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THE rORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FHIDAT, rEBRUAUT 14. 1910-
WESTERN COMET
WEATHERS
STORM
Northwest Steel Company's
Ship Makes Fast Time.
TURBINES ARE DAMAGED
French and British Shipowners In
spect A'ese! and Praise High
ly Jtss Construction.
Steaming from New York to Havre,
France, in 12 days, the Western Comet,
one of the SoOQ-tonners assembled by
the Northwest Steel company, was
credited with having- made the fastest
time over the same course of any vessel
. of her class. So writes Captain Walter
Tinn, from Hamilton, Bermuda, where
the ship was ordered held until a tu
could take her back to New York to
have repairs made to her turbine- Cap
tain Tinn has written to C. I. Kennedy,
8 gent for the division of operation.
"On arriving1 at Havre the command
ant of the naval base said it was the
cleanest ship and best cargo delivered
yet. not one sack of flour being dam
aped, which I think is a compliment to
Captafn Speier and James Crichton, of
your staff," writes Captain Tinn.' "We
were delayed there until January 1
because of a congestion, and then we
were assigned the gun crew of the
tiobral to bring home.
War 1 arvel Lost in Cfale.
"Leaving Havre we ran into hea vy
weather, which did considerable damage
to shipping and, among vessels lost,
was the War Marvel, one of the west
ern ships. The third da 3- of the gale
the glass showed 28.7 and it had been
practically that way for 24 hours, with
an ugly sea running. The piston head
of the steering gear blew out and we
had to handle the ship by hand gear,
with which we made an unsatisfactory
job of, it in a seaway and we missed
striking a floating mine by only a few
feet.
"The ship's bow was out of water
and she would not lay to the sea, so I
had to put up before It and we ran
that way nine hours. We received an
awful racking, breaking the small pins
connected with the turbine and I think
it was at that time the main engine
was damaged. About 400 miles from
Bermuda the starboard boiler gave out
during a gale and the same day the
main engine commenced to rock badly.
I decided to stand in for Bermuda and
when we picked up the pilot we were
making only 30 revolutions;
Builders' "Work Praised.
"It was found the first and second
stages of the go-ahead turbine were en
tirely stripped of buckets and the stat
ors badly damaged. Also, in the mid
dle of the worst gales coming across
we discovered that No. 1 forward
'tweendeck was slightly buckled, which
in my estimation, considering the
pounding the vessel received, speaks
very highly for her construction. When
at Havre the ship was Inspected by a
delegation of French and British ship
owners and they expressed salisfac
tion with the construction and general
details of the ship, asking me many
questions relative to the builders."
Captain TinrVs first trip from Port
land was made as chief officer of the
Meamer Westland and then he was
signed as master of the Point Loma,
a f terward receiving, a commission in
the navy- and was assigned to the
Western Comet. The latter was
launched July 23, 1918, and was for
mally delivered to the navy Septem
ber 21.
Facific Coast Shipping Xotcs.
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.)
The steamship Queen of the Pacific Steam
ship Company, which w as diverted from
Seattle to Portland'on account of the longr
iihfircm',n'H t.trtke and mailed from that port
February 11 for Pan Franrteo, Wilmington
and San LMego, will resume her regular
schedule. Failing northbound from San Diego
Sunday. The vea.se! will call in Snn Fran
cisco and Wilmington on her way to Seattle
nnd will continue on this route as a freight
and passenger carrier.
Officers of the Seattle local of the Inter
national Longshoremen's association denied
today that they had accepted the open
shop and declared that they would - soon
settle internal differences and organize
Cronger than ever on a closed -shop bawls.
Decrease In tonnage for copper is reported
In Seattle as a result of the slackening of
work on the Kennicott properties in Alaska.
It Is reported that 200 men .have been laid
off in the copper mines. -
The French schooner Soissons sailed to
iuy for France via Ju!f ports with spelter
and lumber. The Soissons carried three
Americans in her crew as a result of a
mutiny several "days ago, when 14 of the
crew refused to go out on account of alleged
light food supply aboard.
Pierre D. Humilly, French consul, was
called in and a survey made. Supplies were
found ample.
ASTORIA. Or., Feb. .13. (Special.) The
meamer Halco will finish loading lumber at
t he Hammond mill and sail for San Pedro
tomorrow morning.
The steam schooner Trinidad, that was
to have shifted to Portland tonight to take
m several boilers, has received orders to
take a full cargo of lumber from the Ham
mond mill, and expects to sail for San
I'edro on Saturday. .
