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Newspaper Page Text4'i g THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 21, 1915. -.1 ILL PORTLAND TO - ATLANTIC SEABOARD LUMBER RATE DROP? 'Question Uppermost on the Waterfront Since Removal ; of Charge for Deckfoads, OPTIMISTIC FEELING SEEN Zitun'cer SZca and Steamboat Men Shar In reeling, or Increased ,' ' Confidence Zn Outlook. 'Will the .Portland-Atlantic coast Vlumber rate drop? f "rV That question Is the on of para mont Interest on the waterfront since -. President "Wood row Wilson withdrew the .charge on lumber carried on deck y: by steamers passing through the Pana- - -.ma canal. The decision came early in the week and was the Occasion for 'an outburst or optimism on the part ? of both lumber men and steamship . men. Th company operating Into Port land most . vitally Interested in the " deck load question Is the W. R. Grace I. St Co. Their company operates a fleet of specially constructed steamers, the 'basis of whose eastbound cargoes was -'.expected to be lumber. Previous to the opening .of the canal they delivered . millions of feet to Balboa for uae in ..th. canal coriBtruction. Seduction May Come. ''While our company has made no announcement of any reduction in the price for handling lumber between Portland and New York and other At lantic coast ports, 1 expect one soon," said GeorKe M. McDowell, local man ager for W. R. Grace & Co. "The withdrawal of the deck load tax means that besides the actual saving in mon ey from that source, the lumber can ' Tia ll n ( 1 t.l that TViilrth Anrtar KtAWO " f doring charges drop considerably when the lumber is being swung onto the ,j deck. of a steamer. "Our present rate between Portland -And New York is $13 and we have . handled some lumber at that figure. ..The fcteamer Santa Crui due here to .(day will carry 600,000 feet outward a while other steamers have been taking similar quantities. "I have talked with numerous lum tberrntn within the past few days, a.id on and all believe that with this deck load question solved the movement to . the Atlantic coast will increase. Re ports from that section of the United States indicate a quickening of busi - nss condition. Building is always the first branch to feel the effects of . better times and if they build back there it will be largely with our lum--br. t I Producer Chief Oainer. In view of the advantages gained through the withdrawal of the deck load charges It would appear that the a producer should secure the largest -benefit and as a result I think it is -reasonably certain that the rate will f drop. This will give the Portland manufacturer a better chance to com pete for this business and undoubted . ly mnn more lumber." ' McDowell's ideas are coincided In by I many steamship men In Portland. They " expect to see many small vessels en ..ter the coast to coast trade at any time now. This competition if nothing else would cause the larger lines to drop the rate, they say, and the heav ier business Is deemed inevitable. ; FINISHES CARGO OP LUMBER " Norwegian Bark Loads at Van- couver, liritlsh Columbia. Vancouver. B. C., Keb. 20. Fully laden with a cargo of lumber for Del y goa Eay, South Africa, the Norwegian '-. bark Wulff, Captain Salveson, is shift ' ing today from the Inner harbor, Vic V toria, to the Royal Roads, where she Will remain for a few days while her . crew is Deing signed, it Is expected i .that ahe will tow to sea about Mon day next and that she will reach her destination In 100 days. The whaling steamer Gray of the Canadian North Pacific Fisheries, lim ;.Jted. has arrived at Victoria from the . west coast after the roost tempestuous voyage which the vessel has exper ienced since she entered service on r. thia coast. She left here 17 days ago - with general cargo for points on the Hkeena river. She will leave tonight for Sechart and Kyuquot. , Captain Andy Chrlstenson, Van--r couver pilot, has completed three years in the service and now has his papers . a first class pilot which entitles him to handle mall steamers and his first experience along this line was ' ,n Wednesday when he took out the Canadian Australian liner Niagara. ;body is not recovered ; CJrappler Works All Day but Un able to Get Any Result. - .Municipal Grappler Hugh Bradv was unable to locate the body of William rSuUivtfh. - mate of the American Kthooner II. K. Hall, yeaterdav. al though he worked all day. Sullivan is believed to have fallen from the guard rail of the vessel Thursday af - ternoon. 