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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, J5ECK3IBER 20. 1916.
POSTAL RUSH IS ON
Receipts Eclipse Those of For
. mer Years.
PARCEL CLERKS SWAMPED
-'
rostmaster Myers Exacts to Add
About 20 0 Special Assistants
to Prevent Congestion in
, Holiday Shipments.
Tnese he busy times for Postoffice
Department employes.
The postoffice and all Its sub-stations
liave been rushed more than ever thle
year and Postmaster Myers estimates
that he will have to employ as the
maximum of extra clerks and carriers
approximately 200 -men and women. ,
The postal receipts for the past few
days have , been rising by leaps and
bounds, those of Monday being ap
proximately 18300, several hundred dol
lars more than on the corresponding
day of last year.
The parcel post windows are receiving
the greatest amount of patronage and
the service in that department has
been trebled over-that of normal times.
Other departments have been Increased
In proportion to the demand and thou
sands of person are waited upon daily.
The mail congestion has begun, ow
ing to the late arrival of fast mail
trains from the East. As it is neces
sary for mail distribution to be timed to
the arrival of -mail trains, delays may
toe expected rom now on. Yesterday No.
6, fast mail from the East, was more
than 12 hours late, not arriving in the
city until last night.
Postmaster Myers expects no great
amount of congestion in the handling
of all mails, both incoming and out
going, for he will employ a big
enough extra force to care for all con
tingencies. OREGON SITE IS WANTED
MR.
BBXSOX NEGOTIATES FOR
PROPERTY FOR A.VNEX
.Pvrners, However, Have So Par De
clined Offer of 9375,000, further
I Efforts May Be Dropped.
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Developments of the' past few days
by no means have changed the de
cision to erect the proposed seven-story
Hotel Benson 'annex, but there is a
possibility that the annex may stand
on the ground now covered by the
Hotel Oregon building instead of on
the quarter block diagonally . opposite
the present Hotel Benson.
It has been common knowledge
among realty men for some time that
S. Benson has been willing to purchase
on a valuation of J375.000. giving as
high as $150,000 in cash and the bal
ance In the form of the quarter block
on which he now purposes to build the
annex. Tlrus far the owners of the Ore
gon, Goon Dip, of Seattle, an,d Twin
Wo-., of Portland, have refused to meet
this offer. Unless an agreement is
reached, which now seems unlikely, it
is regarded as certain that the Benson
Annex will go up on the Benson land
at the northeast corner of Oak 6treet
and Broadway, with a tunnel connect
ing the two buildings.
Amos Benson, who has managed his
father's Investments in Oregon during
the past several months, admitted last
night that the Benson Annex might be
on the site of the present Oregon.
AUTO MANAGER PROMOTED
It. S. Hurd, of White Company, to
Be Coast Sales Manger.
R. S. Hurd, manager of the White
Company's Portland branch, has been
promoted to the position of Pacific
Coast sales manager, with headquar
ters at the "White Company's establish
ment in .San Francisco. Mr. Hurd's
territory will include the entire Pacific
Coast as well as British Columbia and
-the Hawaiian Islands.
Mr. Hurd, accompanied by . Mrs.
Hurd, will leave for San Francisco
some time next week, as the duties of
his new positioin begins on January 1
next. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hurd have
made many friends during- the years.
they have resided in Portland.
C. W. Cornell, who is now connected
with the San Francisco Pacific Coast
branch of the White Company, will
take charge of the Portland branch on
the date that Mr. Hurd assumes his new
duties in San Francisco.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Births. ,
FISKE To Mr. and Mrs John M. Flske
410 Fifth street. December 11, a daughter.
ZNICK To Mr. and Mrs. William Znick,
1"87 Milwaukie. December 12, a daughter. -
HURT To Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Hurt;
1770 East Eleventh street, December 12, a
son. ,
KRANTZ To Mr. and Mrs. Eric Krantz,
457 Bid-fc'eli avenue, December 12, a son..
MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson B. Mil
ler, 702 Northrup street. December 13, a son.
LEWIS To Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lewis,
'711 East Couch street, December 13, a ion. -
STOETSEL To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stoetsel,
Lake George, Or., December 13, a. daughter
JVELTER To Mr. and Mrs. Phineas -L.
Welter. 361 Fremont street, December 13, a
daughter.
TURNER To Mr. and Mrs. Chester C
Turner. 345 East Forty-third street. Decern
.her 14, twins, son and daughter. ' -
EYMAN To Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Eyman. 253 'Bancroft avenue, December 14,
a daughter.
KERNAN To Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Kernan, 879 Borthwick street. December 10,
a son. 1
MILLER To Mr, and Mrs. Conrad Miller,
New York apartments, December 11. a son.
GAWLEY To Mr. and Mrs. John Gawley.
73Sta Michigan avenue, December 11, &
daughter.
Marriage Licenses,
HESSLER-JOHNSON Luther Hesaler, 954
East Twenty-first street, North, and Alber
tina Johnson, same address.
