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14 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 16, 1917. CARGOES NEARLY III Carriers Loading Lumber Will Soon Be at Sea. SCHOONERS FITTING OUT Auxiliary Steamers Counted I'pon lor Lumber Shipments So Far . Advanced Strike Will Xot Affect Tbem. . Several offshore carriers will be leaving the harbor during the next few days. The schooner Forester took on the last lumber at Inman-Poulsen's yesterday and probably will leave down tomorrow in tow of the tug Wallula. The schooner Mindoro. loading at the North Pacific mill for the West Coast, will finish tomorrow. The next to com plete her load will be the auxiliary schooner Grays Harbor, which is load ing1 at Astoria for South America. The barkentine Koko Head has a cargo started at Prescott, which is destined for Africa, and the barkentine Lahaina, which goes to the Antipodes, Is receiving- her lumber cargo at West port. Nine vessels are listed for the river to load lumber and by October one or two of them should report. Meanwhile efforts are bent toward fretting some of the new auxiliary schooners ready for Initial cargoes. The Esperanca, built by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company and sold to Norwegians, but will sail under the American flag, is being given her of ficial inspection. The auxiliary schoon er Madrugada, built at the McEachern yard, Astoria, and sold to Brazilians, also flies the Stars and Stripes. She is at the plant of the Albina Engine & Machine Works and may be ready soon to begin loading -or South America. The May, also a product of the 'Mc Eachern yard and sold to the Robert Dollar Company, will be on the bertk In October, loading lumber for the Far East. The City of St. Helens, the ma chinery of which is being installed at the Fifteenth-street terminal, will go into active service in October, loading for the Antipodes. All of those auxiliaries are advanced to such a stage of completion that the strike of ship carpenters will not af fect them, machinery being the only part left unfinished. POKTLAXDERS ox gamecock Vincent Driscoll, Multnomah Club Member, Does "His Bit" at Sea. Numbered with eight apprentices aboard the American bark Gamecock, lying at Astoria to complete prepara tions for her trip to the Antipodes, is Vincent A. Driscoll, youngest son of James Driscoll, 128 North Seventeenth street. He is a member of the Mult nomah Club, In which he has been active, and two of his brothers are now In the service. Lawrence Driscoll being in Battery A. at Fort Green. N. C. and George S. Driscoll Is with Company E, Eighth Battalion, Reserve Signal Corps. The Portlanders aboard the Game cock are to become deck officers In the United States Merchant Marine, and in "doing their bit" on the cruise they are on the same pay as troops, $30 a month. It is expected they will be away about eight months, and on the return should be rated quartermasters, after which it will be a comparatively short time until they are In line for third mate's papers. COOS IXLETS TO BE DREDGED Improvement Would Permit Use of Small Craft at Any Tide. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) The Port of Coos Bay has under consideration the construction of a 15-lnch suction dredge to be used In the inlets about the port for the pur pose of maintaining channels that will admit boats of four and five feet to navigate at any tide. The proposal Is to reclaim large areas of tideflats while the dreging Is going on. Ranchers who bave fills made will be expected to aid In defraying the expense of the work. There are hun dreds of acres of this nature, which are now at times tillable and raise fine grass. However, one or two high tides in the Winter break the dykes and flood the property so that it is not tillable until late in the following sea son. If filled, the flooding would be forestalled. TUG CREW RESCUES LOGGER Two Men Fall From Boomstlck and One Is Drowned In Sight of Help. To the crew of the Government tug Ooo. H. Mendell a logger on the Lower Columbia owes his life, for he was res cued near Warrior Rock Friday by the tug after he had fallen from a boom stick. A second logger was drowned and his body recovered in 20 minutes by men on the Mendell. Captain Grumstad. master of the Mendell. has filed a modest report cov ering the incident, as required by reg ulations, but men familiar with the rase aver that, tad It not been for the prompt and efficient work of the Men dell. both men would have gone down. The tug was passing Warrior Rock as the men fell from the boomstlck. Her lifeboat was at once lowered and the short distance covered quickly to the side of the one man afloat. X.OADIXG CABLE IS READY Fyfe Company at Fort Orrord to Load Lumber Products. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) The loading cable installed at Port Orford by the Fyfe Company Is ready for the loading of vessels, the first of which is now shipping a cargo of ties, piling and shingles. The cable reaches into the harbor for a long dis tance and is anchored to a large rock. The need for this convenience has been very great at Port Orford since last Fall, when a portion of the dock was leveled by the steamer Bandon when she went ashore. Recently, the remainder of the dock was destroyed. The cable will accommodate freight shipments coming to that port. NORWAY HAS BILLIOX IX SHIPS United States Commandeers All Un der Construction Here. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) A billion dollars' worth of ships are under construction in the United States for Norwegian parties and have been commandeered by the United States Government, according to Eric Erickson. of the Erickson-Anderson Comoany, of Bergen. Norway, who is now nere on business. lie says the Government will turn these over to their Norwegian owners within six months after the war. Mr. Erickson says no orders are be ing placed with Pacific Coast yards by the Norwegians Just now. principally because all the yards are busy turning out ships for the Federal Government. He says Norway has not sufficient food to keep the country going for more than three months longer. The Nor wegians are in sympathy with the al lies, he says, and are confident the al lies will win. EXPORT LICKXSES EXPEDITED Government to Open Coast Branches to Minimize Delays to Ships. To expedite the Issuance of export licenses on cargo the bureau of export licenses is said to have dispatched a representative. H F. Sewell. from Washington for San Francisco with In-J structions to open an agency there, another at Portland and one at Seattle. Since the export embargo went into effect a number of cases arose In which vessels have been detained. Applica tion for licenses must be forwarded to Washington at present, and a delay of XORTHER.V PACIFIC FIRST VESSEL ON PACIFIC TO FLY NAVAL RESERVE FORCE FLAG. Captain A. T. Hunter. As the turbiner Northern Pa cific makes her way ,up and down the Coast these days there is flyinf? aloft the handsome Na val Reserve force flag, denot ing that Captain A. T. Hunter, her commander, is enrolled in the Navy organization. He was the first officer on the Pacific side to hoist the banner. Captain Ah man, of the Great Northern, also in the reserve, similarly was honored, both being advised from the Navy Department as to dis playing the flag. The Northern Pacific left yesterday for San Francisco with a number of pas sengers, and the Great Northern is due at JTlavel from the Golden Gate today. day or two, with such high freights prevailing, is serious. Some business handled on vessels originates on rail road lines, and they require licenses before the freight is transshipped. The embargo order Is so stringent that al most all kinds of freight is included. YAQU1NA WORK DECIDED PORT COMMISSIO.V TO IMPROVE BAR CONDITIONS. Government Engineer t Be Engaged to Superintend Jobs Effort to Be Made to Begin This Year. TOLEDO, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) A mass meeting was held at the Court house at Toledo last night to discuss the matter of the expenditure of 9340, C00 for improvement of the Taqulna bar under the permit from the War Department. A delegation, including port members, came from Newport. The meeting practically was unanimous in favor of improvement by the ports. The port commissioners at a subse quent meeting voted on the question, "Shall we proceed under the permit to Improve the harbor?" The vote was seven for, two against, with one mem ber absent. It was agreed to engage C R. Wright, a Government engineer, to superintend the work. Mr. Wright had charge of the survey of the bar last 'year. Efforts also will be made to lease Government machinery for the work. The sale of the port bonds will be made later. An attempt will be made to get active work under way by Jan uary 1, .1918. WEEKEND HOLIDAYS CEASE Custom-House Personnel Celebrates Close of Vacation Period. Testerday marked the last week-end holiday allotted Government employes during the Summer season. From June 15 to September 15 each Saturday aft ernoon is a half-holiday and one week, when Labor day is observed, the Fed eral force benefits to a greater degree in having two and a half days of free dom. Meteorologist Thiessen, of the Weather Bureau, was showered with thanks yesterday for the change from rain to bright weather, and the last half-holiday was made a memorable one for most of the Custom-house con tingent. The weekly half-holiday idea was inaugurated several years ago and. In spite of war preparations, was con tinued this time. No. 2 05 Launched at Quincy, Mass. QUINCY. Mass., Sept. 15. For the first time in the history of the Fore River shipbuilding Corporation, a steamship was launched here today by number instead of name. The vessel, an oil-burning freighter of 9100 tons gross, was christened as "No. 265, this being due to the fact that she was taken over by the Government whilt under construction for the Lruckenbach line, Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Sept. 13. Condition at 5 P. M. tea, smooth , wind, north west is mlTri, t ' . 3T .- . - ? - Yi j t ' X : f -r; : lm. ' i j v W" i : I : f ' ,- ' . j I r" J'. vj r-J x K X .1 Is! '4 i . - '- " jtz I - " - t t BIG 1IBERS TOGO Steamer Somedono Maru to Carry Unusual Cargo. JAPANESE TO DO RESAWING Shipping Men Speculate on Feas ibility of Towing Big Cigar-Like Rafts of Logs Across Pa cific to Orient. The Japanese steamer Somedono Maru will depart today for Japan, car rying an -unusual cargo of lumber in that it is made up of timbers exclu sively. It is understood that the Nip ponese buyers specified, in placing an order for the material, that none should ge aboard the vessel with a diameter less than 18 inches. The result is most of the stuff is 4 inches In diameter and some 36 inches in diameter, with a percentage 36 by 40 inches. There have been shipments of tim bers in the past, usually being part cargoes, and the remainder composed of merchantable material, but this Is the first sent across the Pacific wholly of big timbers. They are intended for rT-sawing on the other side and in fill ing the order it is said the mills simply hauled logs from the water and squared them, cutting timbers as large as the logs permitted. The cargo will measure about 3,200. 