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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OEEG ONIAIf. -. POETLA2TD, . JUJTE . 10, ID 17. t BIG LOGS TO BE CUT Oregon Ship-Timber Mills Will Supply 1 50-Foot Sticks. LUMBERMEN JOIN FORCES New Mill 'Will Have Machinery to Turn Out longer and Larger. Timber for Shipbuilding Than Any Other on Coast. Organization of the Oregon Ship Tim ber Mills, perfected yesterday after noon, provides for the establishment at Portland of an exclusive sawmill for - turning: out loner lengths and dimension material for wooden ship construction, and In that respect It will be equipped to cut the longest timbers of any mill on the Pacific Coast. At the head of the corporation is E. D. Kingsley, who also conducts the West Oregon Lumber Company at Linn ton, alongside of which the Oregon Ship Timber Mills property is situated and. in fact, a start has been made on the erection of the plant, while all machin ery contracts have been placed. Other Iiiimbensea Interested. I B. Menefee, another- well-known lumberman and who is interested In wooden wooden shipbuilding in the Standifer-Clarkson plant at Kenton, as well as the ti. M. Standiler Construction Company at Vancouver, is vice-president of the new corporation; G. B. Maxwell is secretary and manager, and C. E. Miller is treasurer. Several other Portlandera who are stockholders in the enterprise were prompted to invest because of the de mand for special ship timbers and the fact the placing of numerous orders by the United States Shipping Board for wooden steamers will increase the call. The Ostrander mill, at Ostrander. "Wash., has turned out much of the longest timbers required up to this time, that plant being able to cut mate rial at least 120 feet long. Mr. Kingsley says the Linnton mill will cut lengths up to 150 feet. Deep Water Available. "In the way of timbers we can cut them that long and with dimensions of S6 by 3 Inches, surfaced four sides, or they can be cut 24 by 4$ Inches and surfaced." he said. "It is estimated that the mill will be ready to start about August 15, and the slide lumber, that not generally usable for ship stock, will be placed on the market in conjunction with the West Oregon mill. 5The new company will also use our enlarged dock, now 365 feet long and 130 feet wide, and as there is a least 4epth of 28 feet In front of the dock at low water, material can also be loaded aboard vessels for delivery elsewhere." CtSARDEB liEADY NEXT WEEK Step Masts in War Baron and Steam Will Be Gotten TTp Tuesday. In. 10 days from today, the British steamer War Baron, started by the Northwest Seel Company and being completed by the Willamette iron and Steel Works, will be ready to deliver to her owners, the Cnnard line. The stepping of the two big steel masts will be undertaken today, tomor row the fuel oil tanks will be filled, or rather part of them, and Tuesday steam will be gotten up on the boilers for the first time. eBcause of the war de mand prevailing, the trial trip may be eliminated, the Cunard Interests being anxious to obtain delivery -of the ship withuot delay. Three boilers for the second vessel, the War "Viceroy, which Is soon to be launched by the Korthwest Steel Company, have been finished at the Willamette plant and boilers for the third vessel are well along; as well as a start having been made on others. n. - UGHTHOtSE 3IEN TAKE BONDS Organization Effected Here for Benefit of Men in 17th District. In advance of special arrangements having been made by the various Gov ernment bureaus for the sale of Liberty War Bonds to employes, other than a jilan outlined a few weeks ago where they may take bonds through banks and pay for them on a short-time per centage basis, employes of the Sev enteenth Lighthouse District have acted independently, entering Into a com pact with one of the banks to carry the bonds until paid for on monthly installments. The system will extend to men at light stations, on tenders and light vessels and all "branches of the district organization, they agreeing to send their money each month. It is not im probable other bureaus represented att Portland will follow the same course and In that way apply for twyn they could not otherwise carry. OLD TERRY IS AT TACOMA "City of Vancouver" Fined for Vio lating Customs Rules. TACOMA, Wash-, June 9, (.Special) . The new Pierce