16 THE MORXIXG OTtEGOXIAX, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1919. REPORTED SALE OF IPS CONFIRMED Green Star Line Buys Four Portland-Built Vessels. PRICE ABOUT 6 MILLION Operators Believed to Be Preparing to Dismantle Plants as Con tracts Are Finished. The sale of four SSOO-ton steel ships under construction by the Northwest Steel company and' Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation, unofficially reported Saturday, was confirmed yesterday by J. R. Bowles and Alfred F. Smith, respective heads of the two shipbuilding companies. The vessels have been purchased by the Green Star line of New York. The deal was negotiated' by C. D. Bowles, vice president of the Columbia River Ship building corporation, and H. W. Platenberg, secretary to J. R. Bowles of the Northwest Steel company. The purchase price was not made public, but if these vessels were sold at the prevailing prices for steel ton nage, the amount involved must have been between $6,000,000 and J7.000, 000. Programme Nearly Ended. The four vessels sold are the Frances Smith and the Almeda Bowles of the Columbia river plant and two unnamed ships on'the ways of the Northwest Steel company. The Frances Smith was launched last Thursday and is expected to be ready for delivery about November 20. The other three will all. be completed by the end of December. Though the operators of both the soirth Portland shipbuilding plants refuse to discuss for Vublication their plans for the future, it is generally known that the delivery of these four ships and the emergency fleet steamer West Hassayampa, which is still on the ways at the Columbia river plant, will end the present steel shipbuilding programme for Port land. The force of workmen in each plant has been undergoing a consist ent reduction for the past month, and as vessels are launched no new keels are laid on the ways. It is a significant fact that when the traffic association of Pacific coast shipbuilders recently sent a delega tion to Washington to protest against the present high trans-continental freight rates on shipbuilding steel, and invited the Columbia River and Northwest Steel companies to join the move, these two companies declined to send delegates to the conference, evidently, considering the freight rate on shipbuilding steel a matter of no Immediate interest to tlrem. Farewell Edition on Prru, The final edition of "Heave To gether," the plant publication of the Northwest Steel Company, is now in the hands of the printer. An elab orate publication of 112 pages, pro fusely illustrated, is planned for the farewell edition. Workmen in the two South Portland plants are generally of the opinion that their Jobs will terminate with the first of the new near if not before, and hundreds have already become applicants for permanent positions elsewhere in the city. The employ ment office of the G. M. Standifer Construction corporation at Vancou ver has been thronged with job seek ers for the past month. The unsettled condition of labor throughout the country is understood to be the chief reason for the cessa tion of work in the two big ship building plants. Operators are un willing to build more ships in the present chaotic state of affairs be cause they can make no accurate esti mates of what their labor and mate rial will cost, and have no assurance that they will even be able to obtain labor and material at any price. Others Still Have Work. That Portland yards are obliged to close down before shipbuilding plants in other sections of the country, where conditions are the same, is accounted for by the fact that other plants are etill busy on government work. The government programme of the North west Steel company ended with the delivery last week of the steamer West Jaffrey to the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company. Only one govern ment hull is left at the Columbia River plant. The Vancouver plant of the G. M. Standifer Construction corporation offers greater promise of continued operation. Six vessels, in varying stages of completion, remain to be delivered to the emergency fleet cor poration by this company. Of these the steamer Nishmaha went on dry- oock yesterday for finishing touches and is expected to be turned over to the operators for loading tomorrow or Thursday. The Olockson, another Standifer vessel, will make her river trial trip today, and is also expected to be turned over for operation be fore the end of the week. The Mon tague was launched Saturday and should be completed late this month or early in December. Three Others on Ways. The other three vessels at the Standifer plant, the Abercor, Pawlet and Bearport, are still on the ways and are not scheduled for delivery until eariy next year. A persistent rumor that has been going the rounds of shipbuilding circles for several days declares that contracts for five 9500-ton steel ves sels have been accepted by the Sta difer company and one report has even named the firm for which these vessels are to be built as the Nafra company of New York, but officials of the company refuse either to deny o-r confirm the report. Guy M. Standifer, president of the company, is now in the east and it is under stood that he has obtained the con tracts himself. SHIP'S CAPTAIN' IS