VOL.. LVIXO. 17,448.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. ; OCTOBEB 21, 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BIDS ARE CALLED
' FOR ON 2500 CARS
GREY SAYS ALLIES
BASEBALL TRAINING
WINS WAR HONORS
CROWDS JAM HALL
REPUBLICAN GAINS
ANOTHER PLANT TO
SHOW IN FIGURES
ARGUES FOB HUGHES
7 TALK PEACE
FOR MRS. HAIILEY
BUILD STEEL SHIPS
UXION PACIFIC IS TO REQUIRE
15,000,000 FEET OF LUMBER.
OXCE STAR OUTFIluLDEIl EX
CELS AS BOMB HURLER.
SIXCE PRIMARIES MORE THAN'
HALF LISTED IX G. O. P.
PICOT
AS filODS
Progressive Record as
Governor Mentioned
THRONGS ARE TURNED AWAY
Effect of Democratic Tariff on
Lumber Pointed Out.
BROKEN PLEDGES COUNTED
Ex-CIilef Forester Appeals for Elec
tion of Man. Whose Word Can Be
Trusted and Who Can Win
Respect of World.
"Every party Progressive and every
true advocate of progressive princi
ples should vote tor Hughes."
So declared Gifford Finchot, ex-Chief
Forester of the United States under
Roosevelt, one of the founders of the
Progressive party and still a crusader
for the Progressive cause, addressing
an immense and enthusiastic audience
of men and women at the Baker The
ater last night. "
Mr. Plnchot made it plain at the out
set of liis address that he is an "out
and out Progressive."
Hashes Is True Progressive.
"I am not a Republican." he insisted,
"and Heaven knows I am not a Demo
crat. It is as a Progressive that I
appeal to you to vote for Charles Evans
Hughes. He is a true progressive. He
stands for progressive principles, as
his record as Governor of New York
shows."
Mr. Plnchot is not an orator in any
sense. He is not even what would be
termed a fluent public speaker, but he
Is a most effective one. In place of
figures of speech and eloquent periods
he uses plain, direct words; and he
talks to, not at his audience, much as
be might address a group of friends.
Sincerity Impresses Audience.
What seemed particularly to impress
his big audience last night was his
sincerity and tremendous earnestness.
"It is thrown up to us Progressives
who are" fighting for Hughes, 'and
thrown up to us continually," he said
once, "that Barnes, Penrose, Crane and
others of the old crowd are for Hughes.
"Well, so they are. And so, too, are
Charles F. Murphy, and Roger Sullivan
and Tom Taggart for President
Wilson!"
He went on: "While on the one hand
President Wilson has conducted the
most political administration- of re
cent years, Hughes walked as Governor
of New York the straight path, uninflu
enced by bosses.
. Nominee Free From Control.
"It I believed for one moment that
Hughes, after his election, would be
controlled by these men, who failed to
control him as Governor, 'you may be
absolutely' certain I wouldn't be on
this platform here speaking for him
tonight."
Part of Mr. Pinchot's speech was
given to a reply to the address given
here for Wilson-on Saturday night by
Bainbridge Colby.
He replied directly to Mr. Colby's at
tack on Colonel Roosevelt and aroused
a tremendous round of applause when
he said:
"I happen to know personally and
directly from Theodore Roosevelt him
self that he is as strong a Progressive
as ever he was."
The meeting last night had quite a
Progressive flavor. Arthur I. Moulton,
Progressive candidate for Congress
here two years ago, introduced the
speaker. Thomas B. Neuhausen, Pro
gressive state chairman; Ralph 15. Will
iams. Republican National committee
man, and others, met Mr. Plnchot at
the North Bank station, where he ar
rived at 7:45.
Mnltorpors and Band Escort.
Epcorted by the Multorpor Club and
a band they went directly to the the
ater, which had been filled for nearly
an hour. Every seat was occupied. The
police had difficulty in keeping people
from filling the aisles. Outside hun
dreds were turned away.
Mr. Pinchot is no stranger in Port
land. As .head of the Forestry Bu
reau for many years he visited this
city frequently. He referred to this
fact pleasantly when he was introduced
and reminded his hearers that "Port
land's very water supply comes from a
National Forest."
Tariffs Effect Is Shown.
