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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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6TATIONS,
Weather.
Baker ,
Boise .........
Boston .......
Calgary
Chicago
Colfax
Denver .......
Pes Moines
Duluth
Eureka ......
Galveston
Helena
Jacksonville
Kansas City . .
l.os Ang?lej . .
Marshf leld . -
Hertford
Minneapolis
Montreal
New Orleans . .
New York
North Head
North Yakima
Phoenix
Pocatello
Portland
Roseburtr
Sacramento . . .
Ft. Louis
Salt Lake
Ran Francisco
Seattle
Spokane
T.icoma
Tat oos h Island
Walia. Walla .
W sshlnton
Winnipeg
fl O.On IO'.cr Clear
fim.00. ,W (Clear
5S O.UO ..:s tciear
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5S 10 E Clear
7S 0.00.. 'N Pt. cloudy
fill 0.1!. . NE Cloudv
O.IOJ. . E Cloudy
G4 O.OOi.. ,X 'Pt. cloudy
5- 0.00. . INW Cloudy
SOlO.OO 12'SE tClear
fl4 0.001 ,.SW iClear
so o.oo 22 NE 'Cloudy
7'i O.Ottlio S (Cloudy
7S U.imIJ. .jt-W Clear
To n.oo'. .!SW Icioudy
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r.tt'n.lh'inlSE iCloudy
SH 0.00 24 W 'Clear
fri 0.0O'. .isb Icicar
62 0.00' . .WW ICloudy
64 0.0OUSS Cloudy
it4 0.0O.. s Ictear
2 O.OOI.. w IClear
62 o.oo . . sw iciewr
7110.041 .. S CIxu
70 0.00,.. 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.