18 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXUIf. FRIDAY, - JANUARY 5, 1917. CONCESSION MADE BY PRESIDENT BALL Head of Willamette Iron & Steel Company Agrees to Let Attorney Take Part. UNION WILL ANSWER T0DAY Reason for Not Allowing labor , Of ficials to Act Is Explained in let ter to Mr. Baker Telling of Contempt for Contract. " Officials of the Metal Trades Coun cil have taken until 5 o'clock this aft ernoon to give to City Commissioner George L. Baker, who is acting as in termediary in the shipbuilding strikes, an answer to a proposal made yester day to Mr. Baker by B. C. Ball, presi dent of the Willamette Iron & Steel Company, to the effect that the com pany will agree to meet in a confer ence with strikers from the Willam ette plant and will allow them to have any reputable attorney they wish to represent them, provided the attorney selected meets with the company's ap proval. Commissioner Baker suggested the name of ex-Governor Oswald West and President Ball announced that he would be satisfactory to the company. This proposal was obtained from Mr. Ball after he had flatly refused to agree to a conference such as Mr. Ba ker succeeded on Wednesday in arrang ing between the Northwest plant and its strikers, including one outsider. Mr. Baker considered the last proposal of Mr. Ball a concession on the Willam ette Company's part and he forthwith transmitted it to the union leaders, and after a conference with them got their promise of a reply not later than 6 P. M. today. Ban on Closed Shop as Topic Stays. Arrangements for the conference be tween the strikers of the Northwest plant and the officers of the company probably will be made today. The union officials informed Commissioner Baker yesterday that they would se lect their committee as soon as pos sible and submit trie names and he could confer with President Bowles, of the Northwest Company, and fix the date and place of the conference. This conference will be arranged Wednesday, for the consideration only of questions of wages and working conditions. The agreement is explicit that the question of closed shop will not be considered. The committee on the union side will consist of represen tatives of the striking employes of the Northwest plant, with one outsider to accompany the strikers' committee, Durelv in an advisory capacity. An effort was made to get a nice conference arranged with the Willam lam- ette plant, but President Ball flatly re fused in a letter sent to Commissioner .Bauer yesieraay moinm. i-r rciusal the proposition of an attornejr ,.. --- ------------- 1 , " r 1 - CV B.5 1 ii. 6 i Reason for Refusal Given. Mr. Ball's refusal of the first propo- Bltion (the same proposition as was ac- I cepted by the Northwest company ana the union) reads as follows: Iear Sir We sincerely appreciate your toffort to brinir about some amicable adjust ment of the labor disputes brought upon I us Dy aeinanas lor me ciusea niiup. Uur refusal -to consiaer a meeting unaer conditions specified by the labor leaders is I not because we aesire to De aronra.-y, nor 1 uecause we fall to appreciate your motives I In endeavoring to bring about this meeting, in oraer tnat our position may oe clear wejthe-foot of Sheridan street, last night. -will express some of our reasons for our position. . - . Wuoteu rrom tne letter signea Dy Messrs. jteea, Sullivan ana Misner: "2. Said committees t he accompanied toy representatives of their unions in an ad visory capacity. v e have very definite erounds lor be lieving that our men do not desire to be rt-presen&ed by tnese labor leaders, m ad dition to this, we are unalterably opposed to any dealings with men who regard a -written contract as a scrap of paper. To be more particular In regard to this point, the same labor leaders who are now asklns a conference with us had, a few months ago signed up aefinite agreements with at icnsi uii 111111 in . t u 1 1 1 1", in which ftgreo I ment it was definitely stated that the men employed by the company referred to would le allowed to work on material fabricated in the open shops of Portland. These same labor leaders have repudiated this contract. To make this matter even worse the real damage that will bo done by this violation of thi3 contract will fall upon the firm who has signed up with organized labor, and who is presumably friendly to it, and will in no way Injure us toward whom their animosity exists, for all of our contracts call for delivery of material f. o. b. cars Portland. Und-r these circumstances you can easily appreciate why we positively refuse to sit in a conterence in wnich these men partlcl- Acquiescence Cornea Later. . The proposition made then bv Com missioner Baker brought the follow ing reply and proposal: Dear Sir Supplementing our letter of this morning regarding a conference with men representing our employes, and answering -our Question as to whether or not wa vould allow the men to appoint some attor- ney to represent them In the