THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, '3IAICCII 3. 1918.
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WHILE HANOVER TROOPS OF GERMAN ARMY ATTACK AMERICANS, REPRESENTATIVE OF
ROYALTY FROM THERE HELPS PORTLAND FORCE BUILD SHIPS FOR WAR.
I Coast Survey Urgent Need
American Bureau of Shipping
Division of Inspection District
Not Favored Here.
Opens Offices ir. City.
Says E. Lester Jones.
SHIPS TO BE REGISTERED
NAVIGATION IS HAZARDOUS
BILL TO BE PUT THROUGH
WORK IS NEGLECTED
PORTLAND TO BE HUB
and is riveted on the plates of the chip.
Although having somewhat the appearance
of a ram. such as In old-fashioned war
craft. 4he steel addition is primarily for use
in submarine signaling, as on lightships.
The stetamship Herbert L- Pratt, launched
at the Union plant of the Bethlehem Ship
building Company, has the shoe e.nd it will
be put on other ships.
COOS BAY. Or.. March 2. (Special.)
The barge Johanna Smith arrived at 10:30
A. M. from San Francisco, in tow of the
tug Tyee.
The barge C. A. Smith sailed with a lum
ber cargo at 3:30 p. M. for San Francisco,
in tow of the tug Samson.
The gas schooner Tramp arrived today
st 10 A. M. from Rogue River for mer
chandise for the Wedderburn Trading Com
pany. .
The fishing boat Sea Wolf came into port
this morning with a cargo of deep sea fish.
V. S. Naval Radio Reports.
fir
WANTED
Frlrvtion Iue to AitUlty In District
Well s Central Location
A Ith He f r rt-rMf to Construe
, lion I'odrr Vjr.
rorlUnd Is In become the Pacific
Coast bead.iuarters of the American
Bureau of jshlpfdna; If steel tonnage
now betnv constructed and that to b
turned out by the i. M. Standifer Con
trwcMon Company, at Vancouver, la
iUsmiI by lhat society. It haa been
understood that the United States Ship
tn Hoard Intend having all new
els classed In the American Itetrlater
and they will be in Lloyd's aa well.
11 ;. Tuck, of Near Tork Clly. who
a named I'artfT Coast surveyor for
the American society, toured shipyards
In this district yeeterday In coi.ianv
with Captain Frederick C. I.n. of New
lark, principal surveyor for tha Amer
kin Register, aim known aa the Amer-
Iran Uloyds. and Captain M R. Whit-
rri. of Seattle, who resigned a few
months aso from the I'nited States
fcreamvesarl Inspection Servtc to ac
cept a aurveyorshlp under the oriin-
Ijallon.
Quarters have been selected on the
f ffb floor of the Northwestern National
4nh butldtnc. near those of the Kmer-
lnrv Fleet Corporation, and A. If.
:rant. of the Seattle office. Is here
a engineer surveyor. The party will
proceed to Astoria tomorrow and re
turn Tuesday. iln( the same day to
M Helens and Columbia City and leave
after that for I'uaet Xound.
The profrM bemaT made with wood
en tonnage here was among the lead
In points (out Into yesterday. As
plans for those veesela were approved
at the New Tork office In advance. In
terest waa mostly In the rate of prog
ress and Inspection of native material
use. I
ap'ain lane expressed himself as
pleased with the hull of the steamer
C lac ha mas. one of the Peninsula type,
a distinct plan from others under way.
and while he has not a yet reached
all yard, be Is impressed with the char
acter of operations as far aa he has
observed.
The selection of Portland aa the hub
f the American society's operations
here Is due to the activity In the dis
trict a well aa Its central location with
reference to construction under way
In Washington and California, officers
of the organisation being enabled to
raca either district quickly and more
ad anlageously than If located at Se
attle or San Francisco.
I'holo by Angelus Studio.
I'M K KII-:R. WORKIMi AT PPI.K-B IXI.V PkANT.
Itorn at Kanorer. flcrmany. 12 years ago. and reared In luxury In the royal atables. as proof of which he
bears on his left hip the bar and crown of the royal brand, while his pedigree recounts all of his blood
relationship. Ksrrllens. facetiously dubbed "The Kaiser" by workmen,' Is in service today at the Sapple
Hellin Milpbulldlng Corporation's plant, helping to build ships to beat his former owner. The animal is a
handsome specimen and bears all the marks of Uerman stock. lie is said to have cost originally $7800. and
W. II. McKadden. his owner and who drives him at the yard, says he is worth every cent of It today. Joseph
Pupple opines "The Kaiser" la one of the most valued helpers on the staff and that he is Intensely patriotic
Is shown by the fact "The Kalaer" haa a son In the service, he havlns been sold to the state of Oregon last
year as aa artillery horse. "The Kaiser" has a special stall at the yard and when off duty he wanders there
at will.
I
.r:-t.oit; tu.s iu: soi.n
Traveler ami John uilahy I'ar
rlia-cil by Seattle Company.
HiHt'UM. Wah.. March ; l.i-e-
e-UI t Mr the sale ldav of the two
a'a going lues of the lirays Harbor
Tugoat Comnany. of this city, the Port
of ;ravs Harrw.r I left without a sea
t'ig for th first lime In Its history.
