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TIIE 3IORXIXG-- OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY,
TEBRUAEt 9, 1917.
COAST BUSINESS IS
REPORTED STEADY
Outlook Is Promising, Says
Federal Reserve Board in
j In January Summary..
OREGON FRUIT SHOWS GAIN
Crowcrs .' ' Net $1,000,000 More
Tlian In Any Previous Year; Catch
of Salmon Less Than in 1915,
i but ' Price Is Higher.
OREGON1AN NEWS BUREAU, -Washington.
Feb. 8. "No material Changs
Is apparent In the business of the Sun
Francisco district or Pacific Coast
during the last 30 days," says the
Federal Trade Commission, In Its Feb
ruary bulletin. Just issued. "Retail
trade shows reaction from, the activity
of the holidays. The outlook Is re
garded as promising.
"Money Is easy and there Is but
small demand tor rediscounts at the
San Francisco bank. While this situ
ation is not without Its accompanying
hazard of possible over-expansion, lit
tle evidence of such . a condition- is
found
"It Is reported that a new line of
chips Is to be put in service from Se
attle to the Orient, consisting of four
vessels to be built in Yokohama by
Norwegian Interests.
"Conditions in the lumbering Indus
try are reported as growing more fa
vorable. Bank Clearing;' Increase.
"Bank clearings for the 19 principal
cities of the district in December, 1916.
show an increase of 32 per cent over
those of December, 1915. Spokane's
percentage of increase was 45, Seattle
33, and San Francisco 37. Clearings
for the year 1916 show a gain of 26
per cent over those of 1915. Between
December 31, 1915, and the last con
troller's call. December 27, 1910, dtV
posits of National banks in the seven
reserve cities of this district Increased
24 per cent, while loans and invest
ments increased 26 per cent. Building
permits for the same 19 cities In 1916
Fhow an increase of 20 per cent over
1915.
"California is one of the few states
which have not adopted the uniform
negotiable-instruments law. This has
been proposed in the Legislature now
in session.
"A similar law Is already In force
In every other state of this district.
"The gap between production and
shipments of petroleum reached the
maximum for the year In December,'
with a dally production of 255.983
barrels, and daily shipments of 316.
563 barrels, a difference or withdrawal
from stored stocks of 60.5S0 barrels
daily. -The shipments record a new
high level. Total crude oil stocks r.n
December 31.. 1916. were 44.036.190
barrels, showing a reduction of 13, 110,-
861 barrels during the year.
Exports Show Big Gain.
"Exports from the Pacific Coast
ports during the month of December,
1916, show an increase of 75 per cent
over those of December, 1915. and the
imports for the same month tnls y.ar
show an increase of 20 per cent over
the correponding month last year. 4
"Final figures for the 1916 prune
crop of the Pacific Coast place it at
93.000 tons, valued at $10,000,000.
"The apple crop of the Pacific North
west is approximately 19,000 cars. The
returns from this crop will be much
larger than those from last year's crop;
13,000 cars already shipped have
averaged S700 per car. i
"Stocks of canned goods In first
hands are almost sold out, and that
which remains is selling at very high
price It is thought that there v. ill
he practlcauy no carry-over to the
1917 season.
"The total fruit -crop of Oregon In
1916 is reported as yielding $9,000,000.
net to the growers, which is $1,000,000
more than in any previous year. Two
new industries have recently been In
troduced Into Oregon the growing of
. flax and of cranberries.
Cranberry Crop la 3000 Barrels.
The cranberry crop In 1916 amounted
to only 2000 barrels, netting the grow
ers $8 per barrel, but the crop in the
coming year promises to be larger.
"Livestock conditions continue to
be most favorable. Nevada reports the
highest prices ever paid for lambs.
averaging to each for the 600,000 lambs
sold this year.
"The salmon catch of 1916 for the
Pacific Coast of the United States and
Alaska is reported as 7.121,000 cases of
48 one-pound cans. This is above the
average, though below the 1915 catch
The catch was heavy in Alaska, but
below normal In the Puget Sound and
the Columbia River districts. The
prices for salmon have reached the
highest point in years, the value of
the 1916 pack being estimated at $4V
000,000.
"The value of the mineral produe-
tion - In the district for 1916 exceeded
$420,000,000 copper about $285,000.
000; petroleum. $49,000,000; gold. $40,
000,000; and silver, $23,000,000. Ten
mines In Arizona paid $34,000,000 in
dividends during the past year, and
the mines of five Western states paid
more than $100,000,000 in dividends;
Alaska's mineral production in 1916
was -more than $50,000,000."
that the state body would be called, to
order tonight.
GIRL ARRESTED AS FORGER
Lottie May Reed, 18 Tears Old, to
Be Returned From Spokane. "
Deputy Sheriff Bob Phillips left
Portland last night for Spokane to
bring back Lottie May Reed, 18 years
of age, who is wanted here on & charge
f forgery.- The girl was arrested
there Wednesday.
She will plead guilty and waive ex
tradition, according to word received
by F.' S. Alkus, of the-Burns Detective
Agency, yesterday. She is said to have
admitted forging checks to the value of
200' cashed .at a Portland bank.
