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18 TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1921 " PORTLAND SHIPPING ran REvIV NG Isthmian Line Craft Have Many Charters Ahead. INBOUND FREIGHT HEAVY Steel Seafarer Leads Vanguard of Ocean Curriers Scheduled to Bring and Take Cargoes. The steamer Steel Seafarer of the Isthmian line docaed at municipal terminal No. 1 last night and will discharge 1000 tons of Inward freight there today from New York. She is expected to leave here tonight for Puget sound to finish discharging and to begin loading for the return voyagp to the Atlantic coast, and will be due back here a few days later to load lumber. The steamer Steel Mariner, which will be due here January 20, follow ing the Steel Seafarer, has 2000 tons of freight, mostly steel, to discharge here, according to advices received by O. E. Johnson, local manager for Norton, Lilly & Co., operators of the Isthmian line. This will be the larg est lot of freight brought here by a vessel of this line. After discharg ing, the SteeJ Mariner alio will load here for the Atlantic coast. Other Carriers Are Comlngr. In addition to these steamers com ing with Inward cargoes from the Atlantic, Norton, Lilly & Co. will have the steamers Tuscaloosa City and Howlck Hall here in January to load respectively for the Atlantic coast and the United Kingdom. Both of theso vessels took cargoes from New York to the orient and will come here from across the Pacific in ballast. The Tuscaloosa City will be due here about January IS and the Howlck Hall about January 25. The British steamer Karonga. the second vessel to come here in the new European service of the Eller- man's Wilson line, which Is also han dled by Norton, Lilly & Co., is looked for at Portland during the first week of January. Flour Booked for Shipment. A large shipment of flour has been booked by the firm for loading here on the Karonga, and her appearance at Portland is assured. Negotiations are under way which may give her a full cargo of wheat and flour from this port. The steamer City of Lin coin will follow the Karonga in this service and will be on this coast early in February, but no cargo for her has been booked here to date. The Isthmian line steamers Chatta nooga City, which recently arrived at Kobe from Mobile, and the Bir mingham City, now en route from Norfolk to the orient, may also come to Portland to load part cargoes dur ing late January or early February but their routing depends upon the cargo secured for them. Option for Spare Taken. An option for space In the French steamer Mont Cervln of the Societe ticneralo de Transports Maritimcs Vapeur has been taken by local grain interests and expires today. If this option is exercised, this vessel also will be brought to Portland to load a full or part cargo for Mediterranean ports. She is now at Vancouver, B. C. whither she took a cargo of sugar from Cuba. In addition to .he more or less Ir regular routiner to this port of the French steamers and the American vessels returning from the orient to the Atlantic via Pacific coast ports. Norton, Lilly & Co.. now have one SAliing a month from Portland to United Kingdom ports in their own vessels, and one sailing a month by vessels of the Elierman's Wilson line to the United Kingdom ports not touched by the other liners. The latest published schedule of the Isth mian line cans lor two sailings a month from New Tork for Pacific ports, including Portland. WAR TAX REFUND IS CHANGED After First of Year Government Will Handle All Cases. When the war tax on transporta tion charges, terminates December 31 the authority which transportation companies previously had to adjust the tax in adjusting overcharges, will be terminated and after that date no adjustment can be made on war taxes by transportation companies, accord ing to a treasury department circular received and made public by A. C. Callan, Portland agent for the Will Jams Steamship company. Claims for refund of taxes after the first of the year will be filed on treasury department form 46, with the commissioner of Internal revenue. Claims will have to be accompanied by freight or express receipts, re deemed tickets or mileage books as part of their files on the claim, and If claimant is unable to furnish orig inal receipts showing payment of taxi he will have to furnish proper state ment or a certificate which will In volve showing the number of assigned claim by transportation company, amount of charges refunded on the claim, amount of tax actually col lected on the refunded amount and date or dates on which tax was col lected. CHARTERS ARE ANNOUNCED Colusa and Jufuku Maru Will Come Here to Load In January. Names of two steamers, not hereto fore announced, which are coming to the Columbia river during January for part cargoes of lumber, were given out yesterday by the Douglas Fir Exploitation & Export company, which will supply the lumber. The steamers are the Colusa, of W. It. Grace & Co., and the Jufuku Maru, a Japanese tramp which has called here before. The Colusa Is scheduled to load here January 27 lor the wesl coast of South America and will take 1.000.OO0 feet of lumber from the mills of the Douglas Fir Exploitation & Export company. The Jufuku Maru left Galveston recently with a cargo of cotton and will put into Astoria early in Jan uary for a deckload of lumber which along with the cotton, she will carry to the orient. Tonilura Maru to Load Lumber, The Japanese steamer Tomlura Maru, of the Yamashita Steamship company, expected here Friday from the orient, has about 500 tons of gen eral oriental freight to discharge here, according to advices received in the local office of A. M. Gillespie, Inc. agents for the line. After discharg ing her Inward freight, the Tomlura Maru will load.Jumber for Australia. Danish Steamer Parana Chartered. Charter of the Danish steamer Parana to carry lumber from a north Pacific port to Australia was reported In marine circles yesterday. It Is understood that the steamer has been taken by J. J. Moore & Co., but It Is not known whether she will load at Portland or another port of the northwest. She left Antwerp Novem ber 27 for San Pedro and San Fran cisco. RADIO BETTERMENT ASSURED Improvements Planned at North Head and Young's Bay. ASTORIA. Or, Dec. 27. (Special.) That the government Is preparing to spend several thousand dollars Im proving radio stations at North Head an'l Youngs bay Is announced by the Astoria chamber of commerce follow ing