'Sullivan was a native of San .Francisco, 43 years of age and is .believed by Capt. Dan Killman to have ' '.a wealthy sister residing in Los An ereles. , The II. k. Hall will set sail for Del v aoa bay, South Africa, this morning. ""The steamer Gamecock win take her fo Astoria at daylight. W. II. Samuel f koo has signed on her as mate to fill i Sullivan's place. Dr. Liovd Irvin a ; Portland physician, is to make 'the ' i trip to Delagoa bay with Captain Kill i man. I . DARIEX WIRELESS OPERATING Plan Has Already Proved Its Com. " mercial 'Worth. According to steamers arriving from the Panama Canal the new govern- i tlcally complete and messages ar ha. 4 ing handled from as distant blares n f San Francisco and Arlington, Va The plant will, it la believed, prove of 1 great benefit to the government in f case of trouble and is already prov ! ing its worth as a commercial asset J-Three 600 foot towers, two of Which r are complete, make, up thfe plant. The S navy department has additional plans " along the coast under consideration and It is hoped the success of this one : will influence congress -sufficiently that it will pass the necessary appro priations. ' -. FEW: SHIPS .AT EUREKA, CAL. Ordy One Vessel Crossed Hnmboldt lAar Yesterday. V Eureka; Cal Peb. 20. -But one ves fI crossed Humboldt bar today, this BARK NEARLY CAPSIZES VSBSSBMBSBBBBSBSBBSBSBBBXBBBBBasSBSnBBSBSSBSSBBBBS' Norwegian bark Morn a The Norwegian bark Morna was cleaned -.it all ballast or cargo for th? first -.Ime in her history at Llnnton last week and whec she was first placed in the- Oregon drydock came within an ace of turning over on her fide. As she first became a strain on the keel blocks they slipped from un der her ind "she started to list to port. GRAIN TONNAGE EN PORTLAND Name, Flng and Rig. Agpi, Nor. bark Alice A. LeiKb, Br. ship. Tons 1T67 2M1T 1on9 Cembermere, Italian bk. Epsom, Br. str ... 2070 urtb. Nor. ph!t lSt) 11(45 ie5 I raiK-oiB. Fr. bk GeriuulDe, Fr. bk Rleuard. P.Us. ab Iliawatba. Nor. bark.. Kenkon Maru, Jap. str. I.aenuec. Fr. sbip I.a i'eroflse, Fr. sbip,.. Klka. Nor. sbip Majanka. Nor. ship Noemi, Fr. bk Olivebank. Nor. bark.. 1728 14i0 2014 1813 1615 1429 ,. ior.8 2647 1C78 bnrk 135T I'amp. Ktlss. bark... Professor Koch, Kusa. Skjold. Nor. bk Svithiod. Swpd. bark.. Tonrstne, Fr. bark.... Ville de Mulhiiuse, Fr 1497 1878 177S 27S bk. Miscellaneous to Nsme, Flag and Rig. Asumasun Maru, Jap. str.. Bunkoku Mara. Jap. str... Koju Maru, Jap. str Lawhill. Uus. bark Senju Mara, Jsp. str Thor, Nor. str W. II. Marston, Am. tch.. Tons. 27 OS .... 238 1T40 32S5 289 1110 Panama Canal Service. Name. Flag and Rig. Atlantic. Am. str.. B.-P Hawaiian, Am. str., A. -II Honolulan. Am. str., A. 11.... lowan. Am. str., A. -II Montanan, Am. str., A.-H Obioan. Am. str.. A.-H Oregonlan, Am. st.-., A.-H Panaman. Aui. str., A.-H Pennsylvanian. Am. str., A.-H.. Sunta Clara, Am. str., A. P Santa Crus. Am. str.. A. & P Santa Cecelia, Am. str., A. & P Santa Catalins, Am. tr., A. & P West Coast Nsma, Flag. Rl- and Una. Cuzco. Nor. str., Grace St. Helens, Am. str., Grace Wm. Chatham, Am. str., Grace European Name. Flap. Rig and Line. Glenefer. Sr. sir., 11. M. S. P Glenroy, Br. str., R. M. S. P ;lengyle. Br. str., U. M. S. P Kron. Margnreta. Swed, m. s., Johnson.. Pacific, Swed. m. ., Johnson Suecia. Swed. m. s., Johnson.. Abbreviations A. & P.. Atlantic Psclfle line, owned b-r W. R. Grace 4 Co A -H American-Hawaiian Steannt,bfp Co.; Grace, W. H. Grace Co.; R. M. S. P. Royal Mail Steam Packet Line. Frank Waterhouse & Co., agents; Johnson lino W R Grace & Co agents; B.-P.. Boston-Pacific Steamship Co.. Statter & Co.. agents. "' being the North Pacific steamer F. A. Kilburn, which arrived from San Francisco at 8:25 o'clock this morning. No vessels departed and the harbor is singularly free of vessels, the steam ers Necanicum and Kilburn being the only vessels In port at 6 o'clock to night. The Kilburn, which brought a large list of passengers, will depart again at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, with her cabins well filled, with vis itors to the exposition. SETS SAIL. FROM ASTORIA Steamer Shasta Ijeaves Out for San Francisco. Astoria, Or.. Keb. 20. The steamer Shasta sailed last evening for Ban Francisco with lumber from Aberdeen, Westport and Rainier. The steamer Klamath arrived during the night from San Francisco with general cargo for Astoria and Port land. The steamer Shoshone sailed today for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber from Knappton. The American-Hawllan liner lowan sailed today for Puget sound, where she will discharge part cargo' from New York. The Grace line steamer Santa Cruz is due this evening from New Tork via San Francisco with part cargo. Out ward bound, the steamer will dock at the Sanborn wharf and load 850 tons of canned salmon for New Tork. She will also load 250 tons of flour at the As toria mill, to be shipped at New Tork for Europe. The British ship Wlscombe Park, grain-laden for the United Kingdom, waa towed to sea this afternoon. TUG BOAT SERVICE IN A TIE Each Outfit Has Secured fifteen Sailing Vessels. Through having: taken in tow the French barks Touralne and Francois off the mouth of the Columbia river yesterday afternoon th Port of Port land tugs crept into a deadlock with the tugs of the Puget Sound Tugboat company for the Columbia river busi ness. Kince the Puget Sound tugs en tered the field early in December each outfit iiaH secured 15 sailing vessels. The Wallula hooked the French bark Touralne at noon yesterday S3 miles off the river. Three hours later on Oregon drydock. The pumps in the drydock were stopped : at once and the vtseel was let into the I water again without damage. ; ThA Morna. la an old tvne. BharD ! bottom vesnel, having been built in ; 1S77 t Tli rktnhead. Scotland, bv lalrd : Bros She is being fitted out with a ' . 