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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 7, 1922 NORWEGIAN BM IS SIGNED FOR BARLEY! Harald Leads Charters for New Cereal Crop. BRITISH VESSEL IS TAKEN Several Windjammers May Be Fixed But Abundant Space Reported Available. Leading the list of charters for the 1922-23 cereal crop out of Portland is the Norwegian bark Harald, formerly the German bark Niobe under which name she was a visitor here in past years as a member of the square rigged, grain fieet. She was reported taken a few days ago for barley out of San Francisco, but information yes terday was that she would be given cargo here by the Northern Grain & Warehouse company, the engagement being on account of Strauss & Co. The same interests have also fixed the British steamer Benrinnes for old crop loading, and she is looked for in about three weeks. The vessel was here last season and on her presen voyage left London February 19 for Yokohama and passed Perim March 16. She is an old-timer as tramp steamers go, yet boasting a figure head on her bow. She is of 3071 tons net register. In the opinion of skippers a few of the windjammers may be fixed for new crop business, but with abun rant steamer space available on liners and prospects that steamers will be obtainable for full cargo business at times, there will be no return to the days when the grain fleet was an in dependent operating unit in the trade of the port. Activity is reported in barley char ters for San Francisco load in sr and there, are usually sailers to find their way into that fleet, but as Is the case at Portland and on Puget sound, ths learner lines have taken a large share of the movement as parcel business UMPQUA PORT FIGHT ENDED Judge Skipworth Decides in Favor of Harbor Commission. HOSEBURG, Or., May 6. (Special.) A decision virtual ly endi ng the port of Umpqua fight, long pending in the courts of this state, was handed down today by Judge Skip w ortn, wno sustained the port com mission in the case brought against It by the taxpayears' league of the port. The commission recently adopted an ordinance Issuing bonds in the sum of $250,000. The taxpayers' league objected on the ground that the commission intended to urfe the money for the construction of dredge which would be of benefit to the members of the commission, rather than the port itself. The court in deciding the case held that the motives actuating a legis lative body could not be inquired into and that the court has no right to question the action of such a body except as to the constitutionality of such ordinances or measures as might be passed. Consequently the vital elements of the complaint brought by the taxpa vers" league were ordered eliminated, practically defeating the act ton. DRVDOCK WILL BE EXHIBITED Demonstration of Speed Planned In Handling of Steamer. Bent on making a demonstration of speed in lifting a river vessel, sheath ing the hull and lowering her again in a day, the Columbia River Dry dock Kngineer & Construction com pany, occupying the property for merly maintained by the Coast Ship building company at the foot of GIbbs street, will raise the Shaver steamer Hercules tomorrow morning. River men have been invited to inspect the dock, the workings of which are to be demonstrated to in dicate the quickness with which the big float can be raised, it being as serted by tha operators that the dock is the fastest in point of oper ation in the district. The steamer Mstlako was dry docked late yester day for hull work. last sun IS LAUNCHED Programme Inaugurated at Start of War Is Completed. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 6. The hipping board'e building programme. Inaugurat ed as a consequence of the world war. and involving an expendi ture of $3,500,000,000, was completed Friday with the acceptance by the board of the steamer Western World after successfully finishing a trial run. The Western World, one of the board's 535-foot vessels, was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corpora tion. Ltd.. at Sparrow's Point, Mary land, and on Wednesday will formally be turned over to the shipping board. The vessel was recently allocated to the Munson line for its South American service. Marine Notes. The steamer Thcmu P. Seal left the harbor at 4 o'clock yesterday morning ob her way east, via Puget sound, carry ing a considerable quantity of cargo. The steamer Senator of the Admiral line departed from terminal No. 2 about mid Bight, her clearance having been delayed because of extra cargo loaded at termi nal No. 4, She had a larger passenger list than usual. The motorshlp George Washington, loaded mostly with wheat and flour, will be dispatched from the North Bank dock at 5 o'clock this afternoon for European ports. The Japanese steamer Kongaaan Maru. an arrival in the river from the orient yesterday, left Antcria in the afternoon for Columbia City, where ehe will begin her cargo for the return. The uteamer Ohioan. of the United Amor lean line, arriving yesterday from Ana cortes. left Astoria at 6 o'clock last night and WtU begin to load at terminal No 1 this morning. The steamer W est Kets of the Colum bia Pacific far eastern fieet. was shifted after midnight ; from terminal No. 4 to tormina. No 1. She resumed loading and cargo handling will be continued today. The McCormick steamer Willamette pro ceeded to Stella on reaching the river from San Francisco early yesterdav and con tinued on to St. Helena at nia-ht. being scheduled to toad there today. She will depart late tomorrow. The steamer Davenport is scheduled te leave tern:;nl No. 4 for Pro scot t this afternoon to finish loading1 for ban Pedro. The steamer Docbra of the Nawsco line, one of the refrigerator vessels of that serv ice, la due Wednesday. As It ia between seasons no refrigerator freight is ready but the Deerfield. due early next month! probably will carry a considerable quantity of fish in the cell a.