advices from Commander Milton Anderson of the Bremerton navy-yard. superintendent of the navy depart ment for this district The land line from the North Head station to the Columbia river Is to be replaced by an underground cable, and an additional cable Is to be laid across the Columbia river to the Ore gon shore. This Is expected to elimi nate delays in transmitting messages so often caused by breaking wires be tween here and North Head. The force of employes at .that station, which numbers eight. Is to be Increased to 24, and perhaps to 30. A larger, more modern power plant is to be installed at this station. The improvements at the Youngs Bay station, which is one of the mos powerful on the coast, will Include th Installation of an additional transmit ting and receiving set. as well as Increase In the number of employes from la to ia. The Information from Bremerton i that these two stations will be suff ciently manned to give shlppin prpmpt and efficient service at all hours of the day and night. Lieuten ant-Commander Gaylor Church, 1 charge of development work at th Tongue Point naval station, is prepar Ing the plans for additional buildings ana tor remodeling present structure to accommodate increased facilities. RIVER IMPROVEMENT SOUGHT Deepening of Channel Near Mouth of Columbia Asked. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 27. (Special.) Improvement of the main ship channel between Astoria and the mouth of th river was discussed at the meeting of the port of Astoria commission thi morning. There are two points In particular at which the commission wants some dredging done. One Is in front of pier 3 of the port terminals while the other Is off Fiavel. where there Is an extensive shoal. Recently the channel at this spot was widened by the government dredge Clatsop. The port officials were instructed by the commission this morning to communicate at once with Major Park as well as with the United States en gineers department and the congres sional delegation, asking that this channel improvement be made imme diately. Marine Notes. The steamer Mlnnesotan. of the United American lines, left the Mnntgomecy dock at 4 P. M. yesterday with a large part carffo o grain ior Europe. Hne will fin Ian loading at California porta. The steamer Rom City of the San Fran cisco & foreland bteamahlp company, de. parted Irom the Ainsworth dock at 10 o clock yesterday morning with paasen gera and freight for San Francisco. The north China line steamer Weat Kader shifted from the Inman-Poulsen mill to the Alblna dock to continue load ing tor tne orient. The ateam schooner Santa Inea arrived In the river early yesterday morning from nan rrancisco ana went to Rainier load lumber. O. T. Robson, manager at Shanghai for Chrlstenaon, Hanlfy & Weatherwax, waa greeting oia mends yesterday afternoon on -the floor of the Men: hunts' Exchange. He ia newly arrived from Shanghai after a stay of several years. .Mr. Robson was formerly connected with Balfour ci,ihr. to. in mis city. Movements of Vessels. I'UHTUND, Dec. 21. Arrived at ln-1.-. P. M., steamer Steel Seafarer, from New York. Kalled at 10 A. M.. steamer Hn uy. ror t.an f ranclsco. Sailed at 4 P. M learner Allnnesotan. for Kurnnn via Kun r rancisco ana San I'euro. ASTORIA, Dec. 27. Arrived at 10 last night and left up at midnight, steamer r. a. Jxtop. from San PtKiro. Arrived l:u ana left up at 3 A. M.. steamer Sanla lner, from San Francisco. Arrived at 2:M A. M., steamer Bunts. Alicia, from San Pedro. Arrived at lu::) and left uc Ji.-t' A. Al.. steamer steel Seafarer. from New York. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Celilo. for Columbia river. Arrived at 1 P. M. aleamer Curacao, from Portland via Eureka and Coos Bay. Ar rived at 1 P. M. steamer Admiral Evans from Portland, tur San Pedro and San Diego. PHILADLPHIA. Dec. 26. Balled: Steamer Edgar F. Luckenbach, for Port land. CRISTOBAL, Dec. 23. Arrived: Steam er Mexican, from Boston, for Puget sound and Portland. SAN' FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. Arrived Ventury. from Sydney and Honolulu; Mukilteo. from Port Angeles: Curacao. from Portland; Admiral Evans, from Port land; Edna, from Grays Harbor. Sailed President, for Victoria and Se ttle: Ernest H. Meyers, for tiraya Har bor; Celilo. tor Portland; C. A. Smith, for Coos bay. TIEN TSIN, Dec. 24. Arrived Eastern Sailor, from Portland, Or. GIBRALTAR Dec. 2S. Arrived Scot tish Monarch, from Portland, Or. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Arrived Muni- dies, from Tacoma. Wash. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 24. Sailed Canada. for Portland. Or. VICTORIA. B. C Dec. 27. (Special.) Arrived, Africa Maru, from Hongkong, via ports; Manila Maru, from Seattle. Sailed, Africa Maru, lor Seattle; Manila Maru, for Hongkong, vla ports; British cruiser Raleigh, for Vancouver. VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec. 27. (Special) Arrived, Chancellor, from United Kln- aom via uemerrera; Raieigh, British cruiser. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 27. Arrived EasteYn Merchant, from Hamburg; Admiral loourlcn.a Irom ban f rancieco; Liebre. from San Pedro: Anne Hanify. from San Pedro; Admiral Farragut, from San Diego. aaneu coaxei. ior loKonama: Mania Maru. for Hongkong: City of Spokane, for Shanghai. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 27. Arrived Bay State, from Camden via ports; Ad miral Farragut, from San Francisco; Klso Maru. from ivobe; lxion. from Vancouver. B. C. Sailed Kenkon Maru No. 8. for Yoko hama; Eastern Merchant. for Seattle; h.iso. for Kohe via portlana; Charles kL Cramp, for Mobile. SHANGHAI. Dec. 23. Arrived West O'Rowa. from Seattle, December 24, Tor- rey, from Portland, ' Or. BAN PEDRO, Cal.. Dec. 27. (Special.) Arrived: Annette Rolph, from Portland, 8:13 A. M. : Admiral seebree, from Port land, 11:45 A. M Admiral Dewey, from San Diego, 7:45 A. M. ; Virginian, from San Francisco, 7 A. M. ; Tahoe, from Aberdeen, OA. M. ; Borgland, from Chrls- tle-nia, 2 P. M. Yellowstone, from Aber deen. 6 A. M. t Sailed: Atlas, for Willbrldg-e, 12 noon; Moerdljk, for San Francisco, 7 A. M.; Montgomery City, for Yokohama, 10 P. M. ; City of Tokto. for Yokohama, 11 A. M. ; Admiral Dewey, for Seattle, 10 A. M. ; Harvard, for San Francisco, 3 P. M. ; F. H. Hlllman, for San Francisco, 9 P. M. ; Canadian Hover, for Ocean Falls, 7 P. M. Tides at Astoria Wednesday, High. Low. 0:36 A. M 7.7 feet!:28 A. M...8.4 feet 12:03 P. M....9.5 feet7:10 P. M...0.4 foot Report From Month of Columbia Klver. NORTH HEAD. Dec. 27. Condition of the sea at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, aouth west, 12 miles. Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-60-Ad. Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad. TEUTON FILMS HELD MENACE TO MOVES Ruin Seen in Competition of German Makers. HIGHER TARIFF DEMANDED Cost of Production on Other Side Far Lower Than In America, Declare Picture Men. WASHINGTON", D. C, Dec. 27. The American people spend from $750,000, 000 to tl.OOO.uuu.OOO a year to see mo tion picture shows, the senate finance committee waa told today In argu ments for and against a high tariff on foreign made pictures. The invest ment in the Industry totals about ,250,000,000 and employment is given to about 250.000 persons. Paul M. Turner of New York, sneak ing for the Actors' Equity association ueciarea tne idea that everybody con nectea with the Industry made "big money was erroneous; that 96 pe cent or. tnose engaged in making film receivea only "a living waare." He and John Emerson, an Indenen dent producer of New York, speaking ior nimseu and for D. W. Griffith urged a duty on imported films of from 50 to 60 per cent ad valorem in piace oi tne 3U per cent in the Ford ney bill. Declaring that only a high tariff siooa Detween the industry and ex termination, Mr. Turner asserted that at this time 54 German-made pictures were being exhibited in this country ana mar. rour or five had yielded the exnitiitors yi, 500,000. German Competition Feared, American producers cannot compete with the Germans, he said, adding that pictures which cost from 1200.000 to $300,000 to produce in this country i-uuia p maae in Germany for from lU.UUU to 12,000. a. F. Rogers of New York, sneak Ing for the National Association of iUotlon Picture Industries. ODDOHed the duty in the Fordney bill, urging that me present rate or 3 cents a foot be retained. An attack on the East man TCndnk Company featured the hearings. Mr. ""nerj, wnnam A. De Ford of New York, counsel for th Into m ntlnngl Film 'Service company. Inc., Frederic R. Coudert of New York, counsel far Pathe Exchange, Inc.. and other wit nesses charged that this company, inrougn a monopoly of the "raw film product, would be able to con trol the motion picture industry If imports were snut out. Thev conse quently opposed the 20 per cent ad valorem duty on "raw" films proposed m tne roraney Dill Contract Probe Asked. Mr. De Ford asked the committee to Investigate an agreement which he said he believed the Eastman com pany had made with representatives of the film laboratories. He charged that after the laboratories had op posed the proposed duty on the li ported films, the Lastman company bought several laboratories as a "club" to keep the others In line. Threatened with an invasion of their field, the witness said, representa tives of the laboratories entered into written agreement among them selves on September 9 to use only American-made films. Daniel R. Forbes, representing the Seneca Camera company, also at tacked the Eastman company, charg. Ing that it controlled 90 per cent of the production of rolled films. He asked that such films be retained on the free list, but asked protection for cameras. Alvaratlo to Load at Vancouver. The steamer Alvarado, of the Pa cific-Caribbean & Gulf line, was ex pected to finish discharging her north bound freight at the Albers dock last night and to move to the Du Bois mill at Vancouver. Wash., to load lumber for ports of the Gulf of Mexico She should leave the river Friday for California ports, where she will com plete her cargo. Pacific Coast Shipping: Notes, ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 27. (Special.) Af ter having her hull sheathed to protect her from damage by the Ice floating In the river, the steam schooner Georglrwt Rolph has taken on board the Portland bound freixht discharged by the steam chooner johan Pouisen and will proceed p river. Laden with 1,100.000 feet of lumber from the Hammond Lumber company mill, the steam schooner Santiam left at 7:30 laat ight for San Pedro. The steam schooner F. S. Loon arrived t 9 o'clock last night from San Francisco ad went to Westport to load lumber. Coming to load lumber at Rainier, the team schooner Santa Rita arrived at 12 clock last night from San Francisco. Two vessels which will' be due here from Europe early next month, t he Norwegian motorship Theodore Roosevelt and Borg- lund, will bring about BOO tons of paper ach, to be discharged at the port terniin is. A third vessel la listed to arrive In the ear future and is also to bring paper from Norway to Astoria. Among the steamers scheduled to take cargo at the port terminals in the near future are: Moerdljk, lumber and salmon for Europe; Louise Nellsen, bunker coal ; Georglna Rolph, salmon for San Francisco; Flor ae Luckenbach, salmon for New York; Karonga, timbers for Rotterdam; Will- polo, salmon for New York. The steamer Rose City arrived at 5 P. M. from Portland and will leave tonight for San Francisco. Captain Sullivan, who rought her down said the floating cakes of ice in the Columbia river are fast dls- ppearlng. Practically no ice is coming own from the upper river at the present time. The greatest amount Is In the neighborhood of Cak point, with a few scattered cakes as lar down as Skamok- Captaln Sullivan said the Ice cakes are getting soft and that he believed the next few tides will carry all of them away. l ne stf-amer bteel Heatarer arrived at 10:30 this morning from New' York via San Francisco and went to Portland. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 27. (Special.) The Japanese sailing shir; Tatyo Maru s overdue several days and the Johnson W alton coaster Celestial Empire is lying IT f lattery awaiting thia barken tine to bring her here to load outbound for Japan. Alter loaaing puip at fort Alice on the west coast of Vancouver island the steamer Knozville In the intercoastal service will come to aVncouver to complete her cargo. taxing ia uritian Lommoia oeiore sail ing for New York via ports. Captain D. fapicer of the lost achonnr David Evans, which burned and sank in the Indian ocean In October, arrived here est era ay on the steamer Em Dress of Russia accompanied by his officers and rew. The David Evans waa going from he Columbia river to South Africa with umber when she took fire and the men were forced to take to the boats. The steamship Stanley Dollar of the Dollar steamship line is due here Janu ary 8 to load pulp, lumber, shingles and copper for New York. The next Dollar boat coming from the orient will be the Harold Dollar, arr.vina; here in January via San Francisco. On January 2 the steamer West Jappa of the United States shipping board fleet operated by Frank Waterhouse A Co., is due In port from Manila with hemp for trans-shipment east. The Harrison direct freighter Chancellor arrived in port today from the United Kingdom via Demerera, where she picked up 3500 tons of sugar for the local re finery. Outbound the Chancellor wiil have 4000 tons of wheat and a small- con signment of canned salmon. v With a large consignment of apples In sight and a shipment of shingles, the re- I frigerator ship Neponset of the Elder Steel line is due in port January IS from New York via porta. The apples going on this ship are from the Okanogan and are bound for New York. The coast steamer Good e rick, of the Pa cific Steamship line. Is due in port to morrow from San Franc tec with dried and canned and fresh fruit. Saturday the steamer West Jessup of the Pacific Steam ship fleet Is due here to load wheat and lumber for the orient. Twenty-eight hundred tons of wheat and general freight were awaiting the Nippos freighter Spain iiaru of the Yamashita Klsen Kalsha when that boat docked this week. She will load and return to the orient after calling at Seattle and possibly Portland. The steamer Mont Cervln of the Societe General de Transports Maritime a Vapeur Is due in port the end of this week to load for Marseilles and other European ports. PORT TOWNS END, Wash., Dec 27 (Special.) The Japanese steamer Kenkon Maru No. 8, was delayed In departing from Tacoma for the orient more than -4 hours, on account of a strike by her crew. It was maintained by the sailors that ahe was carrying too large a deckload of lum ber, which made her topheavy. Other com plaints of a minor character were made by the crew. To settle the trouble the Jap anese consul at Seattle waa called on and In a abort time the dove of peace hovered over the vessel and she lost no time In leaving Tacoma, arriving here this morn ing, wnere she remained until thia eve ning Lashing her cargo. She loaded lum ber at Port Angelea and Tacoma. The Japanese steamer Africa Mara la acheduled to arrive tomorrow and pro ceed to Seattle and - Tacoma without stopping for quarantine inspection. The local agent of tu company arranged with the Quarantine authorities to send an of fleer to Victoria to inspect the craft while crossing the straits, thereby saving sev , erai hours time. With her cargo space well filled with freight loaded at Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver, and 100 passengers, the Jap anese steamer Manila Maru departed today for Yokohama. Bringing general cargo from San Fran cisco, the steamers Admiral Goodrich and Admiral Farragut arrived today, proceed ing to Seattle. In the service of the Admiral line, the steamer City of Spokane departed early this morning for ports In the oriejit, car ry Ing a full cargo consisting of lumber and miscellaneous freight for oriental porta She called here to land her pilot. 8EATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 27. (Special.) Going via Victoria. B. C. the Osaka Sho- aen Kalsha steamhlD Manila Maru sailed from pier No. 6 for oriental ports thli morning at 10 o'clock. She carried a ca paclty load of general freight. The steam ship Africa Maru of the same fleet which has a large cargo of silks and other oriental merchandise for Seattle and' Tacoma dis charge, is expected to arrive In Elliott bay waters tonight at 8 o clock. L. W. Baker. Williams line agent at this port announced today that the re ported fire aboard the steamship Wlllpolo, near San Pedro waa hardly worth men tioning as practically no damage was done to the ves.el or the vessel's cargo. She la now in San Pedro and will arrive here about January 12. The steamship Charles H. Cramp Is due back in Seattle from Tacoma today. After taking bunkers at Comox and load Ing cargo at Vancouver, B. C, and Ta coma, the Blu Funnel steamahlp lxion arrived back in Seattle this noon. Sh is scheduled to leave for far eastern ports from pier No. 14. January o. -Bringing a capacity load of oil the tank steamer Liebre tied up here today. In the coastwise service of the Hanify Steamahlp company, the freighter Anne Hanify arrived here from San Peuxo at o'clock thia morning. With a capacity load the Charlea Neison line carrier Northland docked here early thia morning. Coming from California ports the Ad miral Farragut arrived at 2:0 A. M. today. After loading here for several days the shipping board freightef Coaxet, recently assigned to the Pacific Steamship com pany for the trans-Pacific trade, movea to Tacoma today to complete loading. She Is scheduled to sail for far eastern ports the last day this month. To load freight for the far east, the Admiral line steamship Bay State shifted lacoma today, tohe will return to this port tomorrow. Bound for Yokohama. Yokkaichl, Kobe, Karatsu and Shanghai, the Pacific Steam ship company's freighter City of Spokane sailed from Seattle this hi ternoon. She has a capacity load of lumber and general freight, loaded at Seattle and other sound ports. with looo tons or oriental rreignt tnt ; Pacilic freighter Boobyalla (motorship) docked at the Jahn dock Monday. The fishing vessels La Paloma and Gonj I arriver here yesterday with 47,000 pounds of halibut. The Thorndyke-Trenholme company. Inc. of Seattle, today chartered a large ateatn- ship to carry U.0O0.OOO feet of lumber from ruget sound to Japanese ports. 1 he nain of the vessel waa not announced. It wan stated that the chartering of the vessel is an Indication of a revival in the Japa nese lumber trade. The steamship Derblay, in th Seattle west coast of South America service of the General Steamship corporation will complete discharging JoOO tons of cop per and copper ore at the Tacoma smelters tomorrow. In the afternoon she will shift to Seattle and here she will be imme diately dry docked at the Todd plant for cleaning, painting and general voyage re pairs. According to the present plans of tne company the Derblay will start loading at Seattle and Tacoma for Chile and Peru and will be dispatched from the sound late in January. According to announcement made here the American-Hawaiian line freighter lowan sailed from Everett for the Atlantic seaboard today. She is going via Portland where she will pick up additional ship ments of general cargo. The shipping board steamship Eastern Merchant, which has been assigned to the Pacific Steamship company for the Se attle oriental freight route, arrived in Se attle from, Tacoma today. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 2T. (Special.) A reduction of 20 per cent In freight rates of all kinds of carKO between ban Fran cisco bay points and Tacoma waa an nounced here today by the terminal dock company, following; receipt of a telegram from tne McCormick line, operating elgnt steam schooners In Its regular San Fran cisco-Tacoma service, besides nearly a score of other vessels in auxiliary service. Steam schooners in the regular three-day service out of Tacoma Include the Everett, Quinault, Pacific, Phyllis, Stanwood, San Uieso, F. a. L.oop and Annetta Ko&s. Mitsui line will have a steamer steadily on the berth here for aome time to come, according to preaent schedules. The Y u- barl Maru of thia line is due Friday and will be here until the Kongosan Maru ar- j rives January ti. Both vessels will load lum ber at the port terminal docks. Another veasel Is listed. It ia said, of the Mitsui eet to take the Kongoaan Maru's place when that steamer sails. Klso Maru of the Mitsui line arrived this morning from Kobe and is tow loading copper ingots for the orient. The Klso will sail thia evening. It la thought, for the orient via Portland. To load 6000 tona of wheat, flour and I lumber here the lxion of the Blue Funnel line arrived this afternoon and commenced taking cargo. This is one of the largest hlpments taken from Tacoma on a Blue Funnel vessel in some time. The Kenkon Maru No. 8 sailed during the night for Yokohama with a full cargo of lumber taken here and at down aound ports. The Bay State or tne Admiral line ar rived today to pick up a consignment of flour for the orient. The vessel waa expected to sail during the night or tomorrow for the orient via Seattle. leaded to ' capacity with general freight the Osaka Shosen Kaisha liner Manila Maru sailed laat night from the Mllwaukie docks for the orient. The ves sel had a number of passengers from here. The Manila stopped at Seattle and picked up the mails and additional passengers with SO tons of flour. Another stop will be mads at Victoria for passengers, after which the vessel will proceed directly to sea. The Africa Maru, on this line inbound, is due here tomorrow night or Thursday. The Spain Maru, which waa expected to load lumber In Tacoma. at the port termi nals docks may not get here this trip, as It is announced she has been sent to Brit ish Columbia to get cargo. The Belgian Maru and Holland Maru are still ex pected here, however. The Charlea H. Cramp or the Atlantic Gulf A Pacific service arrived at the St. Paul mill last night. She docked and shifted to the port terminals today and will be ready to sail for the east coast by night. She will carry from Tacoma about 5O0, 000 feet of lumber. The Eastern Merchant, discharging cargo here, will be retired from the European Pacific service while on the sound and turned over to the Pacific Steamship com pany. She will be back bere next month to load. The Steel Worker Is late bere this trip. She was to bave been In Friday, but was held up and is going on drydock, loading on the trip out She Is expected any time, llie Northland and Rosalie Mahoney with California freight are both due here. After being in port over the holidays, the steamer West Jessup of the ractric steamship com pany, was busy taking on cargo at the St. Paul A Tacoma lumber mill today. She Is to sail tomorrow for the orient. The steamer Coaxet Is expected In at the St. ll Paul A Tacoma mill the latter part of the week, to load full cargo. VICTORIA- T iV nets. 2T rSnclal.) Th Osaka Shosen Kalsha steamer Africa Maru reached port this morning from the orient with S3 passengers and a fair cargo. For Victoria she had 500 tona, chiefly goods for the Chinese New Year's cele brations, and 17 passengers. Sh cleared tonight for Puget aound. The Manila Maru of the same fleet cleared for aea early to night. Thirty Japanese passengers were picked up here. After a two weeks visit, the British crulsr Raleigh weighed anchor for Van couver this morning. After a fortnight there she goes to Seattle for two days. thence to San Francisco en route back to her station in the West Indies. Yarrows has been given the contract for the repair work to the government patrol steamer Glvenchy, which struck and was submerged for six weeks near Bella Bella three months ago. The flgur la about $10,000. The vessel is expected here Thursday. The Admiral Hner Keystone State Is due In port from the orient Thursday. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. (Special.) Perhaps the most representative gather ing of nationalities of the world's races at tended the Christmas celebration held on the high seas on the Tenyo Maru, AH classes of passengers on the vessel par ticipated. Attending the Christmas fea tivfiiea were Greek, Syrians, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, British, Russians and others. Within a month another fleet of steam ers will be in operation between the At lantic and Pacific coasts In the intercoastal trade, according to information received here today from Delaware. Hammond Talbot, one of the founders of the Will lams line, has aevered hla connections with that company, the advices said, and has organised a steamship line for this trade. A corporation has been formed under the laws rf Delaware with a capitalization of $2,000,000. Talbot is a son of Captain Lowell Talbot, and for many years head of Chase, Talbot & Co., ship brokers and lumber merchants. The steamer Ventura. 20 days from 8yd ney, via Pago Pago and Honolulu, arrived here today with 67 first-class, 33 second- class and 13 steerage paauengers ana cargo of general freight Captain J. H Dawson, reported an uneventful trip Joseph Blrchall made hia first trip chief Meward in place of Al Hackett, who has been ill. The passengers complimented Blrchall on his meal a, especially th Christmas meal. Among the lteme of cargo brought by the Ventura were 80 boxes of gold, totaling $(12,000,000. which were kept under armed guards during the entire voyage. Coastwise vessels, both passenger ana freighters, are getting back on schedule again after the southeasterly storms that swept the coast during the la't seven days ending Monday afternoon. Storm warn ings along the entire Pacific coast have been ordered down. Supplies which will be sent from the United States to the starving refugees In Russia may be sent In large quantities out or thia and other Pacific coast porta. The army transport Sherman, which has been on the Moore dry dock undergoing cleaning, painting and minor repairs, was floated today. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Dec. 27. (Special. ) The steamer Tamalpals sailed for San Francisco this morning with a cargo from the E. K. Wood mill, Hoquiam The steamers Carlos and wahkeena ar rived from San Pedro this morning. The Carlos will load at the Donovan mill, Ab erdeen, and the Wahkeena at the National mill, Hoquiam. SAN PEDRO. Cal.. Dec. 27. (Special.) Details of the trip of the schooner Iidy Mine south from San Francisco became known here today. The vessel was in tow of the tug Sea Monarch and when off Point Arguello the crew Jettisoned the cargo to keep the schooner from founder ing. She was bound from Vancouver for Ensinada. The only cargo remaining in the hold 'when she arrived here was 50 cases of canned salmon. When off San Francisco the vessel became disabled and the captain sent in a message for a tow by a fisherman captain. The force of the gale off Point Arguello was estimated at 1O0 miles an hour. The hurricane blew for nine hours, and during the height of the blow the crew of the tow could not see the masts of the tub for the waves. The 1st ter waa but 700 feet ahead. Shortly after noon the tug and tow got under way and arrived here late In the afternoon. Many ateam schooners en route here from nortiiern lumber ports are hours be hind their schedule. The Admiral Dewey arrived from San Digo and reported that owing to rail traffic being interrupted berths were at a premium and that hun dreds In Sn Dieno were d isappointed. C0Q5 GETS DIRECT LINE FOUEIGX CRAFT CIIAKTEKKD FOIl SMALLER NORTH PORTS Direct Shipments to Far East Will Open Southern Orejron Prod ucts to New Route. Tho Norwegian gteamera Unita and Bratsbersr have been taken on a year's time charter by Dant & Russell for the China Import & Export Lumber company, It was announced yesterday by C. E. Dant. These steamers are to supplement the. fleet of three Norwegian steam ers recently time-chartered by this company for operation between Port- Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Eteamer From Davenport an Fran.. West Keats Dalren Kelfuku Maru Japan Las Vegas ....Shanghai ... Brazil Maru Japan ..... 'Senator San Diego .. Flor. Luckenbach. .. .Mobile Klso Maru jHpan Tomlura Maru Japan Hattle Luckenbach.. .Mobile ..... lowan New York".. Roamer .....Newport ... Montague ......... .Orient Rose City San Fran ... Due. .Dec. 2R .Dec. 2H .Dec. 1!8 . roc. 'J .Dec 29 . Dec. 2 .Dec. 29 . Dec. 2!i . Dec. 80 . Dec. 80 .Dec SO . Dec. 30 ...Dec 31 ...Jan. 2 Mississippi .........Vancouver ...Jan. . . .Jan. . . .Jan. .. .Jan. ...Jan. . ..Jan. ,. .Jan. Scotland Maru .Japan Cape Romaln . Steel Seafarer ..New York . ..Seattle ... ..Europe ... . .Japan .... ..New York ..Vancouver ..Europe ... ..Japan .... ..Orient .... ..Chrlstlanla Karonga Klnkasan Maru WlllDOlO City of Vancouver, Moerdyk ..... Holland Maru .... Tuscaloosa City .. Borgland m. a).. Nlrtheroy ...Jan. 10 ..Jan. 12 ...Jan. 12 . .Jan. 14 , ..Jan. IS . Ixmdon . .Jan. Ifl Th. Koosevelt (m. s.)Antwerp .. Steel Mariner New York. Howlck Hall Orient Colusa San Fran. ...Jan. Ifl . .Jan. 80 ..Jan. 2 ..Jan. 27 To Depart From Portland. Steamer For Date. Chas. H. Cramp Steel Seafarer .. 'Senator ....... iureha Maru ... ....New York.. ...Seattle .... ....San Fran... ...Orient .Dec. 2S . Dec. 28 .Deo. M .Deo. 31 . Teasels In Port. . Steamer Berth Alvarado Du Bots mill. Benlawers Terminal No. 4. Chas. H. Cramp Wauna. Edward Luckenbach.. Terminal No. 1. England Maru Peninsula mill. F. S. Loop ......... Westport. Hannawa Terminal No. 4. Johan Pouisen ......Astoria. Kureha Maru Terminal No. 4. Liberator Westport. Lulse Nielsen Inman-Poulsen mill. Margaret Coughlan.. .8. P. tflrilng. Oregon Fir (ach. ... .Drydock. Oregon Pine (sen.) . .Harvey dock. Ryder Hanify Couch-street dock. Santa Alicia Tongue Point. Santa lnea Rainier. Steel Seafarer Terminal No. 1. Sweden Maru Hammond mill. Tenpalsan Maru ....Terminal No. 4. Undaunted (ach.) ..Peninsula mill. ..Alblna Dock. ..St. Helens. west Kader Ypres Maru. . C Trie pnsyengers. For Constipated Bowels Bilious Liver The nicest cathartic-laxative to physic your bowels wDen you have Headache Biliousness Colds Indigestion Dizziness Sour Stomach candy-like Cascarets, On or. two sl first three, the Unita and Bratsb will load at the smaller north Pac ports, taking; roost of their cargoe irom Coos bay. Both Are Small Vessels. The Unita and Bratsberg are of 2344 and 2413 net tona, respectively, about the same sixe as the three Nielsen line steamers taken In the first block of charters. These were the Niels Nielsen, which left here December 8 for the orient; the Luise Nielsen, now loading; at the Inman-Poulsen mill, and the Hanna Nielsen, due here in a short time from Kurope via San Francisco. It was also announced by Mr. Dant that C. K. West, who is now In the orient, has been ordered to Portland to take charge of the operation of the five Norwegian steamers at this end of the line, and that he will open a separate office here upon hla ar rival. Coos Bay Trade to Develop. Mr. West organized the Northwest Shipping- company In this city a few months ago and recently went to the orient on business for that company. While In the far east he severed his connections with the company he had organized and joined the forces of the China Import & Export Lumber company. The loading of ocean steamers at Coos bay for direct shipment to the orient will be an innovation for the southern Oregon port. Until a few months ago the only .vessels calling at Coos bay were coasters, but within the ,jast three months a number of sailing schooners bave loaded car goes of lumber there for the orient. Ship Reports 4y Radio. (Fnrnlfthed by the Radio Corpormtion of America.) Position! reported at 8 P. M. yesterday, Unless otherwise indicated, were as follow: WEST JAPPA, Yokohama for Vancou ver, Ki8 ml lea from Cape Flattery, Decem ber '-Ml. W E NATCH EE, Seattle for Yokohama, 600 mils from Seattle, December liH. WEST NOM ENTL'M, Portland for Yoko hama, 1M0 miles from Columbia river, De cember 2rt. MINNESOTA??, Portland for San Fran cf?co. 4." mils from Portland. TA&'ALL'tiA, Hongkong for San Fran cisco. S."I miles west of an Francisco. LAS VEGAS, San Francisco for Portland, 313 miles from Columbia river. By Federal Telegraph. NEWPORT, San Francljtco for Panama. 