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18 THE SUNDAY OREGONTAX. PORTLAND, ArRIT, 2, 1916. IN " SHIP FROM PORTLAND IS LOST Lloyds Report Crew of Norwe gian Bark Bell Landed at Plymouth by Steamer. SUBMARINE THEORY HELD Vessel, Katcd as Largest Squarc Illgeer Afloat, Sailed From Harbor November 2 9 With $247,310 Wheat Cargo. LONDON", April 1. A Lloyds' dis patch from Plymouth tonight says: "The steamer City of Stockholm has arrived with all tne crew of the Nor wegian bark Bell, of 3609 tons, from Portland, Or., for the United King dom." Private advices also reached here yesterday telling of the loss of the Bel), which left Portland November 29, 1915, w-ith a cargo floated by M. H. Houser, who had the vessel under char ter at 75 shillings. She carried 215,048 bushels of wheat, valued at $247,310. She was the largest squarerigger afloat, and incidentally only one other ship using sails carried a. larger cargo from Portland. That was the big Ger man bark 15, C. Rickmere, but she .was an auxiliary ship, fitted with steam gear and when she sailed, in December, 1913. had aboard 271.040 bushels. The Bell, which Is supposed to have been sunk by a submarine, was in command of Captain Ellingsen, and reached here from Kobe after a rat tling passage of 27 days. Captain El lingsen looked on that as an ordinary performance, though the French bark Jtene crossed the Pacific a short time before in the same time, and her ar rival was heralded with considerable fuss along the beach. The Bell formerly was the British bark Brilliant, and sailed in the oil trade under the flag of the Tank Stor age & Carriage Company, of London, a reputed connection of the Standard Oil Company, and under the name of the Perkeo and flying tLe German flag, was captured when on the way from New York for Hamburg with oil and taken into Dover by the British. The vessel was sold by the prize court, and Ja.tes Bell, of Hull, England, became the principal owner through purchase from those who bid for the vessel, and he was joined by Alf Monsen, of Tuns berg, Norway, the vessel being placed under the Norwegian banner. Built originally r.t Glasgow, in 1901, the vessel was of 3609 tons net regis ter; had a length of 352.5 feet, beam of 49.1 feet and depth of hold of 28.2 feet. 8 7 LOAD IX LOWER COLUMBIA Cargoes Total 27,918,604 Kcet of Lumber During March. ASTORIA. Or.. April 1. (Special.) During March, 37 vessels loaded at the mills in f.he lower Columbia River dis trict. Their combined cargoes amount ed to 27.918,604 feet of lumber. Thirty- four of those vessels went to Coast points or the Hawaiian Islands and they carried 21,849.897 feet of lumber, while three vessels, carrying 6,068,797 . e l . . . v . . . n i I I J i. IUII1UC1, til l U li lu lUICIgU ports. During the same period, 8,771,057 feet of lumber was loaded at the mills in the upper river district, making a grand total of 36.689.661 feet of lum ber that was shipped in cargoes from the Columbia River in the month of March. In addition to the lumber, 5701 bundles of box snooks. 800 bundles of hardwood and 153,433 feet of lath were chipped by the lower river mills. COAL AND OIL WANTED SOON Government Engineers Make Esti mates for Season. Specifications for 4000 tons of coal to be consumed by locomotives and other parts of the plant at the north jetty, a4so for 70,000 barrels of fuel oil for Government dredges, have been prepared at the office of Major Jewett, Corps of Engineers, United States of America, and will be sent to Wash ington for the approval of the Chief of Engineers, after which bids will be advertised for. Work on the jetty will be resumed tomorrow. The dredge Chinook will be ready in another month to take up her old station at the entrance to th Columbia. ALIEN CHINESE IS PICKED UP l'ormcr Strathdce Fireman Jailed After 1 4 Months of Freedom. Wong Kwong. ertswhile druggist in China. lter a fireman aboard the-Brit ish steamer Strathdee, and more re- cently a cannery hand, was made a guest of the Federal Government early yesterday when taken into custody by it. P. Eoaham, of the United States Im migration Department, who recognized tne man as one who was missed from the Strathdee when she sailed from Portland 14 months ago. Wong Kwong at first protested that he was not an alien, but he broke down md tearfully admitted that his 14 months of liberty had been enjoyed unuer misrepresentation. HALF OF CREW LEAVE SHIP Olivebank Must Sign 14 New Sailors Before Towing to Sea. Of the original crew of the Norwe sian bark Olivebank when she arrived here March 6 from Callao, numbering .