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THE MORNING OREGONLVX. WEDNESDAY. MAY 5, 1920
FUEL OIL SHORTAGE
HITS COAST SHIPS
Announcement by Companies
Comes Suddenly. .
USE OF COAL NOT LIKED
Attempt to Fill Tanks of Abercos
.Brings Word That Firms
Cannot Take Business.
A shortage of fuel oil that threat
ens to result in the conversion from
oil-burners to coal-burners of all
steamships operating out of Portland
became known yesterday when the
Pacific Steamship company attempted
to make arrangements for filling the
tanks of the steamer Abercps, whicrf
is scheduled to -sail for the orient
next Tuesday. Like a bolt out o a
eipar sky, the information came to
Frank O'Connor. Portland agent of
the Admiral line, that no fuel oil
was available for the vessel.
Officials of the Standard Oil com
pany, sneaking for all the oil com
panies in regard to the general sit
uation, said yesterday that barely
enough oil is available to fill existing
contracts, no new contracts are being
made, and none of the oil companies
is taking on any new business.
A contract, between the shipping
board and the several oil companies,
by virtue of which the companies
were required to supply fuel oil to
vessels of the emergency fleet cor
poration, expired March 31 and has
not been renewed. Local operators
of shipping board vessels under the
new operating agreement, which
makes them responsible for the en
tire management of the ships, are
therefore at the mercy of the oil
companies, and, unless a greater sup
ply of the liquid fuel becomes avail
able here of the oil companies ex
perience a change of heart, all ship
ping board vessels operating out of
Portland of necessity will be con
verted into coal burners.
C. D. Kennedy la Hopeful.
C. D. Kennedy, district agent of
the operations division of the emer
cency fleet corporation, is in touch
with the Pacific coast headquarters
of the operations division at San
Francisco and is endeavoring, through
H. H. Kbey, assistant direotor of op
erations, to make arrangements with
the heads of the oil companies in
San P'rancisco to provide ships with
fuel oil at Portland. Mr. Kennedy
said yesterday that he was not
alarmed, and believed that satisfac
tory arrangements could be com
pleted. In the meantime. Frank O'Connor
is prepared, if not notified within
a few days that the Abercos can
have a supply of oil, to start the
work of installing coal grates and
otherwise preparing the vessel to
burn coal. .
Notice was 6erved on the steam
ship operators more than a week ago
that fuel oil would no longer be
available in Japan, and arrangements
were made to convert the vessels
into coal burners on reaching Yoko
hama. After cruising through the
. orient and back to Japan, they were
to be changed back again to ojl
burners for the return Hip to Port
land. If it becomes necessary to send
the ships out of Portland as coal
burners they will continue as such
throughout the voyage.
The shortage of fuel oil which
threatens to prove an ambarrass
ment to the steamer Abercos, which
will be the next of the Admiral line
oriental fleet to sail from this port,
applies equally to the six other ves
sels in the Portland-orient service of
this company and the five assigned
to the Columbia - Tacific- Shipping;
company for operation in the North
China line.
Shortage Is Hard Blow.
The shortage of fuel oil is a par
ticularly hard blow to steamship sp-
erators because of the great amount
of space otherwise available for car
go that is taken by coal bunkers,
as well as the greater cost of op
eration with coal. Twenty mpre men,
employed as coal passers, wipers and
other attendants of coal-burning fur
naces are required to man a vessel
burning coal than the same vessel
using fuel oil.
The tank steamer El Segundo of
the Standard Oil company and oil
barge No. S3 finished discharging full
cargoes of oil at the Standard Oil
docks yesterday, and the Pacific
Steamship company expected to
bunker the Abercos as soon as berth
ing space was available at the
Standard Oil dock. The company was
informed, however, that all the oil
on hand was required for existing
contracts.
Imports of Petroleum oil of va
rious kinds bv tank steamer from
California during the month of April
amounted to a total of 574, 826 bar
rels, an amount slightly in excess.
if anything, of- the average monthly
importation. Of this total the amounts
by barrels of each of the four grades
as recorded In the custom-house
were as follows: Crude oil, 387,629
fuel oil, 126,397: refined oil, 44,000,
and gasoline, 16.800.
CARGO COMIXG FROM ORIENT
Steamer Wawalona to Bring Freight
Here From Vladivostok.
The steamer Wawalona. operated
between this city and Japanese ports
by the Pacific Steamship company
has been diverted to V ladivostokA Si
beria, to pick up 2500 tons of general
rargo for .Portland, according to
cablegram received yesterday by Frank
J. O'Connor, resident agent of the
company. Besides the 2500 tons tha
will come straight through to Port
land, the "Wawalona is to take 4000
tons of freight from "Vladivostok to
SUanghai. The vessel left Shanghai
for Vladivostok April 26.
The steamer Pawlet of the Admiral
line oriental service, which left Yoko
hama'April 28 for Portland, "has be
tween 500 and 1000 tons of freight,
.according to a message received yes
terday. The Pawlet is bringing bulk
vegetable oil in her deep tank. She
will be due here May 17.
MOSEY
IX
JAPAN-
TIGHT
Banks' Are Refusing to Make Fur
ther Advances on Cargoes. s
WASHINGTON. Ma? 4. With banks
refusing to make further advances
on cargoes. Japanese trade is feeling
the full effects of the financial situa
tion there and shipping at Yokohama
already is congested, according to of-.
nciai aavicea irom xokio received to
day by the department of commerce.
Commodity prices have declinefi
shaaply and money is exceedingly
tight, despite a decline in- banking
rates. The dispatch said, however,
that "no disastrous" failures had yet
occurred.
Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes.
SEATTLE, Wash., llay 4, ISpeelal.)
I... I Bates, foreign frelirht agent for the
Pacific Steamship company, the Admiral
line, left Seattle last night or New York,
to attend a meeting of shipping men at
which a rate conterence covering all of the
Important maritime districts of the coun
try will be organized.
Carl Sunde, president of the Sunde &
D'Evers company of Seattle, accompanied
by Mrs. Sunde, and their daughter. Miss
Viola Sunde, left Vancouver, B. C, today
enroute to Europe. They will be gone about
six, months and will , make an extended
Kur of the continent.
With lumber loaded in Belllngham, the
Mailing schooner Vancouver, built in the
Cholberg yards in Victoria. B. C, for the
H. C. Hansen Interests, arrived in Buenos
Aires Friday, according to advices received
in Seattle. As soon as the vessel discharges
ane- will sail for Norway.
J. C. Krancesconi, president of the bro
kerage firm of J. C.. Francesconi of New
York and Chicago, is in Seattle on a 'busi
ness trip. He Is Investigating market con
ditions with particular reference to orien
tal oils. ,
Carrying 150 flat cars and four locomo
tives being, shipped from the Panama Canal
zoms to Anchorage, Cook Inlet, the steam
ship Anoyx and the barge Baroda of the
Coastwise Steamship and Barge company
Tr-u xsaiDoa aaiuraay lor Alaska.
When the steamship and the barge return
iJWf t,ney have completed a voy-
"caOp,aVn00-?. m,'r',e8Swa, master of the big
liner Fushlml Mam of the Nlppjn Tusen
Kaisha, which sailed from Seattle yester-
clay for ports In the Far East, will leave
me sea to accept a shore berth with the
vessel reaches Japan. He began his career
more than 30 years ago as a deckboy.