000 feet, the best stowage not benig possible because the material ran about 40 feet long, and it was impossible to fill the holds lengthwise. Had she loaded an ordinary lumber cargo the Somedono Maru would have taken about 4.000.000 feet. She is a new ship, this being her second visit to the Coast, and is rated about the best lumber car ried yet handled here. Demand in the Orient for that class of lumber has given rise to speculation as to the possibility of the Japanese some day. adopting the Pacific Coast system of towing huge cigar-shaped log rafts to their mills. Of course, tow ing on the Coast is a comparatively easy task, since opportunities are fre quent for tugs refilling their fuel tanks, being able to take refuge in the event of a blow and other stress. On a trans-Pacific tow with an unwieldy log raft it is figured the outfit might be beset by many difficulties, and a , good-sized ship would have to be em ployed in towing, which means an at tempt would hardly be made in these days of high freights. DREDGE HAS NOT STARTED Stormy Weather Prevents Departure" From Grays Harbor. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Stormy weather at sea has pre vented the United States dredge Ore gon from being transferred from Grays Harbor to Vancouver. If weather there is favorable today the dredge will start for this harbor, where it is to be used in filling in land below the North Bank bridge for shipbuilding yards and other industrial plants. The pipe lines and pontoons used with the dredge have been shipped and are expected Monday. Work will be gin as soon as the dredge comes. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) The steam schooner Tiverton arrived today from San Francisco, bringing 22U0 barrels of cement, which she discharged at the port dock. She will load lumber at Westport. The Tiverton was searched by officers today and five bottles of port wine and six bottles of whisky were confiscated, but no arrests were made. The steam schooner Johan Poulsen sailed tonight for San Francisco with lumber from Westport. The steam schooner Tamalpais Is due from San Francisco to load lumber at Rainier. The tank steamer Oleum arrived this aft ernoon from California with a cargo of fuel oil for Astoria and Portland. The steam schooner Santiam sailed today for San Pedro, carrying a full cargo of lumber from the Hammond mill. The steamer Rose City sailed during the night for San Francisco and San Pedro, carrying freight and passengers from Port land and Astoria. With freight and passengers from Port land and Astoria, the steamer Breakwater sailed this morning for San Francisco, via Eureka and Coos Bay. The steamer Northern Pacific sailed this afternoon for San Francisco. She carries a large list of passengers and a heavy freight. The steam schooner Daisy finished load ing lumber at Knappton and sailed this iperning for San Fraacicu. COOS BAT. Or.. Sept. 15. Special.) Charles Baker, a Coos Indian, was stranded off the bar today while fishing. He managed to keep his craft off the south spit, where he came near being wrecked. Th coast, guard rescued him. The gasoline engine in the boat failed. The gasoline schooner Rustler arriving this morning from Kogue River brought lio cases of salmon and 40 sacks of wool, belonging to the Macleay Company. The Adeline Smith arrived from Cali fornia and will return, leaving here tomor row with a cargo of lumber. Sailing today the steam schooner G. C. Ltndauer carried a lumber cargo from the Bay Park sawmill. The steam schooner Yellowstone sailed, having on board lumber from the North Bend mill. County Roadmaster R. B. Murdock Is having plans and specifications drawn for a ferryboat to ply between North Bend and Glasgow to accommodate residents of Haynes. Larson and North Inlet, and the Ten Mile district. The cost of the craft will be figured delivered on Coos Bay. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 35. (Special.) Announcement was made here today by the Metal Trades Council and admitted bf the ship builders that the steel ship yards affected by the woodworkers strike would automatically cease operation in from five to 35 days In the event of the continuance of the present controversy. United States Commissioner of Immigration, at the In stance of the Department of Labor, is -endeavoring to find grounds for mediating the strike. The steamer Admiral Walnwrlght. which sailed last night, went aground at Marrow stone Point early this morning and after being floated, returned to this port for a survey. Se was taken to the drydock this afternoon and will be floated tomorrow. It is not believed that the damage will inter fere with her voyage. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 15. (Special.) The schooner Honolpu arrived today from San Francisco and is loading 750,000 feet of lumber at the A. J. West mill. The steamer taisy Gadaby will clear for San Pedro tomorrow from the Blagen mill in Hoqulara. The schooner Irene went to the lower harbor today and will clear tomorrow for off-shore. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. (Special.) The lone distance telephone was made use of today by W. H. Avery, general manager nt th Tnvo ivisen K.aisha in obtaining per mission from Washington for the sailing of the Tenyo Maru, as in the case or tne com pany's Siberia Maru. two weeks ago. Per mission was granted to allow the Tenyo to sail after a delay of several hours. " The licenses of the cargo on the Pacific Main Steamship Company's liner City of Para, were late m arriving ana tne vessel was delayed until 4 o'clock, while the load ing was being completed. The Para sailed for Balboa by way of Mexico and Central American ports. DesDite all the labor difficulties of get ting ships loaded at Sydney, X. S. W., the schooner Golden State, which Is owned by the Rolph Navigation ec Coal Company, suc ceeded in gettig away from Australia at the scheduled time. She is bringing a cargo of Copra to Portland- Tho ateamsnip Texan, captaJn Knight, ar rived today from Hilo with 221. OOO bags of sugar for Williams. Dimond & Company. The Texan Is one of the fleet of the American-Hawaiian. Company that the submarines have not sent to the bottom. Practically all the other American -Hawaiian ships were sunk. Admiral E. B. Roger. TJ. S. X.. attached in the service of the United States Emer gency Fleet Corporation, arrived today and was in conference during the day with Captain A. F. Pillsbury, local manager of tne corporation. Building of ships and the commandeering of vessels now in commission were the prin cipal subjects of the conference, according to report. As matters are unsettled here on account of labor troubles it is expected Ad miral Rogers will remain longer than he expected. The Dutch steamship Tjikembang, which arrived Friday night from Batavia, brought a heavy cargo, principally rubber for trans continental shipment. There were 71 passengers. Movements of Vessels, PORTLAND, Sept. 15. Arrived Steamer Atlas, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Atlas, for San Francisco; steamer Johan Poulsen, from Westport. for San Francisco. ASTORIA. Sept." 15. Sailed at 1 :30 A. M., steamer Rose City, for San Francisco and San Pedro. Sailed at lO A. M ., steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay, Eureka and San Francisco. Sailed at ' noon, steamer Daisy, for San Francisco. Sailed at 2:20 P. M., steamer Northern Pacific, for San Fran cisco. Arrived at 3 P. M. and left up steamer Oleum, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Santiam, for San Pedro. SAN" FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. Arrived at 8 A. M., schooner La Merced, from Port land. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Great Northern. for Flavel. - Arrived Steamer Beaver, from San Pedro, for Portland. TACOMA, Sept. 15. Arrived Davenport, from San Francisco: Santa Elena, motor ship, from San Francisco. A PACIFIC PORT. Sept. 15. Arrived Manila Maru, from the Orient. SEATTLE. Sept. 15. Arrived Steamers L. G. Schofield, from San Francisco: Port land, from Alaska; Northland, from Alaska : Curacao, from Alaska. Sailed Steamer Dora, for Alaska: motor schooner Guana caste, for Panama. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15. Arrived Motor schooner La Merced, from Astoria; steamer J. A. Chanslor. from Everett. Sailed Steamer J. A. Moffatt, for Prince Rupert; schooner Espada, for Tacoma; steamer F. A. Kilburn. for Portland and way ports; steamer Great Northern, for Astoria. Marine Notes. Captain Swayne, of the American bark Gamecock, was in the city yesterday from Astoria, from whence the vessel is to go to sea. One or two men are to be signed to complete the crew. Another Astoria visitor yesterday was Captain Green, of the auxil iary schooner Grays Harbor, which is soon to leave the river for South America, Lumber laden for San Francisco, the steamer Johan Poulsen got away from West port, last night and the steamer Daisy from Knappton. Owners of riverboats that are undergoing overhauling were affected by yesterday"s walkout of ship carpenters, since their action Included the small plants as well ait tnose engaged in the construction of ocean-going vessels. Work of discharging cargo from the bark Berlin, of the Alaska-Portland cannery fleet. will be begun at the Fifteenth-street termi nal tomorrow. The Levi G. Burgess has been unloading cases of salmon there for a few days and both will have the last of their cargoes out this week, after which they tow to Go hie to remain until next bpring. IT, S. Xaval Radio Reports, RAINIER. Seattle for San Francisco, 150 miles south of Cape Flattery. NORTHERN PACIFIC. Flavel for San Francisco. 127 miles south of the Columbia River. GOVERNOR. Seattle for San Francisco, seven miles south of Cape Blanco. YOSEMITE. San Francisco for Puget Sound ports, 10 miles south of Cape Blanco. GREAT NORTHERN, San Francisco for Flavel. off Blunts' Reef. ASUNCION, Eureka for Richmond, 110 miles north of Richmond. LYMAN STEWART. San Luis for Seattle, 750 miles from Seattle. HARVARD. San Francisco for San Pedro, 294 miles from San Pedro. WILLAMETTE San Francisco for Port land, 3 miles north of San Francisco. PRESIDENT San Francisco for Seattle, 30 miles north of San Francisco. F. A. KILBURN San Francisco for Eu reka, 70 miles north of San Francisco. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 0:33 A. M 7.6 feet7:02 A. M 0.7 feet 0:51 P. M.....7.9 feet7;26 P. M 0.8 feet Weston Band Would Join Navy. PENDLETON, Or.. Sept. 15. ( Spe cial.) A. W. Lundell, director of the Weston Band, is here making inquiries regarding the enlistment in the Navy of the band as a body. Most of the members are willing to go and the director believes that eventually all will go. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, PORTLAND. Sept. 15. Maximum temper ature, 81 degrees; minimum, 36 degrees. River reading, S A. M., 3. feet; change in last 24 hours, 0.2 foot rise. Total rainiall ." P. M. to 5 P. M. ). none ; total rainfall since September 1, 1017, 1.70 Inches; normal rainfall since September 1, .67 inch; excess of rainfall since September 1, 1.03 inches. Sunrise, 5:49 A. M.; sunset, 6:23 P. M. Total sunshine, 8 hours 30 minutes; possible sun shine, 12 hours 36 minutes. Moonrise, 0:12 A. M. ; moonset. 4:33 P. M. Barometer (re duced to sea level). 5 P. M.. 30.00 Inches. Relative bumlditv at noon. 46 per cent. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. Btat. of weathtr. Baker Boise . . Bonton ....... Calgary Chicago Denver Des Moines . . . Duluth Eureka ....... Galveston .... Helena '. : Jacksonville . Juneaut Kansas City .. 1.08 Angeles . . Marshfield ... Medford Minneapolis .. New Orleans.. New York North Head . . T4I0. 70. ftrt O. mi.o. 7So. 6 0. scio. .14 0. 64IO. fe.n. 66 0. 84'0. 5410. '84!0. 840. 790. ftl.O. i:o. 8011. BR 0. B'JjO. 62 iO. . .XW . .IW Clear Clear Cloudy MO .INE as 521 84 501 .ISE C leal Clear UO 10 NE B SE NE v w NE a s SE 9W N N E SE E Cloudy on. 02 il 00). 261. 00 . 04. 54. 00! . 0O . 0O . 00 . .00 . 28 . 01 11 9211 Ft. cloudy Cloudy .16 Clear Pt. cloudy Clear 721 40 70! 48 4 B.S !S6 Cloudy Kaln Clear Clear Ciear Clear Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear North Yakima.! 00 00 00 00 oo oo 00 00 oo 00! oo oo (Clear Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roseburs: Sacramento . .- St. Louis Salt Lake San Diego San Francisco. Seattle Sitka' Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island Valdezt ....... Walla Walla. .. Washington . .. Winnipeg Yellowstone Pk 6102 0. 3i ASO. W NE NW Clear Clear Clear S1I0. .. 0. 9S'0. S4I0. 660. 72.0. (14:11. 76 0. 54 0. 7S0. 7'o. 660. 52iO. S20. W N W Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Rain Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Rain Cloudy Cloudy sw NW E NW N N 6210 640 N E NE Sfl50;0 t A. M. today. P. M report of preceding day. -WEATHER CONDITIONS. Thin evening's chart shows barometric de pressions over Northern British Columbia and Alberta, and over California, while baro metric maximums are central over Montana nrt Wvoming and New England. Light rains have fallen In the last 12 hours along the North Pacific Coast, generally tn the Mississippi Valley and along the North At lantic Coast. Temperatures are above nor mal in most cases In the Mississippi Valley and decidedly so In the North Pacific States and Central California. In Wyoming and Southern Montana tne temperature was De low normal at 5 o'clock tonight. conditions are favorable for fair weather In this vicinity Sunday, with g-entle northerly winds. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair, eontlnned warm: gentle, northerly winds. Washington Fair, continued warm; gen tle, northerly winds. Tri.hn Fair: warm south portion. Oregon Fair, continued warm, gentle winds, mostly northerly. Pivtr The Willamette River at Portland will remain nearly stationary during the next two days. ALFKbU 1. 1 rl 1 r.S. r. .N, JAeteoroIogist. Phon your want ads to Th Orego nian. Main 7070. A 6095. m. CARVER IS LATE No Sign of Jitneys, Authorized by Electors, Apparent. ONE EXTENSION IS GRANTED Commissioner Mann Says He Will Ask City Council to Demand Action by Grantee, as Only Linnton Car Is Provided. The City Council Is to have a show down with Stephen Carver on the sub ject of his establishing city-wide jitney service in accordance with the terms of the franchises granted him by the voters at the city election in June. Time for starting- the service has ex pired without machines having- been put into operation in any part of the city except to Linnton. City Commis sioner Mann who has charge of fran chise matters for the city, says he will put the question of forcing the issue with Mr. Carver up to the Council this week. After Mr. Carver was granted the franchises, which call for scheduled service throughout the city with trans fer privileges and with bonds to pro tect the public in case of accident, he announced that he would try to estab lish service vithin the time specified in the franchises. One called for serv ice on certain lines within 30 days of July 2 and the others called for serv ice on other lines by 60 days after July 2. At Mr. Carver's request, about a month ago the 30-day privilege was extended to 60 days, making- all take effect at the same time, September 2, but on September 2 no service was forthcoming. Mr. Carver, who owns the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company, has been out of the city for several days. He has not conferred with members of the Council for about a month, but at that time he gave assurance that he intended establishing the service. lie said he was having difficulty in get ting machines and equipment. Commissioner Mann said yesterday that Mr. Carver had explained to him the difficulty he experienced in getting the service started and for that reason he informed Mr. Carver the city would be as lenient as possible, "but said Mr. Mann yesterday, "the time limit for establishing the service has expired and service has not been started ex cept on one line. I intend to ask the Council to take a hand in demanding a ahowdown with Mr. Carver. H. H. LEEP SENTENCED OREGON YOUTH HELD GUILTY OF IMPERSONATING OFFICER. Young; Man Addicted to Use of Mor phine, Which 1m Believed to Ex plain Some Queer Actions. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 15. The Department of Justice today received a delayed report from the United States Attorney in New York City stating that Homer H. L.eep, formerly of Myrtle Paint and Eugene, Or., had pleaded guilty to the indictment on the charge of imperson ating an officer of the United States Army, and been sentenced to one year's imprisonment at Atlanta, Ga. The report explains that Leep, at a New York hotel,- wore the uniform and insignia of a Lieutenant, Captain and Major, in turn, and represented himself as an officer of the Army, when, in fact, he had never been commissioned and had failed, in fact, to qualify for the aviation corps after a course at the Layton, O., school. The report further states that Leep had passed a number of bad checks, but the indictment was based solely cn the other charge. When taken into custody Leep had in his possession a morphine outfit, and medical examination disclosed that he had become addicted to the use of the dny. This fact is stated by the de partment as explaining many of Leep's queer actions from and after the time he telegraphed his wife and father from New Orleans under a frequently used alias, announcing his own death In an aeroplane accident. COURT BARS PHRASE "GERMAN MONEY" REFERRED TO IX SEATTLE SEDITION TRIAL,. Judge Also Rules Out Pacifist Litera ture Saying; It Would Only Tend to Confuse the Jury SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 15. A ref. erence to "German money" and "Ger man influences" was ordered stricken from the record by United States Dis trict Judge Neterer today in the trial of Hulet M. Wells and three others, charged with seditious conspiracy in the printing and distribution of a "no conscription" circular. Judge Neterer also ruled out litera ture issued by the American Union Against Militarism, which the Gov ernment sought to introduce as evi dence against the defendants. The Judge said the other literature would only serve to confuse the jury and the court as to the issue in the case. James Duncan, secretary of the Seat tie Central Labor Council, testified that the Council had contributed money to the American Union Against Militar ism. He said there was no German money back: of the union, so far as he knew. "If the activities of this union, asked District Attorney Allen, "were designed to interfere with the Gov ernment in the prosecution of the war and. the German influences in this country were working to the same end, what is the difference between them?" The court sustained an objection to the question and ordered stricken from the record reference to "German money." "4 MINUTE MEN" ADDED Lewis County League Arranges lor Speeches on War Issues. CENTRA LI A, Wash.. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Acting on the request of the Federal Committee on Public Infor mation, through the State Council of Defense. A. E. Judd, State Senator and chairman of the Lewis County League for Patriotic Service, has arranged for extending the "Four-Minute-Men" serv ice of the county. Herman Allen, an attorney, will have charge of the work during the period of the war. The purpose of the service is to aid the various Government departments in the work of National defense with an organisation of volunteer speakers, who -will present to moving picture audiences direct four-minute messages on subjects of vital- importance, pre pared under the authority and direction of the proper Government office. SPRINGFIELD STRIKE ENDS Eight Thousand Men Will Have Re turned to Work Monday. SPTtl NOFlELaD. 111.. Sept. 15. The sympathetic strike which called 8000 men from their duties here during the week is ended. Coal miners, watch makers and many other workers will return to their tasks Monday. Barbers, butchers and grocers returned today. The settlement was reached at a meeting of business men and strikers with Governor Lowden. . It was agreed that the union men may hold a peace ful parade tomorrow. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Births. G ALLIEN- To Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. GalUen. 712 Washington. September 6. a daughter. MYERS To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Roy Myers. 410 Bast Main street, September 13, a son. FISHER To Mr. and Mrs. Anton Fisher. 107 Sumner street, September IS. a daugh ter. DAHL To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dahl. 1520 East Glisan. .September 14. a daughter. FITZGIBBONS To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fitzgibbons, 412 Vancouver avenue, Sep tember 8. a son. ikkbklhuh.n to Mr. ana Mrs. jacoo Irebethorn. 828 Vancouver avenue, Septem ber 8. a son. GRENIA To Mr. and Mrs. George Grenia, 1415 Mean street. September 12. a son. IZETTA To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Izetta. Kirby and Columbia, boulevard, September 5, a daughter. DAVIS To Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Davis. 