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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1920
PORTLAND EXPORTS
111 MAY 54,441,884
Only Cargoes Loaded in Lo
cal Harbor Included.
FLOUR IS BIG FACTOR
Foreign Shipments Amounting
1 1 7,056 Barrels Recorded
With $1,281,936 Value.
to
Kxports from Portland for May
reached a total value of $4,411,884, ac
cording1 to clearance papers filed at
the custom-house and tabulated by
the Merchants Kxchange. This sum
includes only the value of cargoes
loaded in the local harbor for off
phore points and cleared during the
month, without consideration of the
millions of feet of lumber loaded In
the lower Columbia river and the
flour loaded at Astoria. The total
figures for the month's exports from
the Columbia river will be fl, 000,000
higher.
I-'lour principal Export.
Klour contributed more heavily
than any other single commodity
toward the total value of exports for
the month. foreign shipments of
flour amounted to 117,056 barrels with
a total value of $1,281,936.
Miscellaneous general cargo, ex
clusive of lumber, wheat and flour,
exported in May reached a total value
of $1,221,935. The bulk of this was
carried by the Admiral line steamer
Abercos, which sailed for the Orient
with general freight valued at $1,049,-
20f. The total value of the cargo of
the Abercos. including flour and lum
ber, was $1,1 9S.176.
Wheat exported in May amounted to
322,561 bushels, valued at $972,323.
Lumber amounting to 25,072,511 feet.
valued at $935,690, was responsible for
the rest.
KJftecn Steamships Cleared.
Fifteen, vessels, all of them steam
yhips, cleared from Portland for off
shore points in the month. Lumber
was carried by 12, flour by five, gen
eral cargo by four and wheat by thrx.
of this number. Eight of the steam
ers cleared for ports of the orient,
three for the United Kingdom, two
for the west coast of South America
and two for New Tork for orders.
Of much significance as indicating
the trend of Portland's commerce is
the fact that $2,006,032, or nearly half
the total for the month, represents
the value o cargoes sent to the orient.
The value of cargoes to other destina
tions was divided as follows: To the
United Kingdom, $1,4 06,335; to New
York for orders, $904,000; to the west
coast of South America, $95,517.
Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., May SI. (Special.)
captain Alex Smith, maatcr of the V n
ley jstcamer A valon, tn commenting upon
the report of his failure to rescue the
party in the launch Santa Barbara last
S a. turd ay, today declared that ho mistook
the signals of the occupants of the launch
for the antics of a party of moving pic
ture actors. The entire party in the launch
was injured when there was an explo
sion which rendered the launch unman
ageable. But for the arrival of a smaller
lu unen the entire party would have
their lives. They were rescued by the
steamer Cabrillo and taken to A valon when
they returned here yesterday. In the
party were Ralph "Weiss, ex -policeman
Jtichard Lucas, policeman; Phyllis Hutch
inxs, Violet Sellon and Russell Wright.
The steamer Wallinpf ord was due here
tonight from the north, en route to the
west coast of South America,
The Meridian, of the same line, also
- "wa-o due tonight.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 31. (Special.)
Salaries of masters of the shipping board
carriers will remain at $330 to $412.5U a
month for another year, it was announced
by W. T. Isted, secretary of the Ship
masters association of the United States,
who arrived home from Washington, L. C, I
at the week-end. The association's con- I
tract with the shipping board was re- I
newed by Mr. Isted for the year beginning ,
Hn May, the minimum and maximum of sal
" aries remaining on the scale fixed la the
" fcpring of last year.
- - "The contract was renewed for all
' coasts," said Mr. Isted. "While I was east
. I visited New Tork and found all the
towboat business tied up as a result of the
marine engineers strike. As a result much
shipping was diverted to Philadelphia, but
that port was not in a position to take
care of it. A whole fleet of freighters
was waiting arounod for berths."
While optimistic over Seattle's future as
a world port, M. J. Falkenburg, head of
Ka I ken burg & Co., who arrived home last
week from San Krancisco. where he at
tended the foreign trade convention, said
- today he was more convinced than ever
' t that terminal charges on Elliott bay are
too high. The Katkenburg company rep-
; resents a large number of great import
. ; ing houses of the east and middle west
j and while ai the convention Mr. Falken
' burg heid a number of conferences with
- clients.
