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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 10, 1918.
ENROLLMENT WEEK
S
I ow
Drive for U. S. Shipyard Vol
unteers to Be Pushed
With Vigor. f
Judging by prorrew made In th. draft
leg work. Such labors a are necessary
In the office later will not be nncom
fortahle because of better weather
conditions.
250,000 MEN ARE NEEDED
Government Hope for Large lie 5
Jlrallon to Pkk .Men for Milp-
bAlIdlnx Men Who Can ' t'se
Tool KHslblle to List.
Wir workers In rry flrld of pa
trfntlc arttvtty throughout the land
will center ft re on the I'ntted States
Shipyard volunteer drive, which la
tn National programme for this mk
"Enrollment m r-k." the txd-y
period will b dmtjcnaird. ha fur Its
Kct th registration of all the avail
able aptll'H Ubor In th I'ntted Stat
Trained trtlMn. 2r0.0 uf thm. In
all, the mechanical crfu. are needed
for futur service In the various ahlp-
arda and by Saturday nlcht the United
eta Ira Sh Ipplna 1km rd hope to pee
registration far tn exce of that fig
ure, ao the oYemmnt ma y have the
pl-k of men needed to build shtp that
are to replace the ravage of the
I'-boata and to speed up the transport
ef American trvxpe and supplies to
ane.
The announcement Is made by Ku
prene tl. ?mt th. enrollment acrnt for
Multnomah ouMy, that tbeorollment
lists are open to all men capable of
Intellicent use of tools and who are
willing to do their btt to help win the
4f.
Enrollment airenrtes are In operation
In all counties of the slate and patriot
If or Kant sat tons Identified with rm
era I war work have been notified by
the Council of National Ivfense to as
..t artlvelv In recruiting a maximum
force of volunteer.
Baker Ss.4 UraMgr.
Pfate iHreetor Franklin T. Griffith,
f the Public xiervlce Keserve for Ore
r'n. h as received the following mes-
mi from herrttarr of War Ha a
prctng the widespread co-operation of
all patriotic men and women In this
aew drive:
"Th number it men that we can
ntace and maintain) In France will de
pend upon the number of ship avail
able fr their transport and their sup-
pllrs.
"For that reason I wank) to k the
fienta and families of the men in our
National Army to lend thetr support in
every way to the .Shipping iuard to
the end that the necessary efficient
Ubor may be enrolled In the United
ri tales shipyard volnnteer. They are
doing a work of vital Importance to the
rtef mff of the Nation, and the men
who enroll Id the shtpyard are under
taking a patriotic service as great as
any thai can be performed behind the
firing line "
The folluwtnjr are the principal
r of k tiled labor needed for
shipyard service:
Acetylene and electrical welder, as
few ta worker a, blacksmiths tangle
smith, drop-for se men. riange turner,
furnace m- n . bollermaker (riveter. ,
reamers . rarpenter lh.p carpenters.
di-li builders, chtpper and calker.
electrical worker (electricians, wire
men, crane operators . foundry work
ers, laborer ail kinds . loftsmeo ( tem
plate makers, machinists and machine
hands (all sorts, helpers), painter,
plumber and pipefitters, sheet metal
worker and coppersmith, ship fitter,
structural Ironworker (riveter, erect
or, bolters up), other trade i cement
rs. crane men).
gealea Are Opr.
The followtnr enrollment agencle
are open for business: Harry Anderson,
rtiitlding Trades office. Ibr T-mple.
.Second street: J. O. Wilson.
Woodmen of the World office. Fast
Plain and Alder streets: A. J. Jones,
lutltc Km ploy men t Htireau, 27 Iavla
street: Fucene K. Smith, county enroll
ment agent. 37 rtttoOi block: II. W.
rhaw. Metal Trade Council. 213 Mock
.vchange bulKltnc
y.ric V. Ilauser. vice-president and
gtneral msnager of the tlrant Smith
Forter IS hip Company, will lead off
tomorrow noon In the effort to align
the 2J employes of that yard and tn
get the men Into the game to their full
limit. Mr 'llauner I arranging to meet
the night foremen of the big plant at
a luncheon at the Multnomah Hotel
There are about 4 of the men In re-
pnlM positions.
When they have dined In the Grotto,
they will receive messages concerning
the grave Importance attached to speed
Ing up on the building of ship. They
will be told exactly what It will mean
If the ships are ready for the Govern
ment ahead of contract time, and they
will know before they eve the room
vactfe what failure will cost.
