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Newspaper Page Text18 THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY,' DECEMBER 4, 1920 III 13 PROJECTED TO Shipping Board Is Asked for Vessels for Service. THREE CRAFT REQUIRED Freight and Passenger Steamers Would Ply Between Portland . and Iiatln Ports of Europe. Application has been made to the shipping- board by Swayne & Hoyt, operators of the Pacific, Caribbean & Gulf line, nbw serving Portland with freight steamers, for three of the new "53S" type of combination freight and passenger steamers with which to establish a new passenger line from Pacific coast ports, includ ing Portland, to ports of the Mediter ranean sea. Information to this effect was re ceived yesterday by H. L. Hudson, manager of the traffic bureau of the port and dock commissions, from the San Francisco office of Swayne & Hoyt. According to the Information re ceived here, the San Francisco office of the operations division of the ship ping board already has acted favor ably on the application and was to forward it to Washington with rec ommendations the latter part of this week. Would Open- vr Trade Route. The establishment of the service contemplated by Swayne & Hoyt would give Portland a new steam ship line in a new trade route, along which no shipping board tonnage is operating, and would conflict in no way with other American lines now operating from this port, or with the passenger and freight service which the Columbia-Pacific Shipping com pany proposes to establish with sim ilar vessels, the allocation of which has been asked by this concern from the shipping board. Proposed ports of call for the new service are Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and San Pedro on this coast and Cadiz and Barcelona, Spain; Mar seilles, France; Genoa, Italy, and Pi raeus, Greece. Swayne & Hoyt say that if allocated three of the new shipping board freight and passenger steamers they can maintain monthly sailings In this service. Vessels; Are 535 Fret Lone. The "535" type of vessels are so called because they are 535 feet long. They are of 20,000 tons deadweight capacity and can carry 7500 tons of freight. 250 first-class passengers and fi;om 500 to 750 third-class. They burn on for fuel and have a rated speed or ii Knots. A number of these ves Fels have been allocated to the Pa cific Steamship company for opera tion to the orient out of Seattle and to the Pacific Mail Steamship com pany for operation out of San Fran cisco. It was pointed out in the communi cation sent to Mr. Hudson that the establishment of such a line, with passenger accommodations, undoubt edly would lead to much immigration directly to the Pacific coast from the Mediterranean countries, instead of to the already overcrowded pastern sec tion of the country. Ka'tes on this line, it is said, could be made 50 per cent cheaper from the Mediterranean to the Pacific coast than by the rail and water route through New York. Good Business In Prospect. It is pointed out by Snayne & Hoyt that more business is now offering for this trade route than is necessary for the establishment of a freight and passenger line, but that once the possibilities of such a line are under stood it wjll be established, whether the ships are given to that company or to some other. The only steamship service now connecting Portland with the Med iterranean countries is that of the Societe General de Transports Mari times a Vapeur, a French line man aged in the United States by Nortor., Lilly & Co. Sailings on this line are Infrequent and irregular, and its ves sels, operating under the French and British flags, have no accommoda tions for passengers. AMERICAN SHIP CHARTERED C S. Holmes to Carry lumber Cargo to Peruvian Port. Charter of the American schooner C. S. Holmes, '556 tons net register, to carry rumber from the Columbia river to Callao, Peru, was announced yesterday. The schooner sailed from San Francisco November, 28 for the Columbia rivcr She has been fixed by W. L. Comyn & Co. at the rate of J30 per 1000 feet. The motorshipCulburra, owned and operated by the Pacific , Motorship company, with which W. L. Comyn is actively identified, is also on her way to the Columbia river for a cargo of lumber for the South American west coast. She is reported as having sailed from Talara, Peru, Novem ber 25. EXPORTS WORTH $9,459,0 63 Valuation of Shipments From Port land in October Given. v Exports moving from Portland to foreign ports during October were valued at ?9. 459.963, according to an official statement received at the custom-house from the bureau of statis tics in Washington, D. C. For Octo ber, 1919, exports from Portland were valued at 14,278.333. L)uring the ten-month period from January 1, .1920, to November 1, ex ports from this port reached the total valuation of $51,173,764, as against 537,487.539. The gain in export busi ness of the present year over last year is 5, 181. 630 for the month of October and $13,686,225 for the ten month period. PORT ELECTION IS TODAY Candidates for Seattle Commission Await Verdict of Polls. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) Candidates for port commis Blor.er closed their campaign fhis eve ning and the voters tomorrow .will cither re-elect Thoma S. Lippy for thrre years or select George B. Lamp Ing as his successor. All King county Is included in the Seattle port district. Port officials are preparing to handle a vote proportionately as heavy in the country as in the rty, where dur ing the last few days interest in the campaign lias perceptibly quickened The school election in Seattle dis trict wiil be held Tuesday with vot ing restricted to school district pre cincts. - British Steamers Sail. The British steamers Forst and T. A. D. G. 76. both carrying full cargoes of sacked wheat for the Unit MEDITERRANEAN TWO SURVIVORS OF THE BARGE PIRRIE WHICH FOUNDERED OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST WITH A LOSS OF 22 LIVES. - TPJk i - - -v I ? r. )l - i ' - ' " I ' J1 y t LEFT ERNESTO ARAVEXO. RIGHT CARLOS PETERSOX, Of the 24-persons aboard the barge Firrie, which went down off the coast of Washington last Friday, only two men succeeded in reaching shore alive. These men managed to float ashore on lumber from the wrecked barge. Their swollen limbs and features indicate the terrible experiences through which they passed. After the two survivors reached the rock-bound shore, they wandered until Monday along the sparsely 'in-' habited coast until finally found by Indian rescuers. ed Kingdom, sailed from Portland yesterday afternoon. The Forst had aboard 298.800 bushels, of wheat, val ued at $547,000, and the D. A. D. G. 76 carried 300,069 bushels, valued at $550,000. The Forst was loaded by Kerr, Gifford & Co., and the D. A. D. G. 76 by the Pacific Grain company. The steamer Lake Filbert, of the General Steamship corporation, which left down Thursday night, carried 2000 barrels of flour and 600,000 feet of lumber from Portland for Callao, reru. Ship Reports by Radio. (Fumtabed by Kadio Corporation of America. Positions reports at 8 P. M. yesterday. unless otherwise indicated, were as follows: ADMIRAL, WAIN WRIGHT, Vancouver for Reilondo, 5B miles from Redondo. . HUMBOLDT, San Pedro for San Fran cisco, 110 miles south of San Francisco. SENATOR. Punta Arenas for San Fran cisco, 47i tnile9 from Kan Francisco. MULTNOMAH, San Pedro for San Fran cisco, 05 miles from San Pedro. ATLAS, San Pedro for Point Wells, 70 miles south of San Francisco. SAUNA, San Pedro for Seattle, 255 miles north of San Francisco. MOFKETT, San Pedro for Seattle, 8S3 miles from San Pedro. WASHTENAW, Portland for Port San Lui, 372 miles from Port San Luis. REDWOOD, Grays Harbor for San Pe dro, 523 miles north of San Pedro. CiSLILO, St. Helens for San Francisco, 53 miles north of Blunts reef. ' ' ADMIRAL SCHLEY. San Francisco for Seattle, 344 miles from San Francisco. WILLAMETTE, San Francisco for Port land, 2r,o miles north of San FranciFco. EASTERN MARINER, Antwerp from Ta coma, &;6 miles from Seattle. W1NDBER, 60 miles south of Cape Blan co. San1 Francisco for Seattle. -W. S. PORTEH, Gaviota for Everett, 207 miles -from Uavieta.. WILLAMETTE, San Francisco for Port land, 2S0 miles north of San Francisco. EVERETT, Everett for San Pedro, 35 miles from Everett. RESTORER icaUJe ship), Seattle for Bamfieid. anchored at Royal Roads, DILWORTH, Richmond for Puget sound, 80 miles from Point Wells. "MAUI, Honolulu for San Francisco, 1599 miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M., De cember 2. MATSONIA, Fan Francisco for Honolulu, 443 miles from San Francisco at 8 P. M-, December 2. - . LURLIXE. San Francisco for Honolulu. 1511 miles from San Francisco at .8 P. If., December 2. BROAD ARROW, San Pedro for Woo sung. 1S0S miles from. San Pedro at 8 P. M., December 2. DRAKE, Port Allen for Richmond, C60 miles from Richmond at 8 P. M., Decem ber 2. FRANK H. BUCK, Linnton for Gaviota, C22 miles from Linnton. VALDEZ, Tacoma for San Pedro, 20 miles south of Point Arena. RICHMOND, towing barge 95. San Fran cisco for San Pedro, 60 miles from San Pedro. SANTA FLAVIA. San Francisco for Ta coma, eight miles from San Francisco lightship. HARTWOOD, Gras-s Harbor for San Francisco, -3 01 miles from San Francisco. SAN DIEGO, San Pedro for Port Blake ley, off San Francisco. GOVERNOR. San Francisco for Wil mington, 2B miles south of Pigeon Point. WHITTIER, - Oleum for Port San Luis, 164 miles from Port San Luis. CURACAO, San Francisco for Eureka, 65 miles north of -San Francisco. AVALON, Grays Harbor for San Fran cisco, 40 miles from San Francisco. STORM KING, towing Thomas Ro'lph, Eureka for San Pedro, 101 miles south of San Francisco. SISKIYOU; San Pedro for Grays Harbor, 60 miles north of San Francisco. " ERNEST H. 4UEYER, Grays Harbor for San Pedro, 30 miles south of San Fran cisco. ELLEBO. Vancouver for San Francisco, 429 miles north of San Francisco. CAPTAIN A. F. LUCAS. Portland Tor San Pedro, barbound at Astoria. QUEEN, Seattle for San- Francisco, 2SS miles from Seattle. QUABBIN. San Pedro to Seattle, 410 miles irom Seattle. .... - . . WEST TOOLS. Seattle for Portland, 10 miles west of Umatilla light vessel. WEST NOMENTUM, Yokohama fot Portland, 1114 miles from Columbia river LAKE FILBERT, Portland for San Pe dro, 12 miles west of Cape Mears. WATANA, Saru. Francisco for Everett, 510 miles north of San Francisco. OLEtft, Portland for Oieum, 468 milej from Oleum Report From Mouth of Columbia. NORTH HEAD, Dec. 8. Condition of the sea at 5 P. M., rough; wind south, 48 miles. Stevedoring Company Launched ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) A new stevedoring company stepped into the local field today when articles of incorporation of the Astoria Steve doring, company were filed in the county clerk s office. The incorsom- tors are E. M. Cherry, W. Bodlllng and F. M. Sweet and the capital stock s $d00. The company is controlled locally. Its offices will be In Astoria and it will engage in the loading and discharging- of vessels in the lower Columbia river district. Sweet will be th company's general manager. Hereford Bull Brings $62 0 0 CHICAGO, Dec 3." The most not able sale at the international livestock exposition today was mad 3 by Governor-elect McCray of Indiana, who disposed of his Hereford bull. Kirk Fairfax, for $6200. 