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TTIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 8, 1914. CANAL INCREASES PORTLAND SHIPPING MINIATURE ELECTRICAL TOWN INVENTION OF PORTLAND BOY. WEST SETS TRADE IMPROVEMENT IS SOLID GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA. METHODS IJT SALE O" HOME PROD MARKED CUAXGB IX F1AAACIA1, UCTS ASKED BY EAST. SEXTIMEST. Decrease in Grain Movement Trifling in Spite of Total Cessation for Some Time. Value of cargo greater Tsew Waterway Has Fosterea Trade 1. .. A rrni1lnT T rf c nanir.pnns Passage Than Old. Route "With Warships Aoroad. rrivrtn-v V, a uvnliahilitv of thft Pani- '-ina Canal, Portland has been saved '.many thousands of dollars In grain ex--ports, for without that passageway it ... is uouotea 11 mucn wneai wuum -'been moved to the United ' Kingdom , capture by German ships, had steam, carriers been compelled to ply via the Vptraitu nt Magellan. In snlte of a de- l. elded falling off in the wheat demand " from the Orient and the fact that no ''"cargoes were dispatched for the Eu iropean Continent for weeks after the - war broke out, total shipments for the months of August, September and Oc- -.ponding period last season. Statistics compiled by the Merchants' "Exchange set forth that for the three --months Portland exported 2,593.363 bushels of wheat, valued at $2,612,125, and last year the same months are " credited with 2,667.480 bushels, butval .c,ud at only $2,198,039. The climb in the market of course Is responsible for ,-rthe difference in value and in that con jiectlon the Exchange has Included I -comparison of wheat quotations. For Jiluestem during August the average ;'"was 97 44 cents, and last August it was 3 cents, the September price was $1.06, and the previous year 87 cents. with $1.06 again prevailing tn October, 'as' against 88 cents the same period . in. 1913. On club wheat the August : 'ftverage was 87 cents, as compared T"frith 78 cents a year before: Septem ber was 95 cents, against 79 cents last year, and October $1.00, while In October, 1913, it was 78. Sailings Are Scheduled. Steamers that have sailed for Eu rope via the Canal with grain cargoes those in the river to load and others .Lifted of the steam type are as fol lows: ..Sailed Tonnare. Pptember in, Saxon Monarch .....3024 flutnhpr 7. Inverle .... 2 3113 ottober H. Queen Adelaide 310fl November 2, Ventura de Larrlnaga. . . .2070 .November 2, Gowanburn 2723 In nort firlstano 2T1 -Bsrringtnn Court 2834 '"To arrive -Krclesla 23!5 rKelbergen 2074 Lowther Range 24.f Queen Eugenie ...is, .....2S02 CJuito 21R3 Rt. Hugo BOSS - Ktrnthallan 231 ; t'sher ..2350 . 1 (i 1 1 1 j 1 ouuiu raviiiu baiiqu via. juanauau straits. ... .Other than affording an easier and "T'Jurope, the Canal has increased Port Aland's trade with the Atlantic Coast to "a." remarkable extent, though falling ' i?hort of what would have been the volume had not the war abroad exert ed such an influence, only three steam . Jjip lines being in service now from -the other side of the Atlantic to the .Pacific Slope, the Harrison Line, East Asiatic and A. Carpentier's fleet, while , ri ver a dozen would have ventured un tier peaceful conditions. Trann-Atlnntic Trade Shown. ...The American-Hawaiian attempted .twice in advance of the opening of the Canal to extend its regular service -1.0 Portland, but support was lacking, so the company returned to the plan of transshipping at San Francisco on Bteani schooners until the Canal was -used. TJntil the advent of the -Grace i.tjiie. this city did not receive direct whipments regularly, so the following comparison of September and October r business via the Canal is regarded as flattering: Net " Cargo tons. tons. F"pt. A. Pnnta Crur JI.2S4 2.7.10 Sept. S, Oregonlan 8.651 900 Rept. 11, Washtngtonian 4,04 1.2S9 Rept. IS. Ohloan .-.-r-. r:.. 4.064 1,674 popt. 23. Santa Clara 4.029 . 1,250 vt. fi. Navajo, trans-shipped 1.711 1,548 Oct. ir$. Georgian 4.016 fir.O Oct. 1!). Montanan 4.063 150 Oct. 21, Nebraskan 2.824 709 rct. 26. Kentuckian 4.016 457 .Oct. 29, Atlantic 3.894 1.700 Totals 89.118 13.077 ""Via Magellan. Others via Panama Canal, . - iia cargo trans-shipped at Ban Francisco Fept. 1, Paraiso 1200 Bept. 13, Paraiso 800 Sept. 24. Psj-also. 1100 Out. 0, Paraiso 1400 Oct. IS. Paraiso 1300 Oct. 29, Paraiso ...1150 m ...Total ; 7050 Also about 500 tons trans-shipped to E Dodge steamers by Luckenbach. Steam ship Company. Custom-House receipts for the week ending yesterday were approximately $3000 in excess of last week, due to the arrival of European and Oriental car- Co, yet duties are low because of the hampered movement of freight from Tlirpaa causea Dy tne war and Its in nuences. T,he operation of direct .teamship lines across the Atlantic and j-up tne -aciric coast will pour a resru lar stream into the coffers of the Gov ernment, and there will be other reve mie from cargo in bond that will be ' carried from Europe to the Canal by Wamers bound to the Orient. West Coast, Australia and other places that w,Ul not include the Pacific Coast of ;.1he United States In their itinerary, so .tne sooas win ce reshipped. STORM COMING FROM NORTH Xftgli Pressure Keeps Alaska Blow Away Temporarily. Within two or three days District Forecaster Heals anticipates a blow v-Ill manifest itself along the Coast, a joports are that between Dutch Harbor prtd Sitka, referred to' 'as the Alaska bight of the Pacific ocean, a storm ha been holding high carnival and was thought to be working rapidly - this way several times, but high pressur "tevented it reaching the Oregon At North Head rain fell . Thursday and Friday night,, though no fall was rcoruea on tne Oregon side of the Columbia River. At the mouth of the river yesterday there was a southeast wind that was reported at 20 miles an .hour with the sea smooth and cloudy conditions prevailing. The baromete .