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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920 PORT BONUS BONDS ARE HELD ILLEGAL Law Firm Considers Consti tutional Question Affected. $1,000,000 IS INVOLVED FIRST SECTION OF NEW DRYDOCK TAKES TO WATER. Eastern Attorneys Believe Port Cannot Cse Money to Assist Private Enterprise. - Water transportation bonds, au thorized by the voters of tne Port t- i ,i jit.ti-if.t anil nrooosed for Ui ktanu r I : . . . , .Atnn.laatnn arf. il-I T saie Dy tne pui i tuiiuiuoo.w.., . legal, in the opinion of tne eastern bond attorneys who were asked by the port commission for an indorse ment of the issue. Issuance o! $1,000,000 pf these bonds was approved by the voters at the election of June.- 1919. and the port commission was preparing to sell $100,000 of this million-dollar Issue. In accordance with the usual proced ure, the Boston law firm of Storey, Thorndyke. Palmer & Dodge was asked to pass on the legality of the bonds before they were aoveruoeu sale. As no reply had been received from the attorneys for several months the port commission, at a meeting Thursday, directed that a telegram be sent to the law firm asking for an immediate opinion. The reply, re ceived yesterday, wa as follows: "Consider the question of water transportation aid too doubtful to warrant our approval of the bond Issue." m. Constitutional Question Rained. From previous correspondence with the attorneys, it is understood that their objection to the act which au thorized the bond issue is that It vio laes the constitution of the United States in prescribing the use of pub lic funds to aid private enterprise. The purpose of the water transpor tation bond issue was to promote shipping for this port by the grant ing of bonuses to steamship compa nies which would establish services into and out of Portland. The term bonus is carefully defined in the act to mean aid of various kinds which the port commission proposed .to ex tend to steamship companies using this port, such as absorption of pilot age charges, free use of the port dry dock in case of an accident due to a defect in the river channel and equal ization of port charges generally with these of other ports of the Pacific CORSt. Relying upon the authority granted ir. this act, the Port of Portland com mission recently adopted a resolution granting Just this aid to steamship companies. Definite action on the resolution was prompted by the re quest of K. Dol, manager of the Toyo Kisen Kalsha, which is, about to es tablish services with Japanese steam ers from Portland to the orient and to the west coast of South America. Drydoclr Service Promised. In accordance with the port com mission's resolution, Mr. Doi and other steamship operators were informed that should a vessel suffer an acci dent in the Columbia or Willamette rivers while enroute to or from Port land, due to defect of the channel. euch vessel would receive the use of the Port of Portland drydock with out charge for the purpose of making necessary repairs. Operators were also told that towage and pilotage charges between Portland and the sea would be no greater than such charges between a Fuget sound port and the sea. Funds for granting such aid to steamship operators were to have been secured from the sale of the water transportation bonds. "While the opinion of the Boston law firm is not legally paramount to a court decision, it is such in effect, as other attorneys would be guided by tne opinion of this firm or by the came considerations as affected . its decision, and municipal bonds are not acceptable to the buyers without the approval of one of the big legal firms specializing in bond issues. There is no provision of the law rowever, which prevents the Port of Portland from extending such aid to hipping as it sees fit from Ifts gen eral funds. "Whether the port com missions newly adopted policy of equalization of port charges- will be adhered to in the face of this disap proval or tne bond issue will prob ably be determined at the next meet trig of the commission. RECORD TOXXAGE IX PORT 700 Longshoremen Work Cargo on Unprecedented Movement. The unprecedented amount of ton nage in port yesterday exhausted the usuaiiy ample supply of longshore men, so that small crews were work irtg on many -vessels and several did not worn cargo at all. It was est! mated that over 700 longshoremen were at work yesterday in Portland aione. Because or the scarcity of la bor tne sailing of the steamer Multno man or tne Mccormick line was nns poned from Tuesday to Wednesdav n r.ext week. This was the only serious oeiay reportea. Twenty-nine deep-sea vessels were in port in tne Columbia and Willam eite rivers yesterday. Seventeen of these vessels are her ro taKe out run cargoes of lumber n three others will take lumber with other cargo. The lumber fleet in port jebitruaj comprises tne following types of vessels: Nine steam schoon era. tnree steel steamers, two motor snips, two sailing vessels' and on oarge. ine pressure was relieved mate riaiiy oy tne departure yesterdav the steam schooners F. S. Loop, Ryde Haniiy and baglnaw and the bare- Charles Nelson, with full lumber car goes. ' 'lwo more lumber carriers tne Kiamain ana Willamette ar scheduled to leave today, so that con anions win oe normal by Monda morning ana an vessels will be able to wotk cargo at iun speed. PORT OPENS HEADQUARTERS - .-Jo s. V : : ..... . jmaEo j A-- -i f , -- - Angelus Photo. Tne first of five pontoons which will constitute n Bew 15,000-ton drydoclc for this port was launched without mishap Wednesday afternoon from the ways of the Alblna Enciae & Machine Works. The drydock is being built for the commission bf public docks by William Cornfoot and Robert Mc intosh. The second pontoon is well under way and Is expected to be ready for launching in about two weeks. "Work on tne third was started Immediately on the ways left-vacant by the launching of the first section. ... . . , . The entire structure is to be ready for ODeratlon In January. 