-a, 14 deserters must be replaced at once, if possible, as she finished load ing her flour cargo Friday. On the British ship Alice A. Leigh 13 of the crew have received one-half of the money due them for the voyage irom jjuDiin to Portland, under a pro vision of the new seamen's law. It is expected they will return with the ves sel to the United Kingdom. They were shipped on the other side for about 6 a month, 1 being paid as bonus. Astoria Dock to Be Improved. ASTORIA. Or.. April 1. (Special.) MeEachern & Co. will begin work on the improvements to the Callendar 1 ock as soon as the piling arrives. The first work to be done will be the ex tending of Fourteenth street to the . outer end of the warehouse and chang ing the entrance to the warehouse so as to load from that thoroughfare. Then the present roadway and slips will be torn out and a large basin thus created for the mooring of vessels. Steamer La Center Sold. K.IDGEFIELD. Wash., April 1. (Spe cial.) U. S. -and E. C. Brothers, of La Center. Wash., have disposed of their interest in the steamer La, Center to Mr. Arthur Heston, who - now is in charge of the steamer. The steamer l.a Center is a small packet plying daily between La Center and other Lewis Paver points and Portland. Gen TWO SHIPS LOADED WITH CEREALS DESTINED FOR BUYERS IN BRITISH ISLES. - . Tv i M I h - W UfesC- "--'3.;-, . -iv- '.v---- i XL, - ' - ;i i'-'-' i ; t - "1 . ' "JV, 5ys :.-.V.4-rf:-: '. -: ' : :" ! - . . : : . . : r '1 ' . m v. ,. ;.:.-v . -C - - - ; rll n ni -f I nrnOHn passed downstream soon after and she 4 4. UflUil Uli IL ULI ilUII was h1 bt "He was lost before C3 - -Z2 nUnil nil I r lirilllllll she ot into Position and the Bear was J3 i Unilll llillL. llLUUIIU carried toward the bridge, but was 1 v 1 headed for the dock, so on striking H' ""ESfti' 1 I there swung with her bow upstream, B ' - I " her stern missing the bridge. The ar- E f fp!5jSw I Birkdale Expected to Load Grain at San Francisco. OTHER CHARTERS LISTED If War Continues Scarcity of Ves sels Expected to Result in All Shipments Goins to Atlantic Board by Rail Next Year. That the British bark Birkdale, re ported during the week as having been taken at 150 shillings to load grain for New Zealand, will be dispatched from San Francisco Instead of a North Pa cific port, was learned yesterday. Her rate Is a record for grain from the Pa cific side, and seems all out of propor tion to what is being paid on the At lantic. Steamers are receiving 155 shillings and sailers 115 shillings and more. The Tricolor, steam, is listed to load at a nitrate port for "Vladivostok at 156s 3d, or 215 shillings if the option o dis charging at Archangel Is taken ad vantage of. TTie bark Carl, well known here, received 115 shillings for wheat from Buenos Ayres to the United King dom and the Norwegian ship Majorka receives 122s 6d for wheat from Iiosario to the United Kingdom. In normal times the Argentine and Atlantic range rates are considerably below those from the Pacific Coast, but now they are far out of line and if the difference was adhered to at present freights from the North Pacific would be around 250 shillings or more, say shippers. What will be undertaken during the 1916-17 grain season exporters are at a loss to contemplate, though should the war continue it Is reasoned wheat will move by rail to the East and there be floated, with some hope that the availability of, the Panama Canal will bring some tonnage to this side, yet it is viewed as a foregone conclusion that there will not be as large a fleet as during the present cereal season unless the war terminates. So far 60 vessels have been cleared with grain since July 1, a few of them to Pacific ports, but those passing through the Canal or sailing via the Straits of Magellan and around the Horn are remaining in Atlantic waters. so the past week has brought no change in the prospect for new crop tonnage. In the past the opening of Spring has marked the "chartering of carriers for the approaching season. but this year is an exception. WIND BESETS STEAMER BEAR l ow boats Assist California Liner After Minor Damage to Dock. Caught by a brisk northwest breeze and strong current as she backed Into the stream from Ainsworth dock about 3:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the "Big Three" liner Bear, Captain Nopan der. was unable to "line up" to pans through! the Broadway bridge and while