14 THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 14. 1917. ship building brisk Activity in Pacific Northwest Reported to Government. $40,000,000 IS INVESTED Scores of Vessels Under Construc tion and Contracted in Yards of Portland, Seattle and Other Coast Cities. OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washing-ton. Jan." 13. Shipbuilding activity in the Pacific Northwest is discussed in a report submitted by Commercial Agent W. B. Henderson, from Seattle, to the Secretary of Commerce. According- to Mr. Henderson, the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company is the largest single shipbuilder, having at this time seven steel ships under way, and four others under contract, in addition to three submarines and one destroyer for the United States Navy. The commercial ships being built by this firm range in dimensions from 368-48-27 to 396-53-29. In his report, Mr. Henderson further says: "The firm of J. F.Duthie & Co. has seven steel freighters, each with a cargo capacity of about 8800 tons, and the dimensions over all are 423-54-29. These vessels are being built for for eign companies, as are also seven of those of the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company. "The Skinner & Kddy Corporation has constructed two vessels and has con tracts for nine others with a total capacity of 77.000 tons. These are ail teel and of the standard sizes. Xw Yard Constructed. "The Anderson Steamboat Company has two vessels under contract for for eign companies, with a total capacity of 17.600 tons, and the Ames Shipbuild ing & Dry Dock Company, one of the most recently organized shipbuilding companies, is establishing a large yard, and while it has not yet obtained any orders for ships, it is laying the founda tions for a plant that will turn out four ships of the type of 8800 tons capacity per year and will employ 2000 persons. "In Portland, Or., the Willamette Iron & Steel Works and the Northwest Steel Company combined are building four steel ships of the ts'pe of 8800 tons and have contracts for four others of simi lar capacity, while the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation is building six steel vessels and seven wooden ves sels, with a total capacity of 52.800. The only other concern in the Pacific North west that is building steel vessels is the Albina Engine & Machine Works, at Portland, which has contracts for four vessels of a total tonnage capacity of'15.200. -Wooden Ships Number 5S. "In addition to the activity in steel shipbuilding-, the various companies mentioned and other companies are at work on 58 wooden vessels. These range all the way from 170 to 290 feet In length, from 36 to 48 feet beam, and from 14 to 29 feet depth. All are for American concerns, and of the number shown by the 17 companies from which reports were received, five have been launched, 28 are building and the re mainder are under contract. "In addition to the activities men tioned, the Todd interests, in reality the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Coro- panv, have purchased a large, area Tacoma and are to put up, in addition to their Seattle plant, dry-dock and shipbuilding facilities to the value of $1. 500. 000. A new firm at Hoquiam, re norted this week, and known as the Hoquiam Shipbuilding Company, the incorporators of which are planning on a capitalization of J50.000. is expected to build a number of small schooners in one type of lumber carrier, with auxiliary motors and a capacity, of about 2.000.000 feet. Tho site already has been obtained. "It is estimated that the shipbuilding lndustrv of the Pacific Northwest, from Columbia River points to and including Vancouver, B. C. represents J40.000.000 GAMBLING IIOAV ON KILBUItN Steerage Steward in Jail Charged With Attacking Others. A fight on the deck of Charles P. Doe's steamer, F. A. Kllburn. at Col umbia dock. yesterday afternoon, brought Matty Abarno, steerage stew ard, to the City Jail, on an assault and baitterv charge. He was arrested by Detectives Hill, Cahill and Ham mersly. It is said that Abarno. enraged over a gambling dispute, felled Billy Ross, n aged sailor, seriously injuring him. Theodore Smith, a sailor. reproved Abarno, and was requested to take up the issue in a fight. They clinched and Smith's right hand was mangled when Abarno gnawed it in the struggle. Smith was attended in the emersr ency hospital. Detective Cahill re turned to the Kilburn to find and give assistance to Koss. who had been knocked unconscious. He could not find the old sailor. HELP VANCOUVER CHANNEL- Dykes on Hayden Island Side Are Ordered Placed in Condition. Crews are to etart tomorrow on re pairs to dykes on the north side of Hayden Island, which were built orig inally to improve channel conditions in front of Vancouver. The work will not include changes on what Is known bs the Hayden Island dyke, located at the upper end of the island and which blocks the entrance to North Portland and harbor at low water. The latter dyke's future had been dis cussed by the Port of Portland Com mission and Major Jewett, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A., as