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Newspaper Page Text18 THE - 3IORXIXO - OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST lO. 1916. BOOTLEGGING UPON SEA PUZZLES Men Held as Smugglers Said to Have Peddled Liquor to'. Fishers Off Coast. LEGAL PROBLEM ARISES Tno Prisoners Seized by Customs Officers at Mouth of Columbia Held to Federal Grand Jury. . Boat to Be Libeled. Here is a brand-new angle to the prohibition question. Did it ever occur to you to -wonder what would happen to the Ingenious bootlegger who got a boat, took a cargo of drinkables aboard, sailed out to sea beyond the three-mile limit and there opened a sort of floating saloon, with the difference that the saloon went to the customers -in place of the customers going to the saloon? This Interesting problem in what might be termed near-international law has bobbed up with the arrest In the Columbia River near Astoria last Sun day of Charles J. Bertelson and Charles K. Robinson on a technical charge of importing liquors from Canada without declaring them dutiable and paying customs duties thereon. Brt behind this formal charge Is fie more Interesting question as to whether making a business of going out beyond the ' hree-mile limit of pro hibition states and there selling liquor to citizens of such states is legally wrong? When Bertelson and Robinson were arrested by Deputy Customs Inspector McGrath, beer, whisky and gin were found in the little 25-foot open fishing toat, in which they had Just crossed into the Columbia River, returning from Victoria, B. C. Big Cache Is Sounht. At the same time, evidence was found to cause the authorities very ttrongly to suspect that a much larger stock of the same liquors had previous ly been cached somewhere on the Washington beach just north of the Columbia River. This . cache is now being sought. For several months before making the arrest the authorities had been watching closely the actions of Bertel son and Robinson. They assert that the two had built up an attractive business in deep-sea bootlegging. Their method, according to the Gov ernment authorities, was to sail their little boat from Astoria, where they live, to Victoria. B. C. There they would take aboard as big a cargo of liquors, bought cheaply, as they could stow, and sail south again. Then, it Is alleged, they would make a- regular route outside the three-mile limit, meeting- and selling liquor all along the Washington and Oregon coasts to fishermen who were engaged In trolling for salmon well out to sea on account of the present scarcity of salmon in the Columbia and other rivers which have not yet receded from flood stage. Evidence Shows Trade Thrived. The fishermen, according to evidence In the possession of the Government, were mighty good customers. They would pay as high as $2.25 a bottle for liquors that cost 65 cents a bottle in Victoria, and business was fine for the venturesome voyagers. Bertelson and Robinson are declared to have made five round-trip voyages In the cockleshell boat, which was of the same type as the regular Columbia River Ashing boat, and equipped with .a four-horsepower engine, as well as sail. On these voyages, the Govern ment alleges, they sold between 1700 and 2000 bottles of liquor. The two had with them on the boat a good chart, a costly deep-sea com pass and barometer, binoculars, a mat tress and bed and two pumps. The boat itself has been brought from As toria and moored in Portland by cus toms officers. A libel of information to forfeit the boat to the Government on the ground that it has been engaged in illicit traffic will be filed by Assistant United States Attorney Rankin today. Priaonera Held in Jail. Bertelson and Robinson had a pre liminary hearing before United States Commissioner Drake at 2 o clock yes terday, at the conclusion of which the Commissioner bound them over to the Federal grand jury, which is not ex pected to convene before next October, on bonds of $1000 each. Not being able to furnish the bonds. they went back to the County Jail. As sistant United States Attorney Rankin appeared at the hearing for the Gov ernment. Frederick M. DeNeffe repre sented Bertelson and Thomas Garland appeared for Robinson, who, besides being a sailor and alleged smuggler and deep-sea bootlegger, is graduate of a college in Scotland. The authorities are anxious to hear from any persons who have seen Ber teltion and Robinson, or who have