THE . MORXfXG OREGOXIAy, TEIDAT, 7 FEBRUARY 2T, 1913. "
WM SETTLING
TO BE INVESTIGATED
weeks ago en business connected with
the auspension of steel ship contracts
and the proposed construction of larger
carriers in their stead. He said last
night there were no new developments
in the situation.
MOORISG Bt'OY AT CAPE GO"E
Board of Engineers Will Make
Exhaustive Inquiry.
PORTLAND MEN ARE CHOSEN
Ttrrommrndfltlons Are to Be Made
for Correcting Defect In Building
af St. Johns Terminal.
"Three Portland civil engineers, with
to more to be selected from among
stnrd of national prominence, are
to tt rve as a committee in lnvestigat
Aid Goes South Instead of Following
Usual Northern Route.
That the Cape Flattery moorinc buoy.
used principally by lighthouse tenders
wnen delivering supplies at the station,
has -gone adrift and was heading down
me coast, being last reported about
mile south of the Umatilla reef light
vessel, was news ftaehed to the head
quarters of the 17th lighthouse district
yesterday.
Dick Hart, in chartre of the office.
opines that things have -changed, since
the runaway buoy is disregarding all
precedent ana is floating southward,
while in the past, he says, in spite of
weamer conditions being opposite,
buoys leaving that neighborhood have
traveled north. Mr. Hart says the
same applies to runaway navigation
aids at th entrance to the Columbia
ruer, only wo of which he can recol
icci teat n ended south.
LAUNCHING DATE IS DELAYED
ing causes responsible for the settling Coaset Will Leave Ways at Standi
i imc in u ii ic i pa i g ruin eirvMiur, hi i nc :
St. Johns terminal, and make recom- '
menda lions as to corrective measures.
fer Plant. Thursday.
The Portlanders are to be George W.
Bosrhke. formerly chief engineer of t
o.-U". it. & s.i C. Mason, who has been
identified with a number of big under-'
- taking here, and W., R. Phillips, who
was retained by the Union Meat com
jany when the packing plant on North
Portland harbor showed signs of set
tling a few years ago.
The matter of installing automatic
sprinklers on pier No. 1. at SL .Johns,
as left to Chairman Moores and Chief
Kngiiiecr Hegardt. with power to act.
.Mr. Hct?ardt tiled a report in which it
was s-liown that the lowest bid for in
Mailing tire hydrants and the sprinkler
f-yhtem was to 4.904, the portion cover
ing the sprinklers being $52,000. The
insurable value of the pier without
sprinklers i estimated at $590,204 and
with sprinklers $t43,764, also that with
out the sprinklers Insurance was ob
tainable for only one year and with
sprinklers a three-year policy could be
obtained.
POKT BILL CONTAINS JOKER
Shake-Up in Personnel of Commis
sion Is Main Idea.
STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or., Feb. 20.
(Special.) A shake-up in the per
sonnel of the Port of Portland commis
sion is made in a bill offered by sen
ator Mot;er. The bill names as mem
bers of the commission George H.
Kelly. Captain W. H. Patterson, Cap
tain H. W. Spencer. R. X. Inman and
It. K Menefee. The remaining two
commissioners are to be named by
majority of the Multnomah delega
tion. All except Menefee are now com
missioners.
This leaves Captain Shaver, Archie
Pease and D. C. O'Reilly in the jackpot
from which the remaining two area to
be drawn. Ostensibly the bill simply
provides that the terms ox the com
missioners begin June 1 and run for
four years, but Is paid to really be
aimed at the elimination of O Reilly,
The three men eliminated by the bill.
Captains J. W. Shaver, head of the
Shaver Transportation company; Cap
tain Archie Pease, pilot for the San
b rancisco & Portland Steamship com
pany. and IX C. O'Reilly, president of
the Diamond O fleet, were elected when
the commission was reorganized in 111
the legislature passed a measure at
that session providing for a new com
mission and one was nam-d. but the
act was decreed to be uncoil utional
Then the old commission named Cap
lain Shaver, Mr. O'Ueilly. Robert D.
inman and S. M. Mears, the former com
missioners resigning. "Whereupon Jo
seph Goodman, Captain Pease and K. H.
lKdge were named by the four new
commissioners to complete the list of
seven.
