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Newspaper Page Text18 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. 1916. CHAMBER PLANS TO ATTRACT SHIPPING Skeleton of Programme Comprehensive Under Con sideration by Board. ROUTES WOT DEFINED YET Change in Waterfront Methods to Be Advocated, as It Is Declared High Charges Drive Vessels to Other Ports for Repairs. Realizing that in order to get big in dustries to make their headquarters in Portland it is necessary to be able to show substantial water routes equal to any port on, the Coast, the Portland Chamber of Commerce has built the skeleton of the most comprehensive commercial and industrial programme that it has . ever conceived. Such a programme in all its diverse details is row under consideration by the direc tors, following its presentation at a meeting of the board. Details as to what trade routes will be developed or to what extent or by what means are not definite yet. but it is the purpose of the Chamber to at tract as many service lines as possible. Alaska will be among the commercial centers the business of which will be invited, but an effort will be made also to establish trade routes with the trop ics and Asiatic countries, if the inti mations of Chamber officials may be read correctly. Waterway of Primary Interest. - 'Big industries looKing for Coast lo ; cations have been attracted to Port- land because of the wealth of con ; tributing territory and the natural geo : (graphical advantages for rail ship ments from the' interior, but when the trade map is scanned there is a woeful lack of water trade routes. The Cham- ' ber realizes that the creation of new routes, to satisfy the demand for a broader market, for which -manufacturers are clamoring, is a contingency that makes all other constructive meas ures secondary. It is realized that something must be done and done quickly to make Portland's shipping ex tend beyond coastwise trade. Besides establishing new trade-routes . b. change in waterfront methods is ', proraised.- Directors of the Chamber declare that much trade has been lost to this port through the excessive port rates and repair charges. It is asserted , that shippers seeking repairs for their bottoms go to other ports where the charges for such work are not so high, and naturally they find their cargoes ' at those ports. Early Action Expected. The new shipping and industrial pro gramme will be rushed in its definite formulation. Invitations to have it dis ' cussed at a meeting within the next . few days will be sunt to representative business and commercial men so that its final indorsement will reflect the attitude of the entire community in stead of a few. The necessity of get ting all Portland behind the new scheme before its details have been made pub lic is realized by the Chamber directors. Plans for working but the details of the marine programme have been placed in the hands of the trade and commerce bureau of the Chamber and . sub-committee of that bureau, the marine transportation development bu reau. The directors of the trade and commerce bureau are: Nathan Straus, chairman; W. D. B. Dodson. F. A. Spen- . cer, O. H. Fithian, C. C. Colt. II. B. Mil ler and F. C. Knapp. O. M. Clark, presi dent of'the Chamber, is also a director ' of the trade and commerce bureau. Kmery Olmstead is chairman of the ma rine transportation development com mittee arid its other members include prominent railroad and other transpor tation men. The elimination from future con tracts entered into by the School Board of any clause restricting the kind of labor to be used in construction was advocated by the Chamber directors at their meeting W ednesday night. The . contract for the construction of Ben son Polytechnic contains a clause pro' viding that only union labor shall be employed. Thjs policy of closed shop was condemned. SAILORS' CHIEF IS COMING Andrew FuersetU Doe at Portland in Two Weeks Front National Capital. Andrew Fuerseth. president of the International Seamen's Union of Amer ioa, father of the La Follette bill that is the present seamen's act. and a man who has been active decidedly for the past few years at Washington in ad vancing the interests of organized f-ailors of the country, is due in Port land in two weeks. Jack Rosen, -business agent of the Seamen's Union here, was advised yes terday that Mr. Fuerseth would leave Washington last night and is to travel by way of British Columbia ports and rugel sound. At Portland he will ad dress a mass meeting of sailors and members of others unions, as well as the public, speaking on legislative matters disposed of and particularly with reference to the workings of the seamen s act at various ports. CASEMENT DIES CALMLY tContinued From First Page. the minds of the general British pub lic. Only one favor was , asked of the rrison officials by Casement. As his end approached, he expressed a desire to die in his citizen's clothing and his request was granted. He was divested of his convict's garb and clad in the garments he had worn when committed to prison, but he was not permitted to wear a collar. LaMt Hours Are Dramatic. Casement's last hours were dramatic. lie arose about 6:30 o'clock on the last j morning of hie life. Father James Mc Carrell. under whose guidance Case ment, a member of a family of lire long Protestants, had become a convert to Roman Catholicism during the last lew weeks, came to him at 7. The in terim the condemned man had ( spent in reading the instructions of the church for assisting at mass and the taking of the first communion. After mass he ate a light breakfast of bread, butter and water. For a time Casement and the priest talked of the Immortality