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6 "THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 10, 1915. CONGRESS ASKED TO "COMPLETE" CANAL Problem Is Not Intricate or Mysterious, but Will Take Time and Money. ' GOETHALS NOT DECEIVED lclajs Already Costly to Shippers. Foretaste Is Given of What f Might Happen to Prevent f Movement of fleet. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington, Oct, . A substantial appropri ation to "complete" the Panama Canal vill be urged when Congress convenes. This large and unexpected demand on the Federal Treasury is made necessary by continued slides. With the formal opening; of the Canal the public and Congress were led to believe that the Canal was virtually completed. Engineers having to do with the work, from General Ooethais down, have known all along that the Canal was far from completed, and . cannot be regarded as a finished en gineering project until all danger of slides has been removed. To make the Canal permanently safe will re- quire the expenditure of several mil .' lion dollars. Task Big but Not Intricate. "It Is not a difficult problem to pro tect the Panama Canal against slides." said an officer of the Army Kngineer Corps, recently returned from the Isth mus. "The problem is not intricate, but it Is big. The slides are not due to any mysterious cause. The solution of the problem is quite plain. But in work- " ln$ out that solution a great sum of money will be required, and a consid- - erable time must be spent cutting away the slopes of the Canal bank at Gold Hill and elsewhere. "How long it will take to make the ' Panama Canal absolutely safe for pas sage of ships will depend altogether on how Congress provides funds. With 1 ample funds, the work could be fin ished in a year. It would be economy for the Government, and certainly it .would be economy for shipping inter ests, if a lump sum appropriation ade- . quate to meet the full cost could be made next session." Ingiueera 'ot Deceived. General Goethals and other officers ; and engineers on the Panama Canal work have never been deceived about the danger of slides, nor have they ever regarded the Canal as finished, notwithstanding the large tonnage that . lias passed through since the opening. But Congress, hoping to hold down the cost, has been disposed to disregard the necessity for cutting away the hills ' abutting the Canal. Kecent slides, it is thought by the . Canal officials, will close that water way to commerce for five or six weeks before dredging can open the. waterway for traffic even temporarily. In the meantime hundreds of cargoes are be- ..ing held up at either terminus of the Canal; the delays are proving costly to shippers, and the United States Gov ernment is getting an object lesson of losses It might sustain were this coun try today at war "with some foreign ' nation. Military Value Temporarily Gone. There were two assigned reasons' for not sending the battleship fleet to the Pacific Coast during the past Summer . . one the military necessity of keeping them in Atlantic waters wnne war threatened, and the other the danger , of having them cut off by slides, if they should be sent through the Canal. Had the fleet been sent to the Expo sition and been held tnere until now, it would have been safely marooned on the Pacific Coast for another month by the slides which actually have occurred. For the month of Ootober. at least, the ' Panama Canai has no military, nor has Jt any commercial, value." ShiPTjinir men on the Atlantic Sea poiird who have been inquiring at the offices of the Panama Canal in wash ington. have uniformly expressed the ' hope that Congress will takn to heart the lesson of the present slides, and - make ample provision next session for .protecting against a recurrence 01 rious slides in the future. DREDGE HlLJi MAY BE PAID Standard American Interests Make New Proposal to Port of Portland Counsel for the Standard American - Tredging Company, dredges of which were libeled recently by the Port of Portland Commission while working at Vancouver, Wash., in an effort to en force the collection of .more than 160,--000 due for dredging performed by the - Columbia at Astoria early in the year. - have reopened negotiations with the m port looking to a compromise and early " payment of money due. In the way of a compromise, the port has lowered the total amount to 950.260 because of a discrepancy be tween measurements made by engi neers of the amount of material han dled by the Columbia while at Astoria. .The company has proposed that money . lue from Multnomah County ror dredg . ing carried on at the Interstate bridge be collected by the port in cash and that it aceept notes for the remainder. - Whether the proposal will be adopted i Is to be made known in a few days. MOKE "IVltEAT AT TmEAVATElJ Week's Receipts Gain Though Sea sou's Cur Shipment Are Lean. There has keen a hopeful increase during the week in the receipt of wheat at tidewater from the interior and a light increase some days over cor 1 responding dates last year. Yesterday . there were T9 cars received, and a year ago the total was 61 cars. For the week. 541 cars came in, as against R2S cars the same time in 1914. For .the season to date there have bees 4054 cars, a decrease as compared with !the same period last year, when 5903 cars had been received. Exports during the week closed yes terday were 501,339 bushels of wheat ; and 873 barrels of flour. The week '. before, wheat exports were 17.712 and barley exports 117,025 bushels. This . week the British steamer Haith Hall will be dispatched with a large wheat cargo and she may be the only carrier of the cereal fleet sent offshore. BEAK SALUTED KVEUV TRIP 5.incr Has Regular Reporting Sta tion on Cliff at Gualala. C. H. Getchell. of Gualala. Cal., lo rated 10 miles south of Point Arena - the coast, according to officers of the - . ,. J .. l. . . . . . . v. . : eiromrt i-ctii, in oa mat. ttauil um there a flag on the Getchell flagpole is I ii i v 'l auu . . ,r ( m . 