He denounced the Underwood tariff
law. particularly as it applies to -local
conditions and called attention to the
fact that under its malevolent pro
visions shingles are admitted into the
country from British Columbia to the
threatened ruination of the local shin
gle industry.
As the Democratic tariff has ruined
the shingle industry so the repeal of
the Panama Canal free-tolls law will
barm the lumber industry, he predicted.
"I want to ask you," he said. "If you
are satisfied that 80. per cent of the
th ingle mills of Oregon and Washing
ton are closed because of the lifting of
the tariff against Canadian shingles?
"And I will ask' you if you are satis
fied that 1,250,000,000 shingles from
British Columbia are now going to the
markets that you formerly filled?
"The tariff question very intimately
touches the prosperity of the Pacific
NortBwest."
In discussing Governor Hughes rec-
Concluded n ,?3 4. Column l.
Constrnctlon of Automobile and Boi
'cars May Bo Contracted For
. With ' Northwest Concerns.
The Union Pacific system yesterday
called for bids on 1000 automobile cars
and 1500 box cars, requiring nearly
15.000.000 feet of lumber.
The specifications require that all
the -umber be purchased from mills in
Union Pacific territory Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho.
It Is probable that Twohy Brothers,
of Portland, will bid 'on this contract
aa they are equipped to build cars in
their East Side plant and have been
eager tu enter this field of activity
for several months.
. .Judge It S. Lovett. chairman of the
Union Pacific will be in Portland this
week and is expected to give some at
tention to the prospects of successful
car building here. When questioned
about it at his office in New York a
few weeks ago Judge Lovett declared
that, other things being equal, he
would prefer to' have the cars built on
the Coast.
The advantages of building cars con
venient to the place where the lumber
is produced are obvious. The Eastern
builders must pay freight on the raw
lumber that goes into the cars even
when it is carried by the railroad that
buys them.
FRUIT DIET TEST ENDS
California Student Subsists Two
Weeks on Alligator Pears.
BERKELEY. Cal.. Oct 23. Art ex
clusive diet of alligator pears for two
weeks will end tonight for Alwyn
Baker, a University of California stu
dent, eating under the direction of the
department of nutrition. Baker has
lost no weight, but said late today he
was very hungry.
The official findings on his experi
ment will be announced next week at
San Diego at a meeting of the Avocado
Association, composed of growers in
Oregon, the Sacramento Vall2y and
Southern California.
FLOUR CHEAT IS CHARGED
Woman's Organization Attacks 3111-
Jers Through Courts.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23. Charges that the
milling interests have made an excess
profit of $60,000,000 by using rejected
wheat-and wheat below milling grades
while charging consumers for flour.
based on the besft grades of wheat,
were made toway by Miss Florence
King, of the Women's Association of
Commerce, in a complaint filed with
United States District Attorney Clyne.
Miss King will seek to have Fed
eral inspection of grain, provided in a
recent act of Congress, apply to this
year's wheat crop.
CARDINALS TO BE CREATED
Pope, After Consistory in December,
Will Pray for Peace.
ROME, via Paris, Oct. 23. Pope
Benedict has decided to hold a secret
consistory December 1 4 and a public
consistory December 7, at which he will
reate new cardinals. The Red Hat will
be conferred on Monslgnor Count Raf
faele Scapinelll. former papal nuncio at
Vienna, and Monsignor Fruewirth,
former Nuncio at Munich.
At the consistory Pope Benedict will
deliver an allocution, in which he will
discuss the European situation and
pray for a cessation of the war.
ZEPPELIN STIRS DUTCH IRE
Bomb Dropping Called Supremo Con
tempt Display by Germans.
AMSTERDAM, via London. Oct. 23.
Dutch newspapers are indignant over
the report by the Handelsblad that on
Sunday a Zeppelin dropped a bomb near
Gorkum (Gorinichem). 22 miles south
east of Rotterdam. The Nieuws Van
den Dag says:
"If German airship commanders had
not displayed supreme contempt for
the protests of the Dutch government
this deplorable Incident, which only by
accident lacked serious results, would
not have occurred."
225 NEW U-BOATS BUILT
Prince Von Buelow Says That Is
German Output During War. .
