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14 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 2, 1917. 3 SHIPS IN RESERVE Great Northern, Northern Pa cific, Rose City Listed. NEW COLORS DISPLAYED Officers of Craft and Some Crew Blembers Are in Xaval Reserve, and Boats May Be Taken by Government Soon. Three of the Columbia River fleet of liners have been authorized by the Navy Department to fly the official banner of the naval reserve force, the Grer ; Northern, Northern Pacific and Rose City. . Each ia commanded by a naval re serve officer. Captain Ahman being master of the Great Northern, Captain Hunter the Northern Pacific and Cap tain Parker the Rose City. Many Join Reserve. Already the bis turbiners display their new colors when under way, and Captain Parker is having his official flag made, hoping to have it "broken out" when he leaves the Golden Gate on his next voyage. Other officers aboard those vessels have Joined the naval reserve force, as well as the mas ters, though not all in the crews have signed up. The three ships are listed in the re serve fleet and in time of necessity may be taken over by the Government. It has been reported the turbiners would probably serve as troopships if requisitioned, while It is understood the Rose City has been classed for auxiliary duty. Many other vessels have been inspected and listed, but not all skippers have joined the reserve body, so new masters will command them if taken. It has not been an uncommon sight In past years for British and German steamers in port to show Navy reserve flags of their respective countries be cause their masters were enrolled. The Cardiganshire and Carnarvonshire, of the Royal Mail fleet, flew British navy reserve flags when here, but so far the Great Northern and Northern Pacific are the first to come into the river with the new colors. Some Work in Shipyards. Already a number of Coast navi gators have gont into the Navy, being commissioned and others are "doing their bit" in shipyards in official ca pacities, but Uncle Sam reckons as well that the men who "stand by" on the bridge of vessels in regular trades are equally as essential in keeping "busi ness going as usual" and they will be drawn only if helr vessels are re quired directly in the war or their serv ices are demanded in handling other ships. ' RAYMOND SHIPYARD RUSHED Plant to Put on 1500 Men as Soon as Lumber Can Be Obtained. RAYMOND, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe-1 clal.) Despite the strike In the lumber mills and the consequent difficulty of getting lumber, the Sanderson & Porter shipyar Is, under construction in this city, have a force of 20 tner. at work. Dredging, pile driving, laying planlcs for the yards, construction of buildings and shops and installing machinery continue rapidly. The office building Is in the yards. The incline for pulling lumber out of the Willapa is at the lower end of the yards. Next to the Incline is the Flitch mill. Not far from this end is the planing mill. A blacksmith shop has been completed. Other buildings under construction and planned are a ma chine shop, a steam house, an oakum house for storage and a pumphouse for emergency fire protection. As soon as lumber may be had in sufficient quantities the company will put on 1200 to 1500 men and push the work of construction as fast as possible for the United States Shipi Ing Board. Six vessels will be under construction at once. IIXER'S WHISTLE HEARD FAR Northern Pacific's Signal Comes 10 Miles to Rose City. Captain Parker, of the steamer Rose City, which reached Ainsworth Dock soon after 1 o clock yesterday morn ing, reported that on the way up the coast Thursday night he heard the fog whistle of the liner Northern Pa cific, 10 miles distant. Both vessels were in a fog and Captain Parker was asked by Captain Hunter by wireless for his position, that being customari ly done on the Coast as a safeguard and the Northern Pacific was fully 10 miles astern at the time. A few trips ago Captain Ahman. of the Great Northern, when bound south. distinctly heard the fog signal of the steamer Beaver, which was inshore from the turbiner, but In reply to a wireless message Captain Rankin, of the Beaver, said he could not distin guish the Great Northern's signal. On , the other hand, the master of a tank steamer farther seaward sent a mes sage that he could hear the turbiner's blaet. Eli AIMIRANTE IN SERVICE Southern Pacific Puts on New 8500- Ton Carrier on East Coast. The Southern Pacific Company has announced an addition to Its Atlantic fleet in the steamship El Almlrante, a modern freight carrier of 850O tons carrying capacity, Just placed