NELSON-SPREADBOROUGH Edwin E.
Kelson. 867 Mississippi avenue, and Velva
tipreadborough, 803 Mississippi avenue
WILSON-DEYOE Clyde G. 'Wilson. Inde
pendence. Or., and Muriel Deyoe, 402 Water
street.
SANDEFEH-BACOX Clarence Edmund
Fandefer, 033 East Tenth street. North, and
Georgia Bacon, SSl1 Montgomery street.
OSTOMEL-HURWITT Max J. Ostomel,
384 East First street, North, and May Hur-
witt, 102O ciacKamas street.
Vancouver Marriage Licenses.
. HODENCAMP-BUTZER Edwin N. Hod
encamp, legal, of Portland, and Rose Butzert
legal, of Portland.
MARSH ALL-POLLY Fred Marshall., ST,
of Portland, and Mrs. Dolly Polly, S3, of
Portland.
SCHENK-SESSIONS Walter F. Schenk.
25, of Portland, and Clara W. Sessions, 19,
of Portland.
WIKSTROM-H7LL Lawrence P. Wlk
Strom, 81. of Mist, Or., and Vivian Hill, 17,
of Mist, Or.
Building Permits.
C. F. SHEPPARD Repair two-story or
dinary store building, 53S Union avenue, cor
ner Russell street; C L. Magone, builder; $75.
J. A HUBBELL Erect frame garage, 1100
East Davis street, between Thirty-ninth and
Forty-first streets; builder, same; $150.
ARTHUR WEST Kepatr one ana one-half-lstory
frame dwelling. 1202 Woodward ave
nue, between Thirty-ninth .-and . Forty-first
streets; builder, same; $160. . '.
Xj. W. MOODI Erect one-story frame
dwelling-. Pacific street, between Seventieth
and Seventy-first streets; A.-Pfeifer. builder;
J1000. .
J. A. HUBBELL Erect two-story 'frame
flwelltns. liao Eut Davis street, between
Thirty-ninth and Korty-Iirat streets; builder,
same: 95000.
NORTH WESTER V FIDELITY COMPANY
Repair 15-story steel frame office bulldtnit,
32 Morrison street, between Sixth and
Broadway: builders, same; $100.
H. UARSHAI.T. T.- r...-1 nnAlnrv fr-Jim .
dwelling, 5110 Sixty-second street Southeast,
between Fiftieth and Fifty-second streets; M.
"inaor, ounaer; siso.
PORTLAND OXTREW A- HTDRORES
COMPANY Repair one-story frame plant.
801 East Seventeenth street, between Center
and Boise; George W, Gordon & Sons, build
ers; $300.
GEORGE W. STAPI.ETON Renair one-
story frame dwelling 819 East Eighth street
North, between Failing and Shaver; Lawson
& Evans, builders; $600.
JOHN' WELCH Erect one-story frame
store. 406 Oregon street, between Grand ave
nue and ' East Sixth street; E. T. Browne,
builder; t2o.
F. C. METCALF Erect frame garage. 631
East Couch street, between East Eleventh
SfOTED SIJTGIXG COMEDIESE
OJVE OK STARS AT
PAXTAtiES-
ph:::':?
it
.1 '
t Olive Briscoe. J'
I Of the fourth generation be-
hind the scenes is Olive Briscoe,
noted singing comedienne, who is
I one of the stars on this week's
I bill at Pantages.
f Miss Briscoe is a sister of Lot
4 tie Briscoe, , the noted motion-
picture star, and these two are
the last representatives of the
Briscoe family- Both girls were
T ; fairly born In a theater and from
T babyhood they have been on the
I stage. .Perhaps Olive would never
4 have taken to the footlights but
i for the Illness of her sister. She
played understudy to her and
t that started her toward stage
t fame. While Miss Briscoe has
T been on the stage for 22 years,
I she is not 20 years old yet. She
J is a leap-year girl.
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and East Twelfth streets; . builder, same;
$100.
J. O. MARRS Krect frame garage, 526
East Thirty-eighth street, between Brazee
and Knott streets; builder, same; $35.
JOSEPHINE LOUDI9HER Repair one
story frame dwelling. .003 East Nineteenth
street,, corner Tibbeta; E. Llngoos. builder;
$110.
I'MBDENSTOCK & LARSON Repair one
and one-half-story frame dwelllnsr. 1461 Mis
sissippi avenue' between Bryant and Delcum
streets; builders, same; $100.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUB TO ARRIVE.
Vame. From TJate-
Breakwater. . ... Ean Francisco. ... In port
Rom Cltj ..JLos Angeles: ..... Uec. UO
Northern Pacific. . .San Francisco. .. .Dec 22
F. A. KllLurn Ean Francisco. ...Dec. 24
Beaver Los Angeies ...Dec. 27
DUS TO DEPART.
.' Kama For Date.
