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TITE 3IOIIXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1910.
END OF STRIKE AT
THIS IS AT HAND
C. C. Overmire and Metal
Workers Negotiate.
LETTER SENT TO COUNCIL
Resumption of Full Operations
at Plant Soon Is Likely Re-in-
, statement Only Point at Issue.
Negotiations were practically com
pleted yesterday afternoon by C. C.
Overmire, president and manager of
the Overmire Steel Construction com-
such compensation as may be agreed upon
between himself and his employer, and
recognizing this fact when we filled the
strikers' places, we agreed to a scale of
wages which was in conformity with the
suggestions of the government, which was
entirely agreeable to the men we em
ployed, and which, as I stated before,
was exactly the same rate as was paid
during the last year.
Therefore, it would be manifestly un
fair for us to discharge any employe now
working In our plant, simply to make room
for one of your associates who has en
deavored to the utmost to interfere with
our operations and in every way atifle our
business.
It will be impossible for me to make any
definite statement to you regarding re
employment of men as long as the strike
is in effect, and I confirm my suggestion
to you of Saturday if you call oft the
strike X think it can be soon arranged
again to furnish employment for a large
number of the men who are now striking,
and whom I understand through you are
seeking re-employment.
We are taking on men daily and the
sooner this matter receives your attention
Just so many more men will It be possible
to reinstate.
FRENCH STEAMER DUE SOON
Mont Cenis leaves Victoria, B. C,
for Portland Cargo.
The French steamer Mont Cenis,
which will take cargo from various
Pacific coast ports to Marseilles and
Genoa, was reported to have left Vic
toria, B. C. yesterday for Portland.
pany, and officers of the Metal Trades Before going to Victoria, the Mont
council for ending the strike in the
Overmire plant at East Water street
and Hawthorne avenue and the re
sumption of work at the St. Johns
municipal terminal, where six oil
storage tanks are being built by the
Overmire company under contract
from the commission of public docks.
The threatened strike of all struc
tural workmen at the terminal, who
are employed in constructing the mu
nicipal grain elevator and the termi
nal sheds and piers, did not material
ize yesterday. It has been announced
at union headquarters that this move
has been definitely abandoned.
As the outcome of negotiations be
tween Mr. Overmire and C. F. Kendrl.
gan, secretary of the metal trades
council, an agreement -bearing Mr.
Overmire's signature was received at
the office of the metal trades council
late yesterday.
Details Not Made Public.
Details of this agreement were not
made public, but it was inferred that
Mr. Overmire had agreed to adopt the
wage scale demanded by the unions
after the elapse of a sufficient period
to allow the completion of contracts
entered into jnder the old wage scale.
It is understood that the only point
of difference now standing in the way
of a eettlement is reinstatement of
strikers.
Union leaders predict that an agree
ment satisfactory to both parties in
the controversy will be reached to
day or tomorrow. A meeting of the
Metal Trades council has been set for
tonight to discuss the situation.
Relative to his position in the mat
ter, Mr. Overmire yesterday sent the
following letter to Harry Anderson,
president of the Central Labor coun
cil, and to C. F. Kendrigan, secretary
of the Metal Trades council:
1 give you below a. resume of our sev
eral conferences of Saturday, October 25,
and at the same time advise you as to the
conditions applying at our plant and on
our outside work, and in conformity with
your request, based on statements by you,
offer fur your consideration some sugges
tions: A strike was called, as you know, at
this plant on October 1 because of the fact
thut we could not agree to conditions as
were agreed to and made applicable to the
shipyards.
Contracts Held Ry Plant.
On Friday, October 17, the union men
employed in constructing the oil tanks at
rt. Johns laid down their tools and quit
the work because of the fact that material
in these tanks had been furnished by a
shop which was at that time considered
unfair.
We had, as you know, on October 1 con
tracts requiring the continuous operation
of our plant, and we therefore proceeded
to fill the places of the strikers with ex
perienced men and have thereby been able
to meet our contractual obligations, al
though we have sublet considerablo of our
work to the .eastern shops for fabrication
and will therefore materially reduce our
output for the next few months and con
sequently not employ as many men as we
were employing at the time of the strike
until we take on additional contracts and
receive additional material from the east
ern mills.
Shipments from the eastern mills are
problematical on account of strike condi
tions, and it may be some time before
we again reach a normal condition.
Conference Not Requested.
