified, inasmuch as the present condi
tions, namely, the lack of water com
petition between the two coasts, upon
which the newly-ordered rates are
based, are only temporary in the very
nature of things.
"It does not seem to me that busi
ness Bhould be unsettled in this way,"
he said, "but it seems we will have to
accept it and do the best we can under
the circumstances. I do not know what
we can do as yet and we will first
talk the situation over before deciding
on anything.
'"It is really a legal question, and we
will have to have advice from Mr.
Teal before we will know what steps
we can take. We will probably have
to do something, but necessarily we
must look into the legal phases of the
matter before we decide just what.
"I hardly think the railroads will
be likely to accept the decision without
making a further fight, as this ties
their hands, and the ultimate result as
it affects the carriers is far from be
ing hopeful.
"For after the war is over water
competition to the Pacific Coast from
the East is liable to be more keen
than ever, as there is a greatly in
creased activity in building ships. An
excessive supply of tonnage will mean
excessively low freight rates by water,
just as the great prevailing scarcity of
tonnage now makes for excessively
high freight rates at present."
B. L. Winchell. director of traffic of
the Union Pacific system, who is in
Portland on a business trip from his
Chicago headquarters, says there can
be no appeal from the latest Inter
state Commerce Commission decision,
as the Supreme Court has already shut
off hope in that respect. He. believes
all must set about making a readjust
ment. LADD COWS YIELD MOST
CLACKAMAS TESTER'S REPORT
SHOWS MILK INCREASE.
Thirty-two Produce More Than
Pounds of Butterfat for April,
( Some Reaching 70,
45
OREGON C1TT, Or.. June 28. (Spe
cial.) The progressive and effective
work of Clackamas County Cow Test
ing Association is demonstrated by a
. study c reports of Neal C. Jamison,
official tester, completed today. The
figures cover "the month of April, and
. show that 32 cows in the association
arc each producing more than 45
pounds of butterfat a month.
Merry Miss Oonette, owned by the
W. S. Ladd estate, leads the cows of
the association. For the month of
April she produced 1519.7 pounds of
milk and 71.09 pounds of butterfat.
Tarinda Senna, also owned by the Ladd
estate, however, ran Merry Miss Oonet
te a close race, producing 1463.9 pounds
if milk and 70.69 pounds of butterfat
for the month.
Picabo. the property of ?. H. Smith,
is another high producer. She gave
1267 pounds of milk and 69.55 pounds
of butterfat.
The leading 2-year-old cow Is
Sight'y's Pride, owned by G. W. Thles
sen. producing S55.1 pounds of milk
and 54.73 pounds of butterfat. Bonny
Bell Figgis, owned by R. L. Badger,
is the leading three year old. having
produced 1111.7 pounds of milk and
6:1.76 pounds of butterfat. The leading
grade cow is Topsy, owned by J. N.
and A. I. Hughes. She produced 1183.3
pounds of milk and 61.89 pounds of
butterfat.
I PERS0NALMENTI0N.
J. F. Hale, of Medford, is at the Ore
gon. A. K. Vollmer, of Boise, Is at the
Eaton.
II. H. Hill, of Spokane, is at the Im
perial. K. J. Dyer, of Spokane, is at the Cor
nelius. H. F. Kobertson. of Sisters, is at the
Oregon.
C. P. McCan, of Hood River, is at the
Perkins.
E. J. Bower, of Spokane, Is at the
Perkins.
C. C. Evans, of La Grande. Is at the
Imperial.
J. C. Griffith, of Denver, Is at the
rCortonla.
H. E. Sterling, of Spokane, is at the
Portland.
AV. B. DIckerson. of Hood River, is at
the Seward.
O. A. Graham, of Clatskanie. Is at
the Perkins.
TV. Lair Thompson, of Lakeview, is at
the Imperial.
Arnold Blades, of Maryhill, Wash., Is
at the Eaton.
Mrs. R. Jennings, of San Francisco, is
at the Eaton.
C. E. Woodham, of Long Beach, Is
at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Pelletier, of Crane,
are at the Seward.
W. A. Bancroft, of Anaconda, Mont.,
is at tha Portland
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. "Watzek. of Wauna,
are at the Portland.
M. Greenburg, of Astoria, is regis
tered at the Oregon.
C. R. Miller, of Tacolt, Wash., is
registered at the Eaton.
Mr. and Mrs. I M. Allen, of Peters,
Or., are at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. "W. F. Craig, of Enter-
1 prise, are at the Seward.
Judge "W. T. Daren, of Goldendale,
Wash., is at the Nortonia.
Dr. R. R. Pickard. of Ellensburg.
Wash., is at the Portland.
J. G. Gruver. of Kalama, Wash., is
registered at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Almeter, of Terre
bonne, are at the Imperial.
L. E. McKee! of Goldendale, Wash., is
registered at the Nortonla.
George W. Johnston, of Dufur, is
registered at the Cornelius.'
Elmer Erickson. of Maryhill. Wash.,
is registered at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thayer, of Seattle,
are registered at the Seward.
VIOLENCE MARKS STRIKE
RIOTING OCCURS IX SEATTLE AXD
IX SAX FBAXC1SCO.