11 1 r i 1.11 C vessel. On tho last trip the Bear passed thera alter dark and. being; unaWe to discern whether any notice was taken of the ship. Captain Nopander ordered that the customary whistle salute of three blaBts be given. On reaching port he received a let ter from Mr. Getchell, thanking him for the salute and saying that, his father, a retired master of sailing ves sels, evinced such an interest in pass ing vessels that the flagpole had been rigged, and he was most conscientious in his recognition of the Bear. Mr. Getchell mentioned that he had made eight trips on the Bear but neglected to introduce himself. "We had passed there a number of times before we noticed the flag sa lute," said Captain Nopander yester day, "but since that time the officer on watch orders our flag dipped and the whistle sonuded. To a seafaring man it is a courtesy always appreciated and we know that the regular passing of the ship in front of the cliff at Gualala brings pleasure to the sailor, who lOCNGEST STEAMSHIP MAX HEADS PARH-H'CORHICK FLEET. i Fred Parr. News from San Francisco is that Fred Parr, formerly with the Dodga line and now with the newly-formed Parr-McCormick Steamship Line, which handles northbound general cargo busi ness to Portland, is president and manager of tho corporation. He was born in 1885 at Visalia, Cal., and is said to be the youngest head of & steamship fleet on the Coast. probably parsed that way many tim during- his day, sailing: his own ship and perhaps looking: toward shore for much the same sort of a sign of boa voyage. MARIPOSA STILL ASHORE FORWARD HOLD AND THE EXGIJJE- ROOM ARE FLOODED. Wrecking Steamer on War to Make Attempt to Save Vessel After Survey Has Been Made. SEATTLE, Oct. 9. The Alaska Steamship Company's iron steamship Mariposa, which went ashore -on Point er Island, B. C, Friday morning, was resting on the beach with her forward hold and engine-room full of water to day. The 79 passengers were taken off yesterday by the steamship Des patch and conveyed to Ketchikan Alaska. The steamship Admiral Evans, which left Seattle last night, will call at Ketchikan for the passengers and take them to their destination. The Canadian wrecking steamer Sal vor was reported to have reached the Mariposa's side tonight. V survey will be made before attempts are made to save the boat. The steamer struek on full speed, her whole bottom may have been scraped off. In which case the boat must be abandoned. If she was mov lng at a slow or moderate speed, the Mariposa may be patched and hauled off. It is expected that most of the cargo will be saved. The mail and express were not injured. LAKE RIVER ABOUT CXOSEI Insufficient Water Hampers Move ment of It nfts to Mill Here. Lake River is the last feeder of the Lower Columbia to feel the effects of the low stage of water. For two days efforts made to dislodge a pair of rafts for the East Side Lumber Company, grounded there when being shifted from the boom to the river, have not proved successful. The Shaver Transportation Company dispatched the launch Doris to Lake River Friday to work some of the logs out, but tides were not sufficient and last night another attempt was made with the steamer Dixon. It is estimated there was about four feet of tide to work on there with the full tide in the lower river beinj? about nine feet. The Willamette is making slight gains here, having registered 3.6 feet above zero yesterday morning, an advance of five- tents of a foot in 24 hours, and there were slighter gains at Lewiston and Umatilla, with the Willamette practi cally unchanged above Portland. COASTERS CARltVIXG CEREATj Wheat Cleared Yesterday for Cali fornia More Than 1300 Tons. More cereal for the California mar ket is betas' floated and two lots were started yesterday, with additional shipments to move this week. The steamer Speedwell was cleared yester day with 700 tona of wheat for San Francisco, shipped by M. H. Houaer, also 400.000 feet of lumber Bent by the McCormick interests. The steamer Palsy Putnam, of the Arrow Line, was cleared with 602 tons of wheat shipped by the Globe Grain & Milling- Company for San Francisco, 85 tons of middlings and 15 tons of peas by Albers Brothers, 600,000 feet of lumber from the plant of the Multnomah Lumber & Box Com pany and 55 tons of pen era I freight. The Bear loads wheat this trip for California in addition to other cargro and the-Geo. W. Elder, due today, has considerable cereal to take on for her southbound voyage, while some goes on the Santa Clara tomorrow. Turbiner Takes Oregon Products. Oregon potatoes, apples, cheese and other Beaver State staples largely made up the cargo of the Great North ern, which sailed south yesterday after noon with 1000 tons of freight and S87 passengers. The Northern Pacific will arrive at Flavel today with 327 passen gers and 4S0 tons of freight, a large express shipment and several auto. The freight consignments are made up of coffee, wino. fruits and vegetables for Northwestern points. ' S toaiuer As! i ore In So and. SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 9. The