Seattle firms will furnish virtually all
the supplies to be purchased by the United
States bureau of fisheries for the use of
; tho government's wards on the Pribilof
. islands in the next fiscal year, says a tele
gram received by the chamber of co-m-
'. merce and commercial club today from
Harry J- Brown, its Washington, E. C.
representative. Bids for furnishing the
supplies were opened at the national capl-
- tai 'riday. Tho goods the government
' will buy for the use of the residents of
the north Pacific seal preserves will cost
1 several hundred thousand dollars.
PORT TOWNSKXD, Wash., May SI.
! (Special.) The steamer Fred Baxter was
richted last nigni ana me water pumpea
out this evening. She started for Seattle
in tow. where sha will be docked for re
nairs.
Bringing a cargo of copper bars and
I enpper ore from the west coast of South
America the steamer Lake Flynus arrived
today, proceeding to Tacoma to discbarge.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May SI. (Special.)
- The Elinor H., a vessel built for the Pa
clfic trade and owned largely by harbor
men, was christened at Tacoma Saturday
by Mrs. Elinor H. Shaw of Hoquiam. Cap
tain Chris Endreson Jr. will have command
of the schooner. Ha is the youngest cap
tain ever taking command on the Pacific,
being 20 years old. The ship will be
brought to the harbor this week for a
cargo for the orient.
The sailing schooner Albert and the
steam schooner Carlos made port yester
day morning at 10 o'clock. The Alert,
from Honolulu, is loading at the E. K.
Wood mill in Hoquiam, while the Carlps
is at the Donovan mill In Aberdeen.
The steamers Siskiyou and Nehalem
cleared yesterday afternoon for San Pedro
and San Francisco respectively. No ves
sels entered or left the harbor today.
TACOMA. Wash., May 31. (Special.)
On account of Memorial day practically
all work was suspended along the front
today. The only arrival waa the Admiral
Farragut from San Francisco, though the
Lake Flynus from South America was ex
pected with a cargo of ore for the Tacoma
smelter. The Lake Flynus under her pres
ent schedule will load lumber down sound
for her return voyage to the east coast.
The Eld ridge, of the Pacific company's
oriental service. Is due tomorrow or
Wednesday to load 1,000.000 feet of lum
ber for Shanghai and other freight for
the orient.
The San Diego, which was expected to
il for California ports this afternoon.
will not get out before Tuesday evening
It is thought now. The San Diego Is load
ing a full cargo of lumber at local mills.
The Mukilteo was expected here to
night from San Francisco. The Mukilteo
will load lumber here lor California this
trip.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,- May 31. (Spe
elal.) As a result of the vast increase ii
the lighterage business mado necessary be
cause or the greater economy at forced by
conveying freight off-shore and thus sav
ing time for ships in port, it was an
nounced today by Manager Harry Levinson
of the Peterson launch and lighterage
concern that Henry C. Peterson, founder of
the company, -will leave immediately for
Eureka and Coos Bay to investigate and
survey a number of 700-ton barges which
re for sale. The barges axe 1-0 feet in
length, 38 feet beam and nine feet deep.
and a few are 10 feet longer, according to
hipping men who are vitally concerned
in the efficient handling of freight to and
rrom ships here, all of the lighterage con
cerns will have to increase their barge
service to great proportions during the
next few years.
The initiation of the direct-to-the-ter
minal service of the new vegetable oil
plant at Jsiats creek, which was scheduled
with the arrival of th shipping board
steamer Eastern Im Darter on Sunday h
been postponed, it was announced today, so
trie Dig snip must remain at Dier 9 and
some six barges will carry the oil to the
oil terminal because the channel at the
tanks has been dredsred to a. uniform
depth of lUi feet. It appears that the East
ern importer. which is a 12.000-ton
freighter, draws about 2S to CO feet when
loaded and the 5 feet will not suffice, it
was explained.
The Pacific Mall stesmjihin rnlnni. Can
tain Henry Nelson, is due to arrive from
Singapore via Manila and other far eastern
ports tomorrow at an early hour, accord
inff to a radio received today.
n5 union steamship Tofua Is scheduled
io sau irom this port for Sydney via Pa
peete on June 17 and the Marama will
iQiiow on July 10, it was announced by
wic pasicngcr department today,
-mile gale, sweeping along the coast
i win Liie oorinwest, has interfered a bit
witn steamship schedules the last few
oays, out no reports of mishaps have bee
received.
According to a wlreleas tndav. (ho pti"
son tug latoosh. Captain Barker, put into
j-raKes oay Sunday and remained there
umii ioaay, when the tue nroceedert fn
Astoria towing the barkentine Katharine
.miicivaii.
