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TIIE MORXING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY "16, 1917.
ATTEMPT
TO FLOAT
UNLIKELY
fJaval Officers Consider Mil
waukee Total Loss and
. Plan to Strip Vessel.
ADMIRAL ARRIVES TODAY
Every Man of Stranded Warship
Must Testify at Inquiry to Be
Ordered Sailors' Camp Es- -
tablished on Beach.
EUREKA, Cal., Jan. 15. (Special.)
It was announced today that no at
tempt to float the stranded cruiser Mil
waukee from her position on the beach
opposite Eureka will be made unless
high authorities of the Navy Depart
ment radically alter all plans of the
naval authorities here.
Officially the Milwaukee is consid
ered a total loss. She will be stripped,
and even that work will probably be
done -through private contract. After
the Navy Department is through, if
some private contractors care to at
tempt to move the Milwaukee, arrange
ments may be made, but the Govern
ment, It is declared, is through.
Salvage Flan Unique.
In connection with the plan for strip
ping the vessel there evolves a unique
piece of work. The Milwaukee will be
practically shipped to San Francisco by
rail. The Navy men plan to have the
present line of the North western Pacific
Railroad to Samoa extended a mile over
the sand hills to the shore at the Mil
waukee wreck. A trestle then will be
built to the side of the cruiser, and
the boxcars will be laden at the ves
sel's side, sealed, and consigned directly
to the Mare Island Navy-yard.
It is planned to remove everything
from the Milwaukee, including her ar
mament, her boilers, furnaces, engines,
hardware, and everything movable. If
necessary to remove the engines, the)
hull will be cut up with an oxy-acety-lene
torch.
Today Lieutenant Newton, com
mander of the Milkwaukee, together
with other naval officers, boarded the
vessel and made an inspection. It was
found that the cruiser had worked
several yards further inshore, but her
list was about the same. The fire
rooms are half full of water, the boil
ers are buckled, the engines out of
plumb, and indications are that the
hull had yielded seriously. The
water has come in through the opened
scams, and it was considered probable
that a hole has been pierced in the
hull.
Every Man Must Testify.
Tomorrow Admiral Caperton is due
here on board the cruiser Milwaukee
and with his arrival definite arrange-J
ments tor the Investigation will De
started. It was announced here today
that the inquiry will be held either
here or at Mare Island and that every
man and officer who was aboard the
Milwaukee must appear before the
court of inquiry.
It also was announcow that about 300
men would be sent to Mare Island on
the San Diego immediately in the event
the inquiry is not to be held here. The
San Diego, however, will make no at
tempt to come into port, fearing the
same difficulties which the H-3 and
Milwaukee encountered.
At New B.ra Park, on the beach a
mile from the Milwaukee wreck, a tern
porary naval camp has been estab
lished. There the men are under naval
discipline from 8 in the morning until
4 o'clock in the afternoon, when they
are given liberty. Those who care to
may come to Eureka to sleep, and thus
avoid the discomfort of sleeping In the
open on the beach at night.
FRAUD IN IDAHO CHARGE
DUMMY ENTRIES UNDER ENLARGED
HOMESTEAD LAW ALLEGED.
Democratic Majority Tables Claim
912,500 for Legal Service of T. C.
. Coffin In Default Case.
of
STATE CAPITOL. Boise, Idaho. Jan
15. (Special.) It was charged in the
Senate of the Idaho Legislature today
by Senator Evans, of Power County,
that the 64u-acre enlarged homestead
law will result in a monopoly of graz
ing lands for sheep and cattlemen and
that there is evidence to show they
have already resorted to dummy entry
men to secure the lands.
Evans fathered a memorial to Con
gress, the President and Secretary of
the Interior asking that the law be
made inapplicable to Idaho through
amendment for the sake of the small
farmer and rancher who cannot com
ply with its terms, and that there be
no classification of grazing lands in
this state.
The feature of the proceedings in
the House was the refusal of the Demo
cratic majority to consider the claim
of T. C. Coffin, who asked$12,500 and
expense money of $1200 for legal serv
Ices performed for the state in prose
cuting the suit against the National
Surety Company to recover under the
bond of O. V. Allen, defaulting State
Treasurer. The majority indefinitely
postponed the claim.
Two additional county division bills
appfwred, one creating Valley out of
Idaho and Boise counties, the other
creating Buhl out of the west side of
Twin Falls County.
BROTHERS WILL MEET
BISHOP E. II. HUGHES, BOSTON', TO
SEE BISHOP M. S. HUGHES, CITY,
Occasion Will Be at Conference to Be
mid Today at Vlrat Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The extreme East will clasp hands with
the extreme V est this morning whe
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, of Boston,
will be greeted by his. brother, Bisho
Matthew S. Hughes, of Portland, at th
area conference to be held in the First
Methodist Episcopal Church.
All the district superintendents o
the area over which Bishop M.
Hughes has charge will be present and
a number of men of distinction will at
tend from various parts of the coun
try.