Union Picket Is Stabbed and Team
Owner Hit With H rlc-lt Employ
ers' Offer Is Rejected.
SAX FRAXCISCO. June 28. Acts of
violence marked the progress of the
general Pacific Coast strike of long
shoremen today. In Seattle a union
picket was stabbed, and shots were
fired in clashes between strike Breakers
and strike sympathizers.
In San Francisco the efforts of strik
ing stevedores to prevent the hauling
away of freight that had been unloaded
frcm ships by strikebreakers resulted
in a near riot and the arrest of four
strikers. The strikers were driven
away from one of the docks at the
point of rifles and followed a truck
driven by Webster Welbanks, president
of a local produce firm, in place of a
union teamster.
The truck was stopped in the city's
main thoroughfare and bricks were
flying and guns flashing when the po
lice arrived. Welbanks was struck in
the face by one of the missiles. An
other smashed the plate window of a
hotel restaurant.
It was announced at union headquar
ters during the day that the Pacific
Coast district board of the longshore
men's union had rejected the compro
mise offer of settlement made by the
Waterfront Employers' Union at a
mediation conference last Monday. It
was stated, however, that this would
not prevent the holding - of further
peace conferences arranged by Immi
gration Commissioner Henry White, of
Seattle, who is acting as mediator for
the Federal Department of Labor.
Strikebreakers were at work in both
Seattle and San Francisco on ships
owned by members of the employers
organizations. Upwards of 1000 union
men have returned to work In San
Francisco for individual ship owners
who have granted all of the union de
mands. STRIKE COXFEKEXCE DRAWS
Employers and Union Officials
Leave Portland for San Francisco.
Delegations of employers and union
officials left Portland yesterday en route
for San Francisco to attend confer
ences being held in an effort tb reach
a settlement basis. Word was received
yesterday that there will be a session
tomorrow of the full executive com
mittee of the Pacific Coast district In
ternational Longshoremen's Associa
tion, and then it is understood final
consideration will be given a compro
mise offered Monday by the Waterfront
Employers' Unibn.
J. A. Madsen, of Seattle, secretary
treasurer of the Pacific Coast district;
Sam Smith, of Seattle, vice-president;
J. Taylor and H. Howard, of Vancouver,
B. C, and Thomas Meyer, of Marshfield,
with Jack Maher and Charles Bennett.
of Portland, left last night- On the
Shasta Limited were Captain J. S.
Gibson, of the International Stevedor
ing Company; C. K. Magill and A. F.
Haines, a committee from the Water
front Employers' Union at Seattle, who
go to join the San t rancisco em
ployers. STRIKERS ARE BOTJXD OVER
Four of Seven Steamboatmen Held
for Attack on Nonunion Men.
Four striking steamboatmen, charged
with rioting, were bound over to the
grand Jury by Municipal Judge Lang
guth yesterday afternoon at the con
clusion of an exhaustive examination,
in which Deputy District Attorney
Deich was pitted against John H. Ste
venson, ex -Municipal Judge, attorney
for the defense.
The four held to the grand Jury are
George Metz, Harvey Hoffstutter, John
A. Lagoth and Lewis Koch. Three
other defendants were released for lack
of evidence and identification. They
were Walter Leary, Thomas Kelly and
George Bambrich.
The alleged rioting occurred the
night of June 15, when Richard Adams
and his sons, Edward, Jessie and An
drew, were attacked at Sixth and
Couch streets. They were employed on
the steamer Tahoma. Mr. Adams is a
part owner of the vessel.
Strike Closes Another Mill.
ABERDEEN', Wash.. June 28. (Spe
cial.) Inability to get vessels to carry
away lumber, due to the effects of the
longshoremen's strike, caused the Don
ovan mill to close down today for an
indefinite period. About 100 men are
out of jobs in consequence. This is the
third plant to close here.
SHANIK0 WOOL IS 26 CENTS
Sales of 35,590 Founds Made at
20 1-2 Cents, However.
THE DALLES, Or., Juno :8. (Special.)
A detailed report or trie buyers at the tahan
lko wool sales last week has been compiled
by officials la charge of the event and prices
paid lor me wool were as follows:
Pounds.
Cents.
.20 u.
.22
.24 H
.23
.-3
Ewen MrLpnnan
Bridge Creek Co
T .. I.. Jones.
:.nno
Sli.Sl 1
SB.4S.T
3 2,173
1 1..VM
I'T.IJK
H. t4
T.rtOO
2.9-':!
20.HS1
9.064
7B.S!
T.'.SS
B.401
9..VWI
S.fiSO
29.S23
r,7.77
19,n4
.17.6J4
10..1U4
2s..v;s
11.7J3
. 11.7!
23. IM"?
I. 830
3.941
78.323
3.S.-.H
. 3.e
H. C. Rooper
T. Fltzeerald
J. Kaser
William Gage
It. Kosenuaum
Chris. McRae
D. T. MvKae.
R. Mcrumald
A. McDonald
P. L. & Ij. S. Co
Ed Mays
Ed Mavs. coarse ........
J. F. Aher
Alex. McLennan. .......
