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Newspaper Page Text16 TTra SUNT) AT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 4, 1917. FAST RIVER BOAT SERVICE PROMISED Company Organized to Estab lish Runs Between Astoria and Lewiston. , 100 VESSELS TO START Time Will Enable Competition With Hallways Both in Passenger and Freight Carrying, 'Says Pro moters of New System. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 31. (Special.) A definite plan for a transportation system on the Columbia River and it tributaries has been formulated by large Eastern interests, with abundant capital, and preliminary orgnization la well advanced, according to Wallace R. Struble, who has been in Astoria several days conferring with a special committee of the Port of Astoria Com mission. "The purpose of the new enterprise, which has been named the Columbia Transportation System, is to construct and operate a fleet of all-steel boats, freight and passenger, plying: between Lewiston, Idaho, and other interior terminals to Astoria," says Mr. Struble. "The type of boat to be used will be of such character as to conform to the present conditions of the upper rivers, and operation is to be perma nent, regular and dependable. Virtual Railway Service Fromliird. "The fleet of the Columbia Trans portation system will be virtually a railway system operating on the rivers. Passenger Bervice will be divorced en tirely from freight service, and the speed of boats will be equivalent to railway time. Specially constructed carriers will be used on the Columbia and Snake rivers between Umatilla and Lewiston and other up-river points. Passenger boats will be operated in divisions the first division being from Lewiston to Umatilla, the second from Umatilla to The Dalles, the third from The Dalles to Vancouver and Portland, and the fourth and final division from the latter points to Astoria. Transfer of passengers will be made at each di vision point. Frelg-ht boats will op erated from Lewiston and other up river points through to destination without breaking bulk. "The construction of these boats Is of such character as to render them absolutely unsinkable under ordinary usage. The company will guarantee regular, dependable service on the Snake River at all stages of water. The capabili ties of this type of boat to survive the roughest water conditions have been fully demonstrated. "The purpose of the company will be to put on sufficient boats of all capacity to handle the business as it is developed, beginning with an initial fleet of 100 boats and increasing to 200 or 300 as necessity may demand. Boats to Be Small. "Freight boats w'll have a minimum tonnage capacity of B0 to 60 tons for the upper river trade, though an emergency fleet of 25-ton boats will be provided for use during extreme low-water conditions. These latter boats, when not in use on the Snake durinr low water, will be assigned to tributaries of the Columbia. "The company will be In a position to 'spot' at any given point on quick notice a sufficient number- of boats to carry the assembled tonnage. For example, a wheatgrower or shipper at Maryhlll notifies this company tnat he has 50.000 bushels of wheat ready I U I EMIipuiCUU v. wl--.7 ..... - eemble there sufficient boats to take the cargo on one 'train.' "Astoria is the natural terminal of such a system, for . obvious reasons, and It is the purpose of the company to do business, if possible, with tiie Port of Astoria dock for its through business, inbound and outbound. It is the further purpose of the company to locate Its assemly plant tor construc tion and repair of its fleet at some point in Astoria or vicinity. This will represent an initial investment of from $60,000 to t75.000." GRAYS HARBOR TO GET BXTOXS Success Crowns Long Endeavor to Secure Adequate Night- Lights. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Word has been received by the Hoqulam Commercial Club from Lighthouse Inspector Robert Warrack, at Portland, that a gas light and whistling buoy is to be established off the Grays Harbor bar within a short time. He also announced that a gas buoy is to be placed inside the bar. The two lights will enable vessels to enter Grays Harbor at night, and are aids to navigation which ship masters and the Commercial Club have been working for for a number of years. Mr. Warrick, in a letter to the club, stated that he had been informed the buoy to be placed outside the bar was being built at Tomkinsville, N. Y.. and will be shipped here as soon as it can be completed. The gas buoy to be placed inside the harbor is being built at Portland. SXAKE RIVER WORK PLEDGED League Formed at Lewiston to Im prove Waterway. LEWISTON. Idaho. Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) A permanent organization Is being effected for the furtherance of thj development of dams and canals in Snake River to make year-around navi gation possible. Senaton Brady assures the Lewiston Commercial Club that the delegation from the Pacific North western States stand as a unit for the improvement of the navigability of the river, and for the construction of dams that will generate electrical power. The board of directors of the per manent .organization Include: R. C. Beach, Eugene Ehrhardt. F. W. Ket tenbach, James E. Babb, William Thompson. A. is. Clarke, J. B. Morris, C. F. Osmers, E. A. Cox, George Tanna hill. J. T. Ray and H. L. Powers. CAPTAIN SWANSON REPORTS Bar Pilot, Carried Off by Capto, on T Way Back to Columbia. astukia, or., Feb. 3. (Speciil.) A telegram was received today from Cap tain it. swanson, me oar pilot." who was an unwilling passenger on the Norwegian steamer Capto, when she sailed from here for Bombay a few days ago. It said he was leaving San Pedro today for San Francisco, en route home. It is supposed Captain Swanson was taken off the Capto by an oil tanker en route from Honolulu for San Pedro. . , Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe- 'clal.) Carg-o lumber shipments from Grays narDor in January were Heavier than those or any month srace tho war. During the iiionin i vessels cleared with 31.S03.000 feet of lumber. Of these all but three went to California ports, these three going to Aus tralia. At least eight ships will clear here for foreign porta next month, making- this month's foreign cargoes the heaviest in near ly three years. The steamer' arrived from San Francisco and Is loading at tho Blagen mill, Hoqulam. The steamer San Jacinto cleared from the E- K. Wood mill, Hoqulam, for San Pedro. SEATTLj, Wash., Feb. 3. The recently launcnea Pacific-American Fisheries steamer Red-wood arrived from Bellingham today In tow of the steamer Korwoon at 5 P. M. The Redwood will have boilers and engines in stalled here, and the Worwood will go on drydock for overhauling- before going north In the cannery service of the company.- The steamer Admiral Watson got away late tonight for Southeastern and South western Alaska with the first shipments of cannery supplies made thus far to the westward. She took equipment for the Canoe Pass Packing Company plant at Shepherd's Point and for the Llbby. McNeill & Llbby cannery at Yakutat. - The Watson had a fair passenger list. The steamer F. S. Loop sailed today for San Francisco and the steamer Admiral Farragut for the same port at 11 A. M. with freight and passengers. The local agency of the Scandinavian American line received notice this morning that thj sailing of the steamer Frederlk VIII of February 7 from New Tork had been cancelled, that tickets must be re funded. Thirty tickets had been sold. The Norwegian-American line. Swedish American line and Holland-American line are still selling transportation, having no late instructions. Only one other operating trans-Atlantic company has an office here, the French line, but no information was given out. The Alaskan Engineering Commission today Issued a circular asking for bids on 10.000 tons of 70-pound rails for the Alaskan railroad for delivery the Summer of 1918. the second lO.OOO-ton order within the past 10 days. The local office of the commis sion today purchased a switching locomo tive from the American Locomotive Works for $8000 for use on the Falrbanks-Nenana division. Bids were called for today by the commission on the construction of two sea going barges of 1S00 tons deadweight ca pacity, each for service between Seattle and Seward and Anchorage. The bids will be opened February 10. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) The lumber-laden steam schooner Celllo lay in the low harbor over night and sailed for California this morning. Carrying a cargo of 4ti0,000 feet of lum ber from Portland, the steam schooner San Gabriel sailei today for Oakland. Sringing fuel oil for Astoria and Port land, the tank steamer El Segundo arrived today from California. The steamer Northern Pacific sailed today for San Francisco with 1800 tons of freight and over 200 passengers. The Bteam schooner Iaisy sailed tonight for San Francisco with lumber from Rainier and .Knappton. After discharging fuel oil at Portland, the barge Monterey sailed this afternoon for California in tow of the tug Navigator. The steam schooner Bee arrived from San Francisco en route to .Portland. san francisco! Feb. 3. (special.) The first American cargo vessel ever built for the Standard Oil Company took the water at Union Iron "Works today, when, the steamer Eagle was launched. This new vessel will have a capacity of 230,000 cases of oil and is a sister of another of the same type now building in the same yard. She is 410 feet long. fiG feet beam, 41 feet deep to the shelter deck, and will have a speed of 11 knots. The Harrison direct freighter Ormlston left last night for Vancouver, where she will finish .discharging European cargo and load part cargo for United Kingdom. The motor ship Snntino. now being built at Grays Harbor, has been chartered to carry lumber from the North Pacific to the Atlantic Coast by Hind. Kolph & Co. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Bteamer Schedule. PUB TO ARRim Kama From Tat. Beaver. ... ....... . Tos Angeles. .... ..In port F. A. Kilbnrn......San Francisco... .. Feb. fi Northern Pacific. ..San Francisco... -Feb. 7 Rose City. ........ .Ios Angeles Feb. ft Breakwater .San Francisco... .Feb 11 DUB TO DEPART. Name. for Tate. BeaTer lis Angeles. .... .Feb.- 4 Vale 6.F. for LkA.-S.I. Feb. 5 Harvard S.F. for L.A.