Bishop Edwin Hughes will deliver
the principal address this morning. Th
meeting will open at 10 o'clock. All
who are Interested in the work and
activities of the church may attend.
A feature of the first session will be
the singing by the vested choir of Rose
City Park Church. For the various
cessions, the Kev. Alfred Bates, of Wax
CRUISER
renton, will act as leader of the music
Rev. Joshua Stansfield, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, will welcom
the visitors. Among: the men of promt
nence who will participate In the pro
grammes will be Rev. V. W. Youngson,
D. D.. Rev. T. B. Ford, .Robert H.
Hughes, editor of the Pacific Christian
Advocate; Dr. T. W. Lane and Rev. R.
N. Avison, of Salem.
Luncheon will be served In the church
parlors and the afternoon session will
be replete with interesting features.
The conference will continue for three
days and will close with a large re
ception Thursday with Bishop and Mrs.
Matthew S. Hughes as host and hostess
to all the visiting ministers and promi
nent laymen.
FARMERS TO BUILD MILL
Baker County Grain Kaisers Will
Handle Own Wheat.
BAKER, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.)
Farmers of Baker County will erect a
flouring mill to handle their wheat. The
mill will cost more than $4000 and
will be erected next Spring ready to
handle the season's crop.
The company, known as the Farmers'
Milling Company, was organized today.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary of State call
ing for a capitalization of $5000 divided
in $25 shares, of which $2525 was
subscribed today.
Machinery for a complete mill with
capacity of nearly 50 barrels of flour
day has been ordered for delivery
in May. M. S. Bond was chosen chair
man of the board of directors. J. W.
Biggins and George Miller are the
ther directors. "
BAKER CLUB ELECTS TEN
Many Important Matters Are to Be
Taken Up by Organization.
BAKER, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.) A
municipal athletic field for baseball.
ootba.ll and track events, a municipal
atural hot-water natatonum. good
roads with special efforts toward state
lgbways, completing of the ornament-
1 light system and continued efforts
toward getting Baker County's share of
the forest timber funds were some of
the movements outlined at the annual
anquet of the Baker Commercial Club,
eld in Elks' Hall tonight. More than
00 attended.
The following directors were elected
for a two-year term: William Duby. W.
Calder, Dr. F. T. Notz, H. N. Ryder.
A. Smith; for one year, Henry
Wendt, F. A. Phillips, Thomas Baird.
P. P. Correll, N. N. Elliott. Toasts and
vaudeville 'programme were given.
MAD DOG RUNS 4 AMUCK
Halfway Canine Bites Three Per
sons and Numerous Animals.
BAKER, Or.. Jar.. 15. (Special.) A
do- believed to have been afflicted with
hydrophobia was killed at Halfway to
day after he had bitten two men, a 12-
year-old boy, killed several hogs and
bitten several other dogs. The persons
who were bitten were examined today
by Dr. Kastland. of Halfway.
The dog" is believed to" have belonged
to a family residing near Halfway. The
boy victim, who is the son of Mr. and
.Mrs. Albert Melhorn, was bitten yes
terday and the two men. Kaleigh Pierce
and V. J. Douglas, were attacked to
day. Kred Cooper and Richard Gar-
itfhouse caught and killed the animal.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUB TO ARRIVB.
Name From Tat.
Northern Paclflo. . .l5an Francisco. -In port
Kose City Los Angeles. .... .in port
Break water.... ... Han Francisco... .Jan. 10
beaver .Los Angeles. .... .Jan. '22
F. A. Kilburn. ..San Francisco.. -.Jan. '23
XU TO DEPART.
Name. For TTate.
, San Diego ... .Jan. 16
Sati Francisco. .. .Jan. 1
S.F. for UA.-3.D.,Jan. 17
Los A ngele . ... . Jan. 1.
, S.F. lor LvA,-S.I. Jan. 19
fan Diego Jan. 19
. baa c ra.uulsco. . . .Jan. 22
. Los Angeles. .... .Jan, '24
. ban Diego. ...... .Jan 2a
.Pan ancisco.... Jan. 25
Northern Pacific..
Harvard. .........
Multnomah. .
beaver
W a pa ma . .........
F. A. Kilburn
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported at S P. M., January
to, unieM utiierivioe iefucnat-eu
ASTRAL. San Francisco for Shanghai. -45
miles west of tian Francisco.
W1LLA11E TTE. San Francisco for San
Pedro, 1,"5 miles from San Pedro.
BEAVER. San Francisco for San Pedro,
28 miies south of Point Sur.
PRESIDENT. San Francisco for San Pedro,
5a miles south of San Francisco.
LLZ BLAiNCA. San Francisco for JHiie.
1720 miles south of fcSan Francisco. 8 P. M.,
January 14.
NEWPORT, Balboa for San Francisco. 370
miles north of Balboa, 8 P. M., January 14.
KitHMUisu. an rearo xor juonoiuiu. -
miles from San Pedro.
V At A MA. San Francisco for San Pedro, Q
miies west of San Pedro.
PLE AIDES. San Francisco for New York,
101'S miles south of San Francisco. .