of the soul. The condemned man appeared. Father McCarrell later said, like one who had a-lept soundly and whose nerves were at ease. The night before, when no word of a reprieve came. Casement had become morose and gloomy. But as the hour of his death approached his mood changed and he faced the end with a resigned calm. By 7 o'clock a small crowd had gath ered in front of -the prison building. The execution had been set for 9. At 8 minutes before 9 the prison bell be gan to tyuom Its solemn warning of im pending v death ovel the .leads of the great throng that had by that time gathered outside the prison wall, ex tending for two blocks. The first notes of the bell were greeted with a wild outburst of cheering, and at frequent intervals thereafter frequent cries of hysterical exultations rang out from the crowd- A few minutes after 9 o'clock the bell's tolling ceased. There came a long, tense paxise. portentous of the tragic event that was passing within the walls. Then, clamoring through the tense silence that had fallen on the waiting throng, came a single sonorous clang of the great bell. It was a signal that the drop had sprung that the death of the man Great Britain declared a traitor wu accom plished. GOVERNMENT DEFENDS ACTION Irish Rebellion Declared Murder of tnarmed People. LONTDOX. Aug. 3. Lora Robert Cecil, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of For eign Affairs and Minister of War. made a statement to the Associated Press in explanation of the govern ment's refusal to reprieve Roger Casement. He said: "No doubt of Casement's " guilt ex ists. No one doubts that the court and jury arrived at the right verdict. The only ground for a reprieve would have been political expediency, a difficult ground to put forward ;in that this country never could strain the law to punish a man for the same reason that it could ot strain the law to let one off. "The Irish rebellion began with the murder of unarmed people, both sol diers and police. No grievance Justified it, and it was purely a political move ment organized by a small section of Irish people who still hate England and were assisted by Germany. "There was and is in this country the greatest possible indignation against tnese people. mere Is no doubt that Casement did everything possible to assist this rebellion, in co operation with the Germans. There can be no doubt that he was moved by enmity for this country. "Casement was more malignant and hostile to this country than were the leaders of the rising, who were caught with arms in their hands. He visited military prisons in Germany with the intention of persuading Irish soldiers to throw off the allegiance. AH sorts of promises were made for the lm provement of the conditions of these men to join the Irish legion. An enor mous majority thus approached refused and thereafter were subjected to in creased hardships by the Germans. At the inquest, which followed the execution, the governor of the prison and the chief warden testified that death had been instantaneous, , Dr. Marnier, the prison physician, was asked by Solicitor Duffy, of counsel for Casement, if Casement showed any signs of insanity. He replied: "I saw no eigns of insanity. He acted in a cane manner to the end." The coroner's jury found that sen tence had been carried out according to law and in a humane manner. , Immediately after the execution three notices were posted on the prison door. The first, signed by the undersheriff of London, the governor of the prison ami Father James McCarrell, Case ment's confessor, read: "Judgment of death was this day executed on Roger Casement in His Majesty's prison of Pentonville in our presence." A similar notice was signed by the undersheriff of Middlesex county. The third bore the name of P. R. Mander, the prison surgeon, who certified that he had examined the body and found Casement dead. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. . am From Ta.tr. Rose City . Iob Angeles In port Breakwater han Diego In port rkorthern Pacific. . .San r rancisco. . . Auk. Great Northern. ... San Francisco. . . .Auk. F. A. Kilburn Wan Diego Aug. 8 Beaver Los Angeles Aug. 9 DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Breakwater Ran Dleeo Aug. 4 Ya e S. F. to L. A Auk. 4 Harvard S. F. tr L,. A Aug. 5 Rose City L.: Angeles Aug. 5 Northern Pacific. . .Pan Francisco. . . . Aug. 5 Klamath Pan Digo Aug. 6 Great Northern. . . . San Francisco. . . .Aug. S F. A. Kilburn San Diego Aug. 11 Beaver Los Angeles Aug. 12 Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. 3. Arrived Steamer Klamath, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers Daisy Freeman and Tiverton, for San Pedro. Astoria, Aug. 3. Arrived at 7:15 and left up at 11 A. M., steamer Klamath, from San Francisco. Sailed at 8:1 It A. M. motor ehip City of Portland, for Sydney. Arrived down during the night, barkentine Geo rp In a. Sailed at 2:10 P. M., steamer Great North ern, for San Francisco, San Francisco. Aug. 3. Arrived at A. M.. and sailed at 3 P. M.. steamer Will am ette. from Portland for San Pedro. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Northern Pacific, for Flavel: at 2 P. M., steamers Alcatraz, for Columbia River; W. F. Herrin. for Port land; at 3 P. M., steamer General Hubbard, from Astoria for San Pedro. August Sailed at 5 P- M., steamer Temple E. Dorr, for Columbia River. Melbourne, Aug. 2. Arrived tBarkentine Echo, from Portland, San Pedro, Aug. 2. " Arrived Steamer Santa Barbara, from Columbia River. Sailed Steamer Edgar H, Vance, for Columbia River. , Victoria, Aug. 2.Sailed at 5 P. M., Jap anese steamer Kenkon Alaru No. 3. for Port land, in tow of tug Wallala. Astoria, Aug. 2. Sailed at 9 P. M.. steamer Shasta, for San Pedro. San FranciscO, Aug. 3. Arrived Steam ers Karimoen Dutch, from Rata via; Richmond, barge 5. from Port Wells; Wil lamette, from Astoria; Tancred (Norwegian), from Nanalmo ; Admiral Dfswey. from Seat tle; Westerner, from Columbia River. Sailed Steamers W. F. Herrin, Northern Pacific, Alcatraz. for Astoria; Wasp, for Seattle. Seattle. Wash., Ang. 3. Arrived Steamers Tenrvu Maru Jap, from Kobe; Admiral Schley, .from San Francisco. Sailed Steam ers Humboldt, for Southeastern Alaska: Ju neau, for Bering Sea; Alaska, for South western Alaska. Hongkong. Ausr. 2. Sailed Nippon. Maru, for Sau Francisco. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M. August 3 unless otberwis designated.) City of Pnra, - San Francisco for Balboa, 1277 miles south of San Francisco, & P. M. Aucust 2. Honolulan. San Francisco for South Amer ica. 120O miles south, of San Francisco, 8 P. M. August 2. Paraiso, San Francineo for South America, 14SO miles south of ban Francisco. S P. a. AUaTUHt 2. Congress. San Pedro for San Francisco, 13 miles south or r'oint uonoepcion. Moffett, towing barge 93, Balboa for San Francisco, 722 miles south of ban Fran cisco. Northern Pacific. Pan Francisco for Flavel, 10 miles south of Blunts Teef. President, Seattle T'T t-an r rancisco, 144 Tnlls north of Sji Francisco. I Multnomah, Gra's Harbor for Fin Fran- I cl8o, 70 miles nortn or rape Mendocino. Knterprise. Hllo for San Francisco, miles from San Francisco, s F. M. August 2. ...urllri?. Honolulu for San Francisco, 1720 miles from San Francisco. S P. M. August 2. China, San Francisco for Orient. 379 miles from fcan Francisco. 8 P. M. Auq-ust 2. Tusr Oneonta. with schoner Irmijard in tow. San Francisco for the Columbia River, 35 miles north of Point Arena. Willamette. Sn Francisco for San Pedro, off Plireon Point. Lucas. Seattle for Richmond, GO miles cort- of Richmond. Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Frsn circo. 1 63 miles north of San Francisco. Beaver San Francisco for San Pedro, 28 m:is scuth of Point Pur. Wapama. San Francisco for Portland,fr69 mile north of Blanco. Atlas. Richmond for Portland, 423 miles from Richmond. Great Northern, Flavel for Fan Francisco, 130 miles south of the Columbia Rive-. Curacao. Seattle for Alaska, off Smith Island. Windber. Belllvurhara for King-s Cove. 200 miles w-t of Flattery, 8 P. M- Ausrust 2. Col. Drake, Richmond for Cordova. 82S miles north of Richmond, 8 P. M. August 2. Vessels Entered Yesterday. American steamer Rose City, general car ko. fro m San Fra n cl sc o. Gasoline schooner Delia, cargo of cheese, from Cloverdale. Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer Daisy Freeman, 740,000 feet lumber, for fcan Pedro. t Gso:lnb schooner Delia seneral crgo. lor uaveraua. 40 FEET OF WATER Of COLUMBIA BAR Main Channel Shows This of Depth Over Width 400 to 500 Feet. DREDGE CAPTAIN REPORTS Slogan of Entire Columbia Basin Is Brought to Realisation in An nouncement Made as Re sult of Deepening Work. There is 40 feet of water in the main entrance channel at the mouth of the Columbia River. On the east and west lines of the cut being cleaned out there by the dredge Chinook the depth, is 38 feet, so the ruling depth of 40 feet through the center is -estimated to cover a width of from 400 to 600 feet. News of the fact the groal of com mercial interests had been attained was conveyed yesterday to Major Henry C. Jewett. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A., in the way of a report from Captain Payne, of the Chinook, rela tive to soundings at the entrance, which were made over the dredged area. Forty feet of water on the Columbia River bar." has been the slogan of the entire Columbia River basin. That has not only been realized but for a long time masters of vessels have de clared there was no bar, that likewise being the observation of certain Navy officers bringing vessels into the Co lumbia, including Captain illlams, commanding the battleship Oregon on her recent visit to Portland for the 1916 Rose Festival. Now the 40-foot depth is officially reported, and In another month it is estimated the entire channel, 1000 feet wide, will be cleared between the banks to 40 feet. There are -deeper soundings than 40 feet in the center of the road into the river, but 40 feet is the ruling or governing depth. The dune survey, which will be re peated next month, the task having become a regular one every quarter. showed a depth of 36 feet in the main road and the gains up to date are not entirely unexpected, though some fixed September 1 as the time when 40 feet would probably be available. When the cut is cleared to a uniform depth it la believed commercial inter ests will endeavor to have the Gov ernment outline work for next sea son that will center on removing ma terial between the east wall of the cut and the end of the couth Jetty, at least cutting as far as what is known as the south channel. As to the channel between Portland and the sea the Port of Portland has its battery of four pipeline dredges operating in the Willamette and the Government diggers will be ordered to the Columbia to remove sediment gath ered on a few bars - an soon as the freshet waters have sufficiently sub sided, which is expected to be by August 15. Experience has shown that much of the sediment is carried out after the river falls from the flood stage and until it attains almost its norma: Fall depth, so it is not thought as-much dredging will be required as present soundings indicate. CITY OF PORTLAND SAILS Klamath Convoys Motorship, Which Will Heave To Off Golden Gate. Escorted to sea by the steamer Klam ath, of the same fleet, which arrived from California