20 VICTIMS M. BIM BODIES FROM WRECKED BARGE PIRRIE RECOVERED. All Known to Have Been Aboard Vessel When She Went Dovfn Are Accounted For. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 3. Bodies of 20 victims of the wreck of the barge W. J. Pirrie, which sunk on Cake Rock, off the Washington coast, last Friday, have, been recovered and buried on the beach near Cape John son, according to a telegram from Neah Bay, Wash., today. The finding of the 20 bodies, with the rescue of Ernesto Aravena, sea man, and Carlos Peterson, second en gineer, accounts for all persons who were known to have been aboard the vessel when she went down. Aravena and Peterson are expected to arrive here today from La Push, where they have been cared for since their rescue. Depositions of both survivors will be taken by the local board of United States steamboat inspectors here, but the formal hearing on the wreck will be held at San Francisco, it was an nounced. TRADE IXVASIOX PLANNED Taconaa Manufactures "to" Take Journey to Orient. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) Tacoma manufacturers of products suitable for export are planning a trade invasion of the orient. The United States shipping board vessel Wenatchee, under charter to the Pa cific Steamship company, will carry a group of Tacoma business men and the products they manufacture, when it clears from Puget sound shortly after the first of the new year. Res ervations now are being made by the trade and commerce bureau of, tho Tacoma Commercial club. Sales agents of Tacomi products in the orient will co-operat3 in making the trade trip a success. Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkorg and Ma nila are the ports to be visited. TAMALPAIS WORK HALTED Arrival of Representative of Own ers Awaited Before Further Action. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 3. (Spe cial.) Captain MacGruder, special representative of the E. K. Wood in terests at San Francisco, is expected bete this afternoon to determine what further step, shall be taken in the matter of trying to get the Tamal pais of fthe sandsplt near Westport in the lower harbor where she struck a week ago tonight. Work has been suspended pending his arrival. The steam schooner Svea cleared for San Pedro yesterday afternoon at 5 o clock, after loading at Wilson Bros.' mill. Tides mt Astoria Saturday. High Water. Low Water. 8:11 A. M 9.0 feet!l:51 A. M 2.0 feet. 8:49 P. M 7.0 teet3:01 P. SI 1.8 feet. Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessel From. Date. str. uregonian New 1 orlc Dec 4 Str. Curacao S. F and way. Dec. 6 Str. Haxtum San B'ran Dec. 5 Str. Mount Berwyn. . . Vanc'r. B. C .Dec 5 str. wmameue . . . . . l. a. ana s. F.lec Str. West Togus ....Seattle Dec. ' 5 Str. paciric san Pedro ... .Dec. 7 Str. Bakersfield Sa-n Fran. ..: .Dec. 7 Str. West Nomentum. Yokohama ...Dec. 7 Str. -M. j. rusn ruget sound .. Dec. 13 Str. Pawlet Kobe Dec 1 Str. Arakan San Fran ....Dec. 15 Str. West Camargo ..Australia ....Dec. 15 Str. West Kedron ...San Fran Decir, Str. Eibergen Hamp. Rds...Dec.l6 Str. Eldorado .......New Orleans. . Dec. 16 Str; Steel Voyager ...New York. .. .Dec. 20 Str. yuiiiwarn aan ran ....Dec 20 str. t nas. t. uramp.rnuaaeiDnia Dec. Str. Meriden W. C. S,. A.. .Dec. SO To Depart Jbrom Portland. Vessel For Date. Str. cape Henry urays Harbor Dec. 4 Str. Farai&o ....San Francisco Dm. 4 Str. West Apaum. .. .Philadelphia ..Dec. 4 SO". Klamath S. F. and L. Dec: 7 Str. Bearport Orient ....... .Dec. 3 4 sir. Aocrcos orient ......Dec. 18 easels in Port. Vessel Berth. Str. Abercos Drydock. Str. Bearport St. Johns mill. V. S. S.Breese North Bank dock. U. S. S. Gamble. ...... North Bank dock. Str. Cape Henry ....Vancouver. Bkt. Hawaii Drydock. Sch. John W. Wells. .Drydock. Str. Klamath St. Helens. U. S. S. Lamberton. .. North Bank dock. U. S. S, McCowley. .. North Bank dock. Sch. Meteor .. East & West, mill, Str. Moerdyk Irving dock. U. S. S. Montgomery .. North Bank dock. Str. Paraiso .....St. Helens. U. S. S. Radford North Bank dock. U. S. S. Ramsey, i .... .North Bank dock. Str. Silverado Terminal No. 3. Str. West Apaum ...Westport. NEW RATE EXPECTED TO BE IN USE Differential May Be Fully Ef- , . fective in 90 Days. OPINION IS GENERAL Although Ruling Is Only Sugges tion, It Has All Force of Actual Order, That the 10 per cent differential lnt freight rates from the district south of the Snake river awarded to, Port land as against Astoria and Puget sound by the decision of the inter state commerce commission will be fully effective within in the 90-day period prescribed was the general opinion of Portland shippers and traf fic experts yesterday. The commission s ruling specified that the new rates would be in ef fect after 90 days from its date, and though the document itself was mere ly a suggestion to the carriers to place the rates in operation by that time, it had all the force of an actual order and could be made mandatory at any time. Nothing of this- sort was anticipated, however, and it was believed that three months will af ford ample time for the simple re visions necessary a 5 per cent in crease on all class and commodity rates north of Snake river and a 5 per cent decrease in similar rates south of the same boundary. Rehearing Canne Doubted. '1 cannot see where Astoria and Puget sound have any cause to ask for a rehearing of the case," said John H. Lothrop, manager of the Portland Traffic and Transportation association. "They have already pre sented every item of evidence and testimony at their disposal. The hearing itself took two weeks, and remarkable