THE 3IORNTXG OREGOXIASV "VTEDXESDAT, JANUARY 17. 1917.
STRIKE IS OVER AT
NORTHWEST. PLANT
CKUISZR MILWAUKEE IX SURF OFF EUREKA.
RIGHT DENIED PORT
the same hour the steamer Ta!sy. from the
SENATORS USE FISTS,
Golden Gate, passed In. coming for lumber.
Of those en route the steamer Necanleum
departed from San Pedro at S:ao o'clock
yesterday and the steamer rtalsy 0adsb
started from there Monday night, the Johau
Poulsen leaving San Francisco tba same
time for Portland.
TO
ID DOG BILL
Captain Rankin takes the liner Rose City
seaward at 3 o'clock this afternoon, after
one of the shortest visits he has made In
port, the time of arrival belra atter 1
o'clock yesterday morning. Too vessel dis
charged Iter Inward cargo and started work
ing outward shipments yesterday and will
have all placed that can be stowed when
sailing hour arrives.
Concessions Are Made by Both
Sides and Company Will
Install Bonus System.
Supreme Court Reverses Low
er Tribunal in Case Involv
ing Oregon Slough.
Taylor of King and Brown of
Whatcom Mix After
Verba! Clash.-
Ross L. OKborn. of the Pacific Steamship
Company's force, left yesteroay for Wlnnt-p-
to remain a month In the Interest ef
the company's tourist business. In addi
tion to Mr. Osborn the eonMny Is repre
sented, here by Frank Bollam.
On leaving San Francisco today tha Kortn
Paciflo Steamship Company's steamer Break-
ter. Captain Jessen, win proceea airecx
CREDIT GIVEN G. L. BAKER
POWER LIES WITH STATE
to Portland. The K. A. Kiiourn saiiea xrom
the river yesterday morning, snd on the
next voyage from here the Breskwmter will
mske Marshfleld and Eureka, both vessels
being on acheaula again.
PHYSICAL DAMAGE SLIGHT
AMEND CHARTER
OVER
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Willamette Plant Still at Outs
With Union, but Officials An
nounce That 93 to 05 le
Cent of Force Is Working.
With the signing: of an agreement
fey J. R. Bowles, president of the North
west Steel Company, and the commit
tee representing the striking mechanics
yesterday morning ' the strike which
had been in effect sines December 30
was settled and a definite understand
ing between the workmen and officials
of the company reached.
Mr. Bowles announced that as many
men as possible would be put to work
today and that the night shift would
resume tonight- It Is expected that
from 150 to 200 men will get their
Jobs back In a day or two and fully
as many more will find positions in
a few days.
Mr. Bowles said the men would re
turn to work under open shop con
ditions, thj company having refused
at all, times during the negotiations
to consider demands for a closed shop.
As a result of the settlement, the com
pany will pay slightly higher wages
to some of the" workmen and will pro
vide mora accommodations for the
men. Another feature is the organiza
tion of a shop committee, composed of
representatives of the seven crafts,
whose duties will be to take ip griev
ances and other questions affecting the
welfare of the employes.
' Bonn System Contemplated.
With the settlement of the strike
the company Issued a circular to the
employes, giving notice of its previous
plans to form a social and beneficial
association among the men. The plans
provide for social affairs, dances and
outings from time to time at the ex
pense of the company. It Is also
planned to set aside a fund later for
distribution among employes as re
wards for efficient and continuous serv
ice. The plan will be similar to the
bonus system in effect at many large
plants throughout the country.
"While we did not get all we asked
for, we are satisfied with the out
come," said E. H. Meisner, secretary
of the Metal Trades Council. "One
result will be that the employes will
receive more consideration from the
company and some of them will get
better wages. We expect that all the
machinists, blacksmiths and shipbuild
ers will go to work at once and 'iat
places will be found for the other
workmen in a short time."
Mr. Baiter Is SmxfiuKul.
The strike was In effect a little
more than two weeks and was called
following the beginning of the strike
against the Willamette Iron & Steel
Works. Officials of that company and
the Northwest Steel Company had re
fused to meet representatives of the
-Metal Trades Council, which was mak
ing demands for the closed shop, as
well as a higher scale oi "6C
after Mr. Bowles returned from the
East negotiations between the strik
ers and himself were started. At first
little progress was made, and then City
Commissioner Baker was called upon
to act as intermediary. Through his
efforts conferences were arranged and
i.fui entered into which fi
nally resulted In the acceptance of
terms satisraciory 10 noin omco.
In the meantime. Bert C. Ball. Presi
dent of the Willamette Iron & Steel
Works, declined to negotiate with rep-
.i.,.. nf th Metal Trades Coun
cil, but announced that, he was willing
to discuss all questions vv.ui o.
..... ...u11iiiiir employes. The
unions declined his proposal, and the
strike against the wuiimtiw
is still in effect.
