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16 THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX. POTlTLiAXD, NOVEMBER 191G. RADIO IN NEEDED FDR 46 NEW SHIPS Marconi Company Calls on Portland Y. C. M. A. Wire less School for Operators. DEMAND TO HELP SALARIES Larpc Number of Craft to Be JLaunclied on Pacific Coast Re quire Experts Liocal Plant Is Largest on Coast. Forty-six vessels of various types now under construction at Pacific Coast shipyards may have difficulty in leaving their ports promptly because of the shortage of experienced" wireless telegraph operators. Information has been received by L. G. Nichols, director of education of the V. M. C. A., tnat shipping circles are scouring the country in an effort to get men to handle the radio plants of these new ships. Unless the men can be found the new boats will not be allowed to take cargoes more than a lew miles from shore and service thac they are being built to perform will be decidedly crippled. Officials of the Marconi Company, who were in conference with those of the T. M. C A. school last week, pointed out that 18 carriers are now being constructed in the neighborhood of Portland and 38 in the region of Puget Sound, that all of these vessels are to be equipped with wireless tele graph plants and that under the Fed eral law all will have to carry at least two operators. It also was pointed out that Federal officials probably would not allow these ships to leave port until the operators are obtained or that only short trips would be per mitted. Salary Advance Expected. . The shortage that the Northwest Is experiencing Is bringing about press ure on the salaries paid to the opera tors and big advances in the scale are expected before the vessels are ready to take the water. One reason for this advance is the fact that the Gov ernment is making the requirements for licenses more rigid at every exami nation, gradually forcing better prep aration and training for the men and a higher scale of pay from-the compa nies. The Portland Y. M. C. A. wireless school is considered one of the best in the country. There is only one other institution on the Pacific Coast that compares with it in equipment and cur riculum. Every man it has gradu ated now has a good position either with some of the wireless companies or some of the carrying lines. Its stand ards have been held so high that the Marconi and other companies have ap pealed to it to speed up the training of its students, that the sudden demand for operators on the new ships may be met by Y. M. C. A. graduates. Plant Is Powerful One. With a seven and one-half-kilowatt plant that can silence almost any other station on the Coast, it is enabled to train the operator to overcome the stage fright that he usually experiences in handling his first big Job after grad uation. The Portland association has a big ger plant than any battleship In the United States Navy; it can talk from Alaska to South America and to Hono lulu. Frequently in the early morning hours the Y. M. C. A. station has heard messages from ship to ship as they pass the Honolulu harbor or speed their way along the traffic channels of the Pacific. On nights when the Oregon coast is storm-swept and ships are fighting against gales that fre quently rage off shore in the Winter, the plant-picks up messages of distress and hears replies of vessels that are leaving port to succor those in danger. The association's equipment far ex cels that of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston and surpasses that of the station at Harvard. It has an aerial 400 feet long, placed 185 feet above the street, and can get mes sages from the biggest stations op erated. Its graduates not only are trained wireless operators, but they are electrical engineers, thoroughly ac quainted with every technical phase of the machine they operate. The course In electricity is as thorough as that of the code and operation of the plant. SHIP OWNERS' SURVEY BEGUN Captain Genereaux to Examine Crip pled Schooner. ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) Captain E. C. Genereaux arrived this morning to make a survey of the schooner George E. Billings for the owners. George E. Billings & Co. of San Francisco. Captain McNaught has already made a survey for the under writers and their recommendations have been sent to San Francisco to be approved by the different interests. It is understood, however, that the deck load will be discharged so that the Vessel s top sides can be caulked. The schooner is now leaking at the rate of approximately three and one- half inches an hour, or about half as fast as when she -was at sea. Marine Notes. Word was received yesterday that the Columbia Contract Company's tug IT. J. "Riddle, with a barge of coal in tow from Goat Harbor, was anchored at Neah Hay to escape the southerly blow. t,1eut"nant-Co!onel F. TV. Cole, chief of staff of the Western Department, head quarters at Pan Francisco, arrived In the city last night after having spent the day at Fort Stevenp. Colonel Cole is here in connection with fortification matters. "Work of overhauling the Government dredge Clatsop will probably be completed next week. Kstimates are being nrenared fot Winter work on the dredge Chinook so she will be ready for Spring operations at the entrance to the Columbia River. Captain I.andstrom. of the steamer Cura cao, has forwarded information to the Port land branch of the Hy-drographic Office that Tievak Xarrows buoy No. 2 was out of position October 25 and had drifted across the channel to Bushtop Island. Temporarily the Three-Tree Island shoal beacon has been discontinued so the dredge Tualatin may complete channel work at the mouth of the Willamette. Captain John Blain. formerly with the Oregon drydock here and who was with the Pacific Coast Steamship Company until the merger November 1 with the Admiral line. nas Deen made vice-president of the In ternational Stevedoring Company at Seat tie. Captain James S. Gibson Is president oi the company. News From Northwest Ports. COOS BAY. Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) The steam schooner Hardy Is due tomorrow from San Francisco with freight. The southwest storm of yesterday and today produced very rough water at the bar, which is practically Impassable. There are no veseis In the bay and none are ex pected before late Sunday. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 4. (Special.) The ' steam schooner A. M. Simpson arrived dur ing the night from San Francisco and went to Portland to load lumber. After discharging fuel oil at Llnnton, the tank steamer Frank H. Buck sailed this morning for California. The tack steamer Wm. F. Herria arrived TURBINER IS READY FOR INITIAL The turbiner Great Northern, recently withdrawn from the Flavel-San Francisco run for the Winter season. will sail at 4 o'clock Tuesday from San indications are Tor big business between the mainland and the islands this season, bookings having been made for every one of the eight trips scheduled, the highest priced cabin accommodations being taken first. The round trip of the Great Northern totals 477a miles, as follows: From vessel's log shows 360 miles; San 3-iro Francisco direct. 2091 miles. The executive roster of the Great Wall; second officer, G. J. Lehnhardt; Porta; fourth officer, W. G. Purday; this morning from California with a cargo of fuel oil. The eteam schooner Santa Monica cleared today for .San Pedro with a cargo of lum ber from 'Westport. She went to the lower harbor and may cross out tonight. The steam schooner Davenport arrived today from San Francisco with a cargo of asp hal turn for Portland. The o:l barge Monterey, in tow of the tug Navigator, arrived from Portland this evening, but will not go to sea before morn ing'. The Puget Sound tue Tatoosh. with the lumber-laden barge Waehougal in tow,, put into port this evening on account of the heavy weather outside. The tug and her tow were en route from Puget Sound to San Frannlsco. This afternoon the barge was struck by a sea that smashed in her cab! it and damaged her upper works. i he steam schooner J. B. Stetson fin ished loading lumber at West port this af ternoon and will sail for California early tomorrow. MA KINK INTELLIGENCE, Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Date. -Nov. 5 . Nov. tt Northern Pacific. ..San Francisco. breakwater San trancisco. Rose City JLos Angeles. . . Nov. b F. A. Kilburn San Francisco Nov. Beaver. Los Angeles. .... .Nov. DUB TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Yale 6.F. for L..A.-S.D. Nov. Breakwater. ... San Francisco... Nov. Northern Pacific. . .San Fritnclsco. . . .Nov Harvard S.b . for L..A.-S.D.. Nov. iv mm am ban Diego jsov, Jr. A. Ki. burn. ..... San Francisco. Rum City Lub Angeles... , . Nov. . Nov. . .Nov. . . Nov. . .Nov. w a;. am . bun Diego. . . . . tViUuiuutte. . . . . . . .San Oieeo Hvaver. Lus Angiea... Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Nov. 4. Arrived Steamer A. M. Simpson and W. F. Herrln. from San Kranclsco. Sailed Steamers Heaver and J. B. Stetson, for San Francisco and San l'edro; O. M. Ciark. for Balboa: Santa Monica and schooner Monterey, in tow of tug Navigator, for Sau Francisco. Astoria. Nov. 4. Arrived at 6:30 and left up at b:40 A. M.. steamer W. F. Herrin, from San Francisco. Arrived at Sillo and left ud at 10 A. Al.. steamer LiaveuDort. from San Francisco. San Francisco. Nov. 4. Sailed at mid night, steamer Wapama. from Columbia River for San Diego via way ports. Arrived at H A, M., steamer Northland, from Colum bia ttiver. Arrived at y and sailed at 11 M.. steamer Coaster, from Columbia River for San Pedro. Arrived at 9 A. M.. steamer Asuncion, from Portland. Sailed at 11 A. M.. steamer Northern Pacific, for Flavel; aL noon, steamer Breakwater, for Portland; at 1 P. M steamer Johan Poul sen. for Columbia Kiver. November 'A Sailed Steamer Tiverton. from Columbia; River for San Pedro. Arrived at lo P. Al.. steamer Wapama, from Columbia River. Seattle. Nov. 4. Arrived at 8:3 A. M.. steamer Despatch, from Astoria; tug" Henry J. Biddle and Columbia Contract Barge are anchored in Neah Bay. San Pedro. Nov. 4. Arrived Steamer Daisy Putnam, from Columbia River. Sailed steamer liose city. lor Po41and via San Francisco. Port Pirie. Nov. 3. Sailed British schoon er David Kvans, for Columbia KTver. Eureka. Nov. d. Sailed at o P. M.. steam er F. A. Kilburn. from Portland and Coos Bay, for ban Francisco. 'latoosh. .ov. o. Passed In at 4 P. M.. steamer Despatch, from Astoria for Seattle. -Astoria, Nov. j. Arrived at and left up 8 A. M.. steamer A. M. Simpson, from San Pedro. Sailed at 9 P. M.. steamer F. II, Buck, for San Franc. sco. Seattle. Nov. 4. Arrived Steamers Dra matist tBritlsh), from Liverpool; Queen, irom ;.an uiego; aiki, irom outneasiern Alaska; Dispatch, from Astoria. San Francisco, Nov. 4. Arrived Steam ers Costa Kica. from Manzanlllo; North land. Coaster and Asuncion, from Astoria; Themis I Norwegian , from Muroran. Sailed Steamers John Poulsen, for Astoria; San Juan, for Balboa; Siberia Maru Japanese). for Hongkong: Nissei Maru (Japanese, for Yohohama; W. S. Porter, for Everett; Northern Pacific and Breakwater, for As toria: Nome City, for Seattle; Governor, for Victoria. Newcastle, N. S. W.. Nov. 2. Arrived Steamer Coolgardic. from San Francisco. Auckland. N. Z., Oct. 31. Sailed Steamer Makura, for Vancouver, B. C Marconi Wireless Reports. A11 positions reported at 8 P. M.. Nov. 4, unless omfiriviH ueBiBuuiea.f Acme. San Francisco for China. 4765 miles from san t ranclsco, November 3. Astral. San Francisco for Calcutta. 4144 miles from San r ranclsco, November 3. Standard Arrow. China for San Francisco, 3v0M miles from San Francisco, November 3. Transport Sherman. Manila for San Fran. Cisco, aoj miles from San Francisco, No vemoer . Ecuador, Vokahama for San Francisco, 230 miles from San Francisco, November 3. l ucatan. San Francisco for Orient, 463 miles w-st or Honolulu. Xovemher :i Venezuela. San Francisco for Orient. 1S37 miles irom ran r- rancisco. due at Honolulu, 4 P. M.. Saturday. Wlltielmina. Honolulu for San Francisco, 12H3 miles from San Francisco, November 3. Malsonla. San Francisco for Honolulu. ut nines irom san Francisco. November 3. Hilonian. San Francisco for Honolulu, 797 mnes irom t-an Francisco, November 3. Kilburn. Kureka for San Francisco, 8 miit-s east t-oim tteyes. Breakwater, San Francisco for Eureka, .,. nines iint l 1 1 ui .Mu r rancisco. covernor, San Francisco for Seattle, 17 mnes norm or 'oini Arena. Grace Dollar. Tacoma for Pan Francisco. 150 miles north of San Francisco. speedwell, San Francisco lor Bandon, 13 mnes norm oi ban r ranclsco. San Juan, San Francisco for Balboa, 57 rimes souin or oint inonlta. Richmond, San Francisco for Honolulu, 't, , nines iiuiii r rancisco. Scofleld. Balboa for San Francisco, 630 nines suuia or pan r rancisco. san Jose, Balboa for San Francisco. 1080 mnes souin ox nan r rancisco. El Segundo. towing barge 7. El Segundo for San Francisco, 316 miles south of San r rancisco. Rose City. San Pedro for Ran Francisco, 35 mtlee west of Point Firmln. Wapama. San Francisco for San Pedro. o mnes west or r-omt Arsrueuo. Drake, towing barge. 93. Seattle for Rich- mono. iw miles north of Richmond. Willamette, towing barge 41. St. Helena ror san uiego. oir uape uisnco. Barge 91. In tow tug Defiance. Richmond lor Aoeraeen. jo miles from Aberdeen. President. Seattle for San Francisco, 360 miles north or san Francisco. Adeline Smith, San Francisco for Coos Bay, zol mnes norm oi san Francisco. Northern Pacific. San Francisco for Fla vel. nine miles south of Blunt'a Reef. Vessels Entered Yesterday. Gasoline schooner Tillamook. . genera cargo, from Coos Bay. VOYAGE OF 1916-17 SEASON BETWEEN MAINLAND AND SUNNY HAWAIIAN ISLES. Cdspi. .si Tim asi, S..S. 6reai 7Vorih e'n . Francisco on the first leg of the ship's to Hilo 2132 miles; Hilo to Honolulu. Northern is as follows: Master, Captain A. Ahman; chief officer. Charles purser. John S. Ford; chief engineer, fifth officer, H. Anderson. NO. 50 TO GO TO SEA Old