maneuvering there she struck the north section of Ainsworth dock. cutting through two dock stringers, each 8 by 12 inches in diameter, tearing away some of the planking, also a beam sup porting them beneath. The Bear was laden to capacity and carried about 115 passengers. It was apparent when she was caught by the full force of the wind that it might be difficult getting her through the bridge and Captain Nopander called for a towboat The steamer J. N. Teal t LARGEST OF SAILERS IN GRAIN FLEET SUPPOSED TO HAVE - . I b "aLz 'j ",l " :)! - . ' -4 TA : ' ' made fast forward and the Teal aft. re- l i ' suited in the Bear being drifted ' t 11 - ' ! through the bridge stern first. She was - - ' ttiTx ! turned in the lower harbor and pro- J!Zll, 1 ceeded. , " "i ' ' BltlDfiE PIER WORK RESUMED ' V' Water in Columbia Drops Five Feet ' TVS and' Construction Progresses. 1 ik I 1. C- VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 1. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River has dropped about five feet. It is now at the 12 foot stage and work has been resumed on all of the unfinished piers, includ ing Pier No. 3, which will be complet ed in a week, if all goes well. Then it will be possible to float out the four bridge spans that have been completed. The high 'water reached a point sev eral feet up on the concrete slabs built on the east side of the fill across "llay den Island. H'ARTHIR TO OFFER StBSTITlTE SHIPPIXCi DIM.. Muu Would Not Deal With Vce! Knitngcd Solely In Domestic Com uifrce BondN Provided for. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 1. When the House of Representatives takes up for considera tion the Administration ship-purchase bill. Representative McArthur will of fer a substitute bill providing for a Government guarantee of interest on bonds issued by any American corpora tion formed for the construction, pur chase and operation of ships in Ameri can foreign trade. The McArthur Dill authorizes three or more American citizens to form a corporation for the purpose of con structing or for the purchase and oper ation of steam and other power -ships to engage in trade between ports of the United States and foreign ports, other than those of Canada and the West Indies. Such a corporation is authorized by the bill to issue 10-year 6 per cent bonds up to SO per cent of the capitil stock of the corporation. It is provided that the United States Government guarantee the interest on the bonds, and the Government further more is to guarantee the payment of principal and interest. The bill confers on all vessels operat ing under its provisions all the rights and privileges of all vessels under American registry, but on terms of the most favored competitor vessel of any foreign nation with which it competes. Vessels engaged solely in domestic trade will npt be covered by the Mc Arthur bill. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Stemmer Schedule. DU12 TO ARKIVE. Name. From Date. Beaver . . . . Loi a 'gelea. ..... Apr. Northern Pacific. San Francisco. .... -Apr. Breakwater San Diego Apr. Bear Los Anne!es Apr. F. A. Kilburh.... San D'eK" Apr. DUE TO DEPART. Name. For . Date, Tale S. K. to U A Apr. Harvard S. F. to L. A Apr. Klamath tan Diego Apr. Wapama San D.ego Apr. Northern Pacific. San Francisco Apr. Breakwater San Diego Apr. Reaver. ...... . . l.os Angelea ....... Apr. .. Celllo Apr. . . Sa.T UieKO Apr. .. l.os Angeies ...Apr. San Dtego F. A. Kllburn. . Bear. ., Minnie A. Calnc in Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. The schooner Minnie A. Caine, out of Eu- GUARAHTEE IS PROPOSED MM NORWEfilAX BARK DEtl. IX PORTLAND Following a delay resulting rrom dif ficulty in obtaining a crew, the British bark Holt Hiil left for Astoria Friday, on her way to ea, with a full cargo of wheat. The Norwegian bark JIus selcrag is also loaded and lying in the stream, waiting the last of her, crew. She has been joined at anchor by the Norwegian bark Olivebank and they will tow down stream when the fore castle crowds are aboard. reka, Cal., January 31 for Melbourne, Australia, with a lumber cargo, has put in at Pago Pago. Samoa, in a leak ing condition, according to advices to the Merchants Kxchange here. The vessel is operated by the Charles Nel son Company, of San Francisco. ROCKETS BRING AID TO CRAFT ScFioonor Willis A. Holdcn Hits Rocks; Willamette Gives Tow. PORT ANGELES. Wash.. .April 1. The schooner Willis A. Ilolden ran on the rocks off the Washington coast during fog this