It was strictly a holiday along the wa
terfront today, with no arrivals or de
number of oil tankers and vessels operat
ing between coast points making the only
ASTORIA. Or. Ma v "1 (ei.i
The steam .schooner liaisy Matthews, car-
j'iub & targo oi lumber from St. Helens,
sauea at :4o this morning for Los An
geles.
The steamer teli sle will Ha riti tnmnr
row from San Francisco en route to Port
land. The steam schooner Haleo Is due from
San Pedro to load lumber at the Ham
mond mill.
MURINE BILL CENTER
OF PORT DISCUSSION
American Clauses Praised
and Condemned.
litis, commonly known as "sleeping
sickness," was the .cause of death.
Mr. Fies was 61 years of age, and
prior to the illness had been in the
best of health. Mr. Fies had a wide
acquaintance along the waterfront.
feurvivine relatives are a son, cur-
ford D. Fies of Grants Pass, and two
daughters, Mrs. R. H. Baldwin of this
city and Mrs. Harold M.,West of Yak
ima, wash.
Funeral services will be held at the
Portland crematorium at 10:30 to-
lorrow morning. Mr. Fies was a
prominent member of the Woodmen
of the World.
SENATOR WANTS OPINION
Chamber of Commerce Favors
Modification of 100 Per Cent
Coastwise ProTislon.
V. S. "aval Radio Reports.
Port Calendar.
To Arrive In Portland.
Vessel From. Due.
Str. nellsle San Fran ....June
Ktr. Westwind Honolulu ....June
Hkt. Kath. MackalL.San Fran ....June
Str. llaxtum San Fran ....June 3
atr. west Nomentura.San Luis ....June 3
Str. Kastern Glen ... Seattle June 5
Str. Crown City San Pedro ...June 5
S(r. Dwwey N. Y. via S. F.June S
Str. West El Cajon.. Honolulu ....Juno 6
ttr. ArtiRaa Boston June 8
Str. Bakersfield San Fran ....June 8
Str. C'oaxet ....Orient .......June
Str. Went Ivan Seattle June 10
Str. Bantu Vane, B. C. June 10
Str. Bearport San Fran ....June 15
Str. Houth Bend San Fran ....June 15
Str. Higho San Fran ....June 15
Str. Wawalona Shanghai ....June 15
Str. Kastern Sailor. ..Seattle June 15
Str. Yosemite Seattle June 15
Str. M. S. Cethana. .Gulf Port June 25
Str. Kffinsrham New York ...June 30
Str. The Angeles. .. .China June 30
To Depart From Portland.
Vessel For. Date.
Str. Tahoe .........San Fran ....June 1
Sir. Elkton ....... ..Japan June 1
Str. Kayseeka Alexandria ..June 1
Str. Pawlet Orient ......June 2
Btr. Vancouver Maru. Japan June 4
Vessels In Port.
Vessel Berth.
Sen. Cecelia Sudden. East. & Western mill.
Srh. Columbia River.Mersey dock.
Sir. Elkton Inman-Poulsen mill.
Sch. Golden Shore. . .Inman-Poulsen mill.
Str. Hoquiam Drydock.
Str. Kayseeka .....Montgomery dock.
Str. Olen Fast. & Western mill.
Sch. Oregon Pine. .. Peninsula mill.
Str. Pawlet ...... ..Terminal No. 4. -
Str. Tahoe St. Helens.
Sch. Thistle Crown mills.
Str. Vancouver Maru. Terminal No. 4.
Str. Wapama Clark-Wilson mill.
Sch. Wm. H. Sinfth..lni-" l.i...n mi'l.
(All positions reported at 8 P. M,
terday unlets otherwise indicated.)
AVALON, Willapa harbor for San Pedro,
285 miles north of San Francisco.
EL. SEGliXDO, towing barge 93, Portland
for San Pedro, 610 miles north of San
Pedro.
Silverado, Portland for San Pedro, 210
miles north of San Francisco.
FRANK II. BUCK. Port Costa for Linn
ton. 212 miles from Port Costa.
rEL.iSL,K, San Francisco for Portland,
13 miles northwest of Blunts Reef light
ship. WEST NOMENTUM, .San Francisco for
Portland. 172 miles north of San Fran
cisco. HERCULES, Seattle for Oakland, dry
dock pontoon in tow, llo miles from San
Francisco.
ADMIRAL. SEBP.EE, Ocean Falls for
Wilmington. 528 miles from Wilmington.
WALLIXGFORD, Tacoma for San Pe
dro. 49 miles south of Point Sur, May GO.
IDAHO. San Pedro for Grays Harbor, 45
miles northwest of Point Arguello. May .10.
