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14 THE MORNING OREGOMAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1019. w RFcnnn m ...... Dvnnnrv'cnMCTCD Ul ULIYLI UMflUILIj Work of Captain Wilson Carrying Guns Recalled. in BAD SEAS ENCOUNTERED fuo Big Xaval Cannon, Weighing 9 5 Ton' Kjm-Ii, TranKrleil i 'While Built Into Dirk. Captain C. A. Wilson, master of the .turner lfwf. and his chief officer. W. A. Thorr. now engaged in- the reareful occupation of taking a f-nhter full of general merchan dise from the Pacific to london and Liverpool, distinguished themselves a few months ifco by takim? two big 14-inch naval tcuns. weiRhinK !S ton each, from Bordeaux to the Philadel phia navy-yard on a vessel no larger than the Dewey. Captain Wilson, who was at that time a lieutenant-commander. I". S. N.. Mas commanding officer of the Bteamer West llosokie. which was enKaiced In carrying food and sup plies to the army in France. After the fi-rhtinK ceased, two hiu naval runs, which had done effective work in shelling cross-roads which the Germans insisted on using, were brought back to the S. . S.. planted at Bordeaux and ordered home. Sev eral sea captains looked at the iro monsters and with one excuse or an other declared it impossible to tak (aim on their ships. (M Are Carried Home. When the West Hosokie moved alongside the big American dock Bordeaux and discharged her freight the Job of taking the two big gun home was presented to her. Uicuten ant-Commander Wilson called hi: executive -officer. Lieutenant Thorr, rnto conference, and the task wa begun. First, a large section of the deck on each side of the vessel was removed, extra supports were stalled, and the big guns hoisted to the prepared positions by means of lloatinc crane. Then they were built into the deck so that no matter how the ship rolled the guns could not budge. Mr. Thorr said yesterday that from 20.000 to 30.000 feet of lumber were used in preparing the supports and building the guns into the deck, and that 5000 feet of cable was used to lash them into place. When the guns were secured and the vessel was ready for sea. L.ieu tenant-Commander Wilson and Lieu tenant Thorr each i-eceived a letter of commendation and thanks from Major Quinn of the army transportation corps, who was in charge of opera Hons on the Bassons docks, thanking them for their services and praising the manner in which the guns had been stowed. Bad Wcataer Encountered. Between France and the Azores the West Hosokie ran Into some of the worst weather of her career, said Mr. Thorr. She rolled and pitched and took tons of water over her bows, but the guns did not move an inch. and not a lashing was loosened. At the Axores she put In for fuel and water, but because of the rough weather in the unprotected harbor was obliged to continue on her way with less water In her tanks than the engineer considered necessary for the trip. iood weather was encountered for the remainder of the voyage, however. and the ship with her precious cargo reached Philadelphia without mishap. Cunx of this type are valued at about ISoO.OOO apiece. The steamer Dewey is taking about 1200 tons of general freight from Portland to Iondon and Liverpool in the direct Kuropean service of ill- lams. Dimond & Co. She will finish this afternoon at municipal dock No. 1 and leave down tonight for San Francisco, where she will complete her cargo. WIRELESS OFFICE IS OPENED Equipment of Vessel Coming Into Port to Be Inspected. The Independent Wireless Telegraph company, a. new corporation to which tho government has turned over a portion of the task of installing and maintaining wireless apparatus on vessels, has opened offices in the Board of Trade building. The company if represented here by Georpe S. Zelk, whose duty it is to inspect the wire less equipment of all vessels with which the company has contracts -when they come Into port- If re pairs are needed they are made imme dnitely. This company also provides radio operators for vessels. The Independent Wireless Telegraph company has offices in New York. Baltimore. New Orleans. San Fran cisco, Portland and Seattle. Pacific coast headquarters of the company are in San Francisco. Astoria busi ness will be handled through the Portland office.' The corporation has ben functioning only since October 1. Pacific Coa.