County ferry. City or Vancouver, reached here from Port jana km r riaay. ub account of a southerly wind, conditions for boosting the ferry along were favorable for the towboat Reports from Astoria were that the ferry was subjected o fines aggregat ing $1100 by Oustoms Collector Haddix on account of infractions of the -customs regulations. One fine was as sessed because the boat carried no pi lot, another because the vessel was operated on an unexpired inspection certificate, and another of $100 was for failure to produce a crew list and clearance papers. Marine Notes. Gathering paper and wheat for shipment to California, as well as to discharge rail road freight brought from the south, the liner I tone City. Captain Clyde Parker. hauled acron tiie harbor from A-iowoi-t ri eVork to .A. Lb in a. last night. She sails tor the Uolden Gate and Lob Atigele today and will have a lull cargo and fair passenger hst Following a thrilling experience aboard the little steamer Ellen, at Throe-Mile Haplds Wednesday night. Charles E. JSteel- smith. of The PalleflCohmifcta line, has reached home. The vessel -4s -net badly damaged and after repairs at The Xalles will be brought here. Captain J. W. 3Dxon and Joseph Carnahan planning -to operate her between Portland and Lewis JU ver points. While the steamer Joseph "Kellogg Is -undergoing her annual overhauling. -the ' nesmar Undine, -f the Bvklns fleet. lis to operate it) ler place hetween Portland sana the Cowllti iOver. Numerous new' vessels building In the United States "have depleted -the stock rf hronometers and aexrtents and with Ger many not furnlFhlng them as "before, and I'ngland -requiring those manufactured for British ships, it has been asked that Rep resentative Mc Arthur endeavor to have -the Kavy Department assist iy tp liner utahing eatra chronometers carried on vessels. Coming from San Francisco te load 1am lw for Southern California, the McCormlck steamer -Klamath arrived in the river yes terday. Fhe will load at St. Helens and -stn sailing will have a fair passenger list. As she was sold to the Western Fuel Com pany uhect to delivery at San Pranclsco. the arrival there yesterday of the tug Henry J. Blddle means the fulfillment f the lie M'tlgrt ions wrth -the Columbia Con tract Company, her former owners. ST. HELENS GIRL HONORED IN HELENS, LAUNCHED BY ST. f-s -'i. f Vf 1 X " ' .Jt r H if f -A -, 4 ' s , i, -e a. 2i r J-a-' -e , , A i : ' 1 , , .y When the auxiliary schooner City of St. Helens waa launched a week ago today. Miss Lois Clear, a popular young woman of that city, christened the vessel, which is the third f the big five-ma uters turned out for the Jklo Cormlck interests at the fit. Helena .Shipbuilding Company's property. Aa the oil-burning engines have not arrived, she will be used under canvas only for one or two voyages. The vessel Is a sister ship to the City of Portland and S. L Allard. and a fourth of the earne type baa been started there. She will be ready for service In 30 days and is to carry in excess of S.OeBjOOO feet of lumber, which will "be loaded at St. Helena. FREIGHT CAMPAIGN DUE CHAMBER HAS SCHEME TO KEEP Tl'RIllSERS OS PRESEST RI J. Copies) f lew Tariffs en "Wheat ana Plour Arrive and Are Fat Before Commission. Copies of new southbound tariffs the Portland-California steamship lines will place In effect July 10, which advance the rate on wheat and flour from Portland to San Francisco from $3 to $4 a ton and other commodities from IS to 0 per cent have been re ceived. They have been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Great Northern Pacific and San Fran cisco Portland fleets being controlled by- railroads, therefore, 30 days' notice 1 was required. But even higher rates "may be neces- " sary to make the turbiners Northern Pacific and Great . Northern -pay. and more freight and passenger business must be provided for them. The Chamber -directors declined to place "their approval on the plan to sell those steamers to the Pacific Steamship Company for the Puget Sound-6an Francisco run, also the Beaver and the Tlose City for the Portland-California trade to "be aided by "the President and Governor, yet they went on record aa appreciating the probability of losing the turbinrs unless patronago was ma terially added to. There 13 a disposition on the part of some to have a atrong committee des ignated to cal on each