morning and knocked a hole in her bottom. She backed off the rocks and the "hold was plugged with a sail. Apparently she is not leaking seriously. The Ilolden signalled for aid with rockets and the Willamette went to her assistance and is towing her to Port Townsend. At 8 o'clock tonight the v uiamette. towing the Ilolden, was off Dungeness. SAN FRANCISCO, April 1. The Wil lis A. Holden is an American lumber schooner of 1040 net tonnage and i owned by the Globe Navigation Com pan)', of Seattle. She was 82 days out of Sydney. Australia. According to - the Merchants' Ex change, she is chartered by the Port Blakelcy Transport Company, of Se attic.. Notice to Mariners. The following nffects nids to navigation in tne 17th Lighthouse District: Coast Orford Reef gas. whistling and FUbmnrine. bell buoy. '2 Or., reported ex tinsrulhed. -waa reliehted March 31. Wlllapu "Bay Cedar River Flats light ner?torore reported carried away, was re built and relighted Maicli 27. Juan de Fuca Strait Approach Swift rare Bank light vessel. No. ii:t, temporarily repiatea py relict ngni vessel .No. y, March 0. ROBERT W ARRACK". Lighthouse Inspector. BEEN VICTIM OF SUBMARINES. HARBOR. -""-4 WASHINGTON SOLON HEARS FROM OREGON Astorians Take Up Matter Reported Opposition to Columbian Base. of POSITION IS MADE CLEAR Washington Congressman Told There Is No Sentiment Against Puget Sound, but River Claims Arc. of National Import. ASTORIA, Or., April 1. (.Special.) Senator Poindexter. according to Washington news item, has written to the naval base committee of Astoria, saying in effect that if they opened an attack on Puget Sound Navy-yard, the Washington delegation would have lit tle dilficulty in interfering with vari ous projects in Oregon for which ap propriations are now being sought in Congress. Mr. Poindexter was further quoted as saying that the Washington delegation had been friendly toward Oregon appropriations, and had aided in securing their passage, but if Wash ington appropriations are to be made the subject of attack, the Washington delegation would be forced to retaliate. Replying to this newspaper report the naval base committe tonight sent the following dispatch to Senator Poin dexter, followed by a lengthy letter setting forth the attitude of Astoria regarding the Poindexter bill: Axtoria Position Stated. "You are quoted in Washington dis patches as threatening retaliation on Oregon appropriations account alleged opposition Astoria to your Puget Sound dreadnaught construction bill. Realize unreliability of reports, but if you are correctly quoted, beg respectively . to say Astoria has taken position from beginning that Columbia River should be fully equipped both from military and naval standpoint as means of ae fense for Inland Empire, Pacific Coast and Nation, and particularly for de- fense of Government naval investments on Puget Sound. "We stand for passage of your bill with understanding that Columbu Rhver shall be so protected. We con tend for no specific locality for Co lumbia base, and will be satisfied if same placed on either Washington or Oregon side of river. We shall take every legitimate means, however, to inform Congress and Nation at large of legitimate claims of Columbia River. Puget Sound Navy-yard is National. not state matter, so is Columbia Rl ver." In the letter to Senator Poindexter. sent tonight, the following statement is made: Columbia Clalma Made. ''We have also endeavored to show that the position of the Puget Sound Navy-yard, because of its nearness to the Canadian national base at Esqui mault, dominating the Straits of Juan de Fuca, is such that it could easily be bottled up unless a strong defensive arm of the Navy were placed at the mouth of the Columbia River, and hence we insisted that the fortification of this river from a military standpoint. and its equipment as a naval base of the first class, ar essential for the protection of naval investments, pres ent and proposed, at Puget sound. "We think this a logical position. In the larger sense the equipment of the Columbia as proposed is essential for the protection of the Pacific Coast, and the great Inland hmpire. ana tne ra tion in general, inasmuch as it is an indisputable fact that the Columbia, River route Is the shortest and mos mobile route from the Pacific to the Atlantic, the route which would natur allv be taken by an invader from the Orient. Politic Not Considered. "In a programme of real prepared ness. we insist that we should take the position