-r : THE SUX II A Y. - OREGOXIAX,. PORTLAND,-..3IA.Y 9, ,-1909- 9 MYSTERY OF SEA MAY BE SOLVED Captain John B. Warren Re . ported Alive and Inmate of Hospital in Chile. MASTER OF SILBERHORN Insane Man at Valparaiso Has Been Identified as Skipper or Famous Craft Supposed to Have Burned Off West Coast. Captain John Benjamin Warren, master of the British bark Silberhorn, ments are: Length, 134 feet: beam, 22.2 feet; depth of hold, 5.5 feet; gross tona, 195.93; net tons. 118. The total cost of the Hyak Is $60,000. She will be operated on Puget Sound. Of the fleet of four vessels owned by thj Kit sap Transportation Company, three have been built by Joseph Supple. "If the Hyak does not do better than 20 miles an hour, I will quit build ing boats and take to a farm," said Mr. Supple yesterday after the launch ing. "I have corrected several defects of the Kitsap in the construction of the new boat and the Kitsap has been knocking out better than 18V4 miles for the past two years:" In command of Captain J. J. Rey nolds, the Hyak will make a trial trip Monday. On Tuesday morning she will start for the Sound. She will make the voyage In command of Captain Rey nolds, who took the Kitsap around three years ago. Steamer Mascot Ties T7p for Repairs The steamer "Undine has been placed on the Lewis River Tun in place of the steamer Mascot, which has been tied up for repairs. The Mascot will be out of commission only two or three days. At present the Lewis River is low the ' boats cannot go higher up than the forks. Marine Notes. "With passengers and freight for Coos Bay, the steamship Alliance sailed last evening. The steamship Rose City sailed for NEWTRA1NS PUTON Hill Lines Will Meet Canadian Pacific Service. SCHEDULE CUT TO ST. PAUL North Coast Limited Will Run Over North Bank Tracks From Port- . land Great Northern Also Cuts Its Running Time. To meet the competition of the Soo-Spokane-Portland train, the Northern Pacific Railway will, after May 23, run the North Coast Limited over the track of the North Bank through solid to St. Paul, reducing the present sched ule by 17 hours. This is the first inti mation that has been given of the way the new service has threatened NEW VESSEL LAUNCHED FOR SERVICE ON PUGET SOUND i f , ,, , , , , j -;-r-ju-r . Jl, . a i iii mil i i in mi i i mm a STBAMKR HYAK, OWNED BV KITSAP TRANSPORTATION COMPANY which was lost in the South Pacific, supposedly with all hands. Including the master, his wife and child, is re ported to be confined in a hospital at Valparaiso. Chile, suffering from an unbalanced mind. Steps toward a pos itive Identification of the man have taken by John Gray, father-in-law of Captain Warrem The following ad vertisement has been inserted in , the Glasgow Gazette: ' WANTEP A resectable sailor whol has SAHd Svlth Oaptaln John Benittmln Warren, trfte ot the four-muster barque Kilberhnrn, who is supposed to be loM. to po to Val paraiso to identify the above named man. l"or Darttculars apply to John Oray, Spring liouit. &lyn Hoad. Skerton. Lancaster. The above brings to mind one of the most famous sea mysteries of recent . years. The Silberhorn. in command of Captain John B. Warren, who was ac companied by his wife and daughter, aud with a crew of 24 men and four apprentices, sailed from Newcastle. N. S. V., in June, 1907, for Iquique with a cargo of coal. July 16 she was reported as being in latitude 40 S., longitude 140 V. . After that the craft was reported many times but she newer arrived at any port. ' One vessel reported her as on fire off the west entrance to the Straits of Magellan. Again another hip sent in a report that the Silber horn was seen ofj! the coast of Juan Kernandc (sajrl to have' been the home of 'the original Robinson Crusoe.) She was supposed to have. been!seen in var ious parts of the South Pacific. J Cruisers 'Were sent out by the Bri tish: government to look for. the miss ing": bark. No trace of her could be f oumi. ' She .was . placed on. the list as lost, the 'insurance -paiti ' and the Bri tish government paid the ,. loss claims to the families of the 'members of the crew. '. . -Several months ago an insane -man was brought to the hospital at Val-. paralffo. .Aa inmate, of -the