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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, TIIURSDAT. AUGUST 17, 191G. II STREETCAR STRIKE FLUSHES UP AGAIN Men in New York Threaten to Quit Forthwith Unless the Union Is Recognized. SITUATION IS SERIOUS Blayor Mitcliel and Commissioner Stroud Summoned Back to City. Company Reserves Control of Efficiency Matters. NEW YORK, Aug-. IS. Another strike of conductors and motormen employed by the New York Railways Company will be declared "forrnwith" unless the company grants, recognition of the union, acording to resolutions adopted at a mass meeting bf the men tonight. The situation has become so acute that Mayor Mitchel and Oscar S. Straus, chairman of the Public Service Com mission, re said to have been sum moned back to the city, the former from Pittsburg and the latter from Maine. Theodore P. Shonts.-"president of the Interborough Rapid Transit and the New York Railways Companies, In a letter addressed to the Mayor and Chairman Straus, tonight ailed atten tion to the ultimatum delivered to him by the employes' committee, which charged hat the New York Railways Company had violated the agreement of August 7, which brought the strike on the surface car lines to an end. Mr. Shonts denied that his company had discharged workers because of their affiliation with the carmen's union and added that "in many cases employes of this company have clearly violated the rules of this company, some of the violations increasing the hazard and endangering the safety of passengers on our cars." In a. circula distributed among its employes, the position of the company was defined in part as follows: "This company has not sanctioned the unionizing of its men. It has said that if any employe desires to Join a union he shall not be prevented from doing so by coercion, or intimidation; neither shall he be discharged for joining. It has also said that if any employe does not desire to join a union he shall not be coerced or intimidated into doing so either by unionized employes of this company or members of an organiza tion not employes of this company. "The company explicitly reserves the direction and control of employes in all matters looking to efficiency in the (service. The most important item of efficiency of service Is the maintenance of reasonable and fair discipline. The agreement stipulates that no matter relating to questions of discipline or efficiency shall be subject to confer ence or arbitration." HOOD RIVER SENDS QUOTA Residents Depart for Portland to Hear Hughes Speak. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) A large, number of Hood River County citizens, among them J. R. Nickelsen. chairman of the Republican county central committee, and Roy D. Smith, secretary, journeyed to Port land today to hear the address of Charles E. Hughes tonight. A number also motored down over the Columbia River Highway. Among the visitors from Hood River will be Rev. U. S. Crowder. pastor of the Congregational Church at Wasco, who, after a stay with friends here, left today for Portland, where he will call on Justice and Mrs. Hughes, who are his personal acquaintances. PIONEER OF EUGENE DEAD Mrs. Klizabetli Passes Away at Ripe Old Age 76. EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 16. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, pioneer, died at her home in Eugene early today, 76 years of age. She crossed the plains from Missouri with an oxteam in 1863. On the way her first husband, John Murphy, died at Denver. With three smal children she continued the journey to Califor nia, where, in 1864. she married John Bailey, a pioneer of 1847. They came to Oregon, residing on the old Bailey homestead, near Eugene, until Mr. Bailey died In 1895. The sons and daughters still living are Mrs. Laura A. Conger, of Farming ton. Wash.; E. M. Bailey. Lee Bailey and Mrs. Fannie Woods, all of Eugene. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P. M. Friday. STOCKHOLDER SUES MILL Sunset Company Asked to Pay for Mony and Supplies Furaislied. OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) The Sunset Lumber & Timber Company, operating a sawmill in the Barton district, is made defendant to i:ay by J. B. Cummins, a stockholder, in a suit for $2,234.37. the total of 10 claims. The stockholders of the Sun set Lumber & Timber Company sued for an accounting in the Circuit Court early this year. Mr. Cummins presents a wide assort ment of claims ranging from money advanced to milk delivered to the mill. G. A. LEE SPEAKS TONIGHT Vancouver to Hear Address by Guber natorial Candidate. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) George A. Lee, Republican can didate for Governor of Washington, will speak at' the corner of Sixth and Main streets at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening, in this city. A busy day has been arranged for Mr. Lee by A. vv. calder, of this city. During the day he will speak in Orchards, Brush Prairie, Battle Ground. Hockinson. Washougal. Camas. Blair's Corner and Vancouver.' Mr. Lee is well known in Vancouver, having made sev eral addresses here and also having made a number of visits here during the past several years. MORE RECRUITS SOUGHT Hood River to Hold Preparedness Meeting to Arouse Interest. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) For the purpose of stimulating recruiting in a local company of coast artillery, Oregon National Guard, in process of organization here, a pre paredness mass meeting will be held tomorrow night at the rooms of the Commercial Club. Addresses by prom inent business men and by prospective soldiers are planned. The Hood River cornet band will play. While last Saturday and Monday, following- the official announcement of Major W. W. Wilson, of Portland, that Hood River's application for the com pany had been granted, recruiting was brisk, interest waned yesterday and today, and those circulating the formal rosters fear that the company will lack the minimum list of 75 eligible soldiers by next Monday night, when the new company, according to plans, will be mustered in. "HOLD WHEAT," IS APPEAL Society of Equity Advises Members to Insist on $1.60. FAKGO, N: r., Aug. 16. The grain growers' division of the Society of Equity, an organization of farmers in Jiveral Northwestern states, today sent out an appeal to its members to hold their wheat this season until $1.60 a bushel is offered at terminals for No. 3 Northern. Equity leaders charge that grain manipu.ators have forced down the price of wheat in other years. PORTLAND MAN WINS BRIDE Clifford Ross and Miss Radford Are AVcdded at Hood River. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) With only immediate members of the family and a few friends pres ent, the wedding of Clifford Coleman Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ross, of Portland, and Miss Lelia Lincoln Radford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Radford, was solemnized- at high noon today at the East Side orchard home of the bride s parents. Rev. 3. E. Heineck, pastor of the Pine Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, was the officiating minister. Mr. and. Mrs. Ross took an after noon train for Portland. They will be at home after September 15 at Cor vallis. where Mr. Rose is connected with a mercantile establishment. Both Mr. Ross and his bride are graduates of the Hood River Hijfti School. Mr. Ross attended also the Oregon Agricultural College. FARMERS MAY USE WATER Umatilla Reservation Ranchers Told to Disregard Mills. UENDLETON . Or., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Umatilla reservation farmers who need water from the Umatilla River for irrigation puroses are ad vised by a letter from the United States Attorney to use as much as is neces sary, regardless of requests to the con trary from the Pendleton Roller Mills. The matter came to a head as a re sult of a request by the mill company to refrain from taking water for their land. ' Through Major Swartzlander, of the reservation, the matter was put before the Federal authorities at Port land. The view of the Federal attorney and Major Swartzlander is based on a recent decision made by Circuit Judge G. WP.helps setting forth the Indian rights to the water. GRANE CAMP BIG SUCCESS Hood River Organization Decides to Make It Annual Institution. ' HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) With a balance in the treasury to be devoted to next Summer's event, members of the Hood River County Pomona Grange declare that Summer encampments In the Upper Hood River Valley will be made permanent annual affairs. "And we believe that we have started a movement that will spread through out the state," says Mrs. E. W. Dunbar, one of the Pomona women members, who played an important part in the encampment of last week. President W. J. Kerr, of the Ore gon Agricultural College; Dr. Hector McPherson, Mr. Spence, Mrs. Bond and other .visitors from other parts of the state, according to Mrs. Dunbar, will attend next year. P0ST0FFICE WILL REMAIN Hood River Residents Oppose Removal to Another Site. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Hood River's postoffice probably will remain in the Masonic building, where it has been for more than a decade. A 'proposal to remove to a larger building was met with a petition signed by most of the business men of the town. Postmaster Reavis de clared the accommodations of the build ing were 'inadequate. A room of the Masonic building ad joining the postoffice is vacant, and this will be used to accommodate the increased business of the postoffice. Honeymoon to Ho Made in Car. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Mr. and Mrs. Banks Mortimer, who, following their wedding in Port land, Saturday afternoon, have been here with Mrs. Mortimer's mother, Mrs. Sue Armstrong on Paradise Farm, will leave tomorrow on an automobile honeymoon. They will tour through Eastern Oregon and Washington and National parks of the Rocky Moun tains, before going to their new home at Butte, Mont., where Mr. Mortimer is engaged in the automobile business. Mrs. Mortimer wag formerly Miss ,Le nore Adams, of this city. Date Set for Piling New Rates. OREGONIAN1 NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. 16. The Interstate Com merce Commission today gave the O. W. R. & N. Company until October 25 to file its new schedule of rates under the Astoria rate decision, this being only five days in advance of the date when the new rates will go into effect. All other carriers will be required to file their amended rates not later than October 1. Timbers Shipped to Colorado. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Two carloads of heavy timbers. 8x16x26, are being shipped from here by the DuBois Lumber Company, to Trinidad. Colo. These timbers will be used for stringers- in construction work there. The local company has been cutting lumber and timbers for a long period and have many orders yet to be filled. "Insanity" Proves to Be Love. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Felice Gengo sent to Steilacoom for treatment, because of his love for the daughter of a neighbor, was today released under $1500 bend to Joe Lemma, a friend at Linnton. Or. The superintendent declared young Gengo was madly infatuated with the young woman. Miles Goes to Signal Corps. CENT R ALT A. Wash.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Rex Miles, former manager of the Western Union here, has been transferred from Company M to the Signal Corps, according to Bert Kent, a private in the local company, who arrived home from Calexico yesterday. Illness was responsible for Kent's re- j lease. PLANT UNDER WAY Work on North Portland Ship yard to Begin Today. POWER LINES INSTALLED Standi fer-CIarkson Company Ex pects to Iay Down First Keel In 30 Days Big Volume of Business Assured. Work of driving piling for the first of five ways of the proposed wooden shipbuilding plant of the Standifer Clarkson Company.-which is to occupy 1500 feet of frontage on North Port land Harbor, will be started today, ac cording to announcement made yester day. Pile-drivers and other equipment have been accumulated during the past few days in preparation for the putting in of the piles as speedily as possible. The work of putting up the ways will be rushed and it is anticipated that the first keel will be laid within the next 30 days. The installing of power and water lines at the new yards is in progress and other preliminary preparations for the equipment of the yards are being made. After the first ways has been installed and active work started on the first vessel, the plan is to add other ways later, making the plant ultimately one of the largest of the kind on the river. The new plant will be adjacent to the Monarch mill, which is controlled by the Standlf er-Clarkson Company, there by making the lumber supply for the construction work easily available. The first vessel to be turned out will be of the auxiliary schooner type and will be 230 feet long. 43 feet beam and 23 feet deep. It will be a four- masted vessel and will have twin screws. It will be equipped with two Skandla cnglnas of 280 horsepower each. The schooner will be the first of sev eral vessels to be turned out for the Libby. McNeill & Libby interests and intended primarily for the Alaska fish ing trade. The Standif er-CIarkson 'Company has obtained a contract for turning out all vessels to be built in future for that concern. TWO GRAIX CARRIERS REPORT French Bark Reaches Quccnstown With $131,9 6 7 Cargo. Two more of the members of Port land's 1915-16 grain fleet were heard from yesterday, advices on their ar rival in port having been received at the Merchants' Exchange. The trench bark Notre dame d'Ar- vor reached Queenstown on August 15 after having been out from the Colum bia River 155 days. She left the river in the service of Strauss & Co.. carry ing 122,192 bushels of wheat valued at $131,967, clearing for the Azores for orders. The Norwegian ship Olivebank, which reached Fayal August 8, was 144 days on the trip from the Columbia River. She cleared for Nantes here, carrying 48,103 barrels of flour, shipped by the Portland Flouring Mills Company, val ued at $216,463. There are now but eight of the mem bers of the 1915-16 grain fleet which have not reported. They include the French bark Bonchamp. which cleared for the Azores: the British ship Holt Hill, en route to the United Kingdom: the Norwegian bark Musselcrag, for Ipswich; the French bark Bossuet, cleared for Ipswich; the British bark Alice A. Leigh, United Kingdom; the British bark Invergarry. Azores for orders; the British bark Inverlogle, United Kingdom for orders, and the British steamer King Malcolm. v United Kingdom for orders. HOPE OF SETTLEMENT FADES Seattle Waterfront Employers Satis fied With Non-Union Men. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 16. Hope of an early settlement of the longshore men's strike here was abandoned today, when representatives of the Water front Employers' Union informed Fed eral Mediator William Blackman that the employers had rejected proposals made by him for a joint conference of labor leaders and employers. The employers informed Mr. Blackman that they were entirely satisfied with the present status; that they were moving cargo regularly: had sufficient non union men at work, and would not consider any proposals from the long shoremen's union. Mr. Blackman said he would confer with directors of the Chamber of Com merce in an effort to bring pressure upon the employers to change their attitude. Chief of Police Charles Becklngham today ordered policemen who had been assigned to special waterfront duty to return to their regular posts. Chief Beckingham said he believed the or dinary waterfront patrol would be suf ficient hereafter. . XIPPO MARU ARRIVES HERE Japanese Steamer Brings Big Cargo of Hardwood and Sulphur. The Japanese steamer Nippo Maru got into the river Tuesday night, 17 days out . from Otaru. The steamer comes in the service of Mitsui & Co., and brings a heavy cargo of hard wood and sulphur, which will be dis charged at Municipal dock No. 1. She has aboard 900,000 feet of hardwood lumber and 1300 tons of sulphur. The Nippo Maru lat up from As toria at 10:20 yesterday morning and reached her berth at the Municipal dock last night. The work of dis charging cargo will be begun today, in order to give her quick dispatch. It is hoped to load the Nippo Maru here with a cargo of lumber for ship ment to the west coast of South Amer ica. In case this is done, she will then be loaded on the west coast with nitrates for Vladivostok. Mitsui & Co. expect to have another s'teamer in Portland harbor next month laden with Oriental products. POTTER IS REGATTA FLAGSHIP O.-W. It. & X. to Send Admiral Down Columbia in Royal State. Admiral John E. Cronin, of the As toria annual regatta, which is to be held September L 2. 3 and 4. will have the palatial sidewheeler T. J. Potter, of the O.-W. R. & N. fleet, as his flag ship. "Captain Budd, superintendent of the company's floating property. with William McMurray. general pas senger agent, made arrangements yes terday for the Potter to be placed at the disposal of the admiral and his staff. She will leave Portland the night of August 31, so as to be on hand for the opening exercises. "In operating the Potter as the offi cial regatta ship the regular service will not be interfered with, direct con nection being made at Megler for North Beach points as at present, also in the Astoria service," said "Captain Budd. "The regatta promises to be unusually attractive this year, the pro gramme for each day being excellent. and there is apparently widespread in terest in the events." SVELLS RAISE BIO POXTOOX Two Hurt but Accident' Does Xot Delay Repairs on Freighter. Through the raising of one pontoon on which the forward section of the Japanese steamer Kenkon Maru Xo. 3 was resting at the Port of Portland drydock about 2 o'clock Tuesday aft ernoon, p&rt of the scaffolding around the vessel was loosened and one work man named Smith sprained his ankle in jumping, while another named Ship man suffered an Injury to his left hip. The later was takea to a hospital last night, though no fracture was located. William Cornfoot, of the Alblna En gine & Machine Works, which is re pairing the ship, and E. W. Wright, manager of the Port of Portland, in vestigated the accident at once and both said it was not serious and would not affect the work, the men having resumed their labors. Mr. Cornfoot said that while the removal of cement and debris from the hold of the ves sel and plates from the hull had de creased the weight on the pontoons, he thought swells from passing steam ers were largely responsible. Harbor-, master Speier has issued a warning against vessels passing there under other than slow bell. The ship is on four pontoons and securely braced with shores. BARGE LOADS FOR ALASKA Schooner Carrier Dovo Reaches Ade laide With IiUmberCargo. Barge No. 41. which is loading lum ber for Anchorage. Alaska, is ex pected to be ready for sea by Saturday or Monday. The schooner Carrier Dove, which was dispatched from the Columbia River with 900,000 feet of lumber, reached Adelaide yesterday, according to advices received by the Merchants' Exchange yesterday. The Carrier Dove made a good passage. The next vessel to be disp'atched from the Columbia River for Australia will be the barkentine Georgina. which finished a lumber cargo at Knappton yesterday. She will leave for