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24 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 1G. 1919. OREGOfJ CITY SCENE DF $200,000 BLAZE Historic Church and Other Buildings Destroyed. FIRE HARD ONE TO FIGHT Ieiise Smoke in Basement Makes Work or Department Difficult. Little Insurance Carried. OREGON CITY", Or., Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning- Night Officer. Cook dis covered smoke issuing from Price Brothers department store and the First Methodist church, the oldest Protestant church west of the Rocky mountains. He turned in an alarm and the volunteer fire department re sponded. There were no signs of fire save the dense columns of smoke coming from the basement of the ei ore and church and so dense was the smoke that for a time it was Impossible to force an entrance to the church basement. Two returned eoldiers, Willard and Richard Mont gomery, members of the fire depart ment, donned their gas masks and ex plored the'fire region. They reported that the fire,, although not blazing. was located near one of the two fur naces in the church basement. At once three line3 of hose were run Into the place and holes were cut t r.rough the floor over the furnace. But the fire baffled the fighters and gradually gained headway. At 3:30 it appeared that the fire was under con trol, but at 5:15 the flames broke through the roof of the church build ing and it seemed that but a moment elapsed until the whole structure was a mass of flame. Call Sent to Portland. A long-distance -phone call was put !n at this time to the Portland fire department, which immediately re sponded by sending out one auto en ftine company under command of Cap tain Mountain. By 6:30 the Portland company had niiivfd and had gone into action and within 20 minutes the fire was under control. Up to this time the store of Kdy fc Co. was threatened and the crowds of bystanders had entered the store and had removed the entire con tents across the street. The Price Bros. store was a com plete loss, secured only partially by insurance. The church also was total loss. A vast amount of damage was also done to the stock of the Edy ftore and the building which housed this business was gutted by the flames. Other buildings immediately adjoining were saved. It is impos sible to place a loss upon the fire at this time, but estimates place the total very close to $:200.000, only par tially covered by insurance. Klre Fl Kliter Overcome. Walter Young, assistant fire chief ti ere, was overcome by smoke in th early fighting but quickly recovered and won the praise of local people for the valiant manner In which he led the attack upon the fire. Gilbert Thomas had his hand crushed in at tempting to force a door that had fcecome jammed. Sheriff Wilson was slightly injured when a heavy plate glass door in the Seventh-street en trance to the Price store fell upon him. , NUTLESS-AXD-THREADLESS BOLT INVENTED BY TWO WORK MEN AT THE NORTHWEST STEEL COMPANY. r iJzT&ZZK - i s ? I I i ' A - - ' - i z - . J1 ' I -vv ' ; ' " I I If " SHIPS SOOB TD-BE 1 Local Builders Get Orders From New York. FOUR CARRIERS AFFECTED ;4 '9 sr. JJ s, ,'r J i-- Li, $ 1 ma ; . the S.. "P. & S bridire. vessels tiassine ' up and down the river will be obliged to use the east passage. To be able to dredge in the west channel, the Wil- amette had to lift telegraph cables across the river, which now obstruct the passage. Vessel Previously Christened Frances Smith, to Be Known as Corvus, Already Launched. Names for the four steel snips under construction for the Jreen Star line of New York by the Northwest Steel company and Columbia River Ship- building company w-ere received yes- terday by J. R. Bowles and Alfred K. Smith, respective heads of the two south Portland shipbuilding plants. The first of these vessels, which was launched November 6 by the Columbia River company and named the Frances Smith, after the wife of the president of the company, has been renamed the Corvus. This ship is scheduled for delivery December 10. The last vessel included in the pres ent programme of the Columbia River Shipbuilding