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20. TIIE MORNING OEEG OXIAX, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920 MAYOR SEEKS LIGHT 1 FUEL SHORTAGE Oregon Delegation Asked to Investigate Gasoline Case. SAVING IS BEING MADE Appeal to Conserve Supplies Has Effect, While Rains Cut Down Some of Demand. Assurance that the gasoline con servation programme is providing sufficient gasoline to ship to upstate points and also providing- a reserve for use during the convention period, two -weeks hence, was received yes terday by Mayor Baker from repre sentatives of the oil companies. That Mayor Baker has dispatched mcbsages to members of the Oregon congressional delegation in an effort to focus the light of a government investigation on the coast gasoline shortage became Known yesterday. Mayor After Facts. The mayor admitted that he had telcsrrauhed to Senator McNary and Representative McArthur to obtain certain facts concerning the shortage. "We face a serious shortage." he said. "Certain rumors have been going the rounds and the average citizen is puzzled by these statements. I am determined to obtain facts which will aid us in learning the reason for the shortage and . I believe that ' " throutrh official channels in Wash ington such, information can be ob tained." The general public is co-operating almost to the man in conserving gaso line at present, according to officials - of the oil companies. Ilalns Help Conserve. The rains of Sunday and Monday, together with the conservation, cut down the gasoline sales to a greater proportion than had been expected. In addition word that three oargos of gasoline would be furnished Oregon by the Standard Oil company instead or one during the next three weeks also brought relief to those worrying -for fear that industry and agriculture would be halted because of shortage of Ihe fluid. The extra cargoes have been re ceived through efforts made by J. E. Balsley, district sales manager for Oregon of the Standard company. Mr. Balsley recently dispatched an earnest plea for an extra consignment of gasoline for Oregon to aid in reliev ing the present condition and offi cials of his company have heeded his ' requests. ALBANY HAS WAVI5 OF THEFTS Tourist Tays $6 for Kjvc Gallons to Complete Trip to Portland. gasoline from New Tork and Boston would be stopped as soon as present contracts expire. All kinds of cars are to be seen to day along highways for miles around Seattle. They are there as a result of poor judgment on the part of their drivers, who underestimated the mile age per gallon of their cars. Many of the drivers charge that their mileage fell down on account of the mixture of kerosene and gasoline which was sold them for straight gasoline. Ga rages along the principal highways report an unusual business In towing and storage, and late last night a number of auto parties were to be seen returning to the city afoot. Pub lic motor conveyances have practi cally disappeared from the interurban and intercity runs. GASOLitNE PERMIT IS NEXT Card Rationing System to Be Adopted at Astoria. ASTORIA, Or.. June 7. (Special.) After tonight gasoline in this com munity will be distributed only by card permit. This rationing system will be continued until there 1b some relief from the present critical snort- j age. Since Saturday there have been no deliveries to the service stations at local garages, the distribution to es sential users being handled entirely at the oil plants. While arrange ments were being made to install the card system the managers of the Standard and Union oil companies and the members of the municipal com mittee in charge have been co-operating to give gasoline to such in dustries and others entitled to re ceive it under the regulations adopted. Permits will be issued from the Chamber of Commerce by the commit tee in charge and special clerical help has been obtained to expedite the handling of the situation. BLSIAESS IS AT STANDSTILL NEW TRAFFIC AGENT NAMED oral William G. Tait Will Locate in Kobe, Japan. BIG TRADE ANTICIPATED Bureau Decides Representative De sirable to Develop Commerce With Xortb. Chinar. ALBANY, Or., June 7. (Special.) So many thefts of gasoline have oc curred in this section of the state the past few days that owners of cars are finding it unwise to leave them standing long in exposed places. Kerosene is being used extensively nere to iirrnish power for motor vehicles. Hay - burners" are coming back nowever, ana more horses were hitched in Albany yesterday than for any day for years, perhaps a decade. The Albany Automobile Dealers association has taken steps to assure the city a continuous supply