The emergency fleet steamer Cotteral,
built at the McEachcrn yards, left at noon
today for Portland Co go on a drydock.
Bringing a cargo of fuel oil for Astoria
mid Portland, the tank steamer Washtenaw
arrived at midnight from California.
The tank steamer W. S. Porter arrived at
7 o'clock last evening from California with
a cargo of fuel oil for Portland. ,
The steamer schooner Santa Barbara ar
rived at !i:15 today from San Francisco, en
route to. Portland.
The work of discharging the deckload of
lumber from the crippled barge Baroda was
completed - this morning. A survey of the
vessel showed that four of the bulwark
stanchions had been loosened when the deck
3oad shifted during the gale, and the break
ing of the rivets permitted the water to
pour into the ho.ld. Repairs will be com
pleted tomorrow and the deckload will then
be reloaded.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 13. There Is a
beMef among local wheat exporter that the
grain movement from Tacoma will start
within a nhort time, though nothing has
"been reported here regarding tonnage. Some
grain may be taken on the Harrison line
vessel, and potiibly . the Blue Funnel line
may take a large part of their freight In
wheat. An estimate places 00. 000 tons of
criiin in the warehouses here.
Icc-Prcsinji
dock and Construction corporation is report
id to be gradually improving- He has been
ill of pneumonia for two weeks.
The Admiral Farragut arrived hnre to
nisrht with a cargo of paper from Ocean
FaU. B. C, and the Alameda finished dis
charging at the smelter and left, for Alaska
yn down sound" ports.
Not a sign of liquor was found on the
:riand line steamer javary w hen she ar
rived here yesterday from Shanghai. On
i previous voyage to thin port, customs of-
ANNOUNCEMENT
Wo are pleased to announce that
we have purchased the entire stock
and structural business of the North
west Steel Company and are pre
pared to furnish all classes of fabri
cated and structural material, bolts
and rivets. We" hope to give all or
ders, both large and small, the same
careful attention and excellent serv
ice of which our predecessors have
hncXi so justly proud.
NORTHWEST BRIDGE & IRON
COMPANY
f. Ilox P.MS, Portland, Or.
flcer found liquor secreted by the Chinese
crew. When Captain Poindexter was leav
ing Shanghai on this trip he made a. search
or the ship and found lu cases of Old Black
Horse whisky on board, lie diMcharged the
entire crew, and he and his officers bad to
Set tht-lr own breakfast. Old Black Hot-tie
contains alcohol, water and burnt suftar.
It retails at 7 a quart In Shanghai and is
w-orth three times that here.
GRAYS HARBOR. Wash., Feb. 13. (Spe
cial. The schooner Defiance, bound from
CJraVI HarSnr In AHnl:iM. td.lr.Kn urlth
I a cargo of lumber, ran into fan Francisco
jesterday to receive repairs, according to
advices received here. -The Defiance also
will receive new lifeboats at San Francisco.
She is believed to have suffered slight dam
age In the recent storm.
The steamer Daisy Gadsby arrived at
noon from San Francisco and will load at
the Grays Harbor Lumber company's mill
In Hoquiam. '
"COOS FA T. Or.. Feb. 13 (Special.)
Stormy weather toughened the bar today and
none of the vessels inside could sail. These
Include the City of Topeka. bound frr Port
land; the C. A. Smith and Martha Buehner.
w-ith lumber cargoesfor San Francisco..
I'OIB TANKERS MAKE PORT
Tliree or Fleet Have I-'uel for Stand
ard Station.
Yesterday was tanker day In the
harbor, four of the oil fleet bring here
with cargoes from California. The
Standard Oil Company had the largest
COMMISSIONS PLAN
JOINT CONFERENCES
Sixth Pontoon for St. Johns
Drydock Before Port.
MIGHT DOCKING IS BANNED
Robert Strong, Granted Leave of Ab
bence, Leaves for Ea-t for Visit
of Several Weeks.
Acquiescence to a suggestion from
the commission of public docks, that
the Port of Portland commission join
in conference on harbor matters, the
members to meet at least once a
tween two scows. They grounded at
the mouth of the river on a bar and
were unable to set out Into the Colum
bia. It Is hoped that the vefsel can get
out this afternoon and be taken to the
drydock In Portland for repairs. A. K.
Hayes has had charge of the salvaging
operations.
PORTLAND STEEL SHIPS GOOD
Captain Preston Satisfied With West
Modus, Which He Commands.
