tttv RTTVnAV OHEGON'IAN. PORTLAND. APRIL
7, 1912.
G . ' : '
ROBERTS BELIEVED
TO BE Wl
Suspected Slayer of Autoists
Shows Nervousness at
Scene of Crime.
EIGHT IDENTIFY PRISONER
Sheriff Steren Takr ez-Conrlct
Over Ground Wbere Fatal Shot
Tver Fired - Denxiner
Fallen During Ordeal.
Cootlnnlng to trngthn th chain
et circumstantial v!dno to prov that
H- E. Robert, an ex-convict. Is tbe man
who mnrdered Oeorg Hutlnm and
Donald M. Stewart. In an attempted
holdup on the Whltehoas road, March
S9. the officer yesterday secured eiht
positive Identifications showing that
Robert was at the ecene of the crime
a few hour before It took place and
wa within a half roUe of It the next
morning.
Roberta oooree from the time he I
aliased to hare fired the fatal shots
Into the speeding automobile In which
were the two unfortunate young men
until ha arrived at the home of his
mother. U mtlea outhat of Oregon
City, haa been traced almost in detail,
there blng but two or three houre
still unaccounted for.
v I her lft Stevens and Deputy Sheriff
Leonard, of Multnomah County, and
Sheriff Mass, of Clackamas County,
took Roberta out In an automobile
yesterday to the acene of the crime
and to Oregon City and worked up
what la considered eom of the most
Important vldenc ao far produced.
The prisoner was out all day with the
officers and was shown all kinds of
traces of the crime he left behind,
which he could not account for.
TeT ! PeJllea
Malnlainlra a eurly disposition. Rob
erta followed the officers, still making
no denials and offering no suggestions.
His only comment wa an occasional
oath and sarcastic remarks to the of
ficers, which apparently grw worse
as paw aTldence against him was pro-
'"eserlff Steven declared last night
that the day was the hardest for Rob
erts of any since the Investigation has
been under way. Roberts, apparently
tired out, waa returned to the Jail and
placed In Ma cell and allowed to rest
all eight. The Sheriff said he waa la
an extremely nervous condition and a
collapse only Is held back by a strong
nerve.
rrom Portland the party went to the
home of C. C. Ruenltx, a florist, who
Uvea a half mile west of the scene of
the tragedy. Mr. Ruentts appeared In
the road as the officer In an automo
bile pulled up. Robert waa the first
to speak. Re said. In a surly manner:
"Hullo, old man." Ruenlta In telling
what he knew of Roberts said that he
first saw him March 17 at about 10
p M Roberta waa In the Ruenlta
back yard when Mr. Ruenlta went out
with a lantern. He asked for a place to
sleep and. Inasmuch as It was raining.
Mr. Ruenlts put him In an old shack
near the house. He slept the next morn
ing until o'clock, when he got up
and. after having had breakfast, left
the place.
Roberta See After Crime.
The officers In the Investigation Fri
day found where Roberts had been seen
up to I o'clock the afternoon of the
tragedy and found evidence of where
he had told that he was going to gel
money, even though he could find no
work.
Testerday the first evidence of Rob
erts' whereabouts after the crime was
divulged. A man waa found about
-three-quarters of a mile from the scene
of the crime who positively Identified
Roberta aa having appeared from the
brush near the scene of the crime the
following morning. This man's name
has been withheld by Sheriff Stevens.
This man said yeaterday after iden
tifying Roberts: "I was plowing In
my field when this man appeared at
the far end coming from the brush
ami tree. This was at noon. In hla
hand he carried a China pheasant, but
had no gun or bundle. Walking up
to me he held the bird up and asked If
t would cook It for him for dinner. I
told htm I was batching and didn't
have time, hot referred him to a log
gers camp on down the road a short
distance. Among other things he said
before he left, was that he bad slept
in the brush down on the side hllL
This I should Imagine was but a short
distance from the scene of the crime."
After getting this Information the.
officer went with Roberts to a camp
owned by a man named McOee where
Roberts appeared on the day follow
ing the tragedy and asked to have the
pheasant cooked. Four persons In the
camp positively Identified him. The
camp Is situated near the Boone's Ferry
road and within a half mil of where
the automobile tragedy occurred. The
cook at the camp In telling the officers
her story said:
Art lama Are Told by Cook.
"This man walked Into the ramp and
held up a hen pheaaont which had
been shot almost to pieces. He said be
'had been sleeping oat In the woods
and the bird flew down on hla pillow
and woke him hp and for that reason
be shot It- He waehed himself at the
camp and then ate a hearty dinner.
Upon finishing It he pulled out a purse
and gave me It cents. I told him I
dkdn't want the money but he said
be never asked for anything for
nothing. He acted rery peculiarly while
In the camp. He spoke at least six
times about that pheasant. .He went
away and left ft In camp. He said
also that he had been working at a
logging camp in the neighborhood for
$: a month. I knowing that there
wa no logging camp nearby, asked
him where the camp waa. He quickly
changed Ma statement to working on
a farm.
"Finally he said he waa going to
Portland and ha started for the road.
It waa very apparent, however, that he
did not follow tha road because Mr.
McGee cam up a few minutes later
and ha had not seen the man. At the
time he waa bere be carried no gun
or bundle.