TACOMA. Wash.
May. 4. (Special. ) I
Tacoma shippers this week have, been dis
appointed in the failure of several Cali
fornia boats, due here with freight to
arrive. However, indications are that' the
coming week will make up. as the Daven
port, Nome City. Saginaw and Lovejoy are
scheduled to come here with cargo from
San Francisco for Tacoma firms,
v The Lake French ton, from ."an Fran
cisco, was looked for today. The vessel
is going to load lumber here for Cuba.
Her cargo has been waiting here for sev
eral weeks
the Queen, from San Francisco, Is due
tonight. This is the first Admiral line
vessel to come here. In a week. The steamer I
has a large amount of freight to load
nere lor (Jalitornia ooints.
The Maquam, of the Waterhouse fleet,
la due to load here for the. orient a"s soon
as the Inspection of the vessel is com
pleted. ' .
The Maquam Is down-sound at present
but expected her tomorrow.
SAN PEDRO, Cal.. May 4. (Special.)
The United States battleship Wyoming
arrived this morning from Bremerton
flavy yard-for an indefinite stay. This
makes four battleships in port here.
Four fishermen who declared they were
compelled to put Into the port of Avalon.
Santa Catajlna Island, to avoid a heavy
northwester, were arrested by State Fish
and Game Officer Anderson because they
had puse seiners on their boats.
The waters around Catalina are restrict- I
ed against purse seining and the arrest Is
a part of the fight which the state offi
cers are making to enforce the restric
tions. Residents of Catalina Island con
tend that the commercial fishermen spoil
the sport for the sportsmen and reduce
the number OT fish.
Those arrested were Tony Marlncovich.
Petar Dragich. Andrew Petrlch and K.
Karmelich.
The British steamer Maslclan is dis
charging a portion of tier cargo in the
outer harbor. She Is en route north.
w
ASTORIA Or Mav 4. (Special.) A
elegram was received today stating that
he Kteum Kchooner Solano will sail from
San Francisco on Friday and will come to
load lumber at the Warrenton mill. The
Solano will be the first craft to load in the
recently improved Skipanon river.
The steam schooner jonan t'ouison
rived at 6:20 this morning from San
Francisco with freight and proceeded to
Portland.
The steam schooner Frank D. stout ar
rived at 11 this morning from San Fran
cisco and wilt load lumber at St. Helens.
The steamer West Keats, coming to load
umber for China, arrived at 5:30 this
morning from San Francisco and went to
Portland. The steam schooner Halco, wltn
umber from the Hammond mill, will sail
during the night for San Pedro.
The steam schooner Lalsy f reeman was
due - tonight from San Francisco with
freight for Portland.
COOS BAY. Or.. May 4. (Special.)
The gasoline schooner Tramp, with a big
cargo of freight for Curry county towns.
sailed ' this morning at 6:15 for iVgue
river.
The steamer C. A. Smith, with lumber
from the Smith mill, sailed at 1 o'clock
this afternoon for Oakland
The gasoline schooner Gazelle sailed a-t
9 A. M. for Umpqua river, towing a barge
and the gasoline boat Annie, which re
cently capsized on the Coos Bay bar and
which will be used in the fishing fleet off
the Lmpqua.
GRATS HARBOR, Warfi., May 4. (Spe
cial. ! The steamer Charles Christensen
cleared this morning for Kan Pedro after I
oading lumber at the American mill.
Aberdeen.
The Phoenix c&Koline powerboat arrived
Sunday with canned Bood.s from the Qucets
tannery. The boat returned to UHieeta to
day with merchandise for the company
atore.
PORT TOWXSEND, "Waah., May 4.
(Special.) Commerce between ports in the
orient and Puget sound is about, equally
divided between American and Japanese
steamers, as shown by the records Jn the
United States quarantine office.. In April
0 steamers arrived here for quarantine in
spection. Of this number ten were Jap
anese, nine American and one British.
Pacific coast shipping firms operatinsr
shipping- board steamers to the orient will
no longer receive fuel oil at Manila in
emergencies from the navy's shipping
board reserve supply, according to word
received here last night. The reserve at
Manila to supply tha navy is nearly ex
hausted. This will result in many of
the government steamers being changed
'H7 coai-uurners.
The United States quarantine boarding
boat Whytman. soon will be sold or sent
to th Columbia river for use by tha
United States public health service. She
win oe replaced ay the Rail Hache. lor
merry the Olympia, which was used by
the navy as a patrol boat duTlngr the war
ana at me close or wnich she was assigned
to the United States public health .service
She has received seneraf overhauling
which included a rearrangement of her
cabin. .She will bo placed in commission
about June 1.
En route to Anchorage with 130 Iat
Lii b huu mur locomotives, the steamer
Anvol. towinir tho h.m r i
from the canal zone Saturday, according
to word received by Griffiths & Sprague
cnanerers ol the vessels. Thn I
equipment which was used in the construe-
nun ul me t-anama canal is being taken
nviiji iu miuipf me government railway
The Anyox will call at San Diego for fuel.
r ram Aucaoraga they will come to Puget
,SAS FRANCISCO. May' 4. (Special.)
7 .tc,"c Mau steamship Sachem Cap
tain Thomas Blau. arrived from Cristobal,
via ports of Central Am--!a i.4
shortly before noon today with a full cargo
- --f- ".j " passengers.
This was the maiden vova l th ,,.
em on the Panama run after being taken
over from the Matson Navigation com
pany's Honolulu service. Captain Blau
said the vessel is adapted to the service
down the coast and is a cool ship in hot
weather.
The Sachem remained at Aeapulco for
four days because the pier at Champerlco
had been blown down. The" freight from
the latter port-was lightered to Aeapulco
Many of the passengers were from Mexico
and consisted of natives who prefer to get
away from that country until normal con
ditions are restored. There were also sev
eral wealthy planters frm Centra! Amer
ica, the majority of whom now prefer to
spend their vacations here. The principal
Item of freight was coffee. . -
The schooner Lizzie Vance Contain
Asterhuis, arrived from Panept tnrtav
after a passage of 58 days, laden with
cocoanuts and copra. The skipper did not
wait for a tug but sailed into port, mak
ing a clean passage in through the gate.
The J. O. Davenport steamer Falrhaven
arrived here today after a prolonged ab
sence on me lower coast. There were no
passengers. Owing to a bit of engine trou
ble the vessel Wjis delayed at Enseunada
for several days. This accounts for the
delay that was not explained until a few
days ago.
The British tank steamer William Singer
arrived from Manila and the orient todav
ii uBim&i hiiu win ioaa anotner carsro of
Petroieum for the Shell Oil company. -
i ne snipping ooara steamer Ulen. Cap-
tain Darling, arrived from Philadelphia
toaay wiin a cargo or coal ana steel. This
vessel, operated ny tne Pacific Steamship
LutuiiBii.', rw ,1, i-u iu rujjei souna. ii n Q
after discharging will. load lor the orient.
i ne launcn ftanaaa uoy, a small steam-
er from Puget -sound, arrived here todav
and after loading the necessary fuel, will
proceed ior L.os Angeles, beveral of these
small craft have maije this voyage this
Dl-
The Jananese freighter Takunhimfi fo,..
which arrived from New York two days
ago. completed loading fuel today and uro-
pro-
ceeaea, tor loaonama.