1921. . A location for the new drydock. is to be decided at a special Joint meeting of the port and dock commissions soon to be held. I ..... -- ' ' . Clares emphatically that both the re I dates are the wettest men seriously considered for nomination in their re Mi DAYS OF HAS NO ILLUSIONS Victory of Republican Oppo nent Is Predicted. , " by narrow 1C0LVIN TO SPEAK HERE Prohibitionist Avers Republican and Democratic Leaders Both Have Wet LieanUrgs. Despite being a candidate forvlce- president, D. Leiarh Colvin is nursing no illusion's and predicts that his re publican opponent will win. Notwith standing that, he says all law-abiding citizens should vote for Araon S. Watkins for president and himself for vice-president, on the prohibition ticket. Eut Mr. Colvin admits that most of the said law-abiding citizens l-probably will not. Mr. Colvin views with alarm the possibility of a restoration of light wines and beer, no matter whether Harding or Cox is elected, and he de- cost him the election margin. For 20 of his 40 years. Mr. Colvin ha j been engaged in prohibition work, and 19 years ago he came here ergan- bs among colleges. lmme- fter receiving notification of ation, Mr. Colvin took tne stump and has been in Oregon for several days. Today he speaks at the Nazarene church at 11 o'clock, at the Lents Evangelical church at 2:30 o'clock and tonight at 8 o'clock he speaks at the First Methodist church. DEMOCRATS DEMAi US FROM GIRLS DAILY CITY STATISTICS OERSOH-CLARK Ernest Gerseh, S3. 6421 Ninety-sixthd street, and Emma G. C'ark. 3:2. Tenth and Montgomery streets. KIKKEN'APP-AGDEN Edward G. Kie kenapp. 23, 47 Umatilla street, and Eva Lu Asden, IS, 1602 East Sixth street. KA MMER-OTTEX Sam Hammer, 82. Wallace, Idaho, and Ellen Ottea, legal, 212 Stanton street. EKOWN-LASGXESS Charles Franklin Brown. 34. L.innton, Or., and Jettie lang neaa. 29, Portland. FOR VE-HUL.BE RT D. S. Forve, 60, N'ampi, Idaho, and Mary V. Hulbert, 40. Portland hotel. SELF-OLSON" John Self, 29. Puyallup. Wash., and. Laura Olson, 20,. Multno mah, Or. s I I.CXDBCBG-GLAS3 Louis V. Lund bur?, legal, 649 East Fifty-seventh street ntrth, and Clara E. Glass, legal, 471 East Fcrty-fourth street north. PICKERIXU-MOUKB James Picker ing, 43, Spokane, Wash., and Mary Eltz alrth Brooks. Moore, 3T. Portland . hotel. FKEDKKlCK.SU.N-JK.'Nf-li.N Harold F. Frtderickson. ' 22. 926 East Tenth street ncrth, and Elsie J. Jensen, 22, 655 East lntn street. BENSON-NESTOR George Elmer Ben son, .legal, Seattle, Wash., and Genevieve Ne5tor. 2o, Portland. BROWN -CLEMENT Elbert Ds Forest Brown, 21, Steamer Iralda, and Anna M. Clement, IS, 4K6 East Fifth street north. MvMAHON-KUHNERT Res C. McMa- hon, 32, 644 East Morrison street, sod Lets F. Kuhnert, US. 'J3 Tibbetts street. WHEELER-WELCH Henry E. Wheeler. 26. iau Russell street, and Elfrieda Jane Weicn, 17. you ntth street. Expose Comes With Testi mony of Clerk at Hearing. MONEY IS PAID IN HOTEL Bourbon Senators Pronounce Such Methods as Outrageous and "Without Excuse. SALES DKLY IN LARGE LOTS FLEET CORPORATION AN NOUNCES CHANGE IN POLICY. ew Arrangement Expected to Ex pedite Winding TJp Government's Interest In Ship Property. Owing to a change in the policy of the division of supply, and sales, mergency fleet corporation, sales of urplus shipbuilding- material and quipment will hereafter be made in large lots, so that stocks at any loca- ion may be quickly moved, according to information obtained yesterday in onnectlon with, the visit here of Washington officials of the division. Up to the present purchasers have een permitted to negotiate for any amount of stocks. The new arrangement is' expected to expedite winding up the govern ment's interest in property remaining from the big ship construction drive. Already there has been a reduction in the sales force on the Pacific coast, which is in keeping with .the policy o dispose or the stocks in Washing- on, Oregon and California as soon as possible. In most cases surplus ma- erial and equipment remaining in hipyards a year ago has either been sold or moved to concentration ware houses, and that yet in the yards will be offered for sale on the ground. MARINE WRITER IN RUSSIA Frank E. Short Marries French Girl Met During War Service. Frank E. Short, writer for the Pa cific Marine Review, who left last March ror Kussia, writes that he has been obliged to go to Cracow, Poland. In a letter to T. H. Gawley, physical director of the T. M. C. A., he men tioned that the gymnasium 'work that he had in the leaders' class was serv- ng him well, but that he was almost out of breath from the running he had done. Mr. Short saw service in France for nearly two years, and on his re turn to Europe this summermarried French girl whom he had met on his previous trip. He also told of taking a boat ride on a lake TOO feet under the ground in a salt mine, the second largest in the world. Commission Prepares to Begin Work on . Development Project. ABERDEEN,' Wash.. Sept 11. (Special.) The Port Commission of Grays harbor will establish working .hea'dquarters in the Red Cross build ing. Aberdeen, within the next ten days, according to Frank Lamb, chair jnan of the commission. The establishment of headquarters here is preliminary to starting port development work for which the dis trict voted bonds to the amount of $800,000. C. A. Strong, of Tacoma, who surveyed the port and made the report upon which the election was based, has been named temporary port engineer. The Red Cross building will be re modeled 'to suit the purposes of the commission. Topeka Has Full Passenger List. A full passenger list was carried by the Admiral line steamer City of To peka, which Bailed last night for San Francisco via Coos Bay and Eureka. All available accommodations have also been taken on the steamers Wil lamette and Klamath, sailing today for San Francisco and Los Angeles, nd on the steamer Rose City, sailing at 1 o clock Monday afternoon. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. TlPfim. Wash.. Sent. 11. (Special. 1 Several off-shore arrivals were scheduled for this evening, among the vessels being the Crown of Galieia and tne eastern l em pic, the Santa Alicia, towing the bark Belfast, arrived this evening. The Crown of Gallcia will probably get sway rrom here Tuesday night. 1 he eastern itmpu has considerable lumber to loaa nere xor the west coast, while the Alicia has a lull cargo .to take on here. The Admiral Schley rrom san r rancisco will be due here Sunday night from San Francisco. The steamer has considerable paper and flour to load this voyage south. Aftr riiKcharirtne freiKht. the HoraM X. Baxter shifted down sound to load and the Davenport, which arrived last nigm, commenced loading lumber. The Fred Baxter now loading, may get away tor California Tuesday night or Wednesday. The new steamer critico, owneu oj James Griffiths & sons, ot seattier win load a part cargo on her first voyage from Tacoma. This will be supplies for Akutan, Alaska. Local representatives or w. . jrace or Co. had not been advised this afternoon a to where the bark Belfast would load this voyage.. She will be here several days discharging her ore cargo. Th mntorshtD Pacific will be due here tomorrow evening to load a part cargo of flour and general freight for west coast ports. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., Sept. 11.- (Special.) The steamer Charles Chrlsten sen arrived late yesterday from San Fran cisco and is loading at tne A.oeraeen i.um ber & Shingle company's plant. South Ab prileen. ft The wteamer Tamalpals arrived this af ternoon from San Francisco and is loading at the E K. Wood mill, tioquiam. The steamer Carlos is ready to clear, but is waiting the abatement fo the storm to put to sea. . She will carry cargo from the Donovan mill, Aberdeen, and passengers. Ships loading in port are the steamers Charles Chrlstensen, Hoquiam. Oregon and Hartwood and the schooners Commerce and Lottie Bennett. The schooner Dauntless, which has been tied un at the Andersen shipyard nere, having her masts restepped. will shortly load at the K. K. Wood mill, Hoquiam, it has been announced. i ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 11. Special.) The steamer lake Uebhart shifted last night from St. Helens to complete her cargo of lumber for Caliao. The steam schooner Wapama rrived at 7:15 o'clock this morning rrom san ran-c-isco. bringing freight for Portland. Barge l3 arrived at 9:30 o'clock this morning from California with a cargo of fuel oil for Astoria and Portland. She was towed up the coast by the tank steam- r-.nlnln A F. LUCaS. The steamer Abercos Is expected to shift this afternoon irom rornana to ivnapp rtn to complete her cargo for the orient. Grain from Portland was carried by the British steamer Pilar DelArrinaga, which is scheduled to sail this evening or tomor row morning for the united Kingdom. The British steamer Minnie Delarrinaga is due from Baltimore and comes to load grain at Portiana. The steamer Mont Cenls, from San Fran Cisco, and the Merlden, from west coast via San Pedro, will be due to night en l-route to Portland. The steam scnooner santiam is to finish loading lumber at the Hammond mill this evening and sail for San Pedro. SBATTLB. Wash., Sent. 11. (Special.) Tn. --the United Kingdom-Seattle service ot the Blue Funnel line the steamship Myr midon will sail Irom Glasgow September 30, according to advices received in this city this morning by representatives of the line. . A full cargo of approximately 8000 tons consisting for the most part of railway equipment, was taken by the United Stages hipping board's carrier, Eastern. Victor, which departed today for ports on the Black sea. The cargo was part of that Intended for Russia during the war. The schooner A. F. Coates, recently on the beach at Point Wilson, arrived tn Seattle today and will be docked for sur vey and repairs. It is not believed the Coatea was seriously damaged She Is fn need of repairs and the stepping of two new masfis. . - ' The steamer Gdney of the Siberian Trading company sailed today for Hyder Alaska. A full 'cargo of supplies and a ftw passengers are aboard. Howell Par ker, first officer of the steamship El dridge, has announced he is about to re tire from the seafaring lines as a 1 result of two inventions which he has perfected. Farker has patented a ventilator cap that can be put In place instantly. He also has invented a glass screen that Is water and dust proof but permits ample air to pass through. The government has adopted the screen for the promenade, deck, of the steamship Wena-tchee. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Sept. 11. (Special.) The winter exodus from Alaska 1e now on, the steamer Alaska arriving this morning with a large number of passen gers, -brought a big cargo, including canned salmon and copper ore. Among the pas sengers were George Edwards Lewis and his corps of moving picture actors, wno have been in the north some weeks se curing pictures. BrinBrins: 7300 tons of products of the orient, the Japanese- steamer, Toyama Muru. arrived this morning from Kobe, proceeding to Seattle,! where she will dis charge, after which she will be fumi gated. The motorship Babena will arrive to night from Buenos Aires, via San Pedro. She will proceed to Tacoma where she will load flour and general cargo for Val paraiso. Captain John McDowell, one of the best known Puget sound pilots, who died at Tacoma, was buried in Tacoma. He was a member of Washington Association No. 12. Masters. Mates and Pilots, who at tended the funeral in a body. En route for the Atlantic, the steamer