6 THE SUXDIT OKEGOXIAX. POKTLA5D, OCTOBER 17, 19T5. HEW GUISE COVERS SHIP PURCHASE BILL Secretary McAdoo Undertakes to Include Measure in De fense Programme. SPEECH REVEALS PURPOSE Treasury Official Proclaims Ne cesstty of Government-Built Mer chant Marine as Auxil iary to Naval Forces. OREGOMAX NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Oct. 16 Secretary McAdoo, "who has been selected to manage the hip-purchase bill before Congress, Is cleverly undertaking to hitch that bill onto the National defense programme e.ni slip it through Congress under the fruise of a naval auxiliary measure. In cidentally, the Secretary haa served no tice that the bill to be presented next session will call for an appropriation of $50,000,000. instead of $30,000,000, the figure named in the bill that was de feated. In a speech recently delivered at Indianapolis Secretary McAdoo dis closed the purpose of the Administra tion to dress up the ship-purchase bill In naval disguise. "The most indispen sable factor in any sensible plan of National defense," said Secretary Mc Adoo at Indianapolis, is a powerful Navy, capable of striking with effect, supplied with essential naval auxil iaries in the form of an American merchant marine and manned by Amer ican seamen who are ready and willing to fight for the Stars and Stripes against any enemy on the face of the arth. Auxiliary la fined. "What is a naval auxiliary?" asked the Secretary, and answering his own question, said: "It is a fleet of mer chant vessels so constructed that they may render essential service and as sistance to our battleships and cruisers In time of war and serve the needs of our commerce in time of peace. A navy, no matter how strong in battleships, cruisers, torpedo-boats and submarines, is only partially equipped without a merchant marine auxiliary. It is a fact, and every naval expert will so testify, that a merchant marine naval auxiliary Is just as esential to the effectiveness of the navy considered as a complete fighting machine, as the guns upon the decks of our battleships and the sea men upon whose skill and valor the effectiveness of these guns depends." Secretary McAdoo asked Admiral Benson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, how many merchant vessels and of what tonnage, would be required to provide an adequate auxiliary for our present Navy. Admiral Benson replied: "There would be required 400 mer chant vessels for auxiliaries with a total of 1,172,000 gross tonnage, and a large number of small vessels fitted for mine sweeping, say at least 324 of such vessels, of about 150 gross tons each. Commenting on this state of affairs. Secretary McAdoo said: "There is no doubt of our ability to supply from our coastwise vessels the 324 small vessels for mine sweeping, but we are not so fortunately situated with respect to the 400 merchant ves sels for auxiliaries, aggregating about 1,172,000 gross tonnage. Deficiency la Large, 'I am informed by the Navy Depart ment that we could draw from our present merchant marine approximate ly 700,000 gross tonnage vessels that could be converted into naval auxil iaries. This leaves us with a deficiency of about 500.000 gross tonnage, to meet the needs of our Navy as it stands to day and without allowing for growth." Getting down to the main point he Intended to make. Secretary McAdoo said: "The Government should proceed immediately with the construction of these auxiliaries as a part of the pro gramme of preparedness. The vessels should be designed by the best marine and naval architects in this country. They should be passed upon and ap proved by the Navy Department, and the contracts for their construction should be let to American shipyards to the extent that such shipyards can build them, and our own Navy-yards should construct as many of these ves sels as their capacity will permit. "I wish to emphasize the importance of building these ships in American shipyards and in our Navy-yards. It is Just as important a part of naval preparedness to have adequate ship yards for the purpose of constructing find repairing vessels as it is to have he vessels themselves and the men to man them. We must pursue an intelli gent system of building up our ship yards and our Navy-yards as a part of the vital problem of naval prepared- l'EW GRAIX SHII'S IN PORT Ylient