6 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 31. 1916. PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF STEAMER HAITI FLORENCE UNDERTAKES REVIVAL OF SHIPBUILDING FOLLOWING IMPROVED CONDITIONS AT ENTRANCE TO HARBOR. Vessel of Is Aground in Rarotonga, in South Seas. Harbor the TWO PORTLANDERS ON LIST Miss Mabel Claridge and W. L. Clar idge Among Those On Strick en Craft Danger Not Regarded Great. SAN" FRANCISCO. Dec. 10. Details were anxiously awaited hero tonicht 01' the plight of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Maiti, which went aground In the harbor of Raratonga Christmas day with about 25 passengers end a crew of SO men aboard. Cable dispatches late today to the company's agents here said that all the passen gers had been taken ashore and that Captain Charles McLean hoped to float the vessel at high tide. The Maiti. of 1888 net tons, left San Francisco for Welllncton, New Zealand, December 7. The Maiti carried 43 passengers, but a number left ship at Papeete and about 25 are supposed to be aboard, with a crew of about 90. The list of second-class passengers Includes: Miss Mabel Claridge. Portland, Or. V. L. Claridge. Portland, Or. Except Miss Ruth Williamson, reg istered from New Zealand, and J. A. Roberts, of Merced, Cal., all the other passengers were registered from San Francisco hotel addresses or not at all. Reginald Black, the agent of the Union Steamship Company here, said today: "I do not believe that the Maiti is In any serious trouble. We heard by cable from Wellington on Wednesday or Thursday that she had reached Raratonga on December 25. She is not due at Wellington until January 1. "The Moana exchanged wireless mes sages with the Maiti on December 25, previous to the Maitl's arrival at Rara tonga. Nothing untoward was re ported. "One thing Is certain: The Maiti is not in any serious difficulty or we would have heard about it several days ago." FUEL SHORTAGE STOPS WORK Two of Four Dredges Operated by Port of Portland Are Tied Up. Hope that none of the Port of Port land dredges would have to be tied up owing to the cut fuel shortage on the river flickered yesterday, when E. W. "WriR-ht. manager of the Port, ordered the dredge Portland, working in front of the Peninsula ShlpDuiimng om nanv'K vard. and the big dredge Tuala tin. engaged in widening the channel at Postoffice Bar, to tie uat the St. Johns drydock. That leaves the dredges Columbia and Willamette at the yard of the Colum bia River Shipbuilding Corporation, in South Portland, where they are mak ing a fill on which shops will be built As the Government dredge Wahkia kum has been tied up also, owing to ice. fuel could be obtained from the St. Helens mill, but ice in the river is such that barges might not be handled without danger. About two weeks ago tiie Port Commission figured on retiring one dredge, as fuel was scarce, but in stead two shifts were eliminated on two machines and one crew on each of the others. Less fuel Is available now. as several mills have shut down for annual overhauling. NEW YEAR'S SALUTE IS GIVEN Beaver Sails "With 150 Guests and Big Load of Oregon Shipments. "Happy New Year." said Captain Ed Mason to friends ashore yesterday, through the medium of a whistle salute, three long blasts, as the big coaster gathered headway on leaving Ains worth dock and headed through the Broadway bridge on her journey to California. The ship bore at mastheads small fir trees and there were other decorations, rot the least of them being in the so cial hall and saloon. The steamer is due within the Golden Gate tomorrow . and, if detained on the way, there will be an old-fashioned New Year's spread for the 150 travelers aboard. The ves sel was loaded to capacity with cargo, the list including Oregon apples, po tatoes, onions and other soil products that were under the ban until the char ter of the steamer Northwestern a week ago. Now all embargo has been re moved and business is decidedly brisk. 2 6 LUMBER CARGOES DEPART Lower Columbia Mills Ship 20,189, G0 Feet in December. ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) During the month of December 26 ves eels loaded at the mills in the lower Columbia River district, and their com bined cargoes amounted to 20,189,660 feet of lumber. Twenty-three of these vessels, carrying 17,440.000 feet of lum ber. went to California points, while three vessels, laden with 2.749.660 feet of lumber, went to Australia. In the same period the upper river mills shipped 2.434.000 feet of lumber to domestic and foreign ports, making a total of 22.623,660 feet that left the Columbia River in cargoes during the month. In addition to the lumber. 47.070 bun dies of box shooks were shipped to California, 24,954 bundles being from the lower river plants. There were also three carloads of barrel staves and one carload of shingles sent to California. 