643 mllea south of San Frneitco. HARVARD, San Pedro for tian Fran cisco, off Santa Barbara. SISKIYOU. BelllnBham for San Pedro. 18, miles north of San Pedro. WEnST NOTU8, Rio de Janeiro for San Pedro. 74 milea iouth of San Pedro. W. W. Ferrin, San Francisco for San Pedro, 2H0 miles south of San Franc'uro. CLAREAIOXT, Grays Harbor for San Pedro, 1!3 miles south of San Francisco. YALE, San Francisco for San Pedro, 70 miles south of San Francisco. FLORENCE LUCK N BACH, San Pedro for San Francisco, 15 miles northwest of San Pedro, at noon. ERNEST H. MYER, San Franciaco for Grays Harbor, S3 miles nort hof San Fran cisco. CELILO, San Francisco for Columbia river, 83 miles north of San Fmnciiwo. F. H. BUCK. Monterey for San Fran civco, 03 miles from Monterey. LYMAN STEWART. Point Wells for San Francisco, 170 miles north of San Francisco, FRAND O. DRUM. Gaviota for Port land, anchored at Gaviota. GOLDEN STATE, Shanghai for San Francisco. 181 miles wat of Honodulu, December 2n. CARGO RATES REDUCED 2 0 VIM CEXT CUT ANNOUNCED FOIl PUGET SOUND. Charge for Carrying Freight From Sun Francisco North to Bo iAJwered at Once. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 27. A reduc tion of 20 per cent In frelcht rates on all kinds of cargo between San Francisco and Tusret sound was an nounced here today by the Terminal Dock company, following receipt of a teleKram from the McCormack line. operating- eight steam schooner In its regular San Kranclsco-Puget sound service. The Terminal company Is the local agent for the line. Farm Product Kates Cut. OMAHA, Dec. 27. Freight rate re ductions recently ordered by the In terstate commerce commission on (train, (era in products and hay, be came effective on the Union Pacific railroad today, It was announced by F. W. Robinson, freight traffic man ager. Other roads, he said, are pre paring to make the - reductions be tween now and January 7. The company, Mr. Robinson ex plained, had not been able to get tariffs prepared In time to make the reductions on the entire Union Pacific system today, the rates to Los An geles, Salt Lake City and Portland remaining unchanged. Reductions to these points will be made effective soon, he eald. Rate on Rubber Cut. H. E. Lounsbury, reneral freight agent of the Union Pacific railway, announced yesterday authority to publish reduced rates on crude run ber from Pacific coast points to the automobile manufacturing districts of the central east. The new rate Is to be 75 cents for 100 pounds, with a minimum carload of 50.000 pounds. Present rate Is SI. 33 1-3. A rate of 75 cents with a minimum of 80,000 pounds already lain effect as far as Chicago. Freight Cut Is Announced. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 27. Reduc tion of freight rates on furniture for hornet, schools, theaters and churches and on other articles ranging as high as 40 per cent and averaging about ZS per cent was announced by the Southern Pacific company and the Santa Fe railway today. The new rates will go into effect as soon a& tariffs can be published, con currence of lines east of Chicago be ing necesary for publication of the rates that apply east of Chicago. The new rates will apply to and from con tinental points and affects all Paclflo coast territory. Rates on iron and steel articles from Chicago and west for export through Pacific coast ports and on ganulated slag from Colorado points for export through Pacific coast ports are among those reduced. More than 60 per cent of the men students earn at least part of their expenses at the University of Wiscon sin. tonight will empty your bowels com pletely by morning and you will feel splendid. "They work while you sleep." Cascarets never stir you op or gripe like Salts. Pills, Calomel or Oil and they cost only ten cents a box. Children love CasrU, too, A&ft land and Shanghai, but unlike FEDERAL RESERVE L Report on Twelfth District Is Published. $64,000,000 STILL OUT Reduction During Month Ending on December 14 Said to Have Been $24,000,000. The reduction of borrowings from the federal reserve bank by member banks of the 12th district Is the most noteworthy improvement Indicating betterment of conditions the last month on the Pacific coast, as set forth in the report of John Prrln' fhnirmnn of the. board for the Uth district. During the month ending December 13 reduction In borrowings amounted to $24,000,000. or 27.2 per cent. This left the total borrowings on that date $64,000,000, the smallest reported at any time during the last two years. The report continued: Banks In the larger cities of the district continued to reduce their bor rowings at approximately the same rate which has prevailed since Sep tember last, and liquidation of their borrowing' by banks in the country districts became substantial during November for the first time this year. In the reports of the 64 principal re porting member banks there is ap parent tendency toward Increase in deposits, accompanied by a slight In crease (4.2 per cent during the month ended December 7) in loans not se cured by United States government obligations. Loans Cut In Half. "These reporting member banks during the same period cut their bor rowings from the federal reserve bank In half. In the aceptance mar ket more bills are originating in this district and are being offered In the open discount market. Demand for bills was gradually broadening dur ing November, but has diminished during the first two weeks of Decem ber, a tendency reported to be due to conservation of cash by banks for the year-end settlements. "During November, the month be tween early fall buying and holiday ourchases. it is customary for retail and wholesale sales generally to show seasonal declines. In the wholesale trade, however. It Is significant to note that sales of automobile tires, dry goods and furniture during No vember exceeded In dollar value the sales in those lines during Novem ber, 1920. Volume Kept I n. "Excepting agricultural Implements and stationery, the decline In net sales in the other seven reporting lines, when compared with the de clines In the selling prices of their products during the year, Indicates that the physical volume of merchan dise now moving at wholesale is as large or larger than It was this time last year. A similar situation obtains in the retail trade, where sales of the 14 reporting department stores were only 7.9 