The Sunday Oregonian., March 21, 1915, SECTION TWO, Page 6, Image 24

THE StTCiDAY OREGOJTIAN, PORTLAND, MAECH 21, 1915.
BARK PLANS TO SAIL
Cablegram Indicates Belgian
Craft Katanga Will Leave.
$175,920 CARGO IS ABOARD
Qlessage Received Concerning Cre
dentials of Master to Succeed
. German CaptainNorwegian
Vessel Is Loaded.
. Because of detention, the Belgian
tark Katanga, which has been loaded
since March 3 with wheat for the
United Kingdom, there was a growing
conviction along the waterfront that
the squarerigger might yet be Interned
here, but a cablegram received yester
day as to the credentials ot Captain
Kielsen. who Is to succeed Captain
Mark, indicated that arrangements
are being made to start her for home.
The Katanga entered the river Jan
uary 6 from Santa Rosalia under char
ter to' the Portland Flouring Mills
Company, which procured the vessel at
a rate of 31 shillings.
On arriving here it was decided to re.
pair the bark, and then she was libeled
for money advanced. Expenses are
said to "have been heavy, though as yet
there is a margin between that amount
and her freight earnings for carrying
the cargo to England.
Owner ex-Antwerp Resident
Her owner was a resident of Ant
werp previous to that city having fallen
Into the hands of the Germans through
conquest and now, so it is reported, he
for the release of the
bark through Rotterdam.
contain Mark, her commander. . is
German subject as were others of her
crew, and it was oecweu i "
t.ow misttr so Captain Mark would
not be asked to assume the position of
carrying contraband cargo to- enemies
of his country, also 10 save ora uie
Kmhnhiii embarrassment of arest on
the other side with those of his men
of the same nationality and enforced
detention there.
fantain Nielsen has sailed forscandl
. nsvian owners in the past and it is
rnt rfnnhtArf that he will be accepted.
but meanwhile Captain Mark remains
In command and the vessel is in charge
- of a Deputy United states aiarsnai.
S173.0 Cara-o Is Aboard.
Th Khudei has aboard 128.372
choia of. wheat, valued at $175,920
and it is reported to have been sold
recently.
One to finish yesterday was the
Norwegian bark Morna, which went to
the stream from Irving dock and is
being dispatched by M. H. Houser. She
ha about 81.898 bushels of wheat
khmnl and will leave down Tuesday.
The Norwegian ship Nordfarer was
towed to the lower harbor yesterday,
bound for the United Kingdom, with
143.123 bushels of barley and 47,133
bushels of wheat, valued at 3137,000.
Exports for the week were in excess
of 200,000 bushels and receipts 78.030
bushels. Barley exported amounted to
15S.198 bushels and there were si.sov
barrels of flour sent away. A week
S73 541 bushels of wheat. 351,462
busbeTs of barley and 27,000 barrels of
flour were dispatched.
TOWING DEAL HAXGIXG FIRE
Not Certain ThHt Pnget SoundTlcet
Will Control River Work.
In spite of an executive session held
y the Tort of Portland Commission
Tr'rtAnr afternoon in dealing with
George M. Plummer, manager of the
Pugot Sound Tugboat Company, on a
proposition to nave mat neei iese i."e
bar tugs Oneonta and Wallula and the
river towboat Ocklahama and operate
the towing service, it is said the Com
mission is not a unit in favor of the
plan, while along the waterfront there
is some sentiment against the transfer.
Mr. Plummer left for Seattle yester
day afternoon and is to confer with
stockholders of the company tomor
row,' placing before them the proposal
of ihe Port of Portland. In turn they
may offer a counter plan, which Mr.
Plummer will discuss here, as he is due
to return early in the week. A com
mittee has been named to frame an
agreement with the company if the
negotiations are successful. In the
event they fail it is understood a
strong effort will be made to have a
powerful tug built for the bar service,
one with sufficient steaming radius and
of a type that will permit her to work
in severe weather. Since the resigna
tion of Captain H. F. Astrup as master
of the tua- Oneonta, following his vin
dication of charges filed with the Port,
the Oneonta is being handled by Cap
tain Anderson, who will remain for
lew davs pending the outcome of
negotiations for the transfer.
EPOCH-MARKING VESSELS THAT VISITED COLUMBIA RIVER CON
TRASTED WITH, MODERN LINER. "
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TRIP IS RECALLED
Great Liner Marks Epoch as
Die! Boston in 1792.
