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HOPELESS WAIT FOR WEDDING
RING LEADS GIRL TO SHOOT
Fern Burch, 21, Mother of Lovable Little Bobbie, Tells of Mental Distress
for Nameless Child That Impelled'Her to Wound Albert F. Hembree.
Christmas
Present
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To be Sold by the Liquidator
Builders of Steel Xra.t De
mand "Closed Shop" at
Three Local Plants. '
Of money-can be sent by you to your
friends throughout the United States
by use of bank drafts better than in
any other way.
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FFERS are hereby requested by the undersigned for the purchase of the busi
ness ana assets or tne western Logging Co, Limited, In liquidation, of
TITE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. 3IOXDAT. DECEMBER 18, 1916.
JANUARY 1 REPLY DATE
Employers Scorn Compromise Sug
gestion Union Men Authorize
Metal Trades Council to
Order Walkout.
NUMBER OF" MEN IWOLVED
AT VARIOUS SHIPBVILDINO
PLANTS HAVING DIFFER.
EXCES WITH UNION LA
BOR OFFICIALS t
Northwest Steel Company. ...1500
Willamette, Iron & Steel
Works 800
Columbia River Shipbuilding
Corporation (Smith & Wat-'
eon Iron Works) 700
Average monthly wages per
man. 1100.
Total monthly payroll of men
affected. $300,000.
Unless a basl3 of compromise or
agreement is reached before January
1 the pending differences between the
steel shipbuilders of Portland and their
organized employes may develop into
a etrike.
A strike, with all its disturbances
and distress, looms more imminent as
the new year approaches, without any
Visible signs of a settlement.
Both sides remain firm In their ex
pressed intention not to yield. The
union men have gone so far as to au
thorize the directors of the Metal Trades
Council to call a strike, at their dis
cretion, if the demands for a "closed
shop" submitted to the employers last
Thursday are not met.
The proposed agreement presented by
officials of the Metal Trades Council to
officials of the three affected ship
yards asks for a reply not later than
January 1.
It carries with It the implication that
a strike will be called on that date if
the terms are not granted. But heads
of the unions profess that they will
not take hasty action in the event the
employers display a disposition to meet
with them and negotiate their differ
ences.
Employers Scorn Compromise.
On the other hand, the employers
manifest no such disposition and. scorn
any suggestion of a compromise.
They insist on a continuation of the
"open-ehop" policy. . The Chamber of
Commerce is behind them in their po
sition. That is the situation this morning,
and it promises to remain that way
unless one side of the other gives In
or unless they meet on the common
ground of mutual understanding.
Inasmuch as the bone of contention
ie the "open shop," compromise is quite
impossible. One side or the other will
have to yield. It is impossible, appar
ently, to compromise the "open-shop"
question. A place employing men is
titner an open shop or It is not an
open shop.
At present the Portland shipyards
are "open shops. That is, they em
ploy the men they need, as they need
them, regardless of their affiliation or
lack of affiliation with the union. A
"closed shop" such as the union men
want is on in which non-union men
can be employed only with the con
sent of the union.
About 3000 Men Affected.
If a strike is called approximately
SOOO men will be affected. That is, it
is estimated that 3000 men engaged in
the various trades embraced by the
Metal trades Council are employed in
the three local shipyards. It is agreed
on both sides that approximately 80
per cent of the men belong to the
unions. organizers are actively at
'work among the others, however, and
are said to be winning new members
every day. They solicit the men while
at work, while going to or returning
from work, and even call upon them
at their homes, it Is said.
If the strike comes an appeal will be
made to all organized men to quit.
union men assure themselves, too, tha'
a heavy percentage of the others wil
quit also.
. On the other hand, the employers as
sert, with equal assurance, that vir
tually all the non-union men and many
union men will remain loyal and con
tinue at work.
It is apparenT""that the owners will
attempt to operate their plants In the
event of a strike. But If they can't
operate they are prepared to close down
entirely without the loss of anything
much except their time.
Their contracts with the shipowners
carry strike clauses, relieving them
from penalties due to loss of time on
that account.
FISHING GRAFT ORDERED
DA BARE PLANT AT TACOMA CON
TRACTS TO BUILD 35 BOATS.
Vessels to Be Launched at Rate of Two
a Week Average Length la 63
Feet and Cost $6500 Each.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 17. (Special.)
Contracts for the construction of 35
large fishing boats and cannery tend
ers have been placed with the Babare
Bros", shipyard here during the last
three or four weeks, and an average of
two vessels a week will be launched at
the yards from the present week until
the last of July.