Past Deed Related.
He related a atory of how he at
tempted one time to blow up the penl-
tentlary. but waa given away by a
fellow convict, who was afraid of be
ing killed. He also told of attempt
ing to give a man. against whom he
had a grudge, a revolver loaded with
dynamite.
Sheriff Stevens said last night that
there la ao longer any question about
tbe guilt of Roberts. "J had two ob
jects la taking him ont to aee all these
people." said the Sheriff. The first
Is that we expect to have to oonvlct
him on circumstantial evidence unless
. he confesses. I want to give him a
chance to talk to the people If he de
sires. Tha second reason Is to Identify
him and get tUe aLatementa of th
EAKEHN6
STUDENTS OF LEGAL DEPARTMENTS OF WILLAMETTE AND ORE
GON TJNIVEESITIES WILL DEBATE JUDICIAL jtUiUAUU.--
In the third annual debate between representatives of the legal depart
ment of th University of Oregon and Willamette University, at the .Women
of Woodcraft Hall. Tenth and Taylor streets, next Friday night, the subject
for discussion will be the "Judicial Recall." Willamette will defend the recall
of the Judiciary, and it peaker will be George T. Wll.on. leader; Mrton
R. Deleng and Glen T. Welle, associate. Thlr manager 1 w. A, Mlnton,
Speakers for tha University of Oregon who will sssall the removal of Judgea
by recall will be James R. Bain, leader, and William R. Singletary and John
Peter, associates. P. O'Brien and A. M. Frank are managing the detail of
th debate for the State Unlveralty debater. The team from Willamette has
not been defeated in two year, while Oregon this year ha what 1 considered
tbe strongest team it haa organised for debating purpose.
witnesses against him. People soon
forget little details, and by taking the
prisoner to them they will be reminded
and will remember when th time cornea
for trial.
"We are giving Roberta every chance
to protect himself, but he does not
seem to want to. H make no dentals
further than to ay he la not guilty,
and he has not attempted to give us
any evidence to show that he 1 not
guilty. There ia not the slightest
doubt in my mind but that he is guilty
of the crime. He Is a man who would
do such a thing and we have evidence
which ia abaolutely conclusive, I be'
lleve."
MANY FINE DOGS SHOWN
(Conitnoed rrom First Page.)
tnlin. owned bv Mrs. R. O. Mitchell
Innes. wins Perkins Hotel trophy.
Best Great Dane ero, owned oy
Kate W. Bodkin, win Toon Buffet
prise.
Best Pointer dog Eectrtm Ranger,
owned by Charles R. Campion, wins
Portland Oss Company trophy.
Best Pointer bltcli Champion Walla
Walla Rush, owned by Mrs. C J. Ellis,
wins H, C McAllster trophy.
Best Pointer In novice class Drug
Store Rip. owned by Ross A Farr, wins
John Pltrhburn trophy.
nest Encltsn better oog i:nampion
Handeome Dan It, owned by Mrs. Alan
trophy.
Best English Setter bitch Kulshaa
Francis, owned by Rowland O. Oam
weli. wins Judge Waldemar Seton
trophy.
Best English Setter In novice class
Prince Rtpp, owned by Max Flelschner,
wins Tom Sweeny trophy.
Best Irish Seter dog Champion Bow,
owned by C. B. May. wins . Marcus
Flelschner trophy.
Best Irish better in novice class-
Champion Bow, owned by C B. May,
wins Alan Joy. Jr.. trophy.
Best Cocker Spaniel dog Bwana
Turn bo, owned by D. P. Cresswell, wins
J. Wesley Ladd trophy.
Best Cocker tfpanlel bltcli Victoria
Tlney. owned by Mrs. A. J. Garesche,
wins waiter B. Moneyman tropny.
Other than Mark Cooker Spaniel
Ine- Champion Mission Roue, wlna Dr.
S. Slocum trophy.
Other than black Cocker Spaniel
Mtch Lady Coaette, owned by Mrs.
Ted Klelhofer, wins Hendrlckaen A
Co. trophy.
Best sabl and whit Collie South
port Rock, owned by Arthur Murphy,
wins Paul Weaslnger trophy.
Best sable, and white Collie bitch
Olen Tana Surprise, owned by the Glen
Tana Kennel, wlna Covey Motor Car
Company trophy.
Beat sable and white Collie pup
Glen Tana Surprlee, owned by Glen
Tana Kennele. wins Hof Brau trophy.
Best Collie other than sable and
white Glen Tana Daisy, owned by Olen
Tsna Kennel, wins Mr. Zoo R. Mor
row trophy.
Best novice Collie, and color Glen
Tana Surprise, owned by Olen Tana
Kennels, win Mrs, Elisabeth Grlerson
trophy.
Best Bull dor. male Khartoun.
owned bv prguelow Kennels, win
Elwood Wile trophy.
Best Bull dog bitch Breamore Hy
degrade. owned bv spraguelow Kennels,
wins Felix Frledlander trophy.
Best Bull dog In novice class Ches
terfield Marv, owned by J. L. Teexluff,
wins Andy Weinberger trophy.
Bull dog pup, either sex Tlge,
owned by R. E. Montgomery, win A.