Mr. tlauser I arranging a programme
f music and other entrrtatnment for
the occasion. Ju . John II. JSi eve neon
wilt be one of the speaker.
ty shift men at the big plant will
be entertained by Mr. Hauser at a later
u:e.
CiASOLIK SCHOONER SEIZED
t liarterer Bring Libel Action to Re
cover $3175 Damages.
ASTORIA. Or Feb. 9. (Special.)
The gasoline schooner Anvil wag seised
today by Deputy I'nlted State Marshal
Berry under a libel filed In the Federal
Court by John B. Franklin and B. Hil
bln against the Anvil and W. Y.
Loalxa. her owner. The action la
brought to retaver $5175 damage.
The complaint avers that the plain
tltL bad chartered the vessel, but the
owner failed to release her from pre
vious libel actions, so that she could
be operated by the charterers. A a
result the plaintiff assert they have
lest freight business,
SOUTH KR LY W EAT II Ell I S OX
Heavy Rain at Tatooh and Wind
Blows 0 Mile an Hour.
There waa a deluge yesterday In the
vicinity of Juan de Fuca Strait, for the
observer at Tatoosh Island reported to
the Weather Bureau at & o'clock yes-j
terday that S.SC Inches of rain had'
OFFICERS TO MOVE
Inspectors of Steam Vessels
to Make Shift Soon.
MUSEUM MAY GO TO CITY
Captain Edwards Decides, to Part
With Collection of Relics and Me
mentos Gathered In Many
Quarters of Globe.
With the completion of the new Post-
office building;, Broadway and Gllsan
street, tae plan being; to have It ready
for occupancy by Federal departments
July 1. some staffs will be moved there
from the Custom-house building;, while
the offices of the United States Inspec
tors of Steamvessels. Captain E. S. Kd
wards and John Wynn. will be moved
"While the item calling for tbjs
amlnation designates neither the
sired depth nor width, the Astoria
Chamber of Commerce states that
consensus of opinion of those firms now
located on Young's Bay is that the
channel should be dredged to not less
than BOO feet in width and to a depth
of 30 feet at low tide. The project for
the improvement of the estuary of the
Columbia River provides for a channel
only 300 feet wide with a depth of
feet or more at mean lower low water.
"To obtain a depth of 26 feet In
channel even 300 feet wide would ne
cessitate the removal of about 3.000.000
cubic yards of material, the cost of
which would not be Justified by present
conditions. In my opinion the existing;
channel In Young's Bay is ample for the
present demands of commerce, and as
there seems to be no positive evidence
of any Immediate prospective demand
for a greater depth, any Improvement
of the locality is not considered wormy
of being undertaken by the Federal
Government at this time.
Hold ship on duty
XEHALEM DREDGE COMPLETED
New Craft Will Be Placed In Active
Sen-ice at Once.
WHEELER, Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.)
The Port of Nehalem 15-lnch hydraulic
pipeline dredge, construction of which
was started last year, is now complete,
and is undergoing; successful dock
trials, preparatory to being placed In
AFTER FIGt'RI.XG IN ONE WAR AS A TROOPSHIP. WELL-KNOWN VESSEL IS TO ENTER PRESENT
STRIFE THROUGH SERVING AS TRAINING SHIP FOR MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS.
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Ex-Transport Meade Now
Training Squadron.
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AGED VESSEL STILL SOUND
Former Ocean Grayhound Now Is
Used In Preparation of Young
Americans for Service In U.
S. Merchant Marine,
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Gift c&zr-Iirt, SVor 7U&n.
fallen In !) hours and the maximum
velocity of wind there yesterday was SO
miles from the south. At North Head.
t the entrance to the Columbia, the
wind Increased to 5 miles during the
day and at t o'clock was down to 44
miles from the south.
(Southwesterly gales are looked for
alone the roast tooay. probably strong
er on ths Washington shore, and storm
warnings have bn continued. It Is
expected theretwill be rain at Portland
today If the storm moves southward, as
Indicated, though It was said last night
is progress was slow.
OREGON IS TO BK REPAIRED
Ship In Which Port landers Are In-
trrrxtrd WeallMT Blj Illow.
Charles A. Burrkharrit. of this city
president of the Alaska Pacific Navlga
Ion Comsmny. owner of the motorshlp
Oregon, which was towed Into Honolulu
January after a fierce tussle In
storm, said yesterday that R. M.
Pemmes, who looked after the construc
tion of the vessel at Seattle, la on the
way to Honolulu to attend to repairs.