J. W. Fisher
T. s. Hamilton
J. McLennan...........
T. Brogan
A. J. Conroy
M. J. FinlayFOn
Edward McGreer
Rex Arnwine
Henry Patjen. ..........
Henry Patjen. coarse. . . .
Con ley Wallace, coarse. .
J. E. Hinton
J. E. Hinton.coarse. . . . .
G. P. Stice
A. W. Fargher
A. W. Farther, coarse. . ,
.23 Vt
.23
t.2.-. U
.23 4,
3 H
'.22
.23
.29 4
.23
.24
.2
.22
.23
.2S
Coarse. tTop for fine.
Dr. Rypsell H. Conwell says that h
nas ben investigating 4043 American mil
lionaires, and finds that all except 20 of
tnern started life as poor boys and all t
cept 40 have contributed largely to their
communities, but that only one rich man's
sou in 4 - aies rica.
CHM16ER 01 RECORD
Puget Sound Longshoremen's
Wage Scale Indorsed.
EQUAL RATES IS SLOGAN
Amounts Favored Are 50 Cents an
Hour, but 7 5 Cents for Over
time; Position Is That Port
land Pays Too Much.
Portland's Chamber of Commerce ha
"thrown its hat into the ring" with
Puget Sound and Grays Harbor shippers
in favor of longshoremen being paid
50 cents an hour straight time and 7o
cents an hour overtime. The Chamber
went on record at noon yesterday.
In the wAcre scale longshoremen pro
posed, which resulted in the strike
along the Coast June 1. 55 cents md
1 were asked, and a compromise ;f-ffre-ri
hv San Francisco employers Mon
day, and reported to have been refused
yesterday, was 55 and 82 cents.
The position taken by the Chamber
of Commerce is that Portland should
no loneer continue to pay a higner
scale than other Coast ports, and that
if the w acres proposed are too nign
for competitors on Puget Souud tl'ey
cannot be Daid at Portiana.
i The attitude or tne namoei is set
forth in tne loliowms statement, is
sued after a meeting of the executive
committee of the board of directors
yesterday:
Th. Pnrtianri Phamber of Commerce rec
ognizes that the prosperity of the City of
Portland and of the State ol vregon oepenas
to a large degree upon the freedom with
which water commerce may move to and
from this port.
The Chamber recognizes that any unrea
on able charges for handling cargoes or any
burdensome conditions imposed on the move
ment or operation of vessels must necessarily
restrict this commerce. The Chamber rec
ognizes the right of employers and employes
engaged In handling cargoes to make such
agreements between themselves as to wages
and as to conditions of performing labor as
may be mutually satisfactory, so long as the
movement of commerce is not hampered by
an unreasonable wage scale or by unreason'
able requirements.
The Chamber, however, considers itself
Justified, as the representative of the public,
in insisting that rerardless of all other con
siderations, the interest of the public is para
mount, and no scale of wages or conditions
shall be permitted in this port whether as
the result of private contract or otherwise
which will Impose un unreasonable burden
on water commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce, therefore.
having regard for the interests of those en-
gaKed in handling water commerce in this
port and for the interests of this community
and slate. (i0j hereby indorse as tha max
imum rate of wages for waterfront labor the
following schedule and as a guide for the
handling of cargoes the following statement
oi conditions;
"WAGES.
Day work. Overtime,
per hour, per hour.
General cargo $ ,&o 1 .7
Lumber 50 .75
jaign explosives Double the rates above
.'o other exceptions.
These rates apply from hold to ship's sling
and from ship's sling to hold.
The privilege of the employer to select and
discharge his employes shall be maintained.
Uniform rates of wages shall apply to
coastwise, Manama Canal and offshore car
goes. Foremen in charge of both warehouse
and stevedoring work shall be selected by
the employer and shall have authority to
regulate the size of gangs and direct their
wurK.
W hen the cargo of a vessel, either In
whole or in part, is badly damasred bv fire.
collision, springing a leak or stranding, the
men shall be entitled to extra compensa
tion for handling that part of the cargo
uniy wnicn is baaxy damaged or In an of
fensive condition.
In the event of controversy -with respect
10 an increasea cnarge lor handling- dam
aged cargo, the question shall be submitted
to a. board composed of a recognized ma
rlne Insurance surveyor, a representative of
the employer and a representative of the
employes.
The working day in this port shall con
sist of nine 9) hours, from 7 A. M. to
i .m. anu irom 1 f. m. to & P. M.
If, for. any reason. It Is necessary
knock the employes off for the meal hour
at 11 A. M. and turn to at 12 noon, no
overtime Is to be charged for the work
perrormed between 13 noon and 1 P. M.
Where a shin sails at 1 P. m th m.
ployes will work the noos hour without
overtime.
One hour shall be allowed for meals be
tween & f. M. and 7 P. M., one hour
midnight and one hour between ft a. M.
ana a. m., when working overtime.
when men are ordered to work between
S P. M. and 7 A. M. or on Sundays or
lesai nounays, mey may D paid from th
time specified for work and not merely
from the time work is provided. In case
there is no work to be performed, or in
case the work does not last two hours,
they may be allowed two hours' pay at
overtime rate.
