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20 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, MAKCII 20, 1921 CHARTER S SIGNED FOB WESIWABD HO Historic Steamer Taken by Northern Company. i HAMBURG GETS WHEAT Break In Shipping Board Rate to United Kingdom Responsible for La test Cargo. As the result of Friday's breaTc In the uhlppinp board rate on grain from the Pacific coast to the United Kingdom, when the charter rate slipped from ?15 to J10.S0, another shipping board steamer, the historic " Westward Ho, was taken yesterday by the Northern Grain & Warehouse . company for Portland loading. She will probably go to Hamburg, where this company is reported to have sold a cargo eeveral days ago. The British steamer Statesman of the Harrison Direct line was listed yesterday to load wheat here for Bal- fnni- flitthf!A Jt. fn TKIa Veaul lfft tilasgow February 25 for San Fran cisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria on her regular line serv ice, and should reach Portland early in April. The amount and character .. t crrfiin bHa n ill loka from Pnrtland .was not iearneu jesieiuaj. Craft Torpedoed on First Trip. The steamer Westward ho was me first vessel built for the emergency fleet corporation by the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation of this city. On her first voyage to Europe with war supplies she was torpedoed three days off the coast of France. Her crew was transferred to a de stroyer which came to her rescue, and the helpless Westward Ho was ltft for dead. The Breton patrol a few dav later found her flounder ing helplessly, but Btill afloat, and towed her into Brest stern first, be cause all her forward part was shot " She came to Portland last Septem ber as the first and last steamer in the Intercoastal service of the Pacific Mail Steamship company to this port. Because her turbines were out of re pair she made a long voyage of It, and after discharging here went to Seattle for repair. She has been idle on Puget sound since that time. San Frnnclfico'a Concurrence Walt. The drop in the shipping board grain rate, which was started by Seattle operators Frday when they chartered the steamers Eastern Leader and Jalapa to the Houser interests at J12 and J10.50, rspectively, to the Mediterranean and United Kingdom, still lacks the concurrence of the tan Francisco headquarters of the Pacific coast district of the operations divi sion of the shipping board. Pending the receipt of euch con firmatory advices from San Francisco. James W .Crichton, district agent of the operations division, still lacks authority to underquote the former rate of 15 a ton. Pacific Coast Shipping Xotes. ASTORIA. Or.. March 19.-(SplaU-The tank .t..m.r Lansing arrived at 1.2 J this afternoon bringing a cargo of fuel o 1 and proceeded to Portland. LaSen with a cargo of flour from Port land, the Norwegian f Rio Grande sailed at 4:30 this afternoon for Colon lor The'steam schooner. Tiverton and Siski you, with lumber from W "'P""-."6" scheduled to sail tonight for California COOS BAY. Or.. March 10. (Special.) The steamer G. C. Undauer put to sea last ngh at 6:83 carrying lumber from sev er?" different mill, in this county. She had been In the bny for five days. Her curso was for San Francisco. The gasoline schooners O.prey and Tramp with freight cargoes were unable to get to sea today for Kogue river owing to rough water at the bar. BBATTLB, Wash.. March 19. (Special.) Marking the annual resumption of direct sTeamship service with Cook inlet closed during the winter mnntns hVavy lce conditions, the steamship Ala meda of the Alaska Steamship company s fleet will sail Tuesday morning for Anch orage via way ports. The Alameda and Northwestern will alternate on the south western Alaska run this summer. The new motorsnip Mn from the Todd yard at Tacoma, where she is undergoing adjustments, to Fort Blakeley to load her first cargo during the coming week. A full cargo of lumber will be taken to San Pedro. Bringing a consignment of approximately 12U0 tons of Australian wool, the Canadian government's merchant marine steamship Canadian Prosector arrived in port today. It is the first of the Canadian-owned steamships to enter this port with off shore cargo. , En route from Atlantic ports for Yok kaichl. Japan, the Japanese steamship Port Said Maru arrived in Seattle today to load several hundred tons of additional cargo and to replenish her fuel supply The vessel is owned and operated by Suzuki and company. Notification that the .teamshlp Keystone State, the second of the new 535-foot pas senger greyhounds allocated to the Pacific Steamship company for operation In th( Seattle-oriental routes, will be ready for delivery in New York, April 15, was re ceived this morning by the corporation's hradquarlers hero In a telegram from thr shipping board's home office in Wash ington. f. C. Seattle's domestic export trade for Feb ruary wa. S0,3i4 tons, valued at $4,134,011 according to Port Warden Lathe's monthly report. This Is an Increase of 10,232 tons over the corresponding month of last year. With shipments of lumber, cotton, steel and other freight, the steamship Manila Maru of Osaka Shosen Kalsha sailed from Seattle this morning for port. In the ori ent. The vessel has about 100 Bteerage passengers. Including 20 Russians on their way to their homeland. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash., March 19. (Special.) The steamers Shasta and Chrls tenson and the schooner Camano are the only ship, loading In port tonight. The steamer Willpolo is due tonight and the Daisy Gadsby tomorrow morning. PORT TOWNSEXD, Wash., March 19. (Special.) Sixty-five days from Nukua lofa Frle.idly Islands. the schooner Charles R. Wilson arrived this morning, proceeding to Seattle, where she will over haul before going to the Behring sea codfish banks. She took a cargo of gen eral freight from San Francisco to the Friendly islands port. To salvage lost treasure from wrecks in Alaska waters. Jack Clouse. a member of the dlvln firm of Clouse & Sadler, will soon start north. A patent alum inum diving suit will be used, the Inven tion of F. W. Waters, a diver who worked with Clouse In salving the safe from the British steamer Princess Sophia. The suit weighs 400 pounds and has been tested at a depth of 400 feet, which had never before been reached. Within the past 2.1 or 30 years several steamers have gone to the bottom In Alaska waters, earning considerable gold. The British steamer Canadian Pros pector arrived today, proceeding to Seattle to discharge & shipment of wool from Australia. The Japanese steamer Port Said Maru arrived this morning from New York, via Ualboa and Galveston, bringing a part cargo consigned to Japan. On Puieet sound she will complete with lumber. 'I SAV FRANCISCO, March 19. (Special.) Reductions In the price of bunker coal at Balboa and Cristobal have been made by Chester J. Harding, governor of the Panama canal. Advices to this ef'ect were received here today by Acting Col lector of Customs William B. Hamilton. The new rates are $12 per ton for coal st Cristobal and $14 per ton at Balboa. The new rates became effective on March 35. The most welcome new. received by Collector Hamilton, however, was the lowering In the price of fuel oil at both enda of the canal to $-.70 per barrel. Fuel oil In August of last year was sell ing at the Pacific and Atlantic entrances to the Panama canal at $3.50 a ban el. Since that period the price has been gradually reduced until today's low figure i was received. On March 1 the price of coal was reduced i per ton at Cristobal and Bal boa, and today's new. makes a drop of $H per ton In this fuel Inside of the month. Reduction in the price of both coal and oil was received here with Joy by steamship operator, engaged In the inter-coastal trade, as the drop In fuel will result In a saving of thousands of dollars monthly in costs of operation. Towed by the W. R. Gracs freighter Santa Rita, the bark Egon arrived here today. The Egon is the third ex-German Sailing ship to be towed to this port from Santa Rosalia. The vessel, aa were the other two, the Hans and the Adolpll Vlnnen, are owned by the Robert Dollar Steamship company. Captain R. N. Nason was in command of the Egon on her run here from Mexico. A low pressure cylinder for the freighter West Neris went out in the holds of the Pacific mal' liner Golden State today. The West Neris sailed from Honolulu on February 2.1 for ports In the Mediterranean but was forced to return to the Hawaiian Islands on account of engine trouble. Tbe cylinder weighed IS tons and Is the heav iest single article shipped from here in a vessel in many months. After narrowly escaping going ashore on the rocks off the entrance to the Golden Gate wben her rudder became disabled, the shipping board tanker Sal.na effected repairs last night and sailed before day light. VANCOUVER, B. C, March 19. (Spe cial -Announcement was made today by SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON This photograph waa made rrhen the sharper angle tbe chains B. C. Keeley, Pacific coast arent for the C. G. M. M Limited, that the company had Inaugurated the long expected Montreal-Vancouver service and a full cargo was awaiting in Vancouver to be shipped on the first vessel sailing from this port. The line was established March 10 with the sailing; of the steamer Canadian Car rier from Montreal. An entire steel bridBe, weighing 750 tons and comprising numbers of exception ally large pieces, was loaded on the ship ping board steamer City of Spokane at the C. G. M. M. docks this week. It was i...n '.'. t.. Vu. -!, a.i Vntnr.nv I and shipped to China throuuh the North- The stenmers Canadian voyager. Cana dian Volunteer and Canadian Trooper will alrio be put on this service. They are 4700-deadweight-ton boats, west Trading company of Reattl. The bridBe is to be delivered at Taku Bar, lightered to Tientsin and placed across the rlvi-r near there by British engineers. The City of Spokane is operated by the Pacific Steamship company and is completing cargo at Dollarton. Two members of the crew of the Ameri can oil tanker Lyman Stewart were ar rested while trying to smuggle five cases of whisky aboard the ship just a. she was about to leave for San Francisco Fri day. They were released on ball and today failed to appear, forfeiting Che bail money and the whisky. The steamer West Jessup sailed today for the orient. Ship Reports by Radio. (Furnished by Badlo Corporation of America.) Positions reported at 8 P. M. yesterday, unless otherwise Indicated, were as follows: DEL'EL, from British Columbia ports for England, ou2 miles south of Cape Flattery. i EVERETT, from Seattle for San Pedro, 1(10 miles from San Pedro. MONARCH, from San Francisco for Santa Rosalia, '421 miles south of San Francisco. ADMIRAL EVANS, from San Francisco for Seattle, 21S miles from Seattle. WILLIAM F. HERRIN. from Linnton for San Francisco, crossed out Columbia river bar. CLAREMONT, from Wlllapa harbor for San Pedro, D4 miles xrom v lliapa nar bor. MONTEBELLO, Port San Luis for Vancouver, G-5 mile, from Vancouver, March IS, 8 P. M. CAPTAIN A. F. LUCAS, Astoria for Richmond, 534 miles from Richmond, March IS, 8 P. M. SYLVAN ARROW, San Francisco for Shanghai, 20So miles from San Francisco, March 18, S P. M. WEST CAJOOT. Tokohama for San Francesco, 1M7 milee east of Tokohama. March IS, S P. M. ECUADOR, Orient for San Francisco, 12-10 miles west of San Francisco, March is, S p. M. ALGONWUIN. Woo 6ung- for San Fran cisco, 1314 miles from San Francisco, March IS. 8 P. M. ATLAS. Richmond for Ketchikan, 456 miles from Richmond. WEST KATAN, Astoria for San Fran cisco. Io0 miles from 8an Francisco. AVALON, Grays Harbor for San Fran cisco. 