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TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920 10 11 LUMBER E VESSELS CHARTERED 15 Ships Now on Local Port's Schedule. GOLDEN SHORE IS LISTED will be rone, about two months,, probably making her headquarters at Juneau. I The tank steamer Oleum arrived from I Portland at 1 this afternoon and atter pumplnir out the balance of her cargo of fuel oil here, sailed at 8:35 for California. The steam schooner Santiam Is expected trf finish loading lumber at the Hammond mui. tomorrow and sail lor San redro. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Feb. . (Special.) With a larae list of passengers. the Pacific Steamship company's steamer uovernor sailed this forenoon lor Ban francjsco. LOUIS THUS 1MED F OR SHIPPING win, ,be sale of the tug wyadda to the San Francisco Attorney Nom- enry Paterson towboat Interests at San mated by Wilson. Santa Plavia, Also Added,' Is Re ported Aground Outside Xear San l'rancisco. - with the announcement yesterday of the chartering of two additional vessels to carry lumber from the Columbia river to offshore ports, the list -of vessels known to have been fixed In this trade, for future sailings was increased from 13 to 15. Dant & Russell yesterday announced the chartering of the schooner Golden Shore to load for Australia in May or June, and the Douglas Fir Exploita tion & Export company announced that the motor ship Santa Flavia will load lumber in the river for Balboa. - It was reported Thursday that the Santa Flavia, bound from Baltimore to San Francisco, had run aground in a heavy fog just outside, the Golden Gate at Point Diablo. Tugs went to her assistance. Golden Shore .en Itontr. The Golden Shore, a four-mat-ted sailing schooner owned by the Rolph navigation oc Coal company. Is now en route to Sah Francisco from Aus tralia. She sailed from Sydney Jan uary 31. After discharging at San Francisco she will come here in bal last to load. On her last visit to this port, in December, 1918, the Golden Shore brought a cargo of copra an Iron bark for A. O. Anderson & Co. Two sailing vessels are now'load- Ing here for offshore ports and an other the schooner Irene is on her way up the coast from San Francis co. The barkentine George U. Hind, loading at the Inman-Poulsen mill. will take lumber to South Africa, and he schooner Mindoro, loading at Westport, will go to Adelaide, Aus tralia. Vessels Expected Here. Other - charters previously an nounced include two steamers, two motor ships, six schooners and three barkentines. The steamers are the Windber and Lake Gebhart; the motor ships, the JNIalahat and Oronite; the schooners, the David Evans. Snow & Burgess, K. V. Kruse, Columbia River, Thistle and Cecilia Sudden, and the barkentines, the Charles F. Crocker, Koosawin and Georgina. All of these vessels are expected here in th first half of 1920. rrancisco. the Pueet Sound Towboat com Pany has disDnaeri nf nMHv nil it. flent. The Puget Sound Towboat company a few years ago controlled the towing business rugei soona In addition to operating on or two of Us big sea-going tugs on the Columbia rlv.. After replenishing her bunker coal, the Rf) R I N 90 ll'S PLACE TAKEN Japanese steamer Malay Maru ..Had today nUDIHOUH O I L.H 1L. IHIM-l. for New Orleans via Cuba. Returning, the Miuay Maru will ca,ii at San Francisco for ouiTker coal instead of Puget Sound as has .. mo case witn all the steamers oper- ateo to-ttis Atantlc via tha Panama canal. ijurmg ner loaded test, the United States ..iiiig ooard steamer St. Anthony .nsniy satisfactory and this morn int- proceeded to sea with flour for the i -1.- Ex-Governor Stuart of Virginia Chosen M ember of Interstate Commerce Commission. get deliveries of coal," he added, "we diverted three of the boats to the Buenos Aires trade and did a little better." The ships he has purchased from the board, he explained, were those built in his yards for the govern ment, the contract price being $155 a ton, while thf selling ;irice to him included some rosts of fitting. Interest and other charges. All are running as tramp cargo boats. Morse scoffed at tha suggestions that English yards were building vessels for $120 a ton and lower. I ve had a proposal from an English source since January 20, to build ten vessels at $185 a ton," he declared. The present high prices on ocean freight, he said, would continue for a year at least and thus would guar antee buyers a profitable invest ment.