OREGON. San Pedro for Balboa, off San
Pedro.
SAN JUAN, San Francisco for Balboa, 55
miles soutn ox can rancisco.
M.OFFETT. to wine barge 93. San Fran
cisco tor Balboa, 1734 miles south of San
Francisco.
EL. SEGUNDO. towing barge 91. Richmond
ror seattie. oJo nines north or Ricnmona.
CEL1 LU. San rancisco for Everett, off
laquma weau.
MATriOMA. Honolulu for San Francisco,
3- miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M., Jan
uary 14.
W1LHELM1XA. San Francisco tor Hono
lulu, 1537 mile from San Francisco, 8 P. M..
January j.
i-i i, AUfc-s, Ban Francisco lor wonomiu,
1476 miles from San Francisco, 8 tp.
January 14.
ENTEKfRiSE.a Mil lor San Francisco,
1713 miles irom ban Francisco. 8 P. l.
January 14.
ATLAS. Rlcnmond for Honolulu. 20
miies from Honolulu. S P. M.. January 14.
JIM BUTLER, San Francisco for Santa
Rosalia. 10S5 miles south of San i rancisco.
S P M.. January 14.
PLEIADES. San Francisco for New York,
8t3 miles south of San I-rancisco.
ASUNCION. El Seeundo for Portland, five
miles outh of Point Reyes.
aiULT.NUMAii. San rancisco ror Port
land, off Point Arena.
CURACAO, san Francisco ror beat tie, rive
miies south of Point Keyes.
COLUMBIA, Tacoma for San Francisco,
l.o nines nortn or ban r rancisco.
ADELINE SMITH, San Francisco for Coos
Bay. l-o miles north of San Francisco.
BREAKWATER, Portland for San Fran-
DRAKE. Latouche for San Francisco,
milt- north of Richmond.
LUCAS, towing barge 95, Richmond for
Vancouver. 21S miles nortn of Richmond.
GRACE DOLLAR, Vancouver for Tacoma,
7o miles from Tacoma,
GOVERNOR, Victoria for Seattle, off
Point Wilson.
QUEEN Seattle for San Francisco, mine
miles west of Point llson.
TJ. S. Naval Radio Reports.
JUNEAU, leaving- Cordova, Southbound
for Seattle at 1 P. M.. January 14.
MAR1 PUS A. Juneau for Ketchikan, off
Point Crowley at noon.
COSTA RICA, San Francisco for Corlnto,
left Champerico at 8 P. M., January 14.
SAN JOSE. San Francisco for Balboa. 175
miles northwest of Champerico at 8 P. M.,
January 14.
VALDEZ. Nanatmo for San Francisco, 177
miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M.
M'CULLOCH, from Eureka, arrived ai
San Francisco January 15.
CHATTANOOGA, from Mare Island, ar
rived at San Francisco January lo.
RALEIGH, departed from San Franclaco
for Acapulco, January 14.
Vessels Kntered Yesterday.
Wear-wood. British steamer, ballast, from"
TTnion fcfay.
W. F. Herrin, American steamer, oil, from
El searunuo.
- Patsy, gasoline schooner, general cargro.
from Coast porta '
Monterey, American schooner, oil. from
San Francisco,
.Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
Patsy, gasoline schooner, general cargofor
Bandon and way ports.
Monterey, American schooner, ballast, for
San Francisco. ;
W. F. Herrin, American steamer, baliaai
lor fean. rancisco.
llSTEEL CRAFTS VOTE
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Differences Between North - J -
west Company and
Men Adjusted.
WORK TOMORROW LIKELY
Condition at Willamette Plant Re
mains Unchanged, Officials An
nouncing Tbat Several Depart
ments Are Running; Full.
The strike among workmen of the
Northwest .Steel Company is virtually
settled.
After being out more- than two
weeks, during which a series of con
ferences was held between officials of
the company and a committee repre
senting the strikers, the various crafts
yesterday voted to accept the proposi
tion for better working conditions and
a slight increase in wages for some of
the workmen. The results of the vot
ing" were made known to the executive
committee of the Metal Trades Council
early last night and after a final can
vass of the situation, it was decided to
accept the proposition.
Workers Ready to Accept.
"Unless a new phase is injected into
negotiations by Mr. Bowles, we are
ready to accept the proposal as made
by him." said Joseph Keed, business
agent of the Metal Trades Council.
"I had fully expected that the crafts
would accept the proposition," said Mr.
Bowles. "If the Metal (Trades Council's
action is final, it means that the strike
is settled. I have no further state
ment to make at this time."
It is probable that Mr. Bowles will be
formally notified of the action today,
and unless new situations arise the
men will be ready to go back to work
tomorrow.
Working: Condition Better.
While the men feel that they are- not
receiving all that they liad hoped for,
they say that they made an Important
step in the adjustment of wages. A
further concession was reached in the
matter of better working conditions.