'Aa lr . . jjiMn vln ,.rin,l new de k in addition to Deing acrapea and painted. ; . . ROUTE AND LISTED FOR i ! Memo i j At Antofoyasta Dec. 1 I From flailed. l,rt Nolloth . . Dec. 18 Valparaiso Newcastle ....Dec. 4 Funta Arenas .Feb. 6 fcjduey Heads Ar. Dee. 21. Ai.toiogasta Piaugua . NtrwcaFtle. . Cape Town. Moil In port Oct. S. j Ar. Pisauga Oct. 12. I At Melbourne Dec 28 1 j I , . Doc. 8 ..Jan. 15 Mejlllones . Ar.Antofogasta Kov.13 Airtofogasta Ar. Nov. 2. Melbonrns . Dec. 16 Sydney Jan. 10 Newcastle, N. S. W Antofogasta ..Dec. 6 Lyttleton... At Lyttlston Dec. 28 Melbourne ....Dec. 4 Melbourne Dec. IS Melbourne ....Dec. 16 Antofogssts Newcastle Ar. Oct. 11. At Newcastle Dec. Arrive in Portland. From Sailed. Kan Francisco San Francisco Yokohama Walaroo Jan. 15 San Francisco San Francisco Ksst London.. Jan. 11 Memo. Sd. Shanghai Jan. 13. At Neweastde Nov. 14, At Kobe Jan. 12. Ar. San Fran. .Feb. 15 Sd. Newcastle. Jan. 30 From Boston .... New York. Boston A N. NewtVork . , New York. New York. . New York. New York. New YOTk . . New York. New York. Sailed. . . Tec. 20 ..Dec. Ill Y ..Jan. 13 Memo. Ar. 8. F. Feb. 1. I'd. canal E. B.Feb 13 At San Francisco. At Seattle. Ar. Norfolk Feb. 10. I'd. canal V.B.Feb. 18 .Sr. S. F.. N. Y., Feb.l Sd. S. F. Feb. 10. At S. F. Ar. N. 1'., Jan. 81. In port. At Mukllteo. .Feb. 18 DEin. by fire Oct. 18. . Feb. .Nov. 2o .Deo. 31 .Jan. 29 .Nov. 23 Jan. 22 New Y'ork Jan. 9 New York. Service From Valparaiso Guayaquil Csllao ... Sailed. ..Jan. 19 Memo. Sd. Balboa Jan. 14. Sd. S. F. Dec. 27. Service. From Railed. Memo. London & Orient December loading. London tr OrL.Oct. 1 Sd. Victoria. . .Feb. ju uon dc viri.. nov. zi Gothenburg Gothenburg ...Dec. 18 Sd. Y'okahoma.Feb 17 Aiarcn loading. Ar. S. F. Feb. 8. February loading. Gothenburg . . the tug Oneonta hooked the Francois, s.i v v.. o o c i o ca-i o uuuiiu here in ballast from Antofogasta, the Touralne to Balfour, Outhrie & Co.. Ti . . I"' M- uu"- ; together, the Towboat Ocklahama leav- Biookings Landing, 4 p. m. Sailed Am. sir. j efles to his home In Cleveland, Ohio. Ing here at 4 o'clock this morrTlng Multnomah. Astoria and Portland l '-g a. For 20 years he has been mak for the two vessels. No sailing dates , m'i nlf.ortTnn lll the world a better place to live have reached here on either of the , Henry T. Scott. Nanaimo, with barge Aea- , . ,,h hI. ,OIr)(. n(1 hla lausrhter A two vessels. i pnlco in tow. at 8:16 a. m.; schr. Whitesljoro. ,n vilth bis logic ana nis iaugnter. A The coud of tha Port nf Pnrtl.nfl ; (lieno.d, 0:45 a. m.: Asuuclnu, Portland, dozen books have come from his pen tugsVas Pmadethwhri0ertth0e St . ie-'isdnd? aV TTV? tugboats were decidedly at a diaad- isthminn. l.miaue and New York. 10:45 s. of the Little Tot to The uncommon vantage. The tug Goliah is In Seat- tie having a wireless outfit installed while the Tatoosh was inside day afternoon towing the British ship Wlscombe Park to sea. The battle for the deciding vessels will com-i menco anew today With the th tree tugs outside again with full fuel tanks, provision larders and water tanks ALL ALONG THE WATERFRONT Carrying the first list of exposition visitors the steamer Beaver, Captain Mason, left Ainsworth dock for San Francisco at 3:15 yesterday afternoon, She had nearly 200 passengers and 2100 tons of freight. "When the steamer Geo. W. Elder leaves Columbia dock for Coos Bay and Kureka this morning she will have the best cargo of freight she has taken into those ports since she went on the fun. The ArrOW line had no Steampr into voos ay mis week and all their rush feight was taken by the Elder. The British steamer- Batsford. loading wheat at Montgomery dock No. 2, for Kerr, Glfford & Co.. is to be i iL y Wed,ne9day nlSht. ac- Cording to present plans With a full cargo of general mer chandise and lumber, the steamer Daisy Putnam, Captain Donaldson, leaves for San Francisco today. With pSfsengers and freight from San Francisco and Los Ahgeles, the steamer Hose City. Captain Rankin, is due in port today. To load her cargo of lumber for Guaymas, Mexico, the steamer Klam ath will shift down the river this afternoon. -Sne will not work tomor row on account of the holiday but will start Tuesday. On account of the holidays in Cali fornia a general rush of steamers is expected In here Tuesday and Wednes day of vessels-hurried .way from Ban Francisco so as to escape the double time necessary when working In port on those days. - - NEWS OF THE PORT Arrivals, February 20. Klamath, American steamer. Captain Green, freight from San Francisco. Dodre 11ns. . Departures, February 0. Bearer, American steamer. Captain Mason, passengers and freight for San Francisco and Los Anpelea. g. F. & P. 8. 