freedom was permitted for the development of the facts. No, the case is concluded, and we may confidently look forward to the es tablishment of the differential in fa vor of Portland without further ar gument or delay." "In the absence of any petition for rehearing," said W C. McCullough, associate counsel "wht J. N. Teal in the presentation of, the original case, "or of suit in court or -an injunction, we may reasonably expect the rate to go into effect within 96 days. The tariff departments of the carriers are overworked at present, in revisions necessitated by recent rate awards, and it may be possible that this sit uation will retard the carrying out of the commission's instructions but not materially, if at all. "The Columbia basin rate case is a real victory for Portland. It gives to our city a differential which should enable our merchants to control the rich trade of all that section south of the Snake river. It does more than this, however, for it protects Portland against further and unfair encroach ments in her exclusive trade terri tory," said City Attorney LaRoche, who represented ' the commission of public docks at the hearing. N Farther Flcht Tiot Expected. Portland will not make further fight for the inclusion of certain ter ritory north of the Snake river, held to be included in the favorable Columbia- river water-grade area, but will rest content with the . commis sion's award, it was indicated. In this northern territory, where Port land is on a rate parity with Puget sound, the natural tendency will Ie for grain and other standard ship ments to flow toward Portland, fol lowing the trade route grooved by the favorable rate south of the Snake river, according to the belief of many observers. Seattle and Tacoma, it was conceded, will make competition in the parity district unusually keen, but the distinct advantage rests with Portland. Cat of Prime Importance. To business interests generally and to jobbers in particular the ceding of the new territory to Portland was of prime importance. But it was of even greater importance, many be lieve, in the plans for developing Oregon and Portland. It was pointed out that the favorable rate, as con trasted with Puget. sound rates, will constitute a strong argument for the establishment of new industries and distributing houses in Portland and Oregon. "We now have favorable access to all territory in which there is a large consuming and producing population," said Mr. Lothrop, "given to us by the rate advantage. And even in parity territory we have the advantage. Many times the Puget sound roads have been forced by adverse weather conditions to divert their traffic tem porarily over the Columbia river route. I do not recall the reverse has ever occurred. This uncertainty" of winter traffic to Puget sound from the parity area will undoubtedly react in favor of Portland." "We think it has been shown that added cost of operation over the mountain routes," reads the decision, "as well as distance, is a factor to be taken, into consideration in passing upon the rate structura in issue, and that this added cost is not counter balanced -by added density of traffic. "We are also of the opinion that the added cost of operation over the moun tain routes largely offsets the dis tance advantage of Puget sound in the territory north and including Spo kane." Significance la Seen. ' This closing -paragraph of the In terstate commerce commission's de cision Just rendered in the Portland rate case is thi most significant thing in connection with the entire issue, said W. D. B. I'odson, general man ager of the Portland Chamber of Com merce. . "The actual territory added to Port land's district," commented Mr. Dod son, "while very acceptable and tend ing to Improve very materially the position of the community in the grain, flour and jobbing trade, did not necessarily recognize the economy argument Portland has made on the river routes of transportation. But these closing statements of the com mission, if correctly quoted, clearly recognize this fundamental contention of the community. We have Insisted that it must be held an indisputable fact that a water-level haul with, a maximum of less than a half of 1 per cent grade, involves a cost of op eration so appreciably less than operation- on a mountain division, that it should be reflected in rate quota tions. "The main body of the commis sion's decision does not grant terri tory in conformity with this principle, but the principle i-s clearly recog nized, or at least suggested.v It is this fact that should give to Portland, greater gratification, than any other aspect of the case. Portland .Benefit Shown. "If the principle embraced in the closing paragraphs is to be translated into actual rate tariffs, Portland is in the position to enjoy benefits ink comparably greater than a.ny that can 1 be derived from the territory between th Snake river and Pendleton. It would certainly, extend Portland's ! rate district at least half the distance between the Snake river and Spokane, but. as the commission Itself has sug gested, based upon a study of equated mileage prepared by J. P. Newlll for the state public service commission, could extend our rate district to and including Spokane. "Either one of these two extensions would be of such 'tremendous impor tance that it would give Portland the controlling position In practically all cereal movements of the Pacific northwest. A line half way between the Snake river and Spokane, adding that region to the territory we al ready control and including also the Clearwater river basin of Idaho, -3 1 1 'j&mma . 