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14 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY,. MARCII 15. 1018. 6RAIH CROPS MAY IT SUPPLAI DUES Oregon Industry Threatened by Embargo Which Hits at Milk Condenseries. NO RELIEF IN SIGHT YET headed by J. P. Mdloldrltk. preal- dnt of tne McGoIdrirk Lomben Com pany, of tbia city, provides for a. mem bership to be recruited from the pin and cedar manufacturing- Industry of Kastern Wanhlnicton and Northern Idaho, the Spokane county. It will take. In ail of the former member of the Loaaera' Club. The principal o frier r of the orsranlxatlon will be In Spokane. Before adjournment the lumbermen prevent w-ent on record unammounly in favor of - furnishing blankets and other necessary bunk houoe equipment In the ramp, the material to be secured by April 13. or aa eoon thereafter aa .possible. Other officers of the ora-anlxatlon are llunlinaton Taylor, manager of the lluttrtce Timber Company, of Coeur d'Alene. vlre-presldrnt : IS. M. Hart. manacer of the HIackwell Lumber Company: W. r. Itoacr. berry, of the Rose l-ake Iimben Company, and C. B. Sanderson, of the Milwaukee Land Company. SEATTLE FIRM TO BUILD FIRST PIER J. A. McEeachern Company to Construct Municipal Ter minal Unit Here. CONTRACT PRICE $420,328 f resident Hals. of Ialrj pirn's league. Illnl at Ilxrluiloailon a tispla nation of Troablcs la Oregon ConamanJlir-. (ii.( Hi:TK K:i.HTt:il KAirii IP TO KXPKCTaTIOM.. 19 TjunBt data have broucr.t no chance f-. the crucial situat.on con frentinc the tnilk rondpery Interests and a!Ue4 dairy Industry li Urcaon aVatrymea report. Itoth operators and prod'jrera are brto.ein m'.l possible pr'ssure to bear In aa rffort to punr tare thm em be ran which prevent the shipment of condensed milk to Huron, M has embarrasseH moet Ortmn plants by Iratinc on their hands great aAantitirs of canned mtlk. At a meeting of dairymen, held edndy at Amity. Or., attention of the producer was rnl.ri on the em baaao situation and the alsd dis crimination acainst the hiah-srade product turned out In the cond'nscrlcs af the Amity section. PeesJdesit Km F.aplala. Alma D Katx. president of the Ore gan lairymen s Istut, with head auartera In Portland, attended the meetinc. Uii hla return be thus cum roar lira matters: "Sprint Is at hand, and the dairy men want to know whether they sTOins to ft relief from present condi tions. Jt Is quite obvious what will happen If they do not ct some as surance that relief ia com In. They wilt turn off their herds and put in cah" crops. "It will be a tremendous loss to the tale of Oreaon If the dairymen do ejatt the business and turn to are In crops. The need for their products re mains. In fart, will probably be greater than ever before many months pas. Then it will be too late to remedy the actuation. Klaertaslaalloa ceafe4. "White It may not be true, we are Inclined to think there la dlscrlmlna tion against Oregon condensed milk. We have heard no complaint from the state of Washinaton about conditions there. This seems strange. Of course, It Is true that the larger and more adequately financed rondenserle can bold larwe stocks of their product with out being compelled to unload and without Immediately passing. their troubles on to the dairymen In the nature of lower prices. Moet of the Oregon plants are small and cannot land a strain of th'ia sort. Kfforia of Oregon dairymen to - ob tain relief from the shipping embargo through co-operation of the state's delegation In Congress are still pro ceeding. Senator Charles L. MrNary has sent this message to Mr. Rata: "Holding up of condensed milk In your vicinity entirely due to shortage of ahlps for Its shipment to allies and ur Army abroed. Product much needed, but lack of ships prevents shipment of goods. Food Administration has re quests. War Trade Hoard to equally distribute all goods throughout coun try, so no preference will be shown under tha circumstances." rood) Adsalaiatrafloa Advised. Congressman . N. McArthur Indi cates In the following telegram to Mr. Kata that ha la doing what ha can In the matter: "Have presented Oregon I a try men's 1-eague matters to Food Administration, koth In writing and In person. I'l'ase mall mo copies of The Oregonlan con taining full write-up of M'Mlnnvllle and Portland meetings, together with su.'h editorial comment aa may have been mad' by any papers." Establishment of butterfat standards for condensed milk contents that are lower than ran well prevail In dis tricts where Jersey herds ara main tained, aa In the Amity