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TIT IS MORSiyG OREGONIATT. FRIDAY, JUNE 2. 191 C.
BIG STRIKE IS OH
ALONG WHOLE COAST
Shipping Is Partly Tied Up.
River Craft Run Here, but
Quit in California.
FREIGHTS ARE HELD BACK
Handling of Cargoes for Deep
water Vessels Practically Stops.
Thousands of Longshore
men Walk . Out.
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feet that the walkout had been orderly
and no obstacles had been met with,
while it was felt the entire situation
was in their favor.
Some River Craft Delayed.
As to the steamboat situation at
Portland, the striking deck and fire
room crews succeeded in delaying'
some vessels that are on regular routes
and also some towboats. On the ar
rival yesterday afternoon from As
toria of the O.-W. R. & N. steamer
Harvest Queen her deck and fireroom
crew walked, ashore, and rather than
leave on the return at 8 o'clock with
firemen not thoroughly experienced
with the plant Superintendent Budd or
dered the steamer tied up until tonight,
when it is expected she will go out on
time. He said there would be firemen
and deck workers In their proper
places. The company refused freight
yesterday for lower river points, ex
pecting to carry passengers only.
The crew of the Diamond O, re
cently employed and assumed to be
non-union men, walked ashore yester
day afternoon, and the work of re
placing them began immediately.
Steamboat owners, after a. confer
ence yesterday, said they had not
swerved in the least from their orig
inal determination to keep their boats
jromgr, ana tnat the oner of ia a
month had not been changed.
The steamer Dalles City, scheduled
to leave at 7 o'clock yesterday morn
ing for The Dalles, was held until
1:25 o'clock, by which time two new
firemen and another deck crew were
secured. The propeller steamer
Stranger came in from The Dalles yes
terday afternoon, and her two deck
hands walked ashore, but the owners
expect to replace them this morning.
Lurline Held but Loaded.
The steamer Lurline, of the Portland-
Astoria fleet, was held at Washing
ton street dock because of lack of
men. During the day her freight was
loaded, and she is to steam on time
this morning for Astoria, returning to
morrow, her usual round trip every
24 hours being cut down for the pres
ent. The steamer Grahamona got away
for Salem on time, and her owners
deny a report that she wfe detained by
trouble with her crew at Oregon City.
Of 12 men, eight left the vessel here
. and their places were filled without
trouble.
The propellers America and I raid a.
of the Holman line, operating from St.
Helens, arrived and departed on time.
The Jessie Harkins, from the Middle
Columbia, came in as usual and got
away at 2 o clock in the afternoon.
Some of the towboats operated by the
paper mills felt the walkout, but efforts
are being made to get all started to
day.
Three deckhands and two firemen
carried their belongings ashore from
the steamer Tahoma on her arrival
from The Dalles last night, but extra
men assisted in discharging freight on
Oak-street dock, and it was given out
that the steamer would leave on time
tomorrow morning for the upriver ter
minus.
The steamer J. N. Teal is to be here
from Lewiston and way points, and
some of her company may join the
throng ashore. The Twin Cities, which
was operated as a fleetmate, was tied
up here Sunday, so the company only
Has one vessel in service.
. O.-W. II. fc Offer Refused.
An offer was posted by the O.-W.
B. & N. to pay $47.50 a month to the
men. but that was. declined. It was
etated by Superintendent Budd last
night that the offer had been with
drawn and the company stood as did
the others, willing to pay 45 a month.
cnaries Bennett, agent for the union,
said yesterday that they felt the situa
tion was well in hand. A meet in wna
held during the afternoon to arrange
ways and means for conducting their
campaign, which is for an increase to
o0 a month for deckhands, 12 hours
to constitute a day, with 50 cents an
Hour asked for overtime, and one day
of rest in seven.
The employers say they cannot nav
50 a month; that the men on many
coats ao not actually work 12 hours
a day, and while the regular steamers
do have a day of rest, it is not prac
tical to insist on such a concession on
towboats. As to overtime, they insist
an are against it.
4500 OUT OX Pl'GET SOUXIi
Alaskan and Japanese Liners tin
loaded by Nonunion M,en.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 1 TCinn
hundred and twenty-five members of
the Seattle longshoremen's union
struck this morning. A thousand mem
bers of the United Dockworkers, who
are not affiliated with the longshore
men, struck three days ago. No
trouble has been reported. A strong
lactor in tne settlement or the strike
will be the- needs of the Russian gov
ernment, to which a large share of
the trans-Pacific freight now on the
wharves is consigned.