large Blue Funnel liner Calchas, from Liver pool for Seattle, went ashore off Point Wilson, near Port Townsend, this morning, in a dense fog. Her position was not dangerous, and it was expected she would be floated at the next high Uds, - 4) CUPID BUSY ON BEAR Wedding Is Arranged but Cap tain Declines to Act. COUPLE OBLIGED TO WAIT Xavy Man on Leave Wins Los An- geles Girl First Day on Board. Honeymoon Planned for Return Trip South. Dan Cupid was a passenger on the steamer Bear yesterday from Cali fornia. ' Press dispatches of the past "tew days have carried information to the effect he was at Washington. D. C. as an ally of President Wilson, so he must have made an aeroplane flight to the Pacific side, or else left the National Capital In advance of the news of the President's betrothal. But, at any rate, ne was on the Bear. And his strenuous work during June all over the country, and later among luuriuLo moving 10 and from Callfor nla, also his conauest with th Prmi dent, have not tired him. for aboard the Bear he was on the job from the moment she backed away from her pier Thursday at San Francisco until she ilea up here yesterday at 10 o'clock. Navy Man Wuu Girl. James Mclvor, one of Uncle Sam's stalwart young fighters aboard the U. S. S. Denver, now lying at Mare Island, was the first person Cupid fired at. Next he directed his darts toward jmiss Lillian Hubba, of Los Angeles, who Is considered fair to look uoon. has lust the disposition that annealed to the Navy man. and was a moat rapt recipient of the confidence he imposed as to his life on the briny deep, what he would do to the Mexicans when the Denver again returns to her southern station and a host of other secrets. Cupid found fair weather, moonlight, lack of seasickness and most conducive surroundings aboard to further his game. In fact, the case was decreed love from the time their glances met. On the ship it was taken for granted the second day that the affair would lead to a wedding at sea. PurseV Fred Haywood was an inter ested onlooker. He offered no objec tion when a passenger suggested the social hall as the proper place for the ceremony. Steward Martin quietly had informed the chef there was a pros pect of a wedding supper, and to the baker he imparted a suggestion for a wedding cake. Chief Engineer Jack son was in a mood to slow the engines so as to make the binding ceremony more impressive. First Officer Parker and others of the Bear's company had thoughts of clean shaves, boiled shirts and bow much rice there was aboard. Ceremony Is Delayed. After dinner Friday evening there was an unusual gathering in the social hall. A few women passengers were in decolette. The men had brushed their traveling: suits and there was a general air of expectancy for a time. Then it fell most . distressingly flat. Captain Nopander refused to carry out the role of marrying skipper. The pretty would-be bride coaxed, cajoled and begged. But she lost. Then the Navy man, with a most respectful sa lute, heels together, shoulders back, approached the skipper with a "Please, sir," but the navigator of the Bear was firm. So there the case rested until the couple went ashore. Miss Hubbs was bound for Spokane, but announced that she would not take the first train from Portland as planned when she left the Golden Gate. The Navy man was given a furlough of 13 days from the Denver, and is sure the return trip will be a honeymoon. With them go the well wishes of the Bear's crew. Even Cap tain Nopander says he hopes they are happily married if determined on the step, but he declines to perform the functions of a sky pilot. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Seliednle. DUB TO ARRIVE. Kama From Date. Breakwater Coos Bay In port Bear Ios Angeles In port Santa Clara San Francisoo. Oct. lo Northern Pacific. . .Pan Francisco. Oct. JO Goo. W. Klder San Diego .Oct. 10 F. A. Kilburn Pan Francisco. . . .Oct. 13 Great . Northern. . -San Francisco. .. -Oct. 13 Beaver....... Los Angelm Oct. 14 Roanoke ,,,anmego .Oct. 17 Rosa City 4xs Ansoles Oct. lu DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Data. Breakwater Coos Bay, Indoft Klamath an r ranclsce. . . . uci jo Banta Clara San Francisco Oct. 11 Northern Pacific. . .ban Kranclaco. . . . uct. la Waoama San Dtego Oct. 33 Geo. W. Elder San Diego Oct. 13 Bear .. .X.OS Angeles ucu lu .. .San Francisco. ... Oct. 1-4 . . .San Franeiico. . . ..Oct. 34 ..fan Diego Oct. Id P. A. Kilburn. . . Great Northern. Multnomah Beaver Roanoke. : . . . . Rose City . . .Los Angeles Oct, 18 ...Ban Diego Oct. 20 . . . Lea Angeles .Oct. Fort land-Atlantic Hrlc. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. from Tate. Santa Cecelia Nw York. , . . , Nov. panaman aw iorK -no v. au Iowan -New York Dec. 1 Santa Catalina. . . . .New York Dec. 5 Santa Cruz New York, Dec. Siu bun I Clara- New York Pec. 2d PUB TO PEPART. Name. For Date. Santa Cecelia Now York, .Dec. 1 Iowan New York Dec. 3 Vanaman -New York Doe. 5 Santa Catalina. . . . .New York Dec. 10 Santa C rtfa , . New York, ...... .Dec. 2Ji Santa Ciara. New York ........ Pc, J0 Notice to Mariners. The following1 affects aids to navi gation in the Seventeenth Lighthouse District: Columbia Rive entrance South channel ga.3 and whistling buoy 23, heretofore report ed adrift, was picked up October T. Will aot be replaced for th present. Celumbia River The following spar buoys found out of position, were replaced October 7 : Henrici Crossing buoys X and 3, Heeder Croesing' buoy '2. Gray s Harbor Aberdeen channel -Chan nel buoy 4, spar mi&ain. Channel buoy JA, spar, drifted about 130 yards northeast from position. Reported by Captain O, E. San born, October '1- Will be replaced as soon as practicable. Juan de Fnea Strait -Neah Bay gas and wh is t ling buoy 2, heretofore reported, ex tinguished, was relighted October . Rosarla Strait Peapod Rocks light, re ported extinguished October 4, was relighted October 6. ROBERT WARRACK. Inspector. News From Oreson Ports. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. . -(Special. The earuentitie James i uit has finished dis charging coal for Sanborn &. Co, and left today for West port, where she Is to load lumbar for .South Africa. The tank steamer NVm F. Herrln arrived from California with a cargo of fuel oil for port'.nti. The steam schooner Nehalem and Ravalli will be due tomorrow from fiaa Pedro to loai at the ttammona mm. The tank steamers Argyll and Atlas and the at? am schooner 15a ma, Moniea, is due from California. The launch Harrington Is at the A tori a boat ahjBs lor a seneral overhauling. Carrying a fair list of passengers and 800 tons of freight, principally from Inferior points, -ho steamer Great Northers sailed for ban rranciBOO. The gasoline schooner Miren'e arrtved dur ing the night trom Waldport with a cargo Ol cann-ti ana sanea siimon. Bringing freight and passengers for As toria and I-ortlar.d. the steamer Bear ar rived from sian Francisco and San Pedro. The steamer Hose City sailed during the nigm iiir me n.ijornia pons. The tur Oneonu. which has ben under- f oi&s repaifa at .for U ted roiuiastl Jal evening to go into service at the mouth of the river. The dredge Chinook laid off one crew and during the rest of the time she works on the bar this season she will be operated only eignt hours a day. . COOS BAT. Or.. Oct. . (Special.) The gasoline schooner Boamer sailed for Rogue River 'with miscellaneous freight. Arriving from San Francisco and Eureka the steamship Santa Clara sailed this after noon for Portland. The gasoline schooner Relief arrived at T o'clock for freight for Biusiaw River points. v tin general ireigui me gasoline scnooner Rutler is due to sail Sunday for Wedder brn. The steam schooner A. M. Simpson ar rived from San Francisco and will load lum ber at Porter mill The tug Robarla arrived from Bluslaw River. Movements of Veseiels. PORTLAND. Oct. O. Arrived: Steamers Bear, from San Pedro via San Franelaeo: W. F. Herrtn, from San Francisco. Sailed: Steamer Daisy Putnam, for Ban Fmnclsco. Astoria. Oct. U. Sailed at midnight. PORTLAND FIRM TVRN Ol'T FIRST LIGHTHOl SK-KUl'lH-MEXT JOB AWABOUl . HERIS. Huge Lantern for Robinson Point Llffhthoue At the plant of the West Side Pattern AVorks a lantern for the new Robinson Point light sta tion, located between Tacoma and Seattle, Is being1 completed on a contract in the sum of $1800. It is the first lantern ordered built here by the Bureau of Lighthouses, and la 12 feet high and has a diameter of eight feet. Brass, iron, zinc and curved glass are used in its construc tion. The light was manufac tured in the East. Steamer Hose City, for San Pedro via San Francisco. Arrived at 1 and left up ac 3:30 A. M-. Steamer Bear, from San Pedro via San Francisco. Left up at 9 A. M., barken tine James Tuft. Arrived at noon and left up at 1:23 P. M.. Steamer W. F, Horrin, rrom an jrrancisco. oanea at o xr. m., Steamer Great Northern for San Francisco, San Francisco. Oct. 8.--Arrtved at 0 A. M.. Steamer Koanoke, from Portland for San Diego via way ports. Coos Bay. Oct. U. Arrived. 8teamerSanta Clara, from San Francisco and Eureka for Portland. San Pedro. Oct. 8. Arrived, 8teamer Yofwmlte. from Portland via San Francisoo. Monterey. Oct. 8. Bailed, Steamer W. & Porter, for Portland. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 9. Arrived! Steamers Alliance, Southwestern Alaska Senator, Nome; Cypress. Southeastern Alas ka ; U. B. S. Explorer, Cook Inlet ; Ship James oommea (rrenoni. Montevideo, Sailed : Steamers Jefferson, Spokane, South eastern Alaska; crown or uranana writ Ish), London; Thomas F. Wand, San Fran cisco; Prince George (British), Prince Ru pert; ship Ernest Beyer t French), Capo Town. Yokohama, Oct. 7. Arrived : Hawaii Maru. Seattle. Shanghai, Oct. 8. Arrived: Tatarrax. San i-'ranoiaco. Payta, Oct. 8. Arrived; Alvarado, Baa r ra net sco. Newcastle. N. S. W.. Oct. 1. .Palled: -Steamer City ef Corinth, Puget Sound. New York. Oct. -tialled : Minnesotan. San Francisco; New York, Liverpool; La wis LucKenoacn. ban rancisco. San Francisco. Oct. 9. Arrived : Steam ers Queen, Maud (British), Newcastle. Aus incoior (Norwegian), xacoma; Koanoke, Portland ; Bandon, Bandon ; Hyades, Silo ; Yellowstone, Coos Bay; F. A. Kilburn, Port land; South Coast. Mazatlan. Sailed: Steam ers Northern Pacific, Astoria; Daisy. Grays rtarnor ; governor, v ictoria , t airoaks. Na naimo Carlos, Guaymas. Tacoma, Oct. 9. - Arrived Steamer Bee, from lan Francisco: steamer Kl ties-undo. from Bvn Francisco. bailed.- Steamer Da- KOt an, ;or isew i or it. Marconi Wireless Reports. (AU positions reported, at 8 P. M.. October y, uniMN oiiterwiM indicated.) Congress, San Francisco for ban Pedro, 12 mites east of Anacapa. Yosemite. San Petiro for San Francisco, five miles north of Point Vincent. Lucas, towing barge 93, Richmond for Balboa, 4ot miles south or san Francisco. Pleiades, San Francisco for New York, 27 S miles south of San Pedro. President, Seattle for San Francisco, 223 miles south of T matilla llehtshlD. pider, San Francisco for Portland, 170 ml es south or the Columbia ftiver. Great Northern, Flavel for Sun Francisco lus miies soutn or tne eoiumoia mver. Wilhelmlna. Honolulu for San Francisco, l'-JU miles out, October . 