Sydney. The schooner Irmgard. which is working a cargo of lumber at West- port for South Africa, is expected to complete loading next week. The progress of loading the vessel has been stopped for a few days, while her deck is being calked. NORTH BANK IX DISTRICT C611ector Burke Obtains Results After Long Campaign. Months of strenuous efforts devoted to bringing all points on the Washing ton side of the Columbia River, from Pasco to its mouth, into the Oregon customs district were rewarded yester day w hen Collector of Customs Burke reccivi-d a copy of an executive order, slum d by President Wilson, providing for the area on the north bank of the river being -embraced in the one zone. Hereafter vessels loading on the Washington side will not be compelled to enter and clear through the Wash ington district, which often caused ex pensive delays and the payment of fees. If a vessel shifted across the river she was subjected to much detention and fees were exacted as though she was bound to or from foreign ports. It was known some time ago that the fight had been won. but the receipt of the executive order permits the change to be made effective at once. CIVILIAX SAILORS. OFF TO SEA Uncle Sam's Cruiser, New Orleans, Proceeds South for Target Practice. The United States cruiser New Orleans, which was detailed by the Navy Department to take civilians signing up for the naw.1 cruise to Southern waters, got away from As toria yesterday at 12:45 P. M.. after having taken aboard the contingent from Portland and interior points. The New Orleans reached Astoria from Seattle at 7:30 Tuesday night, lying over night in the harbor there. The vesseJ. will proceed to San Pedro and from there to Magdalena Bay off the coast of Mexico. There 6he will participate In the maneuvers and target practice with the regular Pacific fleet. WORK OX XEAV DOCK BEGINS Crawford Point Townsite Is Scene of Operations. ! MARSHFIELD. Or., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) The Portland. Eugene & Coos Bay Land Company, owners of the Crawford Point townsite, of several hundred acres on the east side of the bay, opposite North Bend, has started work on a large wharf and dock front ing its property. There is a causeway of 1000 feet leading to the channel and a 200-foot "L" at its terminus for dock age room. The whole will be supported on piling, with three-inch planking for cover. The company expects to have a county ferry established there within a year or two. to connect the place with points on the western side of the bay. Marine Xotes. The steamer ShaBta, which is to load 140O. 00O feet of lumber on the river for Califor nia shipment, arrived at the mouth of the Columbia, at mlclnisht. Tuesday nlRht. and left up at - A. M. yesterday. She is to take on cargo for Dant and Russell. fter having loaded 650.000 feet of lum ber at St. Johns and St. Helens, the steamer Carmel got away for San Francisco yester day, leaving Astoria at 3:30 A. M. The steamer Fort Brags completed a cargo of lumber on the river yesterday and got away for San Pedro at 12:45 yesterday afternoon. The steamer Santa Barbara also got away for San Pedro with a lumber cargo, yesterday. Four lumber vessels, -which will work cargoes on the river hero for shipment to California ports, got away from San Fran cisco for the trip north yesterday. They are the steamers Jalsy. Daisy Freeman, Daisy Gadsby and F. II. Buck. The Union olt tanker. Argyl, passed In past North Head last night at 7:3u, accord ing to advices received by the Government Lighthouse Bureau, here. The salmon ships Berlin and Levi G. Bur gess, owned by the Alaska-Portland Pack ers' Association, are expected to get away from Nushagak River, Bristol Bay. for the trip to the Columbia River, Sunday. They should reach this port In about z3 days. Iast year the Berlin hung up a record ot 10 days for the same trip, with wind and weather conditions favorable. The steamer Johan. Poulsen, -which la to resume operations in the lumber trade be tween this port and San Francisco. Is ex pected to get into the river from the Bay City today or tomorrow. She was tied up for a time on account of the strike. Captain J. W. Troup, formerly connected with the O.