ports a short time be fore, the auxiliary schooner City of Portland, of the new motorship line building for the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company, sailed from the river for Port Pirie at 8 o'clock yesterday. On the way -south she will call at the San Francisco light vessel to land Oscar Hagberg, machinery expert, who came here from Stockholm a few months ago to supervise the installa tion of the two 320-horsepower semi Diesel engines. He consented to make the run down the Coast to watch the behavior of the machinery at sea As motorships of this type are new on the Coast and the City of Portland is the pioneer to get away, insurance interests have provided that they must be convoyed entering or leaving any port, which accounts for the Klamath preceding her to sea. both Port of Port land tugs at the entrance being busy. LOCAL MEN MAY BE HEARD Longshoremen Here Look for Settle ment of Strike. Delegates from Portland and Astoria longshoremen's unions may have an in ning at the San Francisco conference today, say officers of the organizations here. It is understood that they were not invited to the opening session on the ground that they represented or ganisations which had not returned to work pending arbitration. Those at San Francisco had resumed their labors with the proviso that consideration would be accorded their demands at the meeting. In the absence of official telegrams from the south yesterday it was rea soned there could be no insurmountable obstacle In the way of peace. . SHIT COMPANY INCORPORATES Luniber Vessels Bouglit; San Fran cisco-New York Line Likely. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. The Prov ident Merchants' Marine Company, with a capitalization of $500,000, filed arti cles of incorporation here today, giving as its purpose the purchase and opera tion of ships. It was said the new company intends to operate in con nection with a line of vessels from New York to San Francisco, but for the present has purchased the five 'lumber vessels, the J. B- Stetson. Forest Howe, Temple E. Dorr, the Nehalem and the Da-iy Freeman. Officials of the Chamber of Com merce said today that the organization of several steamship companies here recently meant an expenditure already of 13,000.000. and $6,000,000 In stock and bond issues. CALIFORNIA TRAVEL ATTRACTS Seasonable YVeatlicr Adds to Knjoy- mcnt of Coast Voyages. Bright skies and calm weather at present combine to make sea travel most attractive for travelers, espe cially those from the interior who find an excuse to go to California. The liner Great Northern took 214 from Flavel yesterday, and the Northern Pa cific sailed from Pan Francisco with 200. being due at Flavel today. Southbound on the Great Northern there was a big consignment of perish able goods, box snooks, etc. The Northern Pacific Is bringing big cargo of sugar. The combined ton nage of the two sailings yesterday is 1 nearly 000 tons, indicating the Xreo dom with which freight again is mov ing since the strike tie-up was ad justed. PORTLAND PRAISED BY SAVY Commander of New Orleans Finds This a "Snug Harbor" on Visit. Portland's hospitality as extended the Xavy, which the officers assert cause most profound impression as rated with other harbors, has drawn deep ex pressions of appreciation from Captain B. 1a. Canaga, of the cruiser New Or leans, which was here last week with the Washington Naval Militia. In a etter from Port Angeles, directed to Captain Speier. of the Harbor Patrol, the commander of the New Orleans re iterates oral praise he voiced before the departure of the ship. The efficient manner in which the ship was moored" is one act that Cap tain Canaga credits to the interest dis played by Captain Speier. who was on hand when she arrived late at night. though he had notice of ber coming but a few nours before. r water fur nished the vessel, the programme of entertainment in charge of the Cham ber of Commerce, and. in fact, all cour tesies are mentioned in'the letter. SAN PEDRO STRIKE ENDS DOCK WORK ERS AD LIMBEHMEX VOTE TO BESIMB WORK. Employer and Vn Ion Men Confer San Francisco and Say They Ex pect Amicable Settlement... SAX PEDRO. Aug. 3. Local dock workers and lumbermen, who have been on strike since June 1. voted to return to work late today. Most of tjte men, it was announced, will resume work at the docks here, tomorrow. Longshoremen, who went on strike at the same time, still are die. Approximately 900 dockworkers and lumbermen went out on strike, it was stated. However, a large number of them have left here since the strike was called. The vote was 119 to 87 in favor of returning to work, union officials announced. It was said late today that the em ployers will take these employes back to work as rapidly as the men apply for their old positions." Strikebreakers, it was said, will be discharged. The dock and lumber companies. It was understood, have agreed to give the men a slight increase in wages, al though no announcement to this effect was made. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 3. Repre sentatives of the Waterfront Employ ers' Union and the local Riggers' and Stevedores' Union met in executive con ference hero today.' Following the meeting both sides said they believed the men's demands soon would be set tled amicably. The wage question, it was understood, will be arbitrated by making the scale 55 cents an hour for straight time and 82V4 cents for over time. Another meeting will be held tomorrow. DUTY WILL BK PAID HKRK Bonded Shipment on Liner Come? From Ports Across Atlantic. Bonded freight numbering: more than 80 package- waa brought from tfan rancisco by the steamer Rose City, the hipments having: originated in the British Isles and were transported to the Golden Gate aboard the Harrison iner Counsellor. Granite, fhlnei'al wa ter, tin plate, earthenware, ink. tea. fabrics, vinegar and mustard were in eluded In the consignments In lieu of the fact delivery was not made di rect, the only encodraging feature is hat the duty will be paid here, adding something to the revenues of the dia tom-House. United States Steamboat Inspectors fc-d wards and Wynn yesterday conduct ed the reinspection of the Rose City, and she passed. There are 130 non union longshoremen working on the dock. It having been given out y ester day that about lio applicants were urned away, and it is said the vessel will depart on schedule at 3 o'clock to morrow afternoon. News From Northwest Porta. ASTORIA, Or., Auk. 3. (Ppeclal.) The atfam schooner Shasta sailed during tne night for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber roni Rainier and Portland. The steam schooner Klamath arrived from in Francisco and proceeded to Portland, where she will begin loading lumber. The lumber-laden auxiliary schooner City of Portland, - lay In the lower harbor ovei night and departed today for Australia, Carrying a full cargo, or- general freight end a fair list of passengers, the steamer Great Northern sailed for San Francisco. After loading .uO.OOO feet of lumber St. Johns, the barkentine Georglna shifted aunng tne nigr.t to Lnappton, wnero sni will finish loaaing. The steam scnooners J. B. stetson and Grays Harbor are due from i?an ' Francisco. The latter is to load lumber at Wauna. . COOS BAT. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Tillamook arrl'ed from Portland today jrith Joo tons of general merchandise. The Mtamer Adeline Smith sailed from Coo Bay en route to San Francisco thii morning. The vessel had lumber from the Smith mill. Charles Thorn, of North Bend, has opened general cold storage and fish business. and Claude Thompson, formerly of Hood River, bas been engaged to manage the con cern. Marine Notes. Captain Jacob .Nielsen returns today to his billet as skipper of the Columbia . River lightship. And he goe.a back to the briny deen with reluctance, for his shore leave of three weeks has been replete with cruises aboard his automobile, the last one to Mount Hood. Try as he might at times, he says. he dodged Instinctively while driving through the hills, mistaking the higher ground for green seas. i Cloverdale Is the destination of the gaso line schooner Dolla. cleared -esterday wltti 30 tons of merchandise. Inbound she had 406 cases of cheese. Lumber cargo stored aboard the steamer Daisy Freeman, which sailed last night from the Clark & Wilson mill for Fan Pedro. was loaded In the Interest of the Charles Nelson Company. The vessel took on HJO. 0O0 feet at the Portland mill and120.000 at Clark & Wilson's. The Tiverton sailed yesterday from Prescott for California with full load. Annual inspection of the C!plwel1. n ves 1 making Kelso her home berth, was con ducted yesterday under tha direction of United States Steamboat Inspectors Edwards and Wynn. - Ending a voyage of TO days, the barken tine Echo reached Melbourne Wednesday from the Columbia River. She Is under en gagement to return to the Coast for another luniber cargo. Preparations were made yesterday to place the Yellow Stack steamer Pomona in com mission for an excursion trip this afternoon, carrying Knights of Pythias and their fam ilies to Oak Grove and OawVgo. On the steamer Bailey Gatxert returning to her regular fair, between Portland and The Dalles, yesterday, the steamer Dailes City was laid up. Repairs to the steamer General Hub bard, mtilfl necessary because she broke a crankshaft last week when on her was, to mo r rancisco irom Astoria, were com pleted s-i she sailed yesterday ' from the Golden Gate for San Pedro to discharge her lumber load. Owing to betng disabled by the accident, tho steamer waa towed, south from .Astoria by the tug Oneonta. The lumber carriers to get away from San Francisco for the Columbia River yes terday were the steamers Temple E. Dorr and Alcatraz. It. Is reported here that aaaertlons have been made by those working to free the liner Bear from the beach near Cape Mendocino that se will tc alongside her dock at San Francisco August 14. Tides at Astoria Kriday. High. Low. S:.'.S A. M .S f-et! 9 40 A. M 1.3 fet 4..V7 i". il....8. fee 1,10 :i H...,1J feet LABOR RESTRICTION ONSGHOOLSGUTOUT Contractors Will Be Allowed to Hire Help in Open Market Hereafter. DELEGATES PLEAD IN VAIN Contention That Better Wonk Would Result Met With Assurance That Interests Will Be Safeguarded. Mr. Benson's Wish Followed. The question of employing local la bor on the new Benson Polytechnic Higrh School was settled yesterday by a dfcie!on of the School Board Jo re move from the specification the clause favoring the employment of local la borers at the current wage. Contrac tors bidding- for work on the new structure will be prlvileRed to hire their labor where they choose, and will only be held responsible for the work that Is turned out. t Representatives of the Labor Coun cil present at the meeting protested against this contemplated action of the board, and asserted that figures could be produced to prove that local labor would brina- better, results In workmanship, and that the employment of local labor would be of more bene fit to the community than the employ ment of labor In the open market. Mr. Reason's WI1U1 followed. The action of the board was deter mined partly by the request of IS. Benson, who furnishes half of the money for the new building-, that th. usual clause specifying- local laDor at the current wage be eliminated In the specifications. A