Light Vessel Will Be Used . Along Mexican Coast. LATE OWNER MAKES $5000 Vessel Used as Marine Sentinel Off Mouth of Columbia for Several Vears Made History, but Went to Boneyard. Lig-htvessel No. 50, a composite ehlp that had only sails ds power, built at San Francisco in 1891 to be used as a marine sentinel off the entrance to the Columbia' River, where she took station in May, 1892, and served until less than six years ago, is now to so in to active trade through having: been sold yesterday to interests that will operate her along: the Mexican Coast. No. 50 figured in press dispatches several times while guarding the mouth of the mighty river so approaching mariners might glimpse her rays from brilliant lights aloft and thereby know that the entrance was just inside. Many were the ships steered straight through her presence, but with the advance in construction and propulsion she gave way lo the ships now manned by the Bureau of Lighthouses, which have engines, and may steam in bad weather to break the force, or. if dragged from their station, may head Inside. Less than a year ago .1. Leve, a South Portland second-hand dealer, special izing on scrap metal anl rubber, was among those who bid for the purchase of No. 50 when she was found no longer fit in the service. Mr. Leve was made the owner of the ship for the sum of $1667.99. From the Tongue Point buoy station, where she had been moored since leaving the sea, the ship was towed here and soon after all metal and auxiliary machinery was removed. Her sale yesterday netted Mr. Leve $2600. and with profit on material taken out. more than $5000 is entered in the velvet column. Be that as it may. No. 50 will prove a staunch ship, in the opinion of mari ners. Her construction by the Union Iron Works was at a time when the first cruiser Charleston was on the stocks. Some of the material bought for the Charleston found its way into No. 50. her frames being of steel. Over the frames the planking. was fastened nrl that covered with copper. From May, 1892. until November 28. 1899, No. 50 was on the "Job" outside, but the latter date her ordinarily se cure position was menaced hy a 74-mile gale, which proved of such combative power that the lightveswel was snatched from her moorings. Tier master, for tunately, made sail and stood seaward, getting offshore about 23 miles. Dur ing a rift in the blow she made her way back and the morning of Novem ber 29 was In the vicinity of the en trance. As fast as the tender Man zanita and tug Wallula got hawsers aboard, the strain snapped them, and though the tug Escort came to their assistance, the luck was about the same, the vessel finally piling on the beach at McKenzie Head. By an ingenious method of construc tion a marine railway. J. A. Roberts, who last week floated the schooner Oakland from the beach near Nehalem, managed to work No. 50 overland to Baker's Bay, inside the mouth of the river, where she was launched April 23, 1901. The land voyage covered 700 yards. Repairs were made at Port land and the ship sent back, but on October 6, 1905. No. 50 again went a-roaming and brought up on Peacock Spit, on the north side, remaining two weeks, .and. while floated. It was not until October 6. 1906. that she was out side once more. Contract Let for Remodrllntr- In May, 1907, the official log shows, her last runaway took place and news of her being loose reached shore In time for tugs to help her inside. Joseph Supple, who represented Fran- cisca Dei Valle, a Mexican vessel owner in the transaction, which was handled through C. V. Ericsson & Co.. is to re build No. 50 above the deckline. She will have 24 staterooms aft and provl slon will be made for general passenger accommodations, while it is estimated her cargo capacity will be 600 tons. Mr. Valley was here for a few days and left last night for San Francisco to arrange for the engines. The vessel will have twin screws driven by engines of about 150-horsepower each. Now masts are to be stepped, cargo booms and inches provided and It is fully ' expected that in 60 days the vessel will be ready. Mr. Supple ordered her towed from the Ful ton moorings to his East Side dock last night and work will start tomorrow in tearing out bulkheads below deck and getting ready for the new parts. Xotice to Mariners. The following ' affects aids to navigation in the Seventeenth lighthouse District: Coast Baltimore Rock Bell Buoy No. 2, ninth cruise to Hilo and liono'ulu. San Francisco to San Pedro the 192 miles, and Honolulu to San W. K. Russell; third officer, Charles reported as missing November 2, to bo re placed as soon as practicable. Coos Bay Outer Buoy. PS, reported as missing. November 2. To be