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TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 2, 1917.
NEW SHIPBUILDING
PLANT CONSIDERED
Jen Steel Steamers, Involving
$16,000,000, May Be Built
by Northwest Company.
MATERIAL IS PURCHASED
Vancouver and One Other Locality
Said to Be Under Consideration
as Site for Proposed
New Industry.
Establishment of a fourth steel ship
building plant that is to be ushered
Into existence with a total of 10 con
tracts, which will represent approxi
mately $16,000,000. is the most recent
gain forecast in the marine construc
tion industry of the Willamette and
Columbia River district. Backing the
project are Guy M. Standifer and asso
ciates, who are conducting the G. M.
Standifer Construction Company, at
Vancouver. Wash., and the Standifer
Clarkson Company on North Portland
harbor.
Mr. Standifer has been in Washington
recently in connection with starting
the new plant, and went on to New
York a few days ago. out is due to
leave Washington today on his return
to Portland. It is said details of the
steel plant and contracts will not be
worked out until he has conferred with
his associates here.
Contracts Are A rfnmi.
Private information is that he is as
sured of being allotted the steamers
which are of the SSOO-ton class the
same as are now being turned out here
by the Northwest Steel Company in
conjunction with the Willamette Iron
& Steel Works: also by the Columbia
River Shipbuilding Company. Vessels
on the ways at the yards of the Albina
Engine & Machine, Works are of P.800
tons, and two already launched are of
3300 tons.
In spite of the fact the Standifer
organization lias not actually closed
for the fleet, it is understood all ar
rangements have been made for the
steel, contingent on accepting the work,
also machinery for the vessels and
plant has been taken care of in the
same way. As to a site. Vancouver
seems to be favored, but there is at
least one other locality under con
sideration. Company Organized in 1016.
The present organization was ushered
Into existance early in 1916 at Astoria,
the McKachern-Standifer-Clarkson Com
pany being formed and a yard es
tablished on Young's Bay. The ground
was broken there April 1, 1916, and
several ships were provided for on the
company's account, being sold later to
A. O. Andersen & Co. Soon after the
Standifer-Clarkson yard was laid out
on North Portland harbor and all but
the HcEachern interest was withdrawn
from the Astoria plant, the stock being
disposed of to A. O. Andersen & Co.,
Mr. McEachern remaining for a time
as manager, then he returned to his
Seattle headquarters. Early this year
the Andersen stock was sold to M. II.
Houser, the well-known grain exporter,
and now in charge of the Government's
grain purchases here.
First of the contracts obtained by
the Standifer-Clarkson yard was for
Llbby. McNeill & Libby In the way of
an Alaskan motorship. and others fol
lowed, while soon after the United
States Shipping Board began opera
tions contracts for 10 wooden steamers
were taken in the name of the G. M.
Standifer Construction Company and
the Vancouver yard was established,
six ways being laid out. Some of those
vessels are being turned out at the
North Portland property as well, where
four ways are available.
Seven Steamer Launched.
Guy M. Standifer is one of the best
known men in the city and James F.
Clarkson made records in railroad con
struction before taking ur shinbuild-
ing. U B. Menefee. of the Mcnefee Lum
ber Company, and R. V. Jones, nresi
3ent of the Western Oregon Trust
company, are interested in the cor
porations. So far Portland has launched seven
steel steamers and before Spring a few
more will be in the water. Probably
duuu men are today employed in the
aieei snipyaras Here, while many more
are. working on machinery and equip
ment for vessels, so the steel industry
.is already far advanced over what was
expected when the first of the new
plants was located on the waterfront.
TITLE TO 123 CRAFT PASSES
Booth Fisheries Company, Chicago
Buys Fleet of Boats.
SEATTLE. Dec. 1. Title to 123 craft
Of the North Pacific fishing fleet was
transferred yesterday from the North
west Fisheries Company and the
Anacortes Fisheries Company, two Se
attle firms. to the Booth Fisheries
Company, of Chicago, the parent con
cern of both local corporations.