shipper and urge that he divert all shipments to the Portland Tines if they are being handled at present by other fleets "to interior points. in rn endeavor to prevent the tur biners being taken off, the Chamber is to conduct a campaign, also for the Beaver and Rose City, as well, all of the vessels being in position to take mere passengers than are now being carried. BTSIXESS SIE5T ARE ACTIVE Progressive Club Shows How Vital to Portland Ts Shipping In Port. In Indorsing a resolution adopted by the Progressive Business Men's Club against the actrtrlsttio-n of the liners Northern Pacific evd xrat Northern by the Pacific Steamship Company, the transportation committee of that body, made up of Dr. Henry Waldo Cot chair man; J. Ira Routledge, A. II. Lamm, "Walter Ely and James A. Ormandy added the following: Portland must rise or fall as ehlppln-g increases or decreases upon the Oolumbia FULL-POWERED MOTORSHIP BUILT FOR CALIFORNIA LUMBER SERVE AS BARGE UNTIL .MACHINERY IS r v - i - aWMOv vy1rl '- . i. ' . ----At.-v:- . f:..... - ,-r- --. . v - . ... .. ,xa j.. - 'i , -J MOTORSHIP FR5K Ii. STOIT. Towed "by the Port of Portland tng Oneonta. the new motor-ship Prank D. Stout, built by the Bt. Helens Shipbuilding -Company for the California & Oregon Lumber Company at Brookings, Cal.. left, the river "Wednesday for Coos Bay, arriving there Thursday. She will be used "by the C. A. Smith Lumber Company, be ing towed with rtrmber to 6a n Francisco, remaining in that trade until her engines, two 320-horsepower SoUnders. are ready. "The vessel is 206 feet long, 43 feet beam and 16 feet depth of hold. " Her lumber ca jMucity is 650.000 feet, fine is modeled along the aame llnrj as steam schooners of the ilcCormlck fleet and is xated suae of the .crack smaller -carriera on the Coast. BEING SPONSOR FOR CITY OF ST. HELENS SHIPBUILDING CO. River. Any suggestion that Portland -ceuld favor a slight advance to Itself at a creater loss to atoifl -ether Columbia Hlver .point and a -gain elsewhere over the Colunttria River carries with It the suggestion that Portland has c;Wen up all hope as a ship- Ping- rival to &ftner coast cities, ana tnat the Columbia ftiver has been vanquished em a hippijuT region of any Importance. : But sore than this, your committee repudi ates the -further euggeetlon implied, that; Portland In a dog-in-the-manger attitude, could possibly act in such a mean and selfish manner toward its neighbors on the Colombia River. With an open river now te the eaa, with freedom only Monday guaranteed for -water servioa here tn the three million bond sssue just passed, -with . six millions voted for pood roads, the majority coming from Portland, -which will not have a mile of such roads in its -own borders, although dte auto owners will pay half the "bill, we have entered into a new era -of -development f the -Columbia .Basin and of the whole t Orejron. What helps one port is a step toward larger ship service of advantage to ail other ports on the river. We stand for -the Columbia River as a whole, whether et Astoria. Portland. Ijew istou or any other ports thereon, and this against the -world. Xortli Jetty Changes Currents. . SEASIDE." Or June 9. (Special.) During the past weeTs great ciuarrtlties of sand have ernrtea on tne oeacn i front of the Hotel Moore and the rocks that Jiave been prominent are entirely oovered. The building of the north Jettv at the mouth of the Columbia is thought to have changed the ocean currents and brought the ana to xnis of Vessels. PORTLAND, June . Arrived Steamers Daisy, from San Francisco : Shasta, from San Pedro; Rose City, from San Francisco and au Pedro. Sailed Barge Isaac Reed,-from Weatport for Humboldt Ray. ASTORIA. June a. Lft up at midnight, eteame- Daisy, from San Francisco. Arrived at 8 and left up at 0:15 A. M., tug Samson, from iMRtUe. Sailed at --30 A. I suamer F. A. Kilburn, for San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. Sailed art 2:15 P. M.. steamer Kortbera Pacific, for -San Francisoo. Ar rived -at 8:25 and left op at 6:28 R. M., steamer Klamath, from San Francisco. SAX FRANCISCO. June . Sailed t 2 A. M., steamer V. "F. Herrin. for Columbia River. Airlved Steamer Johan Poulsen, from Portland. Arrived Tug "Henry J. itld del, from Portland. Sailed at 11 A. Jfl., steamer Great Northern, lor Fla-1. ETTREKA, June a. Sailed at 10 A. M steamer -Breakwater, for