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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, . DECEMBER 10, 1919.
'SNOW STORM HALTS
IT
Longshoremen Gradually Are
Driven to Shelter.
MILLS ALSO SHUT DOWN
f?ropcuts Today Are That Opera
tions 'Will Consist Mainly or
Moving Up All Dales.
A shiverinjr waterfront struggled
vainly yeKterday against drifting
snow and encrusting ice to maintain
business as usual and j?et the ships
out on schedule. As the wind grew
keener and the snow piled higher, one
after another of the crews working
the vesselK ceased work, lumber mills
closed down and dredges ceased oper
ation until at the fall of dn.sk the
waterfront had succumbed to the un
accustomed weather and operations
were practically at a standstill.
Vessels lying down the river were
the first to give way. A veritable
blizzard sweeping down the Columbia
made the position of the steamer
Mendora at St. Helens untenable to
longshoremen. Tics from the boom in
the river became coaled with ice and
slipped from the slings before they
could be deposited in the vessel's hold.
The steam schooner Celilo of the Mc
cormick fleet, also loading at St.
Melens, was obliged to stop work, as
wll as the Nelson steamer Mayfaif
at Wauna.
The .sailing schooner Tnca, loading
At the Kastern &. Western Lumber
company's mill in the lower harbor,
was obliged to call a halt early in the
day. Longshoremen loading the
schooner KIse at the Jnman-l'oulsen
mill, stayed with the job until late
afternoon, and then were driven to
cover.
Kerry slips by early afternoon had
become so coated with hard-packed
fiiiow and ice as to menace the lffe
of every driver attempting to use
them. Iliver steamers, with the ex
ception of the J. N. Teal, which is ice
locked at The Dalles, ran as usual,
though their decks and superstruc
tures were piled high with snow and
the paddle wheels were encased in
ice.
indications last night, with the
thermometer at 16 degrees above zero
and the snow still falling, were that
maritime operations today would con
sist principally of moving up the dates
on the port calendar.
GALVESTOX DRYDOfK T.OM-:
A'luiiuiiff irunurc win liin
10,00 0-Ton Vessel.
OATVKSTON. Tex., Dec. 9. The
new 10,000-ton floating drydock here,
' const ruct ion or which recently was
conmleteri- hn.q hppn mi-rAaufiillv -.-
; inio operation.
The drydock is constructed in two
' sections. The first has a lifting ca
; parity of 6400 tons and the second
600 tons. The structure and opera-
Lion is simple. The bottom of the
structure is a row of pontoons, sim
ilar iiv appearance to ordinary pon
toons But closed at the top and divid
ed into two compartments. Steel
; wings go upward from both ends of
; the pontoons, giving a cross section
of the dock the appearance of the
letter U". To lower the dock the
; valves are opened and the water
"-'" it tv i iic pumuons, to raise it
I the water is pumped out.
The two sections of the dock may
be worked separately or together.
; "When joined together the drydock is
caiable of raising any steamship en-
tering this port.
Lumber Order Canceled.
Tho steamer Ontaurus of the
Green Star lino started loading Mon
day at the Inman-l'oulsen mill.
She is to take a general cargo to the
west coast of South America. He
cause local mills could not turn out
lumber fast .enough to avoid delaviiia
tne vessel, orders for 1.500.000 feet of
.uiiiut-i- ior me Lvntaurus
had to be
-...-r.vu. 11 was said Monday by
. ariwriKIU, assistant ftencra
manager of the Columbia-Pacific
Shipping company, local representa
tives of the (Jreen Star line. The
Centaurus will complete her general
cargo at San Francisco.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Pec. 0 (Special 1
the Meaiiu.il p Turydamas. of the Hlu
tunnel hue, i expected in Seattle Decem
ber '0. and will berth at pier 14 The ves
sel Is bringing shipments ot ceneral care.,
and will mad In Seattle. Vancouver and
l ranclsco for the I'nlte.l KinRdom
The steamship I'rotesilaus. of the Blue
Funnel line, now In Vancouver, B c will
return to Seattle December 17 to complete
her cargo, and will sail from this port tor
. "China. Japan and the Philippines Decem
ber l:i.
With Mrs. Stertman. wife of Attorney L.
.... oieuiiiun, as sponsor, the Skinner &
Kddy corporation will launch iiuihli..
steamship Kobin Adair next Thursday
mornlnK at S:30 o'clock, the vessel being
the second of four which the corporation
la building to its own account. Arrange
ments for the launching ceremony are
Virtually completed.
The lO.Otitl-ton steamship Nile, one o
the vessels built by the plant for the ship
ping board, went out on her six-hcur trial
trip and endurance test at o'clock this
morning, commanded by Captain "Buck"
Baih-y. In her speed runs on the gov
ernment course she averaged 12. N knots.
Aboard were F're.ident 1. E. Skinner
Vice-President and Ueneral .Manager Henry
G. Seaborn. Naval Architect .lames Bar
clay and Chief Engineer c. N. -McCallum
tf the shipbuilding company; A. T. B.
t-.hl.-la of Hie American bureau of ship
ping, and the shipping board's staff of
, experts.
The steamship Norwood of the Pacific
American Fisheries, which recently com
pleted a voyage to Akutan island for the
-Alaska Sulphur company, yesterday was
chartered by V. R. llrnce & Co. to load at
the mills of the tlanify Lumber company
and the Willapa Lumber company, on WU
lapa harbor, for ports on the west coast
of South America. The Norwood arrived
lu Bellingham a few days ago. after de
livering a cargo of machinery and sup
plies in the north.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 9. l Special.)
