TIIT3 MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1920 15, COAST SHIPPERS EYE TEST Attitude on New Merchant Marine Law Dependent. TRAFFIC AFFECT STAKE Opponents to Measure Declare Movement Would Be Diverted from Coast to Atlantic. The attitude of Pacific coast ship ping Interests toward section 28 of the new merchant marine law will depend upon the outcome of the test case now being made by the Tacoma chamber of commerce and Commer cial club, according to George Powell, president of the Oregon-Pacific com pany and leader of the faction in this city which opposes the enforce ment of this section. Section 28 of the new law prohibits the granting of preferential export rates on goods moving across the country for ship ment to a foreign destination in ves sels of foreign registry. The contention of opponents of this section has been that its enforcement would divert traffic from the Pa cific coast to the Atlantic and Gulf ports. In response to this contention. Admiral Benson, chairman of the shipping board has replied that in such an event the shipping board could check the diversion by calling npon the interstate- commerce com mission to declare an embargo on At lantic and gulf ports for a portion of this freight, and thus continue Its movement through the Pacific coast. In a resolution adopted by the Ta coma Commercial club and chamber of commerce. Admiral Benson was called upaa to effect such an embargo lmmedlatQy, as eastern ports are held to be sufficiently congested to warrant this action. "If such an embargo can be ef fected." said Mr. Powell yesterday, "all opposition to section 28 will cease, for Pacific coast shippers will be convinced that the routing of traffic can be absolutely controlled by the governmental agencies. If this embargo cannot be placed in ef fect, on the other hand, it will be taken as an indication that the ship ping board and Interstate commerce commission cannot prevent the di version of traffic from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic and Gulf, and that the admiral's defense of section 28 Is groundless." Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. Aug. SO (Special.) August has Been a bnW trade In coast-wise, eastern and foreign water lumber exportation, with approximately 30 000 000 teet clearing from this port, as compared with 27.000,000 feet in August ol last year. During- the past 28 lays seven steamers and schooners have cleared for eastern or foreign ports, the Eastern Glade, for the east coast; the Defiance and Daisy Mathews for Hawaii; the Idaho for Peru, the Forest Pride and Klinor H. for Australia and Luon for the Fiji islands. Thirty-six vessels have cleared so far this month, as compared with 3 clearing in August. 1!19. , . . The steamer Chehalls. an arrival of Sat urday, Is loading at the Hulburt mill. In Aberdeen, after discharging freight at the Benham dock. Standard Oil barge No. 1 cleared yes terday afternoon after discharging at the Standard Oil tanks. The steamers Solano and Carmel ar rived here yesterday afternoon, and are loading at the West and Hulburt mills In Aberdeen. A 26-foot fishing boat was lost Friday between Shoaiwater bay and Grays Har bor entrance. The owner. Charles Baker, and his partner w rescued by another fishing boat. The loss of the boat la about $5000 besides $S00 in cash which he had in a suitcase. Air. jtsaaer uvea iu suum Aberdeen. PORT TOWKSEN D, Wash.. Aug. SO. CSpecial.) The steamer Crown or uaiacia, rnmine from Liverpool via San Francisco, passed in at Capo Flattery . today, pro- r,riinf tn Vancouver, for whicvh port she has cargo. Later she will come to Puget Bound to finish discharging and load part cargo outward. The Japanese steamer Arizona Mara, en route to Yokohama with general cargo loaded at Seattle and Tacoma, called here this morning to take three Japanese sailors who were placed in the United States ma rine hospital upon her arrival from the orient two weeks ago. A sailor named Eric Erlckson has dls- aDDeared from the schooner Camano, an chored In the stream. It was' believed that he fell overboard and -was drowned. He signed the ship's articles yesterday and went aboard, but this morning he failed to appear. A search of the vessel was made without results. His home was given as Seattle. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 30. Special.) The barkentlne Annie M. Rolph, coming to load lumber at Portland, arrived at 12:15 today from Sharpness, England, via Bal boa and Port Townsend. The steam schooner W'apama, carrying a cargo of lumber from St. Helens, sailed at 10:30 last night for San Pedro via Ban If'ranc.iseo. The tank steamer William F. Herrin, af. ter discharging fuel oil in Portland, sailed at 10:45 last night for California. The barkentlne Monterey, laden with lumber from Portland, sailed at 10:30 this morning for South Africa. The steamer City of Topeka, bringing freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland, arrived at 5:15 this morning from San Francisco and way ports. The steam schooner Trinidad sailed at 31 o'clock today for San Pedro with lum ber from the Hammond mill. The Alaska Portland Packers' associa tion cannery tender Akutan arrived at 10:35 this morning from Nushagak river, Alaska. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 80. (Special.) The steamsntp hurydamus ox the Blue Vunnel line's Seattle-United Kingdom, bear. ins: the distinction or being the first over. seas carrier to berth for cargo at the Skin ner & Eddy yards, which are soon to be come one of the great shipping centers of the Pacific coast, this afternoon shifted from pier 14 to the plant to load 100 tons of ship plates for Glasgow. The steel will be used in building British ships in the United Kingdom. The full-rigged ship Benjamin F. Pack ard, from Nushagak, Bristol bay, first of the Northwestern Fisheries company's fleet to square away from the northern canneries this year, was taken In tow In the strait at 7:30 o'clock this morning by the tug Tyee and arrived at the Hanford street terminal of the port commission tonight. The vessel has aboard the cannery crew and the pack of the Nushagak plant of the Northwestern fisheries company. The full-rigged ship Abner Coburn of the fleet of Libby, McNeil & Libby, also Seattle bound from Bristol bay, at 8 o'clock this morning was 15 miles off Cape Flattery awaiting a tow. The vessel is expected In Seattle tomorrow morning. The steamship Cordova, of the Alaska Steamship company, bound for Kotzebue sound In the Arctic. Is expected to sail from Seattle the middle of the week with I the only consignments of supplies to be sent to the lsolu ted little settlements i n that part of the north this year. The vessel will have .shipments of foodstuffs, proceries and coal for Kotzebue, Teller, Candle and Wlawalik. She will call at Nome and St. Michael on her way to the Arctic. The Cordova is now in Nanaimo. B C, loading cpal for the far north. The steamship BKaRway of the Alaska Steamship company arrived in Seattle yes t rday from southwestern Alaska with 10.000 cases of canned salmon and 1400 tons of copper ore. IShe also brought a locomotive of the Copper River & North western railroad from Cordova, which is to be sent east to be rebuilt. The vessel's ore cargo 1 came from Iatouche. On her way from Seattle to Nome and St, Michael the Alaska Steamship com pany's liner Victoria arrived in Akutan Auffust 27, according- to advices received la beattle today. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 80. (Special.) Word was received today that tlie Jap-.nose-built steamer Eastern Temple, now in Seattle, would shift here wiUua & imm TACOMA C E days to load cargo of lumbar for Calls. o. The vessel was said to have been char tered or being; operated by G. Amanlclc of San Fra.nc.sco. 9 In connection with the lumber market and manufacturing, the plants of the Pugefc Sound Lumber company and the Defiance Lumber company, both engaged n cuiimg zor zoreign mar ice ta to a targe extent, will open up Wednesday after be ing closed down for nearly two months. The Bee arrived here this morning from San Francisco and was expected to all today for down-sound ports to load. The vessel had a cargo of asphalt for the eastern part of the state. Bound for down-sound ports to load a part cargo, the Hoboken. under charter to a San Francisco firm?a&lled this morn ing for Seattle. The Santa Alicia of the W. R. Grace line. Is due the latter part of this week from ports of Peru and Chile. The steamer has among her cargo to load here 1,000,000 feet of lumber. The Eurydamua, to load flour and wheat here for Europe, is due Wednesday.- Bringing 1425 tons of Beataon concen trates, the steamer kagway arrived from the north at the smelter today. The steamers Valdex and Quadra cleared from the smelter Sunday afternoon." The little power schooner Iskum of trie Siberian Trading company, which left Ta coma several weeks ago laden with 100 tone of merchandise valued at $40,000, was reported due at Nome, Alaska, today. The Iekum is on her way to exchange po-rta on the Kolxma river, Kollucnin bay' and St. Lawrence bay points In eastern Sioeria, which are seldom reached by northern traders. Ivory, furs and skins will be purchased from the natives by Captain Kelly Olson, and the little vessel expects to complete Its cargo In time to return from the far north before navigation closes for the winter. In addition to the regular crew of the Iskum, tr. Robert Cram, m research ex pert and physician. Is accompanying the party. He will take motion pictures of the life and conditions of the natives of the north and will attempt to filrja wild animals. The Siberian Trading company Is com posed largely of Tacoma business men of which James M. Aahtoa is one of the largest stockholders. The first Australia sailing vessel to visit Puget sound passed In the straits Sunday and will load 1,000.000 feet of lum ber for her return cargo. The ship Ja the Northern Chief, a three - masted schooner. It is expected that she will load part of her cargo at Tacoma. When Captain A. K, M onsen, formerly In charge of the Baja California, a Norwegian-owned ship, left the ship's com mand, he claimed 3000 kroner In back pay, which he asserted A. O. Undvig, owner of the vessel, refused to give him. Captain Monsen had been in command of tlte Baja California three years, and In addition to hie back pay requested free passage home. This also was refused, he claimed. Through O. M. Overn, hla, attorney In Tacoma, Captain Monsen started suit In Christian!, Norway, against Mr. Llndvig, wno notified Mr. Overn today that ha would accede to Captain Monses's de mands without suit. A -heck" covering the amount has been forwarded Mr. Llnd vig, stated Captain Monsen, now in charge of a. vessel In the Alaska trade. SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Ang. 30. (Special.) The congestion of freighters here await ing oil Is being relieved rapidly. Today the steamer Henry Steers completed fili ng her fuel tanks and sailed. The steamer Haymon, one of the first to be held tip. owing to the differences between the ship ping board and the oil companies.