Willamette Still BlacUHated-
Representatlves of the Metal Trades
Council declared yesterday that picket
ing would be continued and the etZ
would remain In effect until Mr. Ball
showed a disposition to negotiate with
a committee of their men. Mr. Ball
., v,.. .-..a tio reason why he should
recede from his position and. has no
. .. ,nr,i7.in!T the unions.
intention ui 1 0 . a .
"We now have 420 men at work at
our plant." said Mr. fsau
"This represents between 92 and 1 9 per
cent of the normal force. About 400
men have signed an agreement for the
organization of a shop association All
the men. with the exception of about
20 mTn in the boiler shops have signed
a it is eviaeni umi
practically unanimous for the organiza
UoZ The purpose of the association
!lon- K,,t hetter understand-
nK between the men and the officials
the company and to create Sjeater
hirrSony and efficiency among the
harmony an m
Sarcommltee whose duties will be to
tike up with officials of the company
any grievance that the employes may
;!LB Tha men are well satisfied with
present conditions."
INDIAN SLAYER PARONED
Umatilla County Rancher Victim of
YouUi Who Is Freed.
. wav -. in n 1 ft ( Rneclal.)
Richard Burke, the Indian boy who
. . fT-nm nun to 16 years
was Benwiic 1 " V . .
in the penitentiary on a charge of man
slaughter, has been pardoned, accord
ing to word received here from Gover
nor Wlthycombe. Burke was indicted
in connection with the death of EX1
Kirkpatrlck. prominent Umatilla Coun
ty farmer, two years ago.
Burke and Mr. Kirkpatrlck got into
an altercation over the ejection of a
woman Burke had brought to the Kirk
patrlck place, where a dance was in
progress. Mr. Kirkpatrlck died some
time later from the results of & gun
. wound in his leg. The la.d la a son
of Poker Jim.
OREGON VOTE DEPOSITED
J. F. Wilson Makes Electoral Return
to Washington, First From Coast.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUTtEAtT. Wash
ington. Jan. 16. Oregon's electoral
vote was brought to Washington to
rt ay by J. F. Wilson, of Portland, the
official messenger, who deposited it
In the office of the Vice-President.
Oregon's was the first received from
the Far Wct
Shell Kills American Sailor.
"WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. George Ken
nedy, electrician, was killed on the
battleship Oklahoma yesterday by the
explosion of a one-pound shell during
battle practice off Charleston. The, shell
had been laid aside because of some
defects. Ha waa examining it when it
exploded.
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Lifeboat in PorcgrooBi la BrlnarlnK
Fumigation of Unkai Maru No.
2 Is Under Way.
CARGO LEFT AT SEATTLE
Since Plajrne Scare Precautions Are
Taken to Prevent Rodenta
Reaching Land for Fear of
Carrying Infection.
Guessing is . goin? on board the
Japanese tramp Unkai Maru No. 2 as
to how many, if any, rodents will have
passed to the next world when hatches
are lifted this morning, for last night
iron pots filled with sulphur were dis
tributed throughout the holds of the
vessel for fumigation.
Coming from the realm of the setting
sun the Unkai Maru must go through
fumigation as provided by Federal
quarantine regulations, though in
steaming from Kobe she called at Se
attle and discharged all of her cargo
except 200 tons of linseed. That was
unloaded on Albers dock No. 3 yester
day. Two of the four holds had been
cleaned previous to her arrival and
with the sulphur out the others were
cleared of dunnage and debris from the
cargo, so the "floors'" were free of
other than the sulphur pots when the
fumes of the burning stuff began to
circulate.
Throughout periods of plague, when
cases were discovered on the Pacific
Coast, Portland maintained a strict
watch over vessels arriving from
plague infected districts. Harbormaster
Speier co-operating with Federal health
authorities here and at Astoria, with
the result no cases were found here.
It has been the policy since to insist
on compliance with the law regarding
the p- cautions in the way of fumiga
tion, use of rat guards on hawsers,
gangplanks being raised at night and a
watch kept as far as possible to prevent
rats gaining the shore.
The Unkai Maru is to start loading at
Inman-Poulsen's mill today for Bom
bay. High charter rates are responsi
ble for a programme for rapid loading
being mapped out and she will be given
the best dispatch possible. Captain S.
Satow, her master, shook hands with
many acquaintances yesterday, as he
was here in August. 1915, as skipper
of the Tokal Maru, which Comyn,
Mackall & Co. had under time charter
and relet to M. H. Houser. the vessel
being loaded with grain for the United
Kingdom.
WILLAMETTE IS GOIXG DOWX
Year Ago Stage Was Not Much
Higher Than at Present.
Less than one foot of water above
i-ro is shown on the official gauge
and with the Weather Bureau forecast
being that the fall will ntlnue for
the next few days, rivermen are
wondering if the Willamette is seeking
a new low-water record for January.