conference, we wish to say that there Is no objection what- ever on our part to the general- plan We would agree to allow any reputable raey to represent tne men at such conference. The selection of this man, how ever, must meet with our anorovaL Your suggestion of ex-Governor West as a man probably satisfactory to our employes jneeis wnn our approval, and it ex-Governor "West should be selected to act for th Jn the capacity of an attorney, we will ba jriad to Include him in the suggested confer - '.1 Mr. Baker took this to th iminn headquarters and asked them to con - Kider it. They took it under advise - ment during the afternoon and Mr Baker returned for a second conference at 5 o'clock and was in the headquar - ters tor an hour or more. The final answer was that the unions would Sive their-reply by 5 o'clock today. MORE MES RETURN TO WORK Kmployes Jeered, but No Violence Is Reported. . A few men were added to the forces t the non-striking employes at, both the Willamette and the . Northwest plants yesterday. Officials of the Willamette works declared that fully 100 men or virtu ally one-fourth of their regular fore was at work yesterday. Union' offi date insisted that not more than 50 men were atvwork. Approximately auu men were at worn at the Northwest nlant. according to estimates of the officials. On,., the other hand, the union men asserted that this figure was greatly exagger- ated. Pickets and strike sympathizers con- tinued to patrol the streets and rail road tracks surrounding the two big planus yesterday. All workmen who entered or left the enclosures were Jeered. No violence was attempted Employes of the Northwest works were taken out last night, as on the night before, in a special train of Southern Pacific electric cars. Crowds of strikers followed the train on foot and in automobiles, calling derisively to the men on board. Big sight-eeeing touring cars took some of the Willamette employes borne last night. Officers of the Metal Trades Coun cil began yesterday to prepare lista of their members who are entitled to strike benefits. They will be paid a minimum of $7 a week. In some cases the pay runs as high as $10. These funds may be supplemented later by voluntary contributions frpm other union men. A meeting1 of the strikers and their friends will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon In Arion Hall. Second and Oak streets, to consider plans for the further conduct of the strike. STEEUVORKER HAS WEAPON William Trelier Fined $2 5 for Going to Work Armed. The first arrest in the prevailing strike, either at the Northwest Steel Company or the Willamette Steel & Iron Works, occurred Wednesday, when William Treher, 23 years old, a rivet pressman, was taken into custody by Patrolman McCulloch on a charge of carrying conceajed weapons. Treher is one of the employes who refused to strike. As he came to work certain of the pickets informed the officer that he was armed. Patrol man McCulloch took him before Ser jeant Robson, to whom Treher readily surrendered his revolver. The workman's home is at 984 East Sixteenth street, where he has a wife and two small children. He told the officers, and reiterated before Muni- MEMBERS OF FEDERAL NAVAL BASE COMMISSION, WHO INSPECTED COLUMBIA RIVER YESTERDAY AND WILL VIEW PROPOSED SITES AT ASTORIA TODAY, TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF PORTLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHO FORM ESCORT. - - & f I ' 4 , $ St, t f ' ' I frar 1 fSa. - " - i -t x Lt -s J Left to Right B. G. Hegardt, Engineer of Port of Portland; Commander HuHNey, Captain McKlroy. XV. I. LaRoche, Portland City Attorney; Captala Cun ningham, W. Li. Capps, Chief of JVavnl Construction 1 II. II. Rousseau, Consul tiha Knarlneert Rear-Admiral Helm, O. SI. Clark, President of Portland Chamber of Commerce, and Captain Speler, Harbormaster Port of Portland. ,n, Trta- T. rrrh th , purchased the weapon because be be 1 f . . 7. . . lieved threats had been made against him by the strikers. He declared that dutv tQ hi fnehnd hi. lolr,- )ng m the strike, and that he felt must protect them by keeping his job. .Treher was lined 25. 1 am aorry for Treher. personally.' said Jud Lanfftnith. "hut Ihoro is no much at stake in this instance that I must insist on the fine for the fu- ture effect. I.' W. "W. ARE TAKING HA NX) Police Hear of Plan to Attack Tfoa nT)t.n -vv'-lroT; iuikmi vriiers. w . . -,. ft,, .t... ,w- appeared near tne plant of the Northwest Steel Company, at and followed the electric car on which the non-strikers were being1 taken from the plant, hooting' and decrying the workmen. The police received a report that more I. W. W. would be stationed on the hill above the steel plant when the workmen's special ap peared this morning, and would assail the cars with stones. To protect the non-strikers Chief of Police Clark has detailed a squad of policemen and detectives to form an ambuscade above the steel plant . . . - , . , m,n,fli that arises. The men have orders to arrest any persons who become dis orderly, ROAMER IS ON BEACH GASOLINE SCHOONER STRANDS ON ROGUE RIVER SOUTH SPIT. Deck Cargo Is Removed and Vessel Will Re Saved Channel Shoals and Range la Down. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Jan. 4. (Spe- ,-, -i Ty,a .5ni. Kr-hooner ftoamer clal Tne gasoline scnooner Koamer I went on the south splfc at Rogue River this forenoon. She will be saved. The crew had " two lines aboard, and has anchored thetoi with deadmen to points north of the channel. The Roamer lies on the beach at the entrance to the river in several feet of water. Captain I Peter Olson expects she will float to- I morrow at high tide. The engines of I the Roamer are disabled, or at least 1Y.a niimna fnr thv ln9''Prt with BanH I making Dumping out of the Question. 1 There .is considerable water in the 1 craft's hold. 1 Today the freight on the deck was I taken off and conveyed to Gold Beach lin wagons, and nothing was lost In 1 the salvage. The Roamer was ashore I once before near the same place, but on the north spit. The grounding was occasioned by middle ground shoaling. The bar had not been navigated for several weeks, and the principal range mark had fallen down last night. Cap tain Olson got safely across the bar with the Roamer. but afterwards struck a shoal in the channel, of which he was not warned, owing to the range being I ao"- Tonight the Roamer is reported as resting well, although there is a stiff southwest wind blowing. Salvors will stay by the craft during the night and watch that lines are not lost over board. Other vessels have been beached about the mouth of Rogue River, but none have been lost. Among these I which grounded in past years were the I Berwick, Osprey. ' Enterprise, Rustler I ana tanaoipn. -xne rtanaoipn was I drawn across the south spit to the I river, over a quarter mile stretch of I sand. Chinook May Melt Ice. That a Chinook wind was sweeping along the Middle Columbia River Wednesday night was news received by steamboatmen yesterday from Lyle and they look for the ice to melt at Memaloose Island, where the river is blocked. On reports today depend I whether the steamer Tahoma will be started on her run tomorrow after be ing out of service more than a week. i PORT COMMISSION'S VOUCHERS SOUGHT Investigation of Affairs In dicated by Demand of Attor ney W. C. Bristol. ACCESS TO RECORDS GIVEN Lawyer Says Taxpayers, Including Bankers, Are Behind Move, and That No Politics Is Involved. Probe Is Invited. Investigation of the Port of Port land Commission, its affairs, manage ment and alleged direct or indirect benefits derived by any member of the Board through his connection there with, is indicated through the demand of William C. Bristol, attorney, for copies or vouchers from February 1, 1913, to December 31. 1916. Resultant from the aforesaid de mands was a special meeting of the Commission at 3 o'clock ' yesterday afternoon, at which a price of 10 cents a folio was fixed for copying vouchers for Mr. Bristol, also an Invitation was ordered extended to him to pursue hisr investigation accompanied by those, retaining him. with the help and as sistance of the Commission and Its facilities and that they would meet with him at any ftme he designated. I have no statement -to make until after I have looked over the vouchers. which work I will start tomorrow, said Mr. Bristol after the meeting. "I will say that I have been asked to take up this matter by taxpayers. In cluding bankers, and there is no politics Involved and it is not intended by those I represent to go before the Legislature In connection with it." Vouchers Requested In Writing. It was brought out at the session of the Commission that Mr. Bristol had written to John P. Doyle, assistant secretary, for copies of the vouchers, and the latter had replied that he did not know what the charge for the work would be. That was one reason for the special call and It was decided to fix the same charge as the City Auditor makes for similar copying, 10 cents a folio. Mr. Bristol had written members of the Commission, It was said at the meeting, and Captain A. TU. Pease, who is secretary of the Board, called on him. Captain Pease said Mr. Bristol told him he had been approached by a group of business men and bankers to investigate affairs of the Port. E. W. Wright, manager of the Port, announced about that time that Mr. Bristol had telephoned and said that he wanted the voucher information matter settled or there would be a lawsuit begun today. "There Is no question as to the right of a taxpayer for copies of the rec ords, and I move that the charge be the same as at the City Hall," said Commissioner D. C. O'Reilly, which carried. " Expense Account Included. Copies desired by Mr, Bristol, it was understood, were showing the expense account of General Manager Wright. payments made to the Shaver Trans portation Company, Columbia River Pilot's Association, Diamond O line and