TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1920 13, TR1S-PACIFIC RATE IS CUT Reduction of $7.50 Thousand Welcomed by Lines. COMPETITION IS MET American Tonnage Gels Chance to Carry Cargoes That Would Go to Foreign Vessels. A cut of $7.50 a thousand feet In the trans-Pacific rate on lumber was an nounced in a telegram received yes terday morning by J. W. Crichton, local agent of the shipping board's operations division, from D. W. Bur chard, agent of the north Pacific dis trict, which includes Puget sond aivd the Columbia river and has headquar ters at Seattle. Local operators' of shipping board tonnage have been contending for several weeks for a reduction in the lumber rate in order to meet Japanese competition. While the contention for a lower rate across the Pacific has bean in progress several Japanese steamers have loaded full cargoes of lumber here at from $18 to 120 a thousand feet, while operators of shipping board vessels have been obliged to quote a rate of $25, and consequently have ben unable to book the busi ness. The cut announced yesterday la from $25 to $17.50 a thousand feet. Local lumber exporters, who were questioned yesterday in regard to the reduction in rates, feel that unques tionably this move will eventually stimulate the movement of lumber from the Columbia river to Japan and of $7.50 a thousand feet In the price of lumber in the orient. The Imme diate effect of the rate reduction, however, will be to permit American tonnage to move what lumber Is go ing across the Pacific, instead of having It parried in foreign bottoms. TRADE TO START STEAMER CHARTERED TO CAR RY CARGO OF TIES. Commerce Interrupted by War to Be Renewed, According to Ex port firm's Announcement. The Pacific Export Lumber com pany has chartered a big steel steam er to carry a full cargo of creosoted ties from the Columbia river and Pusret sound to Calcutta, India, it was announced by this company yester day. This will be the first cargo to trove from the Columbia river to India since the outbreak of the world war, and marks the resumption of a. commerce that in pre-war days I cached considerable volume. Two cargoes, shipped from the Columbia river to Calo-.tta by the Pacific Ex-r.i-rt Lumber company, were on h3 water when v:tr was declared on Au gust 4, 1SH. Tlitse were the last cat- ROer to go mm the Columbia r---.r to Calcutta. . The name of th vessel to carry the carso has not yet been learned by the charterers, but that she will be of liii-ge size is i.-.dtcated by the ftct t'at the carg j w'll amount to 4,000. 000 feet. As no one rrxosotlng plant, either on the Columbi a river or Puget sound, cares to congest its facilities with an order of this s-xe, the order has been sulit. as is customary in such cas-js, Velween the twv ports. Loading of the cargo Is scheduled for October. SHIPPING BOARD RESTRAINED Injunction Prevents Foreclosure of $5,000,000 Mortgage. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. An injunc tion restraining the shipping board from foreclosing a $5,000,000 mort gage on the plant of the Pusey & Jones company, Wilmington, Del., was granted by Justice blddons in the dis trict of Columbia supreme court. The Wilmington shipbuilders had 34 vessels on the stocks when the yard was taken over and to furnish funds to complete these, the shipping board advanced j. 000, 000, taking blanket mortgage on the property. The mortgage contained a provision that it could be paid out of awards . for compensation from the govern mcnt. The award amounted to $7, BOO.000, but deductions claimed by the shipping board and protested by the company reduced the amount to less than $4,000,000. Justice Siddona' decision Is regard ed as a victory by counsel for the shipping board in that it establishes a precedent requiring suits against tne emergency tieet corporation to be brought in the court of claims, the only tribunal in which action against the president of the United States - can be instituted. Canal Traffic Records Broken. PANAMA. Sept. 2. All traffic rec oras since tne opening or the 1 anama canal were broken during August. j nree nunared snips passeTl. throug the waterway, the tolls being $936 209. American Steamer Burned. CADIZ. Spain, Sept. 1. Fire de stroyed the American steamer Myron v.. j.ayiur loaay. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Sept. 2. Arrived at noon, steamer Daisy Freeman, from San Fran eiMjo; at 2 P. II., destroyer Talbot, from Bremerton: at A, M., steamer Oleum, Irom fort Ban L.U18. ASTORIA, Sept. 2. Arrived at 11 last nig-lil and left up at 1 A. A!., steamer Haiti Kreeman, from San Francisco; sailed a 2:30 A. M.. steamer Tiverton, for Sa Pedro; arrived at 7:50 and left ud at 8:2' A. M., destroyer Talbot, from Bremerton arrived at 10:30 A. M., tug Hercules, from San Diego. . COOS BAT. Sept. 2. Arrived at 8 A. M and sailed, steamer City of Toxeka, from Portland for .Eureka and San Franoiseo. SEATTLE. Westward Ho, Sept. 2. Arrived from Portland. -Steamer SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 2.-i-Arrlved 4 A. M, steamer 1 Segundo and barge 03, from Portland. ST. HELENS. Sent.. 2. Passed at 9 A M., nteumer Daisy Freeman; at 1:45 P. M. destroyer Talbot, COOS BAT, Or, Sept. S.f Special. Arrivea si a a. m . stean?r city of To. neka. from Portland: tus John Cudahv nn Darge a. irnra tne north; sailed at SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. Arrived Bteamers Kl Segundo, from Antoria; Arch er, from Manila; Bandon, from Bandon. Sailed Steamers Horima Maru, for Yo kohama: Point Judith, for ifialttmoru LUMBER Dlllwyn, Fortlanu. for Philadelphia; Saginaw, for SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 2. Arrived Steamers Westward Ho, from Baltimore; Mandasan Maru. from Dairen via Yoko hama: Argyll, from Oleum; Governor, from San Pedro; Rainier, from San Francisco; City of Seattle, from Southeastern Alaska. Sailed Steamers Hoboken. for Honolulu; Admiral Dewey, for San Diego; Santa Ana, for Southeastern Alaska; Alameda, for An chorage; Admiral Rodman, for Southeast ern Alaska1; Argyll, for Oleum. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash., Sept. 2. (Special.) Arrived Steamer &haata, from San Pedro, last night. Sailed Steamer Carmel, for San Fran cisco, this afternoon. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Sept. 2. Special.') Arrived Steamers Santa Monica, from Eu reka. 8 A. M.; Colonel S. L. Drake, from San FrancUco. 1 A. M. ; Willamette, from San Diego, 3 A. M. ; West Cayote, from San Francisco, 9 A, M. ; Joan of Arc, from Valparaiso, 11 A. M.; Queen, from San Diego. 7 A. M. Sailed Steamers Willamette, for San Francisco, 10:30 A.-' M. ; Tecumseh, for China, 10 A. M. : Multnomah, for Port land, 3 P. M. ; Hartwood. for Willapa. 4 P. M. ; Cleone. for Union Landing. 5 P. M. ; Meriden, for San Francisco, P. M. : Colonel E. L. Drake, for Point Wells. 6 P. M. : Joan of Arc, for. Ban FrancUco, 6 P. M. LONDON. Aug. 30. Arrived Steamer Protesllaus, from Seattle. TJ. S. Xaval Radio Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. 51. yes terday unless otherwise Indicated.) ABERCOS. Yokohama for Portland. 622 miles from Columbia river, September 1, 8 P. M. HOLLYWOOD. San Francisco for Seat tle, 270 miles north of' San Francisco. WEST N ILL'S. San Francisco for Hono lulu. 674 miles west of San Francisco, Sep tember 1, 8 P. M. HYADES. Belllngham for Honolulu. 603 miles northwest of Taloosh, September 1, P. M. Costlgan, New York via San Pedro for iva via Honolulu, latitude 81:17 north. onjrltude 131:07 west, September 1, at oon. FRANK H. BUCK, Gavlota for Portland, 78 miles from Uaviota. L-T MAN STEWART. Port San Luis for Seattle, -ISO miles from Seattle. CLAR1SMONT. San Pedro for Willapa Harbor. -4S1 miles from San Pedro. EVERETT, Point Orient for Seattle, 263 mites north of San Francisco. C. A. SMITH, Coos Bay for San Fran- isco. 63 miles north of San Francisco. ADMIRAL SCHLEY. Seattle for San Francisco, 105 miles north of San Fran cisco. WEST HOLBROOK. San Francisco for Seattle, 235 miles north of San Francisco. DILLWr.N. San Francisco for Philadel phia, 78 miles from San Francisco. KUICHEK. Naknek for San Francisco. :0u miles from San Francisco at noon. ADMIRAL SEBREE. Ocean Falls for Wilmington, 536 miles from Ocean Falls. AHCHER. Honolulu for San Francisco, SB miles from San Francisco, S P. 'M. eptember 1. EAGLE. San Francisco for Manila, 8S0 miles from San Francisco, 8 P. M. Sep- ember 1. SVLVIAN ARROW. Balboa for San Francisco, Tiil milea south of San Francisco. DI LWORTH. Prince Rupert for San Pedro. 007 miles from San Pedro. PORTER, Monterey for Everett, 120 miles from Monterey. SAN DIEGO. Tacoma for San Pedro. BO miles south of San Francisco. DILLWYX. San Francisco for Philadel phia. 78 miles from San Francisco. POINT JUDITH, San Francisco for Bal timore. 