--, nfcg compartment The average child enrolled in the public schools attended 120 days in the school term, or about three fourths of the time. Absence from school costs the United States $195, 000 annually. ROCKY SENTINEL OF COLUMBIA RIVER, ABOUT WHICH HISTORY CENTERS, IMPRESSED AS AID TO NAVIGATION. ! PILI.AH ROCK, SHOWING PORTLAND RETAINS LEAD WHEAT SHIPMENTS FAR OVER THOSE OF SOUND. Tota 1 of 30,432,142 Bushel s of Cereal Sent From Columbia District in. Year. For the cereal year ending April 30 a total of 30,432,142 bushels of wheat had been shipped from the Columbia river district as compared with 18, 768.310 bushels for the same period last year. Flour shipments were 1, 846,095 barrels as against 1.434.763 barrels in the same time last season. Wheat shipments from Puget sound were 7,826,384 bushels and last sea son 4,536,454 oushels up to the same time, while flour movements for the present period were 2,720,325 barrels and for the coresponding period last season were 1,139,060 barrels. The figures, compiled by the Mer chants' Exchange, snow that of wheat moved from here 175,572 bushels went to California and of flour 452,492 bar rels went to that state, the remain der in both classes being to offshore destinations and the Atlantic coast. In April Portland moved 1.769,316 bushels of wheat, while in the same month a year ago 2.994,367 bushels were floated. From Puget sound the April wheat movement reached 662, 829 bushels and a year ago it was 141,971 bushels- As to flour, the business from Fort and in April amounted to 99,664 bar rels and 169.644 barrels in the same month in 1921. Puget sound flour shipments last month were 146,688 barrels and a year ago 200,445 bar rels. JAPANESE LANDS PASSENGERS Hakuyo Maru Arrives From South and Clears for Far East. Passengers from South American ports landed here yesterday by the Japanese steamer Rakuyo Maru of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha line included Jacob Greene, Mrs. Bessie Greene, Walter Greene, Miss Lillian Greene, Miss Jora Greene, Thed Boone and C. Ruff. There were three steer age passengers, b lve others ooaraea the ship for the steerage trip to Japan, which was begun at 11 o'clock last nlcrht. The vessel had on her outward manifest 275 crates of newsprint, 3000 barrels of flour, 798 sacks of cattle hoofs and hides, 1500 bundles of old paper and sundry shipments, includ- ng bicycles and parts tor YoKonama. The Japanese steamer Hankow Maru, which departed from terminal No.- 4 for Yokohama at 4:30 o clock this morning, was cleared with 80,000 feet of Mr lumber. 125,000 feet of red cedar logs, and 194.000 feet of rough hemlock lumber. Ship Reports by Radio. By the Radio Corporation of America. (The Radio Corporation of America, in co-operation with the United States public health service and the Seamen's Church natitute, will receive requests for meaicai surgical advice througn us ivrn oan FranclBCo station without coat.) Positions reported at 8 P. M. yemeraay. iless otherwise indicated, were as follows: WAPAMA. San Francisco for St. Helens. 100 miles south of Columbia river. WAHKEENA. San Francisco lor fct. Helens, 154 miles south of Columbia river. JEPTHA. Columbia river tor ban rran- Isco. 326 miles from San Francisco. MI.VXESOTAX. Portland for San Frn- leco. 131 miles south of Columbia river. TIGER. San Francisco for Seattle, zo miles north of Cape Blanco. CAPT. A. F. LUCAS, San Pearo ior Se attle. 12.i miles from Seattle. ORIENTAL. Port Alice for Vancouver, 0 miles west of Vancouver. NORTHLAND, Seattle for Roche Harbor. 5 miles from Seattle. U. 6. H. L. HEATHER, at M nail tea. DOLLY C- Seattle for Kamilche, 16 miles from Seattle. EQUATOR. Seattle for Tacoma. 16 miles from Seattle. OSAGE, Grays Harbor for San Francis co, crossed over the bar. THOMAS P. BEAL, Portland for San. Francisco. 465 miles north of San Fran cisco. EASTERN SAILOR, Taku Bar for Port land, 874 miles from Columbia river. CHARLIE WATSON. Richmond for Ketchikan, 156 miles north of Richmond. RUTH ALEXANDER, San Francisco for Victoria. 50 miles north of San Francisco. BRUSH. Grays Harbor for New York, 24 miles northwest of Point Reyes. CAPE ROMAIX. San Francisco for San Pedro, left San Pedro at 7 P. M. EDNA CHRISTENSON. . San Francisco for Grays Harbor, 104 miles north of San Francisco. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, San Francisco for Wilmington, 110 miles south of San Fran cisco. R. J. HANNA. San Pedro for Richmond. 1 T miles from Richmond. JOHANNA SMITH. San Francisco for Coos Bay, 167 miles north of San Fran cisco. ENTERPRISE. San Francisco for Hi!. 62 miles west of San Francisco lightship. MULTNOMAH, St. Helens for San Fran cisco, 115 miles north of San Francisco. COL. E. 1. DRAKE, Portland for Rich mond. 125 miles north of Richmond. COSTA RICA, San Francisco for Nak nek. 410 miles from San Francisco. SATSUMA, Victoria for New York. 776 miles south of Cape Flattery at noon. LURLINE. San Francisco for Astoria, 3 miles from San Francisco. PRESIDENT. Victoria for San Francisco. 33S miles from San Francisco. ATLAS, San Pedro for Tacoma. 355 miles from Tacoma. CAPT. A. E. LUCAS. San Pedro for Se attle. 1X8 miles from Seattle. INDIA ARROW, Beaumont for Saa l iililii SWlBBBsflfcBS ' " : 1IGHT ESTABLISHED. Francisco, 265 miles south of San Fran cisco, at noon. BARK BURGESS. Portland for Nush aak, 972 mites northwest of North Head BARK BERLIN, Portland for Naknek 1000 miles northwest of Columbia river. RICHMOND. Point Wells for Richmond 65 miles from Richmond. HUMBOLDT, San Francisco for San Pedro. 