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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1914)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 13, 1914. 6 OREGON FIR PICKED Room on Liner Santa Catalina to Have Fine Finish. WORK TO EXPLOIT STATE George McDowell, Agent for Fleet, Wins Sanction or Owners on I'se or Home AVood 4 00 Men to AVork on Kepairs. Oregon or Douglas fir, the best speci mens of slashed and edge grain that can be selected, will bo used In the finish of one of the main apartments aboard the Grace liner Santa. Catalina. which Is being repaired by the Wil lamette Iron and Steel Works. Bert C Ball, manager of that plant, said last night that it had not been deter mined which room would be selected for the work. Others are to be re stored in the original finish of oak. George McDowell, Portland agent for the fleet, has worked for several weeks to obtain the sanction of those Inter ested for the use of fir, and the Santa Catalina will have the distinction of being the first deepwater vessel to have such an interior finish, the idea being to treat the material finally so that all the grain effects, which have made fir famous from a natural-finish standpoint, will be prominently and artistically brought out. Fir Attract Tourists. . On the steamer II. B. Kennedy, a speedy Puget Sound vessel that the Willamette Iron and Steel Works con structed, the saloon was finished In Oregon fir. and it is said that tourists riding on the fleet steamer are always attracted by the grain. Of course river vessels and others built here have con eiderable fir included in the super structure, as well as hulls when they are of wood, but paint Is applied as a rule and the beauty of the grain is hidden. As the Santa Catalina will resume her route between Portland and New York, the Oregon room will be in spected by thousands, and that the his tory of the finish may live, although the ship may change officers familiar with the material, a. brass plate is to be affixed to the wall setting forth the character of the wood, details as to how it was obtained and turned out and the home of the firm installing it. 40O Men to Work on Craft. The Santa Catalina was damaged October IS in a fire that broke out aboard when she was near Columbia City on the last leg of her voyage from Xew York to Portland. After Her cargo was discharged here and a. complete survey made of the damage sustained, a contract was entered into with the Willamette Iron and Steel Works for the repairs. In less than an hour after the company received the ship a crowd of men were aboard tearing away plates and other damaged material and gen erally cleaning up the debris. That work has been completed and the first new material was delivered at th plant Friday, and as more is to be on the ground tomorrow, it is hoped tn a week to have fully 400 men employed on the vessel. A small amount of new work has been started, such as could be taken care of preliminary to the actual rebuilding of the amidship sec tion. It will be about six weeks be fore finishing the interior or the super structure is begun and the final touches on the Job will follow soon after. DISENGAGED FLEET GROWING Foreign and Domestic Carriers Find Haven for Rest. In the Columbia and Willamette rivers owners at last have concluded are ideal facilities for laying up idle vessels, the natural fresh-water harbors providing conditions that are most favorable in keeping hulls clear of marine growth, while the absence of bad weather on most of the stretch, and the fact the lower harbor in protected from most quarters, adds to the desirability of moorings. In the past nearly all idle tonnage j has bt.-en assembled at San Francisco, or. rather, about the bay there and principally in Oakland Creek. But this year a greater fleet than ever before, including the salmon ships, is held in the river. The largest vessels are the ticrman bark Arnoldus Vinnen, at Clif ton, which reached the river October 10; the German bark Dalbek, arriving July 28, which is at the Victoria dol phins, and the German bark .Kurt, held at Astoria since September 11. Those vessels, like all German merchantmen on the Coast not being operated by the Government, are held inactive because of fear of capture. One additional foreign carrier, the Uritlsh schooner David Evans, is at Astoria, where she arrived from the Orient July 23, and in her class are the schooners Mabel Gale, which reported July 6; the Irene, September Virginia, Ausura;;w. F. Jewett, October 9, and Hie Kins Cyrus, October 10. The steamers Temple K. Dorr and Nehalem are laid up at St. Helens, where they arrived this month. At Portland the steamers Quinault and Thomas L. Wand arc held temporarily as they were libeled, and besides the steamers Al liance and Golden Gate and the gaso line schooner Anvil are out of service at the O. W. P. dock, with the gasoline hchooner Jack Burnham moored on the west side of the upper harbor, as she is to be sold to satisfy claims. MVS1..WY CASH IS CONDITIONAL, I'ort Must Give Equal Amount to Get Government Aid. OIIEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. 