section, sets up a new and serious problem. Plants turnmr oat the supemnr product can sot sell at the price flved for the lower quality product, and they object to being penalised for unwillingness to adulterate, liesolutlons calling for alteration of the discriminative regula tion wer adopted and dispatched to franator Chamberlain by tha Amity conferees. aeanorthlaeea af Kiaeriaseatal teasel t.really Pleaaea Ballderai fleet f 34 ahlps to Follow. A PACIFIC IVRT. March It. Ac companied by the cheers of thousands of spectators and the blare of whistles, the steamer Faith, tha first seagoing concrete ship built In America, waa launched successfully here today, a tangible real nation of tho hopes and aspirations of her builders. So fully hss tiie raith met the pur pose of her building. It was announced. that construction would begin Imme diately of &4 similar concrete ships of even larger tonnage than tne vessel launched today. Installation .of the Faith's engines would be completed at once and the boat placed In active ocean-going service. It was announced. It Is planned to load the vessel with ballast and make an experimental trip. The Faith Is of 7900 tons displace ment. 500 tons burden. 31 rret long, 4i feet beam and 31 feet moulded feet depth. It will be equipped with triple expansion engines furnishing; ITaO horse-power. In a statement tonight Leslie Comyn. president, said that the company had taken up with the United States Ship ping Board the butmlng or auciitiona concrete veseel. and that if the board did not authorise their construction for liovernment purposes the company was prepared to build them privately. Mr. Comyn said that It had been de elded to give the Faith a trial trip, as originally planned, although marine en gineers after today's successful launch ng had been Inclined to think tha such a test was unnecessary. Work lu Be? Completed la 170 Days Modern Kqulpmrnt for Handling Grain to Be Installed and WarcliouM? Krri'lrd. On a bid of H:0.3:s the J. A. Mc IJachcrn. Company, of Seattle, will con struct me nrst pier or Portlands new municipal terminal at St. John, where work Is also under way on the tica ration and foundation piling for the 1.000.000-bushel grain elevator. The McKachrrn Company filed the lowest o tour proposals submitted. The con tract will ba drawn at once and it Is specified the work will be completed in 1.0 days. The Harrington A Peters Company's proposal waa In the sum of $444,500 and Grant Smith & Co. 3I.3T5. while A. Outhrie at Co. proposed thst it be awarded the work on a cost-plus basis, but that was not considered. Plans for the pier were approved Februarv 23 TION PAT STANDS MILITARY O.MMITTK.K HKJKCTS BAhKH-PKROHIXi 11CW, svlsloa for Repeal ef Allowance Stricken Frasa Hill Foreign Oplaiaaa Heard. TAX PLANS ABANDONED CUtMFir TIO AHKDVIET iik tHtx.rn bit little. TO I aeertalaly af Make Rallr Use Federal C at rel tad Taa t lasalflea Impassible. SALKM. Or . Mann 1 1. (Special.) Although plana had been laid for launching legislation at the next see sion of the Legislature In extending th provisions of the uniform tax clas sification amendment passed by the people at the special election last June. It Is understood that these plan have been In the main abandoned. This Information comes from an authority tloselv connected with the origin of the tax classification amendment. Among other thing It waa planned to establish a classification Of moneys and credits and also to rearrange the ay stem of taxation on public service corporations, including railroad prop erties. The Indefinite tenure of Fed eral control over railroad properties has made the plan for a reclassifies tion of taxes on that class of properties not onlv inadvisable, but practically impossible. t Is explained, and other similar classifications which were In contemplation will be abandoned for various reasons. TliMBERMEN FORM CLUB LM,.t:Rt' l 1.1 R DISBD LARCIIR ORIitIZITIO. FOR lae ss Cedar Fredas! Miaslsetsren ta 1 osspeec Messier alp af ewly Farmed .tsaaeialloa. FPOKAXE. Wash, March 14 (Spe cial.) At a meeting of boss lumber men held In Spokane late last night tha Loggers' Club went out of ex istence to make way for an organ isation of timbermen. more extensive In territory and ecop of character, to ra known aa the Timber Products Manufacturers. The new organization, which will be WASHINGTON. March 14. Lcglsla tion to repeal laws giving: extra pay allowances averaging 60 pep cent to men In the aviation servjee, recom mended by General Pershing and by Secretary Baker, was unanimously