American sailors who man Uncle Sam's
ships are responsible for the expenditure
ot large sums that will be allotted for
changes In the construction of all ships
ouiu tor tne cnitea states shipping board
l:i Japanese shipbuilding plants. Ameri
cans retuse to sign for a vessel eauinued
with five-foot bunks and wooden bathing
uevices. x nis was discovered today when
local snipDutlciers. announced they were
preparing to submit bids for repairs on th
shipping board steamer Eastern Breeze.
And now it has been learned that L nele
am will have to pay about $00,000 to
''make the necessary changes on each of
the ships built in Japan.- There are
numerous frowns in the vicinity of the
emergency fleet headquarters, but along
the waterfront there is heard only sub
,dued laughter.
Although the Japanese freighter Noma
Maru arrived here from Yokohama yes
terday, the yellow flag was still flying
aloft this morning and did not come down
until late in the day. This was caused
by the action of local federal doctors
who refused to give the vessel clearance
to proceed until it was certain that ail of
the rats had succumbed to the fumes of
cyanide.
An official Investigation into the mys
terious reasons for the unusually long
passage of the army tuff Slocum will be
"v conducted here immediately, according to
, ativiffim received today from "Washington.
The STocum sailed from Balboa for this i
port on October tiS, and" the tugr and two J
chasers had been .riven dd for lost when
word was received that they had arrived j
at Salina Cruz, Mexico. The Slocum was
out of coal. As all of the vessels were ;
equipped with wireless the local ship- j
pins men cannot understand why the radio i
was not used to flash word to this or ;
some other port. j
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec 9. I
(Special.) Under charter to W. R. Grace
& Co., the steamer Norwood, owned by
the Pacific American Fisheries, will load
lumber for the west coast. The Norwood
just returned from Alaska, where she car
ried supplies and machinery for the AJaska
Sulphur company, on Akun island.
The Admiral line steamer Admiral !
Goodrich, arriving: In Pueet sound y ester- j
day from Callao, via San Francisco, will j
be docked tomorrow Tor a number of alter- j
ations preparatory to entering service be
tween Puget sound. Portland, Coos Bay, i
Eureka and San Francisco. The altera- !
tions will be made at Todd's drydock on ;
Harbor island. t
When the United States shipping; board ,
steamer Nile, which underwent her trial
tesL today, enters commission she will :
have an expensive phonograph in her mes !
room. The phonograph will be placed on I
the steamer by the members of Nile Tem
ple, Auchunt Arabia, order of Nobles of ,
the Mystic tihrine. in honor of which or- !
Kanization the craft was named. The
Nile Is scheduled to load for the orient ,
under the management of Frank Water-
house t Co.
In the service of the Rolph Mail Steam
ship company, the steamer Joan of Arc
ivill operate between Puget sound and west
coast ports. She is now loading 1000 tons
of freight at Seattle and will complete
her cargo at San Francisco. Returning
fi-om the west coast the Joan of Arc will
bring sugar for the refinery at Vancouver.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 9. ( Special.)
The steam schooner Johan Poulsen ar
rived at 10 o'clock this morning from
San Franciaco en route to Portand with
freight.
Bringing a cargo of fuel oil the tank
steamer Captain A. F. Lucas arrived at
1:30 today from California and proceeded
to Portland.
The steamer City of Topeka arrived at
12:30 today from San Francisco, via ports,
with freight and passengers for Astoria
and Portland.
The steam schooner Trinidad finished
nadjng a cargo of umber at the Ham
mond mill ttils afternoon and sailed at
3:110 o'clock for San Pedro.
COOS BAY, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) Tte
steamer G. C. Lindauer arrived this morti
lng early from the south, making her first
appearance here in more than a month.
She is loading lumber at the Bay Park
mill. North Bend.
The steamship City of Topeka sailed
north for Portland last night, about 10
o'clock.
The southwest storm prevailing here put
the telephone lines to the coaat out of
commission and no communication is avail
able at present with that neighborhood.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.)
Local tugboat men are holding by today,
awaiting an expected storm, due to strike
here during the night. Taioosh island re
ports at the entrance of the straits of Juan
de Fuca gave a wind velocity of 54 miles
an hour from the northwest. All small
craft found shelter during the day on the
upper end of the sound.
With tMOO tons of flour from Tacoma for
the east coaat, the Englantine is due to
wail at 4 P. M. tomorrow. The Gaffney
is due here to load tomorrow a full cargo
of flour.
In a postcard received from Captain W.
F. .Eckert, of the Klkridge, he states that i
he is in Genoa. The Klkridge loaded a j
part cargo of flour here. She is return- j
ing to the United States in ballast. '
Tomorrow morning the first of the
working force at the Todd yards will start '
back. Since Saturday a crew have been
getting the plant ready for operation. Jt
is expected that about 400 men will be
put on in the morning, which will give the
yard about 700 men. Additional men will
be hired each morning until the full crew
is on.
Sixty-five standard water tube ship boil
ers which are a part of the large amount
of machinery he'd in the concentration
yards of the emergency fleet corporation in
Tacoma have bein sold to the National
Trading company, according to an an
nouncement just made. These boilers
were to be used in the hulls of the Ferris
type of ship, but when the government de
cided a year ago to stop construction of
this type of vessel, the boilers were left
on the hands of the shipping board.
The Ketchikan, with -00u tons of ore
from Alaska, arrived at the smelter today
and began to discharge.
The steamer Governor, of the Pacific
Steamship company, will not call here this
trip. The Governor was due here Thurs
day, but instead of calling at this port will
undergo her annual government inspection.
The motorshlp Cethana, one of the ves
sels recently purchased by the Chilberg in
terests, of Seattle, from the Australian
commonwealth, it due here to begin load
ing lumber for Kngland. The vessel wilt
go into the Norther n Pacific dock first
and then shift to the Danahcr mill. From
Tacoma the Cethana will go to Everett to
complete her cargo.
