THE MORKIXO OREGOyiAJf, SATURDAY. TTLY 13, 1918.
S
ROSSETER LOOKS
BEYOND
WAR
Operating Head of Emergency
Fleet Corporation Takes
Stock in Portland.
VISITOR INSPECTS HARBOR
Concise but Thorongli Presentation
of All Conditions Bearing on
Water Transportation Made
by Local Officials.
As a prelude to a closer inspection
of plants and industries ashore. John
H. Rosseter. San Francisco's son, who
was recently designated to head the
bureau of operation of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, was piloted througn
the Portland harbor yesterday morning.
That he was piloted in fact is not sim
ply a figure of speech, for there was a
man aboard to enlighten him on each
phase of port life and activity, a com
mittee having been so drawn in antici
pation of Mr. Rosseter's keen search for
information.
The party was aboard the United
States Engineers' tug Geo. H. Mendell,
and leaving Stark street at 10:15 o'clock
they were carried to St. Johns and back
to South Portland. The many ship
yards and large fleets of new tonnage,
the St. Johns municipal terminal, the
larger docks and other developments
were explained and discussed;
Information Well Presented.
H. L. Corbett, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, had caused to be com
piled for Mr. Rosseter a concise but
thorough presentation of all conditions
bearing on water transportation, from
climatic to drainage. There were charts
and maps as well, all neatly bound in
leather, on the outside of which, in
jrilt lttering, was the recipient's name
and his new title, also the name of the
donor, the Chamber of Commerce.
G. B. Hegardt, chief engineer of the
Commission of Public Docks, was armed
with maps and a world of data as to
port facilities. The tug was taken
close to the St. "Jotins terminal site so
that the lay of the land was within easy
view, and John H. Eurgard. of the Dock
Commission, was on hand to explain
that body's work and future plans.
Lloyd J. Wentworth, supervisor of
wooden ship construction in Oregon,
had a store of Information as to the
vessels seen from the tug's deck, also
answers to a rapid fire of questions
from the guest of the day.
C. D. Kennedy, in charge in Oregon
for the bureau of operation, was armed
as well to meet tho search of his new
chief for pointers.
Wheat Can Be Moved Rapidly.
Max II. Houser. shouldering the re
sponsibilities in the Northwest of the
United States Food Administration
Grain Corporation, told Mr. Rosseter of
the crop outlook, how wheat would be
whipped and that with an adequate sup-
Ply of cars he could keep the cereal
moving at a fast cup, always provid
ing ships were here as needed.
C. B. Woodruff, of the Portland
Traffic and Transportation Association,
came in for his share of contributions
to the store of knowledge, as diti L. B.
Bmith, of the War Trade Board.
President Stone, of the Port of As
toria Commission,. .f urnished Mr. Rosse
ter with a most interesting budget as
to what that city is doing in shipbuild
ing, with modern terminal facilities,
how the future was being planned for,
and a dozen other things. President
Stone had recent and highly interest
ing photographs, one being a panorama
of the entire city of Astoria, taken
from the heights to the west. Mr. Ros
seter was 'prevented from visiting As
toria by reason of having only one day
to spend in the district.
COHASSET FLOATS AT COOS BAY
Third Ship Launched Practically
Heady for Machinery Xow.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 12. (Spe
cial.) The Cohasset, a Hough type ves
sel constructed for the Government by
the Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company,
left the ways this afternoon at 4:30
and in a half hour afterwards was tied
to her loading berth at the Smith Elec
tric docks. The Cohasset was chris
tened by Mrs. Paulhamus, .wife of Man
ager James Paulhamus.
The launching went off without a
hitch and the crowd of several hundred
cheered the workmen to an echo. The
Cohasset is the third ship launched for
the Government by the Coos Bay Ship
building Company and is practically
ready for her machinery, only about
five days being necessary to complete
her.
A Ferris keel Is being laid on the way
made vacant.