450 Magnolia street, September 8, a son. BATHE To Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Colston Bathe. 1411 Oneonta street. September 7. a son. DOWNEY To Mr. and Mrs. Robert John Downey, Tyndali street and Columbia boule vard, September 2, a son. Marriage Licenses. PETE RSON-D ANIELSON C. J. L. Peter son, lejral. 849 Sumner, and Anna Daniel- son, legal, 1043 East Twentieth street. SANDERSON -MADSEN Howard M. San derson, 27, Pendleton, Or., and Sophie Mad sen. 20. iS7 Glenn avenue. HARRIS-NOTZ Charles M. Harris, 21, Bellingham, Wash., and Lilly Notz, 18. 568 Elizabeth street. ROBINETT-FORGET Roy Roblnett. 21. Vancouver Barracks, and Violet Forgey, 15. 632 Sixty-seventh street Southeast. WOODWORTH-SNOW Hartwell Wood worth. 22, 1073 Division, and Ethel Snow, legal, 748 Clinton street. LALLY-GIANI M. M. Lally. legal. 285 Benton, and Elsie Gtanl. legal, ilarquam road. GUERNSEY - WHITCOMB Raymond Guernsey, legal. 304 East Twenty-second street, and Kathryn Whitcomb, legal, 1207 East Madison street. HOFNETER-SPOHN Jacob Hofneter, 83. 1366 East Caruthers, and Olive Spohn, 20. same address. Vancouver Marriage Llcenoes. GEIfiER.THOMPSON William M. Geiger, 24. of Oregon City. Or., and Jenny Thomp son, is. or Oregon city, ur. BACKSTBOM-PETERSON G. A. Back Btrom, 39. of Portland, and Mrs. Harriette Peterson. 36. of Portland. GEORGE-SCHALK F. N. George. 23. of Portland, and Leila R. Schalk, 21, of Port land. WRIGHT-TURNER William H. Wright, 62, of Barton. Or., and Mrs. Matilda A. Turner. o., or Grants Kass, ur. VINTON-CASTER Charles W. Vinton, 51. of Portland, and Mrs. Nan Caster, 39, of Portland. DOWNING-M'INTOSH Arthur Downing. 40, of Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and Mrs. Myrtil Mcintosh, 39. of Portland. KIRCHER-BUSTARD Fred H. Kircher, 23. of Portland, and Ruth Bustard, IS, of Portland. HERN MERL-WILSON" Frank Hernmerl, 25, of Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and Lill ian Lark in Wilson, 22, of Aber deen, Wash. BROWN-BROWN George A. Brown, 39. of Portland, and. Mrs. Grace E. Brown, 30, of Portland. TOWNSEXD - GARLAND Ernest N. Town send, 32, of Portland, and Mrs. Min nie M. Garland, 30, of Portland. PRATT-PUTNAM Edmund Otney Pratt, 34, of Salem, Or., and Mary Dee Putnam, ZQ, of Salem, Or. P1ERCE-BUCKIXRIDGE R. D. Pierce, 23, of Portland, and Arllne Buckinrldge, 21, of Portland. HASKINS-WIKE William M. Haskins. 27, of Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and Mrs. Edna Etta Wike, 21, of Portland. M INC KLEY-WILLIAMS J. C. Minckley. 47, of Forest Grove, Or., and Mrs. Carrie Williams, 48, of Forest Grove, Or. TOOKER-LIVINGSTON F. L. Tooker. 23, of Salem, Or., and Barbara Livingston, 22, of Salem, Or. CORN WELL-HEATH E. G. Comwell, 21. of Walla Walla, Wash., and Ethel Heath, 18. of Walla Walla. Wash. Building Permits. MRS. S. BENSON Repair one and one half story frame residence, 605 East Main, between East Fifteenth and East Sixteenth streets; builder, same; $75. J. C. HUNTLEY Erect frame chicken house, 600 East Seventy-second, between Sis kiyou and Klickitat streets; builder, same; $100. C. P. FOLAND Repair two-story frame residence, 891 Hood street, between Lane and Gaines; Peter Ell, builder; $70. Editor of "Liberty" Accused. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 15. Carl Run pe, editor and publisher of a monthly magazine called Liberty was held under 5000 bond today on a charge of obstructing the draft, the complaint being: based on an article which appeared in his magazine. Thompson's Deep-Curre Kryptok Lenses Are Better Lenses Must Be Changed L e n s e s do not wear out, but eyes do. Every part of the body changes -with advancing years, and our eyes, in common with the rest of our physical being, show the effect of age. We must, therefore, meet the changed condition of the eyes. The glasses that you bought ten, or even three years ago, are not giving your eyes the proper as sistance. As your eyes are wearing out .year by year, your lenses should be made stronger or weaker to correspond with your failing vision. Complete lens - grinding factory on premises. Manufacturers of the celebrated Kryptok lenses. Thompson Optical Institute Portland's Oldest and Largest Op tical Place. Established 1901. 209-10-11 Corbett Building Fifth and Morrison PORTLAND'S FORMER AND PROB ABLE FUTURE CONGRESSMAN. A. W. I.afferty. To the Voters: Ten years agro today (September 16. 190?) 1 filed the first suit ever brought to enforce the terms of the O. & C. Railroad land grant. On this decennial anniversary I re joice. I have a right to rejoice, for this Important litigation has been the biggest part of my life. Two million three hundred thousand acres of the finest residence lands in the world have been recovered. Should Congress say the word this vast do main would be opened up for homes tomorrow. Congress will say the word when I am re-elected to Congress, and it will never say so otherwise. Con gress has been told that the people of Oregon do not want these lands opened to settlers. Under the Chamberlain McArthur law they are about to be robbed of their birthright. The voters are not driveling idiots. Therefore. I will win at the coming election. ... It has certainly been sweet victory to me to see the land grant case tri umph. It was not cheaply