Marine Xotes.
The OoOO-ton steel steamer Montague
was checked in yesterday by the Pacific
Steamship company. She has been as
signed to the oriental service of the com
pany and will start loading a general car
go as soon as weather conditions permit.
The steamer Manham, which was sched
uled to leave Seattlo Monday night to load
flour at Portland, will not start from the
sound until tonight, according to tele-
f phonic information received from Seattle
yesterday by the Columbia river pilots.
The steam schooner Johan Poulsen ar
rived from San Francisco last night with
freight for the Parr-McCormick company
and aocked at Couch street.
The steamer Brookwood. which came to
Portland from Grays Harbor to coal, will
shift to "Westport today, where she will
take on 120,000 feet of ties for the At
lantic. The steam schooner Mayfair, loading
at Kalania, is expected to leave down to
day for San Francisco.
The steamer Nishmaha will shift today
to the O.-W. R. Jk N. dock to have access
to the large crane there, which is the
most powerful on the river.
December "S has been set by the G. M.
Stnndifer Construction corporation as the
date of the delivery of the steamer Abercos
to the emergency fleet corporation.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Dec. 9. Sailed at noon,
steamer Rose Cit3s for San Francisco. Ar
rived at y P. M.. steamer Jonan poulsen,
from San Francisco. Arrived at 9 P. M.,
steamer Citv of Topeka, from San Fran
cisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. Arrived
at 11 P. M.. steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas,
from San Francisco.
ASTORIA. Dec. 9. Arrived at 12:30
P. M.. steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas, and left
up at 2 P. M., from San Francisco. Ar
rived at 10 and left up at 11 A. M-. steamer
Johan Poulsen, from San Francisco. Ar
rived at 12:35 and left up at 2:30 P. M..
steamer City of Topeka, from San Fran
cisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed at
3:20 P. M.. steamer Trinidad, for San
Pedro.
GAVIOTA, Dec. 9. Sailed yesterday.
Steamer W. F. Herrin, for Portland.
SEATTLE". Wash.. Dee. 9. Arrived
Steamers Rush, from Vancouver island
ports. Departed Steamers Fulton, for
British Columbia ports; Admiral Schley,
lor San Diego via San Francisco; army
transport Dix, for Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 9. Arrived.
Phoenix, from Albion: Johanna Smith,
from Coos Bay: Avalon. from Willapa:
MarcfV from Balboa; Katherine, from
Ventura: Argyll, from Tacoma: W. S.
Porter, from Everett: Asuncion, from San
Pedro. Sailed Avalon. for San Pedro; J.
.A Moffett. for Seattle; Effna, for New
York; Katherine, for Eureka. .
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec 9. Arrived
Steamer Ketchikan, from Alaska.
V. S. Naval Radio Reports.
(All positions reported at 8 P. M. yester
day unleHA otherwise indicated.)'
ADMIRAL SCHLEYf Seattle for San
Francisco, 12 miles from Seattle.
WEST IVIS. Seattle for Yokohama, 422
miles west of Flattery.
ADMIRAL DEWEY, Seattle for San
Francisco. 210 miles from San Francisco.
WASHTENAW. San Pedro for Portland,
275 miles from Portland.
F. H. BUCK. San Francisco for Everett,
334 miles north of San Francisco.
EL SEGUNDA, Point Wells for Rich
mond, 750 miles from Richmond.
Salem Girl Accuses .Chinese.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.)
Salem officers are searching for Sing
Lai. Chinese, who is wanted here on
a charge preferred against him by
Ella Wolfe. 14-year-old girL Lai for
merly was employed in a local restau
rant and an alleged assault is said to
have taken place in that establishment.
40-FOOT CHANNEL
TO ASTORIA URGED
Recommendations Made
Naval Base Report.
in
EARLY WORK IS ADVISED
Waterway, Safe and Commodious
for 1000-Foot Ships With Draft
of 40 Feet, Is Advocated.
"WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 9. The
recommendations of the naval board
affecting harbor entrances and chan
nels leading to the naval bases makes
mention of Astoria. Of the Oregon
port the report says:
"The board recommends that a
safe and commodious channel for
ships of 1000 feet in length and 40
feet in draft from the breakwater at
the mouth of J.he Columbia river to
the port of Astoria be provided at
the earliest practicable date for the
use of commerce and the navy, and
that a sufficient anciiorage therein,
off the piers of the city of Astoria,
be provided to permit of the anchor
age of a minimum of eight battle
ships of the size given above.
Regarding development of naval es.
tablishments on the -coast of Oregon
and "Washington the report says:
"The board is in full agreement
with the report of the Helm commis
sion as to the necessity for the loca
tion of a submarine destroyer and
aviation base between Puget sound
and San Francisco and is in further
agreement with the commission in
its selection of the Tongue point
site at Astoria, Or., as the best site
both strategically and tactically. The
board recommends the site in the
locality chosen, but that a larger
area, including all the shore front be
tween the railroad and the pier head
line extending from the western point
where Tongue point peninsula Joins
the mainland around and including
Tongue point ( and along the shore
line to the mouth of John Day river,
is essential.
Three-Year Project Planned.
"The board recommends that this
area be secured at the earliest date
practicable, either by gift or pur
chase; that its development to a
capacity for the successful mainte
nance and operation of 12 submarines,
six destroyers and the necessary air
craft for the patrol of the waters in
the vicinity of the mouth of tho Co
lumbia river be proceeded with at
once; that the project be planned to
be completed within three years; and
that the plans be so made as to per
mit of the operation of double the
force recommended above in time of
emergency.
"It is further recommended that
the navy department take up with
the war department the desirability
of the dredging of the necessary
channel and anchor ground in the
vicinity of this proposed base to per
mit a safe entrance and anchorage
or at least a division of dreadnoughts.