- - SHIP LINK WILL OPEX AGAIN The Dalles-Portland Run to Be Re sumed on February 17. Service between The Dalles and Portland on the Dalles-Columbia line will be resumed February 17. it was announced yesterday by .H. W. Lof gren. manager of the line. The river steamer J. N. Teal, which was caught in the ice at The Dalies on her last trip, has been repaired and painted, and, according to her owners, will be a surprise to the river when she goes back on her run. xiie steamer joscpn Iveilogg, on the Kelso run, and the Relief, on the Lewis river service, also operated by me tanes-t oiumbia line, have main tained their regular schedule through the winter, with three round trips a wee. - n., rMh- Feb- (Special.) . 1 lne relK"t congestion here on some of the docks the traffic depart the chamber or commerce has L.Z2 mattor ot having vessels allo- 8 lHL,rder to clear "P 'he freight situation. There hv k .....i. signed .ta. Puget sound, but other ports ma"sred to secure them for use to thalr own interest. A number of Tacoma rirms and banking interests are prepared to Swing anv den! -v. : i . Mllhmt " ..... uuai U lUKjr Al present Tacoma can provide cargo for the orient, west coast. -Europe or t. isianas. ine west Ivnn ..nt. - i . of copper from the Tacoma smelter, sailed i . , nt this evening via ports. The iake Elkwater. CaDtain HvrW win . U U- U I' . . - ' " i5 t u w r """"'i wnere she will mmurr ior Luba. wi r Maru arrived here this eve- 1 1 uiii me orient Th psa - pleasant passage across this voyage. Sh doui nuvu tons of freight to discharge here and 8000 tons to load. At present " are snout 12 cargoes here and """"-se 10 carry them. FA.CISCO. Feb. 8. (Special.) Construction Work nn four Alt . by the Moor Shipbuilding company and i" P'ant ot the Bethlehem Ship, building corporation, has begun. The con- iranis tor tne vessels were let by the standard Ol) company. Two of the ves sels to be constructed by the lloore com- " motorsnips with Diesel engines. in- names ot tne vessels are the T. H. Hellman and the Charlie Watson. The Watson is named In honor of Charlie w.t. son. oldest employe of the Standard Oil company at Richmond. He will sponsor J " yesseis under construction at the "n plant are the W. S. Miller and the nusourj. one or which will take the place of the tanker George A. Loo mis. The Loomls sank a year ago off Cape Blanco nun ncr captain ana a crew of 17 men, captain ceclle Brown, representing Lloyd s insurance, stated today that after ....ri-iit-uLiuir me aamage sustained by the Pacific elall motorshtp Santa Flavia. that ran aground In a dense fog west of Point Diablo Thursday night, the vessel will be oruerea into dryaock Monday. The vessel started, discharging her cargo of steel and merchandise today. Several of her planks "... ..,w, uui. accoraing to captain Brown, and a complete survey of her will oe maae on the dry-dock. The repairs -in ueinji me Departure or the Santa riavia tor tne Columbia river. Word was received here today that the troopship President Grant had left New York on February 2 for this port en route for Vladivostok. The President Grant will call for bunkers. It is believed thf th .vessel win carry Czecho-Slovak trootia rius.ua 10 Trieste in conjunction with tne Mount Vernon now lying at Mare isiana undergoing repairs. WASHINGTON', Feb. 6. Louis Ti tus, an attorney of San Francisco, was nominated by President Wilson today to be a member of the ship ping board. Mr. Ttitun succeeds Henry m. noo inson. who resigned last year. He is republican. Henry C. Stuart, ex- governor of Virginia, was today nom inated as a member of the interstate commerce commission to succeed James C. Harlan of Indiana, whose term has expired. x SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Louis Titus, the San Francisco attorney who was nominated to the shipping board by President Wilson today, has prac ticed In San Francisco and Washing ton. D. C. for 25 years. He is a vice- president of the Skinner & Eddy Ship building company of Seattle. He announced he would resign this position upon official receipt of his appointment to the shipping board. Titus was a member of the first in dustrial conference called in Wash ington recently. SAGIXAW LEAVES 1'OR SOUTH Schooner and Tow Carry Lumber for San Francisco. " The steam schooner Saginaw, of the Charles Nelson line, with the barge Charles Nelson in tow, left dewn last night for San Francisco. Both the Saginaw and the barge are carrying full loads of lumber. The Saginaw loaded at the mouth of the Willamette and at the St. Johns lum mer mill. The Charles Nelson took a full cargo at Prescott. The steam schooners Multnomah and Wapama arrived without freight early yesterday morning at St. Helens to load lumber for California. The steam schooners Wahkeena and Daisy Freeman lft down yesterday afternoon from .SL Helens for San Pedro. ill.: S. SHIP PRICES CUT DEPRECIATION' CHARGES ARE AXAOUXCED BY PAYSE. Rate Is Scheduled to Decrease Ten Per Cent First Year and One Per Cent for" 5 Years. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Virtual re duction in the selling prices of government-built steel ships was an nounced tonight by Chairman Payne of the shipping board. Starting with a depreciation charge of 10 per cent the first year, the rate will decrease 1 per cent a year for five years and continue thereafter a the' fixed rate of 5 per cent a year. Applied to the tonnage price of $220 r.ow asked, this arrangement will In effect reduce the price in the sixth year to $153 a ton. Commenting on the action of the board. Chairman Tayne said that It was thought the plan would greatly stimulate purchase of the vessels. He did not think that prospective pur chasers would delay in order to take advantage of the depreciation figure, pointing out ship owners expect to earn more than 10 per cent on a ship a year. ( Stein-Bloch, Fashion Park and Langham Clothes I i PHEASANTS FREED SOON DATE OF LIBERATION TO BE CHAXGED TO SPRINGTIME. Hog Island Builder Dies. PORTLAND ENGINEER SAVED ' 1 v Richard Fallon Rescued After Sink ing of Tanker, Is Message, Richard Fallon, 1611 Portsmouth street, engineer of the tank' steamer Mielero, which sank in the Atlantic en route from Mantanzas- to Baltimore ten days ago, was rescued by a pass ing steamer, according to a wireless message received by his sister, Mrs. Clara Rickel, 899 Haight avenue. The message merely stated that the life boat which bore Fallon and a portion of the crew had been picked up. Details fit the wreck have not yet been received here. Pawlet Starts Loading. The new steel steamer Pawlet shifted yesterday morning from the oil . docks to the St, Johns municipal terminal to start loading a. general cargo for the Orient in the service of the Pacific Steamship company. The Pawlet is scheduled to sail February 15. Southern cotton amounting to 7000 bales will constitute part of her cargo. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.,, SEATTLE. Wash. H"h c The 10.400-ton freighter. Robin Goodfeliow steamed from the Jiarbor at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon on her trial trip with Captain "BufTt" Bailey commanding. The Robin Goodfeliow Is the last of four 10 400-tonnera built, by the Skinner ft Eddy corporation for its Robin tine She has been chartered by the Pacific Steam- ....i. company ior a voyage to Yokohama and Kobe and will begin loading at the port commission's Smith 7ove pier tomor row, taking on nearly 9000 tons of cop- .., ,.,, cotton, wood pulp and general cargo. With a cargo of frozen fish from Sitka, cold storage cases and barreled herrin the steamship Admiral Watson of the Pa cific Steamship company arrive!! in -Seattle this morning from southastem and southwestern Alaska. The vessel brought a total of 100 passengers from the various pors of call. Bound for ports In China.' Japan and the Philippines, the steamship- Elkton of the hipping board sailed from Seattle to day with a cargo of cotton, steel and ma chinery. The vessel also has a large ship ment of salt fish for ports In Japan. The Elkton Is managed and operated by the Pacific Steamship company for the ship ping board. Bringing of oriental freight. Including I3.290.0oo worth of raw silk and silk goods, the steamship Arabia Marue of the Osaka Shoehen Kslsha - arrived In Seattle yes terday and berthed at pier 6. Captain K. Salto. master of the Arabia, reported a fine passage aeross he Pa cific He said the lnflnensa epidemic in Japan has assumed alarming proportions and the government was taking drastic steps to check the spread of the disease. All large hospitals In the principal cities of Japan are taxed to capacity, although the death rate has not been as great as last year. The Arabia bad 1.100 tons of general oriental freight for Seattle, and SO passengers. SAN PEDRO, Cal., Feb. 6. (Special.) A naval hydroplane operating between here and San Diego In the regular navy ...... -- 'i " no inaugurated be- lwtcu me auumarine oase nere and navy base In San Diego, was forced to da-nd at sea this morning. News of the plight ma ,iaii - "o rei-eivea ny Captain Channcey Shackford. commander of the base here and a naval tug