-t Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 10. Special.) After discharging- general freight in Port land the steam M-hooner Dairy Freeman ailed for Grays Harbor to load lumber. Under th new cale of w for engi neers on the lower river steamers, the chief engineers are t oreceice H k a month with an ailowanc of $1 iO a day in lieu of board on the steamer. The men are to have 24 hour each week or double time If compelled to work, on layoff days. They are alfto to receive double time for Sun days and holiday. The pay of engineers on bar tujc i to be a month for cniefA and $175 for ftrt a-istants. With a cargo of fuel oil. the tank steam er J. A. Chansior arrived from California and proceeded to Portland to discharge. The steam schooner Santa Barbara ar fied from San Franrtsco with freight and proceeded to Portland. A fturvey held on the steamer Hyannls, Including an examination of ufr keel by a diver, showed the vessel was not injur d tv touching while crossing out of Grays Harbor and she has received permission to proceed to - The Hvannts began load In bunker roal at the port dock today and experts to sad for New York tonight or tomorrow. The port dredge N a torn a is reported to be making good progre. In Deepening the channel in the Weitporl plough as well a In dircins; a turning ba-in near the mill. Ths channel a hoa.ed so badly that It has been practically impossible to uli vessels in or out excepting at the top of high water. The dredge has been working there about ten days. The steam schooners laiy and Tiver ton are due from San Francisco to load lumber for returif carsjoes. SEATTLE. Wah.. Oct. 10 Special. The motorship Calcutta, purchased by J. A. Chilberg and associates, after being built by the Patterson-McDonald yard lor the Australian government, had her trial trip today. She Ui lad lumber on the Co lumbia. With a carno of oM) measurement tony of general merchandise, empty barrels and other freicht. the ntamahlp Admiral Wat on. of the Taclfic Steamship company, sailed from Seattle la.t oicht for south -eastern and south estern Alaska The Admiral Watson will no through to Kodtak. Halibut Cove. Anchorage and Cook Intel. Aii of her cargo Is 'for south weat rrn Alaska ports. , Ui her first ovase to the North Pa cific sinie the hectnninc of the war. the Harrow Uirext liner Architect is expected fin Seattle November 1. The vessel sailed from Liverpool September 16 and Is com ' Ing here via Kingston, Jamaica, San Pedro and San Francisco, according to advices received by Balfour. Guthrie A. Co.. Pacific I cuAMt avents of the line. Representing the Foreign and Domestic Transportation company of New York, Cap tain Charles M Nichols, who arrived in Seattle recently from the east. Is prepar ing to take over five wooden steaim hips built by the Patterson-McDonald Ship company for the Australian government. The fleet consists of the Wisteria, the Dahlia, the Bel lata, the Bundarra and the Bethanga. The vessels will be loaded by ieorge S. Buh St Co., who have taken over the agency of the company in Seattle. All of the vessels are carriers of 4100 dead weight tons. James J. Rafferty, commercial airent In the United States for the Philippine islands, m ho has been In Seattle for the last few day, left for New York todav. where he will open a branch office of the bureau of commerce and Industry, head quarters of which are In San Francisco. PORT TOWNSE.VD. Vash.. Oct. 10. Special.) The steamer Delight, after be ing detained more than two weeks on ac count of longshoremen refusing to load a big shipment of rifles consigned to the Russian commission of ways and communi cation, bejean loading at Seattle today, the longshoremen having received orders to load the vessel. The action of the long shoremen was taken up by the L'nltod States shipping board with the result that orders were issued to load the firearms, li Ich a re destined for Vladivostok. The first privately owned steamer to rnrry lumber to the Atlantic will be the s hlia. owned by the Brooke Steamship comvny of New York She will load lum ber at Tacoma for Cuba. The steel steamer West Ira started load ing lumber today for Shanghai. Several charters for wooden vessels to carry lum ber to the Atlantic and west coast ports, are being negotiated. hen the Australian motorship Balcutta saff she will fly the Stars and Stripes. It has been announred that the five ves e)s built for Australian interests have been purchased by the Diamond C line and ! will change to American rerlstrv. The Babinda, the first essel purchased by the Diamond C line, is now loading on the Columbia river, and the Balcut'.a will also load on th; Columbia. COOS BAY, Or . Oct. 10. Special.) Although the tu Samson wad not expected to sail todiy. according to Captain Levi Snyder's statement of veslerdav. she de parted with the government vessel Mesa in tow. The Mesa, had been damaged yes terday in a coliiMon, but the seam opened was not dangerous to the trip. The steam schooner Centralis, whlr'.i brouBht the first freight from San Fran cisco after the longshoremen struck, sailed after loading at the North Bend Mill & Lumber company dock and finishing with oil drums and piling at the Bennett dock. From Koicue river, the gasoline schooner Tramp brouKht salmon packed by the Mar leav cannery for reshipment to Portland The lighthouse tender Manzanlta sailed for the south, but will return here to set more buoys. The steamer C. A. Smith sailed for San Francisco. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 (Special.) In order to make good on the repairs of numerous crait entrusted to their care bv varlou! owners, the bis enters of the Barnes & Tibbetts shipbuilding plant at Alameda are now shewing the office force "how to do It." Both Cautain Tibhelts and his partner are clad In the habiliments of lebor and, assisted by the clerks, book keepers and others, are finishing up some of the work that came to a stop when the snip workers walked out. This became known today, when it was noted by many that Captain Tihbett had not appeared In California streets for several da. An in- ve.Misa tior roi lowed. Tl-e unloading and loading of vessel on the waterfront is proceeding satisfactorily, according to A. H. Hammond, secretary of the employers union. He added that In a short time conditions on the waterfront wouid be restored to normal. The Pacific Mail steamship San Juan arrived from Balboa with a capacity gen eral cargo a full list of passengers. I nlted States- inspectors of hulls and boilers, James Guthrie and Joseph P. Doian. today issued a third officer's papers Boshun Joe, native son and Chinese. who proved he could pass a creditable examination in navigation. Joe has had a deal of experience, first In' the coast guard service on this coast and in the trouble xone during the war. He mas in the navy quartermaster first class. He can bark out orders as quick and sharp as a Yankee and can supply a well-assorted va riety of American slang. John Cushing, formerly associated with the local operation of the American-Hawaiian Steamship company's fleet, has been apiointed assistant director of the United States shipping board's division of operation to succeed John H. Rosseter. recently resigned, according to advices re ceived today from New York. Cushing left San Francisco for Washington several days ago. TACOMA. Wash.. ct. 10. (Special.) 1 After being skippor of the schooner Bainbrldge for the past !! years with only a two-months shore -leave, t upturn J Inxelbretsen said today before the essel shifted (low n sound that he was gome to leave her for another two- months' vacation. The Bainbridge ar rived here about two weeks ago from Lev nka. She will undergo extensive re pairs before putting to sea again. She ill load for the west coast next. The West Ira arrived here and is load ing lumber at the Puget Sound Lumber ccmpany's mill for the orient. The West Irn finished at Bellingham. She will t ke 2,mmi.im)0 feet of lumber here. Her cargo will be .l..HM,0n feet all told. The schooner Spokane finished loading lumber and will gel away for South Af rica next week. The Africa Maru with cargo from Ta coma totalling in value around $l,.on,- (MH. was due to sail during the night for the ' orient. The steam schooner Shasta. San Diego and Saginaw are on the way up the coast th cargo tor Tacoma and to load here. The San Diego, it Is believed. wIM be he first of the thre to make Tacoma. She has cargo at the Tidewsfer and Puget Sound milta to .load. The Shasta is due early next week. The Saginaw and San Diego have inward freight for the Baker dock. Exports of flour from Puget sound In September were L!ti,.lS barrels, against 1&5 for the same month last year. Flour exports for he fiscal vear begin ning July 1 to date were 41-1.00 barrels against 4tM.f7ti for the same period the preceding season. Ju.ius H. Barnes. president of the United States grain corporation and fed- ral wheat director, accompanied bv Mrs. Barnes. Max H. Houser of Portland, fed eral gram administrator for this dis- rict: W. K. Newell, federal food admin istrator for Oregon and northwestern millers and producers visited Tacoma mills today. ION WITH PORT OF ASTORIA URGED Purchase of Railway Sug gested as One Step. TALK GIVEN AT ASTORIA John V. Kllioridge Advocates That Dock Improvement Policies in Two Cities Be Changed. The declaration that Portland should combine yith Astoria In the development of a port of Columbia, at the mouth of the river, and should purchase the .Spokane. Portland & Cisco, will carry 600,000 feet of lum ber for Dant & Russell. Boat Partner Sought. Mrs. Regnhild Hedlund, widow of Olaf Hedlund, who was drowned Oc tober 1 when the boat Sailor Boy was wrecked off Seaside, desires informa tion as to the whereabouts of Arthur Myre, who is holding the documents on the boat. Mrs. Hedlund has an interest in the ensrine of the Sailor Boy and wishes Mr. Myre to aign a reLease. La Primera Loads Lumber. The steamer La Primera, which has been undergoing repairs to her bow necessitated by a collision at sea with the steamer Johanna Smith, re sumed activities yesterday by taking lumber for the southward voyage at the Inman-Poulsen mill. She moved down the river last night to finish loading at Rainier and Prescott. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Oct. 10. Arrived at 10 A. M. Steamer Santa Barbara, from San Francisco: at 8 P. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor, from Gaviota. Sailed. P. M. Steamer Willamette, for San Pedro, via San Franclfco and St. Helens: at 4 P. M. teamer Klamath, for San Pedro, - San Francifco and San Diexo: at 4:30 P. M. Rarkentine Harvard, for Sydney, via Rai nier: at mlpnight Steamer Colonel E. L. Seattle railroad company's line to As-j Drake, for San Francisco: at 5 P. M. 1 IT WILL BE TICKET TO THEATER Clothing Will Be Taken Armenians at Show. for GIFTS ARE POURING IN Every Train Brings In Boxes of Sew and Old Clothes for Those Destitute in Europe. When a special freight , car leaves for the east Monday with a load of clothing for the destitute Armenians of Asia Minor it will carry a generous contribution from Oregon. This morn ing the week's drive for clothing will VIEW OF ROOM IX PHOEXIX BUILDING SHOWING QUANTITY OF CLOTHING GATHERED FOR DESTITUTE ARMENIANS. r .... r s : - . wrr ii ! Vtt & ft I i III : i .t ill?. There were rumors afloat that he might compromise on some of his old time policies or that he might intro duce some new complications. But Colonel Hartley went to Port land for the special purpose of an. nouncing that he stood exactly where he stood four years ago and that his position was made irrevocable by his experience in the army and by sub sequent developments. Colonel Hart ley believes that he pioneered in the Americanism fight, and he declared that he did not propose to lose any ground he may have gained in the past by taking on any new loads in his comi'ng campaign. T STRIKE OVER, BUT STAXDIFER YARD STILL HAS TROUBLES. Steamer AVaban Ready for Delivery Next Monday, but Can Not Yet Receive Final Touches. ! 2r . W Although the strike of steel workers in their plant is settled and the steamer Waban will be ready for de livery Monday, the troubles of the G. M. Standifer Construction corpora tion appear to be continuing. When work in the plant was stopped by the strike the Port of Portland drydock, which is needed in putting the last touches on the big freighters, was contracted for a week ahead for small privately-owned vessels which are in need of repairs. Among these are the steamer Wahkeena, the bark Berlin and the schooner Lucy. Now that the Staticifer steel yard is running again and no other impedi ment stands in" the way of turning out the ships that are nearly finished there, the drydock becomes unavail able. The .Wawalona, which was ready for the final work yesterday, will be unable to go on drydock until October 16. In spite of all difficulties, however, it is expected that all four SoOO-ton vessels now nearing completion by the Standifer company, the Waban, Wa walona, Nishmaha and Olockson, will be delivered to trie shipping board by the end of this month. DOCK MEN'S STRIKE MENACE TO GOTHAM Ferry Crews Walk Out in Sympathy Movement. RAILROADS ARE HARD HIT Ferryboat, Tug and Lighter Work ers Join Longshoremen in Effort to Enforce Demands. VOI.tXTEKR WORKERS PACKING AXD SORTING GARMENTS, ABERDEEN', Wash.. Oct- 10. (Special.) The Meamr San Jacinto cleared from the E. K. Wood mill at Hoquiam today. Vessels In I'ort. Wet Harilan. Columfcla-Pvcffic Shipping rr.mpji n v. elevator. Coiindo, Pacific bteamrMp company, As toria. nriona. CTolumnia-Pacific tripping' com tinv. Mer--v dock. waKiKi, c:oiumfia-cmc snipping com pany, (.olunti'in doK . l. Hyrieid. "aifc st-aramp company, mu- U'tpnl duck No. 1. Oualand. Albera-tTXc i. Albers dock No, Hnrrard. Ch tries No I son & Co., Rninler. K e. A- C. AMTjon ft t7o.. drydock. H. C. Hanwn. r.alfour. Uuthrie A Co.. t Hrnenn. lM !rt'ii-n. W. s. Soin meil. Katnlr. F.abindn, Pacifi; Export Lumber com- pei y. Clnrk- lison mi. i.ui-y. a. . Anuermn a vo., municlDal o.k No. 1. Sierra. W. R. Orace Co.. North Pa cific lj. il er ml!'. HMpt-rmn. W. Gates A Co.. Eastern vtrn mil'. W thkena. C. R. McCormlck. dtydock. At'an. Standard Oil crmpanv. WUlbride. Dewey. Colmnbi'i -Pari ric Shipping com pany, municipal 1o'k No. 1. WiiiamTte. farr-cm rmi.-k. St. Hlrn. J. A. Chuniil r, Aaaociated Oil coinnanv L.im.ton. Sanii Barbara. J. R. Hanify. Eastern stern r..l. West FocHsar, Pacific Ptarrt-hlp com pel, y. municipal dork No 1. Tide at Aatorim Saturday. High. Low. 2 4H A. M...8.0 feet 8:47 A. M...1.6 fret S.oi P. M. . .9.9 feet 9 :H9 P. M...1.2 feet Colombia Hirer Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Oct. 10. Condition of the bar at i P. M. Sea smooth; wind south. X2 miles. FRENCH INJURED IN RIOT High Prices in Occupied Germany Caue of Disturbance. PARIS. Oct. 10. A French major and three soldiers were wounded In a riot at Sarrebruck in occupied Ger many Tuesday, according to a dis patch today to the Petit Parisien. The riot Is described as having grown out of labor demonstrations against the hich cost of living. In which spartacans joined. torla for the accommodation of the tide of export and import commerce that would flow through Portland, marked high-tide In an address made yesterday at the Clatsop county capi tal by John I- Etheridge. Mr. EtheridRe, of Morris Brothers, of Portland, visited Astoria for the promotion of financial interest in the new Seaside hotel, but at an early Ceriod in his talk to the assembled usiness men he turned toward -the broader aspect of co-operation for the development of the entire state, sending home a score of suggestions which related to Portlands duty in Oregon development. ev Polirj Advocated. "I believe it is the duty of the city of Portland." said Mr. Etheridse, "the mission of Portland, as it is the duty of the state chamber of commerce, to