Car Receipts Show Gain for Week Over 1914 Period. Three grain carriers are in port, two of them being classed as loaded, fo with one yet to be started, the har bor is in an odd state for October, as there are usually as many as a dozen carriers loading and waiting for berths t this period. Also, there is not much tonnage due before November 1. Meanwhile, stocks of grain are grow ing, and there will be plenty at tide water on the arrival of vessels that waited at the eastern entrance to the canal on their way here, only to be or dered to proceed via the Magellan route. The receipt of wheat cars here yesterday reached 137, as against 77 cars for the same day a year ago, and Tor the week 752 cars were reported, as against 436 cars during the corre sponding period of last season. For the season to date 4806 cars have been delivered at tidewater. 1533 cars lees than for the same time last year, but this season the movement from the in terior was delayed.. There has been a gain in barley re ceipts, however. 63$ cars being sent here so far. while a year ago there had been 5i0 cars. KOKDSEE IX FROM SANTOS Other Squarer!rgers Expected Off the Columbia Boon. In ballast from Santos, the Norwe gian ship Nordsee reached the river -yesterday and was 118 days on the way. She is consigned to Strauss & Co.. nnd Is expected to load grain for .the I nlted Kingdom. There are additional vessels that should be close at hand, as the Nor wegian uai k Lmuieia nas Deen on the way from Algoa Bay since June 21 and the Norwegian ship, from Mel bourne, out since August 13. The Nor wegian bark Souverain, which left Liv erpool June 10, may be showing up be fore long and the French ship Andre Theodore, unless ordered to Puget tounu witn tne Swedish bark svithiod. .will be making the river shortly, as sne put out or Brest June 18. Th Svllbiod left East London July 29. I PLEASU i l ill ii- tft'Bi m 'sslll py-f ' - t ml 1 Uv-:v; - i M fill Tv ' ' 'N ' ' 1 yft-iV I Ik j IV . zn&zu , OLD PLAN REVIVED P" j j Deepwater Channel West of Swah Island Sought. OLD ROUTE IS CLOSED Purchase and Cutting Away of Mid River Property Advocated by Port Interests in Order to Provide Turning Basin. One thing the agitation for the pur chase of Swan Island and 400 acres of land in Mock's Bottom by the Port of Portland has revived is a plan for the opening of the west channel to deep water vessels. Years ago that route was closed through the construction of a dyke at the upper end of the island, stretching to the west shore, but a few vear. .- steamboatmen succeeded in having part of the dyke removed and an eight-foot channel dug to a connection with the main channel below, and that road has been used by passenger an-', freight vessels and a number of others tow ing logs. Deepwater men and those interested in the speedy dispatch and convenient handling of ships have areruerf for mnnv moons that the west channel should be reopened to deepwater navigation, in- ;" " oy areagmg away a por tion of the west shore of Swan Island a straight channel would be obtained from the main harbor and vessels would steam on a strright course for the St. Johns bridge. The west channel project is said to have been reserved by the Government engineers as one they will undertake later, providing funds and authority for the work are to be had. though in the dredging pro gramme for the past two years the Port of Portland has been assigned all of the digging in the Willamette be tween Portland and the mouth. With the Chamber of Commerce favorable to the purchase of Swan Island, providing it is ultimately re moved from the harbor to pr- ,'ide ade quate space for a turning basin, while municipal officials and others think the property should be acquired, it la expected there will be further repre sentation at the next meeting of the Port of Portland Commi-tion, when an answer is to be given by the Reed Institute, principal owner of the island, as to the actual area and the final price, inen attention will also be giv en the offer of 400 acres in Mock's Bot tom, which is regarded by many as a more desirable dumping ground for dredged material than the Island, be cause the latter's removrl is insisted on. while depositing material in Mock's Bottom is viewed as the logical thing to do, as It affords space for more than 14.000,000 cubic yards of dredgings, and