was sent out iu low ine plane into port. ffo one was Injured. The band of the Southwestern Shipbuild ing company will repeat Sunday its former plan of giving a concert in San Pedro for the benefit of San Pedro people trhni. a vessel is launched from the yards of the company on Sunday. ' The West Nivaria will be launched next Sunday In the morn ing and the band will be there for the launching after which It will cross the main channel and play In the plaza here The harbor commission is been loaned by the finance committee of the cltv fm.nn MS lo install a water main In the basin 1 it iiib u 1 3 win. i, v i uvB Angeies ship building & Drydock company. . Better fire protection for the dock was requested oy mc snipDunaing company. lVS.:XavaI Radio Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M. yester- - day unless otherwise Indicated.) ADMIRAL GOODRICH. Eureka for San Francisco. 146 miles north of San Fran cisco. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, San Francisco for Seattle, 318 miles north of San Fran cisco. . . KLAMATH, San Francisco for Portland, 220 miles south of the Columbia river. ROSE CITY, Portland for San Fran cisco. 152 miles north of San Francisco. WASHTENAW, Port San Luis for Port land. 445 miles from Portland. SANTA INEZ. Antofagasta for Tacoma. via Han Pedro, off Cape Mendocino. SILVER SHELEi, Portland for Marlines, l&B miles north oz san rancisco. SAN ANTQNIA. Salina Crux for San Francisco, 707 mfles south of San Fran Cisco; o f. at., rfoniarr o. MANOA, San Francisco for. Honolulu, 074 miles from San Francisco; 8 P. M., fe-nruary a. NANKINEN, Hongkong for San Fran cisco, 1723 miles -from San Francisco; 8 P. M., February 5. GLORIETTA,. Belllngham for Honolulu. 1310 miles from Cape Flattery: 8 P. M.. February 5 COLUSA, Honolulu for San Francisco. 943 miles from San Francisco; 8 P. M., February 5. COLONEL E. L. DRAKE. Richmond for Honolulu, 850 miles from Richmond: 8 P. M., February 5. HARTWOOD, Grays Harbor for San Francisco. 372 miles from San Francisco. CAPTAIN A. K. LUCAS, Astoria for Richmond. 453 miles from San Francisco. CORDELIA. San Luis for Iaulaue. Chile 575 miles south of San Luis. CENTRALIA, San Francisco for Mazat- lan. 647 miles south of San Pedro. ERNEST H. MEYERS, for Grays Har bor, 125 miles south of San Francisco. FRED A. BAXTER. Redondo for San Francisco. 100 miles from San Francisco. OWATAMA. for United Kingdom, 20 miles south of Columbia bar. MOFFETT. from Vancouver for ..Rich mond, f67 miles north of Richmond OLEUM, from Portland for Oleum. K17 miles from Oleum. t AVALON. from Willapa Harbor, for San Francisco, 327 miles, north of San Fran cisco. REDWOOD, from San Francisco for Se attle, 201 miles from Seattle. FRANK H. BUCK, from Monterey, for Everett. 5P0 miles from Monterey. RESTORER, bound for ' Honolulu, 400 miles southeast of Cape Flattery. SPOKANE, from San Francisco, for Wil mington, 01 miles south of San Francisco HERCULES, tug. from San Francisco for Jahlti. 18 miles southwest of Point BonRo. IRIS. United States tank ship, from Mon terey, for San Francisco. 26 miles north west 01 Monterey. C. A SMITH, from Coos Bay for San Francisco. 02 miles from San Francisco. uiuwmiTH. irom Richmond, for Se- 011 urays narDor. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Notice of the death In Paris of Frederick Holbrook vice-president of the American In ternatiohal corporation and builder of the Hog island shipyard, was re ceived today. He left New York last December to visit Russia in the interests of the urace - American International cor poration, of which he became presi dent at Its formation last year to do business in Russia.' at St. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Feb. 8. Arrived Helens at 1 A. M.. steamer Multnomah, from San Francisco; arrived at St. Helens it & A. M., steamer Wapama. from San Francisco. Sailed at 5 P. M., steamer Wahkeena, from St. Helens for San Pedro; steamer Daisy Freeman, -for San Pedro; steamer Saginaw, for San Francisco: barge Charles kelson, from Prescott. for San Francisco. Arrived at 11::I0 P. M., steam- er Tiverton, from San Francisco. ASTORIA, Feb. 6. Left up at 7:30 last right, steamer Wapama. from San Fran cisco, for St. Helens. Sailed at 0:30 iabt night, steamer Johan Poulaen, for San Francisco; sailed at 8:30 A. M., steamer Captain A. F, Lucas, for San Luis. Ar rived at 9:30 A. M. and sailed at 1:20; P. M.. steamer Owatama, from trial trip. for United Kingdom. Sailed at 3:20 P. M., steamer Oleum, for Port San Luis. Ar rived at noon and - left up at 2 P. M., steamer Tiverton, from San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. ( last night, steamer Daisy, river. Sailed at 7 for Columbia SAN PEDRO. Feb. 6 Sailed at 6 last night, steamer Shasta, for Columbia river. PORT SAN LUIS. Feb. 6. Sailed last night, steamer Washtenaw, for Portland. EUREKA, Feb. 6. Arrived at 2 P. M. yesterday, steamer Admiral Goodrich, from Portland via Coos Bay, for San Francisco. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Feb. 6. (Special.) Arrived steamers cenlo from San Diego. Vanguard from Eureka, Argyll from San Francisco, Svea from Grays Harbor, Mukll teo from Puget Sound, Admiral Dewey from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Argyll for San Diego. Atlas-towing barge 93 for Portland. Halco for Portland, Florence Olson for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1 6. Arrived Steamers Admiral Schley; from Seattle; Rainier, from Seattle. Departed Steam ers U. S. Bittern, for Pearl Harbor; West Keene, for Honolulu. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 6. Arrlved- Steamer Arabia Mara (Japanese); from Yokohama. Sailed Steamer Gray, for British Golumbia ports; West Ivan, for the orient. Fish and Game Officials Believe Better Results Are to Be Ob tained by Change in Policy. About 1000 pair of Chinese pheas ants are to be liberated in carefully selected districts throughout Oregon, beginning with next week. This Is the first liberation under the new policy of the state fish and game commission, and both the Warden, Carl D. Shoemaker, and Superintend ent Simpson of the game farm are of the opinion that it will stock the woods 'with five times more birds than if they' "were released in the fall, just before the hunting season, as has been the custom. The bird in the wild state, if turned out in the spring, is given an oppor tunity to nest, hatch the young and care for them until they reach, ma turity. The pheasant will raise at east . two broods, and in better loca tions', three Each nest will have from eight to fifteen eggs both times, and allowing for destruction from climatic conditions, predatory ani mals, stray housecats and illegal hunters, at .least eight birds, they hold, should reach maturity. This would mean 8000 young ones In addi tion to the original 2000 parent birds. as against the 2000 which the game farm has ordinarily liberated in the fall. Within the next 20 days Mr. Shoe maker believes 500 pair will be dis tributed to farmers and sportsmen's clubs, who will agree to release the birds properly. BARNES BOOSTS NEW LEAGUE Seattle Baseball Man visits Spo- - kane for Class B Circuit. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 6. John M. Barnes of Seattle arrived here today from . Yakima, Wash where he said a baseball club in the Pacific In ternational league la in process of formation. Mr. Barnes met local base ball enthusiasts in an effort to secure backing for a club here. I Clubs representing beattie, Tacoma, Vancouver, B. C, and- Astoria, Or., already are assured, he stated. The playing season will begin May 5 and continue until Labor day. Overcoat Semsioin They All, Go at niiiHiniiiiniimnmitiiiitmiiitiiHimiiiiimintmiimiiimiiiiiiHiiia . Entire remaining stock just 100 medium and heavy weight Overcoats at a price that:s startling! Many of them less than HALF the original price Ulsters, Ulster ettes, Belters an4 Form-Fitting Coats. ;ire Stock Fine Gabardine Raincoats Included s 9 Men's Clothing SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 6. Arrived- Steamens Rush, from British -Columbia ports: Admiral "Watson, from southwest Alaska; Queen, from San Diego, via San Francisco. Departed Steamers Governoif for San Pedro, via San Francisco;. Malay Maru. for New Orleans, via Balboa; Cray, for British Columbia ports; Klkton, for Manila, LOSS ON SHIPS DIPPED PRICES ABOVE TOTAL IXVEST- MEXT BY r. S. OFFERED. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. ft. (Special.) Ths steam schoonrr Wapama arrived at 7:30 last nl(tht from San Franelsro on taer.wajr to St. Helens to load lumber. After discharging fuel oil In Portland and Astoria, the tank steamer Captain A F. Lucas sailed at a this morning for California. The steamer Owatama returned this morning from her 24-hour trial run at sea and sailed at 1:30 this afternoon for Eng land with a cargo, of ties from Portland and 8t. Helens. The steam schooner Tiverton arrived at 11 oclock today and proceeded to Portland She Is to load lumber at Westport Sh carried a general cargo. Orders have been received by Captain Ftromberg. of the coast guard cutter Al gonquin, to proceed north for a cruise among the various salmon fisheries of Southeastern Alaska. The cutter is srhed. Died to sail on Sunday afternoon and sh i attle. WHITTIER. from San Luis, for Eureka, 144 miles from Eureka, 8 P. M. February S RICHMOND, towing barge 95. Honolulu for San Pedro. 