-S.D. .Feb. 7 F. A. Kllburn San Francisco Feb. 7 Northern Pacific ...San Francisco Feb. 8 Rose City. .. L.OS Angeles Feb. 10 Breakwater Pan Francisco. . . .Feb. 13 Klamath San Diego Feb. 14 Slovements of Vessels. - PORTLAND, Feb. 3. Sailed Steamers Despatch, for San Francisco; Breakwater, for Coos Bay, Eureka and San Francisco. Arrived Steamer El Segundo, from Ban Francisco. ASTORIA. Feb. 3. Arrived at 8:45 and icic up at 11 A. M., steamer El Segundo, from San Francisco. Sailed at 8:40 A. M.. steamer Celilo, for San Pedro. Sailed at 2 steamer jvorthern Pacific, for San Francisco. Sailed at 10 A. M., schooner Monterey In tow tug Navigator, for San Francisco. SAN PEDRO. Feb. 3. Arrtveri Bt..ir... Rose City, from Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 8. Sallerl at 11 A. M., steamer F. A. Kllburn. for Eureka. Ooos Bay and Portland; at 1 P. M., steamer Daisy Gadsby, for Columbia River. ASTORIA, Feb. 2. Sailed at 8 T M steamer Necanlcum, for San Pedro; at 7 f. ju.. steamer ohan Poulsen. fnt Ran Francisco. SEATTLE. Wh a i Steamer F. S. Loop, from San Francisco; motorship Wakena, from Vancouver, B. O. Sailed Steamers Admiral War Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska; h o. Lioop, ror san rrauclsco; Admiral ITarra KUt, for San Pedro. SANf FRANCISCO. For,. Jt -A i-rlv Steamers Acme, from Bandon; Oleum, from Seattle; Adeline Smith, from Coos Bay. Dftiicu oicaniem r. jv. niiourn. ior fort land : Bandon. for Randon : PrntdAnfr. for Victoria; Daisy Gadsby, for Astoria; schoon er Harvester, for Honolulu. YARD WORK STARTS New Concern to Be Supple Shipbuilding Company. FOUR WAYS ARE PLANNED BARGE BIDS ARE ASKED GOTERXMEST WANTS TWO FOR ALASKAN' RAILWAY CARGOES, Two Wooden Sea-Going Craft Are Re quired Tenders to Be Opened ' In Seattle February 10. Portland's first portunlty to share In the patronage of the Alaska Engi neering Commission since the estab lishment of an agency of that body here Thursday Is to bid on two sea going cargo barges. Tenders"-will be opened at Seattle February 10 by Charles E. Dole, purchasing: agent for the commission. Joseph J. Hittinger, who opened the Portland office, leaves tonight for Seat tle to confer with officials of the com mission there on future plans v with reference to dealings In this' city. It Is felt certain the system will be fol lowed of according Portland firms early Information on all proposals so they may have the details before them as soon as those oh Puget Sound. The barges sought are to be of wooden construction, 172.4 feet over all. 163.6 feet on the waterline, 41 feet beam and 12.4 feet depth of hold. They are to be model barges, and will be used with other of the barge fleet In transporting freight to Anchorage, being towed by tugs. They will be capable of carrying lumber, railroad steel, machinery and general construc tion material for use at Anchorage and along the railroad line. Several yards scattered along the Columbia and Willamette rivers can handle the contracts, but in these days of the demand for other wooden ton nage it is questioned how much com petition will follow tho call for bids. It is apparent the commission plans on early delivery of the vessels, t It would be rush work. On the other hand, the vessels would be easier to construct than the auxiliary schooner types now being turned out, and might be undertaken without interfering with vessels under way. Contracts for Two Auxiliary Schoon ers Signed and for Two More Reported Vessels for 1780 ' in Oregon. Proposed. The Supple Shipbuilding Company Is to bo the title of a. corporation that will direct the most recent acquisition t Portland's maritime sphere, a new yard being laid out at the foot of East Oak street. Joseph Supple, pioneer builder, will head tho company and with him, will be Fred A. Ballin and J. B. C. Lockwoorf, naval architects. Mr. Ballin is expected home from the East in a day or two and. while It Is reported the new concern has additional contracts in sight. It Is as serted that the only ones closed for are two auxiliary schooners for the Gaston, Williams & Wigmore Steam ship Corporation. At the eame time four sets of ways are to be built aid it is the hope of Mr. Supple to start two ships that will ..v.......f J wjuimj . iM-wvwwgaawMwiijj,..!'..) - i -i " i. n a J 4 b "'-cf'-y. :. ' I ! : " -T j - : ' ' v - " V ! tK - 1 j : ' 1- jMt1 1 I t ' s W r ; ' f il" " f - - -, 'j 2 l - V ; l Joseph Snpple, Pioneer Builder. Who Would Have All-Oregon Fleet. be owned outright by Oregonlans, be built and powered with material and machinery of Oregon manufacture and finally manned by Oregonlans and placed In the trade out of the state. lard Long? Maintained. It was 30 years ago that Joe Supple came to Portland after experience In deepwater construction on the Great Lakes and in Southern California- Prom the time he opened his yar4 he has maintained a payroll usually num bering about 75 men and at times in creasing to 200. The new yard will employ several hundred when operat ing at capacity. Through contracts executed by Mr. Supple Portland has been the scene of construction of ves sels for Alaska, inland rivers and lakes. South America, the Philippines and other parts of the globe. In all it is estimated he has built 100 steam ers. Ten of ttiose were for the North west Commercial Company and five more for the Guggenheim interests, all being shipped to Alaska in " knocked down" form, and they carried to the swift waters of the northern region me lame or the Willamette itiver type of stirnwheelers. One feature the new company will undertake will be a free school for young men in marine and mechanical drafting, to be taught by Mr. Ballin and Mr. Lockwood certain nights each week at the yard, the mould loft, which has been started and will be 200 feet long and 80 wide, being utilized. Mr. Supple will give