16 miles south of San, Francisco. VALPARAISO, San Francisco for Guatemaula, 60 miles south of San Fran Cisco. TAHITA, San Francisco for Sydney 435 miles from San Francisco. ADMIRAL FARRAGL'T, San Francisco for Wilmington, 108 miles north of Wil mington. FRED BAXTER, Grays harbor for Ka hului. 1210 miles from Grays harbor. MAN UK AI, San Francisco lor Kahului, 10 miles trom San Francisco. C. A. SMITH, 250 miles north of San Francisco. FRANK G. DRUM, 38 miles north of San Pedro. CHINA, Hongkong for San Francisco 2410 miles west of Honolulu, May 6. NIAGARA, Suva for Vancouver, arriving at Honolulu at S A. M. May 6. ROYAL ARROW. Shanghai for San Francisco, 3926 miles from San Francisco May 5. MA NO A, left Honolulu for Kahului 10 P. M. May 5. SALIER, Moji for San Francisco. 1364 miles northwest of San Francisco. MAXULANI, Seattle for Honolulu, 1924 miles from Seattle, May 5. MANKIND, San Francisco for Hong kong, 2010 miles west of Honolulu, May 5 MATSONIA, Honolulu for San Fran ciaco, 1331 miles from San Francisco, May 0. SANTA INEZ, Squaw Harbor for Puget sound, 623 miles north of Cape Flattery, May 5. KATRINA LUCK EN BACH, New York for San Pedro, 433 miles south of San Pedro. May 5. KNOXVILLE CITY. Pan Francisco for Honolulu, 128 miles northeast of Honolulu, May 5. PLEIADES, New Orleans for San Pedro, 27 miles south of San Pedro. May fi. MAUI, San Francisco for Honolulu, 854 miles from San Francisco. May B. EASTERN SAILOR, Takubar for Port land. 874 miles west of Columbia river. May 5. PRESIDENT, Victoria for San FranciECO, 42 miles from Victoria, May 5. TSUSHIMA MARU. Colon for San Fran cisco, 380 miles from San Francisco at noon May 5. MEXICO, Salfna Cruz for EnsenadaTl42 miles south of Ensenada, May 5. INDIA ARROW. Beaumont for San Francisco. 470 miles south of San Fran cisco at noon May 5. BALTIMORE1 MARU, for Galveston, 10:50 A. M., 1st. 25:12 N., long. 132:20 W May o. By federal Telegraph Company. REDHOOK, New York for San Pedro. 1411 miles south of San Pedro, May 5. ANNiSTON CITY, Baltimore for San Pedro. 1366 miles south of San Pedro May C. HAMER, Manila for San Francisco, 2130 miles west of San Francisco May 5. BAY STATE, Yokohama for Seattle, 1330 miles west of Seattle May 6. EMPIRE STATE. Yokohama for Kobe, 220 miles from Yokohama May 5. WEST CHOPAKA. San Pedro for Yoko hama, 694 miles east of Yokohama May 5. KANLET, Seattle for Yokohama, 3474 miles west of Seattle May 5. PINE TREE STATE, Seattle for Yoko hama. 2465 miles west of Seattle May 5. BESSIE DOLLAR. Yokohama . for San Pedro, 4143 miles west of San Pedro May 5. BEARPORT. Manila for San Pedro, 4412 miles west of San Fed May 5. CANADIAN BRITISHER, Manila for Vancouver, 1705 miles west of Vancouver May 5. WOONSUNG H ANN AW A , Portland for Yokohama, 900 miles from Tokohamn. May 5. YORBAtFNDA, Pan Pedro for Toku yama. 2325 miles west of San Pedro May 5. WEST FAR ALON, San Pedro for Yoko hama, 1F42 miles west of San Pedro May 5. MARGARET DOLLAR, San Francisco for Yokohama, 1713 miles west of San jf ranctsco May 5. BOHEMIAN CLUB, Honolulu for San -t-eaio, ho miles northwest of Point Argu ello at 8 A. M. i ALE, San Francisco for San Pedro, 70 mnes so.utn or San Francisco. LA BREA, San Pedro for Honolulu, 2000 iri 1 1 ?9 i rem Honolulu. FRANK G. DRUM, San Pedro for Port land, 3S6 miles north of San Perdo. W. F. HERRIN, Honolulu for San Fran Cisco, 1575 miles east of Honolulu. PRESIDENT HAYES. San Francisco for nongKong, wi miles west of San Fran cisco. NEWPORT. San Francisco for Panama, 46 miles south of San Francisco. COLOMBIA. San Francisco for New York, 651 miles south of San Francisco. Notice to Mariners. The following affects aids to navigation in the 17th lighthouse district: Slletz river buoy. "Siletx river," reported missing April 6, was later found in posi tion. Columbia river: Middle ground buoy 9 found out of po sition April 28 was replaced same date. Miller sands gas buoy 1 temporarily dis continued. Miiler sands gas buoy 2 temporarily es tablished, a white light of 70 candle power showing a flash of 3 seconds' duration at Intervals of 3 seconds, shown at a height of 9 feet from a red skeleton superstruc ture on flat float In 24 feet of water Pillar rock light established; a fixed red post lantern light of 20 candlepower shown at a height of 20 feet from an arm attached, to the top of the detached rock known as Pillar rock. Wind river light, dolphin carried away light and discontinued temporarily May 1. Cape Flattery mooring buoy, heretofore reported adrift was replaced April 26. Washington sound: Pea pod rocks light reported extinguished April 29 was re lighted May 8. By order of bureau of lighthouses ROBERT WAR RACK, Superintendent 17th Lighthouse District Tides at Astoria Today. High Water. Low Water. 