Captain TV. H. Patterson was named
by the legislature in 1913, taking the
place of r. N. Pendleton, who was
elected on Mr- Dodge resigning and
Captain Spencer was named by the leg
islature in 191d. Mr. Mears having re
signed, and George H. Kelly was the
choice of the legislature in 1917, that
body having failed to ratify the elec
tion of Alfred Tucker, who had served
for several months. Robert N. Strong
was elected by the commission last year
on Commissioner Kelly being commls
sioned in the army and on his return
from France recently it was naturally
arranged tor him to return to the com
mission, he having been again elected
by the legislature last week.
When the commission held a joint
meeting with the commission of pub
lic docks and the port committee of the
t. hamber of Commerce two weeks ago.
the subject under discussion being the
proposed merger of the two port bodies.
Mr. Mover remark! that terms on the
Port of Portland commission were per
petual and that is one reason accepted
for him having introduced the bill pro
viding for terms of four years.
Mr. Inman. Mr. O'Reilly and Captain
Patterson are now In California.
ie term in ing yesterday to advance
me completion of the 9500-ton hull
Coaset beyond its present stage, the G.
M. Stand if er Construction corporation
announced a postponement of the
launching rrom tomorrow morning
until 11 o'clock Thursday -morning. Irr-
vuaiions nan been issued for the initial
aip or tne big ship tomorrow and they
have simply been extended
. The Coaset is the second of the steel
nuns to leave the ways at the Van
couver plant, the first having been the
Cokesit, which was- floated December
31. The latter is soon to be ready for
service ana machinery and general
equipment is ready for the Coaset, so
tnat she can be hurried once she i
alongside the fitting out dock.
Many Mariners Shipped.
Cleveland Bigelow. sunervisnr or
agencies or the' sea service bureau,
united Mates Shipping board, has
issued the following report covering
nuaioer ot men placed in leading noris
of the United States through the sea
service bureau: New lork 11&4, Nor
folk 60, New Orleans 553. Philadelphia
50. Boston 49S. Seattle 474. San Fran
cisco 40, Portland 229, Baltimore 119.
Marine Notes.
George J. McCarthy of Vancouver. B. C.
Kent there for the Admiral line, ia among
the Kotarians attending the Portland
vent Ion.
AH shipyards in the Oregon district will be
closed tomorrow in observing the anniversary
of Wahlnf(tun'4 birthday, which is one of
the holidays officially stipulated to be ob
served in t.ie Matey scale of last year.
To permit the Joiner work to be finished
and have other details of her completion at
tended to by the original hull contractor,
the new steamer Colindo was shifted yes
terday from the plant of the Pacific Marine
Iron works to the yard of the St. Helena
Shipbuilding c mo pany.
The steamer Providencia Is due to proceed
to sea today with a full lumber cargo for
Mexico.
Other than that the overhauling of the
liner Rose City is being continued at San
Irancio klnce labor difficulties have ad
justed themselves, no dfimr .iwt ,.. !
fixed for the return of the vessel to the Porl-
nu-ean f raiiri-o-Ua Angeles route.
U. S. Naval Radio Reports.
BRONCHO, from Hnnnll
CISCO, 1 tOO miles from -S:n F-V-nr,.-
COUPS E. from San Francisco for Yoko
hama. lUSa miles from San Francisco: Feb
ruary it.
-.STORI A. from Honolulu fnr
Cisco, 1000 miles from San Francisco: ph.
ruary Hi.
CAJ AH, from Honolulu for San Francisco.
0i milea from San Francisco; February in!
Lt'RLI.VK. from Honolulu for Munlin ani
miles west of Honolulu: February 19.
CHINA, from the orient for San T-Vn n-i
172a mU went of -Honolulu; Februarv '
LONKO, from Hilo for San Francisco ir.n
miles from han Franrlsro.
BENJAMIN BREWSTER, from Tnlara
Peru, for Vancouver. B. C. 555 miles south
of tape Mattery.
BARGE Hi. in tow of Standard No.
from tan Pedro for Richmond, 70 miles
irom Kicnmonn.
HORACE BAXTER. from Vancouver.