Harvard 6.F. for L.A.-S.D. Dec. 20
Breakwater. ...... San Francisco. .. . Dec. 20
Klamath San Diego Dec 21
Yale S F. tcr L.A.-S.D. Dec. 22
Northern Pacific. . .San Francisco Dec 23
Rose City Los Angeles Dec 23
Wapama .....San Diego. ... .Dec 26
F. A. KllbWQ San Francisco Deo. 20
Bee Ter. .......... .T A igplPi. .... .Dec 30
NEW SHip IS BEIXG PLANKED
In Three Months liibby, McNeil &
Iiibby Vessel Grows Rapidly.
. Three months ago today the Standi-fer-?larkson
Company laid the keel of
a motorship building at the North
Portland harbor yard, and with all
ceiling and 'tweendeck work in place
and such details, a start was made
yesterday on the planking.
No guessing is being indulged la -as
to when the vessel will take the water,
the intention being to get her ready
first and set. the time afterward. As
Bhe is to be ai American ship for op
eration in the Alaska service of Libby,
McNeill &. Libby, it will be an event
in the industrial advance of the Peninsula-district.
Tne company has added
to the number of ways there and the
programme is for more vessels to bo
laid down next year.
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Manager Blair in Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 18. (Spe
cial.) G. L? Blair, of - San. Francisco,
general manager of the San Fran
cisco & .Portland Steamship Company;
arrived at Seattle today to inspect the
Lsteamer Northwestern, which his com
Lpany contemplates chartering from' the
Alaska Steamship . Company., The
deal will probably be closed tomorrow.
Marconi Wireless Iteports.
(Alt positions reported at 8 P. M., Dec 19.
unless otherwise degtjrnated.)
"Wlnuber, Ean Francisco for Bellingham,
35 miles south of Flattery.
Coronado, San Pedro for Aberdeen, bar
bound inside Grays Harbor.
Yosemite. San Francisco for Puget Sound
ports, 34 miles south of Columbia River.
El Segundo, El Segundo for Portland, 63
miles rrom foruana.
Northern pacific. Flavel for San Fran
cisco, iur miles soum or uoiumoia Kiver.
Grace Dollar, San Francisco for Van
couver, 200 miles north of San Francisco.
City of Seattle,.- Seattle for Skagway, off
.futtney poidl 1
Humboldt. Seattle for Skagway, off Adams
tuver, Johnson Ktrait.
San Juan, Balboa for San Francisco, ar
rive Champerico 0 A. M-. December 19. v
Peru, San Francisco for Balboa, .-75 miles
south or Manzanlllo, 8 p. M., December 19
Colusa, San Francisco for Callao, 773
miles south of San Francisco. .
Pennsylvania, Sarf Francisco for Balboa,
iuj mnes fouin or san Francisco.
Cauto, San Francisco for Balboa, 251
miles south of San Francisco.
Asuncicn, Pan Diego for San Pedro, ar
riving San. Pedro.
banta Cruz, San Francisco for Chile, 278
nines soutn or s?an Francisco. t
Wllhelmlna, San Francisco for Honolulu,
io-1 nines zi om Dan Tancisco at ir. M .
December IS. . .
Hyades, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1811
miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M.. Decem
ber 18. -
Enterprise,. Honolulu for San Francisco,
iii nines xrom aan xrancisco at o .p. M.
December IS.
Atlas, Kahulul for San Francisco, 1151
miles from El Segundo at & P. M., Decern-
per is,
Richmond, Honolulu for San Pedrp, 1626
mites irora ban rancisco at o ir. il., De
cember IS.
Acme. San Francisco' for- the Orient, 2349
miles from San Francisco at 6 P. 1L, De
cerriDer lo.
J. D. A rchbold, San Francisco for New
Tork. 1635 mile's south of San Francisco at
8 P. M., December 18.
Kentra, Chile for San Francisco. 1300
lies west of Balboa at 8 P. M . December-18.
'. Celilo, San Fmncisco for Port San Luis,
15 miles north of Point Bur.
Topeka, Eureka for Saa. Francisco, GJD
miles south of Point Arena.
Drake, towing barge 91, Richmond for Se
attle. 80 miles north of Richmond.
Ravalli San Pedro for San Francisco, off
Point New Year.
Iaqua, San Francisco for Coos Bay, 65
miles north of San Francisco.
Adeline Smith, San Francisco for Coos
Bay, crossing San Francisco bar, t
s ' "
LOADING IS CHANGED
Seaborn ' to Take on Lumber
Cargo on Puget Sound.
SHANGHAI IS DESTINATION
Schooners Wilbert Ii. Smith and Wil
. lis A. Holden Are Chartered to .
Load Lumber at BellUigham ' '
. for Callao for $29..
Engaged by the China Import & Ex
port Lumber Company to load a Shang
hai Umber cargo, the new five-masted
auxiliary schooner Seaborn, which was
launched last week at Tacoma, will re
ceive hec cargo on Puget Sound. She
will not be dispatched from Portland,
as was reported yesterday from Seattle.