9:40 A. M T.4 ft.J3:57 A. M l. ft. 10:14 P. M 8.8 ft.:02 P. M 1.2 ft Fast Train to Be Restored. CHICAGO, May . The Denver Spe cial, a 28-hour train operated over the Chicago & Northwestern and the Union Pacific, will be restored to service May 28, it was announced to- ATOP PILLAR ROCK Picturesque Sentinel to Aid Navigation. ORIGIN LAID TO INDIAN Chief, Aroused When Swain Made Away With Daughter, Said to Save Hurled Boulder. Establishment of a red beacon on top of Pillar rock, a picturesque sen tinel that stands about 20 feet from the surface of the lower Columbia, its location being below Jim Crow point and about 21 miles from Cape Disappointment at the entrance to the river, is responsible for the re vival of historic facts dealing- with the discovery of the Columbia, as well as of lore of the redmen as to the origin of the rock. Pillar rock Is located about 1000 feet from the "Washington shore, op posite -the town of Pillar Rock, and marks the southerly side of the main ship channel between Portland and the sea. George Vancouver, follow ing Gray, the discoverer of the river, spoke of it in 1792 as "the remarkable pillar rock.' He is said to have been told of the rock by Gray and entered the river on the way down the coast. Rock Regarded Near Mouth. Robert Warrack, superintendent of the 17th lighthouse district, who is responsible for the rock being marked as a navigation aid and ordered the light displayed for the first time a week ago last night, says that in archives dealing with the work of early comers to the Columbia the im pression is gathered that they re garded it as almost at the mouth of the river. Lewis and Clark camjed opposite the rock, on the Washington side, November 7, 1805, and from the camp, so it is recorded, the party thought they saw the Pacific ocean and at least could hear it. Measuring the distance yesterday on a recent chart and following the north bank to an extent, as the party is said to have journeyed in its ex plorations, Mr. Warrack estimated :he rock to be 21 miles from the entranca and that raised a question as to the murmur of the ocean being audible. Men of a lighthouse tender crew that established the light, which is displayed from a bracket arm at the top of the rock, reported that in fastening a ladder to the face of the pillar, so that the ascent might be facilitated for the lightkeeper, the formation appeared to be shattered. Cracks were noticeable and the for mation easily gave way to tools used in sinking the fastenings to sustain the ladder. Tale of Strength Told. There are Indian tales of the origin of the rock and of occurrences thereabouts, real and fanciful. One passed on to Mr. Warrack is that Chief Skamokawa, his ire aroused be cause a Clatsop brave made away with the chief's daughter, hurled the reck at the departing canoe of the swain from the tribe across the river, missing the craft but implanting the huge pillar in midstream. As the rock extends below the 30-foot depth and the base or projection is said to have an approximate width in ex cess of 30 feet, Mr. Warrack wishes the big chief Of the Skamokawas wre alive today to qualify as a big league pitcher. Regardless of its history in ract. Indian legends or tales passed among the oldest inhabitants, the new use of the rock, while held not to detract from its quiet attractiveness to sight seers, on vessels, is hailed with satis faction by those who navigate the mighty stream, for while the red beam that gleams from the pinnacle has a limited strength of 20 candle power, its influence in darkness and stdrm adds insurance to the safety of the passing fleet. ROYAIi MAIL) TO OPEN OFFICE British Line Will Maintain Own Headquarters on Coast. Colonel E. J. M. Nash, Pacific coast manager of the Royal Man oieam Packet company, has been authorized by tho head office in London to open Dassencer ornce in oan rrancwcui this office to be under direct super vision of the Seattle agency. The office will be opened May xo in the Flatiron building, facing Sutter and Market streets, and witnm a block of well-known maritime offices. Thomas Cook & Son has actea as gen eral agents for the Royal Mail in Cali fornia for 20 years, but owing to tne deveioument of passenger business it Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vessel From Date. Wapama San Fran ....May 7 Walter A. LuckenbactNew York May 8 Steel Seafarer .Seattle May 8 Rose City San Fran May 8 Admiral Rodman -S. F. and way. May o St. Louis .ESurope May Boobyalla San Fran May 9 Eastern Sailor North Cbina. .May rocbj-a New York May 10 Kinaerdijk Europe May 12 Willpolo New York . . . May 12 Admiral Farragut an uiego May 12 Dinteldijk Europe May 15 Tiger New York May 16 Kennecott New York ...May 18 Cardiganshire. ... Europe May 20 Hemus South Amer.. .May 22 Senator Sn Diego May 19 To Depart From Portland. Vessel For Date. Regul us West Coast May 8 Henry S. Grove New York. . . .May 8 Lewis Luckenbach. . . New York. . . .May 7 Babinda San Pedro May 7 Hankow Maru Japan May 7 jeptha S. America ...May 8 Ohioan New York May 9 Admiral Rodman S. F. and way. May 9 W A Luckenbach ...New York. .. .May 10 Kose City San Fran. . . .May 11 Admiral Farragut. . . .San Pedro. .May 13 Senator..". San Diego May 20 Vessels in Port. Vessel Berth, Annette Rolph Couch-st. dock uauinaa Terminal No. 4, Brazil Maru Terminal No. 4. Dauntless -N- P. 1. Co. Davenport Terminal No. 4. Eeola Astoria. Hakushlka Maru .... Clark-Wilson. Hankow Maru Terminal No. 4. Henry 6. Grove -Terminal No, -1, jeptha West port. Johan Pouisen Vancouver. John C. Klrkpatrick. -Eastern-Western John W. Wells Drydock. K V. Kruse Astoria. Kongasan Maru Columbia City Levi W. Ostrander. .. Astoria. Lewi Luclcenbach. . . Westport. Ohioan Terminal No. 1. hort aaid Maru JSt. Helens. Regulus Crown mill. Solano Eastern-Western. Trinidad Astoria. Welsh Prince Harvey dock. Wk Keats Terminal No 4. Willamette St. Helens. Yoanida Maru No. 1. . -inman-f oulsen. Trans-Pacific Mali. Closing time for the trans-Pacific mails at the Portland main postpffice is as fol lows Cone hour earlier at Station g 2&a Oak street): M For Hawaii, 11:30 P. M., May 7, per steamer Wilhelmina. from San Francisco For Fbiliipinea and Hawaii, T:43 p jjj ' May 11. per steamer Hoosier State, from Sttn Francisco. For China. Japan and Philippines. 