16 THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 19, 1916. SECRETARY DANIELS ADMITS RIVER ERROR Telegram to The Oregonian Says 26-Foot Channel Re port Was "Inexact." NAVY RECORDS ARE CITED Chamber of Commerce Sends Latest Of ricial Survey Figures to Wash ington and Ttcquests They Be Placed on File. 4 REPLY CIK 5ECBETARY DA IK1.S TO MISS. A OK SENT FHIDAY BY THE OKB G O.MAX. WASHINGTON". I. C. March IS. 1916. The Oregonian. Port land. Or.: Keplying to your tele pram. Navy Department, in let ter dated March 14 to Hon. W. Ij. Jones, state's records of this department indicate that 26 feet of water is found on the bar of the Columbia River.; This state ment is inexact and should have read: Records indicate channel leading to Portland is not over 26 feet in depth at certain places. The department's records indicate the following depths In the channel at mouth of Colum bia River: North channel, 26 feet; south channel, 35 feet. JOSEPHUS DANIELS. .. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan iels has discovered there, is a governing depth of 33 feet of water at the en trance to the Columbia River, which he admits in a telegram sent to The Ore gonian yesterday. This was in reply to a message from The Oregonian, dispatched Friday, ask ing if he had been correctly quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to the effect there was only 26 feet of water, and that was the reason the cruiser Pittsburg would not he sent here to load troops of the Twenty-first In fantry, hound for San Diego. He admits the statement as to 26 feet and admits also that it was Inexact. Then he gives that depth as applying to the north channel. Just why the Navy Department should have cited the least depth, instead of the greatest, Is puzzling here. The north channel has not been tised in -the deep water commerce of the Columbia River for so long that the Government engi neers have seriously considered not re ferring to it. At that, the depth of 26 feet he quotes there, while it was shown on records of surveys last year, has changed for the better since. On the other hand, the main channel or dredged cut has a least depth of 35 feet, based on the sur vey finished in January of this year, has a width of 1500 feet, and it lies in fin area stretching from the south jetty to the northerly range, where 30 feet is the governing depth. Much Wnter Itegrlstercd. As to the channel in the river from the sea to Portland, there was a stage of 10.2 feet of water on the guage yes terday, which means that piucn more water is available than at zero, and even admitting that the records of the department as to that are correct, there is still no reason why the Pittsburg should not have been sent to Portland. In the first place she has. a mean draft of 24.1 feet. That is, she has, if the Navy Department records are to be believed in giving the dimensions and other data as to its ships. If load ed like the Maryland, when here in 1912, which is the same sized ship and having identical displacement, she would yet have plenty of water to go on. and probably more than was main tained in the path of the cruiser fleet in reaching Mare Island at times, where they went without fear or fuss. Senator Gels Trotest. The Chamber of Commerce yesterday entered strong protest against the er roneous information having been sent broadcast relative to the depth of water, and forwarded the following telegram to Senator Chamberlain: "Secretary Daniels quoted in press saying only 26 feet water at entrance Columbia River and giving that as rea son for not sending cruiser Pittsburg here for tro6ps. If Navy Department responsible for such statement, data fully six years behind time. Cannot Navy Department be compelled to ac cept latest United States Government Engineers' figures on depths of water for Columbia River and cease publish ing to world much injurious misstate ments? Chamber requests you, in con ference with Oregon delegation, to make most earnest protest against such statements and correct evils resulting from the same. Last official data by Government Engineers, 35 feet mean lower low level at entrance of river, or 42.5 average tide. Later soundings indicate perhaps 37 feet low level, and engineers confident 40 feet low-level depth this year. Community resents bitterly disregard by Navy Department cf facts known to engineers." Mr. Daniels Gets Appeal. Another message was sent as well, directed to Secretary Daniels, and couched as follows: "Press reports state you decline send cruiser Pittsburg to Columbia River because only 26 feet of water at mouth of Columbia River. United States' en gineers' survey Decemebr shows 35 feet mean lower low level or 42 and five-tenths feet at average tide. Sound ings made since indicate 37 feet low level. No doubt in world felt by en gineers of 40 feet low level depth this Summer. If you are quoted correctly Navy Department records of entrance to this most important harbor fully six years behind time. Can we not have placed in navy bureaus handling these questions United States engineers' data that will prevent such grievous wrong as statement quoted in refer ring to Columbia River?" Motive Is Puzzle. Comment yesterday was general on the harm resulting from Secretary Daniel's misinformation, and even on the receipt of his reply to The Ore gonian, while admitting . the mistake, it was not apparent why, in such a case, the least desirable route was criticised when certainly. In time of trouble, a Navy ship off the Columbia