1101 miles from San Francisco. QUINAULT, San Francisco for Tacoma, 1-S miles north of San Francbjco. ADMIRAL DEWEY, Seattle for San Francisco, 124 miles from San Francibco. CEL1LO, Astoria for San Francisco. 4o miles south of Cape Blanco. . MONTEBELLO, Port San Luis for Vancouver, 415 miles from Vancouver. BEARI'ORT, Portland for Yokohama, 849 miles west of Columbia river. RAINIER, San Francisco for Belllng ham, 100 miles from Bellingham. M. S. LIBBY MAINE, Taku for Yakutat. passing Cape Spencer, March 18. DELIGHT, Vancouver for Yokohama, 8785 mile, west of Cape Flattery, March 18. HYADES, Belllngham for Honolulu, four miles east of Tatoosh. March IS. WEST TOGUS, Everett for San Fran cisco, San Pedro, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston, two mile, west of Dungenesa, March 18. WEST JAPPA. Hongkong for Manila. 105 miles from Manila, March 18. WEST JENA Hongkong for Manila, 102 miles from Manila. March IS. VENEZUELA, San Francisco for orient, 1780 miles west of Honolulu. WILHELMINA, San Francisco for Honolulu. 773 miles from San Francisco, March 18. LURL1NE. Honolulu for San Francisco, 219 miles from San Francisco, March 18. CHINA, orient for San Francisco, 960 miles west of San Francisco, March 18. MANOA. Honolulu for San Francisco, 1333 mile, west of San Francisco, March 18. - , ENTERPRISE, Hilo for San Francisco, 1575 mile. west of San Francisco, March 18. LAS VEGAS, San Pedro for Auckland, 44 miles south of Honolulu. March 18. HAWKEYE 8TATK. left Hilo for Hono lulu, March 18. ECUADOR, orient for San Francisco, 12l'U mile, west of San Francisco, March IS. , MAUI, left Honolulu for Hilo March 18. GRIFFCO. San Francisco tor Honolulu, 480 miles from San Francisco, March 18. VENEZUELA, San Francisco for orient, 17S0 miles west of Honolulu. March 18. MANOA. Honolulu for San Francisco. 1031 miles west of San Francisco. CAPTAIN A F. LUCAS. Astoria for Richmond. 275 miles from Richmond. JUNEAU, San Francisco for Seattle, 118 mile, from San Francsico. J. A. MOFFETT, Richmond for Point Wells. 445 miles from Richmond. WEST MAHWAH. Honolulu for Sao Francisco, 200 miles from San Francisco. GOLDEN 8TATB, San Francisco for Hongkong via Honolulu and Japan, 105 ! mile, weat of Whittier. HIGH WATER HALTS OF Bringing Drydock to Scene Considered Best. Is SCOW USE PLAN FAILURE Pontoons Xow Slay Be Sank and Made Fast to Chains Beneath ' Craft to Be Raised. Bringing the drydock to the vessel Instead of the customary reverse of this practice has been decided upon as the most practicable method of SUNKEN DREDGE WILLAMETTE MUSI DREDGE river began to rise and the scows began to tip. When they had risen t a nnder the dredge had to be let go to prevent wrecking the wreckers. raising the sunken Port of Portland dredge Willamette. Rapid rising of the Willamette river just 24 hours before the wreckers were ready for it has necessitated abandonment of the plan which was well under way of raising the craft by chains and house jacks rigged on scows. Six scows of the common river va riety had been moored beside the sub merged dredge at the foot of Ross island and chains passed from scow to scow under ine uuliuiii ul iug dredge. The plan was to counter weight each barge on the side away from the dredge as traction was ap plied to the chains, so that the scows would submerge on an even keel, lift ing the dredge as they sank. A lift of only a few feet would have been necessary to bring the deck of the dredge above the surface of the water so that she could be raised the rest of the way by means of pumps. Freshet Spoils Plana. The freshet In the river, however. 'spoiled all this. J"he scows had not been ballasted, so as the water rose so did the scows, with one side of each anchored down, until they stood on their beam ends at an acute angle. Some of the chains under the dredge snapped like twine because the strain was not evenly distributed, and the others had to be cast off and buoyed. The plan arrived at Friday night by James H. PolhemU9, chief engi neer and general manager for the port commission, after a conference with his assistants and Frank M. Warren, chairman of the port com mission. Is to use four' drydock pon toons in place of the scows. The port commission's floating drydock at St. Johns is to be taken apart and four of its five pontoons taken to the scene of the wreck. Pile dolphins will be driven to hold them in place, while a power line is to run to the shore to bring current for the operation of their machinery. When all is in readiness the pon toons will be sunk to the river bot tom, made fast to the chains under the dredge and then raised again, bringing, it is expected, the dredge with them. The water will then be pumped from the dredge hull by steam siphons. The preparations for the lift are expected to take a week or two at least, but the actual raising of the dredge after arrangements are com pleted is expected to be accomplished in a few hours. SIGXAL TOWER TO BE STEEL Permanent Service Structure Will Be Rushed to Completion. JTDWPORT. Or., March 19. (Spe cial.) Captain Hunt has asked for bids to supply the Taquina bay coast guard station with materials neces- Port Calendar. To Arrive at rortland. Steamer From Due. Santa Barbara San Fran Mar. 21 Johan Pouisen San Fran. .. .Mar. 21 K. 1. Luckenbach. . . . San Fran Mar. 21 Curacao S. F. tc way. .Mar. 23 Rose City San Fran. .. .Mar. 23 Eastern Leader Se&ttle Mar. 24 Pacific (M.S.) Seattle Mar. 24 Steel Mariner N. Y.-S.F. Mar. 23 Iowan N.Y.