12. In recommending to t'oiijrress that an appropriation of S117.f.u0 be made for continuing the improvement of tho Siuelaw Kivcr. the Secretary of v ar attached the follow 111: condition: '1'roviclcd that un eq.ua! amount be provided for the purpose by the I'ort of Siuslaw or other agency, to be ex pended by the Secretary of War upon the same terms and conditions as those prescribed in connection with tli,r work authorized by the river and harbor act approved February" 27. I911." This condition undoubtedly will be inserted in the river and harbor bill nd will place the stuslaw Siuslaw project on ilth other Pacific the same besis Coast projects. RECEPTION ABOARD BOSTOX State and ship Officers to Have Formal "at Home." Invitations have been issued for a leception to be held aboard tho U. S. S. lioston. training ship of the Oregon Naval Militia, lying at the foot of East Halsey street, at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening, the affair being arranged by the Naval Board of the &iate of Oregon and officers of the organization. The Naval Board is composed of J. 1'rid Larson, chairman: Captain C. 8. tlundcrson, George W. lioyt and Charles V. Brown, each with the rank of Lieu-tinant-CotniiiAndor. Orhcers of the Ore It on Naval Militia are: Lieutenant - Coiniu:iiiu';r G. J' Blair, commanding; Lieutenant J. A. Beck- AMEEICAN-HAWAIIAN LINES : ''..Mi': - 1 VA V7 ' . STKAMKR M1SSOIRIAN. It is reported from New York that the Missourian, of the American-Hawaiian fleet, which operates between Atlantic and Pacific ports, has been chartered for three voyages at least to transport horses from the East Coast to Bordeaux and is to receive J1400 a day. Many owners have been given oppor tunities to charter ships for horse transportation and one firm is said to have been unable to arrange ton nage for 20,000 animals. , with, executive officer; Surgeon I J- Wolfe, medical officer; Paymaster A. J. Capron, pay officer; P. A. Surgeon B. L Morden, Chaplain J. Klcnara oison. Lieutenant (J. G.) T. F. Keeley, Ensign L. S. Spooner, ordnance officer; Knsign H. H. Hilton, engineer officer; Ensign R. J. Cornell. Iihsisrn R. N. Munly. As sistant Paymaster H. W. Trueblood, En sign C. J. Dyer, Ensign S. D. young, Ensign C. J. Fockms, Pay Clerk a. a. Griflin. CARRIER H. K. IIALIi IS FIXED Balfour, Gutlirjc & Co. Closes for Australian Cargo.' Balfour, Guthrie & Co. closed for another Australian cargo yesterday, when they chartered the schooner H. K. Hall, a coast-owned carrier of 1,- 600,000 feet capacity. She is to load here in February. - Davies & Fehon dispatched the tramp Strathairly a week ago with a full load of lumber for Australia. Lumber charters for the week have been the Japanese steamer Kenkon Maru. by the China Import & Export Lumber Company, to load here for Shanghai: the Japanese steamer Kei shiu Maru, by J. J. Moore & Co., to load at a North Pacific pert for Australia or the Far East; the Russian ship Samoena for lumber from Portland to the United Kingdom, and the Hall for Australia. In addition, W. R. Grace & Co. are sending the Norwegian steam er Tricolor to the Columbia from Van couver, B. C, by way of Eureka, and her lumber cargo is to be dispatched for Australia. There is no prospect of a spurt In Australian shipments, say lumbermen, who regard the business being trans acted as only of the usual nature and in the way of material that must be obtained, because a year ago exports to the Antipodes were heavy and nearly all orders moved In tramp steamers. Save for the two Japanese vessels tak en, there is little in prospect for a re sumption of the Far Eastern movement. There was an inquiry recently from North jChina for railway timbers and such material, but it is thought that the order will be placed in Japan. OlIIOAN GOES TO NEW YORK Portland Cargo Includes 205 Tons or Hood River Arples- First of the refrigerator ships to be dispatched from here by the American-Hawaiian service, the liner Ohloan. got away from Albers docks at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon with- New York as her destination, though she steams via Puget Sound and San Fran cisco en route to the Canal. The liner Oreeonlan. next of the fleet to come, is scheduled to arrive December 21. In the wav of freight to be carried under refrigeration, the Ohioan loaded 205 tons of Hood River apples. Other shipments were 200 tons of tallow, 79 tons of prunes, 22 tons of hops, 24 tons of telephone pole cross-arms, 125 tons of canned salmon, "6 tons of clover seed and an assortment of general freight. It is said the next refrigerator ship is scheduled to be here in March, but it is believed there will be an ear lier carrier of that class dispatched, as frultmen look for a heavier demand after January 1. GREAT NORTHERN TRIED OUT Hill Ship Declared Splendid Vessel and Travels at 2 4.7 Knots. "She Is the fastest and steadiest liner flying tiie United States flag." is the declaration of Cal E. Stone, traffic man ager of the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company, in reference to the new steamship Great Northern, which just has completed its trial trip off the coast of Maine. -She has a speed of 54.7 knots. This messare came yesterday to L. C. Gilmaii, president of the North Bank Railroad and president of the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company. The Great Northern now win return to Philadelphia, where she is to be fitted out and furnished for her maiden voyage. She is scheduled to leave Philadelphia January 2 7. The new liner will start on lier regular run be tween San Krancisoo and Flarel, at the mouth of the Columbia, March IS. The steamship Northern Paciflc, sister ship of the Great Northern, will leave Puadelphia Feb..uarv 17. tor can r rancisco aooui BEAR BRINGING ORANGES Southern California Movement of Fruit Due Next Month. Five carloads of oranges from the San Joa-juin Valley, the first shipment of consequence started ror Portland this season, is due to arrive today on the steamer Bear, which is bringing other cargo that gives her a l.Mrly good load. Shipments of oranges from South ern California are to he resumed lieav ilv in about three weeks and at times there will be a dozen carloads on a steamer. The Rose City sailed at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for the Southland with about every pound of cargo she could take care of. In the way of pas- sense: s the vessel had SO in tho cabin GETS HIGH RATE FOR TRANSPORTING MOUNTS TOR ARMY'PF ALLIES FIGHTING IN EUROPE. and . 