8 P. M. Matsonia. San Francisco for Honolulu. 82S miles out. October 8. 8 P. M. San Josp, San Francisco for Balboa, 32 miles south ot San Francisco. Topeka, Cureka for Han Francisco, 65 ml ah south of uiunt s Ker. Governor. San Francisco for Victoria, 13 miles north of point Arena. Chanslor, Point Wells for Monterey, 773 miles from Point Wells. Ttarca fit in tow lur Searover. Aber deen to Richmond. T7 miles north of Rich mond. Arollne. Fan Pedro for Pan Francisco, nine. miloM north of Point Sur. Portr. Monterey for Portland, 843 mil. north of San Francisoo. Northern Pacific, Ban Francisco for riRvl off "Rl unt's Reef. Adeline Smith, Pan Francisco for Coos Ttav "nit miles north of San FTanclsco. Moffett. San Francisoo for Seattle, S38 mile north of Han irranotsco. Mills, San Franemeo for Seattle. 348 miles smith nf I'DDS Flntterv. Coronado, Aherdeen for Pan Francisco, Roie City, Portland for San Franc Hk:o. off Northwest &eai Hoc. Marin Xotes. To complete the last of her lumher carso for ort nrie me .ormsn oar i.uru lempic town towed from Linn ton to wauna tas niRht. Phe loaded STl.OOO feet at Bu Helen ana tnou n 64S.3T1 feet at Llnuton. whtl she will work enough at Wauna to make hr rnnn close to l.UOO.uOO feet. as the steamer Santa Clara reached Coos Bay yesterday and is not due here until this afternoon it has been decided to sail her tomorrow nlaht at 0 o clock. The Geo, V. Elder is due today with a fair passenger list and average cargo. From Oregon Coast ports the rasolln schooner Tilamook reached tha river yester rinv and is due her today. The iteamei Sue H. Elmore, from Tillamook, also will be at the PIne-skreet dock today and both will all TiiMiluv nieht. Lieutenant-Colonel Edfrar Jadwm. Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., In charge of the affairs of National parks in the oirice or benarai K inirman. chief of engineers, at Nashingrn and Major Amos A. Fries, in charge of the Yellowstone National Park projeet. left last night tor their stations alter naving in spec ted improvements under way in th Crater Lake Fark. purtng the past few days there has bean as much interest centered in tne worm Base ball series at sea as ashore and with wire less stations In possession of the dally re suits steamers nave Dean aoie to main th news. On the steamer Bear a special base ball edition or the wireless nuneun was is sued on the trip rrom California and pool were in order. Her coal cargo having been discharged a Astoria, the barkenttne James Tuft, left.u yesterday for West port, wher sh Ipau lumber for bouth Airlca- Tgday the steamer Bailey Gatsert makes ner last trip 01 in season 10 tne uascaai Leeks and will be ordered out of eommii ion on her return. ine steamer JJailes Cit will continue the schedule between Portland and The ia:ie?. Csntain 13 B. Whitney. TTnited States In spector of Hulls for the Puget Souqd district. is in the city. Balfour. Guthrie & Company expect th steamer City of Corinth to reacn Puget Kountl between October na and .1 rrom Aus trail, and on loading general cargo there comes to Portland far much the same elj 1 oX Ij sight, also special osdsx o iunbar. I ...... ...Ci .Mi , . itt. .., f" '"'L.'.:--w. 'T'TTT'' I" - f I f 4 ' v c f k $ a a & GRAIN RATES HIGHER British Carrier Is Chartered at 100 Shillings. VESSEL COMES IN BALLAST Steamer Yalleta, Gets Highest Rat for United King-don Canal Clos ing Causes Rise Some Ship pers Benefit by Ielay. Grain rates reached the 100-shilling mark yeaterday for tha United King dom, not considering" options of other European porta, when the British steamer Valetta, or 3721 tons net regis ter, was engaged by Kerr, Gifford A Company. The fixture of the British steamer Marram Abbey a few days ayo by M. H. Houser was at 97s fid for the usual United Kingdom porta, with more stipulated for options, so the Varletta is the h iff host-priced ship for the customary United Kingdom porta. In addition, two sailers were added to the Pacific Coast list yesterday by Strauss & Company, the French bark Dieppedale being- taken at 82a fid for San Francisco loading with, the option of Portland, and the British ship Celtic burn at 80 shillings for San Francisco or Puget Sound loading-. The Dieppe dale arrived at Adelaide August 11 from Bahia Blanca. and the CelUcburn lert Cardiff July 28 for Montevideo. The Valetta left New York Septem ber 2 for Ainoy and made her way through the canal in fairly good time. as she was reported at Colon September 10, and Hal boa September 14. sailing the latter date for the Far Eastern harbor, from where she comes to Port and in ballast. Exporters, in their quest for steam tonnage that would be available for fairly early loading, said ast week that, with the charter of the Margam Abbey, at least one tramp steamer remained In Pacific waters that might be obtained. At first, it is aid, her owners refused going rates, though it Is not known whether 100 shillings was declined when negotia tions started. Their acceptance of the rate yesterday Is taken to indicate it is to be regardea as the market now. and the fact the steamer moves across the Pacific in ballast may mean that the owners are anxious to get the ship into the - waters of Great Britain In snort order. Until the closing of the Panama Canal 95 shillings was the rate at which steamers were obtainable, but that avenue being blocked is said to be the principal reason for the up ward tendency of the market on this side, so much tonnage