won. What I have suffered has made the victory sweeter. It was believed that I could be destroyed politically. I was as sailed. My little fortune went in self defense. I suffered the humiliation and the agonies of the damned. But I did not give up. - I mailed out over 2.000,000 pamphlets to the people of Oregon in four years. Half my salary went to the Government Printing Of fice, where speeches and pamphlets are printed for Congressmen and Senators at cost, but not free, as many people suppose. I was the only Oregon lawyer who even appeared in the case in the Supreme Court. The decree pronounced the actual-settler clause to be an ''en forceable covenant." If I live that "enforceable covenant" is going to be enforced. This generation and those of the futune must enjoy the green hills of Western Oregon. What care I that I have been humili ated? That humiliation reached its cli max when I was recently refused by those in authority permission to serve my country in the present war, even as a Second Lieutenant, because T did not have the "standing in my community" necessary to the esprit de corps of the Army. My father and his three broth ers served in the Union Army through out the Civil War. I have served three years as a Captain of Infantry in the National Guard. At the beginning of the late Presidio training camp, before the protests came in against me, I was appointed Captain of my company and was continued in command longer than, was any other student save Judge Gan tenbein, who served as Captain of the company the same length of time. I was ujriinueu as uui.il ueiuac ul iuc nc.ui 1 have made for humanity and because of the fight that has been made upon me in consequence. To be an officer one must have the respect of the peo ple of his community, and it is said that I do not have that respect at the present time. Let us see whether I shall have it after May 17 next. No, It is not claimed that I am inef ficient, but it is claimed that I am "un fit." It could hardly be said that I am inefficient when during my first two terms in Congress this district received the largest appropriations in its his tory. It was then that we received the $1,000,000 appropriation for the new postoffice building at Portland now un der construction. It was then that we received over $2,000,000 per year for the Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers. It was then that I introduced and procured the passage of over 40 private bills granting pensions to Port land soldiers and widows. It was then that I set the precedent that appoint ments to West Point and' Annapolis must hereafter be made upon competi tive examination, giving to the poor an equal chance with- the rich and the snobbish. It was then that I procured the first vote ever had In Congress on the parcel post. It was then that I of fered the first bill ever introduced in Congress giving an eight-hour day to women In the District of Columbia which is now the law. I . . . My work for humanity has only Just begun. Under fair laws every man who works would be able to make a good living for himself and those dependent upon him; he would be able to take a vacation of 30 or 60 days each year with his wife and family in the moun tains or at the seashore; he would be able to educate his children, and he would be able to put by a competency for his old age besides. I believe tha Multnomah County has the highest average intelligence of any Congressional District in the United States. Unless this district shall take the lead in demanding just laws, how can we expect less favored localities ever to do so? The primary is now only eight months away. I am a candidate for the Republican nomination. I invite every voter to call at my headquarters. I have for free distribution a pamphlet entitled "My Platform." Those desir ing to know about the O. & C. land grant will do well to get a copy of this book. I have never charged a penny for services or advice in connec tion with this case, and I never shall. My reward will be the realization of my great ambition to go back to Con gress and open the lands to the people of Oregon for beautiful, glorious and free homes. The Creator intended that the lands should be so opened. A for mer Congress by its last will and testa ment so provided. That will shall be enforced. At the approaching primaries C. N. McArthur will be my chief opponent. He has now had two terms and I have had two terms. Let our records of ac complishment be compared. McArthur has not procured the passage of a sin gle bill of benefit to his district in four years, and he is notoriously opposed to opening the O. & C. land grant to set tlers. He desires to sell the land first for its timber to the timber barons. According to his plan the barren hills bearing only charred and blackened stumps would be left for settlers, and they probably would not get even that much during the present generation. My main thought has always been to open wider the door of opportunity to the less fortunate in life, that the pa rents of today may look forward to the time when their children shall fare better than they themselves have fared. If elected, and I am sure I am going to be, I shall use all the powers of my office to bring about peace at the ear liest possible moment consistent with the safety of this country and of our soldiers in the field. A. W. LAFFERTT, . Paid adv. .. 426 Pittock Block,