-)re held high yesterday and there was Vo indication of immediate trouble. 'jTVEORGJAXA IS OX liAST TRIP 1'alling Off In Passenger Business Retires Daily Boat. - ' After being held on the daily run be tween Portland and Astoria since early In July the fast propeller Georgia na is ! make her final trip today, departing fruui Washington street clock at 7:30 ! , I r 5 - hi hilt. !? 'W .. . . ' :- ' : & :: S v. - L-1 - s ft -4 Ladner V. Ross, a clever 12-year-old usual ability as an electrician and his' a brilliant future. In his home, at 590 Main street, young Ross has used his playroom for the scene of testing his ability as a Juvenile Edison. With an elaborate set ting representing a lovely stretch of country, with miniature railways and brightly lighted little buildings, be has made an exhibit that is attracting the attention of many experts In electrical work. The interesting part of the work Is the boy one cent. He has utilized scraps and little globes and lights that were o'clock and returning tonight. As log ging camps in places have suspended for the Winter and other travel has de creased, it was determined to maintain only one steamer on the route, the Lur- line, which will leave as usual each morning at 7:4o o'clock. At such times as press of business nterferes with the Lurline's schedule the steamer Undine will be sent out to handle freight. The Georgiana will be laid up until early in the Spring and then resume her daily schedule. The operation of a speedy steamer on a daily round trip card to the lower river proved a popular departure this sea son, at times the Georgiana having all passengers allowed. SKIPPERS WHISTliE ADIEUS Beaver Sails for California and Honolulan . for Sew York. Visitors to AInsworth dock yesterday afternoon, when the steamer Beaver, Captain Mason, got under way for California ports, witnessed an ex change of greetings between two skip pers that is not often done in the har bor. In the first place, on backing his ship away from tne oock. Captain Ma son gave a whistle salute of three blasts and as the Beaver passed through the Broadway bridge the musical whistle of the crack American Hawaiian passenger and freight liner Honolulan, Captain Green, sounded a "bon voyage" with three whistles. which Captain Mason answered. The two navigators are friends and when the Honolulan was on the San Fran cisco-Honolulu run they met fre quently. The Beaver got away witn 3jo pas sengers. There was an unusually large number of steerage passengers. In the cabin were many Portlanders and the United States Navy was represented as well. Ensign D. E. Barbey being a passenger on his way to rejoin tne torpedoboat destroyer Stewart, at Mare Island, and Charles Welch, electrician. first-class, was en route to rejoin tne Annapolis. The Honolulan also lert tne narpor last evening with several hundred cases of salmon, prunes, tallow and such freight for New York, and at As toria she takes on another 100 tons of canned fish, sailing today. The ves sel attracted wide attention while here because she is the only one of the fleet that carries passengers and her accom modations are as complete as on some of the palatial liners, though they are limited- to about 65' persons. JETTY ROOK DUMPED RAPID IjY Men on Colnmbia Improvement Dis tribute Over 4000 Tons Daily. Apparently nothing has been lost In the way of efficiency and speed on the north jetty at the mouth of the Co lumbia because the constructive crew was discharged early in the season, when funds were exhausted, ana naa to be reassembled with some new men when the rivers and harbors bill passed and appropriations were once again available, for 62,000 tons of rock was dumped along the trestle between Octo ber 12 arid October 31. Such a report has been made to the office of Colonel McKinstry, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. The crew was reorganized October 12 and work" re sumed where it had been dropped. Since Colonel McKinstry has caused specifications to be prepared for 460, 000 tons of rock, which will be con tracted for shortly and work continued on the Jetty -all Winter if possible. Before the shutdown the crew managed to distribute 4000 tons daily and some days exceeded that amount. DIRIGOTO BECOME .OIJBURXER Dora to Be Returned to Seward' Westward Run for Winter. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 7. (Special.) Winter plans for the Alaska service of the Alaska Steamship Company were announced today. The Dlrigo, which has been operated on the run from Seward to points west ward on the Alaska Peninsula as far as Unalaska. will arrive here November 20 to be converted into an oil burner at a cost of $30,000. New boilers will be installed. The Winter run, the most northerly steamship line in the world and one of the stormiest, win oe nan died by the famous little Dora, which formerly had the Seward-westward run. but lately was stationed at uor- dova as relief 'steamer. One terrific gale drove the little Dora so far south on the Pacific that she had to put into Seattle for coal, supplies and repairs. In this and other gales the Dora proved herself the bulldog of the company's fleet. Now she will return for the Win ter to the route that made her famous Of the company's other vessels the Dolphin was laid up for the Winter on her arrival yesteraay irom southeast ern Alaska, leaving the Jefferson to handle the route single-banded. The ;:-:.y.: -. &-y&?... iwJst:iM6J r i Baft Hil iii rm fcT r n il :i.:-i.:Si;' jix-i .MtM&Mf ii'XvuudbMMu. -.S Portland boy, has demonstrated un parents and friends predict for him that the entire display has not cost of wire, bits of decorative material on his Christmas tree last year. Victoria, which arrived from Nome late today, and the freighter Edith, now un loading in Tacoma, also will be laid up for the Winter. The Northwestern will be withdrawn and laid up on her return November 19 from the Southwestern Alaska run Thereafter the Winter schedule will prevail on all the company's Alaska route. TRAMPS v ARRIVE IX RIVER Marosa and Kongasan Maru Leave and Invercoe Goes Today. Two more wheat cargoes are assured for this week through the arrival last night of the British steamers St. Hugo and Barrington Court, which showed up off the Columbia River at 5:30 o'clock and took a pilot. The St. Hugo made San Francisco on her way from the West Coast and received Instruc tions there to proceed to Portland for grain, she being under charter to Bal four, Guthrie & Co. The Barrington Court is from Pensacola and loads for M. H. Houser. The British steamer Oristano moves In the morning from thei Eastern & western mill to the North Bank dock to commence loading. The Queen Eliz abeth completed her cargo yesterday ana nauiea into the stream from Mont gomery dock. The Marosa left down yesterday in tow of the Ocklahama and the Invercoe is to start for the lower harbor this mornine. The Japanese steamer Kongasan Maru sailed last evening for the Orient by way of Van couver, a. c, where she takes on heavy shipment of salmon. At Port land she worked 40,000 barrels of flour and 35 tons of pulp. The German bark Adolphus Vinnen towed from Astoria to Clifton yesterday to lay up. until the war ends. WORK STARTS OX CATALIXA Damaged Liner's Engines Being Stripped and Drydocking Ordered Towed by : the' -Shaver steamer Cas cades the damaged Grace liner Santa Catalina was moved from Municipal Dock No. 1 to the piant of the Willam ette Iron & Steel Works yesterday aft ernoon, where her engines will be stripped, boilers cleaned and other work done to facilitate final repairs. The vessel shifts to the Port of Portland drydock tomorrow, to be lifted so her hull can be surveyed to ascertain if she suffered injury through being run aground at Columbia City. ; The Santa Cecilia will be at Dock No. 1 tomorrow to start discharging 1440 tons of New York cargo. On fin ishing she loads several hundred tons of cargo for Seattle that was aboard the Catalina. and besides 200 tons of others freight, takes on 800 tons of salmon at Astoria. On the Santa Cruz. due November 27, the company will resume loading lumber for New York and she is to take on about 1,500,000 teet. FIXERS TO BRIX43 WRITERS orth Bank Vessels May Go to " Honolulu. When the Great Northern steamship leaves ixew xoric lor Portland via th Panama Canal January 27 it will prob ably be filled to capacity with passen gers wno are anxious to be on th giant liner during its maiden voyage. Among tnose wno nave engaged trans portation are Samuel G. Blythe and George H. Lorlmer. noted writers, and it is understood that many prominent Portland people have signified their in tention of making the trip. All equipment ordered in Portland will be sent to Philadelphia in the nea future, for both the Great Northern and Northern Pacific are to be completely appointed before they leave the East for the Pacific Coast. Steamshin of ficials announce that the two liners will probably make trips to the Ha wailan Islands and Puget Sound before complying with the definite schedule which opens March 15. RAXGE LIGHTS ESTABLISHED Several' Beacons Placed Above Y. qulna, City to Mark Channel Changes in aids to navigation have been reported as follows from the of fice of Henry J Beck, Inspector of the seventeenth lighthouse district.. Columbia River Jewett Landing range lights established; light dis continued. Front light, fixed white, about 600 yards north of former Mor gan Wharf light, which was discon tinued. Rear light, fixed white. Yaquina Rivei- Beacons 2, 4, 6, 8, 1 and 12 established, above Yaquina City, to mark the edge of the chan nel. Each is an unpainted pile with number, in black, on a square white target, 15 feet above water. The vi icinity is uncharted. Ralph Kaye, on Return From Tour, Says Country Sees Chance to Buy Own Goods and Supply Europe. Sixty per cent of the goods sold In this country as imported merchandise is the product of our own manufac turers. 