Four lumber vessels arrived vesterdAv
from coast points with a total of more
than l.OOU.UUU teet or lumber.
Tides at Astoria Wednesday.
High. I.ow.
1:40 A. M...S.6 feet 8:47 A. M...-0.2 feet.
2:53 1?. H. ..1.1 IeetJ8:43 P, JI... 32 fee.
SHIPPING TRIALS SET
FRAUD CASES TO BE HEARD
BEGIXXIXG SEPTEMBER 7.
Delay Requested by Government
and by Counsel for Defense
for Preparation.
SEATTLE. May 4. Federal Judge
Neterer today set dates beginning
September 7 for trial of the cases
against 11 Northwestern shipping
men Indicted by a federal grand jury
last January and March for alleged
frauds in connection with construc
tion work for the United States ship
ping: board. Judge Neterer overruled
from the bench two demurrers en-
tered to the most recent indictments
rOUB,ht Tb3C th Sd ary aainSt
CaPtain John F. Blain. former man-
ager of the Northern Pacific district
of the emergency fleet corporation.
who is one of the defendants.
The first of the cases will be that
against the Grays' Harbor Motor Ship
corporation, seven officers of which
are charged" with making7 alleged
false claims for bonuses for advance
delivery-of a hull under construction
in wartime shipbuilding for the gov
ernment. Following In order will be similar
actions against Phillip Morrison,
president of "the Seaborn -Shipyards
company; Captain W. A. Magee, a
former emergency fleet corporation
official; the Seaborn Shipyards com
pany and other officers thereof. The
two cases against Captain Blain are
next on the docket, one charging mis-
use of the mails to further alleged
fraudulent salary claims and the
other charging alleged false claims
for salary.
Delay until September was re
quested by both the government and
counsel for the defense because of the
extensive work necessary in prepar
ing the cases.
TELEPHONE CABLE TO BE LAID
Ship at Astoria Taking On Six
Miles of Communication Line.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 4. (Special.)
Six miles of telephone cable are be-
Ing loaded on the lighthouse tender
Manzanita and with the assistance of
the coast guard crews this cable is
to be laid from the Tillamook rock
lighthouse to a point on the .beach
near the mouth of Elk creek. So
soon as this work is completed the
Manzanita will take about six miles
of cable to St. Georges reef to con
nect that lighthouse with the shore.
These improvements will. provide a
means of telephone communication
from the two lighthouses to the land
and are expected to aid materially in
the reporting of vessels, especially
those In distress.
Steamer West Keats Arrives.
The new shipping board steamer
West Keats, built at Los Angeles, ar
rived at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the Peninsula mill, where she will
load the first of her first cargo. She
will take a-full load of lumber to
north China ports as the second vessel
in the new service of the Columbia-
Pacific Shipping company.
. Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, May 4. Arrived at 4 P. M.
-Steamer West Keats, from San Fran
cisco; arrived at . P. M., steamer Johan
Poulsen, from San Francisco, . via Fort
Bragg; arrived at 8 P. M.. steamer Frank
D. Stout, from San Francisco for St. Hel
ens. Sailed at noon steamer Wahkeena,
from St. Helens for San Pedro; sailed at
5 P. M.. barge 93. for San Francisco; sailed
at 5 P. M., steamer eastern Dawn, ror
New York; sailed at midnight, steamer El
Segundo, for San Francisco; sailed at mid
night, steamer Frank H. Buck, for Mon
terey.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. Arrived at
d A. M.- Steamer City of Topeka, from
Portland; via Eureka and Coos Bay.
ASTORIA, May 4. Arrived at 5:40 and
left up at 7:30 A. M. Steamer West Keats,
from San Krancisco; arrived at 6:20 and
left up at 8:13 A. M., steamer Johan Poul
sen, from San Francisco, via Fort Bragg.
Sailed at 9 - A. W. and returned at 3:15
P. M. U. S. S. Heather, from sea. Ar
rived at 11:10 and left up at 1 P. M.
Steamer Frank IX Stout, from San Fran
cisco for St. Helens. Sailed at 6 last night
Steamer Mukilteo. for Orays Harbor..
SAN PEDRO, May 3. Sailed Steamet
Delisle, for Columbia river, via San Fran
Cisco.
SAX PEDRO. Cal.. May 4. Sn4oiaY-
Arrived Steamers Dilworth. from Hono
lulu. 7 A. M. : Claremont. from - V illana
in the night; Admiral Schley, from San
Dlf en 8 A. M. : Admiral Dewev. from
Seattle. 4 P. M. ; U. S. S Wyoming, from
Bremerton, A, ai.; Ernest H. Meyer.
from San Diego, A. M. Sailed Steamers
1 Siskivou. for Grays Harbor. 5 P. M- San
i Jacinto, lor veniura, in me nignt; Trtnl-
I dad, for Astoria, o P. M. ; Admiral Schley.
for Seattle. 11 A.
M. ; Magician, for San
Francisco, 5 P. M.
SYDNEY. N. S. W.. J'lay i. Sailed Ca
nadian Exporter, ror Vancouver.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 4. Arrived-
I Steamers Admiral Evans, from Anchorage;
I Queen, from San Diego, via San Francisco;
I Mukilteo. Irom San Francisco, via As-
I toria; Hainan Maro, from Yokohama'; hull
I Russell Havislde. from Eureka, in tow.
1 Departed Motorship Chukotsk, from Ber-
I ' ium souin-
western Alaska; Admiral acragut. from
San Dieso' vla San Francisco; Koshun, for
I Yokohama and Kobe. '
1 SA!f FRANCISCO. Cat.. May 4. Arrived
oiniei uj 1 "Hra. uum fomand;
la""-v,,' vci,,.i America; war-
singer, from Manila; J.yman Stewart, from
Seattle; Quabbln, from Seattle; Fort
Bragg. from-Arica; Sachem, from Cristo
bal: Eastern Guide, from Honolulu. Sailed
Steamers Takushima Maru for Yoko
hama: Horse X. Baxter, for Seattle
President, for Seattle; Catchwood, for Bal
boa. Marine Jiotes.
The steam schooner Johan Poulsen ar
rived from San Francisco via Fort Bragg.
Cal.. at 5 o'clock last night at the Eastern
& Western mill with 130.000 feet of red
wood lumber from" California, which she
is discharging at the mill. The red
wood was brought to Balfour, Guthrie A
Co. and is expected to be loaded on the
schooner Columbia River or Thistle, wheh
will start loading at the Eastern & Western
mill in a lew days lor Australia.
The passenger steamer Astorian was laid
up for repairs to her boiler again yester
day. Captain F A. Wrilson, owner of the
To Arrive at Portland.
Vessel From
Due.
Str. Daisy Freeman.. San Fran..
Str. Kaisha Maru Kobe ......
.May 8
May 6
Str. Melko Maru Seattle ...
Str. West Katan Seattle ...
Str. City of Topeka.. San Fran.,
sir. Wawalona .. Orient ....
. .May
-May 8
.May 9
.May tf
str. West isavaria. . .fcan r ran..
. May 0
.Mav o
Str. Delisle San Fran..
Str. Silverado ..San Fran..