hospital Identified htm as Captain' John B. War ren, master of the Silberhorn. From what little conld be gained from the Hatient . the story., told' by the person who .identified 'him was-lorne -out. He told a tale of having been wrecked, cast ashore, wandering in Patagonia and amassing a fortune in mines in the southern end ot the Southern hemisphere-. . Captain -Warren was well known to many-of the ship masters now in port. A brother of the man whose identity Is sought,' was once mate with Captain King of the British ship Glenalvon, now tied; Up at the Oceanic dock in Portland, " CI.AV M.VCFAm,ANE CXKAKS British . Steamship Gets Away With Oargo of liumber for Shanghai. t-artrtl with 3.S81.20O feet of lumber, valued, at $39,393. the British steamship Clan Macfarlane cleared for Shanghai yesterday. She will leave down at day light this morning. The Clan Macfar lane.ls the first lumber packet to get away for. May. off shore, and was dis patched by the Pacific Kxport Lumber Company. . A number of lumber cargoes will be cleared during the month and May ex ports, foreign, will be larger, than for many months. Tho.clHmand Is steadily increasing and several charters. for the "West Coast will be clo.scd In. the near future. HYAK SLIDES DOWN THE WAYS New Puget Sound Steamer Launched at Supple's Yard. Miss Mary Gaxzam. the 13-year-old daughter of W. L Gazzam, president of the Kitsap Transportation N.av I na tion Company, broke a bottle of wine over the how of the new steamer Hyak as that craft started down the Vay at the Supple yards yesterday afternoon. The launching was one of the most successful ever made in Portland. There was not a single hitch In the programme, and on signal from Mr- Supple the .fastenings were knocked out and the vessel started for the Willamette. The Hyak waa designed and built fey- Joseph Supple and her measure- San Francisco yesterday with 300 pas sengers and a full cargo. The steamship State of California is due to arrive tomorrow evening from San Francisco. The steamship Sue H. Elmore arrived ' STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Due to Arrive. Name. From. Date. Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook." In port Ara-o Tillamook. ... May 9 Breakwater. . . .Coos Bay. .... May 9 Eureka ..Eureka May .10 State of Cal. . . .Fan Francisco May 31 Riverside San Francisco May It Geo. W. Elder. .San Pedro. . . . May It Alliance , Coos Bay... .. .May 13 Rose city San Francisco May 17 Alesla Hong-kong. . . .May -0 Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. riate. Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook. . . .May JO Ariro Tillamook. .. .May It. Breakwater. .. Coos Bav May 12 Riverside San Francisco May l:t Geo W. Elder. -San Pedro. .. .May l:t Alliance. ... , . .Ocos Bay May 15 State of Cal. . . .Pan Francisco May 15 Alesia Hongkong. . . .May 20 Rose City San Francisco May Entered Saturday. ' St. Helens. Am. steamship (Jami son), with ballast, from Pug-et Sound. . Cleared Saturday. ' .. Clan Macfarlane, Br. steamship' (Price), with lumber., (or ."Shanghai. Northland. Am.- .steamship (Eflck son), with 840,000 feet- of lumber, for . San Francisco. . .... U up yesterday morning from Tillamook with passengers and .freight. L With full cargo of lumber- for Shanghai, the"Briti6h " steamship ""Clan M'acfarlanet will leave, down this-morn-ing.. -r . ''In coirihi&n'd of "Captain Jamison,' the steam schooner St: Helens arrived - up yesterday morning in ballast, from Pu get Saund. , r. ? ! It has been reported that the Nor wegian steamship Jotliou will corns to Portland for grain. She is 'now at Guayamas with coal for Nanaimo. Arrivals and Departures."!. PORTLAND, May 8. Arrlw'd Steamship St. Helens, from Puget Sound; steamship Sue 11. Elmore, from Tillamook. Sailed Steam ship Roae City, for San Francisco; steamship Alliame. for Coos Bay; steameliip Northland, for San Francisco: meamshlp Majestic, for San Francisco, from St. Helens. Astoria. May 8. Condition at - the mouth of the river at 5 P. M.. smooth; wind south west . 