eeeking refuge or supplies, would be navigated through the deepest water. The north channel he picked out, "Whether through oversight or seeking to ignore Portland, is viewed in such light by those responsible for mark ing it with aids to navigation that it was considered last year to be a Wise move to shift a whistling buoy off the north channel to the southerly part of the bar, where it would be of con tinual service. But it was argued that the whistler served as a mark for ships bound up and down the coast who might shape a course inside of the Co lumbia River lightship, or be carried bhoieward by adverse conditions. f Notice to Mariners. The following affects aids to naviga tion in the 17th Lighthouse District: Coiumlxia. Itiver entrance South Jetty tu and whistling buoy 2-s. reported missing" March IS, to be placed as soon as prac ticable. Columbia River, Harrington point to Walker Island Hunting Island's range front light, reported carried away, was rebuilt and relighted March 4. Walker Island to Willamette River The following spar buoys found missing were replaced March 14: Hunter's Bar, buoy 1; Warrior Rock Reef, buoy 'J; HenricI Cross ing, buoy 1; Reeder Crossing, buoy 4. ROBERT WAR RACK, Lighthouse Inspector. FAIK 'WEATHER IS PROMISED Equinoctial Storms to Be Confined to Rocky Jlountains. Shipmasters have nothing to fear from atmospheric disturbances of an objectionable character along the Pa cific Coast during the present week, if the prognostications of the Washing ton, D. C, headquarters of the United States Weather Bureau are correct, for storms forecasted are to be located in the region of the Rocky Mountains and to the eastward. District Forecaster Beals received the following telegram yesterday em bodying the Washington forecast for the week: "The pressure distribution is such as to indicate that the coming week will be marked by a general reaction to normal temperature east of the Missis sippi Valley. In the Mississippi Val ley and all districts west thereof, tem peratures above the seasonal average may be expected. "The next disturbance to cross the country will form west of the Rocky Mountains Sunday, pass to the Plains States and the ' Great Central Valley Monday or Tuesday, and the Eastern states about Wednesday. This disturb ance will be preceded by a general rise in temperature and will be attended by' snows in northern and local rains and probably thunder storms in south ern states east of the Rocky Moun tains. With the exception of the short period of unsettled, weather attending this disturbance and local snows at the beginning of the week in the re gion of the Great Lakes and the North Atlantic States, the week will be one of generally fair weather." CLATSOP AT PUGET ISLAXI Dredge Clears Road to 30 Feet From Walker's Island to Estuary. Channel improvement carried on at Walker's Island by the Government dredge Clatsop, In increasing the depth there to at least -10. feet at extreme low water, has been finished and the vessel shifted to Puget Island. On cutting there to the projected depth, which in reality means 32 feet, so as to guard against any oversight in gain ing the 30 feet ordered, she will go to Skamokawa, and that will end her operations above the estuary of the Columbia until after the June freshet, if her services are required then. The pipeline dredges Multnomah and Wahkiakum, engaged at Slaughter's in digging a new channel, are being oper ated without loss of time with the hope of cutting the last section of the bank in advance of the June high water. With that work out of the way and a few lumps removed at other places, which would demand comparatively short work for one machine, the Gov ernment will have the Columbia well cleared from the mouth of the Wil lamette to the Pacific. FREIGHT CONGESTION HOLDS Rear and Northern. Pacific Take Record Cargoes. Freight stacked on Ainsworth dock when the steamer Bear sailed yester day afternoon for California was suf ficient to load another carrier of her size. . There is little prospect that the congestion -will be entirely reduced soon. The vessel had about 95 travel ers in the cabin, including Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Stipe, bride and bride groom, who received a rousing fare well, also E. G. Titus and family, who have made several trips on the "Big Three" ships. On the turbiner Northern Pacific, which sailed from Flavel in the after noon, were 126 passengers and in the way of freight she handled the largest lot yet routed between Flavel and the Golden Gate, approximating 1984 tons. There were two carloads of onions for Honolulu and six tons of merchandise for Australia, and for San Franciso wheat, flour, box shooks, paper and miscellaneous consignments. FOREIGX SHIPS UNDER, LAW Inspectors Prepared to Proceed With Seamen's Act Requirements. Having gotten their hands in through passing on seamen and certificating lifeboatmen on United States vessels. Inspectors Edwards and Wynn now face an added ordeal in being des ignated to examine sailors of foreign vessels, the seamen's act as it pertains 'to others than American ships leaving ports of this country having become effective March 4. The law provides that the number of lifeboatmen are to be determined by the size of lifeboats carried and that 75 per cent of the crew shall under stand the orders of officers and 40 per cent of the deck force are rated able seamen, the percentage increasing in that regard until the fourth year after the passage of the