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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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