This anchorage and channel develop
ment will not only be of great serv
ice to the fleet, but will be of greater
aid to commerce, a and will permit
and provide for the full use of the
fine harbor facilities built and build
ing at Astoria.
Columbia Bar Problem Solved.
"It is the opinion of the board that
the problem of the Columbia river bar
has been satisfactorily solved, there
now being a depth of 42 feet over the
bar, and the board is also of the
opinion that it will be only a short
time until a minimum of 50 feet will
be obtained, thus making this a prac
ticable port in any weather.
"It is recommended tha-t an ap
propriation of $1,500,000 be obtained
from the present congress, with au
thorization of the completed project
not to exceed $3,000,000, to be com
pleted within three years.
"Although not, strictly speaking, a
part of this report, the board, calls
attention of the department to the
desirability, primarily from a com
mercial point of view, but also from
the navy point of view, of the con
tinued development of the Columbia
river and the Willamette river as far
as Portland, Or."
RUBBER CARGO TO GOME
L S
SHIP HEADED FOR SEATTLE IS
COMING TO PORTLAND.
West Hartland, Carrying 5000 to
6000 Tons of Product From Sing
apore, Due Here Shortly.
Routing of the rubber cargo of the
steamer West Hartland through Port
land was made certain by a telegram
received Monday by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce from Jacob
Speier, representative of the chamber
in the east. Captain Speier tele
graphed that he had secured permis
sion from all the consignees but
one for diversion of the rubber to
Portland.
The West Hartland, one of . the
freighters in the oriental service of
the Admiral line, loaded between 5000
and 6000 tons of raw rubber at Singa
pore and the Straits Settlements. Be
cause of the unfamiliarity of Malay
shippers with this port, the Portland
ship had to bill the rubber to Seattle.
As all of the rubber is consigned to
importers In the east, principally in
New York, and as facilities for trans
shipment of the cargo are as good
here as anywhere on the coast, the
local branch of the Pacific Steamship
company and the Chamber of Com
merce immediately brought pressure
to bear on the eastern consignees to
secure their permission for diversion
of the ship from Seattle to Portland.
The West Hartland will be ordered
by wireless to proceed to Portland.
She left Manila November 28 and 13
expected off the mouth of the Colum
bia about the end of this month.
LUMBER EMBARGO ORDERED
Officials of Southern Pine Associa
tion Get Xotice.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9. Notifica
tion of an embargo on all lumber ex
ports to become effective at midnight
tonight was received today by offi
cials of the Southern Pine associa
tion from B. L. Winchell. regional
director of the United States railroad
administration at Atlanta.
COCAPOXSET DAMAGE HEAVY
Property Loss, in Fire at Pier I
Estimated at $250,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Dec 9. Fire
early today on the shipping board
steamer Cocaponset at her .pier here
was extinguished after it had caused
a loss estimated at' $250,000. Two
holds had to be flooded. The ship's
cargo was largely brandy and dried
fruits. The extreme heat forced out
the steel sides of the vessel and made
her decks red hot.
Police declared the blaze might have
been incendiary. As a result of to
day's fire and the one Sunday aboard
the Norwegian tramp steamer Ter
rier, at a pier on the local water
front, state, harbor officials have
asked that a guard be placed on every
vessel loading here.
The Cocaponset was to have left
shortly for European ports.
TACOMA MILLS TO EXPAND
Pacific Box Company to Increase
Capitalization to $300,000.
TACOMA, "Wash.. Dec. 9. (Special.)
To meet the demand for box shooks
in the offshore trade, the Pacific Box
company, Tacoma, is increasing its
capitalization from J200.000 to $300,
000 to care for plant expansion, it was
announced yesterday. The company
has two box factories in operation
now and has acquired a dock.
Box shooks for the Hawaiian fruit
trade, kerosene cases for Peru. Mex
ico and Borneo and salmon cases for
Alaska form the chief output of the
factory. The gross sales this year
totaled $514,823.86, as against $53,
020.50 in 1916, and present orders for
1920 indicate that the business will
reach $700,000 in 1920. C. A. Prass.
secretary-treasurer of the company
announced.
ARETIRIS GETS MACHINERY
Hull Towed at High Tide to Pa
cific Marine Iron Works.
The installation of machinery., in
the Hough type hull Areturus. pur.
chased from the 'emergency fleet cor
poration by E. S. Hough, designer of
this type of vessel, and tho, Brooks
Scanlon Lumber company, was start
ed yesterday at the plant of the Pa
cific Marine Iron works. The hull
was towed Monday night from the
fleet corporation's mooring ground in
North Portland harbor by the port
towboat Portland.
In moving the hull out of the
slough advantage was taken ot the
highest tide of the season, which
made ' it possible to move the hull
over places of normal present aeptn
les3 than her draft.
MOLASSES TANK IS FILLED
Falls of Clyde to Finish Discharge
of Cargo Today.
Tho tank, ship Falls of Clyde is
expected to finish discharging her
cargo of Bulk molasses into the
storage tanks at the St. Johns termi
nal some time this morning. The
first of the tanks was filled yester
day and a generous quantity of mo
lasses pumped into the second. Pumps
were working perfectly last night
and the steam-heated molasses was
flowing freely in spite of Its pro
verbial behavior in cold weather. The
Falls of Clyde will by, towed to San
Francisco by the next Associated
Oil tanker to discharge here.
MULES TO GO TO MANILA
Horses Also Loaded on TransKrt
Di for Shipment
SEATTLE, Wash., Dee. 9. Mules
from the Pacific northwest, number
ing 321, were driven aboard the U. S.
army transport Dix here today for a
3-day trip to Manila. Two hundred
and one horses went along as ship
mates for the mules.