8. Co. San Ka moo, American steamer. Captain Jamleson, passengers and lumber for Ban Die go. Dodge. Northland. American steamer. Captain Bodge, passengers and lumber for Ban Diego, Dodge. Clan Galbralth. N or we r fun bark. Cantata Ol- ) sen. wheat for United Kingdom. M. H. i Hoor. Marine Almanac. Weather at River" Uonta. North Head. Feb. 20. Condition of the mouth of the river at 5 p. m., smooth; wind, southwest, IS miles; weather, cloudy and rain ing. ' Suns and Tides February BS. Son rises. 7:02 a. m. Sun seta, 5:4' n. m. , Tides at Astoria. High watpr. Low water. 5:58 a. ju., 7.6 feet. I ! 7.S8 p. m.. 6.2 feet. I 1:38 p. m., 1.6 feet. Daily Rlrer Headings. STATIONS c a us Lewiaton . . Umatilla .. KnK-ne ... Albany . . . . Kalein . . . WilBonTille Portland . . 2.11 O 0.5 0.1 4.2! O 0.13 4.2 0.2 0.22 3.7 n.2 0.13 6.6i 0.8i 0.03 3.310.61 0.00 Rlrer Forecast. The Willamette rtrer at Portland will re main neatly stationary for (he next two or three days. Steamships to Arrive. r, PASSENGERS AND FUEJGHT Bearer S. F Mar. 9 Hose City 8. F. and way... Feb. 2: Uoaooke. . . s. I. and way.... Feb. Kl Ureak water Geo. W. Elder.. Heat Yucatan CfSS nr Fob' 28 8. it. and way". '. . . Fet. 28 S. F. and way!.. Feb. 28 i Steamers Due to Depart.' PASSENGKK3 A:'D FREIGHT N From Date. ..C. B. and Eureka. Feb. 21 .Coos Bay Feb. 23 . H. D. and way.... Feb. 24 . . S. I', and way Feb. 26 ..8. F. and way Mar. It . S. D. and war... Mar. 3 . 8. P. and way... Mar. 7 Geo. VV. Elder. j Breakwater. . . . I Roanoke i Roue City ! Bear Beaver., ucatan Vessels In Port. iiVSIjn n0. B7. Am. ,tr Oregon Drydock TT k. Hull Am. tr Mtrmm San.oena, Kus. sch I.-P. 'Lbr. (Jo.1 Katanga, Belg. bk Irydock ClimbUKkennetn Nor Dk Astoria King Cyrus Am. sob WeHport Y lscombe fark, ur. sb Astoria Clan Oalbralbt, Nor. bk.... Astoria ?r K11 i-' S.ry Cnstleton, Br. sh Stream Port Stanley. Buss, bk Giobe Mills Batsford. Br. sir Montgomery Prompt. Rusk, bk Elevator Bay of Biscay, iir. sh Llnnton Daisy Pulnam. Am. str Port Lr. to. ! Oeo. W. Elder, Am. str Columbia 1 ; Klamath. Am. atr.... i vnn-h Vessels Dlenga-ed. t Akulan. Am. i tr Ooble Arooldus Vinnen, Oer. so.... Clinton Alliance, Am. m O. WJ tr. Berlin. Am. bk (fiobls Chinook. U. S. dredge N. W. Steel 1 I Dalbek, Oer. bk Victoria DolphiaV David Hvana, Br. sea....... Astoria Golden Gate. Am. str O. W. P. 1. B. Stetson, Am. str..... ....Ot. Helens, Kenalem. Am. str auii, uci. ...... tt ir4fw , ..St. Helens At Neighboring Porta. Astoria. Feb. 2t. Sailed at 4:80 a. m. Str. low an. for New York rla way ports. panea at J p m. Sir. Shoshone, for San Pedro: at H:M p. m. Mr. snip Wlsoorabe Park, for United Kingdom Arrived st 5 p. m. FT. bark Touraiue from Antofogasta at 8:30 p.' m. Fr. bark Francois, from Antofl ; ogusta Florence, Or., Feb. 20. Gas sen. Roaroer arrived from Coos Bay, 0 p. m. Los Angeles, Feb. 20. Arrlred Btrs. Marshfleld, Redondo, Coronado, Gray's Har bor, 2 a. m. ; Aroline, San Francisco, 6 a.m.; Y'ale, San Francisco, 10 a. m. ; Honoluluan, San Francisco, 4 p. m.; Congress, Seattle, n p. m. Bailed Strs. Marshfleld, Long a. m.: Yale. San Dietto. 3:30 p. Beach 8 I m. ; Van- ' guard. Eureka, U a. ni.; Carlos, San FTan clsco, 6 p. m. ; Geo. W. Fenwick, Astoria, 5 . ni. : A. M. Sluipsou, Coos Bay, 5 p. m. ; Aroline, San Francisco, 8 p m. Aberdeen. Waah., Feb. 20. Arrived Am. str. Catmel, San Francisco, yesterday. Eureka, Cal., Feb. 20. Arrived Am. str. F. A. Kilburn, from San Francisco, 8:25 a. m. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 20. Arrived Br. str. Moynne, 12 noon, from Liverpool via San Francisco; tank str. Colonel E. L. Drake, 9 p. m. from San Frsnclsco; str. Fulton, from British Coiumbia, tt a. in. Sailed Tamba Maru. 4 a. m Tacoma. Port Angeles, Wash.. - Feb. 20. Salle St. schr. Nome City, for Ban Francisco. Marshfleld, Or., Feb. 20. Sailed Str. Breakwater, Portland, 1 p. m.; gas sch. Bustler, Siuslaw, 7 a. ffl. Tacoma, Wash., 1 Feb. 20. Arrived Jap. str. Tamba Maru, St-attle. 4 a. m. Sailed Jap. str. Tambu Maru. Seattle. :.T0 p. in. ; str. Admiral Schley, Seattle, 5:30 p. m. j Port Townseud, Wash., Feb. 20. iled ; 10 a. m.. str. Meteor, for southeastern Alaska. ' San Francisco, Cai., Feb. 20 Arrived Am. strs. Yoseuiite, San Pedro, 12:05 a. in.; Yuca tan, Portland via Astoria, 5:15 a. m. ; Welles ley, San Pedro, with schooner Maweema in tow, 5:30 a. m. ; str. Wm. H. Murphy, San Pedro. 6:20 a. in.; Arctic, Monterey. ifclO a. m.t Brunswick, Ft. Brapg, 8:20 a. m. ; Lewis K. Thurlow. Grays Hnibur, 8:30 a. m.; El 1, ... L. T . , I , i . . .. m . 1 1 ,i n p ,1 Q. . 4earo y : a. iu. , uei orie, treBfem v ij s 10 a. W; City of Topeka, KurPka, 11:15 . in.; i Admiral Dewey. Se-ttie a m ; su I lMitlS. KeUOLKlo Qfn. De Negrier. Antofagasta, 11:30 p. in.; m.; Bear, San Pedro. 11:15 a. m.; str. Gov- irn ' T'rnVVi.Ts i"rn iiT yester-,?.Lbi;Jl. York via' Panama, with barse 95 hi tow, 3:20 P. m.; str. Harvard, ssn Pedro 4.10 p. m. v.ent.ur.a tu- i"S. b." ; r.srs and" sailed, same day at 9:30 p. m. for !