act, 55 per cent must be able to comprehend orders, and thereafter 65 per cent. Ill VERM AN" NOW AFTER VILLA Leo R. Smith Sends Picture to Steve McDonald Before Crossing Border. "We are chasing Villa," is the mes sage Quartermaster-Sergeant Leo B. Smith, Battery B, Fourth Field Artil lery, sent to Steve McDonald, his half brother, who is agent for the Regulator line on Alder-street dock. Sergeant Smith was numbered with the crew of the steamer Bailey Gatzert for a short time when on a furlough and re-enlisted within the prescribed, time, so is credited with continuous service since the Philippine insurrection. The message is on a postal card, showing Sergeant Smith arrayed in his fighting togs and whirling a lassoo as he was assisting in rounding up horses previous to the march across the border. He saw his first service with Company G. of the First Washington Volunteer Infantry, in the Spanish American War and following trouble with the Filipinos, after which he "took on" with the regulars. YARD IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED Aberdeen Spar-Making Plant Will Double Its Capacity. ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 18. I (Special.) Improvements to be made at the Endresen shipyards here within the next 60 days will bore than dou the next 60 days will more than dou are devoted entirely to spar-making and repair work. The Endresens have been swamped with spar orders since the shipbuilding boom started and the number of these orders is continuing to grow. Many of the spars cut by Endresen are be ing shipped to Eastern shipyards for installation in vessels being built upon the Atlantic. Steamer Camosttn Is Floated. PRINCE RUPERT. B. C. March 18. The Canadian Pacific steamer Camosun was refloated last night from her posi tion on Dlgby Reef and under her own steam proceeded to Vancouver for repairs. SHIP DEAL IT MADE Options for Building 7500-Ton Steamer Lapse. NEW NEGOTIATIONS PEND Standard Oil Company Is In Market for Tankers and Portland Is in Line to Construct Two of Them. Options extended A. O. Andersen A Co., representing Norwegian capital and having headquarters at New Tork. for the construction of a 7500-ton steamer here, and possibly a second one at a plant to oe established by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works and the Northwest Steel Company, were al- CARRIER BEING GOTTEN IN READINESS TO WORK FULL FLOUR CARGO FOR WAR REGIONS. v . ..... .-..: r Tl"- 'rr-w-s ..--... .... -. .wsS-"-- . y ::. WftftfiJiWw-.jtnv-.', . rwxsr - ' '' -."rfr. -Wvy - " ' ' V .'S:---V-V-"V "VOR.'t.VKGIATV BARK OI.IVKB ANK. It is intended to shift the Norwegian bark Olivebank from the North Pacific mill to the flour mill tomorrow so she can work a full flour cargo for the other side, some of which may find its way ulti mately to the forces of the allies engaged in combat in France. Walter Stirling, a diver, was engaged yesterday in assisting in re placing rivets in some of the stern plates of the vessel and similar work will probably be done in the forepeak, it being under the su pervision of Captain L. Veysey, Lloyd's surveyor. lowed to lapse, and a telegram received yesterday was in effect that a contract would not be signed. A. G. Labbe. vice-president of the Willamette Iron and Steel Works, said yesterday that a telegram was received from New York bearing on the matter, and, while not quite clear as to all de tails, was to the general effect that negotiations had been dropped. "We are negotiating for other ves sels, and, in fact, have options out on contracts, but nothing definite has been closed," he said. Differences Threshed Oat. Frank Hitching, of San Francisco, was here on two occasions on behalf of the Andersen interests, and, while there were some differences threshed over, it was understood when he de parted that the prospects for one steamer being built at Portland were most encouraging and that it would no doubt be followed by others. The Standard Oil Company is in the market for tank steamers and Portland is in line to construct two of them, ac cording to negotiations that are now on, while Japanese interests have sought figures and prices on vessels and are considering offers from here. More Shipyards Expected Here. The announcement of the establish ment of a shipyard at Astoria by the J. -A. McEachern Company, of Seattle, which Portlanders learned of yesterday, is viewed as the forerunner of others of the same kind to seek locations on the river. The success of the McCor mick line in turning out wooden ships at St. Helens has attracted wide at tention and the fact a Puget Sound cor poration has come to the Columbia River is taken as ample proof of the advantages here in the way of material for such work. Portlanders are in close touch on a. similar proposition on a large scale. The McEacJnern plant will build two auxiliary schooners at first, equipped as those of the McCormick line, with twin screws driven, by Diesel engines and with lumber capacity of 2.000,000 feet. SHIP DEALS CLEAR $275,000 Big Profit Made on Sale, Repur chase and Resale of Steamer. SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. (Spe cial.) The firm of Hind. Rolph & Co., of which Mayor Rolph is the head, ad mitted today clearing a profit of $275. 