The horses are to be used by cav
alrymen and the mules are to do the
heavy work around the army posts
of the Philippines. Most of them
came from the remount station at
Camp Lewis, Tacoma.
t
SO Ships Building in Orient.
HONOLULU, T. H.. Dec. 9. (Spe
cial.) Thirty cargo boats ranging in
size from 5000 to 13,000 deadweigh
tons are being built in the orient for
the United States shipping board ac
cording to Andrew Farell, former
local marine reporter, who returned
from Shanghai a few days ago.
Tide at Astoria Wednesday.
High. Low.
R:0S A. M 8.4 feet':0T A. M 3.0 feet
2:36 P. M 9.7 feeti9:4B P. M 0.7 foot
Columbia Hirer Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD, Dec. 9. Condition
the bar at 5 P. M.
east. 24 miles.
-Sea .smooth ; wind
LANE TO VOTE ON BONDS
Road Improvement Programme Es
timated at $1,984,500.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.)
By a vote of 13 to 1, the committee
appointed to pass upon the advisa
bility of bonding Lane count? for the
construction of roads, decided this
afternoon to place the matter of bonds
before the voters. The sum to be,
issued was not touched upon at to
day's meeting and probably will come
up for action at tomorrow's session.
At the meeting today the " county
engineer, at the direction of the com
missioners, had prepared a tentative
map showing the roads that need to
be improved in order to give Lane
County a comprehensive highway sys
tem. The total improvements neces
sary, according to the estimates made
by "the engineer, will cost SI, 984. 500.
The map was made as a basis of
the committee's work with regard to
recommending roads to be improved.
and in the main It was approved by
the meeting. The improvements as
suggested by this map will cover a
total of 300 miles of market roads.
Port Calendar.
Offshore Vessels to Arrive.
Name. From Date
Manham Seattle Dec. 12
Challamba. Br. M. S.Seattle Dec 20
Irene. Am. M. s pan Francisco. Dec. 20
West Aleta. Am. str 1'uiret Sound. .Dec.
West Hart'd. Am. St.SlnKapore ....Jan. 1
Mont Cervln. Fk St. . Marseilles Jan. 1
Coastwise Vessels to Arrive.
CaDt. A. r. Lucas. ..San Pedro. Dee. 10
Washtenaw Pt. San Luis. .Dec. 10
E. H. Meyer San r rancisco.Dec. 13
Wapama ......... ..San1 Francisco. Dec. 13
Klamath ........... ban t rancisco. Dec. 19
Tahoe San Francisco. Dec. 24
To Depart From This Port.
Mayfair .......... v San Francisco. Dec, 10
Mendora' t'nited K 1 n ird T ..... 11
Centaurus ...West Coast... Dec 32
jionLasrue . ...... orient ......Dec 23
Vessels la Port.
Else. Balfour. Guthrie & Co.. Inman-
Poulsen mill.
Inca. A. F. Thane & Co.. Eastern A
Western mill.
Celilo. C. R. McCormick. St. Helens.
Siletz. Pacific Steamship company, dry
dock. Mendora. Columbia-Pacific Shipping
company. St. Helens.
Diablo. Pacific Steamship company Pa
cific Marine Iron works.
Falls ot Clyde. Parrott Co, St. Johns
terminal.
Multnomah. C. R. McCormick, drydock.
Diana, Columbia-Pacific Shipping com
pany, municipal dock No. 1.
Montague. Pacific Steamship company
Clark-Wilson mill.
Mayfair. Charles Nelson A Co.. Wauna.
Nishmaha. Pacific Steamship company
North Bank dock.
Brookwood. W. R. Grace A Co.. O.-W
R. & N. dock.
Johan Poulsen, Parr-McCormlck. Couch
street.
City of Topeka, Pacific Steamship com
pany, municipal qock is o. .
Captain A. F. Lucas. Standard Oil com
panya Willbridge.
LEADING SEA POWER
OE
ieneral Board Recommends
Naval Expansion.
22 SHIPS ARE WANTED
Experiences of Late War Are Re
ferred To in Report Scout
Cruisers Praised.
"WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec 9. Rec
ommendations of the navy general
board for the building programme for
1921 include two battleships, one
battle cruiser. 10 scout cruisers, five
destroyer "flotilla leaders." and six
submarines. '
"The navy of the United States
should ultimately be equal to the
most powerful maintained' by any
other nation of the world," not later
than 1925. tho report adds.
The statement of policy as to the
ultimate strength of the navy and
the time when it should be achieved
is a reiteration of the board's position
as carried in its report to Secretary
Daniels each year since 1915.
Contrary to his custom for the last
few years, Mr. Daniels did not make
public the- board's recommendations
when his own annual reoort was re
leased, although it was attached to
that document as it went to the presi.
dent. Mr. Daniels did not himself
recommend any building programme,
witnnoiaing this for later presenta
tion, m
Expansion la Irsed.
In its recommendations marin nnh.
iiu voaay at tne department, the gen
eral board urged a policy of naval
expansion that It will guarantee pro
tection of coast lines and the rapidly
expanding merchant marine against
any naval power in the world. Such
protection, the board declared, can be
had only by increasing American sea
power to a point where it is "second
to none" and maintaining It at that
level.
Th6 board further asserted that the
war having demonstrated that poEses
sion of a fleet powerful enniich to
protect its commerce is vital to a:iv
niition in time of hostilities, the main
tenance of such a navy by the United
States would be a "great preventive
of war, for no nation would light:y
provoke hostilities when her own
commerce would thereby be Im
periled." The necessary future
strength of the American navy, there
fore, must depend, the board said,
upon the naval .strength of the
powers in a position to challenge our
legitimate commercial expansion upon
tne nign seas.