the benefit of his practical experience, so It is expected the rising generation will have ad vantages over most of those now en gaged in. shipyard work. Fa litest Vesael Built. When he completed the wooden steamer Kitsap II here last year for Puget Sound interests, Mr. Supple rea lized a dream of turning out the fast est wooden steamer on the Pacific Coast, she having made In excess of 22 miles an hour. In the new deep- water ships under contract and ex pected to be built he aims to have them classed among the best afloat. To speed preparatory labors pile- drivers will work at the yard today on the tirst ways and as shore pipe is be ing laid, the first material for the fill there will probably be deposited Tues day, when the Port's dredge Willam ette begins her work. IitJMBEK SHIPMENTS HEAVIER Two Steamers and Five Windjam mers Load Foreign Cargoes. ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Foreign cargo lumber shipments from Grays Harbor promise to be the heaviest of any month since the out break of the war. At present two steamers and five windjammers are loading foreign cargoes here. Of these three will go to the Hawaiian Islands, two to Australia and two to South America. The steamers to go foreign are the Iaqua and Rainier, the former to Honolulu and the latter to Piata. Peru. The schooners to go foreign are the Beaulah and Caroline, load ing for Honolulu; the Eric and Reso lute, loading for Australia, and the Dauntless, which Is loading for South America. Several other windjammers are en route here for foreign cargoes. Sweden's government has made ar rangements to control and distribute raw materials, especially foodstuffs, because of the high prices. Marine Notes. As a notice received during the week from Waahlngton was to the effect the position of the Columbia Kiver ugntvessei would not be changed to place her on the entrance range, it was thought the plan had been gTven ' up. but information reaching In spector Warrack Is that It has been post poned pending the receipt of written opin ions from masters of vessels as to whether they tavor the change. Llghtvessel 88, the regular ship off the entrance to the Columbia, which is here for repairs and overhauling, was looked over yesterday on the Oregon drydock by Inspector warrack, or tne beventeenth Lighthouse District Clearing for San - Francisco-yesterday the steamer 'Despatch sailed last nignt with a cargo of oats totalling 15.850 sacks. The cereal was shipped by Albers tiros. With a fair passenger list the North Pa cific line steamer Breakwater sailed last nlirht from Columbia dock. The V. A. Kil burn, her fleetmate, left San Krancfeco for Portland aa well, so they are again on schedule. Supple's shipyard, at the foot of Belmont street, where it has been in operation for years, is to- continue In business under the direct charge of Mr. Supple, although he is concerned in the new plant at the foot of East Oak stret. Property he has under lease at the foot of Bast Madison street win be used for outfitting vessels after they have been launched. Arnold Ketmann, American manager for A. O. Anderson & Co., left for Astoria last night toa be on hand today when the new auxiliary schooner Astoria will be given further trial. She has been under dock trial there for a few days and Is to come here for drydocking, it being desired to repaint the hull before she Is loaded with lumber. The vessel is the first of the fleet from the McEachern Shipbuilding Company's yard, which the Andersen Interests control. The steamer Lurline left here yesterday with a shipment of tanks and such parts, bulH here tor vessels yet on the ways. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M Feb. 3, unless otherwise deaisjnateu.) BRADFORD. Lobltos for Vancouver. 23 miles Bouth of Sau Francisco, Feb. 2. SANTA ALICIA, towing hulk Elizabeth, Callao for San Pedro, 744 miles ttouth of San Pedro. Feb. 2. CITY OF PARA. San Francisco for Bal boa, c t Masatlan. Feb. 2. - PEtll. Balboa for San Francisco. 18 miles west of Mazatlan. PANUC'O. San Francisco for Cuba, 1892 miles south of San Francisco. COLUSA. Chile for San Francisco. 449 miles south of San Francisco. MOFFETT, towing barge 93, Balboa for San Pedro. rC0 miles south of San Pedro. ALLIANCE. San Francisco for Acajutla, 56 miles south ot San Pedro. SENATOR. San Francisco for Seattle, J5 miles north of San Francisco. ATLAS. Point Richmond for Ketchikan. 20O miles north of Richmond. . DRAKE, Seattle for Richmond, 250 miles north of Richmond. f . M , GOVERNOR. Seattle for San Francisco, a miles north of Blanco. - KENTRA, Bellingham for Ban Francisco, 75 mi'es south of Flattery. Harbor. 300 miles north of San Francisco. U f . 1 . 1 1-. t . bL lieieas lur ot&u . - Yaqulna Head. NORTHERN PACU li;, r '"f , . Francisco, 11T miles south of Columbia, t. Tin as nlth biu-aa 93. Seattle lor Rich mond. 45 miles from Seattle. - I ENTERPRISE, San Francisco for HXlo, 1628 miles from San Francisco, February J. .... - . . - ii rn, Knn Francisco. niiAiniftiii i.uiiu."... -' - ' 145T miles from San Francisco. February-. MAN OA. Honolulu lor Ban rnnara. miles from San Francisco. February 2. LURLINE, San Francisco for Honolulu, 951 miles from San Francisco. February 2. HYADES. Port Allen for San Francisco, 80! miles from San Francisco, February 2. KLAMATH. St. Helens for San Francisco, 10 miles north of Arena. CENTRAL! A. Coos Bay ror Ban - Cisco. 