1 ; ----- '- "TSSfF-x J WATER TRADE LIGHT First Off-Shore Grain Carrier in Six Months Arrives. SHIPPING FIGURES SHRINK Exports Made and of Cereals for Year All in First Hair of 1918, Lumber Trade Also Shows Heavy Decline. STEAMER LCELLA, A FI.OIIE.ICE PltODCCT. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 80. (Special.) The steam schooner Luella. built at Florence 18 years ago, for W. II. Beagle, of San Francisco, and which Is still in commission. Is offered as proof of the possibilities of the shipbuilding Industry at Florence, especially when taking into consideration the additional depth of water gained by recent Jetty construction. The Eugene Chamber of Commerce has volunteered to co-operate with the people of Florence in an effort to Induce shipbuilders to locate a plant at Florence. J. F. Bergman, of Florence, has been named as a representative of the combined forces to confer with certain shipbuilders, asking them to submit a definite proposition of some sort which would mean the beginning of the industry at Florence. The Luella is 165 feet In length and draws about eight feet of water, having a capacity for 400,000 feet of lumber. At high tide there is now a depth of about 20 feet of water on the bar at Florence, as compared to a depth of 14 feet when the Luella was constructed. for Christmas, no vessels moving being worked unless necessitated their schedules. WHITE COLLAR LEAVES DOCK Alder-Street Slip Home of Famous River Line for Many Years. Not since the early days of the Fleet wood, a speedy propeller. Captain U. B. Scott built in 1881 to compete with the O.-W. R. & N., between Portland and the Cascades, later operating as an opposition boat on the Portland-As toria route, was Alder-street dock given up by the White Collar or Regulator line until the removal of the furniture from the office last night, the Regula tor Interests having discontinued the service to The Dalles for the Winter. The dock may be reoccupied when the steamers resume March 1. The Fleetwood preceded the famous stern-wheeler Telephone, which the White Collar interests built In 1883. It was about 1903 that the Regulator line was merged with the White Collar fleet and finally the company switched from the lower river to The Dalles field. The fleet now consists of the Dalles City, Bailey Gatzert and State of Washing ton. The vessels are laid up in South Portland, where a wharfboat, brought from The Dalles, will be shifted today. cember 27 as extinguished. To be relighted as soon as practicable. Puget Sound Pully Point light reported as not occulting since December 21. To be placed In operation as soon as practicable. Washington. Washington found, Roearlo Strelt Belle Hock buoy Belle Rock report ed by Captain J. F. Pratt December 28 as having drifted about 1 '-j miles north of posi tion. To bo replaced as soon aa practicable. ROBERT WAR ROCK, Lighthouse Inspector. Steamship China Held by Mishap. HONOLULU, T. H.. Dec. 30. The China Mail steamship China, which ar rived here yesterday six hours overdue, has delayed sailing until tomorrow night, on account of a Broken steam pipe. The China sailed from San Fran cisco for the Orient December 25. KENT CLARK TO RUN HOTEL Steamship Company Selects Purser to Manage Kobe Property. Kent W. Clark, purser on the steamer Beaver from the time" she went on the Portland-California run in 1910 until about two years ago, is to be manager of the Oriental Hotel, at Kobe, Japan, the hostelry being one of a chain ope rated by the Toyo Klsen Kalsha, with which line Mr. Clark has been serving as purser of the Korea Maru, now at San Francisco. Portland friends have predicted for the past few years that the affable purser would ultimately find a path leading from the steamship sphere, if he did not become head of some fleet, and In his selection for the Important post as "mine host" at the big Kobe hotel he is believed to have started on new career. Mr. Clark was in the Pacific Mail and "Big Three" fleets 12 years and, on the former being sold. he went with the China Mall and then to the Japanese line. tions. Captain A. W. Graham, port captain of the Yellow Stack line, is apprehensive lest the cold snap cause the river to fall so low navigation will be Interfered with. The greatest drop recorded yesterday was seven tentha of an inch at Portland, the stags being 1.3 feet above aero. CHANGES MADE IN LLOYD'S J. B Notice to Mariners. The following affects aids to navigation In the Seventeenth Lighthouse District: Columbia River, Astoria to Harrington Point Tongue Point crossing gas buoy 6 r.nortea us exunguisnea since December zs. To be relighted as soon as- practicable. willftpfi Bay outside har gas arid whiatllnar buoy PS reported by steamer Hoqulam De- Marine Notes. Her lumber cargo having been finished yesterday at Prescott, the schooner Carrier Dove, bound for Sydney under charter to the Canadian Trading Company, Is to tow to the lower harbor tomorrow. Preparatory to starting her wheat cargo the British