Declaring the greatest naval lesson
of the war was the. Immense advan
tage of uniformity in speed and arma
ment of first lihe ships, the board as
serted it already was evident that
first line ships of the American navy
must have heavier armament than the
12-inch guns of the first dread
noughts. These ships, the board said,
wer rapidly assuming the same rela
tionship to the navy's superdread
noughta that the older battleships
bear to the first dreadnoughts them
selves, with the time approaching
when they can no longer be consid
ered as effective first-line ships. The
Oerman fleet, the board declared in
this connection, was handicapped and
not strengthened by the presence of
pre-dreadnoughts of slower speed and
lighter armament in the battle of Jut
land, because they reduced "the ma
neuvering and fighting power of the
entire force."
Scout Crulxera Commended.
Emphasizing the deficiency of the
American navy in scout cruisers, the
board, recommending the construction
of ten of these ships, cited the value
of such craft to the British fleet dur
ing the war and declared them to be
essential to "any well-balanced" navy.
Recommending construction of five
ships of the super-destroyer type, the
board emphasized the usefulness of
such ships in connection with de
stroyer operations. As a means of ap
plying and developing the lessons of
the war in. submarine construction.
the board recommended construction
of six types of pilot submarine rather
than a large building programme in
present types. One destroyer and one
submarine tender completed the pro
gramme. For development and construction
of aircraft during the year, the board
recommended an appropriation of $27,-
000,000 with $6,000,000 to be used for
experimental construction.
RIVER STEAMERS SOLD
WILLAMETTE COMPAXY TO OP
ERATE FLEET OF EIGHT-
Ocklaliama, Georgie Burton, Annie
Comings, lone Bought From
Western Transportation.
The Willamette Navigation company
has bought all the boats of the West
ern Transportation company, and now
operates a fleet of eight river steam
ers, the largest number ever operated
by a single company in the river. It
was announced yesterday by B. T.
McBain, vice-president of the com
pany. Bain, vice-president of the company.
The river steamers bought from the
Western Transportation & Towing
company are the Ocklahama, Georgie
Burton. Annie Comings and lone.
Vessels previously owned by the Wil
lamette Navigation company are the
steamers Claire, Ruth and N. R. Lang.
The river steamer Nespelem, brought
down from the Snake river two years
ago by the Porter brothers, is oper
ated under charter by the Willamette
Navigation company.
tsotn companies concerned in tne J
transaction are controlled by the
Crown-Willamette Paper company,
and the boats are used chiefly in serv
ing the paper mills at Oregon City
and Camas, though they operate under
the regulation of the interstate com
merce commission and also serve way
landings. Boats serving the Oregon
City mill customarily stop at the Os
wego cement plant and carry general
freight between Oregon City and Port
land, and those serving the Camas
mill stop at Vancouver.
Offices of the Willamette Naviga
tion company at Oregon City were
given up yesterday, and this fact led
to the disclosure of the big deal in
river steamers. The company moved
into the former offices of the Western
Transportation & Towing company in
the Pittock block, which have been
given up by the latter company. The
understanding Is that the Western
Transportation & Towing company
has gone out of business.
Officers of the company are: A. J.
Lewthwaite, president; B. T. McBain.
vice-president; A. I. Bloch. second
vice-president; William McKay, secre-
WORLD
tary, and Captain R. J. Young,
manager.
-The acquisition of the steamers Ock
lahoma, Georgrie B"urton. Annie Com
ings and lone by the Willamette
'Navigation company was made effec-
I ttvA DArpmhAr 1 hut not disclosed
until yesterday.
LOGGER KILLED BY LIMB
Workman Near Bend Fatally In-
jured by Falling Branch.
BEND, Or.. Dec. 9. (Special. 1 G.
Van Maren, aged 47, faller for the
Brooks, Scanron Lumber company, was
killed while working in the woods
near camp No. 2, nearly 15 miles from
here yesterday afternoon, when a tree
limb fell, striking him on the head.
While being brought to Bend Van
Maren died without ever recovering
consciousness.
The tragedy occurred after Van
Maren had brought down a big pine
and was trimming off the boughs. As
the tree fell one of the limbs had ap
parently broken off, lodging in a
nearby tree. As the logger worked,
the "mass of wood became detached
and crashed down upon him. His only
relative, a sister. Mrs. C. A. Mahan,
last heard of in Tillamook, cannot be
located.
INGRATITUDE iS PUNISHED
Man Who Benefitted by Theft anil
Blamed "Pal," Gets 6 Months.
When Isaac Jackson and James
Hadden appeared in municipal court
yesterday. Jackson to answer to a
charge of vagrancy and Hadden for
the larceny of an overcoat, it devel
oped that Hadden had taken the over
coat from a Third-street house and
had given It to his friend Jackson to
keep him warm during the cold snap.
Then Jackson repaid his- friend by
attempting to get himself a light sen
tence by telling all he knew about
the theft of the coat on the part of
Hadden.
The result was that Jackson drew
a six months sentence from Municipal
Judge Kossman and Hadden received
30 days.
DAIRY MEET POSTPONED
Additional Work Caused by Storm
Demands Attention.
Because of the storm yesterday, the
Oregon Dairymen's league postponed
its annual meeting to Tuesday of next
week. Eighty members of the league
met in the library and discussed
league matters informally.
M. S. Shroclt, secretary, said in
speaking of the postponement: "The
dairy farmers, when a snow storm
comes suddenly, are confronted with
many problems, the biggest of these
being, the care of the stock. The roads
and the train service are secondary
considerations. In stormy weather the
work on the farm Is doubled."
On Wednesday, December 17. the
annual convention of the Oregon But
ter and Cheese Makers' association
will be held in the Portland hotel and"
will continue for two days, closing
I with a banquet December 18.