The tug Traveler has been sold to E.
12. alrtilauf '.In. formerly of !too.uiam
and now located In Mcattle. and the.
John Cudahy has been sold to the Mer-ri't-ning
. Company, of iteattle. IUth
will leave for the (tund city Monday.
It l understood, possibly with the
Cudahy towing ihe Traveler.
The Cray Harbor Tugboat Com
pany haa handled the bar towing
bumea. of this end of Wlllapa
harbor foe many" years. Itecently.
with the development of steam navi
gation and Increase In steam schoon
ers In the coast trade and general dis
carding of sailing vessels, the bar tow
ing buslneas has become unprofitable.
About two years ago the company' sold
the tug Printer to Hawaiian Interests
and about a year ago Ihe taring was
aid to the standard Oil Company.
C.ravs Harbor and Wlllapa Harbor
will hereafter have to depend on the
Columbia niter or Pugct Hound for
tugs.
MIIP CO FUKKM'K TO II K HKLI
Lloyd J. Wrnlworth c to Wash
Inelon to Meet Manager Ple.
In response to summons received a
week if n. Uoyd J. Wenlworth. In
charge of the Oregon district In the
matter of wooden ship construction for
the Kmergency Fleet Corporation, left
11 night for Washington lo confer
with lienentl Manager Ilea, of the
Snipping IVxtrd. and other oftlcUls
there.
It Is supposed that the conference
will have lo do largely with the wood
en ship progrtmme for 111. since the
exports of Wilson W". Clark, of the
Clark A Wilson Lumbrr Company, and
J II. Moedel. of the llloedel-tmnovan
Mills, at Heliingham. as to the Oregon
and Washington survey are on file.
They were designated to go over the
sawmill resources of the two states to
ascertain Ihe output of timber for ship,
airplane snd general Army require
ments that could be depended on this
year. It was accepted here as certain
that more wooden steamer contracts
would be placed when the survey data
waa digested. Mr. Wenlworth will no
doubt take up a number of vital mal
!' while there. Imrlng his absence
J W. Hall. In charge of construction
under Mr. lentworlo. will direct the
affairs of the office
HOOD TTORKKRS HK lARoMFD
hree. which were associated with the
rosecution of the war and so recom
mended by the tWrrftmry of Htate."
"I regret this altitude very much.
Mr. Haw ley stales. "I have taken the
position lhat river and harbor Improve
ment should continue In tuts period of
freight congestion. In order to provide
relief for the people. When such radi
al measures are considered necessary
s are now being taken to handle the
raffle, and with the railroads unable
move the accumulated freight and
upply the needs of the people and the
war requirement. I think we ought to
turn to those natural means of trans
foration, our waterways, and utilise
them to the fullest possible estrnl."
POINT MIMA C.KTS (.RAIirATE
WAR RULES PUZZLE
Ttrlrt jr-eeo Mm Offer Services tor
Shipbuilding.
H.TOD P.SVKR. Or.. March I .pe
al I. M Culbertson. local registrar
fur the) Council of !efne. who haa
been enrolling skilled men for ship
baildlns. reports that 3T men have of-
fre,t their services to this department.
About 7 men were registered at Cas.
cade Lochs br A W. Aysr. registrar
for that community, bringing the total
to more than So. The county's quota,
as specified by the Oregon Council of
Xefense. was 2.
Mr. Cultcrtson says Hood Hirer's
contingent of registered men contains
contractors and proprietors of plumb.
Ing and electrical establishments, who
nave expressed a willingness to relin
quish thir business during Ihe period
of the war In order to aid the Government.-
.Mure Xaullral Srliftol Men o on HI J
Steamer as Juniors.
W. J. Curott. a graduate of the Tort
lind nautical school, has been signed
aa third mate of the new 3300-ton
steamer Point 1-oma. which Is loading
her first cargo at the Klfteenlh-street
Municipal Terminal. W. U. Pottage.
II. Koreyth and A. R Carta right, also
graduates, have been named Junior
mates on the MOO-ton freighter West
ward Ho. During last week la. Roilen.
8. Itodlnson and C. S. Carlson passed
examinations as third mates and will
be given their tickets this week.
Professor Williams, in rharge of the
school, sals that since Its establish
ment In September 41 men have been
graduated. It more are enrolled and
there are students being added to the
classes every week. There has not been
a man of even limited sea experience
who has been sufficiently Interested In
erlaining the requirements for ob
taining a license, w ho haa not been ac
corded every opportunity to enroll, and
some have even taken the course at
night after strenuous work In ship
yards.
MEN UI.I- WORK 10 1IOIHS
foundation and Sunple-ltallin
Plants Change Tomorrow.
Another ahipyard engaged in wood
conatructlon to adopt the 10-hour day
beginning tomorrow. Is the Foundation
Company, engaged on 10 ships for the
French government, with as many
more to be laid down aa soon aa ways
are vacated. There are 2:S0 men on
the payroll, and all but about 100 will
be placed on a full 19-hour basis. The
exceptions will be those employed In
duties about the yard, not actually on
ship construction.