GOVERNOR, Wilmington for San Fran
cisco, 145 miles from Wilmington. May oO.
ASUNCION, Port San Luis for Hueneme,
85 miles from Hueneme, May 30.
DILLWl N, Tamplco for San Francisco,
546 miles south of San Francisco. May 30.
WAHKEENA. San Diego for San Fran
cisco, 240 miles south of San Francisco,
May 30.
WEST NIVARIA. Portland for Shang
hai, 800 miles west of Columbia river, 8
P. M. May :;o.
QUEEN. San Francisco for Seattle, 300
miles from Seattle.
WILHELMINA, Honolulu for San Fran
cisco, 402 miles west of San Francisco, 8
P. M., May 3(1.
TUG STORM KING with drydoek pon
toon in tow, Seattle for Oakland, 65 miles
from Seattle.
QUABBIN. Kahului for San Pedro. 1305
miles from San Pedro, May 30, 8 P. M,
LAS VEGAS, San Francisco for Shang
hai, 608 miles from San Francisco. May
0, 8 P. M.
BROAD ARROW. San Francisco for
Shanghai. 800 miles from San Francisco.
aiay . t . an.
DERBYLINE. Manila for San Fran
cisco, 1402 miles from San Francisco,
May 30. 8 P. M.
MANOA, San Francisco for Honolulu.
1673 miles from San Francisco, May 30,
S p. M.
STANDARD ARROW. San Francisco for
Tokohama, 1202 miles from San Fran
cisco. May 30. 8 P. M.
COL. E. L. DRAKE. San Pedro for
Hilo, 3oo miles from Hilo, May 30. 8 P. M.
WEST CACTUS, San BVancisco for Yoko
hama. 165rt miles .from San Francisco,
May 30. 8 P. M.
COLUSA, Honolulu for San Francisco,
t2W miles rrom San Francisco, May 30,
8 P. M.
ENTERPRISE. Hilo for San Francisco.
12IK- miles from San Francisco, May SO.
8 p. M.
BROOKDALE, Port Allen for San
Francisco, i90 miles from San Francisco,
May so. 8 p. M. .
WEST CAPE. San Francisco for Hono
lulu, 144 miles from San Francisco.
WILHELMINA, Honolulu for San Fran
cisco, 12i miles from San Francisco.
DELLWOOD, Mahukona for San Fran
cisco, 1J; miles from San Francieco.
WAHKEENA. San Diego for San Fran
Cisco, .miles from San Francisco.
IDAHO, San Pedro for Grays Harbor,
35 miles northwest of Point Sur.
WEST IRA. San Francisco for Chin
ports, 204 miles west-southwest of San
Francisco. 4
MULTNOMAH, San Francisco for Port
land. 70 miles north of San Francisco.
SYLVAN ARROW, San Francisco for
Shanghai, 158 miles from San Francisco
lightship.
ADMIRAL, NICHOLSON. Monterey for
can Simeon, au miles south of Monterey.
ARGYLL. Port San Luis for Seattle.
620 miles from Seattle.
WHITTIER, Oleum for Port San Luis.
J miiea irom fori flpan XUIS.
AD.tiiKAL. UKWKY, San Francisco for
Wilmington, iiu miles Irom San Fran
CISCO.
WEST ELCA.TON. Honolulu for Port-
iana, miles from Portland.
Provisions of the Jones bill, now in
the hands of the senate conferees.
discriminating against foreign vessels.
is forming the principal topic of di
cussion wherever steamship men
gather in Portland and is occupying
the attention of the shipping com
mittee of tho Chamber of Commerce
as well as the Oregon delegation at
the national capital. The Jones bill
the one which will enunciate
permanent merchant marine policy
for the United States. One clause
now contained in the bill requires
that to operate in the American coast
wise trade vessels must be 100 per
cent American-owned, and to operate
out of American ports in overseas
business, 75 per cent American
owned.
Charles L. McNary, United. States
senator from Oregon, Is one of the
senate conferees on the bill. In
telegram to the Portland Chamber of
Commerce Saturday he asked the
views of that body on the 100 per cent
American coastwise provision, and
W. D. B. Dodson, executive secretary
of the Chamber, replied upon the di
rection of the shipping committee that
modification of this clause was recom
mended to permit the continued oper
ation of tank steamers owned by the
big oil companies, a portion of whose
stock is owned abroad.
Both Sides Championed.
A second, provision of the bill, mak
ins the low export rail rate apply
only on freight carried from the
coasts of the country in American
bottoms, while the domestic rate will
apply on freight carried by foreign
vessels, is now under consideration
by the shipping committee of the
chamber.