I s
GIRL WORKS WITH ROBBER
Holdup by Pair Believed to Be Man
and Woman, Reported.
Eugene E. Bernstein, who gave his
address as Vancouver barracks, re
ported to Detective Captain Circle
late yesterday that he had been held
up by two robbers, one of whom he
believed to be a woman dressed in
man's clothes, at East Seventh street
and Missoula, Monday night. He said
that the robbers overlooked wha:
money he had in his vest pocket.
Mr. Bernstein said he was ap
proached from behind by the two rob
bers, and after they had accosted him
the girl held a gun on him while the
man searched him.
He said the girl was dressed in
boy's clothes, with blue serge coat
and khaki trousers. A bandana mask
covered her face, but the cap was
pushed back enough to show fluffy
hair.
TWO ROBBERIES ADMITTED
Astoria Murderers Make Full Con
fession of Crimes.
ASTORIA. Or, Dec. 9. (Special.)
William Wilson and Parila Axel
Branner. the young men arrested at
Clear Creek. Utah, for the murder
here of Frank Gowan, arrived here at
noon today. This afternoon they
made signed confessions of the mur
der, and also admitted robbing the
Astoria Grocery company store and
the residence of Mrs. Wilson early
last month.
At the latter place they stole a
quantity of jewelry, which Branner is
said to have thrown from the car
window while en route from here to
Portland on the morning following
the murder.
LUMBER FIRM BANKRUPT
Rogue River Company of Gold Hill
Declared Insolvent.
GOLD HILL, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.)
The Rogue River Lumber & Box
company, a corporation, of Gold Hill,
has been declared by the United States
district court an involuntary bank
rupt. The liabilities of the concern
probably will amount to $12,000, while
the assets, consisting principally of
lumber, will amount to less than
4000.
The concern was the late lessees of
the old Gold Hill Lumber & Railway
company's mill and railway plant on
Sardine creek, six miles north of Gold
Hill, which was recently acquired "by
the First National bank of Grants
Pass.
SUGAR SURPLUS IS SOLD
Eugene Cannery Turns Over Car
load to Relieve Sliorfuge.
EUGENE, Or., 1 Dec. 9. (Special.)
A carload of sugar yesterday was
turned over to the local wholesale
houses by the Eugene Fruit Growers'
association to be sold to Eugene peo
ple, thereby relieving to some extent
the shortage that has existed here as
well as In other cities of the coast.
The association bought several car
loads of sugar early in the season for
canning purposes and the end of the
season finds the association with a
carload of sugar on hand.
Convict Gives l'p to Officers.
SALEM, Or., - Dec. 9. (Special.)
John Tuel, who yesterday escaped
from the penitentiary wood camp, to
day surrendered himself to the offi
cers at Oregon City, according to in
formation received by Warden Stein
er. An officer left here tonight for
Oregon City fo return the convict to
Salem.
Women Favor Death Penalty.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 9. "-(Special.)
Members of the Women's Marion
County Republican Study club, at a
meeting here today went on record
favoring restoration of capital pun
ishment in Oregon and discontinu
ance of the pardon and parole system
as far as they affect life term convicts.
CARS STILL RUNNING
DESPITE SNOWFALL
Transcontinental Train Serv
ice Badly Deranged.
CITY TRAFFIC AFFECTED
Traction Companies Hope to Keep
Lines Open, But All Depends
on Storm Development.
Up to late last night reports re
ceived at local railroad offices were
that storm conditions had not seri
ously interfered with traffic in the
district centering at Portland. No lo
cal delays due to the storm were
noted, but some of the transcontinen
tal through train schedules are badly
deranged. Oregon-Washington train
No. 17. due at 7 P. M was more than
12 hours late in reaching the east
line of the state, having been delayed
by storms prevailing over the con
tinental divide. Train No. 19, also of
the Union Pacific system, was about
three hours late.
All through trains remaining in
service since the reduction in the
number under orders due to coal
shortag, are expected to be slightly
belated. Without any change in the
schedules tho trains remaining are
compelled to do considerable extra
work, which consumes time on each
trip. It is expected that hereafter
most through trains will run some
whut behind time during the period
ot" reduced service.
Slrertrnra Still llunnlng.
Tho Portland Railway. Liaht &
rower company maintained reason
ably satisfactory service throughout
the day. At the rush hour in the
evening a number of minor mishaps
disturbed service somewhat on some
of the lines. Automobiles stuck in
the snow, withoat chains or carrying
heavy loads, caused several delays. A
delivery truck distributing newspa
pers went dead and was being towed
up Morrison street by a service car
when the load became too heavy,' and
the two cars blocked streetcar traf
fic for a time until cars were lined
up for two blocks. Then the motor
man on one car had a happy thought
and pushed the cars ahead of him
and got under way again.
The operating division of the trac
tion company believes the lines will
be kept open unless the storm assumes
more severe proportions, either in the
way of an exceptionally deep fall of
snow or by turning into sleet that
might bring down the feed wire
Wet snow, with freezing temperature
following, would cause serious trouble
and probably would completely de
moralize service.
Storm Severe on Coasl.
On the coast lines, according to day
reports, the storm was heavier than
east of the Cascades. In fact, while
afternoon reports from the lines to
the east indicated that the storm was
abating in that section, it was appar
ently gaining in wind velocity and
increasing snowfall on lines extending
to the north and south. Snow was
accumulating in deep cuts and on
curves at many places, but every pos
sible precaution was being taken by
the railroad management to keep the
lines open.
Coos Eastern Star Elects.