being- held at the Eastern entrance that cannot go through before the early part of No vember. In a measure the detention of some ships the would not work a hardship, but for the fact several may arrive here in company, as there is not the usual amount of grain at tidewater at pres ent and there are firms that will, no doubt, be in a better position to dis patch vessels more quickly in a few weeks. TELEPHONE DATA ASKED Pl'BLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ACTS IN HOME COMPANY CASES. That Subject of Rates I. Inextricably Woven In Situation I. Realised ' in Action SALEM, Or., Oct. 9. (Special.) As a result of the complaint filed recently by the Public Service League of Portland asking for physical connection between the Pacific and Home telephone com panies' systems in Portland, the Oregon Publio Service Commission today called upon the Home company to furnish it with complete data regarding the com pany. The Commission announced that upon its own motion it had taken up the general subject of rates and prac tices of the Home Telephone & Tele graph Company in Portland and its al lied exchanges In Oregon. The move follows a similar one taken some time ago with respect to the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company. The Home company, ' said Commis sioner Campbell, "has been requested to give the Commission full Informa tion) as to its capitalization, earnings and expenses, fixed charges, general comparative balance sheets and a com plete inventory of all property used In public service, showing original cost. reproduction cost and the amount of accrued depreciation. "The recent complaint filed by the Public Service League of Portland, ask ng for physical connection between the Pactno and Home systems, has convinced the Commission that the sub Ject of rates is inextricably woven into the situation presented by that com pany, and that It will be necessary to have the same information from the Home company that it has already called from the Hell people." About a year ago, in compliance with the Commission's demand, the Pacific Telephone at Telegraph Company placed a large force of men at work prepar ing; an inventory and gathering data of its Oregon properties. This Inven tory has been in progre.s ever since, and has required the services of an average of 0 engineers and assistants continuously. At times 100 engineer. and assistants have been employed. MISSION BODY ELECTS METHODIST CHITRCH SOCIETY TO MEET NEXT AT SPOKANE, Mrs. T. W. l.asr, of Portland, Chosen Freeldeat of Celumbia River Branch of Women's Foreign Mission. . SALEM. Or.. Oct. . (Special.) Af ter a three days' session, the twenty third annual meeting of the Columbia River branch of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church adjourned here to night. The meeting next year will be in Spokane. Pledges by the various societies in the conference were made toward the 126,000 which it was de cided to raise next year to carry on the missionary work. Officers elected tonight for the en suing year are: President, Mrs. T. W. Lane, Portland: vice-president, Mrs. T. S. Lippy, Se attle: corresponding secretary. Mrs. A. N. Fisher, Portland; associate secretary, Mrs, William Seely, Portland, recording secretary, Mrs. A. R. MacLean. Port land; treasurer. Miss Nettle M, Whit ney, Tacoma; superintendent young peoples' work. Mrs. R. K. Keene, Spo kane; superintendent of children's work, Mrs. E. B. Upmeyer. Harris burg: superintendent of supplies, Mrs. L. C. Dickey. Portland: secretary ef mite bpxes, iirt. S", J, Hud, ugene; editor of quarterly. Miss Mary Eva Foster. Helena. Mont.: secretary of lit erature. Mrs. W. H. H. For6ythe. Port land; secretary of student work. Miss Elsie Wood. Tacoma; superintendent of tithing, Mrs. K. A. Stephenson. Seattle; secretary of bequests and annuities, Mrs. M. E. Ferrill, Seattle; secretary of extension work:, Mrs. F. EL Dodds, Thompson Fails. Mont.; superintendent of lnter-denominatlonal a'ork, Mrs. E. Coleman, Seattle. Delegates to. seneral executive meeting? In Los Ans;eles Octo ber 28 to November S, Mrs. I A. Dickey. Portland, and Miss Nettie Whitney, Tacoma. WATER REPORT IS ISSUED State Appropriation Permit In La$t Quarter Total 15S. SALEM. Or.. Oct. . C8peclal. Stat. Enslneer Lewi, today announced that durinr the three month. endinr July 31. ha had ia.ued 152 permit, for the appropriation of water, under which it is proposed to irrigate 23.143 acres of land, develop 362 horsepower arsl supply municipal water for Amity. Yamhill County; Halfway, Baker Coun ty; Newport, Lincoln County; Port Or. rord. Curry County; Tillamook City, Tillamook County, and Marshfield. Coo. County. Construction or Zlo miles of canals and pipe lines at an estimated expendi ture of 81.!42, will be required by these permits. Fifteen reservoirs are to be built at an estimated cost of S573.800. Fee. collected during the quarter endlns; July 31 on account of water permits totaled $1965. PRESIDENT SENDS THANKS Greeting From Scandinavians In Oregon Warmly Acknowledged. When. 3000 Scandinavians a-athered at Salem OctoDer 1 to celebrate and renew their pleaee of loyalty to Amer ica, tbey capped their happy day by sending a telegram of greeting to Pres ident Wilson. The following acknowl edgment was received a. a result by Rev. John Ovall, president of the so ciety, from Secretary Tumulty: "The President aaka me to make cordial acknowledgment of the friendiy message which you sent him in tha name of those who participated in the Scandinavian day celebration at Oregon State