A. F. Haines, vice-president and
general manager of the Pacific Steam
ship company, who was in Portland
yesterday, is emphatic in his advo
cacy of the ail-American clauses.
Knually emphatic on the other side
of the question are the oil companies
and the agents of foreign steamship
lines.
Benefits Are Set Forth.
Advocates of the ail-American
clauses contend that this legislation
will benefit this country and thi
port by throwing practically all of
the export business to American ships
and American steamship companies.
Opponents of the clauses say that en
ctment of the bill in its present
form will result in the withdrawal of
apanese lines from the trans-Pacific
rade and thus reduce American com
erce.
A telegram was sent to Senator Mc
Nary by the Chamber of Commerce
esterday urging his thoughtful at
tention to this phase of the matter,
but containing no definite recommen
dation for or against the rail rate
clause.
H.UTUM IS DUE FOR FliOCR
9100-Ton Steamer to Load for At
lantic Coast for Orders.
The 9400-ton shipping board steamer
Haxtum has been assigned to the
grain corporation to load flour at
Portland and should reach this port
next Thursday, according to advices
received from San Francisco by the
Merchants Kxchange. The Haxtum
arrived at Port San Luis, the main
plant of the Union Oil company. Sat
urday to take on fuel oil before con
tinuing her journey from San Fran
cisco to Portland. The Haxtum was
launched September 27 by the Union
Iron Works of San Francisco, and her
initial voyage with cargo will be from
Portland to tho Atlantic coast for
orders.
HIGHER POSTAL PHY
I
About $33,000,000 Increase
First Year Recommended.
THEY ALL SEE A
S. P. Ry. Man Says His Friends
Want to Know What Built
Him Up So Remarkably.
JOINT FINDINGS ARE GIVEN
Lifts for First Class Postmasters
Getting Above $5000 Are
Omitted From Schedule.
"After suffering for ten years I am
now a well man and I want every
body to know that Tanlac is the cause
of it all " said Ed T. Behymer of 171
Kast Twenty-second street, Jjob An
geles, Cal., a well-known carpenter at
the Southern Pacific ranroaa nuoiia.
For ten years," continued Mr.
phvm.p -T nf ferert from a Baa case
of indigestion and there was a dull
heavy feeline in my stomach nearly
alt k tim fif late vears I becam
badlv constipated and my stomacn
pained me awfully., My appetite waa
very poor and what little 1 did eat
didn't taste good, and formed sour
gas In my stomach, bloating me up
t as a drum. My moneys n
VESSELS SALE FAVORED
AL1EXS MAY BE ALLOWED TO
PURCHASE 17. S. CRAFT.
Senate Amendment Defining Policy
for Shipping Board Is Ac
cepted by House.
SMALL PLANE ON BIG TRIP
Lone Flier In 35-Horscpowcr Craft
Leaves London for Australia
LON DON, May 31. A sporting ef
fort to fly to Australia alone in
small aeroplane was begun today by
Lieutenant riinkley, formerly of th
British air force.
The machine has only a 35-horee
power engine with epecial petrol
tanks to provide enough fuel for from
600 to 750 miles. The lieutenant will
make the flight by way of Pari
Rome and Egypt.
Movements of Vessels.
SAM PEDRO, Cal.. May 31. (Special.)
Arrived Steamers ShaHta. from Port
land. 1 A. M. ; Charles Christensen, from
Willapa, 1 A. M.: Prentiss, from Albion,
7AM.; Grays Harbor, from Grays Har
bor, 1 A M.: Martha Buehner, from Coos
Bay, 6 A. M. ; Kastern Cloud, from Port
land, 9 A M. ; Saginaw, from Pugct sound.
9 A. M. ; Humboldt, from San Francsico, 8
A. M. ; San Jose, from San Francisco, 6
AM.
Sailed Steamers San Jose, for Balboa,
P. M. : Admiral Schley, for San Dieno.
10 A M.; Santlam, for Astoria, 1 P. M. ;
Santa Barbara, for Willapa, 2 P. M. :
Curacao, for Mexfco, 1 A. M.; Eastern
Cloud, for New York, S P. M. ; Oregon,
for San Francisco. 10 A M. ; Cuyama, for
&an uiego, iu . ai.
SEATTLE, Wash.. May 31. Arrived
Orldono Maru and Erie Maru, from Toko
hama and Kobe: Suwa Maru. from Honir-
Kong: Morning Star, from British Colum
bia ports.