10 . miles; weather, cloudy. Arrived down at J2:SO A. M. and sailed at 1 :.10 P. M. Steajner Yosemite, ., for Sen Pedro. Arrived at 12:36 and left up at 2:i0 P. M. steamer Roma, from San Francisco Ar rived at 3 P. M. Schooner Virginia., from San Francisco. Sailed at 4:lo P. M. Steamer South Bay. for San Francisco. Sailed at 3:50 P. M. Gasoline sloop Delia. Arrived down at .1:40 ard sailed at 6:20 P. M. Steamer Rose City, for San Francisco. Sailed at 4:66 P. M. steamer Johan Pouisen, for San Fran cisco. San Francioco. May. 8. Arrived at 6 A. M. steamer Shoshone, from Columbia River. Sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer -State of Cali fornia, for Portland. Arrived at A. M. and milled at 2 P. M. Steamer Geo. W. . Elder, from San Pedro for Portland.- - " Port San Luis, May 8. Sailed yesterday Steamer l.aneinc. for Portland. Antwerp, May 8. Sailed yesterdsyV-French berk General Faldherbe. for Portland. Tides a Astoria, Sunday. High Water. Low Water. " 3:4" A. M. 8.7 feet'fl:45 A. M.... 0.5 foot 4:20 P. M e. feet':4Q P. M . . 3.8 feet BARBERS THREATEN STRIKE Spokane Union Strops Insist Wage . Agreement Has Xot Been Kept. SPOKANE. Wash., May 8. The Spo kane Barbers' Union has voted that all its members shall go out on strike next Monday morning. This will cripple near ly all the shops in the city, there being but four- nonunion shops of any impor tance in the city. The union men declare the Master Bar bers" Association signed an agreement last "Winter to raise wages from 316 to 318 per week on May 1- That date passed, and the wages have not gone up. Columbus, O. Mrs. Gladden, wife of Rev. Washington Gladden, of the First Congrega tion! Ohuroa. died Saturday. to cut Into the Hill line and the prompt meeting of the competition promises considerable good for the transcontinental service. Formerly the North Coast Limited ran only as far as St Paul, where vexatious delays were necessary be fore a train could be obtained over the Burlington to Chicago. After May 23 -the -North Coast Limited will use the Burlington tracks from St. Paul to Chicago. - There will "be besides two transcon tinental trains daily from Portland to St. Paul, making three dally transcon tinental trains to St. Paul. A daily transcontinental train will be run from Portland to Kansas City and L -. Louis, that will make as fast time as any other transcontinental train to both places and will cut the schedule con siderably . of the road running to Omaha. . The North Coast Limited is timed to leave Portland after May 23 at 9:15 A. M. reaching Chicago, at 11 o'clock the morning of the third day, thus oc cupying 72 hours. On the same date a new local serv ice to Seattle goes into effeet, when there will be four trains a day each way, in place of three trains as at present. . One of the new trains will run solid to Vancouver, B. C., making the run from Seattle to Vancouver over the tracks of the Great Northern. It is said that in this way the Hill lines are replying to the intrusion by the C. P. R. on what the Northern Pacific is said to consider Hill territory. The trains to the Sound will leave Union Depot at 8 A. M., 10 A. M., 3:30 P. M. and 12:01 A. M. The afternoon train will be known as the Puget Sound Limited. The arrival of the trains from Puget Sound will be 7 A. M., 4:13 P. M., 8:35 P. M. and 10 P. M. The last train Is from British Columbia. The run to Vancouver takes exactly 12 hours. The Great Northern Railway is ar ranging increased service to Puget Sound to compensate for the increased service given by the Northern Pacific to Portland. The Oriental Limited will run solid trains from Tacoma to Chi cago via: the Great Northern and Bur lington roads and will make the run in 72 hours actual running time. The Fast Mail will make a daily run from Tacoma to St. Paul in 70 hours run ning time and an entirely new train will be put on from Seattle to Kansas City via the Great Northern to Bill ings and from Billings over the Bur lington cut-off. The Great Northern will divide equip ment with the Northern Pacific for the British Columbia train and proba bly two trains will be supplied by each company. O. R. & BALLASTING TRACK About $150,000 to Be Spent on Im proving Stretches of Roadway. . Evidencing the general Improvement going on at present, the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company is engaged in