In addition, all the canneries, salt
eries and equipment of the subsidiary
companies were transferred. Despite
the move there will be no change In
me operation or the Seattle firms.
The deal was the largest of its kind
ever recorded at the Seattle Custom
Mouse. The vessels included ships of
every type, from the steamer A. R
Carpenter and the full-rigged ships St.
Paul and A. J. Fuller, to barges and
gas Doats.
TRAP
LICENSES
REISSUED
Government Officers Pass on Part of
1000 Fish Rigs in Columbia.
Tvew fish trap licenses are being
withheld or restricted at the office of
Colonel Zinn of a number expiring this
month for which operators have filed
new applications. It is estimated tha
in the Columbia River district there
are close to 1000 traps and each
license continues for three years.
In going over applications and in
specting the locations sought, the
Government engineers bear in mind
principally whether the traps will in
terfere with navigation. In some in
etanceg applicants have extended their
trap piling beyond the limit indicated
thereby bringing down on their head
the wrath of navigators, who have to
dodge them in fogs.
SLIPS ARE PROPERLY DRAINED
City Taking Care of Waste Water
From Front Street.
Steamboat operators are wondering
if the city is to take over the care o
slips at street ends, as a gang of men
has been employed during the pas
week putting in drain boxes at the head
Df the slips, so water flowing from
Front street will be taken care of in
Head of being allowed to flow down
the center of the slips, carrying with It
debris of all kinds.
The drains are so constructed that
wooden trough leads from them to the
river bank, being placed beneath the
roadway, and the slips proper will no
longer be catchalls for Front street.
At some street ends pools are formed
during heavy rains, no provision be inn
made for draining the gutters, and such
drawbacks will be remedied.
MARIPOSA HELD HOODOOED
Attempts to Salvage Wreck and Car
go All Failures.
SEATTLE, Dec. 1. (Special.) Ship
ping circles are conjuring up a hoodoo
attached to the efforts to salve the
wrecked liner Mariposa or portions of
her cargo. Such a belief is becoming
prevalent due to the failure of each at
tempt so far made.
Advices received today announce the
wrecking of a barge sent to the scene
by Wilson & Sylvester, of Wrangell.
who had taken a contract to remove the
movable fixtures of the vessel. The
loss of the barge canceled the contract
and Port Engineer Raymond reported
from the wreck today that operations
were not likely to meet with any suc
cess until Spring, if anything of the
liner is left by that time.
Xotiee to Mariners.
The following affects aids to navigation
in t.ie Seventeenth Lighthouse District:
Juan de Fuca Strait Neah Bay Light re-
PORTLAND PLANTS REACH FASTEST GAIT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF 8800-TON FREIGHTERS.
CrX.nDEK WAR YICKROr PASSING THROUGH HARBOR.
Shipyards today engaged in assembling steel steamers have attained the greatest speed since their
establishment, though even that will be increased later. To date two completed steamers have been turned
over to the Cunard line and two more of the SSOO-ton class are being finished, one, the Landaas, be
ing expected to have her trial in a week, while the Halgren will be delivered early In the year. A
fifth has been launched. The same type of vessels is being built at yards on the Pacific and Atlantio
side to help the allies.
ported extinguished November 30. To be
relighted an soon aj practicable.
Puget Sound Salmon Bay dredged
hannel Caution Vewicls entering or lcav-
ng Salmon Bay are cautioned that dretlinK
is not completed for a distance of about l'-O
ards. approximately half way between the
outer and inner lights. Vessels should pai
his Dotnt about ,T yards to northward of
he line of the entrance range lights. A
wh!t lig'.it on a pile dolphin will be estab
lished as soon as practicable at this -point
o mark the northerly limits of the channel.
ROFERT WAR RACK.,
Lighthouse Inspector.