11:30 P. M., May 12, per steamer Prea Jeffer son, from Seattle. I has become necessary for the com pany to open its own office. Although the Royal Mail has ope rated a north Atlantic passenger serv ice only since the spring of 1931, the volume of business, according to J. E. MacMaster, northwest passenger man ager, has been surprisingly satisfac tory, and from the reservations made for this spring and summer it is esti mated the volume of business should be double that of last year. The Royal Mail, with its affiliated companies, is the oldest and largest British shipping company in the world and controls more than 2,000,000 tons, net register, of ships. Among the com panies owned or affiliated with the Royal Mail are the Pacific Steam Nav igation company, the Union Castle line, Elder Dempster, Lamport & Holt, Nelson lines. Glen & Shire lines and the Bland line. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA Or., May 6. (Special.) Tho steamer Henry S. Groves, with freight from Portland, sailed at 3:30 this after noon for New York, via Seattle. The steam schooner Johan Pouisen sailed at 9 o'clock last night for San Fran cisco, carrying 300.000 feet of lumoer from Vancouver and 400,000 feet from West port. The steam schooner Willametto arrived at 1 o'clock this morning from San -t1 ran irn and xw.nt to Portland. The steamer Minnesotan, with freight from Portland, sailed at 7:40 thie morn ing for Hamburg, via way ports. The steam schooner Ernest H. Meyer, with 1.000,000 feet of lumber from St. Helens, sailed at 4 o'clock this morning for Los Angeles. The steamer Jeptha, with lumber from Puget sound. Portland and Westport, sailed at 9:30 this morning for Callao, Peru. The schooner Ecola, which was recent. y badly damaged by striknig a reef in Coos bay, win be due tomorrow morning- from Vancouver, Wash., where she discharged a portion of her cargo of lumber before beineT repaired, and then reloaded it. She will take on about 200,000 feet of lumber, which she had discharged here, and later sails for Osaka, Japan. The Japanese steamer Kongosan Maru arrived at 8 o'clock this morning irom Japan and after being fumigated went to Portland. . The steamer Lewis XAckenbach shifted last night from Portland to westport, where she is to load lumber for the At lantic coast. . , . Laden with 1,100.000 feet of lumber from the Hammond mill, the steam schooner Trinidad sailed at 6:30 tonight for San Pedro. The steam schooner Ryder Hanify shifted today from the upper river to Wauna to take on lumber. The steamer Ohioan arrived at 4:30 this afternoon from Puget sound and went to Portland. , . WTith freight from Puget sound for Portland, the steamer Thomas F. Beal sailed at noon today for the Atlantic coast via San Francisco. The ste am sch oon era Wah keen an a Wapama were expected tonight to load lumber at river points. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., May 6. (Spe cial ) The steamer Tahoe arrived from San Francesco at 8 o'clock this morning and is loading at the Donovan mill. Aber deen. . Thp following steamers dropped down to the lower harbor this afternoon prepara tory to sailing this evening: William Don ovan, from the Donovan mill. Aberdeen, for San Pedro; Daisy Gadsby, for San Pedro; Florence Olson, Western mill, Aberdeen, for San Pedro; Idaho, Wilson milt. Aber deen, for San Pedro. The steamers Svea, Osage and Hoboken are scheduled to sail Sunday. The Svea loaded at the Wilson mill and will go to San Pedro. The Osage loaded at Cos mopolis for New Orleans. The schooner King Cyrus also is scheduled to sail Sun day, with cargo for Honolulu. TACOMA, Wash., May 6. Bound for oriental ports, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha liner Alabama Maru will sail from here Sunday afternoon from the Milwaukee docks This is the first sailing on Sunday the biff Japanese line has had from here in a number of months. The Alabama Maru is crowded to capac ity with varied export cargo originating from British Columbia and local points. ThaQ is uftinft machinery irom me earn while British Columbia furnished wood pulp, lumber and fish. The Tacoma freight is made up of copper, lumber and other cargo. There will be about 60 Japanese passengers from Tacoma on the vessel and a. hre number from Seattle and Victoria. Thfl Arabia Maru is the next steamer this line due and is now on the way across tho Pacific. Tho wrench steamer St. Louis, loading here for Europe, will sail Sunday atter nnnn The steamer shifted from tho smelter to the terminal dock Saturday to load lumber and miscellaneous freight. The Tiverton of the Nelson line arrived here tonight from San Francisco. The steamer will load lumber at the Defiance and Dempsey mills for San Pedro. The Port Angeles was also an arrival from Cal ifornia early this morning with freight for the Baker dock. After loading, the Port Angeles sailed for Seattle and other down sound ports to load. The Kinderdijk of the Holland-America line, due here Tuesday, will load among her other cargo 1000 tons of wheat at the Balfour dock. The Rosalie Mahoney, with a full cargo of lumber from various mills, sailed for San Pedro today. The Frank D. Stout arrived here this afternoon and will complete loading her outbound lumber cargo here. The vessel is at the port dock. Bound for Japan and China, the Mon golian Prince of the Furness prince line, sailed from the Defiance mill this after noon. She is taking about 1,500,000 feet of lumber out from here with the re mainder from Seattle and other sound ports. VICTORIA. B. C, May 6. With the advent In the Pacific route of the crack liner Empress of Canada, which sailed from Falmouth yesterday for Hongkong on the tirst lap of her maiden voyage to British Columbia ports, and the splendidly appointed liner Empress of Australia, due out here in July, the Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd., is considering the with drawal of the old liners Monteagle and Empress of Japan