In case of necessarv susDenxInn rf wnrir
for one-half hour or less while vessel is
working no reduction need be made for
time lost. If delay is longer than one-half
nour, oniy one-nair Hours pay shall be
auowea.
Men may be Daid for standing hv a vm.
sel in shifting from one dock to another
ior tr.e purpose ot handling carraro. rro-
vided that the men shall not receive more
than one hour's oar tor anv on hifrtnr
of a vessel.
Size of slincr loads 1 will b reariilnt, rw
V henever a dispute arts over rlftlf
tion of cargo, the determination shall be
suomittea to a board composed of a recog
nized marine insurance surveyor, a repre
resieniauve or tne employer and a repre
sentative of the employes.
L nder no circumstances shall work be
stopped In case of a dispute, but th dis
pute shall be taken up for adjustment after
1 iie worit is perTormi.
GERMAN GOODS COMING
PORTLAND CARGO, LONG DELAYED,
TO BE SHIPPED SOON.
Conjlsnment of Chrlatmae Goods E:
pected Has Been Held at Rot
terdam for IS Months
Christmas foods for Portland, ready
for shipment in Germany a year an
half ago, but held at Rotterdam
through an embargo enforced bv the i
British government, have been released
and are due to be shipped in fn-o
weeke. The consignments, te value
of which, with freight and duty added.
Is $54,000, are for M. Seller & Co., and
so far as is known are the first goods
so favored since December.
Since the British srovernmer.t recent
ly announced that no German or Aus
trian products would be permitted to
move to other lands, hope was givn
up in many quarters of fretting a num
ber of valuable shipments started
across the Atlantic, but the success of
the Portland firm has encouraged oth
ers, including two or three wholesale
and bis retail firms here.
So fhere will bo Portland tots r.ude
glad next Christmas with reiJ, honest
to goodness German dolls ami other
toys from the fatherland, while wives,
mothers, sisters and sweethearts will
be on the lists for imported china and
glassware, which are in the lot. Percy
K. Stowell, department manager for
M. Seller & Co., is the Santa Claus in
this case, for he has never cease J his
efforts to obtain the goods sinco i was
first intimated that stern realities of
war would prevent.
The toys are from the Some burs dis
trict, and the china and glassware from
the Kama district, Oermany. Ham
burg being closed owing to the war.
the German government arranged for
products and manufactured goods of a
character not restricted through the
requirements of war to move by rail
road to Rotterdam, making concessions
in freight rates so the dlfierer.ee over
delivery to liners at Hamburg was absorbed.
But there the movement ended for a
year and a half.
PORTS OX SOUND LOSE LIXI
Matson Company Withdraws Pend
ing; Strike Settlement.
TACOMA. Wash, June 28. (Special.)
Announcement was. made in Tacoma
today that the Matson Navigation Com
pany, of San Francisco, operating the
(earners Hyades and Huonian on the
triangular circuit between Tacoma, Se
attle and Honolulu and return via San
Francisco, would discontinue calls at
Sound ports on account of the long
shoremen's strike.
Cargo, it was said, would be loaded
and discharged only at San Francisco
on this Coast until settlement of the
differences.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUE TO ARRIVE.
Name. From Date
Rose City .Los Anxeles. .....In port
Northern Pacific. . .San Francico. . . -Jn port
Great Northern. ... San Francisco. . . - June SO
Breakwater San DieKO July t
F. A. Kilburn San Dleco July
Beaver, i .Los Angeles. .... .Indeft.
DUE TO DEPART.
Vain For Date.
Northern Pacific. San Francisco. .. .June 20
Harvard &. F to I A.... . ..July 1
Klamath ban Diego July J
Great Northern. ... San Francisco. . - July 1
Breakwater San Diego July
Willamette San Dlexo July 6
F. A. Kilburn San ble-o July 10
Rose City .Los Angeles. ..... indeft.
Beaver .Los Angeles Indeft.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. June 28. Arrived Steamer
Davenoort. from ban Francisco. balled
Steamer Atlas ana oars iso. vi, ior Eau
Francisco.
a Ktoriu .Tune m. E-aiiea at 3 a. m .
steamer Multnomah, for San Diegro via way
ports; at 4:0 A. M., steamer rehalem, for
ban rancisco. Arnvea at i ana ieit up
at 7:30- A. M., steamer Davenport, from
ban FTancisco. galled at 7:30 A. M.. gas
scnooner iiiiamooK, ior looi -Bay; at s
A. M.. schooner Monterey iu tow of tun
Xavleator. for Monterey: at 11:45 A. it-
steamer F. A. Kilburn. for San Diego via
way ports. Arrived at ij:40 a. M-, steime
Northern Pacific, from San FTancisco: a1
:20 P. M. steamer Kiamttn, irom ean
Francisco. Sailed at 3:."0 p. M., steamer
Atlas towing barge No. UI. for San Fran
cisco.
a n Francisco. June i?.S. Sailed at mid
night, steamer Daisy, from Columbia River
ror ban earo. Arnvea ai . m..
steamer Great Northern, from Flavel. June
Sailed at 7 P. M.. steamer i?anta Bar
bara, for Columbia River. Arrived at 8
P. M.. steamer Daisy, from the Columbia
tiver.
