THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. WEDXESDAT. 3IAY 12. 1920
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Transportation Experiment
to Decide Future.
LOAD FROM GALVESTON
Ships May Be Used o Carry Whole
Supply Used by Paper Company,
10 00 Tons Month.
One experimental cargo of 3000
tons of sulphur in bulk has been
booked for shipment from Galveston,
Tex., to Portland and will arrivehere
in the motor ship Cethana between
June 5 and June 10. Upon the suc
cess of this experiment depends the
manner in which all the suipnur
used by th'e Crown Willamette Paper
company, amounting .to 1000 tons a
month, will be transported from the
mines in Louisiana and Texas to
Portland. '
Negotiations for this movement
had been under way several months,
and the arrangements recently were
completed. The routing of the first
cargo this way was announced yes
terday through the commission of
public docks
Cargo Firnt in Bulk.
, Large quantities of sulphur in
cargo lots have been brought into
Portland before by the Crown Wil
lamette Paper company when the
supply came principally from Japan,
but the mineral was always packed
in matting bags. The cargo of the
Cethana will be the first to come
here in bulk.
Iuring recent years all the sul
phur used here has been brought
from the gulf states by rail, the
commodity moving principally in bulk
in open cars. It was admitted by
Crown Willamette officials yester
day that if the handling of the bulk
sulphur from vessels proves prac
ticable the movement by rail will be
discontinued.
As soon as the bunkers to be erected
at pier No. 5 of municipal terminal
No. 4 are completed it is planned to
utilize them for the inward move
ment of sulphur, as well as for the
outward movement of phosphate
rock. According to present indica
tions, the bunkers will be ready for
operation some time in August.
Cargo to o on IMcr No. 2.
The 3000 tons of sulphur coming
on the motor ship Cethana will be
discharged on pier No. 2 at the
municipal terminal for open storage
and will be taken from there by the
paper company to its mills at Camas,
Wash., and Svest Linn, across the
Willamette from Oregon City. The
movement from the terminal to th
mills will be either by rail or barges,
or both.
Besides the Cethana, two other mo
tor ships have been chartered to
carry sulphur from the gulf to the
north Pacific, but their sailing dates
have not been arranged definitely.
These are the Coolcha and Culburra.
All three vessels were built on Puget
sound for the Australian common
wealth, but aro now under American
registry
British Columbia Affected.
The shipping end of the business
is being handled y the Texas Gulf
Sulphur company, the Crown Wil
lamette company merely taking de
livery of the sulphur here.
The tentative decision by officials
of the Crown Willamette Paper com
pany to substitute water transporta
tion for rail will affect not only the
mills in this vicinity, but in British
Columbia also. Under the name of
the Pacific Mills, Ltd., the company
operates a large plant at Ocean Falls,
B. C, and ft is planned to send sul
phur shins directly from the gult
ports to Ocean Falls.
Heretofore the sulphur for the
Canadian mills has been carried by
rail from the southern states to Van
couver or Prince Rupert. B. C. and
from there transported to Ocea,n
Fall3 in vessels.
Schooner Charter Canceleil.
The original charter of the schooner
Lcola, soon to be launched at the G.
M. Standifer North Portland yard bv
the Monarch Shipbuilding company,
has been canceled, it was announced
yesterday, and she has been re
chartered for a trip to Australia. The
Kcola is to be operated by Balfour.
Guthrie & company, who purchased
from Captains W. Z. Haskins and J. J.
Reynolds of the Monarch Shipbuilding
company an interest in the vessel.
Barge Acapulco Is Loaded.
Tho barge Acapulco finished load
ing lumber at Kalama yesterday for
the west coast of South America and
was towed at 9 o'clock last night to
Astoria to await the Rolph tug Relief,
which is to tow her down the coast.
The Relief is on her way from San
Francisco, and is expected to reach
Astoria early this morning. A con
siderable order of canned salmon
which the barge was to pick up at
Astoria will be left behind.
Pacific Coas.t Shipping Notes.
MflATTLB, Wash., May 11. (Special.)
cuycry oi tne steamsmp lrlenrv T. Scott
to representatives of Fred Linderman of
San Francisco was made in Seattle today
by the Alaska Steamship company. The
vessel was purchased recently by Mr. Lin
derman for 400.00l. the deal being closed
by the Thomdyke-Trenholme company
Inc., of Seattle.
The Henry T. Scott will go from Seattle
to Grays Harbor, where sho will load a
cargo of lumber for San Pedro for her
new owner. captain Charles Thornsell,
the new master of the Scott, arrived in Se
attle yesieruay from San Francisco. He
iook command or tne vessel today. The
Scott while in the service of the Alaska
I company was commanded by
Captain John Johnson, veteran of the Se
attle-Alaska routes and a former master
ui "" Bieamnnip Alameda.
Tourist travel through Seattle to Daw
on and Fairbanks this summer will be the
.jKvi. in many years, according to rep
resentatives of the White Fu. v..ir
route, which operates steamboats on the
Yukon river and trains on the White Pass
railway.