Eastern Victor sailed this morning with general cargo. ' SAX PECteO, Cal.. Sept. 11. (Special.) To the steamer West Katan goes the honor of bringing the largest cargo from I England here since the outbreak of the I war in Europe. It is the largest cargo 1 carried by any American ship, more than J 20 OO tons of general merchandise. She discharged this general merchandise on the east -coast and loaded 3000 tons of structural steel for here. She sailed to day for San Francisco. Eighty-one lumber carriers arrived in port here during August with a total ear ning capacity of more than 63,000,000 feet, according - to figures compiled today. The port continues to be the largest lum ber importing .port in the world. Admiral Rodman, Captain Chauncey Shackford ' and other high naval . officers will take part in the Cabrillo day cele bration to be held here next month. The affair probably will be one of the largest celebrations ever held in the harbor dis trict. It is planned (o make the affait an annual one. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 11. (Special.) What is declared to be one of the speediest repair jobs ever made in Pacific coast shipyards was established by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation last week, when repairs costing more than $30, 00O were completed on the Standard Oil tanker Richmond. The tanker arrived here last week with four feet of water In her hold and her bow twisted out of shape by a collision with the Union oil tanker Lyman Stewart off Fort Bragg, in a dense fog on September 1. The repairs. was thought, would keep the vessel the yards for several weeks, but the ob was completed In five days and the Richmond was turned back to the Stand ard Oil company ready for service Sep tember 0. Marking the inauguration of the new freight service between Boston. San Fran cisco and Seattle, . of the North Atlantic & Western Steamship company, the steamer : bpnngrield. Captain Toote, made port to day, 25 days from Boston via Balboa and San Pedro, with a cargo of 200 tons of merchandise. The second steamer of the line, the Artigas, sailed from the canal for this port September 1. The Pacific Steamship company is the local agent for the line. John I. Spreckels, president of the Oceanic Steamship company, who arrived n Honolulu on his private yacht Venltia, stated that his company plans to build a steamer for the Australian-San Francisco passenger service to replace the steamer Sierra. The .Sierra, formerly operated on this run in conjunction wlfh the steamers Sonoma and Ventura, which were com mandeered by thfl government , for troop ship work on the Atlantic. A trial run outside the heads was made today by the" concrete tanker Palo Alto, built for the United States shipping board. The vessel went out In command of Cap tain Langren and is declared to have proved entirely satisfactory. With one oi tne largest cargoes oz s-almon arriving here this year, the ship Star of Zealand made port today, Utt days from Naknek, in command of Captain Mar tinson. The vessel brougnt a total or 40.d4U cases of salmon to the Alaska Packers association. En route to Aberdeen to load lumber lor Honolulu under operation of the Gardiner Mill company, the schooner Caroline, Cap tain Peterson, sailed from this port today After a three days' stay in this port. the Japanese training cruiser Kasuga sailed at 4 o'clock today for Honolulu en route to Kobe. SJtLMOH ' DUMPED ' IM -BAT PRICES FORCED DOVX BY BIG CATCH AN D LACK OB MARKET. Fish a( Coast Towns Drop to Five . Cents and Even Lower Be cause of Big Run. Royal Chinook salmon have been coming into. Alsea river In Lincoln county in such numbers as were never known before, and as a result a boat load of the king of food fish was sold at Newport Thursday for 5 cents a pound. Down at Yaquina, only a few miles away, the supply was so much in excess of demand that the fish sold there for 2 cents a pound. Albert Taylor, owner of Taylor's garage at Newport, brought the news to Port land that five tons of salmon were dumped Into Alsea bay Friday because there was no local market for the catch. ' .The run is accounted for as due to the work of the Alsea. hatchery es tablished at Tidewater five years ago and the run that is now crowding the stream' is the return of the first sal mon hatched there. It has settled in the minds of local residents. the value spectlve conventions. There are four ways In which light wines and beer can be restored to a thirsty America. explains Mr. Colvin. and the "wets" are likely to try any one or all four of these devices to devitalize the 18th amendment. . Issue Declared Big. "Prohibitionists.'- said Mr. Colvin yesterday afternoon on his arrival from Salem, "had no; thought of put- ling up a ticket until three months ago. They thought the prohibition amendment was so well established that the two great political parties would come out strong for it in their platforms. "When the republicans and democrats ignored prohibition. . in spite of. the fact that they were neti- uonea Dy a.uuo.uuu nersons. there was nothing left for the prohibition party to do but to present its own ticket. It is a big issue, for the Issue at stake is whether we are to have a consti tutional government or not. The 18th amendment to the constitution is now adopted and Is as much a part of the constitution as any other. If it Is not upheld, then the ha sir- nrinclnla of our government is undermined. We believe all law-abidiner citizens snouia vote the prohibition ticket out iney propably will not. Candidates Held Weak. "Harding and Cox are the two weak est candidates for president this coun try Das seen since Franklin Pierce. Harding said he was opposed to pro hibition, but said that if he. voted for prohiibtion, he being a temperance man, wanted the liquor dealers com pensated. The wets' are now takin Harney Teachers to