It is reported the vessel was taken at
about $25 a thousand feet.
The schooners Wilbert L. Smith and
Willis A. Holden, recently purchased
from thePort Blakely Mill Company
and which originally sailed in the old
Globe Navigation Company's fleet, have
been chartered to load lumber at Bel
lingham for Callao and from there they
will make their way around to the
East Coaet and- ply for a time in the
trade ' between there and Europe, car
rying Southern pine. Balfour, Guthrie
& Co. took the Smith and the rate is
reported to be $29.
Rate Is High Mark. "
Another of the . old Globe flag was
fixed at San Francisco at a record rate,
the William' Nottingham being engaged
to load on. Puget Sound for Duiban and
Delagoa Bay at 250 shillings, which is
the top-notch figure yet paid for lum
ber to that range.
Dant & Russell are said to be the
charterers of an auxiliary echooner un
der construction at Aberdeen that is to
come here for cargo to be delivered at
Taku Bar. 6he is to be dispatched
some time between March and June.
Allard Loads tor Sydney.
As to new vessels building "here to
Join the wooden fleet, the S. L Allard,
building at St. Helens for the McCor
mick flag, loads for Sydney in the in
terest of the American Trading Com
pany. This is the same firm that took
the first auxiliary, the City of Port
land, for '.a tqtal of four voyages to
Australia from the river. The City of
Astoria, launched recently at the Mc
Eachern plant, was chartered in ad
vance of taking the .water by Balfour,
Guthrie & Co. and loads for. Port Pirie.
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TURKEYS COMING HIS WAY
Well-Known Stevedore Faces Dilem
ma With Live and Dressed Birds.
Henry Rothchilds, manager of Brown
& McCabe. contemplates a big turkey
dinner for his friends as a means of
utilizing all the National birds coming
his way. As tomorrow is his birthday
he purchased a turkey, dressed, and it
is ready for the fray.
Early yesterday there was delivered
by express a large crate containing a
live turkey. By mail came a card
from his mother and sister, reminding
him that the turkey was one of a
brood of a dozen hatched from eggs
he sent to the farm early in the season.
He figured the bird for the birthday
dinner came high enough, but the live
"piece de resistance' for the Christmas
spread cost him . considerable for ex
pressage and grain purchased for the
bird, and, not being familiar with the
execution and dressing of a live turkey,
he faces more expense in "having that
task attended to by a butcher. Last
night he was looking for someone to
undertake dressing the feathered one
in return for a bid to dinner.
NORTHLAND HERE FOR WHEAT
Norwood Is to Return for Cereal, as
Well as Elihu Thompson.
Following an absence of several
months, part of which time she spent
on the Alaskan run out of Puget Sound
and lately has been under repairs at
Oakland, the steamer Northland reached
the harbor last night with cement, and
loads for the return to San Francisco
with, wheat for the Grain Globe &
Milling Company.
The Norwood, which has been oper
ating from here to San Francisco In
the paper trade, reached tne soutnern
port yesterday. She was delayed In
the river by fog, and got to sea Satur
day night. The steamer returns to
transport wheat for one or two voy
ages for 'the Globe management, which
also has the steamer Elihu Thompson
for a single voyage. The Nehalem was
in yesterday with cement, and loads
lumber at the Southern Pacitio dock.
Peninsula Lumber Company and Bt-
Helens for the return. -
TOM BAKBARE IN NEW BERTH
O.-W. K. & K. Fleet Ieft to Jofti
Steel Works Force.
Tom Barbare, foreman-carpenter
witn the O.-W. R. & N. water lines, in
xrhtrh service he has been for a num
ber of years, has accepted a similar
berth with the Willamette Iron & Steel
Works, and his resignation has been
tendered "Captain" Budd, of t&e rail
road Xleet,
Belne Jointly interested with- the
Northwest Steel Company in contracts
for eight steel freighters, as well as
having a large amount of other "work
on hand In building digestors for paper
mills and turninK out logging engines
and the like, the Willamette plant is
the busiost it has been in its history
and departments are expanding, such
as in the carpenter branch.
"Captain" Budd said last night that
for the present he would not name a
successor to Mr. Baroare.
Four Big Schooners to Be Built.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 19. George
F. Thorndyke, a ship broker here, to-
flav received instructions rrom n,ast
ern clients whose identity Is not made
rmblic. to call for bids for six four
masted schooners, each of 1000 tons net
reerister. for delivery next July, Aug
ust and September. Thorndyke said
the approximate cost of the vessels
would be between 95U.tHW ana Ti.uuu
000, and that they would be put in the
Atlantic service,
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ,
COOS BAT, Or.. Dec-lft. (Special.) Tht
ras schooner Mlrne"l barbound and wait
ins favorablo weather to sail for the Siuslaw
River, -here she will ship a cargo of canned
saimonfor Astoria delivery.
