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Newspaper Page Text16 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, ATJGUST 13, 1916. SHIPYARDS. RUSHED; IRE ARE BUILDING Industry Is Booming on Colum bia River and Additional Plants Are Projected. , NEW TYPE CRAFT ORDERED Etandlfer-Clarkson Company Has Record for Fast Preliminary Work Orders Placed Right After Deal Is Closed. Exclusive of bona fide wooden ship building plants announced to be es tablished, negotiations now on have to do with at least one additional yard at Portland and there are other in terests concerned in gathering support for the construction of vessels at one of the yards now going, the ships to be owned by Portlanders and oper ated from here in the general trade. The record for fast preliminary work in getting a plant under way appears to be held by the Standlf er-Clarkson Company, which executed a contract Wednesday morning with Libby, McNeil & Libby for a motorahip for the AlaBKan trade, to be followed by others. and not only have orders been placed already for equipment, hardware for the vessel, some of the lumber and other parts, but Mr. Standifer said yes terday band saws and such gear were already on the way from the East, according to messages from the manu facturers. Yard Work Is Beg; 11 II. Piling for the first set of ways will be started Tuesday or Wednesday on the site adjoining the property of the Monarch Lumber Company, on North Portland harbor. Workmen are on the ground getting other parts of the yard under way, while the two semi-Diesel engines for the first ship have been contracted for, and Herman Sandstrom employed as superintendent, he being now en route from British Columbia. The permanency of that plant is re garded assured through the first busi ness placed, as the Libby, McNeil & Libby interests have bound themselves to order all vessels here and that is taken to mean there will be a large number turned out. as it is understood to be the intention of the firm to re place its present sailing fleet on the Pacific with motor ships. At the McEachern-Standifer-Clark-fon plant on Young's Bay, Astoria, seven auxiliary vessels are planned and two are well along as to frames. An other's keel was laid a short time ago and it is rapidly taking shape, while two more will be rushed, so there will be five carriers building at the same time, the sixth and seventh to be be gun as soon as ways are vacated. Astoria Plants Busy. Wilson Bros.' plant at Astoria is making rapid progress on two steam schooners for the McCormick line, and the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company has four sets of ways busy, with the auxiliary schooner June, a three master, on drydock here to have sea cocks fitted and masts to be stepped and be finished. At the Peninsula Shipbuilding Com pany's property, foot of McKenna ave nue, one auxiliary schooner is being framed and contractors are rushing the second set of ways. The programme calls for two ships this season and other ways will be added until five are In stalled. Next in line are the announced plans of G. L. Hardy and associates for a wooden shiubuilding plant in South Portland, while the North Pacific Ship building Company, designers of com posite ships of steel and lumber, will be located there, starting with two and possibly three steamers. The Northwest Steel Company, the only steel shipbuilding plant in opera tion, has two of five freighters go ing and three more are to be begun ps rapidly as ways are ready and ma terial fashioned. Those contracts will keep that company busy for a lengthy period, but more are expected to follow when facilities can be spared for turn ing them out. CALIFORNIA LINERS SAIL Heaver and Great Northern Get Away With Many Passengers. Carrying 145 travelers in the cabin snd 25 in the steerage, the flagship Beaver, Captain Mason, of the San Prancieco & Portland flag, made her "departure