Confer. BURNS, Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) Mrs. Frances Clark, superintendent of Harney county schools, has announced that the annual teachers institute for the county will be held at Burns, Or. September 30, October 1 and 2, during the county fair. State Superintendent Churchill, Professor Brumbaugh and Miss Bovee of the Oregon Agricultural college, and Alfred Powers of Univer sity of Oregon will be present. of the hatching of salmon eggs and the assurance that the industry will I nim at his word. Cox always' has af miated with the "wets" in politics Harding will be a congressional pres- continue to thrive. The Dobbins can nery at Newport burned about ten days ago, leaving the Waldport can nery the onljr one on Alsea bay, and the capacity of the plant is not great ldent, while Cox will have more in itiative. Harding says Cox is 'smart." I say that Cox is shrewd and h is enough to care for the enormous I the most dangerous man in the his catches of salmon that are now being I tory of American politics. The rec- maae, says Mr. Taylor. 1 oras or Harding and Cox show their Mr. Taylor Just returned a few. days 1 leaning toward the "wets' although ago from one of the long business I Cox, - as governor, did send a solid drives that garage men are sometimes message' to the legislature when the caiiea upon to mane. .e maae a con- amendment was ratified, urging the tinuous drive from Newport to Puyal-I legislators to carry out the will of iup, waufl., nearly ine enure aistance 1 tne people Wash., of 500 miles over roads With which he was unfamiliar,' and, including brief stops en route, drove through in 31 hours. On .the return trip he covered 400 miles 'from Puyallup to saiem in nours. wniie the logged distance for the highways is not that far, due to necessary detours it was approximately 500 miles covered as shown by the speedometer on his car. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 0:13 A. M..8.4 feet'6:4S A. M...-0.3 foot 12:44 P. M...8.5 reet7:ll P. M 0.2 foot . Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Sept 11. Arrived at S P. M., stesmer Wapama, from Ssn Francisco sailed at 6 P. M., barge Charles Nelson. for San Francisco: railed at 7 P. M-, steam er Abercos, for Knappton; ssllerl at 9 P. M., steamer City of Topeka, for San Fran Cisco. Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed dur ing the afternoon: Steamer Ryder Hanify, from Wauna for San Pedro: steamer Sagi naw, from Wauna for San Pedro; stesmer P. S. Loop, from Westport for San Jf'ran- clsco. ASTORIA, Sept. IL Arrived down 11:30 last night, steamer Lake Gebhart; arrived at midnight sand left up at 8:15 A. M., steamer Wapama, frorh San Fran cisco; arrived at 10:40 A. M.. barge No. U3, from San Pedro. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Sailed Stesmer Steel Maker, for San Francisco, Portland and Puget sound. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 11. Arrived Steamers Toyama Mam, from Kobe; Alas' ka, from Southwestern Alaska; motor schooner Apex, from Southeastern Alaska cannery barge Pioneer, in tow of tug Hero, from Icy straits. Sailed Steamers Gedney, for Southeast ern Alaska: Eastern Victor, for Black sea ports: Spokane, for Southeastern Alaska President, for San Pedro. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 11. Arrived Steamers Santa Alicia, towing bark Bel fast, from Valparaiso; Crown of Galicli (British), from Liverpool via ports. Sailed Steamer Horace X. Baxter, for San Francisco via ports. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Sept. 11. Arrived Steamers Governor, from San Francisco, 1 A M. ; Shasta, from Grays Harbor, O A. M. Brunswick, from Fort Bragg, 6 A. M. Richmond, from San Francisco, 6 A. M - Sailed Steamers West Katan, for As toria. 4 P. M. ; Halco, for Astoria, 5 P. M.; Alliance, for Corinto, 5 P. M. ; Daisy Gads y for Grays Harbor. Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessel' From Str. M. de Larrlnsga. Baltimore . Sir. Steel Worker.... New York.. Str. Daisy ....Ssn Fran.. Str. Merlden ..San Fran Str. Mont Cenls Marseilles air. Hawaroea New York. Date. . .Sept. 11 . .Sept. 12 . .Sept. 32 . .Sept. 12 ..Sept. 13 .sept, li Sir; Tiverton San Fran Seit. 14 Str. Selyo Maru Str. Celi! Str. Derblay . . . Str. Bermuda . . Str. Waterbury Str. Springfield Str. City ot Reno Str. Artigas . . Str. West Keats Str. West Katan . Valparaiso ...San Fran... . . . Valparaiso ...Cardiff ... ...New York.. . . . Boston . . ., ...Honolulu .. .. . Boston ...China ...New York.. To Depart From Portland. .Sept. 14 ..Sept 14 . .sept. 15 . -Sept. 18 ..Sept . .Sept 20 . .Sept 25 . .Sept 2.5 .Bept 2o Sept 2s Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Sept. 11. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea, moderate; wind. south, 6 miles maximu-m, 48, south). Sate -Sept 12 ..sept 12 -.Sept 12 .Sept. 13 . .Sept 14 . -Sept. l; . .Sept. 15 ..Sept 18 ..bept 1 Vessel For Str. N. de Larrinaga. . Barry Str. Klamath San Fran . str. Willamette San Fran.. Str. Rose City .San Fran.. Str. Abercos . Orient-... Str. Multnomah San Fran.. Str. West Nomentum. China ... Str. Wapama San Fran.. str. Selyo Ala ru Orient.... Vessels In Port. Vessel Str. Abercos ...'