from the trans-Pacific service. The Monteagle, which sauea rrom ioko hama vesterday and will be due here on May 19 will be laid up following her arrival at Vancouver. She is a good freight carrier and ultimately may be transferred to another route if not sold. The Empress of Japan sailed from Kongkong on Thursday and Is expected to arrive here about May 25. COOS BAY, Or., May 6. (Special. ) The dredge Colonel P. S. Michie returned this morning at 7 o'clock from Portland, where she had been several days 1 re pairs. The steamer C. A. Smith sailed this morning for Bay point at 8:05 o'clock, having a lumber cargo loaded at the Smith docks. The Buehner mill management an nounces a double shift will be put at work at their North Bend mill about June 1, In order to keep up with lumber orders. The steamer Harold Dollar, which took 2,000,000 feet of lumber from the various mills' on. Coos bay for the orient, sailed for the Columbia river this morning at 8:15 o'clock. The gasoline schooners Tramp and Os prey, from Rogue river, here for gen eral merchandise and cannery supplies, crossed in this afternoon at 4:30. The tug Samson, from San Pedro for the Umpqua river, came Into this port at 3:50 with the barge Washougal in tow. The gasoline launch Favorite, a new craft, was put into commlsison by Goodale & Woodard on a freight, run between Marshfield and Sumner. The Favorite was constructed at the Lowe boat works. The ferry Roosevelt commences service tonight, connecting the Roosevelt highway sections at North Bend and Glasgow. This distance across the bay is a mile and a quarter. SAN PEDRO. Cal., May 6. The Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock corpor ation announced today the receipt of a formal contract for the construction of two steel ferryboats to ply between San Francisco and Oakland for the Key route system. The contract price was said to be $586,000 and calls for the completion of the first vessel five and one-half months after the keel is laid and the second six and one-half months after laying of the keel. The ferries are to be electrically pro pelled and will accommodate both passen ger and automobile traffic. The Los Ange les Shipbuilding & Drydock corporation was recently announced as being the low est bidder for this construction, and the award of the contract marks the first ac tive shipbuilding here since last August, it is said. SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. The freighter Steel Ranger, bound for New York, ar rived here today from Portland with 2 229.537 feet of lumber, shipped by Charles R. McCormick Lumber company. The lumber was loaded at Portland, Linn ton. I St. Helens and Westport. The Steer Ranger will finish loading here and con tinue toward the Atlantic. f W. Relvea. director of the operations for the Saa Francisco district of the United States shipping board, has gone to Port land, where he will spend several days. Gall H. Carter, president of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, who has been in San Francisco several weeks on a vaca tion, returned tonight to New York. The Williams line freighter Willpolo will go to the Hunter s point drydock tomorrow, where she will have her propeller replaced. The Willpolo dropper her pro peller off the coast of Central America several weeks ago. The China Mall liner Nile Is the latest steamer to be chartered by the Shriners for their trip from this city to the Ha waiian islands after their convention here next month. The ship will start from Vic toria. SEATTLE. Wash., May . After a long voyage on which she left Seattle last Oc tober for the far east, the freighter West Himrod arrived here today and immedi ately became the center of Interest along the water front. Customs officials spent the day investigating an alleged attempt on the part of unidentified individual aboard the ship to dispose of 16 cases of condemned tea, taken on at New York for the purpose of being destroyed. It was said that attempts to dispose of the tea were made at Cardenas and Ma Unas, Cuba. The tea is not mentioned in the ship's manifest. Charges have been brought by two mem bers of the West Himrod'a crew. Jack Barnes, naval seaman, and J. M. Miinor. ordinary seaman, of brutal treatment at the band of Captain H. F. Throckmorton and Chief Officer G. L. Thusett. Miinor is the son of Captain Walter S. Miinor. well-known North Pacific mariner. Miinor charged that Carnea was strung up by the wrists to the yard-arm of the vessel while she was in the port of Car denae, in violation the La Follette act. Miinor also was said to have charged the chief officer with-assaulting him while he was lying in his berth. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. May 6. Arrived at 1 A. M.. British steamer Welsh Prince, from Baltimore. Arrived at St. Helens at 9 A. M., steamer Willamette, from San Francisco. Sailed at 9 P. M., steamer Senator, for San Francisco, San Pedro and San Diego. Sailed at 3 P. M., from Van couver, schooner Ecola, for Osaka, via Astoria. Sailed at 5 P. M , Norwegian motorship George Washington, for Euro pean ports, via San Francisco; at 6 P. M., Japanese steamer Rakuyo Maru, for Japan. ASTORIA, May 6. Arrived and left up at 1 A. M., steamer Willamette, from San Francisco; at 3 A. M., and left up at 5 P. M., Japanese steamer Kongosan Maru, from Muroran. Sailed at 4 A. M . steamer E. H. Meyer, for San Pedro; at 7:40 A. M., steamer Minnesotan, for Euro pean ports, via San Francisco ; at noon, steamer Thomas P. Beal, for New York and way ports, via Puget sound. SAN FRANCISCO. May 6. Sailed at 7 last night, steamer K. I. Luckenbach. from Portland for New York; at 9 P. M., steamer Daisy Putnam, for Portland. Arrived a 2 A. M., steamer Steel Ranger, from Port land, for New York and Boston; act 7 A. M., Steel Worker, from Baltimore, for Puget sound and Portland; steamer West isiip, irom Portland, for Australia; a! noon, steamer Oleum, from Portland. ANA CORTES, May 5 Balled at 7 P. M. steamer Ohioan, for Portland. EUREKA. May 5. Sailed, steamer Ad mlral Rodman, from San Francisco, for Coos Bay and Portland. NEW YORK, May Robir Adair, from ports. 