M. Cronln trophy.
Best Irish TerHei Tom Fiddler,
owned by Mrs. T. D. Murphy, win the
Imperial Hotel trophy,
f DlllkaohbltchrFt8ndale.dZouo mglo oc
Best Poodle Rsscall, owned by B. 8.
Orlff. win Will Knight trophy.
Best French Bull dog Pierre Jacques,
owned bv Mrs Roy Quesaelle. wins
Mevee Restaurant trophy.
Best Bull Terrier dog Champion
Sound End Sombrero, owned by Mrs.
G. C. Israel, wlna Orpheum Theater
trophy
Best Bull Terrier bitch Stllletto
Keen Kutter, owned by Frank E. Wat
kins, wins Ira F. Powers trophy.
Best Bull Terrier pup Duke, owned
by Constance French Hodder, win
Master Buddy Holman trophy.
Best Bull Terrier In novice class
Sound End Beauty, owned by Lionel
Gettleson. wins Buffum A Pendleton
trophy.
Best Bull Terrier, either ex. owned
bv a member of the Bull Terler Club
of America Stllletto Ken Kutter,
owned by Frank E Welkins, wins
above club's trophy.
Best Boston Terrier dog Brookllne.
owned bv Jack Bradshaw, wins Hon
eyman Hardware Company trophy.
Best Boston Terrier bitch Pegy.
owned bv Dr. Emeat Lupton. wfns
James Hlslop trophy.
Bert Boston Terrier In novice class
Pegry. owned Dr. Ernest Lupton,
wins C. Feldenhelmer trophy.
Best smooth-haired Fox Terrier dog
Sabine Radium, owned by Irvine- C.
.-kermn. wlna American Fox Terrier
Club trophy.
Beat Sox Terrier bltoh JiaUnomah
' " t. cw. ni I.. -),,.,, ,.r pirn at f rPf RAII rt fl HT I
Frantic, owned by W. B. Fechheimer,
wins W. H. Fltxfterald trophy.
Best wire-haired Fox Terrier End
cllffe Jester, owned by Irving C. Ack
erman. wlna Empress Theater trophy.
Best Fox Terler pup. either lex
Multnomah Frantic, owned by W. B.
Fechheimer, wins Western Hardware
trophy. ,
Beat Airedale Terrier dog Kotenal
Chinook, owned by Kotenal Kennels,
wins Blumauer, Frank Company trophy.
Best Airedale bitch Mount View 0k
Root, owned by James G. Keefe, win
Dr. Earl Smith trophy.
Best Alreilale In novlco class Koot
enai Chinook, owned by Kotenal Ken
nels, wins W. M. Davis trophy.
Best Maltese Terler Nipped, owned
by Mrs. M. Olsen, win Lotus Cafe
trophy. . .
Best Japanese Spanlol Kobe, owned
by Mrs G. S. Taylor, wins Miss Ursula
St. George trophy. '
Best dog bred by evhlbltor Cham
pion Arbutus Swallow, owned by J. S.
Hlckford, and Whither, win Evening
Telegram trophy. . ,
Best flog In sporting division ladle
variety class Alandell's Redskin,
owned bv Miss Margaret B. Smith, win
tbe Heltkemper trophy.
Bs.t doc In ladles- variety class non
sportlnr division Champion Southport Kale
ty. owned by Mrs. Florence Brydon. wins P.
J. Martin trophy.
Best do In members clas Rodney Mer
ley. owned by J. J. McCarthy and Eugene
West, wins the Oregon Journal trophy.
Best do, veteran class Champion Walla
Walla Rush, owned by Mrs. C. J. Belli,
wins Mrs. M. L- Kline trophy.
Bet do In special puppy class Koote
nai Chinook, owned by Kootenai Kennels,
wins Oregon Hotel trophy.
Best bull tsrrler other than white Jean
N- owned by Mr. R. P. Martin, wins Meier
Frank trophr.
Best Pomeranian, either sex Ireland
Saury Olrl. owned by H. O- Ibarra, wins B.
8. Ultnp.on trophy.
Brit English Toy Spaniel Went, owned
by Mr. R. D. Bordeaux, wlna English Res
taurant prise.
Best Encllah Better pup Lectrlm Dash,
owned by Chsrles R. Campion, wins Oaskar
Rueber trophy.
ALBANY HOLDS A SHOOT
(Continued From First Pae.)
J. W. Dougla. 21; Z. W. Drake, 16; F.
H. Pfelffer, It: J. W. Warner. 10; P. J.
Baltimore. 11: W. G. Ballack, 2: Frank
Hackleman. 10: C. O. Clloe. 18; Grant
Froman. 28: J. M. French. 22.
The medal which the Albany club
has bung up for premier shooting will
be worn until the next shoot by John
W. Warner, hla core of 14 having been
the highest recorded by an Albany club
member yesterday.
The Albany Gun Club wa organised
about two month ago, and now haa a
membership of 48. It has established
ground at Hackleman' Grove, Just
southeast of the city, and the Portland
men here yesterday assert that, all
thing considered. It is the finest shoot
ing ground in the state. The offlcera
of the club are: Grant Froman, presi
dent: W. G. Ballack, vice-president: F.
P. Tracy, secretary; Nell Bain, treas
urer, and Dr. H. A. Lelnlnger. field
captain.