Conditions surrounding the St. Johns oil
tanks are so well known that no comment
is necessary, excepting, perhaps, to note
tnat the sub-contractor to whom we
awarded the contract for the erection of
bnt'nnf" i Vd V aB 'Ploying none
but union labor, has lost heavily because
n!s contract a' h Wa" b"Setl t0 'rfelt
October hT Shr'ke W" Ca,,ed at our P'ant
I wt. have, not "lasted, nor have
il.h veqU,ted, to meet in conference
V offlc'als of your various or
ganizations until last Saturday, October
-o. when Mr. Anderson and an official of
LafleS ' 'rSn wo'ti organization
at 10 A r P n-aHn,d re-uestei conference
... , This Terence was granted
and the entire field thoroughly discussed.
We referred to a conference between
Messrs. Kendrigan and Komkorf and the
writer about one week previous to October
VfraHd h conerence between Mr. Allison,
Mr Reed and the writer a few days later
and after a thorough discussion regarding
these conferences, you and vn,,. ... i
"i"'11' ,hat ur opinion a strike
should not have been called at this shop
Cenis loaded the first of her cargo
at Seattle. After taking Portland's of
fering of freight for southern France
and Italy, she will finish loading: at
San Francisco.
The Mont Cenis is being operated
for her owners, the Societe Generate
des Transports Maritimes a Vapeur,
by Norton, Lilly & Co., represented in
Portland by the Mann-Titus company.
The local operators report a good
showing of outward freight.
STEAMER TOWED IXTO PORT
Diablo at San Francisco, Fuel
Gone, Engines Disabled.
SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 27. The
steamer Diablo, operated between
here and far eastern points by the
Pacific Mail Steamship company, was
berthed here today after having been
towed into port yesterday with her
fuel gone and ner engines out of
order.
The Manoa of the Matson Naviga
tion company's line picked up and
towed the Diablo 500 miles out after
the Diablo had sent out distress calls.
48 WOOD SHIPS LIE IQLE
FLEET OF WAR-BUILT CRAFT
AT SEATTLE AWAITS DISPOSAL.
Long Row of Hulls on Lake Union
Estimated to Have Valuation
of $12,000,000.
TELEPHONE HEARING
TO BE NOVEMBER 12
Legality of So-Called Burle
son Rates Is Issue.
CITY HAS BRIEF IN CASE
inaxmuch as it was Ill-art l.rt
certainly conditions surrounding the con
tract shop had not been taken into con
sideration. You, at this conference, requested a later
conference on Saturday, to which the
writer agreed, which conference occurred
bunding. M' SatUrday in the Worcester
I-ater Conference Arranged.
At this conference Saturday afternoon
all but one of your organization admitted
that a strike should not -have been called
at our plant, and. furthermore, that a
mistake had been made, and suggested
that we endeavor in some way to settle
our differences in order that work in this
city rnlsht continue unhampered.
No definite plan was evolved at this
meeting, and a later conference was called
at my home at 8 o'clock, which was at
"i J1"5- Anderson, Kendrigan
and Duffy of San Francisco.
The situation was gone over again, and
was explained to you gentlemen by Mr
JJuIfy. that your organization had no right
to call a strike at this plant previous to
the expnation of contracts which were on
the books at the time the demands were
made, and he gave 80 days as a reasonable
time in which to work out these contracts
it was again agreed at this meeting"
and you gentlemen so stated several times,
that a strike should not have been called
and was due wholly through hasty'actlon
at a meeting of your organization a few
days previous to October 1.
As to the work in the field on the St
Johns' tank, your associates again agreed
that there should not have been any tleup
of this work by union men, inasmuch as
the tanks were contracted for on June 16.
a sub-contract for the erection awnrHp,)
by this firm a few days later, and the
entire steel work, with the exception of a
Ow roof plates completely fabricated by
the crews in this shop before any demands
for Increased wages or different condi
tions were presented to the management.
Employes Not to Be Discharged.
Your offer of settlement Saturday night
was based upon the striking employes re
turning to work under the same condi
tions and at the same wages as were
applicable prior to October 1; discharge all
men now working in our plant and at
the St. Johns terminal.
My reply to you was that I could not
and would not discharge men who are
now working in my plant under exactly the
conditions which you demand, simply to
make room for those who are now on a
Mrike. but I told you that I had told
several of the strikers when they got
ready to come back to work I would
t;ke on as many of the married men
with families as we could accommodate
in the plant (we to determine who will
and who will not be taken back), but
inake no distinction between union and
non-union men, and that no man would
be discharged from the plant except for
iitcom potency.
1 furthermore insisted that if any ot
those men who are now on a strike were
replaced in the plant, the men now em
ployed be not Interfered with, as any
Interference by the returning men would
bo deemed sufficient cause for dismissal.
Constitutional Rights Asserted.