The aggregate cost of the big fleet
win oe about Z3u,ooo, but additional
contracts expected to be closed in the
nest few weeks will bring the number
to 50 or more boats, and the con
struction cost to approximately $325,
000. At the present time there are eight
65-foot power seineboats and cannery
tenders under construction at the
Babare yards, and as Boon as one is
off the ways work on another begins
Immediately.
When the boats come off the ways
they are not merely completed hulls,
but are equipped with machinery and
oil tanks and ready for their trial runs.
In order to clean up the present con
tracts it will be necessary to turn out
an average of two boats a week com
plete and ready for operation.
The average size of the boats Is 65
feet in length, and the average cost
completed is $6500. Many of them are
for Oregon owners.
Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, Ewe. 17. Condition of the
bar nt B P. M.: Channel obsouredl wind,
northeast, lour miles.
Tides at Astoria Monday.
High. Low.
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7:21 P. M.....6.& tt.tjl.6o p. U 2.4 X..t
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BY LEONE CASS BAER.
WANT a big heavy gold ring, I
told him, not one of these little,
thin, stylish ones, for our wed
ding ring. I told him I wanted it that
kind so that when we grew old It
wouldn't be worn to Just a shadow, or
broken, but that I could wear It for
ever. That's what I told him, 'It's to
last forever. Just like our happiness,'
I said."
The girl's voice trailed Into a soft
wistful note and Fern Burch, who last
Wednesday night shot and wounded
Albert F. Hembree, the man -she says
is the father of lrr child, looked at the
slim clasped fingers, unringed, but
beautified by work for her two loved
ones, Bobbie and Mother Burch.
'He said I should have a ring, the
kind I wanted. I used to look af them,
lying in their velvet cases Jn Jewelers'
windows and dream of the day when
Albert and I would be married and I'd
have one. That hoop of gold summed
up the whole world to me. Tou know
that even in these days, when living
is so high and girls have to get out and
work the same as men, there's no girl
but looks forward at least in her heart
even if she doesn't admit It. to the pos
sibility of marriage.
Envy Is Absent.
It seems to me it's something that
Just belongs In the natural order of
things. I can cook, and sew, and make
one dollar do the work of five and I've
never been envious or wanted clothes
or Jewelry or things other girls more
fortunate have. I've looked at lovely
things in shop windows and wlshd I
had things for me and mother, but It
has never made me unhappy.
Whenever any of the girls I work
with had some new pretty thing I was
so glad for them. I've always been so
busy being thankful for the good
things Fve got occasionally, and the
work Ive been able to do, that I
haven't had time to be envious or wor
ry about what the other girls get."
A beautiful philosophy, thought I,
watching the light from the open stove
door playing on the sensitive, reltned
face of this poor little girl-mother, bit
of human flotsam tossed almost into
the role of murderess through the cru
elty and lack of honor in one man.
She la Only 21.
She Is only 21 slender and good
looking. Her voice is low and beauti
fully modulated, her eyes are brown
and full of soft shadows, her hair is
a mass of waving brown fluff brushed
simply to the nape of her neck, and
there Isn't one cheap, tawdry charac
teristic about her.
Her poor mind has been tortured un
til at times It is difficult for her to
concentrate and then it is, she seemed
to me. Just like a little girl you'd
want to cuddle while she told you her
grief. She shrinks from all the pub
licity attending the attempt she made
to end Al Hembree's existence, but out
of all tho muddle and woe and trying
to solve a problem old as the universe
she has found one glorious ray of
light.
"Mr. Logan and Mrs. Logan came to
see me and they've told me .how I can
give Bobbie a name." she said. "And
that Is all I've wanted a name for my
little boy. Mother tried to get the law
to make Al Hembree give Bobbie a
name, but the law couldn't because I
was of age. But there is a way, Mr.
Logan says.
Her Mother to Adopt Child.
"He is going to have Bobble adopted
by my mother and then Burch will be his
legal name. I am so happy about it.
I want mamma to own him. She has
been like I imagine, God is, to me.
When I found out that Bobbie was
coming and that Al Hembree didn't in
tend to marry me I cried all my nights
to her."
Fern Burch digressed here in a way
that explains all.
"Mother had been called to Iowa to
be with her sick brother, and every
night when I went to bed I could feel
the mother way she'd always had ever
since I was a little girl, a way of put
ting the last croon of love Into her
good-night kiss.
"I could see her Just as plain, the
way she cried when Al Hembree asked
her If he could marry me, and hear
her tell him to be good to me. And
then she had to leave, and Al said it
would be all right because we were to
be married anyway. And when the
horrible nights and days all settled
ovsw me like a gray shadow, I thought
I would go Insane.
Birth Meant Better Life.