B. C, for San Pedro, 358 miles north of
&an Pedro.
ELi SEOCNDO and barge 03. from Sa
Francisco for Seattle, tW miles north of
Richmond.
YAMHILL, from San Francisco for San
Juan, ij miles south of San Francisco.
D. BAXTER, from San Pedro for Hono
lulu. 35 miles from San Pedro.
OLEUM, from San Francisco for Port-
nd. 4.( miles from Astoria.
LUCAS, from Richmond for Powell river
bay. 4t5 miles north of Richmond.
WEST CORUM, from Portland for San
Pedro. 20 1 miles south of Columbia river
lightship.
WILLAMETTE, from San Pedro for San
Francisco. ItiO miles from San Francisco.
KLAMATH, from San Francisco for Se
at tie. ten miles east of Cape Flattery.
WAHKEB.NA. from Everett for San Pe
dro. 30 miles north of Columbia river.
RAINIER, from Seattle for San Francisco.
10Q miles from Seattle.
YOSEMITE. from San Francisco for Se
attle, 7.1 miles from Seattle.
AN'YOX. towing Bnroda, from Portland
for canal sone, 365 miles south of Columbia
river.
QUEEN, from San Francisco Xr Seattle.
230 miles north of fran Francisco.
ASUNCION, from Point Orient for Port
land. 240 miles north of San Francisco.
RHEEMS. from Port San Luis for Seattle.
CO miles north -of Point Arena.
ATLAS, from Seattle for Richmond. 168
miles xrom ruenmona.
Movements of Vessels.
NBW TORK,
I from Seattle.
Feb.
20. A rri ved Cru
se,
NORFOLK. Feb.
from Tacoma.
-A rri ved Edgecom b.
tlVDOCK FACILITIES NEEDED
Central Black Inquires About Port
land's Future Plans.
Permanency of the port and harbof
facilities commission of the shipping
board is assumed here to be indicated
through the appointment of W. M.
Black, brigadier-general, corps of en
gineers, t inted States army, as chair
man. A communication was received
yesterday by the Commission of Pub
lic Pocks from General Black, in which
he wrote that he had read newspaper
. reports of discussions relative to the
advisability of the commission proceed
ing with the construction of a 12,0wO
'ton dry dock and asked that he be in
formed of the present status of the REPRESENTATIVE DROPS FROM
ma tier.
General Black quoted from a letter
reaching him from the division of op
eration of the shipping board as fol-laws:
"The division of operations is of the
opinion that repair facilities for Amer
ican ships in the United States are still
o inadequate that it is to be regarded
as very unfortunate that any project
for a drydock and repair yard is aban
doned simply because the war has come
to an end."
MR. FESS OUT OF CONTEST
SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT.
Withdrawal of Candidate Leaves the
Field Open to Representatives
Mann and Gillett. -
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 20. Representa
tive Fess. chairman of the republican
congressional campaign committee, to-
ORIEXTAL LIXE GETS CARGO niBht an"?unced hls withdrawal from
Moamcr Has 2500 Tons Hooked
Early April Dispatch.
ship of 'the house in the next congress.
for His action left the race between Rep
resentatives Mann or Illinois and Gillett
of Massachusetts.
"In the interest of party solidarity
dependent upon continued harmony
l"p to last night --00 tons of far
.1 th Portland nTi.-. of th. iHmini which now characterizes the party
sum -ir. res sittiemeni, i nave Wltn
line that is intended for shipment on
tne SSPK-ton steamer west -Munham,
drawn from the speakership contest.
which Is to be dispatched early in April and hreby release my friends from any
ns the first of the new service to cross
the Pacific Most of the bookings are
for transcontinental freight, with some
in the lot that originates in the Fort
land territory.
Frank O'Connor, Portland agent for
the Admiral line, said yesterday thaj
with only about one-third of the cargo
assured the outlook was far from dia
mal. yet be emphasized the need of
and all pledges in support. My action
is wholly based on my sense- of duty
to the party, which is paramount to
every other consideration.
Supporters of Mr. Gillette declared
tnat air. ress wnnarawai made tne
election of the Massachusetts repre
sentative a certainty, but partisans of
Mr. Mann refused to concede defeat.