Another result was the right to or
ganize a shop committee, whose duties
will be to work for the general wel
fare of the men and to take up with
officials of the company any grievances
that ma v arise from time to time. -
The new scale of wages is on a basis
of that ir effect at the Union Iron
Works at San Francisco. Pay for most
of the crafts is about the same and in
a few instances it is said to be a trifle
higher. This is true in regard to the
minimum wage for sonre of the helpers.
Seven Crafts Affected.
The only thing that brought out con
Iderable discussion among the crafts,
it is said, was the position taken by
Mr. Bowles to approve the personnel of
the proposed committee of shppmen,
composed of one man representing the
various crafts at the plant. The pur
pose of this committee is to take up
with the officials all grievances and
such other questions as may affect the
workmen from time to time.
There are seven crafts employed at
the plant that are affiliated with the
Metal Trades Council. These are the
shipbuilders, machinists, electricians.
engineers, blacksmiths, painters and
structural shopmen.
Under the agreement, Mr. Bowles
also would have the right to approve
any outside man or representative of
the -Metal Trades Council who might
attend the conferences of the shop com
mittee and officials of the company in
an advisory capacity.
AVIIlametfe Csmc VBcIlanKed.
There was no change of the strike
situation as it affected the Willamette
Iron & Steel Works yesterday- All de
partments of the plant are Operating,
most oi mem nearly io capacity, say
officials of the company.
As a direct result of unsettled labor
conditions among the steelworkers in
Portland, one contract involving more
than $50,000 worth of marine machinery
has been lost to the city, according to
statement made yesterday by Fred
Hesse, of the Hesse & Martin Machine
Works.
"We had fan order to turn out
auxiliary machinery amounting to more
than $50,000, but on account of uncer
tainties of the labor situation here we
sublet the contract to a British Colum
bia firm," said Mr. Hesse. "We did this
in order that we would be sure that
the machinery could be delivered with
in the specified time. As long as the
strike continues in Portland, we will
not run any risk. There have been
some little differences among our own
employes, but these have been settled
and we are working to capacity now.
We have 70 men employed.
BARGES TO RAISE AVOODLAXD
Oregona Handles Freight to Yamhill
River as Result of Accident.
Barges to be used in raising he
sternwheel steamer Woodland, which
sank Friday night a mile above the
mouth of the north fork of the lamhill
River, were delivered there yesterday.i
by the steamer Oregona. The latter
also carried freight shipped from Port
land to McMinnville, so she proceeded
to the latter point to discharge, re
turning by way of Dayton, where ship
ments were taken on for Portland.
United States Inspectors Edwards
and Wynn have not fixed a date for
investigating the accident to the
Woodland. A report received by them
yesterday relative to the case was that
the steamer was tied up at 5:45 o'clock
Friday afternoon and sank about 4
o'clock the following morning, the
cause not Having been ascertained. As
the vessel left here at 5 o'clock Friday
morning she could not reach her desti
nation in 13. hours, as is required with
a single crew, so stopped for the night.
Turblner to Miss One Trip.
Notice will be sent shippers and trav
elers this week by the Great Northern
Pacific Steamship Company that the
northbound sailing of the Northern Pa
cific February 15 will be canceled and
the turbiner will lay over in San Fran
cisco for Federal inspection. The ship
will leave San Francisco February 17
and return south February 20. This
will reverse the published schedules for
the latter part of February.
New cards will be issued In due time,
according to the revised sailings. Ca
pacity cargoes and large passenger lists
are being carried Dy the steamer.
y Marine Notes.
Assistant United State Steamboat In
spectors Weldin and Edthofer leave today for
Coo Pay, where they will rei aspect the
ferry Transit. The inspection of the re
built packet City of Ridrefield has been
commenced. The ferry City of Vancouver
was relnspected yesterday, also the tug
Sum son was inapectea. I
Captain Tyler left last nipht for Seattle
to Join the united btates Engineers I tug
Wilson, which leaves there today for TV:
mook iay ana win taKe in tow the drJt'ge
Oregon, which goes to Gray Harbor 1 for
channel improvements inside. T.'ie W:1eod
and tow will be convoyed from Tillazcfok
by one of the Port of Portland tugs. I
To have her engine inUiied the XrJkoU
being completed here for the San Pedro-Mex
ican trade by the Merchants' rsavlgatloB
Company, of Los Angeles, is to be towed to
Ban Franciaco tne latter part of th month.
The vessel was lifted on the Oregon dry
dock yesterday i for minor work and paint-lag-.
,
Hull work being finished on the Reg
ulator line t earner Dalle City, which was
damaged by fire a iejveeks ago, ihe is
to be launched at the yara of the Portland
Shipbuilding Company today, and her place
will be taken by the State of Washington,
of the same fleet. Both operate on the
?n and no cbans b made m
ruary 1.
Having discharged 19,000 barrels of fuel
oil, the schooner Monterey, of the Associated
Oil Company's fleet, left down yesterday in
tow of the tug Navigator. The tanker Wra.
F. Herrin was entered yesterday from Ga
vlota and El Segundo with 44,000 barrels
of fuel oil, 940 barrels of gasoline and 940
barrels of distillate.