bought liquor from them, on either the Washington or Oregon coasts, as they desire to obtain further evidence. RELATIVES BEINO AWAITED Funeral Arrangements for Captain Rorvik Arc Withheld. Pending information from relative in British Columbia, arrangements for the funeral of Captain Charles P. Rorvik. master of the McCormlck steamer Klamath, who died Tuesday afternoon from injuries received Sat urday. when struck by falling lumbe at the dock of the North Pacific Lum ber Company, are held in abeyance. Two brothers. Peter and Teddy Rorvik. and a sister. Mrs. Anna Seines, reside at Prince Rupert. B. C. Mrs, Rorvik. who is here, having reache the city from Alameda. Cal.. Sunday, is at the home of her brother. C. H. Wheeler, of the Wheeler Lumber Com pany. 395 East Twelfth street North. Rev. William Wrallace Youngson. pastor of the Rose City Park Methodist Kpiscopal Church, will officiate at the funeral, being grand prelate of . the errand encampment of Knights Templar of the United States. Captain Rorvik was a member of the Blue Lodge, No. 6. A. F. and A. M.. Fort Townsend: Ala meda Chapter. No. TO. R. A. M-. Ala meda. Cal.: San Diego Council. No. 23. It. and S. M.: San Diego Commandery. No. 25, .Knights Templar, and Al Bahr Temple,' Mystic Shrine, of San Diego. HIGH News From Northwest Ports. COOS BAT. Or.. Axis- 0. (Special.) "The tusr James Cudahy. which brought the Suc- as from the north yesterday, sailed to day at 11 o'clock. The gasoline schooner Rustler, en route from Portland to Rogue River, called here today to replenish her oil supply. The Southern Pacific tug Flyer brought a barge Into port this morning from the Umpqua River. The material for the new Government radio station will arrive here in the next two week. It vu said today by Chief Stumpf. f the Cape Blanco wirelexs sta tion, who Is here inspecting the site. The X ntted States naval vessel Saturn, now en route from Alaska, will transport the ma terial from f?an Francisco. A crew of 20 men will b aent to install the .apparatus. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 8. (Special.) The ............. -T-T TT.T..I. ...... ......If - ' . I . SCENE AT FIRE EN CRANE COMPANY'S WAREHOUSE. 9 t i t hi 7 " ,v r. J IT 'I i ' , - , x j 1 Jkf? if ' . - - t ' . if ?i l t 1 1 't i J j 1st '0 ' - i t : Sis I - -, ' l-h "W - Tf - ' I 2 h . ft it' L . ' - u ,- I t " Si. t -. --T " 5 v --'''. s- - kt'w I l ' 'It i ,4;J- Jv .Lm Zk PTw," , - t It, W','w-w' - " j I - I : IX FOREGROUND FIREMEN WITH TRUCK POURING WATER IX AT e&solfne schooner Tillamook sailed this morning for Coast points with cargo. A force of longshoremen left this morn S for Westport to bein loading tno schooner Irmgard. ine steam cnooner (jeino arriva tnis morning from San Francisco and . went to ttaimer to load lumber. The steam schooner Nehalem arrived this morning from San Francisco with freight for Astoria and Portland. The steamer Northern Pacific arrived to day from San Francisco. She brought sv heavy list of freight and about 20O passen gers. The steamer Braver arrived today from San Francisco and San Pedro, bringing a heavy freight ana a fair list of passengers for Astoria and Portland. The steam schooner Westerner arrived this morning from San Francisco, and after dis charging asphaltum at the municipal wharf, proceeded to Grays Harbor to load lumber. The British barkentlne Amy Turner, la en with 550.000 feet of lumber, was brought from "Wauna this morning by the tug W al ula. She will sail for Shanghai within a few days. The tug Sam bo n arrived during the night from Anchorage. Alaska, with an empty lumber barge. No. 41, in tow. She will sail this evening for Anchorage, towing the lum ber laden barge No. 38. Quarantine Officer Ebert has received notification from the department that the quarantine has been lifted from all vessels sailing from the Hawaiian Islands. A sim ilar ruling is expected soon regarding ves sels coming from Alaska. The steam schooner Fort Bragg arrived this morning from San Francisco and went to St. . Helens to load lumber. This is the vessel's first trip since she was cut In two and lengthened. ' The Fort Bragg went ashore at San Jose del Cabo November 5. 1915. when bound from Mexico. She was pulled off and towed to San Francisco for repairs by the steamer Arctic. The Fort Bragg is owned by Charles Hlggins. of San Francisco, and has been lengthened almost iut leet. Carrying a cargo of lumber from Knapp- ton, the steam schooner Daisy sailed for San Francisco. GRAYS HARBOR, Wash.. Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) The steamer Svea arrived from San Francisco and is loading at Wilson Brothers mill. The Svea leaves Sunday and will have in tow the Oregon, recently launched. . The steamer Doris, which took on cargo at the American mill, left for San Pedro. SHIP LANGDALE SINKS PORTLAND FLOI'R CARGO IS LOST. Vessel Wa Loaded Here by Portland Floarins Mills and Destined for I nlted Kingdom. SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 9. The Brit ish ship Langdale has been wrecked at the entrance to ct. Michael s harbor, in the Azores, and Is believed to be a total loss, with a cargo of flour valued at J162.0OO. according to London ad vices to the Merchants' Exchange re ceived here. The Langdale, an iron ship of 1889 tons net register, left the Columbia Kiver February 17 for United Kingdom ports and carried a crew of 2S men. Cargo aboard the longdate was loaded by the Portland Flouring Mills Company, which rechartered the vessel from Hind. Rolph & Co. The flour was destined for the United Kingdom, ac cording to the bills of lading, but on instructions of the British authorities the ship was cleared for the Azores for orders. Her cargo was sold when she sailed, so her charterers have no more financial interest in the shipment. The Langdale was one of the best-known squareriggers making the Coast and sailed from here several times. She Is the third ship carrying a cargo loaded by the Portland Klourinar Mills Com pany lost since the European war opened, one being the British bark Imvercoe, which was sent to the bot tom by the German raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich. and tlie Norwegian bark Semantha. sunk by the German cruiser Kronprinss Wilhelm. The Invercoe and Semantha were wheat-laden. CHINA MAIL LINE BUYS NILE Former British Craft to Bo Placed on Trans-Pacific Run. HONOLULU. T, H.. Aug. 9. The for mer Pacific Mail liner Nile has been purchased by the China Mail Steamship Company for service between San Fran Cisco and the rar Last, according to announcement made here tonight by Yee Ling, a director of the China Mail Steamship Company. The Nile is of 3135 tons net. built in Glasgow in 1893. and was operated by the Pacific Mail Company under the British flag. At the vutbreak of the war the Nile was commandeered 'by the British government as a transport and figured in the movement of Colonial troops to the European war zone. Teasels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer Alcatrax. 300,000 feet lumber, for San Francisco. SHIP PLAN BACKED Civic Organizations Line With Chamber Proposal. Up PORTLAND FLEET URGED A. II. Deters Says Low - Tariffs to and From Atlantic Only Salva tion for Jobbers and Manu facturers on the Coast. Civic organizations of the city are lining up in support of the shipping- programme proposed by the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The Rotary Club indorsed it Tuesday, the Ad Club yesterday, and the Progressive Business Men's Club will act upon it today. It is practically certain that the Progressive Business Men will fol low the action of the other clubs. Many prominent business men of the city are expressing their opinion of the importance of the programme that the Chamber is proposing. "It is my opinion." said A. H. Ievers yesterday. that Portland will never get regular and reasonable water transportation from the Atlantic Coast until she provides them herself. use the word reasonable' in this sense with particular reference to the charge for the transportation, because it has been apparent that the steam ship lines operating in the past on ALLEGED LIQUOR SMUGGLERS AND LITTLE FISHING BOAT IN WHICH THEY MADE - DARING SEA VOYAGES. ft -T, " i f (1) The Fiaalnsr Boat. Only zr. Keet l-onn. Vsrages Between Astoria and Victoria 11. 