-sailed at midnight Saturday. She was followed Sunday by the west Kader, bound for Ireland, and West Ked ron, bound for Europe with grain and later by the Costigan, bound for Java with general cargo. Tbe West Modus followed the Henry Steers from the port today. The annual report of the harbor commis sion, made public today, showed total re ceipts of slightly more than $1,000,000. Expenditures were slightly less than $1,- 000. 00O. More than one- half of the first million of recently-authorized bonds have been expended. The commission is seeking authority to dispose of another block of bonds so that the work may not etop. Offices of the California-Mexican Steam ship company announced this morning that a third steamer would be built to supple ment the two now in the service between here and Mexico. The new vessel will be built in Long Beach and will cost $5 00, 00 a SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 80. (Special.) The action of the public utilities commis sion of the state of Utah In its declara tion that the 25 per cent Increase In freight rates allowed the railroads fcy the Interstate commerce commission will not be applicable to rates on coal and ore moving wholly within the state will off' set any contemplated Increase in the cost of bunker coal for vessels In this port. according to officials of a Utah coal com pany. The decision to maintain the low rates on coal and ore will offset any possibility of coal operators of Australia and British Columbia from shipping coal into this port via tramp steamers. It was Aid. Due to the fact that some of the most capable steamship companies and officers manning vessels of the United States ship ping board had left their commands be cause they could not take their wives with tin em. Admiral Benson, chairman of the shipping board, rescinded the order. Ac cording to advices reaching here today, Admiral Benson, upon being apprised ' the situation by Paul Foley, director of operations, issued an order permitting wives of officers of the merchant marine to accompany their husbands on voyages. Admiral Thomas, Washington, chief of the bureau of navigation, who arrived here recently on a tour of inspection, made an official Inspection today of the naval base at Mare Island.. He was accom panied by Admiral J. L. Jayne, command ant of the 12th naval district, and Cap tain E. L. Beach, in charge of the Mare Island navy-yard. The Japanese steamer Alta Mam, bring ing oriental cargo to McCormick & Mo Pherson, arrived today from. Manila and Yokohama. The British steamer Tahshee, with cargo for Japanese ports, went to sea this after noon. The Japanese steamer Lisbon Mara, which put tn here for bunkers en route from the orient for New York, proceeded today. COOS BAT, Or., Ang. 80. (Special.) The steam schooner Acme arrived in port this morning from San Francisco, bring ing a large amount of freight that had been transferred from the Centralis, which went on the ways there. Th government ordered the United States dredge Col. P. S. Allchla to Grays Harbor and she left out for thaat port today. The Mlchle. while operating on the Coos bay bar this season, removed about 750.000 yards of sand. The steamer C. A. Smith was an arrival from San Francisco this afternoon, com lng with oement for road work and to load a lumber cargo at the Smith mill. Marine Xotes. Captain Allen A. Sawyer, who com manded the ill-fated tanker J. A. Chans lor, which was wrecked near Cape Blanco last winter, arrived in the city yesterday to take command of the steamer Egeria, which Is nearing completion at the yard of the Coast Shipbuilding company. The Egeria is being completed as an oil-burning steam schooner from a shipping board wooden hull and has been chartered to carry lumoer to Australia. The barkentlne Annie M. Rolph and the schooner Wm. Bowden, both of which will carry lumber from Portland to Australia, arrived in the river yesterday and started op the river at 3:20 yesterday from Astoria in tow of the port tow boat, Portland. The Annie M. Rolph will load at the Clark Wilson mill and the Wm. Bowden at the St. Johlns Lumber company's mill. Both windjammers came to the Columbia river In tow from Puget sound. The Rolph is in ballast from Sharpness, England. The Bowden took cargo from Levuka to Se attle. The cannery tender Akutan, of the Alas ka-Portland Packers' association, arrived in the river yesterday ana went to Goble, w nere mo wui ipeau ins winter. The Admiral line steamer City of To peka arrived at 3:45 P. M. yesterday at terminal No. 2 with freight and passengers from Ban Francisco, Eureka and Coos Bay. She will sail again tonight. The barkentlne' James Tuft, which ar rived at San Francisco last Thursday from Levuka, Is reportea to nave been char tered Dy sauour, uutnrie at co. to carry lumber to Australia from the Columbia river. The British steamer Isis is reported as chartered by nerr, uncord & Co. to carry grain from the Columbia river to the cnitea mngaom. The isis is a big vescel of 5564 net tons. She arrived at Ham burg August 13 irom Philadelphia. The steamer Westboro, loading wheat for Belfast. Ireland, shifted yesterday from tne portiana louring mills to tbe Mont gomery dock to complete her cargo. The Standard Oil tanker El Segundo and barge im leit aown in ballast at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Phone your want ads to The Orego 1910, Automatic 660-85. T Priest Rapids Irrigation Dis trict Files Request. BIG ACREAGE AVAILABLE Development Awaits Authority of New Federal Law to Pro- ceed, Is Reported. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Aug. SO. Application has been filed with the federal water power commission by the Priest rapids Irrigation district for a permit to develop power at Priest rapids on the Columbia river. This is the second application filed for a Priest rapids permit. , This latest application is under stood to involve an irrigation project exclusively while the other Is a com mercial power project. A large acreage Is available for irrigation in the Priest rapids irriga tion district and Its development, it la understood, has only been awaiting the authority of the new federal water power law to proceed. New Forma Ready Soon. . Probably some time this week the federal water power commission will have ready for distribution the forms required In applying for permits authorizing the preliminary steps in undertaking development of water power. In the past the old forms of 1915 have been used, but as the new law Implies new conditions and new latitudes speed has been marked in getting new forms ready. Secretary O. C. Merrill of the com mission, said today that he expected I tnese forms would oe at least in mimeograph style by next week and aa soon thereafter as practicable would be printed and distributed to all interested applicants. The first step in the development pir.c.io 19 to kcl Btrme tentative title or right In the hands of the prospec tive development company, which will warrant it joiner ahead with all pre liminary work and expense. That this preliminary right should be full pro tection for the period required for fixing the commission, goes as a mat- I ter of course. It would have to be exclusive for that period, to prevent conflicting Interests regarding the I worn. License Given for Fall Period. When this first permit expires, and the company seeking to develop power has finished its studies of costs, plans and other preliminary work. the final license will be in order. This must convey a title or right for the period fixed for construction and operation of the plant, and for such extension of this period as is pro vided by law and the commission. In formulating this license the whole problem of finances and rates Is involved, as this document will he the contract or agreement required on the part of the government calcu- I lated to carry into effect th-a spirit of the law. In perfecting such a document, eon ditions in states that have or have not public utility commissions will have to be considered and all the varying contingencies that are found in commonwealths of such widely dif ferent statutes and rules. Delay WIU Be Many Weeks. Several weeks are certain to elapse before all the forms will have been perfected. After these have been worked out, the oommision faces the duty of administering laws, rules and regulations. Private companies, eager to get to work, will be clamoring for dispatch. while the commission, furnished with an inadequate appropriation, will be struggling with the duty of perfect ing its organization and starting a new machine on the governmental road. CONCRETE TANKER SOLD PALO ALTO BUILDING AT OAK- LAXD BRINGS $110 TON. American Fuel OH Co. Purchaser, 61 Steel Tankers Owned by Government Not Offered. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Aug. 30j The govern ment, through the shipping hoard, has sold its first big concrete tanker. the Palo Alto, under construction at Oakland, for $110 a deadweigni ton. Its designed tonnage was 7500, but ready for sea will measure about 6500 tons deadweight. The Ameri can Fuel Oil company was the suc cessful bidder, and but two other firms bid on the craft. Delivery is for September 1. A sister ship, the Peralta, delivery date January 1, was also offered but as but one bid was submitted, ana the price was only about half the rr1ee bid for the Palo Alto, this bid was rejected, with the purpose of re offering this ship at a later date. which will 'probably De wiinin tnree weeks or a month. This sale attracted much attention, as it was the largest concrete tanker yet built by the government. Good new steel tanker are held at about 220 a ton. and it was stated that the Palo Alto cost about ,200 a ton to build. The government has about 64 steel tankers, which it refuses to . , . x ,u .v. otter lur s3.ia uuvy, uu unw iuo oil supply situation for the shipping hn r ri,et is much improved. xnis is not expected to be much under one year. STEAMER BRINGS FLX CARGO West Nomentum "Will Be Fuml gated Before Return to Orient. Millions of Manchurian files, which have been stowaways on the steamer West Nomentum of the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company's North China line, will meet an untimely fate this morning when the vessel undergoes fumigation before loading for the re turn trip across the Pacific As reported by officers of the West Nomentum, the flies were first en countered in large quantities when the vessel put into Dairen. Manchu ria, on her last voyage to fill her deep tank with soya bean oil. Appar estiy living and thriving on the vege table oil, which is stored is enormous quantities at Dairen. th'e flies were so thick at that port and took Buch complete possession of the West No mentum. her officers report, that the steel and woodwork was completely hidden by the myriad of little black bodies. When the West Nomentum left Dai ren, he carried a full complement of flies with her. The buzzing, which has persisted to this day. la the hold POWER ASKED COLUMBIA of the vessel, will cease, however, when the formaldehyde fumes fret In their work. - The West Nomentum finished discharging last night. The Imported fly is not to be dis tinguished from the familiar, home-loving- species of this country.. TAC03IA ASKS JAPANESE BAX Petition for Embargo Latest Move to Fight Jones Law Section. TACOMA Wash., Aug. 30. A reso- lution adopted by the Tacoma Com mercial club asking: for an embargo on oriental- shipments from the At lantic and Gulf ports through the Panama canal, has been Sent to the United States shipping board and o commercial organizations at San Francisco, Portland and Seattle for approval. The request for the embargo Is said to be the latest move of west coast ports to combat section 28 of the Jones marine law. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Auk. SO. Arrived at 3 A M. British tteamer Pilar de L&rrinaga, from Newcastle. Eng.; at 3:80 P. M.. steamer City ol Topeka, from tian Fran cisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. balled at 11 A. M. Steamer EL eennao: barge No. 83, for San franciaco. ASTORIA. An. So. 8alld at 1 last nlg-ht -Steamer Wapama, for San Fran cisco and San Pedro; at 11 last night bteamer w. V. Herrin. for Monterey. Ar rived at 4 and left up at 6:45 A. M Steamer City of Topeka. from San Fran cisco. Eureka and Cooa Bay. Sailed at I lO:30 A. M. Barkentlne Monterey, for Durban and. Cape Town. Arrived at 11:30 A. M. and. left up at 2 P. AI. Gasoline tug Akutan, from Nushsgak. Arrived at I 12:50 P. M. Barkentlne Annie M. Rolph. from Sharpness via Port Townsend. Sailed at 1:14 P. M. Steamer Trinidad, for San Pedro. Left uo at 3:20 P. M. Schooner William Bowden and barkentlne Annie M. Hoiph. SAN FRANCISCO. An. SO. Sailed yes terday Steamer Daisy Freeman, for Port land: steamer Steel Trader, from Portland for New York. Arrived at 10 A. M. Steamer Klamath, from Portland. Sailed 10 A. M. Steamer Rosa City, for Port land. POINT RETBS. Aur. 2B. Passed Brit ish steamer Niceto da Larrinaga. from ci'Oo lor Portland. balboa, An. 2. Arrived steamer British steamer Tannenburs. for Port- romona, from Portland for Europe. Sailed 'ana. VXADrvOSTOK. Aug. 25. Sailed I steamer Pawlet, for Portland. NEW TORE, Aug. 29. Arrived Steam- er Souths Band rmm i.tnria. COOS BAT. Or.. Aue. 80. Arrived. 11 A. M. Acme, from' San Francisco; 1:30 mt. jm. kj. A. smith. Departed, 10:30 A. M. Tf. S. dredge CoL o. Aiicnie, for Grays Harbor. SEATTLE. Wash- Auar. SO. Arrived enjamin F. Packard in tow rug Tyee, from Nushagak; Cordova, from Nanaimo, n. s. , Sailed Arizona Ma.ru. for Manila; Rich mond, for San Pedro. TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 30. Arrived Steamers Bee, from San Francisco; 6kaK- way, irom Alaska. Sailed Hoboken Bee, for Seattle. SAN PEDRO. Cal.. Auk. 80. (Soeelal.l Arrived steamers Hartwood. from Willa- pa 6 A. M. ; Captain A. F. Lucas from Port Angeles 6 A. M. : Prentiss from Al- bion 8 A. M.: Fred Baxter from Pueet Sound 6 A. M. ; Santlam from Astoria 6 1 Sailed steamers Admiral Farramt fori.. San Dieiro 10 A. M. ; West Kader for United Kingdom 1 A. M. ; West Modus for Manila S P. M. : Hattie Luckenbach for New Tork S P. M.'; Claremont for I Portland 6 P. M.: Saginaw for Puaet I sound 6 P. M. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 80. (Special. Arrived 12:15, barkentlne Annie E. Rolph irom enarpness, England: 6:15 A. M.. steamer City of Topeka from San Fran cisco; 10:35, cannery tender Akutan from xvusnugak river. Alaska. Sailed 10:30 last nlrht. schooner Wan- ama. for Rnn I '..H m in-4 . v. . t. .. Wm. F. Herrin for' California: 10:30. bark- schooner Trinidad for San Prdro. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Anir SO cisawSnlSTS r5 Sailed Arizona, Mara for Yokohama. LONDON. Aug. 28. Arrived Diablo from Seattle. PANAMA CANAL. Balboa. Ait. M I .arrived romona from Portlar-d. Or.; Robin uooaieiiov xrom victoria. Sailed Tannenburg for Portland, Or. HONO KONG, Aug. 25. Sailed Em press 01 itussia lor victoria. MANILA, Aug. 20. Sailed Africa. Hint lor cc.iuo. AUCKLAND. Ah. 28. Sailed Nl SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 80. Arrtvuf Altai Aiaru irom Manila. Sailed Lisbon for New Tork: Ttnm r?lf- w rgmuia; xieien x . urew ror Green wood. SHANGHAI, Aug. 27. Arrived Fu.hU ma ju&ru, irom Beattle. YOKOHAMA. Aur. 27 Salle A Tn. AIM U, ,V( d LLIC. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Ang. SO. Maxtmnm tem perature. i. a Degrees, minimum, 44.1 de grees, jtiver reading, 8 A. M.. 8.8 feet: change In last 24 hours, 0.3 foot rise. Total rainfall (5 P. XI. to B P nm,- total since September 1, 1919. 36.76 Inches; I normal since September 1, ' 45.10 inches: deficiency, 8.34 Inches. Sunrise, B:29 A. M.: sunset. :54 P. M. Total sunshine, 8 hours and 54 minutes; possible sunshine. 13 hours and 25 minutes. Moonrlse. 7:10 P. M. ; moonset. 6:51 A. M. Barometer ireaucea to sea level) a P. M., 30.141 Inches. KeiauvA numldltv: & A. M HI n,r noon, 50 per cent; 5 P. M., 36 per cent. THE WEATHER. Wind "3 STATIONS. Waataar. Baker ... Boise ..... Boston .... Calgary .. Chicago .. Denver .... 84(0.001. .NW Clear 88!0.0012W Clear 82iO.0O Li(SW Clear BJIO.O w IW SW N Pt. cloudy h8,0.0O Clear 84 0.00 Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy .' 8S0.OO i jreka .. I Galveston 5X10.001 INW uiear 10 SB Clear i fimeiia. 5 0.01 M S Pt. cloudy t Juneau 154;0. 0K! ..louay Clear Clear Kansas City Los Angeles. Marshi'ield .. Medford .... Minneapolis. New Orleans. New Tork .. S SW 7OI0.00 7b 0.00, 880.001 720. 