Federal Mediator Henry M. White
Business Agent Doyle, of the Seattle
central Labor Council, and Ernest
Marsh, president of the State Federa
tion of Labor, held a conference.
Mayor Gill, who was requested yea-
icruay ay me employers to act as
mediator, declined.
The employers eay only 600 long
shoremen struck here, the union says
925. Gordon J. Kelly, member of the
Pacific Coast executive board of the
longshoremen, estimates that 4500 men
are on strike on Puget Sound, includ
lng the United Dockworkers and the
eteamboatmen who went out several
weeks ago.
In answer to threats of employers to
send 'ships to Vancouver to load and
discharge, longshoremen's union offi
clals said they could extend the strike
to Vancouver whenever they chose.
Two hundred union longshoremen at
Everett and Mukilteo. engaged in
loading lumber from the large mill
there, struck today, stopping the load'
ing or vessels.
Seventy-live nonunion men were at
work on the Seattle waterfront today
unloading tne liner Shidzuoka Maru.
from Japan and the liner- Alki, from
Alaska. The liner victoria, from Nome,
was two-thirds loaded when the strik
came. Probably she will sail tomor
row without completing cargo. Sh
has a full passenger list.
Belltngbam TIe-TJp Hits Steamer.
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. June 1. Th
oteamship President, of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, was com
polled to , leave here this afternoon
WALKOUT OF LONGSHOREMEN
i;M : .--' f - ; vM NJw. xk
A .... a
GROUP OK IMOX
without discharging or taking on
cargo. An effort to find men to take
the striking longshoremen's places
failed. The President came in from
Vancouver, B. C., with several hundred
tons of freight, and several hundred
tons were on the wharf for loading.
SAX FRAXCISCO IS TIED UP
4000 Men Strike and Three Com
panies Grant Demands.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. The gen
eral stevedores' strike, which has tied
up shipping here by calling' out 4000
men. showed no indication tonight of
reaching a settlement. The strikers
have, received and turned down an offer
of compromise made by the shipowners.
They have declared that the strike will
be carried through to a finish to secure
the granting of all demands, and they
have met the employers' threat of em
ploying strikebreakers with the coun
ter threat of sympathetic strikes or
30.000 additional maritime and water
front workers in all Coast ports.
Color Is lent to the latter threat by
the indorsement of the strike received
from the Waterfront Workers' Federa
tion.
Three shipping companies the Hind.
Rolph Company, the Rolph Navigation
Company and the Union Steamship
Company, in which Mayor James Rolph.
Jr.. of San Francisco, is intereted
have granted the full demands of tlte
longshoremen. E. R. Foley, secretary
of the Pacific Coast district of the
Longshoremen's Union, said in regard
to these concessions. "It looks like a
feeler."
During the day there has been vir
tually no movement of cargoes. Ac
cording to the statement of the Em
ployers' Association, no effort will be
made to move cargoes or offshore ves-
els until Monday, to give the strikers
an opportunity to return to work vol
untarily before non-union help- is
called in.
One of the more valuable cargoes
held up by the strike was that brought
to port today by the steamer lenyo
Maru. Five baggage cars were wait
ing at the dock to take a 91.000,000
shipment of silk from the steamer.
Reports that the owners would make
use of the vessels Japanese crew to
unload the silk were met with the dec
laration by union officials that a pro
test would be made to the immigration
authorities against permitting the Jap
anese to come ashore.
The War Department, it was said.
telegraphed Western department offi
cials today that the wage schedules
agreed upon would apply to the steve
doring of Army transports, and to con'
tinue loading work on the transports
Logan and Sherman.
The strike of bay and river steam-
boatmen employed on the vessels which
supply San Francisco produce markets
from the San Joaquin and Sacramento
River regions has also led to a dead
lock. The river steamers remained tied
up at their docks.
LOWER RIVER IS AFFECTED
Astoria Reports Good Will Between
Strikers and Employers.
ASTORIA, Or., June 1. (Special.)