Bound for Newport and Bandon, the gas
oline schooner Patsy, Captain Finding, was
cleared yesterday with 105 tons of freight.
Gas buoys at the entrance to the Co
lumbia River are being changed, the out
side buoy having been replaced. Saturday
with one recently overhauled and restocked
with Illuminating material, and the main
channel buoy was changed yesterday, the
work being done by the tender Manzanita.
Lumber laden for San Pedro the steamer
Tiverton got away yesterday from Preacott.
Towing the hull of the new McCormlck
steamer Wahkeenah the steamer Willamette
reached San Francisco Sunday. She left the
river ten hours In advance of the steamer
Wapama, of the same flag, and her arrival
within the Golden Gate was ten hours later
than the Wapama'a, a difference of '20 hours
with such a tow being rated good work.
. Not leaving up from Astoria fcntil after
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the steamer
Rose City was due at Alnsworth dock about
1 o'clock this morning. She brought 1300
tons of cargo and will go out with a full
load, being scheduled to saif at 3 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Lumber - for Bombay was started aboard
the new Norwegian steamer Capto at West
port yesterday, she having reached there
sunday from San Francisco, where she
was built. The vessel works part of ths
lumber at Wauna and Linn ton.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
GRATS HARBOR Wash., Jan. 15. (Spe
cial. ) The steamer Coronado arrived last
night and Is loading at the Bar City M11L
The steamer Carlos, bhna i ak and San
Gabriel are due tomorrow. The two last
mentioned have never, before been on Gray
harbor.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 15. (Special.) The
Japanese steamer tnkat Maru .o. 2 ar
rived today from British Columbia with I
part cargo of flaxseed for Portland. She
will load lumber at the Inman-PouUen mill
for Europe.
Bringing a full cargo or xreig-nt ana
large lit of passengers the seamer Rose
City arrived from San Pedro and San Fran
Cisco.
The steam schooner Santlam will finish
loading lumber at the Hammond mill this
evening and sail for San Pedro.
Brinelna a cargo or iuei oil for Portland,
the tank steamer Wm. F. Herrin arrived
durinsr the night from radlornia.
The steamer scnooner 'iiverion snirtea to
day from Prescott to Westport to take on
lumber.
The steam schooner Necanlcum Is due to
load lumber at the Hammond mill.
COOS BAT. Or., Jan. 15. (Special.)
The gasoline schooner Roamer has been
chartered by Tom B. James, a shipping
a Kent, for traffic between Coos Bay and
Portland and she will aall tomorrow on her
first trip north. The ltoamer la equipped
with twin acrews and semi-Ilesel engines.
but carries only lOO tons of freight.
SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 15. (Special.)
Among lumber steamer arrivals from the
North today were the Elizabeth, from Ban
don, and Pasadena, from Albion, with 3o7,
OoO feet for the Albion Ltrmber Company:
lumber carriers leaving for Northern ports
were: Nehalem, for Grays Harbor; Solano,
for Grays Harbor; Multnomah, for Portland
Phoenix, for Bandon, and Avalon, fur Grays
Harbor.
The XT. " S. S. Chattanooga arrived today
from - San Diego and proceeded to Mare
Island. The Japanese steamer Tenyo Maru,
of the T. K. K. line, arrived from Oriental
ports via Honolulu today bringing 364 pas
sengers and a large cargo of general Ori
ental merchandise.
'After six hours' fight the flames aboard
the Japanese steamer Tsushima Maru were
extinguished late last evening. A survey
made today by the insurance surveyors dis
closed little damage to the steamer. The
cargo in the hold where the fire was lo
cated was considerably damaged by the
blaze and the steam forced in to smother
it.- It is expected that the vessel will be
ready to resume her voyage for New York
Saturday.
The Bteamer Grays Harbor, bound from
Grays Harbor to San Pedro, put into port
today to land her chief engineer, who was
taken sick on the voyage down the coast.
TACOMA, Wash.! Jan. 15. (Special.)
Northerly winds now prevail off the coast
nre believed to be holding back several sail
ing vessels bound for the Sound from West
Coast ports and Australia. Two of these
vessels are bound for Tacoma, but with pres
ent weather conditions may not show up for
several weeks.
The American ship Aryan. CajHaln Mac
Lac hlan, for Tacoma with nitrates for the
Dupont, Is now out about G3 days from Co-
quimbo. It Is possible that If may be air-
other two weeks before tms vessel Is re
ported. The Ayran made one start for Ta
coma in November, but had to put back on
account of a leak, discovered after the ves
sel had got to sea.
The Peruvian schooner Helvetia, bound
for Tacoma to load at the Danaher mill.
Is listed for San Francisco and is 71 days
out from Callao for that port. It is possible
that if the Helvetia puts into the Califor
nia port she wilt be towed north.
Theschooner Else, of Portland, out f pom
Everett for Point Pirie. Is now due at her
destination and out about US days. The
kle was built here for O. A, Andersen &
Co. and is on her first voyage,
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 13. (Special.)