00 NW NW Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear 80)0.14 s S4l0.OO(20iSW North Head. 0!0. 00118 N W Phoenix ... Pocatello .. Portland . . Roneburg . . Sacramento. St. Louis Salt I.ake . . San Diego San Fran... 8810.001.. 68;0.0()(. . 74 0.0O. . 8010.0111. . P4:0.00 . . 860. 2412 74i0.00. . 74 0.00 . . NW SW NW NW NW S NW! Clear Clear IClear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy w 70!O.COS8lW Seattle .... tSUka Spokane .. Tacoma ... Tatoosh . tVaaldes . . HHIU.02I.. N J62.0. 0J ...IN 6410.041. U.UJ. . 5H10.00I. . t2!0.42 . . Pt. cloudy r-t, ciouaj louay Clear Clear Clear Walla Walla I .1 7o;o.ooi. .IN wasntngton I 581 7810. . .1 5 HI 70,0. ..( 42 74,0. .OU . . HW w lunlpeg 00 . . NW xakima 001. .iS Pt. cloudy tA. M. today; IP. M. preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and viclnitsr Tuesday fair and warmer; northwesterly winds. Oregon and Washington Tuesday fair and warmer; moderate northwesterly winds. Oregon City Marriage Licenses. OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 30. (Special.) .Marriage licenses were issued today to Diamond C. Schaffner, 22, of Gaston, and Lucille Perry. 20. of Sherwood; Robert W, Downey, 23, and Amy Montgomery, 21. both of West Linn: Fred Heinz. 20. aiidfiiargaxet Kruser, 17. both of Aurora, DEEP CHANNEL WANTED TAXCOUTER SHIPYARD STEEL FREIGHT ITEM IS BIG. Conferences Being Held in Regard to Facilities for Handling . Freight at Water Rates. VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. SO. (Special.) The. present rate on steel from the east to Vancouver by rail is $1.35, compared to Panama canal boat shipments of 70 cents. The freight expenre on a 12,000-ton Bteel ship, such as is being built by the G. M. Standifer Construction corpora tion In Vancouver, is a big sum. An effort Is being me do to have the Columbia river channel between Vancouver harbor and the mouth of the Willamette river dredged bo that ocean-going ships may be brought di rect to Vancouver, thus enabling lo cal industries to obtain the lowest possible rate on shipments. The city recently voted 1130,000 bonds to construct a dock in Van couver harbor. The government will dredge the high spots in the Colum bia river channel, it Is understood, giving at least a 30-foot channel, but dock must be built to handle the ships when they arrive. To this end, the port of Vancouver commissioners and officials of the G. M. Standifer Construction corpora tion are holding conferences, and It is assured that much valuable data '111 be ready in October when the United States board of engineers is expected to come here to hear the case. The lumber industry will also bene fit greatly by the deeper channel. SHIP TO PACIFIC 15 PLAN TACOMA COMMERCIAL CLUB LACXCHES CAMPAIGN. Senator Jones and Representative Totui9on Telegraph . Admiral Benson, Urging Action. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 30. (Spe ciaL) Support of the plan to have all trans-Pacific " shipments move through Pacific ports will be asked sf every commercial organization on the Pacific coast by the traffic and trans portation bureau of the Tacorrfa com mercial club. Senator Wesley L. Jones and Representative Albert Johnson have telegraphed Admiral Benson, chairman of the shipping board, to ask the Interstate commerce commis sion to order shipments destined for the orient to be routed by rail to Pa cific ports. "If the interstate commerce com mission has not the power to do this, let us determine it as soon as pos sible so we may give it the power, said Senator Jones in his message to Admiral Benson. The telegram was made public here today by Jay W. Mc- Cune. Recretiirv of the traffic and tranonnrtatinn hnr.911 I rr. 1 1 I J C . T - ... . , . . tnat x-aciiic ports nave aireaay lost a vast tonnage to Gulf and Atlantic ports because of preferential rates. Senator Jones points out also that the fjirs are needed on the roast to shin return commodities east. 42 SHIP FIRMS INDICTED PLOT TO RESTRAIX TRADE IS I CHARGED LV TRUE BILLS. 3S-urty All Big Trans-Atlantlo Lines and Freight Brokers Are Xamed -Violations Listed. NOT TORK. Aug. 80. Forty-two steamship. companies and freight brokers, including virtually all the big trans-Atlantic lines, were Indicted by the federal grand Jury here today on charges of conspiracy and restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman ant-trust law. The indictments Included the Inter national Mercantile Marine, Atlantic transport; Cunard Steamship compan ies, Ltd.; Anchor line; Booth-Ameri can Shipping corporation: Compagnle Generate Trans - Atlantlque; Kerr Steamship company, members of the trans-Atlantic associated freight con ferences ana directors oi tne bieim ship Freight Brokers' association. An injunction and dissolution suit against the defendants named in the Indictments as members of the Steam ship Freight Brokers association and the associated freight conferences was entered simultaneously. The indictment charged and the petition in the suit alleged that the defendants January 1, 1917, conspired and have continuonsly violated the Sherman law by restraining inter state trade and foreign commerce in grain, oil, lumber, coal and other commodities and manufactured art! cles produced throughout the United States and In foreign countries. WESTWARD . HO DISCHARGES Only 700 Tons of Frelgtit for Fort- land; Seattle Gets Remainder. The steamer Westward Ho, bringing sreneral freight from Baltimore In the Bervice