Fair, and to assure you and all those concerned that be deeply appre ciated your generous words of greet' ing." READING COURSE CHOSEN State Superintendent Sends Lasts to Sphoolteaohers. Ont SALEM, Or., Oct. S. (Special.) A more complete reading circle course for teachers of Oregon, compiled by J. A. Churchill, Superintendent of Public In struction, was issued today and is be ing sent to instructors throughout the state. The law provides that every teacher must read at least one book a year pertaining to the profession of teach ing and that the books must be se lected by the Superintendent of Publio Instruction. The reading this year will be done under the supervision of the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College. BROOKS HAS $20,000 FIRE Catholic CliurcH Parsonage. Dwell ing and Two Barn? Destroyed. SALEM. Or., Oct. S. (Special.) Fire causing an estimated loss of $20,000 to- nisht destroyed the Catholic Church at Brooks, the parsonage, occupied by Rev. George Shiner; the residence of Fred Batchelor and two barns belong ing to Frank Kowak and Jack Painter. Thirty-five tons of hay also were burned. The fire, according to word reaching here, started shortly before o'clock from the explosion of a gas stove in the Batchelor home. The buildings and contents it is said will prove a total loss. No one was Injured. The church and priest', residence were partially Insured. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Marri&ce Ureases. STROMOLMST-JOHNSOX Oliver M. A. Strotnqulat. CUT Sixty-third street 6outh east, ;7, and Syna K, Juhnson, 47 ast Bixtn street. - SHAXBARKER OOODALE John H. Shenbarker, ShJt) Gains street, legal, and i-aura eneisa uoodalu, 7 Grant avenue North, lfgal. LEACH K RIvFK Melvln L. Leach, Ore. fon City, Or.. ID, and Blanche Mabel Keele. Lents, Or., 17. KIES-HF.IZENNETTER Herbert V. Kles. (H7 Wilson street. J7, and Elisabeth Halzen- neter. i:o i nurman street, IT. J ESSEN-LANGFORD Laurfts Jessen. Gresham, Or., legal, and Margaret J. Lni for!, Oresham. Or., legal. SKET'-HlsEY-BL'TS Reginald Sketch, ley, MH East Sixteenth street, 24, and Marie G. Buys. 7.M Grand avenue Xorth, 114, SCH I'LTE-ERIOKSEN-Blmer W. tfchulte GUI 1 Forty-third avenue Southeast, 'J'.i, and Lila Erickst-n, tj3 East Sixteenth atreet, 17. Birth. CALOADNO To Mr. and Mrs. A. Calcad no, Columbia boulevard and Vancouver avenue. Hen t ember 1?7, a sun. DAL'OHEHT Y T o Mr. and Mrs. Clare H. Daugherty, I -50 Cleveland avenue, Septem ber 24, a son. SEA HORN To Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Seahorn, b.JO Michigan avenue, Sep tern ber JM, a daughter. TOMES To Mr. and Mrs. red Tomes. B4 Walnut street. October 8, a son.. POWKKS To Mr. and Mrs. Roy O. Pow ers, J 14M East Harrison street, October 4, a daughter. WARREN Te Mr. and Mrs. Frank War ren, liil Main street, lents, (October 4, duuKhtor. KICAWAY To Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kiciway, u3 Clatsop avenue. October a daughter. ST HL To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rtahl, 47j East Twenty-ninth street, October 4, a son. HEWITT To Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Hewitt. 555 East Washington street, Oc tober ft, a son. Ll'MM To Captain and Mrs. William C. Lumm, 1231 East Twenty-ninth street North, October 4, a daughter. Streetcar Company Files Petition. SALEM, Or., Oct. 0. (Special.) On the ground that the exchange of traffic is too small and the revenue insuffi cient to justify the expense of opera-, tion and maintenance, the Portland Railway, LlKht A Power Company to day petitioned the Public Service Com--mission for permission to discontinue the track connection between ita line and the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company's track at Eighty-second street, Montavilla, The company alleges that the physical con nection between the lines at Fairvlew, Multnomah County, la adequate for the present traffic. Five Teachers Get Life Certificates, SALEM, Or.. Oct. 9. (Special.) Life certificates to teach in Oregon schools wera issued today by J. A. Churchill. Superintendent of Public Instruction, to the following: Wayne L. Starr, Alice B. Gordon and Mary W. Hawley. Miss Gordon received a special life certificate to teach muaie. while Misa Hawley waa authorised to teach book keeping:, stenography, typewriting and penmanship. Robber Get Conditional Pardon. SALEM, Or., Oct. (Special.) -Governor Withycombe today granted a conditional pardon to William Johnson, serving a H-yar sentence from Multnomah County for robbery. John son was sentenced in February, 111. The pardon Is conditional that John son go to Vancouver, &. C.a where a eiater reidct . ODD SALUTE FIRED Merchant Skipper Honored by Plaster Paris Guns. SAN DIEGO IS SCENE MoTlng Picture Battleship" Paa Tribute to Captain Voldat. of Steamer Wapanva, In Ac knowledging Service. It seldom falls to the lot of a mer chant marine skipper to be honored by a big gun salute, unless, perchance, he carries presents to a South Sea Island King, saves his tribe from starvation or slaughter or renders assistance of some such character, but Captain John Fol- dat, master of the McCormick fleet s speediest vessel, the v apama, oiusning ly admits that on the last trip from California he bowed acknowledgement to a salute fired from a naval vessel. It was at San Diego, and naught Is detracted from the story because the naval vessel was one manufactured oy a moving picture concern; that the honor accorded the navigator was a re sult of having towed the vessel from San Francisco through smooth seas and