In com mission on the run between Galveston and New York. Another vessel of the same type is under construction. The new steamer will constitute another unit in the Southern Pacific's trans continental rail and water route, known as the Sunset-Gulf route, which han dles 600,000 tons of Pacific Coast freight, mostly food products, ar.d la regarded as of great value to "Western shippers. El Almlrante is a single-screw steam ship of the ocean-going hurricane deck type, 380 feet In length over all, with a speed of 11 knots an hour. It is fit ted to burn oil and Is equipped to handle cargo In the quickest and most economical manner. THREE CARGOES FOB, JAPAN Somedono Mara to Be Followed by Other Japanese Carriers Soon. One and possibly two more cargoes of lumber will be dispatched to Japan following that ready for the Japanese steamer Somedono Maru, which is close at hand and will be dispatched by the middle of the month. Steamers for the other material have not been announced, but it Is said tonnage will be provided by the Japanese interests concerned in obtaining the timber. The cargoes are to be made up of dimension stuff, which Is customary with Japanese shipments. It was reported yesterday that Japa nese Interests had also bought stocks of bar iron. NEW SHIPS, DEEP-SEA VESSELS, TO RISE FROM ASHES OF FAMOUS "STERN-WHEELERS" Foundation Company's Ways Are Being Laid on Site of "Boneyard," Portland Was Struggling City Began and Ended Their Journeys- i 'Air Mfr- L, v, , j ' lijjf 1 -:rX iy.M'l U 4UH ft r-'XA ffr'i irrrff ft." " i ' " ' tm ifrmiru ;imrTt4bkM4mmMmKalmJ rr " ; if v ' ITr ' V 'A3 7": " r Villain tt? Chief:'. SOME day you may run across a copy of The Oregonian, yellow with age. Part way down the page an item something like this may catch your eye: ! "The E. N. Cooke came Into port yes terday, bringing almost 300 tons of wheat and stock and a quantity of gold from the upper river. She leaves to night with Implements and general freight for the camps on the upper river and for the settlers near Thi Dalles." Item after Item you would find. The names you would read would include the R. R. Thompson, the Gypsy, the Almota, the Annie Faxon, the Bonita, the Champion, boats in endless num bers. Then It was that the Columbia and Willamette saw dozens of smokestacks of puffing stern and side-wheelers carrying on a commerce that was fast making the Northwest. They were the romance of the country, an Integral part of Its history. 'Boats Known by Whistles. They carried the gold from the mines of Eastern Washington and Idaho and later other metals. They brought in settlers or took them out to the land after they came from San Francisco by steamer. Others went down the Willamette Valley and took the tools to make It the garden spot that it Is. They were the life of Portland long before the railroads thought they would ever have occasion to come in. Like Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer, every man and boy In Portland knew the Modoc by the whistle or knew the sonorous rumbling chime of the Har vest Queen, the predecessor of the pres ent boat. In fact, the budding, bustling city of Portland was almost governed by the whistles of these boats. They meant the trade which first gave ex cuse for establishing Portland where it Is. Everybody knew Captain Dix and Bill Clyde. Later they came to know Captain Spencer and all about the boat that he captained and how fast it could go and about the brush that the Alice and the D. S. Baker had down on the lower river. In fact, all the way from the mouth of the Willamette to Astoria. Those were days of real sportl Talk about the last of the ninth with the score tied between the league lead ers, three men' on bases and two strikes on the batter. Ask any of the men who used to know those boats and he'll say that that's mild as raspberry leaf tea com pared to a dash down the river, neck and neck, between two boats that have alternately carried the broom. Exciting: Scene Pictured. Can you picture them, turning up the water In back until it followed in great milky mountains, with the crews spending their time between holding down the safety valve on the boiler and feeding the ravenous fire under it with choice, knotty, pitchy logs that they had spent months in gathering for just that trip? For hours Just that position, with passengers shouting as if their very life depended on the race. To the steamboat men It meant even SCHOONER ASTOR'ASOLD VESSEL IS NOW ON WAY TO PORT LAND FROM SYDNEY. Present Cargo Comprises 1440 Tons of Copra Underdeck and Deckload of Hardwood. Sale of the auxiliary schooner Astoria by A, O. Andersen & Co. to American interests, delivery