Instead of reporting for work at
o'clock tomorrow the force will be on
hand at 1 o'clock aifd labor until 11
o clock, having until 11:10 for lunch
and repprtkig off at 1 o'clock, then
"turning to" once more at 1:10 and
ending the day at S.30. At the Supple-
Hallln yard a 10-hour day becomes ef
fective tomorrow, the men starting
T o'clock and quitting at 5:10 o'clock.
In lieu of a double shift It Is said the
14-hour arrangement will show big
gains In Ihe building programme.
Shipbuilding- l Reviewed.
The record made by wooden ship
builders on the Pacific Coast, which Is
attracting attention over the I'nited
(tales, la reviewed In the current laaue
of the Pacific Motor Boat. "Much has
been said about the great record made
by the Pactfic Coast shipyards In steel
ship construction. aaya this Journal.
"but comparatively few people realise
that an equally remarkable record has
been made by the builders of wooden
ships on the Western seaboard. Kven
the eyea of the I'nited Htates Shipping
Board at Washington have been opened
t the rapidity with which these ves
sels have been launched.
Special Agents of Trade Board
Called to Washington.
Applications may I
LATE ORDERS MADE PLAIN
Mi's LAW NOT TO HE IMPROVED
Government Indorse Only Tho
Projeets Ao-lated With War.
tl'OENE. Or- March !. (Special.)
The Muslaw I'iver will not be Im
proved this year, regardless of a favor
able report, by Government engineers
for Its improvement from Acme to Its
entrance Into the Pacific Ocean, accord
ing to a letter received here from Con
s;resman W. C Hawley.
Mr. Hawley states that no new proj
ects received the Indorsement of the
Uonl Administration ciceptlnf-
Marine Notes.
jturfii'lnl material has been deposited by
Ihe drue Columbia and nanmaaum en
the site of Ibe new mandtfer steel yerri. at
encewver. gradlas bas been Desun en
Ibe area for tbe main shop, wblcb will
or tour acre, and lhat building will be
erected with speed.
ateemtwet owners have decided tbst all
men en the river veela wblrb bave reaaoa
te vtett deeseeter utH ka in the lower harbor
at times srlll sot be supplied with anl
tereal pa ee. as provided by the t.overn
meet. Instead certata officers will hsve
li i nn and be held accountable for tbe ac
tions of men under them wblle at tbe docks
haadllag Irs i hi.
It a ao o'clock yesterday morning
when Captala Parker esrung tbe liner Kee
t'ltr Inie the stream from Atnsworfb dock,
bound far California porta, and aboard were
M paeseasers. In tbe war of rarso lloo
toaa were carried and thai cleared away all
freight on the dock, la tbe aftvraooa. how.
ever, more was delivered for ibe liner
ileaver. ehlch will get away ttite week.
It la p'aaaed to launch the ssno-tnn
steamer Western Wave at the plant of the
Nortbeeet iel Company tomorrow after
boon. he will be ihe eighth of the type
launched br that company and Mrs. Hert
C. Ilall. wife of the president of the Wll
leraette I roe a rlteel Worka. where Ihe
steamers are being finished, will cbrtsten
ihe carrier.
Tide al Aateeta feaday.
High Water. Iw Water.
39 A. M...S 1 reet'lO S A. M I.O foot
.J1 P. M...0.0 leett tt.il P. J1...3.8 feet
L. II. Siniili, in Charge of Portland
lira nt h, Mends Out Letter Ex
plaining Rules Concerning
ImporlH and Export.
Varied subjects of importance are
understood to be slated for considera
tion at a conference of special agents
of the War Trade Board. IS of them,
who have been summoned lo Washing
ton. U B. Smith, of this city, in charge
of the Portland branch, leaves for that
clly Tuesday.
The special agents are now on duty
at all ports of the United on the two
coasts, as well as on the Mexican and
Canadian borders, and the War Trade
Board's regulations have created an
enormous amount of work of a detailed
character, as well aa the never-ending
task of explaining rules under which
certain commodities may be entered or
shipped. During Mr. Smith's absence
H. L. Corbett will Issue licenses, he
being special agent of the War Trade
Board here.
A rommunication sent yesterday by
Mr. Smith to all Interested set forth
rules promulgated by the board oor
cernlng the proclamation of President
Wilson. Issued February 14, which
deals with imports and exports, only
such being allowed to move as are cov
ered by licenses. The communication
was as follows:
Since Ihe publication nf the proclamation
the following rullnss have been put into ef-
feet by the War Trade Board:
The starred list of commodities contained
In Journal of the War -Trade Hoard. No. 4.
will be known as the conserved list, t'nlll
further notice only snides and commodities
shown In the conserved list with a star In
front of the name, will require a license to
Csnsda. All other articlea and commodi
ties may pass without a license.
Aa Individual esporc license covering each
shipment, other than to Canada, must be
obtained by the shipper, or his acnt. from
the War Trade Board,
be filed at this office.
An exception ' has been made of small
shipments to foreign -countries, except, of
course, countries named in the first section
nf the President's proclamation nf Aueuat 27.