13 Charles F. Robinson. THIRD-FLOOR WINDOWS, this route have followed about the same practice observed by the rail ways, charging all that the traffic would bear. "It has also been apparent that the steamships have always based their rates on what the railroads charge, and not what was a reasonable charge tor the service. "Portland can and should own Its own boats, and transport at least a large part of her freight from the Atlantic Coast to this city. Such a service could be performed at a fair and a reasonable rate. Furthermore. I say that Portland could undertake this and build the needed vessels right at home. The wooden ship of the schooner type with Diesel engines, either for auxiliary power or full power. Is the solution of the problem. Five of these vessels. oullt at a cost of not to exceed 11.00, 000, would carry our lumber in one di rection and bring back Atlantic sea board products from the other. "It would be absolutely essential that our greatest merchants and heaviest shippers, and In fact every possible merchant, should be stockholders in the company, so as to tie them financially to this one particular company for their shipments, and the lumbermen ' would or- should also readily become Inter ested.. "It should be easy to sell stock for, say, $300,000 to $500,000 and bonds for the balance of the capital, which our banks should practically be compelled to float. "Something must be done to hold the jobbing and manufacturing business to the Coast, and only transportation lines owned by our own citizens and inter ested in the welfare of our city and section will be our salvation. Mlnnesotans Will Picnic. The Minnesota State Society will hold its monthly meeting at the Oak tomorrow night. The women will met in the afternoon and there will be games and races. At 6:30 lunch will be spread. Coffee and cream will be served free. Members are urged to bring cups. All former residents of Minnesota are invited. HELD BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES it TVhleh They Made 2 .Charlwa. Bert Klv " - - i " ' - " - " J 1 BEAR SHIFTED 13 FEET OFF SANDS Salvors Confident of Saving Stranded Steamer After Initial Effort. SHORE PQWER FURNISHED Directors Think It W ill Be Possible "to eGt Vessel Into Compara tively Deep Water After Work With Sand " Pumps. EUREKA. CaL. Aug. 9. (SpeclaL) Salvers moved the 'stranded steamer Bear about 13 feet tonight, and those in commar.d are confident of the ulti mate success of floating the ship from her position on the shore near Cape Mendocino. The bow of the vessel was turned toward the open sea and she was placed In a position from which the rescuing crews can work to advan tage. Directors of th salvage work to- nlg.t -expressed the belief that after another period with the sana pumps, it will be possible to move the Bear 25 feet- This will bring the ship Into comparatively deep water, from which. It Is held, she can work her way to sea. Dosslblv under her own power. Another effort will he made to naui the Bear Into deep water tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Power furnished by a logging engine ashore was used to assist the wreck- n w til er Hj Ivnr and the tusr Relief in moving the Bear. The Relief was called from this city to put a line on the Sal vor, holding the big wrecker steady while she strained at the stranded steamer. The logging engine was used by means of running a line to seaward and thence from blocks anchored among the rocks to the wreck. Since the Bear went ashore June 14, wrecking operations have been in prog' ress, Dut only within the last few days has the work taken the form of a direct attempt to float the steamer. All work prior to that time was preliminary. Sand Pomps Set to Work. In the last few days the big sand pumps, sc. up on the deck of the Bear and operated by the Bear's own en gueb. have been started up and the urst pumping done, a considerable quantity of sand being removed from around the wreck. Captain Logan, representing Lloyds. who Is In charge or the salvage oper ations. is reticent In discussing plans. but allowed it to be known today that ail he hoped to do tonight was to turn the Bear, giving her a more favorable position for further work. With the steamer headed towards the sea. the sand pumps will then be used to dredge out a channel, through which it is hoped to float her Into deep water. The tides are now particularly fav orable to the work, while the calm weather during the last several days has been of material assistance. An exceptionally smooth sea tonight rrom lsea an excellent opportunity for the commencement of work. BEAR OWNERS CONGRATULATED Stranded Ship Expected to Be Run nine Out "of Portlund by Fall. Owners of the steamer Bear, the San Francisco Sc. Portland- Steamship Com pany, were Joined by many shippers and individuals generally In expres sions of pleasure and relief when news reached here yesterday that the "bull dog" of the "Big Three" coterie was again afloat and that her