LLOYD'S CHANGES MEN
APPOINTMENTS OF PORT REPRE-
SE.NTATIVES AXNOINC'ED.
Walter Lana?, Surveyor for Orearon HI;
trict Getf Lint From London Of
fice of Shipping: Society.
Changes made in port representatives
of Lloyd's Society of Shipping have been
made known to Walter Lang-, surveyor
for the Oregon district, in the follow
ing1 advices from the London head
quarters: T. J. Storey, formerly underwriter to tho
British and Foreign Marine Insurance Com
pany, has been elected by the g-eneral com
mittee of Lloyd's Register of Shipping es
chairman of the sub-committees of classi
fication, rendered vacant by the death of
Charles E. Brightman.
lames Montgomerie. B. Sc., who has been
principal surveyor a.t Glasgow, is now named
principal surveyor for Scotland, in order
that he may be in a position to exercise a
general supervision over the society's sur
veying work north of the Tweed. Mr. Mont
gomerie spent considerable time in this coun
try approving plans, on behalf of the com
mittee of Lloyd's Register, of vessels to be
built in the Vnlted States and In Canada.
F. R. Noton, at present principal sur
veyor at Sunderland, has been appointed a
principal surveyor on the chief ship sur
veyor's staff in London.
Thomas Shaw, who was, prior to the war.
a senior surveyor at Barry and whose serv
ices have since been lent to various govern
ment departments, has been appointed prin
cipal surveyor at Sunderland in succession
to Mr. Noton.
T. Xichola. hitherto senior outdoor ship
surveyor in the London district, has been
appointed principal surveyor at the port in
succession to Campbell Holms, who has been
transferred in the same capacity to Liver
pool. w. l- ciarK, wno nas tor many years neia
the position of senior clerk at Liverpool,
has been appointed secretary to the Liver
pool committee of this society.
A new office in to De opened at Aiaimo.
and J. W. Jorgensen. hitherto one of the
society's exclusive ship and engineer survey
ors at Gothenburg, is to be the society's
exclusive ship and engineer surveyor for
Malmo and surrounding district. Mr. Jor
gensen will be succeeded at Gothenburg by
V. Johnsson, who is at present stationed at
Copenhagen.
SHIPPING BOARD TAKES TWO PORTLAND-BUILT AUXILIARIES TO HELP OUT IN PACIFIC
TRADE BECAUSE OF WMt EMERGENCIES.
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FIRST SHIP IS REM
Wooden Vessel Launched in
Record Time.
PACIFIC COAST WINS HONOR
Finishing Touches Put on 120 Days
After Government Contract Is
Let, in Spite or Holdup of
Five Weeks by Strike.
A PACIFIC PORT. Dec. 1. (Special.)
A world's record for the rapid con
struction of a wooden ship was
achieved here today with the launch
ing of a 4000-ton freighter for the
Federal Shipirlnir Board the first
wooden ship to be completed for the
Government under the Kcdoral Ship
ping: Board programme. Added to the
achievement is the fact that the new
vessel is several hundred tons larjrer
than any wooden ship now afloat. She
was launched 120 workinjr days after
the laying of the keel and, despite the
fact that work was held up five weeks
by strikes, the vessel went into the
water 60 days ahead of the launching
date, February 1. specified in the con
tract with the Government.
Two bands, one composed of 22 of
the shipyard's employes and the other
from the University of Washington
training station, played patriotic airs
during the ceremony. Several thou
sand persons witnessed the affair.
The new vessel is 290 feet over all,
49-foot beam and 26 feet depth of hold
and will be equipped with engines
which will drive twin screw propellers.
The vessel 'will bear the name
Abrigada, chosen by Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, who is to name all of the
Federal Shipping Board vessels. This
same yard is building three other
shins for the Government, each of
which will he put into the water at
least 60 days ahead of the contract
requirements.