letter signed by Kxecutive Secretary Hardy, of the Chamber of Commerce, favoring- the elimination of the clause, was chal lenged by Ku Irene Smith, representing the Labor Council, who said that at least two members of the' executive committee had expressed their objec tion to the policy set forth In the let ter. lr. Alan Welch Smith explained his position in reference to the elimination of the clause by saying that he had ex amined the facts of the cast and found that better results were obtained by allowing contractors free choice in the hiring of labor. Aa chairman of the building committee, he assumed the responsibility of recommending against the restricting clause. Objection. Are Aa.wered. He answered the objections of the Labor Council representatives as to the efficiency of unspecified workmen by the assertion that the school architect should be an adequate . safeguard against faulty construction. "We give them the specifications to bid on," he said, "and it is our privi lege to pass upon the work af'er it is completed. We should not hamper the contractor with conditions as to what labor he should hire, for he should hav the privilege of going to the open market." The objection of the labor people waa based upon the plea that home labor would 4naure better construction, und keep the money in Portland. The board of directors was asked to show an in stance f a school building erected by home labor where the cost was not un der the-architect's estimate. An op portunlty to produce figures proving the economy of home labor waa de manded before the board should make the final decision. ' Labor'. Plea .Not Craated. The position of the board in the present situation was shown to be largely influenced by the request of Mr. Benson, who, they said, in furnish ing half the funds for the new build ing, should have his wish granted as to the lack of conditions imposed upon the contractors. This point seemed to carry weight with the labor people, but it was asked to have the clause removed from the Benson School speci fications only as an exception pine. the constant desire of labor has been to obtain the inclusion of this clause in all building specifications. The board was divided on a motion to make a special exception of the Benson High School, and the motion yesterday directs the removal of the clause specifying local labor at the current rate of wages until - further action of the board. Mr. Plummer and rr. Drake ex pressed their belief in the home labor principle on public buildings, except in the one case which had arisen. SCHOOL- BOARD IS BENOpXCED Action Against Labor Said to Have Been Taken at Secret Meeting:. The Central Labor Council last night decided to Inaugurate a fight against the School Board in protest against any. move it may make to co-operate 0k-ith tne Chamber of Commerce in the "onen-shop" movement. In support of the decision one of the first Eteps will be to avk all union labor men to keep their children away from school on Labor day. The School Board has denied the Labor Council's petition to open the public schools on Tuesday, September 5. instead of Sep tember 4. which is Labor day. The Cfsuncil decided to assess every iion laoor man in the city for the purpose of securing funds to carry ,sn the protest against the School Board and in support of the protest will ap- nial to business men and working men alike, and to women. It was asserted by various members of tne Central .Labor Council that the members of the School Board met yes terday and voted to eliminate from all future contracts for school construc tion work, the clauses providing that the wages paid to laborers shall be the acale prevailing here for that class of work at the time it is performed, and that in the employment of labor cn suchf work, men residing In Portland shall be given the preference. Members of the Council vieclared that the school board heeded the request of S. Benson, that the clauses above re ferred to be stricken from future con tracts, on the ground, that he had con tributed $100,000 to the Polytechnic school fund, and was .oppose to the restrictions imposed on bidders. It was also decided by the Council to declare war against the school boanj because it had. at tne same meeting, al Ieged to have been secretly held, denied the petition of organised labor of Port land to close the public schools on La bor Day. Every delegate present at the meeting last night who has chil dren pledged himself to keep them away from their studies at that time, notwithstanding the action of the Qechool board. It was also agreed that every parent In the community would be requested to do the same thing. Alleged shifting of teachers, because of politics, will also be given publicity in the propaganda which is to be con ducted by the Central Labor CounclL Those members of the school board voting for the elimination of the clauses were announced to have been Messrs. Ixjckwood. Smith and Beach. Messrs. Plummer and rako were an nounced as opposed to It. The same lineup prevailed when the question of closing the schools on Labor Day was disposed of. In arranging a plan of campaign against the school board it was de cided to send letters to all business and working men, and mothers of chil dren, telling of the work of the school board in the contract matter, and ask ing them to voice a vigorous protest against ft. The Council also discussed the pro posed features of the LabdV Day pro gramme, but no definite action wae taken. One thing practically agreed upon, was that there should be a pa rade preceding the programme at one of the parks. Arrangements for this will probably be made at the next ses sion. Action on the proposal to extend financial aid to the Longshoremen's Union in Portland wa deferred for a week. Negotiations for a settlement of the difficulty are now pending, and it was thought inadvisable to act un til' hese are conclude!. RAILWAY CHANGES RATES SOUTHERN PACIFIC ALLOWED I-0G ASD SHORT HAIL PRIVILEUKS. State COBaaalsaloai Grants Order to Meet Water Competition. Kffertlve s Saturday on Two Branches. SALEM, Or.. Aug. S. (Special. 