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20 TnE 3IORMXC OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919. COAST MINE Ml ASK BIG WAGE RISE Tie-Up in Portland Is Averted; Companies Meet Demands. ATLANTIC SCALE SOUGHT Tlirec Separate Classes of Ship Em ployes Present Wants Without At tempt at Concerted Action. Men of all ranks and grades employed In the operation of ships on the Pacific are demanding a substantial increase of wages which, according to all indi cations, will be granted without a con test. A tie-up of ships in Portland' harbor was averted yesterday by the prompt acquiescence of steamship com panies and shipping board officials in the demands. A peculiar phase of the situation is that three different organizations, rep resenting three separate classes of ship employes, have made their demands! ncparately. without any threat of strike or attempt at concerted action. I Masters Seek lO Prr Cent nine. I The organization representing the highest-salaried employes is the Mas ters', Mates' and Pilots' association of tlie Pacific. The demands of this or ganization consist of a straight 10 per cent increase for ship musters, the es tablishment of a new minimum scale, gradations above which are to be based on the power and tonnage of vessels, and a few changes in working condi tions. The minimum scale proposed is Sl75 per month for masters. $175 for chief mates, $160 or second mates and $135 for third mates. The new working conditions de manded are that overtime shall be paid for at the rate of $1 an hour an in crease of 25 cents and that subsistence ashore amount to i'i a day instead of $i.5. Stw Scale Adopted. The demands of the Masters'. Mates and Pilots' association has been met by the Shipowners' association of the Pa cific in regard to steam schooners, ac cording to word received yesterday by Jack Rosen, agent in this port for the sailors' union and acting agent for the Masters', Mates' and Pilots' association. The headquarters of both employers' a-nd employes' associations are in San Francisco, and the settlement was reached there. The new scale, accord ing to Mr. Rosen, went into effect yes terday on all steam schooners of the Pacific coast. Negotiations are being conducted, he said, with the managers of the steamship and oil companies in regard to wages on other types- of steamships, and it is expected that an agreement will be reached in a few days that will be retroactive to Aug ust 1. Sailor Present Demand. The demands of the sailors' union, made simultaneously with those of the Masters', Mates' and Pilots' association, are for an increase in wages from $75 to $90 a month. Overtime in the pro posed scale is to be paid at the rate of SI an hour while working freight or cargo, and 75 cents an hour while working ship. A straight wage, of $6.70 per day is demanded for work by the day. An agreement with employers em bracing the terms demanded has been reached, and went into effect on steam schooners yesterday, according to 'Mr. Kosen. As with the masters, mates and pilots, an agreement retroactice to August 1 is expected to be reached soon with owners of other types of steam ships. All negotiations are being con ducted in San Krancisco. Trouble ot Expected. The only company operating steam schooners out of Portland is the Mc cormick lines. Xo trouble was experi enced in mis pore oy tnis company be oause no masters, mates, pilots or sail ors were being shipped here. E. H. jVleyer, manager of the company, said that, according to his advices, a satis factory agreement has been reached in San Krancisco, and trouble is not ex pected. What threatened to be a tie-up of ships in Portland harbor due to the de mands of the Marine Engineers' Bene ficial association, was averted by C. D. Kennedy, head of the operations di vision of the shipping board for this district, who authorized the insertion into ships' articles of a clause demand ed by the engineers. This clause pro vides that the salaries of marine en gineers, as determined at a conference to be held in San Krancisco August 9 be retroactive to August 1. Shortage Causes Kears. Kngincers who were to sign aboard the steamers Bonifay and Okiya yester day refused to sign articles unless the desired clause was inserted in the ar ticles, and it was feared for a time that a tie-up would result. So tn ; the shortage of marine engineers here that refusal of these men to sign would probably have delayed the sailing of the vessels. Upon the insertion of the retroactive clause, however, they signed without delay. The refusal oT marine engineers to Fign articles yesterday without the ret roactive clause was due to the fact that the wage agreement under which they were working expired vesterday. The conference of August ! in San Francisco is to consider the request of the engineers for the same scale as is paid on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, which amounts to an increase of over present Pacific rates of $35 for first assistant engineers. $25 for second as sistants, and $20 for third assistants. The chief engineer, under the Atlantic nnd gulf scale, receives $25 less than the master of the vessel. Atlantic Scale Authorized. The Pacific Steamship company ves terday authorized the Atlantic scale for vessels sailing for the United King dom, which will not come under the Jurisdiction of the San Francisco con ference until the vessels return to this coast. The reason for the low salaries paid marine engineer!