Alteady some opine it is materially
below the stage a year ago, though
the truth is the stream waa only 1.8
feet, above zero here a year ago today.
The 1916 records are that the river
fell from 4.5 feet January 6 to 1.2 feet
January 16 and then it began to Bain
in volume and January 26 it was 8.2
feet. Mean monthly readings for 1916
give January 4.2 feet. February and
March 6.3 feet. April 8.3 feet and May
13 feet, June, the Summer freshet pe
riod, being 17.6 feet. The highest water
in January was 1894, when 11 feet
above zero was registered.
. Pacific Coast Shipping 3otes.
-SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1ft. (Special.)'
Announcement was made today th.t Fur
neas. Withy & Co. had rechartered the new
Norwegian steamer Talnbot. now belnc com
pleted, by tho Union iron w oriui. in juurow
Weir, on a time charter tor one year at
33 Fhlllinic per deadweleht ton. Furness.
Withy Co. chartered the Talabot several
weeks ago for 35 hillings. As a result of
rechartering- the vr.nl the Furness Com
pany will realize a profit of 90.0OO durlns
the life of the charter. It is probable that
Weir will use tho Talabot In the Oriental
trade from Fuxet Sound.
The ilatson liner Matsonia reached port
early this mornins; from Honolulu, bringing-
195 passengers and a cargo of 8743 tons.
On her second voyage to Oriental waters
the Pacific Mall liner Venesuela steamed
this afternoon with a heavy cargo and large
list of first-class and steerage -passengers.
The former Phllpplne stejuner tiovernor
Forbes, which was recently purchased by
c. Henrv Smith and changed to Norwegian
registry, arrived In port today. 42 days
out from Manila, with a cargo of merchan
dise. Minor repairs and alterations will be
made to the vessel here ana then sne win
be placed on berth for Mexican and Central
American ports.
Carrying a full list of passengers and
caLpncity cargo of general merchandise, the
Matson steamer Manoa departed for Hono
lulu thle afternoon.
Tho steamer Centralla was sold today to
XV. A. Hammond, by the Pollard Steamship
Company. Tho vessel will be put on the
drvdork before she la turned over to her
new owners.
A survey of the Padflo Steamship Com
pany's steamer Umatilla today following her
arrival In port rrom ean rfaro, wnere sne
collided witb the steamer Lalsy Putnam,
disclosed that the vessel did not sustain
any Injuries from the Impact.
The hull of the steamer Wahkeenah.
built recently at Astoria, arrived in San
Francisco Bay this morning -In- tow of the
steam schooner Willamette, carrying over
1.OOO.O0O feet of lumber. After discharg
ing she will be towed to a local shipyard
for the Installation of her boilers.
COOS BAT. Or. Jan. 16. (Special.) Ths
WAR WAGED ON RATS
Some Membera of Crew Aft k ore. Mil wan
tug Defiance arrived from San Francisco
with the sailing schooner Bertie Minor In
tow. The Bertie Minor will ship a cargo
of lumber at the Bay Park mill and the
Iefjance will ' sail late tonight or In the
morning wlth the Florence Olson in tow
with a cargo of lumber for San Francisco.
The steamer Adeline Smith arrived this
evening from San Francisco and bay points
and will ship lumber at the Smith mill.
The gas schooners Hustler and Roamer
sail with cargoes for Rogue River and Port
land tomorrow morning.
The steam schooner Hardy Is due Wednes
day 'with i . freight cargo from San Fran
cisco. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 18. (Special.)
Tho neamxhlp Niels Kielson. built by Skin
ner Kddy Corporation In Seattle and
whUh was chartered to Mitsui & Co. for
two voyages to the Far East soon after
she was launched, has been - taken for a
third 'voyage by the same company. The
Niels Nielson le now in the Orient on her
mal ien voyage. Khe Is expected In Seattle
about February 15 to load for her second
voyage to the Far East.
Departures today were the steain schoner
Thomas L. Wand, for Ran Francisco; the
oil tanker Landing, for Port San Luis from
Meidow Point; the steamer Senator. - for
San Francisco; the coal-laden barge Will
lam H. Smith, in tow of the tug Hercules,
for San Francisco.
There were no dep-sea arrivals today.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) The
tank steamer Wm. F. Herrln sailed for Cali
fornia after discharging . fuel oil at Port
land '
After discharging fuel oil at Portland the
barge Monterey sailed during the night for
California, In tow of the tug Navigator.
Carrying freight and passengers from As
toria and Portland, the steamer F. A.
Kllburn sailed for San Francisco via way
ports.
The steamer Northern Pacific sailed for
San Francisco, carrying a capacity cargo of
freight and a 7arge llet of passengers.
Completing her cargo of lumber at the
Hammond mill the steam schooner Santlam
sailed for San Pedro.