from Ainsworth dock at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon for the Southland, the number of passengers leinpr the largest she has taken from Portland this season. Cartro offerings were heavy and they delayed the ship half an hour. She bad almost a capacity load. The Eoia t'ity ias to leave San Francisco for Portland Tuesday, machinery repairs being expected to be finished by then, rniii she will be gotten out on time r-aturday. The turbiner Great Northern, Cap tain Ahman, left Flavel on time yes terday afternoon for San Krancisoo with t80 passengers. She had a good load of cargo made up of cereals, cheese, box shookj and various Oregon prod ucts. The Northern Pacific, Captain llnnter, is due from the Golden Gate today. FISHING TO BE ENCOURAGED Aberdeen Will Set Aside Dock for Use of Operators. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) The fishing industry. taken more or lg as a matter of course in .Vbordeen, is to receive more recogni tion and fishermen are to be encour-. aged to make this city their headquar ters. The City Council has Just votedi to set aside certain docks for the use of fishermen. It is planned to grant fishermen all reasonable concessions and make whatever expenditures may Ve found necessary to promote this in dustry. In presenting the matter Council man W. J. Egerer pointed to Astoria, Or., as a city which has benefited tre mendously thrpugh the fishing busi ness, and that city's work will be copied by Aberdeen. STEAM SCHOONERS CUT RATE Imleendeiit Vessels Make Tariff of $10, Portland to San Francisco. Effective with the departure of the steamer Willamette from here Wednes day for California, the first-class pas senger tariff on independent vessels from Portland to San Francisco will be J10. a reduction of 1. Information to that effect yesterday reached Frank Bollam, Portland agent for the Mc Cormick line. The through rate from Portland to San Pedro will be $18 and to San Diego $20. The steamer Klamath has been list ed to sail Saturday and. as the McCor mick vessels are operating mora fre- DAMAGED FREIGHTER IS BROUGHT FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERS TO PORTLAND TO UNDERGO EXTENSIVE REPAIRS RESULTING FROM BEING WRECKED. I 1 , ,- ' it -- i X'' . i ii i hiii aimniiiiniim.arfl'nrfiffi' - mmmm 1) JAPANESE STEAMEB KENKON M ARU X). 3 ON PORT OP PORTLAND DRYDOCK. (2) BOW VIEW, SHOWING GAPING HOLE WHERE FOREFOOT WAS TORN AWAY. quently because time is saved in not loading general cargo at San Francisco and discharging it here, sailings will be increased. Mr. Bollam was officially directed by the Pacific Navigation Company yester day to sell tickets on the turbiners Yale and Harvard only to be used for part or all of the trip by August 31. as the steamers will be taken over Sep tember 1 by the Pacific Alaska Navi gation Company. Hydrographic Office Notes. Captain M. R. J. Downey, master of tug Navigator, reports that August 8, at 8:08 A. M., In latitude 42:46 N., longitude 134:K:30 W., off Fox Rock buoy, noticed the current setting southeast magnetic, two miles per hour. The sea at this time was smooth wnn ngni airs irom the northwest. Baro meter, 29.93 Inches, thermometer 60 degrees Fahrenheit. . Captain Jones, steampr F!1 T.rthn mnnrt that June 13. in latitude 32:02 N., longi tude 117:28 W., passed a can buoy paintea red. Appeared to have been in a water a Ions time. . Captain Thonf&s. of the steamer Oovprnnr. reports that July 22, at 3 P. M.. ha pasnej what looked like a ship's bridge or poop deck ladder, off Point Reyes. Captain Okamote, Japanese steamer Yo yama Mara, reports that August 1. at 7 p. M.. In latitude 20:10 N., longitude 106:3'! W., he sighted a lighter, bottom up, about 40x20 feet. Bottom plates apparently iron. Captain W. B. Knight, steamer Norwood, reports that July 16. 191 , 3 P. M.. latitude 6S:53 X.. longitude 150:39 W.. passed a log about 25 feet long. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, Aug. 12. Condition of the bar at 6 P. M. Sea, smooth; wind, south, 10 miles. CREWS OF COAST GREYHOUNDS f v 1 1 , As a means of keeping men of all departments, from deck crew to "black gang." on the qui vive in fire and boat drills, s there is keen rivalry among tnose manning different boats to swing out from the davits and get into the water first, a system is followed on the turbiners Northern Pacific and Great Northern of sounding the alarms when the men are busy at other work Usually the drills are held the day of arrival at Flavel from San Francisco but whether Immediately after passengers are landed or at what time during the afternoon or evening the men are kept in the dark, so when "turned to" they must reach the deck without delay and Just as might be demanded in (lnae of danger. , v 2, i ' I - - ' '5 '--a X: DUTHIE GETS BIG BOATS SEATTLE INTERESTS TO BlILD 3 8SOO-TON FREIGHTERS. 1 Joseph Bowles, of Northwest Steel Com pany, Credited With Helping; to Land Deals for Coast. Contracts have been closed for three SSOO-ton freighters for Norwegian in terests that are to be built at the plant of J. F. Guthrie & Company, of Se attle, according to information being discussed among mariners here. The vessels first were reported to have been closed for the Northwest Steel Company, because they are to be laid down on the same . lines as five con tracted for at that plant, also being ordered by Hannevig & Johnson. New York ship brokers, for Norwegian clients. The Duthie interests have figured In considerable work on Puget Sound and that firm took the contract for repairing- the damaged Japanese steamer Kenkon Maru No. 3, in turn entering into an agreement with William Corn foot, of this city, to have the work done here, the vessel being now or the Port of Portland drydock at St. Johns. It is asserted by mariners familiar RESPOND FREQUENTLY TO ALARM, muiiLi trjrii,iE.T. ' A'sM Mil ii with steel work that a -record Is beins made in handling that job that will stand forth as a new mark in North west ports. Joseph Bowles, head of the North west Steel Company is now in the East and it is said his company had the opportunity of taking the work, but the plant is now working with a vim with five ships to turn out and he is credited with having assisted in landing the work for the Coast. The ships will be equipped with geared turbines, the same as those building here, and boilers will be built on the Coast. That the Duthie corporation will es tablish a plant for the new work on the East Waterway. Seattle, the site being part of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company hold ings,' is also said to be part of the plan. Vessels Entered Yesterday. American steamer Washtenaw, cargo of oil, from Oleum. Gasoline schooner Mlrene, general cargo, from Coast ports. Vessels. Cleared Yesterday. American steamer Washtenaw, ballast, for San Francisco. Gasoline schooner Patsy, general cargo Gasoline schooner Rustler, general cargo, for Wedderburn. Gasoline schooner Mlrene. general cargo, for Coast ports. Tldee at Astoria Sunday. High water. Low water. ':f!7 A. M 13 feet 1:06 P. M 8.1 feet7:08 P. M 1.8 feet SO FIRE AND BOAT DRILLS ARE . We- l REPAIR JOB IS BIG Work Begins in Rebuilding Jap anese Steamer Here. $175,000 WILL BE COST Kenkon Maru, Sunk Off Vancouver Island, and Raised July 1 6, Is Badly Disabled Remodeling to Be Finished October 15. "She Is a hard-lookinff customer." Is the observation frequently heard at the bigr Port of Portland drydock from per sons looking over the damaged Japan ese steamer Kenkon Maru No. 3. which was raised from the deep last month and towed here a week ago for repairs. Coupled with the uncomplimentary remarks on the appearance of the ship are usually commendatory expressions of the confidence felt by William Corn foot, head of the Albina Engine c Ma chine Works, is his ability to turn out the $175,000 