DIFFERENCE IN TIME BIG
AMERICAN TO BREAK' RECORD
.Montana 11 Coming With Freight and
Louds 1 000 Tons of Grain. .
Providing the American-Hawaiian
liner American maintains her schedule
she will arrive in Portland from New
York in 23 -days, establishing a new
record for the trip via the Canal. That
is possible .because she Is to make no
t-teps en route except In the big ditch.
The vessel is to sail from the Atlantic
wide April 1. and is the first of that
J'leet ordered to make a voyage direct
to this harbor.
The Montanan is due in the river to
day from New York via California ports
with lauo tons of cargo and is looked
for to make a good run. which has
been done by one of that fleet in 48
hours, the Panaman and Honolulan
liave reached Portland from Xew York
In 25 days, inclufling stops. The Mon
tanan is to take, on 1000 tons of grain
here for New York that may ultimately
Jind its way across the Atlantic and
there will be 600 tons of other cargo
loaded. '
OCOXXOR DUE AT SEATTLE
International Head of Longshoremen
Crosses Country for Feace.
Interest among Pacific Coast marine
corporations is centered today on the
' expected arrival at Seattle 'of T. V.
O'Connor, president of the International
l-nffshoremen's Association, who is to
weigh mattersOnvolved in the differ
ence between waterfront workers and
employers which resulted nearly three
weeks a?o in a strike of longshore
men at Vancouver. B. . C. that has
spread to Seattle and affects other
ports if a ship reaching there" has
touched at the British Columbia harbor
or is bound for the locality.
The opinion prevails that there will
be no session between Mr. -O'Connor
and representatives of the 'contending
parties until tomorrow. It Is firmly be
lieved among those who kn-w the head
of the longshoremen that ne will ad
Just the situation, as he Si reputed to
be an exceptional man. fair and im
partial and always for peace. It is
said of him that he often has been
called from his New York home to
lieal a breach in other Industrial lines,
always having been successful.
Glengyle Is Drydocked.
SEATTLE, March 20. The Royal
Mail liner Glengyle, tag etorm center
of the longshoremen's strike, finished
discharging cargo today and was dry
docked. Tomorrow night she will be
gin to take on cargo for Vladivostok.
BOAT OWNERS HELD LlXBIJE
Norwegian Steamship Olav Not
Available as Result of War.
NEW YORK, March 20. Owners of
the Norwegian steamship Olav were
held liable for breach of contract in a
decision Just handed down by Federal
Judge Veeder. because they notified
the Dominion Coal Company.yjf Can
ada, that oir account of the war their
vessel would not be available. this year
under a five-year x-harterto ply be
tween Canada and European ports. The
defendants notified the coal company
that the neutrality laws of Norway
would be violated if the boat were com
pelled to carry contraband goods. ,
The decisisn was in the form of an
anticipatory decree in admiralty and Is
said to be one of the rarest decrees in
the history of American courts.
Xew Boat Route Announced.
PASCO. "Wash, March 20.-(SpeciaL)
Official announcement has been made
that the steamer Inland Empire will be
placed in regular service between
Pasco. Kennewick and Celilo on March
2'6. - Both freight and passengers will
be carried, and she will connect with
the state portage road at Celilo with
the steamer State of Washington.
The Inland Empire steamer will be
under the command of Captain Archie
Rlggs, who is an old river captain and
formerly was in charge of. this boat
when she was on this run two or three
years ago. This will mark the open
ing of the river traffic, which will be
pressed more after the opening of the
Celilo locks next May. It is stated
that much freight already Is being
routed over this line instead of by rail.
EARLY TRANSPORTATION
CONDITIONS DESCRIBED
O. A. Tibbetts Harks Back to Days When Railroads Came and When Side
Wheeler Carried Products Between Portland and San Francisco.
BY O. A.. TIBBETTS.
WHILE we are celebrating the in
auguration of the modern rail
steamship transportation service
of the Hill lines between Portland and
San Francisco, it may be interesting for
some oldtimer to hark hack about 45
years to the transporation conditions
xi.stinir durinsr 1869 and 1870. During
those years the steamship lines between
these two points were operarea uy cuji
Holladay At Co. and the ships In com
mission were the old side-wheeler Cal
ifornia, the John L. Stephens. Orl
flamme and AJax. It usually required
four days to make the trip under favor
able conditions.
