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18 TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1920 2 STEEL STEAMERS mm FLOUR Mehanno and Eastern Mer chant Expected Here. BOTH ARE ASSIGNED Columbia-Pacific Shipping Com - pany to Be Manager Vessels Largest Entering Columbia. i ; Two large steel shipping board t ! steamers, one of them among the ; largest vessels ever to enter the Co ; lumbia river, are soon to come to ' Portland in ballast from San Fran cisco to load flour for the food ad- 1 ministration, It was announced yes- " terday by C. D. Kennedy, agent of the ; division of operations of the emer- v.gency fleet corporation. The two vessels are the steamer - Eastern Merchant, which will leave j from San Francisco next Monday, and S-the steamer Mehanno, to leave the i . Golden Gate February 2S. " The Kastern Merchant, of 13.000 , . deadweight tons register, was built - for the shipping board in Japan and carried a general cargo from Kobe to ' San Francisco under the management -- of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, she arriv ing at San Francisco January 26, after a run of 20 days from Kobe. As the Eastern Merchant draws 34 feet of water when fully laden, she will not be loaded to her marks here but only to the 30-foot line. This vessel, is one of a number of shipping board vessels built in Japan, , all designated by the first name "Eastern," which have been brought to this coast. for conversion from coal burners into oil burners. A number of these vessels have gone to Seatle and San Francisco, but the Eastern r. Merchant will be the first of the fleet to come to Portland. The Mehanno is a new steamer of J" 9400 deadweight tons, which is now 2- being completed at San Francisco. , Both the Eastern Merchant and the Ienanno have been assigned to Will- V lams-Dimond & Co. for operation, and will be managed here by the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company. of San Francisco with W. C. Dawson and company as Puget Sound agents. The naxt vessel of tho shipping- board's European-Paclllc line to reach this port will be the ateamhslp Cansumset, which Is due here next Sunday. The Cansumset wm loaa-ior Havre. Hamburg and IJver- Under charter in lh rSartH W.l.nn line ,the steamship Skagway of the Alaska icamsnip company will make a voyage from the north Pacific to San Francisco with a cargo of lumber. The vessel went to Mukllteo yesterday to begin loading and will finish In Port Angeles. The Skagway "in taxe approximately 1,400,000 feet ot lumber. She has been chartered for the voyage to San Francisco only. Cargo for me return voyage will be arranged by the Aiasxa steamship company. The charter was closed by W., C. Daw son and Co., Puget Sound agents for the unaries .Nelson line. Captain R. Wilson, master of the steam ship Santa Iner of the fleet of W. R. Grace and company, notified the branch hydrographic office In Seattle today that while in Salavery, Peru, at 3 A. M.. De cember 26, with the weather calm and the sea smooth, a heavy swell set in, accom panied by a strong odor. Instantly paint on all ships in the bay was turned to brown or blue, while the pea water ap peared as if grease covered the surface. Natives of Peru told Captain Wilson that ships in the harbor had the same experi ence about 20 years ago, following a heavy storm at sea. COOS BAT. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)' In four days only one vessel crossed the Coos bay bar. the Johanna Smith, which sailed for San Francisco this afternoon at 4:45. The Johanna was barbound for 36 hours. OLYMPIAN GOES 1 THE DIES ROUTE Fast River Steamer to Carry Passengers and Freight. FRUIT GROWERS BENEFIT Truck Loaded at Farms Will Be Run Aboard Vessel and Brought to Portland Without Handling. The fact river steamer Olympian, formerly the Telegraph, now under going final conditioning at the hands of her new owners and operators, the iortnwestern irsnaponaiion corn- advance. The civil action against the government was dismissed some time ago. The district attorney Bald this morn ing that in reviewing the case he did not believe there was sufficient ground for prosecution. Inasmuch as the company had obtained no ad vances from the government. FERRY SERVICE IS NORMAL Higher Water Aids Passage Across Columbia at Hood River. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 9. (Spe cial.) Service of the Hood River White Salmon ferry system, ham pered here throughout late December and January by low water of the Co lumbia, is again normal. With a large bar formed by Hood River, for a time the company was unable to operate its large boats, and only foot- passengers could be Carried. It was necessary to transport these across the Columbia by small rowboats. The ferry concern is making prepa rations to handle its largest business this summer, as the completion of paving of the Columbia river high way and good roads of Klickitat county. Washington, is expected to stimulate trans-Columbia automobile traffic here to a marked degree. River steamer service, discontinued BIG SHIPPING POLICY SURGED BY DHLS National Prosperity Is Held Dependent on Fleets. SENATE HOLDS HEARING Shipowners Also Testify Before Committee on Formulation of Maritime Bill. SAN PEDRO, cal., r"eB. . (special.) ........ ............ , The keel was laid today for the last of the I pany, will begin operating March 2 during the uecemoer cold weatner, n FAST PASSENGER STEAMER WHICH WILL GO ON THE DALLES-PORTLAND SERVICE. "i'X "A".MJM own OLYMPIAN. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. 8800-ton steel freighters to be built at the plant of . the Southwestern Shipbuilding company here. The 14tn steamer, tne West Nivaria. was launched at 11:40 patttp Tx-a.t. . - , , l o ciock yesteraay morning, loiiowins wniua ..iL2 !", !.-" "Peciai. the 19th keel was faid. After the next launching; the company ill lay the keel for the first steamer to .'.Advices received by local shipyard oper .. ators from the east today report that vir-I ! Plants hav. I,,''? "c eoast shipbuilding be bult at the plant under private con . . plants hate contracts that will keep them I ,nct " "y or the yards, it Miss Helen V. Kelly of Las Vegas. N. M., i nexTw.P wi h T.l" JJZ 'd' ! ' sponsor the shipping-board freighter .Ti-.ii.ir f, ., ur i iM vegas. which Is to be launcnea at tne - r?.LUm. ?r.'e.e and are .no oner PO- Dlant of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding & -' year or the earlv 117, ?ere ,ae"ver-' thls brydock company February 18.. The L arly part ol next year ia re" steamer is to be named in honor of the The eastern yards are under contract to city of Las Vegas because of the record made by that city In the liberty loan drives. This will be the 24th launching held at the Los Angeles yard since the shipyard was founded two years ago. ; build more than 1,000.000 deadweight tons in tanker orders. A number of San Fran- Cisco yards accepted contracts the latter part of last year. Pucet sound rbn r.i .i m V, 1- -I , .. south are the only districts in the country ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 9. (Special ) The . that have not signed new contracts either barkentlne Chas. F. Crocker arrived at on a large or a fairly large scale A 12:25 p- M- to"11"' ofter an uneventful trip ," number of the southern yards however of 34 days' duration from the Gilbert is- ' are still running full blast on emerr.v lands. She brought a cargo of copra for ' ' fleet contracts, havlnt. ...... i - r o . I Portland. i.'. pruning knife when 'the shipping board The tank steamer Washtenaw arrived ordered many cancellations a year ago t 12 last night from California, bringing Since the eastern yards signed their new a cargo of fuel oil for Portland and As- ! . private contracts the price has advanced toria. and It Is believed it will continue to ad- The steamer West Cayote will be due to- t' vance nnless the shipping board puts the morrow from Seattle en route to Portland. .;. government fleet on the market at reduced The steam schooner Daisy is due from figures. That would knock the bottom out San Francisco to load lumber at Knappton. of the new market, but. according to the The coast guard cutter Algonquin sailed advices, congress is not likely to consent t today on a two months' cruise in to a sacrifice sale of the government fleet. Alaskan waters. A few more advances in the prices of- t . , , , , ?; fered for new ships, it Is said in the ad- SAV FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. (Special.) ..vices, will bring the figures to a point The Pacific Mail liner Colusa, arrived here ; nhere the Puget sound and Columbia river leday from Calcutta, yia Manila and Hono- . yards will be able to accept contracts lulu. Tha vessel carried 24 first cabin -without runninathe risk of losing money, passengers and a heavy cargo of hemp. . "provided the plants are operated contin- Prominent among the passengers arriv--uously. - ing on the Colusa was P. D. Wood. con Conditions are developing toward the nectcd with the British railway and In- y point wnere I'uget sound and the Columbia I dlan munitions ooara in Singapore, en river, it is said, will soon be the only dls- I route to London on a vacation. Wood has trlcts In the country to be able in ir..m I been in India for :'. years, contracts calling for early deliverv. I E. Olaen. third officer on the Norwegian I steamer Baja California, fell on the deck ; iioonuritin, nasn., reo. . (Special.) 1 of the vessel while the ship was at sea The tug John Cudahy will arrive here I and sustained injuries that necessitated tomorrow irom Seattle, captain Hans John- the vessel calling here. The Baja Call son, for a permanent berth on Grays Har- f fornla is bound from South American ports bor. The Cudahy is a recent purchase from to Tacoma. Olsen. walking along the the Merrill-Ring Lumber company. Seat- I deck, slippery fro mthe heavy seas wash tie, by the Pacific Tugboat company, the I ng them, was suddenly knocked from his latter an organization of local and Willapa feet by a lurch of the vessel and struck Harbor mill interests. I n, head. As soon as the seriousness of The steamer aisy Matthews, of San I olsens' injuries were known, the ship pro Francisco, arrived here this morning and I ppriprl to tills port under full speed. Is loading at the A. J. West mill. The Pacific Mail liner Newport Is tye , .ic Dii-amci