The girl's home is Hood River. The
checks were drawn on the account of
E. Reed. -of Hood River.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 8. (Special.)
-Lotle Reed admitted tonight she Is
sister of L. E. Reed, of Portland,
whose name Is alleged to have been
forged to a note. The Sheriffs office
says the girl made a signed confession
to the Burns detectives here today.
DR. C. J. DEAN FINED $300
Maintenance of Nuisance Admitted
In Circuit Court.
Dr. C. J. Dean, ex-proprictor of
Holly Lodge, near Lents, was fined
300 yesterday when he withdrew his
plea of hot guilty and pleaded guilty
to maintaining a nuisance before Cir
cuit Judge Gantenoein. George His-
op, bartender at the Lodge, at the
same time pleaded guilty to selling
iquor. He was fined $200, but pay
ment was suspended during good be-
avlor.
An Indictment against Mr. Dean.
charging him - with selling liquor in
connection with the same case, was
ismissed on motion of the District
Attorney.
A plea to the court for lenency was
made on the ground that Dr. Dean
was no longer the proprietor of Holly
juoage.
REBEKAHS WILL INITIATE
State Officers Will Participate at
Vernon Ceremonial.
Vernon Rebekah Lodge, No. 219, will
have an elaborate programme tonight.
the occasion being the official . visit of
Mrs. Nellie Wattenbnrg, president of
the Rebekah Assembly of Oregon, who
will be accompanied by Mrs. Mary
Lankester, vice-president; Mrs. Ora
Cosper, state secretary, and Miss Eda
Jacobs, treasurer, I' our candidates are
to be initiated. .
There will be a reception' to the as
sembly, officers, which will be followed
by a banquet at which there will be
several addresses, by the visiting offi
cials and members of Vernon lodge.
It is expected to be a "red letter" day
in the history of this lodge, and the
meeting is looked forward to as one'of
enjoyment and rare interest.
SOCIAL WORKERS PLAN
STATE GATHERING AT 11EED IN
MAY BEING ARRANGED.
Noted Speakers Are to Be Obtained for
Conventions In Northwest, but
Fundi Are Needed. .
The Oregon State Conference of So
cial Agencies has inaugurated .plans
for the annual gathering to be held at
Reed College about May 1. At the
meeting of the members yesterday in
the Library immediately following that
of the Social Workers' Club it was
decided to call for a report of the nomi
nating committee tonight at the dinner
in the Hotel Portland. '
The programme committee, working
in co-operation with the committees o
the California and the . Washington
state conferences, will arrange to ge
speakers. In all probability Dr. Woods
Hutchinson, Mrs. Florence Kelley and
W. W. Goddard will be among th
prominent persons who will be here.
Dr. W. T. Foster Is .president of the-l
Oregon organization. H. H. Moore is
chairman of the programme committee,
and Judge John Stevenson is chairman
of the nominating committee.
The social agencies' conference of
California will be held April 23 to
and that of Washington will be in Spo
kane in May. Portland's date probably
will be set between these two.
Funds will be needed to carry on
the work of the state organization.
The new constitution of the social
agencies was adopted yesterday, an
President Foster announced official!
AUTOIS
T IS
SOUGH
Morris Perkel, 13, Victim
Driver Who Runs Away.
T
of
LAD HELPS FOREIGNERS
Boy Whose Services Are Valued at
Shattuck Americanization Classes
So Injured That . Be May
Be Invalid for Life.
Of the many motorists who have
struck pedestrians on Portland streets
the vast majority have stopped instant
ly , to render assistance, and not a few
have tenderly taken the injured person
to home or hospital. . Others have cast
single glance backward at their hand
iwork, the broken figure on- the pave
ment, and fled. Of these, the unknown
motorist who ran down 13-year-old
Morris Perkel at Eighth and BurnBide
treets last Friday night Is .earning
the heaviest weight of public condemnation.
At his home, 300 Park street, little
Morris Perkey is bravely fighting
against the handicap of injuries that
may invalid him for life. He is suffer-
ng from concussion of the brain, which
has brought on partial paralysis, his
body Is bruised from head to foot and
his left hip is seriously Injured.
And any harm that befalls Morris
Perkel, be it known, is - a harm to
America, for he Is of the sterling type
n which rests the best hope of future
Itlzenship, his elder friends say. At
he Shattuck School he Is known as
assistant" to David Mosessohn, princi
pal of the Americanization classes. The
title Is fairly his.
Two. years ago when the plan to aid
foreigners in their ambition to helpful
citizenship bore fruit in the Ameflcan-
zation school, Morris Perkel presented
imself to Principal Mosessohn and said
that be wanted to help.
Since then he has never missed" a
session of the school until the accident,
bat rendered valuable aid in directing
the abashed new students to their
classes and in enlisting other students.
The faculty of the Shattuck School hold
him so warmly in their hearts that they
made him a gift of a fountain pen last
Christmas. His greatest concern, now
that he lies helpless, is that this gift
was lost when the car struck him.
A witness of the accident is said
to have told Special Patrolman Henry
Parker that the license numbers of the
offending car were either 221B or 221D.
dealer's license. These are registered
o the Oregon Motor Car Company, but
officials of that concern state positive-
y that none of their machines is re
sponsible for the accident.