placing such material there will en- nance the value of the land for either FIRST TRAMP ORDERED TO EUROPB VIA MAGELLAN ROUTE SINCE PANAMA CANAL JOINED TWO GREAT OCEANS. I j ... II i MH v a. ivl -v V tw . ? Arter being held here a few the closing of the Panama Canal, the British steamer Haigh Hall was cleared yesterday with a wheat eare-n amounting to 272.628 bushels, valued at (258.997, and goes to St. Vincent for orders. "g The sailing orders necessitated the vessel taking on 100 tons of coal here yesterday before departing and that was supplied from a barge alongside the ship at Montgomery Dock. The Haigh Hall is the first tramp to follow the old course via the Straits of Magellan since the Canal was opened, and thereby in creases the time of her voyage almost one-half. RE YACHT WHICH MADE LONG TRIP FROM ATLANTIC TO PORTLAND. dock,, warehouse or manufacturing pur poses. On the West Side the plan Is to de posit in Guild's Lake and between the property of the North Pacific Lumber Company and Llnnton It is estimated 16.000.000 yards could be pumped. Fill ing Guild's Lake is said by some to offer a solution for the establishment of a "breaking-up" yard that railroads are in need of, besides t- und that will be filled where factories can "e located. If the upper end of Kwan Island and a section along- the west shore Is taken out, sufficient room and depth will be provided for a turning basin in addi tion to the re-establishment the west channel TRADE HOT REALIZED WATER SHIPMENTS TO PORTLAND approximate: f.to,ooo,ooo. Figures Are for Nine Months Re-rular Ocean Freight Traffic Greater Than Other Coast Ports. Purchases Fortlanders have made and had delivered here by water from Pa cific Coast ports between January 1 and October 1 this year, represent a total value of (20,411, 724. In Septem ber alone the business is credited with a valuation of $1,264. Bit. Added to that is $7,637,123 worth of cargo brought from the Atlantio side during the year, making; a total valuation on domestic business of approximately (30.000,000 in nine months. Aside from the regular freight and passenger lines of steamers, Portland is - . - - Jp r"w-e -s!r t Ai'N s. , MkHHSll STKAMKH UA1U1I days pending a decision as to her route, the destination of a larger fleet of steam schooners engaged in the north bound general cargo trade of any har bor on the Coast, and at times there is a daily service, with the steam schooner operating companies each endeavoring to maintain a schedule of two to three steamers a week. Southbound only a few carry other than lumber, with wheat carried underaeck In many dur ing the rush of the season In California shipments, topped off with a deckload of lumber. In the cargo brought by coast steam ers credit is not given in the domestic column for that reaching the Coast from foreign ports and reshlpped here in bond, which amounts to consider able each year. Part of the trade estimated in the total of (20.412,726 by the Merchants Exchange, was drawn because of the Alaskan service, that was discontinued early in the year, and that may be revived before' long, as lumbermen look for an active demand for Columbia River material in the North, and reason that there will be abundant business during most of the year for return cargoes. The Ban Franelsce Portland line has a steamer arriving here every five days from California, the North Pacifie fleet has a Bteamei1 In the Portland Ban Diego fleet eemtnsr eeee a week and in the Pertland-Cees Bay. Hum boldt feay-ijan Francisco eervlee every 19 days, with the Bwayne A tteyt and Parr-MeCermlck lines holding to regu lar schedules with steam seheeners. Vessels being added to the coterie of in dependent Ships as the demands of trade warrant. Ba the domestie move ment has resolved itself into a steady stream that is not always appreciated until the attention of the shipping fra ternity Is directed toward the Worth of goods transported In a single season. 