000 on the sale, repurchase and resale of a steamer under construction for the firm by the Union Iron Works for $750,000. According to the firm, the vessel was sold to'T. B. Wilcox, of Portland, for $900,000. It was bought back Thursday for $1,500,000. Twenty-four hours later the firm closed a deal with an Eastern syndicate for the sale of the vessel for $1,625,000. Mr. Wilcox left here a week ago to day after having received a telegraphic offer from Mayor Rolph for the vessel. Several were negotiating, even Oriental interests having sought to purchase. Mr. Wilcox bought the vessel in Decem ber and it was said he actually paid $975,000 to Mayor Rolph. and that the price to the Eastern syndicate, which is composed of New Yorkers, was $1, 643,000 instead of $1,625,000. FLEET IN WAR TRADE GROWS Puget Sound Company Adds Two Vessels to Carry Munitions. SEATTLE. Wash., March 18. Indi cations that the heavy shipments of war munitions to Vladivostok from Puget Sound will continue throughout the Summer have caused the shipping firm of Frank Waterhouse & Co. to charter two more vessels, bringing the fleet under charter for the Seattle Vladivostok trade to 17 steamers. Mr. Waterhouse announced today that he had chartered the Norwegian steamer Grena for delivery at Moji March 21, and the Japanese steamer Kiku Maru for delivery at JUojl late in April. Each vessel will bring Orien tal products to Seattle and. load Rus sian war supplies for Vladivostok. With the vessel under charter Water house & Co. has arranged for 23 sail ings from Seattle to Vladivostok be tween now and the en of June. Rare Birds Given to State. Jean Wheeler Speie'r. daughter of Harbormaster and Mrs. Speier, has pre sented to the Oregon State Fish and Game Commission two handsome Bra zilian cardinals, birds that are scarce in northern latitudes. They were pre sented to her by the master of the British steamer Erroll, but the tender hearted owner concluded to turn them over to the state authorities with the hope that they would be liberated, and help swell the bird colony in Oregon. The cardinals are on exhibition in the Fif th-street window of the commis sion's headquarters in the Commercial Club building. Marine Notes. that the south Jetty gas buoy, reported mUsing. was located in position yesterday was information conveyed to Lighthouse Inspector Warrack last night. Captain Harry Baughman. who has been with the O.-W. R. & N". fleet on the Snake River, is in the city. He usually goes to Alaska during the season" and expects to leave this year if improved in health. "Lime Juice" corner, as Third and Ash streets has been known among the ma rine fraternity for years. Is no more, for the well-known building that formerly housed Frank Botefuhr's thirst emporium has been rased to make room for a mod ern structure. It is said .to have been about 1S84 when the resort became the rendezvous of the deep-sea fraternity and in it many tales have been narrated of life on the briny and it was a general meeting place on the "beach." With about 820.000 feet of lumber, the schooner K. B. Jackson finished loading yesterday 'at the Clark oi Wilson mill. She leaves this week for. Bombay. Formal transfer of the affairs of the First Portland District will be made to morrow from Colonel Potter . to Major Ar thur Williams, the latter having returned last week after an extended leave to re sume his work. Ships bringing general cargo in the Parry-McComnick service, all of which will work lumber for the return to California, are due as follows: Coquille River, to morrow; Wapama, Tuesday; Yesemlte, Wednesday; Davenport, Thursday; North land, Friday, and Celilo, Saturday. Bound for Bandon, the gasoline schooner Ahwenada was cleared yesterday with 75 tons of cargo. Repairs to the steamer Lurline being carried on are expected to be completed so she can leave for Astoria Tuesday, re placing the steamer Undine. Kent W. Clark, formerly purser on the "Big Three" liner Beaver and who re turned to the Pacific Mall service, being on the steamer China of late, has re signed to accept a shore billet. News From Northwest Ports. ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 18. (Special.) The steamer I.indauer arrived late last night, and by working two night shifts and one day shift will be able to clear by to morrow morning. She is ' loading at the Wilson mill here. The steamer Coronado cleared from the Bay City mill here this morning for San Francisco. The steamer San Pedro is due from San Francisco tomorrow. HOQUIAM. Wash.. March 18. (Special.) The steam schooner Carmel completed cargo last nlgh,t at Lytle's mill and sailed for San Pedro. The steam schooner San Jacinto completed cargo today and sailed for San Francisco from the E. K. Wood mill. ASTORIA. Or.. March 18. (Special.) Bringing fuel oil for Astoria and Portland, the tank steamer Atlas arrived from Cali fornia. After discharging freight at Astoria and Portland, the steam schooner Wasp sailed for Puget Sound to load lumber. The American-Hawaiian line steamer Honolulan sailed during the night for Seattle to take on cargo for Vladivostok. Carrying about 800 tons of freight and a small list of passengers, the steamer North ern Pacific sailed today for San Francisco. The steam schooner Daisy arrived from San Francisco and went to Knappton to load' lumber. COOS BAY. Or., March 18. (Special.) The steamer Adeline Smith sailed for San Francisco with lumber and passengers to day. The Kllburn sailed this sfternoon for Eu reka and other California points from Marshfield The steamer Xatin Smith arrived from San Francisoo with freight and passengers. The steam schoner Hardy will sail for San Francisco tomorrow with lumber from North Bend. The Elmore Company announced today