3 John H. Iothron. secretary manaser of the Portland Traf fic and Trannporation associa tion, which initiated the aae cegfal content for recognition of the Colombia river water grade. " which would naturally go with such a district, would include practically all of the cereal-producing territory of the Pacific northwest. "Of course, it is idle to speculate on what benefits may come out of the suggestion contained in the clos ing paragraphs or when hopes in spired by these statements may be realized. However, it is most heart ening to our pepole when they recog nize that the mind of the commission is running in this direction, for when the principle is once accepted it has such a wonderful opportunity of ap plication in our case that Portland's benefits would be of the very high est order." NEW SCALE AFFECTS WHEAT AH Controversy as to Scope of Or der Put to Rest. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) The following message was received here this afternoon from the secre tary of commission setting at rest all all controversy as to the scope of the interstate commerce commission in the rate case. "Washington, D. C, Dec. 3. De cision does affect grain rates in Co lumbia basin south of -Snake river. McGinty, secretary." Movements of essels. PORTLAND, Dec. 3. Sailed at 8 A. M. Steamer. ESelbeck. for United Kingdom via way ports; at 1:30 P. M. Steamer Elk horn, for United Kingdom via Puget Sound; at 2 P. M. British steamer D. A. D. G. 76, Tor United Kingdom; at 5 P. M. British steamer Forst. for United Kingdom. Arrived At 4 P. M. Six U. S. Destroyers, from San Diego. ASTORIA, Dec. 3. Sailed at 1 A. M. Steamer Oleum, for Port San Luis. " Sailed At 4:30 A. M. Steamer Lake Filbert, for west coast. Arrived At 9:30 and left up at 10:15 A. M. Six U. S. destroyers, from San Diego. Sailed at 10 last night Steamer W. F. Herrin, for San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. Sailed At noon Steamer Curacao, for Portland via Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed At 8 A. M. Steamer Daisy Freeman, for Columbia river. Arrived At 2 P. M. Steamer Alaska, from Portland. Sailed Last night Steamers Willamette and Johan Poulsen for Portland. ' CRISTOBAL, Dec. 1. Sailed Steamer Steel Exporter, from Portland, for Eng land. SEATTLE, Dec. 3. Sailed Last night Steamer West Togus, from Boston, for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. Departed Daisy Freeman, for Astoria; Cuba, for Baltimore; - Tenyo Marnr for Honolulu; Curacao, for Portland; Martha Buehner! for Marshfield. CALLAO. Dec. 1. Arrived Forest King, from Tacoma. KOBB, Nov. 29. Arrived Delight, from Seattle. TACOMA. Wash., Dee. 3. Arrived Ryder Hanify, from San Francisco Sailed Phyllis, for San Pedro; North western, for Alaska ports. YOKOHAMA, Nov. 30. Sailed Ixlon for Vancouver. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. S. Arrived West Jessup, from Manila via San Fran cisco; Jefferson, from southeastern Alaska; Statesman, from Glasgow. Sailed H. B Lovejoy, for San Pedro. SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dee. 3. (Special.) Arrived Steamers Prentiss, from "Marsh field 6 A. M.j Arctic from Fort Bragg 6 A. M. Sailed Steamers Lansing, for Hon olulu 5 P. M. : Barkentine Forest Friend, for Grays Harbor ft P. M. Marine Notes. The shipping board steamer Elkhom, which has been loading ties for the United Kingdom at tho Du Bols mill, Vancou ver. Wash., left down yesterday for Vic toria, B. C. to complete her cargo. The European-Pacific liner Eelbeck de parted at 8 'o'clock yesterday morning with general cargo for London and Liver pool. She will go to Puget sound ports to finish loading. The tank steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas left down in ballast at 6 A. M. yesterday. Word was received by the Columbia river pilots yesterday that the steamer West Apaum, which has been loading ties at Westport, will come up to Portland to day. As the vessel should' finish loading today, it is believed that a fire reported as having occurred in one of her bunkers may be responsible for the extra trip up the river. The steamer Cape Henry? of the Atlantic. Gulf & Pacific line, which brought a large shipment of steel from Philadelphia for the G, M. Standifer Construction cor poration and the Willamette Iron & Steel works, will leave down from Vancouver at noon today to load a full cargo of ties on Grays Harbor for Philadelphia. The steel for the Standifer company was dis charged directly at the shipyard. That for the Willamette Iron & Steel works was moved to that plant in barges. , Notice to Mariners. Oregon Nehalem river Nehalem river bell boy reported in breakers one mile north of. entrance November 29. will be replaced in position as soon as practicable. Oregon and Washington Columbia rlvei approach Main channel gas and whlsTHng buoy 2 and Clatsop spit gas and whistling buoy 0. The positron of these buoys was temporarily marked by first-class nun buoys November 30. Clatsop spit buoy 8 found out of posi tion was replaced same date. Washington Seacoast Grays Harbor outside bar gas and whistling buoy report ed tight extinguished November 29, will be relighted as soon as practicable. Relief light vessel replaced on Swlftsure bank December 1. ' Willapa bay Elk spit gas buoy 1, re ported light extinguished November 30, will be relighted as soon as practicable. ROBERT W ARRACK, Superintendent of Lighthouses. WATER FREIGHT ASKED! OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR TILLA MOOK OBTAINING CARRIER. Portland Concern Asks Promise of Sufficient Cargo to Warrant Operation of Boat. TILLAMOOK, Or.. Dec 3. (Spe cial.) Prospects of early establish ment in Tillamook