"You must recognize that the constitu
tional rlirhts of tach employe admits of
liif -. ..i y, ithout molestation, and for
SEATTLE. A gray fleet of 48 war
built, uncompleted, wooden cargo ves
sels tugs idly at its moorings in Lake
Union, near the heart of Seattle. The
boats, some of them barely more than
hulls, are owned by the United States
shipping; board and are worth $12,
000,000, it has been estimated. Most
of them are ready to receive their en
gines. "Ships that didn't get a chance"
they have been called, as the war
which rushed them onto the ways and
into the water ended before they
reached the eeaa to do their share in
forming a part of "Pershing's bridge"
to carry American men and supplies
across the Atlantic to France.
Side by side the ships lie, most of
them in a long row near one of Seat
tle's lake boulevards. After being
launched at various northwest yards,
several at formal exercises, the ships,
one by one, were towed to Lake Union
to wait for the day when they will be
completed and set to sail the seven
seas.
There is talk of American, Swedish,
British and other buyers for the "gray
company" of vessels. Some of them
have been advertised for sale, but as
yet none has been sold. Sixty watch
men are on duty at the ships day and
night and fire tugs ply around the
fleet. On fair days they play their
hoses on the decks, drenching them
as fire protection.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Oct. 27. Sailed Steamer
Tiverton, from Prescott, for San Pedro.
Arrived at 8 P. M., steamer Atlas, from
San Francisco. Arrived at 11 P. M.,
steamer Chehalis, from San Francisco, for
Grays Harbor, lost propeller blade, going
to drydock.
VICTORIA. Oct. 27. Passed out at 2
P. M-, French ateamer Mont Cenis, for
Portland.
ASTORIA. Oct. 27. Arrived at 6:30
A. M., steamer Daisy, from San Francisco.
Arrived at 7:20 and left up at 10:30 A. M.,
steamer Chehalis, from San Francisco, for
Grays Harbor, lost propeller blade, going
to drydock. Arrived at 8:20 A. M-. steamer
Atlas, towing barge 03, from San Fran
cisco. Left up at 10 A. M., steamer Atlas.
Left up at P. M., barge 93, from San
Francisco. Sailed at 12:15 P. M., steamer
J. A Chanslor, for Gavlota.
POINT REYES, Oct. 27. Passed P. M..
steamer . Stanwood. from San Pedro, for
Columbia river. --v
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27. Arrived
Steamer Rose City, from Portland. Ar
rived at 2 A. M., steamer City of Topeka.
from Portland via Eureka arfd Coos bay.
The steamer Grace Dollar, bound from
San Francisco for Portland and Manila,
lost her propeller blade and Is proceeding
to Seattle.
FATAL, Oct. 21. Arrived Steamer Blue
Eagle, from Grays Harbor via Astoria, for
Cardiff.
GALVESTON. Oct. 23. Arrived Steamer
West Cbeswald, from Portland for New
York.
BALBOA, Oct. 25. Arrived Steamer
Latoka, from Portland, for Philadelphia.
NORFOLK. Oct. IS. Arrived Steamer
Aimwell. with engine trouble, from Port
land for United Kingdom.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 17. Arrived Steamer
West Segovia, from Portland.
. BALBOA. Oct. 20. Sailed Steamer
Datis. from Portland via Eureka, for
Glasgow. f
LIVERPOOL. Oct. 13. Arrived Steamer
Eelbeck. from Portland via Saa Francisco.
TACOMA Oct. 27-Arrlved: Tamalpals.
Horace X. Baxter, San Francisco; Amur
br. Granby. B.C.
Sailed: Amur, Vancouver, B. O.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 27. Arrived:
Steamers Horace X. Baxter, from San
Pedro: Catherine D.. from southeast Alas
ka: Phyllis, from San Francisco.
Sailed: Steamers Northwestern. for
southeast Alaska; -Admiral Evans. Admiral
Rodman, tor southeast Alaska; Queen, for
ban r rancisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 27. Arrived:
Steamers Rose City, City of Topeka, from
Portland.
Sailed: Steamer Korea Maru (Jap), for
Hongkong.
YOKOHAMA, Oct. 18. Arrived: Wheat
land. Montana, from Seattle. Sailed: City
of Spokane, to Seattle.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23. Arrived: Prinzes-
sen, from Vancouver, lconium, from Seat-
tie.
Complaint Is Made That Present
Schedule Xever Was Approved
by Postmaster-General.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Final hearing to investigate the le
gality and reasonableness of the so
called Burleson rates in effect on
the lines of the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company in Oregon, will be
held in Portland on Wednesday, No
vember 12, according to an order is
sued by the public service commission
today.