the Columbia River. ASTORIA. June 8- Arrived at P. 31., Steamer Daisy, from San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. June 8. Sailed at P. ML, steamer Westerner, for Portland. TACOMA, Fash., June S. Arrived Ad miral Schley, -San Francisco; Nome -Crry, ttam Francisco.; Quadra, "British steamer. Britan nia. Beach. B. C. Departed Admiral Schley, San Francisco via portB; Nome City, Seattle. ' SAJi-WRANCIPCO. Juno 8. Departed Great Northern, Flavel. SEATTLE, "Wash., June 9. Arrived fUupr Nome City. San Francisco. -Departed Steamer "Wasbenaw, Port Sam Luis. 5 i rrnmn r . , i -. . w e FIVE OPTIOIIS TAKEN Grain Elevator and Water Terminal Property Chosen. FOUNDATION TESTS NEXT Borings Will Be Undertaken and Pilings Driven to Insure Sound Base for Construc tion of Plants. . ' Five sites, . ae to be selected on which to erect Portland's grain eleva tor and water terminal facilities, bonds having been authorized If the voters Monday in the aum of 3, 000.0ft. are under option to the Commission of Plibllo Docks. They embrace property on both sides of the harbor and befwre a choice Is made borings are to be undertaken and test Diling driven to ascertain foundation, conditions. The Commission will meet Thursday unless it should be decided "to hasten preliminary labors, "which aeems im probable, as there is zoch preliminary work to be done by the Commission. No plans nave yet been prepared. Sketches, however, have been made of the perspective of the elevator, grain storage warehouse and water terminal, a slip being provided, asd on the side opposite the elevator space will had for upper dock purposea The intention of the Cenrmlseion s to expend only smell part of the total bond issue -s will be needed for the first unit, adding facilities as .they are required. Also, there being a variety of grains to be received, the bin sys tem will be of the -most advantageous for handling the cereal and in the character of const-ruction the elevator plant W0I fee of the beat. Once tests of the sites nave teen made. It is not thought much time wiU be spent In reaching a decision. Until that early labor is -performed it is said to be Impossible to Indicate the probable location. 5. U. TIegardt. chief engineer of the Cuiuuiiselon. said yes terday that the foundation tests were highly Important. While it known in a general way what the under ground formation is in most places it is proposed to take no chances, as the weight of the elevator must be safely carried. That facilities will be ready for -the 1918 crop Is fully expected and in ad vance of that there will be no great call for aa elevator, as a prolongation of the war means that wheat will con tinue to move by rail to the Atlantic side. MARIXE INTEIXIGESCE. Steamer Schedule. DOE Kam- "TO AERIVX Rnsa 1 1 v . .... &.OS Angeles. ..In port threat Korihum San "Francisco. ..-.June Breakwater. ...... ean Francisco. . ..June 11 .San Francisco. . .Tune 13 Los Angeles. .... June 1-4 .San Francisco. .-June lt. TO DEPART. For. Date. anPrancfame...-9ne 10 Northern Raclflo. . nearer F. A. JCUburn DUE Kam. Rose City......... Klamath.... .... . !. .San Diego ...June 11 el. . lor 1 A.-DJune 11 -Great Kortbrn .. .San Frasclaoo...-Jane 12 Hreakw&ter. . ... Harvard. Northern Pacific. Beaver F. A. Kilburn . Los Angeles .June 13 . S. F. for LuA.-i.D..Jur 13 San Francisco... -June 14 L,os Angeles. .....June .San Francisco. .. -June 1 Pacific Coast Shipping; 3Cotes. COOS BAT. Or., June 8. (Special.) The steam schooner Centralta, which arrived from the -South, as underseinc boiler xepaixs at the Smith eeck. The steam schooner Hardy arrived to load lum ber. The steamships F. A. TCiltrtrm and break water are -due tomorxsv xnom Portland and San Francisco. RAN FRANCISCO. June t. (Special.) Manila will be the big distributing port of the Orient instead of Hong Kong or Kobe, and will be brought in .closer touch with San Francisco by serviee Trust planned by John H. Rosseter. general manager of the Pacific MaUI Steamship Company. He has chartered the big 70u0-ton -carrier Santa Cruz from W. R. -Grace A Co.. slid will send her on a special trip to the -Orient, couching partic ularly at Manila. 