Early in 1869 Ben Holladay & Co.
started construction on the East
and West Side roads and early
in 1870 these companies were in
corporated under the names of the
Oregon & California Railroad on
the East- and the Oregon Central Rail
road on the West Side. Ben Holladay
was president; W. L. Halsey. vice-president;
A. G. Cunningham, secretary and
treasurer: George W. Weidler. financial
agent; E. P. Rogers, general freight and
passenger agent: H. Thielsen. chief en
gineer, and John F. Kidder, assistant
engineer and superintendent-
The Enat Side road, or the Oregon &
California, was finished to Eugene late
in 1871 or early In 1873 and completed
to. Roseburg early In 1873. The Oregon
Central was completed to Corvallis in
1873.
The products of the WMlamette and
Umpqua valleys came then 'through
Pertland by those two lines and river
steamers, where they were trans
shipped to San Francisco by the ocean
steamers and sold as California prod
ucts. I think it was In 1873 that the
first "windjammer" was loaded with
grata tot European sort via the iorn.seneration.
At this time. Ben Holladay & Co.
operated the little steamer George S.
Wright, afterwards lost in northern
waters, between Portland ami &iik
This little boat was able to take care
of all the northern trade.
The bark Webfoot (Captain Noyes
was then plying between Portland and
Hongkong and it was by this ship that
the first shipment of Oregon flour was
made to the Orient, I think in 1871. The
Webfoot also brought the parent stock
of the Mongolian pheasants to Oregon.
There vCere no bridges across the
Willamette River in those days and all
traffic between the East and West
Sides was by the Stark-street ferry.
The first depot on the East Side, or
Oregon & California, line, was near the
present east end of the Morrison-street
bridge, on the low ground about 20 feet
below the present street level, it was
a small, rough board structure, aDout
20x50 feet We were compelled to move
out of it in June, as it was under
water. The first freight agent wasj K.
M. Wilken and the. first ticket agent
William Williams. They .were super
seded In 1870 by O; H. Kimball and the
writer. '
I possess still a commission as engin
eer issued to C. W." Tracy, Novtmber 9,
1869, who was the first locomotive en
gineer in Oregon and also an engraved
half dollar which is, beyond doubt, a
coin out, of the first fare collected to
ride on, a railroad In the State of Ore
gon. Within my memory there has cer
tainly been great strides made in the
development of the' country and won
derful improvement- In the transporta
tion facilities, but of all the old famil
iar names connected with this early
hlstorv the bearers have all passed be
yond and mean nothini to the present
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First Keel to Enter Columbia Has
Record of Nine Months From
Boston Around Horn Great
Northern Cruise Fast.
A studv in contrasts is given by a
clones at the steamship Great isorin-
era. the latest palatial liner to nter
the service between the Columbia River
m Rn Francisco, and the first craii.
both sailing vessels and steamer, that
rsLm to the Columbia in the earnest
days of the stream's na-vigatton.
The first Keel mac came ui "
wa that nt the American ship
Columbia, Captain Robert Gray. May
ii i7Q3 HhA sailed from Boston in
September, 1790. and arrived at Clayo
nr. the British Columbia Coast,
i,,n. i 1871. This voyage of nine
mnntha does not compare favorably
with the Great Northern's recent cruise
from Philadelphia to San r rancisco in
12 days. Of course the Columbia had
to round Cape Horn, however, while
the Great Northern had the tremen
dous advantage of the Panama Caal
to establish a new record.
I .Trade Carried on With China.
Tho' r-nlumtiia. was owned by a group
of Boston merchants and was engaged
in trading voyages to China, where
furs and other American goods were
marketed and a return cargo oi teas,
aiiWM Tiri Chinese goods secured.
Returning from the Orient on its
way back to Boston, the Columbia en-tai-eri
Orav's Harbor on May 7, 1792,
and the Columbia Riverv on May 11.
Eight days later the great river was
named for Captain Gray's ship. The
anc.omnanvine illustration -of the Co
l,umbia was made from a drawing by
one of the ship's crew on that famous
voyage. The craft was then lying on
the north side of Queen Charlotte's Is
lands, then known as Washington's
Islands, In Hancock River, in 1871.
King Sees Launching of Beaver.