(- Kin 1 .1 1 i K Fort Brags, Feb. 20. Arrived, 7 a. m.. Am. str. Higgius, San Francisco. Breakwater En Route to Portland. Marshfield, Or.. Feb. 20. The steam er Breakwater sailed this afternoon for Portland with passengers and i freight. The gasoline schooner Rustler Hailed th! morning for Siuslaw river j with cargo of geherai merchandise. i The steamer Speedwell arrived last ! night from Bandon and Is completing her cargo of ties at North Bend and , will sail for San Francisco! tomorrow, j The steamer Redondo Is due to sail fr. Sa r. Pranriacn tntnurrnw Passenger Traffic Service, Port Townsend, Wash., Feb. 80. Inaugurating a passenger service from Liverpool and Yokohama, the Royal Maii 6teamer Glengyle will arrive here the latter part of next week, bringing 75 first class passengers. This will be the first occasion on which any of the Royal Mail fleet have carried pas sengers to Puget Sound. j After six weeks at San' Francisco undergoing her annual overhauling, the steamer Humboldt will arrive on th sound tomorrow to resume her run to Skagway. Honolulan-in South. Los Angeles, Feb. 20. The steamer Honolulan arrived here this afternoon from Portland and San Francisco en route to New York. She is due to sail for New Tork next Monday morn ing. About 1000 tons of general cargo will be placed on the Honolulan here. The steamer Maxshfield arrived here in the night from Redondo and sailed for Long Beach. PORTLAND SHIPS GIVEN QUICK DISPATCH HPW' - - 'J: ill British ship Wlscombe Park, PnrHanil stevedores have riven p4endld exhibition of the manner in which ships can be dispatched from this port when haste is necessary and this season's record for lay days in the grain fleet Is expected to be the best the port of Portland has ever had. Marine Notes From ! United States Coast Guard service Is tbe ; Inslffuia of tbe life raring branch of the i department of commerce. Pensions for re j tired and Injured employes of tbe serrics Barth 1 nod the chanes of name wers provided for in the recent act of congress, The rerenus .nttr aorrlno win hu h included During tbe month of January, 82 sailing, steam and unrigged vessels wers enrolled in tbe United States bureau of narlgstlon as newly constructed vessels. The largest was tbe steamer. Northern Faclnc. No trace has been found of tbe crew of L ab"dod M?n" ?rK '2 vessel is still s menace to navigation. A book containing facsimiles of ths flags 0f every nation on the earth has been com- piled by tbe departments of stats snd naval intelligence. They will prove especially ln- terestine in .these times of stress. Three more foreign built steamers were D .(.,... .,1 . . . imoi.un rofHflfrr lfiat week. muklug a total of 123 vess-els totaling 455.t21 net tons, to come under tbe protection of ths Stars and Stripes since the shipping bill passiid. The three were the steamers Mun- vniut K Members of the crew of the British steam er Frankmount are believed by government authorities to have been connected witn an opium ring of considerable magnitude. They v. ere captured at Portland. Me., as "the steam- er was leaving sua ore but uciu iv " TroaHiratlon Owing to the shortage In men in the Eng lish shipbuilding yards the trades unions have been asked to waive some of their regula tions and have readily consented. It Is es timated that 6000 more steel workers could be used were they to be had a cargo nrrjuig "-I .' ' ; l . paciiv was huq iuc ,ii,i'v u -. fn England last week. This is an advance of nearly 50 per cent in value since the The next steamer to make the Pacific coast In the Harrison Direct Line service will be the British steamer Spectator, a new 8000 too carrier of the best construction. On board the steamer General Hubbard when she sailed from San Francisco recently was 200 tons of California grown rice for rieliverv t Galveston. It was ths first rice shipped eastward out of California and more remarkable In that it was going to a port close to New Orleans, the greatest; nee ex porting port in the country. It Is reported that the Great Northern HUMORIST AND POET LIKES PORTLAND AND MAY RETURN IN FALL Edmund Vance Cooke, Cleveland, Ohio, Here Short Visit. of on Edmund Vance Cooke, humorist and humanist, poet and philosopher, au thor and lecturer, is in Portland for a brief visit en route from Los, An- i Commoner." Among his best known' poems are 'Thc Mo-Cow Mo-" and Did You Die?" . "I like Portland." sard Mr. Cooke , -j wish I could spend a week here Possibly I can arrange to give a I series of talks to the Scl school children next fall. I like to show the children that literature is not a dry and dusty study. I want them to know that literature Is a vital character-forming force in their lives. I. want them to know that poets and authors art just plain common folks like themselves." Mr. Cooke is a poet of the people without frills or filligree. He talks and writes good, plain, everyday com mon sense. His verses have a tang of the soil and always a glint of humor and hopefulness. His songs are th songs of democracy. Here is his Idea of heaven as expressed in "The Uncommon Commoner": Heaven. With "Credo" on the front door mat. Our Heaven was once an upper flat. Wherein the saints serenely sat. Each with a halo for a hat, Kaon sang his bliss without alloy, E:ach sang his most ecstatic Joy, Knowing the engine-room was jammed With legions