Summer Clothes for Boys
Saturday Offerings
at Moderate Prices
IF you've one or more active, energetic boys to clothe, coma
to this store for good suits. Here are clothes that will
stay with a boy through the strenuous days of Summer,
whether at work or at play. See my immense displays of
Norfolk Suits
$6.50, $8.50, $10, $12.50, $15, $16.50, $20
These suits come in a big variety of fabric and pattern;
nearly every one has an extra pair of knickerbockers. You
will like their quality, their style, their service. .
Sale of Wash Suits
$1.50 Wash Suits 980 $2.00 Wash Suits $1.48
$2.50 Wash Suits $1.98
Other Wash Suits $3.00 to $6.50.
Boys' Store, Second Floor Take the Elevator
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BLAME PUT ON PLANE
Defective Mechanism Hinted
At in Mitchel's Death.
B0RGLUM OFFERS THEORY
Sculptor Who Investigaied Aircraft
Programme for President Makes
Written Statement to In
ventors' Association.
WASHINGTON. Juiy 12. Gutzon
Borglum, the sculptor, who made an in'
vestigation of the American aircraft
programme at the request of President
Wilson, in a letter read last night at a
meeting here of the America Invent
ors' Association, intimated that the ac
cident which killed Major-General John
Purroy Mitchel at Gerstner Field, La.,
was the result of a defective plane.
Borglum charged that an airplane re
cently sent abroad caused the death of
an aviator in much the same manner ae
former Mayor Mitchel was killed.
WASHINGTON. July 12. Failure to
buckle his safety belt and the "peculiar
quick snap of his scout plane when it
was nosed over for a glide apparently
caused the death of Major John Purroy
Mitchel, says the official report on the
accident at Gerstner Field, La., re
ceived today at the War Department.
The investigation board found that
Major Mitchel's death "occurred in line
of duty and not because of his own mis
conduct.
Marine Notes.
Captain J. F. Blain. supervisor of steel
hip construction in the Northwest, and Cap
tain W. A. Magee. supervisor of wooden ship
construction in Washington, are in the city
to meet the Schwab party.
Percy Davis has succeeded C. T. Hoogiiklrk
aa master of the steamer Iralda. and L. H.
Hfll nan has succeeded Captain Davis on the
America.
It Is planned to start from "Wallace Slough
today nith the third cigar-shaped los ratt
the Benson Logging Company has completed
this year for San Iiego delivery.
Lonsehoremen are bercg given back pay
by stevedore firms, the government havi
arranged to pay the men between the time
they presented a demand lor higher wages.
April To. until the adjustment commission
established the new wages. May 3. It is
estimated that 3OO0 is being distributed, the
men receiving from 15 cents to $-6.90. i
cording to straight time and overtime they
worked during the Interval.
Inspection of the new steamer Western
spirit was completed yesterday and the In
apectlon of the Point Judith will be started
tomorrow.
It Is expected orders will be received any
tay to cease the camouflage painting of new
wooden steamers that are to be used on the
I'aciftc. The practice has been objected to,
though all going to the Atlantic will con
tinue to be disguised.
"olonel Phillip S. roane, of the medical
department ot the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion. has telegraphed the Oregon tate Board
of Health recommending the vaccination of
all shipyard workers against snnallpox. Few
i-ases have been reported In Oregon and the
step is precautionary because of the housing
conditions in some districts.
The new freighter IT. B. Lovejoy. built for
infiependent owners, la to be put in commis
sion early next week.
Motorist Hurt in Crash.
A. Betsch. of 1432 East Oak street.
Hired IS, sustained painful bruises and
severe lacerations of the face when a
motorcycle he was riding collided with
an automobile truck driven by John
Howard, for the Robert Frazier Wood
Company at Thirty-fifth and Division
streets last night. Betsch was riding
north on Thirty-fifth and Howard was
driving west on Division. The crash
occurred at the street intersection.
Betsch was taken to St. Vincent's Hos
pital for treatment.
Ada, Or., Miss to Wed.
TACOMA. Wash., July 12. (Special.)
Lee F. Smith, Camp Lewis, and Callie
May Swaffer, of Ada, Oregon, were
i granted a marriage license in Xacomi
' today.
investigation may be made through the
regular channels, and any guilty par
ties effectively dealth with; or. if this
can not be done, then I ask that you
Initiate proper proceedings yourself for
the punishment of the offending par
ties."