the gasoline schooner Tillamook would be placed on the Coos Bay-Portland run start ing from Portland March 25. Columbia Itiver Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, March IS. Condition of the bar at 5 p. M. : Sea, smooth; wind, southeast, 8 mile. MARSHFIELD WIRES OPEN New Line to Eugene Is Put Into Service and Works Well. MARSHFIELD. Or., March 18. (Spe cial.) The new Western Union tele graph wires between Eugene and Marshfield were connected up this aft ernoon, and messages were sent over the wires at 4 o'clock. The two wires worked clearly, and it is believed there will be no further trouble from this direction in getting messages to the interior points. The line between here and Eugene goes through three submarine cables, at Coos Bay, the Umpqua and Siuslaw rivers. The wires follow the Willamette-Pacific Railway between here and Eugene. EXPORTS OF FRUIT DROP Eugene Growers Unable to Get Ships for Europe. EUGENE, Or., March IS. (Special.) Lane County fruit growers for sev eral months have found it almost im possible to get ships in which to send their products to Europe, declares J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene Grow ers' Cannery. "The great demand for ships to carry munitions has been a blow to the ship pers of fruit. Exports of fruit have not been heavy for three or four months. I understand that the Brit ish embargo is to be lifted, partially at least, in October." 8682 Register In Lane County. EUGENE. Or.. March 18. (Special.) A total of 8682 electors had been regis tered in Lane County at the close of the week ending March 11. according to a statement issued by County Clerk Stacy M. Ruesell. Only 2133 are wom en. By parties they are enrolled as follows. Republicans, 5343: Democrats, 22S5: Socialists. 355; independent, 214; Progressives, 43; Prohibitionists, 201. COOS BAY GETS BOAT Tillamook to Be Added to Serv ice on Weekly Schedule. MERCHANTS' AID IS URGED S. Elmore & Co. Promise to Continue ' Service if Patronage Warrants, but With Demand for Boats Profit Must Be Returned. S. Elmore & Co., of Astoria, who have operated for years a fleet in the coast wise trade between Portland and Ore gon coast ports, have announced that they will put on the Portland-Coos Bay run the gasoline sdhooner Tillamook. The first sailing of the vessel under this schedule will be next Saturday from Albers dock No. 2, and thereafter the Tillamook will sail on a weekly schedule. The Elmore interests have been studying the matter of an improved service to Oregon coast ports for some time. The company appointed N. F. Titus as Portland agent and engaged dock space at Albers No. 3. A canvass has been made among jobbers of Port land who are interested, and also the trade of the Coos Bay territory. Assur ances of support were given, provid ing a service is established that would take care of the freight offering and which has been delayed somewhat in delivery the past few months. Portland Loses Orders. -A large number of orders placed by the Coos Bay interests in Portland in the past few months have been can celed because of the inability of the dealers to get delivery within the time they needed the goods. This has been due to a congestion on vessels operat ing, and the fact the service formerly maintained to Coos Bay had been cur tailed for a time because of demands made for tonnage at other points. Coos Bay and Portland merchants struggled to work out an improvement in the situation without success. When it was learned that the Elmore Com pany might consider placing the Tilla mook on this exclusive run, business houses took the qtrestion up with them and urged the action. A general in vestigation of the situation has been made by representatives of the com pany and a decision reached to es tablish a service. Service Is Provisional. "In putting on the service the man agement states that ' it will not be maintained without proper support," says W. D. B. Dodson, of the Chamber of Commerce. The necessary support depends on selling and buying goods so as to compel their movement between Portland and Coos Bay in each direc tion. The jobbing interests that have been suffering in the past from in ability to make delivery within the time specified by their purchasers are being called upon to develop and main tain such business as will warrant the new service and keep. the vessel profit ably employed. There is such a demand for steam ships of all classes now in other fields that no company .will undertake to maintain a service of . this character unless the business fully warrants it. Efforts were made to take the Tilla mook Into other fields, but the Elmore interests that have operated for years On the Oregon coast preferred to keep her here if the .employmnt could be made remunerative." MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Date. Breakwater -Pan Diego .Mar. : Heaver Los Angeles Mar. : Northern Pacific. San Francisco Mar. : F. A. Kllburn. . . . Kan Diego Mar. : Bear Los Angeles Mar. : DCE to depart. Name. Yale Wapama . . . Harvard Breakwater For . S. F toL. A . San DJegb . .S. F. to la. A . IS an Dlepo Date. , . Mar. . .Mar. . .Mar. , Mar. Braver Los Aneelos Mar. Northern Pacific. San Francisco Mar. li. Northland San Diego Mar. 25 F. A. Kilburn. . .. San Diego Mar. 01 Bear Los Angeles Apr. 1 Portland-Atlantic Service. DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From Date.. Georgian New York April 1 DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Georgian Honolulu April 4 Marconi AVireJess lie ports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M-, ?.Iarch 18, unless therwine designated.) Manoa, San Francisco for Honolulu. 