Departed Aauarius. for Manila: West
Mahwah, for Australia and Mew Zealand
la San Francisco.
TACOMA. Wash.. MtT SI. Arrived
Admiral larrasut. from San Francisco. -
banea Admiral Farrasut. for San Fran
cisco via ports.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Mav 81. Sailed
rnyuis, for Tacoma: Multnomah, for
1'ortland.
Arrived Johanna Smith. from Cnna
May; mamatn,' from Astoria: Klnkon
Maru, from Balboa: La Brea, from Hono
lulu; Governor, from Seattle.
ASTORIA. Mav 31. Sailed at K-4X A.
J.. steamer Daisy Mathews, for San Pedro.
HAJV FRANCISCO. Ma, 31. Sallxri at
ju A. M., Steamer West Nomentum, for
j-oniana; arrived at noon, steamer k'lnm.
am, irom Portland.
KEWrORT. Eur . Mav 3D lrH..4
vvonanoee. from Portland, Or.
TOKOHAMA, May 27. Arrived Bond
owoz, from Seattle, Wash.
YOKOHAMA. Mav 29. Sailed Tovo
-nasal juaru, lor Seattle.
SINGAPORE. Mav 28. Sailed MntVil
jiaru, ior Seattle.
Marine Notes.
Tne schooner Thistle, fullv laden with
lumber for Australia, shifted from the
eastern & western Lumber company's mill
to the Crown mills Saturday to make room
at the lumber mill for other vessels. .She
win put to sea as soon as she slims
crew and completes tho customs bouse for
mantles.
The steam schooner Tahoe of the Charles
Nelson line will sail for San Francisco
today from St. Helens.
ine steam schooner wapama will sro
Irom the Couch-street dock lo the Clark
Wilson mill to load lumber early this
morning1.
The steamer Crown City, which will load
lumber here for the orient under the man
agement of the Columbia-Pacific Shipping
company. Is expected to be delivered
San Pedro today.
The Admiral line steamer City of To-
peka sailed for San Francisco and way
points with freight and passengers at 0
o'clock last night.
The steam schooner Daisy left down
from St. Helens at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Great Investment
Opportunities
HEREWITH are offered general obligation and special assess
ment bonds of Northwest municipalities at prices and yields
constituting; a tremendous appeal to the discriminating investor.
They embody every feature essential to wise, satisfactory placing
of money. We strongly recommend them and call special atten
tion to the remarkable investment opportunity they present.
Tax Exempt Municipals
Yielding from 6 to 7
General Obligation
tight
WASHINGTON, May 31. Sale of
the government-owned merchant ves-
els as soon as practicable, with pro
visions authorizing the shipping board
to sell certain classes of vessels to
aliens if considered advisable, were
tentatively agreed on today by the
house and senate conferees on mer
hant marine legislation,
Fending sale of the vessels, the
board would be permitted under the
compromise measure to operate the
vessels or charter them
intereetfi.
Chairman Jones of the eenate man
agers announced a final agreement
tomorrow was considered possible.
The house conferees today accepted
the senate amendment, defining a
general policy for the board. This
provision specifies that it is neces
sary for the national defense and for
he proper growth of its foreign and
domestic commerce that the United
States shall have a merchant marine
'of the best equipped and most suit
able types of vessels sufficient to
carry the greater portion of its com
merce and serve aa a naval or mill
tary auxiliary in time of war or na
tional emergency ultimately to be
owned and operated privately by citi
zens of the United States and that it
shall be the board's policy to develop
and maintain such a merchant ma
rine."
In connection with the sale of ves
sels to Americans, house provisions
allowing 15 years in place of 20. f ixt d
by the senate bill, for completion of
payments, were retained, while ten
years was agreed on as the period in
which foreigners must pay.
Coliunhia lti'er Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, May 31. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. M. Sea smooth: wind
northwest, 21 miles.
Tides at Astoria Tuesday.
High. Tow.
0:10 A. M 8.8 feet7:17 A. M...-0.4 foot
1:23 P. M 7.2 feet7:12 P. M 8.2 teet
"WASHINGTON, May 31. Increased
salaries for postal employes amount
ing to approximately $33,000,000 for
the first year, effective July 1, .were
recommended in a report to congress
today by a joint congressional commission.
Increases of from J150 to J250 an
nually for postal clerks and letter
carriers, with $400 for supervisory
officers, were recommended. No in
creases for first-class postmasters re
ceiving above J3000 a year were pro
posed, however. Estimates by the
commission place the increase of the
postal payroll at about $38,000,000 for
the second year and $43,000,000 for
the third and fourth years.
