THE SUNDAY OEEG ONIAIf. -. POETLA2TD, . JUJTE . 10, ID 17.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.... .... .
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.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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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