The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 27, 1917, Section One, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 TIIE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, MAY 27, 1917. PRACTICAL WORK 10 RULE IN SHIPYARDS fied Tape in Inspection Will Be Abolished by Gov ernment. rJi SIZE OF AWARD OPTIONAL Captain John K. Blaln Addresses Builders Here on Requirements for New Fleet Portland to ' Be Engine-Installing Point. PRACTICAL WORK, MINUS RED TAPE, NEEDED IX BUILD- ISa SEW FLEET. It is not desired by the Gov ernment that any contractor loss money, neither should the emer gency work be regarded as pros perity. While & contractor may bid on ten ships, the Inspector, knowing the yard capacity, may? recom mend a decrease In the number If he should see fit. That labor organizations will realise an emergency exists Is expected, and that the employers will at all times be - reasonable with the men. Inspectors at each yard will be practical men. nearly all ship masters, who will pass on "good Jobs." So-called Government Inspec tion and red tape has been elim inated and commercial require ments will govern. Bids on hulls and completed ships will be considered, but It is advised that the Government can best supply machinery. Portland will be one of three . machinery Installing points on the Pacific Coast. to take over private ships afloat or building and the yards as well. Tenders for'building Hulls alone, as well as those for completed vessels. which means hulls with machinery In stalled -and finished for service, will be considered by the Government, said Captain Blaln, but he advised those contemplating forwarding bids to fig ure only on the hulls, the Government being in the best position to obtain motive power. in that connection he announced that Installation of machinery would be car ried on here. Portland belnar one of three Installing- noints on the Coast. The others are at San Francisco and i'uget Bound. On hull contracts ships are to be completed in July, 1918, and completed ships are to be ready In Sep- lemoer, iig. Official Plans Received. Merrill Reed, of the MotorshlD Con struction Company, received plans and specifications from Washington yester day by registered mall, and Captain Blaln said they wtre the official is sues, though he bad not received tnose mailed his office as yet. During the afternoon more builders received copies. Before lunch Captain Blaln visited the Standlfer yard at "Vancouver and tain Magee, E. V. Hauser. of Grant Kenna avenue Before leaving on the Shasta Limited in the afternoon for San Francisco, he went oter the Coast Shipbuilding Company's property at the foot of Woods street. He expects to return here Thursday after a confer ence at San Francisco with Captain Pillsbury, who Is in charge of all the work on the Paciflo Coast. Among those who were seated with Captain Blaln at luncheon were O. M. All the steel and wooden vessels that can be built will be provided for by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, headed by Major-General Goethals. builder of the Panama Canal. They will be laid down only at plants known to be sub stantial. The work will be under competent and practical management and each yard will receive contracts for the number of vessel the in spectors believe can be completed by that yard within the present time limit, July, 1918. Captain John F. Blaln, formerly of this city and at present Northwest in spector for the Government corpora tiorv, headquarters at Seattle, discussed these points and many others with rep resentatives of shipbuilding plants and prospective plant owners yesterday. COLLEGE YEAR ENDS Elaborate Programme Is Ar ranged for Exercises. DR. STANSFIELD TO SPEAK Commencement Will Be Juno IS ' and Sundry Activities of Stndents and Organizations Will Fill Week With Merrymaking. College lads and college lasses will gambol on the green of the Willamette University campus during the week be ginning Sunday, June 10. for that is Commencement week and a general round of festivities has been arranged for that time. It will be the 74th com mencement of the school. There will be the senior class day exercises and the senior class pageant. In addition to farewell meetings and receptions, closing with the commence ment exercises on Wednesday, June is. PORTLANDER NAMED TO REPRESENT GENERAL GOETHALS ON GOVERNMENT SHIPBUILDING IN OREGON AND FORMER PORTLANDER, NOW NORTHWEST INSPECTOR FOR THE FEDERAL FORCES. if ,V'' " 1 If V S . 1 C v- -vv 4 V K -.