1 In order that the Southern Pacific Com pany may meet water competition on Coos Bay, tho Siuslaw. L'mpqua and Co qullle rivers, the Oregon Public Serv ice Commission today granted it au thority to establish long and short haul rates on its Willamette-Pacific and Coos Bay. Roseburg & Kastern branches. The proposed rates will go into effect Saturday. The order is con fined solely to intra-state transporta tion. In granting the Southern Pacific's ap plication, the Commission specifically declared it does not approve the rates the company may place in effect, and reserves the right to revise them, if upon investigation they are found un just. Kxplaining its action, the Com mission declared that the existence of water competition was sufficient cause for it to deviate from the Jaw. Upon Investigation, the Commission found that the Willamette-Pacific branch' of the Southern Pacific meets water competition from Swisshome to Myrtle Point. The Sluslaw. l'mpqua and Coquille rivers and Coos Bay all being navigable, the railroad comes into competition with water carriers. The territory covered by the South ern Pacific's application, in reference to class rates, extends from Portland via the main line of the Southern Pa cific to Kugene: from Eugene via the Willamette-Pacific branch to Marsh field; from Marshfield via the Coos Bay. Ioseburg ft Kastern to Myrtle Point, and from Myrtle Point to Pow ers. . FLAX FIELDS ARE FOUL WKF.HS HFADKR SOMK TIKLDS IX- 'IT FOR WATK'S LSK. ' amber of Fields Are Rrjeetrd y Hoard of Control C'ron Will Be msll, bnt Quality tiood. SALKM. Or.. Aug. 3. (Special-J In vestigatlon of the flax acreage today by members of'the State Board of Con tra!. Robert Crawford, the state's new flax expert, ana J W. Mlnto. auperin tendent of the Oregon penitentiary, de veloped the fact that a large percent age of the flax fields are foul with weeds, and many fields will not be ac ceiitcd by the Board. The farmers in this section planted about 60J acres to flax this year, and the Board members had expected to harvest a large crop of flax, but today'a findings show that there will be a m terlal decrease In the amount it waa estimated the state would obtain. After its survey of a number of flax fields, the Board Instructed Mr. Craw ford sndSuperintendent- Minto to visit all the different fields and ascertain which would be worth pulling. A num ber of fields were rejected by the Board because of the great amount of wild oats and other weeds In the flax. The Hoard gathered samples from the fields thev visited, showing the foul con dttion of the flax. Wherever the weeds are not deemed too thick, the Board will buy the crop from the grower, de ducting ait equitable amount from the price of $15 a ton, which the state is navinx for Ilax. Uesplte the fact that the crop will be smaller man was nrsi esumaiea, members of the Board are hopeful that it will be of a good quality. MRS. FITZS1MM0NS TALKS Kx-l'uirillst's Wife Makes Plea for llescue Work In Portland. Mrs. "Bob" Kitslmmons, wife of the ex-pugilist, delivered an address las night In the Sellwood Baptist Church under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Association, on the topic. "Winning the Fight." K.rl- ward Charles Jehu, general secretary of the association, presided. Mrs. Fitzsimmons gave an account of her life before and after her mar riage to Mr. Fitzsitnmona. She spoke in high terms of the ex-pugutst- fane detailed her trials and sufferings be fore taking up the work in which she is engaged. Mrs. Fitzsimmons made an earnest plea for rescue work in Portland. At the close of her address many signed cards pledging assistance on tag day, September 2. WOMAN IN JITNEY INJURED Mrs. Lucilo Giesy Thrown Through Windshield by Collision. Mrs. Lucile Giesy. 24 Jefferson street, was thrown through tne wind shield of a Jitney ana cut aoout. xne face last night in a collision between the Jitney and an automobile driven bv Dr. Georgo ecnmtai. i -onn Twentv-second street, at Twentieth and Washington rtreets late lait night. She sent .to the Good Samaritan Hospital by Patrolman Stark, and taken to her home later. The Jitney was driven by A. W. Thomas. 510 North Twenty-first street. Both machines were damaged.' Dangerous Snag Seen In Midstream ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 3. (Special.) Captain Babbldge. who came down the river this evening on the steam schoon er Tiverton, reports a large snag In the channel about 800 feet off the Wa terford dock. A small green painted skiff was lodged In the snag, which (s almost in the center of the channel and is a menace to vessels going up or down stream. Australia Blacklists Americans. MELBOTJRNK. Australia, via London. Aug. 4. The Commonwealth has issued a. blacklist of American firms. Trading with these firms is prohibited. CARS TO BE SCARCE Lack of. Water Craft Throws Burden on Railroads. GRAIN MOVING IS PROBLEM Worn-Out Rolling Stork Once Con demned Kprcod Into Cse Ayain and Shippers Are Asked to Co-operate for Public tJood. Because of the lack of sufficient vessels to carry grain, practically all of the crop of this state will have to be transported by rail this year. As a result, the Public Service Commission fears a car shortage, and is making strenuous efforts to prevent such a