steamer Don Benito shifts today from the North Pacific mill to Mersey dock. She Is expected to be ready for sea the last of the week. Captain Whttcomb, of the Steamer Joseph Kellogg, was berated by other officers of the steamer yesterday for having exhibited such unusual strength handling a aaok of bran into & chute that it flopped overboard. With the chief engineer he volunteered to help load brand to get warm and. It having been many years since he qualified aa a deckhand, he gave a new-fangled twist to the sack, thereby increasing claims against the company somewhat. Buoy work at the entrance to the Colum bia was finished yesterday by the lighthouse tender Heather and the tender Manzanlta had one task, that of relighting the outside gaa buoy off the river, when both were to lay up until Tuesday. The new tender Rose Is at Astoria and will be kept In regu lar service. To learn how his real estate at Seaside was withstanding Winter rigors. Inspector Warrack, of the Seventeenth Lighthouse Dis trict, left for the beach yesterday. Having finished the quarterly survey of the mouth of the Columbia River, a crew of Government men aboard the tug Geo. 11. Mendell arrived home last night. While soundings have not been reported on. It Is said there is virtually no change In the deep water area, where 40 feet la available. Aboard the Government dredge Col. P. S. Michie there was music galore yesterday on the receipt of a handsome phonograph and numerous records, the gift of the Pacific Steamship Company, and In approclation for work done by the Mlchie'a company In the rescue of passengers from the big coaster Congress, when she caught afire off Coos Bay early In the Fall. Delayed at Coos Bay the steamer Break water was late leaving there yesterday and her departure from Portland has been fixed for Tuesday night. Joseph Supple, awarded a contract at San Francisco a few day ago for building 20 pipeline pontoons for a Government dredge, has not been officially notified yet, but ex pects to receive Instructions this week. The work will require less than a month, he estimates. Though not contending with Ice, the Upper Willamette being free of frozen obstruc- COMPREHENSIVE CHART IS ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT TO ILLUSTRATE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK REMAIN ING FOR COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY FORCE. Alaska - &?M, White (9ile)- represents unsurveyed wattr ureas 5 lidded (91) - represents water areas surveyed in past years At the present rode rt will take 333 yenrs to complete a first survey of Alaska's navigable water Califorma Pr!e.aI. Washmqton 73?6 86 5gp JESSIE HARKINS ON FERRY RUN Interstate Bridge Used Until Boat Is Put on Run Again. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) The small steamer Jessie Har kins this afternoon was placed on the lorry run between Vancouver and Hay den Island In place of the regular ferry, which tied up this morning on account of the ice. The boat will run as long as possible, carrying passengers only. At 9:30 this morning the lift span of the bridge was lowered Into place and pedestrians were allowed to walk across until the Harklns went on the run, when.it was raised again. Early this morning a number of men who had to get to work In Portland climbed the high ladders and crossed on the span, while fully 1000 people walked across after the span was lowered. Offices Close for New Year's. Custom-House employes and other Government staffs entered on another two days' vacation yesterday afternoon, as all departments are to remain closed until Tuesday morning. On the water front much the same plans apply as White 03", 867. and 561L)- represents unsurveyed water areas. Shaded (27k. rVl,and tr7') . represents water areas surveyed in past fefe years At the present rate it will take l7Q years to complete a. -first survey of the navigable waters of this coast For 20 years no systematic, survey of- water areas Has bean matt on account lock of facilities Philippine Islands White 139 U) represents urmurveyed water areas 5h3dgcT, (fel ?e1 . represents water areas surveyed in past 16 years. Philippine surveys have progressed more rapidly in 16 years than in the other regions shown on this sheet due to the funds and four (A) ships supplied by the Philippine Government. PHILIPPINE TASK HEARING END. E. Lester Jones, superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey of the Department of Commerce, who has visited Portland a few times, being here last a few months ago, when he met with shipping and commercial Interests and by means of slides and motion pictures de picted the "drag" system in vogue in Alaskan waters, by means of which navigable waters are swept to locate obstructions, has fur nished more food for thought In his latest chart, setting forth the stages of completion of the surveys on the Coast and in the Philip pines. In all cases on