company Is the steamer Curcinus, which is to be launched early in December and delivered in the latter part of the month. The name of Almeda Bowles had been given to this ship, after the wife of C. D. Bowles, vice-president of the corporation. Hull 38 of the Northwest Steel com pany narrowly escaped being christ ened without a name. She will so into the water tomorrow afternoon, how ever, as the steamer Centaurus. Her sister ship, hull 39, which will be launched about December 1 and de livered before the beginning of the new year, has been named the Clauseus. DEVICE SPEEDS BUILDIHfiili M'TLESS AND THREADLESS BOLT PORTLAND INVENTION. CAPTAIN MANS SHIPS Altove la a close-up of the new d.vlve, showing; It. three con.tltnent part. bolt washer and wedgre. Bfflow 1. the bllje of the Mteel ateamer ClauNeiift, now under con.tructlon on the way. at the plant, nhonlMg the new- bolt in operation. STEAMER SILETZ TO SAIL ONE HATCH OF DISABLED SHIP TO BE UNLOADED. V. S. Naval Hutlio Reports. fAll positions reported at 8 P. M. unless nt hf rvite inIW-utri.) COVKilNOK. Seattle for San Francisco, 1ST miles south of Cape Flattery. riUOKIETA. San Francisco for Seattle, 4J." miles from San Francisco. WILLAMETTE. San Francisco for Port land. 113 miles south of the Columbia ri v e r. AltfiYLL. Oleum for Seattle, 315 miles f i om Seattle. MOT IRS HIP LIB BY MAINE, Bellinp Viam for San Francisco, 10 miles south of ""a pe Fla ttery. SPOKANE, Wilmington for San Fran tis(.M, lof miles from Wilmington. PHYLLIS, Kednndo for Sail Francisco, 1-10 miles south of San Francisco. 1HLLWYN, Port Angeles for San Pedro, B4." miles from San l'edro. ROYAL ARROW, Shanghai for San Francisco, 800 mi lea west of San Fran- POINT BON1TA. latitude 22:7il north, longitude 0D:.".! west. Nov. 14. S P. M. JOHANNA SMITH, San Frrncisco for Cii? bav, jr miles north of San Francisco. WASHTENAW, Portland for Port San Luis. l.iO miles from Port San Luis. t'AVTAIN A. F. LUCAS, Latouche fo Richmond. 64. miles from Richmond. CITY OF TOPE K A. Portland tor San Francisco. 14 miles south of Blunts reef. '. A. SMITH, Marshfield for San Fran citco, i;to miles north of San Francisco. U. S. T. IRIS. S miles sourh of San Fi an cisco 1 itch t shin. HElilllN. San Francisco for Portland, en miles north of San Francisco. ATLAS, towing barjte l:t. Ketchikan . to Richmond, miles from Richmond. OLE I'M, Portland for Oleum, lol miles from Oleum. WH1TTIKR. San Luis for Oleum. 60 mllfs from Oieum. LA RHEA, San Pedro for Vancouver, E. ".. Ss0 miles from Vancouver. LYMAN STEWART, Oleum for Seattle, 715 miles from Seattle. Trip to New York to Start After Temporary Repairs Are Made; . Evidence Is Gathered. The steamer Siletz, which struck something: in the river November 1 while moving from the elevator dock to the Peninsula mill and was later dtscovered to be taking water in her No. 6 oil tank, is now expected to put to sea after temporary repairs are made. It was first reported that she would have to be dry docked for repairs and her cargo of flour for New York and lumber for Balboa transferred to another vessel. Following- a conference yesterday between the government inspectors, a board of surveyors, C. I. Kennedy. agent of the operations division of the emergency fleet corporation, and Frank O'Connor, Portland agent of the Pacific Steamship company, op erator of the vessel, Mr. O'Connor announced that unloading of the after hatch of the Siletz will begin Monday morning, but slated that only this hatch is to be unloaded. It is planned to remove enough of the cargo to enable a man to descend to the oil tank in the double bottom and make temporary repairs to carry the ship to New York. Local United States inspectors are still gathering evidence in an attempt to place the responsibility lor the accident. TRAINS ARE INADEQUATE Travelers in Germany Kind Seeond Class Accommodations Best. BERLIN". The German train serv ice has become so inadequate that it is common for everyone to travel aeconrt-chiss because the train is sure to fill up half an hour before, the time of dr-part uve, and those second-class ticket-holders who can find no