Retail bcjiness throughout the city
was suspended in honor of the launch
ing. A great crowd cheered and a
score of mill and factory whistles
shrieked the news as the big ship
glided into deep water.
The Abrigada was bull t after a de
sign drafted by the manager of the
yards from which she was launched,
which was approved by the Federal
Shipping Board. The manager of the
yard gives all of the credit for her
early completion to the men who )
worked Wholeheartedly and patriot
ically," he said, to havo her the first
wooden Government whip afloat.
If the machinery for her is' ready
for installation on time the Abrigada
will be ready for her maiden trip
within 0 days.
Thirty prominent marine and ship
building men from various Northwest
points were in attendance at the
launching.
WAPAMA IS IN FOR CARGO
McCormlfk Steamer to Leave for
California Tomorrow.
Due to the scarcity of steamers for
handling lumber on the Coast, the flag
ship Wapama. of the McCormick line,
came from the Golden Gate this trip
in ballast and berthed at West port
early yesterday, her 33 passengers be
ing sent here by train. She will shift
to St. Jlelens today . to complete her
load, and is due to nail tomorrow.
Frank Bollam, Portland passenger
agent, has sold a number of tickets for
the trip.
Steamship men interested in the
movement of lumber say that freights
have stiffened again since the strikes
along the Coast, and 7 would be paid
on lumber from the Columbia River to
the Golden Gate and tS to ports south
of there, if tonnage was to be obtained.
Those rates prevailed before the strike
in certain Northwest lumber camps,
and, the lumber output being curtailed,
caused a drop of $1, which is now re
covered. '
Movements of Vessels.
POKTLAND. Dec. I. Arrived Steamer
Wapama. from San Francisco: W. F. Her
rln. from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer
Johan Poulaen. for San Francisco: steamer
Beaver, for San Francisco and Han Pedro;
steamer Oleum, for San Francisco.
ASTORIA. Dec 1. Arrived at midnight
and left up t 2 A. M.. steamer W. F. Her
rin. from San Francisco. Arrived down at
7 A. M. and sailed at 2:15 P. M.. steamer
O. M. Clark, for Callao.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. Passed at 10
A M.. steamer Washtenaw, from Port San
Luis, for Portland.
ASTORIA. Nov. SO. Arrived at T and loft
up at 8 F..M.. steamer Wapama. from San
Francisco.
SAN PEDRO. Dec. 1. Sailed Steamer
Rose City for Portland via San Francisco.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 1. Arrived
Steamers Skagway. from Alaska: Argyll,
from San Francisco: Admiral Dewey, from
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Photo by Angelus Studio.
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Tacoma. Sailed Steamers Rainier, for Pan
Francisco; Horw X. Baxter, for Tacomt;
Fulton, for New Westminster, B. C: motor
schooner Mount Rainier, for Grays Harbor.
TAOOMA. tec. 1. Arrived Horace X.
Baxter, from Fan Francisco. Sailed Steam
er Admiral Dewey, for San Pedro.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High. Low.
3:30 A. M 7.6 fret!9:l4 A. M 3.0 feet
2:39 P. M 8.8 feet!9:S2 P. M -0.3 foot
GROWERS SUFFER LOSS
RISING WATKBS OVERFLOW PILES
ALONG WILLAMETTE RIVER.
Beaae of Cloalnar Lock, at OrrgH
CItj- Strainers Have Been Vn
able to Leave Portland.
Growers along the 1'pper Willamette
who piled potatoes, apples and. such
products on the bank for shipment
here on steamers of t" Yellow tack
line are said to have suffered losses
at some points because of the rapidly
rising waters, which overflowed the
pilrs and, as the locks at Oregon City
have again been closed, the steamers
could not proceed from Portland.
"We have been informed that the In
side guard lock-gate was not completed
so with the river rising the locks were
closed and that prevents us from going
to the aid of the shippers, -said Cap
tain A. V. Graham, manager of the
company, last night. "We have been
besieged all day by long-distance tele
phone to pick up the freight in danger,
but the locks situation is such we can
not promise relief until the last of the
week."