Rural Delivery Included.
tor rural delivery carriers, the
commission recommended $1800 for
4-mile route and an additiona
$30 for each mile in excess. Motor
route carriers covering 50 miles or
more would receive not in excess o
$2600. The pay of village delivery
carriers would be from $1000 to $1200.
anouia rcommendations of the com
mission based on hearings held be
aaopted, clerks at first and second
Class postoffices and citv carriers
would be divided Into five classes with
those in the first class receiving
$1400 annually and $100 added for
eacn class.
buDstltutes and temporary clerks
would receive 60 cents an hour, while
special clerks would receive from
13U0 to $2000. Watchmen, messen
gers and laborers would be divided
into two grades, the first receiving
$1350 and the second $1450.
Clerks in the postal mail service
would be divided into six classes,
with those in the first class receiving
$1600, those in the sixth, $2300 and
the others graduated between.
bervice for all clerks, the commis
sion's report recommended, would be
on an average of eight hours a day
and 306 days a year. Division super
intendents in the postal mail service,
under the commission's recommenda
tion, would receive $4200 annually.
Assistant superintendents $3200. chief
clerks $3000 and assistant chief
clerks $2500.
Pay of postoffice inspectors would
range from $2300 to $4200 with an
allowance of not more than $5 a day
for expenses while traveling.
Clerks at division headquarters of
the postoffice inspection service
would receive from $1600 to $2600.
Graduated Increase Proposed.
A graduated increase was proposed
for first class postmasters receiving
less than $5000 annually, ranging
from $200 to $400 for postmasters now
receiving $3000 to $3700 annually;
$4U0 to oo ror those now getting be
tween $3700 and $3800, and $500 and
$600 for those whose pay now is be
tween $3900 and $4000.
Second-class postmasters whose
present salary ranges from $2300 to
$3000, would receive an increase of
$100 to $300. Assistant postmasters
would receive $50 for each grade up
to $21d0. Third-class postmasters
would be increased $300 from basis
salaries each, the salaries ranging
from $1000. to $2200. The commision
also recommended fourth-class post
masters be allowed 140 per cent on
cancellations of $75 per quarter and I
less: 115 per cent from $75 to $100 on'
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and strength and although I wasn't Prineville, Or., Fgd,
confined to my bed. i ll ten you, x w
in a mighty bad fix.
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papers about laiuac ana iney " ""-
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am that 1 did, tor it. nas vc RM tj,U. t
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now and feel better than I nave ai
any time in ten years. I'm no longer
ennstinated and my kidneys don't
bother me the least bit. My appeme
ia sn hie- that I can hardly get enough
to eat and my meals never tasted
better before. I am no longer wor
ried with cas or pains in my stomach
ni I Inst sleep good all night long.
Why, 1 look so much better that my
friends at the shoo ask me what in
the world has built me up so. Tanlac
has brought me health and strength
and I'm certainly glad 10 recom
mend it."
Tanlac Is sold In Portland by the
Owl Drug company. Adv,
Special Assessment
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Maturity
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F&A 1924-29
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Telephone or Telegraph Orders at Our Expense
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Telephone Broadway 2151.
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cancellations per quarter and In ex
cess of $100 per quarter, 100 per cent
on the first $1000. 75 per cent on the
next hundred and 60 per cent on the
remainder.
The commission recommended
irraduated scale of pay based on of
fice receipts for supervisory otiicers
In first-class postoffices. The scale
ransres from $2200 for assistant post
masters and $2100 for superintendents
of mail in offices with receipts be
tween $40,000 and $75,000 to 4tou ior
the former and $4400 for the latter,
when receipts are above $20,000,000
annually. Provisions are also made
for pay increases for other super
visors.
Fifteen days vacation annually witn
pay for an employes ana sick. icyo
of not more than 30 days a year with
pay also were recommended.
FACTS 538
THE URDER OF THE DAY
Kvcry section of the coun
try is concentrating its
energies to the improve
ment of highways. This
form of development is
uppermost in the minds
of all people and only the
best in construction will
be tolerated; hence, the
reason why so much mile
age is being paved with
W ARRENITE
BITULITHIC
WARREN BROTHERS COMPANY.
DELEGATES REACH PARIS
American Suffrage "Workers t
Way to International Session.
PARIS, May SI. Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Ca-tt. president of the national
Woman Suffrage association of the
United States, and Mrs. Josephus
to private Daniels, wife of the American secre
tary of the navy, with 28 other Amer
ican delegates, alternates and visitors.
arrived in Paris today.