"In spite of standardization in steel
ship construction, the vessels turned
out at Portland are particularly wellJ
built, and I am pleased with the ship
that is 'to be my home for a time." re
marked Kdward J. Preston, lieutenant
commander, U. S. N. R. F.. yesterday.
In discussing: the 8800-tonncr West
Modus, which he is to command. She
was constructed by the Northwest Steel
Company.
Captain Preston recent? terminated
his responsibilities as executive officer
of the steamer Alloway, built, by. the
Union Iron works at San Francisco,
and which was taken to the east coast.
During the days the steamer Costa
Rica ran here for the San Francisco &
Portland Steamship company, he was
chief officer under Captain E. W.
Mason, and was later with the Oceanic
Steamship company, his last service
under that flag being as executive of-
SECOND VESSEL IN PORTLAND-SAN FRANCISCO-LOS ANGELES-SAN DIEGO SERVICE OT ADMIRAL!
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STEAMER ADIMIRAL. SCHLEY.
Tn command of Captain Thomas Smith, who Is among Vie -best known of skippers in the coast fleet, especially
among those who have traversed Alaskan waters, the steamer Admiral Schley is to reach here tonieht from the
m ,'ni-, te. " her f.'rst v"oy"5e for the Pacific Steamship company in the new schedule that connects Portland with
a.11 California s principal harbors as far as San !iego. The Admiral Schley berths at the East Washington municipal
terminal and is to sail a 9 o'clock Monday night. Sam Parris, purser, has been in the fleet for a lengthy period and
other officers of the ship are old employes. ,
representation with three chips, the
Asuncion, which brought 31,000 barrels
of fuel oil; the El Segundo with 1,140,-
000 gallons of gasoline and 220,000 gal
lons of pearl oil. and barge No. 93, with
25,000 barrels of fuel oil. The steamer
YV. S. Porter, of the Associated Oil
company's flag, was here on her sec
ond voyage in a number of months and
brought 47,486 barrels of fuel oil.
Barge No. 93 left down In tow last
night, the Asuncion and El Segundo
will get away this morning and the
Porter later in the day. The Seattle
strike cut down the amount of fuel
oil consumed, so the Porter was di
verted here for two or three trips, but
probably will return to the northern
run shortly.
.Marine Notes. - ,
lurrying a full passenger WeX and capac
ity targn, the McCormi'.k swamfr Willa
mette Kailofi last night for California ports
as far as San Liego.
Ij?cbarsinff the last of lier inward carjyo.
the steamer Daisy Mathews cot away lant
night for St.- Helens to work the first of
her lumber cargo, which she will finish at
Ralninr.
The- new stoel ft.amer West Campo, built
by the Northwest Steel company, put lnt
San Franelsco yesterday to land i-nick sail
or, according to a report made to the Mer
chants' Exchange. The vessel is'bound for
the east coast with a flour cargo. 1
Miss Helen Phillips was sponsor for the
hull of the Ferris steamer Kort Sheridan,
which the St. Helens Shipbuilding company
floated Wednesday afternoon.
There Is to be a meeting of the commis
sion of public docks today, and the Indica
tions are only routine business will bo-transacted.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND,. Feb. 13. Arrived at 4 A.
M. Steamer Asuncion, from San Francisco;
at 5:30 A. . M. - Steamer W. S. Porter. Xrom
Monterey; at It P. M. Steamer Washtenaw,
from Port San L,uis. Sailed at 5 P. M.
Barge No. 03, for San Francisco. Sailed at
5 P. M. Steamer Willamette. from St.,
Helens for San B'rancisco and San Pedro.
Sailed during the niirht Steamer Daisy
Mathews, for San Pedro via St. Helens.
Arrived at 10 P. M. Steamer (new) Cot
teral. from Astoria. Arrived at 2:15 P. M.
Steamer Santa Barbara, from Saa Fran
cisco.v ASTORIA. Feb. 13. Arrived at 6 and left
up at 7:30 last night Steamer W. S. Porter,
from Monterey. Arrived at midnight and
left up at 1 A. M. Steamer Washtenaw,
from Port 'San Luis. Left up at noon
Steamer Cotteral.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. Sailed at mid
night Steamer West Compo, from Portland,
for Balboa, put in hera to land sick man.
ETTREKA. Feb. 12. Arrived Steamer
Aurelia, from Portland via Coos Bay, for
San Francisco. Sailed Barge Chas. B.
Kenney, for Columbia river, in tow of tug
Uellef. .