In commenting on the investigation
now being made,- Mr. Mosessohn said
that every effort would be made to fix
responsibility for the accident and that
search Is being carried on for the un
known witness who is said to have ob
served the license numbers.
SWITCHMAN SAVES BROKER
W. V. Boehig Pulls F. G. Helm From
in Front of Locomotive.
W. F. Boehig. a' switchman of the
O.-W. R. &" N. Company, employed in
the Spokane yards, saved the life of
pedestrian Monday, and for his
heroism has been commended by offi
cials and employes of the comapny.
He was riding on the footboard of a
switch engine when F. G. Helm, a
Spokane mining broker, was about to be
run down at a street crossing. Due to
defective hearing, Mr. Helm was not
aware that the train was near.
Switchman Boehig reached out and
caught Mr. Helm, pulling htm on the
footboard of the engine. Mr. Helm
escaped unharmed, but Mr. Boehig sus
tained a bruise on his hip by striking
bolt at the rear of the small plat
form.
SOCIETIES TO PLAY HOST
Plans Being Made to Entertain Edu
cation Delegates.
Presidents of all different state so
cieties that have been formed in Port
land are asked to meet tonight at 8
o'clock In the green room of the Cham
ber of Commerce to assist in outlining
plans for entertainment for visiting
delegates at the National Education
Association convention here next July.
State headquarters will do-btless be
established in charge of the local or
ganizations and other plans will be
made that will add to the pleasure of
the visitors while in the city.
Plans to increase, membership In the
various state organizations will also be
discussed.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
BUB TO ARRIVE.
Name. From Date.
Rose City. .. . ... .Los Angeles. ..... ..In pert
F. A. KllDom. . . . ban ! rancisco jn port
Northern Pacific. Ran Francisco. ..... Feb. 11
Breakwater an Francisco Feb. 31
Beaver. ......... Ioa Angeles. .... ..feb. 14
DUE TO DEPART. .
Name. For Date.
Yale S.F. for L.A.-S.D.. .Feb. 9
F. A. Kllburn.... ban Francisco. ... Feb. 9
UarTard. S.F. for L.A.-S T. . ..Feb. 10
Rose City. ...... .Los Angeles Feb. 10
Breakwater. .... .San Francisco. .... Feb. .,13
Northern Pacific. San Francisco. ... ..Feb.. 33
Klamath . San Diego. ....... . Feb. 14
Beaver. ......... Los Angeles. ...... Feb. 16
VESSELS . HELD , UNDER FLAG
American Ships Not For Sale Without
Shipping Board's Approval.
"President's proclamation of Febru
ary 5 forbids sale of. American ships to
foreigners without approval of Shipping
Board, -Munsey building, Washington
D. C. Repeated by order of the Com
missioner of Navigation," reads a tele
gram reaching Collector of Customs
Burke yesterday. Notice of the action
had been received" previously." but it is
assumed that because doubt existed as
to the order, it was repeated.
Private information to shipping in
terests here, gathered by correspond
ents at Washington. Ss that the proc
lamation does not affect contracts
placed by foreign Interests or which
may be placed, neither does it reach
vessels of others under construction, it
being interpretea to cover only those
afloat and actually under America "i
registry. It is said that even in the
event of war the United States prti
ably would not seize ships building in
this country f6r subjects - of neutral
nations.
Bend -to Get Two New Buildings.
BEND. Or., Feb. 8. (Special.) With
the approval of building loans amount
ing to nearly $50,000 here today, plans
were completed for the Immediate erec
tion of two new business buildings,
One will be built by A. M. Pringle, at
the corner of Wall and Oregon streets.
and the other by D. Sphier, on Bond
street. Plans for other buildings now
under consideration indicate that the
coming Spring will see greater activity
in the building line her than any pre
vious time.
chlnery Corporation. Baltimore. Md.,
$212,000; Zimmerman - Wells - Brown
Company, Portland, $166,800. The pro
posals were for the main machinery
only, the pontoons, pipeline and other
accessories, amounting to about $75,
000, being extra. The bidders said that
several used dredges were available.
and the Commission will probably re
ceive proposals on them.
Marine Notes.
Leaving Astoria at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, it was not until noon yesterday
that tbe steamer La Prlmera was reported
passing St. Helens, having been held back:
by fog.
It was 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon when
tbe liner -Rose City. Captain Rankin, re
ported In tbe - river from the Golden Gate,
and it was nearly midnight when she
reached Ainsworth dock. The liner sails
tomorrow afternoon ' for San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
Lumber aboard the schooner Manila for
Australia, with which she reached here from
Kainler to finish, amounts to 310.000 feet.
Captain L. - P. Hosford. superintendent of
the Harklne line. Is "one of the boys" again,
having shipped -on the steamer Undine as
pilot for a few days wblle she Is on the
Portland-The Dalles run, assisting the Ta
horoa. One long whistle blast, followed by two
short blasts, is the signal olTiclally adopted
by the War Department for tho opening of
the new Interstate bridge spanning the Co
lumbia River at Vancouver, says an offi
cial order embodying the regulations that
has reached the office of Major Amos A.