Therefore, all shipments of commodities not
appearing on the conserved list, when the
valuation Is lens than lion, may be licensed
on the shippers export declaration by col
lectors of customs or special agents of the
war Trade Hoard.
' Special arrangements have been made for
licenalng shipments of commodities not on
the conserved list, which a'ere covered by
a diii or lading marked ' For Exnort.
through bill of lading, dated on or before
l-ebruary 111, mis, ahere such shipments
snail actually clear the I nlted States cus
toms on or before April l. 1018.
COMPASS RANGES
Work of "Swinging Ship" .May Be point.
Expedited Ender Xcw Plan.
Superintendent of Coast and Geo
dctic Survey Issues Publication
Calling Attention to Vrgcncy
f Work on Pacific.
Failure of Congress during the last
two sessions to make appropriations
for vessels for the use of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey on the Pacific
Coast bas prompted a campaign by
maritime Interests, and that at Port
land will be started this week through
the circulation of a publication re
cently issued by E. Lester Jones, super
lntendent of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, under the head of "The Neg
lected waters of the Pacific Coast.
Two survey steamers and seven
launches were asked for, but none was
provided, while the steamer Surveyor,
built in the Kast, has been taken over
by the Navy foT patrol duty, so the
service is virtually no better prepared
for survey and chart work on the
Pacific side than was the case a few
years ago, when Superintendent Jones
first directed attention to the need of
this work.
Congressman McArthur, of Oregon,
has interested himself in the matter,
and it has been through him that
copies of Superintendent Jones' report
have reached this district.
Survey Badly -Neglected.
In detail Superintendent Jones takes
up the Pacific Coast work, reminding
those Interested that it was in 1S48
that Oregon, Washington and Califor
nia became, part of the United States,
and though the Coast Geodetic Survey
started operations in 1S50 and worked
until 189i. little work has been done
since on the exposed portions of the
coast. Superintendent Jones shows that
0 years only 14 per cent of the
waters of Oregon have been surveyed,
leaving 8S per cent uncovered. In Cal
ifornia 27 per cent has been surveyed,
and in Washington 44 per cent.
lteferrlng to the need of immediate
surveys, superintendent Jones says:
In order to fully appreciate the need of
detailed and accurate aurveys on the Pa
cific Coast one must realize the conditions
under which Its navigation is accomplished.
The first of these conditions is the con
figuration of the coast line. The entire coast
from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to San
Lilego falls, roughly. Into a series of sres
of circles between adjacent projecting points.
Between the Strait of Juan de t uca an
San Francisco Bay. for example, there are
four such arcs between Cape Flattery and
Caps Blanco. Cape Blanco and Cape Mendo
cino. Cape alendorlno and Point Arena, and
Point Arena and Point Keyea.
The usual steamer track, which is
straight line between adjacent points, form
a chord of these sres. snd thus it followi
PROPOSED I that the steamer gradually recedea from
Shore arter passing a point, ana men ap
proaches the shore again as it nears the nex
M. yester-
(All positions reported at 8 P
day unless otherwise indicated.)
PROVIDENCIA. San Pedro for Tacoma, 93
miles south of. San Francisco.
VALDEZ, T2 miles east of Cape St. Ellas,
southbound. S P. M. March 1.
FIRWOOD, Ketchikan for King Cove, 170
miles west of Cape Ommaney. S P, M.
March 1.
YOSEMITE. San Francisco for Puget
Sound. S0 miles north of San Francisco.
ASCL.NCION, Richmond lor Cordova.
miles from Richmond.
RAINIER. Seattle for San Francisco, fw
miles from Seattle.
NORTHWESTERN. Seattle for Ketchikan
off Smiths Island.
ARGYLL, Seattle for Oleum, 350 miles
from Oleum.
WAPAM A, San Francisco for Everett, four
miles south of Point Arena.
QUEEN, lo miles north of Point Reyes.
NORTHLAND, Seattle for San Francisco,
OS miles north of San Francisco.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY, San Francisco for yesterday.
Measure Providing for Change, With
Seattle as Headquarters, Proba
bly Xow Before Congress, Is
Belief of John K. Burger.
Statements credited to Captain John
K. Bulger, supervising inspector of
the Western district of the United
States Steam Vessel Inspector Service,
by a San Francisco publication, that he
had no doubt a bill now before Con
gress providing for a division of the
district into two, with Seattle as the
headquarter;, of the new zone, that
would Include Oregon, was not cheer
ing news to Portland maritime interests
Seattle, miles north of San Francisco.
WHITHER, Oleum for Port San Luis.
miles from Port San Luis.
LA BREA. Port San Luis for Vancouver,
S00 miles from Vancouver.
LYMAN STEWART, Seattle for Oleum,
390 miles from Oleum.
IMPROVED TYPE SOUGHT
SHIPBUILDERS FAVOR CHANGES IX
FERRIS SHIP.
Oregon Yards Will Back Own Plan
Vessel Is Abandoned by I'nited
States Shipping Board.
If
Bad Weather Serious Problem.
Tbe second condition Is thick weather,
Action is being taken to provide spe- r ,now whlch .CComDanies the Wln-
cial ranges In the river for use in ad-Iter gales. Because of this thick weather
Justing compasses of vessels, especially
those being built in the district. One
locality talked of as desirable for the
location of such facilities Is Just below
the mouth of the Willamette.