GENEVA, Switzerland, via Paris,
Oct. 23. Prince von Buelow, fqrmer
German Imperial Chancellor, recently
Informed a neutral newspaper man that
since the beginning of the war Ger
many had constructed 225 submarines,
says a dispatch from Constance.
The German naval authorities, the
Prince is reported to have added, are
paying more attention to submarines
than to battleships, and Austria-Hun
gary is doing likewise.
GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES
Destruction of 20,000-GalIon Re
ceptacle Does $100,000 Damage
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Oct. 23. Spontan
eous combustion caused the explosion
of a 20,000-gaIlon tank of gasoline
today at the plant of the California
r ooa rroaujis company, wntch was
partially destroyed by the fire which
followed.
Officials of the company estimate
their loss at less than $100,000. Two
employes of the company were badly
h.irm d.
Objects of War Must
, Be Realized.
ALL TO HAYE VOICE IN TERMS
German Neutrality Offer Held
Discreditable to Britain.
GERMANY ALONE BLAMED
Foreign Secretary Declares Guaran
tees Against Future Attack
. . Necessary Plan for A nil
War League Approved.
' LONDON. Oct. 23. Another im
portant contribution to the discussions
on peace was made by Viscount Grey.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at a.
lunch- given today by the Foreign Press
Association, at which the diplomatic
representatives of all the allied coun
tries were present.
The Foreign Secretary made it .plain
that the allies were not prepared to
discuss peace terms, and gave no indi
cation of what their terms might be.
but welcomed any, efforts by neutral
countries for a combination to prevent
further ware. Some of the most im
portant passages of the Secretary's
speech follow:
Objects of War Discussed.
"I would like to talk. not. indeed,
about actual conditions of peace, which
can only be stated and formulated by
the allies together, and not by any one
of them separately, but about the gen
eral objects which the allies roust se
cure in this war. And to do that I
would ask you to recall that we never
must forget how the war came about.
If we are to approach peace in a proper
spirit it can only be by collecting and
recollecting and recalling and never
for a moment forgetting what the real
cause of the war was.
"Some people say: 'Oh, we need not
go back -over , that old ground now;
everybody knows it."
Cause Affects Conditions.
"You cannot go back to It too often.
It affects the conditions of peace. Ger
many talks of peace: her statesmen talk
of peace today. They say: 'Germany
must have guarantees against being at
tacked again.' If this war had been
forced upon Germany, that would be a
logical statement. It Is precisely be
cause It was not forced upon Germany,
but was forced by Germany upon Eu
rope, that it is the allies who must
have guarantees for future peace.
"In July. 1914. no one thought of at
tacking Germany. It is said that Rus
sia was the first to mobilize. That.
I understand, is wnat is represented in
Germany as Justification for the state
ment that the war was not an aggres
sive war on Germany's part, but was
forced upon her.
"Russia never made the mobilization
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"Bill" O'Hara, Former Scout for
Giants, Recommended for Cross
for Skill With Missiles.
BOSTON. Oct. 23 "Bill" O'Hara.
once a star left fielder of the Toronto
International League team and a
former acout for the New York Na
tional League Club, has been recom
mended for the military cross In' rec
ognition of mi bravery and skill In
hurling bombs for the British army on
the Somme battle front, according to
advices received her today from his
home in Toronto.
When O'Hara played in the Interna
tional League he was noted for his
accurate throwing and strength.
O'Hara, a Lieutenant in a Canadian
regiment at the front, is now hurling
deadly bombs instead of baseballs.
TRAIN HURTS 0. A. C. BOY
Earl Bark, Freshman, Injured In
Attempt to Ride Freight.
OREGON CITY. Or., Oct. 23 (Spe
cial.) Earl BurK, freshman at the Ore
gon , Agricultural College, and . son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Burk, of this city,
is at his home here today nursing a
badly injured foot, resulting from an
accident when he tried to ride the
beams of a freight train to Corvallis.
Five college students -who went to
Portland Saturday "to see the Nebraska
game boarded a - Southern Pacific
freight train here that night. Burk's
foot clipped and a wheel ran over part
of one foot. He will probably lose sev
eral toes. , .
MR. HUGHES HAS QUIET DAY
Recreation . Is Taken. Followed fcy
Work on Correspondence.
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MONTCLAIR. N. J.. Oct. 23. Charles
E. Hughes spent today quietly here. He
took a long walk in .the forenoon and
went for an automobile ride in the
afternoon.