So heavy have been the bookings in the
etest, the middle west and the south that
every boat leaving White Horse up to Julv
8 will be filled with tourists. This includes
all lines and all routes. The majority of
..o ...... ... Kv n, l'awson and return,
but some will go to Fairbanks and into
the Atlin eountrv.
llcady to follow the Ice down the Yukon
river to the sea. 127 cannery men em
ployes ot the Carlisle Parkin.- nrnn,
headed by John Gilbert, superintendent ot
the company, are at the lower end of Lake
i,eomrje, wnera tney nave assembled
W'K" MJiiuuni. gi ircignt, WQlCll Was
sledded over tho Ice on the lake, according
to advices received in Seattle todav
Because of the heavy pressure of busi
ness the Alaska Steamship company this
rooming ordered Its freighter Latouche to
join the corporation's Bering sea fleet next
month. This will give the company four
carriers in the Bering sea routes where
twee vessels nave been able to handle the
traffic heretofore.
SAN PEDRO. Cal., May 11. (Special.)
The steamer Blkridge is due tomorrow
from the Atlantic coast. The Kiyo Maru
ii due this afternoon or tomorrow from
South America en route to the orient via
San .Francisco.
Tbe steamer J. B. Stetson sailed this
afternoon for Saa Francisco. She arrived
from Balboa, via Mexican ports yesterday'
j and brought reports that 'the Carransa
wwvaja akin nciv 1U UUI1I4U1 Ul IUC "to
coast ports.
Announcing- the arrival of Tuna in
Southern California waters, schools of
sardines have filled the outer harbor and
the waters near here for the last few
days. The sardines are food of the Tuna
or Albicore and each season as the Tuna
j advance north they are preceded by the
uiuco diicuiyuiis io escape irom ine
fish that prey on them.
T A COMA, Wash., May 11. (Special.)
Indications are that the next motorship
of the Norway-Pacific line to load at
Tacoma will be the Theodore Roosevelt,
scheduled by officers of the Sperry Mill
ing company to arrive here in June. The
vessel will take a large amount of flour
from here to Europe.
The Admiral Goodrich arrived here this
morning from Alaska and British Co
lumbia ports with ore and paper for
Tacoma. The steamer will get away sojne
time Wednesday.
The Lake Fitch, loading1 here for Cuba,
will probably get to sea Thursday. The
Fitch will take 1.300,000 feet of lumber
from here.
The Lake French ton, which took a part
cargo of lumber here for Cuban ports.
was due to sail tonight. The steamer is
taking about 1,500,000 feet of lumber.
The Admiral Dewey is expected tomor-1
row morning from San Francisco to load
a -part cargo of lumber here and take
coal for the voyage across the Pacific
The Japanese steamer Liverpool Muru la
loading in the stream.
The Liverpool Maru is said to belong
to the Suzuki interest of Japan. Yone
Suzuki, one of the owners, is the richest
woman in Nippon. It is said that Yone
Suzuki is the Hetty Green of Japan and
durlnir the vir added f23.OOO.00O to her
fortune through thrift and good business
judgment. The Liverpool Maru is xanin
thu In raror na rt of her cargo from the
St. Paul mill and the Puget Sound Lum-
her ertmnnnv
t- , - W.tarhfillE. npf
i ne Jtaquara oi inn " v. - . t
ental line is due here tomorrow or Tnon-
dv to load flour at the Puget souna
Flouring mills. The vessel also has some J
steel cargo to load here.
H. F. Alexander, Tacoma presiaeni yi
the Pacific Steamship Company, was tne
most surprised man today when Be learnea
r .h. .to which had been published
her. .nt broadcast over press re
to the effect that he naa leapcu
his private yacnt ""'""'
ber of his crew who had been
swept into the. sea, .rdlnf f a m-
sage. . ' -i
vul lAnaV tlV laCOnU
Th. ctnrv went on to say that Boat
swain Andrew Petrie, who was forward
n.iirir.f- fa. n ucouiit of the hea"vy
sea, was swept from the deck when a
hio. struck the vessel. Alexander
promptly seized a lifeline and went over
v. ., -H r.Bcuiri' Petrie.
'It's all bunk," Alexander told a re
porter when he stepped from the Aqullo
today. "The story was framed by two
w ... f ,. fourth estate. Petrie
was swept off the deck by a wave, but
he caught the incline ami wao
aboard. I did not leave the ship and
did not even witness we
r.-v2 A vt Tton. Wash.. May 11.-
, . - , t-v. .amr Hartwood arrived
from San Francisco this afternoon and be-
tran load nc at the A. J. mcsi mm
The steamer Svea dropped down to the
lower harbor tonight to get out for San
mnrivn She loaded at the Wilson
Brothers' mill.
PORT TOWN'SEND, Wash., May 11.
(Special.) The Japanese steamer Tonan
Maru, coming in ballast from ftlojl, ar
rived this morning, proceeding to Bcllins
ham to load lumber for the orient.
Tho steamer Eastern Tempest, built in
Japan for the United States shipping
board, passed in at Cape Flattery today
and will arrive tonight for quarantine in
spection early tomorrow morning, when
she will proceed to Seattle to be turned
over to the shipping board. A member of
alterations will be made after which sne
will be assigned to some company for op
eration in the United States merchant ma
rine.
With a large number of passengers and
a full cargo of general freight the Jap
anese steamer Katori Mam will arrive to
morrow morning from Kobe for quarantine
after which she will proceed to Seattle to
discharge.
The steamer Skagway, returning from
southwestern Alaska, where she took
cargo of cannery material, arrived tonight
and proceeded to Seattle.
The W. R. Grace steamer Santa Inez.
bound for the west coast with a cargo of
lumber, explosives and box snooks, sailed
this morning.