NORTH BEND. Or.. Dec. 9. (Spe-
COAX 'EM
Stop Whipping Bowels
into Activity, but
take "Cascarets"
Put aside the Salts, Pills, Castor
Oil. or Purgative Waters that irritate
and lash the bowels into action, but
which do not thoroughly cleanse.
freshen and purify these drainage
organs, and have no effect whatever
upon the liver and stomach.
Keep your "insides pure and fresh
with Cascarets, which thoroughly
cleanse the stomach, remove the undi
gested, sour food and foul gases, take
the excess, bile from the liver and
carry out of the system all the con
stipated waste matter and poisons, in
the bowels which are keeping you
half sick, headachy and miserable.
VttaUttl C 19 LUI1IB1IL m lllc 3 3 u a.
feel great by morning. They worktJCity Ticket Office, 3d and Washington
while you sleep never grripe, siciten
or cause inconvenience. Cascarets cost
so little too. Adv.
ASPIRIN FOR COLDS
Name "Bayer" is on Genuine
Aspirin say Bayqf
Insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
in a "Bayer package," containing
proper directions for Colds, Pain,
Headache, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and
Rheumatism. Name "Bayer" means
genuine Aspirin prescribed by physi
cians for nineteen years. Handy tin
boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents.
Aspirin is trade mark of Bayer Manu
facture of Monoacetic-acidester of
Sallcylicacid. "
FOR SALE
Two new wooden ocean-going,
uo-to-date tug-boats. 129x29. com
oound. 16x38x26: s i n g 1 e-e n d e d
Scotch boiler, 16x12; 180 pounds
steam, 750 h. p. Also one new
wooden steam lighter, 133x23; com
pound. 15x30x22; Scotch boiler, 12x
10, 150 pounds steam; 450 h. p.
Wm. B. Baker
15 Whitebait St. Biew York City.
ST. HELENS SHIPBUILDING CO.
BUILDERS OF" WOODEN VESSELS,
BARGES AD DREDGES.
SPECIAL, ATTESTIOS TO GENERAL
REPAIR WORK.
We are equipped to give complete sat
isfaction. Portland office 524 Hoard
ot Trade Building. 1'toone Mala 6US7.
"SYRUP OF FIGS"
CHIIIS LAXATIVE'
Look at tongue! Remove poi
- sons from stomach, liver
and bowels
Accept "California" Syrup if l-.u
only look for the name California t..
the package, then you ure sure your
child Is having the best and most
harmless laxative or physic for tho
little stomach, liver and bowels. Chil
dren love its delicious fruity taste.
Full directions for child's dose on
each bottle. Give it without fear.
Mother! You must s:v "California."
rial.) At the last regular session ot
the Coos chapter of Eastern Star of
this city the following officers for
tne ensuing year were elected: Jessie
M. Labiuan, worthy matronrW. Saun
ders, worthy patron: Anna Mi-Daniel,
associate matron: Ethel Worrel. sec
retary; Grace Smith, treasurer: l .a lira
Cory, conductress; Ceta Faokler. as
sociate conductress. The lodge has
added a large number of new mem
bers during the past year.
DR. DAWSON TO COWIE
Xew York Educator to lie on Vni-
vers.lty Summer Faculty.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Dec. . (Special.) Dr. Edgar Daw
son, of New York, a leading figure in
the national movement for civic in
struction and Americanization, will
be a member o the summer school
faculty of the University of Oregon
next year. It was announced today
by Dr. Joseph Schafer. director of the
summer session.
Dr. Dawson will divide the six
weeks' term eouallv between the
campus here nud tho Portland center.
TRAVK1F.RS" C.t TTK.
"S. S. Topeka"
Sails from Portland 9 P. M.. De
cember 11th, for Marshfield. North
Bend. Eureka and San Francisco,
connecting with steamers to Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Passenger and Freight
Service to Mexico and
Central America
From San Francisco
"S. S. Senator"
December 15, 1919,
Maxatlan
ManKanillo
Acapulco
Salina'Crna
Champcrlco
San Joie
de Guatemala
Aeajutla
l.a Union
t'orlutu
TICKET OFFICE 101 THIRD ST.
Main Frclffht Office Muln 8231
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COM FAN If
SAN FRANCISCO
S. S. Rose City
Depart 12 Noon
v THURSDAY, DEC. 18
From Ainsworth Dock
Fare includes Berth and Meals.
Phone Main 3530
Freight Office, Ainsworth Dock
Phone Broadway 268
SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND
S. S. LINES
FRENCH LINE
Compagnie Generale TraiiMatlanlique
KxpreH 1'oNtii! Service
FKOPOSKD UKI'AKTIKES
Subject to chanK".
NKW VOKK HAY KE.
T..V I.AYETTE !;. 20
I RANI K 1-C . 27
I.A TOl R A INK Jan. S
LA SAVOIK Jan. 6
l.A IXIKKA1XE Jan. 16
Fuitazi lSros.. Pacific Coast AKentn, lott
Cuerry Ht., Seattle, or may Local Asrnt.
aCANaiNAVIANl
DF.NMARK
NORWAY fLDE
Krrdrrik VlII.rec.I
t nlt-U Main Jan. 7
Oscar II Jan. 31
The Chilbenr Arency
70'2 Sd At., Seattle.
Vn., or Local Acent.
STEAMER
for
SAN KRANCISCO and I.OS ANGELES
fcaillnK Thursday. 2:30 P. M.
CHEAP RATES
M. BOLLAM, ACT..
133 Third St. Phone Main 26
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS
Tim Tahiti and Raratoitgm. Mall and paa
ni.r servico train ban Franciaco ovary
6 days.
IMO.N S. 8. CO. OF NEW ZEAIAND,
X30 California fet., San Franciaco,
or local alcajnaiuu and railroad asanclea.
JJeamotip
..ac. ADMIRAL LIN3.
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