Fries, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. In foggy
weather the bridge operator Is to reply to
a signal for opening by one blast of the
chime whistle,' maintained on the bridge. If
the passage Is clear, or If the opening Is de
layed by the passage of traffic a succession
of short blasts on the chime whistle.
CAPTAIN SWANSON BACK
FORCED PASSAGE! ON CAPTO DUE
TO ABSENCE OF VESSELS.
HEW ROUTE SOUGHT
Port May Open West CRannel
at Swan Island.
and shore stations are said usually to
draw Americans and men of Scandina
vian countries. One effect of the new
order of things is expected to be the
adoption of a ruling when normal times
are restored that no Government work
Is to be 'given persons of foreign birth
who have not become naturalized.
which now r.pplles in all classified
positions under civil service regulations.
ALL INTERESTS APPROVE
Pilot
Being;
Complains of Assistance
Denied Warn Gear la
Out of Order.
SHIP PLANT IS OFFERED
SSOO.OOO PROPOSITION MADE
FLORES'CH ON SICSLAW.
TO
Towns Are to Raise 850,000 and Give
Site, and Contractor Will Pat
. Up Rest of Investment.
EUGENE. Or., Feb. 8. '(Special.)
Johnson Porter, of the firm of Porter
Brothers, general contractors, stands
ready to invest $150,000 in a. ship
building plant at Florence, at the
mouth of the Siuslaw river.
The little town of Florence is ready
to invest $10,000 in the project, and
to make an effort to get the site se
lected by Mr. Porter.
Eugene has been asked to raise the
remaining $40,000 required to put in
a ship-building plant such as was sug
gested as feasible by Mr. Porter.
In addition to subscribing capital to
the enterprise. Mr. Porter would make
alterations in his mill to fit it for the
cutting of ship's timbers, and to pro
vide the power needed for a ship
building plant, thus effecting the sav
ing of $40,000.
Mr. Porter declared that even at the
present stage of water wooden, ships
up to 300 feet In length can be
launched, and taken over the bar light.
t or jz,uuu, ne saia. me oar can do cut
to a depth of 40 feet, and a depth of
3a feet maintained In the inner river.
Mr. Porter suggested a plant costing
about $200,000, as it would be possible
with this investment to construct four
CELIIiO WILL BE INSPECTED
Major Erics, New Engineer Here, to
Visit Big Eddy Today.
Major Amos A. Fries. Corps of En
glneers, J. S. A., leaves this morning
for the Big Eddy, accompanied by
C. Schubert, assistant engineer, to in
spect The Dalles-Celllo Canal. Major
Fries recently took over the affairs of
the First Portland district, and the trip
will be his Initial one officially to that
works.
The steamer Umatilla, used above
The Dalles until the completion of the
canal and which has been engaged for
two or three weeks in clearing, the
channel below the Cascade Locks, has
reached here and will be hauled out at
the yard of the St- Johns Shipbuilding
Company for repairs and overhauling.
She is at present lying at the Govern
ment moorings.
Service through the Celilo Canal to
the Upper Columbia will be resumed
February 20 by The Dalles-Columbia
line, and about March 1 the Regulator
line will have Its steamers operating
between Portland andThe Dalles, where
at present the Tahoma and Undine are
operating.
PORTLAND REACHES PAPEETE
Auxiliary Sails ' Prom There Today,
Resuming Voyage - to Honolulu.
Arrival of the new five-masted aux
iliary schooner City of Portland at
Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands, yes
terday, was made known in a message
to the Merchants' Exchange. The mes
sage also said that the vessel would
get -under way again today for Hono
lulu, after taking on fuel. She Is bound
from Sydney to Honolulu with a cargo
of coal, and was out . 41 days. On dis
charging at the Hawaiian port the
vessel will- come here to load for the
return to Australia.
The City of Portland Is a product of
the-'St. Helens Shipbuilding Company's
plant, and the first of the five-masted
class turned out for the McCormick
line, tbe second being the S. I. Allard.
launched there recently, which leaves
next week for San Francisco to have
her machinery installation finished.
The City of St. Helens. is well along,
and all three have been chartered well
Into, the future.
. Astoria Rejects Dredge Bids.
ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 8. (Special.)
Only two bids were received today by
the Port of Astoria Commission on fur
nishing machinery for a 20-inch dredge,
and they were so high that' they were
rejected. The bids were: Ellicott Mh-
ASTORIA. Or, Feb. 8. (Special.)
Captain R. Swanson, the bar pilot who
was carried down the Coast on the Nor
wegian steamer Capto, when she sailed
from here oh January 29 for Bombay,
has returned. He says the reason he
did not leave the Capto outside the
mouth of the river was because there
was no vessel there to take him off.
Speaking of conditions when he took
the Capto out. Captain Swanson said:
"There was a brisk breeze blowing, but
the bar was ' not bad. The steam
schooner Daisy Matthews carrying a
heavy deckload of lumber went out a
couple of hours ahead of the Capto
and the latter crossed over at full speed
without the least trouble. When close
to the whistling buoy the steam steer
ing gear became jammed. It was re
paired but soon became Jammed again,
so it was disconnected and the hand
gear used. By the time the lightship
was reached, however, the. repairs had
been made the second time. In the
meantime a call was sent to the tug
for assistance, to stand by as the steer-
ng gear was disabled. The reply we
got was that the m"n would not go
into a small boat. We answered that
it was not necessary for the men to
launch a small boat. All we wanted
was the tug to stand by the steamer,
while the latter was disabled. -
"We heard nothing further, and as
the steering gear was then all right
the Capto headed down the coast at
6:15, Just one hour after crossing out
of the river.
