Tlin SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IARCII 10, 1918. 19 DUTLOOK DUBIOUS PACIFIC COAST STEVEDORING AND TERMINAL TRANSFER METHODS MAT BE APPLIED TO ARMY TRANSPORTATION IN FRANCE. FOB HARBOR WORK Oregon Projects May Have to Go Over to Next Ses sion of Congress. HAWLEY PLEADS IN VAIN trjcrnt Need Straw a lor Gorrrnmcnt Aid la Waterway Improvement, bat Com ml I Ice fails to ' Take Desired Actlou. ORF.GONIA.V NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March . Although Kepreaten- tail Haw ley. to a recent appearance before the House rtver and harbor com mittee, urjred the adoption of a num br of new projects In Oregon, all o which bare been favorably reported by .Army engineer, none of thee project I adopted by the committee when It reported It bill to the House, and tiiere U Utile prospect that anything P5i r-h-r- I" . i --.- ' ; IS,, II U Ji I wojv.- Kkj. Jl'i. mi i . . e a ii x&BBivS&n J, HOUSING PLAN TOLD Government Scheme to Pro vide Dwellings Received. PORTLAND SURVEY MADE Chamber of Commerce and Realty Board Make Investigation as to What Houses Are Arallable Here for Snip Workers. Portland's Hat of experienced steamahlpmen who volunteered for duty In France during the pat week was three Major W. D. Wells, who resigned from the ban Francisco A Portland Steamship Company: Lieutenant J. S. Pratt. can be done for these orolecta before I who left the Parr-McCormlck line, and Lieutenant 11. H. Bancroft, who was with nest session. Oregon had no member North Pacific line and Its recent successor, the Emerald line. They departed lor Tne ca.l w nair 10 upvri tur null. Major Wells Is to be In commend of one of the terminal bases, of which there will be sis In France, and his staff will be completed with other Paciflo Coast men familiar with freight handling methods. It la not Improbable they wtll Introduce some of the best methods In use on the Paciflo side to hasten the dis patch of ships. oa the river and harbor committee to fight for thcee appropriations, although Mr. Ilawler made out a strong rase In his argument. Mr. Hawley showed how extensively local Interests have offered to co-operate with the Govern ment and. In some Instances, have a I ready expended thrlr own money In the expectation that the Oovernmont 00110(1! UCJin ULTDC "tled took' 'o,0.Sero?t.bTnn" order. H II M U U l M LALi H L 11 L first urging 11 . for Coiullie River. UUIIUUL llk.HU lIUIIIw Hi pointed out that the porta on the rtver prop" to spend US.oOv or $10.- en a dredge, a much larger amount than the. sr. ..km. of ik. ''"'v 1"'J b".hd '" Demand for Licensed Officers Shows Marked Increase. the lumber business having taken on w life. For Improving the entrance - Cetullle Rtver. Mr. Hawley urged an appropriation of II : 1.000. half to I & paid locally. Of this improtnenl as said: People Mweat la F.rwe.f. The people are so much la earnest a Soul the river and harbor entrance that they are willing to put up a great leal more money than they are asking o be supplied by the government tf t-ie Government w; undertake this work. The Government will need a great deal of sprites for aeroplane ;Sfock and there Is an Immense quan tltv of It In that section. The eprure h'l: there Is the best. 1 think. In the t'oited Steles. The Government now la bating a great deal of this spruce and has been delayed In obtaining the lumber by the shutting down of lbs mill.. The mills In order to operate "Tais propoMd eo-ooeratlve Improve ,n "nbly hall of the Electric butld ment would remedy that difficulty and ,nr- Midway and Alder street, qusr- nisae the mrnor of that river feasible NEW STUDY HALL OPENED Chamber of Commerce Asked to Is sue Circular Calling- Attention to "eed of Men for Marine Hcr T Ice Many Positions Open. Men graduated from the Government nautical school maintained at Portland In for the operation of bnats rarrylng a tonnage that would make It profitable to r.;rale, and at all seasons of the yesr "The people of Cons Bay hare ral.ed v taxation and expended about tS. ters thsrc hsvlnr been assigned for that purpose. The school has had space on the second floor of the Oregon building since Its establishment here about six months ago. The new loca tion Is more desirable in some respects, and.- as a nmpulrn has been decided la the Improvement of that water-I0" reach all sections of the state to way. A great portion of this went to trie construction of an Inner channel. The people have taxed themselves to h limit. They cannot espend on the inner- sarber at present more than the ). 0. They ask the Government to reopen this channel." Plaala Project Considered. Taking up the iiluslaw project. Mr. llswiey said: "At present there are no mills op erating on the ciuslaw. There Is a mill at Florence ready to operate, but the rtver has formed a shoal between 'lorni-e and the mouth. This new project Is to remove this shosl. It Is lint an expensive project and would make available fur us to their fullest extent the costly Improvements here tofore mad. "The people there have raid money to build a sail. building plant and other Industries are preparing to come In. Btiaipera enterprises now are tem porarily closed down by reason of the shoalinjr of the river and the people l-.av. Inve.'t'd there something like :. 0 or 1 100. 