4 -r " "Tsl f-. which was changed because of TEST IS ANNOUNCED Government Publishes Scope of Sailors' Examination. LAW IN EFFECT NOVEMBER 4 Shipmasters at Portland Affected by Act Desire to Know Where and When Their Seamen Can Be Qualified. Some of the regulations growing out of the La Follette act, becoming effec tive November 4. are contained in a circular iseued by the steamboat Inspec tion service bearing on how to aeter mine knowledge of an applicant for a certificate as an able seaman, .as to his duties Vessels running out of Portland come within the scope of the taw and masters are interested in now ana where sailors are to be enrolled. Boat men are to be told off to care for life boats, and vessels of the "Big Three1 fleet are each to have more than 80 designated for such responsibilities. The regulations are as follows; Any person who haa had 12 months service on deck at sea or on the Great Lakes on any vessel of 100 tons gross and upward (except those navigating rivers exclusively and the smaller in land lakes, and except fishing or whal ing vessels or yachts), including deck fishing vessels, naval vessels and coast guard vessels, may make application to any board of local inspectors for a certificate of service as able seaman, and upon proof being made to said board by affidavit as to service and ex amination as to physical condition and knowledge of the duties of seamanship, showing the nationality and age of the applicant and the vessel .or vessels on which he has had service, the board of local inspectors Bhall iesue to said applicant a certificate of service which shall be retained by him and be ac cepted as prima facie evidence of hi& rating as able seaman. No person shall be examined who does not produce satisfactory affidavit or affidavits that he has served at sea or on the Great Lakes as prescribed in the preceding paragraph. Kach applicant shall pass the pre scribed physical examination before a medical officer of the public health service before being permitted to take the examination to determine his knowledge of the duties of seamanship. The profeseional examination to-determine the applicant's knowledge of the duties of seamanship shall be oral and shall be conducted in the form of questions and answers and by practical tests. The applicant shall be examined in each of the prescribed subjects and given a mark in each, based on a scale of 100. No person shall be recommended for or shall receive the certificate of serv ice as able seaman who falls to attain a general average of merit of les3 than 70 per cent. The professional examination may be conducted by an officer of the United States Navy, the Coaet Guard, Light house Service, Coast and Geodetic Sur vey, Navigation Service, or any other marine officer designated by the Sec retary of Commerce. When any such officer conducts the examination the board of local inspectors shall issue to the applicant a certificate of serv ice as able seaman upon receiving no tice in writing from such an officer that the applicant has passed the pre scribed examination as to knowledge of the duties of seamanship. The professional examination will he conducted as concisely as possible, with the view of determining the applicant's qualifications, and will embrace the following subjects: (a) Boxing the compass The appli cant will be required to box the com pass by points or degrees, according to the experience he has had in the use of either method. (b) Lights and fog signals A knowl edge will be required of the running aad anchor lights for steam and sail ing vessels on the sea. Inland waters, or Great Lakes, and a like knowledge of fog signals, accordng to the waters on . which the applicant has served. (c) Signals for starting, stopping, slowing down and backing the en gines of steam vessels This " examina tion will be restricted to the signals in use on the sea. or Great Lakes, ac cording to the waters on which the applicant has served. In view of the widespread use of engine telegraphs, knowledge of engine bell signals, while deemed advantageous, will not be required if in other respects the candidate qualified. (d) Passing signals for steam ves sels To be confined to vessels meet ing or passing under ordinary condi tions. (e) Knotting, bending, splicing and hitching The applicant will be re quired to make a few of the principal knots, bends, splices ' and hitches In common use by eailormen. (f) Ability to pull an oar The ap plicant's knowledge of pulling an oar will be determined by actual trial in a boit. (g) Clearing away, lowering and erettlne; a boat away from the ship The applicant's ability will be deter mined by actual trial aboard ship. (h) Handling boats at sea This ex amination