206.1 miles from San Pedro . Tides at Astoria Saturday. High. I Low. 2:-"6 A. M 8.8 feeto:2 A. M 1.3 feet 2:0 P. M 8.2 feet B:31 P. M 0.6 foot Colombia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Feb. . Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea cfloppy; wind north. 24 miles. Port Calendar. - Vessel Str. Pawlet Str. Aniwa Str luquesne Str! Marshfleld Str. Clacksmas Str. Munra Str. W. F. Herrin Str. Multnomah Str. Tiverton Str. Wapama Str. Claremont Str. Santiam Bkt. Geo. U. Hind Schr. Mlodoro Vessels In Port. Bertn ' St. Johns Terminal Elevator Portland Flour. St. Helens Municipal Dock No. Munlclcal Dock No. Llnnton St. Helens Couch-streot dock " St. Helens St. Helens Tongue Point Inman-Poulsen mill Westport Mills C..W. Morse Declares Government Can Sell 'to Private Owners All Craft Built In War. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Govern ment owned ships built during the war would be and can be sold to private operators tor prices covering the cost, overhead and total invest ment, C. W. Morse, head of two steel shipyards, one in Connecticut and the other in Virginia, told the 'senate commerce committee today, citing the fact that he had bought 24 of them for i220 and $225 a ton, and was offering to take. 100 more at similar quotations. The sharp contrast between his ideas and the proposals put forward by the heads of other shipping con cerns at the committee's hearings resulted In a lengthy examination, during which Mr. Morse presented figures showing remarkable profits his vessefe are now making under present ocean freight rates. "We estimate that we got back from 40 -to 50 per cent of the -total cost of the ship to us during the first year." ne explained. He gave in stance of a contract which he took to carry 600.000 tons of coal to Paris, the earnings on which would amount to $90 a year for each ship ton as signed to the work.- "And when it became .difficult .to PLAYING SOCCER OPPOSED Game Interferes With Business In England. LONDON. Feb. 6. Soccer football, England's national game, Is Interfer ing with business and manufacturers are organizing opposition to playing of cup ties and league games in mid week. Fifty thousand persons wit nessed a replayed English cup tie be tween Sheffield Wednesday and Dar lington on Monday, January 19, and the loss resulting in absence of men from work is estimated at f 25,000 in wages and 100,000 In traSe loss. Nebraska Gets Tiger Coach. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb.' 6. Fred W. Luehring, for a number of years di rector pf - intra-mural athletics at Princeton university, today accepted the position as head of the combined departments of athletics and physical education of the University of Ne braska. He will assume his new duties September X. Ball Contracts Due March 1. t AUBURN, N. T., Feb. ' 6. Minor league ballplayers under reservation must be tendered contracts on or be fore March .1, according to instruc tions sent today to club owners' by Secretary John F. Farrell of the na tional association. Quigley May Resign. ST. MARTS, Kan., Feb. 6. Ernest C. Quigley, National league umpire and widely known in Missouri valley collegiate circles as a football and basketball official, may pass up base ball, devoting his officiating alto gether to football and basketball. Downey Outboxes Rostan! MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. . Bryan Downey, Columbus, O., welterweight, outboxed Navy Rostan, Chicago, n a ten-round, no decision bout tonight, according i to sporting writers. Columbia Swimmers Win. BALTIMORE, Feb. 6. Columbia captured five of the six events from Johns Hopkins in a swimming con test tonight. Sport Honor Offered Wales. PARIS, Feb. 6. The prince of Wales has been offered the presidency of the International Boxing union. -He has reserved his decision. . wman cJ " M erclianclise wouc of cJ (& Go. Merit Only Fifth Floor a Ox WHEAT MI TARGET BARNES CALLS GRONNA BILL REPUDIATION OF PLEDGE. work aboard the U. S. S. Boston Lieutenant Sehetky, whose parents now reside in Portland, graduated at Annapolis in 1917. His wife, who is visiting her mother. Mrs. D. McDon ald, of this city, expects to Join