TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920
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11
LUMBER
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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
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PHEASANTS FREED SOON
DATE OF LIBERATION TO BE
CHAXGED TO SPRINGTIME.
Hog Island Builder Dies.
PORTLAND ENGINEER SAVED
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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
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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
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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. .
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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.)
The Sutherlin Valley Water-Users' as
sociation has filed application with
the state engineer covering the ap
propriation of 25 second feet of the
waters of Calapooia creek for Irriga
tion of a tract near Sutherlin, Douglas
county"
Examiner at Seattle Resigns..
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. . D. P.
Kenyon, chief examiner for the city
civi service commission, resigned to
day. Kenyon has been with the com
mission for about ten years.
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