- . wo-, - v, l Interchange Telephone Service Cannot Be Satisfactorily Rendered With Divided Responsibility . Interchange Telephone Service would be neither dependable nor satisfactory, not only because it would be slower, but the serv ice would be given partly by one company and partly by the other. It "would be difficult to determine which system was at fault when unsatisfactory service was experienced, because of divided responsibility on the part of the operating companies. Divided responsibility means inefficiency. - . Companies Must Make Extra Charge Interchange Section II. Every such public utility shall include in its regular monthly charge to its subscribers an amount sufficient to fully compensate it for the additional ex penditures or investment required, if any, and the ad ditional service thus imposed upon it, and such charges shall be published with other tariff charges, and shall be subject to revision by the duly constituted authori ties of the City of Portland, or other duly constituted authority. Means Delay Inconvenience Extra Cost TE 10ft' X NO . THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY W. J. Phillips. Division Commercial Superintendent. TToodea Ship Plans Discussed. At the luncheon at the Chamber of Comerce a host of things that bear on plans for wooden ships were consld ered, also how the contracts may be obtained, what Is expected by the Gov ernment beforehand In the way of preparation and the assistance that is to be lent as far as possible. "Tenders will be requested on addl tional contracts shortly, and If they are deemed unreasonable they will be. 'rejected. If the figures are so low that it is apparent a contractor would lose money, the work, will not be awarded, for It Is not the desire of the Govern ment that any money be lost on the work, said Captaan Elain. "On the other hand, it Is to be re gretted that anyone should regard the emergency existing: as one from which prosDerlty Is to be realized. "I do not think that, the West ap preciates the seriousness of the situa tion, as do Easterners, and there must be full co-operation that these vessels may be made available without delay. Inspectors to Decide Work. Captain Blaln pointed out that the contractors need not expect In all rases to receive contracts for the num ber of ships which they estifaate they are capable of turning out In the pe riod designated. The inspeotors, he oald, would have full information on the facilities In each yard and recom mendations might be made In forward ing the bids to "Washington that two thirds or half of the number be closed for. Stress was placed on the disinclina tion of the Government to deal with yards organised for promotion pur poses. On the other hand, he continued. It was not expected that each would be backed by. enormous capital, but that each would be sufflicently sub stantia in backing to execute con tracts safely. The Government will make percentage payments as the work progresses. That the Department, of Labor no doubt will be called lnlf labor con ditions are not satisfactory was inti mated. Captain Blaln said it was felt by the Government that labor or ganizations would realize the emer gency and that employers would be reasonable toward their men. Inspector Is Appointed. Speaking of the inspection of the Vessels, Captain Blaln drew attention to the fact that Captain "W. A. Magee, of Marshfield, for a lengthy period with the C. A. Smith Lumber Com pany's lines, the steamers Nana Smith and Adeline Smith, and later In charge of the construction of the Hannah ffmlth, on Coos Bay, has been appointed traveling inspector for the Northwest. Captain W. G. H&sKlns, who was chief officer on the steamer Congress when she burned off Coos Bay last year, was the Inspector on duty at the O.M. Standifer Construction Corpora - lion's plant, where ten ships have been contracted. "It Is not pls.nned .to select skilled shipwrights tor the positions of In Epectors, of whom there will be one at each yard," he continued. "Practical men, preferably mauters of vessels, will te employed. Captain Blaln further declared that men residing In Oregon who Are to re ceive such positions probably would be detailed to Inspect the "Washington yards so as to eliminate any Question of favoritism. Red Tape to Be Abolished. That Government inspection red tane which so many "marine builders objected to, would not apply on the new ships, wab promised. The vessels are to be turned out under commercial condl ' tions. The ship's must be good, he sidded, and the inspectors will be men who will know if the vessels are "good Jobs." The attitude of the Government In the handling of private contracts by the yardsr whether the work would be Snterfered with or whether it be insisted that all yards devote their full capacity to Government ships. Captain Blain could not make known. He reminded the builders that legislation was betyg considered to empower the Government Clark, of the Clark & "Wilson Lumber . - Company and ex-president of the Cham- ber; A. Ralmann and G. M. McDowell, of A. O. Andersen & Co., operating the McEachern yard at Astoria and Inter ested in the Alblna Engl e & Machine Works here; Captain Haskins and Cap tain Magee, E. V. Hauser, of Grant Smith & Co., which firm is to establish a yard at St. Johns with Porter Bros.; George P. Hardy, who started the Heath yard; Arthur Mears, of the Co lumbia Engineering