MATTHEW ACHESON DIES
Resident of Irian County 40 Year
Stricken at Albany.
AIBANT. Or., April .( Special.)
Matthew Acheson. well-known resi
dent of Linn County for 40 years, died
last night at his home in this city at
the age of T8. Born in Ohio in 1814,
he moved to Omaha when young and
came to Oregon In 1872. He settled on
a farm near Shedd and resided there
until 10 year ago, when he oame to
Albany. He wa a prominent member
of the United Preebyterlan Church for
many year.
Mr. Acheson la urvlved by vea
children, George 8. Acheson, of Port
land; Mr. Jennie Gaff, of Albany: Mr.
Dawson, of Pullman. Wash.: Wilbur
Acheson, of Phedde; M. H. Acheson. of
Alrlle: Rev. John L. Acheson, pastor of
the Third United Presbyterian Church
of Portland, and L Ray Acheson. of
Pendleton.
-
Balancing Uer Account.
Lipplnoort's Magazine.
"I am sorry. Mrs. Tinkle," said th
cashier, to the pretty little woman at
the window, "but you have overdrawn
the account placed here by your hus
band to the amount of twenty dollara."
Mrs. Tlnkl looked perplexed for a
moment then her fao cleared and aha
amUed brightly.
EXPORTERS FACING
HGREASE 111 RATES
Fifty-Cent Rise In Tariff on
Shipments From Portland
Officially Announced.
BURDEN CAUSES PROTEST
Change Mean Tha Differential of
60 Cents Malt Be Shouldered
Here In Competition With
Paget Sound Interest.
Exporters have learned officially
from Frank Waterhoue A Company
that In addition to tha tariff on June
shipment from Portland to the Orient
and Manila being 50 cent a ton high
er, that th am ratea will apply here
after. It mean that there will be a dif
ferential of 80 cent shouldered by
Portland in competition with Puget
Sound so long a tha present Water
bouse aervlce la maintained, which is
expected to b until August 1, when
the steamer owned by Andrew Weir
Company are to ba withdrawn.
Chaage Told la Lttera.
Letters have been received setting
forth the change In rates, which fol
lowed unofflolal Information obtained
last month that the June shipments
would ba acoepted only at an advance
of 60 cents a ton. Exporters assert
that they hav knowledge to the ef
fect the Waterhouse steamers will car
ry cargo from Northern porta at rates
prevailing there, as th Weir interests
Insist that Portland pay 60 oents a ton
additional for the trip into the Co
lumbia River.
The increase is but another burden
that haa been placed on shippers here
since the Waterhouse line waa given
control of the situation, through an
agreement entered Into with the Port
land A Asiatlo last year. When the
Portland Asiatlo wa operating its
steamers and the Waterhouse carriers
were In competition for Portland busi
ness, the latter paid insurance on car
goes between Portland and Puget Sound
because Its vessels followed that route
in both directions, while tha Portland
ft Asiatic sailed direct for the Far
East.
Insurance Falls on Shipper.
When tha agreement wa made
Waterhouse refused to carry the In
surance and it fell on the ahlppers.
Beside there haa been added Interest
on drafts drawn on consignees when
bills of lading were signed, the extra
expense covering the period between the
time the cargo waa loaded and when
It was finally started across th Pa
ciflo from th last port of call In the
North.
It is said by exporter that they are
tired of the arrangement through
whloh they are trying to maintain
trade with buyers across the Pacific,
and there U not the slightest doubt
but that they will endeavor to mova
all cargo possible from Northern ter
ritory into Puget Sound, there to ship
on other lines as a means of escaping
the added burden here. At tha same
time strenuous effort are being made
to Induce other to establish a line
from here, though Waterhouse is work
ing on a scheme to get other vessel
to replace the Weir carrier. If new.
comer get Into the field they stand a
chance of securing; virtually all of the
patronage.
The next liner of the Waterhouse col
lection will be the British steamer
Oceano, which I looked for here April
22 or 24, and all space allotted Port
land firms on her has been taken. She
is expected to remain here a week.
ELLICOTT AIDS MILITIAMEN
Maryland Selected as Ship for Big
Gun Target Instruction.
Officers of the Oregon Naval Militia
are looking forward with pleasure to
meeting Captain J. M. Elliott, com
manding the cruiser Maryland at San
Diego next week, aa the Navy Depart
ment has sent a communication re
questing that two offlcera of the organ
ization, the commanding or exeoutive
officer and the ordnance officer pre
ferred, be detailed to proceed to San
Diego and watch target practice that
will continue four days, beginning
APrU 1B- - ,, A
The same system haa been followed
on the Atlantic aide, where many states
were represented on various vessels,
and It. was thought officers of Paclflo
Coast States would be sent there, but
the circular Irora Commander A. H.
Davis, of the Navy Department, sta
tioned at Washington, D. C. and In
charge of Naval Militia affairs, saya
that Oregon. Washington and Califor
nia men are to go aboard the Mary
land. Captain Elliott left Portland last
July, after having passed two year
here a inspector of the Seventeenth
Lighthouse District, and was promi
nently connected with the early work
in the Oregon Naval Mllltla, besides he
wa In command of the Maryland be
fore, when she won the gunnery tro
phy. HI experience and that of hi
crew, combined with the fact he
evinced uch a deep Interest in the
Mllltla, make him doubly desirable as
an instructor for the Oergon offlcera.