-, on the Pacific coast, in comparison with the eastern and southern seaboards, is that at a con ference in 3917 the engineers bound themselves to work for the duration of the war at the rate then in effect, and to give their employers 30 days' notice thereafter in which to consider A new wage scale. Coast Engineers Keep Agreement. Marine engineers on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, since the signing of the agreement on the Pacific, have raised their wages by frequent strikes and flemonstrations. while the engineers of this coast have held to their agreement. Upon the signing of the peace treaty, according to Barney rionne, business agent for the marine engineers of the Columbia river district, notice was served by the engineers' association upon the association of shipowners, de manding the Atlantic scale. .The de mand for the retroactive clause in ships' articles signed yesterday was in fluenced by the fact that the war-time rcale. according to the agreement, was to terminate 30 days after notice was given, which makes August 1 the date upon which the new scale, if decided upon, is to go into effect. Managers of steamship companies in th-s city are of the opinion that the matter will be settled without diffi- culty end that the Atlantic scale will be inaugurated on the Pacific. If this action i.-, taken by the conference. It will be the first time that engineers on the Pacific coast have received as high pay as their brothers on the other American seaboards. Manager of Yard Named. TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Special.) Thomas Stark will manage the United States shipping board salvage yard to be established in Tacoma to handle left-over supplies from all the yards in the Pujret sound and Grays Harbor district. It will be similar to the Grant Smith-Porter yard in Portland, which will care for the salvage in the Oregon district. Tidelands about the Seaborn and Wright shipyards will be used as the salvage yard site. FOREIGN SHIPPING LAW UP REPKAU OF COASTWISK ACT PASSED BY HOUSE. . IS Passenger Traffic Between Ameri can Ports and Honolulu to Be Allowed for One Year. WASHINGTON; Aug. 1. Repeal of the war-time act under which ships of foreign registration were permitted to engage in coastwise trade was voted today by the house. Under provision of the measure, how ever, foreign ships will be permitted to carry passengers from American ports and Honolulu until July 1, 1920. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1. The re peal of the war-time act permitting foreign vessels to engage in the coast wise trade, which was voted today by the house, will permit but three lines, the Oceanic, Pacific Mail and Matson steamship companies, to carry freight and passengers between herea nd Hono lulu, shipping authorities said here today. The only foreign line taking passen gesr at Honolulu now is the Toyo Kieen Kaisha. and it must relinquish this trade with the July 1. 1920. exception noted, if the repeal becomes effective, it was announced. There are no other lines engaged in purely American trade between here and Honolulu, it was said, all other liners loading only for the orient or from the. orient for this port. LUMBER SHIPMENTS INCREASE 4 7,000,665 Feet Sent From Colum bia River In July. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.) The lumber shipments from the Colum bia in July showed a considerable in crease over the previous month. Sta tistics compiled by Deputy Collector Haddix show that during the past month 29 vessels loaded at the mills in the lower Columbia river districts, and in addition two rafts, containing 6,000,000 f eet of logs each, were dis patched. The combined quantity of lum ber in the cargoes and rafts was 35,901. 051 feet. Of this lumber 27,584,000 feet went to California, 2,885,477 feet went to the Atlantic coast and 5,431,574 feet is bound for foreign ports. In the same period 13 vessels loaded 11.099,614 feet at the upper river mills, making a grand total of 47.000,665 feet of lumber that was shipped from the Columbia river by water during July. RUN" TO REQUIRE BUT 13 DAYS Port of Honolulu Eliminated in Xen Trans-Pacific Service. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. Establish ment of a 13-day trans-Pacific service by eliminating the port of Honolulu was announced for the steamer Siberia Maru by 'the Toyo Klsen Kaisha Steam ship company here today. The present run between here and Japanese ports requires 17 days. The schedule will apply only to the Siberia, the other vessels of the com pany continuing to touch at Honolulu, it was announced. The Siberia will start her initial voyage over the new route from this port beptember 5. The Siberia will follow what is known as the semi-tropical route. COWLITZ ORDERS DREDGE Portland Company Gets $18,100 Contract for Large Hull. KELSO. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Special.) The board of supervisors of diking dis trict No. 5 of Cowlitz county yesterday gave the contract for the construction of a hull for a new dredge to the Port land Shipbuilding company, which sub mitted a bid of $18,100. Delivery of the hull will be made within aix weeks. The dredge will be 42 feet wide, 100 feet long and eeven feet deep. Machinery for the dredge will al most double the cost. GERMAN" I FT SHIP LOADS Vessel, Laden by Relatives, Leaves for the Fatherland. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. Bearing the first peace gifts to be sent from this port to war sufferers in Germany, the San Francisco-built ship West Ale ta will depart from here early next week on her maiden trip. The gifts are being sent by Californians of German birth to relatives in the fatherland. In addition to the gifts the ship will carry a cargo of food for Germany. The cargo will be taken off at Copen hagen. Seattle-Manila Line Sought. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 1. Negotia tions for the establishment of. a Seat tle-Manila steamship line are under way, Francis Burton Harrison, governor-general of the Philippine islands declared in a talk before the Demo cratic club of Xing county here today "The project should prove a great en terprise and one that would have vast patronage," he said. Pacific Coast shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or Aug. 1. (Special.) The steamer Nome City, laden with lumber from Rainier, sailed at 2 o'clock this morn Ing for San Pedro. Laden with lumber from Westport, the motor schooner Lassen sailed at 7 o'clock this morning for San Pedro. The steamer Braebum, laden with lum ber from St. Helens, shifted to the loeal harbor at 4 o'clock this morning. After taking on bunker coal at the port dock she will sail for the United Kingdom probably tomorrow. The tank steamer Oleum arrived at 2:10 today from California, bringing fuel oil for Astoria and Portland. The steamer Aiken, laden with lumber from Gray Harbor for the Atlantic coast, arrived at 10:o0 today and took on fuel at the port dock. The steamer Okiya shifted last night from Portland to Westport where she com pleted her cargo of lumber for the At lantic coast. The steamer Coaxet, laden with general cargo from Portland for the orient, returned at o'clock this morning from her 12 hour trial trip at sea. She went to the port dock to have minor repairs made to her machinery, and expected to sail tonight or tomorrow morning. The new steamer Capines, built at the Rodgers yards and equipped at the Marine Iron Works, left at 1 P. M. for Portland to be turned over to the emergency fieet corpora Hon. After discharging fuel oil In Portland, the tank steamer J. A. Chanslor sailed at 4 P. M. for California. The steam schooner Santlam will arrive tomorrow from San Pedro to load lumber at the Hammond mill. The steam schooner Ilalco is expected to finish loading lumber at the Hammond mill and sail for San Pedro on Sunday. Captain Ole Erickon left this morning via San Francisco for Honolulu, where he will take charge of the lighthouse tender Kukui. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.) Laden with a cargo of steel, lumber, cotton and other freight, the steamship City of Spokane of the United States shipping board, is scheduled to sail from the Smith Cove terminal of the port commission next Thursday for Yokohama. Kobe. Shanghai. Hongkong and Manila. The City of Spokane, a carrier of rtno deadweight tons, built in the yards of the Skinner & Eddy corporation, is loading for her maiden voyage. The vessel has been assigned to the Pacific Steamship company for management and operation. The steamship Eldridge. of the United States shipping board, which is being man aged and operated by the Pacific Steam ship company, arrived in Yokohama July 21 from Seattle, according to advices from the orient. ABERDEEN1. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Special.) The steamers Charles Chrlstenson. San Jacinto and Svea arrived today from Cali fornia ports. The Chrlstenson will load at the Lytic mill in Hoquiam. San Jacinto at the- E. K. Wood mill. Hoquiam. and the Svea at the Wilson Brothers mill, Aber deen. The steamers Idaho, Raymond and Shasta sailed today. The Idaho loaded at thai Wilson Brothers mill, Aberdeen, the Ray mond at the Lytle mill. Hoquiam, and the Shasta at the E. K. Wood mill. Hoquiam. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1. (Special.) The rush of tourist travel, together with the regular number of passengers, is Jamming the coastwise steamers, and the waiting lists of the various lines Is increasing daily. It was announced today. The Admiral line dispatched the Spokane to the southland and there were many persons who desired transportation who either have to wait or else travel by rail. The Governor arrived from San Pedro full up and will leave for Puget sound tomor row jammed to overflowing. To Indicate how difficult it Is to secure accommodations it was announced that no berth could, be located for J. H. Cooper, assistant to Pres ident H. K. Alexander, of the Admiral line. The Matson steamship Hyadea. Captain Lindberg, sailed for Honolulu today with a capacity general cargo. The training ship Ins. Captain McAvoy. arrived from Seattle and a general cruise today. A number or the student tailors will be graduated tomorrow. The United states army transport Logan arrived from Manila today. Captain Will iams is the commander. The tanker Kl Kegundo, Captain McKet ar, arrived from Tampico via Balboa today with 32, 000 barrels of oil. The Japanese freighter Darien Maru ar- arived today from Kobe with general cargo consigned to the Trans-Oceanic company. The Harrison freighter Crown of Toledo, Captain Oliver, arrived today from Rio de Janeiro with general cargo from the United Kingdom and South America, and after dis charging will leave for England. Numerous shipments of railway ties are arriving. Today the Bertie I. Hanlon ar rived with 12,000 and the Lnamak with 00O0 tics. COOS BAY. Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.) The tug Klihyam arrived from Bandon today to tow the disabled and loaded Centralla to sea. The tow later was turned over to the steam schooner Hoquiam, bound for San r rancisco. Last night the steam schooner Yellow stone. Captain A. Carlson, arrived from San r rancisco with a cargo of 350 tons of mer chandise, oil and supplies. The yellowstone will load at the North Bend Mill & Lum ber company's plant. The steam schooner Hoquiam. with 650.- 000 feet of lumber taken on at the North Bend Mill & Lumber company dock, sailed tor San Francisco tonight. Captain A. B. Ionaldson, retired master of coasting vessels, was appointed surveyor for the district of Coos Bay by the marina board of underwriters on June 18. Cap tain Donaldson has been called upon four times since his appointment and today cleared the Hoquiam with her tow, the Cen tralia. TACOMA. Was.. Aug. 1. (Special.) President H. F. Alexander of the Pacific Steamship company arrived home from San Francisco this afternoon. Ho said there was nothing of interest in regard to his company, and conditions as he found them in California were very satisfactory. Presi dent Alexander had as his guest J. H. Rosseter, director-general of operations of the Emergency Fleet corporation. They will motor to Seattle tomorrow. John L. Roberts, president of the Puget Sound Iron & Steel works, purchased the plant of the Martinolich Shipbuilding com pany yesterday at a trustee's sale. The price is said to have been $1000. This does not include two auxiliary schooners under construction for the Norwegians. The schooner Dockton. which was con structed here and is now loading at Port Blakeley and which figured in the llglta tion of this yard, was released under $35,000 bond, with a receiver appointed to look after the business of the vessel. There is a chance that if the blacksmiths and coppersmiths out on a strike here at the Todd yards do not go back the plant will be closed down until October 1. An ultima turn has been laid down by the management and a decision Is expected by tomorrow morning. This would throw 7000 men out of work. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. 1. Sailed at 8 A. Steamer J. A. Chanslor. for Gavlota: 3 P. M. Tug Daniel Kern and barge ; for Victoria. B. C. ASTORIA. Aug. 1. Sailed at 1 A. M. Steamer Nome City, for San Francisco; at A. M. Motor scnooner lessen, for San Pedro. Arrived at 6 A. M. Steamer Coaxet, from trial trip at sea; at 10. 'lO A. M. steamer Aiken, from Aberdeen; arrived down at 6 A. M. Steamer Braeburn. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1. Arrived Steamer Celilo, from San Pedro for Port land. SAN PEDRO. Aug. 1. Arrived yesterday steamers r lavel ana ualsy Matthews, from Columbia river. PORT PIRIK. July 28. Arrived Motor- schooner .Malahat, from Portland, Or. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1. Arrived Slcamevs Logan. from Manila; Admiral Dewcv, from Seattle; fc.1 Segundo. from Ha boa: Crown of Toledo, from Rio de Janeiro. Sailed Steamer Hyde, for Honolulu. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 1. Arrived Steamers Alaska, from Southwestern Alaska: Admiral Farragut, from San Pedro; Admiral Sebree, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers Admiral Evans, for Southeastern Alaska; J. A. Moffett, for San Francisco: Talkok, for Astoria; President, for San Pedro. PORT TOWN SEND, Wash., Aug. 1. Sailed Steamer Santa Inez, towing bark Belfast for West Coast. TACOMA. Was-h., Aug. 1. Arrived Steamer tiray BritiPh. from Akutan. Sailed Steamers Fushlma Maru. for Yo kohama; Santa Rita and barge W. J. Fir rie. for Antofagasca. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 1. Arrived Steamers Charles Christen tie n, from San Ja cinto; Svea, from California. PHILADELPHIA, A up. 1. -Steamer Boykin, from Portland, Arrived Or. LONDON. July ?.. Arrived Steamer Cape Vincent, from Vancouver. Marine -Voles. The steimfr Daniel Kern Wt fcr. Puget Hound yesterday afternoon with boilers from the Willamette Iron & Steel work. Tho wooden steamer tlmattlla. latest product of the (5. M. Standifer Construction corporation, will make her rirr trial trip today. The steamer Braxton, built by the Pen insula Shipbuilding company, was annigned by the shipping board to the Columbia Pacific Shipping company yesterday lor op eration. The steamer Aiken arrived at Astoria yes terday from Oraya Harbor with ties for the Atlantic coast. Tide at Astoria Saturday. High. Ixjw. 5:44 A. M...6.2 feet 12.01 P. M...1.8 feet 6:06 P. M. . .7.6 feet Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Aug. 1. Condition of the rar at o P. M. Sea smooth; mind west, 1U miles. OFFICIAL CALLED THIEF . Hungarian Charged With Horse and Cattle Stealing. VIENNA, Thursday, July 31. (By the Associated Press.) A number of com munists have been arrested in Buda pest charged with corruption. Among those accused is M. Szisvanl. commis sioner of production, who is charged with horse