Mr. less announcement was made
or your coffee
The Great World War made large de
mands on America. It commanded the
very best we had in men and materials,
nothing less would do. Its drain on
our first quality food products was very
great indeed for the simple reason that
our two-fisted fighting men required
highly nourishing and sustaining food.
Of course Carnation Milk ,was com
mandeered and we're proud of it.
combination has a flavor all its own.
pure
It is
missed it in
there are just
Certainly you have
vour coffee because
two things to an excellent 'cup of
your favorite breakfast beverage first
class coffee and Carnation Milk. The
Remember Carnation is only
whole, cows' milk, nothing else.
the milk "par exceIence for every pur
pose. PJundreds 'of thousands of Good
Housekeepers consider it an essential
to the best cooking. It adds to the
nutritive value of buns, biscuits, cakes,
creamed soups, etc. and enhances the
reputation of every home cook who
uses it consistently.
Carnation is bafck home. You can buy
it in any desired quantities at most any
grocery store thruout United States
and Canada.
Standard Quality for 20 Years in the Northwest
FOR COCOA AND CHOCOLATE
4 even toupoonfals cocoa. 6 teatpoonfolf ntir, en pa boiliar
vater. 1 cup Carnation Milk i teaspooafal aalt. ftliz cocoa and aufar
in a cup. Have water botlinr Heat cocoa pot by ailowiar hot water
to Mand ia it for a few mtnutea. Heat Carnation Milk by statUinc
cap of Carnation Milk in basin of hot water for fire mhratct or more.
Pour a Ikde boiiioi water into rap of cocoa and to fir to diasolre
hem. Ponr into cocoa pot. add remainder of water tiBwg not then
the hot Carnation Milk and izlt. Serve at once. FOR. CHOCO
LATi. use two or three times as atacb chocolate as cocoa.
GUARANTEED BY
Carnation Milk Products Company
FOR MILK PUNCH
A deficioas, refreshinr drink- mar be made by diintmf Ice cokt
Milk with cold water in oqual proportions. Sweeten with
flaror with TanilU and a dash of aatmef. Lastly add the
white of an err. Sweetened trait jnice may be ased ia place
Tanilla. Mix well before serriar.
I to Hand i it for a few minute. Het Carnsbon Milk br taatntg I . 'Jgs5 SpS. ' i" I Carnauoa Uilk with cold water in oqoal proportion. Sweeten wrta I
V l cap of Carnation Milk in basin of not water for fire mhratn or more. I tlKf'PSSI ' I rar. fUror wilk rajulla anil a daab of Brnmer. Laatlr. mad tbc I
. r"' " " i'o enp of cocoas ana rerar to oiaaolte SfZfTT? 3 haZ9irt. . i. -i . s . I k. i.
Iksem. Poor into cocoa pot, add remainder of water nrrfinr hot, then I V55-fsTf? .-' -5-ri7L ' " ! T-NXK. I I
tbe hot Carnation Milk and aalt. Serre at once FOR CHOCO- I sf2Z?s&?- 'V'tr'rS-1 KSS&K. I of rl wnatlja. Mil wcU Wore aerriat. . , I
LATi. use two or tbree times aa sancb cAocobtte aa cocoa. I rf, NXV I
lft you art not already acquainted icith CARS
w wouui Ov gtaa to sema you one of our roctpt
bookUit, A ddrett our Seattle offiets.
ANNUAL REPORT OF .HARBOR
MASTER SPEIER FILED.
more And tbe fact that the business I alter & conierence wun win M. Hays,
hereafter must be continuous in order I chairman of the republican national
to take care of steamers following--1 committee and members of the Indiana
r tye, general ireignt ascent for'Bna wmo aeiegaiiona in congress. Mr.
the line, is in the city from Seattle and.
i meeting shippers interested in the
new connection.
Steel Ship Status Unchanged.
J. n. Bowles, president of the North
west Steel company, returned last night
from Philadelphia, where be went two
J Hayes was said to have canvassed the
race netween the three men and urged
Mr. Fees withdrawal in the interest
of party harmony. With Mr. Fees with
drawal, it was said that the canvass at
today's conference showed Mr. Gillette
leading Mr. Mann by about SO votes.
Read Tbe Oreg-onlan classified ads.