6. Ar rived, steamer Portland and way MARSEILLES, April 28. A r r 1 v e d. rrenen steamer Aiont cervin, from Port land. L.EITH. April 29. Sailed. British steam er City of Lincoln, for Pacific coast ports. AUCKLAND, May 5. Sailed, steamer west Aianwan. rrom Portland and way CRISTOBAL, May 4. Arrived, steamer Cold Harbor, from Portland, Me., for Pa cific coast ports. Arrived, steamer Tus caloosa City, from London via Mobile, for pacinc coast ports. Sailed, steamer Mo bile City, from Portland, for Nsw York. ASTORIA, May 5. Sailed at 8:20 P. M., steamer John Pouisen. for San Francisco; at 9 P. M., steamer Jeptha, for west coast ports. SAN FRANCJSCO, May 6. Sailed at 1 P. M.. steamer Rose City, for Portland; at 1 P. M., Swedish motorshlp Valparaiso from Portland, for Europe. HAMBURG, May 2. Arrived, steamer Floridian, from Portland. NEW YORK, May 1 Panaman, for Portland. -Sailed, eteamer SEATTLE. Wash., May 6. Arrived: Ce lilo, from San Francisco; Admiral Dewey, from San Diego; Jefferson, from south western Alaska; CuraAo, from Everett; motorship H. T. Turner, from Richmond Northland, from Taccma; West Nimrod, from Matan zas. Sailed: Nome City, for San Francisco; Northland, for San Francisco; Admiral Dewey, for Vancouver; F. D. Stout, for Tacoma; schooner Azalea In tow. for Ber ing sea; U- S. C. G. Snohomish, for Port Angeles; Northwestern, for southwestern Alaska. TACOMA, Wash., May 6. Arrived: Port Angeles, from San Francisco ; Tiverton, from San Francisco; F. D. Stout, from San Francisco via port. Departed; Northland, for San Francisco via Seattle; Mongolian Prince, for Yoko hama. SAN DIEGO, May 6. Arrived: Steamer Washington from Eureka: battleship Ne vada, from San Pedro; hospital steamer Mercy, from San Pedro; Phyllis, from Ta coma; mine sweeper Tern, from San Pedro. Departed: Oregon, for Aberdeen; battle ship Nevada, for Norfolk; Phyllis, for Se attle; Washington, for Eureka HAVRE, May 3. Portland, Or. -Arrived; Sonora, from LIVERPOOL, May 5. from San Francisco. -Arrived: Arizona, MANILA. May 6. Arrived: West O'Rowa from Kan Francisco. SYDNEY, N. S. Marama, for San W., May 4. -Departed: Francisco. CRISTOBAL, May 5. Departed : San Joaquin, for Los Angeics. MEN HATCHTENDERS WAGES 90c per hour WINCHDRIVERS . ; WAGES 90c per hour BOOM MEN WAGES 90c per hour LONGSHOREMEN WAGES 80c per hour TRUCKERS WAGES 70c per hour Overtime paid at Time and a Half the base wage An injunction against picketing issued by the Circuit Court should effectively protect men desiring to work. WHITE LABOR ONLY APPLY AT COLUMBIA HALL, N. E. Corner Second and Oak Sta. WATERFRONT EMPLOYERS' UNION This Association is furnishing all labor on the Portland Water front and is in best position to place men in steady employment. WOOL CARGO ASSEMBLED LUC&KNBACH STKAMKR COM ING FOR 800,000 FOUNDS. Northwest Clips Are Expected to B Big Feature of Costal Trade Henceforth. Kight hundred thousand pounds of northwest wool has been assembled for movement to the Atlantic sea board by the steamer Walter Lucken bach. The steamer will report to morrow night from the east, coming via California ports, and has 1032 tons of general freight to discharge. The first wool shipment of the sea son went forward April 18, the steamer Harry Luckenbach carrying 160 tons, and with the clip getting under way in some localities that have been held back by weather conditions, shipments are expected to move regularly for a time. San Francisco advices are that the steamers Marcia, South Bend and Edellyn, which the Luckenbach inter est acquired from the shipping board following the purchase last month of the ateamer Eastern Soldier, renamed the Lena Luckenbach, are sister ships of the Harry Luckenbach, being 489 feet long over all and having a beam of 60 feet. Each has a speed of 14 knots and a deadweight capacity of 15,000 tons. The addition of thfc steamers means a gain of six ahips for the line since February and the combined fleet now is 2 carriers. It ia estimated that the last of the new ships will bo in service in 90 days and by that time the frequency of ar rivals and departurea will have been advanced materially. ( f late the line has extended its calls to Cuban ports, when sufficient business warrants. and there are plans afoot for exten- ! sions and betterments that will be worked to the advantage of the line from the gulf region, as well as the straight service from north Atlantic ports. DIFFKRKXTIAL IS ATTACKED Representative Hawley DccJarcs Astoria Shipping Menaced. ASTORIA, Or.. May 6. (Special ) A joint protest against the arbitrary differential recently established by the intcrcoastal steamship conference against certain coast ports will be made by representatives of the va rious districts, according to a mes sage received from Kepresentati ve Hawley. The message, which was dated at Washington, D. C, today, says: "Am joining in representations to the shipping board, protesting against the action taken by the intercoastai steamship conference in establishing a differential on inbound freight from Atlantic coast ports affecting Asto ria, San Diego and Tacoma. Kvery effort la being made to effect recon sideration of this discrimination against Astoria, Am informed differ ential does not affect outbound car goes, but that if established practi