The steam schooner Daisy arrived from
San Francisco and went to L.lnnton to load
lumber.
The steam schooner Necanleum arrived
from San Francisco to load lumber at the
Hammond mill.-
The steam schooner Dispatch Is due to
night from San Francisco en route to Port
land. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Jan. 18. (Special.)
The steamer Coronado cleared from the
Bay City mill for San Pedro.
The schooner King Cyrus went to the
lower harbor today from the Grays Harbor
Commercial Company mill ready to clear
for Adelaide tomorrow.
The steamers Kan Gabriel. Carlos and
Fair Oakes are due to arrive tomorrow.
The steamers Kehalem. Solano and Ava
lon should arrive Thursday from San Fran
cisco.
Cargo freight rates from Grays Harbor
to Callao and Valparaiso have Jumped $2.50
a tuousana. according to recent charters.
The rate now Is S31.50. as against 820.
X -2 Launched at Seattle.
SEATTLE, "Wash.. Jan. 16. United
States coast and harbor defense sub
marine N-2 was launched today at the
yard of the Seattle Construction &
Drydock ' Company. Mrs. Whitford
Drake, wife of Assistant Naval Con
structor Drake. 17. S. N., christened the
diver. The N-2 Is a sister of the N-l
recently launched at the same yard.
The N-3 is almost completed nearby.
FORTf,AIVI BOY WHO WAS
BLI MACKET OX ILL-FATED
Cni'ISEK MILWAUKEE.
Millard Ranapy HcMeekn.
Millard Rampy McMeeken. aged
17, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
McMeeken, 700 East Fifteenth
street, was a member of the crew
of the cruiser Milwaukee that re
cently piled up ou the beach near
Eureka, CaL His family has re
ceived assurance of his safety.
Toung McMeeken was a stu
dent at the Christian Brothers
Colrege, of thiei city, for1 several
years and he Joined the Navy last
Spring. He is of the third gener
ation of well-known Oregon pio
neer stock. Mis grandfathers
were the late Henry Reams and
'Jackson McMeeken and his grand
mother is Mrs. Edward R. Nixon,
I-
Harrlsburg. Mrs. James Swank.
of Albany, Is an aunt.
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SALVAGE TO BEGIN
Plans Made for Saving Mov
able Property on Cruiser.
SAILORS SENT BY TRAIN
Three Hundred of Crew Returned to
Mare Island Naval Constructor
Detailed to Take Charge of
Wrecking Operations.
EUREKA. Cal.. Jan. 16. (Special.!
Arrangements for salvaging of per
aonel property, ammunition, naval
.-stores and other moveable articles
aboard the wrecked cruiser Milwaukee,
ashore here, were concluded today with
the arlval of Admiral Caperton on
board the cruiser San Diego.
More than J 1.000.000 worth of this
property, including- 2800 six-inch shells
valued at $28 each. $40,000 worth of
optical gods carried for repairing; tele
scopes on destroyers and smaller
craft, together with thousands of dol
lars worth of provisions and miscel
laneous equipment, is aboard the Mil
waukee and its removal will be started
immediately.
Meat Returned Overland.
On the arrival of Admiral Caperton
today orders were given for the chartering-
of a special train to leave to
morrow for San Francisco on which
300 of the Milwaukee's men will be
taken to San Francisco to report to
Mare Island. The remaining men from
the Milwaukee, together with the crew
of the Cheyenne and of the H-3, "will
remain here to do the salvage work.
The Cheyenne was ordered to remain
here while the tug Navajo, which ar
rived this morning, was ordered back
to Bremerton navy yard.
Immediately on arrival Admiral Cap
erton inspected the Milwaukee and
then called a meeting of the salvage
board, at which plans were perfected
and a report was forwarded to Wash
ington.
Flams Not Changed.
While Admiral Caperton refused to
discuss hjs recommendations, it is un
derstood on good authority that no
alteration was made In the plans for
stripping the vessel as announced yes
terday. Naval Constructor Nutting,
from Mare Island, will arrive in Eureka
tomorrow to take charge of the me
chanical work in the wrecking opera
tions, while C F. Fpeston, as command
er of tne destroyer flotilla, who also
arrives tomorrow, will become the
ranking officer on the scene.
Admiral Caperton was brought in
from a point at sea opposite the wreck
of the Milwankee on board a tug and
spent the entire day in bis work here,
but announced that he would leave for
San Francisco tomorrow on board the
San Diego. Word went out today that
the inquiry would be held soon at Mare
Island.
ASTORIA WILIi BUILD DREDGE
Fort Unable to Purchase Vessel at
Reasonable Price.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.)
1 he fort oi Astoria commission at
its meeting today authorized the com
mlttee to call for bids on the construe
tlon of a new dredge. The Commission
has thus far been unable to purchase
a dredge at a reasonable price and so
will build one. The main object of
constructing the craft at this time is
to Improve the Eklpanon River and
other waterways within the limits of
the Port.