the Portland Shipbuilding Company, From my own standpoint I will say that any investigators are at liberty to do their work and it is up to ns to facilitate that in every way," said Com- misioner O Rellly. "I want to offer Mr. Bristol and any committee every r acuity, but 1 think we should write to Mr. Bristol to come forward with his committee of business men and bankers and conduct his investigation aboveboard. I offer a resolution that these communications from Air. Brls tol be spread on the records, also showing the charge to be made for the copies asked for and that the secretary address a letter to Mr. Bristol to the effect we are ready to meet him at any time he designates. It was suggested that a special meeting be arranged, but as the regu lar meeting is to be held Thursday of next week, that was abandoned, -th assumption being that Mr. Bristol could appear then if he wished. "These records are public and they can come here and get them," said Commissioner -E. W. Spencer. "I don' think that a special meeting is neces sary. . "Underlying this Is undoubtedly attack on - the honesty and integrity of members of the Port of Portland. so it should not be delayed." remarked President R. D. Inman. Aeeesa to Records Granted. It was then ordered that Mr. Bristol be informed as to the approximate time when he could have access to the records, and he is to go there today. The Impression prevails among the members that expenditures made by Manager Wright on personal trips are to be assailed if possible; that it will be sought to be shown Commissioner J. W. Shaver's connection with the board should prevent the Shaver Trans- portation Company's vessels from tow- I ing: that the Diamond O should not I handle tows in which the port is inter- I ested as Commissioner O'Reilly is con nected with that concern, and Com missioner Pease, ""being with the Co lumbia River Pilots' Association, must not pilot a vessel shifted under the direction of the port. As none of the Commissioners are interested in the Portland Shipbuilding Company, con trolled by Charles Nelson, they say they do not know the reason for vouchers paid that corporation being wanted. It is said that vessels have been moved by the Shaver boats only when the port was busy with its towboats or since the sale, early in the season, of the sternwheeler Ocklahama. with which the port moved most of the fleet. The Dlomond O, it is asserted.-has not participated in that business, but on on occasion a fuel barge was towed for che port. CAPTAIN REES BELIEVED LOST Mariner's Friends' Concerned Since Steamer Portland Disapcared. Friends here and elsewhere on the Coast are deeply concerned over the fate of Captain Rees, of the steamer Portland, which is reported to have dis appeared off the Bermudas about De cember 18. Tne Portland was originally brought here from the Great Lakes by the Globe Grain & Milling Company, and was loaded for Europe after the war started, remaining on the Atlan tic, and a few months ago was sold to French interests, captain Rees re mained in command, and reports of her sailing from Havre November 22 for New York showed he was master then. The Italian steamer Umbria. which reached Norfolk December 22, reported that December 14 she picked up a dis tress call by wireless from the Port land and went to her aid. She was 78 miles from Bermuda and the Umbria s'tood by for two days before the weather permitted a line to be secured to the Portland. Late the night of December 16 the line parted, and the master of the Umbria said he stood by day. and a night and finally the Portland broke away from her anchors and disappeared. Cantata Rees had sailed on the Pa cific side for a number of years and was a mate aboard the steamer Colum bia in 1907 when she was lost. He had many friends, and one of the fea tures he boasted about aboard the Portland before she left here was the entire crew was made up of Ameri cans. - - MICHXE DRYDOCKS TOMORROW Government Digger Being Prepared for Resumption of Labor at Cvos. To facilitate a minute examination of the hull so It may be determined whether work will be req-uired besides cleaning and painting and drawing the tailshafts. the Government dredge -oi. P. S. Michle will be lifted on the Port of Portland drvdock tomorrow. She has been here since finisning dredging at the entrance of Grays Har bor last month and is being overhauled at the Standard dock. In her crew are numbered three machinists, so much of the minor repairs formerly taken care of under contract are being carried on by her own crew. Unless the condition of her hull is different than Is now expected. It Is believd all of the pre paratory labors for the coming season will be looked after by those aboard. No date has been set for her return to Coos Bay. and the probabilities are she will be ready in eDruary. Movements of Vessels. pOBTLANt). Jan. 4. Arrived Steamers Washtenaw, from Port San Luis: Atlas and W. F. Herrin, from San Francisco; motor hio