WOOL RATES TO GO HIGHER
American-Hawaiian Will Raise Tar
iffs to New York.
Wool ratea between Portland" and
New York will be ellghtly advanced.
April 16 by the American-Hawaiian
Steamship Company, though the first
wool movement of the season from the
Columbia River Basin, whloh will ba
loaded on the tejner Faloon. due to
day, will be handled under the prevail
ing tariff.
Under the schedule of charge to go
Into effect a week from Monday,
greased wool In sack will be raised
from (6 to 76 cents on each 100 pounds.
Greased wool In compreed bale will
take a rate of 45 cents, an increase of
five oents. Sooured wool in compressed
bale will ba 60 cents Instead of 46
cents, and aooured wool in sack will
ba 85 cent, the prevailing rate being
80 cent. Virtually all wool ent from
here by water la destined for Boton.
being traneshipped from New Tork and
the initial consignment of the season
cama from. Echo, being transported to
Portland by the Open River Transpor
tation Company.
CROWN OP INDIA IN RIVER
Discharge of Inverldp Hurried So
She Can Start Lumber Cargo.
Under charter to Balfour, Guthrie &
Company, the British ship Crown of In
dia entered the river yesterday from
an-FTanclaocv to load lumber tor Capo J
Town. She will be given her cargo at
A lawk dock, to which place it will be
barged from the Inman-Fouisen mail.
The British steamer Inverkip, which
Is discharging Antwerp cargo at the
North Bank dock, will continue work
ing today, so that the last can be un
loaded, as she is to proceed to the Port
land mill to start her lumber cargo for
Port Plrle, Th schooner Meteor, lum
ber laden for Balboa, will be shifted
from Westport to the lower harbor ts
day and Is to be taken in tow by the
steamer Francis H. Leggett, which will
return from Aberdeen and finish her
Balboa cargo at Westport and Presoott,
The next lumber carrier ,to arrive for
offshore loading will be the British
steamer Ocean Monarch, of the Maple
Leaf Line, whloh Is due to sail from
Vancouver, B. C, April 16 and will take
on 1,000,000 feet at Presoott and Linn
ton for tha United Kingdom.
SAILORS TO BURT COMRADE
Funeral of Boston ' Bugler to Be
Held Tomorrow.
Ordera have been issued by Lieuten
ant Bloomberg, exeoutive officer of the
cruiser Boston, for all members of tha
Oregon Naval Mllltla stationed' here
to report aboard tha vessel at 13
o'olock tomorrow for the purpose of at
tending the funeral of Albert N. Ban
nister, lata bugler of the Militia, who
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..Coos Bay April
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.Ean Pedro.... April 13
. Enreka....... April 13
. ui D1.e . April 14
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Falcon
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P. H. Lecrett
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Rosa City
.San Dleso.... April 10
Balboa.
April 11
San Pedro.
Eureka.
April 13
.April 15
San Dl.ro.
April 17
.Ban Pedro. ...April IT
Ksnsss City. .
.San Pedro.... April 22
was drowned from a canoe near the
ship Friday.
The deceased's mother arrived yes
terday from her home at Port Or
chard, Wash., but pending the selec
tion of the place of interment made no
definite arrangements for the funeral,
other than that it will be held tomor
row afternoon. Details will be made
aboard the Boston of palbearers, an
escort, firing squad and the band. As
tha deceased was the only bugler of
the organization. Bandmaster White,
formerly a trumpeter in the regular
service, will probably be asked to
sound "taps" at the grave.
The crew will also assemble today, as
a landing party drlH is scheduled for
noon, small boats containing the citi
zen sailors being towed by the Boston's
steam launch to the Waverly Golf
Links, and on the return details of the
funeral will probably be announced.
Marine Notes.
When the steamer Modoc left for the
lower river yesterday she carried a
shipment of machinery for the St. Hel
ens Mills Company, which originated
In Wisconsin and weighed 25,350
pounds.
After discharging inward cargo from
San Francisco the steamer Temple E.
Door sailed yesterday for Grays Har
bor to load lumber for the South.
Cannery supplies having been load
ed at Columbia dock No. 1, the ship
Berlin Is to shift today to the dock of
the American Can Company to finish
her cargo. '
Arthur Merrill, chief clerk in the of
fice of United States Inspectors Ed
wards and Fuller, has promised both
officials a contribution of fish for to
morrow, because he Is to visit Oregon
City today on his first quest of the
season for salmon.
Marcus Talbot, general manager of
the Port of Portland, who has been Iii
San Francisco on business connected
with the future operations of the Port,
is expected home today and will make
a report of his trip at the monthly ses
sion of the commission Thursday.
With her exterior showing a fresh
coat of white paint, her cabins reno
vated, machinery overhauled, repairs
made on deck and generally in fine
condition, the Kamm steamer Lurllne
will resume servloe between Portland
and Astoria tomorrow, replacing the
steamer Undine, which will be laid up.
Pedestrians crossing- the Steel bridge
at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon
thought that the fire drill aboard the
steamer Beaver, of the San Francisco
St Portland fleet, was not a stage af
fair until they saw the crew scramb
ling for the boats on the upper deck.