27 miles south of Blunts. Re. CURACAO. San Francisco ior iurou, miles south of Point Arena. DorcuiPKT tian VranrlRrA for Seattle. 113 miles north of San Francisco. KILBURN, San Franctsco for Eureka, 95 miles north of San Francisco. Vessels Entered Yesterday. TAoa- AmAHcaif MtRamer. veneral cargo. from San Pedro and San Francisco. Vessels Cleared Yesterda. rwanatrh. American steamer, cargo oats. for San Francisco. Beaver. American steamer, general carg-o, for Sap Francisco and San Pedro. Tides at Astoria, Sunday. Hlrh. Low. 11:05 A. M 8.4 feetl5:28 A M 3.5 feet :14 . at... u.a ioo Colombia Kiver Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Feb.- 3. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Foggy; sea, obscured; wind. southeast 26 miles. CANNERY GROWTH BIG ECGEXE PLANT PRODUCES TOTAL OF 57,000 CASES IN 1016. J. O. Holt, Manager of Association, De tails IIott la Six Yeara Market Hai Greatly Expanded. KUGENE, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special,) The story of the development of a co operative cannery from ""8000 cases in 1910 to S7.000 cases of fruit in 191C and of expanding markets was told at the noon luncheon of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce Wednesday by J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene Fruit Growers' Association plant. "The association now owns a plant in Eugene worth about $40,000 and one at Junction City worth about 9000," he said. "We are now handling all the beans we can with the present equip ment. We are short, however, on busi ness for the Winter months and right now we are arranging to obtain from Douglas County a large quantity of broccoli in sizes too small for sale fresh. We have sold a carload of the canned broccoli in Boston and have an order - pending from San Francisco. Next year we will probably be canning Lane dbunty broccoli. "In the canning of vegetables lies our greatest development, I believe," continued Mr. Holt. "Our cannery has really taken the lead in vegetable can ning on the Pacific Coast and while the margin of profit is low, the volume of business is great. Restaurants par ticularly are finding it best to buy the canned vegetables rather than to at tempt to do the canning themselves. "Just as an example of the growth of the vegetable business take our canned beet output- Seven years ago we turned out two tons; the past year the output was 82 tons, and the brokers tell us they can sell 160 tons of canned beets in 1917." Mr. Holt took up specific fruits and showed how the business of the can nery had increased. Loganberries were cited as a special example. "The first year we handled logan berries," said Mr. Holt, "we used 15 tons and paid the growers 1 cents a pound. In 1916 we handled 211 tons of the berries, paying the growers 3 cents a pound." SOLDIERS' HOME VISITED LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE GIVE" O. K. TO ROSEBURG INSTITUTION. Inspection la Made In Connection With Matter of 73,00O Appro priation Asked Por, s- ROSEBURG. Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) Senators Strayer. Wood and La Fol lette and Representatives Childs, Ash ley and Stephens, composing the Joint ways and means committee of the State Legislature, passed the day In " Rose burg inspecting the Old Soldiers' Home. The appropriation asked for the next two years amounts to 17 3,000, which, together with the money received from the Government at the rate of $100 for each inmate, will constitute a fund for improvements and maintenance amount ing to more than J100.000. The structures and improvements in cluded in the estimate are $22,500 for a new barracks- and hospital, $5000 for the replacement of the building that was burned and $1500 for a central monument to be- erected in the borne cemetery. About $40,000 in addition is asked for maintenance. The members of the committee ex pressed themselves as well pleased with the manner in wLicb. the home is being conducted. They were enter tained at dinner by Commandant and Mrs. Markee. SHIP III PUZZLED Effect of Warlike Moves on Columbia Yards Discussed. FOREIGN CRAFT BUILD HERE Possible Governmental Barring of Outside Contracts Doe to Home Needs in Event of War Speculated Upon. In the United States being con fronted with a crisis with Germany, one of the chief concerns of the water front interests, and those of the general public in touch with new fleets under way, is the probable effect a breach will exert on shipbuilding in America Yards operating along the Columbia ana Willamette rivers, which means from just inside tne . entrance on Young's Bay to the nead of deepwater navigation in this haroor, are largely engaged on contracts in which, the principals resiae aoroad. So far the bulk of the outside money Invested in new carriers here Is from Norway, with Swedish and Danish owners in terested to some extent, principally In the vessels building at the plant of the Alblna Engine & Machine Works. Also there are yards working only on American tonnage in the way of wood en ships. While some opine that Denmark may, in the new phase of the European turmoil, be cut off if Germany persists in her announced policy of using the submarine fleet, probably the most pro nounced apprehension Is that the United States will follow the policy of nations now at war and prohibit further contracting by outsiders for ships In this country. That would come. It is pointed out, through the need of steel