'Isn't it about time American manu facturers made the American publio re alize this factT If we Easterners bought our own goods the way you Westerners do we would be much better off. "As it is, the war has made us buy our own goods whether we want to or not and if we keep up the quality and keep down the prices to normal. millions of dollars will stay at home for all time to come. 'What are you people doing out here to entertain us next year? We'll need a rest. Can we get it without going to war? These were the outstanding state ments and questions which greeted Ralph Kaye, a Portland advertising man, during a two months' business trip of nearly 8000 miles through the South and East. After visiting San Francisco. Los Angeles, San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Balti more, Washington, D. C, New York, Philadelphia Pittsburg, Chicago and Omaha, Mr. Kaye returned to Portland Friday night. 'How does the war affect the North west, and is the fair going to be held? are the first questions asked of any body from Oregon. Fortunately I an ticipated such questions and had these answers ready: 'War talk is tabooed in the best of regulated offices in Oregon, while several officials of the exposi tion have given me assurance that the fair will open on schedule time with all the foreign exhibits.' After visiting in the East the one big impression the visitor takes away with him is that the United States of America soon will be the United States of the world commercially. If ever the test of fire was applied to our busi ness world it was when the European war broke loose, closing exchanges and tying up commerce. New York .business interests were staggered. - Every busi ness channel and industry was drawn near the breaking point, but the resil iency furnished by our optimism and confidence in the country took up the slack, thereby preventing a recoil. It Is felt all over the country that now is the time to take advantage of the present unprecedented conditions. There seem to be three opportunities open to America: Educate American people to buy 'Made in America' goods: develop South American trade, and sup ply Europe with our finished products." REPAIRS TO BE MADE HERE Government Will Spend Extra Sum on Llghtvessel From Umatilla Reef. Another contract that will enliven things in one section of the waterfront for a time is due to be started in about a week, the, Willamette Iron & Steel Works having bean informed by Henry .tsecK. inspector of the Seventeenth Lighthouse District, that it had been awarded the job of overhauling light vessel No 67, stationed on Umatilla Reef. The vessel is to be sent here November 12, when relief light vessel No. 92 goes on her station temporarily. The bid of the Willamette was for approximately $15,000 and, covered only part ox tne worn, as cnanges ana im provements have been decided on aboard the vessel that will increase the total cost several thousands of dol lars. When that contract is finished there will be no further overhauling of light vessels in this diBtrlct until next season. Xews From Oregota Ports. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 7. (Special.) The British steamer . St. Hugo, from Valparaiso, and the British steamer Barrington Court, from Pensacola, are due to load grain at Portland for En rope. The gasoline schooner MIrene arrived today from Waldport with 383 cases of canned salmon for Portland. The steamer George W. Elder arrived early' this morning from Eureka and Coos Bay with freight and passengers. The German- bark Arnoldus Vinnen which has been in port for several weeks, was shifted today to an anchor age off Clifton and will remain there Indefinitely. The steam schooner Northland sailed this evening from Knappton for San Francisco with a eargo of lumber. COOS BAY, Or.. Nov. 7. (Special.) Sailing today at 11 o clock the steam ship Breakwater had a good passenger list for Portland. The steamer Redondo sailed with lumber and passengers today at II o'clock for San Francisco, San Pedro and San Diego. The steam schooner Hardy sailed yesterday for San Francisco. The steamer Speedwell sailed from North Bend today at 11 o'clock with passengers and lumber for San Pedro. GARDINER, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Roamer arrived from Coos Bay at 1 P. M. today. Marine Xotes. Every effort is being made to rush the loading of 400,000 feet of lumber and other cargo aboard the Portland Alaska steamer Quinault, so she can sail on time tonight for Skagway and way ports. Frank Bollam dispatched the steamer J. B. Stetson for California with pas sengers yesterday and says the steam- era Yosemite and Willamette salt to morrow with large lists, the Klamath being scheduled to depart Wednesday and goes only as far as San