will Include questions rela tive te the proper handling of a boat in running before a heavy sea; In pull ing into a sea; the trip of the boat; and steering with an oar, tiller or yoke. (i) In -knowledge of nautical terms The applicant will be requined to definitely locate different parts of a hip and to give the names of the dif ferent masts, sills, rigging, davits, etc, (J) Steering The applicant will be required' to demonstrate his knowledge of handling the wheel of a steamer by obeying orders passed to him as "wheelman." KLAMATH GOES TO GTJAYMAS Oregon Ties Will Uo Sblpped to Mexican Port Next Month. Orders have been accepted by the Charles K. McCormick Interests for the delivery of l.QSO.OOQ feet of railroad ties at Guaymas, Met., and they will be loaded on the steamer Klamath, Cap tain Jahnaen, in about a month. It will be the second cargo that ship has loaded for Guaymas, the first shipment having been delivered there early in the year. Since then the Klamath made two voyages from the Columbia- to Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands, with lumber for the Government drydock and is at present in the Portland-California trade. The steamer Celilo, of the McCormick fleet, sails today with a full passen ger list and her usual cargo. The Mult nomah discharged freight at Couch and Oak-street docks yesterday and has been cleared by Capthin Green for San Francisco with 800.000 feet of lumber. She sails Wednesday. SOUTHBOUND TRAVEL, HEAVY More Select Rout Via Portland to Expositions Than Come North. Southbound passenger business the past week on the twin turbiners of the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Line Indicate about twice as many peo- pie going towards the exposition as those coming from San Francisco. There were 411 checked out at Flavel yester day afternoon on the Northern Pacific while there are 193 coming up on the Great Northern, due in port at noon today. The Northern Pacific's freight ship ments amounted to about 700 tons, among which were Oregon cereals. 20 tons of apples and box shocks. Among the passengers going down were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith en route via the expositions to Washington. D. C The Great Northern, from San Francisco, is bringing in a large cargo of sugar, canned goods and merchandise for the interior. rMPQTJA BAR SURVEY IS BECtS Action of Engineers Believed First Step for Jetties in Harbor. ROSEBURG.' Or.. Oct. 16. CSpecial.) A crew of Government engineers ar rived at Gardiner Tuesday to make a survey of the Umpqua Bar, as requested by the Port of Umpqua. This is the first step, the Gardiner people report, in the direction of building jettfes for the Improvement of the harbor. As soon as the survey is completed, which will not be longer than three weeks, an election will be called to issue bonde to make the improvements as outlined by the engineers. The im provement of the harbor at Gardiner was first advocated in 1903. when a survey was made under Engineer Tower. Obstacles arose later, however, which caused the Government to abandon the improvement. The Umpqua harbor is considered one of the best on the Pacific Coast, and its improvement will mean much to this section of the state. Marine Notes. In tow of the port of Portland tug tVallula the British bark Lord Templetown leaves Wauna today on her way to Aus tralia with a t uli cargo of lumber. - The Wallula returned by way of Wauna after towing- the schooner Forest Home to St. Helens to work an Australian cargo. United States Immigration Invpector J. H. Barbour has been advised that aliens may be deported again to England, France. Italy, Greece. Ireland and Sweden, and four insane patients are to leave here Tues day for New Yort in a car operated by the Government for that purpose. No aliens have lelt here for those countries for a year. Alexander Azalde. son of the executive of ficer of the .man-of-war Almlrante Grau. who. came here on the schooner Forest Home from Callao, was landed yesterday by per mission of J. M. Barbour, United States Im migration Inspector, to proceed to Wlnne baxo. Minn., where he will enter a Metho dist college and take a course In electrical engineering. He Is 17 years of age. and was vouched for by Captain Dowling. of the Forest Home. H. F. Alexander. head of the Pacific Alaska Steamship