develop and promote the prosperity not only of our locality but of the state as a whole. "It is my opinion that if Portland, instead of spending money on the de velopment of its so-called port and of its so-called docks, would use the river as it now exists, or in other words its Uod-griven heritage, and in addition thereto purchase the Spo kane. Portland & Seattle railroad to Astoria, straighten out and double track the line in order to make rea sonable time, aid and assist in the de velopment of a port of Columbia at Astoria, that the city of Astoria would become prosperous and that the pros perity of Astoria would redound to the credit and benefit of Oregon as a whole and the city of Portland in particular. Better I'nderMtandina; Vrjced. "In other words. I believe that while Portland is the big brother to the smaller cities of the state. It ill behooves a big brother to quarrel with the smaller members of the family about the candy in the bag, and further, that while the big brother is quarreling with the smaller mem bers of his family, some other chap equally as big will come along, while they are quarreiinr and steal candy, bag and all, leaving the family, in cluding Portland, without any. "What we need is a spirit of co operation, recognition of the respec tive claims of Portland, Astoria and every other city in the state; a motto similar to that af d'Artagnan and his fellow musketeers, 'One for all and all for one.' Financial Pointa Diacunaed. "With that spirit and that motto, with unity and harmony, not only will Portland be and remain the financial center of Oregon and the great north v.ost. and Astoria be and become one of the greatest ports in the .north west, if not the greatest, but Oregon as a whole will become one of the most prosperous states in America and one of the most prosperous common wealths in the world." Earlier in his address Mr. Etheridge hud shown that Portland is a financial center of stnjrdy Importance; that it has Che largest bank in the northwest with respect to deposits, the stronger by two to one with respect to capital stock paid in, and that Portland ex ceeds in its combined capital stock paid in any other city in the Pacific northwest. In further proof of the strength of Portland as a financial center Mr. Etheridge stated that the banks of Portland have J11.30 of their own money ae'nind every $100 of deposits, whereas the next competing city has only J7.50 behind every $100. DOLLAR TO CARRY BOILERS Steamer T.a Primera, for San Pedro, via Kalnier and Prescott. ASTORIA, Oct. 10. Arrived at 9:30 and left up at 11 last night Steamer Santa Barbara, from San Francisco; arrived at 7:50 and left up at 0:30 A. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor, from tJavlota. Sailed at 10:0 A. M. Steamer Daisy Freeman, for Grays Harbor. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 10. Sailed at 5 last night Steamer Asuncion, for Port land. Artive'd at 11 A. M. Steamer Mult month, from Portland for San Pedro. BALBOA, Oct. S. Arrived Steamer Butte, from Tortland. Or. SAN DIEGO. Oct. 8. Sailed Stanwood, for Columbia river. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 10. Arrived Steamer West Era, from Seattle. Sailed Steamer K. S. Loop, for Port Gamble; schooner Bainbridge, for Seattle. . SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. Arrived Steamers Oleum, Multnomah, from As toria. Sailed Steamers Yofemite, for Se attle: Sylvan Arrow, for Shanghai; Lake Gilpin, for Kobe. YOKOHAMA. Oct. 8. ea&le. from Vancouver. -Arrived Mont- NAGASAKI, Tacoma. Oct. 5. Sailed Javary, for 6. Sailed Fushlml Maru, Cargo Valued at $300,000 Will Be Sent to Shanghai. Twelve Scotch marine boilers, valued at $300,000, will be sent to Shanghai. China, next week on the steamer Grace Dollar by the Willam ette Iron & Steel Works, it was an nounced yesterday by A. G. Labbe, president of the company. The boilers were scheduled to go last August, but were delayed because no vessel was available to take them. They are to be installed in vessels being built at Shanghai by the Emergency Fleet corporation. Besides the boilers, the Grace Dol lar, which ia coming from San Fran- KOBE. Oct. for Tacoma. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct 10. Arrived Steamers Admiral Nicholson, from south east Alaska: Admiral Sebree, trom San Pedro. VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 10. Sailed Steamer Bradlord, for San Francisco. V. S. X'aval Radio Report. (All position renorted at 8 P. M. yester day unlemt otherwise indicated.) LYMAN STEWART. Fort San Luis for Seattle, 441" miles from Seattle. CELILO, Seattle for San Francisco, 340 miles north of San Francisco. BRADFORD, Vancouver for San Fran cisco. 40 miles north of San Francisco WASHTENAW, Portland for San Pe dro. 