Under an act of congress passed
several months ago, it was provided
that the telephone lines sAould revert
to private ownership on August J, and
that all rates in effect on June 6, if
established or approved by Postmaster-General
Burleson prior to
that date, should remain in operation
for a period of four months there
after. These rates, it is charged, were
put in effect by the company only one
day prior to the date on which the
lines were returned to private control.
Persons complaining against the
rates now in effect charge that they
never were approved by the postmaster-general,
and upon this show
ing the commission instituted an in
vestigation upon its own motion.
Briefs Called For.
The preliminary hearing was held
in Portland a few weeks ago, and
at that time the commission indi
cated a desire that the interested
parties submit their respective views
in the forms of briefs upon the fol
lowing questions:
"What were. the existing exchange
telephone rates for the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company in Ore
gon on or prior to June' 6, 1919, es
tablished or approved by the postmaster-general?
"Has the commission power and
authority to suspend the rates which
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company is now collecting?
"Has the commission power to make
a rate retroactive?"
On September 13, 1919, a brief was
filed on behalf of the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph company over the
names of Pillsbury, Madison and
Sutro, James T. Shaw and Charles H.
Carey, their attorneys. This brief not
only covered the information asked by
the commission but also dealt with
the subject of the reasonableness of
the rates.
On September 27. 1919, a brief was
filed on behalf of the city of Port
land over the names of W. P. LaRoche
and H. M. Tomlinson, representing the
municipality.
Later, on October 7, another brief
prepared by Veazie, McCourt & Veazie
on behalf of the Oregon state cham
ber of commerce was filed with the
commission.
Company Kilea Reply.
The brief of the telephone company
in reply to the brief filed by the city
of Portland was received on October 6.
The commission has referred these
briefs to Attorney-General Brown for
interpretation of the law as it affects
the several matters set out by the
respective factors in the Investigation.
Practically the same questions are
said to be involved in the investiga
tion of the rates in effect on the lines
of the Home Telephone &. Telegraph
company of southern Oregon.
This hearing was held in Medford
on September 8, and at that time C.
W. Thomas, appearing for the per
sons seeking to have the rates re
duced, signified his intention of plac
ing before the commission the con
stitutionality of the act of congress
and the legality of the charges es
tablished by the postmaster-general.
As in the investigation involving
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company, briefs have been filed by
the several parties interested in the
Home corporation inquiry and these
also have been referred to the attorney-general,
i
Final hearing in the latter investi
gation has not yet been set by the
commission.
CHAMBERS WILL CONFER
SAX FRANCISCO MEETING TO
DISCUSS TRADE EXTENSION.
Portland Is to Be Represented by
W. I. B. Dodson and F. I. Ran
dall When Issues Are Raised.
FATAL, Oct. 24- Arrived:
from Tacoma.
Bosworth,
KOBE. Oct. 19. Sailed: Chicago Maru,
for Seattle. Arrived Editor. Seattle for
Manila; west Marti and, from Portland;
Oct. 21, Shlnbu Maru, from Seattle; Kim
Maru, irvm Dcmiie.
MANILA. Oct. 21. Hailed: Bes.te Dol
lp.r. for Vancouver. Arrived. Liupreas
oi ivuooitt, iruiu Vancouver.
SAN" FRANCISCO, Oct. 27. The
extension of western America's trade
with the South American republics,
and the matter of competing more
generally with the Japanese steam
ship companies on the Pacific, are
to be considered at a meeting nere 01
delegates of chambers of commerce
from the ports of San x rancisco, Se
attle. Portland, Tacoma, Los Angeles
and San Diego, on Wednesday, Octo
ber 29.
The recently announced programme
of the shipping board, allocating at
least four freight vessels for runs
between Seattle, San Francisco, San
Pedro and South American ports will
be discussed and plans presented for
an enlargement of this programme.
Establishment of more trade routes
both to South America and the far
east will be planned.
The completed programme will be
presented to the shipping board for
its approval, with the recommenda
tion that the Pacific coast receive
equal attention with the Atlantic
coast in establishing a well balanced
merchant marine, according to an an
nouncement by the local chamber.
Plans of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce called for the sending of
a delegation of business men from
this city to attend the San Francisco
conference, but indications last night
were that Portland will be repre
sented by W. D. B. Dodson, executive
secretary of the chamber, and Frank
I. Randall, secretary of the commis
sion of public docks, who is already
in San Francisco.
days more to complete engine repairs be
fore mailing.
COOS BAT, Or., Oct. 2T. (Special.)
The gasoline schooner Tramp came Into
port Saturday night from Rogue river, hav
ing on board salmon and chittlm bark.