The Republican nominee also found
time to go over correspondence and to
do some work, on the. speeches he will
make in the next two weeks.
FOUR DROWNED IN AUTO
Car Plunges Through Oprj Draw
Into Chicago River.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23. Four persons
were drowned when an automobile was
driven over the open draw of Jhe
Twelfth-street bridge Into the Chicago
River, tonjght.
Two women, also occupants of the
car. were rescued. The Identity of none
of them has been established.
$5000 PLEDGED TO-REBELS
Hindus at Astoria Give Money to
Brethren In India.
ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 23 (Special.)
At a meeting last evening of about 400
local Hindus $5000 was subscribed to
aid the revolutionists in India.
- The meeting was addressed by Ram
Chandra, of San Francisco, editor of
the Hindustan Vadar. ,
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Cyclonic Lecture.
LA GRANDE IS ENTHUSIASTIC
Votes for Hughes Won Back by
. Clear Portrayal of Issues.
RAILROAD MEN ARE WARNED
Petty Tolitlcs In Adamson Act ant.
Child Labor Law Exposed Dem
ocrats Said to Be Fooling Selves
Into Belief They Will Win.
By LEONE CASS BAER.
LA GRANDE. Or., Oct. 23. (Special.)
Women who never read the war news
because it makes their bead ache, and
they can't pronounce the words; women
who never get to the editorial page be
cause they - don't know the paper has
one; women who haven't the roughest
Idea what politics is all about, are fall
ing down and. worshiping at the skirt
hem of the personality-plus woman,
Mrs. E. B. Hanley, for she tells in words
of one syllable. So that the veriest tyro
can get it, all about the Hughes plat
form. And flocks of women are going
away from the packed. Jammed, crowd
ed meetings, crying aloud, "Where
once I was In darkness, now I see."
. That's what happened last night In
La Grande when Oregon's Billy Sunday
of politics exhorted with political back
sliders, and helped win them back to a
sane and safe viewpoint and Republic
anlsm.
City's Welcome Is Genuine.
Mrs. Hanley was In high good humor
and fine fettle for her meeting tonight.
and delivered one of her famous, cyclon
Ic. knockout talks at the old Elks' Club
here. Word that Mrs. Hanley was,
abroad In the land had reached La
Grand, and. with a hospitality and
loyal Interest peculiar to this thriving
city, the whole city population turned
out to do us and themselves proud.
'Come and hear a brilliant Oregon
woman tell why she will vote for
Hughes," read the handbills ia fire sale-
sized type.
"This will be the most notable and
Interesting social and political event of
the campaign," aaid the bustling, busy
local paper, the Observer.
And whoever wrote those opinions
knew whereof he or maybe It was a
she wrote.
Crowds Are Demonstrative.
I've got to tax what I am pleased to
rail my gray matter to find some new
expressions for crowds packing a
speaking place. There are crowds, and
crowds, you know, and the ones that
come to Mrs. Hanley's lectures are en
thuslastlc to the point of wild demon
stration. The women rush up and kiss
the little ranchwoman from Medford
and the men cluster around after the
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Registration In Oregon From May
TJntil Books Close Give 17,1 OH
Democrats, S 7,0 29 Republicans.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.) The
Republican party In Oregon gained
more than half of the 50. 7 4 persons
who have registered since the primary
election last May. records In the office
of Secretary of State Olcott showing
that 27,92 listed themselves aa Re
publicans In this time.
The Democratic gain In registration
since the primaries was but 17,108, giv
ing the total party registration for the
general election as 77,669 to the Re
publican registered total of 189.753.
Gains by other parties since the pri
maries were as follows: Progressive,
162; Prohibitionist, 1555; Socialist. 1553,
and miscellaneous, 2667.
In Multnomah County the gain In
registration since the primary election
was 16.532. of which number the Re
publicans-obtained S930 and the Demo
crats J$44. In Marion County the reg
lstratlon now totals 16,967. of which
number 2214 registered after the pri
mary. The Republican gain in Marion
was 1245 and the Democratic but 599
ECONOMY PROVES COSTLY
Savins of Waste Paper Forces City
. to Buy Incinerator Fuel.