Lack ot business and the low rates of
fered is responsible for four blxr steamers
sent to the orient to be operated from the
lar east to new lorK via the Suez canal.
being ordered to Puget sound. They are
euoer on their way or will sail in a few
days. Tho West El Cajon. Yoscmlte, West
Wind and Fort Wayne will probably load
nour on Puget sound for New York
Under charter to the Alaska engineering
Commission, the Steamer Admiral Goodrich
will sail Friday for Anchorage with rail
road supplies and a large number of rail-
njan jaDorers.
With lumber, flour and general cargo
loaded on Puget sound, the Norwegian mo
torhip George Washington sailed this
morning tor Alexandria.
COOS BAT, Or., May II. (Special.)
The steam schooner Martha Buehner ar
rived at 2 o'clock today from San Fran
cisoo and will load lumber at the Buehner
mm in rnonn isend.
The gasoline schooner Trnmtv wnieh
brought 940 cases of salmon from the
Aiarleay cannery on ogue river. has
loaaea a cargo of general merchandise for
Curry county and will sail for Rogue river
proDaDiy tonight.
Lietenant-Colonel A. F. Allen and En
ginoer W. C. Combers of Washington
looked over the harbor today. They were
here to check up the work of the bar
dredge Michle and determine whether the
narDor needs a jetty to improve the bar.
ASTORIA, Or., May 11
(Special
The. tank steamer Captain A. K
.ucas. I
which arrived yesterday from Ketchikan.
Alaska, after discharging 40O0 barrels of
oil here, sailed at 7:30 last night for Cali-
lornia.
The steamer West Jestjer arrived at 10:45
last night from Seattle and went to the
Clark &. Wilson mill to load lumber.
i ne steam scnooncr Jonan I'oulsen. ear
rying a cargo of lumber from Westport,
sailed at 8 last night for San Francisco.
The steam schooner Avalon arrived at 3
this morning from San Francisco with
cargo of asphaltum for Portland.
The steam schooner Daisy, bringing
cargo of asphaltum for Astoria, arrived at
this morning and will shift tomorrow
morning to Knappton to load lumber
The steamer City of Topeka. carrying
freight and passengers from Portland and
Astoria, sailed at 12:0a today for San
Francisco via way ports.
The Chinese steamer Hwah Wu was due
Inniphl from Seattle en route to Portland.
ran FUANClscoTlnay ll.-(SpeciaI.)-
Tom Crowley, president and general man
aeer ot the Red Stack company, annooneeil
today that the second or the new tugs
built for hl concern wouia oe launched
at the Stone Khipbuildine plant tomorrow
The craft will nl.de down the ways at 7
o'clock and will be christened the Sea
Monarch
Tbo first of the four craft to
be launched was the Sea Lion. The tanks
are now being installed in this vessel and
an attempt is bcins made to get her ready
for the new service in recora time.
Effective June 1, passenger rates of all
steamship companies providing a regular
service between San Francisco and Hono
lulu will be advanced from $U0 for the
single passage either way to $110, It was
announced today. The lines operating un
der the American flag have filed the new
schedules with the shipping board at
W ashtngton. Tho companies which have
joined in advancing the rates are the Mat
son Navigation company. Pacific Mail
Steamship company, China Mail Steamship
company, Toyo K.tsen .Kaisha, the Ocean!
Steamship company, and the Union Steam
ship company, the latter operating from
Vancouver, jts.
Increased costs of repairs and of sup
piles is me reason given lor the increase.
Renamed the Cuba, under authority re
ceived by the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany, from the commissioner tK naviga
tion, the former steamer Sachem, which
was the Coblenz under the German flag,
will sail tomorrow for Cristobal and Cuba
on ner iirst voyage under her new na.me
It is the intention of the Pacific Mail to
place tbe Ecuador and Venezuela on the
run to cuoa via tno canal before the end
ot imp jr, replacing me i wo vessels on
tne irans-i-aciiic run witn new boats.
The Matson iteamship Matsonia. ranuln
r-eiereon. arnvea too ay from Honolulu,
uiiMbius iuii ii. t ui passengers asd a
fair general island car;o. which Included
principally raw sugar. Captain Peterson
said that within another 60 days the ships
will be loaded to capacity coming and go-
ins. nunuiuiu IB now SO Well supplied
with tourist travel that all f ih
accommodations are about taken up.
i scnooner planter, recently purchased
from Walter S. Scammell by Cantaln I.
a. ciun mvuiie, saiiea today for WU
lapa Harbor under command of Captain
i """u1. 'mil win loaa tne Vessel in I hn
north for Australia.. After discharging
the lumber the Planter may load coal at
Newcastle' for the wet
America.
The. Standard Oil tanker Rrnari i ,,
a,n"u nuin anow in ballast.
Columbia TtlTer Bar Report.
ri ri r. u mav 11. (JonrtlMnn a
the mouth of the river at 5 P. M : sea.
ismootn: wina. northwest. 30 miles.
STRIKE MINUS STRIKERS
SEATTLE WATER FRONT SITU
ATION SIXGtLAR OXE.
Ships Loading and Unloading
Without Interference and Open
Shop Conditions Ruling.