calamity. It is being aided by the railroad companies operating in Wash ington, and efforts are being made to have the shipping public co-operate. o the greatest possible extent. In the endeavor to meet the extra ordinary demand, the railroad com panies have made serviceable all of the old cars that it was possible to place in commission again, after once being condemned. These, and ail other cars that can be obtained for the purpose, are being stored at convenient points along the different systems, ready for ust as soon an the demand occurs. This is being done with fruit as well grain rolling stock. Notice Seat to Agents. In aiding the railroads to handle the abnormal traffic problem which confronts them during the crop sea son rush, the Public Service Commis sion has sent the following suggest ions to all railway agents and ship pers: Railroads -ar reqtieated: To placo ail cars without unnecessary delay. To move promptly all loaded cars rrem point of loading to destination. To pave necessary repairs made at once to cars requiring the same. To pay particular attention to tn eis- trlbutton of cars in order that empties mse bo concentrated as much sa posalbl near the centers or aemand. To co-operate to the fullest extent wltn the shippers In the matter of arranging ad routing ahtpment. so as to move tho trafflo mltti tho minimum amount of equipment. Shippers Asked to Co-operate. Shippers sre requested: To load and unload all freight -Kith tho utnioft promptness, regardless of tha 4.hour free-time limit permitted by our demurrage ru 1 . To load cars to full capacity tlO per cent above th marked capacity i. l o ortu-r no more cars than are absolutely Deeded. To alva the railroad company Immediate no: lea when car la released. To order cars In writing, stating numher wanted, time when and place where de sired, kind of freight to be shipped, and the final destination. Application for ears ahould b made In writing to an official or general aitent of the railroad, or agent. point nearest tha station, switch or sid ing where the cars aro to h. loaded. To bear In mind freight cars ara for transportation of goods and are not ware houses, and while they are idle waiting for loading and unloading, from tha stsnd polnt of efficiency they might as well be out of existence. A general compliance with these suggestions, the commissioners are confident, will materially reduce the danger of a car shortage. SHERIDAN TO HELP PAVING Citizens to Ia- Third of Cost of Sec tion of Tillamook Highway. SHERIDAN. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) As the result of a hearing yesterday of Sheridan citizens before the County Court of Yamhill County, at M'Minn- ville. IjOOO has been granted by tho court as Its share towards the paving of a mile and a half of the Portland Tillamook Highway leading; into Sheri dan. A mile of a lateral highway lead ing into the tjopher Valley district and joining on to the main pavement m ill also be laid. The county will share one-third of the proposed SIS. 000 expense. Another third will be paid by the mate and the laet third by subscriptions of Sheridan citizens and farmers, tirade stakes have been laid and the work will be rushed. A large part ot tho subscriptions has been raised, but the state and county funds will not be available until the Sheridan backers have raised their full quota. The committee appearing before the County Court was composed of W. O. Sims. City Attorney: A. J. Bewley. A. M. Fanning and B. N". Ryan, of tho Ryan-Allen Lumber Company. WATER USERS POINT WON Central Oregon Irrigation Invest! ' Cation Ordered. SALE.M. Or. Aug. 3. Special. De murrer of the Oregon Public Service Commission to the application of the Central Oregon Irrigation Company for a writ of prohibition preventing the commission from Investigating tho service provided by the company to its patrons was sustained today by Circuit Judge Galloway. The Central Oregon Irrigation com pany water Lsers' Association nad complained to the commission, asking for an investigation. The company pe titioned for a writ of prohibition to prevent the hearing. Judge -Galloway held that the Circuit Court had no Jurisdiction, and sustained the commis sion's demurrer. v The commission announced that It would proceed at once to fix the time for bearing evidence in the case. NEW ROAD OPENS TODAY Mllwaukle-Sellwood Highway Paved by County Employes. OREGON' CITY. Or.. Aug. S. (Spe cial.) The new Milwaukie-Sellwood road. Improved by the county wun a five-Inch coat of asphaltic concrete, will be open to traffic tomorrow, Iload master Roots announced today. The road is one of the principal avenues leading south out of Portland. The hardsurfaee is IS feet wide and is of the same class of Improvement as Main street. It was laid by county employes. County Judge Anderson believes that the road will not cost In excess of 80 cents a yard. The best road leading south out of Portland to Oregon City on the East Side is through Miiwaukie to Clacka mas and then to Oregon City. Ta Island road Is closed and the Eighty second street road Is more or less torn up. " V David Sterling Buried. The funeral for ravld Sterling, who died In this city July II. was heid yes terday at Finley's Chapel. Rev. J. n. Corby conducting. the services. Dr Stuart McGulre sang "Beautiful Isie of Somewhere." Pallbearers were Rob ert Brooks. Edward G. Gordon. George Quinlan. Charles Fox. William Morris. and Al tioruon. iniewni as niauo ' ' Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Stirling was 76 years old and had resided in Port land more than 18 years. He is sur vived by a daughter. Mrs. Carl Zim merman, of this city, and a son, Ray mond Sterling, of Omaha.