000 In the improvement of the river In co-operation with the tiovernment. But they have gone as fsr as ther can. and are now asking trie Oovernment. with an expenditure rf I3S.1')4 to make available for use the Improvements heretofore msde at a great expne to the Government and th locality." Mr. Ilawler a.0 nrged ths adoption f the new Taquina project. The peo ple there."" he said. " have formed two jorts. which have agreed Jointly to tax themsetvna (or an amount a little over ss-io.i)- to extend the Jetties and Im prove the entrance and harbor. The j rinclpal work to be done Is on the Jrt liea and bar." ABERDEEN HAS VESSEL READY Craft Completely Equipped Without Lea vine Grays Harbor. COSTMOpoLtit. Wash, March . rppe. rll. un of the Government's new Vooden veeis. the Suxanne. recently completed by the Aberdeen Shipbuild ing Company, of Aberdeen. Is about to sail on her maiden voyage. Ths ship was eontru-te(j under the direction of sptaln A. Peterson fr a company of II.... 1.- . U I W.. - I . I .sel and she w,l now become one of n"'l hw"? " ""f " -Lf age to unoeriaa. tr.inina in ii Interest men with sea experience. Increased attendance la looked for. Professor Arthur Williams is direct ing the work at Portland and he has former students In different parts of the world today, they having success fully taken examinations before In I ted States t-teamvessel Inspectors Edwards and Wynn and obtained licenses. The rapid completion of vessels for the Government here and on Puget Sound has drawn heavily on the nautical school classes and with a marked In crease looked for In the percentage of ships finished during the Summer pe riod. It I Imperative that more licensed officers be made available. Licensed Officers la Deaaead. W. J. Gramba. of Feat tie. In charge of the nautical schools In the North west for the Shipping Board, waa here yesterday, spending part of the day with hla son at Vancouver Barracks, where he Is In the Rljtnal Corps. Mr. Ciimhs told of the altustion aa regards licensed officers and said that It un doubtedly would become acute In the Northwest unless those having had IS months or more experience at sea would come to the fore and try for licenses. Master mariners are wanted, as well as subordinate deck officers and engi neer To aid In placlnr the situation squarely before the public. Secretary Dodsen. of the Chamber of Commerce. In to Issue a circular that will be mailed to municipal and commercial heads In cities of Oregon, requesting that they give publicity to the attrac tions and requirements of ths service and endeavor to draw proper material for the war emergency. Tralal.g Shl Is Preaesed. It la estimated that at the rate with which ships are being turned out there will soon be six or seven carriers de livered to the Government every two weeks by the Northwest builders, and It Is urgent that they be manned and gotten under way without any delay. Mr. Gramba aald It would be pleasing to all concerned In the matter to have ships built here taken out by officers licensed in the Oregon district, and that such a system would be adhered to If practicable. Another feature of the preparation for the new ships Is aasembllng sailors. firemen, water tenders, rooks, waiters. I I the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce and forwarded to Congressmsn Albert Johnson snd Senatora Polndexter and Jones. The resolutions set forth that lighthouse keepers for the past 40 yeans hsd btfn receiving only about IS 00 a year plua I a month for main- tanace. REPORT SHOWS WATER DEPTHS Only Two Places Have Less Than 30 Feet at Low Water. Data obtained by the Chamber of Commerce, covering the latest sound ings conducted under the direction of Government engineers at various points In the main channel between Portland and Astoria, haa been complied in the form of a table to ahow low water depths and tidal information. Only two places on the entire stretch of 100 milea have less than 10 feet at low water. Eagle Cliff and Martin'a Is land, and both places will be Improved this season. At present the Govern ment a pipeline dredges are not to gether, the Wahkiakum being at Van couver, making a shipyard fill, and the Multnomah is alone on the lower river. DIKING PLANS COMPLETE SIX TnOCSAD ACRES IX COWLITZ COl.NTV ARE AFFECTED. Cewt ef Dike Near Woodland te Pro tect Against 28-Feot Stage ef Water Near f3l0,0OO. KEI-SO. Wash.. March . (Special) Engineer G. J. Poysky, of diking, dis trict No. S. embracing about (000 acres of land in the vicinity of Woodland. Cowllts County, Wash., submitted his estimate of cost of the district Im provement to the Board of County Commissioners this week, who set the dste of hearing for Monday. April IS. The exact acreage within the proposed district Is (103. owned by nearly 100 different persona. In addition to thl acreage, about 800 acres lying west o the district toward the Columbia Rive will be added to the original district. and the town of Woodland and ad Joining acreage may also seek annex atlon to the diking district. The cost of completion of a dike to protect against a 18-foot stage of wa ter Is approximately S210.000. of which HI j. 000 will he expended in digging ditches and building dike. Two pumping plants and tide gates will be required to handle the drainage and these wtll cost about 150.000. The land Is divided Into five xones according to benefit. I3J.S0. Word was received from Olympla today that the Washington Supreme r-oiirt had affirmed the decision of Judge William T. Darrh. of the Cowllts Superior