"But never once did I want to rid
myself of the baby, or to give him up
when he was born. His birth meant
my birth to a higher, better living,
with "a wider understanding, a deeper
feeling and a positive aim. It is one
thing to idle away one's own talents,
it is another thing to neglect the possi
bilities in a life entrusted to one's
care.
"After the first rush of Joy at hav
ing this wonderful little baby for my
very own, the pride In his fine little
body, and my gratitude to mother and
the good doctor who helped us, came
m v new realization of my own bigger
responsibility, and the fact that Bobbie
had no nam ate Into my heart like
acid.
"And that Is what has never been
out of my mind for one instant, waking
or sleeping that the man whose name
Bobble should bear , refused to make
amends the only amends possible. The
man stood for nothing. In my mind. I
would have divorced hlm Instantly, but
I wanted Bobbie to have his father's
name."
And that Is why Fern Burch shot Al
bert Hembree.
Tiny Cottage Is Home.
She and her mother live In a tiny
cottage, and, like that other one famed
in song, "The outside Is old and mean,
but all within that little cot la
toia mm. not one or these uttie. lit ill
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MISS FERN BURCH AND ALBERT F.
HEMBREE.
wondrous neat and clean." Fern and
her mother and tlie amiable Joy-lamb.
Bobbie, and I eat in a circle about the
stove in the aitting-room.
You d love Mother Burch. too. Ma
hola she is, by baptism, with round,
rosy cheeks, tired but beautiful gray
eyes, gray hair and a laugh that bobs
up merrily after every teardrop. Mother
Is from Green County. Indiana, and
Fern was born at Marysvllle. Mo.
"If you'll come Into the front room,"
said Fern. "I'll show you some of the
things Al gave me to -put in nr house
when we married. They aren't much,
and I expect some folks would laugh,
but they meant a lot to me. Mother,
you fetch Bobbie and I'll carry the
lamp."
And while the film shows us leaving
the little sitting-room, rag-carpeted
and plainly furnished, traipsing down
the little cold hall and into the colder
front room with its enlarged portraits
and Nottingham lace curtains with
Fern Burch, slim and young and splen
didly womanly, standing like Liberty
holding aloft the flickering coal oil
lamp, and picking out iu its yellow
glare the objects Al Hembree had
given her to adorn their dream-home.
I want to tell you about Bobby.
Difference Is Gold Ring.
The only difference between your
beautiful little boy. Mrs. Somebody who
reads this, and Fern Burch s beautiful
little boy. is that you wore a wedding1
ring when they laid his little baby
face close to yours on the pillow. Your
baby presses his little nose against the
window pane and waits. Jabbering hap
pily with a mouth warm with moist
kisses for the big Daddy to come home
and toss him as high as the celling,
oft go for a fine ride on Daddy's shoul
ders before bed time.
Bobby Burch can say Daddy It was
the first word he learned to say, but
his father has never heard Jthe baby
lips call. The only time Bobby's father
even saw his little son, the molMr
says, was when he was bringing a tew
dollars to pay .her, because a wise
Judge had made it a point of. Jaw.
It was a pretty matter of going to
Jail or paying Fern Burch, his baby's
mother. $o a week until the magnifi
cent sum of $125 had been paid her.
Only on a few occasions, she said, he
brought it.
Baby Seen Only Once
"And the one time that Albert Hem
bree ever saw Bobby," said the girl
mother, "he didn't -even stoop over the
cradle; he didn't even stop walking to
ward me to hand me the money.
said A1, don't you want to see our lit
tle son, he's a lovely baby,' and my
heart Just stood still, I was hoping he
would take the little fellow up, and
look at him and maybe love him. But
all he did was merely to glance at the
cradle. I m sure if ever he d held Bobbie
in his arms he couldn't have helped
love him."
And having met the fascinating
Bobby, who explored my pocket for
pencil, and who shrieked with Joy at a
devilish rabbit with wobbly ears I drew
for him. with a whole flock of baby
rabbits trailing across the paper. I'm
sure only an iron post would refuse to
love Bobble.
He has the adorable methods known
to the world of babyhood. He "makes
eyes" at his mother, and his eyes are
lovely big blue ones that say words
for him that his baby mouth hasn't yet
learned to-say. His body is beautiful
big and strong, with satiny skin, with
dimples tucked in his smooth little fat
elbows and roundy knees.
Oh. we became firm, fast friends
Bobbie Burch and I, and it isn't going
to end there. I know where there's
a choo-choo train, a little Iron one
that won't ruin hla constitutlcn if he
laps its point or eats Its whistle, and
Santy is going to take it to Bobble
Burch and I'm going over to Bobbie's
house next day and play on the floor
with -em. Bobble is 17 months old. and
he's bright and bonny, and. oh, .the
lovm est uttie reiiow.
