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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 21, 1915.
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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.
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