to whether a break in the center is to be repaired or the dyke removed so the current may flow freely through North Port land harbor, as it Is desired to lm prove that channel In the interest of industries In the Kenton district. The Port body was expected to make I recommendations In that regard, though as yet no decision has been reached. WOODLAND GOES TO BOTTOM Oregona Temporarily in Service on Yamhill River Route. With water as high as the upper deck the steamer Woodland is laying In the Yamhill River, near McMinn ville. where she struck and sank late Friday night. The vessel piles regu larly between Portland and the Yam hill" River territory and work of rais ing her will be started at once. The Woodland was formerly the G. M. Walker and was built here In 1897. She is 84.7 feet long. 20.4 feet beam and 4.2 feet deep. The steamer Oregona. of the Oregon City Transportation Company's fleet, which was held in reserve here, was placed in service last night to carry freight accumulated for the Woodland and she will make the return trip to morrow. The latter line had operated on the Yamhill until recently and now the steamers Pomona and Grabamona are used on the main river, a dally service being maintained to Salem and every other day to Corvallis, going to Peoria once a week. MA.TOR FRIES IS ASSIGNED Officer Comes From Yellowstone Park to Take First District. Orders definitely assigning Major Amos A. Fries, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., to have charge of the First Portland District, comprising Improve ment projects along the Oresron Coast other than at the mouth of the Colum- oia, also the Columbia above Van couver, and the Snake Rivers, have been received. He win relieve Major H. C. Jewett. of the Second District. who took over the responsibilities of the First District last month, when Major Arthur Wlllia"ms went on leave to California. Major Fries was first on dutv In Oregon at Fort Stevens several years ago during the construction of the south jetty. He was here about three years ago for a short time and was ordered to Yellowstone National Park, where he is at present looking after road improvements and such work. Other projects he has looked after on the Coast included San Pedro harbor improvements. Freighter Stanley Dollar Floated. VANCOUVER. B. G. Jan. 13. The Alaska Steamship Company freighter fctanley Dollar, which went on the I VESSEL BUILDING AT SEATTLE AFTER 1 V-4 i j. I i i 1 til t 1ST i' i i - imm MOTORSHIP OHKGON O.X WAYS. By the end of January the -motorship Oregon, being constructed on the Ka.it Waterway, Seattle, by the Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company, identified with the Alaska-Pacific Fisheries of this city, will be in the water. She Is designed for the general trade to have accommodations for 80 cabin passengers and 40 in the steerage, with space for 2700 tons of cargo, or, in the way of lumber, will carry 1.500.000 feet. The Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company is incorporated under the lawn of Oregon, and the vessel will be enrolled here. A second ship Is to be started when the Oregon is off the ways and consideration is being given a proposal to operate from Portland to Alaska. rocks In Active Pass yesterday while bound for Alaska with cargo, was floated at high tide this morning and turned back to Seattle for repairs. BAN'DON' PORT REORGANIZES W. II. Lyons and O. A. Trowbridge Are Xmv Commission Members. BANDON, Or., Jan. 13. (Special). The Port of Bandon Commission has reorganized with two new members. W. H. Lyons, of Coquille, who was elected to take the place of E. E. Johnson, of that city, and O. A. Trow bridge, of Bandon, who fills the un expired term of A, McNair, resigned. The newly elected officers are R. H. Rosa, president; J. E. Norton, vice- president; O. A. Trowbridge, secre tary, and T. P. Hanly. treasurer. George P. Topping has been appointed attorney. Judge Hamilton, of the Circuit Court, has rendered a decision in favor of the Port and against Dennis McCarthy, Southern Oregon . Co., Merchant Land Co.. and Simpson Lum ber Co., who sued to have large sec tions of timber land excluded from the boundary of the Port. Marine Notes. Two liners departed from the Golden Gate yesterday the turbinT Northern Pacific, of the Great Northern Pacific fleet, and the Rose City, of the San jrrancisco-Portland line. The former is due au Flavel today, and the Rose City will be here tomorrow, being due to call again Wednesday. Authority reached the office of Lighthouse Inspector Warrack from Washington yes terday to award a contract to the firm of Helser & Vnden for overhauling light vessel No. 88, known as the Columbia, her station being off the mouth of the river. She is at Astoria and will be brought here for dry docking and general work. On the Japanese steamer Unkal Maru No. 2. coming here from Seattle, is a shipment of 200 tons of linseed for the Portland Lin eeed Oil Company. The vessel hails from the Orient and will load lumber here for India, the cargo being ready at lnmaif Poulsen'a mill. Being floated from the Port of Portland drydock yesterday, the McCormick steamer Klamath proceeded to St, Helens, where she starts her lumber cargo today, and will sail for California porta Tuesday. The ateamer Daisy Matthews finished her cargo at St. Helens yesterday, and left for sea. bound for San Pedro. Ordered to head direct for San Francisco instead of making the customary calls at Marshfield and t.ureka. the North Pacific steamer Breakwater sailed from Columbia dock last night. The F. A. Kilburn fol lows tomorrow night and makes the Coast ports en route. MARINE XNTETiIjIGENCK. Steamer Schedule. . DUX TO ARRIVAL. Name From Date. F. A. Kilburn San Francisco... -In port Northern Paclfle. . .San Francisco. ..