ROBBED Snitcase Stolen From 'William Warwick at Centralia. p-rTNTRALIA. Wash.. Nov. 10. (Special.) A suitcase, containing his papers as an officer on a ship, a watch, clothing and insurance papers, was stolen from William Warwick at the Kentucky lodging house in the city Saturday night. On the watch was engraved, "Presented to William Warwick by the crew and officers of the S. S. Majestic." Mr. Warwick went to the lodging nouse tor a room. ie left the suit case in me omce. wnue he was gone two young men applied for a room. They were told that all of the rooms were taken, but when they left Warwick's suitcase left with them. MYSTERY SHIP COMING HERE Diablo Sched tiled for Repairs and to Load in Portland. The mystery ship Diabolo, which caused a sensation in San Francisco I shipping circles by running short of fuel oil at sea and arriving at the Golden Gate in tow of a tug, has been obtained by the Pacific Steamship company in exchange for the Standi fer ship Olockson and will load a cargo of flour here for New York. The Diabolo is a 9500-ton shipping board steamer built at San Francisco a year ago. She has been in opera tion in the Hawaiian trade of the Pacific Mail Steamship company. The Olockson will make her river trial trip today, and is expected to be de livered to her operators before the end of this week. She will probably go to San Francisco to load. The Diabolo is in need of expensive repairs and will come here to go in drydock. She is scheduled for load ing here the latter part of this month. COAL EMBARGO CONSIDERED San Francisco Chamber Wants Pro test From Portland, Too. The Portland Chamber of Com merce has been invited by the San Francisco chamber to join in a coast wide protest against the proposed government embargo on bunker coal for -ships of foreign registry. A telegram from the San Francisco chamber of commerce to Walker D. Hines, director-general of the United States railroad administration, a copy of which was inclosed in the letter from the San Francisco chamber, cites as an argument against the pro posed embargo, the fact that at pres ent 80 per cent of the ship tonnage on the Pacific coast is under foreign flags and that such an order would practically tie up exports and im ports on the entire coaet. No action on the matter has been taken by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The question is under consideration, according to P. Heth erton, assistant executive secretary. TOO MAM' STRIKERS RETURN California Shipyard Reopens and Union Men Revoke Order. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. Five hun dred more men than could be em ployed reported today at the yards of the Southwestern Shipbuilding company, which formally opened after having been closed under strike con ditions for several weeks. The yards advertised last week that they would reopen today and as a re sult of the influx of applicants they began partial operations Friday in stead of waiting. Today it was an nounced there was a full crew, with hundreds of men turned away. After the yards opened striking machinists and boilermakers called off their strike orders. The scale prevailing before the. strike remained in effect. CHUM SALMON RUN" IS RECORD Heavy Rains and Rough Seas Are Credited With Unusual Run. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 10. (Spe. cial.) An unprecedented run of chum salmon is now on. Local can nery operators report that nothing like the present run of chums has ever been seen Here; recoras lor amount of fish-packing floors have been repeatedly broken during the week. The large run is ascribed to the advent of a peTiod of heavy rains and rough seas outside the bar. The run of blacks continues light. DESDEMONA SANDS LIGHT OUT Mariners Are Warned Station Off Fort Stevens Is Disabled. Warning to mariners is given by the superintendent of lighthouses that the light station at Desdemona Sarffs, off Fort Stevens, is not functioning. The machinery which operates both light and signals is out of order. A repair crew was sent to the dis abled station last night, and the breakdown will be attended to at once. In the prevailing foggy weather, however, vessels must proceed with care in the vicinity of Desdemona Sands. Grace Dollar Takes On Oil. The steamer Grace Dollar, carrying 12 Scotch marine boilers for the Wil lamette Iron & Steel company and 1,000,000 feet of lumber supplied by Dant & Russell, shifted to the Stand ard Oil company's dock yesterday to take on fuel oil for her voyage to the orient. The boilers, which are valued at $300,000, are to be installed in ves sels being built for the emergency fleet corporation at Shanghai. The Grace Dollar is expected to leave down early this morning. Shipyards to Open Today. Though all steamship companies and practically the entire waterfront of Portland will close today to cele brate armistice day, the shipbuilding plants will operate as usual, it was announced last night by J. R. Bowles, president of the Northwest Steel com pany, and Alfred F. Smith, president of the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation. McNary to Ask for Radio. Charles L. McNary, United States senator from Oregon, will introduce a bill in the senate soon providing an appropriation for the establishment of a