of gaso line. It has ordered 12.500 gallons irom an Independent oil company ir California and this is expected to ar rive next triday. The association will arrange to have another car here by the time this supply is exhausted The local office of the Standard Oil company secured an additional allot ment of 6500 gallons for Albany Sat urday. Indicative of the serious shortage of gasoline in this city is the fact that a tourist paid ?6 for five gallons yesterday. He wanted enough gas to complete his journey to Portland. He bought it from a truck driver. Lack of Gasoline Blamed for Stag nation at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Or., June 7. (Spe cial.) Business in The Dalles is hard hit by the acute shortage of gasoline. Local merchants report sales mate rially decreased and one or two local merchants assert all have dropped 30 per cent. Merchants blame the lack of easollne for the business stagna tion. Farmers are held on their ranches by lack of gasoline. They cannot use their cars and many of them have disposed of their horses. Local garages are idle today. Ex pert mechanics have been laid off be cause with no gasoline to operate cars, no motor troubles develop and there is no work for repairmen Should the so-called shortage become more acute, crops n.ay not be har vested. CORVALLIS USES RATI OX CARD Gasolino Reserved Exclusively for Industrial Vehicles. CORVALLIS, Or., June 7. (Spe cial.) More than 300 gasoline cards were given out today at the Com mercial club to trucks and other gasoline users engaged in essential industries. Not a single pleasure car was given a drop or tne riuia. In addition to the 300 rationing cards given out, 200 applications were re ceived. mostly from farmers. These will be acted on by the committee to night and the cards distributed to morrow. The efforts of the business men of the city to conserve the gasoline for farmers and other essential industries was so much appreciated in the rura districts that 15 farmers came to the Commercial club Saturday and ap plied for membership. APPEAL TO SAVE EFFECTIVE Telegram Praises Co-operation of! Consumers of Gasoline. SAUlvM. Or., June 7. (Special.) Appeals ior tne conservation of gaso line in Oregon already have had a telling effect and the demands for the product are dropping off to a remark able degree, according to a telegram received at the executive offices here today from J. E. Balsley, district sales agent for the Standard Oil company, with headquarters in Portland. As a result of the conservation and fair play on the part of consumers Mr. Balsley says there will be suffi cient gasoline until July 8 to insure tne operation or the essential indus tries oi tne state as well as suivolv pleasure cars with 30 per cent of their normal demands. wnue a number of Salem people were attending a dance Saturday night gasoline bootleggers drained tne tanks or tneir cars, which were parked in tne street, in several in stances it is said the owners of the machines were obliged to employ as sistance to get their cars under shelter. VANCOUVER OBTAINS RELIEF Shipyard Workers Line Up to Re ceive 2 0 Per Cent Ration. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 7. (Spe cial.) The gasolino situation here was somewhat modified late today, the Standard Oil company began sell ing 20 per cent of tank capacity to touring cars. Shipyard workers, leav ing the G. M. Standifer Construction corporation shipyards, lined) up on Washington- street for a long distance to get enough gasoline to go to Port land and return tomorrow. A few nights ago thieves emptied 15 or 20 gasoline tanks of automobiles belonging to members of the night crew at the shipyards. Walla Walla Without Fuel. WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 7. (Special.) Gasoline was refused mo torists today at service stations, as the supply is exhausted. McPARLAND IS ELECTED International Typographical Vote Being Counted Officially. INDIANAPOLIS. June 7. The board of canvassers of the International Typographical union met here today to tabulate officially the vote cast in the recent election for International officers. Officers at the union's head quarters here said it probably would be a week or 10 days before the work wa3 completed. John McParland of New Tork City. neaaing progressive ticket, was elected president by approximated 1200 votes over Marsden G. Scott, who has served six years as president of the typos, according to an unofficial tabulation announced last week. At the same time it was announced that J. W. Hays, secretary-treasurer, and all other members of the present ad ministration had been re-elected. The traffic