nuiiuiam arnvea nere yes- at daylight tomorrow morning irom nouin terday noon from San Francisco and is American ports with passengers and a loading at the Donovan mill. cargo of coffee. The vessel is three days The steamer Provldencia, of Tacoma. ar- late, due to heavy shipments, rived here yesterday upon and is loading The shipping board steamer West Se at the West mill. govia. Captain Ludln, bringing a cargo of i no louowing vessels cleared yesterday sugar from Honolulu, arrived in fori to- afternnon at 3 o'clock: Steamer Tamal- dav. She is operated by the Matson Navl- pals, for San Francisco; Daisy Gadsby, for gation company. San Tedro, and the schooner Defender, for Levlke, FIJI island. The vessels loaded,' TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.) respectively, at the Donovan, Blagcn and The steamer Lake Elkwater. Captain J. M. E. K. Wood mills. Beverly, sailed this morning for Ballard, PORT towv-jfvTT w,.,, tt. . where she will load lumber for Cuba. Cap- t. ;.?- ? U' Wa,h. tain Beverly is 84 years old and one of . a " 5 Marl "J fanned fru"- h. the oldest masters on the Pacific coast, sf.i- i VL .lumb,r- loded Steamer Redwood is due here tomor- CavoVr Jni lT.;. t-,"",.er WesI row with cargo of nitrates from Peru and Portland ttia S HHi.if'l,".W"1 at Cn"e- She also has other general cargo im ilii"dd,.Un"1 .Cars, and which she will discharge here. . " sUerT,Pledavrdb.,B "o ""hE1" The Admiral Farragut arrived here ,hl. rtren.''yiTtervMTLCe"in P;"-d "!nfc ARf..rrg-afuU ca'rgo tancr'": Zri"" nere she will get away some time to- porrl0 T,heraMon'tU'crervrrwi,''LH '"a H. Jodd of the Todd for France at Vancouver and Pu T kTiWh Shipyard corprau ... Thfj steamer Brave Couer, n X'w York Mr. Tntid ma ri - . " . ' """ I an insDtctlon ot nr piani nero ana ae r" ' . l. " r"vw y th , hin,..1f well nleased He lavs -5"J"5 to b"I to dlharSe r;7t ".racta will be obtained for the Tacoma yard as soon as the shipping SEATTLE. Wash . Feh A nii.n I board decides what will be done with the . The steamship West cavote of th .hir. I vessels now in the government' posses- - ping nraru s E.uropean-raCIIlc line, bound I sion. lor naueniftm, ionaon ana Liverpool, sailed from Seattle today, the sixth. vessel u..in -vmc ; in this service to leave the sound for con- I - - unentai e,urope ana tne united Kingdom. I The- port of Portland suction dredge rne west Layote has 20O0 tons of sal- Tualatin started work yesterday at the as a carrier of passengers and fast freight between Portland and The Dalles. At the start, the Olympian will re- auire two days for the round trip, leaving her terminals at 7:15 o'clock in the morning and arriving early in the afternoon. As soon ae weather conditions permit, she will make the round trip in one day. During the summer season she will ply Sundays between -Portland and the Cascade locks. The cabins of the Olympian can seat comfortably over 300 passengers, and of this number 120 can be seated in leather - covered Pullman seats along the sides of the steamer, where they will have an unobstructed view of the river. Seats are also pro vided on the decks for nearly 100 more. A new system of freight handling. devised by Captain F. Kruse, master of the Olympian, will be employed. All freight will be brought aboard in two-ton motor trucks and left in the trucks. When the vessel reaches her destination, the trucks will mere ly be run ashore and unloaded. It is estimated that by this method between 40 and 00 tons of freight can. be loaded and unloaded in an hour. This will be a boon to the fruit and berry shippers of the up per river. By this method the operators expect to save not only time, which is of prime importance when a fast freight and passenger service is maintained, but also many dollars monthly in damage claims, as packages will be in less danger of breakage than when handled by hand trucks as has been the method on the river for the past SO years. Officers of the Olympian have been appointed as follows: Master, V. Kruse; pilot, Herman Fries; first of ficer, H. E. Thomas; chief engineer, Bert Kerns: first assistant, R. H. Miller. Frank J. Smith, general agent of the Northwestern Transportation company, will act temporarily as purser. ' The Olympian will land in Port land at the Taylor-street dock. is said, will .not be resumed here un til in March. WAR CLAIMS 12 WEST CAYOTE IS OX WAY First Freight From Europe Direct Is Aboard Vessel. The steamer West Cayote of the European-Pacific line left Seattle at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Portland, according to a telegram re ceived yesterday by the Columbia- Pacific Shipping company, local agents for the European-Pacific line The West Cayote is bringing to Portland the first freight received di rect from Europe since the early days of the war. This shipment, con sisting of drugs and chemicals for a local wholesale drug company, is ex pected to prove the first of a large list of such direct imports. The West Cayote will load a gen eral cargo here at municipal dock P.O. 1 for Rotterdam. London and Liverpool. BIG COPRA CARGO DIE TODAY Shipment for ' Palmolive Com puny Sold to Eastern Concern. With a full cargo of copra which left the Gilbert islands for the local plant of the Palmolive company be fore that plant was wiped out by fire, the barkentine Charles F. Crocker ar rived at Astoria at 12:20 yesterday afternoon and will come up to Port land today. She will discharge her copra at municipal dock No. 1. The cargo has been sold to an east ern concern, it was stated several days ago by C. A. Painton, who was manager of the Palmolive plant here, and will be sent east by rail. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. The futurf of the American merchant marine en gaged the attention today of both men who own and operate commer cial craft and men who build them, v While the senate commerce com mittee continued its hearings in fo mutation of a shipping policy bill, with ship owners testifying, a con ference of representatives of labo unions concerned in ship construe tion, with combined membership o 500,000, met to frame recommenda tions for the- "perpetuation of th American flag in the commerce nations." Secretary Daniels was the principal speaker, at the conference. He as surea nts nearers that some way would be found to operate merchant tonnage produced during or as a re suit of the war and to restore th American commercial fleets to the place they held 60 years ago. N tional prosperity, he said, was de pendent upon carrying American goods in American bottoms. Daniels Reiterates Sfcind. Mr. Daniels also reiterated his po sition as to the strength of the Amer lean battle fleet and said that work on the naval building programm would not be stopped. As to Amerl can naval power he said; "No man is a stronger advocate o the league than I, but in .the present perturbed condition of the world, the league must have a police force on the seas and I want the United State to have a force in that police force aa large as any other nation." without the league," he added "the American navy should be Incom parably greater" than any other. L. L. Raymond, president of th American Steamship Owners' assocla tion, was before the senate committee. urging that the sale price for govern ment war built craft do not exceed $100 a ton. Foreign Competition Predicted, Otherwise, he said, and withou exemption from excess profits taxes for a period of years, competition with foreign craft sold at $70 a ton would be impossible. "England still has in the neighbor hood of 20,000,000 tons of ocean ves sels built before the war at $70 ton," he said. "What the United States should do now," declared P. A. S. Franklin president of the International Mer cantile Marine, "is not think so much about the price of individual ships it owns, but to establish shippng trade with strong concerns so situated financially that they would be able to get capital. I indorse Mr. Ray mond's proposal in its entirety. "Get the present fleet under private ownership and see if private owners can get established strongly enough so they will themselves supply the deficiency (in fast ships). If not, pay the amount that is necessary to get vessels of the needed type in service." 2135 miles from Seattle at 8 P. M., Feb ruary 8. LYMAN STEWART. San Luis for Van couver. 42.1 miles from Vancouver. - ENDICOTT, Seattle for Yokohama,120 miles from Seattle at S P. M., February 8. WEST KADER, Portland for Shanghai, 23IU miles west of the Columbia river lightship at 8 P. M.. February 8. WEST HARTLAND. Portland for Kobe. 2080 miles west of the Columbia river at 8 P. M.. February 8. WEST JESSUP. Seattle for Yokohama, 2016 miles from Flattery at 8 F. M., reo ruarv 8 ABERCOS, Portland for Yokohama, 3600 miles west of the Columbia river. EL SEGUNDO. San Pedro for Point Wells. 4l miles west of San Fedro. MISS KIANZA. San Francisco for Man ila. 104 miles west of San Francisco. WEST KEENE, San Francisco for Hono lulu. Hrt4 miles from San Francisco. ASUNCION. San Pedro for Richmond 400 miles south of Richmond. OWATA.MA, Portland for United King dom, miles south of rofnt Sur. WEST CAYOTE, Seattle for Portland, 65 miles west of Sewttle. DlLWpRTH, Seattle for Richmond, 500 miles from Richmond NUXTANU. San Francisco for Manila Til miles from San Francisco at noon, February 8. for San Pedro. 1350 miles from San Pedro at noon. February 8. NANKING, Hongkong for San Fran cisco, 735 miles from San Francisco. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Feb. 9. Arrived at 0 A. M. Steamer Washtenaw from Port San Luis. Sailed at 5 P. M. SteameT Mult nomah from St. Helens for San Pedro via San Francisco. ; SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. . Arrived Steamers West Georgia from Honolulu, William F. Herrin from Astoria, Horace X. Baxter from Everett. Colusa from Cal cutta. Sailed Steamers Captain A. F. Lucas for Seattle, San Jacinto for Astoria. SAN PEDRO,' Cal., Feb. 0. fRpeclal.) Arrived Steamers Asuncion from Rich mond.. Brunswick from Ft. Bragg. El Se gundo from Richmond, G. C. Llndauer from Albion. Sailed Steamers Admiral Schley for San Diego, Asuncion for Rich mond, Brunswick for Ft. Fragg. Carlos for Grays Harbor, El Segundo for Point Wells, Yellowstone for Cooos Bay. ASTORIA. Feb. 9. Arrived at 11 last night and left up at midnight Steamer Washtenaw from Port San Luis. Arrived at 12:20 P. M. Barkentlne Charles Y. Crocker from Gilbert Islands. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. Arrived Steamer W, F. Herrin from Portland. Sailed at 2 P. M. Steamer San Jacinto for -Columbia river. Arrived at 5 P. ,M. Steamer Wahkeena from Columbia river. SEATTLE, Feb. 9. Sailed at noon Steamer West Cayote for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. Sailed at 4 P. M. Steamer Nome City for Portland. Arrived at 6 P. M. Steamer Oleum from Portland. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 9. Arrived Steamer Brave Coeur from Hongkong via Ports. Departed Steamers Queen for San Diego via San Francisco; West Cayote for Rotterdam, via Portland. San Francisco and London: Princess Maqulnna for Brit ish Columbia ports; Admiral Waton for southwestern Alaska. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 9. Arrived Steamers Admiral Farragut from San Francisco; Anyor from British Columbia ports. RAYMOND. Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.) The steamer Santa Monica sailed yester day for southern California with a cargo of lumber and lath. The steamer Uelene sailed for San Fran cLsco at 1 P. M. today with a cargo of spruce. The Santa Barbara arrived rrom Ban Francisco to load lumber. Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessels From Due. Str. Daisy San Francisco. . .Feb. 10 Str. Shata San Pedro Feb. 10 Str. West Cayote.. II. K. via Seattle. Feb. 10 Steamer Marshficld Surveyed. RECOMMENDATIONS COVER SHIPS REQUISITIONED IX AVAR A survey of the wood steamer Marshfield to determine her fitness as a flour carrier was made yesterday by a surveyor for the underwriters. The report of the survey will be made public today. If it is favorable, the loading will begin today or Wednes day. The Marshfield was ballasted 'last week in preparation for a trip iu int. unncu j. nig uuui Wlin lies, but when the vessel was offered to the grain corporation as a flour car rier, the ballast was removed to per mit a careful inspection of the holds. I mon. bops and lumber from this port and - will complete her cargo with shipments St. John's terminal preparing a site for the 2l.ooo-ton bunkers wnicn are to oe ot cotton and other freight in San Fran- I ere(.ted there by the commission of public ;iBt;u. l lie "jn i juaiiKgeu ana ope- 1 A .1.. rated by WllHams Dimond V company Use Cuticura To Keep Children's Skins Healthy If mothers would only use Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every-day toilet and nursery purposes, how much suffering might be avoided by preventing little skin and scalp troubles becoming serious, Cuti cura Talcum is also excellent for little ones, it is delicately medicated and ex quisitely perfumed. bavU Imb rrw T Wsd. Address: "CWltmrs bttarsurlM.Davt.10r.kUlsn.Kua." Sold arerr whera. Soap 25c Ointmant2fiaod0e. Talewa Ke. SasTCitticnrm Soap shave without mug. The Admiral line oriental freighter Paw let will shift at B o'clock this morning from the St. John s terminal to the Port land Flouring mills to continue loading. The Pawlet Is scheduled to sail Sunday. Accompanied by the floating repair plant of the Pacific Marine Iron works, by means of which repairs are being made to her machinery, the steamer Duqucsne moved yesterday from the Portland Flour ing mills to the Crown mills across the river. The loading of the Duquesne and the repairs to her engine room are be ing conducted at the same time, SJ ex cept for tho day spent in drydock, the ves sel will not be delayed by the overhauling. The steam schooner Kiamath. loading lumber for San Francisco, shifted last night from the Clark-Wilson mill at Linn ton to St. Helens to finish. The steam schooner Multnomah left down from St. Helens at 5 o'clock yester day afternoon with freight and passengers for San Francisco. The wood steamer Munra, which has been undergoing caulking and painting in the port drydock. will be refloated tomor row. She has been assigned by the emer gency fleet corporation to the Columbia Pacific Shipping company and ordered to Grays Harbor to load ties for the United Kingdom. The ship Reuce. one of the salmon flee owned by the, Columbia River Packers' association, will be lifted in drydock Thursday for her annual overhauling. Tne tank steamer Washtenaw of the Union Oil company arrived at the oil docks at 9 o'clock yesterday morning from Port San Luis. Tides at Astoria To end ay. High Water. Low Water. 4:M A. M....8.2 feetlll:4S A. M....1.H feet 5:27 P. M 6. feetll1:27 P. M....2.6 feet Colombia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Feb. 9. Conditions at the bar at s P. M. : Sea, smooth; wind, , northwest, 20 miles. Awards Cover 55 Requests From Five Nations, France Leading . AVith 32 Claims. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. Awards totalling- J12.089.149 on the claims of foreign shipowners for vessels and materials requisitioned during the war were recommended today by a committee of the shipping board. Of a total of 55 claims filed by Norwe gian, Russian, Italian. French and Danish interests, three claims were for ships and the remainder for ship building materials. For the 32 French claims, including three for ships, the committee recom mended awards aggregating $6,150. 