replaced as soon as practicable. Columbia River Approach South Chan nel Bell Buoy. "SC." reported as missing November 'z. To be replaced as soon as practicable. ROBERT WAR RACK. Lighthouse Inspector. GALE COXTIXCES OX COAST Southerly Blow Forecast for To day on North Pacific Shore. Southeast weather at the mouth of the river yesterday showed little ir provement over that of Friday. North Head reporting a maximum wind of 60 miles and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon it had dropped to 24 miles from the southwest. The maximum at Seattle was JS miles, and at Tacoma 26 miles, Storm warnings were ordered contin ued. The North Pacific Coast forecast of the Weather Bureau for today is a fresh southwesterly pale with occa sional rain. Inspector Warra.-k. of the Seven teenth Lighthouse District, received in formation yesterday that the Balti more Rock bell buoy, which went adrift from off Coos Bay. was on the beach south of the entrance, and the outer tar buoy at Coos Bay, also a runaway, naa drifted onto the beach a mile north or the entrance. No trace has been found of the south channel bell buoy ai me moutn or the Columbia River, which went adrift. Trustee Spit buov No. 6. at Grays Harbor, drifted Into vvinapa Harbor. LUMBER VESSELS GET AWAY Clark and Ituby to Ielivcr Oregon Material in Canal Zone. With a full cargo for Balboa, the steamer O. M. Clark, which shifted to the Portland mill for the last of her load, will get to sea today or tomorrow. The steamer A. M. Simpson reiclml the Portland plant yesterday to take on a full load for San Francisco and the auxiliary schooner Ruby is making headway tnere with her Balboa cargo. The steamer J. B. Stetson got awav last night from Westport for San Pedro and the steamer Santa Monica left there for the Golden Gate, both lumber laden. The steamer Klamath is to get her cargo for San Diego aboard so as to depart from St. Helens ednesday. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. . Loir. fi:2 A, M 8.S feetl3:nT A. M....1.0 foot :47 P. M T.l feet I 4:03 P. M 1.4 feet Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Nov. 4. Condition of the bar at .' P. M. : Pea. rough; wind, southwest. miles; weatner, raining. ROOTERS FAVOR HUGHES STRAW VOTE OX WASHIfiTO.N FOOTBALL SPKCIAL 123-1041. Only One Car of Four Clvea Wllaon Majority Party la Kn Route to Eugene for Game. EUGENE. Or., Nov. 4. (Special.) Hughes was the favorite on the Uni versity of Washington special that ar rived with several hundred rooters here at noon today. In a straw vote taken In four of the coaches. Hughes received 125 votes to Wilson's 106. Only one of tho four cars went for Wilson. The vote by cars was: Hughes 22. Wilson 22; Hughes 41. Wilson 23; Hughes 25, Wilson 31, and Hughes 37, Wilson 30. In the car that gave the largest ma jority for Hughes the majority of the Dassencers were women. "Wee" Coyle. former University of Washington star quarterback, and sev eral times All-Northwest quarter, championed th"e Republican cause. He delivered a stirring speech, and re ceived frequent and vociferous ap plause. He is now connected with a law firm in the Smith building in Seattle. The vote - would have been taken through the entire train, but those who had the straw vote-in charge ran short of ballots. GRANTS PASS WILL BE GAY i Celebration Xext Saturday to Mark Operation of Beet Sugar Factor y. GRANTS PASS. Or., Nov. 4. (Spe cifl. ) Saturday. Novenrber 11, will be sugar day In Grants Pass. A celebra tion will be held in recognition of the successful operation of the new beet sugar factory. Conrmittees have been named from the City Council. County Court and Commercial Club to arrange details. Excursion trains will be run and beet growers from all parts of Southern Oregon will be brought here at the expense of the citizens of Grants Pass. They will be entertained and the fac tory will be open to public inspection. Governor Withycombe and other jtate officials are expected to be preaenir. COMPANY IS FORMED Columbia River and Portland Mills to Do Stevedoring. STRIKE IS CAUSE OF MOVE All Stockholders Arc Named as In corporators and Purpose of Or ganization Id to Handle All Classes of Ship Curgo. Formation of the Columbia River Stevedoring Company was perfected yesterday, the avowed purpose of which is to handle all classes of cargo under open-ahop conlitlons. The company Is to be capitalized in the sum of $15, 000, and in a short time details as to the management and working force will be determined. An unusual procedure has been fol lowed In the matter of Incorporating. every stockholder being included as an incorporator, and they are: Wilson W. Clark, of the Clark & Wilson Lumber Company, Llnnton; R. S. Shaw. Ham mond Lumber Company, Astoria: F. A. Douty. Multnomah Lumber & Box Company. Portland, and the American Export Lumber Company, Rainier; P. J. Brix. Knappton Mills & Lumber Company. Knappton: 11. B. Van Duzer, Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company, Port land: L. J. Wentworth, Portland Lum ber Company. Portland: C. H. Watzek, Crossett- Western Lumber Company, Wauna. Or.; L. B. Menefee. Burlington Lumber Company, Burlington, and Patterson Lumber Company. Rainier; 11' Ti tI..H ,',.!.. 