bureau of the port and dock commissions will have a second traffic agent in the orient in the per son of William G. Tait, whose ap pointment to this position was con cluded yesterday afternoon by H. L. Hudson, traffic manager of the port. Mr. Tait will arrive here today from Seattle for conference witn members of the tort and dock com missions and with the bureau before leaving for the orient. Extensive Commerce Expected. Because of the extensive commerce which is expected to develop with the north China ports, the bureau has ae cided one representative of this port should be assigned exclusively to this territory, and this is the position tor which Mr. Tait has been selected, in the interests of the commerce of the port of Portland, he will cover all oriental territory north of and in cluding Shanghai. Joseph F. Buckley, oriental traffic agent of the port of Portland, who is now at work in the far east, win in elude in his itinerary all oriental ports and producing centers from Hongkong south. His present tour will take him through Singapore and the Straits Settlements, the Dutch East Indies, Calcutta, possibly Bom bay and Australia and Jwew Zealand. Practical Kxperlenc Wide. . Mr. Taifs qualifications for the po eition, according to Mr. Hudson, are a thorough understanding of traffic matters affecting railroad ana steam shiD business and a wide acquaint ance in Japan and China and with American importing and exporting firms. He has had 15 years" prac tical experience in the northwest and was for several years chief cierK. in the local freight office of the u.-w, R. & N. company at Seattle. In the latter part of 1917 Mr. Tal became traffic manager for the ship ping board at Seattle ana in nis posi tion handled all steel for shipbuild'ng purposes in the northwest territory, as well as the material used in build ing shipping board vessels in Japan. His oriental experience was gained through employment in Shanghai by the Shippers' Commercial corporation of Seattle. Mr. Tait will make his headquar ters in Kobe. Japan, and will repre sent the port of Portland in Japan, north China, Manchuria and Chosen. He is 38 years of age and a native of London, England. Bill for $900 Presented. NEWPORT, Or., June 7. (Special.) Newport city council will hold an adjourned meeting Wednesday to dis miss a hill for $900 presented to the c-itv bv Claude R. Wright, who act's in the capacities of both port and city uirincir. The bill is for work con nected with a sea wall constructed in front of part of the city. Pacific Coast Shipping Xotcs. Tirnui .Tune 7. (Special.) The Hax turn, from San Francisco, arrived here last nlKht and commenced loading this n..rnimr for Liverpool. The steamer has toon tn-)R of flour and wheat to load here, l It Ik expected that she will sail Thurs- i dev. The Haxtum was built at Oak The Admiral Schley, from San Fran- clsi-o. sailed this morning after dischars in frelcht here, and the Davenport, now loading for San Francisco, is due to get au-nv tomorrow cveninK. The Pallas ts to be turned over to the .hinnim hoard tonight or tomorrow morn- inc. it Is reported. The vessel Is taking on her .stores here. She will shift to Kverett to commence loading for Bra zilian ports tomorrow or Wednesday. It Is reDorted that the Eastern Tempest, operated by W. R. Grace & Co., will be here this week to load flour for the At lantic coast. The Delrosa, now at San Francisco, may load a part of her lumber cargo here, accordins to local reports. The steamer is expected nere tne latter part oi mia month. The Aquilo, H. F Alexanders private yacht, arrived on the sound Sunday and is due in Tacoma this week. Mr. Alex ander did not return on his yacht, but is expected to be back the latter part of the week, coming Dy train. The Quadra, which lias been discharg ing a cargo of ore from Alaska at the smelter. Is due to sail on her return trip toniKht. The Tosemite, or the Charles Nelson line, arrived at the Baker dock yesterday -with general cargo- from San f rancisco. ing company of Seattle, will return to commission the -latter part of this week. Tho new owners will operate her in the general towing business in Puget sound and Alaskan waters. The reconstruction work was completed recently on Decatur island and the tug was then brought to Smith cove to receive her new engines. The company figures on using her ex tensively in towing In connection witn he cannery Industry. The vessel has been equipped with pilot-house control of the engine on much the same principle as the equipment of -an automobile. When she goes Into commission the Pioneer company will have three tugs, the others being the Leonie and