of water cargo carriers were made brighter today 1 when the Pacific Union Company of' Portland opened negotiations with the Tillamook chamber of commerce, j If sufficient freieht -can be obtained! the company promises to put on a speedy craft with a draft of 9 feet j and 125 tonnage. It is also promised that three or four trips each wajt-i shall be made, weekly. That there is sufficient business and it can be ob tained readily is the belief, of busi ness men of Tillamook expressed to day and contained in a letter sent out to other points on Tillamook bay, asking co-operation In assuring the establishment of the service. "Some means should be employed to defeat th present exorbitant freight rates, ana this seems to be one ave nue of relief if It can be worked," reads the chamber letter in part. "The vessel which it is proposed to put on the run may later accommo date passengers. Our ship is built along the lines of speed and of course has been built for operation coast wise," wote the company. "At present she has no accommoda tions for passengers, but this matter could be easily arranged if there is any demand aloner this line." Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) The steamer Eelback, carrying a part cargo of general merchandise from Portland for Lonuon, snirted to the lower harbor at 4 o'clock this afternoon. She will sail to morrow morning via Puget sound. The tank steamer A. F. Lucas arrived at 3 o'clock this afternoon from Portland and is scheduled to sail tomorrow morn ing for California with the barge No. 0J In tow. After discharging cement here, the steam schooner Daisy Matthews will sail tomor row morning for Grays Harbor to load lumber. The steamer Oregonian will be due to morrow morning from Seattle, en route to Portland. A fleet of six destroyers arrived from San Francisco at 9-.:i0 o'clock this morning and proceeded to Portland. Word has been received by E. M. Cherry, local agent of the Royal Mall Steam Packet company, that the Britisn steamer Orca, which is to load 500.000 bushels of wheat at the local terminals, will be duo here on December 30. The vessel comes from Coronel. Peru, and did not get away from that port as early as was antici pated, f After discharging fuel oil in Portland, the tank steamer Wm. F. Herrin sailed at 10 o'clock last evening or California. The tank steamer Oleum sailed at 10 o'clock this morning for California, arter discharging oil in Astoria and Portland. The steamer "West Apaum shifted today from Prescott to Westport, to take on lumber. The steamer Lake Filbert, carrying flour and general cargo from Portland, and freight from San Francisco, sailed at 4:30 o'clock this morning for Callao, Peru. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) The lumber-laden schooner Columbia, which was damaged in the great gale off the coast at the end of last week, is leak ing at the rate of IS inches an hour, and is being kept afloat at the Todd yard on Harbor island by the constant opera tion of a pump. The pump will keep going until she has discharged her cargo, close to 900,000 feet, and she will then be drydocked for repairs. She reached Seattle last night in tow of the tug Forest T. Crosby, of the Washington Tug & Barge company, which picked her up off Cape Flattery. Two Pacific cables, the United Stntes government line between Sitka and Valdez, and the British government cable from British Columbia to Australia, tha Fan ning islands, the Fiji islands and to Nor folk island, parted during the big gale last Friday and are still out of commis. sion, according to advices received in Se attle today. , o. Because he refused to pay a fine of $120 assessed by the customs department for bringing 43 quarts of undeclared liquor into the country. Captain John Alwen of the United States shipping board vessel Endlcott. faced federal, prosecution Friday. The William Donovan. formerly the Blaatlnd, has been ipurchased by Grays Harbor lumber interests. It was announced here . today. The Donovan will leave to morrow for the harbor to load lumber. The West Jessup. Captain E. M. Stor wick, and the West Himrod, operated by Struthers & Dixon, are due tomorrow from the crie.it. The West Himrod will be tied up here. No business. The Admiral liner Eldridge, Captain p H. Brooks, is due tomorrow from the orient. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Dec. 3. (Special.) With general freight loaded on Puget sound: the steamer Wet Togus' sailed this moriving for the Atlantic. She will call at Portland, where she will com plete cargo. The Togus i the second ves sel of the coast-to-coast service established by the North Atlantic & Western Steam ship company to sail from Puget sound. Coming from San Francisco to Puget sound to load, the steamer West Jessup. in the service of Struthers & Dixon, ar nve3 this morning, proceeding to Seattle. Carrying a big general cargo, including a shipment of lumber loaded at Belling ham, the steamer West Jester sailed this morning for the orient in the service of Frank Waterhouse & Co. The steamer Eldridge. coming direct from the orient, will arrive tomorrow morn ing, according to a wireless received this evening. The Statesman, of the Harrison direct line, arrived this morning, coming from Europe by way of San Francisco and Vancouver, B. C. She proceeded to Seat tle, where she will load' part cargo, com pleting at other coast porta. VANCOUVER. B". C. Dec. 3. (Special.) The Frer.ch freighter Mont Berwyn. Captain Lugg, arrived last night and left today to complete loading for Mediterra nean points at Phget Sound ports. She baought 800 cases of champagne and loaded 2000 cases of salmon. The Esther Dollar, Canadian Robert Dol lar line, will complete loading for orient tomorrow and will sail Sunday. The Canadian government freighter, Ca nadian Inventor, will arrive December 7 and will load for India, Inaugurating the r.ew Canada-Indian service. A full' cargo is waiting her arrival. Manila Mart will complete cargo, which includes 1000 tons of salt herring, tonight and will sail tomorrow. The Canadian government ship, Cana dian Prospector, cleared today for Austra lia, taking 3.000.000 feet of lumber and 2000 tons of general freight. Grant Smith and Magoffin have made an offer to Dominion government to com plete rvo steel freighters at Prince Rupert on which work was stopped when the firm having the contracts failed. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Dec. 3. (Special.) An examination was conducted today on board the battleship Mississippi for offi cers seeking permanent appointment to higher grades. The grades involved were lieutenant and lieutenant junior grade. Henry M. Robinson, ex-member of the shipping board and president of one of the largest banks in Los Angeles, has advocated a free zone for the port here. In a letter to the president of the cham ber of commerce he recites the adantages of the free zone plan. He has seiK letters to the representa tives in congress and the senators from this state and also is attempting to enlist the aid of the various commercial organ izations in the plaiv TACOMA? Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) According to reports reaching Tacoma to day It is not believed by W. R. Grace & Co. representatives that the body xound and buried as Captain A. B. Jensen of the W. J. Pirrie was that of the master of the vessel. The Indians, it was said, re ported the body they thought that of the master was an old man and the hair was gray. Captain Jensen was a young man. The bodies were so badly bruised .that identification was Impossible. It was planned by friends of Mrs. Jensen to bring her body and that of her little 18 months son here for burial, but it was reported that the bodies were in no condition to be brought from the scene of the wreck and will be left there. The Ryder Hanify arrived here during the night from San Francisco and will shift down sound to complete loading to morrow. v At the Tacoma port commission steps were taken to construct the tracks neces- o rvlc TO CALIFORNIA by the San Francisco & Portland Steamship Company Passenger and Freight Service Between PORTLAND AND. SAN FRANCISCO ! Arrive Leave San San , Arrive Arrive j. . 1 Francisco Francisi?b Astoria Portl'nd Alaska Dec. 1 Dec. I Dec. 3 .. .. ....... .. . Alaska Dec. 11 Dec. 11 Dec 13 Dec. 6 Dec. 8 Dec. 8 Rose City... Dec 16 Dec. 16 Dec. IS Dec. 11 Dec. 13 Dec. 13 Alaska Dec. 21 Dec. 21 Dec. 23 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 18 Hose City... Dec. 2 6 Dec. 26 Dec 28 Dec. 21 Dec. 23 Dec. 23 Alaska Dec. 31 ' Dec. 31 Jan. 2 Dec. 26 Dec. 2S Dec. 28 From each port every five days thereafter. No steamer from Portland December 6th. PASSAGE FARES FIRST CLASS lllrd Class FROM TO Prom- Outside Inside enade Saloon Saloon (Males Deck Deck Deck Only) P'tl'd or Astoria San Francisco... il&.&O J26.40 24.00 Jlti.oO San Francisco... Astoria 28.80 26.40 24.00 18.00 San Francisco... Portland 28. SO 26.40 24.00 184)0 , These fares do not include 8 per cent war tax, which must be added. All fares include berth and meals while at seaj Apply to any of our representatives to make your reservations. ' .. B. OMKR, City Passenger Js;ent, 701 Wells Fargo Building. Phone Broadway 4500. CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE, Third and Washington Street Phone Main 3530. C. K. heywood, Agent, Ainsworth Dock. Broadway 268. WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon ROUND-TRIP FARE TO CLATSOP BEACH SEASIDE AND GEARHART FOR THE WINTER SEASON The seashore offers many attractions for rest and recreation during the winter as at other seasons. The new first-class Seaside Hotel and other hotels and restaurants are open through the winter. Clatsop Beach is reached by a short, interesting trip along the lower Columbia River on trains leaving at 8:15 A. M. and 6:20 P. M. TICKETS AND PARI.OR-CAR SKATS AT: CONSOT-TPATED TICKET OFFICE. THIRD AND WASHINGTON STS.; NORTH. BANK STA TION. TENTH AND HOYT STS, sary to furnish railway transportation to tlie new ocean pier now nearin completion as the first unit of Tacoma's port de velopment. The Georylna Rolph, which was expected to sail today, will not get to sea before Saturday and probaDiy not then. The Phyllis was scheduled to sail this afternoon for San Reuro. VV. R. GHIaio, agent here for the Pa cific Steamship company, will leave for San Francisco tomorrow to attend the meeting of agents of this line to be held there next week. " The report or Collector Drumheller of this district showed that October export business for Tacoma amounted to $3,322,042, or but ?7S3.;40 less than Seattle. The county commissioners granted a franchise for the laying of the track; along Kleventh street to connect the Mil waukee and the port district trackage along the pier, and bids will be received Tor rails and other construction materials for the railway construction January 6. The port w'U also receive bids for the big 5-ton hammerhead crane to T,e used on the pier for loading and unloading ves sels. The locomotive crane has already arrived and is on the sidetrack. Steps were taken at the meeting to issue the second series of bonds, amounting to $1,000,000. The commissioners In the meantime will Issue 6 per cent warrants temporarily to care for the railway construction