-Jan. 14 Rose City. Los Angelea. .... Jan. 15 Breakwater... San Francisco... .Jan. 20 Beavar. . .Los Angelea. .... .Jan. 22 XUK TO DEPART. Kama. For Data. F. A. Kilburn ...... San Fanciaeo. ...Jin. 35 Klamath San Diego. ...... .Jan. 16 Northern Pacific. San Francisco. . . . Jan. Ill Harvard. ... ...... S.F. for L.A.-S.D.. Jan. 17 Yale S.F. for L.A.-S.D.. Jun. 17 Rose City. Los Ange!eo. .... Jan. IT Breakwater. ...... Saa Francisco. . . .Jan. 22 Beaver. ......... ..Los Angelea. .... .Jan. 23 Wapama. ......... San Diego. . Jan a Movements of Vessels. .PORTLAND. Jan. 13. Arrived British steamer Wearwood. from Victoria. Sailed Steamers Daisy Matthews, for San Pedro; Break water, for San Francisco via Coos Bay ana ureka. ASTORIA. Jan. 13. Sailed at midnight. steamer Beaver, for San Francisco and San Pedro; at 4 A. M., steamer Northland, for San Pedro: at 4:30 A. M.. steamer J. A. Chanalor. for San Francisco. Arrived down at 8 and sailed at 9:30 A. M.. BritiBh steamer British Columbia, for Vancouver. Arrived at 9:25 and left up at 11:40 A. M.. British steamer Wearwood. from Victoria. Sailed at 10 A. M.. steamer Oleum, for San Francisco. Arrived at 10:40 and left up at 1 P. M steamer Tiverton, from San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. Sailed Steamers Northern Pacific, for Flavel; Rose City, from San Pedro for Portland. SEATTLE. Jan. 13. Arrived Steamers D. G. Scofield. Senator, for San Francisco Fulton, from Blubber Bay. B. C. ; Bee. trom Port San Luis. Sailed Steamers Admiral Schley. San Francisco; Sado Maru. for Hongkong; Alki. for Southeastern Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. Arrived- Steamera Standard Arrow, from Hongkong; Curacao, from Seattle: captain A. r . Lucas, barge 95. from Seattle for San Pedro r Celilo. fro'l Grays Harbor: Brooklyn, from Balboa Newburg. from Coos Bay. Sailed 8teamers Northern Pacific. Daisy, for Astoria : Gov emor. for Victoria: San Juan, for Balboa Fairhaven. for Punta Arenas; Frank H. Buck, for Iquique. Tides at Astoria Sunday. High. I Low. 4:83 A.M. 8.1 feet 11 :01 A. M. ...2.7 feet 4:29 P. M 6.7 feet10:35 P. M. . . .2.2 feot ASTORIA TO BE HERE New Schooner Will Go on Dry dock for Painting. TRIAL TRIP IS DELAYED Machinery Is Beginning to Arrive at Albina Shipyard Joseph SuppIo-'Goes Fast and May Close Three Contracts. Portlanders are to be accorded op portunity to view the auxiliary schoon er Astoria, of A. O. Andersen & Co.'s new modern fleet, which Is being com pleted at the McEachern shipyard, on Young's Bay, Astoria, and is to come here to be lifted on the Port of Port land drydock before loading lumber for Port Pirie. In advance of the ship being dis- FOR ALASKA TRADE FOR OREGON CORPORATION STATE AND PORTLAND IS HOME PORT. patched for the Antipodes it has been concluded to add another coat of paint to the hull, so she will be on drydock only a short time. The vessel's trial trip was to have been held last week, but delay In the receipt of a water tank prevented the test being made as de sired, and it will be conducted this week. The vessel Is under charter to Bal four, Guthrie & Co. for the Port Pirie cargo, the engagement having been made several months ago, though the vessel was not designated. It being un derstood that the carrier selected was to be available during the first quar ter of 1917, so under the building pro gramme three of the eight ordered there would probably be in line. Machinery for the Albina Engine & Machine Works' new plant, in which Andersen & Co. are heavily Interested, Is beginning to arrive, and in a short time blocks will be placed for the lay ing of the first keel, material for which will be along next month. The yard has taken form rapidly and the big shop building is going tip with other parts of the work being ad vanced as scheduled. It was reported yesterday that In quiry for new tonnage had been more active in the past few days than for two months, and by Spring a few mory orders are looked for. Josepn huppie, who has operated a yard at the foot of Belmont street for years and recently negotiated with New Tork interests for three vessels, left for the East a few days ago and is expected home about February 1. If contracts are closed for, ships may be laid down on prop erty adjoining the present yard, thousrh If they are of large type property Mr. Supple has under lease Just north of the east approach of the Hawthorne- avenue bridge may be used. That