the Resolute. The new Jananese-bnilt steamship east ern Importer is on her way up the coast from San Francisco for delivery to the shipping board here. She Is to be con verted from a coal burner into an oil burner and the contract will be let to one of the Seattle yards the middle of next week. The expenditure will prob ably exced $80,000. As the first carrier in tne tmppms board's new service from Puget sound and other coast districts to tho River Platte Kniith America., the ToOO-ton steam er Pallas will begin loading nearly 3.000,000 feet of lumber In Everett tomorrow even ing. From Everett she will proceed to San Francisco, where she will load tons of general cargo. Bringing 6000 tons or oriental ii;.h for Seattle discharge, the big Blue rjun nel liner Ixion arrived at pier 14 today. the cargo consisting of hemp, ruooer. Bun nies and general shipments. J ne vessel ..,!... m -. vinnri. rlv Yesterday morn ing and shifted to Vancouver in inj noon to disembark G000 Csecho-Slovak sol diers whom she brought across the Pacific from Vladivostok. Later she will return in Vancouver to discharge ouvu ions i cargo. . a rtad t a Or .inn 7. (Special.) The . -... ... ...,,vAnAr HnnnfflLm. which has been undergoing repairs In Portland, sailed at 10 last night ror urays naroor, lA.fl lllinhr r- irvlnr fre'e-ht and passengers irom Pnptldnil nrf Astoria., rhe . steamer Rose City sailed at 9 last night for San Fran The8tmer Weit IvauMs due thin eve ning from Seattle, en route to Portland to load. A Dartv of United States engineers, under the direction of Assistant Engineer Michael, ts making the annual survey of the channel at tue entrance to tne wium bia rlvmr. Co mine to load lumber at the Hammond mill, the steam schooner Flavel arrived at 1 :'7 thin ninrnlrt from San Pedro. The steam schooner Santtam will finish loading lumber at the Hammond mill this evening and call toniKht for ban Francisco, The steamer DeiVood will be due to morrow from San Francisco and will load box shooks at the railroad and port docks for Honolulu. The steam schooners Klamath and Pa- raiso will be due tomorrow from San Fran Cisco, en rout to Portland. VANCOUVER AFTER DOCKS $130,000 CAMPAIGN TO MAKE USE OF $200,000 PLANT. Bond Issue to Be Advocated Picked Ixit of Talented Street Speakers. y by Travel Mountain, River, Lake and Beach Resorts VANCOUVER, Wash., Jne 7. (Special.) A campaign to .carry, the I election for the $130,000 bond issue to build a municipal dock on the public! levee was started here today. The election Is to be held June 15. Three- minute speakers have been appointed I by Clement Scott, president of the! chamber of commerce, including J. I- Sutherland, C. R. Percival, George B. Simpson. P. J. Kirwln, W. W. Sparks,! John H. Elwell, Henry Crass, T. W. Owens, James O. Blair and Allison I Burnham. Mass meetings are to be held next I Saturday evening, June 12, on the most prominent street corners in thel city, when speakers will tell thel crowds why the bonds should be I voted. The estimated cost of the dock is I $130,000 and $200,000 worth of struc tures are now on the levee which can be utilized. The G. M. Standifer com pany has no further use for shipyards I and the buildings there,' which will I go back to the city. It is proposed to build a dock that) will care for two ocean-going ships I at the same time, in addition tol smaller craft. Plans include both open and closed docks, the former I being 465 feet long and the latter! 500 feet, warehouses 500x100 feet, fa cilities for handling 100,000 tons of I cargo and 50 railroad cars at the same I time. The storage capacity will be for two ocean ships. With dredging Included in the esti mated cost, small ocean steamers and I river steamers can be accommodated I until the 30-foot channel is secured. TRAVELERS' GCTDK. SAN FRAN-CISCO, June 7. (Special.) After SI years of usefulness aa a carrier on the Pacific, the four-masted schooner Irmgrard, en routo to Australia with Eu ,reka lumber owned by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., struck Quatelevu reef in the Fiji group on June 3 and is a total loss. Captain John Turloff and his crew escaped and arrived today at Lcvuka, from which port they reported by cable. The Oceanic liner Ventura, Captain J. H. Dawson, arrived here today from Syd ney. via Pago Pago and Honolulu. The Ventura was loaded with pasaen Kers to capacity. There were 210 in the first cabins and 22 In the steerage quar ters. H. J. Holtz. purser, announced that there Is a big waiting list at Sydney and tne flemana for transportation is now so great that there will be little difficulty in filling another ship provided the company