and viewpoint of patriotism rather than of politics, and therefore we have not thought much of the poi itical aspect of the case, but have gone at the thine hammer and tongs, to con vince the powers that be of the Justice of the Columbia a claims ior recogni tion. "Again, we want to assure you. a in, the telegram, that we stand for th passage of your bill for dreadnaugh construction on Puget Sound, but w insist that the Columbia River shall b for the site of a naval bas of the first class and equally equipped therefor." Movements of Vessels. popti.AND. April 1. Arrived Ptoamen c laeintfi and Temple E. Dorr, from Sa vTiiKrr. sailed Steamer Bear, for tian Pedro via San Krancinco; Shasta, for oanw Tfrnnin K. Dorr, for Aberdeen. icT'nTiTA. April 1. a!W at 10:l.r A.M. it A Kilburn. for San Oieeo vi nnrii- at 11 A. M.. hip Rente, fo fhienilt- at ST: 30 "P. M., steamer Norther Pacific for San Francisco: t 3:4. H. .v.,nno- r.pn. K. Billinars. for Sydney i-ir. p. M.. steamer W. F. Herrln, for Sa Francisco. fion Franrisco. April 1. Arrived at xr BttMimer Johan Poulsen. from Port land March Rl. Sailed. steamer Celilo, from Portland for Pan Oieijo via way ports Sailed Meaner Northland, from Portland, rvi- un Pedro. San Pedro, April 1. Arrived Steamei Pr.aiiti'atAr from Portland and wa v port for San I1ro. March 31. Sailed Steamer snta Barbara, for Portland via fcan t ran Astoria. March 31. Arrived at and left up at 0:13 P. M.. steamer San Jacinto, from San Francisco. Arrived at S and left up at K P. M.. steamer Temple E. Dorr, from San Francisco. Arrived down at P. M Kt-ir l-h bark Holt Hill. PphHIo. Wash.. April 1. Arrived Steam era Admiral Watson. from Southwestern Alaska: SDokanc. from Southeastern Alaska Titan (British), from Manila; Santa Cruz. Asuncion, from San Francisco. San Francisco, April 1. Arrived Stam ers Sva. from Oraya Harbor; Johan Poul nen from Columbia River: Mills, from Seat tie; Gut'insoy, from Balboa; Qulniault. from WillaDa : San Ramon, from Mazatian Nip pon Maru (Japanese). from Hongkong lied Steamers Rainier. Crar Dollar, for Puget Sound; Raymond, for Wlllapa: Coast r. for Coos Kay; .president, tor Seattle Kentuckian. for Antofasasta; Hoqufam, for Grays Harbor; schooners Lucy. Knik. Las 1'almas, A prtl 1 . Polyphemus, Sa Fra n clsco. for A von mouth. Aldera. April 1. Arrived Steamer Will lam Chatham. Adelat, April J. Arrived Steamer Cool rardio, from Pan Francigco. Yokohama.- April J. Sailed Steame Yokohama Maru, from Hongkong, for Ta coma. Hull. April 1. Arrived Steamer Arab, rrom San Krancisco. 3Irine Xoles. Tn the mosquito f ! et the gasoline schoone Ocra'.d C. has been cleared for Newport with T.' tons of Portland cargo. The Tillamook cot under way y-stenlav on her second voyaee to Coos P.ay with "JRO tons of freight. The M Irene, w h Ich arrived from the Coast district, damaged her wheel off Linn ton Friday night ai.d went to Supple's for re pairs. After discharging S70 tons of cement and 80 tons of piaster here, loaded at Sa, Francisco, the steamer Temple E. Dorr de parted last mgnt for Grays Harbor, bcin In ballast. It has 1 en suggested that the steame building at Seattle for the Alaska- Pa':lfi Navigation Company, an Oregon corporation, re named after tl.o tat. That Is unde consideration, a Wo that the second steame be christened Washington. Extens.'ve repairs are being made to th ferry W. S. Mason, which is on the ways a the plant of tho St. Johns Shlpbuildin Company. Repairs and overhauling aboard th steamer Josr ph Kellogg are to be finished We Uncs Jay and ah w.H replace tho Undine on the Portland-Kelso run, whilo tho I'n dlne will ply be ween Portland and Aatorfc so the Lurline can undergo her annual in spection. Offices of the Hosford Transportation Ccmpany have been shifted from Washington-street dojk to the Board of Trade build Inc and the berth of the company's fleet will be maintained at Oak -street dock. Bringing a full load of freight, tho teamer .1. N. Teal, of The Dalles-Columbia line, arrived yesterday afternoon from Le-w- iston. Work on the steamer Twin Cities, which sank in North Portland harbor a week ago. after striking a submerged log. is progrefsins and she will be floated in a day or two. Aboard t'ie turbiner Northern raclfic when she saited from Flavel for San Fran- isco yestorc av were ITS passengers. In the way of cargo she rarried 241 4 tons, princi pally wheat, canned calmon and box shooks and there were several automobiles as wclL First of the Columbia River fleet to