'Singapore and Calcutta. The vessel will Airing fruntryeskC'ks, mt which there is a shortage all over the United States. The ahertase Applies' to rubber, tin -And spice shipments from the East "Indies and Straits Settlements. All of fhese commodi ties wHl he brought Jtere .by the Santa Cruz on -Its) -voyage. Tiews received here from Washington is that -the exGemuu steamers filxnehorn and Snevla have been chartered to San Fran cisco ehtpping -co-mpemtes -for one soyage to tbe Orient. Both vessels will be brought here within a short time trwm a port t the Pacrffic The "ETmarmrn 1s coming 'In -commend of C&ptaia -Charles Stewart end will be .turned over -to tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany. The -Buevla Is to e commantrnl "by Captain -G. -6. Trask stnd -goes to the Robert Dollar Company. A STOUT A. Or.. June 0. Special. ) The steam schooner Flavel sailed wrth lumber from It ire .Hammond mill. Stra will dis charge .250,000 feet at San Francisco for reshlpment to Australia and The rest of the us i ko "Wf ri toe takeu te T-.'t . I -1 1 a. The steam schooner Klamath arrived to load lumber at sit. Helena. The steawrer F. A. 'Kilhorn -aafled for flan Francisco -via Coos Bay and Eureka with freight and pasaensers from Portland and Astoria. The steam schooner Daisy arrived from San Francisco o load lumber at St. Helens. The -steamer "Northern Pacific sailed Tor CONCERN LEAVES RIVER TO READY. a t' ' Sasi yrasjfclece with Vvelcht enrd iwiiwHilniira. SATTl Wash. Uana J. .(Special. The ebeasaship Korae City, from San Fran cisco, was tbs only arrival noted at this nort today. Among the aepartures Included the ateam- wr Washtenaw -tor rort "Can Lruis, wnd -the steamer Xankal Maru for Oriental ports. The ozanar -German bars: -titeibbek. .recent y taicen over "by the "United Rtares Ship ping Commission, wili commence , .loading coal for the 'Western Fuel Company, of an Francisco, -next week. She is -untrergeinc; repairs and will .be -ready next week, -when she wiU be towed to Kuuimo to load. The seagoing Aug Xxrne. wrecHea en -ban uuan Island in August. 1915. at which time her tow, fce barge America, -wws a total loss, is feeing ref frond and -repetrew et -&ate iJaisor. Klght steamships, including the wnaior and Admiral -Wutirwright. from San Fran Cisco, bound for iterlng fciea ports, negotiat ed TJnlmak Pass -during -the early morning of June s. According to .Government wire less reports received here ttoday. ; ABERDEEN. Wh June O. ( Special. The keel Tor the "first tlovei anieut -wooden ship to be blult In this section was laid teday at the Grays Harbor Matorshlp yards. She will -probabljr be -called the Aberdeen. The S59e-ton auxiliary schooner Mount Rainier was launched today. As soon as machinery has been installed she will be de livered to her owners, Gaston, W.illrams & Wig-more, -mt New York. DIAMOND O IS HIT AGAIX Warrenton Interests Take Over Sfoorlngs for' Shipyard - Purposes. . ' Dick Oltellly. manager of f he Dia mond O fleet, in figuring ron swapping vessels of that flag for airships, so he cam obtain moorings way from the una where shipbuilders are so nu- OCTOGERIAV WRVITED BT . isa UaA.MK'HHKirK AM) I FIVES -EAT-;llAXU- .J CUlLDKKs. airs. Ellxaheth Ilium, TVhe Died Here "Wednesday. Ura. Elizabeth Blum, -who died "Wednesday at Jjt home in Port land, was -. born in JEdenbach, Kanton Berne, Switzerland, June 20, 1635, and came to this coun try In 1S87 with .her husband. Her -maiden name was Andrist, and she was married to Jacob 1 Brum in 1858, .and came to Port land in lswi. the -was a mern 4er of the Evangelical Church, . and at her funeral Friday the Rev. G. W. Liening officiated. Mrs. Slum is survived by J. .J". Blum, of Btayton; John Blum and J. C. Blum, of Portland; Mrs. A. E. Mortemd. cof Portand; Mrs. M. Iurr, of Kew York.; Mrs. J. V. Davis and Mrs. C. Stober, of Portland. She is survived also try 82 grandchildren a-rtd "five igreat-gTan.dchlld.Ten. merons and the stride. -eT -harbor de velopment -not o rapid. The line had moorings a few years ago at the east end of 'the iBurnside street bridge, leaving -there when the Southern Pacific put in a big dock. They shifted to O.-W. R. A N. prop erty, above 4.ne iilant of the Portland Shipbuilding Company, only to have the Coast Shipbuilding Company decide te -take that lte for a wooden ship yard. The Diamond thereupon entered into another lease with the 0.