The probabilities are that four masts
will be put up for ranges and then the
task of "swinging ship" to adjust com
passes will be simplified, it is said, it
being possible then to obtain bearings
under virtually all conditions. Of late
new vessels starting from Portland on
trial trips have been visited by a corn-
it is freouentlv imoossible to determine
vessel's position by the ordinary method
of coastwise navigation, w men consist
referring it to known objects vn shore, it
Is by no mesns uncommon for a vessel to
be compelled to make tne enure run irom
the Strait of Juan de Fuca or the Columbia
River to San Francisco without obtaining
a sicht of land.
The third condition is currents. mere
may be some localities in the world where,
If do nt B Is I'M! miles snutn oi poini a
the navigator, knowing that the speed of
hie vessel la 10 miles per hour, ran steer
south from A through fog for to hours ana
feel certain that his vessel Is off point a.
pass adjusted from Seattle and, in the I But the Pacific Coast is not one of them,
absence of aneciul i-n nir.a for ih. n-..i, I If the navigator tries that method here, at
it has not been entlaelv satlsfsctorv' Ihe end of 10 hours he may be anywhere
Shipbuilders, pilots and Government
from 80 to 120 miles south of point A. and
. . ,A q ii-. .iih.r aide nf his In-
officers are concerned In having thel,.rt. ,ok in other words, the chances
ranges established and early results are I are about even that he will be ashore.
lOOKed lor. I t-u -ril.,.. . Hot.iloH histnrv of
.... Ir n Itrihntofi in luck Of kllllWl-
JLACXCH THIRD SHIP Tl'KSDAY L' . .c.l influences in all
cases with which mariners have to
Grant Smith-Porter Ship Company deal nd- ,n support of that charts
i v, i""J are printed of the coast, on each be-
to Maintain Weekly Swing. ing indicated the names and places
I d-hnr. nblns hiivA been lost. Included
According to present plans the third th steamer Bear, which went
wooden steamer hull to be floated at ashore jn june, 1916. two miles north
me uliii DHMin-rorirr onip company B f Menriocno. when DOUnd Irom
oi. uuiiu. mii icavo me wya i pprtland for San r rancisco.
Tuesday, probably in the morning. The I
fourth hull will be launched a week I ruinriurr Ttv.tnv TO 1,0 n
from today. w..t. --
The company launched its first ebip
two weeks ago today and last Sunday I Linnlon Builders Finish Last Ship
the second went overboard. AH build
ing there la of the Hough type and
creditable speed haa been made In con
structing them. Ways vacated last
month are again In use,' keels having
been laid at once. How time has been
taken advantage of since the yard was
established Is indicated in the regu
larity with which ships are going into
the water, approximately a week apart.
PORTLAND INVENTOR CONSTRUCTS MODEL OF NON-SINK ABLE
SHIP TO BAFFLE SUBMARINES.
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THE GOOD SHIP LIBERTY. MODEL. OF LOCAL. MAVS TRANSPORT.
A ship that, after being torpedoed by a submarine, can turn on her st
acker and ram her instead of sinking Is the type of ship which Frederick
Ward, a Portland man. believes he has perfecfed in the model form.
Sh would remain afloat after being struck once or twice by torpedoes."
ays Mr. Ward. "In fact, she would have to be shot to pieces before she
would sink. Break her in two and she would still float."
To Illustrate his plan and to prove its practicability, Mr. Ward has built
a working model of a liner. The model, he believes, is the only one so far
constructed for the sole purpose of demonstrating a principle such as he ad
vocates. , It la four feet long, contains 200 screws and 100 bolts, is made of
galvanised lron,on a wooden keel and weighs 35 pounds.1
i ne model represents rive months of patient effort, and was made with a
jack-knife, a keyhole saw, a soldering Iron, a tinsnips, a Diane and a screw
driver. - .
"My ship is built on exactly the same lines as the ordinary lir'er" savs Mr.
Ward, "but the scheme would necessitate curtailment of ballast space. The
feature could be built into a boat or attuched to any old hull."
J'- Ward was never at sea. he admits, and was "never In a shipvard.
either." but ha considers that his plan has merits which will Interest the Government.
for Snyder Fleet.
Ready for cargo is the new auxiliary
schooner Chiquimula. the fifth and last
vessel built by the Columbia Engineer
ing Company, at Ldnnton, for Al. 1.
Snyder, -of New Orleans. She shifts
from Linnton to the Eastern & West
ern Mills this morning, so as to work
lumber. The vessel was launched De
cember 8, and is to go into the South
American trade on the Atlantic side.
The Columbia Engineering Works has
two private contracts on hand, botn
vessels being of the auxiliary type.
Thev are for Christofer Hannevig, of
lMew Tork City, and are well along.
The first carrier completed for th
Knvder interests was the Juanacoste,
hed Mav 17. 1917. and June 16 th
Temoate followed, the Diria being
floated October 24, and the Ethel No
vember 15.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes
ASTORIA. Or., March 2. (Special.) The
schooner Santa Barbara arrived at
7:40 this morning from San Francisco and
went to Stella to loan lumoer.
nHn.ir fuel oil for Astoria and Port
land the tank stesmer Atlas with barge 93
In tow arrived at h:4j today ironr uan
fnrnia.