SEATTLE. Wash.; May 11. (Spe
cial.) Open-hop conditions ruled on
the Seattle waterfront today from
Smith cove to the end of the east
waterway, without resistance from
the 3000 members of the Seattle local
of the International Longshoremen's
association, which declared a strike
recently, demanding employment by
the list system. Students on vaca
tion, clerks, bookkeepers and young
men from nearly every walk in life
were handling cargo slings, wheeling
trucks and working in warehouses.
without the sign of a striker or picket
in front of the pier. It was a con
dition which the employers said was
difficult to understand, as they had
been unable to anticipate the next
move of the strikers.
They described conditions on the
waterfront as a strike with no strik
ers to be found, ships loading and dis
charging cargo without interference
of any kind and the commerce of the
port moving without delay. The
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xranspori company, limited, or koo,
Japan, which- arrived in the sound
this morning, was sent to Bellingham
. fVl- Kteik Hn.v,, th.
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ana it is possioie it will oe trans
snippea in seuingnam, wnere tne ves
sel is to begin loading her outward
shipments of lumber for the orient,
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ship company this morning. "Virtu
ally all the men are non-union and
we have been working approximately
100 or them all the time. We are
getting good work out of the non
union longshoremen and leaving no
freight behind. The number of men
available is increasing gradually.
There has been no disturbance of any
kind at the terminals. The employers
from west Seattle to Smith cove are
a unit in their opposition to the de
mands of the union officers and have
decided to continue the fight to
finish
SILK SHIPMENT SETS RECORD
Cargo Worth $4,113,353 Rushed
Through Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., May 11. (Special)
A record in value and iri shipping
was made today. Tacoma dispatched
a shipment of silk east valued at
$4,113,353. This cargo came on tho
Osaka Shosen Kaisha steamship
Arabia Maru, which arrived here Sat
urday night with a full cargo for the
United States. The silk was sent to
factories on the Atlantic coast on
special train over the Milwaukee
road. The unloading of the cargo was
started at 7 o'clock Saturday evening
and 6:0 Sunday morning the train
was ready to start.
Although the silk was the most val
uable commoditiy in the cargo, the
Arabia carried much general freight
in addition to BiO tons of frozen eggs
from China.
CHINESE SHIP COMIXG HERE
Orders Changed Because of Water
Front Situation at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 11. Spe
cial.) On arrival in Port Townsend
from the orient late yesterday after
noon theii Chinese steamship Hwah
Wu, the first vessel ever to enter
Puget sound with Chinese officers-
was diverted from Seattle to Pont
land. Or., leaving for the Columbia
river a few hours after she dropped
anchor in the down-sound port. It Is
understood that the orders to proceed
to Portland instead of coming to Se
attle are due partly to the water front
situation here.
The vessel is commanded by Cap
tain Wei. a Chinese navigator, and
carries 1000 tons of Chinese freight
which originally was booked for Se
attle, but which will now be unloaded
in Portland.
5000 TOXS BOOKED FOR ETXA
Wheat and Flour Cargo Waiting
Here for British Steamer.
The Mann-Titus company, local
agents for the French line of steam-
ships connecting nortli faciiic ports
with the Mediterranean, announced
yesterday that more than 5009 tons
of cargo, consisting principally o
wheat and flour, have been booked
here for the British steamer Mount
Etna, which will call here some time
in June or July. The Mount Etna was
last reported at Genoa April 9 on her
way from Marseilles to Cuba and
Vancouver, B. C. She will come here
directly from Vancouver.
One other vessel of this line the
French steamer Mont Cenis called
here last November for a part car
of bulk wheat.
SIIRINKKS TO AID LAUNCHING
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lYom "Ways at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, "Wash., May 11.
(Special.) A 9600-ton steel ship, built
for the Green Star line of New York
by the G. M. Standifer Construction
corporation here, is to be launched
June 22, and the wife or tne imperial
potentate of the fahrine of North
America win ue mvuru w uc si'unaui .
An invitation also will be extended to
the Shriners who will be In Portland
attending: the national convention at
that time to be present.
Elaborate preparations will be
made for this event.
The Vancouver Shrine club, which
has organized a patrol, will act as
guards, guides and escorts.
Columbia River Rising.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 11. (Spe
cial.) The Columbia, after remain
Ingr stationary for the past week, is
now raising- at the rate of nine inches
Port Calendar.
To Arrive at Portland.
Vessel From
Dae.
Str. Hwah Wu .
Str. Steel Voyager
Str. Dellale
Shanghai . . . .May 1
-Puget Sound.. May 1
.San Kran . . . . . May 1
S: o.i'L-'jl
San Fran May I
.San Fran May 1
Seattlo May 1
str. Eastern Cloud
Str. Pawlet Orient May 1
Str. Dewey K.T.. i-ia S.F. May 2
Str. Bakersfield New Tork....May
To Depart From Portland.
Vessel For. Date.
Str. West Keats fhfna May 1
Str. West Katan U. K May 17
Vessels in Port.
Vessel Berth.
Bpe. Acajulco Astoria.
I sch. Cecelia Sudden. East. & Western mill.
I Bir. Av.mn yxiuers inn h no ..
I str- Corone Terminal o. 1
I Sch. Columbia Klver. Mersey dock
Str. Daisy Knappton.
Str. Kaisho Maru ... Terminal Xo
1.
Str. Meiko Maru St. Helens.
Sch. Thistle
. East. A Western mill,
Str. Wapama . . .
Str. West Katan
. ..St. Helens.
..Crown mills.
Str. WeBt Keats.