places are then entitle! to go into first class. Second-class under those cir cumstances is better than first be cause it has just six definite seats barred by arm rests, whereas in first thiss eicht can squeeze into the room o v 1 i n a r i 1 y meant f o r four. The rail road authorities have in- tioduccd a system of arbitrary fines for the man who deliberately sits in a clats above his ticket. Marine Notes. The steamer West Jaffery will shift at noon tomorrow from the Kerr-Gifford dock to the elevator, where she will finish, her cargo of flour. The lighthouse tender Manzanlta will bo on drydock today for her annual overhaul iiig. Repairs on the steamer Coaxet were finished yesterday and she will go on bert h to load tomorrow. The wooden steamer Mendora. the last wooden vessel In the programme of the Standifer com pany, will be lifted in drydock with a concrete ship when work on the Manzanlta is finished. The steam schooner Celilo is in line for drydocklng the latter part of thta month. Preliminary inspection of the steel steamer Corvus. - formerly the Francis . Smith, was made yesterday by the local Inspectors of hulls and boilers. The harbor tug L. K. Thompson was also inspected yesterday. , The towboat Portland, owned, and oper ated by the Port of Portland,- reputed to be the most powerful towboat ever oper ated in this harbor, distinguished herselif yesterday by accomplishing the movement of the steamer N is h ma. ha from municipal dock No. 1 to the Portland flouring mills without assistance. It is- customary to use two tow boats to move a vessel of this size about the barbor. The big frcightet Nishmaha wan riding light and fell the full force of a strong southeast gale against which she moved. The stamer Wawalona is expected to sail tomorrow for the orient The wooden steamer Bellebrook wilt finish her cargo of ties for - the United Kingdom today and will coal Monday. Movements of Vessels. ASTORIA, Nov. 15. Left up at 4 P. M. last night Steamer J. A. Chantslor (broke down off Tongue Point). - CARDIFF, Nov. 12. Arrived Steamer Blue Eagle, from Grays Harbor via As toria, Panama and Fayal. SAN PEDRO, Nov. 14. Sailed Steamer Santiam, tor Columbia river. COOS BAY. Nov. 14. Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer City of Topeka, from Portland for San Francisco via Eureka, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. Sailed at 9:35 P. M. last night Steamer Dewey, from Portland for London and Liverpool. Sailed at 9 A. M. French steamer llont Cenis, from Portland for Marseilles. Ar rived at 4 P. M. Steamer Rose City, from Portland. SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 15. Arrived Steamers J. A. Moffett, from San Fran cisco; Queen, from San Francisco. De parted Steamships Lansing, for Port San Luis: Redondo, for southeastern Alaska; Western Glen, for New York via Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 15. Arrived Steamer Northwestern, from Alaska; Prov- ldencia. from Santa Kosalla via faan tran- cisco; Western Glen, from Seattle. Sailed Steamers Cathlamet, for New lork; F. S. Loop, for Port Gamble. SHANGHAI. Nov. 8. Safled Empress of Russia, for Vancouver. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov." 15. Arrived Steamers Maui, Sherman, from Honolulu; Lyman Stewart, Johan foul sen, losemlte. President, ort itragg, irom Seattle; Moana Br.), from Papeete ; San Antonio, from Punta Arenas. Sailed Steamers Richmond, Curacao, for Anacortes, LONDON CONVICTIONS FEW lleruarkable Decrease From Pre- War Figures Is Shown. LONDON. In the last year of the war there was a remarkable falling off from pre-war totals in this coun try of convictions tor drunkenness. Official figures, which show a de crease of 84.6 per cent, follow: 1913, 1SS.S77: 1918. 