She Is reloading with general merchandise
for Wedderburn.
The tug Samson was an arrival from
San Francisco this morning at 6:15 and
comes for another of the two remaining
government vessels built here. The Sam
son will leave on' tomorrow morning's tide
ii fog does not Interfere
Arriving this morning at 9, the steamer
C. A. Smith has overtaken the sister ship,
the Johanna Smith, which has been trans
porting lumber from the Smith mills. The
boats are supposed to be sailing four days
apart. A full cargo was not ready for
either and tbey are both delayed for a day
or two.
The French vessel Rouffach, which
steamed in here Saturday, has moved to
the upper bay and is moored at the Smith
terminal dock. The Rouffach. which was
reported to be only slightly damaged in
her machinery, has a list caused by a leak
and the officers do not expect t get away
from here for about a month.
PORT TOWNSEXD, Wash., Oct. 27.
(Special.) With a cargo of raw cotton
and steel for the orient, the Japanese
steamer Himalaya Manx arrived this morn
ing from New Orleans, proceeding to Ta
coma to replenish her supply of fuel coal.
She will be followed tomorrow by the i
Malay Maru with a similar cargo from j
New Orleans. i
The United States cable ship Burn
side has completed the work of repairing
the government cables between Forts
Word en. and Casey and has returned to
Seattle.
The power schooner Elder, bound for
the Prlbllof islands,- sailed this morning.
During the winter she will operate be
tween the island and Uaalaska as a mall
and passenger craft. She was formerly a
sealing schooner beln? recently purchased
by the United States bureau of fisheries-
The United States shipping board steam
er West Ira will shift tomorrow from
Everett to Belling ham to complete cargo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27. (Special.)
The steamer Diablo, Captain Connell, ar
rived here from Honolulu in tow of the
Matson steamship Manoa, Captain Soule,
late Sunday.
The Manoa brought many passengers
and a full cargo of island products, a
large part of which consisted of the final
shipment of this year's sugar crop. No
more sugar shipments will arrive until the
new crop begins to move, about the first
of the year. The liner Korea Maru sailed
for the orient via Honolulu a bit late to
day because two eastern passengers who
had failed to obtain their tickets persisted
In remaining aboard the ship and refused
to descend to the pier. The problem was
solved by some of the ship's officers sur
rendering their staterooms and all. was
well. The Korea took out a full Hat of
passengers In all classes. They totaled
nearly 600 and only a few were Tor Hono
lulu. There was a full general cargo and
in the ship's strong box were gold and
sliver bars worth more than $3,000,000.
The Pacific mail steamship San Jose
arrived today from Balboa via ports of
Mexico and Central America with a full
cargo and a capacity list of passengers.
The steam schooner Johan Paulson with
the Alaska Codfish company's schooner
Allen A., in tow, arrived tonight from As
toria. The schooner Forester, Captain Daer
wits, arrived from Tapiti today with 6S0
tons of copra.
The Harrison direct freighter Architect
cleared for Liverpool via Fuget sound to
day. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 27. 'Special.) The
new anchor has arrived for the flour
laden steamer West Pocasset. but the re
pairs to her windlass are not completed.
The vessel will not sail on her 12-hour
trial run before tomorrow.
The steamer Wakikl, laden with lumber
from St. Helens and Rainier for the United
Kingdom, finished taking on bunker coal
and also signed or her crew today. She
Is scheduled to sail during the night on
her 24-hour trial run.
After discharging fuel oil at Portland
the tank steamer J. A. Chanalor sailed for
California.
With cargoes of fuel oil for Astoria and
Portland, the tank steamer Atlas, with
barge 93 In tow, arrived from California.
The steam schooner Daisy arrived From
San Francisco and went to Knappton to
load lumber.
With part of her wheel missing, the
crippled steam .schooner Chehalis limped
into port and proceeded to Portland to go
on drydock for repairs. The Chehalis was
en route from San Francisco for Grays
Harbor In ballast and lost a portion of
her propeller white coming up the coat.
A new wheel Is to be shipped from Sao
Francisco.
Word was received today that the
steamer Grace Dollar, which was due to
night from San Francisco to load boilers
at Portland Tor Shanghai, broke her pro
peller and is being towed to Puget sound
for repairs.
The steamer Dertona will shift tonight
from St. Helens to West port, where she
will complete her cargo.
The steam schooner Tiverton, with lum
ber from West port, sailed tonight for San
Pedro.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 27. (Special.)