"Sometimes mother and I sit here at
nights ana cry. said t em. "and all o
a sudden Bobbie comes out from be
nina tne stove, or wakes with a cry
in the bedroom, or maybe we Just spy
one oi ms stockings on a chair, and
it s exactly as if the sun had come ou
through gray clouds.
"You know there's few babies who
have less material things than ours,
but there's no baby in the world who
has more love. She said it simply
and hardly seemed to realize that she
had sounded the keynote, touched with
reverence the biggest chord in life
harmony, that of mother love. She has
two womanly virtues that conduce to
the best good of her baby. She has
good nature and good sense. These
two virtues constitute domestio poise.
One is Just as essential as the other.
Rates, 10
cents per
$100.00.
Call
regarding
the matter
STEAMER IS TAKEN
Deal for Northwestern to Be
Closed Today.
EARLY DELIVERY EXPECTED
G. Ii. Clair Says Addition to "Big
Three" FlectWlU Jfot Be Profit
able to Company, bat Is
Done to Help Shippers.
The steamer Northwestern, belong
lng to the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, will be put on the run between
Portland. San Francisco and San Pedro
the latter part of next week to replace
the wrecked steamer Bear, of the San
Francisco & Portland line, according to
present plans.
Announcement of this was made by
G. L. Blu.tr, of San Francisco, general
manager of the "Big Three" line, who
was In Portland yesterday en route to
Seattle to close the deal for the steam
er. Mr. Blair said that with three
steamers on the run his concern hopag
to be able to work out a schedule
whereby there would be sailings every
four days from Portland.
Mr. Blair said that he did not ex
pect any trouble in securing the char
ter of the steamer as negotiations or
a favorable character had already been
taken up with the owners and an agree
ment practically reached. The plans
are to close a contract for the steamer
to March 1. 1917. with the possibility of
V extension.
With tho Northwestern on the run
Mr. Blair estimated that his concern
would be able to handle 14.000 tons
additional of freight each month. This,
he predicted, would relieve the con
gestion resulting from the shortage of
cars.
'The high rates which we are com
pelled to give for the steamer means
that we will be unable to come out
whole." said Mr. Blair last night. "We
will put the steamer on the run. how
ever, in order that we may accommo
date shippers who have been relying on
us In the past. The shortage ot cars
has resulted in a large quantity of
Willamette Valley freight and ship
ments from other sections of the ter
ritory tributary to Portland being re
routed over our line. These shipments
customarily are sent by rail. As a con
sequence many of our old shippers
have almost been crowded out. How
ever, an additional steamer will rectify
this condition.
The steamer Northwestern has been
operating on the run from the Sound
to Alaska. She Is a steel vessel and
has good accommodations for passen
gers and freight. She has a number of
two-berth rooms and suites, and is
said to be in first-class condition.
The Northwestern was constructed
In 1890 by the Delaware River Com
pany, of (Chester, Pa. She Is a steam-
r of 3497 tons and Is 336 feet long.
43 feet beam and 22 feet deep.
LUMBER HANDLERS EXT STRIKE
Tacoma XTnlon Members to Work Un
der Open-Shop Rnles.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec 17. (Special.)
The lumber handlers' union of the
port gi t Tacoma has called off the strike
which has been in existence since June
1. 1916. and have returned to work
under open shop principles. Approxi
mately 400 men are affected by the
order in addition to all the labor unions
of Tacoma who have been paying strike
assessments which are relinquished.
The lumber handlers quit with the
longshoremen. At that time they were
getting 65 cents an hour straight time
and 75 cents an hour overtime. They
asked 60 cents straight time and II an
hour for overtime. Before the strike
was called preference was given union
crews, but employers saia toaay mat
no discrimination between union and
nonunion workers would be made here
after. MAKAWELI MASTER WINS BET
Captain Nielsen Earns $2 50, Beside
Breaking Record In Voyage.
Not only did Captain Thomas Neilsen
hang up a record for himself when he
took the barkentlne Makaweli Into
Newcastle. J. S. W.. harbor last Mon
day 50 days after leaving tho Columbia
River with lumber, but he also won
a wager for 1250 by his quick trip.
Previous to sailing from the river
Captain Neilsen made a wager with
Captain A. S. Hansen, master of the
barkentlne Aurora, which sailed from
Port Angeles with lumber for Sydney.
The conditions of the wager were that
the firs- man casting anchor at his
destination was to receive the money.
The Aurora has not yet arrived out.
according to information received here.
8 LUMBER CARGOES LOADING
Vessels Will Take 7,000,000 Feet
From Portland Mills.