the West Coast of the United States the back wardness of the surveys is attributed to lack of vessels and other facilities. Adam Leaves Committee After Having Served 25 Years. Walter Lang, surveyor here for Lloyd's Register of Shipping, received information yesterday of changes in the personnel of Lloyd's committee. Sir John Ellerman. Bart.. -Sir Owen Phil lips. K. C. M. G.. M. P., Daniel Stephens and W. G. Noble, having been elected to that body. Sir John Ellerman Is president of the Ellerman line, and not long ago obtained control of the Wilson line, at Hull, England. Sir Owen Phillips is chairman of the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company, the Union Cas tle Line, Elder Dempster Line, Lam port & Holt fleet and director of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Nelson line, and other organizations. Resignations of J. Knott and J. B. Adam resulted In the election of Mr. Stephens and Mr. Noble. Mr. Adam had been with the society 25 years and on a visit to the United States in 1900 there were only nine ships of 2,000 tons building on this side for classification in Lloyd's, while today there are so many several special sur veyors were sent from England during 1916. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. GRAYS HARBOR. Wash.. Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) The steamers Qulnauit. Iaqus and Tahoe are due Monday from San Francisco. The steamer Multnomah should arrive to morrow. The steamer Carlos arrived and la load ing at the Donovan mill. The schooner Roy Somers pot out over the bar last night on a trip to Honolulu, on which she carries .153.000 feet of lumber. Organisation of the Union Longshoremen's Miuvpuoro company, wnicn plana to com pete with the Grays Harbor Stevedore Com pany, is well advanced, according- to Jack Axon, secretary of the Aberdeen Longshore men's Union. Axon says the company has a representative in San Kriinc-lsco who Is so liciting business from the steamship com panies. The company of the union men has dons no loading- on Grays Harbor aa yet. but its members hope to secure busi ness. The officers of the Grays Harbor Steve dore Company refuse to worry about the activities of the union men In organising a company to compete with them. They ssy they believe the present company has been giving satisfaction to ship owners snd shippers and they believe they will hold their present business. 1 The steamer Northwestern arrived from Portland, vis Astoria, today with passen gers and merchandise little tbe worse for the slight collision with the steamer North land off Eureka. The stesmer Qulnauit. which returned to port to land the body of s fireman killed by falling Into the machinery of the en gine, departed this morning for Aberdeen. The steamer Northern Pacific, with passen gers and freight. left for Flavel thla morn ing. Making her third round trip from Hawaii, the turblner Great Northern arrived in port this afternoon, bringing 233 passengers and a cargo of 630 tons of general Island products. The Dutch steamer Blntang left this aft ernoon for Batavla and war ports with a small passenger list and full general cargo. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 30. 'Special.) The steam schooner Northland, which was In a collision yesterday morning off Eureka with the steamer Northwestern, cams into port early this morning and went to Portland for repairs. The Northland was en route to Grays Harbor. Her stem was stove In and several planka above the water line were damaged. Carrying a full cargo of lumber from Llnnton, the steam schooner Daisy Matthews ailed today for San Francisco. The coast guard cutter Manning re turned today from a cruise to Puget Sound. SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 80. (Special.) Bringing the largest single shipment of nitrate which has come Into port In many months, the British steamer Kentrs mads port today. The vessel cams from Caleta Buena with 7200 tons in har cargo for the Dupont Powder Company. Upon discharging here, the Kentrs will be put on the berth for United Kingdom by E. C. Evans A Co., gslng to Puget Sound to take on part of her cargo. The Japanese freighter Toklwa Manx. New York for Vladivostok, put In for fue here today and will probably proceed tomorrow. COOS BAY, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) The steam schooner A. M. Simpson sailed at 4 this afternoon with s lumber cargo from the Buehner mill, bound tor Sen Francisco. Dispatches here announce that the steam ship Kllburn is delayed in the Columbia River by ice and will not arrive until Monday. The steamship Breakwater arrived today at 8 from Eureka and sailed tor Portland at 12:30. SEATTLE. Wash., Dee. 80. (Special. ) The Vancouver Dredging Salvage Com pany, of Vancouver, B. C. today purchased the steamer Georgia from the Juneau Steam ship Company. The Georgia formerly had the mall contract between Juneau and Mtxa, but