high-power naval radio station at the mouth of the Columbia river, according to a letter received from him yesterday by P. Hetherton of the Chamber of Commerce. Fleet Director Is Coming. H. H. Ebey, assistant director of operations for the emergency fleet corporation, will be in Portland Fri day on his way from Washington to his headquarters in San Francisco. Arrangements are being made by the Chamber of Commerce to have Mr. Ebey meet local ship operators. Marine Notes. The steamer Wawalona, now loading at the St. Johns municipal terminal, is iched uled to sail for the orient next Saturday. Loaded with flour for New York, the steamer West Saginaw put to sea from Astoria at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. E. M. Callis, district manager of steel ship construction for the Emergency Fleet corporation, was in the city yesterday con ferring with F. B. Pape. The steamer Coaxet, having discharged her cargo from the orient, will go on dry dock tomorrow morning for painting and minor repairs. She will take the place of the Nishmaha, which is now in the dock. The steam schooner Saginaw of the Charles Nelson fleet is due from San Fran cisco. She Is the first of the Nelt-on boats to come here since the San Francisco watertront was tied up by the stevedores' strike. The steamer Rose City arrived at 8 o'clock yesterday morning with freight and passengers from San Francisco. Notice to Mariners. The following affects the aids to navi gation in me inn ngntnouse district: Oregon Seacoast, Orford Reef Gas, Whistling and Submarine bell, buoy, 2 or' reported extinguished Nov. 7, 191U. will be religntea as soon as practicable. ROBERT W ARRACK, Superintendent of Lighthouses, Tides at Astoria Tuesday. High. Low. 8:25 A. M.. . J.7.8 feet 9:16 A.M 3.1 2:51 P.M 9 7 feetll0:07 P. M 0.8 feet foot The utilization of water power in France has increased by more than 50 per cent since the commencement offthe war, and by the end of 1921 thA va.ila.ble water nower will Ym double the amount installed at the outbreak of the war, STICE CHEER WILL REIGN TODAY Portland to Observe Anniver sary of War's End. MANY EVENTS SCHEDULED Meeting at Auditorium This After noon and Dance at Multnomah Hotel to Entertain Veterans. (Continued From Firtt Paee.) is the huge military parade, com prised of veterans of the world war and organizations of war workers, which will form in the vicinity of the courthouse at 1 o'clock and move on its course through the downtown dis trict at 1:30 o'clock, terminating its march at the auditorium, where a special programme will be given at 2:30 o'clock. Colonel H. E. Dosch is grand marshal of the parade, with Captain James P. Shaw, commanding the military section, and Harry Allen, in charge of the municipal and fra ternal division, as his chief aides. The order for parade formation is as follows: On Main, between Fourth and Fifth Police platoon, marine band, grand mar shal color guard. AO. 1, vJreKon national guard. West side of Fourtn street, right dressing on Main. No. 2, Veterans World War and Legion. On east side of Fourth street, right dressing on Main. No. a. Grand Army. On Fourth street west side, right dressing on Main. No. 4. Spanish War Veterans. Main street, south side, right dressing on Fourth street. No. 5, Pons of Veterans. In rear of Spanish War Veterans. No. H-, Multnomah guard. On Main street. north side, right dressing on Fourth street. No. 7, Fathers and Mothers of Soldiers and Sailors.-: On east side of Fourth street, right dressing on Main. No. 8. Boy Scouts. In rear of Mothers and Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors. No. y, I'.ed Cross. On Salmon, south side of Fourth, right dressing on Fourth street. No. 10, Canteen Girls. In rear of Ked Cross. . No. 11. Saltation Army. Salmon street, north side, right dressing on Fourth street, east of Fourth. . No. 12, Knights of Columbus. Salmon street, west of Fourth, south side, right dressing on Fourth. No. 1.1, V. M. C. A. Salmon street, west of Fourth, south side, right dressing on Fourth. No. 14. Y. W. C. A. War Workers. Salmon street, north side, west of Fourth street, right dressing on Fourth street. No. 15, War Camp Community Workers, Jewish Welfare Workers. American War Mothers, other patriotic societies. On Sal mon street, west of Fourth street, right dressing on Fourth street. Second division, section 1. Mayor Baker, circuit judges, county commissioners, city commissioners. Section 2. Automobiles and floats. Doors to Open Early. Terminating at the auditorium at 2:30 o'clock, the parade will disband for the opening of the programme in the big public playhouse. The doors of the auditorium will be open at 1:30 o'clock for the convenience of those who wish to secure seats and await the arrival of the paraders. The auditorium programme is announced as follows: Mayor Baker, chairman. Assembly, bugler; invocation. Dr. McElvaine; organ recital. Frederick W Goodrich ; community singing- of "America," led by Walter Jenkins, with ladles' chortle and audience; presentation of cap tured enemy cannon, with .ddri 'by B, F. Irri-o; acceptance on blLalf ... - ! e UDerty loan organisation- ot Oregon oy Edward Cookingham; ac ceptance on behalf of the people of Portland by Mayor Baker; dedica tion of cannon. Dr. E. H. Pence; pre