At 6 o'clock this morning the long
shoremen's strike began, and approxi
mately 250 men in this district quit
work. There were no disturbances
here, the best of feeling apparently
prevailing between the employers and
the union members, and if the matter
was left to local people, the strike
probably never would have occurred,
as the shippers have offered to pay the
wage scale asked.
Work was stopped on the steamer
Northern Pacific at 9 o'cloclc last night.
when the freight she brought from San
Francisco was discharged. Not a pound
of freight was placed on board, and
she sailed this afternoon with water
ballast. The longshoremen worked
until 6 o'clock this morning on the
steamer Edgar H. Vance at the Ham
mond, mill, and on the steamer Necani-
cum at Westport. where the latter
vessel loaded 250.000 feet of lumber.
Today the mill yard gang and the
vessel's crew are loading the steamer
Vance, and she probably will be ready
to sail about noon tomorrow. The Ne-
canicum finished taking on lumber at
Westport this afternoon, her crew do
ing the work. She will shift to the
Hammond mill tonight. and the mill
gang will assise in completing her
cargo.
Vork also was stopped on loading
the schooner A. F. Coats at Wauna,
although she lacks only about two or
three days work of finishing. The
schooner Alumna is lying idle at
Knappton, no lumber having been
placed on her. Both of these vessels
have agreed to pay the advanced rate.
and it is possible some agreement may
be made in the near future for loading
them.
The only vessel arriving today was
the F. A. Kilburn, and her cargo was
discharged by her own crew. At Great
Northern Pacific terminals at Flavel
the warehousemen as well as long
shoremen quit work. The steamer
Northern Pacific, sailing today, could
have taken a part cargo, but Captain
Hunter refused to accept any. saying
he anticipated trouble in. discharging
it at San Francisco.
150 Quit at San Diego.
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. June 1. One hun
dred and fifty longshoremen here today
joined In the general strike on the
Pacifio Coast, according to Walter Lo
rentz. secretary of the union. Steamers
sailing from here, it is announced, will
make no effort to carry freight, the
companies contenting themselves for
the present with carrying only passen
gers to and from northern ports.
Read The Oregonlan Classified Ads.
AND RIVER STEAMBOAT CREWS
TROUBLES IN PORTLAND'S MARINE SPHERE.
STEAHBOATMEn AT WASHI.GTO. -
STRIKERS ARE REPLACED
STEAMERS X. R. LANG AND RUTH
REMAIN ON MILL RUNS.
Walkout Is Sympathetic, as Scale De
manded by River Steajnboatmen
Haa Been Paid.
OREGON CITY. Or.. June. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Willamette Navigation
Company, operating the steamers N. R.
lang and the Ruth, employed in car
rying pulp and paper for the Corwn
v lllamette mills, are running as usual
today, although 48 men, comprising the
crews of the steamers, walked off the
boats early this morning on a sympa-
tnetic etrlke under orders from their
unions. The men here were working
under conditions which the union de
manded for the other river steamers.
They were receiving $50 a month and
Doara. and the boats seldom operate
on Sundays, but the strike order was
general.
Before 8 o'clock this mornine. the
crew of the Ruth had been filled out
with men from the mills, the company
paying the regular wage for laborers.
z.4U a day. and the Ruth left for Puln
Siding, about four miles south of Ore
gon City, with a cargo of paper. During
the labor troubles, the nroduet of the
Crown Willamette Mills will be taken
to Pulp Siding by water and there
loaded on Southern Pacific cars. In
stead of shipping it through Portland.
in iang s run is from Oregon City
to Camas, carrying pulp from the local
mills to tne Camas Plant. Her crew
was filled out later and she is ready
to resume her run.
Local officials of the comDanv be
lieve that their work will not be
seriously interrupted by the strike.
There was no hesitation amoner the
crews in obeying the strike order here
this morning, with the exception of
two firemen on the Lang, although less
than half of the 48 men belong to the
union.
TACOMA WATERFRONT QUIET
900 Longshoremen Strike and Pick
ets Are Placed on Docks.
TACOMA. June 1. Nine hundred
longshoremen went on strike in Taco-
ma at 6 o'clock this morning. Loading
and unloading of vessels came to a
standstill here and there were no in
dications of the use of strikebreakers.
Pickets were out on' all the docks
where there are ships. Longshoremen
gathered this morning at their regular
headquarters and at special quarters
engaged for the strike period. There
was no disorder reported.