of the suffering damned. Such heaven was. What heaven Is now Heaven only knows, but anhow We may not criticise, because Earth still is run as heaven was. gome live like heaven and idly shirk; 8ome live like hell and do the work. Is that profanity? Good sooth, I wish it were. It's worse; it's truth! Will heaven offer a solace, then. For all these miseries of men? Not so; heaven's made as you and I Improve this world we occupy. Heaven's an effect, and not a cause. And subject to the eternal laws. The higher's builded on the lower. ' Was. is and shall .be evermore. The primary .pupil's simple knowledge Is the foundation of the college; So, to make heaven of higher worth". Com on! let's make better Earth, swinging at anchor fh the stream The British ship Wiscome Park was picked up off the river January 31 by one of the Puget Bound tugs and yesterday was ready for sea. She carries a capacity cargo of wheat. The reason for the speed shown has been the lack of docks due to the destruction by fire of Cplurabia No. All Parts of the Globe Steamship Co. has secured two vessels for delivery of cotton from Puget Sound ports to Vladivostok and that the O. 8. K. will also add a chartered steamer shortly for the same purpose. The schooner Harold Blekum. wrecked De cember 2G in L'yak Bay, ran be repaired, ac cording to members of her crew who recent, ly returned to Tacoma. She Is in a good position snd they will return In ths spring to ears for her. - An enterprising Rotterdam firm has em barked in the towing business between that port and English or Dutch ports, which" has so far proved very profitable. Their rates run from $1217 for vessels of 1500 gross tons or under to f 1780 for vessels of 4000 tons or over. San Francisco's export trade to Australia fslned 84 per cent In tbe calendar year 1814. t was 10. 745,832, as against $3,847,514 in 1913. One white sailor, a stowaway put to work, was numbered among ths crew of ths Ameri can steamer Rio Pslg's crew of 35 Filipino seamen when she reashed Puget Sound. The man bad been stranded In Manila when the British steamer Beagloe was wrecked s year ago. When the American steamer Robert Dollar reaches American waters she will hsve mads the entire circle afff tje globe and been In seven seas since departing from this coast last Juno. Sbe returns under the stars snd stripes, bsving been changed over front the British registry at St. Lucia. After undergoing her snnnil overhauling at San Francisco, the steamer Humboldt Is en route to Seattle to tgaln enter tbe Alaskan trade. Csptsln Freeman B. Berry, one of the few commsnders of the famous Baltimore-South America fleet of olden days remaining, died recently at Sailors' Snug Harbor, Ststen Island, N. T. His last command was the American clipper bark Newligbt, belonging to tke once celebrated fleet of the late Thomas Pierce. The government insurance bureaa has re duced hull and cargo risks on the Ptclflo. The old rates were of 1 per cent, while the "new rates are 5c on each flOO to Japan and 10c on each $100 to Manila or China. Designed for service as a coal carrier, ths new collier Achilles was launched at ths Sparrows Point plant of the Maryland Steel Co. lust week. A sister ship, the r lyases. Is receiving her finishing touches and will be turned over to the government In April. Tax Collections Show a Decrease First Three Weska of 1$19 Below gams Period fox 1914, Zt Zs Seen By County Xt&cords. The first three weeks of 1915 tax collections show a decided decrease In payments as compared with the col lections for the corresponding period of 1914. But $350,147.60 has been paid In bo far thia year as compared with 1522,335.47 for the 1914 period. Ko rebate is arrowed this year cm payments made early and all taxes must be paid before March 31 or be subject to one per cent a month in terest. Half payments prior to MarCh SI do not entitle the taxpayer to re mision of this interest on second half payments as was true last year. Taxes become delinquent after Aug ust 31 and all unpaid after that date are subject to 10 per cent penalty and 12 per cent annual interest until paid. Taxpayers can save trouble by mail ing descriptions of property on which they desire to l?ay taxes to Tax Col lector Lewis. Statements will be mailed out in answer to such lequeets and checks can be returned saving taxpayers the trouble of visiting the tax office and th clerks of tne office the time required, to wait on the tax payers. APPEAL FOR NEEDY MEN Believing that th WTorkingmn' club at 271 Front street, is a logical clearing house for bringing prospect ive employer and help together. Cap tain J. G. McClelland, in charge' of the club, has announced that those desir ing workmen of any sort of work have only to call Man 8440 to be accommo dated at absolutely ho expense. "We have at the club large numbers Of both skilled and unskilled laboring men," said the captain yesterday, "who are both ready and anxious to obtain employment. Persona having lawn or garden work, house cleaning or chores of any kind have only to telephone to receive all the help they require." Negresses An Fight. In a vicious knife fight at Ninth and Flanders streets yesterday afternoon between two colored women, Mrs. Clo Thomas, 193 Fifteenth street north, re ceived a razor gash that laid open her face from temple to chin. The rasor was wielded by Christina Fleming. 