During the fire drill 12 streams of
water were running.
Movements ol Vessels.
PORTLAND, April a Arrived Steamer
Asuncion, from Eaa Fraacleco; steamer Ca
tania, from Port ban Luis; French bark
Eugene Schneider, trom Callao. balled
Bteamer Temple E. Dorr, for Grays Harbor.
Astoria. April 9. Condition at the mouth
of the river at 6 P. M., smooth; wind,
southeast. 34 miles; weather, clear. Sailed
during tho night, steamer Caaco, for Sun
Francisco. Bulled at 2 A. M., steamer
Northland, for Ban Pedro. Arrived at mid
night and lett up at A. M., steamer Asun
cion, from San Franclaco. Arrived down
at Z A. M., bark Levi G. Burgees. Left up
at 8 A. M., French bark Eugene Schneider,
balled at 4 A. M., steamer Carlos, for San
Francisco; steamer Hhoahone. for tian Diego.
Arrived at 6 A. M. and left up at 2 P. M..
steamer W. 6. Porter. from Monterey.
Sailed at 6:30 A. M-, steamer Qutliault, for
Ban Francisco. Sailed at 7 A. -r.. steamer
Alliance, for Coos Bay and Eureka. Arrived
at 11:23 A. M., British ship Crown of In
dia, from San Franclaco. Arrived at 12:45
and left np at 1:45 P. M.. steamer Catania,
from Port Ban Luis. Balled yesterday,
steamer Aurella, for Ban Francisco.
ban Franclaco, April 6. Sailed at 1 A. M-.
Bteamer J. U. Stetson, for Portland. Ar
rived Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from San
Diego, Arrived at 11 A. M., steamer Roa
noke, from Portland. Balled at 1 P. M.,
steamer Kansas City, for Ban Pedro. Ar
rived at 4 P. M.. steamer Toaemlte, from
Portland, for San Diego. Sailed laat night,
steamers Baglnaw, Tamalpais and Johaa
Poulaen. for Portland. ,
Coos Bay. April 9. Sailed at S P. M..
steamer Breakwater, for Portland.
Seattle, April 8. Arrived Steamers Inaba
Maru. Mexico Mam, from Tacoma; La
touche. from Southweatern Alaska. Balled
Steamers Lyra, for Balina Crux, via. San
Francisco; Watson, for Tacoma; tug SheU
koft. for San Franclaco.
San Francisco. April 6. Arrived Steam
ers Nann Smith, from Coos Bay; Tallac,
from Seattle; Fifleld, from Bandon; Roa
noke, from Portland; Thomas L. Wand, from
Everett: Umatilla, from Victoria; Oleum,
from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Pennsyl
vania, for Ancon; J. B. Stetson, for Astoria;
Helene, for Raymond; Governor, for Seat
tle; Enterprise, for Hllo; Santa Monica, for
Wlllapa: ship Edward Sowall, for Honolulu:
bark Star of Peru, for Bristol Bay; schooner
Bertha Dolber, for Slmonaaky.
Los Angeles, April a. Arrived Steam
schooner San Gabriel, from Umpqua River;
Shasta, from Bellingham; Hornet, from
Mukllteo; Willamette, from Puget Sound;
Centralis, from Grays Harbor; Excelsior,
from Coos Bay. Sailed Centralla, for San
Diego: Carmel. for Columbia River; Glen
dale, for Grays Harbor; Ruby, for Coquille
River. -
Tide at Astoria Sunday,
High. Low.
8:61 A. M.....6 feet(10:SS A. M 0.6 foot
6:18 P. M....-A.1 fsetllO:S4 P. M....3.8 feet
CARD OF THANKS.
Mrs. Jane E. Hastings and family
desire to thank their friends for their
kind sympathy and floral tributes dur
ing their recent Sad bereavement of
theiv son and brother, George.
CDAT
unt
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Agreement Between Eastern
and Western Growers Is
but Temporary.
OREGON SIZE IS WANTED
Opposition in East May Be Leas
Now, as Advantage of Packing
Fruit In Standard ' Boxes Is
Belny Appreciated.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 6. The agreement
reached recently between Western
apple growers and Eastern commission
merchants to eliminate from the Sulzer
bill all reference to the apple box has
not definitely settled the question of
standardizing boxes in which apples
are marketed. The agreement merely
means that this question has been put
over for future consideration, and prob
ably will be revived at the next ses
sion of Congress.
- When the Sulzer bill came up for
consideration it was found that there
waa considerable difference of opinion
as to what should be the standard ap
ple box. The Oregon growers and
other Western apple men contended for
tho present Oregon box as the stand
ard, claiming It had been developed
after years of experiments and waa
an Ideal box for Western fruit.
The Eulzer bill, which was drafted
at the request of Eastern commission
merchants, undertook to increase the
size of the box, but there developed no
essential reason why the box they fixed
upon wag in any way preferable to
the box now In use in the West. It was
said that the Western commission men
were anxious to increase the size of
the box, so that they could use that
fact as Justification for increasing the
price of apples. Moreover, If they
could have the standard box made larg
er than the Oregon box, and if Oregon
and other Western growers should con
tinue to use the present size box. It
would go into the market branded
"short box," and on this account the
commission men could refuse to pay
the grower the present price for West
ern apples.