The Tacoma strikers belong to three
organizations, the General Cargo Work
ers Union, the Warehousemen's Union
and the Lumber Handlers' Union. There
are no lumber ships in port at present,
but the lumber handlers said they
were "on strike," and would not "work
when lumber ships arrive.
GRAYS HARBOR FEELS STRIKE
Few Men Refuse to Quit and Some
Loading Is Being Done.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. June 1. (Spe
cial.) Only a few of the Grays Harbor
longshoremen refused to Join in a walk
out today, and in consequence the three
steamers now in port are loading with
partial crews of longshoremen. The
strike will not.be much felt this week
inasmuch as few vessels are due. The
Tamalpals and Lindauer. now loading.
are expected to clear tomorrow.
Two schooners, the Manila and Reso
lute, are both tied up.
No signs of disorder were witnessed
anywhere about the city. Chief inter
est now seems to ' be centered in
whether the stevedore company will at
tempt to put strikebreakers to work.
Stevedore company officials are giving
no Indication as to what their next
move will be.
1000 STRIKE AT SAX PEDRO
Tie-Up Is Complete and Six Freight
Steamers Lie Idle.
SAN PEDRO. Cal.. June 1. About
thousand longshoremen and dock work
ers were on strike today, in conformity
with the Pacific Coast strike order,
effective today at i A 11. There was
no excitement and no trouble was an
ticlpated. So complete was the tie-up
the strike leaders said pickets prob
ably would not be posted.
Six freighters were idle in port. It
was said no attempt would be made to
unload, pending a settlement of the
strike or other developments.
Passenger steamers arranged to leave
without cargo, so the schedules would
"t not be interrupted. The Governor and
the Yale were expected to leave port
today on schedule time. The Harvard.
due from the north, was expected to
make tier regular trip to San Diego.
Freight Loading Stoma at Eureka.
EUREKA, Cal.. June 1. Fifty union
longshoremen here Joined the general
Pacific Coast longshoremen's strike to
day. Vessels due to leave here have
abandoned temporarily -the loading of
perisnaoie freight because of strike
conditions at San Francisco.
MILL JOBS ARE ATTRACTIVE
Workers Flock to Oregon City After
Rises Are Given.
OREGON CITT. Or- June 1. (Spe
cial.) The announcement of two rises
USHERS IN EXPECTED LABOR
STREET DOCK.
in the wages of employes of the Crown
Willamette Paper Company, both made
in May, haa brought inquiries by the
hundreds to the local offices of the
company. The Crown-Willamette mills
here now are saUl to be paying higher
wages for eight hours of work than
any other paper mill in the country..
"One feature that la particularly at
tractive to the millmen Is the fact that
we are working on an eight-hour basis,
said one of the local officials today.
"Many from plants which are running
on the 12-hour basis are seeking work
with us."
Seventy-five men seeking work.
many of whom were from towns far
from Oregon City, applied for work at
the off ice of the Crown Willamette mills
Monday morning. The company Is run
ning at capacity, and practically 900
men are working in the local mills of
the company. Oregon City or West
Linn men always have preference for
Jobs.
We do not advise men In other
towns to give up employment and come
to Oregon City expecting work.- said
the millman. "We cannot give employ
ment to everybody, and when there is
an opening the local man with a lam
ily always has the first chance."
SHIP DEAL IS REPORTED
SALES OF PACIFIC COAST FLEET DE
CLARED PENDING.
Alaska Navigation Company Is Said t
Be Negotiating; Purchase of
Steamship Line.
TACOMA, Wash., June 1. (Special.)
Tacoma shipping men were Inter
ested today in reports that the sale of
the entire fleet of the Pacific Coast
Company to the Pacific Alaska Naviga
tion Company may result from negotia
tions now being carried on in New
York.
All of the vessels of the Pacific Coast
Company are operated under the name
or the Pacific Coast Steamship Com.
pany, owned oy tne former. H. F.
Alexander, president of the Pacific
Alaska corporation is reported to be
eager to consummate the deal. He is
in rew York.
At the head offices of the Pacific
Alaska Navigation Company in Tacoma
it was declared Improbable that the
company was negotiating for the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company's fleet.
Mr. Alexander left for New York last
Friday on business, it was said, con
nected with the company's two steam
ers now operating on the Atlantic Coast
under charter to the Ward Line.