Alan interesting for purposes of
comparison is the historic cruise of the
steamer Beaver, built in 1835 on the
Thames and whose launching was an
event of King William's reign, no less
than 150,000 people attending tne
launching, including the monarch him
self. The Beaver was the first steamer
to enter the waters, or tne -acinc
Ocean. She came to this Coast, how
ever, under sail, her "paddle wheels not
being attached, although her ma
chinery was placed in position before
leaving England. Rigged as a brig,
she sailed around the Horn and reached
the Columbia River after a passage of
183 days.
"When the Beaver made her first
excursion trip from Vancouver," says
Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of
the Pacific Northwest, "she carried,
among other passengers, the pioneer,
Rev. Samuel Parker, who, in his rem
iniscences, states that the party
board the steamer indulged in 'a train
of perspective reflections upon the
probable changes that would take place
in these remote regions in a few
years.' "
TOW SCHOONERS TO DRYDOCK
Samoena Ready for Sea and Thor Is
Close at Hand.
On the arrival in . the river ' today
of the steamer Johan Poulsen, which
is' bringing California cargo, she will
be assigned an unusual task, that of
towing the schooners Mabel Gale and
Virginia from Young Bay to the plant
of the Oregon Drydock Company, where
they are to be lifted for cleaning and
painting before loading lumber foreign.
The vessels are owned by the Loop
Lumber Company! The Gale loads for
Sydney under charter to Davies &
Fehon- and the Virginia was taken by
Comyn, Mackall & Co.' for the West
Coast. In the past it has been the
custom to handle the sailers in the
river with PoTt of Portland towboats.
The Russian ship Samoena, witn
lumber for England, arrived down at
Astoria .yesterday and may. get to sea
today. The Norwegian steamer Thor
should be showing up shortly to load
lumber on the lower river for Quebec.
being part of an order now being
loaded by the barkentlne John C. Meyer
at the West Oregon mill.
AZtMtSAN MARTI GOES TODAY
Business in Sight Between Coast and
Orient, but Vessels Are Scarce.
To receive more of her lumber cargo
for the Orient the Japanese steamer
Asumusan Mafu hauled across the
harbor yesterday afternoon from the
Portland mill to Inman-Poulsen s and
at 5 o'clock this afternoon leaves for
Westport to finish. She Is being dis
patched by Mitsui & Co., which has
the Japanese steamer Kongosan Maru
due early next month from the other
side. She steams via San . Francisco
and brings a part cargo here, continu
ing around through the Canal td load
on the Atlantic side for the Far East.
T. Ura.be, Portland agent for Mitsui &
Co. said yesterday that it was proving
difficult to . secure steamers, though
there was business in sight for three
vessels if they were obtainable at
rates that might be considered reason
able. The company has considerable
freight to move from the opposite shore
of the Pacific and regular sailings
would be in order were It not for the
dearth of suitable bottoms.
FLAG CHANGE EXPECTED
STEAMER ROBERT DOLLAR TO BE
COME JAPANESE IS STORY.
Passage ot Nevr Seamen's Iiavr Said to
Cause Company to Decide to Give
v Up TJse ( Stars and Stripes.
'Because of the passage of the new
seamen's law, of which provisions af
fecting carriers under the American
flag become effective November 4, 1915,
and the provisions affecting foreign
ships become effective March 4, 1916,
unless delayed by the abrogation of
treaties, it is said the Dollar Steam
ship Company, which recently brought
the big tramp Robert Dollar under the
American flag from the British em
blem, will register Its offshore tonnage
In Japan. That feature was talked of
yesterday among shipping men, who
say that It is understood the Dollar
line has already taken steps to fly the
Nipponese colors.
One of the leading features of the
new act Is a provision that 75 per cent
of the crew In each department of ves
sels of more than 100 tons gross must
have sufficient knowledge of English
to comprehend any orijer given by of
ficers. The act also provides: "That
the powers now bestowed on the Board
of Supervising Inspectors In respect to
lifeboats, floats, rafts, life-preservers,
and other life-saving appliances and
equipment, and the further require
ments as to davits, embarkation of
passengers in life-boats and rafts, and
the manning of life-boats and rafts.
and the musters and drills of the crews,
on steamers navigating any ocean, or
any lake, bay, or sound of the United
States, shall be subject to the require
ments of the regulations set forth in
detail In the new law.
'Regulations provide for two classes
of standard types of life-boats, class
one being entirely rigid sides and class
two being partially collapsible sides.