Francisco. Though the steamer Geo. W. Elder was detained on the Coast run and did not arrive until yesterday, it is prom ised that she will sail this morning for Cpos Bay and Eureka. fCaptain Works, assistant to "Cap tain" Budd. superintendent of the O. W. R. & N. fresh water lines, has de parted for the Snake River on business connected with the steamers Spokane and Lewlston. Fritz DeRock, a diver, was at work yesterday beneath the Morrison-street bridge, preparing for the removal of old piers beyond the east draw pier, which the City Commission has appro priated funds. to eliminate because they have proven a menace to launches and other craft. Hugh Brady, Municipal Grappler, succeeded in recovering the body of W. J. Manning, mess boy aboard the steamer Klamath, at -the foot of Couch street at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The deceased is said to have attempted to board the vessel late Friday night by stepping from the dock to her side instead of using the gangplank, and fell to his death. He was 33 years of age and resided at San Francisco. ' Bound here to load for Mitsui & Com pany, the Japanese steamer Azumusan Maru reached San Francisco from the Orient yesterday. She is expected to be berthed at Municipal Dock No. 1 No vember 13. : Dockmen who drive nails along the face of wharves to hold "savealls" and neglect to remove them, are to feel the heavy hand of HarDormaster Speler, who says that two persons have tripped over nails so left during the past fw days and narrowly escaped being ptfe- ciiltated into the river. The bead of v '" - . . --" SYDXEY BUXTO.V Governor-General Buxton, of the Union of South Africa, has pro claimed martial law throughout the Union and who has taken strin gent measures to prevent the spread of the revolt. The uprising is headed by General Maritz. who is in command of about one-fourth of the armed forces. r the harbor police says that iron dogs could be used as well as nails and cost ing more, they would not be left in the stringer pieces, while, on the other hand, persons could see them more easi ly than nails. Captain McCuIly, of the steamer Un dine, and Captain Wagner, of the steamer 'G. K. Wentworth, each have $25 coming as a result of having de livered two deserting' Japanese sailors here who jumped overboard from the Japanese tramp Asama as she was en route up the river. The Wentworth picked up the men In an exhausted condition and transferred them to the Lurline. The roaster of the tramp has turned $50 over to Immigration In spector Barbour for the skippers. Tests were made on the Columbia River bar yesterday of a new drag- head fitted on the gear of the Govern ment dredge Col. P. S. Mlchie, and it was reported here that it worked ex cellently. MARIXE IXTELLIGEXCE. Steamer Schednle. DUE TO ARRIVE. Kama. ' From Data. Gso. W. Elder. .... .Eureka. In port KoM City. ... ..... .Los Angeles. .... .Nov. Yucatan XauPicao..'..., Nov. Breakwater. ...... Cooa Bay. ....... Nov. a Bear ....X.OS ABffeles. .. . . .inov. ii Koanolto. ......... San Eileao. ...... Nov. 15 Beaver.... Los Ancelea Nov. 18 .DUB TO DEFABI. Name. For Geo. w. Elder .Eureka . . . Nov. 8 ...Nov. a ...Nov. 9 ...Nov. a . . Nov. 14 .. Nov. 10 ...Nov. 10 Northland. ....... aa rranclaoo. Willamette ban Diego Yoaeiulte. ban i- rancUco. Breakwater. ...... Coos Bay Klamath... ...... .ban Diego ban KamoD. ...... .ban Francisco. Vucataa. ..... .ban Diego. .... No. 11 Hose City.. Xot Angeles. .... .Nov. il IS li 17 18 J.1 21 It 2 Celllo fcmn Diego. ...... .Nov. Multnomah. . ... Jaan Diego. ...... Nov. Bear. .i.oa Angeles. .... .Nov. Hoanoke. can Diego. ...... Nov. Beaver. ... ..Lot Angeles. . .Nov. J. B.btetaon. ..... .San Diego. .. . ... aNov. Yale s. to I. A...... Nov. Harvard F. to L. A. Nov. EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL SERVICE. Name. From Data. Merionethshire. ... London .In port DenofAirlia ..London Nov. a Name. For Data. Merionethshire. ... London. - Nov. 9 Dan of Alriie London Nov. lv ALASKAN SERVICE. Name. For Data. Quinault. ......... Skagway. ...... Nov. 8 1 nod. L. V7and. ... .Skagway. ....... Nov. lv Marconi Wireless Reports. (All poaltlona reported at S P. t-, Novem ber 7. unleaa otherwlee designated.) Leelana-. Nanalmo. B. C, for San Diego, 270 miles from Nanalmo. San Ramon. Seattle for San Pedro, 10 miles south of Grays Harbor. Rodo City. San Francisco for Portland, off Cape Blanco. Breakwater. Coos Bay for Portland. 28 miles north of Heceta Head. Northland. Portland for San Franolsco, SO miles south of Columbia Riv Richmond. Richmond for Seattle, 807 TriHea fmm Richmond. Norwood. Grays Harbor for San Pedro, off Tillamook Rock, Governor. Seattle for San Francisco, 105 mil north of rent Blanco. Nome City. Everett for San Francisco, 2 milKB south of Umatilla HghtshiD. Redondo. Coos Bay tor San Francisco, 40 mites south of Case Blanco. Buck. Monterey for Everett, 862 miles north nf Monterev. Speedwell. Cooa Bay for San Francisco, 3V4 miles north of ban Franclsoo. Farraxut. San Francisco for Seattle, 15 miles south of? Carja Blanco. -m Santa Rita. Port San Luis for Seattle, 'Jitft milMS north of Kan irranclsoo. Peru. Balboa for San Francisco, 2056 miles south of San Francisco on November o. Santa Clara. Santa Barbara for Port San Luis. 15 miles west of Santa Barbara. Oliver Olsen. San Pedro for San Fran clsro. west of Point Vincent. Nann Smith, San Pedro for San Francisco, 241 mileR west of San Pedro. San Juan. Son Francisco for Balboa, 389 miles smith of San Francisco. Hilonian, Seattle for Honolulu, 142ft miles from Cape Flattery, isovemeer . Matsonta, San Francisco for Honolulu, 827 mil.. , i, i t Nnvember A. Ventura, Sydney for San Francisco, 2084 miles out- November 8. Wilhelmina, Honolulu for San Francisco, 125T miles out, November 8. Hyades, Hllo for San Francisco. 