. May 10
.May lO
Str. Hwan w u beattle
I utr. wt .Tester Seattle
...May 10
I Str. Steel Voyager. . .Puget Sound. . Ma v i
Str. Dewey New York. Uivii
l toir. uien ........... r i'uMunia. . Ma v l s
I Str. Pawlet Orient May 17
1 0tr- al" u"'tl ....... iay
I To lepart Irom Portland
I str Shasta San Pedro..
I Str. Steel Maker u. K- May g
I sir. r.jsici 1 1 j " n . . u i iv . ... ina,y 7
Str. City of Topeka.. San Fran Mav 10
air. Auerew vuci
I Str. West Keats Orient
May 3 1
May 14
I Vessels in Port.
1 Vesse! Berth
Str. Abercos Port- Flouring mills.
l xKs. m.KW,vv . . - . . ..omul...
I Str. Corone .Terminal No. 1
I Sen. uoiumoia niver.trown mini,
str. Daisy Matthews. Knappton.
I , V, a. . ' : " , ,
Str. Johan foulsen Lastn & vv est n mill
M. . uaianai aid. j. Ac m. vorks.
Sir. Steel Maker Inman-Poulsen mill
str. i nistie .ast. and West. mill.
mr, iiciiu vouLii-tireei aock
r, . . -1 1 . . 1.' ..... r i
Sir. roi, cta rrinneuia mill.
6ch. Vm. H. Smith. .Terminal No, jL,
Port Calendar.
vessel, expect to have her on the run
again by Thursday morning.
Three crews of non-union longshore
men were engaged- yesterday in loading
the steamer Steelmaker at 'the Inman
Poulsen mill, and her operators stated
that the vessel will be- cleared without
serious delay because of the refusal of the
longshoremen's union to load the vessel.
About 1.500,000 feet of large dimensioned
timber is to be placed aboard the Steel
maker at the Inman-Poulsen mill, and a
quantity of cascara bark, canned goods
and other general freight will be lightered
to the mill from municipal terminal No. 4
so that when the vessel -leaves the mill
aha will be ready for sea.
The Japanese-built shipping board
steamer Eastern Dawn finished loading
flour for the food administration at Mont
gomery dock No. 2 yesterday and left
down at 5 o'clock. She Is to complete her
cargo with about 3000 tons of flour. at
Astoria.
The steam schooner Frank D. Stout ar
rlced at St. Helens at '8 o'clock last night
to load at the Columbia county mill.
The steam schooner "Wahkeena sailed
from St. Helens for San Pedro at noon
yesterday with a full cargo of lumber.
The steamer Abercos shifted from
municipal terminal No. 4 to the Port
land flouring mills at 4:30 o'clock yester
day to load a part cargo of flour for tha
orient.
U. S. Naval Radio Reports,
(An positions reported at P. M. yes
terday unless otherwise indicated.)
W. S. PORTER, Everett for Saa Fran
cisco, 192 miles from Everett.
IOSEM1TB, San Francisco for Port
Gamble. 35 miles south of Cape Flattery.
SAN DIEGO, San Francisco for Seattle,
67 miles from Seattle, l
MOFFETT. Richmond for Point Wells,
483 miles from Point Wells. '
COLONEL E. L. DRAKE, Point "Wells
for San Pedro, 450 miles from San Pedro.
C. A. SMITH, Coos Bay for San Fran
cisco, 70 miles south, of Coos Bay.
PADNSAY. Tacoma for New York. 6S5
miles south of Cape Flattery.
ARGYLL, Seattle for Oleum. 20 miles
from Oleum. "
W. F. HERRIX, Port Costa for Portland,
398 miles f rom Port Costa.
HERCULES, towing drydock pontoon,
Seattle for Oakland, 6 miles south of
Blunts reef lightship.
WILLAMETTE. Belllngham for San
Francisco. 25 miles south of Belllngham.
REDONDO, left Nanaimo at 7 P. M. for
Seattle.
WEST NILEUS, San Francisco, for Hon
olulu. 20 miles from San Francisco.
PRESIDENT, San Francisco for Seattle,
12 miles north of Point Arena.
LAKE GEBHART, San Francisco for
Victoria. 3.1 miles north or san i rancisco.
ENTERPRISE. Hilo for San Francisco,
fSO miles from San Francisco.
NANKING. San Francisco for orient.
13S0 miles from San Francisco.
ASUNCION. San Pedro lor turesa, saa
miles south of Eureka.
GOVERNOR. San Francisco for Los An
geles. .'11 miles south of San Francisco.
SONOMA, "Sydney lor San r rancisco,
1083 miles from lightship. 8 P. M., May 3.
ECUADOR. 647 miles west of San Fran
cisco. 8 P. M.. May 3.
MOHINKUS. San Francisco lor. Hono
lulu. 621 miles from San Francisco, 8 P.
M.. May 3.
WEST MINGO. Kahului for San Fran
cisco. 1605 miles fro-m San Francisco, 8
P. M., May 3.
WEST SELENE. Honolulu for San Fran
Cisco. 573 miles from Honolulu, 8 P. M.,
May 3.
CAPT. A. F. LUCAS, San Francisco for
Ketchikan, 495 miles north of San Fran
cisco. WASHTENAW. San Luis for San Diego
105 miles from San Diego.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Los Angeles for
San Francisco. 96 miles from Los Angeles.
WEST JSLIP, San Francisco for Nor
folk, .60 miles from San Francisco.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, May 4. Condition of the
bar at t P. M. Sea smooth; wind south
west, four miles.
AUTO HEARINGS TODAY
A.
JS. HCDWELI AXD FRED
PKOPP TO FACE COURT.
Aged Man. liuji Down and Killed
While Boarding Street Car and
Little Girl Badly Bruised.
A. R. Hudwell, 533 Johnson street,
whose automobile struck and killed
W. H. Blaney of 3830 Sixty-third
street southeast at Grand and Haw
thorne avenues Monday afternoon as
the victim of the accident was at
tempting to board a streetcar, will
have a hearing in the municipal court
today on a charge of reckless driv
ing.
When Hudwell's hearing came up
yesterday it was postponed until to
day pending the' findings of last
night's inquest over the body of the
dead man.
Mr. Blaney was a member of George
Wright post of the Grand Army of
the Kepubllc and had recently cele
bratcd his golden wedding annlver
sary at the post. He was' also i
member of the brick masons' union.
He is survived by his widow and
a son. J. W. Blaney.
Fred Propp of Hillsdale, whose au
toniobile struck 4-year-old Esther
Honstein in front of her home. 880
East Tenth street, Monday afternoon
wil have a hearing on a charge of
reckless driving today in municipal
court. The little girl received frac
tured ribs, a lacerated face and
bruises.
Patrolman Kelly, who investigated
the accident, said that the Propp
machine ran 45 feet after hitting the
child.- -
FESS RATE BILL KILLED
PROPOSED ADVANCE IX MAIL
CHARGES DISAPPROVED.
Substitute Plan Providing for Flat
Rate Tentatively Approved
by House Committee.
WASHINGTON7May 4. The house
postoffice committee today went on
record as opposed to the automatic
Increases in second-class mail rates
to become effective this and in the
next two years. Final action on a
substitute measure was deferred,
however.