.....Knappton.' Str. Akutan Drydock. Bkt. Annie M. Rolph. Terminal No. 4. Bk. Berlin Terminal No. 1 M. S. Challamba .... North Bank dock. M. S. Culburra ...... American Can dock. Str. Daisy Matthews.. St. Helens. Etr. Lake Gebhart S. Hammond mllL sir. h.lamatli .St. Helens. Bk. Levi G. Burgess V. Terminal No. 1. Sir. Multnomah iSt. Helens. Str. N. da Larrinaga. . Columbia dock. Str. Olen Str. Pawlet .. Str. Point Lobos... Str. Rose City Str. Tannenburg. ., sen. Wm. Bowden Str. W apama. . . ..Terminal No. 4. . Terminal No. 4. ..Portland Lbr. mllL . .Ainsworth dock. . .Astoria. ..St. Johns mllL . .touch-street dock. otr. West Nomentum. Inman-Poulven mllU sir. western i;ross.. . supple-Ballin dock. nir. nti.amcue St. Helens. "Did you notice that dispatch in The Oregonian about Cox the other day? A woman asked him if he was 'wef and his reply was that if elected he would not interfere with the 18th amendment. The idea! A president's duty is not to interfere with the con stitution, but to uphold it. Four Wnya Cited. " ' 'There are four ways in which liirht wines and beer.can be restored. The first is to have congress chance the alcoholic content to permit the use of wines and beer. To prevent this we must have a dry congress. By the pa pers I see that about 100 districts have nominated "wet" candidates who are willing to amend the Volstead, act. Even in Kansas one district has nominated a "wet" for congress. Think of Kansas doing that! " The second method is to have states determine the alcoholic content. The third is' the most simple cut off appropria tions for the enforcement of the pro hibition law. A start has been made in that direction, for scores of federal prosecutors who were engaged to make prosecutions for violations of this law have been dismissed because of lack of funds. The fifth method is to have officers appointed who will not attempt to enforce the law. 'It is possible that the "wets' may make a deal with the republican or democratic parties whereby officers may be appointed who will not rigidly enforce the prohibition statute. Of late there has been a noticeable in crease of violations for some cause or other. It is possible that the elec tion may be determined by the vote of a few "wef states." Harding's Election Predicted. Mr. Colvin says he believes that Harding will be elected; that the re publican nominee will carry New York and Ohio, and, having Just com pleted making 29 speeches in Califor nia, he Is of the. opinion that Califor nia will vote for Harding. Of all the candidates In the field. Mr. Colvin says that Mr. Watkins and himself know the United States "bet ter than the others, althougn Frank lin Roosevelt is getting acquainted with it. The prohibition nominee for vice-president says that if Charles K Hughes had known the country bet ter, and particularly the west, he would not have made the mistakes on the Pacific coast four years ago whicn NEW YORK. Sept. 11. Dollar, from Vancouver. -Arrived Bessie 17. Arrived Tid- YOKOHAMA, Sept dereus, from Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11. Arrived Prosper, from Port Ludlow; Waterbury, from New York; Wellington, from Hono lulu; Springfield, from Boston; Derby line, from Seattle. Sailed Nome City, for Tacoma; Seiyu Maru, from Hong Kong; Admiral Sebree, for. Vancuvrr; Yosemite, for Seattle; Celilo, for Portland; Carmela, for Aber deen. ' U. S. Xaval Radio Reports. WESTERN -CROSS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM BRIDGE AS SHE ENTERS PORT FOR CARGO OF TIES. WOMEN ARRANGE BENEFIT Dancing and Singing to Feature 1 Programme at Oregon City. ORESGONNriTY, Or., Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Walter Bennett and Mrs. Henry Henningsen are to give a bene fit entertainment Tuesday evening at the Star theater for Meade Post No. 2, Grr.nd Army of the Republic Danc ing and singing will be among the main features.. Among those to take part in the evening's performance will be Jean ette and Bertelle McBain, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. McBain of Port land, who will appear in dances. Another feature of the evfnlng will be a Virginia r -1, when some of the civil war veterans will dance. . . : J " "t ,. Angelus Studio, photograph, of the steamer Western Cross vraav snapped from the Broad way bridge as the vessel was coming into the harbor for a full cargo of railroad ties, which she will take to the Vnlted Kingdom. The West ern Cross Is loading at the Stipple-Ballin dock and will leave during the week. She Is a shlpplsg board vessel under the management of Thorn dyke A Trenholme. represented here by the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company. - Al- GYLL, Port San Luis for Tacoma, 3S0 miles from Tacoma. WASHTENAW. Port Angeles for Port San Luis. 53 miles from Port San Luis. FRANK H. BUCK. Monterey for Seattle, 400 miles from Monterey. ' ADMIRAL NICHOLSON. San Francisco for Fanta Barbara, 6 miles from Santa Barbara. SAN DIEGO. Pan Pedro for Tacoma, 218 miles north of San Pedro. HERCULES. Astoria for San Diego, 05 miles south of San Francisco. ARDMORE. Talare for Vancouver, 940 miles from San Francisco. 1 SENATOR. Mazatlan, Mexico, for San Francisco, 410 miles south of San Francisco. WESTERN KNIGHT, New Tork for San Francisco, 745 miles south of h'an Fran DELL WOOD, Hilo for San Francisco. SO miles from San Francisco. WEST SEQUANA, from Honolulu. -407 miles west of San Francisco. SALINAS. San Pedro for Shanghai, 060 miles west of San Pedro. CAPTAIN A. F. LUCAS. San Pedro for Cordova, 1121 miles from Cordova, PRESIDENT, Seattle lor San Francisco, 33 miles from Victoria. EL SEGUNDO. San Pedro for Hilo, 1347 miles from San Pedro. September 10. MOFFETT. San Pedro for Seattle. 556 miles north of San Pedro. ATLAS, Juneau for Richmond. 130 miles from San Francisco. HERRIN, Portland for Avon, 467 miles from Portland STORM KING, towing log raft. Astoria for San Francisco, 192 miles from San Francisco. APUS, Portland for United Kingdom. 10 miles south of Eureka. ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. San Francisco for Wilmington, oi miles south of San Francisco. OUABBIN, San Pedro for Kahulul. 