1188 miles ntif Kavfimbi'r 6. Bear. San Francisco for San Pedro, 86 miles south of Point Sur. Navaio. Coos Bay tor San Francisco,. 12 ml!M smith of Point Arena. Topeka. Eureka tor t-an rrancisco, o mil., nnrth of Point Arena. Multnomah. Astoria for San Francisco, 30 mile snorth of Point Arena. Kilburn. San Francisco for Eureka. 13 miles south of Point Arena. Santa Cecelia, San Francisco for Port' land "34 miles south of Columbia River. Atlantic. Seattle for Ban Francisco, 52 miles south of Cape Blanco. Grace Dollar. San Francisco for Puget shuntl. 2:t miles Irom ban t rancisco. Oleum. Port Harford for San Francisco, 40 miles from San Francisco. Lansing. Port San Luis for Oleum, 1-! miles south of Sen Francisco. Adeline Smith, San Francisco for Coos Rnv tin miles north of San Francisco. President, San Francisco for Seattle. 12 miles north of Point Arena. Coronado. Aberdeen for San Francisco, six miles south of Point Arena Celllo. Astoria for San Francisco, 15 miles north of Point Arena. Hanalei. San Francisco for Eureka, 83 miles south of Point Cords. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Nov. 7. Arrived Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed Steamers Beaver, for San Francis oo and San Pedro; Honolulan, for New York, via way ports; Washtenaw, for Port San Luis: Japanese steamer Kongasan Maru, for Japan and China, via Vancouver. B. C. ; Nor wegian snip juarosa, tor unitea iwingaom Astoria, Nov. 7. Arrived at S and left up at 4:30 A. M steamer Geo. w. Elder, p.,,.!, knd Coo h.v. Left unit s -xn J Jl, M.Uerjima bark Arnvldus Vlaueo, for Clifton. Sailed at 2 P. M. Steamer North land, for San Francisco. San Francisco, Nov. 7. Arrived at S A. M. Steamer Roanoke, from Portland, for San Diego. Kinsale, Nov. 6. Passed British steamer Saxon Monarch, from Portland, for Dublin. Bandon. Nov. 6. Sailed Gasoline schoon er Tillamook, for Portland. San Pedro. Nov. 6. Arrived Steamer Na halem. from Portland. Astoria, Nov. 6. Sailed Steamer Daisy Freeman, for South Bend: at 2:30 P. M. Steamer Atlantic, for San Francisco and Boston. San Francisco. Nov. 7. Arrived Steam ers Roanoke, from Portland; Argyll, Admi ral Dewey. Atlas, from Seattlv. Sailed Steamers Tamaha (British). Persia tBrit lsh), for Hongkong; Adeline Smith, for Coos Bay; President, for Victoria. New York. Nov. 7. Arrived Steamer Evelyn, from San Francisco. Marseilles. Nov. 1. Arrived Steamer Frank Mount, from Tacoma. Ipswich. Nov. 4. Arrived Guernsey, from San Francisco. Tacoma. Wash., Nov. 7. Sailed Steamer Buena Ventura, lor ban rancisco ana Eu rope. Seattle. Nov. 7. Arrived Steamers Vic toria, from Nome; Hornet, from San Fran cisco: Dispatch. from British Columbia. Sailed Steamer City of Seattle, -for South eastern Alaska; Olson and Mahony. Jim Butler, for San Francisco. . . Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Nov. 7. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. : Sea, smooth;' wind, south east, 32 miles. Tides at Astoria Sunday. H1sh- Low. 4:38 A. M 6.1 feetl :34 A. M....4.2 feet 1:23 P. M S.O feetlll:02 P. M....0.4 foot WOOD MAY YIELD GAS FOREST SERVICE SAYS WASTE CAX PRODUCE ELECTRICAL ENERGY. i Among Present C'aea of Heating Medium, Are EnnmellnK. Korgrinff Solderinc and Coffee Ronstlnip. It has been estimated by the Forest Service that 1.500.000 cords of wood waste is consumed annually as refuse in the Pacific Northwest. This would be sufficient to yield 195,000,000,0 )0 cubic feet of producer Ras, and de velop from It 1,125,000,000 killowatt hours of electric energy. Thus far, the most extensive develop ment of wood gas producers has been in France and Sweden. Plants are op erated also in England, India, and Mexico. In this country, there are few producer plants operating in the South and Southwest. In the former region, producer gas is being- generated from wood waste, composed of 50 per cent sawdust and 50 per cent sawmill hog. The cost for brake horsepower hour was found to be 22 H mills, half of which was for fuel and half for labor. Using coal in the same way. the cost was a fraction over 28 mills to the brake horsepower hour, IV mills being for labor. Through these various operations, it has been found also that wood has the following ad vantages over coal: First Little ash and that easily re movable. Second High grade of gas. Third Much less tar and that of more liquid character. Fourth- Constant quality of gas with little labor. Firth Low cost to a horsepower hour.. Among the present uses of producer