29,075. The statistics priven are confined to Kneland and ales. The greatest fnllintr off of drunkenness, amount in pr to almost 90 per cent, was in the great mining and manufacturing dis tricts of the Knplish midlands and in the thickly-settled coal-mining at eas of Wales. v Rum Industry Threatened. KINGSTON, Jamaica. Jamaica's rum industry, the government's third greatest source of revenue, Is threat ened by a prohibition movement which is expected to be bitterly fought. Candidates for the legisla ture and parish boards at the forth coming eelction will be required to declare for or against a "dry" Ja maica. When a debtor in Siam is three months in arrears he can be seized by the creditor and compelled to work out his indebtedness. "Tom" Cochran's Record Said to Be Unequaled in World. Captain Reed Brown (Tom) Coch ran, a navigator of this city, has the distinction of having been master of more vessels than any other man in the world. He was appointed trial trip captain for the Emergency Fleet corporation, wooden ship division, February 1, 1919. Since that date he has been commander of every wooden ship built in this district when it went out on its trial trip. Thus he has been master of more than 70 ships in the past nine months, a rec ord unequaled by any other ship cap tain in the world, though he was master of each ship for only one day. Before accepting his position with the fleet corporation. Captain Coch ran was engaged for years in the Alaska trade. Icebound Ships Escape. SEWARD, Alaska. Nov. 8. (Spe cial.) The steamers Yukon and Washburn, which were ice bound at Circle, and the Alaska ana beattie, which were blocked at Cliff creek, lust below Fortymile early in October, with a total of 150 passengers on the four boats, all succeeded in breaKing throuerh the Ice and reaching their destinations before the river packed solidly from bank to bank. The Yukon and Washburn reached Dawson Oc tober 22. The other vessels steamed into Whitehorse on October 21. Oth erwise the passengers would have dog-sledded to Fairbanks and out over the valdez trail, an exceeuingiy trying experience - for women and children. Operator Held Not to Blame. As the result of a hearing a Marsh field last Thursday, it was announced vesterdav bv A. F. Merrill of th steamboat inspection service that H., A. Knight, operator of the motor crart Rustler, had been exoneraiea irom blame in connection with the fire which destroyed the boat off ox Rork lie-ht last August. The fire was caused, it was determined, Dy an ex plosion of gasoline, lor wnicn Jvnignt was held not to Diame. passengers on the boat when she took fire were un injured and reached shore in a lire boat. Tanker Chanslor Disabled. Engine trouble which developed suddenly Friday night paralyzed th tanker J. A. Chanslor of the Associat ed Oil company's fleet while she was on her way up the river irom Aston to Linnton. The tanker anchored in the stream overnight and yesterda mornine the towboats Portland an State of Washington were dispatched to her assistance. It was expected yesterday evening that she would be brought to her dock shortly alter mia night. The nature of her engine trouble was not reported. Vessels to Use Fast Channel. While the dredge Willamette i working in the west draw opening o Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. KAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov. 13. (Spe cial.) Two Pacific liners left today. The Maui of the Matson Navigation compaul for Honolulu and the Moana of the Union Steamship company for Sydney via Pa pette and We ling ton. This wilt have been the first trip of the Maui since her re turn from war service, where he was used as a. troop transport. In compliance with a request made by a prominent group of Honolulu business men. the aMtson Navi gation company decie'ed to send the Maui to Honolulu In her paint. Both the Moana and the Maui carried a full list of passengers. A large gang of men was working to day on the Kolph barkentlne Hesperian, Captain Olsc-n, righting a cargo of lum ber, which had shifted on the vessel's deck when she was in heavy seas a few days ago, bound for Durban from the Columbia 1 river. Captain Olsen signaled he was In distress when he got abreast the Golden Gate and a Rolph company tug put out with a crew to do the work. The copra trading schooner Cyrus King reached port today with her flag at half and a story of desperate fight under pe culiar conditions by Captain Alfred Rosen- dahl, two