ships for the Navy, also troop and munition transports and general merchant types for the trans-, portatlon of supplies, always suppos ing: the country is to engage in strife away from its own shores. In short the situation at present Is solely speculative, no one knowing what action Is to be taken relative to the work of home yards by the Federal authorities, nor as to the ex tent present trouble may develop. In so far as mechanics are concerned, the move of the Navy Department in increasing- the forces at Navy-yards, thereby working to capacity in getting ships repaired and overhauled, as well as rushing new ones, will draw to some extent from the available force, though wages being paid In private plants will continue to hold their or ganizations. ARGENTINA APPLAUDS ACT United States Stand Against Power to Destroy Morals Approved. BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 3. President Wilson's decision to sever diplomatlo relations with Germany is approved by all circles in Buenos Aires. La Epoca, the organ of the president, says: "The point in question is that It is no longer a war for political ends or dynastic interests. This is a war for the vindication of the principles inher ent in human conscience. After 20 cen turies there is an attempt to torpedo the rights of humanity. The United States stands against a power which aspired to destroy morals. The opinion of the world heartily approves the step taken by President Wilson." Moet of the newspapers eulogize President Wilson's decision, COYOTE POISON IS LAID Work of Exterminating Predatory Animals Started at Klamath. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) February, 1917.- has been declared "poison month" by the execu tive committee of the National Wool Growers' Association. Sheepmen in all parts of the United States will wage a campaign during the month against coyotes and other predatory animals by poisoning them. The executive committee of the asso ciation says that each woolgrower Is expected to put out at least 500 baits on his range. The baits are poisoned by a special process. Capsules con taining the prepared poison are being furnished by the association. County Agriculturist Glaisyer and R. A. Ward, assistant in the Biological Survey and expert in pest extermination, are help ing local sheepmen prepare and place OREGON APPLES IN DEMAND Miss Agnes Beach Says Names of Hood River Ranches Known. HOOD RIVER. Or, Feb. 3. (Tpe clal.) Miss Agnes Beach, returning from a visit in New York City to her home in Portland, while stopping here en route for a visit with her former college mate, Mrs. L. A. Henderson, de clares that she found Intensely inter esting the past Winter a Btudy of apple marketing In New York. "I found," said Miss Beach, "that New York people have been buying many apples by the box the past reason, and, because of this growing custom, they are learning the names of Hood River Valley ranches. Advertisements, tell ing of the wonders of Hood River and Wenatchee apples, greet the patrons of elevated trains and subway cars. elated with him In his Middle West banking enterprises, was elected a di rector and vice-president of the institu tion. In addition to the two new directors, the other members of the board, who were re-elected, are C. F. Hendricksen. M. G. Thorsen. Will T. Wright. Henry Harkson and Conrad P. Olson. A. D. Stephens also' was made chairman or the board. Officers chosen for the year were: C F. Hendricksen. president: Marcus Stephens, vice-president; Anthon Eck ern, cashier; C. J. Hawkenson and A. L. Morland. assistant cashiers. Mr. Stephens has been president of the Merchants National Bank of Crook ston. Minn:, for more than 25 years and is a stockholder in a score of banks in Minnesota and Montana. He has been prominently identified with the Hill bank at St, Paul and the Scandinavian-American Bank at Duluth several years. He is regarded as one of the able and progressive bankers of the Middle West and his associates here characterize him as a valued acquisition to Portland's financial circles. Mr. Stephens will remove his family to Portland in about a month. He is highly pleased with Portland and is convinced that the city has a great future. MANY IN PAPER CHASE MR. AND 3IRS. JAMES NICOL WIN FIRST TWO FRIZES. TUrd Place la Takn by Mra. Loula " ' P. li-rllner. Jr, Who Retain ITer Lead for Trophy. Mr. . and Mrs. James Nicol carried off second and first honors, respect ively. In the closed paper chase of the Portland Hunt Club yesterday. The start was made at the summit of - the Barnes road and Quite an entry liet made the jaunt. By taking third place In yesterday's event, Mrs. Louis P. Gerlinger, Jr., still retained her lead In the race for the Multnomah Hotel trophy. Mrs. Nicol rode Edgewood Girl to a winner, while Mr. Nicol was on Dixie and Mrs. Gerlinger rode Cliltra, There were many rough jpots on the trail and many logs were encoun tered, making It a ride full of sport. The finish was exceptionally close and It was all but Impossible to distin guish first, second and third as the leaders raced down the straightaway. Harry M. Kerron, master of fox hounds, was in charge. As a result of yesterday's race, Mrs. Gerlinger has five points to her credit, while Mr. Nicol has four. Mrs. Nicol. Hurry M. Kerron, Cass Campbell, Eu gene K. Oppenhelmer, Miss Rose Har rington and Earl R. Crebbs each have been awarded three points. A