and cattle stealing. Artillery fighting was reported today between the Roumanians and Hungar- ! ians at Szolnok. on the Theiss river. CRAWFORD GIVES UP FIGHT FOR FREEDOM Extradition Will Be Contested in Texas No Longer. NEW WARRANT IS SENT Deputy Sheriff Expected to Reach Eastland Within Few Hours and to Claim Prisoner. "W. H. Crawford abandoned his fight for freedom yester-day at Hastland. Tex., and announced that he would re turn to Oregon without further quibble to face an indictment charging him with forging a SGO00 check of Wake field. Fries & Co. Habeas corpus Dro- ceedings. begun last Tuesday In an ef fort to escape custody before the ar rival of a deputy sheriff with extradi tion papers, were dropped yesterday, the day set for hearing.. Deputy Sheriff Hector, whose extra dition documents were drawn up by District Attorney Evans and sltrneri bv Governor Olcott within 24 hours, should arrive in Eastland tomorrow night or Monday, and if no contest is forth coming should return with his prisoner next week. Sheriff Sends Ntt Warrant. It is thought Probable that Crawford believed his efforts hopeless when he found out that Sheriff Hurlburt had telegraphed a new warrant drawn up by Mr. Evans Thursday, charging lar ceny of blank checks from the office of the local real estate concern. Even had habeas corpus proceedings been successful yesterday. Sheriff Lawrence of Eastland could have immediately re arrested Crawford on the new eharce. and before a second release could have been obtained the extradition papers would have been in Texas and the fight in vain. Crawford is accused of cashinc n check for $3000 at the Tucson (Ariz.) National bank, placing the money to his credit in an account which was quickly withdrawn. The check went through the clearing house and the United States National bank of Port land before the forrerv of the nnmo nt S. H. Guild, eecretarv nf WairriaM Fries & Co., was discovered, a month later. The president's signature was bona fide, the check having been one of three signed in blank by D. W. Wakefield and removed from the checkbook of the company, presumably Robbery Cae Gives Clew. The accused had been emnlovoi In the real estate office for about" three weeks in auditing the books. He was located by operatives of a private de tective agency in Eastland. Tex., a week ago, where he was being held as a material witness in hie-hwnv- robbery case In which he ficrured as victim. He had been beaten into un consciousness and robbed of $1200 by Ola Matthews and Irving Turner, each of whom were later sentenced to five years imprisonment, the former after trial and the latter upon a plea of guilt, and a third man, whose fate had not been learned. Crawford was arrested in Portland for failure to support his wife. Beatrice, and 3-year-old daughter, March 31, and taken to Phoenix, Ariz., for trial. He was there paroled. The forged check supposedly was concealed on his person when he was taken from here. Many Portland people knew Craw ford, as he was division accountant for the Spokane. Portland & Seattle (Ore gon Electric) railway, with offices at Eleventh and Hoyt streets, lor three years prior to 1915. coming to this city from Bakersfield. Cal. FOREST FUNDS INCREASE Wallowa District Leads Receipts in Pacific District. TOPPENISH. Wash.. Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) The total receipts from the 2 national forests tf Oregon, Washington and Alaska, comprising the North Pacific district, for the year ending June 30, were 754.603. 38. according to a statement Just compiled by the dis trict agent. The Wallowa national for est In eastern Oregon leads, with $96, 477.70. Whitman is next with $9'J. 406.83. Tongass. Alaska, is third with $90,834.77. The report shows an increase of $121. 000 over the year 1918 and the largest sum ever received in the district from national forest business. Of the amount received $421,071.50 was from the sale of government timber, and $300,000 was from grazing fees. Twenty-five per cent of the receipts from national forest butjincs.r will go to the road and school funds of the counties in which the forests arc locat ed. Ten per cent additional must be roan and trail work within the forests. FORMER CONSUL AT SALEM GcorBe Cooper Appointctl DiMrift Deputy for Fraternal Order. SALKM, Or.. Aup. 1. Special. 1 George S. Cooper, until recently located in Peru where he acted as American vice-consul, has been appointed dis trict deputy for the Modern Woodmen of America, and will make his head quarters in Salem. Mr. Cooper spent the past four and one-half years in Peru, and while there had the oppor tunity to study foreign trade and com merce. Prior to Kolng to Peru Mr. Cooper was connected with the head office of the Modern Woodmen of America at Lincoln. Neb. . Mr. Cooper will specialize in field work here, his territory IncludinK Marlon. Polk. Linn. Lane, Benton, Coos. louglas, Jackson, Josephine. Klamath and Lake counties. COLLEGE HELPS SOLDIERS Half Tuition Granted at Whitman to Discharged Service Men. WHITMAN COLLEGER. Walla Walla. Wash.. Auk. 1. (Special. Discharged soldiers and sailors will get half tuition at Whitman college the coming year. This enables a man out of the army or navy who wishes to go on with his college education to do so readily. The chances for outside work are so many in Walla Walla that the Whit man college student, even though he pays regular tuition, can readily make his way. Many former Whitman stu dents who have had their discharges expect to be on hand at the opening of college in September. CANADA BARS CAPITAL Tax on Intercut I'aid.on I'oreisn Loans Is Held li.