seamen and a native stevedore at Levuka. The seasen. nans Nicholson and Reinhold Bendonta. both of San Fran cisco, died from the effects of fumes dis persed by the copra. Captain Rosendahl recovered after being hauled from the forepeak by an .English pilot, who risked his life in the attempt. The steam ship Antonio, Captain Justin, sailed today for Punta Arenas via ports witn a run Racine coast cargo. The power schooner. Captain Bode, ar rived irom Fort Angele s today after passage of 18 days. Bode met with some nasty weather coming down the coat ana on several occasions his little craft shipped a lot of seas. The Pacific Steamship company's steamer Curacao, Captain Lindstrom. ar rived from Anacortes today and will soon go on the run between this port, Eureka, Coos Bay and Columbia river. This serv- ice Is to be Increased because of the de mand from shippers. SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 15. (Special.) nispelling all anxiety as to the safety of the Seattle power schooner Ruby, Captain Louis Knaflich, which had not been heard from since she left Seattle last July for Bethel on the Kuakokwlm river and Bris tol Bay, a wireless message was received In Seattle this morning by W. T. Lop p. chief of the Alaska division of the United States bureau of education, from Arthur H. Miller, superintendent of government schools In the north. In which he said that the Ruby sailed from Kanakanak. Bristol Bay, for Seattle October 30. The message was received at the naval station. Puget sound, and was dated Unalga. Mr. Lopp Id he believed that the radiogram either came from Alaska or from the United States bureau of fisheries vessel Unalga at kuan. Flashing a wireless message from sea. master of the Nippon unen Kalsha liner Katorf Maru this morning informed Seattle representatives of the company hat the big vessel would arrive at the William Head quarantine station in Brit ish Columbia at 8 o'clock tonight on her y to this port from China, Japan and the Philippines. Two vessels of the fleet or the Harrison rect line, the steamship Crown of Halt la and Crown of Castle, will arrive on his coast In January from ports In the nlted Kingdom, according to Seattle rep resentatives of Balfour, Guthrie & Co., agents for the big shipping corporation. After an absence oi a month, captain n.mK Smith Griffiths, founder and uresl' ent of Smith Griffiths & Hon. arrived ome yesterday from Washington. IX C nrt New York. Cantain Griffiths went east to confer with Charles . Seecer, Inc.. of New York, eastern agents for the big Seattle shipping house, on a number oi Important business matters. ADVANCED OPTICAL KNOWLEDGE Time Saved In Ship Construction When Plates Are Riveted by Cse of New Device. The steel steamer Clauseus. 39 th hull of the Northwest Steel company, which will be launched about De cember 1, is known to its builders as "the ship without a rut" It has been constructed throughout with the use of a new nutless bolt invented and recently patented by John McPhee, superintendent of the riveting de partment at the Northwest Steel com pany, and William flackelt, formerly boat foreman at the plant. The new device. c nsists of three parts. The first is the pin or bolt, a common rivet with a slot or shoulder on opposite sides. Over this bolt is slipped part two. a washer shaped like a key hole. The lengthened slot in the washer engages the shoulder of the bolt and locks. The third part, a wedge slotted throughout its length to accommodate the thickness of the bolt, is then slipped between the washer and the plate and driven home with a few taps of a hand hammer. In all Bteel shipbuilding, plates must be bolted together before they are riveted. With the use of the new nut less and threadless bolt, this can be accomplished much more quickly than with the old threaded bolt and nut. It can also be removed more quickly and easily than the threaded bolt when the time comes to draw out the bolt and replace it with a permanent rivet. Another advantage of the new de- vice is that it can be used repeatedly w uuuui apyarf in. ueicriurttLiuii. ouua formerly in use as well