Tk. steamer Rose City arrived from
Portland at 6:15 this evening and will sail
during the night for San Francisco and San
Pedro.
iREBnKF.N. Wash.. March 2. (Special.)
The steamer Daisy freeman ciear-ea lor
pan Pedro with lumuer irom me Anuerson
XfiHHljtton mill at noon.
The auxiliary schooner Suzanne In tow of
the tug Cudahy left at 4 P. tor rtaymond
to complete loading
SAX FRANCISCO. March 2. (Special.)
The McCormlck Motor Company ship S. I.
A Hard, berthed here today to begin loading
cargo for 3n Atlantic port.
Uncle Sam- took nolo or aooiner inaugiry
connected with shipping touay wnen tn
order came from Washington that no sail
cloth should be sold by manufacturers or
dealers without permission from tne oov
ernment. On account of tne return to tne
seven seas of the sailing vessel in the years
of war. nrlnclpally by reason of the scarcity
of steam tonnage, the sail cloth business has
Increased a thoussnd-f old at this port.
The lettering. "Los Angeles." under the
names "Paul H. Harwood" and "S. M. Spald
lnr." on the stern of new steamships at the
Union plant of the Bethlehem .Shipbuilding
'ompany, has causea some comment along
ho waterfront and it Is not often fhe port
In the South has any connection with such
large carriers.
Some anxiety is expressed In shipping cir
cles for the safety of the American schoon
er H. D. Bendixon. which is 114 days out
Irom Sydney for this port.
That the United States is at war Is lndi-
ated by more than one new feature in the
merchant vessels under construction in the
ship-yards around San Francisco bay. Ev
eryone- along the waterfront has made men-
al note of the gun that stands on the main
deck, both fore and aft. Other changes in
design are more or less hidden and have not
been observed. One of the innovations on
the large cargo carriers Is a sort of shoe on
Should the Ferris type of wooden
sl:ip be abandoned by the United States
Shipping Board, that will not be suffi
cient reason for giving up the con
struction of wooden steamers, for Ore
gon builders are prepared to back plans
of their own. At the same time men
not having a personal interest in 'some
dlHtinct type other than the Ferris ship
are not fearful lest the ship will fail
tn a test of the first to be made in two
weeks, that is, providing the plans and
peclfications have been followed as
modified after the originals were sent
out
The Coast Shipbuilding Company is
constructing four Ferris ships and
holds contracts for as many more. They
are of the first plans, save as regards
seme changes made in the stern con
stiuction. The G. M. Standifer Con
struction Corporation, at Vancouver,
has 10 Ferris ships, but they differ
from the first plan in that they are
twin screw vessels and the sterns were
changed for that reason; also altera
tions in other ways offered by the con
tractors that were accepted. Plants else'
where working on Ferris ships accepted
the original type, while there are
Hough types building at the Grant
Smith-Porter Ship Company's yard; at
Soinmarftrom Bros., at Columbia City,
and at the McEachern Ship Company,
Astoria.
The Peninsula Shipbuilding Company
is constructing its own design, of hull,
while the Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding
Corporation is building the Ballin type
of composite ship, and the same plan is
to be'followed by the G. M. Standifer
Construction Company on six additional
contracts awarded a few weeks ago.
There are some builders who haa'e
favored taking the best features of
wooden vessels building and embracing
them in a Columbia River type of wood
en steamer, a suggestion that was made
some months ago, when objection was
offered by certain builders to the plans
first distributed on which bids, were
ked. At that experienced men have
felt that the Ferris type might be im
proved as a means of facilitating more
rapid construction by doing away with
a flare at the bows, changing the stern
and such things.
In connection with a story from
He is further quoted as saying the
bill was a necessary measure and that
it was a strain on the San Francisco
headquarters of the present district to
handle some 2.000.000 tons of shipping
being built in Oregon and Washington.
All of which is contrary to the ends
sought by Portianders. They have pro
posed that in creating a new district
Alaska and Washington be embraced
in one. with Seattle as the headquar
ters, if desired, but that Oregon be
left in the old territory, to include
California and the Hawaiian Islands.
Inx fact, news received a few days
ago that Puget Sound interests had
revived the bill, which was lost sight
of a year ago, prompted a protest to
go forward from this city. Captain Bul
ger returned from Washington Friday,
after having attended a meeting of the
supervising inspectors, and it is taken
for granted that he has some definite
information on which he bases his view
that there is no doubt about the bill
going through.
For years Portland and Oregon have
traded with San Francisco and Califor
nia. Coasting steamship service to this
port has been maintained principally by
California interests. Goods and wares
are purchased in the south by Orego-
nians and in return Californians buy
Oregon' products freely. It is held
there is nothing in common between
this region and Puget Sound. The con
duct of the office of United States
Steam Vessel Inspectors Edwards and
Wynn is regarded as satisfactory, and.
at least. It is not believed betterments
are assured in the interest of the office
or district by swinging control from
San Francisco to Seattle.