San Dlm. June 27. Sailed at 2 p. M..
steamer Breakwater, for Portland via way
oorts.
Astoria. June -i . Arrived at :4. f. m..
steamer Edgar H. ance, from ban Pedro.
ban Francisco. June h. Arnvea bteam
er Great Northern, from Astoria. Sailed
Steamers Elizabeth, for Bandon; Colonel E.
Ij. Drake, for Seattle.
Seattle. June 18. Arri'ed Steamers
Humboldt, from Southeastern Alaska: EI
begunjo. irom ban FTancisco; Pnnco Rupert
(British ), from Ska r way. Sailed Steamers
Admiral Schley, tor San Francisco; Kaiho
Maru (Japanese), for Vladivostok; Prince
Rupert (British), for Anyox. B. C.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported at S P. M. June
8 unless otherwise designated.)
Adeline Smith. San Francisco for Coos
Bay, 332 miles north of San Francisco.
Peru. Balboa for San Francisco. 2s7 miles
south of San Francisco.
Acme. San h rancisco for Hankow. t.i
milts from San Francisco. June
Floridian. Orient for San Francisco. 6J
miles northwest of San Francisco, June -7.
Columbia. Honolulu for San Francisco.
15S miles from San Francisco.
Drake, Richmond for Seattle. 100 miles
north of Richmond.
tonitress. Seattle Tor San Francisco, oo
miles south of Mendocino.
Grace Dollar. Tacoma for San FTancisco.
100 miles north of San Francisco.
Yosemite. San IVdro for San Fr&nclsca.
22 miles north of Point Sur,
Asuncion. Cordova for fc,l Scr undo. 6S21
miles north of Ki Segundo.
wueen. tan Francisco lor Seattle. 14 miles
north of Point Bonita.
Hilonian. Seattle for Honolulu. 13sS miles
from Flattery, June 27.
Columbia. Honolulu for Ran Francisco.
307 miles from San Francisco, June 'J7.
ArctiDolQ. San Francisco for Honckon r.
107O miles from San Francisco. June ITT.
Richmond, to win hart? ft.T Rhanrhai for
r-an r rancisco, t.vs miles irora &a.n irancisco,
tune
L.UCUH. Honolulu for Richmond. 74 miles
irom Richmond. June 27.
AIOTTett. tow In it hare OS. f3nttl fof
Krnmnnd 4W miles north of Richmond.
Multnomah. St. Helens for San FTancisco,
50 miles north of Cape Blanco.
Kilburn. Portland for Coos Bay, SO miles
soutn or tne Columbia River.
Wapama. San Francisco for Grays Har
bor, off West port.
Atlas, towing barge 9!. Portland for
ttimtnona, '( miles from Richmond.
Mills. Martinez for Newport. B. C,
mites south of Victoria-
Senator. Nome for Seattle, 109 miles west
ui j inner)'.
Marine Xotes.
Since June 1, when the longshoremen de
clared a strike, the arrival of a steam
schooner Is regarded an event, and' the com
ing of the Davenport last night was in
te resting on the waterfront, as she brings
the last of the cargo accumulated at San
Francisco by the Parr-McCormlck line. She
was berthed at St. Johns to discharge 300
tons of asphalt, and will shift to Couch-
street dock, where about 750 tons of gen
eral freight is to be unloaded today If pos
sible. Captain May yesterday cleared the gas
oline schooner M Irene for Newport with 45
tons of merchandise.
Bound for the Golden Gate, the little
steam schooner Alcatraz was cleared yes
terday with 300.000 feet of lumber, which
she worked on tha lower river.
Passengers arriving here from the East
via the O.-W. R. A N., with through tickets
to California points, are being routed by
steamer, though the liners Beaver and Rose
City are tied up. The company is providing
transportation on the turbiners Northern
Pacific and Great Northern to San Fran
cisco and from there to Los Angeles on the
turbiners Yale and Harvard.
Captain Clem Randall, in the service of
the San Francisco & Portland Steamship
Company until late In 1905 and since super
intendent of the Red Stack tugboat fleet at
San Francisco, is In the city accompanied
by Mrs. Randall.
Inspector Robert "Warrack, of th 17th
lighthouse district, left yesterday for
Yaquina Bay and Heceta Head light sta
tions on one of his periodical trips.
Having discharged oil cargoes here the
tanker Atlas and barge No. Pi lert down
from "W'lllbridge yesterday morning, and be
fore dark had crossed to sea. the Atlas tow
ing No. 01, and they headed for the Golden
Gate.
To finish a cut started last Fall, the Port
of Portland dredge Columbia shifted from
below the Peninsula Lumber Company's
plant to a point near the Clark & Wilson
mill yesterday.
Captain "Jim" Smith, with part of the
Shaver fleet at his command, will leave
from Stella tonight with the first cigar-
shaped log raft of the- Hammond Lumber
Company's output this season. The Benson
interests are expected to have their second
cigar raft ready early next week to move
from viaiiace Slough, the first of the sea
son having towed from there last week.