lost it lour years ago and has been laid up here ever since. The submarine Nl, first of three divers building at the Seattle Construction A Dry dock Company, was launched tl:s morning at 10 o'clock. The other two will be launched within two months and all three will be stationed at Bremerton until Octo ber when they are to be taken to the Panama Canal. The steamer Admiral Schley sailed at 11 A. M. today for San Francisco with s full cargo and 40 passengers. The arrivals today Included the stesmer Dolphin from Southeastern Alaska, with 2.1 passengers and a light freight cargo, at 12:30 P. M.. and the steamer D. G. Sco field st 12:45 P. M. from San Francisco. In closing the first half of the cereal year for 1916-17 Portland has one lone grain carrier in port, the British steamer Don Benito, and she is the first offshore grain ship to be handled since the season opened July 1. and the prospects are she will be the last when the nerlod terminates June 30, 191.. The year's business is confined to that shipped between January 1 and June 30, amounting to 1,698.463 bushels, val ued at 1,962.964. In foreign lumber thlpments Port land has fared better, 22.341.713 reel, valued at $235,679, being floated. That commodity drew tonnage while none has been available for grain. But as 10.819,747 bushels of wheat and 65.768, 000 feet of lumber moved to foreign destinations during 1915, both lines have suffered enormously, all due to the inability of shippers to engage carriers for the business. The result has been that grain, in demand In the United Kingdom, moved by railroad to the Atlantic Coast, and was there shipped abroad, and the system is be ing continued now, while there has been little means of moving foreign lumber. In 1914. only the latter part of which was affected through the buro Dean war. Portland exported 156.816,- 67 1 feet of lumber, and In 1913 the total was 163,010,150 feet. Flour Exports Shrink. Flour exports for the year are con fined to those between January 1 and June 30. amounting to 85.903 barrels at S387.145. In 1915 flour sent to for elgn lands reached 307.723 barrels at fl. 539. 225. Domestic flour shipments for 1916 were 600.746 barrels, of which 289,684 barrels moved the last half of the year, snd for the last six months preceding the year 308.568 barrels had been shipped. No barley was exported during the last six months, and the showing for the year Is 673.851 bushels, valued at $551,783, as compared with 2.073.511 bushels at $1,468,233 in 131b. Domestic lumber shipments aggre gated 108,695,000 feet, and in 1915 they were 143,542,452 feet. Some Years Are Big. In the December summary of the Merchants Exchange, covering cereal transactions since July 1. It is set forth that the total shipments to date from the Northwest, which includes straight wheat and flour reduced to wheat meas ure, have been 6.204.244 bushels. For the same period In the 1915-16 season. Northwest shipments were 19.358.897 bushels, and dating back as far as the 1902-03 season the biggest movement In the first half of the period was 23,671.295 bushels, shipped in 1906-07. Including 97.183 bushels of wheat sent to California this month, the movement for six montns was 691,981 bushels, snd last season It was 7,602. 346 bushels. Puget Sound shipped 180.836 bushels in December. Califor nia being the destination, and in six months 1.208.246 bushels have gone from there and the corresponding period last year the amount was 4.195. 376 bushels. MM . I I INTELLIGENCE. North-veatern, from Portland. Sailed Steamers Governor, for Seattle: Johau Poul n and Northern Pacific (or Portland; Stanwood, for Columbia River; Qulnauit. for Aberdeen; Bingtang (Dutch), for Batsvla; Enterprise, for HlTo. 8EATTL45, Dec 30. Arrived Steamers Dolphin, from Southeastern Alaska; D. G. Scofleld, from San Frsnclaco. Sailed Steamer Admiral Schley, (or San Pedro. Marconi Wireless Keports. (All positions reported at I P. M. December 31) unless otherwise designated.) Bradford. San Pedro for Chile lbOO miles soutn of ban Psdro, December 2D. Geo. W. Elder, siallna Crus for Msaatlsn, loo nrllee from Masatlau, December 2W. H. C. Folger, San Franctsco fur Balboa, logo mil as south of San Francisco. Alliance, tislina Crus fur San Francisco. 30 miles north ot San Pedro. UmaU.la, San Francisco fur San Pedro, arriving st San Pedro. Cusco, Chile tor ban Francisco, 1OO0 miles south of San Francisco. Columbia, Salavarry for San Pedro. 375 miles south el San Pedro. Rose City, San Padru for Ssn Frsnclaco, 12 miles east of Conception. Matsonla, sen Fruncisoo lor Honolulu. 834 miles from San Francisco, December 29. Venesuels. orient tor San Francisco. 2077 miles from Ssn Francisco. December 21. llilonlan, Honolulu for San Francisco, 17so miles from tian Frsnclaco. December 2)1. 1. rial Northern, Honolulu for Ssn Fran cisco. 