The steam schooner Newberir Is due to
morrow to ship lumber at the Smith mil is.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec ( f. (Special.)
The charter of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany steamer Is orth western to the ban tran.
Cisco & Portland Steamship Company was
completed today. The Northwestern will be
turned over to the Southern company Fri
day, December 22, and will be returned not
later than March 1. Terms are private.
Bringing 63 passengers and a light freight
cargo, the steamer Admiral Watson arrived
at 9 A, M. from Southeastern and South
western Alaska via Anyox, B- C. She took
200 tons of copper ore from Prince William
Sound to Anyox.
Bringing a 1200-ton cargo, the steam
schooner Nome City arrived from San Fran
cisco tonight.
Saillnr schedules of the Pacific Steamship
Company 'a steamers Umatilla, Queen Ad
miral Schley "and Admiral Dewy have been
changed, according to the announcement to.
day of the company.- -
The steamer Admiral Dewey, upon com
pleting her voyage at Seattle, December 22i
will be laid up for overhauling, her place
to be filled by the steamer Admiral Farra
gut, which sailes as freighter for San Fran.
Cisco on December 28. thereafter running
regularly as both freight and passenger ves
sel. The sailings of the steamers Umatilla
and Queen will be on Mondays, clear through'
to Los Angeles, while the two Admirals wiil
sail Saturdays instead of Mondays, t- San
Francisco only.
SAN ' FRAN-CISCO, Dec. 19. (Special.)
On- passenger liner arriving and two de
parting for over-sfa points tcAay, made the
day one of the busiest on the waterfront
for several weeks. The Matson liner Mat
sonla was a daylight arrival from Honolulu
and the Manoa, ol the same fleet, and the
Sierra, of the Oceanic fleet, departed for
Sydney via Honolulu and Pago Pago in the
afternoon.
The Matsonia brought a large number of
passengers from the island, but came in
Jlghtj as to carico. -
The Sierra went out with a heavy' car ex
of 2950 tons, which was made up of aH
sorts of merchandise and machinery, with
a few automobiles for Australian buyers.
There were 78 passengers In her saloon and
a Targe cumber in her second cabin and
th id-class accommodations.
The' Manoa- sailed late In the afternoon
for Hawaii -with a full cargo of general
merchandise -and plantation supplies and a
good pacsenger - list.
New charters: Chilean bark Nelson. 124T
tons, lumber-from Puget Sound to Sydney
or NewcaMle, 110 shilling; other options, by
eomy, Maekall A Co. (March. April, 1917).
AmerU-an steamer Seaborn (building at Seat
tle), lumber from Puget Sound to China,
$20; b China Import & Export Lumber
Company. American Vchooner Wilbert L.
Smith. 710 tons, lumber from Puget Sound
to Callao, $20; by Balfour, Gnthrie & Co.
(prompt). American schooner W. A. Holden.
1MQ tons, lumber Puget Sound to Callao, $2i),
December loading (charter party's name not
given).
The American motorshlpa Rose Mahony
and Andrew Mahony, now building at Benl
cla, have been sold by A. F. Mahony to 'the
Standard Ol Company for $500,000.
The San Francisco and Portland Steamship
Company's steamer Beaver left for Portland
with 2770 tons of miscellaneous freight and
the usual passenger lint.
Other departures Included the steamer W.
S. porter, for Portland, Quinault for Wlllapa
Harbor and Iaqua for Coos Bay.
Among today's lumber steamer arrivals
from the north were the Adeline Smith, from
Coos Bay, with 1.800.000 feet for C A.
Smith ft Co. ; Yellowstone, from Coos Bay,
with OO-.OOO feet for Swafcrne & Hoyt, and
the Hardy, from Coos Bay, with 430,000 feet
for Buehner Lumber Company.'
The-' steamer Celllo, from Astoria for
Southern California ports, put In for fuel
and passengers, and proceeded. The steamer
Norwood arrived from Astoria with 800 tons
of 'paper."
ASTORIA, Or., Dee. 19. (Special.) The
steam schooner Necanlcum sailed tonight
for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber
from the Hammond mill.
The steam schooner Klamath will arrive
tonight from San Francisco to load lumber
at St. Helena
The steam schooner Despatch Is due from
Seattle to load at Portland for Saa Fran
Cisco.
The steam schooner Santa Monica sailed
early for San Pedro with 550,000 feet of
lumber from westport.
The steam schooner Nehalem arrived dur
ing th-night from San Francisco with ce
ment and Diaster lor Portland.
The steam schooner Daisy Putnam will
finish loading lumber at Knappton and is
to sail tomorrow for San Francisco.
The steam schooner Tiverton shifted from
Westport to Fresco tt to complete her cargo
of lumber.
Loaded to capacity with general freight
and a good luit of passengers the steamer
JNortnern pacific saned for ban Tan Cisco.