The Pacific Steamship Company's liner
Governor, with light passenger list and gen
eral cargo from California, arrived tonight
from San .Diego via Sa.n Francisco and Vic
toria. After a stormy voyage and bringing an or
dinary list of passengers and general Ori
ental cargo, the Nippon Vuaen K.isha liner
Inaba Maru arrived at t :3U P. M. today
from Kobe and pprts. She was 17 days from
Yokohama to Victoria. She landed 7S steer
age passengers at Diamond Point on her
way here.
The steam schooner F. 8. Loop arrived to
night from San Francisco via Port Angeles.
The steamer laqua arrived from San Fran
cisco.
The steamer Queen, with a large passen
ger list and general freight, departed for
San Pedro and San Francisco.
The steamer Jefferson, with light passen
ger kst and cargo of mining machinery and
general freight, departed for Southeastern
Alaska.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTUAICI, Jan. 18. Sailed Schooner
Modkm. tJE Xavlirator. for Kin Francisco:
steamer F. A. Kilburn-. tor Coos Bay, Eu
reka and San Franclaco: steamer W. F. Her
rfn. for San Francisco. Arrived Japanese
steamer Lnlcal - Maru o. 2, xrom iiooa;
steamer W. F. Herrin, from El Sea-undo.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 15. Left up at mid
night, steamer W. F. Herrin. Arrived a
7:30 A. M. and left up at noon, Japanese,
steamer TJnkai Maru No. 2. from Kobe, via
Pucret Sound. Arrived at 2 and left up
4:5U P. M., steamer Rosa City, from San
Pedro and San Francisco. .
SAX PRAXCISCO, Jan. 15. Arrived at 7
A. M ateamer J. A- chanslor, from Port
land. Sailed at Id A. M., steamer Multno
mah, for Columbia River; at noon, ateamer
Beaver, for San Pedro. Arrived at noon.
steamer Oleum, xrom Portland.
SAJT PEDRO, Jan. 15. Arrived Motor
schooner Sierra, from Portland,
SAN FRAXCISCO, Jan. 15. Arrived
Steamera Tenyo Maru (Japanese). from
HonKkons: J. A. Ch&nslor, Oleum, from As
toria; Grays Harbor, from Aberdeen. Sailed
Steamers Astral, for Wooeung-; Adeline
Smith, for Coos Bay; Multnomah, for As
tona; Phoenix, for Bandon; Avalon. for
Grays Harbor.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 15. Arrived
Steamers Governor, F. S. lop. laqua, from
San Francisco: tiovernor, from San Diego:
Inaba Maru. from Kobe. Sailed Steamers
Queen, for San Pedro; Jefferson, for South
eastern Alaska.
Tides at Astoria Tuesday.
Hleh. Low.
5:52 A- M 8.8 feetll2:58 P. M J.2 feet
B:40 P. M 0.7 feetill:45 P. M 2.3 feet
Columbia RlTer Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Jan. 15. Condition of the
bar at & P. M. Sea smoth, -wind east four
miles.
An anonymous Frenchman has .of
fered a $10,000 prize for the mechan
leal apparatus that will best supply the
Place of a missing Human hand.
PUT OFF
River Too Low for Sending S.
I. Allard Off Ways.
ICE RETARDS OPERATIONS
Water In Snake and Tpper Colom
bia Freezing Willamette Ex
pected to Continue to Fall
for Several Days.
Cool weather, which has "thinned"
the water in the Willamette River bo
there is only 1.8 feet above zero show
ing; on the gauge, meaning a channel
depth of 31.8 feet, has prompted a post
ponement of the launching; of the nve
masted auxiliary schooner S. -I. Allard,
which was tohave taken place at St.
Helens this morning. The cold weather
has caused ice to form again in the
Snake and Upper Columbia, which are
correspondingly low.
As to the ice, which causes the most
concern tp the river fraternity, be
cause the S. I. Al lard's work can go
ahead on the ways Just as well as in
ine water up to a certain point, it yes
terday caused Major Jewell, Corps of
Kngineers, U. S. A., to order a drill
scow working at Homly Rapids, above
Celilo, to cease operations, and In the
Snake River the O.-W. R. & N. steamer
L,ewiston was ordered from Riparia to
Lewiston to be tied up until danger of
Uie has passed.
F. C. Schubert, assistant engineer In
the Jflrst Portland District, was In
touch with the Upper Columbia situa
tion, and he said that, while the drill
scow was hauled off, so far it was
principally shore ice that was reported.
The Bteamer Umatilla, working above
Celilo. was ordered to the Cascade
Locks, and will operate there for i
time, blasting boulders from the chan
nel below the locks and in other ways
improving the entrance road.
The launching of the S. I. Allard will
take place Saturday if conditions im
prove, or if it is decided to take ad
vantage of the tide, which is expected
to be more favorable then. The Mc
Cormlck company, which owns the ves
sel. will make no change In the launch
ins of the hull of the steamer LAtpurell,
fixed for Saturday at Wilson Bros.-
yard, Astoria, as that is regulated by
title.