President Stone was named as a com
mittee of one to confer with the Port
of Portland Commission relative to the
handling of the bar pilotage service at
the mouth of the river.
BIGGER SHIP STO PLY PACIFIC
Osaka Shoshen Kaisha to Change
Puget Sound Vessels.
SEATTLE. Jan. 16. The Osaka
Shoshen Kaisha announces that it will
replace all its smaller Puget Sound
liners with a-essels the size and type
or the lo.uoo-ton carriers Hawaii Maru
and Manila Maru.
Six large steamships are being built
at Kobe and Nagasaki and as soon as
they are completed the new liners will
go into service between Puget Sound
and the Far East, replacing the smaller
vessels now plying in the trans-Pacific
trade.
The smaller boats will be placed in
service between Japan and South
America.
' Tides at Astoria Wednesday.
High. Low.
:4!l A. M . feet'3:10 1. SC.... 1.T Test
8:20 P. M 6.8 feet!
Teasels Entered Teaterdmy.
American steamer Rose City, rsceral
cargo, from Pan Francisco.
Japanese steamer Unkai Mara No. 2, lin
seed, from Kobe via Seattle.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer Rosa City.
general
cargo, for ban Kranclaco .
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Jan. Id. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. M. Sea, smooth; wind,
northwest, four milea.
Read The Oretronlan classified ads.
Only Ijeglslatare op An Voters of
Oregon Can Grant Change, Says
Ruling Commission' Banker
Case Is lost Also.
SAIEM, Or.. Jan. 16. (Special.) The
legal voters of the Port of Portland
have no power to amend the charter of
that Port, and such amendment may be
gained only through an act of the Leg
islature or by a vote of the people of
the entire state. That Is the substance
of an opinion banded down by the
Supreme Court today reversing the
lower court of Multnomah County,
George N. Davis, Judge, in the case of
Charles C Rose vs. the Port of Port
land, et aL. respondents, and the
Peninsula Lumber Company, et aL, in
terveners and respondents.
The Port of Portland was created
by an act of 1891. saya Justice Harris
In writing the opinion. In 1901 all
previous legislation on the subject was
revised, giving power to the Port to im
prove the harbor in the Willamette
River and the channel of the Wil
lamette River and Columbia River be
tween the harbor and the tea.
At an election in 1908 the legal voters
of the Port adopted an initiative peti
tion to include the power to maintain
a towage and pilotage service, and in
1912, acting on another initiative peti
tion, the legal voters attempted to
amend their charter or act of incor
poration by including the power to
dredge the Orego.n Slough.
fort Is Enjoined.
Since that time considerable money
has been expended in improving the
waterway. In October, 1916. the Port
Commissioners directed the general
manager of the Port to place a dredge
Oregon Slough and proceed to make
channel of the prescribed depth. The
Port was enjoined from so doing and
from using any funds for the improve
ment of Oregon Slough.
The court holds that the Port In it
self Is powerless to amend Its own
charter, that being within the province
of the Legislative Assembly or the
people of the whole state. "All parties
to this suit agree that it is essential
to the development of the welfare of
the Port of Portland that It be granted
power to improve Oregon Slough. The
Legislative Assembly is now in session,
and has ample authority to grant the
desired power to Uie Port of Portland,"
says the decision.
Work Cannot Be Compelled.
The Interveners contend that when
they made their investments they did
so relying on the power of the legal
voters to amend their own charter as
ruled In Farrell vs. Port of Portland."
The opinion also says: "No court ruled
that the Port must dredge Oregon
Slough or that ' the lntervenors could
themselves compel the Improvements.
The right to do and the right" to
compel to do are not Identical.
In the case of John H. btevenson vs.
the Port of Portland, et aL, Judge
Davis, of Multnomah County, also is
reversed. The Port, through an initia
tive election, decided to erect and main
tain coal bunkers and to supply ships
with coal.
Justice Harris, in writing the opinion.
holds that the venture is of a public
nature, but declares that the voters of
the Port cannot, without legislative
aid, constitutionally amend their char
ter or act of incorporation, and as a
result neither the Legislature nor the
people of the whole state have con
ferred power to sell coal, and that the
defendant Is yet powerless to engage
in that business.
Other decisions were:
Columbia River Company, respondent, vsl
John A. and Susanna Smith, appellants:
sctlon to recover possession of land; ap
pealed from Clatsop County: opinion by
Justice Eurnett reversing; Judg-e Eakln.
-Charles Dodse. responaent. vs. C. w. Root,
sppellsnt: action to recover domatPi: ap
pealed from Jackson County: ' opinion by
Justice Burnett reversing; Judge Sktpworth.
Madls Paabo, respondent, vs. Anton H.
Hansen, appellant; action for damages; ap
pealed from Lincoln County; opinion by
Justice McCamant reversing Judge Ham
ilton.