site owned by the Spokane. Portland & Seattle Railroad, and a fill there has been arranged for with the Port of Portland. Associated with Mr. Supple as designing engineer will be J. B. C. Lockwood. YAQUINA BAY NEEDS HEARD Government Engineer Listens to Delegations on Improvements. Backed by Portland residents con cerned' in the development of Yaquina Bay. B. F. Jones, of Newport; D. E. Stewart and W. E. Ball, of Toledo and others from that region Friday made strong presentation of the need of deeper water in that harbor to Major H. C. Jewett, Corps of Engineers, tThited States Army. It was a public hearing, arranged to set forth what it is estimated will be required to deepen the channel from 16 to 22 feet, and also future development prospects that VETERAN STEAM BO AT MAN DEAD AT KELSO. IS Captain A. O. Kruu. KELSO. Wash., Jan. 13. Cap tain A. O. Kruse, for more than 30 years mate and captain of steamboats operated by the Kel logg Transportation Company of this place, was buried this week following his death Monday after' a brief illness. He was 59 years old and a native of Wilsonville, Or. He was formerly In business in Portland and began his river career on the Willamette in the early '80s. Captain Kruse is survived by a widow, three children. Fritz, Bert and Veranue Kruse, and two brothers, John Lorin and U. A. Kruse, of Wilsonville. I' : f ' t f- " 1 r- I - it Jt ar expected to follow the Improvement of the marine road. Major Jewett will cover the situation in a report to the Chief of Engineers at Washington. A public hearing bad been ' held before the board of engi neers, so there is said to be a complete record of the matter. Representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and other commercial interests were present, and all features were taken up. including the willingness of the taxpayers there to appropriate as much money as the Government will provide. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ABERDEEN', Wash.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The steamer Svea arrived from San Fran cisco and U loading; at Wilson's mill. The steamer Chehalls, Tamalpals and San Jacinto cleared for San Pedro, the Che halls from the Lytle mill and the other two from the E. K. Wood mill. The steamers Coronado and Shna-Yak are due to arrive Monday from San Franclaco. Montesano residents assert that the city is likely to set a new shipyard- soon, but decline to give particulars. COOS BAY, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Roamer arrived last night with the gasoline schooner Rustler In tow both vessels loaded with salmon from the Macleay cannery. The steamer Adeline Smith sailed for San Francisco today, carrying lumber from the Smith mills. Sailing this afternoon, the steam schooner A. M. Simpson had a cargo of lumber from the Buehner sawmill. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The British steamer Wee r wood arrived today from British Columbia and will load grain at Portland for the United Kingdom. The British steamer British Columbia NAMED sailed for Nanaimo, after discharging a part cargo of sulphur at Portland. The Japanese steamer Unkari Maru No. 2 is due from Nanaimo to load lumber at the Inman-Poulsen mill for Bombay. The Norwegian steamer Capto will be due tomorrow from San Kranciaco to load lum ber at Westport, Wauna and Llnnton. After completing her cargo of lumber at Westport. the steam schooner J. B. Stet son sailed during the night for San Pedro. Coming to load lumber at Prscott. the steam schooner Tiverton arrived from San Francisco. The steam schooner Northland sailed for San Pedro with 140U tona of wheat loaded at Portland. Carrying a capacity cargo of freight and a good list of passengers, the steamer Bea ver sailed for San Francisco and San Pedro. - After discharging fuel oil at Portland. the tank steamer J. A. Chanslor sailed for California. The tank steamer Oleum sailed for Cali fornia after discharging fuel oil at Astoria ana fontanel. The oil barge Monterey In tow of the tug .i.tisaiur is uue. en route to Portland. SAN FRAN-CISCO, Jan. 13. (Special.) , clT:al,lcl Aiiiani-o nas Deen purchased n fair & Moran from the North Pacific Steamship Company. The terms of the sal were not disclosed. Fair & Moran for ih ......... i i. - have been operating the Alliance between .im iiun ana i entrat America. nree steamers with lumher f,n h iiiMin lor me fi. h.. Wood Lumbar fnm pany arrived in Oakland harbor today. The """r , vwuapa. rrom Grays Harbor, brought In 2C0.000 feet of pine; the schoon er Hardy, from Coos Bay, brought in 225 . vo rett of pine, while the steamer Daixv. irnm Columbia River nnlm. t..v. .. . i- vi pine ana redwood. c ' " American schooners, the Alper chartered for lumber voyages. The Alpena . 7 y B.ilrnnr. Guthrie Co.. for imp irom rvortn pacific to South ?Vmer- " .rBl" or '!.. -mi. W. R. Grace & Co. nneren trie. Kama- ror a vnvan from j-uei sound to nitrate ports at private terms. The AlDena l In . J ...... iee snortiy tor the north. The Samar Is . ,nvw irom manna, ror th nnr The Paclfle M.-ilt liner C T . ' - nr " 1 "r.men ' "" ' -..