-Seattle. .Mar. 25 Willpolo Gray. Harbor. Mar. 26 West Nomentura ....North China. .Mar. 27 Alaska ......San Fran. ... Mar. 24 Brush Boston-S. F... Mar. 30 Katrine Luckenbach. San Fran. ... Mar. 80 West Haven.. Galveston ...Mar. 30 Relyo Maru Honolulu ....Apr. 3 C. H. Livingstone... New York....Apr. fi Yalza Boston-S.F. ..Apr. 6 Walllngford San Fran, .. .April 15 Str. West Ivan Seattle Apr. 15 Julia Luckenbach. .. San Fran. .. .Apr. 15 Asia (M.S.) San Fran Apr. 15 Wlllhllo New York.... Apr. 19 Anna E. Morse New York. .. .Apr. 20 Merlden San Fran April 30 To Depart From Portland. Steamer For Date. Mont Cervln Europe Mar. 20 Alaska San Fran Mar. 21 Seiyo Maru Orient Mar. 21 Kinderdijk Europe Mar. 23 Wapama 3an Fran Mar. 24 E H. Meyer San Fran Mar. 24 Curacao S. F. Jb way.. Mar. 24 Willpolo New York. .. .Mar. 24 Rose City San Fran. .. .Mar. 2 Relyo Maru Valparaiso ..Apr. a A be r cos Orient Apr. 1 C H. Livingstone. . .New York.... Apr. V Steel Ranger New York. .. .Apr. 13 Teasel. In Port, Vessel Bertn: Str. Aberco. ...... ..West Oregon mill. cir Alaska Ainsworth dock I Str. Anns Hanify ....Clark-Wilson mill. Str. Egeria Coast shipyard. Sch. K. V. Kruse. . . . Terminal No. 3. Str. Lansing ....... .Union Oil dock. Str. Klnderdyk Montgomery dock Str. Mont Cervln. ... .Columbia dock. Str. Seiyo Maru. Terminal No. 4. - Str. Wapama Terminal No. 2. gtr. Wawalon . . . . Terminal No. 4. Bit. West Jester .....VV sary for a concrete lounoatlon for a steel slarnal tower. The fir pole used for a number of years was blown oown ny the wind In December, and since that time there has been no means of flying storm warnings or other signals. Residents accustomed to marine ex igencies were wondering If the Hard ing administration would not do away with the red tape making such neglect possible. The station here costs about $1000 a month to main TOWBOAT TAKES 2 SCIIOOXERS Irene and George E. Billings Are Escorted Down Klver. The port of Portland's towboat Portland executed her favorite feat of a double tow yesterday when she took the sailing schooners Irene and George E. Billings down the river to Astoria. Both schooners are laden with full cargoes of lumber; the Irene for Hilo and the Billings for Callao. Though moving two sailing vessels at one time is no more of a feat from an actual performance standpoint than pushing a big steel steamer fully laden, it is more spectacular and never fails to Impress shipmasters wIia or makinc thpir first aCOUalnt- ance with the ways of this port. Portland is probably the only port In STOPPED BY RISING RIVER. the world where ocean vessels are moved about the harbor by a stern wheel boat. LUMBER BUTE GOES UP TRAXS-PACIFIC TARIFF TAKES SHARP ADVANCE. Operators of Lines Increase 50 Per Cent, Lifting Charges to Paring Basis. Notice of an increase of 50 per cent in the trans-Pacific lumber rate was received by local operators and by fl9.-pperat.iqns division of the ehip ping loard', yesterday. This action, which was taken by operators of American and foreign trans-Pacific lines, raises the rate from S10 to $15 a thousand 'feet. The $10 rate on lumber, which has prevailed for several weeks as the result of a drop to meet competition of British lines operating out of Pu get sound, has been a source of un happiness to ship operators and ship ping board representatives .alike, as an American vessel canot help but lose money at this figure. On a rate of $15, it is said, a steamer has a chance of breaking even on a trans pacific voyage if she can secure enough return cargo. The reduction was expected by all operators, who stopped booking lum ber at $10 several days ago. XEW SHIP LIXE IS PROPOSED Coast Ports Between Portland and Seattle to Benefit. HOQTJIAM, Wash., March 18. (Spe cial.) H. C. Pitton of Portland, in a communication to the Commercial club, advises that if merchants of ports from Portland to Seattle will assist In financing and in aiding with cargo, a steamship line will be estab lished this spring. The local club is to take the subject up at an early meeting. According to Mr. Pitton's letter, merchants in Portland, Astoria. South Bend. Kavmond. Hnmiinm suawAan Bellingham and Seattle, working to- getner, couia make such a service feasible and a benefit not only to themselves bv reriiiMn h.hi charges, but in securing better trade icmuuns generauy witn the neighbor ing cities. Port Bonds Are Approved. Telegraphic approval of the $1,250, 000 emergency bond issue authorized by the legislature was received by the port of Portland yesterday from Storey, Thorndyke, Palmer and Dodge, the Boston firm nf Knn .1. torneys whose opinion on the issue was sought by the port commission. At the last meeting of the port com mission the issuance of $600,000 of these bonds was authorized, and an other meeting is to be held Monday iu arrange Details or the sale. The bonds will run for ftva u ing Interest at 6 per cent. Record Flour Cargo Taken. TV. : . n. cleared yesterday morning with the aiBwi 6 u oi uour to go from Portland in, many months. She is taking a total of 4742 long tons, or 75 fi77 o I. .. fin.. .. 1 . . . . , 000, Of this. 3742 tons will be dis- rhn rciH a t T-T a mhtiro n . - . e, Mtl Ulan v , iur tfia r-ortnC!r.,rr. L- "" "''n fivvci mucin., ana 1000 tons will hA taifAn tr-t t u Scotland. HOTEL MEN PLAN VISIT Managers and Operators of XeW York to See Portland. A party of 60 hotel managers and operators of New York city and vicin ity will visit In Portland during the latter part of April in the course of a trip through the Pacific coast sec tion, according to information re ceived yesterday from New York. The purpose of the trip, it is said, is to encourage greater fellowship and har mony between the hotel men of the east and west. The party will leave New York city in two special cars on April 2. They will stop at points of interest en route and will visit the leading cities of the coast. . L POLICY IS SCORED Pacific Steamship Manager Advises Changes. SHIPPING LOSSES GROW Bare-Boat Charter Suggested, With Object or Having U. S.