dis approved today by tha Senate military committee. A clause In the omnibus bill, amend Ing the National defense act providing for repeal of the allowances, waa stricken out. Although tha War Department con tends thst flying Is not more haxardous than other semlces. the Senate com mittee feels that Information presented along that line waa not sufficiently complete. The department a views were given by Provost Marshal-General Crowder, but even he admitted that wholly re liable statistics on comparatlva Army haxards are not available. ilrltish and French aviators visit ing here told the committee of con dition and hazards In their aviation service. Colonel Bloomfield. of tho British Royal Flying Corps, said that five months Is the average length of serv ice of a British aviator, and that many ara detached because ru ruined nerves or health. British Infantry Generals In France, he said, have almost unanimously approved extra pay al lowances In the British air semlce. Kxtra pay allowances to French viators average more than 100 per rent. Lieutenant Marquesan. of the French service, told the committee. Sufficient recruits have been ob tained for the non-flying units of the aviation corps, and tho War Depart ment today ordered recruiting stations throughout tho country to discontinue accepting men for this service. snd It Is felt that no time Is being lost in getting It under way. The dredge Portland la finishing the slip in front of the pier site so that much of the material can be delivered there In ves- sela or barges. Piling and the like can be towed there handily. Pier ta Be ISOO Feet Long. The pier will be 1200 feet long. Half or it win be a two-level structure and that part will have a covered ware house, which will be ISO feet -wide. By tne time J he contract is finished the commission may decide to add a ware house on the other half of the pier, and, with that In place, probably 60, 000 tons of wheat In sacks can be stored The pier will have the latest equipment and appliance for handling grain, bins being provided for sacking It. There will be trackage connec tions as welL The commission yesterday settled with the C J. Cook Company for -work performed on the excavation up to the time It was turned over to Grant Smith & Company last month. Mr. Cook was paid about $1300 and ex pressed himself as satisfied with the attitude of the commission. Transmis sion lines have been extended to the St. Johns property and electrical power is being used In the excavating as well aa steam power. Part of the steel rails for tracks are on the ground and the remainder of the order, which was for 660 tons, in said to be in transit. Knglneer Hegardt waa authorized to call for bids on smutting and cleaning machinery for the elevator, belting, steel doors and steel sashes for the buildings, which are said to be the last purchases necessary to help the con tractor speed up on the elevator con struction, bids on which will be opened April 9. CrladlBK Mill Aatkoriied. Application of the Crown mill on North Front street, for permission to erect an . auxiliary mill for grinding barley flour, was favorably acted on, with the understanding the sprinklin system would be extended there the fire precautions, adhered to in all respects. It waa agreed to permit the Willam ette Iron & Steel Work to remove few dolphins of the fender piling sys tern In the slip at the Flfteenth-atreet Municipal terminal to aid the corpora tion In dredging out the abandoned ferry slip there, so a third berth could be provided for fitting out steel steam era. the proviso being that the dolphins would be replaced. The Willamette Interests have been authorized to erect fence at Nicolal street, to close tha part of North Front street, because of war work being under way there. To aid In laying out its property for he construction and repair of Inland rsscls. the Portland Shipbuilding Com pany Is to be permitted to use th part of Beaver street lying east Bond street. In South Portland. The Foundation Company, engaged In the construction of 20 vessels for the French government, has been granted permission to erect a fitting out dock on its property, at the U.