Coming from San Francisco light the Mc
Cormick steamer Klamath arrived in the
Columbia at 2:30 o'clock yesterday and pro
ceeded to St. Helens for a mill cargo of
lumber. She sails Monday and will carry
passengers as well. The Multnomah, of the
same flag, left the river yesterday, also the
Nehalem. The Santa Barbara got away from
San Francisco Tuesday night, bound for the
river.
Tides at Arstoria Thursday.
High. Low.
1:53 A.yt... 0. foot
1:05 P. M 6.7 feet :4S P. M 3.7. feet
Vessels Untered Teeterday.
American steamer Alcatras, ballaat, from
San Francisco.
IVflU Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer Alratrar. 300,000 feet of
lumber, for San Francisco.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. J'ine 28. Condition of the
bar at & P. M.: Sea smooth; wind south 26
miles.
Toy is Warrants Called In.
CENTRAX.IA. Wash., June 28. (Spe
cial.) John Raught. Lewis County
Treasurer, yesterday made a big call
of county school warrants. All war
rants in the Centralia district that
were 'issued up to February 2S of this
year will be retired. Interest on the
warrants ceased today.
WATER STILL RISES
Willamette Now Is at Season's
Highest Level.
COLUMBIA ALSO RISING
Rciorts From Upper River Points
Indicate Flood Stage Is Rapidly
Xcaring Overflow Occurs
at AVhite Bluffs.
On reaching- a height of 22 feet above
ero here at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing-, the Wllamette River attained as
high a level as has been recorded this
season, and it continues to rise, so 23
feet is expected to be shown on the
gauge by Saturday.
Special reports reaching- District
Forecaster Beats yesterday indicated a
general rising at the headwaters of the
Columbia, Snake and Clearwater rivers.
From Newport, on the Pend d'Oreille
River, the stream was reported rising
nair a toot a day. Bonners Ferry re
ported the river falling at the rate
of one foot a day since June 24. while
at Marcus, 30 miles from the inter
national boundary, the rise is at th
rate of four inches a day and for the
last three days the Snake River, at
Lewiston, has increased three-tenths of
a foot a day. Kamiah, on the Clear
water, reports that, while the stream
there had fallen for four days, ft was
rising yesterday. For two days Wenat-
chee reports a rise of half a foot a day. i
The Dalle Fears Flood.
In connection with yesterday morn
ing's report from The Dalles that the
stage was 38.3 feet above zero, Mr.
Beals was informed that merchants
there having goods stored in basements
were apprehensive, as they were
flooded at 40 feet, which is the official
flood stage there. At White Bluffs the
river is said to have left its banks
Sunday and residents were hastening
the cutting and removal of hay.
Records pertaining to past Summer
freshets at Portland pive the average
height and date as 20.5 feet June 11.
That covers 35 years. For 18 years
the highest stage was less than the
average and for 16 years it was above
the average, the latter condition being
experienced before June 11. The
earliest date the crest reached here
was May 15, 1910, and the latest date
July 2, 1S80.
Fred F. Henshaw, district engineer
or tne united states geological survey.
wno nas returned from Southern Ore-
Kon, reports much more snow than
usual, and that in the Crater Lake
country he was informed that places
wnere automobiles were used at this
season last year there are banks of
snow, 20 feet being the depth in some
places.
During yesterday, from 8 o'clock In
the morning until 6 o'clock last night,
there was an increase of one-tenth in
the stage at Portland. The Dalles re
ported the river having attained a
height of 38.6 feet at 6 o'clock last
night, which was a gain of three-tenths
of a foot, and the mark is the highest
tnfs season.
District Forecaster Beats has pre
pared the following table covering
Summer freshets, showing the year,
date crest was reached and height at
tained: Year Highest stage.
1S76 June 24 L-s
J87 June l
18S0 July t. 2 27.3
1KM June 16 ll.7
1882 June 14, 15, 16 26.1
June 14. 1.1 17.8
1884 June 14. 15 20.2
188', June 23, 24 14.5
hs June . 10 2'.o
1S87 June 21 2.Y 7
1 RSS June 18, 22 is
May 21
10. o
1S90 May 20. 21 ..
Jl Jun 7
18II2 June 24
1M:J June 15
June T
1SW." May 31
lune 2:t. 25 ..
1J!7 May 24. 2.T ..
isnx June 19. 22 .
ISIl'.l June 23
1900 May 20
1901 June 3
1o June 4
Iftns June 18. 19 ..
1!M4 May 27. 28 ..
MiOT, June .". 17 ..
10OH June 9
1907 June , 7. S. :
19(1S June 20. 21 . .
10OH June 21
1910 May l.V 16 ..
1911 June 20 .....
1912 June 2 ......
1913 June S ,
20.1
14.1
19 3
22.0
33.0
I6.:i
23 8
23 7
20.7
24 2
17.H
29.8
20. S
24 0
20.8
13.6
13.4
19
21
21.;
1.l
19
19. 7
24.0
18
12.U
1914 May 29
1815 May 31
River Readinga Yenterdar.