Court, declaring the new state diking rode constitutional. Work had been started on two diking districts and one drainage district In this vicinity on the supposition that the law would be upheld, and the districts can now Issue bonds and warrants to pay for aork done. h. fleet carrying cargo on the Pacific Coast. . She wa completely equipped wllh 'it going out of Graya Harbor. She Is a four-msster. fore-and-aft rigged, and las oil motor, which cperste twtn propellers. With her combined power -f sails and motors ah la expected to XuaWe good lime. The tiuxanne haa finished taklnr on l.Se.see feet of fir lumber at Wilson Brothers dock here, and will go up the ( na't a short distance to complete her cargo, after which time she will be Jlspt-hl for the West Coast of Mouth America. branches, and arrangements are shortly to be made for a training ship on the Pacific side on which men will be taken on cruise for six weeks and In itiated Into their duties. Alresdy there have been (00 men trained on the At lantic Coast ships, all being assigned berths. Application for the training ship can be made to Mr. Gramba, being mailed to hla office In the Stuart building. Seattle. Wash. SCHOONER IS ABANDONED fcTOCT HAS MAC1II.VEKV XOW Vessel Built at St. Urlena Ready to Enter Coat Limber Trade. Prom San Frsncisco It Is reported that the trial trr of the new motor ship Frank D. Stout, held Wednesday, all a success In every particular. The vessel wa built by the St. Helens Shipbuilding Company for the Califor nia 4t Oregon Lumber Company, the owners obtaining and Installing the machinery. She was laid down along the lines of a steam schooner, and haa oil engines, driving twin screw. She u launched at St. Helens la Msy. 11T. The vessel will ply In the lumber fade, between the company's plant at Jirooklrgs. Or, snd San Francisco. . The last vessel to take to the water at St. Helens, the schooner Thistle, built fe be. four. Guthrie V Co.. la about ready to begin loading. She was Puritan Left on Reef Off Montafue Island After Storm. SEATTLE. Wash, March . The Se attle fishing schooner Puritan lies abandoned on a reef off Montague Island. Southwestern Alaska, where she grounded In a storm Msrch I. ac cording to word reaching the Booth Fisheries Company, which own in boat. The captain and hi crew, 17 In all. took to the boat when the vessel struck and reached Letouche. Alaska. The Pnrltan was valued at tSO.000. The t'nlon Oil Company' tank (team- ,r La Brea today wa proceeding from Vancouver. B- C to California, repairs having been made to Ita steering gear. which became Jammed yesterday, caus. ing the best to send out distress sig nal, according to report reaching the Seattle Merchants' Exchange. Move to Raise Lighthouse Men's Pay ABERDEEN. Wash, March (Spe- SHIP MASTER IS NAMED ARTHUR SEWALL PIT If CHARGE OF STEAMER W ESTWOOD. Capiat Will Reach Portland Early Tata Week Greet Friends He Kaew la Olden Days. launched February II. and not mors IcIaD Resolution aaklnr that Con than a month win have beta occupied I srress Increase the psy of men in the In fitiioff her out, I lighthouse service hare been passed by Captain Arthur M. Sewall. one of the Maine families of shipbuilders and operators known In every American port and most of the foreign harbors, has been appointed master of the new taon-ton steamer Westwood. which is to be here this week. To assist Uncle Sam In manning- his new tonnage Captain Sewall was called on by Captain John V. Blaln. In charge of steel construction In the Northwest, to take the West wood on her first voy age, and he left hla home at Port Townsend to comply. While Csptain Sewall has been a Puget Sound pilot of late years, he formerly owned and sailed the crack square-rigger Benjamin Sewall. a ship known abrosd as well as in American waters, and while many were clamoring tor an American merchant marine, the Benjamin Sewall carried her flag to all corners of the globe, a moving and suc cessful exponent of the value of draw- ng a big fleet under the banner of freedom. .' The' Sewall family ha owned and operated sailing ships "down East" for a generation and on of them to fall prey to the skulking subs of Huns was the American ship, William F. Grye. torpedoed while on her way to Ens-land from Puget Sound with a grain cargo. w hen here this week Captain Sewall will greet friends he knew in olden day and Is aur to receive a welcome, for while he has been partial to sailing vessels, he responded promptly to the call to get the big- steam freighter started on her way. . . Details of the plan of the Emergency Fleet Corporation for providing ade quate bousing facilities for men em ployed In shipbuilding wer trans- i mltted In a letter from th United States Chamber of Commerce and re ceived yesterday by Executive Secretary Dodson. of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. A measure passed by Con gress and appropriating (50.000.000 for this purpose is awaiting the approval of President Wilson. Whether Portland will aslc for Gov ernment assistance In solving the problem locally depends on the joint survey as to housing facilities In this city which is being conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and the Port land Realty Board. If this Federal aid is asked by Portland. Mr. Dodson said yesterday, it will be contingent on two considerations: First, to what extent 2000 unoccupied houses of various kinds, estimated