'J o miles from San Pedro. CITY OF TOPE K A, San Francisco for Portland. -Vi miles south of Cape Blanco. C. A. SMITH, Coos Bay for San Fran cisco. :!11 miles north of San Francisco. MOFFETT. San Pedro for Vancouver, 6S0 miles from Vancouver. PHYLLIS, Tacoma for San Pedro, 125 miles north ot San Francisco. LIGHTSHIP ARGYLL. Seattle for Oleum, '-io.'f miles from Oleum. ASUNCION, Richmond for Eureka, 185 miles north of Richmond. W. S. PORTER. Monterey for, Everett, 271 miles from Monterey. BAJA CALIFORNIA. Salina Cruz for Vancouver, 27U mites north of San Fran cisco. RICHMOND, with barge- 03, for Hono lulu. S!l." miles out, October 8, S P. M. MOFFETT. San Francisco for Vancou ver. 10 miles from Vancouver, October 9, 8 P. M. - SPOKANE, San Francisco for Wilming ton. 9M miles from San Francisco. MULTNOMAH, San. Francisco "Or San' Pedro. 45 miles from San Francisco." RAINIER. San Francisco for Seattle, 35 miles from San Francisco. WEST HARTLEY, Portland for New York, 326 miles out of San Francisco. CAPT. A. K. LUCAS. Portland for El SegunUo. G5 miles south of San Francisco. LATOKA. Portland for Philadelphia, off Point Arena. HIMOTO. Seattle for Cuba, 105 miles south of Farralonea. LAKE GILPEN, San Francisco for Kobe, via Honolulu, 55 miles southwest of San Francisco. HERRIN, Portland for Porta Costa. 465 miles from Portland. F. H. BUCK. San Pedro for Meadow Point. 29:t miles north of San Pedro. SYLVAN ARROW, San Francisco for Shanghai. 75 miles from San Francisco. be would up with a free show at 10 o'clock at the Hippodrome, partici pated in by representatives of all local theaters. The only requirement for admission is the presentation of a garment at the door. AH of yesterday four men and six women were busy in the store room on the. second floor of the Phoenix building sorting and packing the clothing. As protection against germs many wore Fled Cross masks. All precautions against the spread of disease are being taken and each night the newly arrivad garments are spread out on lines and fumigated. The windows are opened early in the morning so that by 9 o'clock the women can again continue their work. A number of Armenian women are assisting with the packing, two of them leaving their six small young sters at home in order that they might do their bit. 4 Boxes Coming Rapidly. The state has responded well to the call and every train brings in boxes from small towns in Oregon. It is surprising what good things are be ing sent away. In a box from Klamath Falls were found a man's brand new sheepskin-lined khaki coat with a beaver collar and a winter coat for a woman from which the $25 price tag had not yet been removed. Roseburg sent two bolts of woolen cloth. A baby quilt from another place had a note pinned on it saying that the maker was a woman 75 years old who wished to hear from the one who received it. Several people have brought in armloads of fine clothing which had come to theip through deaths in the family, with the request that the articles be sent away. Often notes are found with the clothing. Yesterday in the pocket of a woolly, scarcely-worn sweater was found a letter held in place with a safety pin. "Dear little boy." it read, "I hope this sweater keeps you good and warm and wish that 'you could live in America with me. I am a little boy ten years ld. God's blessing and mine. too. Your friend, Wilbur Preble." Rubber Scraps Collected. The letter was returned to the pocket and its author may some day have the satisfaction of receiving a reply. Rubber scraps have been collected along with clothing and these will be sold. The price of a pound of these will pay the expense of sending pound of clothing to Armenia. All other articles sent in and found un suitable for the boxes are being turned over to the rummage sale at the Unitarian church. Often strange things are found in the bundles, one worker yesterday digging out a pound roll of butter from one. COL. THORNBURGH KILLED Commander of Lctterman Hopilal Dead in Collision. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. Colonel Robert M. Thornburgh, commanding officer of the Letterman General hos pital at the Presidio of San Francisco, was killed here last night in a col lision of two automobiles. He was 47 years old, had been in the army 18 years and recently re turned from 18 months' service in France. He leaves a widow and one son. an officer in the army. Colonel Thornburgh was born in Nebraska and was a graduate of Dartmouth college. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Vanrouver Marriage Licenses. GIBSON-BRAXTON Bert Gibson. 35. of Portland, and Florence Branton, 32, of Portland. HOLLAND-DAVIDSON Fred Holland, 37, of Portland, and Gertrude Davidson. o4, of Portland. JAMES-McKEE Lee James, 26, of Port land, and Maxine McKec, 17, of Portland. COLIP-HAKEY Fred Colip, 25. of Port land, and Mabel Hakey. 25, of Portland. LIGHTNER-BARTON Dave Lightner. 3. of Portland, and Roberta Barton, 21, of Portland. HENDRICKSON-HOOD Oval Hendrlck- son, 22, of 1'ortland, ana Grace iiooa, in, of Grandly. Mo. KAGLER-R YAN spiro ivagier, 'tt. ot Portland, and Carrie Ryan, 23, of Port-hand. KANIKEBKRR-VENDKN Jonn Kanme- berg, 25, of Stevenson. Or., and Hulda V en- den, 23. of Portland. JOHNS-CHAPMAN Flint Jonns. ot Vancouver. Wash, and Eleanor Chapman, :0, of Vancouver, Wash. Deaths. NORTON Evingeline Myrtle Faith Nor ton. 546 Hartman. October II. 4 years. BRUMBAUGH Louise HriimDausn, ijio East Salmon street, October 6. LUSTEN BE KG Benjamin Lusienoerg, St. Vincent's hospital. October 7. 