-W. Jt. & N. for a traxrt adjoining on the south. Now the TVferrentan Engineering & Construction Company has taken the land, having a frontage of -800 feet on the river, and Jar. -OReuly optnes it s a case of either gorrrg into the airship business or Tnovtng where -.shipyards are not. CAPIAIXS CHANGE OX SAMPSOX Tug Sails lor .Eureka, "Towing Uarge oI Lumber Loaded at TVestport. ASTORIA. Or., June 8. CSpecial.)- The -tug Samson, Captain Lapping, ar rived drxrlnjr the night from San Fran Cisco and thus morning was turned over te the command of Captain Kruger. She sailed this .f ternoon for Eureka, "tow ing the fearere Isaac Reed, lumber, from Westport. The Bamson is to proceed -to San Francisco -and then tow the barge Charles P. Kinney to Westport. XJ. S, ITavnl Ttadio Reports. GREAT NORTHERN, off Blunts Reef. ADELINE SMITH. San Francisco for Coos Hay. miles north of San Francisco. Tides -mt Asievia fjim flay . " Horn. Liow. S:8T A. M.....8.4 feet!10:57 A. M....-n.n foot :2T f. M S.O feetll:S4 P. .... .T Seat FORGED CARDS REPORTED S"pw Scheme to Escape- Conscription 1 Comes to Federal Xotice. Federal authorities are investigating reports that forged registration -cards for the selective draft are being -sold in Portland to 'protect some who failed to register. United States .Attorney Reanres an nounced yesterday that "United States Marshals and secret service -men were making an xhastive search of the city. He said that nothing definite had been secured as yet. Patrolman Simpson, ol the Portland police bureau, "reported Friday night that lie had evidence indicating that such cards were being sold. The mat ter was immediately referred to the Federal authorities. NEW LAWS TO WAIT JULY 1 Mayor Albee Will Leave Proclama tions to His Successor. Mayor Albee will leave to Mayor elect Baker the "Job of Issuing procla mations an-neruncing the vote on the measures -decided at the -city election last Monday. This means that the laws as passed will not become effective until some time after July L The official count of the vote for all candidates and on aTl measures on the city ballot was started Friday morning by -City Auditor Barbur and will be completed some time this week. The vote en candidates is being tab ulated officially first, after which the measures will be taken tip. The Mayer has 20 -days in which to proclaim the vote. 1 .;.- r " : : i The United States marketed 1731 short "tons of ashestos of domestic pro duction last "year, a gain et S9 per cent from the year before HUEII GASES VITAL Portland and .Astoria Ship 1 tlen interested. LAWMAKERS TO DECIDE Opposition" Arises -Against Giving Vessels to Those of Foreign Birth 4 tin til List of Americans 'Hold ing Licenses Is Exhausted. Holders of deepwater licenses ait Portland and' Astoria are interested In a campaign Inaugurated by .the Ship masters' Association of America, head quarters at Seattle, to insure for all men of the class -positions In "preference to -aliens in navigatilfg seized ships, new vessels being turned -out "and con tracted for and converted carriers. The first atep has . been the filing of a protest -with Representatives Mil ler, "Hadley, Johnson and "La Toilette against .aliens being -tven -ships -until the list f Americans holding licenses is exhausted. In a -statement issued relative to the action which was taken Friday. W. X is ted, secretary of the as sociation, -aays: "An erroneous rumor has been started to the effect that there -are not sufficient masters to -command these vessels. Statistics-will show that there are 'enough men holding American ocean unlimited tonnage licenses 'to take care of the vessels mentioned. Today 75 per cent of .the officers on American vessels hold unlimited .mas ter's licenses, and owing to the scarcity of American vessels in the past, these men, many of whom are masters, have been obliged to accept subordinate positions as first and sec ond mates to make a livelihood. "The association believes that men holding master's licenses, -although not fining -positions of masters at the pres ent time, -should receive recognition from our Government. The public may not be -aware of the fact that a man must ererve a specific time aa a seaman before he can advance to the position of fourth mate. He rmrst perform a' certain .given time as fourth "mate be fore he can become third .mate. -In this manner he works his way up to a position where he can go before United 3tates inspectors of hulls and boilers to pass upon his qualifications as mas ter. When the Federal authorities is sue