Ap-voxlmately 7.000,00 0 feet of lum
ber will be taken out of the river by
lumber carriers which are now load
ing here. Four of these 'are off-shore
vessels and will take out 4.000.000 feet
of Oregon fir to Australian ports.
Coasting steamers, of which there are
four new on the river, will take ap
proximately 3,000,000 feet to California.
The American bark Olympic, which
Is loading at the Portland Lumber
Company's dock, will be dispatched to
Melbourne. She Is in the service of
the American Trading Company. The
sohooner George E. Billings, now at
Astoria, will go to Sydney for Comyn,
Mackall & Co. The American barken
tine Benlcia, la loading at Westport for
NOTIONAL
BANK
Capital and Sarplaa (2 ,000,0 00.
Third and Oak Street,
k'ortland, Oresoaw
Hind. Rloph & Ox, and will take out
Cargo consigned to Sydney. Tha car
rier Dove, an American schooner, la
loading at Prescott for J. J. Moore and
will be dispatched to Sydney.
Coasting lumber carriers loading In
the river Include the steamer Santa
Monica, the Daisy Freeman, the Iaisy
Putnam and the Santlam. All will go
to California when they have com
pleted their cargoes.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Etesmer Schedule.
DUE TO AKRIVS.
Kama. Fron tt.
Northern Pacific. . .Fan Francisco. ..-In port
Breakwater....... tan Francisco. ... Deo. 19
Rooe City ....-Los Angelea. ..... Dec. JIO
F. A. KllLurn. ... Pan Francisco. .. . Dvo. 24
Beaver Los Ar.ce.es. ... . ..Dec 27
PUS TO DEPART.
Kama For Tata.
Yale S F. rrr L.A.-S.D. Deo. 18
Multnomah San Diego ..Dee. 18
Southern f aclfle. . .fciin t raaclsco. . . .Dec Id
Harvard 8.F. for L,. A.-S.D. Deo
Br.sk water. ...... em Francisco. .. Dec.
Klamath. ......... ban Dleso....... Dec
Hoes City. ........ Los Angeles..... Dee.
Wapama jm Iiu-go Dec
F A. Kllbirn. .....San Francisco. .Dec.
Bearer An soles Dec
ill
1:2
3
SO
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Dec." 1.
(Special.) The steamers Carlos and Idaho
cli-area, the former from the Donovan mill,
for San Pedro, and the lsuter for ban Fran-
cIhco from the Wilson mill. The Idaho was
towed south by the tug Hercules, of San
Francisco.
The steamers Kvea and CThehalla arrived.
The Svea Is loading at Wilson Brothers'
mill and the Chelialis at tha Lyttle rulil.
a xieet or rive steamers is due to arrive
tomorrow from San KTanclsco.
MARSUFIELD, Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.)
The steamer Adeline Smith sailed tills aft
ernoon at 4:4T for Oakland.
Vh irasoltne schooner I-tustler sailed for
Rosue Kiver at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Tho steamer Breakwater arrived from the
south at 7 this morning end sailed for
Portland late this afternoon.
'The steamers Hardy and Yellowstone
both sailed lrora North Beud this afternon.
ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) The
steam schooner Norwood sailed during the
night for tian Franclaco with a cargo of
paper from Portland.
Carrying a cargo of lumber from St.
Heleus. the steam schooner Celllo sailed
during the night for an Pedro.
After discharging fuel oil at Portland, the
tank steamer W. S. Porter sailed during the
night for California,
The steam schooner Necanleum arrived
this morning from Kan Francisco and went
to the Hammond mill to load lumber.
Carrying freight and passengers from
Portland and Astoria. The steamer F. A.
KUburn sailed this morning for San Fran
cisco via Coos Bay and Eureka.
Bringing a capacity cargo of b general
freight and a fair list of passengers, the
steamer Northern Pacific arrived today from
Sun Francisco.
The steamer Beaver sailed early this
morning for an Francisco and San Pedro,
carrying a full cargo of freight and a good
passenger list from Portland and Astoria.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17. (Special.)
The r-tandard Oil tanker El 3egundo, with
the barge Pico In tow, bound from San
Pedro to the Columbia River, put Into port
tms morning -ith First Officer Dan uomp-
son suffering from a tfuvere tnury to his
head. Thompson slipped on the deck, strik
ing his head, and Captain McKellar de
elded to put into port as no medical atten
tlon could be given the Injured officer. The
11 Secundo later left for Astoria.
carrying a large cargo or lumner ana
general merchandise, the Grars steamer
Colusa departed today for Antofagasta.
The Japanese stt'iimer Khinkoku Maru.
laden with a full cargo. Including a great
amount of steel and cotton, steamed for
Yokohama and Kobe today.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dee. 17. (Special.)