to be made on her arrival, was announced yester day coincident with her departure from Sydney for Tortland with 1440 tons of copra underdeck and a deckload of hardwood. The vessel is the pioneer of the Mc Eachern Ship Company's efforts, hav ing been the first built at the Astoria yard. She loaded lumber for Port Pirie, leaving- the river May 3, going via Honolulu, and left there April 4, reporting in the Antipodes May 29. The lse, the first wooden ship turned out for Andersen & Co. on this Coast, built by Barbare Bros, at Ta coma, is due at San Francisco from Australia. She was dispatched with out waiting for auxiliary engines and it has been determined ,ince not to equip her with that power, the vessel depending solely on canvas. The auxiliary schooners Esperanca and Eric, built here by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company, will be operated by Andersen f- Co. as managing own er. The company recently took over the management of the auxiliary Where -Tales more than Just winning the race, though that In itself was worth pulling a craft to pieces for. With most of the travel up and down and from the in terior going on these boats, the one ( that carried the broom soon had a good share of the business. The broom was the insignia of vic tory, more highly prized than the Van derbilt or the Grand Prix or the Derby ever thought of being. The crew of the boat that carried the broom were the lords wherever they went and drinks flowed freely wherever they gathered. That rivalry died along with the dis appearance of the river boat. The last races used to be along in 1905, when the Bailey Gatzert and some of the other steamers were running on excur sions and some of the men In the pilot houses had the pride in their ships that made them want to be Just a little bet ter than the next man. - Telephone Last of Victors. The Telephone, which is back in the river after a sort of nomadic existence the past, few years, was the last to carry the broom on her Jackstaff, and until she went away no contender ap peared that by conquest could force her to take it down. So romance died with the steamer and many a time some man, thinking of the sport that used to be, asks what became of the Bonita, or the Orient, or the Occident, or the Sehome. And al most every one died an ignoble death, ending her days in the "boneyard." The poorhouse for decrepit river steamers the final resting place of history makers of the Northwest is what It is. Like the poor horse that has served its master long and faithfully, its end Is the place where it is torn apart, limb from limb, steel from wood, brass from iron, to sell for what It will bring. The "boneyard" was so named many years ago. It is located in North Port land Just below the North Pacific Mill and is the site of the immense ship building plant of the Foundation Com pany, of New York. It was established by the Oregon Steam & Navigation Company along in the '60s. It was the birthplace and the deathplace of the majority of the steamers which that firm operated on the river. History of Boats Given. Some of th : last to be taken there were the R. R. Thompson and the E. N. Cooke. History of the lives of these boats began and ended there. Their launching was a big affair, and then for possibly 30 years they did the work on the river and were finally brought back to be scrapped. To add to the humiliation, the com pany would take them down the river, beach them and then set them on fire, running an excursion from Portland to watch the spectacle. Here are but a few of the boats which were bull on the ground where great ocean-going vessels will soon be built. Some were not built there, but sooner or later became a part of the fleet of the O. R. & N., which after wards became the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany, and so spent their last days on the beach of the "boneyard." bleached by Winter rains and dried by Summer schooner Portland, constructed at Seat tle, and she will be registered from this port. The sale of the Astoria leaves the Andersen interests owning outright only one auxiliary, the Margaret, which sailed from the river Friday for Shanghai, and the schooner Else. As the company does an extensive exporting and importing business. It will continue handling vessels as managing owner, but owing to offers being made for tonnage it is not improbable its wooden vessels will be disposed of, all efforts being then centered on steel tonnage. Six steel vessels were provided for at the Albina Engine & Machine Works, in which the company is heavily in terested, but they were requisitioned by the Government. ORDERS EXPECTED TUESDAY No