-. ni t entral Amer ica The versel took out 95 passengers and SEATTLE. Wash 1.. ii ,c ... w . -- .... ,OLra-r-lHI.I ne .Mnpon l usen K n I .! c,. departed this momlrjg for Hongkong and por.s with ohe of the largest cigarette shlp- . . Irom "ere. She had two . . w" lear toDncro and eight car ioi.n or cigarettes, consisting of 60.000,000 Tne seagoing tor Daniel v.m . . seagoing barges were purchased today from ... vM.uniuiit v-on.raci company, of Port land. Or., by Interests that own the Wash ington Tug A Barge Comnanv .nrf ih. Independent Towing Comnanv. hoth of thi. i n. i ne aeai was negotiated and closed oy captain J. C. Rrownf lelrl. president of in uiaeprnneni lowintr Cominnv. The new owners plan to use the tug and barges v n . rrw KrviCB. The oil tanker D. G. Rcoflelri an .... "-'wr were tne arrivals today from San Francisco Bay. and tho steamer. Admiral ocniey. wim passengers and freight, de parted for the Golden Gate. The freighter Fulton arrived with -.r.r.T cargo from British Columbia ports, and tho aiwru acnooner uee got in from Port San The steamer Alki departed for EnntlMutf. era aiwks. Marconi Wireless Reports. DRAKE. Latooche for Richmond. 70S miles north of Richmond. COLUMBIA. Tacoma for San Fmrlin, ooo miles nortn or ban Francisco. MATSUMA, Honolulu for San PVnrlrn izl miles irom Can Francisco. 8 P. M January 12. WILHELMINA. San Francisco for Mono luiu. ezu miles xrom nan Franclaco. 8 P. M January I . HVADES. San Francisco for Honolulu 1011 miles from San Francisco, v 8 P. M. January iz. ATLAS. Richmond for Honolulu. 1012 mil.. irom itirnninna, s i'. januarv 12. LUt.A. Manila for San Francisco. 4.1" miles irom han Franclaco. 8 P. M. Jan. 12. I. r. L.1 Ban Francisco for Kverert miles south of Point Reyes. rtllj.'W A.-s. ban Francisco for Honolulu. 11 miles from San Francisco llghtsbln. SAN J CAN, San Francisco for Balboa. 82 miles souin 01 mh rranclsco. ROSE CITT. San Francisco for Portland. 8 miles north of Point Reyes. DESPATCH. San Francisco for Portland. 5 miles east of Point Reyes. LOGAN. Manila for San Francisco. 178 miles from San- Francisco. PRESIDENT. Seattle for San Francisco, 330 miles north of San Francisco. ADELINE SMITH. Coos Bay for Ban Francisco. BEAVER. Portland for San Francisco, 48 miles north of Cape Mendocino. NORTHERN PACIFIC. San Francisco for Flavel, off Blunts Reef. EL SEGUNDO. towing barge 91. Richmond for Seattle. 230 miles north of San Fran cisco. MINNESOTA!. Newport News for Pearl Harbor. l'J05 miles, east of Honolulu. PLEIADES. San Francisco for New Tork, 64.1 miles south of- San Francisco. GEORGE W. ELDER. San Pedro for Mazatlan. 57R miles south of San Pedro. JIM BUTLER. San Francisco for Santa Rosalia. R3i miles south of San Francisco. MULTNOMAH. San Pedro for San Francis co. 14 miles west of Point Flrmln. MOFFETT. towing barge 83. San Fran cisco for Balboa, 1318 miles aouth of 6an Francisco. Vessels Cleared Yesterday. American steamer F. A. Kilburn. general cargo, for Saa Francisco via way porta. -i i t r in Ml 1 1 A 4 T SHIP NEED IS GREAT Millions in Tonnage Will Be Demand in Two Years. in LARGER SHORTAGE LOOMS Capacity of World's Yards Will Be Only 3,000,000 Tons Yearly and 30,000,000 Additional Tons Will Be Jfeed In 1919. Observations made on a recent trip to Scandinavian countries, dealing prin cipally with shipbuilding. etlmted tonnage requirements after the war and opportunities rrv th. n.ifi v-"Ml Ior added marine construction enterprises, have been Incorporated by Z.' .. parson, of the Heath Ship puuaing company, in an analysis as iviiuwb; tne worlds merchant marine be fore the war consisted of 50.000.000 tons; every ship was in profitable use and the world's tonnage had been increasing at the rate of 2.000.000 tons a year to take care of the Increased demand of commerce. "Since August. 1911, the commence ment of the war. more than 5. 000 000 tons have been destroyed, 4.400,000 tons interned and 12.000.000 tons comman deered, leaving only 28.400.000 tons, or Per cent. In use. and vessels are be ing driven so hard that authorities in the shipping world say that most of them win be scrap In two years. They also show that we must have 60,000.000 tons in tne water by 1919 to move the world s commerce. Nearly 35.000.000 tons must be built new. Where is it oming from? Capacity la 3,000,000 Tona. The present capacity of the world is ess tnan 7.000.000 tons a vear- in 124 shipyards, and two-thirds of these yaras nave contracts running now from 919 to 1923. The others have all they can do for 1917 and 1918. The increased capacity of a number of these yards are limited by supply of 'engines and steel plate. The demand for engines rapiaiy Increasing nd contracts are now being- made for delivery from cisnc 1.0 ii montns nence. teel mills of this country are more than 11.000. 000 tona behind In orders for steel, which has raised in price from ll to cents a pound. homebody has got o get busy to Place the ships that are being de royed nearly 1000 In the nast nine months, with a terrible Increase each month aa follows: April, 90 vessels; , 63: June. 64; July. 147: August, 102; September. 114: October. 139: No vember. 