70 In the steerage. . Unlike the case of the BeaVer, which signaled twice for the Broadway bridge when she left Monday, the Rose City not only went through without delay, but the bridge operators raised both leaves of the draw to a perpendioular position. As a rule the sections tower above passing ships at an angle. ' WORK ON PVLITZEK GAUGED Pilot Schooner to Be Returned to Station Off Columbia River. To ascertain the condition of the pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer, which has been lying at the St. Johns drydock since retired by the Port of Portland from service oft the Columbia River bar, a partial survey was made yes terday by Harry Campion, superintend ent of towage and pilotage; Captain Astrup, of the tug Oneonta, and t red Pape, master mechanic. A further in spection may be made later, but it la not believed there is a great amount of work to be Jone before she can be made ready for sea. The Port of Portland Commission meets in special session Tuesday after noon to consider further the recom missioning of the Pulitzer and it is believed that she will be prepared for active service without delay. As the Sierra Miranda was picked up off the river late at night recently and the Norwegian ship Hero was taken in tow by - the tug Wallula off the river at 9:45 o'clock Friday night, some shipr pers believe that with the schooner on station many delays would be averted as pilots could board vessels at night and if possible hold them in the vicinity of the river until daylight. rSHER SPEEDS IX PACIFIC Son of Vessel's Owner Goes Down With British Cruiser Good Hope.- Making the run from Balboa to the Columbia River in 17 days with an average -daily speed of 230 knots, is the fastest stretch the British steamer Usher has covered and with the least coal consumption In her history, says Captain F. C. Doty, her master. The vessel came into the harbor Friday night to load a wheat cargo for M. H. Houser and goes to Irving dock to morrow to start. On reaching here Captain Doty re ceived mail advices from the vessel's owners. H. Cann & Son. that another son. Midshipman Malcolm Cann, went down with the Good Hope off the Coast of South America when she was sunk by the German fleet. The Usher halls from New York via Norfolk and Cap tain Doty says he saw nothing of Ger man sea fighters on the trip. RlVAIi SHIPS MAY COMPETE Oweenee and Crown of India to Leave River About Same Time. With three rrangs of longshoremen aboard each vessel, the squareriggers Oweenee and Crown of India began working grain for England yesterday and. though the Crown of India prob ably will be loaded first. It is possible that both will get away rrom tne river about the same time, and a question as to which Is the smartest sailer will be disposed of on the run "home. The Crown of India started at Irving dock yesterday. The Centurion will shift to the Globe mill so as t'o begin loading there tomorrow. The Oweenee will finish Wednesday or Thursday. She is a large carrier and, as she had been dispatched with 37 65 tons of coal. will take considerable wheat. . Channel Near AVoodland Obstructed. WOODLAND, Wash., Dec. 12. (Spe cial.) Owing to obstructions tn the channel of the North Fork of Lii River at what is known as Lamb'; Bar, the steamer oodland, which should lwve arrived here Wednesday I night, did riot get in until Thursday morning. These obstructions were snags that were exposed by a change in the channel due to the recent rise in the river. Captain Exon. of the Woodland, immediately communicated with the United States Engineers" of fice in Portland, and they Authorized him to have thse removed, and Cap tain Lulie Gray, of the steamer Etna, with a crew of men, was engaged to dynamite them. " News From Oregon Ports." COOS BAY. Or.. Dee. 12. CSpecial.) The steamship Breakwater sailed for Portland this morning at 7:30. having freight and 23 passengers. Arriving at 1:30 this afternoon, the steam schooner Yellowstone dis charged cargo trd called for Portland tonight. ATt R ! A. Or., heu 12. (Special.) The Norwegian ship Hero arrived to day. 113 days from Port Nolloth. South Africa. She encountered heavy weath er between the Cape of Good Hope and Australia, but was not injured. The Hero is to load grain at Portland for Europe. While tne ship flies the Nor wegian flag she is owned in Belgium. The steam schooner J. B. Stetson, with a cargo of lumber from St. HelenB, sailed for San Francisco today. The steam schooner Celilo, with a cargo of lumber from Rainier for San Francisco, went to sea tooay. ' The tank steamers Washtenaw and Atlas sailed early this morning for California, after discharging their car goes of fuel oil at Portland. ROCKEFELLER CARGO GOES Steamer With 6 00 Tons of Food on Way to Belgium. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Further re--llef went to the Belgian people today with the sailing ot the steamer Neches, carrying 6000 tons of food supplies. The entire cargo, with the exception of a few small donations, was bought by the Rockefeller Foundation and Is valued at about $400,000. The bulk of the shipment consists of flour. Con signments of beans, peas, coffee and salted meats also were on board. It was announced today by the Com mission for Relief in Belgium that an arrangement had been completed through the Postoffice Department whereby it would soon be possible In the United States for those who de sired to help the Belgians by contri butions of packages oz food to go to the nearest postoffice and send his do nation in at the expense of the com mission. T-he commission will refund parcel post payments to individuals. LIBELED STEAMERS RELEASED Owners File Against Portland Oper ators to Make Settlement. W. T. Cleverdon, of San Francisco, representing owners of the steamers Qumault and Thomas L. Wand, filed bonds yesterday for their release from libels instituted during the week, and the Quinault steamed for Prcscott to finish loading lumber,, while the Wand Is to remain at Oak-street dock for the present. Mr. Cleverdon said that an action had been ordered filed against the Portland Steamship Com pany. which had the ships under char ter, whereby it was expected to adjust matters. He takes the stand that it was stip ulated in the charter that the owners would not be responsible for any bills for stores or supplies. Marine Notes. Harry Campion, superintendent towage and pilotage for the Port of of Portland, plans to have the steamer Ocklahama leave up from Astoria to day with the Norwegian bark Harfrs jord, an arrival Friday from Corral, and the Norwegian ship Hero, which came into the river yesterday from Port Nolloth, as both are in ballast. They are to berth at Lannton. Frank Waterhouse & Co. have been Informed that the Royal Mail liner Gleng-yle will reach Puget Sound from England end the Orient February 6. After discharging she proceeds here with more shipments and begins load ing for the return. The Glenroy is due here in January. Wheat-laden for the United Kingdom the French bark Vendee left down yes terday. Following the victory of the British fleet over the Germans off the Falk land Islands, shippers look for a mate rial reduction in war risks on cargo and vessels bound from here with wheat for Europe. Low water is again being experienced on the Willamette, the stream being reported at 3.7 feet above zero yester day, and is expected to continue to fall slowly during the next few days. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Dec 12. Sailed Steamers Rose City, tor Kan Pedro and Pan Fran cisco; San Ramon, for Kan Francisco; Ohioan. for New York, via way i,rts; French- bark Vendee, for United Kingdom; Atlas, for Kan Francisco. Astoria, Dec 12. Sailed .at 1:00 A. M. -Steamer Cellio, for Ban Diego, via way porta Arrived at 3::i0 A. M. Norwegian ship Hero, from Port Kolloth. Sailed at 8 . M. steamer J. B. Stetson, for San t-j-ancisco; at 8:30 A. M., steamer Waah iVnaw, for Port Kan Luis. ban Francisco, Dec. 1. Arnvea--Aat 4 A. M.. steamer Daisy Gadsby, rrom Portland: at 6 A. II.. steamers Yucatan, from Port land, tor Kan Dieso: W. F. Herrln. from Portland, for Monterey. Sailed at midnight Steamer Oeo. 1-enwK-K, lor rurllana. Sailed at noon Steamer Beaver, from Port land, for San Pedro. Coos Bay. Dec li Sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Breakwater, tor Portland. Kan Pedro, Dec. 11. Sailed Steamers Multnomaii. from Portland, tor San Dieero; Northland, for Portland. Kan Francisco. Dec. 12. Arrived Steam ers U. S. s. Mars, from Norfolk: Bt. Helens. from Portland. Me.: Daisy Gadsby. from Co lumbia Rive; Yucatan, from Fortiand: Argyll, from Tacoma; W. I. Herrin, irum ABtnri.: Admiral Sch ey. rrom Seattle. Sailed Steamers Pandon. for Yaquina Tiny ; Governor, for Victoria; Manchuria, for Hongkong; John A. Hooper. lor .ew ork. Yokohama, Dec lt. Arivea lukod aioru, from Tac-onia. Adelaide. Dec. 10. Arivcd Strathdene. from Portland. Or. Newcastle. N. S. W., Dec 5. Sailed Sverre, for San Fi-ancieco. New York, Dec. 12. Arrived S:eame:-B Lyra, from San Francisco. Sailed Mon tanan. for San Francisco. Seattle. Dec. 12. Arrived Steamer Queen, from San Diego. Sailed Steamer President, for San Diego, via San Francisco; Richmond, for San Francisco. Tide sit Astnri Hiiminy. High Water. ! - Low Water. 