J. O. Lais and others, appellants, vs. City
of Stlverton: suit to enjoin Improvements;
appealed from Marion County; opinion by
Justice Benson reversing Judge Galloway.
J. L. Morris, respondent, vs. John P.
Leach, appellant: action to recover Install
ment of rent; appealed from Multnomah
County; opinion by Justice McCamant af
firming Judge Davla
Zera Snow and Wallace McCamant, re
spondents, vs. s. Roscoe Beard, et at, ap
pellants, appeal from Multnomah County.
Robert G. Morrow. Judge: action to recover
money; affirmed. In an opinion by 'Justice
Moore.
BiXDOX IX SERVICE AGAXX
Proflt of $60,000 Made by Salvag
ing Company.
BAJJDON', Or.. Jan. 16 (Special.)
The steamer Bandon, which went ashore
at Port Orford Augrust 29, 1916, and
was riven up by the Insurance under
writers and later purchased and taken
off the beach by a San Francisco sal-
vaclne company. Is in this port on
her initial trip since being repaired.
She will continue on the run as a
lumber carrier between the Coquille
River and San Francisco.
Because of her many close calls at
different points along; the Oregon
coast, the Bandon has earned the name
of the "luck ship." As she stands, she
represents a profit of 60.(K0 to 170.
000 to tho salvaging; company.
Marine Xotes.
r-..ie Cullen. master of the MeCormick
steamer Klamath, had a fair number of
travelers under his care when the ship
sailed from St. Helens for California ports
last night. The Multnomah, flying the Mo
Cormlck banner also. Is scheduled to get
away Friday.
Having started Tier wheat cargo at Mersey
riocle early yesterday, the Tetlsb steamer
TVearwood hauled down to North Bank
dock In the afternoon. She will sail Friday
or Saturday. .
Deputy Collector of Customs Haddock, of
Astoria, was In the city yesterday renew
ing friendships around the Custom-house.
nA having made the trip from the lower
harbor aboard the Japanese steamer Unkat
Maru No. In these days of restricted
shipping Mr. Haddock has few official calls
for him to travel up the expansive Colum
bia, so yesterday's visit was somewhat of a
holiday.
No additional reports arrived In official
circles yesterday concerning Ice conditions
on tha Upper Columbia, tbough low tem
perature continues and It is not Improbable
more will form.
Captain Al Hunter got awav from Flavel
on schedule yesterdsy with the flying tur
blner Northern Pacific, carrying the usual
ewwd of passengers and a.l the freight that
rnuld be crammed below. 61nce the Great
Northern, her fieetmate. Is churning the
waters of the California-Hawaiian route the
Northern Pacific Is keeping up the reputa
tion of tbs fleet for - popularity and as a
carrier.
Lumbar-laden for San Pedro, tha steamer
Fantlam, one of the new Coasters, got sway
from tac river yesterday afternoon and en
Marconi Wireless Reports,
an i,lri.n rraertei at S r. M Jaauary
IS, unLrM otherwise designated.)
CURACAO. Ban Francisco io eearcia.
miles north of Mendocino. t
MULTNOMAH, fcan r ranciso-
land. 8 miles north; of Blanco.
ASITVOION. El Segundo for Portlacd.
80O miles south of Columbia River.
LUCAS, towing Darge o. 1 '-'-"
for Vancouver. 84 miles Bona oi oao
Francisco. ...
TOPKKA. Eureka for Saa Franoisea, z
miles south ex Blunts Reef.
GREAT NORTHKBNl Honolulu; for Ban
Franeiaco. 1KT miles east of Honolulu. P.
M.. January 13.
MINSKSOTAN. Newport News tor Hose
iilu 1310 miles east of Honolulu, S P. At-
January 13.
W1LHELMINA, Ban Francisco for Hono
lulu, luOO miles from San Francisco, P.
M. January 15.
ATLAS. Richmond for Honolulu. 8S
miles east of Honolulu. 8 P. M.. January IS.
HYAUES, rian Francisco for Honolulu,
171S miles from ban Francisco, 8 P.
January IS.
K.NTERPRISE. HIlo for San FTandsro,
1413 miles from ban Francisco. 8 P. M
January 13.
H1LOXUN. San Franclsea for Honolulu.
575 miles from tan Francisco. S P. Jan
uary 15.
MANOA. San Franelseo for Honolulu. SI
miles from San Francisco lightship.
UMATILLA. Pan Francisco for be at tie. 6
miles north of Point Reyes.
QUEEN, Seattle for 6an Francisco, 546
miles south of Flattery.
KILBURN, Portland for Coos Bay. 80
miles south of Columbia River.
DESPATCH, Kan FTanclaco lor Portland,
off Cape Meares.
CORONADO. Grays Harbor for Ban Fran
cisco. 5rtO miles north of San Francisco.