643; for the 15 Norwegian claims, $2,600,000; for two Russian claims, $1,412,532; for two Italian claims, $816,651, and for the four Danish claims, $1,108,923. The committee based its ship claims on the value of ehlp tonnage on August 3, 1917, and the degree of completion when taken. For the materials, awards were com puted on the cost as of August 30, 1917, plus an arbitrary allowance for increase in value. ' V. S. KOLUES INDICTMENT Charges Against Seattle Concern Thrown Out of Court. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe cial.) An indictment returned a year ago against the Union Timber Prod ucts company, C. W. Scarff and S. L. Cravens, charging tnat tney ootainea government . shipbuilding contracts through misrepresentation, was nol lied by Federal Judge Jeremiah Ne terer this morning on motion of Rob ert C. Saunders, United States district attorney. The district attorney said the action was taken with knowledge and sanction of the attorney-general. Approval of the motion to nolle, which serves as dismissal of the case, is the final action in- proceedings which began when the Timber Prod ucts company brought a civil action against the government for $380,000, alleging that certain advances of funds which the government should have-made were not forthcoming. The Indictment was a counter move by the government and alleged in substance that the contracts were made for the DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Feb. 9. Maximum temper ature. o2 degrees: minimum. 34 degrees. River reading at 8 A. M.. 3.0 feet: change In last 24 Hours. 1.0 loot tall. Total rainfall 5 P. M. to B P. M. ). none: total rainfall since September 3, 1819, l.s.: inches: nor mal rainfall since September -1, 27.71 inches deficiency of rainfall since Sep tember 1, 1919. 5.88 Inches. Sunrise. 7:23 A. M.; sunset. 5:28 P. M. Total sunshine February 9. 10 hours 5 minutes; possible sunshine. 10 hours 5 minutes. Moonrise 11:56 P. M.; moonset. .9:41 A. M. Barom eter (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 30.24 Inches. Relative humidity at 5 A. M., S9 per cent; at noon, b9 per cent; at a P. M., 62 per cent. THE WEATHER. K S t Wind r t 5. w ? . 3 ?2. 2- 3 g j 2. 2 STATIONS. l2 : ? Weather. 5 I ;5 i : " ? w Baker Boise Boston Calgary ... Chicago Denver Dee Moines. 22 40!0.0I). .IW IClear 2fi 4210. 0O. .!nW Clear 241 H4!0.00. .SE IClear .181 BOiO.nol.,1 IPt. cloudy 82 3HI0.02I18IW Cloudy 24 8010.02 . .W Pt. cloudy 341 3K 0.O4i. .!W IClear Eureka I 8S -IO.0OI14iN (Clear Galveston Helena Juneaut Kansas City. Los Angeles. Marshfield .. Medford .'. Minneapolis New Orleans' New York. North Head N. Yakima. . 24 Phoenix ... Pocatello .. Portland .. Roseburg . . Sacramento St. Louis. . Salt Lake. San Diego. San Franc'o Seattle Sitkat 621 Si0.O0il2ISE ICIo.udy 141 2S10.00I.. NWlClear 36!...I1.(IS.:NE Cloudy 3S 44!0.m. .NW Clear 541 2!0.40!10!s Pt. cloudy 281 5R!0.0O.. NW Clear 10! R4'0.m. JSE Clear SOI 84I0.0OI14INW Cloudy r,2l 6I0.00. .IS Cloudy 241 8610.001. .Isw Clear 381 46!O.OOl20:NWClear 4N'tl . oo . . is 'Clear S21 omo.iol. .IN IRaln IR 40IO.OOI. .iNWICIear 341 5210.00!.. INWICIear 281 5010.00 . . NWICIear 42 6010.001. .SE Pt. cloudy 4l 4S'0.0 in!N-WICIoudy SOI 4010.0012'NWIClear 54 6010.441. .IS PCIoudy . 50 6OI0.O0I10ISW IPt. cloudv ..I .121 4610. 001.. IN IClear 34 . ..11 .101. .INWIRaln Spokane ... 221 4010.00!. .INE IClear Tacoma 30! 4410.001 . . IN IClear Tatoosh Is'dl 40 42'0.44!20IE IPt. cloudy, Valdelt I S... 10. 8S!.. INE IClear Walla Walla! 30 42'0.0O . .sw IClear Washington I 321 42IO. OOl. .ISB IPt. cloudy Winnipeg ...I 14 14!0.02ll6NWICloudy Sir. Florence Olson. San Pedro Str. Atlas San Pedro .... Barge 03 San Pedro .... Sir. Kosi' City ... San Francisco. . Str. Cansumset. San Francisco.. sir. City of Topeka. i-uii 1 rancisco. Str. Nome City. .. .Sair Francisco. .Feb. 10 .Feb. 10 .Feb. 10 ..Feb. 1 1 ..Feb. 14 .Feb. l: , . Feb. 1 1 Sir. Mont Cervin . -Seattle Feb. 10 Str. Jolian Poulsen.Sun Fraiwlsco Feb. IS Str. Wahkeena. .. . San Francisco. .. Feb. Ill ...Orient Feb. 2" ...Siilt Francisco. .. Feb. 21 ...Vladivostok ....Feb. 20 . ..Snn Francisco. .Alar. 10 . .Orient . Mar. 10 ..Orient April 1 ..Seattle April 1 tA. M. today. P. M. report of preced ing day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair; northerly winds purpose of getting possession of the ' , ",h"riy ,di . mooerate Str. Wawalona Kehr. Irene Str. Wahan Str. K el beck Str. Couxet Str. Montague . . Str. Mount Etna. To Sail From PortUuid. Str. Wapama San Francisco. . .Fob. 10 Str. Kiamath ..?..Sun Francisco. . -Feb. 11 Str. Pawlet Orient .'