4." miles south of San Francisco. PRESIDENT. Wilmington for San ranclsco. 2S miles south of San Francisco. CELII.O. Puget sound for San Francisco. five miles south of Point Arena. DERBY LINE, San Pedro for Seattle. 0 miles from San Pedro. ADMIRAL FA RRAGl'T, San Francisco for Seattle, 00 miles north of San Fran- isco. CITY OF SEATTLE. Ketchikan for Se ttle, off Port Townsend. ABERCOS. Yokohama for Portland, 292 miles west of Columbia river. HO BO KEN. Seattle for San Pedro, off Apple Tree Pqint. END1COTT, Seattle for Yokohama, 230 miles from Seattle. (jUABBIN. Seatle for San Pedro, 20 miles from Seattle. ATLAS. San Pedro for Ketchikan, 490 miles from Ketchikan. ARGYLL. Seattle for Oleum, 790 miles from Oleum. Slarlne Notes. Additional business for his firm will be ollcited in the far east by V. H. Dent, of the Pacific Export Lumber company. who will leave next Monday for a tour of the orient. The steamer Rose CKy arrived at the Ainsworth dock at 6 o'clock yesterday morning with passengers and freight from San Francisco. The steam schooner Daisy Freeman. bringing asphalt and general merchandise rom San Francisco, arrived at terminal No. 3 yesterday morning to discharge a portion of her cargo, and shifted to the Couch-street dock in the afternoon to un load the remainder- More than 7000 long tons of sacked wheat have been loaded aboard the steam- Westboro, which will go down the river at 7 o'clock this morning for Belfast, Ireland. Ralph T, Johns, organizer and president of the new Ocean Steamship company, and former head of the Ocean Transport com pany, was a visitor in Portland yesterday from Seattle. James W. Crichton. agent here of the operations division of the shipping board, yesterday became the father of a nine- pound boy. Tides at Astoria. Friday. High. Low. 3:52 A. M 6.7 feet 0:42 A. M...1.7 feet 3:31 P. M....8.3 feett0:54 P. M...0.4 foot GAS MEN TO CONVENE PACIFIC COAST SESSION' TO BE HELD IX PORTLAND. Headquarters of Gathering for Third Week in September Will Be at Multnomah. The Pacific Coast Gas association will hold its annual convention in Portland the third week In Septem ber. Headquarters will be at the Multnomah hotel. A special rate for delegates has been made by the Southern Pacific, on the certificate plan, making1 the rate one and one half fare for the round trip. W. M. Kapus, president of the Northwest Gas & Electric Equipment company, with offices in the Gasco building-, is the convention repre sentative in Portland to take care of the hotel reservations, and ar rangements have been made with the Multnomah, Portland and Benson hotels to house the visitors. Guy W. Talbot, president of Portland Gas & Coke company, charge of the entertainment of visitors, and- is arranging an tractive programme both for the has the at the members and the women, includinsr. of course, an outing: on the (Columbia river highway. Prnnarlans Give Up Meeting. VANCOUVER, Wash,. Sept, 2. (Spe cial.) The proposed meeting of the Prunarians, at which Mr. Shields was to speak In favor of the Carlyon road bill to be submitted to the people at the general election In November has been called off so far as the Prunari ana are concerned. Mr. Shields will speak before the chamber of com merce beptemper 8 at 8 o clock and those who desire to hear him will have a chance te do so. WILLAMETTE RIVER BOAT Steamer Northwestern leaves Mu nicipal dock No. 2, at foot of East Oak street, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at I A. M., for Salem and all way points. Freight and passen ger service. Returning, leaves Salem at 6 A M., Tuesdays, Thursdays and baturdaya. Adv. . SHIM DICTATION T Problem of New District Ex plained to Business Men. MR. VAN DUZER TALKS Chamber to Continue "Work Until Change iu Supervision Is Won by Portland. Reasons why Portland business men engaged in foreign and domestic com merce reached by water lines are op posed to having this port placed un der the jurisdiction of Seattle in a new shipping board district were pre sented to the members of the Pro gressive Business Men's club at the weekly luncheon yesterday by H. B. Van Duzer, president of the Chamber of Commerce. It was in no sense a carping crit icism or mere fault-finding, he de clared, but in the Interest