under favorable conditions, or that the saluting gun was a pipe covered with plaster paris, or that there waa no audible explosion, the "shells" simply throwing a cloud of smoke so it could be caught by a moving picture machine. The W apama towed the Bowhead. most ancient of whalers, which took the water in Norway in 1871 and found herself in many parts of the world un til UBS. when she entered San Francisco Bay and operated from there until a few years ago when she was laid up. Being built of oak she survived the ravages of time. Kecently she was bought for motion picture purposes and was due to be blown to atoms yesterday at San Diego by a United States Navy submarine; after one of the Government cruisers had fired a broadside In the hulk, an airship dropped from above, a feat Intended primarily for the picture men, and Incidentally to give Uncle Sam Syflghters practice. On the arrival of the Bowhead at San Diego it is said a small army of workers boarded her and In 48 hours she emerged a battleship. True, her sides were covered with heavy card board, painted gray, and what appeared to be rivets in the heavy armor were large headed tacks, and with her top masts lowered the stumps of two masts were decorated with more cardboard to resemble fighting tops aboard naval ships. Captain Foldat's sea experience was loaned to the picturemen in many ways when the Bowhead was being altered, and in return for his Interest the de parture of the Wapama was made the occasion of firing the plaster paris guns. The Wapma discharged here yester day at Couch-street, Oak-street, Sup' pies and Albina docks, then began loading lumber at the Eastern & West ern before proceeding to St. Helens to nnish, sailing Wednesday. On the run from San Francisco to the river she was only 52 hours, and from Astoria to Portland Hi hours, thereby establish ing the fastest run for that fleet and full credit ia given Chief Engineer Gardner, for two years with Captain Foldat on the steamer Multnomah and who joined the Wapama at San Fran cisco. Steward Jack Pennington say. there were fewer seasick passengers than usual, a more select party of travelers and favored with good appetites. FOUR TO GET $4,000,000 Estate of Colonel Dewey, of Xampa, to Be Divided. NAMPA. Idaho, Oct . (Special.) The 14.000,000 estate of the late Colo nel W. H. Dewey, one of the early pio neers of Southern Idaho, is being checked up and will be divided among the four heirs .within & few days, ac cording to an announcement by the trustee today. Those who will receive a share of the estate are Mrs. V. H. Dewey, the widow; K. H. Dewey, a son, and trustee of the estate; "W. C. Dewey, a son, and Mrs. Robert Davis, a daughter. All are residents of this city. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. -PORTLAND, Oct. . Maximum temper ature, T.9 degrees ; minimum, fci degrees. River reading, 8 A. M ., S. feet; change In last 14 hours, 0.5 foot rise. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to P. M., none. Total rainfall since September 1. ISIS. 1.15 inches; normal, i.h'i inches; deficiency, l.Tt Inches. Total sun shine, none; possible, 11 hours 17 minutes. Barometer (reduced to cea levt) & P. il., 3U.U9 inches. THE WEATHER. a W CTariosa. I B V Winn 1!7T s5 i 5 c 3 tate ef W-atnei Buker 3 O.OO'IOIKW jt. cloudy Boise Huston Calgary , Chicago Denver . . De Moinea . , Duluth Eurska Galveston Helena Jacksonville . . Kuvas City . . t o.oui 4 nw Cloudy 1.3 O.OOi 4 VW Cloudy is o.oo i he pt. cloudy 44 O.OO 4 E clear 14 Q.tM.' 4 tiW K'lear &6 o.cm' 4 8 rioudy 44 0.00 1U HE 'Clear 2 0.(Hli 4 NE near 8 0 .00 4 .-'E Clear o.ooi 4 V jPt. cloudy O.OO 1 N Clear 51 0 Oil: SE Clear 86 O.O0. 4 8V CUar hi o.oo 4 ,v'nr too.oo Cxwit cloudy 52 0 .00 1 i HE Clear 54 o.u&.ii NW Pt. cloudy 55 0.00; 4 XE Clear 5S O.OO is'N'W O-ar 54 O.OO 20 NW near 416 6.001 t NWinourtjr 10U Q.OOl 4 .V iClear 76 O.Pdi 4 SW Clear SSO.On! NW Cloudy ta O.Oot 4 NWOloudy 70 O.Ofll I jC 'Clear fis o. oo!i4 & Iciear 8:1 0 .00f 4 .iSW Clear 2 O. 00 30 W iCloudy pS O.OOj 4 NWCloudv ? O.Oe. 4 W iCloudv S O.OO! 4 W Cloudy 54 0.00,12 V Clear 66 O.OOI 4 SW 'Cloudy &4 0.00) 4 NW Clear &H 0.0Of 8,3 iClear L,os Aneies. . .. Marshftald . Medford Minneapolis . . , Montreal New Orleans . . New York .... North Head . . -North Yakima Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roeeburjr ..... Sacramento ... St. Louis Salt Lake Han Francisco Seattle Spokane Tacoma , Tatoosh Island Walla Walla . , WashtnKton - Winnipeg WEATHER CONDITION'S. A poorly defined disturbance is central over Eastern Montana and a large hiich preiaure area extends from the Lake Rejtion sotithwestward to Texas. The baronwter ie relatively hih along; the Pacific Coast from Prince Rupert to San Francisco. No precip itation of consequence has fallen anywhere In the United States sinoe yesterday evening- except a small amount in the Lower Lake Keglon and in portions of Florida. It Is much warmer in the Plains States and correspondingly cooler in Southern and East ern Oreion and In the Interior of California. Conditions are favorable for fair weather in this district Sunday with lower temper ature in Southern Idaho. FORECASTS. Portland and vielnity--Fair: northwesterly wlnrts. , Oren and Washina-ton - Fair; northwest erly winds. Idaho Fain cooler south pert lea. E.UWARP A. UK A L8, Forecaster. Tides at Asteria Hen day. High, ' Lew. 1:3T A. M 7.8 feetlT:24 A, M 1.0 feet 1:24 P. M '.T fcei;S;10 P.M. ..0.0 foot Columbia River liar stoport. NORTH HEAD. Oct. t-T-"' " n tho bar at i I. M ; ea4 moderate; wind, aertto-