1710 miles northeast of Uouolulu. De cember 21). Curscao. Seattle tor San Francisco, 12 miles south of Point Arena. Governor, San Francisco for Seattle, 33 milts north of Point Arena. Drake. Richmond for Cordova, lis miles north of Richmond. apama, St. Helens for San Francisco lo miles north 0 San Francisco. Enterprise. San Francisco for Hllo, 35 miles from Ssn Francisco. Klamath, Ssn Psdro for San Francisco, 20 miles north of Point Sur. San Juan. Balbos for San Francisco. 131 miles south of San Francisco. Oregon, San Pedro for Ssn Francisco, 120 miles south ot Ssn Francisco. Atlas, Eureka for Richmond. 178 miles north of Richmond. Asuncion. Port Angeles, for San Pedro, 515 mlies from Port Angeles Northern Pacific, San Francisco for K level. 7 miles north of Blunts Reef. Adeline Smith. Ssn Francisco for Coos Bay. 3V4 miles north of San Francisco. Yosemlte, ssn Francis, o for Puget Sound, 5 miles north of Northwest Seal Rock. Multnomah. San Francisco for Grays Har bor. 20 mites north of Northwest Seal Rock. Richmond. Saa Pedro tor Prince Rupert. 300 miles north of Ssn Francisco. Lucss. towing barge 95. Port Angeles for Richmond. 290 miles north of Richmond. President. Seattle for San Francisco. 11 miles north of Cape Blanco. Despatch. San Francisco tor Portland, 10 mlies north of Northwsst Seal Rock. Breakwater. Coos Pay for Portland, 88 miles south of Columbia River. Iaqua. San Francisco for Grays Hsrbor. ISO miles south of Grays Harbor. Senntor. Sin Francisco for Seattle, 70 miles south of Umatilla lightship. City of Seattle. Seattle for Skagway. 200 miles north or Seattle. Celllo. Everett for San Francisco. 30 miles from Everett Grace Dollar. Tacoma for Ssn Francisco. 20 miles from Tacoma ICE HALTS STEAMER F. A. Kilburn Forced Back for Sheath to Break Path. DREDGE TOLD TO TIE UP TJ. S. Naval Radio Reports. NORTH HEAD. Wash.. Dec. 80. Admirer! Wsteon. Seward for Seldovs, hove to off Seal Rocks in western gale, 8 P. M. Dec. 29. Admiral Farragut. Tscoms for San Fran cisco. 460 ratlev north of Ssn Francisco. 8 P. M Dee. 20. c. O C. Manning arrived at Astoria 10:80 A. M. Dec. SO. s EUREKA. Cat.. Dec. SO. Admlray Good rich. San Francisco for Seattle, 40 miles north of Cape Mendocino. POINT ARGUELLO. Cel.. Costs Rtcs 20 miles south 8 P. M. Dec. 80. Dec. 80. S. S. of San Pedro. Floating Ice Reported by Masters Coming in From Middle River Points O.-W. R. & X. Fleet Is Expected to Quit Soon. Ice in the Lower Columbia Ttlvcr forced the North Pacific steamer F. A Kilburn. a wooden vessel, to return to the harbor yesterday morning to have the forward part of the hull sheathed, and a second departure was made last night for tho Golden date. The steamer Northland, bound here for repairs, put into St. Helens at 3 P. M. to have sheathing put on so as to plough through the Ice. Orders Issued yesterday by Major Jewett, Corps of Kngineera. U. S. A.. were for the pipeline dredge Wahki akum to tow from Henricl's to the slough, near St. Helens, and remain there during the period Ice Is floating. Officers of the steamer Joseph Kel logg, srrlving yesterdsy from Kelso, reported that !ce was encountered at Deer Island. St. Helens and Willow Bsr. une report concerning the Middle Co lumbia River was that Ice blocked the Ktro-im nt MAmDlnnA lelnnrl Pin Hnrn and Wsshotigal, while large Quantities were running at other points. Ice has formed in The Dslles-Celllo Canal and the Cascade Locks and in the Upper Columbia It is running heavily. "Captain" Ed Budd. of the O.-W. R. A N . fresh water fleet, was advised last night by Captain Works, assistant su perintendent, who Is at Coeur d'Alena, Lake. that, the steamer Harrison has managed to keep the course clfar so far. but that Ice whs forming so rapidly It was feared she would have to tie up today. The steamer Spokane, operating on Snake River, was ordered out of commission at Lewiston yesterday- owing to tho ice. Not a wheel is turning on the Middle or Upper Columbia or tributaries and some rlvermen declare a marked drop In temperature would undoubtedly make navigation on the Lower Columbia de cidedly bothersome and might block the stream, except for powerful steel ocean going carriers. Officers of the steamer Harvest Queen, arriving last night from Astoria, said little ice was found in the river below St. Helens and above that point there were large quantities, but floating in small plecea and no delay was ex perienced, the steamer making sched uled time from St. Helens here. They were not as apprehensive of trouble as on their arrival Friday night. EUREKA. Cat. Dec 80. Admiral Fsrrs gut. 100 mile from Ssn Frsnclsco, 8 P. M. NAVY-VARD. PUGET SOUND. Wash.. Dec. SO. Admiral Schley, Seattle for San Francisco, 113 miles from Seattle at 8 P. M. SAN FRANCISCO. Cel.. Dec. SO. Arrivals New Orleans. Angels Bay, Dec. 29; Buf falo, Mesatlan, Dec. 20. POINT ARGUELLO, Cal., Dec. 30. Steamer Norwood, off Point Sur, for San Pedro. Columbia River Bar Report. PORTLAND. Dec. 30. Condition of th bar at 5 P. M. Ses. moderste; wind, south, east. 12 miles. Steamer Schedule. DUE, TO ARRIVE. Name. Breakwater Northern Pacific. Rose City F. A. Kilburn North w estsrn From Ssn Frsnclsco. . San Francisco. . Los Angeles. . . . .Ssn Francisco. . Los Angeles. . . 