...Feb. 13 VenwN In Port. Vessel Str. Pawlet Portland B'lourinff Mills. Str. Aniwa Elevator. Str. Duqucsne ....Crown Mills. Str. Marshfield ...St. Helens. Str. Clackamas ...Municipal Dock No. 1. Str. Munra Drydock, Str. W. F. Herrin. . Mnnton. Str. Tiverton Westport. Ktr. Wapama .....St. Helens. Str. Santfam Tongue Point. Bkt. Geo. U. Hind. Inman-Poulaen mill. richr. Mondoro ....Westport. Str. Washtenaw ,.Iinnton. Str. Klamath St. Helens. U. S. Xaval Radio -Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M. yes terday unle8 otherwise Indicated.) ENTERPRISE, Hilo for San Francisco, 9-ti miles from San Francisco at S P. M.. February 8. SACHEM, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1TJS miles from San Francisco at S P. M.. February 8. WEST IRMO, San Francisco for Hono lulu, miles northeast of Honolulu at 8 P. M., February 8. DEVOLENTE, Nagasaki for San Fran cisco, 1505 miles from San Francisco at S P. M., February S. GL.ORIETTA, Belllngham for Honolulu, 30." miles from Honolulu at 8 P. M.f Feb ruary 8. NILE, San Francisco for Hongkong, 672 miles west of Honolulu at 8 P. M., Feb ruary 8. MANOA, fSin Francisco for Honolulu. 12ti miles west of San Francisco at 8 P. M. February 8. RESTORER. Seattle for Honolulu.- 1110 i miles southwest of Cape Flattery at 8 P. M.. February 8. COU E. L. DRAKE, Richmond for Honolulu. 400 miles from Honolulu at 8 P. M.. February 8, SILVER SHELL. Aiartmez for Portland. 182 miles north of San Francisco. ATLAS, towing barge :.. San Pedro for Portland, 440 miles from Portland CEL1LO, San Francisco for Seattle, 10 ilea north of Northwest Seal Rock. WILLAMETTE. Seattle for San Fran cisco, 450 miles south of Port Angeles. C. A. SMITH, wan rrancisco ior Marsn- field. 307 miles north of San Francisco. FRED BAXTER. San Francisco for Eagle Harbor, 337 miles north of San Francisco. SANTA INEZ. an Francisco for Ta coma, 15 miles south of Cape Flattery. PARAISO, Pan Francisco for Eureka, north of San Francisco. J A. MOFFETT, San Fitencisco for Se attle, 50 miles from San Francisco. LABREA. Vancouver ior fori san iuis, 100 miles from Port San Luis. ST ANTHONi, oil arraiones, bound for New York. SPOKANE, San. Franctsco for Wilming ton. 47 miles from San Francisco. CAPT. A. F. LLHJAS, Kicnmond ior v oini Wells. 106 miles from Richmond. BROOKDALE, &n Francisco for Se attle, 40 miles from San Francisco. WALL1NGFORD. orient for San Fran Cisco, 1245 miles from San Francisco at 8 P M., February K JOHANNA SMITH, Coos Bay for San Francisco. 35 miles south of Coos Bay. TOSEMITE, San Francisco for Seattle, 60 miles north of Cape Blanco. ERNEST H. MEYERS, San Diego for Grays Harbor, 115 miles south of Grays Harbor. . i ROBIN GRAY, Seattle for Yokohama. A Tooth Once Gone Never Comes Back Nothing in nature can replace a tooth totally destroyed by decay. Yet the estimated chief cause of tooth decay .'Acid-Mouth" is believed to exist in most mouths. It undermines the enamel, forces cavities, and exposes the delicate inner life of the tooth to germ destruction. TTftr? To (EC DAILY CITY STATISTICS Man-lave IJcenwes. COAT ES -H L F F M A N J olin C. Coa t es, . fl.15 Commercial street, and Nettie Huff man, 33- 1S8 Sixtv-nlnth street North. LA RSON -f Ai v m & k w ii j iam u. ia r son, 42, 350 Taylor street, and Gladys M. Fancher, 26, RUTi Clisan street. BAXTER-H I'BACK Robert J. Baxter. 24, J)V5 East Twenty-first street North, and Anna Huback, legal, 6I Clatsop street. Dl Fl R-FOSTER Kendal David Iulur, 36, 100 East Forty-fifth street, and AI freda Marie Foster, 27, 3R1 Cable street. RAYBL'RN-BA RNES F. R. Ray burn, legal, 202 Park street, and Myrtle E. Barnes, h'gal. 5H7 GMsan street. t CALLAH AN-Mc J LA DE Edmond Wal ter Callahan, 23, 300 Hancock street, and Mamie Angela McGlane, 23. same a at J reus. S T A N R 1 J R R O UG H -S E I ,L W OO D C. A . Rtanburrough. legal. Bend, Or., and Mary Ellen Sellwouu, legal, i7 Last Madison street. TALAFOI H-HAVLJN Joseph Talafous, . 272 Jefferson street, and Mrs. Mary Havlin. 2, 204 Columbia street. LA LON DE-SPIN NLVG .lames A. U ,onde, 24, 2Mi Clackamas street, and Ade- lyn Spinning. 20, 32K Milt street. SANCY-WENTZ Paul Sancy, 23, Sheri dan. Or., and Irene May Wentz, 23, 773 East Yamhill street. KOl'RNI lilt-BAHT M ESS F. X . Four ier, legal. "606 East Forty-ninth street. nd Ruby Bartmess. legal, 3o East An- keny street. BLACKM A N-BEERMAN M. Blackman 10, 5HH Second street, and Eva Beermau, , whi Meconrt street. B 1 N FOR D- E 1 M S .lav T. Bin ford. 30 Raymond. Wash., and Dora Elms, 18, 165 Tenth street. JO) Ri.v.s.rt.oe. TOOTH PASTE Counteracts "Acid-Mouth' The natural flow of normal saliva seems to do more than anything else to keep the teeth and gums protected against harm ful mouth acids. And the ingredients of Pebeco Tooth Paste are expressly de signed to stimulate the abundant flow of saliva. For the all-around benefit of your teeth, gums and mouth, use Pebeco night and morning, and have your dentist go over your teeth twice a year. Pebeco is sold by druggists everywhere VESSEL SETS PORTRAIT PICTURE OF GKORGK U. HIND IIIXG IX BAKKEXTIXK. Mayor Kolpli of San Krunolsco Is i Luuilcd In rrrii(Htinn to Captain K. C. InrMii. pany, and tho property n raid to l one of Krrat promlsn. tli orr ylrld' Ins values In gold, plulinum and all. vor. , Tlic nle was mudo hy Thomas J. Mi'iJliinlfi of Vow frork, mid was it n -dr a hond and lease, with a rasli payment of SL'.OMO and a puri'haaaj pri-o of f SZ&.tiuti. The company Is to lienln the erec. tion of a cyanide mill and reduction works us soon as weather conditions will permit. Mr. Kirk will Bo to Leavenworth. M umIi., to examlnp noma other properties, Hfler which he will rettirli to L'cnver. He expects lo enmn to 4.rearon early In March to direct the Ix-K in iiin ur of