! S O -J
no " "
"S. 5 5
STATIONS. X "2 "
: 3 3-
J 5 5
Wenatchee 40 43.3 0.5 0 14
Lewiston I.... 24 13.4 0.7 0.18
T'matilla ..: 23 23.0 0.5 0.47
The Dalles 40 38.8 1.4 O 03
KuRene 10 4.7 0.1 0 57
Albany 20 4 0.5 0.19
.Salem 20 39 0.4 0.2O
Orfiton City 12 3.3 0.4 0.07
'Portland 15 22.1 0.3 0.13
Readings at 5 P. M.
HIGH WATER DAMAGES 1'IL.Ij
Vancouver Itcports Columbia Ttiver
Again Kising.
VANCOUVER. Wash., June 28. (Spe
cial.) The Columbia River is rising
again and is now at 23 feet, as high
as it was three days ago when it
dropped a few inches.
With so much snow in the mountain
and the flooded conditions above here,
it is expected that the river will con
tinue to rise for several days.
Serious injury is being done to cer
tain portions of the big fill of the Co
lumbia River Interstate bridge.
GKAHAMOXA CASE IS DROPPED
Inspectors Hold Xo One Responsible
for Recent Sinking.
Following a personal scrutiny o
damage to the steamer Grahamona, on
the Oregon drydock. United States
Steamboat Inspectors Edwards and
Fuller yesterday dismissed an investi
gation begun in the morning to ascer
tain responsibility for an accident Sat
urday night, when the steamer struck
a snag on .ola .tsar aoove alem and
sank.
Testimony was In effect that the
usual precautions had been exercised in
making the bar channel and that
soundings afterward failed to locate
an obstruction, so it was opined the
snag had floated out after the damage
had been done. Captain Bluhm was in
charge of the steamer and he has navi
gated the Upper Willamette for years.
POTTER TO MAKE EXTRA RUN
O.-W. R. & N. Changes Schedule to
Care for Visitors July 4.
To accommodate many contemplating
week-end visits to North - Beach that
may be extended beyond the usual limit,
the passenger department of the O -V.
R. & N., has decided to have the
popular steamer T. J. Potter leave here
on schedule Saturday night, 9:30
o'clock, and he will make the return
trip from Megler as (usual Sunday
nifc-ht. but leave here again at 9 o'clock
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Portland CMy Ticket Office.
255 Blorrison Street, Corner Third St.
Main 24 Phonea A 1244.
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Asst. Gent Passenger Agent
PORTLAND. ORE.
Round trip Westbound summer tourist tickets on sale daily tell
your eastern friends. Attractive Homeseekers tickets to Mon
tana points and return.
Monday night and return from Megler
at 9 o'clock Tuesday night.
Persons goins from Portland faatur-
ay night may remain at the beach
until Fourth of July night and arrive
Portland In time for business
Wednesday morning. The Potter has
been on the night run out of Portland
or about a week and. in spite of un
favorable weather here, there has been
fair travel to North Beach.
The steamer Hassalo is operating as
far as Astoria on the night run and
later the Harvest Queen will be com
missioned, so three daily boats will be
on the routo during the beignt ot tne
season.
HOKKAI MARC DIE MONDAY
Japanese Tramp Has Hardwood and
Sulphur for Portland Delivery.
Bringing hardwood and sulphur from
the Far East, the Japanese steamer
Hokkai Maru is due here Monday, she
having sailed by way of California and
reached San Francisco Saturday. The
umber will be discharged at Municipal
llock No. 2. in the rear of which Mitsui
&. Co.. charterers of the shtp. have
established a lumber distributing yard
for the Northwest. The sulphur will
probably be discharged at Municipal
Dnrle No. 3. Sst. Johns.
The British steamer Breconian. listed
for the Columbia River to work about
1.000.000 feet of railroad ties ready at
Kalama, is looked for early in tne
week. She is loading a part cargo on
the Frazer River, and that she takes
on at Kalama will be the last of one
tie order placed in the interest or tne
British government.
NEW LINE IS NOT D1SSCUSED
Port or Asloria Drops Two Officials
to Cut Expenses.
ASTORIA. Or.. June 28. (Special.)
The Port of Astoria Commission at its
meeting Tuesday took no further steps
toward the establishment or a steamer
line on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
Several reports on the subject were
submitted, but they were tabled with
out comment.
Th commission, however, aispensea
with the services of Chief Engineer
it i Walsh and Marine Arcnitect w -
II. Curtis, the order to become effective
July 15. This will reduce the office
force to two men.
VESSEL AGROUND AT SAN DIEGO
Steam Schooner Willamette Loses
Part of Deckload of Lumber.
SAN DIEGO. June 28. More than 50.-
000 feet of lumber irom tne situn
schooner Willamette went adrift In
the bay off Benson Lumber Company
early this morning when the receding
tide left the heavily-laden craft high
and dry on a mud bank.
The vessel Reeled over, part ui
deckload going y the board.
News From Northwest Ports.
COOS BAY. Or., June 2S. (Special.)
Captain Bob Jones, a well-known bar ana
l out navigator of this .ectlon. has char
tered the aasollne schooner Tramp for short
coastal trips and will retire from the dredge
Colonel V. S. Mlchle July 1.
The itasollne schooner Belief arrived last
,;-,,..-. for a freight cargo.
Th. - schooner Patsy sailed for Bandon
.1.1- nAmln. it -30.