get way for Alaska, canneries was the Reuce, wl.lch sailed yesterday morning for I'hignik, From Portland the .Berlin. Levi G. Burgess and Akuran nil1, be started In a few days or Nusiiagak. News IVom Northwest Ports. COOS BAY, Or.. April 1. (Special.) The steamer Nairn Smith was reported ! miles south this morning and making only four miles an hour against the heuivy north west wind. The ship in expected in port late this evening or early tomorrow. Tne gasoline schooner Patsy is due Sun day afternoon from Portland with freight. rne steamsmp a. .KUburn is due from Portland Sunday. The steamer ellowstone is due from San Francisco. ASTORIA. Or.. April 1. fSoecial.) The steam schooner Shasta shifted during the night to Wauna to complete her cargo of lumner. Tie steam schooner Daisy Gadsby shifted today from Wauna to West port to com plete lier cargo. carrying a run cargo or Treignt, including grain and merchandise from the East, and small list or passengers, the steamer Northern Pacific Bailed today for San Francisco. The British ship Holt Hill, grain laden for the United Kingdom, arrived from Port and ttiia mormng and will be towed to a tomorrow. Tho stearo schooner Temple E. rorr ar rived during the night from San Francisco and wilt load lumber. C urying a cargo of lumber from West- port, the schooner George E. Billings sailed today for Sydney. The Japanese ste-.ner Hokkal Maru will re duo early next week to load lumber at Westport. Tne Columbia Ki ver Parkers Associa tion's ship Reuce sailed today for Chigntk Bay. Alaska, with a cargo of cannery sup plies. Tne shi i St. Nicholas will sail next week for Bristol Bay. Ca rry ing freight and passe n gers fro m Portland and Astoria the steamer P. A. Kilburn sailed today for San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. After discharging fuel oil in Portland, the tank steamer Win. F. Herrin sailed for California this afternoon. A BERDKEN. Wash.. April 1. f Special.) The flchooner A. M. Baxter, 1 'Jl days from Sydney, arrived this morn in c and went on the Tjindstrom marine ways this afternoon for repairs. After receiving these she will proceed to Wlllapa Harbor to load. Captain Xeilson says the long passage was caused by tne vessel frequently running into calms. Repairs on the schooner Repeat were completed today and the vessel will take on 40.4Xm feet of lumber at the Honovan mill early in the week, after which she will proceed to the Columbia, la ver to complete her cargo. '1 lie schooner Lat.y ciearea rrom tne A. J. West mill for San Francisco today. Captain Aksel . Erickson and Steward C. H. Brunn .of the steamer t'oronado. were each fined $."0 today in Justice Court here nfter confessing to having an over-supply of liquor in their possession. The liquor. ft quarts altogether, was confiscated by the police. The Corona do will clear in the morning lor San J'eiiro. Marconi WireJess Keporis. All positions reported at R J. M.. April 1, unirHH oinerwise aemgnatea. Adeline Smith. San Francisco for Coos Bay. 20 miles north of San Krancisco. Nann Smith, tan krancisco ior coos lay. 47 miles sout h Coos Bay. Governor, ictoria for San r rancisco. oft Blanco. Buck. Point Orient for Seattle. miles from Point Orient. Manna. Honolulu tor san Krancisco. juj-j miles from San Francisco, March H vades. H ilo iir an b rancisco. 1UUJ miles from San Francisco, March HI. Enterprise. I lim for an 1- rancisco. oU miles from San Francisco. March 31 . ,uoan. San Pedro for Honolulu, 1U4Q miles from San I'edro. March ill. Hllonlan. Seattle lor Honolulu. 14'Kj miles from Cape Fla ttery. March .'11 . China. San Francisco for Orient, 2100 miles from Honolulu, March 31. ,urlln'. tan f rancisco ior tionoiuiu, vti miles from San Francisco, March 31. Grace i oi iar, san f rancisco ror i a com a. S5 miles north of San Francisco. resident. San r rancisco ror V ictorla. 100 mils north of San Francisco. ilea ver. snn reoro ior an r rancisco, ou miles east of Point Conception. Speedwell. San tMego for San Pedro, 10 mites northwest of Point Lorn. Yosemite, San Pedro for Sn Krancisco, 16 miles w'ot of Point Vincent. Centralia. San Pedro for San Francisco, 2t miles west of San Pedro. CeUIo, San Francisco for San Fedro, five miles west of Santa Barbara. Bradford, San Francisco for Pisagusa, Chile Tmv miles south of San KranciKro. Breakwater, San Pedr for San Llcgo. eteht miles routh of San Pedro. (,eo. W. Elder. San Francisco for Val paraiso. S67 nii'es south of San Francisco. Moftntt. towing barge P:. Balboa for San Francisco. "0o3 miles south of San Fran cisco. 