...N'. Par. I.br. mill
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I w.ot riaw." ".'.'si u.i.n.
I Seh. Wm. H. Smith .. Inman-Poulsen mill.
s
.e.aTsise
day, and has reached the 10-foot
stage. IE the river continues at this
rate, steamers will be able in 10 days
to enter the Hood River slough and j
iana at tne ninn-waier cock.
BOXJD
CAMPAIGN
STARTED
Vancouver Mass Meeting on Docks
C'allod for Saturday.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 11.
(Special.) A mass meeting to boost
the municipal dock will be held at
Seventh and Main streets at 8 o'clock
Saturday night. The general commit
tee appointed to boost the bond. elec
tion met at luncheon today. The reg
istration books will close May 24 and
the bond election will be held June
IS. The bonds are to be for $130,000.
A soap box will be placed at the
corner of Main and Seventh streets
Saturday night for any speakers:
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, May 11. Arrived at 3 A.,
M. Steamer Wapama, from San Kran-
cisco. Arrived at 10 A. M. Steamer cat
Jester, from Seattle. Arrived at a f. Ji.
Steamer Avalon, from ' San Vr&ncisco
Sailed, P. M. Steamer Aoercoa. for Hong
kong. Sailed. P. M . steamer Daisy tree
man, for San Pedro. Sailed at a P. M.
Barge Acapuico, from Kaiaraa, for Cal-
lao.
ASTORIA. Mar 11. Left ui at 12:30 A.
M. Steamer West Jester, from Seattle.
Arrived at Knappton at mldnlgbt Steam
er Daisy, from -San rranclsco. Arrived
at midnig-nt and lert up a A. J. steamer
Avalon, from San Francisco. Sailed at 2
A. M. steamer uieum, ror ron ban Luis.
Sailed at 12:03 P. M. Steamer City or
Topeka. for San Francisco via Eureka and
Coo; Bay.
SAX FRANCISCO. May 11. Sailed
1 a. M. Steamer Celilo, for Portland. Ar
rived at 11 A. M. Steamer F. D. Stout,
from ColumDta river.
TATOOSH. May 11. Passed, 5 A. M.
Chinese- eteamer Hwah vvu, from Taku
Bar via snansnai, ior roruanq.
SAN PEDRO, Cal.. May 11. (Special.)
Arrived Steamers Daisy ruuiam, irom
Portland, 6 A. M.: Santa Barbara, from
Redondo,l:30 P. M. : J. B. Stetson, from
Haiboa. May to; J. A. Morrett. irom Se
attle. S A. M. ; Queen, from Seattle, 4
P. M.: Admiral Farraeut, from San Diego
7 A Vf
Sailed Steamers Richmond, towing
barge 85, for Seattle. 1:30 P. M.j Anson S.
Brooks, for Cuba. 1 :30 P. M. : J. B. Stet
son, for San Francisco, 4 P. M. : Admiral
Farragut, for San Francisco, 10 A. M.
ismnn. Mav lo. Sailed. 6:33 P. M
st.amar Cant A. F. Lucas, from Ketchi
kan, for San Francisco. Sailed 7 P. M.
Steamer Rose City, tor San Tancisco. ar
rived at 11 P. M. ateamer wmi wcicr,
fmm Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. May 11. Ar-
rt.H - steamer Matsonla. Honolulu nroaa
Arrow. ShanKhat: Yosemite. Seattle: Frank
D. Stout, Columbia river. Sailed: Steamer
Atlas, Vancouver.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 11. Arrived
Steamers Admiral Dewey, from San Diego
via San Francisco: Argyll, from Port San
Luis; Skagway, from Anchorage via south
western Alaska. Sailed: Steamers Santa
Ana. CItv of Seattle, for sout neastern
Alaska: Admiral Schley, for San Diego, via
San Francisco: motorship Libby Maine, for
Koegiiang.
Pulling Together for a
Permanent Merchant Marine
FOR the first time since the Civil War
wc have a real merchant marine. This
fleet of American-owned ships operated
under the American flag cost us $3,000,000,000.
Since 1 9 1 7 we have spent as much money
building ships as was represented by the value of
all the ships in the world before the war.
Are wc going to keep this great fleet ?
From every quarter the answer to this ques
tion is YES. But how ?
1. Congress is now formulating constructive
measures designed to keep the American
flag upon the seas.
2. It is evident that these measures should
take the form of law BEFORE Govern
ment voxels arc sold to private owners,
since it is apparent that ships sold in ad-
' vancc of pending Congressional action
will be sold at a price too low if a strong
shipping policy is resolved upon; and too
Ask ftr m frtt etfy'.cf "Fcr an American Merchant Mdrinen
COMMITTEE OF AMERICAN SHIP BUILDERS
30 CHURCH STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Clrss.; J. W. POWELL,
H. A. EVANS,
A. C. PESSANO, -
J. W. MASON,
H. B. TAYLOR,
J. F. DUTHIE,
- a V -e.s's
PHOSPHATE ROCK DN WAY
TIiniiE CARS BICING SllII-PliD
FOR UXTJiR LM liXTA li rSK.
New Conveyors of Public Dock
Commission to Be Tried Out
Before Shipments Begin.