As a substitute for the bill intro
duced by Representative Fess, re
publican, Ohio, at the request of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
sociation, the committee adopted i
motion offered by Representative
Madden, republican, Illinois, . to fix
a flat charge of 1 cents a pound
on reading matter and from IVz cents
to 5 !- cents on advertising. Com
mitteemen explained that this action
taken by a vote of 9 to 6, killed the
Fess bill.
Later the committee decided, 8 to 7
that the - Madden substitute would
remain on the table as unfinished
business and subject to future action.
SUITS DEMAND 5229,350
INJURED RAILROAD ENGINEER
ASKS $104,000.
Claim for $100,0 00 Filed on Be
half of Florence Rostad Against '
Street Railway Company.
Damages aggregating $229,350 for
personal injuries are demanded in four
suits filed in tne circuit court yester
day, two of whieu are the largest on
record in Multnomah county. An engi
neer who was scalded and permanent
ly injured, in 4 railway collision asks
$104,000 from the railroad administra- I
tion, and a 17-year-old girl who lost
Hi
her left arm and left leg in a s
car. accident asks $100,000 from the
Portland Railway, Light and Power
company.
Walter Davis was a Southern Pa
cific engineer who received very ser
ious Injuries .when the train he was
driving collided with another freight
near Cook station, junction point of
the Newberg and Tigard branches of
the Southern Pacific, on May 31, 1918.
Divis asks $104,000 damages in the
Buit filed against "Walker D. Hines,
former director general of railroads,
now agent for the conduct of litiga
tion arising out of federal control."
Florence Rostad. aged 17, was
thrown beneath the wheels of a street
car she was attempting to board on
March 30, 1920, and crippled for life.
In the $100,000 damage uit filed by
her mother, Mrs. Celia--M. Rostad, as
guardian, against the Portland Rail
way, Light and Power company, the
girl asserts that the car-was started
before she was on. the lolt tearinsr
her grasp from the rail. The accident
occurred at East Fiftieth and
Twenty-ninth avenue, as Miss Rostad
and a crowd of school girls were get
ting on the car.
The Portland Railway. Lieht and
Power company is sued for $20,000
in an action filed by G. M. Wood, line
man, employed by the company. While
working on a pole near the steel
bridge on January 13, 1920. Wood
touched an exposed wire, receiving
severe electrical -iurns. He claims the
protection was inadequate.
witn the claim that blood poieon
set In her right hand after treatment
by physicians of the National HospL
tal association, Sadie Burkman asks
$o350 in a suit filed yesterday. The
poisoning occurred last March, she
asserts.
GUNNER COT IDENTIFIED
THOMAS MAXXIXG IXQCEST
DOES XOT FIX Ad!
Roy Alley, Mine Official, Xot Reo
ognized by Witnesses
Firer of First Shot.
as
BUTTE, Mont., May 4. Admission
by Mrs. Catherine Dougherty and
other witnesses that they could not
identify Roy Alley, an Anaconda Cop
per company official, as the one who
fired the first shot from the group
of Anaconda mine guards on the af
ternoon of the shooting on Anaconda
road on April z 1 which resulted in
the death of Thomas Manning, was
the feature of testimony at the in
quest taday.
Mrs. Dougheety yesterday testified
that a man whom she afterward was
told was Mr. vflley, had fired over the
heads of the crowd and had waved to
the mine guards to sart shooting.
When confronted in court by the
Anaconda official, Mrs. Dougherty
stated she did not recognize him as
the one who fired the shot. She said
she had never seen Mr. Alley before.
James Cassady, a striker, said he
saw at close distancethe man who
fired the shot but that he could not
state it was Mr. Alley.
Little of importance was developed
In the fifth day of the hearing. Lead
ers of the picket squads were absent
when their names were called and
Acting Coroner J. H. Doran stated be
fore adjournment that unless they
appeared In response to subpoenas
which have issued they would be ar
rested. 5 HOWELL JURORS NAMED
Attorneys Believe Iiittle Trouble
' Will Be Had in Getting 12.
MARSHFIELD. Or., May 4. (Spe
cial.) Attorneys in the Harold
Howell murder care today expressed
the belief that obtaining a jury
would not take as long as had been
antl-ipated. After examining 20 men
called on a special venire five jurors
were selected. One man, A. L. Kice,
was accepted yesterday.
The others are R. A. Wernich. owner
of a lumber mill at Coquille; William
K. Sullivan, truck driver of Marsh
field; K. W. Putnam, proprietor of a
transfer company at North Bend, and
J. i. Houser and C. E. Withers Jr.
both farmers.
Firm to Make Auto Parts.
ASTORIA, Or., May 4. (Special.)
W. A. Viggers of the Astoria Marine
Iron works announced today that his
company will soon begin the manu
facture of automobile parts for the
x ord company and he expects the
contract win amount to about $300.
000. Th automobile company has of
fered the local concern all the work
It .can handle in this line for an in
definite period and Mr. Viggers says
it is Just a question of hgw much
equipment in the way of machinery
and tools the iron works is able to
secure quickly how large the coh
tract will be.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL, REPORT.
. - wiwx.. .r.. may 4. Maximum
temperature. 61 decrees: minimum tem
perature. 4li aesreca. River reading, s
A M., 6.4 feet: change In last 24 hours.
0.1-foot rise. Total rainfall (3 p. m to
P. M.), none; lota rainfall since Seti
tember 1. 1019. .10.::! Inches: normal rain
fall since September 1. 4H.1U Inches- defi
ciency of rainfall t-ince September l' JU19
0.SS Inches. Sunrlbe. 4:5.1 A. M. ; sunset'
7:22 P. M. ; total sunshine. 10 hours 4
minutes; possible sunshine. 14 hours -'9
minutes. Moonrise. 9:12 P. M. ; moonet
5:39 A. M. Barometer treduced sea ieie'l'
5 P. M.. 30.11 Inches. Kelatlve humidity:
u A- M., 96 per cent; noon. 52 per ceni
0 P. H.. tw per cent. "
THE WEATHER.
STATIONS.
Baker
Boise .......
Boston
Calgary
Chicago
Denver
es Moines. .
Rureka
Galveston . .,
Helena
tJuneau . . ..
Kansas City
Los Angeles.
Marshfield .
Medford ...
Minneapolis. .
60 O.nn;. JNWiClear
7o:o.oo..)w Clear
4 0.24,. .IN Clear
o.ooi. . sw Pt. v-loudy
nniu.ou ini.N
Clou.ly
6s:o.14,io:ne
5S:0.0O;12!E
520.OO:14!n
SO'u. 00U2.SE
."".:'o.02i. .se
44i0.42l. .ISE
fi 0.0014INE
t.louuy
Pt. c'oudy
Clear
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Clear
Cloud
36
50! 6Jjli.0!10!SW
40 ijvO.c0! . . IN W Clea -
31 72 0. .;li . . NW
Pt. cloudv
Pt. cloudy
Clear
46 ss o.no . . SE
New Orleans
8S o.nn. . sw
5S'0.liSil4 K
50 0.021. .SW
S4i0.c:iG,v
0i 0.O0 . .i&E
New York..
North Head.
Phoenix
Pocatello . . .
Portland -. . .
Roseburg . . .
Sacramento .
Ut. Louis . . .
Salt Lake ..
San Diego..