per cent less In November, 1921, than they were In November, 1920, with price declines for the same period reported to be from 15 to 25 per cent. Fsna Products) ftelllnsT. "The laHt of the 1921 agricultural products of this diHtrlct are now com ing to market. latest estimates of the apple crop of the diHtrict place It at 45,000,000 bushels, approximately 50 per cent In excess of last year's short crop. With the shortage of fresh fruits In the east and middle west as a result of the frosts of last spring, the demand for apples so far this season has on the whole been good, and growers are expected to experience a profitable year. Stork la (iood Shape. "The livestock of this district is In excellent condition. Hay is abundant and cheap and winter range pros pects are good. There Is reported from all districts a stronger demand for feeder cattle and, except in the lntermountaln district, there are In dications that herds and flocks are being restocked. Flour mills of the district are op erating 5S.9 per cent of capacity as compared with 34.7 per cent of capa city a year ago. Many mills In Cali fornia are doing even better than this on account of a brisk export demand from Mexico and Latin America. "In the lumber Industry diminution of October's sudden activity Is noted, but a decline with the approach of the new year is customary. Produc tion Is now 9 per cent less than or ders and shipments are 55 and 20 per cent greater, respectively, than they were in November, 1920. Japanese Buy Lumber. "The export demand, principally from Japan, continues brisk, and there Is reported an Increasing ten dency to use ocean transportation In the lumber trade between the Pa cific and Atlantic coasts. The supply of logs In the water Is abnormally small and It la expected that logging operations will be more than usually extensive during the winter. Petro leum production In California, since the conclusion of the oil strike, has BI 013 SLUMP ft- yiiC Mr 1 i M (Re-pular aerrlce between Portland, Maine; Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Loa Angelea, Han Francisco, Portland. Oregon: Seattle and Tacoma via the Panama canal.) North Atlantic and Western S. 8. Co.'a 8800-toa steel vessels. KA9TBOUND WESTBOUND From From From 'From Portland. Or. Portland. Me. Boston Phila. LEHIGH Jan. 14 mi.n TUnilOH. DrcZH Jan. 1 Jnn. ft HKST ISI.KTA..Ju. 19 SPH I CiKl KLD. Jan. 11 Jnn. 14 Jnn. ID COLUHAHBOR.Keb.il AKTIUAS Jnn. 28 Keb. 1 Feb. For Further Information Apply to TITE ADM1HAL LI. Mi. Paclflo Cvaat Altrnta, 101 Third Street. Phone Main 82S1 NORTH CHINA LINE Columbia Pacific Shipping Co. Street FrslgUt Service Without Tranashlpmeat PORTLAND TO Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Tsingtao, Tientsin (TakuBar), Chinwangtao.Dairen 8. S. WEST KADER Jan. & 8. LAS VEQ AS. . .. .J. 2i Shanghai, Manila, Hongkong S. 8. WE8T KEATS Jan. 17 S. & VIN1TA Feb. II for farther Information reirardlnir epaee, rates, etc. apply to TRAFFIC DF.PT-M-6za Hoard of Trade Bld.. Portland. Or., or Astoria 8blprlna Co, Astoria. Or, or B. T. Johns A Co, Central Bid.. Seattle, Wash. shown a marked Increase and durinjr the month of November was slightly more than the increased consumption reported for that month. Storage stocks were consequently Increased again after the declines of October and November. "Building act'vlty, particularly In he interior states of the district, de creased during November with the approach of winter, and flpurr-s for that month were slightly below the record months of September and Octo ber of this year. They are still, how ever. 49.3 per cent greater in value and 46.3 per cent greater In number of permits than In November, 1920. I'nrmplnymrnt on Increase. "Unemployment throughout the dis trict, principally among unsKilled workers. Increased during November. The greatest declines in employment were reported from the seasonal in dustries, agriculture and road build ing, and from the shipyards which are now operating at approximately 5 per cent of their war capacity. There continues to be strotiK demand for skilled labor in the building industry. "Bank clearings during November were 9.6 per cent less than in Novem ber, 1920. This is the smallest per centage of decline, from last year's figures which has been shown in any month this year and Indicates a sub otantlal increase in physical volume of business being done now as coin pared with a year ago. "Business failures during Novem ber were the largest reported during the year, an increase which is in part seasonal." CONDEMNED SHIPS SOLD Intrepid, Surprise nml Ilrooklyn at -Mure 1 -In ml Are Tlirec. VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. 27. Three condemned naval vessels, stationed at the Mare Island navy yard, have been cold, according to notification re ceived today from tho navy depart ment at Washington. They are: Intrepid, training ship, to M. Tar ker, San Francisco, $1015. Surprise, training ship, to Hunt Hatch company, Oakland. $.172 3. Brooklyn, cruiser, to American Iron Metal company, Oakland, $11,066. Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-oO-Ad. Read The Oregnnian classified ndfl. SAFE INVESTMENT SECURITIES Limited Amount Long- or Short Term Yielding1 6 to 10 Make reservations while available Call or Write SECURITIES DEPT. J.LHartmanCo. Main 208 Portland, Or. thwki.kks firms:. Passenger and Freight Service to California Through BMlllnaa to Sts Francises Los Angeles) and ban Dlexo Leave Munieipal Dock No. 2. 4 I. M. SS. Senator - - - - Dec. 31 SS. Admiral Evans - Jan. 7 SS. Senator ----- Jan. 14 And Kvery Saturday Thereafter Local Service to Atnrnhflclrf, Eureka and San FrnnrlKro SS. Curacao, 4 P. M. Jan. 4 l-ery 14 Iny Thereafter. Fast Trans-Pacific Passen ger and Freight Service Yokohama, Kobe. Shanghali UonakonsT and Manila bailing from Seattle SS. Bay State - - - - Jan. 7 SS. Keystone State - Jan. 14 SS. Silver State - - - Feb. 4 For full Information apply at 101 Third St., Corner Stark f hone aialn rUsl J ASTORIA AND WAY POINTS Ptearoer Rrrtr. !.. Pnlly Erpt Saturday) 7: P. M, Splendid sleeping accommodation, Connection Made for All .North an 4 South Beach Polota Far 9t Kach W a, $ 3.40 Koonrt Tripe Alder-Ht. Iock. Hruadtvar S4a, . 'I be llarkina TranatMirtmltuB Co AUSTRALIA NEW 7.RALAM1 AKiO SOUTH SEA Via Tahiti and Rsritonis. Mall and nanscnirer service from bss F'ranclaco every a daya. UNION S. ft. CO. OP NEW ZEALAND KIO rnlirornla St., nn KrancUco, trlo'wl wteitmshlpiinH mllrnnd nirrncl. It W n