147. and December. 134. In November and December Kngls. d lost 112 ships of 306.609 tons. Norway 77 ships of 94.751 tons, Denmark ships of 22.692 tons, and Sweden about the same. 1 lOO Lost by Britain. r.ngiana nas lost dur tier the war 1100 merchant shins of 2.500.ono inm England's allies 292 ships of 632. ,43 tons. Total allies' loss. 1392 ships of u.uj.,119 tons. Germany ana tne central Dowers lost bs vessels of ZI1.920 tons. "Norway. Sweden and enmark 473 ships of 628,301 tons. Norway alone lost 3Uo snips of 368,546 tons. The United States lost 10 shins of Z4.a5o tona. "Total ships lost during- war. 21:6 "When peace is declared there will be a scramble for drydocks and ship yards to put in condition the 4,400,000 tons now Interned. There are only 811 drydocks in the entire world, so at that rate it will take more tnan year to put these Interned ships in shape, an-d for every month of continu ation of war we lose 350.000 tons; so'we come back to the same point, more than 30.000.000 tons must be built and the best we can hope to do from every calculation is 4.000.000 tons a year. The present capacity Is 2.400.000 tons yearly in the entire world. It looks like from seven to 'en years will bo re quired for merchant va els alone, aside from the Immense appropriation made by all nations for Increases in navies The United States alone proposes to spend $185,560,000 for 66 naval vessels. These must also be built in American yards. 417 Bulldlag la America. There are 417 ships now building in the United States and shipbuilders hope to launch 314 vessels in 1917 of 960.899 tons capacity, and lc ships in 1918 of 519.047 tons. That is 1,479.946 tona in the next two years. oreian yards are full up for the nex five years, so our chances for future contracts are the best. The opportunity of Oregon and tho Pacific Coast is here now, and we have before us in Oregon a prosperou period of many years In which wo must Improve our facilities and method so much that there will be no ques tion of our shipyard efficiency and ability to meet competition. steel snips, as you can see. are limited by tbe supply of material and steel yards have all they can take care of for some time to come. "It looks like wooden ships. More over. Oregon-built wooden ships. First the raw material is here: second, th development and standardization of the seml-deisel engines (manufactured on this coast); third. Hie mild climate, living facilities and labor market, and tourtn, tne percentage of profit per oliar Invested In a 3000-ton wooden ves sel with auxiliary englnea has bee shown to be greater than steel bot toms of larger sizes. Coast Yards Bnlldlng Maay. i nere are as wooaen vessels now under construction on the Pacific Coast. It will require 106.000.000 feet of lumber to build them, and they will have a combined carrying capacity of 79.500.000 feet. "We have nearly 200.000.000.000 feet of standing Douglas fir and pine In Or gon. and 75.000.000.000 feet of othe species. That will build a lot of ships. "Ships and shipbuilding have mad 40 new millionaires in Chrtstianla, Norway (a city the size of Portland) In the last two years. Norway I spending 8150.000,000 for ships now I the United States. That Is three time more than the United States Govern ment proposes to invest for the pur pose of inaugurating a new era American merchant marine. "European countries have forbidde the transfer of ships to other nation Norway forbids the buying of old ves sets and forbids sales to other coun tries. They must buy new. Norwa taxes shins 46 per cent of their ne earnings. Norway has 8000 vessels of all kinds of 2.000.000 tons. Notice to Mariners. The following affects aids to navigation In the Seventeenth Lighthouse District: Wlllapa Bay outside bar gas and whlatlin bnov. PS. heretofore reported by steamer Hoquiam as extinguished, was found burn lnir correctly January 11. Washington. Washington Sound Turn Rock light reported at extinguished Janu ary 5.. To be relighted as soon as practl cable. ROBERT WAR HACK, Inspector. U. S. Jiaval Radio Reports. CORDOVA, Latouche for Tacoma. off Smith's Island. 8 P. M. M'CULLOCH sailed for Eureka. MARIPOSA. Cordova for Juneau, 20 miles east of Cape Hlnchenbrook. noon. January 12. 8m'RN, from Umi, arrived at tan Fran cisco, January 12. RALEIGH from San Diego, arrived at ban Francisco today. SAN DIEGO for Eureka, departed irom San Francisco. V. S. s. transport LOGAN due to arrive San Francisco. January 14. NORWOOD. Portland for San Francisco. ff Point Keyes at R P. M. ADMIRAL, GOODRICH. San Francisco for Tacoma. 90 miles north of Cape Blanco. ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Seattle for San ran- ciaco. ICS miles fr,m Seattle. ADMIRAL FARRAOLT. San Francisco for Seattle. l.'O miles from Seattle. VALDEZ. Nanalmo tor San Francisco. 80 milea south of Cape Flattery. Colombia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Waeh.. Jan. 13. Condi tion of the bar at P. M. : Sea, smooth. Wind, northwest; six miles. Vessels Entered Yesterday. American steamer F. A. Kilburn. ceneral caigo. from San t-ranclsoo via way porta. BIG DONATION IS MADE C. Y. Eberleln Contributes Land to Strahorn Railway. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 13 (Special.) The largest contribution made by any one person or corporation n Klamath Falls to the Oregon, Cali fornia & Eastern Railroad project was announced as having been made by Charles W. Eberleln. of this city, on Thursday. Mr. Eberlein will give to Mr. Strahorn one and one-half miles of right-of-way. 100 feet in width. eastward from the city limits, also all freight yards, which will be at least 000 feet long. and. in addition, lands for roundhouses, shops and stockyards. All of this area lies south and east of the Southern Pacific tracks and ex tends along Sixth street. These lands constitute a valuable addition to the project. It is believed that if the peo ple had to buy them, in addition to the oassenKer terminal site, the Duraen would be too heavy. MEMORIAL IS FOR DRY U. S, Colorado House Would Have Con. gre.ss Pass Prohibition Act., DENVER, Jan. 13. The House of Representatives of the Colorado LegiS' lature today passed a memorial to Congress, urging a National prohibl- ion amendment, making the United States "100 per cent dry." The me mortal now goes to the Senate for ac tion. The Legislature has yet to consider bills to increase the stringency of Colo rado's prohibition laws. It is said that dry forces are "split" on the nature of this legislation. FORGER IS TO GO TO TEXAS Officers Arrive for Man AYlio Lured Bellinsham Girl Away. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. (Spe cial). D. M. Delmas. alias Allen Dale, who is under a two years' suspended sentence to San Quentin prison for passing worthless checks in this city will be taken to Huntsvllle, Texas, Monday, by officials who arrived in ban Francisco toaay. Delmas Is wanteU In Huntsville for breaking jail after wrecking a bank He came to San Francisco with Ingrid Gerstedt. 20-year-old Bellingham Wash., girl, whom he lured here under promise of marriage. The girl has since been sent back to her parents. George Xenner to Help lira ft BUI. ROSEBURO. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.! District Attorney George Xeuner will go to Salem Tuesday, where he will as sist in drafting a road bill in accord ance with the Ideas expressed at the recent Commonwealth conference held in Portland. Mr. Neuner says the bill will probably be ready to introduce in the legislature some time next week. Minister Victim of Ptomaines. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Jan. 1. Dr. W. F. Packard, a minister of the Southern Methodist Church, at El Paso. Tex.. died here today at the home of his daughter, of ptomaines, said to have been contracted at a church dinner in EI Paso several months ago. He was 61 years old. Embargo Is Put on .Cars. OGDEX. Utah. Jan. 13. In an at tempt to relieve the acute shortage of coal, the Denver & Itio Grande Railroad has placed an embargo, to continue for two days, on loaded or empty cars, ex cept those containing livestock and perishable goods. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. Jan. IX Maximum tempera ture. 42 degrees; minimum. :I0 degrees. Klver reading, s A. M, feet: change In last n liourj. u , mot Tall. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to R P. M ). none: total rainrall since September 1, 1018, 1:1.12 inr-hes: nor mal rainr.HI since September 1. IVHil, 22 2. In.-hes: deflflency of raillfnll sinre Sep tember 1, 1l18. IMS Inches. Total sunshine. 4 hours 1-t minutes: possible miahine II hours. Relative humidity at noon. 73 per cent. THK WEATHER. STATIONS. Ftate of weather. Baker .... 1 n. 22 O . .111(1, - o. n. 2 o. K'O. iO. 40 o. 4; o. v."n. ?2'0. 2 rt, R4 0. r.4 o :i; o , -2'n lo'o 720. :is o. 4 rt. ns;f 12." III 0. Ortl. ISR : . . N W !;' . . 'sk l" 22 N W i H W 02. ,IW 'Clear iClear ISnow 'Cloudy Clenr Iciear 'Clear Boise .... Ronton . . . C.ilgary .. i-nicago .. Ieiver . .. Dea Moines on' . . I.vw Iu1uth ... ort 12'sw Ortl . . M 02i2 N 02'. .IV Ortl4SK lo 12 W OM. . !S oi. . Ivw on; . ..v rtrt lrt w ,0i io SK Clear Clear Kureka .. f.nlventon . . . . Helena . Ja-'konvllle 41 Clear ICloudT IPt. eloudy Iciear IPt. -loudy Clear 'Clear IClear Sn.w Kaln 'Hain Kanmi iiiy... Angeles.... Miirhfield ... Medford Minneapolis . . Men tree I Ne- Orleans... New York North Hertd. . . 5? a "I SI 4 r.o "I 2t 24 1 241 lrt l-J VW i:rt2rt;SI-': Cloudy Clear 'Clear Cloudy !Cloudy I t rloudv North Yakima. , no; . . - w Ort! . . NW "ill . . Ik rtrt 12'SR Omaha ...... Phoenix Pocatello .... Portland .... Hof l.unf . . . . Sicramento . Rt. I-ouls .... Salt Lake San Franclaco. Seattle ...... Spokane .... Tacoma in rt. 42rt, 4"'n r.-rt 2'i 22 0. " O Xsirt 2H'l .IK'O 4nnv 340 34 I) B0 0012 NW .Oil'. .IW .Ofli . . 