ABERDEEN, Feb. 12. Arrived Steamer
Daisy Freeman, from Astoria and San Fran
cisco. BALBOA. Feb. 12. Arrived Steafner r-l.
labasas, from Portland via San Pedro, for
flew iorK.
SAN FRANCISCO, FeD. 13. Arrived:
Steamers Santa Rita, from Bellingham: W.
S. Rheem, from Honolulu. Saijcd: steamers
Kamesit, for New York; Argyll, for Seattle.
TACOMA. .Wash., Feb. 13. Arrived
Steamer Admiral Farragut. from Ocean
Falls. B. C. Departed Steamer Alameda,
for Alaska.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 13. Sailed:
Steamer Taiyu Maru. for Hongkong; S. S. S.
Iris, for San Francisco.
U. S. Xaval Radio Reports.
All positions reported at 8 P. M. yesterday
unless otherwise indicated.
RAINIER, San Francisco for Seattle, 323
miles from San Francisco.
J. A. MOFFETT. Seattle for San Francisco.
3S5 miles from San Francisco
ADMIRAL SCHLEY. San Francisco for
Portland. 152 miles south of Columbia river
STEAMER RICHMOND, towing barge !15.
Richmond for Seattle. S miles from Seattle.
STEAMER ATLAS. Seattle for Aberdeen.
03 miles north of. Aberdeen.
STEAMER ATLAS, from Seattle for Aber
deen. !0 miles north of Aberdeen.
WAPAMA. from San Pedro for San Fran
cisco. S miles south of San Francieco.
SALMON, from Honolulu for San Fran
cisco, 890 miles from San Francisco.
NORRIGAN III, from San Francisco for
Tacoma, 310 miles north of San Francisco,
Tides at Astoria Friday.
High. Low.
0:43 A. M. 7.5 fectj6:.-3 A. M....SO feet
li:--'ti P. M S.S feet 7:1.'! P. M 0.4 foot
Klver Forecast.
The Willamette River at Portland will fall
during the next two or three days. The
stage at. 8 A. M. esterday was 0.8 feet, a
Urop of 0.7 foot in 24 hours.
Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Feb. 13. Condition at 5
P. M. tea, roush ; wind, east, 12 mlc.
month, was recorded at yesterday's ses
sion of the Port of Tortland. The first
subject slated for dual consideration
is that of constructing a sixth pontoon
for the St. Johns drydock.
Plans for the pontoon, to be fcuilt of
wood, are ready and specifications are
being compiled. There is a desire on
the part of some of the commissioners
to hurry the work. Captain Spencer
suggesting that it be carried along so
the pontoon could be floated during the
June high water. At the same time it
was deemed best to discuss the advis
ability with the " dck commission,
since the latter has plans for a 12,000
ton drydock.
Robert Strong Ooes East.
A decision was reached yesterday
whereby all docking of vessels at the
St. Johns plant will be attended to dur
ing regular hours, none being lifted or
floated during the night, except in
emergencies.
Robert Strong, of the commission,
who is to be succeeded by Lieutenant
Colonel George Kelly, recently re
turned from France, leaves today for
the east on a trip of several weeks.
In keeping with the rules of the com
mission he was granted leave of ab
sence, though he teniarked that ho was
aware it was his last meeting with his
colleagues,' as Colonel Kelly is to re
sume his place on the commission.
In connection with- a report on prog
ress of work at the St. Johns coal dock
it was made known that a locomotive
crane purchased for use in connection
with the dock had been leased tem
porarily to the G. M. Standifer Con
struction corporation at $25 a day.
City Seeks New Lease.
H. E. Fennel, managing owner of
the schooner W. H. Marston, which is
about to be transferred to the J. M.
Scott Shipping Agency, of New York,
appeared before the commission, ac
companied by Captain Svendson, of the
ship, regarding the stranding of the
vessel on Taylor sands, opposite As
toria, on her arrival last month. " The
commission took the position that it
was not responsible for the accident,
since the Marston had slipped both
heavy anchors at sea after having a
close shave from going on Peacock
Spit and that when a stream anchor
was gotten in the harbor it was as
sumed her master intended to anchor.
It was admitted that had not a storm
come up'suddenly during the night the
ship would have held her position: The
commission agreed to reduce a portion
of the towboat charge because of the
circumstances.
Oil Company Asks Fill.