"The following day we asked Coos
Bay to send a vessel to take me off
and received a reply from the steamer
Breakwater that the bar was too rough.
Soon afterwards we sighted the steam
schooner Daisy Matthews well off
shore, so we signaled her and I was
transferred to her that afternoon. The
Matthews was'en route for San Pedro,
and we reached that port Friday.
MAT A I IS HOPELESS WRECK
Stores and Gear Taken Off - Liner
Ashore at Raratonga.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Feb. 8 The
liner Maital. of the Union Steamship
Company, of New Zealand, which went
ashore at Raratonga on Christmas day,
after her cables parted during a storm.
considered a hopeless wreck, ac
cording to news reaching Vancouver
today. The latest advices, dated Janu
ary 2, are that the engine-room, the
stokehold and Nos. 2, 3 and 4 holds are
flooded and that the prospect of float
ing is hopeless. The ship stores and
as much gear as possible have been
landed and the steamer (jnollta Is as
sisting In the salvage.
The Maital was well known here un
der the name of Miowera when she
traded from Vancouver to 'Sydney in
the Australian line many years ago.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTTjAXD, Feb. 8. Maximum temper-
Attn- rV4 decrees: minimum. dtf degrees
River reading, s A. M.. 4.1 leet; Change in
last 24 hours, 0.0 foot. Total rainfall (5
P M to 5 P. M. ). none. Total rainfall
,lnr. Kentember 1. 1916. 15.11 Inches: nor
mal. 27. 49 Inches; deficiency, 12.38 inches.
Total sunshine, S hours minutes; pos
at hi. in hours, itarometer treaucea to sei
level) 5 P. M., K0.15 inches. Relative hu
midity at noon, CO per cent.
TUB WEATHER.
One 30-Inch Dredge "Will Be Avail
ableProperty Owners Agree to
Aid . by Building - Bulkheads
for Material Removed.
Opening of the west channel at Swan
Island may be accomplished during the
1917 season. It Is understood the Port
of Portland will have at least one 30-
Inch dredge available to start the
work, and shipping and commercial or
ganizations are prepared to do all nec
essary to start the improvement.
The project was to have come before
the Port of Portland Commission yes
terday afternoon, but lack of a quorum
prevented a session being convened and
a postponement was ordered until Tues
day afternoon.
Charles B. Moores. chairman of the
Commission of Public Docks; also G. B.
Hegardt, chief engineer of that body;
Harry Pennell. W. P. LaRoche, W. D. B.
Dodson and Jacob Kanzler, represent-
ng the Chamber of Commerce, and Wil
son Clark, of the Clark & Wilson Lum
ber Company, Linn ton. were on hand
yesterday, prepared to place the sub
Ject before the Port Commission.
At the -last meeting a lengthy com
munication was presented by the Cham
ber of Commerce showing that property
owners along the west bank of the
river had agreed - to build bulkheads
and take care of all shore expense on
material deposited there that was re
moved from the channel. At that'tlme
It was requested that the Commission
defer action until Its next meeting, so
oral presentations could be made.
Since the Port is no longer obligated
to look after the channel improvements
outside the Willamette River, the Gov
ernment having added to its fleet of
dredges a few years ago for the Colum
bia River work, it Is believed the Port
Is better prepared today than ever be
fore to undertake the west channel
work. The east channel Is to be kept
open and generally maintained under
the plan, so vessels may follow the
present route If desired.
With the west side of the Island open
to aeep-water men, it Is reasoned.
more direct course will be available to
and from the harbor, and navigators
will have an unobstructed view ahead,
whereas at present the. narrow east
channel, with a sharp bend at the lower
end, is objected to.
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San Francisco.
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PORT TRADE IS SOUGHT
DID
.MADE POIt . GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORT CARGOES.
Chamber of Commerce Aaks Commis-
slon of Public Docks to Make
Concessions If Xeeesaary.
Portland will assemble shipments for
Government transports or receive cargo
from them at any time on charges no
higher than apply at Puget Sound
ports. If the failure of the Federal
authorities up to this time to accord
this city a faflr . proportion of that
business is due to fancied or real dlf
ferentials applying, as compared with
northern ports, remedies will be
provided.
Such is the attitude of the Commls
sion of Public Docks. The matter of
transport patronage was taken up at
yesterdays regular meeting, a com
munlcation from the Chamber of Com
merce having been read emphasizing
tne need or making concessions as
means of getting Portland Into the
permanent list . of transport points.
What will be none in the way of
special charges or the elimination of
charges on that score rests with the
Commission and members of that board
propose to ascertain tariffs and condi
tions on Puget Pound.
Chief Engineer Hegardt was in
structed to obtain bids on lighting
and furnishing electric power on Muni
cipal Dock Ko. 1 for another year.