Roscoe M. Drumheller and N. C. Cantelow.
two of Seattle's defegatlon to the Pacific
coast conference on obtaining passenger
steamships for the Pacific ocean, to con
vene in San Francisco Wednesday, left
today and were Joined py the Tacoma
delegation to the conference. T. J. France,
the third member of the delegation ap
pointed through the local chamber of com
merce, will leave this evening.
Shipments In the terminals of the port
commission totaled 61.673.41 October 20.
a gain of 13S5.50 tons, compared to the
previous week, when the figures were
60.3S7.U1, according to the port's sta
tistical statement issued.
Bound to Join Seattle's arctic fleet, the
barkentine Thrasher sailed from San Fran
cisco yesterday. On her arrival here she
will be equipped with Diesel engines. The
Thrasher was purchased recently by the
Hlbbard-Swansen company of Seattle from
the Knowlen interests of San Francisco.
She will take the place of the Hlbbard
Swansen company's power schooner Belve
dere, which met her doom in the Ice off
the Siberian coast last summer.
Bound for the Prlbllof islands of Bering
sea, the power schooner Eider, of the
United States bureau of fisheries, sailed
from Seattle yesterday afternoon. The
Eider was formerly the halibut fishing
schooner Idaho and operated for several
years on the Alaska fishing banks. She
was purchased by "the government recent
ly and converted into a tender for service
in connection with the government stations
on St. George and St. Paul Islands.
Bringing 500 tons of seal skins valued at
H3.O0O.OOO, the year s harvest in the Prl
bilof Island of Bering sea, and a shipment
oi is live Diue ioxes. tne navy col er Nan
shan. Captain C. A. Von Heggendorff. ar
rived in Seattle last night, completing one
of the stormiest voyages of her entire
career. The seal skins are being dis
charged at pier 9.
BOILER CARGO DELAYED
GRACE DOLLAR LOSES PROPEL
LER OX WAY FROM SOUTH.
Equipment Intended for IT. S.
Ships Building In China Held
Up by Mishap at Sea.
The steamer Grace Dollar, bound
from San Francfeco to Portland to
take a load of Scotch marine boilers
from the - Willamette Iron & Steel
works to China, was reported yester
day to have lost a propellor blade
and to be continuing to Seattle for
repairs In drydock. The vessel would
have undoubtedly come here direct
but for the lack of drydock facilities
at this port.
The boilers on arrival in China will
be installed in shipping board vessels
under construction there. This con
signment of 12 boilers will complete
the company's present export con
tracts. The last of 28 Scotch marine
boilers contracted for the Foundation
company for installation in vessels
being built for the French govern
ment at Victoria, B. C, was recently
delivered.
The steamer Chehalis. owned by
Sudden & Christensen, who are rep
resented here by. the Columbia
Pacific Shipping company, lost a pro
pellor blade yesterday en route from
San Franclsjco to Grays Harbor, where
she was to load lumber. She contin
ued under her own power, but Instead
of putting in at Grays Harbor con
tinued to the Columbia river and
came on to Portland, where she will
go Into the port of Portland drydock.
A new propellor for the Chehalis has
already been arranged for and will
arrive in Portland Thursday aboard
the steam schooner Willamette.
FEDERAL EMPLOYES ASK RISE
Union to Urge Support of Gallivan
and La Guardia Bills.
The federal employes' union of
Portland will telegraph Oregon's rep
resentatives In congress asking sup
port of the Gallivan and La Guardia
bills now pending, it was announced
yesterday by A. F. Merrill of the
United States steamboat -inspection
service, president of the local union.
The Gallivan bill would increase the
pay of local inspectors of customs to
$2400 a year and the La Guardia bill
is to provide for an eight-hour day.
with extra pay for overtime. The
union Is giving its support to these
bills for the benefit of the members
of the customs service.
The federal employes' union Is
affiliated with the American Federa
tion of Labor, but holds a non-strike
charter and is pledged to take 'no
action injurious to the government.
Local officers of the union are A. F.
Merrill, president; J. C. Grady, first
vlce-presidenC Mrs. S. H. Cherbin.
second vice-president; L. H. Mahr,
third vice-president; Miss Edna Slater,
secretary,-and Charles Curtain, treasurer.
Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes.
GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Oct. 27.
(special. The dredge Seattle, which has
been working on the inner channel oppo
site Grays Harbor city, has finished work
there and was tied up at the city dock at
Hoquiam pending starting the next Jrfb.
A deeper channel Is to be dredged at the
whaling-station dock as well as at several
more mills. The dredge also will be used
tor tne east-entrance nil.
The steamer Carmel arrived from' Ka
Francisco this morning at 0 o'clock and
will load at the American mi. Aberdeen.
The schooner Fred J. Wood cleared yes-
teroay wnn a lumoer cargo lor Adelaide.