ballasting several stretches of track at a total cost of about $150,000," The Pleasant Valley branch, from ' Winona to Thornton, a distance of 31 miles, will have first attention, at , an estimated cost of 340,000. The most expensive stretch is the line from Baker City to Huntington, on which ballasting of the heaviest kind of steel is being-laid. This stretch of line, although only 48 -miles long, will cost over 31(10,000. Twentjr-flve miles of track from Pendleton to Umatilla will have some light, work done,- at a total cost of,14.,000. . , The O. R. &" N, has also placed a heavy order for" steel rails with whioh to relay a quantity of track. The bal lasting of the, track is expected to en able better running time to be made on the O. R. & N.. and, while much of the work is in the nature of ordinary renewals, a general acceleration of service seems ot be in prospect. O. R. & X. Orders Two Motorcars. The O. R. & N. has ordered two motor cars for general use in the Northwest and somewhat in the light of an experi ment. They will cost 318.000 each and will weigh about 60.000 pounds, some what lighter than the usual coach. There will be seating accommodation more What It Is Why You Should Know J3 n n D n n n n n n n n q nD IL KM , u u WESTMORLAND " i 1 tfTT This beautiful arch will mark the entrance to WESTMORELAND, at the corner of Bybee St. and Milwaukie Ave. The design was drawn by. Doyle & Patterson, the well-known architects, and will be carried out in cut stone i n n n n n n ft n n .. 1 1 i r y ' - JSP, "WESTMORELAND" is the latest real estate project of the Columbia Trust Company, and is certain to meet with instant favor. "WESTMORELAND'S" location is most naturally the first query that is on your mind. : It is close in the three-mile circle that has its center at the Postoffice cutting through the property. On the west it is bordered by Milwaukie avenue, on the east by the Southern Pacific Railway. Mayhap its location will be clearer to you when we tell you that "WESTMORE: LAND" is the western portion of the Ladd property known as "Crystal Springs Farm.". If in your rambles around the suburbs you 've come upon Crystal Springs Lake and Johnson Creek,-you may have wished for a home "WESTMORE- -the Sellwood car tak- in the vicinity. "Well, this wish can be gratified ' now." LAND" can be easily, quickly and cheaply reached- ing you there in fifteen minutes .,' . .. 1 .. " .... Every man owes his family a home amidst pleasant and healthy surround ings: and he, as the income earner, should use due care and caution in se lecting the homesite where there is a certain: prospect of enhanced value in the future! "WESTMORELAND" meets all these requirements. Com pare its location as regards view of river and mountains, and accessibility with Irvington, for instance r" WESTMORELAND" will hold its own. That means values are sure to increase and that shortly. Considering the desirability of "WESTMORELAND" as a residence sec tion, the prices are very low Jots are to be had as low as $500. In order to visit the property, take a Sellwood ear and get off at Bybee and Milwaukie avenue. If you make the trip on Sunday you can inspect the property at your leisure, and without fear of being importuned to buy, as none of our salesmen transact any business on Sunday believing that six days are ample for work and that the seventh is needed for rest. Be sure to read the paragraph headed "Pertinent Pointers" it gives the details in a nutshell. . Special Inducements to Early Homebuilders If you buy a lot at WEST MORELAND and want to build at once, see us. Pertinent Points TO REACH IT Take a Sellwood car and get off at Bybee and Mil waukie ave. every lot being with in eight blocks of this corner. STREETS They are to be graded and will be 24 feet wide from curb, - "to curb. . : :.. CURBS' Six -inch -concrete Curbs will be set on all streets. , ' ; SIDEWALKS Sii-f oot concrete, sidewalks will be laid on all streets. ' . , -' '-' ..WATEE MAINBuU Eun water piped to. every lot.- - -- - " BONDED IMPROVEMENTS All " the above improvements will be done under the city "bonding act." PARKING A 10 -foot parking strip, will ' be laid out and ' shade : trees planted thereon.'