S. Francisco.
Seattle
Sitka
Cloudy
uiouay
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
Clear
: o.fto,. . inw
6S 0.0o:12 S
60 0.U6 12NE
60.00'12iNW
62 0.011 10 V
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
PC cloudy
Clear
481 54!0.1)cill6; W
401 SSjO.OO . . W
40 :ts;o.26. .s
Cloudy
louay
Pt. cloudv
Kpokane ...J
62.0.00 . . W
6rl.OO . . XW
46 0.06'22 S
44,0.001. .SW
6S!0.00i,.!W
020.00: . .N
r,ii!.i.oo'i
Tacoma
ICloudy
Tatoosh Isld.
tv aldez
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Walla Walla
Washington..
Winnipeg
Yakima
H 401 72io.00. .NW
tA. M. today,
ing day.
M. report of preced-
-FOUKCASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; westerly
winds.
Oregon Fair: moderate westerly winds.
Washington Fair, excopt rain near the
coast; -heavy frost in the east portion in
tn morning; moderate aouta westerly
jtiadj
HOES ARE QUARTER LOWER
MARKET IS XOW DOWX TO
SIXTEEX-CEXT BASIS.
Weakness Continues In Cattle and
Sheep" DivIsions Receipts for
Day Are L,igiit.
Three loads were received at the yards
yesterday and with the stock" held over
from Monday there was a moderately
active market. Hog prices were lowered
a quarter, with $16 now the -top. In the
cattle division the undertone continned
weak. The beat grade of steers wero
quoted at tl212.S0 and choice cows
would bring 11. Sheep sold generally at
Monday's prices, but a premium over the
ruling quotations was paid for a bunch
of selected lambs.
Receipts were 145 hogs and 125 sheep.
J. he day's sales were as follows:
Wt. Price.
Wt. Price.
2 steers.
2 steers.
1 steer. .
1 steer..
1 steer..
2sters.
1 steer..
3 calves.
3 calves.
1 calf. .
1 calf. .
.1 calf . .
1 bull. .
2 hoss. .
1 hog. .
1 hog...
2 hogs. .
3 hogs. .
1 hog. . .
1 hog. . .
1 hog. ..
2 hogs. .
2 hogs. .
1 1 hogs . .
10 hogs. .
4 hogs. .
4 hogs. .
11 hogs. .
3 lambs
40 lambs.
8S0 SH.OOIlt Iambs.
8-5 10.501 17 lambs.
770 7.50i 6 ewes..
."0 "8.2ri 6 ewes..
7t0 5.2.r! 2 ewes. .
805 7.251 2 ewes. .
790 6. 75! 6 ewes..
116 16.001 7yearl..
11 16.25! 2 steers.
62 J14.7S
38 15.00
131 10. OO
155 8..V)
145 .S0
120 6.50
133 8.50
75 11. OO
llfiO 12.00
833 lO.r.0
S-JO 10.55
110 13.00
130 16.00
125 10.00
230 15.00
232 15.50
172 15.50
430 12.nO
169 15.65
340 12. on
330 12.00
220 15.23
210 15.50
207 15.50
156 15. SO
320 14.75
222 15.30
ISO 14.50
225 15.50
539 12.00
135 ' 1..-0I 2 steers
2:'.ft 15.00! 3 steers.
10 16.
6.001 1 calf.
1450 -7.751 1 calf. .
320 n0.m 2 hogs. .
410 10.001 1 hog. ..
150 14.501 5 hogs. .
250 15.501 5 hogs. .
200 15.C.OI 1 hog. . .
470 12.60il8 hogs. .
410 12.50) 1 hog. . .
260 14.601 1 hog. ..
225 15. RO' 2 hogs. .
"3S0 13.251 8 hogs. .
217 15.25! 4 hogs. .
7! 15.35! 3 hogs. .
137 15.251 1 hog. . .
160 15.60' 4 hogs..
224 I.YOOj 2 hogs..
56 16.001 6 hogs. .
75 17.501 llog...
Livestock prices at the Portland rtock
yards were as follows:
Cattle
Rest grain, pulp-fed steers. . .$12.00ffl2.r0
Choice steers n.OO'312.00
Oood to choice steers 10..SOW11.00
Medium .to choice steers n.50f 10.50
Fair to medium steers 8.75 9 ;?
Common to fair steers 7.50' 8.7o
Choice cows and heifers lO.OOiff 11.0O
flood to choice cows, heifers.. oiifa) 10..'.i
Medium to good cows, heifers
Fair to medium cows, heifers
Canners
Bulls
Prime light calves
Medium light- calves..
Heavv calves
Stockers and feeders
7.00 8.00
5.00(9 6.00
6 on n.oo
1.1.oorir.oo
Q.O0(S)12.O0
e.50( s.r.o
7.S0 8.50
Prime mixed i:..nnlB.m
Medium mixed 14.0i lo 0O
T,.,.i. lO.AOffiM5.00
piE 12.0O13.00
theert
Eastern !nml ............
Light valley lamb
Heavv valley lambs
. 14.00rj 1.".00
. 13. 00014.00
Common to medium lambs.
. lo.no'ft i2.r.o
. 13 00?14.0n
. 12.50(13.2
8.0012.00
. 14.O0W15.OO
. io.oon.oo
l earlings
Wethers
F.wes
Spring lambs
Throw-out spring lambs. . .
ChlrAco Uvestork Market.
CHICAGO. May 4. Cattle Receipts, 14.-
000: heavy steera and heavy cows slow,
tt-o b- - nthora falrlv active. mOStlV Steady.
Yearlings showing: strength. Bulk beef
steers, g l.K.CM.;: puik ouicm-r .one
itnr-k tR.-iA0in.7ri: veal calves, dull: bid
lower: few above $12.50; stockers and
fepdrs Rtrone.
Hobs Receipts. 35.OO0. aBout lower
than Monday's average. i.igni.. active.
nhsn lnw hulk liVht. IM.nOSil5.25: top
$13.30: balk. 250 pounds and over. $1P.r0
1314.15; P'ES, 25c lower; duik, io.ij
i a r.n
Sheep Receipts. lO.r.00. slow. First sales
stronsr to higher. Choice shorn lamns,
lis .- nnllf rood kinds. $17.5017.85;
bst wool lambs, god at $21.
Omaha Lllveotock Market.
OMAHA. May 4. Hogs Receipts. 14.
000. medium and lightweight, butchers to
shippers mostly s-teady: bulk. $14 014.50;
too. $14.75: medium and heavyweights.
steady to 20 cents lower: bulk. $1.1 14.
Cattle Receipts. 8000. heavy steers fully
25c lower; yearlings, handy weight and
she-stock mostly steady to 25c lower;
veals 50c lower: stockers and feeders dull,
13ff2."c lower; top beef. $12. 0.
Sheep Receipts. 50OO. steady to strong:
best clipped lambs. $17.70; bulk of sales,
$17.o5(S'17.6r: shearing lambs, $18.75; feed
ing ewe lambs. $17.35.
Kansas City T.lveto-lc Market.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 4. Cattle
Receipts. 1S.0O0; beef steers mostly 25c
lower. Top. $12.5; bulk. $ll12.25: 18
load In quarantine. $10.15; she stock
steady to 25c lower; bulk. $89.50; bulls
steady: calves mostly 50c lower; early
top. $12.50; feeders steaJy to weak.