sentation of croix de guerre to Hubert J. Hudson and Rudolph Meinck by Captain Hunt; "Star-Spangled Ban ner," solo by Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed; benediction. Chaplain Hoadley; taps, bugler. Community singing, led by Walter Jenkins, will comprise the following favorites: "'America," "Keep the Home ' Fires Burning," "Long, Long Trail" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic. Mrs. J. C. Gillingham, chairman of the Red Cross parade section, has issued instructions that the division assemble at 12:30 o'clock today at Tenth and Couch streets, there to form and march to parade center. The following formation will be ob served: Red Cross Canteen band, can teen girls, executive committee, pro duction department and auxiliaries, motor corps. Red Cross shop, nurses' bureau. Red Cross overseas workers, home service and Junior Red Cross. The Red Cross canteen girls are not to assemble at Tenth and Couch streets but at the Oregonian build ing at the same hour, according to instruction issued by Mrs. Ferdinand E. Reed, captain. Navy Band to Appear. One of the features of the nnrarle will be the appearance of the siith battleship division band of Mare island, comprising 50 musicians. which Is in the city for the exnress purpose of Joining in the Armistice dry celebration. During the progress of the parade Curtlss seagull plane. Diloted hv Victor Vernon, will fly over the downtown district, dropping thou- ands of bits of paper. Five of these will be tickets redeemable with ride in the big plane during the week of the livestock show. The plane will carry as passengers Howard Charlton, manager ol the Oregon, Washington & Idaho Airplane company, and Oliver i.. jeirery, wno will take aerial pho tographs of the parade. That all citizens wear a white flower today, in memory of the lives that were sacrificed on foreign fields for the honor of America, is the plea of Mayor Baker. In the evening a social dance will be given at Multnomah hotel by Over tne Top Post No. 81, Veterans of For eign Wars. All former service mtn have been requested to attend in uni form. A supper, entertainment and dance will be given by the Association of Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors, in the hall at 123 Fourth street, with an invitation extended to members, wives, sons who were in the service, girl friends, and all soldiers and sail ors who wish to attend. Banquet preparations are for 500 guests. The Canadian Veterans' association, a newly organized unit, will open its club rooms in the Manchester build ing tonight with an entertainment ami reunion. A. E. Brown of the British consulate, will preside. Arrangements for the celebration of Armistice day have been under the direction of Frank Glenn, executive secretary. VANCOUVER TO GET HOLIDAY American Legion Has Charge of Armistice Celebration. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) Vancouver will take a hol iday tomorrow and celebrate Armis tice day for the second time. Most of the business houses will be closed all day, and all public and countv offices, banks and similar places will ! be closed. Governor Hart of the state 1 Washington has declared the day a holiday, and G. R. Percival, mayor of Vancouver, also did the same thing for the city. . The American Legion will lead the celebration here. A football game will be played between the legion team and Vancouver High school. In the evening a bonfire will be held, and later dancing will be enjoyed in the clubrooms at 608 Main street. The window of the Vancouver Sta tionery company has been given over to the American Legion, and the re turned soldiers have filled it with hundreds of trophies brought back from France, Belgium and Germany. The collection is a large one and is owned by the individual members ol Smith-Reynolds post here. CORVALLIS WILIi CELEBRATE Withycombe Post of American Le gion in Charge of Events. CORVALLIS. Or., Nov. 10. (Spe cial..) Withycombe posft of the Amer ican Legion of this city is ready for ARMISTICE-DAY EVENTS IN POKTLA1M D. 7:30 to 8 A. M. Rousing of city by ringing of bells and blowing of whistles. 10:30 A. M. Football game at Multnomah field. Benson Poly technic vs. James John high school. 1:30 P. M. Military and civic parade through downtown dis trict, ending at auditorium. 2:30 P. M. Mass . meeting, community sing and special programme at the auditorium. Night General Jollification. Veterans" of Foreign Wars' dance at Multnomah hotel. "Daddies' " club gives dance, supper and entertainment at 129 Fourth street. Route of parade Forms at courthouse at 1 o'clock, start ing at 1:30 and taking this course: West on Main to Broad-w-ay, north on Broadway to Morrison, east on Morrison to Sixth, north on Sixth to Pine, return south on Sixth to Mor rison, east on Morrison to Third, thence south to the auditorium. the big celebration of Armistice day tomorrow. A mammoth parade is planned to stsrt at 9:3 o'clock, in which the col lege cadets and military will partici pate. The parade will end at- the armory, where the crowd will be ad dressed by Rev. J. E. Snyder of this city and Rev. J. D. Ferguson of Philo math. The Grand Army of the Re public, Women's Relief Corps and Spa.tish War Veterans will have places of honor in