Decision Made Known on Oregon City Locks Work. Instructions failed to arrive from Washington yesterday informing Colo nel Zlnn, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., whether he should proceed with the deepening of the lower loks at the falls of the Willamette to six feet, and it was believed no action would be taken by the War Department until Tuesday. It is estimated that to complete the work will require the locks and canal being closed six weeks, which would be done after about two weeks' notice. Rivermen say considerable freight has been moved to the river bank for trans portation here and assert it would be best If the improvement work were postponed until July, 1918. Noted Old Craft of Days When. of Rivalry for Speed Are Told. sun until It was ready to be burned up. Here are a few of them: The Alice, built at Oregon City in 1873, was a stern - wheeler, 150 feet long and 26 feet beam. The Alice did duty principally as a towboat and was busy on miscellaneous duties around the harbor. In 1890 che was through and, after having her machinery taken out, was burned at the "boneyard." The Champion, built oi the ways at the "boneyard" in 1875, spent most of her days on the Upper Willamette. She was condemned and burned in 1892 after spending some time in the "bone yard." The D. S. Baker, built at Celllo in 1879, plied In the passenger and freight buslr ss between Portland, the Cascades. Celllo and Astoria. She was on duty until 1896. when her hull was burned. Her machinery Is still in pos session or the railroad company. The Gypsy, built at the "boneyard," ended her days when she Ban!- In the Willamette near' Independence. Her machinery was removed. She was built in 1895. Modoc Still Running;. The E. N. Cooke, built at the "bone yard," did duty between Portland and the Willamette River points, and also took a hand in towing. She spent sev eral years at the "boneyard" and final ly was scrapped. The Modoc, built there In 1889, en tered the freight and passenger service on the Willamette and TamhllL She Is still on the river. The Oklahoma was built in 1876 at the "boneyard" and rebuilt In 1897. She was a towboat all her life. She is still In service. The Occident was built there In 1875 and scrapped there in 1889. The Orient was built there and, after doing service in the Willamette River freight and passenger service, was con demned in 1890 and sold to a man named McCallahan. The Sehome was built there, but went to Puget Sound to enter the freight and passenger service and was sold up there. She was constructed in 1889. - S. G. Reed Goes Up In Flames. The S. G. Reed was built there and entered the passenger service between Portland. Astoria and the Cascades. This was In 1878. She ran until 1896, when her machlr -ry was placed in the Spokane, which is now on the Snake River. The Reed was taken to the "boneyard" and then later to Goble, where she was beached. Then the navigation company broueht down hun dreds of people to see her go up in flames. The Willamette Chief was built In 18 ia ana used In the passene-er run Tn 1894, when on the ways at the "bone yard," she caught fire and was a total loss. Many an pld-tlme sailor on the river passes the place where many of these steamers used to berth, seeing phan toms of the boats that used to be. To some there was a certain faHn,fi. about the place, but a lot more will be migmy giaa wnen new shins mH u masts rise from the ashes of the Kuners. xne sound of the swinging oxcusco uusy cauiKers or the Foun datlon Company will be a relief to some HUNGER ENTENTE'S ALLY STARVATION PLUS BATTLES WILL WIN, SAYS BRITISHER. English Commission In United States to Purchase War Supplies la Augmented. AN ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. 1. A party of prominent Britishers arrived here today on a passenger steamship to Join Lord Northclitre. British com missioner in the United States, and assist him in purchasing war supplies They will go to Washington also for a conference with Government officials In discussing the war a number of the party who asked that the Identity or its memDers be withheld said he does not believe the conflict will end until about this time next year. "The Germans will never be overcome by hunger alone," he declared. "Neither will they be overcome by assaults on their front while they are convinced of the weakness of their opponents. It must be a combination of hunger and continual assaults that will win. "The embargo of the United States against them is one of the strongest weapons yet put Into our hands, and If this had gone into effect & year ago the war would have been over by now. We have got to keep them