Information received by the com
pany from Salem was that the river
had risen there at the rate of one foot
an hour for a time. The dally read
ings of the Weather Bureau showed
the river had gained 6.5 feet there in
24 hours ending at S o'clock yester
day morning, the stage being 11 feet
above zero. The increase at Albany
was 6.2 feet and at Oregon City 3.2
feet. The river here was 5.1 feet above
zero yesterday morning, and the
Weather Bureau forecast is that it
will be seven feet today, eight feet to
morrow and nine feet Tuesday.
"It is a phenomenal rise at this sea
son, since we have had such a long
period of low water." said Captain
Graham. "It would not be unexpected
early in the year, when there is snow
in the mountains to be. brought down
by warm rains, but this stage was cer
tainly not looked for now."
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MORE CRAFT TAKEi
Two Schooners Are Comman
deered by Shipping Board.
S. I. ALLARD TO GO SOUTH
City of Portland Pioneer or Auxil
iary Schooner Fleet on Pacific
Coast and Was Finished
Only Last Year.
Two of the Portland fleet of auxil
iary schooners, the City of Portland
and the S. 1. Allard. both controlled
by the McCormick Interests and which
were built at St. Helens, were com
mandeered last night bv the United
States Shipping Board. The S. I. Allard
is lying here awaiting drydocking after
her first round voyage to Australia,
and the City of Portland is at San
Francisco with a copra cargo. One
report is that at least one of the ves
sels will be operated between San
Francisco and Honolulu.
For the past week the taking over of
the auxiliaries has been under consid
eration at Washington, and telegrams
received last night confirmed the
order. It Is the first time since the
issuance of an order recently, placing
vessels of 2500 tons gross under Gov
ernment operation, that auxiliaries
have been taken.
City of Portland Pioneer. ,
It is supposed that the move was de
termined because of the Matson liners
Matsonta, Maul and Wilhelmina being
commandeered by the Government for
use in the Atlantic. Their withdrawal
from the San Francisco-Honolulu serv
ice was -to be compensated in part by
the operation of the steamers Presi
dent and Governor, of the Pacific
Steamship Company's line, which have
also been aken by the Shipping Board,
in addition to five squarrlggers owned
by the Alaska Packers' Association,
which are to be used between the is
lands and the Golden Gate.
The City of Portland is the pioneer
of the auxiliary schooner fleet on the
Pacific Coast. She was constructed by
the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company
and was finished in 1916. She is a. five
master, with a. length of 276 feet, beam
of 4S.3 feet and depth of hold of 19.1
feet. On her arrival at San Francisco
November 21. from Sydney, she ended
her second voyage from the Columbia
River with lumber, the outward voyage
being to Port Pirie. and she was under
charter to make two additional voy
ages there. x
Allard la Slater Ship.
The S. I. AHard is a sister ship, ex
cept she Is a four-master and has
stacks aft to take care of the exhaust
from her engines, while on the City
of Portland the aftermast Is of hollow
steel and the exhaust Is through that.
The schooners carry In excess of 2.000.
000 feet of lumber. In the Government
classification It Is . reported they will
be considered 3300-ton vessels, and will
probably be taken on a basis of $6 a
ton. The City of St. Helens, also a
sister ship and controlled by the Mc
Cormick corporation. Is now on her
way to the Antipodes. Whether she
will be taken on her return probably
depends on the situation In the Pacific
then.
No instructions are admitted to have
been received relative to the Allard's
movements, though It Is expected she
will be ordered to San Francisco at
once and drydocked there, as the two
Portland plants are occupied.
. Federal Order Not Understood.
SEATTLE. Dec 1. (Special.) Seat
tle dock owners and lessees are still
somewhat in the dark as to the scope
of the Federal order requiring addi
tional guards, as neither United States
Attorney Allen nor Marshall Boyle have
yet been advised of the requirements.