gas as a heating medium are anneal ing, enameling. Japanning, soldering, forging, coffee roasting, glass finishing, paper drying, in. ft me and cement kilns, pottery kilns, glass furnaces, bakers ovens and laundry irons. In view of the fact that there is so much wood waste in the Northwest, the process of utilizing it in the gas producer and the gas engine is one which seems to have a good chance for larger development. It is a more economical method of producing power than by burning wood ,under steam boilers, especially where such small waste as shavings and sawdust can be used. The District Forester, Portland, Or., will furnish further information to those who may be interested partic ularly. ACTIVE CIVIC WORK IS PLAN Colored Women's Council to Talk Over "Conservation "of Energ-y." Carrying out the - programme for active work tor the Winter, the Colored Women's Council of Portland will meet November IS at the home o Mrs. H. M. Gray. 298 East Fortieth street, and among other subjects will discuss "The Conservation of Energry of Each Co ordinate Department of the Council." Last Monday the council met at the home of Mrs. E. Q. Griffin. Mrs. Marga ret Thoroman, of the Associated Chari ties, was one of the speakers, taking up the co-operation of the Colored Women's Council with the Associated Charities. A closer union In the work of the two organizations is expected to result. The death rate for last year in this coun try was 13. 9 to each lvOO of estimated pop ulation, ... Banking Situation Show Signal Re covery From Depression Follow ing Opening; of War. Spencer Trask & Co, bankers, of New York, write to Wilfred Shore & Co., of this city, under date of October 31 as follows: Th outstanding feature of October haA been the marked change In sentiment from fear to hope. KoIIowlng upon the confusion -reigning In August, the ground work for Improvement laid in September bore quick fruit another attest to tne great recuper ative power which characterises, as nothing does more, the American business man. Fortunately the Improvement is not based on sentiment alone, but on tne contrary has very solid reasons for existing. For one thing, our tanking situation has shown siRnal recovery. Oi August 1 the statement of the New Yorjt clearing-house banks ex hibited a surplus of $8,600,000. Within one week not only had this surplus disappeared, but in it stead there was reported a de ficit of $4.OOU.OO0. On August 1 this deficit -had grown to $4S.OO0,0ou. which was ths hiKh.-wa.ter mark. After that the decline became more pronounced as the weeks went on. until October -i4, when for the first time since the war began the bank state ment showed a surplus. This reversal in position within a llttla more than two months shows the improve ment In the New York banking situation. Money rates also are reflecting the Im provement, and there seems to be mora disposition to make time loans, although the amount of business done is still small. relatively speaking. Considering, however. that this is eeueraiiy a period oi tight money, thfs showing of the banks reflects very clearly the success of the various measures taken to fortify their condition. It should be remembered in this connection that the new Federal reserve act is to go into eifect on November 16, and it is com puted that because of the reduced percent- ae of reserves required, a lurther sum, approaching $5u0,0OO,tHMJ, will be released for assisting: the business of the country. It is lair to assume that with growing Interference to manufacture In Europe an interterence which Is bound to grow as more men loin the army- imports into this country will decline, and with a concurrent increase In our exports, the balance or traae which Is now against us should turn steadily and heavily In our favor. With this an ac complished fact, or even generally believed as assured, me zear wnicn nas Leen naum Ing us of further heavy exports of gold will be eliminated, and the last remnant of fear us to our banking position will be dispelled. Already this improved reeling has maae Itself manifest in the bond market, and while it would be an exaggeration to assert that the volume of business doing was any where near normal it is nevertheless true that confidence In. the better grade of bonds has been re-established and is growing stronger day by day. The demand has per haps been mora noticeable In municipal and public utility bonds than In railroad bonds, as it has by now been eeflnitely established that earnings ot well established public utility companies are strikingly stable in comparison with railroads. Statistics were recently published showing that for a period of years the average earnings of a public utility company amounted close to 8 Vi per cent on the canital invested, whereas rail roads showed on an average only 4 V per cent, or precisely half. Again, while In an average year nearly 2 per cent of capital in vested in railroads has been in tne nanas ot receivers, the record of public utilities was only about three-eighths of one per cent, or less than one-quarter that of the rail roads. The future of railroads Is made lncreaa ngly