Works; J. Fred Larson, who Is concerned in a yard at Florence; Theodore Knudson, superin tendent of the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company, and James B. Kerr, counsel and secretary of the same corporation; Captain . C. McNaught, of the San Francisco Board of Marine Under writers and in charge of overhauling ofv seised German ships here; W. M. TJmdenstook, of Umbdenstock & Lar son; Emory Olmstead, vice-president of the Northwestern National Bank; W. H. Curtis, marine architect; Merrill Reed, of , the Motorphip Construction Com pany; H. E. Pennell, manager" of the Coast' Shipbuilding Company; IL P. Dutton, F. N. Clark and W. D. B. Dod son, executive secretary of the Chamber. Red Cross Auxiliary Formed. UNDERWOOD, Wash.. May 28. (Spe cial.) An auxiliary of the Hood River Red Cross Society was formed in Un derwood recently with a membership of nearly 40. Talks were made by Rev. H. C. Lowden, Dr. Zener, of w nite sal mon, and Mrs. Henry Hussey. Miss Mary Hedrlck was elected chairman and Mrs. W. B. Rlne secretary. "Water System Extended. CH?NTHAT.TA. Wash., May 18. (Bps olaL) Mount View Cemetery Associa tion has been granted a permit to con struct and maintain a 4-lnoh pipeline along the Paciflo Highway to the cem etery one mile west of thlsolty. This win oonneci witn we city waxer ajm tem and the city reserves the light to supply patrons along its route. RESIDENT OF OREGON CITT SINCE 1853 DIES lJi PORTLAND. ."V, 'i X,?. and the alumni banquet at the Marlon Hotel Wednesday night. Commencement exercises will be held at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Salem. Dr. Joshua Stansfleld. pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Portland, will deliver the commence ment address. The baccalaureate sermon to th graduating class will be delivered by Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of the university, at the First Methodist Epis copal Church Sunday morning, June 10, at 11 o'clock. This will be followed In the afternoon of the same day with the farewell meetings of the Toung Men's and Toung Women's Christian associations. President's Reception Bin; Event, The big event Monday. June 11. will be the reception by President and Mrs. Doney. This is always one of the big social affairs of Commencement week. Always a rollicking college event. the senior class day exercises, it is de clared, will be fully up to standard this year. Plans are reputed to be on the way which win put the class on the map as entertainers when they, are sprung on Tuesday. June 12. The best part of the programme for class day Is that the stunts are kept secret and are consequently the source of much mys tery and conjecture about the campus. The alumni banquet, which will be held at 6:30 Wednesday night, prom ises to bring together several hundred of the former students of the univer sity from all sections of the North west. Then will be toasts by some of the prominent men of the Coast, who were graduates of Willamette. The complete programme for Com mencement week follows: Sunday, Junt 16. 11 A. M .Baccalaureate sermon. Frealaent Doney. P. sc. Zrwa meetlnn ef the Chris tian umutMaa rnlanor James X. JCstta. ws, nur. T:30 P. M Anniversary nrrtoe ef the Christian aaaoolatlons, s.nnoa by Professor m. u. lucnaraa. Monday, June 11. T:80 A- M. e.nlor br.akfa.at. P. M- Reception. Pruldent an A Mrs. Don.y, to alumni and seniors, and th.tr gueats, trustees, (acuity, students and friends. Tuesday, June 12. 10 A. M. AI.tlns of th. tooard of trustees. 12:80 f. M. Student luncheon. 2 P. M. Class day exercise. 8 P. 1C Senior ola.a p&s.ant. Wednesday, Jane Is. 9:80 A. M. Procession of seniors and fao- ulty formed In front of Eaton Hall to march to commencement exerclaea. 10 A. M. Seventy-fourth commencement. oration by Er. Joshua Btansfleld. Conferrlng- ot aeg-rees in tne uoiieg. or Liberal Arta and the College of Law by Prealdent Doney. 2:80 P. M. Alumni Association business meatlnr. 8:80 P. M.- Alumni banquet. Hotel Marian. (Paid Advertisement) i i 3 a I V Miiitiuimiiiittit ; ROAD MEETINGS HELD TOWNS OF LAJVE COUNTY ARB VIS ITED BY SPEAKERS. Mrs. Margaret Frances) Sollnra. Mrs. Margaret Frances Sollars died at her late residence, 1011 Williams avenue, Friday moriv lng. She was the daughter of the late John Burke Congle and Eleanor H. Congle and was born in Lafayette, Ind., October 26, 1847. She crossed the plains with her parents in 1853, arriving in Marysville, which Is now Cor- vallls, Or., in the same year. They moved to Portland in 1860 and iMrs. Sollars had lived here ever since. She was married to James B. Wyatt in 1865 and both were, quite prominent in musical cir cles. After his death she married George A. Sollars, who died in 1912. She is survived by a son, John C. Wyatt. The funeral services will be conducted - to morrow at 2:30 o'clook from the Holman funeral parlors. Farmers) Bon Attend Creaswell Rally Opponents Leav Converted to Plaau and Han EUGENE. Or, May 