her husband in San Francisco soon. Government Official Points Out Need of Retaining Price Guaran tee to Protect V. S. Farmers. NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Jullus H. Barnes, United States wheat director, tonight made public a letter to Sena tor Gronna in which he terms the latter's bill for the repeal of the wheat guarantee act and the abolition of the grain corporation as a direct repudiation of the pledge made Dy congress to the wheat producers for the crop of 1919.' Senator Gronna's bill, which has been favorably reported by the sen ate agricultural committee, repeals all government control over the price of wheat and requires the grain cor poration to wind up its affairs with out delay. Mr. Barnes asserts that, at a time when no one can accurately predict the trend" of prices. Senator Gronna ap parently feels such confidence in his own judgment that the farmer will benefit by the withdrawal of govern ment stabilization that he would im mediately take from the wheat pro ducer the protection of the billion dollar guarantee, which congress has pledged itself to give until June 1. The wheat director gives warning that by abolishing government sup port congress may precipitate a still further decline In the price of wheat, even below that of the guarantee price. He adds that "only the most colossal egotism would presume to forecast the course of prices in the face of world-wide unsflttlement, which within the past few days has wrecked the United States' export trade by total collapse of overseas finance." "If congress should repudiate Its own pledge to the farmer," Mr. Barnes adds, "the possibilities of depreciation in value after the withdrawal of the government guarantee are such that six million farmers will ask congress by what right it repudiates the pledged national guarantee on the underlying foundation of "which the influence of supply and demand has built an average premium of 39 cents per bushel." Wedding "Solicitors" Barred.. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb.' 6. Justice court clerks today were warned by county commissioners here to discon tinue their alleged practice of halt ing bridal couples outside the county auditor's office and asking them to permit the justices to perform the ceremony. Complaints have been received by the commissioners from several sources. It is declared, saying prospective brides and bridegrooms had been annoyed by the practice. Canadian Money Is Barred. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 6. Cana dian money or checks will not be accepted in payment of railroad tick ets at the office of the United States i railroad administration here, it was announced today, on instructions from the regional director. Rapid increase of the discount rate on Ca nadian currency was given ' as the reason. 15-MILL LIMIT SLATED Seattle Council Decides to Suhiuil Amendment at Election. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. S. Two pro posed amendments to the city char ter will be submitted to the voters at the spring election. It was decided by the Tacoma city council today. One amendment would limit the tax levy to 15 mills for municipal pur poses, but would except from this limit taxes necessary to provide in terest on the bonded debt. The other proposed amendment would permit the council to employ a purchasing agent who would have charge of buying all supplies for city purposes. It is reported that the Buddhists of Japan are planning to establish a uni versity for women. Navy to Sell Surplus Steel. WASHINGTON. Feb. .6. A surplus of IS.000 tons ot high grade steel, in cluding every variety of stock used in manufacturing, building and bridge and automobile construction, win dc placed on the market this month by the navy depaiment at prices "based on the present market -quotations." Naval Officer Transferred. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 6. (Spe cial.) Lieutenant G. R. Sehetky, who for the past several months has been stationed at Bremerton navy yard aboard thfe U. S. S. Montana, has been transferred to San Francisco, where he will be engaged In instruction Portland Post Orders Medals. SALEM, Or., Feb. 6. (Speolal.) An order, for more than 1000 state medals to be distributed among the ex-service men of the state was re ceived from the Portland Post, Ameri can Legion, today. Distribution of these medals Is in charge of Adjutant General Stafrin. Project Asks for Water. t SALEM, Or., Feb. E. (Special.) 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