- BUILDING LINE A fifteen-foot building line is one of the restric tions, this, insuring a, uniform and pleasing appearance..-- BUILD. ING . RESTRICTTONS--fifteen hundred dollars "will be the minimum- price houses may be built at. This insures advancement of ' value to all. ' ... - - PERFECT VIEW You get a per--.fpet view - of-the. mountains., and . river. ..,.-...... ; PRICE Lots range in price from 5j5500 upward, and will be sold at a discount of XO per cent until further notice. We reserve the right to cancel this discount offer. TERMS lO per cent down and 2 per cent per month. 5 per cent discount for cash. INDUCEMENTS TO EARLY BUILDERS Those who buy a. lot and want to build at once, will find it to their advantage to call on us. Col um bia rust Co, - Ground Floor Board of Trade Building WANTED Wideawake, reputable salesmen to sell Westmoreland, Peninsula property, in side business and outlying residence properties, beach, walnut and orchard acreage and gen eral farm and ranch lands. Fair treatment and good commission. for 70 people, parlor and emokinsr-car, as well as baSKatte and mall compart ments. Mr. O'Brien said he had not decided whether to. put the new cars on the Fourth -street service or not, but he believed they would be tried out on the branch from Wallula to Walla tV'alla. , 'ALIi RED" TRAIN. EXHIBITED Four Thousand Persons Visit New St. Paul Passenger Train. Described as the smartest train in the Northwest, judging by exterior appear ance only, the "all red," the new Cana dian Pacific Railway, train 'on the Soo-. Spokane-Portland run was on exhibition, on Fourth street yesterday - and was visited by over 4000 people. '-. r , ; In the Interior, the-train, is very similar, to the new O. R. & N... train for the same ; service recently .exhibited,, with the ex-, ception that the. C. P.: R. 'train was ex hibited without a diner., Although it was . stated by the officials that the equip ment for the diner was not ready,' It was remarked that the diner would . be at tached to the train when it went out last night.- - . i . . - . . -.-- v : i Railroad men believe, that tne diner was , not exhibited . because of heavy: losses suffered by the O. R. 4 "N. from petty thievery when its train was on exhibit a few days ago. The silver Is of a quite elaborate . description. - -' - - - . : . ? ' . With the exception that upholstery Of the day coaches was grass green -in color i and the . tourist coaches were equipped ' in black leather In place of green, there appeared to be no marked difference from the O. R. & N. train. The train exhibited was one of six supplied by the C. P. R-, the other two to complete -the service being furnished -. by the initial line the O. R. & N. ...... The service will be a continuous ad vertisement for Portland. The promi nence given to "Soo-Spokane-Portland" on every car is a permanent advertise ment of the Pacific Northwest and the brilliantly illuminated ' device dn the ob servation car to the same effect Is just as pronounced. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED WIFE THIXKS R. F. SHEPARD WAS ROBBERS' VICTIM. Theory Is Also Advanced That Man Who Disappeared May Have Been Demented at Time. Since the strange disappearance on April 30 of R, F. Shepard, manager of the. lone Carpet Works, no trace of the missing, man has been -found, and no word -received as to his whereabouts. Although the local police as well as the chiefs .of ..departments Seattle and other cities have been notified, and cor--respohdence with friends and relatives established, nothing' can be done to locale the husband. . All efforts having "been- futile, the decision has been made by Mrs. Shepard, who lives at 713 "Sandy road, that her husband has met Tvttn foul play or has' been the victim of insanity and wandered away while In this condition. ; ' : Shepard disappeared "on the afternoon "of" April 30 after spending the greater part of the daylin.his office and on business connected with it. He left the ironse- in the morning with a slight headache, and Mrs. Shepard gave him medicine, which he took. She advised him to stay at home that day but he refused, saying that he would be all right when he got started to work. Then he