now to be vacant, can be made habitable, and. secondly, how far local capital will be provided to meet the demand for housing: these em ployes. Plaa la Oatllned. The following excerpt from the letter received by Mr. Dodson yesterday gives a general outline of the plan as It has been worktd out by the Emergency Fleet Corporation: "The act giving t50.000.000 to the Emergency Fleet Corporation to pro vide housing facilities in shipbuilding centers, now In the hands of the Presi dent for approval, provides that the Fleet Corporation may acquire by pur chase, lease, requisition, or requisition for temporary uses, any Improved or unimproved land for the construction of houses for the employes of ship yards In which ships are being con structed for the United States; as fol lows: 'Construction on such land of houses and necessary facilities upon conditions ss to price, etc. a the Fleet Corpora tion may determine and sell, lease or ex change such land, houses and facili ties upon such terms aa It may deter mine; Purchase, lesse or requisition. In cluding requisition of temporary use. or acquire by condemnation, houses nd other buildings, together witn the lands on which the same are erected. and also manage, sell, lease or exchange the same, aa it may determine: 'Make loan to persons, firms or corporations upon such term and se curity, for such time not exceeding ten year aa it may determine; Ceaaaeasatloa la Provided. "Provision la made for compensation for the property acquired. Whenever the Fleet Corporation re quisitions property, it may take Im mediate possession of It and occupy tne same until the validity of the title has been established. "The powers granted by the act cease Ith the termination of the present war with uermany. "No contract for construction shall provide for compensation of a cost plus basis, unless the contract provide hat In case of any increase above reasonable cost, as fixed by the board, the percentage of prout shall declin in accordance with a rate to be ex pressed In the contract. The board may. However, agree to pay a premium or bonus for speedy construction. "The Fleet Corporation Is required to report to Congress the names of ail persons or corporations with whom It has made contracts, tocetner wun statement of Us expenditures In excess of $10,000." them having -left the Coast to accept more desirable wages in offshore vee eels. At the same time the affairs of the Government departments demand that crews be maintained, so undoubt edly the same conditions as to wages will prevail immediately as apply on mercantile ships. GEOECIAXA TO RESUME RUN Portland-Astoria Schedule Will Be Started Saturday. Overhauling in the engine-room, cabin and on deck of the fleet pro peller Georgtana. of the Harkins line, having been finished, she was shifted from Ash-street dock to the St. Johns drydock yesterday to have a new wheel shipped, and after her annual inspec tion this week she will gro into service, probably starting for Astoria Saturday. The vessel was built for the Portland-Astoria run in 1914 and she has plied over the course each season since. As she makes a dally round trip the service has proved popular, and with the increased activity along the river this year, she will no doubt be taxed at times. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or.. March 0. (Special.) The barkentlne Charles V. Crocker crossed In at .'clock this morning from San Francisco la tow of th tug Relief, and will load lum bar at Preacott. The at.ara achooner Celllo arrived at 11:30 today from Sao Francisco and la to load lumbar at Weatport and Wauna. After discharging fuel oil at Portland, the tank ateamer J. A. Chanalor sailed at 2 o'clock today for California. Carrying a full cargo of lumber from Stella, the steam schooner Santa Barbara sailed at 7:30 last evening for San Fran cisco. Laden wHh lumber from St. Helena, tne team achooner Ernest H. Meyer aallta shortly before midnight for San Pedro. I Th. tank steamer Arffvll- after diacharg In fuel oil at Aatotla and Portland, sailed at 0:2S thl morning for California. ' Laden with a full cargo of lumber from Weatport. the achooner foreat Home sailed at ft o'clock today for Sidney. The ateam schooner Trinidad sailed at 11:30 today for Kan Pedro with lumber from the Hammond mill. SAN FRANCISCO. March 0. The follow ing orders were issued by the Western da partment of the Army here today: Captain Lei a ml B. Hpbbs. B3d Infantry. 1. rf. tailed on temnorarv dutv at theae head quarters aa aide de camp to Major-Oeneral Arthur Murray. Leave of absence for two days la grantea First Lieutenant Thomaa E. McCuilougn. Engineer Reaerve Corps, these headquarters. A general court-martial, consisting oi Captain James M. . Moore and Oacar A. Straub, 20th infantry, and Samuel J. Mc intosh. Infantry Reserve corps; rirsi tenanta Russell S. Thompson, fcawara l.. Hvmonds. Joel D. Pomerene. Bill J. Bragg. Infantry Reserve Corps, and William Good ing Allen. Infantry. National Army, and Second Lieutenants Archibald R. McKechnle. Ralp P. Van Zlle, Benjamin H. Decker, Paul II Matlock and Rmonl B. Whlsner. 20th I Infantrv: First Lieutenant John J. McMU lan. Infantry. National Army Judge advo cate and Second Lieutenant llllam U. Phillips. 