Saving of waste paper and other
combustible material by business
houses of the city will necessitate the
city Incinerator once more to use fuel
In the furnaces at the city Incinerator.
The heavy supply of paper and other
inflammable stuff has made the pur
chase of fuel at the plant unnecessary
for several years.
It Is reported that an Insufficient
amount of combustible material Is
being received now to keep the fires
going. A request Is made for a $2000
appropriation for purchase of fuel for
the plant next year.
BANDON OFF POINT REYES
9125,000 Said 'to Be Offered for
.Salvaged Craft Sold for S1500.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2S. Captain
Edward Mason, of the steamer Beaver,
which ' 'reached this port today, re
ported passing the tug Dauntless
towing the steamer Eandon. 90 miles
off Point Reyes at 7 A. M. The Daunt
less reported all well.
The Bandon was wrecked off Port
Orford several weeks ago. and the in
surers sold the vessel to a San Fran
Cisco syndicate for $1500. The syndi
cate has already received an offer of
1125.000 for the vessel. It is said.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERADT'S Maximum temperature. 65
aeitreci; minimum. 4u degrees.
TODAVS "air; northwesterly winds.
War.
Germans capture Important Roumanian
port. 5.
Earl iiray aaya allies are not prepared to
taut peace nsrma. rag J.
Mexlcew
Carranza troops trapped by Villa. Pace 2.
Oregon rccrtlta now with California mlllUa
ai NokR. rase a.
lMMueetie.
bamuel Hill speaks in xavor of ocean
hisnway. Fuse 3.
Episcopalians will permit Jews who have
accepted Christ to retain racial customs.
fago 2. .
Los Angeles rancher's confession proved
xaise in pare fage z.
Politics.
Canadians hepe for. continuance of Under
wood tariff In United btales. Page 3.
Colnncl Kooieve!t says Cuban policy will
ta necessary in Alexico. fage o.
Trainicen start organized protest against
Adamson law. frit 6,
Vancouver hears Senator Jones. Page 7,
Mrs. Hanley exposes Adamson law before
railroad men at LA Itranue. Pago 1.
Mr. I'lbchot says all Progressives should
vote for Hughes. Page 1.
Big campaign guns have been fired in Ore
gon. Page 4.
Mrs. Kent calla w-omen to Hughes. Pags 4.
Sport.
Finish In Coast League race la devoid of
thrills. - Page 14.
Two post-season games scheduled by Multno
mah CUib. Page 14.
Baseball kill wlna honors for soldier In
France. Page 1.
Xoble sticks to his fight on Johnny Par
sons, of Oregon. Page 10.
Happy Oregon eleven returns from Cali
fornia. Page 14.
Faclfle Northwest,
Judge Thomas H. Brents dies at Walla
Walla. Page T.
Twenty-four Coeur d'Alen Indians qualify
to become citizens. Page o.
Registration in Oregon shows big gains for
Kepubllcana. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat higher In Northwest and flour ad
vances. Page 19.
Chicago wheat bulge due to estimate of
world shortage. Page IV.
Eteel common at record price passes pre
ferred stock. Page 18.
Big run and higher prices at .local stock
yards. Page lw.
K. J Grlff'th xsigns as Portland bureau
n.arager of Associate!- Press to become
publicity director of Paclllo Steamship
Company. Pate 1$.
rortlaad and Vicinity.
Union Pacific ' calls for fids on 2500 cars.
Page 1.
Missionary Institute opens. Page e.
Canadian horses on way to Portland show,
pa Ke SO.
Mr. Dieck explains year's budget estimates.
Page 13.
Soldier ot Battery A finds weather of
Oregon delightful after border service.
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Baker Stock Company to open season fn
Sunday matinee. Page 11.
Commissioner Dleck offers routes to Jitney
Drivers' Union. Page 20.
Portland '.o have one mors plant building
neei ships, rage 1.
Lumber week to open in Portland today.
Page 1.
Cement suit CU.nissed. Page 18.
Wertii hill urged by lumbermen to build up
foreigu trad for lumber. Page 15.
Armenlun relief fund In Portland reaches
JS147. Page 15.
Claims tor widows pensions bring up
puzzling question. Page 8.
Colonel 'Clenard McLaughlin relieved from
dutv In Oregon and ordered to Mexico.