They will attend the congress of
the International Woman Suffrage
alliance at Geneva, Switzerland, on
June 6-12.
LrOCIS
TIES IS
DEAD
Sleeping Sickness Fatal to Western
Transportation Dock Agent.
Louis F. Fies. for the past 16 years
dock agent for the Western Trans
portation and Towing company, died
yesterday afternoon after an illness
of two weeks. L.ethar$ric encepha-
HALL & COMPANY
BUT AND SELL
Railroad
Public Utility
Industrial
Municipal
BONDS
YIELDING -
5 to 7
Foreign Government Loans
Local Securities
Preferred Stocks
Lewis BIdg., Portland, Or.
Toppenish
Washington
1 to 10-year
lfo Serial Improvement Bonds
Denomination $200. Ma
ture serially September,
1920, to September, 1929.
Toppenish is the second
city m Yakima county. It
is the trade center for an
imrnenselyproduetive ag
ricultural section- Three
great sugar refineries are 1
at and near Toppenish.
The refinery of Utah
Idaho Sugar Co., at Top
penish cost $1,250,000.
New agricultural lands
to the amount of 80,000
acres adjacent to Top
penish have been made
available for irrigating
by the recently c o m
pleted government irri
gation canal.
Price 100 to yield 7
Income Tax Exempt.
Canadian Provincial Bonds
To Yield 7:50
Due Price
$11,000 Province of Alberta 5s 1922 95.09
8.000 Province of Alberta 6s 1923 96.03
2.000 Province of British Columbia 5s 1925 90.31
1,000 Province of British Columbia 4&e. . ....... 1925 86.68
3,000 Province of Manitoba 5s 1923 93.40
17,000 Province of Saskatchewan 6s. 1924 94.90
25,000 Province of Manitoba 6s 1925 93.84
The above listed securities are payable In gold in the United
States, and are general obligations of the respective provinces.
Blyth, Witter. & Co.
UNITED STATES COVER5MEWT M0NIOPA1. AKD CORPORATION BONDS
YBO.V BVILDING, PORTLAND, OlllJOOV.
Telephone Main 3304.
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Call or -writ.
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j ri Camp I
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The Investors' Paradise
LOW-PRICED, hig-h-yielding;, tax-exempt bonds of our
prosperous Northwestern Municipalities afford an
opportunity which the farsighted are grasping.
Our Lists Are Long and Varied
CURK.KENDAU. & CO. INC.
6 FARM MORTGAGES 6
Secured by some of the best improved farms in the State of
Oregon, netting the investor 6. We have on hand amounts of
1000 to $10,000. City mortgages in amounts from $500 up,
netting 6ce to the investor.
Pacific Coast Mortgage Co.
(Established 25 years)
319 Ry. Exch. Bldg. Phone: Main 675
Buying an Income
THE yields of high-grade railroad bonds,
by five-year periods since 1880, bring
out in strong contrast the high yield which
may be secured from investments made at
this time.
1880 - - 5.18T'o 1900 - - 3.95
1885 - - 4.41 1905 - - 3.83
1890 - - 4.72TO 1910 - - 4.13
1895 - - 4.477o 1915 - 4.43
Compare these yields with the following for
today :
Government bonds now sell to yield up to 69o or
better. State and municipal bonds cover about the
same range. Foreign Government and municipals
yield from 7.50 to more than 10; short term rail
road, public utility and industrial bonds yield from
6.45 to 8.45; railroad bonds from 6.50 to 8;
public utility bonds from 6.70 to 8; preferred
stocks from 7.20 to 8; while a first mortgage
loan on the highest class of improved business prop
erty may be had to yield 6.
Such are the attractions offered in
our June purchase sheet, which will
be sent to every investor, or any
one interested in buying an income,
upon request for OR-308.
The National City Company
Correspondent Offices in more than 50 Cities.
PORTLAND YEON BUILDING
Telephone Main 6072
Bonds Acceptances Preferred Stocks
FREE:
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Think of having your 1920 business course charted out
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of trade; of being able to get the unbiased advice of
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The tremendous value of such data; to you individually
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jobber or banker, in the form of a condensed report,
which will be sent you free upon request. No copies
sent to retailers or private individuals. Tell your ste
nographer to write or phone for a copy this day.
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or NEW YORK, E.M. TREAT, resident
ISSUES STANDARD UNLIMITED POLICIES
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Board of Trade Bldg., Portland, Oregon
Phone Main 1179
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