The Oregon was built for the Portland-
Alaska service, but was taken over by
the Shipping Board and sent to Hawaii.
She left San Francisco January I last,
but returned on account of engine trou
ble and made a fresh start January IS.
after having covered all but 300 miles
of her Journey she waa forced to call
for help. The experience la said to
have proved the seaworthiness of the
Oregon and. as soon as repairs are
made, she will be, returned to service.
SYDICAT. ACQ. -.
ELLEN
EIGHT ,sTllENTS LICENSED
Additional Xantif-al SVImol Gradu
ate Taar "Exani" Thl Week.
tf nine graduate of the lovernment
mutual eahooL eight were granted
luenseo during last week by I'nlted
MtAtes Inspectors of Steam Vessels
i:dwards and vnn. one applicant be
Ir.g permlrte4 to take a "post-gradu
ate" course so as to freshen up on a few
f vatorvs.
Captain Matt .V. Hramler. a well
known salttng-phip master, was grant
ed a steam ticket fr any evean. and
unlimited tonnase. V. J. Curotl. of
f'onJanti, and A ttllam C. Swenson. of
tteattle. wre ctven second mates"
ttraeta Third mates licensed were tle
Strvnaon. t-scar t'arisoa and Km r A.
Moe. of Astoria, and Klert Alewr and
l:m IA Korsrta. of Portland. About 11
Tttpls are now enrolled tn the school
Two or three of them wltl be before the
Inspector tMs week. More students
are expected to enroiL so In a short
time the average number sill be In a t -teod-vnee.
1 RAITING 1'ORCK I EXEMPT
llrallc- Nights" No Applied to
ttaa a, inmiNlin Staff.
Refutation promulgated last week
for "heattee nlshts lu downtown
BuUtilng promised to prove a hard-
b;p on the drafting-room force at the
Staraatreet headquarters ot the Com
mission of Public Ik, a a. because It has
been necessary to work ntshts for
mane weesa. getting out plana and
specifications for the St. Johns munici
pal grain elevator. However Federal
ru'l Administrator Hoimes. when made
acquarnted with the situation yester
aav. decreed that an exception would
t made. Inasmuch aa the grain ele
vator Is being rushed to accommodate
part or ths Ult wheat crop.
CMrf Kuglneer Hegardt hopeful
oa aichl work wiU be t cdt 1 aooa.
former Wlllanieile Rixer Steamer
on Portland-Woodland Rnn.
WOODLAND. Wash.. Feb. t. (Sp.
rial.) The stesmrr Kllen. formerly op.
rating on the Willamette has been
taken over by a syndicate and begin
nlng next Monday, will enter on ths
Portland. Woodland run. making trips
three times weekly, leaving the Washington-street
dock In Portland Monday,
Wednesday and Friday of each week,
returning the nextsday.
The new owners are CaDtaln Arthur
neston. or in Laicenter, now on tn
Portland-LaCenter run. Frank Reming
ton who will be Captain and pilot of
the Kllen. J L. Fllxgerald and Bert
Uarvr.
TACOMA WAREHOUSEMEN QCIT
Hollar an Hour Overtime Demanded
by Waterfront Workers.
TACOMA. Feb. . One hundred ware
housemen went on strike last night on
the water front, demanding a dollar an
hour overtime. They hav been getting
7a cents. Th strike tied up two ships
from the Orient unloading. Practically
all these strikers are "free lances" and
unorganised.
from th second to the first floor of
the Custom-house.
While discarding some gear In the
way of office- appurtenances. Captain
Kdwards has decided to part with a
museum that he baa been 29 years col
lecting, assisted during much of that
period by the late George F. Fuller, in
spector of boilers. The collection in
cludes mementos and pictures of ves
sels, trophies of many a chase, from
hunting In th Ice floes of the North
to the Philippine Insurrection, freak ex
hibits and many having to do with
Oregon Industries.
Th collection probably will be given
to the City Museum, at City Hall. In
the gallery ar portraits of famed
Army and Navy leaders of former wars,
of pioneer steamboatmeo and of steam
ers and ships that made history In the
waters of the Northwest.