3LRSHFIELD WORKERS QUIT
Two Lumber Carriers Ar Held Up
Awaiting Cargoes.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. June 1. (Spe
cial.) The longshoremen went on
strike today and neither the steamer
Speedwell, nor the steam schooner
Hardy which arrived this morning for
lumber, were loaded. Captain K.
Rosenblatt, of the Speedwell, expects
instructions from the Fyfe Company
tonight, and Captain Michelsen, of the
Hardy, was willing to meet the de
mands of the longshoremen, but they
want the company's signature.
The Hardy engaged eight laborers
and started loading at the Porter mill.
The longshoremen visited the dock
and prevailed upon all to quit.
L. F. Falkenstein. former manager
for the Simpson Lumber Company, and
now with the Buebner Lumber Com
pany, volunteered to load the Hardy.
and has been at work all day adjusting
the chains on the dock.
E. E. Johnson, of the Coqullle saw
mill, has 20 cars standing on the tracks
at Marshf ield, onwhich he is paying de
murrage and is trying to arrange to
transfer the lumber to the Speedwell.
Marine Notes.
Word came from Astoria yesterday thst
owlnjr to the strike of longshoremen the
lighthouse tender Heather could not obtain
coal with which to make a trip to Destruc
tion Island with supplies.
M. E. Schroeder haa been signed as op
erator of the gasoline craft Olile' 8.. which
has arrived from Newport to enter the
river trade. Her former skipper was Otto
Dunne..
Engines for the new auxiliary schooner
City of St. Helens, being built by the St.
Helens Shipbuilding Company, have arrived
from Copenhagen by way of New York
and will be installed by an expert who
came here to look after the machinery In
the City of Portland, which la being fin
ished at St. Helens.
Captain W. C McNaught. surveyor here
for the San Francisco Board of Marine
Cnderwxitera. who sustained a fracture of
his left leg several weeks ago when assist
ing In trying to float the stranded steamer
Fifleld near Bandon. Is out again and ex
pects to be in his former good trim aoon.
No change was reported in the stage of
the Willamette River at Portland yester
terday, the stream being 14.5 feet above
zero, and the Weather Bureau forecast
is that it will remain nearly stationary for
a few days.
BETTER FILMS SHOWN
Not One Reel Condemned by Censor
Board During May.
For the first time since Portland
adopted motion-picture censorship.
month has passed without any condem
nation. The report of the .censor board
for May, as made public yesterday,
showed that 703 reels were viewed dur
ing the month, with no condemnations.
Eliminations were ordered in 24 reels.
Mrs. B. B. Col well, secretary of the
board, says the moral tone of pictures
seems to be increasing;, thus making
eliminations and condemnations less
neede.
MINERS
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RUN FOB SUMMER
Northern Pacific Makes Full
Stop at Sea in Tribute to
Late J. J. Hill.
FREIGHT IS DISCONTINUED
Labor Troubles Cause Temporary
Embargo Bearer May Sail To
morrow F. A. Kilburn Is
In and Expected to Load.
The twin turbiners Northern Pacific
and Great Northern sailed on time yes
terday, inaugurating the Summer
schedule on the Portland-Flavel-San
Francisco route. The Northern Pacific
left her freight consignments on the
dock at Flavel and, as forecasted yes
terday, a temporary freight embargo
prevails. There were 133 passengers
on the Northern Pacific.
The Great Northern was reported by
wireless 100 miles out of San Francisco
with 100 passengers and 384 tons pf
freight. This Is an unusually small
tonnage for the liner and It is under
stood the freight was loaded previous
to the expiration of the time limit set
by the strike leaders at San Francisco.
Vessel's Stop la Xrlhnte.
Off the Columbia River bar Wednes
day the Northern Pacific obeyed the
wireless instructions to come to a
standstill at 12 o'clock. Five minutes
before noon the giant engines ceased,
and exactly at 12 o'clock it was noted
the ship was at full stop.
Throughout the vessel all work was
suspended for 6 minutes in respect to
the late J. J. Hill. Notice of the ob
servance was given to the passengers
by Captain Hunter, and everybody sol
emnly and silently Joined In the tribute
to the departed empire builder.
The Great Northern is due at Flavel
today and sails tomorrow for the Gold
en Gate. No change has been made by
the Great Northern Pacific officials in
the schedule and while no cargo will oe
carried for the present, the big ves
sels will arrive and depart as before,
carrying passengers.