position as sured the ship being towed to San Fran- I Cisco for repairs without loss of time. On the arrival of the steamer Beaver, sister ship and f leetmate, yesterday, her officers and crew were bubbling over with praise for the efforts of Captain Logan and the crew of the wrecking steamer Salvor, which undertook the work after the steamer Iaqua was with drawn. The Bear was on her way from Port land for San Francisco and Los An geles when she piled on the rocks near Bear River, north of Cape Mendocino, the night of June 14. Five of those aboard were drowned through the cap sizing of a lifeboat. Some of the cargo was saved, being sent ashore and routed by railroad to San Francisco, while much of it was Jettisoned during early efforts to save the ship and was strewn along the beach. Captain Louis Nopander, master of the Bear, had his license suspended for six months by Federal inspectors at San Francisco, who investigated the accident, and Third Officer Olund. on watch at the time, had his ticket sus pended for one yeafr The latter resides in Portland and captain iMopander makes his home in San Francisco. Some of the officers and crew have remained by the ship during the perl od she was ashore, and are expected to oe continued In her'company when she resumes service. Considerable damage has resulted to the hull, though Just what work will be required can only be determined after she is drydocked at San Francisco. It is believed that by Fall the Bear will again sail out of Portland. In the recollection of mariners here she is the first ship to be held in the clutches of the marine graveyard along tho Mendocino coast that has been hauled into deep water again. COAST FLEET MAKES SPURT Increased Volume-of Business Noted Since Strike at Moutlf of River. Pessimists along the beach were forced to wear a more cheerful mien yesterday, when the last report from Astoria reached the Merchants Ex change, showing that six coasters had crossed In and tnree departed, while a deepwater ship arrived down to go to sea today. Since the coastwise strike of longshoremen so much tonnage was affected that movements in a single day have not been numerous, but yes terday the Jinx was evidently carried seawara. The steamer Westerner added two moves to the list, as she came in from San Francisco and after a short stay proceeded to Willapa Harbor. The steamers Nehalem. Celilo- and Fort Bragg came in for lumber cargoes, and the liners Beaver and Northern Pacific reported. all from California. The steamer Daisy got away for the Golden Gate and the gasoline schooner Tilla mook for Coos Bay. The British bark entine Amy Turner, loaded with lum ber for Shanghai, was towed to Astoria from Knappton and is ready for sea. BEAVER HERE FROM SOUTH Different Labor Conditions Found at Three Ports Reached. Bringing cargo loaded at San Pedro by union and nonunion longshoremen, also freight from San Francisco worked by all union gangs only to be discharged at Portland by all nonunion longshore- I men. Is the somewhat mixed labor fea ture concerning tthe shipments reach ing here yesterday afternoon aboard the flagship Beaver, or the "Big Three" line. Her officers report that at San Pedro union longshoremen were returning to work in small groups each day along side nonunion laborers, and at San Francisco nonunion men hare given way to the regulars. At Portland some men are housed on a barge at Ainsworth dock, while most of those employed go to and from their homes as though no strike was on. The Beaver steamed into a north wester for a short time after leaving the Golden Gate astern, but Tuesday was said to have been pleasant, and only on entering the Columbia was rain met with, though that, was dis pelled by bright sunny weather as the steamer headed upstream. She had aboard 170 passengers and 1R00 tons of cargo. Among the passengers were William Fogarty, wife and two children, of Los Angeles, wno are making the round voyage. Mr. Fogarty represents Cook's tours. K. W. Pettygrove. whose father had the privilege of naming-Portland in the early days, when a coin was flipped to decide It. returned from the South, having completed the round trip on tne tseaver. Tftere were about 10 teachers on the ship who were home ward bound from Summer school at Berkeley. SERVICE IS TO 111" KESTORED Secretary of Parr-MrCormlclt Line Says General Cargo A ill Be Moved. Service of the Parr-McCormlck line la transporting merchandise