1 Name. Yale Breakwater Northern Pacific. Harvard . ..... Klamath Hose City F. A. Kilburn Northwestern. . . . Wapama Beaver DUE TO DEPART. For . San Frsnclsco. . . San Frsn-lsco. . . 8.F. for L A. -3.1 Ssn Diego . Los Ange!es. ... . Ssn F snclsco. . . .Los Angeles. . . . San Diego . .Los Angeles. . . .Dec 81 .Dec 81 Jan. 'J Jan. A Jan. 1 Jan. 10 Date. . Jan. 1 Jan. 2 Jan. 2 ..Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan o Jsn. 8 Jan. U Jan. 10 .Jsn. 18 Movements of Vessels. PORT LAN Tt. Dsc. 30. Arrived Steamer Northland, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamers Beaver, for San Francisco and San Pedro: K. A. Kilburn, for San Francisco via Coos Bay and Eureka. ASTORIA. Dec. 80. Arrived at and left up at 7:80 A. M. Steamer Northland, from San Francisco for Grays Harbor; was n collision with steamer Northwestern eff Eureka at S A. M. yesterday; stem damaged: will drvdock. Sailed at 3 A. M. Steumer Daisy Matthews, for San Pedro. Arrived t v A. M. U. a. Itevenue cutter jiannuis. from Seattle. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. SO. Arrived at 8 A. M Steamer Northwestern, from port end. Sailed at noon steamer jolun i-aui- sen. for eoiumoia itiver. Dec. 20 Arrived at 4 P. SI. ncnooner llor.teroy In tow of tug Navigator, from Portland. Sailed st 4 P. M. Steamer Tiver ton, for Columbia River. 8AV PEDRO. Dec. SO. Sailed at noon Steamer RoswClty. for Portland via Ssn Franclscc COOS BAY. Dec. 30. Arrived st 7 A M. and sailed at noon Steamer Breakwater. from San Francisco aud Eureka for Port land. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. .10. Arrived Steamers Great Northern, from Honolulu: Toklwa Maru (Japanese) from New Tort: $38,320 OFFICE NEED ATTORXEY-GF.NERAI, BROWS ! I: l.s estimate: for bienkum. Constant Increase la Demands Staff Asserted Due to Variety of Calls on Depnrtt est. SALEM, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) Attorney-General Brown In submitting his budget to the Secretary of State for the next blennium asks for a total appro priation of $38,320, or an increase of 13320 over the last biennial period. "The work of the office has constant ly increased during the psst two yesrs," asserts Mr. Brown In submitting his estimates. "This lncresse is partly owing to the change in the law ex tending the duties of the office of Attorney-General, snd partly to tbe work required by new boards and commis LEAP YEAR BRIDES HURRf Several Wedded at Pendleton as Old Year Draws to Close. PENDLETON. Or.. Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Dan Cupid is showing a burst of speed as the year draws to a close. County Clerk Saltng was called from home last night to Issue a license to McClinn McKinstry. of Imbler. and Selma Hilgeson. of Milton. Marriage licenses were Issued today to Joseph IT. Keller and Bertha Shea, both of Pendleton: Marvin J. Adkins and Eva Lena I.letiallen. both of Wes ton, and Otho Colfax Stoll and Lucy Annette Marlowe, both of Adams. County Superintendents at Salem. SALEM, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.)- About IB County Superintendents from all over the stale srrlved in Salem to day to start their week's work of grading papers of the December teach ers' examinations. Tonight the re elected Superintendents were the guests of the retiring Superintendents at the Marlon Motel. Cruiser fTeaeru-k In Puget Sound. SEATTLE. Dec. 30. The cruiser Frederick, which has been on Mexican patrol duty, arrived at the Puget Sound Navy-yard today from San Kranclsc) to undergo extensive repairs. DAILY MKTKOHOI.OClCAt RKPORT. PORTLAND. Dec. 30. Maximum temper ature. 29 degrees; minimum. 24 degrees. River reading st 8 A. M . 1.5 feet; change In last 24 hours. 0.7 foot fall. Total rainfall 5 P. M. to S P. Iff.) trace: total rainfall since September 1. litis. 12.52 inches: normal rainfall alm-o September 1. 1U.11 Inches: de- xlons For In. tame the Induitrisl Ai. flclency of rainfall since September 1. 181S. 2 . . instance, I ne industrial Ac- 1 ,nrn. Tolal .unshlne December 30. . iui:u. ... ... . c. . -ii 1, n i..oi,cu uuiwin none: possible sunshine, s hours, 42 min . . . , ' '.a l t " " . . 1 e . Lite f 1 ,11. 