the parade and the citizens generally are asked to Join. At 11 o'clock there will be a mon ster salute, followed at 2 o'clock by a football game between Corvallis high school and Oregon City. An afternoon dance will start at the same time under auspices of the American Legion. The festivities will close with another dance In the even It. g- Members of company K are start .ng the celebration this evening by giving a dinner for the company at the Julian hotel. QUIET OBSERVANCE PLANNED Yakima Celebrates In Accordance With ex-Soldiers' AVishes. YAKIMA, Wash!, Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Yakima's observance of Ar mistice day will not be in the nature of a celebration, but. at the request of the former service men of the community, will be in keeping with the solemn character of the occasion It Ts designed to commemorate. The exercises will be held in the Yakima armory. Dr. A. H. Henry will tne principal speaker. The Camo- n 1,,K ,t,l. rt(..r n.tll I .. U rata club of this city will furnish music and following the address by Mr. Henry there will be a community sing. HISTORIC WORD RECALLED PORTLAND SOLDIER READS AR MISTICE ORDERS AT TOIL. Headquarters of Second Army No tified of Declaration Two Hours Before Effective. It was a year ago today at 9:20 A. M. that an orderly from the head quarters of the second army. A. E. F., dashed into the office of Brigadier- General Deakyne, chief engineer, at Tout, with a slip of paper bearing: the most important news since the ar rival of the first American troops in France. Allen T. Slade of Portland, regi mental sergeant-major, picked up the eiip and read: 'General Order No. 20, Headquar ters Second Army, American E. F, Armistice has been declared for 11 A. M. today. "2. Work of all kinds ordered In this army will continue unlese the proper authority has ordered it to stop. 3. Chief of service sections and services will refrain from asking: higher authority at this time about desisting from work ordered and will continue with the same. "By command of "LIEUT-GEN. EULLARD." "With the notice came verbal orders to transmit the armiat.ee declaration to all troops under the command of General Deakyne which meant about 20,000. including- the 23d engineers. 508th engineers and several labor bat talions. One thousand copies were struck off as soon as possible, for the message had to be relayed before 11 o'clock and every man available wae pressed into service at the headquar ters as courier. Roseburg Plans Complete. ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) The anniversary of the signing of the armistice will find all stores closed in this city and the entire population bent on celebrating in an appropriate manner. The programme for the day is under direction of former service men, all of whom are members of the American legion, and the morning exercises will be held in the armory. Hon. Binger Herman will deliver the address of the day, "Americanism" being his theme. Scenes enacted on November 11, 1918, emphasized by the presence of several score overseas ex-service men, besides as many more soldiers who were en route across when the armistice halted them, are expected to be repeated. The Dalles Stores to Close. THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Stores will close tomorrow in The Dalles In observance of Armistice day. The day will be celebrated in a quiet manner. No official celebra tion will be held. Half holiday will be observed by the local postoffice. One city delivery will be made in the morning, none in the afternoon. Rural deliveries will be made as usual. Pendleton to Honor Heroes. PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 10. (Spe-: of cial.) Pendleton will turn out en masse tomorrow to pay honor to its veterans of the world war with a great Armistice day programme. The schedule of the day's events includes a parade, songs, speaking and various other events. Klamath Weather Interferes. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) Business men today volun tarily agreed to close tomorrow in observance of Armistice day. Bad weather prevents any parade or formal celebration. The American Legion post plans a big dance and entertainment for its members to morrow night. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Or.. Nov. 10. Arrived at 8:15 A. M., steamer Kose City, from San Francisco. Sailed at 5 P. M.. steamer ! Wapama, and San n Pedro Francisco. Sailed at 7 P. M.. barge U3, for San Francisco. Sailed at 5 P. M., steamer Bytleld. for United King dom. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 10. Left up at 1 A M., steamer Rose City from San Fran cisco. Arrived at 6 and left up at 7 A. M., steamer Daisy, from San Francisco. Arrived at 8 A. M., steamer West Saginaw from trial trip. BALBOA, Nov. 8. Arrived, steamer Clio, from Grays Harbor via Astoria for New York. HONG KONG, Nov. 8. Arrived, steamer West Hartland, from Portland, Or. SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 10. Arrived Schooner Omega, from Melbourne; steam ers Fred Baxter, Nome City, from San Francisco; Meriden, from Honolulu; U. 6. C. G. liear, from Point Barrow. Sailed Steamers Curacao, for San Francisco; Ad miral Schley, for San Pedro: Admiral Nicholson, for southeast Alaska; Brook dale, for Kaanapall. EVERETT, Wanh., Nov. 10. Sailed Porter, for Ban Pedro, Steamer W. S. PORT TOWNS END. Nov. 10. Sailed Steamer Cripple Creek, for New York. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 10. Arrived Steamers Ch1ca.Ro Maru (Japanese), from Yokohama; ania Inez, Irom Valparaiso. Sailed Steamer Fulton, for Vancouver. B. C. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 10. Arrived teamers Teenkai British), from Singa pore; Moana (British) from Papeete. bailed Steamers BelridKe (Norwegian) for Vancouver; Muscoota, for Manila; Ban Jose, for canal zone. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ABERDEEN. Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) The steamer Helene was expected here tonight or tomorrow morning from ban Francisco with a general merchandise cargo. The Helcne cleared Ironi ban r ran- ciaco Friday and took the place of the Carmel, bulletined to have made, the voy age. The Helene will be the first freight vessel here from San ranclsco since Sep tember - The steamer Svea arrived at 10 o'clock this morning from San Francisco and Is loading at the Grays Harbor Commercial company mill, Cosmopoiis. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 10. (Special.) With freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland, the steamer Rose City ar rived from San Francisco and sailed for Portland. The steam schooner Saginaw arrived from Sun Francisco en route to Portland. She will load lumber and on her trip south will tow the lumber-laden bark Harvard to San Francisco. The steamer West Saginaw, laden with flour from Portland for New York, re turned fiom her 12-hour trial run at sea and sailed for the Atlantic coast. The steam schooner Daisy arrived from San Francisco and went to Wauna to load lumber. With lumber from Kalama, Prescott and Rainier, the steam schooner Che hall ailed for San Pedro. The steamer City of Topeka will be due tomorrow from San Francisco via way ports with freight and passengers for As toria and Portland. The steam schooner Multnomah is due from San Francisco with freight for Port land. COOS BAY, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) The steamship City of Topeka arrived from San Francisco and Eureka with freight and passengers. one departed lor Portland and Astoria. The steamer Johanna Smith, which comes here every five days for a lumber cargo at the C. A. Smith mills, entered port last night at 11 :'u, an unusual per formance on this bay at this season of the year. Moonlight aided Captain Hermanuon In piloting the craft in. The steamer Centralia is due here to night for lumber cargo at Oregon Exports company and North Bend Mill & Lumber company docks. Boats due here In the near future for special cargoes include the Hartwood and the Uaisy Freeman. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) The steamer Cripple Creek completed repairs to her steering gear Sunday at Seattle and sailed for the rrient. Before reaching this port minor engine trouble developed causing her o remain here until 3 P. M when sne sailed. Bringing J ."ou tons of copper ore and 700 tons of nitrates from the west coast, the Grace steamer Santa Inez arrived this morning, proceeding to Tacoma. She will load outward cargo at Tacoma. F. B. Wurzbacker, a widely known transportation man. has been appointed traffic chief of the United States shipping board. He will make his headquarters at Seattle. After remaining here all day Sunday making minor repairs to her machinery, the naval collier Jupiter sailed this morn ing for Mare Island. The schooner Omega shifted this morn ing to Seattle, where she will dock for overhauling, after which she will load lumber at Port Blakeley for Antofagasta. To enter the sugar trade on the Atlan tic coast the steamer Helen Querada sailed today for Cuba with . cargo of lumber loaded at Port Angeles. She was formerly the British steamer Bowler. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.) With 900,000 pounds of sugar, the steam schooner Fred Baxter of the Parr, McCor mick steamship Una arrived at pier 4 from San Francisco. The steam schooner Idaho of the same fleet will arrive tomorrow with a small sugar shipment. The steam schooner F. S. Loop, also a Parr, McCormlck freighter, sailed from San Francisco with 10,000 sacks of sugar, almost a full cargo. The Fred Baxter, commanded by Cap tain Hansen, made a fine run up the coast. .Despite a number of difficulties. Includ ing the strike situation in San Francisco, the Parr, McCormlck line Is succeeding in keeping sugar moving steadily from San Francisco for Seattle. Besides sugar the Fred Baxter brought 500 tons of salt, 200 tons of canned prod ucts, and 300 tons of miscellaneous ship ments. the cargo being one of the largest ever carried b the Baxter to this port. Bound for San Francisco, where she will be placed on the California-Portland route. the steamship Curacao of the Pacific Steamship company sailed today. The ves sel will load part cargo In Anacortes on her way down the sound. She has been operating; between Seattle and Alaska ports. Purchased by J. F. Judy from W. T Is ted the hull of the steamboat Washing ton left Vancouver. B. C. today on her way back to Seattle after an absence of i!l months. The new owner will equip