Marine Xotes.
The steamer Hertona, loading ties for
tne Atlantic at Rainier, shifted last night
to Westport to complete her cargo. The
Dertona is taking the last of a contract
quantity of over Ji0.O00.0OO feet of ties
supplied by C. It. McCormlck to the mil
road administration.
An exceptionally good run to the canal
has been completed by the steel steamer
West Hartley, according to a message re
celved yesterday by her operators, the Columbia-Pacific
Shipping company. The
West Hartley sailed from Astoria after
completing her sea trial at noon October
H, and arrived at the canal October 23
making the dista nee of 3890 miles In 15
days. Her average speed was lo knots.
The vessel left Balboa October 25 for New
York. She is carrying flour for the food
administration.
The steamer Wakikl cleared for th
United Kingdom yesterday with 1,174,629
feet or ties valued at --7.(3.
The motorshlp Avance. built by the Co
lumbia Kngineerlng works at L.innton. was
inspected yesterday by government of
ficials.
The 9500-ton steel steamer Nlshmaha. a
product of the u. M. Ktandlrer Construe'
tlon corporation, will make her river trial
trip tomorrow.
The steamer Wawalona, another Stan
dlfer ship, which has been assigned for
the oriental service or the Admiral line.
will be delivered to the emergency fleet
corporation by her builders' Thursday.
Tides at Aatoriav Tuesday:
High. Low.
3:35 A. M 6.3 feetl 9:18 A. M...3.T feet
3:47 P. M 8.8 feet:i0:09 P. M...0.5 foot
U. S. Naval Radio Reports.
(AH noffltlons renoi-td at R v M
day unless other Im Indicated.)
HART WOOD. 137 miles from San rnn.
Cisco.
OLEUM. 250 miles from San Francisco.
YOSEMITE, San Francisco for Seattle.
15 miles south of northwest Seal.
GOVERNOR. 41 miles north of Cim
Blanco.
LYMAN STEWART. Seattle for Oleum.
435 miles from Oleum.
RAINIER, San Francisco for Seattle. 307
miles from Seattle.
J. A. CHANSLOR, Llnnton for Monterey.
80 miles south of the Columbia river bar.
J. A. MOFFETT. Seattle for San Fran
cisco. 400 miles north of San Francisco.
VINCENT. BOO miles east of Honolulu,
bound for Pearl Harbor, 6 P. M-, Octo
ber Ztt.
PEARL SHELL. Shanghai for San Fran
cisco, 2011 miles west of San Francisco,
8 P. M-. October 28.
WYTHEVILLE. San Francisco for ToUo-
hama. 1U57 miles west of San Francisco,
8 P. M., October 26.
EDMORE. Yokohama for .Seattle. riTX
miles from Port Townsend, 8 P. M., Octo
ber 26.
VICTORIA, Seattle for Nome. 490 miles
east of I'nlmak pass, 8 P. M., October 26.
COAXET. Kobe for Portland. 1150 miles
from Astoria. 8 P. M . October 26.
VENEZUELA. 1275 miles from San
Francisco. October 26, 8 P. M.
WESTVACA, Shimldzu for San Fran.
Cisco, 764 miles west of San Francisco, Oc
tober zti, s P. M.
SPOKANE, San Francisco for Wilming
ton. 45 miles from San Francisco.
WILLAMETTE. San Pedro for San Fran-
Cisco, 25 miles south of San Francisco.
AVALO.N. ban Francisco for Willapa
Harbor. 30 miles north of San Francisco.
OLEUM, Portland for San Francisco. 259
miles from San Francisco.
WESTVACA. Shimldzu for San Fran
cisco, 638 miles west of San Francisco.
u. . BCOFIELD. Fan Pedro for Se
attle, 753 miles from Seattle.
W. F. HERRI.N, Gavlota for Willbrldge.
948 miles north of Gavlota.
W. 8. PORTER. Everett for San Fran
cisco. 723 miles from Everett.
LA a RfcA, San Francisco for Rich
mond Beach. Wash"., 41)0 miles from Rich
mond Beach.
LOS ANGELES. Port Wells for San I.nl.
305 miles north of San Luis.
ANNETTE ROLPH. San Francisco for
Valparaiso, 100 miles southeast of San
Francisco.
WAH KEEN7 A, Rainier for San Pedro. 195
miles north of San Pedro.
WASHTENAW, Port Angeles for Port
San Luis, 13 miles from Port San Luis.
CHINA. San Fmncisco for the orient.
34miles test of Honolulu. October 26, 8
COAXET. Kobe for Portland, 890 miles
from Astoria..