4h years. "ALTON Herbert Cardar Dalton. 4s F.nHt Dak street. October 7. 5R vears. HAUNER Paul Eugene Hauner, Good Samaritan hospital. October 7, 5 years. Births. MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Mil ler. 1516 East Pine street, October S, a son. POWERS To Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Pow ers. 1148 East Harrison. October 6, a daughter. WISEMAN To Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wise man. 350 East Sixth street South, October 0, a son. SOOYSMITH To Mr. and Mrs. G. Sooy smtth, 12S1 East Nineteenth street, Octo ber 8. a daughter. GROBERT To Mr. and Mrs. R. Grobert, 6122 Fofty-sixth litreet, September 16. a son. HAWKINS To Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Haw kins, 18 East Thirty-eighth street, Sep tember 15, a daughter. SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith. 388 Third street, September 17, a daugh ter. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Jonn son. 1132 East Twenty-fourth street, Sep tember 9, a daughter. r FUKAI To Mr. and Mrs. K. Fukai, 67 North Tenth street, September 30, a son. WILLEY To Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Willey, 12I3H Belmont. September 2S. a daughter. DAVIDSON To Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Da vidson, 1015 East Twenty-third street North. October 2, a daughter. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Johnson, 1230 East Tenth street North. October 8, a daughter. NEW YORK. Oct. 10. All ferries plying across the Hudson river sus pended service at midnight when the crews walked out in sympathy with the longshoremen's strike. At the same time the ferryboat men employed by the Pennsylvania. Erie. Jersey Central and West Shore railroads walked out, crews of tugs and lighters operated by the railroads also struck. The longshoremen's strike, by which the port of New York has been vir tually tied up and as a result of which more than 40.000 men are idle, became associated with great possibilities to day when the national adjustment commission ruled against the coast wise longshoremen on their demand for an increase of from 65 cents to $1 an hour. The decision of the board was ren dered following an all-day session during which it took into considera tion. Chairman William Z. Ripley said, the present earnings of the coastwise steamship companies and gave heed to their claims that competition of rail lines made it impossible for them to increase dock loading charges. Board May Reconsider. The board, however, agreed to re consider the question if the present high cost of living continues and should coastwise freight rates be in creased. Among the members of the board are Captain T. V. O'Connor, president, and Joseph Ryan, vice-president of the International Longshore men's association, through which the coastwise demand was made. Both of these members. while demurring against the award, agreed to abide by the decision of the board. It was this board which recently granted an increase of 5 cents per hour to longshoremen engaged in load ing and discharging overseas ships, to which award the men, without the official approval of the unions, ob jected and went out on strike. Ac cording to members of the adjustment board, coastwise workers in New York number about SOOO. with approximate ly the same number in the ports of Boston. Baltimore, Newport News and Norfolk. Ranks of the striking overseas longshore workers were increased today, by several thousand men, in cluding handlers of fruit cargoes and the clerks and checkers at sev eral lines. The strikers at a mass meeting voted to send a delegation to appear before the adjustment board to ask for a reconsideration of its decision as to their demands. Chairman Ripley announced to the delegation that it would be received Saturday, but he said that the board could not recede from its original award. $4.75forJ2.44 Aluminum 5-Piece COMBINATION COOKER Saturday Special $2.44 This Cnokinp Sol has more nsrs and adVHnta'S than any other similar pet on the niarkrt. The combinations which ran ho formed are very practical and servo ex cellently for every meal of the day. All the nieces a re n ri iform i ti sine and nest topether very snugly. The hail of the inside, pans may he de tached if desired. The camicitv f the outside kettle ts six quarts, and each of the inside pans holds -' quarts. The v are hiLrhl v noli.shed on the outside, while tlie inner tur- fuce has our bun-ray mush. 1 home FURNISHERS Ca-TO-FfFTH ST. it I. W. W. Klrmen Watched. was learned today that repre- Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070. A 6095. sentatives of the department of jus tice are paying particular attention to persons known or believed to be members of the reds or in sympathy with the I. W. W. SKATTLE, Oct. 10. Charges that officials of the Seattle branch of the International Longshoremen's asso ciation