155 mile sfrom Ssn Pedro. COLORADO SPRINGS, San Francisco for Manila, G3 miles from San Francisco. Marine Xotes. The McCormlck line- steamer Wapama arrived at the Couch-street dock last night with freight and passengers from San Francisco and Los Angeles. She Is sched uled to depart Thursday. . Ths steamer Merlden, of the General Steamship corporation's west coast service, will arrive In tne river today, according from her skipper yesterday by the Columbia river pilots. Fart or tne Merlden s cargo from Portland will be 2500 tons of wheat and 2000 tons of flour, to be loaded at the Irving dock The British steamer Pilar de Larrinaga sailed for Europe at 6 o'clock yesterday morning with 0500 long tons of wheat The Admiral line steamer Abercos dropped down to Knappton at 7 o'clsck last night to complete her cargo for the orient with a shipment of lumber. The Matson Navigation company's steamer Point Lobos will move today from the Portland Lumber company's mill to St Helens to finish loading lumber for Callao, Peru. C. Guterres, of Kobe. Japan, was a vist tor In Portland yesterday and was shown about the harbor and terminals by rep resentatives of A. O. Anderson & Co. Mr. Guterres is manager of the export de partment of S. Yoshlhara & Co., of Kobe, and is considered an authority on Japa nese produce and exports, particularly veg etable oils. He says there is considerable apprehension in Japan over section 2d of the merchant marine law. A. C. Stubbe. Captain W. Z. Haskins auu Captain Frank Sweet, the three of ficers of the Oregon & Ocean corporation, were in Seattle yesterday to attend a meeting of the Northwest Waterfront Em ployers' union. CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 11. (Special.) "The Lion and the Mouse" was re- staged before the senate sub-committee investigating- campaign funds here today, when Miss Eunice Coyne, a pretty little newspaper reporter from Aberdeen, S. D., told the committee about assessments levied upon a group of girls, civil service employes, work ing in the office of the internal rev enue collector at Aberdeen to help pay democratic campaign expenses. miss Jessie nurohard, one of the employes assessed. followed Miss Coyne on the witness stand and ad mitted that she and a dozen other girls had met a representative of the democratic state committee at a room in a hotel and had there given J40 each to the democratic campaign fund. senator Kenyon declared that the action of the democrats in South Da kota was infamous. "I agree with you," said Senator Reed, "that in any way to levy a political assessment upon a girl working for the govern ment is absolutely inexcusable." Sen ator Pomerene. the other democratic member of the committee, followed: There cannot be any Question about that." Soliciting Letter Produced. Miss Coyne produced a copy of the paper containing an affidavit made by her that she had received the follow ing letter addressed to Marian Ar mentrout. one of the girls working in the revenue office, August 31. "The democratic national committee are raising in this state a fund for campaign expenses, and those who are partaking of the benefits of of fice are asked to assist. You are cor dially requested to arrange this mat ter by calling at the Sherman hotel. room 213. during the next three days." The leter was signed by E. M. Waterbury. Miss Coyne said she asked Miss Armentrout's mother for the letter and was refused. She testified that she talked with Waterbury about the business that had brought him to Aberdeen, and he said it was on dem ocratic business. She said she was told Waterbury was acting for Clar ence H. Mee, chairman of the demo cratic committee, and that Clarence H. Mee was the father of J. Walter Mee, internal revenue collector, in whose office the girls work. Miss Burchard testified that she was a democrat, and that she and about a dozen other girl employes visited Waterbury's room and gave him money with the understanding that it was to be spent for democratic campaign expenses. She said they receive S120 a month and thai each gave $40. She said she had no other source of income so that the $40 came out of her salary. The money was given in two checks, one dated September 1, and one October 1. She said that about half the girls gave checks, and the rest cash. Girl Summoned to Appear. Miss Burchard testified that she went to her home in Minneapolis after paying the money, and that she had received a telegram requesting her to appear before the committee. She denied that lawyers had told her she did not need to come on the tele graphic summons, but admitted that an officer from the chief of police visited her home, and said that she must come. She said that she did not know why two other girls to whom the committee sent a telegraphic summons did not appear. Miss Coyne was asked about a statement in the Aberdeen American the same day the expose of demo cratic assessment was published that while democrats of South Dakota were busy blackjacking $40 cash from $120-a-month girl clerks in the inter nal revenue office in Aberdeen, Gov ernor James Cox of Ohio, the demo cratic presidential candidate, wa3 re iterating charges that there was a republican plot to buy the presi dency." The committee adjourned to meet September 22, probably in New York. Trial of Frank Love, driver of the truck which ran over Chamberlain, who was a helper on Love's truck, was set for September 15 by Munic ipal Judge Kossman. Love was re leased under $1000 bail on a charge of reckless driving. J. P.iley, the driver of the truck which ran over and instantly killed 3-year-old Harry Strombaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Strombaugh of 226 Jefferson street, was released yes terday on his own recognirance after investigation by Traffic Investigator Freiberg yesterday. Riley was held blameless in the accident, but will .be required to appear Monday to answer to a charge of cutting cor ners. The boy's grandfather. Harry B. Hunter, with whom the lad lived prior to the accident, said yesterday that Riley was not to blame. Mr. Hunter was a witness of the acci dent, as the boy had just left his side to run across the street at the intersection of Jersey and Alta streets as Riley's truck approached the turn. The lad ran into the side at the truck just as it bad completed the turn at the intersection, according to Mr. Hunter, and fell directly in front of the rear wheel. Riley stopped the truck almost instantly, he said, when men from the sidewalk, shouted at him. OIL IS SEIZED BY NAVY 5IARE ISLAXD COMMAXDAXT AXD MARINES TAKE SCPPLY. Admiral Jayne Declares Patience) of Department Is Exhausted and Force Is Used. MARTINEZ, Cal.. Sept. 11. Accom panied by an escort of marines. Cap tain E. M. Beach, commandant of the Mare Island navy-yard, visited the plant of the Shell Oil company here today and seized 2000 barrels of fuel oil for the navy-yard, following a dispute over tne price of the oil between the navy department and the company. SAN FRANCISCOSept. 