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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.
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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.