The Weather Bureau forecast Is that
the Willamette will continue to fall
here, it being the. same as far as Eu
gene, and the Columbia and Snake are
dropping as well. Unless prolonged
cold weather prevails, rivermen do not
look for a general freezeup.
WAR KEEPS WE4KWOOD BUSY
Vessel, Made Ixnxr Voyage In Ballast
and Coaled In British Columbia.
Since soon after the outbreak of the
war In 191 Captain Spooner, of the
British tramp Wearwood. which shifted
yesterday from the North Pacific mill
to Mersey dock to start her wheat
cargo of 4300 long tons, has been in
the service of the government, his ship
being numbered with the enormous
fleet the British Admiralty has oper
ated in the transportation of men, ma
terial and foodstuffs.
ine wearwood. while given a respite
of several weeks in Bermuda, is being
kept busy of late. She was at St. Lucia
December 13 and on the run to Vic
toria was in ballast. Her stay at the
northern port was six hours, and after
coaling she got under way for Port
land. The vessel will work grain at
North Bank dock and one other berth,
being expected to get away the latter
part of the week. '
MOORIXG CAST FOR CHINOOK
Concrete Block Will Hold After Line
of Dredge When 'Wintering Here.
Anchors quoted around SV cents a
pound, as indicated in bids opened
yesterday for supplying the dredge
Chinook with a 9000-pound "mudhook"
to replace one lost last year at As
toria, has caused Uncle Sam's engineer
ing force here to squirm and wall
about the high cost of living even for
ships, and as an after mooring "anchor
is required at Llnnton for use of the
Chinook when in Winter quarters, as
well as the 9000-pound anchor forward.
It has been determined to cast one of
concrete. A contract- for the ship
anchor will be awarded shortly.
Unlike the metal anchor, the moor
ing weight simply will be a huge con
crete block, similar, to those 'used by
the Bureau of Lighthouses for moor
ing navigation aids. The block is to
weigh between 7500 and 8000 pounrds,
and the cost Is estimated at approxi
mately 120. TVhen the Chinook leaves
for the entrance to the Columbia in
the Spring to resume dredging, the
concrete anchor, will be raised onto a
barge, to be replaced in the Fall for
the benefit of the ship.
BRACOXDALE LATEST LISTED
Unkai Mam Comes With Linseed
and Load's Lumber- Outward.
That the British steamer Bracondale
Is out seven days from Charleston for
Portland is the latest carrier reported
in the en route fleet. She is a vessel
of 1317 tons net register and is sup
posed to be coming to work a load of
grain.
The Japanese steamer Unkal Maru
No. 2 ' gained the harbor last night.
coming from Puget Sound after having
discharged an Oriental cargo there. She
brought about 200 tons of linseed oil
for Portland, which will be unloaded
at Albers Brothers' dock,, after which
she works a lumber cargo at Inman
Poulsen's for Bombay.
The Unkal Maru came across the Pa
cific under charter to Mitsui & Co., and
is expected to find her way back from
India to the Far Hast. In the past
Mitsui & Co. have handled lots of sul
phur to Portland each year, but rates
are said to be so high no definite ar
rangements have been made for bring
ing much of the material here direct.
RATE
RISE
IS
PROPOSED
Steam Schooner Owners Take Up
Matter of Increasing Charge $1
Consideration is being accorded a
proposal to advance passenger rates
on 'ndependent vessels plying between
here and California points and the first
move may be raising the tariff for up
per deck outside rooms to $11. the
charge now being SiO. and the present
rate would apply to inside rooms and
outside rooms on - the lower or mats.
deck. The 11 rate applied tor all
cabin accommodations on the steam
schooner fleet early laBt year and was
dropped to 110. but Increase In travel
of late has been responsible for an ad
vance being discussed.
The steamer F. A. Kilburn. of the
North Pacific fleet, sailed last night
for Marshfield, Eureka and San -Francisco
and the steamer Kftmath. the
latter of the Independent fleet, leaves
today, to be followed Friday by the
Multnomah, which left the Golden Gate
yesterday. '
Head Tlie Orefuniau classified, ads.
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PLANT SITE TAKEN
Tract of 14 Acres Acquired for
$29,500 by Mr. Averill.
HEAVY MACHINERY CARRIED
Building to Be Commenced This
Year and Production on Larger
Scale Proposed Inquiries In
dicate Better Business.
A realty deal that may 'be inter
preted as forecasting a revival In the
lumber business was closed yesterday,
when the A. H, Averill Machinery Com
pany purchased 14 acres of land sit
uated between East Forty-seventh, East
Forty-ninth, East Glisan street and the
O.-W. it, &. N . tracks, where an en
larged plant for the assembly and man
ufacture of sawmill, threshing and
tractor machinery will be erected, prob
ably during the coming year.
A. H. Averill, president of the com
pany and member or the commission
of Public Docks, who served two years
as president of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, said yesterday that his
company had received more inquiries
for sawmill machinery during the past
60 days than during the year and a
half preceding that time. '
Present Quarters Outgrows.
