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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.
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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.
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-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,