1021 mi les from San Francisco, March 1. Enterprise, San FrancLsco for Honolulu, 1:: miles from San Franrisco, March 17. . Great Northern, Honolulu for San Fran cisco, 4K miles from Honolulu, March 17. Lurline, Honolulu for San Francisco, J.JI6 miles from San Francisoo, March 17. China, San Francisco for Orient, 366 miles from San Francisco, March 17. Willamette. Grays Haroor for San Fran cisco, off Duxbury Reef. Herrin, Gavlota tor Linnton. 313 miles north of Gavlota. Bradford. Antofagasta for' San Francisco, 104 miles south of San Franciaoo. Speedwell, San Peuro for San Francisco, 110 miles south of San Francisco. President, San Francisco for Seattle, 115 miles from San Francisco. Newport, San Francisco for ' Balboa, at Mazatlan, March 17. Roanoke. San Pedro for Corlnto, at Maz atlan, March 1 7. Celilo. Sau Diego for San Pedro, off Point Loma. Geo. W. Elder. Balboa for San Francisco, 12o miles south of San Pedro. Beaver. San Pedro for San Francisco. 38 miles east of Point Concepcion. Porter, Seattle for Port San Luis, 80S miles from Seattle. Lucas, towing barge 01, Seattle for Rich mond, 212 miles from Richmond. Adeline Smith, Coos Bay for San Fran cisco. 279 miles north of San Francisco- Governor, Victoria for San Francisco, off Blanco. Kilburn, Coos Bay for Eureka, 20 miles south of Coos Bay. Wapama. San Francisco for Portland, 18 miles north of Blunts Reef. Drake. Richmond for Seattle, 3SS miles irom Kichmona. Buck, Linnton for San Francisco, 433 miles from Linnton. Coronado, Aberdeen for San Francisco, 40 miles soul h of the Columbia River. Mills, Seattle for Martinez. 200 miles south of Seattle. Northern Pacific, " Flavel for San Fran cisco. 118 miles south of the Columbia River. Arollne. San Francisco for Seattle, 60 miles soutn oi tne Columbia iiver. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, March 18. Sailed Steamers Temple E. Dorr, for San Pedro; Bear, for San pearo via ban r rancisco. Astoria. March 18. Sailed at 8 A. M. steamer Wasp, for Mukil teo. Arrived at 8 A. M., steamer DaiHy. from San Francisco. Sailed at '2 P. M., steamer Northern Pacific, for San Francisco. Arrived at 2:40 and left up at 4:40 P. M., steamer Atlas, from San Francisco. San Francisco. March 18. Arrived at 8 A. M.. steamer Breakwater, from San Diego and way ports, tor portiann via way ports. Coon Rav March 18. Arrived at 7 A. M.. steamer F. A. Kilburn, from Portland for San Diego via way ports. Tatoosh, March 18. Passed tn at 7:10 A M. steamer Honolulan, from Portland for Seattle. San Pedro. March 17. Sailed Steamer Ed-g-ar H. Vance, for Columbia River. Astoria. March 17. Sailed at 8 P. M., steamer Honolulan, for Puget Sound; at 9 p. M-, steamers Daisy Gadsby. for San Pedro; naisv Putnam, for San Francisco. San Francisco, March 18. Arrived Steamers Seiyo Maru (Japanese) from Coronel; Alaskan, from Honolulu; ucatan. from Shanghai. Sailed Steamers Westerner, for Aberdeen; LT. S. S. Raleigh, for Mexico; Helen e. Necanlcum. Wapama. for Portland ; President, for Seattle; A. M. Simpson, for Coos Bay: ship Indiana, for Blaine, Antofagasta, March 1. Arrived Steamer Nissei Maru, from Portland. Or. Seattle. March 18.- Arrived Steamers Honolulan from New York; J. A. Chansior, Admiral Farragut, San Francisco: Alaska, from Southeastern Alaska. Sailed Steam ers Dolphin, for Southeastern A laska ; Vuki Maru (.Japanese), for Vladivostok. Tides at Astoria. Sunday. . High. Low. 0:SS A. M....8.3 feet J 7:08 A. M 1.1 feet 0:51 P. M 8.0 feat 7:13 P. M 1.0 foot Vessels Cleared Yesterday. Gasoline schooner Ahawanda, general cargo, for Bandon and way. American steamer Bear, general cargo, for San Pedro via Pan Francisco. BANDON BONDS ARE SOLD Seattle Firm Takes $25,000 Series Issued by Port. MARSHFIELD. Or.. March 18. (Special.) The purchase of the . Port of Bandon series B, $25,000 bonds, by the F. E. Conway Mortgage Company, for Carstens & Earls, of Seattle, is looked upon in this vicinity as an in dication of returning financial stabil ity and confidence on the Pacific Coast, and the general comment is favorable to the purchase by a Coast firm. It is held here that port bonds are the best securities being issued in Ore gon, and should therefore bring hoard ed money out of the banks. Hereto fore, Eastern firms, mainly Toledo and Cleveland concerns, have taken all the municipal and port bonds offered here. A Denver firm took the Coquille mu nicipal issue of $32,000. SCIENCE LECTURE IS TODAY , C. II. Ohrenstein, of First Church, to Talk at Vancouver Today. VANCOUVER. .Wash.. March 18. (Special.) A free lecture on Christian Science will be given Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the auditorium of tne Vancouver High School, by Charles H. Ohrenstein. of the board of lectureship of the mother church.' the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass. The public is cordially invited to attend. When a lecture is given by the Christian Scientists there are always hundreds coming from Portland, and it is expected that tomorrow will be no exception. DAILY CITY STATISTICS .Marriajce Licenses. KE.VP-D1EDP.ICH Claude Wright Kemp, legal. Empress Hotel and Viola K. liledrich, legal. Buona Vista apartments. HUL.DKN-SMITH V.llliam V. Holden. le gal, Tvtr East Kihteenth street, and Mabel H. Smith. lcRal, same address. VVHlTKIELD-HrGHES William Whit fleldi. legal. Commercial Club building, and Isabella Hughes, legal, 474 Tillamook street. CHlVERb-RKEN Harold Thomas Oli vers, legal. I"7u Kast Twentieth street North, and Mao Reen, legal, l'J4'2 Wilbur street. TK1NE-MOORE Charles I, Trine, Third and Salmon streets, and Carrie Mae Mooru, legal, llo Minnesota street. Vancouver . Marriage Licenses. CHII.COTE-PERRY Raymond K. Chil coto. 111, of Molalla. Or., and Miss Opal Perry. 