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Site Adjoins Northwest
Steel Company. '
FIRST CONTRACTS $4,000,000
Smith & Watson Iron Works
fcack $500,000 Corporation.
WORK WILL START 5 TODAY
Four Vessels Taken for Norwegian
Interests and All Machinery Ex
cept the Engines' Will Bo
Turned Ont In l'ortland.
Formation of the Oregon Shipbuild
ing Corporation with a capitalization
of $500,000. behind which is the Smith
& Watson Iron Works. Insures the es
tablishment of a steel ship construction
plant Immediately adjoining that of the
Northwest Steel Company on the south,
and contracts closed provide for the
building of four 8800-ton steel freight
ers for Norwegian Interests, with a to
tal value In excess of $4,000,000.
Articles cf Incorporation were re
corded yesterday and arrangements
were made with the Port of Portland
through which the dredge Columbia
win be shifted to the site today and
before night she will probably be
pumping on the fill to cover the en
tire area. It Is estimated that from
150.000 to SOO.000 cubic yards of ma
terial will be required and that
being pumped from the river im
mediately In front of the property in
su"es deep water for a considerable
distance out from the harbor line.
Site Owned by Railway.
The site Is owned by the O.-W. R. &
N.. and will be" used under a lease. The
frontage on the fiver Is 435 feet and It
exends back to the right of way of the
Sou'nern Pacific Railroad, more than
1000 feet. A force of men will be put
t-j work there this morning to -undertake
work in conjunction with dreds
irg and no time will be lost in getting
the ground In condition for shops and
other buildings.
Launching of the new company Is the
outgrowth of negotiations that have
boen on for several weeks. The North
west Steel Company has accepted seven
contracts for 8800-ton freighters at It
yard and four other contracts closed
are to be handled by the Oregon Ship
building Corporation, with every rea
son to expect that more tonnage of the
same class will be turned out when the
plant Is in position to make delivery.
Machinery to Be Made Herfc.
Turbine engines for the vessels are
to be purchased In the Kast. the same
as is being done with the ships now
under way. but boilers, which means
three of the Scotch marine type for
each carrier, as well as all auxiliary
machinery, will be manufactured here
und-r the direction of the new com
pany. Space Is available south of the
site and in the rear of the yard of the
Portland Shipbuilding Company for
plant in addition to that required solely
for hull construction. The Smith Ai
Watson Iron Works proper is located at
412 Front street.
The Northwest Steel Company has
two ships under construction on the
ways and the third Is about to be com
menced, material being In the shops
and in course of preparation, while
there are four ways ready and when
the first hull is in the water the fifth
will be started.
Alblna Plant Delayed.
- With the Alblna Engine & Machine
Works having two contract and 'two
more In prospect for 3300-ton vessels,
work of establishing its yard on Mont
gomery dock site, Kast Side, will be
carried out shortly. Preliminaries al
ready having been started, but the use
of certain streets there must be set
tled before actual construction Is au
thorized, so Portland will have three
steel shipbuilding plants,- all engaged
In building tonnage for Scandinavian
owners.
The Northwest Steel Company's and
the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation's
contracts were placed through Ilan
nevlg 4c Johnson, while those of the
Alblna Engine & Machine Works are in
the interest of A. O. Anderson & Co..
the latter being concerned as well in
several wooden auxiliary schooners.
Anxlllary Business Considerable.
St,eel construction, has opened an
avenue for the production of unlimited
parts and fittings at Portland, also
the sale of furnishings and equipment,
so there are a number of firms be
sides those actually concerned In the
contracts which reap direct benefits.
In brass alone there are innumerable
parts required, 'even down to door
loc'.s. and concerns here have received
many orders for such accessories.
The labor feature is of the greatest
benefit and many more will bu given
employment as the new yards advancu
in the details of assembling hu'Js,
while the machine shops, with the
great amount of boilers and gear re
quired, will be run to capacity. The
Willamette Iron & Steel Works. Jointly
Interested with the Northwestern Steel
Company In the seven ships at the lat
ter plant. Is providing all but the tur
bine engines, eo at present is runniiag
nishts as well as days.
Incidentally the completion of mot
ern steel steamers here will afford
more tonnage for the movement of
commodities to the other side, for in
a majority of cases It Is expected the
vessels will take on their first carso's-i
her.