Captain Culiison recently relayed
from National headquarters to district
and local boards of the state a letter
calling attention to abuses charged to
attorneys and notaries. These consist
of collection of fees for administering
oaths to registrants and of pleading
the cause or making a "case" out of
any man's appeal for deferred classifi
cation. -
In commenting on the letter Captain
Culiison complimented Oregon attor
neys on their patriotism. He indicated.
however, that cases had come to his
attention where lawyers were repre
senting men seeking deferred classifi
cation, both locally and at Washington.
BAR TO UPHOLD HONOR
LAWYERS "VIOLATING DRAFT LAW'S
TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Captain CulHuoit Asked to Furnish
Kimei of Attorneys 3fent toned as
Possible Transgressors.
That any members of the Multno
mah Bar Association deserving: to be
disciplined because of unpatriotic or
unethical practices in connection with
the draft may get their deserts. Clar
ence 11. Gilbert, president, has asked
Captain J. K. Culiison, state draft
executive, for the names of any Port
land transgressors.
"I ask you, Mr. Gilbert has written
the Captain, "to give me the names of
the lawyers complained of so that an
BLUEBACKS ARE CAUGHT
Salmon Eggs From Alaska, Hatched
at Bonneville, Bring Returns.
Columbia River fishermen are enthu
siastic over the run of blueback salmon
obtained from eggs out of Yes Bay,
Alaska, hatched in the Bonneville
hatchery in 1916.
H. G. Smith, Astoria, representative
of the Warren Packing Company, says
that he believes the blueback salmon
experiment has proved that the Btate
can profitably continue bringing the
eggs from Alaska and hatching them In
the Bonneville hatchery.
"I am informed by the employes of
the Union Fishermen a Co-operative
Packing Company that they are re
ceiving a number of these fish which
you had marked in 1916," writes Mr.
Smith in a letter to R. E. Clanton,
master fishwarden. "No doubt consid
erable numbers of the marked blue-
backs have been caught, but fishermen
as a rule, are very careless in noticing
these things, and the Chinese crews in
the canneries don't care to watch for
the fish or report them when found."
STUDENTS GO TO PRESIDIO
Willamette University Sends Eleven
for Military Training.
SALEM, Or., July 12. (Special.)
Dean George H. Alden of Willamette
University, tonight announced the
names of 11 students and one mem
ber of the faculty who will leave soon
for the Presidio at San Francisco,
where they will take Intensive military
training for 60 days for the positions
of assistants to the military instructor
at illamette, should one be installed
there. All of the boys are to return
to the school here.
Those selected are: Harold Dimick,
Woodburn: r rancis Cramer, Astoria;
i Oscar Olson. Woodburn; Roswell Waltz,
aaiem; xvennetn t.esg, iaiem; jiiuara,
Dougston. Lebanon; Miles Bartholo
mew. Salem; Russell Rarey. Seattle;
Clarke Story, Wolf Creek; Paul Doney,
Salem; Earl Flegel, Portland, and Pro
feasor W. A. Darden, faculty member.
RIVER CHANNEL WIDER
SURVEY OF COLUMBIA DELIVERED
TO FEDERAL ENGINEER.
Results of Dredge Chlnoolc Show That
Entrance Hu Widened and Deep
eaed Materially Recently.
There Is 41 feet of water on the en
trance range at the mouth of the Colum
bia River and there is a depth of 40 feet
for a width of half a mile. That really
meets tne fu-ioot project, so the dredge
Chinook will be held there In the future
to maintain the depth and width. Be
tween the 36-foot contours there is a
distance of 6000 feet.
The June survey, delayed by reason
of Northwest weather prevalent along
the coast, was finished Thursday and
notes and the survey chart were de
livered yesterday to Colonel Zinn. Corps
of Engineers, U. S. A. In a few days
the soundings will be transferred to a
tracing so blue prints can be made.