The regulations in detail cover the
construction of life-boats and pontoon
rafts: minimum boat capacity accord
ing to 39 various lengths of vessels
ranging from 100 feet to 1030 feet"
OOLIEGE ROWERS ARE OX BEAR
Crowd of 24 From Washington to Be
Free Lances on Liner Xext Month.
On the departure of the "bulldog"
Bear of the "Big Three" line April 2,
when she inaugurates the Summer
schedule and leaves here at 9 o'clock In
themorning instead of 4 in the after
noon, she will have 24 members of the
rowing club of the University of Wash
ington, who will be bound for San
Francisco to compete in aquatic events
at the 1915 fair. They are to return
on the same liner, so preparations will
be made to give them a separate table
in the saloon, which is to be decorated
in colors of the university, while, it is
expected, they will provide a flag to
be flown aloft.
The Beaver, flagship of the line, sails
tomorrow afternoon and will have a
larger passenger list than has been the
rule of late, while in the way of cargo
she will have a full load. Captain
Mason promises that if the easterly
breeze of yesterday holds out the voy
age will be more pleasant than during
the best weather in Summer.
PART ASSURED CITY
Ifl BIG CELILO FEET
New Chamber to Guarantee
Fund Needed -$875 on
Hand Nearly Fourth.
LOCK TRANSFER HURRIED
Delegates Named to Represent Con
gress at Oelohratlon Eugene
Radiators to Invito Other
Clnbs to Join Excursion.
For the celebration by Portland of
the opening of the Celilo Canal. $876.
or nearly a fourth of the entire amount
needed, has been raised. The new
Chamber of Commerce announoed yes
tcHnv that it would guarantee the
fund needed for the celebration. This
not only assures Portland full partici
pation in the celebration, but makes
an active canvass opiumm
committee.
At the meeting of the committee yes
terday it was announced that Vice
President Marshall had named Senators
Rro.lv of Idaho. Pittman of Nevada and
Poindexter of Washtagton to represent
the Senate of the Unueo eiaes i
celebration. Representatives Baker of
California. Stout of Montana. Hayden of
of Montana. Sinnott oi
Oregon, Hawley of Oregon. Humphrey
of Washington, Roberts of Nevada and
Smith ot Idaho have been appointed by
Speaker Clark for the House of Rep
resentatives.
Secretary Struble presented a report
i.j..i h. rxaulta of his recent
communications In regard to the cele
bration with various ones u
lumbia Basin.
ivannfrr of Locks Hastened.
c hun taken to expedite
the transfer of the Oregon City locks
so as to permit '"" n x
2. iTitH states Attorney, ot
Portland, has assured the committee
that he will do all Jn his power to
hasten the action of 'the Department
of Justice to secure the desired end
Th Euaene Radiators will take
stfps to participate and also will en
deavor to secure me
the marching clubs of Albany an I Sa
lem, uniting with the Royal Ro ariani
of Portland in a Joint excursion by
rail and steamboat to The Dalle, and
Big Eddy, participating on the return
trio to Vancouver and Portland.
lrin.I .ii,.v nf the lines having ter
minals in Portland have granted a
round-trip rate for celebration week of
one and one-third fare for all celebra
tion towns, covering all lines, in Ore
gon, Washington and Hal".
The Portland Motor Boat Club has
voted to participate In the celebrations
at Vancouver and Portland tnd..Wi
have some of its best speed boats In
the fleet. ,
Many Committees to aio.
...... nf nartlcination have
been named by the Oregon Association
- tti i TmnrnvemenL the ure-
gon Federatfon of State Societies the
Oregon State Threshermen's
Uon and the Portland Rose Festival
A Monday "May 10. is Columbia River
day at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
fn honor of the 123d anniversary of
the dTscovery of the Columbia River
by Captain Robert Gray. A fitting pro
gramme will be arranged, and voyager,
from the Columbia basin will have the
opportunity of advertising to the wor d
that they nave made an all-water trip
from 600 miles inland to the Panama
Pacific International Exposition. Many
interior citizens are planning to ship
their autos to San Francisco by th.,
Li nrt return therefrom over
land to their homes. The secretary
of the Oregon Retail Merchants Asso
ciation Leo Merrick, announces that
he will give this feature wide publicity
among the retail groce.a " m
and the Northwest, many of whom win
make the trip to San Francisco by
t to attend the annual convention
icjirinna.1 Retail Grocers' Asso
elation, assembling in San Francisco
the week of May xu-io.