Quarters on the north side of the
third floor of the Custom-house will be
vacated by departments shifting to the
postoffice building. The headquarters
of the division engineer. Corps of Kn
glneers. United States Army, which of
fice haa charge of work In Oregon and
Washington, will move from the ground
floor to the third floor, so all of the
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rnmnrtr ..UCM in inn Duuc-in my . Coiumbia River
u iDKciiiFr. i no inppcciun ui bivhit l jze(j here in
rnaTi i j i ft -.a i ii a jr. ro U nu-1 nor
quarters, while the Internal revenue
officers will be let Yen more spare by-
occupy ins; the present offices of the
steamvest-iel Inspectors on the second
floor.
YOUNG'S BAY MUST WAIT
PROSPECT OF CHANNEL IMPROVE
MENT SOT KXCOI RAUI.Mi.
Msjor Jewett. I. oral Kaglneer Officer,
Reports Adversely oa Project and
Superiors Coaei
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash.
Ington. Feb. 9. Tner is no prospect
for getting an appropriation at this
session of Congress for deepening the
channel of .oonn Bay, near Astoria,
In view of the adverse report made by
th Army Engineers. Major Henry C.
Jewett. the local engineer otlirer, after
an examination of loungs Bay,
ported adversely on the proposed Im
provement, and his view are concurred
by his superiors and by the Secre
tary of n ar.
In his report on Toungs Bay Major
Jewett call attention to the fact that
h tributary territory Is devoted chiefly
o agriculture and dairying, while back
of the bay Is a vast timbered area from
which about T5.0ou.u60 feef of logs are
cut annually. Major Jewett adds:
"The traltlc through the bay consist
principally in the towing of log rafts
and barges Joaded with lumber for the
shipyards, and It is believed that this
will be th principal commerce for
many years. Most or the farmers haul
heir produce to Astoria, this route be-
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service In the Improvement of Nehalem
Bay and River. The port's Imprpve
ment district is a very important one
at this time, due to the activity of the
lour large lumber mills on th bay,
which ore busy on Government spruce
and ship material orders.
The dredge is of the hydraulic pipe
line type, equipped with steel cutter,
end beiijg of liKht draft is especially
suited to the needs or tne district. Mill
refuse will be used as fuel.
D. R. Groves, for many years con
nected with the dredging department
of the Port of Portland, has designed
and superintended construction of most
of the port s equipment.
SMALL BOAT CONTRACTS LET
Coos Bay Fishermen to Plan Orders
for Deep Sea Fishing Boats.
MARSIinELD, Or, Feb. . (Special.)
Small boat construction Is picking
up here to a certain extent and several
fishermen are securing estimates on
the cost of craft somewhat larger
than Columbia River fishing boats with
hlch to do deep-sea work In 1918.
boats have been uti-
the past for Summer
work which required two and three
days trips.
The first contract for th new de
sign was let to Frank Lowe by Charles
Tilton antsbthe craft Is to be 32 feet
lone:, 9-foot beam and powered with a
16-horse Imperial engine. Fish brought
in her include blueback salmon, ling
cod, red snapper, black cod. halibut,
sea trout and several other varieties.
The banks are ten and 20 miles off
Coos Bay and oft Heceta Head, Lane
County.
ng shorter and quicker than by water. Jury cases.
CMPQUA CHANNEL IS DEEPER
Construction of Jetty Declared Im
portant by Engineer.
MARSH FIELD. Or.. Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) The annual report of Engineer
D. M. Charleson, of the Port of Umpqua,
declares the construction of the jetty
on the north side of the river at Win
chester Bay has favorably affected the
channel and adjoining the completed
portion of the jetty the water is found
to be ten feet deeper than before. The
construction Is about one-third finished.
but has not reached the bar, which is
the important section of the work.
The Government engineers have
favorably reported aid in the sum -of
$100,000 for helping the Jetty' work
and the port commission expects the
money will be available for 1918.
Shipbuilders to Have Recreation.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) The recreation hall and club
house being built by the Grays Harbor
motorshlp yard for its employes will
be dedicated within three weeks. This
provides a platform for band rehears
als, a drying-room for clothing, sani
tary washrooms and toilets, a lunch
room and a hospital ward. A trained
nurse will be In charge of the hospital
room at all times to handle minor in-
Unique In war equipment, is a squad
ron of training ships now being formed
by the United States Shipping Board,
on' which Americans between the ages
of 17 and 27 may learn the seaman's
trade preparatory to service in the new
merchant marine.
Heading the squadron Is the ex-
transport Meade, well known to Ameri
can sailors as the former Atlantic liner
City of Berlin. Built in Scotland, in
1874 for the avowed purpose oi lower
ing the trans-Atlantic speed record, the
City of Berlin was not only the finest,
but fastest ocean greynouna oi ner aiy.