152 North Fifteenth street, whose, clothes were cut. Patrolman J. II. Black arrested th Fleming woman. The latters' eyes Were swollen almost shut. She said th Thomas woman had beaten her in a fight last Wed nesday. ' , lowan Da Tuesday. Tacoma, Wash., Fb. 20. The steamer lowan is- due here next Tues day to load a large cargo for New YorK. The lowan is to take 1000 tons of cop per cathode from the Tacoma smelter for New York, and other freight. The steam schooner Mary Olron, after loading shipments of lumber, has shifted down sound. off the North Bank dock. 2, Montgomery No. 1 and Oceanic docks. Irving. North Bank, Montgom ery, the elevator, Albina, the Portland Flouring Mills and the Globe elevators have been forced to bear the burden of cargo for 75 vessels already dis patched and the 26 or more enroute here to load. ESCAPES CAPTURE BY E English Steamer Takes Un used Passage Westward Across Atlantic. Seattle, Wash., Fb. 20. Th Brit ish commerce ravishing German cruis er Karlsruhe; so long sought by Eng land's warships. Is apparently beating; back and forth regularly between the Spanish coast and the West Indies, according td a report brought by the Blue Funnel steamer Moyune, which arrived today and which, had the nar rowest escape from being captured by the Karlsruhe. From Kingston west, there ar two passages, the Windward and th Mona, th latter, however, being seldom used. But suspecting the Karlsruhe might be in the waters, the Moyune proceed ing westward to th Panama canal, took the Mona passage, th Karlsruhe about the same time entering th Windward passage, heading; east. By this fortunate chang from the beaten track, the Moyune escaped capture. The American-Hawaiian steamer. lowan, which arrives tomorrow to be gin loading for Atlantic ports, will take BOO tons of flour for Charleston, 8. C. the first shipment of Washington flour ever rrui.de by water from Puget sound to the southern ports. Other cargo of the lowan will include a, shipment of Oriental He for Charleston, also the first of the Oriental product to be shipped to Charleston via Seattle. Special Services Planned for Lent Wednesday ul Friday Devotions Ba ffin at St. Agatha's Wednesday at St. Johns Child Welfare Sermon. Sellwood, Feb. 20. Special Lenten services to be held every Wednesday and Friday evening during Lent com menced this week at St Agatha's Cath olic church. Th Wednesday evening devotions consist of the rosary snd a sermon;' followed by benediction. Th Friday evening devotions consist of the way of the cross service, fol lowed by benediction. Attendanc at the dally 8:30 a. m. mass Is more regu lar during Lent. The Sunday evening devotion consisting of a sermon and benediction are also part of the Lent en services. Father John Cummlsky will take for his theme st tomorrow evenlnsa de votions. "Why Men Should Go to Church." Special servf re will bm held at St. John's Kplscopal church, Sellwood, each Wednesday evening during Lent, with addresses on topics selected from church history. Rev. J. JC. Youel, pastor, will preach his annual sermon in the interest of the child welfare movement tomorrow morning at the Spokane Avenue Presbyterian church, taking for his theme "The Patriotism That Stands for an Heritage of Health and Development for th American Child." "Child Labor and the Palmer Owen BUI" will b djscussed at th Men's Current Interest assemby to morrow. Enjoyed Elevator Rides. Henry Lancaster did not relish yes terday a 80-day vagrancy sentence Im posed by District Judge Jones, but he did' enjoy to the utmost several rides he experienced on elevators in the oourt house. They were his first elevator -rides. He lives near Gresham and pleaded guilty to th charge. Spe cial Agent W. P. Lillls brought th charge against him, alleging that Lan caster stole 200 pounds of high tension aluminum wire from th Northwestern Electric company. , Sentence was later suspended when it was learned ' Lan caster had an opportunity to cut sno haul wood. . Society Leader Killed. Boston, Mass.. Feb. 20. Mrs. Nel son Curtis Of Jamaica Plains, on of Boston's society leaders, was fatally hurt when her automobile, In which she was being driven to a matinee, was struck by! a trolley ear on Com monwealth avenue this afternoon. She died in the Boston City hospital. ( Grocery Store Robbed, Burglars entered th grocery star at 2 1 52 -East Yamhill street, st th and of the Mount Tabor car Un. Friday bight. Eight 50 pound sacks of ftonr and a 100 pound sack of sugar were stolon. MOYUNE NARROWLY CRUISER KARLSRUn BARK TO RECEIVE A ; HANDSOME PRICE IN DELIVERY TO EUROPE Sum of $50,000 to Be Paid "for Lumber Voyage to the British Islands. M0YUNE IS AT SEATTLE Frenob Bark Admiral Oo-arbet, X.oa& ing Cargo of Wheat la West Se attle for the United Kingdom. Seattle. Wash., Feb. 20. Significant of