of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, arrived Sunday and yester day started discharging her cargo at terminal No. 1. She will leave a little over 700 tons of freight here and take the remainder to Seattle, where she will be checked over to Williams, Dl mond & Co for management and oper Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vesml From Date Str. Eastern Belle.. ..New York. .. .Aug. SO btr. Pi. a larrinaga.. rsaiooa ......bept. Str. Kose city wan r ran ...sept. Str. Mawaraen new I ork. Ptr. Springfield Boston ... ..Sept. ..Sept. . .Sept. . .Sept. . .Sept. . .Sept. .Sept. . .Sept. 1 Str. Kyder Haniiy.. .. Honolulu . Str. Abercos , Orient Str. Klamath ...... . San Fran. . . .San Fran.. . Baltimore . .New York.. Marseilles . Orient .Cardiff Valparaiso . China .Boston .... . New York. . .New York.. Str. Multnomah ... Str. Point l.obos ... Ptr. Steel Worker.. Sir. Mom cents.... Str. Pawlet 6tr. Tannenburg .. Str. Seiyo Maru.... Str. West Keats... Str. Artigas Str. Waterbury .... Str. West Katan... Str. West Nlvarla. . ..Sept. 1 . .Sept. 1 . .Sept. 1 . .Sept. 1 ..Sept. 2 . .Sept. 2 . .Sept. 2 .Sept. 2 .China Sept. 30 To Depart from Portland. Vessel For Date. 8Hr. DalFT San Fran Aur. 3 Str. City of Topeka.. -San Fran. , . -.Aug. 81 fetr. v eaiDoro ....... neiiast ......wept. Str. West Nomentum. China Sept. 1 Str. Seiyo Maru, Orient Sept. 17 Vessels in Port. Vessel Bkt. Annie M. Rolph. Clark-Wilson mill. M. S. Challamba St. Johns mill. Str. City of Topeka. . Terminal No. 2. M. S. Culburra. American can dock. .St. Helens. Knappton. . Coast S. B. Co. 6tr. Daley Str. Daisy Putnam. Str. Johan Poulsen. Str. Olen Terminal No. 4. Str. P. de Larrinaga.. Elevator dock. Str. Ran Jacinto. .... Westport. Str. Tiverton Westport. Str. Wm. F. Herrin. . Llnnton. Scbi Wm. Bowden. .. .St. Johns mill. Str. Wapama ..St. Helens. Str. West Nomentum. Terminal No. 1. Str. Westboro ....... Montgomery dock. . Bu. Westward Uq, ..Terminal Jio, 1. ation. She will load outward either on Puget sound or at Portland. BesideB being the first vessel launched by the Columbia River Ship building corporation, the Westward Ho is the first shipping board vessel at Portland to return here after oper ation in European waters. HARRI3IAX INTERESTS INVEST Holdings of Kerr Navigation Com pany Will Be Increased, NEW YORK, Aug. 30. The Harri- man Interests, recent purchasers of big steamship enterprises throughout the world, have bought from H. F. Kerr and A. E. Clegg. a large part of their Investments in the Kerr Navigation company for $5,000,000 and soon will acquire additional' amounts of stocks in this corporation, it was announced here today. Funds acquired by Kerr and Clegg from these liquidations are to be Invested in United States shipping board -vessels or in steamships built in American yards on plans to be approved by Rear-Admiral Benson. Motorshlp Aarala Libeled. Two libels and one intervention have now been filed against the mo torshlp Challambra, loading lumber at the St. Johns dock. The second libel was filed yesterday in the dis trict court by the Robins Drydock & Repair company for work done in June when the vessel was being built and amounting to $3300. The boat is one of several recently turned out on Puget sound and its principal owner is J. E. Chilberg of Seattle. TJ. S. Naval Radio Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M. yes terday unless otherwise indicskted.) W. 8. PORTER, Everett for Monterey, 884 miles from Everett. TATOOSH, with barge 1 in tow, Ab erdeen for Richmond, 4od miles Irom Rich mond. W. F. HERRIN, Llnnton for Ban Fran cisco. 830 milet from Linnton. WAPAMA, Portland for San Francisco, lO miles south of Cape Blanco. QUABBN, San Pedro for Seattle, 13U miles south of Seattle. SIERRA. San Francisco for Tacoma, 423 miles north of San Francisco. AROTLE, Oleum for Seattle, 485 miles from Seattle. SAN DIEX30, Tacoma for San Pedro. 580 miles north of San Francisco. EL SEGUNDO. towing barge 93, Port land for Richmond, 531 miles north of Richmond. JEFFERSON, Seattle for Ketchikan, 120 miles south of Ketchikan, August 29, 8 P. M. CORDOVA, Ketchikan for Seattle, at Nanaimo. August 29. 8 P. M. SPOKANE. Seattle for Ketchikan. 114 mites north of Seattle. August 29, 8 P. M. ABNER COBURN, Bristol bay for Se ttle, 23 miles off Flattery. DE QUE3NE. Honolulu for Balboa, 1163 miles east of Honolulu. August 29, 8 P. M. Bark BURGESS, Naknek, Alaska, for Portland, 75 miles west of North Head, August 30, 6 P. M. NICETO DE LARRINAGA. . Baltimore for Astoria, 29 miles northwest of Eureka, August SO. 6 P. XI. RICHMOND, towing barge 95, Eeattle for San Pedro. 135 mllea from Seattle. YOSEMITE, San Francisco for Eeattle, 50 miles north of Cape Blanco. EL LOBO LOBITO. Peru for Van couver. B. C, 200 miles south of Cape Flattery. HYADES, Belllngham for Honolulu, 143 miles northwest of Tatoosh. WASHTENAW, Port Angeles for Port San Luis, 667 miles from Port Bn Luis. EASTERN GLADE, Grays Harbor for Ran Francisco, 70 miles south of Grays Harbor. ADMIRAL DEWEY, San Francisco for Seattle, 193 miles from Seattle. WHEATLAND MONTANA, Yokohaftia for San Francisco, 343 miles from San Francisco. EASTERN EXPORTER, San Francisco for Honolulu, 1320 miles from San Fran Cisco. WEST MORELAND. Honolulu for Sa vannah. 438 miles east of Honolulu. STANLEY. Honolulu for Balboa, 1148 miles east of Honolulu. ARCHER, Honolulu for San Francisco, one mile from San Francisco, August 29. 8 P. M. WESTCIA, Kobe for San Francisco. S85 miles from San Francisco, August 29, 8 M. MATSONIA; Honolulu for San Fran cisco, 519 miles from San Francisco. MAUI. San Francisco for Honolulu. 