All are preparing to comply with the
order and are arranging to employ
special guards.
Marine Notes.
Thnt a red nun buoy was adrift 15 miles
southwest of Tillamook Rork was reported
yesterday to Robert Warrai-k. Inspector of
the Seventeenth Lighthouse District, who
aald he had not received reporta from d!
trlcta that auch an aid was misitins'. so
could not locate Its ataiion.
Robert Mcintosh has taken u contract to
step a new foramant in the auxlliury schoon
er Astoria, of A. U. Anaersn to. s lleet.
The present stick was damaged when the
vessel wes en route home from the An-
tioodes. havlnjc anapped off in a biow and,
fortunately, let so Juat at the "eyes" of the
rig-glnK. so the latter did not coma down.
To refill her fuel oil tanks. t.- Cunarder
War Viceroy hauls down today from the
Fifteenth-street terminal to the standard
Oil Company's dock.
Captain Rankin took the liner li. a cr t.
sea yesterday with a full passenger list ami
a capacity cargo. Longshoremen crammed
every bit of freight aboard thut remuitied
on the dock, which is now cler after a
long period of congeation. Captain John K.
Bulger, supervising Inspector of the Federal
Steam Vessel Inspection Service, was a pas
senger, bound for San Francisco after hav
ing visited northern ports.
-Wheat floated for domestic ports during
November cropped to l'J.tirtT bushels. as
against 12t.tMS bushels in November. 191t.
as shown in the monthly summary of the
Merchanta' Exchange. The total for the
first five months of the cereal year to all
ports Is (V$.0r4. as compared with 594.7'JS
bushels for the same period last season.
Paelfic '"oast Shipping Notes.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec 2. (Special.) The
oil schooner Anvil, carrying freight for Cow
Bay. arrived from Portland this afternoon
and expects to sail tomorrow. She was
boarded here by naval and customs officers
and. as none of her crew had certificates of
nationality, all were compelled to secure
them before being allowed to sail.
The gasoline schooner Rustler, laden with
general freight for Rogue River, arrived
trom Portland this afternoon and will sa.ll
tomorrow If the weather conditions permit.
The ateam schooner Wapama, arriving
during the night from San Francisco, came
to load Ijmher ut St. Helena.
In the month cf November C0 vessel In
the domestic trade entered at the local Cus
toms 41 having cargo and 19 being lit orfl
last. while .".3 vessels cleared for domestic
-.in:r. 3 with arK' and IT In balla.it. Dur
ing tha sun.e period four vessels entered a.id
cleared In the foreign trade.
The steam schooner C -M. Clark, carv
ing a cargo of lumber from Portland, sailed
tcday for Talara Bay and t'allao.
The tank steamer William F. Her.-'.n.
bringing a cargo of fuel oil for Portland, ar
rived during the night from California
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 1. (Special.!
The schooner Annie Campbell arrled from
San Francisco and la loading at Wilson ,
Brothers.
The steamers Carlos. Daisy Free nan and
Dalsv Gadsby are barbound in the lower
harbor. The atesmer Avalon la expected to
morrow from San Pedro and the Mount
Rainier from the same port o.i Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. (Special.)
The Toyo Klaen Kalsba'a Tenyo Maru ar
rived today from Oriental porta by way of
Honolulu, more than a week behind her
schedule on account of running Into a sand
spit at Yokohama last month. The big liner
brought a good passenger list and a heavy
cargo.
Some of the freight originally placed tn
the holds at Hongkong was left at Yoko
hama and will be brought here by the Shlnyo
Maru. The vessel's load had to be lightened
to get her off the. sandspit.
All the skippers of the Toyo Kisen Kalsha
are now Japanese. Captain Smith being the
last of the company's American skipper, to
be relieved. The steamships are subsidised
by the government of Japan and a govern
ment regulation compel! the employment of
natives of Japan as navigators.