uncertain lust at the moment on ac count of the rate situation. War or no war the published statements or railroads snow how increasingly difficult Is their position. The Interstate Commerce Commission has It in Its cower to re I use an increase in rates. and even to lower them : but one thing is entirely beyond Its power: to force capital to engage itself in railroad enterprises. With a credit impaired as a result of de creased earning power, railroads are In a difficult position, both as to present and fu ture financing, and we hope this will . be realized before theories impossible of execu tion have forced them and the thousand and one related enterprises to the verge of dis aster. President Wilson, who certainly cannot be accused of truckliue to bia- business." re- eon 1 1 v exuressed himself to the- effect that railroads should be treated with due lair ness. and while we hold no brief from him to translate his thoughts into words, it would seem reasonable to believe that he would not have expressed himself as he did. had he not thought that the decision of August 1 iv useless than fair. The taking of testimony before the Commission was con cluded yesterday, and it is now expected that the Commission will render Its decision In November, so that the community will not be kept lone in suspense. Outside of the war there Is no other fac tor of such dominating Importance to our National welfare and if the contention of the railroads is favorably considered we may expect that our security markets will show Instant and widespread improvement, and in its train there would also come a most welcome Improvement in trade and commerce. Man, 111, Vainly Tries Suicide. H. II. Schroeder. 43 years old. at tempted suicide by shooting himself in the head yesterday because of rheu matic suffering. Schroeder's limbs were swollen yesterday morning, and he secured a revolver. riacing the barrel of the weapon close to his head, he pulled the trigger. Because of the closeness to his head, the bullet glanced, saving Schroeder's life. The shooting was done in the homo of Schroeder's sister at 157 Page street. Schroeder was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Neighbors heard the shoot ing and summoned Motorcycle Patrol men Gouldstone and Nutter. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Nov. 7. Maximum temper ature r5 degrees: minimum, 45 degrees. River reading at 8 A. M., 4.4 feet: change in last -24 hours. 0.4 foot fall. Total rainfall (3 P M to .1 P. M.). none; total rainfall since' September 1, 1M4. 7.22 inches: normal rainfall since September 1. 6.81 inches; ex cess of rainfall since September 1, 1014. 0.31 inches. Total sunshine November 7, T hours, 10 minutes; possible sunshine, 9 hours, 41 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea-level) at 3 P. M., 30.24 inches. . THE WEATHER. Wind Stat of wcAthsr. STATIONS. Baker Boise .......... Boston Caigary Chicago Denver Des Moines Duluth Eureka - Galveston Helenu Jacksonville .... Kansas City. . . . Los Angeles..... Marshtleld Montreal New Orleans. . . . New York North Head North Yakima.. Phoenix Pocatello ...... Portland ........ Roseburg Sacramento . . St. Louts St. Paul Salt Lake San Francisco... Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island.. Walla Walla Washington .... Winnipeg . . BO 0.001 4:s- - 4 W JCiear i. lear 4S 0.O014 S Ram S4 0.OO1 B'NW Clear e40.IM 14W pt. cloudy Clear 50,0.00 10NE BiN 12V S2jU.UO 3S 0.00 oloudy Clear SS O.OOi Clear Clear Cloudy 640. 04 8.E 4x'0.0o;i4'SW 761). 001 4 IB Clear l10. 04 1N I Rain 76,0. 04l itiW Pt. cloudy 640.00 4'NW fl. Clouajr 4O0.l0O;S Rain 7f 0.00! 4 B Pt. cloudy 50i0.0o'38 S Clear fij 0.26 12 SE Cloudy toiO.Ov . . Clear 70 0. 0O 4 SW Cloudy 4S O.0OI 4 SW Clear 56 O.IH 4 NW Clear 56 o.ool 4 SW Pt- cloudy 760.001 4,N IClear 7S0.2212 NWRain 42 lO.OO 16iNWlCloudy f,40.00; S XW Clear T o.ooj 4ils"W Clear 540.4)2!lGi8 ICloudy r.2.0.00: 4S Pt. cloudy 66 0.02( 4!SW Cloudy 54O.2032e3 Rain 400.DO1 4 NWlcloudy txl .(( 413 IPt. cloudy IlSlO.OO 101N"WCloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. s A hlfrh -pressure area extends from Mie North Pacific States east to the Dakotas, and a moderat depression Is central over the Cana.llan province of Ontario. A storm of decided character is central over South eastern Alaska, and this disturbance has caused rain in Western Washington. Local rains have fallen in the Lower Missouri Val ley and in portions of the lower Mississippi valley It is much colder in the Plains States anr corrspomlincly warmer in the Middle and South Atlantic Etates. The conditions are favorable for fair weather Sunday in this district except in Western Washington and probably In North western Oregon, where the Alaskan disturb ance will make Its Influence felt sufficiently to cause unsettled weather and probably rain. FORECASTS: Portland and vicinity Sunday, unsettled, probably rain; winds mostly southerly. Oregon Sunday, fair except unsettled, probably rain, northwest portion; winds mostlv southerly. Washington Sunday, fair east, rain west portion; increasing southerly winds. T.l-u Iv fair EDWARD A BEAU, District Forecaster.