cross-country ride is on the Port land Hunt Club programme for next Sunday morning, leaving the Portland Riding Academy at 9 o'clock. Harmony School Plans Debates. CENT RALI A, Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) The pupils of the harmony school in Eastern Lewis County have formed a debating and literary society with Alden Dunn as president and Neil Kjesbu as secretary. Two debating teams have been chosen, and the sub ject of the first debate will be "Re solved, that the American Indian has received worse treatment at the hands of the whites than has the negro." Tho stocking did not appear until the 11th century. Prior to that time it was customary to swathe the feet in bandages. TWO JAPANESE ACQUITTED Jury Decides Bandaged Orientals Didn't Attack Officers. After three minutes of retirement a Jury in the court of District .Judge Dayton yesterday found S. Nishlno and K, Nishlno. brothers, not guilty of as sault on Deputy Constables Ed Gloss and Guy E. Watkins. The Japanese appeared in court with their heads bandaged from the blows inflicted by a blackjack and revolver butt wielded by the . deputies, wh'ile the officers showed no sign of conflict. The Deputy Constables said that the Japanese had attacked them when they tried to arrest A. Nishlno, a third brother, on a "John Doe" warrant, which the Orientals could not compre hend meant A. "Nlshino. UTAH AWAITS COMMAND Governor Assures President of Loyal Support. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Feb. 3. The following telegram was sent to day to President Wilson by Governor Simon Bamberger: "Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States In this grave crisis in our country's affairs I waht you to know that the people of Utah are squarely back of you in anything you deem best to be done under these ex ceptional circumstances. "Appreciating the seriousness of the situation, the men of Utah await your command." DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Feb. 3. Maximum tempera ture. 1 degrees; minimum. 49 degrees. River reading. S A. M-, 2.8 feet: change in last 24 hours, 0.B toot fall. Total rainfall 8 P. M. to 5 P. M.). .01 inch: total rainfall since September 1. 1916, 14.03 Inches; nor mal ralntail since September 1, 2.4l Inches; deficiency of rainfall since September 1, 11. S3 Inches. Total sunshine. 8 hours: pos sible sunshine, 9 hours 57 minutes. Barom eter (reduced to sea level). 30.41 Inches. Relative humidity at noon, 66 per cent. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. Baker Rotse ........ Roston ....... Calgary ...... Chicago ...... Denver ....... Ees Moines . .. Duluiu Kureka ....... Oalveston .... Helena Jacksonville .. t Juneau ...... Kansas City ..1 Los Angeles .. . Marshfield .... Med ford Minneapolis .. Montreal ..... New Orleans.. New Tork North Head... North Yakima. Omaha Phoenix Pocatello ..... Portland ..... Roseburg Sacramento .. . St. Louis Salt Lake Pan Plego San Fitanc'isco. Seattle Spokane ...... Tacoma . Tatoosh Island tvaldez Walla Walla. Washington .. Winnipeg ... T3 -16 44 34 .1.1 42! is -24 -2l SO 44 44 30 44 .1 44 State of weather. SL'O.OOI.. E 'Clear 3 0.0ll.. NW Pt. cloudy 14jO.OO:iS W Clear !2V6roo'i6 " W " Cloudy 4S!o.OOl14 W Clear 30t0.00i.10 W Cloudy 10.nl .. W . Cloudy .r.4 0.02 . . N Clear R2I0.O0 16 PE Cloudy 46'O.CPll.. W Rain t 40!0.0O:lO W Clear "-2lO.OOI14 KF1 Pt. cloudy 4010.001. . I SW Cloudy I 80:0.00'. . SE Clear 1 6410.02 . .NW Pt. cloudy t 40 0. 001. . E Cloudy -2 0.00il2NW Pt. cloudy I -SlO.OOlls W Snow 48'0.OH. . W Clear 110. 00132 W Clear 4!0.2O 26 SE Rain 62 0.00 .. N Pt. cloudy 84 0.O0 .. NW Clear 720.OO .. NW Clear 320.00 16 SE Pt. cloudy 610.01 .. S Cloudy 6O10.0O..NW Clear 62'O.UO . . SE Clear 3S.0.00 10 W Clear 36iO,oo .. NW Clear 7B O.OOI. . SW Clear 64 0.0O' NW Clear 6010. 00112 S Cloudy 44 0.001.. SW Cloudy 54!0.04l.. SW Rain .1 4812i2H20l S Rain J 4 O.ool. . i. ... Clear ( MIOiOOI. . S Cloudy I 241O.O0 . . SW Clear -1SI0. 00118 NW Cloudy NEW FINANCIER IS HERE A. ! Stephens. Crooks ton, Minn., Is Bank Board Chairman. A. IX Stephens, for many years prom inent in barrking circles in Minnesota and Montana, yesterday was elected a member of the board of directors of the Scandinavian-American Bank and his eon, Marcus Stephens, who is asso- WEATHER CONDITION'S. Higrh pressure obtains over practically all the country except from the Lake R3f ion to the North Atlantic Coast. The southward mo Ye of a h Ig h -pressure area over Interior Western Canada and the spreading north westward of the Southern Plateau "high" has resulted - in clearing conditions over most ol the Pacific Northwest, although rain was falling this evening along the Washing ton Coast. Precipitation has occurred In the North Pacific States and eastward nearly to the North Atlantic Coast, and in Western Canada. The weather is warmer in most portions of the country, pronounced chinook conditions having; developed In Western ouuth Dakota and over most of the Missouri Valley; it is colder in Northeastern Montana, Eastern South Dakota, Southern Florida, and interior Northern British Columbia. The conditions are favorable for generally fair weather in this district Sunday except in Western Washington, where occasional a in may be expected. Temperature changes will not be important and. winds will be mostly southerly. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy; southerly winds. Oregon Partly cloudy: southerly winds. Washington Generally fair except occa sional rain near the coast; southerly winds. Idaho Generally fair. Ocean. North Pacific Coast North Colum bia, occasional rain, fresh southerly winds; South Columbia, partly cloudy, gentle varia ble winds. T. FRANCIS DRAKE. Assistant Forecaster. "LEAK" ONLY GUESS Newspapermen Tell of Send ing (hit Messages. ; FRIENDSHIP MOVES ONE Baltimore Sun Writer Says Ho Gave Connolly AYarnlng Because lie Iilked Him Other Sent by Employe of Broker. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Two Wash ington newspaper men. J. Fred Essary, head of the Baltimore Sun bureau, and W. AV. Price. White House correspond ent of the Washington Star, admitted at the 'leak' inquiry today that on December 20 last they supplied advance lorecasts or President Wilson's peace note of December 21 which eventually found their way to the office of K. i Hutton & Co.. New York brokers. issary swore that It was solely through friendship for F. A. Connolly, a Washington broker and partner of R. W. Boiling-, a brother-in-law of President Wilson, and without financial gain, that he prepared the telegram which Connolly previously had testified he wrote and sent to the Hutton house over his private wire. Such informa tion as the message contained. Essary said, he gained from conversations with other newspaper men and deductions he made from his knowledge of the international situation. He added that hewas not one of the group of corre spondents confidentially advised by Secretary Lansing that the note was coming. Price testified that he sent two mes sages to Chicago brokers. Frederick A. Aldrich and Flnley. Barren & Co.. telling them he understood Secretary Lansing was about to Issue a - state ment touching on peace. He said he was regularly employed to furnish auch information. George- A. Hills, Jr.. a member of the Hutton firm, supplemented the testi mony of both Essary and Price. He wrote the "warning" message, sent broadcast to Hutton's correspondents, which he based, it now develops, on Easarys information. .- A story Mrs. Ruth Thomason" Vts conti told Thomas W. Lawson. alleging that Price was the go-between for Sec retary Tumulty and others in certain Wall-street deals during the "leak" period, brought Price Into the hearing weeks ago. With tears In his eyes, Edwin A. Rop er, telegraph operator for Connolly, to whom Essary handed the forecast of the note, told today how Boiling had pleaded with him to tell the triuh and set him right before the country. Boil ing did not know the source of the note, he said, until within a few days. "For two weeks." said Roper. "Boiling was in tears. He said the public looked at him as though his sister had violated the confidence of the President. I have been wanting to come here, but I did not want to put Essary in wrong. Sev eral times I started, but I turned back. Then yesterday Boiling Implored me again to come up and tell the truth, you subpoenaed me, and here I am. When I left the office today Boiling said God bless you.' " Essary testified that he had known Connolly for years, had an office near him in a downtown building, and waa trying to help him all he could by giv ing him his opinions of public matters which might interest him. The committee will continue Its In vestigation on Monday. With the In formation obtained today, future bear ings in New York seemed doubtful. TACOMA TO GUARD SHIPPING Chief of Police Is Asked to Furnish Protection for Cargoes. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Special.) Shipping Interest in Tacoma today appealed to Chief of Police Smith for additional police protection for im mensely valuable cargoes now lying either in dock or in the warehouses. Chief Smith will appear before the Council with Commissioner Pettit Mon day, it became known, and will ask that he be authorized to employ at least 20 more men at once. "The value of cargoes now In port will amount to millions of dollars." said Chief Smith, "and it will be neces sary to use the utmost care to prevent them from being destroyed. I expect to use at least 20 men at the begin ning, and more if it appears that this number cannot properly guard the docks." Castle Rock to Forfeit Debate. CENT RALI A, Wash, Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Word has been received from the Castle Rock Hlph School debating team that it will forfeit its scheduled debate with Centralia here on February 9. This Is a keen disappointment to the Centralia team, which has been working for weeks on the negative side of the question of compulsory military train ing in the etate high school. The next debate for the local team will be with Montesano on March 9. the locals up holding the affirmative side of the question. Guardsman Gets Commission. ASHLAND. Or.. Feb. . (Special.) Wllllard Grubb, first sergeant of First Company, Coast Artillery Corps, of this city, has received his commission as Second Lieutenant of the organization. He is substitute clerk-carrier in the local postoffice and the righthand man of the First Company's basketball team. He has been in the National Guard service five years. w Tkamyioa'a Daie" Carve leases An Better. THOMPSON'S pYPTOK Itiiout tint SIS The kind that make you feel YOUNG without making; you LOOK old. Thompson Optica " Institute Second Floor. Corbett BIdg. Fifth and Morrison Portland's Oldest and Larg est Exclusive Optical House ,