-.-ourapiic. SPOKANE, "Wash.. Auk. 1. Much dis satisfaction has been caused in western Canada by the fact that the provincial government of British Columbia taxes interest paid upon capital borrowed I outside the province, James H. Laweon, Vancouver, a. u.. oeciarea in a taiK on "The Taxation System of Canada" be- i fore the convention of the Washington State Bar association here .today. The fact that the province does not allow a deduction of interest on capital borrowed from outside has discouraged the investment of outside capital in British Columbia, he said. "It is a well-known fact that at the present time there is no available capital in the province for works of magnitude," Mr. Lawson added. "Industries that borrow capital ex tensively are bringing great pressure to bear upon the government to have this provision changed and. if I might make the suggestion, influence might also be brought to bear in Washington where so many of your citizens have large Investments within British Co lumbia." TRAINING MOVE STARTED BANQUET SPEAKERS EMPHA SIZE CITIZEN SOLDIERY NEED. Restoration of National Guard to Constitutional Function Part or Plan Outlined. WASHINGTON. Auir. 1. What is In tended to be a nation-wide movement in advocacy of universal military ser vice was inaugurated by the Military Training Camps association hero, to night with a dinner in the New Wil lard hotel and speeches by Senator James W. Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the senate committee on military affairs; Senator Chamberlain of Oregon and Representative Julius Kahn of California. m The prepared speeches of Senator Wadsworth. who presided, and of Sena tor Chamberlain strongly emphasized the need for a trained citizen soldiery. It was announced that Senator Cham berlain and Representative Kahn would introduce in Congress a bill drawn by Major Thomas Mclvaine. chairman of the committee on universal training of the Military Training Camps asso ciation. This measure is to embody provisions for six months' training in cantonments of all young men at the ages of 18 or 19 years, aliens to become automatically naturalized by comple tion of training. under this bill the regular armv would be a "small professional force" and the national guard would be "re stored to its constitutional function" and could not be ordered out of the country without its own consent or that or the state authorities. The national guard would be recruited from the men who had completed their six months of training. A certain number of men would be permitted to take their train ing in the navy, constituting a naval training force. Veterans of the great war would be asked temporarily to constitute the re serve so as to transmit to the younger men their experience and training. 14 SOLDIERS DUE TODAY Portland Boys Expected to Be in Party En Route to Lewi;.. Lieutenant A. O. Schwartz. Portland, an officer in the first battalion of the Third Oregon when that organization left for France, is scheduled to arrive In Portland at 3:30 o'clock today with a group of 14 men en route to Camp Lewis for discharge. The men are all of the St. Nazal re fire department and were formerly with the Oregon unit No roster has been received, but it is expected that some Portland boys are with the party, and special entertain ment plans are being made. On Sunday a contingent of 71 casuals from Newport News is due to arrive here, en route to Camp Lewis. The hour of arrival has not et been re ceived. Two groups have left the east and are on their way to the Washing ton cantonment, as follows: Sixty three men who left Garden City July 31: 233 who left Camp Merritt yester day. Both contingents will pass through Portland. VINEGAR HAS GOOD "KICK" Plant That Will Make 1.800.000 Gallons 'Worries About Dry Law. YAKIMA. Wash., Aujr. 1. (Special.) Twelve thousand tons of cull apples will be u?ed next fall by the Jones Brothers' plant at the north end of Produce How, according to announce ment yesterday by G. H. fcllUworth, manager of the company. The firm ex pects to manufacture 1, $00,000 callons of vinecar. and will use daily 150 tons of meen fruit. Manager Kllsworth said that vinecar manufacturers were findins it difficult to keep the alcoholic content of their product down to the one-half of 1 per cent required by the povcrnmeit. Kven the dry whiskey barrels. In which the vinegar is preserved, when taken "bone dry" and filled with water, will de velop that much alcohol, and the vine car, after bcinsc shipped with the re quired percentage, will develop some times as much as 7 per cent of alcohol, he said. MINERAL RELIEF PROPOSED Joint Resolution Provides Funds on Pro-Rata Share Basis. WASHINGTON". Aup. 1. Relief for so-called war minerals producers on. a pro-rata share basis is proposed in a joint resolution introduced today in both houses of conttress. The measure sets forth that 8. 