Company, passed through the city yesterday on his wav to San Fran cisco. At a recent meeting of the directors of the company at Seattle it was decided to expand the service, and changes along that line are looked for in advance of Spring. The steamer Admiral Wn r arm hlf-h u- . sunk while lying at her dock at Seattle mrougn being struck by the steamer Nava jo, is expected to be raised In about 13 John H. Bunch, general freight and pas senger agent of the Alaska Steamship Com pany, has written Frank Bollam. Portland agent, that the sailing nf thn wt.n-.WT- vic toria has been advanced from October IS lu -csooer and sne win be the last steamer of the season In that fleet to leave oeaine tor isome. - With 27.00O barrels of crude oil the tank er w aehtenaw was entered yesterday and ,'- - ...... -u uiPvimrKC, It Is exDectert that ti v..-v--ni r Ptna will finish working her Australian iu,uucr cargo m vveatport tomorrow. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedules. DUE Name. Breakwater. Beaver. .......... Roanoke Great Northern. . . Rose City Santa Clara Northern Pacific. . F. A. Kllburn Bear Geo. W. Elder DUE Name. Breakwater. .. . . . Celilo Beaver , Great Northern. . . Roanoke Multnomah. ...... Santa Clara Northern Pacific. . Rose City F. A. Kilburn Wapama Geo. W. Elder Bear TO ARRIVE. From . Coos Bay . . .L.os Angeles. . Pan rlego .San Francisco... . -L.OS Angeles. . . . . San Francisco. . . . .San Francisco. . . .San Francisco. . - .Lol Angeles. . . . . . San Diego. ...... TO DEPART. For . " oos Bay. ...... . San Diego , ..Los Angeles. .... . San Francisco. . . . San Diego. ...... . .San Diego . San Francisco... . .San Francisco. . . . .I.os Angeles ..San Francisco. . San Diego . -San Diego. ...... . .Los Anjteles Date. In port .In port Oct. 17 Oct. .Oct. . Oct. .Oct. , Oct. .Oct. Oct. Date. . Indeft. Oct. 17 Oct. 18 -Oct. it Oct. 2u Oct. 20 .Oct. 21 .Oct. II Oct. .Oct. IM Oct. 2; Oct. -27 Oct. L'S Port lam d- DUE Name. Santa Cecelia Iowan ............ Panaman DUE Atlantic Service. JU ARRIVE. From .New York . .New York .New York TO DEPART. For New York. . .New York . New York Data. Dec. 6 Dec. 11 dec. 2o Date. Dec. 10 Dec. 1 4 -Dec. 2b Name. Santa Cecelia lowan Panaman. ... Marconi Wireless Keports. (All poftltlona reported at 8 P. M., October 16, unleita otherwise ftoaignated) . Hyades, San Francisco for Seattle, off Co lumbia Rivr. Honolulan, Seattle for San Francisco. 165 miles south of Cape Flattery. Northern Pacific, Flavel for San Francisco. T, mlles south of Columbia Rver. Roanoke, tjan Francisco for Portland 133 miles south of Columbia River. El Segundo, Richmond for Seattle, 524 miles north of San Francisco. ChanaJor, Everett for Monterey, 167 milec from Everett. Yucatan. Umax for Anchorage, 70 miles west of Cape Flattery. San Jose, San Francisco for Balboa, left Mazatlan for Sans las October 15 at 11. Cuxco, South American porta for San Francisco, 40 miles south of San Francisco Arollne. San Francisco for San Pedro l miles east Point Concepclon. Yacht Venetia, San Diego for San Fran cisco, eight miles west o Point Vincent, of Flattery October 15. Great Northern. San Francisco, for Fla reJ . off Blunts Reef. Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran cisco, 34 J miles north of san Francisco Atlas, Richmond for Vancouver, off St Gorga Reef. Governor. Victoria for San Francisco 15 mlla south of Cape Blanco. Arago!UrQ" Co By for j2-urelca. off Cape Manoa, Honolulu for San Francisco. 1091 tulles out Ootober Id. Euterpriae, Honolulu for San Pedro, 1030 miles from San Pedro October 15. Lurllne, San Francisco for Honolulu. 964 miles out October 15. Mills, Seattle for Port San Luis, 134 miles north of Sun Luis. Portrt San Francisco for Seattle. 