from San Francisco to Portland, temporarily In terrupted now. ill be resumed about September 1. says John Parr, secretary of the company, who is here tor a short time. Mr. Parr says the break In the schedule has been due to the strike of dock workers along the Coast, in asmuch as vessels were idle for a time and since getting started strain there s sucn demand for lumber In the south that tonnage is being sent here as speedily as possible for cargo. He points out that lumber freights are high and the aim of owners is to eliminate the congestion at once but as soon as it Is lifted steamers will be loaded with northbound freight as before. In addition, says Mr. Parr, both Couch-street and Oak-street docks ill be maintained. The steamer Ne halem arrived last night from San Francisco with asphalt and cement consigned to the company. STEAMER FORT BRAGG LARGER Vessel, Beached Last Year, Is Rebuilt ' and Is Much Longer. On her first voyage since November 5. 1915. when she went ashore at San Jose do Cabo when on the way from Mexico for San Francisco, the steamer Fort Bragf reached the river yesterday from the Golden Gate. The vessel is under charter to the Charles R. Mc Cormick Lumber Company to load for Southern California. On being floated the Fort Bragg was towed to San Francisco by the steamer Arctic and repaired at the Alameda ways. Her appearance is different from what it was on her last trip to Port land, for she has been cut in two and lengthened, while in many other ways the steamer has een improved and thoroughly overhauled. The demand for tonnage has caused expensive salvage work to be undertaken during the past two years and. with coast wise lum'ter freights up to J and $7 a 1000 feet, steam schooners are rated decidedly valuable assets. BIG TURBINERS HOLD TRAVEL Traffic on Great Northern and North ern Pacific. Gains. Summer travel by sea on the steam ships Northern Pacific - and Great Northern is hoiding steady and traffic officials say that, while the volume ot Eastern tourists does not compare with the number that came through Port land en route to the San Francisco Ex position this time last year, the coast wise movement is steadily increasing. The Great Northern cleared, south bound, from Flavel Tuesday with 207 passengers and 946 tons of freight. In the latter there were six tons of fresh meat and shipments of wheat and mill Ing products. Northbound, the Northern Pacific brought 220 passengers and $04 tons of freight, consisting of canned goods, sugar, malt. rice, merchandise and miscellaneous construction mate rial for various points in the North west. She reached Flavel yesterday. MARINE-INTELLIGENCE.' Steamer Schedule. DVB TO ARRIVE. Name. Beaver Northern Pacific. Great Northern. . From . Los Anitelrt. .. ..San Francisco, .bin Kranelscro. Tate. , ..In port .. .In port .. auk. 11 ...Aua. I &rakwatr. , . t-an Uleso Koto City Lo Angeles. A. Kiiburn ban Diego. ...... lniieft d:b to depart. Name. For T te. Northern Pacific. . -8&n Francisco. ... Aug. 10 l oseraite . .ban Diego Aug. ale to 1 A AUtf. . . San Francisco. . . .Aug. . S. F. to A Aug. . .Smu Diego ......Aug. . .Lui An utiles. ..... Aug. . Kar. IIko Auk. .San Diegj .Aug.' .ban Diego Aug. . L- i AnKflM -Aug. Great Northern Harvard Celilo Bver Hreiak water. Willamette ... Multnomah, ... Huse City F. A. Kiiburn. . . .a t Dmgu. .... lntleft Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. P. Arrived Steamers rieaver. irora wn j'eflro and San Francisco r ort Hragg. Celilo and Neht lem. from i Francisco. Sailed Steamer Daisy Maube, for San Pedro via Knapoton. Astoria. Aug. . Arrived at 3 and left up at A. M.. steamer Nenalem. from San Francisco. Arrived at 6 and left up at 7 :30 a. m.. iiramcr l ento, trom f-an rune sco. Arrjved down at 10 A. M.. British schooner Amy Turner. Arrived at T A. At., steamer esterner, irom an r run Cisco. Arrived 7:13 and left up at i 20 A. M.. iteame Beaver, from San Pedro via Ssn Francisco, Sailed at V A. M . gasoline schooner Tllla mook, for Coos Bay. Arrived at 11:30 M. and left up at t P. M.. steamer Fort Bragg, from San Francisco. Arrived at 1 P. M-. steamer Northern Pacific, from Frsn clsco. sailed at 4:1 o P. M-, steamer Daisy, for San Francisco. Salted at 3:10 P. M-. steamer Westerner, for Willapa Harbor. San Francisco. Aug. . sailed at 7 A. M steamer Washtenaw, for Portland. Arrived at noon, steamer Klamath, from Port lan for San Pedro. Sailed at noon. steame: Breakwater, for Portland. Steamer Bear. floating fre: tugs will attempt to tow he into deep water tomgnt. providing tn weather ts favorable. Arrived at .1 P. M steamer Orest Northern, from Flavel. Failed, steamer Klamath, for San Pedro. Sailed a A V. M steamer Carmel. for Port I.and St. Michael. Aug. . The, British shl Langdale. from Portland. was wrecked while entering, feared cargo will bo a total loss. Coos Bay, Aug. P. Arrived Gas schooner Ahwaneda. from Portland. Bandon. Aug. 1. Arrived last night, gas schooner Patsy, from Portland. Astoria. Aug. Palled at C P. M Jap anese steamer Mayachl Maru, for Seattle. San Francisco. Au. . Arrived Steam ers Adeline Smith, from Coos Bay;, Kia msth. from Astoria; Los Angeles, from An tofogasta. Sailed Steamers Breakwater, for Portland : Mexican and MatsonJa. for Honolulu: Washtenaw, for Astoria: W. H, Porter and Atlas, for Seattle; Whlttler, far Coos Bay. Nagaslcl. Aug. 5. Arrived Steamer Delhi, from San Francisco. Yokohama. Aug. .V Arrived Steamer Inadba Maru. from Seattle1. Pisagua. AUC. P. Arrived Steamer Lu Blnnca. from San Frr-.seo. Manila. Aur Sailed Steamer Lewis Lurkenbach. for Fan Franc!s.-o. Seattle. Aug. Arrived Steamers North land, from Anehorag: Bkhmond and City of Puehla from San Francisco; Prtnce Ru pert (British), from Skagway: barae I-aw-rence from Anchorage. Sailed Steamers Aw "Maru f Jap, for Koh; Tenryu Maru Jap). for Yokohama: Prtnce Rupert irirlt ijh. for Any ox: Congress, for San Diego; Thomas L. Wand, for San Francisco. TnJnklnsr Abeat It. Cincinnati Knqulrer. "My wife and 1 are thinking of char tering a yacht for the Summer." "Won't that be pretty expensive?" "Not s long as we confine ourselves to think ing about .it.' BIG PLANT TO RISE Standif er - Clarkson Company Closes Contract. - WORK BEGINS NEXT WEEK Concern to Build Vessels for Llbby, ' McNeill & Libbv Firbt Ship to lie Vsed in Alaskan Fi shins Trade. Filing: will bo driven next week for tho first of five sets of ways at the new wooden shipbuilding plant of the Standlfer-Clarkson Company. The plant will occupy idOO xeet of frontage on North Portland harbor, where all ves sels to be built in the future for tho Lib by. McNeill & LUbby Interests, con trolled by te Swifts, will be turned out under a contract Just closed here. Announcement of the negotiations was made a few weeks afro and Phil Hp Larmon. general superintendent for the Llbby. McNeill & Ljbby holdings, with, headquarters at Chicago, closed the deal yesterday. The start is to be made with one vessel 220 feet long, with a beam of 43 feet and depth of hold of 23 feet- She will be of the auxiliary schooner type. four, masted, with twin screws driven by two Skandia engines, semi-Hiesel pat tern, of JSO-horsepower each. Unlike most auxiliaries planned so far. the new ships will have 'tween decks, be ing intended principally for the Alaska fishing trade, and must carry more than 100 men each at times when bound to and from, the canneries in Northern waters. Seattle latereata Love Oat. Selection of Portland as the main Pa cific Coast building plant of the Llbby. McNeill & Libbv establishment was made after keen competition with Puget hound commercial workers, who sought ctnrely to have the yard built there. The location on North Portland harbor, being adjacent to the Monarch Mill, now controlled by Standif er-Clarkson interests, was regarded ideal as it fol- Iowa a system now being adopted wher ever possible of having the lumber cut so that desirable lengths, aises and clear stock demanded in ship construction. an be pickea as sawn, other parts or ho logs going into general commercial took. In fact, the Monarch plant is cuttinc all material used in vessels under wsy now at Astoria in the yard operated by he McLachfrn-btandlier-ClarkBoa cor poration. Keels of two vessels have been sent there and a raft containing between 500,000 and 00.000 feet will be started from the mill Saturday night " ror Astoria. The plan will be to raft he stuff downstream and with regular delivery assured both shipyards can be kept supplied. In addition to the Libby. McNeil ec Llbby ships, negotiations sfre under way with ' New Yorkers who have sought to purchase some of the ves sels building at Astoria, but contem plate ordering ships since five of the Astoria fleet will be operated by the butiaers ana two others are under con tract. In the event those contracts are placed, the carriers m-IU be laid down' at