17. of Molalla. Or. MKELVEY-KAl.VE I'. A. MrKflvey, 2. of llwaco. Wash., and Mia L'nicc M. Kaine, 111. of llwaco. Wash. GABEL1CH-S.MITH G. Gabelir-h. 2, of Portland, and Miss Louise Smith, -0, of Port land. SCHOELLER-MTLARY Dr. Carl F. Kchoeller. 27, of Newberg, Or., and Miss Minnie K. Mo-Clary, 20, of Newbrrg, Or. TOOLE Y-MAK Charles Tooley. -J4, of Portland, and Miss lrma Mae, HU, of Port land. Births. SMART To Mr and Mrs. Bert Smart, 414 Eleventh street. March 11. a daughter. M CSC HA LI K To Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Muschalik, 12o Willamette boulevard, March 1, a son. SCHMIDT To Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt, 448 Skidniore street. March 7, a daughter. E1..STEAD To Mr. and Mrs. Oliff N. B. Klstead, 3V!9 East Morgan street, March 1-. a sQn. BEW1.EY To Mr. and Mrs. Edear Bew ley. ."tOlr. EiRhty-flrsl street Southeast, March a daughter. BATES To Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bates. 742 Vaughn street. March 11, a son. BLAND To Mr. and Mrs. John I Bland, 704 l.'pshur street. March 2. a son. WOOD To Mr. and Mrs. Horatio F. Wood, 1051 Commercial street, March 16, a daughter. A.MSBLRY To Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ams bury. 464 Miller street, March 8, a son. DCNAWAV To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Dunaway. March 14. a son. BRACER Tlfo Mr. and Mrs. August G. Brauer. ison East Twenty-eighth street North. March l'j, a son. HII.E To Mr. and Mrs. Rov O. Hile, 314 Umatilla street, March S. a son. Building; Permits. raAMBl.ES & SMITH Repair two-story ordinary store, 47oS Sixty-fifth avenue Southeast, between Foster road and Fortv eighth avenue: builder. Hugh Huffman: $!0. UNION LAUNDRY roll PAN Y. Repair three-story frame laundry. Second St., be tween Columbia and Clay streets: builder, Litherland & Abrev Company; $75. JOSEPH PAQUET Erect one-story frame garage. r,.Vi East Aider street, between Kast Twelfth and East Thirteenth streets: builder, same; PROVIDENT TRUST COMPANY Repair four-story ordinary garage. Alder street, be tween Chapman and Seventeenth stree-s; builder, O. L. Arthur; 150. SARAH COY Repair two-story frame dwelling, lion Detroit street, between Kll llngsworth and .Tessup streets; builder, Wes ley Cooper; $ino. R. MCALI, Repair one-and-one-half-story frame dwelling. R01 East Twenty eighth street, between Tlbbetts and -.ast Kelly streets: builder. C. H. Beard: T45. .1. DAVENPORT Repair one-and-one-half story frame dwelling, 1073 Cleveland ave nue, between Sumner and Alberta streets; builder, day work: EMILR MAZKTIER Repair one-story frame dwelling. 411 Sacramento street, be tween Union and East Seventh streets; builder. A. F. Velguth; $LT.O. CHARLES FOX Erect one-story frame garage, 7"t2 Wefdler street, between Kast Twenty-second and East Twenty-fourth streets; builder, A. W. Horn; .".on. CHARLES FOX Erect one-and-one-half-Story frame dwelling. 7."J Weldler street, between East Twenty-second and East Twenty-fourth streets; builder, A. W. Horn; ?noo. IRA A. MARTIN Repair one-and-one-half-story frame dwelling. 1VJ East Eighteenth street North, between Sumner and Emerson streets; builder, same; $loO. R. R. HILL Erect one-story frame gar age. M47 Rex avenue, between East Eleventh and Kast Thirteenth streets: builder, same: 7.-l. PENIVI SILVIO Erect one-story frame garage. 111!. Maiden avenue, between East Fortieth and East Forty-first streets; builder, same: $250. NORTHWESTERN FIDELITY COMPANY Repair 15-story fireproof steel frame bank and offices, .1.13 Morrison street, between Sixth and Broadway: builder, Portland Photo- Supply Company: $90. J. T. BRUMFIELD Repair , one-and-one-half-story frame dwelling, 746 Pettygrove street, between Twenty-second and Twenty third streets; builder, Muir & McClelland Construction Company: $50. MRS. M. DE PEEL Erect one-story frame! dwelling. 601 East Sixtieth street North, between Sandy and Alameda; builder, same : $2500. ' WILLIAM ALBRIGHT Repair one-and-one-half-story frame dwelling. 70S Rodney avenue, between Failing- and Shaver streets; builder, same: $25. GEORGE BABESH Repair three-story frame rooming-house, 37.1 North Sixteenth street, between Savier and Thurman streets; builder, O. Nelson; CECIL BAUER AND IONE LEWIS Re pair two-story frame stores and rooms, 540 to 554 Washington street, between Seven teenth and Eighteenth streets; builder, J. C. Bayer: $400. F. V. HOLM AN Repair two-story frame store, 675 Washington street, betw-een Ella and Twenty-first streets; builder. R. J. Stewart: $350. Brownsville Class Gives Play. BROWNSVILLE. Or.. March 18. (Special.) The' North Brownsville senior class presented its class play, "A Poor Married Man," Friday night. A large and enthusiastic audience at tended. Members of the class in the cast were: Genie Howe, Ruth Mallow, Ibby Green, Edith Walker, - Chester Roche, Arthur Goulard, Lee Eggleston and Emil Nelson. The Junior girls sold candy for funds to erect tennis courts. State Gets $80 00 for Fire Patrol. SALEM, Or., March 18. (Special.) Contract was signed today by State Forester Elliott with the United States Government whereby the state will re ceive $8000. its portion of the Weeks fund, for use in fire patrol work. The money, is to be expended under the supervision of the state forestry de 3 STEAMERS BOUGHT Pacific Mail Takes Over New Dutch Vessels. ONE STARTS TO COAST Venezuela,' Colombia and Ketiatlor, Built Only Last Year, Replace Some of Those Sold When Seaman's Act Took Kffcct. AMSTERDAM, via London. March 18. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company of San Francisco has bought three, it. i !..-.. .i t a . . i . . i. At".,, i i . dian Mail Steamship Company. The steamer Venezuela, which had . previously been sold to a Norwegian firm, was resold to the Pacific Mail Company, and has sailed to San Fran- cisco under the American flag with a i Dutch crew. On the way the Venezuela ' will call at Cardiff. Santos and Rio i Janeiro. The other two steamers are the Ecuador and Colombia. They will leave shortly for San Francisco after being refitted. The Dutch vessels bought by the Pa - ! cific Mail Steamship Company were ! constructed last year. The Venezuela ; and Colombia arc of 5500 gross tons each and 380 feet long and were built ' in Amsterdam. The Ecuador is of 5000 tons and was built in Flushing. The Pacific Mail Company last An- 1 gust sold the five largest vessels of its) Oriental fleet to a subsidiary corpora- ', 'tion of the International Mercantile ! marine. i ne vessels were Lne; man- i churia. Mongolia. Corea. Siberia and China. Austria Calls Out Youths of 18. VIENNA. March 15. via London, March 18. (Delayed in transmission.) An imperial decree published today calls into service all youths 18 years old. who 1 r : . n,ii;,.. .J .... . TV..... ...ill ka 1 added to the landaturm category. The decree applies to Austria and Hungary. nAIl.Y MKTEOROIXKilCAL REPORT. PORTLAND. March IS. Maximum tem perature. 57 dem-ees: minimum, 4:S degrees. River reading at S A. M ., 12.2 f et : change In last 24 hours. 0.4 foot fall. Total rainf:iH 5 T-'. M. to 5 P M . none: total ralnfail since September 1. 1015, 40.17 inches; nor- 1 mai raintaii since September l, :;i.i4 incne; excess of rainfall since September 1, 1015. 5.4:1 inches. Total snnshino March IS. I hour, 50 minutes; possible sunshine. 12 hours. 2 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 2!.tHi inches. THE WEATHER. Slala of Weather STATIONS!. Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicago Colfax Denver Pes Moines Duluth Eureka Galveston Helena Jacksonville ... Kansas City. . . Los Angeles.... Marshfield . . . . M ed f ord M innea polls ... Montreal New Orleans . . . New York North Head .... North Yakima. Omaha ....... Pendleton Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roseburg Sacramento .... St. Louis Salt Lake San Francisco.. Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island. Walla Walla. . . Washington .... Winnipeg oin 70 o on:. .'W OOl. . NW Cloudy pt. cloudy as o .on lo w Cloudy 4ti o 44'0 .1X1 . SE ( lear .(Ml 10'NW Clear Cloud v 5S 0 .00 ... ... .no1 . .iw .OOl . .I.N ;i 0 'Cloudy j Clcar (Clear Cloudy 1 Clear 1 (Clear I 'Clear ; (Clear IPt. cloudy 'Cloudy Cloudy .11(1 .12 0 .on;i;W 52 O. 1: . . !N 72 0 64 0 72i0, 2 0 74 n. 50 II. fi O. :: o. so. 70 o. 24 0. .1X1 12 S .not. .IB ,0O 20 SW .no' IS N ooi. .isw no) . . w .OK i . . NW 00 10'NW 00 16 W 00 j . . SW lear Cloudy Clear on 20 SW Snow 50 0 F.4 O r.2 o 4 0 .oo. ,;se .on: .00 12 NE" . on1 . ' ne .00'. . X .00 12 S cloudy vt. clouay Clear Pt. cloudy SB 0 Hli 0 Clear I, i'L Pt. cloudy ICloudy Cloudy Pt. cloudy 0 .on . . !SE 5 0. .(Hi'. .!NW .(it; . .1. . .. B4 O n K4!0 MO rs o .no'. . !N W 'Clear 'Cloudy 'Rain Cloudy Cloudy (Cloudy .no 10SE .nu. .Inw .no io sk .ooi . . ine .00! . . ; N 50 0 .00 ..IE Cloudy 5B 0 OO . . NW Cloudy Cloudy Icioudy .on;, ,'se .no;, .iw WEATHER CONDITIONS. A laree high-pressure area overlies the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys and Central Canada: high pressure obtains also over the Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts. Unsettled weather concTitions, with baromet ric pressure below normal, obtains on most of the Pacific Slope and from Central Texas and Oklahoma eastward to the Atlantic Coast. Light precipitation has occurred in Northern California, interior Southwestern Oregon and New York. TTie weather i warmer in Western Wasrineton, Central California, most of Montana. Western North Dakota, from tile Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast. In Alberta and Northern British Columbia; it is colder in most other sections of the country. The conditions are favorable for partly clondv and occasionally threatening weather in this district Sunday, with slight tempera ture changes and light variable winds. FORECASTS: Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy and occasionally threatening weather; light, variable winds. Oregon, Washington and Idaho Partly cloudy and occasionally threatening weather, slight temperature changes; light, variable winds. T. FRANHS DRAKE. Assistant Forecaster. (RYPTQK inthe lens KRYPTOKS made by us cost no more than Kryptok made by other opticians, but the Kryptoks supplied by us are better, being finished on specially made ma chines and in the finest, most completely equipped retail optical factory in Portland. CJ Besides, we do all the work under one roof, from the examination of your eyes to the accurate fit ting of the finished glasses. THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Bldg., Fifth and Morrison in !-stAKl