the hull with Diesel engines and place her In ! the Puget sound freight routes out of Se- , attle. News of the vessel's sale was made i public today. Lumber carried by the 4000-ton wooden steamship Conewago, to sail from Aber deen tomorrow, with Frank Waterhouse & Co. of Seattle as managers and operators for the shipping board, will be used In helping repair the damage sustained by West Hartlepool, England, when that fish ing port was shelled by German cruisers in the early period of the war. TACOMA, Wash., .Nov. 10. (Special.) Today saw a visitation of a Grace line vessel here and the representatives of the Grace company about as busy as they have been for some time. The latest ar rival was the Santa Inez, which came In this morning from west coast ports with nitrates and ore for local discharge. The Inez had bad weather coming up the coast. Captain Wilson reports. The Santa Rita and barge W. J. Pirrie are discharging here and the Pedro Christophersen. repre sented by the Grace line, also Is discharg ing cargo. The last vessel probably will get away tomorrow. Both the Rita and Pirrie have large amounts of freight to load outward at Tacoma. The work of dismantling the buildings of the old Foundation Shipbuilding Company was started here this morning. It is ex pected It will take three months to wreck the plant. During the time this firm oper ated at Tacoma 20 wooden vessels were constructed here. In all, the Foundation company built 63 wooden vessels in the corthwwt Captain T, 6. Burley of Tacoma will bp one of the representatives of the north west Tugboat Owners'- association In Wash ington, D. C. Captain Burley will leave in a few days, for the east. He also will work to obtain changes and new aides to navigation at different points on the sound. The French steamer General Pau. load ing machinery here for France, will be in port another ten days taking her cargo, it is said by the French government rep resentative here. The Chicago Maru, 17 days from Toko, haina. arrived at the Milwaukee docks Sun day afternoon with more than 4000 tons of freight for Tacoma. Captain Tamane said he had a good sea coming over. The Chi cago Maru, as soon as she completes dis charging, will begin to load for her out ward journey, leaving this port on the 17th of the month. PAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. (Special.) The off-shore steamship activities for the week started today with the arrival of the Union steamship Moana, Captain " ' H u, ',. h'.. ..., .rni . v, v v.. v., ii nf r.hi .,, ,h. ...) i ll passengers and the classes waa 16:J. Many of theSe came from Tahiti and consisted of residents of the South Pacific going- to France. The Gulf Mall Steamship company has been reorganized with R. J. Ringwood as president and general manager, according to an announcement made today simul taneously with the sailing of the steam ship J. B. Stetson from San Pedro for all the lower coast ports as far as Corinto. Aboard'the Stetson was Major R. J. Sul livan, assist ant to the general manager, who fs making the trip in personal In vestigation of the conditions that prevail for shipping in Mexico and Central Amer ica. Operated by Struthers & Dixon, the ship ping board steamer Muscoota n. Captain Mont Eaton, sailed today for Manila with ftS.OOO cases of coal oil. With general cargo of Pacific coast products, the steamer Cockaponset. oper ated by Williams. Diamond & Co., left for Europe. After lying at anchor off the exposi tion grounds since Saturday, the troop ship Mount Vernon, the first four-funnel steamer ever to pass through the Golden Gate, and also one of the largest, shifted her anchorage today to Mission bay. The Mount Vernon, due to her great length of 705 feet, will be forced to anchor where she la now until pier 41 can be utilized. None of the other open piers available. Including the transport dock, can accom modate her. The French steamer C-4S put into port bere today with engine trouble. U. S. Naval Radio Reports. (AM poaitlons reported at 6 P. M. yes terday unless otherwise Indicated.) WAHKEENA. Grays Harbor for San Diego. 4.0 miles south of Grays harbor. FIR WOOD. Everett for Callao. 170 miles nort h of San Francf co. E KN EST H. M E V E RS. Colu mbta river for San Pedro. 200 miles north of San Francisco GOVERNOR, San Francisco for Seattle, 104 miles north of Cape Blanco. WASHTENAW, Port San Luis for Port land. 2S0 miles from Portland. D. G. SCOFIELD, Fan Pedro for Seat tle. 'Ill miles from Seattle. CITY OF TOPEKA, San Francisco for Portland, 130 miles south of the Columbia river. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Seattle for San t ranciBto, luT miles from Seattle. CORDOVA, towing Abner Coburn, nine miles west of Tatoosh, bound for Seattle. VICTORIA, 4tfS miles east of Unlmak pass. November 9. at 8 P. M. IDAHO, San Francisco for Seattle, off Point No Point. SANTA CRUZ, 92 miles from San Fran cisco. MANOA, from San Francisco for Hono lulu, tiio miies west of San Francisco. DEVOLENTTE, from Hankow for San Pedro, io miles west of San Pedro. RICHMOND, towing barge 95, from Se attle for San Pedro, 325 miles from San Pedro. STANDARD ARROW, 550 miles west of San Francisco, bound for Shanghai. ARDMORE, from Talara for Vancouver, 55 miles north of San Francisco. SPOKANE. San Francisco for Wilming ton, OO miles from San Francisco. CATHERINE E. REEK, for Wilmington, 17 miles south of Point Arena. PROVIDENCIA, from San Francisco for Tacoma, 27 miles north of San Francisco. LANSING, from Point San Luis for Se attle. 