is successful in negotiations with the ship ping hoard for the acquisition of the for mer German liner DeKalb. The Ventura had a full cargo of South Seas products. A.ocal launch and liarhterace, concerns have received official copies of tha new rates granted by the state railway com mission and the increased rates are now in effect. Some of the rates are Increased considerably, but othera are scarcely af fected. On an averagfl the Increase totals but 6 per cent. The various manage ments explain that the old rates have pre vailed for many years and in tho mean time the cost of operation has more thaji doubled. The Union SteamshiD comnanv'a IItia Tahiti has been shifted back to her pier after being converted into an oil burner and will clear soon to go on the run be tween Vancouver and Sydney, via Hono lulu. En rOUte for the Orient. thu .hmnln. board steamship Heffron arrived here to- ua.y ana aner rueling will proceed. i ne general bteamshio rnmnnnv'a steamship Sinaloa arrived from the west ' coast today with 2500 Una of nitrates. PORT TOWNSEND. Wh. Juno 7 (Special.) The British steamer Ixlon. bringing general products from the orient. arrived this morning from Manila via Vladlvostock. proceeding to Seattle, where she will discharge part cargo and then shift to Vancouver to discharge the re mainder. She will load outward cargo at Vancouver and on Puget sound. The motor schooner Pioneer, en mute to Honolulu with lumber, sailed this evening. Te Japanese steamer Oridodo Maru which was to have sailed Saturday for the orient, is being delayed by government authorities. "When she arrived customs officers seized 300 quarts of liquor from ner. Just as she was ready to sail Sat urday another search was made, resulting in bringing to light more liquor. She will sail early tomorrow. The schooner Robert Lewera, returning from Honolulu, where she took a cargo of lumber, arrived at Port Angeles this morning, where she will load return cargo. Movements of Vessels. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. June 7. (Specials- Arrived Steamers Cleone, from Union Landing. 8 A. M. Sailed Steamers Ad miral Farragut. for San Diego. 10 A. M. Asuncion for San Diego. & A. M. : Iriquols, for Chicago, 1 H. M.; Daisy Matthews, for Redondo, 6 P. M. BOXCS OF $30,000 SOUGHT Commissioners "Will Assemble at Toledo to Reach Decision. NEWPORT, Or., June 7. (Special.) The Newport port commission will meet in Joint session with the Toledo port commission tomorrow to decide 1 whether the ports will grant a bonus of J30.000 to the Miami Construction company of Portland to finish the south Jetty of Yaquina bay. It is probable that the meeting will be held at Toledo tomorrow afternoon, and it is expected that the bonus will be allowed. The original project called for work to complete both the south and north Jetties at a cost estimated to be $S36.- 000, of which the government would pay half and the ports each a quarter. A second estimate was later made and amounted to $1,300,000. The Miami Construction company asked for an additional $100,000 and was given $50,000. A. C. U. Berry of Portland was then in charge of the work. J. Burpee now is resident engineer in charge. OOMPAXY EARXS $24,395,881 International Mercantile Marine Makes 19 19 Kstimate. NEW YORK, June 7. Kstimated earnings of the International Mercan tile Marine company for 1519 amount ed to J24.395.8Sl. against actual earn ings of JIT. 534, 701 in 191 i. according to the preliminary report i&sued for publication today. Deducting" interest on bonds and depreciation on steam ers, the latter item amounting to J5.225.C61, leaves a net result of $17,- 160,985, or $o,567.910 inciease over 1S18-. These figures represent earnlrgs of steamers directly owned by Interna tional Mercantile, together with re turns to subsidiaries, whicn are large ly of British ownership. learnings so far this year are stat ed to be under the corresponding period of 1919, due to lower freight rates, labor difficulties and excessive cost of fuel. For the remainder of the year, however, earnings are ex pected to improve, as some of the companies' passenger ships have been reconditioned and restored to their trades. r On Your Eastern Trip by the Way of Canada, of course Put Victoria, B. 