the North Portland yard. Equipment la Ordered. Orders were given yesterday after noon for machinery, saws and other equipment for the new plant and the speediest delivery promised is exacted. The number of vessels depends on the dclsion of the packing concern directo rate, but as one can be started every six weeks, on the estimate of the build ers, it is declared the yards will be busy from the laying of the first keel. The question of men Is said by both Mr. Standifer and Mr. Clarkson not to be a bothersome one, and they point out. that the Astoria yard has been work- ing to capacity on that score. Added to the building plant will be a marine railway for hauling out vessels to be repaired. It is the understanding, that the present fleet of the Libby, Mc Neil or Libby flag Is to be replaced eventually with motorships, all beintf built here, while during the Interim the vessels returning from Alaska will re quire repairing and overhauling, and. while It is not so specified in the con tract, the assumption is that they will be sent here for the work. That the Libby. McNeill A. Libby ves sels will be built according to Lloyd's highest classification for wooden ships was confirmed last night by Walter Lang, of Lloyds register of shipping, who represents he big British society here. They are designed by R. D. Koas. of Seattle, who is also the architect for other motorships under way in the Northwest. Because of the extra work In- installing 'tweendecks. quartera for men' and the like as compared with umber carriers of the same general model, it Is said tho value of the first vessel will be 3250.000. Marine Notes. To have her hull reoalred as a result of having struck a broken flshtrap piling at the hmad of Walkers Island Monday morn ing, tne steamer shaver will be hauled out at the yard of th Portland Shipbuilding? Company today. Two log rafts that broke away from tha boom at the Monarch mill, on North Port land Harbor. Tuesday night were picked up yesterday by the steamer Wauna and made fast at the Hon ford boom,- near the mouth, of the Willamette. . It Is expected the last of the lumber cargo ofthe Japanese steamer Talsho Maru will be loaded at Westport tonight, so he can get under way In the morning. Tha vessel la to discharge the material at Bora bay. With part of her cargo of lumber aboard the steamer Oalpy Mathews left the plant of the West Oregon Lumber Company ea trdav or Knappton te finish. The steamer Temple E. Dorr finished at the Clark Jfc Wilson mill and proceeded to St. Helens to work the last of her load, being scheduled to sail today. Coming light from San Francisco, the little steam schooner A lent rax was cleared f.r the return with "OO.OOrt feet of lumber. Another of the lumber fleet on the way is the steamer Oarmel. a carrier that hai been, an Infrequent visitor during the past year, which sailed from the Golden Oats yester day afternoon. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All poaHloas reported at ft P. August . unleMt otherwise iewigiia4-a. Multnoman. Mn rearo ior e-i 10 miles north or ban trearo. Newport. San Francisco for Balboa, bl mile uuth of San Francisco. Hyadei, San Francisco for Honolulu. S mdes from San Francisco Auguat . Logon. San Francisco for Manila, 9A7 eitles from San Francisco August. K Sherman. Manila for San Francisco. P63 mile from Sa.ii Francisco August S. Breakwater. San Francisco for Eureka, SO miles north of San Francisco. At'.aa. Richmond for Seattle. 70 miles north of Richmond. Klamath. San Francisco for San Pedro. 40 miles south of San Francisco. Asuncion. El segundo for Ketchikan, 1 miles north of Pigeon Point, Wapama. Seattle for San Francisco, 6 miles south of Cape Flattery. El Serundo. Ketchikan for Richmond, via rjrivi Harbor. 270 miles north of Uraja H u r bor. Congress. Seattle fr San Francisco, 130 miles south of l'ai Flattery. President. San Francisco for Seattle. 332 miles from Seattle. Acme. Hankow. China, for San Francisco, lfWil miles northwest of San Francisco light ship. August 8. Grace ivillar. Port Angela for Pan Fran cisco, vlght mileg from Port Angeles. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Aug. 9. Condition of the bar st 5 P. M. : Sea, smooth: wind, north w et 8 miles. TM at Astoria Thucwlar. High. Low. 1ft 51 A. M n.a feetU-R4 A. M....-.3 ft 10:0T P. M V I feet. 4:11! P. M...fc.a.S fee Vewela Knterrd Yeetevday. American steamer AJcatraa. ballast, from San Francisco.