Sierra, rrom Ban Tan Cisco. oaiisa U. S. torDedo-boat destroyer Truxton. lor Astoria.' ASTORIA. Jan. 4. Left up at A. M. Ritunar Daisv Putnam. Sailed at 9:30 A. f steamer Celllo. from Puset bound for San Francisco. Arrived flown at r. ja. Steamer La Primers. SAV FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer northern pacific, ror r lavoi. COOS BAT. Jan. 4. Arrived it I A M. Steamer Breakwater, from Portland for Eureka and San Francisco. ETTREKA. Jan. 4. Sailed at 8 A. M. Steamer F. A. KUburn. from Portland and Coos Bay. for San Francisco. SAX PEDRO, Jan. 4. Arrived Steamers Beaver, from Portland via San Francisco Daisy Matthews. from Columbia River. Jan. 3. Sailed Steamers 'Norwood and Northwestern, for Portland via San Fran cisco. ASTORIA. Jan. 3. Left un at :50 P. M Steamer Washtenaw. Arrived at 8 and left up at 10 P. Mi Steamer Atlas, from San Francisco. Arrived at 9 and left up at 11 P. M. Steamer W. F. Berrln, from San Francisco. SEATTLE. Jan. 4. Arrived Steamers Farragut. from San Francisco: EI Segundo. from Richmond. Sailed Steamers HokkaL for Vladivostok: Talthyblus. for Manila and Yokohama; El Segundo, for San Francisco Santa Maria, for Port San L,u!s: United States coast guard unaiga. tor TaKutat. SAV FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. Arrived Steamers Columbia, from Valparaiso: Queen, from Seattle: motorsnip (jeorge wumm ton (Norwegian), from Norfolk. Sailed Steamers crown of leon (British), for London: Willamette, for Grays . Harbor Northern Pacific. for Astoria; Admiral Schley, for Seattle. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) The steam schooner Celllo. which towed the dis abled steam schooner Klamath Into port yesterday, sailed: today ror ban Francisco. After taking on lumber at Knappton. th steam schooner Daisy Putnam will shift to finish loading at Rainier and westport. Carrying 2.H5.000 feet of lumber from West port and 270,000 feet from Prescott, the steam schooner Tiverton cleared for San Francisco. She will sail tomorrow. After losdlna box snooks at Portlsnd an Astoria the steam schooner La Primers cleared for San FrmncUco. She expects to ear'y omor.row- '"e.ius w"u' wn'?B n,a"'"aJ?? " coast In search of the disabled steam schoon er Klamath, returned to port last night. The destroyer Truxtun. with Admiral Helm and the other members of the. Iraval Commission on board, arrived from Port land this afternoon. She will remain here until tomorrow evening. Bringing fuel oil for Portland the tank steamer Wm. F Berrln arrived during the night from California. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 4. (Special.) The steamer Hokkat Mini, of the Mitsui fleet, suited tor Vladivostok today with a full TOQD-ton cargo consisting . mainly of agricultural Implements. The Blue Funnel line steamer Talthyblus also got away tor ports in the Orient, sail ing with 17.000 measurement tons of gen eral cargo aboard. Other departures Included the steamer El Segundo tor San Francisco, at 2 P. M.: the oil tanker Santa Maria for Port San Luis, at 8 A. M., and the United States coast guard ITnalga. for Tukutat. The last named has been sent north to act as a hospital ship lor the fishing fleet. The Santa Maria steamed south with a. new blade on her propeller, which was fitted on here. She struck wreckage coming north and snapped off a blade. The steamer Admiral Farragut arrived from San Francisco with a light freight cargo. On her next voyage south, sailing Saturday morning, she will sail as a pas senger steamer to San Francisco only. The steamer El Segundo got in from Richmond at S A. M. today. SAN- FRANCTSCO, Jan. 4. (Special.) Bringing a general cargo from alny, the motorshlp Indlen, of the Faat Asiatic fleet, arrived in port late today. She will load here for Scandinavia. On her first visit to this port the Nor wegian motorshlp George Washington ar rived here from Scandinavia and the east from Norfolk to the Federal Government. The Washington is to load a full cargo for Scandinavia as soon aa she dischargee her coal. Nearly COO passengers left for Hawaii when the turblner Great Northern put to sea for the islands via San Pedro. The passenger llet this voyage Is the heaviest of the year. . First results in San Francisco of the re ,cent order of the British government to keep- the departures of all British ships secret is the departure of the Crown of l.eon. which cleared Saturday, but which did not go to sea until Wednesday night In the foff. The Crown of Leon is one of the Harrison direct line operating between thl Coast and the United Kingdom. Bal- xour. uutnrl at company are tne local gents. - While no Information would be given out at the local agency except that movements of steamers were to be kept secret, it Is understood that the Crown of Leon l.ad, been ready for sea several daya. She took out cenertl cargo, foodstuffs. canned fruit and salmon for lxndon, Laver Vui ana ui7Bgow. COOS BAY, 'Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Roamer sailed for Rogue itiver points last night. The steamship F. A. KUburn arrived today from Portland and after discharging loaded hingles at North Bend, sailing for Eureka. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. L, Janu ary 4, unless otherwise designated.) Morthera Pacific. San Francisco for Fla- vel. lO miles south of Blunts Keef. Lucas, lowing oarge vo, Kicnmoaa zor Seattle. 8 -to miles north of Richmond. Willamette, San Francisco tor Orays Har bor, five miles south of Cape Mendocino. Curacao San Francisco for Seattle, seven mlli-s north of Blunts Reef. Iaq.ua. Grays Harbor tor San Pedro. 237 miles south of Grays Harbor. Umatilla, San Francisco for Seattle, off Tatoosh. Lewis T.Uw'kentach. Victoria fnr Russia. 120 miles -west northwest of Flattery, Jan. ii. Asuncion, as miles xrom can rearo. Wapama, San Pedro for San Francisco. off San Pedro, breakwater. President. San Pedro tor San Francisco. 78 miles north of San Pedro. Cuzco. Child for San Francisco, 166 miles soutn of Kan fr-rancisco. Celllo. Everett for San Francisco. 65 mil south of Columbia River. Senator. 'Seattle for San Francisco. 78 miles north of Cape Blanco. Astral, Hongkong for ban Francisco. 1733 miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M.. Jan. 3. Enterprise, San Francisco for Hllo, 1029 miles from San Francisco, g p. M., Jan. 3. Manoa. Honolulu for San Francisco. 1729 miles from San Francisco, S P. M.. Jan. 3. Lurllne. San Francisco for Honolulu. 823 miles from San Francisco, s P. M., Jan. 3. Pleiades. Orient for San Francisco. 13S3 miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M.. Jan. 3. China. San Francisco for Orient. TOO miles west of Honolulu, s P. M., January 3. Venezuela. Orient for San Francisco. 14S1 miles from San Francisco. 8 P. M.. Jan. 3. Logan, Manila for San Francisco, 369 miles west of Honolulu. S P. M-. January 3. Hilonian. Honolulu for San Francisco, 2 SO miles from San Francisco. Scofield. Point Wells for Richmond. 70 miles north of Richmond. Topeka. Eureka for San Francisco, oft Point Arena. Great Northern. San Francisco ror Hono lulu, via San Pedro. 11 miles south of San Francisco. KUburn. Eureka for San Francisco, nine miles -outh of San Francisco. Cusco. South American ports ror san Francisco, 166 miles south of San Fran cisco. Marino Notes. Her wheat cargo having been finished last night the British steamer Don Benito, which came here from British Columbia last week, sails this morning for the United Kingdom. The cereal is the first to be loaded at tidewater here for a foreign port this season. Telegraphic advice from the San Francisco office of the North Pacific Steamship Com pany .yesterday was that the steamer Break water, leaving there Monday, would pro ceed to Portland direct, and sail from here direct for San Francisco Friday, eliminat ing calls at Marshfleld and Eureka on both voyages. The F. A. KUburn sails from an Francisco tomorrow and makes tboss ports as In the past. u. . V a tMMmrs Northwestern and Nor wood, the former sailing in the service of the "Big Three" line, and the latter under charter to the Globe Grain ac Milling Com pany left" S:in Pedro for Portland yester day The steamer Beaver, ot tne -dii Three" flag, reported there from this har bor. An official trial trip of four honrs was held Monday, and another run made yes terday to adjust compasses, so the new Norwegian steamer . apto. cnanerea w ioa 3 5OO.0OO feet of lumber here for India, Is expected to leave San Francisco for Port land today. She ta said to have averaged lit, knots on her first trial. Captain Reed returned to Astoria with the tur Wallula shortly before midnight Wednciday, fter having failed to get In communication by mlrelesa with the dis abled stearm-r Klamath, which was towed in by the CellWv Tides at Astoria Friday. High. Low. 10:38 A. M....9 1 feet'4:82 A. M 8.9 feet i:S3 P. M....0.0 toot I RIVER INSPECTED BY L Three Sites at Astoria to Be Viewed Today Need of Defense Realized. FOG DELAYS PROCEEDINGS Portland Chamber Has- Representa tives With Party and Base Se lection on Merits Purely Is Confidently Assured. ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) The Columbia River rom Portland to the sea was Inspected today by the special commission on Navy-yards and Navy stations, and tomorrow a tour of I Astoria harbor will be made to scan three sites that have been Dronosed as ..,ihi. w.nnn. or. .Hriori naval k.. I These stations are at Tongue Point. Astoria. Point Elllce. across the har- bor. and Toung'i Bay. Below the city. A special committee of Astorians will nolnt them out to the commission with- out prejudice. I ronlcrht a conference was neia. at 1 which salient features of the three tentative locations were presented. e ImUlna- Gives. That the Columbia River deserves to be defended, and it is' agreed that this mufli oe Gone oy ids ia,vy. is uuu"""1 edly the prevailing sentiment of the party that came down the river trom and it will not be until their