28. (Special.) The bond campaigners held two fine meetings today, and all of the members of the party feel that it waa a day of accomplishment and that many votes were made. The meeting in the fore noon was held at Coburg, Messrs. Bowerman, Bean and Hurley being the speakers. In the afternoon they were at Cres- well and the same persons spoke. There was a Grange meeting in a nearby hall at CreswelL They ad journed their meeting and came into the road-bond camp in a body. The speakers, having an Interested and at tentlve audience, were at their best. and several who came against the bond Issue went away avowedly for it. The meeting tonight will be held at Hpi-lnglleld. and a big audlenoe is e pected. ANOTHERTACOMATO RISE ARUT POST SITES WILL BE LIKTE HEW CITY, SEPTEMBER X. M0S1ER HAS 3 GRADUATES With Each Division Will Be 7500 Hones and Mnles Previsions for 75,000 te Be Ponred in Daily. TAOOMA, Wash... May 2. (Special.) -A city practically the size of Ta- ooma will be built on the American Lake tract which the Government will take for the two divisions which are to be on the Army post site by Sep tember 1, according to Army officers who talked with County Commissioner Slayden, on a trip to the Lake today. What " the Government must do In the next three months to get the can tonments ready for the big army Is to Install another water system, almos as extensive as la coma now nas; to put In a sewerage system for a city of near the same slse; to build two com pact small cities covering a compaot area of two miles each. In which" two divisions of 28.000 men each will be housed, together with the incidental forces necessary to these Army divisions. With each division will be T500 horses and mules as a normal complement, a total of 18.000 animals to be stabled and supplied from the territory surround ing Tacoma. Provisions for 75.000 will have 1o be poured dally into this Army post city, which will spring up- like a mushroom this Summer. The Government probably will build a belt line .railway around the Ameri can Lake Army post to make direct connections with the Union Pacific, Milwaukee and Great Northern rail ways. The Northern Pacific already gives service to the heart of the Army post and a branch line, completed three weeks ago. will enable Government of ficials to land troops and supplies on land said to be selected for one of the divisions soon to come. BAKER WILL HONOR DEAD Memorial Services Will Be Held In Churches Today. BAKER, Or, May It. SpeeiaO Memorial day will be more generally observed In Baker than in many years. Oarvlca will be held tomorrow In many churches. The principle exercises will be at St. Stephen s Episcopal cnurcn. th nruiil Armv of the Republic. 8pan- lah.Amerlcan War Veterans, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution. Girls Honor Guard, Boy Scouts, representatives of the Red Cross and city officials uX- Elaborate exercises will be held Wednesday afternoon In the tabernacle, after which there" will be a procession to Mount Hope Cemetery. Several hun dreds will be in line. RIVER RISES INCH AN HOUR Inundation or Farming Land at Hood River Threatened. HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 28. (Spe cial.) During the past 24 hours the most rapid rise of the season for the Columbia River, more than an inch an hour, has been noted at this point. The river Is filled with a heavy flow of driftwood and ferrymen are forced to use extreme caution. If the rise continues at this rate. much local river bottom farming land, both on the Oregon and Washington lehore, will be under water. Read The Oregontan class! fl'd ads. Dr. Joseph K. Hart, of Heed Col lege, Makes Address. MOSDZR, Or., May 26. (Special.) For the commencement exercises Thursday evening of the Mosler High School, the Church of Christ was dec orated with dogwood blossoms and wild sunflowers, setting forth the class col ors of gold and white. The class receiving the diplomas con sisted of three, two girls, Blanche Ross and Emily Husbands, and one boy, Frank Wilson. Blanohe Ross delivered the class oration, "Domestic Science as a Part of a Girl's Education." The principal address of the evening waa delivered 6y Dr. Joseph It Hart. ol need (College. Daly Taken 111 on "Way to Speak. While on his way to appear at meeting at Sellwood Friday night. where he was- scheduled to speak In behalf of his candidacy for Mayor, City Commissioner Daly suffered an attack of gastritis and had to return to his home. Mr. Daly was at his office at the City Hall yesterday. His physician he says, has ordered him to remain quiet for several days. - An eight-day watch, which tells the day of the week and the month, is the product of a Belgian firm. The manu facturers claim that the time kept by the watch cannot vary more than one minute in Its eight-day run. IRVINGTON v, J, & vV - ,.,11 J ""-sj'--' 1 1.11 "" sss - 3s V " 4 -X- MmmsimW ft A. a. 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