Sheep Receipts. 4O00; sheep and lambs
strong. 23c higher: shorn Texas wethers.
$10; best wool lambs, still back.
Seattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 4. Hogs Re
ceipts, 255: lower. Prime, $16 18.50; me
dium to choice. $1516; rough heavies.
$1 4 14.50: pigs, $13 14.60.
Cattle Receipts. 30; weak. Beef steers.
$12.5013: medium to choice. $1012;
common to good. $7.50 10: cows and
heifers, $10.25 10.75; common to good,
$7 10; bulls. $7.508.5O; calves, $7.50010.
OPEN TRADING IN VIEW
GRAIN" CORPORATION PRE
PARES FOR COMIXG CHAXGE.
Conference Called to Take Steps for
Ileopenlng of Wheat Kxchaiiges
and Public Market.
In a genej-at bulletin Issued by M. H. I
Houser, second vice-president of the grain
corporation, notice Is given of the termina
tion of the corporation's authority on May 1
31. The bulletin says:
, We desire to advise all licensees that
the various authorities of the wheat-director
act expire June 1, 1920. The orig
inal Lever act of August 10. 1017, Is still
in effect, because its termination depended
on the ratification of peace by the United
States. It is not our desire to exercise the
authorities of the Lever act on a technical
basis. Therefore, unless licensees are ad
vised by us to the contrary before June
1. l&'JO, they will understand that the
various weekly reports may be. discontin
ued by them after June 1.
In occordance with the terms of the
contracts with jobbers and bakers, the
grain corporation will on May 31, 1920,
announce a "price of flour which, '! its
judgment, is a fair reflection of the guar
anteed price of wheat, so that bakers or
jobbers desiring to avail themselves of the
provision for tale to the grain corporation
of stocks tm hand may be guided in ac
cordance with the terms of the contract.
It is probable that this price will be $10.70,
Baltimore basts.
The dealer contracts, providing for sale
of surplus storks of wheat to the grain
corporation, expire May 31. The dealer
should carefully consider the provisions of
that contract to see if he desires to avail
himself of the sale option which it pro
vides. Flour millers should carefully study the
term of their contracts to see if they de
sire to avail themselves of any of Its pro
visions before its termination on May 31.
In this connection we desire to call atten
tion to the fact that option B, as used by
the miller, will, in respect to wheat named
to the grain corporation under this option.
prohibit the miner irom marketing any
wheat during that period, except in the
form of flour and not as wheat.
Open trading on exchange The wheat
guaranty act, in the section prescribing
control over exchanges, directed that sea
sonable steps should be taken "to provide
for and to permit the establishment of-a
free and open market for the purchase,
sale and handling of wheat and wheat
products upon the expiration of this act,"
For the prsfose of a free Interchange of
views and a discussion of present condi
tions" and future possible conditions be
tween the various trades vitally interested,
the wheat director has called a confer
ence in Chicago on May 7, 1920. Invita
tions have been sent out to organizations
of which the grain corporation has a rec
ord, to send representatives to this con
ference, but the wheat director desires to
state through this bulletin that represen
tatives of any established organization of
producers, manufacturing or distributing
trades will be welcome in this discussion.
It should be made plain that It is expected
that private processes of trade will begin
to function after June 1 1920, and it is
important that a general exchange of
vie-w aXUr .Uiree ,car ol suspends a of
open trading: on exchanges, should take
place, especially as June 1 is the termina
tion date of whatever stabilizing influ
ence the actual and potential buying of
the era in corporation may have exerted
for three yea re. The invitation says in
part:
"Preliminary inquiry of the grain ex
changes of the country indicates unwilling
ness, because of present extraordinary
hazard inherent in world disorganization,
to re-establish the hedging facilities on
which the American marketing machinery
for years has relied. The security of hedg
ing markets enabled1 manufacturing and
distributing agencies to handle large quan
tities without jeopardizing their capital
solvency by price-level changes; assured
active competition by ready credit. While
open trading on exchanges has been sus
pendea for three years, the sustaining in
fluence of actual and potential buying of
wheat at the fair-price basis furnished the
same underlying security. Because of these
Influences, the wheat nroducer received a
larger percent of the ultimate consumer
price at home and abroad than in any
otlier land or any other commodity. This
is now jeopardized by conditions that
should be understood by all. The chief
hazards rest on Inadequate inland trans
portation and oji foreign buying dominat
ed by governments.
"Liquid Inland transportation is essential
if the producer is to find a ready market,
and at a fair reflection of the ultimate
markets. Moreover, the five or six cities
with open exchange trading demonstrated
daily a national price level. On the se
curity of that level gralii flowed in normal
channels, not necessarily through the par
ticular accumulative points at which ex
change trading was quoted, but always
wicn tne potential delivery in those mar
kets if necessary. Under present inland
transportation conditions this ootential
delivery protection is crippled, exposing
the exchanges to concentrated buying and
particularly that of foreign governments.
foreign buvlng at Dresent is. direct! v
or indirectly, the act of government, with
their large resources. This government
buying is Torced. first by the bread sub
sidies and therefore the necessity of pass
ing purchases through their national
treasuries : second, because orivatn a son
des, crippled by war, cannot carry at high '
values sufficient stock and sufficient flow
for assurance of the bread requirements of
their people. Formerly current prices
were the meeting point of different In
dividual opinions at home and abroad, af
fected daily by world crop progress or bet
ter approximation of world consumption.
Today the decision of purchase and prices
paia rests in a few of ricials. and It is
measurably true that these officials, with
or without concerted action, can influence
the price level for America."
Coffee Market Advances.
NKW YORK, May 4. The market for
coffee futures opened unchanged today to
2 points lower, with July selling off to
14.8uc during the early trading, or abopt
9 points below last night's closing fig
ures, under scattering liquidation. There
was not much pressure against the later
months, however, and prices rallied later
in the day on reports of a firmer C. I. K.
market for Rios and a special cable show
ing an advance in Santos futures. July
sold up to 15.0c and September to 14.78c,
or 11 to 16 points net higher, and the
market closed at a net advance of 7 to It
point May. 14.77c: July. 15.01c; Sep
tember, 14.72c ; October, December, Jan
uary and March 14.70c.
The spot market was firmer at 13Uc
to 15 Vic for Rio 7s, but unchanged at
230 to 24c for Santos 4s.
Eastern Dairy Produce.
NEW YORK. May 4. Butter., steady,
unchanged.
Eggs, irregular, unchanged.
Cheese, firm; state whole milk flats,
held; specials, white and colored, 30 Vi
SlVsc; others unchanged.
CHICAGO, May 4. Butter, higher.
Creamery, 4762e.
Eggs, unchanged. Receipts. 59,030 cases.
Poultry, alive, lower. Springs, 36c;
fowls, 35c.
Naval Stores..
SAVANNAH, Ga.. May 4. Turpentine,
quiet, $1.75; sales. 100 barrels; receipts,
176 barrels: shipments 11 barrels: stock.
2323 barrels.
RosUi, firm; sales. 500 barrels; receipts.
647 barrels; "shipments, 63 barrels; stock,
18.067 barrels. Quote: B. $14,50413; I.
$17.50: E, $17. 50 117. 75: V. i. 17.0; H.
$17.6017.90; I. $17.50 17.90; K, $18: M.