Beaver Slay SalL
The San Francisco & Portland line Is
making reservations for passengers
aboard the liner Beaver, due to sail to
morrow, but passengers are advised
that they should communicate with the
city ticket agent today noon, by which
time it Is expected to be made known
positively as to the sailing of the ves
sel. So far no cargo has been loaded,
but that would not necessarily interfere
with the ship being started southward
tomorrow if a decision Is reached to
day. The K. A. Kilburn. of the North Pa
cific flag, which arrived last night,
discharged 70 tons of cargo at Astoria
before leaving up, and her departure is
scneduied lor tomorrow night. Instruc
tions are looked for from the San Fran
cisco office of the company as to her
loading, the impression being here that
the company will sign an agreement
with the longshoremen. That line has
paid bi cents an hour and 82 cents
overtime, while the new scale of the
longshoremen is for 65 cents an hour
and SI overtime. That anDllea to o-on.
eral cargo, which Is the class of freight
irnporira oy me regular coastwise
vessels.
BARGE SECOND FOR ALASKA
contract ror 6,0 00.00 0 Feet of
Lumber to Be Filled With Dispatch.
Second of the lumber barges, oper
ated by the Columbia Contract Com
pany between Portland and Anchorage,
Alaska, in delivering an order for the
Alaska Engineering Commission total
ling 6.000.000 feet, was dispatched last
night in tow of the tug Sampson. Cap
tain H. Odsen. The barge carried
670.000 feet of material valued at 10.
050. The first barge, which the tug Henry
J. Biddle towed north, was delivered
at Anchorage Monday, say advices
reaching here yesterday, and the tug
Is thouarht to be on the wav back
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barge, unless its loading is delayed by
the strike of longshoremen, and It Is
hoped to have the entire order at
Anchorage In a few weeks.
LUMBER ACTIVE DURIXG MAY
Nearly 53,000,000 Feet Sent on
Ships From Columbia.
ASTORIA, Or.. June 1. (Special.)
During the month of May, 35 vessels
loaded at the mills in the Lower Colum
bia River district and their combined
cargoes amounted to 26,453.860 feet -of
lumber. Thirty-three of those vessels,
carrying 24,205.000 feet, went to San
Francisco, Los Angeles or San Diego.
while two vessels with 2.248.860 feet
went to China or Australia. In the
same period 6.247,825 feet of lumber
was shipped from the mills In the
upper river district, making a total of
32.701,685 feet of lumber that lett the
Columbia River In cargoes during the
month.
In addition to the lumber. 1.003.620
cubic feet of box shook. 105.000 cubic
feet of stave bolts and 63.360 shingles
were sent to California. Other cargoes
were 402.400 pounds of canned salmon
and 835.000 pounds of flour, shipped
from Astoria to California.
LUMBER SHIPMENT RUSHED
McCormick Steamers May Pass Up
Northbound General Cargo.
For the next two or three weeks
there probably will be no general cargo
handled northbound by the McCormick
steamers, regardless of whether the
strike continues, as hurried shipments
of lumber are lined up and it is averred
by vesel owners that so much time Is
lust In southern ports loading freight,
and at Portland in discharging, that
they face losses In view of the prevail
ing high lumber freights.
By saving the time working general
cargo, the lumber carriers can gain
each month in proceeding direct to
their loading berths, which will be St.
Helens most of the time, and as soon
as loaded start for sea. which will
eliminate the run to Portland. Other
vessels will continue In the Parr-Mc-Cormlck
line's service bringing freight
as In the past, and later the McCor
mick fleet will resume.
Belgian Mine Field Extended.
Information to the hydrographtc of
fice bearing on navigation conditions in
the European war sone. which has In
terested masters of vessels bound from
Portland to ports across the Atlantic.
Includes the following:
Tt has been found necessary to extend the
eastern limit of the danger area of the Brit
ish mine field off the Belgian coast so as
to Include the waters south of latitude &L
degrees 40 minutes north aa far as the xneri
dlan of 3 degrees 20 minutes east.
The mine field as previously reported en
October 2, 1015. extended from latitude 51
degrees lo minutes north to latitude 51 de
rrees 40 minutes north and longitude 1 de
gree 35 mlnutea east to longitude degrees
east.
Notice to Mariners.