of un hampered development of the business that rightfully belongs to Port land and in protection of the estab lished traffic, that the Chamber has been leading in a fight which will be continued until this port Is either placed within the San Francisco dis trict or receives a district of its own. In explanation of the problem faced by being under the domination of a competitor. It was related that a Portland exporter had received an or der for a cargo of flour for Brazil and promptly appealed to the Seattle office of the division of operations for the allocation of a shipping board vessel and to ascertain what the rate would be. Reply Brings No Reaolta. From the office, said Mr. Van Du zer, came a letter to the effect that, in view of the geographic situation of Brazil, with Argentina a great producer of flour, it would seem like carrying coals to Newcastle to carry Pacific northwest cereal products to Brazil, and that such a movement did not seem logical. Expression of surprise, Mr. Van Duzer continued, instead of information on rates, was not what the exporter expected, but his own surprise came when he heard a few days later that Seattle export ers were making inquiries through foreign agents as to the business in question.- They were anxious to "carry coals to Newcastle" if the orders could be handled there, he added. "This Is a matter- of such great importance to Portland's future that it'merits the attention of every busi ness man and of every citizen," con cluded Mr. Van Duzer. "Every person who has the upbuilding of the city at heart should realize that we can not bring about port and trade de velopment if dominated in everything by our strongest rival and competi tor. Separate District Wanted. "We have established shipping lines of our own and propose to sustain them, but to be compelled to remain in the district as now ordered would mean that we would probably revert to the old tramp service. Portland shippers do not wish to have the official in charge of the district oper ations advise that a vessel will be made available for Puget sound load ing when it has been sought for tak- S a cargo from Portland. "We must have either a separate district or must be left under the San Francisco district. The Chamber of Commerce has been fighting to have this discrimination removed for two months. General Manager Dodson has been in Washington for three months persistently striving to obtain allo cation of shipping board ships for service in which there is tonnage available and to obtain from the board recognition of the justice of the claims we are making for the right to proceed in our developments unnampered. Oswald West recently went east to assist Mr. Dodson in his work and we expect favorable results from these efforts." Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) The United States destroyer Talbot arrived at 0 this morning from Bremerton and proceeded to Portland. Laden with lumber from Westport. the steam schooner Tiverton' sailed at 8:15 this morning tor San Francisco. The tug Hercules. Captain Tichworth arrived at 10 o'clock today from San I'ran. Cisco and. weather conditions permitting. will sail tomorrow for San Uleso with the .Benson log raft in tow. The steam schooner Ryder Manlfv is due from Honolulu and comes to load lumber at river points. The steamer Abercos. from Tokohama ior Portland, win De due tomorrow. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Steamer Shasta arrived last night from San Pedro and will load at Donovan mill. Aucruecn. Steamer Carmel cleared this afternoon irom tne Huiouri mm lor San Francisco schooner Lottie .Bennett is rennrtrrt standing outside irom ban Francisco and la expected In about 10 o clock tonlsht in tow. She will load at the A. J. West mill. Aoeraeen. Steamer Fort Bragg is due from Sn r rancisco tonignt ana win load at E. K. vWood mill. Hoquiam. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. SDt. 2 bpeciai.) Tne steamer Westward Ho which has been operated by W. R. Grace & Co.. arrived this morning from the Atlantic via San Pedro and Portland. After discharging at Seattle she will be turnea over to wuiiams, Dimond & Co. who will operate her from the northwest to ports in Europe. The shipping board steamer Endleott sailed this morning tor Manila, carrying a Dijf cargo ioaaea on fuget sound. The. steamer Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship company's fleet, sailed today for Anchorage, carrying a full cargo of general freight and a large list if pas Port Calendar. To ArriTe Vessel Str. Kyder Hanlfy... Str. F. H. Buck Btr. Abercos ........ at Portland. From . Honolulu .. Date . .Bept. i ..Sept. ..Sept. ..Sept. I ..Sept. ' ...Sept. ..Bept. i Orient . Gaviota tr. Klamath ... Ban Fran. Btr. Multnomah .....San Fran.. &tr. Oatsy Mattnews. .Honolulu Btr. Point Looos . Btr. Bteel Worker Str. Mont Cents.. Btr. Pawlet Str. Tannenburg Str. Hawarden. . . , Str. Seiyo Maru.. Sir. W aterbury . . . Btr. Springfield. .. Btr. Artigas Str. West Keats. . Baltimore .New York. . Marseilles .Orient .... .Cardiff . . . . New York. ..Sept. 10 ..Sept. 10 ..Sept. 10 ..Sept. 11 .Bept. 14 Valparaiso . .New York. . . .Boston . . . . . Boston . . . China . .New York.. Bept, 14 .Sept. i:o .Sept. 20 -Sept. 23 -Sept. 2 Str. West Katan bept, 28 To Depart from Portland. Vessel For Str. Westboro ....... Belfast tj S. S. Talmot Cruise . .. Str. Rose City. .'. San Frar. gtr. West Nomentum. China ... Str. Seiyo ilaru Orient ... Vessels- In Port. Iate. -.Sfept. 3 - -dept. 3 . .Spt k ..Sept. 30 ..Sept. 17 Ptr. Akutan Irydock. Bkt. Annie M. Rolph. Clark- Wilson mill. M S. Challamba St. Johns mill. M. S. Culburra. .... . .American Can dock, Str. Daisy Freeman. . Couch-st. dock. Str. Johan Pouisen. . . Westport. Bk. 1-evi U Buritess. . Terminal No. 1. Str. N. de Larrinaga. . Columbia dock. Str. Olen Terminal No. 4. Str. P. dt Larrinaga. . Portland Flour mills Str. Kbse City. , Ainsworth dock. U. 3. 8. Taloot Terminal No. 2. Sch. Wm. Bowden St. Johns mill. Str. West Nomentum. Terminal No. 1. btr. Westboro . ...... Montgomery dock. WW FUUGH sengers. The Cordova, of the same fleet, sailed early this morning for Kotzebue sound with a full cargo of general sup plies for that isolated portion of Alaska. The people on Kotzebue sound, including a number of government school- teachSrs, have been living on short rations con sisting of beans and dried pea soup and native food furnished ' by Eskimos for several weeks. The arrival of the Cor dova will be hailed with delight. After discharging at Kotzebue the Cordova will make calls at Nome and St. Michaels to bring both passengers and freight south. The Masquan is scheduled to sail to night, bound for ports in the orient with cargo loaded at Seattle. The steamer Los Angeles passed In to day at Cape Flattery, coming from San Pedro and proceeding to Vancouver. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Sept. 2. (Special.) Fire which was discovered on the United States ex-hospital ship Mercy had not been extinguished this afternoon. The crew now is unloading the coal from the bunkers. All efforts to locate the seat of the blaze have failed and the fire is not expected to be subdued until the en tire capacity of the bunkers are dis charged. The steamer West Cayote arrived from San Francisco this morning and began loading cotton and peas for shipment to the orient. The West Hlxon Is due from the orient within the next two weeks with a full cargo of general oriental products. . The Depere. which arrived in the night, is loading case oil and cattle for Val paraiso. The shipment of cattle is the first of this character which has left the local port for so long a .trip. The cattle will be shipped as a deck load. The steamer Santa Inez is discharging 750 tons of nitrates. She arrived yester day from tbe west coast of South America towing the bark Bultast. The Joan of Arc arrived this morning from Valparaiso with general cargo and after discharging a portion sailed this evening for San Francisco. COOS BAY, Or.. Sept. 2. (Special.) The By Parle mill management., rbwe bounced 'rrVopenrng of th. pV" a"ter a snutdown of more than iol months. ! shipments from this port, which have I The steamship City of Topeka arrived er.m !.. . I n .1 . V. .. . W anri discharged a-nl loaded freight before J field. She left Xorth Bend st 6 ana should have heen to sea by 6:30. The tug John Cudahy today brouerht in barge B from the north, and it was taken from here to Bandon by the tug Wilson. The Cudahy came here to tow the dredge Oregon north. SEATTLE. Wash.. 8ept. 2. 