$18.25; N, $18.50& 18.65; WU, $18.75;
WW. $19.
Metal Market.
NEW YORK. May 4. Copper, iron and
antimonv unchanged.
Tl-n easier Spot 60.75c: April-May 60.5OC.
Iad aulet. Snot y.l2c offered: June
July offered at b.75c.
Zinc easy. East St.. Louis delivery, spot
7.70c bid. B.OOc asked.
Dried Fruit at New York.
NEW YORK. May 4. Evaporated apples
lifeless. Prunes, unsettled. Peaches
steady.
New York Sugar Market.
NEW YORK, May 4. Raw sugar, firm.
Centrifugal, 19.8Ie: refined, firm; fine
granulated, 17.50M 23c.
Cotton Market.
NEW YORK. May 4. Spot cotton aulet.
Middling. 41.uc.
Excavator l-'irm Incorporates.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 4. (Spe
cial.) The Watts Excavator com
pany has filed articles of incorpora
tion here with a capital stock of
$500,000. The principal place of busi
ness is Vancouver and the company
is to deal in tools and implements.
Tha Incorporators are Henry Crass,
F. L. Stewart of Kelso and Marion
E. Watts, A. B. Fassett. W. F. Magill,
E. W. Barnes and George Rudy.
Auto Tour Planned.
SALEM, Or., May 4. (Special.)
Members of the Salem Commercial
club, at a meeting held here today, de
cided to arrange an automobile ex
cursion to Eugene and Corvallia with
in the next two weeks. The trin will
SAYS IT PUT
BACK ON THE JOB
Hadn't Been Able to Work for
Six Months Takes Tanlac;
Gains 21 Pounds.
When I began taking- Tanlac I
hadn't been able to do any work in
six months, but I am now back on the
job and have gained twenty-one
pounds in weight," said A. A. Bish,
1665 East Eleventh street. Portland.
Or. Mr. Bish has been employed as
motorman for the last nine years on
the interurban electric railway be
tween Portland and Oregon ("ity, and
is an active member of the Brother
hood of Portland Electric Railway
employes and also of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
"For three years I had suffered
from stomach trouble, had a very
poor appetite and even when I did
manage to eat a little something it
caused me intense suffering. I suf
fered terribly from nausea just about
all the time and It was almost im
possible for me to retain a thing on
my stomach. Finally my stomach got
in such a bad fix I had to lie flat on
my back in bed for weeks. a,nd even
after I got up, do what I would, I
could not get my strength back. I
was . extremely nervous and always
badly constipated, and just felt miser
able all the time.
"I finally threw all the medicines
1 had been taking away and started
taking Tanlac, and it is fixing me up
tn fine shape. I can now eat a good
hearty meal without having a particle
of trouble afterward, my nerves are
in good condition, I am not troubled
with constipation any more, and, in
fact, just feel fine all the time. I
feel stronger and better than I have
In years, but as I believe in 'safety
first," I am going to take a bottle or
two more of Tanlac. The men I work
with all want to know what it is that
has brought me out so, and I am al
ways glad to tell them it was Tanlac.
and I never fall to tell every one else
I get a chance what a grand med
icine Tanlac is.
Tanlac is sold in Portland by the
;Owi Vrus company. Adv.
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1 jI&aseol
has so many mysteries to show
you mystic totem poles, gor
geous, impatient Alpine flowers
that push up through the snow
if it melts too slowly, huge, iri
descent glaciers, gold mining
heroic sculpture in rock and ice
that nature has provided
100 Daylight Saving
The Midnight Sun
The trip "is a joy and a tonic.
Five days northward from Van
couver 1,000 swift miles on
smooth, island-guarded salt
water five days each way of de
lightful life on one of the palatial
Canadian Pacific
Steamers
E. E. Penn, Gen. Ag't
Pass. Dept.,
CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY
55 Third Street,
Portland, Or.
5e thm Canadian Pacific Jtockimt
on thm ama Trip
include an inspection of the Univer
sity of Oregon, Oregon Agricultural
college and other public institutions.
LAKE DRAINAGE IS BEATEN
Clarke Commissioners Dccitle
Against Vancouver Proposal.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 4. (Spe
cial.) Vancouver lake will not he
drained, according to a decision made
by the Clarke county commissioners
at their regular meeting. Several
hearings on the proposal had been
held.
There was strenuous objection to
the draining of the lake by most of
the property owners affected. One
man would have had to pay $24.00fl
Clackamas Cotiple Married.
OREGON CITY. Or., May 4. (Spe
cial.) Andrew V Pinkley, 50, of Ks
tacada, and Nettie (iibbon, 32. of
George, obtained a marriage license
Monday and were married by Justice
of the Peace Stipp. A son of Mrs. Gib
bon by a former marriage. Raymond
lynch, 14 years of age, was adopted
by Edward Nayler of Kasrle Creek.
The mother gave her consent to the
adoption.
1BAVEL GLIDE AND KESOKTS.
yj . ra f
fJfEAMOTIP
R. S. 'TITY OK TOPKK.V'
Sails from I'l.rllunrt I". M.. Slav 10.
for Marli field. Kurfktt uml San l-'ran-ri.-o.
con net- time with Meamern to lAm
Angrlr and San IMreo.
TO ALASKA J-KOM SKATTI.K
S. S. "ADMIRAL KVA.VS." to Ant-Jior-
aee and wav port. Mav 10.
S. S. -CITY HKATT1.K." to Skac-
way anil way nortH. May II.
S. S. "M'OKANK," to Sitka and way
port1. May 17.
Tlrkft Office. lOt Third St.
Kreinht Office. Municipal tock No. I
I'honr Main H:l.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ASTORIA AND WAY POINTS
Str. Georgiana
Round Trip Dally (Eicfpt Friday)
Lmt Portland 7:10 A. M.
Alder Street Dock
Leaves Astoria 2 P. 91.
Sanborn Dock
FARE Jtl.65 EACH WAY.
Special In Carte Iintnc Service.
Main 1422. S4I-22
THE
HAKKIVS Tit A.NSl'OltTA
'HOM CO.
SanFrancisco
S. S. ROSE CITY
DEPARTS 10 A. M.
Monday, May 10
fr KOM AIXSWORTH DOCK.
Fare Includes Dertb and Afeala.
CITY TICK FT OKHCE. 3D AXD
WASH. PHONE MAIN 3.V10.
IRK.lGIIT OFFICE. A I NSWOKTH
DOCK. PHONE B1IHY. 2U8.
THE SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND
S. S. COMPANY.
ASTORIA
S.S.ASTORIAN
Daily (except Friday) round trips
Portland to Astoria.
Leave Portland, Taylor-Street Dock.
7:10 A. M.
Leave Astoria, Cullender Dock, at
2 P. M.
Excellent meals a la carte service.
FAKE $1.65 EACH WAY
(Including War Tax)
For further particulars
Phone Main 8065
AUSTRALIA
via Tahiti and Karatonga, Mail and pas
senter Her vice from ban Francisco everr
iS days. ,
UNION S. S. CO. OF NEW ZEALAND,
30 California tot.. San Fruncittco.
or local atfamwhip and railroad agencies.
as his share and several others would
have had to pay even more under the
plan, though they would receive 15
years in which to make the payments.
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