'SR Oil lrVN W oil. . sw .Ort'18 W ."i . . INK .on! . . IN nn'toiNE .Ortl. .INK . . .IV Oil. .INW .00'12iNW Clear Iciear 'Cloudv Cloudy IClear IClear IClear 'Cloudy IClear 'Clear Rain Clear Tatoogh Island Walla Walla. Vt ashlngton Winnipeg . -12 WEATHER CONDITIONS. The barometer la relatively high over the Northern and Central Rocky Mountain states and another hlgh-presure area overlies the Plains atales. A trough-shaped depression extends from the Lake region south to the t;u If states. Llgnt rain has Tallen In South ern California, the Lower Mississippi Valley. Tennessee. Upper Ohio Valley. Ir Lake region. District of Columbia and Southern New York. Snow has occurred In Northern Trtah. Wyoming. Montana. Illinois and the New England states. It In much colder over a strip of territory extending, from Texas northeastward to Illinois. It Is warmer in Alb-rta. Moutana and the North Atlantic vtatea Conditions are favbrahle for fair weather In this district Sunday with no marked changes in temperature. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Sunday fair, north erly winds. O.-egon and Washington Sunday . fair, north to east winds. Idaho Sunday fair. Oean forecast North Pacific Coast. Sun day fair, freah northeasterly winds. E. A. BEAL3, Forecaster. 2 HEW CBAFT READY S. I. Allard and Latourell to Be Launched This Week. BOTH M'CORMICK VESSELS Auxiliary Five-Master Is Ik-in; Turned Out at St. Ilelejis, and Steam Schooner in Vurtls at Astoria. During the present week ih t- Cormick fleet actually in the water is to be augmented by two vessels, the five-masted auxiliary schooner S. I. Allard being launched at St. Helena Tuesday morning, and Saturday the steam schooner Latourell will be .u lu-neo. at Astoria, where she is being built by Wilson Bros. Both vessels are the second of their kind to be turn.-d out under present contracts. The lirst nf ik. ..m..v schooner class was the City of Port- oiiu. now on the way from Newcastle for Honolulu with a coal cargo and of two contracts secured by Wilson tru.. me urst ship, the Wahkeenab, was launched several weeks ago and left the river Thursday in tow of tho steamer Willamette for San Francisco to have engines installed. The . I. Allard will be followed by a third five-master, the Citv of St. Helens, which is under construction. They were to have been in a city line. tne t-ity ot Astoria being proposed as the name of tho second, but. as Mr. Allard. a banker, of Eureka, is an enthusiastic- supporter of maritime ven tures directed by the McCormicks. his name was given the vessel. In the case of the Waiikeenah and Latourell the company adhered to its original system of naming; steam schooners after well-known waterfalls of tho Western country. While not the largest of the type on the Coast, the McCormick auxil iary ships have ben adopted by British. Columbia Interests and - others. The biggest In dimension is the Santino. launched November 2tl at Aberdeen by the Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Com pany for Swayne & Hoyt, of San Fran cisco. She Is 2S0 feet long, beam 4S feet and depth of hold 24 feet. The S. I. Allard is 278 feet long. 48-foot beam and 21 feot depth of hold. A sister ship is being turned out there for the same firm, and It Is reported negotiations are on for their purchase. H. F. Gelhaus. chief engineer for Swayne & Hoyt. who has been looking after the vessels In the north, with Captain A. H. Ahlln. passed through the city yesterday on his way to San Francisco. He says they are truly Northwest ships, for. besides all building material being native, the pro pelling machinery was built on the Coast, and all deck machinery and auxiliaries were turned out at Portland by the Hess & Martin Iron Works. W. C. T. U. CRITICISES WETS Resolution Adopted at Oresliam Di rected nt Seven Representatives. GKESHAM, Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The regular meeting of the local Wom an's Christian Temperance Union was held in the Public Library here Thurs day afternoon, and after the business hail been finished a resolution was drawn up directed against seven mem bers of the House of Representatives, six of whom are from Multnomah. County, who voted against the me morial to Congress asking prohibition for the District of Columbia. The Representatives named were; Callan. Iewis. Kubli. Corbett, Mackay. Stott and Schimpff. ARMY PENALTY COMMUTED Captain Jepson to Lose 20 Xumbers; Dismissal Not Knforced. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. The sen tence of dismissal from the Army im posed by courtmartial recently at Fort Worden. Wash., on Captain William F. C. Jepson. Fourteenth Infantry, ha.t been commuted by President Wilson to. a loss of 20 numbers in the lineal list of Captains. The Captain was found guilty of fraud in handling of quartermaster's supplied. Cavalryman Visits Roscburg. P.OSEBt'RG. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.! W. II. L. Osborne, who had been la Calexlco for the past three months with. Troop B. of Tacoma. returned here to day on a two weeks' furlough. He be lieves the guardsmen will be mustere-i out soon. "The California borderman's) life is exceedingly dull." said Mr. Osborne, -and I will be glad to return home. The Calexlco country is health ful, however. Thomtion'a Pfy- Better. THOMPSON'S fitiionf fnihe Lens The kind that make you feel YOUNG without making; you LOOK old. Thompson Optical Institute Second Floor Corbett Bldgf. Fifth and Morrison Portland's Oldest and Larg est Exclusive Optical House V