repair Job by October 15. And It is rated by far the worst mess of broken, bent and twisted plates, frames, keel and stem that has been tackled in the annals of Portland's maritime history with a view to turning out a real ship again. Work Begun Week Ago. It was a week ago that the Kenkon Maru was warped into the dock. Since the last shores were placed there have been tons of cement, rock and debris removed from the holds and limbers; great sections of damaged plates cut away, frames and other steel sections exposed to view, so even an idle inspec tion by -landsmen brings out that it is a hard-Job. In fact, the general conviction among mariners is that had the "Kenkon Maru gone down during normal shipping con ditions she would today be resting quietly where she struck; for only un der existing feverish conditions in the freight market Is she regarded worth patching up. Yet this will be no patched Job. Skilled men of Portland and Seattle arc massed there for the task. By day 150 mechanics and laborers are cutting, tugging and hauling in the removal of parts either to be discarded or "faired up" to be used again. At night 50 oth ers "turn to" and so long as there Is opportunity to use such a force it will be retained, for the aim is to do the work at a clip that will insure the steamer being turned back to her own ers on October 15. Large Ftorce Employed. Interest of Portlanders at large s centered on the amount of the con tract, the number of men given em ployment and the reputation the city will add to her record as a repair cen ter. There ;ire 144 plates to be handled. Some of them go bacc into the hulL Other:? are cast aside to be replaced with new material. There are 148 frames to be worked on. some of those also being reshaped probably, while others are to be torn out. The keel of the steamer Is gone in places, badly 'hogged"' in others and generally in sad need of attention. She went down January 12 in Active Pass, off Vancouver Island, when bound from Seattle for Vladivostok, and was raised July 16. The appearance of the keel and bottom plates of the steamer show she received severe treatment on rocks. Progress has been rapid, yet it would seem as if many more days must elapse before new work makes its appear ance, yet those in charge say riveting will be started this week. BEACHES DRAW CITYITES Long: and Short Round Trips by Wa ter Available From Here Today. Captain" Ed Budd, of the O.-W. R, & N. river fleet, has the sun working for him these days, warm weather hay ing boosted North Beach travel to a large extent. The steamer Hassalo. sailing yesterday afternoon, carried 200 Portlanders for the Washington side and last night another stream of per spiring humanity took passage on the steamers Harvest Queen and T. J. Pot ter. River outings will be in vogue today. The steamer Georgiana. for Astoria and return; the Bailey Gatzert for the Cas cade Locks and back, and the Pomona and Kitty Moran making several rune to Oregon City, will afford cool trips for many. Private launch parties, also short rides arranged with public launches, and the usual number of row boats and canoes will fill many of the Upper Wfl lam t to rendezvous during the day. Marine Noief. Settlement made at San Francisco be tween longshoremen and employer, whre It I said the understanding la and cent an hour will be paid on general cargo on the Coaat and A5 cents and $1 an hour on offshore vessels, has not changed the Portland situation yet. Coming from San Francisco, the steamer Breakwater arrived yesterday and kails on the return tomorrow night. The steamer F. . Kilburn, her fleetmate. Is expected to be ready to leave San Francisco for Port land Tuesday, after having undergone gen eral repairs. Arriving In tna river yeaterday morning from Destruction Island, the lighthouse tender Manzantta mas ordered to take on supplies for Tillamook: Rock lighthouse, leaving for there tomorrow