- Welters Apple the Best.
It is a well recognized fact that
Western apples now command the top
price In the Eastern markets. They
are uniform in quality, carefully se
lected and carefully packed, and each
box is virtually guaranteed. East
ern consumers take this into account
and are willing to pay more for West
ern apples than for Eastern apples,
which are almost exclusively marketed
in barrels, or not carefully packed, not
uniform in size and are almost Invari
ably wormy and of varying quality.
The Eastern grower, by using the bar
rel, has been able to sell all his small
and imperfect fruit by packing it In
the center, saving his best to top off
the barrel.
When it was found that no agree
ment could be reached on the question
of a standard apple box. all interested
parties agreed to eliminate the box
feature from the Sulser bill, and In the
next year endeavor to reconcile the
differences, so that they could come
back to Congress next Winter and ask
for the fixing of a standard apple box
that would be satisfactory to all sec
tions of the country.
Boxes Gain Greater Sway.
Eastern growers have no particular
Interest in tbe apple box today, al
though some Virginia apples are be
ing marketed in boxes, and Northern
growers are beginning to appreciate
the advantage of shipping their fruit
in the same way that Western apples
are sold. It is believed by apple men
that the time will soon come when the
best grades of apples East as well as
West, will He sold only in boxes, while
Inferior fruit in all parts of tho coun
try will be packed in barrels.
If this opinion gains greatly during
the next year it would be likely to bring
an agreement on a standard apple box
which would bo substantially the same
as the Oregon box now in common use
throughout the West.
BOSS OF. YOUR NERVES
Blessing of Keeping Latter Under
the Most Perfect Control.
Chicago Tribune.
Nervous men rule the world. They
are the salt of tne earth, says Dr. Al
fred T. Schofield In his book on "Nerves
in Disorder." "The leading men in
every profession are drawn from their
ranks. They are men with brains that
thrill, that feel, that are quick in.
action, firm, clear and of high organi
zation. It ia the nervous men that rule
the world, not lymphatic vegetables."
People of a low level of nervous or
ganization are persons of small initia
tive, evesfday accomplishment and
meager Imagination. They do not suf
fer severely under the pangs of an out
raged fortune, nor do they, like a Shel
ley, "fall upon the thorns of life and
bleed." but. on the other hand, they
are less capable of enjoyment. Their
range of delights is decidedly circum
scribed. Their thinking powers are but
narrow.
The nervous fiber capable of the
highest development and differentia
tion Is the brain. "The Man With the
Hoe" is a clod compared with the
quick-witted captains of industry, the
quicker-wltted master of millions, and
the quickest or highest of minds in
the scientist, inventor and- artists.
There is as much difference between
the two types as between the sluggish
toad and the far-ranging but straight
to the mark bird of passage.
In the progress of civilization, aa
the strain upon the body has become
less that on the nerve haa become
more. The body is, however, given even
more attention today than ever before,
at any rate theoretically. If not prac
tically, since it is fully recognized as
the very necessary servant of the brain
and mind. This is coming more and
more to be considered its chief func
tion, and the chief reason for keeping
it in health, that it may obey orders
quickly and work without painful or
distracting intermissions for the mind.
The nerves or the nerve fibers are the
mainspring, but the body as the wheels
can decidedly obstruct movement by
getting clogged.
The nerves impose hard tasks upon
the body, but stint not their own ef
forts. The body is a dependent, for
the nervous system Is the agent in
nearly every bodily activity. Where
there Is nervous irritability or debility
the body naturaly behaves somewhat
erratically under auch an agency. Such
eruidanoe may be compared to the blind
leading the blind, although It la more
like the weak tyrannizing over tha
strong.
Dr Bchoneld say that the manifes-tnttn'na-nf-narvouaiTltaUon
are numer
APPLE BOX
NUT
REVIVED
ous and characteristic. "Physically thej
may include constant or Intermitteni
movement of body ana race, snarp,
ringing cough, sudden hoarseness, quici
and Irregular breathing, starting,
twitching, flushing, palpitation of the
heart, tenderness of the scalp or spine,
headaches at the top and back of the
head, congested look of the eyes, nolsei
In the ears, sleeplessness, dyspepsia
and flatuence, perspiration, flying pains
and cramps and neuralgia of varioui
parts. , '
"Mentally we get timidity, irritabil
ity, melancholy and a dread of being
alone, or 'monophobia,' or In a crowd,
or 'agoraphobia,' or in close, confined
spaces, or 'claustrophobia.' There is
little mental control of power: wrong
words may be spoken or written."
These functional nerve disorders, a
compared with organic nerve disorders,
such aa Induce paralysis, etc., have been
declared to be the most neglected of
diseases. People have had more sym
pathy for a man orwoman with a cold
than one with "nerves," and the con
sequence has been that the behavior
of the world toward these sufferers has
been equal to torture and cruel aug
menting of their difficulty. Now mental
cures through a second person or
through self are very common and re
spected. .
"The day has come," says G. E. Part
ridge, Ph. D., in his book. "The Nerv
ous Life." "when we can no longer go
to the doctor to be cured of all our ills.