8peelal. The agreement arranged between the port of Seattle and the Nippon 1 usen Kalsha for the use by the latter of the west half of the paasenger accommodations at the new Smith cove terminal today, which provides for the completion by the port of Seattle of this structure in five months. was formally sanctioned by the commis sion. Out of eight bids for the construction for the site of the new terminal, which were opened Wednesday, the committee today elected to take the three lowest bids, the others being rejected. Theje bids were: Stewart Construction company. I129.2K5; J. A. McEaehern company. 11!3.- 800. and Scherrer & Carlson. $li2.240. The committee then adjourned to take up the building question at tbe call of the chair. I.ibel of Nunde & D'Evers company against the steamer Sentinel was dis missed from the United States district court this morning by order of Federal Judge Neterer upon showing that tha liti gation had been adjusted privately. TACOMA, Wash.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Full approval by tbe state public service commission, with recommendations to Washington, D. C, and conditional approv- I by K. R. Dean, general counsel for the shipping board, were developments today in regard to the resolution adopted by the Tacoma Commercial club and transporta tion bureau, urging the shipping board to declare an embargo on freight consigned to the orient through Atlantic ports. The public service commission tooK an unequivocal position In favor of the em bargo plan, according to word received by Secretary McCune of the chamber bureau today. The advices stated that telegraphic recommendations had been sent to the national capital by the state commission. Similar action Is hoped for on the part at the Oregon. Idaho and Montana commis sions. Mr. Dean, counsel of the shipping board. gave the Tacoma step general approval while in Tacoma today, but he declined to actively approve or champion the resolu tion as it stood without further study. He declared, however. It was the propet method of getting at the subject and vald the proposal will be carefully considered by the board. Before the motorship Coolcha got away from here last night an Intervening libel was filed against the vessel by the Texas Gulf Sulphur company, which alleged It furnished supplies and paid bills amount ing to (:7tH.71 against the vessel while she was lying at Galveston, and that no part of the sum has Deen rerunaea. i ne first libel was placed against the Coolcha here August 14 by the Washington Tug and Barge company of Seattle, which al leged that a payment of foOQ, due on bal last furnished the vessel, had not been paid. It was alleged in both complaints that J. E. ( hil berg oi Seattle is tne owner of the vessel. To loaa onn tons or wheat and a iiae amount of flonr destined lor huropt, the steamer turydgmai is due here tomorrow morning. The Rainier, from san r rancisco, is aue here tomorrow morning. The steamer ar rived on the Sound this morning. She has considerable freight to load. here this voyage. All of the representatives or tne w. . Grace line gathered in Tacoma Wednes day to attend the marriage ceremony of L. D. Johnson, superintenoent oi me com pany, and Miss inena nowes, at me F irst Presbyterian enure n. a no a elec tion of mariners was led by R. E. Borch grevink, manager for the Puget sound dis trict of the company. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left .for Portland immediately after the wedding, accom onnted bv a small cargo of rice. The Providencia, trom Santa Rosalia, Is expected to discharge cargo at the smelter tomorrow. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. (Special.) Investigations have found that the dam age sustained by the Dutch steamer Arakan when she grounded on the beach north of this harbor during a fog last week is ouile extensive, the engines espe cially suffering when the middle of the ship, which rested on a bar while th bow and stern rose and fell with the tide, it a me near collapsing. Bent stanchions) indicate that the bot tom has been forced up as much as two feet and the sides have been forced out a few inches while the engines have been lifted as much as eight inches and the hauot- mnrv It Is believed that the re pairs to the vessel will require at least three months work. John H. McCallum, president of the state board of harbor commissioners, left today for Chicago to attend a conference of port authorities from all over the United