She captured the record, both east and
west, between New York and yueens-
town In 1875, her eastbound time being
7 days 15 hours and 48 minutes.
Taken by the United States Govern
ment in 1S98 and renamed the Meade,
the former record holder served as a
transport In the Spanish War and for a
dozen years thereafter. She plied be
tween.' San Francisco, and Manila for
several years.
In spite of her 44 years, the Meade is
sound and handsome vessel. Her
model is finely proportioned. Her bow.
long and sharp and adorned with an
old-style figurehead, in the form of a
woman, is a sort to delight the eye of
a sailor.
She is 523 feet long:, and has a beam
of 44 feet. She is of 5641 tons gross
and has accommodations for' 1000 ap
prentices. The ship is now being over
hauled at Newport News, Va., where
she has been laid up for several years.
She will be taken in the early Spring
to Boston, the home port of ths ship
ping board's training squadron. Her
are stationed two other vessels of the
squadron, the Calvin Austin and Gov
ernor Dlngley, sister ships, 3 U0 feet
long and 60-foot beam, formerly in
passenger service on the New England
coast- Each of these vessels already
has on board a large complement of
apprentices. A fourth ship for the
squadron is being fined out at New
York and will join the others in the
early Spring.
When the four ships are In commis
sion the training squadron will have
capacity for more than 2700 appren
tices, who will be drilled as eeamen,
firemen, oilers, water tenders, coal
passers, cooks and stewards. '
Intensive training. Including life
boat and fire drill, from a month to
two months on the training ship. Is to
be followed by actual rervice at sea on
board new cargo vessels of the mer
chant marine.
The training trquadron is under the
direction of the shipping board's re
cruiting service, Henry Howard, di
rector. National headquarters of which
are In the Boston Custom-house.
goes in recent months from the Island port.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
liner Peru had good shipments of coffee
and other semi-tropical produots from
Balboa and ports of call along the Mexican
and Central American coast.
The steamship Hazel Dollar has been
chansed in name by the Dollar Steamship
Company to the Melville Dollar.
The motor ship Laurel Whalen, which put
into San Pedro on the way from an Austra
lian port, arrived tonight.
The steamship Admiral Goodrich, on the
way from Salaverry to Vancouver, put in
nere today for fuel.
The French steamship Ghlslaine, formerly
tne steamship Edna cnrlstenson, sailed to
day lor the Atlantic.
The steamship Baja California, which
arrived Friday from Pug-et Sound - after
stormy voyage, began loading today for the
west coast of South America;
The schooner Wawona, which had been
riding in the stream for the last week.
sailed today for the North. Some of the
sailors were not o the ship the other day
when it was planned to get away, so the
sailing had to be postponed.
'SHIP GEAR COMING
Machinery for Wooden Steam
ers Arriving From East.
MORE SPEED IS WANTED
First Wooden Vessels for Fleet Cor-
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pumuun 10 no ajauncnea xnis
Month and Builders Hope to
Outfit All Promptly.
WOOD SHIPBUILDING DRIVE IS TO
BE FURTHER PUSHED.
Detailed Check to Be Hade aa to Yards
and Time Spent on Vessels
Building at Escfc.
Tracing shipbuilding material from
the time the huge tree Is felled in the
forests of the lower river, until the
sawfed timber Is in place on one bf the
Government ships here, is among the
latest plans for checking up progress
all along the way.
Speed is wanted. Though of late
there has been no general effort to
increase production, except that a few
plants have added to their working
crews and have lengthened the day
from eight to 10 hours, and in one or
two cases, .put on double shifts, the
command is coming.
To get the most out of the material
and assistance available a detailed
check is to be made as to yards and
the time spent 6n vessels at each. It is
not believed that any are slighting
their tasks, but the impression prevails
that speed can be gained in some quar
Loss of time is not a matter for the
yard owners alone to worry about, as
the Government is concerned with re
ducing the time as much as possible.
consistent with dependable work. If
there are any "shortcuts" that can be
worked out, it is planned to take ad
vantage of them.
Since all plants having Government
work pay the same scale, workmen
cannot gain anything by shifting, nor
can employers gain by drawing men
through offers of a bonus, but it is
realized that there is honor In having
a record for speedy construction in
the district.
Naturally, there will be smoother
sailing at' every plant after its first
vessel is in the water, and, with Spring
weather about to open, the builders
will plan for increases in forces to
rush the building of ships.