07 miles north of San Francisco. President, San Francisco for Victoria, 16 miles north of Point Arena. Curonado, San Pedro for San Francisco miles south of Point Sur. Moffett. Richmond for Seattle, 40 miles north of Richmond. Willamette, Seattle for San Francisco, 70 miles north of San Francisco. Wapama. San Francisco for San Pedro, 10 miles south of Pigeon Point, Lakotan, San Francisco for San Pedro, 60 miles south of San Francisco. Tosemlta, Tacoma for Everett, off Point Edwards. City of Seattle, Skagway for Seattle, five miles south Active Pass. Col. E. L. Drake, Richmond for Seattle 77 miles from Seattle, Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Oct. 16. Sailed Steamer Washtenaw, for Port San Luis. Astoria. Oct. 16. Arrived at 3 and left up at 4 A. M. Steamer Santa Barbara. from San Francisco. Arrived at 4 A. M Steamer Bowdoln. from San Diego and way forts. Sailed at 5 :30 A. M. Steamer ham a, for San Pedro. Sailed at 2:16 P. M. Steamer Northern Pacific, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 1 P. M. Steamer Daisy Gadsby. Arrived at 4:20 P. M. Norwegian ship Nordsee, from Santos. San Francisco, Oct, ltf. Arrived at mid night Steamer Speedwell, from Portland. Arrived at 7 A. M. Steamer Geo. W. El der, from Portland for San Diego. Arrived at 10 A. M. and sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer Wapama, from Portland for San Diego. Ar rived at noon Steamer Santa Clara, from Portland via way ports. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer Great Northern, for Flavel. Ar rived at 3 P. M. Steamer Rosa City. Tatooih. Oct. 16. Passed In it I A. M. Steamer Melville Dollar, from Sun Francisco for Puget Sound. Coos Bay. Oct. 16. Arrived Steamer F. A. Kilburn. from Portland for San Fran cisco via Eureka, Seattle. Oct. 16. Arrived Steamers Ad miral Farragut. from Southwestern Alaska; Canada Mam (Japanese), from Hongkong; Prince Rupert (Britlah), from Prince Ru pert. Sailed Steamer Prince Rupert (Brit ish), for Prince Rupert. Shanghai. Oct. 15. Sailed Steamer Shin yo Maru. for San Francisco. New York. Oct. 16. Sailed St. Louis for Liverpool; California for Glangow, via Quebec; Columbian, for Leg Angeles. DREDGE IS AT BAY CITY CHANNEL, B ICING CLEARED AT TOP SPEED BY ENGINEERS. Work. Which Will Likely Take tear la Expected to Give Channel SOO Feet tVlde and 23 Feet Deep. BAT CITT. Or.. Oct. IS. (Snociai 1 The V. S. dredge Oregon began work rriaay morning, after a delay of two weeks, pending the arrival of "nli.eli and pontoons from Portland, in died 5- ns cnannei under plans and speut- ncations or the U. S. Government, from Bay City to the ocean. It F. Cole, Junior engineer, in charire nf t hn dredge, who is superintending the wor. sajs mat at present tney are excavaa ing a strip of sand And mud HOG f a-' t long1, eight feet deep and four fciet tmcK, with every swing- of the suckrer back and forth across the channel. Un the first day s run about 7 5 f,ht of channel was dug;, and it is expeciied mat tms win be increased to 100 foet daily as the work proceeds. AUowrn for the usual delays, the improvement should be completed in about one year. urea King was started at the UDier end of the channel at the Bay City cot oft. at a point nearly opposite the municipal dock, and will continue down the bay for three miles. When the work is eompleted Bay City will ha.ve a channel to the sea 200 feet wide njid n teet deep on an average high tide. Xere Worn Oregon Ports. ASTORIA. Or- Oct. 1. fSnorl&l t m.- team ichooner Daily Gadsby shifted from ..una iu ivimppion to complete ner C4xco of lumber. The British ship Lord TemplMon finished loading lumber at Wauna this afternoon. Carrying a cargo of lumber from Wauna. westport and Portland, the steam schooner Shasta sailed for San Pedro. The steam schooner Bowdoln arrived from San Francisco and went to West port to load lumber at the Hammond mill. The steam schooner Santa Barbara ar rived from tan Francisco and vent to West port to load lumber. The steam schooner Olvmple will finish loading lumber at Westport and sail tonight for San Francisco. Carrying about 7 SO tons of freight and a fair list of paatenKers, the steamer Northern Pacific sailed today for San Francisco. The Norwegian ship Nordsee arrived from Pantos. Brazil, and will load again at Port land. FLORENCE. Or, Oct. 16 (Special.) The first bar?eload of rock to go in at the Siuslaw Jetty on the Miami Quarry Com pany contract wni towed down by the steamer Robart this morning-. COOS BAT, Or.. Oct. 1C (Special.) Ar riving today at :30, the steamship P. A. Kilburn. from Portland, brought freight and passengers and sailed late in the afternoon for Eureka and San Francisco. The steamer Adeline Smith crossed the bar for San Francisco at 5 P. M. with lum ber from the Smith mills. The steamer Yellowstone left North Bend this afternoon at 5 o'clock carrying lumber from the mills in that city to San Fran cisco. The dredge Mlchle, which was damaged yesterday on the bar by being flooded with a huge breaker, was at work today, the crew having repaired the bridge and pilot house. The steam schooner Hardy is due from San Francisco Sunday morning. Notice to Mariners. The following affects aids to navi gation in the Seventeenth Lighthouse District: Columbia River entrance Clatsop Spit Jetty buoy. 