morning. Carrying 6& tona cf cargo, the gasoline schooner Mlrene was cleared yesterday for Newport and Florence. The gasoline schooner Patsy got away for Coos Bay, Bandon and the Umpqua with 130 tons and the gasoline schooner Rustler was dlspaLched for Rogue River with 250 cases of cans and 100 tons of merchandise. After having discharged 25. (KM) barrels of fuel oil, which she brought from Oleum, the tanker Wishtcnew sailed yesterday on her return to San Francisco. Major Arthur Williams. Corp of En gineers, U. . A., in charge of projects in the First Oregon District, has received au thorization to proceed with several prelim inary examinations that were provided fer In the last rivers and harbors bill. Frank Waterhouse, head of a company bearing his name at Seattle that is Oriental agent for the O.-W. R. & N.. and ta operat ing a fleet of chartered vessels between Puget Bound and Vladivostok. passed through the city yesterday en route home from a motor trip to the Interlo He acted aa Pacific Coaat agent for the Royal Mail fleet until the European war. when the ships were withdrawn, and says he fully ex pects the service will be restored when peace prevail abroad. Bound for India ports the Japanese steam er Taisho Maru sailed from the river yes terday. She carried lumber measuring more than 3.7OO.O00 feel. E. G. McMlcken. for a lengthv period with the North Pacific Steamship Com pany, headquarters at Pan Francisco, ha been named general passenger agent of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Company, which operates the Admiral line out of Puget Sound to Alaska and San Francisco, and will have the st-amers Yate and Harvard on the tfan Francisco-Los Angeles-San Die go run after August 31. 1! r. McMicken Is well known here. Captain H. J. Bray, formerly master of the British ship Holt Hill. Is menMoned in communications from England as having been decorated for gallant service by King George. To resume dredging !n the estuary of the Columbia River the Federal dredge Clatsop left .he Government mooring, near Llnnton, yesterday. Portlanders making reservation on the .earner Mariposa for Alaska, are being informed by Frank Pollatn. agent of the f!eet here, trat the ship wlU leave Seattle Wednesday Instead of Tuesday. After many week th Willamette River registered J' feet above sero hr yester day. The freshet was a bout the longest on record and It Influence has been fait to some extent 'nc the latter part of Spring. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Scbednle. DUB TO ARRIVE. Kama From Data. Breakwater San Francisco. . . - In port Northern Pacific. . .ta Francisco... .Aug 13 Qreat Northern. ... San Francisco. .. .Aug. 16 Rose City Los Anselea Auc. 17 Beaver Loa AnRlf Aug. 23 K. A. Kilburn San Francisco. . . . Indeft D'Ji TO DEPART. Kama For Date. Breakwater. ...... San Francisco. ... Aug. 14 Vale s. F. tu i. a Aug. l Northern Pacific. San Francisco. .. .Aug. 10 Willamette San Dleg Aug 10 Harvard s. F. to t, A Aug. IS Klamath San Diego .Aug ltf Great Northern. ...hm Fri.cisco. . . . Aug 3 7 Multnomah ...... San Diego Aug! IT Rose City L-a Angele. ... . .Aug. 19 Beaver U Angeles Aug. 26 F. A. Kilburo San Francisco... . .lncgft Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. 12. Arrived Steamers Breakwater, from San Francisco via way ports; Washtenaw. from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers Washtenaw, for San Fran cisco; Beaver, for baa Francisco and San Pedro. Astoria. Aug 12- Sailed during the night, steamer Celilo. Yoaemlte and Temple E. Dorr, for San Pedro via San Francisco. Arrived at 5 and left up at 7 A. M.. steamer Santa Barbara, from San Francisco. Ar rived at 8: JO A. M. and left up at 12:0 P. M., steamer Breakwater, from San Fran cisco via Eureka and Coo Bay. Sailed at 11:30 A. M., Japanese steamer Taisho Maru. for India; at 2:10 P. M . steamer Ureal Northern., for San Francisco. Arrived at 3:20 P. M-. steamer Carmel. from San Francisco. San Francisco. Aug. 12. Arrived at 10 A. M., steamer Daisy, from Columbia River. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Northern Pacific, for Flavel. San Pedro, Aug. 11. Arrived at 6 P. M-. steamer Daisy Gadsby. from. Columbia River. Coo Bay. Aug. 1L Sailed at 5 P. M.. steamer Breakwater, from San Francisco and Eureka for Portland ; gaa schooner Tiilamook, for Portland. Astoria. Auf. 11. Sailed at 5:30 P. M.. schooner Monterey in tow of tug Navigator, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 0 30 P. M., Japanese steamer Taisho Maru. Ar rived at 7 and left up at 8:43 P. M., steamer Washtenaw, from San Francisco. Hongkong. Aug. 12. Arrived Steamer Canada Maru. from Tacoma. Seattle, etc Antofogasta, Aug. 12. Arrived Steamer Lu Blanca, from Vancouver and San Fran cisco. Auckland, Aug. 8. Sailed Steamer Nlca raugua. for Vancouver. San Francisco, Aug.- 12. Arrived Steam ers Golden Gate, from Union Bay; U. S. A. T. Sherman, from Manila: Daisy, from Columbia River; Wapama. from Tacoma. Sailed Steamers Northern Pacific, for As toria ; J. A. Moffett, barge 93, for Balboa; Avalon. for Aberdeen ; Santa Monica, for Wills pa Seattle, Aug. 12. Arrived Steamers Des patch, from Southeastern Alaska ; Queen, from San Diego; Kuskokwlm River, from Bethel; Atlas, from San Francisco. Marconi Wireless Reports. (All position reported at 8 P. M ., August It, unlet ot toerwbe deaigaated. Hllonlan. Honolulu for San Francisco, 1025 miles from San Francisco. Auguat 11. Hyadea. San Francisco for Honolulu. 1394 miles from San Francisco. August 11. WUhelmina. Honolulu for an Franclaco, 1286 miles from San Francisco. August 11. Matsonia, San Francisco for Honolulu. 828 miles from San Francisco. August 11. Logan. San Franclaco for Manila, 1849 miles Irom San Francisco. August 11. Drake, Latouche for Richmond. 662 mile north ot Richmond, August 11. Acme, Hankow for San Francisco. 735 miles from San Francisco. August 11. Enterprise, San Francisco for iillo, 18 miles from San Francisco. Wapama. San Francisco for San Pedro, 15 miles south of Pigeon Point. Grace Dollar, Port Angeles tor San Fran cisco 2 miiea north of San Francisco. Moffet. '.owing barge 93. San Francisco for Balboa. 2 miles south of San Francisco. Governor, San Francisco . for Seattle. 17 miles north of Point Arena. Topeka. Eureka tor San Francisco. 17 miles north of Point Arena, Drake, Latouche for Richmond, 50O miles nort hof Richmond. Great Northern. Flavel for San Franclaco, 124 miles south of the Columbia River. Speedwell. Coo Bay for San Francisco, off Cape Arago. Richmond and barge 95. Seattle for Rich mond. 5 mile north of San Francisco. Willamette. San Francisco for Portland, one mile south of Cape Blanco. Yosemite. St. Helen for San Pedro, 128 miles south of the Columbia River. Celllo. St- Helen for San Francisco, 110 miles south of the Columbia River. Multnomah. San Francisco for Grays Har bor, eight miles north of Cape Blanco. Corouado. Aberdeen to San Francisco, 400 miles north of San Francisco. President, Seattle for San Francisco, 232 mile from Seattle. Lucas. Vancouver for El SegunSo. 202 miles north of San Francisco. El segundo, towing barge 91. Ketchikan for Richmond via Gray li arbor, 239 mile north of Richmond. Northern pacific, San Francisco for Flavel, Off B!unts Reef. Adeline Smith. Coo Bay for Fan Fran fWro, iis.l miles north of Pan Francisco. Senator. San Franrtnco for Seattle, five mlk's north of Northwest Seal Rock. Acme. Hankow for San Francisco, 417 miles northwest of lightship. Newport. San Francisco for Balboa. 7tt2 miles south of San Francisco. August 11. Colusa. Fayta. Peru, for San Francisco, 4J2 mile south of San Francisco. Admiral Dewey, Seattle f.r San Francisco. 275 mile f r-m San Francisco. 1AILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Aup. 12. Maximum temper ature. 79 degree. Minimum temperature. 