The following affects aids to navigation
m the seventeenth ugntAouie District:
Columbia Hlver. main channel Clatsop
Fplt fias buoy 12 temporarily established
May Hi In the position of Clatsop Spit buoy
3 2. which waa temporarily discontinued.
The gas buoy will be continued during the
flnhlne season to end November 1. lOlrt.
The light Is flashing whte every three
seconds (not 10 seconds, as heretofore
stated!, flash three seconds duration of
70 candlepower. IS feet above the water.
Columbia River, main channel Ulntsop
Spit Inner buoy 2. found out of position
hit si. was replaced.
Columbia River. Astoria to Harrington
Point Channel buoy 4 moved Mav 2a .'100
yarda58 degrees from former position Into
3rs fathoms of water: without other-change.
Jtutr.n 1 A 11 ft A i, tv.
UKhthouse Inspector.
Umatilla Off for Alaska.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 1. The
Pacilic Coast Steamship Umatilla, the
first passenger steamer for Nome,
sailed at 11 o'clock tonight as ached
uled, the company announced.
News From Northwest Forts.
ASTORIA. Or.. June 1. (Sneclal.t-
Hringlng freight and passengers from San
Pranclsco and way ports for Astoria and
Portland, the steamer F. A. ICilburn arrived
tod a v
The gasoline schooner Tillamook sailed
todav for Coast points with cargo.
Carrying 300.000 feet of lumber from
Prescott. the steam schooner Alcatras
sailed for San Francisco.
The steamer Northern Pacific sailed this
afternoon for San Francisco, carrying pas
sengers and baggage, but no freight. The
longshoremen worked on her until 9 o'clock
last night discharging freight, but put none
on board.
G HAYS HARBOR, Wash., Juna 1. (Spe
cial.) The steamer San Jacinto arrived and
Is loading at the E. K. Wood mill.
The steamer Willamette la due tomorrow
from San Franclaco
COOS BAY. Or., June 1. (Special.) The
steamer Speedwell arrived from Bandon
today, having left the Coqullle port last
night.
Junior Knglneer James Polhemus com
pleted a monthly survey of the Coos Bay
bar last night, which showed the dredge
Mlchl hsd excavated 137.0OO yards of sand
during May.
The steam schooner Hardy arrived from
San Francisco and is at the Buehner mill.
North Bend.
The Yellowstone, from San Francisco, and
the Tillamook, from Portland, are due to
morrow. GARDINER. Or.. June 1. Special.) The
steamer San Gabriel was piloted out over the
"ttmpqua Bar by the tug Gleaner. She is
bound for San Pedro with a cargo of lumber
from the Uardiner Mill Company plant,
here
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUE TO ARRIVE.
Kama. From Date.
Beaver .Los Angeles. ... ..In port
F. A. Kilburn San Diego ...In port
Great Northern. ... San Francisco. .. .June 2
Kose City Los Angeles June 4
Northern Pacific San Francisco -June 4
Bear .I.os Angelas. .....June 0
Breakwater San Diego. ...... June U
DUE TO DEPART.
Name. For Date.
Tale S. F. to L. A ...June a
Harvard. ......... F. to L. A. .... .June J
K. A. Kilburn .... .San Diego. ...... June 3
Beaver .Los Angeles.... ..June 3
Great Northern. ... San Francisco. .. J una a
Klamath -San Diego. ...... June 4
Northern Pacific. . .Pan Francisco.. ..Juna
Multnomah. ..... . .San Diego. ...... Juue tt
Hone City. ........ Los Angeles. .....June S
Wepama . ....... ..an Diego. .... J una 9
Breakwater. ...... San Diego. ...... J une li
Bear. ............ .Lot Angeles. ..... J una IS
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. June 1. Arrived Steamer
F. A. Kilburn. from ban Dieco via way
ports.
Astoria. June 1. Sailed at 11:10 A. M..
steamer Alcatrax for San Francisco: at noon.
gas echooner Tillamook, for coos Bay. Ai
rlved at noon and lett up at 2:2.' P. M-.
steamer F. A. Kilburn. from San Diego via.
wav ports. Sailed at 2:10 P. M., aleaxner
Northern Pacltlc, for San Francisco.
San Francisco. June 1. Arrived at ft A
M., steamer Johan Poulsen, from Portland.