'oiidan. New York for" San Pedro, m:'es south of ?an Pedro at noon. Willamette, with schooner Ilolden for Seattle, off New Dungeness. Northern Pacific. Flavel for San Francisco, llo miles south f the Columbia River. Herrin. 1 -inn ton for San Francisco, 43 miles south of the Columbia II I ver. Drake. Port A ngeies for El Segundo, 112 mites from Port A ngeies. A t las. Point Wells for Richmond, latitude 44.-0 north. Ion git ude 1 L' 4. 4.1 west. Kilburn. Portland for Coos Bay, 0. miles south of ttie Columbia River. Veasrla Knfered Yesterday. American steamer Temple E. lorr, cargo of cement, from San Francisco. Gasoline schooner A b waned a, cargo of con 1 . from B: nd on. Gasoline schooner Tillamook, general carfio. from Coos Bay. American steamer Daisy Putnam, general cargo, from San Franrisco. i ;aso!ine schooner Mireuc, general cargo, f ro m Newport and w a y . Vessels Cleared Yesterday, American stea mer Temple E. Dorr, bal last, for Aberdeen. Gasoline schooner Ahwaneda, general cargo, for Bandon. Gasoline schooner Tillamook, general car go, for 'oos Bay. American steamer pear, general cargo, for San Pedro via San Francisco. Columbia lUver Kar Report. NORTH HEAD. April 1. Condition of the bar at "i P. M. : Sea, smooth ; wind, north west. 1 1 miles. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. M 0.0 feet!T:0 a M M 7ffeetiT:10 P. M ... 0;C7 A, 0:00 P. 0.1 foot 1.3 feet BAD ROADS WRECK 2 AUTOS Six Arc Injured in. Accidents Be tween Pendleton and Walla Walla. PEXDCBTON. Or.. April 1. (Spe cial.) Bad roads between rpndleton and Walla Walla were the cause of two serious accidents last nicht to au tomobile parties. Frank Hayes. Pen dleton city water superintendent, and Richard Mayberry, of the American Na tional Bank, were pinned beneath their car- for 15 minutes when the machine skidded off an embankment and over turned. Air. Mayberry suffered a broken nose, and several of Mr. Hayes ribs were broken. The five members of a party in the George Daubner machine were injured when the car skidded and crashed into a bank on the upper side of the road. None were seriously in jured, although Miss Pauline Bredlns was badly bruised and cut. EMPLOYER HALTS LIQUOR DNtrict Attorney Itules Against Em ploye's Word In Affidavit. BAKKR, Or., April 1. (Special.) A new phase of the prohibition law was unearthed today by District Attorney Godwin when he was asked by an official of the Sumpter Valley Railway as to the effect a private statement from an employer would have on the ability of an employe to ship in liquor. The employe had asserted that the con signee is a habitual drunkard. Mr. Godwin gave it as his opinion that even if the consignee should make affidavit that he is not a drunkard, the word of his employer should receive preference. SEED CORN BOUGHT S. J. Beck's Product at Sandy Bend Taken by Mr. Smith. TWO LECTURES ARE GIVEN Silver 1-ake 1'armers" Also Show Grain Crow n From Seed Given by O.-AV. 15- & N. Co. Schools Have Milk-Testing; Outfits. BY ADDISON BENNETT. CASTLE ROCK, Wash.. April 1. (Special.) Farmer Smith's party held two meetings vestcrday in this vicinity. The one in the afternoon was at Sandy Bend, about seven miles southwest of Castle Rook, in the heart of a goc-d agricultural section. Sandy Bend is not a town, but merely the name of a neighborhood, where there is a grrangre nail, and about half a mile away a schoolhouse. The meeting" yesterdav was held in the hail at 1:30 P. M. The attendance was large. F R. Cook, a prominent fa rmcr. called the people to order and intro duced Lou S. Smith, whojrave his usual talk on milk testing-. At the conclu sion of his remarks Farmer Smith wan called upon and spoke for over an hour in his usual entertain i ncr and in structive manner. S. J. Beck, a neighboring- farmer, had brought some fine samples of corn which iie raised last year. and. this pave Mr. Smith the op portunity to talk more about what ha.