Three cars of phosphate rock in
bulk, the first of this commodity to
he shipped in this manner, left Paris,
Idaho, Monday over the Union Pacific
system, according to information re
ceived in local railroad offices yes
terday, and should arrive in this city
before the end of the week. These
first three ears. In advance of the
main movement of phosphate rock in
bulk are for experimental purposes
and will be used by the commission
of public docks for trying out their
new conveyors and other devices bv
which the bulk rock is to be loaded
in vessels for export to Japan.
The Japanese steamer Vancouver
Maru. the first of a fleet of Japanese!
vessels which carry phosphate rock
from Portland to Japan, is expected
to arrive here about May 20.
it tnis vessel is not to be com
pelled to wait for her cargo the main
movement of the bulk rock must
begin moving in a few days. Ac
cording to the latest advices from
Paris, a generous supply of box
cars was available at the mines and
no delay wa anticipated
STE.VMER BRINGS ASPHALT
Product to Be Used in City and
State Road Work.
Six hundred barrels of asphalt for
the municipal paving Dlant anrf 1300
barrels for the use of the state
nignway commission of Eola, Or.,
were brought to' this city yesterday
by the steam schooner Avalon of the
Charles Nelson .line. The asphalt for
the municipal plant was discharged
at the Ukase Investment company
dock at the foot of Market street,
and that for. the' highway" commis
sion at municipal terminal No. 2.
The Avalon then went to Albers
dock No. 3 to unload general freight.
She will load lumber at the St. Johns
Lumber company's mill for her out
ward voyage to San Francisco.
The steam schooner Tiverton, the
next vessel of the Charles Nelson
fleet to call here, will leave San
Francisco Monday.
Marine Notes.
The steamer West Keats of the Columbia-Pacific
Shipping company's north
China line, shifted yesterday from the
Inman-Poulsen mill to the North Pacific
Lumber company's mill to finish loadinr
a cargo of lumber. She Is expected to
complete ner cargo ana sail Friday.
The steamer West Jester started load
ing lumber at the Clark-Wilson mill yes
from the Journal of Commerce
New York. April 19. 1920
Cor forty Platform
cwainptoa Bttett of tb Trans
Commerce.)
WASHUJGTOJJ. April SWp!n
tectslation during- pie present session o
Congress presents a, number of remark.
Ablft features. ttie chief of which Is the
nofl-partlsn character ot the efforts that
art cow being made for the speedy en
eeunertt ot laws that will assist In fh
permanent upbuilding ef the merchant
marine.
UnSka previous years there are no di
visions on Issues alons party lines. More
than x dozen bills on shipping have been
recommended unanimously by the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries and .have been passed by the
Houso without a vote, according t
-larties. The same situation prevails
, Senate. Measures i -.. r dl
. Vice-President, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., Bethlehem, P.
1 - . President, Baltimore Drydock tc Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, Md.
Chairman Board of Directors, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Detroit, Mich.
. . President, Western Pipe and Steel Co. of California, San Francisco, Cal.
Vice-President, William Cramp fc Sons Ship &; Engine Bldg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
. President) J. F. Duthie k Co., Seattle, Wash.
terday for China. She arrived yesterday
from Seattle.
The Chinese steamer Hwah Wu, bring
ing vegetable oil and general merchandise
from Taku Bar and Shanghai, China, is
expected to arrive at municipal terminal
No. 4 this morning. She passed Tatoosh
at 5 o'clock yesterday morning on her
way here from Port Townsend, where she
was diverted here from Puget sound be
cause of the longshoremen's strike at Se
attle. Tho Chinaman Is under a time
charter to Dant &. Russell and after dis
charging will load lumber for China.
Tho steamer Ahercos. of the Admiral
lino oriental fleet, left down from terminal
No. 4 late yesterday afternoon with a
full general cargo valued roughly at
1.00O.0O0. -
The steamer West Nivaria was expected
to finish loading the St. Helens portion
of ber lumber cargo last night and to come
up to Portland this morning.
The steam schooner Daisy Freeman
Bailed for San Pedro yesterday with a full
lumber cargo loaded at the Multnomah
Box & Lumber company's mill.
The steam schooner Wapama arrived at
3 o'clock yesterday morning and dis
charged a general cargo at the Couch
street dock-
C. S. Naval Radio Reports.
(All position reported at P. M. yester
day unless otherwise indicated.)
COL. K. L. DRAKE. San Pedro for
Point Wells. 1T.O miles from Point Wells.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY. Seattle lor sun
Francisco, 70 miles from Seattle.
CITV OF A LAMBDA. San Francisco for
Balboa. i64 miles south San Francisco, b
P. M. May 10.
WEST HENSHAW. San Francisco for
Yokohama via Honolulu. 500 miles from
Kan Francisco. 8 P. M. May 10.
WEST SBQUANA for Honolulu. 663
miles from San Francisco. 8 P. M. May 10.
CITY OF TOPEKA, w miles soutn oi the
Columbia river.
C. A. SMITH, Coos Bay for San Fran
ciKco. 15 miles south of Coos Bay.
OLEUM, Portland for Oleum, 394 miles
from Oleum.
CLARMONT. San Pedro for Willapa
Harbor. 148 miles from Willapa Harbor.
PRESIDENT. San Francis-co for Wil
mington. 33 miles south of Point Sur.
ARCHER. San Francisco for Kokohama
via Honolulu, 80 miles Irom ban ran
clsco. A
GOVERNOR, San Francisco for Seattle,
28 miles north of Point Arena.
CELILO, San Francisco for Portland..