and crane purchase, with such other minor detai'.a as are necessary to put the open pier into operaticn. These warrants will be retired as soon as the bonds are sold. The steamer Anaeortes, constructed in the Todd yards here and now in Atlantic service to Europe and South America, was the scene of a tragedy, according to ma rine reports from Huelva of November 24 It was said the master of the vessel was shot and seriously wounded by the chief steward in a dispute over the discharge of the latter. The vessel was bound for Philadelphia. The steamer Endlcott, of the Pacific Steamship company line, expects to com plete its cargo of wheat at the Miiwaukes elevator and depart tomorrow. She will take more than 70O0 tons to Europe. Bound for the United States, the Hawaii Maru, of the Osaka Shosen rTaisha line, due at Tacoma about December 12, has 108 steerage passengers and eight first cabin passengers. The vessel has a fair amount of Inbound cargo for Tacoma discharge. The vessel aiso has one first-class and 30 steerage passengers for British Columbia. The Manila Maru, of this line, will re turn from Vancouver to Tacoma to load tomorrow night. The vessel will go to the bunkers for fuel and then to the Mil waukee docks. In connection with freight exports from Tacoma. it was said that there is a grad ual increase in the trade' during the last few weeks which tended to show an im provement in shipping business out of here. A little more lumber was moving and cotton shipments for the south through Tama were increasing. The Arizona Maru, sailing this week, took about 1000 bales of cotton, while this freight was coming for the Manila and Hawaii Maru. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 3. (Special.) The two-masted fishing schooner Roche point, which disappeared November 10 from the King &' Winge shipyards, west Seattle, after it had been taken Into the custody of the United Mates marsnai. was entered and cleared at the Victoria B. C.) customs house, recently, by Stewart Stone, a member of her crew, according to in formation received today by Daniel Lan don, proctor for the libelants, who had the vessel seized. Landon filed an information with the United States district attorney charging Stewart Stone with having stolen the ves sel. Stone and two others, members of the crew, were permitted to remain aboard the Rochepolnt after she was Beized by the marshal. The Rochepolnt disappeared from the King & Winge yards during the night She escaped from American waters be- I fore coastguard boats could? overhaul her. WEEK-END PLUS 87o WAR TAX Tickets on sale each Saturday and Sunday. Also Fridays, Dec. 24 and 31. Return limit Monday following. She was libeled by King Winge for a debt amounting to A3-3.oo. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. (Special.) The Tenyo Maru liner of the Toyo Kitten Kaisha fleet which got away today for the orient, carried 233 first class. 71 second cabin and 074 third class passengers. De spite the poor freight market, officials of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha declared that they hud been compelled to refuse freight of fered for this ship. As it was, the vessel was drawing more than 33 feet of water when it left -the slip. Battered for six days by a gale when 1000 miles from this port, with her mainmast and four topgallant masts snapped by the storm, tho barkentine (leorgina. Captain Alfred Ahlstrom. was towed into this port today. Hatch covers were torn off and hurled into the sea by the water and the vessel was driven far off her course. The Ueorgina lo:t both masts on November 15. She brought copra from the South seas. Arrangements have been made by Hugh H. Brlltaln, assistant general passenger agent of the Admiral line, for dispatching the steamer Governor on a special trip from this port on December 31, at 10 o'clock with a full delegation of football rooters to witness the game between tho University of California and the Univer sity of Ohio at Pasadena on New Year's day. The crowd wili be borne again on January 3. Kscaplng all of the stormy weather re ported by other steamers arriving here durjng the last week, the Pacific Mail liner Venezuela, Captain Henry Nelson, proceeded to her dock on schedule thiH morning after lying in quarantine all night. The Venezuela brought far eastern cargo and passengers. - The fuel situation as far as the trans portation end of it is concerned will be aided on Sunday when the 10,000-ton tanker Thomas 11. Wheeler will slide down the Moore ways at 9 o'clock. It is expected that the new flagship of the Pacific fleet will be ready to leave the Hunter's point drydock on Sunday for her sea trinls. TRAVELERS' GtTIDE. PtRNAMBUCOBAHM RIO DE Janeiro. Santos MONTEVIOtO BUtNOS AVRES. LAM PORT HOLT LI N E Frequent sailing from New York by modern, fast nd luxurious appointed psen(rer steamers 4 Apply Company 'a office. 41dBroadway,iS.y. ff j or DORSKY B. SMITH, -rfT J Q Portland, Or. AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AND SOITTH 8KAH tIm Tahiti And Kartttonjro. Mail and pa seuarer itervice from Emu FruuciMxi everr t& days. OlON S. S. CO OF NEW ZEALANp Z'AO California St.. San JTrancffico, or local Hte&mahio and railrotwi agencies. Astoria and Way Points STR. GEORGIANA Round tri daily (except Friday) lenvrs Portland 7:10 A. 51., Alder-street dork. Leaves Astoria 2 P. 31.. i'luvel dot-k. l-'ure f '.UO each way. Special a la carte drains; service. Iirect coimet-tion for South Beaches. Night boat -daily, 8 1'. M., daily except Suoduy. The llarkin Transporta tion Company. Main 1424. MI-23. L. -asi I n Hk. 1 I J 24U WaahluicioB. St., ftttu4, Orcsoa.