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The river passenger steamer Astor ia n broke her tail shaft ODDOsite Kaele Underestimate 1 Cilff on the way up the river from Astoria yesterday morningr. and limped to the Taylor-street dock un der the power of a towboat. She will be laid up several days for repairs. Her place will be taken In the Port land-Astoria service and her schedule maintained by the steamer Joseph Kellogg, which went out on her run at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. JOYFUL EATING Unless your food is digested without the after math of painful acidity, the joy is taken out of both 'eating and living. KiH01D5 are wonderful in their help to the stomach troubled with over-acidity. Pleas ant to take relief prompt and definite. MADE BY SCOTT sV. BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTTS EMULSION Liquor Smuggling Suspected. NEWPORT, Or., June 7. (Special.) What may have been a bootleggins schooner was sighted off Taquina I bay last night flying signals believed to be signals of distress by the coast guardsman on duty in Taquina bay lookout. Captain Hunt answered the signals with the powerboat, but when the small craft saw the coast guard boat approaching it hurried off before Captain Hunt could learn its identity. Speeder, Jailed, Raises Fine. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 7. (Special.) Joseph McGowan, fined $25 for speeding and who was committed to jail In lieu of his fine, today raised the money and was released to go to work again. He appeared before Ced- ric Miller, Justice of the peace. SAX PEDRO, Cal., June 7. (Special.) Heavy guns fired some ten or 15 miles at sea this afternoon by the battleships of the Pacific fleet shook the town and surroundings. The -warships fired their heaviest guns. The practice Is a portion of that which began last week, but which was Interrupted ty hazy weather. The steamer West Montop, of the T,os Algeles Pacific Navigation company, will sail tomorrow for Singapore on the second triD from this port. The vessel is leav Ing with a cargo ox nuu ions, consisting of gasoline, steel products and miscella neous cargo. Exports her are increasing each month, according to figures compiled bv port officers. rne steamer Artigas. of the Atlantic & Western Steamship company of Boston, Is aue this evening on her first trip nere. it also Is the first visit of a vessel of this company, which is entering the coast-to-coast trade. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. June 7. (Spe clal.) The steamers Hoqulam and Anne Hanlfy arrived isunaay irom ban Francis co. The Hoquiam is loading at the Don. van mill, Aberdeen, and the Hanlfy at Lvtle's mill. Hoquiam. The steamers xamaipaii. jonan foulsen and Shasta arrived this afternoon. The Tamalpais and the Poulsen are at the Donovan mill, AOerd.en. and the Shasta at the E. K. Wood mill. l-toquiam. The tug Cudahy returned, yesterday after spending three weeKs taking soundings at the entrance or tne naroor. fan was sent there following reports from crab fisher men that a new channel 4 feet deep had been discovered aDout a Quarters of mile north of the present. channel. The in vestigations of the Cudahy shows that while there is a channel, it is too shallow at several points to he navigable. The tug TatnucK, from the Bremerton naval station, was moored at Aberdeen Saturday afternoon and Sunday. She came up tha river after discharging materials for tne new radio station at Wcstport. COOS BAT. Or.,'' June 7. (SDeciiLl Coos county and the neighboring country were treated to a -soaKing rain the past two days, amounting to nearly z .Inches. The moisture was greatly needed her for many ranchers had reported extremely dry conditions prevailing. The crops were not growing and tne pastures had .oecome so dry that tha mllK supply had been greatly reduced In this, the best, mii n.ontn of the year. The steamer c. A. smith was an arrival this morning irom ban f rancisco at 9:ru. coming for a lumber cargo to be loaded at the Smith electric aocic The Macleay gasoline schooner Tramp Is SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. June 7. Arrived Steamers Ventura, from Sydney; Hef fron. from New York; Claremont. from Wlllapa. Sailed Steamers City of Topeka, I'dumped for rortnna; a. a. .viottett. lor t'rince Ku- island pert; Martha Bucnncr, for Coos Bay. The ,.st of the machinery of the SEATTLE. Wash.. June 7. Arrived Purl ureuB -.v,.u.... . " ..... f-.An llAn.nnc via VtaHlvnatnlt mi, I VCSlCrQaV at tne rtlflll .iltx 1 iiic uuu ship Apex, southeastern Alaska. Departed I works plant, and the oia wooaen nun Orldono Maru. for xoKohama and Kobe; I waa towed back to the drydocK. 1 ne Corona, for Neuyitas. Cuba: U. S. collier ma.cninerv of the dredge, after being I D P o. . . . . l.j m l - overhauled ana repaireu, win oe i e- placed in a new steel hull. A con tract for the construction of this hull was recently let by the port commission to the Pacific Marine Iron works. Port Townsend Satrun, for Prlbilof islands; motorshlp Pio neer, for Honolulu, via San Francisco. TOKOHAMA, June 6. Arrived Tjlma Maru. from Seattle, June 4; Tyndareua, June 4; Arcturus, June 4. SHANGHAI, from Victoria, June 4. Arrlved B. C. 