1 1 1 1 1 l ui the services of one Assistant Attorney General; the Public Service Commission during the psst six months hss cslled upon this office also for a great deal of assistance due to the fact that It no longer has an attorney on the commis sion. "The Hyde-Benson cases have taken up almost the entire time of one as sistant, and a considerable portion of the Attorney-General's time, with sev eral clerical assistants, and it hss been Impossible to complete the esses dur ing the two yesrs. The office hss at tempted to do on a small appropriation what it cost the Federal Government nearly $100,000 to accomplish In the Hyde-Benson esses. Tides nt Astoria Sundsy. High Low. B:15A. X S.5feet 6:40 P. M 0.3feet;l:01 p. M 1.6 feet BIG PICTORIAL EDITION TO ! APPEAR TOMORROW. The Oregonian Annual, which I will be issued tomorrow, New J Year's day, will be the most complete pictorial number ever published by any newspaper in Oregon. In addition to the regu- lar news section, It will contain . four special sections devoted to the progress of Portland and Oregon. One section will present entirely in pictures the chief ac tivities of the state, including in dustrial, farming, shipping and scenic views. Another section will contain exclusive Portland scenes. Two other sections will review, by picture and story, the chief activities of both city and state. The shipbuilding industry especially will be featured. To morrow's Oregbnian will be a complete pictorial Oregon number. FRIENDS WILL CONVENE MlMtTI-'.niAL t'OSKERKSCE WILL BE AT 9AI.EM. JAST ARV 15-18. utes. Barometer (reduced to sea isven i 5 P. M-. :0. Indies. Kelstive numiaity si noon. 0O ier cent. THE WEATHER. STATION a Wind Bsiker Boise Boston Calgary .... Chicago .... Denver 1 - Molues. . Duluth Eureka 20 0.0O, . . ISaC Clear 23,0.00 . .NWJClear 24 O.00 14,NW Clear 31 o NW .ar 20.00, . ,NW Clear 42:0.00,'. -IS Clear 38V0.00, . .SE Clear tetl.O" :0,SV JPt. ClOUdy 4" it . 1 4 SK Main ialvsston ' N loudy Kntlre Membership Is Invited to At tend Programme Is llr.nl. and Speakers Are Maasard. NEWBERO, Or.. Dec. 30. (Special.) I The annual conference of the Mlnls- Iterlal Association of the Friends' Church of Oregon yearly meeting will 1 be held January 16-18. In the Highland 1 Frtcnds Church, of Salem. The con ference this year Is not to be confined to the ministers of the church, but the entire membership Is Invited, and many of the laity of the church will attend. The programme will begin Monday evening, the principal address of the evening being the conference sermon by Homer L. Cox. pastor of the Sunny- side Friends Church, of Portland. One of the features of the dally pro gramme will be a lecture each day at 9:45 on practical! homlletlcs. by Presi dent 'Levi T. Pennington, of Pacific Col lege. Pres'dent Pennington also will give an address on "Friends' Attitude on Peace" Tuesday afternoon at 2:16. The evening address, aside from the conference sermon, will be given by President Carl G. Donw, of Willamette University. Other addresses will be: "Church Finance," by Nettle Riley, of Lents, and "The Romance of Preach ing." by Joseph Hockett, of Salem., Tbe music for the entire conference will be in charge of Homer L Cox Chester A. Hadley, of Portland. Is presi dent of the association and will preside at all the sessions Heltna Jacksonville . Kansas City. . . L.os Angeles. . . . Marshflell Medford Minneapolis Montreal! New Orleans. . , New York North Ht-ad... North Yakima. Omaha Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roseburg ..... Sacramento . . . St. Louis Salt Lake San Francisco. Seattl-j Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Tslnnd Walla Walla. . Washington 1S ("1 .. SW Pi. cloudy 310.12 . ..N Pt. cloudy XSO.uo. . NE iClear ZfO.OOI. .(SW Clear It 'i n'. . . NW Clear ao. O.OOl. .:N (Cloudy 14(0.00 . . S iClear 20.0'22'W IClear 4o.0o..iN (Cloudy 30 u.wi 22 NWiClear 1 1 II . Ui' . . aaio.oo . jPt. cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy 42(0.00 . . (NE jKaln 42 u.M)( ..... ..(Cloudy 1.4 ... tf. . N K ;,.ir 24O.0O;. . (SW Cloudy 48 O.00,. 3S ii . mi 21 ti. Ii. I :tf. n . iio ssh.io 14 II. ml 0.00 N Rem .(SE ,-loudy . NE Cloudy .iNWlCloudy . NE .Cloudy . W Cloudy w Winnipeg I 4O.0ulS.SE Pt. cloudy Cloudy WEATHER CONDITIONS. A low-pressure srea of jo great energy Is central north of Montana. A large high pressure area central over Northern Illi nois controls the weather over the greater portion ot the United States. Light rain has fallen on the Pacific slopes from Prlncs Rupert. B. C. south to San Franclaco. Southern New Mexico snd In portions of the Gulf states. Light snow hss occurred In the Wlllsmette Vslley. while elsewhere generally fair weather prevails It is de cidedly warmer In the Canadian Northwsst and slightly warmer In the plains states and Upper Mississippi Valley. Temperatures continue below normal In the North Pacific states. Conditions re favorable for fair weather Sundav In Eastern Oregon and Idaho and for rain or snow flurries In Western Ore gon and Washington. No marked changes will take place In temperature. FORECASTS. Tortland snd vicinity Sunday unsettled, probably anow flurries; easterly winds. Oregon Sunday fair east; rain or- snow flurries west portion: winds mostly easterly. Washington Sunday rain west. snow flurries cast portion 1 easterly winds. tdaho Sunday fair. Ocean Fore rest North Pacific Coast: Sun day occasional rain, moderate winds, mostly easterly. E. A BEAU. Dial 1 let Forecaster.