In the matter of renewing SI 25.000
Insurance, representing part of that
carried on dock -No. 1. it wag sug
gested that thought be given explosion
insurance.
WEATHER-BEATEN SAILER IX
Tow of Power Schooner Progress Gets
In Without Tug.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 8. A dis
patch from Seward reports the arrival
there of the sailing schooner Harold
uieaum, which left - Seattle In tow of
the power fishing schooner - Progress
last month.. '
On January31. off Cana Ommanev.
the hawser parted, and when the Ble-
aum saw tee Progress --last , the power
boat was covered- with Ice and facing
heavy weather.. The Blekum - reached
Seward under a patchwork of sails and
with spliced ropes. She had not a line
to make fast to the dock.
A wireless dispatch to Seattle re
ports that the Progress lost her main
mast and her decks were swept clear.
ne is returning to Seattle under her
own power. The Progress is owned
in Anacortea, Wash, and carried ' 20
men.
Camas May Start Ferry.
CAMAS, Wash, Feb. 8. (SDecial.
At Tuesday night's . meeting of the
Commercial. Club the main feature of
the programme was the discussion on
the establishment of a ferry service
to the Oregon side of the Columbia
River, and a proposition to start a ma
chine shop here. The matter of the
ferry received hearty support from the
llamas and Washougal business men
present, and it Is thought Drobable the
deal will go through. A committee was
appointed to look into the reauest for
aia in starting a machine shop.
Interned Germans Released.
SEATTLE. Wasn.. Feb. 8. The mem
bers of the crew of the Hamburg-
American freight steamer Saxonla and
the German sailing ship Steinbek, who
were arrested last Monday for alleged
violation of the immigration laws.
were released today by order of Secre
tary of Labor Wilson, and without
guara returned to their vessels at
Eagle Harbor, near Seattle. . Before
being removed the Saxonia's crew had
practically destroyed the steamer's en
gine.
Navy Tug Mohave Goes Ashore.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 8. The Navv
tug Mohave while on her way today
from the Puget Sound Navy-yard to
Port Townsend. went ashore in a heavy
fog in -Agate Pass. She is not believed
to be seriously damaged and it is ex
pected she will be floated at the next
high tide.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Prh a ;.
cial.l The steamer Northland arrived und
loading at tho National mill for Kjn
Pedro.
The steamer Idaho Is due from San Fran
cisco tomorrow on her maiden trip.
The double-end steamer PhiltlK. bull tt.w
W. R Chamberlain A Co- of San
co. was launched today at the Peterson
shipyard. Bhe was christened by Miss
Kathrlne Delunty. daughter of Hush De
lanty, manairer of the Grays Harbor rtilp
yard. The Pbillis is 215 feet lou-. 12 fuet
Inches beam, and feet depth of
hold. She will be sent to San Francisco
for the Installation of machinery in about
lO days. When completed she probably
will operate la tbe coastwise lumber trade.
ft
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Cays to Jaasn
Land of Geishas and Flowers
Round Trip vS50N -
1 5 Days to China
Round Trip S3S3.75
With optional overland tour throtich
Japan and Korea via Mukden to Peking;,
Nanking and Shanghai, or vice versa.,
for $60 old extra.
17 Days to Uzn'ih
, Round Trip S-437.50
yncle Sam's greatest and most pro-
Eessive Colony by Canadian, Pacina
curious
Empress of Russia
Empress cf Asia
Quickest Tbns Aoross tho PaoHIo
One way via Honolulu.- If desired.
- Our ofticcs at each port give trav.
elers every assistance in planning itin -eraries
and securing reliable guiae.
Full information cheerfully given.
'Phone, call or -write.
T. V. Murphy, General Agent
B Total Street. t ortoaod. Ore,
CAHADIAfl PACIFIC
OCEAN-SERVICES
ssrrrt'' lsJ-jL.- ----- . -1
tA. St. today: P. M. of preceding day.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Alaskan storm and the Northern
Rocky Mountain hih-pressure area have
remained nearly stationary since yesterday
evening. A small low-pressure area Is cen
tral over Alberta and a disturbance of slight
energy 9 passing down' the St. Lawrence
Valley. Rain has fallen in the Gulf States
anoV Upper Ohio Valley. Snow has occurred
at widely scattered places in the Missouri
Valley and Lake Region. It is much colder
in the Missouri and Upper Mississippi Val
leys and correspondingly warmer In Alberta
and Texas.
Conditions are favorable' for generally fair
weather in this district Friday with no
marked changes in temperature
, FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy" and
occamonally threatening; winds mostly
southerly. . ...
Oregon Partly cloudy and occasionally
threatening: wind mostly southerly,
Washington ; Cloudy and occasionally
threatening, with rain probable near the
coast: southerly wlnda
Idaho Fair.
North Paoifle Coast Occasional ratal mod.
erst nrmthPFt -rly winds. . ...
SAILINGS WILL BE SECRET
Anchor Line Destroys . Confidential
Schedule of Atlantic Trips.
Some idea of caution being exer
cised In the dispatch of vessels on the
Atlantic Coast since the Increased ac
tivity of German . submarines and
threatened complications between that
country and America, is had from steps
taken by big lines to keep secret future
movements.