'Jetty," HS, first-class can. es tablished October 11, in 8 fathoms of water; in lieu of South Channel gas and whistling buoy, 2S. which was discontinued October 2. Wlllapa Bay entrance Outer buoy, WB," PS, first-class can, reported missing. Inner buoy, PS, fjrst-clttss nun, reported at edge of breakers on North Spit. Should be passed to southward on entering the bay. Re ported by Captain O. Anderson, steamship Helena, October 10. Will be replaced as eoon as practicable. Washingtou Sound Turn Rock light re ported extinguished October 9. Will be re lighted as soon as practicable. Columbia River entrance Main channel gas and whistling buoy, 2, to be established about November 1, 1915, In about 11 fathoms of water. The buoy wilt show a flashing red light every I eeconds, flash .3 second duration, of about 130 candlepower. 17 feet above water. Columbia Rlvei Clatsop Spit buoy. 4, to bo moved, about November 1. 1915, about KX yards 125 4 degrees from present position into about 4H fathoms of water. Columbia River, main channel to Astoria Upper sands gas buoy, 4, established Sep tember 27 in the position of former channel buoy, 4. which was discontinued. The gas buoy Is spar-shaped and shows an occulting whit-a light every SO seconds, light 10 sec onds, eclipse 10 seconds, of 120 candle power, 16 feet above water. The buoy Is In 5 fathoms of water. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Oct. 1. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Sea, smooth; wind, south IS miles. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 9:02 A. M 7.1 feet'2:28 A. M 0.5 foot 8:43 P. M 7.4 feet 3:03 P. M 3.0 feet DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Oct. 16. Maximum tempera ture. 71 degrees; minimum, M degrees. Rtvsr reading. S A. M.. 1.0 feet; change In last -4 hours, 0." foot fall. Total rainfall 5 P. M. to A P. M.), none: total rainfall since Sep tember 1, 1JMS. 1.45 Inches; normal r:ilnfall since September 1, 8.71 Inches; deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 2.2ft inches. Total sunshine, 10 hours 55 minutes; possi ble sunshine. 10 hours 55 minutes Barometer (reduced to sea level) 5 P. M.. 30. u 7 inches. THE WEATHER. irinfi 5 2- 6TATIONS, Weather. 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W 'Clear So O.oo'. . iNW Clear 6-S0.OO-12E Cloudy o:o.ol. .'NW Oea 04 0.00:30. W (Cleaw vo.(Mr..'SR (pt. ct-ody 64 o.oo'..XE -Pt. cfmndy 6K0.no!. .v Clouds tWtC.OU-lO'S (Cloudy 64 O.OO: . . IPW Cleax W O Cr.. XE iRain 70 0.OO. .!SW iPt. dowdy WEATHER CONDITIONS. There Is a slight depression over the Mex ican border States and a moderate depres sion over Interior Western Canada; hiph pressure obtains over the remainder of Uih country. Precipitation has occurred in Br: t ish Columola, Wyoming. South Dakota. Ne braska. M Innesota. Iowa, Missouri. Okla homa, Florida and the District of Columbia. The weather is cooler on the Northern Call torn ia-Oregon-Sout hern Washington Coast, in the Dak o Las. Nebraska, Southern Minne sota, and on the Atlantic Coast; in general it is warmer in other sections. Tempera tures are above normal in nearly all por tions of the country. The condition are favorable for generally fair weather in this district Sunday except that showers are expected on the Washing ton Coast, probably followed by clearing weather In the afternoon. It win be cooler Sunday in interior west portions of Oregon, and Washington. Winds will be mostly southwesterly. Wind velocities of less than 10 miles .in hour and amounts of precipitation ot le.-s than .01 of an ini - nT Published hemm FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity: Sunday fair, cn.iiiv southwesterly winds. Oregan: Sunday lair, cooler interior west portion; southwesterly winds. Washington: Sunday generally fair except showers near the Coast, probably followed by clearing weather In the afternoon; cooler interior west portion ; southwesterly wind. Idaho: Sunday fair. THEODORE F. DRAKE, Assistant Forecaster.