Bringing a light passenger list and general
Alaska cargo, the steamer Dolphin arrived
at 7:10 A. M. from Skagway, Juneau and
way ports.
."he steamer TTmatllla arrived at 8 A. M.
from San Francisco and departed tonight
to discharge cargo at Tacoma and an
couver. "
Movements of Vessels.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec 17. Arrived down at
midnight and sailed at 2 A. M.. steamer
Heaver, for San Francisco and San Pedro.
Sailed at 2:1S P. M.. steamer Celllo. for
San Diego via way ports. Arrived at
A. M.. steamer Necanleum, from 6an Pedro.
Sailed at - P. steamer F. A. Kllsum
for San Francisco via Coos Bay and Eu
reka. Arrived at 2:15 P. M.. steamer
Northern Pacific, from San Francisco,
SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. IT. Arrived
Steamer Rose City, from Fan Pedro, for
Tortland. December J Sailed at n P.
M.. steamer Daisy, for the Columbia River,
Sailed, steamer Northland, fur Portland.
SAN PEDRO. Dec. 18. Sailed Steamer
Rose City, for Portland via San Francisco.
El'REKA, Dec 18. Sailed Steamer
Brfnkwa'er, from San Francisco for Coos
Day and Portland.
ASTORIA, Dec. 16. Palled at 8 P. M.
steamer Col. E. L Drake: at 5:30 P. M.
steamer W. S. Porter, for San Francisco; at
6:30 P. M., steamer Norwood, for San Fran
cisco.
PEATTLE, Deo. 17. Arrived Steamers
Dolphin, from Southeastern Alaska; Uma
tllla. from San Francisco; Prince George
from Any.it, ii. C Sailed -Prluce George
for Anyox. B. C
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 17. Arrived
Pteamers Klamath. Northland, El Segundo
from Portland; Chehalis, from Grays Har
bor: Rose City, from t-an feoro; President.
rrom peatrie. naitea aninaoau jaaru uap
anese). for Yokohama.
TACOMA, Wash.. Dec. 17. Arrived
Steamer Juneau. from Alaska; steamer
Thorbjom (ex George TV. Fen wick), from
San Francisco.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported at 8 P. M., Decern
ber 17, unless otherw ie drshrnated.)
Governor, San Francisco for Seattle, 150
mlls north of Cape Blanco.
Willamette. San Francisco for Grays Har
bor, off Cape Mears.
Breakwater. Coos Bay for Portland, 85
miles south of the Columbia River.
Kliburn. Portland for Coos Bay. 80
miles south of the Columbia River.
Senator. San Francisco for Seattle. 92
miles south of Cape Flattery.
Matsonla, Honolulu for San Francisco, Ml
miles from San Francisco at S P. M., Decem
ber 16.
Atlas. Kahulut for El Segundo, 1810 miles
from El Segundo at 8 P. M., December 16.
Acme. San Francisco for Tslng Tau, 1873
miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M.. De
cember Id,
Wllhelmina, San Francisco for Honolulu,
1116 miles from ban Francisco at 8 P. M.
December 16.
Ducas, towing barge 95, Port Angeles for
Richmond, 21H miles north or Klchmond.
Klamath, San Francisco for St. Helens.
55 miles north of Point Reyes. .
El Segundo. El Segundo for Portland.
ISO miles north of San Franclaco.
Scofleld. Seattle for Richmond, BO miles
north of Richmond.
Topeka, nu Francisco for Eureka, five
miles south or .'oint Arena.
Yosemlte, San Francisco for Fuget Sound
16 miles north of Point Reyes.
Santa Crux. Fuget 8ound for San Fran
cisco. 12 miles north of San Francisco.
Richmond, Honolulu for Sao Francisco,
Vancouver. x. consisting oi umncr noiuings ana logging ouuits.
The Company has been operating two logging camps at Cracroft Island. B. C,
and has two complete logging outfits in first-class condition, mostly new ma
terial. The outflta constat roughly of 7 logging engines with necessary wire
rope and rigging. 2 blacksmith shops. 2 camp outfits, bunk-houses, etc, ap
praised by the liquidator at $34,069.31.
The timber of the Company Is held under British Columbia timber licenses,
crown grants, and timber sales and Is estimated by the liquidator at 87.250.00i)
feet, consisting of cedar, hemlock and fir. principally cedar. Timber is well
situated for logging, and camps and roads have been constructed and about
760.000 feet of timber la cut and bucked In the woods ready for hauling.
For farther particulars and Information addreaa
John Danaher, Liquidator
The Bank of California
National Association.