as the nuts which fastened them had to be re threaded after each using. Thus a considerable item of expense in ship building is eliminated. i V u i V ? . ..... V VIEW OF BUILDINGS SWEPT BY EARLY MORNING FIRE AT OREGON CITY. WIRELESS STATION OPENS SHIPS IX PORTLAND HARBOK TO GET APPARATUS. Sea Otters Are Increasing. Jl'XEAV, eAlaska. Sea otter ar rapidly increasing alonfr the reefs to the westward, according to crew members of the revenue cutter V: alga. Scotland Has Illc(pitiiitates. EDIN'BL'RG. Oct. 7. IHeg-itimate children constituted 7.49 per cent of lhe total number of. births registered iii Scotland in 1917. - I h sail I ' . i - Jr-:r- -i7Bi- l s . . Mt.". !'' 1 t s -" - " itr ' : , ' f "v '""" , - " ' " . 'V.'- i - . .r i - - fr Lf , .?... J - ' $ - " i t Ii : j- . - . . . ... ....- 1 , - : . t I I Photo by Callvert. I i Left Ruins of Price Bros. tore and M. EL church. Church wan on ircoBd floor. World building; Store below occupied by W. B. fc:ddy. Photo by Cailvert. Right Woodman of TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. J 5. (Special.) With a full cargo of flour amounting to approximately feuuO tons, the shlpplns board steamer Cathlamet got away early V i mnrnini for the east coast. It is ex nctd that thi steamer will be one or the last vessels to load flour here this nnnth Tha rh pftm co. also loaoinK nour for the east coast, la rimsmng up ana wm nrnb&blv Ket to sea Tuefday. Vessels oi ine urace i me a r? u ue un.-ih nmortow and durlnic the next lew a o load outward cargo here. The steamers ave been down sound in aryuoi-K. j ne arjee W. J. Pirrie ia due tomorrow to commence loading lumber. The Kant Rita is due Monday morning ana tne Santa Inez Tuesday mornlni?. The ves sels will load their entire cargoes here The Chicago il;iru of the Osaka bno Ren Kalsha sails Monday night from Ta- oma. for the orient. The steamer has nhnut 5000 tons of freight loaded here The Manila Maru of this line Is due here Tuesday from the orient. In the reoort or collector rt. M. urum heller of the cistoms district of Washing on It Is shown that exports from T a coma for August amounted to $r."J!1 .914 with imports at J3,lr.il and collection! at S.027.2H. Exports for Seattle totnled $.330.R71. imports . i ana coiioc ttons i:i4S.10.l.u4. l ne toiai export oiijii- neits lor the district amoumea to 731. Imports $lo.40,U3 ana collections $472,716.59. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 13. (Special.) The tank iteamer J. A. Chanslor. which ar rived last night from California, was de layed here until 4:30 this afternoon by a bent connecting rod. She left for Portland in tow of the steamers Portland and State of Washington. The steam schooner Horace ua-xter ar rived with freight for Portland, Th steam schooner t lavty. which Is loading lumber at the Hammond mill, will not work tomorrow and will not complete her cargo before Tuesday. The steam schooner feaginaw snirtea from West port to Wauna. She will finish loading tomorrow and will sail for i-an Francisco with the iuraoer-iaaea oaric Harvard in tow. The steamer Cenewago. lumber laden from Grays Harbor for the United King dom, has finished taking on bunker coal t the port dock, but did not sail today on account of the unfavorable weather con ! dltiona. j PORT TOWNS END, Wash., Nov. IS. (Special.) On her maiden voyage the shiping board steamer Cathlamet sailed this evening for New l ork with uooo tons of flour loaded at Seattle and Tacoma. The five-masted schooner rl. ts- trander. after being overhauled at Wins low, shifted today to Vancouver to load. Her destination has not been given but it is understood she goes to the orient. The big motorshlp Pedro e:nristopner sen, sailing last evening from Tacoma for a Scandinavian port, stopped here to await more favorable weather conditions. The big craft Is In ballast. She will call at San Francisco, where she will load gen eral cargo. The next steamer to arrive on Puget Rnimd for the French line to be operated from the northwest to France will be the Mnnt Oervin. Agents tor tne compan state that the Mont Cervin will arrive December 2-, direct from Marseilles. COOS BAT, Or., Nov. IV r Special.) The steam schooner Centralia. which loaded lumber at Mlllington and North Bend, sailed for San Francinco. The gasoline schooner Tramp was an ar rival from Rogue River, bringing house hold roods and produce. She will load a cargo of general merchandiFe for the merchants at Weddeburn and Gold Beach. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Nov. 13. Shifts In harbor tonight here: Steamers i ' Redwood. Multnomah. Carmel. Helene and A i Carlos: schooners Defiance and Forest Pride. mere were no .n i n.i m.uu sailings today. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Nov. 15. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea rough ; wind south, 44 miles. Tides at Astoria Sunday. . High. Low. 818 A. M 8 3 feet'l:K7 A. M 1.6 feet 8 32 P. M 6. feet 3:00 P. M....2.2 feet EBERT MUCH CRITICISED Dinners Declared to Have Cost $1000, Exclusive of Wine. BERLIN. President Ebert and Gus- tav Noake. minister of defense, have been criticised for the expense bills they Incurred during their recent stay at Darmstadt. The critics say that luncheon and dinners cost upward of $1000, exclusive of wine, of which more than 200 bottles were consumed and complain that $110 were spent on floral decorations. Such items, say the critics, can scarcely be reconciled with the gov ernment admonitions to the public to account every penny. They accuse the present government of keeping up "all the expense of the imperial regime and none of its dignity.? Marconi Company Exhibits Instru ments Which Transmit Messages More Than 1000 Miles. A wireless service station for the installation and maintenance of radio apparatus on ships in Portland har bor has been opened ,by the Marconi company at 270M Third street. J. I bo, Portland representative of the company, is in charge of the office. Lr. Sabo is hopeful that the Marconi high power stations will be placed fn operation on the Pacific coast in a few days for the benefit of trans pacific shipping. By way of contrast, he is exhibit- Jng the latest product of the Marconi TOmpany, a complete wireless set for ships which are little larger than an unabridged dictionary. It has a front 14 inches square and a depth of eight inches. This set is of one-half kilowatt pjwer and is adapted to small ves sels in which space is at a premiun. With large antennae, the set can be made suitable for larger vessels. It is said that distances of more than 1000 miles have been attained with this set on the Atlantic coast, where it first made its appearance. 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Because you run no risk of having your eyes injured or experimented with bv a STUDENT or INEXPERIENCED ASSISTANT. Because all these benefits are yours at no greater cost than you would be asked to pay for the ordinary kind of service. Because my Perfect-Fitting Glasses will give you satisfaction. DR. WHEAT Eyesight Specialist Second Floor Morgan Building Entrance on Washington St. TURKS BECOME 'PIRATES Swift Armed Motorboats Are Used by Ottomans. ATHENS. Nov. 15. Piracy on the high seas by swift motor boats armed with machine gun Is the charge made against the Turks. From Kav -alia. It is announced that numerous Greek sailing vessels have lodged complaints of this piracy of which they have been the victims. The crews have been robbed in each case of all their belongings, and the car goes looted. These up-to-date Turkish pirates, it Is said, principally infest the Aegean sea off the Dardanelles, and the coast of Asia Minor. GERMAN MARKS CHEAP Low Value Enables Argentine Im porters to Get Good. Bargains. BUEXOS AIRES. By the Associ ated Press.) The hih value of the American dollar as a medium of ex chanire and the low value of the Ger man mark is enabling German houses to sell Roods here cheaper than they did before the war. Their prices are so far below those of American and other allied countries that, for 'the moment, there is no possibility of competition. The Germans are experiencing little difficulty in getting their goods to South America. German machines or a certain class are selling