The steam schooner Northland arrived
from San Francisco with freight for Astoria
and Portland.
With a part cariro of lumber from West
port, the steam schooner Daisy Freeman
sailed for Grays Harbor to complete her
car?o. '
Bringing fuel oil for Astoria and Portland.
the tank steamer El Segundov arrived from
California.
The steam schooner Daisy arrived from
San Francisco and went to Knappton to take
on lumoer. tone wui smit to itainer to
complete her cargo,
After discharging fuol oil at Portland the
tank steamer ' m. nerrin sailed for Call
fornia. -
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Dec. 19. Arrived Steamers
Nehalem and Northland, from San Francisco,
Sailed Steamer W. F. Herrin. Jor San Fran
cisco. '
ASTORIA. Dec 19. Sailed at 6 A. M.
steamer Santa Monica, for San Francisco.
Arrived at 6:40 and left up at 9:80 A. M..
steamer Northland, from San Francisco. Ar
rived at JO A. M., steamer Daisy Gadsby,
from San Pedro. Arrived at noon, steamer El
Segundo. from El Segundo via ban Fran
Cisco. Sailed at 2:45 P. M., steamer North
ern Pacific, for San Franclaco. Sailed at
D P. M., steamer Daisy Freeman, lor urays
Harbor.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. Arrived
Steamer Norwood, from Portland. Arrived
and sailed, steamer Celllo, from the Colum
bia River for San Diego via way porta.
Sailed at 2 P. M., schooner Monterey, in tow
of tug- isavigator; at 4 m.. steamer w. o.
Jr'orter. ror .fortiana. uecemoer is. Ar
rived at 5 P. M.. steamer W. S. Porter, from
Portland. Sailed at P. M., steamer Roeo
City, from San Pedro, for Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. Arrived
Steamers Elizabeth, from Bandon; Capt. A.
F. Lucas, barer e 91. from Port Angeles: Ade
line Smith, Yellowstone, Hardy, from Coos
Bay; Matsonia from Honolulu; Celilo, Nor
wood, from Columbia Klver; Daisy Putnam,
from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Admiral
Dewey. Col: E. L. Drake, b a rice 91. for Seat
tle; Sierras for Honolulu; Iaqua, for Coos
Bay; Shlnyo Maru II (Japanese for Toko-
ta; Lire (Norwegian), ex-e.dgar ii. Vance,
for Colon.
BALBOA. Dec 18. Arrived Steamer
Baja California, ircm Tacoma Tor callao
(and proceeded). Sailed Steamer Wearwood,
from rsorzoik. lor victoria.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 19. Arrived
bteamer ome Jity. rrom ban Francisco
Admiral WaLson. from Southeastern and
southwestern Alaska.
COOS RAT. Dee. IS. Sailed at 5 P. M.
steamer F. A. Kllburn, from Portland for
Eureka and San Francisco.
SAX PEDRO, Dec. 18. Arrived Steamer
Daisy Matthews, from the Columbia River, j
ASTORIA Dec 18. Sailed at 5 P. M.. I
steamer Santiam, for San Pedro. Arrived
at 0 and left up at 7:10 P. M., steamer Ne-
baiem, from ban r rancisco.
. U. S. Naval Radio Report.
TATOOSH. Wash., Dec. 19. (Spe
cial.) Norwood, Portland to San
Francisco, 120 miles north of San Fran
cisco 8 P. .M., December 18.
Admiral Watson, Anyox for Seattle,
165 miles from Seattle, 8 P. De
cember 18.
N'ORTH HEAD. Wash., Dec. 19. Alameda,
Cordova, for Juneau, off " G ravin a Island,
noon, December 18. Steamship Cordova, off
Narrow Point, 8 P. M. December 19. Mari
posa, Ketchikan, for Juneau, off Ship Island.
Clarence Straits December 19. V aid ex. Boat
Harbor for San Francisco. 86 miles west of
Columbia River.
POINT ARGUELLO, Cal., Dec. 19. U. S.
S. H-l and H-2 passed Point Arguello. south,
bound, 7:30 A. M. December 19. Steamer
Costa Rica. Corinto for San Francisco.. 10
miles south of Cape San Lazaro 8 P. M.
December IS.
EUREKA, Cal., Dec 19. (Special.) The
tug Go 11 ah, towin9 barge Washougal,, for San
Francisco. 190 miles north of San Francisco
at 8 P. M. - ;-v.
POINT ARGUELLO, Cal., Dec. 19.
Steamer Costa Rica for San Francisco, 420
miles south of San Pedro. Steamer' Provi
dencia. Port Townsend for Sanua Rosalia,
4r?0 milAs south of ?"an Francisco.
TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL j
DEAFNESS AND HEAD
NOISES . t
If you have Catarrhal Deafness
or head noises go to your drug
gist and get 1 ousoe of Parmint
(double strength), and add to it
pint of hot water and 4 ounces
of granulated sugar. Take 1
ablespoonful four times a day.