COLUSA. San. Francisco for Honolulu
4i6 miles from San Francisco.
EDMORE. Yokohama for Seattle. 910
miles from Port Townsend.
Vessels In Port.
Waban. Pacific Steamship company. St.
Johns municipal terminal.
West Pocasset'. Pacific Steamship com
pany, Astoria.
Slletz. Pacific Steamship company. Crown
mill.
Dertona, Columbia-Pacific Shipping com.
nanv ku in i.r
Byfleld, Pacific Steamship company, Du
Bols mill. Vancouver.
Harvard, Charles Nelson company. Rat
mer.
Else, A. O. Anderson
dock.
Lucy. A. J. Pollard, dry dork
Hesperian, O. W. Gates St Co., Eastern
& Western mill.
William Bowden. Burns-Phillip company
municipal dock No. 1.
West Saginaw. Columbia-Pacific Ship
ping company, municipal dock No. 1
Klamath. C. R. McCormlck. St. Helena.
Daisy Matthews. Parr-McCormick. Rainier.
Daisy. Freeman Steamship
Knappton.
Atlas. Standard Oil company. Willbrldge.
Barge 93. Standard Oil company, will,
bridge.
Chehalis. Sudden Christensen. drydock.
Cabinet Overthrow Denied.
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 27. The Let
tlsh press bureau says that the re-
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Many mothers who in order to keep the home neat and
attractive, the children well fed and dressed, continually
overdo.
The experience of motherhood alone causes a severe strain
upon the system, from which many women recover slowly,
and serious feminine disorders may develop unless great
care is taken to prevent them.
To such Vomen Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound is invaluable. For
many years this root and herb medicine
has been recognized as the standard
remedy for woman's ills,
restoring them to a normal,
healthy condition.
Mrs. Morgan's Case
East Hampton, N.Y. "For
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A Word to Childless Women
There are women everywhere
who long for children in their
homes yet are denied this happi
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Such women should not give up hope
until they have given this wonderful
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LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO.. LYNN, MASS.
ported overthrow of tho Ulmanis cab
inet is unfounded.
Los Angeles Is Chosen.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Oct. 27.
Th national council of the Conereera-
tional church, in biennial convention
here today accepted the invitation to
hold the next session in l.os Angeles,
Cal.
Steamer (iuurany Burns.
BARBADOS. Ort. 17. The Argen
tine steamer Guarany. of 1200 tons,
which put in here August 30 in a
disabled condition, was burned to the
water's edg in the harbor today. The
Guarany was bound from New York,
from which port she left August 0
for Burrnos Airro.
A Co., Anderson
company.
TRAVFLERS' GriDE.
Fort Lawlon Aceds Men.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 27. Dearth
of non-commissioned officers at Fort
Lawton led today to announcement of
a special call for ex-service men to
enlist. Ranks of corporal and ser
geant for men of little experience, it
was said, would be easily obtainable.
Cooks, buglers and mechanics are in
demand, too, said the announcement.
On July 25. 1909, Louis Bleriot of
France flew from Langette to Dover.
across the English channel. He was
The 1'rcnch steamer C-1S will need two i the first to make the trip
AUSTRALIA
Honolulu, Sara, New Zealand
The I'alatlal Passenger Steamers
K. M. 8. "NIAGARA" U. M. 8. "MAKIRA"
20,000 Tons 13.60O Tona
ball from Vancouver. B. C.
For fares and anilines apply Can. lae. Rail,
way. 66 Third Portland, or Canadian
Australasian Royal Mail Liu, 440 budoiu
fct., Vancouver. B. C
Steamer
it
SAN FRANCIsro and IXS AX.KLE8
Salllns- Wednesday. 3:30 I'. M.
Cheap Rates
M. BOLLAM. ACT.
lit Third ftU I'bone Main 26.
Steel and Iron for Immediate Pelivery
Is purchasable at principal Pacific coast ports from surplus stocks that
comprise assortments of
Plates
Flats
Angles
Rivets
Hound and
Bar Iron
Sheet Iron
Black and
Galvanized
Bolts and Nuts
Sheet Lead
Lead Pipe
Copper Pipe
Sheet Copper
Brass Pipe
Manilla Rope
Steel Cable
Boat Spikes
Metal and Wood Blocks, Asbestos Boiler
and Pipe Covering:, Tools and Hardware
Domestic and export inquiries solicited. Material may be inspected at
Alameda, Cal. Portland, Ore. Tacoma, Wash.
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
SUPPLY AND SALES DIVISION
Exchange Block
San Francisco
Northwestern National Bank Bldg.
Portland
Securities Bldg.
Seattle