Harbor Patrol Active in Guarding
Waterfront Industries From Dam
age by Enemies of CountrJ. ;
Active measures for the obenlntr of
the Willamette river rhannel west, of
swan island as a benefit to tne port
of Portland and to make available the
use of lands along the west shore of
the river for dockage purposes . are
recommended by Jacob Speier, harbor
master. In his annual report submitted
to Mayor Baker yesterday. .
The opening of the w,est channel of
the river, he stes. would be 0f im
mense benefit to the port -and would
irectly contribute to the ports toa-
nage. .
The A illamette river, through the
work performed by the United States
engineers' corps and the Port of Port
land, is now of sufficient depth to ac
commodate all ships of large draft
and the day that Portland was handi
capped as a port because of bar and
river conditions is past, he states.
The harbor patrol launch has
raveled 14,203 miles in the perform
ance of the many duties of the de
partment during the past year. Har-;
bormaster Speier was absent from the
city during the major portion of the
fiscal year, having been given a leave
of absence to enter the military serv
ice of the country.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
SA.X FRANCISCO, CaL, Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) The T. K. L. line Seyo Ma.ru. cap
tain M. Jin. which arrived from Norfolk
recently with a carjro of coal for the United
States government, has been returned to the
Japanese lines. The he transfer was accom
plished today, the American flag being
hauled down and the Japanese emblem
raided In the presence of the officials ot the
shipping: board and of the T. K. T.. 1 The
Seyo will aail for Kobe and other Japanese
porta with general cargo to the total of
8.500 tons and upon arrival in the. far east
will resume the regular service to South
America, via this port. The United States
shipping board steamer Yamhill, which left
the harbor yesterday for her trial trip up the
coast, returned with the government inspect
ors today, and, after a few hours in port,
put out on her voyage to New York via
Porto Rico with a cargo of rice and wine.
The steamer Stanwood cleared today for
Seattle with afcargo of lumber and general
freight, under charter to the Charles Nel
son company. y-She was formerly in the
Boutn American lumber trades.
Foreign steamship concerns operating be
tween San Francisco and the orient have cut
the ocean rate on merchandise to Japanese
nnd Chinese norts tofSS a ton deadweight.
This is $4 a ton less than the last-low rate
put into effect by the shipping board and is
accepted as an indication that the foreign
concerns, especially the Japanese, are de
termined to control all business possible
and that there may be no limit to the cuts
that may be made in the future, according
to local shipping men. The low rate was
made on a large shipment of steel It is
pointed out, however, that the Japanese
concerns do not at this time possess the
tonnage needed to carry' the shipments
upon which the rate was made. American
shipping concerns point to the fact that,
owing to the present scarcity of bottoms of
all nations, there was no necessity for the
shipping board to make a drastic cut in the
rates until an abundance of ships caused
competition.
. , f
ASTO.RTA, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special. After
discharging fuel oil in Portland, the tank
steamer WilLJam F. He rri n sailed at 10
o'clock thi smoming for Sao Francisco.
Laden with lumber from Rainier and Port
land, and three boilers which she took on
at the latter place, the steam schooner
Jo.ian Poulsen shifted last night to West-
port, wnere she will complete her cargo of
lumoer.
The emergency fleet steamer Cotteral from
Fortiand crossed out at 5:40 this evening
on her 24-hour trial run at sea.
COOS BAY. Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.)
I he steamer c. A. Smith arrived off the bar
this afternoon, but came too late to enter
port. The ship is here to load lumber at the
C. A. Smith. mills.
Captain A. Carlson of the steam schooner
Yellowstone, en route to Orays Harbor,
believes the Yellowstone will return to her
regular transport business delivering lumber
from the North Bend Mill and Lumber com
pany plant following hex trip to San Pedro.
The gasoline schooner B. L. Smith, await
ing a cargo here for delivery at Gold Beach,
will be beached and undergo repairs to elim
inate leaking seams.
" GRAYS HARBOR. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) The harbor has been clear of ships
for two days, save for the Chehails, loading
at the American mill. The Chehails will
sail tomorrow for the south.