160 -miles from San Francisco. ROSE CITY, San Francisco for Port land. 72 miles north of San Francisco. WESTCIA, Kobe for San Francisco. 211 miles west or San Francisco lightship. DERBYLINE. San Francisco for San Pedro, 24 mllea from San Francisco. HUMBOLDT. San Francisco for San Pedro, 24 miles south of San Franelsco. EVERETT. San Pedro for San Fran Cisco. 80 miles from San Francisco. WEST NILUS. San Francisco for Hono lulu. 200 miles weet of San Francisco. LOS ANGELES. San Pedro for Van couver, 716 miles from Vancouver. EASTERN ADMIRAL. New York for San Francisco, 65 miles south of San Francisco. ARCHER, Honolulu for San Francisco. 656 miles from San Francisco. EAGLE, San Francisco for Manila. 835 miles west or Kan Francisco. DEPERE, Tacoma for Los Angeles. 17 miles north of Point St. George, August zv, e i . m. BROO KLINE, Bremerton for San Fran. Cisco, 19 miles southwest of Cape Blanco, August on, noon. HORACE X. BAXTER. Seattla for Ran rrancisco, 534 miles south of Seattle. OLEUM, Port San Luis for Portland. 364 miles from Astoria. STORM KING, towlnr drvdoek lumtnnn. Seattle for San Francisco. 155 mllea north oi Din r ranciseo. J. A. MOFFETT. San Pedro for Van couver. mllea north of San Pedra. atlas. San Pedro for Ketchikan. 175 mnea norm ot ban Francisco. FUGITIVE IS CAPTURED Grecian Premier Decides to Try Men. In Civil Court. ATHENS, Aug. 80. A brother of Charles Apostle Iserpris. who was one of two men who shot and wounded Premier Venizelos In Paris recently, was arrested in Athens today. HI wife and sisters had been imprisoned as hostages, but he did not leave hi biding place until discovered. The premier has decided that the alleged conspirators in a reported plot to end his life and restore the Con stantino government will be tried by civil courts. WILLAMETTERIVER BOA Steamer Northwestern leaves Mu nlclpal dock No. 2, at foot of East Oak street, Mondays, Wednesdays and Frl days at 7:00 A. M. for Salem and all way points. Freight and passenger service. Returning, leaves Salem a 7:00 A. M. Tuesdays, Thursdays an Saturdays. Adv. When Folks Quit Coffee because of cost to health or purse, they naturally drink There's a Reason .-Sct Contents 15luid Drachm 1 " LCOHOL-3PUR CEN J! iiti v I AVectaWcPrcparatioafiifAs Mm i- 3 llllsitl. 3 - m S tlntiic5tom4AsandUowcis rtt.ef,,ln and KC5LVluifl .neither OpiamMorphinc not I Mineral. NotKarcotxci - tv : t-s.---t)Ji i J t - S 5' C c ' frj i. J Sema ruid Fcvcrishncss and j racSimile SinHf ENGLAND TRIP 15 RAPID PIXiAR DE liARRIXAGA HERE AFTER S3 -DAY RCX. Steamer From Tyne River Gets to Balboa in 19 Days; Sister Ship Due Tomorrow. An unusually rapid trip from Tyne. England, direct to Portland was re corded by the' British steamer Pilar de Larrinaga, which berthed yester day morning at the Elevator dock to load (?rain for Europe. The Pilar left the Tyne river, England, July 23, reached Balboa 19 days later, and re quired only 14 days from the canal to the Columbia river, or 33 days for the entire trip. She averaged a speed of 11.7 nautical miles per hour for the voyage. The Pilar de Larrinaga was built In Japan for an English firm three years ago. She is 459 feet long and has a breadth of 59 feet- Her net tonnage is 4607, severaphundred tons greater than that of the largest shipping board steamers built in this district. This British steamer is under char ter to the Pacific Grain company to carry wheat to Europe. She arrived In the local harbor Sunday night, but anchored in the stream and did not go to her dock until early this morn ng. Her deck force Is composed of If your skin itches just use Tar trisl free, write Dept. 7-R. 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Have you ever tried It?. Nature's Remedy (NB Tablets) is a vegetable compound that acts on the stomach, liver, bowels and kid neys, the purpose being to bring about healthv and harmonious action of. all the organs, of digestion and elimina tion. N?- TABLETS ii u n For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature ' of In Use For Over Thirty Years Englishmen, and her engine room crew of Senpalese negroes. The British steamer Nacito do Lar rinaga, a sister vessel, will be dus here tomorrow, judging from her position as given in radio reports. The steamer Minnie de Larrinaga, tha third of this fleet booked to load grain here, was last reported as passing; Cape Henry, Va., August 16. , Th Nacito and Minnie are under charter to Kerr, Glfford & Co. ENGINEERS SEEK SCHOOLIXQ Marino Men Holding: Licenses to Take Advanced Course, SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. SO. Ten Se attle marine engineers today enrolled in the shipping board's advanced course in marine engineering at the University of Washington. Five other engineers b.ave expressed their inten tion ot enrolling and a class of at least 15 is expected when the course opens next Wednesday. All are li censed engineers who will take the course to increase their efficiency and win Dromotion. Officers of the shipping board said today that if sufficient support is given by the engineers the school will be made a permanent institution. Colombia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Au(f. 30. Condition of the sea at 6 P. M.. smooth; wind north west, 10 mllea. Tides at Astoria Tuesday, High. Low. 1:40 A. M 7 8 feet!8:0 A. M....04 feet 1:35 P. M...S.O feet!8:34 P. M 0.T foot Resinol Ointment, with Resinol . 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