500, 000 already has been made available to cover net losses sustained during the war by producers of chrome, tungsten, manganese and pyrites, but that claims of more than 13.000.000 have been filed. LAND SALE IS PLANNED IJis-posa of 6000 Acres in Klamath County Proposed. i.tt.at or.. Atie. 1- (Special.) Sale of approximately firtrtrt acres of nwa mp Watch the Little Pimples; They Are Nature's Warning Unsightly and Disfiguring Sig nals of Bad Blood. Don't elope your eyes to the warning which nature civos. when unsightly pimples appear on your face and other parts of the body. Not only arc these pimples and splotches disfiKurinp. but "iey lead to serious skin dieaes that spread and cause the most discomforting irritation and pain. Fometimes they foretell 10c zetna. boils, blisters, scalp eruptions and other annoyances that burn like flames of fire and make you feel that your skin is ablaxe. When these symptoms arpear on any IMPORTANT Change in Time ON THE Oregon -Washington Railroad 8 Navigation Linos Tomorrow Sunday, Aug. 3 DON'T MISS YOUR TRAIN No. IS, the Through Train to Salt Lake, Denver Omaha and Chicago Will leave PORTLAND Union Depot 9:OO A. M. instead of 9:30 A. M. Leave Hood River at 11:03 A. M. instead of 1 1 and other stations to correspond. Take this train for Deschutes branch and Biggs-Shaniko branch etatlons. For exact details as to other changes and any other desired railroad information, inquire at the Conaolldated City Ticket Office of the MTKII STATKS Rtll.ROAU A l M I MSTR ATIO . Third and WiablnKto Street. Portland. Phone Mala 3S.'IO, A sail. lands in Southern Klamath county may be authorized by the state Jand board at its next meeting, provided title to the lands is vested in the state under a legislative act of 1905. The proposed sale was placed before the state land board at its meeting here today, but it was thought, best to withhold action pending an opinion of the attorney-general with regard to the title. The lands are said to be quite valuable and the state anticipates that they will bo sold without difficulty. BUNDLE OF MEN SEEK END Corcan Religious Fanatics Make Queer Attempt at Suicide. SEOUL. Corea, July 7. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) An ex traordinary attempt of 11 Coreans to commit suicide by tyinp themselves to gether with a rope and then jumping overboard is reported from Chemulpo. The incident occurred on a ferryboat. All were picked up but three were dead. The act is believed to have been in spired by Buddhist superstition. Attack on Wife Denied. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 1. (Spe cial.) George Burlet. who lives east of the barracks, was arraigned in the justice court today and pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault upon his wife July 6 with the intent fo commit manslaughter. The asaault is alleged to have been made with a razor and an iron rod. Burlet was bound over to the superior court under bond of $2000. Sheridan Lets Paving Contract. SHERIDAN. Or.. Aug. 1. (Special ) The contract for the pavtng or tn streets of this city has been let to the V. R. Dennis Construction company of McMtnnville and to C. W. Cook. Sheri dan contractor. The cost is to be ap proximately $2 per yard. Paving will start at once and will be finished this fall, it is expected. C S. Naval Kadio Report. (All positions reported at H P. M. yester day unless otherwise Indicated.) IDAHO. Aberdeen fr San Krancisco. milen nouth of Orays Harbor. CITY OK TOl'KKA, San Francisco for Portland. 3!0 mil from San Friminro. ADMIRAL fc.CHL.KY. San Kranclsi-o for St-attle. 334 nillH from San Krn't-o. I. Ki. iiCOKIEI.U, alld for Richmond, tiO. mllen from Richmond. ATLAS. Jumau lor Kkhmond. 11."V miles from Richmond. SKNATOR, Seattle to Nome, paused Ta tooh :45 I". M. SANTA INK'. totvinR barre Belfast. Ta coma for San Krancisco. UK milca from Ta coma. A HJ Y L.I-, Port San Luis for Oleum, mil from Oleum. TI O HKRCt'l.KS, totrinR log raft. Astoria for San LiIcko. miles oulh of San Kran cisco. WAPAMA. San Kranetco Tor San Pedro, tM miles west of San IVdro. SI'uKANK. San Krancisco lor imunsion, I'JH mile from San Krancisco. WASHTKN AV, Seattle lor San Pedro, 210 m i le f rom Sa n lel ro. CITY OK TOPKKA, San Krancisco for Tortland. T miles youth of Cape Blanco. W1LLAM KTTK, San Krancisco for Port land. o miles north of Capo Mendocino. ROSK CITY, San Krancisco for Portland-. 2I mile north of San Krancisco. MONASSKS, San Krancisco lor Honolulu. SIO miles from San Krancisco. SACHKM. San Krancisco for Honolulu, rSO miles from Sa n Kra ncisco. SII.VKR SHELL. San Krancisco for Shang hai. 11J." miles wwt of San Krancisco. BALUKTT. 241 miles irom San Krancisco, S I. M-, July 31. V. S. PORTKR, Monterey for Everett. 12- miles north of Monterey. LOS AN'IKLKS. San Krancisco for Port San Luis. ! miles from Port San Luis. ASLNCION. Aberdeen for Kl Segundo. 376 miles north of Kl Sepundo. WAHKKKNA. San Pedro for Portland. lt niiles nort h of San Krancisco. K. II. JIYKR. Columbia river for San Krancisco. 1K milca north of San Fran cisco. COLONEL K. DRAKK. Richmond for Hon olulu, 2."ti miles from San Krancisco. W. K. HERRI N. Linn ton lor Avon. 12 miles south of Point Arena. LYMAN STKWART, Oleum for Port San Luis, 14 miles from Port San Luis. A. K. LUCAS, Port Anceles for Richmond. 117 nitlej north of Richmond. RICH MONO, with barsro 15 In tow. San Krancisco for Honolulu, 20u miles from San Krancisco. V A LLINGKORD, 23 miles from San Kran cisco. AUMIRAL K VANS, 114 miles from Scat- tie, northbound. CH NSLOK. Portland for Oh viola. 