-'FIeet . Sold to Private Owners. If congress is not to be called rfpon COnstantlv fnr nnn,.n,t.t,,inn.. A . - - KK f M.IVI13 I W 111-' t the losses or the shipping board, the government must get out of the ship operating business at once, in the opinion of A. F. Haines, vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Steamship company, who was a visitor in Portland yesterday . Three concrete proposals, which Mr. Haines holds to be the logical pro gramme for the operation of the American merchant marine fleet, are, first, appraise the fleet at its present value, writing off the difference be tween this and its cost as a war loss; second, cancel the present man aging operators' agreement and let the vessels out to responsible oper ators on the bare-boat charter plan, free of all governmental restrictions, and, third, provide a direct or In direct ubsidy for the operation of vessels in the pioneering lines. Fixed Charges Are High. "In the first place," Mr. Haines said, "the government fleet cannot pos sibly show a profit on paper when all such fixed charges as insurance, depreciation and interest are based on a valuation far in excess of that of similar vessels under foreign flags. "In regard to the bare-boat char ter, the adoption of this plan would enable the government to get out of the ship-operating business at once. It would throw" operators on their own resources to work their vessels at a profit, matching their abil ity, knowledge and resourcefulness against the foreign competitors. Un der the present arrangement the shipping board stands all losses and an operator makes money even while the ships are running at a loss of several thousand dollars a voyage. If a bare-boat charter plan is adopted, the shipping board vessels should be chartered at the rate at which foreign tonnage can be se cured in the open market, and oper ators should be allowed to run them in tramp trade wherever they can make a profit with them. Allocation of Two Asked. "The Admiral line has asked the shipping board for the allocation of two of the 'S35' combination freight and passenger vessels to run between Portland and Manila. If these ves sels are allocated to us they must be run at a loss for some time until the trans-Pacific passenger business is developed out of Portland, and during this fcime the government should ab sorb the loss, in accordance with the terms of the merchant marine act. This could be done by giving us the steamers at a low charter rate. "Of course, one operator cannot run ships on a bare-boat charter while another has all his expenses and losses paid by the shipping board. The entire fleet should be tied up and reappraised, then those ships thatrfan be run at a profit chartered with option of purchase, and the rest kept idle until business appears for them. Eventually the entire fleet should be absorbed by private owners." nTtrnfiF. SOOX TO GET POWER Transmission Lines fon Grays Har bor Planet Being Strung. ABERDEEN. Wash., March 19. (Special.) Completion of high power transmission lines was expected in the next few days to the dredge in the channel of Grays Harbor, members of the port commission announced. As soon as the lines are completed, a transformer will be installed, one from Seattle temporarily, and later one now ordered from the east. Actual dredging will begin with installation of the transformer, it was hoped. One shift will be used and the work at first v."!l be don at night, because of the inability of, the power company to furnish sufficient power In the daytime. The shortage is the result of the recent crippling of the Anderson Middleton auxiliary power plant. i Wheat Replaces Coal. Because of a sudden decision to carry more wheat and less coal, the French steamer Mont Cervin did not depart yesterday morning as expected, but will go down the river early this morning. The vessel reached her marks when 4650 tons of grain had been loaded yesterday morning. To make room for more wheat 100 tons of bunker coal was discharged' and the same weight of grain loaded Instead. The cargo was supplied by Kerr, Gif ford & Co. The European destina tion will be named when the vessel reaches the Panama canal. Marine Xotes. The United State, engineers' snagboat Mathloma was lifted In the port dry dock yesterday for a general overhaul ing. The work i. expected to take five days. The steam schooner. Siskiyou and Tiv erton departed from Westport yesterday afternoon with cargoes of lumber for ban Pedro. The tank steamer William F. Herrln, of the Associated Oil company, finished 11s- charging her oil cargo from Gaviota and left down In ballast at noon yesterday. The steam schooner Anne Hanify moved up from Wauna to the Clark-Wilson mill yesterday afternoon to finish loading a cargo of lumber for California. The steam schooner Ernest H. Meyer was expected to finish discharging gen eral freight at terminal No. 2 last nUht, and will go down to Su Helen, this morn ing to load lumber. The Union Oil company's tanker Lans ing arrived late last night with a cargo of oil. The steamer Wapama, of the Mccormick line, shitted yesterday from Couch-street dock to municipal terminal No. 2 to finish dtschargincr general freight from San Francisco and will go to St. Helen, to load this morning. Movements .of Vessels PORTLAND, March 10. Sailed at 7 A M., Norwegian steamer Rio Grande, for Europe; sailed at 11 A. M., steamer . W. F. Herrln, for San Francisco; arrived at 11:30 P. M., steamer Lansing, from Port San Luis; sailed at 6 P. M., steamers Sis kiyou and Tiverton, from Westport tor San Pedro. ASTORIA, March 19. Arrived at 2 P. M., steamer Lansing, from Port San Luis via San Francisco, and left up at 3 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO. March 19. Arrived at 2 A M., Danish motorshlp Chile, from Portland for Hull: arrived at 4 A M., steamer Curacao, from Portland via Coos bay and Eureka; arrived at 7 A. At.,' steamer Rose City, from Portland. EMDEN. March 8. Arrived Mosella from Portland. Or. SEATTLE. Wash- March 19. Arrived Port Said Maru from Hongkong: Canadian Prospector from Sydney; Nome City from ba JTrauvUvo. Departed Luukeobacb (or mm ippi New York: Governor for San Pedro, via ban Francisco. MANILA. March" 15. Arrived Coaxet frcm Portland, Or. HONGKONG. March 17. Arrived West Jappa from Vancouver. HONGKONG, March 15. Sailed Ala bama Maru for Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., "March 19. Arrived Fulton from Powell River: motor ship Pa cific from Seattle. Sailed Fulton lor Powell Klver. SAN FRANCISCO. March 19. Arrived Santa Hita from Valparaiso; Rose City from Portland. Sailed F. 8. Loop for Seattle; Golden State for Hongkong. SAN PEDRO. CaTi March 19. (Spe cial.) Arrived President, from San Fran cisco, S P. M.; Brunswick, from Fort Bragg. 