went down, to the office and worked until about noon, when he tel ephoned to his wife that he would not be able to go home to luncheon as he was putting down a carpet on West Park street and would eat his meal down town. Nothing strange was no ticed in his manner in talking over the telephone and Mrs. Shepard did not think any more about it until evening, when Mr.. Shepard did not return. Inquiries the next day resulted in the information that Shepard returned from the place he had been putting down carpets to the office, where he had talked with his foreman, after which he signified his intention of col lecting some bills in different parts of town. " He was expected to be back be-, fore 6 o'clock, but as he did not re turn the office was closed up by the foreman. From the time he left the office In the afternoon he has not been seen by any one who can be found. He had a large amount of money upon him which he had drawn for the purpose of paying the weekly and monthly bills. For this reason it is believed that he may have been dealt with foully. Mr. Shepard was dressed in a dark blue coat and vest, wore light trousers and a soft hat. He is about 44 years old, weight 150 pounds, 5 feet 7 inches in height and has a sandy mustache. He has a scar on one corner of his mouth, and the middle finger of the right. hand is slightly disfigured. The nail grows over the end of it. Any in formation In regard to the missing man will be appreciated by Mrs. Shepard. BENEFIT TO BE BIG EVENT Theaters Will Raise Fund for Rose Festival. Harry Holmes, who has been selected by the local Theatrical Managers' Associa tion to have full charge of the arrange mentsfor the big benefit for the Rose Festival " fund,- has announced that the programme which will be given at the Baker Theater next Saturday night, will be the finest array of diversified talent that has ever appeared on a single show bill in this city. . Acts from every playhouse in the city that is giving productions during the week will be embraced 1n the bill. They will vary from dramatic sketches, straight musical numbers, acrobatic and circus acts, to eong and dance, monologues and sketches.. Talent will be drafted from the clever Baker Stock Company, all of whose members are prime favorites with local theatergoers. The best there is In the moving picture line in town will be sand wiched in among the other numbers, while the greatly augmented orchestra of 4o pieces, which will be donated by the "Musi cians' Union, will render several selec tions. ..... The purpose of the benefit is to raise a sum for the Rose Festival fund in lieu of Individual contributions of the different theaters. The theater, talent, music, pro grammes, advertising, scenic effects and all other features will be contributed by the managers gratis and the Musicians" -Union has shown its further interest in the affair by promising Holmes to gather together a massed band of 100 pieces for a public street parade, on the day of the benefit. .' " ' MOXEI FLOWS TO NKW 1'ORK.. Attracted by the Higher Botes of Interest Xw Obtainable. NEW YORK, May S The Financier 'will say: . - The statement of the Associated .Banks of the City of New York lor the week end ing May 8, shows but a slight change mo far as loans were concerned, the decrease in that Item having been only $1,321,900. It Is quite evident, that new commitments are being made, roostiy by trust companies, the loans of these Institutions having In creased last week $9,434,30: ' V- The AsEociated Banks gained J3.21S.SO0 in cash, due for the most part-to operations with the Interior. - Deposits'- showed an In crease of $1,609,900. The result' of the opera tions noted was an Increase of $941,325. In the reserve, the surplus on Saturday .stand ing at $10,800,700. The flgures given are those- of actual conditions on Saturday. The report of averages showed a decrease of $3.o7fl,7&0 in the reserve. . The summary of state banks and trust companies not reporting to the clearing., house, as already stated, revealed a further -large increase in Inans, while net deposits rose $20,171.00, cash decreasing $2o-4.200.' The movement from the ' interior' has been stimulated, by til firmer rates tundtf s