-. It. & N "boneyard" alte and erect a shed for machine shop purposes. THREE CARS PEARS SPOIL t'mpqaa Yal.?jr Krull Vnlon Sues for Allrjccd Value of $2118. SIOKANK. Wuh.. March 14. Spe cl The L'mp'ju Valley Fruit Union of Ore on f HkI mitt in th Superior Court this mornlnf aKalnt the North Pacific Fruit IM M r.but or Company to recover l-US. the valua of three cart loads of pear, whlrh. It Is alleged. wer ahipped through the distributors snd through their negligence became a total losv The fruit waa loaded at Roeburg. Or. lat August, according; to th complaint, and exclusive con trol then turned over to the distribu tor. The fruit, it Is alleged, was fully ripe when It arrived In Chicago, and should have been sold there, but one car waa sent on to Washington and the second to Boston, then found to be overripe and unsalable. badly damaged, but none of the occu pants were injured. Marine .Votes. Authority has been obtained by the Al bino, Knit in & Machine Works to erect a lumber shed and small storage house In connection with Its shipbuilding- activities. Departures In the lumber fleet yesterday Included the oteamer Santa Monica, from Stelia to San Francisco, and the Klamath, from St. Helena for Southern California porta. C. T. Baghy has been signed as skipper for the Gerald C. relieving H. M. Brown. Inspection of the new motorshfp James T'ntpton. at the Vancouver plant of the G. M. btandtfar Construction Company, was be gun yesterday by United States Steam Ves sel Inspectors Kd wards and Wynn. Captain Wllllem O'Brien is master of the new schooner Chlqulmula. 'which got away late yesterday from the Eastern & Western mill with a cargo of lumber for Conta Rica. She la the last of fie vessels built by the Columbia Engineering Works for New Or leans interests headed by M. T. Snyder. She is to be placed in the ore trade between Philadelphia and South America. , Arriving In the river yesterday from Hon olulu via San Francisco waa the schooner Annie Laraen. She ta known aa the "waif of the sea." because of having been used early iln the war to carry a cargo of arms and ammunition to the steamer Maverick, but was checkmated when a United Slates Navy -essel overhauled her. The cargo was seised by Custom-Houae officials at Ho qulam. She comes now to load a lumber cargo. On her way here to finish loading, the new 8MX-ton steamer Went lake sailed from Seattle yesterday. She will take on part , of her load at Astoria. The vensel was sub stituted for the West wood, which waa to have been first. PORTLAND IS NAME New Towboat to Be Powerful on River. Most BUILDING TO START SOON Vessel Will Be 186 Feet In Length, With 1700 Horsepower, and Will Make Close to 1 7 Miles Hour if Accessary. an MRS. ED LEER DIES SOUTH Ca-lilrr of Pullman Company Called to Lo Angeles YeMcrday. Mrs. Ed I.scN, died ysst.rdar at Los Anaele. wber. she hud irone four months aso foa tho benefit of her health. A telegram telhna of her de ls, was received by Mr. Leer, cashier of tha I'ullman Company at the L'nlon Station, and he left for I-os Angeles on tho nezt train. Tha family home is at CCS Weidler treet. Kha was formerly Miss Marie Berger. of Oakland. Cal.. where her fathers the late U -P. Beraer. was prom inent In business circles.' tha waa 43 yeara old. Calamaia Kler Bar Report. NORTH WKAD. th. bar si s r. M.: east. i: ml its. Msrrh 14 ta smooth. rondlcf.a of md south- 3:l A. T)Hrm at Astoria t'ridar. M....f f-e; :. A. M . 0 fnnt 1. ft lrt I. U..ul l fett Watcassea'a Waxes Raised. Wages of dock watchmen were or dered Increased from f 0 to 190 a month and the employment of a wharfinger was authorized at the Pittsbursstreet erminal. where two night watchmen have also been put on. In connection with a communication from A. O. Clark, manager of the Home ndustry League, requesting that Port land-made roofing material be given consideration In the construction of the pier at the St. Johns terminal, saying It might mean a saving of from S3000 to J4HU0 over certain other materials. Knglneer Hegardt said four layers of felt were wanted on the roof and, so far as he knew. It could be provided. The Durable Hoofing Company wrote to the commission, setting forth that the spec lflcatlons for the pier roof were so drawn that an alternative bid could not be put In by the contractor, so a bid and separate specifications were sub mltted. Knglneer Henardt directed the attention of the commission to the spec ifications, which were as follows: "Materials acceptable for the building of the roof above specified shall be as follows: Roofing felts as manufac tared by the Durable Roofing Company or other roofing felts equal in quality thereto, aa shall be determined by the engineer. ST. JOHNS YARD HAS RECORD fllandon -It fourth fillip Floated There in Less Than .Month. It was about 6:30 o'clock la.t night when the hull of the new steamer Blandon. tha fourth at the St. Johns yard of the Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company, was launched. Mrs. Ken neth D. Hauser. whose husband Is Cap tain of Company F. 18th Engineers, now on duty in France, was sponsor for the vessel. The Blandon displayed more speed than her sister ships, the Wasco, Biloxi and Kasots, and brought up on the op posite side of the river. All are of the Hough type, for "'which 13 contracts were originally held. It la probable the following vessels will be of the Kerrls plan or whatever type the Emer gency Fleet Corporation decides on. if the latter Is not favored after tests are made with the first completed. The Wasco was floated February IT. so in less than a month the company has sent four hulls down the ways, which Is a record In the Oregon district. The Blandon's anchor chain failed to hold last night, so she struck two house-boats and two launch-houses moored on the south side of the Linn- ton ferry landing, the structures being Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. SEATTLE. March 14. 'Special.) In launching the big steel stesmshlp Osaineke, fourth direct contract with the United States Shipping Board completed by them, tha Skinner- at Eddy Corporation to day duplicated their previous record of launrhlng a ship aithln 64 working days ot ths laying of her keel. This vessel is Ilke wlpa ths fourth ship launched by this con cern since January 1J. and will b fol lowed by another In tho next two weeks. A rervlre flag bearing 2o stars was float ed ov.r th plant of the Seattle Construction A Drydock Company this morning, denot- ng that that number of former employes of the concern are now In the Army or Navy, the large majority of the men are In the naval service either as mechanics or engineers, though not a few ara in the Army. The power schooner Eunice, owned by the Kuskokwlm Fishing & Trading Company. pioneering In voyaging to Bering Sea waters. sailed from this port this morning for Uni mak Pus. Tho little craft will brave the far-northern ice-ridden waters much earlier than the larger steamships, and Is starting north earlier this season than before, as sev. eral of the stations operated by her owners have reported the immediate need of sup plies. The freighter aldez, of the Alaska Steam ship Company's fleet, sailed this afternoon for Southwestern Alaska ports with a full cargo of general merchandise and supplies for Alaskan canneriee. ASTORIA. Or.. March 14. (Special.) The schooner Annie Larflen arrived at 1:30 this afternoon, 20 days from San Francisco, and will load lumber at Westport for Port Allen. The steam schooner Daisy Matthews ar rived at 1 o'clock this morning from San Francisco and went to VYauna to load lumber. Carrying a cargo of lumber from Knapp- ton and the Hammond mill, the steam schooner Halco sailed at 3:30 today for San fedro. Tho barge Charles B. Kenny arrived at 9:30 today from Eureka In tow of the tug Belief and will load lumber at Westport for eureka. The steamer Rose City arrived at 4:30 this afternoon from Portland snd is to sail doui t o Clock ror Kan J? ranclsco. SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. (t jeclal. ome or the Dutch steamships operated by me uurcn lines to the Dutch East Indies from this port will be switched to tho At lantic and to the Australia run. according io me opinion or ahlDDing men. The movt ill be made Just aa soon ss the Govern ment takes over the vessels In accordance with the plans being worked out by the entente governments. w ben the steamship Oranje was held here last Saturday when scheduled to sail tor Hula via. shipping men then predicted the seizure by the Lnited States of fill Dutch 1 1 j i it i tt .ia lima vuun vessels ill port, the Hoe pat. 4748 tons; the Konlgln der ederlanden. tons, and the Arakan. 305 tons, and about 20 others are either on the way to or from the Far East or at ports In tho Dutch possessions. The Oranje sailed today under special permission of the United States Government. The Arakan may DO allowed to depart tomorrow. A few Dutch vessels may be put on the Australian run to bring much-needed grain. A sufficient number will be kept on tha Batavla run to bring rubber, tin and other feastem producta useful in the war. The Pacific Mall Steamship Company's steamship Newport will sail tomorrow In the ezpress service to Central America. Ths motorahlp Mount Rainier, Captain eison. sailed todsy for Callao. The Japanese steamship Toyooka Maru, Captain Matsuyama, arrived today from Muroran for fuel. The launching of the big experimental concrete ship at Redwood City today 1 