hungry and make them still hungrier, and keep on delivering the blows against them while they are in this condition." NO BARRIER EXISTS Shipping Interests Take Note of Columbia River Entrance. LINERS ARE NOT DELAYED McCormlck and Emerald Lines Have Chosen Patriotic Location In Fife Bnlldlng at 1 Drum Street, San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 1. (Special.) It did not require the latest report of excellent channel conditions at the en trance to the Columbia River, showing more than 40 feet in the main marine highway, to impress San Francisco shipping interests with the marked Im provement of the past few years In the river. Probably no more convincing demon stration could have been made than the operation of the Great Northern Pacific liners Great Northern and Northern Pacific in showing there is no barrier where the mighty Columbia Joins the Pacific. Fog alone has ever delayed these vessels, and that only three times. Commenting recently on the last sur vey of the mouth of the Columbia, the San Francisco Commercial News said: "The main channel over the Colum bia River bar now ranges from 40 to 42 feet in depth and is about 2500 feet wide. This means that the Columbia River has as good an entrance as any bar harbor either on the Pacific or At lantic Coasts." E. G. McMlcken, general passenger agent of the Pacific Steamship Com pany, which, by the way, handled about 2000 passengers in and out of this har bor Sunday and Monday, believes good results are attained by inciting agents of the fleet to greater efforts by timely hints on how to handle the public, courtesy in all dealings, and the like. So he sends forth printed cards now and then that carry food for thought. Not long ago he issued one under the title of "Tact." Today he Is sending out another under the caption of "Pep." A patriotic location has been se lected for the headquarters of the Mc Cormlck line and the Emerald line, both being in the Fife building, at No. 1 Drum street. On the top floor, the 12th, is the office of Andy Mahony, of the Emerald fleet, who can view the bay and witness the arrival and departure of the Breakwater and F. A. Kllburn, which ships Incidentally help Portland's trade with other than ban Francisco, because they make Marshfield and Eu reka as well. On the ninth floor the McCormlck executive staff is enthroned and from that suite an admirable view is ob tained of the waterway where enter and leave the ships carrying the star houseflag of the McCormlck line. Prob ably few outside of the shipping sphere realize it, but those vessels afford Portland connections farthest south of any plying from the river, as lumber they load and passengers carried are landed at San Diego, though they make San Francisco and Los Angeles on the way. Since the liner Rose City is once more In service after a month spent over hauling, so she is "better and faster than ever, G. L. Blair, general man ager of the San Francisco & Portland coterie, has donned a smile again. To be the gullding hand of a line having only one ship in operation, while In the past as many as four have been kept going, proved rather disconcerting in these busy days and the Market-street headquarters did not take on their cus tomary cherry aspect while the "Rosie" was idle. SHIPYARDS IN DANGER PROTECTION AGAIXST FIRE IS NEEDED AT ONCE. City Commission Will Be Appealed to to Make Necessary Improvements Without Customary Formality. Congestion of traffic and inadequacy of fire protection that make serious menace to the shipbuilding industry. were declared by the fire chief at a meeting held at the Columbia River Shipbuilding Company s offices yester day, to exist and to demand Immediate relief. The meeting was called to put an end to these conditions and was attended by representatives of three shipbuild ing concerns the Columbia itlver. Coast Shipbuilding and Northwestern Steel Company of the railroads having adjoining properties, by fire and police chiefs, real estate men and members of a special committee-from the Cham ber of Commerce named to work on the proposition; C. A. Bell, Forrest S. Fisher and H. E. PennelL In the opinion of the fire chief, in case of a fire, Portland might lose not only her principal shipyards, but, quite possibly her whole southern residence section, partly because of the lack of hydrants, and partly because of poor facilities for getting rirengnting ap paratus to the threatened zone. The decision is for the shipbuilding concerns to unite and, with the rail roads and the Chamber of Commerce, go before the City Commission and ask permission to go aneaa wim tne correc tion of the evil at once, without the delay and formality that must be gone through in the regular street Improve ment process. WATERFRONT WILL BE QUIET Only Vessels Running on Schedule Will Be Worked. This year the waterfront generally proposes to observe Labor day, so only in cases In which it is necessary to discharge or load cargo to get vessels away on schedule will there be any work today or tomorrow. Several of the general cargo docks. which keep open on all but a few holidays, agreed yesterday to remain closed, and the probabilities are that only river steamers wui ds active. The Customs House and all Govern ment departments will observe the day, Three Lumber Cargoes Cleared. ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe clal.) The steamers Chehalis, Cen tralia and Svea cleared last night for California ports. The Chehalis loaded at the Lytle mill, the Centralia at A. J. West's and the Svea- at Wilson Bros. Federal Dredge Coming Here. ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) The Government dredge Colum bia Is expected to clear for the Colum bia River at an early date, where she has been leased by the Vancouver Port Commission to do special work. Grays Harbor Shipments Fall. ABERDEEN, Wash Sept. 1. (Spe- cial.) But 13 vessels cleared from Grays Harbor in August and cargo shipments of that month were the lightest of any month In 10 years. The closing of most harbor mills due to the strike was the cause. LAURA BERRY FUNERAL HELD A 1 a ii j- Playmates Mourn Child Drowned at Westport. At Flnley's chapel at 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon gathered relatives and playmates of Laura Norene Berry, the 7-year-old daughter of Captain and Mrs. E. H. Berry, of 453 East Burnslde street. The. child lost her life Thursday ai Careys logging camp, near West port, when she fell through a raft of logs. The child's body was recovered In a few moments, but efforts to re vive her failed. Rev. L. R. Dvott ofTiclated at Tester. day's funeral services and Mrs. Jane Burns Albert sang "No Night There" and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." The pallbearers were Ray Fay, Charles Ackerman, Paul Hoeye and Paul Peter son. Interment was at the Milwaukle emetery. Marine Xotes. On discharelnr amhait an nil t tvin North Bank dock yesterday the steamer Ernest H. Mevr nt , h n,n,htAn a Wisglns tlag. shifted to Couch-street dock and unloaded general cargo, proceeding later to Oak-street dock to land cement and plaster. She loads lumber at St. Helens lor tno return to Southern California. Word Was received vestrrinv that th. Mn- Cormlck steamer Celllo, now en route from the Golden Gate. Is In ballast and will pro ceed to St. Helens for a lumber load. September 6 has been fixed urn the date for returning to the Fall and Winter sched ule by the O.-W. R. & X., in its North Beach service from Astoria. That date the steamer Harvest Queen will be retired from the Astorla-Megler route and the tug Xahcotta placed In service, the latter bavins undergone a thorough overhauling. One of the new aoDolnteea of tha United States Shipping Board here who is rapidly getting Into harness Is William Lovell. ex- master mechanic or the San Francisco & Portland Steamshio Comnanv and O.-W. R. & N. river vessels, who is chief inspector tor uncle Sam at the plant of the North west Steel Company. Mr. Lovell is a Port lander, and early machine shop experience that led him to the enslneroom of the "Hi Three" vessels, earning for him chief engi neers papers, has finally given him entree to Uncle Sam's staff of expert shipbuilders. United States Steamvessel InsDectors Ed wards and Wynn have fixed Tuesday for the annual inspection of the steamer Nestor. Work of converting: the ata.mer Inland Empire into a towboat, the change result ing from her transfer from The Da.1 lea Columbia line to the Inland Navigation Company last week, has been started at the plant of the Portland Shipbuilding Com pany. Details have been elosed of oontracts awarded for Government vessels to Feeney ac Bremer, or Tillamook. Mr. Feeney was In the city yesterdav on his wav to Tilla mook from Seattle, where he conferred with Captain John F. Blaine, district officer of the Shipping Board. The Tillamook yard is expected to make a creditable showing. Though the sailing of the steamer Admiral Watson Friday, from Seattle for Alaska, was canceled, the steamer Admiral Evans will sail September 8 for the same ports. In cluding Kodiak, says Frank Bollam. Port land agent for the Pacific Steamship Com pany, who was advised yesterday. The Ad miral Watson la due to sail today, but turns .back at Juneau. Captain Willie Snow, one of the best known Columbia River pilots, and whose