The present plant of the company.
which embraces land 100 by 200 feet
in area on Belmont between East First
and East Second streets, has become
too small. Mr. Averill says. Several
concrete buildings are to be erected
on the acreage acquired yesterday, at
least two of which, an office structure
and a factory building 100 by 300 feet
in dimensions, will undoubtedly be
built during the current year. The
next unit is to be a large storage build
ing between &00 and 600 feet long and
about 120 feet wide, one story high.
The property just purchased belonged
formerly to Herman D. Gradon, now of
San Francisco, who at one time was
city engineer In Portland, and Charles
S. Wright. Mr. Gradon owned 5.47
acres and Mr. Wright 8.6 acres. The
price paid .was J 29.500. all cash. The
transaction was handled through Will
iam H. Mall, -of the realty firm of Mall
& Von BorsteL.
Heavier Production Proposed.
The A. H. Averill Machinery Company
deals In-heavy . machinery such as en
gines, boilers, threshers, road and saw
mill machinery. For some time the firm
has done considerable manufacturing,
but now that additional room has been
acquired the company will go into
assembling and manufacture gradually
until, ultimately, the East Side plant
will assume great proportions.
The firm of Russell Bros., big dealers
In the same line of machinery, who
operate a huge plant at Massillon, 0
are Interested in the Averill company
stockholders, and It is understood
that they will concentrate their ef
forts on Portland as their Western
headquarters. Branch houses at Spo
kane. Montana and at ban Jose. Cal,
are operated from the Portland offices
of the Averill company.
About 15 years ago the concern.
which had by that time come to b
known as the A. H. Averill Machlner)
Company, moved to Its present locatloa
at East First and Belmont streets. 1.
employs 55 persons.
Prlneville Rancher Ixscs Eye.
PRINK VILLK. Or.. Jan. 15. (Spe
clal.) James Cram, a prominent stock'
man of Prineville, suffered the loss of
his left eye through the rebound of a
wire staple ha was removing- from a
fence post. Dr. Rosenburfe dressed the
eye at onre and gent him to St. Vin-
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EATING MEAT REGULAR CLOGS THE
KIDNEYS, THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Flush Your Kidneys Occasionally
With a Tablespoonful of
Salts to Avoid Danger.
Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggist and
clogged and need a flushing occasion
ally, else we have backache and dull
misery In the kidney region, severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and
all sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about .four 'ounces of Jad
Siilto from any trood dru store here,
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Gastoria ,
Always
Bears the
Signature
of
'In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
Tiisa
cent's Hospital, Portland. In care of his
brother. 11. S. Cram. Dr. Coghlin. who
has rharge of the case, hopes to keep
the eyeball intact-
W. R. Gaskln races Liquor Charge.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Jan. 15.
(Special.) William R. Gaskin. a whits
man, who was arrested here charged
with disposing of liquor to Indians who
were wards of the Government, waa
brought before United States Commis
sioner Bert C. Thomas for preliminary
examination. Gaskin, however, waived
examination and was bound over- to
await the action of tho Federal grand
jury, and was taken to Portland by
Deputy United Ststes Marshal Kerry.
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT
Dandruff causes a feverish Irritation
of the scalp, tho hair roots shrink, loos
en and then the hair comes out fast. To
stop falling hair at once and rid tho
scalp of every particle of dandruff, get
a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any
drug stor, pour a little in your hand,
and rub well into tho scalp. After a
few applications all dandruff disappears
and the hair stops coming out.
LOOK AT CHILD'S
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CROSS, FEVERISH
Hurry, Mother! Remove Poisons
From Little Stomach,
Liver, Bowels.
Give "California Syrup of Figs"
at Once if Bilious or
Constipated.
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed. It Is a sure sign that your little)
one's stomach, liver -.nd bowels need a
gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, llsUess. pale.
jesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu
rally, or Is feverish, ttomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
Figs," and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without griping, and you have a,
well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative"; they
love its delicious taste, and it always
makes them leel splendid.
As. your Jrugglst for a 60-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs," which,
has directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on tha
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get t le genuine,
aslc to see that It is made by "California
Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other
kind with contempt. Adv.
STOPS STUBBORN
COUGHS
The simplest and best way to
stop coughs, is to take Foley's
Honey and Tar. You get the
curative Influence of the pine balsam
together with the mollifying effect of
the honey, and other healing ingredi
ents. It leaves a soothing coating on
the Inflamed tickling throat, raises
phlegm easily and puts a quick end to
hard wearing coughs. K. F. H.11. Mabe,
Va, writes: "On bottle of Foley's
Honey and Tar stopped a troublesome
bronchial cough and Irritation that had
bothered me for fifteen years." Your
dealer sells It. Try it-
take a tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice combined with
lithla, and is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to normal
activity. It also neutralizes the acids
In the urine so it no longer Irritates,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent llthla
water drink, which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious com
plications. V
A well-known local druggist says Is)
slls lots of Jad Salts to folks who b."
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only tru'jHf.
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