development woiK DAIRY DAY" IS HERE armors' Week Programme at lire ha in Attracting Many. Today is "dairy and fertility day" at Gri-.sham, where Farmers' week as attneteti larje numbers of Mult omah county farmers. Seven talks n farm topics will be eiven during the day. Professor K B. Fitts will speak on Economic Rations for the Cow at the Present Time"; Prof. C. V. Kuzek on Profits in the Care of Stable Ma- ure," and H. S. Seymour on 'The uture Dairymen." in 1he morning, nd M. S. Schrock on "What Organ ization Ha3 Done for the Dairymen"; Prof. C. V. Ruzek on "Commercial Fertilizer and Its Uses"; Prof. K. B. Fitts on "General Dairy Work," with pen discussion, and Prof. E. L. West- over will leud In a Judging- trip to several farms. Tomorrow will be "cj-ops day," Thursday "poultry day," Friday "hor- culture nay. and on Saturday a concluding programme will be eriven. JACKSON CLAIMS SOLD Denver Company Plans jto Develop Mining Properties. Hiram . Kirk, mining engineer of Denver, who is in Portland for a few days visiting at the home of his sis ter at 6323 Eighty-fifth street South east, yesterday announced the pur chase of eight mining claims in the Cow creek district of Jackson county. The purchases were made for the Denver Mining Gr neveiopment com- II cart ll!rnr Cause of Death. UllWiKN CITY. Or., Feb. 9. (f-'pe. clttl.) An autopsy on the body of James Phillip Ferris, aged 40. whoni body was found in his barber shop lit tho Electric hotel building Saturday, was held Saturday rilnlil lv Dr. E. II. Mil.ane of this city. Survivors art his widow and five children. Funerst services will be held from St. John's Catholic churrh this afternoon lit 1 o'clock. Interment will bo In tlui Catholic cemetery. At a simple but impressive cere mony yesterday aboard the barkeu-Oti tho mining property tine George U. Hind, which Is loading ; at the Inman-Poulsen mill, s photo graphic portrait of Mr. Hind, for whom the vessel was named, was presented to Captain E. O. ljarsen. master of the barkentine. The donor was Captain N. F. Carlson, represent ing tho builders. Hind. Holph & Co. of San Francisco. Captain ('arisen, who is engaged in fitting up ships in the Rolph yard at Eureka, broirght the George IT. Hind to Portland and turned her over to Captain Darscn, who arrived in command of the schooner Mindoro, now loading at Westport. ' In a brief speech of presentation by Captain Carlsen, and a still briefer speech of acceptance by Captain I. arson, high tribute was paid to Mayor Holph of San Francisco for his qualities as a mayor, a shipbuild er and a ship operator. The barkentine George U. Hind l. tho latest product pf the Rolph yards, and is declared by all the experts who have visited her to be the finest Ball ing vessel in the Pacific trade. Those attending the presentation ceremony yesterday, besides the prin cipals, were Frank O'Connor, agent of the Pacific Steamship company, James V. Mason of the Portland Ma rine Supply company. Henry Roths child of Jlrown & AfeCabe, stevedores, and C. V. Machen of the Pacific Ma rine Iron Works. MILLMADE CONSTRUCTION CO. alr Office MI2 H I If. at TH IsT HI II. DIM.. Tel. Mala 4724. Factor? Foot Williams Aenoe. V. O. Una 244. Woodlsui 241.1. Children Cry for Fletcher's F A G T S N O 5 0 1 SOLVING TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS ,J, Short hauls ntid less .1. than carload lolM In t the near future wl ri by highway truck. "J Kill lil highways tit T carry average loads Y Hllll It Will S O I V j transportation prod s' leitiH ami at the same time Increase In- Y comes. To do this roads should bo paved with V WARRENITE WtltHFV IIHOM. OWPA V. The Kind You nave Always Bonsht has borne the slcma ture of Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over SO years. Allow no one " to deceive yon in this. Counterfeits. Imitations and "Just-as-pood" are bnt experiments, and endanger the health of Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare poric, Drops and Soothinp Syrups. It contains neit her Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. For more than thirty years it lias been in constant use for tho relief of Constipation, Flatulency, "Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying; Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the as similation of Food; giving healthy and natural Sleep The Children's Panacea The .Mother's Friend, Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of TRAVK.I.EKS' Cl'IDK. S7 Change in Sailing SAN FRANCISCO S. S. Rose City Depart 12 Noon SATURDAY, FEB. 14 From Ainaworlh Dork Fare includes Berth and Meals. City Ticket Office. 3d and Washington Phone Main 3530 Freight Office, Ainxworth Dock Phone Broadway 268 SAN FKANC1SCO & PORTLAND S. S. LINES AUSTRALIA Honolulu, Hut. Srw Zmlaari. Tbf 'latlit.t 1'asxtrngrr mainrra R. M. N. "MM.AKA" K. M. h. " M 4R L RA tO.Oftft Tnna U.M 1mm hall from Vanetivfr, H. Far far? and itatlUiK" MMly (an. . rW war. &l TtilrtJ M., I'nniaiwl, mr lanadm Autral)aa Koral Mall Lai. 449 toU. Vaocuuvar. tt. C In Use For Over 30 Years thc crsmuia oohpskt, snimi errr. STEAMER far HAN KKAM'IMC'O n! 14m AM.KI .K llln T!ialv t.ltU r. M. CHEAP RATES M. HOI. I. AM, ALT.. IIJ Third ft. . Ition Main tl