NORTHERN PACIFIC. Flavel for San
Francisco. 1-t miles south of Columbia
River.
PERU. Balboa for San FTanrtsco. at
Punta Arenns, P. M., January IS.
NEWPORT, 'Balboa for San Francisco,
0 miles east of Corlnto, 8 P. M January
15.
RAN .TTJAN. San Francisco for B Balboa.
7SS miles south of Pan Francisco.
CADDO. San Pedro for Plsagua, Chile.
37 miles from Fan Pedro.
OREGO.N', tian Pedro for Balboa. 220
miles south of San Pedro.
RICHMOND. San Pedro for Honolulu. 671
miles from San Pedro.
HILONIAN. Ban Francisco for BTIlo, 870
miles from San Francisco.
VENEZUELA. San Francisco for Orient,
83 miles from Point Bonlta.
6ENATOR, Seattle for San Francisco, 17
mil south of Flattery.
CEL1LO, San Francisco for Everett. 15
miles eart of Tatooeh.
' SX)F1ELD, Point Wells for Richmond.
72. miles from Richmond.
EL SEGUNDO and barwe 1. Richmond
for Seattle. b7 miles west of Seattle.
V. is. Naval Radio Reports.
OOLIAH, towing Vallacut. for Ean Fran
cisco, off Cape Blanco at noon.
Tl'Q DEFIANCE, for Coos Bay, off Cape
Arago at noon.
ALAMEDA. Ketchikan for Juneau, off
Point Hugh light, noon January 15.
MARIPOSA. Juneau for Ketchikan, off
Point Baker noon January 15.
ADMIRAL WATSON. eastbound under
convoy. 47 miles east of Cape Hlnchbrook
noon January 1ft.
TUG GOLIATH, towing We 11a cut. for Ran
Francisco. lOO miles south of North Head
8 P. M. January li.
TURRET CROWN, towing barge. Port
Townsend for Balboa. 110 miles south of
Flattery 8 P. M. January 15.
Tio tatoosh. towing a cap u lco, on
Tillamook Bay noon January 1ft.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Jan. IS. Arrived Steamer
Rose City, from San Pedro via San Fran
cisco. Sailed Steamer Klamath, for Baa
Diego via way ports.
ASTORIA. Jan. 16. Sailed at 7 A. M.
Steamer F. A. Kllburn. for San Francisco
via Coos Bay and Eureka; at 3 P. M.
Steamer tV. F Herrln : at 2:15 P. M.
Steamer Northern Pacific, for San Fran
cisco; at 3 P. M. Steamer Santlam, for San
Pedro. Arrived at 3 P. M.s Learner Daisy.
from San Francisco; at 3:50 P. M. titeamer
Necanleum, from San Pedro.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. IS. Sailed at 10
last night Steamer Johan Poulseu. for Co
lumbia Klver. Arrived at midnight Steamer
J. B. Stetson, from Columbia River; at 8
A. M. Steamer Breakwater. from Port
land. Jan. 15. Passed at 5 P. M steamer
Asuncion, from El Sesrundo, for Portland.
Sailed at 8 P. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor,
for Portland.
SAN PEDRO. Jan. 15. Sailed Steamer
Daisy Gadaby. for Columbia River.
SEATTLE, wash.. Jan. 16. Sailed
Steamers Lansing. for Port San Luis;
Thomas L Wand, Senator, barge William
H. Smith, for San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. Arrived
Steamers J. B. Stetiron, from Astoria; Ad
miral Schley, from Seattle; Chehalla, Tarn
slpais, from Grays Harbor; Cal. E. L. Drake,
from Latouche; Matsonia. from Honolulu;
Columbia, from Taconia; Breakwater, from
Portland. Sailed Steamers Yellowstone,
for Empire City; Venezuela, for Hongkong)
Oieum. for Seattle; barkentufe J. M. Urlf
tith, for Mukllteo.
W. C. FLINT'S PAST PROBED
Suspect Said to Have Taken Marked
Money From Y. M. C A.
W. C Flint, who declares himself to
be a vaudeville performer, acrobat.
boxer, wrestler, gymnast and elec
trician, is being held in the City Jail
while City Detectives Leonard and la
Salle, Hellyer and Tackaberry are in
vestigating his record.
Flint is said to have taken 30 cents
in marked money from a locker in the
Y. M. C A., and, according to de
tectives, he also confessed to taking a
pair of shoes there.
Authorities at tne association report
that articles have been missing from
there for some time.
TWO PLACES ARE ROBBED
Coffee-Ho use and Motorcycle Store
Arc Victims of Burglars.
City Detectives Hyde and Abbott are
investigating the robbery of a coffee
house at 6 North Fifth street, which
was reported to detective headquarters
yesterday. 1 be place was entered dut
ing the night- and 880 in money and
three watches taken.