6 A. M.. Derbiay, from San Fran cisco, 8 A. M.; Le Brea, from San Fran cisco. 8 A. M.; Waikawa, from San Fran-cfsc-o. 8 A. M. ; China Arrow, from San Francisco, 8 A. M. WHEAT SELLING IS FREE SHARP BRJEAK AT FINISH IX CHICAGO MARKET. Only Support Comes From Covering by Shorts Crop Reports Are Generally Good. CHTCAGO, March 19. Liquidation wu on today with support lacking and was responsible for . a sharp break in wheat at the finish which causd other grains to descend. Wheat was down to 6MsC, with March $1.52 to 1.5'J4 and .May $1.42 to f 1.42 ; corn was otT to lc, oats were down He to c, while lard was hig.her and pork and ribs lower. Buying againot bids was the main factor in checking the decline in wheat. Crop reports generally were excellent. - Baro metric lines Indicated that the wnole .southwestern wheat belt would get a wetting down over Sunday. The market was generally very bearish, the bar& covering early and encountering little difficulty in obtaining wheat After the shorts had completed their covering the market collapsed and finished near the low. Corn was quiet. The feature was the buying of July on resting orders. There was a good trade In oats. Prices, however, averaged slightly lower. Strength in hogs was responsible for a firmer provision market early, but prices eased off on selling of lard by commis sion houses. The Chicago market letter received yes terday by the Overbeck & Cooke company of Portland said: Wheat Week-end liquidation of long contracts was again the feature and in consequence the market failed to reflect the bullish tone of foreign advices, notably the fact that offerings of Argentine wheat to Great Britain and the con tinent are now held at 7 to 10 cents ever American prices.. Apparently, the trade gave more attention to the domestic situa tion, which remains dormant with millers receiving flour orders on a hand-to-mouth scale. Cash markets In the southwest we're weak and lower, but held compara tively steady here at slightly, better pre miums. In our opinion, bearish influ ences have been quite well discounted and the market is in a position to rally sharp ly concident with any alarming crop re ports. Corn This market was without im portant support and declined easily under selling by houses with country connec tions. Receipts of 210 cars met only a fair demand and sold about half a cent lower, or at yesterday's spot basis. Coun try offerings to arrive continue rather light, although It is said that elevators In some sections of Illinois have been re ceiving more corn from farmers. The present levels of prices suggests caution in taking a position on the selling side until there has been sufficient rally to adjust the technical condition. Oats Felt the pressure of selling by southwestern interests. Influenced no doubt by the glowing crop reports coming in from practically all sections. The cash market was comparatively steady and gained a fraction on futures. Rye Fairly active trade In rye futures with the market showing a downward tendency In sympathy with wheat. Provisions Showed strength early on buying induced by the light run of hogs and higher prices at tho local yards. The advance brought out contracts in good volume, however, and caused an easier close. There iwas some talk current of a good export demand for loose lard. Leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Open High. Low. Clone. March $ 1.B4 $ l.M $ 1.B2 $ 1.B2 May. 1.44 1.4 1.41 1.42 CORN. Mnjr... July... .07 .07 K .70 .70 OATS. .41 H -41 H .43 .43 Vi M ESS PORK. .0914 .09 May. July. .41 .41 .42H May.. 21.15 21.35 20.30 LARD. 12.00 12.00 11.02 12.30 12.40 12.22 SHORT RIBS. 11.50 11.55 11.50 21.00 May. July. 11.95 12.27 May. . . July. . . 11. SO 11.80 Cash prfce. were: Wheat No. 2 red. $1.0414: No. 2 hard, tl S3 '4 &1.S1K. Corn No. S mixed, 6014 g 01 14c: No. 2 yellow. B414i'fl5c. Oats No. 2 white. 411443c: No. 3 whit.-. S. S 404 c. Rye No. 2. M.4iei.411i. Barley. 0273c. Timothy need $4 ft3. SO. Cloverseed $14 20. " Pork Nominal. I-ard 111. or.' Short ribs $11 12. Minneapolla Grain Market. MINNEAPOLIS. March 10. Canh wheat No. 1 dark northern fancy. $1.03 T1.07: No. 1. ll.S5fil.03: No. 2. $1S1 1.00: No. 3, I1.38W1.54; No. 1 northern. $1.521.SS; No. 2. tl.4801.R5; No. 3. $1.37 Ml. 48: No. 1 red sprinir. tl.47fri.53: No. 2. $1.421.48; No. S. tt.8ArfM.40; No. 1 dark hard Montana, tl-041.05; No. 1 hard?, tI.nS"V": No. 1 durum. tl.44 1.48; No. 8. tl .86(81.40; fancy, tl.551.57. Barley 46860c. Flax No. i. tl.71fffl.74. ' Future. Wheat, March, 31.37 : May. tl.S7. v ' Winnipeg Grain Market. WINN1PBO, March 19. Cash wheat No. 1 northern. $1.84: No. 2. $1.81; No. 3, $1.77: No. 4. $1.0!; No. 5, $1.