FIRST SHIPYARD BAND OS COLUMBIA RIVER IS FORMED TO CHEER MEN AND SEND GOVERN
MENT SHIPS DOWN WAYS WITH LIVELY AIRS.
MrCACIIERX SHIP COMPAXV9 Ml'MCIASS.
Latr th pUyr r to dutl up In renulatlon band uniforms, but absence of such trimminps Is not
4lrmctlnir from their ability to render mutilc. for, though arrayed tn the garb of their dally toll, they have
bn 'toottne their own horns' for no me time. Krd B- Wrtfcbt, assistant manager of The yard, says no
Kr yet offered la beyond them, classics being; Interpreted as easily as the latest soldiers' compositions. Each
Monday. Wednesday and Friday the band plays at he mesahousc, enlivening the noor hour. and. as each of
the tn Gor&mnt steamers build. nic thero axo sent down the ways, the band wlU play Us part. At Port
land ths Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company and the Northwest Steel Company have bands.
s s s.s s.s s s a. s.s. s.s s s s.s s e s K s e sess . s s s.s. .
MT. SOLO SLOUGH MAY CLOSE
Erection of Dike Debated by Kelso,
Wash., Property Owners.
KELSO. Wash.. Feb. 9. (Special.)
Colonel George A. Zinn, in charge of
rlTer Improvement work on the Colum
bia River, held a hearing- in Kelso
Tuesday afternoon to consider the ad
visability of closing1 lit. Solo Slough,
between Mt. Solo and the Columbia
River. in connection with Captain W.
J. Matchette's diking project at La Du.
Captain ilatchette has petitioned for
permission to close the slough with his
dike, and other Interested parties with
overflow land' between the Matchette
dike and the Kletsch-Bush dike also
want to see the slough closed. Some
of the residents of Diking District No.
and of Mt. Solo, who operate boats
up the slough, oppose the closing of
the waterway, and the hearing brought
out a big attendance.
Colonel Zinn announced that he would
give the matter and the evidence care
ful study before making his recom
mendations io the war department.
Hill Razing Suggested.
MOLALLA, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Putio & Flnoer, who have a large ship
knee camp and mill south of Molalla,
have taken up with the War Depart
ment the matter of cutting down the
Shatzman hill so that ship knees and
lumber for the Government can be
brought to Molalla for shipment.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
COOS BAT, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) The
bare Johanna Smith, en route down the
bay. today anchored because of rought water
and during the afternoon was forced out of
the channel on the tide flats where she la J
fant. The vessel is not In a dangerous po
sition and will come off at the next tide. It
The Coos Bar Fhlnbuildine- Com nan v in
augurated bonus payments of 10 per cent.
In the weekly checks, paying- for the week
of January -7 to February 2. Bonus money
oue irom xecemDer lo to January 'zj will
be paid next week.
The steam schooner Hardy, which broke
ner tan smart yesterday orr 3 an don. pro
ceeded south under tow by the Martha
Buehner, another Buehner craft.
ASTORIA: Or.. Feb. 9. (Special.) The
tana steamer oleum after discharcrinjr fuel
oil In Astoria and Portland, sailed today for
cauiornia.
Steamer Beaver arri'ed this morninjr from
San Pedro and San Francisco, br in grins
rreignt and passengers zor Astoria and Portland.
Steam schooner Tiverton sailed today for
csaii r rannsco, rarryuig luniucr iron west
Dort and Prescott.
Steam schooner Klamath sailed today for
san r rancisco, wiin a cargo oi jumoer irom
St. Helena
SEATTLE, Wah., Feb. 9. (Special.)
The Skinner Kddy Corporation this after
noon launched the steamship David Rode era
named In honor of the general manager of
the plant. She will be renamed the West
Lake, accord in r to Shipping Hoard officials.
She Is an S8u-ton freighter of the famous
Seattle type, and was christened by Mrs.
David Rodgera, wife of the man honored by
his employers.
' Aecordtnr to advices reaching here today.
Captain Walter Tlnn. formerly in the Alaska
service, has been named master of the Portland-built
steamship Westland, launched as
the Landaas. He is now on tne i-aast Coast.
All e mo loves of the waterfront are en
gaged in registering in accordance with the
aOepartmem or justice .ruling. is esti
mated that over 30,000 men are affected by
the ruling and the work of enrolling them
will commence as soon aa the cards arrive.