This will often bring quick re
lief from the distressing head
noises. Clogged nostrils should
open, breathing become easy and
the mucus stop dropping into
the throat. It is easy to prepare,
costs little and is, pleasant to
take. Any one who ' has Catar
rhal Deafness or he; noises
should give this prescription a
trial. , '-
LAST HYDE CASE Oil
State Seeking Recovery of
. 37,000 School Acres.
HEARING HELD AT EUGENE
Anaconda Copper Company Made
rarty to Suit, as Scrip Was Pur
chased After Alleged I)um- .,
my Entries Were Made.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 19. (Special.)
An echo of the F. A. Hyde land fraud
cases was heard in the Lane County
Court today, when the last of seven
suits instituted by the state of Oregon
for the recovery of 37.000 acres of
school land came up for trial.
Seven Circuit Courts of the state in
connection with this proceeding will be
called upon to decide the same ques
tion, as all the suits have been tried
in different counties. -
Attorney-General Georpe ir. Brown
and Assistant Attorney-General J. O.
Bailey are representing the state tn
the case on trial. A. C. Shaw, of Port
land, is appearing- for the defendants,
and E. E. Hershey. of Portland, and
E. -R. Bryson. of Eugfene. for the Ana
conaa copper Company. The copper
company s interest is in scrip for land
purchased from the defendants.
The state alleges that Hyde and his
associates perpetrated fraud in acquir
ing title to school land through the
use of dummy entrymen. Land amount
ing to 47,000 acres obtained-by the de
fendants was Included in. fore'st re
serves, and under an act of Congress
they obtained scrip which would per
mit them to make lieu selections of
land on other parts of the public do
main. After about 10.000 acres of the
lieu land had been acq tU red. the valid
ity of the 'scrip was questioned. The
state is seeking' to recover 37.000 acres
of land for which lieu selections were
never made.
Virtually the same case had been
presented to the Circuit Courts of
Linn. Jackson. Clackamas. Hood River.
Crook and Klamath counties.
Most of the evidence is documentary.
BILLINGS LIBEL FILED
OXEOSTA DEMANDS SALVAGE FOR
TOWING DISABLED SCHOONER.
Assertion Made That Excuse of Sick
Sailor AVas I'sed to Escape
Payins for Aid.
A libel suit for salvage arising from
the, rescue November 1 of the five
masted schooner George E. Billings by
tne tug oneonta has been filed in the
united States Court.
The complaint sets out that 'the Bil
lings sailed for Australia on October
27. with a cargo of lumber. South of
the Columbia River she began to leak
badly. The donkey engine and a gaso
line engine became useless, and it was
found impossible to keep the water out
of her hold. She signaled for assist
ance and the United States revenue
cutter Manning was sent to find her. It
returned to Astoria without her and
the Oneonta picked her up. It was re
ported there was a sick sailor on board
who needed medical treatment. When
the Oneonta ran alongside the Billings
the captain of the Oneonta asked for
the sick sailor. The master of the Bil
lings, according to the complaint, re
fused to give up the sailor but
answered that he wished to be towed
o port.
The Port of Portland asserts in the
complaUit that the master of the
schooner used, the sick sailor story to
endeavor to escape paying the salvage
charges for which the Billings is
libeled.
Gales Expected on Coast.
Moderate southeast, shifting to south
west, gales are forecast today, the
Weather Bureau ordering storm warn
ings displayed again last night
throughout the district. North Head
reported at S o'clock, yesterday after
noon that a northwest wind was on
there, blowing 30 miles an hour, and
at Tatoosh the wind was from the east
and registering 26 miles an hour.
Marine Xotes.
To look after the movement of wheat and
other frelsht on Snake River. "Captain"
Budd. of the O.-W. R. A N.. freshwater line,
left laat nisht for LewUton.
Captain. PlIlBbnry. surveyor at San FVan
rta.n i ' m -rl of Murine Underwriters.
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.Annual Number, Jan. 1, 1917
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PTTTTIT
I'iiHll!
FIX this' fact ever so
firmly in your mind !
PEBE'CO
TOOTH PASTE
counteracts "Acid-Mouth,"
the chief cause of decay.
pwl through tho city yesterday on his
way homo front Pusret Sound.
Though a slight sain of one-tenth of an
inch was recorded yesterday In the staco of
the Willamette here. It had fallen for two
weeks and la less than two feet above aero.
& low stag-e for this period. fc
Captain Rankin, charge, the liner Rose
City, is among the carriers due -today from
California. She trot away from San Fran
cisco at 6 o'clock Monday night with a
good cargo. f
Ross L. Oeborn. Portland agent for the
Pacific Steamship Company, is again at his
desk, having returned from Victoria, ii. C.
where he was married December 6.
After spending a day here. J. S. O'Brien,
superintendent of construction for the
Bureau of Lighthouses, left last night for
Seattle. It is expected the tender Rose win
get away from there tomorrow for" the Co
lumbia River. .