experience on the river dates back to 187, consented to help the "boys" out yesterday by acting as secretary at the office of the Columbia River Pilots' Association, there being a demand for all of the men available. Captain Snow has been "taking it easy" for a lew years, but Is ready to stand a watch when needed. Captain Green got away from St. Helens with the McCormlck steamer Multnomah yesterday, carrying a number of passengers and full cargo for Los Angeles. The steam er Daisy Mathews also left there with a lumber load for San Pedro. The Tamalpals Is ready to leave Rainier today for the same destination. Captain Ally was In command of the new auxiliary schooner Guanacaste when she got under way at the Columbia Engineering Works yesterday for Puget Sound, where she loads lumber for South America. She is the first of five ships ordered there by M. T. Snyder, of New Orleans, and after proceed ing to Philadelphia tn her. Captain Alley will return to supervise the outfitting of the other vessels. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. COOS BAT. Sept. 1. (Special.) The steamship Breakwater sailed for Portland this afternoon at 1:30. Sheriff Gage and Chief of Police J. W. Carter searched the vessel last night for llauor, but found none. The steamer Adeline Smith sailed at 11:30 today for San Francisco, carrying a lumber cargo. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) Carry ing freight and passengers from Portland and Astoria, the steamer F. A. Kllburn sailed today for San Francisco via Coos Bay and Eureka. The steamer Breakwater is due from San Francisco via Eureka and Coos Bay. bring Ing freight and passengers for Astoria and Portland. The steam schooner Tiverton sailed today for San Pedro with a cargo of Umber from Westport. The steamer Montlcello shifted today from Portland to Wauna, where she Is to load 600,000 feet of lumber. On Monday morning she will shift to the Hammond mill to load 800,000 feet of lumber of which 80,000 feet comes from Knappton. The steamship Northern Pacific sailed to day for San Francisco with a large list of passengers and a heavy freight list. The steam schooner Santa Barbara Is to sail this evening for San Francisco with lum ber from Westport. The steam -schooners Multnomah and Daisy Matthews, with lumber from St. Helens, and the steam schooner Tamalpals, with lumber from Rainier, are to sail to night for San Francisco. The steam schooner Johan Poulsen sailed this evening for San Francisco with lumber from Westport. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 1. (Special.) Since nominating Wednesday. September 5. as the date of the general walkout in the beattle shipyards, no new developments have arisen, though Daniel McKlllop, president of the Metal Trades Council, declared today that he had practically decided not to com ply with the request of Chairman Hurley. of the Shipping Board, that he and two other delegates go to Washington imme dlately for another conference. During August the number of foreign off shore vessels entering and leaving this port ecupsea every past record Dy 10 vessels ac cording to statistics compiled by the Mer chants' Exchange. All told. 44 vessels of Japanese, British. Norwegian. Swedish Dutch and English registry were recorded In port as having arrived or departed dur ing the period. The previous high mark In number of ships was in May, 1916. when 84 foreign vessels wera recorded entering or clearing here Of the 44 vessels. 25 were operated by the tnree Japanese steamship lines, whereas in 1H16 the Frank WaterhouBe Comcany oper ated 12 of the 34 vessels, leading all the in dividual concerns. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Sept. 1. Arrived Steamers Rose City, from San Pedro and San Fran cisco: E. H. Meyer, from 6an Francisco. Sailed Steamer Multnomah, for San Fran cisco and San Pedro: bark Dreadnought, for San Francisco; steamer Daisy Mathews, for San Pedro; steamer Tamalpals. for San Pedro; motor schooner Guanacaste, for Portland. ASTORIA, Sept. 1. Sailed at 10 A. M.. steamer F. A. Kllburn, for Coos Bay, Eureka and Kan Francisco. Sailed at 3:10 P. M. steamer Northern Pacific, for San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 1. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Great Northern, for Flavel : sailed at 1 P. M., steamer Ryder Hanlfy, for Columbia River; sailed at 3 P. M., tug Hercules, for Columbia River. Arrived at 8 P. M.. steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas, from Portland. SAN PEDRO, Sept. 1. Arrived Steamer Beaver, from Portland. ASTORIA. Aug. 81. Left up at S P. M., steamer E. H. Meyer; at 5:10 P. M., steamer Rose City. Sailed at 9 P. M., steamer Tiverton, for San Pedro. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 81. Arrived at 6 P. M., steamer Oleum, from Portland. A PACIFIC PORT, Sept. 1. Arrived Steamer Kelshln Maru (Jap), from Oriental ports. Departed: Yoshlda Maru (Jap), for Oriental ports. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 Arrived Ad miral Dewey, from Seattle. eDparted Great Northern, for Flavel. A PACIFIC PORT, Sept. 1. Arrived Tenpaisau lluu, from the Orient, SHIPPING M DEAD Captain Richard Chilcotte Suc cumbs to Long Illness. SEA LIFE TAKEN UP AT 15 Ship Commanded at 17, and End Comes When Ills Long-Cherished Dream of Composite Vessel Ap pears Near Realization. Captain Richard Chilcotte. a vigor ous fighter for shipbuilding develop ment In Portland and on the Paclflo Coast and one of the conspicuous fig ures in maritime affairs on the Pacific, Is dead just on the eve of the time when the dream he had cherished and for the realization of which he strug gled seemed to begin to come true. Captain Chilcotte died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hazel Kronenberg, of 1042 East Hassalo street, after having struggled to keep up nis work for several months. He was about 65 years old. Born In England and going to eea at 13 years of age. Captain Chilcotte, at 17 years of age, commanded a ship, and was master for two years, sailing around the Horn during that period to San Francisco. He operated on the Pacific for some time, both from Puget Sound and San Francisco, and later settled In Seattle. About Ave years ago Captain Chil cotte lvested a considerable sum in a Willamette Valaley farm, and made headquarters in Portland. Immediately he began trying to in duce Portland capital to build, own and operate steamships. In this campaign he suggested the building of a complete type of wooden ship, reinforced with steel. His views were submitted to a number of experts by local interests, but at that time the type did not ap peal to ship operators. Friends of the late captain point now to the fact that a reinforced wooden steamship has become a well-known type, and la meeting with extensive favor. About a year and a half ago Captain Chilcotte associated himself with the men who formed the Chinese-American Products Exchange Company. In connection with this company, the captain organized the New Era Ship building Company in this city, with the purpose of building the vessels for the Chinese-American concern. Besides the daughter residing in Portland, Captain Chilcotte is survived by his widow and a son, Fred Chilcotte, of Redwood, Cal. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel, at 2 o'clock today. Friends plan an impressive service, which will be led by maritime and shipbuilding men of the community. FOUPi SHIPS CONTRACTED RODGERS COMPAXT, OF ASTORIA, TO LAY FIRST KEEL SOON. Vessels AV11I Be Wooden and of Ferrla Type Xew tVayj Are Almost Completed. Four wooden steamers or the Ferris type are to be built for the Govern ment by the George F. Rodgers Ship building Company, of Astoria. Con tracts were signed yesterday and the first keel will be laid in a few days. Four sets of ways are nearly fin ished. The yard adjoins the municipal dock property there and the site em braces six acres, with a frontage on the river of 800 feet. Work is well advanced on buildings and shops. As with certain other contracts closed for the same type of vessel, the company has undertaken to turn out completed hulls, the Government pro viding all other machinery. Mr. Rodg ers has been a resident of Salem for many years, and is among the best known men in the state. The fact that the ships have been closed for in spite of an official state ment issued from Washington a few days ago that no additional wooden tonnage would be contracted is taken to indicate the Government intends to fill all new yards In readiness to be gin work, though may discourage others from undertaking the step now. The McEachern Ship Company, of Astoria, located on Young's Bay, has 10 Government ships. Two are under way and a third prepared for, while Wilson Bros., located nearby, are to figure In the big shipbuilding pro gramme. Tides at Astoria, Sunday. High. i Low. 0:R2 A. M 8.8 fet,7:2S A. M O.T foot 1:25 P. M 8.8 feet,7:53 P. M 0.2 foot Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Sept. 1. Condition of the bnr at ? P. M.r Fnupy; wind south 12 miles. ThompMOO1 Curve LOOK TO THE FUTURE CJ You will want good sight twenty years from now, just as much as you do today. J The better care you take of your eyes now, the keener will be your vision in later years. 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