'Satsuma, MANUKA, June 4. Arrived Fushima Maru, from Seattle and Ictoria, B. C. TOKOHAMA, June 3. Sailed Delight, from Seattle. GREENOCK, June 8. Crown of Toledo, from Vancouver. ASTORIA. June 7. Sailed at 8 last night -Steamer Rose City, for ban Francisco. Sailed at midnight Steamer Hoquiam, for Grays Harbor. Arrived at :2o A. M. Steamer Flavel, from San Pedro. SAN FRANCISCO. June 7. Sailed at noon Steamer City of Topeka, for .Port land, via Kureka and coos .Hay. SAN PEDRO, June 1. Arrived Steam er Daisy rutnam, irom aan rcaro, xor Portland. MONTEREY, June 6. Sailed Steamer William F. Herrin, for Portland. YOKOHAMA. June 6. Arrived Steamer Abercos, from Portland, for Hongkong. SAN FRANCISCO. June 6.--Salled at 6 DEEP WATER CHAXXEli ASKED Firms Using Xorth Portland Har bor Petition Commission. Agitation for a deep-water channel in Xorth Portland harbor, formerly Oregon slough, has been revived by 31 manufacturing and Dusiness con cerns located adjacent to that body of water, who have addressed a peti tion to the Port of Portland commis sion. This petition, asking a channel 25 feet deep and 300 feet wide, was received at the offices of the com mission yesterday and will be acted upon next Thursday. Past attempts by the war depart ment to obtain deep water in North Portland harbor without affecting the main channel of the Columbia have resulted in failure. The matter has 98. San Pedro for Willbridge from Willbridge. WEST HABTLASD. Honolulu attfe. 420 miles from June 6. CATHERINE D. Ketchikan for Belling ham. 4l miles from Bellingham. ATLAS, San Pedro for Portland. 6o miles from San Pedro. AVAL.ON. Redondo for San Francisco, -j miles west of Redondo. KYSEEKA. Seattle for Glasgow, Scot land, via Panama canal. 20 miles south of Port San Luis. ALLOW AY. San Pedro for Kobe. 340 miles west of San Pedro. DELWOOD San Francisco for Astoria. 440 mllos north of San Francisco. RAIVIER. San Francisco for Belling i 1st miles from Belllnghom. PARAISO. San Francisco for Portland. 450 miles north of San Francisco. FRANK H. BUCK. LInnton for Monterey. 564 miles from llnnton. t.a BREA. San Luis for Honolulu miles from Honolulu. rinvAT loo miles west of San dro, for Kobe. Japan. WINYAH. orient for New York. 13to nn. of Honolulu. WATONWAN. Newport News for Pearl Harbor. 2150 miles from Pearl Harbor. MAUI. San Francisco for Honolulu, 1624 miles west or fan r rauvu. ARGYLL. Seattle for Oleum. HOniles from Oleum. W F HERRTN, Monterey for LInnton. 313 miles from Monterey. itmi' STEWART. Port San Luis Seattle. 656 miles from Seattle. WET NILUS, San Francisco for Hono lulu. 4i6 miles west of San Francisco. ACME, San Francisco for Woosung. 265 miles from San Francisco. J. A. MOFFITT. Point Orient for Prince Rupert. Co miles irom j-umi. DIABLO ARIC A, cnue tor miles I Dalren, Manchuria, will be the Wawalona. , due out July 1H on her next trip, it was for Se- announced by rank tj ( tinnor yesteroay. rrom now on every othr sailing from Portland in this service will include Dalren as one of the ports of call. The steamer Wet Nomentum. loading lumber for north China ports, will finish her allotment at the Du Hois mill. Van couver, and shift at noon today for the Pacific Coast Coal company's bunkers to take on a fuel supply. The barkentine Kate O. PMerspn, launched recently from the Soni marstrom yard at Columbia City, moved up to St. Helens yesterday mornlnpr to be made ready for sea. She will carry lumber from Portland to Australia. The steamer West Ivan was expected off the mouth of the Columbia yesterday-afternoon. She will load lumber here for Japan. The steamer Paralso. bringing cement to Portland and booked to carry lumber to the west coast, will be due at Astoria at noon today from Sun Francisco and should reach here late tonight. The shipping hoard steamer Eastern STEAMER FOR SAN FRANTISI 'O. 1-OS ANCiF.LES AM SAN Il !:.. Sailing Wednesday at 2:110 V. M. CHEAP RATES M. HOI. I.AM, Atrnt. 1-M Third Street. I'li.vne Main 2. 1510 Fe- Astoria Route S. S. "ASTORIAN" 2:30 P. M. IAILT (Except Thura) FARE $1.65. including tax. Taylor St. Dock. Phones Main 806S. 611-46. Dawn, now on her way to the Atlantic with grain corporation flour loaded here and at Astoria, is reported by the San Francisco Journal of Commerce and Com mercial Bulletin aa chartered on private terms for another trip from Portland to Philadelphia with flour. The river steamer J. X. T"al will take Reed college students and faculty to Mof fatt Springs and back tndav on the an nual "river day" outing of tb" coHcge. for 22 Port of Portland commission as of less ureency than maintenance and P. M. steamer El Segundo. towing barge I construction work in the main harbor. i xor roruana, oaiii i w r. n. aicain er West Camak, for Portland. TACOMA. Wash., June 7. Arrived Ha turn and Admiral Schley, from San Fran cisco. Sailed Admiral Schley, for San Francisco; Tosemite, lor Port Gamble. Colombia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, June 7. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea smooth; win soutb, 24 miles. , Tides at Astoria Tuesday. Hicb. Low. 4:29 A. M 7.0 feet 11:18 A.M 1.1 feet 5:56 P. M 7.B feet ' er nas i..-i. - been passed up several times by the 1 , gan Pedro for Honolulu. 2S9 miles west of San Pedro. EASTERN MAID. Tacoma for New Tork. 03 miles south of San Francisco. HORACE X. BAXTER. San Francisco for Seattle, 30 miles north of San Fran- ADMIRAL SEBREE. San Francisco for Vancouver, 35 miles norm oi Catches Xot Large. ASTORIA, Or., June 7. (Special.) The catch of salmon in the lower har bor last nic-ht was small but some of the eillnetters operating above Arizona Pastor Accepts. ASTORIA. Or., June 7. (Special.) Rev. E. A. Gottberer of Globe. Arir., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church of this city. tl. 1. r o -).-. n V. . . V. i ne 19 h"".-" -aw. iic first oi the conunT month. In port awaiting smoother water at the I Ton cue Point did fairly well, some of bar to sail for Rogue River with a general I .v.. ,.i;.. from KflO lo BOO One reason for this is l. HI.. grwn T K . Tfa m n 1 i . tpin In from th smith Kmu.ht I pounds each, miantitr of white cedar for forelarn .hin. I the lack of a freshet and the conse ment as match wood. I quent clear weather, making: fishing; I in the daytlmo practically impossible BEiTTLE. Wash.. June 7. CSnrclal 1 I - j itnlHnip V, fetch tn th. mnra Rebuilt on an extensive scale and equipped I narrow and shallow channels up w'b'.ch'wa'.uha'. sm. ..0", river, where the fish cannot dods . the Ainswortb. dt Dunaby, the Pioneer low-"et readily aa in the lower harbor. TJ. S. XTal Radio Reports. (All positions reported at P. M. yes terday tinlees otherwise Indicated.) HERCULES. San Francisco for Port An geles, barge Isaac Reed in tow, 40 miles from Port Angeles. WEST IVAN. Seattle for Portland, off Columbia Viver bar. CELILO. Everett for San Francisco, lOo miles south of Columbia river. KLAMATH. San Francisco for Portland, 80 miles south of Columbia river. ctheu KTN'G. tug. with drydock pon toon in tow. Seattle lor uamana, u mnes from San Francisco. ADMIRAL DEWEY, San Francisco for Seattle. 164 miles from Seattle. BAKERSFIELD, San Francisco for Se attle, 87 miles south of Columbia river. WEST INSKIP. Yokohama for San Fran .in 1169 miles from San Francisco. WEST lit A. ban r rancisco xor iuko hama. 15G4 miles from San Francisco. ROSE CITY, Portland for San Francisco, 82 miles south of Cape Blsnco. RICHMOND, towing barge OS. Seattle for San Pedro. 705 miles from Seattle. HARTWOOD, Sen Pedro for Grays Har bor. 306 miles south of Orays Harbor. WEST CAMACK. San Francisco for Port land, 285 miles north of San Francisco. EL SEGUNDO. Richmond for Point Wells. 504 miles frdm Point Wells. CAPTAIN A. F. LUCAS, towing barge ni-T OF TOPEKA. San Francisco for t-1o Krt miles north of San Francisco. tiUEEN, San Francisco, for Wilmington, 107 miles soutn 01 Dan 1 NL-ia(.w. WHITTIER. Port San Luis, for Oleum 1 mile, from Oleum. ALLOW AY, 340 miles west of San Pe- i.'ansing. Port San Luis for Juneau, 990 miles from Junoau. Marine Notes. The steamer Delisle, here to load lumber for the west coast of soutn America, moved yesterday afternoon to the Pacific Marine Iron works to nave a new coiumu installed. In order to install the column tt win be necessary to lift one of the steamer's cylinders by means of the shear lears. Prellmlnary to checking over from the Pacific SteamshiD company to the Colum bia-Pacific, the steamer West El Cajon . - rvevert vesterdav. She will be dry AAckad later for further inspection and whatever repairs may be necessary. 'Tbe first of the Admiral line oriental fleet to carry freight from Portland to You Should 13011,1 prcd a weak Hver with harsh, harmful cal- NeVer "Rile" mel. MSd, easy NR - Tablets are better for lour L,iver I biliousness. II NR Tonight Tomorrow Feel Right Prodding- an Inactive liver -with calomel and sluggish, bowels with, powerful purgatives is like lashing a tired horse to exhaustion. It can be done once too often and sooner or later, if persisted in, may so weaken the organs as to cause serious results. 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