Although the Tenyo was not damaged by
round in. th company ha put tha matter
of delivery of cargo in the bitnda of ad
ust era.
COOS BAY. Or.. Dtc 1. (Special.) The
steamer Martha Buehner arrived this morn
ing At 8 o'clock and is loading lumber at
the Buehner mill in Nortn Bend.
The steamer I'hocntx. which put in here
to take poles for the Fyfe-Wilson Lumber
Company, sailed today at 1U:0 A. M. (or
Bandon to complete her cargo.
The steamer Yellowstone discharged a
cargo of freight at Marshficld today and will
load lumber at the North Bend Mill & Lum
ber Company.
The steamer Johanna Smith, tn tow of a
tug. is In the lower bay waiting a chance
to get out. The bar has been too rough
today to attempt towing the vessel to stra.
Rldgcfield Man Charters Boat.
RIDGEFIELD. Wash.. Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Captain R. Henricl has chartered
the steamer Metlako and is now mak
ing the regular daily trip to Portland.
The City of liidgefield. . which is the
captain's boat, is undergoing numerous
SOX OK SPANISH WAR VETER
AN WHO IS IN NAVY.
Albert Mrfilnala.
Albert McGlnnis, 10 years old,
of Carlton. Or., is another Ore
gon boy who has made good in
the United States military serv
ice. In June he enlisted in the
Navy and was sent to Goat Is
land. Later he was sent to Mare
Island, where he attended the
electricians', school. After two
months he passed a second-class
examination and was sent on to
San Pedro for further advance
ment. His father Is F. Mctlinnis.
of Carlton, a Spanish War veter
an. His grandfather was a vet
eran of the Civil War.
changes, one of them being the install
ing of a boiler and steam engine to
take the place of the gas engine. The
Metlako will be chartered until the City
of liidgefield is ready for the run.
U. S. Naval Radio Reports.
(All are S P. M. unless otherwise noted.)
ATLAS, towing barge 1. Port Wells for
Richmond. ".33 milea north of Richmond.
(.'ELII.O. St. Helens for San Francisco. 10
miles south of Northwest Seal Rock.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY. Seattle for San Fran
cisco, miles from San Francisco.
LYMAN STEWART. San Luia for Seattle.
71.1 miles from Seattle.
LA BKAB. San Luis for Vancouver, 60,1
miles from Vancouver.
. MOFFAT. Port Angeles for Richmond, 420
miles north of Rirhmond.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Dee. 1. Condition of the
bar at S P. M.: Sea, smooth: wind, west.
miles.
PEACE MUST BE FORCED
Senator Chamberlain Says Germany
. Must Sue on Bended Knee.
OREGOXIAN" NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Dec. 1. Senator Chamberlain,
in an interview today, says it is folly
to talk of peace with Germany until
Germany, on bended knoe, sues for
peace. Any other kind of peace, he
says, would not last.
Senator Chamberlain will urge the
passage of the universal military train
ing bill. He does not anticipate rad
ical changes in the military legisla
tion of last session, but thinks the
actual operation of the draft law is
creating new sentiment in favor of uni
versal training.
Stackers Get 10 Months in Jail.
PIT rSBl'UG, lcc. 1. Ayer B. Terp
lltz .l Victor Sloane, young lawyers
who fulled to register for military serv
ice. . ere today sentenced to serve 10
months in jail by Judge Charles P. Orr,
in Ihe Federal District Court. Before
r.tering upon the sentence each man
was taken to his local board and made
lo register.
IA1LY M ETEOKOLOIilCA L REPORT.
PORTLAND. Dec. 1. .Maximum temper
ature. 43 degrees; minimum. ;i'J degrees.
Klver reading at s A. M.. .".1 feet; change In
Inst 4 hours. 3 foot rUe. Total rainfall
5 P. M. to o P. M. . o.. Inch: total rain
fall since September I, 1117, ti.tio Inches: nor
mal rainfall since September 1. t.:l Inch?:
deficiency of rainfall since September 1.