717 miles from Seattle. MANOA, from San Francisco for Hono lulu, 3;t0 miles west of San Francisco. NAGANO MARU, 3n0 miles west of San Francisco, bound for MoJI. KLAMATH, from San Diego for Port land. K4 miles south of the Columbia river. MULTNOMAH, from San Francisco for Portland, 10 miles from Astoria. Vessels in Port. Siletz, Pacific Steamship company, St. Johns municipal terminal. Wawalona, Pacific Steamship company, SC Johns terminal. Coaxet, Pacific Steamship company, ary dock. Byfield, Pacific Steamship company, Astoria. Bellebrook, Pacific Steamship company. Rainier. Chehalls, Suddea & Chrlatensen, Pres cott. William Bowden, A F. Thane A Co.. Portland lumber mill. Lucy, A. J. Pol lard, drydock. Else. A. O. Anderson & Co., Anderson dock. Claremont, Hart-Wood Lumber company. Peninsula mill. Rose City, San Francisco & Portland Steamship company, Ains worth dock. W. F. Herri n. Associated Oil company. unnion. Daisy, Wauna. Freeman Steamship company, SHIPPING BODY REBUFFED Senate Committee Refuses to Be Gout for Wooden Ship Claims. WASHINGTON', Nov. 10. Tha sen ate commerce committee will not In itiate legislation for settlement by the shipping: board of claims of wood; en shipbuilders, Chairman Jones said today in a letter addressed to Presi dent C. H. Hamilton of the Washing ton Wooden Shipbuilders' association I he committee, he said, would not be made a "buffer to protect the shipping: board for an unfair or un just settlement or for a refusal to ad just and settle the claims." CAMP GRANT PRICE HIGH Cost-Plus System Responsible for Huge Losses to IT. S. KOCKTORD, III., Nov. 10. Great losses were suffered by the govern ment in the construction of Camp Grant, the army cantonment, due chiefly to necessity for speed in con struction, according- to testimony griven before the congressional com mittee investigating the building of army camps. The cost-plus system was severely criticised by some witnesses, but all admitted that it was necessary. CREW CONTINUES MISSING Apprehension Felt for Safety of Men From Steamer Polar land. HALIFAX. N. S., Nov. 10. Captain Wheeler and crew of 49 of the Amer lean steamer Polarland, which found ered 75 miles off the Cape Breton coast yesterday, were still missing at a late hour tonight. Because of the heavy sea in which the men put out in open boats con siderable apprehension is felt for their safety. Candidate for Office Withdraws. Joseph Thornton of the retail clerks' union and candidate for president of the Portland central labor council at the special election to be held Thurs day night, announced yesterday that he has withdrawn as a candidate and will not accept the office if elected. Election Campaigns in Roumania BUDAPEST. Nov. 10. (French wireless.) Election campaigns, are in full swing throughout Koumania. Al though the electoral struggle is being bitterly contested, order reigns every where. Phone your want ads to the Ore gonian. Main "070. A 6095. . More Than Ordinary Care Needed to Check "Acid-Moaith" For "Acid-Mouth" is a com mon and particularly baffling con dition. So common that 95 of all persons are said to have it. So baffling that only the most scientific care can make headway against it. TOOTH PASTE Counteracts "Acid-Mouth" Twice-yearly examinations by a re liable dentist, and the twice-daily use of Pebeco Tooth Paste seem to be the most effective means of combating harmful mouth acids. Pebeco simply encourages the saliva to do its normal daily work, and there is no tooth cleanser, mouth wash, or neutralizer of "Acid-Mouth" that can equal natural alkaline saliva. I oya no v own oni '"I Sold DAKOTA MAY TAKE MINES GOVpRXOn T1IUEATKXS TO OP ERATIC PROPERTIES. Executive Makes Demand for Coal Now Badly -Needed Because of Blizzard That Rages. BISMARCK. X. D.. Nov. 10. Gov ernor L. J. Frazier tonight issued a proclamation declaring his intention of taking over the North Dakota lignite mines and operating them in behalf of the state. This is threatened if the operators have not gotten together with their men and a settlement reached by 6 P. 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Governor Frazler's proclamation recites the history of the negotiations with the operators, which came to an end last Thursday when the operators declined to accept Drennail e pro posal. The governor pictures the situa tion in North Dakota today as the result of the worst blizzard in the state's history, and declares that necessity prompts his act. Commenting on the proclamation tonight. Governor Frazier said: "I am not demanding that the pro ducers accept Mr. Drennan's terms; I am demanding that they get to gether with their own men and give us the coal we must have." It is understood that if Governor Frazier takes over the mines tomor row J. M. Deerny of Kenmare. will be placed in charge of the mines for the state. Fifty-eight concessions for pros pecting gold and silver mines were granted in 1914 in the Dutch East Indies. 111 For Infants as9 Children. 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