Columbia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. March 2. Condition of
the bar at 5 P. M.; Sea. smooth; wind, south,
12 miles.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Births.
CHAPMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Robert K.
Chapman. 6516 Ninety-second street, Feb-,
ruary 22, a son.
OArtPENTER To Mr. and Mrs. Frank
J. Carpenter, 556 Fredrick, February 23, a
daughter.
STEWART To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Stewart. 644 Vj Thurmau, February 22, a
daughter.
JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford D.
Johnson. Oswego, Or.. Februarv 25, a son.
STEVENS To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stevens.
861 Ka.st Twelfth. February 21. a son.
LISOWSKI To Mr. and Mrs. Bernat Li-
sowski, 13 Prescott. February 8. a daughter.
1MADA To Mr. and Mrs. S. Imada. 541
Haley. September 5, a son.
LYNCH To Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch.
R70' Grand avenue, February 24, a daughter.
STREIFF To Mr. and Mrs. Peter Strelff,
Jr., Hillsdale. Or.. February 27, a son.
Marriage Licenses.
EASTON-CHl'Ri'HMAN Alex Wllllsm
Kaston. 4.'t. HasklnH. Or., and Gertrude A.
Churchman. 46. ii'.t'i Nehaleni ave.
RALE Y-SC HOLES Kay E. Raley, 27. 30.t
State House. Saltmi. and Alice E. Scholes.
106 Lownsdale street.
OVALLR-REMJON Miguel Ovalle. 41.167
North Twenty-sei-ond street, and Elena
Itendon. 27. 167 North Twenty-second street.
BEYNARD-BEVANS Claud C. Beynnnl,
legal. 1147 East Thirty-first street North,
and Nell O. Bevans. legal. 4:tl! Liberty street.
ARBUTHNOT-D1C K I NSON" llmrhy
Washington regarding the Ferris ships Arbuthnot, legal, 22 Eleventh street North,
and the trial of the first completed ?." "Z,? Juau
vessel shortly, it was said a report had
not been filed by W. A. Shaw of a sur
vey of the lumber resources, his name
having erroneously crept Into the mat
ter because he had first been suggested
to make the survey by Lloyd J. Went
worth. He was unable to spare the
me then because of being on business
in California. In turn, Wilson W. Clark
was named, and he not only finished
the survey without loss of time, but
GIIANNING-IIIE.VTZE Burt R. Gun
ning, legal, veaver Hotel, and PHiiline
Adele Hientze. legal. ;t06 Cartotta Court.
HOB1NETT-MICHAEL Homer Rnbinett,
20, 72.". Vi Powell street, and Mamie Michael.
18. Barton Hotel.
DANIELS-EGBERT William Paul Dan
iels, U7, 720 ClsVkama's street, and Moori
Egbert. 25, Washington Apartments.
LAKER-BRAUN George Henry Laker.
20. :t,17 Twelfth street, and p;icanor Bertha
Braun, 25, Pleasant Home. Or.
WILSON-WILSON Edward N. Wilson.
legal. 141U Eleventh, street, and Mrs. Sarah
actually filed his report by telegraph D. Wilson, legal, Cornelius Hotel,
February 19.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. March 2. Arrived Steamer
Oleum, from Port Snn Luis. Balled Steam
ers W. F. Herrin. for Snn Francisco; Rose
City, for San p'rancisco and San Pedro.
ASTORIA. March 2. Arrived Steamer
Santa Barbara, at 0 A. M. from San Pedro,
nd left ud at 11 A. M. Steamer Atlas arrived
from fan Francisco at 11 :4i A. M, towing
barge No. 93, and left up at 4 P. M.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. Arrived
Steamer Beaver, from San Pedro, for Port
land: schooner Monterey, in tow tug Navi
gator, from Portland. Sailed at I P. M.
Steamer Santlam, for Columbia River.
SAN PEDRO. March 2. Arrived Steam
ers Klamath, from Columbia River; Tiver
ton, from Columbia River.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 2. Arrived
Steamer Tahoe. from Grays Harbor: Cas
par, from Caspar. Sailed Steamers San
tlam. for Astoria; Admiral Schley, for Se
attle.
SEATTLE. March 2. Arrived Steamer
Wawona, from San Francisco. Sailed
Steamers Northwestern, Cordova, for South
western Alaska; D. G. Scofield, Rainier, for
San Francisco.
TACOMA, Wash., March 2. Arrived
Steamer Santa Ana, from Alaska; Admiral
Farragut, from San Francisco: steamer
Curacao, from Alaska. Sailed Steamer
Azumasan Maru. for Seattle.
DALLAS RED CROSS BUSY
Fifteen Auxiliaries in Polk County
Make Many Articles.
DALLAS. Or., March 2. (Special.)
The Red Cross branch in this city is
now supplying li Red Cross auxiliaries
in the county, and during the month
of February the following garments
were made and forwarded to the Wil
lamette chapter: Five hundred and
forty-three abdominal bandages, 391
triangular slings, 54 four-tailed ban
dages, 105 many-tailed bandages, 17 T
bandages, 134 water bottle covers, 2S
suits of pajamas, 20 hospital bed shirts,
43 pairs operating leggings, 40 single
leggings, 90 pairs bed socks, 405 hand
kerchiefs, 97 napkins, 14 tray cloths,
72 wash cloths, 207 pairs knitted socks.