Capital paid In Gold Coin $8,500,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits $8,316,419.66
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Issue Commercial Letters of Credit covering importation of mer
chandise, as well as Letters of Credit for use of travelers through
out the United States and Foreign Countries.
Interest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits
Head Office San Francisco
PORTLAND BRANCH-Third and Stark Sts.
Wm. A. MacRae.
Manager
0S6 miles from San Francisco at S P. M.,
December 16.
Multnomah. San Francisco for Grays Har
bor. 285 miles north of Fan Francisco.
Curacao. Seattle for San Franclaco. err
Mendocino.
Beaver. Portland for Baa Franclsoo. S3
miles north of Mendocino.
Adeline Smith. Coos Bay for Fan Fran
cisco 342 miles north of San Francisco.
Celllo. St. Helens for Son Franclaco, off
Cape Arago.
Drake. Portland ror Kicnmono, -o miles
rorth of Richmond.
Wlndber. San Francisco Tor isemngnam.
50 miles north of Mendocino.
Oregon, San Francisco for Aberdeen, zoo
miles north of San Francisco.
Queen. Seattle for San Franclaco, ten
miles north of Rlanco.
Lewis Uuckenbach. Bavboa for Vancouver,
640 miles south of San Francisco.
Great Northern. San Pedro for Honolulu.
489 miles southwest of San Pedro.
Peru. San Francisco for Bsuooa, Z30 mliea
south of Mazatlan.
John D. Archbola. San Francisco ror rnew
York. t3SS miles south of 8an Francisco.
Ravalli. San Pedro Tor rn rrancosoo, 21
miles weet of Point Vincent.
Bradford. Chile for Saa Pedro, B13 miles
south of San Pedro.
Asuncion. San Pedro for n meffo, CO
miles northwest of Point Lams.
TJ. S. Naval Radio Reports.
NORTH HEAD. Wash.. Dec 17. Collah.
(Owing nniivuni, wr . , . .
Columbia River at noon. December 17.
POINT ARGVELLO. Cal.. Dec 17. The
steamer Provldenela. Port Townsend for
Santa Rosalia, l-'n miles south of ban
Franclsso at 8 P M.
CAPE BI.ANCO, Or.. Dec 17. S. S. Nor
wood. Portland for Pan Francisco, eight
miles south of Cape Blanco at 8 P. M.
T&toosh. towing barge Acapuloo, an
al mo for Saa Francisco, off Luipq.ua Kiver
at 8 P. at.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Dec 17. Msjtlmnm temper
ature. SO degrees; minimum. 34 degrees.
Klver reading at 8 A. M.. l. leet; cnange in
last 24 hours. 0.4 foot fall. Total rainfall
(5 P. M; to 5 P. M.) none; total rainfall
since September 1. 1918, 11.82 Inches; nor
mal rainfall since September 1. 13. 6 Inches;
deficiency of rainfall since September 1.
J!I6, 4.64 Inches. Total sunshine December
17, none; possible sunshine, 8 hours. 86
minutes. Barometer (reduced' to sea-level)
at & P. M., 80.25 Inches. Relative tumidity
at noon, t6 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
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Wind.
STATIONS.
Raker
lloise
Foffton ........
Calgary .......
Chicago
Denver
IH's Moines
Iruluth
F.ureka ........
Galveston ..
Helena
Jarksonvll!e ...
Kansas City. ...
lxs Angeles. ...
Marhflild
'elford
Minneapolis ...
Montreal
New Orleans...
New York
North Head
North Yakima..
Omaha
phoenix .......
Pocatello ......
Portland
Roseburg ......
Sacramento ...
St. Louts
Salt Lake
Ssn Francisco. .
Seattl-
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh Island.
WnKa Walla
Washington ...
Winnipeg ....
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4S 0
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04 . JN Cloudy
2S'16 S Ualn
44 0
34 0
.OO...IS Cloudy
40 o
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DO . .IN Pt. cloudy
!. .jNW.Clear
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
There are unimportant depressions over
the West Gulf states, and the extreme
Northeast, respectively; high pressure ob
tains cv-r the remainder of tho country, al
though It Is decreasing over the North Pa
cific Coact Rain has fallen in Western
Washington and the Lower Mississippi Val
ley, and snow In Northeastern Washington,
Western Montana, the plateau and central
Plains States, Upper Ohio Valley and lower
lake region. The weather is 10 degrees or
more warmer In Interior Western Canada
and southeastward on tha eastern slope of
the Kocky Mountains to the Mlddlo Mis
sissippi Valley.
The conditions are favorable -for occasional
ram Monday In Western Washington, for
occasional snow In Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho and for partly cloudy
weather In the remainder of this district.