Marine Xotesi
t .1.. tt,A Summer season the
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t SECOND WHEAT CARGO FROM PORTLAND ON SAILING VESSEL GOES TO BOTTOM AS RESULT j
I - OF WAR BETWEEN EUROPEAN NATIONS
gasoline schooner Patsy Is to leave San
Francisco March 28 with a full cars
of general freight for the Dodge line.
She has been overhauled there.
Harry Campion, superintendent of
towage for the Port of Portland, is at
Astoria on business connected with the
bar fleet.
Laden with lumber for California,
the last of which she took on at the
new Southern Pacific trestle on the
East Side, the steamer Slskiynu cot
away last n!i.-ht. The steamer Thomas
L. Wand sailed from Stella last nlnht
after completing her lumber load with
piling there, and the steamer Bee got
away from St. Helens with lumber for
the south.
Charles Steelsralth, superintendent of
Tho Dalles-Columbia line. Is looking
after the completion of a new dock at
Hood River and tne delivery ot mate
rial at Lyle for another.
Work on the bar dredge Chinook is
to be terminated this week and she re
turned to the lower harbor, but may
not be operated more than 16 hours a
day until June, when a third crew will
be added so continuous work can be
carried on.
Coquille will be the objective point
of United titates Inspectors Edwards
and Fuller, who leave this mornltiR
on the steamer Oeo. W. Elder to con
duct an Inquiry there into a collision a
week ago between the Charm and Tele
graph, Coquille River packets, between
the crews of which there Is reported
to be keen rivalry. Arthur Merrill,
clerk of the board, accompanies the
Inspectors.
Coming from New York with an aver
age cargo of freight the steamer Cant
Clara sailed from San Francisco yes
terday and is to berth at Municipal
Dock No. 1. The vessel will load con
siderable stuff here for the return voy
age. '
DREDGER CLEARIX4J ClIANXEL
Pier for Interstate Bridge Will Be
Carefully Placed.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 20.
(Special.) The big dredger AJax Is
busy clearing a channel through a sand
Island adjacent to Huyden Island at the
ferry slip on the Oregon side. A chan
nel will be made to a point several
hundred feet from the water's eugo,
and there a hole 45 feet below sero
will be dug for the first pier In the
Interstate bridge.
Into the bottom of this hole piling
nearly 100 feet long will be driven, and
on top of the piling the concrete part
of the pier will be placed by use of a
caisson. Tho second pier, of similar
construction, will be within 100 feet of
the water's edge north of the first pier.
Kewa From Oregon Porta.
ASTORIA. Or., March 10. (Special.)
The Norwegian steamer Thor Is en
route from San Francisco via Nanaimo.
to load lumber at the Hammond mill
and Knnpptop for Quebec.
The sti.am schooner Hornet Is due
this afternoon from San Francisco with
freight for Astoria and Portland.
The French ship La Perouse sailed
this afternoon for South Africa with a
cargo of grain from Portland.
The schooners Mabel Oale and Vir
ginia were brought from Youngs Bay
bv the steamer Melville lat evenina.
The two vessels will be towed to Port
land by the steam schooner Johan Paul
sen to go to the drydock. The Mabel
Gale Is to load lumber for Sydney, while
the Virginia will load for the West
Coast. . . .
The gasoline schooner Ahwanena
sailed today for Bandon with general
cargo from Astoria.
The Russian ship Samoena with a
cargo of lumber for London arrived
from Portland this morning and will
iro to sea tomorrow.
COOS BAY. Or.. March 20. (Special.)
The steamship Breakwuter arrive.!
this morning from Portland at o'clock
bringing freight and passengers.
The steamsnip ixann onmn. wn..
lumber and passengers for San rran--.
Cisco, is barbound and will not sail
until Sunday.
The gasoline schooner itiistier ar-i-i-u.rt
fr.m Portland at 3 P. M. en route
to Rogue River with cannery supplies.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUB TO ARRIVE.
Name. From.., lt-
Beavur l-oa Anelc In I""'
Oeo. W. Elder JOurcka ' P",',f
Koanoke " 1I-"
Mom i'ltV L.OB Allrfcl r-
Breakwater Coos Hay
Bear I."" AiiKoles.
Yucatan an Diego....
DUB TO DfcPART.
Name. For
Oeo. W. Elder. Eureka
Beiver !.' Aimolel. .
Yale . K. t.. U A-
Roanoke San DleKo....