(11. Future. Wheat, May, $1.75; July, $1.63. (Rmln at San Franclaco. SAN FRANCISCO. March 1. Grain Wheat, feed. t-552.70; do, milling. t2.70 2.80; barley, shipping, tl.5091.65; do. feed, tl.201.37; oats, red feed, 1A5 1.55; corn, white Egyptian. $2.652.75; red mllo. $1.90162; rye, nominal. Hay Wheat, fancy. $2021; tame oat, $1719, wild oat, 11291.1; barley, $1213; alfalfa, tlTigiO; .tock. tl014. Seattle Cm in Market. SEATTLE, March 10. Wheat Hard white and .oft white, tl-40; white club, hard red winter, sou red winter, north ern spring and eastern red Walla, $1.35; Big Bend blueatem, $1.50. City delivery: Feed Scratch feed, $57 ton; baby scratch feed, $55; feed wheat. $00; all grain chop, $47; oat., $46; rolled oats, $48; sprouting oats, $51; rolled bar-le-y, $44; clipped barley, $48; mill feed, $34; bran, $34; whole corn, $41; cracked corn, $43. Hay Alfalfa, t27 ton; double com pressed alfalfa, t33; do. timothy, t38; east ern Washington mixed, f34; straw. $20; Puget sound, $3L Sharp Advance In Coffee Furores, NEW YORK, March 10. Report that the Brazilian government wa. considering measures tor stabilizing coffee prices, com bined with .harp advance. In the primary markets, led to more active covering aud trade and Investment buying in futures here today. " The opening wa. 18 o 21 point. 1 higher and the close was a few point, off from the best, but showed a net advance of 30 to 88 points. March 5.71c, May 5.96c, July 6.35c, September 6.74o October 0.87c December 7.12c, Jan uary 7.24c. , Spot coffee firmer; Rio 1 6c, Santo. 4s 8 &9V4C . , Naval Store.. SAVANNAH, Oa., March 19. Turpeitlne quiet, 50c; no sales; receipts, 57 barrels; shipments. 6.68 barrel.; .tock, 6.09 barrel.. Rosin steady: no ales; receipts, IU3 K.rrlii: shipments, 1630 barrels: stock 70.366 barrels. Quote: B, D, E, F. Q, H. I I K J. $4.zo. L M- mm; pi. ft.ou; Wli, $4.75; WW. $5. New Tork Sugar Market. NEW YORK. March 19. Raw tugar. 6.27c for centrifugal; refined 6c for fine rauulied. Til FOR BETTER SEEN InJ MARKETS Stocks Show Upward Trend diirinn Pact Wpok IMPROVEMENT IS NOTED Test Case Thought Likely in itail Situation That Will Adjust Matters for All Kouds. BY STUART P. WEST. (Copy rig lit, 1021. by The Orugonian.) NEW YORK. March 10. (Special.) The course of this week's markets has vindi cated the opinion, which might to many have seemed in jeopardy a week ago, that the real turn for the better in the general financial and commercial situation came at the beginning of the now year. The de cline on tne stock exchange In February and the first ten days in March wa. not the renewal of the major downward move ment which culminated toward the end of December. It was simply the secondary reaction familiar under all similar cir cumstances of the pant. First there comes the Impulsive rebound from a state of vir tual panic this is what was seen In the early part of January. Such a rebound invariably carries prices up too fast and too ' far for investment buyers to follow. Thereupon ensues a re action which, while it stops considerably short of reaching the previous bottom, dors bring many individual stocks to new low points and produces a great deal of uncertainty as to whether the real down ward swing has not started again. This Is what happened between the mid dle of January and the early part of March. -Misgivings on this point should have been sufficiently relieved by what has happened during the past week. It can now be seen how the true position was distorted by the bear operators who reached their climax a week ago. These operations in their later stages brought out little fresh liquidation and when the short Interest set about getting in H. contracts, recovery was very rapid.. Irregularity I. Noted. Reviewing the business situation last week, a great deal of 2irregularlty wa. noted. Things were bette for the textile industry, for the motor trade and for wholemile drygoods than they had been two months hack; they were rather worse for steel and copper. Reviewing the situa tion at the close of the present week, this lrregularitS' has been lessened. In the lines where Improvement wa under way, it has continued. At the same time the reports have become a shade more cheerful con cerning the copper trade, while leading representatives in steel have expressed the opinion the worst was over in their in dustry and the belief has grown that the price-cutting in the oil trade has gone as far as is necessary to complete the re adjustment here also. Renewed confidence that the situation at large is on the mend has been the key note of the upward movement In stocks during the week. The second factor back of the rise has been the partial retaxtlon of money rates and the general feeling that the money supply from now on is going to be more abundant. . There has been occasion to realize the importance of the distinction between the Wall street position as It was the first week in March and as it stood in the first week of De cember, namely, that credit conditions were immeasurably better in the first in stance than in the second. Now the credit crisis has not only been passed, but the bank ratio has so Improved that an early reduction In federal reserve discount rates can be looked for. This is pretty sure to come, anyway, in the not distant future, hut action would be hastened if. after the British tax payments are completed, as they will be by the end of this month, the Bank nf England were to lower it. mini mum discount. Sterling Continue. Ilecovery. , , . The various movements in the foreign exchangee during the week have been more than usually interesting. Sterling continued Its recovery and has not only got back to where it was before the break off following the reparation conference, but It has gone higher still. There Is plain reflection of steady Improvement from the British standpoint In the rela tion of exports to Imports. There has been an extraordinary advance In the Italian exchange, due unquestionably to a genuine betterment in the fiscal and economic po sition in Italy. On the other hand, French exchange has not gained with the rest, but ha. been inclined to go the other way. One explanation for this is that certain