The steamship City of Seattle, arriving to
night from Southwestern Alaska ports.
brought 17"H) bags ot goid concentrates and
JIOO tons of paper, the latter from Ocean
Falls. She also had 62 passengers from the
North.
OFFICERS AT SEA
WAR CALLS MA1VY XE TO TAKE
JOBS OX COAST CRAFT.
Walter Hnscheclt, Graduate of Portland
Nautical School. lVow Third
Officer of Beaver.
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. (Special.) It
seemed something like the timea before the
war on the waterfront today, with half a
dozen arrivals and departures of large
freight and passenger carriers.
From early morning until tne last cnance
for pratique at sundown vessels were coming
through the Golden Gate from distant ports
or sailing out. V
The Pacific .Wail steamship company
liner Columbia, Captain Drennan; the Java
Pacific line's steamship Tjikembang, Captain
Jurrtaanse; the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company's steamship Newport, Captain
Yardley; the Pacific Steamship Company's
steamships Queen and Yale, and- the San'
Francisco A Portland's steamship Rose City
took out normal passenger lists and all the
cargo the holds could take.
The Matson Navigation Company's steam
ship Banoa brought the usual batch of
iio-xpluiu fiftOQlo and. oas fit larftejt. cac-
Xew faces among licensed officers of
vessels operating out of Portland are
beginning to prove to those in touch
with marine matters here that the call
of the Government and private vessel
owners for experienced men is mone
general than has been assumed. The
arrival of the liner Beaver yesterday
from California ports again impressed
the fact.
Third Officer Nicholson, who has
been on the liner for some time and
was rated a capable officer, left at
San Francisco to become chief mate
of the big new tank steamen Herbert
JU Pratt, launched November 8 for the
Atlantic Refining Company. Captain
BennetJ, her master, was third mate
on the Beaver up to about afyear ago.
Replacing Third Officer Nicholson on
the Beaver temporarily is Walter
Hascheck, a graduate of the Portland;
Nautical School, who "came back" to j
the sea after several years ashore, for
in the days of the steamer Barracouta
on the Portland-California route he
was one of her quartermasters. Being
flagship of the fleet, the Beaver prob
ably will draw a permanent third
mate from the Rose City.
Then were 220 passengers on the
Beaver. Captain Rankin made the
usual time from the Golden Gate and
discharged Astoria cargo so as to leave
up soon after 9 o clock in the morn
ing. The Beaver was alongside Ains
worth dock at 4:30 o'clock.
The vessel will sail on the return
tomorrow afternoon and will have
about as many passengers ontbound as
she arrived with yesterday.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Feb. 9. Arrived Steamer
Beaver, from San Pedro and San Francisco.
Sailed Steamer Shasta, for San Pedro.
ASTORIA, ' Feb. 9. Arrived at 8:30 and
left up at 9:50 A. M. Steamer Beaver, from
San Pedro and San Francisco. Sailed at
8:10 A. M. Steamer Oleum, for Port San
Luis. Sailed at 9 A. M. Steamer Klamath,
for San Pedro and San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. Sailed at noon,
steamer Rose City, from Portland, for San
Pedro. Sailed at 1 P. M. Motor schooner
City of Portland, for Columbia River.
G A VI OTA, Feb. 9. Arrived Steamer J.
A. Chans lor, from Portland.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 8. Sailed at 7
P. M. Steamer Daisy, for Columbia River.
Sailed at 8 P. M. Steamer F. A. Kllburn,
for Portland.
POINT REYES. Feb. 9. Passed at 1
P. M. Steamer Daisy Mathews, from Port
land, for San Pedro.
HONOLULU. Feb." 7. Sailed Motor
schooner Astoria, rom Portland, for Yoko
hama. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. Arrived
Steamers FIrwood, from Victoria ; Carlos,
from Aberdeen. Sailed Steamer City of
Portland, for Astoria; Queen, for Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 9. Arrived
Steamers City of Seattle, from Alaska; Ad
miral Dewey, from Tacoma. Sailed Steam - 1
Valdez for Alaska; barge William H
Smith, in tow tug Defiance, for San Francisco.
FITTING MAY BEGIN SOON
Machinery for some of tho wooden
steamers under construction in tho
Oregon District for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation is arriving snd is
being assigned to the yards where it
will be needed when the tirst vessels
are launched. No official information
has been received as to contracts for
installing the motive power and other
gear, but as Portland firms filed pro
posals for the work, early notice as to
which will be called on to fit out tho
vessels is looked for.