successfully accomplished before a largo crowd of spectators. Portland will be the name of a pow erful sternwheel towboat the Port of Portland Commission has decided to build, plans for which weri submitted yesterday. The specifications and de tailed drawings are to be ready in bout two weeks, when bids will be called for-. The vessel Is to be 186 feet long. with a beam of 40 feet and depth of hold of 8.5 feet, and will have a 25 foot wheel. The boiler is being fin ished, and the engines were recently purchased at San Francisco, so there will be no delay on the score of ma chinery. The vessel will be allowed 500 pounds of steam and will develop. It is estimated, about 1700 honsepower, so will be able to handle, vessels in the harbor and on the river as the work has not been done in the past. She will make close to 17 miles an hour if necessary. The commission was called on yes terday to help out In the Government's drive for ships by completing a dredg ing job left unfinished at the plant of the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company last year. For about half the length of the company's fitting-out dock there is an adequate depth of water and to make the depth uniform along the rest of the dock, it is eaid. will require less than a week's work. The Peninsula Lumber Company is to help out in fur nishing fuel for the dredge, a material that is short and in demand now. By hauling the dredge Willamette up there from the St. Johns terminal for a few days, it is hoped to pave the way for full use of the facilities of the dock which will be needed immediately. In continuing its readjustment of wages the Commission adopted the rec ommendation of a special committee to advance the pay of cooks and mess- boys on the tugs from $75 to J SO a month, allow the dredges four men in the steward's department instead of three, raise dredge deckhands from $47.50 to $50 a month and deckhands and firemen on dredge tenders from $50 to ?55 and chief engineers on the dredge tenders from $110 to $120 a month, also to make the salaries of masters of tenders uniform at $135 a month. One of the latter is now paid that figure and another $125. Awards made for supplying the larder of all vessels and) dredges during March, April and May show an increase in the cost of some foods over the same period last year. Under the con tracts meats will cost $5160.93 as against $3692 last year. Coffee this year costs $323.50 compared with $256 last year. Groceries cost less, $2869.90 being the award yesterday as against $3034 a year ago. On request of the Pacific Marine Iron Works the cost of a fill made on property at the foot of Cast Main street for that plant, billed at $3750.75, was cut in half, it being shown th the dredging was in the interest of harbor Improvement as well aa helping out in ship construction. NAUTICAL SCHOOL WILL- MOVE Clean your home as hospitals are cleaned Hospitals wage constant and successful war against disease germs by the daily use of Lysd disinfectant. Disease germs enter homes, also. Wher ever refuse collects, in garbage cans, sinks, toilets, old plumbing, and sunless corners, disease germs breed into millions and menace health. Plain water-washing does not destroy these germs. But the hospital disinfectant, Lysol, does exterminate germs on the instant of contact. Disinfectant Yon can and should use Lysol in every washing of the home, in cleaning every danger spot. Do it for safety. A 50c bot tle of Lysol makes five gallons of abso lutely germ-killing solution; a 25c bottle makes two gallons. Lysol is also in $1 bottles sold everywhere. It has invalu able effect in personal hygiene. True Lysol that used in scientifically conducted hospitals is that made, bot tled, signed, and sealed by Lehn & Fink. Accept only such. Lysol Toilet Soap Contains Lysol, and therefore protects too skin from germ in fection. It is refreshingly sooth ing and healing and helpful for improving the skin. Ask your dealer. If he hasn't got it, ask him to order it tor you. Lysol Shaving Cream Contains Lysoi, and kills germs on razor and shaving-brash (where germs abound), guards the tiny cats from infection, and gives the antiseptic shave. If your dealer hasn't got it, ask him to order a supply for you. OUR SIOW IS OUR BOND 1 COOS BAT. Or.. March 14. (Special.) lug amson Drought tne barge Johanna Smith Into port from San Francisco at 12:30 P. M. lor a lumber cargo. The Standard Oil tanker George Loomli sailed at 12:30 P. M.. after discharging 400.