6 sweaters.
The material for 64 pairs of knitted
ocks was donated by the Dallas branch.
Dennis to Address Auxiliary.
Bruce Dennis, of the Council of De
fense, will speak at a meeting of the
Oregon Army and Navy Auxiliary at
the Hostess House, at 412 Morrison
treet. tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Members of the auxiliary and the gen
the prow, bringing the stem down to a right I eral Public are urged to attend the
angle in the water. Instead of a curve, as I meeting. Mr. Dennis will talk on the
in other vessels. The shoe la made of steel J work, of the auxiliary,
Vancouver Marriage Licenses.
KOPL1N-HUFFMAN Artie A. Konlin. IK.
of Amboy. Wash., and Miss Mary Huffman.
16. of Amboy, Wash.
S W ANSON -H AUG EN Carl Stanley I,en-
nie Swaneon. 21, of Portland, and Miss
Georgia R. Haugen, 10, of Sherwood. Or.
HI('hBl-JU.SKUl) KOV J. ickev. r.2.
of Boring, Or., and Miss Carrie M. Jonsrud,
23. of Boring. Or.
PROST-MILLER Alhert W. Prost. IR. of
Portland, and Miss Lela A. Miller. 16. of
Portland.
Sl.'HJIUTZ-STOOI'S Robert fichmutl, 57.
of Eugene. Or., and Miss Mary K. Stoops, 48,
of Eugene. Or.
BREWER-WHITNEY Reuben G. Brewer.
26. of Castle Rock. Wash., and Miss Floy
Gertrude Whitney. In. of Castle Rock. Wash.
ROLFE-JACKSON Thomas Rolfe. 27.
of St. Johns. Or., and Miss Erma M. Jack
son, 2(1, of Lewlston. Idaho.
KCHANKV-JOHNSON Ase! Srhanky. K4.
of Seattle, Wash., and Caroline Johnson, 25,
of Portland.
MA L SON-PERRY Magnus Robert Maus-
on, 2.S. or Portlund. and Lucllo Perry, 21,
of Portland.
SCHOCKETT-GORDON Albert R. Schock-
ett, 2:t, of Portland, and Anita II. Gordon,
10, or Seattle, .wash.
Building Permit.
ARTHUR LAXGGUTH' Erect frame ga
rage. 450 East Eleventh street North, be
tween Tillamook and Thompson streets;
Martin Olson, builder: !5.
FRANK B. KISTNER Erect trame ga
rage. 475 Montgomery tlrlve. between enr
ton and Jackson streets; Andrew P. Wilson,
builder: $11155.
W. JOYCE Wreck one-story frame stor
age, 204 East Nineteenth street .Nortn, be
tween Pacific and Hollariay streets; G. W.
Holllngshead. wrecker; $75.
JOYCE BROS. Erect one-story frame
warehouse, 2(14 East Nineteenth street North,
between Pacific and Holladay; George Hol
lingshead. buiider; 600.
A. T. CnANDLbn Repair Trame resi
dence, 1463 East Hoyt street, between Fifty
third and Fifty-fifth streets; builder, A. W.
Chandler; $40.
ALICE II. CURRIER Repair one-story
frame barn. 416 East Chicago street, be
tween Smith and Central avenues; J. Hahn,
builder: S85.
PHILIP BUEHNER Alter three-story
Wrick ordinary stores and hotel. 261 First
street, between Madison and Jefferson; Van-
derhoof Bros., builders; .lu.
I. F. ROSS Erect frame garage, 120S
East Burnside. between East Thirty-ninm
and East Forty-first streets; builder, J. M.
Ftrmley: $200.
MRS. W. C. CAI.DER Repair two-Btory
frame residence, 524 Spring street, between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets; J. L.
Dunlap. builder; $20(1.
J. W. BEVIS Erect frame garage, 120t
East Ankeny street, between Thirty-ninth
and Forty-first streets; T. B. Winship, build
er: $250.
T. B. WINSHIP Erect frame garage, 1206
East Ash street, between Thirty-ninth and
Forty-first streets: builder, same: $250.
WEATHERLY CREAM ERY COMPANY
Wreck one and one-half-story frame shed,
428 East Salmon street, between East Sixth
and East Seventh streets: O. K. & R, C.
Wrecking Company, wreckers: $75.
HARRY E. COHNAN Repair one-story
frame auto salesroom, 522 Alder street, be
tween Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets:
C. A. Rtever. builder: $500.
G. W. LITTL.E Repair one-story framo
residence, 3203 Sixty-sixth street South
east, between Thirty-second and Thirty
third avenues; builder, same: $125.
V. M. HOOKER Erect one-story frame
residence, 1606 Halsey. between East Sixty
first and East Sixty-second streets: Henrv
Schofleld. builder: $750.
C. C. WAIiKtiK Erect frame saraee WWI
Borthwlck street, between Mason and Skid-
more; T. J. Blrchon, builder; $50.