the war's effect on the ocean freight movement, the big four mast stl bark,Will!am T. Lewis, now loading at 15'yerett, will recelv 160,000 " for carrying to Gisat Britain a lumbsr cargo with a Pnget Sound valu Of approximately $26,000. Th vessel be longs to Hind. Rolph ' & Company's sailing fleet and has been chartered for the voyage to England at th rate of 100 shillings per thousand feet., board measure. She will load t, 000.000 feet valued. It is roughly esti mated, at 112 a thousand on Puget' Sound. , British Blue Funnel Un steamer Moyune, Captain A. E. Grlsewood. ar rived this afternoon on the Inaugural voyage of the corporation's new Liverpool-Seattle service via the Panama canal. On her voyage to Seattle, th -Moyune stopped at Victoria and Van couver to discharge shipments loaded for those ports. The vessel reports irnnau i. run up tile CURSI, D. M. Cameron, formerly connected with the Canadian Pacific railroad. ' left today for Prince Rupert to be come agent in that port for the Bor der Line Transportation company, op erating between this city. Prince Ru pert and southeastern Alaska ports. The freighter Cordova will arrive from southwestern Alaska porta to morrow with a 2500-ton cargo of cop per ore. The French bark Admiral Courbet, which recently completed discharging cargo from Europe In Seattle and Ta coma, Is loading wheat for th United Kingdom at the Houser elevator In West Seattle. Contractors Gather Here to Submit Bids Construction of Interstate Brldg Will Be Divided Into 12 Separat Sec tions. Contractors from all parts Of th United States are arriving in Portland to submit bids on the construction, of the Interstate bridge between" Oregon and Washington. The bids are to be received at the courthouse at 2 o'cloca Tuesday afternoon. In order to give contractors in every ' line of construction work snd of every siee an opportunity to bid, specifica tions have been so arranged that bids may be made for the work ee a whoi or In parts. The construction has' been . divided into 12 separate sections such , as grading, building embankments and th like. An Idea of the work necessary to prepare specifications for bidders may be gained from the fact that if th 1.000 separate sheets of glue prints are to be laid in row they would stretch V the whole length of the proposed -bridge, about thi eej. miles. E. E. 'Howard, rhlef engineer In r charge of construction, estimates that . 10,000 tons of steel will be used, mak- i ing one, of the Urgent individual or ders given in the past, two year. Much of the material will have to b ' purchased In the east, and ts the Pan-, ama canal Is now open It is believed a saving of about $4 0,000 can be mad In transportation charges by. shipping by water. Prohibition Issue Deemed Important Patrons of Husbandry Should Fay Special Kd to Qusstloa, It li , T7rgd, Milwauki, Or., Feb. 20. Gnral sentiment at the regular monthly meeting of Milwauki grange. No. 261, In grange hall thi afternoon seemed to consider "prohibition," suggested by Mrs. J. A. S. Kasto. as the public question which should demand the spe- -clal attention of patrons of husbandry at this time. T. R. A. Sellwood sug gested agriculture. Otto Hende talked on "How and When to Mak Hot Beds," and James Bobbins apok on "Oregon Farms, Their Condition and , Flitur." A discussion followed." ' A special meeting of th grant will be held on the evening of March 2 for the initiation of two candidate , In the first and second degrees and th reinstatement of a former mem ; ber. Th grange at Its last closed session ' adopted resolutions of regret on. th recent death of one of It members, C. 11. Lauchy, at Gladstone. On the evening of March 8, after a short closed session, a penny social will to hld by th grange, with in ad mittance charge of one cent for vry two test or fraction thereof in height. Th charges at all booths, game and for refreshments will be one cent. Mrs V. O. Benvie, chairman, Mrs. M, T. 6atflld and Mrs. Anna Kornbrodt are the committee in charg. , SpltalKki Cft Postponed, V -Habeas corpus proceedings brought by Mrs. Anna Hpitulsjcl to se cure th release of her 16-year-old on held in the county jail under penitentiary sentence by Judge Har I of one to two and one-half years for attempted burglary to which h pleaded guilty, were postponed yester day by Circuit ,Judg McGinn, who ordered that the caseb taken up be fore Judge Davis. Mrs. Spltulskl al leges that because of th boy's youth the circuit court has no Jurisdiction and the case should have com befor the juvenile court. .Spitulekl is being " held pending th outcome of legisla tion looking toward raising of th ag ' limit at th reform school from 18 to 18 years. A companion of Spltulskl. 18 years old. Is serving a similar sen tence In th penitentiary. - Albert Woman's Club. . Th Alberta AVoman's Improvement club will meet Tuesday evening at th residence of Mm. Josephine R, Sharp. 1038 East Twenty-fourth street north. -Tenting on Vacant Lots" and local interests will be discussed. Mem- - L bers and ladles Interested In bettering condition are invited. .) 8 4