Portland agencies of the Anchor
line, which owned the liner Califor
nia, sunk by a submarine Wednesday
off the I!sh Coast, have been in
structed to destroy copies of a confi
dential sailing schedule Issued late In
January. - It is added that only In the
case of boni fide passengers will in
formation be given out from the head
quarters as o.the movements of ves
sels during the present conditions.
That Is taken to mean the line will
continue to operate - across the At
lantic In spite of the loss of the Cali
fornia, making calls at Liverpool and
Glasgow.
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DREDGE ARRIVES AT IIOQTTIAM
Main Channel Grays Harbor to Be
Cleaned and Widened.
HOQUIAM, Wah.,"Feb. 8. (Special.)
The Government dredge Oregon has
arrived at Hoqulam for several months
of dredging operations In the main
channel of Grays Harbor between the
Hoquiam River and the sea.
The dredge was towed to this city
from Tillamook. Or., by the Govern
ment tug General Wilson. The tug
has returned to Tillamook to bring the
pontoons and other equipment.
Work has been needed ,on the main
channel of Grays Harbor for some
time, as it had begun- to shoal In
places, thought not enough to inter
fere with navigation. In addition to
deepening and cleaning out the chan
nel, it is understood the dredge will
widen the channel.
NO GERMANS DROPPED HERE
Government Officials Not Following
Example at San Franclsoo.
Action taken at San Francisco in dis
missing from the Coast Guard service
more-than 20 men of German national
ity who had not taken out final nat
uralization papers is said by Govern
ment officers not to have been fol
lowed here. In the lighthouse service
there are certain unclassified berths.
applicants for which are not compelled
to be citizens, the same being true of
some of the laboring forces in other
Federal work.
The lighthouse lenders, llghtvesnlx
COOS SAT, Or, Feb. 8. ( Special.) The
steam schooner Hardy arrived with a gen
eral freight cargo.
The .steam schooner Centralis "arrived
with a cariro of merchandise for Coos liy
points. The vessel will ship lumber at the
Ba Park Ml a
ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. . Rpeclnl.)
Bringing a full cargo of freight and a
rood list of passengers for Astoria ar.d
Pomland the steamer Rose City arrived to
day from Ban Pedro and- San Francisco.
The gasoline schooner Koamer sailed
for Coos Bay with six tons of flour.
Car-ylng a capacity cargo of general
frelrut and more han 200 passengers the
steamer Northern Pacific sailed tor elan
Kranciso.
The tank steamer Wm. F. Hertin arrived
from California with a cargo of fuel oil
for Portland.
Carrying i cargo of lumber from Port
land and Rainier, the auxiliary echooner
Sierra sailed for San Pedro.
BAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Feb. . 'Special.)
On her last trip, for the Matson Navldatlon
Company, the freighter Hilonlan. Captain J.
W. Jory, arrived In port today. She has
been sold to Scandinavian parties and will
load for North Kurope after discharging
her Hawaiian cargo.
Coming in from Java, via Mnnlla, Hong
kong and Nagasaki, the Java-Pacific liner
Arakan, Captain Van Ronkel, arrived In
port tonight. The vessel brought K100 tons
of general cargo and four American pas
sen Rers.
Hhe will load a full cargo outward bound
for the East Indie
In tow of the Grace steamer Santa Alicia,
the barge Elizabeth, formerly the ship Sir
Robert Fernie, arrived In port from Callao.
It Is expected that the former windjammer
of the Flying Horse Line will be made over
into a schooner here, as she is an iron ship
and. gooc to- many years' service. The
Santa Alicia will proceed to Puget Sound
at once to start loading for her return to
the West Coast.
Tbe oil tanker El Begusao amvea today
from Astoria In ballast.
Anionic lumber steamer arrivals from the
north were the Willamette trom uraya Har
bor, en route south, put In for fuel and
proceeded, and Adeline Pmlth from Coos
Huy with l.&uii.tKHj teei xor luo v.. w. omiia
Lumber Company.
The - steamers Santlam ana Argyll left
for Astoria and Portland respectively.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 8. CSpoclnl.)
The steamer Hawaii Mara arrived today
from Hong-kong and way ports. Among her
165 passengers for Seattle were 60 rewly
wedded Japanese couples, the 60 men forming
part of a tourlft party or ou mat went w
Japan laat Fall from San Francisco ana
other Coast cities. They took wives unto
themselves while in tne onent.
The steamer Al-kl arrived rrom wutneasr.-
rn Alaska Wltn ou paateensrrs anu wi
of fresh and frozen fish. She reports un
usually cold ana stormy weatner -norm.
Sailinirs today Included tne on tanner jio-
nm for Port San Luis; the power schoonet
Ruby for False Pass with s-eneral cargo:
the steamer Mariposa for Southeastern and
Southwestern Alaska, witn passengers
and a full earn), and the steamer Senator,
for Sari Francisco, with freight only.
A. F. Haines, manager or tne - -cina
Steamship Company announced the names
of the vessels that will be used in the -Alaskan
service during- the coming season. The
majority of the steamers will be diverted to
the northern trade on or about March L
The following will be used ss freighters only,
chartered: Steamer .Northland. Admiral
Walnwright Hate Grace Dollar) and Ravalli.