Due at 2 o'clock tonight, the steamer
trf.iina smith will load and sail for an
Kranclsco Thursday evening at 9.
i i-fr todav for San ran
clco to attend an executive meeting of
The steamship K. A. Kilburn Is due from
Portland.
ASTORIA. On, June 2S. (Special.) The
i ... navunoort arrived during tne
night from Ban Francisco with freight for
Carrying 730,000 feet of lumber from St.
Helens the ateam schooner Nehalem sailed
this morning for San Ulego.
. .PhMnp Multnomah sailed
this morning tor San Diego with 83U.O00
feet of lumber loaded at St. Helens.
r.n-vinr frciaht and pajwngera from
t . i Astoria, the steamer r.
T.-.IV,,. ..iird todav for San Francisco
..... vi nA FTiireka.
i-i. - .,aniin. schooner Mlrene sailed dur
ing the night for waldport with cargo.
Owing to a delay In pumping out a por
tion of the barge Monterey's oil cargo at
Megler Station, tnai crari ui.i ' "
til this morning for California. She Is be
ing towed down ine coast, v.-
lgator. . , .
. - I . ..r,n or r-Tirr n i mrn iinui"
..- ,.'.iin schooner Tillamook sailed this
...... -. -. r vwlntu
The schooner Alumna finished loading
i i - .. . k-ninoion last evening. Her
crew- arrived today and she will probably
salt for Australia on Friday.
The schooner Forest Home finished tax
ing on lumber at Westnort this morning,
and the schooner Honolpu will complete
f ,., the ssme mill the latter part
of the week. Both ot inese vesseia "
fcy2Ctr" -...,,. Northern Taclfle arrived
this afternoon from San Francisco, bring
ing a f'r Ht of passengers, but only a
small amount or iitihiu.
... fuel oil at Portland
. . - . ih tank stesmer Atlas, with
barge No. 81 In tow. sailed for California
'"The" steam schooner Klamath arrived this
afternoon en route to Portland.
4,fter repairing her suction pipes, tne
dredge Chinook resumed work on the bar
this morning. A few hours later she broke
a derrick which lifts one of her SO-lnch
nines and came to the upper harbor for re
pairs. -Klamath
Horses Sold to Denver.
vi.nrtTH FALLS. Or.. June IS.
(Special.) Denver horse markets are
train seeking horses In Klamath
County. Three carloads have Just been
secured here and will leave tomorrow.
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The buyers said they would work on
northward toward Bend in th search,
for more stock. Kerris & Tilson, of
Denver, are the buyers. The horses are
mixed draft types, and are said to be
intended largely for restocking' Mid
dle Western ranches from which the
horses were sold to military buyers.
PEAR STOCK IS WANTED
KTRSERYMEX WOl'LD HAVE EI
PERT SENT TO CHINA.
F, E. Relmcr, at Talent Station. Has
Experimented In Kffort to Find Spe
cies Immune to Blisht.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis. June IS. (Special.) A trip
to China to secure pear stock as ex
perimental material for working out
problems of blight resistance will be
made by F K. Reimer, superintendent
of the Southern Oregon branch experi
ment station at Talent, if the applica
tion of the Pacific Coast Association of
Nurserymen to Dr. David G. Fairchild
is allowed.
The nurserymen forwarded the tele
gram to Dr. Fatrchild. specialist In
charge of plant introduction. V. S. De
partment of Agriculture, after having
studied the work of Mr. Reimer. of the
Talent station, during their recent ses
sion at Medford. The problem of
blight and its control is the most seri
ous one now faced by the peargrowera,
and the work done by Mr. Reimer re
ceived closest attention.
Mr. Reimer's work bas not developed
any species that is entirely immune to
blight, but has shown that the disease
cannot be developed except in the
youngest and tenderest shoots, in at
least three species.
If Mr. Reimer is dispatched on the
mission it will be his purpose to bring
back a larre quantity of seed of va
rious species of wild Chinese stock
which can be used as a foundation
for carrying grafts of commercial va
rieties. FEDERAL POLICY REVERSED
Vaklma Valley Residents May Buy
Water Rigl-ts for 260 Acres.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. June 2S.
(Special.) The Government has re
versed its policy in this valley with re
gard to sale of storage irrigation water
to individuals. Announcement is made
by the Reclamation Service' that here
after individuals may purchase a water
right for any area up to 160 acres for
each person, either to supplement their
present supply, or as their entire sup
ply, at the rate of $5 an acre-foot.
Sales will be made on a 10-year basis
without interest. This would make the
cost of a water right for three acre
feet, usually an ample supply, only $15
n acre.
Junction City Cannery Opens.
JUNCTION CITY. Or.. June 2S.
(Special.) The cannrv branch of the
Eugene Fruitgrowers' Association has
started operations on several tons of
Royal Anue cherries and small ber
ries. The entire output is contracted
for and prices are fair. A bumper
crop of beans is expected. Rain today
slightly damaged cherries. C fa.
London expects a 40-day run.
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ON BOY'S NECK
In Small Water Blisters. Itching
Became Burning Torturing
Pain.' Skin Cracking Open.
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