20th Infantry, assistant Judge ad vocate, is aDDOlnted to meet at Fort Doug las. Utah, for the trial of such persons as may be brought before It. First Lieutenant Roblnette B. Hayes, Med ical Reaerve Corpa. Fort Douglas, tun win proceed to the Presidio, of San Francisco, for duty. First Lieutenant Howard C Mllllck, Medical Reserve Corps, San Francisco, will proceed to Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, Cel.. for duty. First Lieutenant Herbert D. Shoemaker, Medical Reserve Corps, San Francisco, will proceed to Fort McArthur, San Pedro, Cal., for duty. DATA TO BE GIVEN! steamer raisy Putnam, which leaves front Rainier for San Kranrlsco. Meeting to Inquire Into Out look for Grain Elevator. SPEAKERS WILL EXPLAIN Civic and Commercial Workers Will Have Opportunity to Ascertain What Has Been Done and What Can Be Accomplished. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, March 8. Arrived Steams Celllo, from San Francisco. - - ASTORIA. March 9. Arrived at 7 A. M., barkentlne C; F. Crocker.- from San Fran cisco, in tow of tug Relief. Sailed at :2S A. M-. steamer Argyll, for San Francisco. Suited at 9 A. M., achooner Forest Home, for Sydney. Sailed at 11:43 A. M., steamor Trinidad, for San Francisco. Arrived at 10:35 A. M. and loft up at 1 P. il., steamer Celllo, from San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. March 9. Arrived at midnight, steamer Rose City, from San Pedro, for Portland. ASTORIA. March S. Sailed at 11 P. M.. steamer E. H. Meyer, for San Pedro. Sailed at u A. M.. steamer Santa Barbara, for San Pedro. SAN FRANCISCO. March 8. Sailed Steamers Acme. Elizabeth, for Bandon; Gov ernor, for Seattle. SEATTLE. March t. Arrived City of Seattle. Jefferson, from Southeastern Alaska ; Admiral Dewey, from San Pedro; Daven port, from San Francisco. TACOMA. March 9. Arrived Steamer Mataqui, from Nanalmo; steamer Santa Rtnt, from West Coast. DeDarted Steamer Mai- soui, for Nanalmo. Portland' grain elevator, its pur pose, progress In construction and the estimated time ef completion promise to do gone over In detail at tomorrow noon's council of members of the Cham ber of Commerce. The meeting has been called, it is said, to afford civic and commercial workers opportunity to hear at first hand what has been done and whether they can assist in pro moting the completion of the plant to insure its operation in connection with the 1918 praln crop. The Portland Clearing-House Asso ciation will be represented, and Emery Olmstead, chairman of a committee named by the association to inquire into the elevator matter, will speak. Grain Trade to Be Heard, t George C. Westgate, president of the Portland Merchants' Exchange Associ ation, has promised that a speaker will be on hand to represent the grain trade, and there will be one of the members of the Commission of Public Docks, which body is building- the elevator, heard. In inviting all clubs of the city to nave representation at the council the aim is for them to obtain first hand a comprehensive idea of the work car ried on and, if called on to help later, they will appreciate the importance of doinir their best: Whether the elevator will be finished BRIBING ATTEMPT CHARGED in time for handling wheat in Novem- un,u""u ' tmr 1 unHnUtU ber is said to be governed to a large degree by the ability of the commission Youth Accused of Asking Officers to iu vui.iii pi uiitin siiiuiciiLs jl mihi-u til ery ' and - assurances that the consign ments will move across the country with dispatch. Estimates of the asnount of bulk wheat that will be floated dur ing the 1S18-19 season run as high as XT. S. Naval Radio Reports. (All reports for 8 P. M. yesterday unless otherwise designated.) HORACE X. BAXter. San Francisco for Seattle. 210 miles north of San Francisco. Asuncion, Richmond for Cordova, 205 miles from Cordova. ARGYLL, Portland for Oleum. 478 miles from Oleum. LA BREA. Seattle for San Francisco. 807 miles from San Francisco. TOPE KA, San Francisco for Eureka, eight miles from Port Arena. ERNEST H. MEYERS, Columbia River for San Pedro, 138 miles south of Columbia River. NORTHLAND. San Francisco for Van couver, ISO miles south of Caps Flattery. AKUllj. Portland for Oleum. 47S miles from Oleum. QUEEN. 86 miles north of Cape Blanco. KLAMATH, San Franclfco for Portland. off Columbia River lightship. WAPAMA. Everett for Sau Francisco, 13 miles north of Columbia River. YOSEM1TE, Port Ludlow for San Fran cisco. 15 ml'es south of Hcceta Head. OLEUM. Port San Luis for Portland. 503 miles from Portland. WHITTIER. Oleum for Port San Luis. 30 miles from Port San Luis. WM. F. HERRJN, tiavlota for Linnton. 120 miles from Gavtntn. , Change Classification. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 9. (Spe cial.) Victor Hill, of Brush Prairie. COOS BAT. Or., March 9. (Special.) The steam schooner Yellowstone, with a cargo of lumber from North Bend, sailed for San Francisco at 11:30 A. M. BUILDERS PLEDGE ALL AID Manager Plea Comments on Spirit of Oregon's Ship Forces. Recently each wooden shipbuilding plant In the Oregon district received a copy of a message sent from France by General Pershing, asking for a "bridge of ships" with which to help defeat tne Huns, and In turn the management of each yard sent a reply, through the headquarters of the Oregon district. promising their fullest support in tne effort to provide tonnage. Those com munications were sent by Lloyd J Wentworth. In charge, to Charles Tiex, general manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, which he has ac knowledged as follows: Th spirit expressed