Sailed at 11 A. M.. steamer Great Northern,
for Flavel. Arrived at 4 P. M-, steamer
Vosemite, from Portland.
Bandon. June 1. Arrived Gasoline
schooner Ahwancda, from Portland.
ionterey, .nine l. csauea otcaxuer . " .
Herrin. for Portland.
Kureka. June 1. Arrived at 7 A. M ..
steamer Breakwater, from Portland and Coos
Bay for San Diego via way porta.
Coos Bay. Mav 31. Sailed at 5 P. M..
steamer F. A. Kilburn. from San Diego and
way ports for Portland.
Astoria. May 31. Sailed at P. M..
steamer Washtenaw, for Port San Luis.
Yokohama. May SO Arrived Steamer Se
attle Maru, from San Francisco.
Mejlllones. Mav 31. Sailed Steamer Burl
ington, for Seattle.
San Francisco. June 1. Arrived Steam
ers Yosemlte. from Columbia River: Cong
ress, from Seattle: Mexican, front Hilo;
Thomas L, Wand, from Kverett; Johan Poul
son. from Astoria: Tenyo Maru Jap.. from,
Hongkong: Celllo. from Grays Harbor.
Sitlled Steamers F. S. Loop, for Tacoma;
San Juan, for Ancon; Tiverton, for Everett;
Multnomah, for Grays Harbor; Great North
em. for Astoria: Colonel E. T-. Drake, for
Seattle: schooner Salvator. for Honolulu;
barkentlne Thresher, for Sydney.
Seattle. June 1. Arrived Steamers Alkl.
from Southeastern Alaska; Prince George
(British), from Vancouver. B. C. Sailed
Steamers Umatilla, for Nome; Princess Ena
(British), for Vancouver. B. C.
Sydney. N S. v.. May 31. Sailed
Steamer Ventura, for San Francisco.
Marconi Wireless Jieports.
(All polt'"ns reported at 8 P. M.. Jane 1.
nnle otherwise indicated.)
Asuncion, El Segundo for Powell River. lO
miles went of El Segundo.
Governor. San p-dro- for San Francisco,
two miles south of Point Concepcion.
Northern Pacific. lo2 miles south Of the
Columbia River.
Grace Dollar. 612 miles north of San Fran
cisco. El Segundo. Point Wells for Richmond,
614 miles north of Richmond.
Corjnado. Aberdeen for San Francisco, -t
mllfs south of the Columbia River.
Willamette. San Francisco for Grays Har
bor, five miles north of Yaqulna.
Queen. San Francisco for Seattle, 27 miles
north of Blanco
Hvades, Seattle for Honolulu. miles
from Cape Flattery, May 31. S P. M.
Htlonlan. Honolulu for San Francisco. 4-'
miles from San Franrlreo. Mav 31. 8 P. M.
Drake. Richmond for Seattle, .07 miles
north of Richmond.
Porter. Everett for Port San Luis. 7
miles from Everett.
Multnomah. San Francisco for Grays Har
bor. 45 miles north of Point Reyes.
Yosemite, San Francisco for San Pedro, 15
miles south of San Francisco.
Hilonlan. Honolulu for San Francisco. 180
mil-s from San Francisco.
San Juan. San Francisco for Balboa. 60
miles south of San Francisco.
Klamatn. San Francisco for Portland, 10
miles south Northwest Seal Rocks.
Topeka. Eureka for San Franclaco, B"
miles south of Blunts Reef.
Great Northern. San Franetsro for Flavel,
three miles south of Blunts Reef.
Puebla, San Francisco for Seattle, 13 miles
north of Northwest Seal Rocks.
Celllo. Grays Harbor for San Francisco.
30 miles sorth of Blanco.
T.ucas. El Segundo for Ptlnce Rupert, 63
miles north of El Segundo.
Mills. Richmond Beach for Martlnex, 433
miles south of RIchmoTid Beach.
Tides at Astoria Friday.
High. Low.
1-01 A M . feet':2S A. M -0.6 foot
2:3(1 P.' M 6.8 feet;8:17 P. M. . 3.8 feet
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
American tug Samson, ballast, fpr Anchor-
18. 670.000 feet lum
American rarpe
ber, for Anchorage.
' Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH "HEAD, June 1. Condition of the.
bar at 5 P. M-: Sea, smooth; wind, north
west. 12 miles.
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