such certificate that man is ca pable of taking a vessel to any port in the world and is always under the jurisdiction of the steamboat inspection service. He must at intervals renew his license and .prove to them that he Is competent to continue to hold his certificate. "The association Is anxious to have the name of every man .holding such a license, whether he Is in active service, employed as an officer or unemployed, that -statstlcs may -be -forwarded to Washington. There is no doubt there will be considerable feeling of Jealousy if aliens are allowed to command American vessels, and It appears "to the association that there will be a dis crimination against American vessels. Instead of encouraging young men to become "members of nautical schools. It will enable labor agitators to argue that there would be no trse for young men to -follow the seafaring profes sion. "Master mariners are not allowed to accept positions under a foreign flag. They must be citizens of the country under which flag a 1 vessel sails. Surely the lawmakers at Washington should recognise this fact. The asso ciation ts not a labor organization. They were the first to offer their serv ices to the Navy Department, and have, as ail association, purchased 71000 of liberty bonds, while their members in dividually have subscribed liberally to this cause." WAR COUNCIL PLANNED USTER TO APPOI3T TtOAJtn TO HANDLE "EMERGENCIES. Headuarfers Will Be .Eatablbihed Olympia 'Iadustrres to Be Represented In Bsdy, OLTMPIA. Wash.. June 9. (Special.) In conference wrth prominent busi ness men -representing various inter ests of the state today on war .prepara tions. -Governor Lister stated that he would presently appoint a state coun cil of defense of either nine or 11 mem bers to co-operate with the Governor In meeting emergency demands that can not be handled through established CIV1I WAR VETERAN AND t Mlf liTKR OP FRIENDS' -CHt'Rfll, WHO TIF.I RE- V E N T I, V . WAS 73 t TEARS OLD. I is . v. Rev. J. W. Eldredge. Rev. J. W. Eldredge, well known minister of the Friends' Church, who died suddenly at his home at Sherwood. Or., last week, was 75 years of age. Rev. Mr. Eldredge was a "veter an of the Civil War, having -enlisted early in the campaign In an Iowa regiment, and serving until its close. He was born in New "Fork State in 1843 and -moved to Davenport, la, with his parents when but 10 years of age. On re turning home from the war he was -married, in 1866. to Adeline A. Potter. They had four chil dren, of whom Roy and Ordean Eldredge, both of Portland, sur vive, la 1S83 the family came to Oregon and roon thereafter Mrs. ' Eldredge died. In 1893 he was married to Frederica Brandt, who survives him. Channels. Headquarters of the council with a special secretary will be estab lished at Olympia. The visiting delegation Included. A. J. Rhodes, president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; Gordon C. Cor baley, -secretary of the same. body; It. A, Ballinger, former Secretary of the Interior; Judge Thomas Burke. Seattle, a-nd C. J. Lord, president of the Cap ital National Bank. Olympia. Representatives of food production, industries, shipbuilding, transportation and manufacturing will be prominent In the council. No intimation was giv-n as to when the appointments would le announced. MEW, HIGHWAY SUIT FILED Flaw Alleged in Hood River Pro ceedings for Right of Way. -HOOD JUVEB, Or, June 9. (Spe cial.) Joseph W. Morton, who recently brought suit against Hood River Coun ty for $10,000 alleging that he would be injured -to this -extent because of loss of .an alleged valuable spring If, the Columbia River Highway were built following -the survey made by the state highway engineer, today filed a second suit wihhc calls for an an- nullment of a right of way 'for the highway across his property on a technicality. .Mr. Morton alleges that the formal notice placarded -by the county, and required by law to be placed at the actual point of beginning of the road, was set about 100 feet from the bound ary of his farm. In his suit for damages, Mr. Morton cites as one of his injuries that he will have to walk 700 feet further to his rural delivery mail box when the new stretch of the highway is opened. DOROTHEA WYVEL TO WED Milwaukie Girl and IUiiladelphia Man "Licensed at Spokane. -SPOKANE, Wash.. June 9. (Special.) Gordon Black, of Philadelphia, and