59 degrees. River reading. S A. M.. 10 feet, t'hangu in last 24 hours, none. Total raui fail P. M. to 5 P. M. none. Total rain fall since September 1. Hl .". MU Inches. Normal rainfall since September 1, 44.70 Inches. K-xceas of rainfall lnce Sep tember 1. 1IM.V 11.41 Inches. Total sunshine. 14 hours IS minutes. possible sunshine, 1 4 hours IS minute. Barometer t red uced to sea level 5 P. M . 3U Inches. Relative humility at noon, 67 per cent. THE WEATHER. g T V :iu: -n2 . D "r. ftate of STATIONS. 5 o weather It 5 I I a ' r i o.oo'. . ' W W "tear Jrt 0.2O 10V iClear 7l! 0.O4 ii.S 'Clear Boise ....... Ronton . . . . . f 'algary Chicago . . . , folfax .... Denver Ees Volnea Duluth Eureka . . . . . Gatveton . . Helen Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles. MarshficM . Med ford ,1 7e O.OA 14;NE fCloudy ,i s n. no ..)... . .Clear i 84 n.rrt a XW Rain I 7S 1 .r,2 . ,4N (Rain .1 64 0.O. .iXW.Clear I tt2 o.oti . .N Cloudy I Srt 0.02 12 S I "rt ,-N fPt. cloudy WIear ' jL'lear Vlear I 92 n.tnv . .sw U O.OO.IO s 7 O.Oo . . IClear ;. oo,..b?W 'Cloudy o.:to . . NW pt. cloudy Minneapolis Montreal New Urlena .... New York North Head .... Nort h Yakima . . . Omaha Pendieton Pnoenix Pocatello Portland Rose)urg Sacramento St. Louis Salt lke San Francisco. . . Seattle Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh l:and. .. Wn Ma Walla Washington Winniper yellowptone Park i ,vsO.0i .NWcioudy K2 0.02 14-NW Pt. cloudy i !. 22. . iSW iCIear t 84 n.04 lS;NWCloar o o.oo,lo5 Pt. cloudj ks rt.no-. ..NWiCloudy W'N IPt. eloudT O.IO.OO; 'W Pt. cloudy 9AO. 12:. .Kv Raln ss 0.0O ls'f Urioudy ROO.oo'. . K Vpt. cloudy 84 0.0O 10 NW Clear HH 0.no . .fc3 iCIear 92'l.lrt'. .E Pt. cloudy WlA OrtSff VCloiMlv ,1 - O.OO 22 SW '-Clear .fr 74.on.iosw '(Clear . IK o.no . . ne Pt. cloudv J 74 o.m,inw Pt. cloudy t n n.no . .;ew Clear l 91 n.no' . evw Cloudv ss rt.nn . "NWiPt. cloudy i60.0Vi . ,w r'lear 74-0.00. . NWClear WEATHER CONDITIONS. A depression of slight energy is central over Southern Idaho and a large high-pressure area overlies the Xakotas. Showers and thunJer storms have occurred In East ern Oregon, the Rogue River Valley. South ern Rock Mountain states. Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys. West Gulf states. Tennt-Mc and New England. It is decidedly cooler in the Willamette Val lev and Sound country. Temperatures are also lower In Southern Utah, Arizona and Southern Minnesota. The conditions are favorable for shower Sunday In Northwest Oregon and Washing ton. It will re cooler throughout the dis trict except near the coast. FORECASTS. Portland and clnity Showers, cooler; southwesterly winds. Oregon Fair, except showers northwest port ion. cooler; southwesterly wind a Washington -Probably showers, cooler ex cept near the coast : southwesterly winds, Idaho Probably fair, cooler. E. A. BEALS. Forecaster. Negro to Be Electrocuted. BN'OW HTLU V. C. Auar. 6. William Black, a 16-year-old negro, was found guilty of a capital offense against a 8-year-old white child and was sen tenced to be electrocuted on Ausust 21. Taking of testimony and the de liberations of tha Jury reauired only 22 minutes. SCHOOL JOBS SAVED Matson to Run Special for Island Teachers. CUBAN BUYS FIVE SHIPS Marine Men Discuss Probable Re sult of Purchases by Millionaire. Two Tankers to Be Launched. Officers Are Promoted. SAX FRANCISCO. Aur- 12- The Mit son Navigation Company announces a "School Marm's Special" in the sailing of the steamer Hilonian for the islands about August 26. According to th Matson officials, more than 100 school teachers of the island schools came to California for their vacations. Desiring- to spend as much time as possible at California cities, the teachers de layed their departure, and all made a rush for bookings on the steamers Wil helmina and Manoa. which sail for the islands August 23 and 29. respectively. Because of previous bookings. S5 teachers failed to secure space, and were