- uuo gallons or oil. Movements of Vessels. POrtTI.AND. March 14 Sailed Steamers Rose City, for Han Francisco and San Pedro Hanta Monica, for San Pedro; Klamath, for other to-obtain San Pedro. Sailed Auxiliary schooner Chl qulmula, for Costa Kirs. ASTORIA. Marrh 14. Left up at I A. M. Steamer Ialsy Mathews, from San Fran cisco. Arrived at noon Schooner Annie I.ar- sen. from San Francisco. Sailed at 3:30 P. M. Steamer Halco, for San Pedro. Ar rived at :3i A. M. and left up at 1 P. M. Barge Charles B. ICenny. for Westport. SAX FRANCISCO. March 14. Arrived at A. V. Steamer Johan Poulsen. from Port- and. Sailed at midnight Steamer Wil lamette, for San Pedro. Arrived at noon Steamer Beaver, from San Pedro. Sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer El Segundo, for Co lumbia River. Sailed Motor schooner Mount Rainier, for Callao. SAN PEDRO. March 14. Arrived Steam er Santa Barbara, from Columbia River. TACOMA. March 14. Arrived Steamer Point Lorn a. from Portland, for Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO. March 13. Sailed at 1 A. M. Steamer J. A. Cbanslor, for Port- Is nd. ASTORIA. March 13. Sailed st 7:30 P. M. -Steamer Oleum, for Port San Luis. SEATTLE, March 14. Sailed at 10:30 M. Steamer Westlake. for Portland. SEATTLE. Marc'h 14. Arrived Steamer Admiral Schley, from San Pedro. Sailed Steamer Valdes. for Southwestern Alaska; Northland, for San Francisco; Westlake, for Portland. SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. Arrived El Segundo. from Astoria. Sailed Steamers Lakme, Casjar, Johan Poulsen, for Portland. New Quarters in Railway Building at First and Alder. Instead of havinsr the assembly hall of tho Klectnic building- for Its worK the Portland branch of the Shipping Board's nautical school is to move from the Oregon building to the third floor of the Portland Kailway, Light & Power Company's station building First and Alder streets. Professor Arthur Williams, in charge of the school, said yesterday, and he plans to have the school inthe new quarters Monday. On the steamer Point Loma, which arrived at Seattle yesterday from Port land after a good run, L. B. Hillinger, second mate, and W. J. Curott, third mate, were on duty, they being nauti cal school graduates. On the steamer Westchester J. W. Green and Henry Heilman will be cadet officers. Cadets Fnetwell and Kobinson will be on the steamer West Shore and probably third shipped, who has not been named. The school continues to attract new students and the enrollment Is holding up well. Captain E. Wendt is no- skippers ticket, but Instead of going on a steamer he will taKe tne scnooner uaKiana. FRED PAPE TO BCILD SHIPS Port of Portland Superintendent Is Emergency Fleet Officer. After nearly six years spent with the Port of Portland, Fred B. Pape has been called to the colors" of the Emergency Fleet Corporation through his appoint ment yesterday as assistant district officer of the division of steel ship con struction, under Captain J. F. Blain district officer at Seattle. Mr. Pape will have headquarters at Portland and will begin his new duties March 20. His resignation, tendered to the Port of Portland Commission yesterday, was a decided surprise. Until E. W. Wright resigned as general manager of the Port of Portland July 1. 1917. Mr. Pape was supervising mechanical engineer and since he has been general superin tendent. He had several years' deep- sea experience as an engineer and had much to do with fitting out vessels be fore Joining the Port staff. His resig nation was regretfully accepted by the commission, which will consider the matter of a successor later. V. S. Naval Radio Reports. A1I reports are for 8 F. M. resterdar un less otnerwlse designated.) ASUNCION, Cordova for Richmond. 1448 miles from Richmond. 8 P. M. March 13. NORTHWESTERN. Seward for Latouche. orr cape Junkem. 8 P. M. March 13. WILLAMETTE, San Francisco for San Pedro. 25 miles north of Point Arsruello. CELILO. Columbia Hlver for San Fran cisco, seven miles north of Cape Blanco. J. A MOFFETT. San Pedro for Pucet Sound. 405 miles north of San Francisco lightship. RAINIER. San Francisco for Vancouver. 2.a miles from ban Francisco. C. A. SMITH, in tow of tur Tyee. Coos Bay for San Francisco, 63 miles north of San Francisco. ADMIRAL DEWET. San Francisco for Wilmington. 