It will be cooler In outhern Idaho. Winds
will be mostly southeasterly.
FORECASTS:
Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy and
occasionally threatening; southeasterly
winds.
Oregon Partly cloudy, occasionally threat
ening northwest portion; winds mostly south
easterly. Washington Oocaslonal Tain west, oc
casional snow east portion; southeasterly
wlnrl.
Idaho Occasional snow north, partly
cloudv and cooler eoutn portion.
Ocean North Pacific Coast, partly cloudy,
occasional rain Washington Coaet; gentle
variable winds mostly sontneriy.
T. FRANCIS DRAKE.
Assistant Forecaster.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
LOST Saturday afternoon, bunch of keys.
Reward. Call .ast obis.
1104 Standard Basic Bids
Vancouver, B. C.
J. T. BurtchaelL
Asst. Manager .
TRAVELERS GCIDE.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
(Without Change Kb Route)
Ths Big.
Clean.
Comfortable,
i.legmntly Appointed,
Seagoing i-
S. S. ROSE CITY
Salla Prom AUasworth Dork
8 P. M. SATURDAY. DEC, 23.
100 Oolden Miles on
Columbia Klver
All Kalra lnrlude
Ilerth- and Meals
Table and Servlca
Lnexcelird.
The Pan Francisco ft Portland S. 8. Co.,
Third and Washington ritreet (with
O.-W. R. a. N. Co.). 1 el. Broadway 4oOO.
A 6L2L
lis
I CflKftUftrc GenIbaix Tansati antique
MW YOltK UUiUlKAUX PAKIJ .
S. S. I.A TOl KAINK Dec. S3. S P. M.
a. B. BU IH.MULAi; Dec. SO. P. 3a.
t. S. fcl'Ab.L Jan. e, a 4'. M.
C. W. 6TiNUR, 80 Sixth St.
A u. CM Art 1-1 O.N. Morrison St.
K. K. UAHHiSUN. C. M. a St. Paul Rx.
DORSKY a SMITH, 116 Third St.
E. F BA1RD. 10O Third St.
H, DICKSON. 348 Washington St.
NORTH BANK ROAD. Fifth and Stark flta.
UNION PAC R. It.. 8d a Washington bta,
B. R. DUFFY. 124 Third St.. Portland.
VJW1N PALACES
Portland to Pan Franclsoo S. 8. N'ORTR.
F.KN PACIFIC, express train time. Sail
ings Dec. 14, 19. 23, 23. Cal. Str. Expresa
leaves 9:TO A M. Fares 8S. $12.50. 815,
817.30. 20.00.
S. 8. GREAT NORTHERN.' San Francisco
and Los Ange'ea to Honolulu. December
15: Jan. 4, 28: Feb. 12; March 6. 28;
April il. SO. 8130 round trip, and up.
I North Bank. 8th Stark
b vt I Station, loth and Hoi
K 1 M, N. I'. Ry.
I 848 Wash.. G. N. Ry.
I loo ad. ilurllugtou By.
TICKET
San Francisco $10.00
Coos Bay $7.00
Eureka $15.00
Firat-Claaa Meals and Berth
I eluded,
SS. BREAKWATER
6 P. SI. WEDNESDAY, DEC 20
1 22a Third Street.
Phone. Main lS14j A 1314.
ALASKA
Irtnet Kupert. Ke.ri.ikan. W ran reft,
1'oieraborr. Juoean. Tr. dwell, houclM,
Tiane. Halnea. kawajr, Crdova
0ca aud .Seward.
CALIFORNIA
Via Seatt.e or can iTaniciro to Los
Angeles and fan Diego. Largest ships,
unequsled servlc. low rate. Including
me. Is and berth.
For particulars apply or telephone
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP fOX'A.NT,
Ticket Office. 248 Washington ft.
Pac. Alain tl. Home A SS8J.
American - Hawaiian Steamship Co.
All sailings between
U. S. Atlantic and
U. S. Pacific ports
are canceled until
further notice.
C. D. Kennedy. Agrt. tl Stark BU Portland
COOS BAY
Eureka, San Francisco
SS. BREAKWATER
6 P. SI, Wednesday, December 20
122A Third Street.
Phones Main 1314 and A 1314.
AUSTRALIA
MV atJC LAZS U A- V PVt 1 n BUS
Via Tanltl and Harotonga. Sailings from
San Franrlsco Jan. 3, Jan. 31. Feb. S. Mar.
ItS and vry SS days. Send for pamphieu.
t N ION S. S CO. OF NEW ZEALAND,
tiio California ht.. ban iraucitwro,
r IjlmI kiaiiAUip mud railroad a.gcac.a.