cally will eliminate Astoria as a port of call on inbound shipments. Will you have chamber of commerce send me any data, arguments and Informa tion they wish presented?" BUILDING OF TON X A UK LARGE 955 Merchant Vessels Under Con struction March SI, That 955 merchant vessels, represent ing 3,678,622 tons grosc, each of more than 100 tons, were under construc tion In the world March 31, is shown in a report made by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, a copy of which has reached the offlce(of J. II. Yates, sur veyor of the society in Oregon. There was a total of 95 tank ves sels, both steamers and niotorshlps, under way. Their combined tonnage was 615,390. For the quarter ending March 31 there were launched 133 vessels of 523,246 tons. Of the num ber 105 were steamers, 14 motorships and 14 sailers. Of the 955 vessels that were under way in the yards of the world March 31 there were 520 to be classed under Lloyd's, and of the number 351 were under way In the United Kingdom, and 169 in other countries. Dredge Work Is Protested. ABKRDEEN, Wash.. May 6. Spe- c'al.) With the complaint that tilt stirred up by the port dredge at the port terminal midway between Aber deen and Hoquiam is lodging at their wharves and making the water so shallow that ships have difficulty in loading, a number of Aberdeen and Hoquiam mill owners will present to the port commission Tuesday formal protests asking that this condition be remedied. The owners declared today that unless the commission takes action to remedy the condition, they will resort to legal steps to ob tain redress for the alleged damage to loading facilities. River Shipments of Grain Expected ASTORIA, Or.. May 6. (Special.) R. D. Pinneo and R. R. Bartlett, traf fic manager and manager respectively WANTED TO WORK SHIPS of th port of As tor I a, returned night from a visit to various points along; the river as far a The Dalles and the Celilo canal to Investigate the facilities for handling grain by steam ers. They found s i. table landings at all points desired and ascertained that steamers will he aval lab I to brlnir 'the grain down at a satisfactory rate. As certain exporters are said to be anxious to have the wheat laid down at the local terminals. It la understood that shipments by river steamer wPl be commenced as soon as the new crop la ready for the market. LONGSHOREMEN ACCEPT CCT Differences Between Operators and Men at Montreal End. MONTREAL. May 6. Difference between the shipping federation and the longshoremen were ended today by the signing of an agreement under which the union accepts a reduced scale of wages and the companies agree that their dock labor shall be anpplled by the union. The men go back on ware reduc tion of 10 cents an hour as compared with last year's rates They will re ceive 60 cents an hour, with extra pay for overtime and night work. Report From Month of Columbia Hirer. NORTH HEAD. May 6 Condition ef the wa at 6 P. M ., moderate. Wind, 10 m Lee GASOLINE TAX INCREASES gAJUBfl HI OREGON IN M lit H SHOW 0B1 T BTCRKAJUC. tato Receipts, Including Those From Distillate, Aggregate $65,895.15 for Month. SALEM, Or, May 6. (Special.) Gasoline sales In Oregon durlnff March of this year represented an In crease of 616.413 gallons over the sales for February, according to a statement compiled by the aecrelary of state here today. The March dis tribution of distillate showed an In orease of nearly 300 per cent over the previous month. Gasoline and dfetillate taxee re ceived by the state as a result of March sale aggregated $66,896.13. Of this sum $32,571.46 was produced by the original law of 1919. while $64. 323.67 was collected under the 1931 law. Receipts of ihe state from this source during March, 1921, were $4, 543 99. Total collectlona under the law of 1919 amounted to $1,414,808.39. while the 1921 law produced an ag-gre-gate of $669,675.12. Since February 24, 1919, when the gasoline and dis tillate tax firr-t became effective the state has received a total of $1,98'., 383.42. The report hows that up until the present time $19,489.67 collected under the law of 1921 has been returned te operators of farm tractors, motor boats, commercial cleaning establish ments and other Industries exempt trom payment of the tax. BPIIJEPSY AM) STITTEIUNG DBCIiABKD ( r i ; i 1 1 InlcrMitials From Body of l.lrr Irocutcd Murderer I'lacrd in I'atient's Bod'. OSSIXING. N. Y.. My 6. p.v and atiitterinr were cured throurn tha implantation of human stands into the body of a Bin Sine pris oner, it was announced hera lait night by Warden UwfK. It waa declared to be the firat time in history that such an operation waa resorted to for the cure of epilepsy The prisoner, (aeorjro Hauner, aerv inff a sentence for felonloua attack on a Riil. formerly1 had a serious defect in h's speech and waa subject to four and five epileptic fits weeklj'. On January 21 last lr. Terry M. Townsend. a Near York city spcciallat, removed (elands from the body of a prisoner electrocuted for, murder and transplantea them to mat 01 nauser. having firat obtained his consent to the operation. Warden Lawps said that the opera tion apparently had been entirely suc cessful. "The Rrcat change that haa coma over Hauner la amazing," he said. New Bend Pastor to Arrive. HKND, Or.. May . (Special.) Jackson 1 Webster, elected In Feb ruary to the pastorate of the Pras byterlan church here, will arrive la Bend next Friday to take over hia duties, comlna; here from a theolog ical school in California, where ha Is now completing his course. Rev Mr. Webster was a Y. M. C. A. secretary during the war. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070. Automatic SliO-9.''. GLANDS IMPROVE CONVICT