80 miles from San Francisco. BARCB Bl. with Standard 2. El Segundo for Richmond, 8i milea from Richmond. YOSEMITE. San Francisco for Puget Sound. SO miles north of San Francisco. EL SEGUNDO. Richmond for Portland, 31 miles north of Point Reyes. J. A. CHANSLOR. Point Orient for Linn- ton. 420 miles north of San Francisco. LA BREA. Port San Luia for Oleum, 174 miles from Oleum. PORTER. Everett for 'Monterey, 495 miles from Everett. LTMAN STEWART, for Port San Luis. 2 miles from Port San Luis. Bead The Oregonlan classified ads. NORTHWEST PLAXT TO EXPAND Two Acres Leased From Southern Pacific to Provide Storage. Two acres of land in the rear of the Northwest Steel Company's property has been leased from the Southern Pa cific and, as soon as a fill is made there additional storage facilities will be provided for material for ship con struction. The land is part of the Southern Pacific's right of way and embraces ground on both sides of Sher idan street. The matter of having a dredge as signed there for the filling task has been taken up with the Port of Port land and it is expected that a dredge will be assigned there in about 60 days. Tho fill will not require much time. but It is said that a month will be re quired in which to prepare for the un dertaking, as the shore pipe must be C ASTO R For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature cf laid across the company's property from the river to the right of way. BUILDERS START OWN SHIPS Columbia Engineering Works Makes Headway on Three Carriers. At the Linnton plant of the Columbia Engineering Works a start has been made on a vessel to be built on account of the management of the yard unless she Is disposed of before completion. The full framing of the ship is in place and good time is being attained in the work. She will be a four-masted ves sel, the same as two being built for Christofer Hannevig, of New York. The first of the latter ships is planked and decked, while the second is being plunked and the decking is going down Arthur Mears, head of the plant, leaves tomorrow night for the East and it is understood he is negotiating for more contracts. There were five ships com pleted tnere lor ii. T. Snyder and as sociates, of New Orleans, and the last started is the eighth to be laid down. MOTORSHIP TO BE TRIED OUT James Timpson to Be Given Six Hour Inspection Trip Monday. VANCOUVER. Wash., March 14. (Special.) Preparations are being made to give the James Timpson, a motorship building here by the G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation, a six-hour trial trip Monday, beginning at 10 o'clock. Government inspectors were aboard the Timpson today. 1 The Timpson. being built for I. T. Williams & Sons, of New York, is equipped with two 600-horsepower Diesel engines, built by the Winton Company. Mr. Winton of the com pany is here in person, and will see thf engines run on the trial trip. Captain Otis W. Clarke, of Boston, will be master of the Timpson when she leaves here. It is said she may load at Coos Bay and take a cargo of lumber to tho Atlantic Coast. Schooner Brings in Whisky. ASTORIA. Or.. March 14. (Special.) Forty-four cases or 528 quarts of con traband whisky were found by Federal officers on board the schooner Annie Larson, arriving this afternoon from San Francisco. The liquor was in the various quarters and was not concealed. All of it has been confiscated, but no arrests were made, although some may follow later. DREDGES TO WORK AS USUAL Scarcity of Seamen Not Expected to Delay Filling Out Crews. Scarcity of seamen and other marl time workers, now being experienced to an extent along the coast, will not deter dredging operations from being carried out at the entrance to the Co lumbia River and Coos Bay this season. If trained men are not to be had when the big vessels go into service, others will be signed and initiated into their duties, and with a few sailormen it is believed the remainder of the crews can be made up satisfactorily. The dredge Chinook will be returned to the Columbia River work early in April. She Is to be drydocked for clean ing and painting the last of this month. The dredge Col. P. S. Michie, lying at the East Washington-street terminal, is undergoing an overhauling and is to be returned to Coos Bay about May 1. 0. A. C. WOMEN LEAD MEN Scholarship Average Four Points Higher, According to Renort. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEG E, Corvallis, March 14. (Special.) Regis trar's reports for the past semester show that the women of the college have a general average in scholarship which is 4 points higher than that of the men. The general average for women is 86.0 and for men 82.0. The average for the sororities as a whole is 85.9, while that of the men's fra ternities is 83.9. 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