States. After finishing the con vention at Chicago he will proceed to New Orleans where a similar session will be held. The motive for the gatherings is for the purpose of discussing the port needs of the United Stales. With four feet of water In her hold, the Standard Oil tanker Richmond with the barge 05 In tow, made port at sun down tonight. The vessel, while en route from Seattle to San Pedro in ballast, col lided with the tanker Lyman Stewart, oil laden from Port San Luis for Seattle, off Fort Bragg in a dense fog Wednesday night at 11 o'clock. It is believed that the Union OH tanker was only slightly damaged by the acci dent. A survey of. the Richmond will be made tomorrow. The French ensign, the first seen flut tering here from the masthead of a French clipper ship since the outbreak of the war, was sighted when the ship Ed ward Bureau sailed through the Golden Gate tod as from Marseilles. The craft ar rived here In ballast and has been char tered by Strauss & Co. to carry grain from the Pacific to Europe. The Edward Bureau Is the vanguard of nine French sailing vessel- on the way from France, or booked this port on the same mission. Captain McNulty, skipper of the steamer Wheatland Montana, upon his arrival from the orient late last night reported that the port of Dairen is infected with an epidemic of oriental files that are a con stant annoyance to seamen and officer. The vessel is under operation of the Pa cific Steamship company. With the fourth section of the Union Irou Works drydock pontoon In tow, the tug Storm King, Captain Nevln, arrived here today from Seattle. On her maiden voyage the steamer Hay nie sailed today for Eureka to load a part cargo of lumber for offshore. . Texas Bank Robbed of $10,000. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 2 The Guaranty State bank of Graham, Tex., was robbed this afternoon by three unmasked men who secured $10,000 in currency and escaped. Seven of ficials were locked in the vault. Two Great Phonograph Offers at Eilers Phonograph Headquarters A: We shall rent a superb tone talking machine for only $2.00 a month or $5.00 for every 3 months; 80 instruments to choose from. 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B SHIP MEN INDORSE JONES BUILDERS AND SEAMEN SUP PORT SENATOR. Efforts of Legislator in Behalf of Merchant Marine Appreciated. Freedom for' Seamen Sought. . , OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Sept. 2. Senator Wes ley It. Jones of Washington has received the hearty indorsement of two sides of the shipping- industry, the men who build the ships and the seamen who operate them. A, H. Eastmond. president of the Emergency Wood Shipbuilders' asso ciation, with headquarters in New York, has written Senator Jones praising his work as chairman of the commerce committee. Andrew Furu seth, president of the International Seamen's Union of America, has writ ten to P. B. Gill, agent of the sea men's union at Seattle, expressing- an interest in Senator Jones' renomina tion and re-election. Mr. i'uruaeth says: "Being; about to so away for pos sibly more than three months, I feel that I ought to tell you, and such other men as shall care, something about Senator Wesley L. Jones. In looking over the Congressional Di rectory I find that the senator's term will run out on March 4 next. "That means that the state of Washington is to elect a successor to Senator Jones at this election. If I lived in Washington I should not only vote for him, but I would work for him to the best of my ability. I think it would be a misfortune for the workers in Washington if Jones were not re-elected. He has always been friendly to the seamen's legis lation. - "He was for the seamen s bill when it did not have many friends. 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He believed in freedom for the seamen and for all others. "Ha has been constantly friendly to the -merchant marine, and this means to the personnel as well as. to the vessels. ' Mr. Eastmond writes Senator Jones as follows: "As the president of an organiza tion nation-wide in its scope it has fallen to my lot during the last year and a half to become more or less ac quainted with the members of con gress, as well as with their work. During the course of the year and a half to which I refer I have met no one in either branch of congress who has devoted himself more pains takingly and patriotically to his sen atorial duties than you have, and I deem it would be a great misfortune not only for your state but for the country at large, and the maritime interests In particular, if you should not be returned for another term." CRIPPLED T.VXKER PROCEEDS Richmond -on Way to Post After Collision With Lyman Stewart. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. The Standard Oil tanker Richmond was proceeding to Lan Francisco today under her own steam despite a twisted bow and four feet of water In the hold due to a collision last night with the Union Oil tar.ker Lyman Stewart off Fort Bragg. No report as to the condition of the Lyman Stewart was available except she was continuing her journey north ward. MARINE FIRM REORGANIZES Gerritsen, Curtis & Co., Inc., .Are Successors of G. A. Gerritsen & Co. Reorganization was announced yes terday by Gerritsen. Curtis & Co., Inc., successors to G. A. Gerritsen & Co, Inc., of this city, engaging in a gen eral marine business including steam- f. S yL II I I I I I I I I I I I 1 -. -.a r : i i P j The supply is limited, EILrJKS MUSIC BUILDING 7 stories devoted to Entrance 287 Wash ship agency and operation, chartering agency, ship brokerage, commercial agency. importing and exporting. Offices of the company are located in the Henry building. Clifton Curtis Jr., one of the part ners of the firm, is a momber of the well-known Curtis family which has Leen prominent in marine affairs of the Tacific coast for many years. His father. Captain Clifton jurtis, has been associated with his nephew. Cap tain Leb Curtis, in the firm of Tills bury & Curtis of San Francisco. Clif ton Curti3 Sr. is at present master of the shipping board steamer Pomona, which called here recently in the liner service of the European-Pacific line. Rar Channel to Be Deepened. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) The government dredge. Col. Michle, which is stationed at Coos bay for "the greater part of the year, but which for the past three or four seasons has been loaned to this har bor for work on the bar, has arrived here and will soon start work of deepening the bar channel. The ar rival of the dredge at this season is regarded as opportune, as it precedes the period of greatest scour at the bar, which will begin with the fall storms. It is hoped that a 35-foot channel will result from the work of the dredge and the winter scour. Gasoline Boat Seized. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) The gasoline boat Lindora, built In Aberdeen several years ago. and which has been used for deep sea fishing, has been seized at South Bend, it was learned today, for mak ing trips between South Bend and British Columbia ports without tak ing out clearance papers. The boat. nusic and the dancing art. mJ gton, Bet- cth and 4th Sts. ,sT The Comfortable Way of going to Grays (Aberdeen is Through Sleeping Car operated by the Union Pacific System (O.-W. K- R. & N. Co.) FROM PORTLAND DAILY 11:00 P. M. Sleeping car ready for oceu paney at Union Station at 9:30 P. M. Apply to any of our representatives to make your reservations. L. E. OVER, City Faysenger Agent. 701 Wells Fargo Building. Phone Broadway 4500. CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE, Third and Washington Streets. Phone Main 3S30. J. I MILLER, Agent Union Station. Phone Broadway S02. WM. MeM LRRAV, General Passenger Agent. Portland. Oregon. so wire or write at once. owned by Chester Connors, has been supposed to be fishing off the Grays barbor bar. . Seizure for this offense, if the latter is proved, will mean con fiscation of the craft. - New Trade Route Opened. NEW YORK. Sept. 2. Opening of a new trade route for American ves sels has been completed with the sailing from TJanslg for New Tork of the United States Mail Steamship company's Susquehannah. carrying 2000 passengers from all parts of Po land, Cxecho-Slovakia and other dis turbed European areas, it was an nounced today. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Sept. 2. Condition of the bar at 5- P. il. Sea, smooth; wind, northwet. 2tt miles. CASTOR! For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of KeepYourSkin-Pores Active and Healthy With Cuticura Soap Sop1Omtront,Tfcirautte.Terrwbr For um pTe addr&? Citltuft Xbrarte,IFt.X. MJd&.KM. Harbor or Hoquiam) in the 1