iri danger of losing positions through failure to return in lime for the opening of school. Captain Will iam Matson came to the rescue and an nounced that the Hilonian will make a special voyage to the islands for the ac commodation of the teachers. New Line DImmwiU There is speculation among shipping; men over the receipt of news from Cuba of the purchase of five steamers from the Mexican Navigation Company by Carlos I. Parraga. Cuban millionaire. Whether the steamers will be operated between Havana and other Cuban ports to the Pacific Coast, or operated on the Atlantic is a question causing consid erable discussion. The vessels pur chased and their tonnage follow: Mexico. 2548 tons; Sonora, 1S62; Oaxaca, 1393; Tabasco, 1022. Two big tankers, costing more than 32.000,000. will be completed soon at the Union Iron Works. The first tanker is the S. S. Paulsboro. built at a cost of 31.000.000 for the Vacuum OH Company, of New York. The keel of the vessel was laid May 3 and Bhe was launched August 6. The tanker is a vessel of 10.000 tons and has a capacity of 72,000 barrels of oil. is 435 feet long, has a beam of 66 feet and a draft of 32 feet, six inches. The Paulsboro will be com pleted by October 1 and used on the Atlantic side. Staff Chaase. Made. The second tanker to be launched is the Astral, being built for the Standard Oil Company, of New York. The Astral will come off the ways today and will be delivered six weeks later. This tanker will have a capacity of 79.000 barrels and cost 31.500.000. She will be used to carry oil from this port to the Orient, and Is 440 feet long. 5S feet beam and has a draft of 27 feet. ' Richard J. Rlngwood. general mana ger of the Pacific-Alaska Steamship Company, has named S. L,. McNoble as marine superintendent at San Francis co. McNoble has been assistant to C W. Wiley, of the Great Northern Pacif ic Company and will have charge of the Yale and Harvard, recently acquired by the Pacific-Alaska Company. Im provements and a de luxe service are promised when the steamers begin op erations under the Admiral Una policy September 1. The new rate to be an nounced will Include both berth and meals. News From Northwest Ports. ASTORIA. Or., Am. 12. Spell. TK. steam schooner Tomit sailed today for tan Pedro with SOO.0OO feet of lumber load, eii at St. Helen.. Corrjinn 93U.0OO feet of lumber from St. Helens, the steam schooner Celilo salted this morning- for San Pedro. Th. stesm fchooncr Santa Dsrbara ar rived this morning from San Francisco and went to Westport to load lumber. The Japanese steamer Taisho Maru sailed this morning for Bomhay with a cargo of lumber from Westport. The steamer Orest Northern sailed this afternoon for San Francisco, carrying- a rull cargo of freight and about 200 passen gers. The stesm schooner Temple JS. Dorr sailed this morning for San Frani'laco carrying 700.000 fet of lumner from St- Helena The stesm schooner Daisy Matthews com pleted her rarxo of lumber at Knsppton and sailed during the night for San Pedro. The steamer Breakwater arrtved today from Ssn Kranclsoo via Eureka and Coos Bey with freight and passengers for As toria and portlsnd. The gssoltne schooner Tillamook arrtved this afternoon from Coast points with cargo. The steam schooner Carmel arrived this afternoon from San Francisco and will load lumber at the Northern Pacific mill In Port land. GRAYS HARUOR. Aug. 13 (Special ) Th stesmer Coronado left for San Fran cisco after loading at Andersoa 4t Mlddlo ton mill. The steam-r Ssn Jacinto arrived from San Francisco and Is taking cargo at Woods mill at Hoqulsm. Tha steamer Lakme arrived from Pen PYanclsco end t lnsdlng t Federal 'mill. Impressment the seizing of men for the British nsvv wss prsctic.d for renturles, snd did not bi-com obsolete until Ju.t before the Crimean wsr. Sometimes the crews were tsken from foreign ships on lTe hlrh syws. 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