report is . . . . , . . . . . formulated and submitted to Congress that the result of their investigations will be known. Charts of the Columbia were exam ined carefully by the commission mem bers today as the good ship Truxtun, Captain Ware, stepped along at a 25 mile gait down the river. Chamber Sends Committee. O. 3r. Clark, president of the Port- land Chamber of Commerce: G. B. Hegardt. engineer of the Portland Iock Commission, and W. P. LaRoche, City Attorney of Portland, formed the Port- land Chamber of Commerce committee that accompanied the commission and suDDlied all information about the river. J. Speier. Portland s Harbor- master, made the trip down by way of showing courtesy to the visitors. The commission as appointed by Sec retary Daniels, in accordance, with au thority given py the naval approprl Mtinn bill aoDroved August 29. 1916. consists of Rear-Admiral J. M. Helm, Chief Constructor W. I. Capps. -Cap- tain G. W. McElroy. Civil Engineer H. N AVA COMMISSION . .mv, . . United States torpedo-boat destroyer destroyer Truxtun. Members or the T,..,, T f , , . ' . . , ... . . . . Truxtun, lieutenant J. ti. are corn commission are keeping their own " j . . r--. t t- . w . . . . . - manalng. are said by Captain J . . counsel as to what location, if any, on ol . . . 1 H. Rousseau and Commander C L. Hua- I port from North Head showed the en sey. To the party of visitors to the Co- ,ranc ttheC?l.umb.i,a JRiver lumbia River ports has been added Captain A. A. Cunningham, detailed for the work from the Pensacola avl and general conditions that Influence aviation. Trip Includes Air Flight. The commission has been on its tour of investigation since November IS. Several Atlantic Coast Ports were In- spected and the trip Included an aero plane flight for the members of the in vestigating body at Pensacola. They visited New Orleans and -California and from Astoria they wll go to Puget Sound. They hope to present their re port to the present session of Congress if possible. The commission has authority to recommend the establishment of new naval stations. Navy-yards or naval bases on either the Atlantic or Pacific coasts, or Dotn. aa weu as tne aoanaon- ment or sucn estaoilanments now in use as they see fit. The cost jaf building new naval stations or yards, as well as the annual coat thereafter mini ha nh. mlt.H n It will K .k- . .... . " - ' o no light one. ' rnmmlm. 1 a ,.-..... K.J il,. that the investigation is in good hands Bkuu iuai eacn UL tne macule uoasi ports will receive full and fair consid eration. The Aatoria committeemen believe this. too. Fog Delays Party, "The commissioner are men of very . .., . tK- !. every detail of the situation." said President Clark, of the Portland Cham ber of Commerce, after a day spent in talking with them. "1 am sure from the caliber of the men and the Interest they take that the sites wre offer will receive full consideration. The Party was delayed on the trip down by fog. leaving Portland at 10:40 and reaching Astoria at 3:40 P. AL Rain and mist made Inspection of sites here tonight impracticable. The com missioners will set out on that work early tomorrow. At Astoria the commission was met by the local committee, headed by J. Q. A. Bowlby." Other members were B. Van Dusen. C. B. Johnson, Jack De laney. Mayor F. C. Harley, John.E. Gratke, Captain F. M. Sweet and Joseph E. Marias. A dinner was given Tor the visitors at the. Welnhardt Hotel, after which a conference on the availability of sites about Astoria for an added naval station for the Pacific Coast was held. - " PORT ORFORD IS CONTENDER ' e . Natural Defense to Be Urged on Naval Ba9C Commission. MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 4. (Spe cial.) Port Orford is not Joking when she tells the public she is after tne Pacific Coast naval base, and has left nothing undone that will bring her claims properly before the Commission which is now visiting the Coast- At a ba n q u et of the Port Orford Commercial FEEL 100 BETTER BY MORNING TRY IT! Get a"-10. Cent Box ofe; "Cascarets" for Your Liver and Bowels. Tonighl sure! Remove the liver and bowel poison which Is keeping; your head diszy. your tongue coated, breath offensive and stomach tour. Doa'l stay PS There is one ture. safe kit to aroid a blotch v. Dtmnlv Vin. A good or bad complexion comes from within. If you wantaclearcomplexion. a clean kin rosy cheeks and good health, your :od must be pure and the poisonous matter must be carried off Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets assist nature to remove all poisonous waste matter in the system. They act on the liver and bowels like calomel yet have no dangerous after -effects. They are reliable safe and cannot harm- are used by women folks everywhere. Constipation is nearly alwavs the cause of all ailments of women. The in testines must be made to do their work as nature intended in a normal way. Have color in your cheeks. Take one or two tablets nightly and note the pleas ing results. All druggists 10c and 25c Club g-lven in honor of Frank B. Tlche- nor beforA Vi . lf, fnr th tat T jsiature. a committee of three lead- lngr citizens was appointed to present tne city s advantages as a naval base. The locality's arguments, aside from th natural crescent-shaped harbor with deep water, consists principally 01 maae-io-oraer DacKgrouna tor lortuications. jiacK or the city there ar mountains which look down upon the sea. and the statement is made that STuns mounted there would command i'le &ea lur many mues, xne commute mi.iuu minus unnuba, a. j. jiarsit ana Air. Xlcnenor. TRUXTUX SCATTERS SAWLOGS shaver Interests Work Yesterday Re- raftinif Dislodged Timbers. Swells thrown yesterday by I . ! 