3:07 A. M 9.0 fetl3:43 A. M 2.5 feet 10:19 P. M. -B.3 f eet 4 :21 P. M 0.2 foot Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Dec 12. Condition of the bar at 3 P. M. Hea, smooth: wind. "south, four miles. A rierman nartfcr manufacturinc- r.lant to utllicc rice straw, is beinc erected .in Cnlna by Japanese. PEACE HOT ASKED German Paper Deprecates Movement in America. INJURY TO CREDIT FEARED Public Opinion in TTnlted States Re garded as Favorinj Allies, Dis ' qualifying Nation for Part In ' Final Arbitration. '. AMSTERDAM. Dec 12. via London. In a. long article dealing with the pos sibility of the United States playing an Important role in the conclusion of peace among the European powers, the Cologne Gazette says that the "peace movement in America is not inspired by Germany," and that "American bank ers with German names, in urging the desirability of peace, render a doubtful service to Germany." Such language, the newspaper says. is likely to be misconstrued as an Indi cation that Germany is exhausted by the war, and, it adds, such notices only tend to Injure German credit with neu tral states. , Americans Regarded aa Uafrleadly. Despite all friendliness with America, the Cologne Gazette continues, Germans must not allow themselves to be de ceived, and they must look in the face the fact that America cannot be an arbitrator in the fight between Ger many and Great Britain. "It would be an -ostrich policy," the newspaper declares, not to recognize that public opinion -in America, taken as a whole, is entirely friendly to Great Britain. It may be argued, it says, that the American Government has observed the strictest neutrality, "but one can be neutral in an indifferent way, and, on the whole, American neutrality has been favorable to Great Britain.' Confidence Is Lacking. The newspaper then says: "In view of all this, we cannot have In. America the confidence we ought to be able to repose in a power which would act as an impartial arbitrator in regard to an arrangement of peace. "We cherish no feeling of Irritation against America because she is friend ly to Great Britain. Such a feeling is only natural, as Great Britain is America's motherland; but it is just fox this reason that we fear prejudice and must, in a friendly but firm man ner, reject America as an arbitrator." MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE, islam From Dmti Geo W. Elder... ...Eureka ...In p-rt Roanoke. Jan lleso. ... ....im, xm Bear ...Los Ansalea .uea. Breakwater .Coos Bay. ....... n Beaver. ......... . .i-os Angeles. ... Yucatan. ......... .San Diego. ...... .Deo. Rose City Loi Angtlf i .Dec DUK TO DEPART. -Kam For Data. Oeo. W. Elder.... ..Eureka... ...... Deo. 13 Yale fc. F. to L. A. Dec 14 Klamath San Francisco. ... Dee. 14 Breakwater Coos Bay Dec. IS Harvard J. F. to 1 A. uec. m Roanoke. ...... ...-Los Annies. ... . .Dec. ! He. ir Ean Dlezo ...Dec 1 Multnomah Ban Fruclsco Doc 20 Northland. ....... .San Francisco. ... Deo. 20 Paxa.laa C B. and S F . . Dec 2 Beaver. ......... .Los Angeles. . . Dec . 22 Yucatan. .Earn Diego. ..... . Dec. 23 J. B. Stetson Ban Diego Dee. 23 San Ramon. ...... .San Francisco. . ..Dec 25 Willamette ban Diego ... . .Dec. 2i Rose City. . . ... . ..Los Angeles Dec 27 Celilo San Diego Dec. 2 EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL SSRVICH. Kama - From Date. Glenroy . London. ....... ..Jan. 28 rclena-vla JLondon. ...Feb. 20 Olenlocby. ... .... .London. ......... Mar. zo -rem Fir Data. Glenroy ........... London .......... Jan. 30 Glengyle . . .. London Feb. 28 Glenlochy . ........ London . ......... Mar. 9 Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. SI., Decem ber 12, unlesa otherwise designated.) I.eelnnaw. towine ' barare . AcaDUlco. Kan Francisco for Port Angeles, 116 miles from fnri Anffeles. . Yosemite, San Francisco for Portland, off Cape Meares. w ... . Atlas. Portland for San Francisco, oM mll.H frnm Run Francisco. t oronado. Aberdeen for Kan r rancisco, a-s miles north of Columbia River. President. Seattle for Kan Francisco. iua miles north of Bianco. t'eliio. Portland for San Francisco, off Kama Kita. Meadow Point for San Luis, -sh mil., north of Kan Francisco. Breakwater, t'oos Hay tor roruanu, -o milps north of Cane Meares. Richmond. Seattle for Richmond, 480 miles from Richmond. , Roanoke. Kan Francisco for Portland, 4 miles north of Umpo.ua. Bear, San Francisco for Portland, 82 miles mirh nf iIia r.olumbia River. Fenwlck San Francisco lor tne tjoiunmia River. 840 miles south ot tbe Columbia Iliver. Lucas. Richmond for Seattle, 304 miles rtnftU nf ftan ITranClSCO. Willamette. San Francisco for Astoria, 20 miles north of St, Georges Reef. Asuncion, Portland for Richmond, off St. rSpomres Reef. Admiral Dewey, San Francisco for Seattle, nW f-nnnllla Plv. Adeline Smith, .Coos Bay for Oakland, off Coos Bay. Norwood, Grays Harbor for San Pedro, 23 milM northwest of Seal Rocks. Sierra, San Francisco for Honolulu, 1073 miles out, December 11. Manoa. Honolulu for San Francisco, 1138 mllca ..ii, ner-ember 11. Hyades." Seatle for Hllo. 1846 miles from rann rittei-v. December 11. Uean, San Francisco for Manila, 1806 mil. etif lecember 11. Lurllne.' San Francisco for Honolulu, 892 miles out. Lieceraoer 11. Governor. San Francisco for Seattle, 17 mi!s north of Point Arena. Yacht Venetla. Kan Francisco for San m. ,ii Aff PI I'd m Point. BarKa 01. Ventura for Richmond, 60 miles trnm 1'inhniODd. Beaver. Kan Francisco tor San Pedro, 28 miles south of Point Sur. Lanslns. Kan Francisco for San Luis. 105 miles south of San Francisco. Aroline, San Francisco for Kan Pedro, off Cliff Hnnse Kedondo, San Pedro for San Francisco, 1R miles north of Point Sur. Newport. Balboa for San Francisco. 1603 mileB south of San Francisco. December 11 Columbia, San Francisco for Talta, 16o mil enutli r.f San Pedro. December 1L Vance. New York for San Francisco, 151 miles south of San Pedro. December 11. Northland, Long; Beach for San Francisco, 44 miles west or Kan fedro. Oliver J. Olson. Puget Sound for Callao, 14 miles east of Point Concepcion. Pennsylvania, San Francisco for Balboa, fin- miles south of Kan Francisco. Scott. Baltimore for San Pedro. 