At the Coast yard, that of the Grant
Smith-Porter Ship Company, the Penin
sula Shipbuilding Company, Supple-
Ballin Shipbuilding Corporation. G. M.
Standifer Construction Corporation and
plants down the river, fitting out docks
are available and much of the auxiliary
equipment can go aboard ships at such
plants as are not prepared to under
take all of the machinery work.
Shipments are reaching here from
the East of deck gear as well as en
gines, boilers and the like. The first
vessels of the wooden class for the
Emergency Fleet Corporation will be
in the water this month and it is the
desire of the shipbuilding fraternity to
have them finished and outfitted with
out loss of time.
Oreeron has promised to deliver 625.-
000 tons of wooden ships this year, and
speed with the first carrier Is as neces
sary as with the last. Tho sooner word.
comes from Washington as to machin
ery installation contracts, the sooner
preliminary plans will be made and
those features rushed.
Further, the establishing of an inde
pendent warehouse here for the receipt
and storage of fixtures for the ships in
being given serious attention, builders
believing that in addition to the main
warehouse at Seattle there should be
another here, so the fitting out details
will not suffer by reason of failure to
obtain furnishings and stores when
needed.
Marine Notes.
Caotain James Troup, now with the Can
adian Pacific water lines, but formerly su
perintendent of the fleet of the Union Pa
cific system here, during which time he
built the side-wheeler T. J. Potter and left
.other marks of his marine ability, la in the
city for a brier time.
Of 12 men who reported Friday night to
complete the complement of the steamer
Westwind, one was ordered arrested xor
wife desertion, the case being started In
California, The vessel now has a crew of
men. Captain MacGregor being in com
mand.
That the auxiliary schooner Astoria got
awav from Honolulu for Yokohama Thura-
day was a message received yesterday by the
Merchants Exchange, one is on ner aeconu
voyage and carried a cargo of lumber loaded
here. As the vessel made the run from the
river to th Hawailans in nine days, lower-
ng all previous time for auxiliary schooners.
he la expected to make much - tne same
h owing on the way to the Japanese port.
Coming here from San Franciso la the
auxiliary schooner City of Portland, the
first of her class Dunt on tne r-acmc uoaai
nd which was named in honor of this city.
While owned by the Charles R. McCormick
interests, she is now in the service of the
Shipping Board, together with her Bister
hip, the s. i. Aiiard.
As the Emerald line steamers Breakwater
and F. A, Kllburn are again on schedule.
he latter will sail from Portland Tuesday
night.
On ths completion of her lumber cargo at
Inman-Poulsen'a mill yesterday afternoon.
he steamer Shasta departed for ban Jrran-
cisco.
To assist in tho work of floating the
steamer Sarah Dixon from a bank on Lewis
Rivr. where she has been marooned since
New Year's day, the Shaver steamer Wauna
was sent theres last night. It is hoped to
float the Dixon on the present stage oi
ater.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
Hi eh. Low.
0:1S A. 7.5 feetfi:08 A. M 2. feet
1 :4 P. 31 w.4 fetih :i r. M. . . . i.o loot
U. S. Naval Radio Reports.
All Reports for T. M. Yesterday, Unless
uinerwiBe jnaicavieo.
WAPAMA. San Francisco for San Pedro.
ten mill's northwest of Point Arguello.
MULTNOMAH, San Francisco for San
Pe'lro. 44 miles east of Point Concepclon.
KETCHIKAN, left Dutch Harbor for Aku-
tan. 4 P. M-. February 8.
CURACAO, 160 miles north of Ketchikan,
northbound. 8 P. M., February 8.
SANTA ihAtfitaj, lacoma lor ban ran
francisco, 309 miles south of Cape Flattery.
NOHTHLANU, Seattle for ban Francisco,
385 miles north of San Francisco.
ASUNCION, Aberdeen- for Richmond. 804
mllea north of Richmond.
ADMIRAL wAT&UaN, ban rancisco ior
Seattle. 4 HO miles from Seattle.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Seattle for San
Francisco. 316 mllea from San Francisco.
BARGE 91. Richmond fr Eureka, 40
milee fpom Eureka.
BREAKWATER, Portland for San Fran
cisco. 2o0 miles north of San Francisco.
KILBURN, San Francisco for Portland.
235 mllea north of San Francisco.
C. A. SMITH, in tow of tug Samson, Coos
Bay for San Francisco. 245 miles north of
San Francisco.
TOPEKA, San Franciaco for Eureka, five
alias south, fiX Qini jLrans,
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