Dorothea Wyvei. -of Portland, obtained a license to -wed here today. Miss Dorothea Wyvel Is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. -Wyvel. of Milwaukie. Or., who are at present liv ing in Cove -Orchard. Yamhill County. She la -also -the sister of Miss Louise Wyvel, teacher In the Portland publics schools. Gordon Black Is a representa tive of an Eastern plumbing supply house, and after the wedding they will attend a convention in Indiana, later going to Philadelphia, Mr. Black's home, and to New York, after which they will tour the country, reaching Port land In August this year. They prob ably -will live In thk East. Miss 'Wyvel is a, Washington High School graduate. 200 ALIENS GET PERMITS Midget Actors at Seattle Are In cluded In Applications. SEATTLE. Wash., June 9. (Spe cial.) The time for obtaining permits by aliens employed or residing within one-half mile of the Armory or Fort lawton expired Saturday, nearly 200 in all being Issued. Howard Wright, special agent of the Department of Justice, has been in charge of the in vestigations of the aliens. An interesting case was the visit of five of the group of midgets who have been appearing at a vaudeville theater here. They were all born In Germany, coming to the United States four year ago. As their place of employment was within the designated district, th-ey were subject to the rule. AMBULANCE CORPS FILLING Star Football Player Must Have Ex amination of Heart. EUGENE. Or., June 9. (Special.) Sixty-seven of 84 men from Oregon who will form the Fourteenth Red Cross Ambulance Corps, were mustered into service here today by Lieutenant Leham. "Shy" Huntington, star football player, was temporarily rejected and sent to Portland for examination by a heart specialist. Four men enlisted today are Luther Jensen, Junction City; Ralph Milne, Elgin; Royce E. Brown, Cottage Grove; Herbert Moon, Springfield. The corps Includes many University of Oregon students. Corvallls Man Shot at Vimy. CORVALLIS, Or., June 9. (Special.) Another Corvallis man has been wounded in the war with Germany. His parents, Mr. and Mrs R. E. Berger. of this city, have Just received word of his injury and narrow escape from death in the attack on Vimy Ridge. He also says that he has been made a corporal. He has been in Europe three years, having enlisted in Canada at the out break or hostilities. He is one of four In his battalion who escaped death in the battle of Tpres, 'where he was wounded both in the head and leg. Progressive Business Men Frolic. The frolic held by the Progressive Business Men's Club at Reed College yesterday was -an unqualified success. Lunch was served In the dormitory dining-room. After an illustrated talk by President Foster in the college chapel on "Reed, Its Aims and Purpose,'" the clubmembers and the women took part in the various athletic activities. Ten nis, baseball, handball and basketball were played and the winners of the events-were rewarded with liberal sec tions of homemade pie. Summer School to Teach Drill. SEATTLE. Wash, June 9. Every male student and faculty member at the "University of Washington Summer school will be given an opportunity to secure elementary military training. The university authorities And it im possible to compel every man enrolled to drill, but at least one company will be at work daily throughout the ses sion. Mrs. Mohler's Funeral Held. The funeral of the late Lucy Mohler. wife of R. C. Mohler, was held yester day afternoon at the chapel of J. P. Finley & Son. Rev. L. R. Dyott offici ating. Mrs. Robert Clark sang "No Night There" and "Face to Face." The pallbearers were D. C. Wax, L. H. Tu Gas, T. I. Kemp and E. Zahn. Interment was made in Mount Scott Park Ceme tery. - , Three Survivors Reach England. LONDON. June 9. Three American survivors from the British steamer Manchester Miller, torpedoed on June 5. have been landed. Two American firemen. Ashley and Daniels, lost their lives when the Manchester Miller was sunk. The vessel was laden with cotton. Mrs. K. E. DeWitfs Funeral Held. Funeral services for Katherlne E. DeWitt were held yesterday from the residence of her dausrhter, Mrs. L. 1-3. Kellog, C10 East Fifty-second street North, Rev. A. A. Heist officiating. The body will be sent by J. P. Finley & Son to Odessa, N. V for interment. Prions- "your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6095.