acted on instructions from Russian bolshevik! when they re cently refused to allow local long shoremen to load rifles for Russia, were made here today by the North west Waterfront Kmployers' union, of which A. F. Haines, general man ager of the Pacific Steamship com pany, is president The employers' union today sent a letter to the longshoremen's union stating the agreement with the labor body would be canceled if longshore men are not on hand tomorrow at 8 A. M. to load the rifles on the steam ship Delight, which was scheduled to sail over a week ago for Russia. The United States shipping board recently called on the waterfront employers' union to see that the rifles are loaded. The employers claim that radicals in the union are blocking the shipment because the rifles may be used against the bolshevik conference a note asking that the plebiscite to determine the future of the districts of Kupcn and iMalinedy, which arc ceded by the peace treaty to Belgium, shall take place under control of a commission appointed by the league of nations, ami itirliHlin neither Belgian nor German mem ber". By the peace treaty the Belgian authorities in the two districts were to open registers in which the in habitants might record within the six months after the treaty is in effect a desire to see the whole or part of the territory returned to German sov ereignty. Tho note asks that the plebiscite Instead should be constituted under rigorously secret provisions, and coin plains of several attempts made by Belgian authorities to influence the results. In 1914 freichi rates In Holgiuni were exceedingly low and were uni form throughout t lie country, except that a special rate wuf granted for large quantities of merchandise des tined or export. The present freight rates in Belgium are 40 per cent higher than before the war and may he increased soon. TOO LATK TO CLASSIFY. BELGIUM ROILS GERMANS Secret Vole Asked In Plebiscite Over Two Ceded Districts. PARIS, Oct. 9. (Havas.) The chief of the German delegation has sent to the general secretary of the Marine Notes. The barkentlne Harvard of the Charles Nelson fleet shifted yesterday from the North Pacific mill to Rainier to finish loading. The steamer Willamette, which arrived Thursday with a cargo of cenwnt from San Francisco, started loading at St. Helens yesterday for the return trip. . The i tank steamer Asuncion of the Standard Oil company left San Francisc Thursday for Portland, it was reported yesterday to the Merchants Exchange. She should reach here Monday. The Associated Oil company's tankei J. A. Chanslor arrived at Linn ton yes terday to discharge a caro of fuel oil. i ne steamer Santa Baroara, operated by J. R. Hanify. arrived light yesterday and went to the Eastern & Western Lum ber company's mill to load. The new steel steamer West Pocasset, built by the. Northwest Steel company, was checked in yesterday by the Pacific Steamship company for operation for the shipping board. She Is expected to load flour for the Atlantic. The tanker Atlas will sail this afternoon. HARTLEY ON WAY HERE LOGGERS TO HEAR GUBERNA TORIAL ASPIRAXT. Speech on "Americanism" in Port land Promises to Dispel All v Doubt as to Policies. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 10. (Spe cial.) Colonel Roland H. Hartley, avowed republican gubernatorial can didate, passed through Seattle yester day on his way from Everett to at' tend a loggers' meeting in Portland. Tije loggers had offered Colonel Hartley ten minutes of their time and he took the first train southbound to deliver a speech on "Americanism," a theme that he used in his guberna torial campaign of 1916, and which he urged before the Oregon and Wash ington joint convention of county commissioners and engineers a month ago. The trip of Colonel Hartley to Port land is a pretty complete answer to a number of inquiries that politicians have been making. In republican cir cles there has been a great deal of anxiety to know how Colonel Hartley purposed making his fight for the republican gubernatorial nomination. The Great Merit of fiapemits LAR J E Hunny front room, iihmIm n hmiM-, iviih rut him iUS monthly; IikMI housf- kctipinK prMli'tres If th-siri. -'('' Mth Ht. I'hoiie rnornliiRs, Marhall 1-- A JANITOR--" wanU a position. HO 1 t Orfr-'onian. TRAVKLKKS' til'IDE. SAN FRANCISCO S. S. Rose City Depart 12 Xoon OCTOBER 16 From Ainsworth Dock Fare includes Berth and Meals. City Ticket 0ffice,3d and Washington Phone Main 35.10 Freight Office, Ainsworth Dock Phone Broadway 2li8 SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. LINES AUSTRALIA KKW ZEALAND AMI tiOI TIl tK.S Via Tahiti and Karatoiusa. .Muit and iih- ni.Tr service from ban Kraiicico every 25 days. LMON S. S. CO. OF SiKW .K.M.A.'NU, 2:ui 'nliffirnia St.. Shii lraiu-lru. or local fcteunilii aud railroad uiteiirltw. as a staunch building food of finest flavor, is supported by its economy as a ready to serve cereal for break fast or lunch- Not a bit of Waste UNCALLED-FOR ANSWERS s:ci. CM. mo. 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