by the builders in their r.oltea to you I moat gratifying snd the evidence of co-operation being given the several eompanlea by their men. as anown by the tenor of the message, speaks well for th tutor.. On behalf of "the Emergeni-y Fleet Cornoratlon 1 congratulate you en the excellent results you are obtaining in your district and a;o upon bein in a oisinei where the high ens of dutyfcto country seem to pervade those Who have tnia im oortant work In hand. I should be pleased to have you convey this message to the builder and th men work ing for them, and please also tell tnem now great It the Emergency Fleet corporation appreciates th. special effort they are mak- ng to help fulfill tne wisnes or tienerai Pershing, which I th most Important duty of th who! country at thl moment. Tide at Astoria Sunday. " Hlh Low. 16:4 A. M S.I feet'5 TOO A. M 3 4 feet ll:l p. M....7.9 feel, J. w P. JL. .-0.3 to J are difficult to obtain now. many of TACOMA FIRST STEEL SHIP Mrs. Wood row Wilson Names Vessel to Be Launched March 2 6 TACOMA, Wash, March ..(Special.) Tacoma'a first steel shin will be launched at the Todd shipyards on Msrch 2. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has named it the Tacoma. holding to In dian nomenclature in the christening of new vessels built to "strafe the Hun submarine. Dorothy Alexander, daughter of H. F. Alexander, president of the Pacific Steamship Company, will christen the carrier. President William H. Todd, of he Todd Shipbuilding Corporation, and numerous stockholders In the enmpany will come West for the launching. Names of all other boats bearing the registry cognomen of Tacoma will be changed except that of the United Statea cruiser, where th conflict will not b confusing. WAGE INCREASE IS GENERAL Federal Ships Expect to Meet Scale at Once to Keep Crew. As both the Shipowners' Association and the regular steamship lines have acceded to th demand of marine or-' ganlxations for Increased wages, which applies to the deck, engine-room and steward' department on the coast wise ships, the Government is to fall into line ss well on lighthouse vessels and other steamers. Wages of sailors are Increased from S0 to f 78 a month and overtime from 60 to 60 cents an hour. Government official say that men SEATTLE. Wash.. March 9. (Speclat.) Another shipbuilding plant will be added to Seattle's long Hat of active ship construc tion concern on Monday, when the Frank V. Allen Shipbuilding Company will lay the keel of the first ships to be undertaken by that concern for the United States Ship ping Board. This plant Is located at Bal lard and Is adjoining the plant of Meacham A Babcork. which latter concern will launch Its frst vessel some tme next week. The new steamshp Westlake. built by the Skinner Eddy Corporation, waa put through a succeasful trial trip on Puget Sound this afternoon and easily came up to all specifications. At the conclusion of the snln she was officially accepted By tn RhioDlna- Board, and will commence load Ing for her first voyage at once. Captain C. E. Amea has been named master. Th. Northwestern Fisheries Company' Alaska cannery fleet I being assembled In the harbor here preparatory to being equipped for the trip to the North. The ships J. D. Teters and St. .Paul are now in the stream, having been docked at Eagle Harbor, and the ship Benjamin r racaara i. t.kln. en lumber at rort maaciey. ah three are expected to sail in the next 10 davs. Xh. liners Jefferson, of the Alaska Steam ship Companv. and the City of Seattle, of the Admiral line, errived this morning from Southeastern Alasaa ports. Both brought fete- r,T.n,t hut few oaasengers. The new steamship Hollywood, recently mirrhiiMl hv the French government, ar rived here tonight from Belllngham, where ah. was built, and will. soon commence i. .tin. care-o for the Atlantic. Her trans f.r to the French flag was sanctioned by the Ghlnnln. Rn.rd. The O 8. K. liner Manila Mara arrived here at noon today with 11s. passengers snd full cargo, consisting or aima. ABERDEEN. Wash.. March .(Special.) Twentv-nln. vessels cleared from Lra Harbor In February, carrying 22.220,000 feet of lumber. All but one or tnese went to California ports. The number or ciearancea was six under January and C.50.000 feet leas of lumber were shipped. Water ship mem. ef lumber riurlnc Jsnuary and Feb ruary this yesr were 10.000.iOO feet under is.,, for the same months of 1917. a ..eenil r.M unon the steamer Avalon today resulted In the seizure of 17 quarts of whiskv. although seven, cases ran nr-i ..eured In a Drevlous raid. James OTarrell waiter In that ship, arrestea lor viai.ims the dry law. has been given a sentence of an t.v. in tail and a nw line. The steamers Tanoe ana t-vem mva . S A. M. The Tahoe 1 at the HulDert mm and th 6vea at Wllaon Brothers. A raid upon the steamer uvea toaay re vealed no liquor. 