The results show the entrance had
widened and deepened materially since
June, 1917, and even since the April
survey was made this year. The width
of best water then was confined to
about 1000 feet, a year ago the width
being 800 feet. The manner in which
the deep-water area is spreading is
meeting with all expectations of the
Government engineers and others who
have concerned themselves In the proj
ect and they fully look for a continu
ation of the same movement, eventually
a mucn wider channel -being possible.
Part of the improved width is cred
ited to this year's operations of the
Chinook, though she has really been
operating at the entrance only a portion
of a month.
STEAMER DORA IS RECALLED
Bulldog of Xorthern Fleets Taken
Off Alaska Peninsula Route.
SEATTLE. July 12. After 15 years of
service on the stormy Alaska Peninsu
lar route, west of Seward, the steamer
Dora, bulldog of the Northern fleets,
will be withdrawn by the Alaska
Steamship Company after her August
voyage to the mouth of the Xushagak
River, Bering Sea. The Dora will be
brought to Seattle and sold.
As a result of this move many Iso
lated settlements on the Alaskan Coast
west from Seward will be without
frieght, passenger and mail service the
year round unless the Government or
some private company opens a new
steamer service.
War-time conditions and heavy losses
in revenue caused the abandonment of
the Dora's route.
U. S. Naval Radio Reports.
All locations are at 8 P. M. yesterday u
let otherwise stated.
JOHANNA SMITH. San Francisco for
Coos Bay. lt0 miles north of San Francisco.
Colombia Klver Bar It port.
NORTH HEAD. July 12. Condition ' of
the bar at 5 P. M.. sea smooth, wind I. W
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DIVERS' EFFORTS IN VAIN
MOTORMAX MCRRAY'S BODT XOT
YET RECOVERED.
Eqnlpment Today Will Permit Men to
Go 85 Feet Below Surface to Find
Bridge Wreck: Victim.
After repeated attempts yesterday by
divers to recover the body of Motor-
man William Murray, who was killed
Thursday mornins when a freight train
crashed through the 2-0-foot span over
the Clackamas River at Rivermtll,
divers were unable to remove his body
from the engine which is Imbedded in
the bottom of the stream. The river
Is virtually a reservoir at that point
and its depth is estimated to be about
85 feet.
Efforts will be made to lift the heavy
engine out of the mud far enough so
that the divers can recover the body.
Fred Devine. of the Grant Smith-Porter
Company's shipyards, assisted by
Irvine Matton, started work yesterday
morninsr.
As soon an the body is recovered the
company will undertake to raise the
two engines and two box cars.
Conductor Arthur G. Kinder, who was
in charge of the ill-fated train, also
lost his life by being struck on his
bead by a piece of bridge timber. His
body was recovered eoon after the
crash and is now at the undertaking
parlors of J. P. Finley Sc. Son. Ar
rangements for the funeral have not
vet been completed.
Brakeman Thomas Kearney, who es
caped with, severe bruisea about bis
face and bodv, Is now at Good Sa
maritan Hospital.
The diver, brought here from Port
land, found that' the wreckage in which
Murray Is burled, lies at the bottom
of the reservoir, and the diver's equip
ment would allow work under the
water only a distance of B0 feet.
More complete equipment has been
ordered from Portland and it is ex
pected Murray's body will be found in
the wreckage tomorrow when the diver
will go down the full 85 feet.
Marriage Leads to Detection.
PASCO. Wash., July 12. F. M. Hines.
wanted .here for issuing no-fund
checks, has been brought back here for
examination. After issuing several
checks here on a Yakima bank Hinea -went
to Spokane, where he was mar
ried to Miss Clare Lee. He was lo ,
cated by means of the marriage licenso
record. Hines is also wanted in Walla.
Walla County, where it is alleged ho
passed some worthless checks. . .
Government to War on Diseases.
WASHINGTON. July 12. Senior Sur
geon C. C. Price, of the public health
service, has been appointed an assistant
surgeon-general in charge of a newly
created division to combat Insidioud .
diseases, particularly in the vicinity of
Army camp-.
Men's Felt Hats
In gray and brown
$5
Men's Caps
$1.50, $2, $2.50
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