1 .. TI..A r,A J-'Am- pany. Rainier; A sm us Brix, Clatsop Mill Company. Astoria: C. H. Calen der. Astoria Box Company. Astoria: C. E. Putnam. Kalama Lumber & Shingle Company.' Kalama: E. C. Genereaux. Oregon Stevedoring Company, Port land: N. E. Ayer, St. Johns Lumber Company. Portland; H H. Jones, Jones Lumber Company. Portland; H. F. Mc Cormlck, St. Helens Lumber Company and Columbia County Lumber Company, St. Helens; H. Kirk. Beaver Lumber Company, Prescott: Joseph J. Donovan. DuBois Lumber Company. Vancouver: D. Kingsley, West Oregon Lumber Company. Linnton; J. W. Thompson. Westport Lumber Company, Westport; F. A. Young, Peninsula Lumber Com pany, Portland; M. D. Jameson. East Side Mill & Lumber Company, Port land: J. S. O'Gorman, Nisqually Lum ber Company, Oak Point: Guy M. Stan- difer, Standifer-Clarkson Lumber Com pany. Portland. Tho departure In a co-operative In dependent stevedoring organization is an outgrowth of the recent Coast-wide strike of longshoremen and lumber handlers, the firsf step having been inaugurated at San Francisco in the formation of an open-shop stevedoring establishment, then Grays Harbor and Puget Sound Joined. For weeks the Columbia River mill men have had the matter under con sideration, and the fact a big per centage of the plants between Port land and the sea have subscribed In dicates the ends sought to band to gether as many corporations as pos sible having to do with loading of lum ber. The open-shop system is said by those interested to mean that union workers will be employed, as well as those not having affiliations with la bor organizations, there being no dis crimination along that line, but the incorporators say they will insist on picking men required for handling car goes on all vessels in which they are Interested. POLK CLOSES CAMPAIGN RKPLHLICAXS IN fOtXTV CURTAIN OK VICTOR V. KEEL Folltlrnl Arguments Carried on By Both I'ress and Individuals Are- De clared Free of Personalities. DALJVS. Or., . .. With the rally here State Senator R. R. 4. (Special.) tonight, when Butler, of The Dalles, spoke, the Polk County Cen tral Committee concluded a strenuous campaign. PolK Is safe, the Republican leaders say, and Polk now is waiting to see what the other counties of t"ie state and Nation will do. The campaign has been remarkable In this country. The National issuer and arguments have caused switches In both parties. "Black"" Republicans and "straiu-hf" Democrats will tcralch their ballots thU year, but the changes will not affect the general result. A remarkable feat-.ire of the cam paign has been the lack of mud-sllng-Ing by the newspapers. There has been no vilification. Yet the campaign ar gument have been strong and some times vrj personal. The failure of the Independence bridge and the unbuilt intercounty 'ridge at Salem have mn.ie rstmnaimi issues that enfily could hAve b come personal unci "'dirty'" had the candidal ;s and pic: t wished lo maKo them so . Both thfse issues have been promln.-.it in the County Commissioner campaign. Charger? and counter charges between Walter L Tooze, Jr, and E. K. Plasecki. candidates for District Attorney, have been made and b nh men have made a strenuous campaign. Each "has as serted that the other has become per sonal, but signed statement issued by ach do not contain vilification. MR. M00RES LAUDS HUGHES Molulla Keptiblicans Hear "Wilson Policies Attacked. SrOIM.IA. Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) Charles B. Moores. ex-chairman of the Renublican state central committee talked last night to a good-sized audi ence here upon - the policies of the Democratic party and the Admlnistra tion of Woodrow Wilson. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Huchea Alliance, and John K. Cole pre sided. The band hall was decorated with the National colors and with pic turea of Hughes and Fairbanks. Mr. .Moores spoke of the many broken Dledges of the Democratic piat- form. and showed them up from the single-term plank to the Canal tolls ri 1 n k . The record of Mr. Hughes was dis cussed by Mr. Moores. He praised Mr. Hughes' efforts for better laws while Governor of New York, and declared that Hughes had been the choice of the masses of the people from every section of the country. BOY ROBBER IS SENTENCED i August rerry, or Oregon City, Is Taken to Penitentiary. OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) August Ferry, confessed boy robber, was taken to the State Peni tentiary today by Deputy Sheriff Frost. following a violation of a parole. 