30 per cent of the crop, but should that I has been arrested by Sheriff Biesecker, percentage not be reached and the sack method be continued, there is no ques tion that, abundant storage space will be available. Bids to Be Opened. charged with attempting to bribe the officer, and a member of the County Exemption Board, to change his clas sification in the draft. Hill Is in class A and would be The commission will meet Thursday among the first called, being unmar- tc open bids for the construction of a rled. He is alleged to have offered 1200foot pier at the SL Johns terminal, the bribe to classify him as the solo where the elevator Is to be built, and support of his father and mother. It the pier, with-a 600-foot two-level sec- has been learned the parents are in tion finished, will be ready September good circumstances, owning land under 1 Half of the pier will be an open cultivation. dock at first and that will be covered with a warehouse if needed. FLAGS FLY TOGETHER IMOX OF TWO REPUBLICS SHOWN AT SHIPYARD. When Hill attempted to bribe the officer, Sheriff Biesecker called In James O. Blair. County Attorney, and Genge M. Johnson, and they found the money in Hill's hand. Sheriff Biesecker has been ordered by the United States District Attorney to detain Hill In the County Jail until a guard arrives to take him to Seattle for trial. CLACKAMAS CHAPTER BUSY Quantities of Goods Made and Turned Over to Red Cross. ' SAN FRANCISCO, March . (Special.) As waa renorted early In the weeK. tne N'.vv Denartment haa taken over the tur blners Tale and Harvard, of the Pacific steamshlD Company, for war service. The Yale haa been running on the San Diego- San Pedro route, while the Harvard ha been undergoing repairs at the Union plant of the Bethlehem (impounding company. Roth veaeels will bo put mto shape Imme diately for their new tasks, it is expected that the big turoiners win steam to me Atlantic by way of Panama canal Just as soon as Washington give the order. It Is Id the fast steamships wtll De useo as hospital ships by the Navy Department. All anxiety In regard to tne schooner H. D. Bendlxen was sllayed today when a wireless came from the Dutch steamship Konls-en Nederlander that the sailing vessel was spoken to today 2 Ml miles southwest of San Francisco. The schooner Is 121 days out from Sydney for this port with a cargo of copra. After six months m central American republics In behalf of his company, Daulton Mann, assistant to Jonn n. itoseetcr. vice- Dresldent and general manager of the Pa cific Steamship Company, returned today on the- company's steamship San Juan. Mann said a large amount of coffee Is torcd In the warehouses in the South await ing shipment to this port. The ban Juan brought a full cargo of West Coast products and a number of passengers. I The Importation of cottonseed cake will "be heavy In the next few months from Chile. The schooner Expansion will bring 830 tons and lh. schooner Ruby 400 tons to this port. The schooner Stella with 88U tons and the schooner Muriel with 800 ton will go to Seattle. What shipping men Interpreted as the preliminary steps In the seizure of all neu tral tonnage on the Pacific Ocean by the United States Government was taken today, when the War Trade Board, on ordera from Washington, halted the sailing of the Dutch steamship Oranje for the Dutch East Indies. The 25 large vessels of the Java Pacific line and the Nederland Royal Mall will be operated by the United States Ship ping Board, according to the renorted plans of the Washington authorities. It la expected the Dutch steamships now s nthe way to this port from Java will be held here on arrival, to be taken over by th Shipping Board. . Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD, March 9. Condition of the bar at S P. M.: Sea smooth, wind south. Presence of French Official Made Not able by Exercises at Foundation Company' Plant. CLACKAMAS. Or.. March 9. (Spe- Sentiment that has bound the Amerl- ciaL) The Clackamas Auxiliary of the Red Cross is doing- its share of war work. The Oddfellows have donated their hall for the use of the workers and activity and good cheer prevail. while the work sjoes on steadily. A. large quantity of knitted and other goods has been turned in to. head- can and French troops abroad in the common cause against the Kaiser and his party found a spirited echo in Portland yesterday afternoon, when the flafts of the United States and the republic of France were raised on two lofty flagpoles at the wooden ship building plant of the Foundation com-I Quarters. pany. where 20 ships are building for I Two weeks ago the play "Kentucky the French government. I Belle" was given with an oyster supper The exercises were originally set for afterwards, which was a great success Tuesday afternoon, but the presence I the net result in cash being $54.62, in the city of Robert H. Lavier, of New which was tuned over to the local Red York, chief surveyor in the United I Cross. States for the Bureau Veritas, the A junior Red Cross has also been or leading French marine classification I c-anized. under direction of Mrs. Fercei society, prompted Charles F. Swigert, and wiU make garments for little or- manager oi tne r ounaation company s phans. interests nere, to nonor tne visitor yes terday. It was 4:15 o'clock, IS minutes be fore the usual quitting time, when the yard whistle summoned the 2500 work ers to the square back of the main buildings, where .he poles, each tow ering 100 feet high, were recently placed. The Foundation company's brass band of 35 pieces played as the men gathered, and as America was rendered the emblem of the United States. 