-? oeen aone man wnat can De done in the corn industry. The Beck corn was perfectly matured, of an extra fine quality, and the yield had been 70 bush els to the acre. Mr. Smith purchased 500 pounds for seed distribution in that immediate neighborhood at once, as he considered it the best corn of North western growth he has seen this year. Sllost Are Increasing;. Several farmers reported that they had erected silos during the past year and others said they would build this year. The farmers in this section, which is seven miles from the railroad. Castle Hock being their nearest shipping point, are of the progressive order and seem more than generally prosperous. With the good news of the Beck suc cess in corn raising no doubt there will be a greatly enlarged area of corn planted this year, which will mean more cows and more hogs in the very near future. A committee of six boys came from the adjacent school to consult about milk testing, the district having pur chased a Babcock tester. From the rate in which school directors are now purchasing these testers in this section it is pretty sure that soon every coun try school will have a testing attach ment and that the teachers wil I have, to add that science to the regular cur riculum, which will mean goodby to the scrub cows that are not paying1 their board and greater prosperity fcr every dairyman who avails himself of the opportunities to be afforded by the country school. Mlvcr Lake Visited. Last evening a meeting was held at Silver Lake, seven and one-half milca east of here. While Silver Lake is not as yet a city, not even much of a town, it has a large general store, a shingle mill and sawmill. A logging road given connection with Castle Rock. The store and mills belong to F. Barnes, a member of the School Board of the joint district, that has one of the best district school plants in Washington. This building has every up-to-date equipment, even to an enclosed play ground and covered sheds for teams. Aside from that it has its own electric light plant, for the building is used as a social center for the community. After the lectures last night Mr. Barnes told the principal of the school that he would make the district a present of a full Babcock-tester equipment. amt Considered Appropriate. The name Silver Lake is no mis nomer, as a good many Portland peo ple who have enjoyed bass and perch fishing there can testify. The surface of the lake is abotit 550 feet above the Columbia River. Every Summer there are a great many campers here, some times the number on the grounds at one time being upwards of -'00. There are fine farms all around, Mr. Barnes having one of the best. His place con tains 340 acres, about 2-5 of which is In cultivation. He keeps about 30 IIol stein cows. The Hoi stein is the fa vorite in that neighborhood, where at present there are about 300 head. No doubt the Silver Lake section will soon be one of the best dairy neigh borhoods hereabouts. Mr. Barnes and others brought in fine samples of corn grown last season, and yet not an ear was grown hereabouts until Farmer Smith distributed some seed for the O.-W. R. & N. Company in the Spring of 1914. GOLD SEEKER RETURNS EXPEDITIOX TO PATAUOM.l AS SinKD, SAYS ORGANIZER. Renewal of Option on Schooner Here I niprrted Previous Trip Ended by Mutiny and Death. Captain Thomas Owen, who reached here from San Francisco a month ago to orgranize an expedition to sail to Patagonia at the southernmost corner of the West Coast in quest of great gold deposits he says exist there, re turned to the city yesterday and said he had visited Minneapolis -nd St. Paul, obtaining financial backing at both cities, while one resident of Portland joined in outfitting for the trip, which is to be started from San Francisco in Ju ne. It was in June. 1915. that Captain Owen left the Golden Gate with his wife and 2-year-old son on the schoon er Academy, accompanied by men w-ho financed the expedition, and the lat ter participated in a mutiny, resulting in one being- shot. They made Buena Ventura and there some fell victims to yellow fever, including Mrs. Owen, who died after being taken by steamer to Panama. The plans are for the charter or pur chase of a schooner at San Francisco, says Captain Owen, and this time he will sign a crew independent of the stocKholders. who have been given per cent, he retaining control with 51 per cent. The schooner 1-illy was under option to Captain Owen, but lie said it expired a week ago. though he expects it will be renewed, lie says he learned of the Tatagonia deposits several years ago, when wrecked there on the Brit ish bark Invercoe. of which he was mate, and he says that, while his 1 5 1 ." trip was a failure because of the mu tiny, also the death of his wife, !) ob tained concessions from the aovein ment. and says there is no ri!ti ion about working the property. Mill. It li lnteretln. Atchison tibe, OM as 111- balloon nscensir-n i '. is like mat I'iiii'iny, in thai it is .-.p. -teietliuii thin.; yet. i