-W. R. & N- here, and now man ager of the Canadian Pacific Railway water lines, with headquarters at Victoria, was visiting In Portland yesterday with his wife and a number of acquaintances. Captain Troup took a trip out the Colum bia River Highway. He was the first man ager of the steamer Harvest Queen, which la still operating on the river. Estacada to Have New Dock. EST AC AD A, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.) The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company is erecting at. Esta cada a new. substantial loading dock, to accommodate the increased chipping of lumber, cordwood and heavy prod ucts, from the Springwater side of the Clackamas River. Tides at Astoria Thursday. High. Low. 3:tS A. M 7.8 feetl 0:30 A. M O.n foot 3:38 P. M 8.9 feetll0:20 P. M 0.6 foot Columbia Klver Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Aug. 16. Condition of the bar at & P. M.: Sea, smooth; wind, west four miles. BOAT NEARLY BURNS Fire Starts in Engine-Room of Schooner Fort Bragg. CREWS WORK EFFECTIVE While Steamer Harvest Queen Makes Haste to Aid, Schooner's Men Flood Flrcroom and Ex tinguish Flames. ASTORIA. Or. Aug. 16. (Special.) There was an exciting half hour this morning on board the steam schooner Fort Bragg, which sailed today for Cal ifornia with a cargo of lumber from St. Helens, and tor a time the destruc tion of the craft by fire was considered almost certain. The vessel's hard luck commenced before leaving the dock at St. Helens, when one of the sailors, who was as sisting in lowering a boom, was caught by a line and thrown .to the deck, breaking one of his legs. About 8 o'clock this morning, when the Port Bragg was off Altoona, a blaze started in the oil on the floor of the fireroom and soon spread to the woodwork. She was. slowed down slightly and the crew began fighting the fire with the extinguishers, but could not check it. In the meantime. Pilot Babbidge, who was on the bridge, signaled the steam er Harvest Queen for assistance, and the latter responded, but when the engine-room of the Fort Bragg was signaled to stop the engine there was no response to the deck. Accordingly, the burning craft was headed for the Tongue Point chute with the intention of beaching her below the point. The Harvest Queen, as soon as she could turn around, came alongside with her pumps working, but. fortunately, by that time the crew of the steam schooner, by running a deck hose through the skylight and flooding the fireroom, had controlled the flames. The Fort Bragg remained here, a couple of hours before proceeding toaea. in order to be certain the fire was entire ly extinguished. Aside from a scorching of the interior of the engine and fire rooms, the damage to the vcssel was not great. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUB TO ARRIVE. Xaroe. From Dat Great .'ortiiera. -. San Francisco... .In port Rose City . Loi Angeles. ..... Au. i7 Northern Pacific. . .San Franet-ro. . . Aug. IS Breakwater. ...... San Francl-lo. . . . Aug. leaver Los Annetea Aug. i A, Kiiburn San Francisco. ... ludert O.B TO DEPART. Name. For Tt. Great Northern. ... San Frandaco. . . - Aug. 17 Hose City Lea Anglei Aug. ltf Northern. Pacific. . Pan I ranciaco. .. .Aug. IV Klamath ..San Diego Aug. iy Multnomah ......tan Dleco .Aug. -0 Ureuhwater San Francisco. ... Aux. 23 Beaver.- l.o Ane.-s Aug. b A-Kllburn. . . . . . San Francisco. . . . lnueft Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Aug. 10. Arrived Steamer Shasta, from San .Pedro ; Japanese steamer Nippo Maru, from Otaru. Sailed Steamer Willamette, for San LHago via way ports. Astoria. Aug. 16. Arrived during the night and left up at 10:20 A. M., Japanese steamer Nipo Slant, from Otaru. Sailed at midnight, steamtr Santa Barbara; at X:3. A. M., steamer Carmel. for San Francisco. Arrived at midnight and left up at - A. M.. steamer Shasta, from San Pedro. Sailed at 10:23 A. M.. United States cruiser New Or leans, for cruise. Arrived at noon, Bteamer Great Northern, from San Francisco. Sailed at 111:45 P. M., steamer Fort Bragg, from San Francisco. Kan Francisco. Aug. 16. Sailed at mid night, steamer Daisy, for Columbia River; at 10 A. M., steamer Daisy Freeman, for Portland; at 2 P. M.. steamers Daisy Gads bv. for Columbia River; F. H. Buck, for Portland. Arrived at 3 P. M.. steamer Northern Pacific, from Flavel. Aug. 10- Sailed at S P. M., steamer Rose City, for Portland. Queenstown, Aug. 15. Arrived French bark Notre Dame D'Arvor. from Portland. Faval, Aug. 8. Arrived Norwegian ship Oliveband, from Portland for Nantes. Coos Bay. Aug. 10. Arrived at 7 A. M., steamer Breakwater, from Portland for Eu reka and San Francisco. Adelaide, Aug. 1-".. Arrived Schooner Carrier Dove, from Columbia River. Astoria. Aug. 1 5. Arrived at 7 :0 P. M. Vnited States cruiser New Orleans, from Se attle. Seattle. Aug. JR. Arrived Steamers Lvman Stewart. Michyo Maru (Japanese), from San Francisco: Ai-Ki. from Southeast ern Alaska; Prince George (British), from Skagway. Departed Steamers Humboldt, for Southeastern Alaska; Mariposa, for Southwestern Alaska ; prince George (Brit ish), for Anyox. B. C. San Francisco, Aug. 16. Arrived Steam er Belrldgu ( Norwegian), from Tquique: Solano. from Grays Harbor; Kurohlme Japanes, from Antofogasta; Washtenaw, from Wlllapa. Tenyo Maru Japanese), from Honckonjr: V. S. S. Oregon, from Seattle; Atlas. from Portland; Northern Pad firs, from Astnrin; Tahoe, from Grays Harbor; Knanto Maru (Japanese), from Hongkong; ship Marion Chllcoot. from Honolulu: schooner Esvda. from Antofogasta, Sailed Steamers Richmond, barge 9-1, for Seattle; Frank H. Ruck, Daisy Gadsby. Daisy Free man, for Astoria; Acme, for Ttosakl; Conr gress. for Seattle; Grace Dollar, for Puget Sound; Daisy, for Astoria, Hongkong. Aug. 1 1. Arrived; Steamer Deli, from San Francisco. Kirkwal!. Aug. T.. Arrived Steamer Cufcia, from San Francisco for Gothenburg. Yokohama. Aug. 14. Arrived Steamer "Yokohama Maru. from Seattle. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All position reported at II P. M. August 16, unlea otlierwltte designated.) Jtm Butler, San Diego for Sana Rosalia, COO miles south of an Diego. & P. M.. Aug ust 1&. San Juan, San Francisco for Balboa, 2oO miles south of San Francisco. W'apama, San Pedro for San Francisco, 115 miles south of San Francisco. Moffett. towing barge i3. San Francisco for Balboa. S4o ml lea south of San Fran cisco. Multnomah, Grays Harbor for- Sn Fran cisco. 19 mile south of the Columbia River, Klamath. San Francisco to Portland, in side Columbia River bar. City of Put-blo. Seattle for San Francisco, 64 miles south of Umatilla lightship. News From Northwest Ports. COOS BAY. Aug. 16. (Special.) The tug Defiance arrived from San Francisco this morning at 6:110 and sailed on the return trip at 2:SO. with the steam schooner Stan wood in tow. The steamship Breakwater arrived from Portland this evening at 0:: and sailed for Eureka tonight. The Breakwater will nail on the return from San Francisco August 11. The gasoline schooner Rustler called here en route from Rogue River to Portland, with a. cargo of canned sal mon from the Wed derburn Trading Company's plant The steamer Adeline Smith arrived from San Francisco at S:SO this morning. Captain Charles Erlckaon. who is to be come pilot on the dredge Col, Mkhte, ar rived today from San Francisco on the steamer Adeline Smith. The fltram schooner Prentiss arrived this afternoon at 2:30 from San Francisco and came for a. lumber cargo. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) The steamer Multnomah completing a cargo at the Eureka and National milts cleared today. The steamer Daisy Matthews Is due the first of the week to load a cargo for Hono lulu at the Donovan mill. The steamer Carlos arrived and Is loading at the Donovan mill. The steamers San Jacinto, which loaded at the E. K. Wood mill, and the Lakme, which loaded at the Hulbert mill, cleared today. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 16. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Mlrene arrived today from Waldport with freight. The steam schooners Klamath and Johan Paulsen are due from San Francisco. The tank steamer Argyll is due from Cali fornia, with fuel oil for Astoria and Port-' land. The steam schooner Carmel sailed for San Francisco, with a cargo of lumber from St. Johns. Bringing freight for Astoria and Portland, the steam schooner Shasta arrived during the night from San Francisco. Carrying a full cargo of lumber from West port, the steam schooner Santa Barbara sailed -for San Pedro. The steamer Great Northern arrived from San Francisco, with a full omrgo of freight and a fair list of "passengers, The t earner Sue H. Klmorc sailed today for Tillamook with freight from Portland. The barkentine Georgina finished loading lumber today at Knappton. She will sail In a day or two for Sydney. PUBLIC WEDDING PROFITS Couple to Be Married at Klma to Get lot and Lumber. ABERDEEN', Wash." Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) A residence lot, valued at $400, will be presented John G. Lewis, candidate for the Republican nomina tion for Governor, to the Aberdeen couple to be married at a public wed ding on the fairgrounds at Elma on September 10. ThP lot is on a planked street and in a growing- section of the town. "Hill men will donate the couple enough lumber, and shingles to erect a neat home and merchants (w ill present them with furniture and many larder sup plies. - The name of the couple is being kept a secret, but that the prospective groom is a member of two prominent Aberdeen lodges and the bride-elect a popular young woman, is announced. BANK PURCHASES BONDS The Dalles Will TTse Money to Buy Automobile Fire Trucfc. THE DALLES. Or.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) The First National Bank of this city has purchased the J50.000 Dalles city bonds, issued in compliance with the last election, which authorized the city to issue the bonds for the purchase of an automobile fire truck. The trans action was made Monday and the bonds were eold at par. The Dalles volunteer fire department has been working for this truck for the last two years and is elatevi over the results. A committee composed of firemen and a motor expert will leave the first of the week for Portland and other large cities to inspect the fire apparatus of those cities and determine the kind of fire truck desired. FAREWELL GIVEN VETERAN Gettysburg Survivor Is Honored by Comrades in Parting. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Members of Canby Post, G. A. R.. and the auxiliary organization. Canby Woman's ' Relief Corps, formed a party at the O.-W. R. & X. station this evening to bid farewell to J. H. Morse, a veteran of the Civil War and the last member of the corps who par ticipated in the great battle of Get tysburg. Mr. Morse whose wife died several months ago, goes to Anaconda, Mont., where he will reside with the family of a daughter. Mr. Morse was under the fighting General Hancock, of the Second Army Corps, and participated in many of the hard-fought battles of the Potomac. . . ! SLAYER SUSPECT IN HILLS Posse Hunts for Man Believed to Have Killed Indian Girl. SPOKAXE. Wash., Aug. 16. (Spe cial.) Federal authorities are search ing the mountains of the Colville In dian reservation for Edward F. May berry, who is charged with murdering Alice Vivian last Sunday night. It is believed that Mayberry has been located and the Federal Marshal here was asked to send reinforcements. It is known that Mayberry is heavily armed. His alleged victim was an In dian. He is described as three-fourths white and one-quarter negro, but it is believed that he is part Indian. Man to Man "You say your heart is acting up, and that you don't sleep well nights, and yet you don't believe coffee hurts you. . "There's a subtle, cumulative drug in coffee about 2V2 grains to the average cup. A little today a little tomorrow, and so it goes on, irritating the nerves, interfering with digestion and working changes that very often lead to ill health and dis comfort. "Hard to quit coffee, you say? Not if you have' the pleasant, healthful, pure-food drink POSTUM Made of whole wheat, roasted with a small amount of wholesome molasses, it contains only the . goodness of the grain no drug or harmful ingredi-ent-no coffee troubles. Postum comes in two forms. The original Postum Cereal, which has to be boiled; and Instant Postum soluble made in the cup with hot water, instantly. A delicious, economical, healthful table beverage "There's a Reason" for POSTUM $15,000 IS LOSS BY BASEMENT FIBE Blaze in Gordon Hotel Building Caused by Defective Heating Plant. PRINTERS BIGGEST LOSERS Two Tons of Paper and Equipment of H. C. Browne & Co. Dam aged Water Causes Loss to Grocery Stock. A downtown fire at 7 o'clock last night slid between J10.000 and 15,000 damage to the Gordon Hotel building at West Park and Yamhill streets, the chief sufferer being H. C. Browne & Co.. printers and publishers of Rural Spirit, an agricultural paper. The blaze is attributed to a defective heat ing plant in the basement. The fire started while E. I De Jar nett, superintendent of the Browne company, was working with four print ers in the shop. The furnace has been smoking for several weeks, the men say. and the blaze had a good start before they noticed anything unusual. The smoke was rolling in black col umns from the basement windoa.1 when the fire bureau arrived. Paper Stock Worth ?7KH. The Browne company had two tons of paper, worth about J7000, ttored in their basement, besides machinery worth nearly $20,000. The paper was , badly damaged. as there were four feet ' of water in the basement when the firemen had finished. The loss to thn machinery is largely problematical. Mr. De Jarnett declined to estimate the company's loss last night. Another loser was Joe Letiff. owner of a grocery store at 575 Yamhill street. The store was not reached by the fire, but was thoroughly wet and filled with smoke. The Gordon Hotel was filled with smoke to the fifth story. Hotel patrons for the most part stood at their win dows and gazed curiously at the crowds on the street, although one woman be came frightened and fled to the street, carrying a parrot in her hand. Spectators Get Sprinkled. Firemen created a diversion when they sprinkled a section of the crowd while working on a refractory nozzle. Tho building is owned by the Central Realty Company, of which S. Morton Conn is president. G. A. Metzger. man ager ot the building, said that the printers had complained of the heating plant, and that last week he had or dered the furnace cleaned. Mr. Metz ger said he understood that the clean ing had been done. All the downtown fire apparatus was called out. Train Hits Picnic Party. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 16. Martin S. Field, 73 years old, of Seattle, was killed today when an automobile in which he and six others were going to a Sunday school picnic at Lake Bal linger. 15 miles north of here, was struck by a northbound Everett elec tric Interurban train at Esperance sta tion. L. Hunt suffered a broken col larbone. The other occupants of the automobile, including Rev. Edward M. Randall, pastor of the Oilman Park Methodist Episcopal Church, and three "hildren, escaped with minor bruises. Chicago has C0S3 lawyers, a sain of 2-S In a year. ' 1 1