'iJ.... h " , ijiela in the fehaver boom, opposite J-inn- ton. and BO logs went adrift. The steamer Sarah Dixon and a power boat used at the boom devoted the remainder of the day to roundinjr up the runaways and Captain Shaver thought all of them had been saved. The Truxtun left here at 10:30 o'clock carrying the Naval Base Com mission and a delegation of I'ortland- ers to Astoria. She made a good run down the river, reaching Astoria soon after 3 o'clock. No damage has been reported as a result of her trip up the river Wednesday. The vessel has en- gines of 3800-horsepower driving twin screws and even in her present condi tion It is said she can make 25 knots an hour. SUA. SMOOTH IN BIG WIND Storm Warnings I'osted and Gale Is Looked For on Coast Today. Mariners commented on an unusual I condition yesterday when the noon re- from the south with a velocity of 34 miles. At S o clock in the afternoon the sea was obscured and the wind was mUe8.on, tho sou,ti'- V "'"'mura I during the day was 48 miles. The weather bureau, through As sistant Forecaster Drake, ordered I storm warnings up at all ports for a I southeast blow and the prognostication I for today on the Coast is rain, with a moderate to strong southerly gale. There was a maximum southerly wind of 40 miles an hour during the day at Seattle and the highest velocity at Ta toosh was 62 miles, dropping to 48 miles at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. V. S. Naval Kadio Reports. CAPE BLANCO, Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) Gollah. towing Washougal. northbound, 5u miles north of Cape Blanco. vitnTif head. Wash.. Jan. 4 Alameda. I discharging at Seward, noon. January 3. I Junu Seattle to Seward, off Cape St. I Ellas, January 3. Dora, eastbound, five miles tut of Unlniak Pass, January -a. Admiral I Watson. I.atoucne lor hodo sav. miirs I . t .i.ii.h, .lanmrv A. Vuldec I y-.-.i.--. for Vancouver, off Tatoosh Island. I POINT ARCCELLO. Cal., Jan. 4. (Spe- Norwood. 140 miles south of I s rranclscot SAN FRAKCTSCO, Cat. Jan. 4. (Spe cial.) Tll!ameok. San LMeeo. January -. Denver. Gulf of Fons.-ca, January Saturn, parsed Point Argucllo, southbound, Janu ary 3, 3 : 5,"i P. M. Nora, passed Point Ar gucllo', southbound. Albany, 1S:30 P. M. Depsr-ures New Orleans. Angels Bay M I lco, for Gusymas, January 2. Iroquois. for ban lM-go. January o. neyenne oil (,um, January 4. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Jan 4. (Spe cial) Admiral Schley, San Francisco for SeaUle. S2 miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M. ' SAN DIEGO. Cel.. Jan. 4. (Special. Arrivals U. S. S. Denver, Gulf of Fonseca 1 from corinto. 6 P. M.. January 3. Depar I turcs U. S. S. Denver, Corluto for Gulf of Fonseca, 11 A. M. January 3.: U. S. S. Glacier, from San Diego for San Francisco. 4 P. M.. January 4: S. S. Providencla. Santa Rosalia for San Francisco, oO miles south of Santa Rosalia. S P. M.. January 4. Vessels Entered Testerday. American steamer V". F. Herrin, cargo of oil. from Monterey. American steamer Atlas, cargo of oil, from San FrancUico. American steamer Rose City, general cargo, front San Francisco. American steamer Washtenaw, cargo of oil. from Port San Lula Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer W. F. Herrin. xballast. for San Francisco. Amerlcaa steamer Atlas, ballast, for San Francleco. American stesmer Rose City, genera cargo, for San Francisco. American steamer Washtenaw, ballaafj for Port San Luis. Columbus River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Jan. 4. Condition of th bar at o P. M. Sea. obscured: wind, south. 33 miles. W. V. Epler, of Seattle, Dead. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 4. William F. Epler. an old resident ot Seattle and owner of much real estate, died today of paralysis, aged 77 years. Cascjarets from the drug store nowT Eat one or two tonight and enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleans ing you ever experienced. Y6u will wake up feeling fit and fine. Cascarets never gripe or bother you all the next day like calomel, salts and pills. They act gently but thoroughly. Mothers should give cross, sick, tilious or feverish children a whole Cascaret any time. They are harmless and children love thein.