11. A state ment regarding the seizure of 2000 barrels, of oil from the plant of the Shell Oil -company in Martinez ty Mare Island navy-yard officials to day was issued by Rear-Admiral Jo seph L. Jayne, commanding the 12th naval district here. Admiral Jayne said: "Much patience has been shown at navy headquarters to give the com pany time to adjust its differences with the navy department. Finally, yesterday, the company was informed in writing that if it persisted in re fusal to supply the oil ... the commandant at Mare Island would be ordered to seize it. In accordance with this warning Captain E. L. Beach, U. S. N., commandant of the navy-yard, proceeded to Martinez this morning with an oil barge and on being refused the oil force was used, which consisted in breaking six chains." Inuring the operation the officials of the company were "very courteous." Admiral Jayne said. The company may accept as mucn as 75 per cent of the price or tne on without impairing its rights to sue for the full amount. Admiral Jayne aid. JAPAN TO FIGHT JUfftlS HOPE IS TO PREVENT LEGIS LATION IN CALIFORNIA. Oriental Newspaper Is Pessimistic and Thinks. Solution- of Prob lem Nearly Hopeless. TOKIO, Sept. 11. (By the Asso ciated Press.) According to the Nich Nichi today, Japan's policy will be to strive to the last to prevent the pro posed anti-Japanese legislation in California. The newspaper says it be lieves the negotiations between the American secretary of state. Bain bridge Colby, and the Japanese am bassador, Kijuro Shidehara, are pro gressing and that an understanding eventually will be reached. If the anti-Japanese legislation becomes iaW however, the Nichi Nichi believes, i special treaty to guarantee the right of Japanese will be concluded between the two governments. The conservative newspaper Jiji Shimpo is pessimistic and thinks to a. radio message received from hr solution of tho California problem annual, iiuyeicoa. mc iui cigu uiuce declines to discuss the situation be yond saying that informal negotia tions are going on between Secretary Colby and Ambassader Shidehara. VALUATION LOWERED Deschutes County Assessable) Prop erty Less Than Last Year. BEND, Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.) Because of the removal of automo biles from the list of taxable prop erty, a decrease in livestock, due to the record cold weather of last winter and the fact that 20,406 acres of logged-off land have been removed from the timber land classification and placed in the non-tillable land list, Deschutes county's assessed val uation this year is only $8,217,155. as compared with $s.342,160 in 1919. County Assessor W. T. Mullarky re ported today. The decrease from tne cnange or clover land is $163,248, the loss of automobiles as taxable property Is $129,620. based on last year's roll, while a decrease of nearly" 5000 head of cattle, sheep and swine represents $53,291. Even with the removal of automo biles, however. Bend's assessed valu ation jumped from $l,548,9i5, as re corded in 1919. to $1,589,735. Ram Sale Is Heavy. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 11. Total figures for the annual ram eale held here August 30 to September 3. under the auspices of the National wool Growers' association, will reach ap proximately $125,000, as compared with $220,000 for 1919, F. R. Marshall, association secretary, stated today. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL. REPORT. PORTLAND. Sept. 11. Maximum, tem perature, 70 degrees; minimum, 61 degrees. River reading at 8 A. M., 4.2 feet; change in the last 24 hours, 0 4-foot rise. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. M ). none: total rainfall since September , 1020. .20 Inch: normal rainfall sinoe September 1, .47 inch; deficiency of rainfall since Septem ber 1, 1020, .27 inch. Sunrise, 5:44 A. M.: sunset 0:31 P. M.; total sunshine, 42 min utes; possible sunshine. 12 hours and 4T minutes. Moonrise, 4:51 A. M.: moonset. 5:40 P. M Barometer reduced to sea level), 5 P. M.. 29 80 Inches. Relative humidity: R A. M.. SI per cent: noon, 63 per cent: 3 P. M.. 6 per cent. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. 3 Wind I NO INpUEST TO BE HELD CORONER SAYS DEATIIS OF AUTO VICTIMS -ACCIDENTS. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. Trial of Driver of Truck on Reck less Driving Charge AVill Be Held September 15. No inquest will be held over the deaths of Harry Strombaugh and Benjamin Chamberlain, auto truck victims who were run over and in stantly killed Friday night, accord ing to Leo Goetsch, deputy " coroner, yesterday. Both were accidental deaths and it was not thought neces sary to hold an inquest, he said. Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicago Denver Dm Moines . Eureka . . . . tiaiveston . . Helena Juneaut . . Kansa City. Los Angeres. Marshfltld . Medford .... Minneapolis New Orleans; New York . , North Head Phoenix .... Pocalello ... Portland ... Roseburg .. . Sacramento St. Louis ... ke . go . San Fran. . Seattle .... Sitkat Spokane ... Tacoma ... Tatoosh . . . Valdest .. Walla Wall! Washington Winnipeg . Yakima ... 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