560 miles south of Han Pedro. Carolyn. San Francisco for NewFork, 200 miles south of San Francisco. John A. Hooper. San Francisco for Naw York. 140 miles south of San Francisco. Santa Clara, Port San Luis for San Fran cisco, 10 miles north of Piedras Blaneas. Nome City, San Francisco for Puget Sound ports, off Narrowstone Point. Hilonian. Seattle for Hetnolulu. off Slip Point. CITY STATISTICS Marriae IJcenaefl. JONKF-DAVIS William 8. Jones. 22, EUt Thtrty-f If tn and Belmont street , nd lorothsr K. tavls, 21. East Tw.enty-nihtl. and Davis streets. . LOUOHEAD - KITTT Edward H. Loug head 27. Vancouver Barracks, Wash., and Edna Kutt. "125 East Twenty-eighth strt. MlLLER-RANDS James E. MiV.er. 22. Lorenzo, Idaho, and East Pearl Rands. 21. SKr4 Fifty-elshth street Southeast. rSHER-FlBLD Roy E. Usher, 24, o03 dfumnfr street, and Edna Field. 23. 150 East Ninth street North. PAUOKTT-KHYNE Chester M. Padgett, leval 421 Goln street, and Mottle U. Rhviie lesal. 4J1 Goln street. K AUT I N E -Rl'TT O Antonio Famine. JM, Cam-?. Wash., and Maria Rutto, 21, y4 First stre?t. A R'OU-tNQER Wayne R. Arnold. 21. Oak drove. Or., and Helen G. linger. 19. Kern Park ..SANBOKX-FISI1 William J. Sauborn, 20, Florence. Or. and Mabel Fish, IS, Hotel Rainier. HAINES - WKITTAKER Burton C Haines, legal. 743 Hoyt street, and Ger aldine C. Wuittaker. legal, iw) Sast Six tuenth street North. IATI-VUET Joseph G. Tate, leeal. Hotel Edwards. - and Kloa V. Vliet. lcal. 4X.-: Fiftv-scond street Southeast. WILLIAMS-THOMAS B. D. Williams, 23, Florence. Or. and Florence Thomas, Uo, Hotel Coccress. HEALINGER-THIM Bpear G. Herlineer. 2G. 44a Fifth street, and. Hazel J. Xnim, 20, 694 Fast Ankeny street. FOKTELLO HAMPSHIRE Frank E. Portello. 21. 69 FarraKut street, and Margie Hampshire. 20. 1674 Minnesota avenue. MARTIN-DRVMMOND James K. Matrtln. 31, Seattle. Wash., and Mary Drummoni, su, Hotel Rainier. - LARSON-1SAKSON Ajtel B. Larsen. 24, S2.V. sixth street, and Hilda A. Isaekaon. 24. b2 '.- Sixth street . .. SIGLIATTl - CHIODA - G. Slsliattl. aa. Fails creek. Or., and Concetta Chioda, 26, Bull Run. or. - , MACK-BODWELL Charles E- Mack. 25, Euaene. Or., and Frances C. fiodwell, 20, Imperial Hotel. FLYZIK.-EVAN3 Martin J. Flyzik, leial. Seattle. Wash., and Cora Evans, legal. Hotel Benon. LAIDLAW-VAN NAME William J. Laid Iaw. leaal. JS3 East Fifty-seventh street North, and Florence R. Van Name, legal. 84-1 Kast Ash street. ME1ER-DORFER Carl W. Meier, 22, 1167 East Seventeenth street North, ana Etta E. Dorter. 18. 1B70 East Clay street. WATKINS-DICKEL Al F. Watklns, legal. Castle Rock. Wash., and Tlllie Dlckel, legal, 9U7 East Tenth street North. PEK KINS-PERKINS Harker S. Perkins. 32. Haddon Hail Auartments. and Josephine H. Perkins. 120: Taggart street. HICKS-MYEKS James G. Hicks, legal, 62 East Twenty-ninth street, and Cora A. Myers, leeal. 6- East- Twenty-ninth atreet. MIULEll - BLINN William K. Miller, lcjal. u!2 East Ash street, and Ruth M. Blinn, legal, lifi East Russell street. MA PLE-B LETCH Edwin H. Maple, legal. 790 Roosevelt street, and Anna L. Bletch, legal. 431 East Salmon street. SEED-MEINKK J. S. Seed, legal. ,18 Multnomah street, and Jeanetto M. Meiner, legal. 41i0 East Forty-ninth street North. SELL-CLARK Walter J. Sell, 24, 214 Co lumbia street, and Sybil M. Clark, 24, 1230 Minnesota avenuo. DAHLOU1SX-OLSON Charles Dahlquist, S4, Grexhara. Or., and Orace M. Olson. 19, Uresham. Or. SCOTT-HARKET W. V. Scott, legal. Eaalesvllle. Cal.. and Lena Harkey, 19, GreBham. Or. , OLIVER-THOMPSON Robert H. Oliver, legal, walla Walla. Wash., and Jeanle C. Thompson, lecal. 12 Sixty-first street North. rnwAS.Hlr.HTt-HEW Calvin O. Cowan. rgal. f.44 Clatsop street, and Deasle Hight- chew. legal. 6:'.3 Linn avenue BAItLVWKNB U.NAHLl.M, KOSS . Earlyweno. legal. Everett. Wash., and Minnie G- rcnflhliiie-. leitaL 411 Hawt iiorne -avenue. REE V ES-FEN NICK' William A. Keeve, legal. Echo. Or., and Stella Fennlck, legal. r.r. utlli- av niip. SEVERANCE-STEWART Adam w. sev erance, legal. McMiunvllle. Or., and Louise Stewart, legal. 664 'A East Pine street. TELFORD - DAVIS James tj. teuoro, legal. 1061 East Sixth street, and Mayne F . Davis, legal, St. Johns. Or. WALTON-ROBINSON Jaonia v. wanon, 24. 9U1 Lincoln street, and Hazel V. Robin son. 21. TpOI Clay street. BERKE-KESTEKSON Leslie J. tierxe. 26. 4SoO Sixty-fifth Btreet Southeast, and Leona V. Keterson. 21. Uresham, Or. CLARK-OVERTON Robert Clark. 3. Edenholme Apartments, and Isabel Overton. 24. 210 Market street. ' Births. SCOTT To Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Scott. 405 Simpson street, November 4. a son. RICE To Mr. and Mrs. Richard li. Kice, 979 East Alder street, November 28, a son. LUCKLE To Mr. and Mrs. John A Luckle. Hi Nineteenth street, December 3, daughter. NAG To Mr. and Mrs. John Nag. 1220 East Sixteenth street North, December 5, a daughter. GRIFFIN TO Mr. ana il rs. r. in. unuin. 870 North Twenty-second street. December a daughter. K1RKPATRICK To Mr. and Mrs. W. Kirkpatrick. 4936 Sixty-first street toutu east, December 7, a daughter. UAlnoaJ xo ar, ouu mi, ocido - rose, 7115 Thirty-seventn avenue ooumeasu December 2, a son. snAlFb To Mr., ana jara Jim ocaue. 8227 Fifty-third street Southeast. December a son. CLARK To Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Clark. ES4 East Oak street. December 4, a daugh ter. '" . .. RENNETT To Mr. ana Mrs. Arrnur w. Bennett. .