15 miles north of Point Arena.
WILHELMINA. San Francisco for Hono
lyulu. SO miles from San -Francisco.
LABREA, Port San Luis for Honolulu,
1SSB miles from Honolulu.
W. F. HERRING. Gaviota for Llnnton,
1479 miles from Gaviota.
ATLAS, Richmond for Ico. 40 miles
from Richmond.
RICHMOND, towing barge f. San
Pedro for Seattle. 40 miles from San
Pedro.
EL SEGCNOO. towing barge 0.1. San
Pedro for Richmond, 120 miles south of
Richmond.
WAHKEENA. San Pedro for San Fran
cisco. 41 miles west of San Pedro.
KLAMATH. San Francisco for San
Pedro. -O miles west of San Pedro.
WHITTIER. San Francisco for San
Pedro. 71 miles from San Pedro.
ADMIRAL NICHOLSON. Monterey for
Port San Luis, 20 . miles west of San
Luis.
ELLOBO LOBITOS. Peru for Vancouver.
22 miles south of Point Arguello.
HUMBOLT. San Pedro for San Fran
cisco. 115 miles south of San Francisco.
J. B. STEETSON, 183 miles south of San
Francisco.
F. M. BUCK. Monterey for Everett, 624
miles from Monterey.
SANTA INEZ, Anacorte for San Fran
high if America is to remain in a position
of weakness on the seas.
3. Congress in 191 5 passed the Seaman's Act
to raise the standard of American labor
at sea. This act, which has made sea
faring an attractive aVocation for Ameri
cans, has operated to equalize the cost
of operation' as between American and
foreign vessels. The Seaman's Law, there
fore, should remain in force in substan
tially its present form. Constructive legisla
tion will do for the American ship what this
Act has done for the American Seaman.
The Committee of American Shipbuilders
in a series of advertisements will place before
the public their views of the more important
phases of the situation.
In this way the Committee hopes to assist in
bringing about a right solution of questions vital
the future prosperity of shipbuilding, but equally
vital to the safety and prosperity of the nation,
cisco. 544 miles north of San FrarxHsro.
WT-.ST HARTS. Ttellingham for San
Francisco. 241) miles from San Francisco.
BARGE NO. 91. in tow tug Tatoosh,
from Richmond, 250 miles from Grays
Harbor.
QUARRIN. Seattle for Kastiill via San
Pedro. 703 miles north of San Pedro.
STEELMAKER, .too miles north of San
Francisco, for Portland at noon.
STORM KING, with drydock pontoon In
tow, Seattle for San Francisco. d8 miles
from San Francisco.
ROSE CITY. Tortland for Sa-n Fran
cisco. 25 miles north of San Francisco.
SILVER SHELL. Martinez for Point
Wells. 25S miles north of San Francisco.
JOHANNA SMITH. San Francisco for
Marshfteld. 7J0 miles from San Francisco.
CA ITT. A. F. LITCAS. Astoria for Rich
mond. 222 miles from Rnchmond.
FRET BAXTER. San Francisco for Se
attle. 273 miles north of San Francisco.
SEQUOIA, anchored In Eureka bay.
TUG HERCULES. San Francisco for
Willapa Harbor, barkentine Kohala in tow,
306 miles from San Francisco.
Tides at Astoria Wednesday.
JTigh. Low.
7:26 A. M 6.4 feet!2:01 A. M 3 2 feet
8:30 P. M 7.6 feet;i:55 P. M 1.8 feet
PRICES HOLD AT YARDS
KIGIITEEX LOADS OF LIVE
STOCK ARK RECEIVED.
Good Steers Sell at $11.25 to
$12.15 and Selected Hogs
Bring Premium.
There was a good supply of stock on
the market yesterday, 18 loads coming in,
and trading was fairly active. The mar-
i kct on the whole was about steady ' and
prices were uncnangea. Good steers sold
at 1 11.25 to 12. 1.1. There were a few
sales of selected hogs at $16.15 and $16.25.
but the general top of the hog market
remained at $16.
Receipts were 186 cattle, 897 hogs and
177 sheep. The day's sales were af
follows:
Weight. Price.l Wcigth. Price
32 steers .. .864 $12.15 15 hogs 124 14. MO
32 steers ...809 12.15 10 hogs 195 16.00
34 steers 777 11.25 3 hogs 173 16.15
14 steers ...947 11.00 1 hog 4SO 10.00
2 cows ...790 5.25 8 hogs 233 15.75
2 calves ..100 13.0011 hogs ISO 15.75
2 calves ..120 15.50 8 hogs 228 15 75
1 calf 80 14.O0;13 hogs 23u 15.75
7 calves ..155 lC.OOilO hogs 200 15.75
1 cair 140 1 6.001 2 hogs 260 15 75
1 calf 2O0 16.00 5 hogs .. .. .144 15 00
1 bull 700 6.0O 5 hogs 344 13.75
6 hogs ....121 14.00 1 hog 220 13.75
8 hogs 5 13.O0I 9 hogs 137 14.00
1 hog 190 15.751 2 hogs 245 14.00
2 hogs ....235 15.501 1 hog 120 14. oo
2 hogs 275 15.00 20 hogs 122 14.75
7 hogs ....212 15.50:16 lambs .... 99 14. OO
12 hogs .197 15.401 6 lambs ... 95 14.75
I 4 hogs ....2nO 16. 25 10 lambs ... 69 15.50
S hogs ...-200 16.25i 6 lambs ... 61 1 1 oo
2 hogs .235 15.50 29 lambs ...1U9 16.IIO
21 hogs ....161 15.75j 4 lambs ... 60 15 25
1 hog 490 10.00 9 ewes ....107 9.50
10 hogs 182 15.50 4 ewes .... 82 6.00
2 hogs 130 14.25 9 ewes 80 3.50
10 hogs ....154 15.50 1 ewe 170 9.00
5 hogs ....164 15.75 1 ewe 120 12.50
6 hogs ....155 15.75 10 ewes ....156 8.50
2 hogs ....210 16 OO! 5 wethers .110 12. oo
2.