11 will nerve a sentence of from two to three years. Perry was arrested early last Sum mer by Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Frost along with Edgar Conboy and Ray Pietxold. following a series of robberies through the northern part cf the county. They were sentenced and paroled. This week Perry was impli cated in a Portland robbery, was caught by the authorities in thsK city and turned over to Clackamas County. The pleas of his mother were of no avail. Woodburn Burglars Arc Captured. WOODBURN. Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) The burglars, wno entered the Austins stores and Landon Hardware Company early this morning and carried off plunder, were cought in Portland today and brought back here by Marshall Todd tonight. They are young men and have confessed to other robberies along the line. Minncsotans Meet Friday. The Minnesota Society will meet Fri day night at the Oregon building. Cards will follow the business meeting and programme. All former residents of Minnesota are invited. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL, REPORT. PORTLAND. Nov. 4. Maximum tempera ture. 3o degrees; minimum, 4tt decrees. River reading at S A. M.. 2.2 feet; change In last 21 hours. O.ti toot rise. Total rainfall !" 1'. M. to 5 1. M. o IS inch: total rainfall since sopl-mtvr 1. 1.lrt. :t ;u inches: normal rainfall since September 1. Inches; de- flcleiify vf ralnfHll since September 1. lflltf, 2.TU inches. Total sunshine November 4. none; possible sunshine, y hours. .T min utes. Barometer I reduced to sea-level at 5 P. M.. at.Tl Inches. Relative humidity at noon. ! per cent. THE WEATHER. Vlnd. STATIONS. Ptsts of Weathn l:ak,r . Hoise . . os ton ."" O.l'l' . .jS jCIoudy tVrt '.to, . ..SE JCIoudy 5U.U.OO . . .Sfc; ,1't. coudy ( 'a I is hi v , o.imi . ,;sv i lear ,iienitr .... 04,0.1" ;N W Clear i 7'JO.OO:.. NW.Pt. cloudy .j 6 u.oi. .jli ;Clesr , .mi . . N CIer 1CS Moines... liuliltH Kureka ...... i;alveston H elena. ...... Jacksonville . Kansas city . l.os Angeles . Marstitif Id Med ford Minneapolis .. Montreal New Orleans . Nev York ... North Head.. o ii. o . . .n h. i loudy To o.lin . . S ,1'lear lib i. oi) 14 jCIoudy 70.4 12 N Clear I 7U ii.iHi;. .,SE k lear j r,s n. on . . E Cloudy i.,.. ream 6' O.L'.x lo.NW.Rain ;,! II IHl N. W . " i u .. H o.ik,'. ..SB Jciear ....) ' il.im ii'lear .... S4 .!!. . SW Cloudy j .o ii.ii ?.v nam North Yakiiua Omalia ....... Hho.nlx Pocalello Portland . . . . Koscburjr . . . , . Sacramento ... St. l.ouLs Salt Lake . San Francisco. Seattle Spokane Tacoma Taloosn Island i-n-o.-s iu,i rt. cloudy To. Il.im . ,,K '.Clear HO.Oii... N CU-ar t4 o.imi . . SE Ht. cloudy io.l.7! -'0 iiW (Cloudy 4"- 0.7i .. SW Cloudy AM.l4,. .jy iKsln (mi O.iki Hi E Clear o.imi, . . E . lear till O.S 10SV ,'naln n.:,iii4 s Pt. cloudy 4SU.24...E Utain ;.J 0.4h SW Cloud 4. 10 K Cloudy alla walla l 3-0.44 ..S ltain Washington .....J O'o.oui . . SE .Cieai Winnipeg ........ 46 ii.iiii io'e !pt. c Walla Wall cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. I.ow pressure with generally unsettled wiather conditions obtains over the western half of the country and there Is a slight depression over the western portions of New York and Pennsylvania. The pressure Is in creasing ovei most of the extreme North wen and Canadian Southwest, r.ut southwest storm warnings have been continued at all seaports In this district. Maximum wind Velocities of OO mltca southeast at North He4id. 1 miles south at Seattle. 'JS miles southwest at Hak-r and ;M miiea southwest at Ts.'oma w-re report. -d tills evening. Pre clpltat'on has occurred in California. Ore gon. Washington. Southern British Colum bia. New York. Pennsylvania and Florida. The weather Is cooler on most of the Pa cific Slope, in Northern Colorado, Nebraska. Kansas and northeastward to Canada; It is correspondingly- warmer In Montana. the western portion of the Pakotas. Sakatehe wan. Southern California and from New Mexico and Texas northeastward to the lakes region and Middle Atlantic Coast. The cii'idii Ions are favorable for occasional rain Sunday In this district with lower tem peratures in Western Onion and Idaho. Winds will he southwesterly, reaching sale force near the toast. FORECASTS: Portland and vicinity Occasional rain, moderate southwesterly winds. Oregon occasional rain, cooler east