1113. 5. .".8 Inches. Sunrise. 7:33 A. M. : sun
set. 4:'J7 P. M. Total sunshine lecember 1.
4 minutes: possible sunshine. S hours. 54
minutes. Moonrlne, ":- P. M.; moonset.
lo:10 A. M. Barometer (reduced to sea level,
at 3 P. M. . -'J 'Jl Inches. Relative humidlty
at noon. &3 per cent.
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Winnipeg 1 6' lVO.ONKjcioudy
A. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Hain: strong south
erly winds.
Idaho Probably rain or snow.
Washington and Otrgon Rain in west por
tion, probably rain or snow in east portion;
moderate southm-;erly winds.
T. FRANCIS DRAKE, Meteorologist-
BULGER IS PLEASED
Inspector Finds Much to Com
' mend in Portland. '
HARBOR MUCH IMPROVED
Municipal YAliarves and Grain Ele
vator at St. Johns Declared Cred
itable AYorks Things Accom
plished Promise More.
Could some of the pessimists "lay
off" a few moments from their pastime
of criticising certain features in the
marine sphere of Portland, and listen
to observations of Captain John K.
Bulger, of San Francisco, supervising
inspector of the Western district of tha
United States steamvessel inspection
service, they might have cause to won
der how he found conditions to com
mend that they have overlooked.
In the first place, I was impressed
on reading in The Oregonian this morn
ing of the action of members of the
Chamber of Commerce in taking -up
with the railroad interests the matter
of support shouuld an Oriental service
be established." said Captain Bulger
yesterday. "I have always been a be
liever in the wort that a few men, im
bued with spirit and a proper interest
in their community, can do In a ship
ping way. There are always questions
to he taken up in that connection ' at
every port and invariably a squad of
earnest workers will get results if they
know what i wanted and have a rea
sonable idea of whom to draw on to
help them.
"Then there are the public docks. I
have been visiting Portland for a num
ber of years and outside of the most
stirring sight the new shipbuilding
plants afford, nothing has added to the
facilities of the port and, incidentally,
improved the aspect of the harbor, as
have the public docks. And the best of
It is you have only begun. The St.
Johns municipal grain elevator is a big
piece of work, and it places the port on
a parity with your competitors. I feel
that the Pock Commission is wise in
going others one better. In providing
for additions to the first unit of tho
elevator that can be built quickly when
needed.
"Last of all. I am pleased with the
report of Captain Cecil Brown., travel
ing inspector of the steamveseel inspec
tion service, who spent several weeks
hr and found no complaints to make.
It augurs well for the district and
shows not only that Inspectors Kd
wards and Wynn and their staff are
maintaining efficiency, but that vessel
owners and licensed officers employed
by them appreciate co-operation. There
are laws and regulations to be followed
in our work and we can only enforce
them and counsel men how to abide by
them. Ooing those things and bearing
in mind the "safety-first" admonitions
of the Washington headquarters, will
reduce accidents and keep the fleet in
order."
TEUTON FOOD SUPPLY GOOD
Von liraun Tells Reichstag Commit
tee Not lo Worry.
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 1. Herr von
Braun today told the main committee cf
Ihe Keischtag that the oat supply was
larger than last year and that the war
grain supply department was entering
the Winter with larger stores thus It
l.ad ever held before.
There was no justification, he said,
for anxiety regsrding the supply of po
tatoes and of grain for bread.
GERMAN ARMY PAY TO RISE
Privates to Get Third More and
Xon-Coms 2 0 Per Cent Increase.
AMSTERDAM. Dec. l.The pay of Ger
man private soldiers is shortly to ba
Increased by one-third, it has been an
nounced in the main committee of the
Reichstag, according to Berlin dis
patches. Non-commissioned officers are to
hnve their pay rnised ; per cent.
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