The steamer Curacao will sail early in
March for Southeastern and bouta western
Alaska as a freight and passenger steamet
and the Admiral Goodrich win sail eoruar
15 for the West Coast of Prince of Wales
Island with the first shipment of cannery
supplies to thst section this Spring. Present
vessels operating to Alaska and which will
continue are: Steamers Admiral Watson: .Ad
miral Evars, Admiral Farragut, City of Se
attle and Spokane, making a total of 20
after March 1. or more than the two old
companies operated before the merger. The-
steamers Senator and Umatilla will be lisfl
to Nome, both sailing May 28 on tho first
Spring voyage.
The Seattle orrne cr tne Alaskan en
gineering Commission today received a re
quisition for I.O0O.OOO fet of bridge rnd
wharf timbers for the Seward division. I-tlda
will be called for Trithin a few daa
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Feb. 8. Arrived Steamers
W. V. Herrln. from Gavlota: La Prlmera.
from San Francisco: Rose City, from San
Pedro via San Francisco.
ASTORIA, Feb. 51. Sailed during the
night, motor-schooner sierra, lor San edro.
Arrived at 7:ao ana lett up at m..
steamer W. F. Herrln. from Gavlota. bailod
at B.20 A M-. tug Wilson towing barge, for
Grays Harbor. Arrived at 2 and left up
at 4:10 P. M.. steamer Rose Ulty. trom Ban
Pedro via San Francisco. ballea at
P. M., steamer Northern 1 Pacific, for San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. Sailed at 6 A.
M steamer ArgylU for Portland. Arrived
at 8 A. M., steamer El Pegundo. from Port
land. Sailed last night, steamer santlam,
from San Pedro for Astoria. Sailed at noon,
steamer Beaver, from Portlund for San
Pedro. '
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 8. Arrived
Steamers Hilonlan. from Honolulu: b-inta
Alicia, barge Elizabeth, from Callao: Ade
line Smith, from Coos Bay; Umatilla, trom
Seattle: El Segundo. from Astoria. Called
Steamers Admiral Farragut, for Seattle;
Daisy Mitchell, for Astoria; Santa Monica,
for Willapa: Argyll, for Portland; Eliza
beth, for Bandon.
' PAPEETE. Feb. 8. Arrived Motor-
schooner City of Portland, from Sydney for
Portland via Honolulu, sans uin. rui in tor
fuel. '
SEATTLE. Feb. 8. Arrived Steamers
Hawaii Maru. from Hongkong; Alki, from
Southeastern Alaska; Admiral Schley. Morn
ing Star, from Vancouver, B. C. Sailed
Steamers Oleum, for Port San Luis: Sena
tor, for San Francisco; Mariposa, for South
western and Southeastern Alaaka,
Ttdes at Astoria Friday.
High. Low.-
2-22 A. M .T feet8:87 A. M.....2.1 feet
alio P. M-....7.9 feeti8:45 P. M-....0.8 foot
Vessels Entered Yesterday.
American schooner Manila. lumber la
transit, from Rainier.
American schooner Meteor, from San
Francisco.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
(All positions reported si I F. M. February
8 unless otherwise reported.)
MATSONIA. Honolulu for San Francisco,
1940 nil lea from San Francisco 8 P. M. Feb
ruary T.
WAPAMA. Seattle for San Francisco. IS
miles south of Point Arena.
BREAKWATER. Eureka for Saa Fran
cisco. 125 miles north of San Franolsco.
GOVERNOR. San Pedro for ban Fran
cisco, 16 miles west of Hueneme.
MOFFETT. towing barge 93. San Pedro
for Richmond. 14 miles east of Point Con
cepclon. IDAHO. 45 miles north of San Frarolieo.
NORTHERN PACIFIC, 117 miles south of
Columbia River.
BRADFORD, 165 miles south of Tatoosh.
ACME. 870 miles from San Francisco
lightship.
SENATOR. Seattle for Baa -Francisco, 148
miles from Seattle.
QUEEN, San Francisco for Seattle, three
miles east of Race Rooks.
YOSEMITE, port Gambia for Ban Fran
cisco, 6 miles from Port Gamble.
Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Feb."8. Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M. : Sea, smooth; wind, south Xi
miles.
Ouf of the 6678 miles of railroad in
Japan, all but 265 miles are owned by
the government. The Japanese govern
ment plans to construct 200 miles of
new railroad each year.
TAKE A
CASCAR
EI"
TONIGHT AND SEE!
Spend a Dime! Liven
Your Liver and Bowels
and Feel' Fine.
Unjoy life! Your system Is filled
with an accumulation of bile and bowel
poison which Wveps you bilious, head
achy, dizzy, tongue coated, breath bad
and stomach sour Why don't you get
a 10-cent box of Cascarets at the drug
store and feel bullyT Take Cascarets
tonight and enjoy the nicest, gentlest
liver and bowel cleansing you ever ex
perienced. You'll wake up with a clear
head, clean tongue, lively step, rosy
skin and looking and feeling fit. Moth
ers can give a whole Cascaret to a
sick, cross, bilious, feverish child any
time Cey are harmless never grip
or sicken.