Ills have multiplied faster than the doc
tors' medicines, and personalities have
grown so varied and complex that
everyone to a certain extent works out
his own salvation."
Fortunately some of the evils of the
nervous life, the evils Inherent as it
were in the nervous system, lean to
virtue's side. There are two particular
principles of growth in the progress
and decay of civilization which seem to
be connected with the evils of the mod
ern nervohs life, say Dr. Partridge.
"These principles can be called (1) the
principle of increasing mentality, and
(JO the principle of increasing individ
uation.. Chemical compounds already
highly excitable, unstable and complex,
become Increasingly so in forming the
nervous system. The delicacy of bal
ance, the Intricacy of these compounds,
has increased as activity has become
more complex and mind has become
dominant in the world. Mind appears as
effort. Ideas, Ideals, setting tasks for
the body to accomplish, and conditions
to which the body must adapt itself.
With Increasing Intensity of life comes
instinctive craving for, and means of
producing states of high intensity of
consciousness, at first crude and emo
tional, but finally purposeful and sus
tained. These are added to man's
equipment for making progress, and
they also add to the stress and strain
of life."
With the development of the. nervous
system comes increased control. Much
of nervous disease is due to the fact
that men are attempting to do work
that requires a higher development of
the nervous system than they have
given themselves. They are trying to
do 10-horsepower work, or lead a 10
horsepower life, with but one poor
horse, and perhaps that One not well
broken to the bit.
Men crave intensity or fullness of
life. This craving affects the quality
of their ideals and puts the mind at a
tension. This may amount to intoxica
tion, dangerous states of excitability
and intensity, unless controlled.
Dr. Schofield says, however, for our
comfort, that times of great excitabil
ity, intensity and of imperfect control
have always preceded great controlled
activities. "This is illustrated in an
cient history by the periods of progress
in culture in Greece and iatar by the
Renaissance in Europe. The same
characteristics can be seen in our na
tional life today. There is high in
tensity, ideals far in advance of achlev
ment, strain, rapidly unfolding powers,
imperfect control. In the life of any
growing Individual similar periods can
be detected, governed by the same Jaws
of progress. Periods of craving for in
tensity, of unfolding power and imper
fect control precede periods of great
est achievement and directed effort.".
CAN OVERCOME GRAVITY
Inventor May Be Able to Operate
Cars Through tlic Air.
New Tork Times.
In a little shop where there wasn't a
single big man of science, though sev
eral, it was said, had been invited, re
porters were Introduced to a puzzling,
if not wonderful, new method of rapid
transit gravitationless, f rlctionlesa,
electrical the Bachelet bethod of electro-magnetic
levitated transportation,
which, if half of what its inventor ex
pects of it is realized, will presently
send whole carloads of passengers
whizzing on invisible waves of electro
magnetism through space anywhere
from 300 to 1000 miles an hour. Tho
bare announcement, much less such a
ride, was enough to make spectators
catch their breath.
Emile Bachelet, the inventor, is inno
cent of college or university degrees ia
science. In 1894 he says he was state
electrician at Tacoma, Wash., and also
city electrician. Later he came to New
York, where he says he Invented a
magnetic wave machine which, it was
modestly explained, cures all the dis
eases of blood circulation. He said he
had cured two of his own children of
scarlet fever and diphtheria by the ma
chine. But he disclaimed any further
connection with the company now oper
ating it than that he receives royalties
from Its use. ' It is used, he said, in
ever ao many hospitals, the names of
which might be learned from the com
pany, but were not obtainable at hi3
shop.
His latest Invention, on which he says
he has spent 18 years and procured
patents in 1 countries, but for which
he ha yet no capital or operating com-
pany, is a method of transportation
that "eliminates the force of gravity,
sustains any desired amount of weight
by means of electro-magnetic repulsion,
causes the weight so sustained to move
laterally at will with great speed by
means of electro-magnetic attraction or
otherwise, and eliminates all friction
except that of the atmosphere." He
said he would prove it right there in
his shop at 180 East Third street. Mount
Vernon.
Before starting his model car, Mr.
Bachelet showed the elementary prin
ciples of his invention by placing a
pierced aluminum plate, half an Inch
thick, on a sort of brass pigeonhole file,
over a bobbin or coil of Insulated wire.
Then he turned on an electric alternat
ing current through a synchronized in
terrupter. Off popped the aluminum
plate, soaring straight upward.
Thereafter Mr. Bachelet levitated an
aluminum plate an eighth of an Inch
thick, and above it on the same file a
brass plate of equal thickness. He
fetched a glass bowl of water, con
taining an aluminum plate, with. sev
eral live goldfish swimming above it.
He placed the bowl above the coll and
turned on the current. The aluminum
plate rose smoothly out of the water.
and as the Iisn dodged under 16; hov
ered motionless In the air above the
::4
ust 'f
bowl.
While he was unwilling to prophe
with any degree of definlteness j
what his invention could do in a prac
tical way, be declared it could create
for experimental purposes a speed of
&1-
ate
of
1000 miles an hour. Mr. Bachelet add
ed that he had figured out the precise
let aaa- ,
precise j I
itationjf
lift l I
air fflr 1
operating cost of such a levitatl
electro-magnetlo railway.
"It would cost us 8 cents to lift
pounds and maintain it in the
an hour," be said.
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