por tion, moderate southwesterly wind, reaching gale force near the coast. Washington Occasional rain, moderate southwesterly winds, reaching gale force near the coast. Idatio occasional rain: cooler. North Pnclile Coast Fresh southwesterly gate; occuciutial rain. T. FRANT1S rRAKE. Assistant Forecaster. If oor Eyesight r-! - -If . : With Thompson's Ophthalmoacope Kiart Condition fj The close connection between the eyes and health is too often given but slight consideration. The relation ' ship is, however, a very intimate one. J Very frequently the eyes give little warning of the drain they are making upon the total nerve force, but the fact has become so well recognized that today the up-to-date stomach or nerve specialist will not treat stomach trouble or nervous diseases until a care ful examination is made of a patient's eyesight and the correct glasses ordered worn. J Many of the leading send us their patients the eyes is required. J Eyeglass progress is a watchword here. We em ploy every scientific and practical advance known to science.' Thompson Optical Institute 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison.. We design and manufacture the Genuine Kryptok Lenses in our own factory on premises. EMBARGO IS PUT ON San Francisco and Portland Line Bars Perishables. FREIGHT BADLY CONGESTED Steamer Heaver Utilizes lnrt of ilio Steerage for Cargo and Many Persons rnable lo Take l'as snsc for Southland. . Until the freight congestion now faced is lifted tho San Fram:if-co & Portland iteanishir Comoany will not accept consignment; oC potatoes, ap ples, onions and some oth-r perish ables for delivery in California. O. L Clair, general manager of the fleet, an nounced the shutting out of those com modities yestersiay. and says that it cannot be estimated now when there will be an opening for that movement to be resumed. The liner Heaver. Captain Mason. sailing yesterday afternoon for tho southland, was taxed with cargo, and offerings are so heavy that part of th steerage space was utilized for certain classes of shipments, they being stored so only the main steerage compartment was available for passengers, thero being about 3 to bo, which resulted in some of those who applied for tick ets at the dock being unable to get aboard. In the cabin were 130 travel ers. Northern Pacific F.mhargo Oa. The Great Northern Pacific line, now having the steamer Northern Pacific running between Flavel and San Fran cisco, has had an embargo on for 10 days, and at this time there is littlo prospect of it being raised. That com pany was more advantageously sit uated when the liner tJreat Northern was on the run, out as she was or dered off for an overhauling in advance of leaving Tuesday for the Hawaiian Islands, only one vessel is in service. The San Francisco & Portland line, which has operated three steamers on a five-day schedule for years, found Itself hampered in June, when the Bear went ashore, and since has maintained a weekly schedule. So long as there is any hope for floating the Hear no steps are expected to be taken looking to the construction of another vessel, hut there are hopes that tonnage can bo chartered to help out. Company Would Charter. Mr. Blair said yesterday that tho company is in the field for a suitable, vessel, but tho existing demand for tonnage is such that it is not an easy matter to get a carrier except at pro hibitive rates. The charter of the steamer Wlndhcr Friday by the tllobe Orain & Milling Company to take care of some of its business from Portland to California shows the straits in which cereal firms are placed, and it is not improbable other shippers will endeavor to obtain a vessel to transport commodities now halted through the i .:-.i:est ion. Tho car shortage offers another problem, and with both lines of trans portation blocked, the situation is seri ous. There Is a live demand in Cali fornia for Oregon products, and to some extent consignments have been made from Puget Sound, but now the space demands there are equally a. heavy as at Portland. Woman, 00, Is Itepiihiican. TIGAHP. Or.. Nov. i. (Special.! Mrs. Sophia Tisard. over SO. and a na tive of Iterlin, is a good American, and a F.epuhiiean. Coming from Germany at the age of 1-. she became natural ised, and says she has voted for several Republican Presidents in her time. She has forgotten her exact ace. but her niece puts it in the nineties. She still retaints her faculties, although she has become feebler in body in the last four years. She has lived on the Coast for the last SO years, and says that there is no place like Oregon. We Can Aseertaln Inatantly tbe of lour Kyes. physicians of Portland now when a scientific diagnosis of