27 m h tr '"iiimtm r(v-r. part of the body, take prompt steps to rid the blood of these disorders. And the one remedy which has no equal as a. cleanser is t. P. S.. the purely vege table blood medicine, which has been on the market for more than fifty years. It is sold by druccists everywhere. If you are afflicted with any form of skin disease, do not expert to be cured by lotions, ointments, salves and other local remedies, as they cannot possibly reach the source of the trouble, which is in the blood. Benin taking a. S. S. today, and write a complete history of your case to our chief medical adviser, who will Rive you special instructions with out charge. Write at once to Swift Spe cific Co., 260 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga. Adv. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marriage IJrrn.w. lJIVDJfVN';-,'KW:,,S M. Hud.on. i? i 1 P.1 Tirty-nlnth street South .... "W 1 I.KI.NSON- Mlrharl T. Hov ...1 T.nih utr.-rt. and l.lKlan Calva Vi!kln ,07;.r-J V:'.'-, T.i,tS-f,rst ir--t south IIUZALk.U.fc Jtrph llozaek. legal. Clay treet. and Mabvl Uc. leg. trrot attttton. I'KNMS-Bl.OOM John R. Dfnni,. I rHh:i or, ami Porta y. Bloom, ij. t-a.t t linton trcrt WOOUAKD-MILI.KR Kdward A Wood "ru- i04 Uortliwi.k .troet. and Vcronic T- ' ''!'r- -" H-ach street. RRLNKELI.-ROUT W. I;. Orecnf.! fK.il. ltiL'S Uolrnonl trret. and riclie tn Vy.'. '"!- :in' Uel-ndorf apartments. MILI.. - TIKKT Chars r.eorsc Mills leBnl. l:;4 Twenty-third .trect North ami Lottie Lee Tifft. legal. Campbell hotel. Bus-IARl.INO i-lvie H. Bona. leet. 4.1 Alder street, and Margaret K. Darling lepal. s:ime address, CHAM RER1.A1X - P C H O I. I Reed C Chamberlain, legal. "74 Roosevelt street, an.' Kuitenie Scholi, lesal. 441 Twenty-thlr.. street North. Vancouver Marriage licenses. CHAXPLKR-I.NT.ERfuLI tieorce Chanel ler. of Ki.-kreaU. Or., and l-uelia, Ingcr soli. .in. of Klrkreall. Or HEVER-EHW.K'11 William (iejer. ol Portland, and Lydla Khrliuh, ;i. of 1'or: land. SINES-OI.LIS Harry Sines. r.O. of Port land, and Annie oil.s. 1:1. of Portland OARXKR.RuSEVAlR Benjamin Oarner -n. of Portland, and Klia Kosenair. SJ, o 1'ortlund. UAU.Y MfcTKOROI.OGICAL. RKPOK 1. PORTLAND. Or. ,ug. 1. Maximum tern perature. 71 degrees: minimum tempera' ture. 04 degrees. Kiver reading. A. M.. feet: t hangA in last 1't hours. 0.3-foo fall. Total rainfall I .-. J'. .V. to I'. M . none: total rainfall since September 1. liIK 41.lt;; inches: normal rainfall since Septem ber 1. '44.41 inches: deficiency or rainfall i-lne. septomber 1, I01N, ::.lil inches: Sun rise. A. M . : sunset. S:41 V. M . : lolal sunshine. 1 hour "JU minutes: possible tun slune. 14 hotfrs 4S minutes. Moonrlse. 1:1;; P. M.; moonsel. lu:4l P. M. Barometer t re duced t.e.1 leveli. 5 P. M.. T.O inche.. Relative humldtt : it A. M., vj per cent; 1 V. M.. rt.'i per cent; . P. M .. 4S per cent. THE WEATHER. E 5 5 Wind E o - 3 3 5 i i STATIONS. J "a ? W.a-.er. I 3 : : 5 S : S : - ; . - c 1 Z hakiT .o si O.oO 12 NW t'lenr HoiF i .mi n. tin-.. NV I'lear HoMon i t.n 7i o. v . . k 'loutJy I'.ilgnry 1 s: O.Iii'. . SB (Pi. cioU'i I'liti ttKo ; "2 ii.uo 20 N n'lear I -r ." 74 2.72.. XR Clouilv I es Moims . . 7' fo ti.Ot; . . ' V K i "loudv LurekH 1 r.n, .".s o.oii io X i 'lewr ". h 1 vesion .... '' s. o . imi . . s Cteji r H -!ena ' - v h.ihi i SK rtou!v .lunr-uu .".o 70M.M . . v 'Ooudy Kansas Clt v . . I 7' 7s o. 72 It; X K Cloudy Los AnR-rlcs ..! fin 7o.o .. S " icar Mursliri.-ld . . .1 4; is ii.imi . . V V Pi. clour." lvifor.l i S2 o.ihi in n V t'lrar MintiPHpnli? . . 7i n.oo iu k i'loudv New Oilcans..' 7 SVJ ii.fm . . i W Pt. r'ou New York....! ii Mi 1 . 1 2 NV'C-ar Nort h H ad . . I .".4 rtn ii.ini hi w 'loudy N..rih YiikimaJ .. s;n.o .. SW Vr I'fiofni Ti 7"" 1.4s .. K Hum Po.-ntcllo : MlO.lrtlOSK I'lrar PortlMnit ' .' 71 O.OO .. sV louriv I.tifcbui c I .o, 7d o. mi .. v ii'lour S.t ramcnto . . I soi.oi14S ''lr St. I. ji ' 7'.l "H o..4 o NK !C:ou1v S..1t Luke 74 S4 0.12..S idear f-n 1un r,j; c.-J n.rtii r.' i San Kran.-jJ.co. I -rt.OOoV ;,er SHttle H4 0.PJ,. w rinuo Sitku "' J rt.rti . . ..'Ctourl-.- Sriokane 2j S'Jn.iMi .. V-ri"ai Tu'-mru I "'4i r.Krt.n . . K;Ciouiv Tatoosh Is an.i ;.' .oi 12 S icfnuriv Vktldex ' 4rt "rtj n.nt . , sW Voiiflv Walla WaUA.J ."s, vjo.im .. v flcar " Mfhintrtou . .i 72' s.i2 . . XW Pt. c'oudv irnipfC v-': . . S '"lar (ir' h Yiikin ho-nf ... t.V. M. today. P. M. report of prered in da v KOUKl'ASTR Portland and ic!nit fair; centle mcs: erljf w ind5. Oregon and Washinston r-ai cooler it; east portion: centle westerly nids. Idaho Fair, except showers southeast por- tr hi.krs' r.rmK. SAN FRANCISCO S. S. Rose City Depart 12 Noon TUESDAY. AUG. 3 From Ainsworth Dock Fare includes Berth and Meals. City Ticket Office, 3d and Washington Phone Main 3530 Freight Office, Ainsworth Dock Phone Broadway 26S SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. LINES STEAMERS The Dalles and Way PolnU. Sailings, Tuesdays, Thursdays an4 Saturdays, 10 P. M. DALLES COLUMBIA LINE Ash St. Dock. Broadway 344 AUSTRALIA M1W ZEAUM) AND 60CTH RRU Vla Taiiitl .and Baratimf- Mail ana na eofer aery tea irom baa 1 ranclata avarj II tMON H. H. CO. OK NEW ZRALAUK. ZaU California, bt.. feaai Fraacliea, kUam.lU9 ud rmilruaua asaaeiaV Travelers to All Parts of the World See for ateamahlp reaervatloaa Udell Clarke. 10S 3a St.