-,S2 Williams . avenue. December-, WOOD To Mr. and Mrs. Myron C. Wocd, 5431 Forty-Iiist street, Decemoer i, rtn nirli r,T. CORNWALL. to Mr. ana Mrs. i. Cornwall. 11S3 Kelly street. November 16, khuh To Mr and Mrs. Jacob Shuh. 331 North Twenty-second street, November 13. a daughter. BOYD To Mr. and Mrs. Leon o. noya, 201 Blandena street. December t, a daugh ter. . I'niiTUdni) in Mr. and irs. Homer u. Portwood. . 130S Macadam street. December 6. a son. HUSK - Tor Mr. ana jurs. v.iauae. w Ttns'-i r,4i; nllsan street. December U. a son. i.tt : to wr. ana Airs, cnaries v. Altig-, 766 Gantenbeln avenue, December 4, a son. v . IUS.H to Mr. ana Airs, "-nanes bubu, 1836 Calvert street, November y. a daugh- MARTIRE TO Mr, ana Airs, jotcijh jni- i-a w'.n.iinu I Oecmber K. a son. Tl itXKR -To .ilr. ana .virs. cuanes i. Turner, ;ib7 East First street North, Hi AAn,,s r. a finiienTpr. M I I ; I u kit.- ana airs. ui nlna 473 East Flf ty.-Bixtb. street North, i i ...... ... v... n a Hon . MUNROB To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Munroe. Baker, or., Decemner i, a uauga "nAGBL To Mr. -and Mrs. Charles L Na- gel, 414 Jefferson street, December o. a SULLIVAN To Mr. and Mrs. Florence A. Sullivan, 460 East Seventeenth street North. December 4. a daugnter. - H13BARD To Mr. and Mrs. Leo R. Hub bard, 8nu East Fonietn street, rsoriii, ru. i;OLHMIS To Mr. auo Mrs. torn ., mlfi -So llalsev street, December 3. a son. DAT.Y To Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Daly. 1021 Quimby street, jovemoer xy. a oauitu- KDW1RDP To Mr. and Mrs.' Robert L. Edwards. 100 North Eighteenth street. No .-... i " rlauKhter. riRAY To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II. Gray 763 Schuyler street, November 22. a uaugn HKKDRIK80X To Mr. and Mrs. August Hendrikson. U12 r my-sixm avenue, tieuu. MnvomT,, B. a daughter. ROGER To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Roger, 652H Fifth street, November 15, a aaugn SASO To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Saso.' 06i East Seventeenth street, November 2S, M A.CKINLOY To Mr. and Mrs. Robert M Macklnlov. 212 Portland bulevord. No wnviniw To Mr. and Mrs. William 11 Mnnahan. 676 Vanderbllt street, November 'snwAftD To Mr. and Mrs. Henry H Soward, 793 Yale street, November 17, RODLPM To Mr. and Mrs. Nels A. Rod lun. 6532 Sixty-third street Southeast, De ....iit.fi. T a llin JEPREN To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jepsen, .--Tn o.uv.riiv, street. December ,. a son. "HUNTER To Mr. and Mrs. Glen O. Hun ter, Elghtv-fourth and Cummings street, No; ..AmWA- Qii twin datiah ters. M-l.AfGHLIN To Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McLaughlin. 307 Sacramento street, Novem. hA- 1 nnn. HENDERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Earl E Henderson, 10ii2 Union avenue North, No vember IS. a daugnter. -T,rrui.-v Tn Mr and Mrs Samnel Ben sen 733 East Seventy-seventh street North, Ocloher 13. a son. crTu T Mp and Mrs. James C. Smith, 106 East Seventy-fifth street North, October 31, a daughter. strTER To Mr. snd Mrs. John sauter. 873 East Pine street. November 17. a daugh PETERS To Mr. and Mrs. William Peters, . ... f . .. . i .. i VnvFmh0r 1 fl. a EOD. v-A-v HAUTE.V To Mr. and Mrs. John T. Van Hauten. 950 Leverne avenue. Decern hs, A a turn rvctrc-w Tr, Mr anil Mra Etlward F. Owen. 420 East Eighty-first street North, December 1. a daughter. t t . t- -r- Mr unn Mrs. Ernest C. Lvndes 2S27 Forty-eighth street Southeast. inn..l. . A a daughter. i.-tmtjt.t! To Mr. and Mrs. Chester H K-lmh'all. 101 East Seventy-fourth street North. N0venner -. a son. IMMUNITY PLEA ABSURD Milwankie Hotels Have Xo Special Privilege, Governor Says. SAL.E5I, Or., Dec. 12. Special.) Governor West today characterized al leged statements that certain hotels in Milwaukie were Immune from prose' cution because he had granted therh charters as absurd. He said the state ments had been made by officials of the city- "This office cannot grant charters of any kind to anyone," said the Governor. "If either of the hotels hold charters of any kind they could have been ob tained only through the hotels having been incorporated under the laws of the Btate throueh the corporation depart ment. 8uch a charter, however, would not give protection to anyone connect ed with the organization if such per son were found violating: the criminal laws of the state or ' municipality, as the officers and others connected with these resorts are subject to the crimi nal laws of the state and any other contention is childish." SELF DEFENSE PLEA Mrs. Grier, Who Shot Hus band, Tells of Threats. OTHER ATTACKS ASSERTED Brutal Treatment Through Married Life Is Declared and Shooting; Will Be Held Due to Fear of 5Ian Who Maltreated Her. ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) That she ahot in self-defense will be the ground on wnlch Vada Grier will seek to justify the killing: of her hus band. Frank Orier, when she is placed on trial for murder in tho second de gree in the Circuit Court here next week. This was indicated in.the open ins; statement of the case by her coun sel yesterday. The defense wiii maintain that Grier started toward her with a pitchfork at first and then reached toward his hip-pocket with a threat to "finish her," and that because of his allegred conduct in inflicting; physical injury on her before she thought it necessary to fire to save her life. Grier was found to be unarmed after the shooting-, but the defense will maintain that from appearances Mrs. Grier was led to believe her life was in danger. That more than one person saw the shooting: was developed in the open ing: statements yesterday. While S. G. Wilson was the only person at the scene, it appears that at least two others saw part of the events which culminated in Frank Orler's death at the ha mis of his wife. That the woman fired several shots in addition to the one which sent the death-causing- bul let into her husband's abdomen also developed. Cave. Delayed For Convenience. Because, owing; to the few trains be tween Albany and Mill City and their time of running, the large number or witnesses in the ccse would have had to come to Albany tonight and remain over Sunday if the case had begun Monday morning, the introduction of evidence will not begin until Tuesday morning-. Monday will be devoted to a view of the premises where the Khoot- lne; occurred. The jury will so to Mill City for that purpose Monday morn ing-. Judsre Kelly, before whom the case will be tried, will (ro with the jury nd take personal charare of the in spection. District Attorney Hill, in making the openingr statement of the case on be half of the- state, after the Jury had been impanelled yesterday, said that Grier was delivering hay which he had sold to S. G. Wilson, at the time of the tragredy. He said that Grier owned two tons of hay in a barn on a place where Grier had lived before he end his wife had separated a few weeks before. Grier and Wilson had hauled one load of hay from the barn and had crone back for a second load when the sho'tins occu-red. Deliberation Is Charged. "The defendant knew th:.t Grier had been at this barn." said. Mr Hill, "and was there armed with -a rifle when he returned. Orier and Wilson came up and had backed the wagon around to et the second load of hay when with out any warning- she deliberately shot Grier. She also tried to shoot Wilson. There were several shots fired. The evidence will vary on the number as met rinng- was rapid, out tnere were not less than three shots, and possibly as many as six. One witness saw all of the shooting and others saw a part of tho affair. The state will be able to show that the shooting- was done deliberately and maliciously, that tne woman went there for that purpose and carried out her purpose." "The defendant." said M. V. Weath erford, her attorney, in making; the opening statement of the case for the defense, "is a woman about 27 years old, weigrhing- 1C5 pounds. Her hus band, who Tat 8, weighed about BOO pounds and was a strong-, robust, atb letio man. For about a year prior to last July the defendant- and her hus band had resided in a. tent near this barn, and Mrs. Grier kept her cow there. She had the cow in a pasture during1 tho Summer and returned hor to this barn in the Fall. In the mean time she and her husband had had trouble and he had abandoned her there and gone to Stayton. T' reat Is Alleiced. "Mrs. Grier was feeding her cow this hay, which was all the feed she had. Grier came there, tore the roof off the barn and was taking away the hay. Mrs. Grier was at the corral there mint ing her cow and asked him to leave the hay alone." Grier had a pitchfork In his hands, said Mr. Weatherford, and started to ward the defendant. "I'll finish you right here." he It, alleged to have said, and turned to get a revolver, she thought, according to her assertion. Mrs. Grier was In the habit of carrying a 22-caliber rifle about with her, coun sel said, and she had it there that morning and, picking it up, fired with out aiming. Mr. Weatherford said the evidence would dlsclote that it was plainly a case of self-defense. That during their married life Grier had been extremely brutal to his wife was tr declaration of : "r. Weather ford. On one occasion he struck her in the race with hi.T fist urith such for?o that he broke a bone or cartilage in her nose. At another timi he struck her on the head with a book, knocking her senseless. Once, her attorney s2.1d, her husband had held her by her arms and kicked her with his knee until ho broke a pelvic bone and permanently injured her. He said these experiences had Caused her to have a great fear of Grier, and that when he started toward her she feared for her life. It is expected that the Introduction of evidence in the case will require iwo or three days. PORTLAND CASE CALLED Lumbermen Hear Own Caustic Let ters Head at Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. IS. (Spe clal.) D. C. Eradford, president of the Bradford-Kennedy Lumber Company, ot Omaha, and N. K. Ayer. president of the St. Johns Lumber Company, of Port land, Or., smiled broadly in the court of Judge Bruce Blake today as they heard correspondence read w ich car ried caustic remarks to each otter over their signatures. They faced in the suit of the St. Johns Lumber Company against the Bradford-Kennedy Company. . The liti gation involves 2,000,000 feet of silo material purchased by the Bradford Kennedy Company from the Portland firm. Mr. Ayer alleges his company is en titled to a $12,117 balance on the ma terial delivered, while Mr. Bradford de clares that Mr. Ayer failed to comply with the terms of his contract and is entitled to but $4321. . In tire rainy season the wet, flrtr lands of KcuaJor produce a vine yielding a fruit which, when dried. forms a vegetanl. sponge said by son-.e persons to -bo super ior to animal sponses.