20 feet wide and 30 feet long, was slowly hauled toward the truck. the flag -"breaking out New Reed Course to Open. John Dewey's Conception of Edu cation" will be the subject of a new Reed College extension course to be of fered by Professor J. K. Hart at the Central Library, room IL Wednesday eveninsrs in March. The course win De free to the public Dr. Hart's lectures will deal with the traditional concep tions of education, the democratic con ception of education and the Dewey . . . l i ?cnooi. rruicasui nai l -" u " ' ' tne nag - orearwiiiK uul juhl aa mo i , , . t chorus started - "The Star-Spangled eree of doctor of PhlloIsoPhu"d" r " I fessor Dewey at the University of Chi- TK. h in.Hi. caeo and Is closely in touch with the ately moved to the base of the French development of Dr. Dewey's theor flaenole. wher the French tricolor was and with the Dewey experimental bent to the halyards, and. as it. wasiscnoois. raised, the voices of the throng swelled with the music of the band in the Marseillaise." Mr. Lavier formally accepted the flag on behalf of France and made a short address. The speaker said he degrees. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. March 9. Maximum temper- re, 4J degrees; minimum wihj(lu'p. stiver reaaing, o m.. last 24 hours, 0.1 root rise: wi.i had visited many yaras in tne untteu i '"i" : ' tV m i ?2 inch .States where a part is being taken in ralnfni, B)nc'. September 1. 11T. 32.73 Inches: normal rainran since o (ehe: deficiency of rsinfall since the monster drive for tonnage, but at none of them was such progress ap parent as at the Portland plant of the Foundation company. He said he was a descendant of a family of snip wrights. his grandfather and father having followed the trade, while he also was one, and he made it plain that on the men who were building ships rested much of the hope for a vic torious campaign across the Atlantic At New York, he said, all men he met returning from the front pleaded for more ships, and he reminded his hearers that every bolt and every nail were essentially part of the ammuni tion with which the Hun forces must be fought, so good work and quick work were necessary now. Mr. Swigert led the singing of the Marseillaise" In French, then "Amer ica" was sund, and the men, represent ing almost a regiment in numbers, broke into cheers for Mr. Lavier, their employers and the September 1, 1017. .69 Inch, funrise. o..t A. M.; sunset, 6:08 P. M. : possible sunshine. It hours 36 minutes. Moonrlse. 4:83 A. M. . moonset. 2:40 P. M. Barometer (reduced sa level). P. M.. 29.75 Inches; relative humid ity, 79 per cent. THE WEATHEK. STATIONS. t) State ef Weather Raker Rolse Boston Calgary countries' repre- r1''rf,0 10 miles. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Alain J070, A 6095, sented In the shipbuilding there. Mr. Lavier leaves today for Puget Sound, and will return later In the week to spend a few days. The Commant Roisln, the first ship to be launched here, will be christened by Pauline Genereaux. daughter of Captain E. C Genereaux, who is the representative of the Bureau Veritas and French government at the plant. The launching will take place the lat ter part of the month. Marine Notes. To permit the hull to be cleaned and painted, the schooner Gamble was towed to the St. Johns drydock yesterday. On being floated she will leave for the lower river to load lumber. One of the McCormlck ships to report In the river from the Golden Gate yesterday was the Celllo, which was ordered to St. Helena for a full cargo. The steamer Klam ath la due today with 1000 tons of general cargo, which she will discharge at Couch street dock for the Parr-MeCormlck line. The steamer Willamette is to get away from St. Helens for California ports today. Arriving in the river yesterday from San Francisco, she having been towed up the Coast by the tug Relief, the barkentlne Chaa. F. Crocker was ordered to Prescotl for a lumber cargo. The schooner Forest Home, lumber-laden for the South Seas, towed outsid and sailed to the westward. Vessels to depart today will Include the ..I 30; 42 0.04 1S9 ICioudy ..( orti 46 0.00iI2iSE (Cloudy . . 321 42:0.oo..;sw !Snow .. -10! 1610.00'. .JNE Pt. cloudy .. 34 60,0.2!18'NW!R.iln Denver 81 54 0.04!lfhN IClear Des Moines ... 401 4:0. 14120IN Icloudy Eureka I 44i 56 0.02 14.SW ICloudy Galveston 681 760.00 . . !SE IClear Helena 20' 36'0.on ixv. :Cloudy Juneaut I 12!20;o.OOIIO:NE Clear Kansas City .. 52!"8'0.oo,32rN wiciear Loa Angeles ... 441 70 0.00: . .SW (Clear Marshfield I 40 44!0.OSI. .SW Rain Medford I 46 0.121. . NW CIondy Minneapolis .. 11 16:0.O4'24!N IClear New Orleana.. S 82 0.00 . .SW IClear New York ... 40 48'0.4'24 SE ICloudy North Head... E6' 4210.22 10 S Rain North Yakima. 22 4 0. 00 . . W (Cloudy Phoenix 40 72 0.001. . IN IClear Pocatello 3fH 42 0.04 14 SE ICloudy Portland . 361 44:0.22,10:SW IRaln Rosehurg 4o! 44 0.54' .. ISW Raln Sacramento ... l 500.001 . .ISE IClear St. Louis 541 76IO.OO'52tNWjCIoudy Salt Lake ...... 32 520.00 . . SW , Cloudy San Diego 46 62j0.00 . .INWJClear ;. San Francisco. 44 50 0.00!. .!SW Cl.ar Seattl. I 3" 4O0.J4I. .ISE Cloudy" Spokane I 28 42 0.00. . IXWlCloudy - i ttn' ,n:n v t-ir iii.i. iaHna ...... o., -t. ..: . . i.-i a imiu Tatoosh Island.l 321 42:0. 3S!18 SW Clear valdezt -I i"Z4iu.U'i . .i.-vis IClear Walla Walla... 821 50 0. 161. .IS IRaln Washington ...j 38) 5010.14 ..Is Cloudy Winnipeg I. .1 lO'O.OO;. -!SW Rain P. M. report of preceding day. report today. tA. M. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Probably rain; gen tle southwesterly winds. Washington and Oregon Probably rain; moderate southwesterly winds. Idaho Probably ruin or snow. EDWARD L. WELLS, MeisorelosUt, 1 171 i no p