I
2 hogs . .
1 hog
3 hogs . .
1 hog
S hogs . .
3 hogs . .
7 hogs . .
.166 15.751 l buck 170 5 r.O
.390 10.00;58 hogs 193 15.75
.233 16.001 2 hogs 420 1 2 OIJ
. .430 10.001 2 hogs 170 13.7S
.170 1H.0OI
S hogs 358 1.1. 7
. .166 15.0O
0 hogs 155 15.75
. .158 16 OO
. .186 16.00
4 hogs 205 1 0. l0
o hogs
Livestock prices at
the Portland etock
yards were as follows:
Bert grain, pulp-fed steers. . .$12.25r13.o
Choice steers 1 1. 50 'a 12.25
Good to choice steers........ 11.007 11.50-
Meolum to chloce steers......
Fair to medium steers ......
Common to fair steers ......
Choice cows and heifers ....
Good to choice cows, heifers.
10.no in 1 i.oo
9.no(a 10.00
R.on.'T 9 00
10.25'n 1 1. no
9.0Oj 10.23
8.nn'D s. on
7 .00 41 s on
5.001. 6.O0
6.50 'ai 9.0O
13.0O7 I H.OO
9.00'a 12.O0
6.50S7 8.50)
7.50 8.50
13. rn 16.00
I4.50.vj 15.50
in.oofri, 1 5.00
12.00 15.00
Medium to good cows, heifers.
Fair to medium cows, heifers.
Can ners ... .................
Bulls
Prime light calves ..........
Medium light calves
Heavy calves
Stockers and feeders .. ......
Hogs
Prime mixed ................
Medium mixed ...........
Rough heavy
Pigs
Sheep
Eastern lambs 1500171604
Light valley lambs 14 OOra15 0O
Heavy valley lambs 13.noil40
Common lo medium lambs... in.SO'n 12 50
eariings ...............
13.00-n 1 I.OO
1 2.50j. 13.25
S.OO-H 12.00
1 4.00ji 15.51)
10.00 gll. 00
Wethers
Ewes
.Spring lambs
Throw-out spring lambs
Chicago Livestock Market.
CHICAGO. May 11. Cattle Receipts
16.000 head: market slow: few early gales;
steers about steady at Monday's decline;
she stock steady to 25c lower; good to best
fat cows weak; most bulls steady. Jlkis
on calves unevenly lower with supply lib
eral; stockers and feeders steady to lowt-r.
Hogs Receipts, 38.000 head, generally
15c to 25c lower, lights declining most; top
$15.20: bulk lights. 1 4.90 1 5.15 ; bulk.
250-pounders and over $13,90614.60: pica
2.5c lower. Bulk, 100 to 125-poundera.
$13.50W14.25.
Sheep Receipts. 11.000 head: slow,
steady to lower: choice but wet wool lambs
$21.25; choice shorn lambs, $19; bulk
$17.25$fl9: choice shorn ewes, $13.50.
Omaha Livestock Market. '
OMAHA. May 11. Hogs. Rec ipta
13.5UO. low generally 25e lower. Narrow
shipping demands: top, $14.50: bulk medi
um and light, $1 3.757) 1 4.00: bulk, 250
pounders and up, $ lS.oogr 1 3.50.
Cattle Receipts 700O. beef steers. 15 3
25c lower; butcher stock steady. ' Top
beeves. $13.25: stockers and feeders, steady
to 25c higher.
Sheep Receipts 5000. clipped lambs
strong to 25c higher. Top, $1S25: bulk
$17.50f?1S.oo: wooled lambs, sheep and
feeders steady.
Kansas City Livestock Market.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. May II. United
States bureau of markets.) Cattle re
ceipts. 780O1 beef steers, strong to 15e
higher; top. $13.90; best yearlings. $13.25;
butcher stock, steady to 25c higher; few
heifers. $12; best cows. $11.25: calves 50c
higher; top to packers. $12; all other
classes strong.
Sheep receipts. 9000; sheep steady to
strong: bulk fat ewes. $10(6: 10.50; spring
lambs strong to 25c higher; 75-pound Ari
zona spring lambs. $10.10; bulk, $19
19.50; goats, steady; bulk, $7.50 ji 8.
Seattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE, ash.. May 11. llo;?. re.
ccipts. 190. steady. Hrime. $16vf 16.50;
medium to choice. $15j-16; rough hea ies,
$144? 14.50; pigs, flo'ali.
Cattle receipts. none: steady; beef
steers. $12.50Cil3; medium to choice, 10
412; common to good. $7.50IO; cows
and heifers. $10.2510.75; common to
good. $7 10; bulls. $7.00 tt 8.00; caliea.
$7.5" 16.