large credits held In England and the United States against France have ma tured and hafe not been renewed. An other explanation is the prevailing uncer tainty over the next developments regard ing German reparations which, of course, mean everything for the financial future of the French. Just which of these two influence, is the more important is some thing upon which more light Is needed be fore Judgment can be pronounced. As expected, the foreign trade figures for February revealed more plainly than those nf previous months the effects of the decline in commodity prices. The heavy ahrinloage-ln both exports and Imports as compred with both January of tills year and February of last yearvwas much .more a matter of price reduction than it was of decreased volume. The official compu tation that during February wholesale prices were off 5H per cent on the average gives a reason for the entire result, Rail Problem Unchanged. The railway problem scarcely wears any different aspect from what It did a week ago. Apparently railway employes aa a ru nroDOse 10 Ilgnt me lower wage scale, putting it up to the labor board to decide. Both parties to the controversy are anxious to expedite these proceedings and It is not unlikely that a lest case in volving some one representative road will he hrnurht uo for decision with an under standing that It will cover all other dis putes. Naturally the position In railway stocks will remain somewhat doubtful un til the wage question Is dlpposea oi. out the feeling Is that pessimism in the rail way outlook has been rather overdone and that a settlement eventually will be rurhtH on the basis of a compromise which will allow the companies to sub stantially cut down their present excessive costs, while at the same time giving the men enough of an advance over normal wages to meet the-tr contention that the cost of living has not yet come down suf ficiently! to allow mem to go wax, m where they were. SAN FRANCISCO PRODCCE MARKET Price. Current on Vegetables, Fresh Fruits, Etc at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19. Vegetables Asparagus, 81214c; eggplant. 68c; po tatoes, Street prices, neis, wuiie, a, $L75'12.25; Salinas. $2.853; sweets, $7p 10- Nancy Hall,, $556.5U; onions, Austra lian Brown, Sue; green. 1.2."i Sj l.oil; celery, $1.5093; garlic, 710c; cauliflower, 40 60c; cabbage, lc lb.; peppers, bell, 710c; chil'l. infcl.lc; turnips. $2i2.25; carrots. $11.2S; peas, 7loc; rhubarb, $2 2.2o; Aiameaa, ...oivi, wiine. ti.iiv-i a rtlchokes. :li 0 "c : spinach. g4e. y-wfffFl, ............ ,, 1 1 . -i jimrt- 1 - -Jij . " ii (Rezular service between Portland. Maine. Phlladelohla. Boston and Fi (Regular service between Portland. Maine. Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, Seattle and Tacoma via the. Panama canal.) North Atlantic and Western b. & Co.'. b&OO-ton ateel vessels. EASTBOCKD. From Portland S. 8. West Togo . .March tl H. H. Brush April 4 8. S. Y alxa April IS S. ft. West 8. 8. For Further Information Apply to THE! ADMIRAL. L.IMS. Pacific Con.t Anenta. Illl Third Street. Phone Main M-M -Lpi-i ,:. u i,.,:...,iij,;:.l.j., i, -T Fruit OrariEwt. navel, t'J4l4.75; lemons. f , U .'.O ; leiiioiiMtu $) 5U4aJ; grapefruit, (-'(93vi; Iiid-. nomttmi; uujgerln-A, $2 (iH.r.O; Newtown apples. $1.4U10J; bananas. 9&IOc; avocHdoes, $4S9 - i'ouitry Hen. s;4oc;- strictly young roonters. 4442c; old. -"-'iS'21c: fryers, WOlic; broilers. 48$fS,c; ducks, 30&;l"ie; muabs. SOfcS.lc; Belgian hares, live. 2:. 2Nc; Jackrabblls. (3 $3. 25 doxvn; turkejn, dressed, fancy, 00c. live, nominal; g. ese, :i2u:t.ic. Receipts Flour. 20AO quarters: barley. 2S10 centals; beans, 721 sacks: corn, ' centals; oats. 604 centals; potatoes, 4927 sacks:, hay. 30 tons; hide, 125 bundles: livestock, 10 head. ORKtiO.V ArPMSS SKLLINt. ABROAD Price. Realized in ndnn and Liverpool Markets. A cablegram from the American agricul tural trade commissioner at Iindon quotes the following prices for American apples prevailing on British markets for the week ending March 14, conversions belntf made according to the rale of exchange prevailing March 12, when a pound was worth $3.90875 and a shilling 10 cents, all grades intended when not otherwise stated. At London Boxes Oregon Newtowns, extra fancy $4.104.50, fancy $3 914.30. choice 3.32e3.71; Winesaps, $3.52(8 3.71: California Newtowns. $3.32 i 3.71. At Liverpool Boxi-s, Oregor Newtown, fancy $3 61314 27. c,ice $3.73.91; Wine saps, choice $3.32. On March 14 there were afloat for the United. Kingdom 58.000 barrels an J 48,000 boxes of apples. Tlank Clearings. Bank clearings of the northwestern cltU. yesterday were as IoIIowk: Clearings. Balances. Portland 4, -lit. 412 t 77-VW4 Seattle 5.182,005 1,722.51:1 Ta'coma 717.S3H 2:i0.4iMI Spokane 1.BS1.S21 557. .IMi Clearings of Portland. Seattle and Ta coma for the past week and corresponding week in former years were: ' iiruanc, beanie. 1 acomn. .$33,443,001 $44,270.0.18 $4,400.iii;S 1921 . 1!'20. 11110. If IS. 1917. 1910. 11)15. 1H14. 11113. 1912. 1911. 31.472..S20 42.745,422 Xi.7.r0,r,34 21, 237, 376 13.542.liSt) 111.351.453 1 1.B2A.4S7 Il.ll31.:iil4 9.722.002 8.531,011 5.297.4011 2".8."3.Wln 14.0411.312 10.0011.242 10.1I45,(I.2 12.972. B58 lo.3xl.nsl 10.222.51 I tf.5e2.3V8 4.II0S.457 4.012.804 2,322.932 1.7(13.0)1 1 M)l r. i it j a.v ni4 4.200.28.1 4.1J7.0SO Dried I rait at New Tork. NEW YORK. March 19. Evaporated ap ples steady; prunes quiet; peaches taii'ly active. Duluth Unseed Market. DULUTH, March 19. Linseed, on track and to arrive. $1.71 TRAVKI.KRS' C.IIPK. TOYO KISEN KAISHA Freight and Passenger S. S. SEIYO MARU Sails from Pier No. 1, Munic ipal Terminal NoJ 4 (St. Johns) for Yokohama, Kobe, Moji and Hongkong at 4 P. M., Monday, March 21st Oregon -Pacific Company General Agents 203 Wilcox Bldg. 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