In her'new service aa far as Skamokawa,
the steamer Strang' r is to leave here Sun
day, Tuesday and Friday.
Several steamboat owners are preparing
for the installation of sprinkler systems as
ordered by the United States Steamboat In
spection Service. Tho sprinklers axe to be
in place by January 1.
Fog was reported in the river yesterday
from St. Helens to the mouth of the Wil
lamette, though there was no trace here.
After the experience of last week, steam
boatmen are hopeful thick weather Is over.
Tides at Astoria Wednesday.
High. Low..
8-32 A. M 8.3 teet'l:4S A. M 3.1 feet
9:58 P. M 6.6 feeC3:53 P. M 0.8 foot
Colnrablat River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, Dec. 10. Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M. : Sea, moderate; wind, north
west, SO miles. ,
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Dec. 19. Maximum temper
ature. 47 degrees: minimum. 40 degrees.
River reading at 8 A. M.. 1.8 feet; change
in last 2 hours. 0.1 foot rise. Total rainfall
5 P. M. to 5 P. M.). 0 On inch; total rainfall
elnce September 1, 1016. 11.41 inches: normal
rainfall since September 1, 16. 40 Inches; de
ficiency of rainfall since September 1, 191S.
4 t0 inches. Total sunshine December 1!.
65 minutes: possible sunshine, 8 hours, .Hu
minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea -level)
at 6. P. M-, 29.74 Inches. Relative humldltjr
at noon, 78 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
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STATIONS,
Weather.
Baker .........
Boise
Boston
Calgary
ChicaKO
Denver
Des Moines ....
Dultith
Eureka .........
Galveston . . . .
Helena ........
Jacksonville ...
Kansas City. . . .
;i:.0..K Snow
SS O.081.. N ISt'OW
2s.0.0l..!'W Clear
14 O.OOl . .'XWiSno
2S 0. 141V NW Snow
6 O.OoilM N ISnow
ek.22 I" N Cloudy
. . . 0.0O.3S.NW Clear
COO.OS.I. ,SW (Rain
U4 O.ooil'J.S Cloudy
0.21H12 MW
50 O.Chi . . SB
3H 0.0O 20 N
r.4io.ool. .Isr
COIO.JHf . . sw
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
'Los Angeles....
Cloudy
Cloud v
Marshfield
Aedford
Minneapolis ...
Montreal ......
New Orleans...
Now Tork
North Head....
North Yakima. .
Omaha
Phoenix .......
Pocatello
Portland
Roseburg ......
Sacramento ....
St. Louis
Salt I-Bke
San Francisco. .
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Tatoosh Island
Walla Walla
! O.lOt. . W
ICloudv
-lo'O.oo 14'NW'Pt. cloudy
l's-O-OOjlSiW IClear
f.s'O.O"!.. . SB ICloudy
HO'O.no -jolw 'Clear
4 0.04 :2 NWCloudy
40:0. 0. .NVCloudy
ftO.lSilS'V
Cloudy
52 O.00I. ,!SE
S0.10 20SW
Clear
Snow
Kain
Kaln
470.7 . AW
62 0.12!. . XW
OS u.oo'
io' .
SB
uCl.
f 4i0.0O 22, S KJlouUy
4-0.30 . .!V
Snow
.riSO.Oi)'12 N
42 0.O4'. .SB
32 O.OOj. JW
42'O.Of. . 'SB
44 0.2S 20"E
Clear..
Rain
Cloudy
Kain
Cloudy
42 0.N',
itain
Washington
2rtO. l)l. .INK !Pa cloudy
Winnipeg -lo 0.0O1O NWClear
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A well-defined low-pressure area is een
tral over Northern Texas and the harome
ter is relatively low northwestward from
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this center to British Columbia, A well
defined hierh-preasure area which Is attended
by temperatures ranging from 1 to de
gress below zero Is central north of the
Dakota. Storm warnings are displayed In
this district for a imiu. rate southejt shift
ing Jo southwest ga;e along the coast. Haiti
has fallen In Western Oregon and Westvm
Washington and snow has occurred in tho
Northern Rocky Mountain States and also
In Eastern Colorado, Nebraska. Iowa. North
ern Illinois and Southern Minnesota. It is
warmer in the Lower Mississippi Valley ami
rai uuii iiui Mn ueciucuiy romer 111
the Atlantic states from New ork to
are favorable for occasional
rain Wednesday In Western Oregtfu and
Western Washlnsrton and for rain or snow
elsewhere in this district. $
FORECAST.
Portland, and, vicinity Occasional rain;
southwesterly winds.
Oregon and Washington Occasional rain
west, rain or snow tast portion; southwest
erly winds with moderate southwesterly
gale along the coast.
Idaho Snow.
Ocean North Pacific Coat. rain, moder
ate southeast, shifting to southwest gales.
E. A. SEALS. Forecaster.
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