City Commissioner Biglow appeared
before the Port board in connection
with the pilot schooner Joseph Pulit
zer, requesting that the city be given
another !case. The Port commission
did not take action, it being deemed
best to wait to ascertain if the legis
lature would make provision for a
state pilotboat.
Application was made by the Asso
ciated Oil company for a small fill on
its property at Linnton, where addi
tional storage tanks are to be erecfed.
and by the Standard Oil company for
dredging in front of its dock at Will
bridge. To the committee on dredges was
referred the matter of - investigating
and recommending on a new huil for
the dredge Columbia, whether it shall
be of steel or concrete. It- was de
cided to haul the dredge Tualatin out
for an overhauling and to shift the
Willamette to her place at St. Johns.
WARREXTOX SKXDS FOR BILL
Positive Recognition of Astoria as
Ocean "Terminal Wanted.
WARRENTON. - Or., Feb. 13. (Spe
cial.) The directors of the Warrenton
Commercial club at a meeting today
sent a telegraphic request to the Clat
sop county delegation at Salem for a
copy of Representative Lofgren's pro
posed Port of Columbia bill and a meet
ing will be held immediately on re
ceipt of the bill to determine the War
renton attitude.
Present indications are that the bill
will be strenuously opposed unless pos
itive recognition of the Port -of As
toria as the ocean terminal is incorpor
ated and that definite development for
this district is absolutely assured in
clear language in the bill. .
Sunken Steamer Floated.
KELSO, Wash.. Feb. 13. (Special.)
The sunken steamer Inland Empire was
successfully floated yesterday afternoon
nd taken down the Cowliti river be-
ficer.of the Sierra when she went to
the Atlantic for transport duty.
BARATIKR'S AXCHOB IS FOOD
Gear Ist In Fog Salvaged After
Quest of Five Days.
Searching stubbornly for five days
to locate a three-ton anchor and 15
fathoms of chain lost from the French
auxiliary schooner General Baratier
two months ago. brought reward to
Hacket brothers and their crew yester
day, when th missing "mud hook" was
found with a grappling . gear and
brought to the surface with the aid
of a derrick.
The General Baratier was en route
down stream and when near Reeder's
thick fog set in and the ship was
anchored. In getting under way' again
the chain parted -at the 15-fthom
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shackle. The exact position could not
be given to the searchers owing to the
fog, so the search was carried on over
a wigo range. Captain E. A. Hacket
said yesterday that while it was a tire
some task for the crew, it-was satisfy
ing to know the anchor had been re
covered. Its value is estimated at
;ooo.
PORT COMMISSIONER NAMED
Legislature Elects Lieutenant-Colonel
Kelley Vnaniniously.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 13.
(.Special.) Lieutenant-Colonel George
H. Kelley was unanimously elected
commissioner for the Port of Portland
at a joint session of the two houses of
the legislature today. He was nominat
ed by Senator Ortnn, with secondary
speeches by Representatives Bean,
Lewis and E. E. Smith.
Representative Bean, in seconding the
nomination, also sprung a little booin
let for Colonel Kelley as republican
candidate for United States senator two
years from now. Colonel Kelley was
elected port commissioner two years
ago, but since that time left those du
ties for military service in France.
CLATSOP FIGHTS PORT BILL
Opposition E.xpref-sed to Creation of
Port of Columbia.
ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.)
Astoria and Clatsop county are lining
up solidly against (Tie proposed crea
tion of the Port of Columbia and many
protests were telegraphed to the Clat
sop county delegation today. The tenor
of their protests is illustrated by the
one sent by Tort fjommissioner Patten
as follows:
"Why should practically the whole
state be taxed to build up the city of
Portland, an inland town, to make it
an artificial port? This is the meaning
of the formation of the Port of Co
lumbia. The Port of Astoria asks no
help or assistance from outside coun
ties. We have under way projects that
will make this one of the leading frefh
water harbors of the Pacific, unless
handicapped by Portland interests. See
that the farmers are not taxed to build
a port at any point. Clatsop county
asks to be exempt from resolution. It
is none of our business if other coun
ties in the state wish to go together
and be taxed, but leave Clatsop county
and the Port of Astoria out of the
resolution. This resolution is only an
indirect way of certain Portland inter
ests to put this port out of business."
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some Northern travelers of the many times he'd eaten her
delicious pancakes. '
The boat stops here, let's get off and have some now,"
they all urged. And so they did. And thus the, fame of Aunt
Jemima's Pancakes reached the North. 1
. With Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour, made from Aunt Jemi
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today pancakes just as golden-brown, fragrant and tender.
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