Burglars also entered the headquar
ters of the East bide Motorcycle Cora
pany, at 44 Urand avenue, and got 814
from the till. Detectives Snow and
Coleman are working on the case.
JEWELER BLOWN TO BITS
Many Fersons Injured j
Tank Explosion.
Oxygen
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 16. One man
was killed, another seriously Injured
and many were cut by flying glass
when an oxygeu tank exploded in the
Boley building here today.
Harry snow, superintendent of the
Meyer Jewelry Company, where the ex.
plosion occurred. ws blown to piece a
Combatants Are Separated Before
Decision Is Readied Chargr of
Clerical Crookedness Are
Made In Ixrvrer Honse.
OLTrPIA. -Wash, Jan. 18. 'Spe
cial.) After a week of seneral under
standing; that peace at last prevailed
In the Washington Legislature. Senator
Howard D. Taylor, of King-, suddenly
bowed the jaws of Senator E. D. Brown,
of Whatcom, immediately following?
adjournment of the Senate today. Al
though he is 60 years, old and suffer
ing; from a broken leg. Senator Brown
promptly struck back at Taylor and
rearnea tor nis cane as more effective
artillery. Newspapermen and others
separated tha bellicerenta before either
was dai:as'd. The combat occurred
at Senator Brown's desk in the Senate
and arose over a bill designed to mus
cle and diminish mad doss La Eastern
Oregon.
Senator Brown Introduced the bill at
the instance of the department of Agri
culture as a police measure, empower
ing deputies to kill dogs running in
areas where hydrophobia prevailed. It
was offered as a committee measure,
and Senator Taylor objected that suffi
cient notice waa not provided for own
ers of dogs.
Klght Follows Arsrosseat.
Resulting argument grew into declarations-
by Senator Brown that If
Senator Taylor were running hte Sen
ate it was no place for Senator Brown.
Senator Taylor apparently took the in
cident pleasantly enough until the Sen
ate adjourned and the committee of
which he is a member gathered at
Senator Brown's seat to consider the
bill. There Senator Taylor's growinc
anger got the better" of him. and be
offered Senator Brown 325 to come out
in ihe cloakroom and repeat what he
had said about him on the floor. Sen
ator Brown replied that he did not
have to go to the cloakroom to say it.
and charged Senator Taylor with try
ing to block his legislative efforts.
Without further remarks Senator Tay
lor struck the Senator from Whatcom
on the face with each hand, and the ,
latter cordially responded. Both are
serving their sixth terms in either
House or Senate. Senator Taylor having;
been twice Speaker.
Meanwhile In the House Paul Houser
of King was hurling charges of clerical
crookedness and tyrannical domination
at the organisation. He had moved to
have printed reports of the preceding
day's minutes on each member's dnslv
every morning, declaring that after last
session the House tecords were doc
toted to suit the delres of members
interested in such attentions- He de
clared the last session to have been
one that needed a doctored record.
K. L. Farnswortli. Democrat, and
liuam Bishop, He.tDllran, took ex-
ention to this, and to Representative
Houser4! further chorge that Mark:
Heed, Republican, 'ruled the House like
Czar' in the present session. Eight
votes supported Mr. Houser's motion.
-Looted Fund Mar Be Made I p.
Senator French, of Clarke, chairman
of the appropriations committee, said
tonight that his committee would rec-
ommened an appropriation from Bta.ie
funds to repay the industrial lniuranra
tund something more than 818, oua lost
hrough thj Uillles defalcations. Th'a)
will save contributing employers bear-
ng the loss.
An emergency appropriation bill was
ntroduced in the Senate to provide the
Public Service Commission with HO. "00
tor co-operation with the Federal
l utlon of railroad property and also to
prosecute the $17. o0 differential rata
decision of tha Interstate Commerce
Commission through the Supreme
Court- With only three dissenting votes.
the Senate momorialized Congress to
eubmit the National women's suffrage
amendment-
A Scotchman has invented a gyro
scopic mounting for a telescope and a
chair for a person using It that Is said
to keep the glass in the direction In
hich originally pointed, irrespective
of a vessel's motion.
sOnly
15 Bays
China
to
See ancient and wonderful Peking
with it Forbidden Gty,,the Sum
mer Palace of the Emperors and
the Great Wall, in this Land of
Sampans and Pagodas.
Round Trip Now $393.75
By the Canadian resettle Liners
Empress of Russia
Empress c! Asia
Z-oxnrioas accommodations, including
suites witn private bath.
lO Days to Japan
Hound Trip O.OOi
Overland tour between YoVohoma
and Shanghai, via Korea. PEKING,
ISankinc, o0 cold extra.
Our offices at each port assist trae- i
jers in planning tor itineraries ana re
liable guide.
Full information cheerfully cirea.
'Phone, call or write.
J. V. Murphy, General A cent
B Tuifd SUMt, rriaai. Or.
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