Auxiliary schooner Janet Caruthers, ashore
on North beach, is to be abandoned, so far
as any efforts to get the vessel into deep
water are concerned. The underwriters, it
is stated, will advertise the hulk and other
property for sale to the highest bidder,
which means that the schooner will be brok
en up by a possible bidder and disposed
oi in parcel lots.
ister to The Netheclands, and Professor
George Grafton Wilson of Harvard,
who addressed the congress yesterday,
departed for Salt Lake to address the
Mountain congress for a league of na
tions which opens there tomorrow. .
PRESIDENT SENDS THANKS
PORTLAXD LEAGUE OP Jf ATIOXS
RESOLUTIONS APPRECIATED.
Ex-President Taft Raps "Small
Americans" in Senate Who Are
Opposing League Covenant.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. A wire
less message from President Woodrow
Wilson conveying his thanks for the
resolutions adopted by the Northwest
congress for a league of nations, held
by the League to Enforce Peace in
Portland, was received here today by
William H. Short; secretary of the
League to Enforce Peace, and an offi
cial , in the Pacific coaft congress for
league of nations, now in session
here. ' -
Characterizing as "small Americans,"
members of the. United States senate
who are opposing the covenant for a
league of nations, former President
William H. Taft made an especial ap
peal to the women of the Pacific coast
to bring their influence to bear on the
-wsnato in behalf of ratification of the
teague- plan at a luncheon tendered
him here today by the San Francisco
Center,' a women's organization.
"I do not use the term 'small Amer
icans,' in an invidious sense," said he,
"but to imply that these gentlemen have
a small view of America, the provin
cial, selfish view that the highest duty
of America is to preserve a safe, com
fortable, luxurious prosperity for our
own people beyond which we have no
other responsibility toward the rest of
the world."
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former min-
ALARMJST REPORTS DENIED
American Commander in Russia Ad
vises War Department.
WASHINTON, Feb. 20. Colonel
George F. Stewart, commanding the
American troops in northern Russia,
cabled, the war department today that
"alarmist reports of the condition of
troops in northern Russia," were not
warranted by the facts. ,
The health of the entire command is
excellent. Colonel Stewart's report said,
the sick and 'wounded are well cared
for and "the allied command is capable
of taking car of itself against the
whole bolshevik- army."
Marriage licenses were issued he:
today to Walter Wright Seattle, ar
Alinda Rehlberg, Portland, and to Boi
ner Brook, Portland, and Margaret .
McKinnon, of Camp Lewis.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special.)
Land Opening Is Urged.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Was!
ington, D. C, Feb. 20. Petitions fro
Roseburg for the opening of the Ori
gon & California grant lands were pn
sented to the interior department I
Representative Hawley today with
request for information as to why tl
government is doing nothing to di
pose of these , lands.
Phone your want ads to the Oregi
nian. Phone Main 7070, A 6095.
FOR SALE
BRITISH AUXILIARY MOTOR SHIP.
Janet Carruthers"
Tenders are requested for the sale
for account of whom it may concern of
the British Auxiliary Motor Ship "Janet
Carruthers," including machinery and
equipment, as she now lies on the beach
near Point Brown, Washington, and
of the cargo of lumber on board.
Tenders must be made on vessel and
cargo separately. Right reserved to
reject any and all bids. , -'
Certified check for 10 per cent of
amount of tender must accompany bid,
balance payable on acceptance of
tender.
Tenders will be received up to
Wednesday. February 26. at 3 P. M.,
at office of F. Griffin & Co., 216 Colman
building, Seattle, Wash., and should be
addressed to William Cairney, Master.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
We are pleased to announce that
we have purchased the entire stock
and structural business of the North
west Steel Company and are pre
pared to furnish all classes of fabri
cated and structural material, bolts
and rivets. We hope to give all or
ders, both large and small, the same
careful attention and excellent serv
ice of which our predecessors have
been so Justly proud.
NORTHWEST BRIDGE & IRON
COMPANY
P. O. Box BUS, Portland, Or.
SIBERIA
WANTED Party with $10,000 to
incorporate export and import
business between Portland and
Siberia. Will control services of
two Russian-speaking salesmen,
with product of 20 American
houses. Big returns. Best refer
ences. Seattle will get the busi
ness if Portland stays asleep.
ADDRESS O 171, ORECOMW,