Northland.
Harvard . . . .
Klamatti.
. .L.os Angoles. . .
.Kan l)!eKO.
Great Northern. .. .t-an Ki anclaco.
Breakwater. .
Rose City
Han Hamon....
Celilo
Yosemlte
Multnomah.
Yucatan
Santa Barbara.
Bear
Willamette.
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. . Los Anaelea. . , ,
. San Kranolaco. .
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..ban Dieao
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.San Dl&KO April 11
, - Ma
..Mr. if
..Mar. J
Data.
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. .Mar.
...Mar.
...Mar. -
. .War. J4
...Mar. -I
. . .Mar.
. . Mar u.i
..Jlar.
..Mar. V.
..Mar. il
..Mar. 17
..Mar. 1
..Mar. HI
..Mar. .11
.-April 1
.April
I'ortland-Atlantlo Service.
From
.New York. ...
-New York....
,S'ew York. ...
New York. ...
.Sow York. .. .
New York. . . .
.N.iw York. ...
Jv'ew York. , . .
. New.York. ...
.New York. ...
New York. ...
.New York. . .
New Yurk. . . .
DUE TO DEPART.
Name. For
it ontanan Kew York ....
Santa Clara Aew York....
Oregonlan New ork
Kama.
Montanan
Santa Clara. ..
Orasoulan. ...
Panaman
Hawaiian
Suuta Cecilia. .
Mouululau. .. .
Amerii-un
Santa Crux. . . .
lowan
Minnenotan. ..
Santa Caialina. .
Ohloan. ..
Data.
.Mar. 21
..Mar. 1.'
...Apr.
...Apr.
...Apr.
...Apr.
. . . A ir.
. . . May
...May
...May
. . ..May
. . . May
...May
11
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21
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1
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16
Data
.Mar.
, Mar.
.Apr.
in
panaman. . .
Hawaiian
Santa Cecilia. . .
Honolulan. .. . .
American
lowan
Santa Crux
Minneaotao. .. .
Oh loan
Santa Caialina.
New York Apr.
N-w York Apr.
..New York Apr.
..New York Apr.
..New York May
..New York May
, ..New York Hay
..New York May
. .New York May
. .New York May
14
IS
NORWEGIAN BARK SEMANTHA.
Shipping circles were stirred Friday through the receipt of newa that the Norwegian four-masted bark
Semantha, which was cleared from Portland October 24 and left the river two days later, had fallen prey
to the German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm in the South Atlantic. Her crew was landed at Buenos Ayres
by the German steamer Holger on February 17. The vessel was commanded by Captain Halvorsen and car
ried a cargo dispatched by the Portland Flouring Mills Company amounting to 135,206 bushels and val
ued at J147 726. It was sold soon after the ship went to sea. The first sailer to suffer was the British
bark Invercoe, Captain W. J. King, which was sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Prins Eltel Fried
rich, now at Newpqrt News. February 12. v
ARKANSAS OWES $500,000
State's Finances In Bad Shape, Joint
Committee Dec-lares.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. March IB Th.-
Joint committee appointed by the Pres
ident of the benate ana Miesxer oi mo
House to consider the financial con
dition of the stale, submitted the fol
lowing report at the sesslun of tbc
Legislature:
We find that the total revenue from
all sources for the fiscal year l'Jlil anal
114 amounted to 2.Kti6,;i!)S .36. Thnt
the total appropriations ma.le fr aald
period amounted to 1:2.878, a"5. Tlutt the
present deficit occurred mostly rlnrtnx
the period while the rate per cent ot
.fixation for general stale purposes w
mills: that the annual ratio ot -
ficit has decreased since the rate was
raised to 2 li mills, but that the reve
nues now .derived are not sufficient to
pay current expenses and therefore
the deficit continues to grow iaia.-..
We find that there are now out
standing unpaid auditors warrants
amounting to approximately tu,uuu.
and that this will Increase during tho
months of February, March, April, aiay
and June to about 7uu,ouu ana mat
after the revenues paid In during the
Summer and ran settlements oi tne
tax collectors are exhausted, the num
ber and the amount of the auditor's
warrants issued and unpaid will In
crease. "Being advised that neither the ex
ecutive nor legislative branches of tho
Government favor other bi.nd Imu.-s
or Increase In the rate per cent to be
levied for general mate purports, we
return, this report without recommen
dations," . '. . .