at 100 per cent above what they did before the war, yet they are 200 pesos cheaper to the Argentine buyer because the mark is cheap. To guard themselves against pos sible shipping delays when buying German goods, Argentine importers are buying marks today and keeping them to pay their bills with wnen the goods arrive, so that an increase in the value of the mark will not affect their purchasing price. It has been reported here that Ger man exporters cannot ship metals, yet their salesmen art offering copper tubes in competition with United States salesmen and are getting or ders because they promise shipment "when possible," and in the meantime the Argentine purchaser has only to go to his bank and buy marks to cover the price of his order and he then gets his goods at today's price, regardless of the value of the mark when the goods are received. Several American representatives here have written to their principals that it is impossible to take orders for American goods as long as the dollar is valuable and the mark is not. ganizatlon of the national health de partment on lines that will enable it to deal more effectively with the pub lic health of the country. Matters concerning public health are at pres ent under the direction of the minis ter of Justice and the interior. Presi dent Pessoa asks congress to autaor. ize the creation of a separate depart ment of health, the head of which would be a member of the cabinet. This department, it is proposed, would also take over control of the bureau of public instruction, now attached to the ministry of justice and interior. Rio De Janeiro to Form Bureau. RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 8. Presi dent Pessoa has sent to congress i message recommending -complete or- Ike human hand exercises T - ,1 ve human hand exercises unlimited gradation of power in producing loud or soft music on piano. But the average player-piano is stiffly limited in sound vol ume to loud, soft, and medium. SPITZBEIGEW PH IN CN Political Sovereignty 0-er Arctic No Man's Land Given Norway. PARIS. Through a decision of the supreme council, Norway is given po litical sovereignty over Spitzbereen. sometimes called "No Man's Land oC the Arctic." Spitzbergen is rich in coal and iron and several attempts to exploit these resources already have been made. Seams of coal estimated to contain 5.000.000 tons to the square mile are reported by a Scottish explorer who has recently completed an exhaustive peolocical survey of the island. ST. HELENS SHIPBUILDING CO. BlILDKHS OF WOODEV VESSELS. BARGES AND DRtCDGKS. SPECIAL ATTENTION- TO GENERAL REPAIR WORK. We are equipped to give complete sat isfaction. Portland office r24 Hoard of Tmdc Building. Phone Mnln f7. TRAVELERS GUIDE. incomparable Player-piano, however; o. Oteqer affords many -gradations of pianissimo alone- a range wider than that of any other player-piano. Ike Steqer Player-Pia.Tio bring fkpprnc Play it yourself . Factory Distributors jjef txs sAootr you superior leattrrcr. Ill Fourth St at Washington tlwh lj TEAMSHIP C&s-k- , J?KADM TRXL WHO. S. . "CURACAO" Sails from Portland 9:00 P. M.. No T ember 23. for Marnhrield. North Bend, Eureka and Snn Frmrlnrn, connecting with steamers lor Lim Anicelea and San Dtejco. S. S. TITV OK TOI'KKA" Sails at 9:00 P. M.. November 29, for the above ports. The steamers Cnraeao" and "i'lty of Tonrka" wilt alternate on this run to san Kranciac. giving a six-day service. TICKET OKt'lrE Main 14fi 1U1 Third M. A S3St l.m-al Frelitht Of flee. Kant 43.11 TAdtlC S1KA1IMIIP toiinxi SAN FRANCISCO S. S. Rose City Depart 12 Noon FRIDAY. NOV. 21 From Ainsworth Dock Fare includes Berth and Meais. City Ticket Office, 3d and Washington Phone Main 3530 Freight Office, Ainsworth Dock Phone Broadway 26S SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. LINES AUSTRALIA Honolulu, Suva. w 7raland. 1 1 1'aiatlal l'arium;r hrmuitrp B M. . M;KA" U. M. fi. "MAhtBA" 2U.OOO Ton 13,000 Toil btul from Vanooner, B. C. For farr and mHnipi aply Can. 1'ac RaiU ivay. 6 Ihird hL, 1'ortiunii. r tananuio- Autitlril;tu K 111 Muil iUUVt t0'UM--C feU kUUMUVU. As C
